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AAP: Cracks wide open
Sajjad Lone refuses to join Mufti’s cabinet
A ‘pained’ Kejriwal offers to quit as party chief; executive meets to dissolve crisis IANS, NEW DELHI
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elhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal offered to quit as the national convenor of the AAP which he led to power in the capital barely a month ago, party sources said. Kejriwal’s offer came as the party’s top leadership met amid internal squabbling. Aam Aadmi Party leader Yogendra Yadav, one of the two leaders in the eye of the storm, was reportedly shunted out of AAP’s nine-member Political Affairs Committee (PAC) on March 4, TV reports said. Yadav had said before the meeting that he would “neither split nor quit” the party. The differences in the party leadership have come out in the open barely a month after it made a sensational electoral comeback, sweeping 67 of the 70 seats in the Delhi assembly. There were conflicting versions to Kejriwal’s offer to quit. In one,
Arvind Kejriwal with AAP colleagues Prashant Bhushan (left), Yogendra Yadav (second from left) and others in happier times.
Kejriwal apparently wrote a letter on February 27 to party secretary Pankaj Gupta saying he wants to quit as the AAP convenor. In the
other, Kejriwal sent a handwritten note on March 3 night saying he wants to resign from the post. Kejriwal, who left for Bengaluru
on March 4 for 10 days of naturopathy treatment to check his high sugar level, said that he was “deeply hurt and pained” by the wrangling within the party. AAP sources have said the majority in the 21-member National Executive, favored ousting Prashant Bhushan, a leading Supreme Court lawyer and an AAP founder, and political pundit Yadav from the nine-member, decision-making Political Affairs Committee (PAC). Yadav refused to comment on Kejriwal’s offer to quit as party convenor. Yadav said that for the past three days there had been many messages from party volunteers on the social media asking them to stay united. “I am sure that in the evening we will be able to tell you that we have moved a step forward and not backward.” Kejriwal said he was pained and hurt by the new developments but he would not allow the “people’s trust to be broken”.
JAMMU: Upset over the portfolio allocated to him, Sajjad Ghani Lone of the Peoples Conference (PC) has refused to join the council of ministers in the PDP-BJP government headed by Mufti Muhammad Sayeed. Lone was miffed over allocation of the animal husbandry department portfolio to him by Sayeed. He did not attend his office in winter capital Jammu on March 4 and instead chose to fly back to the Valley. “Yes, he has refused to join the council of ministers. He has also surrendered all entitlements including security, official vehicle and other perks given to him as a cabinet minister,” said a Peoples Conference source.
HC rejects Chavan’s plea in Adarsh scam Telecast of Nirbhaya rapist interview stopped IANS, MUMBAI
NEW DELHI: Home Minister Rajnath Singh on March 4 said the government had taken steps to stop the telecast of a documentary based on an interview with a convict in the December 16 Delhi gang-rape case. In statements in both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, the home minister said the government condemns the December 16, 2012, incident and will not allow anyone to leverage such incidents for commercial use. The minister said it came to their notice that the documentary was to be telecast on BBC 4 channel on March 8. “The government has taken necessary legal action and obtained restraining order from the court on disseminating the contents of the film,” he said. “Our government condemns the incident of December 16, 2012, in the strongest possible terms and will not allow any attempt by any individual group or organization to leverage such unfortunate incidents for commercial benefits,” he said. “The respect and dignity of women constitute a core value of our culture and tradition... our government remains fully committed to ensuring safety and dignity of women.” Rajnath Singh also said that he was personally hurt when he got to know about the documentary. “I would like to make it clear. As
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soon as I got to know about this incident I was personally hurt. I immediately talked to the concerned authorities and gave the instruction that it should not be telecast in any condition, and (restraining) orders were taken from court last night that whatever has been telecast should not be released,” he said. The minister added that he had sought information regarding the conditions under which permission was given for the interview. “In future, no one will be given permission to interview rapists,” he told the Rajya Sabha. “If needed, responsibility will be fixed (for granting permission),” Rajnath Singh said while making the statement in the Lok Sabha. Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu also said that the government will try to stop the telecast of the documentary internationally as well.
he Bombay High Court on March 4 rejected a plea by former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan challenging its ruling refusing permission to CBI to delete his name as an accused from the charge-sheet in the Adarsh Society scam. The CBI had approached the court in November 2014 with a plea seeking to drop Chavan’s name from the Adarsh Society case charge-sheet on grounds that the Governor had declined to sanction his prosecution. Rejecting the CBI’s plea, Justice M.L. Tahaliyani had ruled that the Governor had refused permission to prosecute Chavan on the conspiracy charges, but he (Chavan) could be
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prosecuted under corruption charges. In December 2014, Chavan had moved the Bombay High Court against the ruling. The CBI chargesheet has alleged conspiracy by Chavan and questioned his actions as
revenue minister and then as chief minister at the relevant time. Among other things, Chavan has been accused of suggesting inclusion of civilians in the society, meant for defense personnel, in an alleged bid to get flats allotted to his relatives. The latest development implies that Chavan would have to stand the trial in the Adarsh Society scam case, delivering a major setback to the newly appointed Maharashtra Congress president. In 2012, the CBI had lodged a charge-sheet against 13 persons, including Chavan, accusing them of various wrongdoings, including conspiracy, for their role in getting the land allotted for the 31-storey Adarsh CHS building. in the prime Colaba area of south Mumbai.
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n a surprise development that sent stock markets soaring, India’s central bank cut its key lending rates by 25 basis points on Wednesday, expecting inflation to soften in the coming fiscal even as it expressed concern over the postponement of fiscal consolidation by a year. Getting some positive cues from the national budget tabled last week, and sensing an economic recovery, the repurchase (repo) rate has been cut to 7.5 percent from 7.75 percent, while the reverse repo rate has been adjusted to 6.5 percent from 6.75 percent.
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The rate cuts immediately follow a far-reaching agreement between the government and the Reserve Bank on Monday, under which the central bank will aim to
bring the country’s retail inflation below the 6-percent mark by January 2016 and to around 4 percent by the end of 2016-17. The announcement, which came just ahead of the opening bell for stock markets, brought much cheer to sentiments, prompting the sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange to open nearly 345 points higher, over the previous close at 29,593.73 points. The key index soon breached the 30,000-point mark to touch a historic high of 30,024.74 points, and was ruling at around 29,890 points around 30-minute into trading, with a gain of 300 points or 1 percent.
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Modi promise of moving from ‘red tape to red carpet’ must become a reality if the integrity of the defense allocation is to be preserved
C. UDAY BHASKAR, NEW DELHI
owever, a radical review of the strategic and fiscal underpinning of the defense allocation is imperative — if the current military inventory stasis is to be redressed and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of ‘Make in India’ is to be realized. The primary objective of the defense allocation is to enhance India’s composite military capability in a tangible manner, which means paying attention to the quality of the gun and the human resource behind the gun. The deeper strategic underpinning would also call for an objective threat assessment, the techno-strategic trajectory of modern warfare and arriving at an affordable option. Concurrently, innovative planning
and management of the funds so allocated ought to contribute to the overall national design and manufacturing eco-system that will progressively reduce import dependence and allow for export of military inventory. Regrettably, for the last two decades this has remained an elusive goal. In July 2014, Jaitley had announced `2290 billion as the BE (budgetary estimate) for the defense expenditure for 2014-15. This was estimated to be under 1. 8 percent of the GDP for that period. Whether this amount has been utilized in the manner that was envisaged will be evident on but the trend analysis is far from reassuring. Over the last 15 years going back to NDA-1, rarely have the funds allocated for defense been fully utilized or spent as per the specific categories they were meant to be
expended on. In the NDA years from 2000-01 to 2003-04, the annual amount that was returned unspent to the central pool was of the order of `89 billion, `77 billion, `93 billion and `52 billion. The Congress-led UPA had a
board. In some years, 2008-09 onwards, the defense spending exceeded that which was allocated and this was ascribed to the additional expenditure incurred due to the revision of pay scales as per the Sixth Pay Commission and the
The overall pattern that emerges is that of an Indian higher defense lattice that is not equipped to manage large fiscal outlays, except by way of imposing stringent expenditure control similar tale and in 2005-06 to 2007-08, the amounts unspent were `24 billion, `35 billion and `43 billion. Paradoxically, in 201213, the amount unspent was a staggering `116 billion even when the Indian military was in dire need of inventory infusion across the
clearing of backlog for the serving military personnel and related pensioner dues. The overall pattern that emerges is that of an Indian higher defense lattice that is not equipped to manage large fiscal outlays, except by way of imposing stringent expendi-
ture control and inflexible fidelity to arid procedural compliance. This, when India is expected to spend over $700 billion for defense over the next 10 years. The macro-management of India’s defense allocation over a decade plus calls for a structural review that will, first, enable military modernization and redressing inventory obsolescence. Two, allow for improving the capacity of the national eco-system to manufacture and design military equipment in India, and three, address the very serious HR distortions that have adversely impacted the morale of the serving soldiers. The Modi promise of moving from ‘red tape to red carpet’ must become a reality if the integrity of the defense allocation is to be preserved and India’s import dependence reduced.
Is there really a rift between Sonia and Rahul? AMULYA GANGULI, NEW DELHI
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here may be a deeper and more unsettling reason for Rahul Gandhi’s present farewell to active politics than the explanation that he has gone away to mull over the factors which led to the Congress’s recent electoral reverses. Even the reticent and reclusive heir apparent cannot be unaware that a spell far away from the madding crowd will not be long enough for him, or anyone else, to understand why the party is facing an “existential” crisis, to quote one of the 44-year-old prince’s acolytes, Jairam Ramesh. Arguably, Rahul Gandhi may want to pore over the various points which he imbibed during his prolonged sessions with party functionaries from the time of the party’s crushing defeat in last year’s general
election. However, there has been nothing to show in the period when Rahul Gandhi has been in active politics that he is of an introspective bent of mind. This is borne out of the fact that there is nothing out of the ordinary
in the idea of organizational elections that he favors for a revamp of the 130-year-old party. Nor in his castigation of the fact that most parties, including his own, are run by closed coteries. If Rahul Gandhi really wants to
do away with such self-serving groups — his father called them “power brokers” — he should have begun by not accepting the vice president’s post. It is possible, therefore, that in addition to the instincts of a haughty loner which is the result of a privileged upbringing, Rahul Gandhi is chafing against the curbs he is apparently facing in the implementation of his ideas. A hint of his approach was available from the observations of the Congress general secretary, Digvijay Singh, when he said that Rahul Gandhi wanted to “run a Kejriwaltype campaign: open the party up, allow people to come in, put a greater emphasis on mass contact, but unfortunately he was not allowed to give a new direction by the establishment”. It is not easy to make out who Digvijay Singh referred to as the
“establishment”. To outsiders, the Congress establishment or high command comprises Sonia and Rahul Gandhi. It is their word which is law. Or is this assessment an over-simplification ? Do the “power brokers” still exist? Have differences arisen as a result between the mother and the son over the running of the organization? Doubts may arise over Rahul Gandhi’s outlook not only because of his Left-leaning ideas but even more so because one of his heroines is Indira Gandhi. A combination of his grandmother’s Leftism - her ideology was derisively called Left-ofself-interest - with her authoritarianism will be a fatal mix. It is not only the Congress which will wait eagerly to hear Rahul Gandhi’s articulation of his vision when he comes out of his hideout to become the party president.
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US blogger’s murder in Dhaka condemned Assailants hacked Bangladeshi-American Avijit Roy to death and injured his wife in Dhaka University campus
Protests demanding arrest of Avijit Roy’s killers
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he prime accused in the murder in Dhaka last week of writer-blogger Avijit Roy has been arrested by the elite anti-crime Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) of Bangladesh, media reported on March 2. Farabi Shafiur Rahman was earlier also arrested for inciting attacks on bloggers on the social media after blogger Ahmed Rajib Haider’s murder in 2013, bdnews24.com reported on March 2. He had then secured bail from the Dhaka High Court. RAB’s Additional director general Ziaul Ahsan said Farabi Shafiur Rahman was nabbed on March 2 morning from Dhaka’s Jatrabarhi area while he was trying to leave the city. “Fundamentalist blogger Farabi is the prime suspect in writer Avijit Roy’s murder,” Ahsan said. Farabi Shafiur Rahman had also threatened an online bookshop, rokomari.com, to pull out Roy’s books from their site. Roy, a 42-year-old bio-engineer working in the U.S., was hacked to death by two attackers wielding machetes in Bangladesh capital Dhaka on February 26, when he was leaving a book fair with his wife Rafida Ahmed Banna, who was also seriously wounded in the attack. Religious radicals had been
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F Caption: Farabi Shafiur Rahman (C, front), the prime suspect in the murder case of Avijit Roy, being produced at a court on March 3. (Photo: IANS)
Bangladesh Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali said it has decided to take help of the US’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the probe into Avijit Roy’s murder. threatening Roy over his active campaign against Islamist extremism and for strengthening secularism in Bangladesh. He has been facing threats from Islamist radicals for his secular blogging.
On February 26, Roy and his wife were dragged off a cycle rickshaw at a Teacher-Student Centre (TSC) intersection by two unidentified assailants and attacked with machetes. Roy died of a fatal gash to the head while his wife and fellow blogger Rafida Ahmed Banna was severely injured. Meanwhile, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on March 3 condemned the brutal murder of Bangladeshi-American blogger Avijit Roy in Dhaka last week. “I strongly condemn the brutal murder of the Bangladeshi writer a few days ago. We believe in freedom of expression,” she said.
loral tributes were paid on March 1 to slain U.S.-based Bangladeshi writer-blogger Avijit Roy at Dhaka University grounds even as people staged demonstrations demanding the killers’ arrest and a speedy trial. Roy’s body was taken on March 1 noon to the footpath next to where he was brutally hacked. People paid floral tributes to the slain writer-blogger and staged a demonstration at the spot — a platform in front of the Aparajyeo Bangla at Dhaka University —
chanting slogans and demanding the arrest of the killers and their speedy trial, bdnews24.com reported. At the end of the protest, lasting about half-an-hour, the body was taken to his father Ajay Roy’s house at Siddheshwary. Finally, the body was taken to the DMCH mortuary, as per Roy’s wishes and after his family deciding to donate it for medical research. Sammilito Sangskritik Jote organized the tributes programme as a mark of respect to the writer, noted for his writings against communalism.
Bangladesh to seek FBI’s help in probe DHAKA: Bangladesh Foreign Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali Sunday said it has decided to take help of the US’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the probe into writerblogger Avijit Roy’s murder following Washington’s offer. The minister conveyed the decision to a group of Dhaka-based diplomats including those of the US, while briefing them on the ongoing political situation on March 1,
bdnews24.com reported. Ali said the government had decided to “positively respond” to the U.S. offer to engage the FBI in unearthing the motive and real culprits behind the murder. He has been facing threats from Islamist radicals for his secular blogging. The US has condemned the killing in “strongest terms” and offered support in the investigations.
Jaishankar’s SAARC yatra: India flags concerns for terrorism IANS, ISLAMABAD
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ndia on India on March 3 flagged its concerns over crossborder terrorism and the slowmoving Mumbai terror attack trial to Pakistan as Indian Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar met his Pakistani counterpart here. In talks that Jaishankar said were “held in a constructive and positive atmosphere”, both countries agreed that maintaining peace and tranquillity on the border was vital. The meeting between Jaishankar and his Pakistan counterpart Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhary comes seven months after India called off the foreign secretary-level talks over the Pakistani envoy in New Delhi hobnobbing with Kashmiri separatists, ignoring India's objections. Jaishankar, who arrived here earlier on March 3, called on Prime
Minister Nawaz Sharif in the evening. He also met Sartaz Aziz, advisor on national security and foreign affairs, and Tariq Fatemi, special assistant to Sharif. Jaishankar, here as part of a SAARC Yatra initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi,
held talks with Chaudhary after landing here in the morning from Dhaka. Both sides discussed bilateral issues and agreed to work together to find common ground and narrow their differences. Jaishankar said that he reiterated India's
“known concerns on cross-border terrorism, including on the Mumbai case”. India has consistently conveyed its concerns to Pakistan over the delay in the trial of the perpetrators of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack. After talks with Chaudhary, the Indian foreign secretary said in reply to a question that he was glad to be in Islamabad as part of Modi's SAARC initiative. He said he “conveyed the expectations of our leadership on SAARC and their determination to forge a cooperative relationship with all our neighbors”. He said India and Pakistan “discussed ideas and initiatives to take SAARC forward. “Pakistan will be the next SAARC chair, and India would like to work with Pakistan to help SAARC achieve its potential. “Naturally, my visit provided
an opportunity to discuss our bilateral relations. “We engaged on each other's concerns and interests in an open manner. We agreed to work together to find common ground and narrow differences,” said Jaishankar. Chaudhary, addressing the media separately, said both countries agreed to work together and find common grounds to narrow differences, but added that his talks with Jaishankar “did not mark resumption of bilateral talks”. He said issues ranging from “India's interference in Balochistan”, the Samjhauta Express bombing case, and the LoC ceasefire violations were brought to India's attention. He said the overall tone of the meeting was “positive” and that both countries were ready to reflect on matters of importance to them.
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or the first time the opening prayer for the Idaho state Senate was on March 4 said by a Hindu cleric amid protests by some senators who claimed the United States was a Christian nation and denounced Hinduism, local media reported. Universal Society of Hinduism President Rajan Zed, who recited the prayer in Sanskrit and English, made a call for the legislators to “act selflessly without any thought of personal profit” because “selfish action imprisons the world”. He was invited by Senate President Pro-Tem Brent Hill to be a guest chaplain and deliver the invocation which is usually made by a Christian chaplain at the start of the day’s legislative session in Boise. According to The Idaho Statesman, when protests were made before the session, Hill said: “I reviewed the prayer. It did not
NEW YORK: A Sanatan Dharam temple was vandalized in Washington state with windows broken and the word “Fear” painted on it, less than a fortnight after another temple was attacked. Members of the Sanatan Dharma Temple in Kent, about 30 km from Seattle, who came for worship on February 27 “were greeted by shards of broken glass after vandals targeted the building,” KING5-TV, a Seattle NBC affiliate, reported. According to the temple web site, “Amalaki
Ekadashi” was to be observed on February 28. Bricks were used to smash every window of the building and parts of the structure were ripped apart, said KOMO-TV.
Rajan Zed was invited by the Senate president to deliver the invocation.
seem offensive in any way.” He added: “It refers to ‘deity supreme’. the Idaho Stateman reported. Senator Steve Vick, who walked out of the Senate chamber before Zed’s invocation said that Hindu prayers should not be allowed because the U.S. was “built on the Judeo-Christian not only religion
but work ethic, and I don’t want to see that undermined”. Hindus “have a caste system,” he added. “They worship cows.” He was one of the three Republican senators to boycott the prayer. Senator Sheryl Nuxoll said she boycotted Zed’s prayer because she believed the United States is a
Christian nation and “Hindu is a false faith with false gods,” according to the newspaper. But Hill, who is also a Republican, told the paper, “In my mind, you either believe in religious freedom or you don’t... We have had Jewish prayers, many denominations of Christian prayers.” The
Idaho Statesman quoted Zed as saying of the protests: “We don’t mind. Hinduism is more embracing.” KTVB-TV said that Zed noted “that most of the legislators welcomed him warmly” and said, “We all have different viewpoints, and that is wonderful, that is what makes our country great.”
NFIA to honor 10 Indian-American achievers ARUN KUMAR, WASHINGTON
N No horse race between Ajit Jain, Greg Abel: Buffett WASHINGTON: Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway chairman & CEO, said there’s no horse race to run between India-born top insurance executive Ajit Jain and Greg Abel, head of Berkshire’s energy companies, as his possible successors. “There’s no jockeying position at all” between front-runners Jain, 63, and Abel, 52, and neither of them knows who will be Berkshire Hathaway’s next CEO, Buffett said on CNBC on March 3. “The board has talked about it at every meeting for I don’t know how many years. We have a precise plan in mind,” the 84-year-old Buffett said. Jain and Abel, both long-time Berkshire Hathaway executives, were named as possible successors to Buffett in Vice Chairman Charlie Munger’s annual letter to shareholders. “When Charlie’s letter came in, and he referenced Greg and Ajit, it
was news to me that he was writing that. He’s right, they’re very, very, very good, each one of them,” Buffett further said. Nevertheless, Buffett said in his annual letter to shareholders, which was released on February 28, that he and the board have already agreed on who would carry the torch once his time comes. “In certain important respects, this person will do a better job than I am doing,” Buffett said in his letter. Currently, Abel is the chairman, president and CEO of Iowa-based Berkshire Hathaway Energy, while Jain runs the company’s reinsurance division. Born in India, Jain has worked for the company since 1986. Educated at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and the Harvard Business School, Jain earlier worked for McKinsey & Co. and IBM.
ational Federation of Indian American Associations (NFIA), the largest umbrella organization of more than 200 associations, will honor 10 Indian American achievers at its 18th biennial convention on March 6-8 in Cerritos, California. The convention with the theme of “Indian Americans Making an Impact in America” will be inaugurated by Indian Consul General Venkatesan Ashok and California State Treasurer John Chiang. The opening session on the convention theme chaired by NFIA founder president Thomas Abraham will be followed by three more sessions.
These would be on “Indian Americans Contributing to India”, chaired by Inder Singh, past NFIA chairman, “Indian American Impact in The Area of Technology and Medicine”, chaired by Boeing Company technical fellow Paul Sikand and “Impact in US-India Trade and
Business,” chaired by Amritt Inc. managing director Gunjan Bagla. The convention will conclude with a gala awards banquet with US Congresswoman Linda Sanchez as the guest of honour. NFIA will hold its annual general body meeting and election on March 8.
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he Lok Sabha on March 2 passed a bill that allows the central government to notify that Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) card-holders shall be considered Overseas Citizen of India cardholders. The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2015, which was passed by a voice vote, seeks to replace the ordinance brought by the government in January. The bill seeks to amend the Citizenship Act, 1955 and provide, among other things, for “registration of overseas citizen of India card-holder and also that the persons of Indian origin card-holders
shall be deemed to be overseas citizen of India card-holders”. Participating in the debate, N.K. Premachandran of the Revolutionary Socialist Party said the government had brought the ordinance to fulfill the promise made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to over-
seas Indians during his visit to the US. Referring to the bill, which the government had withdrawn before introduction of the new bill, he said it reflected the “callous manner” in which the previous bill was drafted. Intervening in the debate, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said the government intended to give benefits to overseas Indians before the day marking the 100th year of the return of Mahatma Gandhi to the country and had brought an ordinance for the purpose. The bill also provides for conferment of rights on overseas citizen of India card-holder, renunciation of the card and cancellation of registration of the card-holder.
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Dalmiya ready for long haul at BCCI? The ‘master of comebacks’ was unanimously elected the president of the BCCI, more than a decade after he last held the position, at the board’s AGM in Chennai VETURI SRIVATSA, NEW DELHI
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all him wily, Machiavelli, manipulator, Chanakya what you may, Jagmohan Dalmiya worked out his math to return as president of the Indian Cricket Board (BCCI). He knows the weaknesses of his colleagues in the board and turned the situation to his advantage. How did Dalmiya manage the numbers? Simple, he had two votes, his own and that of National Cricket Club. Plus he managed Tripura. The other three votes from East — Jharkhand, Odisha and Assam — stayed with Narayanaswami Srinivasan, who has been barred by the Supreme Court to have anything with the functioning of the board, first from dispensing as board president and then contesting the election. As a quid pro quo, Dalmiya pledged support for Srinivasan’s vice presidential candidates to tilt the scales in a closely-contested fight. The two successfully checkmated Sharad Pawar from getting a nomination from East Zone and then shared the spoils in voting the office-bearers.
There are certain irregularities in the conduct of the election, like the chair using two votes including the casting vote to manipulate the election. One of the members invoked the board’s own none of
Bowlers have really stepped up: MS Dhoni IANS, PERTH
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ndia captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on February 28 said his bowlers have elevated their level of performance, producing another exquisite bowling exhibition against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in a World Cup Pool B encounter at the WACA here. “The bowlers have really stepped up and in a team sport it starts to reflect in other departments too. We dropped one catch today but the fielding has been brilliant,” Dhoni said at the postmatch presentation ceremony. Ravichandran Ashwin was the pick of the bowlers, bagging career-best figures of 4/25. He was well supported by fast bowler Umesh Yadav and left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja, who picked up two wickets each, thus helping bowl out UAE for a paltry 102. The defending champions in
reply chased the target down in 18.5 overs with nine wickets remaining. “When we are losing quite a few games outside the subcontinent, it was an area of concern that we were not getting wickets in the middle overs. Now we are getting wickets with the new ball and the spinners are able to put more pressure on the batsmen in the middle overs,” said the Indian skipper.
the above (NOTA) provision to help a candidate win by dropping a blank ballot. At best of times the victory margins in any serious election were never more one or two votes.
Shami, Ashwin move up in ICC rankings SYDNEY: Indian pacer Mohammad Shami and off-spinner Ravichandaran Ashwin moved up while Virat Kohli dropped a place to fourth with 847 points in the latest International Cricket Council (ICC) One-Day International (ODI) rankings released on March 2. Shami has gained 14 places and is now 11th, while Ashwin’s eight wickets to date have helped him climb six places to 16th. The batting table is still headed by South Africa captain AB de Villiers who leads second-ranked Kumar Sangakkara and Hashim Amla by 49 ratings points. De Villiers with 217 runs is sixth in the list of leading run-getters in the tournament to date. Kohli dropped to the fourth position, while his captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni also went down two places to be 10th. New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum and South Africa’s David Miller are the biggest movers in the latest rankings. Brendon McCullum has jumped 10 places to 18th following his 207 runs in four matches to date, while Miller has moved up 14 places to 23rd as his three innings have yielded 180 runs to date. Sri Lanka’s Tillakaratne Dilshan has now emerged as the No.1 all-rounder following his 229 runs with the bat and three wickets with the ball. He gained three places and leads Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan by 10 rating points. In the bowlers rankings, New Zealand’s fast bowling pair of Tim Southee and Trent Boult have made significant gains in the latest rankings. Southee is the leading bowler of the
tournament to date with 13 wickets, which has helped him jump 10 places to 12th, while Boult’s 10 wickets to date has put him in a career-high 24th place after a rise of 23 places. Spin wizard Daniel Vettori has summed up an excellent first couple of weeks for New Zealand by grabbing eight wickets, which has earned him five places and ninth spot in the latest rankings.
Warner powers Oz to highest WC total IANS, KINGSTON (JAMAICA)
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pener David Warner (178) became Australia’s highest scorer in cricket World Cup history to power the hosts to the quadrennial event’s highest total — 417/6 — during a Pool A match against minnows Afghanistan at the WACA here on March 4. Opener Aaron Finch (4) perished early in the third over against pacer Dawlat Zadran (2/101) with the score at 14. Afterwards, Warner and Steven Smith (95) put up 260-run second-wicket partnership, their highest in One-Day International (ODI) cricket beating Ricky Ponting and Shane Watson’s unbeaten stand of 252 against England in 2009. Warner’s fourth ODI century also became the highest score by an Australian in Cup history, bettering former left-handed opener Matthew Hayden’s 158 against the West Indies in 2007.
The left and right hand combination smashed the hapless Afghanistan bowlers all around the park and upped the ante after scoring half-centuries. Warner got his fifty in 40 balls while his hundred came in 92 balls. He went berserk after reaching
the three figure mark as his next 78 runs came in just 41 deliveries. During his 133-ball knock, the 28-year-old hit an incredible 19 fours and five sixes. When he got out to Shapoor Zadran (2/89), Australia were at 274/2 in the 38th over.
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alling just short of big bang reforms called for by his own economic survey, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Saturday presented a `17.78 lakh crore (nearly $300 billion) national budget for the next fiscal that seeks to put more money in the hands of the average citizen, tackle the menace of black money more effectively and end an era of “scam, scandal and corruption”. In his 93-minute budget speech in the Lok Sabha, the finance minister said a new law on black money stashed abroad will call for an imprisonment of up to 10 years, while another proposed legislation will clamp down on benami property in India with both confiscation and prosecution. The finance minister said while individual tax payers would stand to gain as much as `440,200 by way of enhanced exemptions he has proposed in his two budgets since July last year, the corporate sector can benefit from a cut in tax rates from 30 percent to 25 percent over four years, albeit with a sharp reduction in the exemptions. The other highlights of Jaitley’s
BUDGET HIGHLIGHTS NEW DELHI: Highlights of the budget for 2015-16 presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Lok Sabha on Saturday: v Personal income tax rates unchanged v Deduction limit of Rs.60,000 on account of serious diseases to be enhanced to Rs.80,000 for senior citizens v Exemption on contributions to Pension Fund hiked from Rs.1 lakh to Rs.1.5 lakh per year v All investment payments in ‘Sukanya Scheme’ will be fully exempted from tax v Transport allowance exemption raised from Rs.800 to Rs.1,600 per month v Universal social security system for all Indians, especially poor and disadvantaged sections v Atal Pension Yojna for economically disadvantaged v PPF and EPF corpus to be utilised
budget include universal social security with health insurance coverage for the poor, a new bankruptcy law, a fresh gold monetisation scheme, the deferment of much-criticised General Anti-Avoidance Rule by two years with prospective effect, a pan-India goods and services tax
for senior citizens’ welfare fund v Wealth Tax to be abolished and
additional 2 percent tax on super rich to yield Rs.9,000 crore annually v Adequate provision for defence with Rs.246,727 crore earmarked for 2015-16 v Education sector allocated Rs.68,968 crore; rural development gets Rs.79,526 crore v Nirbhaya Fund gets another Rs.1000 crore in 2015-16 v Facilities at eight World Heritage Sites to be restored v Government to soon launch National Skills Mission v During 2015-16 AIIMS-like institutes to be set up in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Himachal Pradesh and Aasam; Bihar to get second AIIMS-like institution v Tax exemption for contributions to ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’
regime from April 1, 2017, tax-free bonds to fund rail, roads and irrigation projects and five new ultra mega power projects. Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the budget as progressive and practical which delivers on job creation, equity and growth.
Credit positive for corporates, mixed bag for banks: Moody’s IANS, CHENNAI
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lobal credit rating agency Moody’s Investors Service has said India’s budget for 2015-16 is credit positive for corporates and a mixed bag for the banks. The increase in service tax, however, is credit negative as it would increase the production cost for Indian corporates, the agency said. “Measures designed to reduce and rationalise taxes, boost economic growth and increase the ease of doing business will support the credit profiles of Indian non-financial corporates, but a reduction in
the fuel subsidy allocation is credit negative for upstream oil and gas companies,” Vikas Halan, a
Moody’s vice president and senior credit officer was quoted in a statement.
For non-financial corporates generally, Moody’s notes that the budget proposes to reduce the corporate tax rate to 25 percent from 30 percent over the next four years, and also seeks to rationalise the tax structure, in part, by increasing the excise duty rate and introducing a unified Goods and Services Tax from April 1, 2016. On the other hand, the proposed increase in the service tax — the indirect tax paid on the value of services consumed — is credit negative because it will raise the cost of production for Indian corporates. Another credit negative factor,
and specifically for upstream oil and gas companies, is the decision to lower the fuel subsidy allocation for fiscal 2016. For the infrastructure sector recommendations in the budget would both raise public sector investment and encourage private sector investment. “A significant increase in planned public sector capital expenditure, coupled with measures to increase investment and financing in the private sector, will be credit positive for infrastructure companies,” said Abhishek Tyagi, a Moody’s vice president and senior analyst.
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India Inc hails Union budget Perceiving the union Budget 2015-16 as progressive — one which provides an enabling business environment for foreign investment — corporate India feels it is aimed at growth, savings, industrial development and for the middle class.
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With higher transfer of tax revenues, the states have been made equal partners with regions marked by equity and social justice. Other measures will boost NRIs’ confidence appetite for investment.
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As a company with deep investments in India, Samsung sees this as a progressive budget, one which provides an enabling business environmenIt further motivates us to take our ‘Make in India’ story to the next level.
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Opposition calls budget pro-rich NEW DELHI: The NDA government Saturday hailed the Union Budget 2015-16 with Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling it “progressive and practical” while the opposition slammed it for being “pro-rich”. Modi, commenting on the budget presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, said it had a “clear vision”. “It is a budget that is progressive, positive, practical, pragmatic and prudent,” he tweeted. Modi said the budget has “distinct focus on farmers, youth, poor, neomiddle class and the aam nagrik (common man). It delivers on growth, equity and job creation” while also being “investment-friendly and removes all doubts on tax issues”. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders joined Modi in appreciating the budget, and Home Minister Rajnath Singh called it “pro-farmer, pro-poor, and pro-unemployed youth budget that will make India a modern nation”. The opposition parties, however, slammed the budget for being prorich. Former prime minister Manmohan Singh, an eminent economist, criticised Jaitley’s budget, saying it has good intentions but no adequate roadmap. Speaking to NDTV news channel, Singh said the NDA govern-
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ment had not been able to capitalise on the advantages, like low crude prices and of other commodities. “I had hoped that he would use this lucky phase to give a real big boost to stabilise the economy, strengthen the macroeconomic framework... with all the nitpicking, the net tax revenue will increase by only `150 billion. What is `150 billion in a budget which runs into `15-16 lakh crores?” he said. Former finance minister and senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram slammed the budget as against the poor with “cruel cuts” in allocations for weaker sections but favouring corporates. Trinamool Congress leader Derek O’Brien spoke on similar lines. “This budget is not for the people, not for the poor and not for the middle class. Lots of talk on giving more to the states, but this is untrue. Last year, gross output to states was 61.88 percent, this year it is 62,” he said. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar said there was nothing specific for poor and common people in the budget. Communist Party of India-Marxist said the budget will only widen “the already large income and wealth inequalities” in the country.
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Overall, it is a progressive, balanced and an inclusive budget, aimed at addressing the social fabric of our country... touches upon almost every segment and sector of the economy.
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Black money abroad? Be ready for jail IANS, NEW DELHI
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inance Minister Arun Jaitley unveiled a slew of stringent steps to battle black money stashed abroad, including a new law that will entail rigorous imprisonment of up to 10 years and a penalty of 300 percent on its perpetrators. Those evading tax by sending money to foreign countries will not be allowed to approach the Settlement Commission too, Jaitley told Parliament while announcing his 2014-15 annual budget. Two bills — one on illegal money stashed abroad and another to curb ‘benami’ transactions within the country — are likely to be brought in the ongoing budget session of Parliament, he said. The issue of black money, unearthing which was a major election promise of the Bharatiya Janata Party, figured prominently in Jaitley’s speech. Giving details of the measures in the proposed bill on money stashed abroad, Jaitley said that not filing income tax returns or filing them with inadequate disclosures would lead to rigorous imprisonment of up to seven years. Undisclosed income from any foreign assets would be taxable at
the maximum marginal rate. It also becomes mandatory to file returns vis-a-vis foreign assets. If an offence is detected, banks, financial institutions and individuals will all be liable for prosecution and penalty. Concealment of income or eva-
Not filing income tax returns or filing with inadequate disclosures would lead to jail for up to seven years
sion of tax in relation to a foreign asset will become an offence under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PML Act), 2002, the minister said. The definition of ‘proceeds of crime’ under PMLA would be amended to enable attachment and confiscation of equivalent asset in India where the asset located abroad cannot be forfeited. The Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) would also be amended. Jaitley outlined the steps taken by the government to tackle black money.
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AFAYETTE, LA -- A $650,000 settlement has been reached with two businesses and convicted physician Dr. Mehmood Patel over allegations he performed unnecessary medical procedures and billed Medicare. US Attorney Stephanie Finley made the announcement last week in a news release. The settlement was reached with Acadiana Cardiology LLC, Acadiana Cardiovascular Center and Patel, who was convicted in 2009 on 51 counts of health care fraud and is serving a 10-year prison sentence. The U.S. government intervened in a civil lawsuit filed by Dr. Christopher Mallavarpu, a cardiologist who previously practiced with Patel in Lafayette. Mallavarpu’s lawsuit was brought against Acadiana Cardiology LLC, Acadiana Cardiovascular Center LLC, Mehmood Patel professional medical corporation and Dr. Patel, Finley wrote. The government intervened in the lawsuit to seek damages under the False Claims Act. The act, a federal civil fraud statute, allows individuals who witnessed fraud to
Dr Mehmood M Patel sue on behalf of the US and under some circumstances to share in a portion of any money recovered. The statute allows the government to recoup money obtained through fraud and misrepresentation. The US government alleges that between 2000 and 2003, the defendants submitted 207 false claims for unnecessary cardiovascular, endovascular and related procedures that Patel performed at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Lafayette General Medical Center, Acadiana Cardiology and Acadiana Cardiovascular Center.
In August 2006, Our Lady of Lourdes agreed to pay a $3.8 million settlement and in January 2008, Lafayette General agreed to pay a $1.9 million settlement to settle claims. Patel, who practiced in the Lafayette area for 25 years, was indicted in 2006 on 94 counts of health care fraud. A jury found him guilty in 2008, following a two-month trial, of 51 counts of health care fraud. Experts said he used radiation, angioplasty stents and balloons in healthy arteries, lying to patients and falsifying records. Patel billed Medicare and private insurance companies more than $3 million over three years, including nearly $542,000 for unnecessary work. He was sentenced to the maximum 10 years in prison and five years supervised release. He started serving his sentence in December 2012. Patel also was ordered to pay $387,511 in restitution and a $175,000 fine, He had been free while appealing the case, but the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals in November 2012 rejected his request to stay free while appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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OS ANGELES, CA -- A Southern California man previously charged with passport fraud now faces more serious terrorismrelated charges. Federal prosecutors said on March 4 that
Adam Dandach tried to fly to Syria to join the Islamic State terrorist group. Dandach was indicted with trying to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization and obstructing justice by trying to destroy records of his online activity.
Dandach previously pleaded not guilty to charges of lying on a passport application. He applied for an expedited passport because he said he accidentally threw out his old one. Authorities say his mother confiscated it to thwart his plans to go overseas.
FIFTH-GRADER AAYUSH GRABS SECOND SPOT IN INVESTWRITE TEST
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APERVILLE – You may count him down as just another schoolboy but 11-year-old Aayush Desai is not a fifthgrader to be sneezed at. The brainy student of Indian Prairie District 204’s White Eagle Elementary School in Naperville has set the DuPage River on fire by winning the second place in the SIFMA Foundation’s InvestWrite essay competition with McGraw Hill Financial. The competition open to students in grades 4-12 asked them to analyze an investment scenario and recommend portfolio allocations targeting short- and long-term financial goals. Bright spark Aayush took up the gauntlet and scored the bull’s eye by coming out with a long-term investment strategy for an overloaded piggy bank. Aayush, one of 20,000 students who take the InvestWrite challenge each year, and his teacher Kerry DiFusco were recognized at an event at his school on February 23.
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Richa geared for special role in ‘Three Stories’ IANS, NEW DELHI
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fter essaying roles as diverse as a don and a housewife, actress Richa Chadha is prepping up for something “special” in film Three Stories. “I am doing a special role in Three Stories. It is something that I haven’t done before,” Richa said in a statement. Being directed by debutante Arjun Mukherjee, the film narrates three stories of individuals residing in a residential colony, and it is about how their stories are interwoven. The film also marks Farhan
pain. Following some medical attention, she was advised complete bed rest,” a source from the film’s unit told IANS. Directed by Shaji Kailas, “Vaigai Express” features Neetu in a double role for the first time in her career. It also features Suja Varunee, Komal Sharma and Nasser in important roles. Actress Chandra, who was last seen in 2013 Tamil thriller Aadhi Bhagavan, had earlier said that she is excited about playing a dual role in the film. “Contrary to my earlier roles, audiences will get to see me in a new dimension here.”
B-Town bids adieu to ‘Mr. Spock’ MUMBAI: Indian film celebrities like Shah Rukh Khan and Madhuri Dixit mourned the death of Hollywood actor Leonard Nimoy, popular for his portrayal of extraterrestrial Mr. Spock in the sci-fi TV series and movie saga Star Trek. Expressions like “You leave behind a void” and “Thank you for entertaining us” flooded the social media as celebrities took to micro-blogging site Twitter to share their condolence message for Nimoy, who died on February 27 at his home in Bel Air, Los Angeles. He died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was 83, and became an icon courtesy the character Mr. Spock, who comes from planet Vulcan, is hugely intelligent.
Raghu’s character was difficult for Varun MUMBAI: Producer Dinesh Vijan, who is basking in the success of his latest co-production Badlapur, feels relieved that not only the film but actor Varun Dhawan’s new avatar was also appreciated by all stratas. He is more than happy that Varun pulled off the “difficult and challenging role” of Raghu with great conviction. “Raghu’s character is very difficult to play because he does not do anything. He only talks through his eyes and rarely laughs. I think it was more challenging and more difficult role to play,” Dinesh Vijan told reporters here Friday at the success party of Badlapur. “And it is really commendable that Varun played this character so beautifully. He has actually broken his image,” he added. Directed by Sriram Raghavan, Badlapur is a dark and
Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani’s first Indo-US coproduction. Their Excel Entertainment have collaborated with Hollywood banner Relativity Media, which has produced and released famous titles like Mirror Mirror, Don Jon and 3 Days to Kill. Richa terms working under Excel Entertainment as a fun experience. “I’m enjoying working with Excel as well as Priya Sreedharan who was the executive producer on my first film,” she added.
intense revenge drama that features Varun as an aggressive man. Released on February 20, it also features Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Huma Qureshi.
‘Dum Laga Ke Haisha’: So real and heart-warming, it smells like life
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t’s very interesting to see how comfortably the very talented Sanjay Mishra and Seema Pahwa who played the lead in Rajat Kapoor’s highly-lauded Ankhon Dekhi last year, fit into the peripheral parts of the hero’s father and heroine’s mother in Dum Laga Ke Haisha (DLKH). Come to think of it, 20 years ago, Mishra and Pahwa could have comfortably played the lead of an uncomfortably married couple here. Ayushmanna Khurrana is the under-educated Kumar Sanu fan from Haridwar who doesn’t seem to have much ambition in life except to marry a pretty girl. Newcomer “with a commodious qammara” Bhumi Pedneker is the
Film: “Dum Laga Ke Haisha”; Cast: Ayushmann Khurrana, Bhumi Pedneker; Written and Directed by Sharat Katariya; Rating: ****(4 stars) educated aggressive girl who doesn’t believe in taking it lying down from her newly married husband. Uncannily, Ayushmann with his slouched obduracy reminded me of Rakesh Pandey in Basu Bhatterjee’s Sara Akaash, the newly-married chap who won’t talk to his wife because, well, she doesn’t quite fit. And we don’t mean into the narrow doors and gallis of Haridwar where she moves with the counter-clumsy certainty and dignity of a woman who
knows her weight is not going to let her become anyone’s dream woman, not even her dear beloved husband who after a drink or two describes as
a “moti bhains” in front of his friends. “I am the bride. But it’s he who blushes like one,” Sandhya (Bhumi)
tells her curious friend who calls on the landline (this is 1995) to know what happened on the suhaag raat. A majority of the first half is taken up in showing how Sandhya builds a bridge of confidence with her reluctant bridegroom, only to discover he is not worth it. Later there’s smartly humorously written courtroom sequence where during a divorce proceeding, Prem’s mother (Alka Amin) brings up the issue of a woman’s compromises to keep domesticity intact. By the time Ayushmann’s Prem makes that run with Sandhya on his back, you are already rooting for the underdog and his under-affluent world of little pleasures. Come, share the experience. Subhash K Jha
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ollywood’s fit and fabulous Kareena Kapoor is on her way to turn 35, and she’s clear about not attempting to be 22! She feels the key to ageing gracefully lies in letting the “lines” be, especially when it comes to men. “I think one should age gracefully. I am proud to be 34 and I think aging is wonderful. I hate it when I look at somebody and know that they have tried to cover the lines,” Kareena told IANS in an interview on a recent visit to the capital. Looking svelte in a golden shimmering gown, exuding a rare glow and charm, Kareena shared her thoughts about the prevalent nip-and-tuck trend to battle age-related troubles, when asked about it. “I find men with lines on their faces more intelligent and sexy. Even for women, I think Maharani Gayatri Devi was very graceful. The way she aged with the grey hair — that is elegance,” added the wife of actor-producer Saif Ali Khan, who is 10 years her elder, and daughter-in-law of Bollywood’s ageless beauty, Sharmila Tagore.
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ndian actor and former Miss World Priyanka Chopra will feature in ABC drama pilot Quantico as a FBI trainee, reports deadline.com. The 32-year-old, who signed a one-year TV deal with the US-based studio in December 2014, will play Alex Weaver, a brilliant but haunted Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) trainee whose past boils to the sur-
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usic maestro A. R. Rahman will kick start his three month long North American tour March 21. He promises to deliver “special performances”. The tour will begin on May 21 in Huntington, NY at The Paramount before travelling to major cities across the U.S., including the Beacon Theater in New York City, Bass Concert Hall in Austin, The Auditorium Theater in Chicago and the Nokia Theatre at Los Angeles. “I’ve been wanting to return to North America to perform for a while now, and I’m excited to be coming back for a series of concerts this spring,” Rahman said in a statement on his Facebook page March 3. “These are going to be very special performances and I’m grateful to have the chance to share them with you,” the ‘Mozart of Madras’ added. The Oscar-winning composer will perform various tracks from his 20-year career on the 13-city tour, which will stop on May 28 at the Beacon Theatre in New York and Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles
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on June 10. Titled “A.R. Rahman: The Intimate Concert Tour” and sponsored by JBL, the tickets for the show will go on sale March 6, with VIP packages available on March 4. The 48-year-old is also the subject of a new documentary about his music, titled Jai Ho, which premiered on Februray 25 at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York.
uperstar Shah Rukh Khan is perplexed about why number 17 is being associated with him lately. He took to micro-blogging site Twitter to refute rumors that he plays a 17-year-old boy in Fan and that in Rohit Shetty’s directorial, which stars him in the lead role, there’s an ensemble of 17 actors. Hence, the perplexed “Bollywood Badshah” had to clear the air through social media. “And the number 17 where has this come from in one press con I did?! 17 stars In Rohit’s film & I am 17 yrs old in Fan...both not true,” Shah Rukh tweeted. Though not much information about Fan is out, it is just known that SRK will be seen playing the role of a fan in the film.
face soon after her arrival at Quantico. The pilot revolves around a group of young FBI recruits, all with specific reasons for joining, who battle their way through training at the Quantico base in Virginia. One will launch a devastating terrorist attack on the US. The drama is produced by Mark Gordon, Josh Safran and Nick Pepper.
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NO CHARGES WILL BE FILED IN MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF STUDENT BY A STAFF WRITER
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HICAGO, IIL -- The mother of Pravin Varughese, an Indian American student of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, who died one year ago under mysterious circumstances, has said that she is upset that the state’s attorney has decided not to bring criminal charges against anyone. According to a report, Lovely Varughese, whose 19-year-old son died in February 2014, believes her son was murdered. The official cause of death was hypothermia. The Varughese family, however, had paid for a second autopsy, which suggested that Pravin was murdered. But now, she is discouraged by news that a grand jury was convened downstate – and that the Jackson County state’s attorney has decided not to bring charges. “It makes me so sad that this is the
Madison man arrested in theft
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ADISON, WI.--- A Madison man was arrested for theft after police say he left a business wearing another person’s jacket and used the victim’s credit cards to make unauthorized purchases. Police said bar surveillance video helped the MPD track down 21-yearold Ahmed Saeed H. Al Mutlaq. According to the MPD, the man entered Whiskey Jacks, at 552 State St., on Feb.21 and left with a 21-year-old student’s jacket. Police said her credit card was used to make unauthorized purchases prior to the suspect being identified and arrested.
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ARTLETT, IL- The winner of a $200,000 lottery ticket in suburban Bartlett has not come forward yet. The Lucky Day Lotto ticket was sold February 24 at the 7-11 on Route 59. The winner matched all five numbers: 11 - 15 - 37 - 41 - 43.
Pravin Varughese way the justice system works here,” said Lovely. “And I feel bad that our tax money is wasted on individuals like this.”
The Varughese family filed a wrongful death suit last year against the Carbondale police and they have added other officials as defendants. According to a report, the Varughese family attorney, Charles Stegmeyer, said the Jackson County grand jury opted not to indict a man the family believes had something to do with Pravin’s death. The state’s attorney, Mike Carr, contacted Stegmeyer to inform him that he will not be filing any charges against the 22-year-old driver who was last seen with Pravin moments before he ran into the woods. The lawsuit also accuses the driver of causing the teen’s death. The police initially said Pravin became lost after a party and froze to death in the woods near Carbondale, but his family says they have proof the teen was attacked. A brief memorial service to mark the
one-year anniversary of Pravin’s death was held recently, attended by not only family members and friends, but two former law enforcers, Salvatore Rastrelli and Ira Robins, who represent the Archangels of Justice. Archangels of Justice have been investigating corruption in the judicial system and are volunteering their time probing the way the case was handled. “There is absolutely no doubt that Pravin did not die of natural causes,” Robins said earlier. “(He) was murdered.” “I hope we get justice,” Priya Varughese, Pravin’s sister, had said. “I hope we get closure. Nothing is going to bring him back, but I hope something like this doesn’t happen to another family.” Robins had called for newly-elected Governor Bruce Rauner to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate how the case was handled.
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HICAGO, IL -- The Global Organization of Indians, GOPIO Chicago Chapter is hosting a business conference and annual gala on April 18 in Oak Brook Marriott’s Grand Ball Room. GOPIO is one of the largest Indian organizations outside India having chapters in over 20 countries. GOPIO Chicago chapter president Gladson Varghese, along with executive board, conducted a press conference in Punjabi Dhaba Restaurant’s conference room, explaining the details of the meeting. Varghese gave an overview about the event. He said the event to be held at a centrally-located venue and divided in 3 major sections, will be attended by several business owners like CEOs, CTOs, CFOs of large companies like J.P. Morgan Chase, Motorola, Abbott, UL, Accenture along and the Consulate General of India. At the subsequent public meeting, many high-profile US political leaders, Congressmen, Lt. Governor of IL, Senate
(L-R) Hina Trivedi, Syed Hussaini, Gladson Varghese, Vikrant Singh, Joe Nedumgottil, Harish Kolasani & Dr Bapu Arekapudi president of IL, state senators, state representatives and business leaders will be present. The annual gala and dinner starting at 8 pm will have dazzling dances, live music by very talented Bollywood singers, a fashion show by American and Indian performers and countless other entertainment programs. Also at the event awards will be presented to great leaders from the Indian community like the Best Businessman of the Year, Best
Student of the year, Best Community leader of the year and Best Women leader of the year. GOPIO treasurer Syed Hussaini, business conference chairman Vikrant Singh, secretary Savinder Singh, advisory board member Hina Trivedi, joint treasurer Joe Nedumgottil, board members, Dr. Bapu Arakapudi , Harish Kolasani and media advisory board member Vandana Jhingan explained the details of various events and answered the questions from the media.
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HICAGO, IL -Chicago-based social activist and former president of the Federation of Indian Associations, Hina Trivedi, has fond memories of India’s grand Republic Day parade she witnessed in New Delhi on January 26. The impressive parade, where US President Barack Obama was the chief guest, was the first she saw in the past 40 years in the US. Trivedi, who was one of a handful of Indian Americans invited for the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Gujarat’s capital city of Gandhinagar, attended a three-day conference to discuss problems faced by the second-generation immigrants, an issue she highlighted during her meeting with Indian external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj. Trivedi informed Swaraj that the Chicago Consulate General of India and his team were doing an excellent job in the Windy City. She was also invited to witness the daily parade at the Pakistan-India joint check-
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Hina Trivedi post at Wagah border near Lahore. She was moved by the patriotic fervor of the Border Security Force (BSF) personnel as Pakisatni Rangers and BSF officers lowered their national flags as citizens watched and
young Indian girls danced. Trivedi told BSF officers that the event should be shown to overseas Indians who will then know how the BSF men guard the borders so that the countrymen can sleep in peace. She was felicitated by the NRI Parents’ Association in Vadodra in central Gujarat for her service to the parents during their visit to the US. Even last year, when she was invited to attend the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in New Delhi, she had met several prominent leaders and business entrepreneurs from India and other countries who had attended India’s flagship annual event to connect with its diaspora spread across the globe. Indeed, she also had an opportunity to interact with the then Bharatitya Janata Party’s Prime Ministerial candidate (now Prime Minister) and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi with whom she discussed issues concerning non-resident Indians (NRIs) and ways to build strong communication bridges between NRIs and Indian politics.
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LINTON TOWNSHIP, MI -Rajan Patel, a 30-year-old Indian American physical therapist from Clinton Township, Michigan, along with a patient recruiter, has been convicted in a $1.6-million Medicare fraud scheme. He was found guilty last week of one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud, three counts of health care fraud, and three counts of making false statements relating to health care matters. Co-conspirator Reginald Smith, 54, a patient recruiter, was found guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit health care
fraud and one count of conspiracy to solicit and receive health care kickbacks. Four other individuals charged in the case pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud in connection with their roles in the fraud scheme. Sentencing hearings are scheduled midApril. According to evidence presented at trial, Smith worked as a patient recruiter for Angle’s Touch Home Health Care LLC (Angle’s Touch) in 2011 and 2012 and solicited patients for foot care services at adult foster care homes. Smith then referred the patients to Angle’s Touch for medically unnecessary
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home health care services in exchange for kickbacks. The kickbacks were disguised as payments to Smith’s nonprofit Medicare provider, People Helping People of Detroit. Patel worked as a physical therapist at Angle’s Touch. According to the evidence, Patel and others recruited patients from an adult daycare center in Flint, Mich. Patel then fabricated patient medical records to make it appear that the recruited patients qualified for and received the home health care services, when they did not. Evidence presented at trial showed that Medicare paid Angle’s Touch over $1.6 million during the course of the conspiracy.
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ASHINGTON, DC -- A Pakistani American husband and father of three children in Louisville, Mukhtar Kentucky was shot dead by Ahmed a stranger after he had just dropped off his 13-year-old daughter to school, and was driving on Interstate 71, on February 26. Mukhtar Ahmed, 41, was shot multiple times through the passenger door of his black SUV, and he died on the spot. The alleged shooter, Christopher L. McCullum, was arrested three hours later and charged with murder. There was no indication of business dispute and no apparent connection between the individuals. The police believe it to be a case road rage. According to Khalid Kahloon, Ahmed’s family attorney, the Asian-American Muslim community living in America is very sensitive and apprehensive, and wondered why a member would be murdered in this way. “We cannot say it is for certain about race, but deep down in our hearts we cannot say that it was just another senseless murder on the American highway.” Kahloon described the Louisville PakistaniAmerican community as small and tight-knit, with about 100-150 families, 700-1000 people, mostly professionals, physicians, and business people. According to 2010 US Census Bureau data, 2.2 per cent of Louisville and Jefferson County’s 597,337 population is Asian. Ahmed was working with his brother in a grocery retail business.
Indian couple among four drowned in Dominican Republic BY A STAFF WRITER
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HILADELPHIA -- Four young people from Philadelphia, including a newly-wed couple, have drowned in the Dominican Republic. Civil Defense Director Amado Avila said the three men and a woman apparently got caught in strong currents on March 1 off Playa Macao near the resort community of Punta Cana. Kush, his wife Kajal, Jay and Shivang Patel were all aged between 27 and 30 years. Family members said Kush and Kajal were married in November and lived in Northeast Philadelphia. The quartet was among the 12 members of an extended family visiting Playa Macao. The three men went into the water
Kajal Patel
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may help you live longer Intermittent fasting causes a slight increase in SIRT3, a well-known gene that promotes longevity IANS, WASHINGTON
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“The hypothesis is that if the body is intermittently exposed to low levels of oxidative stress, it can build a better response to it.” The intermittent fasting also decreases insulin levels in the participants, which means the diet could have an anti-diabetic effect as well. The group recruited 24 participants in the clinical trial. During a three-week period, the participants alternated one day of eating 25 percent of their daily caloric intake with one day of eat-
ntermittent fasting may actually help people live longer and healthier, says a study. Fasting in mice has been shown to extend lifespan and to improve age-related diseases. “We found that intermittent fasting caused a slight increase in SIRT3, a well-known gene that promotes longevity and is involved in protective cell responses,” said Michael Guo, a student at Harvard Medical School. The SIRT3 gene encodes a protein also called SIRT3 that belongs to a class of proteins known as sirtuins. Sirtuins, if The beneficial increased in sirtuin proteins mice, can — SIRT3 and extend their SIRT1 — tended lifespans.
ing 175 percent of their daily caloric intake. To test antioxidant supplements, the participants repeated the diet but also included vitamin C and vitamin E. The beneficial sirtuin proteins such as SIRT3 and SIRT1, tended to increase as a result of the diet. However, when antioxidants were supplemented on top of the diet, some of these increases disappeared. “Most of the participants found that fasting was easier than the feasting day, which was a little bit surprising to me,” Guo added. “The future studies should examine a larger cohort of participants and should include a larger number of genes in the participants.”
Peanuts good for heart NEW YORK: Including peanuts and nuts in your daily diet provides a simple and inexpensive way to lower your risk of dying from a heart attack, says a study. “Nuts are rich in nutrients, such as unsaturated fatty acids, fiber, vitamins, phenolic antioxidants, arginine and other phytochemicals,” explained senior author Xiao-Ou Shu from Vanderbilt University in the US. “All of them are known to be beneficial to cardiovascular health, probably through their anti-oxidative, antiinflammatory and endothelial function maintenance properties,” Shu added. This study was the first to discover that all races — blacks, whites, and Asians alike — could potentially increase heart health by eating nuts and peanuts, the researchers noted.
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eep into your kitchen to vanquish acne, says an expert. Navin Taneja, director of The National Skin Center, shares home remedies to cure acne: LEMON JUICE: Take a slice of lemon, rub it on the face and leave it for a few hours. Then rinse your face. ALOE VERA JUICE: Apply aloe Vera juice on affected area twice daily. NEEM: Neem has
to increase as a result of the diet
Because peanuts are much less expensive than tree nuts, as well as more widely available to people of all races and all socioeconomic backgrounds, increasing peanut consumption may provide a potentially cost-efficient approach to improving cardiovascular health, Shu pointed out. Peanut consumption was associated with decreased total mortality, particularly cardiovascular mortality among both men and women.
fungicidal properties hence, it is very effective in treating acne. Make a paste of neem leaves and apply it on the affected areas. HONEY: Honey has both antiseptic and moisturizing properties. Apply honey on the affected skin for half an hour. ORANGE PEEL: Vitamin C in orange is good for treating acne. Take orange peel and allow it to dry under sun, then grind it into powder form. Make paste and apply it on the face, leave it on for 10-15 minutes, and then wash it off.
Your week ahead... Aries You spent January and February with a lot of question marks and no answers, but from March 3rd you are on track. Near Thursday 5th, Friday 6th and Sunday 8th you’re really going to see the challenge of the week.
Taurus Near Thursday 5th, Friday 6th and Sunday 8th there is a punk rock moment waiting to happen with these people. You can either experiment with what you believe you can get away with these days – or walk away from the matter.
Gemini Gemini, it looks as though publishing, writing, multimedia, or other channels for your brilliance with words, images and ideas are there to be tapped. If you go all the way, it alters the secret or behind-the-scenes role.
Cancer Jupiter is like Santa with a sack he refuses to open. Be nice to the person or organisation which is manifesting Santa anyway, as you will ultimately gain (from April through August).
Leo Regarding your cash, business, charity, house, apartment or possessions – it’s definitely D-Day near Thursday 5th, Friday 6th and Sunday 8th. You really need chutzpah and audacity to take on the situation.
Virgo This week is also interesting in terms of your former, current or potential partner. Maybe your enemy. Near Thursday, Friday and Sunday you will make the choice about your opposite number that alters the landscape for months.
(March 2-8) Libra This week is important from the point of view of your daily workload, or your body. As Chiron is galloping around so enthusiastically in your zone of work ethic and the body – you may well indeed decide to be audacious.
Scorpio Jupiter wants you to have a bigger, better life in your chosen field or business either by escaping problems or pursuing what is truly great – yet it seems that life is all beckoning fingers and no actual hand-out. Follow the fingers anyway.
Sagittarius From now through April, one by one, the gates will fly open and the padlocks clang to the floor. Sometimes it takes your world turning upside-down for genuine and uncompromising liberty to be yours.
Capricorn Jupiter promises you a lot without actually working up any real momentum. Don’t look a gift horse in the mouth, though. You must also remember that you can lead a horse to water but you cannot make it drink.
Aquarius Near Thursday, Friday and Sunday, you could pull off something quite extraordinary in terms of your previous financial, business or property history. Certainly, a situation will be presented to you where you can cross a very big line.
Pisces Cross those boundaries of time and space you have such vision for, and hurl yourself into your own future – your sixth sense should tell you this is the right move,right place, wrong time – but rewards will come later. —Jessica Adams
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