18-Nov-2008 |
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| Proposal for Modular Structure 3 star hotel in Vadodara |
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| May be first of its kind of hotel in India. |
| Vadodara based hotilier Piyush Shah has proposed a 210 rooms, 3 Star modular hotel to be setup in Vadodara city. Site for the project is identified and hotel may start receiving guest by 2010. |
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13-Nov-2008 |
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| India's first Metro Rail coach factory of Bombardier, starts operations at Vadodara |
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| It is the first fully foreign company owned coach factory in India. |
| US transportation and aviation major Bombardier Inc.?s Indian arm inaugurated here, at Vadodara, on Wednesday India?s first fully foreign owned railway coach manufacturing plant.Bombardier Transportation India (BTI)is a subsidiary of Bombardier Inc, a Fortune 500 company. It will manufacture coach shells and bogies in the new factory here at an industrial hub of Vadodara in the western India state of Gujarat. Initially, the unit will manufacture 340 Movia metro cars for the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and is also expected to shape up as an engineering centre for its global projects and for low-cost sourcing.
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05-Nov-2008 |
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| 100 crocodiles of Vishvamitri river of Vadodara to be shifted |
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| to Ajwa lake and to an eclouser in river bed |
| Around 100 crocodiles will be taken out from the Vishwamitri river and shifted to the Aajwa lake in Vadodara. Vadodara Municipal Corporation has initiated Vishwamitri river cleaning project. In the course of this project, crocodiles in the river will have to be shifted. In a meeting between Vadodara?s Mayor and local animal welfare volunteer organizations on Saturday it was decided that initially around 50 crocodiles will be shifted to Ajwa lake while in second phase another 50 crocodiles will be shifted to an enclosure near the river bed. After completion of the river cleaning project all crocodiles would be brought back to the Vishwamitri river again where a new crocodile park will be developed. |
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04-Nov-2008 |
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| ViTCOS proposes to start double decker buses in Vadodara |
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| has submitted a memorendum to VMC |
| ViTCOS, the city bus operator in Vadodara city has proposed to bring 10 to 15 double decker buses in its city bus service of Vadodara. At present the company operates city bus service in Vadodara through 100 mini buses. |
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29-Oct-2008 |
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| GACL to setup 100 MW gas based power plant |
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| at Dahej |
| GACL to set up a 100 MW gas based power plant at Dahej in collaboration with Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation. |
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21-Oct-2008 |
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| Vadodara based Gujarat Industries Power Co Ltd (GIPC) will set up two more power projects |
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| each of 250 MW capacity |
| Vadodara based company, Gujarat Industries Power Co Ltd (GIPC) will set up two more lignite based thermal power projects in the state. |
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15-Oct-2008 |
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| Skywalk at Vadodara Railway Station |
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| will be on Build-Operate-Transfer basis |
| Vadodara Municipal Corporation, Western Railway & Vadodara City Traffic Police jointly set a plan for a first Skywalk at Vadodara Railway Station. Which will ease traffice congestion at Vadodara Railway Station area. Tender process for the same has already started. |
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11-Oct-2008 |
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| Vadodara-Mumbai Expressway will be reality soon |
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| 400 km long Expressway between Vadodara and Mumbai |
| 400 km long Vadodara-Mumbai Expressway is going to take shape soon. It will cover all major cities enroute. Expressway would be designed for a speed of 120 km per hour. Amenities are proposed at 50-km , and smaller parking areas with toilet facilities at 25-km intervals.
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08-Oct-2008 |
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| Blast in Fatehpura area of Vadodara |
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| FSL is investigating the matter |
| A blast was reported in Fatehpura area of Vadodara. It was found that a sweeper tried to burn waste where this blast took place. No casualties have been reported and a team of FSL is investigating the cause of blast. It is understood that the blast was due to some waste which was thrown out by local residents. |
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| Power Infrastructure Equipment (PIE) Park at Vadodara |
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| to be setup by Diamond Cable |
| Diamond Calbes is setting up a Power Infrastructure Equipment (PIE) Park at Savli, Vadodara, which will be in an area of 110 acre. It will house over 7 large manufacturing facilities and will have space for about 50 ancillary units, manufacturing components. It is expected to be fully operational by December 2009 |
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18-Sep-2008 |
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| Vadodara-Dabhoi broad gauge set to open on 2nd October |
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| Vadodara-Dabhoi broad gauge rail line |
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Vadodara-Dabhoi broad gauge rail line is all set to start on 2nd of October this year. Earlier this newly converted broad gauge railway line was scheduled to inaugurate on 15th of August this year but due to some pending technical approvals inauguration was postponed.
30 km Vadodara-Dabhoi narrow gauge(defined as lines less than one meter apart) railway service had started in 1901. After more than 100 years this line has now been converted into a broad gauge.
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12-Sep-2008 |
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| JK Laxmi to setup cement grinding plant in Vadodara |
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| at an investment of Rs 100 crore |
| JK Lakshmi Cement Ltd. will now be investing over Rs 100 crore for a cement grinding plant at Kalol to enhance its clinkerisation capacity. At a capacity of 5 lakh tonnes per annum, the plant is expected to generate revenues of Rs 200 crore. |
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06-Sep-2008 |
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| Dedicated Freight Corridor between Rewari and Vadodara |
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| plan finalized with some deviations & estimated cost of Rs. 25,000 crore |
| The work for the first phase of Dedicated Freight Corridor between Rewari and Vadodara will begin soon with the Railways finalising the alignment of the 917-km-long route. The first phase of the project is estimated to cost about Rs25,000 crore, of which 85 per cent of funding costs will come from Japan Bank for International Cooperation. The western corridor would cover a total distance of 1,426 km from Rewari to JN Port Trust, out of which work will begin between Rewari and Vadodara in the first phase. |
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04-Sep-2008 |
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| India's largest dye and dyestuff manufacturing facility at Padra near Vadodara. |
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| construction of which was kicked off today. |
| Lonsen-Kiri Chemical Industries Ltd, a joint venture of Indian and Chinese companies, are setting up India's largest dye and dyestuff manufacturing facility, construction of which was kicked off today at Padra near Vadodara. This manufacturing facility, is slated to be operational by April 2009 & claimed to be the world's second largest dye manufacturing facility.
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03-Sep-2008 |
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| Vadodara celebrates Ganesh Chaturthi with great enthusiasm |
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| Police keeping vigil during festival celebrations |
| Vadodara, the cultural capital started celebration of 10 days long Ganesh Mahotsav with great enthusiasm today, on Wednesday, 03 September 2008. |
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30-Aug-2008 |
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| Punjab Chemicals to acquire 70% stake in Parul Chemicals Ltd. Vadodara |
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| The Company has a state of art manufacturing facility near vadodara |
| Punjab Chemicals & Crop Protection Ltd has announced that the Board of Directors of the Company at its meeting held on August 29, 2008, inter alia, has approved the proposal to acquire 70% stake in Parul Chemicals Ltd (Parul) Vadodara, from the existing promoters, which has an enterprise value of Rs 9 crores.
The Company has a state of art manufacturing facility near vadodara. Over the last 30 years, Parul has acquired more than 100 registrations for various formulations and this will help the Company to add more products to its product mix along with wide distribution net work in Western India.
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19-Aug-2008 |
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| MphasiS to open Vadodara centre |
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| Information Technology (IT) and business process outsourcing (BPO) services firm |
| Information Technology(IT) and business process outsourcing (BPO) services firm MphasiS, is setting up a new centre at Vadodara, where it plans to employ around 2,500 people, according to a senior company official.
This addition in workforce would put it among the largest IT employers in the state. It already employs 1,000 people at its Ahmedabad centre. Till now, only a few firms such as Ahmedabad-based Azure Knowledge Corporation and the Vadodara-based L&T Engineering employ more than 2,000 people.
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| Vadodara division of W Railway emerges as top grosser |
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| By Achieving a growth rate 15 per cent |
| By Achieving a growth rate 15 per cent higher than the assigned target, the Vadodara division of Western Railway emerged as the top grosser among six divisions of the zone. The division bagging the efficiency shield for this has a record earning of Rs 137.32 lakh against the target of Rs 120 lakh during 2007-08, a Western Railway release |
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12-Aug-2008 |
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| Heavy Rain Fall in Vadodara |
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| 12 inches of rain fall in last 24 hours |
| Vadodara city is expereincing very heavy rain fall since last 24 hours. Around 12 inches of rain fall is been noted during last 24 hours in the city. Vishvamitri river is flowing at a level of 19 feet and water level at Ajwa lake is noted at 209 feet today. Most of the schools, shops and offices are closed today due to heavy water logging on roads. |
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28-Jul-2008 |
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| Night parking facility at Vadodara airport |
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| Coming December, Vadodara Airport at Harni will be equipped with night parking facility for aircraft. The Airport Authority of India (AAI) which is facing severe congestion at bigger airports like Mumbai and Delhi through a policy decision had decided to expand small airports in the country to ease out the problem. It was this decision that paved way for expansion of Harni airport.
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| Air India to withdraw morning flight to Delhi from Vadodara |
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| With the effect from 31st July |
| Air India which had only recently introduced a morning flight connecting the city to the national capital has decided to withdraw its flight with effect from July 31. The airline had introduced the morning flight to Delhi on July 1 by extending its IC 817 Delhi-Ahmedabad flight to Vadodara.
Sources suggest that the airline has taken steps as part of its nation-wide decision to reduce losses caused on account of low passenger load factors, rising cost of aviation turbine fuel and increase in wage costs.
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21-Jul-2008 |
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| 2 German firms to set up unit in Vadodara |
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| Haver & Boecker (H&B) and IBAU |
| Two Germany-based premium product manufacturers, Haver & Boecker (H&B) and IBAU, which are among top players in the storing and packing industry globally, will now be setting up manufacturing unit near Vadodara, through an Indian subsidiary Haver IBAU India. The main focus of the company will be on the cement and building materials industry. HIN will engineer, supply and install high-speed machinery and complete storing, packing and shipping lines for bagged cement. |
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| Vadodara film festival feasts on local flavour |
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| Making a ?reel? impact |
| A film competition-cum-festival on short fiction films was organised on Friday at the C C Mehta auditorium with 25 eclectic Barodian filmmakers competing against each other.
According to Niraj Joshi, the organiser of the fest who also owns an advertising agency, the aim of the film festival is to promote budding filmmakers of the city, who make films on a sustainable budget and create content having a social message. The participants this time belonged to diverse fields of work.
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17-Jul-2008 |
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| India's first private coin museum to be opened in Vadodara |
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| Will display around 10,000 coins |
| A coin museum, first of its kind in India, will be displaying close to 10,000 coins, including many that date back to 6 century BC, named as "Shri Mudra Nidhi Coin Museum", sprawling on a 4,500-sq ft land has been constructed at an investment of Rs 1 crore near Ajwa-Nimeta garden by S K Kapoor?s family. Which will soon be formally inaugurated. |
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| General Motors India to train students of the ITI in Vadodara |
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| located at Tarsali |
| The Gujarat government Monday signed a memorandum of understanding with General Motors India to train students of the Tarsali Industrial Training Institute (ITI) in Vadodara. According to the MoU, GM India would develop and provide technical courses on automotive technology for Tarsali ITI students. The courses would leverage GM?s global resources and take advantage of expertise at GM?s manufacturing facility in Halol, Gujarat, and the GM Technical Centre in Bangalore. |
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