Ajai Shukla In Hal, Bangalore

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Landmark to bring in more foreign brands

Landmark to bring in more foreign brands

Rediff.com   31 May 2007

The Dubai-based Landmark Group is in the process of bringing in more foreign brands into India, in addition to the four foreign brands they have already tied up with for India operations.

Accenture, MIT tie up

Accenture, MIT tie up

Rediff.com   18 May 2007

Accenture has entered into a pact with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to train its employees for individual and professional development.

How controversies dog the IIMs

How controversies dog the IIMs

Rediff.com   30 Apr 2007

Even as the government considers a new Bill to make the Indian Institutes of Management answerable to the Parliament, it appears the IIMs - considered home to some of the best brains in the country - have shifted from being seats of learning to seats

Private defence R&D loaded with IPR issues

Private defence R&D loaded with IPR issues

Rediff.com   28 Apr 2007

Now, in the case of subsidised R&D, private companies hope that MoD audit requirements will make it mandatory to test the products that they develop.

B'lore to see 1.4 lakh apartments in 4 yrs

B'lore to see 1.4 lakh apartments in 4 yrs

Rediff.com   26 Apr 2007

Bangalore is set to see 1.4 lakh new residential apartment units entering the market in 3 to 4 years and the city will see price stabilisation in 2007 as against a steep rise in prices in 2006.

MoD to fund R&D by private industry

MoD to fund R&D by private industry

Rediff.com   26 Apr 2007

As dawn broke on the Pokhran field firing ranges late last year, three of India's latest T-90 tanks readied themselves on the firing line.

FIPB defers decision on Hutch-Essar

FIPB defers decision on Hutch-Essar

Rediff.com   24 Apr 2007

When asked whether the Reserve Bank of India had sent any further comments, Dua replied in the negative.

Now NIIT eyes Russia, S Africa, Saudi Arabia

Now NIIT eyes Russia, S Africa, Saudi Arabia

Rediff.com   16 Mar 2007

NIIT Limited, a provider of IT training, learning and knowledge solutions, is set to expand its overseas presence by expanding its chain of IT education training centres in a few emerging countries and by entering new geographies.

BPOs want the real you, not a fake

BPOs want the real you, not a fake

Rediff.com   14 Mar 2007

Given that some BPOs conduct nearly 150 interviews a day, the threat of fudged resumes and impersonation is compounded many times over.

Storming the bastion of aerospace design

Storming the bastion of aerospace design

Rediff.com   12 Feb 2007

Symbolism was evident at the Aero India 2007 air show that concluded in Bangalore on Sunday.

The American eagle circles over Bangalore

The American eagle circles over Bangalore

Rediff.com   9 Feb 2007

If confirmation was required that the Indo-US nuclear deal has opened doors for business between the two countries, it is here.

Flight delays: Conflict in the skies

Flight delays: Conflict in the skies

Rediff.com   3 Feb 2007

Air traffic controllers are skilled at the tense and complex jugglery of separating fast-flying aircraft from one another by keeping them at different altitudes and areas. But it takes time and causes delays.

Paucity of pilots triggers aviation war

Paucity of pilots triggers aviation war

Rediff.com   2 Feb 2007

When Wing Commander Rajiv Kothiyal resigned in 2002 as one of the most qualified test pilots in the Indian Air Force and quickly found a flying job in a start-up airline, Deccan Airways, he felt he had won a jackpot.

Future Group to dress up homes

Future Group to dress up homes

Rediff.com   1 Feb 2007

To launch 'Hometown' stores.

BEL chief hangs up his boots

BEL chief hangs up his boots

Rediff.com   1 Feb 2007

Y Gopala Rao who retired as chairman and managing director, Bharat Electronics, a defence PSU based out of Bangalore, had identified cutting costs as a key objective for the future.

Mid-air collision: India's tangled airspace

Mid-air collision: India's tangled airspace

Rediff.com   1 Feb 2007

Inefficient diversions of civil flights at Hyderabad are caused because the airport is bordered by a vast swathe of restricted airspace belonging to the Indian Air Force flying academies of Hakimpeth and Bidar.

Airports Authority, IAF on collision course

Airports Authority, IAF on collision course

Rediff.com   31 Jan 2007

The relationship between civil aviation and the military is so close that it often goes unnoticed.

Donate to your favourite temple via phone

Donate to your favourite temple via phone

Rediff.com   27 Jan 2007

Airtel has launched a new service -- Temple Offering -- for its subscribers in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. The service will help Airtel subscribers to make their donations to temples using their mobile phones.

Cambridge divests arm biz to ACS for $30 mn

Cambridge divests arm biz to ACS for $30 mn

Rediff.com   25 Jan 2007

Cambridge Solutions, a Rs 1,200 crore (Rs 12 billion) integrated IT & BPO firm, has sold a part of its government vertical, run under its subsidiary Albion in the United States to Affliated Computer Services for $30 million.

Compuware Corp eyes acquisitions

Compuware Corp eyes acquisitions

Rediff.com   24 Jan 2007

US-based IT company Compuware Corporation opened its first India office in Bangalore on Tuesday.