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Press Release : Video Conferencing Infrastructure Redefined: The LifeSize UVC Platform

2012-02-02T19:09:00.000+05:30

Video Conferencing Infrastructure Redefined: The LifeSize UVC Platform

Industry’s first fully integrated, virtualized software platform for infrastructure is the key to driving true growth in the video conferencing industry, making the technology accessible to every business and enterprise

BANGALORE, India, Feb. 02, 2012 – LifeSize, a division of Logitech (NASDAQ:LOGI) (SIX: LOGN) today announced the LifeSize® UVC Platform™, the industry’s first integrated and virtualized software solution for HD video conferencing infrastructure. UVC stands for universal video collaboration, LifeSize’s vision for all products and technologies, focusing on flexibility, simplicity and performance. The LifeSize UVC Platform integrates the capabilities of multiple single-purpose infrastructure products and makes them instantly available from one interface with one login account.

Unlike today’s rigid systems with lengthy deployment periods and required fixed-capacity purchasing, the LifeSize UVC Platform makes buying and deploying video conferencing infrastructure more flexible and efficient, and the investment significantly more cost-effective. With one integrated platform and a deployment model to fit every IT environment, administrators can buy what they need now and scale up as the organization’s needs grow.

“Since inception, LifeSize has consistently delivered industry firsts,” said Colin Buechler, chief executive officer of LifeSize and Logitech senior vice president. "We were first to HD, first with one button streaming and recording, and now we are redefining video conferencing infrastructure. By responding to the needs of our customers, LifeSize has fundamentally changed the way businesses deploy infrastructure, unlocking the door to real adoption and growth in the video conferencing industry.”

The LifeSize UVC Platform is scalable and customizable, removing the cost, risk and complexity of fixed-capacity hardware, which often requires a larger up-front purchase than you need. Today, the UVC Platform includes infrastructure applications ranging from HD streaming and recording, firewall/NAT traversal, and Gatekeepers (routing and control).

Unlike one-size-fits-all video infrastructure, the LifeSize UVC Platform gives IT decision makers the flexibility to:

· Use one integrated platform for all infrastructure applications.

· Choose the deployment model that best fits the environment (software or hardware appliance).

· Add the features, functionality and capacity needed now vs. future growth (number of seats, users or ports), not binding organizations to the initial purchase.

The LifeSize UVC Platform also makes trials quick and easy, with a “try before you buy” feature that enables instant downloads – not days or weeks – affording enterprises the ability to preview on the spot. There is no longer a need to deploy and provision separate products and no additional hardware to ship.

Pricing and Availability

The LifeSize UVC Platform is globally available with infrastructure applications. A 30-day free trial can be downloaded here. The UVC Platform currently includes the following applications, which can be deployed as virtual machine software or as a hardware appliance:

• LifeSize® UVC Video Center™ - Streaming and recording

• LifeSize® UVC Transit™ Server - Firewall/NAT traversal server

• LifeSize® UVC Transit™ Client - Firewall/NAT traversal proxy

• LifeSize® UVC Access™ - Gatekeeper/IP communications routing and control

Additional Resources

· LifeSize UVC Platform datasheet

· LifeSize UVC Overview Video

· LifeSize blog

About LifeSize Communications

LifeSize is a pioneer and world leader in high-definition video collaboration. Designed to make video conferencing truly universal, LifeSize solutions are simple to buy, adopt, support and use. Offering video conferencing systems and software applications as well as a full line of video infrastructure, available on premises or in the cloud, LifeSize is committed to universal video collaboration. With LifeSize, customers can participate in large multi-party HD calls, live streaming and recording, collaboration on any mobile device, on any network, all at the highest level of quality. LifeSize was founded in 2003 and acquired by Logitech in 2009. For more information, visit www.lifesize.com.

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LifeSize Communications

+65 6303 8379

jtse@lifesize.com

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Press Release : Video Conferencing Infrastructure Redefined: The LifeSize UVC Platform

2012-02-02T14:33:00.000+05:30

Video Conferencing Infrastructure Redefined: The LifeSize UVC Platform

Unlike one-size-fits-all video infrastructure, the LifeSize UVC Platform gives IT decision makers the flexibility to:

· Use one integrated platform for all infrastructure applications.

· Choose the deployment model that best fits the environment (software or hardware appliance).

· Add the features, functionality and capacity needed now vs. future growth (number of seats, users or ports), not binding organizations to the initial purchase.

Pricing and Availability

• LifeSize® UVC Video Center™ - Streaming and recording

• LifeSize® UVC Transit™ Server - Firewall/NAT traversal server

• LifeSize® UVC Transit™ Client - Firewall/NAT traversal proxy

• LifeSize® UVC Access™ - Gatekeeper/IP communications routing and control

Additional Resources

· LifeSize UVC Platform datasheet

· LifeSize UVC Overview Video

· LifeSize blog

About LifeSize Communications

Note to editors: Photos available at www.lifesize.com/press/media_kit

LifeSize, the LifeSize logo, Logitech, the Logitech logo, and other Logitech marks are trademarks and may be registered. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

MEDIA CONTACTS:

Judith Tse

LifeSize Communications

+65 6303 8379

jtse@lifesize.com

VOX Public Relations India

Poragmoni Das

+91 99861 66706

poragmoni.das@voxpr.co.in

Sonali Pappur Sadanand

+91 98444 89854

sonalip.s@voxpr.co.in

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2012-02-02T14:24:00.000+05:30

Press Release - Broadridge and IiAS Announce Alliance for Sales and Distribution of Proxy Research and Vote Recommendations for Listed Companies in India

2012-02-02T13:48:00.000+05:30

Broadridge and IiAS Announce Alliance for Sales and Distribution of

Proxy Research and Vote Recommendations for Listed Companies in India

Hyderabad, India, February 2^nd, 2012 - Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR) and Institutional Investor Advisory Services India Limited (IiAS) today jointly announced an alliance for the sale and distribution of IiAS proxy research and vote recommendations for listed Indian companies through Broadridge’s ProxyEdge^® voting platform.

As a result of this alliance, Broadridge’s clients will be able to access advice on governance practices of listed Indian companies. In the current risk-averse markets, investors require such analysis, and the partnership with IiAS gives ProxyEdge users research and data they can act upon. Subscribers will also benefit from the wider coverage that IIAS provides.

Mr. V. Laxmikanth, Managing Director, Broadridge Financial Solutions, India commented, “Broadridge is a leader in the area of investor communications and is bringing the benefits of e-communication and voting to all participants in the world’s financial markets. Our Alliance with IiAS to offer their vote research and recommendations for listed Indian securities enhances our offering to our institutional clients globally. We are very excited about this relationship.”

"Broadridge provides IiAS with an exciting opportunity to expand access of its voting recommendations beyond its domestic institutional investor base through a recognized industry leader," said Amit Tandon, Managing Director, IiAS. “We look forward to working with Broadridge to better serve the needs of investors.”

Broadridge has partnered with a number of research providers across the globe and carries their vote recommendations on ProxyEdge, its electronic voting tool for institutional investors. The alliance with IiAS further extends Broadridge’s commitment to provide solutions in the Indian market. Broadridge is also looking forward to offering its e-voting solution to retail investors in India.

About Broadridge

Broadridge is a technology services company focused on global capital markets. Broadridge is the market leader enabling secure and accurate processing of information for communications and securities transactions among issuers, investors and financial intermediaries. Broadridge builds the infrastructure that underpins proxy services for over 90% of public companies and mutual funds in North America; processes more than $4 trillion in fixed income and equity trades per day; and saves companies billions annually through its technology solutions. For more information about Broadridge, please visit www.broadridge.com.

About IiAS

IiAS is an advisory firm dedicated to providing participants in the Indian market with independent opinions, research and data on corporate governance issues. The firm helps investors make value-creating decisions, and the translation of these decisions into portfolio performance. IiAS works with investors, companies and regulators and help shape the debate on issues facing the industry in implementing effective corporate governance practices and in the creation of transparent markets in India. Institutions including BSE, HDFC group, ICICI group, Axis Bank and the Tata’s hold equity in IiAS.

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PRESS RELEASE: CA Technologies Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of Two Magic Quadrants: User Administration/Provisioning and Identity and Access Governance

2012-02-02T12:46:00.000+05:30

Hi,

Please find attached Press Release from CA Technologies titled “CA Technologies Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of Two Magic Quadrants: User Administration/Provisioning and Identity and Access Governance”.

Thanks and Regards,

Rushikesh Bade | Senior Account Executive | 20:20 MSL

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Mobile no: +91 9833970671 |Office Tel: +91022 39651713| Office Fax: + 91022 26601439

Email: rushikesh.bade@2020msl.com | www.2020msl.com | www.mslgroup.com | www.mslgroupasia.com

CA Technologies Positioned in the Leaders Quadrant of Two Magic Quadrants:

User Administration/Provisioning and Identity and Access Governance

MUMBAI, February 2, 2012 – CA Technologies (CA: NASDAQ) announced that it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Leaders quadrant of two Gartner reports: Magic Quadrant for Identity and Access Governance (IAG)*, and Magic Quadrant for User Administration and Provisioning.**

“As data moves to the cloud, identity and access management grows in importance within organizations. Our team is working to ensure we deliver the functionality, ease of use, and multiple choices of delivery – on premise or cloud – that simplify IAM adoption for our customers,” said Vic Mankotia, VP, Security, Asia Pacific at CA Technologies. “We consider our positioning in two IAM-related Leaders quadrants confirmation that we are delivering on our mission to take our rich and broad portfolio of security technologies and deliver unique and transformative IAM capabilities for our customers.”

Magic Quadrant for Identity and Access Governance

According to the report, Magic Quadrant for Identity and Access Governance, “The IAG market addresses customer requirements that are beyond identity administration. IAG tools seek to deliver IAM directly to the business or end user, rather than the operational IT administrator.” Gartner analysts anticipate, “The growing need for identity and access management governance will cause identity and access governance solutions to become the lead focus of two out of three IAM projects by 2013, up from one in three today.”

CA Role & Compliance Manager was evaluated for this report.

Magic Quadrant for User Administration/Provisioning

“User administration solutions manage identities and their attributes across systems, applications and resources. Buyers seek to demonstrate regulatory compliance while reducing project deployment times and costs,” analysts wrote in the Magic Quadrant for User Administration / Provisioning. “By 2016, user administration solutions will expand functionally to include a subset of identity and access governance (IAG) functionality as well as multiple means of delivery (that is, cloud computing).”

Gartner analysts evaluated the following CA IAM solutions for this report: CA Identity Manager, CA Role & Compliance Manager and CA User Activity Reporting Module for this report.

To receive a complimentary copy of the reports, please visit: http://bit.ly/xZ3lgb to access the Magic Quadrant for User Administration / Provisioning and http://bit.ly/xgreBu to access the Magic Quadrant for Identity and Access Governance. To learn more about CA Technologies Identity and Access Management solutions, visit http://www.ca.com/us/it-security-solutions.aspx.

* Gartner, Inc., “Magic Quadrant for Identity and Access Governance,” Earl Perkins, Perry Carpenter, December 15, 2011.

** Gartner, Inc., “Magic Quadrant for User Administration/Provisioning,” Perry Carpenter, Earl Perkins, December 22, 2011.

About the Magic Quadrant

Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings. Gartner research publications consist of the opinions of Gartner's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. Gartner disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.

About CA Technologies

CA Technologies (NASDAQ: CA) is an IT management software and solutions company with expertise across all IT environments – from mainframe and distributed, to virtual and cloud. CA Technologies manages and secures IT environments and enables customers to deliver more flexible IT services. CA Technologies innovative products and services provide the insight and control essential for IT organizations to power business agility. The majority of the Global Fortune 500 relies on CA Technologies to manage evolving IT ecosystems. For additional information, visit CA Technologies at www.ca.com.

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Press release on Bombay realty launched its fully integrated mixed use development in Mumbai

2012-02-01T15:12:00.001+05:30

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Good afternoon!

Please find attached the press release on "Bombay realty launched its fully integrated mixed use development in Mumbai.

The Wadia Group, with its three centuries of legacy across multiple industry segments like ship building, aviation, foods, engineering and architectural consultancy services; has today announced its foray in to the real estate sector with the launch of Bombay Realty. The Group also announced the launch of Mumbai's first fully integrated "Mixed Use" development, the Island City Center located in the heart of the island city of Mumbai.

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Press Release - Pragathi Gramin Bank enters into a strategic alliance with NCMSL for Collateral Management & Warehousing services

2012-02-01T13:09:00.000+05:30

Photo Caption: Mr. M. Nagaraj, General Manager, Pragathi Gramin Bank (left) and Mr. Anilkumar Parvathaneni (right) Regional Manager- South, NCMSL

Pragathi Gramin Bank enters into a strategic alliance with NCMSL

For Collateral Management & Warehousing services

Mumbai, February 01, 2012: Pragathi Gramin Bank (PGB) has entered into a strategic partnership with National Collateral Management Services Limited (NCMSL), a major agri-infrastructure player, for collateral management and warehousing services. The objective of these services will be to assist industries, traders and farmers in financing their working capital requirements at all stages of the supply chain, ranging from pre-harvesting to the marketing and export stages.

Commenting on the tie up, Mr. M. Nagaraj, GM, Pragathi Gramin Bank stated “Pragathi Gramin Bank has been in the forefront in evolving and adapting to the financial sector. We have a large loyal customer base across Karnataka. This tie up with NCMSL will provide a great fillip to warehouse receipt financing and will help the farmers to avoid selling their produce at give-away prices by enabling them to hold on and wait for better prices. He opined that this arrangement will address the constraints and issues faced by the farmers and the bank in availing pledge loan facilities. For the larger interest of the farmers, “the arrangement should work successfully” he wished and desired.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Sanjay Kaul, MD and CEO, NCMSL said, “The tie up with PGB will especially prove beneficial to stakeholders in view of the large rural customer base of PGB across Karnataka.” He further added, “NCMSL has plans to build its own warehouses at 40 locations across 12 States and this partnership will facilitate secured post harvest lending on large scale to farmers, processors and other agri-business clients”

About PGB

Pragathi Gramina Bank (PGB) is Regional Rural bank sponspored by Canara Bank operating in 8 districts of Karnataka State. It is a pioneer bank for extending financial support mainly to agriculturirsts, artisans, self help groups and traders. The market share of the bank in the operating districts is around 20%. The bank has to it’s credit many innovative schemes and has the achievement highest number of rural godowns (more than 800 godowns ) in Karnataka state.

About National Collateral Management Services Ltd (NCMSL)

The National Collateral Management Services Limited (NCMSL) is the country’s leading player in warehousing services, supply chain management solutions and testing & certification. It provides collateral risk management for lenders as well as risk management of physical deliveries for commodity exchanges. NCMSL works in partnership with 16 leading banks and in more than 200 locations across the country.

The company provides these services to growers, traders, processors, importers, exporters, overseas buyers & sellers, lenders, commodity exchanges, exchange traders and government agencies. NCMSL is present in 16 states and union territories across India and its warehouses manage as many as 70 agricultural commodities as well as storage services for non-agricultural commodities and inventories.

Incorporated in 2004, NCMSL has been promoted by reputed banks like, Bank of India, Canara Bank, HDFC Bank, Indian Bank, The Karur Vysya Bank, Punjab National Bank and Yes Bank as well as organisations like IFC, NCDEX, IFFCO, HAFED, Rabo Equity and ACE Geneva. The Company is governed by an independent and professional board.

The Company provides following services: storage & preservation, procurement & supply chain, collateral management, testing & certification, trade & commodity intelligence, weather intelligence and crop intelligence.

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Press Release - ACE Global enters into a strategic alliance with NCMSL for Collateral Management, Inspection and Verification services

2012-01-31T15:36:00.000+05:30

ACE Global enters into a strategic alliance with NCMSL

For Collateral Management, Inspection and Verification services

Mumbai, January 31, 2012: ACE Global, one of the world’s major Collateral Management Institutions, entered into a strategic partnership with National Collateral Management Services Limited (NCMSL), a major agri-infrastructure player, for collateral management, inspection verification and various port related services. The objective of these services will be to provide timely services along the value chain as per globally accepted standards.

Speaking at the signing ceremony, Mr. Andre Soumah, Chairman and Managing Director ACE – Global said, “ACE - Global has had a continued focus on the developing economies, especially Food & Agribusiness supply chains of these countries. I am sure that this partnership with NCMSL will further enhance the network of ACE into the Indian market and deliver value to all our stakeholders. Given the excellent and demonstrated track record of NCMSL, this partnership will enable us to link our product offerings to the Indian market.”

Speaking on the occassion, Mr. Sanjay Kaul, Managing Director & CEO, NCMSL said, “We are confident that this arrangement will provide the Indian importers and exporters opportunities to secure globally benchmarked service quality and enable a global reach to our clients.

NCMSL is a national level institution, and has IFFCO as its key shareholder. The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Rabo Equity are also major shareholders. Other shareholders include Canara Bank, Corporation Bank, Punjab National Bank, HDFC Bank, Karur Vysya Bank, YES BANK, NCDEX and HAFED. The Company provides risk management solutions in the areas of commodity and inventories.

About ACE

ACE – Global is a Geneva based world’s major Collateral Control institutions, and the leader in providing credit support, field audits, inspection, supervision and monitoring in 38 countries across the world. Through its world-class systems and staff, ACE is able to identify and secure the weak links in value chains – or design whole and entirely secured value chains for the account of its partners. This applies to commodities as well as an entire array of consumer goods (pharmaceuticals, vehicles etc.) in any location, providing comfort to industrial/commercial companies and banks alike.

About National Collateral Management Services Ltd (NCMSL)

The company is governed by an independent and professional board. The company provides following services: storage & preservation, procurement & supply chain, collateral management, testing & certification, trade & commodity intelligence, weather intelligence and crop intelligence.

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Press release on Bombay realty launched its fully integrated mixed use development in Mumbai

2012-01-31T14:31:00.000+05:30

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Mangalam House, 1st & 2nd Floor, 38, W.H Marg, Ballard Estate | Mumbai | 400 001

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Press Release - ASUS Launches ROG Rampage IV GENE

2012-01-31T14:26:00.001+05:30

Dear All,

ASUS today announced the launch of ASUS ROG Rampage IV GENE motherboard which is the most powerful X79 gaming mATX board. SupremeFX III™ EMI-shielded audio guarantees better in-game sound, Intel® Ethernet LAN and ROG GameFirst technology boost online multiplayer performance, while ROG Extreme Engine Digi+ II digital voltage regulation promotes improved overclocking.

Please find attached press release and product images for your perusal.

Some additional details about the product:

Exact product name/model number: Rampage IV GENE motherboard

Price: Rs. 18, 650/- (excluding taxes)

Contact (Company Name): ASUS Technology Pvt. Ltd.

Phone: (91) 22 – 67668800 / 18002090365

E-mail: reachus@asus.com

Website: www.asus.in

Warranty period: 3 years

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Asus Technology Pvt Ltd

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Sakinaka, Andheri (East) Mumbai 400072

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Press release on Bombay realty launched its fully integrated mixed use development in Mumbai

2012-01-31T14:26:00.000+05:30

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Anupriya Keshri | Senior Associate | Ketchum Sampark Pvt Ltd

Mangalam House, 1st & 2nd Floor, 38, W.H Marg, Ballard Estate | Mumbai | 400 001

Tel Direct: +91 22 4042 5513 Board: +91 22 40425550 | Fax +91 22 40425544 |

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PRESS RELEASE: Logica EMO wins the Golden Peacock Innovative Product/Service Award - 2011

2012-01-31T13:53:00.000+05:30

Picture 1 - Mr. GBS Bindra, Global Director of Innovation & Managing Director – Logica India (center) recieving Golden Peacock Innovative Product/Service Award 2011 at the 22nd World Congress on Total Quality held in Bangalore

Logica EMO wins the Golden Peacock Innovative Product/Service Award – 2011

National, January 31, 2012 – Logica, a leading business and technology service company, today announced that Logica EMO, an innovative sustainability offering to help reduce the impact of vehicular pollution, has been honored with Golden Peacock Innovative Product/Service Award 2011. Logica EMO helps people become more eco-friendly drivers through real-time emissions monitoring. More than this, it provides a platform to incentivize green driving through progressive policy making.

Mr. Ola Ullsten, Former Prime Minister of Sweden on 21^st January, 2012 presented the award to Mr. GBS Bindra, Global Director of Innovation & Managing Director – Logica India during the 22nd World Congress on Total Quality held in Bangalore.

The ‘Golden Peacock Innovative Product/Services Award’ is an annual award. It is given to the most innovative product determined by customer satisfaction. The product should have served its purpose in the most cost-effective way, consistent with the society’s goal of sustainable development.

“The Logica EMO team is delighted to receive this recognition from Golden Peacock Innovative Awards” said Mr. GBS Bindra, Global Director of Innovation & Managing Director – Logica India. “Technology can do wonders to a common man’s life and Logica EMO is one of our endeavors to drive sustainability in society.”

Logica EMO allows real-time monitoring and reporting of a vehicle’s carbon footprint and associated driving characteristics. An intelligent back-end uses this real-time data to then calculate the Logica EMO Green Index score – a rating scale designed to identify green driving behavior. The solution in turn facilitates Differential Fuel Pricing – a unique pricing concept brought up by Logica, which combines progressive policy making and business model innovation. Drivers are rewarded for eco-friendly driving through reduced fuel pricing: lower the carbon footprint of a driver, the less they pay for fuel.

About Logica

Logica is a business and technology service company, employing 41,000 people. It provides business consulting, systems integration and outsourcing to clients around the world, including many of Europe's largest businesses. Logica creates value for clients by successfully integrating people, business and technology. It is committed to long term collaboration, applying insight to create innovative answers to clients’ business needs.

Logica is listed on both the London Stock Exchange and Euronext (Amsterdam) (LSE: LOG; Euronext: LOG).

More information is available at www.logica.com. The company is a public company incorporated and domiciled in the UK. The address of its registered office is 250 Brook Drive, Green Park, Reading RG2 6UA, United Kingdom.

For more information

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Press release on Bombay realty launched its fully integrated mixed use development in Mumbai

2012-01-31T13:19:00.000+05:30

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Regards

Anupriya Keshri | Senior Associate | Ketchum Sampark Pvt Ltd

Mangalam House, 1st & 2nd Floor, 38, W.H Marg, Ballard Estate | Mumbai | 400 001

Tel Direct: +91 22 4042 5513 Board: +91 22 40425550 | Fax +91 22 40425544 |

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Press Release for unaudited Financial Results for the quarter ended 31st December 2011

2012-01-30T16:21:00.000+05:30

Good afternoon,

Please find press release of unaudited Financial Results for the quarter ended 31st December 2011.

Thank You.

Warm Regards,

Jheel Kacharia

Deputy Manager

Corporate Communications

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.

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Worli, Mumbai - 400 018

Mobile:9820764426

Phone:02224917065

www.Mahindra.com

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Unaudited Financial Results for the quarter ended 31st December 2011 along with Press Release

2012-01-30T15:15:00.000+05:30

Good afternoon,

Please find enclosed unaudited Financial Results for the quarter ended 31st December 2011 along with Press Release.

Thank You.

Warm Regards,

Jheel Kacharia

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Press Release: HCL Technologies Backs a Socially Responsible Business Model For Growth

2012-01-26T16:16:00.000+05:30

Press release

HCL Technologies Backs a Socially Responsible Business Model For Growth

· IT services provider announces initiative aimed at creating Local Gen Y Employment, Catalysing Innovation and skill development through collaboration with Local Communities, Educational Institutions, Governments, Customers and Partners

· Announces 10,000 local jobs in US and Europe in the next five years

Davos, Switzerland / Noida, India, 26 January, 2012 -- HCL Technologies Ltd. (HCL), a leading global IT services provider, today underlined its position as a socially responsible business by announcing a series of initiatives around building Glocal Centres of Excellence (GCoE) with the aim of creating 10,000 jobs in US and Europe in the next five years

In the context of a rapidly changing world, the expectation from businesses is evolving to balance pursuits of profit with social and individual imperatives in order to create a sustainable growth model. HCL through its pioneering work around sustainability and individual empowerment premised on its ‘Employees First, Customer Second’ philosophy has created many successful working models in this direction. It is now taking those efforts to the next level by positively impacting the communities through local job creation and development of an ecosystem to support and encourage innovation. This initiative inverts some fundamental operational assumptions of the Industry HCL operates in by changing the prevalent dynamics around cost, skill base and innovation.

“As our unique Employees First culture has continued to grow and evolve, we’ve seen more and more HCL employees expressing the desire to see a truly socially responsible business model," said Vineet Nayar, Vice Chairman & CEO, HCL Technologies. “Clearly, the need of the hour is growth and employment and we believe that this initiative will create unique business value for HCL while generating sustainable employment in local economies for years to come. It will need significant collaboration of all stakeholders, however we do believe that it can be done and we are committed to backing this program with all our resources and best intent,” he added.

Based on this belief, HCL has embarked on a series of initiatives led by its investments in building GCoEs, running dedicated recruitment and training programs for college graduates and providing platforms for developing IT skill pool in local communities through collaboration with anchor customers and universities. In the months ahead HCL will be working with 12 universities to offer a six-month elective course - as well as workshops on technology and management – and encouraging innovation through contests such as the HCL-M-Prize, created in association with Prof. Gary Hamel’s MIX. HCL's technology partners will also join hands in this initiative to provide training in upcoming technologies so that the talent deficit in these areas gets addressed. The company is working closely with government agencies to enlist their support in developing these ecosystems

A Pilot program started on these lines across five HCL centres in US and EU (Seattle WA, and Cary North Carolina in the U.S, Helsinki in Finland, Krakow in Poland and Dublin in Ireland) has already shown early signs of success.

About HCL Technologies

HCL Technologies is a leading global IT services company, working with clients in the areas that impact and redefine the core of their businesses. Since its inception into the global landscape after its IPO in 1999, HCL focuses on ‘transformational outsourcing’, underlined by innovation and value creation, and offers integrated portfolio of services including software-led IT solutions, remote infrastructure management, engineering and R&D services and BPO. HCL leverages its extensive global offshore infrastructure and network of offices in 26 countries to provide holistic, multi-service delivery in key industry verticals including Financial Services, Manufacturing, Consumer Services, Public Services and Healthcare. HCL takes pride in its philosophy of ‘Employee First, Customer Second’ which empowers our 83,076 transformers to create a real value for the customers. HCL Technologies, along with its subsidiaries, has reported consolidated revenues of US$ 3.9 billion ( Rs 18,334 crores), as on 31 December 2011 (on LTM basis). For more information, please visit www.hcltech.com

About HCL Enterprise

HCL is a $6 billion leading global technology and IT enterprise comprising two companies listed in India – HCL Technologies and HCL Infosystems. Founded in 1976, HCL is one of India's original IT garage start-ups. A pioneer of modern computing, HCL is a global transformational enterprise today. Its range of offerings includes product engineering, custom & package applications, BPO, IT infrastructure services, IT hardware, systems integration, and distribution of information and communications technology (ICT) products across a wide range of focused industry verticals. The HCL team consists of over 85,000 professionals of diverse nationalities, who operate from 31 countries including over 500 points of presence in India. HCL has partnerships with several leading global 1000 firms, including leading IT and technology firms. For more information, please visit www.hcl.com

Forward-looking Statements

Certain statements in this release are forward-looking statements, which involve a number of risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. All statements, other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward looking statements, including but not limited to the statements containing the words 'planned', 'expects', 'believes’,’ strategy', 'opportunity', 'anticipates', 'hopes' or other similar words. The risks and uncertainties relating to these statements include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding impact of pending regulatory proceedings, fluctuations in earnings, our ability to manage growth, intense competition in IT services, Business Process Outsourcing and consulting services including those factors which may affect our cost advantage, wage increases in India, customer acceptances of our services, products and fee structures, our ability to attract and retain highly skilled professionals, our ability to integrate acquired assets in a cost effective and timely manner, time and cost overruns on fixed-price, fixed-time frame contracts, client concentration, restrictions on immigration, our ability to manage our international operations, reduced demand for technology in our key focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks, our ability to successfully complete and integrate potential acquisitions, the success of our brand development efforts, liability for damages on our service contracts, the success of the companies /entities in which we have made strategic investments, withdrawal of governmental fiscal incentives, political instability, legal restrictions on raising capital or acquiring companies outside India, and unauthorized use of our intellectual property, other risks, uncertainties and general economic conditions affecting our industry. There can be no assurance that the forward looking statements made herein will prove to be accurate, and issuance of such forward looking statements should not be regarded as a representation by the Company, or any other person, that the objective and plans of the Company will be achieved. All forward looking statements made herein are based on information presently available to the management of the Company and the Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statement that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of the Company.

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HCL Technologies, Europe
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LEWIS PR
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Press Release: GoSports Foundation begin trials for PACE Scholarships

2012-01-25T17:50:00.003+05:30

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GoSports Foundation to hold trials for PACE Scholarships

First phase of trials to be held tomorrow; final list of winners to be announced on 11^th of February

Bangalore, 25^th January, 2012: City-based sports NGO, GoSports Foundation, is conducting trials to identify the recipients of their newly launched PACE (Promoting Aspiration, Commitment & Excellence) Scholarships which aims to support talented and high performing young athletes. Trials will be conducted for athletes who have been short-listed from over 150 applicants in seven disciplines: badminton, tennis, table-tennis, swimming, sailing, differently abled and other Olympic disciplines.

With more than 150 applicants vying for 21 scholarships, GoSports Foundation adopted an extensive screening process to narrow down the list to 40 finalists. The screening process involved opinions from a panel which included eminent coaches and former sportspersons from the various disciplines.

The next steps in the process to select the 2012 PACE Scholars are a rigorous physical fitness test to be conducted by Shayamal Vallabhjee (trainer to the Indian Davis Cup team having also worked with the South African and Indian Cricket teams), a round of skills assessment, mental preparedness and goal-setting to be conducted by experts in the field and a personal interview with an eminent panel.

Speaking about the trials, Managing Trustee Nandan Kamath said, "We are committed to a rigorous and systematic selection process as the integrity of the selection process is essential for the success of the PACE Scholarships programme. Our aim is to ensure that the most deserving applicants win the PACE Scholarships and receive the benefits of the programme that we have created. We believe that all the applicants will gain tremendously from the feedback and experiences they will receive through the PACE Trials."

The selection process kicks off with the first phase of PACE Trials for the badminton scholarships, which will be conducted on the 26^th of January. The finalists include a number of top junior shuttlers who will be vying for the PACE Scholarships.

The PACE Trials for the sailing and table tennis scholarships will be held in Chennai on the 31st of January and the 1st of February. The process will end with trials for tennis, swimming and other Olympic sports, scheduled for the 9th and 10th of February. After the stringent selection process, the final list of PACE Scholars for 2012 will be announced at the Awards ceremony on the 11^th of February, 2012.

Shortlisted athletes:

Sailing:

1) Aishwarya N Chezhiyan

2) Aman Mohan Vyas

3) Chintan Mukesh Chhatbar

4) Ganapathy K C

5) Varsha Gautham

6) Ekta Yadav

Table Tennis:

1) Ankita Das

2) K Spoorthy

3) Reeth Rishya

4) G Sathiyan

5) AbhishekYadav

6) Soumyajit Ghosh

7) Harmeet Desai

Tennis:

1) Suraj R Prabodh

2) Anvit Bendre

3) Preeti Gokhale

4) Nikshep B R

5) Sowjanya Bavisetti

6) Kyra FirdausShroff

Badminton:

1) Sameer Verma

2) H S Prannoy

3) Shikha Rajesh Gautam

4) G Ruthvika Shivani

5) P C Thulasi

6) Kidambi Srikanth

For More Information:

Nayantara Pani

nayantara@playright.in

+91 9739 36 35 29

Registered as a non-profit trust* in September 2008, GoSports Foundation is an organization that empowers sporting excellence. We believe that champions are created if the right talent gets the right support at the right time.

We help talented sportspeople excel at the world stage by providing them crucial financial and non-financial support. We invite you to be a part of the GoSports Foundation Sporting Revolution.

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Press Release: GoSports Foundation begin trials for PACE Scholarships

2012-01-25T17:50:00.001+05:30

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GoSports Foundation to hold trials for PACE Scholarships

First phase of trials to be held tomorrow; final list of winners to be announced on 11^th of February

Shortlisted athletes:

Sailing:

1) Aishwarya N Chezhiyan

2) Aman Mohan Vyas

3) Chintan Mukesh Chhatbar

4) Ganapathy K C

5) Varsha Gautham

6) Ekta Yadav

Table Tennis:

1) Ankita Das

2) K Spoorthy

3) Reeth Rishya

4) G Sathiyan

5) AbhishekYadav

6) Soumyajit Ghosh

7) Harmeet Desai

Tennis:

1) Suraj R Prabodh

2) Anvit Bendre

3) Preeti Gokhale

4) Nikshep B R

5) Sowjanya Bavisetti

6) Kyra FirdausShroff

Badminton:

1) Sameer Verma

2) H S Prannoy

3) Shikha Rajesh Gautam

4) G Ruthvika Shivani

5) P C Thulasi

6) Kidambi Srikanth

For More Information:

Nayantara Pani

nayantara@playright.in

+91 9739 36 35 29

We help talented sportspeople excel at the world stage by providing them crucial financial and non-financial support. We invite you to be a part of the GoSports Foundation Sporting Revolution.

*Certified under the 12A and 80G exemptions of the Income Tax Act

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[National Election Watch] Press Release: 99 candidates of Uttarakhand and 92 of Punjab have declared that they have NEVER filed IT returns, 42 of Uttarakhand and 47 of Punjab have not declared PAN details as mandated.

2012-01-25T14:37:00.000+05:30

Dear Friends,

Please find attached Reports on the Income Tax Retuns and PAN details of candidates contesting the Uttarakhand and Punjab Assembly elections (reports for each state are attached separately).

Please note: Analysis of the criminal and financial details of candidates contesting the First Phase of UP elections will be released on the 28th of Jan. '12. The Press Conference for the same will also be held in Lucknow the same date.

Highlights of the ITR and PAN report for Punjab are:

· Sukbhir Singh Badal (SAD) has the highest annual income at Rs 4.58 crores. He is followed by Parkash Singh Badal (SAD) at 2.00 crores, Rana Gurjit Singh (INC) at 1.59 crores, Kewal Singh Dhillon (INC) at 1.53 crores and Deep Malhotra (SAD) at 1.10 crores as per their last filed income tax returns.

· Out of the 92 candidates analyzed who have never filed IT returns, INC has 15 (13%) out of 116, SAD has 11 (12%) out of 93, PPP has 20 (22%) out of 89 and BSP has 27 (44%) out of 61 and BJP has 1 (5%) out of 21 candidates have not filed IT returns.

· Top three candidates with maximum assets but who have never filed IT returns are Karan Kaur of INC contesting from Muktsar with total assets of Rs 128 crore, followed by Ramanjit Singh Sikki of INC contesting from Khadoor Sahib and Gurpartap Singh Wadala of SAD contesting from Nakodar have total assets worth Rs 20.12 crore and Rs 13.71 crore respectively.

· 47 (12%) candidates do not have a PAN number of which 5 are from INC, 5 from SAD, 7 from PPP and 18 from BSP.

· Top three candidates with maximum assets but not declared their PAN card details are Gurpartap Singh Wadala of SAD contesting from Nakodar with total assets of Rs 13.71 crore, followed by Brahm Mohindra of INC contesting from Patiala Rural and Sikander Singh an independent candidate contesting from Rampura Phul have total assets of Rs 6.49 crore and Rs 6.32 crore respectively.

· Punjab Election Watch and ADR appeal to the voters of Punjab to know what their candidates write in their affidavits so that they can make an informed choice on 30 January 2012.

· A total of 92 candidates (23%) out of 408 candidates analyzed by the Punjab Election Watch for Punjab Assembly Elections have declared that they have never filed income tax returns.

Highlights of the ITR and PAN report for Uttarakhand are:

· 99 (36%) candidates out of the 278 candidates analyzed have declared that they have never filed ITR.

• For BSP 31 (44%) out of 70 candidates, UKD (P) 24 (55%) out of 44 candidates, BJP 20 (29%) out of 70 candidates and INC 10 (14%) out of 70 candidates, have declared that they have never filed ITR.

• 42 out of 278 candidates analyzed (15%) who are contesting in Uttarakhand 2012 Assembly Elections have not declared their PAN card details.

• Out of the above 42 candidates who have not declared their PAN details, 6 candidates are Crorepati.

Contacts

Punjab Election Watch:

1. Jaskirat Singh, E: jaskirats@gmail.com, pew@myneta.info, M:+91-9316084953, T:0161-4685801 (for more releases, visit: http://punjab.myneta.info/)

Uttarakhand Election Watch:

1. Ravi Chopra, E: psiddoon@gmail.com, M: +91 9411135976
2. Sanjay Sondhi, E: sanjay.sondhi1@gmail.com, M: +91 9412052189, T: +91 135 2607452
3. B.P. Mithani, E: maithani_56@yahoo.com, M: +91 9012878346
4. Girija Pandey, E: girija.pande@gmail.com, M: +91 9412351759

National Election Watch/Association for Democratic Reforms: (for more information, visit: http://myneta.info/, http://adrindia.org/resources/most-popular/upcoming-assembly-elections-2012)
1. Anil Bairwal, E: anil@adrindia.org, M: +91 8010394248, +91 9999310100, T: 011 40817601
2. Jagdeep Chhokar, E: jchhokar@gmail.com, M: +919999620944
3. Trilochan Sastry, E: trilochans@IIMB.ERNET.IN, +919448353285

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Press Release: The Oscar Dream of 1200 millions

2012-01-23T16:20:00.000+05:30

Hi,

Please find the below press release for your kind perusal.

The Oscar Dream of 1200 millions... The Countdown Begins....

With less than 24hrs remaining for the declaration of the 84th Academy Awards final nominations at Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Hollywood by 5:30 a.m. PT (Pacific Time), the entire nation impatiently awaits the announcement. ‘DAM999’ has already re-written the history of this largest film making country in the world by being qualified for the Oscars in five categories - Best Movie, Original Score and Original Song. The added advantage the movie enjoys is that of the 39 songs selected for the Original Song Category, three are credited to ‘DAM999’. It is an achievement for the movie directed by UAE based Indian film maker Sohan Roy. The “Made in India” movie has made it to the Oscars not through Foreign Movie Category, but as a contender against Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Thor, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol etc to name a few among the other nominees for this year’s Oscar run.

With more than 3 BILLION tickets sold per year, the film Industry in India is more than double that of US and Canada put together. The Indian film industry accommodates the largest film crew compared to any film industry around the world, even the biggest film studio (Ramoji Film City) is credited to India. Yet the Indian film industry is far behind the Hollywood standards by 3-4 decades to get a direct Oscar entry. But through ‘DAM999’ Sohan Roy has proved that the main doors of the Academy are open for the Indians too and they don't need to enter there under the shadow of someone from Hollywood. This is a revolution... It's recognition for the Indian Music and Film making with the Music, Sound Design and Cinematography receiving honor from the best in the film industry.

It's true that India didn’t come up with project like ‘Titanic’ or ‘Avatar’ but through ‘DAM999’ they have proved that special effects including water graphics and 3D conversion can be done in India with the quality required for Oscar recognition. It is now possible for India to present a Visual effects spectacle like ‘2012’. This is just a beginning. It’s no longer a time to dream – It’s now time to make the dreams come true!

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[National Election Watch] Press Release: 15% of the candidates contesting the Punjab elections have declared criminal cases (all major parties have given tickets to tainted candidates), 65% are crorepatis & only 7% are women

2012-01-23T14:06:00.000+05:30

Dear Friends,
Please find attached the report on Analysis of Criminal, Financial and other background details of contesting candidates of Punjab.

Highlights of the Report:

61 candidates out of the 408 candidates analyzed with self declared pending criminal cases against them are contesting the Punjab 2012 Assembly Elections.
Out of these 61 candidates, 22 candidates have declared serious pending criminal cases such as murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, robbery etc against them.
All major parties have given tickets to candidates with pending criminal cases. INC has 23 out of 116 (20%), SAD has 18 out of 93 (19%), BSP has 9 out of 61 (15%), PPP has 7 out of 89
(8%)candidates analyzed with pending criminal cases.
A total of 266 candidates out of 408 analyzed i.e. 65% are crorepati. In the Assembly Elections of 2007, a total of 184 candidates out of 462 analyzed (40%) were crorepati.
Out of 408 candidates analyzed for Punjab Assembly Elections 2012, only 29 (7%) candidates are women; the number of women candidates for INC is 10 out of 116 (9%), for SAD it is 10 out of 83 (12%),for PPP it is 4 out of 89 (4%), for BSP it is 2 out of 61(3%) and for BJP it is 2 out of 21 (10%).
Education and Age Analysis also attached.
Toll-free Helpline (1-800-110-440) to help voters to choose honest candidates and SMS
MYNETA <Pincode > to 56070 or MYNETA <Constituency name> to 56070

Contacts:

Jaskirat Singh, E: jaskirats@gmail.com, pew@myneta.info, M:+91-9316084953, T:0161-4685801
Anil Bairwal, E: anil@adrindia.org/adr@adrindia.org, M: +91-8010394248 , +91 9999310100, T: 011 40817601
Jagdeep Chhokar, E: jchhokar@gmail.com, M: +91 9999620944

[National Election Watch] Press Release: 19% of candidates contesting Uttarakhand elections have declared criminal cases, 34% are crorepatis, only 8% are women & average asset of a re-contesting MLA is 106%

2012-01-23T13:42:00.000+05:30

Dear Friends,
Please find attached the Analysis of Criminal, Financial and other details declared by candidates contesting the Uttarakhand Assembly Elections. Also attached in the analyis of asset increase of 53 re-contesting MLAs.

Please note: We will be releasing the Income Tax details of contesting candidates of Uttarakhand on the 25th of Jan 12.

Highlights of the Report are:

· Out of candidates analyzed, 53 candidates (i.e. 19%) have declared criminal cases against them. In 2007 assembly elections, 18% of candidates had declared criminal cases against themselves.

· Amongst major parties, every party has given tickets to candidates with pending criminal cases. INC has 16 out of 70 (i.e. 23%) candidates with pending criminal cases, BSP has 14 out of 70 (20%), BJP had 13 out of 70 (19%) and UKD(P) had 7 out of 44 (16%) candidates with pending criminal cases against them.

· Out of these 53 candidates with pending criminal cases, 14 candidates have pending serious criminal cases like extortion, theft, bribery and attempt to murder.

· A total of 88 candidates out of 278 analyzed (32%) are crorepatis. In the 2007 assembly elections, only 11% candidates were crorepati.

· A total of 43 candidates out of 278 analyzed declared liabilities of more than 20 lakhs.

· Among major parties, the average asset of a candidate for BJP is Rs 1.45 crores and for INC is Rs 1.46 crores, for BSP is Rs 1.19 crore and for UKD (P) is Rs 38.08 lakhs.

· 181 candidates out of 278 analyzed i.e. 65% are graduates or have higher educational qualifications.

· Out of 788 candidates, only 62 candidates (i.e. 7.9 %) are women; the number of women candidates for BJP is 6 out of 70 candidates (9%), for INC it is 8 out of 70 candidates (11%), for BSP it is 3 out of 70 candidates (4%) and for UKD (P) it is only 3 out of 44 candidates (7%).

· Toll-free Helpline (1-800-110-440) to help voters to choose honest candidates and SMS MYNETA <Pincode > to 56070 or MYNETA <Constituency name> to 56070

We are also releasing data on the increase in assets of 53 MLAs who are found to be re-contesting in these elections. Their affidavits from 2007 have been compared to their affidavits this time for this analysis and the increase in assets in the last five years detailed.

Highlights of the Report are:

· No. of re-contesting MLAs analyzed in this report – 53

· The average assets of these MLAs as declared in 2007 is Rs 87,22,372 (87.22 lakhs)

· The average assets of these MLAs as declared in 2012 is Rs 1,79,52,563 (1.79 Crore)

· Average asset growth for these re-contesting MLAs is Rs 92,30,190 (92.3 lakhs)

· Average percentage growth in assets for these MLA is 106%

Thanks & Regards,

Contacts:

Uttarakhand Election Watch (UEW): E:

1. Ravi Chopra, E: psiddoon@gmail.com, M: +91 9411135976

2. Sanjay Sondhi, E: sanjay.sondhi1@gmail.com, M: +91 9412052189, T: +91 135 2607452

3. B.P. Mithani, E: maithani_56@yahoo.com, M: +91 9012878346

4. Girija Pandey, E: girija.pande@gmail.com, M: +91 9412351759

National Election Watch/Association for Democratic Reforms:

1. Anil Bairwal, E: anil@adrindia.org, M: +91 8010394248, +91 9999310100, T: 011 40817601

2. Jagdeep Chhokar, E: jchhokar@gmail.com, M: +919999620944

3. Trilochan Sastry, E: trilochans@IIMB.ERNET.IN, +919448353285

Press Release: Ansal API Lucknow amateur team for Louis Philippe Cup finalised

2012-01-22T19:00:00.001+05:30

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Ansal API Lucknow finds its amateur team

Bharath Thapar, Raghav Jaggi and Subhash Chandra qualify for Ansal API Lucknow amateur team

Lucknow, 22^ndJanuary, 2012: Over the weekend, Lucknow Golf Club saw over 100 amateur golfers vie for a place in the Ansal API Lucknow amateur team that will represent the city in India's richest domestic golf event - the Louis Philippe Cup. With sustained good performances across two days, Bharat Thapar, Raghav Jaggi and Subhash Chandra have booked their berths in the Ansal API Lucknow team that will carry the city's hopes in the Louis Philippe cup, scheduled to commence on 5^th March, 2012 at the Karnataka Golf Association, Bangalore. The IPL-style event, with its Rs.1.20 crores prize money and city-based teams is expected to change the way fans relate to golf in India.

With competition spread across day 2, it was a test of endurance for the participating golfers. Day 1 ended with a three-way tie between Sanjay Bhasin, Gaurav Agarwal, Arun Verma for the top spot. But day 2 saw some fine performances that changed the leader board.

Bharath Thapar, playing off a handicap of 6 held his nerves over two days of tough golf to emerge victorious with a score of 38 points. Youngster Raghav Jaggi, played off a handicap of 5 and showed great determination in the face of tough competition but narrowly missed the first spot. He finished 1^st runner up with a score of 37 points while veteran golfer Subhash Chandra, with a handicap of 12, turned in a fine performance to secure the last spot on the ANSAL API Lucknow amateur team with a score of 34 points.

The club qualifiers held at the Lucknow Golf Club on the 20th and 21^st January was the only qualifier for the Ansal API Lucknow amateur team, with the top 3 golfers getting a chance to play alongside veteran pro golfers Vijay Kumar and Sanjay Kumar in the Louis Philippe Cup on the 6th and 7th of March for the pro-am trophy. For a young, upcoming golfer like Raghav Jaggi this presents a great opportunity to hone his skills by playing alongside the best golfers of India.

With the Ansal API Lucknow amateur team for Louis Philippe Cup finalized, the team is looking forward to the competition set to commence in March. India's top stars like former Asian Tour Player of the Year Jyoti Randhawa (Gurgaon), European Tour regular Shiv Kapur (Delhi), two time European Tour winner SSP Chowrasia (Kolkata), two time Asian Tour winner Gaganjeet Bhullar (Chandigarh), 2011 Asian Tour winner Anirban Lahiri (Bangalore) and 2011 Singapore Classic winner Himmat Rai (Gurgaon), current Rolex-PGTI ranking No. 1 Chiragh Kumar (Delhi) have all confirmed participation in the eagerly anticipated event that promises to be a game-changer for golf in India.

Results:

0 - 15 Handicap Category:

Winner: Bharat Thapar (6 Handicap) - 38 points

1st Runner up:Raghav Jaggi (5 Handicap) - 37 points

2nd Runner up: Subhash Chandra (12 Handicap) - 34 points

15-24 Handicap Category

Winner: D D Shrivastava (16 Handicap) - 31 points

Runner Up: Arun Mehndiratta (16 Handicap) - 28 points

Ansal API Lucknow Amateur team:

(L-R) Bharat Thapar; Subhash Chandra; Raghav Jaggi.

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Press Release: Bangalore teams book berths at national finals of World Corporate Golf Challenge

2012-01-21T18:30:00.001+05:30

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Wipro and NVIDIA Graphics teams qualify for the national finals of World Corporate Golf Challenge

Beat stiff competition on day 2 of the Bangalore qualifiers of Take Solutions World Corporate Golf Challenge - India

Bangalore, 21^st January, 2012: Wipro, represented by Nanda Kishore and Sriram Viswanathan quelled challenge from more than 50 other teams to emerge victorious on day 2 of the Bangalore qualifying round of Take Solutions World Corporate Golf Challenge - India. Team NVIDIA Graphics represented by H B Raju and Vishal Dhupar emerged second on the day to fill the last spot in the national qualifiers for the Take Solutions World Corporate Golf Challenge.

An avid golfer with a handicap of 9, Nanda Kishore scored 37 points and his team-mate Sriram Viswanathan returned with an identical score, playing off a handicap of 14. Team Wipro ended with a combined score of 74 points, much higher than the yesterday's top tally of 67 scored by Hari Achanta and Sandeep Kulahalli of team Titan. H B Raju of team NVIDIA Graphics scored 39 points and Vishal Dhupar scored 28 points, playing off a handicap of 13, to take the tally of NVIDIA graphics to 67 points.

The top two teams from today will join Hari Achanta and Sandeep Kulahalli from team Titan and S. Nagaraj and Dr. Hrishikesh of Team Atrimed Pharma, the top two teams from yesterday, in the national qualifiers to be held on 10th and 11th of April 2012 at Bangkok's Lebua Hotels and Resorts. The winning team from the national finals will get a chance to represent India at the World Finals of the prestigious World Corporate Golf Challenge to be held at the much celebrated Cape Garden Route, South Africa.

The best individual gross score for the day was won by H B Raju who scored 34 points, playing off a 7 handicap. K Kumaran scored 37 points, to claim best net individual prize. Suresh Penmetsa shot the ball 247 yards away to pocket the longest drive challenge, while Anees Ahmed won the closest to the pin award with a shot to 13.2 feet on the 175 yard 5^th hole.

Second day of the southern regional qualifiers for the Take Solutions World Corporate Golf Challenge saw the cream of Bangalore's corporate world bond over great golf at Eagleton Golf Resort. There was great competition on the course as over a hundred golfers from top companies including TAKE Solutions, Indian Terrain, Shriram Properties, Shriram Ventures, Ballantine's, Emirates, Tourism Thailand, IBM, Accenture, Goldman Sachs, Cisco, Credit Suisse, Capgemini Consulting; Bangalore's own Infosys, Wipro, Kingfisher Airlines vied for a spot in the national qualifiers.

Team India has maintained a great record in the World Corporate Golf Challenge since their debut appearance in 1999. Team Close Up, HUL from Mumbai, which represented India last year, displayed excellent golfing skills to finish 2^nd at the World Finals. In 2010, the Indian Team was tied 1^st at the World Finals, but lost out on the title on count back. In 2008, the Indian Team from Credit Suisse became the first and only Indian team to emerge victorious at the World Finals held at the famed La Manga Club in Spain.

With Team Wipro and Team NVIDIA Graphics securing the last two spots in the regional qualifiers, the stage is set for national qualifiers of the Take Solutions World Corporate Golf Championships to be held at Bangkok's Lebua Hotels and Resorts on April 10^th and 11^th 2012.

Results, Day 2:

Winners:

Wipro - 74 Points

Nanda Kishore - 37 points

Sriram Viswanathan - 37 points

Runners-up:

NVIDIA Graphics - 67 points

H B Raju - 39 Points

Vishal Dhupar - 28 Points

Shriram Properties Best Gross:

H B Raju - 34 Points

Indian Terrain Best Nett:

K Kumaran - 37 Points

Shriram Venture Closest To Pin Winner (Hole # 5)

Anees Ahmed - 13.2 Feet

Ballantine'S Long Drive Challenge Winner (Hole # 6)

Suresh Penmetsa - 247 Yards

Indian Terrain Straightest Drive Winner (Hole # 15)

Prithviraj Urs - 1.5 Inches

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Press Release: Eagleton hosts qualifiers for Take Solutions World Corporate Golf Challenge

2012-01-20T18:15:00.001+05:30

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Titan and Atrimed Pharma Teams to represent Bangalore at National Finals of World Corporate Golf Challenge

60 teams to compete on day 2 of the Bangalore qualifiers of Take Solution World Corporate Golf Challenge - India

Bangalore, 20^th January, 2012: Titan Industries, represented by Sandeep Kulahalli, & Hari Achanta, beat stiff competition from more than 50 other teams to emerge victorious today at Eagleton Resort, on the first day of the Bangalore qualifying round of the Take Solutions World Corporate Golf Challenge - India. An avid golfer with a handicap of 9, Achanta scored 34 points and was ably supported by team-leader Sandeep Kulahalli who scored 32 points, playing off a 12 handicap. Ending the day with a total of 66 points, they narrowly edged out S.Nagaraj (27 points, handicap 20) and Dr.Hrishikesh (38 points off handicap 21) of Artimed Pharma, who had a combined score of 65 points.

The top two teams from today will advance to the national qualifiers to be held on 10^th and 11^th April, 2012 at Bangkok's Lebua Hotels and Resorts.

The winning team from the national finals will get a chance to represent India at the World Finals of the prestigious World Corporate Golf Challenge to be held at the much-celebrated Cape Garden Route, South Africa.

The best individual gross score was won by Krathish Bopanna who scored an incredible 47 points playing off an 18 handicap as he returned a brilliant score of gross 75 on the tough Eagleton course, playing off the championship markers. Nitin Jajoo scored 38 points, playing off a 7 handicap to claim best net individual prize. The Longest Drive was won by Hitesh Joshi with a shot of 295 yards, while AN Manjunath won the Closest to Pin with a shot to 5 feet on the 175 yard 5^th hole.

The crème de la crème of Bangalore's corporate world bonded over great golf at Eagleton Golf Resort where the southern regional qualifiers for the Take Solutions World Corporate Golf Challenge was held. Team Titan and Team Atrimed Pharma secured the top two positions on Day 1 to earn a spot in the national qualifiers. With two more spots in the national qualifiers up for grabs on day 2, the competition is expected to heat up.

There was great competition on the course as over a hundred golfers from top companies including TAKE Solutions, Indian Terrain, Shriram Properties, Shriram Ventures, Ballantine's, Emirates, Tourism Thailand, IBM, Accenture, Goldman Sachs, Cisco, Credit Suisse, Capgemini Consulting; Bangalore's own Infosys, Wipro, Kingfisher Airlines vied for a spot in the National Qualifiers to be held at Lebua Hotels and Resorts, Thailand. In the past, corporate teams such as Air India, Deutsche Bank, GAIL, Parle Foods, Genpact, Mercedes Benz amongst many others have represented India at the World Corporate Golf Challenge.

The second day of the regional qualifiers will be played tomorrow at the Eagleton Golf Resort and will see more than 100 corporate golfers tee-off for a berth in the national qualifiers. With more top honchos from Bangalore's corporate world set to tee off, Eagleton will see another round of great golf and corporate bonding.

Results, Day 1:

Winners:

Titan Industries - 66 Points

Hari Achanta - 34 points

Sandeep Kulahalli - 32 points

Runners-up:

Artimed Pharma - 65 points

S.Nagaraj - 27 Points

Dr.Hrishikesh - 38 Points

Indian Terrain Best Nett

Nitin Jajoo - 38 Points

Shriram Venture Closest To Pin Winner (Hole # 5)

A.N. Manjunath - 5 Feet

Ballantine'S Long Drive Challenge Winner (Hole # 6)

Hitesh Joshi - 295 Yards

Indian Terrain Straightest Drive Winner (Hole # 15)

C.S Harsha - 0.1 Inches

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2012-01-20T15:43:00.000+05:30

Online registrations create history at the Jaipur Literature Festival 2012

Registrations open on KyaZoonga.com, the exclusive registration partner

January 20, 2012 - Delhi: The DSC Jaipur Literature Festival (JLF 2012), the largest and most prestigious literary gathering in India, has for the first time in its five year history opened up registrations online and partnered with KyaZoonga.com, the country’s largest online ticketing company, for the registrations process. Over 70,000 participants from as many as 30 countries are expected to register for this literary extravaganza. Participants and delegates are thronging online on KyaZoonga.com to book their spots for the festival that features world-renowned authors and speakers such as Oprah Winfrey, Fatima Bhutto, Shashi Tharoor, Gulzar, Deepak Chopra and Prasoon Joshi.

This year the festival will focus on a variety of issues including burning topics such as the Arab Spring and Anna, Bhakti and Sufi traditions, Gandhi, Ambedkar vegetarianism, censorship, writing from conflict zones, theatre and other issues.

The annual festival is being held at the heritage property Diggi Palace in Jaipur from January 20-24, 2012 and will play host to over 200 speakers from across the globe. Prominent authors who have confirmed their presence at the 5^th DSC Jaipur Literature Festival 2012 include Arvind Krishna Mehrotra, Amish Tripathi, Ben Okri, C.P. Deval, David Hare, David Remnick, Deepak Chopra, Fatima Bhutto, Gulzar, Hari Kunzru, Helen Fielding, Jamaica Kincaid, James Schapiro, Jason Burke, Javed Akhtar, Lakshmi Sharma, Mahesh Dattani, Michael Ondaatje, Mohamed Hanif, Pavan Varma, Piyush Daiya, Prasoon Joshi, Purushottam Agrawal, Rahul Bhattacharya, Rabi Thapa, Ranjit Hoskote, Shyam Jahangid, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Tahmima Anam, Thant Mynt-U, Tom Stoppard and Zoe Heller.

Festival Producer, Sanjoy Roy said, “In keeping with our tradition of being an avant-garde festival, we are extremely pleased to reach out to our fans and participants online through KyaZoonga.com. We are overwhelmed to see the response we’ve received over the last several weeks and are projecting a sell-out crowd for JLF2012. KyaZoonga.com’s stellar track record as the online destination for tickets and registrations in India, coupled with their on-ground experience with large international events make them the ideal partner for an event like ours that reaches out to people across the globe”.

Speaking about the partnership, Neetu Bhatia, Co-Founder and CEO of KyaZoonga.com said, “It is a privilege to be taking the Jaipur Literature Festival online for the very first time and we are excited by the tremendous response we have seen so far. Our mission of democratizing access to premier events in India and around the world continues with this path-breaking online registration process for a festival of this repute and scale.”

The DSC Jaipur Literature Festival as always is free for the general public to attend. An online registration for all visitors has been introduced to ensure better participant management at the venue. Registrations for DSC Jaipur Literature Festival 2012 are now open for delegates and the media. Details on registration and accreditation are available on the website www.kyazoonga.com

A limited number of paid delegate registrations are also available, however, they’re already sold out for a few of the festival days. Special rates at festival hotels are also available for those seeking accommodation.

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KyaZoonga is India's first and largest entertainment and sports ticketing company. Launched in early 2007, KyaZoonga has sold several million tickets both in India and around the world. KyaZoonga helps fans “Jump the Q” with easy access to all forms of ticketed entertainment and sports with multiple payment options through its online, retail, social, mobile and box-office distribution channels. Riding on its overwhelming success in ticketing, KyaZoonga has grown to become the leading e-commerce platform in India with several product categories and merchandise options sold through its site. KyaZoonga is committed to enhancing the purchase experience while democratizing access for consumers.

About the DSC Jaipur Literature Festival

The DSC Jaipur Literature Festival is considered to be Asia’s leading literature event celebrating national and international writers and encompasses a range of activities including film, music and theatre. The festival has already hosted some of the best-known national and international writers including Orhan Pamuk, J.M. Coetzee, John Berendt, Kiran Desai, Christopher Hampton, Ian McEwan, Vikram Seth, Nadeem Aslam, Wole Soyinka, Salman Rushdie, Pico Iyer, Simon Schama, Thomas Keneally, Hanif Kureishi, Vikram Chandra, Anoushka Shankar, Michael Frayn, Stephen Frears, Alexander McCall Smith, Donna Tartt, Tina Brown, Shashi Tharoor, Mohammed Hanif, Paul Zacharia among many others.

The Directors of the DSC Jaipur Literature Festival are William Dalrymple and Namita Gokhale and the festival is produced by Sanjoy K. Roy and Sheuli Sethi of Teamwork Productions. DSC Limited is the principal sponsor of the DSC Jaipur Literature Festival.

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[National Election Watch] Press Release: out of 77 re-contesting MLAs in the Punjab Assembly elections, 18 have pending criminal cases, avg. growth in the assets of an MLA: 6.1 crores, 5 MLAs declared avg. asset growth of more than 1000%

2012-01-20T14:20:00.000+05:30

Dear All,
Please find attached the Report on the Analysis of Criminal and Financial details of 77 re-contesting MLAs in the Punjab 2012 Assembly elections.
Punjab Election Watch (PEW) and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have analyzed the criminal and asset details of 77 MLAs who are re-contesting the 2012 Assembly Elections and compared the them with available affidavits of 2007 Assembly elections. The attached report details the criminal cases pending against them and analyses the asset increase within 5 years from 2007 to 2012. (Highlights below)

(Upcoming Press Conferences:
Release of criminal, financial & other details of contesting candidates for Punjab & Uttarakhand will be held in Chandigarh, Press Club and Dehradun respectively on the 23rd, Monday)

Highlights of the report are:

Punjab Election Watch (PEW) has analyzed affidavits of 77 re-contesting MLAs.
18 MLAs out of these 77 re-contesting MLAs have criminal cases pending against them
5 re-contesting MLAs out of these 77 have serious criminal cases like murder, attempt to murder, kidnapping, robbery etc. pending against them.
The average assets of these MLAs as declared in 2007 is Rs 4,60,37,351 (4.6 crores)
The average assets of these MLAs as declared in 2012 is Rs 10,73,33,640 (10.7 crores)
Average asset growth for these re-contesting MLAs is Rs 6,12,96,289 (6.1 crores)
Average percentage growth in assets for these MLAs is 133%
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Vodafone Group Press Release - STATEMENT ON INDIAN TAX CASE JUDGMENT

2012-01-20T14:13:00.000+05:30

20 January 2012

STATEMENT ON INDIAN TAX CASE JUDGMENT

Vodafone Group (“Vodafone”) has received the judgment of the Indian Supreme Court. The Court has concluded that Vodafone had no liability to account for withholding tax on its acquisition of interests in Hutchison Essar Limited (now Vodafone India Limited) in 2007.

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Vodafone is one of the world's largest mobile communications companies by revenue with approximately 391 million customers in its controlled and jointly controlled markets as at 30 September 2011. Vodafone currently has equity interests in over 30 countries across five continents and more than 40 partner networks worldwide. For more information, please visit www.vodafone.com

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Press Release: National Instruments Honored by FORTUNE for 13th Consecutive Year Among 100 Best Companies to Work For

2012-01-20T12:36:00.001+05:30

National Instruments Honored by FORTUNE for 13th Consecutive Year Among 100 Best Companies to Work For

News Highlights

· NI has advanced 34 spots on the national 100 best companies list since last year

· This recognition adds to NI’s recent #18 ranking on FORTUNE magazine’s list of 25 best multinational workplaces

· The award exemplifies NI’s core goal of creating a great place to work

National– Jan. 20, 2012 – For the 13th consecutive year, FORTUNE magazine has named National Instruments to its annual list of 100 Best Companies to Work For. This national recognition is based on an annual survey that randomly polls employees from hundreds of companies regarding the quality of their corporate cultures and filters results through strict criteria to select the best workplaces.

This honor builds on a consistent pattern of worldwide recognition for NI. The company was also recently included as one of the top 25 companies in FORTUNE magazine’s list of The World’s Best Multinational Workplaces. In addition to the U.S. and global awards, the Great Place to Work Institute, which compiles the list of best employers for FORTUNE each year, named National Instruments as one of the best places to work in six other countries during the last year. NI offices that received the honors included Germany, Italy, France, Japan, Mexico and the U.K.

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“We built National Instruments on strong principles that place employees and workplace culture at the center of our company’s success,” said Dr. James Truchard, president, CEO and cofounder of National Instruments. “This 13th-consecutive year of recognition from FORTUNE is a reflection of the importance we place on investing in our corporate culture and employee success.”

“We’re honored by this 13th-consecutive FORTUNE award, and we are even more proud that this recognition is a worldwide standard being set by many NI branches, not just our corporate headquarters,” said Mark Finger, National Instruments’ vice president of human resources. “Having received recognition on such as global scale demonstrates undeniably that NI really is one of the best places to work in the world and that we are a company that is built to last.”

National Instruments’ Work Culture
For more than 35 years, National Instruments has provided engineers and scientists with hardware and software that help them innovate more efficiently. The company’s vision-driven leadership, open and collaborative work environment and dedicated employees have been key to the company’s steady growth and technology leadership. NI believes that a well-balanced work culture improves employees’ well-being and inspires excellence. To support that philosophy, NI offers its employees professional, personal and community development initiatives, volunteer opportunities and comprehensive wellness programs and facilities. To learn more about National Instruments’ corporate culture, visit www.ni.com/citizenship/culture.

Methodology: How FORTUNE Chose the 100 Best
To pick the 100 Best Companies to Work For, Fortune partners with the Great Place to Work Institute to conduct the most extensive employee survey in corporate America; 280 firms participated in this year’s survey. More than 246,000 employees at those companies responded to a survey created by the institute, a global research and consulting firm operating in 45 countries around the world. Two-thirds of a company’s score is based on the results of the institute’s Trust Index survey, which is sent to a random sample of employees from each company. The survey asks questions related to their attitudes about management’s credibility, job satisfaction, and camaraderie. The other third is based on responses to the institute’s Culture Audit, which includes detailed questions about pay and benefit programs and a series of open-ended questions about hiring practices, methods of internal communication, training, recognition programs, and diversity efforts. After evaluations are completed, if news about a company comes to light that may significantly damage employees’ faith in management, we may exclude it from the list. Any company that is at least five years old and has more than 1,000 U.S. employees is eligible. For information on how to apply, visit www.greatplacetowork.com.

About National Instruments
Since 1976, National Instruments (www.ni.com) has equipped engineers and scientists with tools that accelerate productivity, innovation and discovery. NI’s graphical system design approach to engineering provides an integrated software and hardware platform that speeds the development of any system needing measurement and control. The company’s long-term vision and focus on improving society through its technology supports the success of its customers, employees, suppliers and shareholders.

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