The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Paramount adds evening flight on Madurai-Chennai
Paramount Airways announced the launch of an evening flight on the Chennai-Madurai sector today.Mr M. Thiagarajan, Managing Director, Paramount Airways, told presspersons that the service will be available from September 15. The airline ... More

Water Expo from Sept 14-16
Water Expo 2006, a three-day seminar on water and wastewater management, will be held from September 14 -16 at Chennai Trade Centre. The event will have four aspects - an exhibition showcasing water management-related ... More

Desilting, bund strengthening works
The Local Administration Minister, Mr M. K. Stalin, on Monday inaugurated the desilting and bund strengthening works on the Koraiyar, Ariyar and Kudamuritti rivers in the city on Monday. The work would be executed by the Public ... More

ANDHRA PRADESH
New Customs chief for Hyderabad
Ms Jasdeep V. Singh has assumed charge as the Chief Commissioner of Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax (Hyderabad Zone) early this month. Ms Singh, an IRS officer of 1975 batch, has become the first woman Chief ... More

`India needs more special metals'
Mr S.A. Bharadwaj, Director (Technical) of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd, has said that India would require large quantities of hi-tech special metals and alloys to achieve ambitious goals for a quantum jump in power ... More

APTransco to buy 350 MW from PTC
The Transmission Corporation of Andhra Pradesh Ltd (APTransco) has decided to buy 350 MW of power through Power Trading Company (PTC) at Rs 5 a unit. The decision followed a shortfall due to the tripping 500-MW unit at Simhadri ... More

8 0' Clock Club is back in action
The 8 0'Clock Club is back in action in Hyderabad. "The one-year sabbatical is over and we will be more energetic in organising discussions, meetings and events that concern the industry and some exciting trends,'' says Mr R.K. Mehta, one of the ... More

NIIT awards to 45 teachers
NIIT, in association with the Directorate of School Education, has presented eGuru awards to 45 teachers who won an online contest conducted by it. Of the 5,000 entries, three teachers from 15 districts were selected for the ... More

Reddy unhappy over slow pace of Brandix project
Instructs company officials to accelerate implementation More

GHIAL in-flight catering deals
GMR Infrastructure Ltd has announced that its subsidiary company, GMR Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (GHIAL), has awarded two in-flight catering concessions to LSG Sky Chef and Sky Gourmet. The company has informed the stock exchanges on ... More

KERALA
Evaluation system to assess hotels on tourism norms
Blue Yonder plans networking scheme More

Hind Latex awarded `mini ratna'
Hindustan Latex Ltd, a Central Enterprise under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, has been conferred the `mini ratna' status. This was done after evaluating the company's performance over the past few years in the area ... More

Pantaloon promo magazine
Big Bazaar, the value-retailing concept of Pantaloon Retail (I) Ltd, has announced a customer relationship building initiative to reach out to middle-class women customers. A brand new woman's English magazine, `My World' will be ... More

KARNATAKA
Farmers' body to market honey in north India
The Mangalore Agriculturists' Sahakari Sangha (MASS) Ltd, which is marketing arecanut and pepper in the domestic market, is all set to market honey, especially in north India. Mr Sridhar G. Bhide, MASS President, told Business Line here ... More

OTHER STATES
Real state of Orissa's economy
The World Bank's decision to choose Orissa for granting aid is more because of the dismal state of the economy than the false optimism about its growth trends. More

Investment climate upbeat in Bihar
Mr Sushil Kumar Modi, Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar, has said investment climate in his State has improved significantly, with investments to the tune of Rs 11,000 crore flowing into the State in the last few months. "About 125 ... More

MAHARASHTRA
Volkswagen drives into Maharashtra
Finalises pact for greenfield project at Pune More

Panel submits report on job scheme
Under the Chairmanship of Dr Jayant Patil, ex- Member Planning Commission, recommendations have been tabled in for bringing in transparency to the employment guarantee scheme (EGS). The report had been brought in March 2005. About 40 ... More

Bharti Airtel launches Bubble Talk in Pune
Pune has got itself another first with the launch of Bubble Talk by Bharti Airtel. The beta trial, which has been on in the city for the past 15 days has been launched today. Talking to presspersons, Mr Mandeep Bhatia, Chief Operating Officer ... More

WEST BENGAL
WBIDFC issue raises Rs 1,000 cr in two days
An infrastructure finance arm of the West Bengal Government has set what is being seen as a new record of sorts in large scale mobilisations from institutional investors: Rs 900-crore plus within the first few hours, ending up in Rs 1,000 crore ... More

Bengal's plan on greenfield airport welcomed
State Govt's views on modernisation extremely important: Minister More

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