The Hindu Business Line : Friday, June 06, 2003

Birla Tyres to bundle life cover with products — Ties up with ICICI Lombard
BIRLA Tyres, part of the diversified Rs 20,000-crore B.K. Birla group, has drawn up expansion plans which would entail creation of additional capacity to strengthen its domestic base, expand its export portfolio and make it a global outsourcing ... More

Saregama forays into Telugu TV
SAREGAMA India, an RPG Group company, is making a foray into Telugu television with the launch of a Telugu musical socio-mythological, Namo Venkatesha. This move was promoted by its success with Tamil serials - Velan and Soolam. ``With ... More

ADVERTISING

Triton awarded Dhana Dhan online lottery
TRITON Communications has been awarded the creative business for all the online products that will be launched by Dhan Dhana Dhan Infotainment, the online gaming company of the Forbes Group, which is a part of Shapoorji Pallonji & Co. Agencies ... More

NTPC empanels OTS advertising

CHANNELS AND FRANCHISES

Dabur tie-up to bring Dilmah tea to India
FOR connoisseurs of tea, Dilmah - touted to be the finest Ceylon tea — will soon be available on the retail shelf, following a distribution alliance between Dabur Foods Ltd and the Sri Lanka-based MJF Group. Bringing with it a legacy ... More

PEOPLE

Of Swamy and friends
I will miss him as a friend," Mr S.R. Ayer, former Managing Director, Ogilvy & Mather, India said while expressing his regret at the death of Mr R.K. Swamy. He said Mr Swamy was "an outstanding man who did his homework extensively and well". And ... More

Bidding adieu to a giant
R.K. Swamy, who passed away on Thursday, was probably among the last few whose life coincided with the evolutionary history of advertising in India. His achievements and sheer longevity in a profession marked by fleeting enthusiasms and quickly ... More

R.K. Swamy passes away
MR R.K. Swamy, Chairman, R.K. Swamy BBDO Advertising Pvt Ltd, died here today after a brief illness. He was 80 and is survived by his wife, two sons and four daughters. A doyen of the advertising industry, Mr Swamy was acknowledged as one of ... More