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News Brief Meghalaya Assembly passes bill to double MLAs’ salaries
Agency | Shillong The salary of an MLA of Meghalaya was doubled while that of the Chief Minister was hiked 70 per cent after the Assembly passed bills to hike their salary and allowances and pension of former members. The Meghalaya Legislators Salaries and Allowances (Amendment) Bill, 2017, shall come into force from January 1 this year, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Martin M Dangngo said. According to the bill, the gross salary of the chief minister will now be Rs 1.09 lakh per month from the current Rs 64,000.
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Gujarat polls possible in May-end or June-first week, we have started preparing for it: Gujarat Congress Cheif Agency | New Delhi
The Congress has asked its Gujarat unit to prepare for early assembly elections and finalise the shortlist of candidates for each constituency, amid buzz that the polls may be advanced after BJP’s sweeping victory in UP and Uttarakhand. With factional feuds plaguing the Gujarat Congress, despite being out of power for almost a quarter of a century, the party also decided not to project a chief ministerial candidate. The Congress will also be open to alliance talks with like-minded parties, such as NCP and JDU, to avoid division of nonBJP and anti-incumbency votes. AICC general secretary in charge of the state, Gurudas Kamat,
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held a meeting of senior PCC and district level leaders, district-level office bearers and 1,550 aspiring candidates in Ahmedabad recently and finalised an action-plan for early election preparations. According to Kamat the broader action plan includes an instruction to PCC and DCCs to have three candidates shortlisted for each assembly constituency by
directing the government to provide adequate security at government hospitals. The Chief Justice of the court stated that no punitive action should be taken against doctors who participated in the strike. The court will hear the matter again in 15 days. The Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) has given doctors time to take a decision regarding resuming work. Doctors in Nagpur and Aurangabad decided against resum-
ing work immediately. Further, in the state legislative Assembly, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis condemned the attacks on doctors, and personally appealed to them to resume work. He said, “As the head of state, I am willing to plead with doctors with folded hands to get them back to work. But this will be the last time. After this it will be strict action. We cannot show any mercy nor forgive doctors who are leaving patients to die.” “If doctors are continuing strike leaving patients to die, it shows high degree of insensitivity.
next Monday and send it to the AICC for consideration of the party’s central election committee, expected to be constituted soon, to make the final list. The meeting has also decided to prepare identical Congress campaign hoardings, with emphasis on five core issues: Growing unemployment; atrocities against Dalits; crackdown/negligence on PatidarBSE -1.47 % agitations; white paper on the actual investments
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Sonia Gandhi returns to India after medical check-up (H.S.) | New Delhi
Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who had been abroad for medical checkup, returned home late Thursday night accompanied by her son Rahul Gandhi. The 70-year-old leader is doing fine, according to party sources. She had left the country earlier this month to an undisclosed destination for a “routine medical check-up”. Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi left on March 16 to join her soon after attending the swearing-in ceremony of Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh. The Congress President
the interim order Friday after hearing the plea filed by the lawyer for the four witnesses. Utsav Bains, the advocate for petitioners, argued before the court and sought full protection of the four witnesses in the case. Bains also sought a Special Investigation Team (SIT) or Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry
into the alleged murder of various witnesses in the case. He also sought a national witness programme to provide safety and security to all witnesses irrespective of all cases. According to reports, out of 10 witnesses in connection with the case, seven have been attacked while three witnesses were killed. The
Jodhpur Police arrested Asaram on August 3, 2013, and since then he is in prison. A teenager had accused Asaram of sexually assaulting her during celebration in a village
Gujarat: 91 farmers ended their lives in last 5 years, says government
such deaths with 48 farmers ending their lives, followed by Junagadh (13), Amreli (8), Rajkot (6), Bhavnagar (4), Mehsana (3), Surendranagar (2) and one each at Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar, Gir-Somnath, Devbhoomi Dwarka, Porbandar, Vadodara and Surat, the reply said. The yearwise break up revealed that maximum number of suicides (36) took place in the year 2012, followed by 33 in 2013, eight each
in 2014 and 2015 and six in 2016. Responding to a sub-question related to the reasons behind these suicides, Bokhiria said three farmers ended their lives due to crop failure, four others due to farming related debt, five due to non-farming debt and remaining 79 ended their lives for several other reasons. Bokhiria added that the state government has taken several steps to stop farmers’ suicide by launching various schemes, such as Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojna and scheme to compensate for the loss of crop due to natural calamities.
Andhra Woman Techie, Young Son, Found Dead In New Jersey Home
had for the first time in many years not campaigned for her party in the just concluded assembly elections. The two leaders have returned to the country amid a growing clamour for structural changes within the party after its debacle in the crucial Uttar Pradesh polls. A section of leaders have also called for elevating Rahul. Sonia has not been keeping well for quite some time and has entrusted all party work to Rahul for a few months now. Party sources had said that Sonia had gone abroad for a “routine medical check-up”.
According to reports, out of 10 witnesses in connection with the case, seven have been attacked while three witnesses were killed
The Supreme Court on Friday directed the governments of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana to provide full protection to the witnesses in the Asaram Bapu case. An apex court bench headed by Justice Arjan Kumar Sikri and also comprising Justice Ashok Bhushan passed
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and job creation against promises made at Vibrant Gujarat summits; farmers Sunvilla News | Gandhinagar issues, including comThe Gujarat Government pensation paid for land on Friday informed that acquired by private comstate Legislative Assempanies and procurement bly that as many as 91 issues. State and district farmers have ended their office bearer, MLAs and lives for various reasons all the 1550 applicants across the state in the last hav been asked to sponfive years. Responding to sor five Congress hoarda written query by Conings, each, and put them gress MLA Tejashreeben across all 182 assemPatel, state Agriculture bly segments, from this Minister Babu Bokhmonth-end. The assemiria said 91 farmers have bly elections to Gujarat committed suicide across and Himachal Pradesh Gujarat in the last five are scheduled for De- years (till October 2016). cember but there is spec- The suicides were reportulation that Gujarat polls ed across 14 different could be held before the districts of Gujarat. Jammonsoons. The Election nagar district witnessed Commission has some- the maximum number of times altered poll schedules considering conditions such as weather and examinations but has not advanced polls by more than 6 months. According to her husband
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Maharashtra: Protesting doctors call off strike, to resume work today Resident doctors who have been on strike in Maharashtra since Monday, protesting violence against the fraternity and lack of security, called off their strike Friday. Doctors in Sion hospital are expected to resume work today. The Indian Medical Association (Maharashtra branch) is expected to make an announcement by 4.30 pm this evening. Senior officials have said that the strike is likely to be called off by this evening. The Bombay High Court Thursday ordered all doctors to resume work while
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near Jodhpur ashram. The Gujarat Government had earlier told the top court division bench that the rape case registered against Asaram would very likely proceed in an expeditious manner, adding that the trial would be completed within six months so the bail should not be granted to him in the case.
M Hanumantha Rao, N Sasikala and Aneesh Sai were found strangled to death when he returned home from work on Thursday evening Agency | New Delhi
A woman techie from Andhra Pradesh and her 7-year-old son were found dead in their home in New Jersey last evening. N Sasikala and the child were strangled, according to her relatives in Vijayawada. Her husband, N Hanumantha Rao, discovered her body when he returned home from work. Hanumantha Rao and Ms Sasikala both were software professionals. She worked from home. The couple moved to the US nine years ago. The killing was raised
in parliament this morning. “This is a serious matter. This very dangerous. Just two weeks back, two Indians were killed and now two more people have been killed. Prime Minister Narendra Modi must take (it) up with the President of America,” said Congress Rajya Sabha member T Subbarami Reddy. Deputy Chairman PJ Kurien asked for Foreign Minis-
ter Sushma Swaraj to be alerted to the killing. In the Lok Sabha, YV Subba Reddy of the YSR Congress Party asked the government to take a “very strong stand” in protecting Indians in the US. “It’s a case of racial discrimination” and such incidents were on the rise since Donald Trump became the US President. It is high time we take up these issues strongly with the US,” he added. Srinivas Kuchibhotla, 32, an engineer from Telangana, was shot dead in a bar in Kansas last month.
the Lok Sabha that the issue of perks and pensions to MPs are given as per provision of the law and it is in the exclusive domain of Parliament. “I think every member of the House agrees that the right of the House is sacrosanct. Parliament has every right to decide about salaries and allowances of the MPs,” he said. He told Speaker Sumitra Mahajan that “the entire House is with you on the matter.” Kumar’s response came after a number of opposition MPs raise the issue of the Supreme Court’s
reported comments that 80 per cent former law markers are ‘crorepatis’ (millionaires). Yesterday, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had said in the Rajya Sabha that Parliament alone has authority to decide on how much pension MPs can draw and inter-institutional discipline has to be respected. Raising the issue during the Zero Hour, TMC MP Saugata Roy said while the apex court was transgressing its rights, Parliament was not asking why former judges are being given pension.
Only Parliament has right to decide on pension of ex-MPs: Govt
Agency | New Delhi The government today took strong exception to the Supreme Court’s observation on pension for MPs, saying it was the sacrosanct right of Parliament to decide on the issue, giving an indirect message to the apex court not to stray into the domain of lawmakers. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar told
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Yogi’s rise is a challenge for both BJP and the Congress The BJP’s more hardline supporters are enjoying what they have dubbed a ‘liberal meltdown’ over the choice of Yogi Adityanath as chief minister. Many explanations have been offered for why the party would choose an unapologetic Hindutva face, notorious for his anti-Muslim speeches, to front India’s most populous state, Uttar Pradesh. We are told that as the most popular among all partymen, the Yogi best captures the mandate. Unlike others who command only certain constituencies of support, Adityanath alone can claim support across the rainbow coalition of castes that catapulted the BJP to victory. That he has political clout as a five-term MP gives him the heft needed to turnaround the dismal law and order situation in UP. And of course every last detail has been reported on how, in the priest-turned-politician’s parliamentary seat of Gorakhpur, local Muslims share a special bond with the Mahant; some work at the temple’s gaushala and others recall past generosities from the contentious leader, underlining the distance between his public avatar and his personal warmth. Perhaps Adityanath is indeed a kindly man in ‘real’ life but as a person in public life, it is his public utterances (and actions) alone that he must be measured against. Calling Kairana in west UP another Kashmir; promoting the politics of love jihad - basically a discouragement of Hindu-Muslim romance, comparing Shah Rukh Khan’s words with that of Hafiz Saeed and warning that if he lost the support of a big majority he would end up wandering the streets like an ‘ordinary Muslim’, asking those who don’t do the surya namaskar to leave India, calling Mother Teresa part of the conspiracy to Christianise India – these are all documented statements of bigotry. But it would do us well to also call out the rabble-rousers of a similar nature from other parties and from other faiths - Abu Azmi, Azam Khan and Imran Masood have all played the politics of hate, using the outrageous as a weapon of political propaganda. When Azam Khan as a senior cabinet minister in the Akhilesh Yadav government mocked Adityanath for being unmarried and asked him to “prove his masculinity” as gawkers around him giggled, it was a truly mindless and distasteful statement. It deserved the same ferocity of protests and media attention that Yogi Adityanath has got for his anti-Muslim diatribes. In some ways, extremists across the trenches are mirror images, feeding off the polarisation that the other spawns. When we say the BJP won UP on the back of Hindu consolidation, we must simultaneously talk of Mayawati’s open exhortation to Muslim voters or taking support from irrelevant clerics like the Shahi Imam of Jama Masjid or worse still, from Mafiosi gangsters like Mukhtar Ansari. One of the key reasons for the humongous rise of the BJP is the hollowing out of secularism as a political slogan and the multiple opportunities the opposition has given the BJP to pick on liberal hypocrisy or selectiveness of their attacks.
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QUOTE “Modiji asked MPs to work overtime to fulfil expectations of the people and told them to make people aware about various initiatives taken by the Centre OF THE for public welfare,” DAY Phillauri Movie Review: Anushka Sharma Is Wasted In Comedy With No Laughs Ahead of assembly elections in Gujarat this year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today held a meeting with MPs from his home state and asked them to work overtime as public servants to fulfil people’s expectations, said an MP who was present at the meeting..
Agency | Mumbai First we must clear the air. Based on its trailers, there has been deafening buzz about how much Anshai Lal’s Phillauri has borrowed from Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride. Burton’s delightful stop-motion film celebrated love and death in grand style, and while Phillauri does indeed steal its premise - where a nervous groom accidentally weds a ghost - this time, there are no resultant hi-jinks. A film one might imagine as a comedy comes without any laughs whatsoever. More than stolen similarities to the cartoon, much graver is the way the Hindi film differs from the original: it simply isn’t animated enough. On paper, much natural humour can be found in the idea of a manglik boy, forced to marry a tree before marrying his bride (right after, of course, the inevitable Aishwarya Rai joke is made). What does this warding-of-evil process do? Does it eternally alter the groom’s relationship with a certain species of tree? Will a symbolic marriage to, say, a maple tree, mean that pancakes will forever make the heart grow heavy? No such exploration, in directions either metaphysical or wisecracking, is carried out by the makers of Phillauri. They appear, instead, to be content with the fact that there is a ghost, and that she happens to be
from Punjab. Thus we are given an insipid groom, a simpering bride and their apparent romance with absolutely no stakes, while a visiting ghost drones on and on about her own melodramatic romance, haunting us all with her boring storytelling. Suraj Sharma - the boy from Life Of Pi and Umrika - is one of the blandest, least likeable leading men I’ve seen in a while. A beatboxer who can’t even pretend to beatbox, his character Kanan allows wedding jitters to turn him into a slackjawed and insensitive moron, well before his ghostly bride shows up. His betrothed, Anu, played by Mehreen Pirzada, is a sweet enough girl who deserves significantly better, but is willing to settle for this ungracious idiot. Anushka Sharma rounds out the trio by showing up as Shashi, a flashback-loving ghost, a bhoot with a backstory, and while her character should lead to some kind of chaos, things are resolved pretty smoothly and conveniently once she (finally) finishes talking.
Anaarkali Of Aarah Movie Review: Swara Bhaskar Is Vibrant In Disappointingly Tepid Film
Agency | Mumbai A tawdrily attired Anaarkali shimmies into a shop. She asks for a pink lipstick. The shopkeeper fishes out a bunch of colours and offers them to her, all for free. This man, like every other male in the boondocks of Aarah, is a big fan of the street singer-dancer known for her racy, uninhibited numbers. Anaarakali, as the troupe’s compere hollers at the start of every
performance, is “hamari desi tandoor, Angrezi mein oven”. But in the glare of the bright spotlight, life isn’t a joyride for the protagonist of Anaarkali of Aarah, a film with a promising premise that doesn’t unfortunately yield the expected cinematic riches. The girl is scalded by the very heat she generates with her raunchy, raucous songs aimed at crazed, entirely male audiences. One notso-fine day, an untoward incident halts a show. In its aftermath, a slighted VIP hounds the girl out of Aarah. Anaarkali suffers the inevitable fate of a small-town female songstress: she is seen as an easily available woman. She might have the whole of Aarah eating out of her hand, but she inhabits a dodgy universe where fun and fear, patronage and predation.
Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, Shahid Kapoor: ‘Padmavati’ proves others rose without nepotism: Sonakshi that we have become soft targets
The acterss will soon be seen playing the central character in ‘Noor’
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Sonakshi Sinha will soon be seen as one of the judges on this reality show Nach Baliye Season 8 and her film, ‘Noor,’ is also set to release soon. Over the years, Sonakshi has proved her acting caliber by doing varied characters be it comic roles, emotional, romantic or even action. Since Sonakshi is also known to put forth her views unhesitatingly, it wouldn’t be too much if we say she is like her father Shatrughan Sinha. The actress spoke about sexual harassment, urging the government, nepotism and her love for dance and more. About her stint at Nach Baliye, Sona said, “I got attracted to this dance show obviously because I too love dancing. I was always looking for something, if not better, as good as Indian Idol, for me to be a part of. No sooner Nach Baliye came to me and I instantly related to it for the dance factor and of course, Madhuriji. Any girl from my generation would look up to her. Good dancers from the field of glitz and glamour today, have to be Deepika Padukone, who is graceful, Alia Bhatt, who is spunky; Ranveer Singh, Shahid Kapoor and Varun Dhawan, all of them are exuberant dancers in their own way.” About the current ugly war of words between Karan Johar.
Agency | New Delhi Actor Shahid Kapoor says he is looking forward to beginning work soon on Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Padmavati”, the sets of which were vandalised twice by fringe elements opposing the film’s content. “I am hoping to get back on set. And I am hoping that people will wait to see the movie before judging it as I think a lot of preconceived notions about it are around,” Shahid said here on Friday. His statement came in the wake of the torchi n g of the historical epic drama’s set at Kolhapur in Maharashtra by a group of unidentified attackers. Around 80 to 90 percent of jewellery and costumes for the movie were burnt to ashes in the attack. This was the second attack on Padmavati set, as earlier this year activists of Shri Rajput Karni Sena in Jaipur had vandalised the film’s set and assaulted Bhansali, forcing him to shift his set to Maharashtra. Shahid considers it best to say less about the controversy. “I don’t want to comment too much as one doesn’t want to say anything that will spark any further controversy or create more trouble for the makers as it’s very difficult for the producers and everyone associated with the movie to deal with this situation.”
3 / Dt. 25-03-2017, Saturday NCPA presents the 7th edition of ‘VasantGujarati Natya Utsav’ Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
TheNational Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA), Mumbai presents the 7thedition of its annual Gujarati theatre festival, Vasant Gujarati Natya Utsav from 31st March to 2nd April, 2017. The three day festival will present works by well known playwrights, directors and actors from the Gujarati theatre fraternity. Ms. Deepa Gahlot, Head – Programming - Theatre & Film, NCPA said, “Vasant Gujarati Natya Utsav celebrates the unique experimental facet of Gujarati theatre and gives a platform for the theatre groups to showcase their novel ideas. The festival is a celebration of some of the best creative minds in Gujarati theatre as well as new plots and narratives. Year on year, we bring to our audience an eclectic mix of plays that have a new story to tell. This year’s line-up is especially interesting as it includes drama, an inspiring biopic of real heroism, a comedy and an award winning play.” The festival will open with ‘A Rear View Trouble is closer than it appears’, adrama set in the lavish bungalow of an established and successful advocate expecting a promotion as a judge. The advocate is warned about the existence of a suspicious man, however it’s too late; as the intruder is all set to make his meeting with the protagonist memorable.
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India Vs Australia: Virat Kohli’s Injury Worries Distract India Ahead Of Must-Win Test Virat Kohli’s injury and conjectures surrounding his possible missing out on the crucial 4th Test against Australia at Dharamsala is the flavor of the day as the two teams are all set to face off one last time in what has been a high-voltage series, both on and off the field. With the possibility of Kohli not being able to play dominating the headlines, India would be an unenviable position of having to go in without their charismatic captain in a match they must win to snatch a series victory that was initially taken for granted. As things stand, India are now facing a must-win situation on an unknown pitch against rivals who historically have been toughest of competitors on the field and bad losers off it. With the series being fought as
Row Over Voting Machines Reach Supreme Court, Election Panel Asked To Respond
Supreme Court has issued notice to Election Commission on plea that alleged EVMs could be tampered India might have to go without their captain Virat Kohli in the final Test match
much in the media and press conferences as on the field, Kohli’s absence may not be the worst thing for India. While he has been in the eye of the storm with every controversy, Kohli’s on-field show has been poor. He has scored just 46 runs in five innings with an abysmal under-10 average. Kohli’s replacement, 22-year-old Shreyas Iyer has joined the squad in Dharamsala while the
captain refuses to commit on his own fitness till later in the evening or on Friday. Kohli admitted that a call can only be taken by physio Patrick Farhart in the evening. Asked how he felt at the nets, Kohli said: “It’s very different from competition, that’s one thing. Something that I experienced in Ranchi is that when you have reactive movements, the main magnitude of your injury comes out.
my decision to depart due to personal reasons has not changed, I am willing to continue as Chairman till the responsibility as per the resolution is complete. “I have a duty to work with my colleagues to enable a smooth transition and continue our work on the governance of the ICC.” Cricket Australia Chairman David Peever said: “This resolution is a clear indication that whilst the Board may not yet agree on the detail of our reform process, we are committed to the over-
arching philosophies of it. We all believe that Shashank should be the man to see it through and whilst respectful of a decision made for personal reasons, we are delighted that he has agreed to remain in post until the completion of the 2017 Annual Conference where we can elect a successor.” Board of Control for Cricket in India’s representative in the ICC, Vikram Limaye, also welcomed Manohar’s decision to stay on ahead of the crucial ICC meeting in April.
England Test series. The 24-year-old wicketkeeper injured the index finger on his right hand while fielding in South Africa`s eight-wicket win in the second test in Wellington and underwent scans earlier this week. He missed training on Wednesday and Thursday and while scans determined the finger was not broken, he had damaged tendons. De Kock trained on Friday with strapping and a protective splint and South Africa captain Faf du Plessis said as far as
he was concerned the aggressive batsman was too important to leave out for the series-deciding match starting on Saturday. “It`s a big game. Quinton is someone who you don`t just replace. From my side, I am trying to have Quinton in my team all the time,” du Plessis told reporters in Hamilton. ”He has had problems with his fingers for quite a while. It`s part of being a keeper. It`s never nice to catch balls on the fingertips all the time and it`s been painful for him for a while. ”Maybe the cold New Zealand conditions make it worse. It`s hurting for him a bit more now but because it`s a big game.
Agency | Dubai
Stock markets extended gains for a second day with the BSE Sensex rising over 89 points and NSE Nifty regaining 9,100 level today as banking stocks rally on Finance Minister Arun Jaitley assurance of finding a solution to NPA problem soon. The 30-share BSE Sensex rose to intra-day high of 29,539.85 before closing at 29,421.40, showing gains of 89.24 points, or 0.30 per cent over last close. The gauge had gained 164.48 points in the previous session. The Nifty of National Stock Exchange also regained the 9,100-mark by settling 21.70 points, or 0.24 per cent higher at 9,108. It touched a high of 9,133.55 and a low of 9,089.40 in day trade. Among banking shares, SBI rose by 2.81 per cent, Bank of India by 5.02 per cent, Bank of Baroda by 4.26 per cent, Union Bank of India 3.29 per cent and PNB by 4.05 per cent. Buying was also seen in private lenders, with ICICI Bank trading up 2.90 per cent and AXIS Bank by 0.23 per cent.
NEET 2017: CBSE Announces 23 New Exam Cities
The International Cricket Council (ICC) in a statement on Friday confirmed that ICC Chairman Shashank Manohar has agreed to defer his recent resignation following an ICC Board resolution to request him to remain in post was passed with overwhelming support earlier in the week. In a significant show of support for Manohar, the Board asked him to withdraw his resignation or at the very least defer it until the ongoing process relating to governance and financial restructuring are completed. Commenting on the decision Manohar said: “I respect the sentiments expressed by the Directors and the confidence they have reposed in me. In the light of this, and although
Quinton de Kock ruled out of IPL 10, but cleared to play third Test against New Zealand Agency | New Delhi
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A new update has come regarding NEET 2017. Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has added 23 new examination cities to the existing 80 cities. With a record over 11 lakh students registered for the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test (NEET), the exam will now be held at 103 cities across the nation. The exam will be held for admission to undergraduate medical course. NEET 2017 has witnessed an overwhelming response as highest numbers of students have registered for the exam this year; the highest till date! The official press release states that, “Looking into the substantial increase in number of registered candidates this year, the Minister of Human Resources and Development, Government of India has desired to increase 23 more new examination cities in the list of 80 existing examination cities.” In order to give their option for the city of examination candidates can log on to the official website at cbseneet.nic.in.
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South Africa`s Quinton de Kock has been cleared to play the third test against New Zealand in Hamilton after passing a late fitness test on Friday which has boosted his cahnces of representing the Proteas for the match but has dented his hopes of playing in the Indian Premier League sason 10. The wicket-keeper will need at least four weeks to recover from the injury and Cricket South Africa ruled him out of playing the 2017 edition of IPL for Delhi Daredevils in order to be available for the Champions Trophy, scheduled to take place in June and susequently, the
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The controversy over the electronic voting machines that started from Lucknow after the BJP’s massive win in Uttar Pradesh and triggered a discussion in Rajya Sabha this week has reached the Supreme Court. On Friday, the top court issued notice to the poll panel on a petition that wanted the machines to be tested by international computer experts. The petition was filed by a lawyer ML Sharma who claimed that the machines used in the recently-concluded elections in five states had been tampered with and should be thoroughly checked. Mr Sharma plea comes weeks after Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati insisted that tampered EVMs and not voters was responsible for the BJP securing 312 seats in the 403-seat Uttar Pradesh assembly. Leaders of other political parties weighed in on the
controversy, beginning with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Congress and lately, the Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee. Some felt the machines may have been tampered, others such as Banerjee wanted a full-fledged discussion because the machines’ credibility had been called into question. This is not the first time that the voting machines tried by the Election Commission in 1998 in 16 constituencies and rolled out within five years for all elections have been challenged in a judicial forum. But the election panel had managed to convince the courts that
it was impossible to tamper with EVMs, not just because it could not be hooked up to a computer to be reprogrammed but also because it was always kept under the panel’s watchful eyes. But the Election Commission’s ambitious plan to introduce an attachment that would print the name of the party selected by voters to them that the machine had not been tampered with could have to slow down. The poll panel wants to introduce the new system called VVPAT, or Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail, across the country by 2019 but the government.
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MSU diary with sadhus as inventors brings disrepute to India: Exstudent, Nobel Laureate Correspondent | Vadodara
Nobel Laureate Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, an alumnus of Vadodara’s Maharaja Sayajirao University (MSU), has urged its administration to consider reprinting its diary and planner, which credited sages from ancient India for their “contribution to science” — from “developing nuclear technology” to “discovering rockets and aeroplanes”. According to Ramakrishnan, who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2009, such depictions bring “disre-
pute” to the university and the country. March 9 that the MSU’s annual diary and planner for this year, which was released recently, hailed nine Indian sages for work ranging from “discovering rockets and aeroplanes” to pioneering cosmetic surgery. In an email sent Thursday said. Ramakrishnan wrote: “India has produced many great discoveries in the
past. The most striking example is the invention of zero and the positional number system, which transformed arithmetic and mathematics in general. There were also many great discoveries made in the 20th century by people like (C V) Raman, S N Bose, J C Bose and (Meghnad) Saha. In fact, the Science Museum in London is planning a special exhibition on Indian contributions to science and mathematics in connection with the 70th anniversary of Indian independence.”
Ramakrishnan, who won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2009, such depictions bring “disrepute” to the university and the country
Localities near Pirana landfill are illegal, residents can’t claim relief: AMC to Gujarat HC Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Responding to a public interest litigation (PIL) raising issues of mismanagement of solid waste and demand for shifting of Pirana dump site located on the outskirts of the city, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has told the Gujarat High Court that people were illegally living under 500 meters of the landfill and therefore, they cannot claim any protection or relief. The AMC also told the HC in its reply that that mobile ambulance service had been started to resolve issues of health arising due to proximity to the
dump yard. “In response to prayer of the applicant, the respondent corporation has started sending a mobile medical van to this locality on a regular basis, which has the facility to examine the patients by a qualified doctor and this medical team is giving required medicines free of cost to the patients,” the AMC said in its reply. The corporation also said in it reply that it had inquired with the Cat-
tle Nuisance Control Department “about the dog sterilizing method and it is confirmed by them that they never release stray dog in the area”. The PIL which was filed last year claimed that people living in the vicinity had been paying taxes and electricity bills. Among the residents are victims of the Naroda Patiya and Gulberg Society massacres of 2002 who live in a colony called “Citizen Nagar”. The AMC reply filed in the court on Wednesday stated that the dump yard was as old as 1980, while the dwelling units were “constructed or occupied in recent years”.
Ravindra Gaekwad assaults Air India staffer: Everything you need to know Agency | New Delhi
The Delhi Police on Friday registered an FIR against Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaekwad on a complaint by Air India that the MP assaulted its 60-year-old staffer over a seat onboard a Pune to Delhi flight with his slipper repeatedly creating an uproar on Thursday. Earlier in the day, Air India and Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA) had a meeting in which they decided to ban Gaekwad from flying on their aircraft with immediate effect. FIA’s members include IndiGo,
Jet Airways, SpiceJet and GoAir. It was also proposed that a no fly list may also be prepared with the names of unruly or rowdy passengers. Gaekwad’s return tickets on Air India and IndiGo flights have been cancelled as of now. The MP has also submitted a complaint to Delhi Police, saying he was made to travel by Air India on Economy class even as he had business
class ticket. He has further alleged that he was pushed and yelled on. Minister of State for Law and Justice PP Chaudhary has however made it clear in a statement to said. that there’s no law that bars anyone from travelling anywhere or denying a ticket. “If someone has committed a crime, he can be punished but denying a ticket is seriously wrong,” said Chaudhary. Meanwhile, the Delhi Police has registered an FIR against Gaekwad on a complaint by Air India and its staff member.
Gaekwad’s return tickets on Air India and IndiGo flights have been cancelled as of now
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Amit Shah to attend Gujarat Assembly session on March 30 Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
BJP national president Amit Shah will attend the ongoing budget session of the Gujarat Assembly on March 30, a day before the session draws to a close, state unit BJP president Jitu Vaghani said on Thursday. Shah is the MLA from Naranpura seat of Ahmedabad. “As Shah is coming to
his home state for the first time after the election results of five states, including UP, he will be accorded a grand welcome by party workers and leaders on his arrival here on March 29,” Vaghani said. Shah is expected to stay here for around three days and hold meetings with key party leaders, he added.
PM Narendra Modi’s Breakfast With Gujarat Lawmakers Including LK Advani
PM Narendra Modi met with nearly 50 MPs to discuss the Gujarat election
Agency | New Delhi Today, it was the turn of the BJP’s parliamentarians from Gujarat and Rajasthan to breakfast with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his residence. The PM met with nearly 50 of them to discuss the election that’s due in December in his home state of Gujarat. Yesterday, MPs from Uttar Pradesh were hosted by the Prime Minister to celebrate the party’s tremendous win in the politically-strategic state. They were also cautioned against seeking favours from the new Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath. Mr Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah said Yogi Adityanath must be allowed to focus on turning around the law and order
problems in UP, and that phoning him to influence the transfer of officials or to seek appointments for friends and family is strictly off-limits. After the BJP’s blazing victory in Uttar Pradesh, there have been reports that the government will seek to advance the election in Gujarat to benefit from the famous “Modi Wave.” Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said. last week that the party in Gujarat will be “ready for early elections, if needed.” The BJP, which has governed Gujarat uninterrupted for 19 years has announced “Mission 150” - winning at least 150 of the state’s 182 assembly constituencies. The party currently has 123 seats. Party veteran LK Advani, who represents Gandhinagar in Lok Sabha, attended PM Modi’s breakfast as did Union minister Smriti Irani.
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