The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Govt keen to get Coimbatore IT park project going
The Government is interested in getting the IT park off the ground, the District Collector, Mr Neeraj Mittal, said here today. Mr Mittal, on his second day of assuming office visited the proposed site at the Coimbatore Medical College Campus to ... More

SRM Tech opens Chennai offshore centre for Japan Wave
SRM Technologies, a Chennai-based software company, has established an offshore development centre in the city for Japan Wave. The centre will work on enhancing the DRM (digital rights management) product range of the Japanese company, according ... More

ANDHRA PRADESH
Bhoopalapally power project to be ready by 2008
The Rs 2,077-crore, 500-MW Bhoopalapally project in Warangal district will be completed by November 2008. The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, would lay the foundation for the thermal station on June 1, 2006. Later, ... More

K. Raheja Corp to develop another IT park
K. Raheja Corp, a developer of reality and custom-built IT parks, has come up with another major IT park proposal near Hyderabad. The Andhra Pradeh Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, will lay the foundation stone for the park at Pocharam, ... More

AP mulls regulation of interest rates charged by MFIs
Plans a cap of around 12 per cent similar to that on private moneylenders More

Shah Electronics' new outlet
Shah Electronics and Home Appliances announced the opening of its 9th retail outlet in a `Mini Mall' format, covering 5 storeys and 10,000 sq ft in Rashtrapathi Road, Secunderabad. Music Director and singer Himesh Reshamaiah was ... More

Talks on Bt cotton pricing mooted
With the kharif season fast approaching, Mr N. Raghuveera Reddy, Andhra Pradesh Minister for Agriculture, has asked the officials of the Ministry to talk to Bt cotton seed companies on the pricing issue. The Minister, who is on a ... More

Doctors hopeful of adult stem cell therapy
Doctors at a city hospital have claimed that they have found signs of recovery in patients suffering from certain cardiac problems and spinal injuries after they used adult stem cells. However, it is too early to come to a conclusion on the ... More

UTI Bank opens new branch at Edarapalli
UTI Bank has announced the opening of its new branch at Edarapalli in Andhra Pradesh. In a press release here on Tuesday, the bank said its President, Mr Hemant Kaul, inaugurated the branch. The bank currently has a network of ... More

New postal scheme
AT YOUR DOORSTEP: The Andhra Pradesh Finance Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, (right) launching the `Bank on Your Postman' scheme by issuing the first cheque to a postman at a function held in Hyderabad on Tuesday. The Chief Postmaster General, Mr D. ... More

School enrolment campaign in AP
The Andhra Pradesh Government has launched a 12-day children's school enrolment campaign called `Badi-Bata', from today. School-aged children, orphan, street children, dropouts and never enrolled children would be identified and ... More

KERALA
Kerala's financial position grim, says Minister
The financial position of Kerala is so grim that there is not enough funds to implement even one-fourth of the annual plan for 2006-07, according to Mr Thomas Isaac, Finance Minister. He said here on Tuesday that the State is on the verge of a ... More

Wipro launches soap variant
Wipro Consumer Care Ltd has introduced its new soap variant, Santoor White, in the Kerala market. Speaking on the occasion, Mr K. Manoharan, Regional Manager, Kerala said that the launch was part of Wipro's efforts to garner ... More

Toonz animation course
Toonz Academy, the animation academy of the Technopark-based Toonz Animation India, is slated to begin its fresh 3D course batch on June 5. The duration is of six months. The chief attraction of the course is an internship ... More

CIAL studying Rs 3,450-cr investment plan
Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) is considering a Rs 3,450-crore investment plan prepared for it by consultants Ernst and Young. Top officials of CIAL briefed the Chief Minister, Mr V.S. Achuthanandan, on various features of the project ... More

ISTD Kochi chapter formed
The Kochi chapter of the Indian Society for Training and Development (ISTD) has been formed. This is the 38th chapter of ISTD, which was established in 1970 as a premier national organisation devoted to the development of human ... More

Alive coffee launched in Kerala
Fresh and Honest Café Ltd has launched Alive coffee in the Kerala market. Alive is available in 50, 100, 200 and 500 g retail packs. The product has already been launched in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka and will soon be launched ... More

OTHER STATES
Govt aims to electrify 40,000 villages this fiscal
After having electrified 10,000 villages the last fiscal, the Government has set a target of providing electricity connection to 40,000 villages in 2006-07. "We have achieved the target of providing grid connection to 10,000 unelectrified ... More

MAHARASHTRA
Pilot project on farm tourism under way
Agri Tourism Corp eyes 12,000 visitors in first year More

X-Men: The Last Stand: Fight a different battle
Perhaps it is not for nothing that people like comic books. When blood and sweat get trashed on the stock market, it pays to stay invested in a theme beyond life as a human. `X-Men: The Last Stand' is perfect for lives lost on the hazy road to ... More