Saturday, October 26, 2013

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Bhubaneswar among top 10 business hubs - Times of India

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 03:08 PM PDT


Bhubaneswar among top 10 business hubs
Times of India
RELATED. BHUBANESWAR: The capital city has emerged as the 6th best business destination among 21 major cities of India, according to a recent survey. The top five cities are Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, Pune and Indore. The survey was conducted by ...

Mumbai-Karaikal weekly express train from October 27 - Times of India

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 02:53 PM PDT


Mumbai-Karaikal weekly express train from October 27
Times of India
In the return direction, the train (No 01018) will leave Karaikal at 9.45am on October 29 and arrive at Chennai Egmore between 7pm and 7.10pm on the same day and reach Mumbai at 5.20pm on October 30. Advance reservation for train No 01018 will ...

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Corporation to employ 'traffic calming techniques' - The Hindu

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 02:42 PM PDT


Corporation to employ 'traffic calming techniques'
The Hindu
The Chennai Corporation has decided to use a comprehensive range of 'traffic calming techniques' on city roads. The techniques to be implemented as per the norms of the Indian Road Congress will ensure a calm neighbourhood for many residents and ...

Centre gives nod for Srirangam excavation - Times of India

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 01:55 PM PDT


Centre gives nod for Srirangam excavation
Times of India
CHENNAI: After a long wait, the Central Advisory Board of Archaeology (CABA), functioning under the Union ministry of culture, has given its nod for carrying out excavation in Srirangam, the constituency of chief minister J Jayalalithaa, to trace the town's ...

Madras University to start 5 departments, research centre - Times of India

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 01:55 PM PDT


Madras University to start 5 departments, research centre
Times of India
CHENNAI: The University of Madras will soon start five departments and a centre for stem cell research for human welfare. The senate and governor K Rosaiah, who is the chancellor of the university, on Saturday gave approval for setting up the departments.

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Con man held for fake campus recruitments - Times of India

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 01:31 PM PDT


Con man held for fake campus recruitments
Times of India
CHENNAI: The police on Saturday claimed to have busted a job racket in which more than 120 engineering students, mainly from Tamil Nadu, were cheated of 2.06 crore through fake campus placements and promises of lucrative jobs. The prime accused, S ...

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JK to expand Chennai plant 66% - Tire Business

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 11:26 AM PDT


JK to expand Chennai plant 66%
Tire Business
NEW DELHI, India (Oct. 26, 2013) — JK Tyre & Industries Ltd. is planning to expand capacity at its 3-year-old tire plant in Chennai nearly 66 percent with a $230 million investment over the coming few years. JK Tyre said the investment will boost annual ...

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750 kg of banned tobacco products seized from train in Coimbatore - NDTV

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 11:15 AM PDT


750 kg of banned tobacco products seized from train in Coimbatore
NDTV
Coimbatore: About 750 kg of banned tobacco products lying unclaimed in a coach of Chennai-Mangalore Express was seized by railway police at the station in Coimbatore today. Acting on a tip off, a search was carried out in the coaches of the train and ...

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Special trains for Deepavali - Deccan Herald

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 11:04 AM PDT


Special trains for Deepavali
Deccan Herald
Bangalore, Oct 26, 2013, DHNS: South Western Railways will operate special trains to clear the extra rush of passengers during the Deepavali festival between Bangalore and Tiruchchirapalli and Mysore and Chennai via Bangalore. Accordingly, Train No ...

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Odisha: Railway needs 24 hours more to get back on tracks - Orissadiary.com

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 10:50 AM PDT


Orissadiary.com

Odisha: Railway needs 24 hours more to get back on tracks
Orissadiary.com
... 12703 Howrah-Secunderabad Falaknuma Express, 02838 Puri-Santragachhi Spl, 02851 Santragachhi-Kochuvelli Express, 08041 Santragachhi-Chennai Special, 22879 Bhubaneswar-Tirupati Express, 12245 Howrah-Yesvantpur Duronto Express, 12842 ...

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Diwali passenger traffic higher this year despite high airfares

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 03:41 PM PDT

Based on the current booking, passenger traffic for the Diwali festival season, from November 1-10, will grow by 6-8% compared to last year.        

29 deaths in police custody since May 2011, says NGO study

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 03:06 PM PDT

There had been 29 deaths in police custody since the assumption of office by AIADMK in May 2011, according to a fact-finding team of the People's Watch, an NGO, here. The latest one being...

'Don't waste your vote on AAP'

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 02:52 PM PDT

The BJP's new Chief Ministerial candidate Dr. Harsh Vardhan's task is to ensure that the AAP does not eat into the anti-incumbency votes.

Corporation to employ ‘traffic calming techniques’

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 02:52 PM PDT

Focus will be on designing city for people and not for vehicles

Patna tops cities in unemployment: Survey

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 02:40 PM PDT

Patna recorded the highest unemployment rate among males in 2009-10 in cities with more than one million population, while Bhopal witnessed the sharpest decline, a government survey showed.        

Heavy rain, flooding kills dozens in eastern India

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 01:16 PM PDT

KOLKATA, India, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- At least 48 people have been killed and thousands forced out of their homes by flooding in eastern India, authorities said Saturday.

Pune out of IPL

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 01:10 PM PDT

CHENNAI: With a defiant Sahara group refusing to furnish the requisite bank guarantee, the BCCI on Saturday decided to terminate Pune warriors from the IPL after a meeting of its all-powerful working committee. The decision to terminate Pune, owned by Sahara, would leave the IPL an eight-team affair for the time being. "Given Sahara's continued position that it would not deliver the bank ...

Con man held for fake campus recruitments

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 01:01 PM PDT

The police on Saturday claimed to have busted a job racket in which more than 120 engineering students, mainly from Tamil Nadu, were cheated of 2.06 crore through fake campus placements and promises of lucrative jobs.        

Rev. Fr. Emmanuel echoes TN sentiments

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 12:56 PM PDT

A known LTTE sympathiser wrote to South Africa's African National Congress on Friday, in a bid to coerce that country to boycott the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting to be held in Colombo three weeks from now.

More Calcutta News

Posted: 26 Oct 2013 12:33 PM PDT

External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid on Saturday expressed his delight over the US dismissing Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's plea to intervene on the Kashmir matter, and said an issue between New Delhi and Islamabad must be resolved through the composite dialogue .