The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, May 16, 2006

Aspire launches accent training tool
Aspire Career Development Academy (ACDA), Chennai, has launched an accent training software, SpeakIT Suite, in collaboration with the US-based Teaching Machine. The software coaches students one-on-one to improve pronunciation, ... More

Oil seeds body urges TN to introduce VAT
The Madurai Oil and Oil Seeds Association has urged the Tamil Nadu Government to introduce VAT and exempt edible oils from sales tax and other local taxes. In a representation to the State Government, the association has urged the Chief ... More

TN co-op bank staff seek compensation
While hailing the Government for declaring waiver of farm loans of Rs 6,680 crore, the Tamil Nadu Co-operative Bank Employees' Association (TNCBEA) has appealed to the Government to recompense the banks to the same extent at one go to ensure flow ... More

G V Films to buy theatre in Madurai
G V Films Ltd is set to buy Thangam Theatre in Madurai city, the company announced to the stock exchanges today. In a notification to the BSE, G V Films has said that it intends to put up a "multiplex and other hospitality ... More

Effluents discharge project: Tirupur exporters for State Govt as co-promoter
To ensure successful implementation; solve problems plaguing the knitwear industry More

Maveric, Loyola B-school in pact
Maveric Systems, the Chennai-based independent software testing company, has announced its academic partnership with Loyola Institute of Business Administration for a two-year executive MBA in banking and software testing. The ... More

ANDHRA PRADESH

AP to launch health insurance scheme
Targets poor, Govt working out modalities More

Poultry sector recovering from avian flu scare
Prices of chicken, eggs improving slowly More

Ailing BHPV to get relief thro' land sale: AP CM
The ailing public sector undertaking Bharat Heavy Plate and Vessels (BHPV) here will be provided relief through sale of Government land adjacent to it. A revival package will be approved for the purpose. The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Dr ... More

Few exercise right to get work
It may sound strange but, as of now, only 10 per cent of 39 lakh households in 13 districts chose to use their `Right' to get work from the Government. Only four lakh job-card holders sought to get work using the right bestowed under the National ... More

KERALA

Achuthanandan to be Kerala CM
The State Committee of CPI (M), which met here on Monday, said in a statement that it had unanimously approved the name of Mr Achuthanandan as the Chief Minister. The statement also said it had unanimously adopted the names of ministers ... More

FACT hands over Rs 35 lakh for water supply
Fertilisers and Chemicals Travancore Ltd (FACT) has handed over Rs 35 lakh to the Kerala Pollution Control Board (KPCB) as its share for free distribution of drinking water through pipelines to about 2,000 families in five wards of Eloor ... More

IIM-K to host management forum meet
The Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, will host the ninth annual convention of the `Strategic Management Forum' from May 18-20. The convention is a consortium of IIMs and other top management schools in the country such as XLRI, MDI, ... More

KARNATAKA

Karnataka to be made world-class tourism destination: CM
`We are working closely with the Centre to develop infrastructure' More

Karnataka must build competitive positioning in tourism: Study
Karnataka's greatest challenge is to build competitive positioning to become a leading State in tourism in the next decade, according to a study `A growth agenda for Karnataka tourism: New opportunities for investment in tourism ... More

Malabar Gold to add 7 showrooms in South
Malabar Gold, a major jewellery chain in the country, is planning to open seven showrooms in the South during this year. Addressing presspersons here on Monday, Mr M.P. Ahammed, Chairman of the Malabar group of companies, said Malabar Gold has ... More

SABMiller unveils new-look `Knock Out'
SABMiller India unveiled the new look of its beer brand - `Knock Out' - in Mangalore on Monday. Speaking on the occasion, Mr Vinod Giri, Director, Marketing, SABMiller India, said that the new look `Knock Out' is being ... More

OTHER STATES

Hanung Toys to set up unit in Uttaranchal
The Noida-based Hanung Toys and Textiles has announced that it would be setting up a Rs 160-crore textile weaving and processing unit in Uttaranchal. The unit will have a weaving capacity of 21,000 metres a day and processing capacity of one ... More

UP comes out of revenue deficit after 20 years
A record revenue of Rs 19,606 crore in fiscal 2005-06 has helped the Uttar Pradesh Government to come out of the revenue deficit for the first time in 20 years, said an official release. Driven by the 2005-06 performance, the State targets a ... More

IIML opens campus in Noida
The Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIML) has formally launched its Noida campus on May 14. Mr Hari Shankar Singhania, Chairman-Board Of Governors, IIML and President, J.K. Organisation, while performing the Bhoomi Pooja ... More

Out patients
WITH THE agitation against reservations gaining momentum, resident doctors are treating patients in make-shift facilities at the LNJP Hospital in the Capital on Monday. ... More