STATES
TAMIL NADU
TN bandh will cripple industry: CII
The Confederation of Indian Industry Tamil Nadu State Council has urged the Government to reconsider its decision calling for a State-wide bandh on Saturday. A CII press release, which quoted the Chairman of Tamil Nadu State Council, Mr Gopal ...
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Gateway arm offering corporate, student training
GATE, the training division of Gateway HR Solutions, is in the final stages of bagging a contract from IT and software development services provider Virtusa to train employees on soft skills such as business etiquette, body language, email ...
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L&T-Arun Excello promoting township project near Chennai
Estimated cost of project put at Rs 1,500 crore
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Lorry owners to support TN bandh call
The Tamil Nadu State Lorry Owners' Federation has decided to support the March 31 bandh call given by the State Government. The federation President, Mr P. Sengodan, in a statement, said lorries would remain off roads between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. ...
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Global textile meet at Coimbatore in June
An international conference on advances in textiles, machinery, non-woven and technical textiles, ATNT 2007, will be held in Coimbatore between June 18 and 20. The meet jointly hosted by the Texas Tech University's Institute of Environmental ...
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Tirupur dyers plan `stop production' from April 9
Marking inability to pay penal levy imposed by High Court
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SRM pact for community college
SRM University has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with US-based American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) to set up a Community College under the SRM group of institutions. This also includes student and ...
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Credit plan for Madurai put at Rs 1,225 cr
The annual credit plan for Madurai district envisages an outlay of Rs 1,225 crore for 2007-08. A sum of Rs 696.13 crore has been earmarked for the agricultural sector along with Rs 53.32 crore for agriculture-allied activities, 19 per cent more ...
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ANDHRA PRADESH
Environment Protection Agency signs pact with CII
The US Environment Protection Agency (EPA) and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) have entered into an agreement to share information of Climate Leaders Programme, an eco-protection initiative being implemented in the US currently. This ...
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Globarena Technologies plans expansion
Bullish on the market for career development solutions, the Hyderabad-based Globarena Technologies is planning to open 100 career campus centres across the country over next three years. "We will open 85 centres outside Andhra Pradesh over next ...
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New battery unit planned
A new battery-manufacturing unit is being set up by Batteries India Ltd in Kanchikacherala near Vijayawada with an estimated investment of Rs 65 crore. The integrated battery plant would produce valve-regulated lead acid (VRLA) ...
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Indu Projects gets safety certificate
Indu Projects Ltd, the city-based real estate and construction company, has received OHSAS 18001:1999 certification by TUV SUD Management Services, Germany, for safety standards. "It proves that Indu adheres to the highest safety ...
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ING Vysya opens ATM outlet
ING Vysya Bank opened an offsite ATM outlet at KPHB Colony (Kukatpally) on Friday taking the total number of ATMs to 136 in the country. The bank has over six lakh debit card users. ...
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KERALA
Power situation in Kerala comfortable
`Reservoirs of hydel projects have enough water'
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Select SBI units working today
Select branches of State Bank of India that normally conduct Government business will remain open on Saturday, which is a holiday under the Negotiable Instruments Act. According to a spokesman for the Local Head Office of the ...
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NTPC stake in TELK awaits Centre's nod
The NTPC board has decided to go for a joint venture with the Kerala-owned Transformers and Electricals Kerala Ltd (TELK). Since a decision on the percentage of equity participation in the joint venture has to be taken by the Centre, NTPC ...
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KARNATAKA
Management journal launch
The Nitte Management Review - a biennial research journal of the Justice K.S. Hegde Institute of Management, Nitte - will be launched on April 3. A press release by the institute said here on Friday that the Nitte ...
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MAHARASHTRA
Nepal roadshows to woo tourists
Assuring that the Maoist violence is a thing of the past, Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) on Friday launched its roadshows in Ahmedabad to be followed by another in Vadodara, to woo the globetrotter and high-spending Gujarati tourists ...
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Pune mops up Rs 251 cr in customs revenue collections
Hinterland ports at Dighi, Chinchwad and Pimpri much sought-after by trade
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GUJARAT
Gujarat passes Bill allowing electronic trade in farm produce
The National Multi-Commodity Exchange (NMCE) has welcomed the passage of a long overdue Agricultural Produce Market (Amendment) Bill 2007 in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly on Thursday. Reacting to the passage of the Bill, an NMCE spokesman ...
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WEST BENGAL
Central lab certifies blood test kits of Monozyme
The National Institute of Biologicals, New Delhi, a Central Government laboratory, has tested the blood test kits supplied by Monozyme India Ltd and found them to be of standard quality. The Advocate-General of West Bengal on Friday placed the ...
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Kolkata passport office to use Webel services
It will collect application forms to expedite issuance of passports
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Zambia consular offices in 3 metros
Direct air link between Mumbai and the Zambian capital of Lusaka would begin by the fourth week of April 2007.
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