The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, August 30, 2006

TAMIL NADU
TN plastics body seeks help to rein in input prices
The Tamil Nadu and Pondy Plastic Association (TANPPA) has called upon the Union Government to help maintain stability in prices of plastic raw materials. At a press conference here, the association called for elimination of customs duty on ... More

Plan to increase renewable energy generation
`Wastes to energy plan encouraging' More

Web site for DoT, BSNL pensioners
The Controller of Communications Accounts Tamil Nadu Circle (CCA TN) has launched a Web site for pensioners of the Department of Telecom and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL). Named www.ccatn.gov.in, the site ... More

`BL Club' launched in Tirunelveli varsity
The `Business Line Club', the first of its kind to be established in an institute for higher education here to act as a campus interface to the corporate world, was inaugurated at the Department of Management Studies of Manonmaniam Sundaranar ... More

Non-availability, rising prices of match splints hurting Sivakasi units
Call to raise new matchwood plantations in TN More

TNAU, Rasi Seeds in pact
The Tamilnadu Agricultural University (TNAU) and the private seed company Rasi Seeds have entered into a collaborative agreement. Under this, the Attur-based Rasi Seeds will take up seed production and marketing of crop varieties or hybrids ... More

UPASI annual meet
The 113th annual conference of United Planters' Association of Southern India (UPASI) is slated for September 16 at Coonoor. Mr Jairam Ramesh, Union Minister of State for Commerce, is expected to inaugurate the conference and Mr ... More

Extension of transport subsidy urged
The South India Tea Exporters' Association (SITEA) has appealed to the Tea Board for extension of the transport subsidy. The association has stated that the extension of this subsidy, as was being given to tea exporters who used ... More

ANDHRA PRADESH
World Bank report says inequality high in AP
`Rural poverty nullifies urban boom in State' More

AP signs MoU with Nabard for revival of co-operatives
Rs 2,200-cr revival package to benefit 2,746 PACs, 22 DCCBs More

Pitti Laminations' new plant
Pitti Laminations Ltd has announced that the stone-laying ceremony for its phase-III expansion was performed on Sunday at its new plant situated at Nandigaon village, in Mahaboobnagar district of Andhra Pradesh. In a press ... More

Link road from Vizag port ready
A major road project connecting the Visakhapatnam port and the city has been completed and it may be declared open officially in a few months' time. The toll rates are to be fixed. This road, costing Rs 114 crore, was taken up as a part of the ... More

Rainy days!
A RIDER BOY and his mule wait for customers on a chilly evening on the Ramakrishna beach in Visakhapatnam. Frequent rains due to recurring low pressure in the Bay of Bengal have hit their business badly. A 10-minute ride fetches Rs 10. ... More

Exclusive jewellery outlet
Shobha Asar, a design house, has launched its first exclusive jewellery outlet in Hyderabad on Tuesday. The outlet covers 1,000 sq. ft. in the posh Banjara Hills area and will showcase jewellery. The founder and designer, Ms ... More

Plea to expedite decision on BHPV revival package
The Bharat Heavy Plate and Vessels (BHPV) Mazdoor Sangh, the recognised union in the ailing public sector unit here, has urged the Union Industries Ministry to take a decision soon on the promised and long-pending revival package for the unit or ... More

Tokens for passport applicants
The Regional Passport Office (RPO), Hyderabad, will start issuing tokens for submission of passport applications from September 1, 2006. The number of acceptance counters would be increased from 10 to 12 for customer convenience. ... 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

Rami Reddy to head BHEL unit
Mr G.V. Rami Reddy, Group General Manager, BHEL, is the new chief executive of the BHEL's Ramachandrapuram unit, Hyderabad. He has taken over from Mr C.P. Singh, Executive Director, who has been transferred to Delhi on elevation ... More

Doctorate for Andhra Bank CMD
The Chairman and Managing Director of Andhra Bank, Mr K. Ramakrishnan, has been conferred with the honorary doctorate by the Acharya Nagarjuna University. According to a press release, the University Vice-Chancellor, Dr V. ... More

KERALA
Bank of India scheme for farm women
Tuber Institute to be technology partner in credit scheme 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

Costly stuff
WITH ONAM around the corner, demand for fresh vegetables is soaring and so are the prices. Workers sort out lady's finger at Meenakshipuram on the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border. ... More

Onam splendour
A SCENE AT a textile showroom in Kochi on Tuesday. `Kasavu saris' are in huge demand during the Onam season.

GRB ghee launched for Onam
GRB Dairy Foods Pvt Ltd has launched GRB ghee in the Kerala market to coincide with the Onam festival season. According to Mr G.R. Balasubramaniam, Managing Director, the company targets Rs 50 lakh sales per month in the State ... More

SBI organises Onam Expo
In view of the ensuing Onam festival, a mega Onam Expo is being organised by the State Bank of India, Zonal Office, Ernakulam at Rajiv Gandhi Indoor Stadium from August 31 to September 2. Concessions in interest rates and ... More

Workshop on food processing
Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Kinfra) and Malabar Chamber of Commerce will host a workshop on `food processing industries' in Kozhikode on Saturday. The event will include an interactive session on ... 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

KPFC to diversify
The Kerala Power Finance Corporation Ltd (KPFC) is diversifying its activities to cover financing of all infrastructure development works in the State. Accordingly, the company has been renamed as "Kerala State Power and Infrastructure Finance ... More

Bekal Resorts Corpn to develop tourism products
Focus on North Malabar destinations More

KARNATAKA
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

Systimax opens centre in Bangalore
Systimax Solutions, providing structured connectivity solutions, opened an Executive Briefing Centre here on Tuesday. The centre is the company's fourth facility to be opened in the Asia Pacific region, after Brisbane ... More

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

Free cardiac check-up camp
A free cardiac check-up camp will be conducted on August 30 & 31 exclusively for diabetic patients. The camp will be held at Manipal Heart Foundation from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on both days. Cardiac consultation by senior ... More

Inter-college commerce festival
Acme 2006 - a two-day national-level inter-collegiate commerce festival - will be held at St Aloysius College in Mangalore from September 31. A press release said here on Tuesday that 17 teams from various parts of the ... More

OTHER STATES
Genpact opens recruitment office in Noida
Business Services and Technology Solutions provider Genpact on Tuesday opened its recruitment office in Noida. The new premises will serve as the company's local hiring office, thereby creating an easy access for candidates from ... More

MAHARASHTRA
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

GUJARAT
Now, Gujarat execs can tone up with the Kerala touch
AYURVEDA PACKAGE More

WEST BENGAL
Lalu assures farm produce outlets at railway stations
Keen to take up the project in collaboration with the private sector More

Not handy anymore
GOING SLOW: The hand-pulled rickshaw of Kolkata is one of the oldest modes of transport in the world today. The Left Front Government has banned this mode of transport. At present, the city has more than 40,000 licensed rickshaw pullers and ... More

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