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138 cartons of illicit liquor seized Ghaziabad, Feb 18 110 cartons of countrymade foreign liquor worth Rs 1 lakh was today seized here from a vehicle, police said. Around 9 am the police patrol van was on a routine vehicular check near Teela Shahbazpur village. The team signalled a mini tempo to stop for checking. Upon search 110 cartons worth Rs 1 lakh were recovered from it, SHO Loni border police station Virender Yadav said. The driver of the tempo, identified as Lalit was arrested.
Uber given 7-day ultimatum by Delhi govt New Delhi, Feb 18 US-based radio taxi service Uber has been given a seven-day ultimatum by Delhi government to remove deficiencies in its application for running cabs in the national capital, failing which its plea to procure licence will be rejected. Government has also given such final opportunity to another app-based cab service provider 'Serendipity Infolabs Pvt Ltd' to remove deficiencies found its application.
Come clean on Pakistan boat issue : Congress New Delhi, Congress on Wednesday sought to corner the NDA goverment over the Pakistan terror boat issue and charged that the Defence Ministry had treated the matter casually as the row over it deepened in the wake of remarks by a senior Coast Guard officer contradicting the official version of the incident. Demanding that the government come clean on the issue, Congress General Secretary Ajay Maken told reporters that the contradictory statements suggested that the Defence Ministry, led by Manohar Parrikar, had not handled the matter properly and “treated it casually.” He further said that instead of “threatening” a senior Coast Guard officer, the government should come out with the facts of the matter. Congress was reacting to the statements by Coast Guard DIG BK Loshali contradicting the Defence Ministry’s claim that he had ordered the blowing
up of an intruding Pakistani boat off Porbandar coast on New Year’s night. After the officer today made a U-turn and claimed he was misquoted, English daily Indian Express uploaded a video of the DIG in which he says that he had ordered on December 31 night to “blow up that boat”. “Let me tell you. I hope you remember 31st December night … We blew off that Pakistan… We have blown them off. I was there at Gandhinagar and I told at night, blow the boat off. We don’t want to serve them biryani,” Loshali said at a function in Surat yesterday. The Defence Ministry and Parrikar had said after the operation that the boat had blown up itself after its crew was asked to surrender. But with the Coast Guard officer’s remarks fuelling a row, Congress leader Manish Tewari earlier today asked the Defence Minister to introspect as to what was a bigger sin, blowing up the boat or “lying” to the nation.
PUCL welcomes SC decision on Setalvad New Delhi, Feb 18 People's Union for Civil Liberties today welcomed the Supreme Court's decision to grant protection from arrest to social activist Teesta Setalvad and her husband till February 19 in a case of alleged embezzlement of funds.
“Uncanny similarities to similar modus operandi the fake encounter syndrome
to bolster machismo & build Alpha image”, he added in another tweet.
defence cooperation authority Sibat, the pavilion showcases air defence systems, unmanned aerial vehicles, satellite models, missiles, aircraft selfprotection systems, electronic warfare systems, world's smallest camera drones, software's to automatically detect objects along with unique technological solutions developed by small and Israeli startups. "I am proud to be the first Israeli defence minister to visit India. We see the occasion as a sign of the relations between the
two countries deepening not only in defence, but also in many sectors," Ya'alon told the media. Noting that Israel had a strong defence industry, he said his country was ready to share its defence capabilities with India. On the cooperation between the two countries, Ya'alon said his country was willing to work in joint development and production to address the needs of India. "We are open for every option to work with our Indian counterparts," he added.
ministry said states have also not made any demand regarding drugs, diagnostic kits and other wherewithal to deal with the issue. Central government figures show that 10025 people have suffered from H1N1 virus so far this year, a new high in recent years. "There have been two deaths so far of patients who were infected with the H1N1 virus and 71 more patients have tested positive for the virus and are undergoing treatment," director, Sher-e-
Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Showkat Zargar told reporters in Srinagar. He said while one death was confirmed to have occurred due to the virus, another female patient had critical cardiac ailments as well and may have died of those ailments. Nagaland reported its first confirmed case with a woman testing positive for the flu. Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh are the worst-hit states with 183, 155 and 90 deaths reported from there respectively. In Punjab, the toll has risen to 24 while in neighbouring Haryana, the total number of deaths is 17. Six people have died in Uttar Pradesh where the number of positive cases has touched 114.
Israel to explore making defence products in India “Def Min what is a bigger sin blowing the Paki boat
or lying to the nation? If they were indeed terrorists
I lose only when I fail myself : Kiran Bedi NEW DELHI, Defending her post Delhi assembly polls statement — "It is not my defeat, it is a defeat of the BJP" — former chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi on Wednesday clarified that she said so because she had not failed herself in person. "There are two parameters of measuring success. One is the outer success and another inner success. So given my circumstances and capacity with which I approached people and the campaign, I asked myself
one question — Had I given my best shot," the former IPS officer asked while launching her co-authored book at the ongoing Delhi World Book Fair. "And I knew I had and that is why I said that I didn't lose. I lose when I fail myself and I win when I win for myself," she added. Bedi lost BJP's bastion of Krishna Nagar in east Delhi by 2,277 votes to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader S K Bagga, an advocate, who polled 65,919 votes to her 63,642 votes.
Bengaluru Israel is ready to explore making some defence products in India, its Defence Minister Moshe Ya'alon said Wednesday, responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Make in India' call to global aerospace firms to manufacture defence equipment in the country. "We welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi's policy of 'Make in India.' We will examine with the Indian government the concept of Make in India to produce some products in India," Ya'alon told reporters after inaugurating his country's pavilion at the Aero India trade expo at the Yelahanka base of the Indian Air Force (IAF) on the city's outskirts. Organised by the Israel's
Textile businessman makes Rs. Swine flu deaths at 663, 1.21 crore bid for Modi’s suit people affected cross 10,000
PUCL welcomes SC decision on Setalvad New Delhi, Feb 18 People's Union for Civil Liberties today welcomed the Supreme Court's decision to grant protection from arrest to social activist Teesta Setalvad and her husband till February 19 in a case of alleged embezzlement of funds. Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand were on February 13 granted protection from arrest for six days. However, the apex court had noted that the allegations against them were "grave" and it was also not a case of quashing the FIR.
why be ashamed of blowing them (sic),” Tewari tweeted.
Surat, Rajesh Juneja, a textile businessman today made a bid of Rs. 1.21 crore for Narendra Modi’s suit that Modi wore when he met American President Barack Obama in Delhi last month. Modi’s this suit and over 400 other gifts that he received in first 8 months of his term as Prime Minister of India are displayed at Science Gallery in Surat for three days during which its auction will also take place. Juneja in reply to media persons said that he is involved in setting up an ashram and he is impressed by Shri Modi. He said he has made a bid as per his capacity. He added that if someone makes higher bid, he would challenge it with
even higher bid but in Rs. 30-40 lakh range, and not beyond that. Earlier, an NRI Viren Chokshi had made Rs. 1.11 crore bid. The suit has been displayed at Science gallery through Narendra Modi’s real-size statue. It will continue to attract bids till evening of 20th of February. Offers for Modi’s pinstripe suit started from Rs. 11 lakh and went on to Rs. 51 lakh, Rs. 1 crore, Rs. 1.11 crore and Rs. 1.21 crore by 2.00 pm. Rs. 1.21 crore offer was the fifth. In total 455 gifts received by PM and 361 gits received by CM are in display for auction. Amount generated from auction of PM’s gifts to be donated to Namami Gange fund while
ammount generated from aunction of CM’s gifts to be donated to Girl Child Education Fund. On first day, 89 offer forms were filled for CM’s gifts.Display and bidding will remain open during 9.00 am to 7.00 pm till 20th February evening. Display of PM Narendra Modi’s monogrammed pinstripe suit with his name on and 454 other gifts that include 237 cloth/textile items, 5 glass items, 12 silver, 18 brass copper objects, 9 ceramic, 1 golden, 28 metallic, 31 wooden items and 99 photo frames is attracting large number of visitors at Science gallery. Speaking to media persons, Surat city BJP chief and MLA Purnesh Modi said that the city is proud to host auction of gifts received by Shri Modi. He said bids are so high because the items associated with Shri Modi are invaluable. Moreover there’s a good cause behind this entire exercise. The fund collected through this auction will go for betterment of holy river Ganga. He said Shri Modi used to auction all the gifts he received when he was Chief Minister. Now when
he is Prime Minister, he has continued this practice. In reply to media, local MP Darshna Jardosh said that Surat has been chosen to host the first auction of Prime Minister’s gifts as it is one of the fastest developing city of the world. Meanwhile Ramesh Virani, NRI who gifted pinstripe suit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi told a news agency that he was happy that the suit he gifted to Shri Modi is being auctioned for a good cause. He said he had gifted this suit to Shri Modi when he met him during the Vibrant Gujarat summit. He gifted it with an invitation to his son’s wedding. Shri Modi couldn’t come to his son’s wedding but he wore the suit exactly on same day when his son got wedded.
NEW DELHI Swine flu deaths have soared to 663 across the country while number of people affected by it breached the 10,000 mark as the virus spread to new places like Nagaland. The figures show that there is no let-up in the impact of the virus as it claimed 39 more lives between February 1617. Health minister J P Nadda said there was no dearth of medicines and hospitals were equipped to deal with swine flu. The
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Marital rape be made criminal offence - Delhi HC rejects PIL Despite passing a number of laws related to rape and crime against women, the Indian Govt. held back on making marital rape a criminal offense. Turning a blind eye to the problems women face within the walls of their home, wont solve the problem. However the classic argument that govt presents is that a law against marital rape will weaken the traditional family values in India. Should we hold onto those values or let the law take its course even if the offender comes from within the family? The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to entertain a PIL challenging a provision in the penal law which does not consider rape as the sexual intercourse of a man with his wife who is a minor noting that a similar matter has been junked by the apex court. A bench headed by Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice RS Endlaw dismissed as withdrawn the plea of an NGO highlighting the exception in Section 375 of the IPC which states that sexual intercourse by a man with his own wife, the wife not being under 15 years of age, is not rape. "Similar matter has been dismissed by the Supreme Court. We don't see anything into this petition," the bench said after which the NGO withdrew its plea. Rit Foundation had submitted that the exception in section 375 was brought by way of the Criminal Law Amendment Act of 2013, which was enacted after the horrific gangrape case of December 16, 2012. In its petition, it had claimed that the exception to Section 375 of the IPC was to the extent that it grants immunity to a husband by raping his own wife, who is above age of 15 years, was unconstitutional. It submitted that the exception was "unconstitutional and violative of the Right to Equality guaranteed to married women under Article 14 of the Constitution as it decriminalises rape when the perpetrator is the lawfully wedded husband of the victim." It had said that even though the law made a distinction between married and unmarried woman in this case, the basis of distinction does not have any rational nexus with the object sought to be achieved by the law, which is to protect women from sexual assault. The petition had also stated that marital rape has been criminalised in almost all major common law jurisdictions throughout the world, including in the US, the UK, South Africa and Canada. The Supreme Court Tuesday refused to entertain a woman's plea to declare marital rape a criminal offence, saying it wasn't possible to order a change in the law for one person. A Delhi-based MNC executive had told the court that her husband repeatedly resorted to sexual violence but she was helpless as marital rape was not a crime in India. "You are espousing a personal cause and not a public cause...This is an individual case," a bench of justice AR Dave and justice R Banumathi said, refusing to take up her plea. The woman had challenged the validity of an exception to Section 375 of the IPC that says sexual intercourse by a man with his wife, who is 15 or above, is not rape even if it is without consent. The provision, the woman said, violated her fundamental right to life and liberty. As the bench was not inclined to entertain the petition, Colin Gonsalves, who represented the woman, chose to withdraw it. "We would move the court again on the issue....may be through a women's organisation," the senior advocate told. The petitioner alleged that she was not only subjected to dowry harassment, but also brutally raped by the husband who pushed torch lights into her, causing grievous injuries.
Justin Bieber gets 'egged' for Comedy Central roast promo
Justin Bieber took off his shirt again, but this time the singer got pelted with "egged" too. In the first teaser for the Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber, the 20-year-old pop star voluntarily stood with open arms with no shirt on and welcomed all the egg
hits, CBS News reported. A caption for the video read "Watch Justin Bieber learn how poor defenseless houses feel", with reference to the singer's own eggthrowing vandalism case. At the end of the clip, Bieber is seen throwing one back at the camera.
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Neil Bhoopalam influenced Sonam Kapoor teams up with sister Anushka Sharma's 'NH10' act Rhea for a new clothing brand - Rheson
Actress Anushka Sharma feels fortunate that she could work with actor Neil Bhoopalam in her
production debut 'NH 10' as she feels his talent has influenced her performance. In the film, the two will be
seen as a couple that goes on a road trip which gets transformed into a complete nightmare, leaving the couple to fight for survival. "Neil is one of the best actors that our country has today. I feel really fortunate that I could work with him because when you work with good actors, it has an effect on your own performance," Anushka said here Tuesday during the film's promotion at a college. "I have had a great time. He is like a buddy and I feel like I have known him for years," she added. Neil has been part of films like 'No One Killed Jessica', 'Shaitan' and 'David'. He was especially appreciated for his role as a politician in the TV series '24'. Co-produced by Eros International and Phantom Films, 'NH10' is slated to release March 6.
Koena Mitra returns on Ramp after 3 Long years
The Mumbai born Bong Beauty Koena Mitra was seen in Mumbai after a long gap inaugurating a designer
outfit store. The actor, model and beauty pageant winner took a break from her active career for three
years as the surgery she went through did not go as planned. Mitra went under the knife, a surgery that ruined her career. With her nose job gone wrong, she had to sit at home for six months without making any appearances. The surgery caused her bones to swell up, because of which she was not given any work as she was known for her glamorous image before. She had featured in a few music videos like Stereo Nation’s Ishq, Aaj Ki Raat, Akh Teri, Channo by Jassi. Her first film appearance was the special appearance in Ram Gopal Varma’s Road. In 2004, she appeared in Musafir, alongside Anil Kapoor. She later went on to appear in commercial successes such as Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena and Apna Sapna Money Money.
'Badlapur' will stir debates: Varun Dhawan Actor Varun Dhawan says his upcoming revenge thriller 'Badlapur' will not only be an entertaining watch but also raise questions with its thought-provoking story. The intense film, directed by Sriram Raghavan and produced by Dinesh Vijan under his banner Maddock Films, also stars Yami Gautam, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Huma Qureshi and Divya Dutta in pivotal roles. Calling the film's ending risky, the actor said it will spark a lot of discussions and debates. "We had three endings but Sriram being Sriram chose
the riskiest one. It will make you think. There will be debates about the film and a lot of other things. It is a take on society so it will make one think," Varun said in a group interview. The 27-year-old star said he is happy to be a part of a tricky film like 'Badlapur'. "This film is very entertaining. It is fast-paced
and edge-of the-seat thriller. We have taken a lot of risks but we have taken them because it is fun. 'Badlapur' will make you feel uncomfortable but in a cool way," Varun said. 'Badlapur' is an important film in the career of the young star, who has so far starred in hit romantic comedies and Varun said the movie was indeed his biggest challenge. "When I was first offered 'Badlapur' I thought they were crazy. Why would they want me to be in the film because I am quite young for the part.
Sonam Kapoor can safely be calld one of the most fashionable young ladies in Bollywood. After all, we don't call her the fashionista for nothing! But if Sonam is to be believed, her sister Rhea is actually the most stylish one in her family! So it comes as no surprise that the two lovely sisters have
decided to come together and create their own luxury fashion brand – Rheson which is an obvious combination of both their names. Rhea spoke about the initiative and said, “Sonam and I have been working on this for years, literally. Sonam had a lot of offers to become the face of
a brand and be their ambassador, but we never wanted to do that. We have been working together and I have been styling Sonam for years. There are so many girls who follow Sonam's fashion on social media. But we never wanted to just put our names on something and call it ours.”
Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone to shoot for ‘Bajirao Mastani’ in Jaipur
Bollywood couple Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone, who were last seen on screen in ‘Ram-
Leela’, will soon begin shooting for their new film ‘Bajirao Mastani.’ Though Ranveer has already shot a
few parts for the movie with Priyanka Chopra, Deepika is yet to begin the film’s shoot. According to reports, the two actors will now be shooting in Jaipur for a month. Deepika will join the cast as soon as she wraps up the shoot of Imtiaz Ali’s Tamasha where she will be seen with Ranbir Kapoor. Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone will be filming their scenes at Amer Mahal, Jaipur. Deepika Padukone plays the lead role of Mastani in Sanjay Leela Bhansali film, which is going to release next year.
Ajay Devgn To Lose Weight For ‘Drishyam’
Superstar Ajay Devgn who was last seen on big screens in ‘Action Jackson’ happens to be all busy preparing for his next, which happens to be Nishikanth
Kamath’s ‘Drishyam’. The actor was all set to start his home production ‘Shivaay’ in Canada, but unfortunately due to weather out there the actor had to postpone his
film. And in the mean time the actor will soon begin to start for ‘Drishyam’ whioch was originally scheduled to go on floors later this year. But, now it has been preponed and will soon go on floors.Ajay in the film will be seen as a married man and as a father in ‘Drishyam’, and to give complete justice to his character the actor was asked to lose his weight and muscle. ‘Drishyam’ happens to be a remake of Malayalam suspense-thriller film with same name. The original had south superstar Mohanlal in lead.
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Hyundai eyes 5 lakh sales mark in the domestic market
Hyundai Motor India is targeting 5 lakh sales milestone in the domestic market in the near future for which it plans to launch a slew of products, including entry into new segments. As part of the plan, the company which sold 4.11 lakh units last year, on Wednesday launched the updated version of its midsized sedan Verna priced up to Rs 12.19 lakh (exshowroom Delhi). "Our aspiration is to achieve the 5 lakh sales mark in the domestic market. The updated Verna would definitely play a significant role in achieving this milestone," Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) senior vice president, sales and marketing, Rakesh
Srivastava told reporters here. Srivastava said the domestic market remains priority for the company but at the same time it would like to retain 40 per cent share of the car exports from the country. Last year, HMIL had sold 4.11 lakh units in the domestic market and exported 2.01 lakh units. Its current production capacity stands at 6.8 lakh units which could be expanded to seven lakh units per annum. "Our focus is to cater to the domestic market first. The market is expected to grow now with the government taking various steps to accelerate economic growth along with factors such as cut in interest rates," Srivastava said.
Google doodles to mark battery inventor Alessandro Volta’s 270th birthday
Google has dedicated it’s doodle to Alessandro Volta’s 270th birthday. Born in 1745 in the town of Como, the Italian physicist was known for the invention of an early form of battery in 1799. He had become a professor of physics in 1774 at Como’s Royal School
before going on to work on the development of the “electrophorus”, a device that produced static electricity. Volta was made a count in 1810 by Napoleon Bonaparte, and he retired in 1819 to his estate in Camnago, where he died in 1827.
Can Indian Space Industry expect a repeat 50% budget increase in 2015
In 2014 the Union Government of India allocated a 50% increased budget to ISRO granting Rs 6,000 crores (US$1.2 billion) planned and Rs 1,238 crores (approx US $ 25.75 million) unplanned. ISRO had a total of Rs 7,238 crores (approximately US$1.3 billion) as compared to the previous year budget allocation. 2014 was a successful year for ISRO with PSLV, GSLV launch vehicles for launching of satellites, Chandrayaan (Moon) probe and the recent wonder of the Mangalayaan or MOM ,the Mars probe, proving the combined efforts of ISRO and the Indian Space industry are on the right track. The encouraging factor is that most of the
missions have been accomplished the first time and on almost shoe-string budgets (Mars probe cost India just US $ 74 million) when compared to worldwide space programs. It is also encouraging not only for ISRO but the Space sector industry involved in the development and manufacturing of the sensitive equipment. International awards have been earned and ISRO has made the country proud of its achievements. ISRO and the Indian Space Sector are proud examples and have given the right impetus to the Prime Minister's 'Made in India' drive by largely using components and technology developed within the country cutting down costs considerably.
World Cup 2015: Before India match, Dale Steyn down with flu
South Africa’s fast bowler Dale Steyn missed training on Wednesday due to flu, but is expected to be fit for the World Cup match against India at the
Melbourne Cricket Ground. The paceman bowled just seven overs in South Africa’s first warm-up match against Sri Lanka and was rested for the second
game against hosts New Zealand. He was suffering from a sore throat and blocked nose during their World Cup opener against Zimbabwe, where he returned with unimpressive figures of one for 64 from nine overs. South Africa is scheduled to play India at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday. India have previously played three games against the Porteas in the World Cup but have never won any of them.
World Cup 2015: Sterner South African test lies ahead for Indian attack
Though Team India would be reasonably satisfied with the performance of their bowlers in the World Cup opener against Pakistan on Sunday, sterner tests lie ahead. Next up for India on Sunday would be South Africa, whose batting lineup can send a chill down the spine of any bowling unit. To put things in perspective, captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has cautioned his bowlers that they won't have the luxury of defending a 300-plus score every single time. "Yes, we were able to post 300 this time. But we must realize that if bowling first, we will have
to keep the opposition down to the range of 240260 for the batsmen to have a realistic chance of chasing down that target," Dhoni had said after the victory over Pakistan. Against Pakistan, Mohammed Shami grabbed four wickets. Umesh Yadav and Mohit Sharma bagged two each while R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja also chipped in with a wicket apiece. The performance against Pakistan, however, was an exception. Indian bowling, of late, has been a study in inconsistency. In the tri-series preceding the World Cup, India's bowling attack looked very
unsettled. Stuart Binny started off with the new ball while Axar Patel was the main spinner. To be fair, Dhoni's experiment was due to the injuries suffered by Ishant Sharma, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Ravindra Jadeja. Ashwin was kept on the sidelines. With every loss, as pressure grew on the Indian captain, he chose to stress on the process. "What is more important right now is the process than the result," was Dhoni's common refrain during the post-match news conferences during the triseries. "We are making an effort to win the matches. But we want to try out players who haven't had much international exposure. We are making an honest effort but at the same time we are executing a plan and in that process we sometimes lose some matches," was his standard reply. It was only in the second warm-up match againstAfghanistan in Adelaide that Dhoni chose to use five frontline bowlers, leaving Binny and Bhuvi out.
World Cup 2015: Real Afghanistan need to stand up, says coach
Afghanistan are at the World Cup to compete for victories and simply did not give a true account of themselves in their defeat to Bangladesh on their tournament debut, coach Andy Moles said on Wednesday. The thumping 105-run loss was a huge disappointment to the Afghans, whose meteoric rise to the top table of international cricket over the last 15 years has been a rare good news story from their war-torn country. After holding Bangladesh to a respectable 267 all out in their 50 overs at Manuka Oval, they lost their first three wickets for three runs in three overs and were finally bowled out for 162. "That isn't a true reflection
of how we play, but in any game of cricket when you're three for three in one and a half overs, not many teams, if any teams come back from that," Moles told a news conference in Canberra. "The boys are very proud in their performance, and they know that they haven't given a fair reflection today. "We're in the shop window here, we haven't disgraced ourselves but we got lost, we just didn't get out of the blocks tonight with the bat, we were in a fog," he added. "They bowled very well and before we knew where we were, we were one-two-three down and just treading water." Cricket was still the subject of a
Taliban ban in Afghanistan when Bangladesh made their World Cup debut in 1999 but Moles said his team had approached the fixture against one of the 10 test-playing nations with high hopes. "We genuinely thought this was a game we could have won tonight," he said. "I still believe that if we'd have applied ourselves better, we would have given a better account of ourselves. "Take nothing away from Bangladesh, they played very well but we didn't hit the heights we expect of ourselves." Asked whether nerves were responsible for the calamitous folding of the top order, Moles said he would be talking to the batsmen about their mental approach to the match. "I really don't think they were up for the fight from ball one," he said. Moles said his players needed to take the defeat "on the chin" and pick themselves up for their next match against Sri Lanka in Dunedin, New Zealand on Sunday.
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Duncan Fletcher in charge, Team India's media manager rubbishes rift rumours The Indian team management on Wednesday sought to deny a media report about chief coach Duncan Fletcher being ignored meetings and also not being kept in the loop about team strategy. With Indian team taking a day-off and players being left on their own to relax, there were reports of team's support staff led by Team Director Ravi Shastri having an impromptu meeting at the team hotel Langham with Fletcher not informed about it. "I can confirm that no such meeting was held. There is absolutely no truth that Duncan was not kept in the loop about a meeting of the support staff. I can only term this as figment of imagination," team's media manager DR R N Baba said when specifically
asked about about the rift among support staff. The general notion since Shastri's appointment has been that it's a move by BCCI to clip Fletcher's wings after team's poor overseas record over a period of time. In fact, according to team sources, bowling coach Bharath Arun and fielding coach R Sridhar, apparently went to meet their common friend in the evening during the time when the socalled meeting of support staff without Fletcher was
supposedly held. When contacted a senior BCCI official currently in India, said, "Do you people seriously think that Fletcher needs to be sidelined with these kind of childish tricks". "Fletcher has a contract till the end of the World Cup, which is only a month and half away. We don't think he will seek an extension. So if a man is leaving after the World Cup, do you need to do something like this," the offical said.
ICC World Cup: Captain Elton Chigumbura urges Zimbabwe to be 'ruthless
Zimbabwe took heart from their gutsy display against title contenders South Africa and will try to be "ruthless" against the United Arab Emirates, captain Elton Chigumbura said on Wednesday. Zimbabwe had the Proteas reeling at 83 for four before being put to the sword by a world record fifth-wicket unbroken stand of 256 between David Miller and JP Duminy. They were 214 for three and well set to push on for the final 15 overs in their chase of 340 before losing a flurry of
wickets to be bowled out for 277. "It was a bit of both, a confidence boost the way we played, and obviously it's always disappointing to play the way we did for 90 overs but we didn't manage to finish off the last 10 overs," Chigumbura told reporters in Nelson. "We took a lot out of the game we played and hopefully we can carry on with that form. Playing the first game gave us the opportunity to try and correct where we went wrong from the first one. "The two days that we've
got, we tried to polish that, and yeah, we're now looking forward to the UAE game," he said. "We have to take every game seriously and do the basics right and make sure that when you get into good winning position you are ruthless and win the game." Hamilton Masakadza's form has been another positive for the Zimbabwe side. The 31year-old batsman scored an unbeaten 117 in their warmup victory over Sri Lanka and followed it up with a 80 against South Africa. "The good thing about our team at the moment, everyone is in good nick, so we don't expect just Hamilton to put up a good performance," Chigumbura said. "The rest of the guys in the squad are capable of doing the same job." This will be the first one-day international between the two sides and UAE captain Mohammad Tauqir spelled out his team's ambition in the tournament.
Pakistan Cricket Board moves to quash rumours of unrest in the ranks
The Pakistan Cricket Board has moved to quash rumours of unrest within the team amid allegations several players have fallen out with a coach. Days after reports emerged that eight Pakistani players were fined for breaching curfew, the PCB has categorically refuted reports claiming fielding coach Grant Luden quit his post after a row with
senior players Shahid Afridi, Ahmed Shehzad and Umar Akmal. "The news is absolutely false and that nothing of the sort has happened," the PCB said in a statement released on Wednesday night. That's not entirely right. Luden did inform the PCB chairman and chief executive several days before the World Cup of his intentions to leave in May 2015 due to
"personal reasons", but retracted his resignation after those issues were resolved.It has not been a smooth start to the tournament for Pakistan. Afridi and Shehzad were among eight players fined $300 for returning to their Sydney hotel late before the tournament, a report last week claimed. The PCB has also issued a social media ban on the squad throughout the tournament. Pressure is building on Pakistan after their heavy loss to India on Sunday. Former legend Javed Miandad has already lashed the team and now another hero from the successful 1992 campaign, Wasim Akram, is at odds with the team.
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Bharuch Golden bridge declared one- Air India Rajkot-Delhi flight from February 23, Delhi-Surat frequency doubled way for a week - Collector of Bharuch Bharuch, According to a notification issued by Collector of Bharuch, the Golden bridge connecting Bharuch and Ankleshwar has been declared reserved for oneway traffic from south to north direction during 19-26 February period. As per this notification, four-wheelers traveling from north to south(Vadodara to Surat) will not be allowed on Golden bridge. They will need to pass through Sardar bridge only. The vehicles traveling from south to north direction(Surat to Vadodara) will be allowed to use Golden bridge. This decision will be effective on experiment basis during 19-
26 February with an intention to ease the traffic on this national highway stretch which connects Mumbai to Delhi, and suffers huge traffic problem. It should be noted that while Sardar bridge at
Bharuch has turned dangerous beyond repair to carry the load of traffic it carries anyway, the other bridge, over 100 years old Golden bridge is too narrow and is able to contain only two vehicles
side-by-side. A new bridge is already under construction to bring permanent solution to this problem. L&T is going to complete the task of new river bridge by August 2016.
Online voting option for voters in Kin mourn Gujarat-origin Gujarat local body polls this year businessman shot in US store
Gandhinagar, State Election Commissioner of Gujarat Varesh Sinha today held a meeting in connection with elections of six municipal corporations in the state. He stressed on maximum use of information technology in upcoming elections. The meeting in Gandhinagar was attended by municipal commissioners and district collectors. Dr. Sinha said the elections of Ahmedabad, Bhavnagar, Vadodara, Jamnagar, Surat and Rajkot municipal corporations will be held in the month of
October, for which a timetable of ward delimitation, ward wise voters list, registration of evoters for online voting system etc will need to be prepared and followed. He said the administration has to ensure maximum voting, for which awareness programmes should be held. Secretary of State Election Commission Mahesh Joshi shared details on ward delimitation, voters awareness programme, online voting system, reservation seat allocation etc issues.
AHMEDABAD Amit Patel, a native of Uttarsanda in Nadiad, had gotten married just over a year ago. Amit's paternal aunt Kalpana Patel said his father had moved to the US with family 13 years ago to live the 'American dream'. Priya was reported to have been attending a wedding in Nadiad with her grandparents when she got news of her husband's death. She left for the US on Monday night. The Indian-American businessman, 28, was gunned down by an unidentified assailant in his family-owned liquor store in the US. He has succumbed to his injuries, police said on Monday. Patel, from Edison was shot and killed in New Jersey inside Roseway Liquors in Irvington on Sunday. Patel was alone in
Make school education up to higher sec. level free: Nathwani to centre/state govts
Ahmedabad, Though education is a state subject, centre’s intervention is essential to ensure that education spreads and every single child across the country has to have ‘an ease of educating’ himself. The Schooling is becoming costly day by day; ‘Right to Education (RTE), Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) etc notwithstanding. In remote countryside with meager infrastructure and resources, completing school education up to 12th is also a difficult dream. This is why Member of Parliament from
Rajyasabha Shri Parimal Nathwani has requested the central and the state governments to make education upto 12th standard completely free across the country. Shri Nathwani has written letters to Prime Minister Shri Narendrabhai Modi, Union Human Resource Development Minister Smt. Smriti Irani, Chief Minister of Gujarat Smt. Anandiben Patel and the state education minister Shri Bhupendrasinh Chudasma to consider the request and make it a reality. Mr. Nathawani also stated that even though school
education is free up to 8th standard in the country at present, students in the rural area have to wade through waist-high river waters, walk up to several kilometers in rough terrains etc. for going to school; availability of curriculum books, mistakes in printing, etc apart. Difficulties like this and financial problems compel them to abandon study half-way. Minimum education of 12th standard is a breakthrough which provide even a poor student to some standing in society; with the help of which he or she can begin life to acquire some skill or further education or earn a bit and support his or her further education, he added. According to Mr. Nathwani, the government of India included 8th standard in the primary education system to fulfill its constitutional commitment of providing free and compulsory education to children in age group of 6 to 14 years.
the store, owned by his father, when the assailant shot at him at close range, police said. There was no damage to the store or indication of a robbery, and only one shot was fired, they said. The incident comes a week after the brutal police assault on another Gujarati, Sureshbhai Patel, 57, in Alabama which had left him partially paralyzed. According to close family friends, Amit's father was in the back office when the shooting took place.
Ahmedabad, National carrier Air India today announced that it will link Rajkot and Delhi with 6 weekly flights from 23 February with a 70-seater CRJ aircraft. Air India further announced that the frequency for flights on Delhi-Surat route will be doubled to 6 per week.
mentioned that on 20th January, union CivilAviation minister Ashok Gajapati Raju visited Ahmedabad to attend a review meeting on civil aviation department related issued pertaining to Gujarat. One of the issues raised in this meeting was about Rajkot-Delhi air connectivity which is long
Encounters were not fake, cases and investigation fake : Vanzara Ahmedabad, After his release, retired IPS DG Vanzara today addressed a press conference and told media persons that there was extra legal political reason due to which policemen in Gujarat were singled out and targeted. Vanzara also said that encounters done by Gujarat police were not fake. “There were extra legal political reasons for which Gujarat police was targeted and it pains me a lot. Gujarat Police was singled out deliberately for political reasons. It’s
5,379 Gujarat fishermen have been into prisons in Pakistan so far Ahmedabad, As many as 5,397 fishermen of Gujarat have experienced prison in Pakistan so far. According to a figure announced by the state government today, so far 5,379 fishermen have been made free from prisons in Pakistan due to efforts by the state and central governments. The latest group of 172 fishermen returning from Pakistan will reach Gujarat on Wednesday. Minister of State for Fisheries Shri Bachubhai Khabad will receive the fishermen at 9.00
These two were long pending demands arising from the state of Gujarat. The third demand to connect Ahmedabad to London and New Jersy through direct flight was turned down by union Civil Aviation minister Raju during his recent visit to Gujarat. It should be
pending demand of Gujarat government before the centre. Rajkot is main city of Saurashtra/Kutch region of Gujarat which is presently connected to Mumbai via air route. During his meeting in Ahmedabad, state Civil Aviation minister Saurabh Patel had told Raju that people of Saurashtra/Kutch regions have to travel to Ahmedabad by road to catch flight for Delhi. They should get direct air connectivity from Rajkot itself. Patel had later made announcement that Civil Aviation minister agreed to Gujarat’s demand and Rajkot – Delhi air connectivity will start from February 15.
am at Ahmedabad railway station. Every time a group of fishermen is released by Pakistan, the Government of Gujarat makes arrangements for their journey from Wagah border in Punjab to coastal town Veraval in Gujarat. The state government has made arrangement of special boggy for timely travel of fishermen to their home. Pakistan had released 173 Indian prisoners on 16 February. 172 of them were fishermen caught for violation of international maritime boundary in Arabian sea.
Hindustan’s politics that is responsible for this episode. If there was no politics innovated, actions would have been uniformly taken without different treatment between force and force, man and man, institution and institution, state and state. When one state is singled out, it smells conspiracy,” Vanzara said. He said out of 28 states, only Gujarat Police was targeted and added that he doesn’t want to make a point that police force of other states should also be targeted. In reply to a question Vanzara said he could feel bad about his jail term if he had committed any wrong thing and landed in jail. Vanzara said, “we are police officers. We need to take action for nation’s unity, integrity, sovereignty when necessary. If Police had not
done its duty, there could be two Kashmir and not one in this nation.” He added, “these days we observe that dead bodies of jawans reach to various states from Kashmir. Gujarat could be in same situation, if Gujarat Police had not performed its duty in limits of CRPC provisions, police manual and constitutional provisions.” When asked whether he would join politics, Shri Vanzara said
politics is everywhere from birth of child to his death and even after that. He said he is not political person, he is a soldier. Rajniti he said is after all a part of rashtraniti and he is a man of rashtraniti. He said he is not going to join politics Dressed in saffron jacket, Vanzara who was sitting with anti-terror organization head Bitta said that the entire world is fighting against terrorism.
Kya chhe Kano? -A Spiritual Journey Audio Album Launch
CM to hold meeting with MPs representing Gujarat Gandhinagar, Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel will meet all member of parliaments representing Gujarat on February 19th at Narmada hall of Swarnim Sankul in capital Gandhinagar. Chief Minister will discuss the issues of Gujarat pending before the central government in this meeting. The meeting is going to be held as per a tradition set by former Chief Minister Narendra Modi. The meeting is going to be held in connection with upcoming parliament session. For the first time, opposition Congress party has no Lok
Sabha MP elected from Gujarat at present. However it has Rajya Sabha MPs. There’s no clarity whether they will attend this meeting or not. In past Congress has not attended such meeting on many occasions. On some occasions Congress MPs attended the meeting but created chaos and walked out. Past record suggest that big wig politicians like Ahmed Patel, Arun Jaitley, Smriti Irani, LK Advani may not attend the meeting. There are also three Ministers of State in union government elected from Gujarat.
Ahmedabad, Gujarat’s young artist Dr. Krupesh Thacker, who completed his MBBS from Jamnagar and got his MHA from UNCC- USA, worked as Clinical Researcher in USA. But his love for music made him leave the job in USA. He returned to India, and now is on the battlefield with his 1st Album “Kya Chhe Kano? - Antaryatra”. The album was launched by his parents. Dr. Krupesh Thacker and his own production company Krup Music’s first album “Kya chhe Kano?” was launched
at AMA (Ahmedabad Management Association). This Album includes 7 songs, including 4 different languages- Gujarati, Hindi, English, and Sanskrit. The inspiration for this album is the conversation between Lord Krishna and Arjun in Bhagwad Gita. On this occasion, Dr. Krupesh Thacker said “I m really very happy and obliged with my 1st album release. Bhagwad Gita is the inspiration for Album songs & the Spiritual Journey story book which is included in the album cover. All the songs in the Album are
interwoven by a story of Spiritual Journey, of each one of us, which begins from the Search of God to the realization of Ultimate Truth. By the time we realize the concept of “Universal God”, generation next is ready to ask the same question about the “Existence of God”. Thus the circle of Spiritual Journey continues. Title song is a conversation between a daughter and father where daughter asks about the existence of god and father explains the concept of “Universal God” in a simple and musical way.
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