The Hindu Business Line : Friday, August 26, 2005

Telecom firms oppose OneIndia tariff plan — Say proposal could increase local call rates
THE Government's plan to introduce a uniform telephone call rate across the country has hit a block with telecom service providers opposing the move. Cellular operators and basic operators have written to the Department of Telecom (DoT) ... More

Outcome Budget: Govt plans 9 new infrastructure projects
INDICATING the Government's commitment to boosting infrastructure, the first-ever Outcome Budget has promised nine new projects under the public-private partnership route, a vast expansion of the country's highway network and dotting of the ... More

IA fleet price issue referred to GoM
INDIAN Airlines (IA) could be a month away from placing order for its Rs 10,000-crore 43-Airbus aircraft acquisition proposal. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Thursday decided to refer the matter of the price that IA would pay ... More

Sensex closes 48 points higher
STOCK prices reversed their five-day downturn on Thursday, recovering some of their recent losses on value buying. The recovery was also helped by the fact that Thursday was the last day of derivatives contracts. The BSE Sensex closed at ... More

We are not hungry for iron ore, says POSCO
POSCO, the South Korean steel major, will not push for exports of iron ore from India if the people and the Union Government do not want the exports to happen, authoritative sources in the company told journalists of The Hindu group of ... More

Coalition limits options on privatisation: Manmohan
"WE are a coalition Government and that limits our options in some ways. Privatisation happens to be one such area," the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, has said in an interview to McKinsey Quarterly, a publication of the consultancy firm ... More

Blockbuster time on movie channels
IT'S action time for movie channels. Broadcasters are increasingly getting aggressive in acquiring not only hit Bollywood flicks but are also buying out libraries of well-known film production companies. While Sahara India Mass Communication ... More