The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, August 30, 2006

PIB to distribute visual feeds
The Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry will start distributing visual feeds through PIB (Press Information Bureau) from next month. PIB, which has been regularly sending news reports and special articles on Government events and ... More

Compensation for CBEC officials kin
The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has directed payment of Rs 5 lakh as compensation to each of the families of two officers - Sanjay Sawant and Shashi Shekhar Singh — of the central excise department who ... More

Mining policy Bill in winter session
The Union Government is planning to introduce a Bill on the new mining policy in the winter session of Parliament, according to Mr T. Subbirami Reddy, the Union Minister of State for Mining. He said at a press meet here that ... More

POLITICS
Science and politics
One can only hope the Prime Minister and his aides would have learnt the lessons from the nuclear deal turmoil that threatened to create a chasm between the political and scientific establishments. The consultative process had been stood on its ... More

Trouble in the neighbourhood
Sandwiched between conflict zones in Sri Lanka and Pakistan, India has to achieve the right balance in neighbourly priorities — deciding how far to go in dealing with the Tamil Tigers while leaving Pakistan strictly alone to tackle its problems . RASHEEDA BHAGAT on the turmoil in the sub-continent. We don't need to play the Good Samaritan supporting the "aspirations" of the Balochis. More

One hundred tepid days
The LDF Govt's first hundred days in government reveals that being swept into power is one thing, solving Kerala's industrial and developmental problems, quite another. More

Kerala CM against LKB merger with BoP
The Chief Minister, Mr V. S. Achuthanandan, has expressed himself against the proposed move for merger of Lord Krishna Bank with Bank of Punjab. In a communication to the Union Finance Minister, Mr Achuthanandan demanded that ... More

INDUSTRIAL POLICY
Bangalore chamber hails infrastructure thrust
In its reaction to the new policy, the Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce (BCIC) has commended the policy giving emphasis to infrastructure and said: "The BCIC particularly likes to commend the Government's move to develop and create ... More

Karnataka industrial policy outlines HRD initiatives
Incentives for skill development in specialised manufacturing, service sectors More

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