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News Brief Bharat Ratna for Vajpayee, freedom fighter Malviya Officials to visit districts to expedite visa, citizenship issues
New Delhi, Home ministry officials would visit and hold camps in various districts for minority communities facing problems in grant of citizenship and long term visa (LTV), the government said Tuesday. “The teams of officials will visit 24 identified districts for citizenship in eight states and 14 districts for LTV cases of minority communities. The officials will hold camps during the next two months and assist the applicants in the settlement of citizenship and LTV cases,” said an official statement. The decision of sending teams was taken after a meeting chaired by Additional Secretary (Foreigners) B.K. Prasad with representatives of minority communities from neighbouring countries to address their grievances related to grant of LTV and Indian citizenship.
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New Delhi, December 24 The timing of the announcement of the Bharat Ratna for Atal Behari Vajpayee and Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya could not have been better for the BJP and Narendra Modi. For 2014 is the year when the BJP finally came into its own, 10 years after the Vajpayee government had to bow out after unexpected electoral defeat. Vajpayee, beyond doubt, is the biggest icon ever produced by the BJP – or even the Sangh. Thus far, the BJP has had to honour borrowed icons like Sardar Patel, but now it has created space for its own original icons - as is
clear from the other icon it chose for the Bharat Ratna: Malaviya. So far some 43 people have been conferred the Bharat Ratna, each for a different reason, but this is the first time an icon from the Right of the spectrum has been chosen. And it comes at a time when the secular-communal debate has just begun to heat up. That both Vajpayee and Malaviya were born on 25 December, Christmas day, is fortuitous coincidence. The Modi government must have chosen the names with care – since, in theory, the Bharat Ratna can be announced anytime. By conferring it on Vajpayee, Modi has
sent out a message that he cares for the seniors who built the party, no matter how his critics perceived Vajpayee’s own attitude to him. By conferring it on Malaviya, Modi is emphasizing that he is looking for national heroes beyond the Gandhi-Nehru
Delhi acid attack: Cops detain two, suspect involvement of minor New Delhi, December 24 Two days after a doctor was injured in an acid attack in Rajouri Garden, the Delhi Police on Thursday morning detained two accused in connection with the case. Sources claim police suspect a total of four people, including a minor, were involved in the attack. All the accused are believed to be in the age group of 1722 years. On Tuesday, two bike-brone miscreants
hurled acid at a 30-yearold woman doctor and robbed her in broad daylight. The police recovered her handbag from Khyala on Wednesday. "While the two have been apprehended from Madipur area in Punjabi Bagh, two more will be detained for questioning," said a police officer. A senior official said on condition of anonymity, "The minor, 17, knew the doctor quite
well." Police are also trying to zero in on the place from where the acid was procured, and the bike which was used in the crime. The doctor was on her way to the ESI Hospital on her Scooty when two bikers threw a chemical substance at her. Preliminary examination indicated that she had severe injuries on the right part of her face, including her eye.
dynasty. It also deepens his association with his home constituency, Varanasi. When Modi first visited Varanasi to file his nomination papers for the Lok Sabha, he landed at the Benares Hindu University (BHU), an institution founded by
stretched for over a kilometer caused several casualties. “The fog conditions and low visibility has lead to the accident at 9 am. The injured have been taken to hospital. We can confirm that three have been critically injured and at least 25 injured due to the accident,” S C Shukla, SDM, Jewar district said.
New Delhi, December 24 The Congress’ poor show in Jammu and Kashmir and Jharkhand could be the last straw for party workers who are tired of waiting for the top leadership to take the organization out of the morass it has been pushed into in the last couple of years through a series of electoral debacles both before and after the Lok Sabha polls. There are signs of an impending eruption with two distinct streams emerging in the party, both united in their common motive to goad the leadership to act and break the ennui that continues to grip the organization. To its chagrin, the saffron party has become a king maker in J&K and Prime Minister Narendra Modi seems to be
moving inexorably towards his objective to setting up a Congress-mukt Bharat, using each election to push their party further to the margins ---and perhaps into near oblivion. The next up the chopping block are states like Bihar (2015), West Bengal (2016) and UP (2017) where the party has already been reduced to a fringe player. Though the latest set of defeats were
during its six-year stint in power from 1998-2004, had done its bit to honour right-wing political icons. It named Port Blair airport after Veer Savarkar, who was incarcerated by the British in the cellular jail there. The government also put up an eternal flame in the jail to honour the originator of the idea of Hindutva. This was also done to challenge the leftist and centrist narration of India’s freedom struggle. The move was contested and criticised after the UPA came to power. But Vajpayee’s Bharat Ratna is different. He is one name from the saffron ranks which has few detractors even outside the parivar. The
outgoing chief minister of J&K, Omar Abdullah, against whom the BJP fought a bitter electoral battle, also pushed for a Bharat Ratna to Vajpayee. The only regret Vajpayee’s supporters will have is that he is getting it at a time when his health is very poor – in more or less a vegetative state. He does not talk and is said to express his feelings largely through facial expressions. He, incidentally, had dismissed demands for awarding him the Bharat Ratna when he was PM with his characteristic one liner: how can someone honour oneself? Modi has now done the honours, but the man himself may be past caring.
Assam attacks : PM Narendra Modi sanctions Rs 2 lakh each for kin of deceased
New Delhi, December 24 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday expressed grief over loss of lives in Assam militant attacks and sanctioned exgratia relief of Rs two lakh each to the next of kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 to each of the seriously injured. An amount of Rs 86 lakh is being released to the state government from Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF), a PMO statement said.
Over 25 vehicles involved in Desperate Congress wants a revamp but can Yamuna express highway mega crash Rahul Gandhi get his act together? New Delhi, December 24 Over twenty-five vehicles crashed into each other on Yamuna express highway, due to dense fog conditions on early Wednesday morning, leaving at least three critically injured and 25 injured, authorities said. A dense fog that had blanketed the expressway, on early Wednesday morning, lead to the pile up. The wreckage that
Malaviya, where Modi garlanded his statue. Malaviya’s grandson was one of the eight persons who filed Modi’s nomination papers. The BHU founder’s heritage value for Varanasi is both sentimental and real. The awards come just a day after the BJP won elections to the Jharkhand assembly and made headway in J&K, a state of great emotional value to the BJP. Reason: one of the party’s founders, Shyama Prasad Mookerji, died in Kashmir to bring the state into the mainstream. This has added to the party’s celebratory mood. The Vajpayee government,
expected, it has intensified the woes of party workers and second rung leaders who are bothered more by the fact that their top bosses seem to be paralysed into inaction. Unhappy with the prevailing state of affairs in the party, a group of Congressmen is now toying with the idea of forming a ginger group to express their anguish and protest and demand corrective measures.
“The Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed his grief over the loss of lives in the militant attacks on tribals in Kokrajhar and Sonitpur districts of Assam,” it said. He has sanctioned exgratia of Rs two lakh each to the next of kin of the deceased and Rs 50,000 to seriously injured persons from PMNRF, the statement said. Modi had last night termed as “an act of cowardice” the massacre of tribals by
militants in Assam’s Sonitpur and Kokrajhar districts and said that “our
thoughts and prayers are with the families” of the victims.
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Bakers vie to take the Christmas cake... Theatre director Sohaila Kapur swears by rich plum cakes baked by Mohammed Muslim at his 30-yearold bakery, Bon Bon, in New Friends Colony. Every Christmas, she invariably heads to this bakery to stock cakes made using secret recipes Muslim perfected during his working days at a Saudi Arabian hotel. "Nowadays, everybody uses artificial flavours or packaged premixed ingredients. Muslim, on the other hand, mixes all the dry fruits, herbs and other ingredients in advance and stores them in a large container to marinate nicely, to get the right aroma, texture, colour and taste," she asserts. Christmas has become synonymous with cakes and a plum cake is almost a must-have for the season. This is leading to bakers vying with one another to dish out their best preparations. Cakemaker Arshi Dhupia says even birthday cakes are being given a Christmas makeover. "Superheroes coupled with Santa Claus, snowman or Christmas tree are popular. I recently customized a Chhota Bheem and Santa Claus cake for a birthday party," she says. While puddings, muffins, cakes and rum-soaked plum cakes are in big demand, customized desserts are keeping bakers equally busy. Cake artist Ancy James has been busy giving innovative shapes to Christmas goodies using her 'sugar art' to even prepare four-tier creations. "Apart from regular Christmas dessert boxes and plum cakes, I have been busy designing cakes—some as high as three feet," she says. Ancy is also working overtime to cater to the demand for edible decorative pieces for the Christmas tree. Being calorie-conscious is also no deterrent for cake lovers anymore. In order to facilitate a guilt-free binge, five star outlets, too, are ready to tweak their regular recipes. "This season the focus is on smaller portion size. We have also introduced a range of gluten-free, sugar-free and vegan cakes and desserts to ensure that our guests get to indulge without guilt," Rishabh Anand, pastry chef at The Leela Palace hotel, said. There's no dearth of flavours on offer. Baker Zeba Akram suggests cake lovers go beyond the usual dry fruit variety and actually give strawberry, blueberry, cheese and red velvet cakes a try. Zeba, who has recently started baking, says a lot of people like to gift flowers and cakes this time of year and, as a result, she has orders of cakes pouring in from her nearby florist. "Cupcakes are becoming really popular. Workplaces and schools students order cupcakes as Christmas gifts for colleagues and friends," she says.
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Filmmaker K Balachander cremated Legendary Tamil filmmaker K. Balachander was cremated here Wednesday amid members from film fraternity and thousands of his fans. Police and volunteers had a tough time in controlling the surging crowds. Men and women stood in long queues to have a last glimpse of the thespian, who died at the age of 84, plunging the Tamil film industry into gloom. Balachander’s funeral procession, which began
at around 2 p.m. yesterday (24th December) in a flower-bedecked vehicle from his residence, ended at the Besant Nagar crematorium here. From superstar Rajinikanth to DMK chief M. Karunanidhi, actorturned-politician Vijayakanth to actors such as Vijay, Vikram, Arjun, Sathyaraj, Sarath Kumar, Khushbu, Prakash Raj, Sripriya, Manorama, Srikanth, Sivakumar, Dhanush, Visu, Mohan, T.
Rajendar paid their last
Maharashtra BJP leader demands Bharat Ratna for Asha Bhosle
Sonakshi Sinha, Arjun Kapoor discuss ‘Tevar’ in Ahmedabad Bollywood actors Arjun Kapoor and Sonakshi Sinha were today in Ahmedabad, Gujarat to promote their upcoming Hindi entertainment film Tevar (English: Attitude) directed by Amit Sharma and written by Gunasekhar. The film stars Arjun Kapoor, Sonakshi Sinha and Manoj Bajpayee in lead roles. It is a remake of director Gunasekhar’s 2003 Telugu film Okkadu, starring Mahesh Babu and Bhoomika Chawla. The film is scheduled for release on January 9, 2015. Sonakshi Sinha is on a promotional spree for her upcoming film Tevar. Yesterday, the lady made it to Hyderabad to spread a word about her film clad in a beautiful ensemble by ace designer Tarun Tahiliani. She accessorised the look with beautiful jewels by Prerto and simple silver jootis. The lady recently got her hair chopped and colored to don a new look and no one can deny that she is looking much younger than how she looked with long tresses. She came, she smiled, she posed and left everyone awed. Arjun Kapoor, the male lead of the
According to a report , Salman Khan will be missing from the Weekend Ka Vaar episode of Bigg Boss 8 this Saturday as he will be away celebrating his birthday. This will be the first time across all the seasons of the reality show that he will not be shooting for an episode. Bigg Boss has given him a day off to celebrate his birthday with close friends and family. The Saturday episode will see Kapil Sharma along with Gutthi, Palak and Dadi will be regaling the
inmates with their comedy. The nomination and eviction episode will be pushed by a day and will be shot over Sunday and Monday. Salman who will turn 49 this year, will in all probability, celebrate his birthday at his farmhouse in Panvel. However, host Salman doesn't always has it easy. The actor has often lashed out at the inmates. Let's take a look at 5 such instances when the Dabangg Khan lost his cool.
Telly actor Alpesh Dhakan, famous for his portrayal of Lord Ganesha in the show Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev, will soon start shooting for the Dhollywood film Bas Ek Chance, which will be directed by Kirtan Patel. Talking about it, he says, "It's a good role and I think Kirtan will do a fabulous job with the wonderful cast that we have got. The Gujarati film industry is growing and it's heartening to see some really nice movies being made by the young directors. In the next few years, we can certainly match some of the more powerful regional film industries."
A magistrate’s court here today directed the police to probe a complaint filed by a Hindu organisation against Aamir Khanstarrer film `PK’. The complaint alleges the film hurts the religious sentiments of Hindus. Chief judicial magistrate J even. Check out pictures of D Suthar asked the police Sonakshi in a stunning to file a report within two Tarun Tahiliani look. months. Bhagwati Mandal, the organisation, has demanded a ban on the film. and Shalini who is a The complaint names housewife, though not by Aamir Khan, director Hirani, choice, and the disturbing Rajkumar producers Vidhu Vinod conditions under which she was born. Rahul Bhat Chopra and Siddhartha and Tejaswini Kolhapure Roy Kapur. who play the parents of Kali, were also taken aback a bit when Anurag decided to put the short film out. But Anurag is confident that the short film sets up the viewer in the right way to get a better understanding of the characters before they go and watch Ugly. Ugly releases across Indian cinemas this Friday, December 26, 2014.
KALI-KATHA: THE PROLOGUETO ANURAG KASHYAP’S UGLY Anurag Kashyap has always taken an unconventional and daring path when it comes to his films or their promotions. In what is definitely a first for Indian cinema, the filmmaker released a 5-minute prologue to his keenly anticipated new film Ugly, online on Wednesday. The short film Kali-Katha, specially crafted from the deleted scenes of the film is not a mere teaser, but aims to give audiences an emotional backdrop to the story and characters of Ugly, which is about
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film was missing from the action but Sonakshi totally owned the promotional
the harrowing search for Kali — a young girl kidnapped under m y s t e r i o u s circumstances. Says Anurag, "It's a very dark prologue to the film that talks about the circumstances around the conception of Kali. It explores the uncomfortable truth below the surface of relationships, which we often ignore and refuse to accept". The short film shows the past relationship between Kali's parents — Rahul who is a struggling actor
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Mumbai BJP president and local MLA Ashish Shelar on Wednesday demanded that the renowned singer Asha Bhosle should be awarded the Bharat Ratna. Shelar was speaking at an awards function organised by his NGO Spandan Arts on the occasion of the birth anniversary of late singer Mohammad Rafi. Referring to
announcement of the country's highest civilian honour for the former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and the late Madan Mohan Malaviya, Shelar said it was a welcome decision, and Bhosle should get it next year. Bhosle and Suresh Wadkar were presented an award set up in Rafi's name at the function.
Karisma Kapoor Drapes Herself In Bright Red The touch of black at the border of her saree gave out an extraordinary impression as soon as she stepped on the ramp. The perfect combination of jewellery and the right tint of makeup on Karisma made her look better than the models who walked the ramp at the fashion show. On the other hand, the red saree on this beauty was quite bright.
Sanjay Dutt returns home from jail The actor seemed more relaxed than his last outing in December, 2013 Sanjay Dutt, who is currently serving the remaining of his threeand-a-half-year sentence in a 1993 Bombay blasts case in Pune's Yerwada jail, was granted furlough for 14 days. The actor, who makes a brief appearance in Rajkumar Hirani's PK, was visibly excited to be back as he posed for pictures in front of his plush Bandra residence.
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Mr Modi, why not a Bharat Ratna for the Mahatma ?
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'If we can award Madan Mohan Malaviya who died in 1946, then why not the Mahatma who died in 1948?' 'Why not go a little further back in time and give the award to Rabindranath Tagore who died in 1941?' 'And should we mark Lokmanya Tilak's 100th death anniversary in 2020 by giving him a Bharat Ratna,' asks Amberish K Diwanji. The Narendra Modi government has decided to confer the Bharat Ratna, India's highest award, on Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former prime minister and the stalwart Bharatiya Janata Party leader; and posthumously on Madan Mohan Malaviya, an educationist and politician of yore. The award to Malaviya doesn't make sense. First, Malaviya was
conferred the award on the eve of his 153rd birth anniversary, and 68 years after he expired in 1946. This difference of over two generations between a person's demise and winning an award like the Bharat Ratna sets a dangerous precedent. Will someone be given an award 100 years after his death? Second, and this applies to Malaviya, is that the Bharat Ratna is being conferred on people who were not even alive when this award was first instituted in January 1954. The first Bharat Ratna to be conferred posthumously was on former prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, shortly after he died in January 1966. An award given soon after a
Dense fog in Delhi, 65 trains delayed
Intense foggy weather conditions disrupted train services in Uttar Pradesh, leading to the cancellation of many of them. Northern Railways, in a statement, said that some of the trains have been cancelled and several are running well behind schedule due to dense fog. Cold wave conditions prevailed at a few places over eastern region and many places over western parts of the state in the past 24 hours, a MeT official said. Night temperatures appreciably fell in Varanasi, Faizabad,
Bareilly, Meerut divisions and changed a little in the remaining parts of the state. They were markedly below normal in Faizabad, Kanpur, Lucknow, Meerut divisions and appreciably below normal in Varanasi, Allahabad, Bareilly, Moradabad and Agra divisions. Mercury was recorded lowest at 2.4 degrees Celsius in Muzzafarnagar. MeT department predicted that fog would occur at many places over the state.
11 Christians convert to Hinduism in Kerala VHP intiative In yet another case of conversion since last week in Kerala, eleven persons belonging to three families embraced Hinduism near Kayamkulam in the District on Wednesday under an initiative of Vishwa Hindu Parishad. The ritual for conversion was held at a temple in Keyshavoor near Kayamkulam, VHP leader Prathap G Padikkal said. "Some of these people's ancestors had converted to other religion years ago," he said. A batch of 30 persons belonging to eight families of Scheduled Caste Christians had reconverted in district on December 21. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Oommen
Chandy said the situation in the state on conversion did not warrant a government intervention. Replying to a question on the reconversion, he said "The situation did not warrant a state intervention. "There is no compulsory conversion or reconversion in the state and it will not take place also. If somebody voluntarily takes any decision, what can the government do", he said during media briefing on cabinet meeting in Alappuzha. People of Kerala had been out of this sort of situation and want to have peace and harmony, he said, adding, all sections in the society enjoyed equal rights and dignity in the state.
person's death has a sense of immediacy. The memories are fresh, the sentiments are strong, and the conferring an award is lauded by one and all. That is not so when awards are conferred decades later. This trend of conferring the Bharat Ratna on our great leaders of the past began in 1990 when the then V P Singh government awarded Dr B R Ambedkar 34 years after his death. Then, in 1991, the then P V Narasimha Rao government conferred the award on Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, 41 years after the Sardar had passed into the ages. A year later, the Rao government also sought to confer the Bharat Ratna on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, who had presumably expired on August 18, 1945. However, since Bose's death was never officially confirmed (decades later, many people steadfastly held on to the belief Netaji is still alive), this conferment had to be cancelled. Awarding Dr Ambedkar 34 years after his death and Sardar Patel 41 years later (and seeking to award Netaji 46 years after his presumed demise) seemed political choices. in Dr Ambedkar's case, one can argue that he was eligible because he was
alive when the Bharat Ratna was first instituted. Sardar Patel and Malaviya were not even around. How can they be given awards that didn't exist in their lifetimes? Can anyone be given an award set up years later? Why not go a little further back in time and give the award to Rabindranath Tagore who died in 1941? And should we mark Lokmanya Tilak's 100th death anniversary in 2020 by giving him a Bharat Ratna (how far apart are 68 years and 100 years)? There has to be a limit to going back in time in conferring awards. The best such limit is the year the award was instituted. That is precisely why the Nobel Prize is not given to scientists like Charles Darwin or Antoine Lavoisier or Isaac Newton. It is the reason we do not award the Param Vir Chakra to the Rani of Jhansi or Mangal Pandey. The greatest men and women are immortal because of their work, not because of some award given to them. In fact, the Bharat Ratna has been given to so many people that it holds limited value today. In the years to come, few will remember that Dr Ambedkar or Sardar Patel were given the Bharat Ratna. But no one will forget what they did for
Indians and India. Conferring the Bharat Ratna on Vajpayee is fine, but the Modi government should have found another way of honouring Malaviya. You cannot award a Bharat Ratna to someone who died eight years before the award was set up. Rao erred in 1991, Modi has compounded the mistake in 2014. Finally, before the Lok Sabha election in May 2014, Modi attacked Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi for not conferring the Bharat Ratna on Sardar Patel, seeing it as the vindictiveness of the NehruGandhi dynasty. Modi noted that Nehru and Indira Gandhi had conferred the award on themselves when they were prime minister (the Chandra Shekhar government, supported by the Congress party, conferred the award on Rajiv Gandhi posthumously). But as we can now see, Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi were not petty. They did not confer the award on Sardar Patel simply because he died before the award was set up and was thus ineligible. This was global standard practice. Otherwise, surely Nehru would have conferred the Bharat Ratna on Mahatma Gandhi.
India vs Australia, Boxing Day Test: It’s not really sledging, it’s more banter, says David Warner
Australia’s chirpy opening batsman David Warner has described his team’s mental battles with opponents as banter, not sledging, and says he has no plans to curb the exchanges despite things getting lost in translation occasionally. Australia are renowned for their chatter in the middle, which has often put the team in hot water. Captain Michael Clarke’s menacing warning to England bowler James Anderson to “get ready for a broken … arm” during the Ashes series cost him part of his match fee but won him more than a few admirers among the Australian public.
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The recent death of Australia batsman Phillip Hughes prompted calls by pundits for cricketers to be more civil to each other out in the field of battle. And for three days of the series-opening Test in Adelaide between Australia and India, it appeared the calls had been heeded. Then Warner, as so often before, managed to get under his opponents’ skin. Warner was given an almighty send-off when bowled by paceman Varun Aaron on day four but had the last laugh when the wicket was disallowed after a television replay showed the bowler had overstepped the crease on his delivery. Warner would score two centuries for the match. Since then, it has been ‘game on’ and Warner said on Wednesday more of the same could be expected during the third Test in Melbourne with the hosts carrying a 2-0 lead in the
four-match series. “If it requires a little bit of banter to get the other person talking, that’s what is going to happen,” Warner told reporters. “Some players, they don’t say anything at all, but then when they do, you know you’ve gotten into them and they’re actually listening to you. “You know you’re in their head. “I like to go at them, to try and get them to bite back at me when I go out there and bat. At the moment it’s working.” Warner was sledger-inchief during the Ashes series — even off the field when assessing the struggles of England batsman Jonathan Trott. India has proved a bit of a challenge, though. “It’s quite tough with nations that speak different languages,” Warner said. “The aim for us it’s not really sledging, it’s more banter.”
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The Laadli Media and Advertising Awards for Gender Sensitivity highlights, acknowledge and celebrate the commendable efforts by various media at providing gender-just perspectives,
portrayals and analysis. Vinita is among the 27 journalists selected by the jury from 588 entries received from western region. This year ’s awardees include, Femina magazine, Kunal
Rajnikant Purohit from Hindustan Times, Shwetha Kannan (Afternoon Despatch & Courier), Gujarat Guardian, Himmat Kataria (Abhiyaan), Kamini Sanghvi (Mumbai
You won't believe why this young man from Indore GAVE UP his job worth R 44 lakhs! Indore : On one side where youngsters are competing to find a better job with high salary, there also are people who have left packages worth lakhs just for the social cause. Pratyush Rathore, a pass out from IIT Bombay 2010 batch was working in a company located in Gurgaon. The headquarter of the company was located in New York and he was offered a package of Rs. 44 lakhs along allowance. But to fulfill his dream of teaching
students, he left the job. Even after his parents disagreed, he continued to
provide coaching for IIT entrance test to students for 3 years.
Samachar), Ketan Dave (Nav Gujarat Samay), Kutch Mitra Daily, Bhuvanesh Pandya (Rajasthan Patrika), Suman Kachhawa and Varsha Mirza (Daily News), Mohan Maruti Maskar-Patil (Lokmat), Mrinmayee Ranade (MADHURIMA and Divya Marathi), Vrushali Magdum, Tara Kaushal (Governancenow.in), Dr Abha Sharma (bbc.co.uk/ hindi), 94.3 My FM, Vinayak Gaikwad, Priyanka Desai and Alka Dhupkar (IBN Lokmat). The winners in Special Jury Citation include, Sukhada Tatke (The Hindu), Marisha Shah (Nav Gujarat Samay), Raj Bhaskar (Sadhana Magazine), Hamari Awaaz (Vividha), Dipti Raut and Priyanka Desai (IBN Lokmat). For social awareness, Aditi Desai from Gujarati theatre has been selected for a Special Award.
Ahmedabad G u j a r a t Government is planning to convert around 20 km stretch of Gandhinagar (from RajbhavanAkshardham) to Ahmedabad Airport road in to the express road by total access control by any crossover traffic. The state Road & Building department has proposed project to build new three
new bridges over Sargasan cross road, PDPU cross road and the Narmada canal after the Koba circle for giving access to cross over traffic. The state government has already fenced the road from both the sides and completed the service road on both the sides so commuters will have to use service road only to to access nearby localities and villages.
OBSESSED LOVER, 22, WHO STALKED WOMAN FOR A YEAR HELD A 22-year-old Vejalpur resident who had been relentlessly pursuing a girl for the past one year was arrested by Shahpur police on Wednesday after she lodged a police complaint. Accused Ramakrishnan Ravichandira would call up Vanita, 21, (name changed) frequently and even send mails to her. She was earlier employed with Central Mall in Ambawadi where Ravichandira, a native of Tamil Nadu, too worked as a security guard. When she chose not to respond to his overtures, his harassment only increased to such an extent that one day he
followed her to her house. Fed up with the stalking,she complained to the mall authorities who sacked him immediately. However, that did not put an end to the nuisance. He continued to trouble her, forcing her to leave the job. But Wednesday was the last straw for Vanita. Upon receiving another call from him, she opened up to her parents. With support from her family, she lodged a police complaint against Ravichandira under Section 354 (a) and (d) (outraging woman's modesty and stalking) of the Indian Penal Code.
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Around 400 Ahmedabad residents offer their homes under ‘home stay’ policy Ahmedabad, Around 400 Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar based owners of the decent homes have come forward to offer their homes for tourists to stay under the Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Ltd(TCGL)’s new ‘Home Stay’ policy announced last month. Key officials in the TCGL told that, “we have received around 400
applications from Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar under the home stay policy. We are scrutinizing the properties offered physically who fulfills our criteria. At least half of the applications are likely to be approved within couple of days and they will be given formal registration number and their property details will be uploaded on the website so tourist can avail
three stages around Kankaria lake daily during 6.00-10.00 pm. Entry to Kankaria lake front will be free during Carnival period. R a n g o l i exhibition, wall painting, arms exhibition, puppets show, live characters, blood donation camp, Chhota Bhim, flash mob, aerobics, skilorama, Yoga with music, essay competition, tricycle rally, fancy dress, laughing club, painting competition, police horse and dog show, skating, lady magician, private school band, rock band, Chinese d e l e g a t i o n event(proposed), mega audio visual performance ‘ Naari Vhal ma Vasnari’,
laser show, , dance, play back singing, folk dances, tribal dances, performances by Tamil, Marathi, Keralian, Odia, Bengali,Telugu etc regional groups, skit on cleanliness theme, humar artists performances including performances of Shahbuddin Rathod, Sukhdev Dhamelia, Devraj Gadhvi, Jitu Dwarkawala, Ajay Barot, Mahesh Shastri, Gunvant Chudasama and Sairam Dave, mouth organ event, tabla event, show of musical instruments that are on verge of extinction, performance by differently abled etc are some of the events that are going to take place during Kankaria Carnival – 2014.
Under the home stay policy people will be given special incentives for renting their homes to tourists. The home owners will be given tax exemption and will not be charged any commercial taxes like luxury tax and Municipal tax.
THE CHAOTIC TRAFFIC CONDITIONS OF AHMEDABAD Yatra Suresh Patel Ahmedabad Ahmedabad has one of the most complex traffic situations in the world. Bullock carts, Tongas, cycle rickshaws and push carts.vie, with fast running cars sometimes block traffic for hours. Then there are three wheelers which seem to spring like mushrooms everywhere. Buses and trucks moving at an average speed of 50km/h cause enough accidents as well as traffic blocks. The pedestrians are another source of chaotic traffic conditions in the capital.
The over bridges has most certainly improved the traffic situations to a certain limit, but a lot more is required to be done. The number of vehicles must be reduced for the betterment of traffic system in Ahmedabad. Car pooling is a good option which people should follow. Many countries have a rule that cars having even registration numbers are allowed to ply on particular days in a week while vehicles having odd numbers are allowed to come out on other days. This system may prove very helpful in Ahmedabad
too. Moreover, a separate track can be made for auto rickshaws and cycle rickshaws. As regards VIP movement the government should selfregulate itself. The need of the day is a complete overhaul of the traffic system. The government should seriously look into the matter and come up with rules and regulations befitting the problem. And most importantly, we as citizens must make it a point to follow all the traffic rules and to make Ahmedabad a better and safe city.
Ahead of Vibrant Summit, RSS plans mega show in Hindutva Lab Days ahead of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) and the Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors’ Summit (VGGIS) where Gujarat’s capital is expected to host over 5,000 visitors a day, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) would showcase its strength at a three-day karyakarta shibir to be held in memory of and named after Laxmanrao Inamdar or “Vakil Saheb”, who is also Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mentor. Barely 10 kms away from
where the corporate and technocrat Gujarat will surface before the Indian diaspora at the PBD on January 7-9, followed by the heads of states and world CEOs at Mahatma Mandir
in Gandhinagar during the VGGIS on Jan 11-13, will unfold Bharat – an ancient civilization recreated by the RSS over 100 acres at Naroda’s Dastaan farm, on the outskirts of Ahmedabad.
of PBD, VG summit As many as 6,000 cops from across Gujarat will arrive in capital Gandhinagar for bandobast duty in connection with upcoming mega events – Pravasi Bharatiya Divas(PBD) and Vibrant Gujarat Summit. The police men assigned special duty in state capital will arrive on 4 January, well ahead of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas event. They will camp in Gandhinagar for 10 days.
They will return to their original posting place of posting on 13 January. Rehearsal of VIP bandobast will take place on 5-6 January. Prime Minister who is scheduled to inaugurate Pravasi Bharatiya Divas function on 8 January in Gandhinagar is likely to arrive here on 7 January evening itself. He will later also visit Gandhinagar to inaugurate the Vibrant Gujarat Summit and stay
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their service during Vibrant Summit and Pravasi Bharitiya Divas(PBD) celebration.”
Glimpses of Kankaria Carnival 2014 in pictures 6,000 police men for bandobast
Ahmedabad Kankaria Carnival initiated by former Chief Minister Narendra Modi every year during Christmas in Ahmedabad at Kankaria lake front will kick off tomorrow by Chief Minister Anandiben Patel. The Chief Minister is going to open amusement park – 2 which has new rides that one can enjoy by paying package fee of Rs. 300. Amusement park – 2 has been set up at a cost of Rs. 20 crore. Amusement park – 1 which is already operational charges Rs. 500 package for all rides unlimited. During 25-31 December Kankaria Carnival 2015, cultural events will take place on
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here for entire day. Mahatma Mandir is the main venue of both events. Nearby helipad ground will host a mega exhibition. President and Prime Minister of India, US Secretary of State, Australian and South African Ministers, Guyanese President are among a few thousand guests that are scheduled to visit Gandhinagar during PBD and Vibrant Gujarat summit.
AMTS to use BRTS lane on two stretches
Gujarat University (GU) seems to have taken Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) as 'signing of pact' literally as none of the 31 MoUs it signed during the Vibrant summit two years ago has taken off. Had the varsity sincerely implemented the MoUs, courses on hospitality, hospital m a n a g e m e n t , automobiles, skill-based programmes to help Muslim women gain financial independence and half a dozen students and faculty exchange programmes would have made GU's prospectus lucrative. The pacts were signed with several overseas university, educational institutes and oragnisations. "The varsity officials approached potential parties to sign pacts as GU was given a target for MoUs. The state government asked us to
get the numbers but no word on pursuing them sincerely," said a GU official. However, varsity officials also attribute the failure at implementation level to frequent change in guard as GU saw three vice chancellors in a short span. "Adesh Pal was the vice chancellor and Arvind Bhandari registrar when the pacts were inked. Six months later, Pal quit the office and a new registrar assumed the charge. After Pal, Mukul Shah came who was succeeded by MN Patel. And all this in just one-and-half years. With no stability at the helm of affairs, it's difficult to execute projects," said another varsity official. But Vice Chancellor MN Patel is not only upbeat about fulfilling the commitment made in past but is also hopeful of signing new MoUs in future. "The term for any MoU is three years.
CM to dedicate new BRTS corridors, routes, buses, bus-stations tomorrow Ahmedabad Gujarat Chief Minister will dedicate 8 new BRTS stations of Amdavad Janmarg Limited, 2 new corridors, new routes and 123 high quality AC buses in Ahmedabad on 25 December. According to Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation(AMC), presently 82 km route of BRTS is operational with 160 buses including 60 AC buses in service which daily carry 1.25 lakh passengers. As per prescribed schedule, daily 151 buses are put on road. To cover more areas of city to this network, state Chief Minister will on 25 December inaugurate new routes from BRTS bus station in Kankaria. She will also dedicate new BRTS corridors connecting Zundal with Chandkheda village and Gita Mandir to Shah Aalam. With this, the total length of BRTS corridor in Ahmedabad city will be 87 km. From 26 December, new high quality AC buses will be put in service on new routes. A new corridor between Zundal and Chandkheda has been developed at a cost of Rs. 30 crore while new corridor connecting Gita
Mandir and Shahalam has been developed at a cost of Rs. 70 crore. With this, the BRTS service will be available across the city starting from Bopal approach to Ghuma gam, Naroda ST workshop to Naroda gam, CTM to Hatkeshwar circle, Anjali to Vasna, LD Engineering to Commerce six roads, Visat junction to Vishwakarma engineering college and Science city approach to Sola Bhagwat Vidyapith via Gujarat High Court. With the launch of new routes, Gita Mandir main ST station in Ahmedabad will be connected to BRTS. According to Janmarg Limited, frequency of buses to Kalupur railway station has been increased. For new routes, 123 Tata Marco-polo made AC high quality buses are put in operation. These buses have automatic transmission, further powerful engine and AC facility. In total 248 buses are to be put on
roads considering the present route of BRTS and connections to other routes. This will decrease the waiting time for bus from 8 minutes fo 6 minutes. Routes are planned in a way that maximum one changeover will be needed to reach any station. At present 127 bus stations are in operation. With 8 new bus stations and 10 cabins, total 144 bus stations will be in operation. From 25th December, 16 feeder route buses operated by AMTS will run in BRTS lane on Narol-Naroda cross road. This will decrease burden of AMTS buses in normal traffic lane. Similarly, AMTS bus route number 33, 72 and 142 – in total 35 buses will use BRTS corridor on SarangpurTilakbag stretch of road.Passengers will need to use BRTS bus stand to catch these buses. They will need to take ticket from conductor seating inside the AMTS buse.
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