The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is likely to go the market regulator way in securing the custody of B Ramalinga Raju, his brother Rama Raju and other accused in the Satyam scam.

The central investigating agency has filed a petition in a local court seeking the custody of the Raju brothers, the jailed founders of Satyam Computer Services, as part of its investigation. The case is set to come up for hearing on March 6.

However, sources tracking the case told DNA Money CBI custody would face resistance from the accused.

Voltas, part of the Tata group, has informed that its textile machinery division has entered into a partnership deal with Germany's Thies to sell and service Thies products in India.

Under the arrangement, Thies will supply products such as fabric dyeing machines, jiggers and bleaching plants in India.

According to an official statement, the partnership will use the market potential of processing segments, which offer unique opportunities for India to augment its share in the international textiles trade.

Oil & Natural Gas Commission will raise Rs 9,000 crore for its petrochemicals project in joint venture with Gujarat State Petroleum Corp, a company executive said.

"It will be through syndicated loans," director (finance) D K Sarraf said, adding, "We will complete the transaction in March or early April." ONGC Petro Additions Ltd, a joint venture of ONGC and Gujarat State Petroleum Corp, is building a petrochemical plant at Dahej in Gujarat.

Blogosphere has expanded its horizons in such a way that even students appearing for the board exams are also using blogs as a forum for discussions on the exams. With CBSE and GSEB exams round the corner and scheduled in next month, various blogs are flooded with posts from the aspirants on various issues such as how to avoid stress and increase memory power.

Not only students, but also the parents, whose children are appearing for the exams, are also seen sticking to blogs for ideas on how to help their children appearing for the big exams at the time of stress. Interactions through the blogs help them in finding out better solutions to the problems caused by the exam fever.

It was a difficult day for commerce and science students attempting their HSC exams on Tuesday. While commerce students were appalled with the difficulty level of their Organisational Commerce (OC) exam, many science students, who had their paper Physics II exam, were in tears when they came out of their examination hall.

"It was horribly difficult. I never expected OC to be so tough. There were several complicated and tricky questions that it threw us off-kilter," said Manan Parekh, a student of Podar College, Matunga. Students are now dreading their Book Keeping and Accountancy exam which is on Wednesday. "If OC could be that difficult, I am wondering how we will fare in Accounts exam," said Suresh Patkar, a commerce student.

Millions of disabled in the city live as second-class citizens owing to lack of awareness among the masses who think a reserved coach in the local trains is the best the society can do for its less fortunate brethren. Thankfully, help is at hand. The Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped, in partnership with the Department of Communication and Journalism (DCJ), Mumbai University (MU), is starting a programme on disability communication.