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Now, a 5-Star Hotel on SG High Way, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
2008-06-11 05:44:00 Headlines - The hotel will cost Rs 150-200 crore; group's first one will come up in Satellite area. - Pacific's five star hotel will be built on land formerly owned by TCGL - The Location in close proximity to prime residential areas, retail outlets - The hotel will have a total of 160 rooms US based Pacifica Companies (www.pacificacompanies.co.in),- founded by a non-resident Indian, is set to build its second five-star hotel in Gujarat even as construction for the first one is in progress. The second hotel will be built with an estimated investment of Rs150-200 crore along the Sarkhej-Gandhinagar Highway in Ahmedabad. San Diego-based Pacifica was founded in 1978 by Ashok(Ash) Israni. Its new five-star hotel in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India will be built on land formerly owned by the Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Ltd(TCGL), for which pacificacomapnies.co.in successfully put up a ...
No Ahmedabad student in first five in Gujarat SSC examination
2008-06-07 08:12:00 It is surprising thing that the biggest city of Gujarat, Ahmedabad, does not figure till the half of the top ten list of the SSC examinations. The first student of Ahmedabad to find place in the merit list is Patel Avanee Chandrakantbhai of Vidyanagar Girls High School Thakkarbapa Road. She has got 95.38 percent while the topper Gaur Saurabh Kishorkumar of Palanpur has got 96.31 per cent. The difference of 0.93 percent is not small. There are 14 students ahead of Avanee. In the entire merit list Ahmedabad is second after Surat. Ahmedabad has ten students in the top ten while Surat tops with 13 students. In the top ten in a margin of 1.54 per cent there are as many as 53 students. Of these 27 are girls and 26 boys.Source: gujaratglobal
Ahmedabad based AIA Engineering posts net sales of Rs 691.18cr
2008-06-07 08:10:00 Ahmedabad based AIA Engineering Limited, engaged in the business of manufacturing High Chrome Mill Internals has once again turned out a stable performance for the Financial Year 2007-08. The Company?s Board has recommended a Dividend of Rs.4/- (40%) per equity share of Rs 10/- each and has also decided to split the Equity Shares of face value of Rs.10 each into 5 Equity Shares of Rs.2 each. According to audited results approved by the Company?s Board on Wednesday, the 4th June 2008, the Company on a consolidated basis achieved Net Sales of Rs. 691.18 Crore for the year ended March 31, 2008, which signifies a growth of 32.15% over the sales earnings achieved during 2006-07.For the year, the consolidated Profit Before Tax is Rs.180.23 Crore and the Profit After Tax stood at Rs.133.27 Crore. The growth in PAT is 41.30%.For 2007-08, according to independent financials the Net Sales income from operations has totalled Rs.593.81 Crore as against Rs.399.43 Crore in 2006-07. The Profit Aft...
Ahmedabad ready to face monsoon, says civic body
2008-06-07 07:57:00 Ahmedabad is fully geared up to meet any eventuality in case of heavy rain during the upcoming monsoon season, the city?s municipal commissioner I.P. Gautam said Wednesday. ?We?re fully prepared for the monsoon. Even if it is severe,? he said.All arrangements were in place and the flood control room at the Tagore Hall will be operational from Thursday. Other control rooms in all six zones too will be operational the same day, Gautam told IANS.All major digging works were stopped except work on manholes that are being attached with interceptors, which will help open the manhole lids automatically during overflows, he said.A pre-monsoon action plan has already been set in motion. A 50-60 km storm drainage pipeline work too has been done to mitigate any flooding, Gautam said.Source: thaindian.com
How green was my Ahmedabad!
2008-06-05 06:06:00 Chirping birds are perched onbranches of huge trees,as if playing a melody in symphony.Beauty of lush green trees is greater than heaven,leaf buds bring good news and blessings written on them.'AHMEDABAD: This is a poet's image of ? hold your breath ? Ahmedabad, contained in Mirat-e-Ahmadi, a historic account. The city may be anything but green today, but 300 years ago, Ahmedabad was described as a city of gardens and orchards, which were grown by the sultans who ruled then. Particularly, the maverick sultan Muhammad Begdo who encouraged people to plant trees.Albert de Mendeslo, a German traveller who came to Ahmedabad in 1638, wrote about the environment of the city: "There are so many other gardens around Ahmedabad and the whole city is so full of trees that it looks like one big garden. Anyone who comes to the city sees such abundance of them that he may well think he is going into a forest."Eminent historian Ratnamanirao Jote dedicated a whole chapter to gardens of Ahmedabad d...
Toonz Academy starts operations in Ahmedabad, Indore
2008-06-05 06:05:00 Thiruvananthapuram, June 4 (IANS) Toonz Academy, one of the premier animation training institutes in Asia, inaugurated its animation training facilities in Ahmedabad and Indore. In a press release issued here Wednesday, the institute said the opening of new centres was in line with the academy?s domestic expansion plans.The new centres, along with its existing units in Thiruvananthapuram, Mumbai, New Delhi, Hyderabad and Nagpur, will offer 12-month advanced diploma in digital arts and animation course in addition to short-term courses.More academies are planned this year in cities like Bangalore, Chennai and Coimbatore. The academy also plans to start a three-year degree course in animation by the next academic year.Toonz Academy executive director Rama Prasad said the expansion drive reinforces the institute?s commitment to contributing well-trained professionals to the animation industry.?Our close association with the production house, Toonz Animation, enables us to tailor the co...
Ahmedabad students bashed up, flee Bangalore in fear
2008-06-05 06:04:00 AHMEDABAD: They left the city to pursue their dream of higher education. But 30 students, who returned from Bangalore on Wednesday morning, have only nightmares to recount.The students of College of Pharmacy, who shared a flat in Devanahalli near Bangalore, were threatened,terrorised and some of them even beaten up by local residents when they tried to stop a thief who broke into their room. They managed to flee after two traumatic days and reach the city on Wednesday. Even the police and trustees of their college refused to help.For Upendra Singh Jadeja and six other students of Bachelor of Pharmacy, June 2 was yet another day till they returned home around noon from an examination and found the door open."My flatmate Mayur was the first to return and was shocked to find the room ransacked. He saw two people running away through the main door and another entering a room," said Jadeja.Mayur came out of the house and locked it from outside, trapping the thief. "We reached by then and...
Parsoli opens BMW showroom in Ahmedabad
2008-05-15 06:47:00 Known for their Islamic Equity Index, the promoters of Ahmedabad-based Parsoli Corporation are foraying into automobiles through group company Parsoli Motors.The new company will be headed by Talha Sareshwala, who is the younger brother of Zafar Sareshwala, founder of Parsoli Corporation.Parsoli Corporation has just bagged its first auto dealership with BMW India and is planning an investment of Rs 30 crores into the venture. BMW India's dealers are asked to provide showroom, sales, services and systems under one roof. Accordingly, Parsoli Motors has set up a showroom near Thaltej Circle on SG Road and a fully equipped workshop is located at Sanathal on Sarkhej Sanand Highway.The company is planning to extend its dealership network to Surat and Rajkot in the coming few months. "As with our finance products, our strength lies in sales and we are looking at bringing premium vehicles to Gujarat. We see a lot of potential for sales in Mehsana and Unjha along with major cities in the ...
Office rentals fall in Ahmedabad
2008-05-14 07:34:00 Rentals of commercial properties, which had risen to prohibitory levels, have come down, bringing much respite to retailers and people in search of affordable office space, say realty observers. However, the slippage, along with stabilization of rentals of residential properties in Ahmedabad, has shrunk returns on investment in the real estate market. After rising steeply for 3 years rentals have shown resistance over the past few months in the city. The Ahmedabad market is yet to experience demand from IT/ITES companies that have been driving real estate growth in other cities. Property prices don't necessarily go down when rentals stabilize. The city's real estate is expected to show stability till 2009. Rentals have been a stable source of income for people who let out residential or commercial property. But decreasing rents discourage investors from holding on to their properties. The real estate market of Ahmedabad has been showing signs of stabilization and is expected to re...
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Ahmedabad, Thiruvananthapuram airports get nod to impose user fees
2008-05-14 04:59:00 The government has approved the imposition of a user development fee from next year for the Ahmedabad and Thiruvananthapuram airports that are being developed by the Airports Authority of India (AAI).These will be the first AAI-run airports to impose the fee, which, the aviation ministry officials say, could be in the region of Rs 300 per passenger. The government had earlier approved the imposition of such fees for the new Bangalore and Hyderabad airports being developed under public-private partnerships.Ahmedabad and Thiruvananthapuram are among the 35 smaller airports being developed by the AAI, all of which are entitled to approach the government for permission to impose the fee. Their modernisation plans are scheduled to be implemented by February or March 2009.AAI is spending Rs 12,434 on development of airport infrastructure, according to the Eleventh Five-Year Plan (2007 to 2012).Aviation ministry sources said Kolkata and Chennai, which are also being developed by AAI, may a...
Armymen accused of rape in Ahmedabad
2008-05-12 05:50:00 A woman working as a domestic help in the town's red light area was allegedly gangraped by three Armymen, police said on Sunday.In a complaint filed in the Kotwali police station on Sunday, the 42-year-old woman alleged that three Armymen assaulted and gangraped her in Bhagat Galli late on Saturday evening, they said.One of the three, identified as Venkatesh Venkaih Dwandvawadi (32) of the Armed Corps Centre and School was caught by locals while fleeing from the scene after the victim started crying for help, the police added.Meanwhile, a local NGO alleged that the police and Army personnel were pressurising the victim not to file a complaint on the night of the incident during which Venkatesh is suspected to have fled.The victim lodged a complaint against Venkatesh and two others on Sunday afternoon after being motivated by some activists.Police inspector Tukaram Mohile said the victim is not a prostitute and that she did household chores like cleaning and mopping for various brot...
Demand for Patan case trial to be shifted to Ahmedabad
2008-05-12 05:49:00 The Parents? Association of the Patan PTC and the 'Citizens forum against the Patan incident' jointly organised a public meeting on Saturday and demanded that the trial of the Patan gangrape case be shifted to the Ahmedabad Sessions Court.The resolution passed in the meeting also said that the victim, a Dalit girl who was allegedly raped a number of times between September 2007 to January 2008 by her six teachers at the PTC be given the lawyer of her choice.In a written request on April 21 to Amit Shah, minister of state for Home, the victim had asked that Naina Bhatt, public prosecutor in Ahmedabad, be appointed a special counsel in the case. So far, there has been no response from the government on the subject.The trial is being conducted by Shailesh Thakkar, district prosecutor, Patan. Another demand at the meeting was that apart from the six accused teachers, other people responsible should also be put in the dock.Meenakshi Joshi of the forum said, "A complaint of sexual haras...
CNG, diesel buses to ply on Ahmedabad BRT
2008-05-12 05:46:00 AHMEDABAD: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has decided to ply buses running on compressed natural gas (CNG) as well as diesel on the Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) system here, an official said."We have now decided to use a mix of CNG as well as Euro-III diesel buses to ease out financial costs," said Municipal Commissioner I.P. Gautam Tuesday.He told media persons that AMC is veering towards diesel buses as "our purpose is to provide public transportation at affordable price".In contrast to the earlier stance of using only CNG-run buses on the BRT route, the AMC decision to use a mix of CNG as well as Euro-III diesel buses seems to be a major re-think over financial costs."A CNG bus now costs around Rs.75 lakh (Rs.7.5 million) from the earlier Rs.44 lakh (Rs.4.4 million) which is quite high. We have to look at the viability and affordability factor," he said.He said that the AMC was looking for the best option under the circumstances. "We are working on it and we have told the...
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Fire engulfs textile unit in Ahmedabad
2008-05-06 07:22:00 AHMEDABAD: A fire broke out on Monday in a textile manufacturing unit at the Piplaj-Pirana road on the city outskirts, fire officials said.The unit caught fire around 1500 hours, they said, adding "no casualties have been reported yet. Since this is a factory where superfine cotton is made, the fire was spreading pretty fast.""The factory where the incident took place is located in an interior area. Moreover, there is no proper approach road for the fire-fighters to reach the spot," they added.The officials said the windy weather was making it difficult to control the blaze.Also, there was less water available in the periphery which could be used to extinguish the fire, they said."We have about 24 fire-fighter vehicles and 100 men working to control the situation. The fire is under control, but the wind is creating a little problem." they added.The cause of the fire is still unknown.Source: economictimes.indiatimes.com
Ahmedabad, Bharuch sitting on big oil reserves
2008-05-06 07:11:00 The danger of carrying out drilling and exploration activities in the densely-populated urban areas of Ahmedabad and Bharuch, which sit on huge reserves of oil and gas in the Cambay basin, looms large for the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas now.Under the new licensing policy (NELP-7) released by the ministry recently, about 11 national and international companies have bid for exploration of hydrocarbons in 102 sq km area in Ahmedabad. For the Bharuch blocks covering 257 sq km, as many as 13 companies are in the fray. The last day for receiving the bids is May 16.India's oil ministry has for the first time offered a new category of blocks to attract non-E&P companies. Known as type ?s' blocks (s meaning small), it includes nine of eleven such onland blocks in Gujarat's prospective Cambay basin.The inclusion of such blocks lying amid highly-populated areas and non E&P companies in the race has raised concerns among industry experts."There are techniques like directional drill...
Ahmedabad cancels BRTS tenders
2008-05-05 06:03:00 Ahmedabad, May 4 (IANS) Ahmedabad has decided against going ahead with a Delhi-like bus rapid transit system (BRTS) - not because the city fears the traffic mess the experimental project has created in the national capital, but because of project costs. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has cancelled the tender it had invited for its ambitious BRTS project, saying contractors were demanding high rates to run buses. Tenders will be invited afresh. Municipal commissioner I.P. Gautam told IANS Sunday that contractors had quoted rates between Rs.65 and Rs.72 per km to run public transport buses in the proposed system, but the rates were unacceptable and needed revision. The high rates would make the BRTS project non-viable as that would lead to higher fares, and this may force people to opt for the existing Ahmedabad Municipal Transport Service (AMTS) bus services which would be considerably cheaper, officials said. The AMC is anxious that there is no significant difference i...
Just In vogue to celebrate Mothers Day in Ahmedabad
2008-05-05 06:00:00 Luxury retail chain Just In vogue will celebrate Mothers Day in Ahmedabad which is on May 11 this year. TV Actress Yamini Singh inaugurated the Mothers Day celebration with the unveiling of the SUPER MOM contest and a special gift hamper for mothers. Manoj Subramanian, Head, Marketing, Just In vogue said that a contest is being run in celebration of mothers day, The contest is open to every body, forms are available at Just In Vogue outlet in Iskon Mall . Exciting prizes like Diamond Pendant, Branded watches and perfumes can be won.Source: gujaratglobal.com
Ahmedabad Information: Cinemax and Devarc Mall Ahmedabad: Photos
2008-05-04 07:31:00 Cine max :The company which has maximum numbers of screens in Mumbai has plans for Gujarat also. It will also start multiplexes in Baroda, Rajkot, Anand, Surat and Mehsana. To raise funds for the above projects and several other multiplexes across India, the company is coming out with an IPO. Giving details about the IPO, Rasesh Kanakia of Cinemax said that it will have a price band of Rs. 135 to Rs.155 of 8,920,000 equity shares of Rs.10 each, comprising of a fresh issue of 7,000,000 equity shares and an offer for sale of 1,920,000 equity shares. The face value of equity shares of Rs.10 and the floor price is 13.5 times of the face value and the cap price is 15.5 times of the face value. The shares will be listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd and the National Stock Exchange of India Ltd.
Sayaji Hotels arm opens Barbeque Nation Restaurant at Ahmedabad
2008-05-03 05:48:00 Sayaji Hotels Ltd has announced that the Opening of Barbeque-Nation Restaurant at Ahmedabad (Gujarat) by wholly owned subsidiary Company of the Company.Further the Company has informed that, Sixth Restaurant is opening on May 02, 2008 at Ahmedabad (Gujarat). The Company is inaugurating the new Restaurant at Shop No. 3, Shivalik-3, Near Milestone Complex, Drive in Road Ahmedabad.The Sixth Restaurant is being opened by the wholly owned subsidiary Company M/s. Barbeque-Nation Hospitality Ltd and currently operating five restaurants at Jaipur, New Delhi, Lucknow, Chandigarh and Chennai.The Company is already opening five restaurants at Pali hills-Bandra, Mumbai, Indra Nagar-Bangalore, Koramangala-Banglore, Banjara hills-Hyderabad and Gurgaon near Delhi.The stock was trading at Rs.91.50, down by Rs.1.90 or 2.03%. The stock hit an intraday high of Rs.92.80 and low of Rs.88.75.The total traded quantity was 5788 compared to 2 week average of 5613. Source: Equity Bulls
IIM Ahmedabad: Despite lack of vision, IIMs in sight
2008-05-03 05:42:00 doweshowbellyad=0; Gaganbir Singh (TOI Photo) AHMEDABAD: The Common Admission Test (CAT) is a tough nut to crack for the most experienced and studious. For Gaganbir Singh, it may have been a shade more difficult because he was differently abled. He prepared for CAT with the help of someone who read the material aloud to him and dictated the answers to a writer. Singh, 21, who has 15-20 per cent vision impairment, scored 92.63 percentile in CAT and confirmed admission calls from three Indian Institutes of Management (IIM), Bangalore, Calcutta and Kozhikode. "This has been my biggest achievement and it has been possible only because of my mother, Harinder Kaur," said Singh, who lost his mother last year. Born and brought up in Ahmedabad, Singh completed his schooling from St Xavier's Mirzapur, and BCom from HL Institute of Commerce. Singh suffers from Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP), which is a genetic eye condition in which the patient gradually loses ey...
Ahmedabad Sessions Court issues notice to state government
2008-05-03 05:39:00 The Ahmedabad Sessions Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the Gujarat government in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case after hearing an application seeking further investigation of certain aspects of the case. The application was moved by Sohrabuddin's brother, Rubabuddin Sheikh. The government has been asked to reply by May 9.The application seeks further investigation of the cause of his wife Kauserbi's death and the persons who had 'actually murdered her'. Also, the possession, custody and ownership of the Hero Honda motorcycle on which Sohrabuddin was allegedly travelling when he was shot in an encounter in November 2005 has been asked to be enquired into.Examination has also been sought of the CD containing the mobile phone records of the police officers during that period, which was handed to the investigating officer DIG Geeta Johari by IPS officer Rajnish Rai. Sohrabuddin was allegedly killed in a fake encounter by the Gujarat Police Anti-Terrorist Squad. Thir...
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Ahmedabad to host England Test
2008-05-01 11:39:00 The first Test between India and England in the two-Test series in November will take place in Ahmedabad.Mumbai will host the second Test, after which the two nations will play seven one-day internationals, starting in New Delhi.Indore, Rajkot, Jamshedpur, Cuttack, Guwahati and Kanpur will be the venues for the ODIs thereafter.The final itinerary will be announced by the Board of Cricket Control for India in the coming weeks.BCCI Secretary Niranjan Shah said in a statement: "The final itinerary will be decided on the basis of logistics." Source: http://ukpress.google.com/
Ahmedabad Sessions Court issues notice to state government
2008-05-01 11:38:00 The Ahmedabad Sessions Court on Wednesday issued a notice to the Gujarat government in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case after hearing an application seeking further investigation of certain aspects of the case. The application was moved by Sohrabuddin's brother, Rubabuddin Sheikh. The government has been asked to reply by May 9.The application seeks further investigation of the cause of his wife Kauserbi's death and the persons who had 'actually murdered her'. Also, the possession, custody and ownership of the Hero Honda motorcycle on which Sohrabuddin was allegedly travelling when he was shot in an encounter in November 2005 has been asked to be enquired into.Examination has also been sought of the CD containing the mobile phone records of the police officers during that period, which was handed to the investigating officer DIG Geeta Johari by IPS officer Rajnish Rai. Sohrabuddin was allegedly killed in a fake encounter by the Gujarat Police Anti-Terrorist Squad. Thir...
Delhi snag worries Ahmedabad bus system planners
2008-05-01 11:36:00 Ahmedabad, April 30 (IANS) After the chaos of the much hyped Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor in Delhi, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) officials here are worried as a similar system is being implemented here. This was evident Tuesday when Ahmedabad Municipal Commissioner I.P. Gautam told mediapersons that AMC has decided to learn a lesson from Delhi?s fiasco before going ahead.A three-member panel comprising Deputy Municipal Commissioner D. Thara, H.M. Shivanand Swamy of CEPT University, Ahmedabad, and Shreya Gadpally of the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, New Delhi will now be analysing the crux of the Delhi problem to help Ahmedabad tackle its own BRT here.No deadline has been fixed for submitting the report nor would it delay the project. The work for the first phase of 13 km out of 45 km is progressing well and by August 15, 2008 it would be ready, said Gautam.Two issues are being looked into: operation and design.?I was in New Delhi last week and...
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Truck robbed on Ahmedabad-Vadodara express highway
2008-04-25 17:34:00 In yet another incident of robbery on the highway, some unidentified persons attacked the driver and cleaner of a truck laden with iron rods on the Ahmedabad-Vadodara express highway, and made away with the vehicle on Wednesday night.According to the police, Shakrabhai, the driver who works for Mehsana-based Shri Somnath TranSports, was driving towards Vadodara with his cleaner Pravinsinh. They were to deliver the goods at Surat, and when they were on the express highway, a red car overtook the truck and forced them to stop it.The accused then dragged the duo out and forced them in their car, while a few others took over the truck. The two were thrown off the car near Traj village in Matar taluka of Kheda district, with their hands and legs tied. The victims managed to untie themselves after some time and registered a police complaint in Matar. The Ahmedabad Rural as well as the Kheda police have been put on alert following the loot.It was only recently that highway loots were repor...
Fee hike: Review Committee to visit IIM-Ahmedabad
2008-04-25 17:33:00 The Indian Institute Of Management, Ahmedabad, will on Friday be asked to explain why it has hiked its fee by nearly 300 per cent.The committee, headed by RC Bhargava, will review the institute's decision, when it meets the IIM-Ahmedabad's Board of Governors. The committee has suggested that the IIMs should defer the fee hike, but it has not asked them to roll it back.This is the first time the committee is visiting any IIM since it was set up in November last year. The panel will also meets former Director Bakul Dholakia and ask him how he ran the show for five years, while keeping the fee below the Rs 3 lakh limit.IIM-Ahmedabad has increased the fee for its two-year course to Rs 11.5 lakh from Rs 4.5 lakh. Source: ndtv.com
CorpBank and IIM, Ahmedabad ink pact
2008-04-25 17:30:00 MANGALORE: Corporation Bank and Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad have mutually agreed to have tie-up arrangement for the students to pursue higher studies by availing educational loans from the Bank.As part of the MoU, both Corporation Bank and IIMA will work in close coordination through their branches/office. The institute will nominate the bank as a preferred financier for granting education loans to its bonafide students pursuing regular full time academic programmes and the bank will accept its nomination as a preferred financier for education loans, a bank release said."Apart from education loan, the bank also extends assistance for purchasing accessories such as laptops and personal computers to aid students in their studies", it said.During the course of interaction, IIMA evinced keen interest in the "Branchless Banking" model evolved by the Bank,which takes technology to the remotest villages of the country for providing banking facility.Source: economictimes.india...
Truck robbed on Ahmedabad-Vadodara express highway
2008-04-25 05:02:00 In yet another incident of robbery on the highway, some unidentified persons attacked the driver and cleaner of a truck laden with iron rods on the Ahmedabad-Vadodara express highway, and made away with the vehicle on Wednesday night.According to the police, Shakrabhai, the driver who works for Mehsana-based Shri Somnath TranSports, was driving towards Vadodara with his cleaner Pravinsinh. They were to deliver the goods at Surat, and when they were on the express highway, a red car overtook the truck and forced them to stop it.The accused then dragged the duo out and forced them in their car, while a few others took over the truck. The two were thrown off the car near Traj village in Matar taluka of Kheda district, with their hands and legs tied. The victims managed to untie themselves after some time and registered a police complaint in Matar. The Ahmedabad Rural as well as the Kheda police have been put on alert following the loot.It was only recently that highway loots were repor...
Essential food prices take a dip
2008-04-25 05:00:00 NEW DELHI: The government on Thursday said retail prices of essential food items like wheat, sugar and pulses remained steady or declined in most centres of the country during the week ended April 17. Prices of wheat remained stable in almost all centres except two cities. Wheat prices in Bhopal surged while in Ahmedabad, they slipped during the week, an official statement stated.According to retail price data of the ministry of consumer affairs, sugar rates declined in Ahmedabad, Bhubaneshwar, Shillong and Hyderabad, while they remained steady in other centres, it added. Among pulses, prices of gram dal shot up in Hyderabad, but in Delhi, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Bhopal and Shillong a declining trend was seen. Tur dal rates were steady in most centres but increased in Mumbai, the statement pointed out.The government said: ?Prices of sugar, wheat, atta (flour), tea (loose) and mustard oil held steady for one week. Prices of rice, wheat, tur dal, groundnut oil, milk and potato ...
Beijing Olympics offers new hope for textile industry
2008-04-25 04:58:00 At a time when rising cotton prices coupled with soaring rupee value is threatening the bottomlines of textile companies, the Beijing Olympics comes as a breather.With the Chinese government banning industrial activities in the vicinity of Beijing, several international buyers have started turning to India once again.?The number of export enquiries has risen significantly in the last couple of months. Surprisingly, these are coming from countries like Bangladesh, which traditionally used to buy from China. With the yuan appreciating, these buyers are now getting inquisitive about capitalising on the Indian industry,? said Rajiv Dayal, chief executive officer of Mafatlal Denim Ltd.As a result, textile players expect a better realisation in the coming quarter. ?There has been a spurt in export orders in the past one month. If things continue, we will get a better realisation in the export market and the pressure on prices in the domestic market too will ease,? said a leading textile p...
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Truck runs over pilgrims in Ahmedabad, 2 dead
2008-04-19 05:57:00 AHMEDABAD: Two pilgrims were killed and eight others injured when they were run over by a speeding truck near Vadhwan taluka of Surendranagar district on Friday, police said.The incident occurred in the early hours when a small group of pilgrims, about 50 of them, were proceeding for their annual pilgrimage to Chotila on foot from Vadhwan, they said.A truck ran over a group of people around 0230 am on the state highway near Vadhwan, they added.Those seriously injured have been taken to the Lion's Hospital in Mehasana and other are being treated at the local hospital in Vadhwan, police said.A case has been registered against the driver and further investigations are on, police added.source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Cinemax India to open four-screen multiplex in Ahmedabad
2008-04-19 05:54:00 MUMBAI: Cinemax India Ltd has informed the BSE on Friday that the company would open its four screen multiplex in Ahmedabad. The multiplex chain would be opened to the audience with the block-buster movies like KRAZZY4, U Me Aur Hum, The Water Horse. The multiplex has capacity of 1,037 seats in total. With this, Cinemax chain would have 19 theatre properties and 56 screens.
Smith confident of repeating Ahmedabad success
2008-04-19 05:39:00 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.Special: Indian Premier League | Special: South Africa in India 2008''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 ...
Talent crunch forces BPOs to Tier II cities
2008-04-16 20:05:00 NEW DELHI: The surge in real estate prices and a talent crunch in metros are forcing the $11 billion Indian BPO industry to move to Tier II cities in the country, according to a study conducted by consultancy firm Everest Group."It is difficult to sustain the growth in Tier I cities because of the rising real estate prices and talent crunch. There is no option but to move to Tier II cities," Everest Group's Country Head (India) Gaurav Gupta said.As of now, BPO industry is concentrated in seven cities namely Bangalore, NCR, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kolkata."Movement to lower-cost cities within India is likely to result in additional 15-30 per cent reduction in operating cost despite lower employability and higher management costs," Head of Global Services at Everest Research Institute, Nikhil Rajpal, said.Everest Group is a global consulting firm specialising in sourcing and offshoring advisory services. The study ranks several Tier II and Tier III cities on their potent...
Smith confident of repeating Ahmedabad success
2008-04-16 05:16:00 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...
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.
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...
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...
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 ...
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}
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)
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...
Smith confident of repeating Ahmedabad success
2008-04-10 20:25:00 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...
15 Torrent Power workers held in Ahmedabad
2008-04-10 20:24:00 Ahmedabad, April 10 (IANS) Fifteen temporary workers of Torrent Power, including seven women, were arrested Thursday for threatening to commit suicide as part of their protest against the management. The police said these workers were on a sit-in since the morning outside the power generation unit in Sabarmati here demanding their wages. They will be released Friday, the police said.However, Arun Mishra, who heads the Nav Jagrat labour union, told IANS that the temporary workers were protesting peacefully against the sacking of five of their representatives.Led by union secretary Manoj Rajput, the workers had gone to the main office of Ahmedabad?s power supplier firm to submit a memorandum demanding their reinstatement.Mishra said 360 workers working for 30 to 35 years as temporary wage-earners had approached an industrial court which ordered in 1997 that these workers be regularised.Torrent Power then went to the Gujarat High Court and but single bench upheld the industrial court v...
Sit Team Visits Riots Affected Areas In ahmedabad
2008-04-10 20:23:00 The five-member Special Investigation Team (SIT), appointed by the Supreme Court to re-investigate major post-Godhra riots cases of 2002, today began its investigation by visiting Naroda Patia and Gulbarg society areas of the city.The team, headed by former CBI director R K Raghavan, made a detailed survey of the areas this morning. In post-Godhra riots, 39 people, including former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, were killed in Gulmarg Society, while 86 people were massacred in Naroda Patia.Besides Mr Raghavan, other team members include former DGP of Uttar Pradesh C D Sathpathy and three IPS officers from Gujarat -- Geeta Johri, Shivanand Jha and Ashish Bhatia. They made an extensive investigation of the sites and later spent much time at Meghaninagar police station, police sources said.The SIT arrived here yesterday, following the apex court's direction on March 26 to the state government to set up an investigation team within 10 days to "inquire and investigate" the major post-Godhra r... |
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