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TAMIL NADU
IIT Madras, Bombay tie up with auto cos for low-cost robots
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Maditssia seeks additional train
Madurai, Nov.1 An additional train between Coimbatore-Madurai-Nagercoil via Erode should be introduced, the Madurai District Tiny And Small Scale Industries Association (Maditssia), has said.A delegation from Maditssia led by its ...
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TMB opens branch in Kancheepuram district
Madurai, Nov 1 Tuticorin-based Tamilnad Mercantile Bank (TMB)’s 195th branch with ATM facility was inaugurated by Ms Poongothai Aladi Aruna, Tamil Nadu Minister for Social Welfare at Sholinganallur in Kancheepuram district. On the ...
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HCL hub in Madurai
Madurai, Nov 1 HCL Technologies Ltd. will be setting up a ‘HCL Technology Hub’ in Madurai on a 60-acre land near Madurai Kamaraj University that would become operational in the year 2009. HCL has earmarked about Rs 1,000 ...
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Key role for innovation in marketing
Madurai, Nov. 1 The purpose of marketing is to create and retain a customer, in which innovation played a key role, according to Mr S.R. Ayer, former Chairman, O&M India Ltd. He was delivering the inaugural address at Candhai, the ...
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ANDHRA PRADESH
AP sets up body for trade promo
To facilitate speedy growth of industry, trade and commerce, the State Government has set up Andhra Pradesh Trade Promotion Corporation (APTPC). The new entity was launched formally on Thursday by re-naming and restructuring AP State ...
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AP traders oppose quarterly sales statements under VAT
It’s voluntary, says Minister
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Vizag Steel objects to bid to recover sales tax from bank accounts
Visakhapatnam, Nov. 1 The Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, in a press release issued here on Thursday, took exception to the move made by the Andhra Pradesh Commercial Taxes Department officials to recover “sales tax dues” from the bank ...
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VUDA auctions fetch Rs. 356.6 cr
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Training in diamond grading
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Anoo's in pact with JNTU
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Vizag port handles record cargo
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Musaddilal jewellers to expand
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‘Telugu Talli’
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PRCI national meet in Jaipur
Hyderabad, Nov. 1 Public Relations Council of India (PRCI) will organise a two-day national conference on ‘PR: Adding Value’ from November 23 in Jaipur. The technical sessions in the conference will cover a wide range of ...
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KERALA
Kerala plans mega shopping fest in December
Kochi, Nov. 1 Come December, Kerala will host a mega shopping festival organised by the State Government, on the model of the Dubai Shopping Festival, to boost trade and commerce in the State. The 45-day event christened as Grand ...
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Coir Board signs pact with IOC
Kochi, Nov. 1 Coir Board has signed an agreement with Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) here to sell coir products through IOC’s retail outlets. Coir Board and IOC will jointly identify retail outlets in the territories where sale of ...
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Tough landing
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KARNATAKA
Kerala should be a knowledge hub, says President
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov. 1 The President, Ms Pratibha Patil, has called upon Kerala to develop, produce and market knowledge products and become a ‘knowledge hub’ in the region. Speaking at a civic reception here on ...
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Hoping for smooth airport transition
As the clock ticks for the opening of the new Bangalore airport at Devanahalli — 35 km from central business district and five months away — various stakeholders are waking up to ground realities and praying that the transition ...
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‘No case for 2 airports in Bangalore’
Mr Albert Brunner, CEO of BIAL, said that keeping the HAL airport running commercially will be disastrous to both the players and the economy of the city. He was speaking at a round table on airport connectivity organised by the Bangalore ...
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‘Take right decision at right time’
Bangalore, Nov. 1 Life is full of choices but the important thing is to make the right choice, said Mr L. V. Nagarajan, Managing Director of Karnataka Power Corporation Ltd. Delivering the convocation address at Bharatiya Vidya ...
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Let the celebrations begin…
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OTHER STATES
Chak De as management lesson
Birla Institute of Management Technology-Greater Noida organised an event in the Capital on Thursday to delve of qualities like team building and leadership. The recent Bollywood hit Chak De India is a very successful management ...
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MAHARASHTRA
MAHARASHTRA FORGING AHEAD: A BUSINESS LINE FEATURE
Turbo-charging India’s economic engine
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Working towards dispute resolution at village-level
Mr R.R. Patil, Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, enjoys taking up difficult tasks right from his zilla parishad days. Known as ‘Mr Clean’ in the political arena, he has taken up cudgels against all those who block the road to a ...
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Railways: Better deal for travelling public
Overcrowded local trains, with perspiring commuters crushed against one another, has for decades been an inseparable part of the Mumbai milieu. Now perhaps, things may change for the better, with the Railways and the Maharashtra Government ...
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Bajaj firm on shutting vehicle production at Akurdi plant
The Bajaj Auto Managing Director, Mr Rajiv Bajaj, has reiterated that vehicle production at its Akurdi plant could not be resumed, asserting that though the workers were not responsible for the stoppage, they could not offset the Rs 100-crore ...
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HUSCO International opens facility in Pune
Pune, Nov 1 HUSCO International, manufacturers of hydraulic and electro hydraulic controls for construction, industrial and agricultural equipment, today inaugurated its first research and development and manufacturing facility in Pune. The ...
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Hall of fame
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WEST BENGAL
Jai Balaji Ind buys Nilachal Iron for Rs 72 cr
Group enters pact with West Bengal for three projects
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Environ Energy buys solar biz of Shell Overseas in India, Lanka
Kolkata, Nov. 1 The City-based Environ Energy-Tech Service Ltd, a solar solutions providing engineering company, has acquired the multi-billion dollar Renewables (Solar) business of Shell Overseas Investments BV in India and Sri Lanka for an ...
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Rourkela Steel MD honoured
Mr Bhairava Nath Singh, Managing Director of Rourkela Steel Plant, has been honoured with the ‘Best Chief Executive Gold Award’ at a ceremony organised recently by the Institution of Engineers, Hyderabad. The award has been instituted ...
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