The Hindu Business Line : Monday, September 04, 2006

Mammoth gathering
ELEPHANTS LINED up at `Gajasangamam', a ritual of elephant gathering as part of the Onam celebrations, in Thekkinkadu Maidan in Thrissur on Sunday. About 100 elephants from all over the State participated in the event sponsored by the District ... More

Maran urges paper on 16-bit Tamil encoding system
Moots similar model for other languages More

`Ayurvedic Wellness Plan' for IT professionals
Chennai-based Sowkhya Ayurvedic Therapy centre has developed an ayurvedic treatment package for corporates and software professionals. Called `Ayurvedic Wellness Plan', the package is designed to prevent the attack of `lifestyle' diseases and to ... More

Residency's Sri Lanka food festival
The Residency has for the first time sought to organise an International Food Festival here. The ten-day Sri Lankan Food Festival is being celebrated up to September 10 with food and Sri Lankan band. To give the event an authentic touch, The ... More

Padma Santhanam passes away
Mrs Padma Santhanam, wife of late T. S. Santhanam, Founder-Chairman, Sundaram Finance Ltd, passed away in the early hours of Sunday, according to a press release from the company. She was 85. She was involved with The School-KFI right from its ... More

ANDHRA PRADESH
CPI (M) seeks probe into Balco divestment
There was gross undervaluation of assets in the divestment of Balco, as pointed out by the Comptroller and Auditor-General of India, and therefore a CBI probe should be instituted to bring out the facts and punish the guilty, according to Mr ... More

Coconut Board seeks more units in AP
There is an imperative need for setting up more processing units in the two Godavari districts - the main coconut growing area of Andhra Pradesh - and the Coconut Development Board (CDB) has several schemes to extend financial support to ... More

New AP tourism policy on the anvil
Framework to be announced soon More

Upgraded versions
THE ANDHRA PRADESH Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, flags off the new Setwin mini-buses from CM's camp office in Hyderabad on Sunday. According to Setwin, each bus costs around Rs 9 lakh. It plans to introduce 25 more buses this month. ... More

Centre fixes maize price at Rs 570
The Centre has fixed the cut-off rates for maize stocks in the State at Rs 570 per quintal. Food Corporation of India (FCI) Regional Office at Hyderabad would take the necessary steps to lift the stocks. FCI had floated a tender enquiry ... More

KERALA
Kerala's fiscal crisis
Whichever way one looks at it, Kerala's fiscal crisis is palpably acute and it will take more than a clever Finance Minister to steer the State through the coming storm. More

Focus on NRK funds for infrastructure growth
Draft paper on Eleventh Plan highlights key areas More

`Give increased thrust to export promotion'
ICCI chief's paper on export sector More

Ernakulam LIC division tops in South
The LIC Ernakulam division has become the only division in Kerala and Tamil Nadu to have crossed one lakh policies as on Aug 15, 2006. The sales of new policies stood at 1,02,203. The growth rate of the division in first premium (single) is 344 ... More

KARNATAKA
LIC Udupi division tops in `Bima School' concept
The Udupi division of Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) occupied the number one position in introducing `Bima School' concept in the country during 2005-06. Addressing presspersons here on Saturday, Mr M.C. Humberi, Marketing Manager, ... More

Special package sought for development of DK district
Elected representatives from the district submit proposal seeking Rs 120 cr More

UTI Bank opens 2,000th ATM
UTI Bank rolled out its 2,000th automatic teller machine at Information Technology Park Ltd (ITPL) campus at Whitefield in Bangalore. The Senior Vice-President and Southern Zone Head of UTI Bank, Mr C.P. Rangarajan, who ... More

OTHER STATES
Chhattisgarh to invest Rs 100 cr in tourism
The Chhattisgarh Government will unveil a new tourism policy within two months with emphasis on attracting private investment to strengthen the support infrastructure. Chhattisgarh is viewing tourism as a growth engine and has firmed up move to ... More

GUJARAT
Gujarat to hand over mgmt of Govt hospitals to pvt sector
`No move to "privatise" hospitals as they serve the poor' More

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