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News Brief “Ben weathers Patidar” PC fumes as ED raids firms of son’s friends Agency | New Delhi
Former finance minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday accused the government of having launched a “mali cious onslaught“ after a joint team of the Enforcement Directorate and I-T officials raided 12 premises of Vasan Health Care Pvt Ltd and Advantage Strategic Consulting Pvt Ltd and houses of their directors in Chennai in connection with alleged tax evasion and money laundering.
RBI moves to tweak base rate calculation
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Loans are set to get cheaper though RBI governor Raghuram Rajan kept key interest rates unchanged in his policy review on Tuesday . Nudging banks to cut rates, he said lenders have passed on only 60 basis points of the 125 bps reduction in rates. On the anvil is a new system for calculating the benchmark base rate, which will compel banks to pass on any incremental reduction in cost of funds.
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Cong has a clean sweep in district and taluka panchayats
Hand plucks many Lotus petals BJP retains all 6 municipal corporations but loses a few municipalities
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After many years, the Congress on Wednesday finally got a chance to celebrate after election verdict. The results have set alarm bells ringing in the BJP, for Congress has wrested power from the ruling party in almost two dozen district panchayats, including Ahmedabad. Additionally, even though it lost in all six municipal corporations, Congress managed to improve its tally. It also seems to have gained from the Patidar reservation stir as it has won quite a few seats in areas dominated by the community. The elections, the first without Narendra Modi at the
helm, were a big test for the BJP, especially chief minister Anandiben Patel, and it seems that the party suffered heavily in absence of its biggest vote-catcher. It’s too early but with assembly elections just two years away, rumblings within the BJP over Anandiben’s leadership are likely to get louder. The BJP retained power in all six munici-
pal corporations, but with fewer seats. In Ahmedabad for instance, the party won 142 seats out of 192 this time, as against 151 in the previous term. The Congress tally went up from 38 to 49. In Surat, BJP seats declined from 98 last time to 80, while Congress tally was up from 14 to 36. There was a close fight in Rajkot, where BJP managed
ruvian legacy of creating “an inclusive society“. “We must free our public discourse of all forms of violence, physical as well as verbal. Only a non-violent society can ensure the participation of all sections of people, especially of the marginalised and the dispossessed, in our democratic process,“ he
said. Referring to the recent incidents of violence triggered by right-wing elements, he said, “At the heart of this violence is darkness, fear and mistrust.While we invent new modes of combating this ever spiralling violence, we must not forget the power of non-violence, dialogue and reason.“
to retain power winning 38 seats as against Congress’ 34. The BJP won comfortably in Vadodara, Jamnagar and Bhavnagar municipal corporations. Patidar push for Congress Despite the big victories, what is worrisome for BJP is that it suffered major reverses in many Patel-dominated areas in Ahmedabad, Surat and Saurashtra. The political-
ly influential Patels have traditionally supported BJP, but the results clearly show that many of them voted for the Congress this time. The shift is seen as fallout of the government’s crackdown on the Patel reservation stir and arrest of its leaders. However, as a consolation, the BJP won in Viramgam, the hometown of reservation
stir leader Hardik Patel, who is currently in jail over sedition charges. In 2010, BJP won all but one (Tapi) of 31 district panchayats. However, 2015 reversed the tally. This time, the Saffron party won in just six district panchayats, while Congress got as many as 23. There was a tie in Dangs and Gir Somnath district panchayats. In
taluka panchayats, BJP was in power in 192 out of total 231 last time. The number came down to 73 on Wednesday, while the Congress tally surged from 39 to close to 130. The BJP, however, retained its hold on municipalities, winning 42 out of total 56, one more than in the previous election, while Congress bagged 10.
Purge minds of divisive thoughts, says Prez Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
On the day the Lok Sabha began debating the issue of `growing intolerance’ in the country , President Pranab Mukherjee asked people to free public discourse of physical and verbal violence. He also said that people should cleanse their minds of divisive thoughts to make the India the land of of Mahatma Gandhi’s dreams. The President was speaking on Tuesday , the second day of his visit to Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad. On Tuesday, inaugurated the world’s largest archive for research scholars on Mahatma Gandhi at Sabarmati Ashram. He then spent time in Bapu’s own room -Hridaya Kunj -which he termed as “the sparse dwelling of a frail man who brought a mighty empire to its knees. Every time I come here, I have gone away with renewed hope and faith.“ Mukherjee recalled the Gandhian, Ambedkarite and Neh-
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Farmer suicides, Naxal violence linked to climate change
What if any connection is there be tween Naxalite violence and cli mate change? In 2009, I did re search in India to understand this question. At least one clear and disturbing pattern emerged: compare maps of precipitation with those of violence, and where drought advances, so do Maoists. This geography of linked ecological and socio military crisis runs down the Eastern Ghats, from Bihar and West Bengal, through Orissa and Chhattisgarh, into Andhra Pradesh and even further south and west. This socalled “Red Cor ridor“ is also the drought cor ridor. During the years of the Naxal rise in Andhra Pradesh, drought was also intense: 19841985, 1986 1987, 19971998, 19992000, and 20022003 were all drought years. But the Maoist fire burns not only due to drought; free-market government policies also fuel it. In Telangana Jal, jungle, zameen, or “water, forest, land“ has been a rallying cry for local social organizations going back to the 1930s. It is a defense of the small farmer’s place within the landscape, a defense of nature and the commons against all who would encroach. In recent years it has also become a Naxalite battle cry. And now, as the extreme weather of anthropogenic climate change kicks in, jal, jungle, zameen takes on the qualities of a prophetic warning: we all depend on nature and we destroy it at our own peril. There is a very strong scientific consensus on this: emissions from burning fossil fuels, primarily carbon dioxide, are trapping heat in earth’s atmosphere and oceans that would otherwise radiate back out to space. This heating is disrupting the planet’s climate system. Worse yet, even if we drastically reduce emissions over the next several decades and thus manage to avert rapidly escalating self-compounding, so-called runaway climate change, civilization is still locked-in for major disruptions. Expansion of deserts, weakened monsoons, and a three-foot sea level rise, are, according to the scientists, pretty much guaranteed. In other words, even the best-case scenario is very bad. Already climate change is happening faster than initially predicted, its incipient impacts are upon us all over the globe. India will not be spared in these upheavals. Climate scientists predict cataclysmic physical changes for the subcontinent in the near future. Two-thirds of Indians are farmers. Most of them depend on Himalayan glacial runoff or the monsoon rains. Now both water sources are in danger due to global warming. The Himalayan ice pack is melting rapidly , while monsoon variability is increasing.
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Sex education is important: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Agency | Los Angeles Actress Katie Holmes refuses to regret anything in her life, instead choosing to learn from what she has been through. The 36-year-old actress found herself at the centre of a great deal of scrutiny when her marriage to Tom Cruise fell apart after five years in 2012, reported ABC news “I don’t really regret anything that I’ve done. I’ve learnt from everything, and everything sort of leads you to the next place. I just keep going,” she said. Price is proud of the career choices she’s made. She’s appeared in movies, on
Broadway and recently made a return to TV with a part in series “Ray Donovan”, and she’s excited to be able to morph into many different people. “I don’t shy away from risks. I’m just interested in a lot of different things. I don’t even think of it as a risk; I think of it as something exciting and new. “As I’ve grown up, I think that the harder you work the more successful you are. From what I have seen, the people at the top, they’re just constantly working and constantly surrounding themselves with other successful, like-minded creative people.”
Kris Jenner plans surprise graduation party for Kendall, Kylie
Agency | Los Angeles
Agency | Mumbai
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Unaids Goodwill Am- said on Tuesday ( Decembassador Aishwarya Rai ber 1), ” Sex education is Bachchan stressed on the very important. We have importance of sex educa- all had it. It is important tion and spoke about the to have sex education in importance of making schools. In urban culture sex education compulso- a lot of schools have it. I ry in schools. Speaking would love to find out if it at an event organised to it is happening across the mark World AIDS Day, board all over the nation.”
lyn or mention the party Reality TV star Kris Jen- at all to her, admitting ner has decided to plan a that she wasn’t “ready” Aishwarya also expressed surprise graduation party since she hadn’t even met satisfaction at her role as for daughters Kylie and Caitlyn in person yet and UNAIDS Goodwill am- Kendall. Kris said she is was “scared to death” bassador as it allowed her not going to invite Cait- to do so, reported Peothe opportunity to reach out to women from across the world. The former Miss World also harped on the need to open communication lines as the key to bring in change.
ple magazine. “I’m just trying to process it, not alienate anybody. I don’t want to hurt Kendall and Kylie but at the same time I need time to adjust to this whole thing,” she said.
Agency | London
at the bash while other guests looked on in a video posted online by her friend Simon Huck, reported Female First. Alongside the footage, Huck wrote, “Happy Birthday to the [queen] of comedy @chrissyteigen. No one funnier, more generous, or salt of the earth
than you. FULL STOP. (sic)” Guests including comic David LaChapelle were also entertained with a set from DJ D-Nice, and tucked into food from Momofuku, with tasty treats on offer including Korean fried chicken wings, spicy cucumbers and pork buns.
in our country. So sad I can’t be there this time,” the 31-year-old said in a statement. “Margarita With A Straw” had its world premiere on September 8 last year as part of the Contemporary World Cinema Programme at the 2014 To-
ronto International Film Festival (TIFF). The movie was later screened at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in Estonia, BFI London Film Festival, Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) and the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
John Legend serenades Chrissy Teigen on her birthday
Deepika Padukone kisses Ranveer Singh at ‘Tamasha’ success party
Singer John Legend serenaded Chrissy Teigen at her 30th birthday party at the Comedy Cellar in New York City. The “FABLife” presenter appeared visibly moved when her husband sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to her
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Katie Holmes has no regrets 3 years after divorce from Tom Cruise
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Agency | Mumbai Love was definitely in air when Ranveer Singh made a late night appearance at rumoured girlfriend Deepika Padukone’s ‘Tamasha’ success bash held on Monday (November 30) night. Looking dashing in a black blazer, Ranveer Singh walked in post midnight after skipping, jumping another event he had attended earlier in the evening. Overwhelmed at seeing Ranveer dropping by just for her, Deepika Padukone rushed towards the actor who was busy talking to the media and lovingly greeted him with a wide and happy smile writhe large on her face. Ranveer Singh continued speaking to the media with Deepika by his side and the duo even exchanged a few loving glances and sweet whispers in between. Ranveer Singh went on to praise Deepika’s performance in ‘Tamasha’ call-
Disability needs visibility in India: Kalki Koechlin Agency | New Delhi
ing it unprecedentedly, stupendous and highly nuanced. Looking right into her eyes, Ranveer said, “I am proud of Deepika.” Soon enough, Deepika left Ranveer’s side to allow him finish his media bytes. And as Deepika readied to
leave, Ranveer gallantly offered his cheek to Deepika who sweetly plastered a quick kiss much to the actor’s delight. Ranveer Singh later joined Deepika and Imtiaz Ali and chatted the night away over fine food and company.
Actress Kalki Koechlin, who starred in the Shonali Bose directorial “Margarita With A Straw” in which she plays the role of a girl with cerebral palsy, believes that disability needs visibility in our country. With her film being screened at the first edition of the three-day International Film Festival for Persons with Disabilities (IFFPD) 2015 on Tuesday at Siri Fort, Kalki is “thrilled” and happy with the support from the government. “I’m so thrilled that this is happening, with the support of government and with exciting films from everywhere. Disability needs visibility
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Nathan Coulter-Nile replaces injured Mitchell Glenn McGrath, Murali toughest I have faced: Rahul Dravid Starc in Australia squad for West Indies Test
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Agency | Sydney
Pace bowler Nathan Coulter-Nile has been called into the Australia squad to replace the injured Mitchell Starc for the first Test against the West Indies starting Dec. 10. Starc will miss the three-Test series because of the stress fracture in his right foot he sustained on the first day of the first day-night cricket Test in Adelaide last Friday. Australia won the Test to clinch a 2-0 series win
against New Zealand. Josh Hazlewood led the attack after Starc’s injury, picking up 6-70 in the second innings and propelling Australia to a three-wicket win in Adelaide. It is likely James
Pattinson, who missed selection in the starting XI last week when selectors preferred to recall Peter Siddle, will go into the starting lineup in a straight swap for Starc.
Agency | New Delhi Former captain and one of India’s most technically sound batsman, Rahul Dravid picked Glenn McGrath and Muttiah Muralitharan as the toughest bowl-
ers he has faced during his illustrious career in international cricket. Dravid, who earned the sobriquet ‘The Wall’, for his immaculate technique, ended his 16year career with over 13,000 Test runs and 10889 runs in One-day Internationals. “As far as fast bowler is concerned, Glenn McGrath was the toughest I have faced, I have played him at the peak of his career and he was truly a great bowler. When he was bowling well it was very difficult to judge your off stump,” the 42-yearold Dravid said during an interaction with fans on the social networking site ‘Facebook’. He added, “He kept challenging you, kept testing you just around that off stump. He was a very aggressive bowler irrespective of whether he was bowling his first or second over or the 25th over, he was always at you, probing and asking questions,” Dravid, who is coaching the junior India side, said about the Australian pace legend. Dravid felt Sri Lanka’s legendary spinner Muralitharan was the toughest to counter when it came to slow bowlers.
Ranji Trophy 2015, Group B: Mumbai score 370/2 on opening day against Gujarat
Agency | Mumbai Mumbai rode on unbeaten centuries from Akhil Herwadkar and Suryakumar Yadav to pile up 370 for 2 on day one of their Group B Ranji Trophy game against Gujarat at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Tuesday. Gujarat’s hopes of securing at least the first innings lead to enhance their hopes of advancing to the quarters took a beating as the hosts, surprisingly asked to bat first by visiting team captain Parthiv Patel, scored at more than four an over to grab the advantage. Left-handed opener Herwadkar remained unconquered at the end of the day with a patient knock of 143 off 257 balls, inclusive of 16 fours and a six. He was lucky to be let off twice
by wicket keeper and rival captain Patel before he reached 40s. Yadav, at the other end, stroked his way to 103 not out off 159 balls – studded with 3 sixes and 9 fours. The third wicket duo, who joined forces at the fall of one-down batsman Shreyas Iyer (75 off 69 balls with 10 fours and a six), had added 196 runs before stumps. Earlier, put in to bat the home team – already assured of a berth in the last eight – raced to 74 before losing opener Jay Bista, edging left arm R P Singh to ‘keeper Patel, for a breezy knock of 44 that included six hits to the fence. The ever-aggressive Iyer and Herwadkar then came together to stitch a partnership of 100 runs before the former lost patience
and his wicket. In trying to glide Rush Kalaria over the wicket keeper’s head he managed only an edge to Parthiv. To make things worse, the Gujarat captain let off Herwadkar when on 12, a difficult leg-side catch, and a regulation stumping when the left hander (39) rushed out to the first ball from left- arm spinner Axar Patel and got beaten. Taking full advantage of these reprieves, Herwadkar reached his half century in 101 balls. He was more aggressive later and reached his second ton of the season in 196 balls. Yadav, after the fall of Iyer, stroked his way to his half century before tea in 69 balls and then slowed down a bit to complete his hundred in 148 balls.
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All-women team to count votes in Bhavnagar Correspondent | Rajkot
A team of women officers and staff will undertake counting of votes for four out of 13 wards of Bhavnagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) election on Wednesday. The move is aimed at giving women “chance to handle the sensitive and responsible job,” officials said. Damyanti Barot, deputy collector of Bhavnagar and returning officer (RO) for Wards 7, 8 ,9 and 10 of BMC will lead the team of around 100 women officers and staff who will count votes of the four wards on Wednesday. Out of the100-strong team, 67 will be counting staff and
the remaining 33 will be ancillary staff. Polling for the13 wards of the BMC was held on November 22. The civic body had recorded average 47.45 per cent polling. The counting centre for the four wards is Government Engineering College located in Vidyanagar area of Bhavnagar. The women will do start-to-end job, including bringing EVMs from strong rooms to counting rooms, unlocking the EVMs, computer data entry, counting of votes, compilation and tacking back the machines to the strong room again. Even peons and medical staff will be female, said Bhavnagar district collec-
Smriti Irani supports students’ demand for night canteen at IIT-Gandhinagar, suggests ‘anda paratha’ Sunvilla News | Gandhinagar
tor Banchhanidhi Pani. The collector, who is also district election officer of Bhavnagar, said that since the RO and assistant returning officer (ARO) Trupti Vyas were women and the civic body elections also had 50 per cent seats reserved for women, he proposed to the RO to have a team of female staff for counting as well. “During interaction with female staff at election
training, when I asked them if they would like to be part of vote counting team as well, they happily agreed. They said that they had never been entrusted with such a job. I asked the RO if she will be okay with the proposal and she agreed. Therefore, we have selected these women to do the counting of vote and give them chance to this very sensitive and responsible job,” said Pani.
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AT THE inauguration of the Union HRD ministry’s much-acclaimed project GIAN (Global Initiative on Academic Network) at the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, its minister Smriti Irani politely but smartly declined Gujarat Education Minister’s Bhupendrasinh Chudasama’s demands for the state. Instead, she backed IIT-Gn students’ demand for an overnight canteen at the newly-constructed campus and said she would recommend other IIT students to have its “anda paratha”. At the end
of her address where IIT Kharagpur had a virtual presence, she said, “Let me tell IIT-Kharagpur that the next time you visit IIT-Gandhinagar please go and have anda paratha at the students’ canteen.” Responding to the minister’s requests, who had repeatedly addressed her as “sister”, of giving
something during her visit to the state and IIT-Gn campus, Irani said, “It is a strange thing when Bhupendrabhai said that I have to give something. Every brother present here knows that a sister only takes and never give anything. This would be a strange trend in Gujarat being a brother and
that too an elder brother.” Chudasama, while addressing the student, said: “When she entered the compound she was very happy with the aura and atmosphere. I feel that through this event she is going to give us something else too… We had a request of IIIT in Surat. Just Before she reached here she called me up and said we have given IIIT to Surat. When the education minister is from Gujarat and the Prime Minister also from Gujarat then we do not lack anything. I request Sudhir ji to inform me about any other request he had.”
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