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News Brief US slaps sanctions against Dawood Ibrahim's brother Washington, Jan 16 The US today slapped sanctions against two Indians, including a brother of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim, and a Pakistan-based paper company for their ties with D Company. Designation of two long-time members of D Company, Shaikh Anis Ibrahim Kaskar (Anis Ibrahim), the brother of Dawood Ibrahim, and Aziz Moosa Bilakhia (Bilakhia), comes less than a fortnight before US President Barack Obama's visit ot India.
CBI registers murder case against a former UP CMO New Delhi, Jan 16, CBI has registered a case against a former Chief Medical Office of an Uttar Pradesh district in connection with the murder of his subordinate health official, which is believed to be related to the NRHM scam in the state. CPI veteran A B Bardhan hospitalised in Nagpur Nagpur, Jan 16 A B Bardhan, former secretary general of CPI, was admitted in a private nursing home here following an increase in his blood pressure. His condition was stated to be stable. "Comrade Bardhan, who was here to attend the party's national executive, suddenly took ill and was exhausted due to the hectic schedule," said Mohan Sharma, his close associate.
PM conveys support to stronger economic ties with Japan New Delhi, Jan 16 Prime Minister Narendra Modi today expressed his strong support for closer economic ties with Japan and conveyed his greetings to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for his recent victory in general elections. Modi conveyed his support when visiting Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida, who arrived here today on a two-day visit, called on the Prime Minister and discussed issues of mutual interest.
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After KiranBedi, ShaziaIlmi joins BJP Ilmi joins BJP a day support "forced" conversions and that BJP after former Team Anna has nothing to do with the member and ex-IPS officer KiranBedi entered the matter.
ranks of the saffron outfit with BJP saying that she will contest the February 7 Assembly polls.
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New Delhi, Jan 16: Former AamAadmi Party (AAP) leader ShaziaIlmi today joined the BJP, but said she is not keen on contesting the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections. "After being defeated in last Assembly elections and subsequently in
general elections, I don't want to fight this election. However, I will follow the party's instructions, but I want my party to respect my wish," said Ilmi, a long-time associate of AAP chief ArvindKejriwal. Earlier in the day, Ilmi met BJP President Amit
politics of identity. "There is indeed a new political discourse in the country, earlier politics was all about identity. It is time to create a new civil identity. "New blueprint of BJP stands for change and development. I was inspired by Prime Minister NarendraModi that's why I am joining BJP," she said. Meanwhile, on the issue of alleged conversions carried out September 15, 2014. EC had on recently by some groups, November 28 issued Ilmi said she does not showcause notices to 20 political parties, including Congress, BJP and Aam Aadmi Party, for failing to file their poll expenditure New Delhi, Jan 16: statements for these Petrol price was today elections within the cut by Rs 2.42 per litre and stipulated timeframe. diesel by Rs 2.25 a litre EC had also warned after an excise duty hike these parties that it would limited the benefit of global withdraw their recognition crude prices slumping to if the statements were not six-year low. filed and sent to it within The reduction would the next fortnight. have been almost double As per rules, political but for the government parties are required to file also raising excise duty by their election expenditure Rs 2 per litre on both petrol statements within 75 days and diesel today. of Assembly elections Cutting price. while the deadline in case ReutersCutting price. of Lok Sabha polls is 90 Reuters days This is the ninth Shah and its General Secretary (organisation) Ram Lal and Delhi BJP P r e s i d e n t SatishUpadhayay, among others. Hailing a new "political discourse" in the country, she said that it was time to go beyond the
BJP spent over Rs.714 cr, Congress Rs.516 cr in 2014 elections New Delhi, Jan 16: BJP and Congress spent over Rs.714 crore and Rs.516 crore respectively in 2014 general elections and recent Assembly polls in various states. According to latest data of Election Commission (EC), both the national parties' expenditure in 2014 Lok Sabha polls and Assembly election in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim is way ahead of the spendings by recognised national parties like NCP (over Rs.51 crore) and BSP (more than Rs.30 crore). While the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) spent a total of Rs.7,14,28,57,813, the Congress shelled out Rs.5,16,02,36,785. Both the parties have recently submitted their expenditure statements to the EC, well beyond the stipulated deadline of August 2014. The EC, in November last, had issued showcause notices to both the national parties and few other regional parties in this regard. EC records state that while the BJP filed its statement on January 12 this year, the Congress submitted the same to the poll-panel on December 22, 2014. The data pertains to six recognised national political parties of BJP,
Congress, BSP, CPI, CPI (M) and the NCP. The NCP spent over Rs.51 crore while BSP stated that it spent over Rs.30 crore for the same polls exercise in 2014r. According to the data, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) spent a total of Rs.51,34,44,854 in these polls followed by Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) with an expenditure of Rs.30,05,84,822. CPI (Marxist) incurred an expenditure of Rs.18,69,18,169. The EC has not shared the expenditure made in this regard by CPI even though it said that the party had submitted the relevant information to it on
OMCs cut petrol price by Rs 2.42, diesel Rs 2.25; Centre hikes excise duty
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj holds talk with Turkish counterpart New Delhi, Jan 16: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and her Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu held talks on a range of bilateral, regional and global issues on Friday. They spoke in favour of stepping up the two-way engagement in diverse areas. Both the leaders reviewed the bilateral relationship and felt the ties need to be enhanced further. Swaraj had earlier been invited by the Turkish Foreign Minister to address the Seventh Turkish Ambassadors Conference but was unable to go because of
Paris: A week after the terror attack here, it is being reported that another hostage situation has surfaced at a post office west of Paris. The initial reports coming in state that at least three people have been taken hostage, however, conflicting reports say it is yet to be ascertained if the situation is of a terrorist nature. According to news reports, police said the man holding people hostage might be mentally unstable. An attack on Charlie Hebdo office in Paris by two gunmen last week left 12 people dead.
relationship. Several bilateral agreements and institutional mechanisms, at the governmental as well as business-to-business levels provide the framework for strengthening economic and commercial ties. More than 150 companies with Indian the Pravasi Bhartiya capital have registered Diwas earlier this month. businesses in Turkey in the India and Turkey form of joint ventures, trade have deep historical and representative offices. connections. The These include Polyplex, economic and GMR Infrastructure, TATA commercial cooperation Motors, Mahindra & between the two Mahindra, Reliance, Ispat, countries has deepened Aditya Birla Group, over the years and Tractors and Farm constitutes an important Equipment Ltd, Jain dimension of the bilateral Irrigation, Wipro and Dabur.
straight reduction in petrol prices since August, and fifth in diesel since October. New rates will be effective midnight tonight, Indian Oil Corp., the nation's largest fuel retailer, announced in New Delhi. In Delhi, petrol will cost Rs 58.91 a litre, the lowest in 44 months, as compared to Rs 61.33 a litre now. Similarly, diesel
will cost Rs 48.26 a litre in Delhi, the lowest since April 2013, as against Rs 50.51 currently. This is the fourth hike in excise duty since November and cumulatively customers have been denied the benefit of Rs 7.75 per litre reduction in petrol and Rs 6.50 a litre cut in diesel rates that was warranted due to the slump in oil price
TCS Says 'Well Prepared' for Next Fiscal Year New Delhi, Jan 16: A day after, India's biggest IT outsourcer TCS reported third quarter earnings in line with Street estimates, its management said the company is well prepared for the next fiscal year 2015-16 starting April. "We have done well this year, still we are
delivering the best growth in the industry and we will continue to leverage all the things that we are doing well and the great momentum we see to exit this fiscal year well, so that we are well prepared for FY16," N Chandrasekaran, CEO and managing director, TCS told NDTV.
to $46 per barrel. A finance ministry notification said the excise duty on unbranded petrol is being hiked to Rs 8.95 per litre and that on unbranded diesel to Rs 7.96 per litre. The four excise duty hikes will result in about Rs 20,000 crore in additional revenue this fiscal and will help the government meet its fiscal deficit target of 4.1 percent of the GDP. Petrol and diesel prices were last cut on 16 December by Rs 2 per litre each. Including today's reduction, petrol price have been cut by Rs 14.69 per litre on a cumulative basis since August, while diesel rates in five downward revisions have been slashed by a total of Rs 10.71 a litre. Crude oil price in June was at $115 per barrel. The finance ministry notification said the excise duty hike will be effective from midnight tonight. The government had last raised the excise duty on petrol and diesel by Rs 2 per litre each from 2 January. Prior to that, the tax was hiked by Rs 1.50 a litre each from 12 November and Rs 2.25 per litre on petrol and Re 1 on diesel from 2 December.
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Voting from abroad The Union government has agreed, “in letter and spirit”, to implement the Supreme Court direction and the Election Commission’s recommendation to allow Non-Resident Indians to vote from overseas through postal ballots. Given the large NRI community dispersed globally, this move will undoubtedly have an impact on the country’s electoral politics in significant ways. Parliament passed the Representation of the People (Amendment) Act in 2010 to introduce Section 20A that enables a person who is a citizen of India, and is away from her ordinary residence in India for employment, education or other reasons, to be eligible to be registered as a voter in the constituency mentioned in her Indian passport: before that amendment, only “ordinary residents” could cast their vote. Although the 2010 amendment intended to include NRI participation in national politics, Section 20A had required NRIs to be physically present in their respective constituencies at the time of elections. Making it impractical for voters, this requirement defeated the intention of the legislature. A petition was filed in the Supreme Court praying that Section 20A of the Act be read down so as to allow NRIs to vote from abroad without having to be present in India. The petition argued that the provision was in violation of Article 14 of the Constitution to the extent that it impliedly treated persons on a different footing based on economic classifications. The Supreme Court and the government agreed with this contention without hesitation. The traditional argument against such external voting has been that only citizens who are present in the territory and affected by the consequences of their vote should be entitled to vote. As per this argument, since NRIs lacked sound knowledge about domestic conditions, they would be irresponsible in their electoral choices. But this argument is fast being disproved by empirical evidence. With the rapid increase in cross-border migrations, the concept of nationhood and political membership is increasingly being decoupled from territorial locations. India’s move towards enabling voting from overseas is an instance of a larger global trend towards increased citizen participation. The International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, an intergovernmental organisation, lists different voting methods that can be employed, such as “personal voting”, where voters can cast their vote at diplomatic missions abroad; “postal ballot method”, where votes are sent by regular post; “proxy vote” and “electronic voting”. From amongst these alternatives, the government has decided to employ the postal ballot route that the electoral system already uses for absentee-voters on official duty.
Sidharth Malhotra’s professional life better than personal in 2015? Born on January 16, 1985, Sidharth Malhotra turns 30 today. The Hasee Toh Phasee actor is ruled by the energy of Ketu and Rahu and hence he needs to maintain a very firm mindset and should be very specific of his choices in life. As long as he follows this pattern, he will see himself successful even if it takes a few hurdles to jump over in order to do so. Here’s what 2015 has in store for the Student Of The Year actor… This year Sid will be ruled by Jupiter, a planet of growth and abundance. He will be aggressive towards work and will follow his passion and there is no looking back for him, the next few years are going to be really good for him as he is going to rule. New movies, endorsements, shows and travel – everything is going to happen in a very big way. Relationship wise, Sidharth is not going to
settle down anytime soon, as he just wants to have a good time at the moment. So girls should avoid getting to serious with the actor. Health wise, the actor needs to channelise his energies. Yoga will be a good form of release for his mind and body as the influence of Mars can make him aggressive. Also, he should be a little cautious as it is an accident prone year for him. Wearing a emerald is a good way for him to enhance his energies.Subscribe to me on YouTube
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Alone: Double jeopardy Katrina Kaif not engaged to Ranbir Kapoor
Like his mentor Vikram Bhatt, director Bhushan Patel tries to address human pain through otherworldly characters. His horror stories give the ghost a chance to present its point view. And in a selfish world, it is always soothing to find a selfless spirit. But the magic is fast waning as the script is getting reduced to a template with the same old piano, swing and creaking doors thrown into a dimly lit location populated by a Godfearing maid and a psychologist. This time it is the backwaters of Kerala where conjoined twins Anjana and Sanjana (Bipasha Basu in a double
role) are made for each other till Kabir (Karan Singh Grover) walks into their life. One dies in mysterious circumstances while the other survives. Bhushan takes a long time to set the stage for the thrills and chills, and when they come they fail to unsettle us. Alone Genre: Horror Director: Bhushan Patel Cast: Bipasha Basu, Karan Singh Grover, Neena Gupta Bottomline: More than the creaking doors it is the screenplay that needs some urgent oiling. Bipasha has become such a common feature in this genre that her anxiety
fails to scare us. These days she is not even changing her hairdo to get into the character. Isn’t it expected from a Hindi film heroine? Here it seems she is coming straight from the set of Creature. Karan is the new entry to the genre which traditionally belongs to non-actors. Their erotic chemistry which is very much the selling point of the film remains limited to the promos. In the film it is as fleeting as the sighting of the spirit. The big reveal and the underlying message is the redeeming feature, but it comes too late in the night. By then one has given up on this twisted tale of twins.
Roy: Jacqueline, Arjun get steamy in ‘Boond Boond’ The new track of ‘Roy’ is out. Titled ‘Boond Boond’, this one holds a surprise for viewers- and that too, a very hot one! In this number, the lead actors would be seen getting intimate. The song features the gorgeous Jacqueline Fernandez and the handsome Arjun Rampal getting close. The two set the screen ablaze with their totally riveting sexy moves. The song is blessed with the melodious voice of Ankit Tiwari. The lyrics are soulful and create a romantic ambience. The singer ’s vocals are commendable and have done justice to the sensuous lyrics. But the more prominent reason why this number is the talk of the town is the exciting video. The filming of the song can be very well imagined with the unique title. ‘Boond Boond’ shows the hot couple basking in a swimming pool. The previous track of ‘Roy’ was ‘Chitiyan Kalaiyan’ and showed Jacqueline in a playful mood- she was featured in an off-shoulder tank top. ‘Boond Boond’ has shown
Quashing the report of engagement, Katrina Kaif ’s spokesperson clarified that the couple is not secretly engaged in London as the news is circulating all over. Spokesperson said, “This is to clarify that Katrina did not get engaged in a secret
ceremony in London. There is absolutely no truth to the rumours.” It was also reported Ranbir’s parents also flew down to London to attend the engagement of their son. Report is doing all the rounds that Ranbir got engaged to Katrina in the attendance of close family members.
Picture of Kat's huge diamond ring also flaunted which further cemented their engagement news. It is also reported the couple will exchange wedding vows very soon. Meanwhile, both Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif are shooting for Anurag Basu’s ‘Jagga Jasoos’.
First Look: Kangana Ranaut, Imran Khan look cute in ‘Katti Batti’ The first look of Kangana Ranaut and Imran Khan starrer, ‘Katti Batti’ was released online and it shows the duo casually dressed and in funny poses. The first look was released by the production house UTV Motion Pictures. For the first time Kangana Ranaut and Imran Khan was paired together and the couple looks adorable together. Imran Khan was last seen in ‘Gori Tere Pyar Mein’ opposite Kareena Kapoor in 2012. The actor was on a paternity break post the birth of his girl, Imara. Directed by Nikhil
Advani, ‘Katti Batti’ is a take on modern day relationship, dealing with love, hate, live-in relationship and its complications. The film is set to hit the theatres on September 18, 2015. Kangana plays an
ambitious girl Payal from a wealthy family in Delhi. She is a modern and independent woman who doesn't believe in conventional norms while Imran Khan, plays a middleclass boy from Pune. Both the characters are totally contrasting.
Alia and Sidharth take on question related to their alleged link-up her in a completely different avatar in a monokini. The couple is seen romancing, and the underwater sequences further enliven the song. The start of the song itself foretells the beautiful scenes that are to follow. Jacqueline looks ravishing in wet hair against the background of swimming pool. The next scene shows Arjun Rampal shedding his shirt only to flaunt his perfect six-pack abs. He wears a serious look, while the actress enjoys the cool of the swimming pool. The two are then seen getting upclose. Other romantic scenes are those from the beach, for which Jacqueline is featured in a long skirt. The underwater
picturisation has been done beautifully, with the pretty actress and the stunning actor forming a great pair and sharing a wonderful onscreen chemistry. ‘Roy’ is a romantic thriller, scheduled to be released on 13th February. Featuring Ranbir Kapoor, Jacqueline Fernandez and Arjun Rampal in the lead roles, the film is a Bhushan Kumar production. It is interesting in many ways. Jacqueline would appear in a dual role, while Ranbir would play the role of a mysterious thief. Arjun Rampal is playing a filmmaker, and the movie features a love triangle. The two actors have previously worked together in ‘Raajneeti’ and Ranbir is happy to work again with Arjun as a source reported.
Alia Bhatt and Sidharth Malhotra’s alleged romance has been making headlines for quite some time now. But the rumoured couple has used the age-old B’Town term ‘good friends’ for each other. At a recent award show, the rumoured couple took questions on their link-up and denied their committed relationship status. When Alia was asked about the dating rumours, she said, “I will not talk about my personal life,” and remained silent on questions about Sidharth. Remember, when recently her “Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania” costar Varun Dhawan said that he will be happy if Alia and Sidharth were dating. When questioned about that, the pretty actress said that she hasn’t read that story. Even Sidharth maintained his single status and said, “I am single...Me and Alia have gone out together many times but there is nothing more than friendship.”
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Shiv Sena considering contesting Delhi polls: Uddhav Thackeray Mumbai, Jan 16: Shiv Sena, which is BJP's partner in Maharashtra and at the Centre, is considering contesting the Delhi Assembly elections to be held next month. "We are thinking about contesting the Delhi polls. A final decision will be taken soon. However, there has been no talk so far on a poll alliance with anyone," Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray said here today. Uddhav said his party is fully supportive of the cause of farmers, after Swabhimani Shetkari Sanghatana supporters went on a rampage at Sakhar Sankul, the sugar commissioner's office at Pune on Monday
Uddhav said, "Such wanderers are everywhere. One can only hope that they get stability in some party". M e a n w h i l e , Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) president Manikrao Thakre said here today that neither the Centre nor the Maharashtra state government are supportive of the farmers's cause.
Congress slams Shashi Tharoor for praising PM Modi
demanding more remunerative prices for their produce. "Shiv Sena is in the government but if injustice is being meted out to
farmers, we will support farmers," Uddhav said. Reacting to three former Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) MLAs joining BJP,
HC directs Maharashtra government to appoint protection officers New Delhi, Jan 16: The Bombay High Court on Friday directed the Maharashtra government to recruit within six months full-time protection officers for each teshil, as required under the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act. A division bench headed by Justice Abhay Oka said the protection officers play a very important role in assisting the aggrieved women. Advocate General Sunil Manohar submitted that the Woman and Child Development Department has created 142 more posts of protection officers, in addition to the existing 216. Appointment letters have been issued to 105
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 16: Thiruvananthapuram: Congress on Friday slammed its senior leader Shashi Tharoor for continuing to praise Prime Minister Narendra Modi ignoring the party's line. While senior leader and AICC Disciplinary Committee Chairman A K Antony said the party had earlier also cautioned Tharoor against lavishing praises on Modi,
Congress spokesperson P C Chacko came down heavily on his colleague. "On a similar occasion in the past the party has cautioned Tharoor against this after the disciplinary committee examined the matter. I don't want to respond to the latest instance as I have some limitations as the head of the disciplinary committee," Antony told reporters here.
Nepal names Deep Kumar Upadhyay as India envoy
candidates so far, he said, noting that recruitment of 65 candidates was in the last phase and the government has earmarked 45 seats for Maratha and Muslim candidates which will be filled soon. The AG said that the filling up the newly created 142 posts will take about
six months and during the same period, 358 multipurpose employees and assistants to the protection officers will also be recruited. The court was hearing a public interest litigation filed by advocate Rajendra Anbhule, which has contended that protection officers have not been appointed in many districts.
Akali Dal, INLD, Sikh outfits hit the streets to protest against 'Messenger of God' NEW DELHI: Jan 16: Shiromani Akali Dal, Indian National Lok Dal and Sikh outfits today took to the streets in Haryana, Punjab, Chandigarh and Delhi protesting against the controversial film " Messenger of God" featuring Dera Sachcha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh in lead role. Members of SAD, Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee (HSGMC) and Indian National Lok Dal ( INLD) shouted slogans against the movie in front of Galaxy Mall at Ambala and vowed to stop its screening.Similar protests were also held at Haryana's Hissar and Sirsa, the headquarters of the Dera chief who has been at loggerheads with the Akal Takht, the highest temporal seat of Sikhs. The movie, which was expected to hit theatres on
"The Congress will organise protests in all districts during January 21 to January 25 against the government's anti-farmer policies," Thakre told reporters here. "We will also hold road blockage agitations in the state next month if the government fails to provide relief to farmers reeling under the acute drought," Thakre said.
K AT H M A N D U : Nepal today named a veteran Nepali Congress leader and former minister Deep Kumar Upadhyay as its new ambassador to India, a critically important post that has been lying vacant for more than three years. The decision to nominate Upadhyay was taken at a Cabinet meeting headed by Prime Minister Sushil Kumar Koirala in Singhadurbar this evening, said the Prime Minister's Foreign Affairs Adviser Dinesh Bhattarai. The post has been lying vacant for nearly three-and-a .. years, after the then Maoist-led government recalled ambassador Rukma Shukshere Rana, also a Nepali Congress leader, in August 2011. Rana was found
serving as managing director of Indian joint venture Dabur Nepal. A Central Working Committee member of the Nepali Congress and a stauch supporter of Koirala, Upadhyay has served as an assistant finance minister. Uphadhyay, who hails from Kapilvastu district in southern Nepal, does not have experience in foreign affairs or does not have experience in foreign affairs or in any prior assignment in a diplomatic position. He, however, is said to have good relations with Indian political leaders. The ambasadorial nominee has to face a parliamentary committee hearing before the agreemo is sent for approval of the host country.
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SPORTS ROUND Cricket: Warner hits ton as Australia beat England in first ODI
ve broken a few this summer. I've just got to keep doing my job at the top of the order and that's score runs." England couldn't overcome the setback of losing two wickets to the first three balls of the match and struggled to set Australia a total that was likely to stretch it on a pitch Morgan called "a bit used" when he won the toss. Morgan's seventh ODI century - his sixth for England and his first since he took over from Alastair Cook as captain - gave substance to its innings but the early blows struck by Australia's pace attack proved mortal in a match finally decided by the innings of Morgan and Warner. The England and Australia innings were similar with both depending on a single innings - the centuries of Morgan and Warner - and no other batsman making a major contribution.
But Warner compiled his innings under no real pressure, while Morgan was faced with a difficult situation when he came to bat and with his team's innings already in disarray. Left-arm speedster Mitchell Starc produced two superb in-swingers to right-hand batsmen to trap Ian Bell lbw with the first ball of the match and James Taylor, identically, two balls later. Joe Root was out for 5 and England was 12-3 when Morgan found himself at the crease in the fourth over. The England captain accepted the task of repairing his team's innings and went about that responsibility fastidiously, reaching his first halfcentury in nine innings from 88 balls. He eventually went on to his century - he has six for England and one for Ireland in one-day internationals - from 127 balls with nine fours and two sixes. But few England
batsmen shared Morgan's spirit and determination until wicketkeeper Jos Buttler, with 28 from 60 balls, came in and formed a partnership of 67 for the sixth wicket. Opener Moeen Ali watched from the nonstriker's end as his first two partners vanished within the first three balls of his innings. His response was to try to hit England out of its early crisis and he hit two fours and a six before he was out for 22 from 21 balls. England went into the match without a spinner and with a bowling attack of noticeable sameness Stuart Broad, Steve Finn, Chris Jordan and Chris Woakes - who are all rightarmers and of similar pace. Warner had no trouble against any of them, unleashing all of his scoring shots and finishing with 18 boundaries. The next tri-series match between Australia and India is at Melbourne on Sunday.
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The Hindu Lit for Life 2015: Major writer silenced, says Sahgal
Friday, had been referred by the Censor Board to FCAT for clearance on January 12. Around 15,000 Dera followers from Bathinda in Punjab went to Gurgaon today for the movie's proposed premier show and Punjab Police provided security to them within the Punjab Police had yesterday carried out a flag-march in Bathinda where about 12,00013,000 security personnel from the state police and
paramilitary forces were deployed to maintain peace," Singh said. Bathinda, Muktsar, Mansa, Ferozepur, Faridkot and Moga districts of Punjab have a sizable presence of Dera followers. In 2007, clashes had erupted between Sikhs and Dera followers in Bathinda following an advertisement in which Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh appeared dressed like Guru G
New Delhi Jan 16: “An important writer [Perumal Murugan] has been silenced and if this kind of intimidation continues, there will be no more festivals of literature,” writer Nayantara Sahgal said at the inauguration of The Hindu Lit for Life 2015 here on Friday. Ms. Sahgal said there could be a platform or union for writers, publishers and artists to come together and speak in one voice when writers are in danger. Editor-in-Chief of The Hindu, N. Ravi, said though this period has rather been seen as a liberal age, the spirit of
intolerance still thrives. “Writers, publishers and creative artists are forced to pay a price of living in exile, fear and hiding; as with the most recent case of Perumal Murugan, there has been a stilling of his creative voice,” he said. Writers, especially those dealing with deeper social issues have to soldier on, expecting the state to act firmly in defence of their freedom of expression and stave off those who seek to silence them, Mr. Ravi said. “But it is heartening, however, that a great majority of writers can continue with their writing undisturbed by protests and also stand in solidarity with those who are threatened.”
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly has said India would be firm favourites to defend their World Cup title in 2015. "India have a very good chance of winning the [2015 ICC] World Cup. I'm not saying this just because there's media. I think whenever you play one-day cricket India will always have a chance," Ganguly told reporters on the sidelines of a book reading event Anticipating India: The Best of National Interestby Shekhar Gupta.
Indian bowlers might have come a cropper in the recently concluded Test series that they lost 0-2 but Ganguly said in ODIs they would stand a good chance. "You look at the batting, they have a strong line-up. Moreover, ODIs are a lot easier than Test cricket so bowlers will also do well." Ganguly said the Indian World Cup contingent was the best possible one. "I've earlier said also this is the best possible team at the moment. They have to
play well now. They are a much better team in ODIs than they are in Tests," he said. Ganguly, under whose captaincy India had made it to the final of the 2003 World Cup, further said England too would be title contenders despite their narrow three-wicket loss to Australia in the Tri-series opener at SCG today. "England will be a tough team. It was a close game and they got 235 and took about seven wickets."
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Gujarat govt soon to launch traffic safety Policy Ahmadabad, Jan 16, 2015 After a recent successful seminar and exhibition ‘National Traffic Technology Summit 2015’ numerous suggestions were received from leading global practitioners of traffic management, Policymakers, Academicians, Industry representatives, Lawmakers and enforcement agencies and Urban development authorities by the state government. Considering these the state Government is planning to come out with a new policy for better traffic safety and better traffic management. The new policy will be heavily focused on improving the public transport across the state and generating awareness for less use of individual vehicles and more
use of public transport. The policy will focus on improving co-coordinating between different government agencies as well as short and long term traffic management. To reduce the number of road accidents and ease the traffic woes in the major cities of the state Gujarat Government is planning to launch a new traffic safety cum management policy
Vadodara, Jan 17, 2015 Cricket star Sachin Tendulkar is likely to attend VA D F E S T international art and cultural event in Vadodara on 23 January. Sachin will attend
Bharatiya Divas and Vibrant Gujarat Summit, which concluded recently in Gandhinagar. She urged citizens to be partners in the development of the country by becoming BJP members and expressed confidence that the ongoing membership drive would achieve new heights as well as set a world record in registration of members. Besides BJP workers, these rallies were attended by several locals, youngsters as well as women. Anandiben gave suggestions for the membership drive and also registered party members online.
MJ Library to put 10 best seller Gujarati books online as e-book Ahmedabad, Jan 16, 2015 A h m e d a b a d M u n i c i p a l Corporation(AMC) run MJ Library will put ten famous Gujarati books online this year. The books are: Jay Somnath, Pruthvi Va l l a b h , Saraswatichandra, Sat Pagla Akashma, Manvini Bhavai, Madhav Kyay Nathi Madhuvanma, Patan ni Prabhuta, Gujarat no Nath and Rajadhiraj Kautilya. Rs. 2 lakh budget has been allotted in annual budget for this
purpose. MJ Library will hold Pandit Dindayal Upadhyay lecture series this year for which Rs. 5 lakh amount has been allotted. Inter-school debate competition, exhibition featuring famous authors of Gujarat, audio publishing of popular Gujarati literature for blinds, modern property counter are other items mentioned in annual budget for year 2015-16 which is 10.4 crore.
Gujarat CM expresses grief over martyrdom of CRPF jawan Niketan Patel Gandhinagar, Jan 16,2015 Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel today expressed grief over martyrdom of son of Gujarat, Niketan Patel, a CRPF jawan who was killed in Naxal attack near Fakirpura village, 600 km away from Assam capital Gauhatti. Patel was
Ahmadabad, Jan 16, 2015 Union minister of state for tribal affairs and Bharuch MP Mansukhbhai Vasava today said the police were “careless” and failed to prevent the recent communal clashes in Hansot town in Gujarat in which two people died. Clashes broke out in Hansot in Bharuch district on Wednesday over a trivial incident. Vasava today visited the town. Speaking to the
reporters in Bharuch, he said such clashes were becoming frequent. “I clearly believe that recent clashes in Hansot could have been averted if police had showed some alertness. Such clashes have taken place in the recent past too. Police should dig deep to find out the cause of clashes,” he said. “For some unknown reasons, police department remained careless and didn’t pay attention to the problem. As the police remained inactive, clashes took place once again.” In December last year, g o i n g t o p e r f o r m a t when similar clashes took VADFEST on different place in Hansot, Vasava dates. had said the police were Ya n n i ’s c o n c e r t going soft on some antie v e n t i s l i k e l y t o b e social elements who incited j o i n e d b y n u m b e r o f the violence. business tycoons from Gujarat minister of M u m b a i , p o l i t i c i a n s state for home Rajni Patel from Delhi and mucis said an inquiry will be l o v e r s f r o m o t h e r conducted into Vasava’s countries. allegations.
Over 521 Leuva Patel couples to get ‘knotty’ at mass marriage programme
Sachin Tendulkar likely to attend Yanni’s concert in Vadodara
Gujarat CM addresses 32 meetings to boost BJP membership drive Ahmedabad, Jan 16, 2015 Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel addressed party workers and locals at 32 different places across the city on Thursday, to boost the BJP’s ongoing membership enrollment drive. She reached Bopal and nearby Ghuma areas at around 8.30 AM and addressed four rallies. Later during the day, she addressed similar rallies in areas like Chanakyapuri, Arihantnagar, Gota, and Arjun Tower. In her address to party workers at Chanakyapuri, she asked the BJP workers to make the membership enrollment drive as successful as the Pravasi
which will look at the problem from the holistic perspective instead of piecemeal efforts. The policy is also likely to address issues relating to the planning, design, construction, operation, maintenance, management and development of all forms of UT(Urban Transport) in an economically efficient, equitable and sustainable manner.
Union minister blames police over communal clashes in Hansot
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on patrolling duty when Naxals killed him. 30-year-old Niketan Patel belongs to Nagra village of Khambhat taluka of Anand district. He was father of twins children Dev and Divya who are 1 year old. Niketan was married in year 2011.
Yanni’s concert which is going to take place in Lakshmi Vilas palace ground here according to sources. Basic ticket price of Yanni’s concert is Rs. 2,500. AR Rahman, Sonu Nigam, Kailash Kher, Sunidhi Chauhan are other artists who are
Killings of key witnesses won’t affect case: Police Ahmedabad, Jan16, 2015 More than a year after two sisters had accused Asaram Bapu and son Narayan Sai of rape, the police had filed a chargesheet in the case. A year later, charges are yet to be framed against the accused. In the chargesheet filed on January 9, 2014, before Chief Judicial Magistrate, Gandhinagar, the Gujarat Police had named Asaram, his wife Lakshmi, daughter Bharti and four of his followers, Dhruvben, Nirmala, Jassi and Meera, for “hatching a conspiracy”, “illegal confinement” and “rape”. The Ahmedabad police listed 101 witnesses, of whom two, Akhil Gupta and Amrut Prajapati, are now dead. Three others related to the case have survived attacks. SIT officials claim that since the murders took place after the chargesheet was filed, these would not affect the case. Said a senior SIT official, “Gupta and Prajapati were key witnesses and made shocking revelations that led to strong evidence against Asaram. Our case stands at the same point: that Asaram raped the sisters and that several women were sexually abused at his ashram. The evidence submitted in court of abortions, medical check-ups and witness statements are all there.” However, the SIT acknowledges that the murders of Gupta and Prajapati have left the other witnesses scared. Officials are now taking a relook at
Ahmadabad, Jan 16, 2015 Over 521 Leuva Patel couples from Gujarat, including 221 from Surat, will tie the knot at Khodal Dham in Rajkot district Kagvad on January 21. This is the first ever mass marriage programme organsied by Khodal Dham, a holy deity of Leuva Patel community. The organisers claimed that the event would set a world record of largest number of people from a single community tying the knot at one place. The majority of the couples tying the knot are from Surat and Rajkot. Sources said invitations had been sent to all Leuva
Patels in Gujarat, Maharashtra and other places. As the function is the first-of-its-kind for Leuva Patel community, the organsiers are expecting lakhs of people at theevent. Organising committee member Ramesh Mandapara said, “For the last six months, we have been working on this project. We have distributed over 2 lakh invitation cards with food coupons across Gujarat. To make this event successful, we have got good donations from Leuva Patel businessmen in Surat and other parts of Gujarat. We expect that the
approximate expense behind this event would be over Rs 3 crore.” CM Anandiben Patel will be the chief guest at the event. BJP leaders R C Faldu, Vitthal Radadia and Congress leader Siddharth Patel have also been invited. Leuva Patel leader of Surat, Kanji Bhalara, said, “The couples will also take oath that they will not maintain any difference between girl and boy and that they will never commit female foeticide. Those turning up at the event will also participate in the Clean India campaign started by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.”
Ghelubhai Nayak gave protection cover to Gujarat against false propaganda campaign in 1999 their security and may increase it. The alleged rape victims are also under police protection. The first person to be assaulted was the husband of the younger sister who alleged rape. He was stabbed by an unknown person on February 28, 2014. Less than a fortnight later, on March 10, Rakesh Patel, a videographer, onetime close aide of Asaram and a witness in the Narayan Sai rape case, was attacked by an unknown youth with a knife in Surat. The third incident took place six days later. Dinesh Balchandani, a resident of Surat, had acid thrown on him by an unknown person. B M Gupta, the defence lawyer for Asaram, points out that barring the “godman” and Narayan Sai, all the accused have been granted anticipatory bail. Asaram’s wife Lakshmi has filed a discharge application claiming innocence, and the court is likely to decide on the matter on February 19. Public prosecutor R C Kodekar said the framing of charges is pending since Asaram is being tried in a Jodhpur court in a separate rape case. “If he is brought
here, the case in Jodhpur will be delayed. Therefore, the court is of the opinion that his examination in Jodhpur should be finished first,” Kodekar said. The sisters, who belong to Surat and are now married and settled there, had been followers of Asaram for 15 years. The younger of the two filed a complaint against Narayan Sai while the elder one accused Asaram of raping her. As per the younger sister, Narayan Sai raped her from 2002 to 2005 at Surat, Bihar and other places. While the case against Sai is being tried in Surat, Asaram’s case was transferred to Ahmedabad since the incidents allegedly happened there. Incidentally, on December 14, 2014, the elder of the two sisters went “missing” while on a visit to Amroli in Surat for a “social function”. She reportedly asked her police escort to stay back. The “disappearance” coincided with her application before the Gandhinagar district court that she wanted to record a fresh statement in the rape case. The plea was dismissed by the court.
AhmedabadJan 16, 2015 Veteran Gandhian Sarvodaya movement worker Ghelubhai Nayak, father figure of Dang district of south Gujarat who passed away today was veteran Sarvodaya worker was vocal against the tricks Christian Missionaries use to convert tribal. In one of conversations he said, “the missionaries even used the name of the Mahatma for effecting conversions. They entered the Sabharmati Ashram carrying a book entitled Gandhiji’s favourite Bhajans, but the book contained no Gandhian reference but only Christian psalms. Some missionaries even tried to induce me and my associate to embrace Christianity. When we rebuffed their overtures they tried to evict us from the house where our office was located in the mission area in Ahwa”. When tension between converted tribals and their Hindu neighbors gained national press coverage n Dangs in 1999, as always, so called secular but actually antiHindu or apologetic Hindu left-liberal foreign/ church influenced section of media started throwing mud on then BJP
government led by Shri Keshubhai Patel and RSS affiliated saffron organizations. The coverage nationally in English press was such that only Hindu tribals were responsible for clashes and Christian missionaries were innocents like holy-cow and they were the only victims. It was Ghelubhai Nayak who then stood by the facts. Having served in Dang for over 50 years, Ghelubhai(then he was 75) keeping the record straight spoke truth about the situation on ground and neutralized the debate. As he was a Gandhian and selfless servant of tribals beyond doubt with proven record, his opinion helped Gujarat state and innocent Hindu tribals who were defamed by biased English media nationally. In his testimony before India’s National Human Right Commission, Ghelubhai Nayak said that the
conflict at Dangs was rooted in the work of Christian missionaries. In the preceding three years, Nayak stated, there had been at least fifteen instances in which Christian converts, “under the influence of their preachers,” desecrated idols of the Hindu saint Hanuman, who has been venerated as an incarnation of the Hindu god Siva, a servant of Vishnu, by the Dangs tribals for generations. In one incident, he said, the converts urinated on a statue of Hanuman; in another they “crushed H a n u m a n ’s i d o l t o pieces and threw it away in the river.” In addition to the desecration, Nayak testified, converts had raised the ire of their Hindu neighbors by repeatedly, publicly denouncing Hindu saints as shaitans, or “Satans.” This was done, again “under the influence of their preachers.” The native clergy, it seems, were themselves ex-Hindus afflicted with the Naipaulian “neurosis.” Below is full text of what Ghelubhai put down in black and white on January 7, 1999 in his address to the National Minorities Commission:
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