The Hindu Business Line : Friday, May 05, 2006

AstralPool gets active in Chennai
AstralPool International, providers of end-to-end solutions for swimming pool infrastructure, and part of the Barcelona-based Aquaria Group, announced the launch of its Chennai operations today. The Chennai office in will be the company's ... More

ANDHRA PRADESH

TVS unveils Apache in Vizag
TVS is hoping to sell 15,000 units of its new two-wheeler model, Apache, in the next two to three months, at least 2,000 of them in Andhra Pradesh, according to Mr R. Balaji, Area Manager. At the launch function here, he said the ... More

C&K to participate in US expo
C&K Management, a Hyderabad-based e-learning content company, will participate in the expo being organised by the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) at Dallas, Texas during May 8-10. ASTD, an association ... More

Greenpeace protest against ADB
A group of Greenpeace activists on Thursday invoked Lord Buddha to back their protest campaign against the policies of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The activists drawn from several countries put up a banner, with words borrowed from a ... More

`1 million farmers given loans in AP'
More than a million farmers have been given loans during the past two years in Andhra Pradesh, after the Congress Government assumed charge, according to Mr K. Lakshminarayana, State Co-operation and Transport Minister. At a regional ... More

`Progress of biodiesel plant in Nalgonda encouraging'
German Govt announces grant of 380,000 Euros More

Vizag set to have better connectivity by air
The number of flights to and from Visakhapatnam is likely to go up from the present 54 to over 100 in a few months. At a press meet here, Mr N. Janardhana Reddy, the local Member of Parliament and former Chief Minister, said efforts by him and ... More

Gangavaram port impasse continues
The construction work at the Gangavaram port continued to be stalled for the sixth day on Thursday, as no headway could be made in the talks with the fishermen. According to Mr Bh. A. Rama Raju, Assistant Vice-President of Gangavaram Port Ltd, ... More

KERALA

Traditional sector stands to gain from CDM: Expert
Traditional industries in Kerala are ideally poised to benefit from the opportunities being thrown up by Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), one of the three flexible mechanisms under the Kyoto Protocol of immediate relevance to India. Under ... More

CavinKare unveils Spinz in Kerala
CavinKare, one of the leading FMCG companies in the country has unveiled the all-new "Spinz" here on Thursday. Spinz is a popular, young and urban brand and currently holds third position in the talcum powder market, an official ... More

KARNATAKA

Mangalore airport made customs airport
Move will boost exports from the region More

`Institute Day' to be celebrated in Udupi dt.
The Justice K.S. Hegde Institute of Management will celebrate its Institute Day at Nitte in Udupi district on May 6. A press release here said Mr P. Tamilvanan, Chairman of New Mangalore Port Trust, would be the chief guest. Mr ... More

OTHER STATES

The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, will formally inaugurate the Goa campus of the Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS, Pilani) on Friday. The Chief Minister, Mr Pratapsingh Rane, Mr K.K. Birla, Chancellor of BITS, ... More

2nz Animation unit in Kolkata
The Mumbai-based animation company 2nz Animation has tied up with IT company Rahul Commerce of Kolkata to set up an animation production house here at an estimated investment of Rs 2.5 crore. Christened `Metaphor Studios', the production house ... More

MAHARASHTRA

`Qatar LNG for Ratnagiri project likely by Jan 2007'
The Government is in the advanced stages of negotiations with Qatar for liquefied natural gas (LNG) supplies for the Ratnagiri power project, which has commenced operations using expensive naphtha. The Power Minister, Mr Sushil Kumar Shinde, said ... More