The state-of-the-art Infosys campus in Pune will now be provided security by a special commando-trained unit of more than 130 CISF personnel to thwart any possible terror attack or sabotage.

Infosys Pune campus gets CISF security

Press Trust of India

Peeved over the arbitrarily revised limits of the Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT), covering an area of 28646 sq km in the Bay of Bengal and posing a threat to the upcoming minor ports in North Orissa, the state government is mulling to take legal recourse if the Centre fails to take appropriate action the matter.

Orissa may take legal action over revision of Kolkata port&#39;s limits

Business Standard

The Institute of Seismological Research (ISR) has prepared a new seismic zone map of India which gives a more accurate picture along with probability and magnitude estimate of possible earthquakes in specific areas of the country.

ISR&#39;s new seismic map to predict quake probability, magnitude

&ldquo;The overall trading turnover at all the commodity exchanges in the country is&nbsp; set to be in the range of Rs 110-112 lakh crore. The trading turnover has already reached Rs 88 lakh crore.

Indian commodity exchanges turnover to reach Rs 112 lakh crore in 2010-11

Voice-focused business process outsourcing (BPO) company, Hinduja Global Solutions is looking at doubling global employee strength from the present 18,000 company CEO Partha Sarkar, said here today.

Hinduja Global solutions to double employee strength in 3 years

Large scale protest marred the public hearing convened to get consent for coal mine of Vedanta-controlled Bharat Aluminium Company (Balco) Limited in Dharamjaygarh block of Raigarh district today.

Public hearing on Vedanta project amidst villagers' protests

IndiaFirst Life Insurance, jointly promoted by Bank of Baroda, Andhra Bank and Legal &amp; General, is planning to introduce health and pension products before March. The JV is also proposing to enter the microinsurance business in the first quarter of next fiscal.

IndiaFirst to introduce health, pension products next fiscal

Even as chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Monday boarded a flight to Delhi from Tirupati after attending the ongoing mass contact programme in Chittoor district, Union Defence Minister AK Antony flew down to Hyderabad to meet actor-turned-politician Chiranjeevi, triggering a fresh round of political speculation, including the possible merger of his party with the ruling Congress and his joining the government.

Antony meets Chiranjeevi

State-owned mobile operator BSNL is gaining four customers for every customer lost due to the mobile number portability, according to BSNL chief general manager (AP Telecom Circle) Rajeev Agrawal.

BSNL hopes to benefit from MNP

The ice-cream parlour sex scandal that rocked Kerala and was one of the reasons for the defeat of the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) in the last Assembly elections is back in the political limelight.

Ice-cream parlour case makes a comeback

Bangalore-headquartered public sector lender Canara Bank is hopeful of maintaining the growth momentumoin the advances front in the fourth quarter of the present financial year.

CanBank may keep momentum in Q4

The spot exchange, promoted by Financial Technologies and Nafed, will also launch agri-commodities under the e-series during the calender year.

Spot exchange set to up scope of  nickel trading

The attrition levels in Bangalore are set for a steep increase during this quarter (January to March, 2011). This is perhaps an indication of the hiring picking up in the city. Hiring in IT/ITeS, heathcare and pharma sectors has been more than that in the other sectors.

Attrition levels to haunt firms: Survey

After increasing relief funds from Rs 500 crore to Rs 600 crore for frost-hit farmers last week, the state government has demanded Rs 1,505-crore financial assistance from the Centre. Nearly 24 farmers have committed suicide over the last one-and-a-half months and more than two million have been badly affected, as reported in a state government survey.

MP demands Rs 1,500 cr for farmers

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) have urged the Centre against enforcing job reservations in the sector.

MSMEs to Centre: Do not enforce job reservation

Direct selling FMCG company Amway India Enterprises Pvt. Ltd is eying a turnover of Rs 2,500 crore in the year 2011. Last year, the company posted a turnover of Rs 1,790 crore with a 27 per cent growth over the previous fiscal when it recorded a topline of Rs 1,407 crore.

Amway India eyes Rs 2,500 crore turnover in 2011

IFFCO, UAE-based manufacturer of consumer products, today announced that it has selected Pune-based KPIT Cummins to strengthen its supply chain execution using Oracle Transportation Management (OTM). As part of this strategic engagement, KPIT Cummins will build a comprehensive transportation management platform to integrate IFFCO group&rsquo;s supply chain processes as well as those of its external carriers.

IFFCO selects KPIT Cummins for OTM

Texas-based National Instruments (NI) sees huge business opportunity coming from the Indian defence and space research establishments with the removal of export restrictions on four subsidiaries each of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) by the US government.

NI bets big on defence, space research

We don't want to speak anything. It will only make matters worse for the children,'' says a parent. Watching her words carefully, she consciously avoids taking the name of the student or even disclosing the gender. &ldquo;There is no GPS collar to our child,&rdquo; she says.

Tri Valley: Parents  look for support

Crestcom International, a US-based provider of training solutions for middle-level managers, is planning to set up its training centres in major cities across India.

Crestcom to ramp up India presence

Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical major Dr Reddy&rsquo;s Laboratories (DRL) stated that the US District Court of New Jersey had lifted an injunction and cleared the sale of its generic version of Sanofi-Aventis allergy treatment drug Allegra D24.
The US FDA approved DRL&rsquo;s generic version on March 16, 2010. However, the country's second largest drug-maker had been excluded from launching the generic product since the June 2010 hearing of a petition filed by Sanofi-Aventis and Albany

US court clears sale of Dr Reddy's drug

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