COMPANIES

• ITC Bhadrachalam to merge with ITC
• BIFR favours winding up of Fertiliser Corporation
• GAIL authorised to bid for Dabhol terminal
• Wipro to scale-up Gurgaon facility
• Amul to launch new products
• Parle Agro lines up more dairy products
• Excel Industries demerges agri-business
• Tata Fin seeks time to set house in order
• Himachal Futuristic plans overseas issue
• ITC Hotels plans new tourist facilities

GENERAL

• Vajpayee leaves for Japan
• ADB approves $350 mn loan for MP
• India testing four GM seeds
• Bollywood stars owe over Rs 100 cr I-T
• Harshad remanded to judicial custody
• Govt to raise FDI in aviation sector to 49%
• Govt restructures sizes of branded water bottles