Australian hotel major Accor, with its joint venture partner Interglobe, has earmarked Rs 600 crore (Rs 6 billion) for constructing mid-scale and economy hotels in Tier I and Tier II cities of the country.
Some of the proposals include redrafting transfer and placement policy for IRS officers, strengthening the cadre restructuring, rebranding of IRS, robust deputation policy and creation of encadred post in other ministries and government department.
They were beaten in straight sets by Italy's Maria Elena Camerin and Gisela Dulko of Argentina.
She went down to 98th ranked Russian Vasilisa Bardina in the first round of the Bank of the West Classic.
Surpassing Tier I and Tier II cities in cost advantages, five Tier III cities Ahmedabad, Chandigarh, Indore, Kolkata and Nagpur are all set to emerge as major hubs for IT offshoring in next five years, said a global realty consulting firm.
Western Union Financial Services, a money transfer company, will fund the two Premier Hockey League teams for three years.
They beat Maratha Warriors 2-1 in the Premier Hockey League.
Globus has signed bollywood actress Kareena Kapoor as its new brand ambassador. Another cinestar Soha Ali Khan endorsed the brand for a while.
The hotels in the pipeline will include a range of Marriott brand portfolios such as JW Marriott, Tribute Portfolio and Sheraton.
Bank of India, the first public sector bank to establish a foreign branch, would open another five overseas offices and raise tier-II capital of Rs 300-500 crore (Rs 3-5 billion) to improve its capital adequacy ratio.
Indian Hotels Company Ltd's Ginger Hotels will invest over Rs 204 crore (Rs 2.04 billion) to set up 17 budget hotels in tier-II cities in the next 12 months.
The Indo-South African pair lost to Mashona Washington and Tathiana Garbin in the doubles quarter-finals at the WTA Tier II tournament in Paris.
The Indian ace beat Flavia Pennetta 6-2, 7-6(5) at the Open Gaz de France in Paris
The Reserve Bank of India's recent move will make home loans up to Rs 20 lakh cheaper. But that would be just good enough to buy you a house in Tier-II and Tier-III cities.
Chennai Veerans beat Lucknow Nawabs 3-2 via a silver goal in Tier II of the Premier Hockey League.
Defending champions Hyderabad Sultans will take on Maratha Warriors in the first Tier-I match of the second Premier Hockey League.
New-generation Yes Bank is in talks with Asian Development Bank for Rs 100 crore (Rs 1 billion) debt.
While the premier IIMs Ahmedabad, Bangalore and Calcutta have yet to conclude the final placements, last year's (2006) figures reveal that the average salaries hovered below Rs 10 lakh.
The second edition of the Premier Hockey League will also have a best-of-three final.
East Bengal will open their campaign with a home match against Muktijoddha of Bangladesh on March 9.
The proposed investment will be made over a period of five years in our India operations, which includes an R&D facility at Pune and another centre at Vadodara.
With car penetration of around 22 per 1,000 population, India continues to be a big opportunity to sell cars, especially in rural areas.
Vijaya Bank has planned to open four foreign offices, including a full-fledged branch in Hong Kong while considering to raise about Rs 200-250 crore (Rs 2 to 2.5 billion) tier-II capital after December this year.
The third seeds went down to Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan of the US in the semi-finals of the Legg Mason tennis tournament.
The Indian teenager will take on seventh seed Anna-Lena Groenefeld at the USD 170,000 Cincinnati Open.
The Indian went down to Thailand's Tamarine Tanasugarn in the first round qualifying match.
As and when Jet Airways applies for slots, these would be allocated among all airlines according to guidelines, without any claim of historicity in favour of any airline. Slots would be given to Jet only from the available remaining pool.
City-wise data showed that there has been improvement in online recruitment activity. Kolkata (up 51 per cent) recorded the most notable annual growth rate among all monitored cities, followed by Baroda (up 46 per cent).
Yes Bank will visit the capital market with an initial public offering to raise over Rs 300 crore (Rs 3 billion) and tier-II capital bond issue of Rs 100 crore (Rs 1 billion) before June to fund business growth plans, including branch network.
