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News Brief Gang members posing to be astrologers arrested
Agency : Mangaluru, May 9 A gang of robbers which used to visit houses posing themselves as astrologers has been arrested, police said.The members were nabbed from a car at Uppinangady near here hear yesterday. Their predictions were rendered in verses based on palmistry and using parrots for picking out fortune cards, police said.After interrogation, police said the gang was carrying lethal weapons and had come from Hassan district with plans for robbery.The gang members, who had been wandering in Belur, Arasikere and and Hagare in Hassan district, had moved to Krishnapura and Suratkal in Dakshina Kannada district of late, they said.
One arrested for ATM fraud in Pulwama Agency, Srinagar, May 9 One person was today arrested for cheating a man who sought his help while making an ATM transaction in Pulwama district of south Kashmir, police said. “A case related to ATM fraud was solved by arresting the fraudster who had fraudulently exchanged the ATM card of the victims in Pampore area last evening,” a police spokesman said.The victim, Mushtaq Ahmad Mantoo, lodged a written complaint with police after Rs 35,000 were withdrawn from his account, he said.He said a case was registered and during the course of investigation, the investigating officer collected CCTV footage from the ATM that led to the arrest of the culprit, Khursheed Ahmad Bandroo of Banderpora-Khansahab in Budgam district.
Elderly woman beaten to death by husband in J&K Agency, Srinagar, May 9 A 60-year-old woman was allegedly beaten to death by her husband following an argument at heir house in Kupwara district of north Kashmir, police said today.Nazim Jan was brutally beaten by her husband Ghulam Rasool Khan over some trivial issue at their residence at Nowpora-Suliman village of Tangdar near the Line of Control yesterday, a police spokesman said. He said the critically injured Jan was rushed to a hospital here and later succumbed to her injuries. The body was handed over to her relatives after completion of legal formalities, the spokesman said, adding the police has registered a case and started with the investigations.
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PM Modi launches three social security schemes Modi said 80-90 per cent people in the country neither have insurance cover nor any possibility of pension.
Agency, Kolkata Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched three ambitious social security schemes, relating to the insurance and pension sector and intended at widening the process of financial inclusion.On his first visit to West Bengal after taking over as prime minister, he kickstarted the “Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana” (accident insurance), “Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Yojana” (life insurance) and “Atal Pension Yojana” at a programme in Nazrul Manch here.West Bengal governor KN Tripathi, chief minister Mamata Banerjee, and union ministers Jayant Sinha and
Babul Supriyo attended the function where Modi inaugurated a plaque by pressing a remote button to launch the schemes. An audio visual film was
then shown highlighting salient features of the three schemes. The prime minister then handed out certificates to the first three subscribers - includ-
ing two women.The Jan Suraksha Yojana, under which the schemes were launched countrywide, is expected to reduce the number of zero balance
Padma Bhushan or Padma Vibhushan and even Nobel prize are given to good people also, but there is intense lobbying and those having more political influence succeed in getting them,” the Yoga guru alleged here. He was speaking on the sidelines of an event organised by ASSOCHAM to spread
awareness about yoga ahead of the first International Yoga Day which will be observed across the world on June 21. Ramdev was tipped to receive Padma award this year but he wrote to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh declining the honour, saying he was a ‘sanyasi’ (ascetic) and considered it his duty to serve the people and the country. Speaking about the benefits of yoga, he told the gathering that 50 per cent of people in India are forced into debts and mortgage their assets to avail treatment for various diseases. “Diseases cannot be eliminated through medicines, rather it is the individual who is eliminated. About 50% of
people in India are forced into debts and mortgage their assets to avail treatment for various diseases. Yoga is a way out of this quagmire. It would ensure that people of India lived a healthy life without medicines,” Ramdev said. The yoga guru said that he will urge 1O crore families to participate in the International Yoga Day. “We aim to reduce one crore kilo weight of obese Indians for which we will organise anti-obesity camps throughout the nation,” he said.In his discourse laced with humour, Ramdev also justified charging money for Agency,Jagdalpur providing Yoga courses and Making the first prime promoting ‘swadeshi’ line ministerial visit in three of products. decades to this Maoist
Intense lobbying for Padma awards, political influence counts: Ramdev
Agency, NewDelhi Yoga guru Ramdev, who had declined Padma Vibhushan award, today alleged that a lot of lobbying takes place for Padma awards and even Nobel prize and those with political influence succeed.“The entire world knows that all these awards like Padma Shri,
Book Review – Ahmedabad: A City in the World
Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad A powerful sketch of Ahmedabad and its all too frequent complicity in communal violence. Zahir Janmohamed, Ahmedabad Towards the end of Amrita Shah’s powerful new book Ahmedabad: A City in the World, she describes a man pushing his broken car across a busy intersection in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. “Nobody stops to let him pass. Nobody comes to help him,” Shah writes. It is a theme Shah echoes through-
bank accounts created under the Jan Dhan Yojana. The schemes target the poor and unorganised sector who are neither covered by any form of insurance nor get pension. Under the accident insurance scheme, a person will be provided cover of Rs 200,000 for an annual premium of Rs 12. The cover is for accidental death or permanent total disability.The scheme will be available to people in the age group of 18 to 70 years with a savings bank account, who give their consent to join and enable auto-debit on or before May 31 for the coverage period - June 1 to May 31 - on an annual renewal basis.The life insurance scheme will offer a renewable one year life cover of Rs 200,000 to all savings bank account
out her slim, 196 page book: that Ahmedabad is a city of accomplices. Indeed, she even starts her book with a poem called Accomplices by the Chinese writer Bei Dao. Throughout her book, she returns to the subject of the 2002 Gujarat riots and to the city’s widespread acceptance of those events. In one scene, a Gujarati Hindu mother laments her son’s anti-Muslim views but justifies not correcting him, saying, “I cried…but.” Shah
observes: “‘But’ was as close to empathy as I could find in Ahmedabad.” It is a moving, important indictment of the city — and one of the few moments when Shah uses the first person pronoun. However, while Shah deserves praises for raising uncomfortable questions about Ahmedabad’s all too frequent acceptance of communal violence, I kept hoping she would go beyond this theme to uncover other aspects of the city: its quirks, its unique sense of humour, and its tremendous, diverse cast of characters, many of whom have nothing to do with 2002. Title – Ahmedabad: A City in the World Author: Amrita Shah Publihser: Bloomsbury India, Pages: 196, Price: Rs 499
would also co-contribute 50% of the total contribution or Rs 1,000 per annum, whichever is lower, for five years. The government contribution will be for those joining the scheme before Dec 31, 2015, are not members of any statutory social security scheme and are not income tax payers.It is estimated that the unorganised sector workers, which constitute 88% of the total labour force of 47.29 crore, as per the 66th Round of NSSO Survey of 2011-12, do not have any formal pension provision.The three schemes were simultaneously launched at 112 centres in different states and union territories attended by respective chief ministers/governors and the union ministers.
hotbed, Narendra Modi on Saturday asked the ultras to shed the gun and put an end to mindless deaths in favour of peace. “Those who feel that whether or not this macabre drama of death will end, I can tell you with full commitment and make you believe that there is no need to get disheartened. This (death) too will stop,” he said addressing a public meeting here. On a short visit here, Modi initiated welfare schemes worth Rs 24,000 crore for the Maoist hotbed of Bastar region which include setting up Ultra Mega Steel Plant, a railway line, slurry pipeline and pellet plant. Modi said there is no
future for violence in the country. If there is a future that is through peaceful ways, he said. “In India those people who ask what is the way to get back people who have chosen the path of violence. I understand (Chhattisgarh Chief Minister) Raman Singh has made that way. Only a plough on shoulder can bring solution, not the gun,” he said. Modi, who is the first Prime Minister to visit this Maoist hotbed in three decades after Rajiv Gandhi in 1985, cited the example of Punjab and naxalbari (in West Bengal) where people are living a peaceful life after suffering from violence in the past.
Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh confirms Maoists holding over 200 hostages
Naval Base at Porbandar Commissioned as INS Sardar Patel by Gujarat CM
Agency, Porbandar ‘Sardar Patel’, the latest Naval establishment of Indian Navy, was commissioned at Porbandar, Gujarat by Smt. Anandiben Patel, the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Gujarat today 09 May 15. The commissioning ceremony was attended by Admiral RK Dhowan, Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice
holders in the age group of 18 to 50 years, covering death due to any reason, for a premium of Rs 330 per annum per subscriber.On the other hand, the pension scheme focuses on the unorganised sector and provides subscribers a fixed minimum pension of Rs 1,000, Rs 2,000, Rs 3,000, Rs 4,000 or Rs 5,000 per month starting at the age of 60 years, depending on the contribution option exercised on entering at an age between 18 and 40 years. Thus, the period of contribution by any subscriber under APY would be 20 years or more. The benefit of fixed minimum pension enjoys sovereign guarantee. While the scheme is open to bank account holders in the prescribed age group, the central government
Admiral SPS Cheema, Flag Officer Commanding–in–Chief, Western Naval Command, senior naval officers and other dignitaries of the state government. The event marked yet another important milestone in the Navy’s efforts to augment the security infrastructure in the coastal states and islands
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Mr Narendra Modi goes to China
The conventional wisdom is that China and India, two fast-growing giants, are trapped in a zero-sum strategic rivalry. China, which was Asia’s dominant power for centuries, wants to reassert its hegemony and regards a powerful India as an obstacle to its ambitions. India, a victim of Western colonialism, sees itself as South Asia’s undisputed regional leader and views any attempt by China to establish its primacy in Asia as a threat to its national security and economic interests.As with most conventional wisdoms, the perception that India and China are strategic rivals has substantial factual basis. Indeed, China and India have been engaged in delicate geopolitical manoeuvring to balance each other. China has given substantial economic and military aid to Pakistan, India’s nemesis, to check Indian power. In addition, Beijing has been energetically wooing Southeast Asian countries through trade and investment to gain “first mover” advantage in a region of enormous strategic value to both India and China. In response, India has moved closer to the United States, which regards India as a natural strategic partner in maintaining Asia’s balance of power. The burgeoning US-India relationship has greatly strengthened New Delhi’s bargaining position vis-à-vis Beijing. At the same time, India has also become more active in East and Southeast Asia. India-Japan relations have greatly improved in recent years. On the maritime disputes in the South China Sea, India has taken a bold stance that essentially rejects Beijing’s claims. This has won Delhi friends in Southeast Asia, even though it has infuriated China. This list of the strategic and tactical moves deployed by China and India might make one think that the two countries are, indeed, engaged in a costly, if not dangerous, contest for power. But this is not the whole story of India-China relations. Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of India-China relations is that the leaders of the two countries have managed to “walk and chew” at the same time. Despite their conflicting visions of Asia’s regional order, mutual strategic distrust and threat perception, India and China have succeeded in keeping their strategic rivalry under control and broadening the areas in which they can cooperate. An important indicator of how hard both Delhi and Beijing have been trying to get along is the frequency of high-level visits. When Prime Minister Narendra Modi lands in Beijing next week, his visit will be the fourth by an Indian prime minister in 12 years. In June 2003, PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee broke the diplomatic ice with his historic trip to Beijing (a full decade separated Vajpayee’s visit from that of PM P.V. Narasimha Rao) PM Manmohan Singh paid two state visits to China (2008 and 2013). During that same period, Delhi has hosted six visits by top Chinese leaders: President Xi Jinping (2014), President Hu Jintao (2006 and 2010), Premier Li Keqiang (2013) and Premier Wen Jiabao (2005 and 2010).Obviously, strategic rivals consumed with antagonism and distrust are unlikely to stage such elaborate diplomatic charades to deceive the outside world, and themselves. The most persuasive explanation for the delicate balancing act performed by Indian and Chinese leaders is that none of them want to stumble into a costly strategic conflict that can derail their economic development. The writer is a professor of government at Claremont McKenna College and a non-resident senior fellow of the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
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“Is there sufficient infrastructure for rehabilitation of juveniles? There is lack of manpower, counsellors, de-addiction centres, vocational training centres, etc. If these basic things are not provided how the government can even think of making an amendment in the age group when it comes to committing heinous crimes,” - Dr Asha Mukundan, director of Juvenile Justice cell of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences said
‘Salman got bail easily because he is Khan’: Sadhvi Prachi
Agency : Mumbai : At fourth position in the list is ‘Race Gurram’;, which was the biggest blockbuster of last year, collecting a share of over Rs. 57 crore. ‘S/O Satyamurthy’, which is directed by Trivikram, has so far grossed over Rs. 80 crore at the box office in three weeks. The film opened to mixed reviews, earning equal share of brickbat and bouquets from audiences and critics alike. However, the masses lapped it
Bombay Velvet marks the return of Karan Johar in front of the camera since he was seen sharing the screen with Shah Rukh Khan in Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. It also stars Ranbir Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, and Kay Kay Menon in leading roles.
Agency, Mumbai The 72-year-old is elated Amitabh Bachchan-star- about the film’s journey rer “Khuda Gawah” com- so far and he even took to pleted 23 years of its re- his micro-blogging weblease on Friday and the site Twitter to express his megastar has gone down happiness. memory lane. “23 years of ‘Khuda GaThe romantic-drama re- wah’ and it all comes back volves around an Afghan in a moment of memory! warrior played by Am- Vivid and fresh as the itabh, who seeks final air when there in Afreckoning with his ene- ghanistan!!,” the “Don” mies after spending time actor tweeted.The actor in an Indian prison. also shared some anec“23 years since the release dotes from the films and of my film ‘KHUDA GA- said that the events were WAH’, as calculated by “filled with great emoPawan Pipalwa and his tion and sentiments” and creatives abound,” Big B can “never be forgotten”. The actor is a little upset returns not as a nayak but wrote on his blog. as a khalnayak. A source JK Rowling brilliantly shuts down close to the development online bullies with just one tweet! told Mirror, “It took a lot Friday, some online trolls of cajoling to get the nod took to themselves to abuse from Akshaye. He will the author. The heavy play a smart-talking vildownpour of mean tweets lain who rattles off one was coming from UKIP, wisecrack after another. SNP and Conservative He liked the script and the supporters. JK Rowling called the abusers saying modalities are fast being she gave credit where it worked out between the was due. JK Rowling was producer, Sajid Nadiadalso opposed to the ScotAgency, UK wala, and Akshaye, who Harry Potter author JK tish referendum. She had has asked for a sizable reRowling has always been invited a lot of wrath for muneration.” The source a very vocal supporter of donating 1 million pound adds that although offers UK’s Labour Party. So to the ‘No’ campaign. As are still coming his way, when Ed Miliband and the SNP wiped out Labour in the talented actor has be- party lost the United King- Scotland, these troll came come super-selective. dom general elections on out to play.
about the film’s data and records which have been misplaced or lost, calling it a “grave tragedy”. “Some pictures and content were indeed taken, but they have been either misplaced or lost. This is grave tragedy. Most of our or rather, my journey, has been either not recorded or deleted.“But I think if they are written with a certain degree of passion, there would be a plausible record to put up for posterity,” Big B wrote.Also reminiscing the movie, he said that travels for “Khuda Gawah,” which was shot in multiple exotic places and captured by the film’s director Mukul S. Anand, would be inspiring. “The travels for the film itself would be awe inspiring - Afghanistan, Nepal, Jaipur and so many other in the deep interiors, bringing us close to the stunning visuals that we see and feel.. extraordinarily captured by that magical eye lens of Mukul Anand, our Director, lost to the world at a young age. Very young age!,” Big B wrote.
an’s ‘Gabbar Singh’ with a share of around Rs. 60 crore holds the third position. At fifth and sixth positions are Mahesh Babu’s ‘Dookudu’ and ‘Seethamma Vakitlo Sirimalle Chettu’ with shares of Rs. 56 crore and Rs. 52 crore respectively. Other four positions are held by Prabhas’s ‘Mirchi’, Ram Charan’s ‘Yevadu’, ‘Naayak’ and NTR’s ‘Baadshah’ in the range of Rs. 45 crore to Rs. 50 crore.
Agency, New Delhi Today, Shahid Kapoor, the chocolate boy of Bollywood, completes 12 years in the film industry. He debuted in 2003 with the romantic comedy ‘Ishq visk’ for which he won a Flimfare Award
in the Best Male Debut category. He followed it up with less successful films like ‘Fida’ and ‘Shikar’, before starring in Sooraj R. Barjayta’s highly successful family drama ‘Vivah’. The actor earned multiple nomina-
tions for his role in Imatiaz Ali’s romantic comedy ‘Jab We Met’ and Vishal Bhardwaj’s thriller ‘Kaminey’.His next project, ‘R...Rajkumar’, although panned by critics, turned out to be a runaway box-office success. Next, came possibly the actor’s best release till date, Vishal Bhardwaj’s ‘Haider’. This role earned him numerous nominations and awards, including the Filmfare Best Actor Award. Through a career that has seen many ups and downs, Shahid Kapoor has retained a dedicated band of fans. Many of whom took to twitter, congratulating their favourite actor for completing 12 glorious years.
debut in Ken Ghosh’s erotica, XXX, being produced by Ekta. “Rithvik play a casanova with magical powers that has girls flocking to him,” reveals a source close to the film. The TV actor who won Nach Baliye Season 6 last year, is the first male actor to sign Ekta’s muchtalked- about nudity clause. Kyra Dutt was the first actress to sign on the dotted line. Rithvik has agreed to a full fron-
Agency, Mumbai Akshaye Khanna, who was last seen on the big screen in Farah Khan’s 2010 film Tees Maar Khan, where he played an actor pining for an Os-
car, is all set to make a grand comeback. Mirror has learnt that he has given the nod to Rohit Dhawan’s yet-unnamed action comedy. The twist in the story is that Akshaye
Agency , Mumbai Much have been talked about the 60’s era depicted in Anurag Kashayp’s upcoming Bombay Velvet. The costumes, the hairstyles, the music, and the sets. Director of this period movie, Anurag Kashyap took to twitter to reveal the mak-
23 years of ‘Khuda Gawah’ makes Big B nostalgic
As Shahid Kapoor completes 12 years in Bollywood, his fans take Twitter by storm
AKSHAYE BACK AS A BADDIE Agency : Mumbai When Sushant Singh Rajput made his big Bollywood debut with Abhishek Kapoor’s Kai Po Che! in 2013, television czarina Ekta Kapoor, promised his co-star from Pavitra Rishta that she would launch him in Bollywood with equal fanfare. Two years later, Rithvik Dhanjani, who starred alongside Sushant in the popular soap for six years, will make his
Watch: Astounding making of ‘Bombay Velvet’
ing of Bombay Velvet. In the video, there are highlights of the making of sets in Sri Lanka, use of VFX to bring the bygone era back to life, and in the end there are amazing trivial details of how much work and how many people worked to complete the movie.
up, especially the family audience. If the successful run of ‘S/O Satyamurthy’ continues for a couple of more weeks, it might even make it to the top three in the list. Other films in the list include ‘Attarintiki Daaredhia’, which holds the first position with a whopping distributor share of over Rs. 75 crore. At second position is Ram Charan’s ‘Magadheera’ with a share of about Rs. 73 crore, while Pawan Kaly-
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Apple Watch sparks gender divide, Tweets: Study
Agency : Mumbai Looks like Apple Watch, despite all the hype surrounding its launch, has sparked a battle of the sexes, if one goes by the results of a new study. A study by California-based data mining company CrowdFlower analysed more than 30,000 tweets since the launch of the Apple Watch on April
24 and found the split down gender lines. Women were far more positive about the Watch before the launch and continue to be so now, the study said. The study found 64 per cent of women tweeted positive feelings about the Apple Watch compared with 53 per cent of men, Time reported.
The majority of positive tweets about the Apple Watch concerned the use of apps on the Watch while the biggest complaint in negative tweets about the Watch were about the slow delivery for orders, the study found. The study found that 70 per cent of all tweets about the Apple Watch were from gadget-obsessed guys. Also, people generally loved the fitness app which breaks down a healthy lifestyle into the daily goal of completing three rings of movement, standing and exercise. But apps happen to be also one of the biggest concerns with the Apple Watch, with 22 per cent of negative tweets about app bugs.
bate on three unexceptional principles. “No blocking, transparency and no throttling or degrading adware. There can’t be simply no debate on this.” TRAI has recently floated a consultation paper for regulatory framework on over-the-top (OTT) service like internet-based calling and messaging services and net neutrality. The regulator has received over 10 lakh response on its paper favouring net neutrality which means that no artificial barrier like slowing down of internet speed or differentiating between
services available on internet, especially on payment basis. Khullar said Trai did not issue paper on the matter with intention to regulate internet. “People have confused this idea. I have been in civil services for 40 years and have some sense how public policy is made. We tend to form opinion in advance of facts...which in my view is extremely dangerous,” Khullar said. He said that if telecom companies are going to do traffic management then it should be disclosed to public that they are not abusing authority. An intense debate is going on on net neutrality in the country after telecom major Airtel in December decided to charge separately for VoIP or internet based calls. The debate was triggered after Airtel announced a zero rating platform in April which allows its subscribers freely access applications on its Airtel Zero platform but applications are required to pay certain fee for joining its platform
voice calling facility under the new licensing regime. “Reliance Jio Infocomm (formerly, M/s Infotel) paid UL entry fee of Rs 15 crore and additional migration fee of Rs 1,658 crore in August 2013. This migration, allowed at prices dis-
covered in 2001, resulted in undue advantage of Rs 3,367.29 crore to M/s Reliance Jio Infocomm,” said the CAG, which submitted its report in Parliament on Friday. It also pointed out that “even after four years of auction (BWA auction of 2300 MHz held in May 2010), the rollout of BWA services has been negligible”.Pointing out the lack of due diligence in auction of spectrum for BWA services, the CAG report said, “DoT in 2013 allowed migration of ISP (internet service providers).
No intention to police internet: TRAI Chairman Rahul Khullar
Agency : NEW DELHI As nneutrality debate rages on, TRAI today said it does not intend to police the internet but there are three unexceptional principles including ‘no blocking’ which are not debatable. “Anybody in right frame of mind would not try to regulate or police the internet. They would find a way around. But we need to understand that there are certain issues that need to be addressed,” TRAI Chairman Rahul Khullar said while speaking at an event organised by O P Jindal University. He, however, added that there cannot be any de-
CAG: DoT’s policy gave undue advantage of Rs 3,367 crore to RJio
Agency, New Delhi The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has said the department of telecommunications (DoT) gave undue advantage of Rs 3,367.29 crore to Reliance Jio Infocomm (RJio) by allowing it to provide
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Gunman opens fire outside Nigeria school, 12 injured
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Agency, Potiskum A gunman opened fire on Friday outside a school in northeast Nigeria’s city of Potiskum, seriously wounding 12 students in an area repeatedly targeted by Boko Haram, a police officer and witnesses said. “We have evacuated 12 people with serious gunshot wounds to hospital from the scene of the shooting attack,” said the officer, who requested anonymity. Multiple students at the College of Administrative and Business Studies (CABS) in Potiskum, Yobe state, said the attacker with explosives strapped to his body blew himself up when he ran out of ammunition, but the blast caused no other casualties. Following a wave of attacks in the city, including on schools and colleges, students at CABS must pass through secu-
rity screening before entering the campus. The gunman fired on a crowd waiting at the gate to be screened, witnesses said. “We had just started a class when we heard gunshots coming from the direction of the gates and we instantly realised we were under attack which made us to rush out of the class,” student Tijjani Musa said. According to another student, Mustapha Umar, the gunman managed to pass through the gates amid the chaos that broke out after he began shooting. “He kept firing sporadic shots,” but was chased by a group of students who were frantically trying to subdue him, said Umar. “When he ran out of ammunition he detonated the explosives under his robe, killing himself but no one from the crowd,” Umar told AFP.
Agency, KOLKATA Every election in a democracy was its celebration, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said at the oath-taking ceremony of the Mayor of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation, which the Trinamool Congress retained in the civic elections held recently. “Every election in a democracy is a celebration of democracy,” Banerjee said while thanking the people for her party’s sweeping victory in the KMC election at a function in the historic Town
Hall. Speaking after Sobhan Chatterjee took oath as the Mayor for his second term, the Chief Minister said, “The change that has taken place in the city in the last three to four years is visible. Kolkata has been turned into number one among all non-planned cities in the country.” Mala Roy, who recently came back to Trinamool Congress, took oath as the chairperson of KMC. Several dignitaries, including consuls of some foreign consulates, senior ministers and top officials were present.
Agency, Kolkata (KXIP) are in a good position in their game against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in Eden Gardens, Kolkata in Indian Premier League (IPL) 2015. They are 134 for two at the end of 15 overs and are eying a grand finish. They have been very good so far, not going too hard
and they have reaped rewards for that. They have Glenn Maxwell who has taken his time to get going and is batting well scoring 36 in 15 balls along with Wriddhiman Saha playing second fiddle and is on 25 in 19 balls. Kings XI Punjab started their batting innings cautiously and were helped
by Kolkata Knight Riders being very generous as they dropped as many as three chances. Murali Vijay was dropped twice but he did not make it count, as he got bowled by Sunil Narine. Manan Vohra was dropped thrice but he too failed to carry on his start and was dismissed by a good return catch by Narine on 39.
Agency : Dhaka Some anxious moments Pakistan finally ended the victory drought on its Bangladesh tour, winning the second and final test by a massive 328 runs Saturday to take the series 1-0.The test was Pakistan’s last chance to salvage a miserable tour after being swept in the one-day internationals, losing the Twenty20, and conceding a draw in the first test in Khulna. Leg-spinner Yasir Shah returned figures of 4-73 as Pakistan completed the
formalities of the victory just one hour after the lunch break on the fourth day, bowling out Bangladesh for 221.Mominul Haque was the highest scorer for the hosts with 68 while Tamim Iqbal made 42. Shuvagata Hom was the last batsman to be out on 39.Mominu became the fourth batsmen to score a half-century in 11 consecutive tests.Shah’s fourfor was complemented by fast bowler Imran Khan, who finished with 2-56 and ran through Bangladesh top order in the morn-
ing session to take Pakistan close to victory.Junaid Khan, Wahab Riaz and Mohammad Hafeez took one wicket apiece.Most of the Bangladesh batsmen threw away their wickets with impatient strokes. Opener Tamim Iqbal, who hit a career best 206 in the first test, was the first man out in the morning session when he nicked an Imran delivery to Sarfraz Ahmed. Bangladesh, which was bowled out 203 in its first innings, resumed the day 63—1 in its bid to chase an unlikely target of 550.
Agency, New Delhi “Because of its versatility and effectiveness at quickly numbing pain in targeted areas, lidocaine has been the gold standard in local anesthetics for more than 50 years,” said George Kracke, one of the researchers, in a news release.
“While lidocaine is effective as a short-term painkiller, its effects wear off quickly. We developed a new compound that can quickly provide longer lasting relief. This type of painkiller could be beneficial in treating sports injuries or in joint replacement procedures.” Painkillers work by interfering with the nervous system’s transmission of nerve signals that the body perceives as pain. Lidocaine is actually used as an injectable pain
reliever in minor surgical or dental procedures, or as a topical ointment or spray to relieve itching, burning and pain from shingles, sunburns and other painful skin irritations.In this latest study, the researchers synthesized boronicaine as a derivative of lidocaine. By changing aspects of the chemical structure of lidocaine, the researchers found that the new compound provided pain relief that lasted five times longer than lidocaine.
Pakistan beats Bangladesh by 328 runs in 2nd test
Every election a celebration of democracy: Mamata Banerjee
Keith Vaz, Priti Patel, Rishi Sunak among PIOs elected to UK parliament
Agency, London Several Indian-origin candidates, including Keith Vaz, Priti Patel and Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy’s sonin-law were on Friday elected to the British Parliament. Prominent Labour candidates like long-serving MPs Keith Vaz (Leicester East) and Virendra
Sharma (Ealing Southall) have won their respective seats, as they have a special connect with a largely Indian-origin electorate in their constituencies. Ruling Conservatives’ Indian-origin stalwart, British Prime Minister David Cameron’s Indian Diaspora champion Priti Patel also retained her Witham seat with a 41.5% majority, winning 27,123 seats.
New Painkiller Has Longer Lasting Effects to Help Patients During Surgery
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PRICE HIKE STIRS ROW AT KARNAVATI
Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad Karnavati Club is in news again. This time for food price. The club’s recent decision to increase the price of the food served in its restaurants by around 20 per cent has upset the members. According to sources in the club, baffled members registered their distress with the management but it went unheard. The members are surprised with the price at in the club restaurant as the price of the food items are already higher compared to that at other city clubs. The members are peeved particularly because when rival Rajpath Club has slashed prices, their club is on a hike spree.The members are not willing to come out openly against the management as they fear adverse action, like
suspension on some ground. They cite the example of Pravin Patel, a former director at the club, and another member Pankaj Patel. While Pravin Patel was suspended for opposing construction of Golden Glory Hall on disputed land, Pankaj Patel was suspended after he raised uncomfortable question during an annual general body meeting. According to the members, the new tariff came into effect on May 1 and it ranges mainly from Rs 5 to Rs 10 per item.Club office-bearers did not share price list with Mirror, but a member said, “We aren’t happy with the price hike as food prices are already higher than that any club in the city. The benefit of this price hike will go to the contractor (The Grand Bhagwati group which runs the restaurant) and
ODHAV YOUTH ARRESTED FOR LOVELORN TEEN GIRL’S SUICIDE
Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad A22-year-old Odhav youth was arrested on Friday for the suicide of a 13-year-old girl who ended her life after the accused married another girl. Incidentally, the accused is a distant relative of the girl. Vrutika Bhutarkar was allegedly in a relationship with Yogesh Ganvir, a resident of Bhavaninagar Tekra in Odhav. On April 22, Vrutika hanged herself at her Baigiri ki Chali residence after Yogesh broke the news of his marriage to her over the phone. The girl’s mother Varshaben, who works with Civil Hospital, in her complaint to Shaherkotda police said that Vrutika was heartbroken ever since she came to know of Yogesh’s marriage. “He proposed marriage and the innocent teenager fell in his trap. A few days ago, Yogesh left for his native place where
he tied the knot with another girl. On April 22, Vrutika telephoned Yogesh who revealed that he got married, and she killed herself when she was alone,” said police, divulging details of the complaint. The girl came to know of the marriage much before Yogesh told her about it. But hearing it from his mouth seemed to be the last straw. The police also seized a suicide note from her notebook. “The note reads that Yogesh had lured her into the relationship by promising marriage. Accusing Yogesh of ditching her, she wrote she doesn’t want to live anymore and bid good bye to the world,” said the police. PSI M B Solanki said: “We have arrested Yogesh on the complaint of the victim’s mother. He has been booked under Section 306 of the IPC and the POSCO Act .”
not the club. Why isn’t the club thinking about the members’ interest?” Another member added, “We go to other clubs like Gymkhana and the price of food is less there compared to that at Karnavati. Why so? We are a public limited club. By imposing commercial rates (like other restaurants) what benefit is the club passing on to the members? We might as well go to a restaurant for food.”A member who visited the club’s restaurant with his family for dinner said, “The platter that used to cost Rs 185 is now revised to Rs 195. Likewise, the burger used to cost Rs 75 but is now served for Rs 85.” When contacted club president Girish Dani said, “It is not such a huge issue as you have been wrongly briefed. We have increased the price, but only by Rs 5 and Rs 10. This doesn’t include sev-mamra and tea which are consumed regularly by the members. However, the quantity that we serve is more than the other clubs. Members should also consider this part.” Justifying the price hike, Dani said, “The uniform of the staff, hygiene and housekeeping are the responsibility of the restaurant contractor.
AIRPORT SHUTS DOWN ARMY NOT LETTING WATER PRE-PAID TAXI SERVICE TANKERS IN: CLUB and claim they have not
Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad The conflict between Ahmedabad Gymkhana and army cantonment refuses to die down despite Gujarat High Court giving temporary relief to club members on May 4 by allowing them entry to the club. Recently, when the club decided to get a water tanker to address the issue of water shortage, security issues cropped up again. The gymkhana had moved the HC then.On April 28,
the HC ordered the army cantonment to allow the tankers inside the club if police verification of the drivers was over. But club members claim that despite the HC order, the water problem persists as the tankers are still not being allowed entry to the club. This, despite the fact that the police verification of the drivers has already been done, they claim.“The guards at the entrance keep the tankers waiting for five to six hours outside the gate
received any orders. We pay money to Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation for the tankers but the guards don’t let them in. So, even if we pay for 15 water tankers in a day, hardly two or three are allowed entry. Our money goes waste even after HC directing the cantonment to allow water tankers inside immediately,” said Yunus Sheikh, president of the club.“The word ‘immediately’ has been mentioned in the order but the guards always tell us, “We have not received orders from the authorities, so we cannot let them in. We are being harassed because the army wants to take over the place. Without water facility, we cannot even organise functions, use the washrooms or the swimming pool,” Sheikh further added. This club is located on a land leased out by the Ministry of Defence.
Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad Due to western disturbance, there’s chance of one more spell of unseasonal showers in Gujarat. This will not be widespread spell, and it will be limited to only
few places, most likely in north Gujarat and Kutch regions neighboring Pakistan. These details were shared by Ahmedabad office of Indian Meteorological Department(IMD). According to IMD bul-
letin, light to moderate rain or thundershowers would occur at isolated places in the districts of Gujarat on 9, 10 and 11 May, while from 12 May onwards, weather will be mainly sunny again.
Unseasonal rain likely in parts of Gujarat on 10-11 May: IMD
A mild quake in Kutch, people ran out of their houses in Bhachau
Agency, Bhachau A mild quake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale was felt this morning in Kutch district of Gujarat. However, there were no reports of any casualties. “A minor earthquake measuring 4.3 on the
Richter Scale hit Kutch district at 6.30 AM. The epicentre of the earthquake was 22 kms northwest from Bhachau town of district,” officials of the Institute of Seismological Research (ISR) said.
“Another minor tremor measuring 2 on Ritcher Scale was also felt at 7.47 AM after the first tremor,” they added. People living in tall buildings felt the first tremors in the early morning hours, Kutch district officials said. “People living in high rises and tall buildings in Kutch experienced the quake and ran out of their houses but there were no reports of any damage to property or casualties due to the tremors,” officials of the Kutch district emergency control room added.
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international market, and arrested a 25-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh in this connection. “A team of Special Operation Group (SOG) of the city crime branch arrested Dinesh Rajput and seized a stock of 1445 kgs of red sanders from his custody in a garage at Shah-e-Alam toll naka area here,” police
said in a statement. The value of the red sanders contraband is estimated to be Rs 1.73 crore in international market and the consignment was brought here with the purpose to smuggle it out of the country, it said. The SOG suspects involvement of an inter-state smuggling syndicate.
Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad Airport Authority of India’s a step meant to protect the interest of fliers ended up putting them through inconvenience as the officials forgot to publicise the decision and keep the alternative ready for them. The authority on Friday shut down the pre-paid taxi service at the airport after receiving several complaints of the Ahmedabad Pre-paid Taxi Drivers Association staff were charging passengers more than approved fare.However, the passengers were at a loss as they did not know of the development had not made alternative arrangements like asking some to pick them up. The result was most of the passengers, like M Mazumdar and Ayub, ended up inconvenienced. Mazumdar, a resident of Azad Society in Satellite, said, “This is not fair. The airport authority should have
Bhomiya was arrested at 5 pm by the Vastrapur police who recorded his statement. Like the other two doctors, Bhomiya secured bail after giving his statement. Following Goswami’s death, a complaint against the doctor trio was registered when a medical committee of the Sola Civil Hospital ruled that the doctors involved in the operation had been negligent.
informed us in advance or the people should have been intimated of this. As my driver is on not here I was to hire a taxi but now will have to find out some alternative,” she told Mirror. Said Airport Director RK Singh, “When the association placed its bid for the contract it was told that the amount it proposed as rent and other services was not realistic but it promised that it will pay us that amount. Since it was the highest bid, the tender was awarded. We even had written letters to the association about the same.” “The association then started charging extra money from the passengers in addition to what it had to give to the authority. We received several complaints from passengers against the additional charge. So we had to finally shut down the service. We will provide the numbers of private cab service to the passengers. A hoarding with the numbers will be put up at the airport. Besides, rental taxis are available at the airport.” Singh pointed out that the city had been doing without published cab rates for the last 15 years. “We had written to the Regional Transport Office (RTO) and to the traffic police for a fare list, but they have not responded to us,” Singh said. Association president Chandu Gohil was not available for comments.
was allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 1.6 lakh, Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) officials said. Based on the complaint filed by one Rajnikant
Tankaria, a resident of Dhrol town in Jamnagar, ACB officials laid a trap and nabbed Deputy Collector of Dhrol Dinesh Hadia red-handed at his residence on Thursday morning. In his complaint, Tankaria stated that he and his partners owned a piece of land in Jodia taluka of the district and wanted to convert it into Non-Agricultural (NA) land. For the purpose, Hadia, who is also the sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) in Dhrol, demanded a bribe of Rs 1.6 lakh, a release issued by ACB said.
MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE CASE: DR. BHOMIYAARRESTED, SECURES BAIL Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
Dr Vinay Bhomiya, the owner of Sanjivani hospital in Vastrapur, surrendered at Vastrapur police station on Friday. He along with Dr Nagendra Mishra and Dr Pankaj Patel have been accused of medical negligence which caused the death of Godavari Goswami, 45, following surgery at the hospital last year.
Deputy collector caught taking bribe in Gujarat
1445 kgs of red sanders seized from garage in Ahmedabad
In one of the biggest seizures, police on Wednesday recovered precious red sandalwood weighing 1445 kgs from a garage, which was supposed to be smuggled out of the country en route Delhi.Police estimated the value of the seizure at Rs 1.73 crore in
Ahmedabad
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A deputy collector posted in Gujarat’s Jamnagar district was arrested on Thursday while he
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