COMPANIES

• L&T to bid for metro airport projects

• IOC's Rajbandh depot fire: No disruption in supply
• Astra Microwave wins Rs 53-crore orders
• Jindal Stainless wins French mint order
• Dr Reddy's appoints new cost auditors
• NTPC excellence award
• ONGC Videsh eyeing acquisitions abroad
• Dabur launches fruit-based drink, Coolers
• DuPont to unveil Tyvek products
• ITC to buy Ansal Hotels
• Avaya to acquire upto 25.1 percent of Tata Tele
• L&T 2003-04 net profit rises 96 percent
• BSNL enters into roaming deal with Sri Lanka Telecom
• Jet Airways to levy fuel surcharge on international routes
• Hyundai May sales up 14 percent in May
• Tata Power in agreement with Saudi company

GENERAL

• Inflation touches 5.02 per cent
• I&B Ministry not to allow IHT publication
• Drop in foodgrain output seen

BANKING AND FINANCE

• RBI tightens PD dividend norms
• Foreign currency inflows slow down
• Rupee firms up
• Can Fin Homes to step up lending
• BoR gets Maharashtra licence for franking stamps

MARKETS

• Sensex rises 71 pts as FIIs return
• NTPC IPO receives SEBI approval
• 3 Indian companies to list in Singapore stock exchange
• Canbank Mutual starts investment in derivatives

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS

• Volkswagen in talks for car assembly line in AP
• Wipro plans to buy US firm

PEOPLE

• Sanjay Kumar of Computer Associates' resigns