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Woman held at airport with fake passport
2008-04-15 05:35:00
KOLKATA: It would have been the perfect forgery had Kamu Ben been a little better informed about the person, whose passport a tout had forged for her. But alert immigration officials at Kolkata airport caught her on the wrong foot, quite literally, and foiled her attempt to fly to the US with a false passport, minutes before she was to board the flight early on Monday. The 54-year-old woman had come to Kolkata from Ahemdabad to board a flight to USA via Frankfurt. She had disguised herself as Manjula Ben Patel, a 60-year-old woman, whose passport she had forged with the help of a tout. A resident of Ahmedabad, Kamu Ben was going to USA to work as a house governess. She managed to reach the immigration zone of the Kolkata airport on a wheelchair as advised by the tout. Manjula Ben, whose passport she had forged, was physically challenged and immigration records stated that she couldn?t get up from her chair. But immigration officials smelt a rat. They asked Kamu Ben if she wo...
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BSNL to Launch WIMAX in Ahmedabad City
2008-04-15 05:31:00
Ahmedabad is all set to get the WIMAX technology. Ahmedabad will be the 1st city of gujarat to get such a facility. BSNL will soon provide a high speed wireless internet service to its customers in Ahmedabad.Towers have been setup in Navrang pura area of ahmedabad.0ther cities to receive WIMAX service from BSNL are Bangalore, Chennai, Kolkata, Pune, Hyderabad, Hisar, Pinjore, Rohtak and Panipat.
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Bicyclists fear abuse, security on city roads
2008-04-15 05:26:00
AHMEDABAD: How safe are our roads for bicyclists ? A study conducted by the Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT) a year ago indicates that the best of newly designed roads is only 57 per cent safe for a bicyclist during peak traffic conditions.The study was conducted by CEPT researcher Uvika Gupta for a range of arterial routes in Navrangpura, Bapunagar, Vastrapur and Kalupur. The study devised an index based on road geometrics, traffic operations, behavioural pattern of bicycle riders, road safety and road comfort. The study was undertaken as part of BRTS project and included analysing more than eight lakh bicycle trips in the city.The research pointed out that Ashram Road and the stretch from Gormoh restaurant to Centre for Environmental Education (CEE) score the maximum, offering a rider 57 per cent and 50 per cent security, respectively.With a high fatality rate of 15 per cent, 62 per cent bicyclists who were interviewed fear riding in Navrangpura, while 52 pe...
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Jet Airways enhances regional connectivity with new ATR aircraft
2008-04-14 05:18:00
Jet Airways ,has enhanced regional connectivity between Ahmedabad,Indore,Bhopal, Raipur & Hyderabad cities with its new,state-of-the-art ATR 72-500 aircraft in all economy configuration.Jet Airways has also introduced an additional frequency on the Ahmedabad- Mumbai sector. Jet Airways? flight 9W 2408 will depart Ahmedabad at 0030 hrs, arriving in Mumbai 0150 hrs, thus offering the airline?s international passengers convenient connections. On the return leg, flight 9W 2407 will depart Mumbai at 0245 hrs, arriving in Ahmedabad at 0405 hrs.Commenting on the enhanced frequencies, Mr. Wolfgang Prock-Schauer, Jet Airways? Chief Executive Officer said ?With smaller metros like Bhopal, Raipur and Indore growing at a fast pace, we believe that there is a strong demand for better connectivity in these areas. The airline is confident that the introduction of its services on these routes will prove popular and convenient for passengers?.Having tailor made its schedule to suit the business trave...
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The Pride Hotel, Chennai, is now fully operational
2008-04-14 05:17:00
Pride Hotel s Limited (the ?Company?), which operates and manages a chain of hotels in India for business travellers, has announced that The Pride Hotel, Chennai , is fully operational now with 115 rooms (59 Deluxe rooms, 33 Superior rooms, 18 Executive rooms and 5 Suites), coffee shop, restaurant and two banquet halls.Catering to the business executives at the middle and senior management levels, The Pride Hotel, Chennai, is located at a distance of about three kilometres from Mount Road, which is one of the main business centres in Chennai. The property is spread over land admeasuring 9,904.25 sq. ft along with hotel building of 80,000 sq. ft. comprising ground plus ten floors. The car parking and other amenities is spread over land admeasuring 4,147.5 sq. ft.The Pride Hotel, Chennai, presently has two food and beverage outlets, The Treat and Casablanca. The Treat is a 24 hours coffee shop, which serves breakfast and varied food and beverage items. Casablanca is a fine dining restau...
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No short-changing here: Numismatics now a big draw
2008-04-14 05:15:00
MUMBAI: The numismatic industry in India is booming like never before. From being a hobby of a few people couple of years back, today, collecting coins and notes is being viewed as a mode of fruitful investment. A perfect example of this is an extremely rare Rs 5,000 note, that was in circulation in India between 1954 and 1978, was auctioned on Saturday for a whooping Rs 6.6 lakh ? highest sum ever paid for an Indian note.Over 300 rare coins, tokens, medals and notes were auctioned at the 26th Todywalla auction in Mumbai on Saturday. Some of the coins that were auctioned dated back to the time of Chandragupta Maurya (380 AD). Also included in the auction were gold and silver coins which were in use during the mughal empire, and a range of Indian notes belonging to the 20th century.However, the major attraction of the auction was the Rs 5,000 note, which went to an anonymous bidder. The price of Rs 6.6 lakh was almost double of its estimated price of Rs 3-3.5 lakh. Another set of six...
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Award for Ahmedabad Division of Western Railway
2008-04-14 05:14:00
The Ahmedabad Division of Western Railway has bagged the GM Efficiency Shield for excellence in performance during 2007-08. DRM Rajiv Misra received the shield at the 53rd Railway Week celebration ceremony from A K Jhingron, general manager of Western Railway in Mumbai, said an official release.In all, the division won five running shields out of eighteen. Jhiongron gave away 142 individual certificates, medals and cash prizes along with 11 group awards to the winners on the occasion.In 2007-08, WR set a new record of 43.8 MT in freight loading, earning a whopping Rs 3,411 crore.It has also won the national award for energy conservation for 2007 by ensuring reduction of 15 per cent in consumption of energy in 2006-07, the release said, adding, that this led to saving of Rs 27.6 crore.The release further said that to handle the extra rush, 685 holiday special trains were run and 7,112 additional coaches were attached to various trains between April and December 2007. This year, 224 s...
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Quota conundrum leaves IIM-Ahmedabad confused
2008-04-14 05:13:00
AHMEDABAD: The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) remains confused over the implementation of the 27 per cent reservation for other backward classes (OBCs) in the coming academic session, as it is yet to receive any direction from the central government."No communication has so far been received from the human resource development (HRD) ministry," IIM-A director Samir Barua told IANS Saturday.Barua said the Supreme Court judgement in this regards earlier this week "lacks clarity"."We will have to wait and see," he said.The Supreme Court Thursday upheld the reservation law providing 27 percent quota for OBCs in government institutions of higher learning. Though the court order has no specific reference to the IIMs, it says that graduates cannot be treated as educationally backward.This creates confusion that while institutes like the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) are bound to implement the quota, IIMs may...
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Two New Haas Factory Outlets Open in India at Bihwadi and Ahmedabad
2008-04-14 05:11:00
Haas Automation, Inc., of Oxnard California, announces the opening of two new Haas Factory Outlets (HFOs) in India to accommodate the country?s booming manufacturing economy. In the past decade, global economic changes and developments in technology have stoked the fires of Indian industry ? and increased the demand for machine tools. To meet that demand, Haas has opened HFOs in Bihwadi (near Delhi) and Ahmedabad , increasing the number of HFOs in India to four, with a fifth scheduled to open in Chennai around June. Haas Business Manager for Asia, Justin Quan, notes that the Indian economy is remarkably strong. ?They already have the largest forging facility in the world,? he says. ?Indian airlines are going global, and Tata Motors recently acquired Jaguar and Land Rover.? The shift from a labor-intensive type of production to high-tech CNC machine tools is one of the great drivers of Indian industry.?India has about 8 to 9 percent growth in GDP each year,? Quan continues, ?and this ...
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Synchron Research eyes buyout in France
2008-04-14 05:10:00
Looks at company specialising in Phase 1 trails. Fresh from its acquisition of Parexel?s bio-analytical and bio-marker facility in France for about $6.7 million (Rs 270 crore), Ahmedabad-based clinical research organisation (CRO) Synchron Research is looking at one more acquisition in France. The company has started scouting for mid-size or large companies. ?We are looking for a company specialising in Phase 1 trials in France. We hope to close the acquisition in a year,? said Shivprakash, managing director, Synchron Research. Company officials said discussions were still under way and that the price was yet to be negotiated but it has been learnt that it could be worth around $ 4 million (Rs 160 crore). The funding for the acquisition will come from banks and internal accruals. It has also kept the private equity option open. The move to acquire a company abroad has come about since India is yet to allow phase 1 trials within the country. Phase 1 clinical trials involve testing of ...
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Green Park track played to our strength: Kirsten
2008-04-14 05:09:00
Kanpur: Relieved that his first full Test assignment as Team India coach ended in a respectable 1-1 draw with South Africa, Gary Kirsten today said the turning Green Park wicket helped the hosts play to their strength after the mauling on a seaming track in the second match in Ahmedabad.Click here for scoresKirsten said the host team was "hurt" after the loss in Ahmedabad but showed character to come back strongly and win here. "I think the wicket here was more suited to our strength and that helped us immensely after what had happened in Ahmedabad. The way the boys turned it around was great," Kirsten said after the three-match Test series ended 1-1, with a second successive three-day result in the third and final Test here."This is a proud cricketing nation. The boys were hurt after losing the Ahmedabad Test and they wanted to make amends for that. We also put in some good training before the match," he added.On working with two captains in Anil Kumble and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Ki...
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Girl killed by neighbour
2008-04-14 05:08:00
AHMEDABAD: In a gruesome incident, a 15-year-old tribal girl in Narol died on the spot after her head was smashed with a heavy stone allegedly by a man in his thirties, on Friday night.The body of Sumi Mawi, a footpath dweller on the Narol-Pirana road, was found by her father Chetan and sister Lakhi on Saturday morning. Her skull and face were badly crushed and she could be identified only from her clothes, Vatva police station officials said.The victim's father has lodged a complaint against a fellow footpath dweller Tarsingh Garasiya alias Kaliyo, who was missing since Saturday morning. Kaliyo was arrested near Pirana toll booth with blood-stained clothes.Though police are yet to ascertain the real reason behind the murder, they do not rule out the possibility of a rape attempt. "We did not find any injury marks on her private part. So, we believe that she might have resisted Kaliya's moves. However, this theory can only be confirmed after medical examination," said BL Chaudhary...
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Thrill drives speedsters crazy
2008-04-14 05:07:00
AHMEDABAD: Speed, glam, girls and show off...that is what the teenagers use their parents' cars for and with vacation approaching the scare of underage driving is only on the rise.As the moon is ready to set and the roads are left empty only for dog-fights, these teenagers hit not just the city roads but also the Ahmedabad Vadodara Expressway, in cars borrowed from their parents or drivers who are to drive them around."Speeding is a thrill that most of my friends enjoy and what car you are driving is a style statement. We talk about latest models of cars, new launches and boast about the speed we have touched," says Hardik Varia.The stretches where one can often find these youngsters racing are 132 Ft Ring Road, Panjrapol to IIM-A crossroad and Shivranjani till Judges Bungalow. "We generally race at the speed of 120 km/hr to 140 km/hr. These streets are deserted in the night but still there is some traffic. Our favourite is the Expressway, as the road is absolutely smooth, with no ...
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Bowlers did it with their batting
2008-04-14 05:05:00
Morale plays an important psychological part in a team game and nowhere was this more evident than on the morning of the third day?s play when Sreesanth and Ishant Sharma defied all that South African bowlers had to throw at them. Theirs was the kind of partnership that brings a smile on the faces, especially of their more accomplished batting teammates and has the dressing room in a lighter and more positive mood as it prepares to go out and bowl. On the other hand, the opposition, having failed to separate the last wicket pair in an over or so, gets increasingly frustrated and the mood becomes angrier. This is not the best way to go out to bat and leads to some rather rash strokes. Neil Mackenzie who had batted so splendidly throughout the series and with a preference for stroking in the ?v? attempted to pull a ball which, on this pitch with the variable bounce, was asking for trouble and that?s what he got. So what Sreesanth had done was not only to get the opposition riled with ...

India, South Africa and a tale of 2 collapses
2008-04-14 05:03:00
Indian cricketers ride on car a vehicle awarded to Harbhajan Singh for the man-of-the-series title at the end of the third test match against South Africa in Kanpur, India. (Bikas Das/AP) Posterity will most likely remember the India-South Africa series that ended Sunday in Kanpur, India, for an extraordinary innings of 319 by the Indian batsman Virender Sehwag. Ultimately, however, the series turned on two spectacular batting collapses.South Africa was spun out for only 121 on Sunday. This allowed India to even the series of three five-day tests, 1-1. The first match, featuring Sehwag's innings, was drawn. In the second match, India had fallen behind in Ahmedabad, where it was bowled out for 76, its second-lowest total in 75 years of home test matches.In the third test, South Africa's Kanpur collapse meant that a tightly-contested match suddenly became a rout. India had no trouble scoring the 62 runs it needed to win.For India, there was the satisfaction of replying to critics ...
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Car crashes after late night racing
2008-04-13 05:35:00
AHMEDABAD: A grey silver Lancer zoomed out of the darkness down the Judges Bungalow road at break-neck speed late on Thursday night. Disaster struck when the driver of the car, allegedly in an inebriated condition, lost control of the car. It first hit a street lamp post, flipped over the road-divider and then overturned on the other side of the road. The driver and his co-passenger were trapped briefly underneath.The incident was the fallout of a late-night racing on empty city roads. Youngsters riding high-speed bikes and cars often zoom down the city roads, especially in unearthly hours. Traffic policemen, who are by then off-duty, seem only too happy to look the other way.It was in fact a good Samaritan act by people staying in nearby housing socieities that saved Ronak Upadhyay, 17.Ronak was pulled out from underneath the crushed car and put in 108 Emergency medical services. Both were later admitted to Sterling Hospital. Ronak has sustained grievous injuries in his head and mu...
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Boy jumps from 10-storeyed building
2008-04-13 05:34:00
AHMEDABAD: A Class XI student jumped from a 10-storeyed building in Ghatlodia on Friday afternoon, fearing poor marks in Physics paper. Priyank Patel, 16, a student of Gyanda Vidyalaya, committed suicide as he had not fared well in his exams, said police officials. According to Ghatlodia police officials, Priyank was appearing for his annual examination. On Friday, it was his fourth paper."When I recorded the statement of his father Manibhai, a paan shop owner, he could not speak for long. He said that Priyank was an average student but wanted to achieve big in life and thus, he was working hard for the exam. He had already started coaching for Class XII. Physics was one of the problem areas. However, the parents denied any pressure to perform in the exam," said JN Rathod, head constable of Ghatlodia police station, investigating the case.However, circumstantial evidences show that Priyank was afraid of failure. "We also recorded statements of some of his friends living nearby. They...
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India start well against South Africa
2008-04-13 05:31:00
India's teenaged paceman Ishant Sharma and spinner Harbhajan Singh grabbed three wickets each to help bowl out South Africa for 265 on the first day of their third and final test. The tall Sharma took three for 55 coming back from injury and off-spinner Harbhajan took three for 52 to lead the spin attack after skipper Anil Kumble was ruled out due to injury. South Africa skipper Graeme Smith gave his side a superb start after he won a crucial toss on a dry Green Park pitch which aided spin from the word go. However, a batting slump after lunch saw the tourists fold at stumps as India ran through the innings after tea, claiming the last six wickets for 66 runs. Smith top-scored with 69 and added 61 runs with fellow opener Neil McKenzie (36) and put on 91 runs for the next wicket with Hashim Amla, who made 51. Both fell in succession followed by key batsman Jacques Kallis (one), for the addition of just nine runs, after they were coasting at 152-1. "The wicket is deteriorating quit...
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GujCET exam with wrong questions
2008-04-13 05:29:00
AHMEDABAD: Mistakes in the Chemistry and Mathematics papers of the Gujarat Common Entrance Test (GujCET) taken by 82,000 students of the science stream on Thursday, will change the computation of merit for admissions to professional courses.The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) nullified three questions each in the Chemistry and Maths papers, which were wrong and had to be nullified. Admissions to professional courses are based on 60 per cent marks of the Class XII exam and 40 per cent weightage to GujCET.This is an objective test of 40 marks each for the Chemistry, Biology, Physics and Maths subjects. So now the merit for A group (engineering, pharmacy) will be calculated on a total of 114 marks instead of 120 and of B group (medicine) will be computed on a total of 117 marks instead of 120.Two questions were wrong in the Chemistry paper and the third had two correct answers out of the four options given. In the maths paper, one question was wrong and ...
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Gujarat to set up metropolitan planning committees
2008-04-13 05:26:00
The Gujarat government has decided to set up metropolitan planning committees for the development of major cities like Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot.The committees would prepare the development plan of the cities and look into drinking water and infrastructure issues, according to an official statement here.The committee would be headed by the minister in charge of the district, and the chairman of the urban authority, district collector, municipal commissioner, district development officer would be its members.The urban development authority CEO would act as the member secretary of the committee.Two-thirds of the elected members of nagarpalika and panchayats would comprise committee. The MP and MLA of the area and president of district panchayat would be permanent invitees.(Source: bombaynews.net)
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Police arrest two with fake currency of Rs 1000, Rs 500 denominations
2008-04-12 13:10:00
The crime branch of the Surat police has recovered 190 counterfeit currency notes of Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 denominations from two youths after arresting them from the Varachha area.Acting on specific information, the crime branch sleuths maintained a watch on the main road near the security office of Bombay Market in the area on Wednesday evening. On seeing two youths roaming around suspiciously, they intercepted them. When they were frisked, the police recovered counterfeit currency notes valued to Rs 1.40 lakh.During interrogation, the duo, Mahesh Jamod, a resident of Bhavnagar, and Mansukh Gilla, from Kapodara, revealed that they had got the notes from one Dilip Patel from Sanand area in rural Ahmedabad, to circulate it in Surat. The crime branch immediately contacted the Sanad police and asked them to keep a watch on Patel's house. Later, a police team went to Ahmedabad and him."We have found that Mansukh and Mahesh had brought the counterfeit notes to circulate them in the marke...
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IIM-A still not clear on reservation
2008-04-12 13:06:00
AHMEDABAD: Confusion over implementation of the 27% OBC quota continued in the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, even after details of the Supreme Court judgment came in on Friday. This because IIMs also offer postgraduate diploma courses to students.Three other institutes in the state will be affected by the SC verdict. These being National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad (NID), National Institute for Fashion Technology (NIFT) and Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat (SVNIT).Although IIM-A authorities remained non-committal on the quota issue, the institute's official website continued to carry the notice that the admission procedure scheduled to begin on Friday, has been deferred.The institute's director and Chair of Postgraduate Programme admissions have received a copy of the judgment each and are in the process of analysing it to determine its implications on the institute. Satish Deodhar, the faculty incharge of PGP admissions said, "We have not...
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Police arrest two with fake currency of Rs 1000, Rs 500 denominations
2008-04-12 13:06:00
AHMEDABAD: Confusion over implementation of the 27% OBC quota continued in the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, even after details of the Supreme Court judgment came in on Friday. This because IIMs also offer postgraduate diploma courses to students.Three other institutes in the state will be affected by the SC verdict. These being National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad (NID), National Institute for Fashion Technology (NIFT) and Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat (SVNIT).Although IIM-A authorities remained non-committal on the quota issue, the institute's official website continued to carry the notice that the admission procedure scheduled to begin on Friday, has been deferred.The institute's director and Chair of Postgraduate Programme admissions have received a copy of the judgment each and are in the process of analysing it to determine its implications on the institute. Satish Deodhar, the faculty incharge of PGP admissions said, "We have not...
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Second phase of Ahmedabad bus project cleared
2008-04-12 05:32:00
Ahmedabad, April 11 (IANS) The second phase of the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) planned for Ahmedabad city with a projected cost of Rs.4.88 billion was cleared by the standing committee members of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC). The project, which was cleared Thursday, will now be sent to the Ministry of Urban Development for clearance. The BRTS Phase II will cover an additional 30 km.Despite fears that the first phase of the BRTS project would shoot past the deadline, Municipal Commissioner I.P. Gautam told IANS: ?There is no delay in BRTS programme?.Phase I of the BRTS project is expected to be over by August this year, though there was some worry as the price of steel had nearly doubled, he said.The first phase of BRTS corridor is from Pirana Bridge to RTO via Shivranjani Crossroads with seven flyovers.The second phase of BRTS route will wind through Kalupur to Prem Darwaja, Delhi Gate, Dudheshwar Road, Dudheshwar-Vadaj Bridge and Akhbarnagar. {Source: thaindian.com}
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Chargesheet filed in Patan case
2008-04-12 05:29:00
AHMEDABAD: The CID (crime) filed a 189-page chargesheet before the court of Patan judicial magistrate (first class) on Thursday submitting evidence to prove rape charges against five professors of the DIET-PTC, Patan. One of the professors, who was impotent, was charged with having "unnatural sex" with the victim. There is no forensic evidence to support the rape, which will now be supported by the medical report of the gangrape victim. Sources in the Directorate of Forensic Sciences (DFS), which submitted part of its report on the gangrape, confirmed that the professors had downloaded pornographic material on their computers and watched them with the victim students. However, it has not yet found any semen samples to support the rape. Forensic scientists had collected CPUs from the institute, the shawl and other clothes of the victim and the floor mat in the computer room to find semen samples. They had also done an ultraviolet scan on the table in the education technology ...
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Key to Sadiq encounter with journalist
2008-04-12 05:27:00
AHMEDABAD: The script for the Sadiq Jamal Mehtar encounter read like any other encounter where the police claimed "intelligence inputs" about this man's involvement in terrorist activities. In the FIR lodged on January 13, 2003, the then crime branch inspector Jaisinh Parmar stated that Sadiq was present in Chief Minister Narendra Modi's function at Khokhra on November 24, 2002 with a pistol with intention to kill him. Interestingly, the crime branch ignored a critical detail that a case against Sadiq was registered in Bhavnagar just nine days before he appeared in the said Modi function. He and five others were booked in a gambling offence and set free after the formalities. The details of how the police was tipped off about Sadiq's presence near Galaxy cinema at Naroda on the night of January 12 are in stark contrast to what Mumbai-based journalist Ketan Tirodkar, believed to be Daya Nayak's ally, said about Sadiq's killing. He narrated how Sadiq was made a bait in a gran...
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Olay Total Effects arrives in Ahmedabad
2008-04-12 05:22:00
Ahmedabad, Apr 10 beauty skin care brand 'Olay Total Effects ', a product of Procter & Gamble India to fight against ageing, was launched by its brand model and Television Actress Shakshi Tanwar here today.Talking to mediapersons, Ms Tanwar said, ''The Olay Total Effects is a breakthrough with its anti-ageing moisturizer containing the patented Vitaniacin formulation - an exclusive anti-ageing combination of niacinamide (Vitamin B3), Vitamin E and Pro-Vitamin B5 (panthenol), in addition to sunscreen protection, making it ideal for Indian skin.'' Talking about the product and its launch in the city, P&G Beauty India Marketing Manager Anantha Nayak said, ''On seeing the overwhelming response of women to the Olay Total Effects launched last year, we decided to expand our distribution to these cities to be able to enable many more women to experience the delight of one product that takes care of several ageing skin needs.''(Source: deepikaglobal.com)
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Another encounter case comes to haunt Modi govt
2008-04-11 05:44:00
AHMEDABAD: The ghost of another encounter is set to haunt the Gujarat government, after the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case in which 15 police officers are behind bars. Sadiq Jamal Mehtar, 25, of Bhavnagar, was killed in an encounter in Naroda area of Ahmedabad on January 13, 2003 under suspicious circumstances. Inspired by the revelations in the Sohrabuddin case, his brother, Sabbir Mehtar, challenged the encounter in the Gujarat High Court last year, in a petition that brings out loopholes in the case. The state government has been dragging its feet over filing an affidavit in response to this petition. Sabbir's petition says senior police officers like additional director general of police P P Pandey, DIG D G Vanzara and others be booked and the investigation handed over to CBI or any other agency. Vanzara is already in jail in the Sohrabuddin case. A major evidence against the police is that the cartridges found were of .38 bore while the gun found in Sadiq's hand at the enco...
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Smith confident of repeating Ahmedabad success
2008-04-11 05:43:00
Kanpur: Sounding a note of warning to the hosts, South African captain Graeme Smith on Thursday said that they would go into the third Test here on Friday with a well thought-out plan to prevent the Indians from equalling the three-match series. Sounding too confident of his boys, Smith said his team had made definite plans and this time they would play even better than what they had in Ahmedabad where they had handed an innings defeat to Team India. Addressing a press conference here before the practice session at the Green Park stadium, the Proteas skipper admitted that like the Aussies, the Indians are a tough team to beat in their homeground. ''But we have done this in this sub-contitent by beating Pakistan, Bangladesh and now India,'' he pointed out. Setting aside the controversy ranging around the condition of the pitch, the SA skipper said such things happened and the homeside always got the benefit. '' Our boys are focused to perform to their best and things will chan...
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A laptop stolen everyday in city
2008-04-11 05:41:00
Dipesh Shah shows the window that was cut out and the marks on his car. (TOI Photo) Dipesh Shah parked his car near his house in Aman Bungalows on the 100-feet Ring Road and turned in for the night after activating his Rs 30,000 worth car security system.Early on Tuesday morning, his domestic help reported that his car window was broken. It had been neatly cut out and his expensive laptop and state-of-the-art car stereo system was gone. The automated car security system had not beeped even once.This is not a solitary incident. Police records show that one laptop is stolen from cars almost every day from posh and busy zones like Drive-In Road, SG Highway, Shivranjani Crossroads and Gurukul Circle. In the last month alone, 23 laptop thefts were reported in the city, mostly from Satellite police station. And the police are clueless.According to police, 23 laptops worth Rs 10.56 lakh were stolen from Satellite, Naranpura and Ellisbridge areas. The profile of the victims also ...
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