The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, February 22, 2006

TN sets up 24-hour control room to monitor bird flu prevention measures
THE Tamil Nadu Government has set up a 24-hour control room at the Animal Husbandry Department to monitor measures to prevent the outbreak of bird flu virus in the poultry farms, according to an official press release. To monitor and coordinate ... More

`Deserve and deliver before you desire more'
GANESH Chella, CEO of Totus Consulting, drew up a powerful reality check for the students of SRM School of Management near here. For competent MBA graduates, the world is their oyster. Employers will queue up and there is good money to be made. ... More

`Banks must start planning medium-term agri strategy'
Banks need to use the vibrant rural non-farm sector, which is partly insulated from agriculture for directing credit. More

ANDHRA PRADESH

Task force set up to tackle bird flu in AP
THE Andhra Pradesh Government has set up a Task Force to deal with the bird flu problem, even as chicken and egg sales continue to dip in the State. The Task Force, which would be headed by Mr Priyadarshi Dash, Principal Secretary (Animal ... More

Telangana gets lion's share of irrigation pie
IT is Telangana that is going to get the lion's share in allocations for the irrigation sector in the next financial year. The sector has got Rs 10,041 crore, about 50 per cent of the total Plan expenditure in the Budget, for taking up works to ... More

Coir Board to launch entrepreneur development programme in Amalapuram
THE Coir Board, in association with the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, is organising a three-day entrepreneur development programme at S.K.B.R College in Amalapuram in East Godavari from Wednesday, said Mr T.P Padmanabhan, ... More

4 new FM stations planned in AP
HYDERABAD: Andhra Pradesh will have four FM radio stations at Kakinada, Karimnagar, Srikakulam and Nellore by the end of the 10th Plan period. Also a radio station and studio are technically ready at Macherla, but awaiting staff ... More

Seminar on DNA tech
HYDERABAD: The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) and the Association for Promotion of DNA Fingerprinting and other DNA Technologies (ADNAT) are jointly organising a two-day symposium on RNAi and microRNA in Development of ... More

ICFAI PG diploma courses
VISAKHAPATNAM: The ICFAI National College has started the admission process for its PG programme in management leading to a PG diploma in business administration at 17 of its centres in Andhra Pradesh, including Visakhapatnam, according to ... More

Project management meet at Hyderabad
HYDERABAD: Iha Consulting Services, Hyderabad, in collaboration with Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU), is organising a one-day workshop on Best Practises in Project Management on February 25. The Governor of Chhattisgarh, ... More

Jute mill workers go on strike
VISAKHAPATNAM: Workers of three jute mills in Vizianagaram district under the Kolkata-based Hooghly Jute Mills - Aruna, East Coast and Bobbili - have decided to go on strike from Wednesday, as wage negotiations have failed. There ... More

KERALA

Kerala allows movement of poultry products from TN
KERALA, which stopped movement of poultry products from Tamil Nadu on Monday in the wake of the bird flu scare, allowed the transport of chicken and eggs into the State via Valayar checkpost on Tuesday evening, bringing relief to poultry ... More

KRL may stop supply of bitumen to PWD
THE road works of Kerala State Public Works Department (PWD) might come to a standstill soon as Kochi Refineries Ltd (KRL) is understood to have taken a decision to stop supply of bitumen to the department due to mounting dues. The ... More

Kerala Tourism unveils norms for tourists, operators
AS part of its efforts to promote responsible tourism, Kerala Tourism has unveiled a set of guidelines for travellers and tour operators in the State. The guidelines are part of a multi-pronged strategy to move the tourism industry in Kerala ... More

Mammootty is goodwill ambassador for Akshaya
FILM star Mammootty will be the goodwill ambassador for the State Government's Akshaya computer literacy project. Mr Mammootty will take up the responsibility of spearheading the Akshaya campaign through special appearances in print and visual ... More

Multi-speciality hospital for women opened near Kochi
SUNRISE Hospital, a multi-speciality hospital for women, has started functioning at suburban Kakkanad. The hospital aims to provide tertiary care in obstetrics, gynaecology, paediatrics and trauma. This is one of the few hospitals in the ... More

Jealous Jeans offer for girls
KOCHI: Jealous Jeans has launched an innovative mobile promotion in Kochi for girls in the city. As part of the promotional offer, girls can total up the last five digits of their mobile numbers and take home equivalent discount on Jealous ... More

Seminar on maritime law at Kochi
KOCHI: The Indian Institute of Maritime Law (IIML) has conducted a seminar here to enlighten the members on various issues likely to be faced by them in the matter of handling, forwarding and clearing of cargo in concerned ports. ... More

KARNATAKA

Bangalore to be Volvo's hub for Asia
VOLVO has chosen Bangalore as its hub for truck product development and for sourcing of components for Asia. Volvo's product development unit, 3P, will focus on building India as a base for truck development aimed at supporting strategic ... More

IBM, Visvesvaraya varsity tie up
BANGALORE: IBM India and Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) have signed a memorandum of association that will enable IBM employees pursue M.Tech programme in computer science in Karnataka. Mr Harish Grama, Vice-President, IBM ... More

OTHER STATES

Shrishti, InterContinental to set up 5-star hotel in Kolkata
SHRISHTI Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (SIDCL), jointly with HUDCO, has tied up with the InterContinental Hotels Group Plc to set up a Rs 400-crore five-star hotel at New Town, Kolkata. The foundation stone laying ceremony has ... More

Global Automobiles in technical tie-up with Guangzhou of China
WEST Bengal is going to get another two-wheeler manufacturing unit within the next few months. If the first joint venture to come up in technical and financial collaboration was with the Salim Group of Indonesia, the second is in technical ... More

ONGC crude pipeline restored
OIL and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has restored its Nawagaon-Mehsana crude pipeline that had been closed following a leakage on Monday morning. "The pipeline had developed a leak near Thor village, about 35 km from Mehsana. As soon as the ... More

Goa woos call centre cos
THE Goa Chief Minister, Mr Pratapsingh Rane, has said the Government is encouraging IT industries and also providing required infrastructure for setting up such industries in the State. Mr Rane was addressing the delegates at the `Goa BPO ... More

MAHARASHTRA

Maharashtra hikes milk prices
THE Maharashtra Government on Tuesday took a decision to hike the price of milk produced by cooperative milk societies in the State. Announcing the decision to the media after the weekly Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, Mr Vilasrao Deshmukh, Chief ... More

Ram Info signs up for iSethu
HYDERABAD: Ram Informatics Ltd has informed BSE that it has signed up for iSethu, an e-Governance project for Mumbai city with the Maharashtra Government. The project is to be executed along with the consortium partner CMS Computers ... More

Crash: Love & loathing post-9/11
LET'S be clear about one thing - this is a movie to be seen at any cost. With a narrative style that reminds one of Steven Soderbergh's Traffic, Crash brings together a host of characters from diverse backdrops and shows how ... More