* ANSAL PROPERTIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE: Sold 1.67 mln sq ft in February compared with 1.90 mln sq ft a year ago.
* ASHOK LEYLAND: Hopes to launch electric variant of Dost soon.
* ASTRAZENECA PHARMA INDIA : Swedish parent plans to reduce stake in the company to meet the minimum public shareholding norms.
* CLUTCH AUTO: Is in the process of shifting its manufacturing operations to Bhiwadi, and has started commercial output at the new site.
* COAL INDIA: Is selling 18% of its annual output at a price higher than or at least at par with global benchmarks.
* DISH TV INDIA: The board of directors has approved divestment of the company's investment in Dish TV Singapore Pte Ltd.
* EID PARRY: Produced 50,871 tn of sugar in February, down 10.5% from a year ago.
* FORCE MOTORS: Has hiked prices of its sport utility vehicles by 3% effective Mar 1.
* GEE EL WOOLLENS: Atlas Jewellery Pvt Ltd's open offer to acquire 26% more stake in the company will start on Apr 26 and end on May 13.
* GEODESIC: Is in the process of restructuring operations to facilitate redemption of its foreign currency convertible bonds.
* GOA CARBON: Produced 16,404 tn and sold 8,099 tn of calcined petroleum coke in February.
* HCL TECHNOLOGIES: Has delayed the joining date of freshers. Noida police intervenes in the protest by fresh engineers against the company, assures of a meeting with the City Magistrate within a week.
* HEG LTD: India Ratings has downgraded the company's long-term issuer rating to 'IND A+' from 'IND AA-' with a stable outlook.
* HINDUSTAN PETROLEUM CORP: Board has approved setting up a 9-mln-tn refinery -cum-petrochemicals project near Barmer in Rajasthan. The state government will have 26% stake in the same.
* HINDUSTAN UNILEVER: Kimberly Clark Lever plans to take its Huggies diaper brand to kiranas and family grocers using its partner, HUL's distribution network.
* ICICI BANK: Has received capital repatriation of $100 mln from its wholly-owned subsidiary ICICI Bank UK Plc.
* KENNAMETAL INDIA: Seeks land to expand in Karnataka.
* KINGFISHER AIRLINES: Head Vijay Mallya has said he has no information about STATE BANK OF INDIA identifying the airlines' properties to attach them in a bid to recover the debt it owes the bank. Lenders to the company have indicated they may sell UNITED SPIRITS' shares pledged with them as collateral either in the market or to outsiders at a higher price.
* MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA: Mahindra Two Wheelers Ltd sold 4,010 units in February. The two-wheeler maker launched its Pantero motorcycle in four
states.
- The Swaraj division of the company launched two tractor models--Swaraj 855 XM and Swaraj 744 XM--in Maharashtra
- The company received a notice of strike from the employees' union at its Nashik plant, starting on or after Mar 11, in case workers' demands are not met.
* NATCO PHARMA: Germany 's Bayer Corp has said it will approach the Bombay High Court to appeal against the Intellectual Property Appellate Board's decision to allow Natco Pharma to make the generic version of its cancer drug Nexavar.
* NEYVELI LIGNITE: Re-commissioning of company's two 250-MW plants further delayed; company expects to complete it by June 2013.
* NMDC: Some shareholders of Legacy Iron Ore have threatened of seeking an extra ordinary general meeting to vote out three executives of NMDC from the Legacy Iron, as the former failed to fulfil the promises it made while acquiring the latter in 2011.
* PC JEWELLER: Shares of the company will replace those of ORIENT PAPER in the S&P BSE 500 index from Thursday.
* PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK: Maharashtra 's IT Secretary Rajesh Aggarwal has ordered the bank to pay 4.5 mln rupees to Pune-based Poona Auto Ancillaries' Managing Director as cyber crime compensation.
* RELIANCE INDUSTRIES: GSM operators have accused the Department of Telecommunications of extending "undue benefits" to the company to offer voice calling services through 4G airwaves. Has stopped gas supply to 25 power plants since Friday. Is said to have finalised Samsung as a partner to source the Korean company's long-term evolution technology platform for its 4G services.
* SHREE CEMENT: Despatched 967,000 tn of cement in February, down 16% from a month ago, and its production fell 13% on month to 983,000 tn.
* TATA MOTORS: UK-based arm Jaguar Land Rover has sold 278 vehicles in India in February, up from 211 vehicles in the year-ago period. Analysts say demand for the company's Manza car will not pick up in the near future despite a deep discount being offered.
* TATA STEEL: To get a rating-linked loan worth 228 bln rupees.
* UNITED SPIRITS: United Breweries Group has attained all regulatory approvals to sell stake in United Spirits to Diageo.
* UTTAM GALVA STEELS: Will hold an extraordinary general meeting on Mar 23 to consider raising up to 1.75 bln rupees.
* WELSPUN PROJECTS: Has entered into a pact with Leighton Welspun Contractors for transferring 72% of its engineering, procurement and construction order book to the latter.
* WIPRO: Information technology unit, Wipro Infotech has signed a global reseller arrangement with US-based Infoblox Inc.
