The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, September 14, 2003

Sahara told to issue contempt plea copy to Bradford
MR Justice P.C. Ghose of the Calcutta High Court has directed Sahara Media Entertainment Ltd (Sahara) to serve a copy of the contempt application to Mrs Barbara Taylor Bradford and her husband Mr Robert Bradford directly by any mode. Sahara ... More

FOREIGN TRADE

CII team going to Turkey with PM
A 17-MEMBER team of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), led by its President, Mr Anand Mahindra, is to accompany the Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, on his four-day visit to Turkey beginning September 16. In a statement, the ... More

PETROLEUM

ONGC upgrading expertise to deal with blowouts
OIL and Natural Gas Corporation is upgrading its technology and equipment and also acquiring the required expertise by getting its personnel trained abroad to deal with well blowouts, Mr. Nathulal, Director, Technical and Field Services, has ... More

TEXTILES

Cotton mills body pitches for 2-year moratorium
THE Indian Cotton Mills' Federation (ICMF) has made out a case for introduction of a two-year moratorium on the repayments of principal under the recently announced debt-restructuring package for integrated textile units. The scheme, which is ... More

Textile debt fund may throw new issues
THE Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Coimbatore, has said that the financial package for the textile industry announced by the Government is bound to throw new issues and hurdles, but it hopes that these would be addressed with the same ... More

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION

`It will LEED to a new construction'
BUILD it. Forget it. Your utilities bill come down by half. Maintenance costs are down drastically. The asset lasts longer. This is not just a builder's dream. It could come true if you follow principles laid down for a green building, according ... More

NEWSPAPERS & PUBLISHING

Role for media in development: PM
THE Prime Minister, Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee, sought the media's support in the Government's vision of transforming India into a developed nation, achieving freedom from poverty, unemployment, and social and regional disparities. Inaugurating ... More

`Statute changes needed to avoid curbs on press'
MR N. Ram, Editor-in-Chief, The Hindu, in his welcome address at the 125th anniversary celebrations of the newspaper here today, said statute changes had become necessary to eliminate the problem of how at least two of the "reasonable ... More

Rangarajan calls for free access to information
THE Chairman of the Twelfth Finance Commission, Dr C. Rangarajan, on Saturday called for free access to information to citizens, stressing that such access to information was "essential to the health of democracy". In his address at the ... More

WTO

Updated WTO draft text likely to be released
While G-21 alliance led by India and Brazil remained strong, efforts to fracture the group were reportedly being made by the US. More

EVENTS

`Create infrastructure for service sector to give full potential'
THE service sector in India, which has crossed the 15-per cent growth mark, is the largest generator of jobs, is a non-polluting activity and is a major foreign exchange earner and more important, the success of one industry can be replicated in ... More

INCOME TAX

Sharing tax shelter with spouse
MY WIFE and myself are employed and have jointly taken a loan from ICICI for purchase of a flat. The total interest payable on the loan is Rs 2.60 lakh per annum. Can I claim the interest up to Rs 1.50 lakh and my ... More

TOURISM

Chennai getting ready to host Skal congress
CHENNAI and the neighbouring heritage towns of Mahabalipuram and Kanchipuram are being spruced up for the 64th World Skal Congress, according to Mr Shaktikanta Das, Commissioner of Tourism, Tamil Nadu. Mr Das said that the Chief Secretary had ... More

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