The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, December 09, 2008

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ANDHRA PRADESH: GCC hikes procurement prices for some products
Step to encourage collection of non-timber forest produce. Visakhapatnam, Dec. 8 The Girijan Co-operative Corporation (GCC) here has increased the procurement prices of some forest produce, previously known as minor forest produce and now ...

OTHER STATES: A hat-trick
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TAMIL NADU: TN cold storage units’ ‘power’ plea
The Tamil Nadu Foodgrains Merchants Association has requested for exemption to cold storage facilities of essential agricultural products from load shedding, as in the case of rice mills. Making an appeal to the Chief Minister, the association ...

MAHARASHTRA: 21,000 Mumbai restaurants plan to ban meal vouchers
Mumbai, Dec. 8 Indian Hotel and Restaurants Association (AHAR) has threatened to ban meal vouchers from its over 21,000 snack and food outlets in Mumbai. A statement from the association on Monday said: Such move could be adopted in the light ...

TAMIL NADU: ‘Social infrastructure, local investment, key to development’
CEOs identify priorities for south Tamil Nadu. Madurai, Dec.8 Creation of social infrastructure and confident investment by local entrepreneurs for bold and big investments to follow from outside, are the two necessary factors for the ...

WEST BENGAL: ISRO seeks Rs 10,000 cr from Centre for first manned mission
Kolkata, Dec. 8 The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has proposed a funding of nearly Rs 10,000 crore from the Centre for India’s first manned mission in space to take off in the next five to six years, according to sources ...

KARNATAKA: BIA to have 11-acre cargo village
Bangalore, Dec. 8 A new, 11-acre Cargo Village will start functioning fromJanuary 2009 at the Bengaluru ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: Corporate giants join hands for India-US research initiatives
Hyderabad, Dec. 8 IBM, Intel, Boeing, Lockheed Martin are among several large corporates supporting joint research initiatives between India and the US in high-tech ...

KERALA: RM ‘slowly and steadily’ getting ready to enter Indian market
ICT systems’ developer bets on education to ride out crisis. Thiruvananthapuram, Dec. 8 Slow and steady seems to be the guiding principle at ...

KERALA: Jumbo tribute
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ANDHRA PRADESH: FAPCCI hails Centre’s stimulus package
Hyderabad, Dec. 8 The Federation of Andhra Pradesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FAPCCI) has welcomed the fiscal measures announced by the Union ...

TAMIL NADU: Knitwear exporters seek more sops
Coimbatore, Dec. 8 While welcoming the measures announced for the textile sector in the first tranche of the stimulus package, the Tirupur Exporters’ Association (TEA) said that it would only partially help the knitwear garment exporters ...

TAMIL NADU: HC asks excise dept to consider relief plea of GK Steels
Chennai, Dec. 8 The Central Excise authorities have been directed by the Madras High Court to consider the plea of GK Steels (Coimbatore) Ltd for granting concession under the Kar Vivad Samadhan Scheme, 1998, introduced by the Finance Act 21 ...

KARNATAKA: Technology expos in Bangalore from tomorrow
Bangalore, Dec. 8 In a clear expression of their belief of Indian economic resilience amidst global meltdown and its huge market potential, a large number of international companies from Germany and other countries have confirmed ...

MAHARASHTRA: Ashok Chavan Ministry takes oath in Mumbai
Mumbai, Dec. 8 Mr Ashok Chavan, newly appointed Chief Minister of Maharashtra took the oath of office and secrecy at the Governor House on Monday. The NCP leader Mr Chagan Bhujbal was sworn in as the Deputy Chief ...

TAMIL NADU: ‘Special rice intensification fund needed’
Coimbatore, Dec. 8 Participants at the Third National Symposium on System of Rice Intensification (SRI) have recommended creation of a special vehicle of ‘SRI Promotional Fund’ with specific budget outlay, to realise the potential ...

WEST BENGAL: Division Bench differs on bail plea of Ashok Todi
Kolkata, Dec. 8 The Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court on Monday differed in its opinion about granting of bail to Ashok Todi, the accused in the Rizwanur Rahaman unnatural death ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: Lanco Infra weighs options in Vizhinjam port case
Hyderabad, Dec. 8 The Lanco Consortium is evaluating options against a Kerala High Court order challenging the award of development of Vizhinjam International Deepwater ...

OTHER STATES: Environmental Sustainability Index: Sikkim bags second spot
Gangtok, Dec. 8 The Centre for Development Finance (CDF), a non-profit research organisation, has given Sikkim the second position among all the 28 States in its Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) 2008 ...

MAHARASHTRA: J Kumar to build skywalks
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