The Hindu Business Line : Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Frontier Lifeline to promote `medical bioscience park'
Frontier Lifeline Hospital of Chennai intends to promote a `National Medical Bioscience Park' over a 360-acre land at Elavur village, north of Chennai. The park is expected to attract over Rs 2,000 crore of investments from various companies ... More

`Tiruchi airport new terminal to be ready by 2007'
Construction work on the new terminal building at the Tiruchi airport will be completed by end of 2007, said the Airport Director, Mr S. Sreekumar. The expanded runway was ready for commissioning with only the glide path calibration being ... More

`Advocates can correspond with sales tax authority'
An advocate enrolled under the Advocates Act, 1962 is entitled to appear before any authority, other than the Special Tribunal, under the Tamil Nadu General Sales Tax Act,1959, the Madras High Court has held. This decision was delivered upon a ... More

Truck operators for diesel price cut
With the international crude oil price tumbling, truck operators in Tamil Nadu have demanded that diesel price should be brought down. In a memorandum to the Union Finance Minister and the Union Petroleum Minister, the President ... More

Tiruchi rly division earnings rise
The Tiruchi Railway Division has recorded growth in passenger and freight earnings in the first seven months of the current financial year. The division earned Rs 60.7 crore on the passenger front from April to October as against ... More

Singapore keen on investing in industrial parks
Singapore companies were looking for alternative investment destinations to China and Vietnam. More

Goodearth plans shipbuilding yard at Cuddalore
Goodearth Maritime, a Chennai-based company, plans to build a shipbuilding yard in Cuddalore at a cost of Rs 1,000 crore. The company's Chairman, Mr P.B. Anandam, and Dr Shin of Korea Maritime Consultants, met the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Mr ... More

Business English Certificate course
Students in the arts and science colleges in Tamil Nadu can now write Business English Certificate examination offered by the Cambridge University, UK. According to an official press release, the Tamil Nadu Government has ... More

ANDHRA PRADESH
Patil tours flood-affected areas, promises all help from Centre
Central team to assess damage, fix quantum of relief More

Rs 437-cr Nabard loan for AP
The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) has sanctioned loans to the tune of Rs 437 crore to Andhra Pradesh for taking up a variety of rural infrastructure projects. At a meeting held in New Delhi on ... More

Brandix imports sewing machines
Brandix India has received the first consignment of 100 sewing machines through the Visakhapatnam port, imported from Hong Kong, and they are to be installed at the company's temporary training centre at Pendurthi near here, ... More

Zensar expands Hyderabad facility
Zensar Technologies, the Pune based software services provider, has expanded its Hyderabad facility and plans to set up smaller centres that it refers to as solutions architecting centres. The company also signed up with Koneru Lakshmaiah ... More

`Naval Lab makes big strides in stealth tech'
Two versions of the BrahMos missile have been developed and the induction process into the navy has started. More

Telugu film sector imposes curbs on dubbing movies
Reprieve for those who have already bought rights More

KERALA
Rare catch
A FISHERMAN shows off a pearl spot, a species on the verge of extinction, which he caught in the backwaters of Kochi. Ever-growing demand for fish have levelled wild fish catches, paving way for farmed fish to fill the gap between demand and ... More

Hutch launches mobile shop
Hutch has launched a mobile Hutch shop in Kerala to cater to its fast growing customer base in the State. Mr Samuel Selvakumar, Operations Director, Hutch said that the mobile shop would offer all services like any Hutch shop. It has three ... More

PNB to widen presence in Kerala
Punjab National Bank has initiated various steps to widen its presence in Kerala, which inter alia includes opening of new branches and increasing the number of core banking solutions branches. Mr S.P. Singh, Zonal Manager, Kerala Zone, ... More

AIMS to set up mega ISM project in Kochi
The Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS) is coming up with a new mega project for the Indian System of Medicine (ISM) here with the support of the Central Government. AIMS, run by the Matha Amritanandamayi Mission with a super-speciality ... More

Expert highlights inefficient use of energy in Kerala
Efficiency of energy use - petroleum fuels, power and other renewable sources - in Kerala is deplorably low despite tremendous improvements that have taken place world over. It is estimated that there exist a saving potential of 30 per ... More

NTPC may pick up stake in TELK
TELK upgradation expected to cost Rs 150 crore More

Digital Lifestyle expo in Kochi
Residents of Kochi will get to see what future homes will look like from December 12-14, 2006, at the "Digital LifeStyle exhibition" organised by the Manufacturers' Association for Information Technology. The event has been ... More

CSB inter-collegiate quiz
As part of its 87th Foundation Day celebrations, the Catholic Syrian Bank will organise an all Kerala inter-collegiate quiz competition on banking, commerce and management at the CSB Staff Training College, Ernakulam on November ... More

KSIDC sets up Web portal
Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation (KSIDC) has set up an Internet portal to strengthen ties between industry and research institutions in the State. The Web site More

KARNATAKA
Tool to screen Haj applicants
A Bangalore-based software company has come out with a product that has automated the entire gamut of processes starting from application selection to short listing to providing flight schedules for Haj Pilgrims. The software, ... More

`Develop fisheries harbours'
The Coastal Karnataka Fishermen's Action Committee has urged the Government to take up overall development of fisheries harbours in the State. Addressing presspersons here on Tuesday, Mr Pramod Madhwaraj, President of the committee, said that ... More

OTHER STATES
Celebrating 50 years
THE UNION Minister for Heavy Industries, Mr Santosh Mohan Deb, shaking hands with the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister, Mr Shivraj Singh Chauhan, at the golden jubilee function of Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd Bhopal unit on Monday. Also seen are ... More

MAHARASHTRA
Belgium looking towards India for investment
The Belgium Government is looking to more Indian companies investing in that country. "Belgium is the third largest country of investment for India. Last year, Indian companies invested $4 billion in our country," said Mr Vincent Van ... More

Principal Financial opens transaction facility in Pune
Plans to enter life insurance sector More

IndiGo to enhance route network
IndiGo has commenced operating its fourth new Airbus A320 aircraft, commencing daily services from Mumbai to Vadodarawith a same aircraft going to Delhi and returning and flying from Mumbai to Nagpur. IndiGo will be taking ... More

Community technology learning centres to impart IT skills
Aimed at the rural populace to empower them to earn a livelihood More

WEST BENGAL
Change in cheque clearing system
The Reserve Bank of India has effected a change in the cheque clearing system in Kolkata. The revised procedure has been in place since mid-October. The introduction of the new mechanism has not effected overall clearing ... More

Move to rope in BLF workers under minimum wages purview
Even the minimum wages stipulated for agriculture workers are not paid to those working in tea estates owned and operated by small growers. More

ADAG to set up IT institute in Bengal
`Research benefits must reach the masses' More

Smuggling of historical items
Additional policemen were rushed on Tuesday to sites identified as protected and prohibited by the Archaeological Survey of India [ASI] at Gour in West Bengal's Malda district, the citadel of the Bengal Sultanate between the 14th ... More

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