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TAMIL NADU: 4 SEZs in Tamil Nadu get in-principle nod
New Delhi, Sept. 22 Tamil Nadu bagged four in-principle approvals for Special Economic Zones (SEZ) among the 10 proposals that got in-principle nod by the Board of Approval (BoA) for SEZs that includes L&T Shipbuilding Ltd-promoted ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: AP plans varsities in districts, more polytechnic colleges
To focus on providing IT education to talented rural youth. Hyderabad, Sept. 22 Focussing on higher education, the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, is keen to establish a university in every district of ...

TAMIL NADU: Spinners’ association seeks 2-yr moratorium on bank loans repayment
Urges Centre to reduce term loan interest rates. Coimbatore, Sept. 22 The South India Small Spinners Association (SISSPA), Coimbatore has sought a blanket two-year moratorium on bank loan repayment in view of the tough market conditions the ...

KERALA: Kerala: Civic chiefs told to ensure quality of Plan projects
Thiruvananthapuram, Sept 22 The Kerala Local Administration Minister, Mr Paloli Mohammed Kutty, has called upon the civic chiefs to ensure the quality of the Eleventh Plan projects and also to give priority to the EMS ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: Allegations by Delhi Metro chief baseless, says Govt
Hyderabad, Sept. 22 The Andhra Pradesh Government has termed the allegations made by Dr E. Sreedharan, Managing Director, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd (DMRC), on the Hyderabad Metro Rail Project (HMR), as “baseless” and has ...

OTHER STATES: Arunim gives business tag to sheltered workshops
For the economic empowerment of people with disability, the Government-run National Trust is arming them with skill-sets to help them earn a livelihood. The Trust has also formed a marketing federation, Arunim, to transform sheltered ...

TAMIL NADU: Banks told to adopt flexible measures for education loans
In a move to help raise level of knowledge, skills. Madurai, Sept. 22 The Union Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, has urged bankers to adopt a flexible approach while extending ...

KARNATAKA: Karnataka hopeful of Rs 2 lakh cr investments
Mr Murugesh Nirani, Karnataka Minister for Large and Medium Industries, said that investments of over Rs 2 lakh crore are likely to flow into the State in the next two years. Nearly 100 “concrete proposals were gathered ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: Vizag co-op plans more branches
The Visakhapatnam Urban Co-operative Bank is planning to set up 10 more branches in the next three years, according to Mr M. Anjaneyulu, Chairman. He made the announcement at the annual general meeting of the bank here on Sunday. He said the ...

TAMIL NADU: ICICI opens ATM at BHEL township
The General Manager (in-charge), Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd, Mr V. Ananthakrishnan, commissioned the automated teller machine (ATM) of the ICICI Bank at BHEL Township E sector at a brief function held here recently. The General Manager ...

KERALA: HR association inaugurated
Converge, the HR association of the Justice K.S. Hegde Institute of Management at Nitte in Udupi district, was inaugurated recently. A press release said here that Mr P. Purandara Shetty, Unit Head and Senior General Manager of BASF India ...

KERALA: Priority sector lending in Ernakulam below target
Improve position by next quarter, Collector tells bankers. Kochi, Sept. 22 The performance of all banks and government departments on priority sector lending and disbursements under government-sponsored schemes and other poverty alleviation ...

TAMIL NADU: Chennai to host event on water management
Chennai, Sept. 22 Rapid urbanisation and industrialisation is turning water into a scarce commodity. Unless there is a holistic approach in water management, there is an ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: World Congress to chart out plan to tackle disasters
Event slated for October 21-24 in Hyderabad. Hyderabad, Sept. 22 The first World Congress for Disaster Management (WCDM)-2008 to be held at Hyderabad next month will chart out the course of action for an integrated approach to tackling ...

TAMIL NADU: Indian Bank extends more loans to rural students
Indian Bank has disbursed more educational loans to students from rural and semi-urban areas and girl students accounted for more than 35 per cent of the total, according to Mr M.S. Sundara Rajan, Chairman and Managing Director of ...

MAHARASHTRA: ‘Books on Wheels’ reaches out to Maharashtra’s masses
EASY READING. Mr Pankaj Kurulkar, a 45-year old electronics engineer and an author, is setting the hearts of booklovers thumping. He has begun a service, ‘Granthayan — Books on Wheels’. This is the first such project in ...

TAMIL NADU: Gauge conversion work gaining momentum in Tamil Nadu
Coimbatore, Sept 22 The Union Minister of State for Railways, Mr R. Velu, said electrification, gauge conversion and line doubling works were gaining momentum in ...

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TAMIL NADU: VGN Developers to launch mini townships
Chennai, Sept. 22 The Chennai-based VGN Developers Pvt Ltd plans to launch two mini-township projects in the city’s suburbs. The company is also planning to launch two projects targeting the low cost and ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: Six study programmes for MSME sector launched
Hyderabad, Sept. 22 The National Institute for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (Ni-msme) has launched two new international and four ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: Online registration for IELTS exam
Hyderabad, Sept. 22The British Council has introduced new online registration system (NORS) for its IELTS, an examination in proficiency in ...

KARNATAKA: ‘Students must be taught to convert knowledge into wealth’
Business schools in India have a challenge before them to impart to its students “ability to convert knowledge into wealth”, Mr P.V. Arunachalam, former Vice-Chancellor of Dravidian University, said here ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: Public hearing on bauxite mining scheduled for Oct 3
Not heeding to the growing protests against the proposal to undertake bauxite mining in the agency (tribal) areas of the Visakhapatnam district, the Andhra Pradesh Government is going ahead with it and the public hearing on the mining is ...

KERALA: Vodafone Essar’s store in Aluva
Vodafone Essar has announced the launch of its first international format store in Aluva near Kochi. This is the first Vodafone Store in Kochi to sport a new look that aims to deliver a complete Vodafone experience to customers. This takes ...






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