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News Brief WCD dept official caught accepting bribe Agency : Mandsaur, Apr 14
A Women and Child Development (WCD) department official was today caught while she was allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000, Lokayukta police said. District project officer Anjubala Masih, 35, was nabbed while taking Rs 50,000 as bribe from the complainant, who runs an NGO in Kityani area here, Lokayukta SP, Ujjain region, Siddharth Chaudhary. The officer had demanded a bribe of Rs 70,000 to clear the bill of Rs 1.
2 killed in fire at UP tannery Agency : Kanpur, Apr 14
Two persons were killed today when a major fire broke out at a tannery in Jajmau area here, police said. Around 14 labourers were working in the fivestorey building, located at Hindustan Compound, when it caught fire around 4.00 AM, Circle Officer, Cantt area Sushil Dhule said. Of them, two received serious burn injuries and were rushed to a nearby private hospital where doctors declared them brought dead, he said.
Divided colours of Ahmedabad Saffron uniform for Hindu kids, green for Muslim
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Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation’s Shahpur Public School and Dani Limda Public School are unique for being its only English-medium schools. They also have another distinction. While the uniform at Shahpur school where most of the students are Hindus is saffron-coloured, the Dani Limda school where almost all the students are Muslims has a green uniform. The other 454 schools run by AMC, all non-English-medium, have the same blue-and-white uniform. “The selection of
green (as uniform for the Dani Limda school) was a random decision and has nothing to do with any community. We had other options, of pink and blue, too but, keeping in mind the suitability to children, green was finalised,” AMC School Board Chairman Jagdish Bhavsar said. He termed the selection of saffron for the Shahpur school as a “nonpartisan decision” too, taken without any “prejudice or preference” towards a community or organisation. Asked if the colour choices had anything to do with the religion of the students,
Agency : NEW DELHI Marking the 124th birth anniversary of Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, Google on Tuesday changed its doodle to an image of the revolutionary Indian leader. The doodle is featuring in 7 countries apart from India across 3 continents, including Argentina, Chile, India,
Ireland, Peru, Poland, Sweden and the United Kingdom. The doodle which shows an image of Babasaheb is a tribute to the Father of the Indian constitution who was a front face in the Indian freedom movement and an ardent social reformer who stood for Dalit rights and women’s
PM Modi’s Air India One develops snag, standby plane sent
Agency : New Delhi, Apr 14
The over USD 6 billion deal for 36 Rafale jets is likely to have a 30 per cent offset clause valuing to nearly USD 2 billion that the Indian private industry will be eyeing.
Bhavsar said, “There is no such thing about communities and colours associated with them.” More than 98 per cent of the students at Dani Limda Public School, located in the middle of the Muslim-majority Kanubhai ni chali slum in Dani Limda village, are Muslims. At
Shahpur Public School, more than 95 per cent students are Hindus. AMC introduced the English-medium schools with the hope of containing declining enrolment in municipal schools. Both the Shahpur school, opened in June 2013, and Dani Limda, opened last
empowerment. Ambedkar who passed away in 1952 had made an unparalleled contribution to the formation
of India. Various Indian politicians also took this occasion to pay their respects to the late leader.
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Agency : NEW DELHI Air India One, a Boeing 747-400 aircraft that carried Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Delhi to Berlin after halts in Paris, Toulouse and Hannover, developed engine problems and had to be replaced by another plane. The standby plane, kept in readiness in Mumbai, left early this morning for Berlin and was used for flying the Prime Minister and his entourage
to Ottawa in Canada on the last leg of his three-nation tour, Air India sources said. Air India has also sent some additional cabin crew along with the aircraft. As part of the protocol, the national carrier keeps one of its jumbo aircraft on the standby mode for such situations, they said. The Prime Minister had left Delhi for Paris on April 9 and is scheduled to return here on the morning of April 18.
subsequent year. Beginning this academic year, the Dani
Limda school is till Class II and the Shahpur one till Class III. It had no uniform till six months after its start, and the decision to have a green uniform was taken in December 2014. On Republic Day this year, the AMC School Board started distributing the new uniforms, comprising a green T-shirt and black shorts.
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Hyatt Hotels and Resorts has opened Hyatt Regency, Ahmedabad, Located within walking distance of the Sabarmati riverfront, the hotel has 210 rooms, including 19 suites. "The opening of Hyatt Regency Ahmedabad in one of India’s most business-oriented cities reinforces our
focus on India as a key market for development,” said Kurt Straub, Vice-President of Operations, India, for Hyatt. “India is an important region to our guests, and we have plans to continue growing representation of our brands here," he added. The hotel also offers the ‘hotel within a hotel’ concept at Hyatt
Regency Ahmedabad, where the Regency Club has been set up on the 10th floor of the hotel. Hyatt Regency Ahmedabad will offer a special opening rate of Rs. 5,555 for a limited period from April 11, 2015. During this time, guests can enjoy dining at Tinello or the Chai Shop and utilise the Fitness Centre and pool.
New Efforts Promised to Find Girls Kidnapped by Boko Haram
Creambell to focus on expanding base in Gujarat: CEO
Agency : New Delhi, Apr 14
Rafale deal likely to have a 30 pc offset clause
year, were till Class I initially, with classes added every
B R Ambedkar 124th birth anniversary: Google doodle changes in 7 countries as tribute
Question mark over Rahul's abilities: Dikshit Yet another Congress stalwart today voiced reservation over Rahul Gandhi's elevation as party president, with former Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit saying there was "skepticism" over his leadership qualities and pitched for continuance of Sonia Gandhi at the helm. The 77-yearold veteran said under Sonia Gandhi there was a "comfort feeling" and that the party could rely on the incumbent president's "overpowering and very successful" leadership for its revival.
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Creambell, one of the fastest growing ice-cream brands, has decided to focus on Gujarat and build up its presence in the state, a top official has said. "In the first phase, our focus is on Ahmedabad where we have already made an entry last month. It is the key icecream market of Gujarat and our products have been receiving good response ever since we entered in Ahmedabad," Creambell CEO Nitin Arora today over phone." In the second phase, we hope to expand our presence in Vadodara, Rajkot and Surat and then rest of Gujarat, he said. Creambell was established by RJ Corporation in 2003.
It is among the top five ice cream producers of the country with a 15 per cent market share. It has a strong presence in northern, central and southern regions of the country and has now made its entry into Gujarat market, said Arora. The icecream market in India is estimated at Rs 3,500 crore and Gujarat is expected to be the largest market and that is why we would be focusing on the state for next five years for consolidating our base, he said.
Agency : Chibok Marking the one-year anniversary of the kidnapping of 276 girls by Boko Haram, President-elect Muhammadu Buhari said on Tuesday that his government plans to do everything in its power to rescue them. However, Buhari was also careful not to overpromise. “We do not know if the Chibok girls can be rescued,” he said, according to Reuters. “Their whereabouts remain unknown.” The kidnappings grabbed international attention, in large part because of the viral hashtag campaign #BringBackOurGirls, and highlighted the misery being wrought by Boko Haram in its attempt to establish a religious caliphate in northern
Nigeria. “Let us use this anniversary to remind each other that the attack on Chibok was an attack on the dreams and aspirations of our young people,” Buhari said. Nigeria’s outgoing President, Goodluck Jonathan, was roundly criticized for his government’s slow response to the tragedy, which he claims was due to concerns that Boko
Haram would kill the girls. On Tuesday, Amnesty International released a report claiming that Boko Haram had abducted at least 2,000 women and girls since the beginning of 2014, with many being forced into sexual slavery or combat roles. The report also estimated that over 5,500 civilians had been killed during that time.
PVC pipe maker Skipper opens plant in Gujarat Agency : New Delhi Kolkata-based PVC pipe maker Skipper Tuesday announced its foray into the western region with a new manufacturing facility being
set up at Changodar near here. Company’s director Devesh Bansal said the new plant at Changodar, nearly 10 km from here, will be inaugurated tomorrow that
will increase its existing production capacity by twofold. “This will be our first PVC plant outside Kolkata. We are investing about Rs. 50 crore on this new plant, which will add another 10,000 MT in the first phase and expand it later on,” said Bansal. He said the facility will help them establish footing in the Rs. 6,000-crore PVC pipes western region market. He also said that Skipper is in process to add three more plants within one year.
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Stop fretting over Flipkart, Airtel Zero Here's something all of us protesting against Airtel Zero must know: In 2013, search giant Google had struck a deal with telecom major Bharti Airtel to offer Free Zone, in this case giving people up to one gigabit per month of free access to Gmail, Google+, and Google search. But almost no one in India had anything to say about it then. There were the few random critics but nothing even close to the kind of backlash they are receiving over Airtel Zero. In essence, both are similar. Then, Google was paying for our access. In Airtel Zero, other companies will pay for our access. The only difference is that now social media has sort of goaded us all into reacting. It has also forced Flipkart to cut its ties with the Airtel Zero plan — the criticism was getting simply too hot to handle and for a site that makes all its money online, it simply wasn't worth it. We'd like to think that Airtel will follow suit. But for the moment, according to an interview on ET Now, there aren't going anywhere. "The whole genesis of this was the launch of our product Airtel Zero. It was a very simple product. We are making stuff free for customers and we are getting businesses to pay for it. It is actually an innovative platform. It's been done in many parts of the world. It's an industry practise. We believe it is a way of getting a billion customers on the internet," Vittal told ET Now. In fact, the truth is that despite the Flipkart pullout, the fight is far from over. Rather, in many senses, it is just beginning. TRAI has released a consultation paper with 20 questions spread across 118 pages and wants you to send them an e-mail by April 24, 2015. And while it is important to lobby against any violation of net neutrality that may be in the offing, it is perhaps even more important that realise that plans like Airtel Zero have been around for a while; to realise that the violations were already taking place. Airtel's proposal isn't anything radically different from what many mobile carriers are already doing in countries as diverse as Phillippines, Kenya and more. In essence, these deals (we have also had similar deals between Vodafone and Facebook in India as well) give people free access to text-only version of 'essentials' like Facebook, Gmail, and the first page of search results under plans like Facebook Zero or Google Free Zone. But when you click on a link that takes you beyond this walled garden, that is when the data charges come into the mix. A lot of us may think of internet.org has a great initiative. But what is it really? It is a fight to get people to experience the internet through their sites first. It is also a fight to get them on to their platform and keep them there. So much so that the association between the internet and these sites changes to a point where these sites/services become the internet themselves. Susan Crawford, visiting professor of law at Harvard University and a codirector of Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society, calls it “a big concern” that Google and Facebook are the ones becoming the portal to Web content for many newcomers.
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‘Madamji’ put on hold as Priyanka Chopra gets busy
Agency : New Delhi Priyanka Chopra, who was to step into the shoes of a producer with new movie ‘Madamji’, will now have to wait for some more time. Reason being, that Priyanka is too busy to give her dates to this project, as a result it has got delayed further. “Priyanka and Madhur recently had a long meeting during which they mutually decided to put Madamji in cold storage for now. Unit members, who were prepping for the shoot have also
been informed of the same. There is no bad blood between the duo. They are in complete agreement on the problems which have been plaguing the project since it was announced.” “But Madhur’s bigger worry is Priyanka’s other commitments, which includes her American TV show which could get a longer run and demand more dates from her . He’s started developing another script with a different actor in mind,” the source added.
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“There are question marks over Rahul Gandhi's leadership qualities. For revival of Congress, Sonia Gandhi should continue to lead the party. She doesn't run away from her responsibilities and can be relied on,” - party's senior leader Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday said
'2 States', 'Haider' leading IIFA 2015 nominations Agency : MUMBAI Romantic comedy " 2 States" and Vishal Bhardwaj's Shakespearean adaptation " Haider" are leading at with nine and eight nominations at IIFA awards 2015 while superstars Aamir and Shah Rukh Khan are pitted against each other in the best actor category. Rajkumar Hirani's inspiring " PK" earned six nominations and Kangana Ranaut's " Queen" received 5 nominations for the 16th edition of International Indian Film Academy (IIFA), which will take place in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia from June 5-7. The best picture category is dominated by female-centric films like "Queen", " Highway" and Priyanka Chopra-fronted biopic " Mary Kom". "2 States" and "Haider" and "PK" will also compete in the category. Aamir and SRK are nomi-
nated in the best actor category for their roles in "PK" and 'Happy New Year" respectively. They will face competition from Hrithik Roshan ('Bang Bang'), Shahid Kapoor ('Haider'), Arjun Kapoor ('2 States') and Randeep Hooda ('Highway').
Randeep Hooda to star in social thriller 'Yeh Laal Rang'
Agency : Mumbai Actor Randeep Hooda has signed on to star in a social thriller, titled 'Yeh Laal Rang'. Set in a small town
Ahmedabad
of Haryana, the film will deal with the topical and hitherto unexplored issue of blood theft and blood mafia. The movie, to be directed by
Syed Ahman Afzal of 'Youngistan' fame and produced by Krian Media, will go on floors in July this year. "Randeep loved the story when he heard it," said the director. "Randeep is one of the finest actors we have in the business and has always created a lasting impression of the characters he has portrayed. The audience and the film trade recognize him as a complete actor. We are thrilled to be working with someone of his high calibre," said Raj Malik, SVP-Film Production and Distribution, Krian Media.
Kangana Ranaut, Madhavan’s ‘Tanu Weds Manu Returns’ release preponed Agency : Mumbai Aanand L Rai’s “Tanu Weds Manu Returns“, starring Kangana Ranaut and R Madhavan, will now release on May 22 instead of May 29. Produced by Eros International & Colour Yellow Productions, the film, a sequel to the 2011 hit of the same name, has completed within its schedule so the makers decided to prepone its theatrical run by a week. “While it was decided that ‘Tanu Weds Manu Returns’ would re-
lease on May 29, the schedule was completed earlier than planned. The makers are happy with the way the film has shaped up and believe that it is ready for audiences to enjoy. “Ad-
ditionally, preponing the film’s release to a week earlier allows them to have a better run at the B/O, owing to the fact that the next big ticket release will happen in June,” said a source.
Gabbar Is Back: Chitrangada joins Yo Yo Honey Singh in Aao Raja
Agency : New Delhi Chitrangada Singh is back in an item song, once again with Akshay Kumar. The latest song called Aao Raja from the film Gabbar Is Back is out now, and Chitrangada absolutely looks stunning in it. The last item number she
featured in was Kafirana in Joker (2012). The song has been voiced by Yo Yo Honey Singh and Neha Kakkar and has been featured as a theme song in the film. Gabbar Is Back is about a man's fight against corruption, and how he
turns his individual battle into a collective one. Directed by Krish, Gabbar Is Back is the remake of 2002 Tamil film Ramanna. Scheduled to hit the screens on May 1, 2015, the film also features Shruti Haasan in an important role.
Neil Nitin Mukesh: 'Prem Ratan Payo' boost to my career Walter Vetrivel actor Sukanya Dhan Agency : New Delhi
to work with Mahesh Babu Agency : Chennai South Indian actor Sukanya will do an important role in superstar Mahesh Babu's next yet-untitled Telugu project. The film is currently being shot in Malaysia. "Sukanya plays an important character. She will be seen as one of the family members of Mahesh Babu in the movie," said a source from the film's unit. Directed by Koratala Siva, the film features Shruti Haasan as the female lead. Popular actors such as Jagapathi Babu, Brahmanadam, Rajendra Prasad, Sampath Raj, Angana Roy, Shanoor Sana and Rahul Ravindran are part of the ensemble cast as well. Sukanya was last seen in last year's Tamil sleeper hit Ennamo Nadakkudhu. In Telugu, her last film was
Nandamuri Balakrishna-
starrer Adhinayakudu.
Amyra Dastur: Emraan has the bitchiest sense of humour Agency : Mumbai Amyra Dastur, 21, is honest, sensitive and simple. She dislikes confrontation and still carries the remnants of rejection she faced in school, due to her boyish looks. She appears to be dominating but that is more like her defence. Ahead of her upcoming film 'Mr. X',
she talks to Bombay Times about her emotionally tough years in Cathedral, why her brother Jehangir is her soulmate and how she is seriously dating a non-industry man. I am a full Parsi born and brought up in South Mumbai. My mum was an advertising professional till she had me and my dad is a
surgeon and is the director of Bhatia Hospital. I went to Cathedral School till I was 13, post which my brother Jehangir (who is a year younger to her) and I were both packed off to a boarding school in Pune, so that we could learn to behave ourselves as we were both very naughty.
Actor Neil Nitin Mukesh has pinned his hopes on upcoming Salman Khanstarrer Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, which he terms as one of the most important films of his career. The 33-yearold actor, who made a successful debut with Johnny Gaddaar in 2007, had a string of flops at the boxoffice in the recent past, including David, 3G and Shortcut Romeo. Neil is thrilled about working for PremRatanDhanPayo, which reunites Salman with filmmaker Sooraj Barjatya of Rajshri Productions. "This film is a big boost to my career. I couldn't have asked for more. It is going to be one of the biggest films in India. When I read the script, I was pleasantly sur-
prised because this is not a setting what people would expect from a Sooraj Barjatya film but at the same time he has maintained the essence of his movies so beautifully," Neil. The actor,
who plays Salman's younger step brother, Ajay Singh, said his complex role is new for a Barjatya film, which is known for its too good characters. "It is a very complex character.
Rithvik Dhanjani, Karan Patel ‘excited’ to co-host ‘Nach Baliye 7' Agency : New Delhi TV actors Rithvik Dhanjani and Karan Patel, who will be seen co-hosting the forthcoming seventh season of “Nach Baliye”, are looking forward to the experience on the dance reality show. “I’m extremely excited to be hosting ‘Nach Baliye’, as this year it’s not
just dancing… it’s too much! Since I was the winner last year, I have a fair idea of what a dancing quest looks like, so yes, I hope to do justice to the job at hand,” Rithvik said in a statement. Rithvik had won the sixth season of dance-based reality show “Nach Baliye” along with his girlfriendAsha
Negi. Even Karan has previously been a part of “Nach Baliye” in its third season, and while he has hosted many live events, this will be the first time he will be hosting a reality show.
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Preity Zinta Says Kings XI Punjab Team Is Not For Sale Agency : Mumbai few days back, there had been news that the owners of Kings XI Punjab are thinking of selling off the team but actress Preity Zinta, the co-owner of the team, recently rubbished the reports. When asked to comment on speculations that the owners of the team are planning to sell off the team, Preity rubbished the news and added that they have no intentions of selling the team as they are making
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profits and hoped that the team keeps performing well. Preity, who made her Bollywood debut with Dil Se, was last seen on the silver screen in the 2008 film Heaven On Earth.
HTC Desire 326G Dual Sim smartphone unveiled in India
Boult ahead of Dale Steyn at this moment for us: David Warner Agency : Bengaluru Not undermining Dale Steyn's ability with the ball, Sunrisers Hyderabad captain David Warner said that he wishes to continue with New Zealand speedster Trent Boult in the playing XI before he turns to the South African pacer's services in IPL-8. Boult, who was just behind leading-wicket taker Mitchell Starc in the cricket World Cup, bagged 3 wickets in the team's 8-wicket win against hosts Royal Challengers Bangalore, yesterday. "Trent Boult was the best bowler behind Mitchell Starc in the Wold Cup. The condition suited him here and suited him in the last game. We just feel Trent is just ahead of Dale. We will definitely use Dale in the tourna-
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Spreadtrum SC7731G processor and runs on Android 4.4 (KitKat) with HTC Sense UI on top. The rear camera of Desire 326G Dual Sim has an 8MP resolution, while the front camera takes selfies at 2MP. The HTC smartphone has connectivity options like 2G, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and microUSB 2.0. The smartphone has 1GB RAM and 8GB internal memory that can be expanded up to 32GB via a MicroSD card. It comes in White Birch and Black Onyx colours, and has a 2,000mAh battery.
Agency : Mumbai Having stood by each other after the backlash they faced due to Virat Kohli’s unfortunate performance at the Cricket World Cup in Australia last month, Anushka Sharma and beau Virat Kohli are done keeping their relationship under wraps. Pictures of the actress traveling along with Virat Kohli on Royal Challengers Bangalore team bus have started making the rounds. Seated next to each other, both Virat and Anushka are pictured looking engrossed in their phone screens as they travel on the IPL team bus. Captained by Virat
ment. At the moment Trent is going fantastic so Dale just misses out," Warner told reporters at the post-match press conference here. Warner lauded his bowlers on restricting RCB to under 170 by using the wet condition to swing the ball and hit the right areas. "The bowling was really good. I felt our
bowlers used the conditions well early on to swing the ball. We gave away in the middle overs, Karn Sharma bowled really well PK (Praveen Kumar) did well too. He further said they did not bowl well against Chennai Super Kings, a match they lost, as they gave far too many extras.
Housing Finance Ltd have reduced home loan rates. All these changes may lead home loan borrowers to think if it’s time to reassess the loan. Is this an opportunity to switch to a lower rate home loan? A base rate cut doesn’t always give the same benefit to an existing borrower as it does for the new borrower. Let’s take a look at the SBI home loan rate change. “New customers will get home loan at 9.85% and 9.90% whereas an existing customer’s home loan rates will drop to 9.95-10% from 10.1010.15%,” said J. Lakshmi, chief general manager-real estate, habitat and housing development, SBI.
India to produce about 1,100 billion units of power in 2015-16 Agency : New Delhi he government has set a target of generating close to 1,100 billion units of electricity during the current financial year as the coal supply at thermal power stations has eased. This target is over seven per cent of the previous fiscal's target of 1,023 billion units (BUs). The actual generation numbers for the fiscal gone were not available.
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According to the latest report by the Central Electricity Authority (CEA), the government has set a target of producing 1,098 BUs of power during 2015-16. The central sector plants will contribute 411 BUs and state sector 401 BUs to the total targeted capacity. Another report by CEA said that the fuel supply at thermal power plants has improved.
Agency : Kolkata Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) skipper Gautam Gambhir on Tuesday donated Rs.4 lakh to help the cash-strapped Indian ice hockey team in their quest for participation in the 2015 Challenge Cup of Asia in Kuwait. The ice hockey
Kohli, Royal Challengers Bangalore recently won the match against Kolkata Knight Riders. Throughout the game, Anushka was seen cheering for her man and his team. The couple seems closer as ever after the World Cup incident. They were recently in Delhi to attend cricketer Suresh
Raina’s wedding. However, due to Virat’s practice commitments, they were unable to make it to the ceremony, but were present for the engagement. It was during this trip to the capital that Anushka reportedly paid a visit to Virat’s residence and spent time with his family members.
team is faced with a financial crisis going into the tournament and has resorted to crowd funding in a bid to collect money for participation in the tournament. Gambhir said he heard of the team's plight on radio and decided to donate the amount through his chari-
table trust - Gautam Gambhir Foundation (GGF). "I felt it is a moral responsibility to support the game of ice hockey, it is a disgrace that in a country like India where sports have so much support these games are neglected. As a sportsman I believe I should always support smaller games,” Gambhir told reporters at the event where he gave away the cheque to the Indian team. The ice hockey team's captain, Ladakh-born Tsewang Gyaltson, said he was overwhelmed by the support and hopes to do well in the coming championship.
Champions League quarter-final: Time to settle old scores in Madrid Agency : Madrid its record haul of European the Copa del Rey. Yet, it Last season’s Champions League finalists Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid meet for the seventh time this season in Tuesday’s Champions League quarterfinal first leg, with revenge in mind for both. This is a rematch of the 41 defeat Madrid dealt Atletico in last season’s final when Cristiano Ronaldo’s club increased
IPL - 8 : 2015
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Buoyed by their thrilling lastball win against Delhi Daredevils, a confident Rajasthan Royals will take on a beleaguered Mumbai Indians in an Indian Premier League cricket encounter on Tuesday. Having won their first two matches on the road, the Steven Smith-led side will be playing their first match in their "adopted home" venue of Sardar
Patel Stadium in Motera. For Royals, the tournament couldn't have started on a better note as they had two contrasting victories in their first two games. While the the 26-run win against Kings XI Punjab in Pune was a walk in the park, the Royals were stretched to the limit by Daredevils in their second match where Tim Southee got them home with a splendid last-ball boundary. The
IPL unearths new talent every year and the talk after the first five days has been about young Baroda all-rounder Deepak Hooda, who has surprised one and all with composure and big-hitting abilities. The 25-ball 54 against DD has made the young Haryanvi 'talk of the town' and with Ajinkya Rahane and Smith for company, the youngster would be expected to blossom further.
IPL-8: Mumbai Indians Rely On Rohit To Provide Starts, Says Harbhajan
Right time to switch Gautam Gambhir donates Rs 4 lakh to a new home loan? to cash-strapped ice hockey team I Agency : New Delhi n the past seven days, at least nine financial institutions have cut their minimum lending rate by 15-25 basis points (bps). One basis point is one-hundredth of a percentage point. State Bank of India (SBI), HDFC Bank Ltd and Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd cut their base rate by 15 bps to 9.85% from 10%. Axis Bank Ltd reduced its base rate by 20 bps to 9.95%. ICICI Bank Ltd cut its base rate by 25 bps to 9.75% from 10%. Non-banking finance companies including Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd (HDFC), Dewan Housing Finance Corp. Ltd and Indiabulls
SPORTS ROUNDUP IPL 8: In-form Rajasthan Royals take on resurgent Mumbai Indians
Anushka Sharma hitches a ride in Virat Kohli’s IPL team bus Agency : New Delhi aiwanese manufacturer HTC has launched yet-another entry-level smartphone, named Desire 326G Dual Sim, in the Indian market, along with HTC One E9+ and HTC One M9+. The company has not revealed the price of the smartphone; however, it did reveal that the smartphone will be available with all major retailers from the second half of May. HTC Desire 326G Dual Sim has a 4.5-inch FWVGA screen, is powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core
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Cups to 10. But don’t forget Madrid were losing that derby until Sergio Ramos equalised in stoppage time. However, the tables have been turned this season as Atletico have won four and drawn two of the six meetings so far this season. That run has included two aggregate victories over two legs in the Spanish Supercup and
was their last encounter in La Liga in February that was the most embarrassing for Real as Atletico romped to their biggest victory in a Madrid derby for 28 years in a 4-0 rout. “The last result against Atletico is a motivating factor for us,” said Real boss Carlo Ancelotti. The return leg is at Real's Bernabeu stadium on April 22.
Agency : Mumbai On Sunday, Mumbai Indians suffered their second successive loss after going down by 18 runs to Kings XI Punjab while chasing the visitor's 178-run target at their fortress Wankhede
Stadium. Rohit, who scored an unbeaten 98 in the IPL-8 opener against KKR, failed to score after being done in by an inswinging beauty from Sandeep Sharma off the second ball of MI's innings. A collapse ensued. The
Mumbai Indians take on a buoyant Rajasthan Royals at Ahmedabad's Sardar Patel Stadium today. And though the Mumbai franchise has many big-hitters in their middle order, Harbhajan believes MI's fortunes depend heavily on the start provided by Rohit. "Losing Rohit up front was a big blow for us as he's not only our best batsman, but a class player. If he gets going, we chase runs easily. Corey Anderson and Kieron Pollard are there to do the job (in the middle order), but we still want Rohit to give us the start and if he gets going, no total looks difficult," Harbhajan said at the postmatch press conference after Sunday's defeat.
BCCI Interrogation: Lodha panel quizzes top members as cricket clean-up continues Agency : New Delhi If a report in The Indian Express is anything to go by, then the Supreme Court appointed three-member panel appointed to probe conflict of interest in the Board of Control for Cricket in India (stemming from the Indian Premier League controversy) has taken board members to task by posing some pressing questions to them — and even president Jagmohan Dalmiya and secretary Anurag Thakur have not been spared. The panel, whose primary objective is to clean up cricket — consists of former Chief Justice of India RM Lodha and former Supreme Court judges Justices Ashok Bhan and R V Raveendran. They are also incharge of recommending changes to the way the board functions — and the questions are very much
in line with their mission. The report says that the panel met former and current members of the board in Mumbai last week to question them. The conflict of interest within the board created a furore during former BCCI chief N Srinivasan's reign and the eventual ban on him to stand for re-election. That hearing saw the Supreme Court quash Rule 6.2.4 which allowed BCCI administrators
the right to hold commercial stakes in events. One of the questions indicate that the panel wants to know what members perceive as 'conflict of interest'. It asks, 'when a player/team official of an IPL team is the employee of the franchisee/owner of another team, did the BCCI perceive a Conflict of Interest? Dalmiya and Thakur are expected to meet the panel soon to answer the same questions.
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Charotar Education Society to cel- Gujarat PSUs to start mod- 88-year old GLS attains university status; ebrate centenary year with a difference ern schools as CSR activity plans to launch new age professional courses Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
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The Charotar Education Society on Tuesday made announcements to mark its Centenary Year celebrations beginning from April 16. Addressing the media, senior board members from CES stated that the institution which is one of the oldest educational institutes in Gujarat would like to rollout a series of activities throughout the year to mark the centenary year. Almost all of the events are focused on inculcating values and providing a larger platform to academic and sports activities. “This institute was started at a time when education was not considered priority in this region as compared to other fortunate regions in Gujarat. It was in 1916 when regions under monarchic patronage were witnessing considerably high educational activities due to direct motivation from the rulers that, a tough call was taken by Motibhai
Gujarat’s Government has asked it’s all the Public Sector Units(PSUs) to start modern schools matching education quality with top private schools in the backward areas of the state. The state education department has written to the Bureau of Public Enterprise (BPE) and all the department heads to instruct the PSUs under them to start modern school as their Corporate Social Responsibility(CSR). For the current year top ten PSUs like GSPC, GMDC,
Narsinhbhai Amin who himself was a principal in 1905. There is much to praise about his efforts to give education a different meaning in the pre-independence era and his efforts paid off, as today CES has remained unaffected despite ups and downs, still following the same principles of providing value based education that is true in its true meaning,” said Nirav Patel, Chairman CES. Narrating CES’s active role during freedom movement Mr. Ketan D. Patel said, “The credit goes to Shri
Fire show at Sabarmati River Front on April 20 Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
After British Air-show, people of Ahmedabad will have opportunity to witness the drill of Fire brigade at Sabarmati River Front in Ahmedabad. On the occasion of 14th April Fire Brigade day, Ahmedabad Fire and Emergency Service jawans will showcase their
strength and present live demonstrations of their activities and capacities on 20th April at Sabarmati River Front. Fire jawans who performed best on duty will be felicitated. Common people will be shown the equipments Fire jawans use during the function.
Motibhai Amin who had a vision to uplift the level of education to a level in Charotar region which is respected in the society.
Jairam Ramesh says PM lying about land bill, “appreciates” RSS stand Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh today alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was lying about the amendments made by his government to the land acquisition Bill, and said he “appreciates” the RSS’ stand on the issue. Ramesh, who was here to brief the media about his party’s stand on the second land ordinance, claimed that Modi was taking undue credit for some provisions in the new bill which were already there in the bill passed during UPA rule in 2013. “…our PM is repeatedly telling lies about the bill in ‘Mann Ki Baat’ and in his speeches… It seems Modi believes people will start be-
Agents take bachelors for a ride with ‘cheater’ brides Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
Six months ago, a family approached Jhaghadia police in Bharuch stating that the bride for their three sons fled with gold ornaments worth Rs 1.5 lakh hours after wedding. The Patel family had paid Rs 50,000 to the agent to find a match for their sons. "Severe shortage of girls in the Patel community had forced them to choose a tribal girl through an agent, that too a single bride in order to keep the landholding in the family. They registered a complaint only because they had taken debt to pay for the wedding," police said. Mahesh Patel of Dhandhuka was engaged to
Nita. He was shocked when he discovered that Nita was getting engaged to another youth in Surat. Mahesh contacted crime branch, which busted a racket run by Mehsana-based Sanjay Darji and wife. The couple confessed they had earned Rs 20 lakh in seven years. In a state hit by skewed sex ratio of 918 women per 1,000 men and 886 girls per 1,000 boys as per census 2011, bachelors desperate for brides have become soft targets for agents. Police said an average of 125-150 cheating cases are recorded annually. This, police admitted, is only 20% of the total cases as victims avoid go-
BAPS introduces two new courses in Sanskrit at Sarangpur
Correspondent, Rajkot
Bochasanvasi Akshar P u r u s h o t t a m Sanstha(BAPS) has introduced new courses in Sanskrit in its Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya which functions at Sarangpur BAPS Swaminarayan Mandir complex in affiliation with Somnath Sanskrit Univer-
sity. One new course is on Hindu culture and Sanrktis language which has been titled as ‘post graduate diploma in Sanskrit and Hindu studies’. The other course is titled as ‘Diploma in Karmakand’. BAPS is also planning an international conference of experts at Sarangpur mandir.
GIDC, GSFC, GUVNL and others have been asked to start process of at least two schools either in the backward region or in the area of their working. The state education department will give land if the PSU do not have land. The State Education department has also formed a new scheme also to promote modern schools by the PSUs and private companies in the backward region. It is also taking help of newly formed Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) authority.
ing to police fearing social infamy. Worst-hit districts include Mehsana, Patan, Surendranagar, Rajkot, Sabarkantha, Kheda, Amreli, Jamnagar, Bharuch, Vadodara and Surat. R V Asari, SP, Surendranagar, said, "In the past year, we have busted gangs in Limdi, Wadhwan, Surendranagar and Patdi." "Patels are wary of marrying dalit girls due to caste discrimination. As tribal community is seen as caste-neutral, they are preferred," said sociologist Gaurang Jani.
The controversy over redesigning of some Cept University structures took a new turn on Wednesday with retired professor of architecture and former dean, Neelkanth Chhaya, starting an online petition urging the university chairman Sanjay Lalbhai and president Bimal Patel "to stop changes to the campus buildings and maintain architectural, historical and cultural value". Chhaya had taught at Cept as a fulltime member of faculty for 25 years. Unlike Doshi,
88-year old Gujarat Law Society which runs eight self-financed institutes in Ahmedabad, has now attained the status of independent university with effect from 11 March, 2015. The formal announcement in this regard was made today by the management of the institution at a press conference held at the GLS campus in the city. All 8 institutes run by GLS will come under the gamut of GLS University. Addressing the me-
dia, Shri Sudhir Nanavati, President, GLS University said, “With the establishment of GLS University, we would be able to have much sought after autonomy to establish its course structures, curriculum management and student development activities, which will be now undertaken in a standardized manner as per the common directions of the state universities. In addition to that, we also intend to launch several innovative programs, which are non-
existent in the conventional university framework. There are several specialized courses which are much in demand in the industry, such as those in the area of information technology, law, communications, management and design. GLS has been constantly looking at ways to initiate these courses, but for the want of university affiliation and lack of system of initiation of these courses, it had been constrained to remain in the conventional models of education.”
Village gets Narmada water but dalits don’t lieving the lies if they are repeated. “The PM claimed he is bringing a new law with a provision where land-losers will get fourtimes more compensation.The Rajya Sabha MP also slammed Modi for his claims that defence-related projects were stalled due to the 2013 law saying, “this is a total lie. If Modi takes pain to read Section 40, he will learn that
the old law has already exempted defence projects from obtaining consent or from social impact assessment for the land acquisition.” Congress’ opposition was not political, but was for the greater cause of people living in villages as well as cities, he said, alleging that Modi government was planning to change the existing law only for the benefit of corporates.
State BJP members resolve to forgo LPG subsidy Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
As many as 370 members of the Gujarat BJP's executive committee have resolved to surrender their LPG subsidies in line with the call of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the citizens to give up subsidized gas connections. These include chief minister Anandiben Patel , state party president R C Faldu and others members of state BJP executive committee. A
resolution in this regard was passed on Sunday during meeting of the state executive committee at the party headquarters in Gandhinagar. The party has further asked the 'well-off' members of its district and taluka level executive committees to follow the footsteps of the state leaders. With this, Gujarat BJP members became the first from a political party to resolve to surrender LPG subsidy.
Cept row: Former dean launches online petition Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
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who has stopped attending official events, Chhaya has been interacting with students and addressing talks. His petition on an online petitions website had attracted more than 200 signatures till 8pm on Monday. The petition has also been circulating via Facebook and WhatsApp. The petition says: "Buildings on Cept campus are examples of post-Independence architecture in India. The campus as a whole is a very interesting exercise in site planning, climatic adaptation
and landscaping. The significance of this work of architecture cannot be overestimated, and one can arguably claim that the campus and buildings should be considered among the most important works of architecture in the latter part of the 20th Century, not only nationally but internationally too." It further says: "The campus has been the location of many important events in the history of education for architecture, planning, construction technology and interior design.
Correspondent, CHOKI Urmila Parghi, a dalit girl from Choki village of Limbdi taluka of Surendranagar district, cannot fetch water from a Narmada water sump in her village as she is shooed away by women from other castes. There is a stampede like situation whenever water is supplied at the sump and dalits are lucky if they
manage to get even a bucket of water. Even as the ruling BJP in the state is aiming to extol dalit icon Dr B R Ambedkar on his birth anniversary on Tuesday, the dalit community continues to live in pitiable conditions as it struggles to get the basic amenities. "We have to wander in search of potable water on the outskirts. It is a
daily battle," says Urmila's mother Tejuben. Almost one fifth of the 4,000 Choki village residents are dalits. The water stand posts at Dalitvas for providing Narmada water to them in 2009 were destroyed by those who have had disputes with the community. "While we do not get water from the village sump even after walking half a kilometre, the water in our dalit well is not potable. We want to ask why the first woman chief minister of the state does not understand the plight of dalit women and take steps to address their demand?" asks Ramuben Parghi. Village sarpanch Chatur Ghodkiya, while accepting that the village is facing a water supply problem, denies there is discrimination against the dalits.
Probe Teesta’s NGO for misuse of foreign funds: Gujarat govt to centre Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
The Gujarat government has sought a probe into the role of activist Teesta Setalvad’s NGO alleging that it misused funds received from a foreign donor to create ‘communal disharmony’. “We have written a letter to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh seeking probe into the role of Setalvad’s NGO (Sabrang Trust) after we found out funds given to the NGO were misused,” Gujarat Minister of State for Home Rajnikant Patel. Gujarat police has already filed a case of embezzlement of funds against her. “During the investigation of Gulberg Society museum funds embezzlement case, these things came to light,” Patel said. “We learnt that the funds which they received, especially from the (USbased) Ford Foundation,
were actually used for disturbing the communal harmony here and carrying out anti-national propaganda against India in foreign countries,” he claimed. “According to the information
given by Ford Foundation (to state police), we came to know that she had used the funds to carry out a campaign against the Gujarat government and also against the country,” he said.
Gir luxury hotel ordered to shut down in 2 days Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
Gujarat high court on Monday refused to protect the Indian Hotels Company Ltd's luxury resort in the Gir National Park from the sealing intended by the local authorities over absence of NOC to run hotel in the area. When the hotel management -the Taj group-moved the HC against the sealing notice, a bench of Justice Jayant Patel and Justice GB Shah said that people would "laugh at the judiciary that it cannot reach the mighty, if they interfere in this case".
The judges said that there must not be any special treatment given to any hospitality unit as compared to small ones, which were sealed earlier. They have given two days' time to intimate guests to vacate the structure. Local authorities slapped a notice to the hotel on Friday giving it a time till April 15 to vacate and close it down. When the authorities sealed hotels and resorts run by the locals, one of such property owners complained that the officials did not act against luxurious hotels.
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