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News Brief Forex reserves rise to USD 343 billion Agency : Mumbai, Apr 24
After falling last week, the country's foreign exchange reserves surged by a healthy USD 2.788 billion to USD 343.2 billion in the week to April 17 as foreign currency assets (FCAs) rose, the Reserve Bank said. In the previous reporting week, the forex reserves declined by USD 2.592 billion to USD 340.412 billion.
Bihar draws FCI attention on short supply of wheat 5 Agency : Patna, Apr 24
The Bihar government today drew the Centre's attention on non-availability of wheat in five districts for beneficiaries under the Food Security law and sought immediate supply of the grain. In a letter written to the Director General of Food Corporation of India, the state government said there was lack of supply of wheat in Buxar, Bhojpur, Jamui, East Champaran and Sitamarhi for the month of May this year.
'Never rushed to Well to stall House proceedings' Agency : Kochi, Apr 24
Retired Rajya Sabha member P Rajeeve today said he never rushed to the Well of the House to stall proceedings but by effective Parliamentary intervention. "I have never rushed to the Well to stall the House proceedings but I have done it by making effective Parliamentary intervention," said Rajeeve, who was given a grand farewell yesterday by his colleagues in absentia.
J&K govt appoints AAGs, lawyers Agency : Jammu, Apr 24
Jammu and Kashmir government today appointed three Senior Additional Advocate Generals (Sr AAGs) and 10 Additional Advocates General (AAGs) among 32 lawyers for pleading cases of the state government. Advocate Triloki Nath Razdan has been appointed as Senior Additional Advocate General at New Delhi to represent the state government before the Supreme Court of India, an official spokesman said.
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Kejriwal apologises for Gajendra Singh's death AAP leader Sanjay Singh visits deceased farmer's kin, offers Rs 10 lakh aid, BJP govt-backed Delhi Police won't say sorry Agency : New Delhi Now that Arvind Kejriwal has apologised, can we expect a sorry from the Delhi Police for being a mute witness to Gajendra Singh’s suicide? There is no doubt that Kejriwal and colleagues are guilty of serious lapse of judgment, of being shamelessly insensitive to a man’s death and carrying on with his political spectacle while a farmer’s died at the venue.
Kejriwal can apologise now but words — heartfelt or otherwise — can’t absolve him of his lack of responsibility, inability to think on his feet and the moral and ethical crime of continuing his speech when he should have been trying to rescue a desperate man. Perhaps Kejriwal can forgive himself and move on. Maybe his conscience will not lacerate him for his failure as a leader
Nitish Kumar lauds PM Modi for 'very quick' response to killer storm Agency : Purnia Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday came in for fulsome praise from unlikely quarters Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who lauded and thanked him for Centre's "very quick" response in the wake of the killer storm that battered the state claiming 55 lives. "I want to thank the honourable Prime Minister and the honourable Home Minister for their assurance to provide help to disasterhit Bihar. Central government's response was very quick. We are thankful to them," Kumar, who has had a rocky relationship with Modi, said in presence of Home Minister Rajnath Singh after con-
ducting an aerial survey of nor'wester-hit areas. Kumar said soon after the disaster hit several north Bihar districts on Tuesday night, the Home Minister had telephoned him the next morning, while the Prime Minister called up in the evening and the Finance Minister a day later. "All of them assured us that the central government will provide help to the state government to deal with the situation. We are thankful to them," he said.
and as a human being and he will sleep peacefully at night after getting this load off his chest. But, for everyone else, including Gajendra’s family, Kejriwal’s error of judgment is unforgivable. But just hanging Kejriwal’s head in the hall of shame isn’t enough. The Delhi Police's role in the case should also be properly scrutinised for its
J-K: Four sentenced to death for rape, murder of 13-year-old girl Agency : Srinagar Four persons were on Friday sentenced to death by a sessions court in Kupwara in Jammu and Kashmir for the gangrape and murder of a 13-year-old girl eight years ago while she was returning from school. Terming it as a rarest of rare case, principal district and sessions judge, Kupwara, Mohammad Ibrahim Wani awarded the death penalty to convicts Sadiq Mir,
1st May Gujarat Divas to be celebrated at all district headquarters Sunvilla News, Gandhinagar
Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel here today announced that Gujarat Gaurav Din on May 1 will be held from this year also at all the district headquarters to mark the foundation day of the State, in addition to the one State-level function. It may be mentioned here that Gujarat Government had started celebrating even the State-level functions of Independence Day on August 15, Republic Day on January 26 and Gujarat’s Foundation Day on May 1 away from the State Capital at Gandhinagar at different
places since 2003. These important days are celebrated as festivals with people’s participation. This unique imaginative practice was initiated by the then Chief Minister and now Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Deviating from the practice prevalent in other states, Gujarat had decided to se-
failure to act, both before and after Gajendra’s death. If Kejriwal is guilty of moral and ethical lapses, the cops present at Janatar Mantar can’t escape opprobrium for dereliction of duty. If Kejriwal watched Gajendra die, like Dhritrashtra witnessing the disrobing of Draupadi in the Mahabharata, the cops
lect a new district town every year which hosts these festivals as its buildings, memorials and arterial roads are bedecked with flags and festoons and illuminated at night. The Chief Minister launches new projects and at the same time dedicated completed projects to the people on the occasion.
Azhar Ahmad Mir, both residents of Langate in Kupwara, Mochi Jahangir Ansari of West Bengal and Suresh Kumar of Rajasthan, who had gangraped the child and slit her throat, before burying her. Emotional scenes were witnessed in the court as relatives of the victim broke down when the judge read out the verdict against the four for gangraping and murdering the class 8th student on June 27, 2007. After hearing arguments on the quantum of sentence, the court agreed with senior public prosecutor Ghulam Muhammad Shah, who sought death penalty for all four convicts, terming it a rarest of rare case. Shah said 88 witnesses had recorded their statements during the seven-year-long trial in the case. "It was a Friday when she was killed and it is on Friday when our wounds have been healed. Justice has been done," an uncle of the victim said. He also thanked the state government for instituting a bravery award in her memory. The state government in 2012 had instituted an award in her name to recognise the acts of bravery of children.
should be held accountable like the other darbaris who could have prevented the crime. It is clear from TV footage that a) cops were present at the venue, b) they were fully aware that Gajendra had climbed up a tree; and b) even after he tied the noose, not one man in khakhi attempted to save Gajendra. In the FIR filed by a cop who was at Jantar Mantar, the police claim they tried to do everything to save
Gajendra. But the TV cameras, newspaper photographers and other bystanders taking pictures have not thrown up a single image of the police ‘trying its best'. What we have instead are visuals of cops watching like spectators, smiling at the entertainment and mumbling something into their wireless sets. If this is the standard protocol for cops when they come across a person threatening suicide,
if this is how they have been trained to handle crisis, god save the capital. It is evident that the Delhi police has become an extension of the Centre's ego, symbol of its politics in the fight against the Kejriwal government. Any criticism or indictment of the Delhi Police will weaken the campaign holding Kejriwal responsible and make the Central government equally responsible for Gajendra’s death.
Parliament kicks off debate on GST Agency : New Delhi India's parliament began debating the goods and service tax (GST) on Friday that seeks to transform the country into a common market, but experts said compromises made to enlist the support of states risked diluting the impact of the biggest tax reform in decades. The proposed GST would harmonise a mosaic of state and central levies into a national sales tax which business and policy makers hope would boost manufacturing and reduce corruption. "GST is going to lead to a win-win situation as far as the centre and the states are concerned; it's going to up
India's GDP and it is going to up India's revenues," Finance Minister Arun Jaitley told lawmakers. The government hopes the Lok Sabha will vote on the bill as early as Monday, after which the Rajya Sabha would have to pass it. Then more than one half of India's 29 states must ratify it before central and state governments would get equal powers to tax goods and
services. What Jaitley calls the biggest tax reform since independence in 1947 could add as much as 2 percentage points to the growth of Asia's third-largest economy, and passage would be a victory for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government. Bringing Indian states on board has been a bruising process, as the tax would curb their policy flexibility.
Rajya Sabha passes private bill protecting rights of transgenders
Agency : New Delhi In a rare legislative action, a private member's Bill seeking to protect the rights of transgenders was passed unanimously by voice vote in Rajya Sabha on Friday. The "Rights of Transgender Persons Bill, 2014", moved by Tiruchi Siva (DMK) was passed after leader of the House and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said it would not be proper if the House is divided on this issue as all feel in favour of the rights of transgenders. The Bill was passed with the full strength of the treasury benches,
though several opposition members were not present at the time. The Bill was passed by voice vote in the presence of 19 Union Ministers, including eight Cabinet Ministers. Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was also present. Siva later shook hands with the senior members in the House, thanking them for supporting him in the bill's passage. Jaitley spoke after Siva insisted on division, rejecting the assurance given by Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot that govern-
ment will come out with a comprehensive bill in this regard. Gehlot said many issues were yet to be resolved among various Ministries on the issue and clarification has been sought from the Supreme Court on some other issues. Siva, however, did not yield and insisted on voting, saying the issue was important and needed to be taken up urgently to protect the rights of transgenders. While Congress members, despite their poor attendance, prompted Siva to go ahead for seeking passage of the bill, at least three Ministers and the Chair requested Siva to take the government's assurance and not insist for voting, going against the tradition of the House. Moving the bill for passage, Siva said 29 nations and leading democracies in the world including US, UK, Canada, France, Australia, Italy and Singapore had legislations protecting rights of transgenders.
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Two more held for 'rape' of model; accused in cop remand Three other men have also been arrested after the 29year-old woman said the officers bundled her into a car as she was leaving an upmarket hotel in India's financial capital on 3 April. Deputy commissioner Dhananjay Kulkarni said the woman has alleged she was then driven to a police outpost and raped by the officers before they extorted up to 500,000 rupees (•7,250) from her. "The investigations are being done meticulously considering the involvement of police and nature of the crime," Mr Kulkarni. "Right now, the allegations of extortion seem genuine, but the matter of sexual assault cannot be confirmed at this moment." "They [the policemen] had no business to be there" outside the hotel, he also said. Local media have reported that the woman's friend had gone to the police station to deliver the money after travelling to several ATMs in the night. The woman reportedly sent a text message to Mumbai's police commissioner Rakesh Maria several days later alerting him to the incident, before meeting him to give more details. India introduced tough laws against sex offenders in the wake of the fatal gang-rape of a Delhi student in the capital in December 2012 that sparked mass street protests. But sexual violence against women has continued at frightening levels throughout the country. Elsewhere, a court in Indian-administered Kashmir sentenced four men to death this morning after they were convicted of the rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl which sparked protests across the region. The four convicts, including two locals and two migrant labourers from West Bengal and Rajasthan, had been found guilty earlier this month of the 2007 killing near the de facto border with Pakistan, known as the Line of Control. Sadiq Mir, Azhar Mir, Jehangir Ansari and Suresh Kumar were all arrested soon after the teenage student was discovered with her throat slit in an orchard in the frontier district of Kupwara in June 2007. The girl had gone missing on her way from school and it later emerged that she had been abducted by the four men. Maria then called her to his office and after hearing her forwarded the complaint to MIDC police station. A case was then registered under the Sections 376 (rape), 354 (a) (sexual harassment), 384 (extortion) and other relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code. “Since [the] extortion part has been corroborated with the complaint filed by the victim, our efforts are on to retrieve the extorted money,” Mumbai Deputy Commissioner of Police Dhananjay Kulkarni said. He added they were also trying to verify the model’s allegations of rape and sexual harassment. A statement from the court in the frontier district of Kupwara, 100km north of the region's main city of Srinagar, said the four convicts should "be hanged by the neck till they are dead", although they do have the right to appeal against the sentence. India only executes people in the "rarest of the rare" cases but the girl's killing was particularly shocking, even in a country that has a distressing record of highprofile sex attacks. The father of the girl, who cannot be named as all rape victims have to remain anonymous, welcomed the judgment. "We fought for justice for eight long years. - Kapilkumar M. Hirpara
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QUOTE “This election has been swept away by the saffron combine while the Congress and NCP have been blown away like withered leaves. But, the votes garnered by OF THE the green (MIM) is undoubtedly dangerous. The Hindus have to open their eyes - The Shiv Sena on Friday said DAY and see these results,” Telugu actress Neetu Agarwal wanted I am not too stressed about in red sanders smuggling case
ing of the retro style music. I Never thought the magical trio of ShankarEhsaan-Loy could ever get it wrong. I want to go back to listening to 'It's the time to disco'. Secondly, Sung by Priyanka Chopra and Farhan Akhtar all you hear while listening to the song is loud music, with two voices screaming 'Dil Dhadaken Do' in-between. Then there's an interesting contrast, while,
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Agency : Kurnool Budding Telugu actress Neetu Agarwal, who has worked in the movie "Prema Prayanam", has been booked in the red sanders case after police found out that money was transferred from her bank account to a red sanders smuggler. After nabbing Neetu's live-in boyfriend Mastan Vali last week, Kurnool police are on the lookout for her. According to Kurnool superintendent of police A. Ravi Krishna, a case against Neetu was registered on Thursday in Rudravaram police station here. "We have registered a case against Neetu. Our investigation revealed that she had transferred substantial amount from her bank account to a smuggler," a police official.
Agency : New Delhi Varun Dhawan, who made
his debut only three years ago (with Student Of The
Year; 2012) has steadily climbed the popularity charts in Bollywood. All his films have been hits at the box office, and critics have also praised his acting, especially in his last release, Badlapur. As he turns 28 today (April 24), the actor talks about feeling positive and responsible, and hints at settling down next year.
'Avengers: Age Of Ultron' movie review: In one word - Exhilarating
Aamir Khan at the Annual Women in the World Summit, New York Agency : New York A visibly beefed up (no reference to the banned meat) and somber-faced Aamir Khan was introduced to the audience at the Sixth Annual Women in the World Summit in New York, as a hero dancing around trees and his co-actors. Hosted by the formidable Tina Fey, the summit saw thought leaders and activists from around the world (including Barkha Dutt) speak on issues that affect women and their role in changing perceptions, situations.At a time when the world looks at every Indian male with mistrust and loathing, the actor did have an onerous task to perform. And he did well, despite the introduction. From talking about
Five reasons why Dil Dhadakne Do title track failed to impress
Agency : New Delhi After watching Dil Dhadakne Do trailer, I was hoping that the underwhelming sneak peek of this summer's biggest release was a mistake of the editors who cut the trailer. But now I am worried. The title track of the film is a bigger disappointment than the trailer. To begin with, unhummable and stale, the song is nothing but a forced rework-
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Farhan is evidently making efforts, in his throaty voice, to give the song a peppy feel, Priyanka seems to be simply sleep walking through the song with sudden scream/screams in between. My third problem with the song is that Priyanka Chopra sings for Anushka Sharma, but hello! did someone not tell them at the trial that PeeCee's voice doesn't suit Anushka at all.
Agency : New Delhi The biggest superhero extravaganza is here in the form of 'Avengers: Age of Ultron', and it doesn't get better than this. The larger than life characters of Hulk, Thor, Iron Man, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow come together once more to save the world in the spectacular style as they have done before. Director female foeticide to dowry, Aamir spoke to IraqiAmerican humanitarian Zainab Salbi, founder of Women for Women International, about the contentious topics he has dealt
with on his show and his big learning in the process. But nothing could match his tribute to his mother - calling her his biggest inspiration during his impressionable years.
Gwyneth Paltrow fears she will end up in a mental asylum
Agency : Los Angeles Oscar-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow fears she will end up in a “mental asylum”. The “Shakespeare in Love” star said she is a “perfectionist”, and she’s scared her attention to detail will eventually lead to a meltdown. “Sometimes I think I’m going to have to check myself into a mental asylum, it gets so bad. It’s my worst quality and
I hate myself for it. It’s like, what’s wrong with you? Relax!” “Sometimes I feel like the psycho in ‘Sleeping with the Enemy’. Remember that film, when she’s got to line up all the apricot chutneys just so? I think I’m scared of something, like there’s something I need to figure out,” she said. “I think I need to… go back to the shrink and figure out what’s going on with that.
Joss Whedon explores the theme of artificial intelligence taking over human interest (as have many before especially in superhero stories) in the second instalment of 'The Avengers'. His supervillain is not someone who wants world domination. His superhero is robotic Pinocchio who has warped Isaac Asimov's laws of robotics. The beginning of the
film sets the tone for the rest of it. The superheroes are assembled trying to retrieve the Tesseract and the team finds itself in the middle of an onslaught. The film starts with an adrenaline rush that is challenging to match. And it indeed makes for one of the most arresting scenes in the film. The VFX is spectacular and you know that you are in for a joyride.
Kalyan Jewellers Pulls Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Ad Amid Allegations of Racism Agency : New Delhi A major Indian jewelry chain has withdrawn an ad featuring Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan after it was slammed by activists and on social media for being racist and promoting child slavery. Kalyan Jewellers, which employs about 4,000 people across India, said the advertisement featured in a national newspaper on April 17 was intended to present "royalty, timeless beauty and elegance." The ad shows Rai Bachchan, 41, a former Miss World and goodwill ambassador for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, in regal Indian attire and adorned with jewelry, reclining under a parasol held by a boy of darker skin. "If we have inadvertently hurt the sentiments of any individual or organisation, we deeply regret the same. We have started the process of withdrawing this creative from our campaign," the retailer said in a statement late Wednesday. In an open letter to Rai Bachchan published on Indian website
Scroll, a group of social activists said the image was "insidiously racist." "While advertisers routinely use fantasy images to sell products, they must surely desist from using images that condone, legitimize, normalize, or build
desirable fantasy around slavery or servitude of any kind, including child slavery," the letter said. Rai Bachchan's publicist Archana Sadanand issued a statement indicating the actress was not involved in the final image.
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Moto 360 with metal straps IOC chief Thomas Bach to meet PM Narendra on Flipkart for Rs 19,999 Modi, refuels India's Olympic bid speculations Agency : Mumbai
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duced the metal bands for its Moto 360 smartwatch in India, with the new package retailing for Rs 19,999, exclusively on Flipkart. The metal bands are available in light and dark chrome shades, with the links made of solid stainless steel and a butterfly clasp complementing its traditional round face. The watch runs on Android Wear and is compatible with smartphones running Android 4.3 or higher. It has a 1.5” 320x290p, 205ppi backlit display with Corning
Gorilla Glass 3, has a 320mAh battery, TI OMAP 3 processor, 4GB internal storage and 512MB RAM, and uses Bluetooth 4.0. The Moto 360 allows users to send texts, set a reminder, check the weather, and ask for directions, and also has a pedometer, optical heart rate monitor and dual microphones.
Govt ordered SFIO probe in 139 cases: FM Arun Jaitley
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tion Office (SFIO) has been directed to probe as many as 139 cases in the last three years while various steps are being taken to deal with corporate wrong-doings, Parliament was informed on Friday. The cases for alleged frauds also cover the current fiscal until April 20, Corporate Affairs Minister Arun Jaitley said in a written reply to Lok Sabha. SFIO, under the Corporate Affairs Ministry, has probed 9 cases in 2015-16 so far while 56 were referred in the whole of the previous fiscal.
In 2013-14, the agency investigated 63 cases and probed 11 in the preceding one. With regard to dealing with corporate frauds, the Minister said various steps, including enhanced disclosure norms under the Companies Act, 2013, are in place. Besides, the government is educating investors through several programmes as well as the media. In another written reply, the Minister said over 30,000 prosecutions have been filed and a total of Rs 2.71 crore fine has been imposed in the past three financial years and the current fiscal year till April 20.
Banks Set for Cost Rises on New Loan Provisioning Rules
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their lending-related costs rise by up to a fifth as a recent rule change means they must make bigger provisions for restructured debt, crimping their profits at a time when consumers and firms are starting to borrow more. This could make banks cautious about lending, hurting an economy that is emerging from its weakest growth since the 1980s. The stricter provisioning norms may also affect the recovery chances of troubled borrowers as more loans are classified as bad instead of attempts to restructure them. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) ended last month what it called a period of "forbearance", dating back to the financial crisis. During this time, problematic loans that were being restructured required provisions amounting to only 5 per cent of their value, instead of 15 per cent for the loans classified as "bad". "If
an account needs to be restructured, then they would have to provide for that as if it were a non-performing loan. So the credit cost is going to go up," said Ananda Bhoumik, a senior director at ratings agency India Ratings and Research. Brokerage Macquarie estimates credit costs for the state-run lenders, including State Bank of India and Punjab National Bank, who dominate the Indian banking landscape, will rise from 1.18 per cent of their total loans in fiscal year 2013-14 to 1.3-1.4 per cent through 2016-17. The statecontrolled banks not only have a higher percentage of poor quality loans of their total loans than privately owned banks such as HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank, they are also under-provisioned. Macquarie expects gross non-performing loans for state-owned banks to increase 40 to 50 basis points to 6.2 per cent in the current financial year as they won't have the flexibility to classify loans as restructured.
Agency : New Delhi IOC supremo Thomas Bach will meet India`s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday amid growing expectations that one of the Olympics` perennial underachievers may make its first
bid to host the Games. Even if hosting the Olympics in 2024 appears unlikely, observers say Modi may sanction a bid for further down the line, although he will be anxious to avoid a repeat of the embarrassing headlines
that accompanied the shambolic 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. With Beijing having played host in 2008 and Tokyo due to do the honours for a second time in 2020, there is a growing sense that an Indian bid to stage the world`s biggest sporting competition is overdue. Speculation that Modi could approve a bid was fuelled by recent reports which said the nationalist premier would raise the issue when he meets Bach, the International Olympics Committee (IOC) president, in Delhi.
Saina Nehwal bows out of Badminton Asia Championship Agency : New Delhi World No.1 Saina Nehwal went down fighting in a close encounter to Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei 21-16, 1321, 18-21 to crash out of the quarterfinals of the Badminton Asia Championship on Friday. Earlier, Olympic bronze-medallist, Saina, who got a bye and a walkover in the first two rounds, was off the blocks with a 2114, 10-21, 21-10 win over Japan's Nozomi Okuhara in a women's singles match that lasted for an hour and seven minutes on Thursday. An All England finalist,
Saina fought back from 3-5 and 4-6 in the first and third game to hand Okuhara her third defeat in as many encounters. The girl from Hyderabad lagged initially
but she soon opened up a 95 lead and even though Okuhara clawed back with a four-point burst, Saina was able to keep her nose ahead to grab the opening game.
but could have not been more satisfying for the lanky Sandhu as he kept a clean slate in Stabek's 6-0 thrashing of Runar. "I'm really proud and happy that it happened," Sandhu, who
played his lone match for the Indian senior side in the Asian Cup in 2011. "I was waiting for the chance -the team won, that's the main thing and (I got) a clean sheet and I thank the team for that." India, a country of 1.3 billion people, rank a lowly 147 in the FIFA rankings, reflecting soccer's struggle for growth in the cricket-obsessed nation frequently dubbed the "sleeping giants" of football.
Ex-England cricket boss says Kevin Pietersen's banishment gave him 'no pleasure at all' Agency : London Despite being targeted by Kevin Pietersen in his controversial autobiography, former England Cricket managing director Hugh Morris has expressed that he didn't relish at the misery of the sacked batsman. Pietersen vented his frustration at Morris for losing the England captaincy in January 2009 as he described the latter as 'one weak prick' in his book published last year. Pietersen has been out of the national squad since his central contract was cancelled 13 months ago by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) following the team's Ashes washout by Australia. Morris said that the out-of-favour batsman has had a very successful England career and scored more runs than any player
SPORTS ROUNDUP IPL - 8 : 2015 Pravin Amre confident Shreyas Iyer could open for Delhi Daredevils in IPL 2015 Agency : New Delhi Assistant coach Pravin Amre praised Delhi Daredevils‘ match-winner Shreyas Iyer, saying he was confident the young batsman could open the innings. The 20-year-old Iyer batsman struck a 56-ball 83 to steer his side to 37-run victory over Mumbai Indians here on Thursday, thus ending his side’s nine-match losing streak on their home ground Ferozeshah Kotla in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2015. “In the practice matches he had batted at No.3 and in one match he got a hundred. In that par-
ticular game, we were zero for two in the first over when he went in to bat and from there he got a hundred. So everybody was convinced he can play the new ball also.” Amre has been grooming Iyer since he was a 13-year-old. “I am just pushing him hard. I am ask-
ing him to be there till the eighth over. Once you go in as an opener, you get that tendency to focus on only six overs. You go there and play your shots and get as many runs as you can. But I was pushing him to (be there) for two more overs,” the assistant coach said.
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Why AIFF's decision to scrap the Fed Cup makes sense for Indian football Agency : Oslo Gurpreet Singh Sandhu became the first Indian footballer to play for a toptier European club after the custodian made his debut for Stabek FC in a Norwegian Cup tie against Runar on Wednesday. The 23year-old joined the former Norwegian champions on a three-year contract last year and is second choice goalkeeper behind Ivory Coast international Sayouba Mande. The de-
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who has played international cricket for the country. At the helm of Morris, England won three Ashes series and a World Twenty20 title before stepping down from his post in 2013. Morris insisted that Pietersen would always be a talking point, and conceded
that what happened after his resignation gave him no pleasure at all, the Independent reported. Pietersen made a promising start in his bid to make an international comeback as he smashed 170 for Surrey against Oxford MCCU last week.
Agency : Ahmedabad Pushed to the bottom of the heap after three successive losses, it would take an extraordinary performance from Royal Challengers Bangalore to get the better of table-toppers Rajasthan Royals when the two sides clash in an IPL match here on Friday. With five wins from six matches, Rajasthan are sitting pretty at the top with 10 points, their only loss coming against Kings XI Punjab in which they were beaten in the eliminator after a tie. RCB, in contrast, are lying at the bottom with three losses from four
matches, their only win being against defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders in their tournamentopener. Nothing seems to be clicking for RCB so far despite having perhaps the most explosive line-up of batsmen on paper. Virat Kohli, Chris Gayle, A B de Villiers, Rilee Rossouw have proven records of striking mortal fear into opposition attacks but for reasons unknown, have failed to fire big so far in the tournament. Although Kohli and de Villiers have not done too badly, Gayle's form has been huge letdown and he sat out of the
team's previous match against Chennai Super Kings. The West Indian marauder is enduring a nightmarish IPL by his standards and will have to rediscover his destructive best quickly for RCB to stay afloat. The team's bowling is also yet to produce a noteworthy effort despite being spearheaded by World Cup's Man of the Tournament Mitchell Starc. Rajasthan, on the other hand, have been rolling along smoothly from the first match. Their batting has a settled look with Ajinkya Rahane and Shane Watson combining well in the opening slots.
Mumbai faces Hyderabad in crucial IPL clash Agency : Mumbai Having lost five of their six previous encounters, hosts Mumbai Indians will have their task cut out when they face a rejuvenated Sunrisers Hyderabad in an Indian Premier League (IPL) contest at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday. After ending their fourmatch losing streak in the ongoing season with 18-run win over Royal Challengers Bangalore on April 19, Mumbai Indians thought of carrying the momentum going, but 37-run loss to Delhi Daredevils on Thursday have again put the team on the back foot. With the loss on Thursday, the team are now placed at the bottom of the table with just two points from six matches. The home side surely needs to sit back, regroup, analyse and shut down the loopholes ahead of the clash, who come into the match after a
16-run win over defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in a rain-affected match via the Duckworth-Lewis method on Wednesday. Right after their loss to KKR in the season opener, Rohit-led side made numerous changes in the squad in every outing, but nothing seems to go right their way at the moment. With Australian hardhitting opener Aaron Finch being knocked out of the tournament with hamstring
injury, his replacement West Indian Lendl Simmons is yet to make an impact in the ongoing season after a fruitful 2013. Batsman skipper Rohit Sharma is yet to make a mark in the season considering his talent and abilities. Kieron Pollard, wicketkeeper batsman Parthiv Patel, Ambati Rayudu all will be anxious to get runs under their belt and help team get back to winning ways.
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AMC to adopt Surat model, will generate wind power in Kutch Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
Adopting the model of Surat M u n i c i p a l Corporation(SMC), the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has decided to install a 4 MW wind power plant in Kutch. Proposed plant will avail power at Rs
2/unit cost. AMC presently purchases power from Torrent Power and UGVCL for Rs. 7/unit. If proposed 4 MW plant generates annually around 75 lakh unit power, the AMC will save close to Rs 3.75 crore. AMC now pays electricity
bills worth close to Rs 195 crore a year. The Rs. 30 crore project will be operated for 20 years with a 10year operations and maintenance contract. A proposal was accepted by the standing committee meeting on Thursday.
Court orders officials to give medical books to prisoner
Gujarat CM thanks UK govt for opening 6% DA hike for Gujarat Deputy High Commission office in Ahmedabad govt employees, pensioners Sunvilla News, Gandhinagar
British Deputy High Commissioner at Ahmedabad Geeoff Vain today paid courtesy visit to Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel in capital Gandhinagar. Mrs. Patel thanked British government for opening Deputy High Commission office at Ahmedabad and said that this will boost bilateral relations and mutual Sunvilla News, Gandhinagar
The Sabarmati Central Jail authorities have finally decided to provide three books on medical science to a 2008 serial blast accused. Earlier, the authorities had refused saying it could “be misused”. Following a court order on Thursday, the officials assured that the books will be given to the prisoner. The under trial prisoner Mirza Ahmed Baig was an “MBBS house surgeon”. Baig in his complaint before the designated court wrote that after “two years of persistent refusal, the jail authorities finally committed to give three books after his visiting relatives warned to approach the court. However, after three weeks, the jail authorities reneged on
Gujarat Chief Minister will travel to Delhi to attend a sub-group meeting of Chief Ministers on Skill Development on Saturday, April 25. The sub group in which Gujarat Chief Minister is one of the members has total 9 members – all of them Chief Ministers. The sub-
the jail authorities submitted before the court that if these books are provided to the the accused he may misuse it. Out of the 74 people were booked in serial blast cases, all alleged members of SIMI and Indian Mujahideen, 24 were booked in 2013 for an audacious jail break attempt in which they had dug a tunnel from the barracks in Sabarmati Jail, and were found out.
cooperation. She said this office will be helpful to 6 lakh Gujaratis living in Britain. It will provide guidance on visa, information and tourism. It has to be noted that during recent Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit early this year, British Minister Lord Livingston had made announcement that Britain will open its Deputy High Commission office in
Gujarat CM in Delhi on Saturday
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their commitment. Baig then wrote to the court in English, “The past seven years of incarceration has faded my medical knowledge which I desperately and earnestly desire to revive and regain. I also wish to prepare for the tough PG medical entrance examination. But the callous jail authorities are making all efforts to sabotage my medical career by not providing me the medical books.” On March 13
group is chaired by Chief Minister of Punjab. Chief Executive Officer(CEO) of Niti Ayog is Coordinator in this sub-group. The meeting will see discussion/consultation on various skill development programmes in state, capacity enhancement and skill standard improvement.
Miffed with wife, man says ‘talaq’ at police station Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
Officers at the Mahila Police Station were shocked when a husband, on Thursday, shouted, 'Talaq, Talaq, Talaq', to his wife at the police station. The miffed husband then called his friends to the police station and said the three words
again in their presence, signalling an end to their marriage from his side. ACP Kanan Desai said that the incident took place near the gate of Mahila police station. "We have called the girl on Friday. If she wishes, we will register a complaint," Desai said.
Dead, injured of Nepal Ahmedabad-Mumbai road link paralyzed Bharuch accident arrive by air The only road link to Correspondent,
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Bhagwat Sathwara was a broken man on Thursday. A native of Wadhwan taluka, he lost five members of his family in the bus accident in Nepal that killed 17 pilgrims. "I have lost my entire family. Only my brother's son has survived," Sathwara, who was at the Ahmedabad airport, to received the bodies said. He lost his two brothers, his sister-in-law, nephew and his wife in the accident. Poignant scenes were witnessed at the airport when the special Indian Air Force aircraft brought the bodies of victims on Thursday evening. Those injured in the accident
were also flown down. Six of the injured were shifted to Civil Hospital here from the airport itself. The bodies of the deceased were sent to their native place in Surendranagar district in 10 ambulances. Seven ambulance left for Wadhvan, two for Dhrangadhra and one for Chuda. All the deceased are from Dalwadi community who go for pilgrimage every year after the harvesting season. The state health minister Nitin Patel, Ahmedabad mayor Minakshi Patel and A’bad collector Rajkumar Beniwal were present at the airport to facilitate the victims and their relatives.
Mumbai from Ahmedabad was badly crippled for over 24 hours after a minor accident resulted in a massive traffic jam on national highway 8 near Bharuch since Wednesday afternoon. Thousands of people in cars and buses and hundreds of trucks, many carrying perishable goods, were stranded near the Sardar Bridge over the Narmada after a truck and bus collided. By the time they could be towed away, vehicles were piling up on both sides in queues as long as 10 km. The chaos only kept worsening as night fell. The slight improvement in the situation
Congress cries foul over BJP’s delimitation move Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
The delimitation of wards for the upcoming municipal elections in Ahmedabad will usurp 19 wards from the earlier 64 wards list, while two new wards — Shahibaug and Makhtampura — have been added to the new list. In all, in these municipal elections to be held in October there would be 48 wards, with four elected members representing each ward. The Congress has smelled rat in the delimitation process as the new boundaries have literally merged the Congress strongholds and diluted their votes into BJP-ruled wards. In the new equations, the Congress would have just
four wards — Sarkhej, Gomtipur Mukhtampura, Lambha and Raikhad — which leaves the party with just 20 candidates of the 192 seats. The major 19 wards that will disappear in the elections include, Ambawadi, Kalupur, Vadaj, Kankaria, Kaligam, Raikhad, Krushnagar, Meghaninagar, Dudheshwar, India Colony, Arbudanagar, Madhupura, Ghodasar and Nobelnagar, among others. "The new delimitation of municipal wards just reflects the BJP government's insecurity about losing their strongholds to opposition parties in Ahmedabad municipal elections. The government
has clinically dissected and diluted almost all of Congress votes and opposition strongholds," says opposition Congress leader Badruddin Sheikh. "The anger amongst voters is quite visible now. For many months, the chief minister had been conducting zonal meetings of AMC. Losing major municipal seats in Ahmedabad would be symbolic as it is after BJP won the AMC polls under Narendra Modi's leadership that they had come to power in the state in the 1990s." The major Congress wards that have been merged or disappeared include Rajpur, Dariapur, Vadaj, Rakhial and Raikhad.
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since Thursday afternoon was a small relief in the scorching heat as vehicles could only move at a snail's place. Surat-based builder Velji Sheta, who was stuck for four hours, said, "I was going to Gandhinagar on Thursday morning. After four hours in the jam, I somehow managed to take Jambusar Road to proceed towards Ahmedabad." As
usual, the traffic jam had a cascading effect of the 136year-old Golden Bridge as people started taking the alternate route. "Within an hour, there was a deluge of vehicles on this single-lane bridge and the situation went out of control by midnight and the bridge was blocked too," said deputy superintendent of police, Bharuch, Kaushik Pandya.
Locker staffers had met cops day before Rs 2cr was seized Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
The locker case is becoming murkier by the day as sources in the police revealed that a meeting between the locker staff and some crime branch officials had taken place a day before Rs 2 crore was magically recovered by the police. Even as the mystery about the amount of money stolen continues to rock the crime branch, senior police officials are now investigating to find out what happened at the meeting. Crime branch officials, meanwhile, are left with the onerous task of tracing the accused, Devansh Amin, who went underground after being let off by the crime branch. They had let him go with a simple notice on the ground
that they were following court orders that accused booked under sections which do not allow imprisonment above seven years, should not be detained. The irony is that along with the accused, the person from whose locker in the basement of Iscon mega mall the money was stolen, Jayesh Prajapati, has also not come forward to give his statement. Senior police officers suspect that the victim is not coming forward as he feels there is some foul play in the whole episode. "We twice went to Amin's house on Wednesday but could not find him. We also went to Prajapati's house but his family members told us that he had gone out," said a senior police officer.
Gujarat. Accordingly this office has been opened in Ahmedabad. British Deputy High Commission offices are presently functioning in Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata and Goa in India.
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Gujarat government has raised dearness allowance of state government employees and pensioners by 6% with effect from 1st January 2015. Chief Minis-
ter Anandiben Patel today made this announcement. This will put additional burden on state Exchequer by Rs. 811.41 crore annually. More details are awaited on this development.
Hailstorm and untimely rain damaged crops in 1.74 lakh hectares land in Gujarat Agency : New Delhi Hailstorm and untimely rain in February and March 2015 damaged crops in total 93.81 lakh hectares land in 14 states of the country including crops in 1.74 lakh hectares land in Gujarat. The minister of state for Agriculture Mr. Mohanbhai Kundaria provided the information in the Rajya Sabha on April 24, 2015 in reply to a question raised by MP Mr. Parimal Nathwani. Uttar Pradesh witnessed the most damage due to hailstorm and untimely rain as crops in total 29.64 lakh hectares land there was damaged, while the least affected states were Kerala and Telangana
with crop damaged in 0.01 lakh hectares land only, said the minister. Mr. Nathwani wanted to know details of the damage to the crop due to hailstorm and untimely rain along with financial aid provided to the farmers by the government. According to the minister’s statement tabled in the house, the government provides agriculture input subsidy, where crop loss is 33% and
above, for damage caused to all types of agriculture and horticulture cropped areas due to the notified natural calamities. The minister also stated that the subsidy is Rs. 6,800 per hectare for rainfed crops, Rs. 13,500 per hectare for irrigated crops. It is subject to minimum assistance not less than Rs. 1,000 and restricted to sown areas only and Rs. 18,000 per hectare for all type of perennial crops, subjected to minimum assistance not less than Rs. 2,000 and restricted to sown areas. In addition, the calamity affected farmers are entitled for claims under various crop schemes.
Gujarat HC relief to resort near Gir Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
Gujarat high court on Thursday granted relief to Savaj Resort, a luxury hotel near Gir sanctuary, after the hospitality unit came complaining that the local authorities sealed all its rooms though it has got an NOC to run the hotel. The resort has got NOC for 20 rooms, but it constructed 14 extra rooms. The authorities sealed all rooms and forced the hotel to close down on the ground that it had violated the terms and conditions of the NOC. The HC reminded the state government of its order that only
rooms that do not have NOC should be sealed. The petitioner resort also highlighted that the sealing drive was carried out on instructions issued by the additional advocate general for violation of conditions of NOC. The court was irked with this and rebuked the official for interpreting the court order in a different manner and for non-compliance of the court order in proper manner. Before this, the HC refused to grant any relief to the hospitality unit of Taj Group of Hotel, which was sought to be closed down by the officials
for want of NOC. Meanwhile, the state government informed the HC that 35 extra rooms constructed by Club Mahindra & Resort have been sealed. Similarly, 39 rooms in Gir Forest Resort, 25 rooms in Gir Jungle Lodge, 31 rooms and 2 spas in Gateway Gir Forest and 13 rooms in Hotel Greenland have been sealed because they were constructed without obtaining NOC. The HC has kept further hearing on May 4 on this proceeding initiated suo motu on a complaint of illegal construction in the buffer zone of Gir sanctuary.
M J Library never audited Bapu’s collection Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
It was in June 1935 that the Sheth Maneklal Jethalal (MJ) Library started with the donation of the personal collection of books of Mahatma Gandhi — these were officially 9,650 books. A fraction of these books today survive and lie in three medium sized racks. The library also doesn't have the original list of books donated by Bapu, which prevents them from conducting a decent audit. Bapu would leave small notes on these books and even underlined some sentences. The few books that are left now lie uncared for, and vulnerable to theft. A concerned mayor Meenakshi Patel, according to MJ library sources, had approached Sabarmati Ashram to help AMC preserve these books—of whatever is left of the collection. Today, a single book with Bapu's
notes could fetch several lakhs or even a few crores at international auction houses like Sotheby's or Mullock's, claim experts. A close look reveals how neglected these books have been since they were donated by the Mahatma when he left Sabarmati Ashram. The bindings have torn and pages tear away if turned. Dust has gathered thick on them, and many of his books are infested with silver fish. It was from these 9,650 books that the Ma-
hatma referred for his speeches and even wrote articles in his journals, Navajivan, and Young India. "This priceless collection, had it been protected, would have offered an insight into what Bapu read during his stay in the city since 1915. His notations on the pages would have afforded a view of how he prepared his speeches, what his thoughts were on pressing issues of society, religion and politics," says a senior library official.
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