The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, March 16, 2006

Tobacco auctions going on well
Tobacco auctions have started on a positive note in Andhra Pradesh for a change this season and after a month-and-a-half 23 million kgs of crop has been sold till now at an average price of Rs 47 a kg. The total authorised crop is 126 million ... More

Hyderabad to develop mega trade tower
The project will come up on the outer ring road (ORR) on the route to the greenfield international airport project near Shamshabad. Blueprint of landmark project to be ready in 3 months More

Technical contest
A national level technical contest for engineering students will be held at the Guru Nanak Engineering College here on March 18. About 50 selected projects and 60 poster presentations will be on display. Mr V.P. Gulati, Advisor, ... More

Satyam picks Mindset
Satyam Computer Services Ltd has appointed the Hyderabad-based Mindset E.Y.W. Advertising as one of its `agencies of record' to enhance its marketing positioning. Mindset has been handling the advertising for Nipuna, Satyam's BPO ... More

Jute mills workers hold rally
Union threatens to step up stir More

J. Rambabu made APSFC Chairman
The Andhra Pradesh State Financial Corporation (APSFC) has a new Chairman in Mr J. Rambabu, a retired IAS officer. He succeeds Mr M. Gopalakrishna, who served for four years. Mr Rambabu took charge on Wednesday. The Small ... More

KERALA

COMMUNICATIONS CONVERGENCE: A BUSINESS LINE FEATURE

Billion Indian connections
Taking telecom to rural India — a challenge and an opportunity More

Kerala Assembly passes Bill to curb dam height
The Bill specifically fixes the maximum permissible water levels for 22 major and minor reservoirs, including Mullaperiyar. The permissible limit for Mullaperiyar is 136 feet. Unanimous resolution on Mullaperiyar dispute More

Way to redemption
A POLICEMAN clearing the doubt of one of the prisoners of the Thiruvananthapuram Central Prison who is appearing for the SSLC examinations which began today in a school in the ... More

Pride of place
THE ASSEMBLY SPEAKER, Mr Therambil Ramakrishnan, unveiled the bust of the former President, Mr K.R. Narayanan, at the Assembly complex in Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday. The Chief Minister, Mr Ommen Chandy, and Ministers Mr K.M. Mani and Ms K.R. ... More

Steamer agents' body elections
The 27th annual general meeting of the Cochin Steamer Agents' Association has elected Mr Madan Pillai of Marine Container Services (South) Pvt Ltd as the association President for the term 2006-08. Mr J. Jayaram of United Liner ... More

New ayurveda hospital
Haridraa Ayurveda, the centre for treatment and research, will start functioning from Thursday at Palarivattom near here. The hospital offers treatment for eye, ksharasootra chikithsa for piles and fistula, knee related problems, ... More

KARNATAKA

Meet on human resources at Mangalore
A two-day national seminar on `Human resource development: New paradigms and directions' will be held at the Mangalore University from March 17. The seminar is being jointly organised by the Department of Studies in Commerce, ... More

World bank loan for Karnataka
Improving financia viability of urban local bodies More

New Release
The Karnataka Chief Minister, Mr H.D. Kumaraswamy, and the Deputy Chief Minister, Mr B.S. Yediyurappa, releasing the Government's CMP in Bangalore on Wednesday. ... More

ISO award for Mangalore airport
Mangalore airport has been awarded ISO 14001:2004 certificate for environment management system (EMS). A press release by the Airports Authority of India said here on Wednesday that the certificate is valid for three years from ... More

OTHER STATES

Uneven VAT rates among States hurt Bengal footwear sector
Outsourcing from Delhi, Agra markets cheaper More

Big catch
SEAFOOD ON SALE: Sharks of different sizes caught by fishermen from the Bay of Bengal, kept for sale at Mohana wholesale fish market near Digha in East Midnapore district of West Bengal. Nearly 56 varieties of shark species are available in the ... More

MAHARASHTRA

Maharashtra's power project declared `clean'
Will produce around 6,890 certified emission reductions More

Culling operations in Jalgoan low-key
Amidst reports of labour shortage in Jalgoan, culling operations have commenced in the region on a low-key. Labour would be required for clean up operations that would begin later, said a top Government official. According to Ms ... More