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News Brief India will be first country to have no duplicacy in voters' list Six shops gutted in Gulmarg Agency : Srinagar, Mar 21
Six shops were gutted in a major fire at the famous hill resort Gulmarg in Baramulla district of north Kashmir, police said Saturday. Fire erupted at main market Gulmarg, 55 kms from here, last night causing damage to six shops, a police spokesman said. He said police is investigating the cause of the fire. In another incident, fire broke out at a shopping complex on the outskirts of Srinagar last night.
No other service as great as 'gau sewa': Haryana Guv Agency : Chandigarh, Mar 21
Hailing the Cow Protection Bill passed unanimously by the Haryana assembly, Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki today said that no other service is as great as 'gau sewa.' He said by passing the bill, Haryana has carved for itself a separate identity among the states in the country. "Everybody should inculcate in them the feeling of 'gau sewa'.
IAS officer's death; JDS releases audio tape Agency : Bengaluru, Mar 21
JDS leader H D Kumaraswamy today released an audio clipping claiming it would expose the circumstances that led to the transfer of IAS officer D K Ravi, who died under mysterious circumstances, in contrast to claims made by Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.
Mamata not accepting farmers' suicide: CPI(M) Agency : New Delhi, Mar 21
CPI(M) saturday charged the Mamata Banerjee government with not accepting that farmers in West Bengal were committing suicide due to financial distress and said they would launch agitations on this and the deteriorating law and order situation in the state. "The chief minister had earlier said nobody had committed suicide and once in Vidhan Sabha, she had said only one person has committed suicide.
after linking of Aadhar card with voter identity card, Chief Election Commissioner HS Brahma said on Saturday. Agency : Kolkata India is set to become the first country in the world to have biometric data and no duplicacy in the voters' list after linking of Aadhar card with voter identity card, Chief Election Commissioner HS Brahma said on Saturday. "When we are able to seed the Aadhar figure (number) on EPIC card that will ensure that there is not a single duplicate number. We will do it definitely by 2015 and then India will be the only country in the world where there will be complete biometric of voters. There
will be not a single fraud or duplicate voters," Brahma said at a conference on electoral reforms here. Asked about Supreme Court's order which had said that Aadhar is not a prerequisite for availing public services, he said everyday lakhs of voters are seeding their names with Aadhar card on their own. "Everyday our voters are themselves seeding (their names for Aadhar cards). More than lakhs daily. We do not want to make it compulsory but our voters themselves want it. It is a good gesture," the CEC
crore Indians have got their Aadhar numbers. "We are very hopeful that the remaining 25-30 crore people's Aadhar cards would be done by August this year," he said adding that in West Bengal the Aadhar figure is around 55 per cent so far. On electoral reforms, said. He appealed to all citizens of the country to avoid duplicate names in the voter list saying it is a crime punishable for upto one year. Brahma said once the Aadhar number is mentioned in the electoral rolls then individual voters
can also change their address online because Aadhar will be the basic identity. It will remove all allegations of duplicacy in the voters list and harassment to voters in changing their address, he said adding that so far 85
2 Terrorists Who Attacked Army Camp in Jammu and Kashmir's Samba Killed Agency : JAMMU In a second attack against security forces in two days, two terrorists opened fire and lobbed grenades at an Army installation in Samba near Jammu this morning. Both the terrorists were killed after a long firefight with the Army. "Two terrorists have been killed in the Samba attack," Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said this afternoon. The terrorists opened fire at the camp of the 81 Armoured Regiment of the Army on the Jammu-Pathankot National Highway, a little before 6
am, but couldn't get inside. They were then, reportedly, pinned down in the bushes between the camp and the Army school, where a long gunbattle ensued. Reinforcements were
brought in by the army and it also moved in 'Infantry Combat Vehicles' from Jammu towards the encounter site. A civilian, who was on his way to the Vaishno Devi pilgrimage,
Swine flu deaths at 1,895; Number of cases nears 32,000 mark Agency : New Delhi Swine flu claimed the lives of 21 more people as the death toll across country rose to 1,895 on Saturday while the total number of affected persons inched towards the 32,000 mark. According to data collated by the Union Health Ministry, as on March 20, the contagious disease has claimed the lives of 1,895 persons while the number of affected persons across various states stood at 31,974. In Gujarat, the number of people who have died of the disease has climbed to 407 while the number of affected persons were 6,330. In Rajasthan, which is another of the worst affected states, the death toll inched towards the 400mark as 398 people perished from the disease while the number of affected persons stood at 6,356. The Union Health Ministry said
that the death toll in Maharashtra rose to 342 with 4,007 people having contracted the H1N1 virus. In Madhya Pradesh, 279 people have perished with 2,069 persons affected. The toll in Telangana has reached 75 while in Karnataka, the death toll has rose to 77. The death toll in Uttarakhand has reached 11 while in Punjab, the disease has claimed the lives of 53 persons. Another person has died taking the death toll in West Bengal to 24 while the toll has increased to 36 in
Uttar Pradesh. Jammu and Kashmir has seen 16 swine flu fatalities. In Delhi, the toll has risen to 12 with the number of affected persons at 4,137. In Kerala, the death toll has reached 12 while 14 people have died in Tamil Nadu after another person died of the contagious disease. Andhra Pradesh has now seen 22 swine flu fatalities while 20 people have died in Himachal Pradesh. The disease has claimed the lives of 17 people in Chhattisgarh.
was injured in the attack and shifted to a nearby hospital. The Jammu-Pathankote highway, on which the Army camp is situated, was closed for traffic for precautionary measures. Security agencies are investigating whether the two terrorists had infiltrated with the same group that carried out yesterday's attack, which happened just 20 kilometres away. Yesterday, two terrorists dressed in Indian Army uniform had crossed the international border, hijacked a jeep and stormed a police station in Kathua district of Jammu, killing four people. It was the first major terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir since Mufti Mohammad Sayeed's PDPBJP coalition government took charge this month. Sources said the terrorists would have used unfenced sections of the International Border to cross over. Although the entire IndiaPakistan border is fenced, there are portions both on the International Border (IB) and the Line of Control (LoC) where rivers and rivulets make the fencing vulnerable.
he said political reforms should also be talked about in the same spirit. He said if the government accepts the report of the Law Commission then 95 per cent of problems on issues of electoral reforms will be resolved. Asked about expenditure ceiling for
political party candidates, he said they need to be vigilant as money and muscle power doesn't lead to level playing field. "Filing of nominations should also be online so that people can know the plus and minus of the candidates," Brahma added.
Election Commission may revoke registration of parties which do not contest Agency : KOLKATA The Election Commission is planning to revoke registration of political parties which have never contested any election in the last 5-10 years. Chief Election Commissioner H S Brahma today said there are more than 1,600 registered parties in the country of which only less than 200 participate in the electoral process."We are very seriously thinking that if a party has not participated in any election within a period of five years or seven years or 10 years then they should be suo moto deleted from the registration," Brahma said at a conference of National Election Watch here. He said they are thinking of taking some serious action against those
who have not contested a minimum of 2-3 state assembly elections and one parliamentary election. "We are not able to enforce it. But if there is a pressure from the people on them (elected representatives), I think this kind of bogus registration of political parties for doing other than the real political activity can be curbed. But state funding or no funding is not the issue
here," Brahma said. He said that upon registration, political parties get a number of benefits from the state including financial exemption in income tax. Political parties can always say that they contested but not won he said adding that "there are instances where they never participate even in municipal or panchayat election which is very unfortunate".
Suicide hoax lands Facebook user in psychiatric institution Agency : New Delhi A user from California recently put Facebook's suicide prevention feature to test. According to a report, Shane Tusch shared his frustrations about his bank on the social network and posted a fake-threat to hang himself from the Golden Gate Bridge. A reader swiftly reported his post. As per the prevention service update last month, Facebook locked Tusch out of his account. He should have been in conversation with a crisis worker soon
after, but instead he was arrested and placed in a psychiatric institution for a total of 70 hours. At a time when people are perpetually signed into social networks, online intervention could prove to be a crucial tool in saving lives. According to the CDC, suicide is the tenth leading cause of death across all ages in the US. Facebook first stepped in to help with its reporting tool in 2011. In partnership with suicide prevention organizations, the network
eventually found a way to get friends involved beyond likes and comments. Through the service a concerned friend (or, as Tusch claims, a relative stranger) can report a suicide threat to generate a concerned email from Facebook.
Chrome: Avoid message B'desh were made to lose trackers in Gmail WC qr final to India: Hasina Agency : New Delhi
Agency : Dhaka Wading into the controversy over umpiring decisions in Bangladesh's World Cup quarterfinal loss to India, Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina has said everyone has seen how the Mashrafe Mortaza-led side was "made to lose". During a function organised by Bangladeshi expatriates in Melbourne for the national team, Prime Minister Hasina called Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) President Nazmul Hassan and greeted the players on the phone.
Many marketing companies are using trackers in their promotional email to learn whether or not you've looked at their message. One technique involves placing a small image within the message that can be monitored for activity (when you load it on your computer). While these two methods won't be able to block all
trackers in your Gmail messages, they are a step in the right direction. Do you think Gmail should be more aggressive about blocking trackers? Share your thoughts in the comments.
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Why 1,731 Indians died of swine flu..? I got myself a flu jab the other day. It’s a protective vaccine against seasonal flu but probably won’t offer protection from swine flu, the H1N1 virus that has claimed more than 1,700 lives in India so far in its latest outbreak. I am in a very tiny minority of people who have been able to access the jab—you have to book it in advance—as a preventative measure. My doc at a shining private hospital suggested it, and I dutifully grabbed the opportunity when it came my way. Weeks earlier, somewhat paranoid about wet sneezes that travel in public places at great speed, I had found myself in a crowd of people thronging one of Delhi’s oldest and best-stocked pharmacies, looking for the flu vaccine. “There’s none here, sir,” the polite man who manages the shop informed me. “You can go to (the government-run) Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital if you want to,” he added with a look that said: “I wouldn’t bother if I were you.” “Even members of Parliament and ministers are calling up, asking,” his assistant chipped in, grinning. “They don’t much care for us otherwise.” Not quite seeing the point of light banter in the midst of what looked like an epidemic (but isn’t), I asked him to fetch me as many of the E-95s as he could. These are face masks that are recommended by the government as a prevention against swine flu. It’s dreadfully easy to panic in India. The most recent government figures show 1,731 people have died from swine flu since January and that more than 30,000 have been infected. These figures need to be put in perspective, of course: tens of thousands of people die from flu or related infections around the world every year, including in the most developed of nations. Still, the steadily climbing death toll in India is an indictment of its abject public health system—without doubt, many lives could have been saved. There is little doubt, too, that most of the victims of swine flu are poor—people with little access to emergency medication, leave alone protective seasonal flu jabs. The outbreak has exposed the hollowness of the public health system, especially in the matter of preparedness and monitoring of drug stocks. This outbreak of swine flu has been characterized by a severe shortage of the standard drug used to treat it— Tamiflu, or its variant, Oseltamivir. The reason my pharmacy in Delhi did not have stocks of the swine flu drug is poor planning and execution of government regulation. The approved versions of Tamiflu that are sold in India are classed as Schedule X drugs. There are restrictions over their sale for reasons that uncontrolled use may lead to the virus mutating, rendering the drug ineffective and posing a fresh public health challenge. This is a perfectly reasonable public health measure, but the entire purpose is defeated if the authorities are unprepared for emergencies and are caught out without stocks. Astoundingly, in a country of more than 1.2 billion people, a mere 2,500 chemists have the licence to stock Schedule X drugs—that’s one pharmacy for nearly half a million people! But that cannot be the full story: no doubt, the distribution of these pharmacies would be heavily skewed in favour of big cities and towns, with rural India, as ever, left untended. What does a Schedule X drug mean for pharmacies?
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“Rain and hailstorm have severely affected the farmers. It's high time, the state and Central governments compensate them adequately and hasten the process, Congress will fight for farmers' relief” - Congress president Sonia Gandhi said...
Kangana Ranaut to play Birthday Special: Rani Meena Kumari on screen? Mukerji's best performances Agency : Mumbai Kangana Ranaut has often been compared to tragedy queen Meena Kumari and looks like the same has earned her a role in Tigmanshu Dhulia's next! That's right folks, if the latest reports are to be believed, Tigmanshu's next is an adaptation of Vinod Mehta's book, Meena Kumari: The Classic Biography. We hear that the makers of the film possess the rights of the book and have approached Kangana with the project. A source revealed,” Kangana is looking at her date diary and is hoping to accommodate the film in August-September. The research has begun and a formal announcement will be made soon.” Kangana is currently caught up with the shoot of Katti Batti which is being directed by Nikhil Advani. For the uninitiated, Meena Kumari was a well known name in the 50s and 60s and was popular for her
Agency : New Delhi The new queen of one of Bollywood’s biggest dynasties, Rani Mukerji has come a long way from her days as a simple actress. Saturday as she turns 37, we take a look at her best performances over the years. Rani had been doing the mainstream heroine roles for over a decade when Sanjay Leela Bhansali decided to get something more out of her. He cast her in the role of a girl who is born deaf and blind, a story inspired by Hellen Keller. The result
roles in films like Pakeezah and Chitralekha. The actress
died at the young age of 39 due to her alcohol addiction.
Parineeti Chopra falls sick
Agency : Mumbai Bubbly and vivacious
Bollywood actress Parineeti Chopra says she is not so
“happy” as she is not feeling well. However, the actress, who made her acting debut with a supporting role in the 2011 romantic comedy “Ladies vs Ricky Bahl”, refrained from sharing more information about her illness on the social media platform. Meanwhile, 2014 turned out to be a low key year for the cousin of actress Priyanka Chopra. Of Parineeti’s three releases — “Hasee Toh Phasee”, “Daawat-e-Ishq” and “Kill Dil”, two bombed at the box office. “Hasee Toh Phasee”, which also starred Sidharth Malhotra, had a fair box office performance.
Bobbi Kristina Brown moved to rehab facility Back to roots: Priyanka to begin shooting of Bajirao Mastani in April
breathing tube was moved from the 22-year-old's throat to her neck a few weeks ago and if reports are to be believed she was in preparation for the support she will be getting in the new building.
Agency : New Delhi Also, PC will finish the schedule and then go on to shoot for Prakash Jha's Gangaajal 2 in Bhopal. The actress is also planning to throw a party for her Quantico co-stars before she wraps up her shoot in the USA. She is hoping that Quantico is a success and her role is noticed. In the show, McLaughlin will play a handsome charmer who briefly romances Alex (Priyanka) after the two meet on a flight. There is a twist to McLaughlin's character as it will gradually emerge that he is not the person he claims to be. Josh Safran, who shot to fame penning the teen drama series Gossip Girl, will script Quantico, and the show will
was that Bollywood woke up to a masterful performer in the form of Rani Mukerji, making Black one of her most appreciated films. This Bonnie and Clyde inspired flick worked mainly due to Rani’s bubbly character and
effervescent charm. Before this, she had always come across as the demure, pretty girl-next-door and Bunty Aur Babli ensured we were exposed to the versatility within this actress.
Rohit Shetty starts filming 'Dilwale'
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Agency : Washington Bobbi Kristina Brown has been moved from Emory University hospital to a rehab facility in Atlanta as no improvement has been observed in her condition, it has been revealed. Kristina's
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Agency : Mumbai Filmmaker Rohit Shetty has started shooting his upcoming Shah Rukh KhanKajol starrer movie
"Dilwale" here. The "Chennai Express" director started the first day filming of the ensemble cast movie with the boys brigade
including Varun Dhawan, Varun Sharma, Sanjay Mishra and Johnny Lever. "Dilwale with the big man himself #rohitshetty," Varun tweeted along with a picture from the set. The rest of the cast -- Shah Rukh, Kajol, Kirti Sanon, Boman Irani, Vinod Khanna, Kabir Bedi -- will soon join the shoot. Written by Sajid?Farhad, the film's music has been given by Pritam and the cinematographer of the film is Dudley. "Dilwale" is slated to release this Christmas.
'Rockstar' singer Harshdeep Kaur ties the knot with Mankeet Singh Agency : Mumbai Bollywood playback singer Harshdeep Kaur, best known for crooning "Katiya Karoon" from Ranbir Kapoor's "Rockstar", has married her best friend Mankeet Singh. The couple got married on Friday in a Gurudwara. The 28-yearold singer took to Twitter to share the news with her fans. "Got married to my best friend Mankeet Singh yesterday... Need your blessings," she tweeted. Harshdeep posted a picture on Facebook of the couple taking pheras. She wore a light pink lehanga, while Mankeet donned a white sherwani. Harshdeep has also lent her voice for songs like "Ik Onkar" ("Rang De
Basanti"), "Heer" ("Jab Tak Hai Jaan") and "Kabira"
("Yeh Jawaani Deewani").
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Aishwarya Rai shoots in a junkyard!
mostly be shot across various locations in Atlanta. McLaughlin shot to stardom with his role in Alfonso Cuaron and J.J. Abrams' fantasy drama Believe. He played William Tate, a
wrongfully convicted deathrow inmate, who is brought out of prison to protect a young girl with American actor Jake McLaughlin psychic and telekinetic powers.
Agency : Mumbai Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who is shooting for her comeback film Jazbaa was recently spotted at a place called Dongar in Andheri. Dongar is a scrapyard for cars and machinery and not really a convenient place for a shoot. Yet, the light-eyed actress had no qualms shooting at the place even if she had to walk three-four kms to the location. "The makers were prepared to construct a set, but since the film is shot in real
locations in Mumbai, Aishwarya decided to shoot there and not in a studio keeping in mind the
feel of the film," says a source. Security was beefed up for Aishwarya when she shoot at Dongar.
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GoAir joins price war Pakistan bowler Wahab Riaz with Rs.999 offer apologies to fans for loss to Australia
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Agency : New Delhi Budget passenger carrier GoAir on Saturday launched its special midyear offer with one-way fares starting from Rs.999 across the airline’s network of 22 cities. According to the airline, the tickets under the offer can be booked from March 21 to 23 for the travel period between June 23 to October 31 2015. “It is our continuous endeavour to bring the best offers and services to our customers. We’re delighted to
announce our special affordable fares, so that people can enjoy the benefits of air travel and holidays at immense value across our network,” said Manoj Dharmani, vicepresident, sales and marketing, GoAir “With long weekends coming up and holidays getting much cheaper as compared to the summer vacation peak period, the opportunity to take advantage of value holidays is immense,” Mr. Dharmani added.
No efforts to rescue Capital’s sparrows
Agency : New Delhi Nearly three years after the house sparrow was declared the state bird, little has been done to increase its number in the Capital. Though the government has been concerned about the declining number of these birds for at least the last five years, it has not ordered any official study or a bird count till now. As revealed in an RTI application by environmentalist Mahendra Pandey two years ago, no separate fund has been allocated for the conservation of the state bird or creating an ideal habitat for nesting. “We
have not been able to reach where we had intended to. I think a scientific study is required to understand the real reasons behind its disappearance,” said Sheila Dikshit, Delhi’s former CM, who had declared the house sparrow as the state bird in August 2012 and promised a conservation plan touted as “India’s largest movement to save sparrows” at that time. “I had put several experts on the job. We did not order a count since their declining numbers were obvious. I think we should keep at it with greater vigour,” Dikshit said.
Facebook working on Truecaller rival: Report
Agency : NEW DELHI After trying its hand at ephemeral messaging and news reading apps, Facebook is all set to launch a phone dialler and caller ID app, called 'Phone' for Android users. According to a new report by Android Police, several users have spotted a button to try and install an app named 'Phone' inside the Facebook Android app. The button says that the app shows information about who's calling and automatically
blocks calls from commonly blocked numbers. The button was meant for Facebook employees using a test build as it's labeled 'FB-ONLY' but it looks like the server-side element made its way to a wider set of users in error. The button returns a "no page found" error as the app install file is most likely located on Facebook's internal servers. The app would rival the likes of Truecaller which offers a caller ID, reverse-lookup featur
Agency : Karachi Pakistan fast bowler Wahab Riaz has apologised to the nation for the team's failure in the cricket World Cup quarter final against Australia. Riaz, who turned in one of the most enduring and blistering spells of pace bowling against Australia yesterday, said he was heart-broken with the defeat. "I am sad and I apologize to the people for the defeat because they had so many expectations from
us," the left arm pacer said on Geo News channel. "I think more than ever we need the support of our fans now. I am sad because we could have won the match," he said. Riaz emerged as Pakistan's most successful bowler with 16 wickets and his spell on Friday had even the Australians and international cricket community all praise for him. Explaining his war of words with Australia's Shane Watson, Riaz said when he
came into bat, Watson and others had exchanged words with him. "So when he came into bat I settled the score with him." Watson and Riaz were both penalised by the ICC on Saturday for their spat. He also made it clear he had no complaints with teammate Rahat Ali who dropped a simple catch to give Watson a life when he was on four. ?I have no complaints because these things happen in a high pressure match."
Karnataka vanquishes TN in Battle of Mumbai
Agency : Mumbai Karnataka proved to be a true prize-winning team as it crushed Tamil Nadu in the recent Ranji Trophy final. It started the season as the defending champion and after three months of sweat and toil and offering some entertaining fare, it retained the title it won in the last season defeating Maharashtra. It was a
wonderful feat and in doing so, it emulated the high-class achievements of teams that have won the title back-toback after the turn of the millennium like Rajasthan and Mumbai. Seventeen years ago, Karnataka under different captains had won the title in consecutive years, 1997-98 and 199899. Few teams in recent times have compelled as
much attention as Karnataka for its style and manner of play. It played as a committed and dedicated unit. Its players backed each other and set an example to other serious teams in the race for the title. The team showed that sharpening of skills and implementing work ethics were the only ways to court success. There was no clash of egos in the team. Moreover, the Karnataka captain, R. Vinay Kumar, did not lose much sleep over being left out of the World Cup squad. Instead, he showed the way with a terrific bowling effort right through the season on diverse wickets.
World Cup 2015: Glenn Maxwell reminds Team India of 'win less streak' Agency : Sydney Dashing Australian batsman Glenn Maxwell on Saturday said the Indian team should remember that it hasn't won a single game against his side this summer and the hosts intend to keep it that way in Thursday's World Cup semi-final against the defending champions. Asked how difficult will it be for Australia to stop the unbeaten Indian juggernaut, Maxwell replied, "I think we targetted them pretty well this summer. They haven't won a game against us all through the summer. Hopefully that is pretty clear in their memories." "We can make the most of that (all win record). We've been dominant all summer in the ODI format. We want to continue that. But Maxwell did praise the Indian side for its consistency that helped it reach the last four stage."India are a very good side. They wouldn't be here in the semi-finals if they
Agency : Melbourne What did the game between Sri Lanka and South Africa tell us about knockouts? The same got validated in the second quarter-final between India and Bangladesh. It told us that the team that can play with freedom in a must-win game is the team that is more likely to win the match. It's one thing playing with freedom in the league phase where losing has limited consequences and quite another to do the same in a game where you go home if you lose. Sri Lanka just couldn’t get off the blocks
at the Sydney Cricket Ground and Kumar Sangakkara’s approach showcased what pressure can do even to the best in the business. The second quarter-final was dominated by the better team and, once again, showed that ‘been there done that’ is critical to a team’s response to these crunch situations. India didn’t start that well but that’s rarely a concern in this World Cup, for you can always make a comeback if you have wickets in hand. India kept moving slowly but ensured that they didn’t lose too many wickets in the
process. Once you have more than six wickets for the last 15 overs, an above par score is almost guaranteed, and that’s what India managed at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. A champion team finds new heroes in every game. In the league phase, India’s batting revolved around Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina but the quarter-final was about Rohit Sharma. He has scored two ODI double centuries but I have no doubt in my mind that the innings of 137 versus Bangladesh was his best ODI knock.
World Cup 2015: Quinton de Kock becomes South Africa's 'Warrior of light' Agency : Sydney Quinton de Kock's return to form in South Africa's World Cup quarter-final rout of Sri Lanka was one of the most pleasing aspects of a convincing victory for the Proteas, not least for the talented 22-year-old batsman himself. No one doubts the lefthanded opener's talent but producing your best under pressure at the World Cup is an entirely different matter, as the players who have taken part in South Africa's previous campaigns will attest. De Kock opened his World Cup with backto-back innings of seven against Zimbabwe and India and the runs failed to come against West Indies, Ireland, Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates either.Going into the quarter-final at the Sydney
Cricket Ground, he had accumulated just 53 from six innings and both coach Russell Domingo and skipper AB de Villiers were subject to questions over the value of retaining him. On Wednesday, De Kock repaid their faith with a couple of excellent catches
behind the stumps and then an unbeaten 78 off 57 balls, punching the ball through gaps in the field with alacrity and sealing the victory with his 12th four. "It looked like I was batting easy but, trust me, it was nothing like easy," he said after the nine-wicket victory.
Guptill double ton mauls Indies as Kiwis move to semis weren't a good side. We have to bring our A game when we play them this week," the IPL star said with a note of caution. Although the media interaction at the Sydney airport 'felt like IPL' to Maxwell with only three Aussie reporters in the mix, he didn't feel that playing against Ashwin or Jadeja in the IPL would matter much as his role in this national team set-up is different. "The
IPL is a lot different to the World Cup. It is different pressure and different situation. I bat at No 6 (for Australia) and there are still five guys ahead of me, who are going to be batting first. Hopefully, they can make the most of the conditions. My job is to finish it off." When someone asked if he reckons the contest to be 50-50, Maxwell had a tongue-incheek counter query, "What are the bookmakers saying?
Agency : New Delhi Riding on the crest of Martin Guptill’s unbeaten 237, New Zealand again sailed through to the semi finals beating jittery West Indies comprehensively in the fourth quarter finals at Wellington. In the process, Guptill surpassed Sachin Tendulkar, Chris Gayle and Virender Sehwag to bludgeon his way to the record books, becoming the highest individual scorer in World Cup. The stylish right hander also became the first New
Zealander and fifth batsman to notch up double ton in ODIs. Guptill joined the club of three Indians and a West Indian, who have achieved the feat earlier. Electing to bat first, Black Caps notched a mammoth 393 in the allotted 50 overs, then
cleaned up the Caribbean side for 250 runs in just 30.3 overs. The Black Caps have set up clash with might Proteas at Auckland on coming Tuesday. This was also the heaviest defeat suffered by any team in terms of run in knockout stages.
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Vadodara to get Railway University Work for Wi-Fi in Ahmedabad-
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Ministry of Railways will set up India’s first Railway University at Vadodara in Gujarat. This was stated by Minister of State for Railway Shri Manoj Sinha in Rajya Sabha in reply to questions asked by Members of Parliament Palvai Govardhan Reddy and Ranjib Biswal. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu had in his Railway Budget speech said, “We are in the process of setting up a fullfledged University during 2015-16.” When asked to share further details on Government’s this decision by members of parliament,
Minister of State(Railways) Sinha in Rajya Sabha stated: “Ministry of Railways has decided to establish one University on Indian Railways, at present, by upgrading National Academy of Indian Railways, Vadodara and by taking the existing Centralized Training Institutes and other training institutes under its umbrella. The University would award Degrees and Diplomas in various technical and nontechnical areas related to the working of Railways. No funds have been allocated for this purpose. Timeline for commissioning of the
GPCB plans 25 stations for online pollution monitoring Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
Recognizing the need to monitor real-time and peak concentration levels of critical pollutants, the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has decided to set up 25 Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations (CAAQMS) across the state. Under its Ambient Air Quality Programme, GPCB has issued tenders for setting up these stations and they will be finalised by midFebruary. The stations will begin operations by mid2015. The board decision comes after it got quality data from two such stations
— one in Maninagar and another in Jamnagar — set up some time back. The pollution board set up these two stations as it was not getting data on time and had to wait for an agency. Even the data on its website was old. Officials said that after getting good results from these two stations in terms of online and real-time data, the board is now planning to have 25 more such stations, especially in industrial areas. According to officials, the continuous air quality monitoring system is for measuring eight different parameters.
University has not been fixed.” It should be mentioned here that National Academy of Indian Railway was established 63 years ago to give training to railway officers. Its campus is located in Pratapnagar area of Vadodara. The academy is functioning in Pratapvilas palace which was built by then ruler of Baroda state Gaekwad in year 1914. The design of this palace was made by CF Stevens.
Indian railways has taken up work for provision of WiFi facility in AhmedabadDelhi Rajdhani Express. This was stated by Minister of State for Railway Manoj Sinha to Member of Parliament Naresh Gujral in Rajya Sabha. However the Minister added that as it is a capital intensive project and even running costs are high, there’s no specific time period fixed for execution of this project. The Minister in his reply said: “Railway proposes to provide Wi-Fi facility in select trains. As a pilot project Wi-Fi in 12301/ 12302 Howrah-New DelhiHowrah Rajdhani Express has been provided. Further, work for provision of Wi-Fi in 12957/12958
Ahmedabad Rajdhani Express, 12005/12006 Kalka Shatabdi Express and 12045/12046 Chandigarh Shatabdi Express has been taken up. For provision of reliable Wi-Fi in a moving train, currently Satellite Communication is the only technology available which is capital intensive and has high
Beef ban should be imposed everywhere in India: Vallabh Katharia Correspondent, Rajkot Praising BJP governments in Haryana and Maharashtra for banning sale of beef and its consumption, Gujarat Gau Seva Ayog president Vallabh Kathiria today said it should be emulated across the country. “Cow is a symbol of Hindu faith. But keeping religious faith aside, there is a very strong cowbased economy and the people who promote selling and eating of beef do not know about this economy,” said Kathiria, who was the industry minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government. “Farmers in Vidarbha have to commit suicide because they depend only on agriculture, while the ones in Gujarat can survive in tough times as they do not depend solely on agriculture but also
have animal husbandry,” Kathiria said. Cow’s milk and ghee can be used as medicine even for cancer and high blood pressure, he claimed. Gau Seva Ayog has
organised a day-long seminar on March 29 in Ahmedabad, where ‘gau palak’ (cow keepers) from various parts of the country would participate, he said.
recurring cost in the form of Bandwidth rentals. In view of the above, no specific time period can be given at present.”
Ahmedabad
Saurashtra’s first dealership for Mitsubishi Pajero sport car opened Rajkot Japanese vehicle manufacturer Mitsubishi plans to improve its dealership network in Gujarat as well as in the country, Hindustan Motor Finance Corporation Ltd’s (HMFCL) Chief Executive Officer P Vijayan said Saturay. HMFCL sells Mitsubishi cars across India. “We have 40 dealers and 56 outlets across the country. We plan to improve our dealership network and by July 15, we would have around 70 dealers and outlets in the country,” Vijayan said while inaugurating Saurashtra’s first dealership for the Mitsubishi Pajero sport car here. The company has a
plant in Chennai, where it assemble engine and parts brought into India from Japan and Thailand, he said. The Chennai plant has a capacity to assemble around 800 units to 900 units per month, Vijayan said, adding that the number of assembled units is not a concern for the company in India. When asked if the company plans to set up a unit in Gujarat, Vijayan said, “Presently, the company does not intend to expand its manufacturing network in the country”. Calling Gujarat as an important state for the company, Vijayan said, “This is our second dealership in Gujarat after Surat.
Advani to visit constituency on March 23 Sunvilla News, Gandhinagar
Former Deputy Prime Minister and Lok Sabha MP elected from Gandhinagar LK Advani will visit Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency on 23 March. He will attend government meeting in the morning in Gandhinagar and later in the afternoon visit Bakrana village of Sanand taluka that he has adopted under Sansad Aadarsh Gram Yojana. BJYM Gujarat President Pradipsinh Vaghela run Swami Vivekananda Seva Sansthan has organized
horse race, Babbadi, cricket and dayro events on this day which will be attended by Adani and state party president Faldu. Various
BJP office bearers will remain present on this occasion and pay tribute to Shahid Bhagatsingh, Sukhdev and Rajguru.
Gujarat sold over 2,100 million units of power to other states
Asaram seeks temporary bail to perform last rites of nephew Ahmedabad Asaram Bapu, accused in a rape case filed against him by one of the two Surat-based
Zip Line across Sabarmati River opens for public Photo by : Rudani Dixit
Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
Presented below are photographs of just opened Zip line river crossing ride at Sabarmati river front just behind NID in Paldi area. Ticket rate for two-way ride is Rs. 300 for individual on weekdays and Rs. 400 on weekends. Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has handed over this project to private party. Crossing is not motorized. It is based on slope. Safety parameters seem good. Fire Brigade has already given safety certificate after thorough load and stability checks. On its opening day the ride was free.
sisters, has applied for a bail for one month in a Gandhinagar court to perform the last rites of his nephew who died recently.Additional District Judge R A Ghoghari of Gandhinagar court is likely to hear the bail plea of Asaram on March 23. In his plea, Asaram has stated that he should be released for thirty days to perform the last rites of his sister’s son Shankar Pagrani (68) who died on March 19. Pagrani had expressed a wish that his cremation and other postdeath rituals must be performed by his maternal uncle Asaram as his parents died long ago, it said. Asaram had earlier moved a regular bail plea before the Gujarat High Court, which was rejected in January. Two Surat-based sisters had lodged separate complaints against Asaram and his son Narayan Sai accusing them of rape, sexual assault, illegal confinement and levelling other charges. The elder sister, in her complaint against Asaram, had accused him of repeated sexual assaults between 2001 and 2006 during the time she was living at his ashram on the outskirts of Ahmedabad.
Sunvilla News, Gandhinagar
The Gujarat government sold 2,186.34 million units (MU) of surplus electricity to six states in the last two years, Gujarat Energy Minister told the Assembly saturday. During Question Hour in the Assembly, Congress MLA from Bayad, Mahendrasinh Vaghela sought details from Gujarat Energy Minister Saurabh Patel about electricity sold to different states by Gujarat, as well as
the rationale behind selling electricity to these states. In his reply, Patel stated that the Gujarat government had sold a total of 2186.34 million units of electricity to six different states during 2013-14 (February to January) and 2014-15 (February to January). Out of these, 2021.36 million units were sold during 2013-14 and 164.98 million units of electricity were sold during 2014-15, he said. In 2013-14, Karnataka
purchased 1810.53 million units of electricity at Rs 4.16 per unit, Uttar Pradesh purchased 190.82 million units at Rs 3.29 per unit and Delhi purchased 20.01 million units at Rs 4.25 per unit. In 2014-15, Karnataka purchased 26.11 million units at Rs 4.50 per unit, Uttar Pradesh purchased 45.73 million units at Rs 3.03 per unit, Maharashtra purchased 11.03 million units at Rs 2.97 per unit, West Bengal purchased 50.84 million units at Rs 3.09 per unit and Assam purchased 3.04 million units at Rs 3.04 per unit. Explaining the reasons behind selling electricity to other states, Patel stated that since surplus electricity cannot be stored, especially during the low-demand period, it has to be sold to other states to utilise optimum generating capacity of power plants.
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