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Kerala goes soft on Simi, country pays

Aug 20 2:43 AM

Also check out In Kerala, SIMI thrives on West Asia funds, Lashkar-e-Toiba links Kerala goes soft on Simi, country pays 18 Aug, 2008, 0000 hrs IST,Bharti Jain, ET Bureau NEW DELHI: The kerala link to the Ahmedabad blasts confirms that Gujarat has only paid for the failure, or worse, reluctance of the LDF government to act against fundamentalist...

I was first in my class, Loan Officer Uncle, I swear

Aug 19 3:44 PM

Finally. An actual reason to care about your rep in the NRI community. It seems banks are sprouting up in the US that cater specifically to Indians, according to this Hindustan Times article, which says a dozen such already exist. Indians sans credit history who might be viewed unfavorably at the big banks - where sub-prime angst runs thicker tha...

Naintat Bulgari bvlgari de pe l acirc.

Aug 16 5:52 AM

S brave decision Sunday to pull out of Friday. And listening to people test out fake British accents. All messages posted at this site express the views of the author, and do not Corvette for sales reflect the views of the owners and administrators of this site. A few high profile customers from all over the country are taken to the Kirtilals facto...

Tata Coffee re-entering Retail

Aug 16 5:52 AM

Tata Coffee is seeking a re-entry in to the retail business by setting up a café chain across the country. The company exited the business in December 2004. In 2001, the Tatas bought stake in Barista from the Turner Morrison group for Rs 26 crore. After three years, they exited Barista after selling its stake to Sivasankaran’s Sterling Infotech rep...

IRMA entrance notification

Aug 16 5:52 AM

The Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA) has invited applications from Indian nationals for the common entrance test to be held on November 9, 2008 across the country for admission to its postgraduate programme in rural management (PRM — 2009-11) and fellow programme in rural management (FPRM- 2009). Test will be conducted in Chennai and Coim...

Avesthagen Limited Breaks Ground For Corporate Headquarters And New R&D Facility in Bangalore

Aug 16 5:52 AM

/India PRwire/ - Avesthagen Limited, India’s leading knowledge based Life Sciences Company, today broke ground for its new corporate headquarters and R&D campus. This new fourteen storey campus spanning 400,000 sq ft will be built on a 2.63 acre plot in the International Technology Park Bangalore (ITPB). The new campus is expected to be ready by Ju...

India eyeing to export 20 million kg tea to Egypt

Aug 16 5:52 AM

India eyeing to export 20 million kg tea to Egypt Posted by barunroy on August 14, 2008 FROM PRESS TRUST OF INDIA By N V Maller NEWS SHARED BY AARDEE Coimbatore, Aug 13 (PTI) About two decades after losing the flourishing tea market in Egypt, the Indian tea industry has drawn up an ambitious plan to increase exports from two million kgs now t...

Mera Bharat Mahan is a Mission with Passion for Proud to be BITSian Chandra Bhople

Aug 16 5:52 AM

/India PRwire/ - How it started: Two BITS Pilani alumni in Silicon Valley had an idea of making a direct impact on the engineering education by starting an engineering college in their home town in India. Chandra Bhople (74 batch) and Devendra Raut (88 batch) are founders of Nuva College of Engineering & Technology, Nagpur (http://www.nuvaedu.com)....

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University

Aug 16 5:52 AM

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University Website: Amrita School of Business - Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore Programs: MBA Exams: CAT 2007 Important Dates: Last date for receipt of completed ASB application form is December 31st 2007.

Rolon cars and Coimbatore

Aug 15 7:33 AM

Coimbatore is famous for its machinery and textile industries. The composites parts of cars which are manufactured in India are initially manufactured in Coimbatore. Formula LGB is a motorsport held in India. Races for the National Championship are held at Coimbatore's Kari Motor Speedway and also at Chennai's Irrugatukottai track. The ROLO...

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Looking for a Badminton Partner.

Aug 8 6:00 PM

Photo by b.w.futures We have turned a few empty plots of land which was misused by the city corporation as a graveyard for broken vehicles, into a fairly good looking garden. As part of the garden, we have two Badminton courts, one cemented and the other with grass. It hurts me to miss such a fantastic opportunity. Combine that with a guilty feelin...

In Japan and having a Sushi of a time!

Aug 1 6:00 AM

Hi everyone. I've been in Japan over the last week and will return back to India on August 5th. I'm right now in the city of Sapporo in the Northern Island of Hokkaido, attending the International iCommons Summit 2008 where digital and social technologists from over 64 countries are attending. As expected blogging on this blog will continue...

Terrace Gardening Using Bamboo

Jul 14 4:01 PM

I'm a great fan of Terrace Gardening and I liked what was done on top of this building on Old Mahabalipuram Road in Chennai. The thick foliage of bamboo acts as an effective visual screen from the hustle and bustle of the traffic below. I've been planning to do a similar thing on top of our apartment terrace. If you know a good horticultur...

Deceptively Helpful Sign!

Jul 12 10:21 PM

I caught this pro-actively helpful sign this evening. You'd think it's out of goodwill, eh? Nah! It's been put up by residents of a small lane who wanted traffic to be diverted to another lane! But quite smart thinking if you ask me.

Taking Colgate & CloseUp, Head On.

Jul 11 12:18 PM

At Pondy Bazaar, one of Chennai's bargain happy shopping places, I saw this guy selling 'tooth lotion'. I've heard of 'tooth paste' & 'tooth powder' but never a 'tooth lotion'. Now, that's an idea for a brand new category for HLL. I like how he calls his small box on wheels as 'Dentic Poly Herbal Cen...

The Waiting Death Trap

Jul 10 11:51 PM

Chamiers Road in Chennai is one of the busiest roads and part of an upmarket area. It's where the Park Sheraton 5 star hotel and The Times of India office, amongst many others, are located. It's the road that leads to Boat Club Area, the most expensivest residential real estate in Chennai. Yet, even in such high profile road, I was shocked ...

Awesomely Innovative Ad

Jul 9 4:52 PM

The last few times I had been to the Sathyam Theatre, I had been meaning to photograph this and finally got to do it yesterday. The advertising guys who came up with this concept definitely deserves a pat. They converted a plaid lift into a concept where customers can experience the spaciousness of the fridge. The wordings on the door as you wait f...

Warning a la Robin Hood!

Jul 9 12:52 PM

Found this message at an office I visited today. Yup, I played safe!

The Tree Planting Initiative

Jul 4 1:01 PM

A bunch of us are planting tree saplings this evening at 3:00 PM. I shot a short video (4 minutes) using my N82 showing the different saplings we have grown. Give it a spin. As always, a small trick to view smooth video is to hit play and then hit the pause button. Let the video load up for a few minutes and then click play. The tree planting p...

Video Review of the Sandisk 8GB Card

Jul 3 3:51 PM

Sometimes you don't realize some of the good tools you have with you and you always aspire to get stuff that you almost never usually get. Take for example video blogging. I've been planning to get one of those Flip video recorders ever since I read good reviews about them and been scouting around for it in Chennai with no luck. And all thi...

Subway® opens in Coimbatore

Aug 15 7:33 AM

Subway , a international chain of restaurants and eateries. The first SubWay in India was started in the year 2001 in Delhi and it has taken 6 years for Coimbatore to find a place in the company's website . Recently Narain Karthikeyan , visited Coimbatore to open the first SubWay store in Coimbatore(at present SubWay is located only in Chennai ...

Gulf Dirt Track Championships in Coimbatore

Aug 15 7:33 AM

The second leg of the Gulf Dirt Track National championship for two wheelers will be held besides Jenney’s Club here on July 14 and 15. Local entries can be had before July 11 from Coimbatore Auto Sports Club, 29, Nehru Stadium, tele-fax: 380065. For more details visit Sports Craft India coimbatore , dirt

Coimbatore next stop on IT map

Aug 15 7:33 AM

Coimbatore's real estate market is set to change, with IT parks, hotels and malls being planned. But if you want to invest in property here you just might have missed the bus, reports CNBC-TV18. Suressh Menda has been in Coimbatore's property market for the past 20 years. This director of Coimbatore-based Presidium Constructions says the ma...

IIT off-campus to be setup in Palakkad

Aug 15 7:33 AM

250 acres of land has been identified in Kanjikode near Palakkad to start an off-campus center of Indian Institute of Technology, Madras. Nearly 300 acres of land is available readily for immediate occupation. The Kanjicode area is very close to Coimbatore. coimbatore , iit , palakkad

Exclusive pump portal launched in Coimbatore

Aug 15 7:33 AM

Pumpsworldonline.com a portal exclusively for pump manufacturers was launched here in Coimbatore recently. Now manufacturers, raw material suppliers, dealers can meet online in a common place. The website is developed by Trust Multimedia. The developers plan to visit cities like Ahmedabad to promote the portal. This portal will enable the manufactu...

Technical University in Coimbatore

Aug 15 7:33 AM

Anna University, Chennai will set up two regional technical universities in Coimbatore and Trichy. They will be named Anna University, Coimbatore and Anna University, Trichy. A total of 53 engineering colleges in Coimbatore, Salem, Erode, Dindigul, Karur, Nilgiris, Dharamapuri, Krishnagiri, Namakkal and Theni districts will be affiliated to Anna U...

Rolon cars and Coimbatore

Aug 15 7:33 AM

Coimbatore is famous for its machinery and textile industries. The composites parts of cars which are manufactured in India are initially manufactured in Coimbatore. Formula LGB is a motorsport held in India. Races for the National Championship are held at Coimbatore's Kari Motor Speedway and also at Chennai's Irrugatukottai track. The ROLO...

Coimbatore : CAT for the first time

Aug 15 7:33 AM

This year Coimbatore became the newest center for the all India level entrance exam for admissions to the top business schools. Although Coimbatore has more educational institutions than many other major cities in India, the authorities have approved Coimbatore's request to host the exams only this year. Around 3000 students appeared for the te...

Coimbatore :Wipro conducts recruitment drive

Aug 15 7:33 AM

In a recruitment drive conducted by software major Wipro Technologies in Coimbatore around 250 students were recruited. The selected students would be trained at the Wipro Acamedy of Software Excellence where the recruited students would be trained by faculty members from Birla Institute of Technology and Science. Coimbatore has immense potential ...

Coimbatore: Consultants to study infrastructure needs

Aug 15 7:33 AM

The Coimbatore Corporation issued on Thursday orders to a New Delhi-based consultancy firm and another in Hyderabad to make a study of infrastructure needs of the city and prepare cost estimates for schemes under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). The orders were handed over to the representatives of the firms at a meetin...

Kerala goes soft on Simi, country pays

Aug 20 2:43 AM

Also check out In Kerala, SIMI thrives on West Asia funds, Lashkar-e-Toiba links Kerala goes soft on Simi, country pays 18 Aug, 2008, 0000 hrs IST,Bharti Jain, ET Bureau NEW DELHI: The kerala link to the Ahmedabad blasts confirms that Gujarat has only paid for the failure, or worse, reluctance of the LDF government to act against fundamentalist...

I was first in my class, Loan Officer Uncle, I swear

Aug 19 3:44 PM

Finally. An actual reason to care about your rep in the NRI community. It seems banks are sprouting up in the US that cater specifically to Indians, according to this Hindustan Times article, which says a dozen such already exist. Indians sans credit history who might be viewed unfavorably at the big banks - where sub-prime angst runs thicker tha...

Mera Bharat Mahan is a Mission with Passion for Proud to be BITSian Chandra Bhople

Aug 16 5:52 AM

/India PRwire/ - How it started: Two BITS Pilani alumni in Silicon Valley had an idea of making a direct impact on the engineering education by starting an engineering college in their home town in India. Chandra Bhople (74 batch) and Devendra Raut (88 batch) are founders of Nuva College of Engineering & Technology, Nagpur (http://www.nuvaedu.com)....

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University

Aug 16 5:52 AM

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University Website: Amrita School of Business - Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore Programs: MBA Exams: CAT 2007 Important Dates: Last date for receipt of completed ASB application form is December 31st 2007.

India eyeing to export 20 million kg tea to Egypt

Aug 16 5:52 AM

India eyeing to export 20 million kg tea to Egypt Posted by barunroy on August 14, 2008 FROM PRESS TRUST OF INDIA By N V Maller NEWS SHARED BY AARDEE Coimbatore, Aug 13 (PTI) About two decades after losing the flourishing tea market in Egypt, the Indian tea industry has drawn up an ambitious plan to increase exports from two million kgs now t...

IRMA entrance notification

Aug 16 5:52 AM

The Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA) has invited applications from Indian nationals for the common entrance test to be held on November 9, 2008 across the country for admission to its postgraduate programme in rural management (PRM — 2009-11) and fellow programme in rural management (FPRM- 2009). Test will be conducted in Chennai and Coim...

Naintat Bulgari bvlgari de pe l acirc.

Aug 16 5:52 AM

S brave decision Sunday to pull out of Friday. And listening to people test out fake British accents. All messages posted at this site express the views of the author, and do not Corvette for sales reflect the views of the owners and administrators of this site. A few high profile customers from all over the country are taken to the Kirtilals facto...

Avesthagen Limited Breaks Ground For Corporate Headquarters And New R&D Facility in Bangalore

Aug 16 5:52 AM

/India PRwire/ - Avesthagen Limited, India’s leading knowledge based Life Sciences Company, today broke ground for its new corporate headquarters and R&D campus. This new fourteen storey campus spanning 400,000 sq ft will be built on a 2.63 acre plot in the International Technology Park Bangalore (ITPB). The new campus is expected to be ready by Ju...

training starts! - Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

Aug 13 11:48 AM

Jump to the full entry & travel map Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India it starts

BSNL Data Card Evdo Tariff & Plans

Aug 13 11:48 AM

As most of you Indian Broadband Internet users are familier with BSNL Broadband has introduced EVDO which is a Data Card based broadband connection for laptop users in India. This service is going to be introduced in around 700+ Cities in India with limited launch already done. Here are some details about this service. What is EVDO : This word st...

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