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News Brief Former greats attribute India's loss to missed opportunities Adopt organic farming: Haryana Guv Agency : Kaithal, Mar 26
Haryana Governor Kaptan Singh Solanki today called upon farmers of the state to adopt organic farming, saying excessive use of fertilisers and insecticides are affecting the health of people and land fertility. The government is implementing a number of schemes to promote organic farming in the state, he told reporters during his visit to progressive farmer and National awardee Kushal Pal Sirohi's herbal farm at Chandana village in Kaithal district.
15 fresh cases of swine flu in Telangana Agency : Hyderabad, Mar 26
Fifteen fresh cases of swine flu have been reported in Telangana, where 75 people succumbed to the H1N1 virus so far since January this year. "From January 1 till March 25, 7,065 samples were tested, of which 2,208 found to be positive.
Cong announces organisational poll schedule Agency : New Delhi, Mar 26
Amid talk that Rahul Gandhi will be anointed as the party chief, AICC today announced a new schedule for organisational elections in which the next Congress President will be elected by September 30. A highlight of the new schedule is that for the first time, party polls will be held in two phases, first phase covering 18 states and Union territories and the second phase almost equal number of states and Union territories.
Kingpin of gang dealing with FICN nabbed by Delhi police Agency : Malda, Mar 26
The kingpin of a gang involved in dealing with fake Indian currency notes was arrested from Malda in West Bengal by Delhi police. The accused, Shahjahan Sheikh, was arrested during a joint operation by the Delhi police and Malda police from his house at Chhoto Mohodipur in Kaliachak last evening, Additional superintendent of police Abhishek Modi said.
The team needed a big knock from a top-order batsman to have a shot at overhauling the mammoth Australian total Agency : SYDNEY Attributing India's ouster from the World Cup to crucial missed opportunities, former cricketers said the team needed a big knock from a top-order batsman to have a shot at overhauling the mammoth Australian total. Set a steep target of 329, the defending champions lost by 95 runs to the Aussies in the semifinal to crash out of the World Cup. Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni's run-a-ball 65 was the best by
an Indian batsman in a botched up chase as Australia set up a summit showdown with co-hosts and trans-Tasmanian rivals New Zealand in Melbourne on Sunday. "I think the best two teams have reached the final. They have the best two captains on display at the World Cup and they are the most balanced for these conditions," said former India skipper Rahul Dravid. Another former captain Sourav Ganguly said that
co-hosts score 328, the dice was heavily loaded against Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men. "India were outplayed by a much better team. First it was a good toss to win for Australian captain Michael Clarke. Second, it is the pressure of the target of 329, the pressure of chasing a big total that did India in. Had India batted first and put up 329, Australia would also have been under pressure. "Third, Australia had a better India lost to a much better
team and once they let the
Indian police make first arrest in nun's rape Indian Christians take part in a peace rally and protest in Allahabad after the rape of a nun in West Bengal Agency : Ranaghat eight people for questioning. The nun was attacked after But no arrests were made a gang of robbers broken until Wednesday and into the convent school authorities in Kolkata had faced criticism over the pace where she lived in West of progress in the Bengal Indian police have investigation. Last week, the made their first arrest over the rape of an elderly nun West Bengal government that has shocked the said it was handing over the country, a senior official case to the country's top investigators after coming said. Investigators traced the suspect to the western night," he said on Thursday. gang of robbers broke into under fire over the lack of city of Mumbai and "He is being brought to the convent school in the arrests. The assault was the detained him on Wednesday headquarters of the eastern state of West Bengal latest in a string of highnight, the police official told investigating agency in where she lived. Police in the profile rapes in India and AFP on condition of Kolkata." The nun, who is state capital Kolkata added to the fears of the anonymity. "He was picked in her 70s, needed surgery identified four of the six country's Christian minority up from a hideout in after she was attacked robbers through CCTV following a spate of attacks Mumbai on Wednesday earlier this month when a footage and had detained on churches.
Nitish meets PM Modi; says Bihar set to lose Rs 50,000 crore due to Finance Commission Agency : New Delhi Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and raised issues regarding funding to Bihar. Nitish also raised the demand for Backward Reserve Fund for Bihar for the development of the state. He contended that his state will lose Rs 50,000 crore due to implementation of the 14th Finance C o m m i s s i o n recommendations which he wanted to be compensated by the Centre. Kumar, who had snapped his party JD(U)'s 17-year-old alliance with BJP in 2013 after it projected Modi as Prime Ministerial candidate for 2014 polls, met the Prime Minister for the first time.
Emerging from the meeting, the Chief Minister said he raised the issue of implementation of the Finance Commission recommendations which he contended will lead to an "estimated Rs 50,000 crore loss" to the state. He said the Centre's share in Centrally-sponsored schemes has been
decreased. "Altogether, it has been a loss to Bihar. That is why I have requested that Bihar should be compensated for this," Kumar told reporters. "The second issue that I have raised is that there is a question mark now also on the special assistance that Bihar used to get under BRGF (Backward Regions
Grant Fund) after the bifurcation of the state in 2000. Our doubts should be resolved. We should get that money and we should keep getting that money even in future," he said. He said the central government has already given its nod for all the schemes that are to be implemented in five years with the Rs 12000 crore fund that the state has got. PMO said the meeting was a "courtesy call". An allparty meeting convened by Kumar in Bihar on March 23, which was boycotted by the BJP, had decided to "write" to the Prime Minister about the "estimated Rs 50,000 crore loss" to the state due to the Finance C o m m i s s i o n recommendations.
bowling attack. Once you (India) let Australia score 328 then it was a difficult proposition for India," he added. Australian spin legend Shane Warne said the Indians let it slip when they failed to capitalise on the good start that openers Rohit Sharma (35) and Shikhar Dhawan (45) provided. "Both Rohit and Shikhar got off to a flier and gave India a real chance. Ultimately, you need the top three-four to get a big hundred
to have a chance in such a huge chase," Warne said. Warne, however, credited the Australian bowlers for exerting relentless pressure on the Indians. The iconic tweaker also felt star batsman Virat Kohli's early dismissal pegged India back. "Australia bowled outstandingly. Besides, Virat Kohli got out early and when he gets out cheaply, India struggles," Warne pointed out.
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Amid speculation over Rahul’s whereabouts, Congress announces poll Agency : New Delhi Amid a raging debate over Rahul Gandhi’s prolonged absence, the Congress on Thursday came out with a schedule for organisational elections under which the next Congress president will be elected by September 30, 2015. The schedule, finalised by the party’s central election authority, has been released at a time when speculation refuses to die down over the sabbatical of the Congress vice-president and when he would be back after “introspection” in the wake of a series of electoral
debacles. There had been speculation that Mr. Rahul Gandhi could be anointed any time as Congress president but his going on leave just on the eve of the commencement of the budget session last month has raised questions over his future plans. Posters have appeared in parts of Uttar Pradesh including Mr. Rahul Gandhi’s constituency Amethi requesting him to come home. A highlight of the new schedule is that for the first time, party polls will be held in two phases, first phase covering 18 States
and Union Territories and the second phase almost equal number of States and UTs. The Congress chief will be elected by September 30. Interestingly, the party elections will be over by July 31, 2015 in 18 States including Gujarat, Haryana, Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and a host of States in the northeast in the first phase.
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Australia makes India give it back In the end, the Indians were never really up to the challenge, bowling or batting. Flat in the beginning, Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s band of merry men, after blitzing through the initial rounds of the World Cup, chose the critical semi-finals for their first loss. The consolation is they got as far as they did; the regret is that having got so far they faltered when it mattered most. Sadly it wasn’t even against a great team of the kind that beat India in the 2003 final in Johannesburg. Several factors contributed to the defeat, but it was the lack of a game plan that stood out. For such a crucial match, the team didn’t seem to have a well-rehearsed strategy, one that leveraged its own strengths without bothering too much about the past. In the event Umesh Yadav and even Mohit Sharma, who bowls at an amiable pace, tried too hard to turn into Wahab Riaz. Lacking the Pakistani speedster’s pace, accuracy and skill, the former made a hash of the short ball and let Aaron Finch, who was battling poor form, off the hook. The pull back when it came was too late and the damage done. Chasing 329 was never going to be easy, not on the big stage and on a big ground such as Sydney. While batting, even though the team got off to a decent enough opening, it was evident that India lacked the big impact player at the top, someone such as Brendon McCullum who could have given them the kind of start the Kiwi captain gave his side when chasing a similarly large total against South Africa in the first semi-final. And the rest of the batting, the much-trumpeted Virat Kohli included, just didn’t seem to have the stomach for the fight. It isn’t an uncommon occurrence. Choking when it matters most is the biggest fear for coaches of big teams. That is why teams travel with sports psychologists, why South Africa can’t seem to get beyond the semi-finals of the World Cup or why England can’t win a penalty shootout at a major football event. The winners in sport are those that can turn it on when it matters most, in particular when the heat is really on. Think Muhammad Ali against Joe Frazier in the 1975 Thrilla in Manila. Ali back against the ropes, battered and bruised through the early rounds, dug into his secret reserves to win despite, as he said later, being the closest to dying he had ever been. In the Champions League final at Istanbul’s Ataturk stadium in 2005, Liverpool came back from being 0-3 down at half time to draw level 3-3 and then went on to win the penalty shootout. Fear of failure clouds the mind and cramps the body. Equally, champions don’t entertain the thought of failure, ever. As the legendary Michael Jordan said, “You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.” Of course, Australia are the masters of semi-finals. This is their seventh win in seven games at this stage in the World Cup. They are also playing at home with all the associated advantages of familiarity with conditions and crowd support. Social scientists say that just like in the animal kingdom, people are more dominant and experience lower levels of stress when they are on their own territories. Not that it always works. Last year at the football World Cup in Brazil, the hosts, overawed by the pressure of its home crowd, succumbed to a humiliating loss to eventual champions Germany.
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Ranbir ‘Tamasha’ in Shimla now
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“What wrong Anushka has done? She had only gone to see a cricket match like the families of other players. It is unfair to blame him for Kohli's performance. It is the immaturity of people (criticising Anushka),” - Former India captain Sourav Ganguly
Spotted: Lara Dutta at the Fair & Lovely Foundation Agency : New Delhi It's been three years since Lara Dutta took a break from work after the birth of her daughter Saira Bhupathi. Now the ex-Miss Universe is back with a bang, first as a mentor for a pageant, and now at the Fair & Lovely Foundation event. She also plays a major part in the upcoming film 'Fitoor' and 'Singh is Bling'. All in all, the Bollywood diva is making a great comeback. She told a leading daily, ""For three years I was extremely selective about the kind of work I wanted to do and most importantly, Saira is my priority. With the kind of lives Mahesh (Bhupathi) and I lead, it is important that one parent is constant. However, now that Saira has grown a little I get three hours in a day to myself, so I am taking up work though
it's a small start." We loved her slender frame post
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Irrfan Khan: Whoever is thinking of becoming an actor should observe Mr Bachchan
Agency : New Delhi Irrfan Khan, who is sharing the screen space with Amitabh Bachchan and Deepika Padukone in Shoojit Sirkar’s upcoming film ‘Piku’, says Big B was fun to work with. “It was a wonderful experience. Whoever is thinking of becoming an actor or taking a training, should observe Mr Bachchan. Otherwise, he/she will
never be aware of the nuances of acting,” Irrfan said at the trailer launch of the film yesterday. “Mr Bachchan follows his director’s vision in a very obedient way. At the same time, he is very playful too. Sometimes when a person is hardworking that can be boring for other people. But I will always remember is playfulness.” The film, slated to release on May 8, is
about a working daughter and her father. Irrfan plays an interesting character in the mix of father-daughter. The actor said he enjoyed the experience of working on the movie. “With both Deepika and Amitabh Bachchan it was magical and inspirational and an outstanding experience. And as Bachchan saab says even I was emotional at the end of the shooting,” Irrfan said.
Lilly Singh meets Rohit Shetty, Varun Dhawan on the sets of 'Dilwale' Agency : New Delhi Bollywood actor Ranbir Kapoor has now taken his film ‘Tamasha‘ to Shimla. The actor, who has just wrapped the Delhi schedule of the Imtiaz Ali directed film, was spotted shooting for the movie at the famous ridge road in the hill station. (Read: Exes Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone hit the gym together post ‘Tamasha’ shoot) A clean-shaven Ranbir Kapoor looked smart in grey hooded jacket, white shirt and jeans as he
shot for one of the scenes. Ranbir will be joined his costar Deepika Padukone soon before they wrap up the movie. The Tamasha team arrived in Shimla on Sunday evening. Most of the scenes for the movie will be shot at BCS school. ‘Tamasha’, Imtiaz Ali’s next venture, is about the journey of someone who has lost his edge in trying to conform to the society. Imtiaz Ali shot ‘Tamasha’ for more than a month in Delhi and surrounding areas. The film will release next year.
Agency : Mumbai Indo-Canadian YouTube sensation Lilly Singh, famously known as Superwoman, met filmmaker Rohit Shetty and actor Varun Dhawan on the set of their film 'Dilwale' during her Mumbai visit. Singh paid a visit to the set earlier this week. However, Shah Rukh Khan, of whom she's a huge fan and whom she had met last year, was not around on the set of the film, in which he is paired with Kajol. In 2014, Shah Rukh even invited her over to his house Mannat as his daughter is a fan of Superwoman's work. 'Dilwale' will feature Kriti
Ahmedabad
Sanon, Varun Sharma, Boman Irani, Vinod Khanna, Kabir Bedi, Sanjay Mishra, Johnny Lever, Chetna Pandey, Mukesh Tiwari and Murli
Sharma, apart from Varun and SRK. The Red Chillies Entertainments Pvt Ltd and Rohit Shetty Productions film is slated to release this Christmas.
Kangana on Equation With Priyanka: I Was a Starry-Eyed Fan and Now a Competitor Agency : Mumbai Kangana Ranaut and Priyanka Chopra were pitted against each other at the 62nd National Film Awards but the Queen star, who was declared the Best Actress, said they have no professional rivalry. Kangana, 28, won her second national award for the Vikas Bahl-directed film. "It's been long-long journey with Priyanka and it began during Fashion when I was a starry-eyed fan of hers. She was a superstar during that time and today I am competing with her. It feels great. We have always maintained our friendship since 2008. She had no reason to choose me as her friend because I was a nobody at that time. She called me from California
and congratulated me after the awards were announced. We spoke for an hour," Kangana. Post Kangana's win, Priyanka had congratulated her Fashion co-star and had tweeted, "I hate losing. But if I had to take a back seat to anyone this year it would be you #KanganaRanaut ! Congratulations!yay Queen!#SmallTownGirls."
Kangana said she has highest regard for the former Miss World and her work. "I have been misquoted many times when it comes to Priyanka. But it hasn't changed our equation. Art is subjective and if people say that her performance in Mary Kom was better than I have no issues with that. It's just the spirit which matters," she said
Are Sidharth Malhotra and Kriti Sanon working together in a film?
Agency : New Delhi Bollywood actors Sidharth Malhotra and Kriti Sanon, ambassadors of American Swan, have teamed up to dance in a music anthem for the online fashion brand. Sharing screen space for the first time, the two also share a crackling chemistry in the #ASIAM video, which is a reflection of the trendy and youthful spirit of the brand. The video also captures all
elements that can appeal most to the youth — catchy lyrics, foot-tapping beats, fun dance moves and lots of style. Besides the lead pair, the video also boasts of other major Bollywood tieups. The song is composed by Meet Bros Anjjan of Baby Doll fame, and it is sung by Benny Dayal, who has belted out hits like Badtameez Dil. The video has been directed and
choreographed by Remo D’Souza, who has come up with a signature dance step for it. Talking about the #ASIAM music anthem, Sidharth said: “What excited me most was the interesting concept of the anthem that American Swan came up with. It was great fun matching steps with Remo and, of course, being paired with Kriti, who is a fabulous dancer herself.” Kriti also enjoyed the “fun idea and clutter-breaking format” of the video. ”I thoroughly enjoyed the #ASIAM music video shoot with Sidharth who is naturally charming… The American Swan collection is young and trendy,” she said. The “#ASIAM” video will be launched on all social channels first. The campaign will soon be launched through TV and print as well.
Shazahn Padamsee, the prankster on ‘Solid Patels’ set Agency : Mumbai Actress Shazahn Padamsee, who will be seen in a prominent role in “Solid Patels”, says she loves the comedy genre even though it is tough. Off-screen too, she enjoys her share of humour by playing pranks on the film’s team. “An actor’s on screen persona has to be an extension of one’s real life persona. I like comedy, and I think it’s one of the most difficult thing to do on screen… so jokes, laughs keeps you positive and in mode. “I love playing pranks on the team of ‘Solid Patels’. The energy of the team is so positive that it is fun to have fun with them,” Shazahn told IANS. In the film, she portrays the role of
a Gujarati girl. She says she has worked hard to perfect her diction, body language, dialect and comic timing. “Solid Patels” director Saurabh Varma knew Shazahn was the right choice for the film, courtesy her pranks. Varma said: “When an actress plays a prank on the director during shoot, you know you have made the right choice for a comedy movie. She loves
playing pranks! Someday, I am going to have a panic attack because of her. “Her comic timing is brilliant and so organic. Shazahn is a fun girl to work with, she is always smiling, playing jokes, keeping it light and positive,” he added. “Solid Patels”, produced by Krian Media, also features Shiv Pandit, Ali Asgar and Kettan Singh among others. It will release on April 24.
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Agency : New Delhi Amazon on Wednesday launched its all new e-reader Kindle Voyage in India at Rs 16499. Kindle Voyage was unveiled in September last year. Potential buyers can choose from two variants of the e-reader, the Wi-Fi model that costs Rs 16499 and the other variant featuring WiFi and 3G supports costs Rs 20499. There is no surprise that Kindle Voyage will only be available for purchase on Amazon. Kindle Voyage features 300ppi display. The thickness measures only 7.6mm, making it the company's slimmest ereader so far. Kindle Voyage's screen is shielded with micro-etched glass layer that eliminates glare to remove chances of any stress on the reader's eyes. Also, the surface of the screen has been crafted with such material that whenever you touch it, it feels like you are touching a paper. The
company has focused a lot on giving its users a booklike experience. Amazon has added PagePress, a new hardware which makes the page turning process better and it creates no hassle as it does in case of e-book readers. You just need to pressurise e-book reader's bezel a little to give it to flip a page and the gadget silently follows. The Kindle Voyage has been blessed with 4GB internal storage capacity which can easily hold and manage thousands of e-books at a time, the company assures. The new front light on the Kindle Voyage adjusts brightness automatically after sensing the user's environment. It can also be adjusted manually. The company claims that Kindle Voyage gets fully charged in approximately 3 hours which can last up to six weeks when used half an hour a day with light setting adjusted to 10.
NASA rover completes 11-year Mars marathon
Agency : Washington NASA's Opportunity Mars rover has become the first human-made vehicle to complete a marathon on another planet a feat accomplished in a record time of no less than 11 years. Opportunity passed the 26-mile (42-kilometer) mark Tuesday after approximately 11 years and two months traveling the Martian terrain, where it surpassed scientists' original expectations for a mission lasting just several months. The solarpowered robot, which landed on Mars' Eagle Crater in January 2004,
completed the marathon in the course of a 153-foot (46.5-meter) drive. "This is the first time any human enterprise has exceeded the distance of a marathon on the surface of another world," said John Callas, Opportunity project manager at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, California. During its mission, Opportunity and its twin rover, Spirit now defunct have discovered wet environmental conditions on ancient Mars, some of which are mild enough to have been favorable for life.
'Fats' may help treat type 2 diabetes Agency : New Delhi A new research has discovered that fats were a 'new weapon' in the war against type 2 diabetes and play an important role to treat it. Alan Saghatelian, Ph.D at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies with Barbara Kahn, M.D. conducted the research and found a new class of potentially therapeutic lipids, called fatty-acid esters of hydroxy fatty acids (FAHFAs), found in people with insulin resistance. The FAHFAs when administered to diabetic mice improved their
glucose metabolism and insulin secretion, and opened an avenue for the development of novel medications for the disease. Kahn's team at Beth Israel Medical Deaconess Center found that they could create obese mice that were unusually sensitive to insulin and suspected that the lipids found in them were behind it. The research on these newly discovered fats could lead to a diabetes therapy. Using the mass spectrometry technique, researchers identified a total of 16 different types of FAHFAs in the mice.
Harika in quarterfinals of Women's World Chess Championship Agency : SOCHI Grandmaster D Harika joined compatriot Koneru Humpy in the quarterfinals of the World Women's Chess Championship beating former champion Alexandra Kosteniuk of Russia in the rapid tie-break games that concluded on Thursday. Harika beat the local favourite 1.5-0.5, showing nerves of steel. Harika won the first game in the rapid chess after being pushed to the tie-break by Kosteniuk and then held on to her own in the return game to make it to the last eight of the championship. In the next round now, Harika plays the lowest remaining seed Meri Arabidze of Georgia while Humpy will take on
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Ukrainian Mariya Muzychuk. It turned out to be another exciting day of tie-breaks and the biggest gainer was Arabidze who caused another upset at the expense of Viktorija Cmilyte of Lithuania winning the first and drawing the second tiebreak game. The other winner in the tie-break was Natalija Pogonina of Russia, who
scripted a big comeback beating Marie Sebag of France in both rapid games. Pogonina, the last remaining Russian in the fray, had lost the first game under normal time control against Sebag and had to equalise first before winning the tie-break. The championship this year had started with 64 players under knockout system.
Agency : PUNE The Mumbai side that looked off colour during the Ranji Trophy this year, looked in their elements as they defeated Gujarat by 92 runs in the Inter-zonal T20 tournament at MCA stadium in Gahunje on Wednesday. Mumbai's win saw a confident 71-ball 110 by opener Shoaib Shaikh. Batting first, Mumbai made 179-5. It was a free flow for Shaikh. The 28-year-old, who had scored 58 against Baroda in their first match, looked in good touch with
eight fours and four sixes. He shared a 75-run opening stand with skipper Aditya Tare (30) and then a 48-run partnership with Shreyas Iyer. Gujarat got off to a bad start. It was Siddhesh Lad who set the tone for Mumbai bowlers by getting Parthiv Patel (8) cheaply in the second over. Gujarat had only 10 runs on board then. Another opener Priyank Panchal was next to go on the first ball of the third over. This time the bowler was Shardul Thakur but Gujarat were still at 10.
Thakur dismissed Chirag Gandhi for a duck in the third over, leaving Gujarat helpless at 10-3.
World Cup 2015: Australia beat India to set up final clash with New Zealand Agency : SYDNEY India's near flawless title defence came to an agonising end on Thursday as they succumbed to pressure against the clinical Australians, who decimated the defending champions by 95 runs to romp into the finals and break a million Indian hearts. In an engrossing semifinal clash, four-time champions Australia rode on Steve Smith's classy 105 to post an imposing 328/7 before bundling out India for 233 in 46.5 overs to set up a summit clash with transTasmanian rivals and cohosts New Zealand in Melbourne on Sunday. After a dream run which saw them win seven matches on the trot, India's quest for a second successive World Cup title was finally thwarted by the formidable Australians, who outplayed Mahendra Singh Dhoni's bravehearts in every department at the fullypacked Sydney Cricket Ground. Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (65, 65 balls) stood tall amid a disappointing batting show as he waged a lone battle to take India past the 200-run mark and make a match of it despite the steep asking rate. At the top, Shikhar
Dhawan was another notable performer with 45run knock. The Indians had themselves to blame for the loss as the bowling unit, which had performed admirably till now, failed to deliver when it mattered the most while the batting also crumbled under pressure. The jubilant Aussies broke into wild celebrations after Mitchell Starc castled Umesh Yadav (0) to dismiss the last Indian batsman in the 47th over. Home captain Michael Clarke was composed though as he shook hands with the Indians and acknowledged the Aussie supporters, who had interestingly been outnumbered by Indian fans. However, it was R Ashwin, who walked away with the honours with
fantastic figures of 1/42, which included the prized scalp of dangerous looking Glenn Maxwell (23, 14 balls) with a well thought out trap. It was because of Ashwin that India could stop Australia from racing away to a total in the range of 350 which looked possible when Maxwell started tonking the seamers. The Australian innings was all about Smith's approach and the manner in which he tackled the Indian bowling which has been a dominant force throughout the tournament. So simple yet effective was Smith's approach at the crease that it never seemed he was scoring at a rate of more than run-a-ball yet he did it with elan. The 100 came off 89 balls. The floodgates
Asian Games snub motivated me to make a comeback: Mandeep Agency : New Delhi The snub from the Asian Games gold medal-winning team motivated me to work harder and make a strong comeback into the Indian men's hockey team, said promising forward Mandeep Singh after his selection in the Sutlan Azlan Cup to be held in Ipoh, Malaysia. After being ignored for the Asian Games and Champions Trophy squad, Mandeep put up an impressive display in this year's Hero Hockey
India League to impress the selectors and make a comeback in the national team. "I was part of the World Cup squad in June last year but since then I missed out on other important tournaments. I was unlucky that I was not part of the gold winning team of the Asian Games. It
motivated me to work even harder and make a strong comeback," Mandeep said. The 24th Sultan Azlan Shah Cup will be played from April 5 to 12 where six teams - India, hosts Malaysia, Australia, Canada, Korea and New Zealand will fight for the title.
opened in the 10th over of the Australian innings bowled by Yadav where Smith smashed him for four boundaries. Yadav's first spell of five overs went for 39 with six boundaries and a six taken off his bowling. It started with a cover drive and ended with a hat-trick of pull-shots as Yadav repeatedly erred in length, bowling too short. The normally disciplined Indian pace attack bowled too
short as seven out of 11 boundaries hit by Smith came off pull shots. It was a short ball that finally ended a wonderful knock when Smith couldn't control the hook shot off Yadav's bowling to be holed out at deep square leg. Once Smith departed, Maxwell teed off but it was Ashwin's clever bowling and good captaincy by Dhoni that brought about the maverick Aussie's downfall. Ashwin
flighted one and Maxwell wanted to muscle it over deep square leg boundary found the only fielder placed at that position. Maxwell's departure saw a mini collapse as Australia slumped from 233 for two to 248 for five before Shane Watson (28) and James Faulkner (21) added 36 runs at a quick clip in only 4.2 overs as Australia posted a more than decent total in a crunch match.
Duminy named Delhi Daredevils captain Agency : New Delhi JP Duminy has been appointed the captain of Delhi Daredevils ahead of the 2015 season. Daredevils were led by Kevin Pietersen last year, but the franchise released him as part of an overhaul which saw them offload 13 players from their 2014 squad. Duminy was one of the few survivors and was preferred as the leader over star Indian allrounder Yuvraj Singh and Sri Lankan captain Angelo Mathews. Having finished as the last-ranked team in 2014 with just two wins from 14 matches, the franchise sought more balance in the team and finished as the biggest buyer at the players auction in February. Yuvraj became the most expensive buy of the auction after Daredevils spent Rs 16 crore (approximately $2.67 million). A proven match-
winner with a modest captaincy record in the IPL, Yuvraj was seen as the favourite to take over the captaincy but the management felt differently. According to Hemant Dua, the Daredevils chief executive, Duminy was the "right choice" as he is a "composed individual and well respected by his teammates and peers." Duminy has always expressed a strong desire to lead a team but does not have much experience in the role except for leading South Africa in the three-match Twenty20 series against
Australia last year when Faf du Plessis was rested. According to Dua what worked in Duminy's favour was the familiarity with the team and a good relationship with Daredevils' head coach Gary Kirsten. Duminy has been an integral part of Kirsten's strategy plan for South Africa. It was Kirsten, during his stint as the South Africa coach, who recalled Duminy to replace the injured Mark Boucher during the 2012 England tour. Kirsten has always believed Duminy has the attidue to be both a leader and a match-winner.
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Bill for State University status to Kidney Institute Ahmedabad passed unopposed Sunvilla News, Gandhinagar
Gujarat Assembly Thursday passed a bill to give status of State University to Ahmedabad based Kidney hospital unopposed. This bill proposes to give state university status to already functioning Kidney Institute run by Dr.H.L.Trivedi in Civil hospital Ahmedabad campus. The institute is commonly known as Kidney hospital. The new university will be known as University of Tranplantation. The University will develop programme for education and research in the areas of transplantation science and organ failure prevention. The University will conduct programms and carry out research in the areas of multiple organ and cell transplant. It will also conduct Phd programms in tranplantation immunology, renal physiology, biochemistry, microbiology. It will offer D.M. title in the branches like transplant pathology, infectious
disease, trovid organ transplantation medicine. It will offer post graduate degree of MD in critical care medicine, transfusion medicine and surgical medicine. The university will also run various para medical courses and certificate courses. The university will develop an institution for study and research. It will serve as center for cell and tissue transplantation, solid organ tranplantation, composite tissue plantation, zeno transplantation etc. The university will be developed as national referral center for research in
transplantation field. Annually more than 1.5 lakh patients are checked in this institutes which also witnesses 400 kidney transplantation and 50,000 dialysis.So far 4000 kidney, 100 lever and 3800 stem cell transplantation are completed here. The state government is going to build 600 bed facility in 6 acre land of Manjushri Mill compound which will be known as university hospital. Government has allocated Rs. 420 crore for this purpose. In year 201516 budget Rs. 185 has been allocated to this purpose.
Naroda Patia survivors ask CJ to change appeals bench Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
Survivors of the Naroda Patia massacre approached Gujarat high court acting Chief Justice V M Sahai on Wednesday to request him to shift the case from the bench of Justices Ravi Tripathi and R D Kothari. This bench is currently hearing the appeals filed by Maya Kodnani and others against their conviction by the trial court. Eighty-four such victims made the representation just a day
before the bench is scheduled to take up the appeals. The victims said this division bench has "made up its mind to allow appeals and acquit the offenders". This is because this bench had recently granted bail to convict Kirpalsingh Chabra, observing that there was weak evidence. The victims said the bench has already reached a conclusion by appreciating the evidence — something that is not allowed in a bail hearing.
The victims have also expressed concern about their own security if the convicts are acquitted. "We are sure the applicants will be acquitted. In such circumstances, we have no other option but to vacate our residences from Naroda Patia and migrate to some other place or city since our lives will not be safe at Naroda Patia." Last week, a few victims had filed an affidavit taking exception to this bench hearing the case.
Gujarat govt to do Geochemical Mapping of state, Kutch completed Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
Gujarat Government has initiated an ambitious project of Geochemical mapping of state to earmark the mineral resources in the state. The state government is doing it in collaboration of Geological Survey of India(GSI). This project will help in long term planning of managing state’s mineral resources as well as industrial and other zoning process. Government has already completed geochemical mapping of
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Speaking on this occasion, Chief Minister Anandiben Patel said the plant is giving direct employment to 4,000 people. 19 ancillary units will give employment to another 6,000 people, she added. Patel described Sanand belt
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Gujarat Assembly Thursday passed Gujarat Motor Vehicle Tax(Amendment) Bill, 2015. Non-payment of tax for years long period will allow government to seize the vehicle and auction it. Those involved in tax evasion repeatedly will face maximum six months prison after court procedure. At present, the dues are collected through revenue procedure. It is time consuming procedure which
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3 out of 11 corporations under Gujarat government’s industry department are making loss. As per Chief Minister’s written reply in assembly, Gujarat Hathshal and Hastakala Nigam made Rs. 1.32 crore loss in 2012 and Rs. 2.46 crore loss in 2013. Finance Corporation made Rs. 113.16 crore and Rs. 112.78 crore loss in year 2012 and 2013. Industrial Corridor Corporation made Rs. 18.16 lakh loss in 2012, but made Rs. 6.69 lakh profit in 2013. Gujarat Mineral D e v e l o p m e n t Corporation(GMDC) made
Rs. 600.94 crore profit in 2012 but in 2013 it dropped to Rs. 439 crore. Gramodhyog Bajar Nigam made Rs. 3.70 crore profit in 2012 which increased to Rs. 4.44 crore in 2013. Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation(GIDC) made Rs. 203.87 crore profit in 2012 which increased to Rs. 205.85 crore next year. Gujarat Industrial Investment Corporation also made jump in profit fro Rs. 5.34 crore in
Betting racket: Probe begins into Gujarat police role Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
The anti corruption bureau (ACB) has started a preliminary inquiry into the alleged involvement of Gujarat police officials in the Rs 4,000 crore international cricket betting racket unearthed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Vadodara district last week. Top sources in the
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letter to Mahatma Gandhi appreciating Gandhi’s vision for India’s freedom. He said Gandhi had sent a portable spinning wheel to Ford in response which is in Henry Ford museum in Michigan, America at present.
Auction, Jail for non-payment of vehicle tax in Gujarat: Bill passed
GMDC profit down by Rs. 261 crore in a year
Ford opens plant at Sanand in Gujarat Car manufacturing plant of Ford India was inaugurated at North Kotpura in Sanand near Ahmedabad today by state Chief Minister. Speaking at the inauguration function, Global CEO of Ford Motors Mr. Mark Fields said, “With More than 1 billion USD of investment Sanand will double our annual capacity in India to 610,000 engines and 440,000 vehicles.” He added that the Operation in Sanand will be able to produce 240,000 vehicles and 270,000 engines. He said the plant will create jobs for 2500 employees at Sanand and another 7500 through supplying partners. Taking note of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Make in India’ slogan, he said Ford will triple its export from India. Mr. Mark Fields launched Sanand manufactured small sedan Figo Aspire on this occasion. He said the customers will have choice of two engines in this model. Mr. Mark in his speech remembered Henry Ford’s July 1941
Kutch.It has started work in Jamnagar, Kheda, Valsad, Bharuch, Surat, Navsari and Bhavnagar districts. Total 2482 sq km area has been surveyed so far. The state Government has also initiated process of detailed exploration for limestone, underground coal gasification, Bauxite, metallic minerals etc. In Kutch through geochemical mapping the state government has survived 26800 sq km area and took 6000 samples.
as Detroit. She said more than Rs. 15,000 crore investment has been committed already in this area. She took note of the fact that the plant has been set up within the period of four years after ground breaking.
police said the probe, which will initially focus on the constables and head constables involved in the racket, may lead to an investigation of the suspected involvement of senior police officials. "Subordinate police personnel acting as middlemen (vahihatdar) between criminal elements and senior police officers are common in the force," said a senior cop. Speculation is rife in the state police that as the ACB digs deeper, lowerlevel personnel are likely to be made scapegoats to protect the big fish. "The names of some police officers serving in more than one district and more than one police agency are also under the scanner," said a senior ACB official. Sources in the ACB said the ED has given a detailed report to senior officials in the bureau, including the statements of the accused. "The ACB is now investigating the information in the report," said a senior police official. Sources in the police said the ED has discussed in detail how the betting racket was run by Kiran Mala and Tommy Patel from a luxury farmhouse in Vadodara district. It may be recalled that TOI had reported a few days ago that central investigating agencies such as the ED were engaged in a turf war with the Gujarat police and that the ED's busting of the betting racket appeared to be a result of this.
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2012 to Rs. 20.66 crore in 2013. Gujarat Tourism Corporation Limited made Rs. 35.76 crore profit in 2012 which was down to Rs. 32.58 crore next year.
delays the process. At the end of the process, neither the vehicle is in working condition, nor dues are collected. Once the vehicle is seized for non-payment of tax, the owner will need to pay tax in three months period, or otherwise the tax officer will auction the vehicle. Tax evasion will be considered serious offense and invite maximum six
months prison. Small vehicles like auto rickshaw for 3-6 passengers, agriculture related or commercial tractors, small vehicles for specially abled people will stay unaffected from the amendment passed today. Buses and Trucks will also stay unaffected as tax for such vehicles is collected for specific time. Rules of auction will be finalized later on.
Another daily international flight connecting Ahmedabad from March 29 Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
City of Ahmedabad will be further connected to the world through launching of a new international flight. Jet Airways is going to introduce daily new flights between Ahmedabad and Abu Dhabi from March 29, 2015. Flight no. 9W 520 will leave Ahmedabad at 0505 hours and reach Abu Dhabi at 0650 hours.
Return journey of 9W 519 will take place at 2155 hours from Abu Dhabi. The flight will reach Ahmedabad at 0225 hours next day. Jet Airways is also launching nonstop flights to Abu Dhabi from Pune and Mangalore on March 29. The flight will have 12 business seats and 156 economy seats – thus total 168 seats.
Gujarat education board cancels Class 12 computer exams Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) today cancelled the Class 12 computer theory examination after its paper was found to have questions from the old course. The examinations were held today and the board has said that reexamination will be done in first week of April. “We found that out of the 100 marks question paper for the computer theory subject of Class 12, questions of 80 marks were from the old course. Therefore reexamination of the same subject will be undertaken in the first week of April,” GSHSEB Chairman R R Varsani. hough the syllabus
of the computer theory subject changed in June last year, only question of 20 marks were asked from the new syllabus, he said. The decision was taken after Class 12 students who appeared for the examination today, protested against the Gujarat education board’s gaffe in various schools in the state. The education
board also released a statement and appealed to the students and their parents to be patient, assuring them that take proper steps would be taken. “The board assures that no injustice will be done to any student. We appeal to students and their parents not to worry,” a statement issued by the board’s secretary G D Patel said.
Gujarat gets Rs 735 crore from Centre for renewable energy sector Sunvilla News, Gandhinagar
The west-Indian state Gujarat’s government has received Rs 735.37 crore as incentive from the Centre to increase its installed capacity in the renewable energy sector, the Assembly was informed here on Wednesday. The announcement was made in the House by Gujarat Energy Minister Saurabh Patel under Rule-44 of the state Assembly. According to Patel, the Gujarat state government added 2553.57 megawatt (MW) to the existing installed capacity of the renewable energy sector in four years (2010 to 2014). Thus, as per the formula devised by 13th Financial Commission, it was proposed to give Rs 735.37 crore as incentive to the Gujarat government, Patel said. “Based on the recommendations of the 13th Financial Commission,
the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) had decided to give us an incentive of Rs 735.37 crore which was deposited in the Gujarat government’s account on March 16,” Patel said. However, Patel’s
announcement didn’t go down well with the opposition which took strong objection to her announcement made under Rule-44. Leader of Opposition Shankersinh Vaghela termed his statement as a “misuse” of that rule.
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