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STATES
MAHARASHTRA:
How can a soft state defeat the forces of terror?
It was in 1964, while on a visit to India, that Nobel Laureate Gunnar Myrdal called India a ‘soft state’. If Nehru’s India, with the then Congress having brute majorities in Parliament and State legislatures was a soft state, ...
MAHARASHTRA:
Young heads, bold feet
When this newspaper launched its Mumbai edition in 2004, the newspaper and this writer earnestly felt the launch was in celebration of Mumbai’s resurgence. Mumbai’s status as a globally prominent financial centre underscored ...
TAMIL NADU:
Textile mills for uniform power cut of 20-25% in TN
Diesel captive power generation model ‘ideal’. Coimbatore, Dec. 2 The Southern India Mills Association (SIMA) has said that imposing a 20-25 per cent uniform power cut across the State would be an ideal solution to tide over the ...
ANDHRA PRADESH:
Bill to amend fiscal management Act tabled
Hyderabad, Dec. 2 A Bill to amend the Andhra Pradesh Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act (FRBM), 2005 has been tabled in the State Legislative Assembly ...
OTHER STATES:
‘More innovative projects get commercial breakthrough’
New Delhi, Dec. 3 About 25 innovative projects entered into commercial deal in the third year of the Lockheed Martin Innovation Growth Programme in collaboration with the Department of Science and Technology, FICCI and University of ...
KARNATAKA:
Bangalore hospitality sector feels the pinch of attacks on Mumbai
Hotels report cancellations, fear a downturn. Bangalore, Dec. 2 First the economic meltdown, then the terror attacks. It’s not just Mumbai that has been affected. A 20-30 per cent drop in average hotel occupancy is expected in the near ...
KARNATAKA:
Tata arm bags Mysore water contract
Jamshedpur Utilities & Services Company Ltd (Jusco), a wholly owned subsidiary of Tata Steel, has bagged Rs 152-crore water management contract for Mysore city, according to a Jusco release. An agreement to this effect was signed on Tuesday ...
MAHARASHTRA:
CST victims to be compensated
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WEST BENGAL:
Ashok Todi files bail application
Mr Ashok Todi, the prime accused in the Rizwanur Rahaman’s unnatural death case, filed a bail petition on Tuesday in the Calcutta High Court, challenging the order of the CBI, Judge of December 1, who sent Mr Todi to judicial custody for ...
TAMIL NADU:
‘Rice intensification movement being adopted in several States’
Coimbatore, Dec. 2 “System of Rice Intensification (SRI) is not a technology. It is a movement that is being promoted extensively. Unfortunately, there is no lobby to push it because the fertiliser subsidy in India is huge, at Rs ...
ANDHRA PRADESH:
Vizag Steel urged to extend support to local units
Visakhapatnam, Dec. 2 The Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, as the biggest industrial unit in Andhra Pradesh, should encourage ancillaries and downstream units in the State, and the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd’s (RINL) track record in this ...
KERALA:
Single-window system to monitor tourism works
The Kerala Government is planning to introduce a single-window system to monitor and coordinate tourism development works being implemented by various departments, said the Minister for Home and Tourism, Mr Kodiyeri ...
TAMIL NADU:
Of chewing gum and airport security
Chennai, Dec. 2 What is the connection between a handful of chewing gum and airport security? If the chewing gum will go undetected by the x-ray machine at the airport so will 2 gm pellets of semtex, the plastic ...
TAMIL NADU:
‘Energy efficiency can enable lower operating costs’
Coimbatore, Dec. 2 “Being energy efficient and environmentally responsible can contribute significantly towards lowering operating costs, particularly in times of economic slowdown. It will also help boost the ...
ANDHRA PRADESH:
Dalmia Cement commissions AP plant
Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Ltd has commissioned a 2.25-million-tonne greenfield cement project in Kadapa , Andhra Pradesh, according to a press release from ...
ANDHRA PRADESH:
Navy Day rehearsals
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MAHARASHTRA:
Expressing solidarity
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MAHARASHTRA:
Keeping close watch
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KERALA:
Getting spruced up
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KARNATAKA:
Campco plans wind energy production
Central Areacanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Cooperative (Campco) Ltd is treading an unusual path to become self sufficient in power consumption. The cooperative will be setting up a wind energy plant at Hoovina Hadagali in ...
MAHARASHTRA:
Tata Motors' second block closure
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TAMIL NADU:
Madurai to host industrial expo
Madurai, Dec. 2 An industrial exhibition Indexpo 2008 will be held at Tamukkan grounds here from December 13 to ...
TAMIL NADU:
Property tax hike: TN chamber holds protest fast
Madurai, Dec. 2 Hundreds of representatives of trade and industry associations participated in a ‘protest fast’ here on Tuesday, organised by the Tamilnadu Chamber of Commerce and Industry seeking a reduction in the property ...
GUJARAT:
Lack of export orders worries Gujarat pharma sector
Waiting for export orders to materialise, the pharmaceutical sector in Gujarat, which had a turnover of Rs 15,000 crore in 2006, is now stagnating, almost stopped recruitment two years ago and, despite the Centre halving excise duty to eight ...
KARNATAKA:
Volvo operator training centre in Bangalore
Bangalore, Dec. 2 Mr Eberhard Wedekind, President-Region Asia, Volvo CE, and Chairman-Volvo India, on Tuesday inaugurated the first operator training school in Hoskote, Bangalore, by Volvo ...
KARNATAKA:
Manipal varsity’s new courses
Mangalore, Dec. 2: Manipal University will offer 24 new courses in various disciplines from the academic year 2009-10. A press release from the university said here on Tuesday that Manipal University offers courses in ...
KERALA:
NeST conference
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KERALA:
Translation of Gita released
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ANDHRA PRADESH:
Workshop on EDSA Software application
Hyderabad, Dec. 2 A two-day workshop on EDSA software application to power systems under TEQIP is being organised at Department of Electrical Engineering, University College of Engineering, Osmania University, Hyderabad during ...
MAHARASHTRA:
Words, words, words
The new Union Home Minister has struck the right chord when he said immediately after taking charge of his new responsibility that what happened last week in Mumbai was a “threat to the very idea, the very soul of India that we know ...
MAHARASHTRA:
Live coverage
The coverage of the Mumbai terrorist attack by the electronic media, particularly the 24-hour news channels, has been notable. These channels brought terror in a spectacular fashion into the drawing rooms of homes thousands of miles away from ...
MAHARASHTRA:
E-media excels itself
As a long-time student of effective communication and media-watcher in India and abroad, I have developed great admiration for the reporters, anchors and editors of the private TV news channels in the country. They are invariably on the ball, ...
KARNATAKA:
C. Mahalingam, Executive VP & Chief People Officer, Symphony Services Corporation; Mats Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship, Bangalore
Bangalore, Dec. 2 Delivering a lecture on global meltdown, organised by the Business Line Club here on Tuesday, Mr C. Mahalingam, Executive Vice-president and Chief Peoples’ Officer of Symphony Services Solutions, ...
TAMIL NADU:
P. Raju Iyer, Chairman, Coaching Committee, Southern India Regional Council, ICWAI; Abdul Hakeem Association of Management, Vellore
Chennai, Dec. 2 Management students should reinvent themselves, relearn tools and techniques to revisit business models by analysing the present scenario and formulate ‘strategy’. People, it has been said, can be placed in ...
KERALA:
SBT counter at Sabarimala
State Bank of Travancore has opened an extension counter with core banking facilities at Malikappuram Buildings in Sabarimala. The counter offers facilities such as accepting deposits, withdrawals, remittances of funds to other banks and issue ...
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