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News Brief Life sentence for man for murdering paramour Agency | Erode, Jun 25
A local court today sentenced a person to life imprisonment for murdering his paramour in 2013. The prosecution case was that 26-yearold Meganathan, a married man with two children, was having illicit relationship with a 36-year-old married woman in the same locality. According to the prosecution, after he came to know that she was having an affair with another man, an infuriated Meganathan decided to murder her and on November 26, 2013, he took the woman to an isolated spot, strangled and stabbed her to death and threw the body into a canal.
Rupee ends 2 paise down at 63.62 against USD Agency | Mumbai, Jun 25
The rupee ended marginally lower by two paise at 63.62 against the US dollar on monthend demand for the American currency from importers. However, strong recovery in the equity market restricted the rupee’s fall, forex dealers said. The rupee resumed at yesterday’s closing level of 63.60 at the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) and hovered in a restricted range of 63.55 and 63.63 before finishing at 63.62, showing a loss of just two paise, or 0.03 per cent, from its last close.
Gujarat rains
Deep depression crosses over Gujarat to Madhya Pradesh
Heavy rains kill 70 in Gujarat State govt announces Rs 4 lakh compensation : CM undertook aerial survey of rain affected areas on Thursday Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Death toll due to heavy rainfall in Gujarat today rose to 38, including 27 in worst-hit Amreli district, following which Chief Minister Anandiben Patel conducted an aerial survey of the affected areas. According to the state government, 70 people are confirmed dead, five persons are missing and around 23 houses are damaged. Till now, three NDRF teams have been pressed into service. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Anandiben Patel announced cash assistance of Rs 4 lakh each to the injured & family members of those who succumbed to the nature’s fury. “Death toll due to heavy rains has risen to 38. The deaths were reported from Amreli (27), Rajkot (4), Bhavnagar (3), Surat
(2) and one each from Bharuch and Valsad districts,” State Relief Commissioner DN Pandey said. On the issue of providing compensation to the affected people, he said financial aid will be given as per norms. “Financial aid or help is being given to people in affected areas like whose houses have been damaged, or in the cases of casualties or other injuries. Aid will be given as per norms of NDRF (National Disaster Relief Fund),” he said. “Chief Minister Anandiben Patel has been conducting aerial survey and final decision on providing further help or financial aid will be taken after a meeting with her,” Pandey said. He said the situation has improved. However, there are some areas which have been facing the problem of power failure and the state government has giv-
20 killed, 15 hurt in bus-container collision
The accident took place on Dhule-Chalisgaon road near the Chinchgavhan crossing when the state transport bus collided headon with the container truck, informed a Jalgaon police official Agency | Nashik At least 20 persons were killed and 15 others injured, some of them seriously, when a packed state transport bus collided with a container truck in adjoining Jalgaon district on Thursday, police said. The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) bus
it crashed into the container coming from the opposite direction, said the Special I G Control Room based in Nashik. At least 20 persons, inwas on its way to Surat cluding the container from Chalisgaon when driver, were killed and 15 others injured in the accident that took place at around 2.30 PM on Dhule-Chalisgaon Highway, about 140 km from Nashik in North Maharashtra, it said. The injured, some in serious condition, were admitted to hospitals in Dhule and Chalisgaon, the Control Room said.
en directions to the energy department to rectify it, he said. Gujarat’s Amreli district is the worst affected as 36 people died in the flood fury on Wednesday. Yesterday’s depression over Gujarat region has moved northeastwards and weakened into a low pressure area over northwest Madhya Pradesh and adjoining south Uttar Pradesh as of today morning. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has said that that isolated heavy rain fall is forecast for next 24 hours at many places in Gujarat, Konkan, Goa, Saurashtra and Kutch regions. At present, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and Air Force teams are engaged in rescue and re-
vere waterlogging in many parts of the city, prompting the district collector to issue a directive to all primary, secondary and higher secondary schools in the city and rural areas to remain closed on Thursday. The state government, however, has not declared a flood. State health minister and spokesperson of government of Gujarat government Nitin Patel said, “Floods have not been declared as the rains have stopped and the water is already receding.” Jayanta Sarkar, director at State Meteorological Department informed that the deep depression over Arabian Sea has crossed Guja-
rat and has moved towards South Western Madhya Pradesh. “In between June 1 and June 25, Gujarat has received 21 per cent of the season’s rains. As for tomorrow, the forecast is light to moderate rains,” Sarkar said. Meanwhile, heavy rains have got the farmers in the state worried. The rains have caused huge damage to ongoing sowing, especially for groundnut and cotton. According to state agriculture department official, water logging in many areas like Gondal, Dhari, Bagasara, Amareli Una and Rajkot of Saurashtra may damage groundnut and cotton crops seeds.
tioning individual projects, thereby ending the scope for subjectivity and discretion. Based on the learnings of implementation of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) that ended up in “sub-optimal physical and financial performance”, Urban Development and Housing for Urban Poverty Alleviation ministries have sought to ensure timely sanction and execution and certainty of resources for various projects and participation of citizens in identifying
development needs under the new urban schemes. The major new provisions incorporated in the guidelines and common to all the three urban missions include objective criteria for selection of cities and allocation of funds. Smart City project aims development 100 Smart Cities while 500 cities are being identified under AMRUT. Housing for All renamed as Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana envisages construction of 2 crore affordable houses for poor in urban areas.
States to have greater say Relief works to be completed in in three flagship schemes 4-5 days: Gujarat Chief Minister Agency | New Delhi
1 killed in road mishap in Ludhiana Agency | Patna, Jun 24
One person was killed and two others were injured when a bus rammed into an auto-rickshaw at Samrala Chowk here today, police said. The accident took place when the bus driver lost control over the vehicle because of a brake failure and then rammed into an auto coming from the opposite direction, they said. One occupant of the auto identified as Harban Singh died on the spot.The injured persons were rushed to local hospital for treatment, police said.
lief operations across the affected districts. Patel has directed the concerned authorities to deploy more manpower in Amreli. The state government, however, has so far not declared any special package for Amreli or Saurashtra region which is facing flood like situation, according to Suthar. On Wednesday, the state witnessed one of the most furious onset of monsoons, leaving thousands of people across districts stranded after the heavy rains triggered flash floods in rivers in Amreli, Rajkot, Gir-Somnath and Rajkot regions. Ahmedabad received around 8 inch rainfall leading to se-
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Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel today conducted aerial revie of the affected areas in flood-affected Saurashtra region of Gujarat particularly Gonda, Vadia, Bagasara, Dhari and Amreli. After aerial review, she held a meeting with ministers, senior officers and local administration to monitor relief and reha-
bilitation work in affected districts. She instructed official to airdrop clean drinking water and ensure that health teams from district headquarters reachout to every affected village. She said several animal husbandry teams have been sent to carry out cattle-survey and asses livestock loss caused due to heavy rains. She said process to assess damage to the
crops is underway and state government will extend all the ncessary assistance to the affected farmers. Teams from Rajkot and Bhavnagar will expedite work to clean affected villages and towns to avoid outbreak of diseases. Gujarat government has decided to extend cash doles for next 10 days at a single instance to the people in affected areas. I have di-
rected officials to expedite process of extending ex gratia amount to the injured and families of thsoe who succumbed to nature’s fury. In this hour of need, I guided officials to carry out relief work with empathy, speed and sensitivity. Team Gujarat will complete the relief work in coming 4-5 days to bring back life to normalcy in the affected areas, she said.
States and Union Territories will have a greater say in implementation of the three flagship schemes for urban development launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, as per the guidelines issued. Operational guidelines for implementation of Smart Cities, Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) and Housing for All by 2022 in urban areas were released at the launch of these three mega projects. According to the guidelines, the states and Union Territories will have full liberty and flexibility in formulation, approval and execution of projects under the three missions. The Centre has virtually withdrawn from the earlier practice of appraising and sanc-
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IIM bill: Degree of unfreedom
The prime minister needs to explain to the ministry of human resource development (HRD) the meaning of his “moola mantra” and election promise “minimum government, maximum governance”. The proposed new IIM bill from the HRD ministry does the opposite. It claws back a lot of existing autonomy of these institutions and reduces IIM boards to the rubber-stamping handmaidens of the ministry. This new move to take greater government control comes despite the lack of evidence of the need to do so, given the consistently high level of academic, social and financial contributions of at least the larger ones. The older, more established IIMs are poster children for the prime minister’s “Make in India” vision — that India can turn out world-class products that are valued everywhere. Their alumni and alumna have made their mark in the highest echelons of all aspects of society both in India and around the world — business, government, social enterprises, newage entrepreneurship and Parliament. CK Prahalad, renowned management guru, Raghuram Rajan, former IMF chief economist and now RBI governor, Ajay Banga, chairman, USIBC, and Mastercard CEO, are just the tip of the iceberg. It’s not all about business either, IIM graduates include senior bureaucrats, a member of Parliament, founders of social enterprises, successful new-age entrepreneurs and economic ambassadors like KV Kamath, who represents us now in the newest multilateral venture of the world. It’s also not just the alumni but also the alumna — think of Shikha Sharma, MD of Axis Bank, Roopa Kudva, till recently MD of CRISIL, Indra Nooyi and many more. The IIMs (and I speak from my knowledge of IIM-Ahmedabad) have implemented OBC reservations speedily, pushing faculty and facilities to deal with an almost overnight doubling of student intake, and are need-blind in admissions. The faculty serve on several government committees to provide groundwork for policymaking, run special programmes for nationally important segments like the armed forces, are engaged in incubating and encouraging grassroots innovation, entrepreneurship and more. Also, a little-known fact is that the larger IIMs are financially self-sufficient and committed to raising their own funds to take them to the next level of excellence. They have been oases of admissions integrity. Till now, no MP’s son or business baron’s daughter has ousted a more deserving candidate from a humble background. Surely that stands for something, in our prime minister’s vision of a meritocratic India where humble origins are not a deal-stopper in life. To highlight some aspects of the bill, it has baffling phrases like, “regulations made by the board with the approval of the Central government”. So what is the role of the board? There is also the use of the catch-all “any other matters”, which is a blanket statement of open and future power given to the Centre. On a chairperson’s appointment, it says (s)he will be appointed by the Central government “in such manner as may be prescribed”, leaving this critical appointment wide open to misuse or whimsy.
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Script, not dance behind ‘ABCD 2’ success: Remo D’Souza
Agency | Mumbai “ABCD 2”, starring Varun Dhawan and Shraddha Kapoor, has ‘danced’ away to Rs.50 crore-plus in the first five days of its release and its director, Remo D’Souza, credits the film’s script and not the awe-inspiring choreography for the success. An out-and-out dance-based film, “ABCD 2”, which released June 19, has been noticed by
film buffs as well as critics for its well-shot and beautifully choreographe dance sequences. But Remo doesn’t agree with this theory. “’ABCD - AnyBody Can Dance’ and ‘ABCD 2’ has succeeded not merely because of dance, but mainly because of its good script. Viewers have loved the story and that’s why my movies have done well at the box office.
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QUOTE “Electronic media should not run false news based on rumours. Such news are baseless and rumour-oriented, and before running such news, a confirmation OF THE and investigation should be required,” - The Chief Minister’s Press Advisor said a few electronic news channels were showing reports beyond the truth. DAY Baahubali, a 250 Cr Film, is Being Compared to Hollywood Blockbuster 300
An epic battle movie, likened to American blockbuster 300, is set to become India’s most expensive film ever, but it’s not Bollywood that will smash the record. The two-part Baahubali, costing still a fraction of the budget of Hollywood blockbusters, is being made in the Telugu and Tamil languages for the ‘Tollywood’ and ‘Kollywood’ markets. Its release shines a welcome spotlight on southern India’s film industries, which are often overshadowed by the glitz and glamour of the internationallybankable Hindi-language Bollywood films. Director
SS Rajamouli said the movie, which eager cinema-goers are also comparing to Hercules, will break the previous big-budget Indian film by a whopping $17 million. “There are still over a hundred days of shooting left, followed by post-production for the second part. The budget will definitely be over 250 crore rupees ($40 million) for both parts,” Mr Rajamouli. Baahubali, literally meaning The One With Strong Arms in English, is laden with special effects and tells the fictional story of two warring brothers battling for control of an ancient Indian kingdom. The opening
Alia Bhatt off for family vacation to Hyderabad Agency | Mumbai
Actress Alia Bhatt has left for a family vacation after a gap of 15 years. The 22-year-old actress, who injured her shoulder recently, is visiting the grand Falaknuma Palace, Hyderabad with her father, mother and sister. “Hyderabad bound!! Family holiday after 15 years at the Falaknuma Palace!!! @MaheshNBhatt @shaheenb @Soni_Razdan injured solider on her way!!,” Alia posted on Twitter. The actress was shooting for “Kapoor & Sons” before she injured her right shoulder. “Kapoor & Sons” will reunite Alia with her “Student of the Year” co-stars Sidharth Malhotra and Rishi Kapoor. The film, directed by Shakun Batra, also stars Pakistani heartthrob Fawad Khan in a pivotal role.
part of the ambitious spectacle, Baahubali The Beginning, is due for release on July 10, with the final instalment scheduled to hit screens next year. Indian cinema produces films in 39 languages and dialects. Last year, 216 Hindi or Bollywood movies were released, fewer than the 287 in Tamil and 255 Telugu-language films. Bollywood is India’s biggest-grossing movie industry, accounting for $565 million in box office revenues in 2013 according to Deloitte. But Tollywood and Kollywood were not far behind, raising a total of $468 million, and despite their relative anonymity abroad have form when
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it comes to releasing bigbudget blockbusters. Baahubali will overtake the 2010 Tamil movie Enthiran (Robot), which cost an estimated Rs 1.5 billion ($23 million) to make, as Indian cinema’s most costly film so far. Movie critics and fans, who have watched a short teaser released last month, say its vast battle scenes draw comparisons with 2006 hit movie 300, which starred Gerard Butler. “It’s the simple story of a father who has been backstabbed, a mother who has been enchained for no wrong of hers and the story of a son who takes revenge. The two parts span two generations,” explained Mr Rajamouli.
Unlike moving out in the hot and humid weather for shopping and inviting unwanted attention from her fans, actress-enterprenuer Shilpa Shetty likes to buy products online as she says e-commerce is ‘unparalleled’ and gives her a convenient and reliable shopping experience. “I shop everything from house stuffs, shoes, cushions, even I have bought Diwali diya’s online,” Shilpa. “Who has the time to go and buy these products outside. How can I go and buy? Firstly, I hate shopping in India because of this ‘selfie’ culture as it kills my shopping experience. People forget that we are also human being. To make matters worse I’m a shopaholic. So, now things have become far more professional and today you can get products even on Sunday. The online shopping experience is mind blowing,” she added. The 40-year-old, who was here on Wednesday along with her husband Raj Kundra to announce their home shopping
channel Best Deal TV’s tie up with e-commerce portal Amazon.in, said she hates going out in India as it kills her shopping experience.
Ritesh Sidhwani, Farhan Akhtar and Gauri Khan under the banners of Excel Entertainment and Red Chillies Entertainment. Set in Gujarat, ‘Raees’ revolves around
a bootlegger whose business plans are foiled by the police. On the other hand, Salman Khan’s upcoming film ‘Sultan’ with Aditya Chopra is making waves before even going
on floors. The on-and-off foes-turned-friends, Salman and Shah Rukh are sure to make an exciting festive season for fans next Eid. We can hardly wait!
“IT’S THE SIMPLE STORY OF A FATHER WHO HAS BEEN BACK-STABBED, A MOTHER WHO HAS BEEN ENCHAINED FOR NO WRONG OF HERS AND THE STORY OF A SON WHO TAKES REVENGE. THE TWO PARTS SPAN TWO GENERATIONS,” EXPLAINED DIRECTOR SS RAJAMOULI Agency | Mumbai
Shilpa Shetty hates shopping in India because of the ‘selfie’ culture
Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Raees’ to battle it out with Salman Khan’s ‘Sultan’ on Eid 2016 Agency | Mumbai
Salman Khan, who usually has his films released on Eid, will continue the trend this year with much-anticipated ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ and next year with ‘Sultan’ under Yash Raj Films banner. But, looks like Salman Khan will have some competition at the box office next Eid from none other than frenemy Shah Rukh Khan whose film, ‘Raees’ is confirmed to release on Eid 2016. Due to much speculation about the film’s release date, producer Ritesh Sidhwani took to Twitter to clarify the same. The ‘Dil Dhadakne Do’ producer confirmed that ‘Raees’ would release as per schedule – Eid 2016. Directed by Rahul Dholakia, ‘Raees’ stars King Khan opposite Pakistani newcomer Mahira Khan along with Farhan Akhtar and Nawazuddin Siddiqui. The action-thriller is being produced by
3 / Dt. 26-06-2015, Friday Private provident fund trusts can now invest 15% of incremental deposits in stocks Agency | New Delhi The private provident fund trusts which manage their workers PF as well as accounts have been allowed to invest up to 15% of their incremental deposits in equity or equity related investments. The Labour manage their workers Ministry in April had al- provident fund and aclowed retirement fund count themselves. The body EPFO to park a por- notification provides that tion of its funds in stock the exempted establishmarkets. The ministry ment or private PF trusts now has issued a separate can invest a minimum of notification for private PF 5 per cent or up to 15 per trusts or exempted estab- cent of their fresh accrelishments to allow them tions in equity or equity to invest in stock mar- related investments. As in kets. As per the practice, the case of EPFO, these same investment pattern trusts would also invest for EPFO and exempted in “shares of body cororganisations is notified porates listed on Bombay separately. The private Stock Exchange (BSE) or PF trusts are regulated National Stock Exchange by the Employees’ Prov- (NSE) which have market ident Fund Organisation. capitalisation of not less There are over 3,000 such than Rs 5,000 crore as on exempted firms which the date of investment”. Kaspersky Malware Scan For Facebook Keeps Your Computer and Social Network Safe
Agency | New Delhi Protecting the world’s largest online social network from malware is the top priority of the security engineers at Facebook. The job involves removing all the malicious links; the ones that point to bad websites and ensuring that the malware itself does not spread through Facebook. Facebook’ Trevor Pottinger, from the Threat Infrastructure team has announced that they are releasing a new tool in association with Kaspersky Labs to keep user’s computer and the social network safe from all the malicious programs. Kaspersky Labs is a Russian software security company that develops anti-malware programs. Facebook and Kaspersky Labs have been working on making sure that the malware does not enter the social
network in any form. One of the best ways to do this is to inform the user that their computer is infected with malware so that the user can take active steps to remove it. Facebook has announced a new ‘Malware Scan’ tool for Facebook powered by Kaspersky’s expertise. The tool will scan the user’s computer for potential threats and offer cleanup mechanisms. Users will have to download the tool on their computers and run the scan to check if their computer has been infected. Facebook says that in the past three months, the tool has helped protect over 260,000 computers across the world that were used to access Facebook. Facebook has also been working with other leading anti-malware corporations like ESET, Trend Micro and F-Secure.
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No Indian to play in SPORTS ROUNDUP Wimbledon singles this year Bangladesh need to maintain good performance: Mashrafe Mortaza
Agency | London For the second consecutive Grand Slam this year, there will be no Indian featuring in the singles event as Saketh Myneni bowed out of the Wimbledon qualifiers following compatriots Yuki Bhambri and Somdev Devvarman. Myneni lost his second round 6-7 (5) 6-3 7-9
to Frenchman Kenny De Schepper, who is ranked 163, 47 places above the Indian. Earlier, Yuki had lost his first round 6-7(5), 6-2 2-6 to lower-ranked Italy’s Matteo Donati. Yuki is ranked 156 while Donati is 225.Somdev, who has been struggling since winning the Delhi Open Challenger in
February, lost his opening round 7-5 4-6 2-6 to Spain’s Nigo Cervantes. In the doubles, India will have a strong representation as Leander Paes, Rohan Bopnna and women world number one Sania Mirza will be top contenders. The Wimbledon championships begin from Monday.
Ashwin breaks into top 10 of ODI bowlers’ rankings
The sports ministry on Wednesday announced it has sanctioned financial assistance of Rs.9 lakh to Saina Nehwal on the ace woman singles shuttler’s request for a full-time exclusive physiotherapist from June to the end of 2016 Olympics. “The assistance will be utilised for payment of monthly remuneration to the physiotherapist at the rate of Rs.60,000 per month. The selection of physiotherapist has been done by Saina Nehwal herself,” the min-
istry said in a release. Olympic bronze medalist Saina has been selected under Target Olympic Podium (TOP) Scheme for financial assistance from National Sports Development Fund (NSDF) for training as part of preparation for the 2016
Olympics. The World No.2 is currently training in Bengaluru at the Prakash Padukone Badminton Academy at
Agency | Mirpur After winning the OneDay International (ODI) series 2-1 win against India, Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza on Wednesday said the team needs to keep up and maintain the good performance they have showed recently in the upcoming series against South Africa as well. Chasing India’s total of 317/6, Bangladesh managed to get to only 240 runs in 47 overs in the third and final ODI here on Wednesday. For Ban-
gladesh, Sabbir Rahman top scored with a knock of 43, while Suresh Raina picked up 3/45 off his eight overs. The hosts, however, clinched the three-match series 2-1 having won both the earlier matches. “A lot of series are coming up. South Africa is coming here next week and our fitness levels need to be up there. We need to keep going like the way we have done, but it’s also important to learn from the mistakes. Hopefully, we can play well
against South Africa as well,” Mortaza said at the post match presentation ceremony. The skipper said they have lots of positives to take from the series against their neighbours and they will learn from the Wednesday’s loss. “The way we have been playing, we can take a lot of positives from it. Not to forget, we can learn from the mistakes we made today. Mustafizur Rahman has been brilliant; he handles the pressure well too,” he said.
having already qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games, but Pakistan have promised to go all-out into attack in tomorrow’s sub-continental contest. For both India and Pakistan, a victory in this preliminary pool match will pave the way for a favourable quarterfinal draw. Tomorrow’s match is also the first encounter between the sub-continental hockey rivals since their clash in the tense, incident-marred Champions Trophy semifinals in Bhubaneswar, where some gestures during
onfield celebrations by the victorious Pakistani team lead to a few suspensions. There remains some palpable tension between the teams over that incident, but tomorrow both the side would seek to showcase the attractive sub-continental style of hockey. Going into the contest, both India and Pakistan’s strikers have been erratic and wayward. India have won both their first two outings against France (3-2) and Poland (3-0) but Paul van Ass’ wards were far from impressive.
HWL Semifinals: India to take on arch-rivals Pakistan on Friday
Agency | Dubai Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has jumped two places to the 10th position in the ICC bowler’s rankings issued on Thursday. Ashwin, who bagged six wickets in the three ODIs against Bangladesh, was India’s leading wicket-taker in the just-concluded threematch series againsr Bangladesh and is also the only Indian to feature in the top-10 list. But Ash-
win stayed well behind young Bangladesh leftarm pacer Mustafizur Rahman (13 scalps in 3 matches), who got an 88th rank in the chart led by Australia’s Mitchell Starc. Bengal medium-pacer Mohammed Shami, who missed the series, which was India’s first bilateral loss to Bangaldesh (1-2), due to injury is the only other Indian bowler in the top-20 list at the 12th position. In the batting chart, Vi-
rat Kohli tops the Indian player’s list at the fourth position as opener Shikhar Dhawan, who was the leading run-getter in the series with an accumulated score of 158, dropped a place to seventh. Dhawan still stays well clear of skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who occupies the eight spot in the table led by South Africa’s AB de Villiers. Suresh Raina has also improved his ranking by two places to 18th.
Karnataka Badminton Association. “The financial assistance from
National Sports Development Fund (NSDF), approved for the phys-
iotherapist, is out of the contribution made by the India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL), under its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative, to the TOP Scheme under the NSDF,” the release added. IIFCL has committed Rs.30 crore to the ministry for three years.
Saina Nehwal to Get Rs 9 Lakh forPhysiotherapist Agency | New Delhi
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Olympic bronze medalist Saina Nehwal has been selected under Target Olympic Podium (TOP) Scheme for financial assistance from National Sports Development Fund (NSDF) for training as part of preparation for the 2016 Olympics.
Agency | Antwerp After two unconvincing wins, a misfiring India face their first real test when they take on arch-rivals Pakistan in a much-anticipated Pool A encounter of Hockey World League Semifinals, here tomorrow. The showstopper encounter between Asian Games champions India and Champions Trophy silver medallists Pakistan has raised the stakes in the diamond city of Antwerp. The misfiring Indians enjoy the luxury of
A century of men’s doubles partners now for Paes
Agency | Nottingham India’s tennis hero Leander Paes has added yet another milestone to his terrific career, which
is full of achievements, as the veteran pro has now played with 100 different partners on the ATP circuit. When Paes took court with Marcel Granollers at the Aegon Open in Nottingham, on Wednesday, the Spaniard was his 100th partner. They reached the quarterfinals after eking out a 3-6 6-2 11-9 win over Treat Huey and Scott Lipsky. Paes has been most successful with estranged partner Mahesh Bhuapthi with whom he won three of his eight men’s doubles Grand Slam titles. He won two each with Radek Stepanek and Lukas Dlouhy and one with Martin Damm, all of whom incidentally are from Czech Republic.
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9 dams full in Saurashtra, Glimpses of flood-hit Amreli district in pictures alerts issued for total 23 dams
Sunvilla News | Gandhinagar
Due to heavy rains in past two days, 9 reservoirs of Saurshtra region are full. As per reports received from State Emergency Operation Center, 9 out of total 137 reservoirs of Saurashtra region are full with over 90% storage of water. High alert has been issued in connection with this. 7 reservoirs are 8090% full for which alert has been issued. Other 7 reservoirs are over 70% full and have attracted general alert. Other 117 reservoirs have less than 70% storage. In other development, water level at
Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam has toched 117.47 meter mark. It should be mentioned here that average rain of this season has been 21.40% across
Gujarat so far. Breakup: Kutch 8.86%, north Gujarat 14.38%, east-centrl Gujarat 14.22%, Saurashtra 37.37% and south Gujarat 21.40%.
Banks, insurers push for big tax breaks to operate in IFSC
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Parikh traveled to flood- has posted some photoMumbai based ABP hit areas of Saurashtra graphs on how the flood News reporter Mayur region in Gujarat. He washed away a railway
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the chairman of a public sector insurance company said at the meeting. Currently, there’s a minimum alternate tax (MAT) of 18 per cent on projects in special economic zones which incidentally is the lowest tax. However, ministry officials, including Financial Services Secretary Hasmukh Adhia, who were present at the meeting did not give any indication about the tax structure being planned.
A team of researchers at Indian Institute of Technology , Gandhinagar (IITGn) has developed an extremely transparent nano-material. The nano-sheets are rich in boron unlike graphene that is based on carbon. The boron makes them not only highly transparent, it also provides material scientists a wonderful platform to utilize its rich chemistry. Professor of Chemical engicneering Kabeer Jasuja, who led the research, said
ly a new draft of bill on website. Mr. Nayak said IIM was started by society and not government. The new bill if passed in present form will make IIMs just operational centers while all approvals and directions will come
from centre. There’s no autonomy in present format of bill. While honorable Prime Minister wishes that there should be at least 25 institutes in India that are world-class, the draft bill is an action in opposite direction. Out
of top 100 institutes, China contributes 25 while there’s none from India. The draft bill will make situation even worse with powers like selection of board chairman, term of director, fee structure, formation of new department, establishment and maintenance of buildings, recruitment, faculty recruitment and evaluation, decisions by chief administration officer, director etc are to be regulated and controlled by central government. Mr. Nayak further said that the meetings of IIMs with government went on for two and half years over the issue of draft bill and the last meeting was held in October 2014 in this regard.
Air Force with 4 IAF undertakRelief mission in flood- helicopters hit areas of Gujarat con- ing 19 sorties to drop tinued today by Indian 15,000 food packets.
Photographs shared by Spokesperson of Ministry of Defence are presented here. In one of
the photos, two Ministers Vijaybhai Rupani and Jayantibhai Kaadia are seen sitting in heli-
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Banks and insurance companies have pushed for major tax breaks to operate in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT), the country’s ambitious International Finance Centre (IFSC) coming up near Ahmedabad. Top bankers and insurers told the officials of the finance ministry and regulatory bodies in a closeddoor meeting in Mumbai on Wednesday that “it
doesn’t make sense to start operations in the IFSC without enough tax incentives”. The ministry has called another meeting in Delhi in the next 10 days to get the IFSC in GIFT City running. “We need tax concessions to operate in the IFSC. If we have to attract business going to Dubai or Singapore, the government should come out with a favourable structure. We need more clarity on the tax front,”
IIMA questions the regulations proposed in new draft of IIM Bill 2015 Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Addressing the media, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) Board Chairman AM Nayak and Director SK Nanda today raised questions on the present draft of The Indian Institute of Management Bill, 2015. The draft has been put online for public comments at present. Shri Nayak said he was surprised to see the draft bill on the website, because after two and half years long process which involved series of consultative meetings, IIMS and government had arrived on agreement for different draft last year, but later the bill was not moved in parliament, and now there was sudden-
these nanosheets are like ultrathin sandwiches with metal atoms trapped between boron planes that are 20,000 times thinner than human hair. “Such thinness gives them unusual properties: they do not absorb visible light but strongly absorb ultraviolet light. This can prove very useful in making UVblocking coatings that still allow visible light to pass,” said Jasuja. He added that not much was known about these nano-sheets yet. But it would be worth exploring if, like their optical properties, their mechanical and thermal properties are also similarly at extremes, said Jasuja.
First Sagarmala project meet held
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
In an attempt to reach out to the governments of maritime states for the “Sagarmala project”, which seeks to develop a string of ports around India’s coast, the Union Ministry of Shipping held the first meeting in connection with the plan in Gandhinagar on Wednesday. The meeting was chaired by A K Sri-
vastava, additional secretary, Ministry of Shipping, and was attended by Rabindra Agarwal, joint secretary, and consultants from McKinsey and AECOM. “Gujarat was chosen as the first destination to hold such a workshop as the state is considered a torch bearer of port and port-led development, and the learning of Gujarat will be vital for the
success of this initiative,” read a statement from the Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB), the state’s nodal agency for port development. The prime objective of the Sagarmala project is to enhance the capacity of major and non-major ports, modernising them, thereby enabling them to become drivers of port-led economic development. It also intends to optimise the use of existing and future transport assets and develop new linkages for transport (including roads, rail, inland waterways and coastal routes), set up logistics hubs, and establish industries and manufacturing centres to be served by ports.
Gujarat HC flays civic authorities for putting Pol heritage at risk Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Gujarat high court on Wednesday pulled up civic authorities and the state government for their bid to permit commercial use of buildings in Pols of the Walled City in Ahmedabad and sounded a word of caution that this would destroy the city heritage. The controversy arose after petitioners drew court’s attention to complain that the civic body was planning to relax laws restricting commercial use of residential structures in the Walled City areas. The document sohws that commercial use of first floor be permitted if the building is situated near
3 to 6-metre wide road, and the building can be commercially used on a 9-metre road. Upon the objection that this would result in a commercialization of Pols, the bench of Justice M R Shah and Justice A G Uraizee came
IAF helicopters undertake 19 sorties to drop 15,000 food packets
Sunvilla News | Amreli
track over river Shetrunji Amreli district. Presentand how a school looks ed below are the pictures after hit by flood in rural via Twitter.
copter with Amreli Lok Sabha BJP MP Kachhadia. IAF has evacuated 87 persons during the flood
which mainly affected Amreli district of Saurashtra region in Gujarat yesterday.
down heavily on authorities for the gesture that amounts to “overreaching the court process” and which could destroy the Pols, which are declared as the Living Heritage by the UNESCO. The court said: “Destroying the Pol is like destroying city heritage... On one hand, you pray to make it a heritage city, on the other, you allow to destroy the Pols.” Justice Shah said and added, “How can one know about the culture of the city? Only those who live in the Pols can know it.” After a prolonged discussion, AMC submitted that it has not passed such a resolution, and its lawyer said, “It’s our duty to preserve the culture, and no commercialization will beallowed.” However, regarding the genesis of
the suggestion to amend provisions in General Development Control Regulation (GDCR) norms, the HC insisted that the municipal commissioner and Town Planning Committee should come up with affidavits by Tuesday. The judges also said that nobody thought of traffic and other issues created by change of use of buildings. Meanwhile, nearly 150 jewelers whose shops were sealed by AMC authorities also moved the HC, which permitted them to take out goods from their shops. The judges also rebuked officials for the sealing drive just a day before court hearing. They also commented that the seals would be removed in a day or two because there is no court order in this regard.
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