On 26 of March came the news which we all were anticipating and were very eager to hear about.

TATA motors has finally,officially,bagged the two coveted luxury brand, Jaguar and Land Rover. Ford and TATA motors closed the deal at $2.3 billion. TATA can now boast of having the ultimate spectrum (in terms of prices) as they are going to be the makers of the world’s cheapest car NANO ( Nano :TATA Motors’s Rs 1 Lac($2,500) car) ,and, Jaguar and Land Rover being the costly mean dream machines.
The acquisition of JLR will put TATA strongly on the global scene. TATA already became a well known name in automative market when they showcased the cute NANO, the $2500 car, doing something which( making a car in $2500) was considered to be impossible and was termed as un-doable by many. Now after having JLR in their kitty they will be taken much more seriously and respectfully. Also it will be a good opportunity for the Indian car maker to look into the advance engines of the new sophisticated cars and learn from their designs.

But what effect will it put on TATA motors, finacially?

At $2.3 billion, the deal amounts to ~32% of TATA Motors annual sales of $7.2 billion last year. So the deal is bound to make an impact.Also,not to forget, the two brands TATA got are already running into loss. TATA will raise a loan amount of $3 billion from a consortium of banks led by SBI to fund the deal. But due the the international liquidity crises and increased interest rate, they will have to pay back more.

Hope this does not turn out to be a bad deal for TATA and its worth the effort!

They were walking towards Juhu beach at about 1:45 AM with their two male friends after coming from hotel JW Marriott when a mob of about 40 people started following them.The mob started teasing them & made lewd comments on them.One of the victim showed some worthy courage and shouted back on the nutheads. But the mob had,by now,grown to about 80 now and was out of its senses.The mob tried to push the women in a building and even said,”try to escape from your molestation and humiliation”.Both the girls now thinking that it could be more trouble inside,ran towards footpath.

There the crowd surrounded them near a vehicle and a tree. A person(they do not qualify to be called men/man) tore the black dress of one of the girls. Their male friends were trying to safeguard their female friends,but were helpless in front of 80 animals.The girls fell down and the crowd jumped over them.

At this moment,a newspaper cameraman sighted a police van and shouted for help. In came a Senior Inspector,and he dispersed the mob(i hope they went back to their deserved homes,either zoo or asylums because they are not a part of civilised society).

Whole incident was captured by two newspaper cameramen. I saw the photographs and i decided against putting them on my site.

I wish there was a mob of 160 people there who would have beaten the crap out of those wolves.

In Delhi,Mr. Lalu Prasad Yadav’s two sons indulged in similar acts too,but they were,thank goodness,not so lucky.The guys out there taught them a good lesson in South Delhi.The crowd there dint knew they were railways minister’s sons as the PSO(personal security officer) dint revealed their identities sensing the seriousness of the incident.The two indulged in eve teasing first at ASHOKA hotel and then at Connaught Place. They passed comments on some girls in Mehrauli when they were returning when a group of youth thrashed them up.

In another unfortunate incident, a Swedish 15 year old girl was molested in Cochin.Her family on vacation to India were celebrating new year with some foreigners when this occured.Her father was who was giving an interview to a local channel said in a state of shock,”
“While I was talking to you guys only, a young man grabbed my daughter’s behind. How can such a thing be allowed to happen? “If you want people to come and see your beautiful country then such things have to be prevented. Now I have to think twice or thrice before I can bring my children here.”

What impression are we leaving on the minds of our guests?

A similar incident happened on new year’s eve last year when a women was molested by similar hooligans on Gateway of India.

What is with us guys?Cant we respect our women. Cant we give them freedom? They will say they were drunk but will they do the same thing at their homes if they were drunk? There can be no damn excuse for hideous crimes like this.

India’s dream of hosting a Formula 1 Grand Prix in 2010 took further shape.
The Delhi based JPSK Sports Private Ltd, a subsidiary of Jaiprakash Associates Limited has struck a Rs 1500 Cr contract with F1 boss Mr. Bernie Eccelstone to develop the site and host the grand event for ten years at Greater NOIDA.

The track expected to be a 3.1-mile track on a 700-acre site will be built on the company’s 3700 acres of land.The site will be near the proposed Greater Noida airport,which is 50 Km to the east of the capital.

[quote=”Bernie Eccelstone”]India has always been known for its love of cricket, but F1 has been growing hugely in popularity in recent years as the viewing figures would suggest. Now with Vijay Mallya’s team, Force India, and the news that Karun Chandhok could soon be driving in F1, the announcement of the future Grand Prix in India will spark an explosion of further interest to rival that of the traditional sport.[/quote]

Famous track architect,Hermann Tilke who is believed to design the track has visited the sites and submitted the report to Eccelstone.

Now the reason why i am happy …well my college is also owned by JP group,so that gives me a reason to rejoice.
And here is an appeal from me on behalf of all all the students studying in JIITU, JUIT & JIET that we are given free passes to the opening race…lol
Way to go…
Another thing that makes this exciting that Jp beat contenders like Vijay Mallya in this super bid.