COMPANIES

• Tatas up stake to 63.58% in TFL
• Sonata Soft declares 15 % dividend
• Hero Honda to pay 850%
• LMS launches virtual.lab
• SBI, associates hike STCI stake to 16.81%
• Ashok Leyland March sales up 2.5%
• Tata Teleservices ties up with Gilat
• Marriott plans hotel in Chennai
• Ciba Specialty makes open offer
• Honda to develop China, India as export base
• Su-Kam to export inverters to China
• CDC ties up with Bharat Biotech
• BoB to shift corp office to new premises

GENERAL

• Inflation down to 1.38 %
• Forex reserves at $54.55 billion
• ADB to fund 3 UP development projects

PEOPLE

• Shahi takes over as new power secy
• B N Kirpal to be next chief justice of India