Ahmedabad-based cotton fabric manufacturer, Ashima Group is planning to double the presence of its menswear readymade garment brand, Frank Jefferson', in the country.

Ashima to double retail presence

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India's first multi-brand Garments, Footwear and Accessories discount store The Loot&#39; rolled out its maiden outlet in Amritsar today.

The Loot opens store in Amritsar

As part of its domestic expansion plans to further its operations in more strategic locations across the country, Toonz Animation India's Toonz Academy has kicked off its animation training facilities in Ahmedabad and Indore.

Toonz kicks off centres at Ahmedabad, Indore

Visakhapatnam is one of the fast-emerging tier III cities of India and is in a position to be the next IT destination in Andhra Pradesh.

Visakhapatnam set to be next IT city

The IBR Institute of International Business Relations, a business school at Steinbeis University in Germany, would start its global MBA programme in India from this September.

IBR to start global MBA course in India in Sept

With the demand for green projects increasing by the day, there is an effort on to make the green affordable.

Green gets affordable

Kolkata-based Turtle Ltd, the Rs 48 crore menswear readymade garments company, is foraying into the mass market with the launch of London Bridge' menswear brand in the economy segment.

Turtle plans new brand, stores

Engineering Export Promotion Council&#39;s eastern region office would be planning to open a Casting Clinic&#39; by December 2008 in Kolkata to develop and test products for small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

EEPC plans casting clinic

Colliers International, a property consulting company, on Tuesday launched a green real estate guide.

Colliers launches green real estate guide

The FM stations in Bangalore seem to be following the maxim: Think local and act local too'.

FM stations hunt for loyal audience

Koutons Retail India Ltd (KRIL), the Rs 800 crore manufacturer and retailer of readymade garments, is foraying into innerwear for men in line with expansion of their product offerings.

Koutons plans foray into men`s innerwear

Aditya Birla Nuvo, a diversified conglomerate of the Aditya Birla Group, on Tuesday launched Peter England People&#39; (PEP), a retail family clothing unit, at Jubilee Hills in Hyderabad.

Peter England People in Hyd

In a current dispute and confrontation between powerloom owners and yarn merchants at Inchalkaranji, better known as Manchester of Maharashtra, Shivsena activists intervened on behalf of powerloom owners and while questioning about hike in yarn prices, they smashed shop-section of Priti Sales Corporation&#39; owned by yarn merchant Pawan Bhageria and destroyed furniture and glass windows on Monday.

Shivsena activists smash yarn merchant`s shop in Inchalkaranji

Samsung Telecommunications India, one of the leaders in the Indian mobile market, plans to double its turnover within two years, from 7 per cent at present, driven by higher sales of its premium products like the first mousepad-fitted mobile and its Soul' range launched here today.

Samsung launches mousepad mobile

ING Vysya Life Insurance is expecting over 100 per cent growth in premium collection in Andhra Pradesh during the current fiscal, as against about 57 per cent last year, said Madhav Kumar Rachapudi, regional vice-president (Andhra Pradesh).

ING Vysya Life expects 100% growth in premium

Eyeing India&#39;s expanding Wi-Fi market, California-based wireless equipment supplier Ruckus Wireless has decided to partner with Dell India to market its Smart Wi-Fi Technology&#39; for large corporate facilities and real estate projects.

US wireless player forays into India

One of the major television networks in the country, Sun TV Network has launched FM radio station in Nashik, under the brand name SFM&#39;.

Sun TV`s launches SFM services in Nashik

Bayer BioScience Private Limited, a company of Bayer CropScience group of Germany, has launched a new rice hybrid Arize Dhani&#39;, which offers higher resistance bacterial leaf blight (BLB) disease.

Bayer BioScience launches new rice hybrid

The number of candidates with criminal records contesting the Karnataka Assembly elections this year has come down significantly.

Fewer candidates with criminal records

Canara Bank forayed into the retail sale of gold coins on the auspicious day of Akshaya Tritiya' today.

CanBank launches gold coins scheme

Chennai-based software training and consulting company, NACE Solutions, is set to sign an agreement with the Anna University's AU-KBC research centre to offer a joint certification programme in its flagship course  LAMP (Linux - Apache - MySQL - PHP).

Chennai firm to sign pact with Anna University

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