Agriculture
Agriculture sector: Paradox of plenty
Airlines
Bangalore airport promoter -- Siemens consortium picked for talks
Minus sales tax on ATF, AI expects Rs 111 cr net
`Study won't touch on scope for more aviation players'
AI eying European market -- Plans terminator flight to London
Automobiles
MUL posts highest jump in car sales
95 per cent of Activa indigenised
Cement
L&T: Divesting more, a mixed blessing?
Commodities
Veg oil demand seen rising 5 pc annually
Commodity bourses witness low trading volumes
`Place vanaspati imports under negative list'
Good demand continues in leather
Roadmap for repeal of jute packaging Act soon
Corporate
ICMS to raise paid-up capital to Rs 150 cr
Hoechst targets 12% export growth
IFC, IDBI assistance to greenfield project
NSE moves to new office
Astra hikes stake in Indian venture
HLL shareholders okay merger
FICCI seeks phased approach to competition bill
Indal to keep up export thrust
Indian Rayon acquires control of PSI Data
Tata Infomedia to issue 1:2 bonus
A `Perfetti' gum for wider smiles
Chamber seeks clarifications on postal ballot provisions
Economy
Self-help groups to launch rural land care movement
Dispute over dead lambs
SEBI should have shown more gumption
Media urged to help in alleviating poverty
Dumping of styrene butadiene rubber -- Ministry redefines `domestic industry'
Rural economy
Editorial
Drawback drama
Fast track
Bata India: Weakening strides
Financial Performance
Chemplast posts Rs 16.45-crore net
Rallis India: Going through a barren patch
Sundaram Fin net up 36.76 pc
Sri Vishnu Cement into black
First Leasing net dips
Food & Dairy Products
Poultry sector seeks duty-free maize import
`Milma should streamline marketing'
Health
Escape from reality
Horticulture
Paulownia micro-propagated successfully
Impact
Indian Rayon: Unrelated deal, firm trends
PSI Data: Open offer in offing
Kirloskar Bros: Buyback embrace
Information Technology
Dr Reddy's goes online for clinical trials
Management
It's regret letters versus `old' promise
Miscellaneous
A suicide manual
Mutual Funds
Escorts MF hikes dividend on scheme
Petroleum
Petroleum Ministry mulls regulatory authority
Policy
R.R. Shah made new Petrochem Secy
Working group on pension for switch-over to funded system
Competition Bill for Cabinet today
Politics
What happened in Nepal?
Power
NFC to expand facilities
Rubber
Plea for duty-free rubber imports `unfortunate'
SSI
Madurai small units seek clear purchase preference policy
States
Kerala Plan size may be cut: Antony
Centre to support setting up of SHGs in every region
Sops galore in Karnataka's new industrial policy
`Karnataka committed to desilting of tanks'
`Multi-sectoral reforms in UP begin to yield results'
Centre convenes CMs' meet on VAT
Guwahati GPO now an investment centre too
Debt-ridden Kerala
Steel
Cross-border mergers, buys under new steel policy likely
Salem Steel bags Rs 1.2-cr Rly deal in Maharashtra
Stocks
NSE to relocate disaster management site from Pune
Lyons Range
HDFC, Dr Reddy's continue to buck trend
SAT rejects appeal by First Global
JPC to examine RBI, Madhavpura, UTI officials
Technical Analysis
Bear domination
Technology
ISRO, Plan panel tie up for agri-infotech project -- Karnataka identifies 3 districts
Telecommunications
Panel okays Net telephony -- Rider is cost-based tariffs for basic services
Textiles
Open-end spinners to stop buying cotton wastes
Transport
Rlys moots task force on steel traffic
Nitish to seek grant to improve railway safety
