Honeywell, Rolls Royce, Dassault Aviation and Thyssen Krupp are among the 50 or so domestic and overseas companies that have shown interest in setting up manufacturing units in the aerospace SEZ near the Bangalore international airport. The top officials from these companies held talks with the state government during the Aero India 2011 and visited the upcoming Aerospace SEZ near the Bangalore international airport, a senior government official said.

Global Aerospace majors evince interest in SEZ

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The Karnataka High Court on Monday upheld the disqualification of five independent legislators who had challenged assembly speaker K G Bopaiah&rsquo;s order disqualifying them under the anti-defection law. The court also dismissed the writ petitions of the independent MLAs.

HC upholds disqualification of 5 MLAs

After Supreme Court verdict of allowing export of iron ore that are lying in the major ports of Karnataka, miners see a possible lifting on iron ore export ban by end of March, 2011.Supreme Court on Friday allowed Karnataka mining companies to export iron ore lying at major ports in the state. As the state government ban of six months has expired, the court allowed the pleas of mining companies to export the ore.

Miners expect export ban to go by March

The Asian Green City Index, commissioned by Siemens, has said Bangalore has the lowest level of CO2 emissions with almost 30 per cent of its energy consumed comes from renewable energy as per the Asian Green City Index. The Asian Green City Index, commissioned by Siemens, analysed the environmental sustainability of 22 major cities in Asia with respect to environmental and climate protection. The research project came up with interesting findings including the fact that Singapore is Asia&rsquo;s greenest metropolis.

City has lowest CO2 emissions

KMF said the hike was &quot;in keeping with the interest of the milk producing farmers of the state and to meet the increased cost of milk produciton at farmers level&quot;. The revised price of milk variants will be effective from tomorrow, a release said.

Milk to be dearer by Rs 2

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The Coir Board has sought the intervention of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in setting up a National Coir Mission for the holistic development of industry in view of its potential for growth in rural employment generation.

Coir board seeks PM's intervention

Chandrasekhar Bhaskar Bhave has always tried to avoid controversy, but that&rsquo;s something that has followed him like a shadow in the last three years of his professional career. So, as he hangs up his boots as chairman of the Securities &amp; Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Thursday, he will see &lsquo;controversy&rsquo; as a common thread running through his tenure.

Impartiality will be C B Bhave's legacy

After feeding the country, the enterprising farmers of Punjab now want to try their hands in Ethiopia. The progressive farmers, mainly members of Poscon (Confederation of Potato Seed Farmers), are planning to take 2,000-5,000 hectares farmland on lease in Ethiopia for growing cash crops like oilseeds, pulses, sugarcane and maize.

Punjab farmers to try their luck in Ethiopia

The state Cabinet on Monday gave its nod to the AP State Finance Corporation (APSFC) to raise Rs 200 crore from the open market by issuing 10-year bonds. APSFC will utilise the funds for lending to businesses and industry, according to a press release.

APSFC to raise Rs  200 crore

Uttar Pradesh government will soon float bid document to attract private investment in the solar energy space.

Bids invited for solar energy generation, says UP

Chennai-based Accel Frontline Ltd, an end-to-end IT services provider, has entered into a pact with Swedish firm Inswedco AB to offer on-site and off-shore technology professional services to the Scandinavian market.

Accel Frontline in services pact with Inswedco of Sweden

Daikin Air-conditioning India (Pvt) Ltd, a 100 per cent subsidiary of Daikin Industries Ltd Japan, is looking at setting up a research and development (R&amp;D) centre in India to develop products tailored to each of the emerging markets, under its upcoming five-year business plan. Besides, it also has plans to expand its National Dealership Network to 1,000 from the current 600 plus and also develop 200 Daikin Solution Plazas across the country over the next 12 months.

India to get Daikin air-conditioning R&D centre

Fortis Hospitals Ltd has made its entry into Kerala with the launch of its first information centre at Thrissur. Specialists across the area of heart care, orthopedics, neuro science, urology and nephrology and digestive care will be visiting the information centre regularly and will be available for consultation. Fortis Hospitals has a network of 53 hospitals in the country.

Fortis opens info centre in Thissur

The Andhra Pradesh cabinet on Monday decided to allow e-trading spot exchange for agricultural commodities by amending the Marketing Act. The government proposes to give licence to the National Spot Exchange to operate in the state as an online trading platform between farmers and traders. This will also provide a choice to farmers to either sell their produce at conventional agricultural markets or through e-trading exchange.

Online trading for farm produce gets nod

The food processing units scattered across Punjab are languishing due to high tax structure framed by the state government.

High VAT deters growth of Punjab food processing units

The Orissa government envisages average annual growth rate of 9 per cent in the 11th five year plan (from 2007 to 2012) with a projected outlay of Rs 32,225 crore.

Orissa envisages 9% growth rate in 11th Plan

With the interest rates hiked by almost all banks, demand for residential properties in Gujarat have already begun plummeting. Developers fear a drop of 25-30 per cent in demand for residential properties, especially in the affordable category.

Rise in bank rates may see dip in property demand in Ahmedabad

With movement of goods heavily dependent on railway network in Assam, the state has demanded a railway transport corridor along the south bank of the river Brahmaputra in the forthcoming railway budget.

Assam to moot railway corridor in budget

State-owned Gujarat State Electricity Corporation (GSECL) has awarded an EPC order of over Rs 1100 crore to the engineering major, Larsen &amp; Toubro (L&amp;T) for setting up a 1 x 375 MW gas-based power plant at Dhuvaran near Vadodara in Gujarat.

GSECL awards Rs 1100 crore order to L&T

The indefinite bandh in Darjeeling hills, which entered its sixth day today, would be relaxed for 12 hours from 6 am tomorrow, GJM chief Bimal Gurung has said. The proposed Kumani-Sankosh padayatra to press for a separate Gorkhaland was also called off by him subject to police allowing GJM supporters coming on foot from Dooars and other areas to meet him. &ldquo;GJM supporters coming to meet me from Dooars and other areas should not be barred by the police,&quot; Gurung, who is camping at Kumani on the border of Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri districts for several days said. Asked if he would consider withdrawing the bandh in case officials of the Election Commission came to Darjeeling, he said, &quot;Permission should be first given for a padayatra by GJM in the Dooars&rdquo;.

Darjeeling bandh to be relaxed for 12 hrs

Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals (GACL) has registered a marginal dip in the net profits for the third quarter ended December 2010 at Rs 19.19 crore against Rs 19.31 crore in the corresponding period last year.

GACL net slips to Rs 19cr

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