The Hindu Business Line : Monday, April 03, 2006

CII-Schwing Stetter tie-up
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Schwing Stetter India, a ready-mix concrete equipment manufacturer, have tied up to provide skill training for youth on concrete pump operation and batching plant operation. CII and ... More

Cathay Pacific freighter service to link Chennai
Cathay Pacific Airways plans to operate a twice-weekly freighter service linking Hong Kong to Mumbai and to Chennai for the first time. It will be the airline's first direct freighter service from India to Hong Kong. According to ... More

Taiwan trade team coming to Chennai
A 70-member business delegation from Taiwan will visit Chennai on May 15, according to Mr Yuen-Chuan Chao, President and Chief Executive Officer, Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TETDC). The delegation would consist of ... More

Pasteurising plant for `panchamirtham'
A `pasteurising' plant for the famous Palani `Panchamirtham' is coming up at the foothills of this temple town of Palani on an estimated outlay of Rs 40 lakh. The Sri Dhandayudhapani Temple Trust is initiating the proposed project. The ... More

ANDHRA PRADESH

Intel coming to Hyderabad?
If Nano Tech Silicon India (NTSI) manages to woo chip major Intel Corporation to invest in its semiconductor Fab project, Hyderabad will be twicelucky. It will have two of the world's largest chipmakers Intel and Advanced Micro ... More

Investments into AP double in last two years
Chief Minister to woo CEOs at Bangalore conclave More

AP CM lays foundation stone for bio-diesel plant
Bio-diesel is of great importance to meet the energy requirements of the future and, as it also helps the farmers, all attempts should be made to encourage the setting up of bio-diesel plants, said the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Dr Y.S ... More

P&G, CRY launch `Shiksha'
P&G and CRY have announced the launch of `Shiksha,' an initiative to lead a child to the path of education here on Saturday. Pledging their support to the programme, several film and TV stars urged the consumers to buy large ... More

Walk the line
FOR THE PEDESTRIANS: The first suspension foot over-bridge erected at Begumpet Public School road in Hyderabad at the cost of Rs 65 lakh. This is among the 13 foot over-bridge planned in the twin citites. ... More

KERALA

Doctorate for Beta Group chief
The New Age International University of Seborga, Italy, has awarded a Doctorate in Business Management to Mr J. Raj Mohan Pillai, Chairman of Beta Group, the food processing major. Younger brother of late biscuit tycoon M. Rajan ... More

Session on blood donation
Surgicals major Terumo Penpol, in association with the Federation of Residents Association of Thiruvananthapuram , is organising an awareness session on blood donor motivation on April 7, the World Health Day. Explaining the ... More

Ernakulam dist tops in revenue collection
The annual revenue mobilisation in Ernakulam district in the just concluded fiscal ending March 31 has achieved a record collection Rs 4,900 crore against Rs 4,777 crore registered in 2004-05. The amount is the highest ever achieved by any of the ... More

`India set to garner huge offshoring pie'
The banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) vertical will continue to witness some of the largest offshore spending, and India stands to get at least 30 per cent of the $400-billion pie being thrown up for grabs by the US industry by ... More

A seedy ratio
The recent upturn in the credit-deposit ratio reported by Kerala's banks may not be as fundamentally encouraging a change as is being projected. More

`GE scanner is significant tool in diagnosis'
The recent introduction of new GE Light Speed Volume CT which reportedly can non invasively capture the image of any organ in the human body in just a second and perform a whole body trauma scan in less than 10 seconds is clearly a beginning in ... More

KRL project set to transform face of Vypeen island
Rs 18 crore earmarked for community development More

KARNATAKA

Development schemes' funds to be released on quarterly basis
Karnataka Dy CM opens resource centre in Dakshin Kannada district More

Cashew festival in Bangalore from April 21-24
The Karnataka Cashew Manufacturers' Association (KCMA) will organise a cashew festival - `Kaju Fest' - in Bangalore from April 21 to 24 to mark the valedictory of its golden jubilee celebrations. According to the KCMA President, Mr K. ... More

Office bearers for farmers' body
Mr Sridhar G. Bhide and Mr K.B. Muniraja Ballal have been re-elected as President and Vice-President of Mangalore Agriculturists' Sahakari Sangha (MASS) Ltd. The new board of MASS Ltd unanimously elected the office-bearers here ... More

OTHER STATES

Delhi Chamber asks Govt not to recast SEZ group
Says it may impact foreign trade policy More

2 units tested successfully at Tehri
Project set to produce power by June More

MAHARASHTRA

Panchshil Infrastructure to invest Rs 150 cr in Pune
Eyeing booming hospitality sector in the city More

Govt chalks out plans to develop coastal tourism
`Konkan Package', `Konkan Riviera' schemes to be taken up More