The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, May 18, 2006

Airtel Tamil SMS service
Airtel customers in Chennai and Tamil Nadu can now send SMS in Tamil, with the company launching its Tamil SMS service in the State. The users would have to download the application from `Airtel Live' on to their handsets, after which the ... More

Plea to give more thrust to agro-chemical industries in TN
The Chemical Industries Association has asked the Tamil Nadu Government to ensure that one of the mega chemical industrial estates planned by the Union Chemicals and Fertilisers Ministry is set up in the State. In a letter to the Chief ... More

Park Hotels launches Aura spa
Park Hotels launched Aura, a luxury day spa, in its Chennai hotel here on Wednesday. Spread over 9,000 sq ft on the ninth floor of the building, the spa has nine rooms, the décor of each of which thematically represents the navaratna gems. ... More

ANDHRA PRADESH

CII asks AP to boost cotton processing infrastructure
Pegs compounded annual growth rate of crop at 7 pc More

GMR begins work on Hyderabad airport project
Revenue from the non-aero stream to be about 65-70 pc More

CII for continuing pressure on Monsanto
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has asked the Andhra Pradesh Government to continue its pressure on Monsanto for further reduction in cottonseed prices. The State Government had got a favourable order from the Monopolies and ... More

Visakha Beach plans mega tourism project
To invest Rs 2,000-3,000 crore to promote Vizag More

EAMCET results on Hutch
Hutch today announced the availability of EAMCET results for its subscribers through an interactive voice response (IVR) system. Customers can call 123 IVR service and say result, then choose the exam for which one desires to ... More

Yamaha launches Gladiator in AP
Launching Gladiator, the 125-cc four-stroke executive bike in the Andhra Pradesh market, Yamaha on Wednesday hinted at the launch of two more bikes and possibly one of them in the 150-cc category. Targeting youth, particularly ... More

KERALA

Population growth rates dip below 1 pc in TN, Kerala
SOCIAL INITIATIVES More

Suzlon plans Rs 550-cr wind power projects in Kerala
Identifies sites in Idukki, Palakad districts More

Indian Navy erects memorial stupa
Indian Navy, in its efforts to remind the nation's rich maritime heritage and the significant contribution by personalities like Kunhali Marakkar, took a step forward by erecting a memorial stupa. The stupa was dedicated to the ... More

IT exhibition from May 18
A three-day IT exhibition called `Mega IT Mela and IT Vision 06' is being organised by the All-Kerala IT Dealers Association from May 18 at the Town Hall. About 40 MNCs are expected to participate in the event, which will ... More

KARNATAKA

MAHE announces new initiatives
In a bid to attract and motivate the best student talent, the Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) announced several new initiatives today. Scholarships for 77 top ranking students appearing for the MAHE entrance tests for undergraduate ... More

`Media must be more creative while promoting tourism'
Tourism in new forms should provide the media with opportunities to be more creative to address different interest groups with better marketing of the products. Media today is highly segmented and it is very easy to reach these different groups ... More

OTHER STATES

Issues of concern
FARMERS AT A demonstration highlighting the indebtedness of Punjab farmers, unemployment, water and power crisis at Parliament Street in the Capital on Wednesday. ... More

MAHARASHTRA

Maharashtra Stamps Dept revenue increases
The reform process in the Department of Registration and Stamps, Maharashtra Government, has led to the increase in revenue from Rs 1,800 crore in 1999-2000 to Rs 5,000 crore in 2005-2006, said Mr Nitin Kareer, Commissioner of Pune Municipal ... More