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113 of 50,000 villages of MP face water shortage
Agency | New Delhi A total of 113 of 50,000 villages of Madhya Pradesh face the water shortage despite the second successive year of deficient monsoon, its Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan told Prime Minister Narendra Modi who took stock of the drought situation in the state here today.
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Discrepancies in marksheets minor error: DU Registrar
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Downplaying allegations of glaring discrepancies, Delhi University Tuesday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BA degree as circulated by BJP is “authentic” and it has all the relevant records relating to his graduation while terming as “minor error” mention of 1979 in his degree when he passed out a year earlier. The clarification by Delhi University’s registrar Tarun Das came amid the raging controversy over Modi’s educational qualifications with AAP continuing to question genuiness of the BA degree. “We have checked our records and it has been authenticated that Prime Minister Narendra
Asked about certain discrepancies being alleged by AAP in his marksheets and degree certificate, the registrar said, “the discrepancies in names in two marksheets exist in university records as well.”
Modi’s degree is authentic. He cleared the examination in 1978 and was awarded the degree in 1979,” he said hours after an AAP delegation went to the university seeking details of the degree. Asked about certain discrepancies being alleged by AAP in his marksheets and degree certificate, he said, “the discrepancies in names in two marksheets exist in university records as well.” “The university seeks to maintain pri-
vacy of any student who is getting enrolled with it. In view of the queries and reports in media, we would like to state that Narendra Damodardas Modi had qualified for degree of Bachelors in Arts. His enrollment number was CC 594/74 and his examination roll number number was 16594,” Das said. Asked about variations in Modi’s names in marksheets, Das said it is a common error as far as middle names are con-
cerned. “Similar errors are said the same can be ver- We came to DU but there and we were not allowed often pointed out by other ified from the university. is an atmosphere of fear to meet anyone. students as well which are rectified when requested.” On being asked about AAP’s allegation that why he was awarded the degree in 1979 when he graduated in 1978, Das said “It is difficult to comment on minor errors.” Yesterday, BJP president Amit Shah and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had released copies of Modi’s BA and MA degrees in response to AAP’s allegations. The AAP had said the documents were “forged” and had “glaring discrepancies” in them. Amit shah and Arun Jaitley had yesterday made public and
Harish Rawat to Centre: End politics of No new registration of diesel cabs confrontation, let’s build Uttarakhand together the sections of the peoAgency | New Delhi in Delhi: Supreme Court ple of Uttarakhand have
The Press Council of India (PCI) today condoled the untimely demise of an Indian Express photographer Ravi Kanojia, saying the media world has lost a “fine professional” who always put his duty before self. In a condolence message, PCI Chairman Justice (retd) C K Prasad said that Kanojia, who won ‘Creative Excellence’ award of the Press Council in 2014 for his news photography, had made the supreme sacrifice for the cause of his profession.
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After facing the floor test in Uttarakhand Assembly, Harish Rawat Tuesday refrained from commenting on its outcome but sought an end to the politics of confrontation by appealing to the “all powerful” Centre for help in development of the state. 68-year-old Rawat, who drove straight to the Congress office here after the floor test, made a speech in which he thanked Sonia Gandhi and Rahul, MLAs by individually taking their names, and party workers to express his gratitude to them for their solid support in the troubled times. Earlier, stepping out of the Assembly after the vote, the sacked
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chief minister remarked “the cloud of uncertainty hovering over Uttarakhand will disappear tomorrow”.“The fight for democracy cannot be won alone,” he said in the short speech in which he merely said it was the prerogative of the Supreme Court to announce the result of the trial of strength. “I have all along been saying I am a small chief minister of a small state who has
sustained him through this fight for democracy, especially the silent majority which lives in the villages. “There were several moments over the past one month or so when it seemed demons from the skies had swooped upon Uttarakhand inflicting painful wounds on its body one after another so much so that it could not even shout.
to fight poverty and backwardness. “Come let’s end the politics of confrontation and build together an Uttarakhand set firmly on the path of development. I appeal to the all-powerful people in Delhi to lend their helping hand in this noble mission,” Rawat said. Maintaining that the fight for democracy can Agency | New Delhi only be won with humility and not arrogance, he A 22-year-old woman said the strength from all from Delhi topped the 2015 civil services examination on her first attempt and a railway officer from Jammu and Kashmir secured the second position as the results of one of India’s toughest tests was announced on Tuesday. A total of 1,078 candidates cleared the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exam -- 499 from the general category, 314 from the other backward strongly condemned the classes, 176 from the incident and asserted that scheduled castes and 89 nobody could escape from from the scheduled tribes. the “long arms of law”, op- Dabi topped the test, folposition BJP claimed that lowed by Athar Aamir Ul “jungle raj” had returned Shafi Khan and Delhi’s Jasmeet Singh Sandhu. to the state.
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The Supreme Court Tuesday relaxed its ban on diesel taxis in Delhi-NCR, allowing them to ply till their permits expire. But the bench, led by Chief Justice T S Thakur, said the Delhi government will not register any new diesel taxis, and that registration of all city taxis shall be permitted only if the vehicles operate on dual-fuel (CNG/petrol)
or purely CNG or petrol. The bench also underlined that diesel taxis will eventually have to go off the roads. The Delhi government, the bench said, should work out adequate norms on safety, security and fares for taxis. “Safety and security is an im-
portant aspect…you must have seen some of the recent incidents. So, now you make sure these concerns are taken care of,” the bench, also comprising Justice A K Sikri and Justice R Banumathi, told the Delhi government’s counsel. The court order is likely to free up more than 60,000 taxis, which had to go off roads since they had not switched to CNG.
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of Transport and Management, Lucknow. This was his second attempt. “I just could not believe it. The news took few minutes to sink in that I obtained second rank. I secured 560 rank last year. I’m very delighted and extremely satisfied that my hard work has really paid off,” he said. He hoped his success would pave the way for many others like him from the militancy-torn state. “Thankfully, when I was studying, the valley was relatively peaceful. Militancy was not that a major issue at that times. There were odd days when there was tension in Anantnag. But by and large it was okay,” he said.
A 72-year-old woman has Facing criticism after delivered a baby after 46 the Gaya road rage case, “Congrats to all those ment for me,” she said. years of her marriage at a the Janata Dal United on who cleared the Civil The commission said it Hisar-based fertility cen- Tuesday suspended MLC Services Exam. My good was maintaining a reserve tre. The couple -- Mohin- Manorama Devi, whose wishes as they commence list of 172 candidates. der Singh Gill (79) and son Rocky Yadav is aca new & exciting phase The results are based on cused of gunning down a his wife Daljinder Kaur -of their lives,” Prime scores in a written examwere childless and decid- 20-year-old youth, Aditya Minister Narendra Modi ination held in Decemed to have a baby through Sachdeva, for overtaking tya Sachdeva had triggered his vehicle. Earlier in the tweeted. A graduate in ber 2015 and interviews in-vitro fertilization protests and the state govpolitical science from the conducted in March-May (IVF) three years ago. day, Rakesh Ranjan Yadav ernment faced criticism Capital’s Lady Shri Ram 2016. 23-year-old Athar, ”They (couple) came to alias Rocky Yadav was from the opposition for arrested from his father’s College, Dabi completed a resident of Anantnag in us three years ago as they her schooling from the south Kashmir, was undid not have a child even mixer plant. He was later the alleged law and order Convent of Jesus & Mary. dergoing training at the after several years of their sent to 14-day judicial cus- break down. While Chief tody. The murder of AdiMinister Nitish Kumar had “It is indeed a proud mo- Indian Railways Institute marriage. Sub Editor: Dhruvil Makani Office: B/14, Madhav Chamber’s, India Colony, Opp-Vidhyanagar School, Bapunagar, Ahmedababad - 380024 Email: ssdaily2013@gmail.com
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Laws prescribing educational qualifications for contesting elections are undemocratic
Politicians’ educational qualifications seems to be a major issue in India today. On the one hand, Arvind Kejriwal has asked for more evidence that Prime Minister Narendra Modi got his BA degree Delhi University, and on the other, documents pertaining to Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani’s degree are under scrutiny. Whether the ministers of the government of India have diplomas and degrees in their CVs or not, their party, paradoxically, has been more demanding than any other in this domain. Indeed, last year two BJP-ruled states — Haryana and Rajasthan — altered the electoral law governing local bodies in a manner that was unprecedented in India but which has not received a lot of attention. In March 2015, the Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Amendment Act stipulated minimum educational qualifications for citizens who wanted to contest elections at the local level. It required candidates contesting for zila parishads and panchayat samitis to have passed Class X. Those contesting sarpanch elections have to be Class VIII pass. In the scheduled areas, the eligibility has been fixed at Class V pass. Similarly, in Haryana, a new law makes it mandatory for a general male candidate to pass Class X and a general woman candidate to pass Class VIII. For a Dalit male candidate passing Class VIII is mandatory and for a Dalit woman passing Class V is required. The law also rules out those who failed to pay arrears to any primary agriculture co-operative society or agriculture co-operative bank and have electricity bill arrears. Additionally, in both states, candidates can contest only if they have functional toilets at home. In Haryana, these criteria deprive 68 per cent of the Dalit women and 41 per cent of the Dalit men from the right to contest panchayat elections. These new norms are in contradiction with the philosophy of the Indian Constitution, which allowed every Indian to contest elections in 1952 while the literacy rate was 11 per cent. While the Organiser, the RSS mouthpiece, then hoped that Nehru “would live to confess the failure of universal franchise in India” and while the president of the republic, Rajendra Prasad, was “sceptical about this leap in the dark”, this is what made India the world’s largest democracy.
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‘Befikre’posters, more Ranveer SinghVaani Kapoor kisses coming our way! Agency | Mumbai
Aditya Chopra is returning with his new directorial venture. Befikre, starring Ranveer Singh and Vaani Kapoor. The entire team is now camping in Paris and have already started shooting few portions of the rom-com. The second poster was released a few hours back but look what we found. We have watched the pattern and we have cracked what YRF is planning. What’s it? The production house revealed the first poster of Befikre with Ranveer and Vaani engrossed in a lip-lock on April 9. Exactly a month later on May 9, the team unveiled the second poster. Again capturing the two leading stars kissing each other. Now, here’s the plan. The film releases on December 9, Aditya Chopra’s daughter Adira’s first birthday. And the YRF marketing team has put a brilliant strategy in place. The team will release more posters, more shots and sneakpeeks from the film on 9th of every month. And the pattern completely testifies that. So, we are expecting the next poster or a small sneak peek from the sets on June 9 next. Will it again have Ranveer and Vaani locking lips? It might. It might not. But then again, given that Befikre is touted to be the boldest rom-com ever, we are expecting a few more scintillating stuff coming straight from the Paris sets.
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Zareen Khan replaces Kangana Ranaut in Divine Lovers
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‘Raman Raghav 2.0’ trailer: Nawazuddin Siddiqui redefines fear
Pratyusha Banerjee suicide case: Parents write to Rajnath over probe in her death Actor and producer Rahul Raj Singh, the main accused in TV actress Pratyusha Banerjee death case Agency | New Delhi
Raman Raghav, also known as Psycho Raman, was a psychopathic serial killer who terrorised the streets of Mumbai in the mid-1960s. Agency | New Delhi
One of India’s most respected filmmakers overseas, Anurag Kashyap is back with his latest psychological thriller, Raman Raghav 2.0. The trailer of the film starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Vicky Kaushal is dark, gloomy and chilling. The trailer opens with Nawazuddin, who plays a serial killer on the prowl, talking about his victims inside a police station. He gives the details of his murders and hints towards the absence of a pattern in his crimes. Later, you meet a cop, Kaushal, who is disturbed in his personal life. Because of his
sadism, his love life is heading nowhere, and then, he attracts the attention of Nawazuddin. A cat-and-mouse game begins at this juncture which can end either way. The backdrop of metropolitan slums and low income group flats enhances the darkness of Kashyap’s world. Jay Oza’s mostly hand-held shots keep the audience engaged. Like the initial posters of the film, the trailer also sends shivers down the spine. Raman Raghav is set to hit screens on June 24, 2016. Its world premiere will take place at the Cannes Film Festival on May 16, 2016.
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Actress Zareen Khan has been roped in for direcZareen Khan has tor Sai Kabir’s upcombeen roped in ing film ‘Divine Lovers’ for director Sai starring internationally Kabir’s upcoming acclaimed Indian actor Irrfan Khan. The film film Divine Lovers, was intially offered to initially offered to Kangana Ranaut.ConKangana Ranaut firming the news, Kabir said in a statement: “Yes forward to start shoot it is true. She fit the bill with Irrfan but somehow perfectly as we wanted a the dates never matched
Expressing dissatisfaction over investigations by Mumbai Police into the death of TV actress Pratyusha Banerjee, her parents have written a letter to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh seeking a probe by a premier central agency into the case, police sources said today. The two-page letter, written in Hindi, has requested the Minister to hand over the probe into Banerjees death to the “most premier investigating agency” as the probe carried out by police so far looks “suspicious”. The 24-year-old “Balika Vadhu” actress allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself at her residence here on April 1 and the film couldn’t take but her father Shankar and off. Zareen, who was last mother Soma have alleged seen on screen in Vishal Pandya’s ‘Hate Story 3’, will undergo two months of training which will be overseen by Irrfan himself. The film is an • Hirpara Kapil adventure comedy and • Rudani Chirag shoot starts in September. ‘Divine Lovers’ re- • Patel Bharat volves round the lower • Rudani Dixit middle-class section of • Makani Dhruvil society and is set in the • Patel Prakash heartland of India.
their daughter was murdered. Pratyusha’s boyfriend Rahul Raj Singh, a TV producer, was booked for abetment of suicide
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and criminal intimation, among other charges. Despite the police having adequate material in the form of call data record (CDR), statements of witnesses, site `panchanama (spot report) as well as their own case against Rahul, they have failed to register a murder case, the parents said. Rahul “trapped” Pratyusha on the pretext of love and emptied her bank accounts which had several lakhs, the Banerjees have said in the letter.
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Mystery spinner KC Cariappa finally comes good for Kings XI Punjab
Agency | Mohali TVM Agency | Ahmedabad To promote his upcoming an autobiographical film – ‘Buddha in a Traffic’, renowned film producer, director and screenwriter Vivek Agnihotri today visited Ahmedabad. During a press conference held at city based Hotel Courtyard by Marriott, he shared why ‘Buddha in a Traffic’ has become the most controversial film of the year 2016. This film is based on true life incidents, its treatment is that of a new age political drama with a unique chapter wise approach to relevant topics leading to its climax. It’s an initiative by one of the top Business schools of the world, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad and this is the first Indian film ever based and shot in a B school It’s ensemble cast comprises Arunoday Singh, AnupamKher, Pallavi Joshi, Mahi Gill and AnchalDwivedi. The film revolves around Vikram’s survival in the sinister designs of establishment.
KC Cariappa is an anomaly if one goes by his domestic record. A search on the 5’11” leg-spinner shows only a handful of T20 matches, seven to be exact for Karnataka, with just nine wickets. Yet in 2015, Kolkata Knight Riders saw enough talent in him to pick him for Rs 2.5 crore. He played just one match against Royal Challengers Bangalore
and snared AB de Villiers. It seemed he would join the long list of mystery players who played a season in the IPL before slipping into oblivion. After spending some time away from the league, Cariappa was picked by Kings XI Punjab for Rs 80 lakh. Playing in the third match of the season for his franchise, it was time for the spinner to hog the limelight. Cariappa had gone wicketless
Andy Murray hopes Amelie Mauresmo split not seen as failure for women
Where social networks gets serious about enterprise Agency | New Delhi
The biggest challenge yet to traditional enterprise communication systems like email and newsletters might come from the unlikeliest of places. Over the last six months, Facebook at Work has been capturing the interest of CIOs across the world despite being in Beta. In fact, there are over 60,000 of them on the waiting list for what it calls the most democratised of enterprise solutions. Julien Codorniou, Facebook’s London-based director of platform partnerships, says the more connected people are, the more productive they become. “Facebook at Work is the most significant development we have made outside Menlo Park. In fact, it is separated from Facebook, though it will leverage the significant investments made in getting to the 1.65 billion users that Facebook has,” he said. Separated from Facebook is a significant statement, given it is a closed environment only for those within an organisation, and that too with administrative controls.
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Agency | Rom Andy Murray confirmed on Tuesday that a failure to win a third Grand Slam title was among the factors which finally caused him and coach Amelie Mauresmo to end their relationship on the eve of the French Open. The Scot world number three is now playing a
final Roland Garros tuneup at the Rome Masters this week without twotime Grand Slam winner Mauresmo in his corner. Murray, the first major men’s player to choose a female as coach when he and Frenchwoman Mauresmo got together in spring, 2014, said the pair made it work through the
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Kolkata Knight Riders only team to earn huge profits in Indian Premier League
Agency | Kolkata After the third edition of the Indian Premier League, Kolkata Knight Riders have not only fared well on the field in recent years but have also garnered huge revenue figures, much more than the other IPL franchises. According to a financial report, big
teams like Mumbai Indians, Delhi Daredevils and Royal Challengers Bangalore are yet to breakeven but the Shah Rukh Khan-owned franchise had already racked a net profit of Rs. 14.15 crores in 2014-15. The Knight Riders witnessed not only a 30% growth in revenues but also a 54% leap in the
profits despite the first half of the coveted T20 tournament being held in the United Arab Emirates during that season. The organization which runs KKR, Knight Riders Sports Private Limited witnessed a rise of revenue from Rs. 128.81 crores to Rs. 168.71 crores in 2014 when the Eden Garden-based side had won their second Indian Premier League title over a span of a couple of years. Its profits rose by almost 54% that year as the franchise stacked up a total profit figure of Rs. 14.15 crores from Rs. 9.19 crores in 2013.
Shashank Manohar quits as BCCI president, Anurag Thakur favourite to succeed
end of last season. The Scot, who turns 29 at the weekend, said he was at a low ebb in his game when Mauresmo began helping him in 2014. The relationship produced seven ATP titles and a pair of Australian Open finals. “When she first came into the team, I was really struggling. I was not doing well, my confidence was low and I was going the wrong direction,” Murray said. “For two years, I think the results that we had were good. But un- Manohar stepped down as BCCI less I win a Grand Slam, president barely seven months after then ultimately that’s how people judge whether it being appointed for a second term worked or not. “When Agency | New Delhi board is being directed to she came on board, my comply with the Supreme Shashank Manohar on results really picked up. Court-appointed Justice The time we spent togeth- Tuesday stepped down Lodha panel’s reform as BCCI president barely er was positive. recommendations. In a seven months after being letter addressed to Thakappointed for a second ur, Manohar said, “I hereterm in place of the late by tender my resignation Jagmohan Dalmiya and with immediate effect is all set to take over as from the post of Presifirst independent chair- dent of Board of Control man of ICC. Manohar for Cricket in India. I also leaves at a time when the resign with immediate ef-
Dhoni’s Rising Pune take on Sunrisers, face uphill task to stay relevant
fect as the representative of BCCI on the International Cricket Council, as also the Asian Cricket Council on which I was nominated by the General Body of BCCI. I thank all my colleagues and the staff for their support and cooperation during my tenure. I wish all of you all the very best in taking the cause of Cricket to greater heights.” According to reliable sources, BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur is being tipped to take over the hot seat. IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla is also in the running along with Maharashtra CA president and business magnet Ajay Shirke. As per BCCI rules, a Special General Meeting (SGM) has to be convened within 15 days, apprising the members of the current situation. It is the prerogative of secretary Thakur to call such a meeting.
IPL 2016 and different shades of the competition
Agency | Washington The world’s first vaccine offering long-term protection against malaria could be available in 2018 after successful trials. The revolutionary new innoculation was found to protect adults from the infection – the world’s biggest killer after TB – for more than a year. More than 40 per cent of the global population live in areas where there is a risk of contracting the disease. Last year, 214 million people were infected with malaria and 438,000 died, according to World Health Organisation (WHO) figures. But now scientists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have told us about a breakthrough which is hoped could one day wipe out the mass killer. The complex nature of the malaria parasite has meant uncovering a vaccine for the disease has proven difficult. But in a ground-breaking study, the vaccine not only immunised people for over a year but also ensured they could not further transmit the parasite onto mosquitoes. In most cases, the malaria parasite has to first pass from a human host into a mosquito as the mosquito takes a blood meal. ‘Even with the best will, people forget to take their tablets and contract malaria,’ she said.
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Cariappa’s twin strikes hurt Royal Challengers’ momentum
against Gujarat Lions, and against Delhi Daredevils he had picked one for 37. As Royal Challengers hit the ground running with KL Rahul and Virat Kohli looking in fine touch, KXIP skipper Murali Vijay tried everything in his power to stem the flow of runs, including rotating the bowlers. As 50 came up in 31 balls, RCB looked set for a big total. Cariappa was introduced in the eighth over, and Kings XI managed to put the brakes on RCB’s innings. Cariappa justified the faith shown by his skipper with twin strikes in the space of a delivery. He first accounted for Karnataka teammate Rahul and then removed Kohli.
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Agency | Visakhapatnam With three wins in 10 games, Rising Pune Supergiants are languishing at the sixth place of the Indian Premier League The absence of four (IPL) points table with six points.With overseas players due to win against just four games left, Pune need to Sunrisers Hyderabad on Tuesday injury has meant a weak if they are to stand a chance of making the batting order for Rising playoffs. As captain of the now-suspended Chennai Pune, with Dhoni himself Super Kings, MS Dhoni had always led his hardly making a major on Tuesday side into the playoffs. A stumble could see him miss out for the first time in contribution the league. Dhoni has struggled in his first season away from the well-oiled Chennai outfit. The side has lost all its home games, and injuries have not helped the cause. Pune are a depleted side after a spate of injuries saw Faf du Plessis, Kevin Pietersen, Steve Smith and Mitchell Marsh return home.Their absence has meant a weak batting order with Dhoni himself hardly making a major contribution.
Every season of the Indian Premier league brings pros and cons with itself. There have been instances where the spectators have witnessed some excitement filled scenes while on the other side have also seen some horrible patches. The 2016 too, is a ‘mixed’ season. Virat Kohli became the first and only batsman in a single IPL season to score two centuries. He first smashed an unbeaten 100 to rip apart the Gujarat Lions bowling while scoring another unbeaten ton against Rising Pune Supergiants this past weekend. Kohli remained
108 not out on this occasion. The Kings XI Punjab left-arm spinner came up with a magical spell against Gujarat Lions. Axar picked up a hat-trick against Gujarat, the only one in this IPL so far. He dismissed Dinesh Karthik and Dwayne Bravo off fifth and sixth balls of seventh over in the inning. Axar then picked Ravin-
dra Jadeja on the first delivery of 11th over to complete the proceedings for his first IPL hat-trick. Patel also joined the tally of bowlers who have taken an IPL hat-trick in the past. His hat-trick was the 14th in IPL history. Indian Premier league has continued to remain competitive to woo the fans and get the best out of the players.
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Mandatory NEET shock for Gujarat students Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Reeling from the shock of NEET becoming mandatory for medical and dental admissions, more than 68,000 students of HSC science will just go through the motions when they take the Gujarat Common Entrance Test (GujCET) across the state on Tuesday. GujCET has been reduced to a second fiddle exam, to be relevant only for admission to paramedical courses. Hope stayed alive that Gujarat students may escape the mandatory NEET when states were allowed to conduct local exams, including GujCET. The SC order on Monday effectively made it clear
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that NEET shall be compulsory. It however gave students who took NEET-I the option of taking NEET-II. If they do so, their first exam will be forfeited. Gujarat students said they are at a distinct disadvantage. Only 15,000 students from Gujarat prepared for and took the All-India Pre Medical Test (AIPMT) which was recently turned into NEET-I
by SC. The rest were counting on GujCET to secure admission to the coveted medical courses. “For two years my son has prepared for GujCET, whose syllabus is at least 25-30% different from NEET. Last minute preparation of the CBSE syllabus based exam has put him at a distinct disadvantage,” said Naina Swami, the parent of a medical aspirant.
milakar chalna hoga — a poem by former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. And while neighbouring Rajasthan has ostensibly trimmed Jawaharlal Neh-
ru in its textbooks, the GSSTB book for class XI second language will have the first prime minister’s take on an issue under much debate these days — Bharat Mata ki jai. The chapter — a part of his autobiography — has Nehru explaining the idea of Bharat Mata to a group of farmers in Rohtak, Haryana. The summary for the chapter reads: “Prastut lekh mein anpadh gramin log ‘Bharat Mata ki jai’ ka naara toh lagate hain kintu Bharat Mata ke sachche swarup tatha unki vatslata se anjan hain.
In Gujarat, textbook has chapter on Jawaharlal Nehru explaining ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’
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Patriotism, Bharat Mata and Bharatiya sanskriti will find pride of place in Hindi language textbooks of Gujarat when the new academic session gets under way in June. In four textbooks, for students of classes IX and XI, under Hindi first language and Hindi second language, the Gujarat State School Textbook Board (GSSTB) has come out with a curriculum that includes the song Manushya tu badaa mahaan hai, sung in RSS camps. The textbook for class XI also has Kadam
Next-generation 2017 Maruti Swift to be manufactured in Gujarat
According to a report in the Economic Times, the next-generation 2017 Maruti Swift will be manufactured by the company at the Suzuki-owned plant in Gujarat. This Gujarat plant will begin operations in early-2017, and will first roll out the Maruti Baleno. The 2017 Suzuki Swift is expected to be revealed at the Paris Motor Show this year, though European sales are expected to start only in early-2017. An Indian launch could take place by H1 2017 though, as
India is one of the biggest market for the hatchback. According to the company, India accounts for 54 percent of global sales of the Swift. The 2017 Maruti Swift is expected to be based on the Baleno’s lightweight alumin-
ium-mix platform. Providing better crash safety, this platform will also reduce weight by about 5070 kg, and therefore aid in increased fuel efficiency. The current Swift delivers 20.4 km/l (petrol) and 25.2 km/l (diesel).
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Gujarat govt to kick-start solar rooftop project for citizens With an aim of scaling up the present solar power generation in Gujarat, the state government is now all set to launch its much awaited project of grid-connected rooftop solar power units, wherein residential property owners will be encouraged to install this new system. The Solar Rooftop project was initiated by Gujarat Energy Development Agency (GEDA), which is the state nodal agency to promote renewable energy. In the current fiscal of 2016-17, GEDA has set a target of generating 50
megawatt (MW) of electricity by installing such rooftop solar photovoltic (SPV) units across Gujarat. According to GEDA Director J T Akhani, the rooftop solar project is for residential consumers only. “There are several residents who have already installed solar power generation units on their rooftops. However, they are off-grid, as they are not connected with the electricity meter. This project is for those residential property owners who wish to connect their power units with the electricity grid,” said Akhani.
a liquor party… It was birthday celebrations of a relative of my son’s friend Varun Jain… The liquor consignment seized from the spot belongs to Varun’s father, who is a liquor permit holder,” the
Congress leader claimed. Demanding a probe by the Anti-Corruption Bureau, he said, “It should be probed as to who gave permission to the sub-inspector to raid the house at the midnight.”
Sunvilla News | Gandhinagar
Modhwadia releases audio tape, alleges sub-inspector demanded bribe
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
A day after Arjun Modhwadia’s son and 24 others were held for allegedly consuming alcohol during a party, the former state Congress chief on Monday released an audio clip in which, he claimed, the sub-inspector who led the raid was heard demanding a bribe of Rs 11 lakh to go soft on the accused. Following the allegation, the woman sub-inspector, who was attached with Satellite police sation, has been transferred to the city police headquarters. The investigation has also
Liquor party bust: Crime branch summons Modhwadia, 25 accused
been handed over to the crime branch. Playing the four-minute audio clip of a conversation between a man and a woman on his cellphone before mediapersons, Modhwadia alleged, “The woman sub-inspector, C B Jadeja, from Satellite police station had
demanded a bribe of Rs 11 lakh, of which Rs 4 lakh was paid on the night of the incident.” Police had raided Asavari Apartments in Satellite area of the city past Saturday midnight, and allegedly found that liquor was being served in the party. “It was not
A day after senior Congress leader Arjun Modhwadia claimed that police took bribe to “settle the matter” after busting a liquor party which was also attended by his son, the crime branch today summoned him to provide “proofs” to substantiate his allegations. Crime branch, which was handed over the probe yesterday, also summoned 25 youths, including Modhwadia’s son Parth, who were arrested at the party here for allegedly consuming liquor. An FIR was also lodged against a woman sub-inspector of police who had conducted the raid on Sunday after Modhwadia accused her of taking money. Manufacture and sale of liquor is prohibited in Gujarat.
Perishable Cargo Complex inaugurated at Ahmedabad airport
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Gujarat Chief Minister today inaugurated the Center of Perishable Cargo complex in Ahmedabad. The center has 14,600 MT annual capacity. It has various chambers to keep vegetables, fruits and other farm produces afresh for longer time. The Chief Minister expressed faith that with the help of this facility, the farmers of Gujarat will be able to export their produce to America, England, Russia, France, Europe, Singapore, UAE and other countries. Gujarat Agro Industries Corporation has leased the Perishable Cargo complex to private party for operation and management.
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