The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Chinese rapier looms attract small weavers at textile fair
Small textile weavers have evinced interest in China-built rapier looms that are on display at the International Textile Technology and Machinery Expo (ITGME 2006), now in progress here. The Komarapalayam-based Rapier Links, the dealers for ... More

`Figure out your goal first'
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`Central excise duty will hurt soap SSIs'
Exemption for units not using electricity favoured More

Textile machinery expo concludes
The four-day international textile machinery exhibition, ITGME-2006, concluded here on Monday. The fair had attracted over 7,000 business visitors on the last day. According to Mr M.A. Rayappan, Chairman of Hi-tech International Trade Fair ... More

SIMA-CDRA advisor honoured

ANDHRA PRADESH

`Step up training programme'
The Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, has directed the National Academy of Construction (NAC) to prepare plans to impart training in construction-related activities to 30,000 people every year. Dr Reddy, who is the ... More

Official calls for voluntary tax compliance
Mr D.V. Dharmik, Chief Commissioner of Income Tax-I (Andhra Pradesh) has called for more tax compliance by various sections of the population. "It is very difficult to enforce compliance by penalising people. It has to be voluntary," he ... More

AP bid to attract FDI bears fruit
Govt on relentless drive to attract big foreign cos More

Cost-cutting vital, says VSP chief
Visakhapatnam Steel Plant has wiped out its accumulated losses and emerged as a zero-debt company and efforts are afoot to cut down on costs further, according to Mr Y. Sivasagara Rao, Chairman and Managing Director. He was speaking at a ... More

In Visakhapatnam today
Budget Talk: ING Vysya Bank and The Hindu Business Line: Talk on Union Budget. Mr E.A.S Sarma, former Secretary in the Department of Economic Affairs, Union Finance Ministry, to chair the session, VUDA Children Theatre, 6 ... More

Awareness drive
THE RBI Chief General Manager, Ms Deepali Joshi, addressing bankers and customers at a meeting in Warangal on Monday.

Oakridge diploma programme
Oakridge International School has announced the launch of IB (International Baccalaureate's) Diploma Programme (IBDP), becoming one of the 25 schools in the country to offer such course. The programme, in vogue in 122 ... More

SSIs invited to Hanover
The Small Industries Services Institute (SISI), a Union Government institute under the Small Industries Development Organisation (SIDO), has called for applications from small-scale units interested in participating in the ... More

KERALA

CII initiative to promote health tourism in Kerala
Global congregation in Kochi on March 23-26 More

ITI Palakkad unit workers to work more in protest
Officers and workers at the Palakkad unit of public sector Indian Telephone Industries Ltd (ITI) will work overtime on March 9 without taking extra pay to protest what they term as discrimination against the unit by the authorities. ITI ... More

Riding the crest
AN ADVENTURE TOURIST negotiates a wave while surfing over the waters off Kovalam near Thiruvananthapuram. The international beach destination is witnessing a surge in tourist traffic even as the season nears an end. ... More

KARNATAKA

Robosoft Tech unveils further plans for Udupi
Udupi is now venturing into IT with the brand Silicon Beach. "IT should not be an urban phenomenon," said Mr Rohith Bhat, President and CEO, Robosoft Technologies, an Udupi-based application development firm. "Tier II cities can also contribute ... More

Hegde Institute Budget discussion
The Justice K.S. Hegde Institute of Management at Nitte in Udupi district conducted a panel discussion on the Union Budget 2006-07 recently. A press release by the institute said here on Monday that experts from the fields of banking, ... More

OTHER STATES

Infosys mulls setting up operations in Kolkata
Need to augment education infrastructure in Bengal taken up More

MAHARASHTRA

USTDA meet to focus on transportation solutions
The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) is organising a two-day conference to focus on the expansion of transportation and trade facilities in South Asia from March 7 in Mumbai. The conference will feature the near-term public and private ... More

Metal trade call for bandh on March 20
The Bombay Metal Exchange Ltd along with all other allied non-ferrous metals, stainless steel associations has decided to observe one-day token Bandh on March 20 to strongly register their protest against Octroi and demand total abolition of ... More