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News Brief HC stays operation of Malgodown eviction notices Agency : Cuttack, Mar 19
In a major relief to thousands of traders in Malgodown here, the Orissa High Court today stayed the operation of recent eviction notices issued by East Coast Railways (ECoR) to traders to vacate the railway land by March 31 this year.
Dhoni's ex-coach gets Rs one lakh for treatment Agency : Ranchi, Mar 19
Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das today announced Rupees one lakh for the treatment of ailing Chanchal Bhattacharya, who is a former coach of India cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Calling on Bhattacharya, Das said the veteran coach would get the monetary assistance from the Chief Minister's Relief Fund, stated an official release. Wishing him speedy recovery, Das said if required he would also provide aid in his personal capacity.
War of words ensue between BJP, Shiv Sena over LED lamps Agency : Mumbai, Mar 19
A war of words has ensued between ruling partners BJP and Shiv Sena after a leader of Uddhav Thackeray-led party alleged "wrongdoing" in a project to install LED lights in 100 cities, including Mumbai, where it controls the civic body. An article written by Sena spokesperson and MP Sanjay Raut in the party's daily mouthpiece Saamana, objected to the BJP-backed plan to install LED
Present century one of technology: Haryana Governor Agency : Haryana, Mar 19
Haryana Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki today said that the present century is one of technology and it should be used for the development of nature and for the welfare of human beings. "The present century is one of technology and it should be used for the development of nature and for the welfare of human beings," the Governor said here after inaugurating an international seminar in the premises of Chaudhary Ranbir Singh University, Jind.
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India storm into semi-finals India will now meet the winner of the third quarter-final between Australia and Pakistan at Sydney on March 26.
Agency : Melbourne Rohit Sharma blasted a strokeful century as defending champions India stormed into the semi-finals of the ICC Cricket World Cup by thrashing a hapless Bangladesh by 109 runs in a lop-sided contest on Thursday. Riding on Rohit's spectacular 137 off 126 balls and his rollicking 122-run fourth wicket stand in only 15.5 overs with the belligerent Suresh Raina (65), India were able to post a commendable 302 for six after opting to bat at the MCG. In reply, Bangladesh were never in the contention as India hardly took their foot off the pedal to dismiss their
neighbours for a paltry 193 in 45 overs without hardly breaking a sweat. The juggernaut continues to roll on for Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his men who have now recorded their seventh win on the trot in this mega event. India will now meet the winner of the third
quarter-final between Australia and Pakistan at Sydney on March 26. The victory took the tally of India's successive World Cup victories to 11, including four in the last edition, as it was yet another easy outing for the title contenders. Such has been India?s domination
that whenever they have batted first in the tournament, they have scored 300 or more and taken all 70 opposition wickets in seven
Gangrape case: 71-year-old nun saved 2 other nuns Agency : Nadia The septuagenarian nun, who was gangraped by some goons in Convent of Jesus and Mary in Nadia district's Ranaghat, some 80 km from Kolkata, on Saturday, March 14, reportedly tried to save two other nuns, before becoming a victim of the heinous crime. As per a report published in SSA, the goons were molesting two other nuns when the Sister Superior intervened and prevented them from molesting them. Then, the goons took her to a separate room and committed the dastardly act. The nun was found lying in a pool of blood at 4 am. The intruders even tried to snatch
rings and chains from the nuns, who told them not to touch them as they 'belonged to God'.Cleemis was quoted saying as, "The sister is in the hospital, she is at peace and she forgives her oppressors. She is praying for everyone, including the oppressors. I was surprised she spoke with such serenity." "She said she has
forgiven but added that what happened to her should not happen to anyone else. As this period of Lent is very special for Christians, she said that the way she saw it, her suffering helped her identify with the suffering of Christ at this time, and she hoped it would yield in bringing blessings to everyone", he further said.
Cleemis who met West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday, welcomed her decision to hand over the probe to CBI. "The CM has ordered a CBI probe and we are very happy and satisfied. We hope for the best," he said after calling on the chief minister at the state secretariat. "We are confident that everything will go positive in the state," he added. Meanwhile, Hospital superintendent A K Mondol on Wednesday said that the hospital authorities were "in a position to release her, but the final decision has to be taken by patient party, the police and the district administration.
IAS officer DK Ravi's death: Karnataka govt refuses to budge on CBI probe Agency : BENGALURU The Karnataka government on Thursday stood firm on its decision and refused to refer the case of the mysterious death of IAS officer DK Ravi to the CBI even as the issue brought the business of the state assembly to a halt for the third day. The state government cancelled the transfer of CID-IGP Pronab Mohanty and directed him to investigate the case. The government on Wednesday had transferred Mohanty, inviting allegations of foul play by opposition. As public anger escalated with the demand of family of the deceased officer for a CBI probe resonating across the state amidst continuing protests, state home minister KJ George made it clear
after a cabinet meeting that there was no change in the stand of the government, which has come under attack from the opposition and others for "stonewalling" central probe. Speaking to reporters, he said, "Whatever decision we have taken on the floor of the house, that is the decision and we will stick to it." In the Lok Sabha, Union home minister Rajnath Singh said if the state government recommends a CBI probe, the Centre will immediately order an inquiry by agency. The issue was raised by a delegation of MPs who met him and Karnataka chief minister has informed him that after receiving more details, he would send a detailed report to the Centre, Singh said as
BJP Karnataka unit president Prahlad Joshi raised the matter. Ratcheting up pressure, BJP and JDS MLAs marched in a procession from Vidhana Soudha, the state secretariat, to Raj Bhavan and requested governor Vajubhai Vala to advise the Siddaramaiah government to refer the case to CBI. The march came after members of both parties stalled proceedings in the
assembly as they continued their round-the-clock dharna for the third day, forcing adjournment of the House till March 23.
matches so far. Umesh Yadav (4/31 in 9 overs) was bang on target during his entire spell despite a flurry of boundaries in Tamim Iqbal?s run-a-ball 25 that ended with Dhoni taking a low catch off the bowler. Imrul Kayes (5) was run-out due to a mix-up. Two in-form players in lefthander Soumya Sarkar (29) and Mahmudullah Riyadh (21) steadied the ship with 40 run stand before Shikhar Dhawan took an acrobatic catch to get rid of the latter on the boundary line. Once
Mahmudullah was gone there was an air of inevitability about the result with Soumya Sarkar being caught by Dhoni diving to his left and Shakib Al Hasan caught at backward point of Jadeja. Mohammed Shami (2/37 in 8 overs) took his wickets tally to 17 while Ravichandran Ashwin (0/30 in 10 overs) and Ravindra Jadeja (2/42 in 8 overs) again operated well in tandem with big MCG boundaries as cushion. The day however belonged to
Rohit, who hit his seventh ODI hundred with 14 boundaries and three sixes to his credit while Raina with seven fours and a big six off Shakib Al Hasan played an equally attractive as well as game-changing knock off 57 balls. Rohit's penchant for scoring big hundred was again evident as he now has two ODI hundreds at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (he has scored 138 vs Australia) and he got runs when it mattered the most, in a crunch game, with his team under some kind of pressure. While the Mumbaikar paced his innings brilliantly scoring the first 50 off 70 balls and the next 87 runs off only 56 balls, the left-hander from UP was more adventurous in his shot selection as he treated both pacers and spinners with equal disdain. Despite scoring two halfcenturies, Rohit has had a quiet tournament. So the very first ball bowled by rival captain Mashrafe was hit through the covers and certainly calmed his nerves.
Swine flu toll inches towards 1,900 Agency : New Delhi The swine flu toll inched towards the 1,900-mark as the disease claimed 32 more lives while the number of cases in the country on Thursday crossed 31,000. According to the Union Health Ministry, as on March 18, 1,841 people have succumbed to the disease while the number of people affected by the H1N1 virus stood at 31,156. Six more deaths in the last 24 hours took the toll in Rajathan to 397, just behind Gujarat, which has reported 400 casualties. The ministry said that the number of affected persons was 6,271 in Gujarat. The death toll in Maharashtra is 322 with 3,788 people having contracted the H1N1 virus. In Madhya Pradesh, 266 people have perished with 1,999 persons affected. The toll in Telangana is 74 while in Karnataka, following the
death of another person, it has risen to 77. Fifty-two swine flu deaths have been reported in Punjab. The toll in West Bengal is 23 while Uttar Pradesh has witnessed 35 deaths. Jammu and Kashmir has seen 16 swine flu fatalities. In Delhi, following the death of a 24-year-old woman due to the disease, the toll has risen to 12 with the number of affected persons at 4,084. Meanwhile, as per a ministry study, 34 per cent of the 723
swine flu deaths that were analysed had occurred in the age group 30-45 years followed closely by those in the 45-60 bracket, who accounted for 32 per cent of the fatalities. Further, 11 people have died in Kerala while the death toll in Tamil Nadu is at 13. Andhra Pradesh has now seen 22 swine flu fatalities after two more people fell prey to the deadly disease while 20 people have died in Himanchal Pradesh.
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Was IAS officer Ravi blackmailed for exposing corruption? The alleged suicide of IAS officer D.K. Ravi in Karnataka’s Kolar district has put the spotlight on the vulnerability of those civil servants who decide to take on corruption. The circle of civil servants in Delhi is abuzz with the phenomenon called a “midnight knock” which comes in the form of news about a transfer followed by the orders the next morning. Transfers have been the most potent weapon in the hands of the political bosses to make civil servants fall in line. It is no secret that the tentacles of corruption are spread in a manner that makes it impossible to break the nexus that engulfs the system. D.K. Ravi is the latest victim of the ugly side of upsetting the applecart. And the response from the government in the latest case has been on the predicted lines. While the state government is dithering on ordering a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the Centre is trying to find a way out. The issue has assumed political dimensions as the Congress government wants to avoid the CBI intervention. Union Law Minister Sadanand Gowda, who belongs to Karnataka, has sought a legal opinion on the modalities of ordering a CBI probe. Either the state government can transfer the case to the central agency or the court can order it. With the image of the state government taking a beating as the alleged suicide has caused a national outrage, Congress president Sonia Gandhi has also sought a report from Karnataka Chief Minister S. Siddaramaiah. A senior IAS officer said that D.K Ravi’s death is being portrayed as a suicide case, but it cannot be ignored that he had taken on the powerful land mafia in the district. As it happens in such cases, the official said, an independent probe is the only way to make any headway to solve this case. Meanwhile, D.K Ravi has joined the long list of bureaucrats who have found themselves at the receiving end because of the tough stand taken by them. Vested interests employ all methods to get such officers out of their way. Though getting them transferred is the easiest option, many have even lost their lives. Questions are also being raised about strengthening the anti-corruption mechanisms to ensure that complaints from such whistleblowers are taken to its logical end. There is an overall apathy in the sense that key corruption watchdog posts at the Centre are lying vacant. There has been no appointment to the post of Central Information Commissioner (CIC) that has been lying vacant for months and the hunt is also on for new Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC). A young civil servant, on condition of anonymity, said the power play gets evident right at the start as he narrated his own account. He was ordered by his political masters to stop a demolition drive he had initiated some years ago. Police probe blackmail theory Two days after young IAS officer D.K. Ravi was found dead under mysterious circumstances at his Bengaluru residence, the police stumbled upon some crucial details. The police suspect that the officer, who had earned a good reputation for being upright, could be a victim of blackmail tactics from people with vested interests. “As the issue is still before the government, we will wait and watch.”
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ABCD's dancing girl is now an ISI agent Agency : Mumbai Lauren Gottlieb has earned her first action role by replacing Nargis Fakhri in Welcome to Karachi. American dancer, Lauren Gottlieb, shot to fame with the dance drama, ABCD: Any Body Can Dance, in 2013. Two-and-a-half years later, the 26 year old, insists she's now half-Indian and has found her place in Bollywood, all thanks to director Remo D'Souza. "Varun (Dhawan) and Shraddha (Kapoor) are the stars of ABCD 2 but I have a solo track and plenty of dancing. Earlier, my co-stars used to tease me Phoren Ka Lauren, but this time, I was the one who ended up copying their thumkas and speaking their slang," laughs the actress. Having wrapped up ABCD 2, Lauren flew off to Indore, this week to begin shooting for Vashu Bhagnani's Welcome to Karachi. Asked if she has replaced another American import, Nargis Fakhri, she replied, "Yes. I'm really excited about my bad-ass character, who's a Pakistani ISI agent." Lauren will be seen alongside Jackky Bhagnani and Arshad Warsi, whose characters find themselves stuck in Karachi without their passports and are then abducted by the Taliban. "The role reminded me of my New York days when my father would walk around the house carrying a gun. It's an action film and you'll see me doing a lot of stunts," she promises. Vashu
Alia Bhatt & Sidharth Malhotra have late night movie date
Agency : Mumbai Rumoured lovers Alia Bhatt and Sidharth Malhotra have sparked speculation again about their relationship status after they were spotted together going out for a late night movie date. In pictures published by The Indian Express, Bhatt doesn’t seem so amused,
while Malhotra is seen avoiding the paps by putting up a straight face. Only a few days ago, Sidharth rumouredly gifted Alia a camera on 15th March when she turned 22. Previously, Bhatt has denied rumours of link-ups with Malhotra, “When I am asked about who I am
dating, who I am going out with, who my best friend is, or who I hate, I find all of it very personal. When the time is right to talk about something, I will. Let people speculate; I am not going to deny, accept or deflect anything. This is my space, and I want to guard it.”
Cannes buzz around Bombay Velvet getting louder
Bhagnani has decided to add an extra song-anddance routine to his political satire after signing the dancer. And Lauren will take to the dance floor with Jackky.However, she's quick to add that she will soon be seen in films which don't have any naachgaana. "In May, I will start another big banner film, which I will film back-toback.They have me in a serious role," she says. The actress admits that she hasn't had the time to breathe since she moved to
Mumbai to pursue a showbiz career. "I don't get to go home often and I really yearn to spend some quality time with my family," she sighs. "Luckily, I got to stay with my parents for three weeks while we were shooting ABCD 2 in Las Vegas." A major portion of the sequel was filmed in Sin City and Lauren who showed off her dance moves in the original and the TV reality show, Jhalak Dikhlaa Jaa Season 6 and 7, asserts that this portion had difficult choreography.
Check out Honey Singh's comeback music video - One Bottle Down
Agency : Chennai The buzz around Anurag Kashyap's Bombay Velvet is getting louder, and the fact that it opens in India on May 15 tells a tale all right. The movie is strongly tipped to be part of the Cannes Film Festival, whose 68th edition runs from May 13 to May 24. The Festival will announce its selections towards the end of April in Paris, and Kashyap has been an all-time favourite of Cannes. His Gangs of Wasseypur, Ugly and Bombay Talkies have all been there. So, by releasing the movie two days after Cannes begins its 12-day roll on the exuberantly
scenic French Riviera, Kashyap will do no wrong. He would have followed to the T one of the strictest codes of Cannes: that a movie must have its premiere at the Festival. It should not have been exhibited anywhere else. The only exception that the Festival makes -- and that too occasionally -- is that a film could have had a screening in the country of its origin, in the case of Bombay Velvet, India. But one supposes Kashyap has played it really safe by scheduling the movie's opening in India on May 15 -- two days after Cannes unrolls its red carpet. In fact,
several French pictures do so. They open in Paris and elsewhere a couple of days after Cannes begins. Cannes is also quite finicky about another aspect. A movie that has tried for a slot in especially any of the other two major European festivals -- Berlin in February and Venice in August-September -- and failed, can seldom hope to be even considered by Cannes. Berlin and Venice too have similar rules, but this writer in the course of his long association with the Big Three of Europe, has found that it is Cannes which is very particular about this rule.
Salman Khan mourns the death of his pet dog Veer Agency : New Delhi The first look of former Tamil star Jyothika’s comeback film, 36 Vayathinile, is out. The film is a remake of last year's Malayalam sleeper hit, How Old Are You, which marked the return of Manju Warrier to the silver screen. 36 Vayathinile's lead, Jyothika too could be hoping for a similar change in fortunes with the film. Marriage, two kids and years of staying away from
the arc lights has done little to dim her charm. The poster shows Jyothika facing the camera in a bright yellow and pink salwar kameez, establishing an instant connect with her audience through her confidence and innate warmth. The original Malayalam film was about a middle-aged married woman making her way into a male-dominated world where nobody thought she'd survive.
Agency : Mumbai Honey Singh is back after a long hiatus with his latest music video One Bottle Down. The famous rapper whom seemed to have become an inseparable part of every film in the past few years had taken a break from work citing health reasons. But it looks like
Honey is ready to party even though he seems to have come down from 'Chaar Bottle Vodka' to 'One Bottle Down'. One Bottle Down is a classic Honey Singh number with the rapper drinking and dancing the night away. It lacks the zest of his previous songs and even
Honey seems a little subdued in his performance. But still, a new Honey Singh single is always something to watch out for especially if it comes after such a long gap. Interestingly, this is also his first single to release this year. You can check out the video below and let us know what you think!
Agency : Mumbai Salman Khan's love for dogs is well known. On Wednesday, the 'Prem Ratan Dhan Payo' actor tweeted heart-wrenching pictures of him with his pet dog Veer. Salman slipped into a nostalgic mode and remembered the night Veer passed away two months ago. The first picture shows Salman with his late canine friend, who is lying on a rug on the floor, while in the second one, he is seen holding Veer's paw which
has his signature bracelet on. While sharing the second picture, Salman tweeted, "Abt 2 months ago . Nite veer passed away." Recently, when Salman received news about his pet dog Sandy being unwell, he decided to put the shoot of 'Bajrangi Bhaijaan' on hold and fly back home to Mumbai from Rajasthan for a day. Salman has also had two Bull Mastiffs — Myson and Myjaan. After Myson's death in 2009, Myjaan took ill a few months later and
passed away. It is said that his debut production venture, 'Chillar Party', was a tribute to his own dogs.
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Facebook sued for sexual harassment, racial discrimination
Agency : WASHINGTON A former Facebook employee, who was sacked in 2013, is suing the social media giant for sex discrimination, sex harassment, race discrimination, and intentional infliction of emotional distress, among other allegations. Chia Hong claimed that the US-based company had a "hostile work environment" where she was belittled, ordered to organize parties and serve drinks to male colleagues, and asked why she didn't just take care of her child, reported The Verge. Hong contended that she was not just discriminated for being a woman but also for being a Taiwanese and that she was replaced by a "less qualified, less experienced Indian male." She worked at the company for more than three years, first as a product manager and then as a technology partner in
finance. She was fired on October 17, 2013. The lawsuit named other defendants besides Facebook, including Anil Wilson and John Does. A Facebook spokesperson commented on the issue by saying that the company worked extremely hard to address issues related to diversity, gender and equality, and added that it believed it had made progress. The spokesperson further added that the company had substantive disagreements on the facts pertaining to the case and believed that the record showed the employee was treated fairly." The lawsuit was filed on Monday in San Mateo Superior Court. Hong is being represented by Lawless & Lawless, one of two law firms currently representing Ellen Pao in her gender discrimination suit against the Silicon Valley venture capital firm.
LG launches 'curved' G Flex 2 at Rs 55,000 in India
Agency : New Delhi South Korean technology giant LG on Wednesday launched is curved screen G Flex 2 smartphone at Rs 55,000 in India. LG G Flex 2 sports a 5.5-inch LCD with 1080p resolution with Gorilla Glass screen. It runs on a new Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 chip and Android 5.0 backed by a 2GB of RAM. The G Flex 2 features a 13-megapixel camera and a 2.1
megapixel front-facing shooter. The smartphone comes in both 16GB and 32GB variant. It gets it power from a 3,000 mAh Li-Polymer battery. Several big Asian phone companies, including LG, launched new high-end smartphones and other wireless gizmos at recent Mobile World Congress, hoping to challenge US giant Apple in a big year for wireless gadgets.
Resurgent Pakistan look SPORTS ROUNDUP ICC WORLD CUP-2015 to upset mighty Australia
Agency : ADELAIDE A resurgent Pakistan would look to carry forward the momentum when they take on formidable hosts Australia in the third quarterfinal of the cricket World Cup, in Adelaide on Friday. On the back of four victories in a row, including one against the mighty South African side, Pakistan recovered from two defeats to make the knockout stage. Misbah-ul-haq has played a pivotal role in their resurrection with his superlative batting effort and the skipper now has the biggest challenge of the tournament before him as
they run into host Australia, whom they have not beaten in their own den since their win at Perth in 2005. Odds are heavily stacked against the Asian nation as they have lost their last seven away matches against Australia. However, Pakistan being an unpredictable side can upset the Australia applecart if their bowlers do the job. In the eight World Cup encounters, the two teams have won four matches each and in the last contest it was Pakistan which emerged triumphant in Colombo in the 2011 edition. Losing the tall left-arm paceman Mohammed Irfan to a hip injury was not an ideal
proposition going into the crucial clash and Misbah would expect Wahab Riaz and Sohail Khan to come up firing on all cylinders. Pakistan would also look up to wicketkeeper Sarfaraz Ahmed, who scored a century in the must-win pool game against Ireland, to continue his good work at the top of the order. Misbah said his players were in good frame of mind ahead of the clash. “I think four straight wins gives you a lot of confidence as a playing unit, the mindset is good and the momentum is with us and this is the best time to play against such a good team because we are also in a good frame of mind,” Misbah said. “Everyone is calling them favourites and if any other team beat them then it’s called an upset, so for us if we can do that then it’s very good for Pakistan cricket,” the Pakistan captain said. History favours fourtime championsAustralia but their campaign in the tournament has been a mixed one so far.
David Warner to captain Sunrisers Hyderabad Agency : Hyderabad Australia’s swashbuckling opener David Warner has been appointed captain of Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad. The Surisers confirmed late on Wednesday night, tweeting: “Congratulations @davidwarner31 on being the SRH captain for IPL 2015. We wish you all the best!” The left-hander had made it clear late last year that he intented to lead Australia one day and taking the job of the IPL team will now provide him with the platform to display his skills as skipper. In the only match where Warner was captain, he made a century for a
Sydney Thunder win in the first edition of the Big Bash League (BBL). “In the back of your mind you always want to look to be a leader. Whether I end up getting a leadership role or not I feel I’m going to be a leader anyway,” Warner had told News Limited in November. “(Sometimes)
you need a lesson and you need to have a bit of a stuff up along the way to give you a kick in the backside. But I’ve always felt I’ve got a lot to offer to the guys.” Sunrisers finished sixth in the last edition of the IPL. Warner had made 523 runs in 14 innings for Hyderadbad outfit.
India v Bangladesh: Virat Kohli given fiery send off by Rubel Hossain
Garmin unveils vivosmart activity tracker, ‘offer price’ at Rs 10,990
Agency : New Delhi Garmin India on Thursday announced the launch of vívosmart, available only on Snapdeal for now, which an activity tracker bundled with a fitness band that allows smart notifications. The gadget is available at an offer price of Rs 10,990. With this launch, Garmin added another wellness device to its product shelf.The vívosmart will send vibration alerts for calls, texts, calendar reminders, emails and more from a smartphone nudging
the users towards a more active lifestyle with personalised daily goals. “With its activity tracking features, additional workout support including timed activities, and smart notifications vívosmart is like having a personal coach and assistant right on your wrist,” said Tony An, Garmin Asia Sales Director. “It challenges and motivates users to stay active and create lifelong healthy habits, while keeping them connected to family, friends, work, and more.
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Wanted to make it count in World Cup quarters: Rohit Sharma Agency : Melbourne After scoring his second century at the iconic Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) on Thursday, India opener Rohit Sharma said he wanted to make this innings count at the grand stage. Guided by Rohit's 137, the defending champions put up a challenging total of 302/6 against Bangladesh in the World Cup quarter-final. No team has ever chased down a target of 300 or more at the historic venue, which will also host the final. "It is the World Cup quarterfinal, so I wanted to make it count. I am glad we eventually posted a good total and now it is important to come back and defend," Rohit said at the mid-innings break. The Mumbaikar was slow to start with but
gathered momentum in the middle as he kept clobbering the bowlers all around the park to smash 14 boundaries and three huge sixes in his 126-ball innings. "It was important for me stay at the crease, especially knowing we lost a few wickets in the middle. We knew it would be slow and low, so I wanted to take my time. I knew if I could stay till the 35th over I could make it count," he said, after
scoring his seventh OneDay International (ODI) ton. The 27-year-old added that it became easier batting on the strip after the short rain delay in the 39th over. "After the rain, the ball came on nicely. It was important to hold your shape and then play your shots," he said. Only two other nonAustralian batsmen have scored two centuries at the MCG - David Gower and Viv Richards.
Irani Trophy: Karnataka stretch their lead to 321 runs
Agency : Bangalore Karnataka put up a much improved batting effort in their second innings to lead Rest of India by 321 runs on day three of Irani Cup here on Thursday. Ravikumar Samarth (81), Karun Nair (80) and Manish Pandey (73 not out) guided Ranji Trophy champions to 341 for six after resuming the day at 39 for no loss at the Chinnaswamy Stadium. Rest of India had put Karnataka under pressure by dismissing them for 224 on day one but the hosts have managed to come out
of the woods with a solid batting display. Pandey's unbeaten 52-run partnership with captain Vinay Kumar (28 not out) towards the close of play further frustrated Rest of India. Both Pandey and Vinay had luck on their side as they were dropped on 50 and 6 respectively. Samarth, who opened in place of Uthappa, played a fine innings comprising 10 fours. Change in position did not work for Uthappa as he chopped one on to his stumps off pacer Varun Aaron. He had made 10 in the first innings at the top
of the order. Nair and Pandey stitched an important 106-run stand for the fifth-wicket. The inform Nair score his second fifty of the game, collecting 12 fours in his 123 ball knock. Wickets of Nair and Shreyas Gopal in the final session would have made Rest of India feel a bit better after toiling through the day. Brief scores: Karnataka 244 and 341/6 in 93 overs (Ravikumar Samarth 81, Karun Nair 80, Manish Pandey 73 batting; Varun Aaron 2/85, Pragyan Ojha 2/93). RoI 264.
Focus on winning Olympic medal for Indian hockey: Paul van Ass Agency : Melbourne The Indian superstar was sent packing for just three during the World Cup quarter-final against Bangladsh at the MCG, caught behind off a nice outswinger by Rubel. The fiery pace bowler couldn’t hide his delight at picking up the prized scalp, yelping with glee as he ran past his
victim. Rubel couldn’t resist having a few choice words to say to Kohli on his way back to the pavilion, and even at one stage began to walk towards the Indian batsman. In the end Bangladesh wicketkeeper Mushfiqur Rahim held back his teammate before he got himself into real trouble. The MCG was the sight of
one of Kohli’s biggest runins with the Aussies during a ill-tempered Test series this summer. He relentlessly sledged Mitchell Johnson when the big paceman was having an off day, and then had a crack at the Aussies in the post-match press conference by saying they don’t learn their lesson when it comes to sledging.
Agency : New Delhi India has always been a difficult place to work for any foreign coach because of its culture and bureaucratic hurdles, but the new chief coach of the men's hockey team Paul van Ass on Wednesday said he has no other option but to adjust to the system. "It's different (working in India). Different doesn't has to mean it is better or worst, it's simply different. As a
foreigner, we have to adjust (in India), we have to adjust to the system," Van Ass told reporters in his first interaction with the media at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium
on Wednesday after taking over the reigns of the team. Working in India as a coach and that too in a high-pressure sport like hockey has never been easy for a foreigner.
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Post-coal bids, power cos may face Rs 1,350 crore deficit: Crisil bids indicate the big premium on fuel security. Bid winners have agreed to forego, on average, mining costs of Rs 650 per tonne and pay an additional premium of Rs 400 per tonne to States in FY16,” its Senior Director Prasad Koparkar said. To offset the resultant 65 paise per unit under- recovery in
Agency : Mumbai The recent coal block auctions might have addressed some fuel supply issues, but private power producers with nearly 10,000 MW capacity may have to face underrecovery to the extend of 65 paise per unit because of aggressive bidding, according to rating agency Crisil said. “Private power producers with a capacity of 10,000 MW, who bid the highest at the recently concluded coal block auctions, are staring at 65
paise per unit underrecovery in variable cost because of aggressive bidding,” the agency’s research arm said in a statement here Wednesday. These players could clock under-recovery of Rs 1,350 crore in FY16 because variable tariffs will not cover mining costs and production-linked payments to Government, it said. Crisil Research estimated the deficit could rise to over Rs 4,500 crore once allotted coal blocks reach peak production. “The aggressive
It seems that the maternal and child health (MCH) care in Gujarat is slipping under the leadership of first woman chief minister of the state, Anandiben Patel, who took charge of the state in May 2014. According to the report card prepared by the Union health ministry, Gujarat has seen a decline in overall index of MCH care delivery system compared to last year. This index for the period April to September, 2014-15, was prepared using various indicators during the four life stages namely prepregnancy or the reproductive age, pregnancy care, child birth and post natal care for
mother and new born. The states that have done better than Gujarat include, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Punjab, Maharashtra, Assam and Madhya Pradesh. In the corresponding period last year (2013-14) Gujarat fared better. States like Madhya Pradesh, Assam and Mizoram have this year marched ahead of the state with better overall index. The very low performing districts in Gujarat include Dahod, Bhavnagar, Aravalli, Botad, Chhotaudepur, Devbhumi Dwarka, Gir Somnath, Mahisagar and Morbi The figures only reaffirm poor state of MCH in Gujarat which was highlighted in a
Agency : Gandhinagar Gujarat Chief Minister today flagged off a truck carrying ‘Jal Shab Vahini’ (a boat oriented dead body van) to Varanasi town in Uttar Pradesh which is constituency of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. Pujya Morari Bapu and Union Minister Arun Jaitley will dedicate this service on 25 March as part of ongoing ‘Ganga Safai Abhiyan’ initiated by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi.
PIL. The PIL had sought direction from the court for the state government to improve health infrastructure and bring down maternal mortality rate below 100 which is presently at 122. Renu Khanna, member of Jan Swasthya Abhiyan, said, "One of the primary reasons for poor MCH is that the remote areas are highly under serviced. Though the state government claims of facilities in rural areas, it is mostly on paper," she said. "Also, there is a lack of monitoring of various health services announced by the state government. Further, post-natal care is very weak in the state as the staff at village levels are yet to be trained," she added.
Fund embezzlement: SC refers Teesta and Javed’s case to larger bench, relief continues
Agency : New Delhi relief continuesThe Supreme Court today referred to a larger bench the petition filed by Teesta Setalvad and her husband seeking anticipatory bail in the case of alleged embezzlement of funds for a museum at Ahmedabad’s Gulbarg Society that was devastated in the 2002 riots. The apex court, however, said that the interim order providing protection from arrest to Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand shall be extended till the larger bench takes up the matter.
While referring the matter to a larger bench, a bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra and Adarsh Kumar Goel said the matter in hand raises several issues pertaining to concept of liberty in view of the offences enumerated in the case. The bench also said that among the issues that needed to be discussed included supremacy of law, value of liberty, concept of regulated liberty, anticipatory bail and issue of non-cooperation during investigation by the accused. The two-judge bench had on February 19 reserved its order in the anticipatory bail plea of Setalvad and her husband who had challenged the Gujarat High Court order denying them the relief. The High Court in its February 12 judgement had observed that Setalvad and her husband were not cooperating in the probe and that “they cannot be
Central Govt to establish Innovation Complex in Gujarat soon Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) of the Government of India has announced to establish Innovation Complex at Ahmedabad or nearby place in Gujarat. The CSIR is likely to formally allocate the necessary funds in 2015-16. The innovation complex will have research & development facilities in various disciplines and it
Jal Shab Vahini to be launched by Morari Bapu, Jaitley at Varanasi flagged off from Gujarat
'State down in maternal care' Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
the variable tariff, recently commissioned or underconstruction projects will require an average first-year fixed tariff of close to Rs 3.5 per unit. “This will be almost 30 per cent more than average fixed tariff quoted in the PPAs signed during the last two years. This will be challenging,” he said.
armoured with full-fledged anticipatory bail when applicants did not cooperate with the investigation”. Hours after the High Court had denied them the bail, they had moved the apex court and the bench headed by Chief Justice H L Dattu had granted stay of the order and posted the matter for next day. A bench of justices S J Mukhopadhya (since retired)and N V Ramana had asked some tough questions to Setalvad and her husband for seeking anticipatory bail. It had extended the protection from arrest till February 19 when a new bench of Justices Dipak Misra and Adarsh Kumar Goel further extended the stay and reserved the judgement.according to the complaint filed against Setalvad, funds were collected by her despite the idea being dropped.
Dead body carriage on water is sponsored by Sudhanshu Mehta Foundation. Gujarat BJP president RC Faldu and
Organizational General Secretary Bhikhubhai Dalsania were present on this occasion.
3.9 intensity tremor felt in parts of North Gujarat Sunvilla News, Gandhinagar Parts of north Gujarat today experienced mild tremor. According to Dr. B.K Rastogi, Director General of Gandhinagar based Institute of Seismological Research it was a mild tremor measuring 3.9 on richter scale. Dr. Rastogi added that there’s no major faultline in this area and therefore there’s no reason to worry. He said tremor was particularly felt around Khedbrahma in Sabarkantha
district of north Gujarat. He said equipments are deployed at nearby Dharoi dam and at other places and epicenter will be known soon. Mild tremor was felt in Sabarkantha and Banaskantha districts of north Gujarat post 3.00 pm. In Sabarkantha, people came out of their house as soon as the felt tremor for around 15 seconds. There are no reports of any damage to property.
will have academic and industrial research activities. The Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), known for its cutting edge R&D knowledgebase in diverse Science &Technology areas, is a contemporary R&D organization. Having pan-India presence, CSIR has a dynamic network of 38 national laboratories, 39 outreach centres, 3
Gujarat government on Wednesday appointed advocate Manisha Lavkumar Shah as government pleader and advocate Mitesh Amin as public prosecutor to conduct matters in Gujarat high court. This is for the first time in the high court's history that the government has appointed two lawyers for these different posts. While the government pleader is supposed to look after civil cases, the prosecutor will conduct criminal cases. Advocate Shah used to work
Agency : Mumbai All municipal schools in the city and suburbs would teach ‘Bhagwad Gita’ to students in order to make them more focused, boost their morale and impart them knowledge about spiritualism, a civic official has said. “We shall impart the knowledge of ‘Bhagwad Gita’ to students to make them independent and sharpen their power in decision making,” Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai’s (MCGM) Deputy Municipal Commissioner Ramdas Bhausaheb said. He was speaking at a prize distribution function of ‘Gita Champions League’ contest, organised by International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) here on March 15. Ramdas said MCGM has 1,200 schools with a total strength of 4,78,000 students where the corporation spends over Rs 3,500 crore every year to impart free education to children in nine regional languages, a press release
as a prosecutor in the high court. After she left this post a couple of years ago, she represented Rais Khan, who wanted to implicate his former employer and social activist Teesta Setalvad in different criminal cases. She also represented one of the accused cops in Tulsiram Prajapati fake encounter case. She is a special prosecutor for the Supreme Court-appointed SIT in one of the appeals, and also worked as special prosecutor in cases filed by IPS officers Satish Verma and Rajnish Rai before the
Central Administrative Tribunal.AdvocateAmin has been a known criminal lawyer. He has represented BJP president Amit Shah and many accused cops in fake encounter cases. He is representing Vismay Shah in the BMW hit-and-run case. He is also representing 61 accused persons in the Gulbarg Society massacre case. These posts remained vacant for nearly a year since advocate Prakash Jani was elevated as additional advocate general. Advocate H L Jani was in-charge government pleader.
societies and hence there is a power of the Board of Directors to pass a “no confidence” motion. 14 Directors of the Board submitted a requisition letter dated 23/24-10-2013 to MD, GCMMF for arranging the GCMMF Board meeting to discuss “No confidence motion” against Sh. Vipul Chaudhary, Chairman, GCMMF. Accordingly, as per provisions of the bye-law No.26.2.16, a Board meeting notice dated 23-10-
2013 was issued by MD to the GCMMF Board of Directors for the meeting to be held on 26-10-2013. The said notice was challenged by Shri Vipul Chaudhary in the Gujarat High Court where in stay granted on Board meeting to be convened on 26-10-13 for no confidence motion.
Supreme Court confirms dismissal of Vipul Chaudhary from Amul Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
The Supreme Court has Wednesday pronounced judgement in Vipul Chaudhary vs GCMMF case. Vipul Chaudhary’s appeals against his removal as Chairman of GCMMF by no-confidence motion have been dismissed and the Gujarat High Court judgement in favour of GCMMF has been upheld. The court had held that democratic principles have to be read into the Statute pertaining to Co-op
Innovation Complexes and 5 units. CSIR’s R&D expertise and experience is embodied in about 4600 active scientists supported by about 8000 scientific and technical personnel. CSIR covers a wide spectrum of science and technology – from radio and space physics, oceanography, geophysics, chemicals, drugs, genomics,
biotechnology and nanotechnology to mining, a e r o n a u t i c s , instrumentation, environmental engineering and information technology. It provides significant technological intervention in many areas with regard to societal efforts which include environment, health, drinking water, food, housing, energy, farm and non-farm sectors.
Mumbai’s municipal schools to teach ‘Bhagwad Gita’ to students
Govt pleader, PP for high court named Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
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here said. “Our children are our future. We need to protect them, nourish and develop their minds. However, television, movies and the Internet together expose the children to violence, pornography and insanity, as a result of which they can easily get influenced and succumb to negative thoughts and actions,” said Radhanath Swami, the spiritual guru of ISKCON’s Radha Gopinath Temple at Girgaum Chowpatty here. The teachings of ‘Bhagwad
Gita’ can influence young minds and give a positive and morale-boosting exposure, help students remain focused and assist in taking ethical decisions, he said. The Gita Champions League written contest was held in January this year by ISKCON. Nearly 4,617 students belonging to various religions from 105 schools all over Mumbai participated in the contest and answered questions related to the sacred scripture.
Lit grit: Beti padhao, mummy bhi padhao! Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
Rasila Patel, 39, was forced to drop out of school after class VII as the secondary school was 8 km away from her home. Her conservative parents decided she was better off not going to school since she was a girl. Twentysix years later, Rasila's village, Ukheda in Kutch, still doesn't have a secondary school. But Rasila is the talk of the town for taking the SSC board exams along with her daughter. Even as the government propogates the `Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao' scheme, Rasila's mother-inlaw Jashuben and husband Amrut have given the goahead for educating the woman in their house. So while Jashuben cooks and cleans and makes the tiffins for the household, daughter-in law Rasila and granddaughter
Hiral do last-minute preparations for their SSC board exams. Rasila is taking the exams at JD High School in Borsad, her daughter Hiral was allotted another centre. "When I was teaching my daughter, I realized that despite having passing only class 7, I could pass the SSC exam. I always stood first in class before I was forced to drop out. When I expressed a desire to take the SSC, my husband and motherin-law both encouraged me to make the attempt," said Rasila. Hiral says that she's proud of her mother taking up the challenge to complete her education. Rasila says that she wants to study further and would like to graduate. She however laments that despite the state progressing so much, her village is still deprived of a secondary school.
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