The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, September 28, 2006

COURTS/LEGAL ISSUES
HC allows Dalmiya's revision petition
Mr Justice S.P. Talukdar of the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday allowed a revisional petition of Mr Dinesh Dalmiya alleging that the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM), Calcutta had failed to consider the beginning of statutory period of 90 ... More

ECONOMY
Inflation and deteriorating terms of trade for agriculture
Commodity prices may be rising but have not benefited the producers. For farmers the terms of trade have been worsening. The solution lies in an efficient marketing system. More

Credit Suisse sees India's GDP growth at 8.5 pc
Forecasts revised on signs of improvement in economy More

EXCISE AND CUSTOMS
Inter-Ministerial turf war may delay pharma policy
Reduction of excise duty on drugs from 16 pc to 8 pc More

FOREIGN TRADE
India, Pak banks may open branches across the border
Banks in India and Pakistan may open branches across the border in the near future, according to Dr Shamshad Akhtar, Governor, State Bank of Pakistan. Speaking to reporters at a banking seminar, Dr Akhtar, not naming the banks, said banking ... More

Asian freight to US West Coast set to rise by $300 per FEU
The increase is due to forecast of steep increases in operating costs, fuel More

HEALTH
National Blood Day to be observed
Surgical major Terumo Penpol in association with National Service Scheme of the University of Kerala is planning to observe the National Blood Day on September 30 here. Ms Manjari, playback singer, will inaugurate the function. ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE
SEBI chief urges bond market role in infrastructure funding
Suggests participation of investors with "deep pockets" in debt markets More

PETROLEUM
Doubts cloud ONGC's plan to bring LNG from Sakhalin-I
For ONGC-MRPL's dual fuel petrochem complex More

Now, markers to check adulteration in diesel, petrol
All adulterants to carry markers approved by Ministry More

POWER
Dabhol terminal: Petronet seeks SBI Caps' due diligence
`Lenders want new partners with appropriate core competency' More

Power talks
(From right) Mr R.K. Agarwal, CEO, Maithon Power Co Ltd, explaining the new 1000-MW power project `Mython Right Bank Thermal Power Station' to the Union Minister of Power, Mr Sushil Kumar Shinde; the Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Mr Madhu Koda; ... More

SSI
Match box price may go up from Oct 1
On rising input costs and reduced margins More

EDUCATION
Business school `Meet Ross'
The University of Michigan's Stephen M. Ross School of Business will host a `Meet Ross' event at Hotel Taj Krishna here on October 3. At the event University representatives will make a presentation on their MBA programme, its ... More

`Learn & perfect Dantotsu for success'
Top five priorities that a company would be looking from their prospective employees are awareness about self; awareness about company; awareness about their work preferences that tap into their potentials quite naturally; who they are energised ... More

AUTOMOBILE COMPONENTS
Auto components majors put off overseas acquisition plans
US, European firms quote higher valuations More

FOODS & FOOD PROCESSING
Meet on heritage foods in Hyderabad
The Association of Food Scientists and Technologists (India) will organise a two-day conference on `Heritage foods: Opportunities and challenges' in the city on November 16 and 17. Mr A. Satyanarayana, Honorary Secretary of ... More

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION
India Land to invest Rs 375 cr in Chennai IT park
India Land and Properties Ltd, which is part of Americorp — an international real estate investment, development and management company, will invest Rs 375 crore to set up a 2.5 million sq ft Information Technology Park in Chennai. The ... More

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
SIMA-CDRA office-bearers
Mr J Thulasidharan, Managing Director, The Rajaratna Mills Pvt Ltd, Coimbatore, has been re-elected Chairman of the SIMA Cotton Development and Research Association (SIMA-CDRA) for 2006-07. The other office-bearers who were ... More

CII official wins British honour
The British Government has awarded the `Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)' to Ms Supriya Banerji, Senior Director of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), for furthering Indo-British ties. Ms Banerji has ... More

BIO-TECH & GENETICS
TCG to develop biotech park in Kochi
To be developed and promoted by an SPV company More

NEWSPAPERS & PUBLISHING
Being everything to everybody
Today, there are several newspapers to skim, surf, glance and even read. But how different are they from each other? How clearly are they positioned? More

RURAL DEVELOPMENT
`Banks must regularly review SHG linkages'
Best model for financial inclusion: Thorat More

Yes Bank plans micro finance arm
Yes Bank is planning to set up a subsidiary for micro finance. It applied to the RBI for permission two months ago, said Mr Somak Ghosh, President, Corporate Finance and Development Banking, Yes Bank. "We are awaiting permission from RBI. We ... More

REGULATORY BODIES & RULINGS
Justice Dwivedi sworn in as MRTPC chief
Justice Mr Om Prakash Dwivedi, a retired Judge of the Delhi High Court, swore in as the Chairman of Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission (MRTPC) here on Tuesday. An official release said that the Chief Justice ... More

ENTREPRENEURSHIP
COWE seminar on trade with EU today
The Confederation of Women Entrepreneurs (COWE) is organising a two-day seminar on "EU Import Regulations and the Flemish Case Study for SME Promotion", here from tomorrow. Mr Luc van Looveren and Mr Yannis Aiche, two senior consultants of the ... More

NATURAL CALAMITIES
Movement of rly rake hit on Kolkata, Amingaon ICD route
The movement of Railway rakes, both empty and loaded, between Kolkata Dock System and the Amingaon (Guwahati) inland container depot has been affected as floods have damaged tracks in the Rampurhat-Nalhati section of Eastern Railway. This is ... More

TOURISM
Kambalakonda: An experiment in eco-tourism
Kambalakonda, which was once on the outskirts of Visakhapatnam city but now very much a part of it, provides "green lungs", to quote the phrase used by a forest department official, to the city. It is a wildlife sanctuary in the eastern ghats. A ... More

Malaysia woos business tourists from India
Indian visitors to Malaysia in the MICE (meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions) segment increased 28 per cent in 2005 over the previous year, according to Mr Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Mansor, Minister of Tourism, Malaysia. He told ... More