Over 65% polling in Rajasthan Dec 5, 2008
He added that incidents of violence were reported from Todabhim in Karauli, Kalwara in Tonk, Deoli in Dholpur, booth number 152 in Badi, Ladpura in Kota district, Kanota in Jaipur district, Tehla in Alwar, Attru in Baran and Arniya. However, he said that since most of the incidents took place outside the polling booths, there may not be any need for repolling. (Times of India)
BSP may dash Cong hopes in eastern parts of Rajasthan Dec 4, 2008
In the Brij-speaking areas, except for Thanaghazi in Alwar and Nadbai in Bharatpur districts, BSP and Congress are in direct contest, pushing BJP to third or fourth spot. BSP candidates, apart from the 11 in the eastern part of the state cannot be written off in Osian, Luni, Bhinmal, Churu, Taranagar and Nawalgarh and could spring a surprise by garnering the Scheduled Castes and minority votes in their favour in triangular and four-cornered contests and these would be at the cost of the... (India Times, India -- Community News)
Three killed in road accident in Jaipur Nov 4, 2008
JAIPUR: Three persons were killed when a motorcycle on which they were travelling collided with a truck near Rambas village under Tizara police station in Alwar district here, police sources said. The incident occurred on Monday, they said. (India Times, India)
Jaipur: Four injured in acid attack Oct 25, 2008
JAIPUR: Four children, including a three-year-old girl, were seriously injured when some children from neighborhood threw acid on their face in Balotara town of Alwar district on Friday evening. The victims were playing outside their fathers jewellery shop in Mahadev Colony when two other children came holding a bottle of acid and showered it on them after having a heated argument. (India Times, India)
Jorma Eloranta, Global President and CEO, Metso Aug 21, 2008
Metso Park, which is the new 49-acre multi-functional industrial facility that we are setting up in Alwar at close to e30 million. In terms of personnel, the company has about 27,000 employees world-wide. (India Times)
Jaipur: India's oldest man dies at 138 Aug 20, 2008
While official records reportedly say he was born on May 20, 1870 at Rajgarh in Alwar district, Habib Mian himself claimed he was born much earlier. He left behind a huge family of 139 members - mostly great-grandchildren. (India Times, India)
Metso to scale up presence in India Aug 10, 2008
In addition to expanding its factory in Haryana, and foundry in Gujarat, it has been setting up a 49 acre multi-functional industrial facility, Metso Park, at Alwar in Rajasthan. Our net sales in emerging markets have increased over the last few years. (India Times)
* Untouchable women enjoy a night of fashion at the UN Jul 16, 2008
Like her fellow travelers, Chaumar comes from Alwar, a city in Gujarat state, and like the others, she was married young, at 14, though her husband is now dead. All my friends and relatives need to get better jobs, she said through a Hindi interpreter, so they can come into the mainstream. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Second tiger soon in Sariska Jul 4, 2008
The state government is on a drive to revive the tiger population in 881 sq km area of Sariska reserve in Alwar district which had lost the entire tiger population because of poaching in 2004-05. More Flora & Fauna. (India Times, India)
Tiger flies 200km to Sariska Jun 29, 2008
The 881sqkm national park in Alwar had made headlines in 2004-05 when unchecked poaching turned its cat count into zero. That shame was erased around 12. (Calcutta Telegraph)
Sariska gets a tiger Jun 29, 2008
SARISKA (ALWAR): Sariska almost missed its date with history. Around 3 in the morning, it began to rain. (India Times, India)
Bold new tiger experiment Jun 28, 2008
"Sariska's ambience and environment is... quite similar to Rathambore from where the two big cats would be coming. The Sariska success will lead to more experiments in other tiger reserves. Currently, there is no plan for relocation of the tigers to other reserves but "we are planning to build a prey base in some of the tiger reserves, mainly Buxa in West Bengal and Simplipal in Orissa for future moves," says Gopal. The Sariska Tiger Reserve is located in Alwar district of Rajasthan. Originally... (India Times, India)
Sariska to get three tigers Jun 25, 2008
Meanwhile, residents of a few localities in Alwar, especially those in the Thanagazi area, are up in arms against the move by the district administration to stop heavy traffic on the Jaipur-Alwar road via Sariska. 00004000. (India Times, India)
One man's mission to rid India of its dirtiest job Jun 12, 2008
Scavenger life: An Indian woman, who uses the name Baby, cleans toilets by hand in Alwar ... Alwar, India - Usha Chaumar, a gregarious 40-something with an enormous grin, can pinpoint the exact day she stopped being one of the "untouchables," the Hindu caste that was supposedly abolished in 1950 ... In Alwar, in 2003, Pathak set up a retraining program for the town's manual scavengers which has given more than 50 women vocational training. (Christian Science Monitor -- USA)
Violent protests are popular because they grab headlines immediately. May 30, 2008
Incidents of road blockades and forced shutdowns were reported from the districts of Alwar, Bundi, Tonk, Nagaur, Udaipur, Kota and Dausa, reports reaching police head quaters in Jaipur said. Discuss this story with other readers. (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)
