The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, March 11, 2006

Telephoto plans multiplex in Chennai
The Chennai-based Telephoto Entertainment, through its 100 per cent subsidiary, AGS Properties, has signed an agreement to buy a 17-ground property in Arumbakkam in Chennai where the company plans to set up a multiplex. The majority ... More

Broader canvas
WAY TO GO: Work in progress on widening the Chennai bypass connecting the National Highway 45 and National Highway 4.

ANDHRA PRADESH

An unsung breed
POWERFUL PERFORMER: The country is a treasure house of the Ongole cattle breed (Bos indicus) that are most suited for livestock production in the tropics for their draught power, milk and meat. The Ongole cattle is now an international breed, ... More

Increase in kidney failures `alarming'
World Kidney Day observed More

Husys unveils HR support for SMEs
Husys Consulting Pvt Ltd (HCPL), a Hyderabad-based HR consultancy company, has announced the launch of cost-effective HR support initiatives targeted at SMEs. Speaking to newspersons, the HCPL Chief Facilitator, Mr G.R. Reddy, said that his ... More

Hyundai roadshow in Vizag
Hyundai Motor India launched the World of Wheels, its countrywide road show, here on Friday to showcase its models. Nine vehicles from the Hyundai stable were put on display. According to a press release, the three-day event ... More

Ayurveda expo
Ayurvedic system of medicine should be popularised among the masses, as it is indigenous and based on herbs, and there is a need to produce quality drugs at affordable prices, according to Mr D.R Garg, Commissioner of the ... More

Training for agri graduates
The Centre for Entrepreneurship Development (CED), has announced a two-month free training programme for unemployed agriculture graduates who are interested in setting up agri-clinics and agri-business centres. A CED press ... More

Happy hunting!
A PELICAN views itself in the placid waters of a pond in the Indira Gandhi Zoological Park in Visakhapatnam, as the hunt is on for a prey.

KERALA

Poll grounds port projects
Vizhinjam, Azhikkal and Beypore port works on hold More

`Limited taxation powers hit Kerala development model'
If the trend were to hold, it could lead to a fall in tax-SDP ratio in future. More

The feline shade
AS PART OF a new marketing strategy, textile showrooms in the city are putting up ramps for their customers to walk down in dress of their choice. These fashion parades are judged and awarded prizes. ... More

The final act?
A MARTIAL ARTS practitioner from Austria specialising in the Chinese technique, and now on a tour of India, displays his skills on Kovalam beach in Thiruvananthapuram. As the tourist season is about to end, most of the foreign visitors who ... More

SBI staff holds protest march
Officers and staff of State Bank of India took out combined protest marches in front of branches in the State on Friday in the run-up to the countrywide indefinite strike planned from April 4. Mr S. Vinayachandran (SBI Officers ... More

New CGM for SBI
Ms Radha Unni has taken over as Chief General Manager of State Bank of India, Kerala Circle. Announcing this, an SBI spokesman said here that Ms Unni has been holding the post of General Manager since September 2003. She joined ... More

KARNATAKA

BIAL board agrees on airport plan changes
Redesign cost to go up by Rs 400 cr More

PFC invites EoIs for project in Karnataka
State-owned Power Finance Corporation (PFC) on Friday invited expressions of interest (EoIs) from domestic and international promoters for setting up a 4,000-MW `ultra mega' power project in coastal Karnataka. The project, which would entail ... More

16 cos call on IIMB for placements
About 16 companies came calling at the IIM-Bangalore on Friday on the day zero of placements for the Class of 2006. According to sources at the institute, most of these were international recruiters from investment banking and consultancy areas. ... More

OTHER STATES

GSHCL, Godrej Agrovet tie-up
The state-owned Goa State Horticulture Corporation Ltd (GSHCL) has decided to tie-up with Godrej Agrovet Ltd in its new venture to sell Mancorad mangoes in the three cities of Mumbai, Pune and New Delhi this season. The plan is ... More

Happy Holi
RHYME AND RHYTHM: Students of Rabindra Bharati University celebrating `Basant Utsav' welcoming the spring season, in Kolkata on Friday.