Twenty-six months ago, the workers of Graziano Transmissioni in Greater Noida, iron rods in hand, went looking for L K Gupta. The general manager-human resources of the company hid under the table, leaving the venetian blinds and windows to bear the brunt of the workers&rsquo; wrath.

Death of a manager could prove a serious setback to industrial towns

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B V Patel Pharmaceutical Education &amp; Research Development Center (PERD) will host a three-day symposium on Innovations in Pharmaceutical Sciences &amp; Technology next week that will see participation from countries like the US, UK, Japan, Turkey, Germany and Italy.

PERD Center to host Pharma Symposium next week

Tanglin Retail Realty Development today made an open offer to Chennai-based Sical Logistics shareholders. The company offered a price of Rs 79.50 per share which was less than today&rsquo;s Sical trading price of Rs 89.80 at National Stock Exchange. The acquisition cost comes to around Rs 93.07 crore. It may be noted Tanglin was formed to develop Coffee Day outlets.

Tanglin set to take control of Sical Logistics

Close on the heels of US President Barack Obama taking the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) off the Entity List which did not allow transfer of any dual-use technology to it, British Minister for Universities and Science,David Willett has called for closer co-operation between ISRO and UK&rsquo;s space programme. Visiting the ISRO Satellite Centre, he set out his vision for a broader and deeper partnership between the two countries that builds on the complementary strengths of the UK and Indian expertise in space science.

UK seeks tieups with India in space tech

The Department of Industries and Commerce of the Karnataka government, which acts as a catalyst for the overall development of the industrial sector in the state is launching an entrepreneurship development programme to promote entrepreneurship among students.

State promotes entrepreneurship

TAPMI (T A Pai Management Institute), a business school based in Manipal, has said its 18th edition of market research fair BrandScan, saw completion of over 200 projects of many corporates. BrandScan is a platform where the students of TAPMI are exposed to live projects from corporates in a &lsquo;town mela&rsquo; like surrounding. The USP of BrandScan is it serves as a platform for both learning and entertainment with customised events focused on attracting people for conducting research. BrandScan is a fun-filled and camouflaged market research fair that uses simulation games to elicit unbiased and natural responses through the use of disguised games.

TAPMI seeks to engage corporates

State Bank of India Chairman O P Bhatt may have taught the elephant to dance, but he now finds himself under fire.

The poster boy loses some of his sheen

Vadodara-based Kemrock Industries and Exports Ltd (KIEL), one of the leading manufacturers of Reinforced polymer (FRP) composites, today signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Bangalore, to form a joint venture company to develop, manufacture and market aerospace grade carbon fibre pre-pegs along with its associated pre-pegs for defense and aerospace programmes in India.

Kemrock inks JV pact with HAL

Ahmedabad based Lincoln Pharmaceuticals Ltd (LPL), has entered into an agreement with Phafag AG, Switzerland, for its Caroverine molecule for the treatment of Tinnitus, commonly known as &quot;ringing in the ear&quot;. LPL thus becomes the first company in the country to introduce a cure for Tinnitus in the form of Tinnitin injections.

Lincoln Pharma ties up with Swiss Phafag for Tinnitin injections

The Yeti launched today in Ahmedabad, and yesterday in Delhi, has already attracted over 1000 bookings.

Skoda aims to sell 6000-8000 Yetis in 2011

Sundaram Clayton Ltd (SCL), part of TVS group, today said that draft composite scheme of arrangement and amalgamation among SCL, Sundaram Investment Ltd (SIL), TVS Investments Ltd (TVSI) and Anusha Investments Ltd (AIL) was approved.

Sundaram Clayton gets nod  for group segregation plan

Rajkot-based Rajoo Engineers on Tuesday announced that it has formed a joint venture (JV) with Italian firm Bausano &amp; Figli S.p.a. in the pipe and profile extrusion machinery sector. With its Italian counterpart holding 51 per cent in Rajoo Bausano Extrusion (P), the rest 49 per cent will be held by Rajoo Engineers.

Rajkot company joins hands with Italian firm Bausano

With an aim to attract maximum clients, Nashik-based ESDS Software Solution Pvt Ltd, a group of web hosting companies based in UK and US, is planning to provide dedicated servers at affordable rates.

ESDS to offer servers at affordable rates

Air Seychelles, the national airline of the Seychelles, based on the island of Mah&eacute;, today re-entered the Indian skies by launching direct flights to Chennai. The airline also approached Indian regulator for traffic rights between Chennai and Singapore.

Air Seychelles launches direct flights to Chennai

The Kerala cabinet today decided to raise Rs 2,500-crore for the proposed Vizhinjam International Container Transshipment Terminal project through a consortium of banks to be led by the State Bank of Travancore (SBT).

Kerala for SEZ status to Vallarpadam ICTT

Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited, the corporate entity of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant (VSP), has been conferred &lsquo;Navratna&rsquo; status.

RINL is now a Navratna

Three major companies, Honda Motorcycle &amp; Scooters, Camozzi group of Italy and Hyosung Corporation of Korea, have come forward to set up their units in Andhra Pradesh. Their combined investment will be to the tune of Rs 1,750 crore.

Three major companies plan to set up shop in AP

Bharti AXA General Insurance Limited, a joint venture between the Bharti group and AXA, is set to launch six more retail products in health, motor and travel insurance segments over the next six months.

Bharti AXA to launch 6 products

The revision in tariff saddled with fixed charges imposed by Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission (HERC) has not augured well with industrialists in the state who have been left fuming.

Haryana Inc miffed with power tariff

Ashok Leyland expects 80 per cent of its total volume to come from the U-Truck platform, post the launch of its 25 models of tippers and tractors under the U-Truck category.

Ashok Leyland bets big on U-Truck platform

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said credit-deposit (CD) ratio was a byproduct of the economic and business activity in the respective Indian states, and that the central bank had no direct role to play therein.

No direct role to play in CD ratio of states: RBI

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