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News Brief Rijiju visits Sri Lankan refugee camp in TN Agency : Chennai, Mar 24
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiran Rijiju today visited the Sri Lankan refugees camp at Gummidipoondi near here. Rijiju said the Central and state governments were extending 'a lot of help and support' to the refugees and he had come to ensure that all humanitarian help were extended to them.
Amendment to Value Added Tax Act passed Agency : New Delhi, Mar 24
In a major relief to city's traders, Delhi government today passed an amendment to the Value Added Tax (VAT) Act which will allow them to carry forward their credit for successive financial years. While presenting the proposal of the amendment, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said that traders were forced to claim refund, if any before the end of each financial year on March 31, on the Input Tax paid by them.
Basit meets separatist leaders for 3rd day Agency : New Delhi, Mar 24
Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit today continued holding consultations for the third consecutive day with separatist leaders from Jammu and Kashmir during which he sought their help for building an environment of peace in the sub-continent. The first delegation was led by former chairman of moderate faction of Hurriyat ConferenceAbdul Gani Bhat which was followed by a team of hardline Hurriyat led by Syed Ali Shah Geelani.
7 fresh cases of swine flu in Telangana Agency : Hyderabad, Mar 24
Seven fresh cases of swine flu have been reported in Telangana, where 75 people succumbed to the H1N1 virus so far since January. "From January 1 till March 23, as many as 6,931 samples were tested, of which 2,177 found to be positive. The number of deaths because of swine flu and other complications stood at 75 as on date," a bulletin on swine flu issued by the state government said here Tuesday.
Germanwings Airbus crashes in French Alps, 150 dead Germanwings airliner crashes in French Alps, all 150 on board feared dead, 'major rescue efforts' on Agency : Paris A German airliner crashed near a ski resort in the French Alps on Tuesday, killing all 150 people on board, in the worst plane disaster in mainland France in four decades. France's junior transport minister said there were "no survivors" from the crash of the Germanwings Airbus A320, a low-cost subsidiary of Lufthansa, in a remote part of the Alps that is extremely difficult to access. Civil aviation authorities said they lost contact with the plane, which was carrying 144 passengers and six crew, and declared it was in distress at 10:30 am (0930 GMT). "The distress signal showed the plane was at 5,000 feet in an abnormal situation," said Alain Vidalies, minister of state for transport. Spanish King Felipe VI cut short his state visit to France on news of the tragedy, with a number
of Spanish nationals believed to be among the dead along with Germans and possibly Turks. "We decided to cancel this trip" after discussions between French President Francois Hollande and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, the king said on the steps of the French presidential palace just moments after the visit had officially begun. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said on Twitter, "Shocked by the air accident in the Alps. A tragedy. We are cooperating with the French and German authorities in the investigation." Hollande said the plane crashed in an area very difficult to access and rescuers would not be able to reach the site for several hours. "I want to express all our solidarity to the families affected by this tragedy," Hollande told reporters. The plane was travelling from the Spanish coastal city of
Barcelona to the German city of Duesseldorf when it went down in the ski resort area of Barcelonnette. A witness who was skiing near the crash site told a French television channel he "heard an enormous noise" around the time of the disaster. Pierre Polizzi said the noise began just before noon. "There are often fighter jets flying over, so I thought it sounded just like that. I looked outside but I couldn't see any fighter planes." "The noise I heard was long - like 8 seconds as if the plane was going more slowly than a military plane speed. There was another long noise about 30 seconds later." A French police helicopter dispatched
Cricket World Cup 2015: Black Caps through to final Agency : AUCKLAND The days of miracle and wonder continue for New Zealand's cricketers. How poetic do you want? 36year-old Grant Elliott, born in South Africa but a proud bona fide New Zealander, completed what's known in the trade as a 'Williamson' and belted Dale Steyn, the world's premier pace bowler, into the Eden Park stands to take New Zealand into their first World Cup final with a four-wicket victory over South Africa at Eden Park...with a ball to spare. Elliott finished on 84 off 73 balls, but it's the last wallop that will live forever in the memory in the chase for 298 in 43 overs. New Zealand needed 12 off the last over. Daniel Vettori, Elliott's fellow 36-year-old brother-in-arms, was at the other end. He opened the face and clamped on a Steyn delivery earlier in the over to get them within striking distance. It is arguably the most poised batting performance in the country's ODI cricketing history. Corey Anderson and Elliott steered the side to uncharted territory courtesy of a 103run, 98-ball fifth-wicket partnership in a chase for the Duckworth-Lewis adjusted
to the site of the crash reported spotting debris in a mountain range known as "Les Trois Eveches," which reaches 1,400 metres in altitude. The government said "major rescue efforts" had been mobilised, but accessing the remote region would present severe challenges. "The zone is snow-bound and inaccessible to vehicles, but could be overflown by helicopters," said Vidalies. The plane belonged to Germanwings, a low-cost affiliate of German airline Lufthansa based in Cologne which until now had no record of fatal accidents. France's leading air traffic controller union SNCTA has called off a strike planned from Wednesday to Friday. "We are suspending our planned strike as a result of the emotions created in the control rooms by the crash, particularly in Aix-enProvence," the union's spokesperson Roger Rousseau told SSA. Lufthansa chief executive
Carsten Spohr said on Twitter the airline had no
immediate details on the crash, describing it as a "dark
War of words in the House to extend Gujarat assembly session Sunvilla News, Gandhinagar
Congress MLAs on Tuesday objected to the proposal by the Gujarat government not to extend the ongoing session for two more days to accommodate discussions and voting on 12 bills admitted in the House. During a joint meeting of legislators yesterday, it was proposed by
the Gujarat government that instead of extending the session ending on March 31, two extra sittings should be added to sessions on March 26 and March 31. Thus, the session would begin from 8:30 am on these days instead of 12 pm. However, this suggestion did not go down well with the Congress, who
Complete faith in government's Pakistan policy; '#disgust' tweet aimed at media: VK Singh
target, after rain disrupted play in the early evening. Brendon McCullum delivered 59 off 26 balls, an innings the New Zealand cricketing public, a mesmerised crowd and his respectful teammates demanded. In his first five overs the New Zealand captain brought the required run rate down from 6.93 to 5.97 with explosive hitting against a world class attack. In respective overs he took 25 off Dale Steyn; 14 from Vern Philander and nine from Morne Morkel. After a
demoralising period of rain, it was the cricketing equivalent of Jimi Hendrix lighting his guitar on stage. If the crowd weren't partitioned into seats they would have moshed. The chase became the more manageable proposition of 227 from 38 during his tenure. His strike rate was 227 - across the tournament it's been 192 - the best of any player to face more than 36 balls. He's consistently freed up deliveries from which his teammates could consolidate an innings.
Agency : New Delhi Putting to rest all speculations of his resigning as Minister of State for External Affairs, VK Singh said on Tuesday night that he had complete faith in NDA government's Pakistan policies and had attended Pakistan National Day dinner thrown by envoy Abdul Basit at the Pakistan High Commission here as a pure diplomatic exercise. He also clarified that series of tweets on 'duty' and 'disgust' that he had posted on microblogging website Twitter yesterday night was aimed at the media and did not in any way highlight his frustrations at being forced to go to Basit's dinner despite his wishes. Addressing a brief press conference he said, "When in May 2014 I took over as minister, I was aware of my duties and responsibilities. I am also a loyal soldier of the party. Attending the Pak Day dinner was a protocol and just a diplomatic exercise
day." "My deepest sympathy goes to the families and friends of our passengers and crew on 4U 9525. If our fears are confirmed, this is a dark day for Lufthansa. We hope to find survivors." ollande spoke briefly by phone with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and expressed solidarity with Germany. Hollande said the 150 people killed in the crash included Germans, Spaniards and "probably" Turks. rench aviation authorities had earlier said there were 142 passengers and six flight personnel on board and that all were dead. In light of the information available at the present time we cannot say whether there are survivors or how many there might be,"
that every Minister of State of External Affairs has followed in past. This was no different from what had happened in previous years." He added, "The only difference was the optics as a former Army chief was attending the Pakistan Day dinner. Even though my party and government understood the issue, certain sections of the media was hyperventilating. Also my tweets on duty and disgust was twisted." Singh went on to add, "My tweets were only aimed at those sections of the media who had questioned my presence at the dinner. I felt it is important for me to clarify that. I am fully committed to my
government and especially my PM. I stand in unison with my party in working for a better India. Nation comes first." On being asked as to why he had left the venue in 15 minutes or so, Singh said, "I have attended a lot of national day celebrations but haven’t eaten at any of these events, that my set schedule. One because I don’t have time, and second because I am not very fond of eating." Earlier speculation was rife that Singh may resign after it was reported that that a high-level meeting was taking place at 7, Race Course Road, attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Ministers Sushma Swaraj and Rajnath Singh.
termed it mismanagement by the Gujarat government and called for discussion on this matter today. During today's discussion, Congress chief whip Balwantsinh Rajput put forward the views of Congress legislators and requested the state government to add two days instead of adding sittings on existing days. He proposed that the ongoing session should be extended till April 2. Echoing Rajput's views, senior Congress MLA Shailesh Parmar said that MLAs may have to miss the India-Australia semi-final match if the session on March 26 is a full-day affair. However, Gujarat state parliamentary affairs minister Pradeepsinh Jadeja rejected Congress's demand and stated that it is not advisable to extend the session, since April 2 is a public holiday. He also assured that enough time would be given to discuss new bills to be taken up during the two sessions. Unhappy with his reply, Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Shankersinh Vaghela said that the Gujarat government should have known that these many bills are to be tabled in the session. "This shows that you have not done your homework. If you knew that these many bills were going to be tabled, then you should have planned accordingly in advance instead of making two full day sessions in the last minute.
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Bringing Freedom to the Internet in India The Supreme Court has finally struck down the notorious Section 66A of the Information Technology Act, often misused by police against innocent citizens exercising free speech on social media. In a landmark judgment on Tuesday, the Indian Supreme Court has recognised the immense importance of free expression in the development of India in the 21st century. In its judgment, Supreme Court has restructured India's constitutional law of free speech for the Internet age. We [at the Software Freedom Law Centre] are delighted by this judgment where the judges have once again shown why Indians have so much faith in the judiciary. They are committed to the constitutional principles, able to adapt with the changing times, deftly understand technology and will provide a conducive business environment for a digital India to become a reality. The judgment quotes Shakespeare and excerpts from older case law and very firm on covering the breadth of free speech cases from the United States to older Indian judgments. The court's measured and careful treatment of the differences among the three types of speech regulations at issue will secure to Indian citizens the right to speak out freely on public issues; without any fear of retaliatory criminal prosecution. This judgment will also prevent the use of government censorship as a weapon in commercial competition. The power of government, under appropriately careful judicial review, to impose constitutionally permissible "reasonable restrictions" on speech in the interest of national security and public order through narrowly specific website blocking orders is however left intact. The Court's judgment properly disposes of the generally fearful, anti-Internet tone taken by the Government of India's law officers. These officers' treatment of the Internet as a zone of "individualistic" and therefore dangerous speech is as incompatible with government's enthusiasm for Digital India as it is in conflict with the most basic principles of democracy. The Court's judgment, in contrast sets a high standard to be emulated by other democratic societies around the world, as they work to enable their citizens to have the full benefit of the democratization of communications that the Internet makes possible. Today, the Supreme Court also reminded us that the freedom of speech and of the press is the Ark of the Covenant of Democracy. Intermediary companies like Facebook, Twitter and Mouthshut have found great relief in this judgment, as now a Court order is mandatory for any content takedown. Section 66A has been struck down in its entirety as unconstitutional and that is a victory for free speech. It identifies the Internet as marketplace of ideas and correctly describes the expressions used in 66A as completely open-ended and undefined. Recognizing the chilling effect of Section 66A, it strikes a blow at it on the ground of over-breadth and vagueness. Companies like Facebook, Twitter, Mouthshut also have found great relief in this judgment.
- Kapilkumar M. Hirpara Editor Shahid Kapoor engagement: Fiancée Mira Rajput says actor is only a ‘family friend’
Agency : New Delhi Will they? Won’t they? Bollywood star Shahid Kapoor ’s alleged engagement to Delhi girl Mira Rajput has sent the film industry and netizens in a frenzy. Fans of Shahid are going crazy trying to figure out who the girl is. Neither Shahid nor his publicist is revealing his secret, whether he is indeed engaged or not. As reported by entertainment website 9XE, Mira was in Mumbai recently and was seen travelling in Shahid’s fancy car. But the paparazzi could
not get a picture of hers. A group picture which has Shahid’s alleged fiancée Mira Rajput had gone viral (first shared by 9XE), and now people are also accessing Mira’s Facebook page to gather more photos of this mysterious girl. But we wonder if out of the many Mira Rajput’s on the social networking site, this is indeed the one. However, India Tuesday has reported that although Mira is indeed a student of the Lady Sriram College for Women (LSR) in Delhi, she is not seeing Shahid.
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Angelina Jolie removes ovaries, Sushant Singh Rajput to attend fallopian tubes over cancer fear history class in Delhi University Agency : New Delhi Actress Angelina Jolie has undergone surgery to remove her ovaries and fallopian tubes to avoid getting cancer. She daringly underwent a double mastectomy two years ago followed by reconstructive surgery. The 39-year-old said that her mother Marcheline Bertrand died when she was 49 and wanted to take the action now. Her operation now has put her into forced menopause, reports mirror.co.uk. The mother of six said that she had been planning the preventative surgery for a while but two weeks ago she was told by her doctor that there were a "number of inflammatory markers that are elevated". The doctor also said that it could be a sign of early cancer. Hence after calling actor-husband Brad Pitt, who was in France at the time, she got the diagnosis and underwent the procedure called laparoscopic bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. Jolie said she took the heartwrenching decision so she "could see her grandchildren grow up". Writing in the New York Times magazine, Jolie said: " 'Your CA-125 is normal,' he said. I
breathed a sigh of relief. That test measures the amount of the protein CA-125 in the blood, and is used to monitor ovarian cancer. I have it every year because of my family history." "But that wasn't all. He went on. 'There are a number of inflammatory markers that are elevated, and taken together they could be a sign of early cancer.' I took a pause. 'CA-125 has a 50 to 75 percent chance of missing ovarian cancer at early stages,' he said." "He wanted me to see the
surgeon immediately to check my ovaries. I went through what I imagine thousands of other women have felt. I told myself to stay calm, to be strong, and that I had no reason to think I wouldn't live to see my children grow up and to meet my grandchildren." "I called my husband in France, who was on a plane within hours. The beautiful thing about such moments in life is that there is so much clarity. You know what you live for and what matters. It is polarizing, and it is peaceful."
What annoyed Bebo at Lakme Fashion Week finale? Agency : New Delhi Kareena Kapoor Khan was seen in a breath-taking avatar at the finale of Lakme Fashion Week. But the actress apparently got upset at the event. So what was it that upset her? It was the Sena protest that brought the grand show to a standstill. The incident took place on Sunday evening at Dr Bhau Daji Lad museum located in Byculla, where the finale was held. The venue was attacked by members of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), who feel that “this museum has a great legacy - it can’t be destroyed by these Page 3 people.” Kareena was the showstopper and walked the ramp for the Calcutta based designer Anamika Khanna. The actress had set aside some time from her busy schedule. She is already having a hectic time shooting for ‘Udta Punjab’ in Amritsar. A source reports, “Kareena rushed to the new venue only to find out that the show was delayed. She was heard complaining about the inconvenience caused to her.” While another source adds, “But when she got to know that the venue was changed, she was evidently
Agency : New Delhi Sushant Singh Rajput will be in Delhi this week for the promotions of his upcoming film, ‘Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!’. While the actor is there, he will attend a history lecture at Delhi University. Sushant, who is fond of the subject, himself found out all
the details about the lectures and made sure that this was a part of his schedule to the Delhi University. Sushant enjoys reading history and reads up on world as well as Indian History. He is excited to go back to college and relive his days as a student.Sushant Singh Rajput
shares, “I have always found history extremely interesting and I am excited to attend the history class at Delhi University.” The actor will be accompanied by his director Dibakar Banerjee. They are both originally from Delhi and are happy to be going back to the city.
Akshay : Gabbar's Character Does Not Demand Dancing Agency : Mumbai Actor Akshay Kumar, who has put on his dancing shoes for almost all his films, will not be seen showing his moves in the forthcoming film Gabbar Is Back as he says "the character does not demand dancing". However, he admitted there were three-four songs in the film as per the requirement. "It's not a dance-oriented film so you will not see Gabbar (me) dancing in the film. However, there are three-four songs in the film as per the demand of the film," Akshay told reporters here on Monday at the unveiling of the trailer of
the film. Directed by famous southern director Krish and produced by Sanjay Leela Bhansali and Viacom 18 Motion Pictures, Gabbar Is Back also features Shruti
Haasan. The film is a remake of the 2002 Tamil film Ramanaa and features Akshay as a vigilante, a righteous man and an enemy of the corrupt.
'Missing' Katrina Kaif busy shooting in Mumbai: reports Actress Katrina Kaif is trending on Twitter. It's not because her new movie or a song coming out. It's because a few media reports claimed that she has gone missing since Monday morning.
displeased and grudgingly walked the ramp, er, stairs.” The organizers were forced to make their way out from the stairs when the protestors came to the museum. The Sena members ordered the show organizers to not hold the fashion show at Dr Bhau Daji Lad museum. They started tearing down the curtains and even threatened the organizers that they would vandalize the museum
of the show wasn’t stopped. Following this, a statement was issued by Lakme Fashion Week- “We have moved the venue of the grand finale of Lakme Fashion Week Summer / Resort 2015 from Dr Bhau Daji Lad Museum back to Palladium Hotel due to unforeseen circumstances. The decision was taken keeping in mind the interests of all stakeholders.
Agency : Mumbai Some media reports said that the actress' present whereabouts were unknown. And the mobile phones of Katrina and her manager were not reachable. "Investigative agencies have
already put their best teams on the job. They are trying their level best to track Katrina's mobile's location with the help of cell tracker and her mobile's IMEI number," according to a report in Bollywood Hungama. The
reports of Katrina's sudden disappearance got the attention of Tweeple. In no time, #KatrinaMissing started trending on Twitter. While some expressed their concerns, some mocked over the reports.
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Amazon hosts ‘war of discounts’ between Apple and Samsung
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Agency : New Delhi The battleground for Apple and Samsung is now ecommerce website Amazon India. Both companies are striving to sell their smartphones at a discounted price exclusively on the online portal after scrapping them off from offline stores. The 5C is Apple’s slowest selling devices and will now be sold exclusively on Amazon. On the other hand, Korean brand Samsung offers a 23 percent discount on its yesteryear flagship device, Galaxy S4. This device too is available exclusively on Amazon. The report claims that both the companies have sold almost 1 lakh units together on Amazon. This sale could be the highest ever for these models through one point of sale. Tarun Pathak, a senior analyst at Counterpoint
Research has said that, “It’s a strategic move by Apple and Samsung to focus on two of the fastest-growing smartphone segments where their presence has been limited.” He also stated that, “These two brands have sold substantial number of the handsets which will boost their market share too. More such online-only deals are expected this year and we expect e-commerce contribution to overall smartphone sales in India to touch 30 percent this year from 15 percent in 2014.” Initially, Samsung did not have a appreciable presence under the 20K smartphone segment but it strengthened its market space when the Samsung Galaxy S4 received a massive price cut and became available online for Rs 17,999 on Amazon.
Whole grain diets reduce premature death risk Agency : New Delhi Eating every day a diet high in whole grains and cereal fibres may reduce your risk of premature death, suggests a new study. The results published in the open access journal BMC Medicine also showed cereal fibres to be associated with reduced risk of deaths in varying degrees for chronic diseases including cancer, heart disease, respiratory disease and diabetes. "Our study indicates that intake of whole grains and cereal fiber may reduce the risk of allcause mortality and death from chronic diseases such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and respiratory disease," said lead researcher Lu Qi from Harvard Public School of
tennis balls at him off a racquet from a distance of about 18 yards. Raina ducked, weaved, and occasionally pulled with ferocity. He was not the only one, as the other top-order batsmen too followed suit. James Faulkner was later told of India’s training methods and asked if Australia had planned to attack India with the bouncer. “Naturally, in oneday cricket, short-pitch bowling is used. I don’t think it’s going to be any different, be it India, Pakistan or any other opposition. They can train how they want to train; that is up to them,” he said. Should the pitch offer speed and lift to the bowlers, though, it is not India’s
batsmen alone that could struggle. Wahab Riaz caused Shane Watson great misery in Adelaide. With Umesh Yadav capable of reaching similar speeds and Mohammed Shami and Mohit Sharma too hassling opponents with their bouncers, India will not be losing sleep. No batsman, as Dhoni has said multiple times, enjoys playing a rapidly-approaching bouncer. “A lot depends on the wicket,” Faulkner said. “If there is bounce and carry, it depends on who you are coming up against. If you see a weakness you can try and expose. We haven’t spoken about the Indian team yet, it is only Monday. We will have our group discussion later in the week.”
24. Pietersen, England`s alltime leading run-scorer in all formats, added: "I`ve never made any secret of my overwhelming desire to once again represent England and I`m going to do everything in my power to earn a recall to the international set-up. "To once again put on that England shirt would be a privilege and an honour, but now I have to focus on performing domestically and give myself the best possible chance of meriting
Health. The study included 367,442 people above age 50. They were followed for an average of 14 years. The researchers found that consumption of an average 34 grams of whole grains per 1000 kilocalories (kcal) per day was associated with a 17 percent reduced risk of premature death compared to those consuming an average of 3.98 grams per 1000 kcal per day. Even when they accounted for factors such as health status, physical activity and obesity status the reduction remained the same.
has been offering the services in these metro circles via roaming agreements with bigger rivals Airtel and Vodafone India. With this, Idea's 3G network has expanded to 12 major markets in India. In addition, it provides such services in nine circles through intra-circle roaming (ICR) arrangements, enabling its 3G subscribers experience seamless connectivity pan-India , except Orissa. In addition, it provides such services in nine circles through intracircle roaming (ICR) arrangements, enabling its 3G subscribers experience seamless connectivity panIndia , except Orissa.
Agency : New Delhi Nine sporting disciplines -including athletics, hockey and shooting -- were on Monday upgraded to the newly-introduced 'high priority' category in the latest classification undertaken by the Sports Ministry which will ensure central funding for their national and zonal events. Athletics, badminton, hockey, shooting, tennis, weightlifting, wrestling, archery and boxing have been put in the high priority list by the Ministry. As per the categorisation, all national and zonal Championships of these sports will be funded by the Ministry. "All mandatory, ranking and qualifying tournaments for disciplines in which India secured 6th place in the individual events and 8th place in the team events in the previous edition are also to be
funded. Funding for the remaining events/ tournaments shall be decided by a Committee headed by Secretary (Sports)," the Sports Ministry said in a statement. "This categorisation shall come into force with immediate effect." The categorisation of sports disciplines is reviewed after each Olympic Games and the Asian Games with respect to their performance in these
events. The last such review was done in April 2008. Now that the Olympics 2012 and the Asian Games 2014 are over, a review was undertaken by the Ministry in order to make them eligible for assistance based on their performance. "The matter has been deliberated at length with various stakeholders before the categorisation was finalised," the Ministry stated.
selection." Pietersen is reportedly close to agreeing a return to Surrey, who deregistered him at the end of last season. He has drawn encouragement from incoming England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chairman Colin Graves`s comments that a return to county cricket would improve his chances of an England return. But other figures in the England hierarchy have played down the prospect of a comeback for the outspoken batsman.
Chris Gayle to play for Somerset
Sports Ministry Upgrades 9 Sports Including Hockey, Shooting to 'High Priority' Category
Idea Cellular launches 3G services in Delhi on 900 MHz band
Agency : NEW DELHI Idea Cellular, India's third largest telecom operator by subscribers, Tuesday launched 3G services on its own network in the Delhi circle. The Aditya Birla Group company has nearly six million subscribers in Delhi with around 30% being data users. It will offer the high-speed broadband service on the 900 MHz spectrum band that it won in an auction in February last year. This is Idea's first 3G service on its own network in a metro circle. So far, it
Agency : SYDNEY India’s batsmen expect a bombardment of shortpitched deliveries from Australia and perhaps they’re not mistaken there. In the nets behind the stately members’ stand at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Monday, they trained in anticipation of the fusillade of bouncers Mitchell Johnson, Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood (to a lesser extent) are likely to bowl in the semifinals on Thursday. Suresh Raina, who carries a reputation — whether rightly or wrongly — for weakness against the short delivery, spent a long time in the nets facing a tennis ball. R. Sathish, the fielding coach, Duncan Fletcher, and eventually M.S. Dhoni fired
Agency : London Kevin Pietersen announced on Tuesday that he has agreed a release from his Indian Premier League contract, as he bids to earn an England recall by rejoining English county Surrey. Axed by England in February 2014, the 34year-old batsman hopes to end his international exile by playing county cricket and has drastically whittled down his IPL commitments with the Sunrisers Hyderabad. "I`m hugely grateful for all the support and understanding I`ve received from everyone at the Sunrisers and the IPL," Pietersen said in a statement on his personal website. "My focus is now very much on the upcoming season in England and I`m absolutely determined to score as many runs as possible." The agreement allows Pietersen to miss the Sunrisers` entire league programme, but he will be recalled if they reach the IPL knockout phase, which runs from May 19-
Agency : New Delhi Gayle, Somerset's most high-profile signing to date, could play as many as six games in a three-week period in May and June, reports CMC. He will arrive at Somerset after his Indian Premier League (IPL) stint with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) is over on May 22, if RCB do not make the knockout stages. "I'm
excited about joining Somerset for the NatWest T20 Blast this year," said Gayle, one of the most feared batsman in the T20 format. "Many of the club's members and supporters will know that I came close to playing for the county in 2012 and I have always felt that, if I was able to, I wanted to honour that commitment to Somerset". Gayle has been battling a
back injury, which has ruled him out of the West Indies' Test series against England next month. The West Indies were eliminated at the quarter-finals stage of the World Cup, giving Gayle a couple of weeks' rest before the IPL, which will be followed by his Somerset spell and then the Caribbean Premier League with the Jamaica Tallawahs. "Signing a world-class player of the quality of Chris Gayle is tremendously exciting for the club," said Somerset's director of cricket, Matt Maynard on Monday. "He will be a tremendous addition to our already extremely strong squad. He is an inspirational character and we are delighted to be bringing him to Somerset". Gayle has hit the fastest T20 century - off 30 balls and last month he became the first player to score a World Cup doublehundred. Overall, he has made 13 T20 hundreds, more than twice as many as the next player on the list, David Warner.
Indian Open Badminton: Sina Nehwal looks to break jinx & eyes top spot Agency : New Delhi Avenging her All England loss to Spain’s Carolina Marin and clinching the World No. 1 status will be on her mind when ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal leads the home challenge in the Yonex Sunrise India Open Super Series which gets underway with the qualifiers tomorrow. For years, Saina has been hoping to become the first Indian woman
shuttler to reach the numero uno status and that dream will be within touching distance when the top seed opens her campaign at the USD 275,000 event against a qualifier on Wednesday.However, it will be second seed Carolina, the reigning world champion, who will stand in her way, trying to become the first Spaniard to achieve the feat. Among the men, new
sensation Kidambi Srikanth, who clinched the Swiss Grand Prix Gold earlier this month, will also be the cynosure of all eyes as he starts as the second seed behind Denmark’s Jan O Jorgensen. The 22-year-old from Guntur rose to World No. 4 on the back of some sensational performances, including winning the China Open crown last year beating two-time Olympic
champion Lin Dan and he would look to carry on with his good form when he walks out at the Siri Fort Complex this week. Srikanth will open his campaign with a clash against Thai Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk, ranked world No. 19. The Indian has a 1-1 record against Saensomboonsuk, having beaten him in their last encounter at the 2014 Hong Kong Open.
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Adani group, 16 others bag More than 76 lakh illiterates projects to develop food parks in Gujarat, Assembly told Agency : New Delhi Adani group, Ruchi Soya and Amrapali are among the companies that have bagged projects to develop 17 mega food parks that envisage an investment of over Rs 6,000 crore. To boost food processing in the country, the Centre today approved setting up of 17 mega food parks by allocating 10 such parks to private companies and the remaining 7 projects to state government PSUs. The project cost to set up these 17 mega food parks, which provide various infrastructure and other facilities for setting up of food processing units, would be Rs 2,300 crore, of which the central grant would be Rs 850 crore. An estimated investment of another Rs 4,000 crore would be from food processing units to be set up in these parks. “The Ministry received 72
proposals both from state governments and private players for the 17 food parks. Seven mega food parks have been allocated to state governments and 10 to private players,” Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal told reporters here. Under the scheme (2008-09) of mega food parks, the Food Processing Ministry had sanctioned 42 projects throughout the country. Of these, 25 parks have already been allocated. “The total project cost of these 17 mega food parks
is estimated at more than Rs 2,000 crore, of which the government’s contribution would be to the tune of Rs 850 crore. Another Rs 4,000 crore is estimated to be invested once the basic infrastructure of these food parks is set up,” Badal said. Adani group firm Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd would set up project in Kutch in Gujarat with an investment of Rs 168.60 crore, Ruchi Soya group firm Ruchi Acroni Industries project will come up at Dewas in Madhya Pradesh.
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Gujarat government has admitted in the Assembly that as on August 2014, there were more than 76 lakh illiterates registered in the state. During the ongoing Budget session in the Assembly, Congress MLA Tejashree Patel asked the government to reveal the figures of illiterates registered in the state and what steps are taken to make them literate. She also asked the government to provide a definite time-line to do so. In his written reply submitted yesterday, State
Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama said that as on August2014, there were around 76.58 lakh illiterates in the state. Some of the districts having more number of illiterates than others include Banaskantha (6.15 lakh), Ahmedabad (5.98 lakh), Surat (5.01 lakh) and Vadodara (4.84 lakh). Counting various measures to bring down the count of illiterates, the Minister stated that state government is running separate classes for illiterate adults. Further, citizens are made aware of
57 boats released by Pakistan Dams have less water handed over to Gujarat fishermen as compared to 2014 Correspondent, Porbandar
Fifty seven Indian fishing boats released by Pakistan were handed over to the Gujarat fishermen here on Tuesday. The fishing boats were detained by Pakistan for crossing the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL). Pakistan had released these boats on Sunday, which arrived at Porbandar harbour yesterday night. A team of towing boats, fishermen and Gujarat Government officials had sailed from Porbandar to the designated IMBL site to
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receive the vessels. These boats were towed by Pakistani trawlers to the designated location under the supervision of the Pakistan Maritime Security Agency. The whole operation was supervised
by Indian Coast Guard ships Rajratan and Vijit. However, around 800 Indian fishing boats captured by Pakistan Maritime Security Agencies (PMSA) are still in the custody of Pakistan.
30 officials suspended after SabarmatiJail break attempt: state government Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
After the jail-break attempt inside the Sabarmati jail in 2013, the state government stated that one jailer of group-1, two jailers of group-II and one subedar and four other officials were suspended for dereliction of duty, the government said, adding that disciplinary action was initiated against 30 jail officials. The government said that it has also started using the 200 cells constructed for hardcore prisoners. The main wall of this hardcore area has a DC live wire which has been placed to prevent any incident of jail break. Also the entire area is under video surveillance. The Government further said that reinforced concrete flooring in the cells of 200 hardcore prisoners. The government said this in a written reply to Dariapur MLA Gyasuddin Shaikh. On February 10, 2013, jail staff noticed a tunnel dug under a barrack. The tunnel was 213-foot long and went
straight outside the main wall of the jail. There were 14 accused in the serial blasts case, lodged in the barrack. Meanwhile, in the reply to another question by Viramgam MLA Tejashree Patel on mobile seizure in jails, the government said that in the last five years 538 mobiles and 244 sim cards were recovered from jails. Vadodara central jail reported the maximum seizure of 170 mobiles and
74 sim cards, followed by Rajkot with 75 mobiles and 30 sim cards.
Gujarat which was free of tanker raj, seems to be going back. The rains which played hide and seek with the state last year during the monsoon had resulted in less income of water in the dams and according to the latest data available as on March 21, is only 41 per cent of the total storage capacity and this was 62.05 per cent on the same day in 2014. According to officials what is worrying is that the dams in Saurashtra and Kutch have only 17 and 3 per cent water against their storage capacity. According to Kutch Collectorate the region where scarcity has been declared right in March there are over 101 villages and suburbs where water was supplied through tankers. The daily trip of 220 are made by 45 tankers owned by the state government and another 12
tankers by the private tankers. The Collectorate officials said that this was just mid-march and by April mid this number would almost double. The officials said that on an average the state government was forced to release 250 million cubic meter of water daily from the dams. Officials further said that the in Saurashtra region there are district like Amreli, Jamnagar, Botad and Morbi. Even the water level in North Gujarat was very scary. The water in the 15 dams in North Gujarat was only 21.56 per cent. The officials said that on March 21, 2015 the water in the dams was 6736.54 MCM and this was 9772.52 MCM on the same day in 2014. The officials said that the water in 2013 was also more than what it is this year. In 2013 there was around 55 per cent water in the dams across the state.
the benefits of education through various means of audio-visual publicity, stated his reply. On the question of giving a definite time-line to achieve 100 per cent target, Chudasama stated that no such time-frame can be given, as illiterate people can be made literate only if they show zeal and willingness to learn.
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Gujarat Chief Secretary to brief PM about State’s pending issues in PRAGATI VC Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
Gujarat Chief Secretary D.J.Pandian will represent Gujarat via video conference(VC) of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first Proactive Governance and Timely Implementation‘PRAGATI’ initiative to resolve pending issues of states on Wednesday(25th March) across the country. PM will address a joint Video Conference of all the Government of India
Secretaries and all the Chief Secretaries of the states on every fourth Wednesday of the month to resolve the critical pending issues of the states. A special set up has been created in the Chief Secretary’s Office from where he will participate in the VC at 3.30 pm. All other concern Secretaries are also likely to be present in the VC to brief PM about state’s pending development issues.
Sensor-based driving test for licence on anvil: Gujarat Minister Correspondent, Vadodara
Gujarat Transport Minister Vijay Rupani Tuesday said that procuring a driving licence in the state is set to become more difficult as there is a proposal to introduce a sensor-based automated driving test in all the major cities and RTOs. “Getting a driving licence is set to become more difficult in the coming days as the state Transport Department has decided to introduce a sensor-based automated driving test in all the major cities and district Regional Transport Offices (RTOs) in the state,” Rupani said. He was speaking after inaugurating an RTO office built at a cost of Rs 10 crore at Darjipura on the outskirts of the city late last evening. “The new system will help in quality practical test for
the drivers as tracks will be fitted with sensors. If a driver comes close to the tracks or hits the sensor, it will lead to negative marking,” he said. The tracks (two for twowheelers and one for fourwheelers) will have more than a hundred censorembedded near curves and speed-breakers. “The result will be given immediately after the test. If a person does not score 70 per cent in the practical test, licence will not be given,” he said. The sensors are to be fitted to tracks in Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot, Vadodara and other major RTOs where the number of applicants is high. This will be made mandatory for all the offices, Rupani said, adding that “automated test will reduce human
interference and ensure that no wrong driver gets through the practical test without actually performing on the minimum test standards. It will reduce the chances of malpractice.” The minister also said there was a plan to undertake a survey on the parking needs in eight major cities in Gujarat — Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Bhavnagar and Junagadh.
Sudama Setu bridge in Dwarka by July 2015: Minister in Assembly Sunvilla News, Gandhinagar
Annually 26 lakh people visit Shri Dwakadhish Mandir in Dwarka in Gujarat. Construction of Sudama setu bridge on river Gomti is in progress and it is likely to be completed by July this year. These details were shared by Minister Pradipsinh Jadeja in Gujarat Assembly today. He said, the central government has allocated Rs. 22 crore for development of Dwarka as heritage city under HRIDAY scheme. Sharing further details on government sponsored development works carried out in this pilgrim town know for Shri Krishna’s Dwarkadhish Mandir, the Minister said, “recently Chief Minister had
dedicated Rs. 71.68 crore projects completed in Dwarka. Presently Rs. 25.54 crore works are in progress.” He said Dwarkadish Mandir campus and administrative complex construction project has been divided in four pacages. Pacakge 1 includes parking, toilet block, drivers area, shops, security cabin, two elephants at entrance, office building, path-way, electrification, compound wall. These works are completed. Package-2 works include reconstruction of old Gomti ghat, locker room, traffic police cabin, changing room, path-way, sitting arrangements, kirti stambh etc tat are
completed. Package -3 involves the works of development of Samudra Narayan beach, gate, pathway, benches, toilet block, water hut, compound wall, electrification etc. Package 4 involves works like Ravla lake development, two iron gates, compound wall, toilet block, water hut, children pay area, electrification which have been completed. Minister said Government has planned Rs. 30 crore works for development of Bet Dwarka.
89 farmers have committed Gujarat has 19000 million units surplus power suicide: Gujarat Government Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
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The State government which has been claiming that no farmer in Gujarat has committed suicide has admitted that in the state 89 farmers have committed suicide in the state since 2010. However of these 11 suicide were directly related to failure of crop of increase in debt due to farmer. In reply to the question of Viramgam MLA
Tejashreeben Patel, the state government said that of the 11 death in three and half years there were three suicide related to increase in depth due to agriculture, while another eight death were due to increase in debt and 78 suicides were due to other reasons. The Government has stated that no farmers had committed suicide due to crop failure. The Government said that the
three suicide which were committed due to increasing in debt due to Agriculture one each death was reported from Amreli, Bhavnagar and Surat district. These three suicides occurred in seven months of July. Also due to increase in debt the eight death were reported from three from Jamnagar, two from Porbandar and one each from Surendranagar, Gandhinagar and Dang.
Gujarat government has claimed that the production from January 1, 2014 to December 12 2014 was 951010 million units. The Government in the reply stated that after supply the power the state had over 19000 million units as surplus. Officials said that around 33 per cent power was supplied for industry, while 25 per cent was supplied for domestic usage and around 22 per cent was used for agriculture.
Meanwhile in another The increasing in the transportation cost for the coal has resulted in the increasing the power tariff in the state in form of fuel adjustment cost. Between April 2014 and January 2015 the fuel adjustment cost per unit has increased from Rs 1.05 per unit to Rs 1.65 per unit. Saurabh Patel the Energy and Petrochemical minister in reply to Dariyapur MLA Gyasuddin Shaikh has said that increase in fuel
adjustment cost was directly related to the coal prices and the transportation cost. The rate is fixed based on the increase or decrease of the coal and transportation price in the last five months. However according to the reply given, the coal prices as compared to September fell down by nearly Rs 97 per metric tonnes, but simultaneously the cost of transportation increased by Rs 312. Further in another question, the government claimed that the production
from January 1, 2014 to December 12 2014 was 951010 million units. The Government in the reply stated that after supply the power the state had over 19000 million units as surplus.
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