The Hindu Business Line : Monday, March 16, 2009

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KERALA: Call to leverage NREGP to tackle forest fires
Thiruvananthapuram, March 15 The Kerala Forests Minister, Mr Benoy Viswom, has said that the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (NREGP) should be leveraged to devise an effective strategy for preventing ...

KARNATAKA: Maritime Board to tap potential of Karnataka’s coastline
A 300-km-long coastline, 10 minor ports and a major port are the main features of Karnataka’s maritime profile. Though a major port and a few minor ports are working on tapping the potential in their areas of activity, the potential ...

MAHARASHTRA: Maharashtra makes plans to spend Rs 125 cr on infra projects
Funds will be spent as part of National Cyclone Risk Mitigation Project. Mumbai, March 15 For the fiscal 2009-10, Maharashtra Government would be spending Rs 125 crore, for strengthening infrastructure in six costal districts of the State. The ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: Recession hits granite exports from Srikakulam
Global economic recession has badly hit granite exports from Srikakulam district this year and exports have almost been halved from the usual level of Rs 100 crore or so ...

MAHARASHTRA: Laxey misguided, says Hirco board
Mumbai, March 15 The Hirco Board has said that the resolutions of hedge fund Laxey Partners were against the interests of the company and urged shareholders to vote against ...

KERALA: Coir Board chief to head team for Chile
Kochi, March 15 The Coir Board Chairman, Mr V.S. Vijayaraghavan, is heading a 13-member trade delegation, including 11 coir exporters drawn from Kerala and Tamil Nadu, to a four-day exhibition entitled ‘India Show’, beginning in ...

KERALA: Farm credit in Kerala records rise
The outstanding advances to the agriculture sector in Kerala has increased by Rs 710 crore during the first half of the current ...

MAHARASHTRA: Outdoor laundry
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ANDHRA PRADESH: Respite from heat
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GUJARAT: NID ties up with PACE; more opportunities for students
Ahmedabad, March 15 National Institute of Design students will now have a chance to design General Motors’ cars right here in Ahmedabad. PACE, a consortium of corporates like GM Autodesk, Siemens PLM Software, EDS an HP company and ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: Tebma builds 2 survey launches for DCI
Visakhapatnam, March 15 The Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) here received two survey launches built by the Chennai-based Tebma Shipping Ltd on Sunday. The launches were built by the company at a cost of Rs 16.9 crore, with ...

KARNATAKA: Hubli rly division earnings up
Total earnings of the Hubli division of South Western Railway (SWR) stood at Rs 3,328.98 crore till the end of February during the current financial year as against Rs 2,709.02 crore in the corresponding period of previous fiscal, recording a ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: New Maruti driving school
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KERALA: Indus League store in Thrissur
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ANDHRA PRADESH: AP: Sale of dated security stocks
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