The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, April 13, 2006

Media role in consensus building vital: Manmohan
The polity in the country has come to terms with coalition governments and for a country to move forward, any Government has to ensure consensus on many issues across a wide spectrum of political opinion, said the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan ... More

CEMENT

Cement shortage hits many areas in the South
Construction boom fuels high demand; consumption grows 20 pc More

FOREIGN TRADE

Economic pact can help India integrate with Asean: Kamal Nath
`India has both business and friendship with Singapore' More

`India should partner with Cyprus in services sector'
For increasing economic and trade engagements between India and Cyprus, the visiting President of Cyprus, Mr Tassos Papadopoulos, suggested setting up of a high-level committee to identify areas of common interest between the two countries. ... More

`India a priority country for Afghanistan'
India is a priority country for attracting business and investment into Afghanistan, said the leader of the Afghan business delegation to India, Dr Omar Zakhilwal, while addressing a meeting organised by FICCI here recently. He said that the ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE

Landmark Holdings to invest in Vipul's SEZ
Landmark Holdings of the Dalmia Group, along with its international affiliate Banyan Real Estate has decided to pick up 16.5 per cent stake in the Rs 1200 crore Special Economic Zone (SEZ) project of Vipul, in Gurgaon. Vipul's SEZ project aims ... More

New conference hall
Falcon Chambers, a modern conference hall with video teleconferencing and presentation facilities and featuring Wi-Fi Hot Spots, will be soon launched here. The fully air-conditioned structure has been set up as part of the ... More

TAXATION

Service tax collections go up in Hyderabad
The Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax (Hyderabad Zone) has registered a record service tax collections of Rs 709.70 crore during 2005-06 against Rs 440.03 crore in 2004-05. With the service tax registering a whopping 61.28 per cent ... More

PERSONAL PRODUCTS

`Shampoos biggest growth segment in rural India'
Penetration level of TV up 200 pc, refrigerators 31 pc and tractors 28 pc More

EDUCATION

Online medical exams
Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE) has conducted online exams for postgraduate medical and dental courses for the first time in the country. Around 7,000 students registered for the online exam, which was conducted at ... More

Pearl Academy to open MBA colleges
With the course focussed on entrepreneurship, design institute Pearl Academy of Fashion is venturing into management education by setting up MBA colleges beginning from the 2007 session. The first college would be set up in either Greater ... More

GEMS & JEWELLERY

Gems & jewellery exports up 6.32%
The country's exports of gems and jewellery grew by 6.32 per cent to $16,669.11 million (Rs 73,304.29 crore) last fiscal compared with $15,678.14 million (Rs 70,245.95 crore) in the previous year. However, there has been some ... More

CONSULTING

Deloitte biz plan likely for Chennai port
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu India is likely to prepare a business plan for the Chennai port. The company was selected after it was found suitable in the financial and technical bids. "We are processing the proposal," a Chennai Port Trust source ... More

CINEMA

`Comedy, the best way to box office'
`Audience interest could suddenly wane' More

SOCIAL WELFARE

AP bids to shore up sale prices of farm produce
Pulses, tamarind among crops to benefit from intervention More

EVENTS

Jharkhand to set up infrastructure corpn
To be structured on public-private partnership model More

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

`World of opportunities beckons entrepreneurs'
There are more opportunities for the entrepreneurs to make a mark in a global market, according to Mr B. Sambamurthy, Chairman and Managing Director of Corporation Bank. Inaugurating a two-day entrepreneurship development camp organised by the ... More

EXPORTS & IMPORTS

NTPC unit exports fly ash to Qatar
NTPC Simhadri has dispatched the first consignment of 7,500 tonnes of clean fly ash to Qatar. The Lebanon-based Environment Building Materials (EBM) is lifting the material and reaching it to the Gulf State, where it would be used in the ... More

SEA seeks clarification
Import of soyabean oil More

STANDARDS & BENCHMARKS

MRTPC pulls up Thermax
In a surprise move, the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission (MRTPC) has pulled up Thermax Ltd for supplying a defective water treatment plant to Winsome Breweries Ltd. Winsome Breweries, which manufactures beers such as ... More