Posted by admin on 12th, 2010
Controversies always arise when it is related to Kerala. The ownership of the Kochi IPL team was the latest controversy with reports that 25% stake was sold and also reports that Modi wanted videocon and Adani group to be part of the consortium and so on.
Now officially Kochi IPL team has came into existense and there is a break up on who owns what percentage in the Kochi IPL team. Interestingly Vivek Venugopal (Elite group, Medimix) owns only 1% stake.
The full break of shareholders of the Kerala Team
- Rendezvous 25% free
- Rendezvous 1%,
- Anchor 27%,
- Parinee 26%,
- Film waves combine 12%,
- Anand Shyam 8%,
- Vivek venugopal 1%
“Rendezvous free equity – held by kisan,shailender & pushpa gaikwad,Sunanda pushkar,Puja gulathi,jayant kotalwar,vishnu prasad,sundip agarwal ” – Lalit K Modi Twitter
There was reports that shashi tharoor owns a stake in the Kochi IPL team which he had denied and as expected in the break up his name is not there. The interesting fact is that Sunanda Pushkar who owns about 18% free stake in the Kochi team is believed to be dating Shashi Tharoor ( read shashi tharoor to marry sunanda). So finally does that mean Mr Shashi tharoor owns stake in kochi Ipl team?
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Posted by admin on 7th, 2010
Tata Nano’s were on FIRE when the booking started and when they are out in the market, they are actually on FIRE. Two Tata Nano cars were caught in fire in the past two months. The first Tata Nano Fire was reported in Mumbai where software 
engineer Satish and his wife had a narrow escape in March 2010 and the second Tata Nano fiire happened in Vadodara in April 2010.
Tata Motors attributed those to a faulty electrical switch and said it had changed suppliers and done additional tests to rule out a recall or redesign. The four-seater nano can travel up to 105 kph and gets 23.6 kilometers per liter. The Nano does not have air bags or antilock brakes – neither of which is required in India .
Incidents like this would tarnish the nano brand as people would be more and more concerned about buying the car. Some of the initial fears was that Nano is a light card and it would topple if accelerated to high speeds, less safety for passengers in case of an accident etc. But how safe is a nano? Time will tell!
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Posted by admin on 6th, 2010
Celebrities are a part an Parcel of IPL. They are the glamor quotient to the game of cricket and every single IPL team has a celebrity attached to it. The question now is Who will be the Celebrity Brand Ambassador of the Kochi IPL team?
Three names that are prominent to be the Brand Ambassador of the Kochi team are
- Asin Thottumkal
- Vidya Balan
- John Abraham
Currently its not clear as to who will be cheering for Kochi IPL team and bringing in that glamor quotient, or whether all three will endorse Kochi team, as all three have some “Malayalee connection”.
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Posted by admin on 6th, 2010
Vivek Venugopal, the man who shot to fame after he successfully won the bid for the Kochi IPL Team. Till march 20th not many knew of the man, now he is quite famous and most of the people ask one single question. Who is Vivek Venugopal? If i say the companies he owns or has shares, then he is quite known to all.
Brief Profile of Vivek Venugopal
Venugopal is one of the directors of the Thrissur-based Elite group of companies. The group is into international trade, food processing, distribution, real estate and construction; it makes ready to eat food items under the brand name, Elite. It runs around 20 companies – Yamuna Roller Flour Mills, Elite Foods, Elite Breads, Elite Agro Specialities, Elite Natural and Elite Homes. Venugopal is directly involved, however, in a Bangalore-based company called Trading and Infrastructure. The group has presence mainly in the southern states and in Gujarat.
What would give more identity would be the fact that he is the son-in-law of A V Anoop, managing director of the Chennai-based Cholayil Pharmaceuticals, active in ayurveda-based consumer products such as Medimix soap. The group is also running the Cholayil Sanjeevanam for ayurvedic treatment and naturopathy restaurants in various parts of the country. The Cholayil group is also actively involved in the film industry, producing a number of Malayalam movies.
Credits: Sify.com, manoramaonline.com
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Posted by admin on 21st, 2010
Dreams of millions of malayalees aroudn the globe has come true. Believe it. Kochi has a IPL team. We would be playing in IPL 2011.
Rendezvous sports ltd wins Kochi’s IPL team. The owner of the Kochi IPL team is vivek venugopal,a business man based in and out of kerala. Shailendra Gaekwad is also believed to be one of the owners. Vivek Venugopal along with other 5 companies has formed a group called kerala consortium and has won the bid for 1533 Crore rupees.
Companies in the Consortium are
- Anchor Earth
- Parani Development Pvt Ltd
- Anand Shah developers
– Film Waves
(proper list to follow soon)
Shashi Tharoor has played a major role in Kerala getting an IPL team.
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Posted by admin on 12th, 2010
KKR not only underwent changes in the jersey but also had tremendous changes to the official website also which is located at kkr.in. The front page looks awsome with pictures of KKR fans in Violet jerseys.
All information about KKR for IPL 2010 can be found there. Drop in your comments about the look of the new Kolkata Knight rider website here in this website.
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Posted by admin on 12th, 2010
Coincidence as i may call..i was so a die hard KKR fan in the first season and second season i had to keep off. Third season im back and glad to see Kolkata Knight riders repeat the first season, a win over Deccan chargers in the inaugural match.
KKR batted first and made a disastrous start by losing two wickets in the very first over, but they went on to make 161/4 with a brilliant batting performance by Owais shah(58) and Angelo Mathews(65).
DC started off well with Gilchrist with his class topped by luck. Soon after things changed. Good bowling changes by Ganguly made sure they got wickets at regular intervals. Great start to IPL 2010.
Full scorecard of KKR vs DC match
Good job Kolkata Knight Riders
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