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View Article  Steel Authority, Shipping Corp to float joint venture firm

The Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) and the Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) will float a joint venture company to facilitate import of coking coal for SAIL.

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View Article  UCO Bank waives Rs.26 bn in farm loans

Kolkata-based UCO Bank has waived agriculture loans totalling Rs.26.25 billion, its chairman and managing director S.K. Goyal has said.

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View Article  Market trading with loss in afternoon trade

The Indian equities market was trading with loss in afternoon trade amidst volatility. Banking, realty and oil and gas were under selling pressure.

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View Article  Hit by airlines, travel portals try new revenue options

Indian travel agents have begun reworking their revenue streams after a funds crunch forced three leading airlines to scrap their commission.

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View Article  Indian basmati set to enter China, Mexico

Indian basmati rice will shortly enter the kitchens in China and Mexico.

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View Article  State Bank may increase interest rates again

India's leading public sector bank, the State Bank of India (SBI), could once again increase its interest rates including that for loans for housing and consumer durables, its chairman O.P. Bhatt indicated here Tuesday.

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View Article  Tata Motors sales up seven percent

Tata Motors has notched a growth of seven percent in its June sales, though its export figures dipped by 37 percent.

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View Article  Mouchel appointed infrastructure consultant for Smart City

UK-based consulting company Mouchel has been appointed as infrastructure design and implementation consultant of the Rs.15 billion ($357 million) Smart City project to be developed here.

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View Article  Market trading flat in early trade

The Indian equities market, which opened with a gain Tuesday, was trading flat in early trade.

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View Article  TVS Motor's June sales up two percent

City-based two-wheeler manufacturer TVS Motor Co Tuesday announced that it has sold 109,082 vehicles in June 2008 compared to 107,177 units in the year-ago period, a two percent growth.

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View Article  Prices of several essential products falling

Despite 11.42 percent inflation, a 13-year high, prices of a number of essential articles showed a declining trend in the week ended June 14, the finance ministry said here Tuesday.

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View Article  Union Bank completes farm loan-waiver process

Union Bank of India (UBI) Tuesday announced that it has completed the process of waving farm loans across 1,600 rural, semi-urban and urban branches all over India before the June 30.

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View Article  BGR Energy bags Rs.31 bn contract in Tamil Nadu

Energy equipment supplier BGR Energy Systems Ltd Tuesday announced it has bagged an engineering procurement construction (EPC) contract worth Rs.31 billion from Tamil Nadu Electricity Board.

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View Article  Hindustan Construction bags Rs.3.4-bn highway project

Infrastructure firm Hindustan Construction Co. (HCC) has bagged a Rs.3.4-billion project to build an elevated highway over the busy section between the national capital and its industrial satellite city Faridabad.

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View Article  India's export growth dips to 12.9 percent

The growth in India's merchandise exports dipped to 12.9 percent for May to $13.78 billion, against $12.21 billion for the like month of the previous year, official trade data showed Tuesday.

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View Article  Reva creator Maini sees power shift for automobiles

As the world rues high fuel prices, the man behind India's first battery driven car Chetan Maini says electric cars will overtake their gasoline and diesel-powered counterparts over the next 15 years.

 

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View Article  New chairman for Central Board of Direct Taxes

Narendra Bahadur Singh, a member of the Indian Revenue Service (IRS), has taken over as the chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT).

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View Article  Ansal API's net profit up by over 31 percent

Realty major Ansals API's net annual profit for 2007-08 has gone up 31.32 percent, from Rs.1.32 billion registered in the last fiscal to Rs.1.74 billion, it announced Tuesday.

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View Article  Gulf Air to add three new destinations every year

Bahrain's national carrier Gulf Air, which launched its services to Hyderabad Tuesday, announced plans to add three new destinations to its network every year.

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View Article  Godrej ties up with Tyson to tap Indian poultry market

With an eye on the $3 billion Indian poultry market, Godrej Agrovet Ltd has signed a joint venture with US-based Tyson Foods Incorporated, one of the world's largest meat processors and marketers.

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View Article  Two mn litres of fuel to be available in Tamil Nadu

Two million litres of fuel will be supplied across Tamil Nadu to overcome the acute shortage of petrol and diesel in the state, a government official said Tuesday.

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View Article  Power Finance Corp lends Rs.100 bn to NTPC

Power Finance Corp Ltd (PFC) has sanctioned a loan of Rs.100 billion ($2.4 billion) to National Thermal Power Corp (NTPC) to fund its capacity expansion programme.

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View Article  Cuba asks India to take part in refinery project

Cuba has invited Indian companies to take part in a new refinery project even as both countries are set to sign an agreement on cooperation in the oil and gas sector.

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View Article  CESC posts net profit decline in 2007-08

CESC Ltd has posted a decline in profit after tax (PAT) at Rs.6.27 billion for the financial year ended March 31, 2008 compared to Rs 6.37 billion during the previous year.

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View Article  Hyundai Motors posts 45.3 percent growth in June

India's second-largest passenger car manufacturer Hyundai Motors India Ltd (HMIL) has sold 40,182 units during June this year -- up 45.3 percent over the corresponding period last year.

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View Article  Subhash Projects eyes Rs 10 bn incremental business

Engineering construction and project management company Subhash Projects & Marketing Ltd (SPML) plans to generate Rs.10 billion incremental business from urban infrastructure.


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View Article  Chennai fuel shortage will end soon, says official

The acute shortage of petrol and diesel in the city would ease and become normal by Tuesday evening as oil tankers would be arriving at the port shortly, a senior oil company official said here Tuesday.

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View Article  Market crashes again, loses 500 points

Bears took full control of the Indian bourses as the equities market plunged again following huge sell-off in European markets. Realty, banking, oil and gas were the worst hit.

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View Article  Norka-Roots to set up Rs.150 mn residential school in Kerala

Fulfilling a long-standing wish of the Kerala diaspora, Norka-Roots, a state government organisation that caters to the needs of non-resident Keralites and NRK returnees.

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View Article  Union Bank plans major overseas expansion

The state-owned Union Bank of India (UBI) is planning a major overseas expansion after opening representative offices in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Shanghai in China last year, a newspaper report said.

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View Article  Bank of Baroda expects higher loan, deposit portfolio

Bank of Baroda expects to register a 27 percent growth in loans and 24 percent growth in deposits in the first quarter of the current fiscal, a top official said here Tuesday.

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View Article  Hike in OBC creamy layer criterion recommended

The National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) Tuesday submitted its report to the government, recommending an income level limit of Rs.460,000 a year to define the 'creamy layer', or the better-off, among the Other Back.

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View Article  Highways Authority awards Rs.3.4 bn contract

Hindustan Construction Co. Ltd, an infrastructure development company, has bagged a Rs.3.4 billion order from the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to construct a highway near here, the company announced Tuesday.

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View Article  Steel Authority to maintain prices in July

The state-run Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) Tuesday said it will maintain its prices for the domestic market during July, and has asked its dealers to ensure the same for consumers.

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