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A HIMALAYAN TRAGEDY
Earthquake hits Nepal: Over 1,500 Dead A powerful 7.9magnitude earthquake epicentred near Kathmandu, Quake Nepal's Worst in 81 Years Heritage Structures
Agency : New Delhi, Apr 25
Angry locals today clashed with police, damaged several of their vehicles and also tried to set one of its booth on fire over alleged police inaction after body of an 11-year-old girl was found in a canal in outer Delhi's KN Katju Marg area in Rohini here.
Class 10th students commits suicide in Ghaziabad Agency : Ghaziabad, Apr 25
A teenage girl committed suicide by setting herself ablaze here after she was pressurised by six persons to withdraw a case of sexual assault against one of them, police said today. The girl, a resident of Vijay Nagar here, poured kerosene and set herself ablaze on Thursday. She was immediately rushed to Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi where she succumbed to her burn injuries yesterday.
Man gets lifer for killing wife, son Agency : Etawah Apr 25
A local court here has sentenced one Rohit Chauhan to life imprisonment for killing his wife and son five years ago. District Judge K K Sharma sent Chauhan to jail yesterday holding him guilty of killing his wife, Soni and son, Harsh in an fake car accident, which he had planned at Sunna Bridge under Pilua police station on November 7, 2010. A fine of Rs 10,000 has also been imposed upon him.
IAF plane brings back 55 stranded Indians Agency : Kathmandu, Apr 25
An Indian Air Force aircraft tonight brought back 55 stranded Indians, including four infants, from the earthquake-hit Nepal. The aircraft C-130J, which had earlier flown National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) members and relief materials from New Delhi to Kathmandu, landed here with 55 Indian evacuees at around 10.45 PM, Defense Ministry spokesperson said.
Agency : Kathmandu A powerful 7.9magnitude earthquake epicentred near Kathmandu ripped through the upper part of the South Asian peninsula on Saturday, rattling the landscape from Myanmar to Punjab, leaving more than 1,000 dead in Nepal alone and flattening cities and towns. As rescue operations, mostly aided by Indian armed forces, mounted in the Himalayan foothills, the toll in India crept towards
100. Nepalese police spokesman Kamal Singh Bam told journalists the quake, with its epicentre about 80km from the resort town of Pokhra and about
200km west of Kathmandu, was the worst earthquake in Nepal since 1934. The quake was shallow, meaning close to the surface of the earth, making it deadlier
than those which convulse the earth deeper down. The temblor began rumbling across the densely populated Kathmandu Valley around noon before spreading toward the Himalayas, Tibet, northern and eastern India, Bangladesh and eastern Pakistan. While two deaths were reported from Bangladesh, agencies said at least six people were killed in Tibet. No casualties were reported from Myanmar or Bhutan. “The Himalayan
Amdavadis narrate how they felt earthquake today Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
At 11.44 am today, 7.7 magnitude( some reports say 7.5) tremor originating in Nepal was felt in various parts of Gujarat, particularly in high rise buildings in
Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat and other parts. The impact felt in Gujarat was not so massive. A company executive girl working on 8th floor of high rise building in Ahmedabad said, “we
felt tremor and immediately rushed to terrace of our building, and later we stepped down and came to ground floor.” She further said, “it was not that our chair was shaking or floor
PM directs immediate dispatch of rescue, relief teams
Agency : New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi today directed immediate dispatch of relief and rescue teams to earthquake-affected areas of the country as well as Nepal and ordered proper arrangements for evacuating stranded tourists from that country. The directives came after he took stock of the situation arising from the massive earthquake at a high-level meeting attended by Ministers Arun Jaitley and Rajnath Singh, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Principal Secretary Nripendra Misra and senior officials of National Disaster Response Force
(NDRF) and Indian Metereological Department (IMD). The Prime Minister was briefed about the extent of damage to life and property received so far from various places in India and Nepal, a PMO statement said. He directed immediate dispatch of relief and rescue teams, including medical teams to Nepal, as well as to affected areas in India, it said. The Prime Minister also asked officials to make proper arrangements for rendering assistance in evacuation of stranded tourists, the statement added. He was informed that the first set of NDRF teams is expected to reach Kathmandu today it-
self. Modi earlier spoke to Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav and Prime Minister Sushil Koirala and assured all help to them in the “tough” situation. He also talked to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. The central government’s Crisis Management Committee, headed by Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth, is holding regular meetings to keep a watch on the situation.
was offering any feel, it was a closed ceiling fan that was seen moving, and we came to conclusion that it was earth quake.” In Satellite area, one gentleman said he found his chair moving and immediately rushed outside the flat where he found other neighbors too who had same feeling. The flat was in pillars. Some people said they felt tremor and aftershock both. Another woman said,”I first thought that my chair was broken, but later realized that it was tremor. We rushed outside the flat without locking it and came to the ground floor. Later we went again to our 8th floor flat to lock it, but felt aftershock. I came to ground floor parking and drove my car outside the parking like a movie ‘fast and furious. One woman said that on 7th floor she found crystal light shaking. Another woman said she first felt that she was having weakness but later realized it was earthquake. Some people also realized about earthquake due to shaking utensils. Most people said that they were familiar with earthquake due to year 2001 experience and therefore they were quick to realize that it was earthquake. There’s no damage to any property or life due to tremor that was felt in parts of Gujarat.
tectonics underneath are really writhing, so many shocks one after another. Aftershocks is a misnomer,'' tweeted Nepalese writer Kanak Mani Dixit. He reported aftershocks till late in the evening. Himalayan Times editorial advisor Joseph Nathan said tremors
were still on at 9pm though they were getting milder. “Fear has gripped Kathmandu and people are all out in the streets and open areas for fear of another round of major tremors. It is dark and chilly, with no power, rather total blackout, no piped gas supply and no
water supply,'' he said.PM Narendra Modi, in remarks made at the Jnanpith awards ceremony, said India's 1.2 billion people shared Nepal's grief and were with them at this hour of need. As the convulsions subsided and the dust cleared, what emerged was a battered Kathmandu.
Prime Miniser Narendra Modi takes Metro to travel in Delhi Agency : New Delhi For the first time, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today travelled by Metro from Dhaula Kuan to Dwarka where he was going for a function. He took the Metro to avoid inconvenience to the public on the route because of the security arrangements, sources said. The Prime Minister was to attend a function of the National Intelligence Academy. When the Prime Minister travels, the road is closed for sometime for his movement. The Prime Minister said he really enjoyed
the Metro ride. “Sreedharan ji would always tell me to experience the Delhi Metro. Today I had the opportunity to do so on the way to Dwarka,” he tweeted. “Really enjoyed the ride. Thanks Delhi Metro.
Thanks Sreedharan ji!,” he said. E Sreedharan is the former chief of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and is popularly known as ‘Metro man’. Modi was accompanied by National Security Advisor Ajit Doval.
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Land, development and democracy The current debate on the land law is important because it affords us a chance to reflect more deeply on the nature of India’s development process and the experience of democracy for a majority of our citizens. I see the 2013 land law as part of a response — highly belated in my view — to the perception of millions of our people that while India’s economy was booming over the last two decades, they were not part of the growth story. Indeed, many people feel that development has happened at their cost. Official estimates place the number of people displaced due to development projects since Independence at 60 million, less than a third of whom have been properly resettled. Most of the displaced are the assetless rural poor, marginal farmers, poor fisherfolk and quarry workers. Around 40 per cent of them are Adivasis and 20 per cent Dalits. Official statistics testify that on all indicators of development, Dalits and Adivasis have been the worst off groups. Already at the bottom of the development pyramid, being deprived of their land and livelihoods has completely pauperised them, forcing many to move and live in subhuman conditions in our metros. The last two decades have also seen unprecedented agrarian distress, with more than two lakh farmers committing suicide, as per the National Crime Records Bureau. This is something that had never happened before in Indian history. It is in this backdrop that we need to understand the heightened sensitivities and palpable anger over forcible land acquisition. Given that 90 per cent of our coal, more than 50 per cent of most minerals, and prospective dam sites are mainly in Adivasi regions, there has been, and is likely to be, continuing tension over issues of land acquisition. Through these tensions, not only has a question mark been placed over our development strategy, the delicate fabric of Indian democracy has become terribly frayed at the edges. In the remote Adivasi heartlands of India, people feel such a deep and abiding sense of hurt, alienation and cynicism that they have allowed themselves to be helplessly drawn into a terrible vortex of violence and counter-violence, even when they know in their heart of hearts that it will lead to their own destruction. The 2013 land law tried to reach out to these people, by undoing a draconian colonial Act more suited to a 19th century empire than to a 21st century vibrant democracy. At the heart of the 2013 law was the provision of seeking the consent of those whose lands were to be acquired and of caring for those whose livelihoods would be destroyed in the process. Undoing these provisions is a virtual resurrection of undiluted powers of “eminent domain”, which the 1894 law conferred on the state. I do not dispute the fact that there can be many situations where land is needed for a development project that could actually benefit those whose lands are being acquired.
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Ishq Ke Parindey Movie Review
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“It is too early to read the messages of Congress in their opposition to some of the issues. However, it was a positive response in the case of land acquisition and net neutrality,” - CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury told a meet-the-press programme
Saif Ali Khan’s daughter Priyanka Chopra loves being Sara wants to join films Kashibai of ‘Bajirao Mastani’ Agency : New Delhi Actress Priyanka Chopra is having a gala time on the sets of Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s magnum opus ‘Bajirao Mastani’. She has been posting updates from the sets as well as off it. Recently, she let out the muchguarded secret that she and Deepika Padukone, who plays Mastani in the movie, will be seen doing a dance jugalbandi and that it will be ‘lavani’ number. Rumour had it that Bhansali was not too pleased with this. The ‘Kashibai’ actress has now posted a beautiful picture on Instagram from the sets of the movie
Agency : New Delhi It seems like another Khan is waiting to make a Bollywood debut soon. At a launch event in Delhi, when the Nawab – Saif Ali Khan – was asked about his daughter, from marriage to actress Amrita Singh, Sara’s Bollywood plans, Saif affirmed that she wants to work in movies, but studies are a priority
for her at the moment. According to a report published in Pinkvilla.com, Saif was quoted as saying, “Yes, she wants to join films, but currently she is at Columbia and doing very well and I want her to focus on her studies. Look at Soha. She has a degree from London School of Economics and she is now into movies. I think the girls
in my family think this (Bollywood) is far more fun. Yes, perhaps it is.” With royal looks and an enviable pedigree, Saif and Amrita’s beautiful young daughter has always been under the Bollywood radar. She was said to have been inundated with movie offers when she featured on the cover of Hello magazine with mother Amrita.
Anil Kapoor gets Dinanath Mangeshkar Award, says he’s ‘newcomer’ Agency : Mumbai Actor Anil Kapoor was conferred the Pandit Dinanath Mangeshkar Award on the occasion of the death anniversary of songstress Lata Mangeshkar’s father. The actor was thrilled to bits to receive the “priceless” honour. “I have received national and few international awards in my career so far, but this award is special, in fact, priceless for me,” the National Award winning actor said here at the ceremony on Friday.
“This is because I don’t think I am a deserving candidate for this award. I am still a newcomer,” he added. This was the 73rd edition of the awards. Apart from Anil, actor Dilip Prabhalkar was also con-
ferred with the honour. Meanwhile, Lata Mangeshkar gave a miss to the event because of her ill health. Last year, the award was given to Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor and musician Zakir Hussain.
After Shah Rukh Khan, Pakistani actress Mahira Khan also starts shooting for ‘Raees’
CAST: Rishi Verma, Priyanka Mehta, Manjul Aazad, Yasir Iftikhar Khan DIRECTION: Shakir Khan GENRE: Romance DURATION: 2 hours
Agency : New Delhi It's a love at first sight for Lucknow boy Faiz (Rishi Verma), an aspiring lawyer who is drawn to Karachi girl Sheen (Priyanka Mehta) for her inner and outer beauty. Sheen too falls for Faiz but their relationship gets strained, when Sheen discovers that Faiz's brother is a criminal. RE-
VIEW: Set in Lucknow, Ishq Ke Parindey is a runof-the-mill love story, which works to a certain extent for its innocence and oldschool romance. In spite of being terribly formulaic and predictable, the film turns out to be a pleasant watch because of its promising lead pair. Newcomers Rishi Verma and Priyanka Mehta fit their roles perfectly and have a bright future ahead. It is their chemistry and earnest performances that lend novelty to an out-anout conventional plot.
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Agency : New Delhi Mahira took to Twitter to share with her fans and followers her experience of shooting the first scene with
SRK. Pakistani actress Mahira Khan, who is making her Bollywood debut with Rahul Dholakia’s ‘Raees’ opposite
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, has started shooting for the movie. Mahira took to Twitter to share with her fans and followers her experience of shooting the first scene with SRK. She tweeted. Mahira explains how she was nervous before shooting the scene, but SRK made her comfortable. Before Mahira, Deepika Padukone and Anushka Sharma have also debuted opposite him in big banner movies. ‘Raees’ had, apparently, gone on floors on April 10 with the preliminary scenes being shot, whereas SRK started filming on April 22. Shah Rukh Khan plays an underworld don in the movie. The movie also features Nawazuddin Siddiqui.
wherein several ‘diya’s can be seen placed at the window decoratively. The whole arrangement gives the look of a sunrise being seen from various smallsized windows. Priyanka captioned this picture:
“Beauty only like #SLB can .. #BajiraoMastani #NocturnalMusings … love being #Kashibai” And true to it, the image is beautiful. ‘Bajirao Mastani’ has Ranveer Singh playing the titular role of Bajirao.
I have never been insecure: Deepika Padukone Agency : Mumbai It has been a slow and steady journey to stardom for Deepika Padukone but the actress says she never felt insecure about her career. The 29-year-old actress, who will be next seen in Shoojit Sircar’s “Piku”, said she has always been concerned about her personal shortcomings rather than professional ones. “I never had any insecurities in the beginning and even now I don’t have any. Or, I can say I have the same insecurities I probably had when I started off and I still have it now. In that sense, nothing has changed,” Deepika. “Everyone has their concerns and insecurities to deal with. That has nothing to do with my career,” said the actress, who gave backto-back hits like “Chennai Express”, “Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani”, “Ram Leela” in the last two years. The “Cocktail” star is enjoying the current phase of Bollywood as she is getting to be a part of cinema which is high on content and performance. “I am in a phase where I am really en-
joying my work. Most importantly, it is one of the exciting times to be in the industry because of the kind of movies are getting made.” Her latest film “Piku” revolves around father-daughter relationship while also exploring the work-family balance that a working
woman in Delhi strikes. “Piku is my pet name in the film. She is a girl who is born in Kolkata and brought up in Delhi. The Bengali essence is very little in her. It could be a family belonging to any other part of the country as well, not necessarily in Kolkata.
Ekta Kapoor introduces nudity clause, Kyra Dutt first to sign Agency : New Delhi Filmmaker Ekta Kapoor is known for doing things her way, and lately she has introduced a clause which did not only stun everyone, but has also heaped up a controversy. She recently introduced a nudity clause for her upcoming film ‘XXX’ which will feature newcomer Kyra Dutt. Kyra is yet to make her Bollywood debut with Calendar Girls. The movie, which has already set off controversies
even before going on floors, is being helmed by director Ken Ghosh. The actors of the erotic drama were made to sign a contract which contains the ‘nudity clause’ so that they do not hesitate or refuse to shoot the explicit scenes, and model Kyra Dutt was the first one to sign it. The film, which is a compilation of five different stories, will feature Kyra in one of the mail roles who binds the other four stories together.
Having started the shooting of the film, Kyra told Times of India, “I’m extremely confident about my body and I know nothing can go wrong with a nude scene when you trust your director completely. Ken is a cinematographer and editor first, and I know I am in safe hands.” Well, this is just the beginning of Kyra’s career, and with a role like this in her hands, we see her confident and sure about what she is doing.
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3 / Dt. 26-04-2015, Sunday ‘Careful’ management of demand vital for Make in India: Raghuram Rajan Agency : Chandigarh
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eserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan said on Friday that for the success of Make in India domestic demand needs to be managed “carefully” and industry should be made competitive, while stating that economic security is a must for national security. ‘Make in India’ initiative could also be an answer to increase opportunities in and around agriculture, he added. Asserting that RBI is a “perfectly autonomous institution”, he also hoped that the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) will soon give a time series for a better understanding of new series of national accounts (with 2011-12 as base year) which revised economic growth upwards. Speaking on a number of issues at a interactive session at Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development, he said the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) would examine the issue of opening bank branches in Pakistan to fa-
cilitate bilateral trade. Referring to the Modi government’s ambitious ‘Make in India’ programme, he said: “We have to make it sure that there is enough demand. Certainly exports are important. World is growing slowly. Year after year it is not picking up. We have to focus on making industry competitive with rest of world and we have to carefully manage our domestic demand.” Sounding a note of caution earlier in December last year, Rajan had said that Make in India should not focus only on manufacturing. “I am…cautioning against picking a particular sector such as manufacturing for encouragement, simply because it has worked well for China. India is different, and developing at a different time, and we should be agnostic about what will work,” he had said.
Trouble again for Narine SPORTS ROUNDUP after umpires report action IPL - 8 : 2015 Agency : New Delhi This is the first incident of a suspect action being reported in this IPL and Kolkata Knight Riders spinner Sunil Narine, yet again, is at the receiving end of it. A report has been filed against him after KKR’s last match against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Narine, however, would be eligible to bowl till he’s reported for a second time during the tournament. Narine had been barred from bowling after he was reported for a suspect action ahead of the Champions League T20 final in
McCullum, bowlers star in big CSK win October last year. The Trinidadian subsequently underwent a test at the ICC accredited Loughborough centre and got himself cleared. But he was put through a re-test at Sri Ramachandra University in Chennai before he was given the go-ahead for this
IPL. Narine’s remodelled action has made him a lesser force as his tally of two wickets in five matches (economy rate 7.35) will attest. He had 21 wickets in 16 at an economy rate of 6.35 last term. The 26year-old faces a serious threat to his career.
Kraigg Brathwaite leads West Indies fightback against England on day 4
Apple Watch available for pre-orders at Rs 36,999
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ross border e-com-
merce player Grabmore.in is taking pre-orders of the Apple Watch from Indian customers. The smartwatch can be pre-ordered at a starting price of Rs 36,999. Grabmore.in usually gets the right price information of Apple products before they are launched in India. So,
we can expect the Apple Watch Sport to be priced around Rs 36,999 for the base model. Buyers can expect the Apple Watch to be delivered to them between May 4 and 15. It will come with regular warranty. Grabmore.in is taking orders for all the variants of Apple Watch. The different versions of the watch is priced between Rs 36,999 and Rs 1,768,700.
6 WhatsApp privacy features we would love to have
Agency : New Delhi
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hatsApp has become
a must-have communication platform for smartphone users. After it got acquired by Facebook, the free chatting app got revamped dramatically, especially on Android. WhatsApp now looks more lively with the all-new material design. There have been new updates likes the blue ticks and WhatsApp calling, but privacy is still a concern for many users.
With WhatsApp becoming mainstream with around 1 billion downloads so far, it is time the developers started looking at making things a bit more private for the user. There might be several contacts from whom you might want text messages only — no videos, no meme cards, no photos — if you understand what we mean. When this feature is turned on, only text messages from select contacts will appear.
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Agency : Grenada Kraigg Brathwaite’s unbeaten 101 anchored a determined West Indies second innings as the home side reached 202 for two at stumps on the fourth day of the second Test against England on Friday. Trailing on first innings by 165 runs after the tourists were dismissed for 464 in the morning session, the home side go into the final day’s play ahead by just 37 runs with eight wickets in hand. First innings centurion Marlon Samuels, who generated considerable media attention for his saluting send-off of all-rounder Ben Stokes
following his dismissal late on the third day, will resume on the last morning on 22 alongside Brathwaite. Known for his stodgy defiance, Brathwaite actually outscored the more flamboyant Darren Bravo for much of their 142-run second-wicket partnership. However he returned to his cocoon of circumspection after the left-hander fell for 69 to a catch at the wicket off fast bowler Stuart Broad in the final session. With Samuels calm and composed at the other end, the 22-year-old Barbadian duly completed his fourth Test hundred in the last nine
matches, forcing seamer James Anderson through the off-side in the penultimate over of the day to reach the milestone off 228 deliveries with 11 fours. “I didn’t get a lot runs in the first few innings of this series so I’m really proud to make a contribution here,” said Brathwaite. “There’s a lot of work still to be done. There’s a full day ahead and we have to start afresh and get as big a lead as possible.” Brathwaite and Samuels have so far put on 57 for the third-wicket following the entertaining stand between the opening batsman and Bravo.
IPL 8: Mumbai Indian beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 20 runs
Agency : Mumbai Pace bowlers Lasith Malinga and Mitchell McClenaghan came up
with stellar bowling display to help Mumbai Indians defend a modest score and beat Sunrisers
Hyderabad by 20 runs in their IPL cricket match in Mumbai on Saturday. Sri Lankan Malinga grabbed his season’s best four for 23, including three wickets in his last over, while New Zealander McClenaghan picked up three for 20 that included top scorer Shikhar Dhawan’s scalp, to restrict the Sunrisers to 137 for eight, chasing a target of 158.
Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu crash out of Badminton Asia Championship Agency : Wuhan Indian challenge ended at the Asia badminton championship with Saina Nehwal and P V Sindhu suffering threegame defeats in the quarterfinals of the continen-
tal championship on Friday. World No. 1 Saina could not get across fifth seed Tzu Ying Tai of Chinese Taipei, going down 21-16 13-21 18-21 in a 55-minute women’s singles match. Eighth seed
Sindhu, who is playing her first tournament after missing action last month, too ran out of steam against top seed Li Xuerui of China, losing 2111 19-21 8-21 in a match that lasted 52 minutes.
Agency : Chennai The showers that were forecast didn't happen, but it did rain runs at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Saturday . Chennai Super Kings (CSK) posted 1923 after choosing to bat first against Kings XI Punjab in their IPL-8 clash with all the top-order batsmen firing. From then on their bowlers took over as CSK cantered to their 5th win of the season, making it a forgettable night for the Kings XI who only managed 95-9 from their quota of 20 overs. Chasing a stiff target of 193, the visitors' innings never really got going as the CSK bowlers kept pegging them back with regular wickets that gave a whopping 97run win. Old warhorse Ashish Nehra (2-16) yet
again stood out with his ability to keep the batters quiet all through. Dhoni shuffled his resources well, never allowing the Punjab batsmen to get used to the pace of any particular bowler. Backed by some splendid fielding, CSK made life double difficult for Punjab. Suresh Raina, who took a sharp chance diving to his left at leg-slip to dismiss David Miller (3) off R Jadeja (3-22), was a case in point. M Vijay (34, 4x4, 1x6), who donned the CSK jersey from 2009 to 2013, did play his part before being caught by D Bravo (012) at mid-wicket off R Ashwin (2-14) in the 10th over of the chase. That pretty much killed Kings XI's limited chances in the contest.
Earlier in the evening, the yellow brigade, which went in with an unchanged side, saw their opening pair---Dwayne Smith and Brendon McCullum go on the offensive from the very first ball. The duo raised the first 50 in just 4.3 overs before Anureet Singh (1-40) dismis sed Smith (26, 3x4, 2x6) with a ball that hit the leg-stump after hitting the batsmen's front thigh and elbow. That brought Suresh Raina to the crease. He led a charmed life. Firstly, the umpire failed to spot a nick to wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha in the 8th over bowled by Sandeep Sharma. That was followed by a drop by Mitchell Johnson (0-40) at the midwicket in the 11th over of the innings bowled by Axar Patel (1-35).
BCCI Members To Press For Independent Evaluator; Sourav Tipped To Be Indian Team Director Agency : Kolkata The Working Committee meeting of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) slated to be held here on Sunday promises to be a stormy one as the new regime locks horns with former president N Srinivasan's group over the gross undervaluation of IPL franchise Chennai Super Kings. Members of the Working Committee, BCCI's most powerful decision-making arm, are likely to reject the previous regime's approval of India Cements Limited's proposal to transfer the control of CSK to a trust for just Rs 5 lakh in a bid to delink Srinivasan from the franchise to comply with a Supreme Court order. The details of the de-merger of CSK from India Cements were presented at the IPL governing council's meeting last week where senior Board members strongly objected to the devaluation of the brand. Considering the fact that CSK owners pay an annual franchise fee of Rs 40 crore to the BCCI, senior Board members are aghast at the low valuation
of the Chennai-based franchise. The BCCI is entitled to five percent of the sale price for the proposed transfer of CSK shares. The devaluation means the BCCI will be entitled to just Rs 25,000.This is clearly not acceptable to a majority of Board members, who are likely to push for the appointment of an independent evaluator to assess the actual worth of CSK at current market rate. “It is a clear attempt to deny the BCCI its legitimate share of the proceeds from the sale by CSK owners. We will demand strict action against
the franchise owners,“ said a member of the Working Committee, who didn't rule out the possibility of the BCCI initiating legal action if the matter is not resolved. A few committee members are so cut up with Srinivasan's role in the CSK issue that they may demand that the BCCI recall him from the ICC and nominate someone else as the chairman of the world's governing body . A former BCCI office-bearer said that he would push for sanctions against the earlier regime which had pushed through CSK's proposal.
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Free calls, free seat for doctors, free dispatch of relief material from India to Nepal Ahmedabad SpiceJet has announced that rescheduling or cancellation of tickets for flights to Kathmandu in next 7 days will be without any free and suitable for full refund. SpiceJet also announced that acredited relief organizations should email earthquakerelief@spicejet.com to transport emergency relief supplies, doctors at no charge. Airtel has made announcement that post-midnight today it will allow free calls to Nepal originating from India for 48 hours. Jet
Airways has also removed cancellation charges for flights to Kathmandu. It has also announced to carry relief material for the next week free of charge. All calls made from BSNL network from all over India to Nepal will
Gujarat govt starts helpline for Gujaratis stranded in Nepal Sunvilla News, Gandhinagar
It’s vacation time and Gujarati tourists can be found at all possible tourist places not just across India but across the world. It is estimated that there could be over 100 Gujarati tourists in Nepal at this time, the country that has witnessed major earthquake measuring 7.5 on richter scale today morning. Gujarat government today announced control room number for tourists from Gujarat stranded in Nepal and their kin. The number based in Gandhinagar are; 07923251900/902/907/908/ 914/918. Through this number, the state government will be able to get information about presence of Gujaratis in Nepal, their possible location and contact details. Chief Secretary of Gujarat speaking to me-
be charged as local calls for next 3 days. Air India has made similar announcements at par with other airlines. It has also announced two additional flights to be operated on Sunday.
Gandhinagar Around 550 tourists from Gujarat are stranded in Nepal which was hit by a massive earthquake today, but most of them are safe, the state officials said. The Gujarat government has set up a special control room in Gandhinagar with helpline numbers 079-2325-1900, 2325-1902 and 23251908. “We have compiled the information that we have received …around 550 tourists from Gujarat are
stranded in Nepal,” state relief commissioner D N Pandey said. “Most of them are safe,” he added. Chief Minister Anandiben Patel, meanwhile, said, “I express my grief over the loss of life due to the earthquake.We stand with Nepal in this hour of crisis. The state officials have been instructed to keep the disaster management mechanism on alert. I appeal to people not to panic and follow safety guidelines issued by the government.”
Pandey also said that people should avoid visiting the quake-affected areas for some days. Health Minister Nitin Patel said many Gujaratis visit Nepal during vacations. “The state, alongwith the Centre, would do everything to bring the stranded tourists back,” he added. A strong earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale shook Nepal this morning, leaving a trail of destruction in the Himalayan nation.
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dia today advised the people of Gujarat to not to visit Nepal for now. Speaking to a Gujarati news channel, one Gujarati tourist from Nepal said that they were told by Nepal administration to stay at safe place as aftershocks could continue. As Nepal airport has been shut down following earthquake, this Gujarati tourist said he was trying to reach India by road. Gujarat Chief Minister in her twitter message said, “Massive earthquake in Nepal is saddening. Having witnessed the destruction an earthquake can cause, I hope & pray for minimum loss of lives!”
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ing that Zala had been asked to vacate the official house in a month. The victims in the case had also filed a compliant against Zala at the Women's Police Station. Zala was arrested, but was later released on bail. The university had appointed a fact-finding committee which
It's not just travelers who undergo the trauma of being stuck up near Sardar Bridge at Bharuch. But the blockage has become a major issue for the industries from across the state. The national highway 8 is the only road link to commercial hub of Mumbai, which has one of the biggest and busiest port at JNPT and Nhava Sheva container terminal. The pharmaceutical, chemical, agriculture and agro processing as well as agro chemicals industries regularly bear the brunt of this problem. "Around 90 per cent of the domestic goods, including raw material, for pharma, chemical and agro chemicals comes through this route. It is hampering the day to day operations of many industrial units," said
held Zala guilty and recommended that he be dismissed. After the committee submitted its report, charges against Zala were framed and the process to dismiss him was initiated. A committee headed by a retired judge was also formed to look into the matter but Zala did not appear before this committee as well. Even the GU syndicate had said that Zala be dismissed. Meanwhile, the university is yet to take any action against professor Pradip Prajapati who has been accused of harassment by three girl students.
VAT evasion of 26cr by four builders detected Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
The state commercial tax department on Friday detected value- added tax (VAT) evasion of Rs 26 crore on 'work contracts' by four builders in Surat and Rajkot. More than 25 premises were raided by commercial tax department officials in the two cities. In the last fortnight, the officials have detected Rs 49.5 crore
Baba Ramdev safe in Kathmandu, his ‘pandal’ collapses Agency : New Delhi Yoga guru Ramdev, who is in Kathmandu for a yoga camp, is safe, his spokesman said on Saturday after a massive earthquake shook Nepal and parts of India on Saturday morning, causing widespread devastation. Ramdev had gone there to conduct a five-day session being organized by Patanjali, Nepal chapter. “Our sessions were from 5am to 7.30am. He then went to a different camp and at the time of the earthquake he
was coming out from that session,” Ramdev’s spokesman SK Tijarawala. “Also after a few minutes he came out of the ‘pandal’, it collapsed. And when he moved further away, he saw a multistorey building collapse in front of his eyes,” he added.
Snarls at NH-8 costing Boy’s diksha in Ahmedabad called off after father protest industries Rs 10 cr daily
Sarman Zala dismissed from Gujarat University Gujarat University has finally dismissed professor Sarman Zala from service. Zala, a professor in the political science department, had been accused of writing lewd letters to three women faculty members in the school of social sciences of the university. Zala, who was served the dismissal notice on Friday, has been asked to vacate the official quarter in a month. He will also not get any benefits. The decision to dismiss Zala was taken after a legal opinion sought by the university went in that direction. GU had asked Zala to clarify his stance on two occasions but Zala chose to stay away from the inquiry committee and kept asking for time and documents.Vice-chancellor M N Patel said they decided to dismiss Zala only after seeking legal opinion. "We gave him ample opportunities and documents which he sought to present his case, but he did not turn up. We have also informed him that he would not be getting any benefits," the VC said, add-
Around 550 Gujarati tourists stranded in Nepal; most are safe
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of VAT evasion by 44 builders in Ahmedabad, Bhavnagar, Surat and Rajkot. The officials detected evasion of Rs 20 crore by Rameshwaram and Hindva builders in Surat and Rs 6 crore by Skyz and Creative builders in Rajkot. The officials also began attachment of the properties and bank accounts of the builders in VAT evasion case.
Jaimin Vasa, president of Gujarat Chemical Association. "Industries in Gujarat are losing around Rs 10 crore daily as trucks are stuck here. Delay in delivery of finished goods affect the payments," said Arvind Gajera, secretary, Federation of Industries and Association, Gujarat. The transport industry itself is at the receiving end. "Around 5-4 hours of traffic jam at Bharuch has become routine. Diesel worth Rs 10 lakh goes up in smoke daily," said Mukesh Dave, honorary secretary, Akhil Gujarat Truck Transport Association (AGTTA). As many as
10,000-12,000 commercial vehicle ply this route, which is mainly used for ferrying goods from South to North India and vice versa. "The frequent delays due to traffic jam has resulted into a decline of 25 per cent in turnaround efficiency of transporters, which means a huge financial loss to us," Dave added. Rakesh Shah, president, Gujarat Chambers of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), the apex industry body in the state has received several complaints from various associations about the frequent jams that have been hurting the business in the state.
Cops lob teargas shells to disperse mob in Amdupura Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
Shaherkotda police lobbed 10 teargas shells to disperse crowd after mobs targeted supporters of a religious place in Amdupura over construction of a road. While S M Chaudhari, inspector of Shaherkotda police station, was unavailable for comment, DCP Zone III B R Pandor feigned ignorance about the incident. Five policemen were injured in the incident. Sources said that an altercation ensued
when talks between two groups over construction of a road and boundary wall at a religious place ended in deadlock on Friday. There were heated arguments after which fisticuff took place. As police tried to intervene in the matter, the angry mobs pelted stones at police personnel and vehicles. To disperse the crowd, police used teargas shells. Sources said that police presence is increased in the area to maintain peace during night.
There was high drama on Friday during the grand procession taken out a day ahead of the diksha (initiation) ceremony planned for 27 postulants, including three children, keen to enter the Jain monastic order. The initiation of an 18-yearold boy, Samkit, from Sabarmati had to be called off after his father publicly protested against his son becoming a monk. According to the father, his son's horoscope stated his diksha could take place for another one-and-a-half years.When the procession reached Sardar Patel Stadium in Navrangpura, Samkit's father, Vastupal Shah, a businessman, said that Jain Acharya Hitruchiji Vijayji Maharaj was "forcing" his son to become an ascetic. On
the other hand, Vastupal's wife, Margi, was in favour of their son taking diksha and following in the footsteps of his sister who had taken initiation from Hitruchiji Maharaj two years ago and is now a Jain nun. A verbal duel broke out between Vastupal and Margi who was allegedly seen yelling and even exchanging blows with her husband. Samkit's diksha's ceremony was called off and the youth was allowed to go home in the evening. After Samkit's departure, 11-year-old Yash Morakhia from Surat will be the youngest in the group to take initiation for 'sanyasa' (monkhood). Two other children, aged 12 and 16, from Ahmedabad and Deesa will also renounce the world and take to monastic life. Hitruchiji Maharaj, who was
a diamond merchant in Ahmedabad before taking to monastic life, clarified that they had not put any pressure on Vastupal's son. "Samkit had himself agreed to take diskha. If one of his parents is not willing to give him permission for diksha, we won't go ahead with his ceremony. According to Jain monastic norms, diksha mahurat is fixed only when both the parents agree, of their own volition, to allow their child's diksha," said he said. He further said that 16 children, apart from the other postulants, were also to be initiated but their diksha mahurat will not be cast as their parents too had not given their permission. Vastupal, however, insisted that Samkit's renunciation had been fixed despite his opposition.
Police to conduct voice spectrograph on Goswami Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
An SUV turned turtle on the road divider on SG Road on Friday morning. Vastrapur police said that as none of the two girls travelling in the car was injured, they did not register any complaint in the case.
According to police, Kiran Udarnani, 20, a resident of Akashdeep Bungalows in Bodakdev, was driving the SUV to drop her friend Anmol Devnani, 20, at her college on SG Road. When they were passing near Rajpath Club at 11am, the
SUV's steering got locked. Kiran tried to steer away to avoid any collision but the car turned turtle and fell on the divider. "The girls came out unscathed soon after the incident. They were given medical aid,'' said a Vastrapur police official.
1971 PoW's daughter blames govt for inaction Tunda used to sell skullSunvilla News, Ahmedabad
The daughter of Major A K Ghosh, who is believed to be a prisoner of 1971 IndoPak war, has complained that the Indian government never responded to her requests to know the status of his father in Pakistani jails. Addressing media persons here on Friday, Nilanjana Ghosh said: "I have gone from pillar to post to know the status of my father, but never got any response from any of the governments of India. Departments, including home and external affairs, had just passed the buck saying this issue did not come into their jurisdiction." She further said, "I had very high hopes from the new Narendra Modi government, so I wrote to the Prime Minister and external
affairs minister Sushma Swaraj immediately after the formation of their government, but there was no response from them." Ghosh said that she had also requested the Pakistan government, particularly to former president Pervez Musharraf, saying that he was a soldier and could feel the agony of a family of a jailed soldier. "He replied me back quoting my words that 'I am a soldier and I know the agony of a soldier's family, but there is no person like Major Ghosh in our jail'," she said, adding that Pakistan government had at least responded to her query. Nilanjana was eight months old when her father took part in the Fazilka battle in December 1971. He never returned. Her mother got a
telegram saying Major Ghosh was missing in action, presumed dead. But two weeks later, a report in Time magazine, US, revealed that there were about 54 prisoners of war in Pakistan jails, with a photograph of Major Ghosh showing him behind the bars. Advocate K M Paul of Gujarat high court said that a PIL was filed in 1999 and in 2011, the HC ordered the Centre to pay compensation to families of all PoWs. The HC also ordered the Centre to take up the issue with the United Nations. While the government agreed to pay compensation, it challenged the order for raising the subject before the Supreme Court. The government has paid compensation to nearly 30 families till date.
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Suspected Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Abdul Karim Tunda, 73, who was on Thursday discharged by a trial court in connection with two separate blast cases that took place in Delhi in 1997, spent many years of his life in the Behrampura area of Ahmedabad. Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) sources said Abdul Karim, who gained the name of Tunda after losing his hand while allegedly preparing a bomb in Mumbai way back in 1985, came to Ahmedabad as a young man from Pilkhuwa of Uttar Pradesh. "Tunda married in Ahmedabad and stayed in a rented house in Behrampura. He used to initially work as a carpenter
and also sell skullcaps outside a local mosque," said a senior ATS official. The official said Tunda also used to teach holy books in the mosque to small children. "However, soon he came into contact with radical elements, and in 1989 left Ahmedabad, leaving his wife and children behind," added the official. Cops alleged that Tunda was given training of bomb making in Pakistan and then sent back to India for Jihad. "His name first surfaced after 1993 Mumbai serial blasts," said the official. Tunda, who had an alleged role in about 40 bombing carried out in different parts of the country, then managed to slip back into Pakistan.
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