The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, June 29, 2006

ANDHRA PRADESH
Air Deccan flight to Tirupati
Air Deccan will operate an additional flight from Hyderabad to Tirupati from July 7. The new flight would leave Hyderabad at 6.10 a.m. and arrive at Tirupati at 7.30 a.m. In the return direction, it would depart Tirupati at 7.50 ... More

Maruti driving school in Hyderabad
Maruti Udyog Ltd on Wednesday announced the launch of its first driving school in Andhra Pradesh in collaboration with Saboo RKS Motor, a Maruti dealer. Maruti DGM, Mr R.K Parimoo, said road safety and traffic management are focus areas in ... More

KERALA
Kerala cable operators stage blackout
The Kerala State Committee of Cable TV Operators' Association froze channel operations on Wednesday for 12 hours from 6 a.m. in protest against the introduction of five per cent luxury tax on cable operators in the revised State budget. It was ... More

`Kudumbashree' wins award
The Kerala Government's State Poverty Eradication Mission, Kudumbashree, is one of the winners of the Innovation for India awards. The organisation has won the award in the `social innovation by non-business organisations' ... More

Kochi port to deepen channel
Carrying out environment impact, hydrological, marine studies More

Malayalam SMS service from Airtel
Airtel customers in the State can now send messages in Malayalam as the mobile service provider on Wednesday introduced Malayalam SMS for its subscribers in Kerala. Mr Ramgopal Vallath, COO (Mobility), Bharti Airtel Ltd - Kerala Circle, said ... More

Banks target Rs 9,645-cr farm loans in Kerala
Commercial banks in Kerala are planning to disburse loans of Rs 9,645 crore to the agriculture sector in 2006-07. The banks' annual plan for the current year targets disbursements of a total of Rs 24,290 crore to the priority sector in the ... More

Vembanad upkeep plan in limbo
Govt yet to prepare action plan to save the shrinking lake More

New law to prevent filling of paddy fields in Kerala
Group farming to be introduced in four districts More

KARNATAKA
Dakshina Kannada banks' biz crosses Rs 12,306 cr
Credit-deposit ratio in the dist at 62 pc More

IDFC fund to invest Rs 90 cr in Manipal Health Systems
IDFC Private Equity Fund is investing Rs 90 crore in Manipal Health Systems Private Ltd to fund its growth plans beyond the southern region. MHS currently manages three tertiary care hospitals, eight secondary care hospitals and nine primary ... More

MAHARASHTRA
Dabhol: Ministry seeks duty sops for naphtha
Ratnagiri Gas facing depleting naphta stocks and no LNG supplies More

SBI Mumbai circle sees credit offtake slowdown
`Deposit mobilisation would be a challenge' More

WEST BENGAL
Drop in Haldia's rail movement of containers
Declining throughput, transportation thru roads cited as major causes More

New `fort'ress
HIGH HOPE: A new mall `Fort Knox' getting ready in Kolkata. The Left Front Government is bullish about various private investment plans which it hopes will help the growth of West Bengal. ... More

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