
Arambag: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday announced setting up of an IT hub at Chinsurah in Hooghly district and said this was in accordance with her government's promise to develop industry in the districts. "We are committed to develop industry in the districts," the chief minister said at the inauguration of the Arambag-Tarakeswar new broad gauge line in Arambag. The IT hub at Chinsurah, a former Dutch...

10:12 PM, Jun 04, 2012

Bangalore: Bangalore can soon lose its tag as the country's IT hub. Plagued by government delays, the city is rapidly losing out on crucial investments. Infosys' new futuristic campus in Bangalore could well be its last in home-town Karnataka. The IT major says it is now almost giving up on its 4-year-long pending proposal to develop another campus at Sarjapur in Bangalore. The government approvals for the land have been...

09:05 AM, Nov 23, 2011

CHENNAI: Deplorable, lamentable, wretched, despicable or retribution-worthy. Take your pick, because all these adjectives effectively describe the state of Tharamani. Roads that have not been laid in over a decade, newly-built storm water drains that dont serve any purpose and sewage overflowing from underground drains and deluging the streets have all led to an ironic rot in an area that nestles along Chennais gleaming poster-child of an IT Highway. The...

07:44 AM, Nov 09, 2011

The festival of plenty celebrates the annual visit of the noble demon king Mahabali from Pathalam (the underworld). ...

08:15 AM, Sep 09, 2011

Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee's new mantra is to get the best to improve the worst. After missing the IT bus to Bangalore, Bengal will soon have two star-studded expert committees to give it the much needed lift. The state government is trying to rope in Narayan Murthy as the chief mentor and Sam Pitroda as the chairman of the committees. Former Nasscom Head Kiran Karnik and Infosys CEO Kris Gopalakrishnan have...

11:39 AM, Jul 15, 2011

Dubai: Kerala could well become an IT hub as the advantages enjoyed by Bengaluru, the country's 'Silicon Valley', start to wear thin, said a senior IT official in Dubai. Gigo Joseph, CEO of Infopark Kochi said the congestion in India's leading IT hubs has presented Kerala with the unique opportunity to market itself as an alternative investment destination for IT and IT-enabled services companies. "Moreover, it can benefit from IT...

06:15 PM, Jun 26, 2011

Thiruvananthapuram: India's IT hub is now shifting further south. Kerala is the new favourite for IT companies like Infosys and TCS. The Kerala government claims God's own country is fast emerging as an IT hub and has projected the IT turnover this fiscal to touch 1 billion dollars. V S Achutanandan, Chief Minister of Kerala said, "IT parks are coming up in various districts including Kollam, Kazargode, near Thrissur. Technopark...

10:29 AM, Oct 12, 2010

Mohammed Sami was picked up from Bijapur a few days ago. ...

09:12 PM, Sep 27, 2008

The chaos was more due to curious onlookers than the actual damage. ...

11:22 PM, Jul 25, 2008