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Humais Al Tayer, Member of Supreme Committee for Dubai World Group and Dubai Holding Group, has informed Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan that the planning, recruitment, and tendering process for various works related to the Smart City Kochi project are progressing, and that it would only be a matter of weeks before the resources are mobilised toward the work …

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MA Yusufali has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the UAE government’s Zakat Fund

Renowned NRI businessman MA Yusufali has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the UAE government’s Zakat Fund. The decision to appoint Yusufali at the top post was taken by the UAE Federal Government, thus making him the first Indian to decorate the position. The tenure is for three years. The appointment of Mr Yusufali will be highly helpful …

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SmartCity Kochi:smart opportunities have come knocking at the doors of job hunters in Kerala

Finally, smart opportunities have come knocking at the doors of job hunters in Kerala. Putting an end to the wait for starting the construction works of Smart City Kochi, Tecom, the promoters of the project, has invited applications to various top posts for carrying out the work. According to www.smartcity.ae, the official website of Tecom, the company wants a construction …

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Kochi to get country’s first health mall

A one-stop solution for all medical and health needs — from doctors, hospitals, ayurveda centres, pharmacies and even insurance referral units — will open in a 10-storied mall in this Kerala city. The BCG group, a Rs.500-crore business conglomerate, is building the country’s first multidisciplinary health mall here and it will be open by August, a company official said Thursday. …

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SEZ status for 132 acres in Kochi SmartCity

The Central Government Tuesday issued a directive assigning Special Economic Zone (SEZ) status for 132 acres of land at the proposed Kochi SmartCity site. The rest of 114 acres of land will get the SEZ status in ten days. Following this, SmartCity promoter Tecom will launch construction activities at the project site.

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Kochi Smart city lease deed singed

The State government and the Tecom singed the lease deed for the proposed Smart city project here on Wednesday. Smart city board chairman, minister S Sarma and Abul Lathif Almulla, TECOM CEO signed the deed at the board of directors meet held here. Suresh Kumar IAS, IT principal secretary and industrialist MA Yousafali also attended the meeting. Two separate lease …

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Smart City Director Board Meet Tomorrow

The director board meeting of Smart City Kochi, which is expected to take important decisions on starting project work, will be held in Kochi on Wednesday.  A Teacom team headed by Abdullatif Al Mulla, CEO of Tecom investment group, will arrive here on Tuesday. New lease agreements will be signed between the state government and Tecom.  Decisions on issues like …

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