The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, December 17, 2005

Towards sustaining prosperity
The town lies in a hot and dry belt. The soil is black. The minerals found are limestone, charnockite and unclassified gneissic rocks. It has rainfall much below the state average. It has a high mean temperature and a low degree of humidity. ... More

Unique `Mahamai' practice
The desire to progress and the unity of purpose in action without jealousy get best exemplified in the conduct of traders of Virudhunagar, the majority of whom belong to the Nadar community. As traders during the British regime they felt the ... More

POLICY

CSIR's IP, tech management scheme gets nod
THE Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has given its approval to the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research to implement an Intellectual Property and Technology Management scheme at a total cost of Rs 145.15 crore over the period of the ... More

Cabinet nod for Newbridge FDI in Shriram Investments
THE Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved a FIPB-cleared proposal permitting Newbridge India Investments Ltd, Mauritius, and its sister companies to invest in Shriram Investments Ltd, Chennai, which is a non-banking finance ... More

Small film producers oppose move on big-budget films
"There are good films and there are bad films, there is nothing like a big film or a small film," said Mr Tammareddy Bharadwaja, a senior producer. More

Cabinet clears Rs 13,596-cr package for rural credit
THE Cabinet has cleared a Rs 13,596-crore revival package for revitalising the short-term rural co-operative credit structure in the country. The financial package would be available to rural credit institutions for wiping out their accumulated ... More

POLITICS

Kerala: Rice at Rs 3 a kg mooted
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A high power committee of the ruling United Democratic Front (UDF) has recommended that the State Government provide 25 kg of rice a month at a reduced price of Rs 3 per kg to each family below the poverty line. The ... More

CPI(M) opposes Pension Bill, wants reworking of provisions
THE CPI(M) today opposed any move to privatise the pension fund and sought restoration of 9.5 per cent interest on Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) and urged upon the Government not to abandon its responsibility of protecting the working ... More

Bomb scare at Parliament House
BOTH the Houses of Parliament were abruptly adjourned just before noon on Friday on receipt of an e-mailed threat of bombs going off in the building. The entire complex was immediately vacated and after a two-hour search, security agencies ... More

Delhi meeting
The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms J. Jayalalithaa, coming out of Parliament House on Friday after a meeting with the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh.

E-GOVERNANCE

`Common integrated police application' launched
THE Minister of Communications and IT, Mr Dayanidhi Maran, today inaugurated Common Integrated Police Application (CIPA) at Connaught Place Police Station in Delhi, and said the application would cover all 15,000 police stations of the country ... More

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