The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, April 22, 2006

Credit policy disappoints small sector
The small-scale sector is disappointed with the annual policy statement of the Reserve Bank of India for 2006-07. The Madurai District Tiny And Small-Scale Industries Association, in a statement here, said that by reining in the flow of funds ... More

Coimbatore LIC division puts up a robust show
Records 24 per cent growth in sale of new policies More

ANDHRA PRADESH

AP to seek Central intervention to rein in micro-finance institutions
Study finds `illegal and unethical' practices abetting suicides More

Tandava Sugar to be modernised
The Tandava Co-operative Sugar Factory at Payakaraopeta in Visakhapatnam district is to be modernised at a cost of Rs 36 crore over the next 18 months. According to Mr T.P. Sivarama Prasad, Managing Director, the crushing capacity will be ... More

Monsanto, AP Govt cross swords over royalty payment
Hearing on MRTPC to continue on April 26 More

AP `Rytu Chaitanya Yatras' cover 23 lakh farmers
The `Rytu Chaitanya Yatras', launched by the Andhra Pradesh Government to gear up the farming community for the upcoming kharif season, has so far covered 23 lakh farmers in over 52,000 habitations across the State. Officials from the ... More

AIG installs narrow band imaging system
The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, has opened an NBI (narrow band imaging) system at the Asian Institute of Gastroenterology (AIG). The system helps identify gastrointestinal cancers at a very early stage and ... More

Xenos to market Nokia car products
Xenos Technologies Ltd (XTL), a marketing company, will be Nokia's channel partner for car enhancement products in the country. XTL will handle the entire range of Nokia's car enhancement products for original equipment ... More

KERALA

Oracle to beef up Kochi team
Leading database software company, Oracle India is strengthening its presence in Kochi as part of its plans to tap business opportunities in non-metro cities. The company has selected and trained 10 local partners in the city, ... More

Café Coffee Day opens lounge
Café Coffee Day has introduced the lounge café format at its new outlet in Kochi. The 1,150-sq feet lounge café is expected to take the chain into a truly global coffee café brand. Along with the most leisurely coffee drinking ... More

Brittle existence
A CRAFTSMAN weaving reed bamboo near Adimali in Kereala. Traditional bamboo craftsmen, numbering nearly 40,000 families in Kerala, still remain in the unorganised sector. Efforts to modernise the sector through design and technology inputs and ... More

National tech day celebration at Thiruvananthapuram
The Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment, the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute of Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST) and surgicals major Terumo Penpol will jointly celebrate the National Technology Day ... More

KARNATAKA

KSFC may be converted into universal bank
Former SIDBI chief appointed as consultant to prepare turnaround strategy More

Justice Hegde award for Soli Sorabji
The `Justice K.S. Hegde Charitable Foundation Award-2006' will be conferred on Mr Soli Sorabji, former Attorney General of India, in Mangalore on April 29. A press release by the Justice K.S. Hegde Charitable Foundation and Nitte ... More

Capstocks opens branch in Mangalore
The Kerala-based Capstocks and Securities (India) Pvt Ltd opened a branch office in Mangalore on Friday. A press release by the company here said that Mr Vitob S. Nagvekar, Chairman of Komals Group, Mangalore, inaugurated the ... More

OTHER STATES

Goa co-op bank ties up with Aviva
To increase customer services portfolio More

Eastern India to play big role in jewellery show
23rd edition opens in Mumbai on May 4 More

Chowringhee: CPI(M) candidate promises to revisit business laws
Prof Narayan Jain (noted tax lawyer and visiting faculty at National University of Juridical Sciences, the CPI(M) nominated candidate for the prestigious Chowringhee Assembly Constituency, is confident of victory even though pitted against ... More

CD on industry statutes in Goa
Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) has published a CD containing a number of industry related statutes to facilitate and help business and industry. The CD which provides up-to-date information of various business ... More

MAHARASHTRA

Mumbai to host three-day Indo-China meet
The India China Economic and Cultural (ICEC) Council, a non-government organisation, is conducting a three-day `China Investment and Trade Development Conference' in Mumbai, commencing April 27. The conference will focus on improving bilateral ... More

Mumbai to host 3-day China trade meet
The India China Economic and Cultural (ICEC) Council, a non-government organisation, is conducting a three-day `China Investment and Trade Development Conference' in Mumbai, commencing April 27. Focus The ... More