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BANGALORE: The overall India PC market shipment sales touched 19. 7 lakh units in the October-December 2009 quarter, recording a 25. (India Times)
Startups turning a new page, online Feb 19, 2010
When Harish Abbott and Krishna Motukuri started iRead in 2007 in Bangalore, they looked at a void that was waiting to be filledhow to compare books and talk to discerning readers around the globe ... Now I can go to one of these websites and buy stuff, without any worries, says Prof T Krishnan of IIM Bangalore, who works with startups in their incubation phase. (India Times)
Obama condemns Pune blast Feb 19, 2010
In Bangalore, US envoy to India Timothy J Roemer pointed out that India and America share a common enemy in terror groups. He said that the two countries shared a common perspective of the threat from terror groups and were working closely to enhance security and safety, Mr Roemer said. (India Times)
Aircraft repair firm buys European peer Feb 18, 2010
Air Works currently has a unit at Hosur near Bangalore where it has serviced seven narrow bodied aircrafts since the hangar commenced services in November 2008. We will have another hangar at Hosur by the end of this year, which will cater to wide-bodied aircraft and in the next two years, we will add three more hangars,' said director at Air Works Ravi Menon. (India Times)
Govt trashes terror outfits' Pune claims Feb 18, 2010
Meanwhile, nearly 40 persons have been detained and are being questioned in different cities including Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore and Hampi in connection with the blast. Although investigators remained tight-lipped about the probe, a home ministry official on Wednesday hinted that sleuths expected a major breakthrough very soon as they were on the right track. (India Times, India)
Zynga's India foray, to hire 100 techies Feb 18, 2010
BANGALORE: Zynga, the largest social game provider announced the opening of its first office outside the United States in Bangalore, where it would hire 100 techies for game development and large-scale web infrastructure ... Zynga, the largest social game provider announced the opening of its first office outside the United States in Bangalore, where it would hire 100 techies for game development and large-scale web infrastructure. (India Times)
Will Windows Phone 7 win? Feb 18, 2010
BANGALORE: Microsoft announced the launch of Windows Mobile 7 Series phones on Tuesday at the World Mobile Congress at Barcelona in Spain ... (The author is a director at IIIT Bangalore). (India Times)
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In High Spirits: John Distilleries drafts Rs 150-cr fund raising plan Feb 17, 2010
BANGALORE: Spirit was in his blood ... From then on, the Bangalore-based firm made inroads into Karnataka establishing Original Choice as the largest selling brand in the state. (India Times)
'To explain hidden assets of Porsche is a tough job' Feb 17, 2010
We identified 110 cities and 42 airports in the world as our must have locations and Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore were part of them, says Gessler, glancing at his watch, which thanks to its founder can be looked at from almost any angle without having to flick the wrist. The criteria for being listed on this coveted list of cities is monitored through a set of competitors and if ten of these (like LV, Prada, Cartier, Hermes) have opened a single brand store in the city, Gessler says they... (India Times)
Wipro rushes to plug gap after $4-mn fraud Feb 17, 2010
The employee had been working with the company for the past three years in the controllership division within the finance department. This cell is responsible for keeping the companys financial books and also has powers to authorise payments whenever needed. (India Times)
Wipro staff guilty of fraud worth crores Feb 17, 2010
Wipro rushes to plug gap after $4-mn fraud- Software-Infotech-The Economic Times. Wipro rushes to plug gap after $4-mn fraud17 Feb 2010, 0824 hrs IST, MV Ramsurya & Pankaj Mishra, ET Bureau. (India Times)
Swami Pranavananda makes a living out of fashion Feb 16, 2010
BANGALORE: Swami Pranavananda Brahmendra Avadhuta is not exactly a name that you would expect on the attendance rolls of a fashion trade show. But then swamijias he is knownhates predictable patterns in life as much as in his fabrics. (India Times)
Scareware menace on the rise Feb 15, 2010
BANGALORE: As you start browsing, a window pops up trying to grab your attention by identifying an infection in your system, and coaxing you to install a programand even pay for it to fix the security breach. Fine, where is the problem. (India Times)
Mid-tier IT cos pitch for sales staff Feb 15, 2010
Among the mid-tier players, theres lot of pressure and ambition to be the next $1-billion company, says Srikrishna S, principal, Long House Consulting, a Bangalore based search firm. Mastek, a $200-million Mumbai-based services company, recently roped in Mike Dufton as president of North American sales. (India Times)
Mercedes, BMW, Audi target smaller cities & towns Feb 15, 2010
These are not big numbers, but then the big cars are on the country tour looking for incremental growth to add to higher demand in metros like Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore. While Mercedes has listed focus on Tier 2ies among its top priorities this year, its archrival and market leader BMW recently announced plans to expand its Chennai plant to meet rising demand, especially from tier-2 cities. (India Times)
What Pranab will not say in his budget: Swaminathan Aiyar Feb 15, 2010
A recent paper by Ramesh Ramnathan shows that different agencies have different definitions of BPL families, and only 6% of Bangalore BPL families are common to all definitions. The food and civil supplies department estimates BPL families at 106% of the whole population of Bangalore. (India Times)
IIM students find life's calling on campus Feb 15, 2010
BANGALORE: Ghazala Tabassum just loves her tea. These days the exquisite varieties on offer at her Just Tea outlet in the IIM-Lucknow campus have made her an instant celebrity among students. (India Times)
MIT, IIM grads vie for Modi fellowship Feb 15, 2010
The MIT graduate is working as a techie in Bangalore. The chief ministers office (CMO) is hoping to select at least 30 fellows who will work on specially designed Swarnim Gujarat projects. (India Times)
Expats Bound for Jobs in India Run Up Against `Out of Line' Visa Limits Feb 13, 2010 Iconic Maruti 800 set to drive into history in 13 cities Feb 12, 2010 Residential property prices may rise by 10 per cent: Cushman Feb 12, 2010 Realty cos lose workers to services sector Feb 12, 2010 Food brands and retailers: Private labels get branded push Feb 12, 2010 Tony White, regional GM, Gloria Jean's Coffees Feb 12, 2010 Wipro offers 100% recyclable computers Feb 11, 2010 Investors bet money on for-profit social enterprises Feb 11, 2010 IBM, Accenture beef up analytics Feb 11, 2010 Airlines begin hiring pilots, crew Feb 10, 2010 Mantri to roll out six townships Feb 10, 2010 Currency fluctuation a major concern: Infosys Feb 10, 2010 India divided over Bt Brinjal Feb 9, 2010 AB Minacs buys tech solutions firm Feb 9, 2010 More routes for Qatar Feb 9, 2010 IBM launches powerful new server Feb 9, 2010 Laterals at IIMs show perked-up hiring Feb 8, 2010 FB hopes to touch 400m fan following Feb 8, 2010 Kumar Urban to raise $800 mn Feb 8, 2010 Tier I cities most preferred residential investment options Feb 7, 2010 Bt Brinjal exposes serious regulatory lapses Feb 6, 2010 Mango sells products to Qualcomm Feb 6, 2010 Uttarakhand bans Bt Brinjal Feb 6, 2010 Global cos come calling for talent Feb 5, 2010 Infosys goes slow on promotions Feb 4, 2010 Wipro Technologies to now offer promotions Feb 4, 2010 Shoprite calls off JV with Nirmal lifestyle Feb 4, 2010 Cisco to double headcount by 2012 Feb 4, 2010 Gen Y entrepreneurs bet big on clean-tech innovations Feb 3, 2010 India made fighter plane Tejas gets Rs 8000 crore more Feb 3, 2010 Text of President Obama's remarks Feb 3, 2010 Should India allow the cultivation of genetically modified crops? Feb 3, 2010 IT cos hot pick among grads Feb 3, 2010 Titan Ind: Volume game to bring in rewards Feb 3, 2010 Realty prices in Indian cities Feb 2, 2010 India beefs up security in border areas Feb 2, 2010 'Value homes' to drive Sobha's revenue growth Feb 2, 2010 RSS takes on Sena, puts BJP in a spot Feb 1, 2010 Actis to sell stake in Nilgiris Dairy Farm Feb 1, 2010 Daredevils, Royals promoters look to offload stakes Feb 1, 2010 'I never compared Modi to Gandhi' Jan 31, 2010 Marriott to hire 3K by 2010 end Jan 31, 2010 Obama's jobs policy will hurt US MNCs most Jan 31, 2010 Dabbawallas to figure on Harvard menu Jan 31, 2010 Egypt to add more flights from India Jan 31, 2010 Wipro hikes salaries, others may follow suit Jan 30, 2010 AAI seeks cash for giving up big airports Jan 30, 2010 Indian companies unfazed by Obama's anti-outsourcing call Jan 30, 2010 CAT scores may count for less this year Jan 30, 2010 Wipro launches green desktops Jan 29, 2010 Rise of a serial entrepreneur with each new venture Jan 29, 2010 'India ops won't be impacted' Jan 28, 2010 Sania Mirza's engagement called off Jan 28, 2010 India to launch 'Chandrayaan-2' by '13 Jan 28, 2010 McCann to split Mumbai office Jan 27, 2010 ISRO tests third biggest rocket motor Jan 26, 2010 British Airways mark India's 60th Republic with special offer Jan 26, 2010 AirAsia to fly to 5 major Indian cities Jan 26, 2010 Watching Crystals Grow Provides Clues to Making Smoother, Defect-Free Thin Films Jan 25, 2010 Sick PSUs told to list land banks Jan 25, 2010 Gaming works in real world Jan 24, 2010 Travelling artworks help investors Jan 24, 2010 Easy travel with CouchSurfing.com Jan 23, 2010 Wipro plans to axe 85 jobs in Finland Jan 22, 2010 DLF nixes mall plans, offloads Bangalore property Jan 22, 2010
Infosys has about 20 foreign workers and needs many more to help it expand abroad, said Pai, who runs the Bangalore-based companys human resources department ... Matthew Barney, 40, left Wisconsin a year ago and moved his family near Bangalore to become head of leadership development for Infosys. (Bloomberg)
Maruti to bid adieu to M-800 from April Feb 13, 2010
According to government guidelines, beginning April 2010, car makers will be allowed to sell only Euro IV compliant vehicles in the four metros and 9 other cities including Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Ahmedabad, Agra and Surat. The rest of the country will move from the Euro III to Euro IV norms in 2015-16, so till then the Maruti 800 can be sold throughout India. (India Times)
The cities where BSIV norms will set in from April 2010 are Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Pune, Kanpur, Ahmedabad, Surat and Agra. Other cities will come under BSIII norms, making it possible for the company to sell the cars. (India Times)
He said other cities like Pune and Bangalore as well as the National Capital Region (NCR) witnessed moderate to sharp rise in prices in the residential segment. Also Read. (India Times)
BANGALORE: Real estate firms are feeling the pinch of skilled and unskilled labour shortage as infrastructure growth picks up and workers get tapped by retail and other service-oriented industries ... In Bangalore alone, the shortfall in people with slightly more advanced skills in the real estate segment including infrastructure creation and minor repair and maintenance projects both residential and commercial is expected to be of the order of 50,000 workers ... It is difficult to find... (India Times)
BANGALORE: The next time you reach out for a store brand of noodles at Reliance Fresh or Aditya Birla Retails More, turn the pack over, you may be suprised to learn that it is manufactured by the makers of Top Ramen. As private labels edge out greater shelf space for themselves across retail chains, the undercurrent battle between food brands and retailers continues to simmer. (India Times)
We have grown to a presence of nine stores across Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Chennai ... What is the progress on your roasting facility in Bangalore on stream. (India Times)
00004000 BANGALORE: Information technology services corporation Wipro Infotech has claimed to be the first Indian company to build a 100 per cent recyclable and toxin-free computer, and joins a small group of manufacturers worldwide who have developed toxic-free electronics. According to the company, the eco-friendly Wipro Greenware desktops are completely free from harmful chemicals such as polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and brominated flame retardants (BFRs). (India Times)
BANGALORE: In Sindhudurg, on the coast of Maharashtra, the Fernandez family, which relies on fishing as the main source of income, is sprucing up its home, Rosary House, in anticipation of guests from the city. There wont be room service, but for Rs 500 a night, the beach-front property will offer direct access to the sea along untrammeled stretches of the Konkan coast. (India Times)
IBM had announced in November the setting up of a high-end business analytics and optimisation centre in Bangalore. The company now says analytics and business transformation consulting will be a key offering from India in four of its verticals banking, telecom, healthcare and retail. (India Times)
BANGALORE: After a year of turbulence, the aviation sector is now seeing a resurgence in hiring. Last year, during the peak of the downturn, the industry witnessed scenes of tears and mass protests by cabin crew personnel and pilots, as the sector went on a layoff spree. (India Times)
BANGALORE: To meet the growing demand for mid-range apartments, Mantri Developers plans to roll out six integrated residential township projects comprising 30,000 units across Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad ... Mantri also plans to launch four new projects in Bangalore to address the mid-income segment in the next six months, Mr Mantri said ... Demand for apartments in the Rs 30-40 lakh range is expected to spurt by 10-15% in Bangalore alone, he said. (India Times)
BANGALORE: Infosys CEO and MD Krish Gopalakrishnan said that currency fluctuation is a major concern for the company presently. Infosys stocks were trading flat at the BSE.. (India Times)
At the meetings in Kolkata, Bhubaneswar, Hyderabad and Bangalore there was vociferous opposition. However small groups of farmers have said they are in favour of Bt Brinjal if it assures less dependence on pesticides. (India Times)
BANGALORE: Aditya Birla Minacs, the BPO company and part of the AV Birla Group, has acquired the Bangalore-based technology solutions provider Radifinity. The two-year old company, incubated at the NS Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (NSRCEL ), IIM-Bangalore , provides technology solutions in areas such as radio frequency identification, smart cards, GPS and GPRS. The value of the acquisition could not be ascertained ... Aditya Birla Minacs, the BPO company and part of the AV Birla... (India Times)
The announcement comes a month after Qatar Airways revealed its new routes for 2010 and just days after the airline confirmed it will begin daily non-stop services between Doha and Bengaluru, formerly known as Bangalore, from February 22 to mark the airlines 11th Indian destination. Beginning March 30, Qatar Airways adds Copenhagen to its European network with four flights a week, non-stop from Doha, the airlines operational hub. (iAfrica.com)
BANGALORE: IBM on Monday launched globally its next generation Power server, the server that caters to that intermediary (Unix) segment between the powerful mainframe computers and the lower end X86 based servers, and on which a lot of corporate Indias applications run. Called Power7, the server is said to be a big leap over Power6 that came in 2007. (India Times)
At IIM Bangalore, the lateral placements began in the third week of December last year and will continue till February 15. The institute has new recruiters from sectors like retail, infrastructure and hospitality. (India Times)
BANGALORE: It was a slow starter but now it sits pretty at the top of the heap of social networking sites, packed with addictive applications, interactive menus, entertaining games, online activities and hundreds of fun-filled quizzes and tricks. Facebook celebrated its sixth birthday on Thursday and expects to reach a fan following of 400 million this week. (India Times)
Jain also said the company plans to raise a total of USD 800 million next fiscal by diluting stakes in various SPVs created to execute residential and commercial projects across Mumbai, Pune and Bangalore. "We are currently developing projects spanning over 3.6 million sqft area in these cities and will soon be launching 12 more projects over 15 million sqft area," he said. (India Times)
"In the NCR, Gurgaon provides a wide range of options from premium housing to mid-income residential projects as far as pricing and connectivity is concerned. Northern Bangalore holds good potential, primarily due to the airport at Devanahalli and the surrounding infrastructure development like Bellary Road widening, express highway and proposed high speed monorail. In Chennai, the southern and western peripherals of the city are witnessing significant residential developments. As for Hyderabad,... (India Times)
Ramesh has announced that he would present his findings to the prime minister shortly following the last of the seven consultation meetings due in Bangalore on February 6. Ramesh came up with the device of public consultations on October 15, 2009, just a day after the regulator in his ministry, the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee (GEAC), had given its go-ahead to the commercial cultivation of Bt brinjal. (India Times)
BANGALORE: In a sign that India's software product space is coming of age, a small Bangalore start-up Mango Technologies has sold two of its software products to Qualcomm, one of the world's largest wireless semiconductor companies ... In a sign that India's software product space is coming of age, a small Bangalore start-up - Mango Technologies - has sold two of its software products to Qualcomm, one of the world's largest wireless semiconductor companies. (India Times)
The final consultation meeting as part of the public hearings in seven cities convened by Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh is set to be held in Bangalore on Saturday ... The Bangalore meeting is likely to be stormy with pro-commercialisation and opponents gearing up to make themselves heard. (India Times)
BANGALORE: India is fast gaining the distinction of becoming one of the world's largest talent incubators. While multinational corporations have been regularly placing some of their best brains in their global system for a while, the search for talent among these global enterprises is now gathering pace. (India Times)
BANGALORE: Infosys Technologies plans to continue with its iRACE programme under which the companys staff are required to wait longer for their promotions, so that only professionals with proven managerial skills can lead project teams. The new HR initiative iRACE (Infosys Role and Career) was introduced by the company last year. (India Times)
BANGALORE: Close on the heels of announcing salary hikes, the countrys third-largest IT services exporter, Wipro Technologies, is likely to go ahead with promotions in April. And expectations are that the promotions this year would be much more broad-based unlike those in 2009. (India Times)
Curently, Wal-Mart has a cash and carry JV with the Bharti group while Metro AG of Germany is already operating in Bangalore. Globally, Shoprite today has 705 corporate outlets that include supermarkets, hypermarkets, fresh produce distribution centres, furniture outlets, house and home stores and fast food outlets. (India Times)
We have presence in over 100 cities with sales offices in New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Pune, Kolkata and Hyderabad. As our business is growing, we would require skilled manpower to fuel the growth, he said. (India Times)
BANGALORE: It is not everyday that a young consultant at McKinsey ne of the worlds largest management consultancy firms, trades in a job at the firms Seattle office for the rough and tumble of business in rural India. But that is just what John Howard did when he launched Duron Energy, a renewable energy company that 00004000 has just started sales of solar-powered plug and play devices for lighting and battery recharges in villages across Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh. (India Times)
BANGALORE: What Tejas wants, Tejas gets. The much-delayed Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) programme will get an additional funding of Rs 8,000 crore. (India Times)
So why don't we work together to transform our schools, so that every child in America can compete with their counterparts around the world, from Beijing to Bangalore. Let's work together to upgrade our community colleges, which are the gateway to a career for so many children from so many working families. (Boston Globe)
"No decision has been taken on commercial genetically modified brinjal so far in view of ongoing public hearings being completed so far in six cities. "On February 7, I will hold a meeting in Bangalore on the issue and by February 10, I will take a final decision whether the GM food should be commercially produced," Ramesh told reporters here. The Minister, who has so far held meetings in Kolkata, Bhubaneswar, Hyderabad, Nagpur, Ahmedabad and Chandigarh has been met with strong opposition from... (India Times)
BANGALORE: Technology is back with a bang on the campuses ... At BMS College of Engineering, Bangalore 550 of the 900 students who are passing out this year have already been placed and offered salaries ranging between Rs 4 lakh and Rs 7 ... Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM)s Bangalore dean Pankaj Gupta said earlier that IT companies were not favourite on BSchool campuses but the trend is changing and students prefer to join IT firms. (India Times)
Headquartered in Bangalore, Titan Industries stock has been buzzing at the Dalal Street ahead of its December quarter results. It made its yearly high of Rs 1,740 on the NSE on Tuesday. (India Times)
A residential apartment in Mahalaxmi was leased at a monthly rental value of Rs 1,50,000 per month. The apartment, admeasuring 1,495 square feet (approximately), is situated in a mid-segment residential project in this location and is within the prevalent rental range in Central Mumbai for mid-segment apartments (Rs 1,25,000-2,75,000 per month). (India Times)
BANGALORE: Defence Minister A K Antony on Tuesday said security in all border areas, including Arunachal Pradesh, was being strengthened to meet any eventuality or threat. "We are strengthening security apparatus on all borders across land, sea and air to meet any eventuality or threat," he said. (India Times)
Bangalore-based realty player Sobha Developers has gained 9% on the bourses in the past one month on expectations of good results ... A revival in the realty sector has added to investor confidence, though the trend took more time to become visible in Bangalore than in Mumbai. (India Times)
BJP president Nitin Gadkari, who is in Bangalore, declined to be drawn into a discussion on the perceived divergent views on the migrants issue between RSS and Shiv Sena, saying, "I'll first study and verify the statement (of Bhagwat) before reacting.". A Sena MP, who preferred anonymity, said, "If the BJP subscribes to Bhagwat's line, then the Sena will have to rethink its ties with the BJP.". (India Times)
Nilgiris also has a dairy located in the heart of Bangalore, which some of the investors want to shift. The differences between Actis and the Mudaliar family arose over the money realised from the sale of Nilgiris non-core business, transfer of franchisees and the method of tabling its rights issue. (India Times)
In the auction, Vijay Mallyas UB group had won the franchise for Bangalore at $111. 6 million, Mukesh Ambani, the owner of Reliance Industries, got the one for Mumbai at $112 million while Deccan Chronicle won the franchise for Hyderabad team at $107 million. (India Times)
BANGALORE: BJP President Nitin Gadkari on Sunday denied making a direct comparison between Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and Mahatma Gandhi. "I never compared Modi to Mahatma Gandhi," Gadkari told reporters here, asserting that there were video clippings of his speech to prove it. (India Times)
It is developing around 7 new properties in places including Chennai, Pune, Bangalore and Chandigarh ... It is developing around 7 new properties in places including Chennai, Pune, Bangalore and Chandigarh. (India Times)
In early 2009, the president had promised to remove the so-called tax breaks that led businesses to favour Bangalore over Buffalo. Never mind the two places are as disparate as they come but the catchy headline did generate plenty of questions and debate in both geographies when the remarks first surfaced. (India Times)
BANGALORE: The dabbawallas of Mumbai are literally going places ... Well give the confirmation next week and the case study will be released in March in a big way, Manish Tripathi, a dabbawalla visiting Bangalore told STOI. Nine months ago, a HBS professor from Boston came to Mumbai. (India Times)
As part of its plan for more tourists, it is looking at adding flights, including from Chennai, Hyderabad and Bangalore. At present, only Egypt Air is operating flights between the two countries, flying thrice a week from Mumbai. (India Times)
BANGALORE: The smiles are back in Silicon Plateau. Wipro has just handed out salary increments to all its employees. (India Times)
NEW DELHI: Airports Authority of India, the countrys largest airport operator, has decided to seek compensation from the government for the revenue loss suffered due to closure of commercial operations at two of its money spinning airports in Hyderabad and Bangalore ... The governments decision to shut commercial operations at the Hyderabad and Bangalore airports has resulted in a revenue loss of Rs 300 crore, a senior AAI official, who did not wish to be identified, told ET, adding... (India Times)
BANGALORE: A day after US President Barack Obama reiterated his plans for creating new jobs, amid rising double-digit unemployment in the US, Indias nearly $60-billion outsourcing industry remained hopeful that its top export market will continue to grow with more companies seeking to cut costs by outsourcing work to low-cost locations ... Its a tax code that says you should pay lower taxes, if you create a job in Bangalore, India, than if you create one in Buffalo, New York, Mr Obama... (India Times)
IIM-Bangalore, meanwhile, has gone the Ahmedabad way. The Bangalore B-school has done away with group discussion and expects candidates to be prepared for essay writing, something that IIM-A started in 2007 ... IIM-Bangalore: No GD and case study discussion this year. (India Times)
BANGALORE: Wipro Infotech, IT business arm of Wipro, on Thursday said that it has launched eco-friendly Wipro Greenware desktops. Anand Sankaran, senior vice-president and business head, India usiness, Wipro said that out of its our annual desktop production of two lakh units, greenware would be 15-20. (India Times)
Sitting in his office at Residency Road in Bangalore, the man who made flying affordable to Indians is now talking about Deccan 360 with the same passion ... Prof K Kumar, under whom several start-ups are being incubated at IIM Bangalore, maintains that the risk-taking ability of a serial entrepreneur rises with each new venture. (India Times)
"The Indian operations are not impacted (by the US recall) and the cars that we sell here are safe," Sandeep Singh, Deputy MD at the company's Indian subsidiary, Toyota Kirloskar Motors, told TOI from Bangalore ... While the Camry is imported to India from Japan, the company assembles the Corolla sedan at its factory near Bangalore. (India Times)
BANGALORE: Sania Mirza hasn't had the best of starts to the 2010 season - on and off court. A broken service game is one thing, but a broken engagement or a broken heart, is quite another. (India Times)
BANGALORE: Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Chief K Radhakrishnan on Wednesday said the configuration for the new moon mission 'Chandrayaan-2' is being finalised and added that it would be launched by 2013. Chandrayaan-2, which will be a joint effort between ISRO and Russia, will consist of a lander and a rover for a soft land on moon. (India Times)
When asked if the creation of McCann One and McCann Two is a precursor to similar such plans in the future for other offices, Joshi said there are no such plans for Delhi and Bangalore ... Parallelly, Namrata Nandan, presently the group business director at McCann Mumbai, is moving to Bangalore to head the branch. (India Times)
BANGALORE: Indian Space Research Organisation has successfully tested the third biggest solid rocket motor in the world after the booster rocket of Nasa's space shuttle and Arianespace's Ariane-5 launch vehicle. The ISRO rocket motor is 22 metres long and 3. (India Times)
The premier British carrier, which has been flying to India for 80 years, currently operates 45 flights a week from London to Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad. Read business stories in. (India Times)
The new cities are Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, New Delhi and Mumbai. AirAsia already flies from its Kuala Lumpur base to Kochi, Kolkata, Trichy and Trivandrum. (India Times)
The paper's co-authors are former postdoctoral associate Rajesh Ganapathy, now a faculty member at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research in Bangalore, India, and Sharon Gerbode and Mark Buckley, both graduate students. The work was funded by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, the Cornell Center for Materials Research, the National Science Foundation and the Cornell Nanoscale Science and Technology Facility. (Science Daily)
BRPSE had identified PSUs such as ITI Bangalore, Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT), Hindustan Photofilms, National Textile Corporation and Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore (FACT) in Cochin, where there was surplus land available for disposal. The government is looking to big bang divestment in PSEs to raise resources to meet the high expenditure on social schemes while simultaneously also keeping the fiscal deficit under control. (India Times)
But Vikram Agarwal, a businessman in Bangalore, has found innovative uses of applying gaming concepts in real-time business. Agarwals pet peeve was his marketing team who travelled constantly and considered emails their worst enemies. (India Times)
Bangalore, New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Chennai have become a part of the art circuit ... For instance, a retrospective of artist Surya Prakash began in Hyderabad and has already traversed Mumbai and New Delhi, and will soon arrive in Bangalore, before moving on to Munich, London and New York ... Similarly, to mark the 75th birthday of Sakti Burman, a show of limited edition serigraphs will be held in Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, New Delhi and Kolkata. (India Times)
It's been more then 15 years since Priyanka Bhattacharya, a freelance beauty writer and editor based in Bangalore, last heard of Dana Dickie. The two were pen pals through their growing years in school. (India Times, India)
BANGALORE: Wipro Technologies, Indias third largest IT services exporter, is planning to reduce its headcount in Finland by around 85 people and has begun negotiations with the employee representatives. In a statement , Wipro Technologies said: After carefully considering all possible options, the company has decided to enter into a negotiation process with the employees given the challenging industry situation in telecom R. (India Times)
BANGALORE: DLF has sold its 15-acre property in a posh Bangalore suburb after plunging footfalls and poor margins nixed the companys plans for a large-scale mall in the locality ... DLF currently has over 500 acres land in Bangalore spread over Rajapura , Bannerghatta and Magadi ... DLF has also repositioned its high-end residential project Westend Heights in Bangalore into mid-income homes to drive volumes. (India Times)
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