The Hindu Business Line : Thursday, May 11, 2006

Veta plans to increase coaching centres
The number of people wanting to learn English are doubling year on year, says Mr K.V. Rajan, Executive Director, Amoha Education (P) Ltd (the company that owns the Veta brand- the academy for spoken English). The demand for fluent English ... More

HDFC MF opens office in Coimbatore
HDFC Mutual Fund opened its exclusive office in Coimbatore on Wednesday. Till now it was operating from the office of HDFC here. The fund hopes that it would be able to reach out to its customers and distributors better not only ... More

ANDHRA PRADESH

Tata Tele sees one-lakh new users a month
Tata Teleservices Ltd (TTSL) expects its new product, `Don't Stop' mobile to boost subscriber base by one lakh every month. The product launched here on Wednesday, comes with free talktime for two years and follows a similar facility offered for ... More

Nellimarla Jute Mill lockout flayed
The Federation of Andhra Pradesh Industries (FAPI) has condemned the lockout declared by the Nellimarla Jute Mill management in Vizianagaram district and urged the management to lift it immediately and re-open the mill to rescue ... More

Award for SEC Industries
The Hyderabad-based SEC Industries Ltd has been selected for the annual Technology Day awards for 2006 given by the Union Ministry of Science and Technology. The award recognises the company's ability to indigenously develop and ... More

CCMB scientists develop knockout mouse strain
To help create human disease models and in drug discovery More

KERALA

Allot shares to HUDCO, Debt Tribunal tells CIAL
The Debt Recovery Tribunal, Delhi, has asked the Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) to allocate 26 per cent equity shares to the Housing and Urban Development Corporation (HUDCO) before proceeding with its public issue, sources in CIAL ... More

Kerala election results on Idea
Idea Cellular Ltd has launched a service called `Election Results' which will display total tally and party-wise tally of Assembly seats in Kerala. Mr B. Ramakrishna, COO, Idea Kerala, said that the subscriber is required to type ... More

Plea to take action against insurance co
The General Insurance Officers All India Association has asked the authorities to take action against a private insurance company for not implementing the Kerala Government sponsored health insurance scheme for the poor. Even before the ... More

Kerala's top five industries show significant growth
Chemical, tourism, rubber, food and coir sectors do well More

Airtel customer centre opened
Bharti Airtel has opened its customer relationship centre at Thiruvananthapuram. The centre was inaugurated by film star Jagdish. The centre will help customers get into the Airtel Network, recharge their accounts, pay bills, and ... More

Slipping shipments
HEALTHY NUT: A street vendor selling cashew nuts in Kerala's Thrissur district. Cashew exports in 2005-06 fiscal declined 7 per cent to 1.14 lakh tonnes, valued at Rs 2,515 crore against 1.27 lakh tonnes valued at Rs 2,709 crore the previous ... More

KARNATAKA

`Karnataka should strengthen educational infrastructure'
Institutions should give primacy to merit, says Infosys chief More

MAHARASHTRA

The impact on nation's output
Maharashtra's sugar production touching 69 lakh tonnes (lt) changes the country's overall availability position significantly. The general prognosis till now was that mills in the State would take some time to recover lost ground, whereas it ... More

Ghatghar Hydroelectric Project may be completed on May 27
This is the country's first project using roller compacted concrete More

`Private participation must for water resources development projects'
Implementation of water resources development projects on fast track to cope with the ever-growing demand of water and power has become need of the day. And to achieve this in a time-bound manner, more budgetary allocation and participation of ... More