The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, May 27, 2006

Spinning mills welcome TNERC move on wind energy
The Tamil Nadu Spinning Mills Association (TASMA) has said that the third party sale of energy allowed by the Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) will enable the wind turbine generator owners selling the energy generated for a ... More

ANDHRA PRADESH
Call to develop tourism infrastructure in Vizag
`Govt should rationalise tax structure, offer more incentives' More

Travel operators demand payment of ADB meet bills
These operators had provided Mercedes, limousines, and some 60 luxury Volvo for conveyance to participants. More

NEDFi reports all-time high performance
North-Eastern Development Finance Corporation Ltd (NEDFi) has announced an all-round record performance during the fiscal ended March 2006 surpassing all its previous years' achievements. In a press release, the Corporation said sanctions ... More

Idea announces 12-city Indian musical concert
Idea Cellular, in association with IMA (Indian Music Academy), today announced Jalsa, a 12-city Indian musical concert starting with Hyderabad, while launching Idea Madhur. The Idea-Jalsa concerts are aimed at providing a platform to junior ... More

Plea to expedite Vizag airport upgradation
The Visakha Air Travellers' Association (VATA) has urged the authorities to expedite work on the upgradation of airport to facilitate promotion of tourism, trade and industry in the region. The association, holding its decennial celebrations ... More

Agriculturist donates for stadium
Mr Anireddy Veera Reddy, an agriculturist from Miryalaguda town in Nalgonda district, has presented a cheque for Rs 15 lakh to Dr Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, here on Thursday. The amount would be used ... More

Rs 263 cr for VSP projects
Visakhapatnam: The Executive Director (Works) of Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, Mr P.K. Misra, on Friday announced that 15 more environment improvement projects would be taken up in the steel plant at a cost of Rs 263 crore. Inaugurating a ... More

KERALA
Football World Cup on Airtel
Airtel announced the launch of a host of services for the football World Cup 2006. The services will enable all Airtel mobile users to access and follow the Cup. The latest team news, fixtures, listings, halftime and fulltime ... More

US expert sees drenchers ahead
A well-known US meteorological expert says that prevailing weather indicators suggest persistent rainfall for the next five to seven days between a strong monsoon `low' off southern Arabia and the Kerala (even Karnataka) coast. "This upper low ... More

Air Deccan starts copter services in Kerala
Deccan Aviation Ltd has started helicopter services in Kerala from its new base in Thiruvananthapuram. Announcing the launch of the company's helicopter charter services in the State, Mr K.J. Samuel, Director, said that the company would ... More

`Global rubber trends favourable to growers'
The current trends in the international markets are favourable to the growers and the price will not fall in a big way, said Mr Sajan Peter, Chairman, Rubber Board, while inaugurating a State-level campaign to interact with one lakh rubber ... More

RWDI opens office in Technopark
RWDI, world's leading wind engineering consulting group, has set up its Asia-Pacific R&D centre at Technopark here. Wind engineering is essentially concerned with determining the impact of wind on tall buildings, bridges and ... More

`Efforts on to cut infrastructure deficit'
The Government has also taken various measures to encourage public-private partnerships to improve infrastructure. More

New UBI branch inaugurated
The City Mayor, Mr Jayan Babu, inaugurated Union Bank of India's new branch at Peroorkada here on Friday. The new branch, the bank's 2088th, will be run in the anywhere, anytime mode and will feature e-banking facility as well, a ... More

Indian delegation to attend labour meet in Geneva
The 95th session of International Labour Conference will be held at Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, between May 30 and June 16. Addressing presspersons here on Friday, Mr N.M. Adyanthaya, Vice-President, Indian National Trade Union ... More

KARNATAKA
Maryland sets up trade office in Bangalore
The US State of Maryland has chosen Bangalore to locate its first India trade office. The Maryland India Centre (MIC) will formally be opened on May 29. It will facilitate two-way business interactions and incubate Maryland companies looking to ... More