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News Brief 3 killed in jeep mishap in Uttarakhand
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Three people, including a woman, were killed and as many injured when a jeep in which they were travelling fell into a pit near Lasyari village in Chamoli district, police said today. The incident occurred last night on the Chamoli-Bairaskund road when the six persons were returning from a wedding ceremony and their vehicle went out of control, skidding into a 20-feet-deep pit, they said. Gold, silver slip on global cues
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Dominant Bagan take on Salgaocar
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Defending champions and table-toppers Mohun Bagan will be the outright favourites when they take on laggards Salgaocar FC in an I-League match here tomorrow. Unbeaten so far, Bagan have 18 points after eight matches (5 wins and 3 draws). Salgaocar, on the other hand, are second from bottom with one win, two draws and five losses.
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FM Jaitley on Friday pegged India’s growth for the next fiscal at 7-7.5 percent
India’s growth at 8% for 2016-17 India’s economic growth is amongst the highest in the world, helped by a reorientation of government spending toward needed public infrastructure, the survey said
Agency | New Delhi The Economic Survey for 2015-16 tabled in parliament by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday pegged India’s growth for the next fiscal at 7-7.5 percent. For the current fiscal, the survey estimated the GDP growth at 7.6 percent. Authored by Arvind Subramanian, Chief Economic Advisor in the Finance Ministry, the survey said: “India’s long run potential GDP growth is substantial,
about 8-10 percent.” The survey has said that ‘India stands as a haven of stability amidst gloomy international economic landscape” and comes just days ahead of the presentation of the Union Budget by the Finance Minister which will point to the economic agenda of the present dispensation. India’s economic growth is amongst the highest in the world, helped by a reorientation of government spending toward needed pub-
lic infrastructure, the survey said. However, it cautioned that if the world economy remained weak, India’s growth will face considerable headwinds. On the domestic side, two factors can boost consumption, increased spending from higher wages and allowances of government workers if the 7th Pay Commission is implemented and return of normal monsoon. At the same time, the Survey enumerated three downside risks
Mayawati, Smriti Irani spar again in Rajya Sabha over Rohith Vemula’s suicide
vices Tax bill which remains stuck in the Rajya Sabha. The legislation is the single-most important reform for the Narendra Modi-led government and it hopes to pass it in the on-
– turmoil in global economy could worsen the outlook of exports, contrary to expectations oil price rise would increase the drag from consumption and the most serious risk is the combination of
going budget session of Parliament. “One of the most critical short-term challenges confronting the Indian economy is the twin balance sheet problem – the impaired financial positions of the public sector banks and some corporate houses. The twin balance sheet challenge is the major impediment to private investment and a full-fledged economic recovery,” the Survey said.
these two factors. The services sector, a key driver of growth, is expected to be 9.2% in 2015-16. One area the survey has expressed concern about is the delay in the passage of the Goods and Ser-
It was wonderful meeting children and women from different cities of Gujarat who were on a visit to Vidhan Sabha. While interacting with women, briefed them about health initiatives for women and exhorted them to get their check-up done at any health center.
said at the bicentenary celebrations of the CMS college here. He said education builds character and teaches how to accept and celebrate diversity and
an illustrious alumni with former President K R Narayanan and Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy being its students. The President, who is on a two-day official visit to the state beginning today, also asked the private sector to do their bit in enhancing capabilities of higher learning institutions in the country.
Indian higher learning institutes lagging behind in global ranking: President
Rajya Sabha after BSP chief repeatedly asked if a member of the Dalit community is on the panel to probe Vemula’s death. Irani responded saying: “Mayawati ji, I request, you are a senior member and a woman, you want an answer, I am ready to reply. If you are not satisfied with my answer, I will cut my head and put it in your feet”.
Agency | Kottayam Expressing concern over Indian institutions of higher learning not getting?their deserving place in global rankings, President Pranab Mukherjee today asked students and teachers to strive hard and occupy their “rightful” place in the comity of nations. “We shall have to find out our appropriate place in the realm of higher education and occupy our rightful place in the comity of nations,” he
available with regard to this case reveal that the IB through its’ intelligence gathering network including electronic surveillance received information that a Lashkar-e-Taiba module was active in Western India in the year 2004 with the object of wanting to assassinate Gujarat Chief Minister – Narendra Modi. In ac-
cordance with its own practice, the IB alerted the Gujarat police. It can be safely presumed that the central intelligence agency was also a part of the operation in which the four activists of the module were intercepted, and killed in an encounter with the police and security agencies. The Lashkar in its’ Lahore-based mouth-piece Ghazwa Times admitted to her being an LeT activist, paid homage to her martyrdom and took umbrage in removing her veil by the Indian police.
Agency | Mumbai
Gold prices slipped marginally at the bullion market here today on lower offtake from stockists and investors amid subdued local buying interest, reflecting weak global cues. Silver too remained under selling pressure and dropped by Rs 200 to trade at Rs 37,410 per kg, amid weak buying from industrial units.
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Agency | New Delhi HRD Minister Smriti Irani on Friday was reminded of her promise to place her head before BSP Supremo Mayawati’s feet if the latter was not satisfied by her reply on the suicide of Hyderabad Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula. Responding to Mayawati’s question in Rajya Sabha, Irani said it is incorrect to
say there is no member of Dalit community in the inquiry committee constituted to probe Vemula’s suicide. To which Mayawati said: “I am not satisfied with the answer of HRD Minister, the truth is that the inquiry committee has no Dalit member. Will you now keep your word?” On Wednesday, Irani and Mayawati clashed in the
Ishrat Jahan case: Congress’ only objective seems to be to harass Gujarat government
Agency | New Delhi The misuse of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) by the UPA Government has been repeatedly commented upon. This misuse is essentially for a political purpose. Not only has this seriously damaged the credibility of the CBI but it has also lowered the level of professionalism in the organisation. The gathering of evidence during investigation has seriously suffered. Investigations are increasingly becoming tainted with a political motive. The convic-
tion rate in CBI cases has declined. The reports that the CBI has been interrogating senior officers of the Intelligence Bureau assume significance in this regard. The case in which the Intelligence Bureau officials have been investigated relates to the alleged encounter of Ishrat Jahan. Media reports and court documents
unity. The varsity set up in 1817 holds the distinction of being the second oldest college in the country after the Presidency college of Kolkata and boasts of
Jat quota stir: Haryana govt forms committee to receive rape complaints Agency | Chandigarh The Haryana government Friday set up a committee consisting of three women officers, including a DIG, for receiving any complaint of rape of women in Murthal near Sonepat during the Jat stir. Additional Chief Secretary of Haryana P K Das said a three-member committee of women police officers has been set up for receiving complaints. The women police officers are DIG Rajshree Singh, DSP Bharti Dabas and DSP Surinder Kaur, he said. The state government has also set up a helpline number — 18001802057 — whereby any person having information about any such
The state government has also set up a helpline number -- 18001802057 -whereby any person having information about any such incident can share it with the authorities.
incident can share it with the authorities, he said. Das said the Haryana government was ready to cooperate with statutory bodies like Human Rights Commission and appealed to the public to provide any information they have in this regard to police. Haryana DGP Y P Singhal said police have not received any
such complaint yet but will act swiftly as and when any case is reported. “No report of any such incident has been received so far. No eyewitness has contacted police. The state government and police are fully sensitive and we will act swiftly if anyone provides any information in this regard,” Singhal said.
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Smriti Irani’s reply to the Opposition was powerful
Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani made an impassioned defence of her ministry in Parliament as the House debated Rohith Vemula’s suicide and the police action on Jawaharlal Nehru University students. In both style and substance, it stood apart from other speeches from the treasury benches. The speech, later endorsed by the prime minister himself — with a satyamev jayate postscript — was a clear articulation of her party’s views on both issues. The message is disturbing. It underlines the BJP’s resolve to go on the offensive against what it calls the anti-national views of the JNU students and to leverage that issue to one of politics and identity. She targeted the TRS, the party in government in Hyderabad, for neglecting Rohith and accused the Opposition, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in particular, of politicising his death: “A child’s body was used as a political tool” was her refrain. Irani’s speech, in its essence, echoed the shrill rhetoric of BJP supporters in the street, of the men who assaulted students, teachers and journalists in court and the Delhi BJP MLA who wanted to gun down “anti-nationals”. She sought to claim victimhood, talking of her being hanged and offering her head if that’s what the Opposition wanted. She also spoke of being a mother to raise an emotional pitch about Rohith but was relentless against the JNU students. Her invocation of Cicero was revealing. The enemy at the gates was less dangerous than the traitor within who rots the soul of a nation, she recalled the Roman philosopher, adding that “a murderer is less to fear”. Really? In the India of 2016, with its vibrant democracy, which she eloquently referred to as well, are dissenting students traitors? In her fire and fury, there was a moment that showed what this speech could have been. She kept referring to Rohith as a “child”. She was spot-on — the university-student compact is, in a way, similar to that of a parent and a child. Certainly not what she invoked when she quoted Cicero and alluded to the JNU students being ones who appeal to the “baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men” and “rot the soul of a nation”.
- Kapilkumar M. Hirpara Editor Kartik Aaryan to endorse perfume body spray brand
Agency | Mumbai
Bollywood actor Kartik Aryan of ‘Pyaar Ka Punchnama’ fame has been roped by a perfume body spray brand Envy1000 to be its brand ambassador. ”I am delighted to be on board with brand and looking forward to contribute by connecting with youth of our nation. This is one of my first brand as a brand ambassador and I am sure we are going to have plenty of fun together,” Kartik said in a statement. The company has recently launched its new range under brand Envy1000 ‘Crystal’ series for
men and women. It is the company’s focus brand for 2016. “Our focus is to ‘young-ify’ the brand and connect it with youth of today, and that’s where Kartik comes in. We see a perfect ‘goodness of fit’ between Kartik and our brand as from where I see both represent same ethos. “Kartik is truly a superstar among youth of today who is popular among boys for his attitude and is heartthrob among girls,” Saurabh Gupta, director, Vanesa Care said. Gupta also said that the new campaign will show Kartik in a new avatar.
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QUOTE “We shall have to find out our appropriate place in the realm of higher education and occupy our rightful place in the OF THE comity of nations,” - President Pranab Mukherjee today asked students and teachers to strive hard and occupy their “rightful” place in the DAY comity of nations at the bicentenary celebrations of the CMS college in Kottayam. Oscar Awards 2016: Guess who will be Priyanka Chopra’s date at the 88th Academy Awards
Agency | Mumbai Oscars 2016 is about to take off and everyone is keen to get their hands on the latest buzz from the red carpet. Bollywood actress Priyanka Chopra will be one of the presenters at the award function this year. The Gunday star will be representing the tricolor on this international platform. She is pretty much excited about the event and is keenly looking forward for it. After venturing into Holly-
wood with Quantico, Priyanka Chopra has no looking back. The leggy lass has come a long way since her debut in Bollywood with Andaaz. Be it her style statement or performance in films, Priyanka has grown from strengthto-strength all these years. Though she has been quite successful on the professional front, her personal life is still a mystery for her fans. Her followers are keen to know the secret man behind
her accomplishing career. Priyanka Chopra has recently bagged her debut Hollywood film, Baywatch, with Dwayne Johnson (The Rock). She is currently shooting for her international TV show Quantico. Back in Bollywood, Priyanka is working with Prakash Jha for his crime drama Jai Gangaajal. She has given her nod for Reema Kagti’s Mr. Chaloo alongside Fawad Khan and Madhur Bhandarkar’s political drama, Madamji.
thing in common. They are both capture the lives of regular people on-screen. Director Hansal Mehta, after Shahid and City Lights, returns with Aligarh, a true story Dr. SR Siras, (Manoj Bajpayee) a professor of Marathi and the head of the Classical Modern Indian Languages Faculty at the Aligarh university, who was a victim of
a sting operation and was suspended on grounds of morality. Miscreants broke into his home and filmed sharing an intimate moment with a rickshaw puller at his apartment on the campus. Siras’ story was carried in some paper till a young newspaper reporter Deepu Sebastian (Rajkummar Rao) decided to follow it up and it becomes national news. The film is about how Siras is shunned from everywhere, including his workplace and how he then fights the system.
McCarthy also will be the executive producer for the 13-episode series, based on the 2007 New York Times bestselling YA book by Jay Asher, reports the Deadline. Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Brian Yorkey creat-
ed and wrote the TV series adaptation, which follows a boy named Clay through an emotional night when he receives a shoe box of cassette tapes from his late classmate and crush Hannah, after she recently committed suicide. On the tapes, which are mailed with instructions to pass along from one student to another, Hannah explains to 12 peers how they each played a role in her death, by giving 13 reasons explaining why she took her life.
Aligarh movie review: Manoj Bajpayee carries the film with his fine performance
Agency | Mumbai
Biopics are a big trend in B-Town from the last couple of years. The lives of the film (The Dirty Picture) and sports celebrities (Mary Kom, Milkha Singh) and even criminals (Charles Sobraj) have been captured on film. Last week’s Neerja and this week’s Aligarh have some-
You will be shocked to know what award Ranveer Singh has bagged!
Agency | New Delhi Whoever has seen him act has become a fan of his impeccable acting skills, especially after the way he performed in ‘Dil Dhadakne Do’ and ‘Bajirao Mastani’. The way Ranveer stunned the audience with diametrically opposite films and characters in one calendar year is absolutely fantastic. And one name that has been added to his never ending list of fans is that of legendary singer, the nightingale of India, Lata Mangeshkar. But wait, it just doesn’t end here. The actual
news is way bigger than you could even think of. Interestingly, what lies in the pipeline for the actor will surely make him feel extremely proud. Ranveer, at such a young age, will be awarded with Pandit Dinanath Mangeshkar Award! Yes, you read that right! Every year, the Mangeshkar
clan comes together to celebrate their father, late Dinanath Mangeshkar’s death anniversary and commemorate young actors and their accomplishments. This year too, the award ceremony will be held on April 24 where Ranveer will be decorated with such an enviable laurel.
than The Shaukeens, but doesn’t match the wit of the original. The film is very self indulgent. Everybody gets their share of screen time. From newspaper clippings featuring the producers Shetty sisters to a film director called Sharma, a lot of throwback props are used. Sometimes they work, but mostly they don’t. The tentative storyline goes like this: A film
called Tere Bin Laden has been a blockbuster, but its lead Ali Zafar has grabbed most of the credit leaving its director Sharma (Manish Sharma) in the same lurch he was before the film. Sharma can’t take things lying down, so he decides to shoot another film with Paddi Singh (Pradhuman Singh), the guy who plays Osama in Tere Bin Laden.
was found hanging in her room on June 3, 2013. Pointing at various inconsistencies in the report, the petition sought the formation of a Special Investigation Team and the monitoring of the investigation by the High Court. The CBI will be filing its reply in response to the petition during the next hearing which is scheduled for hearing in two weeks. The petition also sought directions to enable
the Federal Bureau of Investigation to assist this SIT as Jiah was a US citizen, and sought a probe into the role of erring police officers who have helped the accused by sabotaging the matter. Jiah’s boyfriend actor Sooraj Pancholi was arrested for allegedly abetting her suicide on June 10, 2013, a week after her death, but was released on bail on July 2 after the High Court granted him bail.
Tere Bin Laden - Dead Or Alive review: Not as funny as the original Agency | New Delhi
When Abhishek Sharma was given the ‘Baawra ho gaya hai ke’ award for his film The Shaukeens at the Golden Kela Awards 2015, he looked introspective despite a laughing exterior. In his acceptance speech, he promised to make ‘meaningful’ films without getting into the rat race for stars. So has he made a better film this time around, with the sequel of his hilarious 2010 fare Tere Bin Laden? The answer is somewhere in the middle. Tere Bin Laden – Dead or Alive is way better
Mumbai: Court stays Pancholi’s trial in Jiah Khan case
Spotlight’ director Tom McCarthy to helm Selena Gomez’s Netflix series?
Agency | Mumbai
Oscar-nominated feature Spotlight helmer Tom McCarthy is all set to direct the first two episodes of Selena Gomez’s Netflix series 13 Reasons Why, from Anonymous Content and Paramount TV.
Agency | Mumbai
The Bombay High Court Thursday stayed Jiah Khan’s trial which is being heard by a trial court for two weeks while hearing a petition filed by her mother Rabiya Khan which points out anomalies in CBI’s report submitted in December 2015. The petition has challenged the CBI report which categorised her daughter’s death as a suicide and not a homicide. Jiah
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India vs Pakistan, 4th match, Asia Cup 2016 at Mirpur, Dhaka: Pakistan’s likely XI Agency | Mirpur
Agency | New Delhi The Supreme Court Friday asked the Centre to suggest ways to ban child pornography in all forms in the country saying that the nation cannot “afford to carry on any experiment” in the name of “liberty or freedom of speech and expression”. “The Centre shall file affidavit to suggest ways and means to curb child pornography. Innocent children can’t be made prey to this kind of painful situation and a nation cannot afford to carry on any experiment on children in the name of liberty or for that matter freedom of speech and expression,” a bench of justices Dipak Misra and Shiva Kirti Singh said. It said that one needs to draw a distinct line between art and obscenity and child pornography cannot be justified on the name of freedom of speech and expression.
India take on arch rivals Pakistan in the fourth match of the Asia Cup 2016 on Saturday at the Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka. India have already faced the hosts Bangladesh in the inaugural fixture of the this edition of Asia Cup Twenty20 (T20), which involve cricketing nations of the Asian continent. They triumphed over them registering first victory of the tournament
while Pakistan will play their first match of the same with neighbours India. So far Asia Cup has been played in the 50 over format and of the 11 times these teams have faced each other, the win loss ratio is equal with both winning 5 matches while one was wash out. The February 27
fixture will decide which of the neighbours will take the lead in the Asia Cup win-loss count. For the ever-exciting competition between India and Pakistan, Paulami Chakraborty lists the XI players that Pakistan may go with in their crucial series opener.
Series’ while fighting against foreign wrestlers — Mike Knox and Brody Steel — at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Gaula Par, Haldwani. The doctors suspect that Khali has suffered injuries to his chest as well but the exact nature of injuries are yet to be known. ”Khali has been under observation and tests are being conducted on
him to know whether he has suffered injuries to his chest as well,” one of the organisers of ‘The Great Khali Returns Series’ told said. After Khali sustained severe head injuries, he was airlifted from Haldwani this morning and bought to a speciality hospital in Dehradun. Khali received seven stitches on his head last night before being flown to Uttarakhand capital. The second show of this series is scheduled to be held here on February 28. Khali was crowned the World Heavyweight Champion in 2007.
WWE star ‘The Great Khali’ severly injured during wrestling event in Uttarakhand
InFocus Launches Range of LED TVs Starting Rs. 9,999
Agency | Dehradun
Agency | New Delhi InFocus, the US-based company, after launching its range of phones in India has now announced new range of budget LED TVs. The new range of LED TVs from InFocus includes a 24-inch HD LED TV priced at Rs. 9,999; a 32-inch LED HD TV at Rs. 15,999; a 50-inch full-HD LED TV at Rs. 34,999, and a 60-inch fullHD LED TV at Rs. 69,999. The company announced Snapdeal as the exclusive e-commerce partner for its new range of LED TVs in India and it will be available from Monday. The company also announced what it claim is “an industry-first approach” where it will offer a “free demo at home”. The company says under the initiative, customers can experience the demo of InFocus 50-inch full-HD TV at their home or office and then decide on the purchase.
Former WWE wrestler Dalip Singh Rana, better known by his ring name ‘The Great Khali’, suffered a severe head injury during the Continental Wrestling Entertainment show at Haldwani, Uttarakhand. Khali sustained a head injury last night during the first show of ‘The Great Khali Returns
Harbhajan not treated well by Indian cricket, says Saqlain
Beware! High-salt diet may cause liver damage
Agency | Mirpur
Agency | Beijing Our bodies need a small amount of salt, the US government recommends one teaspoon per day if you are a healthy adult, researchers said. Among other functions, the sodium ions from the savoury mineral help regulate water movement within the body and conduct nerve impulses, they said. Some research indicates that in addition to high blood pressure, overconsumption of sodium can damage the liver. Xuesong Yang from Jinan University in China and colleagues wanted to explore the potential effect at a cellular level. The researchers gave adult mice a high-salt diet and exposed chick embryos to a briny environment. Excessive sodium was associated with a number of changes in the animals’ livers, including oddly shaped cells, an increase in cell death and a decrease in cell proliferation, which can contribute to the development of fibrosis. The study was published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
Practitioners of the same art do have fellow feelings and no wonder pioneer of ‘doosra’ Saqlain Mushtaq feels sad about the manner in which the senior India off-spinner Harbhajan Singh has been sidelined by the team management. While he terms Ravichandran Ashwin as a “world class bowler”, he feels that Harbhajan not getting a single start during the last seven T20 internationals is “not doing the bowler’s confidence any good”. “I am afraid that Indian cricket board and team management’s treatment to Harbha-
jan has not been great. He was a world class bowler and is still a world class bowler. The emergence of Ashwin doesn’t mean that you drop Harbhajan or put him under tremendous pressure,” Saqlain told said during an interaction. The 39-yearold Saqlain, who has 208 Test and 288 ODI wickets, said dropping a top grade performer according to convenience is not the best example to set. “Look from the time he got dropped (in 2011), he has made three comebacks which meant that when you needed him, you picked him and when the need was over, you dumped him. So the pressure
that you have created on him, you have already negated his past achievements. “But what logically should have been done is that when his graph was going down, one should have given him a short break and brought him back. He should have been the first choice spinner supported by Ashwin. Instead you put self doubts in him and now made him the third or fourth choice spinner in the side,” Saqlain did not mince words while explaining. He feels when a player is making comeback, he is shaky and one needs to give him the confidence that he would be back to his best.
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SPORTS ROUNDUP ‘Don’t know how many months or years left in me’: Malinga hints at retirement after World T20 Agency | Mirpur
Sri Lanka’s T20 captain and strike bowler Lasith Malinga has hinted that he might call time on his international career after the ICC World T20 in India as he is finding it difficult to manage a grave knee injury. At the post-match media conference, Malinga was asked if he would like to quit after the upcoming edition of World T20, just like Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara did after winning the last edition, he replied: “Might be”. The Lankan slinger elaborated that his current injury is so bad that complete re-
cuperation might take close to two years, which effectively ends his career now that he is nearly 33. “I have played 12 years for the national team. I am now 32 and will soon be 33. I have had a bad injury and if at this stage I have to take one or one and half years of rest, I would rather have to finish my ca-
reer. If I need to play tough cricket for my country, I don’t think I can then totally recover from the injury. That’s why I am saying I don’t know how many months or years are left in me. Whatever little I play, I want to serve the national team and my IPL team (Mumbai Indians) well,” Malinga said.
when the Swiss partnered Flavia Pennetta. That script flipped in dramatic fashion less than a year later at Wimbledon after Martina paired up with Sania -- the two roaring back from a 2-5 final set deficit to beat Elena and long time partner Ekaterina Makarova for their first Major title. “That was an amazing match for us. We
played against them just a week ago, and they’re one of the greatest doubles teams we have in women’s tennis. Everything worked for us to win and we’re just so excited about it. We changed our tactics a little bit in the second set and we saw that it started to work,” Elena said after the match which lasted an hour and 18 minutes.
rest as he has another big fight lined up just three weeks’ later at the Harrow Sports Centre, London, as he builds towards his ground-breaking title opportunity in India. Horvath comes into the fight against Vijender with a record of five wins from seven fights. The 20-year-old has the edge in experience over Singh with 31 rounds under his belt and has no fear of fighting abroad,
taking bouts in Slovakia and France. “It’s my absolute dream to fight back home in India in front of my countrymen and women so I won’t let Horvath get in my way of that at all,” stated Vijender Singh. “I need to continue my unbeaten record and it’s important that I put on a commanding performance against Horvath and then next at Harrow to keep on course for my title shot and my homecoming,” said.
Sania-Martina’s winning streak ends at 41! Agency | Doha
The streak is finally over! The world’s top tennis team of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis had not lost a match since last August in Cincinnati. But their 41-match winning run came to a sudden halt at the hands of Russian duo Elena Vesnina and Daria Kasatkina with the Indo-Swiss top seeds losing 6-2, 4-6, 5-10 in the women’s doubles quarter-final of the $2.8 million Qatar Total Open here on Thursday. An accomplished doubles player, Elena won her most recent Grand Slam doubles title over Martina at the 2014 US Open
Unbeaten Vijender to take on Hungary’s Alexander Horvath in fourth pro bout Agency | London
Unbeaten with demolishing victories in the previous three contests, star Indian boxer Vijender Singh will take on a slightly more experienced Hungarian Alexander Horvath in his fourth professional bout on March 12 in Liverpool. Vijender is preparing for a homecoming to India in June when he will fight maiden title bout -- the WBO Asia belt. The in-form middleweight has been unbeaten in the circuit, having clinched all his three wins by knockouts in only six rounds of action since his pro debut last October. Vijender will have no time to
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Gujarat govt spends Rs 3,000 cr on gas exploration in KG Basin
Patel has replied that GSPC spent Rs 2,052.31 crore in 2013-14 and Rs 9,45.77 crore in 2014-15 for KG Basin gas exploration site near Andhra Pradesh. Sunvilla News | Gandhinagar
Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC), the Gujarat government public sector undertaking, has not been able to start commercial production of gas from Krishna-Godavari (KG) Basin despite spending nearly Rs 3,000 crore on it in last two years. Energy & Petrochemicals Minister Saurabh Patel said this before Gujarat Assembly, Thursday, in reply
to a starred question raised by Chief Whip of opposition Congress party, Balvantsinh Rajput. Rajput had sought details of money spent on KG Basin in last two years and how much gas was produced from the area in the
same period. Patel has replied that GSPC spent Rs 2,052.31 crore in 2013-14 and Rs 9,45.77 crore in 2014-15 for KG Basin gas exploration site near Andhra Pradesh. Though, Patel has added that so far no commercial gas
18 fishermen captured by Pakistan off Jakhau coast while they were op-
Correspondent | Surat
In second such incident within a week, 18 fishermen on board three fishing trawlers of Gujarat were abducted by Pakistan Marine Security Agency (PMSA) while they were operating near the notional International Maritime Boundary Line of India and Pakistan in the Arabian sea off Jakhau coast in Kutch on Thursday. “Initially, we had reports that two fishing boats with 12 fishermen on board were detained by PMSA while they were
operating near the IMBL. But now we have the confirmation that three boats and 18 fishermen have been abducted. Two of the abducted boats are registered at Porbandar port while the third belongs to Okha port,” Manish Lodhari, secretary of Gujarat chapter of National Fish Workers Forum, said. Lodhari said that the incident took place between 11 am and 12 pm on Thursday. “We are not certain as yet if the seized boats had crossed the IMBL or they were detained
erating towards the Indian side of the IMBL,” he said. This is the second such incident within a week. On February 19, PMSA had abducted 16 Indian fishing trawlers, along with 88 fishermen aboard, for allegedly violating Pakistan waters. This was preceded by the seizure of 2 Indian boats and 12 fishermen from the Arabian sea. ndia and Pakistan have dispute over their waterfront at the Arabian Sea. Despite repeated warnings from security agencies, like the Indian Coast Guard and fisheries department of Gujarat government, fishermen continue exploring the troubled waters and getting caught by the Pakistani security agencies year after year.
production from the KG Basin Block of Gujarat has happened. In 2005, the then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi had announced that GSPC had discovered gas in one of the blocks of KG Basin, off the coast of Andhra Pradesh. He had also added that it was the biggest gas discovery of India and named the block where the gas was reportedly discovered after RSS ideologue, Deen Dayal Upadhyay.
Kandala Port in Kutch district of Gujarat will soon become only the second port after Mumbai in the western region and seventh in the country to have a quality evaluation lab of the spices board. ‘The decision to start the lab from next month has been taken in the wake of rising spices export from Gujarat. The lab will have fa-
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a negative growth in agriculture sector, as the previous year’s socio-economic review gave similar estimates. According to the latest review which was tabled in the Assembly recently, production of foodgrains during 2015-16 is estimated at 61.92 lakh tonnes compared to 77.95 lakh tonnes in 2014-15, a reduction of 16.13 tonnes
Union minister Suresh Prabhu announced a suburban railway system for Ahmedabad in the rail budget announced on Thursday. While it is good news that Ahmedabad will be serviced by local trains like Mumbai, this project is just old wine in a new bottle. The multi-crore project to build a local rail network had been proposed almost 15 years ago. Mirror had reported about the proposed project ‘Rail India Proposes Amdavad Local’ (AM, Sept 28, 2009). The minister on Thursday declared he would develop suburban systems in Ahmedabad by deploying innovative financing mech-
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There has been a considerable decrease in cultivation area as well as overall production of food crops and non-food crops in Gujarat in 2015-16 vis-a-vis the previous year, according to the latest estimates presented in the Socio-Economic Review of Gujarat. This is the second consecutive year when Gujarat has registered
The heated arguments commenced in the subqueries by Congress MLAs on whether the state government wanted to waive the VAT and additional tax on fertilisers since it caused financial burden on farmers.
Gujarat government and the opposition Congress had a heated exchange of arguments in the Assembly Thursday on the issue of levying value-added tax (VAT) on fertilisers. Chief Whip of Congress, Balvantsinh Rajput, said that initially VAT was introduced on fertilisers only for one year, but it had continued for seven years. To this, Finance Minister Saurabh Patel said that Empowered
Group of Ministers took decision on the issue while adding that many other states of the nation also levy VAT on fertilisers. The argument started with a starred question asked by Congress MLA from Bhiloda, Anil Joshiyara seeking details on how much VAT and Additional Tax was being levied on fertilisers in Gujarat. Finance Minister Saurabh Patel provided information that Gujarat was levying 4 per cent VAT and
cilities like testing of the pesticide residuals and physical and microbiological contaminations,’ Chairman of the spices board Mr. A Jayathilak who is here in connection with the 13 th edition of World Spice Congress to held in Gujarat for the first time between February 27 to 29, told newsmen today. The other five labs in the country are in Kochin, Tuticorin,
Guntur, Chennai and Delhi, he said adding that from the total production around 10 % of spices are exported from India which contributes to almost 50 % of the world spice trade. India is the world leader in spices export but due to stringent new laws including the one introduced last year by the US food and drug administration, we are giving paramount importance to the quality. Maintaining good quality is the only challenge before us. The new lab will help us ensure quality of the exported spices, he said.
anisms. However, the Rail India Technical and Economic Services had presented a report on the multi-thousand crore project to the state government for approval in September 2009. The objective was to encourage people to stay in satellite townships of Ahmedabad by ensuring easy connectivity to their workplace. The project would have enabled Amdavadis to hop on to comfortable and speedy air-conditioned local trains instead of buses and autorickshaws. This was apart from a proposal to have a metro link between Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar. The regional rail system for Ahmedabad was an outcome of
an Intelligent Public Transportation System study for Ahmedabad city to identify solutions for urban transport problem. The project was initially conceptualised by the Delhi Metro Board around 2003 and submitted to the Gujarat Infrastructure Development Board in 2005 which later forwarded it to RITES for verification. The project was to use the existing Right of Way of Indian Railways, passing through the city by upgrading and integrating existing facilities. Two routes were identified. The first, a 43.5-km stretch connecting Barajedi, Kalupur and Kalol with stops at Geratpur, Vatva, Maninagar, Sabarmati, Chandkheda, Khodiyar, and Saij Sertha Road. The second route was proposed on a 9-4 km stretch connecting Kalupur and Naroda with halts at, Asarva, airport, Saijpur and Sardargram.
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RAIL MIN BREATHES LIFE INTO OLD SUBURBAN TRAIN PROJECT
Crop production dips in Gujarat for second consecutive year
in one year. During the year 2014-15, production of cotton bales, each of 170 kg, was 96.24 lakh bales. This has decreased to 88.01 lakh bales during 201516, stated the survey. Similarly, production of oilseeds is estimated at 46.05 lakh tonnes during 2015-16 against the production of 48.82 lakh tonnes during the year 2014-15. Groundnut production is estimated to remain 28.92 lakh tonnes in 2015-16 against 30.18 lakh tonnes in the previous year. According to the figures given in the review, major agro- produces showed negative growth over last year.
Congress slams govt over VAT on fertilisers
Kandala port to have spices quality evaluation lab, 7 th in the country
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Ahmedabad
1 per cent additional tax on fertilisers and in last two years income through those taxes was around Rs 227 crore. The heated arguments commenced in the subqueries by Congress MLAs on whether the state government wanted to waive the VAT and additional tax on fertilisers since it caused financial burden on farm-
ers. Rajput said that the VAT on fertilisers was introduced by the then finance minister Vajubhai Vala while stating that it was being introduced only for one year to strengthen the economy. “Despite this, the state government has been levying VAT on fertilisers for the past seven years,” Rajput said.
Rail Budget ‘public needoriented’: Gujarat CM
Railway University at Vadodara, suburban train service for Ahmedabad
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Chief Minister Anandiben Patel has welcomed the Railway budget calling it ‘public need oriented’. Patel specially welcomed specific provisions for cleanliness, women passengers’ safety, old persons and infants. However, state Congress president Bharatsinh Solanki said Railway budget as highly “disappointing.” She cited various Gujarat-centric announcements like formation of a special purpose vehicle (SPV) for implementing Mumbai-Ahmedabad Bullet Train
project. Thanking the Union Railway Minister over Gujarat specific projects, she mentioned proposals for a Railway University at Vadodara, suburban train service for Ahmedabad, inclusion of Dwarka in Astha Circuit and development of Nargol-Hazira Port connectivity on PPP mode. The Ministry of Railway will enter into an agreement with the state government for implementation and financing of the proposed suburban system under new investment framework.
31 acre land finalized for Railway University in Vadodara
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Proposed Railway University in Vadodara which was as per earlier plan was to come up in existing National Academy of Indian Railways(NAIR) campus in city will now come up in separate campus possibly over 31 acre plot on Vaghodia-Pipariya road. As per original plan, the university was to come up in NAIR campus but later it was felt that the campus would be too small for proposed university and therefore there should be a separate campus. In response to demand of land by Railways
department, the State government gave option of three locations – Padra, Desar and Vaghodia-Pipariya road. A team of railway officials visited all three sites and selected 31 acre lad on Vadhodia-Piparia road. Till the time, building of new university is constructed, the students will use M.S. University facilities. Academic activity is likely to kick start from upcoming academic year with introduction of M.Tech and MBA courses. Once the university building is ready, Diploma and B.Tech courses will also be launched.
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