Power equipment manufacturer KEC International announced that it has bagged orders worth Rs 291 crore from Power Grid of India for setting up transmission lines in Madhya Pradesh and Assam.

The company said that the first order is for the supply and creation of 765 kv Satna-Bina line and another 400 kv line at Bina associated with ATS for the Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project in Madhya Pradesh.

The other project consists of two 400 kv and one 132 kv transmission lines between Balipara-Biswanath and Depota-Gohpur in Assam.

The Sensex remained positive on continued buying activity across key frontline stocks.

Positive opening of European markets also backed the overall market reaction.

For the week ended March 7, 2009, India`s benchmark wholesale price index (WPI), inflation declined sharply to 0.44% as against 2.43% during the last week.

It was at 7.78% during the corresponding week the previous year.

A mobile multi-media van ‘RTI on Wheels’, which was launched to make people aware about the Right to Information (RTI) Act in remote areas, has completed a year in the state on March 17.

The Gujarat State Information Commission, Sardar Patel Institute of Public Administration (SPIPA) and Mahiti Adhikar Gujarat Pahel (MAGP) jointly launched ‘RTI on Wheels’ in 2008.

In a period of 12-months, RTI on wheels reached about 80,000 people in 450 villages and 13 cities.

After her brilliant performance in the record-breaking film ‘Ghajini’, Southern beauty Asin is again making headlines by her new avatar on Verve magazine’s cover page.

Asin graces the cover of the ‘March 2009’ issue of the magazine.

The issue is a must have as Asin speaks about her dream bollywood debut with Ghajini, about comparisons with Sridevi and her upcoming projects.

The ‘Dasavathram’ actress will be seen in 'London Dreams', a remake of the Oscar winning 'Amadeus' with Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan.

The technology seems to be advancing day by day and it brings happy news for all those who are Gizmo freaks.

To strengthen its leadership position in the digital camera market, Sony India recently has launched 11 new digital still cameras in the market.

The newly launched digital still cameras come packed with newest technologies, and are available in the price range between Rs 7,990 and Rs 29,990.

ICICI Bank is looking for ways to divert its ATM management and points of sale terminals (POS) into a different unit.

Moreover, the country’s largest private lender has also invited bids from private equity funds as well as banking technology companies for stake in this arm.

ICICI Bank has the second-largest ATM network with more than 4,600 Automated Teller Machines (ATM), and the largest PoS network with over two lakh terminals.