The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, April 05, 2007

TAMIL NADU
`Hike in interest rate will hit Tirupur knitwear exporters'
Tirupur knitwear exporters said the surge in bank lending rates — following last week's RBI hikes on repo rates and cash reserve ratio (CRR) — will adversely impact exports, especially garment shipments. The increased rate on ... More

Global Hospitals plans `health city' in Chennai
Global Hospitals, which won the bid for the Chennai-based Sankara Hospital for Rs 257 crore, is planning to establish a Rs 1,000-crore `health city' on the 46-acre hospital site. Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, Dr K. ... More

Hirco investing Rs 1,066 cr in Chennai township
Awaiting Centre's approval for IT/ITES special economic zone More

Meet on pulses seeks breaking yield barrier
A two-day annual research meet on pulses at the Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU) was on Wednesday called to devise a technology package that will break the yield barrier set in the State's output. The package could address the ... More

3 estates get aid for infrastructure update
The Tamil Nadu Government has sanctioned Rs 1.5 crore as matching grant for the upgradation of infrastructure facilities in three industrial estates — Kurichi near Coimbatore, Virudhunagar and at Kappalur near Madurai. The project work, ... More

BHEL Tiruchi received orders worth Rs 7,700 cr last fiscal
BHEL's Tiruchi unit, which manufactures boilers for power plants, received record inflow of orders last year, worth Rs 7,700 crore. Thanks to this, the unit opens the year 2007-08, with an outstanding order book worth Rs 11,650 crore. The ... More

ANDHRA PRADESH
AP farmers top in indebtedness; total burden put at Rs 11,861 cr
Farmers being forced to sell or give up landholdings More

Change of guard at CII
Mr Pradeep Dhobale, Divisional Chief Executive of ITC Ltd (Paperboards and Specialty Papers), has taken over as Chairman of CII Andhra Pradesh. He replaced Mr G. Vivekanand, Managing Director of Visakha Industries, as CII AP's Chairman. Mr ... More

Central excise collections go up in Vizag
The central excise, customs and service tax collections in Visakhapatnam zone during 2006-07 surpassed the target and registered 16 per cent growth over the previous year, according to a press release issued by the Chief Commissioner, Mr P.N. ... More

Murugappa group opens 1-stop outlet for farmers
Farmers should get the inputs they require as well as credit in a single shop, without any hassles, and this will greatly boost agricultural productivity in the country, Mr A. Vellayan, the Chairman of the Coromandel Fertilisers, has said. He ... More

Textiles, manufacturing sectors doing well: CII
`Buoyant trend in industrial development' More

CII handbook on exports
The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has released a handbook on exports that gives complete information on export procedures right from registration to processing of shipping bill, system appraisal of shipping bill, drawing ... More

KERALA
Drinking water turns scarce in Kerala
Experts blame environmental degradation for crisis More

Tales of a traveller
Kerala Tourism's award-winning new ad campaign recounts memorable holiday stories of visitors to the State. More

`Full House' lucky draw
The Cochin Duty Free, run jointly by Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) and Alpha Kreol, has announced advancing of its lucky draw `Full House' to April 5. The draw, which was originally planned for April 6, had to be ... More

Reliance Communications subscriber base in Kerala
Reliance Communications has crossed 1.5 million subscriber milestone in Kerala. As per the figures released by AUSPI, Reliance Communications has reached a subscriber figure of 15,18,820 as on February 28. Ever since the launch ... More

CSIR renames 5 Regional Research Labs
The Governing Body of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has renamed all its five Regional Research Laboratories (RRLs) to enable them to reflect a futuristic outlook. The changed profiles of the laboratories with respect ... More

14 tea estates to reopen at Idukki
Fourteen tea plantations in Idukki district of Kerala will resume operations within the next three months. An understanding to this effect was reached at a meeting the Union Minister of State for Commerce, Mr Jairam Ramesh, and the State Labour ... More

IOB branch opened
Kerala Minister for Food and Civil Supplies Mr C.K. Divakaran inaugurated the new Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) branch converted from the erstwhile Bharat Overseas Bank (BhOB) branch at Annas Arcade at Spencer Junction here. This ... More

KARNATAKA
BHEL Bangalore unit profit up at Rs 376 cr
It records an all-time high orders inflow of Rs 1,875 crore More

Adopt mechanisation, farmers told
There is a need for farmers to take up mechanisation of agricultural activities to tide over scarcity of labourers, according to Dr D. Veerendra Heggade, Chairman of the Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala Rural Development Project (SKDRDP). Speaking at ... More

Suryakiran team to perform in Mangalore
The Suryakiran Formation Aerobatics Team (SKAT) of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will conduct an air show in Mangalore on April 8. Addressing presspersons here on Wednesday, Mr Maheshwara Rao, Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada district, ... More

VEG EXPO
Native organic vegetables on display in a stall at the `Kisan mela' in Dakshina Kannada district on Wednesday.

MAHARASHTRA
Renault-Nissan, M&M working out strategies
Companies keen on retaining separate identities More

GUJARAT
CII to follow PM's call for `inclusive growth': Mittal
The Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) is going to follow the call given by the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, for "inclusive growth and sustainable development", its new President, Mr Sunil Bharti Mittal, said here on Tuesday. Mr ... More

WEST BENGAL
Hind Motors to keep out of realty projects in Bengal
Receives non-compete fee from Shriram Properties More

Salim Group ready for shifting to alternative site for SEZ
Proposed chemical hub may come up at Haldia More

KMC going online for `transparency'
This is part of its e-governance programme More

East Coast Rly freight traffic up 7.4%
East Coast Railway (ECoR) posted 7.4 per cent growth in freight traffic at 83.8 million tonnes (mt) in 2006-07, up from 78 mt in 2005-06. The target for the year was set at 84 mt. Break-up The item-wise breakups ... More

New platform at Howrah station
A new platform No.22 has been built at the Howrah Station New Complex at a cost of Rs 4.15 crore, says a press release. The 630-metre-long platform will now be able to accommodate long distance trains with 26 conventional coaches ... More

Uranium Chair instituted
A Uranium Chair has been instituted at ISM University, Dhanbad, for which the Department of Atomic Energy has contributed Rs 1 crore. Besides imparting education and training to undergraduate and postgraduate students and ... More

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