Agriculture
High-yielding hybrid wheat closer to reality -- DWR closer to realising output target of 8 t
Wheat exports drying up on low enquiries
Automobiles
Maruti gearing up for launching VRS
Banking and Finance
BoI to merge finance arm
RBI deputes team for Krushi audit
Finance Ministry satisfied with PSB performance
Commodities
Shellac exports up 46% in Q1
`Higher customs duty hitting platinum demand'
Corporate
GKW retires Rs 78-cr debt
ABT to up stake in Shakti Finance
BILT to finalise Sinar Mas consolidation by mid-October
Hyderabad Flextech scheme gets IDBI nod
Dalmia picks up 5 pc stake in ITW Signode
GM India ties up with indiatimes
J.L. Morison to tie up with European FMCG cos

Bilcare in pact with Ticona for polymers
One-fourth Balco staff opt for VRS
BP Amoco to make fresh Castrol offer
Royal Canin relish for Indian pets
Temporary injunction to LIC on Modi Rubber open offer
Rana assures help for jute sector
Assocham for transfer pricing rules from April '02
New equity partner for Automart
Mellon seeks role...
Crocodile clarification
Agitation at FACT hits production
Economy
NCAER puts GDP growth at 5.6 pc
Finnish team hopes to open doors
`Indo-Aussie trade volume to double'
Basmati patent row -- Focus on expertise, attention to detail
Capacity, production growth in manufacturing
Govt aware of slowdown: Sinha
`Customs, excise revenue mop-up not encouraging'
Dumping duty on sodium ferrocyanide to continue
Editorial
Loan for land
Fast track
Cement stocks losing ground
Fertilisers
RCF-HZL venture for fertilizer unit
Foreign Trade

Pakistan to consider more Indian imports: Minister
Impact
Castrol: Smooth near term
Foseco: Hurdles cleared?
SBI Home Finance: Equity overhang
Miscellaneous

Launching of music channel
Mutual Funds
Pioneer ITI to launch index scheme
MFs to carve niche with portfolio management
PSU
Singareni Collieries turns around -- `Will become debt-free by 2004'
Withdrawal from Hind Zinc divestment race -- Allied Deals blames it on put option
Divestment will be transparent, says Shourie

`Needless charges scaring away bidders'
Delta Paper Mills preferred bidder for 2 AP sugar units
Dilution of special rights -- Team to Iran for reworking agreement on Madras Fert
Petroleum
Petro products' sales decline in July
Pharmaceuticals
Ranbaxy ties up with DoctorAnywhere.com for AIDS initiative
Plantations

TN cardamom auctions resume as ST on Kerala samples go
Policy
Divestment panel to have four new members
Politics
Crime and punishment
Power
Six NTPC plants in top 10 list
States
Coonoor Excise division transfer to Salem opposed
Vital changes in AP Co-ops Act opposed
Centre to help AP in tourism promotion

Kolkata celebrates 311th birthday
Steel
Imported coal usage by SAIL tops 50 pc mark
Hindustan Steel to get Rs 182 cr grant
Stocks
Downtrend in Lyons Range
Techs recover; HLL plays spoil-sport
Taxation
Problems of mobility
Cross-border, cross-breeding

Free samples
Why share the spoils?
Continuing operations
Suggestion on I-T forms under study
Tea
Tea Board mulls campaign to promote Nilgiris tea
Technical Analysis
Restricted movement
Textiles
Dumping probe into polyester fibre unjustified: SIMA
SIMA to mobilise opinion against excise duty evasion
Travel & Places

Face-off
Tyres
Rider for lifting Sahaganj suspension -- Dunlop seeks to reduce non-production workforce