The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, June 15, 2006

TAMIL NADU
Postal dept unveils `cash at doorsteps' scheme
The Postal Department has launched the `cash at doorsteps' scheme for postal saving bank account holders in a function held at the Head Post Office here. Claiming that the new scheme is one more feather in the department's innovative approaches ... More

ITI Financial opens one more branch
The Chennai-based ITI Financial Services Ltd (ITIFSL) opened one more branch in the city on Wednesday. According to ITIFSL General Manager, Mr R. Sriram, the company has 100 branches all over the country. Though for long, the ... More

Microsoft signs pact with Anna University
Access to tech solutions to faculty, students More

Seed cos urge TN for Bt cotton pricing order
No price regulatory mechanism yet More

ANDHRA PRADESH
APSFC targets Rs 675-cr sanctions this fiscal
Aims to bring down NPAs to below 10 pc More

AP Govt raises MSP for jowar, bajra and ragi
CM reviews `kharif' arrangements with officials More

Fresh and Honest Café's plans
Fresh and Honest Café Ltd, part of the Sterling Infotech group, will introduce the Italian premium coffee brand Illy to the retail market in the next six months. Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, Mr R. ... More

Call to defer decision on ethanol-blended petrol
Not enough material left for oil companies, says expert More

Biochemists' body elections
The Twin Cities Association of Biochemists (TAB) has announced that new office-bearers for 2006-08 were elected unanimously at its second AGM. They are Dr D. Suhasini of Apollo Hospitals (President), Dr Anjana Tiwari of Care ... More

Smooth sailing
THE NEW BOAT that was launched at the Sailing Club in Secunderabad on Wednesday.

Cry for relief
A BIRDIE in Hussainsagar lake in Hyderabad calls out on a humid day, as people wait impatiently for the monsoon. The day temperature in the city hovered around 37 degree C on Wednesday. ... More

KERALA
North Malabar bank logs 25 pc growth in business
MoUs signed to sell insurance products More

Workshop on e-security
The Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management-Kerala (IIITM-K) will network with the e-Information Systems Security and Audit Association (eISSA) for initiating steps for building awareness in information security ... More

LIC first premium income
The Thiruvananthapuram division of LIC earned first premium income of Rs 330.96 crore last fiscal. Speaking to newspersons today, Mr L. Ajith Kumar, Senior Divisional Manager, said that in the current fiscal, the division has so ... More

Sand theft
SAND MINING continues unabated in Ernakulam district with each load netting about Rs 4,000 and above in the market. Despite several restrictions, authorities are unable to check the illegal mining. ... More

KARNATAKA
Symphony Services opens second centre in Bangalore
Outsourcing firm Symphony Services has inaugurated its second facility in Bangalore. Spread over 2 lakh sq ft, the centre can seat 2,000. The company has two more centres in India, at Pune and Mumbai respectively. Symphony has released 620 ... More

Vijaya Bank hands over complex
As part of its corporate social responsibility, Vijaya Bank has handed over the complex built by it to the Bangalore Police. The public sector bank constructed the complex to house the Vijayanagar Police Station in the city at a ... More

Karnataka disburses 33 pc of World Bank funds
Portfolio performance places Karnataka as second best performing More

BMICP project: Promoters going ahead with soft launch
Even as the Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor project issue threatens to snowball into a political crisis in Karnataka, the promoters are going ahead with the opening of a small stretch of the peripheral road here on Friday. Nandi ... More

`Remove entry tax on petrol, diesel'
The Kanara Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) has urged the Karnataka Government to withdraw entry tax on petrol and diesel in the state. In a letter to the Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister, Mr B.S. Yediyurappa ... More

OTHER STATES
Focus on local manpower in Assam Gas Cracker project
To expedite the Rs 5,460-crore Assam Gas Cracker Project (AGCP), officials from the Ministry of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, which is the nodal ministry coordinating the follow-up action, will soon meet Assam Government officials to finalise ... More

MAHARASHTRA
Pune hospital to unveil Asia's only Siemens Beta site
The Pune-based Ruby Hall Clinic, a multi-speciality hospital, said on Wednesday that it is geared up to unveil a Rs 45-crore new cancer treatment unit. The Kamalnayan Bajaj Cancer Centre at the Zavaray Poonawala Cancer Building will be a ... More

Maharashtra reduces ST on petrol, diesel
The Government of Maharashtra today reduced sales tax on petrol and diesel, effectively bringing down the price of petrol by 80 paise a litre and diesel by 30 paise a litre. This follows the Central Government's appeal to States to forgo the ... More