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WEST BENGAL: We may pull out of Singur if protests continue: Ratan Tata
‘We do not want to be where we are unwanted’. Kolkata, Aug. 22 Mr Ratan Tata, Chairman of the Tata Group of companies, made it clear here on Friday that Tata Motors would not hesitate to pull out of Singur, the location of the Rs 1 ...

WEST BENGAL: Nano suppliers also to pull out if Tatas shift from Singur
Construction apace on plants at suppliers’ park. Kolkata/New Delhi/Chennai, Aug. 22 About 20 of the 56 suppliers for Tata Motors’ Nano, who have been allotted land at Singur, have started construction of their plants at the ...

WEST BENGAL: Singur plant project will continue, says Bengal Industry Minister
Kolkata/Chennai, Aug. 22 The impasse will be contained and the project at Singur plant will continue, Mr Nirupam Sen, West Bengal Industry Minister, said on the sidelines of a meeting with various Chambers of Commerce here on Friday. “I ...

TAMIL NADU: Traffic management in Chennai a source of worry
‘Regulation, better infrastructure, strong public transport needed’. Chennai, Aug. 22 Traffic management and undisciplined driving in Chennai was among the main worries plaguing officials and industry experts at Chennai Version ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: Pacts signed to promote coffee, rubber farming in tribal areas
Hyderabad, Aug. 22 With a view to making rubber, coffee and cashew an attractive income proposition for tribals along the Eastern Ghats and in the north Telangana, the Union Government has facilitated two memoranda of understanding that ...

KERALA: Kerala CM opposes move for open market sale of rice
‘It will ruin the PDS’. The Kerala Chief Minister, Mr V.S. Achuthanandan, has come down heavily on the Centre’s decision to sell rice in the open market through a tendering ...

KERALA: Call to set up expert panel to implement Kuttanad package
Constitution of a multi-disciplinary autonomous body comprising experts and technocrats from relevant fields, having good background knowledge of Kuttanad, is essential for the effective and timely implementation of the Centre’s Rs ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: HYSEA meet on cloud computing
Hyderabad, Aug. 22 Hyderabad Software Exporters Association (HYSEA) is hosting a workshop on cloud computing to provide a peek into what this holds for technology companies and users. ...

MAHARASHTRA: India may garner 70% of market in software testing: Gartner
Pune, Aug. 22 With global software testing market pegged at $13 billion and the global market for outsourced testing services around $6.1 billion, India is expected to corner 70 per cent share. The market opportunity for Indian offshore ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: Cherma’s to add three stores in AP every year
Cherma’s, the Hyderabad-based retail chain of readymade garments, is planning to add three stores — one in Hyderabad and the rest in other parts of the State — every year from now on, according to Capt. K.F. Pestonji, the ...

TAMIL NADU: Mumbai’s Phoenix Mills to set up mall, IT park in Chennai
Chennai, Aug. 22 The Mumbai-based Phoenix Mills, a leading developer of malls and retail space, is setting up a Rs 850-crore mall and IT park in ...

KERALA: Godrej targets Rs 45-cr sales during Onam
Kochi, Aug. 22 Godrej Appliances, one of the leading appliance manufacturers, has unveiled its Onam plans in Kerala and has set a sales target of Rs 45 crore in the festival season. ...

KERALA: Falling yield


KARNATAKA: Tales Media promo for devotional song
Bangalore, Aug. 22 Devotional songs, unlike the popular ‘filmi’ numbers, seldom find strong marketing support and keep reverberating only within the precincts of temples or shrines. ...

KERALA: Pahari home theatre system

KERALA: MapmyIndia GPS device


TAMIL NADU: Labour court ‘can’t interfere’ if misconduct charge is proved: HC
Chennai, Aug. 22 When a charge of misconduct of a workman was found to be proved, the award of the Labour Court granting relief of his reinstatement with 75 per cent back wages was not permissible, the Madras High Court has ...

GUJARAT: GE Healthcare signs MoU with Gujarat Govt
The London based $17 billion General Electric Healthcare and the Government of Gujarat signed a memorandum of understanding to set up diagnostic imaging facilities in five medical collage and hospitals of Gujarat. GE will invest Rs 35 crore to ...

TAMIL NADU: ‘Power situation may improve soon’
The power situation in Tamil Nadu would improve once the monsoon turns active and the current shortage was just a “transient phase”, said the Chief Secretary, Mr L.K. ...

TAMIL NADU: Partial lockout declared at Pricol unit
Coimbatore, Aug. 22 A partial lockout has been declared in plant I of Pricol Ltd, located at Perianaickenpalayam near Coimbatore, since Thursday evening following alleged violence by a section of ...

MAHARASHTRA: Pune to host meet on hospitality management
An education seminar on hospitality management is to be held in Pune on Monday by Les Roches International School of Hotel Management and Glion Institute of Higher Education, hospitality and hotel management schools based in ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: ‘104’ mobile health service
Hyderabad, Aug. 22 In another healthcare initiative under the public-private partnership, the Andhra Pradesh and Satyam Group have pressed into service ‘104’, a Mobile Health ...

KARNATAKA: Projects worth Rs 30,000 cr cleared in Karnataka
Bangalore, Aug. 22 A Rs 6,151-crore steel plant proposal of Bharat Mining and Minerals-ISPAT Ltd at Hospet and two SEZs near Bangalore are among the 25 mega project proposals that have been cleared by Karnataka’s High-Level Clearance ...

KARNATAKA: Rly Board chief tours SWR zone
Mr K.C. Jena, Chairman of Railway Board, visited Bagalkot and Hospet stations of South Western Railway (SWR) zone recently. A press release by SWR said here that Mr Jena inaugurated a goods shed at Bagalkot station, and advised the officers to ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: Tata Indicom’s prepaid offer
Tata Indicom on Friday announced bonus talk time for all its new prepaid Walky Talky customers. In a statement, Tata Indicom informed that all new prepaid customers of Walky Talky who activate with Indicom 200 starter kit can avail bonus talk ...






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