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Banner Talk: The first LED billboard of Gujarat by LCPL is the talk of the town in Ahmedabad
By Japan K Pathak It is one of the highest talked about things in Ahmedabad this week, especially among youths. It attracts attention of anyone passing through the Polytechnic cross road in Ambawadi area of the city. It is the first LED digital display advertisement billboard in Gujarat. Erected just last week, it is now... »
GSPC to come out with IPO soon, Minister tell state Assembly
State-owned Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC) will be coming out with its initial public offer (IPO) very soon, Minister of state for Energy Saurabh Patel said in the state Assembly on Thursday. Patel made the announcement while talking about the budgetary demand of the Energy department. The Minister said that process regarding the IPO was... »
Gujarat govt allots 1,348 acres of protected little Rann of Kutch land to salt firms:Congress
Leader of opposition in the assembly, Shaktisinh Gohil, has alleged that the state government has given 1,348 acres of reserved forest land in the Little Rann of Kutch (LRK) to its favorite industries. The allegation came during the debate on governor’s speech in the Assembly on Wednesday(3 March 2010). Kutch’s Little Rann is a... »
One ‘More’ retail chain faces closure in Ahmedabad
By Japan K Pathak Busy activities here at Aditya Birla Group’s retail store ‘More’ in Ahmedabad’s Dharnidhar area. There are already overflowing visitors inside, and therefore the security men are instructing other people to form queue to enter inside. The people are also ready to cooperate. They form queue and wait for their chance to... »
LANXESS: new Jhagadia site up and running
The specialty chemicals company LANXESS has completed the first phase of construction of its new site in Jhagadia, Gujarat state, India. The production of the rubber chemicals plant was started up, as planned, after being relocated from Thane, Maharashtra state. The plant features the latest technology and was constructed over a period of less than... »
Hero Honda-ZF Lemoforder JV to make auto parts at Halol for General Motors
Hero Motors Ltd. said Tuesday it has signed a pact with Germany’s ZF-Lemforder to form a joint venture to make chassis for small cars in India. The joint venture will initially make auto parts at Halol in Gujarat state and Talegaon in neighboring Maharashtra in western India, and will supply components to General Motors India. The... »
Welspun Gujarat wins Rs. 600 crore orders
Welspun Gujarat Stahl Rohren, the flagship firm of the $3000 million Welspun Group, informed that it has bagged contracts worth Rs.600 crore for pipes and plates from various global clients. ” With these new orders, we have once again re-established our capacities as quality plate manufacturer in both the international and Indian markets,” said B... »
‘The common virtue in top entrepreneurs is confidence in self’
By Japan K Pathak Do you know ? Suzlon’s Tulsi Tanti is world’s third-largest wind turbine supplier but Suzlon Energy was his 17th venture in life. Or do you know, Baba Kalyani, the Chairman and Managing Director of Bharat Forge contributes a part in every second truck in the US? You can have plenty of sources... »
Gujarat Budget:30 new GIDC estates in backward/tribal areas, Piped gas to 2 lac homes
Gujarat Fiance Minister Vajubhai Vala today announced that about two lac homes would be provided Gas through gas-greed pipe-line in the state this year. The minister announced plan to set up more 75 CNG stations in the state. While announcing hike of 35.96% allocation in Rs 1293 crore budget for Industry and mines department, the Minister... »
Gujarat 5th as Income Tax contributor, second in no of assessees
Gujarat ranks second only to Maharahstra among all Indian states in terms of total number of personal income-tax and corporate tax assessees, but ranks fifth in total tax collections, according to information given by the Union minister of state for Finance, Palanimanickam, in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday in response to a question from a... »