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TAMIL NADU
Math institute becomes university
Chennai Mathematical Institute has been recognised as a university by the Union Ministry of Human Resource and Development under the University Grants Commission Act. Backed by this move, the institute plans to offer more ...
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`Managements too have right to engage lawyer'
If workmen engaged a trained reasoned lawyer, the managements should not be denied the same right by relying on Section 36(3) of the Industrial Disputes Act, the Madras High Court has ruled. Workmen withholding consent to employer seeking ...
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Qatar Airways plans daily flights from Chennai
Qatar Airways, Qatar's national airline, plans to start daily flights out of Chennai from March 24, according to Mr Ali M. Al Rais, Senior Manager, Commercial Operations, Qatar Airways. Chennai will be the sixth destination in India for the ...
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IDBI Bank's property sale today
More than a dozen bidders are to participate in tomorrow's electronic auction for IDBI Bank's property on Boat Club Road, a prime residential locality in Chennai. It may be recalled that IDBI Bank had called prospective bidders to participate ...
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`Speed up track-doubling project work'
The track doubling will help in easing the traffic and facilitate more trains to operate.
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`Leadership qualities can be imbibed'
To say that leaders are born and not made is a myth and the qualities of leadership can be imbibed, according to Mr P. Selvaganesh, Additional Director of Investigations, Department of Income-Tax, Madurai. A leader is one who makes things ...
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Subcon 2007 from Feb 23
The subcontracting expo, Subcon 2007, to be organised by the Coimbatore District Small Industries Association (Codissia), will be held from February 23 to 25 at the Codissia trade fair complex here. In a press release, Mr J. ...
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ANDHRA PRADESH
ICSA bags Rs 17-cr order
ICSA India Ltd has secured work orders with a contract value of Rs 17.57 crore from the Chief General Manager, APEPDCL, on 100 per cent turnkey basis. The company has informed BSE that the nature of work involves sub-stations in Visakhapatnam ...
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IT Secretaries woo investors
AP, TN, Bengal vying for semiconductor pie
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Knowledge Infotech to hire more
Knowledge Infotech (KI), an application solution provider, has announced plans to increase the head count in the Hyderabad development centre from 175 to 300 in the next six months. The company is also looking at opportunities in ...
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Singur SEZ package is ideal, says Yechury
`There is nothing wrong in acquiring agricultural lands, if it was absolutely necessary.'
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KERALA
ICICI Bank in Thalassery
ICICI Bank has opened its Thalassery branch along with an ATM. The branch will remain open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday, according to a press release issued here. It will offer the entire range of ICICI Bank ...
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Kerala bid to control price rise
The Kerala Government has initiated steps to control the rise in prices of essential commodities. At a meeting that the Chief Minister, Mr V.S. Achuthanandan, had with representatives of the Hotel and Restaurants Association and other traders ...
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Cheaper power for drinking water schemes
Drinking water schemes promoted by beneficiary committees affiliated to local bodies in Kerala will now get relief in applicable electricity charges. The Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) has decided to implement a relevant policy ...
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Plantation Corpn draws up new plans
The company is thinking of forging direct links with the manufacturers so as to eliminate the marketing problems arising out of the agency arrangement.
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Blood donors' meet
The blood donors' forum of the Indian Medical Association and surgicals major Terumo Penpol are jointly hosting a meeting of Club 25, a grouping of voluntary blood donors, on February 24 here. Club 25 encourages young people to ...
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Pratt & Whitney gesture
Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technologies Corporation, today presented a $15,000 grant to project Krushi, a programme aimed at rehabilitation and education of homeless and needy children in Hyderabad. This takes the ...
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Elected
Mr K.O. Kuriachan (left), a practising Company Secretary, has been elected Chairman and Mr S.P. Kamath, General Manager and Company Secretary of the Amalgam Group, Vice-Chairman of the Cochin Chapter of the Institute of Company Secretaries of ...
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KARNATAKA
Pyramid ties up with Ritual Developers
Theatre chain group Pyramid Saimira Theater Ltd has entered into a three-year alliance with Bangalore-based Ritual Developers Ltd to set up multiplexes in Karnataka. According to the agreement, Ritual will develop 15 multiplexes across Bangalore, ...
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Bangalore chamber concern over bandh call
The Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce (BCIC) has expressed concern at the proposed Karnataka Bandh call given by certain organisations on February 8 to protest against the award given by the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal. In a ...
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Tech institute signs MoUs with IBM
The National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK) at Surathkal near here has signed two memoranda of understanding (MoU) with IBM for academic and research collaboration. A press release said here that Dr Sandeep Sancheti, Director of NITK; ...
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OTHER STATES
Nagaland annual Plan pegged at Rs 900 cr
GDP growing at an average of 11.2%: CM
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Ansal to invest Rs 10,000 cr in Punjab
Upbeat on the realty prospects in Punjab, Delhi-based Ansal Properties and Infrastructure Ltd plans to invest Rs 10,000 crore in the State in the next 3-4 years. ``We will launch 15 projects in Punjab in the next six months, apart from the ...
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Puducherry launches electronic tendering portal
The Puducherry Government on Monday launched an end-to-end electronic tendering (e-tendering) portal for its departments. Developed by Mauritius-based company Electronic Tender Private Ltd, the e-tendering product will carry out the entire range ...
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MAHARASHTRA
Sena on the march in Maharashtra
Failure to ally leaves Congresses in disarray in civic polls
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Mauritius tourism initiative
The Mauritius Tourism Promotion Authority is undertaking a strategic initiative, including enhancing flight capacities of its national carrier, to boost business and leisure tourism from western India. Kicking off a roadshow in Pune, Mr Vijaye ...
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ICAO's help sought for Mumbai third airport study
The Union Minister for Civil Aviation, Mr Praful Patel, on Tuesday hinted at the possibility of Mumbai soon needing a third airport for non-scheduled operations. At a meeting with the Secretary-General of International Civil Aviation ...
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WEST BENGAL
FIPB clears Salim Group's investment in Bengal SEZ
Proposal now goes to CCEA for approval
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Reliance Fresh stores in Kolkata by next month
Reliance Industries may kick off its Reliance Fresh grocery stores roll out in Kolkata by March. This will also mark Reliance Fresh's entry in the eastern region of the country. While Reliance officials are tight lipped about the company's ...
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Eco protection: Bengal in talks with Reliance
To introduce compressed natural gas to curb air pollution
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Royal Asiatic Society member
UGC's Professor Emeritus of Political Science Satyabrata Rai Chowdhuri has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Britain's highest society relating to Asian studies. The election of ...
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