The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, July 26, 2003

Haryana woos investors with power
WITH a view to wooing investment, the Chief Minister of Haryana, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, on Friday assured the corporate sector that steps were being taken to augment the power infrastructure in the State. He announced that steps were being ... More

ENVIRONMENT

HUDA draws up plan to cleanse lake
THE image of Hussainsagar as a huge lake of highly polluted water will be changed soon if a Rs 200-crore proposal by the Hyderabad Urban Development Authority (HUDA) gets the go-ahead from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). As ... More

Poabs wants to quit

FOREIGN TRADE

India to strengthen trade ties with LAC
IN a bid to further enhance trade ties with the Latin American Countries (LAC), the country is working towards a number of framework agreements with certain prominent regional groupings that have emerged from the Central American and Latin ... More

HEALTH

Upward trend in official AIDS estimates
ON the eve of the first-ever National Parliamentary Convention on HIV/AIDS, official estimates on the HIV/AIDS incidence in the country has reflected an upward trend in prevalence. Departing from the past practice of giving a single figure for ... More

AP taking steps to contain fever: CM
THE Chief Minister, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu, has said the State Government is taking all steps to contain the epidemic of fevers, which has claimed more than 100 lives so far. He has attributed the higher toll this year to the early onset of the ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

Kerala Techno Park to be expanded

PETROLEUM

BPCL in talks for stake in Cauvery basin blocks
BHARAT Petroleum Corporation Ltd is in the race for acquiring stake in two exploration blocks in the Cauvery basin. The company has decided to bid for the PY-1, a producing gas field, and the CY-OSN-97/1 exploration block in which Mosbacher ... More

Punjab seeks to revise sops for HPCL refinery
THE Punjab Government has sought revision in the fiscal concessions that it has awarded to Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) for the latter's proposed nine-million tonne refinery at Bhatinda. Speaking to newspersons here, the Punjab ... More

TEXTILES

Textile tribunal sitting today in Coimbatore

RADIO/TV

Snags in DD, BBC sharing platform
NATIONAL broadcasters, Doordarshan and BBC, harboured dreams of using each other's platforms for showcasing content. But the deal seems to have fallen through and is unlikely to see the light of day. Officials in Prasar Bharati said that while ... More

Opposition MPs seek level-playing field for broadcasters
MEMBERS of Parliament from various Opposition parties have sought an intervention from the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, for setting up a regulatory body to ensure a level-playing field between Indian and foreign broadcasters. In a ... More

Vantage point
OB vans have become a familiar sight in Delhi with news channels vying with one another to beat competition.

EDUCATION

Manipal Academy pact with Hughes Escorts for MBA programme
MANIPAL Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) has launched a one-year programme in MBA Financial Services in association with the Delhi-based Hughes Escorts Communications Ltd (HECL), the satellite broadband service provider. The new programme ... More

Content for engg colleges

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

`Unlimited' liability — Chamber seeks review of clause in Companies Bill
As per the bill, "if a company fails to enhance its capital to the prescribed minimum of Rs 5 lakh in the case of public companies and Rs 1 lakh in the case of private companies or is not carrying on business or is not in operation, the liability of every director or manager or shareholder of such company shall become unlimited." More

CII plans talks with Govt, RBI on rising rupee
THE Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) plans to initiate discussions with the Centre and the Reserve Bank of India to address the concern of the appreciating value of the rupee while competing countries are intervening to prevent their ... More

PHOTOGRAPHIC & ALLIED PRODUCTS

Photo Today 2003
Frames displayed at `Photo Today 2003', a three-day photo, video, lamination and frame expo, at Kanteerava Stadium in Bangalore on Friday.

DISINVESTMENT

CDC Capital wins bid for Punjab Tractors
THE UK-based private equity investor, CDC Capital Partners, has won the bid for the Punjab Government's 23.5 per cent stake in the country's second largest tractor maker, Punjab Tractors Ltd. According to officials close to the disinvestment ... More

SC issues notices on HPCL, BPCL divestment
THE Supreme Court on Friday issued notices to the Union Government, HPCL and BPCL on a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the Centre's move to disinvest its stake in the two oil PSUs without seeking Parliamentary approval. A Bench ... More

Bengal to invite fresh bids for Great Eastern Hotel
FRESH global bids would be invited for handing over management control of the State Government-run Great Eastern Hotel (GEH). Operating since 1840, GEH is believed to be the country's oldest running hotel. The West Bengal Tourism Minister, Mr ... More

FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT

`Swadeshi' media cos call for policy on foreign investment
THE Indian Media Group, comprising several publications and broadcasters, has urged the Government to come out with a `uniform and comprehensive' media policy for foreign investments in print, television and radio. "While allowing FDI in the ... More

WTO

Shourie going for WTO Montreal meet, not Jaitley
IN the midst of the CBI-generated chaos in Parliament pertaining to the Ayodhya issue, the Union Law Minister, Mr Arun Jaitley, who defended the CBI action, was today temporarily divested of the WTO-responsibility with the Government proposing to ... More

RURAL DEVELOPMENT

Plan panel recognises Kudumbasree
THE State Government's Kudumbasree project has been recognised by the Planning Commission for its notable achievements in the area of poverty eradication among women, according to the Minister for Local Administration, Mr Cherkalam Abullah. He ... More

EVENTS

Industry urged to build Indian MNCs
THE Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms J. Jayalalithaa, today asked the industry to frame strategies to emerge global players and assured them of the State's support to such initiatives. Addressing the national council of the Confederation of ... More

Hyderabad Engagements

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