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    Merger of oil companies mooted
    NEW DELHI, AUG. 12.The Government today began discussions on restructuring of public sector companies in the hydrocarbons sector including the giant Indian Oil Corporation and the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation. With the present regime committed ...

    BPCL, HPCL oppose move
    NEW DELHI, AUG. 12.BPCL and HPCL today opposed the Petroleum Ministry's proposal of merging the oil companies. The views came up during a discussion between the Petroleum Minister, Mani Shankar Aiyar, and the CEOs of oil PSUs to explore the ...

    Industrial growth up at 7.6 p.c.
    NEW DELHI, AUG. 12. With a 7.3 per cent impressive growth in June this year, the overall growth in industrial production during April-June 2004 has gone up to 7.6 per cent from 5.7 per cent recorded in the same period in the previous year. Data ...

    Searches in Rolta India offices
    MUMBAI, AUG. 12.As part of a drive to unearth unaccounted financial transactions, the Income-tax Department today launched searches at nearly 25 premises of leading IT company, Rolta India Ltd., at its head office and residential premises of some ...

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    Task forces to recover tax arrears
    NEW DELHI, AUG. 12. With the Union Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram, banking heavily on recovery of tax arrears to meet his revenue targets, the Government today set up two task forces to recover the arrears. On the direct tax side, the task ...

    Aptech withdraws application
    CHENNAI, AUG. 12.Aptech has informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that it is withdrawing a joint application filed with the bourse in tandem with SSI for in-principle approval for allotment and listing of 16.75 lakh equity shares of the face value ...

    Plea to reduce raw material prices
    COIMBATORE: The Coimbatore District Small Industries Association has appealed to the Centre to "restrict" export of iron ore and steel materials temporarily and to reduce the import duty on items like pig iron and coke to bring down the raw ...

    Green power projects in West Bengal
    KOLKATA: Two Birla companies — Hindustan Motors and Texmaco — along with three companies based in the South today picked up their allotment letters to set up green power projects in West Bengal. The letters were given away by the ...

    Dr. Reddy's launches skin cream
    CHENNAI: Dr. Reddy's Laboratories has announced the launch of Venusia, a skin moisturising cream indicated for the treatment of dry skin condition. According to a release issued here on Thursday, Venusia is available in 50 gm jars and is a ...

    Exhibition on glass
    CHENNAI: A four-day international exhibition on glass and glazing technologies is being organised in New Delhi between August 12 and 15. In a release issued here, Syed Zakir Ahmed, Managing Director, ZAK Trade Fairs and Exhibitions, said glass ...

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