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Accidents

  • Fire at Arvind Mills warehouse

    Advertising

  • Lintas bags Dr Batra’s account
  • Ad fest to kick off in Goa on April 3

    Airlines

  • HAL may roll out 10-tonne copter plan this year
  • HAL sees no need for a public offer

    Alliances & Joint Ventures

  • Crompton Greaves ties up with Dutch company
  • Jawed Habib ties up with Clara International
  • Zylog ties up with US firm for VoIP foray
  • ECGC, UCO Bank tie up

    Andhra Pradesh

  • ‘India-Israel FTA may be in place by Nov’
  • Araku valley sees 17% increase in tourist inflow
  • NREGS: AP sets example with biometric smart cards
  • IIPH offers public health diploma

    Announcements

  • ONGC notifies four discoveries in a month
  • SunTec’s tool for Axis Bank
  • Corporate developments

    Awards & Honours

  • Maruti pays Rs 2,635-cr excise

    Banking

  • IBA, bank unions sign pact to set timeframe to resolve issues

    Bonus Announcements

  • Bonus offer boosts Reliance Power

    Budget

  • BUDGET WISHLIST
  • Will it be a ‘please-all’ Budget ?
  • Gujarat imposes Rs 880-crore additional taxes
  • CII seeks rationalisation of excise duty in food processing
  • State co-ops seek higher budgetary provision
  • Take up all pending reforms
  • Extend capital gains exemption
  • Revise individual tax slabs
  • Reduce dividend distribution tax
  • MAT needs to be scrapped
  • Give subsidy for persons with disability
  • Remove restrictions on venture capital fund inflows
  • Control current debt inflow
  • Restore standard deduction
  • Check grey market operators
  • Reduce duty on natural rubber
  • Mobilise funds from NRIs
  • Maintain service tax base rate at 12%
  • Withdraw wealth tax
  • Encourage investment in infrastructure developments
  • Re-look tax structure on DTH sector
  • Raise IT and TDS exemption limits
  • Educational sector needs attention
  • Give relief to senior citizens
  • IT sector expectations
  • Continue STPI scheme beyond 2009
  • Drop surcharge on individuals, HUF
  • Focus on paper industry
  • Remove anomaly on accommodation value

    CRR & Bank Rates

  • Banks see case for CRR cut as liquidity is tight

    Cairn India Ltd

  • Secys panel clears Cairn pipeline project

    Cars

  • Maruti pays Rs 2,635-cr excise
  • Honda Siel expects approval for Civic Hybrid soon
  • Fiat eager to bring Ferrari to India

    Cashew

  • Tech centre mooted to boost cashew cultivation

    Channels and Franchises

  • Jawed Habib ties up with Clara International

    Children & Parenting

  • Disney Publishing to woo more readers with local editions

    Climate & Weather

  • La Nina weakens; monsoon outlook stays

    Co-operatives

  • State co-ops seek higher budgetary provision

    Coir

  • Delegation from China visits Coir Board

    Commodity Exchanges

  • BSE to buy 26 pc stake in NMCE

    Commodity Markets

  • Chana futures hit upper circuit
  • Maize futures close higher

    Credit Market

  • Stake in SMEs: SIDBI sets up Rs 100-cr fund

    Cultivation

  • Tech centre mooted to boost cashew cultivation

    Derivatives Markets

  • Nifty open interest rollover stands at 36%

    E-Governance

  • NREGS: AP sets example with biometric smart cards

    Editorial

  • Power play

    Education

  • IIPH offers public health diploma
  • Kotak Mahindra Bank’s fee collection service
  • Educational sector needs attention

    Electrical Goods

  • W.S. Ind Vizag plant to go on stream by June
  • Crompton Greaves ties up with Dutch company

    Employment

  • NREGS: AP sets example with biometric smart cards
  • MBA student bags Rs 1-cr job
  • ‘Job guarantee scheme for all rural districts soon’

    Environment

  • SIDBI facilitates Rs 50-cr carbon credits to Ludhiana cluster

    Events

  • DP World holds trade meet in Bangalore
  • Kerala IT.com from March 13
  • ‘The focus is turned from consumer experience to shopper experience’
  • ‘Banking products should match rural development’

    Excise and Customs

  • CII seeks rationalisation of excise duty in food processing

    Exports & Imports

  • Kolkata edition of EEPC buyer-seller meet kicks off
  • MMTC plans to import truck-bus tyres from China
  • ECGC, UCO Bank tie up

    Financial Institutions

  • SIDBI facilitates Rs 50-cr carbon credits to Ludhiana cluster

    Financial Services

  • Kotak Mahindra Bank’s fee collection service

    Foodgrains

  • Maize futures close higher

    Foods & Food Processing

  • Future Group eyes majority stake in proposed venture with Godrej Agrovet
  • CII seeks rationalisation of excise duty in food processing

    Foreign Relations

  • Will democracy work in Pakistan?
  • ‘India-Israel FTA may be in place by Nov’

    Foreign Trade

  • ‘India-Israel FTA may be in place by Nov’

    Forex

  • Oil prices and the dollar
  • Stake in SMEs: SIDBI sets up Rs 100-cr fund
  • Rupee tad up in choppy trade

    General Insurance

  • ECGC, UCO Bank tie up

    Govt Bonds

  • Bond prices up 50 paise

    Gujarat

  • Gujarat imposes Rs 880-crore additional taxes

    HDFC Bank Ltd

  • Benefits not clear at this juncture
  • HDFC Bank, Centurion boards approve 1:29 share swap ratio
  • HDFC to maintain stake in merged entity

    Health

  • Health cover scheme launched in TN
  • IIPH offers public health diploma

    Housing Development Finance Corporation Ltd

  • HDFC to maintain stake in merged entity

    Housing Finance

  • HDFC to maintain stake in merged entity

    Human Resources

  • MBA student bags Rs 1-cr job
  • Sun Micro bullish on India; bets on telecom

    IPOs

  • Tulsi Extrusions, IRB make premium debut on NSE

    Income Tax

  • Revise individual tax slabs
  • Restore standard deduction
  • Withdraw wealth tax
  • Drop surcharge on individuals, HUF

    Industrial Policy

  • ‘TN policy for small units will create growth climate’

    Infrastructure

  • Time to give SEZs a break
  • Goa row: Centre to issue notices to 17 SEZs

    Infrastructure/Policy

  • Port, dock workers plan one-day stir in March

    Interest Rates

  • PNB to cut lending rates by 50 bps

    Investor Protection

  • Unsolicited insurance policies could land you in trouble

    Karnataka

  • Still off the roads
  • Jungle Lodges setting up 5 more facilities in Karnataka
  • ‘Banking products should match rural development’

    Kerala

  • Kerala IT.com from March 13
  • Regulatory body mooted for land utilisation in Kerala
  • Delegation from China visits Coir Board
  • MBA student bags Rs 1-cr job

    Kochi

  • DP World holds trade meet in Bangalore

    Letters

  • BUDGET WISHLIST

    Life Insurance

  • Unsolicited insurance policies could land you in trouble

    Lifestyle

  • Loves me, loves me not

    Linguistics

  • Disney Publishing to woo more readers with local editions

    Marketing Research

  • Disney Publishing to woo more readers with local editions

    Maruti Udyog Ltd

  • Maruti pays Rs 2,635-cr excise

    Medical & Surgical Equipments

  • Opto Circuits to buy US co for $68 m

    Medical Institutions & Hospitals

  • IIPH offers public health diploma
  • IBA Health to expand; thrust on marketing

    Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Opto Circuits to buy US co for $68 m
  • Intra-group mergers may not come under competition panel scanner
  • BSE to buy 26 pc stake in NMCE
  • Benefits not clear at this juncture
  • HDFC Bank, Centurion boards approve 1:29 share swap ratio
  • HDFC to maintain stake in merged entity

    Minerals

  • Iron ore blocks: Steel cos want NELP-like policy

    NRIs

  • Mobilise funds from NRIs

    NTPC Ltd

  • NTPC appoints 14 new EDs

    New Business

  • Jubilant bags $92-m worth contract research deals

    New Fund Offer

  • DSP Merrill Lynch launches new energy fund
  • AIG Investments launches short-term fund

    New Products & Services

  • 31 new FM channels

    New Projects

  • W.S. Ind Vizag plant to go on stream by June

    Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd

  • ONGC notifies four discoveries in a month

    Oilseeds & Edible Oil

  • Global veg oil market moving beyond demand-supply norms
  • Industry, trade upbeat on palm oil price outlook

    On the hedge

  • Nifty open interest rollover stands at 36%

    Other States

  • Goa row: Centre to issue notices to 17 SEZs

    Outlook

  • Global veg oil market moving beyond demand-supply norms
  • Volatility in crude may hit IOC refining margins
  • Bharat Biotech to launch upgraded hepatitis B vaccine
  • Honda Siel expects approval for Civic Hybrid soon
  • Fiat eager to bring Ferrari to India
  • Mascon Global wants to improve margins via IP-biz
  • HAL may roll out 10-tonne copter plan this year
  • HAL sees no need for a public offer

    Overseas Investments

  • Opto Circuits to buy US co for $68 m

    Paper, Board & Newsprint

  • Focus on paper industry

    People

  • NTPC appoints 14 new EDs

    Personal Products

  • Jawed Habib ties up with Clara International

    Petroleum

  • Oil prices and the dollar
  • Volatility in crude may hit IOC refining margins
  • ONGC notifies four discoveries in a month
  • Secys panel clears Cairn pipeline project
  • Crude oil imports up 7.4% in Jan on higher demand

    Pharmaceuticals

  • Jubilant bags $92-m worth contract research deals
  • Lower expenses, higher interest income lift Pfizer Q4 net 30%
  • Bharat Biotech to launch upgraded hepatitis B vaccine

    Policy

  • Secys panel clears Cairn pipeline project

    Politics

  • Will democracy work in Pakistan?
  • Goa row: Centre to issue notices to 17 SEZs

    Power

  • Power play
  • NTPC appoints 14 new EDs
  • Bonus offer boosts Reliance Power
  • DSP Merrill Lynch launches new energy fund
  • Alstom Projects India (Rs 739.45): Buy

    Preferential Allotments

  • Dish TV: Uncertainty ahead on cancellation of pref offer

    Private Banks

  • SunTec’s tool for Axis Bank
  • Benefits not clear at this juncture
  • HDFC Bank, Centurion boards approve 1:29 share swap ratio
  • HDFC to maintain stake in merged entity

    Public Offer

  • HAL sees no need for a public offer

    Public Sector Banks

  • PNB to cut lending rates by 50 bps

    Pulses

  • Chana futures hit upper circuit

    Punjab National Bank

  • PNB to cut lending rates by 50 bps

    Radio/TV

  • 31 new FM channels
  • Dish TV: Uncertainty ahead on cancellation of pref offer

    Railway Budget

  • Lalu may cover tariff hikes under ‘dynamic pricing’ this year too

    Railways

  • East Coast Railway operations limping back to normalcy
  • Lalu may cover tariff hikes under ‘dynamic pricing’ this year too

    Real Estate & Construction

  • Regulatory body mooted for land utilisation in Kerala
  • Omaxe plans Rs 1,200-cr township

    Recommendation

  • Day Trading Guide
  • Alstom Projects India (Rs 739.45): Buy

    Regulatory Bodies & Rulings

  • Intra-group mergers may not come under competition panel scanner
  • DoT in a fix over spectrum allocation to new players
  • Unsolicited insurance policies could land you in trouble

    Research & Development

  • Progress Soft to expand R&D

    Resorts & Amusement Parks

  • Jungle Lodges setting up 5 more facilities in Karnataka

    Retailing

  • Future Group eyes majority stake in proposed venture with Godrej Agrovet

    Roadways

  • Still off the roads

    Rubber

  • Spot rubber rules steady

    Rural Development

  • NREGS: AP sets example with biometric smart cards
  • ‘Banking products should match rural development’
  • ‘Job guarantee scheme for all rural districts soon’

    Rural Marketing

  • Future Group eyes majority stake in proposed venture with Godrej Agrovet

    SSI

  • SIDBI facilitates Rs 50-cr carbon credits to Ludhiana cluster
  • ‘TN policy for small units will create growth climate’
  • Stake in SMEs: SIDBI sets up Rs 100-cr fund

    Shipping

  • Record cargo handling in Tuticorin Port
  • Port, dock workers plan one-day stir in March
  • DP World holds trade meet in Bangalore

    Short Term Instruments

  • Call rates close lower

    Social Security

  • Health cover scheme launched in TN

    Software

  • Mascon Global wants to improve margins via IP-biz
  • IBA Health to expand; thrust on marketing
  • SunTec’s tool for Axis Bank
  • Sun Micro bullish on India; bets on telecom
  • Progress Soft to expand R&D
  • Versant Tech expands India centre
  • Top IT counters make recovery
  • IT sector expectations
  • Continue STPI scheme beyond 2009

    Spices & Condiments

  • Pepper futures up on tight supply

    Steel

  • Iron ore blocks: Steel cos want NELP-like policy

    Stock Exchanges

  • BSE to buy 26 pc stake in NMCE

    Stock Markets

  • CBDT decides against tax on short selling of securities

    Stocks

  • Bonus offer boosts Reliance Power
  • Top IT counters make recovery
  • Benefits not clear at this juncture
  • Dish TV: Uncertainty ahead on cancellation of pref offer
  • Day Trading Guide
  • Alstom Projects India (Rs 739.45): Buy

    Strategy

  • Honda Siel expects approval for Civic Hybrid soon

    Tamil Nadu

  • ‘TN policy for small units will create growth climate’
  • Health cover scheme launched in TN
  • ‘The focus is turned from consumer experience to shopper experience’

    Taxation

  • CBDT decides against tax on short selling of securities

    Tea

  • Homedale fetches top price at Coonoor tea sale

    Technical Analysis

  • Volatile movement

    Telecommunications

  • Cellular body asks DoT to hold back new GSM licences
  • DoT in a fix over spectrum allocation to new players

    Textiles

  • Fire at Arvind Mills warehouse

    Tourism

  • Araku valley sees 17% increase in tourist inflow
  • Jungle Lodges setting up 5 more facilities in Karnataka

    Trade & Labour Unions

  • Port, dock workers plan one-day stir in March
  • IBA, bank unions sign pact to set timeframe to resolve issues

    Tuticorin

  • Record cargo handling in Tuticorin Port

    Tyres

  • MMTC plans to import truck-bus tyres from China

    West Bengal

  • Kolkata edition of EEPC buyer-seller meet kicks off
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