Application of mind more important than knowledge Jun 16, 2009
In 2003, Usha Chaumar cleaned toilets and often faced the ire of the upper castes in arid Alwar. Today, she speaks fluent English and co-ordinates the dayto-day affairs of the 50,000-strong Sulabh International with consummate ease. (India Times)
Four royals in fray in Rajasthan May 6, 2009
In Alwar, Jitendra Singh, a member of Alwar's erstwhile royal family, is the Congress candidate ... "Alwar has a large number of Yadav voters who are believed to be angry with the Congress as it has not given the party ticket to a Yadav. Singh is mainly banking on minority Brahmin and other community votes," said a party source. (India Times, India -- Community News)
World's oldest steam engine ride Mar 1, 2009
The destinations of the train include Alwar and the famed Sariska Wildlife Sanctuary. The train's first journey this year on January 24 was packed to full. (India Times, India)
HIV+ suspect barred from marrying Feb 16, 2009
"There was tension when we reached the spot to tackle the condition," said Alwar Gate police. According to them, the family and relatives of the bride were angry and accused Amit's family of trying to deceive them. (India Times, India)
Havells to invest Rs 400 cr in expansion projects Mar 30, 2008
The company has also purchased around 17 acres of land near its facility in Alwar to expand the manufacturing capacity of high tension cables and domestic cables. Other stories in this section. (India Times)
Kidney racket mastermind had links abroad and with Bollywood Feb 3, 2008
The last person to have been arrested by the Moradabad police in the case is a doctor, K. K. Aggarwal, who was held at Alwar in Rajasthan on Friday. Sources said Upender had told the police about Amit s close association with some politicians and bureaucrats too. (Hindu)
11 die as trucks collide in Ghaziabad Jan 28, 2008
It was plying between Meerut and Alwar while the second one was a truck registered in Haryana carrying logs of wood, plying between Hardoi and Delhi. Following the incident, some of the injured were rushed to the district hospital in Ghaziabad while the rest were taken to a private hospital nearby. (Times of India)
American tourist molested at Pushkar Jan 10, 2008
" The investigating officer vishnoi said that interrogation would reveal the exact motive of the culprit and report would be submitted to the senior official as soon as possible which would be followed by putting up the challan' in the court. Pushkar was in news when a driver and conductor of a haryana roadways bus tried to rape a foreign tourist who was coming from Ajmer last year. Similarly, two persons tried to rape a foreign tourist in a three wheeler when they took her to unknown place... (Hindustan Times)
Fugitive Orissa top cop ready to surrender Jan 4, 2008
Gupta argued that the police party is under legal obligation to execute the orders passed by the Alwar court, which had ordered a seven-year jail term to Biti. Latest in India. (Daily News & Analysis)
Honda to showcase environment friendly cars at Auto Expo Dec 28, 2007
The company has announced an initial investment of Rs 1,000 crore to set up its second manufacturing facility in Alwar, Rajasthan to mark its foray into the high volume small car segment in India. The plant is expected to start production by 2009 and the company is expected to roll out Jazz from there. (Economic Times)
Getting AIDS education on track in India Dec 9, 2007
ALWAR, India - Seventeen-year-old Ravindri Chaudhury and some classmates lined up one Sunday morning to board an unusual train called the Red Ribbon Express, which had pulled into their dusty town ... On Day 2 of its journey, the train pulled into Alwar, about 85 miles south of New Delhi, where folk performers sang about AIDS, calling it a "new danger in the country.". (Boston Globe)
Omaxe to set up SEZ in Rajasthan Nov 30, 2007
MUMBAI: Omaxe has entered into memorandum of understanding with Rajasthan to set up multi product special economic zone at Alwar. The proposed SEZ is over 5,000 hectares, to be set up over five years. (India Times)
India's 10 Top Luxury Hotels Nov 24, 2007
opened in Alwar, a much less traveled part of Rajasthan. Set on the site of a maharajah's former hunting lodge and pleasure garden, the walled resort's grounds are lush with eucalyptus, fruit and palm trees. (Forbes)
Kaveri Seed lists at Rs 204 Oct 4, 2007
It raised Rs 68 crore through IPO for acquisition of farmland for research and development near Hyderabad, Alwar and Ahmedabad, setting up marketing offices and godowns in Delhi, Lucknow, Jaipur, Ahmedabad and Aurangabad, and a biotechnology lab near Hyderabad. The proceeds would also be used for upgradation of existing seed processing plants at Kandalkoi, Gundla Pochampally, Gatla Narsingapur and Bellary and setting up of seed processing plant near Hyderabad. (Economic Times)
20 get life for killing three Sep 22, 2007
JAIPUR: A fast-track court in Alwar sentenced 20 people to life imprisonment on Friday for killing three brothers of a Sikh farmer's family over a land dispute at a cremation ground two years ago. Kishangarh fast track judge Arun Kumar held them responsible for the killings of sarpanch Birju Singh and his two brothers -- Darshan Singh and Pritam Singh -- at Musakheda village and asked them to pay a fine of Rs 5,000 each. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Warrant issued against BB Mahanti Aug 25, 2007
The warrant was issued after the disappearance of his son and Alwar rape convict Bittihotra Mahanti, who jumped parole in December last year. On Friday, the government suspended Mahanti senior and ordered him to surrender immediately. (NDTV.com)
Splurge on India's ultra luxury hotels Aug 21, 2007
The hotel is situated in Alwar, a less-traveled area of Rajasthan, and sits amongst a walled oasis in the Aravalli Hills. The grounds are full of eucalyptus, fruit and palm trees, and the 40 rooms are some of the most spacious in the countrythe smallest is 900 square feet and has a 550-square-foot terrace. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Honda studying Rs 1-lakh market Jul 2, 2007
TAPUKARA (ALWAR): Honda Siel Cars India (HSCI) is betting big on the compact car segment as part of its India strategy. Besides launching a premium small car by 2009, the company is also studying the Rs 1-lakh car segment. (Economic Times)
President, vice president, PM condole Verma's death Jul 1, 2007
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) vice president died in a road accident on the Delhi-Jaipur Highway near Alwar in Rajasthan Saturday afternoon. 2007 Indo-Asian News Service. (Monsters and Critics.com)
Govt-Gurjar talks fail; 10 districts put under NSA Jun 3, 2007
The District Collectors of Jaipur, Kauroli, Bharatpur, Sawai Madhopur, Bundi, Dausa, Alwar, Kota, Jhalawar and Dholpur has been asked to detain arsonists under the NSA, said Rajasthans Home Secretary V S Singh. People arrested under NSA wont be allowed bail. (CNN-IBN)
Raj police team fails to May 30, 2007
Cuttack, May 29: B.B. Mohanty, father of Bitti Mohanty, the main accused in the rape of a German woman that took place in Alwar last year, is playing hide and seek with a police team of Rajasthan police which is here to arrest him after receiving an order from the court, Sahara Samay sources said ... It's been more than five months since his son jumped parole after getting convicted by the Jaipur court for raping a Germen tourist in Alwar last year. (Sahara Samay)
Cops reach Cuttack to arrest Mohanty May 28, 2007
Biti was convicted of raping a German tourist in Alwar. He has beenl on the run for the past six months and the police has no clue of his whereabouts. (CNN-IBN)
SC permits Shilpa to go abroad May 19, 2007
The bench passed the orders on a fresh application moved by the actress challenging the "look out" notice issued against her by the Superintendent of Police, Mundawar (Alwar) Rajasthan in connection with the April 15, Richard Gere kissing incident that took place in the capital. Senior counsel Anand Grover appearing for the actress sought a stay of the notice on the ground that it was illegal and infructous in view of the May 15 stay granted by the apex court on the criminal cases registered... (Daily News & Analysis)
Supreme Court suspends Gere-Shetty kiss cases May 17, 2007
Seeking quashing of criminal cases registered against her in various courts at Jaipur, Ghaziabad and Mundawar (Alwar), Shetty also sought stay on all proceedings until the transfer on her petition was decided. Claiming that the incident was wrongly projected by the media resulting in the filing of private criminal complaints by some lawyers at the said places, Shetty apprehended that she might be issued summons/warrants. (Hindustan Times)
Fake encounter: officers' remand extended, narco test sought May 5, 2007
The Gujarat CID, the agency probing the case, also filed an application seeking the court's nod to conduct Narco analysis tests on the officers -- Border Range DIG DG Vanzara, Superintendent of Police of Gujarat Intelligence Bureau Rajkumar Pandian and SP of Alwar (Raj) Dineshkumar MN.. The CID had sought extension of police custody by seven days for the officers on the ground that they need to find out more details about the murder of Kausar Bi, the wife of Sohrabuddin. (Hindustan Times)
SC relief00003786 for Biti senior Apr 10, 2007
Five months after an Alwar fast-track court convicted Bitihotra on April 12, 2006, and sentenced him to seven years' imprisonment in the rape case, Mohanty moved the prison authorities with a recommendation letter from the SP, Cuttack, for release of the convict for 15 days on parole to allow him to meet his ailing mother. When the Orissa DGP personally went to the DGP (prisons) of Rajasthan and made a plea for the release of his son, he was released on parole with strict instructions not to... (India Times, India -- Community News)
Parryware Roca plans Rs 750 crore investment Mar 28, 2007
"In the next one year we expect to start manufacturing Roca products in India from our facilities in Alwar and Perundurai," he said. Loading. (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
Cold claims 48 lives in N India Mar 14, 2007
The ferocity of the rains washed out many kutcha houses and flooded homes in Jaipur, Alwar and Dausa district. The pilgrimage to Vaishnodevi, suspended due to heavy snowfall and rain over the last three days resumed with at least 6,000 people beginning their trek as a bright sun shone late Tuesday afternoon. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Mohanty Sr refuses to honour police summons Jan 28, 2007
The notice came after Rajasthan government sent "evidence" establishing the officer's visit to Jaipur and even signing a surety bond of Rs 50,000 to win parole for his son who's convicted for raping a German researcher in an Alwar hotel room. Biti Mohanty, an MBA student in Delhi was convicted by an Alwar fast-tract court to seven years imprisonment. (Times of India)
Orissa DGP summoned by Raj Police for interrogation Jan 27, 2007
24-year-old Biti, a former MBA student, was convicted by a fast track court for raping a German research scholar in Alwar in March, last year. Bureau Report. (Zee News)
'Mohanty plea a ploy to avoid legal hassles' Jan 14, 2007
On Friday, Mohanty's family was quoted as saying that Biti convicted for raping a German research scholar in Alwar would surrender only if certain conditions were met. Rajasthan and Orissa police, meanwhile, had been kept guessing as to where Biti would surface, even as some family members claimed he had been tortured in jail. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Orissa cops arrive in Delhi on Biti trail Jan 7, 2007
Biti convicted for raping a German researcher at Alwar in Rajasthan had been given a fortnight-long parole on November 20 on the understanding that he would not leave Jaipur. But he violated his parole and skipped town to return to Cuttack, he then disappeared and left behind in his wake an embarrassed state police. (India Times, India -- Community News)
