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News Brief Widows to play Holi in Vrindavan Agra/Lucknow, Feb 25 Thousands of widows living as recluse in ashrams inAgra and Varanasi will celebrate a special four-day Holi in Vrindavan beginning March 3, deviating from their prosaic day-to-day activities. At least 1,000 kg 'gulal' (coloured powder) in different colours is being arranged for the Holi programme being organised by NGO Sulabh International.
Two thieves, involved in 250 thefts, arrested in Punjab Phagwara (Pb), Feb 25 Two persons, allegedly involved in nearly 250 major and minor thefts here, were arrested today, police said. The accused brothers are identified as Dhana Khan alias Dhana and Ajay Khan alias Rajan and were arrested from here today, Phagwara SP Rajeshwar Singh Sidhu told reporters. One stolen motorcycle, two LEDs, one TV set, two cooking gas cylinders, a large number of water taps and other household items were recovered from them, Sidhu said.
Twelve-hour Mizoram bandh peaceful Aizawl, Feb 25 The twelve-hour Mizoram bandh, called by the opposition Mizo National Front today to protest against the hike in the price of rice and rates of different taxes and service charges by the state government, passed off peacefully. Police said the bandh was peaceful and there was no report of any law and order problem anywhere in the state. No attendance was recorded at any government office as even ministers and senior officials remained absent.
Tamil Nadu crawl to 192/3 on day one against Maharashtra Kolkata, Feb 25 Tamil Nadu's Vijay Shankar added a much-needed life into an otherwise boring batting display, with an unbeaten half-century on the opening day of their semifinal against Maharashtra in the Ranji Trophy cricket tournament here today.
Rail budget:Suresh Prabhu unlikely to cut passenger fares New Delhi Railway minister Suresh Prabhu is unlikely to slash passenger fares but may announce proposals to push the government’s Make in India and Swachh Bharat campaigns when he unveils the rail budget on Thursday, sources said. The rail budget could show how far the Modi government is prepared to drive investment in the country’s top employer that is reeling from a cash crunch and needs Rs 1,82,000 crore to complete over 350 stalled projects. Considered a
reformer, Prabhu may lay the road map for attracting private investment in the railways and is likely to go slow in announcing new trains and projects. Funds allocation will be made only for strategically crucial projects, sources said. Minister of state for railway Manoj Sinha said falling diesel prices wouldn’t translate into lower passenger fares and Prabhu is expected to walk the tightrope to bridge the huge gap in the railways finances. "The fall in diesel prices and a pick-up in freight earnings have given us a
golden chance to raise investments," said a government official. Officials said Prabhu has factored in savings from cheaper diesel totalling between Rs 12,00015,000 crore but may also ask the finance ministry for an extra Rs 20,000 crore for track and rolling stock upgrades in a network used by some 25 million passenger daily. Reform in the Railways that provides jobs to around 1.3 million people has always been politically sensitive. Successive governments have backed away from
modernisation, preferring instead to use the system to provide cheap transport and jobs. Years of underinvestment, however, has taken its toll on the world’s fourth largest rail network with slow services and
frequent accidents. A challenge for the railway minister would be to decrease the cross-subsidy for passenger service from freight earnings, which is touching Rs 24,000 crore. Last year, Rs 45,450 crore
was budgeted for the Railways- with the government providing 66% and the rest coming from internal resources. In line with the 'Swachh Bharat' campaign, a slew of measures such as provision for dustbins in all coaches besides proposal to cover 100 more trains under 'On Board Housekeeping Services' are likely. The budget could also announce the muchawaited plan to procure 20 train sets for operating on the Rajdhani and Shatabdi routes to reduce travel time. Make in India is also set to make its presence felt with
plans for manufacturing coaches to run at a 200km per hour speed. Indigenous manufacturing of locomotive components will also be proposed. Redevelopment of about 100 stations, leveraging empty spaces for construction of marketing complex and other commercial projects are also on the cards. Prabhu could also announce the way forward for the ambitious high-speed train project between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, and survey programmes for the proposed diamond quadrilateral route.
AAP govt announces 50% cut in power tariff Allies oppose, government
NEW DELHI Acting on its poll promises, AAP government on Wednesday announced a reduction in power tariff. "Families using power till 400 units per month will get it on half the price," deputy CM Delhi Manish Sisodia announced in a press conference. "Those families using more than 400 units per month will have to pay the entire bill," Manish
Sisodia added. This will be effective from the March 1, Manish Sisodia said. The reduction in power tariff will benefit 90% families in Delhi, Sisodia said. The government had allocated Rs 70 crore for this subsidy for a month. From April 1, the budget allocation for this scheme will be Rs 1,427 crore per annum. Manish Sisodia also said that the Delhi government will provide 20,000 litres of free water per month to every household. In its manifesto, AAP had promised to cut power tariff by 50 per cent immediately after coming to
power and said the rates will be revised based on the findings of the CAG audit. Earlier in the day, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal met Comptroller and Auditor General Shashi Kant Sharma and discussed the status of scrutiny of finances of the private power distribution companies by the auditor which was ordered by the AAP government during its first stint. Sources said Kejriwal conveyed to Sharma his government's view on the CAG audit of the finances of the discoms and its plans to review the electricity tariff after the findings of the audit.
Delhi government will provide 20,000 litres of free water
defends Land Acquisition Bill New Delhi opposition, and now its allies, over the Land Acquisition Bill, the government said on Wednesday it was "open minded" to suggestions but added that the measure was "farmer friendly". After the Shiv Sena, the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) said on Wednesday it has apprehensions over the bill. "We have objections over some measures. There are questions about the need of doing away with farmers' consent. They also will have no right to move court," LJP
US woman arrested at Amritsar airport with bullets
AMRITSAR An American woman was arrested at the airport here after 25 live cartridges were allegedly recovered from her baggage during checking, police said. The woman identified as Manjita Kaur Dhillon (52), whose grandparents hailed from Punjab, was arrested at Guru Ram Das International
Airport (Rajasansi Airport) here when she was preparing to board a Jet AirwaysBSE -1.88 % flight to Delhi, they said. Confirming the arrest of the woman, Airport police station in charge Mohan Singh said that Kaur was nabbed after 25 live imported cartridges were recovered from her
language during frisking by the Immigration Authority at the Airport. Singh said the American Embassy had been informed about the development. "Such cartridges were rarely available in India," he added. He said on being questioned about the recovery of live cartridges in her luggage, the woman
expressed ignorance. "Investigation is under progress as to how cartridges were smuggled inside the Airport..," he said. Singh said the woman was handed over to Central Industrial Security Force looking after the Airport security.The CISF later handed her over to Punjab police.
MP Chirag Paswan told reporters here after a meeting, attended by six LJP MPs, where the bill was
discussed. The Shiv Sena has already made its opposition clear that it will "not support any law that is
against the interest of farmers". The farmers are scared that the government will take away their land.
Shah Rukh Khan hopes Budget 2015 will benefit film industry New Delhi As Arun Jaitley is set to present the Union Budget on February 28, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan hopes that the film industry will be taken into consideration by the Finance Minister. "It is weird when people ask an actor about budget. Please do not ask me about it. I respect it. It is very important for our economy," replied the 49-year-old actor when asked to comment about the upcoming budget. "I am sure that this year's budget will have something that will benefit our film industry... attracting people into business is very important part of budget," SRK told reporters during the press
conference for his new TV show 'Sabse Shana Kaun?' Addressing the censor board controversy, the 'Happy New Year' star said that the system of ratings should be improved so that creative freedom of filmmakers and artistes is not compromised. "Some say it is freedom of expression and some say we are out in bad
light. A bigger picture of censor board without differentiation should be brought in. If you have a generic rule for everything then it is going to be troubling... This discussion will continue for years but they should increase the rating system and introduce more rating," he said.
Parliamentary panel rejects govt’s proposal to try juveniles as adults in rape cases NEW DELHI A parliamentary committee has rejected the government's proposal to try juveniles as adults for heinous crimes like rape and murder. The government was trying to bring changes in the law to make this happen. The government's proposal however said the offender will not be handed either life imprisonment or capital punishment if found guilty. Minister for women and child development Maneka Gandhi, who was
spearheading the changes, had recently said that she is in favour of treating juveniles who have committed heinous crimes on a par with adults. Gandhi said, "According to police data, 50% of all sexual crimes were committed by 16-year-olds who know the Juvenile Justice Act so they can do it." The women and child development ministry proposed juveniles who fell between the ages of 16 to 18 years and were guilty of heinous crimes or found to
be repeat offenders of crimes like kidnapping, trafficking, attempt to murder or outraging the modesty of women could be liable for a longer prison term than the three years mandated under Juvenile Justice Act. The ministry had come under fire from the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights and child rights activists for acting against international trends and in violation of the UN convention that India has signed.
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Why Railway Budget is More Important than Union Budget..?
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“The Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s unprecedented decision to hike the States’ share in Central taxes by 10 per cent from 32 per cent to 42 per cent.” - Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel today hailed...
As Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu readies to present the Narendra Modi-government's first full-year Rail Budget on Thursday, a respected industry voice has come out and said it is a more important event than the Union Budget itself. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is due to announce the Union Budget on Saturday. "According to me Railway Budget is more important than this (Union) Budget. The fact is Railways is the lifeline of the entire industry and the country," Former Maruti Suzuki managing director Jagdish Khattar told NDTV. Mr Khattar is now the chairman and managing director of Carnation Auto. The veteran industry captain said he is not a great believer in the Union Budget, anyway. "I am not a great believer of Budget, if you look at the speeches of the previous Finance Ministers, the promises they made were concerned with other ministries and they never implemented them. So I think major changes have to take place to come from the ministers themselves to implement it," he said. The industry is looking forward to Mr Prabhu to pitch some innovative ideas in his Railway Budget that would attract investment, he said. "The fact is Railways is the lifeline of the entire industry and the country. It needs so much of investment, government doesn't have money. Is Mr Suresh Prabhu he coming forward with some innovative ideas to make investment in Railways? ...because it will give a boost to many other industries." India Inc expects the chartered accountant turned politician Mr Prabhu to lay the roadmap for attracting private investment in Railways in a bid to raise more funds for project completions and infrastructure expansion.
Why Ganesh Acharya cast Sonakshi Sinha to work with Maninder Singh as his twin brother action director Anal Arasu again
TV shows leaping for TRPs
Anushka Sharma Dodges Badlapur box office collection Salman Khan Question
Mumbai When choreographerdirector Ganesh Acharya set out to make Hey Bro, he was certain that Maninder Singh would play his twin brother. Reason being that he shared a special bond with the actor ever since they first collaborated on Ganesh's directorial debut, Swami.Revolving around a
common man's struggle in everyday life, the film had Maninder playing Manoj Bajpayee and Juhi Chawla's son, Anand. Naturally, Maninder was an obvious choice for his next venture, which is produced by Vidhi Acharya and directed by Ajay Chandhok. When asked about their association, Ganesh says, "I
like to make films that cater to children and families as well. Hey Bro is one such movie that has emotions, romance and drama. Maninder is like my younger brother. He's a good actor and I hope people will like him more after this film." Hey Bro, presented by Pushpa Krishna Creations, releases February 27.
Mumbai Actress Sonakshi Sinha has teamed up with critically acclaimed action director Anal Arasu once again for her upcoming untitled film directed by A.R.Murugadoss. Anal Arasu is the man behind the execution of death-defying stunts in some of the highly popular Telugu, Tamil and Hindi films.This is the fourth film in which Sonakshi Sinha will be working with Anal. She has earlier worked with him in films like Dabangg2, Holiday and Rowdy Rathore. The film is completely woman-centric and Sonakshi will be seen doing lots of martial arts styled action sequences. A source close to the actress said, "Sonakshi is very excited about the film as this
is her first full fledged action film. She has worked with Anal sir before wherein he has choreographed some
excellent action for Akshay Kumar and Salman Khan, but this time he will be doing it for Sonakshi."
crosses Rs 30 cr in 5 days Mumbai Ever since its inception, Balika Vadhu renews the plot at regular intervals to keep the viewers engaged. It was only a while ago that the show had a twist in the plot when Sidharth Shukla's character Shiv died and Toral Rasputra's character, Anandi, was shown as a single mother, bringing up her twins all by herself. According to a statement issued by the makers of the show, Balika Vadhu is now going for a whopping 11-year leap where history will be seen repeating itself. Anandi's young daughter, Nimboli
finds herself bound by the chains that plagued Anandi's own childhood. She faces the threat of child-marriage. 11-year-old Baroda resident, Gracy Goswami has been roped in to play Nimboli who is kidnapped and raised in an orthodox family. Anandi, who has turned into an activist who fights against childmarriages, remains unaware of her kidnapped daughter's plight. While it will be interesting to see the boost in TRPs of the show, post this plot twist, let's take a look at other daily soaps that used the same formula to increase their numbers...
Shahid Kapoor: The films he rejected
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New Delhi Never mind that Sriram Raghavan's film Badlapur, a revenge saga, didn't get a rousing thumbs up from the critics, its box office numbers have shown no signs of waning since its release. The film, starring Varun Dhawan and Nawazuddin Siddiqui, has collected Rs 30.9 crore
in just five days. This, at a time when the ICC Cricket World Cup is in full swing, and our Boys in Blue are on top of their game. After making an average opening of Rs 7 crore on Friday, the film's collections rose to Rs 8.50 crore and Rs 8 crore over Saturday and Sunday respectively. The film earned
Rs 4 crore on Monday and Rs 3.35 crore on Tuesday. Badlapur has also managed to hold its ground in international markets, grossing approx $1 million (Rs 6.23 crore) in the opening weekend. The film also features Yami Gautam and Huma Qureshi in lead roles.
Mumbai Enterprising Anushka Sharma is a girl who has her pretty head neatly fixed on her slender shoulders. Sorted when it comes to her personal and professional life, she has managed to strike an enviable balance between the two. And as her boyfriend, cricketer Virat Kohli, along with the
rest of the Men in Blue, is on a winning pitch in the ongoing World Cup, the actress is devoting herself to the promotion of her first production NH10. Anushka, however, is reportedly not too impressed with muscular actor Salman Khan getting snarky about her beau by calling him 'too
OMG! Ayushmann slapped by Shah Rukh Khan: newcomer Bhumi 8 times!!? Lesser known facts
Mumbai He is not just the cutest but also one of the most talented actors in Bollywood. From Ishq Vishk (2003) to Haider (2014), Shahid Kapoor's journey as an actor has been truly inspiring. The actor faced a really bad phase for quite a long time but before things could get worse, he made a stupendous comeback with Vishal
Bharadwaj's Haider shutting critics. He also bagged a Filmfare Best Actor Award. His film choices are usually intelligent as is evident from his career graph. The actor has also refused a lot of projects when he didn't like the script. Even big banners don't manage to lure him in. On his 34th birthday, let's take a look at the films he has rejected.
Mumbai Bhumi Pednekar will be seen making her debut with 'Dum Laga ke Haisha'. In a crucial scene in the film Bhumi had to slap Ayushmann Khurrana. However the debutant was
very hesitant to give this shot. According to our sources, the scene required her to be very angry and slap Ayushmann in the face. However, she flinched every time she went to slap him. She was
very conscious and tensed about the act as she had to slap him. Bhumi had to give multiple takes for the same as the timing of the slap was not perfect. After the 6th or 7th take, Ayushmann joked about how Bhumi is enjoying this scene and so purposely doing this. Ayushmann then had a serious conversation with Bhumi and made her comfortable about the slap. After the mini peptalk from Ayushmann, Bhumi isolated herself for 15 minutes and when they came back she delivered the shot brilliantly.
Mumbai There have been speculations about dusky beauty Kajol returning to acting. Though Kajol chooses to remain tightlipped about her comeback with Shah Rukh Khan in Rohit Shetty's film, SRK seems to have spilled the beans. While intereacting with the media at an event, when Shah Rukh was asked about the film with Kajol he said, "I would like to reserve a grand announcement if Kajol is making a comeback in Rohit Shetty's next. I think the casting process is still on and within 10 days everything will be finalised.
metrosexual'. Salman, on a recent trip to Dubai, is believed to have said that he found Virat Kohli too 'metrosexual,' and thought the cricketer focused too much on his looks and fashion. Anushka, who is yet to work with Salman, neatly side-stepped a question about when she'd be starring opposite him. She began her career with Shah Rukh Khan, with who she gave two big hits in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi and Jab Tak Hai Jaan, and starred with Aamir Khan in last year's biggest hit, PK. On being asked when would she be seen in a film with Salman, the pretty actress responded saying that she has three releases lined up this year NH10, Bombay Velvet and Dil Dhadakne Do - and post that, she will go on board with Karan Johar's next with Ranbir Kapoor and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. The actress has her hands full and with an enviable filmi roster. Guess she can pick and choose who she wants to work with - Khan or no Khan.
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Apple Told by Jury to Pay $532.9 Million in Patent Trial
New Delhi Apple Inc. was told to pay $532.9 million after a federal jury said the company’s iTunes software used a Texas company’s patented inventions without permission. Closely held Smartflash LLC, which claimed that Apple infringed three patents, was seeking $852 million in damages, while Apple said it was worth $4.5 million at most. A federal jury in Tyler, Texas, where Smartflash is based, on Tuesday rejected Apple’s arguments that it didn’t use the inventions and that the patents were invalid. The dispute is over digital rights management and inventions related to data storage and managing access through payment systems. Smartflash claimed that iTunes used the inventions in applications
such as Game Circus LLC’s Coin Dozer and 4 Pics 1 Movie. Apple pledged to appeal. “Smartflash makes no products, has no employees, creates no jobs, has no U.S. presence, and is exploiting our patent system to seek royalties for technology Apple invented,” said Kristin Huguet, an Apple spokeswoman. “We refused to pay off this company for the ideas our employees spent years innovating and unfortunately we have been left with no choice but to take this fight up through the court system.” Game Circus and another game developer, KingsIsle Entertainment Inc., maker of Wizard 101 and Grub Guardian, had also been defendants before they were dismissed from the case last year.
World Cup: With Rahane, the bling is secondary Perth Ajinkya Rahane is an unlikely hero. Unlike many of his team-mates, flash is the last thing on his mind. He is not one of the in-yourface types; he is more understated and studied. See Ajinkya Rahane, and immediately you see serious. You see committed. You see determined. Its not that you dont see these traits in his more extravagant teammates; its just that with Rahane, the bling is secondary. Or tertiary. If at all. Why would you want to settle for a nickname that goes as Jinks? Alright, so Halle Berry had a similar sounding name in Die Another Day Jinx, same pronunciation, different spelling but thats 007 territory. Rahane, Jinks, 007, licensed to kill.
Incongruous? You bet. And, yet, Rahane occasionally does get the license to kill. The bowling. And like he showed at the MCG on Sunday (February 22) evening, its a license he relishes. Enjoys, even. By and large, Rahane shuns the violence that successful oneday batsmanship has come to be synonymous with. In that regard, he is more Dravid than Sehwag. He is a bloody good limited-overs
batsman -- he does have a century in the Indian Premier League but you will never associate Rahane with a mow and a hoick. At the MCG, neither the mow nor the hoick was in evidence, yet Rahane tiptoed his way to 79 off 60 deliveries. With seven fours and three sixes. Not one of them hit in anger. Not one ball disdainfully smashed. Against his grain, you see, this violence.
Bharti Airtel Selling Up to $415 Million Shares of Tower Unit
Mumbai Bharti Airtel, India's biggest mobile phone operator by users, is raising as much as $415 million through the sale of shares in mobile tower unit Bharti Infratel, two sources directly involved in the process told Reuters. The base size of the offering is $315 million with an option to raise it by another $100 million, said the sources, who declined to
be named as the details of the offering was not public yet. Bharti Airtel is selling Bharti Infratel's shares at an indicative price band of 350-360 rupees a share, the sources said. Shares in Bharti Infratel ended up 0.7 per cent at Rs 372.30 ahead of the share sale on Wednesday. Bank of America Merrill Lynch and UBS are the bankers to the issue, said the sources.
Hyundai to launch 'i20 Active' in March
NEW DELHI Korean auto major Hyundai will make the global debut of its new crossover model, i20 Active in India next month as part of its plans to bring new products to touch the 5 lakh sales milestone in the country. "Designed at Hyundai Motor's Design Centre Europe in Russelsheim, Germany, i20 Active is scheduled to make an official global debut in the Indian market in the month of March 2015," Hyundai Motor India said in a statement. While revealing the design renderings of the "SUV looking car", the company said
it has "sporty refinement, with the enhanced practicality and quality" without sharing details. Earlier this month, the company had launched the updated version of its midsized sedan Verna priced up to Rs 12.19 lakh (exshowroom Delhi). Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) senior vice-president, sales and marketing, Rakesh Srivastava had said the company's "aspiration is to achieve the 5 lakh sales mark in the domestic market" and the updated Verna would play a significant role in achieving the milestone.
strength to put it past a higher-ranked player. Devvarman broke Ramkumar in the ninth game for the first set and served it out in the next. Ramkumar looked a completely different player in the second set. He raced to a quick 30 lead. While Devvarman did get the break back, Ramkumar was not to be denied. He broke Devvarman again and eventually won the set to draw level. In the decider, the seasoned Devvarman quickly jumped to 3-0, and it looked like it was all over for Ramkumar. However, the six-footer reeled off five
games from 1-4 to close the match out. Two more seeded players went out on the second day: fifth seed Luke Saville fell 6-3, 3-6, 62 to Ti Chen, and the seventh seeded Alex Bolt pulled out owing to an elbow injury to see Egor Gerasimov into the quarterfinals. Yuki Bhambri, runner up to Devvarman at Delhi, beat Enrique Lopez Perez 6-2, 6-2 to make smooth progress into the second round. In doubles action, Devvarman and Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan upset the third seeded duo of Saketh Myneni and Sanam Singh 2-6, 6-2, 105.
BSF 'mahila' troops sets off for unique camel safari along India-Pakistan border New Delhi A contingent of over two dozen women, including border guarding 'mahila' troops of Border Security Force, have embarked on a maiden 2,300-km camel safari along India's international border with Pakistan. The all-women team will traverse different terrains in Gujarat, Rajasthan and Punjab on camel backs and the journey is aimed to not only enthuse a spirit of patriotism amongst the border population but also attract young women and men for adventure sports. The Border Security Force, which guards India's frontier with
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Kolkata Open: Ramkumar shocks Devvarman
KOLKATA India’s highest ranked singles player, Somdev Devvarman, the champion at the Delhi Open last week, exited the $50,000 ATP Challenger Kolkata Open losing to compatriot R. Ramkumar 6-4, 6-3, 64 in the first round, at the Bengal Tennis Association courts here on Tuesday. His three years in Barcelona seems to have done a lot for Ramkumar’s development as a player. After the loss of first set, he showed better application, improving his serve and backing it up with more solid ground-strokes, going from strength to
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Pakistan at these locations, has tied up with Tata Steel Adventure Foundation, to commemorate its 50th year of Raising this year. The safari is a part of these celebrations.he team, with 13 BSF women and 14 from the foundation, was flagged off for the expedition from Bhuj on Tuesday. "The safari aims to promote the spirit of adventure and enterprise among young women and men of India. From a national perspective, it will
promote national integration and patriotism. The team will interact with the border population, youth clubs and school children at multiple locations. The team would also be visiting various historical places along the way," a senior BSF officer said. he expedition will largely run parallel to the IB with Pakistan in the three states. However, due to harsh conditions at the Rann of Kutch, a few detours would be taken by the team. While the safari will traverse about 900km in Gujarat, it will go approximately 1,100km in Rajasthan and about 300km in Punjab.
Melbourne There was something unusual in the Melbourne air the other night. On an evening of several stirring deeds from India's cricketers, the most striking came from a pair of fast bowlers. And while it was with ball in hand, it was also not with ball in hand, if you get what I am saying. For the second time in as many games at the World Cup, Mohammed Shami spearheaded the Indian pace attack with aplomb. Pacy and skiddy and swingy, he kept hassling South Africa's batsmen; Umesh Yadav hustled them into mistakes without
commensurate luck, and Mohit Sharma showed how far he has come in international cricket by ensuring that the pressure built up by his senior colleagues wasn't released.All this, after Shikhar Dhawan had crafted a beautiful century and Ajinkya Rahane had produced the innings of the match, subliminal timing and wonderful hand-eye stuff. And yet, two slices of action relegated everything else to the background. Act One: AB de Villiers, fleet of foot, an all-round athlete blessed with speed and balance and the ability to judge runs beautifully, chops
Ravindra Jadeja behind point, hares down for the first run, turns almost on the run and hurries back for the second. There, nearly there. But wait. Mohit has sprinted to his left from sweeper cover, swooped on the ball like a vulture on its prey, and fired a return back to Mahendra Singh Dhoni, flat and right on top of the sticks. Dhoni's hands, moving forward all the time, flick off the bails. The skipper is jubilant, animated. The rest swarm around Mohit as the third umpire reviews the replays. Out, flashes the giant screen, de Villiers scarcely able to believe his eyes.
ICC World Cup: Wilson, Kevin guide Ireland to two-wicket win over UAE
Brisbane Wicketkeeper-batsman Gary Wilson hit a pacy 69ball 80 and Kevin O'Brien cracked a whirlwind fifty as Ireland eked out a thrilling last over two-wicket win over a spirited UAE in their pool 'B' match of the cricket World Cup, here today. Chasing a challenging 279, man-of-the-match Wilson anchored the Ireland inning's with a superb fifty and shared two crucial stands with A Balbirnie (30) and Kevin for the fifth and sixth wicket respectively to take his team home with four balls to spare. Wilson forged a 74-run partnership with Balbirnie and then added 72 with Kevin, who had also contributed with two wickets in the UAE innings, as Ireland notched up their second win in as many
matches to keep their quarter-finals campaign on track. Earlier, put into bat, little-known ShaimanAnwar (106) became the first UAE batsman to notch up a World Cup hundred as they punched above their weight to post a commendable 276 for nine against the UK giantkillers. The Asian minnows returned all guns blazing as their bowling attack, led by Amjad Javed (3/60) left Ireland tottering at 171-5 in 38.4 overs. UAE bowlers created a lot of pressure but in the end it was the experience of Ireland's middle and lower order which helped them to chasing down the total. Amjad was the top wickettaker for UAE with a threewicket haul, while captain Mohammad Tauqir (2/38) and Mohammad Naveed (2/
65) took two wickets each. AM Guruge also scalped one wicket but in the end it was not enough. Needing 10 runs off last 12 balls, No. 10 batsman George Dockrell (7 not out) smashed Amjad over extra cover for a crucial boundary to end all hopes of a UAE win. Ireland on their part kept it tight for most part of the match and had the UAE tied up in knots before the 35-year-old Anwar's maiden ODI ton, combined with number eight Amjad Javed's lively 35-ball 42 helped them post a rather big total. The UAE, who lost their lung-opener to Zimbabwe and are lying second from bottom on the points table, were off to a steady start with Amjad Ali (45) andAndri Berenger (13) putting on a 49-run opening stand.
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Rs 43.17 cr spent on Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2015: CM Gandhinagar The Gujarat government said today that it has spent Rs 43.17 crore on Vibrant Gujarat Summit held here in mid-January this year. On the second day of the Gujarat Assembly session here, Congress MLA Paresh Dhanani asked Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel, who handles the Industries and Mines portfolio, to share details about total expenses incurred to organise the Summit. In her written reply, Patel said that as on January 31, the state government had spent Rs 43.17 crore to host the event, adding that the figure of Rs 43.17 crore is not final since accounts are still being prepared. These expenses were incurred for printing booklets, organising seminars, website maintenance, event management and other administrative works related to organising the Summit, the government said. Bhiloda Congress MLA Anil
Joshiara sought details about MoUs signed between the government and private enterprises during the Vibrant Summit of 2013 as well as Vibrant Summit of 2015. He also wanted to know the size of investments which were made during these two Summits. Patel said that 17,719 Investment Intentions (IIs) were signed in 2013 while 21,304 IIs were approved in 2015. She said that out of 17,719 IIs in 2013, 9,162 projects were implemented with an investment of more than Rs 74,000 crore, while 2,142 projects with proposed
investment of Rs 42,000 crore are in the pipeline as on January 31, 2015. Replying to two other questions related to previous editions of Vibrant Summits, Patel said that 8,380 MoUs were signed during Vibrant Summit of 2011, out of which 3,693 were implemented while 805 projects are in the pipeline. In her reply about the progress of MoUs signed during the 2009 edition of Vibrant Summit, Patel said that out of a total 3,346 MoUs signed in 2009, 2,077 were implmented, while 344 are in the pipeline.
Gujarat HC refuses to intervene in NSEL's mutli-crore scam AHMEDABAD Gujarat high court has refused to intervene in the Rs 5,600 crore National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL) scam involving NK Proteins, who is the largest defaulter. The HC has refused to entertain the petitions challenging the Mumbai police's notices for attachment of properties in Gujarat. With this, the district collector may proceed with attachment of properties belonging to the company's promoters. The HC had earlier stayed the notice issued by the
Economic Wings of CID (crime), Mumbai to Ahmedabad district collector on November 9, 2013 for the purpose of attaching properties belonging to owners of NK Proteins here. But with the objection raised by NSEL and the investors, who are the original complainant in the case in Mumbai, the HC has now concluded that it would not intervene in the issue because it would hamper the rights of the litigants to approach other forum including the special Mumbai court. Advocate for the investors, Arjun
Sheth said that the HC has given four weeks' time to the company in order to challenge the decision and the stay on notices will remain in effect till then. After the HC ordered exparte stay on notices upon the company's petitions, NSEL and investorscomplainants too approached the court and questioned maintainability of petitions and raised jurisdiction issue by Gujarat HC. The HC, however, rejected these arguments, but came to conclusion that it must restrain from interfering in the issue.
Gujarat Labour Minister Vijay Rupani’s note on amendments in Labour laws
Gandhinagar, Labour and Employment Minister Vijay Rupani’s note on the Proposed Labour Laws Amendment Bill Presently, when an employee has a fatal injury by an accident occurred at workplace, or has sustained total or partial disabilities, the victim or his dependents may apply under the Employee’s Compensation Act, 1923, before the Employee’s Compensation Commissioner within 90
days from the date of accident. But, poorawareness of the same among the employees, and their surviving family members they are not able to file such application, which puts them in difficulty to get appropriate compensation. Therefore, the Bill suggests an amendment in the Employee’s Compensation Act, to insert the proviso to cover cases where the employee or his dependent fails to bring such application
within 90 days. When a person does not have knowledge of or legal awareness of legal proviso due to his transferable job or due to his belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes and faces difficulties in getting such compensation, the nominated Government officer will apply on his behalf and will provide him remedies. The Minimum Wages Act, 1948, which is the most sensitive and touches the interest of the labourers, provides that payment of wages shall be made in cash. Due to this which there are complaints that labourers are paid with less that minimum wages. To remove this difficulty, the Bill suggests that where any shop or commercial establishment, or factories employs 20 or more employees, it shall make the payment of minimum wages through bank account.
Companies in Ahmedabad welcome specially abled staff AHMEDABAD Anybody who has been to fast food restaurant chain KFC in Ahmedabad would have noticed the hearing and speech impaired serving customers with a smile. Companies in Ahmedabad are opening up to the idea of hiring differently abled employees, providing equal opportunities for them. Vodafone Gujarat, for instance, has hired 256 differently abled agents for its call centres and an exclusive call centre with 36 visually-impaired agents under its project 'Swabhimaan'. Pranav Lal, an employee at Vodafone, said, "My impairment does not stop me from going beyond conventional ways to lead projects at the company ." Before hiring differently abled candidates, Vodafone created ramps on premises,
bought wheelchairs, made washrooms easily accessible, arranged for pick and drop service and dedicated an emergency response team to evacuate agents in times of emergency . "Before we could actually recruit the candidates, we ensured a comfortable environment for them. But we do not provide separate seating for differently abled employees as we do not want them to feel excluded," said Jayesh Gadia, business head Gujarat, Vodafone India. For companies, it's a plus in terms of finding a dedicated talent pool and getting an image boost. Azure Knowledge Corporation, a business and knowledge process out sourcing company , has about 30 employees at different levels across its centres in Ahmedabad.
CM hails PM’s decision to increase state’s share in central taxes to 42% Gandhinagar Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel today hailed the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s unprecedented decision to hike the States’ share in Central taxes by 10 per cent from 32 per cent to 42 per cent. Commenting on the historic decision, Mrs. Patel said the decision with farreaching consequence would make progressive states like Gujarat stronger in their march to progress. In accepting the 14th Finance C o m m i s s i o n recommendation, she said that Mr. Modi has established the novel concept of ‘cooperative federalism’ enabling State Governments greater participation in the process of planning and development in lieu of following the Centre’s age-old practice of
Ahmedabad collector invokes Section 144 to prevent swine flu Ahmedabad Ahmedabad district collector invoked the Criminal Procedure Code’s Section 144 here today, prohibiting mass gatherings without prior permission in order to prevent swine flu, an official statement stated. “It has come to our notice that swine flu cases have been on the rise in Gujarat including Ahmedabad. The virus, which causes swine flu, is contagious and generally infects people by entering through nostrils and mouth mostly at crowded places,” the Ahmedabad district collectorate statement said. The move has come after Gujarat registered more than 230 swine flu deaths, which include more than 50 fatalities in Ahmedabad, since January this year. The number of positive cases
swine flu recorded in Gujarat is 3,527 and the disease has caused the highest number of deaths in Gujarat compared to other states in the country. However, the Collector has exempted people gathering at marriages and death processions from Section 144. If public events cannot be called off or postponed, organisers would have to take prior permission also have to ensure that proper care is being taken to stop the spread of swine flu, like
AMC's plantation drive uprooted AHMEDABAD Over the past three years the Ahmedabad Municipal Coproration (AMC) bought 1.08 lakh tree guards but now they have suddenly disappeared. Similarly, a huge chunk of money was spent for buying saplings but now even they are missing. On Tuesday, a major controversy erupted in the civic body regarding the disappearance of the tree guards. The AMC had spent close to Rs 5.87 crore for the tree guards as part of its various greening initiatives. But today very few of these can be spotted. In some instances trees themselves cannot be seen. The AMC has already cut more than 1,500 trees in the city for road expansion and construction. The opposition
Congress has called for an inquiry into the missing tree guards and demanded that the accounts of the garden department be audited. "Crores of taxpayers money has been spent on buying tree guards and costly saplings. But very little has been done to date for accounting for them," says opposition leader Baddruddin Sheikh. "The garden department till date has not been able to come out with a tree audit for Ahmedabad." The east zone has spent the maximum, Rs 1.43 crore, for buying tree guards for 28,616 saplings followed by the south zone which had spent Rs 1.1 crore on tree guards for 21,635 saplings. The new west zone has spent Rs 94. 84 lakh on 14,857 tree guards.
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providing masks to all people as well as dispose off these masks after their use, the statement said. It added that organisers of such events should display big billboards with swine flu
its trying to prove its supremacy over the States in the Centre-State relations. With increased share from Central taxes at the states’ disposal, she said that Gujarat would plan its priorities as per the local needs, as on drinking water, public health, development schemes for ‘sagarkhedu’ in coastal regions and ‘vanbandhu’ in tribal areas, with ‘sauna sath; sauna vikas’, taking everybody along in the process of development. Mrs. Patel lauded the Prime Minister’s other novel initiative of constituting NITI Ayog in lieu of Planning Commission to include Chief Ministers of different States to promote Centre-State
relation more harmonious. She thanked the Prime Minister for according adequate weight to Gujarat’s suggestions within two weeks of presentation at the NITI Ayog’s very first meeting on February 8 for increasing the States’ share in the Central taxes – a significant progressive step, indeed! She expressed her gratitude to the Prime Minister and the Central Government for earmarking special funds at the disposal of panchayats, municipalities and municipal corporations. She exuded confidence that these slew of decisions would empower states to develop and contribute to the nation’s development, too.
Cong walks out over crime rate AHMEDABAD The Congress walked out of the state assembly for the second consecutive day on Tuesday. The opposition alleged that the ruling BJP was deliberately extending their answers in order to keep away discussion on the rising crime rate in the state. Congress MLAs Paresh Dhanani and Gyasuddin Shaikh rushed to the well of the house and had a heated argument with the treasury bench after agriculture minister Babu Bhokhiriya went on to reply a question on Kutch for over 10 minutes. The Congress demanded that the minister reply in brief and allow other
MLAs to raise their questions, but when the minister refused to accept their demand, they rushed to the well and later walked out of the house. The Congress members walked out of the house just when the question was to be called out for discussion. Shaikh had sought to know the number of loot, murder, dacoity, rape, theft and kidnapping cases reported in the city from January 1 to December 31, 2014. In the reply, the government said that there were 82 murders, 260 loots, 18 cases of dacoity, 100 rapes, 2,589 thefts and 366 cases of kidnapping reported in the city during this period.
Gujarat police submit in SC list of documents sought from Teesta Ahmedabad Gujarat Police has provided to the Supreme Court a list of documents, including those related to personal expenditure of controversial NGO operator Teesta Setalvad and her husband, it needed in its probe against them in a case of alleged embezzlement of funds for a museum at Ahmedabad’s Gulbarg Society that was devastated in the 2002 riots. Among other important documents, investigators have sought a list of donors, both foreign and local to their two NGOs — Sabrang Trust and Citizens for Justice and Peace –along with the date of donation and the amount and their addresses and contact numbers since 2007 till date. The Crime Branch, Ahmedabad, had on February 20 placed in the apex court a list of 33 documents like copies of all credit card bills held and used by Setalvad and Javed Anand from April 2008 to December 2014 along with the statement of payments made towards these credit card bills from their personal accounts with supporting
vouchers/document. The police have also sought statement disclosing which items in the bills of the credit cards pertain to the personal expenditure of the couple and which items of expenditure have been made in connection with the objects of the trust. The apex court had on February 19 made it clear that the couple will supply all documents, vouchers, list of donors name in the two NGOs in the wake of allegation by Gujarat Police that funds of the NGOs were allgedly used for personal purpose by them, a charge denied by Setalvad. Among other documents, the investigators have demanded vouchers/ invoices in respect of the
items of expenditure in credit cards bills which were claimed to have been incurred in connection with the object of the trust. Further, the police had sought documents which will provide details regarding nature of business from which income has been earned as per the income tax returns filed by Setalvad and her husband under the heading business income. Details of all gifts made to them from April 2008 to March 2014 by parents as well as by other donors have been sought by police which want to know whether they were made by cheque or cash with the identities and addresses of persons.
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