The Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL), the state-owned power equipment major and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), the defence PSU, have firmed up plans to float a joint venture company (JVC) during the present fiscal for setting up an integrated 250 Mw solar photovoltaic modules plant.

BHEL in JV with BEL for solar PV plant

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Gujarat seems to have caught the fancy of Mexican multiplex chain Cinepolis. The multiplex operator, which has over 2,500 screens across various countries, is all set to mark its entry in Gujarat by opening its first multiplex at Alpha One mall in Ahmedabad.

Mexican multiplex giant sets its eyes on Gujarat

Kerala is all set to go to the polls to elect 13th Legislative Assembly of the state tomorrow.

Kerala all set for polls tomorrow

Idea Cellular today launched its 3G services in Kerala. With this, the company now provides the service in Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, HP, Maharashtra, Haryana and UP, besides Kerala.

Idea 3G services now in Kerala

Surat recorded 8.8% growth in job creation.

Tier II and III cities emerging as top job creation centres: Assocham Study

A day after Anna Hazare praised Gujarat and Bihar for its rural development, chief minister Narendra Modi has now written an open letter to the activist on his blog.

Modi cautions Hazare against anti-Gujarat groups

A fall in cotton prices has rejuvenated cotton ginners in Gujarat as they see improved margins.

Cotton ginners see margins improving as prices take a dip

Puma Sports India, a subsidiary of German sports lifestyle retailing major Puma AG, has been the apparel sponsor for Indian Premier League (IPL) team Deccan Chargers (DC) for the last three years. In a free-wheeling interview, Puma Sports India managing director Rajiv Mehta shares with K Rajani Kanth the company&rsquo;s expectations from the shorter format of the game.

Q&A: Rajiv Mehta, MD, Puma Sports India

The sixth batch of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA)'s one year post graduate programme in management for executives (PGPX) was inaugurated on Monday by BH Jajoo, dean of the institute.

IIM-A's sixth PGPX batch start their innings

Going by an upstart company&rsquo;s business model, cars are no longer just a comfortable mode of transport but one more medium of outdoor advertising &mdash; one that promises eyeballs to advertisers better than a mere hoarding.

Hyd start-up sees business opportunity in ads on cars

While textile brands including Pantaloons and Westside maybe ruling the roost in cities like Surat and Ahmedabad, rural Gujarat is gradually witnessing emergence of local brands.

It's brand &#39;SHG&#39; in textiles

The Bangalore divisions of the Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL) have drawn up plans to augment the annual manufacturing capacity to 20,000 Mw during the present fiscal 2011-12, an increase of 33.3 per cent over the previous year.

BHEL-B'lore units to up capacity to 20,000 Mw

Pune based Kirloskar Brothers Limited (KBL), water management solutions company has announced successful commissioning of India&rsquo;s largest concrete volute pumps for condenser cooling water application for the first unit of 4000 MW (5 units of 800 MW each) Thermal power project of coastal Gujarat Power Limited (a Tata group company) at Mundra, Gujarat.

KBL Commissions largest pump for Ultra Mega Power Project

The Government of India has finally initiated action for ordering a probe by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the alleged irregularities committed by the Orissa government in the implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA).

CBI to probe alleged fund diversion in Orissa under MGNREGA

Even after a prolonged investigation by India&rsquo;s top agencies, any substantive evidence against the 53-year-old alleged money-launderer and biggest tax evader in the country, Hasan Ali, remains as elusive as it was three years ago, when the Income Tax Department conducted first raids on him.

Chasing a wild goose in Ali's stud farm

Activists, writers and artistes, holding prominent space in Bengal's literary circles - have jointly extending their support to Mamata Banerjee in upcoming assembly election, hitting at the CPI(M) led Left Front.

Intellectuals stand by Mamata, ask voters to shun Left

Lemon Tree Hotels, a Delhi-based upscale hotel chain, plans to have at least 20 hotels of the four-star category operational in two years, as part of its strategy to tap the potential in cities in the north, west and south of the country.

Lemon Tree Eyes Rs 600 cr turnover in two years

The corporate R&amp;D unit of public sector Bharat Heavy Eletricals Limited (BHEL) in Hyderabad has developed a maintenance-free solar thermal sun tracker for solar photovoltaic (PV) modules that requires no external electro mechanical fittings.

BHEL develops sun tracker for solar modules

Ambuja Realty, the city based realty major is planning to start construction on its hospital project in Kolkata by the end of this year.

Ambuja realty to come up with new hospital in Kolkata

There is a political tradition in Kerala that the voter mandate swings between rival fronts. Since 1982, that has meant between the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF).

Left is battling to stay, but record and image are mixed

Tamil Nadu polls are invariably about alliance arithmetic. It had appeared that the DMK-Congress alliance, ruling in the state for seven years, would end in a divorce over seat sharing. But, hard bargaining and drama resulted in compromises.

TN has grown amid scams, populism

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