PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd. back issues from July 2006:
MITTAL TAKEOVER OF ARCELOR.
Jul 01, 2006 ... MITTAL TAKEOVER OF ARCELOR By K. R. SUDHAMAN July 1 (PTI Economic Service): It makes really all Indians proud that Laxmi Mittal has pulled off his audacious bid for European steel major Arcelor making his steel company three times larger than his nearest rival ...
WTO LOOKS SET TO MISS ANOTHER DEADLINE AS GAPS PERSIST.
Jul 01, 2006 ... WTO LOOKS SET TO MISS ANOTHER DEADLINE AS GAPS PERSIST By SUMIT UPADHYAYA July 1 (PTI Economic Service): Whatever little hope that had emerged after the Hong Kong WTO Ministerial in December last year for a successful outcome of trade negotiations seems to have faded ...
INFLATION AT ONE-YEAR HIGH, PRESSURE ON INTEREST RATES.
Jul 01, 2006 ... INFLATION AT ONE-YEAR HIGH, PRESSURE ON INTEREST RATES By PRASHANT KUMAR SAHU July 1 (PTI Economic Service): Inflation has touched one-year high and may rise further. It has become a raging topic in the country now with common man suffering from surge in prices of ...
DISINVESTMENT ISSUE AGAIN PITS UPA AGAINST ITS ALLIES.
Jul 01, 2006 ... DISINVESTMENT ISSUE AGAIN PITS UPA AGAINST ITS ALLIES By MUKESH JAGOTA July 1 (PTI Economic Service): The Congress party, which leads the United Progressive Alliance government, is in for a tough times with its allies on the issue of disinvestment. After ...
MORE TO JET-SAHARA DEAL THAN WHAT MEETS THE EYE.
Jul 01, 2006 ... MORE TO JET-SAHARA DEAL THAN WHAT MEETS THE EYE By M KARTHIKEYAN July 1 (PTI Economic Service): A potentially failing airline puts itself up for sale, is snapped up by a bigger rival looking to grow even mightier and it all looked like a win-win situation, until the ...
REALTY SECTOR UPBEAT WITH DLF IPO.
Jul 01, 2006 ... REALTY SECTOR UPBEAT WITH DLF IPO By MANVENDRA JHA July 1 (PTI Economic Service): India's realty sector is making the news and for a change this time it's not all about skyrocketing prices of residential, commercial and office spaces. But the sector is buzzing with ...
WHEAT IMPORT A WAKE UP CALL YET INDIA A MAJOR AGRI EXPORTING NATION.
Jul 01, 2006 ... WHEAT IMPORT A WAKE UP CALL YET INDIA A MAJOR AGRI EXPORTING NATION By RATNAJYOTI DUTTA July 1 (PTI Economic Service): Decision to allow import of wheat has raised alarm bells in many quarters who viewed the entire episode to be an indication of the country again ...
RELIANCE PLANS SEZ IN HARYANA.
Jul 01, 2006 ... RELIANCE PLANS SEZ IN HARYANA By AMMAR ZAIDI July 1 (PTI Economic Service): Reliance Ventures, a group company of India's largest private sector Reliance Industries, and the Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (HSIIDC), on June 19 ...
WORLD BANK'S PERSPECTIVE OF INDIAN ELECTIONS.
Jul 01, 2006 ... WORLD BANK'S PERSPECTIVE OF INDIAN ELECTIONS By INDIVJAL DHASMANA July 1 (PTI Economic Service): Has Indian democracy matured enough to return performing Government to power and reject non-performing ones? Or other factors like party alliances hold much more influence ...
RANBAXY, DR REDDY'S LOOKING TO CASH IN ON ZOCOR PATENT EXPIRY IN US.
Jul 01, 2006 ... RANBAXY, DR REDDY'S LOOKING TO CASH IN ON ZOCOR PATENT EXPIRY IN US By RAJKUMAR LEISHEMBA July 1 (PTI Economic Service): When the patent for Merck & Co over its cholesterol lowering drug Zocor, which generated a sales of 4.4 billion dollars worldwide last year, ...
UTI MUTUAL FUND TO LAUCH 6 SCHEMES IN THE FISCAL.
Jul 01, 2006 ... UTI MUTUAL FUND TO LAUCH 6 SCHEMES IN THE FISCAL By KUMAR DIPANKAR July 1 (PTI Economic Service): Unperturbed by the volatility at the Dalal Street, India's oldest and the second largest money manager UTI Mutual Fund has planned to float six schemes and expects its ...
GAIL INTERESTED IN PICKING UP STAKE IN DEEN DAYAL BLOCK.
Jul 01, 2006 ... GAIL INTERESTED IN PICKING UP STAKE IN DEEN DAYAL BLOCK By SOURAV SEN July 1 (PTI Economic Service): State gas utility GAIL (India) Ltd has said it is interested in picking up equity stake in Gujarat State Petroleum Corp's (GSPC) Deen Dayal Block in the Krishna ...
SC'S ORDER IN DISPUTE BETWEEN FRENCH COMPANIES AND AN INDIAN COMPANY.
Jul 01, 2006 ... SC'S ORDER IN DISPUTE BETWEEN FRENCH COMPANIES AND AN INDIAN COMPANY By OUR LEGAL CORRESPONDENT July 1 (PTI Economic Service): The Supreme Court in Technip SA, Appellant Versus SMS Holding (Pvt.) Ltd. & Ors., Respondents in a dispute in which some French companies ...
GLOBAL COMMODITY WATCH: MOST COMMODITY PRICES STABILISE; OIL FUTURES GAINS.
Jul 01, 2006 ... GLOBAL COMMODITY WATCH: MOST COMMODITY PRICES STABILISE; OIL FUTURES GAINS By MANVENDRA JHA July 1 (PTI Economic Service): Most commodity prices stabilized during the week ended June 23 following a major downwards correction that was linked to global economic ...
DOMESTIC COMMODITY REVIEW: PRECIOUS METALS WEAKEN, AGRI COMMODITIES DOWN.
Jul 01, 2006 ... DOMESTIC COMMODITY REVIEW: PRECIOUS METALS WEAKEN, AGRI COMMODITIES DOWN By SUNIL SEHGAL July 1 (PTI Economic Service): The downslide in gold prices across the markets continued during the second fortnight of June, largely in tandem with global markets where the ...
SENSEX EASE AMID MAJOR ACQUISITIONS AND TAKEOVERS.
Jul 01, 2006 ... SENSEX EASE AMID MAJOR ACQUISITIONS AND TAKEOVERS By RAJESH SHARMA July 1 (PTI Economic Service): The stock markets remained volatile during this fortnight following major global acquisition such as Mittal Steel versus Arcelor and Tata versus U. S.-based 8 o'clock ...
MAHARAJA RANJIT SINGH: A HUMANIST TO CORE.
Jul 01, 2006 ... MAHARAJA RANJIT SINGH: A HUMANIST TO CORE By K K Khullar July 1 (PTI Feature): One of those rare rulers who remained human even in inhuman situations, Ranjit Singh possessed informal yet disciplined mind, a hilarious yet equable temperament, humorous not yet given to ...
THOSE 'STUNT FILMS' OF YORE.
Jul 01, 2006 ... THOSE 'STUNT FILMS' OF YORE By A. C. TULI July 1 (PTI Feature): Tennyson's famous dictum - 'Old order changeth yielding place to news'- has a certain aura of sadness about it. For most of us tend to remember, often in a nostalgic vein, the things that are now no more ...
VIOLENCE AT WORK INCREASING GLOBALLY.
Jul 01, 2006 ... VIOLENCE AT WORK INCREASING GLOBALLY BY SUBHASHIS MITTRA July 1 (PTI Feature): Violence at work, ranging from bullying and mobbing, to threats by psychologically unstable coworkers, sexual harassment and homicide, is increasing worldwide and has reached epidemic ...
WHERE ARE ROAD MANNERS?
Jul 01, 2006 ... WHERE ARE ROAD MANNERS? By K. R. Sudhaman July 1 (PTI Feature): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed his anguish over the road rage in the country at a elevated highway function in Bangalore recently. Appalled by the chaos in Indian roads, Singh said people must ...
Foreign banks may pose threat on Indian banks margins: SBI.
Jul 01, 2006 ... Foreign banks may pose threat on Indian banks margins: SBI Mumbai, Jun 30 (PTI) Allowing Foreign banks to acquire majority stakes in country's private sector banks from April 2009 could squeeze margins for Indian banks, acting Chairman of State Bank of India (SBI) T S ...
Govt planning to set up Jute Board: Vaghela.
Jul 01, 2006 ... Govt planning to set up Jute Board: Vaghela New Delhi, Jun 30 (PTI) The Government is planning to set up a Jute Board by merging Jute Manufacturing Development Council (JMDC) and National Centre for Jute Diversification (NCJD) for the benefit of Jute growers in the country. ...
Anil Ambani raises stake in Reliance Com to 42.29 per cent.
Jul 01, 2006 ... Anil Ambani raises stake in Reliance Com to 42.29 per cent Mumbai, Jun 30 (PTI) The Anil Dhirubhai Ambani-controlled Reliance Communications Ltd today said its promotors have increased their stake in the company to 42.29 per cent following purchase of over 2.58 crore equity ...
Traders flay levy of surcharge by Chennai Port.
Jul 01, 2006 ... Traders flay levy of surcharge by Chennai Port Chennai, June 30 (PTI) Coming down heavily on the Chennai Chennai Container Terminal Limited authorities for imposing surcharge on traders during the 14-day strike at the terminal, which ended yesterday, industrialists and traders ...
Indiavision adds two more to the Directors Board.
Jul 01, 2006 ... Indiavision adds two more to the Directors Board Kochi, Jun 30 (PTI) Private Malayalam television channel, Indiavision today said it has strengthened its Board of Directors, with the inclusion of two more persons. Speaking to mediapersons here Indivision Chairman M K ...
Mittal hails Nath for key support, wants to invest in SAIL.
Jul 01, 2006 ... Mittal hails Nath for key support, wants to invest in SAIL New Delhi, Jun 30 (PTI) Hailing Union Minister Kamal Nath's crucial support during his takeover bid of Arcelor, India-born steel magnate L N Mittal tonight said that he would like to partner in state-owned SAIL whenever ...
TN Govt to treat NLC's Jayakondam project as independent.
Jul 01, 2006 ... TN Govt to treat NLC's Jayakondam project as independent Chennai, June 30 (PTI) Tamil Nadu Government would soon issue an order to declare the Jayamkondam Lignite Power Project as an independent project of the NLC and the mining application submitted by it would be processed ...
'World1' housing project announced at Mohali.
Jul 01, 2006 ... 'World1' housing project announced at Mohali Chandigarh, June 30 (PTI) Reliant Infrastructure has unveiled an ambitious housing project, World1, that promises contemporary styling, imposing architecture and luxury living in Mohali, a company release said here today. ...
Centre not averse to raising import duty on cotton: PM.
Jul 01, 2006 ... Centre not averse to raising import duty on cotton: PM Waifal (Maharashtra), June 30 (PTI) Signalling that the Centre was willing to solve problems of farmers of Vidarbha, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the Centre was not averse to a hike in import duty on cotton to ...
O P Bhatt is new Chairman of SBI.
Jul 01, 2006 ... O P Bhatt is new Chairman of SBI Mumbai, Jun 30 (PTI) Managing Director of State Bank of India O P Bhatt has been appointed as the new Chairman of the State Bank of India (SBI). An official of the bank told PTI that the notification on Bhatt's appointment has 'just ...
PM to discuss remunerative prices after return to Delhi.
Jul 01, 2006 ... PM to discuss remunerative prices after return to Delhi Nagpur, Jun 30 (PTI) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would discuss the issue of remunerative prices to farmers when he goes back to Delhi after his current tour of Vidarbha region, PM's media advisor Sanjaya Baru said. ...
Union Bank of India plans to open 19 branches in Kerala.
Jul 01, 2006 ... Union Bank of India plans to open 19 branches in Kerala Kochi, Jun 30 (PTI) Public sector Union Bank of India, which has 127 branches in Kerala has plans to open 19 more branches in due course, a top official of the bank said today. Addressing a press conference here, ...
CM lauds PM for sanctioning SSP upgradation.
Jul 01, 2006 ... CM lauds PM for sanctioning SSP upgradation Chennai June 30 (PTI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi tonight lauded Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for sanctioning Rs.1,553 ...
Centre should fix state's share in petro products : Rajasthan.
Jul 01, 2006 ... Centre should fix state's share in petro products : Rajasthan Jaipur, Jun 30 (PTI) Rajasthan, which has witnessed significant oil finds recently, today demanded the Centre to equally share the profit in joint venture blocks with the concerned ...
Eighteen new projects in HP sanctioned.
Jul 01, 2006 ... Eighteen new projects in HP sanctioned Shimla, Jun 30 (PTI) Eighteen new projects with investment of Rs 732.62 crore were approved by the Himachal Pradesh single window clearance and monitoring committee today. The projects include units of Hero ...
AIFF keen to have more astroturf football grounds in India.
Jul 01, 2006 ... AIFF keen to have more astroturf football grounds in India Margao, June 30 (PTI) Inaugurating the newly-laid Astroturf football pitch today at the Chowgule College campus in the city -- the first of its kind in India and north East Asia -- the AIFF president, Priyaranjan ...
JAA felicitates archers.
Jul 01, 2006 ... JAA felicitates archers Jamshedpur, Jun 30 (PTI) Jharkhand Archery Association (JAA) today felicitated the medal winners of the 1st FITA Meteksan Archery World Cup 2006 held at Croatia last month. Among other medal winner archers from the state, TATA Archery Academy ...
Orissa CM congratulates Jyoti Sunita Kullu.
Jul 01, 2006 ... Orissa CM congratulates Jyoti Sunita Kullu Bhubaneswar, June 30 (PTI) Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today congratulated hockey forward Jyoti Sunita Kullu on her becoming captain of the Indian women's hockey team, an official release here today said. ...
South West Monsoon active in most parts of country.
Jul 01, 2006 ... South West Monsoon active in most parts of country New Delhi, Jun 30 (PTI) South West Monsoon has been active across most parts of the counrty and the Weather Office has predicted the 92 per cent rainfall for this season. According to the Long Range Forecast update ...
There should be uniform development of bank and economy: PC.
Jul 01, 2006 ... There should be uniform development of bank and economy: PC Tirupur, Jun 30 (PTI) Union Finance Minister P Chidambaram today stressed the need for uniform develoment of banks and economy throughout the country. The performance of banks in the Eastern region of the ...
MP announces Rs 10 lakh to family of Lieutenant Colonel.
Jul 01, 2006 ... MP announces Rs 10 lakh to family of Lieutenant Colonel Jabalpur, June 30 (PTI) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has announced Rs 10 lakh for the family of Lieutenant Colonel Vinay Rao Chouhan who was killed in an encounter with terrorists at Bandipora in ...
Centre failed to control inflation: Rajnath Singh.
Jul 01, 2006 ... Centre failed to control inflation: Rajnath Singh Indore, Jun 30 (PTI) Coming down heavily on Congress-led UPA Government for its alleged failure to control inflation, BJP president Rajnath Singh today predicted a mid-term Parliament election with the fall of the coalition ...
UBI announces new deposit scheme.
Jul 01, 2006 ... UBI announces new deposit scheme Hyderabad June 30 (PTI) The Union Bank of India (UBI) has announced the launch of a new deposit scheme `Union Double' from tomorrow. Addressing a press conference here today, C Abraham, Deputy General Manager, Hyderabad Region of the ...
India 102/6 at tea on Day One.
Jul 01, 2006 ... India 102/6 at tea on Day One Kingston (Jamaica), June 30 (PTI) India were 102 or six at tea on the opening day of the fourth and final cricket Test against the West ...
India teetering at 102 for six at tea.
Jul 01, 2006 ... India teetering at 102 for six at tea Kingston (Jamaica), June 30 (PTI) India were teetering at 102 for 6 at tea on the first day of the fourth and final Test against the West Indies here today. The visitors gave an extremely inept batting display on an admittedly ...
SPORT IND TEA BOARD.
Jul 01, 2006 ... SPORT IND TEA BOARD Kingston (Jamiaca), June 30 (PTI) Scoreboard at tea on the opening day of the fourth and final cricket Test between India and the West Indies here today: India, 1st Innings: Wasim Jaffer b Taylor 1 Virender Sehwag c Sarwan b Collins 0 ...
US to work with Congress to address "remaining issues" in bill.
Jul 01, 2006 ... US to work with Congress to address "remaining issues" in bill Washington, June 30 (PTI) The US today said a bill to implement the historic Indo-US civilian nuclear deal that has been cleared by two key committees of lawmakers has to go through "some more work" and pledged to ...
India all out for 200.
Jul 01, 2006 ... India all out for 200 Kingston (Jamaica), July 1 (PTI) Electing to bat, India were all out for 200 in the first innings on the opening day of the fourth and ...
India bundled out for 200, Dravid stands tall among ruins.
Jul 01, 2006 ... India bundled out for 200, Dravid stands tall among ruins Kingston (Jamaica), July 1 (PTI) India blew away their chance to take control of the fourth and decisive cricket Test against the West Indies with an inept batting display to be bowled out for a paltry 200 on the opening ...
NESS to establish development centre in India.
Jul 01, 2006 ... NESS to establish development centre in India Jerusalem, July 1 (PTI) Leading Israeli IT solution provider Ness Technologies has announced to establish an extended development centre in India with UK headquartered electronic design automation company Pulsic Ltd. In a deal worth ...
SPORT IND BOARD.
Jul 01, 2006 ... SPORT IND BOARD Kingston (Jamiaca), July 1 (PTI) Scoreboard at close on the opening day of the fourth and final cricket Test between India and the West Indies here on Friday: India, 1st Innings: Wasim Jaffer b Taylor 1 Virender Sehwag c Sarwan b Collins ...
India to import one million tonne wheat from Canada.
Jul 01, 2006 ... India to import one million tonne wheat from Canada Toronto, July 1 (PTI) In its biggest purchase from Canada in the last 10 years, India will buy more than one million tonne wheat from the country between September this year and January next. India will import 7.2 ...
Crisis in Gaza may set off another conflict: UN official.
Jul 01, 2006 ... Crisis in Gaza may set off another conflict: UN official United Nations, July 1 (PTI) The current "grave crisis" in Gaza strip could easily set off another conflict between Palestinians and Israelis unless all sides back off from the brink, a top United Nations official has ...
US to work with Congress to address "remaining issues" in bill.
Jul 01, 2006 ... US to work with Congress to address "remaining issues" in bill Washington, July 1 (PTI) The Bush administration has said a bill to implement the historic Indo-US civilian nuclear deal that has been cleared by two key congressional panels has to go through "some more work" and ...
Bird flu virus found in northwest China.
Jul 01, 2006 ... Bird flu virus found in northwest China Beijing, July 1 (PTI) China has discovered the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus in poultry in the country's northwest. The National Avian Influenza Reference Laboratory on Thursday discovered the H5N1 bird flu virus after examining ...
China launches first passenger train to Tibet.
Jul 01, 2006 ... China launches first passenger train to Tibet Beijing, July 1 (PTI) Amid fanfare, China today launched the first passenger train to Tibet, an event which President Hu Jintao said signalled the Communist nation's "another magnificent" achievement in its modernisation drive. ...
China lifts ban on American beef import.
Jul 01, 2006 ... China lifts ban on American beef import Beijing, July 1 (PTI) China has resumed beef imports from the United States, ending a two-and-a-half-year ban prompted by fears of mad cow disease. The beef import resumption applies to boneless cuts from US animals under the ...
PM assures of efforts to relieve farmers of misery.
Jul 01, 2006 ... PM assures of efforts to relieve farmers of misery Yavatmal (Maharashtra), Jul 1 (PTI) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said the Government would make sincere efforts to relieve the misery of farmers of Vidarbha region in Maharashtra, who are reeling under debt crisis. ...
Scrips end week with modest gains.
Jul 01, 2006 ... Scrips end week with modest gains Chennai, July 1 (PTI) After experiencing continuous downslide trigerred by selling pressure, scrips improved towards the weekend and ended with handsome gains against last week's rates at the Madras Stock Exchange. Many counters ...
Global cues take stock markets up by 2%.
Jul 01, 2006 ... Global cues take stock markets up by 2% Mumbai, July 1 (PTI) Stocks: A strong 447-point weekend rally placed the stock markets on the optimistic map, having ended the third straight week in positive territory with a 2.0 per cent jump while retail participation was on the rise. ...
China opens world's highest railway.
Jul 01, 2006 ... China opens world's highest railway Beijing, July 1 (PTI) China today launched the first-ever passenger trains to and from Tibet on the world's highest railway, an event described by President Hu Jintao as a "great miracle" and "another magnificent" achievement in the Communist ...
RNRL revises $300mn FCCBs conversion premium to 30 pc.
Jul 01, 2006 ... RNRL revises $300mn FCCBs conversion premium to 30 pc Mumbai, Jul 1 (PTI) Anil Ambani group company Reliance Natural Resources Ltd today said it has decided to revise the premium on its 300 million dollar Foreign Currency Convertible Bonds to 30 per cent from 20 per cent ...
Thoor dal, moong dal prices weaken.
Jul 01, 2006 ... Thoor dal, moong dal prices weaken Chennai, July 1 (PTI) Prices of thoor dal and moong dal weakened while that of maida and sugar firmed up in the wholesale foodgrains market here during the week under review. However, commodities like urad dal, wheat and sooji ...
Bajaj Auto motorcycle sales up 40 pc in June.
Jul 01, 2006 ... Bajaj Auto motorcycle sales up 40 pc in June New Delhi, Jul 1 (PTI) Country's leading motorcycle maker Bajaj Auto today reported a 40 per cent increase in motorcycle sales in June at 1,83,549 units as against 1,30,710 units in the same month last year. The total ...
Navis Capital Partners acquires Nirula's.
Jul 01, 2006 ... Navis Capital Partners acquires Nirula's New Delhi, Jul 1 (PTI) Malaysia-based private equity fund Navis Capital Partner has acquired one of India's oldest fast food chain Nirula's for an undisclosed amount with effect from today. Navis is the majority stakeholoder in ...