COMPANIES

• Bharti plans broadband via satellite
• Reliance, L&T in race for Petronet project
• Hyundai launches new Santro
• Electrosteel to invest Rs 22 crore in Lanco
• Surana Telecom mulls JV with Yangtse
• Bharti pays $60mn for Telia stake
• Lakme launches Lip liners
• Videocon, Cargill in fray for stake in STC
• Kissan launches fruit kick spreads
• IOC best national oil trading firm in Asia-Pacific
• Jataayu launches WAP browser
• RBI sells remaining stake in STCI
• Templeton India to fully acquire Pioneer ITI
• L&T among 7 firms for Oman water plant contract
• BoB offers schemes for riot victims
• Wipro gets ISO 14001 certification
• Essar offers to market Reliance petro products
• Reliance inks $1.2-b deal with equipment majors
• AES plans to hike stake in Orissa Power
• Kraft may infuse funds in Tang
• HM launches new pick-up
• Kvaerner to build Reliance biotech unit
• Haldia to hike polymer prices
• Nokia cuts prices
• Eveready launches `Recharge' torch
• Tata Tea relaunches Kannan Devan
• Hyundai to launch Terracan
• Pentasoft to vacate Tidel Park
• Hyundai likely to float IPO next fiscal
• Altec launches speakers in India
• Tatas plan consolidation of Trent stake
• VSNL to compensate for asset stripping
• Ikon prices go up by Rs 22,000

GENERAL

• Bangalore proposes 14 new flyovers
• RBI to allow floating rates on TD schemes
• Transporters in Maharashtra begin strike
• Ahmedabad commodities bourse set to go online
• GDP to grow 6.5% in 2002-03: Jalan
• Mumbai Port to sell real estate
• IA cuts commission to agents
• Sail, Tatas hike flat steel prices
• Cellular phone users up by 5.4 %

CAPITAL MARKET

• PNB offers first public issue
• Sebi set ups panel on demutualisation

PEOPLE

• Venkitaramanan is non-executive chief of IndusInd