E-paper (digital edition) subscriptions

We are happy to announce a reduction in subscription rates for our e-paper editions effective February 1, 2008.

The subscription rates from February 1, 2008 are:

Duration US Dollar (US$) Indian Rupees (Rs.)
1 Month (30 days) 3.75 150.00
3 months (90 days) 11.25 450.00
6 months (180 days) 21.25 850.00
1 Year 40 1600.00


"You can make the payment using your credit card through our secure ICICI Bank credit card payment gateway."
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We do not accept cancellation of subscriptions. There are no refunds.

Acceptance of Offline Payments for E Paper

The following modes of payments may be accepted

1.       For US Dollar payments by Wire Transfer

Beneficiary Name : Kasturi and Sons Limited
Beneficiary Account No : 000951000048
Bank Address : ICICI Bank Limited
  Prakash Presidium, 110 Mahatma Gandhi Road
Nungambakkam, Chennai 600 034
Correspondent Bank: JP MORGON CHASE BANK NEWYORK
A/c No : 001-1-427374
Swift code : CHASUS33XXX

OR
Beneficiary Name : Kasturi and Sons Limited
Beneficiary Account No : 000951000048
Bank Address : ICICI Bank Limited
  Prakash Presidium, 110 Mahatma Gandhi Road
Nungambakkam, Chennai 600 034
Correspondent Bank: BANK OF NEW YORK
A/c No : 8900584033
Swift code : IRVTUS3NXXX

Amount to be remitted is to be increased by bank charges of US $ 5  Activation will be provided as soon as we receive the remittance, with an outer limit of a week.

2. Subscribers within India, a Demand Draft payable at Chennai in favour of Kasturi and Sons Limited.   Activation will be provided as soon as the credit is received in our account.

" For local subscribers, besides Credit cards only Demand drafts and Pay orders will be accepted"

Please provide us your valid email ID and Password so that we can activate and inform the same by mail on realization of DD.

Please send email to sb@thehindu.co.in and mark a copy to epaperth@thehindu.co.in

Please note that the web edition (html edition available at www.businessline.in, www.thehindubusinessline.com, and www.blonnet.com) will continue to be free-to-air.

Business Line, published by Kasturi & Sons Ltd, launched its e-paper or digital edition on September 10, 2006. It is a pioneer in presenting business news in specialised sections and specialist pages.

What does the digital edition of Business Line, or e-paper, offer the reader?

The newspaper itself, nothing less – delivered online. You can see each page as it appears in the print edition. This means all the reports, articles, photographs, and other graphics have been organised, laid out, and presented according to their importance, with the appropriate typography and design elements. You can also see the advertisements as they appear on the page.

Whole pages, articles, photographs and other images can be viewed in .pdf and .jpg format, and articles can also be read as text.

You can make use of the Internet's powerful feature - search. The e-paper offers you search in several forms: You can look for something specific using the search engine. You can also track stories in your areas of interest by setting your preferences for "My News," a news-tracking feature. You can clip articles and photos for future reference and can email them to a friend.

The Chennai edition of the newspaper is available in digital form at this first stage. The archive offers a week’s back issues of the digital editions of Business Line.

It is available for viewing at 6 a.m., Indian Standard Time (IST) every day.

Please contact the product manager at epaperbl@thehindu.co.in for more details or clarifications.