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News Brief Potato farmer commits suicide in Bengal, toll rises to 8 Agency : Jalpaiguri, Mar 25
One more potato farmer committed suicide at his home at Dhupguri in the district today after allegedly failing to repay loans he had taken to cultivate the vegetable. Nritya Gopal Burman, 45, took his life by hanging himself at his home at Nathua under Dhupguri block this morning, police said, adding, his was the first such case of suicide in north Bengal. The farmer was unhappy as he could not sell the crop at remunerative prices.
India-Africa Summit from Oct 26 Agency : New Delhi, Mar 25
India will host its largest diplomatic outreach programme withAfrica from October 26, inviting leaders of all 54 States in the region, 10 months after it had cancelled the event due to Ebola scare. The five daylong third "India-Africa Summit" is expected to be attended by nearly 1000 delegates including Heads of Government, ministers, government officials, business leaders and others.
Rajasthan romp to second straight win Agency : Indore, Mar 25
Rajasthan defeated Uttar Pradesh by 16 runs for their second straight win in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (Central Zone) here Wednesday. Rajasthan posted 160 for seven courtesy a solid batting effort before restricting Uttar Pradesh for 144 for 9 in 20 overs. UP Opener Prashant Gupta's 59 went in vain as did the bowling effort of pacer R P Singh, who took two wickets for 27 in four overs.
RSS-affiliate red flags trial of genetically modified Agency : New Delhi, Mar 25
RSS-affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch today said it was "deeply disturbed" at government "steam-rolling" its concerns over trials of genetically modified crops and sought the Environment Ministry's clarification on the trials in the wake of some states giving NOCs to them.
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Gujarat collect Rs 17,600 crore of tax Gujarat government earned Rs 4,600 crore of VAT on diesel, Rs 2,000 cr on petrol, Rs 1,300 cr on PNG, Rs 300 cr on CNG Sunvilla News, Gandhinagar
The income of the state government from Value Added Tax (VAT)/Sales tax has been on a steady rise since the last three years, however, the dues worth a phenomenal Rs 17,600 crore is yet to be collected by the state, the Gujarat Assembly was informed on
Wednesday. The state government collected VAT/ sales tax dues worth over Rs 41,800 crore in 2012-13. This income increased to Rs 44,200 crore in 2013-14 and in the current fiscal it stands at over Rs 31,100 crore. (till December 2014), the state government stated in a written reply to an
unstarred question asked by Congress MLA Sailesh Parmar in the House. The districts of Ahmedabad, Jamnagar and Bharuch contributes the highest quantum of these taxes to the state government coffers. However, the government is yet to collect VAT/Sales tax dues worth
Rs 17,618 crore from the state (as on December 1, 2014). Vadodara (4265 cr), Ahmedabad (Rs 3354 cr) and Bhavnagar (Rs 1403 cr) are the top three districts that have the maximum amount of dues. Even Surat and Kutch districts have dues of over Rs 1000 crore. The state government
2002 Gujarat riots: Victims seek transfer of case to another court Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
As many as 84 survivors of the 2002 Naroda Patiya riot case, where 97 people of the minority community were killed, wrote a letter to the acting chief justice of the Gujarat High Court on Wednesday seeking transfer of their case to another court. At present, appeals of the convicts in Naroda Patiya riot case is being heard by the high court division bench of Justice Ravi Tripathi and Justice R D Kothari. However, riot victims have written in to the Acting Chief Justice V M Sahai expressing their apprehensions. "It is our most earnest request to the acting chief justice to transfer the above cases (appeals of the convicts in Naroda Patiya riot case) to some other division bench
because we have reasons to believe that the division bench headed by justice Ravi Tripathi has made up its mind to allow the appeals and acquit the offenders," the letter reads. The letter is written by survivor and witness in the case Rahemeutulla Sheikh and 83 others who have signed it. The riot victims have also questioned the recent judgement by the same bench, which had granted bail to one of the convicts Kirpalsingh Chhabra on February 26. The division bench had then suspended
the sentence of Chhabra, who was personal assistant of another convict and former state minister Maya Kodnani, till his appeal against the trial court order is pending before the high court. The survivors also questioned the verdict of division bench, which had put doubts on the trial court's judgement of convicting
Chhabra and 30 others. A Special trial court had, in August, 2012, convicted 31 persons and awarded life term to 30 including Kodnani for killings and criminal conspiracy, while it had also awarded 'imprisonment till death' to right-wing group 'Vishwa Hindu Parishad' (VHP) leader Babu Bajrangi.
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In the last two years, Gujarat’s Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) has assisted both CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) and the Delhi Police in over 750 cases, the state legislative assembly was informed on Wednesday. The FSL helped Delhi police in 610 cases where it tested 2,231
samples, the state government said in a written reply to a question raised by MLA Rajendra Trivedi. The same laboratory tested 18,997 samples in the 147 cases that it assisted for the CBI during the last two years, till December 2014, the government stated in reply to another question from MLA Rakesh Shah.
earned Rs 4600 crore of VAT on Diesel, Rs 2000 cr on Petrol, Rs 1300 cr on PNG, Rs 300 cr on CNG, Rs 100 cr on fertilizers and Rs 85 cr on Castor seeds (between July 2013 and June 2014), the government stated in a written reply to another question posed by Congress MLA Balwantsinh Rajput.
World Cup semifinal: Four things to look out for in the Australia-India clash Agency : Sydney Australia and India have won six of the last eight Cricket World Cup titles and have developed a heated rivalry over the last decade. When the teams meet in the World Cup semifinal on Thursday at the Sydney Cricket Ground, there's bound to be some friction. Both captains have attacking mindsets in the 50over format, and the top order of both batting lineups are stacked with free-hitting players, so there's also bound to be some entertaining and enterprising cricket. The winner will advance to Sunday's final against New Zealand at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Not a universally recognized term but widely known in cricket circles as a tactic used to distract an opposition player with
banter or insulting comments, be it subtle, implied or obvious. Australian teams are good at it. Recent series between Australia and England, and Australia and India have featured heated verbal exchanges, and players from those teams have been fined and sanctioned. Australian opener David Warner is reported to be on his last warning before some kind of ban is imposed, and allrounder Shane Watson conceded Wednesday that he can't be far off after being
fined for his part in an angry episode in the quarterfinal win over Pakistan. Neither player wants to risk being suspended for the final, but there are others - paceman Mitchell Johnson jokingly volunteered - to take up the banter in the semifinal against India."I don't want to get fined again or get suspended so I know I'm going to have to be even more diligent with what I say, when I say it and how I say it," Watson said. "Based on my last fine, I am just about on my last warning.
Former PM Vajpayee to Receive Ahmedabad filmmaker trio bag national film Bharat Ratna at Home on Friday award for documentary on deaf-mute wrestler Agency : NEW DELHI Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and one of the most-respected politicians across parties will be conferred the Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian award, on Friday. President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be among a host of VVIPs who are expected to be present at Mr Vajpayee's Delhi residence where he will be honoured. The announcement of the award for Vajpayee, the first Prime Minister from outside the Congress party to serve a full five-year term, came on December 24, a day before he turned 90. He was Prime Minister from 1998 to 2004, and has been seriously ill for the last few years. Among his boldest initiatives was his historic bus journey to Lahore in 1999 when he signed the landmark Lahore
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Declaration with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif with both sides pledging to push for peace and security. The Bharat Ratna announced earlier for noted educationist and freedom fighter Madan Mohan Malviya will be given posthumously to his family members on March 30 at Rashtrapati Bhavan. An educationist with a vision, Malviya was behind the establishment of the Banaras Hindu University. Malviya is also remembered for his stellar role in the Independence movement.
The recommendation for the Bharat Ratna is made by the Prime Minister to the President. In 2013, when the UPA government had announced the Bharat Ratna for former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and scientist CNR Rao, the BJP had criticized the Congress for ignoring Mr Vajpayee's contribution to the nation. Since its inception, 43 people including former Prime Ministers Jawaharlal Nehru, Lal Bhadur Shastri, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi have received the prestigious award.
Made by three Ahmedabad filmmakers, a documentary on the story of two-time gold medal winner at Deaflympics, Virender Singh popularly known as ‘Goonga Pehelwan’ (mute wrestler) bagged an award for the ‘Best Debut Film of a Director’ in non feature film category for the year 2014 at the 62nd National Film Awards which were declared on Tuesday. The
documentary ‘Goonga Pehelwan’ follows India’s most successful deaf-mute Delhi-based athlete Virender Singh on his quest
to reach the Rio Olympics 2016 and become only the second deaf wrestler in the history of the Olympics to do so. Singh has won the
first and only gold medal at the 2005 Deaflympics in Melbourne, in 74-84kg freestyle wrestling, a silver medal at the second World Deaf Wrestling Championships in 2008 in Yerevan, Armenia, and a bronze at the 2009 Deaflympics in Taipei, Taiwan and a bronze at the 2012 World Deaf Wrestling Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. While ‘Goonga Pehelwan’ was the first feature length film (documentary) made by its directors Mit Jani, Prateek Gupta and Vivek Chaudhary who met while pursuing their UG in city-based HL Institute of Commerce (HLIC) in Ahmedabad. United in their passion for filmmaking, the trio completed the film in 2013 on a shoestring budget of three and a half lakhs, produced by Drishti Media.
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Spectrum auction concludes, govt garners over Rs 1 lk cr The telecom spectrum auction finally concluded Wednesday after 19 days and 115 rounds. The government has garnered over Rs 1 lakh crore at the close of bidding, however 11 percent airwaves stayed unsold. According to sources, the spectrum auction payout by various companies stand at -- Vodafone likely to be at Rs 34,500 crore, Bharti Airtel at around Rs 27,500 crore, Idea (Rs 28,000 crore), Reliance Jio (Rs 11,000 crore) and Reliance Communications (Rs 2,300 crore). Terming the auction outcome as satisfactory with the companies showing faith in the government, sources said now spectrum sharing and trading guidelines are being worked upon. The telecom companies have 10 days to make earnest money deposit. The government will disclose names of provisional winners post Supreme Court hearing. GV Giri of IIFL expects the mainstream telecommunications company (telcos) to largely retain at least the minimum spectrum in their renewal circles. “I expect based on the information disclosed in the last three weeks by department of telecommunications (DoT) that Bharti would have increased their spectrum holdings in a few circles and I would expect that Idea has at least managed to get the minimum of 5 Mhz assured for itself,” he said. Giri said that the auction has come at a steep price and therefore smaller companies will be burdened. “There could also be a few cases of companies losing out on their 900 Mhz because there was not enough of it or the price was too steep or the bidding was just too competitive,” he said. He believes the market might start paying a lot more attention to 900 Mhz 3G as a differentiator between operators as “sooner or later the operators who have paid big money for the spectrum will start putting it to use in the best possible way which is to use it for data”. “Overall if after the Supreme Court hears this case starting tomorrow, the judgement concludes with the auction considered valid and if the results seem to say that our current guesses and estimates are byand-large accurate then the market will react very positively,” he added. Sanjay Kapoor, Chairman, Micromax, feels that every operator now will breathe a sigh of relief as the auction is finally over. The strategy now going forward is what everybody curiosity will be around. “Absolutely people have probably retained the spectrum that they wanted to and some have enhanced the spectrum pool as they wanted to stay ahead in the game on data. Now how much a price rise will be required to make up for this deficit or investment that everybody has made needs to be seen,” he said. Companies with smaller balance sheets that have put in lot of money will face the challenge that will come across in their strategy, said Kapoor. “Idea has always grown incrementally over the past so many years. There would be 5-6 operator markets so we would see that some of the middle players or some of these smaller players would consolidate. Now whether they consolidate among themselves or they consolidate with the larger player is yet to be seen,” he said.
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Aamir Khan blasts Censor Board, says banning content isn’t right
Agency : Mumbai Coming down heavily on the Censor Board, which recently stoked controversy by banning some objectionable words, actor Aamir Khan today said he is totally against banning any kind of material in media or films. “I am totally against banning any kind of material. When the I&B minister spoke to us, he also clarified that actually the ministry has no such list of cuss words. It’s a
certification board and not the censor board. It was nice to hear that,” the Bollywood superstar said at Ficci-Frames, an annual jamboree of media and entertainment industry, that began here Wednesday. There were reports that the recently appointed Censor Board chairman Pahlaj Nihalani had revived a 2003 order to ban a list of 28 objectionable or cuss words, including Bombay in any movies or documentaries.
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QUOTE “Milk is not just good for babies, but for adults as - New research at the University OF THE well -- at least their brains. ” of Kansas Medical Center has found a correlation between milk consumption and the levels of DAY the naturally-occurring antioxidant glutathione in the brain in older, healthy adults.
Abhishek and Rishi pose back to 62nd National Film Awards: Twin back for the first look of 'All is Well' wins for Queen Kangana Ranaut Kapoor’s upcoming film
Agency : Mumbai It’s finally here! The first
look poster of Abhishek Bachchan and Rishi
‘All is Well’. Kapoor took to twitter to share the first look. “Tinguji goes next generation LambujiTradition continues with Abhishek Bachchan. In All is Well,” he posted. The actors can be seen posing back to back in the film poster. Rishi sports a moustache and Abhishek has a stubble. The Umesh Shukla-directed film also stars Asin and Supriya Pathak. Abhishek Bachchan was last seen in Farah Khan’s grand dancemusical ‘Happy New Year’, whereas Rishi was last seen in ‘Bewakoofiyan’. What do you think of the first look?
Piku Poster Gives a Peek into the Lives of Deepika, Big B, Irrfan Agency : New Delhi The first posters of filmmaker Shoojit Sircar's upcoming film Piku are endearing and warm. The posters features the three leading stars of the film Amitabh Bachchan, Deepika Padukone and Irrfan Khan - who seem to have a picture-story to tell. The first poster shows a calm Deepika smiling as she leans against the door, while Irrfan tries to control an angry Big B, atop a chair looking incredulously at his daughter (played by Deepika). In the second poster Deepika again takes the front stand holding a tray a food and medicines, while Big B sits on a trunk looking resolute. In this poster Irrfan looks utterly fed-up! The posters are an extended version of the film's first
Agency : New Delhi Vikas Bahl's Queen has been named the Best Hindi film at the 62nd National Film Awards. Kangana Ranaut has been adjudged the Best Actress for her performance in Queen. Kangana has earlier won the Best Supporting Actress award for Fashion in 2008. Court has been declared the Best Feature film. Kannada actor Vijay won the Best Actor for Nanu Avanalla Avalu while Bengali director Srijit Mukherji won the Best Director award for Chotushkone. The Supporting Actor awards was begged by Tamil actor Bobby Simha for Jigarthanda and Baljinder Kaur for Haryanvi film Pagdi - The Honour. Mary
the hat of a mediator between the two. (Also Read: Amitabh Bachchan Bickers With Deepika Padukone in First Teaser of Piku)
actress Vidya Balan to take one seat. Kapoor, who produced Vidya's "The Dirty Picture", is said to be looking out to make the new season different from
Agency : Mumbai Emraan Hashmi has raised the temperatures along with several actresses. Now the serial kisser is to enact bold scenes with the new actress Amyra Dastur in the duo’s upcoming ‘Mr. X’. The hot Karan, who is producing the film under his banner Dharma Productions, took to Twitter to finally confirm the details. "A modern family film with a love triangle embedded in it...KAPOOR and SONS directed by @shakunbatra," he tweeted. In another post, he added: "KAPOOR and SONS starring @ S 1 d h a r t h M @_fawadakhan_ @aliaa08 and @chintskap
@KapoorAndSons @DharmaMovies." Batra's directorial debut Ek MainAur Ekk Tu was also produced by Karan, while Alia and Sidharth's debut film Student Of The Year was produced and directed by Karan too. Meanwhile, Karan also announced that the cast of his other production, the remake of 1989 blockbuster film Ram Lakhan, is yet to be finalised.
the show's previous editions, and one aspect of it is to get a new judging panel. While author Chetan Bhagat has already been signed for the show, now Vidya is said to have been approached for it too. "Vidya has been approached to judge 'Nach Baliye 7', but we are yet to hear her side of things," a source close to the show said. The show will reportedly have two female judges as Kapoor wants to increase the glamour quotient. "Nach Baliye 7" will be aired on Star Plus in May.
Emraan-Amyra sizzling chemistry in ‘Mr. X’
Lovebirds Sidharth Malhotra, Alia come together for Kapoor and Sons
Agency : New Delhi Ek MainAur Ekk Tu director Shakun Batra's upcoming "modern family" drama film Kapoor and Sons will star rumoured couple Alia Bhatt and Sidharth Malhotra, along with Pakistani actor Fawad Khan and veteran actor Rishi Kapoor, producer Karan Johar announced on Wednesday. The rumours of the cast had been doing the rounds for sometime, but
Direction, Costume Design and Male Playback Singer for Sukhwinder Singh. Killa was named Best Marathi Film while Harivu was declared the Best Kannada Film.
Vidya Balan to judge contestants on Nach Baliye 7
Agency : New Delhi "Nach Baliye 7" producer Ekta Kapoor is eyeing a quartet of judges for the forthcoming dance reality show -- and she wants
teaser which released on March 21. In the teaser Big B was having an argument with his daughter Piku, who is not exactly a piece of cake, while Irrfan donned
Kom was named the Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment. Haider turned out to be the winner of several awards including Best Choreography, Music
couple has already unveiled their amazing romance in the song ‘You Can Call Me X’. Other than Emraan romancing a new lady this time, another thing special about this song are the vocals. This track has been
sung by the film’s producer Mahesh Bhatt. With this, Mr. Bhatt is making his singing debut and Alia is happy with her daddy’s new accomplishment. The ‘Highway’ actress tweeted- “it runs in the family” Already having a very pretty face, all that Amyra Dastur needs to impress her audience is her sexy moves. Amyra surely grabs eyes as she poses in a tub with her hair let down and making her look all the more lovely. The film tells the story of a man who is left to die in a chemical factory.
Anushka reaches Sydney to cheer for Virat Kohli Agency : New Delhi Bollywood actor Anushka Sharma has reached Sydney, Australia, to watch beau Virat Kohli, vice captain of the Indian cricket team, take on the Aussies in the World Cup semi final. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), which earlier didn’t allow wives and girlfriends of players to stay with them, has now had a change of mind
and allowed the players to have their dear ones by their side. Bollywood and cricket, India’s two 'religions' have intertwined in this relationship and both are about putting up a show. The game of cricket is as much a performance art for rabid Indian fans as Bollywood is. And the show that Virat put up will not be forgotten in a hurry
by the people. The match versus Australia is going to be a tough one for the Indian cricket team, and Anushka's presence in the audience may make Virat Kohli walk the extra mile to secure a big win for India.
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Agency : New Delhi Google’s digital payment efforts have taken a new turn as reports reveal the company is working on a new way to make use of email. According to a document seen by Re/code, Google is in the process of facilitating consumer access to their bills through their email, rather than through the traditional mailbox. Re/code reports that the new tool is tentatively being called “Pony Express” and will not only allow Gmail users to access their bills, but to pay them as well directly through the platform, instead of having to go directly to the company website to pay. The document suggests that “Pony Express” is slated for a fourth quarter debut, though reports note that “Pony
Express” may just be a code name for the product. On the other hand, the company’s Google Wallet product continues its effort to grab market space, and Google revealed just days ago that the mobile payment service is now integrating into ridesharing application Lyft. But while the service struggles to compete with the likes of Apple Pay, reports have emerged that Google is working on an entirely separate mobile payments API that could be unveiled as soon as this May. The API, reports said last month, would operate as Android Pay and allow for single-tap payments at retail stores. An unnamed source told reporters, however, that Android Pay would not be a replacement for Google Wallet.
IPCA Lab tanks on USFDA import alert;m-cap down by Rs 1,205 cr Agency : Mumbai Shares of IPCA Laboratories today settled for the day with losses of nearly 13 per cent on the BSE after import alerts were issued by the USFDA against two of its formulations manufacturing units. During the day the shares of the company opened on a weak note and then tanked as much as 13.42 per cent to touch an intra-day low of Rs 658 on the BSE. At the end of today's trading session, the stock was quoted at Rs 664.65, down 12.55 per cent on the BSE. Following the decline in share price, the market capitalisation of the company declined by Rs 1,205.24 crore to Rs 8,385.90 crore. IPCA Laboratories today said US FDA has issued import alert
to two of its facilities at Pithampur in Madhya Pradesh and Piparia in Silvassa, which will affect its exports to the US. Already, the US FDA had issued import alert to the company's active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) production unit at Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh in January this year for noncompliance of prescribed manufacturing norms. In Form 483, US FDA inspectors raise concerns related to compliance of good manufacturing practise norms. Moreover, the company said it had voluntarily decided to suspend API shipments from Ratlam manufacturing unit for the US market till the US FDA inspection observations issue is resolved.
EIA report on NTPC's Pudimadaka project to be ready by May
Agency : New Delhi The NTPC authorities are vigorously pursuing the proposed 4,000-MW thermal plant at Pudimadaka village in Visakhapatnam district, according to sources. The NTPC already has a thermal plant (NTPC Simhadri) with a capacity of 2,000 MWs at Parawada in Visakhapatnam district. The expert appraisal committee under the Ministry of Environment and Forests has issued terms of reference in a meeting held in January for
conducting EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment) study for the project. EIA studies are in progress and are expected to be completed by May. The NTPC has invited tenders for the main plant equipment. The AP Government has allocated 1,200 acres land in Atchutapuram and Rambilli mandals and the investment outlay is Rs. 26,000 crore. According to NTPC sources, it is the first time in the country that the company is executing 1,000 MW coal based units with supercritical technology, increasing the efficiency and reducing the emissions drastically.
Agency : New Delhi Virender Sehwag’s entertaining 39 and Vaibhav Rawal’s whirlwind 31 helped Delhi outplay Punjab by six wickets to register their second consecutive win in the North Zone leg of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Twenty20 Trophy on Wednesday. Chasing 160 for a win at the Feroz Shah Kotla, the Delhi batsmen put up a concerted effort to achieve the target with three balls to spare. Sehwag was the top-scorer with his 35ball knock, including 3 fours and 3 sixes, but was finally done in by opposition
skipper Harbhajan Singh (1-25). Opener Unmukt Chand contributed with a 17-ball 20 as captain Gautam Gambhir (4) once again failed to get going. Sehwag and Nitish Rana (35) then stitched a 42-run third wicket partnership to get behind the chase. But after the two batsmen departed, Delhi were in some trouble before an unbeaten 48-run fifth wicket stand between Milind Kumar (21 not out) and Rawal (31 not out, 13 balls, 2x4s, 2x6s) gave the team another four points. Punjab pace spearhead Brainder
Sran, who accounted for Chand and Gambhir, bagged two wickets but could not help Punjab continue their winning run after they had beaten Haryana in their first game. Earlier, Punjab rode on Gurkeerat Singh’s 35-ball 42 and Gurinder Singh’s unbeaten 34 to post 159 for seven. Yuvraj Singh also contributed with 25 runs before falling to mediumpacer Pranshu Vijayran, who bagged three wickets. New-ball bowler Vikas Tokas and left-arm spinner Manan Sharma bagged two wickets each.
India hockey team to field full strength team for Azlan Shah Cup
Agency : Melbourne Like a racehorse trained to peak for the big race after months of preparation, India's cricketers are confident they have timed their run to perfection at the World Cup. The Indians have already spent four months in Australia with nothing to show for their efforts. Beaten by Australia in the Border-Gavaskar test series, then by Australia and England in the Tri-Series, India's hopes of winning the World Cup seemed slim when the tournament started more than a month ago. However, after seven straight wins, India are starting to resemble the team that won the sport's greatest spectacle four years ago and on Thursday they will play
Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground for the right to join New Zealand in the final. "Our mission is to win the World Cup," said batsman Rohit Sharma. "So when we finished the TriSeries, I know it was two and a half months then, none of the guys thought about going back. "We were right there and we just wanted to feel history. Yeah, it's been tough, but ... we have to make the last four months we spent here work by staying in the semi-finals and finals." After struggling in their leadup games, India have bowled out their opposition in each of their seven World Cup matches, as well as piling on the runs with the bat. "We're playing some
different cricket now," said Rohit. "So what happened (before) we never wanted to carry into the World Cup. We always spoke about this. We know how important the World Cup is and to come out and play some good cricket." Rohit was dropped from India's squad for the 2011 World Cup but has been making up for lost time after being promoted to open the batting. He holds the world record for the highest score in a One Day International (264) and like his team mates, he has found form at just the right time. Last week he was named man of the match after scoring his first World Cup century in the quarter-finals against Bangladesh.
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Agency : New Delhi Ace midfielder Sardar Singh will lead a full strength Indian men's hockey team in the 24th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup to be held in Ipoh, Malaysia from April 5 to 12. TheAzlan Shah Cup despite being an invitational tournament, India have gone for a strong 18member squad with just three changes from the last December's Champions Trophy in Bhubaneswar. Midfielder Danish Mujtaba, striker Lalit Upadhyay and defender Gurjinder Singh are the three players to miss out and in their places midfielder
Chinglensana Singh and forwards Satbir Singh and Mandeep Singh have been drafted into the side. While Sardar will captain the side, goalkeeper PR Sreejesh will continue to be his deputy. Besides two goalkeepers - Sreejesh and Harjot Singh --, the squad will have five defenders in Gurbaj Singh, Rupinder Pal Singh, Birendra Lakra, Kothajit Singh and VR Raghunath. The midfield will be under the leadership of skillful Sardar and he will be assisted by Manpreet Singh, Dharamvir Singh,
Chinglensana and SK Uthappa, while Ramadeep Singh, SV Sunil, Akashdeep Singh, Nikkin Thimmaiah, Satbir and Mandeep will form India's forwardline. The Azlan Shah Cup will also be Dutchman Paul van Ass' first assignment as the new chief coach of the Indian men's hockey team. "The Sultan Azlan Shah Cup will be my first tournament as the coach of this team and I look forward to a positive start by doing well in this tournament," Van Ass said after the selection of the team Wednesday.
Saina & co advance, Sameer stuns world no.9 at India Open Agency : New Delhi Saina Nehwal, K Srikanth and P Kashyap reached the second round while young Sameer Verma created the biggest upset of the day by stunning World No. 9 HansKristian Vittinghus at the USD 275,000 Yonex Sunrise India Super Series badminton tournament here Wednesday. World No. 2 Saina brushed aside young Riya Mukherjee 21-5 21-13 in the women's singles while
World No. 4 Srikanth saw off Thailand's Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk 21-17 21-16 without much ado in the opening round of the men's singles main draw at the Siri Fort Sports Complex. All England finalist Saina will next take on compatriot Ruthvika Shivani Gadde, who beat qualifier Rucha Nikam 21-7 21-6. Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap got into good rhythm after
recovering from a hamstring injury with a tricky 16-21 2119 21-18 win over Chinese Taipei's Hsu Jen Hao. He next meets Chinese qualifier Xue Song, who beat fourth seed Chou Tien Chen of Chinese Taipei.
Agency : Auckland Whatever the South African squad and their supporters did in the hours after their horror-movie defeat in the semi-final, and it may well have included some of the above things, did not blot out the sun. It rose, as Russell Domingo said it would, golden and glaring and forced them to face the next day. The future. It is too soon to tell how many changes it will hold, it is not too early to know there will be some. "Life goes on," AB de Villiers said more than once at his post-match press conference. Those three words are supposed to offer comfort in times of chaos, but the tone with which de Villiers delivered them served as a clue for what may come. De Villiers is 31 and carries a chronic back problem. It does not take a crystal ball to know this was probably his last chance to win a World Cup. At the moment, the
moon probably seems closer to him than 2019 and a more attractive destination. Morne Morkel would say the same. Morkel pragmatically spoke of this as his final 50-over tournament before it started, with the knowledge his body may not be able to get him to another. Others in that age group will have a similar hindrance, now made worse by a broken heart. Hashim Amla, Faf du Plessis, JP Duminy, Farhaan Behardien, Vernon Philander and Imran Tahir are all in that bracket. Some of them may see the next World Cup, but all of them as a group will not. That may explain why they were so distraught on Tuesday night and why Dale Steyn seemed even more severely so. That's what Steyn said mid-tournament, when questions were being asked about whether he was off his best. He wanted to be South Africa's hero, he vowed that
he would be, but circumstances conspired against him. He began the tournament with flu that kept him out of some of the early training sessions and almost ended it with a hamstring tweak in the last over of the semi-final. To see South Africa's most revered quick since Allan Donald floored off his feet like that was eerily reminiscent of how Donald's playing days ended. At a World Cup. Physically injured. Mentally broken. That might mean the core of the South African team may be dismantled as they sort through the scar tissue of this World Cup. What do the likes of de Villiers and Steyn have left to play for in this format? The harsh reality is: nothing. ,Instead, they may see it as their responsibility to usher in the next generation while minimising the excess baggage and there will lie South Africa's biggest challenge.
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Clearances by July, Works for Asaram Bapu’s temporary “Dairy development not for milk, but bail plea rejected for transformation or rural households” Nargol Port to start next year:GoG Gandhinagar submitted that the two Sunvilla News, Gandhinagar
Developer of Nargol Port has been handed over letter of intent and presently the detailed project report(DPR) work is going on. Permissions for coastal railway, environment, forest department, maritime board, construction etc are under progress. Environment clearance process is in its last phase. All these permissions are likely to arrive by July 2015. The works for port will kick off next year. These details were shared by Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama in Gujarat Assembly Wednesday in reply to Kaprada MLA Jitubhai Chaudhary’s question. The Minister added that Rs. 3809 crore
investment is likely for this port while Rs. 493 crore investment is likely for railway road connectivity for proposed port. Proposed port will provide direct employment to 1,000 and indirect employment to 20,000. Minister Chudasama further added that the port will prove convenient for petrochemicals and pharma
Kamla GIDC development in Nadiad stuck in land acquisition issues
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Legal issues related to land acquisition are causing delay in setting up a new industrial estate at Kamla village in Nadiad Taluka. This detail was shared by Minister Saurabh Patel in Gujarat Assembly. He said the decision to set up Gujarat
Industrial Development Corporation(GIDC) estate was taken in year 1978 ad GIDC was started. But while 9-60-71 hectare land has been in use, the other 943-87 hectare land is still with farmers, and government has achieved no success in its acquisition, though the order for acquisition has been issued and even money has been allotted. Minister said Gujarat government is committed to develop this GIDC estate fully, if needed through public partnership.
Now, six-month maternity leave for anganwadi workers
Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
In a major policy announcement, th state government has decided to give 180 days or six months maternity leave to the anganwadi workers in the state. This was announced by minister of state for women and child welfare Vasuben Trivedi. Trivedi was replying to the debate on supplementary demand on women and child welfare in the assembly. The demand was raised by Congress MLA from Viramgam Tejashree Patel. Raising the issue, Patel said that as per the July 9, 2010 orders, anganwadi workers were to be given 180 days of maternity leave, but in Gujarat it was only 135. She called on the first woman chief minister, Anandiben Patel, to give 180 days of maternity leave. Trivedi, while replying said that after consultations, the CM decided to increase
maternity leave to 180 days. Earlier, speaking on supplementary demands, Tejashree Patel took dig at the former chief minister and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, for not being able to take effective action in the climate change department. She further claimed that Modi had penned a book: 'Convenient Action, Gujarat's Response to Challenge of Climate', but despite being suggested ways to curb climate change, the Sabarmati river was still among the top ten polluted rivers. She further claimed that the Gujarat government was directed by the high court to form a policy for cutting of trees, but the government is yet to come out with the policy. She sought to know from the government why it was forced to deny permission for setting up industries in Ankleshwar.
units located in Valsad, union territory and southern Gujarat belt. Industrial units located upto Ahmedabad and Dholera will find this port suitable for import/export. He said Nargol port will be offshore and it will be constructed 18 km deep inside the sea and therefore there’s no question of acquisition of farmers’ land.
A Gandhinagar court today rejected the temporary bail application of Asaram Bapu, the accused in an alleged rape case, who had sought a 30-day release to perform the last rites of his nephew. Additional District Judge R A Ghoghari of Gandhinagar court delivered the verdict. Asaram wanted to be released for a period of 30 days to perform the last rites of his sister’s son Shankar Pagrani (68) who died on March 19. His body has been kept in a cold storage in a city civil hospital. During the hearing of the plea, Public Prosecutor R C Kodekar had opposed his plea and
brothers of the late nephew could perform his last rituals. Kodekar also had contended that Asaram’s release could create a law and order problem. However, Asaram’s lawyer B M Gupta told the court that his client should be released on temporary bail for 30 days since Pagrani had expressed his last wish that his last rituals must be performed by his maternal uncle Asaram because his parents died long ago. The elder sister, in her complaint against Asaram, had accused him of repeated sexual assaults between 2001 and 2006 during the time she was living at his ashram on the outskirts of Ahmedabad.
Rajpath Club election:Counting on March 28, result next week
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Counting of votes for controversial Rajpath Club Board of Directors election will take place on 28th of March. The result will be first sent to the High court on Monday, 30th of March. After court’s clearance, the result will be declared later in the Annual General Meeting. There will be 32 tables for counting. Police protection will be given to counting hall in Rajpath club campus. Deputy Registrar, Assistant Sub Registrars and six lawyers including two senior lawyers representing both panels will conduct and supervise the counting process. They will be paid for this task by two warring panels led by Jagdish Patel and Paresh Dani. Money
will need to be deposited in court on Thursday. Candidates will not be allowed to sit in counting hall. The High Court has already appointed Retired Justice Mehta as observer for this election. 6,483 out of total 10,400 voters cast their votes in Ahmedabad’s Rajpath club on Sunday for the elections of 30 Board of Directors. The election was fought between the two warring groups — Paresh Dani-led United Rajpath Panel and Jagdish Patel-led Member’s Power Panel. Paresh Dani heads the board of Rajpath club at present. He is challenged by Member’s Power panel led by Jagdishbhai. Voting was held today between 9 am and 6 pm. Torrent group’s
Sudhir Mehta, Zydus Cadila’s Pankaj Patel, former head of Medical Council of India Ketan Desai, Sudhir Nanavati, former ministers Jay Narayan Vyas and Narhari Amin were among those who cast their votes. Voting was held in ‘Diamond Hall’. A huge dome had been set up near the hall, where the members were screened. To be able to vote, a member had to show his identity card. Alternately, his thumb impression must match with the club’s records. Alternatively there was also a facility of on-thespot member card issuance after scrutiny. No one with outstanding dues towards the club was allowed to vote.
Correspondent, Anand
Experts and policy-makers from Asia and the Pacific are meeting at Anand, the Milk Capital of India on 23-26, March 2015, to discuss and adopt a strategic framework for sustainable dairy development in Asia that would boost livelihoods of the smallholder dairy farmers. The regional meeting is co-organized by the National Dairy Development Board of India, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Animal Production and Health Commission for Asia and the Pacific (APHCA) & the Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock. More than 60 delegates representing a broad range of stakeholders including
After failing to get Presidential assent for its anti-terror bill thrice, Gujarat government has decided to introduce Gujarat Control of Organised Crime (GUJCOC) Bill in a new form in the Assembly but it will retain some of the controversial provisions. The GUJCOC bill, which is on the lines of the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), was rejected in 2004 and 2008 by the then President AJPAbdul Kalam and Pratibha Patil respectively who had suggested some amendments in the
provisions related to telephone interception and confession made before police officer being considered as evidence in court. After its passage for the third time in the state assembly, the bill is still pending for clearance from the President. The state government has once again prepared a new draft of the bill and rechristened it Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime (GCTOC) Bill-2015. It has been submitted in the Assembly and will be tabled for discussion and approval of the House on March 31. One such contentious provision is the admissibility of evidence collected
through intercepted calls of the accused. This provision empowers the police to intercept calls and admit it as evidence in the court. Justifying the provision, the ‘Statement of Objects and Reasons’ in the bill states that it is necessary in the contemporary day where organised criminal syndicates make extensive use of wire and oral communication. It says that the interception of such communication to obtain evidence is inevitable and an indispensable aid for the law enforcement. The statement provides a detailed justification on the issue by adding that the existing laws are inadequate to curb the menace of organised crimes.
committed service and innovative support to small dairy farmers in India. NDDB believes that dairy development is not about the commodity called milk, but about the social and economic transformation of rural households in India. According to recent OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook, demand for milk and milk products in the region will reach almost 320 million tonnes by the year 2021, which means the region will need to increase milk availability by another 50 million tonnes within this decade.Chairman NDDB feels that considering economic growth, change in dietary habits and urbanisation in the Asia the demand estimate could be re-visited.
Gujarat to attract Rs 6,100 cr in ship-building & repair projects Sunvilla News, Gandhinagar
The Gujarat government expects to attract private investment to the tune of Rs 6129 crore in form of shipbuilding and repair projects in the state, the Gujarat Assembly was informed on Wednesday. The state government has received about 14 applications from different players in the shipbuilding and repair industry, till March 31, 2014, the state government said in a written reply to a question posed by MLA Satish Patel. Four of these applications are under implementation, while the rest are in preliminary stages, the government added. There are already a few players in the ship-building industry in Gujarat. This
Gujarat govt to introduce revised GUJCOC Bill Sunvilla News, Gandhinagar
senior officials from governments, national and international development agencies, private sector agencies, civil society organizations, donors and development partners, and academic and research institutions from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam are participating. While delivering the welcome address, Shri T Nanda Kumar, Chairman, NDDB said that Anand is known all over the world for the immensely successful experiment in sustainable dairy development through small and marginal farmers. The Dairy Board of India has completed 50 years of
include Alcock Ashdown in Bhavnagar, ABG Shipyard Limited at Magdalla, Modest Infrastructure Private Ltd in Bhavnagar, L&T Shipbuiding near Hazira and Pipavav Defence and Offshore Engineering Company Ltd at Pipavav. Nargol port to attract Rs 3,800 cr of investments Apart from the investment in ship-building, the state is expected to attract investments worth Rs 3,800 crore in the phase-I of the Nargol port project which is
being developed in South Gujarat, state minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasma said on Wednesday during the Question House. According to the minister, the port was awaiting about six major clearances including those for Coastal Regulatory Zone. “There was a dire need for a port in South Gujarat…. We expect these clearances to come by July 2015 and the work on the port is expected to begin in April 2016,” the minister said.
Board exams: Cameras bust 620 cheats Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
The Bill will be tabled for discussion and approval of the house on March 31, the last day of ongoing Budget session. It further says, “It is therefore, considered necessary to enact a special law with stringent provisions, including the power to intercept wire, electronic or oral communication.” As per the clause-14 of the bill, evidence collected through ‘interception of wire, electronic or oral communication.
With the examinations for class X and XII general stream and those for semester-4 of class XII science stream concluding, a record number of copying cases — around 620 — have been reported. That's a historic figure in the board's annals. However, board officials are yet to scan through the feeds of each and every school. The process has begun and the officials expect that the number will grow. The officials said that they were surprised by the numbers particularly because copycat-ensnaring flying
squads dispatched to various exam centres had been reduced to just 67 from 400-odd in the past. The officials said that this time a control room was set up to catch copycats; the control room received live feeds from every exam centre. The cameras at least made the invigilators more vigilant. The officials said that around 50 cases of copying were registered after they were pointed out by the control room. Officials said they were encouraged by the fact that around 90 cases of the 620-odd were registered by invigilators.
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