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Groundnut oil recovers on renewed demand
Rail Budget 2015: No fare hike, no new trains
Mumbai, Feb 26 Groundnut oil prices recovered at the Vashi oils and oilseeds wholesale here on renewed demand from stockists and retailers. While, refined palmolein slipped due to poor offtake from retailers. In the nonedible, castorseeds bold, castor oil commercial and linseeds oil ruled steady in the absence of any worthwhile buying activity. In the edible segment, groundnut oil climbed by Rs 10 per 10 kg to Rs 930 from Wednesday's closing of Rs 920.
Don't deny leave to disabled employees: Govt tells depts New Delhi, Feb 26 Leave applied on medical certificate in connection with disability of a government employee should not be refused or revoked, the Centre has said. For a government servant who is unable to submit an application or medical certificate on account of disability, a family member is allowed to inform the office or submit required documents on his behalf, it said.
Ginger firms up on sustained demand Mumbai, Feb 26 Ginger prices, both bleached and unbleached, firmed up in an otherwise sluggish spices market here today on sustained stockists demand amid good export offtake. Black pepper and copra rajapur Mumbai fell further on selling following fresh arrivals from producing regions. While, copra office Alapuza, copra office Kozhikode and copra edible Mumbai ruled stable in the absence of any worthwhile buying activity.
Tanima Sen makes Hindi TV debut with 'Swaragini' Kolkata, Feb 26 Bengali actress Tanima Sen, who is known for her Bengali shows, is making her debut on Hindi TV drama 'Swaragini'. Tanima, who cannot speak Hindi fluently, said she bagged the role because it was the demand of the script to have such a character in the story.
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takeaway is the proposed investment which will have
a far-reaching impact on domestic steel consumption. You will need steel everywhere," said spokesperson of a leading steel firm. Another steelmaker echoed the view.However, a section of them felt little disappointed on the Railways Minister Suresh Prabhu not bringing down freight rates despite lower diesel prices being witnessed
currently. Following the hike, freight on iron and steel would go up to Rs 1,390.50 a tonne from 1,379 per tonne now.Steel makers also said the increase in annual freight capacity, improved speed for freight traffic and increasing load on freight lines would lead to quicker and cost effective goods movement, which is vital for the industry.
FICCI welcomes on the Railway Budget 2015-16 NEW DELHI Languishing long over a chronic low demand, steel makers lauded the Rail Budget hoping their deliveries would pick up as government plans to spend Rs 8.5 lakh crore over the next five years on capacity building. Though there has been a marginal 0.8 per cent hike in the freight rate which translates into Rs 11.50 per tonne of iron and steel transportation, some said it would have a marginal impact while others opined it could have actually been
brought down since diesel prices are ruling low now. Describing the Rail Budget as "indeed-growth oriented", SAIL Chairman C S Verma said it laid down a clear road map for next five years with a proposed investment of Rs 8.5 lakh crore. "Thrust on capacity augmentation for railways including up-gradation of network, increasing of track capacity, gauge conversion and track doubling and tripling would lead to an improved steel consumption, which we
welcome," he said. India's steel consumption grew by just 0.6 per cent in the 2013-14 fiscal, its lowest in four years, to 73.93 million tonnes (MT). During the AprilDecember period of the current fiscal, it grew by a mere 1.4 per cent, largely because of the slower expansion of the economy. A private sector steel maker also hailed the proposal of staggering investment in various areas such as network expansion and decongestion, rolling stock and high-speed rail and elevated corridor, saying it would spur demand for steel."The tariff rate hike
Suicide attack on Turkish diplomatic vehicle kills two in Kabul KABUL A Taliban suicide attack targeting a Turkish diplomatic vehicle belonging to the Nato mission killed two people in Kabul Thursday, highlighting the fragile security situation as the Afghan government presses for talks with the militants. The blast came shortly after 8.00am (0330 GMT), not far from the Iranian embassy. Police said the victims were a Turkish national and an Afghan passerby. Police initially said the vehicle was from the Turkish embassy, but a spokesman for the Nato mission in Afghanistan later confirmed it was part of a coalition convoy. A statement from Nato's Resolute Support mission said "one service member died as a result of an attack in Kabul today". The coalition said however that Nato's Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan Ismail Aramaz, who is Turkish, was not
involved in the incident and is unharmed. Kabul police spokesman Hashmat Stanikzai gave details of the attack and death toll, saying the bomber was driving a Toyota Corolla. Abdul Rahman Rahimi, Kabul police chief, confirmed the death toll in the blast, for which the Taliban claimed responsibility. "A suicide bomber blew himself up targeting a foreign convoy in central Kabul, a number of foreigners were killed in the attack," the militants said in a text message. The area was cordoned off
after the blast, which left debris strewn in the road and nearby blast walls spattered with blood. Eyewitness Mohammad Yousuf, 17, described the moment the blast happened. It is the first major attack in Kabul's heavily secured centre since early January, when a suicide bomber hit a European Union police vehicle, killing a passerby. More than 13 years after the Taliban were ousted from power after a US-led invasion, their insurgency remains resilient.
will have a very marginal impact on us. The key
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PM Modi pats hails Rail Budget as futuristic, passenger-centric
New Delh Hailing the Rail Budget as "futuristic" and "passengercentric", Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said it touches all aspects of development and lays out a clear roadmap to make the national transporter the key driver of the country's economic growth. He said the budget is a watershed moment for the railways, marking a paradigm shift from mere announcement of number of trains to a comprehensive railway reform. Modi highlighted that without
raising the passenger fare, the government has earmarked Rs 8 lakh crore for development and modernisation of the railways. "RailBudget2015 is a forward looking, futuristic & passengercentric budget, combining a clear vision & a definite plan to achieve it," Modi tweeted. "I am particularly delighted that for the 1st time there is a concrete vision for technology upgradation & modernisation of the Railways," he said in another tweet.
Gujarat State Council Chairman Mr. Rajiv Vastupal said “it is a forward-looking, pragmatic and strategy-oriented budget with an innovative approach. We are confident, the proposed measures and initiatives, if executed and implemented effectively, will go a long way to restore the prime place for railways in our national economy”. “Hon’ble Minister has correctly focused on building partnerships, leveraging additional resources, revamping management practices, systems & processes, and setting standards for muchneeded governance and transparency. In particular, very clear and lucid
articulation of 4 goals, 5 drivers and 11 thrust areas of action plan reflect a smart thought process”, Mr. Vastupal observed. It is encouraging to see that the rail budget has envisaged an investment of Rs 8.5 lakh crore in next five years that would be mobilized from sources such as multilateral development banks and pension funds. Also commendable is the strategy for leveraging partnership with States, PSUs, private sector and other stakeholders towards gaining access to long-term financing & technology, improving last mile connectivity, expanding fleet of rolling stock and building railway infrastructure and modernizing station development.
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Rail budget: a low-impact wishlist Anew government at the centre gets only 60 months to perform credibly. A credible performance requires a clear package of deliverables, emphatically declared and controlled with a top-down approach. Sadly, even in its second rail budget, the government is still learning to fly. The budget essentially contains a set of incoherently packed, low-impact wishlists of various directorates of Rail Bhavan. Some big ticket projects will take a long time to mature into action plans. The high-speed rail project, for instance, which was to run across the Diamond Quadrilateral, has been truncated. This will hardly lead to the transformation that Prime Minister Narendra Modi envisioned. Instead, railways minister Suresh Prabhu used this budget to build a favourable background for seeking Parliament’s tacit approval for various future announcements and, in particular, resource mobilization through creative extra budgetary resources. Much like his predecessors, Prabhu reminded Parliament about the long list of pending commercial railway line projects. Most of these are un-remunerative, new railway lines to nowhere. Their fast-track completion would only push the presently profitable Indian Railways into losses. The impact of this on the performance of the railways has not been considered a major issue to be shared with public through this budget. Perhaps it is reserved for the Comptroller and Auditor General of India to discover in future. To finance an investment of Rs.1 trillion in 201516, extra budgetary resources are pitched at Rs.17,136 crore from institutional finance, and Rs.17,655 crore from market borrowings. The targeted operating ratio of 88.5% in 2015-16, on a revenue base of Rs.1.83 trillion, yields a surplus of Rs.14,265 crore. This has to be now compared with the debt service burden that will be imposed on the railway system from investment on business-as-usual, lowreturn and long-gestation projects. Borrowing of Rs.40,000 crore entails annual repayment liability of at least Rs.4,800 crore per annum over a period of 15 years for an internal rate of return of 8% for the lender (including return of principal).The budget unfortunately veers drastically away from Modi’s commitments to the nation and even the railways. The strategic advantage of the prime minister’s bold announcements has been lost. Railways is still keen to project itself as a mere transporter, in competition with road and air, rather than an industry and technology leader capable of becoming an engine of growth in line with the prime minister’s vision. Railways continue to add institutions upon institutions to a list of public sector undertakings, societies and bodies, which instead of adding value, only further sub-divide the revenue basket. The core of the station re-development philosophy is getting lost in pursuing disproportionately heavy investments for station buildings where passenger stay is but temporary in nature, instead of focusing on the train—where the passenger spends more time. Would it not reap more goodwill and business to improve the travel experience?
Mallika Challenges Double Standards!
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“Narendra Modi regime an "RSS government" and accused it of promoting the interest of "private businesses" in the land acquisition ordinance. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is the ideological mentor - CPI -Marxist leader Sitaram Yechury on Thursday called of the BJP.”
Sonam Kapoor: If I was a jury member, I’d give Kangana Ranaut the Best Actress award! Mumbai She was nominated for several Best Actress awards (for Khoobsurat) this year, but Sonam Kapoor didn’t win a single one. She says, “The fact that I was nominated was more than enough for me. Kangana Ranaut gave a far more mature performance in Queen. Her role was far more resonant than mine. If I was a jury member, I’d give her the award.” She is all love and praise for her contemporaries calling Priyanka Chopra’s act in Mary Kom the year’s other stellar performance. “Kangana in Queen and Priyanka in Mary Kom were the two best performances in any Best Acting (Male or Female) category, hands down,” she notes. She reserves special praise for Tabu, who won awards in the Best Supporting Actress category. She insists, “By no means was she the supporting actress in Haider. According to me, the part played by Shraddha Kapoor was the supporting role.
Tabu was the film’s lead.” Calling her part in Khoobsurat a “comic role”, she expressed disappointment that “comedy is not looked on as a serious genre.” She adds, “The fact that I was nominated was more than
enough for me. And while I was given an award for Best Performance in a Romantic Comedy, I wonder why only dramas are taken seriously at awards. If I was still noticed and recognised for Khoobsurat, I am happy with that.”
SRK and Aamir Khan rule the Overseas Indian Box Office
New Delhi They are the two stalwart Khans of India and they rule the overseas market too. In a recent report, it has been surmised that movies of Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan, 2 and 3 in number respectively, make the Top 5 international Bollywood grossers. Of the top five grossers on foreign shores, the top three are ‘PK’, ‘Dhoom: 3' and ‘3 Idiots’, all featuring Aamir. They are followed by SRK’s ‘Happy New Year’ and ‘Chennai Express’. SRK was always
considered to be the undisputed king of overseas as his movies always made more moolah than that of any other Indian actor, but seems now, Aamir Khan has taken over the mantle. Aamir’s ‘PK’ had also become the highest grossing movie of all times making more than Rs 600 cr, nationally and internationally. Film expert, Taran Adarsh maintains that the fight is tough between the two Khans. He opines, “There’s a tough fight between Shah Rukh and Aamir in the
overseas territory. Besides star-power, it’s also about the film and its content. As of now, yes Aamir is having a dream run. But SRK is also a huge pull.” However, Komal Nahta holds a different view. “The figures speak for themselves and Aamir’s ranking in the overseas market. I think like the audience in India, even the audience abroad has started looking at Aamir’s movies to be like an ISI mark. They associate his movies with quality and novelty,” says he.
I'm ready for a comeback: Genelia Mumbai Actress Genelia D'Souza, who has been away from the big screen post her marriage to actor Riteish Deshmukh in 2012, says she is now ready to make a comeback in Bollywood and will focus on her acting career. Genelia, who has starred in movies like 'Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na' and 'Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya', was present at a promotional event in Mumbai on Tuesday when she was asked about her comeback to the film industry. To that, she said: "I don't think I ever left it, but yes I am on a break, I would love to be back, I would love to do something that makes me happy, that makes people happy and I am ready now for comeback." Genelia and Riteish Deshmukh became proud parents to a son Nov 25, 2014.
NH10 gets A certificate: Anushka Sharma reacts
Mumbai Actress Anushka Sharma says she knew her debut movie production 'NH10' will be certified for an adult audience. "When we made the film, we knew there is a
possibility of getting Acertificate. We stayed true to the story, we stayed real to the subject... I think every film is not for everyone," Anushka Sharma said here. Directed by
has already been passed by the Board. While one waits to see if there would be a re-look at the content of Dirty Politics before it hits the screens on 6th March, Mallika is extremely excited about the film. She’s happy with her part in it and the fact that with the spoken language on screen, she has managed to make her character more real.
Chennai Canadian sound mixer Craig Mann, who pocketed an Oscar for his work in "Whiplash", has also worked on Kamal Haasanstarrer Tamil drama Uttama Villain. Congratulating Craig on the win, Kamal said he felt like his team had won the award. "When I asked my sound designer Kunal to get the very best to mix our film
'Uttama Villain', he came up with this name Craig Mann. And I'm glad the Oscars also agreed with that selection. We were talking about 'Whiplash' and he had the humility to say the next best in sound mixing was in 'Birdman'," Kamal said. "I likedhismagnanimityandIlike the patience with which he has mixed our film. It felt like our team got the Oscar, though we
have nothing to do with 'Whiplash'.We just feel like we are part of the team. I'd like to wish everybody who helped Craig win this honour," he said. Kamal added that he's proud of Craig and said they may probably do more work together. "Thanks Kunal for putting me on to Craig. I think you have this uncanny midas touch of rubbing shoulders with Oscar winners.
Navdeep Singh, 'NH10' features Anushka and Neil Bhoopalam in lead roles. Anushka is not taking too much pressure for the movie as she is confident that she's "backed by a good film". "If actors start thinking that because of us, everything will work, then that's stupidity. Audiences may come to watch a film because of your popularity, but after that, it's the script and content that matters. You are as good as your work you do," said the 'Band Baaja Baaraat' actress.
Sushant Singh Says Reality Bites, Dont Need Censor Board
Felt like our team won the Oscar: Kamal Haasan on Craig Mann Mumbai It is a known fact that in her upcoming film, Dirty Politics, Mallika Sherawat is required to mouth quite a few cuss words. Though due to the current Censor guidelines, one wonders if that would have been possible for any new film – howeverm the good news for the KC Bokadia production is that the movie
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Mumbai Actor Sushant Singh Rajput, who will next be seen as a detective in Dibakar Banerjee's Detective Byomkesh Bakshy! set in the 1940s, recently attended a fashion show, inspired by his dhoti-clad Byomkesh Bakshy look in the film, organised by college students in Mumbai on
February 25. Sushant lent some of his old world charm to the fashion show and for once, Sushant didn't let just his good looks do the talking. The normally reticent Sushant was rather vocal on the recent Censor Board developments in which a list of cuss words were recently declared offlimits for filmmakers and films
like Badlapur, NH10 and Dum Laga Ke Haisha asked to edit abuses that appeared on the list out of their dialogues. Sushant said, "It's ironic that we complain about our films being escapist. If you guys are expecting us to live upto the expectations of being real, I don't think we need a censor for it." He may make for a rather dashing detective in Detective Byomkesh Bakshy!, but with cricket fever spiralling due to the ongoing World Cup, Sushant's role of Team India captain MS Dhoni in Neeraj Pandey's biopic titled MS Dhoni: The Untold Story has everyone excited. Speaking about his role in the biopic set to release in October, Sushant said "I've been working on this film for the last 8 months.
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Monstrous black hole sheds World Cup 2015: Team India aim to new light on evolution stop batting collapse during slog over
Beijing A black hole, 12 billion times as massive as the Sun that grew to gargantuan size in the universe's first billion years, is by far the largest yet spotted from such an early date, researchers said. The object, discovered by astronomers in 2013, is six times greater than its largestknown contemporaries. Its existence poses a challenge for theories of the evolution of black holes, stars and galaxies, the scientific journal Nature reported. Light from the black hole took 12.9 billion years to reach the Earth, so astronomers see the object as it was 900 million years after the Big Bang. "That is actually a very short time for a black hole to have grown so large," said astronomer Xue-Bing Wu of Peking University in Beijing who led an international collaboration
that discovered it. For its age, this black hole "is really much more massive than anything else we have seen so far", added Christian Veillet, director of the Large Binocular Telescope Observatory in Tucson, Arizona. Wu and his colleagues spotted the black hole using the Lijiang Telescope in Yunnan, China. The object appeared as a bright, red, point-like source. The brightness and spectrum of its light revealed it to be an ancient quasar: a large black hole that occupies the centre of a galaxy and causes interstellar gas to overheat and shine brighter than any star as it spirals into the hole's gravitational sink. Supermassive black holes are thought to lurk at the centre of most galaxies, and some have been seen that are as many as 40 billion times the mass of the Sun.
Perth It has been a near-flawless performance by the Indian cricket team in the ongoing ICC World Cup but there is one grey area that skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni and the team management would quickly like to address before the side gets ready for the all-important knockout stage of the competition.
The two facile victories over arch-rivals Pakistan and a formidable South Africa has apparently papered over the cracks that seemed to appear during India's batting at the death. Against Pakistan, from a relatively comfortable 273 for 2 in 45.2 overs, India slumped to 296 for seven in 49.2 overs eventually managing to reach
300-run mark. The middle and lower-order collapse effectively meant that India were 23 for five in a space of four overs. There was a repeat of script against South Africa when India were cruising along 261/2 in 43.3 overs before they were 302 for 7 in 48.5 overs and ended at 307/7. This time it was 5/ 41 in 5.1 overs and notably, skipper Dhoni's contribution in both matches has been 18 each. With bowlers putting up a stupendous show, the lateover collapse in back-toback matches didn't come to the forefront but the 20-odd runs that India missed in both matches can cost them dearly in the knock-out rounds. Skipper Dhoni gave his side of explanation after India's 130-run win over South Africa in Melbourne, last Sunday. When asked if the lower-order batsmen are finding it difficult to clear the boundary.
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S&P Says India 'Bright Spot', Ups GDP Forecast Ranji Trophy: Dinesh Karthik
puts Tamil Nadu in strong position
Mumbai Terming India as the "bright spot" in Asia Pacific, Standard & Poor's on Thursday sharply revised upwards the country's GDP forecast to 7.9 per cent for next fiscal year and even higher 8.2 per cent in the year after. The revision comes within days of the rating agency flagging concerns over low per capita income and high fiscal deficit. It also comes just two days ahead of the Budget. "India should be the Asia-Pacific region's bright spot," S&P said and revised steeply upwards its growth estimates. The rating agency said economic growth will rise to 7.9 per cent in FY 2016, up from its previous estimate of 6.2 per cent, and will go up further to 8.2 per cent in FY
2017 as against 6.6 per cent estimated previously. The agency, which rates India among the lowest in the investment grade at 'BBB', said the rising investment and low oil prices are the primary factors boosting the chances for the economy. It may be noted that the government had earlier this month changed the methodology of computing GDP, which showed a dramatic increase in GDP growth to 6.9 per cent from the earlier 5 per cent in FY2014, and 7.4 per cent for this fiscal year, up from a projected 6 per cent. In a brief note sent to the press by the rating agency, it is unclear if Standard & Poor's is re-pegging its estimates based on the revisions in GDP computation or not.
Kolkata Dinesh Karthik struck a solid 113 as Tamil Nadu put themselves in command against Maharashtra despite their slow-and-steady approach on an innocuous Eden Gardens pitch on day two of their Ranji semifinal in Kolkata on Thursday. n a deceptive green top that had little in it for the bowlers, Karthik made hay with 113, while half-centuries from Vijay Shankar (91), Ramaswamy Prasanna (64 not out) and Baba Indrajith (68 not out) down the order
ensured that Tamil Nadu pile up 426/5 in 177 overs at the close of play. Under hot and humid conditions, it was a frustrating day for Maharashtra as captain Rohit Motwani used eight bowlers but they toiled hard only to take two wickets as Tamil Nadu opted to play it safe scoring at a run rate of 2.6 an over. Continuing with his fine form, Indrajith, who scored 111 and 49 against Vidarbha, slammed his second successive halfcentury and put on 107 runs with Prasanna for the
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PERTH You would have been forgiven for wondering whether the Indian cricket team is taking part in FIFA World Cup instead of ICC's quadrennial showpiece. Those present at the WACA for Team India's training session on Wednesday saw the players show off their footballing skills by playing a game lasting full 90 minutes. They refrained from
even touching the cricket ball. The players first had intensive fielding drills and then the long-draw football game on the main ground after they arrived 90 minutes behind schedule. The practice session was deferred by one and a half hours to avoid the harsh afternoon sun. The Indian players were on the ground for three hours, which they divided equally into exercise
and fielding drills, followed by football for another 90 minutes. A game of football, it is believed, builds endurance and works as a stress-buster. It also develops coordination and team spirit. Into their fourth month on the tour of Australia, Team India has decided not to go overboard with cricket to avoid staleness and fatigue by having nets on alternate days. After arriving from Melbourne late on Monday, as their flight was delayed by over two hours due to rain and thunderstorm, the team took a day off on Tuesday. As UAE, their next opponents, were involved in a thrilling match against Ireland in Brisbane on Wednesday, India concentrated on fielding. The intensity has gone up several notches and the results are for all to see. MS Dhoni even had a rare word of praise for the team's fielding effort against South Africa at MCG. During the fielding session, the players were split into two groups and a verbal record was kept on which team dropped more catches or hit the stumps directly. Another innovation on display was the use of tennis balls and a racket for sharp catches inside the ring.
Samiullah Shenwari leads Afghanistan to historic WC win
Dilshan, Sangakkara Power Lanka To 92-Run Win Over Bangladesh
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unbroken sixth wicket. Karthik’s innings spanned seven hours and 35 minutes as he consumed 304 balls for his 22nd first class century before he edged one to wicketkeeper Motwani off Shrikanth Mundhe to be the only second wicket to fall in the day. The wicketkeeperbatsman later said that his team had no qualms about the slow approach. “There is no compulsion to have a result on a five-day game. We are looking to play maximum overs and not thinking about declaration,” the Tamil Nadu senior batsman said, making it clear that they do not have any intention of a declaration. “There are a few odd balls keeping low. Maharashtra bowled wide and played negative cricket and we opted to leave them out,” he added.
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Melbourne Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara, playing in his 400th ODI, hit strokeful centuries to power Sri Lanka to a comfortable 92-run victory over Bangladesh in a Group A match of the cricket World Cup here today. Electing to bat at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Sri Lanka rode on Dilshan's 161 and Sangakkara's 105 to notch up a formidable 332 for one in the stipulated 50 overs.
The islanders, winner of the 1996 edition, then bowled out Bangladesh for 240 in 47 overs to register their second win in three matches. They had lost to New Zealand in the their tournament opener but regrouped to beat Afghanistan before today's result. Sangakkara became the fourth cricketer to appear in 400 ODIs. After the Dilshan-Sangakkara duo laid a solid foundation with a 210-run unbeaten
partnership for the second wicket, experienced pace spearhead Lasith Malinga (3/35) led the bowling unit admirably to complete an all-round display by the runner-up of the previous tournament. Chasing a stiff target, Bangladesh, who have so far failed to make an impression in the megaevent, never looked in the hunt as they lost wickets at regular intervals. Aggressive opener Tamim Iqbal was out for a duck and Mominul Haque made one run to leave the Asian minnows reeling at 41 for three. Anamul Haque (29), Soumya Sarkar (25 off a mere 15 balls with the help of five boundaries) and Mahmudullah (28) all got starts but could not convert into big scores.
Dunedin Top-order batsman Samiullah Shenwari struck a gritty 96 to pave the way for Afghanistan's historic onewicket win against Scotland in a nail-bitting Pool A match of the cricket World Cup, here today. Chasing 211 for a win at the University Oval,Afghanistan were in dire straits at 97 for seven, before Shenwari played the innings of his life to help the Mohammad Nabi-led side post their first World Cup victory in their maiden appearance with three balls to spare. Shenwari stitched crucial partnerships with tailenders and the team got muchneeded help from No.10 Hamid Hassan (15 not out) and last-man Shapoor Zadran (12 not out), who
stood unbeaten for the final 19 runs of the win. Opener Javed Ahmadi also made a useful contribution up the order for the Afghans with a run-a-ball 51, a knock which was decorated with eight boundaries.But the star of the day was Shenwari. He first joined hands with Dawlat Zadran (9) and then Hassan to raise the hopes of an Afghan win before Hassan and Shapoor finished off the chase with three balls to spare. Shenwari played 147 balls and struck seven boundaries and five huge hits over the fence during his career-best knock. Earlier, Majid Haq (31) and Alasdair Evans (28) shared valuable 62 runs for the ninth wicket to lift Scotland to 210, their highest cricket
World Cup score in three appearances. n pursuit of the target, Shenwari added 35 runs with Dawlat (9) to first stabilise the chase and then shared vital 60 runs off 71 balls with Hassan to take his side near the finishing line before perishing in the 47th over. Shenwari though made the match after he clobbered off-spinner Haq for three huge sixes on the leg side to bring the equation down but he fell in fifth ball of the same over. He was caught by Josh Davey at deep midwicket boundary while going for another big hit.Shenwari's dismissal brought Afghanistan's last pair at the crease and from there on a win looked improbable for the Asian minnows.
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Flu claims 8 in Guj as more districts impose Section 144 Ahmedabad With eight more fatalities due to swine flu, the toll has reached 239 in Gujarat leading two more district collectors to invoke Section 144 (Unlawful Assembly) of the Criminal Procedure Code to prevent mass gatherings in order to curb swine flue infection, officials said here today. “Ahmedabad, Kutch, Patan, Gandhinagar, Sabarkantha, Morbi, Tapi and Botad registered a death in each district today while the total number of swine flu fatalities reached 239 since January this year,” an official statement issued by the Gujarat state government said. The state recorded 242 new cases swine flu cases, it said, adding, that the total number of cases have gone upto 3,769 from January this year. In its statement, the Gujarat government also claimed that 2,341
patients who were infected with swine flu have been cured. Meanwhile, after the Ahmedabad district administration imposed Section 144 prohibiting public gatherings without permission, two more districts in Gujarat including Rajkot and Bharuch also issued such notifications, invoking Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code. Today, Rajkot District Collector Manisha Chandra invoked Section 144 prohibiting mass gatherings without prior permission to prevent swine flu infection. Earlier, Ahmedabad District Collector Rajkumar
Beniwal had invoked Section 144 yesterday to curb swine flu. The neighbouring Mehsana district collectorate also issued a circular directing that permission to hold any mass gathering would be given after organisers assure that masks would be provided to each and every person. “However, we have not invoked Section 144. We have merely issued a circular to our mamlatdars directing them to give permission to mass gatherings only after getting an assurance that the organiser will provide masks to every person attending,” Mehsana Collector Lochan Sehara said.
Delhi HC to Centre: Post Rajnish Rai in police
AHMEDABAD Delhi high court has directed the Centre to give IPS officer Rajnish Rai a posting as an IG in a central police organization within three weeks. On Monday, a bench of Justices Kailash Gambhir and I C Mehta gave the Centre three weeks to give Rai a posting, after the government communicated that it would appoint him in the police. Earlier, on two occasions, the Centre had not replied to the court's insistence to give a clarification, said Rai's counsel I H Syed. Last year, Rai was transferred and posted as chief vigilance
officer in Uranium Corporation of India Ltd in Jaduguda, Jharkhand, but he moved the Central Administrative Tribunal against his appointment. The CAT agreed with Rai but did not order his transfer to a police organization. Rai then moved Delhi HC stating he had sought deputation in a central police organization and not a central PSU. The HC kept further hearing of the case on March 20. In 2007, Rai had investigated the Sohrabuddin fake encounter case and arrested three IPS officers, including D G Vanzara.
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Liquor permit goes online in Guj
Gandhinagar, Department of prohibition and excise, Government of Gujarat has launched epermit service to make available tourist(resident outside India), visitor(resident of India other than Gujarat) and group permits to consume liquor in Gujarat online. With this facility, visitors who want to consume liquor
during their Gujarat visit will have smoother access to permit On eps.gpeonline.co.in website, an applicant needs to file an online form. After submitting scanned(or photographed) documentary evidences, an applicant needs to make online payment. Once the applicant has print out of epermit, he/she can visit any
approved liquor shop in the state to purchase liquor. Government appointed person at liquor shop will check documents, identity proof and conduct physical verification and allow purchase of liquor. It is interesting to note that online payment service will not be effective for foreigners. However they will get online permit.
Bhadreshwar in the district of Kutch is the first OPG venture in Gujarat. The Project was conceived and initiated 7 years ago with actual construction commencing during late 2012 and completed inabout 3 years from the start date. The total cost of the project is Rs.1855 Crores with equity capital of Rs.464 Crores. The plant has a staff complement of some 150 persons presently, which will rise to 300 shortly, besides which indirect employment will be generated for about 1800 persons.
AHMEDABAD Around 26.37% posts in five government hospitals in the city are vacant. Even among the posts that are filled up, 33% are those occupied by fixed-salary earners. According to the data tabled in the state assembly, the UN Mehta Hospital is worst off as more than 50% of its posts are vacant. In reply to a question from Congress MLA from Danilimda, Shailesh Parmar, the state health minister admitted in a written reply that there are 1,471 vacancies at UN Mehta Hospital though it has
2,902 sanctioned posts. Sources at the hospital said that out of the 1,431 posts that are filled, the occupants of 1,395 posts are employees appointed on fixed salaries. Official sources said that in all the five hospitals, there was a shortage of nursing staff. For example, in the UN Mehta Hospital, out of the sanctioned 1574 posts for nursing employees, 890 are vacant. There was, however, no shortage of nursing staff at the Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre (IKDRC) and M&J Institute of Ophthalmology.
Ahmedabad district tops Rs. 1,855 crore 300 MW coal-based power plant 26% posts vacant in 5 in malnourished kids city government hospitals AHMEDABAD children in Gujarat and of OPGS Power to go on stream this Saturday The state government admitted in the assembly on Wednesday that there are 2.11 lakh underweight children in Gujarat. This is the reason the state budget has allocated the highest amount (48.53%) out of the total annual development plan of Rs 79,295.11 crore, to the social sector which includes health and nutrition. What is even more disturbing is that Ahmedabad city, where the Ahmedabad municipal corporation has an army of health workers and anganwadis, has the highest number — 26,151 — of malnourished children. Gandhinagar has 10,177 underweight kids. During the question hour on Wednesday, as many as 13 questions were asked about the number of malnourished
measures taken by the state government to tackle the problem.Viramgam MLA Tejashri Patel wanted to know the number of malnourished children in Ahmedabad district, city and in Gandhinagar. In its reply to the question, the state government stated that in Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation area, there were 22,479 malnourished children and another 3,672 kids who were severely underweight. Outside AMC limits, Ahmedabad district had another 6,745 malnourished children out of which 595 were grossly underweight. As per data available for 17 districts, Ahmedabad topped the chart with 32,896 malnourished children followed by Panchmahal with 24,111 kids.
Gandhinagar The 300 MW Coal Fired Power Station of OPGS Power Gujarat Pvt. Ltd. will be inaugurated by Chief Minister of Gujarat, Anandiben Patel on the 28th February 2015. OPGS Power Gujarat is a subsidiary of OPG Power
NSE to set up International Exchange in GIFT SEZ,MoU signed Gandhinagar National Stock Exchange(NSE), India’s leading stock exchange, intends to establish an international exchange in GIFT SEZ area, a multiservices Special Economic Zone(SEZ) being developed as India’s first International Financial Service Centre(IFSC) by GIFT SEZ Ltd, a whollyowned subsidiary of Gujarat International Finance TecCity Company Ltd(GIFTCL) known as GIFT City. GIFT SEZ and NSE signed the Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) in the presence of Shri Saurabhbhai Patel, FInance Minister of Gujarat today at Gandhninagar. NSE intends
to develop an international standard exchange providing electronic platform for facilitating trading, clearing and settlement of securities, and shall explore possibility of starting trading facilities in different asset classes like equities, interest rates, currencies, among others and their derivatives subject to fulfillment of existing laws and guidelines as are being issued by the government and the regulators. The exchange can cater to international and other investors willing to operate from GIFT SEZIFSC in GIFT City. GIFT SEZ has been notified as an international financial service centre by Govt of India as India’s first IFSC. Int he absence of an ISFC in India, the country has reportedly
lost market share in few financial products. Once operationalsed, IFSFC GIFT can fulfill trading needs of domestic and foreign traders, subject to regulator’s guidelines. Moreover, many institutions and people may opt to hedge their underlying risks in foreign currency denominated products from India. For instance, the trading volumes of the rupee and India-based indices are estimated at over USD 100 billion a day. Overseas venues like SGX (in Singapore), DGCX( at Dubai) and CME ( in Chicago, and worldwide), and the global OTC and NDF markets, have been very successful in this trading.
Ventures PLC which is incorporated in the United Kingdom and listed on London Stock Exchange since April 2008. The business of OPG Power Ventures is to establish and operate Power Generation Stations in India. OPG Power Ventures has established 750 MW of capacity in India through its Indian subsidiaries including OPGS Power Gujarat. OPG Power Ventures funds its Indian operations with Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) equity capital. The
Gujarat Power Station investment is also a Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) by OPG Power Ventures PLC in the equity capital of the Project.The OPG Group selected Gujarat for its first venture outside Tamil Nadu in consideration of the investment friendly policies of the Gujarat State Government, the high economic growth achieved by the State in the last decade and the concentration of major industry in Gujarat. This 300 MW Power Station in
Two shot with retired inspector’s revolver AHMEDABAD Two people, Subhan Salmaniya and Moin Shaikh, sustained bullet injuries when retired police inspector A B Qureshi, his son Aslam Qureshi and another Zaheer Malek, all residents of Arshad Park in Juhapura allegedly fired two fired from a licensed . 32 revolver following a land dispute on Wednesday night. Police sources said the injured were rushed to VS Hospital and were both
being treated. "We arrested all three accused and seized the licenced Indian-made revolver belonging to A B Qureshi," said inspector of Vejalpur police station J K Pandya. According to a complaint by Salmaniya, who claims to be an auto driver and is a resident of Sukun Apartment on Sonal Cinema road, he and his friend Moin rushed to a plot in Ehsan Park on SarkhejJuhapura road after hearing a noise.
Gujarat to emerge as MRO hub, six new airstrip works in progress: Saurabh Patel
Gandhinagar Civil Aviation Minister of Gujarat, Saurabh Patel today said that Gujarat will emerge as hub for maintenance and repairing of planes and helicopters. In a reply in assembly, he said that Gujarat started Maintenance Repairing Overall(MRO) facility in 2009 by starting GUJSAIL MRO complex at Sardar Patel airport, In last one year, six planes and one helicopter have been repaired here. Minister further said that to start
MRO, Director General Civil Aviation prepares a list of approved organizations, and they only are allotted space. Minister Patel said the government plans to start airstrip in various districts, and in some district such service has been already started. The present MRO facility will serve the needs of maintenance for such airstrips. Through repair of planes and helicopters of various organizations, the government has earned income of Rs. 13.36 lakh. In reply to another question
MoS, Civil Aviation Jashabhai Barad said that the government has planned to start Keshod airport soon. In reply to separate question, Minister Saurabh Patel said that the government plans to develop air strips at Ankleshwar, Palitana, Morbi, Dahej, Dwarka and Ambaji. He said boundary wall and land leveling works are in progress at Ankleshwar. Palitana is witnessing land measurement and demarcation works.
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