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STATES: CII draws up poll wish-list.
March 24, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 24, 2009 Hyderabad, March 23 - Consistency, rationalisation of taxation and making Andhra Pradesh the lowest taxed State in the country - these are some of the suggestions made in the CII Andhra Pradesh's Common...

STATES: Apple Ply showroom in Kochi.
March 24, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 24, 2009 Kochi, March 23 - Apple Ply and Tiles has opened a showroom in Kochi. The Mangalore-based company with two decades of experience makes architect ply, ply woods, block boards, flush doors, marine ply etc. All...

STATES: Patent filing for MSMEs.
March 24, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 24, 2009 Madurai, March 23 - The Tamil Nadu State Council for Science and Technology will soon be taking the initiative to enable the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to file for patents. According to Mr...

STATES: Garden City: DLF committed to refunding advance paid.
March 24, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 24, 2009 Chennai, March 23 - DLF Homes is committed to refunding the advance payments to those buyers who wish to exit the Gardencity residential project, according to Mr K.K. Raman, Executive Vice-President and...

NEWS: CII suggests more choice for those under ESI cover.
March 24, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 24, 2009 Chennai, March 23 - The Confederation of Indian Industry in Tamil Nadu will continue with the emphasis on social sector development to underpin sustainable and inclusive industrial growth, according to Mr C....

STATES: 'Govt should ask for identity of Swiss account holders'.
March 24, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 24, 2009 Chennai, March 23 - The former Union Minister, Mr Arun Shourie, on Monday said that the UPA government should answer the question as to why the government is not asking the Swiss authorities for details of...

STATES: Special ABT Maruti facility in Chennai.
March 24, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 24, 2009 Coimbatore, March 23 - To commemorate the Silver Jubilee year of its dealership in Maruti vehicles, ABT Maruti is accelerating its growth path by entering the Kerala market, upgrading extension counters to...

STATES: Bobby Menon; St. Josephs College.
March 24, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 24, 2009 Chennai, March 23 - Personal mastery is the discipline of continually clarifying and deepening our personal vision, of focusing our energies, of developing patience, and of seeing reality objectively. As...

FRONT PAGE: Nano wait is over.
March 24, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 24, 2009 Mumbai, March 23 - The Tata Nano, India's least expensive car, was launched at a glittering ceremony at the Parsi Gymkhana on Mumbai's Marine Drive on a Monday evening. The people's car will hit the roads in...

FRONT PAGE: Financial bids for Satyam likely by April 9.
March 24, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 24, 2009 New Delhi/Mumbai, March 23 - The shortlisted bidders for Satyam Computer Services may be asked to submit their financial bids around April 9, a source involved in the process said. While the Satyam...

MACROSCAN: Balance of payments portents.
March 24, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 24, 2009 The rupee's recent fall, which has taken the currency's value to more than Rs 50 to the US dollar, is one of the more visible ways in which the global crisis has affected India. Underlying that fall are...

MARKETING: IPL leaves advertisers dry as it moves out.
March 24, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 24, 2009 Mumbai, March 23 - After dealing with the logistics of new venues, advertisers say franchisees will feel the pinch as they will lose revenues by way of ticket and merchandise sales and above all, losing the...

INFO-TECH: 'Friend'ly portal for job seekers.
March 24, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 24, 2009 Hyderabad, March 23 - If you are one of those who lost your job due to recession, here is some good news. There are "friends" who wish to help you find a job soon. What you need to do is post your CV on...

NEWS: Ranbaxy facility gets UK, Australian clearance.
March 24, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 24, 2009 New Delhi, March 23 - Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd said on Monday that drug regulators of the UK and Australia have approved its Paonta Sahib manufacturing facility. The company's shares surged nearly 11 per...

MARKETING: Preity Zinta to endorse Dabur's anti-dandruff range.
March 24, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 24, 2009 Chennai, March 23 - Dabur India, which recently launched a new range of dandruff control shampoos under its Vatika range, has roped in actor Preity Zinta to endorse the range. The new campaign by...

BANKING/FINANCE: RBI to expand cheque truncation system.
March 24, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 24, 2009 Mumbai, March 23 - Following the success of the pilot cheque truncation system (CTS) project in the National Capital Region, the Reserve Bank of India is planning to expand the same to other centres in the...

NEWS: 'Do not politicise holding of the Indian Premier League'.
March 24, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 24, 2009 New Delhi, March 23 - The Home Minister, Mr P. Chidambaram, on Monday, spoke against politicising the holding of the Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket tournament. "In India, it (cricket) is a hugely...

OPINION: IPL runs out.
March 24, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 24, 2009 The Indian Premier League (IPL) fiasco - and it has been no less than that - will live on in Indian memories for a long time to come. The fact that what is primarily an Indian event will be now be played...

OPINION: And now cricket gets 'political'.
March 24, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 24, 2009 The unthinkable has happened. The organisers of the India Premier League matches on Sunday decided to shift the IPL's second edition out of India. But nothing terrible happened. The sun still rose on Monday!...

FRONT PAGE: Oriental Insurance to rework cover.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Mumbai, March 22 - With the Indian Premier League being shifted out of the Indian sub-continent, Oriental Insurance Company will now have to rework the cover it provides to the Twenty20 tournament. The...

FRONT PAGE: Indian Premier League matches to be held abroad.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Mumbai, March 22 - Security has finally stumped plans of the Indian Premier League's (IPL) second season of Twenty20 matches that will now have to be held overseas. The toss-up for a new venue is tipped...

FRONT PAGE: Reliance set to ink pact with fertiliser cos for KG block gas.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 New Delhi, March 22 - Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) is set to sign gas sale and purchase agreement (GSPA) with the identified urea plants sometime next week. RIL and its partner NIKO are expected to...

FRONT PAGE: Tech professionals turn to teaching.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Bangalore, March 22 - The shrinking moolah has prompted technology professionals to switch to teaching. Engineering colleges have begun to see greater interest from IT workers keen to take up the...

CORPORATE: Coal India eyeing one more block in Mozambique.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Kolkata, March 22 - Coal India Ltd is eyeing one more block in Mozambique, this time through International Coal Ventures Ltd (ICVL). The coal major was recently awarded two exploratory blocks by the...

CORPORATE: Granite industry seeks fiscal relief to survive recession.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Chennai, March. 22 - The Indian granite and natural stone industry is in dire straits. With its major market - the US - badly hit by recession, the industry is clueless on survival, other than asking the...

INFO-TECH: Why iGATE opted out of Satyam rink.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Hyderabad, March 22 - iGATE, the US-based IT company that has backed off from the bidding process to acquire majority stake in Satyam Computer Services, has said that it took the decision keeping in mind...

NEWS: Adani Wilmar revamps brands.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Chennai, March 22 - Edible oil major Adani Wilmar Ltd has revamped its existing brands and launched four new brands - Bullet (mustard oil), Raag Gold (Palm oil), Ivory (coconut oil) and King's (soya,...

CORPORATE: Veetee may enter frozen food category.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 New Delhi, March 22 - Veetee Fine Foods Ltd, a producer and marketer of basmati rice, said it is strengthening its line of products in the ready-to-eat-food segment. The company, which is engaged in...

NEWS: Builders wooing NRI buyers.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 New Delhi, March 22 - The global property meltdown may have cast a shadow on foreign roadshows by Indian developers over the last few quarters. But some builders are now going all out to woo Indians living...

CORPORATE: 'Impairment' loss may come under Indian GAAP accounting.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Mumbai, March 22 - Many Indian companies, especially those that had made acquisitions in the recent past, are grappling with accounting for "impairment losses" that could dent their consolidated profits this...

NEWS: Drug makers get ready to work on vaccine for cervical cancer.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Mumbai, March 22 - Domestic drug makers Emcure, Serum Institute and Shantha Biotec have initiated efforts towards developing vaccines against cervical cancer. This comes even as multinational drug-maker...

NEWS: IPL financial dynamics on sticky wicket?
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Mumbai, March 22 - Shifting the venue of the IPL in its second season to another country will queer the pitch for the fledging tournament in terms of the financial dynamics. Being a nascent concept,...

NEWS: 'Stimulus package may boost MSMEs'.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 New Delhi, March 22 - The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) claims the first stimulus packages announced by the Government will have a beneficial impact for the Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises...

NEWS: 'India's response to slowdown seems misdirected, may stoke inflation'.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Hyderabad, March 22 - India's policy response to the economic slowdown "seems misdirected and could end up stoking inflation," according to Prof T.N. Srinivasan, Professor of Economics, Yale University and...

NEWS: ISB Dean sees new trends in recruitment.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Hyderabad, March 22 - Large recruiters may be going for smaller numbers in campus recruitment but there are more recruiters now, says Mr Ajit Rangnekar, Dean, Indian School of Business. The economic...

AGRI-BUSINESS: Model forecasts indicate normal monsoon this year.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Thiruvananthapuram, March 22 - The International Research Institute (IRI) for Climate and Society at Columbia University has forecast normal to slightly above normal monsoon for India during June to...

AGRI-BUSINESS: Gold to consolidate, test resistance.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Gold futures, ended lower, on profit-taking after its rally to a three-week high earlier. Gold has risen sharply since the Federal Reserve announced that it would buy $300 billion in longer-dated Treasuries...

AGRI-BUSINESS: Hittakkal Speciality tea fetches highest price.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Coonoor, March 22 - The third instalment of Hittakkal Speciality tea which had won the Golden Leaf Awards during the 2009 India International Tea Convention fetched the highest bid at Sale No: 12 of the...

COMMODITIES: Weak $, investments to push gold higher; crude buoyant.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Mumbai, March 22 - Commodity markets have yet again lived up to their reputation for volatility with macroeconomic developments, rather than demand-supply fundamentals, providing a boost in the last few...

AGRI-BUSINESS: Global rice stocks seen at 7-year high.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Chennai, March 22 - Global rice stocks carried over to the current annual year are projected to be at a seven-year high of 118 million tonnes (mt). They are 9 mt higher than last year and highest since...

MARKET WATCH: Sify jumps 49%; Nano drives up Tata Motors.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 The cautious US markets ended last week on a positive note. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 0.75 per cent, the technology-heavy Nasdaq surged 1.8 per cent and the broader S&P-500 moved up 1.58 per...

TRANSPORT: 'For volumes, we will continue to depend on bulk items'.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Till March 2003, South Eastern Railway (SER), with headquarters in Kolkata, was the largest freight-loading zone of Indian Railways. From April 2003, two other zones, East Coast Railway with headquarters in...

MARKET WATCH: Jet Airways India (Rs 160.60): Sell.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 We recommend a sell in Jet Airways from a short-term trading perspective. It is apparent from the charts of Jet Airways that after recording a 52-low at Rs 115 on March 12, the stock bounced up. It...

TRANSPORT: LNG terminal at Kochi holds promise.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 The signing of the concession agreement between Kochi Port and Petronet LNG Ltd (PLL) for setting up an LNG terminal and re- gasification plant in Kochi heralds a new era in the industrial development of...

MARKET WATCH: Positive signs surface amid expectations of stock slide.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Dalal Street is likely to see the benchmark index stick to its already established range this week. For the short term, none seems to be expecting a grave correction or an upward surge. But more and...

CORPORATE: From Singur to Sanand, an arduous drive.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Mumbai, March 22 - It has taken the Tata Nano a good 15 months between the time it was first showcased at the Delhi Auto Expo in mid-January last year and its official launch on Monday. The people's car...

CORPORATE: A turning point for the car industry.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Mumbai, March 22 - One man did not join the sceptics when Mr Ratan Tata made public his intention to manufacture a people's car costing Rs 1-lakh. Mr Carlos Ghosn, Chief Executive Officer of Renault and...

CORPORATE: Who is going to finance the car.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Chennai, March 22 - Public sector banks are all set to take the lead in financing the Nano, with those in the private sector undecided still on whether they should offer loans to customers wanting to...

CORPORATE: Fiat watching it with interest.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Mumbai, March 22 - As Tata Motors gears up for the Nano launch, its joint venture partner, Fiat ,will be monitoring the progress of the car with great interest. The Italian automaker, of course, has not...

CORPORATE: Re-tuning the engine components.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Bangalore, March 22 - Bosch began work on the Tata Motors' Nano project in 2004, with a simple brief: Components should be low cost, adhere to regulatory requirements and achieve performance targets such as...

FEATURES: The Great Indian engineering feat.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Chennai, March 22 - Tall, snub-nosed and egg-shaped, the Nano, at first glance, seems to look like a futuristic autorickshaw with its front wheel tucked in. Like most autorickshaws, the Nano will also have a...

CORPORATE: Revolutions in wheels and tyres.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Chennai, March 22 - Wheels India, a TVS group company, worked closely with Tata Motors in developing the wheels for the Nano, challenging a number of assumptions along the way. The Wheels India Managing...

CORPORATE: A new story in every component.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Pune, March 22 - If you went hunting for the key materials on which the world's cheapest car is built, the most prominent would be intangible. That is the confidence of Team Nano that every received wisdom...

CORPORATE: Cutting on costs, not technology.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 New Delhi, March 22 - "We are very excited about the car getting launched. Though it is a low-cost car, there has been no compromise on technology. This is for the first time we supplied aluminum engine...

CORPORATE: Softening raw material prices smooth the ride.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Mumbai, March 22 - Unveiling the Nano at the Delhi Auto Expo last year, Tata Motors Chairman, Mr Ratan Tata, had warned of the consequences of inflation and rising raw material costs on the price tag of Rs 1...

OPINION: The G-20 meets again.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 The G-20 concluded its London Summit recently. Observers have been quick to contrast it with the previous G-20 meeting held in Washington, in November 2008, when British Prime Minister, Mr Gordon Brown, and...

OPINION: Inflation check.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 The measures taken by the Union Government to bring down inflation appear to have yielded results, as can be seen from the current inflation level of 0.44 per cent. The Government's objective was to bring...

OPINION: When prices retreat.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Wonders never cease, even in a downturn. Barely six months ago, the annual Wholesale Price Index-based inflation rate had scampered to 12 per cent with the index for iron and steel recording a rise of 30 per...

OPINION: A deepening economic crisis.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 The latest wholesale-price inflation figure (for the week ended March 7) indicates that the national economy is neck-deep in crisis which will probably last till after the Lok Sabha elections are over, if...

OPINION: Levity and leadership.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Is a serious deportment a necessary attribute of effective leadership? It is a question that, to the extent I am familiar with the copious writings on leadership, has never figured in any discussion of the...

OPINION: Tackling the water challenge.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 In a world preoccupied with recession, slump, downturn, terrorism and war, there was little reporting in most newspapers of the fifth World Water Forum in Istanbul that started on March 15 and culminated on...

OPINION: Hey, what about me?
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 America is feeling neglected. With the French and the Russians getting a head-start in the newly opened Indian nuclear power business, the UPA has been forced to use some deft diplomatic manoeuvres to ride...

BANKING/FINANCE: United Bank raises Rs 250 cr via bonds.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Kolkata, March 22 - The United Bank of India has raised Rs 250 crore worth capital by way of Lower Tier II bonds at a yield of about 9.3 per cent in order to boost its capital adequacy and fund its growth...

BANKING/FINANCE: Yields retreat on low credit offtake, drop in inflation.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Bangalore, March 22 - Bond yields retreated as credit off-take contracted and inflation dropped below one per cent. Traders said that yields retreated also on account of the conclusion of advance tax...

BANKING/FINANCE: A finishing school for insurance pros.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Hyderabad, March 22 - ICICI Prudential and Talent Sprint have come together to set up a finishing school for insurance professionals, a sector facing shortage of trained manpower. A six months...

BANKING/FINANCE: YES Bank eyes 35% growth in deposits.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Mumbai, March 22 - New generation private bank YES Bank has created a niche for itself as a 'knowledge-driven organisation'. The aim is to be a simple, high-tech Indian bank catering to industries which have...

BANKING/FINANCE: LIC's investable corpus at Rs 2 lakh cr.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Mumbai, March 22 - Life Insurance Corporation of India is expected to have a corpus of Rs 2 lakh crore available for investment in the next fiscal. The corporation will have an investable corpus of close to...

STATES: Vimta Labs in pact for Ph.D. programme.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Hyderabad, March 22 - Vimta Labs Ltd has tied up with Deakin University, Victoria, Australia to offer Ph.D programme for post- graduates in biology, chemistry, biotechnology and other relevant areas. During...

STATES: Bandra-Worli sea link to be functional by June.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Mumbai, March 22 - The Bandra-Worli sea link, which has been under construction since 1999, would be ready to take on Mumbai's traffic by June. Motorists will have to pay a minimum toll of Rs 50 for...

STATES: Bank of India aiming for Rs 4,000-cr biz in Kerala.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Kochi, March 22 - The public sector Bank of India is targeting a Rs 4,000-crore business from Kerala in the next financial year, a 25 per cent growth compared to the previous fiscal, Mr M. Narendra,...

STATES: Coir Board chief calls for boosting exports to Chile.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Kochi, March 22 - The Coir Board Chairman, Mr V.S. Vijayarghavan, has called upon the South American country of Chile to explore the possibility of using the eco-friendly coir geo-textiles, an effective...

STATES: Houseboat operators in dire straits.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Alappuzha, March 22 - Houseboat operators in Kerala are feeling the pinch of the global economic slowdown with a 40 per cent decline in their business this year. "Normally we used to get 150 nights a...

STATES: Latha Rajan, Director, Ma Foi Management Consultants Ltd; Stella Maris College, Chennai.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Chennai, March 22 - The new generation of CEOs have to be quick to understand what is required and adapt to change. They should be at home in an unpredictable work environment and be good people managers...

STATES: Mixis soon from Sowbhaghya.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Chennai, March 22 - Chennai-based wet-grinder manufacturer, the Rs 35-crore Sowbaghya Group, plans to manufacture mixi and electric induction stoves. Mr A. Praveen Kumar, Head- Business Development of...

STATES: 'Surgery can cure backbone disorders'.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Hyderabad, March 22 - Minimally invasive spinal surgery can give relief from spinal disorders such as slipping of the backbone and spinal stenosis, according to Dr Manas K. Panigrahi, Professor of...

NEWS: Election Watch Kerala working to empower voters.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Thiruvananthapuram, March 22 - Election Watch Kerala (EWK), a non- political organisation, has announced that it will disseminate unbiased and objective information on the candidates contesting from Kerala...

STATES: 'Youth falling prey to cardio vascular disease'.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Hyderabad, March 22 - It is not just the Government that needs to take action to prevent cardio vascular diseases (CVDs). A multi- dimensional approach is required as the magnitude of the problem is huge, Dr...

STATES: Sony targets 20% growth in digital camera sales.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Kochi, March 22 - Sony India plans to achieve a significant lead in the country's digital still camera market with the strongest ever product line-up in the category. The company is aiming to achieve a 42...

STATES: Safety management college.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Kochi, March 22 - Safety Technical Service Co Ltd, Oman, has opened a Safety Management College in Kanjoor near Kochi to impart training in fire fighting, health and safety training, underwater diving,...

STATES: ECoR: Extension of railway line.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Kolkata, March 22 - East Coast Railway (ECoR) has announced extension of 8309/8310 Visakhapatnam-Nizamabad- Visakhapatnam bi- weekly express to Sambalpur. The extended service is to be launched from March...

STATES: IcfaiTech's B.Tech programme.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Hyderabad, March 22 - IcfaiTech is offering a four-year full-time B.Tech programme in biotechnology, computer sciences, engineering (electrical, electronics, communication, mechanical and civil). Students...

STATES: ICICI Prudential premium payment.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Hyderabad, March 22 - The customers of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance can now pay their policy premiums at 40 select post offices across Andhra Pradesh. The customers would not be charged any additional fee...

STATES: Keels laid for 3 vessels at HSL.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Visakhapatnam, March 22 - Keels have been laid for three ships at Hindusthan Shipyard Ltd (HSL) here, according to a press release. The keel of 50-tonne bollard pull tug was laid by the Chairman of the...

STATES: Etihad changes flight timings.
March 23, 2009... from BUSINESS LINE, March 23, 2009 Kochi, March 22 - Etihad Airways will operate all its flights from Kerala as early-morning departures from March 30. The airline said in a press release that this change is to enhance its schedule within India...