The Hindu Business Line : Friday, May 19, 2006

Birla Sunlife honours KVB divisions
Birla Sunlife, which has a marketing tie-up with Karur Vysya Bank for its life insurance products, on Thursday honoured three top performing divisions — Madurai, Coimbatore and Salem — for standing out among others in ... More

Forward Group to expand capacity; plans Chennai unit
JVs with Italian companies for shoe components also planned More

Trade, industry circles' wishlist to new TN Govt
A new Government has taken over the administration in the State and the trade and industry circles here have come out with their wishlists. The Tamil Nadu Foodgrains Merchants' Association, in a statement, expressing confidence in the new ... More

VGP group to set up IT mall in Chennai
The VGP Group on Thursday signed a joint venture agreement with the Shanaya Group of Singapore to set up the VGP Digital China Square project. Under this project, an exclusive IT shopping mall retailing branded electronics goods from China, ... More

ANDHRA PRADESH

Hyderabad emerging fastest growing airport in South
Big rise in passenger traffic in all airports in 2005-06 More

Girijan Co-op targets Rs 228-cr turnover
Plans to introduce products based on herbs More

AP CM to inaugurate mini steel plant
The Chief Minister, Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy, will inaugurate the Rs 187-crore integrated mini steel plant set up by Maa Maha Maya Industries Private Ltd at Relli Gouramapeta village in Lakkavarapukota mandal in the district on ... More

KERALA

KMML to export 18,000 tonne titanium dioxide this fiscal
The state-owned Kerala Minerals and Metals Ltd (KMML) at Chavara in the State's Kollam district has set an export target of 18,000 tonnes of titanium dioxide pigment during the current fiscal as against the 12,000 tonnes exported in 2005-06. ... More

Achuthanandan Ministry sworn in
The veteran Marxist leader, Mr V. S. Achuthanandan, took oath as the 20th Chief Minister of Kerala at the head of a 19-member Left Democratic Front (LDF) ministry here on Thursday. The Governor, Mr R. L. Bhatia administered the oath of office ... More

KARNATAKA

Manipal hospital keyhole surgery for food pipe cancers
Less trauma, smaller surgical scars & less medication More

Cambridge enters pact with MATS
Cambridge Integrated Services, a business processing outsourcing firm, has entered into an MoU with MATS School of Business & IT, Bangalore, to create a tailor-made post graduate programme for existing and potential employees of Cambridge. The . More

OTHER STATES

Bengal truck operators' body to join strike
The members of the Federation of West Bengal Truck Operators' Associations will join the nationwide truck strike from June 1, as called by the All India Confederation of Goods Vehicle Owners' Association (ACOGOA) in support of several ... More