Hindu woman priest in Obama's advisory council Aug 14, 2009
A graduate of Stella Maris College, Madras University, Bhargava, who was born and brought up in Chennai, says, "Most people do not understand Hinduism or the ritual process. I have a computer presentation to explain the context, the meaning of the symbols and why we do the puja. It is not just a traditional recitation. "I would say, actually, for me, doing pujas took 25 years of preparation. Most people go from ritual to philosophy. (India Times, India)
Subhiksha cut TDS for 6 months, but didnt remit Aug 13, 2009
Through its shareholder Cash and Carry Wholesale it has moved the Madras High Court to work out a compromise formula. Subhiksha is also fighting several winding up petitions filed by creditors like HCL Infoystems and Kotak Mahindra Bank. (India Times)
Coromandel Engg firms up 3 projects Aug 11, 2009
The Madras stock exchange listed entity is planning to list its stock in Mumbai bourse ... Its list of clients include Madras Cements, India Cements, Silkroad Sugars, NLC, Siemens, Ashok Leyland, Ford India, LMW, Visteon, Alliance Tires and Tata Ryerson. (India Times)
Sectors & companies that maintiain growth trajectory Aug 10, 2009
Ambuja Cements, Madras Cement, India Cement were the laggards. POWER. (India Times)
Top Article: Log On To The Power Of Ideas Aug 8, 2009
Ashok Jhunjhunwala of IIT, Madras, develops the wireless local loop technology. It gets implemented first in Madagascar, Angola and Brazil before it does so in India. (India Times, India)
Subhiksha moves court, seeks trade-off with lenders Aug 5, 2009
The company has approached the Madras High Court with a compromise formula and has filed a petition under Section 391 of the Companies Act, according to multiple sources close to the development. With this move, it wants the court to convene a meeting of the creditors to work out a compromise. (India Times)
TN AIDS body in a soup for using woman's pic in ad Aug 5, 2009
The traumatised woman and her now four-year-o 00004000 ld daughter have approached the Madras High Court seeking Rs 1 crore in compensation, saying that her reputation had been shattered by the advertisements. The petitioner, a housewife living with her husband and child in Triplicane here, said neither she nor her daughter suffered from any disease, much less AIDS as alleged and displayed by Tansacs. (India Times, India -- Community News)
IIT cutoff falls to 18% for SC/ST students Aug 2, 2009
All this makes a 1993 report by ex-IIT Madras director P V Indiresan and ex-IIT Delhi director N C Nigam "extremely relevant", say IIT faculty members. "Nearly 50% of the reserved seats remain vacant as SC/ST students are unable to secure the minimum threshold marks. Of those admitted, almost 25% are asked to leave due to poor performance," the 1993 report said. (India Times, India)
SC hammer on Jaya statue Aug 1, 2009
The court passed the observations while setting aside the Madras High Court order which had upheld the permission granted by the AIADMK-led government of Tamil Nadu in 2005 to a political outfit for installing two arches in connection with the birthday of the then chief minister Jayalalithaa ... The decision of the state government was challenged in the Madras High Court on the ground that it was illegal as it violated Section 26 of the Tamil Nadu Highways Act, 2001, which expressly prohibited... (India Times)
70m diabetics in India by 2015: Study Jul 30, 2009
Dr V Mohan, who heads the Madras Diabetes Research Foundation, says the country is now at a crossroads and the gap between urban-rural incidence of the disorder is decreasing. It happens differently in different places. (India Times, India)
MNC offers to IIT & IIMs grads slow down Jul 29, 2009
IIT, Madras, was also among the major losers from 458 in 2008 to 282 in 2009. But IIT, Kharagpur, made up by increased hiring by Indian private sector companies from 334 in 2008 to 586 in 2009. (India Times, India)
3-fold pay hike for trial court judges Jul 29, 2009
Less than three months after being appointed head of the second NJPC, Justice E Padmanabhan, a former judge of the Madras HC, submitted his report to the SC proposing an average 3. 07-fold hike in the existing salaries that was recommended by the first NJPC in 1999. (India Times)
SC panel seeks pay hike for trial court judges Jul 28, 2009
Less than three months after being appointed hea 00004000 d of the second NJPC, Justice E Padmanabhan, a former judge of the Madras HC, submitted his report to the SC proposing an average 3. 07-fold hike in the existing salaries that was recommended by the first NJPC in 1999. (India Times, India)
Ben and Shaq stage thriller in Ambridge Jul 25, 2009
Mr. O'Neal, in a white T-shirt and patchwork madras shorts, sat down in front of locker No. 10, while the ABC cameras rolled. "Lemme get my yoga on," he said, as he started to focus for the game. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Subhiksha bankers mull CDR deadline extension Jul 24, 2009
CHENNAI: EVEN as the deadline for Subhikshas corporate debt restructuring (CDR) process which the company is working on with 12 creditor banks and three major shareholders draws close (July 31), it seems banks are looking at the option of approaching the CDR forum for an extension of the deadline, two bankers involved in the process told ET.. The bankers said since Subhiksha was a non-manufacturing entity with limited assets and with so many stakeholders involved in the CDR process... (India Times)
Madras Cements net up 21% in Q1 Jul 24, 2009
CHENNAI: Madras Cements posted a 21% jump in net profit to Rs 138 crore for the first quarter ended June 30, 2009, compared with Rs 114 crore in the same period last year ... Madras Cements posted a 21% jump in net profit to Rs 138 crore for the first quarter ended June 30, 2009, compared with Rs 114 crore in the same period last year. (India Times)
Losing sheen: Over 500 students say no to IIT Jul 24, 2009
Besides the seven old IITs (Kharagpur, Bombay, Delhi, Madras, Kanpur, Roorkee and Guwahati), eight more were added to the list over the last two years. IITs put up a second selection list to fill the 505 unfilled seats this week, said IIT-Guwahati director Gautam Barua. (India Times)
League to make Klamath debutFamiliar foes: Corvallis, Kitsap have faced off often in past week Jul 22, 2009
Jacoby Ellsbury of Madras, a former Bend Elk, currently plays for the Boston Red Sox. League lines. (Klamath Falls Herald & News, OR)
Novartis not ready to give up Glivec Jul 18, 2009
Novartis then filed multiple writs in the Madras High Court challenging the rejection of its patent application as well as Section 3(d), an appeal which was also rejected. Novartis could also look at taking up the matter at the WTOs Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) forum. (India Times)
Daiichi postpones open offer to Zenotech Jul 16, 2009
NEW DELHI: Japanese company Daiichi Sankyo on Wednesday said it has postponed its open offer to buy additional 20% stake in Zenotech Laboratories after the Madras High Court (HC) passed an interim injunction on the proposed issue on Tuesday ... We are aware of the interim injunction granted by the Madras HC, and decided to postpone the open offer ... Earlier, acting on a petition by one of the minority shareholders of Zenotech, the Madurai bench of the Madras HC observed that SEBI officials did... (India Times)
Try servicemen in regular courts for rape, murder: HC Jul 16, 2009
MADURAI: The Madurai bench of Madras high court has ruled that soldiers accused of crimes like murder or rape could be tried in a court other than a court martial ... The Madurai bench of Madras high court has ruled that soldiers accused of crimes like murder or rape could be tried in a court other than a court martial. (India Times, India)
Hot competition on KL-Chennai air route Jul 15, 2009
Chennai, formerly known as Madras, is the fifth largest city in India and capital of Tamil Nadu state. The KL to India routes are high traffic routes as the countries have strong business, education, cultural and religious ties, Malaysia Airlines (MAS) senior general manager sales and marketing Datuk Bernard Francis said in an e-mail reply to StarBiz queries. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Madras HC halts Daiichi's open offer for Zenotech Jul 15, 2009
MUMBAI: Zenotech Laboratories on Wednesday said the Madras High Court has ordered Japanese drug firm Daiichi Sankyo not to go ahead with the planned open offer for an additional 20% stake in the pharma firm. "By its order, the Hon'ble Madras High Court (Madurai Bench) has granted an interim injunction in connection with the offer (for an additional 20 per cent)," following complaints received from its minority stakeholders, Zenotech said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange ... Zenotech... (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
Not furnishing true & full info ground for rejecting mediclaim Jul 15, 2009
Later he was shifted to Madras Institute of Nephrology also known as, Vijaya Health Centre, Chennai where his condition deteriorated, ultimately leading to his death on December 26, 1990. The appellant claimed for Rs 23,217. (India Times)
Future Logistics loses to Chennai co Jul 14, 2009
Future Logistics Solutions Limited, part of Biyanis Future group, has been stopped from using the trade name Future Logistics through an interim injunction granted by the Madras High Court on a petition filed by city-based Future Logistics Private Limited ... The Future Group has filed an appeal against the injunction, which is to be heard later this week at the Madras High Court. (India Times)
'Minister did not really talk to judge' Jul 6, 2009
NEW DELHI: Justice R Regupathyu, the Madras high court judge who blurted out in court that a Union minister had asked him to grant anticipatory bail to an accused, has finally come out with the sequence of events leading to his sensational disclosure. In a letter to Madras HC chief justice H L Gokhale, Justice Regupathy has clarified that the minister did not really talk to him; the advocate representing the bail-seekers had held out a phone to him saying that the minister was on the line and... (India Times, India)
EDIT: Line Of Duty Jul 4, 2009
So might the phantom-minister charged with trying to influence a Madras high court judge in a marksheet-fudging case. He could claim to have lost control over his vocal cords while trying to spare society a case of miscarried justice. (India Times, India)
Petition seeks CBI probe into minister influencing judge issue Jul 4, 2009
CHENNAI: A petition has been filed in the Madras High Court seeking a CBI probe into the charge by a judge of the court that a Union minister had called him trying to influence him in a pending criminal case ... A petition has been filed in the Madras High Court seeking a CBI probe into the charge by a judge of the court that a Union minister had called him trying to influence him in a pending criminal case. (India Times, India -- Community News)
'Minister influencing judge regrettable' Jul 3, 2009
NEW DELHI: Congress termed as "regrettable" the issue of a Union Minister allegedly trying to influence a Madras High Court judge in a pending criminal case but said it was "very difficult" to proceed further in the matter till the name was revealed by the judiciary. "As far as there no name, it is very difficult for the Prime Minister or the power that be to proceed further in this matter," party spokesperson Shakeel Ahmed told PTI when asked what Congress and the government will do further in... (India Times)
Comment: Ghosts In The Machine Jul 3, 2009
I remember standing in long queues at ration shops in Calcutta, Madras and Delhi when i was younger. Lines for food were a part of everyday life. (India Times, India)
U.S. Approves Visa for Indian Scientist Jul 2, 2009
In a statement, the International Council for Science expressed "grave concern at the hostile treatment" of Mehta at the U.S. Consulate in Madras ... Mehta and another Indian scientist, P.C. Kesavan, a Madras geneticist specializing in radiation biology who was also refused a visa unless he provided detailed information about his background and the potential applications of his work, said senior scientists have better things to do with their time ... "I feel humiliated about the whole process,"... (Yahoo News -- Biological and Chemical Weapons)
Jayalalithaa names Raja in judge controversy Jul 2, 2009
NEW DELHI: In a shocking statement released by the AIADMK chief, J Jayalalithaa on Thursday pointed fingers at A Raja as the minister, who pressurized the Madras High Court judge to deliver favourable judgement ... On Monday, Justice R Reghupathi of the Madrass High Court had stunned everybody by claiming that a sitting Union minister asked him to grant bail to two men, a medical student and his doctor father, who have been accused by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) of forging... (India Times, India -- Community News)
Churidhar is decent wear: Madras HC Jul 1, 2009
CHENNAI: Churidhar/salwar with dupatta is decent wear, and it is nothing but irrational to insist that students must wear only sarees, the Madras high court has ruled ... In this regard, the judge pointed out that the Madras HC permitted staff to wear churidhar/salwar with dupatta ... Churidhar/salwar with dupatta is decent wear, and it is nothing but irrational to insist that students must wear only sarees, the Madras high court has ruled. (India Times, India)
Minister tried to influence me: Judge Jun 30, 2009
CHENNAI: In a stunning disclosure, a Madras High Court judge told an open court on Monday that a Union minister had called and tried to influence him to grant anticipatory bail to a medical student and his doctor-father in a CBI case concerning a forged marksheet ... A Madras HC judge said that a Union minister had called and tried to influence him to grant anticipatory bail to a medical student and his doctor-father in a CBI case. (India Times, India)
SUBVERSE: Let's Dilli-dally Jun 24, 2009
And immediately the battle lines have been drawn along the Delhi/Dilli divide, as earlier happened with Bombay/Mumbai, Madras/Chennai, Calcutta/Kolkata and Bangalore/Bengaluru ... Whether it's Bombay or Mumbai, Calcutta or Kolkata, Madras or Chennai, it's history vs cultural correctness ... If this is Chennai, it's got to be Madras. (India Times, India)
Archie's visit to India shows the changing perception of Brand India Jun 16, 2009
Scenes of the life of East India Company nabobs in Calcutta and Madras, replete with banquets and servants, were recruitment ads aimed at young British men from the less affluent middle-class , to come East. Meanwhile the missionaries were muted ; neither the Company nor their allies in the Anglican Church liked evangelicals not least because of their awkward habit of demanding equal rights for converts (evangelicals were also deeply involved in the anti-slavery movement, which hardly... (India Times)
Thumbnail sketches of 33 ministers May 28, 2009
Earlier, he did a bachelors in science from Presidency College, Chennai and then a bachelor of law degree from the law college of the University of Madras, Chennai. Experience 00004000 : He has worked as finance and commerce ministers in various governments. (India Times)
Two Mumbai students in IIT top-10 May 26, 2009
The Madras zone followed, albeit with a dip in its success rate from 4. 49% in 2008 to 3. (India Times, India)
Oregon Recreation Report (4) May 25, 2009
Sept. 20-21, Willow Creek (Madras area), tel. 541 447 5111. (Lebanon Express, OR)
Chennai: MBBS student kills self May 24, 2009
CHENNAI: Police on Saturday recovered the dead body of a third-year MBBS student of the Madras Medical College, as 00004000 well as his handwritten letters addressed to his mother and a girl he loved ... Police recovered the dead body of a third-year MBBS student of the Madras Medical College, as well as his handwritten letters addressed to his mother and a girl he loved. (India Times, India)
Envelope with Lincoln stamp may fetch $1m May 23, 2009
Incidentally, ice houses were established in Calcutta, Madras, and Bombay in the middle of the 19th century to cater to Americas first export to India, ice, which arrived long before IT.. In 1974, the FBI recovered the stolen Baker collection, except for the Ice House Cover. (India Times)
Ichiro has deep impact as Mariners edge Red Sox May 16, 2009
"Ellsbury had been making his way around the bases, putting on a show for the hometown folks up from Madras, Ore. By the fourth inning, by which time the center fielder had three at-bats, he was three-quarters of the way to the cycle. Ellsbury doubled to the warning track in left-center to open the game, scoring the first run for the Sox.He tripled to right-center in the second inning but was stranded, and he had an infield single in the fourth. The home run was the difficult one to get for a... (Boston Globe)
Yahoo names Monster's Tadanki as India head Apr 18, 2009
18 Apr 2009, 0055 hrs IST, Mini Joseph Tejaswi, TNN. BANGALORE: It took Yahoo. (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
Subhiksha, BlueGreen not to merger Apr 16, 2009
CHENNAI: Kotak Mahindra Bank is the latest to join the list of those opposing the merger of troubled retail chain Subhiksha Trading Services with Madras Stock Exchange-listed NBFC Blue Green Investment and Construction. According to a source, the bank plans to file a petition against the merger of the two companies before the Madras High Court on Thursday a day ahead of the hearing of a string of petitions on the same issue, including those by Azim Premjis Zash Investment and ICICI... (India Times)
Buying a stock at low P/E can yield high returns Apr 15, 2009
Madras Cements seems to be the best bet in the cement industry, as it is trading at a dividend yield of 5 ... Only ACC and Shree Cements have better record in terms of dividend growth, but the current yield of these stocks is lesser than Madras Cements ... 4 times, the stock of Madras Cement is cheaper than ACC, Grasim Industries and Ambuja Cements. (India Times)
Lotte India to delist, makes open offer Apr 13, 2009
MUMBAI: Lotte India Corp said on Monday it plans to delist from National Stock Exchange and Madras Stock Exchange and has made an open offer to buy back up to 19. 61 per cent of equity at up to Rs 370 each. (India Times)
Mid-cap cement stocks in vogue among investors Apr 13, 2009
Madras Cement, with a focus on the southern markets, reported a 10 ... Madras Cement is up 13 ... 3% and Madras Cement is giving 5. (India Times)
HC to hear dual-SIM patent case Apr 13, 2009
CHENNAI: The Madras High Court will hear a petition filed by a Madurai-based engineer Somasundaram Ramkumar seeking the enforcement of patent protection for his invention, the dual SIM card technology used in mobile phones ... On February 23, Mr Ramkumar filed a petition before the Madras High Court against 13 companies engaged in the import or sale of dual SIM card mobile phones in India, seeking patent protection. (India Times)
America's top-paid CEO Sanjay Jha gets 10 times more than Mukesh Ambani Apr 7, 2009
These include RIL's Mukesh Ambani, Sun TV Network's Kalanithi Maran and Kavery Maran, Madras Cement's P R Ramasubrahmanya Rajha, Reliance Communications' Anil Ambani, Ranbaxy Labs' Malvinder Mohan Singh, Bharti Airtel's Sunil Mittal, Jindal Steel's Naveen Jindal, JSW Steel's Sajjan Jindal and Grasim Industries' Kumar Mangalam Birla. Read business stories in. (India Times)
British Airways showdown looms as... Apr 7, 2009
All additional payments for flying to certain destinations such as Madras, Beijing and Calcutta could be removed. Those 36 days include all bank holidays, xmas, easter etc etc (equating 8 days in the year) as they are normal business days to BA. Plus if you want to take a week off you have to use 7. (New York Post -- Business)
ROUGH WINDS: Marital Turbulence Apr 4, 2009
The flight from Madras to Cochin hopping through Coimbatore during a winter morning in the seventies had a few wafer-thin French tourists and some Keralites. Minutes before take off, he came charging like a raging bull, carrying a well-worn travel bag. (India Times, India)
Subhiksha to battle it out in court Apr 3, 2009
Two days after Kotak Mahindra Bank got the Madras High Court to appoint a provisional liquidator (PL) to control the retail chain, Subhiksha has filed a petition to suspend the order. This development came even as the final order copy on Kotaks petition is awaited. (India Times)
Is the sharp increase in global markets justified considering the current state of world economy? Apr 3, 2009
Biggest gainers in the space included JK Cement, Madras Cement, Binani Cement and JK Lakshmi Cement. Shares of Tata Motors were in the limelight after the auto majors March sales figures showed a 24 per cent rise from a month ago in the domestic market which suggested revival of demand, thanks to the financial stimulus announced by the government in February. (India Times)
Meet Canada's latest designing brothers Mar 28, 2009
The result is comfortable worn-in-looking cottons and traditional Indian madras ... Aside from the Hindi writing on your hang tag and the traditionally-loomed madras you use, how has the eastern influence made its way into your pieces. (Globe and Mail)
‘American Dream' tarnished for young Indians Mar 27, 2009
By contrast, studying at the Indian Institutes of Technology in Madras, part of a highly reputed nationwide network of engineering and technology campuses, costs about $1,200 a year. India too has taken a hit from the financial crisis which has slowed the scorching pace of growth of its IT outsourcing sector. (Globe and Mail)
World Watch: Pakistan, "Terror's Frontline" Mar 25, 2009
Gravyboat, I take it you have attended these schools in Madras, or attended islam schools and have heard this taught hatred ... In the late 1990s, the traditional Islamic schools, called madrassahs, came increasingly under the influence of the anti-West Taliban movement in Afghanistan ... While only 4,350 madrassahs are registered with the government, the actual number has been estimated at between 40,000 to 50,000. (CBS News -- World)
OSAA committee leaning toward hybrids Mar 5, 2009
Seven schools in Central Oregon Redmond, Bend, Mountain View, Summit, Hermiston, Pendleton, Crook County and Madras. Eight schools in Eugene and Springfield Sheldon, South Eugene, Willamette, Thurston, Springfield, Churchill, North Eugene and Marist. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
AR Rahman to Dileep Kumar - BE takes you down memory lane Mar 5, 2009
Suddenly this 20-something little guy had everyone looking at the advertising backwater called Madras differently. Those who worked with him have many tales to tell. (India Times)
A tasty reminder of home Mar 4, 2009
1-1/2 tablespoons mild curry powder, such as Madras. 2 tablespoons apricot jam. (Christian Science Monitor)
Exceptional item drags down AirAsia Q4 results Feb 28, 2009
The low-cost airline also plans to introduce 15 routes this year, mainly to new cities in India like Hyderabad, Mumbai, Bangalore, Delhi, Madras, Kolkata and Kochi, as well as looking to fly to Taipei. Fernandes says AirAsia aims to carry 13. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Twin Star to delist Malco Feb 27, 2009
MUMBAI: Twin Star Holdings Ltd, which already holds 80% or 9,00,00,000 equity shares of Rs 2 each of The Madras Aluminium Company Ltd, is planning to further acquire 2,25,00,000 shares, or around 20% from the public shareholders. In doing so, Twin Star seeks to delist the equity shares of Malco. (India Times)
Vedanta offers stake in Madras Aluminium Feb 26, 2009
Vedanta offers 105 rupees a share in Madras Aluminium- Stocks in News-Stocks-Markets-The Economic Times ... Vedanta offers 105 rupees a share in Madras Aluminium26 Feb 2009, 1043 hrs IST, REUTERS ... MUMBAI: The founder of Madras Aluminium Co Ltd has set a price of 105 rupees for 20 percent stake in the Indian aluminium maker as part of a delisting offer, the manager of the issue said on Thursday. (India Times)
Cement could become marginally cheaper Feb 25, 2009
A V Dharmakrishnan , executive director, Madras Cements, said the move to lower duties would result in a price cut of Rs 3-4 a 50kg bag at the retail level. Industry players said the drop would be between Rs 60 and 70 a tonne for bulk buyers like construction companies and RMC units. (India Times)
Trading his stethoscope for a pen - Doctor who took up writing after caring for AIDS patients releases 1st novel Feb 21, 2009
He went to medical school in Madras, India. He married. (Missoulian, MT)
ICICI Ventures, PremjiInvest object Subhiksha's merger plan Feb 19, 2009
STSL, on the other hand said that all stakeholders had earlier consented to the merger and the issue is now before the Madras High Court. The company had last year acquired 40 per cent stake in Blue Green Construction for Rs two crore. (India Times)
