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News Brief Anticipatory Bail pleas posted for hearing on Feb 17 Chennai, Feb 13 Anticipatory bail pleas were today filed by six committee members of a leather firm at Ranipet who were booked for allegedly causing the death of ten workers working at its effluent treatment plant. According to the prosecution, on January 31 at around 12.30am when workers of the private Finished Leather Effluent Treatment Company were sleeping adjacent to the effluent treatment plant, it burst and they died in the incident.
Govt starts work to provide free WiFi in Delhi New Delhi, Feb 13 Even before AAP took over the reins of Delhi, Chief Secretary D M Spolia has started acting on poll promises made by the nascent party and directed authorities to immediately prepare a foolproof plan to provide free Wi-Fi across the city and to construct 20 new colleges. Spolia has asked Information Technology department to immediately prepare a foolproof action plan on Wi-Fi.
49.9 per cent voting in the Tirupati assembly bypoll Tirupati, Feb 13 The Tirupati Asssembly constitutency in Andhra Pradesh saw a voter turnout of 49.9 per cent in the bypolls held today. No untoward incidents were reported during the polls, RDO and Returning officer Veerabrahmam said. The bypoll was necessiated due to the death of TDP's M Venkataramana. The main contest was between Venkataramana's widow M Suguna and Congress nominee R Sridevi. The opposition YSR Congress did not field its candidate.
RBI to soon put one rupee notes in circulation again Mumbai, Feb 13 After a gap of about two decades, the RBI will again put in circulation rupee one notes soon. Printing of one rupee note was discontinued about 20 years ago. "These currency notes are legal tender as provided in the Coinage Act 2011.
20 killed as three blasts rock Peshawar Peshawar At least 20 people were killed and over 50 injured when Kalashnikov-wielding Taliban suicide bombers stormed a crowded minority Shia mosque in Pakistan’s restive northwest during Friday prayers, opening fire and exploding bombs in a revenge attack, the latest in a series of sectarian violence to hit the country. The attack comes exactly two weeks after a suicide bombing inside a packed Shia mosque in Pakistan’s Sindh province during the Friday prayers killed 61 people, including children, in the deadliest sectarian attack to hit the country in recent times. The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan
(TTP) claimed responsibility for the attack at the Imamia Masjid Imambargah in the posh Hayatabad area here where worshippers had gathered for the ‘Zuhr’ afternoon Friday prayers and warned that Friday’s was the first in a series of revenge attacks. The Imambargah is situated close to several government buildings, including the local passport centre and the Federal Investigation Agency offices. At least three explosions and gunfire was heard. A doctor of Hayatabad Medical Complex, where the bodies and the injured were taken, said that 20 people have been killed and about 50 suffered wounds in the
attack. Four suicide attackers were involved in the attack, said Shafqat Malik, chief of bomb disposal unit that defused one suicide bomber ’s jacket. Three attackers – who entered the mosque carrying grenades and Kalashnikovs – exploded their vests while one was killed by security forces,
from Surat had accused Asaram and his son Narayan Sai of rape, was shot dead in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district. Witness Rahul Sachan, one of the 'sewadars' of Asaram, was in the court premises with police security today when he was attacked, according to prosecution counsel P C Solanki. SHO of Udaimandir police station, Harji Ram, said that Sachan
was attacked while he was boarding the police vehicle after coming out of the court. "The moment he attempted to step into the police jeep, Satya Narayan rushed with a knife in hand and stabbed him in ribs," Harji Ram said. Sachan was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital and the assailant, who also got injured in the melee, was arrested by the police. Sachan's condition is stated to be stable. Satya Narayan claimed that he was a devotee of Asaram. "Sachan had turned a prosecution witness and was apprising the court about the modus operandi of Asaram," said Solanki.
Another prosecution witness in Asaram case attacked in court
Jodhpur, A prosecution witness in Asaram sexual assault case was on Friday stabbed by a man who claimed to be a devotee of the self-styled godman at a court premises here, with two key witnesses in another case being faced by the 72-year-old godman already slain by assailants. The attack comes exactly a month after a key witness in a case, in which two sisters
Terror Group ISIS to be Banned in India
NEW DELHI The dreaded terror group ISIS and all its affiliate organisations will be banned by India under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act soon. Anotification declaring ISIS and its affiliates ISIL and IS as proscribed organisations will be issued very soon, official sources said today. Home Minister
Rajnath Singh had said in Parliament on December 16, 2014 that the Middle-East group had been declared banned in India under a United Nations Schedule. Mr Singh had said the group has been proscribed under the provisions related to organisations listed in the Schedule to the UN Prevention and Suppression
of Terrorism (Implementation of Security Council Resolutions) Order, 2007 made under section two of the United Nations (Security Council) Act, 1947. Four men from Mumbai had gone to IraqSyria in May 2014 to join ISIS. One of them returned late last year while the whereabouts of the remaining three are yet to be known. A Bangalore-based executive of a multi-national company was arrested in December last year for allegedly running a pro-ISIS Twitter handle. Last month, another person from Hyderabad was barred from travelling to Syria, ostensibly to join ISIS.
Malik said. Head of the provincial police Nasir Durrani said an attacker was killed by worshippers at the mosque. “People here showed great courage. They grabbed one of the attackers from his neck, and he couldn’t detonate (his explosives), and he was shot and killed,” Durrani added. The style of Friday’s attack bore a striking similarity to the December 16 Peshawar carnage, in which the gunmen arrived in a car, set it on fire and broke into the building using a back entrance. In a video sent by email to reporters, TTP said the attack was revenge for Pakistan’s crackdown on
militants following the school massacre. “Either Pakistan will become your graveyard, or God’s law, sharia, will be implemented,” Taliban commander Khaleefa Omar Mansoor said in the video in
which he was flanked by three young militants toutingAK-47 assault rifles.“This is the first in a series of revenge attacks… Wait for the rest,” said Mansoor, who had earlier claimed responsibility
for the Peshawar school attack in which 150 people, including 136 children, were killed. An eyewitness said Friday prayers were being offered when armed men wearing security forces’ uniform entered the mosque and hurled grenades at the security personnel deputed at the premises. The militants exchanged fire with security forces for nearly two and a half hours, police said. Television footage showed images of people running frantically as the area was covered with thick smoke.
Christian school vandalized in Delhi
New Delhi An unidentified group Friday ransacked a Christian school here, police said. Staff members of the Holy Child Auxilium school in south Delhi's Vasant Vihar told police that a few CCTV cameras installed in the school premises were
damaged and the office of the principal was ransacked. "Some CCTV cameras were damaged and the office of the school principal was ransacked by some unidentified people early Friday," Delhi Catholic Archdiocese spokesperson Father Savarimuthu Sankar
told IANS. Sankar said school children have been sent back to their homes after the incident came to light. Leaders of the Christian community said some members of a group have been intentionally targeting the community and this is the sixth such attack within 11 weeks. Sankar claimed that the attack sent a clear message that a group is trying to "fill fear" among the Christian community. He said that five churches have been attacked since December 2014 and this is the sixth such attack. "We see a clear pattern in all the
attacks. Earlier we thought that these attacks have a connection with the Delhi polls," said Sankar. "Now it has been clear that this is a handiwork of some fundamentalist group whose motive is to fill fear among the Christian community," Sankar said. Father Mahew Koyickal told IANS: "The intention of the attackers is to unnerve the Christian community. Since December, five churches have been targeted on regular interval. We demanded that the case should be investigated from all angles," he said.
Ramlila Maidan all set to host Delhi CMdesignate Arvind Kejriwal's 2nd swearing-in New Delhi Preparations are in full swing at the Ramlila Maidan here for Chief Ministerdesignate Arvind Kejriwal's swearing-in ceremony tomorrow with a massive crowd expected to converge on the historic ground. Multiple agencies, from Delhi Police to Public Works Department are working in tandem to secure the venue ahead of the big day. The ground, which served as the battleground for the 46-year-old anti-graft crusader during the Anna Hazare-led India Against Corruption movement, is
also getting decked up to host Kejriwal for his second oath-taking ceremony. "A total of 76 CCTV cameras have been installed inside the ground and around its periphery to secure the venue. Two monitoring units have been set up, with one taking care of 51 cameras while the other tracking the rest 25," a senior PWD engineer said. Security personnel drawn from ITBP, CRPF, CISF, SSB and Delhi Police have been deployed at the venue. Metal detectors have also been installed in and around the ground, while "60 baggage
scanners" have been put in for the first time to further strengthen the security cover, he said. "For visitors, nearly 40,000 seats have been put up, and, we are also making arrangements for standing for about 20,000 more people... VIP enclosures would be
included in the main seating area," a senior Delhi government official said. A jubilant AAP is also waiting for the day with bated breath, and are expecting a huge crowd, with supporters pouring in to the venue. "Our estimate is about 1.5 lakh people.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"I don't think Ishant hid his injury. When a player gets injured, you give him time to recover. Michael Clarke has recovered. He (Clarke) could recover because he's a batsman. He might not have, if he was a bowler. There's a difference between a batsman and bowler,"- The cricketer-turned-commentator Former India captain Sourav Ganguly Said
Stay on Setalvad's arrest extended Varun Dhawan: I miss my old life
A bench of Justice Sudhansu Jyoti Mukhopadhaya and Justice N.V. Ramana extended the restraint order passed Thursday by the bench headed by Chief Justice H.L.Dattu as they directed the hearing of the petition by Setalvad and Anand Feb 19. It also permitted their counsel Kapil Sibal to file additional documents including their pleas before the Gujarat High Court. As Sibal, at the hearing's beginning, remarked there were "very few people who have the courage of taking on the state", the court asked him to avoid political flavours to his submission as for it, every litigant was a common citizen. At this, Sibal said his clients were common citizens and can't be treated differently as he contended they were being singled out. He noted Gujarat Police reached Setalvad's residence in Mumbai to arrest her even before the high court verdict rejecting their plea for anticipatory bail was pronounced. In a parting observation after adjourning the matter, Justice Mukhopadhaya said that "there will be justice to both but relief to one". As the hearing began, the court said that they have not gone through the high court judgment and would hold an independent hearing on the facts as it asked Sibal to read the FIR. Assailing the high court judgment, Sibal said it had drawn conclusions which were contrary to the documents that were placed before it. As he told the court that it had held that custodial interrogation could be only in cases of murder, dacoity or other heinous crimes and not in cases of alleged cheating and misappropriation, Justice Mukhopadhaya said at that time, there were no scams running into crores and crores of rupees. There was no scam here either, Sibal said, contending that if there are allegations of cheating and misappropriation, then the same could only be levelled by the people who had donated money for the setting up of the museum at Gulberg society in Ahmedabad and not by those who are not associated with it. "Who is the person who is cheated? Is he a donor? Is there a complaint by a donor? If (at all) there is a breach of trust, it is that of donor. The complaint was on the forged letter of the society," he argued.Noting that Setalvad had used the photographs of the victims to mobilise funds for the museum, the court said that the "allegations are so grave". "You have collected funds (taking) undue advantage of riot victims... shown their photographs to foreigners and obtained money," it said. In return, Sibal said: "If this is the approach of this court, don't allow the might of the state, show us single piece of evidence (supporting the allegations)." He told the court that Seetalvad's NGO received a little more than Rs.4 lakh from the donors from within the country and Rs.50,000 from abroad to set up the museum. As Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta sought to meet Sibal's submission by referring to the high court judgment, Justice Mukhopadhaya reminded him that they have not read it. As Mehta cited the alleged ostentatious life style of Setalvad and her husband and their foreign travels, a lawyer in the court referred to the Rs.10 lakh suit Prime Minister Narendra Modi wore during his talks with visiting US President Barack Obama.
Ab Tak Chappan 2
as I don’t get privacy anymore
He is someone who enjoys star status, but actor Varun Dhawan says there is one
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thing that he misses is privacy. “I miss my old life as I don’t get privacy
anymore. I can’t have the fun that I used to have. But I’m passionate about acting and I can do anything for that,” the actor told IANS. Varun will be seen in a whole new look accompanied by anger and a spirit of vengeance on the big screen with ‘Badlapur‘. The actor says portraying the role was not an easy task and film’s director Sriram Raghavan helped him get into the skin of his character. “I have worked very hard for this film. Sriram helped me a lot with work shops, voice modulation and all. But it was not easy at all. “The role was quite challenging for me because of the character’s maturity involved. But Sriram was very clear of what he wanted to convey through the role,” he added. ‘Badlapur’, which also stars Yami Gautam, Huma Qureshi and Nawazuddin Siddiqui, will release Feb
Shraddha Kapoor to star in 'Rock On 2' 'Ek Villain' star Shraddha Kapoor has been roped in to play the female lead in 'Rock On 2' opposite the previous actors Farhan Akhtar and Arjun Rampal.'Rock On 2', a sequel of the hit 2008 Indian rock musical film of the same name, will also see Pracchi Desai in a pivotal role. Debutant director Shujaat Saudagar has come onboard to helm the film, which will be produced by earlier producers Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani.
"@ShraddhaKapoor welcome aboard to Rock N Roll... #Rockon2#RockOn2... Prachi Desai plays an important part and it's not a special appearance," Sidhwani posted on Twitter. Shraddha has recently wrapped up the shooting of dance based drama 'ABCD 2'. The actress, who sung 'Galliyan' in 'Ek Villain' and a Kashmiri folk song in 'Haider', is also expected to croon again in 'Rock On 2'.
I'd like to spend more time in Ahemdabad: Nimrat Kaur
Sunny Leone's Husband Daniel Has the 'Cutest' Role in Ek Paheli Leela
Actress Sunny Leone says her husband Daniel Weber's cameo in her next film Ek Paheli Leela may be small but it is the 'cutest'. "Daniel has a small role in the film but for me it's the cutest
one," Sunny said in an interview. The Ragini MMS 2 and Jism 2 actress, also said that if given a chance, she "would love to work with Daniel in a full-fledged Hindi film". Director Bobby
Khan's Ek Paheli Leela also stars Jay Bhanushali, Rajneesh Duggal and Rahul Dev in prominent roles. Largely shot in Jodhpur, the film is slated to hit theatres on April 10.
Roy {Hindi} Movie First (1st) Day
Nimrat Kaur has been riding high in the success of her film The Lunchbox as the films has managed to impress global audience at various international film festivals. And the actress accepts to being a foodie herself and she expressed that she would love to try the Gujarati cuisine during her
recent trip to Ahmedabad. Nimrat, who was in the city to promote the premier of her film on television on the Valentine's Day, said she has visited Ahmedabad a couple of time earlier as well but has never really got a chance to explore the city and it's food. She said, "I have been to Ahmedabad a
couple of times earlier but never really got a chance to explore the city. This time also I went to Vadodara before coming to Ahmedabad, but it was again a short trip. I would love to spend some more time in the city and explore Gujarati cuisine as I am myself a foodie."
Ganesh Acharya: Acting is difficult; dubbing even harder
Director: Aejaz Gulab Cast: Nana Patekar, Gul Panag, Ashutosh Rana, Vikram Ghokhale, Mohan Agaashe, Govind Namdev, and Raj Zutshi Release Date: February 27, 2015 Saadhu Aagashe's back and taking the count beyond 'chappan' with Ab Tak Chappan 2. The sequel of the much applauded film has the Home Minister Janardhan Jagirdar along with chief Minister Anna Saheb pledging to eradicate the menace caused by underworld
don Rawale who is operating from Bangkok and don Rauf Lala who is operating from Mumbai. Knowing a gandhian approach won't tackle the problem, the Encounter Squad is brought back together. The film is slated for February 27th release.
Latest Bollywood film “Roy” starring Arjun Rampal, Ranbir Kapoor and Jacqueline Fernandez in lead roles.The movie has hit theatres worldwide on 13th February 2015 which is directed by debutant Vikramjit Singh. The movie
is expecting good collections because there is a lead Roy as Randeep singh where he is very good actor and the singer.The movie is receiving quite good words of mouth from audience as well as from critics. As Roy movie is having good film features
thus, Roy Box Office Collection is predicted to be very high. ,The Opening or 1st Day Box Office Collection of Roy is expected to be Rs. 12 Crore (approx).Thus, Roy Friday Income is assumed to be quite good.
Ace choreographer Ganesh Acharya, who will be seen as the male lead in upcoming film 'Hey Bro', says that being in front of the camera is tough. "Dance is in my soul. Dancing is easy for me as I have done it for the last 25 years.Acting is difficult.The
most difficult thing for me was dubbing as I have a Mumbaiya accent. But I have worked hard. So, I hope people will like my work," Ganesh said at an event here Thursday. Ganesh has even coined a new term - friendship torture -- after his experience
in the field."In choreography, I have fixed timings. But we used to shoot for the whole day while shooting for the film. The director (Ajay Chandhok) asked me to do action dance as well. So I have given it a name -- friendship torture," he said.
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Boffins say comets are like fried ice-cream
offins working for Caltech and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory have created comet-like stuff in a cryostat. Along the way, they've decided that your average comet is kind of like fried ice-cream: squishy on the inside, crusty on the outside, with organic chemicals dusted on top. Both the ESA's Rosetta and NASA's Deep Impact comet missions had found evidence of the soft, porous interiors of comets, and the Philae lander discovered the hard surface the hard way, with a triple-bounce that surprised mission scientists and degraded some of its activities. Fooling around with an icebox instrument called Himalaya, Antti Lignell at Caltech and Murthy Gudipati of JPL demonstrated, as the NASA announcement says, “that
the fluffy ice on the surface of a comet would crystallise and harden as the comet heads towards the sun and warms up”. (After all, it's still in the icy void of space – nobody says it gets warm enough to become liquid.) The ice crystals are denser and more ordered than the fluffy interior, and as a result, carbon-containing organic molecules are pushed to the surface. The fluffy interior, the researchers explain, are a form of ice not observed under normal Earth conditions. The “amorphous” porous ice forms when water vapour is flash-frozen at around 30 Kelvin, and never forms crystals. The disorderly states of amorphous ice mean it's somewhat like fairy floss (cotton candy) – light, fluffy, and with pockets of space throughout.
National Games: Preeja SPORTS ROUNDUP Sreedharan settles for silver ICC WORLD CUP-2015 COUNT-DOWN
Nearly 13,000 spectators gave Preeja Sreedharan, one of the country's greatest long distance runners, a standing ovation as she bid adieu to her favourite sport and adoring fans after winning the silver in the women's 10,000m at the University Stadium on Thursday night. Preeja was more than a lap behind when OP Jaisha completed a golden double with
another meet record 33:08.55 (old: Kavita Raut, 34:28.26) but the veteran athlete found enough strength to withstand a strong challenge from Swati Gadhave and Kavita to sprint ahead and grab the second place. The fourth day's action of track and field saw Rajinder Singh produce an unbelievable effort to rewrite the national record in men's javelin
Google said it was working with the Indian government to bring its balloonpowered internet and its kite-powered wind energy to the country. Codenamed Project Loon, the internet project envisages use of high-altitude balloons to provide affordable internet to around five billion people globally who currently have no access. "By 2016, we believe we can start to launch a commercial format that allows us to have coverage on every square inch of planet Earth. We are working very closely with
Apple tightens log-in security for iMessage, FaceTime
Apple has provided its users with a two-step authentication method for their iMessage or FaceTime accounts to provide users with tighter security. In 2014, Apple updated its desktop operating system, allowing users that own an iPad, Mac and iPhone devices, to access their iMessages and video calls across all three devices. Now Apple is
taking precaution to ensure its users accounts aren't hacked and that their personnel conversations on there remain private. The new feature is optional. If it is activated, then along with your Apple ID and password, a security code sent via text message to a registered phone number will be provided, in order to be able to access their devices.
throw. Rajinder, who finished 11th in the Asian Games with an effort in the 73-74m range, set a new mark with an effort of 82.23m, bettering the previous record of 80.72m set by Anil Kumar Singh in 2008. Triple-jumper Renjith Maheswary looked as if he was not bothered about the reception from the packed as he stood on top of his run-up for the first jump. But the seasoned campaigner soon got his rhythm going as he produced a meet record effort of 16.66m to eclipse Arpinder Singh's mark. Arpinder, who holds the national record, came up with a best of only 16.62m. In men's high jump, Jithin C Thomas added another gold to Services' tally, clearing the bar at 2.16m. Kerala's Sreenith Mohan took the silver, also with 2.16, and Punjab's Jagdeep Singh the bronze (2.13).
Johnson, Starc key for Australia in World Cup: David Warner
Google to bring its internet, energy projects to India telecom providers and governments across the world including India to see how we bring this innovation here," said Mohammad Gawdat, VP of business Innovation at Google X, a semi-secret facility of Google's that is dedicated to making major technological advancements. The balloons travel 20km above the Earth's surface, in the stratosphere. Loon uses software algorithms to determine where the balloon needs to go depending on the direction of the wind. It started as a pilot some two years back when 30 balloons were launched from New Zealand's South Island that beamed internet to a small group of users.
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Dynamic opening batsman David Warner on Friday said Australian pacers Mitchell Johnson and Mitchell Starc will star for the co-hosts and will be crucial for the country's World Cup campaign. Speaking with cricket.com.au ahead of Saturday's opener against England, Warner identified a pair of left-arm quicks when asked who he considered were the players
to watch for Australia. "I'll give you two," Warner said. "I think Mitchell Johnson and Mitchell Starc are going to be the keys for us. It's easy to say there's a lot of batsmen to watch, but I think those two guys hold the key for our team." On current evidence, Warner's selections are understandable, with Johnson the reigning ICC Cricketer of the Year and Starc having just been
named the Player of the Tournament in the recent ODI tri-series against England and India. Johnson now sits fourth on the all-time ODI wickets list for left-arm quicks, with 224 from 145 matches. Starc has collected 61 wickets in his 33 ODIs, and despite sitting 20th on that same list, boasts a better average (21.27) and strikerate (25.5) than anyone above him. Johnson is currently ranked fifth in the ICC ODI rankings, while Starc sits in seventh spot. "If I was to say a batsman I'd say AB de Villiers (as the opposition player to watch)," he added. "He's fantastic in all conditions, he's a worldclass player. Bowling wise, I think there's a lot of good talent out here ... someone like Dale Steyn is always pretty handy.
Renjith wins maiden Games gold, Preeja signs off with silver Rajinder Singh smashed the national record in men's javelin throw, while former Asian champion Renjith Maheshwary nabbed his maiden gold with a new meet mark in triple jump as the athletics arena continued to enthrall on the penultimate day of the 35th National Games here today. But what remained unchallenged was the Services Sports Control Board's (SSCB) domination on the medals table as they remained on top with a tally of 131 (81 gold, 23 silver and 27 bronze so far). Hosts Kerala displaced Haryana from the second spot owing to a strong athletics performance to total 119 (34 gold, 37 silver and 48 bronze). Haryana took the third spot
ICC World Cup: 'Two-bench theory' is Kohli's way of countering Irfan
ICC events in recent years have witnessed the Indian cricket team devising unique ways of training and it was no different this time around with the side employing a unique 'two-bench' theory to counter the pace and bounce of Pakistani bowlers in its World Cup opener. During the last World T20 in Bangladesh, Indian bowlers were sending down deliveries to a 10-feet
tall batting mannequin to hone their skills in channel bowling. This time the batsmen devised a unique throwdown session using two small benches. The idea behind the innovation is to get well equipped to counter the threat that 7 feet tall Pakistani paceman Mohammed Irfan could pose. After Virat Kohli practised at the main nets, he went to the corner of the
St Peter's Main Oval ground to get some throwdowns from team's specialist Raghavendra. The throwdown expert was told to dig one delivery short, which Kohli would immediately move back and across to pull it effortlessly. It was followed by a fuller throwdown to counter the pitched-up delivery. Once he had taken sufficient throwdowns, Kohli and later Ajinkya Rahane went to the adjacent net where two small benches of around 20 inch in height were kept side by side. Assistant coach Sanjay Bangar stood on one of the benches with the throwdown equipment and then stepped on the other to throw balls from a good height. The logic behind such a practice is to get an idea of steep bounce that Irfan might generate from just short of good length. Bangar standing on the bench made him send down the deliveries from close to 10 feet (keeping the huge arm action of throwdowns), which will be a feet more than the height from which Irfan is expected to deliver.
NBA plans to make basketball 'second most dominant' sport in India
Basketball is predominantly a growing sport in India but the National Basketball Association (NBA) has plans to make the game the "second most dominant" sport in the country besides cricket. The popularity of NBA is incomparable worldwide and India is no exception as the nation has a rich fan following of the
sport, predominantly among the youths and that is what the NBA trying to target. "In India we can never compete with cricket and we never plan to do that. India is a cricket crazy nation and we know that. But our aim is to make basketball the second most dominant sport in India. The youths of India are looking for opportunity
other than regular sport and that is what we targeting at," NBA India managing director Yannick Colaco told on the sidelines of the popular NBA All Star Weekend on Friday. "We are consciously trying to customise and package out product so that it is assessable in India and make it a primetime product which is not easy considering the time difference between India and the US," he said. "But the good thing is that basketball is very popular among Indian youths. Interestingly, 30 per cent of our viewers in India are female." The NBA knows the importance of taking the game to the nook and corner of the country to grow the interest for the sport among the Indians.
India must identify its strengths and weaknesses: Kirsten with 33 gold, 37 silver and 22 bronze. Amid a sea of meet records tumbling, a new national record was created when Haryana's Rajinder Singh cleared 82.23m to better the 80.72m mark of Anil Kumar Singh (2008). SSCB's Davinder Singh (75.34m) and Uttar Pradesh's Vipin Kasana (75.18m) were the respective silver and bronze
medallists. Elsewhere, veteran long-distance runner Preeja Sreedharan bid adieu to the track with a 10,000m silver even as another local lady O P Jaisha stole the limelight by collecting her second gold medal at the Games with a new meet record of 33:08.55sec. She had earlier won the 5000m gold with a meet record.
Gary Kirsten has a simple and perhaps the most effective mantra for the cricket World Cup. The same mantra had helped the Indian side win the world title in 2011 and may well propel the present team on the right track in Australia. Kirsten, who coached India to its second World Cup victory four years ago, said the side must identify its strengths and weaknesses and formulate its game plan accordingly. “At the end of
the day, in order to be successful at any event you have to be very real about what you are good at and what you are not good at. It
is tough that you need to limit the damage (things) you are not good at. And I thought we did that well in 2011. We realised that it is not going to be our strength and limited the damage there,” Kirsten said at an event organised by Royal Stag in the run-up to the World Cup.It has set its own identity. Everyone wants to win the 50-over World Cup. It is important for the ongoing prosperity of the game,” he said.
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Gujarat CM distributes over 2,500 ‘Ma-Vatsalya’ cards
Ahmedabad, Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel today said that Gujarat Government is providing assistance of Rs.70-crore on ‘MaVatsalya’ Yojna for the treatment of poor families suffering from serious diseases. Speaking at a function to mark distribution of ‘MaVatsalya’ cards to over
2,500 needy women and other events here, she said this compassionate scheme is for mothers and girls and children under-21 belonging to families below the poverty line earning less than Rs.1.20-lakh per annum, to ensure the poor did not die for want of treatment. She described cleanliness as one of the basic civic amenities. She
called for creating awareness and inculcating habits for cleanliness from childhood, arranging functions at schools it being the responsibility of the respective school management. Dirtiness spread disease; cleanliness should be matter of habit. Mrs. Patel inaugurated Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC)’s 14th
Fire Station at Thaltej built at a cost of Rs.10-crore to serve the western zone, and also Ambli primary school and the renovated Sola primary school. She honoured Shantaba for bearing the cost of school’s renovation and other donors for providing computers. She launched the online file tracking software installed at the Ahmedabad Collectorate. It is aimed at solving the people’s problems online. She wished the software is installed in all the district towns. Those present on the occasion included Ahmedabad Mayor Meenaxiben Patel, MLAs Babubhai J. Patel, Arvind Patel and Nirmalaben Wadhwani, Collector Rajkumar Beniwal and DDO Udit Agrawal, among others.
GVFL announces final closure of Golden Gujarat Growth Fund – I with a corpus of Rs. 426 Crore
Ahmedabad, GVFL Ltd. today announced the final closure of its Golden Gujarat Growth Fund – I, which is as on 17th December 2014 with a corpus of Rs. 426 crore. The Fund life will be 6 years from the date of closing and exit is expected through secondary sale, promoter buy back, SME stock exchange listing. The Fund is expects to provide returns to the tune of 20% + to its investors in time. Investments are mostly done through equity and structured products. The focus of investment is Private Industrial Park, Renewable Energy (wind and solar), urban infrastructure etc.
The Fund has made 4 investments: A.Ratnakar Estate Developers Pvt Ltd – A private Industrial Park near Por Industrial Estate, Vadodara B.Hubtown Ltd. Renovation of Bus Station cum Commercial complex at 4 centres in Gujarat namely Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Mehsana C.Development of a 36 MW Windfarm Project of
SITAC RE at Jasdan, Amreli, Gujarat D.Ushdev Power Holdings Private Ltd. (UPHPL) for acquiring operating wind power assets The Golden Gujarat Growth Fund was originally sponsored by Govt. of Gujarat in 2011 and investors in the Fund include Govt. of Gujarat, LIC of India, SIDBI, SBI, BoB, IFCI, UBI, Central Bank of India, Dena Bank, Bank of India, Syndicate Bank, SBH, SBM, SBT, NABARD, GIC,Oriental Insurance, New India Assurance and United India Insurance. The Fund has also developed a pipeline of projects and very soon intends to invest in a Solar Power project and one in an urban infrastructure project. The team is headed by Dr. Harish Pattnaik, Director & CEO, GVFL, a veteran Banker and Private equity professional supported by 5 other investment officials.
Reliance Sabarmati Marathon Amdavad 2015 this Sunday
Plastindia 2018 will be Ahmedabad Collector office gets hosted in Gandhinagar Online File Tracking System EWMS AHMEDABAD Plastindia Foundation recently announced Gandhinagar as the venue for the subsequent exhibition to be held in February 2018. The exhibition concluded last week with a whooping visitor attendance of approximately 2 lakh. One of the largest Plastics Exhibitions of the world was inaugurated by the chief minister Anandiben Patel and Saurabh Patel, minister for finance, petrochemicals, power, and tourism, Gujarat. With 5% cash subsidy offered by Government of Gujarat for purchase of machinery from Gujarat-based companies and 3 % for out of Gujarat but within India machine manufactures received an
over whelming response at the show. Subhash Kadakia, president, Plastindia Foundation, said, "Plastindia 2015 has surpassed all our expectations. Besides India, the show saw participation from companies in UK, France, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, China, Taiwan, Italy, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Abu Dhabi, Qatar and Korea etc. It gives me immense pleasure to formally announce Gandhinagar as the official venue for Plastindia 2018." "The success of the 4th edition of Proplast will boost the exports of the finished plastics products from India" added Rajeev Chitalia, vice president Plastindia Foundation.
Horse show, camel show, dog show, arms exhibition held at Nada Bet Nada bet, Banaskantha Nadabet area of Suigam taluka of Banaskantha district today witnessed horse and camel show in presence of minister Shankarbhai Chaudhary. This area is located in Rann of Kutch, not far from international border with Pakistan. The event was organized to boost domestic tourism. The Minister, arm however in his speech said in future this event will be expanded to attract
participation from all over the country. Akhil Bharatiya Sima Jankalyan Samiti General Secretary Gopalkrushnaji and Gondal Pith Acharya Ghanshyam Maharaj attended the event. An exhibition of arms was organized here by Border Security Force. Va r i o u s g o v e r n m e n t departments had installed stalls. March past of horses and god show were other highlights of this event.
Ahmedabad, District Collector of Ahmedabad has started a facility of Online file tracking system. The system has been named as Employe Work Management System(EWMS). With implementation of this system, an applicant
will be able to know status of his application online. Launching this system today in a function i Ahmedabad, state Chief Minister said with implementation of this system, an applicant will nt need to come to the government office to know about the status of his/her
a p p l i c a t i o n . Communication on missing details in application or its clearance will be conveyed through email address and SMS. EWMS will be implemented in all districts gradually. An applicant will need to log on to www.ahmedabadcollector.in to know that on which table his/her application has landed. Any new file entered in collector, prant or mamlatdar office will get a new EWMS identity. An applicant will get receipt of his/her file in Lok Sahayata kendra. At the same time he/whe will get SMS of EWMS ID.
Somnath Trust gears up for Maha Shivaratri
Shri Somnath Shri Somnath Trust has in a statement issued here today said that it will open three control room and a toll free number 18002333160 during Maha Shivaratri for
visitors to assist them. According to an announcement, on Maha Shivaratri day, Shri Somnath Mandir and Ahalyabai Mandir will be opened at 4.00 am. A replica of main
Shivalinga will be installed in mandir campus so that people can offer abhishek there. 21 crore Shiv japn and Shiv smaran maha yagna has been organized on Maha Shivratri occassion on 17 February. Lok Dayro and Shiv aradhana event will take place on 16 and 17 February. Entry of ST bus and two wheeler vehicles will be allowed till Shankh Circle(Adhyapan mandir). Maha Mritinjay Yagna will be organized during 16-18 February.
GVFL Board is now chaired by Shri G. C. Murmu, IAS, CMD, GIIC Limited. Other directors include Shri Maheshwar Sahu, Retd. ACS (Ind. & Mines Dept., Govt. of Gujarat), Shri S. B. Dangayach and Shri S. C. Sahasrabudhe. About GVFL : GVFL Limited (formerly Gujarat Venture Finance Limited) is widely regarded as pioneer of Venture capital in India. It is an independent, autonomous Board managed venture finance company based in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Over the past two decades GVFL has spawned seven Funds which have supported more than 80 companies. Unique feature of GVFL’s approach has been its broad spectrum support to its funded entities that ranged from strategic direction to governance support.
Ahmedabad, Gujarat Chief Minister
will flag off Reliance Sabarmati Marathon
Amdavad 2015 on 15th February at Sabarmati Riverfront(West) near Va l l a b Sadan in Ahmedabad. Full marathon of 42.195 km, half marathon 21.087 km, Amdavad dream run 6 km and Run for differently abled 5 km are part of the event. Prize distribution function will be held at Vallabh Sadan near Sabarmati Riverfront(West) at 9.45 amin presence of city Mayor and Rajya Sabha MP Parimal Nathwani.
Beauty salons in Ahmedabad register rise in footfall ahead of Valentine's Day AHMEDABAD With Valentine's Day just around the corner, men and women both seem to be going quite far to look good and are shelling out anything between Rs 2,000 to Rs 10,000 and even more to ensure they look pictureperfect, according to a survey conducted by ASSOCHAM social Development Foundation. There has been a rise of about 25-40 per cent in footfall in beauty salons across cities as more and more men and women go for a makeover and a variety of cosmetic and other indulgent treatments, revealed a just-concluded quick survey of ASSOCHAM under the aegis of its Social Development Foundation. Apart from getting a fancy hairdo other most popular beauty treatments include massage, hair colour, facial, hair removal, manicure, pedicure, skin treatment,
botox and tooth whitening the survey noted. It further highlighted that men are almost on a par with women when it comes to the amount of money and time they spend on looking good. ASSOCHAM Social Development Foundation had interacted with about 100 working professionals in the age group of 25-30 years (equal number of both men & women) with minimum pay package of over Rs 20,000 per month and about 30 unisex beauty salons in Ahmedabad to gauge grooming trends amid Amdavadis this Valentine's Day. The survey had been conducted during the course of last fortnight. While about 35 out of 50 women in Ahmedabad said they are getting a makeover for Valentine's day and will spend between Rs 2,000Rs 5,000 on various beauty treatments, about 10 said they are coughing up anything between Rs 5,000-
Rs 10,000 for looking their best. However, the remaining said they are not really spending much on enhancing their appearance especially for the Valentine's Day. On the other hand, about 30 men interviewed by ASSOCHAM representatives said they plan to spend anything between Rs 2,000-Rs 5,000 for various treatments at salons especially for Valentine's Day while 15 said they are not getting any special makeover for V-day and the remaining said they are splurging significant amounts on various specialty services at salons. While all the unisex beauty salons surveyed by ASSOCHAM Social Development Foundation in Ahmedabad reported a rise in footfall, about half of these said they have seen a surge of 25-50 per cent in footfall in past few days and many even said they have added significant number of new clientele.
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