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While some TV channels have been flashing "breaking news" indicating that a letter of unconditional support has been sent to the PDP, Abdullah himself said it was only a verbal offer. He tweeted: "Looks like PDP is playing mind games with the BJP, leaking about a letter of NC support that doesn't exist. Only a verbal offer conveyed." But verbal or not, his offer is a game-changer. With PDP’s 28, and NC’s 17 (15 MLAs of its own, and two independents elected with its support), the resultant 45-strong coalition will clear the halfway mark of 44 in an 87-seat assembly. If we add the Congress party’s 12, the ménage a trois can form a representative government representing all three regions of J&K, leaving the BJP to suck its thumb in opposition. Of course, one does not know if the "unconditional" support of the NC is really all that unconditional or even serious. It could even be an effort to embarrass the PDP, which is said to be discussing a coalition
with the BJP. The Mufti is caught between the devil and the deep sea. If he rejects the NC's offer, Omar Abdullah will tom-tom his claim that the PDP brought the "Hindu" communal party into government. If he accepts it, he will have to dance to the tune of his main political rival in the valley. Whichever way once looks at it, the NC’s move to lend support to a PDPled government in J&K has implications. If accepted, it may not be a stable arrangement, given mutual antagonisms between the two parties in the past, but it can effectively keep the BJP out of government. In a sense, the Congress is necessary for this alliance to work since otherwise the PDP-NC alliance would be a purely Kashmir Valley-based party. The Congress has some claim to representing Jammu and certainly Ladakh, where it won three of the four seats in the recent assembly elections. Keeping the Congress out means denying any
representation to Jammu and Ladakh. If the PDP actually accepts the NC offer, the BJP may find that it has been outmanoeuvred in the government formation game. But it should accept this with grace. In fact, it will find that, suddenly, the entire opposition space has been opened up for the party. A two-party or three-party coalition of incompatibles will always be unstable, and so the BJP should use
After being nominated by his peers earlier in the day to be the leader of the BJP’s legislative party, Raghubar Das on Friday evening met the Jharkhand Governor and staked claim to form the government, making him in line to be the state’s first non-adivasi chief minister of the state. By nominating Das (59), the BJP seems to be sending out the message
Rajnath Asks CMs for Release of Rs 5 Lakh to 1984 Riot Victims
In a letter to the CMs, the Home Minister mentioned about the need for immediate release of the additional compensation announced by the NDA government to the family members of the victims of the anti-Sikh riots, triggered after the assassination of the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi by two of her Sikh body guards. Of the total 3,325 victims of anti-Sikh riots, 2,733 belonged to the national capital. Others belonged to Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, among others.
Singh also requested the Chief Ministers to inform the Home Ministry about the status of the disbursement of the compensation amount. The move came after the Home Minister himself distributed cheques of Rs 5 lakh each to 17 kin of the riot victims at a function here today, setting the ball rolling for distribution of the compensation across various states. The Home Ministry on Tuesday had set up a committee to examine the possibility of constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) for reinvestigation of the 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases. The Committee, headed
house. A gang-up is something the BJP should be used to. This is what happened to Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 1996, when the BJP emerged as the single largest party, but found the opposition united against it. This led to the formation of a United Front of parties that were completely incompatible with one another. The khichdi lasted all of two years, and in 1998, Vajpayee was back with a
bang as head of a new coalition. The BJP should view the
NC offer to PDP as a godsend to restart work on its Mission 44 plan.
Raghubar Das set to become next CM of Jharkhand; swearing-in on Dec 28
Needed in 2015: Middle-class wealth gains If the economy really bounces back next year, we’ll know because ordinary people will feel it—for the first time in years. So far, we’ve had a five-and-a-half-year recovery that has mainly benefited the wealthy, while the middle class waits for relief to trickle down. The latest evidence of this hardening economic segregation is a Pew Research study showing the wealth gap between the rich and the rest hit the widest levels on record in 2013, the last year for which data is available. The gap probably widened further in 2014, since the stock market performed well—benefiting those lucky enough to have such investments—while housing sputtered and the typical family struggled just to keep up with inflation.
the opportunity to build its presence both in Jammu and the valley, not to speak of Ladakh. The gang-up of valley parties against the BJP, which was second to the PDP only by three seats but marginally ahead in the popular vote, is like a deliberate effort on their part to subvert the mandate, which was in favour of the PDP in the Valley and the BJP in Jammu. But this is unavoidable in any hung
by former Supreme Court Judge Justice (retired) G P Mathur, will submit its report within three months. BJP had earlier demanded reinvestigation into all cases related to the 1984 riots. The Justice Nanavati Commission had recommended reopening of only four of 241 cases closed by police but BJP wanted the reinvestigation of all the other 237 cases. Justice Mathur Committee will look into various grievances relating to the anti-Sikh riots. It was set up after the Home Ministry received a large number of complaints from various individuals and associations.
that it is willing to consolidate the caste Hindu votebank rather than woo adivasis: an adoption of its Chhattisgarh Model; apt, considering the CM designate’s parents migrated from the state. When he takes oath on the morning of December 28, Das will be the 10th CM of Jharkhand and the sixth individual to ascend to the chair. A national vicepresident of the BJP, he won from the Jamshedpur East constituency for the fifth consecutive time with the state’s second-highest majority. Das’s name as the leader of the legislative party was announced around 12.30 in the afternoon after a brief meeting at the party’s headquarters. The BJP’s ally AJSU Party too had a meeting later in the day, formally declaring support for the former and nominating Chandra Prakash Choudhary as its leader in the House. In all, the alliance has 42 legislators the House’s 81 elected members, one
more than the required majority. By having a chief minister in place swiftly – Jharkhand counted its votes on December 23 – the BJP ended all speculation about any rifts within the party, especially concerning the future of former CM Arjun Munda, who lost from Kharsawan. Munda, who initially considered contesting a bye-poll, had held a press conference on Thursday to declare he was not in the race to be CM. Munda’s announcement came after the BJP leadership – president
Amit Shah, to be precise – let Jharkhand-based leaders know in no uncertain terms that Das was his preference. After the party’s parliamentary party meeting on December 24, Das was asked to get all other prospective candidates on board. Accordingly, he met Munda the same day and, former Speaker C.P. Singh and Saryu Rai on Thursday. Singh and Rai then met Munda along with MoS Finance and Hazaribagh MP Jayant Sinha, who came bearing the party leadership’s message. Later, Munda
addressed the press conference. By the time Delhi-appointed observers J.P. Nadda and Vinay Sahasrabuddhe landed in Ranchi on Thursday evening, Das’s supporters were celebrating. At the meeting of the legislative party meeting on Friday, Das’s name was proposed by Khunti legislator Nilkant Singh Munda, currently the seniormost adivasi legislator of the BJP who is considered close to Arjun Munda, and was supported by Singh and Rai.
SpiceJet submits revival plan to government Troubled budget carrier SpiceJet on Friday submitted a revival plan to the government on the basis of a proposed investment of US $200 million from founding promoter Ajay Singh and US-based JP Morgan Chase. "It was a constructive meeting," the airline's Chief Operating Officer Sanjiv Kapoor told reporters after he submitted the plan to Civil Aviation Secretary V
Somasundaran at the Ministry headquarters in New Delhi. He was accompanied by Singh, the original promoter who is reinvesting in the carrier. Maintaining that there was "no outstanding" as of now with any oil marketing company, he said with 18 operational Boeing aircraft, Spicejet was currently flying 230 flights a day. "Spicejet has many well wishers including Ajay Singh," the COO said.
Besides Singh, a fund managed by JP Morgan Chase would also be one of the investors. The potential investors are likely to buy stake from current promoter Kalanithi Maran by infusing US $200 million
within a month to help the airline stay afloat. The airline has already received Rs 17 crore from the investors, official sources earlier said, adding that "it has wiped off all its dues to the oil companies".
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Intelligence agencies must learn to coordinate, improve capacities The world was again reminded this week of the value of whistleblowers like Edward Snowden, whose efforts to create more open societies at great personal risk will eventually strengthen institutions in democracies, including their security services. Classified documents disclosed by Mr Snowden provided the opportunity for New York Times, ProPublica and the PBS to investigate the failures of intelligence agencies concerning the 26/11 Mumbai attacks. Intelligence agencies will have no doubt evaluated what went wrong after the Mumbai attack, but open disclosures like this can generate purposive public pressures for governments and bureaucracy to act on. We now know that a lot went wrong. Intelligence agencies directed high-tech surveillance on important terror suspects but were working in parallels. The British and Indian agencies were tracking Zarrar Shah, “technology chief of the Lashkar-e-Taiba”, but were not coordinating with each other. The Americans missed acting on the tip-off from the wife of LeT’s David Coleman Headley who told officials that the latter was an American terrorist conducting mysterious missions in Mumbai. No one agency had a complete picture of the emerging plot, all agencies missed Headley even while tracking Zarrar. The US warned Indian officials several times that an attack was imminent but they lacked “specific information about the timing or method of attack”. One hopes that intelligence coordination with other countries is a lot more streamlined now after Mumbai, particularly since the LeT is reckoned as a genuine global terror menace which deliberately targets Western nationals. This is imperative owing to the problems (and opportunities) that big data poses to intelligence agencies. Technology allows massive levels of intrusion and generates enormous volumes of data but that is scarcely a guarantor that plots will be uncovered. Data needs to be analysed in real time, pursuing relevant leads and connecting the dots. Governments like India not only need to cover shortfalls in recruitment to intelligence agencies and other security forces, but they ought to place high priority in developing professionals who can sensitively analyse data knowledgeably and sensitively, with ideally a proficiency in language, an awareness of context and a facility for conscious disavowal of stereotyping. Poor professional judgement is ultimately counterproductive in the sphere of law enforcement. And following from Mr Snowden, surveillance regimes must operate within rigorous legal frameworks that balance the competing values of privacy, security and technological advancement. It is a difficult conversation, but one that India must have before a whistleblower comes along
Swine flu claims first life in Delhi A 51-year-old woman succumbed to swine flu in New Delhi, hospital sources said on Friday. The woman passed away two days ago at the Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in the national capital. Also read: Baba Ramdev's beat swine flu formula. The woman, Sushila Goyal, was shifted to the Delhi hospital on December 21 after being diagnosed with the deadly virus in a Ghaziabad hospital in Uttar Pradesh. She reportedly tested positive for swine flu and her condition worsened rapidly. "The patient at the time of admission was in a critical state. She had lung failure and was on a
high frequency ventilator support," said a statement from the hospital. The Delhi health department has provided Tamiflu vaccine to any person who was in contact with the woman, including the hospital staff. Two cases of swine flu have been reported in New Delhi till now.
Aamir Khan's 'PK' earns over Rs 180 crore in first week, beats 'Dhoom 3' record Little did anyone know that Aamir Khan's latest release PK which opened to a decent Rs 26 crore on its first day will go on to beat the previous records he made with Dhoom 3. But he did and how! PK which did not break any opening day records and had a relatively lower opening of Rs 26 crore managed to hold its ground and maintain a constant pace at the box office to become one of the biggest blockbusters of 2014. Aamir who had previously recorded a staggering first week collections of over Rs 175 crore with Dhoom 3 beat his own record by overtaking it with PK.. The film scaled high in the weekends and maintained a constant pace during the weekdays earning in the range of Rs 20 crore averagely each day therefore. While other films usually witness a sharp drop during the weekdays, Aamir's PK did not witness such a big drop and given that
Thursday was a Christmas holiday, collections scaled right up. PK earned around Rs 30 crore on Christmas and with that, the total collections in the first week itself has turned out to be a mammoth Rs 183 crore which has helped it emerge as the biggest blockbuster of 2014. Now, its a given that the film will easily surpass Shah Rukh Khan's Happy New Year collections (Rs 203 crore) and Salman Khan's Kick
(Rs 233 crore) and emerge as the biggest blockbuster of the year. If the film continues to rake in good moolah and knowing that it still has two more weeks of almost free run at the box office, without much of a competition, PK might also surpass Dhoom 3's lifetime record which is around Rs 280 crore. Who knows like the 100 and 200 crore club, Aamir might yet again introduce the 300 crore club in Bollywood!
Malaika Arora Khan proves she is the hottest mom in Bollywood She started off her career as a model and then became a popular face with her stint on small screen with shows like Love Line and Style Check. She then set the big screen on fire with her item songs, but Malaika Arora Khan’s popularity reached on an all-time high with her sexy dance number Munni in Dabangg in 2010. Since then the actress is noticed not just for her work or social appearances but for her impressive style statements too. The stunning mother has a body to die for and a fashion sense which makes her top the list of Bollywood hotties today.
The lady made heads turn yet again when she reached to launch the latest product by Maxim, in Mumbai on Sunday. Dressed in a black and white floor touching gown, Malaika looked
Shah Rukh Khan to choose between Rohit Shetty and Rahul Dholakia?
Bollywood mines hits out of women-centric films in 2014
In a year when money ruled the marquee with big stars opting for blockbusters, some remarkably content-driven women-centric movies made a big splash in Bollywood. Unlike the over-hyped star-studded films tailormade to pull more audience to theatres, these films balanced their 'masala' quotient with good content. 2014 saw over a dozen mainstream femaleoriented films hitting the screen, perhaps the largest in the decade, making it a very encouraging period for women in Bollywood.. Filmmakers too did not shy away from giving their heroines authorbacked, meaningful and unconventional roles in coming-of-age stories like 'Queen' 'Highway', 'Mary Kom' and 'Khoobsurat',
every bit of gorgeous with tied hair, statement earrings and dark lips. The lady proved to be the show stealer grabbing major eyeballs at the event, which was also attended by a bevy of other models.
which emerged winners. The year started positively with Abhishek Chaubey's 'Dedh Ishqiya', a tale about two women and their wacky love-lorn suitors (Naseeruddin Shah and Arshad Warsi). The January release had a decent run at the boxoffice, partly due to Madhuri Dixit's return to Bollywood and also due to the 'feel-good' Urdu 'shayari'. A woman film in its own right, it saw an excellent camaraderie between Dixit (Begum Para) and her companion Huma Qureshi (Muniya) while touching upon the LGBT community. This was followed by Madhuri-Juhi Chawla starrer 'Gulab Gang' (released on March 8). The film revolved around an all-female vigilante group led by activist Sampat Pal in Bundelkhand (UP) but it
was not exactly a box office success. This was followed by Madhuri-Juhi Chawla starrer 'Gulab Gang' (released on March 8). The film revolved around an all-female vigilante group led by activist Sampat Pal in Bundelkhand (UP) but it was not exactly a box office success. In August, came RaniMukherjee starrer 'Mardaani' which broke into the male bastion touching on the ugly world of child trafficking. Rani played a tough cop chasing a sex trade kingpin in thE hardhitting film, which was praised for its tight and compelling narrative. Her performance as a nononsense Mumbai crime branch officer lent strength to her character. A month later, another film which celebrated woman power was Omung Kumar's inspiring biopic on five-time female World Boxing champion Mary Kom with Priyanka Chopra in the lead. Not only was Chopra's p o w e r h o u s e performance as the Olympic boxer appreciated by critics and audience alike, the film did a good job at the ticket windows too.
No nothing serious! There are two directors’ scripts
which are being worked on to satisfy Shah Rukh
Khan as soon as possible. There is a sort of competition between the Raees director Rahul Dholakia and Rohit Shetty. An industry source reveals, “Shah Rukh has to take a call between Rohit’s film and Raees before March 2015, as he immediately wants to start shooting for his next after completing Fan. And both the directors are trying to complete the scripts as soon a poosible,so that Srk can make choice between the two and which film he wants to starts first”.
Only Raj Kumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Aamir Khan can make films like ‘PK': Sanjay Dutt
Actor Sanjay Dutt, who is out from jail on a 14day furlough, saw his latest release ‘PK‘ at a special screening and loved it. Happy about its success, he says none other than the trio Raj Kumar Hirani, Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Aamir Khan could have made a film as “honest” as this. “It is such an honest film,
a film with so much of heart and truth and that’s the reason it is such a big hit. I think only Raju, Vidhu and Aamir can make such films,” the actor said here Thursday at the film’s screening, which was organised especially for him. Directed by Hirani and co-produced by Hirani and Vidhu Vinod
Chopra, ‘PK’ features Aamir as an alien. The film takes a hard-hitting swipe on organised religion, god and godmen. Sanjay also has a role to play in ‘PK’, which hit screens Dec 19, and crossed the Rs.100-crore mark within four days of its release. It is still going strong at the box office.
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Over 75,000 take shelter in relief camps in Kokrajhar; Army goes all-out against NDFB (S) rebels in Assam Even as normal life across Assam came to a grinding halt due to a 12-hour bandh called by several organizations to protest and condemn the brutal killing of over 75 persons in the recent spate of violence carried out by the NDFB(S) faction, security forces on Friday intensified their operations, going all out against the militants. In New Delhi, Army chief Dalbir Singh announced deployment of 66 columns of troops in northern Assam in order to intensify operations, while troops of other central armed police forces like the CRPF, ITBP, and SSB also fanned out especially to areas along the IndoBhutan international border and the AssamArunachal inter-state boundary. Though no fresh incident of violence was reported since Thursday, police recovered a couple of bodies in Kokrajhar district, taking the death toll in the recent violence to 75. Three persons were killed when police opened fire in Dhekiajuli on Wednesday to disperse protesters who had turned into a mob. Panic-stricken villagers however continued to flee their homes to seek shelter in safe places, with the number rising to more
than 80,000 Friday. In Kokrajhar district alone, over 75,000 people have left their villages and taken shelter in schools, clubs and other places closer to highways and police stations. Kokrajhar deputy commissioner Thaneswar Malakar said the authorities have opened 53 relief camps in the district, 26 of them in the Gosaigaon sub-division and 27 in Kokrajhar subdivision. “The people have fled their homes out of panic,” the deputy commissioner said. Over 7,500 people are lodged in camps in Sonitpur district. The people include members from both Adivasi as well as Bodo communities. At least 30 people were killed in Kokrajhar and 40 in Sonitpur, most of them Adivasis, in Tuesday’s attack by the NDFB(S). Meanwhile, the army is carrying out intensive area domination of the violence-affected areas to stabilize the situation and infuse a sense of confidence and security among the people. Guwahati Defence PRO Lt Col Suneet Newton said Commanders located in different districts were keeping a close watch on the ground situation and sending out troops to the interior areas.
create confidence among the people. A delegation of the committee also visited some of the camps. A 12-hour bandh on the other hand crippled normal life, with protesters blocking highways and railway tracks, in the
process causing damage to a number of government and private vehicles including oil tankers. Over 200 protesters were also arrested during the day. Normal life in Guwahati was disrupted too.
Sushma Swaraj on 3-day visit to S Korea from Sunday
New Delhi External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj will travel to Seoul on Sunday on a three-day visit during which India and South Korea will discuss ways to boost cooperation in key sectors like nuclear energy, trade and investment and defence, particularly in ship building. Swaraj will co-chair the 8th Joint Commission meeting with her South Korean counterpart Yun Byung-se which will take stock of entire gamut of bilateral relationship besides focusing on ways to enhance ties in a range of areas. In tune with the government's priority for speedy economic growth, the External Affairs Minister will seek greater investment by Korean companies by participating in the Make in India initiative in a big way. External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said Andaman and Nicobar government was Islands and the south-east "extremely keen" that coast especially Tamil Nadu. Reason being absence of a Tsunami monitoring and warning system. Now, a decade after, INCOIS presents a story CHENNAI: Sleuths of the of a country clueless about central crime branch of the such a natural disaster to Chennai police on Friday becoming an authority on morning arrested the chief tsunami warning catering not operating officer (COO) just to India but to whole of of Sun TV, C Praveen, on harassment the north Indian Ocean sexual region. Set up in 2007 here complaints filed by a under the Ministry of Earth former staff of the Sciences it has a ground television network. station (with a radar receiving Police teams stormed into data from various satellites his house in Anna Nagar including Oceansat-2) and at 5am and picked him up. the Indian Tsunami Early Preethi Sivan (name Warning Centre initially changed), a former staff of operating 24x7, which Surya TV, a sister concern of Sun TV, filed the initially started in 2005. INCOIS partners with complaint against him. several top institutions like Preethi quit her job five months ago following ISRO, IMD.
India's eyes on the ocean: scientists who watch out for tsunamis
“The word tsunami was totally unheard of to the public and its description used to be just a para or two in our course. A research paper proposal on Tsunami would sure have attracted lot of laughter then,” says Dr Shenoi, director of INCOIS--Indian National Centre of Ocean Information Services--in Hyderabad. This scenario changed from December 26, 2004 when the terrifying waves from Bay of Bengal introduced us to a natural disaster till then only identified with Japan. Giant waves of up to five metres lashed at towns and villages on the shore with sea water inundating up to one km inland. An estimated 16,000 people died on that day in
In Kokrajhar, a peace committee was constituted on Friday by the district authorities, with leaders of student bodies and socio-cultural and literary organizations of both Bodo and Adivasi communities in order to
Korean shipyards participate in India's ship building activities including in the defence sector in which 49 per cent FDI is allowed. "We welcome Korean participation in defence manufacturing joint ventures and to participate in our defence acquisition programmes. We feel that such cooperation will engender an ecosystem that will help both India and Korea in this important sector," he said. He said nuclear cooperation is likely to figure in talks between Swaraj and Korean leaders as both the countries have already identified possible areas of engagement including on next generation reactors.
"The last discussion that we had with the Republic of Korea was in December during which there was a fairly detailed exchange of views on what would be the areas in which that we can see cooperation in the field of civil nuclear cooperation. "We identified these as research and development, training of our scientific personnel and working together on next generation reactors," the spokesperson said. He said expansion of trade ties will be a major focus area. Currently 300 Korean companies have invested approximately USD 3 billion and have employed nearly 40,000 people in India. During her stay, Swaraj will have meetings with Minister of National Defence, Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy, the National Security Advisor and leading Korean industrialists. She will also call on South Korean President Park Geunhye.
Sun TV COO arrested on sexual harassment charges alleged sexual harassment by him. She submitted a complaint to police against Praveen for harassing her continuously. She submitted the WhatsApp conversation, messages and call records to police along with her complaint to substantiate
her claim. Chennai police commissioner S George forwarded the complaint to the CCB to probe further. Preliminary inquiries confirmed that Preethi had suffered physical and mental torture.
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SPORTS ROUND India vs Australia, Boxing Day Test: Tongue, cheek and skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni Two of your senior lieutenants in the team have allegedly had a public spat. They’ve been at each other’s throats. One has accused the other of being a wimp. There’s ‘unrest’ in the camp. There’s apparent mutiny. The leadership has come under question. “How could a captain with such experience let a situation escalate to such an extent?” they all want to know. Most leaders would have gone into their shell. Some would have come out with all guns blazing. A few might even have avoided facing the media glare. Almost all would have sulked. MS Dhoni chose to indulge in satire. It was almost as if he was waiting to be given a platform to show off his wholesome wit. It was inevitable that he would be asked about the reported face-off between Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan before the fourth day’s play at the Gabba. Even Dhoni would have known that. But he was ready, as always. “Yeah actually that was the case. Virat used a knife and he stabbed Shikhar. When he recovered out of that we pushed him out to bat,” he said with a smirk. He was joking of course.
But to his credit, he kept on the kind of poker-face that would do many a stand-up comedian proud. Dhoni wasn’t done of course. “These are all stories Marvel-Warner Bros should pick them up and make a movie out of it. I don’t know where it comes from. Someone from the team has actually told you this it will be interesting if you give us the name of the individual who said this, because his imagination is really brilliant and he should be
working for Warner-Bros movie company,” Dhoni added. He then plainly declared, though still in a jovial tone, “He doesn’t deserve to be in our dressing room because he has created something that hasn’t been there at all.” You could imagine the last part sending a chill up the spine of whoever the player was Dhoni was referring to. For, there has always existed an Omerta code in Dhoni’s team, where loyalty to the authority is of utmost importance.
Pakistani forces kill key planner of Peshawar school massacre ISLAMABAD: A key Taliban commander, who had facilitated the Peshawar school massacre, has been killed in an anti-terror operation in Pakistan's tribal region bordering Afghanistan. Officials identified the slain terrorist as Saddam and added he was killed in a gunfight with armed forces
in Khyber tribal area bordering Peshawar on Thursday night. "Commander Saddam was a dreaded terrorist, who was killed in an exchange of fire with the security forces in Jamrud town of Khyber tribal region," local official Shahab Ali Shah told journalists in Peshawar.
Rupee falls for third day, down 6 paise Continuing its descent for the third straight session, the Indian rupee on Friday declined by six paise to close at 63.57 against the Greenback following sustained month-end dollar demand from importers and capital outflows. A modest recovery in local equities, however, capped the rupee fall to some extent while dollar index was almost stable in overseas market in thin trade. At the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) market, the domestic currency resumed better at the day’s high of 63.45 a dollar from its previous close of 63.51. However, it later fell back on continued month-end dollar demand from importers, mainly oil refiners, and persistent capital inflows to a low of 63.70. It recovered some ground to settle at 63.57, showing a fall of six paise or 0.09 per cent. In a lacklustre trade on Friday, the benchmark S&P BSE Sensex today edged up by 33.17 points, or 0.12 per cent, breaking
two-day declining trend. FPIs sold shares worth Rs 2,808.27 crore on December 24, as per provisional data. Pramit Brahmbhatt, Veracity Group CEO, said, “...Indian Rupee traded weak and depreciated by six paise, taking cues from FIIs profit booking and dollar demand from oil companies. The trading range for the spot rupee is expected to be within 63.20 to 64.00.” In the forward market, premia continued to trade weak on sustained receipts by exporters. The
benchmark six-month premium payable in May declined to 189.5-191.5 paise from 192.75-194.5 paise previously. Forward contracts maturing in November 2015 dropped to 394.5-396.5 paise from 399.5-401.5 paise. The Reserve Bank of India fixed the reference rate for dollar at 63.6355 and for euro at 77.7435. The rupee moved down further to 98.93 against the pound from 98.72 and softened further to 77.48 per euro from 77.44. It, too slipped to 52.85 per 100 Japanese yen from last close of 52.73.
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Himmatnagar: CBI chargesheets IOB 123 AC automatic transmission Tata Jamnagar youths make branch manager for cheating bank world’s longest flute buses put on roads of Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad The CBI has filed a charge sheet against a Gujaratbased branch manager of Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) and three others for allegedly cheating the bank to the tune of Rs 2.5 crore. In its charge sheet filed before a Special CBI court in Ahmedabad, the agency has charged the branch manager and his accomplices with criminal conspiracy, cheating, forgery and under
provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The agency has accused them of conspiring to cheat Indian Overseas Bank, Himmatnagar Branch, Sabarkantha (Gujarat), and causing an alleged loss to the tune of Rs 2.53 crore, a CBI spokesperson said here today. Speaking on the allegations, the CBI spokesperson said, “The branch manager, in
conspiracy with the private persons, sanctioned agricultural term loans for making Green House projects without obtaining any document.” “However, no such Green House projects were undertaken at all and the loans were disbursed without following the laid down banking norms. An alleged loss of Rs 2.53 crore (approx) was caused to the bank,” the spokesperson added.
Ahmedabad Tata Motors today flagged off 123 new air conditioned (AC) buses in Ahmedabad, equipped with automatic transmission. These buses are in addition to the order bagged by Tata Motors for 3,200 buses under the JnNURM phase II scheme and are meant to reduce driver fatigue and provide for a superior commuting experience, Tata Motors
said in a statement. “These air conditioned buses with automatic transmission are most suitable for BRTS operations and have been developed for the first time for Janmarg,” Tata Motors Vice President, Defence & Government Business, Vernon Noronha said. Automatic transmission in buses will reduce driver fatigue, improve a c c e l e r a t i o n , manoeuvrability and
overall passenger comfort and experience, and more revenue earnings per bus, he added. The buses, built by Tata Marcopolo, are being operated by private operators Maruti Travels and Chartered. Tata Motors is the country’s largest automobile company, with consolidated revenues of Rs 2,32,834 crore in 2013-14.
Jamnagar The city of Jamnagar is all set to break another world record. An artist here on Thursday played 11.11 ft long flute which is claimed to be the longest flute in the world. The longest flute was demonstrated in a public function on Thursday at Khijda mandir during the Golden Jubilee function of Pranami Dharma Acharya Pith. Thousands of people had gathered to listen to the music played
using world’s longest flute, and the song played on this flute was India’s national anthem. According to organizers, this flute has been made after one and half month long efforts by a group led by Kinjal Karsaria. According to Kinjal, the existing record of world’s longest flute is enjoyed by China with a 10.6 ft long flute. Jamnagar based serial world record breaker Bharatsinh was present on this occasion.
Ahmedabad-Guangzhou sister city pact: Kankaria Carnival 2014 kicks off, CM dedicates WOES OF A VADAJ new amusement park, BRTS buses, routes Chinese troupe performs at Kankaria Carnival Ahmedabad A troupe of 30 Chinese artists is in Ahmedabad to perform at Kankaria Carnival. Chinese artists were welcomed by city Mayor during the inauguration function of Kankaria carnival today evening in presence of Chief Minister Anandiben Patel. Chinese troupe performed dance sequences on stage. While state-specific regional performances are part of Kankaria Carnival
every year, today it was for the first time that any foreign group gave performance. This has become possible due to Ahmedabad city’s sister-city MoU with Chinese city Guangzhou during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Ahmedabad in recent past. Visit of Chinese troupe to Kankaria Carnival was confirmed during Ahmedabad Mayor’s China visit recently. Kankaria Carnival is
organized every year during 25-31 December at Kankaria lake front site. It was then Chief Minister Narendra Modi who redeveloped historical Kankaria lake and gave gift of Kankaria Lake front to city. Kankaria Carnival was also initiated by him. During Kankaria Carnival, entry to Lake front area is free. From morning to late in the evening, number of events and programmes take place during Kankaria Carnival.
Gujarat: encounter-accused cops learn spoken Sanskrit in jail Ahmedabad IPS officers P P Pandey and D G Vanzara, accused in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case, today completed a course in Sanskrit-speaking at the Sabarmati central jail here. “We trained around 250 prisoners of the Sabarmati central jail through our ten-day Sanskrit-speaking course. Vanzara and Pandey also participated in the course,” coordinator of the NGO Samskrita Bharti (which had organized the course) Sukumar Trivedi said. “Today was the last day of the course. Vanzara gave a 30-minute speech in Sanskrit,” he said. “Pandey sahab also spoke in Sanskrit and said a person who can speak this language can never commit any crime, as Sanskrit connects hearts. Pandey sahab also said that it teaches us the spirit of universal brotherhood,” said Trivedi. Pandey, who is behind the bars since August last year, has sought bail in the Ishrat case on the ground that CBI had not produced any substantial evidence against him. Pandey was the joint commissioner of police (crime) in Ahmedabad, when Ishrat, a Mumbaibased student, Javed Shaikh alias Pranesh Pillai, Amjad Ali Rana and Zeeshan Johar were
gunned down by crime branch sleuths on the outskirts of the city on June 15, 2004. According to CBI, it was a staged encounter. Vanzara has been named in Ishrat as
well as Sohrabuddin Sheikh and Tulsi Prajapati encounter cases. He is in jail since April 2007. He has, however, got bail in Sohrabuddin and Tulsi Prajapati encounter cases.
TUITION CLASSES OUTSHINE MARKETS Private tuition has become a multi-billion rupee industry, recording a growth of 35 per cent in the last five years in India. Parents' and students' conviction that only such coaching classes will help them secure good marks in board exams and crack medical and engineering entrance tests is only giving them a boost and encourages their promoters to raise the fee by up to 10 per cent every year. The size of private coaching industry in India was about $ 23.7 billion (about Rs 1.5 lakh crore) in 2013 and is likely to touch $ 40 billion (about Rs 2.4 lakh crore) next year 2015. The growth rate is much higher than the Indian market is growing or the Bombay Stock Exchange's Sensex has grown in recent years. In the city, the fee for class 11 science stream starts at Rs 15,000 a subject and it could rise to Rs 25,000 for personal tuition in subjects like biology, physics, chemistry and
mathematics, an Assocham study has found. Alarmed at the coaching classes' growing influence, school principals suggest a regulating authority that can work as a watchdog on the 'industry'. The report shows that a majority of middle class parents have been spending one-third of their monthly income on private tuitions. Ramesh Mishra, who has paid Rs 2.5 lakh for his son's IIT-JEE and class 12 coaching said, "I have taken a personal loan to pay the tuition fee. Schools provide quality education but coaching classes give more resultoriented education. I don't mind paying high fee if it helps my son crack IITJEE." A doctor, who did not want to be named, said, "I want my daughter to crack medical entrance exam to get into a good institute. I will not mind paying high fee because if she does not study in a good coaching class, she may not be able crack the entrance.
BRTS PASSENGER
Ahmedabad A week long Kankaria Carnival was inaugurated by state Chief Minister on Thursday at Kankaria lake front. The Chief Minister opened amusement park – 2. The Chief Minister also opened new routes, busstands and 123 new buses of Bus Rapid Transit System(BRTS) Amdavad Janmarg. During 25-31 December, as part of the Kankaria Carnival, cultural programmes will take place on three stages around Kankaria lake during 6.00-10.00 pm. Entry to Kankaria lake front is free during
Carnival period. Rangoli exhibition, wall painting, arms exhibition, puppets show, live characters, blood donation camp, Chhota Bhim, flash mob, aerobics, skillorama, 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, humor 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 part of the Kankaria Carnival – 2014.
State leaders and city fathers never tire of flaunting BRTS. And why shouldn't they? The project has been hailed as hugely successful and has bagged several awards nationally and internationally. If only it also addressed the plight of passengers from Vadaj and Rama Pir no Tekro or those going there. The stands have problems galore. Passengers and staff have complained to officials concerned several times but the issues have
festered for almost 18 months. Electricity supply has been irregular at Rama Pir no Tekro for about a year-and-a-half, automated entry-exit door remains open all through, and computers, tubelights and other electrical gadgets have been vandalised. It depends on street lights for illumination. Also, enveloped in darkness, the bus stand is frequented by drunken people who have assaulted the staff on duty several times.
Delhi doctor 'trained acid attackers'
CM to dedicate Rs. 6,247 lakh development works in Junagadh Junagadh Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel will on Saturday, December 27 visit Junagadh city and dedicate/perform groundbreaking of 73 development works worth Rs. 6,247 lakh. During her visit to Junagadh, Chief Minister will also flag off Beti bachao-Swachch Bharat awareness mega rally. She will also address
gathering of women and
parents.
Gujarat Police now having Harley Davidson bikes (in pictures) Ahead of the Vibrant Gujarat Summit-2015, the Gujarat Police has purchased 225 Bolero white jeep cars. Many of these vehicles will be used for the Vibrant summit, after which they will be sent to districts. About 225 large vehicles will be used to transport the police force.
Gujarat police has also purchased 350 bikes, 23 of which are to be distributed to Gandhinagar police. Police now also posses some Harely Davidson super bikes – each pricing Rs. 715 lakh in its possession. They will be used for escorting and piloting of VIP
convoys. Here are t h e pictures of Gujarat Police bikes, viral on social media.
The Hippocratic Oath has been much abused in recent years. Now in the latest appalling violation, an M.B.B.S degree holder from a prominent medical college in Russia’s Saint Petersburg has admitted hiring two juveniles to throw acid on a fellow doctor after she spurned his advances. Mail Today had reported on Wednesday that the victim, a senior resident doctor at the Employees’ State Insurance (ESI) hospital, was attacked in West Delhi’s Rajouri Garden area on Tuesday. Preliminary reports suggest that her right eye may have been damaged in the attack. She is undergoing treatment at AIIMS, where her condition has reportedly
slightly improved. The Delhi Police, meanwhile, claimed to have cracked the case on Thursday with the arrest of four persons, including the doctor and the two juveniles he allegedly hired. According to sources, Dr Ashok Yadav decided to teach the woman a lesson when she rejected him, and hired the two juveniles to throw acid on her by offering them Rs 25,000. The 32-year-old doctor allegedly trained them for fifteen days on how to spray acid on her face using an injection. Investigations have revealed that the conspiracy was hatched by Dr Yadav along with his friend, Vaibhav (20), around 40 days ago.
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