The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, May 14, 2003

KSEB action against 9 officials for power house mishap
THE Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB) has initiated action against nine officials in connection with the accident at the 300-MW Moozhiyar power station. The Electricity Minister, Mr Kadavoor Sivadasan, said the action was in accordance with ... More

ECONOMY

Pakistan vibrates with the feel-good factor
DURING my last visit to Pakistan in August 1999, the economic situation was bleak, to say the least. Following the sudden freeze on foreign currency accounts (for years now Pakistanis have been allowed to hold dollar accounts in Pakistan's ... More

AP projects 37.6% rise in priority sector lending
ANDHRA Pradesh has projected an increase of 37.6 per cent for the priority sector under the proposed State credit plan, according to the State Chief Minister, Mr N. Chandrababu Naidu. Mr Naidu, who held a detailed review meeting on various ... More

Madhya Pradesh annual Plan fixed at Rs 5,703 cr
THE core size of the Madhya Pradesh annual plan for the current fiscal has been fixed at Rs 5,703 crore with the option to hike it further if the State is able to raise its own resources. This was arrived at a meeting between the Planning ... More

FERTILISERS

Panel `pained' at spurious fertlisers sale
The panel called for a study group to look into this problem and suggest measures including reviews and amendments of extant Act so that miscreants were dealt with sternly. More

HEALTH

Foreign cigarette packs not exempt from `skull & bones'
EFFORTS to gradually stub out tobacco consumption in India will not spare internationally-popular tobacco labels such as Marlboro, Benson & Hedges, Camel or 555 that sell in the Indian market. They too will be required to sport the ... More

HOTELS

SARS may leave hotels gasping
THE hotel industry, which is caught in the grip of a slowdown owing to the Iraq war, is likely to face even more challenging times ahead if the SARS scare continues beyond June, according to DSP Merrill Lynch Ltd. In a recent sectoral report, ... More

PETROCHEMICALS

PET project
THE latest diversification of the Dhunseri Group, the South Asian Petrochem Ltd (ASPET), is a 100 per cent export-oriented unit strategically located in Haldia in West Bengal. The 140,000-tonne-per-annum plant, which is to be inaugurated on ... More

PETROLEUM

BPCL's tank lorry hits roadblock
EFFORTS of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) to roll out India's biggest tank lorry have hit a roadblock, with the Department of Explosives, threatening to throw a spanner in the works by refusing permission to the oil company to transport ... More

POWER

CERC to revise tariff norms for Central power utilities
THE Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) will shortly initiate the process leading to revised tariff norms for Central utilities such as National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd and Power Grid Corporation Ltd by the end of the calendar ... More

RADIO/TV

CAS may spell doom for local cable operators
There will also be a big impact on the cable business, as local cable operators and last mile operators are likely to be completely marginalised; once households install set top boxes, they will be directly controlled by the MSOs. More

EDUCATION

American International School
The new campus of the American international school, which caters to the international community in Chennai, coming up at Taramani would be ready for students from July. At present, the school functions out of rented premises. The school has a ... More

ALUMINIUM

Some hard facts about aluminium
THE Indian Aluminium Company Ltd (Indal), which has played a pivotal role in pioneering a host of applications in the country for over 60 years, has taken a fresh initiative to inform people about little-known facts and some interesting anecdotes ... More

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS

Link wages with productivity: TEA
EVEN as an amicable settlement on the issue of revision of wages of the workers in the hosiery town of Tirupur is proving to be elusive after several rounds of talks, the Tirupur Exporters' Association (TEA) has taken a tough stand by linking ... More

EVENTS

Cultural fete to mark Buddha Poornima
CONTINUING its offerings to enthral the residents of the twin cities during the summer, the Department of Tourism, Government of Andhra Pradesh, has lined up three nights of cultural programmes, including two dance dramas, to mark the Buddha ... More

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