The Hindu Business Line : Sunday, December 28, 2003

Rlys tracks economic buoyancy — Freight-loading target raised to 550 million tonnes
WITH the country's economy looking up, the Indian Railways has informally revised its freight loading target to an all-time high of 550 million tonnes for the financial year 2003-04. Passenger operations are also rising against a fall ... More

No service tax for software maintenance
ANNUAL maintenance contracts entered into for maintenance of software would not attract service tax. The Finance Ministry has made it clear through a circular that maintenance of software would not be chargeable to service tax. This circular ... More

Merge coal, steel, oil Ministries: Panel
The report also outlined the administrative mechanism by which the task force is to be formed. More

TV Today IPO oversubscribed 14.5 times
IN the midst of the rush for new issues, the initial public offer (IPO) of TV Today Network received good response with the issue being oversubscribed 14.5 times. The IPO was for 1.45 crore shares through book-building process with a price band ... More

Channels use teleshopping to boost revenues
IF you are an insomniac and spend the wee hours of the night channel surfing, all that you are likely to get is various teleshopping companies trying to sell products. And channels such as Star Plus seem to be adding some more of such ... More