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HRD minister Smriti Irani joins Delhi students for 'cleanliness drive'
The actor-turnedpolitician met women of the basti and urged them not to throw garbage in drains to ensure they remain blockage-free. Smriti summoned MCD officials after she saw a blocked drain and direct ed t hem to discharge their duties properly. Later, ABVP and DUSU officebearers addressed the function. The minister paid a visit to the student body offices and discussed university matters with them.
Sunil Shetty to take part in marathon "Sunil Shetty has consented to take part in the Marathon 2015," Madhya Pradesh Minist er Kailash Vijayvargiya, who also happens to chief patron of the Academy of Indore Marathon which is organising the long run, told reporters here today.
Jammu Governor ’s rule was imposed in Jammu and Kashmir today with PDP, which emerged as the single-largest party, and BJP failing to cobble up the required number to form t he government, triggering a blame game among political parties. The decision came a day after Governor N N Vohra submited his report to President Pranab Mukherjee, stating that Omar Abdullah had requested to be relieved of the post of being a caretaker Chief Minister. The Governor’s report contained some suggestions including the option of a spell of Governor’s rule in the wake of no party getting the number required to
form a government after the highly-fractured verdict in the Assembly elections, official sources said here. Aft er t he election results were out on December 23, neither PDP which emerged as the single largest party with 28 seats nor BJP with 25 could get the magic figure of 44 to stake claim to form a government. NC has 15 MLAs while the Congress 12. A blame game erupted today with Omar squarely blaming PDP patron Mufti Mohammed Sayeed for bringing the state under Governor ’s rule and accusing him of continuing the deadlock over government formation to get a full six-year term as Chief Minister. PDP hit back at Omar, saying there
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was time till January 19 to form the government and he had forced the present situation on the state. In the midst of this spat, BJP President Amit Shah said in Vijayawada that his party was in talks with both the PDP and the NC to form the next government in the state. “Our talks are going on with the two parties in Kashmir…We are trying to form a BJP government in the state,” he said. Union Home Minist er Rajnath Singh had last night forwarded t he Governor’s report to the Prime Minister’s Office. Governor ’s rule was imposed in the state under Section 92 of Jammu and Kashmir Constitution which allows t he Governor to proclaim it in
case of failure of Constitutional machinery in the state. President Pranab Mukherjee is understood to have given his concurrence for Governor’s rule which has been imposed in the state for the sixth time since 1977. Omar had said the state needed a full-time administrator to deal with the situation along the border with Pakistan and providing relief to floodaffected people in the Kashmir Valley. He was asked to continue as caretaker Chief Minister on December 24 after his resignation in the wake of defeat of his party. An official statement issued this evening in Jammu said Governor’s rule has been imposed in the state under Section 92(1) of t he
Charlie Hebdo attack: 2 intense standoffs in France Paris At least two people were shot dead Friday during a hostage-taking drama at a Jewish supermarket in eastern Paris, where at least five people were being held, official sources told AFP. "There are at least two dead, maybe more, but for the moment we don't know," one source said. French officials suspect a man responsible for the
murder of a policewoman in the street of a southern Paris suburb on Thursday could be the hostage-
taker. French police released mugshots of a man and woman wanted over the
killing of the cop. They were named as Amedy Coulibaly, 32, and Hayat Boumeddiene, 26, and are considered "armed and dangerous". A senior US administration official told AFP that one of the two brothers was believed to have trained with AlQaeda in Yemen, while another source said that the pair had been on a US terror watch list "for years"
UP police campaign against traffic violators
Hollywood adaptation of French Novel Horseman to be made in Gujarat
As many as 205 persons were arrested and 265 persons booked during a three-hour long campaign against traffic violators in Ut tar Pradesh. "A statewide campaign was launched against traffic violators yesterday between 5 to 8 PM, in which 205 persons were arrested and 265 FIRs were lodged", IG, Law and Order A Satish Ganesh said.
For the very first time a Hollywood movie to be shot in Ahmedabad and many other locations in Gujarat Movie to be directed and produced by famous Gujarati Director-Producer Jacky Patel Ahmedabad production house has done Renowned French novelist different genre of cinemas. and Hollywood actress “Ahmedabad and Gujarat Natalie Mutzel’s English has always been close to novel Horseman has won my heart. I love being in great accolades and now Gujarat ” said Natalie she is willing to turn it into Mut zel. “My novel a motion picture and that Horseman consists of my to in our Vibrant Gujarat. experience with Gujarat No commercial and some personal Hollywood movie has incidents that have been been shot in Gujarat and fictionalized. It includes this would the first one to continuous journey of life have almost 70% of its and meeting new people shoot in Gujarat including and sharing their Ahmedabad. This movie experiences. My movie would be produced and starts with a sequence in directed by young and Gandhi Ashram. I’ve dynamic Gujarati always wanted to make Producer Director Jacky this movie in Gujarat” she Patel under his production further added. The banner of Live Forever. shooting locales would Jacky Patel has made include many famous many action-thriller places of Ahmedabad, Goa movies like Shikar, Shikar and Delhi. The movie is 2, Strangers on Watsapp expected to go on floors and Lion of Gujarat. His from May- June.
Students, women among 9 killed in road mishaps Nine persons, among them women and students, were killed in a collision and hit-and-run case separately here and in Adilabad district of Telangana today, police said.
Jammu and Kashmir Constitution under which this can be done by issuing a proclaimation after the Governor is satisfied about
the failure of constitutional machinery in the state. It said that in the past two weeks the Governor held consultations with the
leadership of PDP and BJP. However, no party or group of parties has so far staked claim to form the next government in the state.
Modi pushes for improvement in efficiency of healthcare NEW DELHI Prime Minister Narendra Modi today pushed for substantial improvement in the efficiency of schemes and mechanisms in the health sector as he expressed concern over the high rate of child and maternal mortality besides prevalence of diseases like encephalitis. Chairing a meeting on healthcare here, he instructed Health Ministry to establish mechanisms to ensure accountability among doctors and health officials in public sector. He also called for institutionalising . Modi said that in order to achieve the
desired goal of health for all, there is a need to substantially improve the efficiency of existing mechanisms and schemes, a PMO statement said. Modi asked for a comprehensive audit of all medical equipment in public health
facilities. Describing Yoga as one of the most-effective preventive health mechanisms, he asked the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare to draw up plans for International Yoga Day to be celebrated on June 21.
Sirisena, survived 5 LTTE attacks, will lead Sri Lanka to change His name is probably the grandest thing about the man who is known for his simplicity. Gamaralalage Maithripala Yapa Sirisena, who was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s seventh president Friday evening, hails from a middle-class, agricultural family from Polunnaruwa, an ancient royal capital east of Colombo famous for it s magnificent Buddhist stupas and temples. The 63-year-old low-profile minist er defected from the ruling party in 2013 aft er
emerging as a surprise consensus candidate for a disparate opposition, turning the tables on the longest-serving head of st ate in South Asia, Mahinda Rajapaksa, who expected to breeze through after calling an early election. Sirisena was born in 1951 and received his early education from the Royal College in his native district. He then studied at a school of agriculture for three years and graduated in 1980 in political science from a Russian university.
Sources say the one-time ally of the outgoing president may have first developed a passion for Marxism during his higher education, though he joined the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP)'s youth wing in 1967 as a teenager and quickly rose to become a politburo member in 1981.
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The attack on Charlie Hebdo The horrific terrorist attack in Paris at the office of the French magazine Charlie Hebdo is a direct assault on the freedom of speech, thought and expression, the fundamentals on which all open, democratic societies are built. Ten staff members at the satirical weekly, including four of its top cartoonists, were gunned down by masked men who entered the building and targeted the editorial meeting in what seemed to be a wellplanned and professional operation. They left shouting Allahu-Akbar, killing two policemen on the street outside before driving off in a getaway car. Since 2006, when it first published the Danish cartoons of Prophet Mohammed, Charlie Hebdo had been under threat of violent attacks by Islamist groups. Refusing to be intimidated, the publication continued to caricature Islam even after a firebombing in November 2011, just as it also relentlessly lampooned Christianity and Judaism — its Christmas week cover caricaturing the birth of Jesus was designed to provoke and cause offence. Self-censorship in order not to hurt religious sensibilities is now the norm in most parts of the world, so too in India, where media and expressions of popular culture including cinema, art and writing have to walk the tightrope daily in deference to what Salman Rushdie in an interview to this newspaper described as the non-existent “right to not be offended”: the fracas caused by Hindutva groups against the film PK is the most recent example of this. In truly democratic societies, this should not be the case, and that is what Charlie Hebdo believed and practised. Irrespective of what anyone thinks of its editorial policy, all who believe in freedom of expression and the democratic way of life must express solidarity with the magazine, and condemn this unspeakable act of violence against them. Attacking democratic freedoms is part of a larger agenda. Whether it is al-Qaeda, IS or any other group, extremist ideology thrives best in a polarised society. If the sizeable numbers of people adhering to the Muslim faith have been able to resist Islamism, it is because French republicanism has been able to surmount even the most divisive controversies, such as the ban on wearing the hijab and niqab in public and the Islamophobic discourse by the French rightwing parties that surrounded it. While the inevitable security measures will have to be taken, it would be most unfortunate if the attack on Charlie Hebdo were to give rise to a backlash against French Muslims. That would result in precisely what Islamist groups want — an alienated Muslim population that would become a recruiting ground for their violent cause. Maintaining freedoms and equality before the law in the face of a severe challenge to security is the most difficult test for any democratic polity and society.
Rihanna, Taylor Swift's songs help children get rid of pain
Washington A new study has found that songs by Rihanna, Taylor Swiftand other singers gives a significant reduction in pain to kids after major surgeries. The study led by pediatrics at Northwestern Medicine has found music and audio books as a strategy to control post-surgical pain because medication like opioid analgesics that are given to kids after surgery causes breathing problems in them, and it makes the care takes to control the dose, and hence children's pain is not well controlled.
Dr. Santhanam Suresh, a senior author of the study explained that audio therapy is an exciting and inexpensive opportunity and should be considered by hospitals as an important strategy to minimize pain in children undergoing major surgery, and doesn't even have any side effects. The researchers elucidated that music chosen by kids on their own works better than any other medicine as it distracts the brain to refocus on something else, and it also avoids risky side effects of opioid drugs.
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QUOTE “Gujarat government responsible if bandh turns OF THE violent.” - Shankarsinh Vaghela (Leader of Opposition in the Gujarat assembly) DAY
Tevar review: Arjun's fun, but Sonakshi's Will 2015 be Deepika a bimbo and film is stuck in the80s Padukone's year again? If data is to be believed, India is a young country and a growing percentage of our galloping population is in their 30s and younger. This is supposed to make India the land t hat looks towards the future, towards a shinier, modern India that is nothing like the old India of the preliberalisation era. So then why is it that commercial Hindi film, the shining cord that binds the nation together, has steadfastly refused to move out of the 80s? Every time a film that hopes to be a blockbuster is released, all Bollywood gives us are a rehash of the kitschy tropes and clichés that filled '80s’ Hindi cinema, and Tevar is the latest example of this weird time warp. A chap called Pint oo (Arjun Kapoor) and a damsel named Radhika (Sonakshi Sinha) are thrown together by circumstance. She wants to get to the USA. He
wants to be a hero. Pintoo just happens to be there when Radhika is being kidnapped by Gajendra (Manoj Bajpai), so young Pintoo does what every Hindi-film-fuelled jock dreams of doing: he thonks Gajendra in order to save Radhika, only to find people are shooting at him. So, to save his and her skins, Pint oo and Radhika start running. You see, Gajendra is the younger brother and wayward muscleman of Uttar Pradesh’s Minister of Home Affairs, and he wants Radhika as his bride. He’s got an army of
thugs and the state machinery is more than ready to do his bidding, which is usually to turn a blind eye to people being murdered in public. So Pintoo and Radhika run, literally. After some time, it’s as though the two of them are training for the marathon rather than actually responding to a situation because arguably, the simplest option would be to take their troubles to Pintoo’s dad (Raj Babbar) who just happens to be a senior police officer. But that would be logical, and logic is obviously not allowed in a film like Tevar.
Jacqueline Fernandez dances to Chittiyaan Kalaiyaan One of the most anticipated tracks from Bhushan Kumar's Roy featuring the Sri Lankan beauty Jacqueline Fernandes, 'Chittiyaan Kalaiyaan' was unleashed today across digit al platforms across t he country. An exuberant dance number, the song has been shot on a specially created set in Filmcity, Mumbai, recreating some of the landmark streets of Malaysia. The song has been shot in Mumbai itself in the span of two days and was choreographed by Ahmed Khan. Jacqueline's look in the song is uber chic and stylishly accessorised and the track was sung by none other than Baby Doll singer KanikaKapoor. The unusual lyrics are penned by Kumaar and the music is composed by Meet Brothers Anjjan. Bhushan Kumar who has received a great response on ROY music so far says, "After the party athem'SoorajDoobaHai' and the romantic track 'TuHaiKiNahi', we have the new song 'ChittiyaanKalaiyaan' for all the girls. After Baby Doll, Meet Brothers have composed this song, sung again by Kapoor, which
Deepika Padukone has a very interesting line up for the coming year. The actress has an interesting mix of projects where she will be working with the young guns and at the same time be seen cast alongside actors who are known for their powerful performances. The actress has been highly appreciated for her performances in sharing screen space with both the generation of actors and is likely to do the same in 2015 as well. She will be seen sharing screen space with Irrfan Khan and Amitabh Bachchan in Piku. Deepika has time and again earned praise for her performances from her directors, award juries and also her co-stars. In fact, recently while she worked with Naseeruddin Shah and Pankaj Kapoor in Finding Fanny they were all very high on praise for her. Both of the senior actors are known for their acting and body of work and hence praises from them are very valuable. Deepika has interesting films on her plate and will be seen starring in Tamasha, Piku and Bajirao Mastani in
2015. While Piku will revolve around the relationship of a father and his daughter played by Dippy and Big B, Tamasha will bring back the rock solid pairing of Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika on screen. Last time, they created magic on screen with a blockbuster Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani and who knows, this time it might be the same way round. Bajirao Mastani being anot her Sanjay Leela Bhansali film is high on anticipation. Given that it stars the Ram Leela jodi back in yet another SLB
film, one can expect firecrackers this time. We should not forget that Deepika's effortless performance in Ram Leela had won a million hearts and with Bajirao Mastani coming towards the end of the year, 2015 might end on a high for the actress. She has been raining successes at the box office along with bringing critical acclaim for all her roles in the past two-three years. With 2013 bringing her the 'Reigning Queen of Bollywood' tag, will history repeat itself in 2015 as well ?
Wazir is about Amitabh Bachchan and I finding redemption in each other: Farhan Akhtar
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Farhan Akhtar who turned 41 today, is mighty excited about his next film as an actor Wazir. Prime reason being the opportunity to screen space with megast ar Amitabh Bachchan. The directoractor-singer-composer plays an ATS officer in the film pitted against wheelchair bound chess player, played by Big B. Farhan Akhtar went t hrough intense training to prepare for his role of an ATS officer Danish Ali in upcoming film Wazir where the actor will be seen sharing screen space with Amitabh Bachchan. Produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Rajkumar Hirani, the film is directed by Bejoy Nambiar and written by Chopra and
Abhijat Joshi. "Vidhu Vinod Chopra approached me for the role. He was very keen that I do the role of Danish Ali in the film. I met Abhijat and I found the story quite compelling. "My character is a hardboiled law enforcement officer. He is someone who deals with violence on a daily basis. It is a world I am not familiar with, so it took some amount of research and training," Farhan told PTI in an interview. Farhan said working with the megast ar was a great experience. He directed Bachchan 10 years ago in Lakshya. "You get to learn so much by just being with him (Bachchan). The film is predominantly about these two characters, so
we have a lot of scenes together. We both are bound by a bond in the film and find redemption in each other. The story is well-written and also has action and romance. It is a complete film and we enjoyed telling this story," Farhan said. "When I started the film, it was not that I wanted to change something or set any trend. I just wanted to tell this story which was very close to my heart. But yes it was a great start for me," he said. Farhan, who has also found success as a singer, director and producer, has his hands full this year with the release of Wazir and Dil Dhadakne Do, a multistarrer directed by sister Zoya and produced by his Excel Entertainment.
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Vistara joins aviation space; says will ‘do it right’
New Delhi Entering t he Indian aviation space at a time when existing players are going through a turbulent phase, Tata-SIA venture Vistara today said its aim will be to ‘do it right’ rather than being lavish or over-the-top.“We must do it right instead of making a big splash and getting int o disappoint ment ,” Vistara Chairman Prasad Menon told reporters as the airline’s debut flight readied to take off from here for Mumbai. “Being full service doesn’t mean you’re lavish or you’re over the top. It means serving different customers’ needs differently,” he said. Conveying hiszbest wishes
on the occasion of the first Vistara flight, Tata group’s Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata said it has been a long-cherished dream for the Tata group to establish a world-class full service airline in India and he would dedicate this day to late JRD Tata, the former chairman of the group and India’s first licensed pilot. “… today, that dream has come to life,” he added. The launch of the new fullservice airline marks the re-entry of Tata group in the airline business after over six decades. The group holds 30 per cent stake in the domestic arm of the Malaysian budget airline AirAsia India, but it is not part of day-to-day operations.
IAF's UAV crashes in Barmer
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Windows 10 Spartan browser features leaked
Recently, we came across reports suggest ing Microsoft is working on a new browser codenamed Spartan for its upcoming Windows 10 operating system. Now, sources reveal that it will come with several new features that are seen in other leading browsers today. As reported by TheVerge , one of the key features in Spartan would be t he ability to annotate a web page with a stylus and then send notes and annotations to others. This web not e service will come powered by t he company’s OneDrive cloud storage. This means
that notes will be stored on a copy of the web page, which can t hen be accessed by any other browser across multiple platforms, adds the report. This also means that users can simply doodle on a web page and share it between groups. The report further points out that t he Spart an browser will get Microsoft’s digit al assist ant, Cortana . Microsoft may use Cortana to provide information on flights, hotel bookings, package tracking, and other essential data using the traditional address bar.
One should be able to access Cortana search directly from the new tab interface in Spartan. It will also come with other features like a new way to group tabs together that will avoid t he otherwise messy multiple browser tabs. Spartan will also let one split up personal tabs from work ones. Future updates to Spartan may also bring custom themes. An earlier report revealed that Spartan will be based on Microsoft’s Chakra JavaScript engine and its Trident rendering engine, which means it isn’t switching over to WebKit.
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SPORTS ROUND Lokesh Rahul read criticism on Facebook, Twitter and ignored it After watching his ward Lokesh Rahul’s nightmarish international debut during the Boxing Day Test at MCG on television, Mangalorebased Samuel Jayraj thought that the family function planned in the evening would take his mind away from cricket. The 48-year-old had underestimated his family’s interest in cricket or Rahul. Everyone at the function wanted to talk about 22-year-old’s mindless heaves at Melbourne that had made him look out of place at the Test level. Even when Jayraj reached home, there was no respite. A relative would send him a message that read: “Sir, tell your boy not to play T20 in Test cricket. Only you can tell him.” Jayraj says, he resisted the temptation to relay these sentiments to his student. Instead, he sent a simple text to Rahul. “Be the best in whatever you do.” Promptly came the reply: “Thank You, Sir!” Despite the doubts, the coach knew deep
inside that Rahul had the technique to survive Test cricket. It was just the case of the occasion getting the better of the young cricketer, he believed. “He plays the horizontal bat shots only when he has settled. As for the pull and sweep, he plays those shots only after he crosses 40-50. At Melbourne, he was not playing the kind of game that has worked for him so far in his career,” says the coach. In Australia, Rahul didn’t quite shut himself out from
the criticism he was getting. His close friend and club mate, Sinan Abdul Khader, who regularly calls Australia these days, speaks about Rahul’s tough days after he had scored just 4 runs from two innings. “He saw all the criticism on Facebook and Twitter. But he told me that he was just going to ignore it and believed that he had the game to succeed. Even at the age-group level, his mental strength made him special,” Khader said.
Karnataka Around 10 days after a low-intensity bomb blast hit Bengaluru, the Karnat aka Police on Thursday arrested three people for their alleged links with banned terror outfit Indian Mujahideen (IM). The police, however, maintained that t he arrested IM suspects’ role in the recent blast has not been established yet. “Prima facie there is no evidence linking the three suspects with the recent blast in Bengaluru, but the same cannot be ruled out. We are probing into the matter and it is still in the preliminary stage,” Bengaluru City Police Commissioner M.N. Reddi said. Based on credible information provided by intelligence sources, the police raided the suspects' houses simultaneously in Pulikeshinagar (Bengaluru) and Jamia in Bhatkal. While businessmen Syed Ismail Afaq (34) and Saddam Hussain (35) were arrested in Bengaluru, MBA student Abdus Subur (24) was arrested in Bhat kal. All the t hree hailed from Bhatkal, where the IM was founded in 2005.The police recovered a large cache of explosives - Ammonium
Nitrate and gelatin slime which weighed more than three kilogramme, fuel oil, detonators, PVC pipes, circuitry boards, circuits and timers from their hideout in Bhatkal. In Bengaluru, they seized communication devices, mobile phones, digital timers and laptops from a suspect’s home. “From what we have recovered from the accused, it is clear that they were planning something big. All these raw materials, which are required to make Improvised Explosive Devices have been sourced locally. This is a significant catch for us. We have sent all the seized mat erials for forensic examination,” Reddi said.
The police said the three suspect s have already confessed that they are part of the IM. “They were merely acting upon the orders of their handler from a foreign country,” he said, adding that all the three men had regularly interacted with other IM members. The police have registered cases under Sections 3, 4, and 5 of Explosive Substances Act, Sections 10, 13, and 18 of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act and Sections 120 (b) and 121 (a) of the IPC. The sources in the police admitted the raids on the residences of the IM members were carried out upon an Intelligence Bureau tip-off.
AAP seeks Modi's response Karnataka Police arrest three men for links to on statehood for Delhi banned terror outfit Indian Mujahideen Barmer (Raj) An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) of Indian Air Force on Friday crashed after developing an engine problem at Akoda village, 30 km north west of Barmer district in Rajasthan around 2 pm, a top IAF official said. UAVHERON which took off from Jaisalmer airbase, immediately developed
problem in starting of engine and crashed on land after falling from height, Wing Commander S S Birdi, PRO-IAF Delhi told PTI over phone. It was carrying qualified equipments and cameras. A court of inquiry has been ordered into the UAV crash, he said. There was no damage to civil property and human life as the UAV fell on the open land.
Rupee gains 35 paise to end at 4-week high vs dollar
New Delhi Ahead of Prime Minister's rally at t he Ramlila Maidan, the AAP today sought response from Narendra Modi over the "tall promises" made by the BJP during the last assembly and Lok Sabha election on conferring statehood to Delhi and slashing electricity tariff. The party said the BJP showed the statehood "lolipop" in the last assembly and Lok Sabha election and did not act on it.It has also launched a Twitter campaign #DelhiasksPMModi ahead of the rally and asked people as to what their expectations were from the Prime Minister.
"PM addressing Delhi tomorrow for the 1st time. What are your expectations from him tomorrow? "Tomorrow Modi ji addresses Delhi. He had promised full statehood to Delhi. Will he announce that tomorrow? Or will BJP do a U-turn on this issue also?" AAP's
convener Arvind Kejriwal said in a series of tweets. Besides the issue of full statehood to Delhi, the former Delhi chief minister said reduction in electricity tariff by 30 per cent was also among the promises made by BJP in its poll manifesto before the last election.
Will not be chosen as Chief Minister again: Bihar CM Jitan Ram Manjhi Rupee rose to a four-week high on Thursday to close at 62.67/$ as domestic equity markets rebounded and foreign investors continued to buy bonds. Foreign banks and export ers were seen selling dollars, which helped the rupee rise to an intraday high of 62.59 against dollar. “Dollar flows into the debt market is supporting the rupee. We have seen good flow so far,” said Ashish
Parthasart hy, head of treasury at HDFC Bank. Currency dealers said the fact that foreign investors were buying Indian bonds despit e t he recent weakness in global markets on the back of worries over t he European Union had helped the rupee. Data from depositories showed t hat foreign invest ors bought $440 million of rupee bonds so far in January.
Amid heightened speculation about his removal from the post of chief minister, Jitan Ram Manjhi said he has knowledge that he will not return to the chair again but made a strong case that a dalit should be next CM of the state. "I know that I'll not be chosen as chief minister again...I do not have any sadness over this...but the next CM shall be a dalit for continuat ion of welfare of SC & ST," Manjhi said at function of
Tharu tribes in West Champaran district on Thursday. The speculation on change of guard is rife in the wake of former Chief Minister Nitish Kumar going to Delhi on Thursday and meeting RJD President Lalu Prasad
and JD(U) President Sharad Yadav.Kumar, however, had dismissed the speculation saying Bihar issue did not require to go to Delhi Speaking about continuation of Manjhi as chief minister,Kumar said, "I am nobody to decide this." Kumar, who handpicked Manjhi to succeed him after he quit in the wake of JD(U) debacle in general elections is apparently upset with him particularly after Manjhi transferred many IAS officials close to him.
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Bhutan PM Tshering Tobgay to visit India, attend Vibrant Gujarat Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay will pay a nine-day official visit to India from Jan 10. He will meet Prime Minist er Narendra Modi at the Vibrant Gujarat Summit. He will be accompanied by the foreign minister, economic affairs minister
and senior officials of the Royal Government of Bhutan. Tobgay and his delegation will visit Ahmedabad to participate in the Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2015, said an official statement. He will call on President Pranab Mukherjee and
meet several cabinet ministers in New Delhi. He will also visit Varanasi and Bodh Gaya. The visit will impart further content and momentum to the close partnership between India and Bhutan, the statement added.
“We want ‘man ka rishta’ with Indian diaspora” Gandhinagar Union Home Minist er Rajnath Singh today said that the government is not just looking at investments by the people of Indian origin living across the world but also wants to have deeper ties with the Indian Diaspora. “Please don’t feel that we
are looking only at investments from you…it is not ‘dhan ka rishta’ that we are looking, but a ‘man ka rishta’,” Singh said addressing the Pravasi Bhartiya Divas here. We are very proud of the contribution of the people of Indian origin and we cannot forget t his
grouping’s contribution in the India story, he said. The Home Minister also acknowledged that if any ill happens in the country, the PIOs and NRIs also feel hurt even though they are based in a different part of the world. Calling the diaspora as ‘Swadeshi’, irrespective of
Father-in-law accused of sexual harassment Centre has nothing to do AHMEDABAD A woman resident of Odhav lodged a complaint of sexual harassment against her father-in-law on Thursday. Odhav police officers said they have registered the complaint. "Only after proper verification of facts will we take st eps against the accused," said an Odhav police officer. Police
sources said Niharika married Hasmukh, a pharmacist, two years ago. "She recently noticed the strange behavior of her father-in-law, who used to
Made in India, remaking world AHMEDABAD Minister for external and
NRI Canadian MP to get global visionary award AHMEDABAD A Punjabi Hindu as he describes himself, G ujar at ispeak ing Canadian MP Deepak Obhrai is in Ahmedabad after 50 years. In the city as part of Canada's delegation to the Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit , Obhrai will receive the 'Global Visionary Award', presented by the Vision World Organization of Ahmedabad, on January 10. The award honours Obhrai for strengthening Canada's political and cultural relations with India. The honour couldn't have come at a
better time for the IndoCanadian leader as Pravasi Bharatiya Divas this year is being held in Ahmedabad, where he married Neena from Rajasthan. Obhrai, parliamentary secretary to the minister of foreign affairs, received of Pravasi Bharat iya Samman in 2009. Born in Tanzania, Obhrai was packed off to India where he lived with his maternal aunt and got used to the Gujarati way of life. On Wednesday, Obhrai announced that Canada is funding a $23,000 project to prevent sexual exploitation of children in Gujarat.
Sustaining Bapu beliefs a challenge AHMEDABAD As all of Africa celebrated the 103rd anniversary of the format ion of t he African National Congress (ANC) on Thursday, South Africa's minister of international relations and cooperation, Maite Nkoana Mashabane, was enjoying a double celebration in Gujarat. "I am celebrating two occasions—the centenary year of Mahatma Gandhi's return to India from South Africa and the formation of ANC —here in style.
stare at her ," said a police source. According to the complaint by Niharika, her fat her-in-law recently grabbed her from behind in her husband's absence.
South Africans received a young lawyer who returned t o India, a Mahatma — as Nelson Mandela said, 'you gave us a lawyer and we sent back a liberator'," said Mashabane, whose Indian attire was praised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and foreign minist er Sushma Swaraj. Mashabane added that the challenge t oday is to sustain these beliefs in a modern world while keeping our identity and self-respect intact.
overseas Indian affairs, Sushma Swaraj, on Thursday said that the government was det ermined to work closely with the Indian diaspora to leverage each other's strengt hs for mutual benefit. She was addressing the inaugural session of the 13th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) here. She said t hat Indian diaspora constitutes an important, and in some respects, a unique force in the world culture. "In the past couple of decades, it has grown into an energetic and confident community of over 25 million that has given India a presence in many parts of the world. However, it is not a one-way interaction that benefits only one side," the Union minist er said in her welcome address. "A successful, prosperous and politically influential diaspora is an asset to India, much as a strong and self-reliant India would be a source of strength and inspiration for the diaspora. This synergy acts as a vibrant bridge between us and sustains our relationship," she said.
with conversions: Naidu AHMEDABAD Union urban development minist er M Venkaiah Naidu said on Thursday that t he central government doesn't support any religion nor is it involved in the controversial 'Ghar Wapsi' programme. Naidu made these remarks while addressing the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas function in Gandhinagar on Thursday. Naidu was addressing the plenary session on, 'Opportunities in India'. But he digressed to give his views on the controversial reconversion programme. "If re-conversion is bad, then conversion is also bad. We do not support any religion; t he government has no religion. People have religion; we respect people's wishes. Religion is their worship.... This is Indianness, t his is Hindutva. The word Hindu is not linked to a particular religion. This should be clear in
everybody's mind," Naidu said. "The government is willing to enact a law provided t here is a consensus and a request for this comes from all political parties. The central government is in no way involved in this [Ghar Waapsi programme]. None of our ministers, nor anyone in the party is involved. Please try to understand," he said. Naidu also alleged that foreign money had been used for conversions in the last two centuries. "Conversions and reconversions have been happening for the last 200 years, for a much longer period before the Modi
Hoardings across Ahmedabad, pages full of print ads, but finally Akhilesh failed to turn up at PBD 2015 He was in discussion ahead of his Gujarat visit due to number of hoardings and banners featuring him on main roads across Ahmedabad. But when a day of his scheduled visit to Ahmedabad actually arrived, he failed to turn up!Yes we are talking about Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister
Akhilesh Yadav, who was absent today in states session of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2015. Representatives of Uttar Pradesh on the sidelines of the session told media persons in Gandhinagar that Akhilesh was ready in Saifai(Uttar Pradesh) to fly to Ahmedabad.
National skill development policy by mid-March: Rudy AHMEDABAD The Centre will soon unveil a national skill development policy to meet t he demand for around 30 crore skilled workers in various sectors. The government also aims to train 50 crore people by 2022. Rajiv Pratap Rudy, minister of state for skill development and entrepreneurship, said, "The policy will be announced by mid-March.
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We're reviewing the old policy after five years and adding the necessary changes." He was speaking on the sidelines of the inauguration of 'Ahmedabad Management Association Academy for Vocational Education' on Thursday. Rudy said the skill development ministry is in talks with corporate houses for large-scale tieups to train people. "There is no standardization,
curriculum or set framework when it comes to skill development policy. We need trainers, assessers and standard certification systems to train people along with employment opportunities," he said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been constantly propagating skill development and had a ministry dedicated to it set up two months ago with independent charge.
government was formed. A lot of foreign money is being spent on conversions. It's an open secret," Naidu alleged.
the country they are residing in, Singh said that the country needs them to contribute in multiple ways on this journey of transformation that India has begun. “We want to create a self- est eemed, selfr eliant and a st ro ng I ndia, and canno t achieve t he object ive wit ho ut yo ur co nt r ibut io n, ” S ingh said, addr essing t he flagship conclave of the diaspora. Just like Mahat ma Gandhi’s visio n, t he Mo di gover nment is wo rking t o have an integrated development of t he count ry which entails equal attention to
t he villages, he said, appealing the diaspora to help create jobs in the rural areas. Drawing at t ent io n t o war ds t he government ’s flagship ‘Make in India’ initiative, Singh said the objective of turning India into a manufact ur ing powerhouse cannot be realised without active support from the NRIs and PIOs. Indian diaspora is a “great capital” for the country which needs to be nurtured, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said yesterday as he sought its cooperation in transforming India which awaits them with opportunities.
He used broom to clean up his native Unjha AHMEDABAD Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday gave the example of Ramji Patel as a model of what a nonresident Indian can do for the welfare of his place of origin. Modi was speaking at the inaugural function of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) held at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar. The 71year-old Patel has singlehandedly tried to clean up his native place, Unjha (Mehsana). Patel is now owner of several motels in the US. However, he never forgot his roots and continued to strive for the betterment of his hometown Unjha. Patel went to the US in the 1970s as a student to get a masters degree in
mathematics. He completed his education in the US but was unable to get a good opening in the hospitality industry. He began managing a motel and later went on to acquire a group of four motels. "Cleanliness is very close to my heart. My
work for Unjha has its origin in a visit I made to the town in 2009. I was shocked to see dirty public places and decided to clean them up myself. The first day, only three persons joined me as the work of cleaning up places was associated with a particular caste.
‘UK to set up trade centre in Ahmedabad’ AHMEDABAD The UK will soon set up a trade centre in Ahmedabad to strengthen business relations between Gujarat and the UK. While speaking at an int eractive session at GCCI here on Wednesday, Priti Patel, member of parliament and exchequer secretary to the treasury in the UK, said the UK is in
the process of upgrading its trade centres in India and will also set up one in Ahmedabad. "Our ambition is to set up a trade centre in Ahmedabad, where all engaged in new business sector and also SMEs can get help. Our focus is on the SME sector in India," said Patel. She also said that a successful economy
is the heart of development in every nation. On her visit to Ahmedabad, she said: "It is fulfilling to be here in Gujarat. We speak about Gujarat's power in the UK. We have a Gujarati community there, expanding their commerce and business. One third of UK's diaspora is Gujarati."
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