The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, January 20, 2007

TAMIL NADU
Exim Bank's silver jubilee meet
Export-Import Bank of India, which is celebrating its silver jubilee this year, is planning to hold a series of knowledge-sharing events, including topical seminars, lectures and publications. As part of the celebration, the Exim Bank in ... More

`Textile sector will need 12 m more hands'
Meeting export target of $50 b More

Sarin International opens branch in Madurai
The emerging paint brush manufacturing industry heregot a boost with the opening of a branch in the city on Thursday of Sarin International, Mumbai, the consignment stock agent of E.I.DuPont, US, the manufacturer of paint brush ... More

Cinemax plans 6-screen multiplex
Cinema operator Cinemax India Ltd plans to set up a six-screen multiplex at Vandalur, south of Chennai, at a cost of Rs 15 crore. The multiplex would come up in 2009 inside the Gold Souk mall, according to Mr Rasesh Kanakia, Chairman, ... More

Land transferred to Elcot for IT parks in Madurai
The Tamil Nadu Government has issued orders for transfer of a major portion of land to the Electronics Corporation of Tamilnadu (ELCOT) for the construction of information technology park and TIDEL Park in Madurai. According to the ELCOT ... More

Pacifica Tech Park to be ready by April
The 1.1-million sq ft Pacifica Tech Park, which is being developed by the Indian arm of US-based Pacifica Companies, will be ready by April, according to Mr Vikram Agnihotri, Regional Head South, Pacifica Companies. Hesaid that the project, ... More

ANDHRA PRADESH
Lanco signs up for 1200 MW power plant in MP
Lanco Infratech Ltd has announced it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Madhya Pradesh Government on Wednesday for setting up of 1200 MW coal-based power plant in the State, with an option to hike it by 20 per cent. The Energy ... More

Surana Tele's play facility
Surana Telecom Ltd has created IT Space to the extent of 96,000 sq. ft with plug and play facility in Hyderabad. The facility has been let out to Oracle, Hyundai, DE Shaw. The company hopes to get a stable rental income over the ... More

KERALA
Kotak Mahindra Bank launches gold coins
Actor and danseuse Shobhana launched the newly introduced gold coins of the Kotak Mahindra Bank - the 24-carat Gold Eternity Swiss made gold coins - in the Kerala market here today. Addressing a press meet, Mr K.V.S. ... More

Dulux Light from ICI Paints
ICI Paints has introduced Dulux Light and Space Emulsion in the Kerala market. The new product has been developed with Lumitec Technology, which is a patented technology of ICI Paints globally that reflect up to twice as much ... More

Arackal Digital to train NEC Corp staff
Arackal Digital Solutions, based in Technopark here, is holding a training programme for employees of NEC Corporation, Japan. Arackal Digital and NEC Corporation — a $50-billion multinational IT company — had signed an agreement to ... More

Travancore Chemicals plans to have captive hydel plant
Feasibility of a latex chlorination unit also under study More

KARNATAKA
Meet on `Change management'
A two-day seminar on `Change management' will be organised by Dr M.V. Shetty College of Social Work, Mangalore, from January 22. A press release said here on Friday that Mr A. Fernandes, Vice-President (HR) of Mangalore Chemicals ... More

MAHARASHTRA
Project appraisal
A MEGA BRIDGE: The British Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr Gordon Brown, visiting the Bandra-Worli SeaLink in Mumbai on Friday. The new link will be an eight-lane facility for the exclusive use of fast moving vehicles with limited access (only ... More

WEST BENGAL
Tatas to help upgrade Bengal in leather training
The State Government has a plan to revive the State's leather industry with the objective of positioning it to become number one leather products exporting State in the country. More

Army nod for book fair venue challenged
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed by an advocate of the Calcutta High Court challenging the decision to grant permission to the Booksellers and Publishers' Guild to hold Book Fair 2007 at the Maidan. In the petition, it has ... More

Bail granted to accused in test-kit case
A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court comprising Mr Justice D.P. Sengupta and Mr Justice P.K Deb granted bail to Gobind Sarda and Anand Maloo, the two accused in the defective blood test-kit supply case. The two have been ... More

Indo-US project to help transfer knowledge, best practices to farms
Indo-US `Agriculture Knowledge Initiative' to drive growth More

Hooghly to come under 100 pc financial inclusion
For Hooghly, full financial inclusion is knocking at the door. The district has been identified for a 100 per cent financial inclusion project, which — when completed — will make it the first such case in West Bengal. Hooghly, which ... More

Heritage utsav begins today
The External Affairs Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, will inaugurate the Bharat Kranti Utsav at Rabindra Sarovar stadium on Saturday. The utsav, depicting India's history and patriotic heritage, has been planned to commemorate the ... More

Bengal plans food parks on public-pvt partnership model
Investor interest on the rise in agri & food processing sectors: CM More

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