The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, August 23, 2003

Sharad Pawar heads JPC — Report by next session
THE Cola controversy on Friday moved to a different platform with the Government setting up a 15-member Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), under the chairmanship of Mr Sharad Pawar (NCP). The JPC would go into the controversy over the ... More

Hindujas seek nod to hike foreign stake in InCablenet
The company has sought permission from FIPB to increase its foreign equity from the present 22.48 pc to 30.34 per cent. More

Dominant Indian partner must in new uplink norms
Two other preconditions regarding appointments and control have also been laid for foreign news channels. More

Sobig, so potent, say affected corporates
AS the world's most rapidly spreading virus to date, with millions of copies in existence since its appearance earlier this week, Worm_SobigF, has infected Indian corporates and together with the MS Blaster, has caused confusion, downtime and ... More

Core sector growth slips to 2.6% in July
POOR performance by four sectors — electricity, crude petroleum, coal and cement — has dragged the growth in the six infrastructure industries down to 2.6 per cent in July compared with a much healthier 10.2 per cent in July ... More

Bajaj Hindustan, K. K. Birla, Triveni Engineering among bidders — UP puts 24 sugar mills on the block
THE much-needed capacity consolidation process in the sugar industry is finally underway, with the impetus, this time round, coming from the Uttar Pradesh Government's decision to privatise 24 of its mills. The 24 mills owned by the UP State ... More