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News Brief Hot, humid weather in north India Agency : New Delhi, Apr 20
Hot and humid weather prevailed under a scorching sun which pushed the mercury up in vast swathes of north India with parts of Rajasthan sweltering under temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius. In the national capital, the maximum temperature settled at 39.6 degrees Celsius, two notches above normal, with a blazing sun adding to the woes of Delhiites. The minimum in the capital stood five notches above normal at 26 degrees.
Heat wave conditions intensify in parts of Odisha Agency : Bhubaneswar, Apr 20
Heat wave conditions intensified in many parts of Odisha today with the mercury rising above 40degree Celsius mark in at least 13 places as Titlagarh became the hottest at 43 deg C. Titlagarh in western Odisha recorded the highest temperature in the state at 43 degree Celsius followed by 42.9 degree in the industrial town of Angul, the meteorological centre said here.
Manjhi seeks punishment for Nitish Kumar Agency : Patna, Apr 20
Staying away from making any announcement about much touted formation of a new political party, former Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi today sought "punishment" for CM Nitish Kumar for overturning his decisions taken for public welfare, and asked the people to "avenge it through ballot". "Kumar should be handed over punishment for canceling the several measures taken by me for the welfare of the poor, downtrodden and the weak.
Rohit fined Rs. 12 lakh for slow over-rate Agency : Bangalore, Apr 20
Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma has been fined after his team maintained a slow over rate during last evening's IPL cricket match against Royal Challengers Bangalore here.
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'suit boot ki Modi sarkar': Rahul Gandhi Rahul attacks on Modi, said that the Modi led National Democratic Alliance(NDA) government was a government of industrialists
Agency : New Delhi Rahul Gandhi, the Gandhi family scion and the vicepresident of the Congress party, is back from his two month holiday (57 days to be exact). And if nothing else, he surely has discovered his political machismo during the period. Speaking
in Lok Sabha today (20 April 2015) Rahul said that the Narendra Modi led National Democratic Alliance(NDA) government was a government of industrialists, or as he put it: 'suit, boot ki sarkar'. In a speech he made at the Ramlila Maidan in New Delhi on 19
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The city sweltered on Sunday with the mercury levels hovering at 43°C. This was the second highest temperature in the state after Rajkot, which recorded 43.6°C. According to the India Meteorological Department, the westerly to northwesterly winds would remain at lower levels over Gujarat region and heat wave con-
April 2015, he made similar allegations when he said: "Let me tell you how Modi ji won the election. He took loans of thousands of crores from big industrialists from which his marketing was done. How will he pay back those loans now? He will do it by giving your land to those top industrialists. He wants to weaken the farmers, then snatch their land and give it to his industrialist
friends.” There are multiple points that need to be made here. Is Rahul Gandhi trying to suggest that the Congress party did not get corporate funding to fight the 2014 Lok Sabha elections? Is he trying to suggest that the Congress party has never got corporate funding to fight elections? Is he trying to tell us that the Congress party has never used "black-money" to fight elec-
China president arrives in Pakistan to sign £30bn 'land corridor' agreement
ditions will persist in Saurashtra and Kutch. Relatively cooler spots in the state were Dwarka, at 31.9°C, and Okha, which recorded 32.4°C. Surat, on the other hand, recorded 42.2°C.
Agency : Islamabad The president of China has flown into Islamabad to finalise a multi-billion dollar investment programme that Pakistan is banking on to fix crippling electricity shortages and transform global trade routes. President Xi Jinping’s two-day trip has been dubbed a “fate-changing visit”, given the importance of the series of agreements he is expected to sign that are intended to turn Paprising personnel of Nadiad kistan into a crucial trade town crime branch, Special route for China. The huge Operation Group (SOG) sums being offered dwarf and local police caught them, the billions spent over the Chauhan said. Gujarat has last decade by the US in its a sumptuary law in force attempts to stabilise a fragsince its formation in 1960 ile nuclear power and enlist that proscribes the manu- its support for the war facture, storage, sale and against the Taliban in consumption of alcoholic neighbouring Afghanistan. beverages. When con- The Chinese are not just oftacted, Parmar, who repre- fering to build muchsents Thasra seat in the Leg- needed infrastructure but islative Assembly, termed the also make Pakistan a key incident as a "political con- partner in its grand ecospiracy" against him ahead nomic and strategic ambiof forthcoming elections to tions. Under the proposed Amul Dairy. China-Pakistan economic corridor, strengthened rail and road networks will allow Chinese goods to flow
Liquor stock worth Rs 5.32 lakh seized from Amul Dairy chairman's plot in 'dry' Gujarat Correspondent, Anand
A cache of liquor bottles worth around Rs 5.32 lakh was seized from a plot owned by Congress MLA and Amul Dairy chairman Ramsinh Parmar at Thasra town in the district on Sunday, police said. "A total of 2023 beer bottles worth Rs 4.84 lakh and 18 boxes of Indian made foreign liquor (IMFL) worth around Rs 48,200 were seized from Parmar's plot in Thasra town. Police have arrested three persons including a minor under the Prohibition
Act," said Thasra police sub-inspector A G Chauhan. He said one of the trio was a class V student while two others were identified as Vinu Babu Kharad and Pravin Mali. They were unloading the consignment of liquor bottles from an Eicher truck in a godown located inside Parmar's plot when a police team, com-
AIIMS doctor sent to custody for wife's suicide Agency : New Delhi A court here on Monday sent a doctor of AIIMS to a 14-day judicial custody following the suicide of his wife after she came to know that he was gay. Kamal Vedi, 34, a dermatologist at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences here, was remanded in judicial custody till May 4 by a magistrate here. A 31-year-old senior anaesthetist at AIIMS, Priya Vedi allegedly committed suicide by slitting her wrist with a sharp-edged object in a hotel room in central Delhi's Paharganj locality. Before taking the extreme step, Priya Vedi wrote a note on her Facebook account and also
tions? Or is it more a case of sour-grapes—the fact that when it came to the 2014 Lok Sabha elections the corporates were on Modi's side, given the sordid performance of the Manmohan Singh government. As Jairam Ramesh told The Times of India after Lok Sabha elections: "We were out-campaigned, out-manoeuvred, outfunded and out-spent by
left a suicide note alleging that her husband was gay and used to torture her. Police arrested Kamal on Sunday and booked him under Sections 498A (cruelty) and 304B (dowry death) of the Indian Penal Code. Police said that Priya's husband had filed a missing complaint on Saturday evening when he failed to contact her on her mobile since morning. The couple got married five
years ago and since then they were staying at the AIIMS staff quarters in south Delhi, according to police. Police learnt about Priya Vedi's death during a search operation across several hotels in Paharganj. The police team also found a suicide note from her room, in which she mentioned her troubled marriage that consequently led to her committing suicide.
Modi." So, it is clearly a case of sour grapes for Rahul. Also, in all these years that Congress was in power, why did it never try to clean up political funding? Does
Rahul have an answer for that? Rahul, further said in his Lok Sabha speech that: "You know as well as I do, that this government is one that works for industrialists."
Cheating case against Shruti Haasan withdrawn the length of the South Asian nation from its northern mountains to the Arabian Sea port of Gwadar. For China it would provide a shorter, alternative route to major oil-producing countries than south east Asia’s strait of Malacca, an overcrowded, relatively shallow sea lane troubled by pirates. Islamabad hopes the transit trade, in addition to lavish Chinese investment in new power stations, will provide a once-in-a-generation boost to a sluggish economy that has fallen far behind that of Pakistan’s regional competitor, India. Pakistani officials claim the total investment comes to $45bn (£30bn), with the bulk of it going on efforts to double the country’s current electricity output.
Agency : Hyderabad Picture House Media, a leading production company, on Monday withdrew a cheating case it had filed against Shruti Haasan last month for walking out of one of their upcoming yetuntitled Telugu-Tamil bilingual projects. "The case was withdrawn after Tamil Film Producers Council (TPFC) and South Indian Film Artists Association (SIAA) intervened and settled the issue amicably," read a statement. "Shruti is very thankful for the intervention of
SIAA on the matter as the lawyer sided with her cause due to harassment meted out to her. Thanks to the support of the industry bodies, she has also decided to withdraw the defamation claim against the producers for misrepresentation and revealing misleading facts to the media," Shruti's spokesperson said. Keeping this issue in mind, TPFC and SIAA said that artistes should work in tandem with the producers and not cause heavy losses to them because of their irresponsible acts.
Navy launches stealth destroyer INS Visakhapatnam Agency : Mumbai India Navy’s new stealth destroyer, Visakhapatnam, designed indigenously and fitted with advanced features, was launched here today, boosting the maritime force’s firepower capability. The Kolkata-class warship, the first of P15-B stealth destroyers, was launched by Minu Dhowan, wife of Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R K Dhowan, at Mazgaon Docks Ltd (MDL). Top Navy and MDL officials were present on the occasion. The ship, weighing approximately 3,000 tons during the launch, is slated to be christened as ‘INS Visakhapatnam’ on commissioning. The 163-metre-
long vessel will be propelled by four gas turbines, and is designed to achieve a speed of over 30 knots at a displacement of approximately 7,300 tons. The indigenously designed stealth destroyer will have state-ofthe-art weapons, sensors, an advance Action Informa-
tion System, in Integrated Platform Management system, sophisticated Power Distribution System and a host of other advanced features. It will be fitted with supersonic surface-to-surface missile system. The system enables the ship to engage shore-based and naval sur-
face targets at long range, making it a lethal platform for strike against enemy targets. The ship’s air defence capability, designed to counter the threat of enemy aircraft and anti-ship cruise missiles, will revolve around the vertical launch and long range surface to air missile system. Four 30 mm rapid-fire guns will provide the ship with close-in-defence capability, while an MR gun will enable her to provide effective naval gunfire support. Indigenously developed twin tube torpedo launchers and rocket launchers will add punch to the ship’s anti-submarine capability. The vessel is follow-on of P15A Kolkata-class destroyers with enhanced features.
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Tax terrorism: Why did Jaitley let his babus take him for a ride with a new, flawed ITR form? It does not speak well of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley that a badly-designed income-tax return (ITR) form should have been scrapped only after it had done some political damage. Far from simplifying the filing of tax returns – which has been the secular trend over the last few years – Jaitley’s tax henchmen would have ended up turning the clock back had the new ITR forms gone through. Among other things, the ITR to be used for assessment year 2015-16 (financial year 2014-15) sought details of foreign trips made by the assessee, the money spent on private purposes, details of capital gains, names of all bank accounts, etc. It would have brought tax terrorism closer to ordinary taxpayers than has ever been attempted before. If this is the way to track potential black money, Jaitley must be living in Cloud Cuckooland. First, it makes no sense to monitor black money by asking the people themselves to give clues about what they spent on their foreign jaunts. If I have money stashed abroad, I am hardly likely to put all that detail down for Jaitley’s cohorts to come after me. Second, details about foreign trips made by all Indian citizens are already available with the government, as passport control and immigration authorities capture this data. Details of foreign exchange purchased are already there with the banks (the money is linked to passports anyway), and the Reserve Bank can surely access that information if it wants to. Jaitley, Raghuram Rajan and Sushma Swaraj are surely not on such bad speaking terms that his taxmen cannot get that data from the ministry of external affairs or the RBI? Third, black money is generated through economic activity, and not merely travel. The traditional ways of generating black money are through the underinvoicing of exports and the overinvoicing of imports. Plus, there are the famous M and P routes, where domestic black money held abroad tends to come back as foreign institutional investment. If Jaitley is so concerned about these routes, all he has to do is rework the tax agreement with Mauritius (the M route) and ban participatory notes (the P note) which allow foreign investors to trade in Indian shares without disclosing their identities. But he knows that the markets could tank if does anything about M or P. Seeking to keep tabs on foreign travellers is just a ruse to fool the people into thinking that he is going after black money. Fourth, seeking more disclosures from taxpayers actually does nothing to reduce the potential for black money. What it does is increase the bribe rate – which generates more black money. So, instead of tackling big ticket crooks, small-time people will be busy offering bribes to taxmen to overlook their minor transgressions, assuming this is what ordinary foreign travellers have indulged in. Mr Jaitley should ensure that his tax babus do not take him for a ride the next time by providing non-solutions. To get a fix on black money abroad, you need to chase the big guns, not every hapless Indian tourist.
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nushka Sharma, the producer, promises 'risky' films
Agency : New Delhi Riding high on the success of her production debut NH10, Bollywood actor Anushka Sharma has said she wants to experiment as a producer and promised to back films in future regarded as "risky". she said giving credit to director Navdeep Singh and writer Sudip
Sharma for bringing up such a theme that she could not resist. "In future also we would like to back films that can be considered slightly risky since they don't have song and dance," the 26year-old, who is in Beijing to attend the screening of the NH10 at the Beijing Film Festival, said.
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"These kind of elements (Hafiz Saeed) keep threatening India. India is not a ordinary country. We are a responsible country, a responsible power. We will give befitting reply and in a responsible manner," - Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said
Hrithik Roshan and Shraddha Kapoor win at IAA Leadership Awards
Agency : New Delhi Hrithik won the Brand Visionary of the Year – Male at the third IAA Leadership Awards Ceremony. Hrithik
Roshan, sons Hridhaan and Hrehaan in matching purple suits went up on stage to receive the award from the Union Minister of State for
Finance, Sri Jayant Sinha and Srinivasan K Swamy, President of IAA’s India Chapter. Hrithik Roshan graciously asked his sons to accept the award and the citation and announced that he dedicates the award to them because they have been his inspiration He also spoke about his brand HRX. He also announced that he intends to fund four para-athletes who are keen to participate in the Paralympics in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil next year. He plans to raise over 20 lakhs to provide para-athletes in India facilities and funding like their counterparts across the world.
Kalki Koechlin thanks fans for supporting 'Margarita with a Straw' Agency : New Delhi Actress Kalki Koechlin says people's support for her latest film "Margarita, With A Straw", centred around a differently-abled person, has made her hopeful about the success of movies with unconventional subjects. Kalki stars as a 19-year-old girl suffering from cerebral palsy in the recently-released romantic comedy. The film talks about her struggle with the normal activities in her life. Happy with the public response to the film, the "Dev D" actress tweeted, "I'm going to be out of network for a few days so just want to say what an overwhelming response for
MWAS. It restores my faith in people." National Award-winning multi-lingual film "Court" also released the same day. Kalki,
31, said she was happy that fans also supported the independent courtroom drama, which features no big star.
Agency : New Delhi Malaika Arora Khan rose to fame with Chaiyya Chaiyya song in 1998 and later changed the dynamics of item songs in Bollywood. The actress-turned-producer says that she enjoys dancing and her son doesn't get affected by her work. Asked how her son Arhaan reacts to her dance numbers, "He doesn't get affected by my songs. He is too tiny and young. If he likes the song, he comes up and says that he liked it. "For me, personally I think songs are part of the film and it's fun to be a part of a song but it also depends on how it's going to be publicised and picturised. I love it and every time I get the opportunity to be a part of something, I always say yes because I enjoy it," added Malaika, who was blessed with Arhaan in 2002. The term item number may be looked at in a derogatory way in showbiz, but the Chaiyya chaiyya star
says she would like to call it a special song. "I never look at it that way. Unfortunately, people have made it a derogatory thing. It's the way it's been used. I would call it
as a special song. I hate the word 'item' song. People have made it sound like crude and crass so, I would just call it as a special song," the 39-year-old said.
Agency : New Delhi The date of verdict in Salman Khan 2002 hit-andrun case will be declared on Tuesday. While Khan's lawyer argued that the evidence of eyewitness Ravindra Patil should not be accepted because he passed away and was not available for crossexamination, the prosecution said ample opportunity had been given to defence earlier for cross examining this witness. In a related de-
velopment, sessions judge DW Deshpande, on a plea of Khan, issued contempt notices to inspector of Bandra police station for recreating the crime scene and to two city newspapers for publishing photographs
of a police team recreating the same. Actor Salman Khan had denied police's claims that he had started from the hotel at 2.15 AM and reached the spot of accident in Bandra at 2.45 AM while driving at the speed of 90-100 kmph. Khan's lawyer Srikant Shivade moved an application seeking contempt action against police officer Rajendra Kane for recreating the scene of offence.
Here's what Sonam Kapoor said about Katrina Kaif's Cannes debut
She is training with Priyanka Chopra's trainer, Samantha Edwards. She does a one hour class every alternate day. Priyanka has been Shraddha's favourite actress
for the longest time and the Haider actress has always been immensely fond of PeeCee. Hence the choice of trainer does not seem coincidental.
TV's highest paid actors! Agency : New Delhi Mickey Virus actor, Manish Paul, who has been entertaining the audience with his comic timing, has been allegedly offered Rs 1.5 crore to host the upcoming season of Colors' Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa,The report stated that the producers of the show are
My son doesn't get affected: Malaika Arora Khan on item songs
Salman Khan 2002 hit-and-run case verdict date on Tuesday
Shraddha Kapoor trains with Priyanka Chopra's trainer for 'Rock On 2' Agency : Mumbai Shraddha Kapoor is all excited to step into the character of her next film, Rock On 2! The actress has already started prepping for the same in between her dubbing sessions for her upcoming release, ABCD 2. Shraddha, who comes from a musical family and who has lent her voice to popular songs like the Unplugged version of Galliyan last year and wining the Global Indian Music Awards for the same, will also be lending her voice for the music of this film. For the same, the actress is undergoing voice modulation classes.
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aware that Manish's market value has increased and they have made him an offer keeping that in mind. The
actor had replaced popular television actress Drashti Dhami last year as she failed to strike a connect with the audience, alongside Ranvir Shorey. The makers of the show are very keen on roping in Manish Paul as their host for the eight season, concluded the report.
Agency : New Delhi Another beautiful face from Bollywood is set to make her Cannes debut this year and it is none other than Katrina Kaif. Kaif will join Sonam Kapoor and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan on the red carpet at the 68th Cannes International Film Festival as the ambassador of cosmetics brand L'Oreal Paris. L'Oreal Paris will celebrate 18 years of its partnership as the official makeup partner for Festival De Cannes, and it promises an exciting line-up of its spokespeople ready to walk
the red carpet from May 1324. In the past, Aishwarya and Sonam have made India proud with their stunning style statements, and now Katrina - who has worked with top-notch stars and filmmakers in her over decade-long acting career in Bollywood - is ready to sport a specially created look for her debut at Cannes. "I'm very excited to represent L'Oreal Paris and India at the Cannes Film Festival this year. Being an actor, it is very inspiring to attend an event
that celebrates all forms of cinema. As a L'Oreal Paris ambassador, I can't wait to meet the other global ambassadors and help set new beauty trends for this year," Katrina said in a statement. Sonam is also happy to welcome Katrina to the film jamboree as she was quoted saying, "Katrina is a gorgeous girl who has a unique individual style that she embraces and highlights with panache." L'Oreal Paris calls its ambassadors 'Women of Worth' and the brand's officials are delighted to announce Katrina's debut this year "L'Oreal Paris has played an active role in promoting cinema and catering to the event's grandeur and we're excited that our beautiful Indian ladies in their Matte or Gloss themed looks will only add to the glamour of the event," said Manashi Guha, general manager of the brand.
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Rupee down 55 paise vs dollar, logs biggest fall in 2015 Agency : Mumbai ogging its biggest fall of the year, the rupee on Monday plunged by 55 paise to close at over one-month low of 62.91 against the greenback amid sustained demand for dollars from importers. Meanwhile, the benchmark BSE Sensex stumbled by 555.89 points or 1.95 pct to end at threeweek low of 27,886.21. Dollar shortcoverings by exporters on the back of firm American unit overseas amid heavy capital outflows also kept the rupee under pressure, a forex dealer said. At the Interbank For-
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eign Exchange (Forex) market, the domestic currency commenced weak at 62.54 a dollar from last close of 62.36, but initially tried to recover to a high of 62.47. Later, it met with strong resistance and tumbled to a low of 62.93 before settling at 62.91, showing sharp loss of 55 paise -- biggest fall at 0.88% in absolute term in 2015. It had concluded at 62.97 on March 13. The dollar index, a gauge of six other major rivals, was up by 0.40% following China's latest stimulus injection to spur growth.
Sony unveils Xperia Z4 at 5.2 inches with Snapdragon 810
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ony Mobile has today unveiled its latest flagship Android smartphone, the Xperia Z4. The announcement arrived with little fanfare on the company's Japanese website, outlining specs for the new flagship and slating it for a mid-year release in Japan. As yet, the smartphone maker has not announced an international launch date. Following on from last year's flagship Xperia Z3 , the Z4 features a 5.2-inch, full-HD display and shaves off a few millimetres of thickness for a slim 6.9mm, 144-gram design. The face of the phone measures 146mm by 72mm, with a slim bezel around the
1,920x1,080-pixel screen. Sony's Xperia range is known for both powerful cameras and water- and dust-resistant design, and Z4 looks to be no exception. Similar to its predecessor, the Z4 is equipped with a 5-megapixel front-facing camera and a 20.7megapixel camera on the rear. The new flagship also comes with an IP6X dustproof rating, and is certified IPX5 and IPX8, meaning it's not only splashresistant but can survive being totally submerged in water for an indefinite amount of time. The announcement also boasts of a waterproof USB port, so there's no need for sealed caps this time around.
Young Bengal cricketer Ankit Keshri dies after on-field collision Agency : Kolkata Tragedy struck Indian cricket on Monday when a 20-year-old player died as a result of a freakish on-field collision with a teammate during a club match in Kolkata. Four months after Australia cricketer Phillip Hughes died after being hit by a bouncer, Ankit Keshri, a former captain for Bengal's under-19 team, battled for three days before passing away at a Kolkata hospital. "It's so unfortunate. He was such a promising cricketer and for him to pass away in such a manner is difficult to swallow," Subir Ganguly, the joint secretary of the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB), told Reuters. Keshri, a righthanded batsman and legspinner, came on as a substitute fielder for his club
and collided with a teammate as both players went for a high catch. He briefly lost consciousness but was resuscitated by a teammate, following which, he was rushed to hospital. Ac-
cording to doctors, Keshri's condition was stable but he suffered a cardiac arrest around midnight on Sunday and died early on Monday morning, officials of the CAB said.
Sunday night as they outclassed West Ham 2-0 to consolidate their grip on a
top-four place in the Premier League. James Collins netted a bizarre own goal to put opponents City ahead in the 18th minute before Sergio Aguero doubled the lead as he scored his 20th league goal of the season 18 minutes later. Prior to the game, City manager Manuel Pellegrini conceded that he could be sacked if his team do not secure a top-four place at the end of the season, the BBC reported. With the win, City are fourth on 64 points, one point behind third-placed Manchester United and seven points clear of fifth-placed Liverpool in the league table.
Mumbai boy Dani is in top Get a OnePlus One Without an Invite ten of junior TT rankings
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Agency : Mumbai Mumbai's Mudit Dani has followed in the footsteps of current national men's table tennis champion Soumyajit Ghosh and Harmeet Desai as the third Indian to enter the top ten of the ITTF world junior boys' circuit standings. The 16-year old lad, who is ranked 10th, has become the first and only player from Mumbai and Maharashtra to achieve this feat, said a media release today from the Mumbai City
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Lancashire batsman hits world record 350 in 138 balls
EPL: Manchester City edge past West Ham to consolidate top four spot
Agency : London Manchester City produced a dominant performance on
Agency : London Young Lancashire batsman Liam Livingstone has smashed a world record 350 in just 138 balls during a one-day match. The 21year-old allrounder bludgeoned 34 fours and 27 sixes for Nantwich in a Royal London National Club Championship game against Caldy. The England and Wales Cricket Board said. that his innings was the highest recorded in any form of one-day match, beating the previous record of 334 not out by Nikhilesh Surendran in an Indian club fixture in Hyderabad. Nantwich, a club based in the north-west of England, amassed 579 for seven in 45 overs and ended up winning by a remarkable mar-
gin of 500 runs. Caldy's poor bowlers were hit to all parts. One registered figures of nought for 123 from nine overs and another finished with two for 124 in eight overs. Caldy were then bowled out for 79 and Livingstone completed a memorable day by taking
three catches. "It was just one of those days when everything I did came off," said Livingstone, who was used as a substitute fielder by England in last year's third Test win over India in Manchester after Stuart Broad was struck in the face while batting.
IPL: Mumbai Indians' Unmukt Chand praises coach Ricky Ponting for support
Agency : Bengaluru Mumbai Indians batsman Unmukt Chand on Monday heaped praise on team coach Ricky Ponting saying "if he believes in you, he backs you to the hilt". Unmukt played a matchwinning knock (58 off 38 balls) against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Sunday to steer his team to an 18-run victory, their first win of the 2015 Indian Premier League (IPL). "Ricky is such
a positive guy and so full of energy. He really boosts your morale, which is so important at this level. The best thing about Ricky is that if he believes in you, he backs you to the hilt," Ponting was known to be an aggressive player and captain during his playing days and when the 22-year-old was asked if his way of coaching is the same, he said: "Oh, he is. You really cannot make out whether he is coaching or still
playing. He is still so aggressive, you can only imagine how he would have been during his playing days." The young batsman was happy to make an impact for Mumbai Indians. "It took a long time for me to do something of note in the IPL. I haven't played many matches; last year I got one match, this season I played one then didn't play the last game. It's been tough for me but I am happy that finally I could spend some time in the middle and score some runs," he said. When asked how tough is it for a young cricketer to be batting in a crunch situation like he was against RCB, he said: "IPL is a long tournament and one thing you want as a youngster is to play all the matches. You are eager to go out there and perform.
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Districts Table Tennis Association. Qatar's Al-Naggar Abdulrahman (no. 3), Japan's Yuki Matsuyama, China's Wei Shihao (both
joint no. 5) and Qatar's Abdulhussein Mohammed (no. 7) are the other Asians in the top ten of the rankings.
SAI offers 'coaching' help to troubled boxer Mrunal Bhosale
Agency : New Delhi The Sports Authority of India (SAI) on Monday offered to sponsor a one-year diploma course in coaching
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at the National Institute of Sports (NIS) for financially-challenged national level boxer Mrunal Bhosale. Pune-based
Bhosale drives a goods carrier for a living. His plight was highlighted by a media report recently. "SAI would be happy to sponsor him for a one year coaching diploma at NIS Patiala or its Bangalore branch if he is interested. After he passes the course he can apply to become a SAI coach. We will be very happy to support him," Injeti Srinivas, SAI director general, said in a release.
Agency : Bengaluru Mumbai Indians put in their best performance so far to chalk up their first win in five matches of the 2015 Indian Premier League T20 tournament as they defeated a fighting Royal Challengers Bangalore by 18 runs here on Sunday. Playing with a positive intent, Mumbai Indians, thanks to half-centuries by Lendl Simmons (59,
44b, 9x4, 2x6) and India Under-19 captain Unmukt Chand (58, 37b, 8x4, 2x6) along with a 15-ball 42 (3x4, 4x6) by skipper Rohit Sharma, piled up 209 for 7 after being asked to bat first. The RCB chase stuttered and nearly stalled with Chris Gayle, dropped twice, making just 10 runs off 24 balls, before being bowled by the crafty Harbhajan Singh,
who brought into play his vast experience and guile to contain the rival batsmen. Thus, it was left to de Villiers to do a rescue act as the South African blasted a 11ball 41 (5x4, 3x6) before lofting seamer Jasprit Bumrah straight to Kieron Pollard at long-on, and with his exit, RCB’s hopes of even making a match of it, much less win, sank despite some heavy hitting by Wiese in the latter half of the chase. Earlier, the Mumbai Indians batsmen took advantage of wayward RCB bowling as Simmons and Chand laid the foundation with a 72-run partnership for the second wicket after the early exit of Parthiv Patel (12). Later, Rohit Sharma, coming in at No.4 instead of his customary opening slot, and Chand added 63 runs for the third wicket to ensure a 200-plus total.
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BHEL commissions 250 MW power plant in Gujarat Correspondent, Jamnagar
State-owned power equipment maker Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) on Monday said it has commissioned a 250 MW coal-based thermal power plant in Jamnagar in Gujarat for the state’s electricity corporation. “The unit has been commissioned at Gujarat State Electricity Corporation Limited’s (GSECL) Sikka Thermal Power Station (STPS)... on EPC (engineering, procurement and construction)
basis,” the company said in a statement. The power equipment maker has already commissioned two 120 MW units in STPS. “GSECL has also recently
entrusted BHEL with an order for setting up an 800 MW supercritical coalbased project at Wanakbori, on EPC basis”, the company said.
CHARUSAT to launch Institute of Astronomy-Astrophysics
Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
Charotar University of Science and Technology(CHARUSAT) at Changa in central Gujarat will be the first institute in Gujarat to offer courses in astronomy and astrophysics, and first in India to offer an undergraduate course in the subjects. Dr Mohanbhai I Patel Institute of AstronomyAstrophysics , basic sci-
ences and technology will be established for this on the CHARUSAT campus by Dr JJ Rawal led Indian Planetary Society(IPS) which is recognized at a scientific and industrial research organization by the Government of India.Aself-financed institute will offer courses in Astronomy, Astrophysics, Earthquake Science, Cosmo-Chemistry and
more. The institute will be functional during the upcoming session. The registration process will begin in mid July, and the seats intake for all the courses will be kept at 30. The institute will hold an international conference on various aspects of the universe during June 21-24 to observe the centenary year of Albert Einstein’s Theory of Relativity and birth centenary year of Professor Sir Fred Hoyle. CHARUSAT plans tot invite Nobel laureates and scientists and set up stellar, solar and earthquake observatories through soonto-be-opened Smt Mangalaben Harish Raval Centre of Solar Studies and Solar Observatory.
Gold smuggling on rise at Ahmedabad airport, 18 cases in 4 months Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
In spite of relaxation by the central government in restrictions on import of gold, smuggling of the yellow metal continues to rise at the city airport. In the first four months of 2015 itself, Customs and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) have detected 18 cases of gold smuggling and recovered 22.87kg gold worth Rs 6.17 crore at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport. The cases spiked to a record level following restrictions on gold imports in June 2013 to control current account defi-
cit (CAD). Airport continues to be the major hotspot as smugglers have been consistently held while trying to smuggle in gold bars using carriers. Compared to 5kg and 10.7kg gold recovered by Customs at airport in 2012 and 2013 respectively, the recovery shot up to 54.82kg in 2014. In February this year, City Crime Branch unearthed major gold smuggling racket when it nabbed three people and recovered 60kg gold outside airport. The probe in the case is still on. In August last year, Customs department
GU notice to ex-VC over financial irregularities Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
Gujarat University vicechancellor M N Patel has slapped show cause notices on former VC of the university Parimal Trivedi and former registrar Baldev Patel along with chief accountant Minesh Shah and engineer Shailesh Goswami over financial irregularities in construction of a professional study centre. Baldev Patel is a professor in science department. During Trivedi's tenure in 2011, GU administration had decided to build a professional study centre at Dada Saheb na
Pagla to shift B K School of Business Management and K S School of Business Management from its campus. Trivedi was accused of corruption and favouritism in appointing Minesh Shah as chief accounting officer and later as in-charge registrar. GU had given Rs 3.78 crore contract to a builder and construction work was started. But the AMC sealed the plot over a dispute. The total construction cost of the completed work was Rs1.6 crore, but GU paid Rs 2.4 crore to the builder.
formed a special Air Intelligence Unit (AIU) to especially handle gold smuggling cases comprising of two commissioner-level officers. After formation of AIU, detection rate has increased but it has not proved detrimental to smugglers.
Ahmedabad Metro underground section New BRTS route, Canal to be completed in 27 months:CMD road open today in Surat Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad Construction work in respect of Ahmedabad Metro Rail Project has begun within three months of the project being sanctioned by the central government with the Special Purpose Vehicle for execution of the project, MEGA (Metro –Link Express for Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad) Company Limited commencing work for construction of 6 km. Viaduct between Vastaral Gaam and Apparel Park. The Rs.10,773 cr project was sanctioned in November last year and the work has commenced in February this year. The project envisages 37.66 km of Metro Rail with and elevated portion of 31.43 km and underground portion of 6.33 km. Ahmedabad Metro Project will have an East-West corridor of 20.53 km between Thatlej Gaam and Vastrapur Gaam including the underground
Correspondent, Surat
portion and fully elevated North-South corridor of 17.23 km between APMC and Motera stadium. There will be a total of 32 stations. During the review of progress of Metro Projects being implemented on 50 : 50 Centre and State Joint Venture basis by the Ministry of Urban Development, CMD of MEGA informed that Design Consultants for Metro Stations and other components of works are being appointed. He said that the underground section
ajkot Municipal Corporation launches Bicycle Sharing Project
will be completed in 27 months time. Shri Madhusudhan Prasad, Secretary (UD) during the review on Friday last has asked the six Metros being implemented on 50 : 50 basis to ensure that there are no time and cost overruns. He said that infrastructure projects are top priority for the government and they are being monitored by the Prime Minister’s Office.
Gujarat Chief Minister is scheduled to open a new Bus Rapid Transit System(BRTS) corridor in Surat connecting Magdalla Y Junction to Sarthana today. A 20 km long corridor has been built at a cost of Rs. 335 crore. It will carry 36 AC automatic door buses. The corridor will have 26 bus shelters. Construction of this route popularly known as ‘canal route’ has taken 7
years. This route will make it possible to travel between Citilight and Kamrej in just 30 minutes. This route is considered an alternative route to highly burdened Ring road. On the ground, people are less interested in BRTS but are jubilant over completion of a newly built and very useful Canal road which is part of the BRTS project. BRTS journey on this route will be free of cost till 17 May for promotion.
Amit Shah makes appointments for BJP Maha Sampark in Gujarat
Sunvilla News, Gandhinagar
BJP national president Amit
Shah has appointed Gujarat BJP General Secretary Bharatsinh Parmar as state incharge of Maha Sampark Abhiyan in Gujarat while Gandhinagar district-town prabhari KC Patel has been appointed joint incharge.
Through Maha Sampark Abhiyan, over 1 crore members enrolled to party in Gujarat will be contacted and formally connected to the party work through panch nishtha pledge and other programmes.
People duped by NA Construction in Ahmedabad file police complaint Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad Correspondent, Rajkot
Rajkot Municipal Corporation(RMC) has started bicycle sharing service with 60 new ranger bicycles received as donation from private individuals. Bicycle control rooms are opened at four places in city. Each will have 15 bicycles. In first month of service, bicycles will be available fo free for first two hours, after which every
hour would cost Rs. 5. One will need to submit original proof of personal identity to hire a bicycle. From May,19, the first two hour will also become chargeable. Four bicycle control cabins are situated at Central Bus Depot of GSRTC on Dhebar road, at Trikon Baug, Kisanpara Chowk on Race Course and at Indira Circle on University road.
Over 100 persons duped by NA Construction gathered today outside Chandkheda police station in Ahmedabad to file cheating complaint against Nilesh Shah, owner of NA Construction. They were complaining that police was not taking their complaint. When good number of media persons started interviewing them outside the police station, police staff
May rope in private pharma firms to revive sick PSUs: Hansraj Ahir in Ahmedabad Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
Centre is “seriously considering” introduction of PPP model to revive some of the sick pharmaceutical PSUs, Union minister Hansraj Ahir said here Monday. He said the government also wanted to utilise the manufacturing capabilities of defunct as well as sick drug manufacturing PSUs and urged private companies to join hands with government in it’s endeavour to revive the PSUs. “Meaning of ‘Make In India’ is also ‘Make India’. And we want everyone to join this movement. It is our priority to restart operations in some of the closed pharma PSUs. To do that, we are seriously thinking to involve private players in it, so that production can be restarted in these PSUs,” the minister of state for Chemicals and
Ahmedabad
Fertilisers said. He was in the city today to participate in a workshop on “regional good manufacturing practices for Indian pharmaceutical manufacturers and state regulators”. Ahir was accompanied by Sudhansh Pant, joint secretary, Department of Pharmaceuticals. Pant told reporters that around five major pharma PSUs needed immediate attention even as the revival of two such
PSUs, namely Indian Drugs and Pharmaceutical Ltd (IDPL) and Hindustan Antibiotics Ltd, is already underway. “On one side, private pharma companies are flourishing but on the other our PSUs like IDPL and HAL are incurring huge losses. We need to focus on reviving these PSUs,” said Pant. Providing insight into the revival roadmap, the senior bureaucrat said apart from
private partnerships these PSUs will raise their own fund for revival by selling their land. “There is no need for separate budget allocation. These PSUs will raise funds through ‘self finance model’ where we will allow them to sell some part of the unused factory land to raise money for revival,” said Pant. Addressing the workshop, Ahir said the government has planned to open 3000 stores by year-end across the country to sell nonbranded generic medicines. “It is our priority to provide cheap generic medicines to poor citizens. By the end of this year, we have planned to open 3000 stores, mostly on the premises of government hospitals. Out of these, 1000 such stores will be opened by June this year,” the minister added.
present in the police station started taking the crowd seriously and filed complaint. People complained that back in year 2012 they were attracted by massive radio and TV advertisement campaign by NA construction about its affordable housing scheme in Motera area of Ahmedabad. When contacted NA Construction office used to tell visitors that they should pay Rs. 11,000 deposit and later if their name is selected in draw they need to diposite another Rs. 2,61,000. Lot of people paid Rs. 11,000 and when told that they were selected in draw, they later also paid Rs. 2,61,000. As this was one room hall kitchen scheme, almost all who booked flat were common lower middle class and poor people. They were promised that flat construction would be over at some time in year
2014. However, people concerned about money they had paid observed that construction work on site never started. People also found a board on same piece of land claiming that its ownership was with Mr. Rabari. People gathered outside Chandkheda police station today told media that NA Construction office staff was not giving proper reply and also was refusing to pay Rs 2,71,000 back. Some were even forcefully kicked out of NA Construction office. People showed NA Construction’s advertising material in which company’s MoU with Government of Gujarat was mentioned. People claimed that present Chief Minister Anandiben Patel and Minister Saurabh Patel had attended a ground breaking function of NA Construction near Vadodara for affordable housing project.
Smugglers are turning innovative to bring in gold Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
From concealing gold bars in body parts to hiding them under seats, smugglers are using newer methods to bring gold into the country through the city airport. In two separate cases, customs officials recovered over 6 kg gold sealed with tape under a seat in a SpiceJet flight from Dubai to Ahmedabad. In one case, only the gold was recovered while in another case cus-
toms were able to nab two men suspected of smuggling the yellow metal. "The SpiceJet flight which comes from Dubai to Ahmedabad at night flies to Chennai the next morning at 7am as a domestic flight. Since there are no customs checks at domestic terminals, these two carriers had hidden the gold bars beneath the seat. It was to be picked up by another carrier in Chennai," said a customs official.
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