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News Brief Clean Ganga not possible without clean Yamuna: Bharti Agency : Mathura, Apr 6
Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharati has said the Centre will soon start fulfilling the promises made for cleaning up River Yamuna. Saying that the government is committed to the cause of cleaning up the river, the minister added that the plans for rejuvenation of river Ganga also include cleaning up of Yamuna as it is not possible to clean Ganga without cleaning Yamuna.
7 held in advocate murder case Agency : Kumbakonam, Apr 6
Seven persons have been arrested in connection with the murder of an advocate of the Madras High Court, police today said. The accused arrested under various IPC sections, were remanded in judicial custody today, police said. M K Raja, brother of PMK state vice-president, was returning home in a car after attending a temple function on the night ofApril 3 along with his friends when some persons intercepted the vehicle near Koil Sannpuram railway gate, attacked and murdered him.
37 killed as powerful storms sweep Bangladesh Agency : Dhaka At least 37 people were killed when powerful storms swept Bangladesh at the weekend and left a trail of devastation in the northwest, officials said Monday. Rescuers and villagers recovered the bodies of victims after the storms flattened thousands of houses, uprooted trees and electricity poles and damaged paddy fields across a large area on Saturday night and Sunday. Nineteen people died in the northern district of Bogra, government administrator of the district Shafiqur Reza Biswas, adding that more than 100 people were injured. "They died mostly after they were hit by falling trees or collapsed houses and walls," he said, adding that authorities have sent emergency relief to thousands of villagers.
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IPL 8 opening: Bollywood to add glitter to the ceremony The two-hour inaugural aims to charm the audience with a festive feel and includes a special segment dedicated to defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders Agency : Kolkata Brace for dazzling lights and laser projections shooting straight-off from the ground at the Salt Lake Stadium for a replay of the magical moments from past Indian Premier League (IPL) editions as a fresh chapter of the cash-rich Twenty20 tournament gets going with a glitzy opening jamboree that unites the world of cricket with blockbuster Bollywood here on Tuesday. Setting the stage for the eighth edition of the league will be tinsel town’s stars — Hrithik Roshan, Shahid Kapoor and Anushka Sharma — in what is being pitched as the ‘India
Rain, thunderstorm may play spoilsport at IPL opening ceremony
ka Tyohar’ (Festival of India). The two-hour inaugural aims to charm the audience with a festive feel and includes a special segment dedicated to defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR). It also incorporates more glimpses of
cricket than the previous inaugurals. Despite the absence of superstar Shah Rukh Khan, a regular at the inaugurals, or any foreign artist, Roshan Abbas’s Encompass Events promises a “different” and “global” experience that will entertain all.
The Kolkata connect will not be forgotten. Around 400 performers (including 300 locals) will be involved in the stellar opener choreographed by Remo D’Souza and Santosh Shetty that will see eight-to-ten-minute performances by Hrithik,
Shahid and Anushka (cricketer Virat Kohli’s beau) on a mash-up of popular Bollywood dance tracks. Incidentally, this is Hrithik’s second live show in Kolkata after a gap of 15 years while the city hosted its last IPL inaugural in 2013.
Agency : Kolkata There is a high possibility of rain and thunderstorm interrupting the opening ceremony of the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the Salt Lake Stadium here on
Rs 600/head package tour to PM Narendra Modi's birthplace 3 Attacks in 4 Hours in Jammu Minister Narendra and Kashmir, 3 Policemen Killed Prime Modi's birthplace Vadnagar Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
Agency : SRINAGAR Militants today carried out three apparentlysynchronised attacks killing three policemen and injuring two persons in the valley where Asia's largest Tulip Garden was opened to public as a major event to woo tourists to Jammu and Kashmir. The deadliest of the attacks in three hours
took place in Amshipora village in Shopian district of south Kashmir in which three policemen were killed by the ultras. The attacks came on a day when Chief Minister Mufti Mohd Sayeed opened the Tulip garden on the banks of the Dal lake expressing the hope that the Valley would see a bumper tourist season this year and
to make the numbers "unprecedented". A police officer said the three policemen--Head Constable Mushtaq Ahmad and Constables Shabir Hussain and Nazeer Ahmad Wani--had gone to the village to investigate a routine criminal case when the militants attacked them. "The constables were unarmed and had travelled by a public vehicle. The attack took place at around 1.30 pm," the official said. The first attack took place in Pattan area of north Kashmir's Baramulla district at around 11.45 am when militants opened firing on a police officer travelling in a passenger bus.
and a visit to the railway station where he used to sell tea as a boy are now part of a tour package started by Gujarat Government's tourism agency. Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Ltd (TCGL), through its official partner, is offering a daylong tour, costing Rs 600 per head, to Vadnagar in Mehsana district and the local railway station where the PM used to sell tea as a boy at a stall owned by his father, among other spots. The package, 'A Rise From Modi's Village', is being offered by city-based Akshar Travels Pvt Ltd, a TCGL partner, and has reportedly become a huge hit among
India’s first home-built Scorpene Submarine launched into water Agency : Mumbai First of the six Scorpene submarine was undocked at Mazagon Dock Limited on Monday morning by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar. He has asked all the defence Public Sector Undertakings to double the production. The submarine will be launched in September this followed by formal commissioning or induction into the Indian Navy only in September 2016. “Between now and September 2016, the submarine will undergo a year and a half of rigorous trials and tests, both in harbour and at sea, while on surface and while dived,” mentioned an MDL official. On successfully completing each of the tests, on commis-
sioning the vessel will be named as INS Kalvari. The Scorpene Submarine being made in MDL on transfer of technology from DCNS, France, is designed to operate in all theatres including the Tropics. It can undertake various types of missions that are undertaken by any modern submarine including antisurface warfare, anti-submarine warfare, mine laying, intelligence gathering, surveillance, etc. “Performance of MDL has improved by 22 to 25%, I have asked all defence PSUs to try to double the production in the next three years.The project, which began about 10 years ago, has overshot the budget by nearly Rs. 5,000 crore and is ex-
pected to cost about Rs. 23,000 crore. China’s increasing undersea prowess has highlighted how much India is lagging behind with a rundown fleet. India’s navy currently has 13 ageing diesel-electric submarines, only half of which are operational at any given time due to refits. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s
government has ordered an accelerated tendering process to build six conventional diesel-electric submarines at an estimated cost of Rs. 50,000 crore ($8.1 billion), in addition to the Scorpenes French firm DCNS is assembling at the Mumbai port to replace a nearly 30-year-old fleet hit by a run of accidents.
tourists since its launch. State-run TCGL is promoting the tour on its website. According to the tour operator, the package has been receiving "very good" response since it was first introduced during Vibrant Gujarat Summit in January this year. Among other destinations and attractions on their way to Vadnagar from
Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar, the itinerary includes a visit to Modi's ancestral house in Vadnagar, where he was born. The travellers are then taken to a primary school - Vadnagar Prathmik Kumar Shala where 64-year-old Modi's academic journey started, according to TCGL website.
Tuesday, according to the Met office predictions. Regional Meteorological Centre director GC Debnath said apart from showers, there is a high chance of a thunderstorm striking Kolkata and a surrounding 50-km area in the afternoon. "There is a high possibility of rain and thunderstorm around Kolkata and surrounding 50 km on Tuesday especially in the afternoon and evening. It is difficult to say if it will affect Salt Lake but chances are high," Debnath said. The weatherman's forecast has already increased the creases on the foreheads of the organisers, who are particularly concerned about the smooth conduct of a light and laser show which is supposed to be the main attraction of the ceremony, in the event of the thunderstorm. All eight team captains will be present at the function to take the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) Spirit of Cricket pledge.
Govt pulls out 1,200 Indians from wartorn Yemen amidst heavy shelling Agency : New Delhi Amidst heavy shelling in Aden, India took great caution in evacuating 439 of its nationals to the naval ship INS Mumbai anchored off the coast –- ferrying the people in small batches by boat to the ship. On Saturday, over 1,200 Indians were evacuated from Yemen by air and by sea, adding to the around 1,000 Indians who have arrived back in India so far, the government said. India has also helped pull out nationals from Bangladesh, Djibouti, Nepal, Pakistan and Uganda from the strife-torn country. External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted: "There is heavy shelling in Aden. The ship is anchored 5/6 KM off the coast. Indian nationals are being taken by boat to board the ship there." The
external affairs ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin tweeted: "Precious cargo. INS Mumbai to sail from Aden to Djibouti in pitch darkness with precious cargo of 439 evacuated from Yemen." He earlier said: "Even as we evacuated 1,800 of our citizens from Yemen we also helped some from Bangladesh, Djibouti, Nepal, Pakistan and Uganda so far." He added that in the morning 322 Indians were evacuated by air from Yemen, while more
than 370 nationals were pulled out by sea in the afternoon. Over 300 Indian evacuated from Yemen are to reach Kochi late on Saturday. He said 978 Indians were evacuated in the last four days. The figure did not include the Indians who were expected to land in Kochi late on Saturday. Two Indian Air Force flights carrying 334 Indian nationals evacuated from Yemen had landed in Mumbai on Friday night. A total of 330 Indians had arrived on an Air India flight in Kochi early on Saturday.
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Some prime judicial questions in India Conferences of chief justices of high courts and chief ministers are staid affairs. Judicial and executive leaders get together for chitchat and avoid saying anything controversial. There is some talk of pendency of cases in courts and the gathering disperses until the next such occasion. Judges don’t publicly say anything against politicians. The latter are in any case chary of criticizing judges. What happened at this forum on Sunday was very unusual. Prime Minister Narendra Modi touched upon one big taboo subject and stirred a hornet’s nest in the bargain. In his speech, Modi spoke on two interlinked topics. One, the difficulty in estimating the difference between perception and reality. Two, the possibility of “five-star activists” driving the judiciary. These are controversial remarks. They have been made against a certain background and this needs to be appreciated. In recent months, many decisions of the Union government have been subjected to judicial challenge. Now there is nothing new here and this has been so since the advent of judicial activism. In one set of decisions at least, the Modi government has upped the ante. For the first time in two decades, the Union government has shown activism in accepting/rejecting the names of people for appointment to the apex court. Not only that, the passage of a law ending the collegium system of appointment of judges, too, has proved controversial. To say that there is a confrontation between the judiciary and the executive will be too strong a claim. But these decisions have led to anxiety. On a different, non-institutional plane, activists of various hues have kept up the pressure on Modi since his time as chief minister of Gujarat. One way to look at Modi’s assertions will be to see them against a background of institutional imbalances in the Indian polity. This is a well-known theme. Another way to see them would be to look at the past two decades of judicial evolution. Under the original Constitution of 1950, the judiciary had wide-ranging powers of judicial review. These were seldom used beyond a point. Since 1974, judicial review of laws and executive actions has come to such a stage that one legal scholar, Upendra Baxi, has claimed that India’s higher judiciary now co-governs the country. If this question is posed to any Supreme Court or high court judge, he will reject it instantly. But that denial will not square with reality. The realm of plain vanilla judicial review has been left long behind. Today the Supreme Court is an active intervener in policy formulation. From deciding how natural resources will be allocated to something as mundane as the number of toilets in schools in some states, nothing is seemingly out of the purview of courts. This enlargement of domain has a corollary. By their very nature, public acts invite public scrutiny. If the apex court and high courts pronounce on matters that affect policymaking, sooner or later, judicial decisions and judicial conduct, too, will be subject to criticism and possibly partisan comment. That will be a dangerous development for many reasons. The judiciary as an institution is a very important safeguard for Indian democracy. - Kapilkumar M. Hirpara
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"BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government as "anti-farmer and anti-poor", the Land Acquisition Act 2013 was drafted after two-and-a-half-years of consultation with all political parties and some of the BJP leaders even wanted to take credit for it after the bill was passed and became a law" - Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh said
Salman Khan hit-and-run case: Prosecution Huma and I share an awkward relationaccuses defence of coaching the witness Agency : Mumbai The prosecution today rejected Salman Khan's driver Ashok Singh's statement and accused the defence of coaching the witness. It was last month that the driver who has been employed by Salman Khan's family for 20 years- confessed to being responsible for the accident. The prosecution has called the timing of the confession suspicious. In the previous hearing, the prosecution told the court that there was no doubt that Salman was driving the car when it ran over a pavement in 2002 killing one and injuring four. The
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accused had in the beginning of the trial accepted that the vehicle was owned by him and was in his possession when the mishap occurred. The prosecution has also al-
Agency : Mumbai Kollywood famous actress Trisha Krishnan who had worked for many hit movies will be playing a double role for the upcoming movie. While, till date not much details has been disclosed regarding the project but it has been informed that the movie will be a horror thriller movie.Along with this few reports informed that this will the first time in actress Trisha Krishnan’s career when she will be seen playing the double role. The movie will be directed by Govi. If close sources are to be believed then it has been disclosed that the shooting of the movie will start from May, 2015. Apart from this actress is quite busy with her upcoming movie Lion.
Emraan Hashmi to host first screening of ‘Mr X’ for son
Agency : Mumbai Actor Emraan Hashmi will treat his superhero-lover son, Ayaan, and his family to the first private screening of his sci-fi thriller “Mr X”.
Agency : New Delhi Actor Saqib Saleem is kicked about his next film, an adaptation of Hollywood horror movie "Oculus", which will see him sharing a tumultuous onscreen relationship with sister Huma Qureshi. The brother-sister duo is working together in a Bollywood movie for the first time in the Prawaal Ramandirected movie. The yet-untitled movie, like the original, focuses on the story of a brother-sister, who get separated at a young age due to an antique mirror. "I am very excited for 'Oculus' because it is the first time Huma and I will be working together. We keep talking about the movie all the time, have similar likings and finally we are coming together. Our relationship, however, is not a typical one in the film. "We share an awkward sibling relationship, totally different from how we are in real life. In
the film our characters detest each other, even though there is a lot of love between the two. The relationship is intense and aggressive," Saqib. The 26-year-old "Mere Dad Ki Maruti" star will play the younger sibling, who is sent to a juvenile
The Vikram Bhatt-helmed film will see Emraan playing a man with invisible superpowers for the first time in his career, and the actor is excited to show it to his son.
“Ayaan loves superheroes and now that I am playing a character that has this incredible power of invisibility, I’m confident that my son will enjoy this film of mine. It will be just great to gauge his reaction. Mr X is a full on masala, family entertainer in 3D and yes I will host the first screening of the film for him and my family,” Emraan, 36, said. Produced by Vishesh Films and presented by Fox Star Studios, the film will release in 3D and 2D on April 17.
Agency : Mumbai Many might be going gaga about Deepika’s My Choice video, but at the same time it’s also receiving a lot of flak from several people Kangana Ranaut says Deepika Padukone’s much-talked about My Choice video must be appreciated for the effort of promoting women empowerment, but at the same time, the Queen actress thinks empowerment cannot happen by becoming sexists. “Women empowerment does not mean you create complex among men. Then it will take 20 more years to empower men. It is all about evolving as a soul, as a human being. It does not mean that you become a sexist,” Kangana said. If you will remember, Sonakshi Sinha too slammed the video and said having sex outside marriage is not
women empowerment. My Choice, directed by Homi Adjania, calls for a change in the mindset of men about women and asks them to stop judging women for their choices of clothes, profession and life. The video shows Deepika talking
Bharat Abhiyaan by Papa Shahrukh. Along with the picture SRK tweets, “Starting him young to believe in Clean India….Green India…& maybe a round or two of Quidditch!!” Well this is a great effort by baby AbRam as it would also inspire several other young Indians to believe in Clean India…Green India.
about the freedom of choice that women must have regarding multiple issues, including having the choice to indulge in sex before marriage or out of marriage or not having sex at all. It also features 99 other women along with the Piku actress.
“Dabangg 3” may take one or two years, says Arbaaz Khan
Shahrukh Khan's little AbRam joins Clean India Campaign! Agency : Mumbai Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan’s little baby AbRam is a strong believer of Clean India Campaign and this was exhibited in the latest picture tweeted by King Khan on his official Twitter profile. In the latest photo, AbRam can be seen bare foot, holding a big broom. The photo has been tagged as the Swacch
home and spends 12 years there. Saqib has stationed himself in Delhi for some time to attend workshops to get into the skin of his role and he also plans to visit juvenile homes in the city to bring authenticity to his performance.
Kangana Ranaut slams Deepika Padukone's 'My Choice' video, calls her a sexist
Alia Bhatt crosses 4 million followers on Twitter
one for me... I oath to entertain you( via movies, songs & jokes) forever," Alia posted on Twitter." The Student of the Year star will be next seen in Shandaar, Udta Punjab and Kapoor and Sons. She will be seen opposite Shahid Kapoor in Shandaar and Udta Punjab while Kapoor and Sons stars Sidharth Malhotra and Fawad Khan apart from her.
leged that Khan did not have driving licence and was under the influence of liquor at the time of the accident. Khan had denied both charges.
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Agency : New Delhi Alia Bhatt, who is busy shooting for Udta Punjab, has achieved a new feat on Twitter. The actor has crossed four million followers on the micro-blogging site.She thanked her fans for all the love and support and promised to entertain them through her movies, songs and jokes. "So a BIG HUG is overdue!!Thank you thank you all, 4 million. BIG
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Agency : Mumbai The third instalment of the superhit Bollywood franchise ‘Dabangg’ is on the cards. Filmmaker Arbaaz Khan says it may take one or two years to shape up. Arbaaz, who produced ‘Dabangg’ (2010) and then directed and produced its sequel, is waiting for his
brother, actor Salman Khan — the lead actor of both films — to finish all his pending assignments. “It (‘Dabangg 3') is in talks. Salman and I will sit sometime when he is through with his movies and all,” Arbaaz told reporters here at a book launch event. “We will ideate on the script
and it may take one or two years,” he added. Further, he revealed that he may hand over the direction to somebody else this time but will definitely produce it. “As of now only that department is open… maybe somebody else might direct ‘Dabangg 3' but only I will produce it and nobody else. That’s our own franchise,” the filmmaker said. Meanwhile, as of now, Salman is busy with his films ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Paayo’ and ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’. After that, he will start shooting for Karan Johar’s ‘Shuddhi’.
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Sebi mulls new norms for changes in Sensex, Nifty Agency : Mumbai Regulator Sebi will soon put in place new norms for changes in constituents of the key stock market indices, including Sensex and Nifty, as it frames a separate mechanism for regulating the index providers. The index operators, which include subsidiaries of stock exchanges and independent entities such as S&P, currently do not come under Sebi's direct regulatory purview and the new norms would also include a 'code of conduct' for them while mandating more disclosures and greater transparency while including or excluding a stock from the indices. "The broader equity indices traded at Indian stock exchanges are owned and managed by separate legal entities or subsidiary of stock exchanges. As a re-
sult, these entities do not come under the purview of any specific regulation or ambit of regulations," a senior official said. "Therefore calculation, maintenance and management of Indices are carried out at the discretion of Index providers and no regulatory oversight is presently available," he added. Accordingly, Sebi has decided to put in place a regulatory framework for the index providers and their activities. Among others, the major indices on the NSE are managed by India Index Services and Product Ltd (IISL), a NSE group company, which maintains over 80 equity indices comprising broad-based benchmark indices, sector indices and customised indices. Earlier, rating agency Crisil had a stake in IISL, which it exited in 2013.
Airtel Zero: Another blow to net neutrality
Agency : NEW DELHI Airtel has launched 'Airtel Zero,' a platform through which it will offer users free access to certain mobile apps. These apps will be from developers who have signed up with the company. Through the scheme, app developers and internet content service providers (or over-the-top content providers) will be able to make some part of or their entire mobile app free for customers. This implies that users will not have to pay data charges (or get usage allowance deducted from their data packs) when they access these apps via Airtel's mobile data network. It's worth pointing out that Airtel
Zero violates the principles of net neutrality as the company will offer an advantage to certain players in terms of cost of access and will even promote them. These players will most likely shell out a fee to get this favourable position. While Airtel will get an additional source of revenue, for service and app providers, it will be an additional expenditure just to ensure that they don't lag behind their competitors. Airtel claims the platform is similar to providing toll-free numbers for customer care and says Zero is 'an open and non-discriminatory marketing platform for all developers in India - irrespective of the size of their business.'
Why more people are sharing less on Facebook
Agency : New York If you have cut down on the amount of content you share on Facebook or Twitter even as your lists of friends and followers grow, you are not alone. A study co-authored by an Indian-origin researcher suggests that although more and more people are participating in social networking, a smaller percentage of users are actively creating and sharing content. The findings to be published in the journal Management Science pointed out that the cheaper and easier it becomes to reach large numbers of people via
social media, the fewer “content creators” choose to participate and the more cluttered the networks become. “Social communication incentives diminish even as the reach or the span of communication increases,” said study authors Ganesh Iyer and Zsolt Katona from University of California, Berkeley – Haas School of Business. Industry reports estimate that just 10 percent of Twitter users broadcast 90 percent of the network’s tweets, while only a tiny fraction of the 55 million users who blog post daily, Katona noted.
BCCI clears mystery on Sunil Narine
Agency : Kolkata The first Nor’wester of the season was a real dampener. It deprived Sunil Narine of his first practice session with Kolkata Knight Riders ahead of IPL-8 that gets underway on Wednesday. A soggy Eden Gardens was under wraps, so the players sweated it out at the indoor facility of the Cricket Association of Bengal. Forget jet
lag, Narine was lying low because his fate was hanging in the balance. On Sunday, BCCI cleared him to play the IPL and the ‘mystery’ spinner showed up. The fans were happy. Over the last seven days, everything about the Kolkata Knight Riders was revolving around the Trinidadian. Little wonder then that there was a great sense of relief in the air. “The bowling re-
view committee of the BCCI, comprising S Venkatraghavan, Javagal Srinath and AV Jayaprakash examined the bowling action of Sunil Narine after he had undergone a biomechanical assessment at the ICC-accredited SRMC (Sri Ramachandra University) centre, Chennai,” began a cricket board press statement. “The committee concluded that Sunil Narine, who had remodelled his bowling action, was within the ICC approved limits for all types of deliveries that were assessed and has hence recommended to the BCCI, that his name may be removed from the warning list of bowlers with suspect action. As a result, Sunil Narine is now allowed to bowl in all BCCI tournaments,” the statement added.
Heady batting brew, but bowling needs fizz Agency : New Delhi On the road adjoining the Chinnaswamy Stadium, billboards have cropped up and the rhetoric is cricketlaced as evident in lines like ‘24/7 is not a batting collapse, it is a commitment’. The private hospital that has put up these advertisements has dipped into cricketing analogies while dwelling upon its round-the- clock services as the Indian Premier League is around the corner and Royal Challengers Bangalore is set for another tilt. The fans, meanwhile, are eager that RCB shrugs aside its indifferent run in the last three editions, when the team did not qualify for the play-offs. Their hunger has been further whetted by the Karnataka squad that has won almost all domestic cricket titles over two seasons and last year’s ILeague champion – Bengaluru Football Club. As
SPORTS ROUNDUP We must reduce our mistakes, says Paul van Ass Agency : Ipoh After India suffered a 1-2 loss at the hands of New Zealand in their second match of the Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament, team's new chief coach Paul van Ass said that despite being the better side on turf for the second consecutive day, results continued to elude his side. After a hard-fought 1-1 draw against Korea yesterday, India conceded a late goal to succumb to their first loss and hand New Zealand their second consecutive win in the sixnation tournament at the Azlan Shah Stadium. Despite having the better share of possession and ball control, India paid the price for some sloppy defending as New Zealand scored through skipper
Simon Child (38th minute) and Andy Hayward's (55th) late penalty corner conversion to give Van Ass his first taste of defeat with the Indian team. "I think we played good match, especially in the third and at the start of the fourth quarter. We were freely pressing them, giving them some hard time with some scoring chances. I think we
dominated the better part of the game but unfortunately in the last six minutes, we conceded a corner and that is more with the head (mental part)," the Dutchman told reporters after the match. New Zealand coach Colin Batch expressed happiness on his side's second win on the trot but said they had to dig deep.
If MS Dhoni asks, I will jump off 24-storey building: Ishant Sharma
usual, RCB steps into the IPL, flexing its batting muscle while hoping that its bowling arm will provide the ideal support. In skipper Virat Kohli, A.B. de Villiers and Chris Gayle, RCB has an enviable batting troika. Gayle has his niggles but he will take pain-killer injections and stride out ominously. Among others, Dinesh Karthik’s inclusion will augment the batting and he could also don the wicketkeeping gloves and offer respite to de Villiers.
Darren Sammy and South African David Wiese are the all-round options and there are men ranging from the experienced S. Badrinath to fresh-talent Shishir Bhavane, waiting in the wings. The last-named is the lone Karnataka player in the outfit. The bowling that was supposed to lean on World Cup Player-of-the-Tournament Mitchell Starc, suffered a blow as the left-arm speedster is nursing a knee injury and will miss the action for two to three weeks.
Mumbai Indians keen to script second triumph
Agency : Mumbai Mumbai Indians, the most talked about team in the Indian Premier League (IPL), gear up for the eighth edition of the cash-rich tournament as one of the favourites to clinch the title for the second time. The 2013 champions are all set to take to the 22 yards under newlyappointed coach Ricky Ponting, whose aggression and experience would be a big plus to the squad. Last year, led by hard-hitting In-
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dian opener Rohit Sharma, the team reached the playoff stages where they lost to Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the eliminator by 7 wickets. But after the 2015 IPL auctions the team looks more formidable even before the start. Among the notable buys were Australia's World Cup-winning opener Aaron Finch, who was bought for Rs.3.2crore. The Victorian, part of Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL last
season, has played 22 Twenty20 Internationals for Australia and scored 756 runs. New Zealand's Mitchell McClenaghan is another crucial purchase. With his ability to pick up wickets, the left-arm pacer is considered a limited overs specialist, who has turned out in 16 Twenty20 Internationals for his national side claiming 17 wickets. Mumbai Indians have done well to get him for Rs.30 lakh.
Agency : Kolkata Indian pacer Ishant Sharma made known his disappointment of having to miss out on a maiden World Cup berth due to his knee injury, but credited skipper MS Dhoni for helping him cope with the disappointment. He went on to express his faith in captain cool by stating that he would even jump of the 24th floor if Dhoni asked him to. IPL Auction 2015:
Sunrisers Hyderabad have a formidable unit It was very difficult to accept, but at some stage you had to accept it. In 2011, I did not get picked in the World Cup squad. In 2015, I had a good chance. I was in the team and everything was going well for me but I still had to miss it because of the (knee) injury. It was tough to accept. The support staff and
Mahibhai (MS Dhoni) handled me very well at a time when I was emotionally down. You want to be a part of such a team.If captains like Mahibhai tell you that you have to jump from the 24th floor, you would readily do that without thinking even once. Mahibhai helped me a great deal to cope with the disappointment,” said Ishant Full list of players bought by SRH According to Ishant, it makes no sense sweating over injuries since they are uncontrollable at times. “I know what to do to avoid injuries – to train hard which I have been doing. Nobody likes getting injured, but some things you cannot control, so no point worrying about them,” he said. IPL 2015 Auction: Full list of players unsold for IPL 8
‘Champions in Miami, title number 25’: It's Sania’s moment of glory Agency : Miami Tennis ace Sania Mirza gave Indian sports-lover another moment to cherish when she partnered with Swiss legend Martina Hingis to lift the women’s doubles title of the Miami Masters at the Tennis Center at Crandon Park on Sunday night. Sania’s victory came a few days after badminton star Saina Nehwal briefly became the world number one after winning the Indian Open Super Series title last week. Sania-Hingis won in straight sets 7-5, 6-1 against the second-seeded Russian duo of Elena Vesnina and Ekaterina Makarova. An ecstatic Sania tweeted pictures of the trophy, one showing Hingis biting into the glassware and Sania
poised to kiss it. “Champions in Miami…. title number 25,” the caption said. It was Sania’s 25th career title and first at the Crandon Park while Hingis notched up her fourth victory in Miami and her 43rd doubles title. Sania-Hingis had earlier won the at Indian Wells after winning at Sydney with Bethanie Mattek-Sands. In the Miami final, the IndianSwiss faced a tough first set when the Russian duo broke
serve thrice to be down 25. But Sania-Hingis then showed why they are such a force, taking the next five sets to win 7-5. However, the Russians had no clue in the second set as the top seeds hit top gear to wrap up the match in just over an hour. Sania and Hingis will next have a crack the Family Circle Cup starting later week. The Indian had won the title in 2011 with Elena Vesnina.
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Gujarat Congress requests Governor to disapprove GujCoTOC
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A delegation of Gujarat Congress led by state party president Bharatsinh Solanki and Leader of Opposition Shankersinh Vaghela visited Raj Bhawan in Gandhinagar and presented memorandum to Governor requesting him not to approve GUJCOTOC bill passed by Gujarat Assembly. Congress in its memorandum said that the bill proposes telephone in-
tercept power to police which violates fundamental rights of citizen and also violated Indian Telegraph Act. Congress delegation argued that after repealing POTA, the Government of India had introduced Unlawful Activity Amendment Act-2004 which is enough to fight against terrorism. Congress argued that when MACOCA was implemented in Maharashtra, Unlawful Activities Preven-
tion Amendment Act-2004 was not in existence, and therefore comparison between GUJCOC and MACOCA is improper. Congress delegation said that present government has added the word ‘terrorism’ to earlier GUJCOC bill for political reasons. Congress objected section 16 in GOJCOTOC bill which considers statement before police(not below rank of SP) valid as evidence.
Board scanning past results of Khokhara school
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Vaidehi wins AITA title Aastha Spintex Mill commissioned at Halvad Gujarat’s Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad The youngster once again Correspondent, Halvad
Gujarat Chief Minister on Sunday attended inaugural ceremony of Jashubhai Patel led Aastha Spintex pvt ltd at Halvad. Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama while speaking at the function described Aastha Spintex plant as ‘value addition plant’. He said this is third such plant in this belt. He said this belt has started growing jeera, and in that context the district should have value addition plant for jeera also. A video presentation in this function by the
company claimed, this is one of first plants commissioned after new textile policy introduced by Government of Gujarat. The company claimed it provides 95%
New districts in Gujarat allotted RTO Codes for vehicle registration Sunvilla News, Gandhinagar
As per a notification by Port and Motor Transport department, Government of Gujarat, new 7 districts of Gujarat are allotted RTO code numbers.The list is following:
employment to local villagers. Speaking in this function, state Chief Minister said while prices of agriculture produce go down, value addition is only way out.
City tennis player Vaidehi Chaudhary once again did the state proud after she emerged winner at AITA Women's 50k tournament held in Karnal recently. Vaidehi showed maturity as the talented teenager, who trains at Ahmedabad Racquet Academy, edged past Haryana's Niru easily with a 6-2, 6-2 victory to lay her hands over the coveted trophy. In earlier rounds, the 15-year-old handed double bagel to Delhi's Nitu Tomar (6-0, 6-0) in the prequarters.
Gujarat ISR to come up with earthquake prediction system
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Plaints regarding bad roads, water supply falls on AMC’s deaf ears
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Officials of the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) are scrutinizing the results of the past three years of Jay Somnath High School situated in Khokhara. This school is currently under investigation after the Class XII, Semester IV, biology question paper was leaked. GSHSEB officials suspect that someone from the board and the school staff had joined hands to leak papers. It has been alleged in some quarters that papers had been regularly leaked by the school staff for the past three years. The board is now trying to find out how many students from the
school had got more than 80% marks. Board officials said that investigation by the police is yet to get to the bottom of the paper leak incident. A peon of Jay Somnath High School is among those arrested for leaking the biology question paper. A complaint in this regard was lodged earlier by Ahmedabad district education officer Ashok Rathod with Khokhra police against five persons for leaking the
question paper on March 20, the day the exam was held across the state. According to official procedure, a government employee carries the papers to a school in sealed packets of 30 papers each. The packets are then sent to the respective examination halls. The invigilator opens the seal of the paper in the presence of two students from the class and gets their signature.
Bad roads, drainage and water supply issues are getting problematic in the west and new west zones by the day. Recently in a review meeting officials pointed to almost 1,800 civic complaints that are pending over a month across the city, which are being attended to. A majority of these complaints, 745 complaints belong to the new west zone and the west zone—the areas that pay the highest taxes in the city. Of these 426 complaints belong to the new west zone. These include the areas like Bodakdev, Ghatlodiya, Gota , Chandlodiya, Ranip, Sarkhej and Vejalpur. Poor
cepted the tanker filled with spent acid. However on the other hand, even when the officials of GPCB had
lodged the complaint against the company on 29 March, the facts came to light on 5th April. Vatva police officials
said they had already started the probe in the complaint and very soon they will come up with startling revelations.
roads continue to be a problem for residents in Panchgini apartment, near Hasubhai bungalows , Konark tower, Sanidhya apartments and Rajpath club. Residents had lodged complaints with the AMC last month. The drainage problem of Takshashila apartments too has remained on the backburner for many days now. Similar drainage issues have arisen in areas like Sola where residents have been complaining of overflowing drainage opposite Dutt bungalows, near Silver cruise society, Vrindawan part 1 and Vikasnagar society.
came up with superb show as she edged out Karnataka's Valentina Shekhar without dropping a single game (6-0, 6-0). In the semifinal, the India number 44 brushed aside Tamil Nadu's Niditra Rajmohan 6-2, 6-2. Vaidehi has been in tremendous for lately winning many titles at the national level. She has been upsetting better seeded players often and with the current form, Vaidehi looks set to improve upon her national rankings.
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Gujarat government’s Institute of Seismological Research (ISR) is all set to come up with an earthquake early warning and prediction system to avoid loss of lives and property during such a calamity in the state. Gujarat had witnessed one of the most horrific earthquakes on January 26, 2001, taking the toll of more than 10,000 lives, in Kutch and a loss of the properties worth in crores, which was the main reason to come with this idea of early warning system. “We are setting up an early warning system that
can predict earthquake when it takes place at its epicentre and with its help we can give an alert around 30 seconds before the tremors reach other places,” Director General at ISR, B K Rastogi. “By developing this system, we can save lives of people at the time of earthquake and also we can generate alerts to the industries including major nuclear plants and hazardous chemicals units so that no lethal leakage will take place,” added Rastogi. The idea to develop earthquake early warning system was conceived considering the
fatalities that the state had witnessed during the major earthquake on January 26, 2001, said Rastogi. The epicentre of that earthquake was Bhachau in Kutch district, which is considered as the major faultline and we cannot deny the probability of such major earthquakes in future also, he said. According to Rastogi, ISR’s earthquake prediction and early warning system will be the country’s first such full fledged centre. “There was a plan to set up an earthquake prediction centre in Noida on outskirts of Delhi and it got sanctioned also. However, work has not started, but we have already started developing softwares and hardwares for our system,” Rastogi said. “We have imported hardware and software systems from some foreign universities, while the research to develop the technology have been based on faultlines and seismic waves,” added Rastogi.
Gujarat BJP Dahod Unit creates largGPCB lodges complaint against a factory est human flag on BJP foundation day Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
The Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has lodged a complaint against Dutt Nature Cure in Vatva for selling unpurified spent acid to another company in Vatva, Ni Roop Chemicals. Vatva police officials said GPCB's regional officer RB Trivedi has named general manager of Dut Nature Cure Naresh Nagar and the driver of the tanker, which was caught red handed by GPCB officials on 24 March in Vatva with the chemical. Inspector of Vatva police station Jaideep Sarvaiya said according to the norms the company has to first purify the spent acid and then only it can sell it. "According to the complaint Dutt Nature cure had sold unpurified spent acid to Ni Roop chemicals in Vatva" added Inspector Sarvaiya. On 24 March, GPCB officials on a tip off had inter-
BM institute to revamp autism care
incahrge of Dahod Amit Thaker watched the flag from 17 ft eyesight. Chief Minis-
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The number of children identified with autism is increasing, with the data from the Centre for Disease Control suggesting that one in 68 children falls into the spectrum. To help kids with neurobehavioral disorders, B M Institute of Mental Health is set to expand its services with advance training methods and therapeutic facilities. Institute director Dr Madhu Singh said: "We're revamping our care for our 20 autistic children from June. We shall include TEACCH method, structured environment, visual communication, sensory integration, picture exchange and art, music and play therapies." TEACCH method, developed by pro-
fessor Eric Schopler at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is a therapeutic tool to help autistic kids understand their surroundings. The institute, which played a pioneering role in psychological research in the country in the 60s and 70s, is also planning to rope in a few schools and organizations to use their campuses for hippo and dolphin therapies.
Hippo therapy (therapeutic riding on a horse) mobilize joints, improves postural control and functional activity. In dolphin therapy, child's interaction with dolphins increase attention and enhance cognitive processes. The institute is also planning to start holding therapy, a technique wherein a parent would hold the child tightly in a way that ensures eye contact between them.
Correspondent, Dahod Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) Monday celebrated its 35th foundation day in Gujarat in unique style. A 1 lakh sqft human flag was created here by about 30,000 party workers who had arrived here for this event from 1,407 booths and 650 villages. This was the biggest mobilization of party in recent years in non-election season in tribal belt of Gujarat. Earlier Dahod unit had organized a 21-day long bike rally during membership drive which passed through 450 villages. 33% part of
human flag was created by party’s women karyakarta who were wearing green sarees. Saffron part of BJP’s flag was created by party karyakarta who were wearing saffron t-shirt and caps. 400×250 ft flag’ white part was created by Dahod city and taluka karyakarta, while BJYM workers created black border by wearing black t shirts and caps. The human flag was clicked by drone. Chief Minister Anandiben Patel, state BJP President RC Faldu, Minister Bhupendrasinh Cudasama, key organizer of this event and district BJP
ter conducted Panchnishtha oath on this occasion and addressed this gathering.
CM explains importance of organic farming to people in Dahod forests Chief Minister Anandiben Patel today said that Gujarat Government was keen to help people living in the forest areas to cultivate verminculture, alongside producing minor forest produces, to augment their income and lead a better life. Addressing the members of VatedaAndhari Van Mandali and Sahbhagi Van Vyavastha Samiti in the remote forest areas of Dahod district, she explained the importance of compost manure with the help of worms, particularly in the growing demand for growing demand for organic
farming produces. The Chief Minister encouraged women members to take benefit of number of government’s schemes for women’s empowerment. She also asked them to create mass awareness against additions and free the society from additions. She asked the Forest Department to ensure the benefits of the schemes and the money reached the target groups. She asked the Department to provide toilet in every home of Van Mandali and Sahbhagi Vas Vyavastha Samiti in the forest areas.
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