The Hindu Business Line : Monday, May 22, 2006

Hike floor space index, hoteliers urge TN Govt
The South India Hotels and Restaurants Association (SIHRA) has submitted a memorandum to the Tamil Nadu Government to consider increasing the floor space index (FSI) for hotels and to make it on par with the FSI for Information Technology (IT) ... More

TN: Wind turbines urge review of tariff order
`Fix tariff at Rs 3.10 to Rs 3.40 a unit in TN' More

ANDHRA PRADESH

Secunderabad Rly division sets 46.5 mt freight target
The Secunderabad Division, which ranks fourth among 66 divisions in freight performance, has set a target of 46.5 million tonnes of freight loading for 2006-07 as against 40.5 mt in the last year. The freight loading target for Indian Railways ... More

AP credit plan outlay pegged at Rs 37,000 cr
To rope in more number of farmers under banking fold More

KERALA

Sutherland to set up Kochi centre
Sutherland Global Services has chosen Technopolis, a private IT park at the Cochin Special Economic Zone, to set up its Kerala centre. An agreement for establishing a BPO facility has been successfully concluded, said Mr George Muthoot, ... More

`Vizhinjam port work to be expedited'
The development of Vizhinjam port, near here, into an international container trans-shipment terminal is high on the agenda of the newly sworn-in Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government in Kerala. The Government would take immediate steps to get ... More

IT's the way to go
The new LDF government must adopt a mix-and-match approach to the State's IT development paradigm, if it hopes to brighten up Kerala's industrial scene. More

Kerala to study problems afflicting PSUs
The problems and prospects of the undertakings would be studied on a unit-by-unit basis before deciding on what should be done More

KARNATAKA

Meet on trends in telecom technology
The Principal General Manager of Dakshina Kannada Telecom District, Mr T.N. Sudhindra Kumar, has said that the growth in nanotechnology and software development tools would drive the development of telecommunication technology. ... More

Hubli hosts IT, BPO investors' meet
Close to 90 IT and BPO firms participated in the investors meet at Hubli on Saturday. The event was part of the Karnataka Government's efforts to attract IT investors to Tier II cities such as Hubli and decongest Bangalore, which is grappling ... More