The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, December 02, 2008

GOVERNMENT

POLITICS: Maharashtra Deputy CM Patil resigns
Mumbai, Dec. 1 Mr R.R. Patil, Deputy Chief Minster and Home Minster of Maharashtra, resigned on ...

FOREIGN RELATIONS: UAE-India: Progressive partnership
From the firm mercantile foundations of the past when dates, pearls, clothes and spices were the main items of trade, commercial ties between India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have in recent years, acquired a new level of maturity. ...

FOREIGN RELATIONS: Establishing a vital link
“India and the UAE enjoy a very special relationship based on historical links and shared traditions and values,” says Syed M. Salahuddin, Managing Director of the Dubai-based ETA Ascon Star ...

SECURITY: Getting minor ports to use modern security measures a challenge
New Delhi, Dec 1 The Shipping Ministry is looking to beef up port security. It can mandate action in the 12 major ports under the Centre’s ...

SECURITY: Astra Micro bags order from Israel co
Astra Microwave Products Ltd (AMP) has received an order for Rs 57.31 crore from ELTA Systems Ltd, Israel. The order is for the supply of microwave wireless sub-systems for India’s defence radar programme. The contract is valid ...

SECURITY: Bangalore hotels, malls to beef up security
Bangalore, Dec. 1 That they were attacks not on a city called Mumbai but the nation as a whole is evident from the aftershocks being felt in cities as far as Bangalore and ...

SECURITY: ‘No co-ordinated counter attack’
Mumbai, Dec. 1 “What was seen in the Mumbai attack was lack of preparedness. There was no co-ordinated counter attack on the terrorist,” said renowned defence expert, Major General (Retd) Eustace ...

SECURITY: Firepro sees rise in Govt spending on surveillance tools
Bangalore, Dec. 1 “Unfortunate incidents like the terror attacks in Mumbai only reinforce the need for security systems. And what you put there in properties are just engineered products. How much you get out of them depends on the ...

SECURITY: Biometric cards for fishermen
Mangalore, Dec. 1 Biometric smartcards will be made compulsory for sea-going fishermen in coastal Karnataka from January ...

SECURITY: Maharashtra to form security council
Mumbai, Dec. 1 Maharashtra will have a State Security Council on the lines of National Security Council with the Chief Minster at its helm. Other members of the council would be State Home Minister, prominent industrialist and members ...

FOREIGN RELATIONS: US help
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SECURITY: Meet reviews airport security
New Delhi, Dec 1 The security arrangements at various airports in the country were reviewed on Monday at a high-level meeting held by the Civil Aviation Secretary, Mr ...

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