The Hindu Business Line : Friday, April 07, 2006

Maditssia sore over SBI strike
The Madurai District Tiny and Small Scale Industries' Association (Maditssia) is extremely sore over the State Bank of India staff strike over the issue of revision of pension benefits.The association President, Mr S. Aravind, in ... More

Codissia wants Ministry help to contain steel price increase
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Chennai to host industrial expo from April 9
Global firms to participate More

Aircel unveils `SMS Bank'
Aircel, a cellular operator, has launched `SMS Bank' to enable its subscribers to store SMSs on the Web and retrieve them to the mobile, according to a press release from the company. The storage capacity on the handsets is no ... More

ANDHRA PRADESH

Mango pulp units in TN, AP likely to be hit by delayed season
Production to be less than half of last year's More

Wanbury commissions plants in AP
Wanbury Ltd, the world's largest manufacturer of Metformin, a diabetes management product, announced that it has commissioned a new unit at its recently acquired facility at Tanuku in Andhra Pradesh. In a press release, the ... More

APEDA project to boost mango exports
The Andhra Pradesh Export Development Authority (APEDA) will soon launch an Integrated Infrastructure Development Project (IIDP) to boost mango exports, the Union Minister of State for Commerce, Mr Jairam Ramesh, said on Thursday.Addressing a ... More

Administration to go to grassroots
`Praja Pathakam' to redress grievances More

Singapore Tourism eyes AP
Encouraged by the increasing inflow of tourists from Hyderabad to Singapore, the Singapore Tourism Board is organising a two-day promotional campaign here on April 8 and 9. The campaign will feature dance performances by ... More

RoC to allow online filings
The Registrar of Companies (RoC, Andhra Pradesh) would allow online filing of forms beginning April 19. "People can file their forms electronically," Mr N.S. Ponnunambi, RoC (AP) said. A FAPCCI press release quoting him said that ... More

Infrastructure development in AP
The Centre has sanctioned Rs 98.39 crore for the development of urban infrastructure in five towns of Andhra Pradesh under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM). The special representative of Andhra Pradesh ... More

A day's halt in Gangavaram project work
The construction work at Gangavaram port was stopped for a day on Thursday in memory of the fisherman who was killed in police firing last week. The decision was taken on Wednesday after talks held by the Commercial Taxes Minister, Mr K. ... More

Meet stresses on corporate ethics
Corporate governance is crucial in the Indian context to save the small investor, as the Sensex is currently soaring and several thousands of investors are entering the capital market, according to Mr E.A.S. Sarma, former Union Energy ... More

KERALA

Toonz plans sequel to `Hanuman'
The Thiruvananthapuram-based Toonz Animation India has tied up with Percept Picture Company to co-produce the sequel to `Hanuman', the highly successful full-length animation film produced by the latter. For Toonz, a major provider of animation ... More

Banks' `rigid' stand delays TRL revival
The company had borrowed Rs 9 crore from four banks about 16 years ago and it had repaid Rs 36 crore so far. Yet the outstanding amount is Rs 36 crore. All the money paid were adjusted against interest, penal interest etc. Consortium agains t OTS proposal More

Solidarity panel set up
The coordination committee of the State Bank's Staff Union (Kerala Circle) and SBI Officers Association (Kerala Circle) has set up a solidarity panel in support of the cause of the striking members in the bank. The patrons of the ... More

Western Union to charge less for remittances from UAE
Western Union, a provider of worldwide money transfer services, said has it reduced its charges to transfer money from UAE to Kerala as a special offer to expatriates from the State. Under this scheme, Western Union will charge a fee of 15 ... More

KARNATAKA

Unputdownable?
Bangalore's near-legendary Premier bookstore faces closure. Book-lovers are distraught. More

`We will do all to help IT sector in Karnataka'
Govt taking necessary action to fix infrastructure bottlenecks More

Airtel launches new group call facility in Karnataka
Airtel today announced the launch of a new product that allows its subscribers avail themselves of a facility offering communication with a group of nine receivers within an organisation or family or friends circles. The new facility called ... More

`Return tax paid by arecanut co-ops as grant'
The former President of the Central Arecanut and Cocoa Marketing and Processing Co-operative (Campco) Ltd, Mr V. Subraya Bhat, said here on Thursday that the Government should repay a part of the tax paid by the arecanut co-operatives as grant to ... More

MAHARASHTRA

Hike in taxes upsets Goa tourism sector
`New features to hit hotel industry' More

eInfochips sets up 2nd design centre in Pune
To house more than 75 engineers More

C-DAC unveils 3 software offerings
The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) has released three new products - Mercury Web interface - an add-on Web-based access system for its Integrated Telemedicine Solution called Mercury - Prakriti Vichaya, an ... More

Strengthening of Koyna Dam spillway to be completed by May
Project includes constructing underground headrace tunnel, under reservoir More

SBI strike hits transportation of cash from railway stations
Some government employees received their March pay in cash instead of cheque. This was because of the strike by employees of State Bank of India, from April 3. The Central Railways, for instance, paid part salaries in cash to about 550 ... More

Of adventure with a period touch
The New World inspires for attempting to breathe its subject — the story of Pocahontas — into every frame. It is not a `time-pass' film. There is over two hours of erratic narration to sit through and given the many versions ... More