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News Brief HC halts release of Badmashiyaan New Delhi, Delhi High Court today put on hold the release of Bollywood film 'Badmashiyaan' on the plea of Multi Screen Media (MSM), the Indian subsidiary of Sony Entertainment Television, alleging copyright infringement by the movie's producers. Justice Indermeet Kaur also restrained the film's producers from airing trailers of the movie, which according to MSM, is a copy of a Korean film 'Couples' as well as its own production 'Mango', that is yet to be released.
Rupee falls to over one-month low of 62.19 vs dollar Mumbai, The Indian rupee today washed out its initial gains against the American currency and ended two paise down at over onemonth low of 62.19 on late dollar demand from banks and importers. The Indian currency resumed higher at 62.15 as against yesterday's close of 62.17 at the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) market here. It later firmed up to hit a high of 61.92 on some dollar selling from banks and exporters in view of a strong equity market.
'Woman O War' wins main Hyderabad race Hyderabad, Three-year-old 'Woman O War', ably ridden by I Chisty, claimed The Hazara Stud Golconda Juvenile Million Cup, the chief event of Hyderabad Winter Races held here today. The winner was trained by M.S'vasReddy. Trainers Satheesh and Srinagesh scored a treble and double respectively, while jockey David Breux scored a double.
India Bike Week to be held in Goa Panaji, India's leading festival of mean machines and music -- India Bike Week-- will be held in Goa from February 20. The twoday event is organised by SEVENTY Event Media Group, together with the #1 Travel and Lifestyle channel, FOX Life, at Vagator beach.
AK-67, leaves battered BJP with just 3 Seats, Congress only Zero
AAPregisters a lanslide victory in Delhi, wipes out BJPand Congress New Delhi, Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party registered an emphatic and decisive victory in Delhi elections, effectively halting the Narendra Modi wave that had swept the BJP to power at the Centre and three states. In a stunning election result, Kejriwal’s AAP won 67 seats in the 70-member Delhi Assembly and trounced its arch-rival BJP with the party winning only three seats. The BJP, which was hoping to sail through on the Modi charisma, could not even ensure a win for its chief
ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi. She lost to AAP’s S K Bagga from the Krishna Nagar constituency, considered a safe seat which had sent BJP’s Dr Harsh Vardhan five times to the Delhi Assembly. “I couldn’t live up to their expectations,” Bedi said. All AAP top leaders, including Kejriwal’s second in command Manish Sisodia, registered wins in the polls. Amid chanting of ‘5 saal Kejriwal’ by a jubilant gathering of his supporters outside the office, Kejriwal thanked his voters.
Emerging out of the ‘nowfamous’ balcony of the AAP office in central Delhi’s Patel Nagar, Kejriwal said, “This is the victory of honest politics. Like Congress, BJP lost because of its arrogance.” The party was seen to be in the wilderness
Rohtak gangrape and murder: Ninth accused reportedly commits suicide in Delhi
New Delhi The Haryana Police had on Monday arrested eight youths in Rohtak and promised action in case of any lapse by its personnel. A ninth accused, who was absconding, has reportedly committed suicide in Delhi’s Bawana area after consuming poison on Monday evening, the Indian Express reported quoting police officials. Meanwhile,
the Congress latched on to the incident, which came to light on 4 February, targetting the BJP government in the state on the law and order situation, saying it was "yet to wake up from the slumber", and demanded reconstitution of SIT under an inspector general-level officer to go into the horrific incident. "The case has been cracked and eight youths out of total
nine have been arrested from Gaddikhera village, some 9 km from Rohtak," he had said. In a grim reminder of the 16 December gangrape in Delhi, a 28-year-old woman with learning difficulties from Nepal was brutally raped and murdered, and her body dumped in a field at a village on the Rohtak-Hisar highway here. The woman had been brutally assaulted as the post-mortem report mentions several injuries on her private parts.The victim's sister had lodged a complaint with police on 1 February and on 4 February the woman's body was found from the fields in Akbarpur village with several injury marks on it, Rohtak superintendent of police Shashank Anand had said. On the issue of alleged police apathy, the DGP said
after it quit power in February. With no clear majority to any party in 2013, AAP had taken outside support from the Congress. But it was a marriage destined to fail. Kejriwal left mid-way and the party was losing its support base and invited public anger. But, in a remarkable recovery, AAP reconnected with the middle and working class voters and a solid base for this resounding victory was laid. Sisodia said, “I think the love and enthusiasm shown for a party is historic. Now, there will be a positive competition between the Centre and the state (Delhi). So, far it was negative competition and competition of corruption.” The rout for the Congress continued as the party lost all eight seats it had won in the last Assembly elections in 2013. After the disastrous performance in the Lok Sabha elections last year, this is the fourth successive loss for the party in Assembly polls. Soon after the results were out, its party face in Delhi, Ajay Maken, resigned as Congress general secretary owning responsibility for the defeat. “Whenever we went to
people with our manifesto didn’t have an elected promises like cheap government since February electricity and right to shelter, people questioned why did you not do in last 15 years. We have to rebuild that credibility among people. We will re-invent the party,” he said. The results are a shocker for the BJP which had unleashed its entire machinery in the elections to win Delhi which
14 when Kejriwal quit as chief minister.
Kejriwal to take oath on Feb. 14 Exactly an year after he had resigned as Delhi Chief Minister, AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal will be taking oath as the CM again on February 14 at Ramlila Maidan. “Arvind Kejriwal will take oath as the Delhi Chief Minister on February 14 at Ramlila Maidan,” AAP leader Ashutosh said after the party’s landslide victory in the Delhi Assembly polls. Mr. Kejriwal emerged victorious in the high-profile New Delhi constituency by
handing over a crushing defeat to BJP’s Nupur Sharma by a huge margin of 31,583 votes. After AAP had thrown a surprise by uprooting Congress out of power in 2013 Assembly elections as a debutant party, Mr. Kejriwal had taken oath as Delhi’s seventh Chief Minister on December 28 at a public ceremony in the historic Ramlila Maidan, the venue of the Lokpal movement. He had defeated the threetime Delhi Chief Minister
Shiela Dixit on her hometurf by a margin of 25,864 votes. However, after serving the government for 49 days, he had resigned on February 14 last year after his push for the anticorruption Jan Lokpal Bill was blocked in the state Assembly by BJP and Congress. AAP MLAs to meet: With the party securing a landslide win in the Delhi Assembly polls, the victorious AAP candidates will be getting together for a meeting here this evening.
Exactly a year after he had resigned as Delhi Chief Minister the AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal will be taking oath as the CM again on Feb 14 at Ramlila Maidan
Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi set Facebook, RCom tie up to to look after eighteen 'important' ministries
provide free access to Internet
Mumbai Facebook has tied up with Reliance Communications to offer free access to subscribers of Anil Ambaniled firm to the social networking site as well as about three-dozen general information websites. With Facebook seeking to connect more people in the world's second-biggest mobile market with Internet, India will become the first country in Asia to get the
new Internet.org app. The app targets mobile phone users. "We still have a long way to go to connect India," Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg wrote on his Facebook page. "But I'm optimistic that by getting free basic services into people's hands, more change can follow pretty rapidly." Besides accessing Facebook, RCom subscribers can also access 33 websites offering news and information on weather, jobs, government services, and health without incurring data charges. "About 70 per cent of people in India don't have access to the Internet. We need to connect a billion
people to the Internet. We are happy to announce that with Facebook we will offer free access to 33 popular websites," RCom Chief Executive Officer for Consumer Business, Gurdeep Singh, said here. The free websites include Facebook, ecommerce portal OLX, Cleartrip, TimesJobs, Babajob and sports website ESPN Cricinfo. The service has been initially launched for Reliance customers in Mumbai, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Chennai, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. "We are committed to launching it on pan-india level within 90 days," Singh said.
The Chief Minister has also expanded the work of other colleagues by allotting them two additional departments apart from those previously held by them. With the strength of the Bihar Cabinet now reduced to just nine,
Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi on Tuesday said that he himself will look after 18 important departments. Earlier, he was holding charge of just nine departments. He will now handle Home, Finance,
Cabinet Secretariat, General Administration, Vigilance, Election, Energy, SC and ST Welfare, Information and Public Relations, Disaster Management, Commercial Taxes, Building and Construction, Water Resources, Environment and Forests, Health, Sugarcane Industries, Backward and Extremely Backward Welfare, as well as Animal Husbandry and Fisheries departments. The Chief Minister has also expanded the work of other colleagues by allotting them two additional departments apart from those previously held by them.All these departments had fallen vacant after 20
Cabinet ministers had resigned on February 7. On the re-allocation of departments, Principal Secretary (Cabinet Coordination) B Pradhan said, "We received a letter from Principal Secretary to Governor's Secretariat today about allocation of portfolio to the ministers. Each minister has been given two additional departments, while the remaining have been kept by the Chief Minister." Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh, who is close to Manjhi, has been given additional charge of Food and Civil Supplies as well as Excise and Registration departments.
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2 / Dt. 11-02-2015, Wednesday Editors' Picks WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2015
The obvious and not-so-obvious reasons for AAP victory First the obvious. The surprising part of the result is not the victory of the AAP but the huge margin. This clearly indicates that this is not a negative vote. There are two important reasons for the AAP victory. The first is that a great majority of Delhi – especially the deprived – found the 49-day government to be one which had yielded positive results: petty exactions by police and government personnel had disappeared, electricity and water bills were favourably impacted for the consumer. Retrospectively this seems to have produced a sense that AAP provided a representative party of governance and was not just a party of Opposition. The second important feature is that AAP not only managed to survive the Lok Sabha verdict but actually consolidated their organisation. Elected councillors implemented schemes with their allotted money and the conviction of volunteers was energised again by the Delhi Dialogues which brought them into close contact with local needs of especially the underprivileged and produced local manifestos. All of this brought back the involvement with practical activity and the belief in using the political machinery to serve the nation, which is the real core of the conviction that propels the AAP volunteers. These initiatives kept alive the memory of the benefits of the 49-day government, gave conviction to the volunteers and produced a sense of participation within the processes of party functioning in the voters. In general what we are seeing is a politics of practical results, of which the main beneficiaries are the underprivileged. These benefits may not be very large – indeed may be much less than what is promised by election manifestoes. But it is a visible testament to the fact that voting can make a difference to one’s everyday life - after the elections are over. What is surprising here is that the middle class too appears to have been influenced by a wave that was apparent only in the lower sections of the social ladder – quite reversing the trend where any pro-poor measure was seen as populist and hence illegitimate. Clearly, in its success in the city state of Delhi, the AAP has tapped into an urban phenomenon. This condition of acute diversity - regional, caste, religion - in a megapolis appears to have made the language of class politics acceptable as a universal language that can overdetermine and bring together the pulls of region, religion, and caste. Further, it’s a language of class that does not threaten the middle class. The latter seems comfortable with a politics that aids the poor without posing a danger to their status and interests. This is a new language of class politics. Its bedrock is a politics of delivery that can bring together different classes. On the other side, the BJP’s dismal showing is as astounding. The first important reason is the unabated anti minorities campaign by the RSS. This has the obvious impact of posing a security issue for the minorities and for committed secularists, but it has also exceeded the amount of negative religious mobilisation that even committed voters of the BJP may be prepared to tolerate. And across all sections, the statements and actions of the Hindutva parivar has been seen as a distraction from concrete issues of livelihood and living conditions. To this may be added the perceived nonperformance of the BJP government especially Mr Modi who has projected himself as the face of the government.
Raveena takes a U-turn on Bombay Velvet appearance
After claiming that she was no longer a part of Anurag Kashyap's Bombay Velvet, actor Raveena Tandon has made a U-turn saying she is in the period drama. In a recorded telephonic interview on January 22 she had said, "I am no more a part of Bombay Velvet because everything has changed. The whole scenario has changed, story has changed and I don't know what all has
changed... So I told Anurag and his team 'listen guys, it is better that 'I don't do it only'." Raveena took to Twitter to say that she was, in fact, a part of the Ranbir Kapoor-Anushka Sharma starrer. "Ok so fed up of misinterpretations of what I said !!! 1) just doing a F R I E N D L Y APPEARANCE for MADHU and @anuragkashyap72 in Bombay velvet.
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“I got all the respect and confidence of the top leaders including Narendra Modi and Amit Shah as well as ordinary party workers. But I ask for their forgiveness as I failed to to carry that confidence and responsibility,” - A crestfallen BJP chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi told BJP’s massive defeat in elections.
Kangana Ranaut celebrates with the 'Queen' team
Phantom Films' Queen directed by Vikas Bahl, starring Kangana Ranaut, truly acted as a game
changer last year and the team of the film went all out to celebrate the success of the film, as it swept away the
biggest honors this award season. While Queen bagged the Filmfare award for "The Best Film", director Vikas Bahl was awarded Filmfare's "Best Director", whereas Kangana Ranaut won the Filmfare honor for the "Best Actress of the Year". The film also won Best Background Score, Best Cinematography and Best Editing. The celebratory party that was organized at Gaurav Gupta's house, Founder and owner of Futureworks, was a double celebration for Gupta as he also brought in his birthday .The team of Queen and Phantom producers Anurag Kashyap, Vikas Bahl, Vikramaditya Motwani, Madhu Mantena and lead Kangana Ranaut played the perfect hosts.
Sonam Kapoor Hospitalized!
After suffering from respiratory infection during the shooting of Prem Ratan Dhan Payo at ND studio, Karjat, Sonam Kapoor was hospitalised three days ago. The actress took to her official Twitter account to express her unpleasing feeling due to sickness. Sonam tweeted a picture with caption, “Hate being
sick… Oowie.” During her time in hospital, Sonam finished reading Rajesh Khanna’s biography by Gautam Chintamani. Dolly Ki Doli star even posted a picture of the book. The caption read, “Just finished reading #rajeshkhannas biography by autam chintamani. Very well and fairly written for fans,
sceptics and cinephiles.” While Sonam was in the hospital, fighting the sickness and trying to recover, Chef Kelvin Cheung sent her boxes of special protein cookies. “Thank you @chefkelvincheung for the care package.. Feeling better already!!,” the actress thanked the chef in her tweet. Sonam Kapoor was shooting for the film when she started to feel nausea and uneasiness and then was immediately rushed to the hospital in Mumbai. The actress is discharged from the hospital and will soon return to the sets to continue with Sooraj Barjatya’s film Prem Dhan Payo shootings.
Ranbir Kapoor: I Want to Hide my Personal Life
Actor Ranbir Kapoor said that he wants to hide his personal life and not make his personal space a public space. "A reality show that people are making it out to be," he said, as he put in an appearance for the promotion of Roy. Year 2014 saw Ranbir missing in action, so would 2015 be Ranbir shining? "Well I don't
know about but I hope it's a great start with Roy, my first release since Besharam," Ranbir said. The movie is directed by Vikramjit Singh, who is Ranbir's childhood friend. The actor said it was the thought behind the film which compelled him to do this. He was the first to read the script and though
approached to play Kabir, which is now being played by Arjun Rampal, Ranbir chose to play Roy the thief. When asked if he had a confession to make, Ranbir said, "Oh no confession what if there is a FIR against me." So had he watched the controversial AIB Roast? "No I haven't but it's sad what's happening to them. It's sad they aren't compelling you to watch it. Also if I had a child as a parent I would exercise viewer discretion, but it's sad, the backlash," Ranbir said. Talking about shooting Tamasha in Delhi, the actor said, "It was a side of Delhi which has not been explored before and I am so impressed with Gurgaon and Cyber Hub." Ranbir would also be seen with Anushka Sharma and Aishwarya Rai in filmmaker Karan Johar's next and he said that he was looking forward to working with them and especially with Aishwarya. "She got married the year I joined films, she got busy with family and I am glad that I finally will get to work with her."
Varun Dhawan along with Akshay Kumar in Baby sequel
Hot Or Not: Priyanka Chopra’s Look At Grammy Awards 2015 Priyanka Chopra who is in LA recently attended Pre Grammy awards and we hoped that the actress would attend the main Grammy awards too. Actress turned international singer PC attended the Grammy awards. She rocked smoking hot on the every event of Grammy awards this week. The actress wore Zuhair Murad black dress with Louboutin pumps for the after party event. She looked smoking hot in open hair with simple make up. PC also looked amazing in a bright Zac Posen gown at a gala honoring Bob Dylan at the MusiCares. She was centre of attraction, finished out her look with a simple bangle and gold Kotur clutch. For the pre Grammy awards the actress was seen in a black Blumarine dress. She wore
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The last month released Akshay Kumar starrer movie called Baby is still running in the theatre and has got decent collection apart from garnering positive reviews from the critics. Therefore its director Neeraj Pandey has all the reasons to
embark with its sequel soon. Though nothing has come official but as per the insiders, the sequel has Akshay Kumar along with Varun Dhawan in the cast list of the film. Perhaps his performance in film like Badlapur as an action hero,
he was approached by the filmmaker. However the other report claims that it was Akshay Kumar who insisted the director to approach Varun Dhawan for the cast in the upcoming sequel of Baby. Talking to a leading daily, the director said that Akshay has known Varun since his childhood, while Akki has done a couple of movies with his father as well. Varun on the other hand has limited offers after Badlapur hence there are chances that he may consider the film. On the other side, the filmmakers are very much keen to bring Varun on the board. Let’s see how things move on as nothing seems to be official now.
Ranveer Singh lashes out at leading daily for publishing reports about his depression
the black dress with side part hairdo. She matched up her whole look with a box clutch
and Casadei sandals. The actress looked fantastic like always.
It all began with Deepika Padukone speaking out
about her battle against depression. She spoke in
detail about how she had to deal with it for most of last year and her efforts to create awareness about the same. Then we had a leading daily that published a rather interesting story yesterday. They claimed that it was infact Deepika’s beau Ranveer who was depressed and Deepika had actually spoken out on his behalf. Now it turns out that the entire story was fabricated or so Ranveer claims.
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3 / Dt. 11-02-2015, Wednesday Visvanathan Anand finishes seventh after defeat against Adams
World Cup 2015: Bhuvneshwar Kumar in swing of things
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Cool head makes Anirban Lahiri top pro Viswanathan Anand's campaign ended on a sour note as he lost to English Grandmaster Michael Adams in the seventh and final round to finish seventh in the Grenke Chess Classic, here today. A victory could have propelled him to a much needed 50% score but Anand let go a drawn endgame through another blunder to end on just 2.5 points in his first Classical tournament of the year. The loss also meant a heavy slide of 15 rating points for Anand as he also slipped to ninth spot in world rankings. With three losses, a lone
victory and three draws in the tournament, Anand finished a dismal seventh. He faced the Catalan opening as black against Adams. The game continued with Adams making only a marginal progress and the exchange of pieces at regular intervals led to a level rook and pawns endgame with little chances for either side. Adams, with his better placed rook, kept trying and Anand was at his usual self in defense with the game headed to a draw. Further exchanges resulted in a pawn plus position for Adams but the pawns were on same flank.
Deepika leads J'khand to recurve gold in Nat''l Games
Having spent close to three months in Australia, India finally have a chance to log their first win. Forget that this is just a warm-up game against minnows Afghanistan. After their recent battering in Tests and one-dayers, the defending champions badly need to get back to winning ways. Eyes will also be firmly fixed on Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s fitness; the management is hopeful that the bowler has completely recovered for the Afghan clash. While Ishant Sharma had flunked the fitness test last Saturday and ruled himself out of the
quadrennial showpiece, starting February 14, Kumar went through the paces and was declared fit to play India’s first warmup game against Australia. He bowled only five overs though, giving away 31 runs without success. “I’ve fully recovered at the moment. The last three-four days have been really good for me and I’m ready to play,” the swing bowler had said on the match eve. But uncertainty looms, nonetheless. To start with, the team management is planning to use him sparingly during the group phase. Also, Dhawal Kulkarni, the
Mumbai medium-pacer, has been asked to stay back as cover. The whole approach looks a bit surprising. In Adelaide on Tuesday, Kumar’s match fitness would be assessed once again. Severely undercooked, he needs a lot more overs under his belt before the main event. In less than a week India open their World Cup campaign against Pakistan on February 15 and yet, the bowling combination looks far from settled.All five fast bowlers were used against Australia and it suggested the captain’s dilemma.
India set to enter World Cup 'groove', says Australian pacer Josh Hazlewood
Former Commonwealth and Asian Games medallist Deepika Kumari steered Jhakhand to two team gold medals in the recurve archery events but stunningly missed out on an individual podium finish
even as the Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) continued to stay on course for a hat-trick of overall titles on the eighth day of competitions in the 35th National Games here today.
National Games: Mina, Pooja corner glory
Mina Chandra of Services was the surprise winner in the men’s section, while Pooja Chaurushi of Gujarat lived up to her reputation to win the women’s gold in the triathlon event of the 35th National Games here on Monday. Mina Chandra
finished ahead of his teammate Dilip Kumar and L. Mahesh of Manipur to win gold in 1:57.02s. It was a one-horse race for the women’s gold as international Pooja Chaurushi led from start (swimming leg) to finish. Pooja, who had represented India in the Incheon Asian Games, won gold in 2:20.04. Manipur’s Linthoingambi and CH Rani Devi won silver and bronze. The results: Men (individual): 1. KSH Mina Chandra (SSCB) 1:57.02, 2. Dilip Kumar (SSCB) 1:57.50, 3. L. Mahesh (Man) 1:58.23. Team: 1. SSCB 5:52.93, 2. Goa 6:14.65, 3. Manipur 6:15.29. Women (individual): 1. Pooja Chaurushi (Guj) 2:20.04, 2. M.L. Linthoingambi (Man) 2:24.39, 3. CH Rani Devi (Man) 2:26.38. Team: 1. Gujarat 7:33.65, 2. Manipur 8:16.90, 3. Madhya Pradesh 9:15.27.
Mina Chandra finished ahead of his teammate Dilip Kumar and L. Mahesh of Manipur to win gold in 1:57.02s.
India have been in wretched form Down Under, however, going win less from their three matches in the triseries against England and Australia in recent weeks. Australia paceman Josh
Hazlewood has played down India's 106-run drubbing in a World Cup warm-up against the cohosts on Sunday, saying it was a 'matter of time' before the champions clicked.
Australia dominated India in batting, bowling and fielding in the Adelaide match to bolster their status as favourites to win the global showpiece which starts on Saturday. India have been in wretched form Down Under, however, going winless from their three matches in the tri-series against England and Australia in recent weeks. "It's just a matter of time until their batting order clicks," Hazlewood told reporters in Melbourne on Tuesday. "They've got some outstanding players and they've all got great records. I think it's just a matter of time before they get going. They're a very dangerous side," added Hazlewood.
World Cup warm-up: Rohit ton gives India first win on Australian tour Riding on Rohit Sharma's strokeful 150, an under-fire India finally registered a win after a long time as they crushed minnows Afghanistan by 153 runs in their second and final World Cup warm-up match here today. Electing to bat, India did not have the best of starts as they lost opener Shikhar Dhawan (4) and Virat Kohli (5) early but Rohit's knock helped the Men in Blue post 364 for five. Chasing a mammoth score, Afghanistan, who are making their first 50-over World Cup appearance, played cautious cricket but could only manage to score 211 for eight in 50 overs. The Indian bowling though fared a touch better with Mohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja sharing two
wickets each but Mohammed Shami went wicketless. But the day belonged to Rohit, whose dominating innings laid the foundation of a strong batting show. He stitched a 158-run third wicket partnership with Suresh Raina (75) to help India gain ground. The lefthanded Raina was unlucky to be run out after hitting 5 fours and 3 sixes in his 71ball stay but Rohit carried on the good work with Ajinkya Rahane (88 not out). Rohit was finally picked up by off-
spinner Mohammad Nabi but not after he had hit 12 fours and 7 sixes in his 122ball knock. Dhoni (10) once again failed to get going and looked completely out of sorts in his 20-ball stay at the wicket but Rahane and Ravindra Jadeja (11 not out) made sure the score was challenging enough. Afghanistan started on a cautious note as opener Usman Ghani and former captain Nawroz Mangal managed a 63-run second wicket partnership but the strategy did not work and the asking-rate kept mounting. Asghar Stanikzai (20) and later wicketkeeper-batsman Afsar Zazai (24 not out) also contributed but the target proved beyond reach for World Cup first-timers.
On Sunday, Anirban Lahiri added another chapter to his remarkable golfing career when he clinched his maiden European Tour title to become only the fourth Indian to do so after Arjun Atwal, Jeev Milkha Singh and SSP Chowrasia. What made his victory even sweeter was that he virtually sealed a berth in the year's first Major - the US Masters - climbing 36 spots to grab the 37th place in the Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR). He is also likely to
make the International Team for the Presidents Cup in Korea this October. Lahiri needs to remain inside the top-50 in the World Rankings a week prior to the April 9 to 12 tournament for competing at Augusta National, making him only the second Indian after Jeev in six years to make an appearance there. But what makes Lahiri such a fierce competitor? "It's not that this turnaround came overnight. It took many years of hard work and
preparation. To become the best you need time. In the last couple of years his intensity has improved, besides his game. I always knew Anirban was capable of a win like that, clinching the trophy after a five-stroke deficit in the final round," Lahiri's coach of 13 years, Vijay Divecha, told TOI from Bangalore. Divecha said the turning point in Lahiri's approach came after his EurAsia Cup performance last year, where he played a key role in Team Asia's strong comeback to help them achieve a draw against Team Europe. "EurAsia Cup was a great confidence booster for him. Playing against Ryder Cup stars like Graeme McDowell and Victor Dubuisson gave him immense belief in his abilities.
India is a far superior side to Pakistan: Irfan Pathan
Having played a stellar role many a time in IndiaPakistan clashes, allrounder Irfan Pathan feels that the defending champions have a far superior unit and will do well
against the arch-rivals in the high-voltage opening World Cup encounter on February 15 in Adelaide. "I think India is going to do really well because I think they are a far superior side. Inshallah I
am sure India are going to do well. Aur Irfan Pathan ki duaein bhi toh unke saath hain (My prayers are with the team)," Irfan told PTI in an interview. Irfan, who was part of the 2007 World Cup team under Rahul Dravid, opines it is all about handling pressure in the 50-over showpiece event. "There is lot of pressure involved in a World Cup. Because everyone is watching you, everyone's talking about a World Cup, everyone wants the Cup back. And obviously people will talk about it because it comes every four years. So the pressure mounts four times."When I was in West Indies, we thought we had prepared well but unfortunate that things didn't turn out the way we would have wanted to. So the pressure is always there and you have to handle it as much as you can," said the Baroda southpaw.
ICC can't guarantee ODI games for Associate teams: Dave Richardson
International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Dave Richardson has said it's difficult to guarantee considerable number of games for leading Associate teams in their bid to qualify for the 2019 World Cup in England. Richardson's view comes after ICC decided to reduce
the number of teams participating in the 2019 World Cup from 14 to 10 with the top eight sides in the One-Day International (ODI) rankings till Sep 30, 2017, qualifying automatically. The remaining two teams will be filled through the Cup qualifying tournament in Bangladesh in 2018. Theoretically, Ireland and Afghanistan can make it through by reaching the top eight, but the Irish have expressed concerns that they will not be given enough
games in the upcoming two years to fulfil that. Ireland currently sit 12th on the ODI rankings and Afghanistan 11th, but the gap with the eight-positioned West Indies is significant. "It's difficult to guarantee matches for them," Richardson was quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfo Tuesday. "I think it's important that we provide the top Associate members the opportunity, and certainly the indications are that the Full Members will support Ireland in that objective.
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Vadodara Municipal Corporation to submit smart city development plan to Gujarat govt
Vadodara The Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) will soon submit its smart city development plan to the Gujarat government, VMC Commissioner Manish Bhardwaj has said. The state government had earlier
asked the municipal corporations of Vadodara, Surat, Ahmedabad and Rajkot to submit their plans to it before February 15 for converting these four places into smart cities. The VMC will submit the smart city development plan to the
state government in a day or two, Bhardwaj said. The Centre is planning to develop 100 smart cities in the country by modernising the mid-sized cities. The state government has already started preparing a new policy framework and roadmap for developing these four places into smart cities. A smart city will use digital technologies to enhance performance and well-being, to reduce costs and resource consumption, and to engage more effectively and actively with its citizens.
Gujarat govt wants one court to hear serial blasts and jail break attempt cases AHMEDABAD The state government wants the jail break attempt case to be heard by the same court that is hearing the 2008 serial blasts case. The investigating officer, PI H A Rathod approached the principal judge of the city civil court P B Desai last week and filed an application to shift the hearing in the 2013 tunneldigging incident from additional sessions judge H J Joshi's court to special judge P C Rawal, who is appointed by Gujarat high court to expeditiously hear the serial blasts case. The government has claimed that the shifting of the trial to the special court is for the
purpose of "convenience" for the prosecution to conduct both the cases. PI Rathod submitted before the court that all 24 accused in the jail break attempt case are also accused in the July 2008 bombings incident. Most of 77 blast accused are also face charges in various other courts across the country and they are frequently taken to those courts for legal proceedings. The prosecution maintained that it obtains permission to take accused outside the state from the special court, but it causes hindrance in the proceedings of tunnel digging case. If both the cases are heard by one
court, this inconvenience could be avoided. Principal sessions judge Desai issued notice on February 6 to all accused persons. Hearing will take place on February 13. A few defence lawyers said that the government's bid to shift the case came after additional sessions judge Joshi took a serious view after a complaint made by one of the defence lawyers that he was not allowed to meet the accused inside jail. Seventy-seven persons are being tried for serial blasts, in which 56 persons were killed. 24 blast accused face trial for allegedly digging a 213-foot long tunnel inside jail in February 2013.
Keep unwell kids home: Schools to parents
AHMEDABAD Schools in the city have asked parents not to send their children to school if they show swine flu symptoms. Ahmedabad district education officer A K Rathod issued a circular to schools to make a list of students suffering from
fevers and colds. Rathod directed schools to ask parents of these kids not to send them to school till they fully recover. Schools have also been asked to share the list with the health department. St Xavier's Loyola Hall principal Father Fernand Durai said: "Since
Doctors caution high-risk patients swine flu in the air in Gujarat, doctors have advised immunocompromised patients not to attend congregations like weddings and press conferences till the epidemic subsides. Dr Surabhi Madan, an infectious diseases consultant at a private hospital in Sola, said: "Diabetics are more vulnerable to serious complications of H1N1 influenza, such as pneumonia or bloodstream infection. Patients of any age with
cancer, heart and lung diseases also need to be extra vigilant as they have weakened immune systems."On the most effective flu prevention strategy, she said: "Those in these high-risk groups should avoid exposure to someone with swine flu symptoms. The biggest prevention is to avoid attending congregations like weddings, press conferences, reunions, fairs and religious meetings till the flu is active."
H1N1 is more virulent this time, we've asked parents and students not to come in contact with swine flu patients. Students don't need to worry about exams, health is supreme." On Monday, several schools sent students home after they were found to have fever. HBK principal Renu Seth said, "Understanding the seriousness of the situation, the school in consultation with pediatrician Dr Chetan Trivedi prepared a circular informing parents about the precautions to be taken, tips to reduce infection and lots more. Some videos are also being made to educate children on preventive measures." Anand Niketan Group of Schools director Nashy Chauhan said, "We've told parents if a child is found to have a cold and cough, he or she will be sent home immediately and be allowed to attend class after a doctor's certification. However, no such case has been found so far." Mount Carmel principal Sr Jennifer said, "We have asked parents not to send their kids to school if they are unwell. However, parents are opposing this as exams are approaching.
Door to door survey in Kutch and Saurashtra AHMEDABAD The state health department is worried with the swine flu cases reported from Kutch and Saurashtra region and has asked doctors from the preventive social medicine department to study the cases there to find out why the virus had been affecting the area frequently. The health department has also carried out a door-to-door survey through 'Asha' workers in the last two days. "The state has one 'Asha' worker for 1,000 people. Workers are visiting localities and creating awareness about swine flu. Apart from distributing pamphlets, they are giving people their numbers so that if a suspected case comes up, they can be informed and the patient can be transferred to the district hospital," said health commissioner J P Gupta. Asenior health official
from the district said that the government has carried out the first survey and found that in the population of nearly six lakh, there were more than 10,000 cases of common flu. He said a second survey has been taken up and people are again sensitized about swine flu. Union health minister J P Nadda arrived in the state on Monday night. He will be holding a meeting with the state government health department officials and will review the preparedness to tackle swine flu and Ebola virus. He will also hold a meeting with officials of Employees State Insurance Corporation. The Centre is setting up a medical college. He is also likely to meet chief minister Anandiben Patel. Last week, a three- member team had visited Gujarat in the wake of the swine flu deaths and cases.
Cops flummoxed over ‘marriage for a free foreign trip’ AHMEDABAD In a peculiar application of complaint, filed with the city police's women's cell, a young girl MBA student accused a youth of luring her into a marriage, which was supposed to win him a free foreign trip from his company. Women's cell sources said the girl, Ankita, also alleged that Mayur, the accused, told her that once the foreign trip was over, he would divorce her, but he now refuses to leave her. According to the application filed by Ankita, Mayur is her brother's friend and used visit their home in Satellite. Police officers said that according to Ankita, about eight months ago, Mayur, a
senior executive in a private company, called her to a cafeteria. "According to Ankita, Mayur told her that their company was awarding a free foreign trip to employees who are married and if she married him, he would be able to win it," said a women's cell officer. Ankita stated in her application that she agreed to this, and they married about seven months ago. "Ankita kept the marriage a secret, didn't tell her parents and continued living at her own home," said a police source. According to Ankita, as her parents were looking for a groom for her, she contacted Mayur eight days ago and asked him to divorce her.
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Adani, Rajasthan govt to set up India’s largest solar park Jaipur/Mumbai Adani Enterprises Ltd today signed a pact with the Rajasthan government to develop the country’s largest solar park in the state with 10,000 MW capacity over the next 10 years at an estimated investment of about Rs 40,000 crore. The company will set up solar power project of 5000 MW on its own in the next five years. The Adani Group will also develop solar manufacturing units and power evacuation systems. An investment of Rs 40,000 crore has been proposed in the state for the projects, according to an official statement. Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation (RREC) Managing Director B K Dosi and Adani’s power business CEO Vneet S Jaain signed the memorandum of understanding. The MoU was signed in the presence of the Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and Adani Enterprises MD Rajesh Adani, said the statement. The company release said: “Adani Enterprises… and Government of Rajasthan have signed a MoU to
jointly set up India’s largest solar park of 10,000 MW in Rajasthan.” The flagship company of the Gautam Adani-led Adani Group will form a joint venture (JV) to set up the solar park, which would include generation projects and a manufacturing unit for solar module, parts and equipment. Sources said while the Rajasthan government would provide the required land for the project as part of its equity, the entire investment would be made by Adani Enterprises. The company did not reveal the investment figure as it is yet to work out the details. “India has embarked upon an ambitious programme of becoming a world leased in renewable power generation, with a focus on solar. The development of Solar park
facility is our contribution towards realisation of our Honourable Prime Minister’s campaign and commitment towards clean and green energy in India,” Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani said in the release. The solar park will produce clean and green energy of about 16,644 million units, furthering India’s goals for clean, renewable energy independence. It has also issued guidelines for setting up at least 25 solar parks each with a capacity of 500 MW and above across India. Last month, Adani Enterprises had signed an MoU with the US-based SunEdisonlnc to jointly invest USD 4 billion for setting up India’s largest solar photo-voltaic making plant at Mundra in Gujarat.
Wedding function of Amit Shah’s son attended by number of VIPs Ahmedabad Wedding of BJP national president Amit Shah’s son Jay Shah with Ahmedabad’s Bapunagar based Rishita Patel took place today at YMCA club on SG highway in Ahmedabad. Shri Lal Krishna Advani, Nitin Gadkari, JP Nadda,
Dance and fashion show in vastrapur, Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad, Today in our society, there are many different women related issues like women harassment and abortion of girl child can seen , so on this issues spreading awareness and to realize our responsibility, Raj Friends Dance Academy and Smita Agrawal Founder and President of chandramani
Sevasadan trust has organize a unique messaging and entertaining dance and fashion called EHSAAS. This show will be present first time in our city and will be held on 8th feb at Amphy Theater in Vastrapur. Show will starts at 6 pm and will continue at 9 pm. About this show Mr.Raj Sinegiya, Choreographer
and owner of Friends Dance Academy, Says that many reality shows have reflected the talent of boys and girls of different ages in the field of dance, dance is an activity which no one wants to miss. it feels us with an enormous inspiration, especially when perform with accuracy and grace. EHSAAS is just the same even and our main aim from this show is that we will give social message by dance and music and spread the message of save girl child, Woman empowerment and many others. This is really unique because, many professionals young dancers from Ahmedabad and Mumbai are will perfom in this show and by concept based story and also background score dancers will present the massage and also in fassion show models and dancers by unique them based sconce will present massage of save girl child
Dharmendra Pradhan, V.Satish, Dharmendra Maharaj, Bharti Bapu, Piyush Goyal, Ashok Singhal, Baba Ramdev, Gautam Adai, Mukesh and Nita Ambani, Parimal
Nathwani, Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Gujarat, Shri Suresh Soni etc were present on this occasion. Jay’s reception function will be held on 12 February at Karnavati club inAhmedabad.
Adani Ports commissions Tuna Tekra bulk terminal at Kandla New Delhi Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ) today said it had commissioned a bulk terminal at Tuna Tekra, Kandla Port, with an annual handling capacity of over 20 million tonnes. Minister for Shipping and Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari inaugurated the terminal after the berthing of the project’s first
vessel MV Sheng Ming earlier in the day, APSEZ said in a statement. “We expect the terminal to be a game-changer for Export Import trade of the Northwest hinterland of India, thanks to its strategic location,” APSEZ Executive Director Karan Adani said. “We are now aiming to complete the container terminal project in Chennai in a record time frame,”
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