The Hindu Business Line : Saturday, July 28, 2007

NRIS
HDFC’s special offer for NRIs
In an effort to help NRIs in buying homes, HDFC has opened special counters at its offices in Coimbatore, Erode, Palakkad and Salem. Trained counsellors would help the customers in property search, explain the different products available and ... More

INVESTMENTS
Why PSU investment in MFs, ask Left parties
Will take up the issue in Parliament, says CPI leader More

CEMENT
Builders seek regulatory body for cement sector
Mumbai, July 27 The Builders Association of India has called for a regulatory body for the cement industry, on the lines of the Securities and Exchange Board of India and the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority. This is in ... More

ECONOMY
Chidambaram promises steps to curb inflation
New Delhi, July 27 The Finance Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, said on Friday that the Government was watching inflation situation carefully and promised that all necessary steps would be taken to control it. “There is nothing to ... More

ELECTRONICS
TN setting up electronic hardware park
Chennai, July 27 The Tamil Nadu Government has positively responded to a plea of the electronics hardware industry for an exclusive 300-acre block of land.The Special Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu, Industries Department, Mr K. ... More

INFRASTRUCTURE
Kerala plans Defence industrial park
Kochi, July 27 The Kerala Government is in the process of appointing a consultant to undertake a feasibility study for setting up a Defence Industrial Park in the State.The park will be set up exclusively for manufacturing Defence ... More

POWER
‘India, US civil nuclear ties will benefit both’
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‘Nuke deal completion to boost further Indo-US ties’
The successful completion of the nuclear deal with India is likely to give a further boost to the Indo-US relations, the President and Chief Executive Officer, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Mr Scott Carson, has said.“The ... More

EGoM on Sasan meeting on Monday
New Delhi, July 27 The Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) on the Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project is likely to take a decision on the fate of the project on Monday. The options before the panel include awarding the 4,000-MW project on the basis ... More

TAXATION
Large taxpayer unit at Chennai likely in December
Similar units planned for Delhi, Mumbai More

EDUCATION
ITIs to train youth with IL&FS aid
Meeting manpower needs of textile industry More

REAL ESTATE & CONSTRUCTION
Suzlon shifting new projects from Maharashtra
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Unitech expanding operations to South
In the process of initiating a range of projects More

INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS
Rupee surge needs to be checked: FICCI
The President of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), Mr Habil Khorakiwala, today said “if the rupee appreciation is not checked in the next three to six months and this continues for a year or more, it ... More

TEXTILE MACHINERY
Italian textile machinery group on India roadshow
Coimbatore, July 27 CEAM, an Italian textile machinery consortium, is on a roadshow in India as a prelude to its machinery offering at ITMA 2007, the international textile machinery exhibition to be held at Munich this September.The ... More

MINERALS
Ministry concern over untapped mineral wealth
New Delhi, July 27 The Mines Ministry has expressed concern over the lack of utilisation of information provided by the Geological Survey of India (GSI) and the Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) to various States.“During a meeting with ... More

CINEMA
Shringar Cinemas in south
Shringar Cinemas is making its foray into the South with its Fame brand of multiplexes. The first, Fame Lido, a four-screen, 1,029-seat multiplex, will be launched in mid-September at Bangalore. “We will launch two properties by the end of ... More

SOCIAL WELFARE
Kerala Govt announces subsidies for BPL families
Thiruvananthapuram, July 27 The Kerala Government has issued guidelines in respect of subsidy benefits being extended by local bodies for a variety of activities under the people’s planning programme during the Eleventh Plan ... More

EVENTS
Indian Gymkhana (Matunga) celebrates Platinum Jubilee
Mumbai, July 27 If you thought it was only the social and cultural life that attracted South Indians in Mumbai to the honeycomb called Matunga, think again. A little realised aspect of Matunga (known as the city’s Little Madras) is that ... More