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News Brief Modi's poll pitch in Delhi; targets 'anarchist' Kejriwal New Delhi, Jan 10 Kickstarting BJP's poll campaign for Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today wooed voters with a host of promises as he singled out 'anarchist' AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal for attack and asked people to punish him for "wasting" one year.
Jharkhand CM meets Environment Minister Javadekar New Delhi, Jan 10 The Centre today assured Jharkhand of all possible help for development and asked the state to speed up work especially after the clearance given to many projects which had been pending for environmental nod for a long time. The assurance was held out to Chief Minister Raghubar Das when he met Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar here and discussed various environmental issues concering the state.
Tejas with radar jammer flies maiden sortie Bangaluru, Jan 10 A Tejas-PV1 light combat aircraft with an advanced electronic warfare suite with inbuilt jammer flew for the first time here. It gives the pilot an additional capability of nullifying the effect of detected radar threat by appropriate mode of jamming.
Athawale asks BJP to make him Central minister Mumbai, Jan 10 RPI president Ramdas Athawale, whose party is a member of the ruling Mahayuti (BJP-led grand alliance) in Maharashtra, today reiterated demand for a berth in the Union cabinet. "BJP must honour the written commitment it made prior to elections," Athawale told reporters here. "I am not keen on a ministerial post in the state," Athawale said, referring to the expected expansion of the Devendra Fadnavis ministry.
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PM Narendra Modi kickstarts BJP’s poll campaign in Delhi
BJP has ushered in a new type of politics ie above casteism, regionalism; it is only thinking about development, PM says.
New Delhi, Jan 10 Kickstarting BJP’s poll campaign for Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday wooed voters with a host of promises as he singled out ‘anarchist’ AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal for attack and asked voters to punish him for “wasting” one year. Without naming Kejriwal or his party, Modi said at a rally here that if the AAP leader wants to be an “anarchist” as he has claimed to be, he should go to jungles to join naxals as Delhi cannot have anarchy. Kejriwal had said about a year ago that he is an “anarchist”. During the 30-minute address, he suggested that Kejriwal has “mastery” in “lies” and dharnas and protests and should be given that role only and
somebody is an anarchist, he should go to the jungles and join the naxals. Do not allow Delhi’s pride to be affected by anarchy. Delhi will not benefit from it.” Apparently referring to resignation by Kejriwal government on February 14
asked if anyone has heard any complaint about him ever since he took over as Prime Minister some seven months back. “Trust me, I will clean up the system. I have started from the top and I will take it to the bottom. People take money from auto drivers,
shopkeeper, the poor people…It will all stop,” the Prime Minister said. Reaching out to the vast slum population, he promised to replace the slums with concrete houses by 2022, saying “your dream is my dream.
BJP rattled ahead of polls, has no positive agenda for Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal that power should be given to BJP which has “mastery” in administration. At the rally at Ramlila Ground attended by all three new BJP Chief Ministers of Maharashtra, Haryana and Jharkhand, Modi sought a clear mandate for his party to ensure all-round development and create a “new” Delhi. Delhi, which is under President’s Rule, is expected to have Assembly polls next month. Promising to take Delhi to new heights of
development, the Prime Minister said people here will be given an option of choosing their power service provider on the lines of mobile number portability and pledged to make Delhi slum-free by 2022. He also promised to usher in a corruption-free system, saying it has been started at the top and gradually it will reach down to colonies. In an apparent reference to Kejriwal’s comment, made almost a year back that he was an anarchist, Modi said “if
Saint Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji along with other star casts in our Amdavad “The Messenger of GOD”: A Thriller Movie with a Social Message is ready to hit the screens on 11th January Ahmedabad, 10th January, 2015 (Bhadresh Rathod, Ahmedabad) Youngsters are our future and are considered as one of the biggest strength of our country. As we all know Indian population comprises numbers of youngsters, its important to inspire our young generation with so that they should not waste their precious time in Pubs or clubs. With the same motto in their mind a renowned entertainment company Hakikat Entertainment Pvt. Ltd is coming with a revolutionary film that's packed with action, high drama, suspense and stunts performed by a real-life spiritual master - Saint Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji. For past few days whole team of the movie is travelling in different cities to promote this movie and today whole team was in city. Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh,
last year after being in power for 49 days, he said, “people should punish those because of whom one year of Delhi was wasted.” Committing to provide a corruption-free society, Modi said he already commenced the cleansing from the top and
Danielle Kaleb, Flora Sainee, Jaishree Soni, Alexander Semon, Gaurav Gera and Jaisingh Rajput along with all the star casts of the movie visited different areas of city. They talked with many youngsters as well about the movie and the message which they want to pass through this movie. The Messenger of God is an upcoming film directed by Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh and Jeetu Arora. The film is produced under the Hakikat Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. banner and features Singh in the lead role. The movie deals with youth-related issues like drug abuse, alcoholism, etc. The film has seven songs and it will be released on January 16, 2015 in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and English. Whole shooting of this movie is
done in different states of India like Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Kerala. This movie will also include a sequence of a performance by Singh Saheb in Satnam Stadium SIRSA, Haryana during 3 days live concert. Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh is a social reformer, preacher, spiritual leader and the head of the Indiabased socio-spiritual organisation Dera Sacha Sauda (DSS) since 23 September 1990. DSS oversees several social programmes, such as a cleanliness campaign, blood drives, tree planting, disaster relief, and support for transgender people, tribal communities, orphans, and rehabilitation of sex workers. DSS have around 4–5 crores (40–50 million) followers published in Independent media analysts report.
New Delhi: Hitting back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for singling out the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for an attack, the party’s convener Arvind Kejriwal said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was now resorting to making personal remarks as it has been totally “rattled” ahead of the upcoming assembly polls in Delhi. Taking strong exception to Modi’s “anarchist” remarks on the AAP earlier in the day at a BJP rally here, Kejriwal said the way he and his party was ridiculed at the Ramlila Grounds was “not right”, but he would refrain from responding to personal remarks made by the saffron party. The former Delhi chief minister said that the saffron party in Delhi is “without a face” and was like a “ship without a captain”. He charged that the BJP has no positive agenda for the national capital. “One thing which became clear
looking at BJP leaders at the rally today is that the party is nervous. It also became clear that the BJP has no positive agenda for Delhi; they will resort to name-calling in the campaign,” Kejriwal said. Highlighting his party’s achievements during his 49-day tenure as the chief minister of the state in early 2014, Kejriwal said that although all BJP leaders had attacked him at the rally, none had spoken against the work he had done during the 49 days his party was in power. The saffron party itself has given a certificate about his “good work”, he said.
“They say we don’t know governance. Then who slashed electricity tariff and gave free water to people? Who ordered an audit of electricity companies? Do people involved in 2G and coal scams know governance? We know governance and we also know how to stage a dharna,” Kejriwal said at a hurriedly called press conference at the makeshift AAP offices on 173, North Avenue. Taking a jibe at Modi over his assurances of 24-hour free electricity, Kejriwal said the BJP is not able to fulfil the promises made during the last assembly and Lok
Sabha elections but was still making new promises. “It’s only AAP that has a formula for bringing down the electricity tariff and corruption. Only we can do it. With every election, they come up with a new promise. Modi says it took seven months to eradicate corruption from the top. But when will you (Modi) reach the bottom?” Kejriwal asked. “First, you should know how to do it. If you don’t, then tell us. We did it in 49 days. But for that you need a good intention to fight corruption,” Kejriwal said. The BJP on Saturday kickedoff its campaign for Delhi polls by wooing voters with a host of promises.The party also singled out “anarchist” AAP leader Kejriwal for an attack and asked voters to punish him for “wasting”oneyear.Responding totheBJP’sattack,Kejriwalsaid, “We did not waste one year, the BJP did, by not calling for elections. They are delaying the election even now.”
Want to take Haryana ahead of Gujarat: Khattar AHMEDABAD: When it comes to competition, Gujarat leads all the states and we want to take Haryana ahead of Gujarat, said Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar at an interactiion with delegates at Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) on Friday. Khattar said Haryana is keen to work with the Gujarat government to increase milk productivity and in related areas. "Haryana will develop the Gir breed of cows, besides its own Haryana breed. I met the animal husbandry minister of Gujarat Babubhai Bokhiria and he assured supply of semen of this Gujarati breed. We have set a target of one lakh such cows," added Khattar, who was in the city for Pravasi
Panchkula and learnt a lot from him. I was also involved in the last assembly elections in Gujarat as I was the incharge at Amreli. This is my first official visit to Gujarat though I have come here earlier." Khattar also said that the times have changed with the formation of a BJP Bharatiya Divas (PBD). When asked to comment on whether the Haryana government had formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the VadraDLF land deals, he said data was being collected in all cases of irregularities and action would be taken according to the law. About his connection with Gujarat, Khattar said, "I worked with Modiji for five years when he was serving the BJP in
government in Haryana and people have already developed a lot of faith in the policies and programmes of the state government. However, the chief minister admitted that the districts of Haryana closer to Delhi have developed rapidly while others have been left behind.
BJP wants govt to buy London house where Ambedkar once lived Mumbai, The BJP today asked the government to acquire the 2,050 sq ft, threestorey house in London where Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar once lived. Mumbai BJP president Ashish Shelar said he has written to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley seeking Prime Minister’s intervention to acquire the house.
“This is an emotional issue for Ambedkar followers and people of Maharashtra,” Shelar said. The house has market price of Rs 40 crore. An agent of Goldschmidt & Howland said that after the initial flurry of activity last year, the Indian authorities seem to have lost interest in the property, according to Shelar.
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Will 2015 be the year of the LeT? Priyanka Chopra enthralls The Pakistan Supreme Court ordered Mumbai 26/11 master-plotter, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi’s further detention on January 6, 2015, referring back the case for hearing both the sides by the Islamabad High Court. It is by no means certain that the judiciary may cater to pressure in this regard for too long. Even as a beleaguered Pakistani establishment struggles to avoid international opprobrium on his imminent release, the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) seems poised to emerge in a more high profile role in 2015. A pamphlet, ‘Jehad in the Present Times’ written by Abdus Salaam bin-Muhammad, a leading Markaz Dawat wal’Irshad (MDI) ideologue in the early 1990s enunciated LeT’s raison d’être. Eight reasons were given for waging jihad. The first objective is to end the persecution of Muslims wherever it takes place; the second and third objectives are to restore the Muslim caliphate and establish the ‘dominance of Islam’; the fourth objective is to help weak and oppressed Muslims wherever they are; the fifth ordains taking revenge for murder of fellow Muslims; the sixth entails punishment to those who violate their oaths with Muslims; the seventh objective is to ‘fight to defend’ oneself and the eighth is to recapture occupied Muslim territory. Organisations such as MDI, Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) and LeT understand and use the concept of jihad in the sense of ‘qatl’ or ‘killing.’ Soon after LeT’s formation, Hafiz Mohammad Saeed started presenting the jihadi discourse in Indian Kashmir as a struggle between Islam and kufr (unbelief). Kashmir was projected as the entry point but the aim was to break up the whole of India. Ahle Hadith members of MDI were asked to establish sleeper cells in different parts of India. In contrast, Hafeez Mohammad Saeed and Zafar Iqbal, founding members of the MDI, had little to do with the Afghan jihad till 1985. They were teaching Islamic studies at the Lahore University College of Engineering and Technology (UET). The LeT was formed in 1993 as part of the power struggle by Mr. Saeed and Mr. Iqbal to sideline ulemas such as Allama Rashidi. The ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate) was preparing the ground for a new jihad in Indian-held Kashmir even as the Afghan jihad was losing momentum after the Soviet pull-out in 1988. It supported Mr. Saeed in this struggle. As was first evinced in David Coleman Headley’s interrogation, younger elements in LeT may be chaffing at the bits, against the controls imposed on it after 26/11. In case of such a leadership struggle developing within, these hardened militants may plump for Mr. Lakhvi, as against an ageing Mr. Saeed. As the deadline for withdrawal of U.S./ International Security Assistance Force troops from Afghanistan passes, the ISI could also be looking for a new role for the LeT there. As Deobandi Taliban of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan ilk seem no longer under Pakistani military’s control, the aim could be to use the LeT against them, while continuing to utilise it as proxy against Indian interests in Afghanistan too, as seen in the recent attack on the Indian Consulate in Herat.
UAE prisoners to return to home town jails AHMEDABAD: The first Indian prisoner lodged in the jails in United Arab Emirates will be shifted to the Indian prison. This prisoner alone to be moved to India, around 120 others are waiting to transfer in the barrack in the Indian jails. This was announced by T P Seetharam, Indian Ambassador to UAE during the interactive session on the Issues of Labour and Employment in Gulf Countries, at the Pravasi Bhartiya Divas announced that there is an agreement between UAE and India to transfer prisoner of each state if
they wished to be lodged in the jail of their home town. Of the 900 odd prisoners, around 120 have opted to be transferred back home. He was replying to the several question on the Indian Prisoners in UAE jails. The participants mostly from the southern part of the country sought to know from the government what it was doing for the 1200 prisoners in UAE. Also the issue of higher education and permitting the students of Indian Origin to appear for the UPSC examination was discussed during the session.
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the people of Maldives Actress and singer Priyanka Chopra recently flew down to the island of Maldives to participate in the Tourist Arrival Countdown Music Festival. On being invited by the Maldives Government to be a special guest at the event, the pop star performed on stage and was joined by singer AKON. The trip to Maldives was a special one for the former beauty queen, as it brought back memories of the Miss World Competition, since one of the events took place on this island. Priyanka Chopra Prior to taking off, Priyanka took to Twitter to share crooned a few of her her travel plans with fans. favourites on stage and - See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/ also interacted with some entertainment/bollywood/priyanka-chopra-enthrallsfans during her trip. the-people-of-maldives/#sthash.TjaxBolR.dpuf
Shreyas to direct Poshter Boyz 2 Shreyas Talpade has donned many hats, be it that of an actor, producer or husband. Now the actor, who we last saw in his home production 'Poshter Boyz', is all set to make his direction debut with the sequel of 'Poshter Boyz'. Speaking about his decision, Shreyas said, "From the day we decided to produce 'Poshter Boyz', we knew it would become a franchise. The overwhelming response the movie received on its release only further validated this. 'Poshter Boyz 2' will not just push the canvas of the franchise but also aims at doubling the entertainment quotient. Furthermore, I have through my career in films always been fascinated with the art of direction. 'Poshter Boyz 2' is the perfect platform for me to take the plunge." 'Poshter Boyz 2' will be produced by DAR Motions Pictures who have earlier been associated with films like 'Ugly', 'The Lunchbox' and 'D-Day'. The company is also producing Shreyas's upcoming Marathi superhero flick 'Baji'. Poshter Boyz was a humorous take on a key social issue where three ordinary individuals of completely different agegroups find themselves brought together in an unwanted situation that has a serious negative effect on their well-settled happily
progressing life. It revolved around an incident of three ordinary people who, to their surprise, found their pictures on a poster promoting vasectomy and how that error changed their lives around. Laced with a very interesting and
well rounded music and background score, the film explored the journey of these three men through those trying times and their fight for justice. The film will feature the original trio of Aniket Vishwasrao, Dilip Prabhavalkar and Hrishikesh Joshi.
Ranbir & Katrina ENGAGED! This news is simply flying around in the tinsel town and making everyone sit up with surprise.... BTown's much talked and hottest couple - Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif is said to have eventually sealed their relationship with an engagement..! Yeah you read it right! Hot buzz is that this 'Ajab Ghazab Ki Prem Kahani' ki jodi exchanged rings on 30th December 2014 in London - Kat's home city. Of course held in a very hush-hush way, the private ceremony was said to have attended only by very close friends and family of Ranbir and Katrina; that including the 'Rockstar' actor's parents Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh. If sources are to be believed, Katrina was celebrating the Christmas
them again this year. For instance, Deepika will be seen sharing screen space with Irrfan Khan and Amitabh Bachchan in 'Piku'. Next, coming to the young brigade of B-Town, the tall, talented beauty has interesting films where she is paired up with Ranbir Kapoor in 'Tamasha' and with Ranveer Singh in 'Bajirao Mastani'. Moreover, Deepika
to be with his lady love, to celebrate the New Year instead. Well, the news seems to be quite unbelievable... But if its true, then our Hearty Congratulations!!!
Sanjay Dutt surrenders after furlough extension request rejected
New Delhi: Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt will now have to pack his bags and get back to Pune's Yerwada Jail once again. Fresh reports suggest that the actor's application seeking an extension in his 14-day long
What's stored in for Deepika Padukone in 2015? Deepika Padukone has a very interesting line up for the coming year. The actress has an interesting mix of projects where she will be working with the young guns and at the same time be seen cast alongside actors who are known for their powerful performances. The actress has been highly appreciated for her performance in sharing screen space with both of
holidays with her family in London, when Ranbir joined her later. He was supposed to go New York with his buddy, filmmaker Ayaan Mukherji, when he changed course and sought
has time and again earned praise for her performances from her directors, award juries and also her co-stars. In fact recently while she worked with Naseeruddin Shah and Pankaj Kapoor in 'Finding Fanny' they were all very high on praise for her. Both of the senior actors are known for their acting and body of work and hence praises from them are very valuable.
furlough has apparently been rejected. Related Stories Sanjay Dutt's furlough row: Will follow the law, says Maha CM Sanjay Dutt applies for furlough extension The Maharashtra government had ordered probe into the repeated leaves granted to the actor. The 55-year-old actor was out on a 14-day furlough during Christmas and New Year, and had applied for an extension, which ended last night. However, Dutt reportedly came back home due to lack of coordination between the prison and police authorities on his application seeking an extension of leave of absence. Now, reports suggest that his application for extension has been rejected, and he will surrender today. Meanwhile, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had said
that the government will neither favour anyone nor will do any kind of discrimination. Dutt has been out on parole, on several occasions ever since he was convicted in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case by the Supreme Court in March 2013. In December last year, when his wife Manyata Dutt had taken ill, he was granted a month-long break to take care of his two kids, which even got extension due to Manyata's poor health conditions. He also got a 30 day furlough on grounds of his own bad health in October that year. Due to frequent parole application, the Bollywood actor had sparked a controversy, where authorities were questioned over granting him leave. Dutt is serving his remaining 42 month prison term in connection with the illegal possession of arms in 1993 Mumbai blasts
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Steps to ensure territorial integrity must: President NEW DELHI: India should take all steps to ensure internal and external security and territorial integrity, President Pranab Mukherjee said on Saturday expressing serious concern over repeated ceasefire violations on LoC and recent incursions off the coastal line. He also said the scourge of Left-wing extremism should be tackled through twinpronged strategy of development and deterrence.
international borders was security. "While India is committed to peace and non-violence, we cannot afford the luxury of being complacent on our borders. Repeated violations of the ceasefire on the Line of Control (LoC) and recent incidents of incursions off our coastal line are a matter of serious concern. "We should be ready to take all steps necessary to ensure both In his new year conferencing, Mukherjee internal and external message to governors said a major issue in having security, and protect and LGs through video states territorial integrity of our
Subramanian Swamy says he would pursue Narendra Modi to release files on Netaji KOLKATA: BJP leader Subramanian Swamy today said that he would pursue Prime Minister Narendra Modi to release the secret files relating to the death of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose from government records. Claiming that Netaji had not died in the air crash, Swamy said that the Centre would release secret files relating to his death sometime in the future. "It will be released sometime in the future," Swamy said at a programme here when asked about declassification of Netaji files. Swamy said he would pursue with the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to release the files from government records.
The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) in a recent RTI reply accepted that there were 41 files related to Netaji, of which two had been declassified, but refused to disclose the others, arguing that the "disclosure would prejudicially affect relat. He claimed that America had given it in writing to the Mukherjee Commission, which probed Netaji's
Dalit groups in UP use 'ghar wapsi' as bargaining chip Certain underprivileged Hindu communities such as the Dalits and the Valmikis are using 'Ghar wapsi' as a bargaining chip to demand better treatment. Firstpost reports of two instances in Meerut and Agra where Hindu groups have been asking for certain demands to be met, threatening to convert to other religions if refused. According to the report, members of ten Dalit families in Meerut district have asked that they be allowed to worship at a famous Valmiki temple in Balaini. The group has set a deadline of January 26 the families have said should their demands not be accepted, they will convert to Islam. Certain locals say that the issue may have to do not with worshipping at the temple but with the land adjacent to temple. The families want to use the to carry out a shobha yatra to the temple and the temple priest is said to have disallowed use of the land. Local leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad are also reportedly getting
involved in the matter even as the local administration tries to calm the situation. In Agra, a group of Hindus in Sikandrapur are using the same method to have their longstanding demands for better facilities met. The group had threatened to quit Hinduism but have been temporarily allayed by an assurance from Fatehpur Sikri BJP MP Babu Lal Choudhary the meeting has been put off.
disappearance, that there was no record of any plane crash and no record of any charred body in any hospital in Taiwan. "So this story (of death in air crash) is a bogus story," Swamy said. Swamy said that Netaji had faked his death after both his friends Japan and Germany lost the war and escaped to Manchuria in China which was under Russian occupation.
nation," he said in his message. The President said after three decades, general elections have provided a stable government at the Centre with a clear majority for a single party, with a mandate f o r g o o d governance. " To r e a l i z e t h e aspirations of our countrymen and guide India's rightful ascent in the comity of nations, both the Central and the state governments have to collectively share the responsibility," he said.
Sindhushree Khullar named NITI Aayog CEO The Modi Government on Saturday appointed former Planning Commission Secretary Sindhushree Khullar as the first CEO of the National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog. Ms. Khullar, a 1975 batch UT cadre IAS officer, was appointed Planning Commission’s Secretary in April 2012. She continued to hold the post even after the Modi Government scrapped the Cabinet resolution in August 2014 through which the Planning Commission was set up. Earlier this month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi appointed noted economist Arvind Panagariya as Niti Aayog’s Vice-Chairman. He also appointed Economist Bibek Debroy and former DRDO Chief V K Saraswat as fulltime members. Mr. Modi is the Niti
Aayog’s Chairman. He also made Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu and Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh as Ex-Officio members. Union Roads and National Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari, Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Zubin Irani and Union Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot were made Special Invitees to the Niti Aayog.
Madhya Pradesh NSUI head Vipin Wankhede resigns INDORE: Alleging unfair distribution of tickets by the Congress in the local body elections, National Students Union of India (NSUI) Madhya Pradesh unit's president Vipin Wankhede resigned from his post here today. "I have sent my resignation to the NSUI National President Roji John in protest against overlooking interests of
the students' wing workers," Wankhede told PTI. "The NSUI workers were totally overlooked by the state party leadership in distribution of tickets for the local body elections which resulted in resentment among them. Therefore, in view of that I have resigned from the post," he said.
Wankhede denied that he will join any other political party or contest the polls as rebel in the ensuing elections. Meanwhile, Madhya Pradesh Congress Chief Spokesman K K Mishra has issued a statement that some leaders and workers are playing such gimmicks to hit headlines and are only hurting the party sentiment.
Settlement of Pakistani refugees in Jammu and Kashmir is a conspiracy: National Conference The National Conference on Saturday said the recommendations of the Joint Parliamentary Committee for the permanent settlement of west Pakistan refugees in Jammu and Kashmir is a "conspiracy" to change the demography of the state and its special status. "The Joint Parliamentary Committee's recommendations for the permanent settlement of west Pakistan refugees in the state is a wicked conspiracy to change the
demography of the state and to alter the special status enjoyed by Jammu and Kashmir," NC general secretary Ali Mohammad Sagar said. He was addressing meetings of district committees from Baramulla and Kupwara. Sagar described the recommendations of the JPC as "anti-state", saying anti-Jammu and Kashmir elements have been implying different tactics to change the demography of the state. " D i f f e r e n t
parliamentary committees have recommended many different things for the state like the return of the power projects to J&K, restoration of autonomy, and revoking the black laws like AFSPA from the state, but all the governments at the Centre binned these recommendations," Sagar said. "Now that another JPC has made recommendations for settling Pakistani refugees, and giving them
the citizenship and voting rights, central government seems like in a hurry to make this happen as soon as possible. We can smell a rat in these recommendations," he added. He said conspiracies like these were even hatched in 2008, when there were attempts to transfer land to Shri Amarnath Shrine Board, which was a dangerous attempt to fiddle with special status of Jammu and Kashmir
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SPORTS ROUND 4th Test: India manage a nervous draw, Australia win series 2-0
It seemed the Adelaide nightmare will return to haunt India in the final session of the Sydney Test as well, but some sensible batting by Ajinkya Rahane and Bhuvneshwar Kumar allowed the hosts to overcome a five-wicket loss post tea to secure a nervous draw but lose the Border-Gavaskar Trophy to Australia 2-0. The match was evenly poised in the final session - with India needing 189 runs in 33 overs and Australia an improbable eight wickets away. An Indian win or a draw seemed the most likely results but the dismissals of Murali Vijay (80) and Virat Kohli (46) opened the floodgates. ALSO SEE Full Scorecard India had lost the first Test in Adelaide from the same position, where they lost eight wickets in the final session of the game to concede defeat. And history looked like repeating itself until
Rahane (38*) and Bhuvneshwar (20*) buckled down to play out the last 11.3 overs of the day. Australia declared at their overnight score of 251 for 6, leaving India a target of 349 to win something that had never been done before at the SCG. And a 74-run stand between Kohli and Vijay kept India in the game. ALSO SEE Images from the match But both fell soon after tea - Vijay to Josh Hazlewood and Kohli to Mitchell Starc, followed by Starc ending Suresh Raina's Test comeback with a dreadful pair and Saha also getting dismissed for a duck, lbw to Nathan Lyon. And when firstinnings half-centurion Ashwin (1) too fell cheaply, the cat was set among the pigeons in the Indian dressing room. Starc, Hazlewood and Lyon all took two wickets to keep their team interested.
ALSO SEE Lyon's best and worst The old ball was nicely reversing for Starc and spinning viciously for Lyon on a breaking SCG track. However, captain Steven Smith chose to take the new ball after 80 overs, which is where India found a window to scrape with a draw. The Indian innings didn't start on a promising note as the first-innings hero KL Rahul could score only 16 runs before Lyon sent him back. ALSO SEE ''Need to improve bowling' Rohit Sharma came in at No. 3 and stitched a useful 56-run partnership with Vijay. But he failed to kick on and was caught in the slips by Smith off Shane Watson for 39. For his 769 runs in the series, including four centuries, Australia's stand-in skipper Smith was named the Man of the Series. He was also awarded the Man-ofthe-Match award for his 117 and 71 in this Sydney Test.
BCCI plans to reserve Oct-Jan for home series New Delhi: Aiming to cash in on the festive season in India, the BCCI is planning to reserve the October-January slot only for its big-ticket home series from 2015, a plan which will also help the busy cricketers avoid taxing international tours. The Board's was toying with the idea of having a home calendar that revolves around the country's festival season that starts with the Dusshera in October till the New Year in January. The plan is similar to how countries like Australia, England, South Africa and also New Zealand make their calendars wherein specific slots are kept aside for home series, according to a top BCCI official. The BCCI, the richest board in the world by some distance and which is responsible for bulk of international cricket's
revenues, had no such window reserved till now. The plan will ensure that the players, who have been living out of their suitcases till now and coping with a gruelling international schedule, don't have to stay away from home for long during the festive season. As far as home series in India was concerned, they would till now play the Tests in September and October and the ODIs between February and March. As per the schedule this year, South Africa is expected to tour India in October this year for a fourTest series followed by Pakistan and Sri Lanka coming on shorter tours. "This way India will get to play at home during the festival season. The plan is to have two home series every year from this year onwards," the official said.
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Guyanese president visit Today, PM Narendra Modi to Valsad sugar factory inaugurate Vibrant Gujarat Summit Gandhinagar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the 7th edition of Vibrant Gujarat Summit, a flagship programme of Gujarat government, in Gandhinagar tomorrow, which will see participation of UN Secretary General Ban KiMoon and US Secretary of State John Kerry. This
year’s three-day event, which is being held amid tight security in the wake of Pakistan vessel incident in Arabian sea, is touted to be the biggest ever, with a host of high-profile business as well as political leaders attending it. Apart from Ban Ki-Moon and John Kerry, several ministers from Europe, Japan, Australia and
Canada and over 50 CEOs of top Indian as well as international companies will participate in the summit that will conclude on January 13. Eight countries, including the US, Canada and Japan have for the first time become partner nations for the summit. The business event is expected to bring in record
Reliance Jio broadband wi-fi at Vibrant Gujarat Global Trade Show
Gandhinagar, Ongoing Vibrant Gujarat Global Trade Show is powered by Reliance Jio free wi-fi service. The entire tradeshow complex has been facilitated by Reliance group with provision of free wi-fi service which is so strong that one can watch video without buffering in mobile/tablet/ laptop. Over 100 youths are anytime found moving in the exhibition complex. They offer help to activate the wi-fi service. The activation process is actually very simple, and one can connect to Jionet wi-fi without any type of login process.
One of the Jionet assistant told us that there are 250 routers across the trade fair complex and each has 100 MBPS capacity. He observed that on an average, every user gets 10 MBPS connection minimum. While other companies have stalls inside pavilions, Reliance has its own pavilion at Vibrant Gujarat Global Tradw Show. Reliance Pavilion mainly features Jio which is its upcoming product. Gaming, epayment including etransaction through mobile phone, video conferencing, TV programmes watching on the go are some of the
features of Reliance Jio. The photographs attached with this article will give more clarity on Jio’s offerings. According to company executives present in Reliance pavilions, the service may see commercial formal launch in April this year. Company executives further said that Jio has been presently launched as complimentary service at Sardar Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad for three months period. The service has also be launched for free at Vibrant Gujarat Global Trade Show for all including all visitors.
investments to Gujarat and the state government expects to sign over 20,000 Expression of Interest (EoI) or MoUs during the summit. Ban Ki-Moon will inaugurate Gujarat’s first 10 MW solar power plant on Narmada river canal. The summit will have various country-wise seminars for promotion of
business ties with different nations, as well as sector-wise seminars. It will also facilitate business to business meetings. The biennial event had been launched by Narendra Modi in 2003 during his tenure as Gujarat Chief Minister, to attract investments into the state.
Bombardier Vadodara plant to make Rail cars for Queensland, Australia
Gandhinagar, In our series of photos/details of whatever we found interesting at the Vibrant Gujarat Global Trade Show 2015, here is a piece on Bombardier which has two units in central Gujarat close to Vadodara to manufacture rail car and connected products. We were told at
this stall that Bombardier is going to manufacture rail car for Queensland, Australia this year, probably in November. Bombardier has made Delhi Metro coaches in its Vadodara facility in past. When coach orders are on halt, the company manufacture electric systems and parts that are used in Indian Railways.
SURAT : President of Guyana Donald Rabindranauth Ramotar, who is on the six-day visit to India to attend the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD), paid a visit to Valsad district on Friday. President Ramotar, who arrived in the Indian Air Force Chopper at the Valsad college campus on Friday morning, visited the Valsad Sugar
factory. He (Ramotar) was impressed with the functioning of the sugar factory and praised the stateof-the-art technology to crush the sugarcane in order to make the sugar crystals. Ramotar is the Chief Guest at the PBD going on at Gandhinagar for January 8 and January 9. Talking to the
management of the Valsad sugar factory and district collector of Valsad, Dr Vikrant Pandey, Ramotar said that the relation between India and Guyana is very old and that it is going to further strengthen in the coming days. Ramotar appreciated the fast track development in Gujarat, especially in Valsad district.
60 British companies, 100 delegates participating in Vibrant Gujarat Summit Gandhinagar, The United Kingdom will open a Deputy High Commission office in Gujarat’s financial capital Ahmedabad soon, a British Minister said here today. “The United Kingdom will open a deputy high commission in Ahmedabad very soon and we will become the first country to
start a diplomatic centre in Gujarat,” British Minister of State for Trade and Investment Lord Livingston told reporters. This will be the UK’s fourth Deputy high commission office in the country after Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai. Livingston added that it would start functioning
in next few weeks and the process to that effect has already been initiated. He was talking to the media on the eve of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Investors Summit, in which 60 British companies and around 100 delegates from the UK, including Vodafone’s CEO Vittorio Collao, will take part.
International Kite Festival opens in Ahmedabad
Suzlon plans Rs 24k crore investment in Gujarat, to halve rupee debt Gandhinagar, Debt-laden wind turbine maker Suzlon today announced its plans to invest Rs 24,000 crore over the next 5 years on energy projects to generate 3,000 mw in Gujarat and s a i d t h e c o m p a n y ’s rupee debt will be halved at Rs 4,000 crore by the end of the current fiscal. The c o m p a n y ’s rupee debt stands at Rs 8,000 crore and it will be reducing it by 50 per cent by the end of this fiscal, chairman Tulsi Ta n t i t o l d r e p o r t e r s here. The company also has equal debt in foreign currencies. “ We h a v e l a rg e operations and a capital structure. We also have many avenues to
generate funds to reduce the debt and we are working out on that,” he said, adding the debt will be zero in the next three years. The company is under corporate debt restructuring since 2012. Ta n t i also announced a Rs 24,000crore investment in Gujarat over the next five years to set up a 3,000-mw wind and solar energy capacity which will be owned by small businesses in dedicated clusters for reducing their energy outgo. The company will be setting up 2,000 mw of on-land wind capacity, 500-mw of offshore wind capacity and 500 mw of solar capacity, he said,
adding that offshore capacity will be 5-10 km off the Kutch coast. Asked about speculation around listing of its German subsidiary Senvion (formerly Re-Power) and if funds will be generated from this avenue to retire debt, Tanti refused to comment, pointing out that the company is publicly listed and has to inform the bourses first. The company’s foreign currency debt too stands at Rs 8,000 crore at present, he said, adding a bulk of this is the USD 500-million foreign currency convertible bonds (FCCBs) whose repayment was also rescheduled following a default some years back.
Ahmedabad, Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel inaugurated the 27th International Kite Festival in presence of Governor O.P. Kohli at the Sabarmati Riverfront here today. The event began with Surya Namashkar by students of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation primary schools, reciting
hymns in praise of the Sun, a cultural programme and march past by 378 ‘kitists’ from 29 countries and 10 states of India. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Kohli said the Uttaran-Makar Sankranti combines our cultural heritage, literally reflecting our attempt to go up in life and communicate with the sky. He lauded the
government’s effort to attract foreigners to participate in Indian festivals, true to the spirit of global family of vasudhaiva-kutumbakam’. Mrs. Patel said that the popularity of festivals in the state vindicate good governance taking everybody along as per the government’s policy of ‘sauna sath; sauna vikas’. Like a kite, she said, sky is
the limit is for Gujarat’s development despite the state’s adversaries trying to put spanner in the spoke. She said the Rs.500crore kite industry provides livelihood to over 30,000 families belonging to the poorest section of the society. The industry has also included womenfolk under ‘Mission Mangalam’. It has reached this stage after decades’efforts to spread peace, harmony and bonhomie. In his welcome
address, Gujarat’s Tourism Minister Saurabh Patel said that promotion of kite festival, rann utsav and navratri have helped increase the tourists footfall to 287-lakh. Those present on the occasion included Ministers, Ahmedabad Mayor Meenaxiben Patel, MP Kiritbhai, and Tourism Corporation Chairman Kamleshbhai, MLAs, officebearers, guests and public.
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