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TAMIL NADU
Solar energy project to attract private capital
Madurai, Feb.13 The Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has come up with a new project in the use of solar energy that would attract investments on a big scale from the private sector, according to Mr Ajit K.Gupta, Adviser to ...
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Dalmia Cement to ramp up production
Tiruchi, Feb. 13 Buoyed by the unprecedented demand for its Vajram brand in 2006-07, Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd aims to become a national player by ramping up its production capacity to 25 million tonnes in two phases. Under phase 1, ...
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Biofuel may light up villages
The Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is considering the use of biofuel to light up remote hamlets in the southern districts in association with the Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency (TEDA). According to the adviser to MNRE, Mr ...
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‘Firms need to focus on PPT to be competitive’
Chennai, Feb. 13 Organisations today, in order to be competitive, need to focus on PPT, according to Mr R. Radhakrishnan, General Manager, South Zone, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. “As students of management, I am sure all ...
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ANDHRA PRADESH
Airtel adds 3 m subscribers in AP
Airtel has added three million new subscribers till now during the current financial year in Andhra Pradesh, and the company is on an aggressive network expansion drive, aiming at covering 90 per cent of the population in Andhra Pradesh, ...
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Plea to step up relief to AP farmers
Hyderabad, Feb. 13 Ms D. Purandeswari, Union Minister of State for Human Resources, has appealed to Mr Sharad Pawar, Union Minister for Agriculture, to come to the rescue of the farmers in Andhra Pradesh who lost their crops in the recent ...
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Jute procurement from AP suspended
The Jute Corporation of India has suspended purchase of jute for the past couple of days and the officials here are unable to confirm when it will be resumed, putting jute farmers in Vizianagaram and Srikakulam districts to great distress. ...
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Deccan’s Vizag-Mumbai service
Deccan is introducing daily flights from Visakhapatnam to Mumbai from March 30 and the bookings are open now, according to a press release. Mr Ramki Sundaram, the officiating CEO, says in the release that “in the absence of direct train ...
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KERALA
Heating industry aims zero ozone depletion
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FACT forms pact to make gypsum-based building materials
Kochi, Feb. 13 Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd (FACT) has signed an MoU with Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilisers (RCF) and Australia-based Rapid Building Systems (RBS) for supply of technology, licence and critical equipment for ...
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MS drive for ergonomic products
Microsoft Hardware has launched a revolutionary campaign ‘Microsoft Lao, Haath Bachao’ in Kochi to create awareness about the importance of using ergonomically designed products. As part of the campaign, Microsoft ...
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Small industrial units seek title deeds for land
Kochi, Feb. 13 Several small industrial units in Kerala are facing difficulties on account of the non issuance of pattayams (title deeds) by the State Government to units set up in various industrial estates. The ...
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Kochi region Tata Crucible Quiz winners
Kochi, Feb. 13 Tata Crucible Campus Quiz 2008 announced that Mr P. Vivek and Mr Vishnu Balakrishnan from the College of Engineering, Thiruvananthapuram were adjudged the winners of the regional finals in Kochi. The winning team from Kochi will ...
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KARNATAKA
Rosneft eyes stake in ONGC’s Mangalore LNG terminal
Bilateral trade and investments seen as key to advance relations
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Centum Frequency signs pact with Rakon
Bangalore, Feb. 13 The Bangalore-based Centum Frequency Products Pvt Ltd (CFPL), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Centum Electronics Ltd, has signed a joint venture agreement with the New Zealand-based multinational Rakon Ltd offering 49 per cent ...
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Conference on infrastructure
Mangalore, Feb. 13 SDM Post Graduate Centre for Management Studies and Research, Mangalore, will organise a conference on ‘Indian infrastructure — Challenges and opportunities’ in Mangalore on February 16. A ...
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OTHER STATES
Himachal annual Plan pegged at Rs 2,400 cr
Reduction of poverty, regional development will be focus areas
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WEST BENGAL
Potato crop loss: Centre urged to release money
Kolkata, Feb. 13 West Bengal State Cooperative Bank Ltd (WBSCB), on behalf of the State’s short-term cooperative credit structure, has urged the Union Government to immediately release its share of fund to be paid as compensation under ...
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