Match report Nov 17, 2008
NEW DELHI: Matt Prior and Owais Shah took England to 56/1 in 12 overs after the visitors lost an early wicket in the second ODI at Indore. . (India Times, India)
Raghu Krishnan: Playing long shot Nov 16, 2008
The English cricket teams ongoing 45-day tour offers its fans a virtual Bharat yatra, with seven ODIs at Rajkot, Indore, Kanpur, Bangalore, Cuttack, Mohali and Delhi, followed by a three-day match at Baroda and two five-day Tests at Ahmedabad and Mumbai. The English fans get a chance to not just see their favourite cricketers in action but to also take in tourist spots in western, central, southern, eastern and northern India. (India Times)
Yuvraj in doubt for India's 2nd one-dayer Nov 16, 2008
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said Yuvraj's condition was improving, but a decision on whether to name him for the second one-dayer at the central Indian city of Indore will not be taken until Monday morning. "There's considerable improvement in Yuvraj's condition, but we'll take a final call on him just before the start of play," Dhoni said Sunday. (International Herald Tribune)
Yuvi's fitness only concern for confident India Nov 16, 2008
Press Trust of India Sunday, November 16, 2008 (Indore). Comments: (0). (NDTV.com)
Sadhvi's arrest a poll gimmick: Sushma Swaraj Nov 15, 2008
INDORE: BJP has termed the arrest of Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, an accused in the September 29 Malegaon blasts as a "poll gimmick" ahead of the assembly elections in six states which are going to polls this winter. "The arrest of Sadhvi Pragya in connection with the Malegaon blast case is nothing but a poll gimmick which started before the polls...It will end once the election process gets completed," senior BJP leader and MP Sushma Swaraj told reporters after electioneering in the Malwa... (India Times, India -- Community News)
England left reeling by Yuvraj onslaught Nov 15, 2008
We are 1-0 down but there are six more games and we will have to show mental strength to come back and hit India hard at Indore on Monday. " Whether his bowlers will have recovered from their public flogging by then is another matter. With the exception of Andrew Flintoff, whose initial eight overs cost only 34 runs, England's attack was laboured. On an unresponsive pitch with short boundaries Samit Patel was always going to struggle but James Anderson, Stuart Broad and Stephen Harmison all... (Independent)
Pietersen reminds battered England it's only 1-0 Nov 14, 2008
"But there's still six games left in the series and we are going to have to be mentally strong to try and come back in to hit India hard on Monday at Indore. Today in Sports "There is always concern when you lose. You just have to bounce back, the boys are pretty tight as a unit and I want the guys to get back and fire on all cylinders on Monday. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
* Ruthless India crush England Nov 14, 2008
I will try to get fit for the next game in Indore on Monday, Yuvraj said. This story has been viewed 0 times. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
India Terror Arrests Shock Nation Ahead of Elections Nov 14, 2008
The investigation is already uncovering a seemingly larger network of Hindu extremist activity in western India's urban centers of Nagpur, Indore and Pune that could help unravel unsolved terror strikes. "Let us not forget history," says political analyst Mahesh Rangarajan. (Time.com)
* Scratch Mumbai side leave England team with red faces Nov 12, 2008
The Rajkot one-dayer will be followed by matches in Indore (Nov. 17), Kanpur (Nov. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
CAT on Nov 16; IIMs set to be richer by Rs 23 crore Nov 10, 2008
The seven IIMs in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, Lucknow, Kozhikode, Indore and Shillong could together make this profit from merely selling application forms, up from Rs 18 crore last year, thanks to an increase in the price of application forms sold in August this year, IIM sources told Business Line. Last year, nearly 2. (Hindu Business Line)
Pietersen sees England prepared for India Nov 7, 2008
The other games will be played at Indore (November 17), Kanpur (November 20), Bangalore (November 23), Cuttack (November 26), Guwahati (November 29) and New Delhi (December 2). England also play two tests in Ahmedabad (December 11-15) and Mumbai (December 19-23). (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
India fears the dawn of Hindutva terror Oct 31, 2008
Pragya was detained in Indore, in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, and is now being interrogated ... "[The] Malegaon and Modasa blasts are just one example. Members of Hindu fundamentalist outfits have been making bombs in Kanpur. Indore has become the epicenter of Hindu terror. Investigations into the Samjhauta blast also revealed bombs from Indore.". (Asia Times Online)
More >> Oct 27, 2008
The company is setting up capacities at different places (four plants in Indore SEZ coming up in February 09); the full impact of this will be seen later. Work on the Goa SEZ remains stalled (Rs 150 crore has been invested so far). (India Times)
Biker sanyasin in jail for Malegaon blast Oct 25, 2008
She had also launched the Rashtriya Jagran Manch in Indore, Karkare said. Shivnaryan is an electrical contractor in Indore while Sahu runs a cell-phone repairing shop in Tukogunj in Madhya Pradesh. (India Times, India)
India plans manned lunar mission by 2015 Oct 24, 2008
This is a very complex and challenging task, first of all to conceive a module, which can predict the condition of human life in space. It is a big challenge in terms of technology and realization," said G Madhavan Nair, ISRO Chairman. He also stated that the astronaut selection and training, along with improving the safety standards are also key issues that are considerably complex to handle. "Considering all these, we have prepared a project report and this had been cleared by the Space... (Techtree.com)
Indore college gets clean bill of health Oct 24, 2008
NEW DELHI: An Indore-based medical college improved its infrastructure miraculously from woefully inadequate to adequate in less than a month to vindicate Anbumani Ramadoss-headed health ministrys foresight in permitting it to admit students even prior to the latest positive report. On September 26, additional solicitor general Gopal Subramaniam, appearing for the Centre, had told a bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan that a central inspection team, like the... (India Times, India -- Community News)
Special team to probe medical college admissions Oct 14, 2008
NEW DELHI: The Centre has constituted an independent inspection team to look into the controversy over permission to Index Medical College, Indore, to admit 150 students. The health ministry had permitted the college to admit students for the current academic session despite the Medical Council of India giving an adverse report about its infrastructure facilities and additional solicitor general Gopal Subramaniam agreeing with MCI.. (Times of India)
Opinion: Shoo away the demons Oct 14, 2008
Heightened anxiety and doomsday fears following the Big Bang experiment recently drove a 16-year-old girl in Indore to suicide. Some children harbour distrust against their own loved ones as the controversial Aarushi murder case continues to unravel through the media in their living rooms. (India Times, India)
Threat from the Net Oct 12, 2008
Check out the entry made by Kishore X, a 'techie from Indore' who blogs at a popular portal. He writes, "I will kill myself on my 23rd birthday. That leaves November, December, Jan, Feb....April-six months." Claiming that "for the surrealist, suicide is the highest form of art," he goes on to describe how he "wants to go": drive out of Bangalore, get high on coke, "roll up the windows and light the charcoal in the brazier" and "take a few sleeping pills, just to make sure". (India Times, India)
Era Infra JV bags Rs 113 cr order from AAI Oct 11, 2008
In a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange, Era Infra said the JV firm, KMB-ERA, has bagged a contract for construction of terminal building at the Indore Airport. "This contract will be our third assignment in the sector after Pune and Raipur airport contracts," Era Infra Head, Construction and Contracts Division, T D Arora said. (Economic Times)
Clashes break out in MP, three killed Oct 11, 2008
Burhanpur SP Sunil Jain said, "Whatever the police could do to bring the situation under control was done. Shoot-at-sight orders have been issued and the entire town brought under curfew." Additional forces have been mobilised from the neighbouring districts of Indore, Dhar and Khandwa. Burhanpur is an ancient town. (India Times, India)
R S Lodha dies in London Oct 4, 2008
Besides, the group also runs several medical and educational institutions including Bombay Hospital in Mumbai and Indore, Birla Vikas Hospital at Satna and Siddhi, MP Birla Planetarium, Belle Vue Clinic, Priyamvada Birla Aravind Eye Hospital and South Point Schools. He was serving on the boards of National Securities Depository (NSDL), Indian Petrochemicals Corporation, SBI Life Insurance and Henkel India. (India Times)
Centre to scrap Ramadoss's OK to college Oct 4, 2008
NEW DELHI: In a strong indictment of the surreptitious manner in which the health ministry under Anbumani Ramadoss granted permission to an Indore-based medical college to admit 150 students despite the institute having woeful infrastructure, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Friday that the approval would be revoked. Additional Solicitor General Gopal Subramaniam told the apex court that he would re-examine how permission was granted to Index Medical College, Indore, after he had said... (India Times, India -- Community News)
Bollywood box-office report of the week Sep 25, 2008
30 lakhs from Indore, 14 lakhs from Jaipur, 1 ... 35 lakhs from Indore and 3 ... 65 lakhs from Indore, 1 lakh from Bhopal, 6. (GlamSham)
Map your village, city with Google! Sep 22, 2008
In fact, among the Top 20 "most described cities" in the Wikimapia world are Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bangalore, Mangalore, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Delhi, Thiruvananthapuram, Mormugao (Goa), Visakhapatnam and Indore. Critics of Google Map Maker, such as the collaboratively-crafted Wikipedia, however have raised issues about the fact that unlike OpenStreetMap, which provides its map data under a sharable Creative Commons license, any maps created by users of Google Map Maker are the intellectual... (India Times)
10-year-old boy among bomb-makers! Sep 20, 2008
"The group returned to Delhi but this time they were accompanied by two more people - one from Indore and the other from western Uttar Pradesh," the senior official said. The two, said to be expert car thieves, had stolen Maruti Suzuki Wagon R cars in which the explosives were packed and kept in two hospitals in Ahmedabad. (Sify.com, India)
Delhi encounter exposes SIMI's real face Sep 20, 2008
A few months later, in March, when SIMI's general secretary Safdar Nagori was held with his top aides in Indore, it was found that the group was working closely with Pakistan and Bangladesh-based terror outfits such as Jaish-e-Mohammed and HuJI. Nagori and his men had an elaborate network in south India, particularly in Karnataka, and were responsible for setting up sleeper cells for Lashkar-e-Taiba and HuJI.. Font Size. (India Times, India)
I knew about Delhi blasts: Ahmedabad blasts' suspect Sep 19, 2008
After Bashir's interrogation, the cops might seek remand of Safdor Nagori, arrested by MP police in Indore in March this year. Nagori is also wanted in connection with a case of unlawful activities registered against banned students outfit (SIMI) in 2001. (India Times, India)
Ahmedabad blasts accused brought to Delhi Sep 18, 2008
After Bashir's interrogation, the cops might seek remand of Safdor Nagori, arrested by MP police in Indore in March this year ... The Delhi Police had applied for Nagori's remand earlier as well after his arrest in Indore but both times, they were turned down by the court. (India Times, India)
Tatas eye new mother house for Nano Sep 13, 2008
Tata Motors component suppliers say the company is toying with Madhya Pradesh (Indore being a favourite) or Gujarat or down South (Chennai being a favourite) as a possible location for the new mother facility. Pune in the west, Pantnagar in the North and Singur in the East could end up being the three regional manufacturing sites. (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
Eicher-Volvo JV's new launch in 2 yrs Sep 12, 2008
In VECV, Eicher products will continue to be manufactured at its Pithampur plant, near Indore in Madhya Pradesh. The plant has a capacity of 180 vehicles a day. (India Times)
Large Hadron Collider Goes Online Sep 11, 2008
" And for those who are wondering about god and other religious standpoints, it's only another step forward in our knowledge and technology, nothing big and new compared to the "end of the world" by Jon, new jersey, on Sep 11, 2008 10:15 AM, ok but were does this technology take us next and what happens when they make it smaller and bigger and it gets in the wrong hands? just something to think about by nick, tampa, on Sep 11, 2008 10:55 AM, These scientists should not have the right to go... (Techtree.com)
Girl's suicide over Big Bang fear Sep 11, 2008
Sixteen-year-old Chaya poisoned herself at her home in the northern city of Indore, Bihari Lal said ... The police in Indore has begun an investigation into Chaya's death. (BBC News -- South Asia)
Big Bang Experiment begins Sep 10, 2008
The entire system comprising 1,232 cryo magnets, each weighing about 32 tonne, is sitting on precision motion positioning systems developed, among other places, at the Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology (RRCAT), Indore, by the Electronics Corporation of India. Indian institutes like Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, RRCAT, Indore, Benares Hindu University and varsities of Delhi,... (India Times)
Girls ends life fearing doomsday Sep 10, 2008
Indore: A 16-year-old girl in Madhya Pradesh allegedly committed suicide after watching news on channels about possibility of the end of earth following the atom-smasher experiment in Geneva that began on Wednesday ... The girl was rushed to Indore's MY Hospital where she succumbed on Wednesday. (Sify.com, India)
Parsvnath to build a group housing project at Indore Sep 7, 2008
NEW DELHI: Realty firm Parsvnath Developers Ltd today said it would build a group housing project at Indore in Madhya Pradesh, with an expected realisation of about Rs 60 crore. "The realisation from the project is approximately Rs 60 crore and is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2011," the company said in a statement. (India Times)
Oil, oilseeds dip on weak demand Sep 7, 2008
According to marketmen, with increased arrivals of new soya seed in Indore and Ratlam line in Madhya Pradesh soya seed prices there eased from Rs 2400/2440 to Rs 2350/2360 per quintal, consequently soya oil in Indore too dropped from Rs 5880 to Rs 5770 per quintal, pulling down soya refined oil prices here as well. Moreover, with CPO (crude palm oil) at Kandla down by Rs 50 to Rs 3610 per quintal on the back of weak Malaysian CPO at $ 770 per tonne, this also had a bearing on oil prices across... (India Times)
Parsvnath launches Parsvnath Premier in Indore Sep 6, 2008
Limited (PDL), Indias leading Real Estate Company with pan India presence having diversified portfolio has announced the launch of Parsvnath Premier a Group Housing project in Parsvnath City, Indore ... 3 acres is strategically located in Indore adjoining NH-3 & AB Bye Pass, Mangliya ... Parsvnath also entered into an agreement with Madhya Pradesh government for expeditious and unhindered development of its 76-acre SEZ at Indore which will create direct and indirect employment opportunities for... (Moneycontrol.com)
Amend land policy Sep 4, 2008
R S Gattani Indore, September 2. To read business stories in. (India Times)
Cops in a bind as accused's namaaz eats into remand time Sep 4, 2008
Nagori who belongs to Indore and his associates Hafiz Hussain Tajuddin from Bijapur-Karnataka, Abdul Karim Shibly from Kerala, Ameel Parvez and Karimuddin from Ujjain, were brought from Madhya Pradesh and their 10-day remand concluded on Wednesday. The court granted five more days of police remand when the city crime branch argued that the police took care to give them their rights to offer prayers which consumed considerable amount of remand time. (Times of India)
Priyanka Chopra's ex-manager held Aug 29, 2008
Jaju had filed a counter complaint with the Indore police, alleging that he had received threat calls. He even claimed that Priyanka and her father owed him Rs 1 crore. (Times of India)
High expectations from bank mergers Aug 25, 2008
The other six associates of SBI State Bank of Mysore, State Bank of Patiala, State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur, State Bank of Hyderabad, State Bank of Indore and State Bank of Travancore can then be amalgamated with SBI.. SBI s guarded moves. (Hindu)
Phoenix Mills gets 200 m from German fund Aug 23, 2008
Phoenix Mills, through its subsidiaries, is executing projects in cities such as Mumbai, Chennai, Pune, Bangalore, Indore, Raipur, Udaipur and Chandigarh ... The real estate firm also plans to build budget hotels in tier II cities such as Bhopal, Indore and Bhilai. (Hindu Business Line)
Extra cover: 45 commandos to escort Nagori to Gujarat Aug 23, 2008
On Friday, the counsel for Gujarat government appealed to chief judicial magistrate, Dhar, S S Thakur, for custody of the five SIMI leaders who were arrested by Indore police on March 28 ... Gujarat's police team headed by additional SP Himangshu Shukla reached the Indore Central Jail where four of the five SIMI leaders are lodged ... However, sources in the police department claimed that the four SIMI leaders from Indore Central Jail would be flown to Ahmedabad. (Times of India)
German fund buys stake in Phoenix SPVs for Rs 1,300 crore Aug 22, 2008
These projects, subsidiaries of Phoenix Mills, are coming up in cities like Mumbai, Chennai, Pune, Bangalore, Indore, Jabalpur, Raipur, Udaipu 00004000 r and Chandigarh. Each project is structured as a separate corporate entity in the form of an SPV. Each project is FDI compliant. (India Times)
Nagori, 4 others to be brought to city Aug 22, 2008
Nagori, who was arrested along with 13 other SIMI leaders in Indore on March 27, is in Rewa Central Jail after he was shifted from Indore Central jail ... Sources said records of all those who met Nagori, his 00004000 associate Shibly or other SIMI leaders during the past four months in the Indore Jail are being scrutinized ... The Indore police on Tuesday arrested Aman Raza, son of Mohammad Salim from the Chhoti Gwaltoli area. (Times of India)
SIMI's next: Liquid bombs Aug 19, 2008
The experiment with hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) was revealed in the statement of SIMI general secretary Safdar Nagori during interrogation after his arrest by Indore cops on March 26 this year. Liquid bombs are as potent as the ones which use ammonium nitrate. (India Times, India)
Stocks to watch on Monday Aug 18, 2008
Indraprastha Gas, Aavantika Gas and Maharashtra Natural Gas have challenged Reliance Industries move to submit expression of interest for Gurgaon, Faridabad, Noida, Gwalior, Indore and Pune. They have asked the downstream regulator to reject EoIs of Reliance for undertaking city gas distribution activities in these cities where they have interests and the same was endorsed by the petroleum ministry. (India Times)
Gujarat cops crack blasts case Aug 17, 2008
The 10 arrests, which confirm the theory that the attack was locally planned and executed by SIMI, have unfolded the conspiracy and meticulous planning behind the blasts; the attacks seem to have been planned way back in April end to avenge the setback suffered by the outfit when its entire brass, including de-facto chief Safdar Nagori, were arrested in March raids by the Madhya Pradesh police on their hideouts in Indore and Ujjain. The planning of the blasts was done in Ahmedabad by the... (India Times)
Developers using host of tactics to woo buyers Aug 17, 2008
The first launches will be in Bhopal, Indore and Uttar Pradesh. Rohit Modi, managing director of Ashiana Homes, and secretary of CREDAI, says: The cost of construction has gone up to around Rs 1,500 per sq ft. The land costs have not come down at all. (India Times)
Bombs have Vadodara written all over Aug 17, 2008
Also on the police radar is Qayamuddin Kapadiya, another resident of the city, who has been on the run ever since his name cropped up during the investigations of the Indore police regarding a SIMI meeting that was busted and 13 persons including Nagori were arrested. Asthana added that the city police had information regarding the place where the fake number plates were made. (Times of India)
A'bad blasts brains: SIMI man, techie Aug 17, 2008
After Nagori's arrest in Indore in March '08, Mufti Bashar had wrested control of SIMI's terror module. The breakthrough is bound to boost the sagging morale of Indian agencies in the forefront of the war on terror. (India Times, India)
Kingfisher told not to shift passengers to Air Deccan Aug 16, 2008
A similar case pertaining to Dharmesh Misra of Delhi, was asked to board an Air Deccan flight on August 7 from Indore to Delhi despite purchasing Kingfisher tickets, is also under consideration of the Commission. Kingfisher has termed the demand as totally exaggerated. (India Times)
India May Harvest Record Soybean Crop on Higher Plantings, Group Predicts Aug 14, 2008
Exports will be robust and a bigger crop will ensure we have enough supplies to meet additional demand,'' Agrawal said from the central city of Indore. Shipments will be more than the 5 million tons estimated for this year, he said. (Bloomberg -- Asia)
Bindra magic: Now, corporates to sponsor shooting Aug 12, 2008
Mr Bhatia added that shooting ranges of international quality were far and few in cities like Delhi, Hyderabad, Indore, Pune and Jaipur. We do not have large coffers. (India Times)
BIG 92.7 FM gives every Indian a chance to win on radio's first ... Aug 8, 2008
The other cities attempting this unique challenge will be RJs from cities like Trivandrum, Mangalore, Mysore, Vizag, Tirupathi, Jammu, Amritsar, Patiala, Jalandhar, Srinagar, Allahabad, Kanpur, Agra, Kota, Udaipur, Bareilly, Aligarh, Jodhpur, Ajmer, Hissar, Bikaner, Bhubaneshwar, Guwahati, Ranchi, Goa, Gwalior, Indore, Rajkot, Surat, Baroda. This unusual record requires the Radio Jockey to have immense passion for Radio, given that it is a true endurance test. (India PRwire (press release))
Facts about SIMI Aug 7, 2008
Madhya Pradesh STF arrests SIMI chief Safdar Nagori along with 11 other alleged activists at Indore. Aug 5, 2008. (India Times)
Gowariker awarded for purposeful cinema Aug 2, 2008
"When I used to be a child, I was given a set of crayons and a sheet of paper. Today's kids have cameras. So I would ask them to go and shoot and express themselves and make great films, Gowariker said at the event.Nafisa Ali, chairperson, Children's Film Society of India (CFSI), said: Indian cinema needs more family-based entertainment and to attain that we need to consider it a crusade, a commitment and a revolution. The seven-day fest was the first of its kind in the capital. It was aimed... (NDTV.com)
India ripe for more attacks Jul 29, 2008
This state, which lies in the heart of India, is not only ruled by the BJP but also it was in Indore and Ujjain that many of SIMI's leaders were arrested this year. It has been obvious for some years that terrorist organizations are targeting India's secular democracy and that they are seeking to stir communal riots with an aim to rending apart the country's secular fabric. (Asia Times Online)
Queen of hills in HIV grip Jul 29, 2008
Patna, Banka and Sitamarhi in Bihar, Indore (Madhya Pradesh), Deogarh (Orissa), Kasargod (Kerala), Amreli (Gujarat), and Jangir-Champa in Chhattisgarh are the other additions to the club of 87 such high-burden districts. The new figures based on surveillance during 2007 suggest that the prevalence in Darjeeling has jumped from a level below 1 per cent last year, but Naco officials and public health specialists say the reasons for the climb remain unclear. (Calcutta Telegraph)
Vadodara base camp of serial bombers? Jul 29, 2008
The Indore police first came to Vadodara in April to look for Kayamuddin Kapadiya, a SIMI activist who had assumed the name Abdul Kadir. His name had cropped from interrogation of 13 SIMI leaders arrested near Indore. (India Times, India)
Suncity to develop retail malls Jul 27, 2008
Initially, it would come up at Greater Noida, Indore, Jaipur and Mohali and house India s top brands besides giving spaces to local handicrafts and also entertainment industry, he added. Stating that the ambitious retail projects would also have space for hotels, offices and entertainment zones, Mr. Arora said the projects would be funded through internal accruals and debt in equal proportion. (Hindu)
Ahmedabad attack: Terror email leads to Mumbai Jul 27, 2008
The email from Indian Mujahideen cites arrests of SIMI activists in Indore - a crippling blow to the fundamentalist organisation. Significantly, the email also takes great pains to emphasize the alleged local origin of the gang that attacked Ahmedabad on Saturday. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Cabinet gets into reform mode; approves SBI, BoS merger Jul 25, 2008
It had faced opposition from the unions backed by Left parties. But now the way has been cleared for the merger. (Moneycontrol.com)
