STATES
TAMIL NADU
Plantation industry laments unequal tax rates
Coimbatore, March 21 The plantation industry has expressed disappointment over the Tamil Nadu Government’s failure to accede to its demand for equal treatment in tax rates.Reacting to the budget proposals presented on Thursday, ...
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Chamber plea to extend one-time settlement for TNGST arrears till Dec 2006
The Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Coimbatore, has expressed its happiness over the concessions extended to the business community under the Tamil Nadu value-added tax in the State budget proposals. However, the Chamber wanted ...
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Plea to control rising food products’ prices
The Sattur Chamber of Commerce and Industries has urged the Prime Minister to control the abnormal rise in the price of edible oil and food products. In a letter addressed to the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, the Chamber Secretary, Mr ...
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Wet April for Tamil Nadu
Thiruvananthapuram, March 21 Evolving weather during April-May-June would be any different for Tamil Nadu, according to latest outlook by the International Research Centre (IRI) for Climate Prediction at the University of Columbia. ...
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Sugar mills welcome proposals to support farmers
Chennai, March 21 Industry associations representing a range of sectors have welcomed the Tamil Nadu budget for its support to the small and medium industries, agriculture and farmers.The Southern India Sugar Mills Association – ...
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‘Focus of Union Budget more on waiver, not on expenditure’
Dr G. Chidambaram, Member, State Planning Commission, Tamil Nadu has said that discussion on the Union budget, including the media, is focussed more on farm loan waiver than on expenditure side of the budget that has positive ...
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Positive, innovative schemes for all-round economic growth: TN Chamber
Madurai, March 21 The Trade and industry here have welcomed the Tamil Nadu budget for 2008-09.The Tamil Nadu Chamber of Industry and Commerce has said that the budget is a veritable goldmine with positive and innovative schemes for the ...
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Lack of focus on Coimbatore, textile sector, says CII
The Chairman of the CII Coimbatore zone, Mr C.N. Ashok, has expressed disappointment over the lack of focus on Coimbatore and the textile sector in particular in the State budget for 2008-09.‘The textile sector is fighting to ...
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ANDHRA PRADESH
AAI, Indian staff flash strike begins at Hyderabad
Hyderabad, March 21 Even as the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport gets the Ministry of Civil Aviation nod to begin commercial operations from Sunday, hundreds of employees of Airport Authority of India (AAI) and Indian have begun flash ...
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Airlines allowed to do ground handling at Hyderabad airport
Facility allowed till year-end
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Business tech incubator at varsity
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Global meet on infrastructure
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Hyderabad Metro to link up airport with 12-km stretch
Hyderabad, March 21 The $2.2-billion Hyderabad Metro Rail Ltd (HMR), a project aimed at providing mass rapid transport system and decongest the city, may now be extended to the new Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), by adding a new ...
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KERALA
Call for more efforts for sustainable, responsible tourism initiatives
The second International conference on responsible tourism in destinations has called for concerted efforts for promotion of sustainable and responsible tourism initiatives worldwide. In his presidential address at the four-day ...
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KARNATAKA
‘IT plays major role in marketing financial products’
Information technology (IT) has made significant contribution for showcasing and delivery of financial products in the banking sector, according to Mr S. Dheerendra, Regional Manager, Regional Business Office, State Bank of India, Mangalore. ...
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OTHER STATES
Mohapatra elected Chairman, Orissa CII
The CEO of Dhamra Port Company Ltd, Mr S.K. Mohapatra, has been elected the chairman of the Confederation of Indian Industry, Orissa council, for 2008-09, according to a press release issued here by the CII.Mr Mohapatra, an IAS official ...
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