The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, October 16, 2008

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ANDHRA PRADESH: Public Procurement Bill to have uniform policy
Hyderabad, Oct. 15 In order to streamline procurement of various State Government departments, the Andhra Pradesh Cabinet has approved creation of the AP Public ...

KERALA: DLF to invest Rs 4,000 cr in Kerala in five years
Focus on Kochi, Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram. The real estate developer DLF Ltd has announced plans to invest Rs 4,000 crore over a period of five years in various parts of ...

TAMIL NADU: Chennai hotels look for ways to offset likely fall in occupancy
F&B seen as a major source of revenue. Chennai, Oct. 15 To make up for likely fall in occupancy levels owing to the global economic slowdown, most hotels in Chennai are looking to other sources of revenue than just from ...

MAHARASHTRA: Marvel Realtors unveils three projects
Pune, Oct. 15 With funding from Och Ziff Capital Management Group, Pune-based Marvel Realtors is launching three projects catering to residential and ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: Aerospace SEZ to come up in AP
Focus on manufacture of defence, commercial aircraft components. Hyderabad, Oct. 15 The country’s first exclusive aerospace SEZ (special economic zone), Aerospace Park, would come up in ...

KERALA: NSS to invest Rs 160 cr for women’s empowerment
Kochi, Oct 15 The Nair Service Society (NSS), one of the leading NGOs in Kerala, is to enhance its investments in productive enterprises during the current fiscal to Rs 160 crore through women’s self-help ...

KARNATAKA: KCCI seeks one more industrial area in Mangalore
Mangalore, Oct. 15 The Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) has urged the State Government to set up another industrial area near ...

TAMIL NADU: LT consumers told not to draw power during peak hours
Coimbatore, Oct. 15 Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) gave a KO punch to the Low Tension (LT) consumers on Wednesday asking them not to draw power from the State grid for four hours from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: Andhra Bank to launch mobile ATM in Vizag
Visakhapatnam, Oct. 15 Andhra Bank is planning to introduce a mobile ATM in Visakhapatnam shortly, according to Mr V.S. Sarma, Deputy General Manager of the ...

TAMIL NADU: US Consulate in Chennai may shift home
Chennai, Oct. 15 The US Consulate in Chennai – for long, a famous landmark on the city’s arterial Anna Salai – is likely to be ...

TAMIL NADU: Dell India opens store in Coimbatore, Delhi
Coimbatore, Oct. 15 Dell India has opened its first exclusive store at New Delhi and Coimbatore on Wednesday. Both these outlets would sell the company’s range of products – Inspiron, Studio and XPS, said the company’s ...

KERALA: Kerala Cabinet okays organic farming policy
The Kerala Cabinet has approved the organic farming policy prepared by the State ...

KERALA: KWA revenue collection to be intensified
The Kerala Water Authority (KWA) will take strong steps to speed up revenue collection ...

KARNATAKA: ‘Innovation is key to better banking’
Mangalore, Oct. 15 The attempts at innovating, especially in banking, will be much better if efforts towards realigning or re-engineering the processes involved are better planned, according to Mr B.R. Bhat, General Manager of Corporation ...

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