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KARNATAKA: Garment exporters see value at home
Look to domestic market too on thin overseas orders. Bangalore, June 26 Apparel exporters are not interested in the dollar alone and are slowly seeing profits with the ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: 9-hour power supply for farm sector from July
Drinking water scheme for villages to be launched in August. Hyderabad, June 26 The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, today said the State will provide nine-hour power supply to the farm sector from July 15 as promised ...

TAMIL NADU: Chennai desalination project suffers further delay
Long-term loan put on ‘rating watch negative’. Chennai, June 26 Following protracted delays in the commissioning of the Rs 550-crore desalination project by Chennai Water Desalination Ltd, Fitch Ratings has placed the company’s ...

KERALA: Bank credit growth declines in Kerala
Total deposits register significant growth in 2008-09. Thiruvananthapuram, June 26 The rate of growth in bank credit in Kerala showed a decline in 2008-09 even as the deposits recorded significant growth during ...

KARNATAKA: Bangalore-Dubai Kingfisher flights
Kingfisher Airlines has announced daily direct flights from Bangalore to Dubai. After London, Colombo and Dhaka, Dubai is the fourth destination on the international network of Kingfisher Airlines. These flights will be operated using the ...

WEST BENGAL: CBM activity opens irrigation avenues in Bengal and Jharkhand
Essar to encourage farmers to cultivate around wells. Durgapur, June 26 That coal-bed methane (CBM) is fast emerging as a viable source of natural gas in West Bengal and Jharkhand is known to many. But what is relatively unknown is that CBM ...

KERALA: Amway launches orphanage programme in Kochi
Amway Opportunity Foundation (AOF), a registered non-profit organisation, has launched ‘Project Sunrise’ here by signing an MoU with its partner, Infant Jesus Orphanage and handed over a cheque of Rs 73,125 to Mother Superior ...

KARNATAKA: TERI, Dell launch eco programme for Bangalore schools
The energy and research institute TERI and computer maker Dell on Friday rolled out the Bangalore leg of their IT-enabled environment education programme, the ‘Climate EduXchange ...

KERALA: Kerala looking for consultants to conduct pre-feasibility study on reclamation
Plans to reclaim 5,000 hectares from the sea off Thiruvananthapuram. Thiruvananthapuram, June 26 The State Government is preparing to select consultants for conducting a pre-feasibility study to reclaim land from the sea off ...

KARNATAKA: Airtel enables search for blue-collar jobs
Bangalore, June 26 Airtel has launched an innovative ‘Jobs on mobile’ service for blue- collar jobs in Bangalore. This is a one-of-a-kind mobile service catering to people belonging to the lower middle class and low-income groups ...

TAMIL NADU: e-scooter makers seek 30% subsidy from Centre
Madurai, June 26 Manufacturers of e-scooters have approached the Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, Mr Farooq Abdullah, for a subsidy/rebate on ...

MAHARASHTRA: Much needed monsoon
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ANDHRA PRADESH: Abid Ali Khan Trust gets licence to set up community radio station
The city-based Abid Ali Khan Educational Trust, which is into promoting Urdu and providing vocational education to weaker sections, will set up a community radio station (CRS), in the next three ...

TAMIL NADU: flydubai to start India operations next month
Coimbatore, June 26 ‘flydubai’, a low-cost airline from Dubai, is launching a service to Dubai from here from July ...

KARNATAKA: Chamber seeks investor-friendly land laws
Bangalore, June 26 The Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry has appealed for a greater focus on infrastructure, irrigation ...

GUJARAT: Dow India supply chain gets award
Ahmedabad, June 26 Dow India’s supply chain expertise group, in collaboration with a Tata Consulting Services consulting team, received 2009 Progressive Manufacturing Award by US-based Managing Automation magazine ...

WEST BENGAL: Kuoni sees 6-8% drop in global leisure travel on recession
Kolkata, June 26 There was six-to-eight per cent drop in international travels for leisure in 2008-09 due to the global recession and economic slowdown in the country, according to Mr Rajendra Kakade, National Manager, Channel Sales, ...

KERALA: Pepper futures rise marginally
Kochi, June 26 The pepper futures market on Friday moved up marginally on talk of scanty rains affecting pollination in pepper resulting in lower output in the coming season, market ...

ANDHRA PRADESH: Jewellery fair at HITEX centre
Hyderabad, June 26 The Hyderabad Jewellery, Pearl and Gem Fair (HJF) organised by UBM India, will be held at the HITEX Exhibition Centre here between July 9 and ...

TAMIL NADU: AI reschedules ex-Chennai flights
In view of the main runway closure at Chennai Airport, Air India has rescheduled some of its ex-Chennai flights, from July 1 to September 15, a press release from the airline says. Flight IC 555 on the Chennai – Singapore sector will ...

WEST BENGAL: Tourist Spot inaugurated
Tourist Spot, a major travel and tourism fair in eastern region, was inaugurated here on Friday by the West Bengal Tourism Minister, Mr Mnabendra Mukherjee. An initiative of the State Tourism Department in association with a local newspaper ...





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