The Hindu Business Line : Friday, March 17, 2006

Microsoft-Anna varsity pact
Anna University, Chennai, and Microsoft on Thursday announced a partnership to empower the faculty and students across 235 colleges of the university on the latest range of Microsoft's development software and tools. Students ... More

Financial Soft to set up techno park in Chennai
Financial Software & Systems (P) Ltd (FSS), the Chennai-based electronic payment system solutions and service provider, is building a techno park at Siruseri on the Old Mahabalipuram Road, according to a press release from the company. Mr ... More

Lifeline takes over Karur hospital
The 15 clinics taken over by Lifeline are equipped with all the necessary facilities — pharmacy, laboratory, x-ray and ECG machines and consulting rooms. More

ANDHRA PRADESH

Tata Salt's gesture to poor kids
Tata Salt has launched its new edition of `Desh Ko Arpan' programme to provide education to 1,500 underprivileged girl children. "These girls belong to Nanhi Kali project, jointly managed by K C Mahindra Education Trust and Naandi Foundation," ... More

`International airport to be ready in 2 years'
The first phase of the airport would handle seven million passengers and more than one lakh tonnes of cargo. Project promoters brief CM on progress of work in Hyderabad More

Pre-owned vehicle showroom in Hyderabad
Hero Honda, in association with Phoenix Motors, on Thursday announced the opening up of a pre-owned vehicle showroom `Sure' in Hyderabad, which it claimed was the first such in south India. Sure will have Hero Honda's range of ... More

Vizag-Chennai bus service
The APSRTC on Thursday launched the Visakhapatnam-Chennai Garuda (Volvo AC bus) service at the main bus station in the city at Dwarakanagar at 4.30 p.m. The new service was inaugurated by Mr C. Damodara Dass, the Executive ... More

Banks may surpass credit plan targets in AP
92 pc target achieved till Feb-end More

No privacy!
CURIOUS ONLOOKERS watch an Olive Ridley turtle laying eggs on the beach in Visakhapatnam. Turtles usually dig a hole on the beach sand and lay around 60-70 eggs and cover the ... More

Demand outstrips supply
WITH CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY in full swing, Hyderabad is witnessing an unprecedented cement shortage. As manufacturers are unable to keep pace with the demand, builders are placing orders a month in advance. The cost of cement has also shot up ... More

Checks sought on PSU fund use
There is a need for greater accountability in public sector undertakings and there should be greater control on fund use in PSUs, according to Mr Y. Manohar, General Manager (Human Resources Development), Visakhapatnam steel ... More

KERALA

Voltas plans to expand AC market share
Voltas Ltd has launched an aggressive marketing strategy in Kerala this year to achieve a market share of 20 per cent, according to Mr K.D. Virmani, Senior General Manager, Unitary Products Business Group, Voltas Ltd. Kerala is one of the ... More

IOC plans 19 LPG outlets in Kerala
Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) will set up 19 auto LPG stations in Kerala, making it the first state to be completely covered by a network of such stations, according to Mr B. Ashok, Deputy General Manager. The state already has two such ... More

Tata Coffee opens outlet in Kochi
Tata Coffee Ltd has announced the launch of Tata Mr Bean Coffee Junction in Kochi on Thursday. Tata Mr Bean Coffee Junction offers customers the opportunity to taste the blend under one roof, said Mr M.H. Ashraff, Managing ... More

KARNATAKA

Karnataka CM to open ice plant at Malpe
The Karnataka Chief Minister, Mr H.D. Kumaraswamy will inaugurate an ice plant of the Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts Cooperative Fish Marketing Federation at Malpe fisheries harbour in Udupi district on March 18. Addressing presspersons ... More

Recaero sets up Indian subsidiary in Bangalore
French co to supply spares for aircraft majors More

Making a point
BIO TALK: Ms Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Chairman, Biocon, with the Karnataka Chief Minister, Mr H.D. Kumaraswamy, at Vidhana Soudha in Bangalore on Thursday. ... More

OTHER STATES

5-member UK team seeks business tie-ups in Bengal
UK business was now actively seeking business partnerships in eastern India, as borne out by the visits of successive UK business delegations to this region in recent months. Banking, financial education sectors in its orbit More

Pavement protest
ROADSIDE TRADE-OFF: Traders selling their products on the pavement of Parliament Street as a protest against the demolition of shops in residential areas in the Capital on ... More