Faridabad Post

L&T bagged contracts for Faridabad metro corridor

2012-02-15T10:44:00.000+05:30

Economic Times
L&T has also bagged the construction of entire viaduct for the Faridabad corridor, which is an extension of the Central Secretariat-Badarpur corridor.

The Hindu
The 14-km Faridabad corridor will be completely elevated and is also an extension of Line 6 from Badarpur to Faridabad. This section (Badarpur-Faridabad) will have nine stations at Sarai, NHPC Chowk, Mewala Maharajpur, Sector 27 A, Badkal More, Faridabad Old, Ajronda, Faridabad New Town and YMCA Chowk. The section is extremely important because around 180,000 people from neighbouring Faridabad are expected to benefit from it. “The contractor will have to complete this project in 20 months,” said the spokesperson about the contract for viaduct construction.

HC stays conversion of plots in Faridabad

2012-02-15T10:33:00.000+05:30

Times of India
Punjab and Haryana high court on Monday Feb 13, 2012 stayed the illegal conversion of residential land for commercial use in area falling under Faridabad municipal corporation. The HC verdict would stay the operation of orders issued by the Faridabad administration on November 11 last year, through which it had initiated the process of regularizing the commercial activities in residential plots by levying some conversion fee.

Now the case would come up for further hearing on April 28

Pictures: Surajkund Craft Fair 2012

2012-02-14T13:46:00.000+05:30

Lets enter the Surajkund Fair 2012

Wood work!

Top Brass!

The Nest!

The Lords of prosperity!

Rural India on canvas!

Riot of colours!

Phishing!

In the woods!

Folk Sounds!

Colours' Skywalk!

Aerial view!

All Photos: Faridabad Post

A Handset Mela at Reliance Outlets from 3rd Feb 2012 onwards

2012-02-10T14:46:00.002+05:30

Faridabad Sec 15, SCF-51, Sec 15 Main HUDA Market, Faridabad, days of mela are Sat / Sun

- Faridabad NIT, 9 A, Nehru Ground, NIT Faridabad

-Amalgamation of all the latest handsets

-Reliance TAB, CDMA & GSM Handsets, Data Cards, 3G Dongles

-Exhibition of all the Brands-Samsung, LG, Nokia, Micromax, Lava, Lemon, Sony, Huawei, Coolpad, Blackberry

-Blend of all the cost ranges

Handset Carnival at Reliance Stores on Every Friday, Saturday & Sunday

Arua village of Faridabad-one of RBI’s model villages achieves 100% financial inclusion

2012-02-10T14:33:00.000+05:30

Livemint.com
As a part of Reserve Bank of India’s outreach programme, RBI deputy Governor Anand Sinha visited Arua village in Faridabad district of Haryana on Thursday. Arua, which is one of RBI’s model villages, has achieved 100% financial inclusion. Syndicate Bank, which has opened a branch in this village, has opened 915 no frills account for villagers in the past few months.

RBI has asked banks to provide banking facilities to 70,000 villages having population of more than 2,000 people by March this year

26th Surajkund Crafts Mela - list of programme

2012-02-03T17:28:00.000+05:30

Surajkund Mela is here

2012-02-02T11:32:00.002+05:30

The Hindu: Surajkund Mela is here

Surajkund Handicrafts Fair from Feb 01- Feb 15, 2012

2012-02-02T11:32:00.001+05:30

भंवरी देवी की इस अद्भुत कला को देख आप भी करेंगे सलाम

चलो चलें सूरजकुंड..ब्रज भूमि-बसंत बयार, ‘आसाम’ पहुंची मीरा कुमार

Dainik Bhaskar
हवाई दर्शन आज से

आकाश से 26 वें सूरजकुंड मेले का दृश्य देखने की दर्शकों की मुराद गुरुवार से पूरी होगी। पहले दिन बुधवार को वीआईपी मेहमानों ने इस सेवा का लुत्फ उठाया। प्रदेश के मुख्यमंत्री भूपेंद्र सिंह हुड्डा ने भी आकाश से मेले के सतरंगी रंग देखे। पर्यटकों को चार मिनट के लिए आकाश से मेला दिखाया जाएगा। इसके लिए विराट एविएशन ने दो हेलिकॉप्टरों का इंतजाम किया है। एक हेलीकॉप्टर में चार और दूसरे में छह लोगों के बैठने की व्यवस्था है। एक ट्रिप के लिए दो हजार रुपए खर्च करना पड़ेगा।
यहां-वहां पॉलीथिन : मेला प्राधिकरण ने परिसर में पॉलीथिन प्रतिबंधित कर रखा है। इसके बावजूद बुधवार को बड़ी संख्या में शिल्पकार पॉलीथिन में सामान लपेटकर लाते दिखे। इसके कारण परिसर में यहां-वहां कई जगहों पर पॉलीथिन पड़ा मिला।

Chimes sale at Delhi Surajkund Mela

2012-02-02T11:24:00.001+05:30

Meira Kumar throws open Surajkund Mela to public

2012-02-02T10:51:00.002+05:30

Over 700 artists from India and countries like Thailand, Congo, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, besides all the SAARC nations will be participating in the 26th edition of the 15-day fair.

Promoting the concept of 'mini-India', the fair showcases the rural lifestyle with huts acting as stalls and kachcha roads giving a village ambiance, apart from traditional dance performances.

Colours of Surajkund Fair

2012-02-02T10:25:00.000+05:30

Faridabad Post at Facebook

2012-01-09T12:48:00.003+05:30

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Haryana govt asked to increase Mangar forest cover

2012-01-09T12:39:00.000+05:30

Times of India
After concerns were raised about the Haryana government's plan to put a huge patch of forest area in Mangar and its adjoining villages in Faridabad under residential, agricultural and industrial use, the local town and country planning department has proposed that the state government double the forest cover.

Against the department's earlier plan to put only 1,822 hectares under the forest category in the Draft Mangar Development Plan 2031, the new proposal seeks to increase it to approximately 3,800 hectares. This may upset the plans of real estate developers and those eyeing to own a farmhouse in the Aravalis.

The state-level committee is scheduled to hold a review meeting on Thursday in Chandigarh to finalize the plan, which will cover 10,426 hectares across 23 villages, including Mangar, Alampur, Gothra Mohabatabad, Sirohi, Pali, Dhauj and Kabulpur Bangar.

Faridabad houses India's richest zones

2012-01-09T12:28:00.000+05:30

India's most affluent neighbourhoods are Faridabad's sectors 14, 15, 16, 16A and 17 (average household income: Rs 22.96 lakh); Mumbai's Walkeshwar (Rs 18.17 lakh); and Noida's sectors 19 and 27 (Rs 18.14 lakh). These are areas with the highest household income -total annual income earned by all households divided by total number of households.

Mangar on edge: Authorities want the realtors out

2011-12-16T09:44:00.002+05:30

Vandalising Aravalli

2011-12-16T09:40:00.000+05:30

Metro-line-Bahadurgarh to come closer to Faridabad

2011-12-16T09:37:00.000+05:30

Faridabad trade fair begins today

2011-12-16T09:34:00.000+05:30

Faridabad Trade fair- December 16-25, 2011
Huda Ground, Sec 12, near district court
stalls- 9250036364

Faridabad occupies the eighth slot among the list of world's fastest-growing 100 cities

2011-11-17T11:56:00.000+05:30

The Economic Times
Faridabad occupies the eighth slot, Ghaziabad second and Surat fourth in the list presented by City Mayors, a global think-tank that studies urban affairs to promote good governance. The City Mayors' catalogue of the fastest-growing cities and urban areas between 2006 and 2020 is based on past growth and forecasts by international and national statistics organisations.

Indian cities overwhelmingly dominate a new list of the world's fastest-growing 100 cities in terms of urbanisation, with three leapfrogging to the top 10 and 22 others figuring prominently in a crop of boomtowns usually reserved for those in China

Elevated metro corridor to Faridabad coming up

2011-10-14T06:10:00.000+05:30

The Delhi Metro will extend up to neighbouring Faridabad during Phase-III of its construction through a completely elevated corridor covering about 14 km. The route will be an extension of the existing Line 6 (Central Secretariat-Badarpur corridor) and will be built on standard guage.

The depot will come up near Faridabad Sector 20-A and the receiving sub-station will be located at Sarai.

The Faridabad link will prove to be an important link for the Delhi Metro, with its daily ridership expected to go up to around 1.79 lakh.

The top ten Faridabad schools

2011-10-02T06:40:00.001+05:30

Hindustan Times

New Delhi, September 20, 2011

The top ten Faridabad schools

Apeejay School
Established in 1972, Apeejay School has become a household name here. The school has an English literary club, science club, environment club and reader's club. It topped in the ‘life skills education’ and ‘parental participation categories in our survey, while it has the second-highest scores in ‘sports’ and ‘teacher care and development’.
Website: http://www.apeejay.edu/
Phone: 0129-2284535
Nursery fee: R53,400 per annum

DAV Public School, sector 14
The school has scored the highest in the ‘sports’ and ‘value system’ parameters and has the second-highest score in ‘social accountability’. Their basketball team has won the district basketball championship for the last three years. It caters to the other sports demands as well, with a skating rink and a gymnasium.
Website: http://www.dav14faridabad.org/
Phone: 0129-2280950
Nursery fee: R33,400 per annum

Delhi Public School, Faridabad
The school has carved a niche with its continued academic excellence. The school has introduced ‘smart’ classes, to blend teaching with technology. It has topped in the ‘extra-curricular activities’, ‘teacher care and development’ , ‘value for money’ and ‘competence of teachers’ among other parameters.
Website: http://www.dpsfbd.com/
Phone: 0129-2280522
Nursery fee: R63,600 per annum

Eicher School, Faridabad
Eicher has gone from running out of a rented building to a sprawling campus in its 17 years. The teachers organise house calls to plan the child’s daily schedule with the parents. No wonder, it has scored second highest in the ‘individual attention to students’ and ‘parental participation’ parameters.
Website: http://www.eicherschool.net/
Phone: 0129-2437583
Nursery fee: R50,000 per annum

Manav Rachna International School
The school, started in 2006, has a centrally air-conditioned campus. It has tied-up with Carnegie Mellon University, USA to give robotics training to students. It has topped in the ‘individual attention to students’ category and has the second-highest scores in the ‘infrastructure and facilities’ and ‘safety and hygiene’ parameters.
Website: http://www.mris.edu.in/
Phone: 0129-4198500
Nursery fee: R68,500 per annum

Modern Delhi Public School
The school has an air-conditioned campus and organises regular teacher-training workshops. It encourages to take part in various extra-curricualr activities.It has the second-highest score in the ‘academic rigour’ parameter and does well on the ‘safety and hygiene’, ‘value system’ and ‘infrastructure and facilities’ parameters in our survey.
Website: http://www.moderndps.org/
Phone: 0129-2229277
Nursery fee: R45,500 per annum

Modern Vidya Niketan, Aravali
The Aravali campus was founded after the overwhelming success of the first branch in sector 17. It offers computer-aided learning in the primary wing. They scored highest in the ‘safety and hygiene’ parameter and scored well on others, such as ‘individual attention to students’, ‘infrastructure and facilities’ and ‘value system’.
Website: http://www.mvneducation.com/
Phone: 0129-4091700
Nursery fee: R70,000 per annum

Modern Vidya Niketan, Sector 17
The school shot to fame in 2009 when it produced the IIT-JEE topper, Nitin Jain, making it one of the most sought-after schools in Faridabad. The school has topped in the ‘academic rigour’ parameter, while it has the second-highest scores in ‘individual attention to students’ and ‘competence of teachers’ categories.
Website: http://www.mvneducation.com/
Phone: 0129-4072696
Nursery fee: R71,000 per annum

Ryan International School, Faridabad
Founded in 1991, this school has a ‘Green Force Club’ for encouraging environment-friendly behaviour on campus. It has various clubs tailored to the various interests of its students and a school parliament to nurture leadership qualities. It does well on the ‘value system’ parameter in the HT-C fore top school survey.
Website: http://www.ryanfaridabad.co.in/
Phone: 0129- 4273700
Nursery fee: R34,645 per annum

St. Joseph’s Convent School*
Like other convent schools, St. Joseph's prides itself on the level of discipline it instills in the students. The teachers work hard to develop proper etiquette and groom the students. The school has scored highest in the ‘value system’ and ‘social accountability’ parameters and has a high ‘value for money’ score as well.
Phone: 0129-2413796

Disclaimers
* These schools did not participate in the survey. Their scores are based on the perceptual survey conducted among parents and teachers as mentioned in the methodology.
Nursery fee figures, provided to HT by the schools, are approximate. They include annual fee and development charges (transport fee is variable). For the total fee amount, please contact the schools.
Disclaimer: The survey data is a copyright of HT Media Limited, any use of this survey data would lead to infringement of their copyright and may result in legal action against the Infringer.
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Beyond the top ten schools

The ABC of Faridabad schools

HUDA to give DMRC 12 acres for Badarpur-Faridabad metro-link

2011-09-19T16:46:00.000+05:30

Hindustan Times
The Haryana Urban Development Authority has decided to hand over about 12 acres of land in Faridabad to set up Metro stations for the Badarpur-YMCA chowk link to the DMRC. The 13.8km-long Metro line to Faridabad will be elevated with nine stations including Sarai, NHPC Chowk, Mewala Maharajpur, Sector 27A, Badkal Mor, old Faridabad, Ajronda, Faridabad New Town and YMCA Chowk.

Tenders have been floated for construction of Badarpur-Faridabad Metro corridor.

2011-09-05T01:25:00.000+05:30

SRS Ltd IPO: Aug 23-26, 2011

2011-08-22T07:03:00.000+05:30

Economic Times

Faridabad-based SRS Ltd is a diversified company having a presence in cinema exhibition, hotels, jewellery, retail and FMCG (cash & carry) businesses.

The company derives 71% of its total revenues from the jewellery sector, followed by 25.5% from retail sector and the remaining from cinema and food & beverages. It has a chain of multiplexes spread across six cities.

In the hotels segment, the company has two brands SRS 7dayz and Punjabi Haandi across 11 locations. In retail and cash & carry segment, the company operates through the SRS Value Bazaar (for FMCG products) and SRS Fashion Wear (for retail) brands. The company sells a wide range of gold and diamond jewellery under SRS Jewells.

Goodwill Hospital to invest Rs 290 cr in Faridabad

2011-08-22T06:55:00.000+05:30

Indian Express

City-based Goodwill Hospital and Research will invest around Rs 290 crore in two years to set up a hospital and a diagnostic centre at Faridabad and six polyclinics in various towns of Uttar Pradesh.

"We have acquired five acres of land at Faridabad and plan to put up a 700-bed super-speciality hospital. Investment to the tune of Rs 227 crore is required here," Goodwill Hospital Managing Director Namrata Chawla said.