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News Brief Woman detained for attempting self-immolation Lucknow, Jan 17,2015 A woman was today detained when she allegedly attempted to immolate herself in front of the Legislative Assembly, police here said. Neelam, hailing from Bisalpur in Pilibhit district, was detained when she reached the Vidhan Bhawan to immolate herself, but her attempt was foiled, they said.
Bhutan PM arrives on pilgrimage Bodh Gaya, Jan 17 ,2015 Bhutan Prime Minister Tshering Togbay today arrived at Bodh Gaya in Bihar on a pilgrimage to Mahabodhi Temple, the holiest shrine of the Buddhists where Gautam Buddha attained enlightenment. He was received by Sarbananda Sonowal, Minister of State (MoS) for Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs and Sports.
J&K Governor tours floodaffected region Srinagar, Jan 17, 2015 Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra today undertook an extensive tour of flood-hit areas of the summer capital Srinagar to assess relief and rehabilitation measures undertaken to provide succour to the floodaffected families. The Governor visited worst-hit Raj Bagh, Barzulla, Bemina and Lal Chowk and interacted with the floodaffected people, an official spokesman said.
One killed in UP encounter Gorakhpur, Jan 17,2015 An alleged criminal was today killed in an encounter with Special Task Force (STF) of Uttar Pradesh police. Acting on a tip-off, the STF team surrounded Vijay Harijan and his three accomplices in Uswa area, SP, Rural, Brijesh Singh said. In the encounter which lasted for half-anhour, Harijan was killed while the others were arrested, Singh added.
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Arvind Kejriwal slapped with show cause notice by EC DELHI:Jan 17,2015 The Election Commission today issued a showcause notice to Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal for "prima facie" violating the Model Code of Conduct with his remarks alleging that BJP is trying to incite communal violence in the capital. The EC gave the former Delhi Chief Minister time till 3 PM on January 20 to respond to the showcause, failing which the poll body will take a decision without any further reference to him. EC referred to a complaint by BJP's Delhi
unit president Satish Upadhyay in which he had alleged that in a press conference the AAP leader had claimed that that BJP is trying to incite communal violence in Delhi and has spread communal violence in
prima facie of the view that by making the statement, "you (Kejriwal) have violated the provision of sub-para (1) of para I of Model Code of Conduct." It reminded Kejriwal of provision in the Model Code of Conduct which provides that "no party or candidate shall indulge in any activity which may aggravate existing Trilokpuri and Nandnagri differences or create and is also trying to do so mutual hatred or cause in Nangloi and Bawana. tension between different The EC also referred castes and communities, to his alleged remarks that religious or linguistic". BJP is also responsible for The Election attacks on churches in Commission also asked Delhi. Kejriwal to respond to The EC said it is another complaint by
Barack Obama will not be allowed in Agra if demands not met: Lawyers Mathura:Jan 17 ,2015 Lawyers of western Uttar Pradesh on Saturday said they will not allow US President Barack Obama to enter Agra on January 27 unless the Central government assures them of establishing a separate bench of Allahabad High Court in the region. "If Prime Minister Narendra Modi gives assurance that by January 26 there will be a separate bench of Allahabad High Court in western UP, there will be no blockage for Obama to enter Agra on January
bearer. EC reminded Kejriwal of another provision of the Model Code which states that "criticism of other parties or their workers based on unverified
allegations or distortion shall be avoided...." The Model Code came into force on January 12 when EC announced schedule for the Delhi assembly polls.
Narendra Modi committed to achieving budget deficit goal Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday he was committed to meeting this year ’s budget deficit target, welcoming a cut in interest rates by the Reserve Bank of India on the back of falling inflation. In a speech, Modi said his government would cut wasteful spending, streamline the payment of welfare benefits and raise investment in roads and railways to boost economic growth in Asia’s
third-largest economy. Modi’s comments signalled his assent to RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan’s call for “sustained high quality fiscal consolidation” as a condition for further monetary easing after a surprise quarter-point cut on Thursday. “We are committed to achieving the fiscal deficit target announced in the budget,” Modi told an Economic Times event. “We have worked systematically in this
direction.” The government is struggling to contain the deficit at 4.1 percent of gross domestic product in the year to March 31. It is still looking to raise funds through asset sales and has taken advantage of weak oil prices to hike fuel levies. The 64-year-old prime minister said it would be difficult to revive economic growth but promised to deliver a combination of big-bang and incremental reforms.
Punjab govt stops screening of ‘Messenger of God’ Panjab, Jan 17 ,2015 Citing reports of tensions surrounding its release in some other parts of the country, the Punjab government on Saturday decided to “stop with immediate effect” the screening of the film Messenger of God, featuring the Sirsa-based He said that courts in Dera Sacha Sauda chief, 27," District President of Tomar said after attending Bar Association, a mahapanchayat of western UP will remain Baba Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh. The government has Mathura, Vijay Pal Singh advocates of western UP. closed till January 27. avoided using the term
BJP to announce candidate for bypoll after talks Delhi, Jan 17 ,2015 After the ruling AIADMK and its arch rival DMK announced its candidates for the Srirangam bypoll, the BJP's state unit today said it would announce its candidate after holding discussions with alliance partners and senior leadership. By-poll for the Srirangam constituency was necessitated after former Chief Minister and AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa was convicted in a disproportionate assets case. The poll is scheduled for February 13. S Valarmathi, joint secretary of AIADMK Tiruchirapalli wing, is the ruling party's candidate
Upadhyay in which he had claimed that the AAP Convener had levelled "false, baseless and unverified allegations" against him and another BJP Delhi unit office
while DMK has fielded N Anand who unsuccessfully contested from the same constituency against Jayalalithaa in 2011. "The district wing and senior state leaders are desirous to contest he bypoll. The details of the candidate will be announced after discussion with alliance parties and with party leadership," BJP Tamil Nadu Unit President Thamizhisai Sounderrajan told reporters here.
SAD to fight four seats in Delhi polls: Sukhbir Badal
Delhi, Jan 17 ,2015 Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) will contest four seats in next month's Assembly polls in Delhi, Punjab Deputy Chief Minister and party president, Sukhbir Singh Badal said here today. "Shiromani Akali Dal will contest four seats in alliance with BJP. Our party candidates will be announced soon," he said here.
Earlier, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh had said that both SAD and its ally BJP would soon finalise the seat sharing arrangement for the Delhi assembly. The Chief Minister had said that the alliance between both the partners was not only confined to seat and power sharing but it was meant for ensuring overall development of the country on one hand and
promotion of brotherhood and communal harmony on the other. Our party candidates will be announced soon," he said here. Earlier, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh had said that both SAD and its ally BJP would soon finalise the seat sharing arrangement for the Delhi assembly. Both SAD and BJP had jointly contested the previous assembly polls in Delhi.
“ban,” the decision prohibits all forms of exhibition and viewing of the film, including at cinema houses. While the apex temporal authority of the Sikh community, the Akal Takhat, Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) and various Sikh organisations have demanded a ban on the screening of the film, a State government release said that the decision to “stop” the film had been taken in the larger and crucial interest of preserving peace, social harmony and safeguarding age-old emotional bonds among people professing different faiths.
The release explained that the government’s decision followed reports of strong reactions and protests evoked by a promotional trailer of the movie. It felt the reactions against screening of the movie could “spill over posing a serious threat of violence in Punjab” as advisories issued by Central agencies also sought necessary steps to prevent any breach of peace, untoward incident, adverse fall out or any other law and order problem. “The government cannot allow the chain of actions and reactions to pose a threat to peace and social harmony of the State.
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QUOTE "UPA politicised censor board, ex-members OF THE are rebels without a cause" - says Union Minister Arun Jaitley (Finance, Corporate Affairs & Information and Broadcasting) DAY
The politics of hurt sentiments Love me, hate me, I’m here Censor Board Chief Leela Samson has quit because she believes the board is not being honoured. The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) had refused to release the film MSG: Messenger of God, showcasing the curious talents of the flamboyant Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, Dera Saccha Sauda chief, where he apparently presents himself as some kind of god. (In real life this guru has serious criminal charges against him, reportedly including mass castration, rape and murder.) It was controversial, there were massive protests against the film by Sikh organisations, the board was worried and refused to clear it. It was also concerned about the glorification of this controversial guru, and felt MSG was more a long advertisement for Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh than a feature film. Never mind what the censor board felt. MSG went up to the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal under the ministry of information and broadcasting, which instantly cleared the film. With cuts, they clarified hastily, as Samson stepped down. Anyway, we return to the question of whether censorship is good or bad. Isn’t trying to protect sensitivities and sentiments a good thing? In fact, isn’t it a necessity in a deeply multicultural, multi-religious, multi-ethnic, multieverything country like ours? Not really, we could leave it to the good sense of people, and not restrain free speech. Films that could hurt sentiments should be avoided, even boycotted, but not canned. But is that enough? What about the threat of violence? What are the limits of free speech? Whether there is a censor board or not, in a culture of fear and intimidation, self-censoring has become the norm. But is that bad? Are we not taught to be decent, not to hurt others, not to be rude and insulting? Why is “self-censorship” bad, but “self-restraint” good? Fear is the key, I guess. Anything arising out of fear restricts our freedom, and is thus bad. But self-censorship for reasons of political correctness is not. That is being polite. That’s good. In fact, exercising too much free speech may get you branded as a racist, sexist, homophobe, Islamophobe, anti-semite, whatever. You need to be careful as you go down clearly marked lanes of acceptable and unacceptable behaviour picking your way through well-labelled sentiments. You know the good from the bad. Of course, critiquing or laughing at religion and its paraphernalia can be tricky. But it can be handled smartly, sensitively, with empathy. So I could be a devout Hindu and not be offended by the film PK. It makes fun of corrupt godmen and ridiculous rituals, it does not attack the core tenets of Hinduism and other religions. Or it could be handled mindlessly. And I do not have to be a Muslim to be offended by some of the cartoons that Charlie Hebdo published. Some of the cartoons seemed pointlessly hurtful, obscene and unfunny. While there can be no alternative to defending free speech and condemning the dastardly killings at the Charlie Hebdo office, there may also be a case in general for decency and some introspection. After all, why do we need freedom? Perhaps, to make life better for us and others like us. Is free speech an end in itself? Maybe. In the realm of philosophy. But in the real world, maybe we need to look at freedom of speech and expression as a means to a more equal, more just, more harmonious world. Since these readers are spread across many cultures possibly in many countries, the text needs to be strictly sanitised and homogenised. S o “ PA R S N I P ” i s t a b o o . W h i c h m e a n s , educational publishers give their authors a list of taboo topics like “PARSNIP”, which stands for politics, alcohol, religion, sex, narcotics, isms and pork. By “isms” they mean stuff like communism or atheism. Some publishers also ask their authors to avoid controversial figures and topics. And between the left liberal political correctness and the more traditional, right-leaning demands, these students get a pretty bland, safe and rather small slice of life to study. Perhaps we need to take a hard look at censorship and free speech in the clear light of reason and empathy.
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to stay!: Anushka Sharma “What has she done with herself?!” The question that was on everybody’s minds was also on my phone’s screen two weeks ago. A panicked Anushka loyalist was texting me from a screening of PK. Forget the film’s Hindutva backlash, the hullabaloo over posters of a naked Aamir Khan or politicians trying to ban the film, my friend was only interested in what had happened to the wholesome, forever smiling Anushka Sharma she loved. For most fans, Anushka had always been a breath of fresh air, bubbling with niceness, and playing roles everyone could relate to. This new Anushka, thicker-lipped, hair cut like a boy’s, curves hidden in baggy clothes, wasn’t anything like Shruti Kakkar (Band Baaja Baaraat, 2010) or Akira (Jab Tak Hai Jaan, 2012). She didn’t steal the show in PK, the way she had in her previous films. She wasn’t loud. She wasn’t a Punjabi Delhi kudi. She was nothing we were used to. This year, she’ll play a jazz singer (in Bombay Velvet), a gutsy wife in a thriller (NH10) and the lead in what’s billed as a mature
love story (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil). They’re roles again nowhere close to her previous ones. The change is all part of the plan for Anushka. “I don’t want to do films that people watch and then forget the next morning,” she says when I point out the stark difference in her screen avatar now. “I have to have something to give to the film. I don’t just want my name in the credits. I want to be able to contribute. As long as that is happening, I am okay with making choices that might not be tried and tested.” The actress seems to be clear about where her career is headed. What has she done with herself, indeed? How has this quintessential Yash Raj girl, four inches too tall for her heroes, one half of India’s most gossiped-about couple, who’s experimented with her looks, bagged film projects that might make even established actresses envious?
Sidharth Malhotra Trapped Between Alia Bhatt And Varun Dhawan
Highlights of 21st Screen Awards: Varun Dhawan’s lively performance, Shahid Kapoor’s triple win and many more
He arrived on stage manning a tank as Jee karda, the song from his next, Badlapur, played in the background. Dressed in combat clothes, he jumped off the tank, but landed incorrectly, injuring his foot. Yet, without flinching, Varun Dhawan went on to deliver a lively performance, showing that he was in pain only once he stopped for a breather, before his next act. His reward was a resounding applause by the audience and a word of praise by Deepika Padukone who told him how his mother, who was in the audience, was proud of him. (See Pics: Winners at Life Ok Screen Awards) Deepika Padukone, Varun Dhawan, 21st Screen Awards This and many such moments made the 21st Annual Life OK Screen Awards, held on January
14 at MMRDA Grounds, Bandra-Kurla Complex, special. The evening was made special by the stars that walked the red carpet. Priyanka Chopra, sporting a vintage look in a pale pink gown, took home the Best Actor (Female) award for her performance in Mary Kom while Shahid Kapoor, looking dapper in a sharp, dark brown suit, got Best Actor (Male) for his Hamlet act in Vishal Bhardwaj’s Haider. Matching up to their glamour quotient was Tabu, who came dressed in a red sari. Shahid Kapoor, Tabu, 21st Screen Awards The evening, however, belonged to the winners of quality cinema for 2014. It was heartwarming to see the entire team of Queen in attendance to receive the Best Film Award. The film’s director, Vikas Bahl,
took home the Best Director trophy. On a similar note, the entire crew of Manjunath came on stage to receive the prestigious Ramnath Goenka Award for making a courageous film on the slain whistle blower, Manjunath Shanmugam. For Happy New Year, Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika received the Best Actor in Popular category awards for Male and Female respectively. SRK, 21st Screen Awards, RNG Award To supplement the award distribution were some entertaining acts by the younger stars. Sidharth Malhotra played host, while Tiger Shroff, Shraddha Kapoor, Alia Bhatt and Malaika Arora Khan entertained the audience. Shah Rukh Khan not only grooved but also hosted a segment that the audience loved.
Akshay Kumar launches campaign to end poverty, inequality
Looks like the story of “Student Of The Year” is coming true for the actors of the film. First, Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt were dating. After which they broke up and Alia is currently dating Sidharth Malhotra. Reportedly, ex-lovers Alia Bhatt and Varun Dhawan ended their relationship on a very bad note. The couple were dating throughout their movie “Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhaniya” after which they ended the relationship and Varun patched up with his ex girlfriend Natasha Dalal. Soon after which, Alia
Bhatt fell in love with “Student Of The Year” actor Sidharth Malhotra. Imagine getting stuck between choosing your best friend and your girlfriend? That’s the situation Sidharth is in right now! Bigg Boss Season 8 house : Click Here For Breaking Updates, Photos Ex-flames Varun and Alia try their best to avoid each other. But at a recent award show the trio was present together. After Varun Dhawan’s performance, the actor went backstage to chat with Sidharth Malhotra who was accompanied by
Alia Bhatt. Naturally, Varun ignored Alia and engaged in conversation only with Sidharth. Alia decided to return the favor and equally gave a cold shoulder to Varun giving him a very disinterested vibe as her current boyfriend Sidharth talked to him. Well, for his own good, Sidharth should try and patch things up between Varun and Alia before things get ugly for all of them. We hope this story ends like their movie’s story and all the three actors patch things up towards the end!
Actor Akshay Kumar, who is leading Indian celebrity online support for global Action/2015, says the campaign is all about taking action to end poverty and inequality, and providing equal opportunities for all. India's leading global ambassadors comprising Alist actors, actresses, directors, award-winning authors, dignitaries and public figures came together in a show of unity on Jan 15 to show their support via Twitter and Facebook for the launch of the action/2015 campaign. The campaign, a global outreach initiative to address world-changing issues of climate change, poverty and inequality, saw an outpouring of solidarity from celebrities such as Akshay, who was the first person to tweet his support for the campaign, reaching out to social media users. He is sure the "world can change". "Let's not complain and turn a blind eye
anymore. Dig and then dig harder, do it for the hungry, the homeless, the dying, do it for the greater good. "The power is in our hands and if we all come together this year, we could eradicate extreme poverty within an entire generation. 2015 will be a historic year, or it could be just like the last. Take Action/ 2015, make this ultimate dream today's encouraging reality," he added. Akshay was joined in backing the campaign by actors Sonam Kapoor, Malaika Arora Khan, Pulkit Samrat, Kiara
Advani, Mohit Marwah, Arfi Lamba, Chandan Roy Sanyal and Purab Kohli, author Chetan Bhagat, producers Ashvini Yardi (Grazing Goat Pictures) and Ritesh Sidhwani (Excel Entertainment), TV personalities Gautam Rode and sportstars Yuvraj Singh and Vijendra Singh. The Action/2015 campaign is a growing movement of more than a thousand organisations in over 120 countries. The campaign was announced by Pakistan's education activist Malala Yousufzai when she accepted the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Indian Air Force finally gets Tejas, the 'Made in India' Light Combat Aircraft, after a wait of 32 years Delhi, Jan 17 ,2015 Thirty-two years after the project was sanctioned, the first indigenously -built Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) was on Saturday handed over by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar to the Indian Air Force. The handover signals the start of a process of induction of the fighters being built at home under a project which has already cost the exchequer nearly Rs.8,000 crore, PTI reported. The entire project by the DRDO and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited is estimated to cost over Rs.30,000 crore. The aircraft that has been handed over has got Initial Operational Clearance-II, which signifies that Tejas is airworthy in different conditions, sources said. TejasIAF has sought 20 LCAs in the first phase.The Final
Operational Clearance (FOC) is expected by the year-end. This version of the aircraft lacks the latest electronic warfare suite, which was integrated into one of the LCAs two weeks ago, mid-air refuelling and long-range missiles capabilities, among other things that the FOC-configuration aircraft will have. The IOC-I was granted to the aircraft, being built by state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), in January 2011. The Tejas Series Production-1 (LCA-SP1)
was handed over by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar to IAF chief Air Marshal Arup Raha, official sources here said. It is a big big day for the country, a senior DRDO official said. Incidentally, DRDO chief Avinash Chander, whose contract was terminated by the Minister recently with effect from January 31, was not present. Tejas LCADRDO got permission to initiate the programme to design and develop the LCA in 1983. (Photo courtesy:
was allegedly on his way to Syria to join the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) along with his girlfriend, who lives in Dubai. The youth, Salman Moinuddin, was also an active recruiter for ISIS, police said. Sleuths of Telangana state Counter Intelligence said they had been tracking Moinuddin through his online activities following a tip-off from central intelligence agencies. More importantly, the arrest of Moinuddin is the seventh instance of Muslim youth being nabbed while on their way to join ISIS from
Hyderabad. Those who were earlier nabbed and let off include a former Google employee, a JNTU student and four ‘fine arts’ students. That an engineer educated in the US, a Google employee and artists with a decent educational background have been radicalized indicate that the motives are no longer economic in origin. These people have proved that hatred need not necessarily be an offshoot of poverty or perceived inequalities! So what could be the reasons? Unfortunately, the answers are not easy to find either. However, by looking at ‘Islamic fundamentalism’ from a different perspective, that well-to-do Muslim youth with no personal history of personal injustices in their lives are willing to sign up for the causes of hatred, should be more than reason enough for us to alter the way we approach the problems of ‘Islamic terrorism’ and thereby enable us to be better prepared to deal with.
ED official who quizzed Punjab Minister in drug case transferred Delhi, Jan 17 ,2015 The Jalandhar-based Enforcement Directorate Assistant Director, who had interrogated Punjab Revenue Minister Bikram Singh Majithia last month in connection with the Rs.6000-crore drug money laundering case, was transferred to Kolkata on Friday. The transfer order has ostensibly been issued by
SPORTS ROUND New rules will make ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 exciting: Rahul Dravid
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Delhi, Jan 17 ,2015 The primary reason behind Islamic fundamentalism or Muslim youth being radicalized is attributed to economic factors such as poverty. Whether it is a Mujahedeen in Afghanistan, a terrorist in Kashmir or an ISI agent in Hyderabad, the underlying assumption behind their indoctrination is poverty or inequality of opportunity. But that does not seem to be the case anymore! A 32-year-old US-returned engineer, was arrested at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here late on Thursday night while he
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the agency headquarters to further strengthen the ED's Kolkata office that is presently probing chit-fund scams including the Saradha and the Rose Valley cases. However, the decision has come as a surprise to many, even within the organisation, given that Assistant Director Niranjan Singh was probing the equally important drug
money laundering case. After his posting in Chandigarh and Jammu and Kashmir, Mr. Singh was transferred to Jalandhar where, during the past two years, he unearthed several money laundering and foreign exchange violation rackets. Recognising his achievements, the organisation conferred upon him the best investigator award at a ceremony last year.
tejas.gov.in)The second IOC was granted after the aircraft successfully completed its maiden flight on September 30 last year. The sources said 20 aircraft will be built by 2017-2018, to make the first squadron of the aircraft. The LCA programme was initiated in 1983 to replace the ageing MiG-21s in IAF's combat fleet but has missed several deadlines due to various reasons. HAL's LCA Project Group has has been upgraded to a full- fledged division to look after
production in a systematic way with more investments. HAL has carried out thousands of sorties of the LCA and outstation flight trials at Leh, Jamnagar, Jaisalmer, Uttaralai Gwalior, Pathankot and Goa for cold weather, armament and weapon deliveries, MultiMode Radar (MMR), Radar Warning Receiver (RWR), hot weather and missile firing flight trials. Tejas has also successfully demonstrated weapon delivery capability during trials at Jamnagar and Jaisalmer, HAL officials said.
Jitan Ram Manjhi has rocked Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad's boat before merger: BJP leader
PATNA:, Jan 17 ,2015 Mocking at the alleged confusion over the proposed merger of six Janata Parivar parties, a top Bihar BJP leader today said state Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi has already rocked the boats of senior JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar and RJD President Lalu Prasad. "Manjhi has already rocked the boat of Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad. They are now adrift in the whirlpool of politics and the oars are in the hands of Manjhi. Both of them now do not know which direction they will go," said Leader of Opposition in Bihar and senior BJP leader Nand Kishore Yadav. Yadav said the imbroglio over the proposed JD(U)-RJD merger has destabilised governance in Bihar and the people are suffering on 'all fronts'. "There is a need to come out of this confusion", he said and added that BJP has coined a slogan 'Jai Jai Bihar, BJP Sarkar' in this context. "If the Centre is taking two steps forward on the path of development, Bihar is going four steps backward.
The farmers in the state are without hope, Anganwadi centres are in bad shape and 40 per cent children here are not getting nutritional food grain," Yadav said. The BJP leader said surveys show that 14 per cent children are affected by severe malnutrition even in the state capital. "The situation at other places (of Bihar) can be gauged by it." "The Bihar government has no achievement to showcase in the 19 months since it broke away from NDA. It is beyond understanding how Kumar and Prasad will seek vote in public," he said. Yadav said the decreasing prices of petrol and diesel has started providing relief to the common people. Inflation is under control and loan rates are declining. Seeing the success of BJP's policies, the opposition parties are losing hope and the membership drive had been record breaking. "We want Bihar also to experience the progressive steps of the Centre in a fullfledged way. It will happen when the state comes out of its current destabilised status," said Yadav.
Former India captain Rahul Dravid is expecting next month’s cricket World Cup to be an aggressive affair as he feels the revamped ODI rules will push teams into selecting attacking bowlers over part-timers. Speaking to ‘ESPNCricinfo’, Dravid said new rules, which mandate five fielders inside the 30-yard circle at all times in an innings, will have a huge impact on how the teams work out their strategies at the showpiece event starting February 14. “With the two new balls, the fast bowlers will get that level of assistance up front. The grounds are bigger too so it won’t be that easy to clear the ropes. I think it will be a challenge for the captains. For example, when you have five fielders in the ring, it’s
very hard to play a parttime bowler,” Dravid said. “You are almost being forced to play five specialist bowlers. That is a real positive. You are going to be forced to attack and look for wickets rather than see part-timers bowl for a large period of play,” he said. “If teams get partnerships in these conditions with the five in the ring, the Powerplay at the back-end, that’s when they are really going to get the opportunity to score big runs,” Smith said. “You are always looking at your attack and saying we can’t afford to carry two part-timers, we need an extra wicket-taker here. If you don’t pick up wickets through your bowling session, you will be chasing a big total,” he explained.
Dravid said spinners will have a huge role to play in the tournament despite Australia and New Zealand’s reputation of having seamer-friendly tracks. “Those are the grounds we are going to be playing the World Cup in. They have been really slow and the spinners have come into play. You are just going to have to balance it out. There might be places where you go and say, the spinner might not have such a big impact on that particular day,” Dravid said. “It’s a long tournament, it’s in their summer, the nature of the wickets might change, you are just going to have to be smart enough and hopefully have the balance to play different conditions and different kinds of attacks.”
Maria Sharapova puts sangria on ice as she eyes top spot MELBOURNE:, Jan 17 ,2015 World number two Maria Sharapova said on Saturday she was happy to abstain from her favourite tipple as she seeks to regain the game's top ranking by winning the Australian Open. A victory at next week's season-opening Grand Slam would see the Russian leapfrog arch-rival Serena Williams and take the coveted number one spot she last held in 2012. Sharapova, who opened her 2015 season in blistering form to win the Brisbane International, said she had completed a gruelling off-season and was confident a nagging should injury was finally behind her. "I felt like I could really train and push myself a little bit more physically," she said. The 27-year-old, who won the third of her five Grand Slams at Melbourne Park in 2008, said she was one of the players to beat at this year's tournament after a strong 2014 season when she won the French Open. "I'm sure I'm one of them, I mean I'm number two in the world -- I had a
great season last year winning a Grand Slam," she said. The glamorous Sharapova, the biggest earner in women's sport with endorsement's that dwarf her on-court earnings of US$32.5 million, revealed her competitive fire still burns bright a decade after winning her first major at Wimbledon. Asked if she would
rather be relaxing at home in Florida watching the ocean with a glass of wine in hand, she said the feeling of winning a trophy was hard to beat. "It is sometimes nice to think that I could be on the couch watching on TV. I don't know if I'd actually be watching, but, yeah. I don't know if I'd be drinking wine, maybe a sangria actually," she said.
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IAF Garud Commando Force drill in Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad, Jan 17, 2015 Thousands of people gathered today at Ahemdabad’s GMDC ground to watch Indian Air Force(IAF) show. The main attraction was demonstration of missiles, power glider(which also took rounds in air), para sailing(which was made available to only those children who had won quiz competition through their school), demonstration of Garud Commando Force and Air warrior parade with rifles. IAF band was ofcourse there to play the music.
The Garud Force demonstration was on line of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack, when our armed forces landed on a building via helicopter for antiterror operation. Same exercise was demonstrated at GMDC ground in which commandos landed on the ground one-by-one in hardly two minutes. The main attraction of Air Warrior parade which took place at 4.15 pm was their skill of handling rifles. There were stalls showing films on peacetime operations of IAF. There were also stalls
for career guidance for those who may wish to join IAF. Two Maruti Gipsy were on the job of para sailing continuously. Power glider which was deployed at one of the stalls later actually took off and was in the air. Police, fire brigade and 108 ambulance staff was deployed on the ground for emergency support. The event started at 8.00 am and ended at 5.30 pm around with Sare Jahan Se Achcha played by South Western Air Command(SWAC) based IAF band led by Mr. Khan.
I consider a movie hit when it covers its cost, earns above it:Sonam Kapoor Ahmedabad, Jan 17, 2015 With a bottle in hand, sport shoes under lehenga and a punk attitude, this goggle clad girl is definitely not the quintessential bride we hear. Dolly urf Sonam Kapoor is choosing a groom in her forthcoming movie ‘Dolly ki Doli’ and for the same she comes straight till Ahmedabad to offer a flower-flown invitation. ‘Miss Chic’ –this is what Sonam can be better termed as. Let’s see what she feels about the same ‘From their character to the how they carry themselves; it is truly essential for girls to feel confident about whatever they are. And I really feel responsible when I see juvenile blood having soft corner for my fashion trends. I just have a simple funda – Dress to express!’ To be a con bride puts an actress to test and to grab the nerves of ‘Dolly’s character, Sonam carried out her learning by attending worship along with her co-stars Pulkit Samrat, Rajkumar Rao and Varun Sharma. ‘Working with young actors was indeed enriching. Varun, Punit and Rajkumar all have a learning eye which I guess is a keen point. Yeah! Initially Varun was nervous working with me but later we gelled up profoundly.’ Sonam exclaimed on asked about working with young faces.
Being known in the industry for her outspoken image Sonam points out, ‘I am 29 and I am not into concealing my age. I look less than my age as I guess I have genetically inherited it from my dad.’ Whether it is ‘Khoobsurat’ or ‘Delhi 6’, ‘Aisha’ or ‘Dolly ki Dolli’ …Sonam always blooms no matter what’s her age! Music is a part and parcel of the movie and to which Sonam said that her movie’s have the icing of jolly songs. ‘Engine ki setti’, ‘Masakaali’ , ‘Abhi to party ..’ , or the recent ‘Babaji ka Thullu’ , Sonam makes sure that she is offered with ear catching songs for her movies. Arbaz khan’s previous block busters like ‘Dabangg’ series cannot be compared with ‘Dolly ki Doli’ as they have an
unequal base considering parameters of budget, caste or crew. Working with Arbaz was an opportunity in itself. He is more of a friend now!’ speaks Sonam about her producer Arbaz Khan. Presently when movies are doing bangbang at the box-office Sonam puts forwards her expectations for her movie saying ‘Straight away, I don’t expect my movie to catch 300 crores! I consider a movie hit when it covers its cost and earns above it. I wish the same for my forthcoming movie.’ When asked about her valentine day’s plan she pointed to her calendar saying ‘Ahh! I have my shooting for one of the forthcoming movie at Gondal in Gujarat. So, it’s just my work and me this time!’
Ishrat case: court reserves order on Pandey, Vanzara’s bail Ahmedabad, Jan 17, 2015 The special CBI court here today reserved its order on the bail applications of former IPS officers P P Pandey and D G Vanzara who are accused in the Ishrat Jahan encounter killing case. Judge K R Upadhyaya is likely to pass the order on January 28. During the hearing today, Pandey’s lawyer N D Nanawati said CBI did not arrest the former chief of Intelligence Bureau Rajinder Kumar (who is also named as an accused in the charge sheet) because of his political bosses in the previous government at the Centre. “Who prevented you from arresting him…only because Rajinder Kumar was backed by the political bosses of the central government of the relevant time,” Nanawati claimed. Pandey was the Joint Commissioner of police when Mumbra-based 19year-old college girl Ishrat Jahan, Pranesh Pillai alias Javed Sheikh, Amjad Ali
Rana and Zeeshan Johar were killed by Ahmedabad crime branch sleuths in an encounter on the outskirts of the city on June 15, 2004. According to CBI, it was a fake encounter orchestrated jointly by Gujarat police and IB. Advocate Nanawati pointed out that it was IB which had informed the police that some terrorists had landed in the state to assassinate the Chief Minister and other leaders. “They would not have acted had there been no inputs about terrorist and (it) would not have led to the killings of innocent persons. Even criminals cannot be killed like that,” said Nanawati, adding that CBI’s evidence did not indicate Pandey’s involvement. He also alleged CBI had acted at the instance of IPS officer Satish Verma, who was part of the High Court-formed Special Investigation Team and who was later included in CBI probe.
Korea Cultural Center announces 1st ever K-POP concert in India at Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad plays host to the biggest Business school cultural festival in Asia, drawing in crowds of 50,000 on an average every year. By holding the K-POP concert at Ahmedabad, the brightest minds in India will come together to enjoy K-POP, the cultural tour de force that Korea has to offer. One of Korea’s new and upcoming K-POP bands, N-Sonic had attended the K-POP Audition held in India last year as judges and their presence had created a buzz like none other. Enthused by the response of the Indian audiences, the Korean band will be performing in Ahmedabad in a K-POP concert. With Psy’s ‘Gangnam Style’ going viral in 2012, Korean pop music gained international recognition with N-Sonic ushering in the K-POP phenomenon through their visit which created huge turnouts during the K-POP final auditions held in the country’s capital on August 2014. K-POP is the popular music genre from South Korea, consisting of possibilities for students dance-pop, pop ballad, and faculty exchange, electronic, rock, hip-hop, cultural exchange, develop R&B, etc. The K-POP educational and scientific musical movement started exchange and cooperation in Korea in 1990s. and such joint initiatives. Announcing the As a part of the concerts, Mr. Kim Kumexchange programme, a pyoung, Director, Korean team of students from Cultural Center, said, “On IITGN will also be visiting the cultural front, K-POP JAIST in March. IITGN as a juggernaut of Korean Director, Professor Sudhir soft-power is something K Jain said. Ahmedabad, Jan 17, 2015 Korean Cultural Center announced, K-POP 2015 Concert Tour in India. With the collaboration of JU Entertainment and all the Festival Organizers, Korean Cultural Center India brings you the first ever K-pop concert in India. The upcoming edition of K-POP Concert Tour is the first of its kind in the country with the band performing at IIM-A Chaos Festival, Ahmedabad. IIM Ahmedabad has been consistently rated the best public business school in the country. IIM
Japanese students to study at IIT Gandhinagar Gandhinagar,Jan 17, 2015 Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) is set to host nearly a dozen Japanese students from Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST). JAIST is planning to send a team of its students to IITGN to study and understand the institute’s interdisciplinary and project oriented curriculum. A delegation of four members from JAIST visited IIT Gandhinagar on Friday (January 16, 2015) to explore various ways of sharing and collaboration. President at JAIST, Dr Tetsuo Asano said, “We are planning to send a team of our students to study at IITGN and also look at its
interdisciplinary studies. We have been receiving students from India for several years but this will be the first time our students are going to India.” IITGN signed an MoU with JAIST in November 2013. Through the MoU, the two institutes agreed to explore opportunities and
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we were very keen on introducing in India. With N-Sonic’s visit last year as judges of the K-POP audition, we confirmed the potential popularity of KPop here. This concert marks the first-ever K-POP concert in the country and we have great expectations on the K-POP phenomenon taking India by storm. What better place to unveil the first ever K-Pop concert than at cultural fests of the top schools of India.” About N Sonic N-Sonic, a popular South Korean all boys band is a true depiction of K-Pop culture. N-sonic is a compound of two words. N came from the word NEO meaning New and Sonic came from the word SONIC meaning sound wave. The band made their debut on Oct. 6, 2011 with the digital album, “We are Super Boys”, has a very strong fan following in South Asia and Japan The band of six boys; J. Heart, Sihoo, Byeol, Minkee, Black J and Zion, is aiming for global expansion. All the members of the band are skillful and talented in singing and dancing. Having performed all over the world, the band has also been honoured to be the Ambassador for prestigious events like, The 16th Boryeong “Mud Festival”, Child Protection Project “Rainbow Project”. Korea Cultural Center The Korea Cultural Centre is the first of its kind in South Asia, operates under the Embassy of the Republic of Korea. The Korea Cultural Centre is situated in New Delhi, opened its doors to the public on 13th December 2012. The centre will serve as a platform for artists and intellectuals from both countries to come together and showcase their talent. It houses the Sejong Institute for Korean Language and Kukkiwon Taekwondo Academy. It is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities including a Library, Exhibition Hall, Korean Café, a Korean Cultural Experience room and Noraebang (Korean Karaoke). Through regular cultural programs, exhibitions and film screening, the centre provides insight into the rich cultural heritage of Korea.
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