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News Brief 2 arrested in illicit liquor smuggling case in J&K Agency, Jammu, May 12
Two persons were today arrested in connection with alleged smuggling of illicit liquor in Jammu district, police said. A police team laid a surprise checkpoint at Khour Bazar in Akhnoor belt of the district and intercepted two pedestrian Kamal Kishore and Nikka Singh today, a police official said. During their search, they recovered 214 bottles of illicit country made liquor, he said. Both of them were arrested, he said, adding that a case has been registered in this connection and investigation of the case is on.
Lal Singh enquires about injured persons at GMC hospital Agency, Jammu, May 12
Jammu and Kashmir Health Minister Lal Singh today enquired about the health of the injured 52 passengers admitted at a Government hospital here following an accident in which 24 people were killed in Udhampur district and assured best possible treatment. He visited Government Medical College hospital here and directed the hospital administration to provide best possible treatment to the injured. The minister was accompanied by Director of Health Services, Jammu Dr Baljeet Singh Pathania, Mission Director National Health Mission Dr Yash Pal Sharma, besides Chief Medical Officer.
Emergency response cells to counter cyber attacks Agency, New Delhi, May 12
The defence services have set up cyber emergency response teams to prevent and react to cyber attacks, government told the Rajya Sabha today against the backdrop of hacking of the defence accounts website. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said in a written reply that to protect important and confidential data from cyber attacks, the operational networks of the armed forces are “air gapped” from the internet. He also said safeguards have been instituted in the form of audits and physical checks.
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Toll in Nepal rises to 42, over 1,000 injured
Agency : Kathmandu A powerful earthquake jolted mountainous Nepal on Tuesday, killing 42 people, bringing down buildings and triggering landslide less than three weeks after a devastating temblor left
Delhi and NCR witnessed fresh tremors today after a 7.4 earthquake rattled the Nepal border. a swathe of destruction in the Himalayan nation. Hundreds of terrified people rushed out of their homes and buildings toppled as the 7.3-magnitude earthquake, centred 68km west of the town of Namche Bazaar
Nepal earthquake kills 12 in Bihar, sparks panic across India
Agency : Patna Buildings tottered and throngs of anxious people spilled into the streets as large parts of northern and eastern India convulsed when a massive earthquake and a series of aftershocks hit neighbouring Nepal on Tuesday. At least 12 people were killed and several injured in Bihar, while authorities said the casualty figure could rise as reports were trickling in from various districts.
The state government announced a 48-hour alert and chief minister Nitish Kumar called a crisis management meeting, while a dozen students were reportedly hurt when their school building caved in Darbhanga district. The union home ministry said it was in constant touch with states following the 7.3-magnitude temblor while teams of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) were on alert.
near Mount Everest, sent ripples in India all the way from the border states of Bihar and West Bengal to Gujarat and Delhi. At least 17 people died in India in the fresh quake. “I was taking my afternoon nap after lunch and somehow managed to rush out with my baby. My house is safe but I am afraid to go inside,” said Bimala Magar, a resident of Kathmandu’s Dhumbarahi. More than 1,000 people were injured as the quake flattened buildings in Kathmandu
and other parts of Nepal already weakened by the 7.9-magnitude April 25 earthquake. The fresh tremors, which lasted nearly a minute, came just as residents of Kathmandu and other districts were picking up the pieces after last month’s quake that killed about 8,000 people and uprooted millions. Rescue helicopters were sent to districts northeast of Kathmandu, where landslides and buildings, collapsed by Tuesday’s quake, may have left people
yesterday, a Delhi policeman, Head Constable Satish Chandra, was caught on camera attacking a woman with a
brick in broad daylight. The woman was driving home in a two wheeler with her children. The police man, Satish Chand, had flagged her down after she allegedly jumped a traffic signal. The women said she agreed to pay a fine later, since she was in a hurry, but the policemen demanded a bribe and when she refused to pay, kicked her two-wheeler. She retaliated, throwing
Agency : New Delhi Consumer price inflation eased to a four-month low of 4.87 per cent in April on slower annual increases in food costs, government data showed on Tuesday. The data compares to March’s upwardly revised 5.25 per cent. A Reuters poll of economists had expected inflation based on the consumer price index a stone at his bike. A mo- (CPI) to come in at 4.9 bile phone clip record- per cent. “The larger mesed by a passerby shows the woman picking up a brick and hurling it at the policeman’s bike. The policeman is seen striking right back with another brick, which hits the woman on her back. He allegedly also twisted her arm. Satish Chandra was later dismissed from service and a case was registered against him.
“farmer-friendly” clauses in an UPA-era bill, pointing out the finance ministry had admitted only eight out of 100 projects were stalled due to lack of land. “We will take to the streets if you go ahead with the new bill. This ‘suit-boot ka kaam’ will not go on. I was told that robbers come in at midnight, silently jump through the window... but the biggest thieves come
during the day... and they come wearing a suit,” the 44-year-old said in the Lok Sabha. Gandhi also told the Lok Sabha the government was keen on acquiring land in areas that are high in real estate value. “Land is not acquired in Bundelkand or Rajasthan. They want places near cities, near Noida. There’s gold under your feet and these people (govt) want to steal it from you.” The Amethi MP has been at the forefront of the Congress charge against NDA’S land bill after coming back from a nearly two-month-long sabbatical and has repeatedly painted the Modi government as an “anti-farmer” regime in favour of big industrialists.
Delhi Policeman Allegedly Dozes Off While Driving, Runs Over Three Women
Agency : New Delhi A sub-inspector of Delhi Police allegedly ran over three women near south Delhi’s Badarpur flyover around 9.30 am today. Sub-inspector Rishi Pal, 59, who was allegedly driving his own private car, has been arrested for causing death by negligence. The policeman, who was posted at the police headquarters in ITO, was on way home after a night shift. He had apparently dozed off at the wheels when the car hit the women -- sanitation workers who were sweeping the streets -- said police sources. Eye-witnesses say the policeman did not run from the spot. He stopped the car, following which a large crowd gathered. One of the women had died on the spot. The two injured women were taken to the hospital, where they died. In another outrage
Rahul attacks Modi govt on land bill, threatens street protests
Agency : New Delhi An aggressive Rahul Gandhi tore into the government in Parliament over a contentious land acquisition bill on Tuesday, threatening to take the protests to the streets if the NDA didn’t listen to Opposition demands of scrapping the “anti-poor” legislation. The Congress vice-president attacked the Modi government for killing
buried, the government said. Home ministry spokesman Laxmi Dhakal named Sindhupalchok
and Dolkha districts as the hardest hit. Many people were still seen grouped together on roads and
open spaces more than three hours after the quake which was followed by at least eight powerful aftershocks. Parents were seen clutching children tightly and hundreds frantically tried to call relatives on their mobile phones. Shopkeepers closed their shops and the streets were jammed with people rushing to check on their families.
sage is the trend of falling inflation would continue. “Bond yields are unlikely to react. The reason for RBI’s pause after two rate cuts this year is a possible hike in rates by US Feder-
al Reserve,” R Sivakumar, head, Fixed Income, Axis Asset Management said. Consumer food price inflation dropped to 5.11 per cent last month from 6.14 per cent in March.
Consumer Inflation in April Eases to 4-Month Low
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Govt blinks in tax tussle with foreign investors
The revenue department will not act on demands for minimum alternate tax (MAT) it has already slapped on foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) nor will it make any fresh MAT claims, the government said on Monday, offering relief to FPIs in an ongoing dispute that has rattled the markets. The embargo will prevail until a committee headed by Law Commission chairman A.P. Shah submits its report to the government on the applicability of MAT on foreign investors, an official circular issued by the tax department said. Not only will this provide a respite to FPIs and long-term investors like private equity and venture capital funds, it also signals a climbdown by the revenue department. The instruction follows finance minister Arun Jaitley’s statement last week in the Rajya Sabha, where he announced the setting up of a committee under Shah, a former Delhi high court chief justice, to look into so-called legacy cases inherited by the National Democratic Alliance government from its predecessor. The central board of direct taxes, in its circular, said the panel constituted by the finance minister is expected to submit its report expeditiously. “In the light of FM’s announcement, officers dealing with International Taxes have been advised that no coercive action be taken for recovery of demand already raised by invoking provisions of MAT in the cases for foreign companies. Issues of fresh notices for reopening of cases as also completion of assessment should also be put on hold unless the case is getting barred by limitation,” the circular said. On Monday, the BSE Sensex jumped 1.5% to 27,507.30 at the close after gaining 1.9% on Friday, having earlier erased all its year-to-date gains over MAT worries and concerns about corporate earnings. “A lot of FIIs who have not received notices so far have been quite concerned and anxious to know if and when they will receive a notice and how they should approach the matter given the uncertainty on the MAT issue,” said Rajesh H. Gandhi, a partner at Deloitte Haskins and Sells Llp. “FIIs should therefore be relieved to know that no further notices will be issued till the committee issues its report,” he added. The income tax department had started issuing notices to foreign investors for levy of MAT on capital gains accruing to them from sale of shares, citing a August 2012 order by the Authority for Advance Rulings in the case of Castleton Investment Ltd that MAT is applicable on both domestic and foreign companies. MAT is a tax levied on profit-making entities that don’t pay corporate income tax because of exemptions and incentives. Foreign investors opposed these notices, arguing that MAT can be levied on book profits of companies and that they do not maintain book of profits in India.
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“...Modi should no longer visit the disputed border region in pursuit of his own political interests, nor should he deliver any remarks that infringe on the consensus on bilateral ties. Meanwhile, the Indian government should completely stop supporting the Dalai Lama, and stop making the Tibetan issue a stumbling block to the Sino-Indian relationship” - A caustic Chinese state media article said on Tuesday.
Piku and ‘Baba’ Make Rs 29 Cr in Four Days
Agency : New Delhi Director Shoojit Sircar’s Piku is going full steam ahead at the box office with Monday’s takings bringing its collections up past Rs 29 crores in four days. Piku, which is the story of a Delhi-based architect, played by Deepi-
ka, and her hypochondriac father, played by Amitabh Bachchan, started slow with an opening day earning of Rs 5 crore on May 8. However, revenues gathered pace and the film made Rs 19.9 crores over the weekend. Piku has also won over the inter-
national box office, minting nearly Rs 14 crores in the opening weekend. Reviews of the film have praised Juhi Chaturvedi’s writing, Shoojit Sircar’s directing and the performances of the main actors - Deepika, Mr Bachchan and Irrfan Khan.
pressed after seeing Madras Dvd and got to rope her in the next movie. Some of the sources said Varun Manian is no more funding this project at all and also new producers are jumping in to this venture. This movie is a action adventure also has Tapsee in another female lead role. Yuvan Shankar Raja is composing music for this movie.
Salman Khan in Kashmir, resumes ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ shoot
Agency : Srinagar After getting relief from the Bombay High Court in the 2002 hit-and-run case, Bollywood superstar Salman Khan arrived here to resume shooting for his upcoming movie “Bajrangi Bhaijaan” in Sonamarg, Jammu and Kashmir’s picturesque hill station. Salman, 49, was sentenced to five years in prison for running over a man sleeping
on a pavement in Mumbai. Just hours later, the Bombay High Court gave the actor two-day interim bail. Eventually, the high court suspended the sentence itself. Sources in the film unit that arrived in Sonamarg a day earlier said the superstar will shoot at the hill station for the next five days. “If weather doesn’t behave, the shooting schedule
can be extended beyond Sunday (May 17)”, the source said. Meanwhile, the film’s director Kabir Khan tweeted: “@BeingSalmanKhan is back in Kashmir... last 5 days of shooting left for #BajrangiBhaijaan.” Salman last month shot sequences for the film in Pahalgam, 89 km south of here, before he was convicted in the hit and run case and sentenced by the court.
Nayanthara being considered for Chiranjeevi’s 150th film Ranbir Kapoor’s Bombay Velvet Gets U/A Certificate
Agency : Chennai Leading southern actress Nayanthara is under consideration for upcoming yet untitled Telugu comeback film of megastar Chiranjeevi, who is one movie short of reaching a milestone in his career. Chiranjeevi has so far starred in 149 films in his career. “A few heroines have been shortlisted, and
out of those, Nayanthara is the strongest contender to play Chiranjeevi’s heroine. The makers are shortly expected to take a final call on the decision,” While the actress was unavailable for comment, the source added that since Chiranjeevi and Nayanthara haven’t worked before, the makers have expressed interest in this
pairing. To be directed by Puri Jagannadh, the film will be produced by Chiranjeevi’s son Ram Charan and will have story by B.V.S. Ravi. The project will be launched on Chiranjeevi’s birthday on August 22, and is expected to go on floors in September. It’s likely to hit the screens during Sankranti festival in 2016.
Indian connect gives NRI talent ticket to Bollywood: Evelyn Sharma
Agency : Chennai After Trisha walking out of Selvaraghavan’s movie with Simbhu its time for Catherine Tresa the Iddarammayilatho fame hot actress to join this new shoot. This madras girl was now confirmed as heroine for Selva - Simbu movie as per our strong sources says. Though Selva wanted a new Bombay girl for this he got im-
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Agency : New Delhi Actress Evelyn Sharma, who is of Indian and German origin, believes NRI artists get recognised in Bollywood due to their “Indian connect” rather than the tag of being ‘outsiders’. Born to a Punjabi father and German mother, Evelyn, who will next be seen as a “simple Indian girl” from Himachal Pradesh in ‘Ishqedarriyaan’, refuses to describe NRI talent as “niche actors”. “Katrina Kaif, Jacqueline Fernandez, Sunny Leone and Nargis Fakhri, myself have found a place in Bollywood because of our Indian con-
Agency : Mumbai The Revising Committee of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has granted a U/A certificate to Anurag Kashyap’s Bombay Velvet, starring Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma. Accordingly, the film can be seen by viewers of all ages but it comes with parental guidance for children below 12 years of
age. Earlier, the film was certified ‘A’ by the CBFC, following which Anurag approached the Revising Committee as he did not consider the period drama was an “adult film”. He had immense faith that the committee would give the film correct certification. The film is a romantic thriller, set against the backdrop of the 1960s Bombay. The film has
Ranbir playing the role of an angry, young lover Johnny Balraj and Anushka playing the role of a Jazz singer Rosie Noronha. It also stars Karan Johar as a Parsi media mogul Kaizad Khambata. The film, which is co-produced by Vikramaditya Motwane and Vikas Bahl of Phantom Films and Fox Star Studios, will release on May 15.
Tera Hero’ along with Ileana D’Cruz. The leggy lass has often been spotted at various fashion duos and spe-
cial movie screenings too. After sizzling up Instagram with her hot pictures, latest reports suggest that Nargis might be seen playing actress Sangeeta Bijalni’s role in former cricketer Mohammed Azharuddin biopic. Reports further indicate that although nothing has been finalised as yet, but Nargis is seen as a possible fit for this role. The film will see Emraan Hashmi enact Azhar’s role on-screen with Prach Desai playing his first wife. Earlier, Kareena Kapoor Khan’s name was floating around for playing Sangeeta on reel.
Nargis Fakhri to play Sangeeta Bijlani?
nect rather than the fact that we have grown up abroad,” she said. She says starting out in Bollywood by playing an NRI in ‘From Sydney With Love’ was “the easiest” as it “comes naturally” to her. But she does not feel “glamorous” is the right way to describe her on screen characters.
The ‘Kuch Kuch Locha Hai’ actress has also never shied away from exposing on screen -- whether it was donning a bikini in the song “Sunny sunny” from the 2014 film “Yaariyan” or her “sexy” role as Lara in “Yeh Agency : New Delhi Jawaani Hai Deewani”. ‘Rockstar’ stunner Nargis But in real life, Evelyn calls Fakhri was last seen in Varun Dhawan starrer ‘Main herself a “simple girl”.
3 / Dt. 13-05-2015, Wednesday Mahindra XUV500 Facelift To Launch on 25th May
Agency : New Delhi The cheetah inspired SUV, which first made headlines in September 2011, will be launched in the facelift avatar soon. Mahindra will launch the facelift of the XUV500 on the 25th of May. The changes to the car will be strictly cosmetic. The front of the new XUV500 will boast of a new headlamp cluster and an S-shaped LED day time running lights (much like the ones we saw on the Scorpio), which will add a bit of fierceness to the car. Up front it’ll also get ‘L-shaped’ chrome-fin-
ished fog lamp enclosures which complete the changes made to the front. The car also comes with a new alloy wheel pattern while the rear of the XUV500 will get a chrome-garnished registration plate enclosure and a differently designed rear door too. The interiors of the facelift version will see no changes and they will be carried forward from the current model. Mahindra though will add some new colours to the palette to make the look and feel on the inside a bit more upmarket.
www.sunvillasamachar.com Shah Rukh Khan Won’t be Allowed in Wankhede for Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians Agency : Mumbai For the third year running after the ruckus he had created in 2012, Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan will not be allowed to witness the key Indian Premier League (IPL) 2015 cricket contest between his team, the Kolkata Knight Riders and home team Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium on May 14. “No, he will not be allowed as the ban continues,” said an official of the Mumbai Cricket Association, which banned him for five years from entering their premises, including the Wankhede Stadium, after the actor was involved in an ugly skirmish with security staff and officials of Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) following KKR’s victory over MI on
Central Bank of India Q4 net profit rises by 7 per cent to Rs 174 crore
Agency : New Delhi State-owned Central Bank of IndiaBSE -2.06 % has registered a rise of 7.3 per cent in its net profit to Rs 174.29 crore for the quarter ended March 31. The bank had posted a net profit of Rs 162.44 crore in the corresponding period last year. Total income in the March quarter increased
to Rs 7,321.50 crore from Rs 6,961.67 crore in the quarter ended March 31, 2014, Central Bank of India said in a filing to BSE today. On asset quality, bank’s gross non-performing assets (NPAs) or bad loans were trimmed to 6.09 per cent of gross advances in the fourth quarter, down from 6.27 per cent in previous fis-
Aditya Birla buys Jubilant Ind’s retail biz in a all cash deal
Agency : New Delhi In yet another consolidation exercise in the domestic retail sector, Aditya Birla Retail Ltd (ABRL) today acquired Jubilant Industries’ hypermarket business in a slump sale all cash deal. The deal amount was not specified. This is the third consolidation announcement in the retail sector within a fortnight. Earlier this month, Aditya Birla Group merged its apparel businesses into a Rs 5,290 crore entity named Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail. A day after Aditya Birla’s merger announcement, Kishore Biyani-led Future Group said it will
take control of Bharti Retail in a multi-tier all-stock deal worth Rs 750 crore to create a Rs 15,000-crore behemoth. In a BSE filing, Jubilant Industries said Aditya Birla will acquire “four hypermarket stores in Bengaluru, India, along with certain specified assets and liabilities, including dedicated employees, contracts, licences, permits, consents and approvals related to Jubilant Agri and Consumer Products Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jubilant Industries”. Jubilant’s hypermarket ‘Total Superstore business’ has an aggregate retail footprint of 2.87 lakh sq. Ft.
cal. Net NPAs too came down to 3.61 per cent of net advances during the fourth quarter from 3.75 per cent year ago. For the full year, the bank earned a net profit of Rs 606.45 crore compared with a loss of Rs 1,262.84 crore in the previous fiscal. Total annual income in the period under review increased to Rs 28,303.01 crore from Rs 26,350.13 crore, it said. Central Bank of India shares traded at Rs 110.60 apiece on the BSE, down 0.98 per cent.
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May 16, 2012 at the stadium. Last year MCA was willing to lift the ban on the actor temporarily in order to host the June 2 final before it was taken away and allotted to Bengaluru by the Cricket Board. On May 16 this year, however, SRK will be able to witness defending champions KKR, of which he is the co-owner, taking on Rajasthan Royals at
the Brabourne Stadium here which is owned by another BCCI affiliate - Cricket Club of India and is just a stone’s throw away from the Wankhede Stadium.CCI has been allotted the last three home games of the Royals this season. The 2008 champions had played their first four home games at the Motera Stadium in Ahmedabad.
Agency : New Delhi A new research has revealed that WhatsApp voice calling could be costing you a small fortune . WhatsApp calls, which require a mobile or Wi-Fi internet connection, allows users to make free phone calls to WhatsApp contacts, wherever they are in the world, the Daily Express reported. The Android
Pit test has revealed that WhatsApp voice callings, which have been available on Android since the start of the year but were only recently added to the iPhone app, uses 1.3Mb of data per minute. Chatting away at a rate of 1.3Mb of data per minute will burn through a 500MB monthly data plan in just 6 hors, which is equal to 11 minute of call-time per day. However, by contrast, instant messaging and Voice over IP app Viber claims to use 240Kb per minute during phone calls.
WhatsApp calls may not be as cost-effective as you first thought
dissent, and by 20 states assemblies subsequently, clearly represents the overwhelming will of the people of India. This does not mean the court can’t strike it down on grounds of unconstitutionality, but it will certainly make the collegium system of appointing judges impossible to defend or revive. The collegium system came into being in the 1990s when the Supreme Court decided in
two cases that judges will appoint themselves — unheard of in most parts of the world — and giving the executive almost no say in the business. This was not the mandate of the original Article 124 of the Constitution on the appointment of judges, which said that the President will appoint judges after consultations with the Chief Justice and any other judge he may want to. That the judiciary does not like the NJAC has been apparent from the start. First, the petitioners forced Justice AR Dave to recuse himself from the bench as he would have been part of the NJAC by law. This was followed by the CJI, HL Dattu, also refusing to join the committee to pick eminent persons to join the NJAC.
Delhi and Pune, a company statement said. Google Transit is a feature in Google Maps, which helps people plan public transport trips quickly and easily. “Google Transit is part of our effort to make Google Maps more comprehensive, accurate
and useful for millions of people around the world who take buses, trains, metros or trams to their next destination,” Suren Ruhela, director, programme management, Google Maps said. “We hope that the addition of the Indian Railways schedules pan-India and updated information for eight cities to Google Transit in India will make it a little easier to plan your next trip,” he added.
Indian Railways schedules now on Google Maps Agency : New Delhi Google on Tuesday announced the addition of Indian Railways schedules as well as updated information about public transport in eight Indian cities to Google Transit. This update will now allow people to access information about 12,000 trains, as well as updated details for bus and metro routes from Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai,
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Govt gets tough on NJAC case, tells SC collegium can never be revived
Agency : New Delhi The government’s aggressive stand during hearings in the Supreme Court on the constitutional validity of the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) will effectively ensure that even if the bench strikes down the law, the old collegium system will not be revived. The NJAC law, passed in 2014 by both Houses of Parliament almost with
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Agency : Dhaka Fifth-ranked England and sixth-ranked Pakistan have slipped down the ladder after dropping five points apiece following the annual update of the Reliance ICC Test Team Rankings. The drop in the ranking can be owed to major series wins which were not included in the annual update. England’s 4-0 win over India and Pakistan’s 3-0 clean
sweep over England among other results in 2011-12 have not been added in the calculation. In the annual update, results from series played during 2011-12 have not been considered and the outcome from the 201314 series have been weighted at 50 per cent. South Africa is leading the rankings with an extended advantage over Australia from six points to 22 points. Its previous
lead has increased by a further 16 points owing to Hashim Amla’s side gaining six points and Australia dropping 10 points. There was a close call in the middle of the pack, with just three rankings points separating third-ranked New Zealand from seventh-ranked Sri Lanka. Prior to the annual update, the gap between the third and seventh ranked sides was seven points.
Agency : Hyderabad While most of the Australian players in IPL 8 have struggled, there are two significant exceptions: David Warner and Moises Henriques of Sunrisers Hyderabad. It should be no surprise that SRH are challenging for a playoff spot as a result. Warner was appointed captain of Sunrisers this season and the responsibility has so far sat well on his shoulders. He has been brilliant with his batting, his fielding and his captaincy. While some of his Australia teammates suffer from a World Cup hangover, Warner has somehow managed to maintain his intensity
through a long IPL season. As for Henriques, he has brought some much needed balance to Hyderabad. He has strengthened the batting and provided a useful bowling option as well. Against Kings XI Punjab on Tuesday, it was the pair of Warner and Henriques that led them to victory. Opting to bat first, Warner
provided a strong platform by scoring a well-paced 81 off 52 balls. Henriques joined his captain in the seventh over after Shikhar Dhawan was out and made a brisk 24 off 18 balls as the pair added 65 from 7.3 overs. It was the highest partnership of the innings and helped set up Sunrisers’ total of 185.
Agency : New Delhi Englishman Lee Alan Johnson has been roped in as the Head Coach of India’s U-19 football team, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) said on Tuesday. Besides managing the U-19 team, 34-year-old Johnson will act as the Head Scout for the national side and will also perform the role of Assistant Coach of the senior team. “Lee’s (Johnson) presence will immensely boost player development programme in India,” said India’s national team chief coach Stephen Constantine. “Lee brings a whole lot of valuable commodities with him. What we
require is a full understanding of how young players need to learn. Lee has been fortunate enough to work for two big clubs in England and has also had the opportunity to witness top football coaches in action,” he said. “In addition to his
duties as U-19 national coach, he will also be the national team scout and the assistant coach of the national team. We have worked together in Rwanda and have known each other for the last three or more years and his value addition will be immense.”
Warner and Henriques show the other Aussies how it’s done in IPL 8
Lee Alan Johnson new head coach for India under-19 football team
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K Kailashnathan gets one year extension Sunvilla News, Gandhinagar
K Kailashnathan (Retire IAS:Gujarat cadre:1979), the incumbent Chief Principal Secretary to Gujarat CM, who is all set to complete his extended tenure of on May 31 has got one more extension for one more year. Kailashnathan retired in May 2013 while serving as Additional Chief Secretary to the then CM Narendra Modi who had further re-employed him by creating the post (for the first time) of Chief Principal Secretary to Chief Minis-
ter. After Anandiben Patel succeeded Narendra Modi as Gujarat CM in May 2014 Kailashnathan was given one year extension ending May 31 this year. Sources say, he has been given another extension for one year beyond May 31, 2015.
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CM Anandiben Patel goes on safari in Gir national park
Correspondent, Rajakot
A day after declaring results of the lion census 2015, Chief Minister Anandiben Patel went on a safari in the famous Gir National Park and Wild-
Jamnabai Narsee School ready for opening at GIFT City in Gujarat
life Sanctuary (GNPWS) to watch Asiatic lions in their only natural habitat in the world on Monday. The CM went on safari early in the morning with Forests and Environment Minister Mangubhai Patel, Additional Chief Secretary (forest) P K Taneja, Principal Chief Conservator of Forests and head of forest force C N Pand-
ey, chief wildlife warden of Gujarat, S C Pant and other senior forest officers accompanied her. Patel also visited the animal rescue centre at Sasan Gir and interacted with women forest officers engaged in rescuing wild animals. The CM also met women groups which have traditionally helped conserve lions in the area.
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tivity. Select brands from the supermarket and hypermarket category were seen planning to reduce the store sizes. Also, there was no increase in demand in mall spaces as the players in this segment are in the process of consolidating businesses. According to Jones Lang LaSalle India’s (JLL’s) report, select pockets in Ahmedabad office market such as Prahlad Nagar and S G Highway continued to be occupiers favourite to set up offices. Nonetheless, no prominent transaction took place during the period, it added.
Ahmedabad office, mall space demand tepid in Jan-Mar
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Mumbai based Narsee Monjee Educational Trust today announced opening of their first campus outside Mumbai at GIFT City Gujarat in Gandhinagar. The campus was to be inaugurated by Gujarat Chief Minister in presence of Maharashstra Chief Minister on May 14. As both Chief Ministers are scheduled to visit China with Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, the inauguration will take place in presence of Min-
ister of State, Higher Education Vasuben Trivedi. “We are the first operational partner of India’s first Smart City,” said Sujay Jayraj, Trustee of Narsee Monjee Educational Trust, Mumbai speaking to media persons today in Ahmedabad. He added that Jamnabai Narsee school will be operational from new academic year in June 2015 covering nursery to sixth standard with proposed ICSE and IGCSE syllabus. Classes above standard 6th
will be added later on. He said the school has latest technology, quality infrastructure and unique circular design. It is standing over 1,60,000 sq ft area. The school has already given admission to 300 students. At its full capacity it will admit 2,000 students upto standard 12. Narsee Monjee in Mumbai is well-known for its sports activities and infrastructure. Similarly, GIFT city based school has 2 acre play ground.
Sabarmati central jail to be identified by the witness in the courtroom. Prosecution requested special judge P C Rawal to permit the witness to identify Mansuri through his old photographs. However, the request was opposed by defence counsel Naina Bhatt, who argued that there is no provision to identify accused persons on the basis of their photographs. Special prosecutors put their foot down and cited a Supreme Court order allowing identification of a dead man through his photograph in the December 13, 2001, Parliament attack case. Defence lawyers, however, did not agree with applicability of this order in this situation since the accused are all alive. The court had to adjourn the hearing when prosecutors sought time to file an application demanding permission to put old photographs of 78odd accused without their names and identities before witnesses for the purpose of identification of a particular accused from the heap of pictures.
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The slump in the Ahmedabad realty sector continued in 2015 with office space absorption remaining tepid during January -March period. There was also 60 per cent decline in supply of office spaces in the same quarter compared to corresponding quarter last year. This resulted in higher rental of office spaces.In case of residential properties the demand remained stable with activity mostly in the affordable housing segment. During the same period malls space in Ahmedabad witnessed lukewarm transaction ac-
Plump, bearded faces Videocon Telecom to target students as it charts expansion in Gujarat flummox witnesses Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
Call it side-effects of a delayed trial — many of the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blast accused have put on weight and sport full beards confusing witnesses who are unable to identify them during their deposition. This unique situation has prompted the state government to request the special court hearing the case that witnesses be allowed to identify accused through their old photographs affixed on the charge-sheets! “Asking the accused to shave off their fully grown beard would hurt their religious sentiments; we do not wish to make such a submission. Hence, the court should permit identification of the accused from their photographs taken during their arrest in 2008-09,” prosecution has told the court. This problem hit home during a hearing on April 29 when a ‘panch’ witness could identify accused Zahir Patel but failed to identify Sajid Mansuri. Both were arrested in 2008 and were presented through video-conferencing from
Videocon Telecommunications on Tuesday announced plans to invest Rs. 210 crore in the Gujarat circle for site expansion and business addition during the financial year 2015-16. In Gujarat, the company has about 25 lakh users, while it adds 2.5 to 3 lakh users every month. Nationally, it has over 10 million users with 700,000 to 800,000 being added every month. “Students are the main target audience for our services. Last year, the data growth was 147 per cent, this year we expect it to grow at 150 per cent,” said Arvind Bali, Director & CEO, Videocon Telecommunications Ltd. The company had achieved revenues of Rs. 2,000 crore for 2014-15, which Bali expects to jump to Rs. 3,000 crore in 201516. “GSM is the largest contributor to revenues. The other contributors are our enterprise business, broadband, and new circle additions,” said Bali. The company also plans to roll out its broadband
Ahmedabad
Sola Civil Hospital opens ultra-modern Dialysis center
has opened a centrally SG Highway Ahmedabad air-conditioned dialysis based Sola Civil hospital center matching to corpo-
rate private hospital. The center has started functioning with 15-bed. Each bed has music system and LED TV with headphone. There are 24 CCTV cameras installed here. This center will remain open for 24 hours. While private facility charges Rs. 3,000 for dialysis, this government facility will charge Rs. 200. Economically weaker class will not have to pay even Rs 200, as the government has made medical facility for them free.
mainly living in high-rise buildings in parts of Gujarat including Ahmedabad, Vadodara and Surat felt mild tremor and rushed outside. Today’s tremor was also felt in state secretariat building in Gandhinagar. There’s no report of damage to life or property reported
in Gujarat. In his initial reaction, BK Rastogi, Director General of Institute of Seismological Research in Gandhinagar told media persons that the Nepal tremor should be considered aftershock. He said there’s no danger for Gujarat due to Nepal aftershocks.
Ahmedabad in Gujarat, where she was forced to marry a 45-year-old villager. She alleged that she had been sold to the man for Rs 1 lakh and he had raped her and kept her confined until she managed to finally
escape. She gave the police details about the racket and the accused, with the help of which the cops immediately raided the village and rescued two minor girls who had been similarly abducted.
BJP is trying its best to capture this Congress run body. Congress has won Thasra seat while BJP has won Matar seat. Congress has also won another seat as its candidate has entered as representative of Kheda Jilla Madhyasth Sahkari Bank. Polling is
therefore taking place for 10 seats (25 candidates) and 1 individual seat( 2 candidates) through 11 polling stations. It is for the first time that polling is taking place through block method. 2 DySP, 3 Police Inspectors, 14 Police sub Inspectors, 90 cops, 7 women cops are deployed for peaceful polling. As both sides are trying their best to ensure victory, the voters had best time. They were taken to visits to religious and tourist places for free so that opposite side can not contact them during campaign. It is believed that such voters were brought back to Kheda for polling directly from free tour.
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Mild tremor felt in cities of Gujarat, no damage to life or property
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Two earthquake struck India with epicenters in Nepal ( 7.1 Richter scale) and Afghanistan (6.0 in Richter Scale) today at around noon according to Union Home Ministry. One tremor was felt at 11:38 am while the other at 1:11 pm. People,
Gang sold women from Mumbai to bride-starved village in Gujarat
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Last month, a 22-yearold rape survivor fled home to Mumbai from Gujarat and exposed an inter-state human trafficking racket involving the supply of women and young girls from the city and its outskirts to be sold as brides in a village near Ahmedabad, which has a very skewed sex ratio. Taking swift action, the Pydhonie police had immediately conducted a raid and rescued two minor girls from a similar fate, and now, less than a month later, the cops have busted the entire racket with the arrest of the last absconding accused. Beginnings On April 17, a 22-year-old girl approached the Pydhonie police and told them that she had been tricked into going to Bakrana, a village near
Polling today for Amul Dairy Board services in Ahmedabad, Surat and Vadodara. “The rollout will primarily be on FTTH (fibre to the home) services and wire-
less broadband,” he added. The company operates in the Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh circles.
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to close his complaint once it is resolved. Called UthoIndians, the app provides a crowd sourcing platform where citizens can share pictures of unclean spots in their areas and launch a campaign against errant officials, said Urvish Patel, one of the developers. Other team members include Amit Parmar, Ravi Panchal and Paras Shah. The app also allows users to post photos of unclean spots and tag officials on Facebook.
Four Amdavadis launch mobile app on Swachh Bharat
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is yet to fulfil his promise of building a mobile application to support Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Swachh Bharat initiative, but four Amdavadis have already launched an app to enable citizens to participate in the cleanliness mission. Interestingly, officials will not be able to change the status of complaints. The app empowers the complainant
Correspondent, Anand
Election for 13 members of Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union – popularly known as Amul Dairy is taking place today. This is the last bastion of Congress among Gujarat’s dairy cooperative unions.
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