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News Brief Car catches fire in Chandigarh
After slamming govt, Manmohan Singh meets PM Modi They discussed economic and foreign policy issues, he said about the meeting which took place at 6.30 p.m.
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Agency | New Delhi
A car today caught fire here, however, no one was injured in the incident, Chandigarh Fire and Emergency Services official said. “When we received the call around noon about car catching fire, we rushed to the spot near dividing road of sector 23 and 24 and found that car was engulfed in flames. We immediately doused the flames,” fire official said. “The interior of the car was completely gutted in the fire while car’s engine was safe,” he said, adding that nobody was injured in the incident.
Hours after slamming the NDA government, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the two discussed issues related to the economy and foreign policy. Dr. Singh, a senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member, went to the 7 Race Course Road residence of the Prime Minister to meet him. “Very happy to meet Dr. Manmohan Singh ji & welcome him back to 7RCR. We had a
Chandigarh bans sale of loose cigarettes
Agency | Chandigarh, May 27
The Chandigarh Administration has imposed a ban on sale of loose cigarettes, and other tobacco products that do not carry specified health warnings on it. The ban has been imposed in public interest with immediate effect, an official release said here today. The step has been taken under the provisions of Section 7 of the Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003 as amended from time to time, it said.
Two die in explosion while making crackers Agency | Lucknow, May 27
Two persons were today killed in an explosion that took place while they were making crackers in Deoria district, police said here. Subhash (39) and Shani (22) were making crackers in the house in Piramishir village in Mayel area when the incident occurred. As a result of the explosion the roof collapsed and the house caught fire and the two died on the spot, they said. Police said Subhash had a licence to prepare crackers, police said, adding, they were probing the matter.
great meeting,” Mr. Modi tweeted later along with their photographs. n a statement, Dr. Singh’s office said the former Prime Minister met Mr. Modi at the latter’s “invitation”
and “they discussed the economic situation in the country and foreign policy issues.” Sources close to Dr. Singh. that Mr. Modi had sent a message on Tuesday morning, ex-
pressing desire to meet his predecessor over tea sometime in the evening on Tuesday. This could not fructify and the meeting was scheduled for this evening. Congress leader
BSF Gujarat gets four new boats to guard Kutch-Pakistan border The boats that arrived three days back are currently in testing phase in the creek areas by the water wing of the BSF. Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
The Border Security Force (BSF) Kutch has received four new fast attack crafts (FAC) to guard marshy creeks at Kutch-Pakistan border. The boats that arrived three days back are currently in testing phase in the creek areas by the water wing of the BSF. BSF IGP Santosh Mehra commissioned the boats at Kutch. According to the BSF officials,
the American made FAC can cover over a distance of one kilometer in 15 to 20 seconds with speed ranging between 30 to 35 nautical miles. The crafts are response vessels that can respond to any suspicious activity observed or on receipt of input specially in anti-terrorist operations. The FAC are bullet proof and are fitted with arms at the hull. They are equipped with latest stealth technology
that enhances operations at the water by minimizing reflections of radar, infrared or visible lights that alarm the enemies. The crafts have navigation and communication, night vision mechanism and technology to coordinate with the border
outposts on ground and floating border outposts. The Ministry of Home Affairs had started the procurement of the American FAC in 2012, however, after a prolonged tendering and purchase, the boats have arrived this month.
Centre wants to take country towards dictatorship: Arvind Kejriwal Agency | New Delhi
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today made a blistering attack on the Centre, alleging that its notification conferring more powers on the Lt Governor was part of an “experiment” to take the country towards “dictatorship” and asserted that it was ready for a long fight on the issue. In his address at the Delhi Assembly, Kejriwal lambasted Lt Governor Najeeb Jung who he said was “dancing to the tune” of the Centre and “deliberately” trying to create obstacles for the AAP government. “Whatever is happening in Delhi is dangerous. This is the Delhi experiment of the BJP-led Centre. One by one, this experiment would be implemented
in every non-BJP state. They want to take the country towards dictatorship. I appeal to all nonBJP chief ministers to come together and unite on this issue,” he said. Kejriwal said the notification granting more powers to the LG in appointments of bureaucrats as well as matters relating to police and public order was issued considering “political” calculations
as the Centre wanted to defame the AAP government. “This is not a constitutional issue as BJP president yesterday said. This is a political issue. The Centre is trying to fail the AAP government. But we will continue our fight,” he said. He also alleged that slums across Delhi are being demolished at the instructions of Jung so that people get agitated against the AAP
government. The Chief Minister was speaking on a discussion on a resolution against the May 21 notification issued by the Home Ministry. He said he is going to write to all chief ministers on the issue. In the notification, the Centre gave absolute powers to the LG in appointment of bureaucrats while also clarifying that he need not “consult” the chief minister on subjects like police and public order.
Minister who wanted to discuss issues related to economy and foreign policy. They discussed economic and foreign policy issues, he said about the meeting which took place at 6.30 p.m. Earlier in the day, Dr. Singh hit out at the Modi government saying the “very idea of India is now under systemic assault”. In a scathing attack, Dr. Singh alleged that inAnand Sharma also said stitutions of democracy are that the meeting took place under threat and the entire at the behest of the Prime edifice of the welfare state
is being dismantled in the guise of promoting faster economic growth. Asserting that India was the second fastest growing economy in the world during his tenure, the former Prime Minister said there was a “fragileness” in economic recovery under the current dispensation. Keywords: former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Prime MInister Narendra Modi, Modi-Manmohan meeting, foreign policy issues, Indian economy.
Barking up the wrong tree: Rahul Gandhi’s suit-boot remarks were a disaster in Kerala Agency | Thrissur
The first time when Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi mocked the Narendra Modi government as a “suit boot ki sarkar” and went on with his snide remarks against it on the floor of the Parliament, it appeared to have caught the fancy of the nation like never before. For a moment, he looked spontaneous and capable of “attack communication” that’s integral to competitive politics in any country. His aggression was right, sarcasm well-placed and modulation, uncharacteristic of a lazy novice that he is often compared to. But on Tuesday, when he addressed a Youth Congress rally at Kozhikode in Kerala and repeated
the “suit boot” allegory against Modi’s government and described how it betrayed the interests of farmers to help big corporates, it hardly evoked any response. The translator’s efforts to spice it up by adding more aggression made it look ludicrous. But that didn’t stop Rahul from hitting the suit-boot theme again on Wednesday saying the Congress wouldn’t be in-
timidated by the Prime Minister and “five or six of his friends in suits”. The occasion, which should have been a morale booster for the party that would be seeking a re-election in the state in less than a year, turned out to be a repeat of a standardised show with no context, strategy and purpose because Rahul was barking up the wrong tree.
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Rising school enrolment, plunging test scores
Given that children constitute one-third of India’s population and every fifth child in the world is an Indian, it is critical that every child’s right to development, as defined by the Constitution, is realized through an enabling education. Education is a tool for empowerment, and has been enshrined as a fundamental right of each Indian citizen through the Right to Education (RTE) Act, 2009, and a means to obtain other rights. RTE along with initiatives such as Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA), launched in 2000-01, has contributed to almost two million children in the 6-14 age group enrolling in both government and private elementary schools across the country, resulting in a gross enrolment ratio of 106.3 in 2012-13 (District Information System for Education, or DISE, 2013). India boasts of one of the largest school systems in the world with 1.44 million elementary schools (DISE, 2014), 226,613 secondary, and 103,569 higher secondary sections in 2013-14 (Secondary Education Management Information Systems, or SEMIS, 2014). Young Lives, a longitudinal research study on childhood poverty, has been following two cohorts of 3,000 children, aged eight years (1,000 children) and one year (2,000 children) in undivided Andhra Pradesh since 2002. The first cohort of children completed 12 years of age in 2006 and the second cohort of children were aged 12 years in 2013; the data allows comparison of 12-year-olds in 2006 with 12-year-olds in 2013. The 2013 survey has shown an encouraging trend of 97% of elementary school enrolment among 12-year-olds, up from 89% in 2006. Given that Young Lives has a pro-poor sample, it is heartening to note that no major gaps in enrolment have been found across gender, caste, or urban/rural location. However, there are inequities in terms of the kind of schools children are enrolled in, with private school enrolment rising from 32% in 2006 to 41% in 2013. The highest proportion of other caste/general category children (71%) and the richest tercile (72%) were attending private schools in 2013, compared to 59% in 2006. This highlights the segregation of the poorest children into public schools, while those who can afford to pay the fees, opt for private schooling. The survey finds a decline in mathematics test scores amongst children aged 12 in 2013, as compared to children of the same age in 2006. Mathematics tests scores for the same questions administered to children in the two rounds revealed that while 67% of the children in 2006 answered the questions correctly; this number fell to 53% in 2013. This decline is seen across government and private schools as well as all the wealth terciles. The most severe decline is noticed in government schools (20 percentage points) and surprisingly even the children in private schools and the wealthiest terciles show a decline of 12 percentage points each.
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Priyanka not to perform stunts in Gangaajal seque Agency | New Delhi
Priyanka Chopra, the ruling actress of Bollywood is known for accepting all challenges in her life, be it personal or professional. But it seems that this time the Barfi! actress has moved away from performing any stunts in the Gangaajal sequel. The Prakash Jha directorial is an action drama and surely it will include a higher level of action sequences.According to a source, “Priyanka won’t perform any of the action sequences in the
film. There are important stunts that cannot be done away with either. Jha and action director Sham Kaushal have decided to rope in a body double instead”. The Mary Kom actress plays the role of a strong cop and has been working hard to maintain a particular body shape. Another source close to the flick reveals that she is not afraid of performing the stunts, “but Prakash does not want to take a risk. The action scenes in the film aren’t as heavy-du-
Select viewers to watch ‘Hamari Adhuri Kahaani’ before its release
Agency | New Delhi ty as other action films... The makers don’t want her to go through the trouble”.
Shraddha Kapoor and Tiger Shroff begin shooting for ‘Baaghi’
Having sensed the anticipation of “Hamari Adhuri Kahani” release among the audience, director Mohit Suri and Mahesh Bhatt, who has written the story of the film, have decided to show the Emraan Hashmi and Vidya Balan-starrer to select audiences from across the country before it releases. The director-writ-
er duo have decided to surprise audiences, who have been raving about the trailer and songs of “Hamari Adhuri Kahani”, by announcing that they will screen the film to them before it hits the theatre on June 12. Viewers will be selected via social media campaign. “I don’t want to say how ‘Hamari Adhuri Kahani’ has shaped up. I don’t
want to talk about my expectations from the film. We want audiences to discover the film, the performances and them telling us what they feel about the film. “We are confident that we have made a film that will be loved by people…I think audiences are smart enough to understand how good or bad a film is,” Bhatt said in a statement.
ing rough in Mumbai in 2002. One of them was killed. But Khan’s fiveyear jail term was suspended on 8 May pending an appeal, and now it appears the nation’s most bankable star is free to continue his promotional duties. It is understood Khan’s lawyers filed an application seeking travel permission last week after the sentencing court
in Mumbai ordered him to surrender his passport as part of bail conditions. On 26 May, the Bombay high court granted him permission to travel, providing he informs the Indian consulate in Dubai about the details of his trip and files a security deposit of about 200,000 rupees (£2,030), according to the Hollywood Reporter.
et dangling on his neck also grabs attention. Salman Khan, who plays a Muslim man in love with a Hindu Brahmin girl, played by Kareena Kapoor Khan in the Kabir Khan directed film, por-
trays a serious look in the picture, but it’s his piercing eyes that leave you slightly spellbound. The film will have an Eid release and fans are already going gaga over his first look.
Salman Khan can travel to Dubai awards show despite homicide conviction
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love! Shoot starts today! Best of luck @sabbir24x7 Shraddha Kapoor who @iTIGERSHROFF Can’t was last in news for wait to join in the fun” her Shillong recce for [sic], tweeted the actress Rock On 2 will now be- earlier today. Tiger, who gin shooting for Baaghi. has earlier worked with “#BAAGHI - Rebels in Sabbir Khan in his debut
film Heropanti, will be collaborating with Shraddha for the first time. The film’s shoot will begin in Mumbai’s Mehboob Studios today, and it narrates a passionate love story.
Tabu Replaces Rekha In Katrina Kaif Starrer Fitoor
Agency | New Delhi Bollywood actor Salman Khan has been given permission to leave India and travel to an awards show in Dubai despite his recent conviction for a drunken hit and run. Khan, 49, was found guilty of culpable homicide and other charges this month for driving his vehicle into a group of five men who were sleep-
‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ first look: Salman Khan’s piercing eyes do the talking Agency | New Delhi
Agency | Mumbai Actor Riteish Deshmukh has for the first time shared a few adorable pictures of his newborn son Riaan, on social media. The first photo shows Riteish, wife Genelia and their six-month-old baby sharing an intimate moment. Genelia hugs Riteish from behind and kisses him as he cuddles Riaan. “Riaan completes us @ geneliad,” the 36-year-old Grand Masti star tweeted. The second photo shows
Riaan paying respect to former Indian politician and his late grandfather Vilasrao Deshmukh on his 70th birth anniversary yesterday. “Riaan paying his respects to his grandfather #VilasraoDeshmukh #70thBirthAnniversary,” posted Riteish. Another picture shared by the funnyman shows Riteish carrying Riaan in his arms. “On my Father’s #70thBirthAnniversary Riaan turns 6 months old,” he captioned the photograph.
Agency | New Delhi The latest updates on Abhishek Kapoor’s upcoming film Fitoor reveal that Bollywood’s one of the most talented and veteran actress Rekha will no longer star in the project. Apparently, the actress has been replaced by Hairder star Tabu. Rekha being a part of the film was one of the reasons why audiences
were anticipating Fitoor. The actress was to ace the character of Miss Havisham in the film but now Tabu will play that role. Recent reports suggest that Rekha wanted to re-shoot some of the scenes that were already done because she wasn’t satisfied with the outcome. If rumours are anywhere to be true, this could have been a rea-
son why the actress was replaced. However, the reason behind Rekha’s replacement hasn’t yet been confirmed. While it’s sad to see Rekha go, we are sure that Tabu will do every justice to the role and fill the emptiness left by Rekha in the film. We last saw Tabu in Bollywood’s one of the most artistic films of all time, Haider.
A day after Salman Khan’s friends Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan gave us a glimpse of the Dabangg Khan from his much-awaited of Bajrangi Bhaijaan, the makers unveiled the first look of the actor from the movie. Last evening one could only see Salman’s upper body — starting from his lips to his chest. But the new poster gives us a clear view of Salman Khan’s rugged and intense look with a stubble and silver earrings. The silver lock-
3 / Dt. 28-05-2015, Thursday Sensex recovers 33 points on late buying; Nifty ends in red Agency | Mumbai
Snapping its two-day fall, the BSE sensex on Wednesday recovered by 33 points to close at 27,564.66 points on late buying in banking, FMCG and oil stocks after recent falls and hopes of rate cut by the Reserve Bank. Covering-up of short positions in select stocks in view of May month expiry in the derivatives segment on Thursday and hopes of rate cut by RBI helped the sensex to close in positive zone, brokers said. The wider 50-issue Nifty of NSE, however, closed down by 4.75 points, or 0.06 per cent at 8,334.60 points. Cautioned prevailed following disappointing earnings by Tata Motors and Tech Mahindra and overnight sell-off in the
US markets on fears about Greek fiscal woes and speculation that the Federal will raise interest rates this year, brokers said. Market participants are expecting RBI to cut key rates in its June 2 policy meeting as inflation worries has eased, they added. After opening lower at 27,447.40 points, the BSE sensex continued to slide and touched the day’s low of 27,363.72 points due to sustained selling. However, the sensex bounced back following emergence of value buying particularly in banking stocks in the last half-an-hour of trading on hopes of rate cut by RBI. The barometer settled higher by 33.25 points, or 0.12 per cent, at 27,564.66.
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De Villiers to miss Tests against Bangladesh, Steyn rested for ODIs
Agency | Johannesburg AB de Villiers has been granted paternity leave and will miss the twoTest series in Bangladesh, Cricket South Africa (CSA) said on Wednesday. The Proteas named four uncapped players in their Test squad for the matches in July and August. Opener Reeza Hendricks, wicketkeeper Dane Vilas, spinner Aaron Phangiso and fast bowler Kagiso Rabada have all previously
represented the country in the limited overs formats. One-day captain De Villiers, however, will play the limited over matches preceding the Tests. “The changes have been brought about partly by the retirement of Alviro Petersen and the non-availability of AB de Villiers who has been granted paternity leave,” CSA convener Andrew Hudson said in a statement. “Reeza and Stiaan van Zyl are
both options to open the batting and Stiaan can also be used in AB’s batting position in the middle-order. Dane provides us with the wicketkeeping cover that would normally also be AB’s responsibility. “Aaron gives us a left-arm spin bowling option and we see this as the ideal opportunity to involve Kagiso in the Test team environment once again, so he will be the back-up fast bowling option.”
Agency | Paris
After rumours of the upcoming Gionee Elife E8 surfaced, there has been a new leak in certain specifications of the new M5 smartphone. Earlier, Gionee posted a teaser on its Weibo account which hinted at the handset with two batteries. Apparently, the New Gionee M5 has now been spotted for certification on TENAA (China’s equivalent of the FCC) along with a few specifications. The listing on TENAA shows that the smartphone will feature dual batteries and will pack in an impressive 6000 mAh. The device is said to have a 5.5-inch AMOLED display with a 720 x 1280 pixel resolution. It might be powered
by a 1.3GHz quad-core processor, paired with 2GB RAM. It also lists down the internal storage as 16GB which can be further expanded up to 128GB via microSD card. It is mostly likely to feature an 8MP rear camera along with a 5MP front facing camera. Gionee M5 seems to be the first Android Lollipop based smartphone to support dual batteries. The device will run on Android 5.0 Lollipop out-of-the-box with the company’s Amigo 3.0 custom UI skin on top. It is also said that it will be powered by a 3520mAh battery and support4G LTE networks. This handset will measure 164 x 82.3 x 9.6mm and weight 207 grams.
Micromax Canvas LapTab review
Agency | New Delhi After establishing itself as a smartphone brand offering value-for-money devices with its Canvas smartphones, Micromax started eyeing the 2-in-1s or laptop-tablet hybrid segment. It showcased the Canvas LapTab, a dual-OS (Android+Windows) laptop-tablet hybrid at CES 2014. However, the device turned out to be vapour-ware and never saw the light of the day despite the company’s claims that it was not put in the back burner.
It was speculated that Microsoft and Google were putting pressure on device-makers to halt dual-OS devices. More than an year later, the domestic smart-device giant is back with a LapTab but this time it sports different hardware and is stripped off the dual-boot feature running Windows. Interestingly, it is very similar to Notion Ink’s Cain, a tablet based on Intel’s reference design. For the uninitiated, Notion Ink’s first tablet, Adam, once dubbed as an ‘iPad killer’ had also turned out to be vapour-ware. Is the Canvas LapTab a better 2-in-one device than the Cain? Can it replace a laptop? We try to find out in our review.
SPORTS ROUNDUP Clive Lloyd explains Shivnarine Chanderpaul’s omission in a letter
Bhupathi-Kyrgios crash out of French Open
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Indo-Australian pair of Mahesh Bhupathi and Nick Kyrgios failed to cross the opening hurdle of the men’s doubles event, suffering a straightset defeat against Lucas Pouille and Thanasi Kokkinakis in the French Open tennis tournament here on Tuesday. Bhupathi and Nick failed to curb their errors as Lucas and Thanasi sent down six aces before notching up a 6-3 6-1 win. The French-Australian combo converted four of the seven break point chances that came their way even as Bhupathi and Nick squandered nine oppor-
West Indies chief selector Clive Lloyd has told veteran batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul that he was omitted from the Caribbean squad which will play against Australia because of declining form. In a letter to Chanderpaul, Lloyd said the decision was made after new head coach Phil Simmons and
the selectors reviewed his statistics from the last six Test matches. Chanderpaul’s exclusion from the Windies squad has sparked a major debate with many criticising the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) selection panel, reports CMC. Shivnarine Chanderpaul reveals details of Clive Lloyd’s controversial letter “The
coach and selectors have studied your stats from the last six Tests to date, three against South Africa and three against England. You batted 11 innings and had an aggregate of 183 runs at an average of 16.64,” said Lloyd’s letter to the Guyanese batsman, who boasts of 11,867 runs at an average of 51 with 30 Test centuries.
chief coach Constantine much. The Englishman dropped the midfielder from the probables list for India’s first two qualifiers against Oman and Guam last week and was quoted as saying: “The door is open for everyone, but certainly not for a player who has gone to Brazil for somebody else’s benefits.” And what seems to be a fallout of this statement, Atletico Paranaense have decided to cut short Fernandes’ time at the club and released him from his
contract on Monday. Fernandes will return to Goa where he will continue being a part of the FC Goa set-up for the Indian Super League (ISL). In a short statement, the club said they hoped the ISL will provide him more exposure and help in getting selected for the national team. “At the end of the loan period, Atletico Paranaense has released Romeo Fernandes to participate in the ISL with FC Goa,” stated an official release.
for both countries. Mirza, 28, became the first Indian woman to achieve the feat after winning the Charleston title on Sunday while partnering with Swiss star Martina Hingis.“I am extremely proud and
overwhelmed with joy,” Malik.“It’s a matter of pride for Pakistan as she is my wife and, of course, she is from India and she represents her nation with 100 percent determination to be the best.”
For 22-year old Romeo Fernandes, 21 minutes of fame in Brazil grinds to a halt
tunities. Among other Indians, Leander Paes will pair up with Canada’s Daniel Nestor to take on Australia’s James Duckworth and Chris Guccione tomorrow. Ninth seeds Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea will clash with Serbian pair
of Viktor Troicki and Filip Krajinovic in another men’s doubles match. In the women’s doubles, top seeds Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis will face Julia Goerges of Germany and Barbora Krejcikova of Czech Republic tomorrow.
investigation against “persons unknown on suspicion of criminal mismanagement and of money laundering” again throws into the doubt the integrity of the voting. The announcement came only hours after six soccer officials were arrested and detained by Swiss police pending extradition at the request of U.S. authorities after a raid at a luxury hotel in Zurich. The case involves bribes “totaling more than $100 million” linked to commercial deals dating back to the 1990s for soccer tournaments in the United States and Latin America, the Swiss Fed-
eral Office of Justice said in a statement. The Swiss prosecutors’ office said the U.S. probe was separate from its investigation but that authorities were working together. Dozens of soccer officials are in Switzerland for the FIFA congress and presidential election, where Blatter is widely expected to win re-election at the helm of the governing body of world soccer. “He is not one of the ones arrested. He is not involved at all,” FIFA spokesman Walter de Gregorio told The Associated Press. “We are trying to find out more from the police.”
FIFA engulfed in crisis as Swiss and US federal prosecutors investigate corruption Agency | Zurich
Swiss federal prosecutors opened criminal proceedings related to the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, throwing FIFA deeper into crisis only hours after six soccer officials were arrested and 14 indicted Wednesday in a separate U.S. corruption probe. FIFA, meanwhile, said Friday’s presidential election would go ahead as planned with Sepp Blatter going for a fifth term. Blatter was not named in either investigation. FIFA also ruled out a revote of the World Cups won by Russia in 2018 and Qatar in 2022. The Swiss prosecutors’ office said in a statement they seized “electronic data and documents” at FIFA’s headquarters on Wednesday as part of their probe. And Swiss police said they will question 10 FIFA executive committee members who took part in the World Cup votes in December 2010. The Swiss
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Agency | Mumbai You’d think Romeo Fernandes would be the first name on Stephen Constantine’s roster for India’s World Cup qualifiers. After all, he plied his trade in Brazil for first division side Atletico Paranaense. And earlier this month made headlines when he became the first Indian to play competitive football for a Brazilian club But as it turned out, the 22-year-old’s Brazilian sojourn hasn’t impressed
Sania Mirza thrilled after Shoaib Malik scores first century in six years Agency | New Delhi
Malik, playing his first oneday after two years, notched up a 76-ball 112 with 12 fours and two sixes to steer Pakistan to 375-3 — their highest against Zimbabwe — before restricting the tourists to 334-5 in 50 overs at Gaddafi Stadium. The former cricket captain has also been supportive of his wife’s achievements and said he was proud his wife Sania Mirza had become the world’s top-ranked doubles tennis player, adding it was an honour
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Amit Shah addresses media in Surat Correspondent | Surat
A Prime Minister’s responsibility is not limited to his personal integrity but extends to uprooting corruption from the entire system, BJP president Amit Shah said today as he attacked former PM Manmohan Singh over a string of scams that took place under his watch. “I firmly believe that a Prime Minister’s responsibility is not just limited to not indulging in corruption, but it is also his responsibility to stop others as well so as to uproot corruption from the entire system,” Shah told reporters here. “Under Manmohan’s leadership scams worth Rs 12 lakh crore were committed. How can
Congress shrug off its responsibility for this,” Shah said. The BJP chief was responding to a scathing attack by Singh earlier in the day during which he said the Narendra Modi government was “harping” on corruption to divert people’s attention to non-issues and asserted that he never used public office to “enrich” himself, family or friends.
“There were those who used to give zero loss theory, like zero loss in spectrum allocation, zero loss in coal allocation. “Today, under the BJP government, coal auction of 20 mines has generated Rs 2 lakh crore. This shows that heavy loss had taken place. And the loss was more than what was estimated by the CAG. One-third spectrum was auctioned
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rooms(21 for women and 21 for gents) that shall be chargeable at Rs 20 and 40 umbrella tables. A 2,000 sq m area has presence of 16,000 sq ft cafeteria/restaurant that can accommodate 160 per-
sons. On this occasion, minister of state and local MLA Tarachand Chheda said that Mandvi will be connected to Narmada water express pipeline from Mangvana village that has been already approved by the government. He said, parking problem for visitors to Mandvi beach will be resolved once the forest department allocates some land for that. A proposal is pending before the Forest department at present. The facilities dedicated on Tuesday are set up with the help of Gujarat Municipal Finance Board.
a lion turned a man-eater. The records of a debate that took place on June 29, 1960, during the first Gujarat assembly session reveal that hunting was allowed in special cases on payment of Rs 300.
City-based historian Rizwan Kadri recently came across these records while researching for a project. According to the records, when MLA Udaisinh Vadodiya asked the state government if hunting was permitted in Gir, deputy minister Bahadur Patel said that it was allowed only in rare cases. Palanpur MLA Dungarbhai Parmar had asked whether the hunting of wild animals was allowed. In reply, home min-
the need for exceptional responsiveness and tactical maneuverability by the police department. The motorcycles will be used primarily for quick response actions by the police department, including the escort of senior ministers and visiting dignitaries and emergency response as part of a natural disaster response team, among others. “We are proud to
add these Harley-Davidson Street 750 motorcycles to the Gujrat Police arsenal. The Street 750 not only addresses the police department’s need of a performance motorcycle in challenging situations but also provides great confidence and maneuverability in urban conditions,” said Pranav Nanda, Dealer Principal, Nine Bridges Harley-Davidson.
Center has proposed to introduced two-part tariffs featuring separate fixed and variable charges and time differentiated tariff on priority for large consumers (with demand exceeding 1 MW) within one year. Subsequently, the government intends to introduce same time differentiated tariff for all consumers (residential and commercial) within a period of five years. “This would also help in flattening the peak and implementing various energy conservation measures,” the union govern-
ment states. State government officials said that the move may be aimed at power load management. It will also help in streamlining the peak load. The Centre has also proposed to install Smart Meters for remote metering and billing, implementation of peak and off-peak tariff and demand side management. City-based Consumer Education and Research Society (CERS) has written letter to Union minister of Power Piyush Goyal opposing this proposed amendment.
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New tourist facilities dedicated at Mandvi beach in Kutch
Rs 74 lakh beach refreshment facilities were dedicated at Mandvi beach in Kutch district of Gujarat on Tuesday. It includes cafeteria, bath-
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were scams and they looted nation’s wealth,” Shah said. “It is not enough to just talk about eradicating corruption. There is an expectation from the PM that he will provide corruption-free rule,” Shah said. Taking pot shots at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, Shah said he was the “only confused” person on the land acquisition bill and claimed farmers have understood the legislation.
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Nine customized Harley-Davidson motorcycles for Gujarat Police
Nine Bridges Harley-Davidson today delivers six Harley-Davidson Street™ 750 motorcycles customized specially for the Gujarat Police Department. This is the first time that a police Fast Attack Boats commissioned department in India has chosen high-capacity moby BSF off Kutch coast torcycles for specialized Correspondent | Bhuj takes just 15-30 second use. Harley-Davidson time to cross 1 km distance. Street 750 motorcycles After speed boats and On Tuesday, three boats perfectly complement floating posts, now a new were tested near Luck Nala set of fast attack boats will defend the coastal border in presence of BSF IG of Kutch neighboring Santosh Mehra and Kutch Pakistan. India’s Border sector headquarters DepuSecurity Force(BSF) on ty IG Devendrasinh. Puja Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad Tuesday tested and com- was performed at KoteshImagine getting up at missioned three fast attack war before commissionnight to do your laundry boats ‘Agni’, ‘Prahar’ and ing of these boats which or iron your cloths to ‘Garva’ in creek area close are important considering save electricity bill. This to Pakistan border. Amer- the fact that Pakistan has could become a reality ican made fast attack boat increased its presence in if the Union government consumes 300 litre diesel Radha Bandar area close approves the proposed in one hour operation. It to Indian creek area. amendment in the Power Tariff Policy. The union ministry of power has proposed two tier tariff Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad him different from other for day time and night physicians? In a country Pushpa Nag, 24, a house time for residential and where millions suffer maid, was fighting glaucommercial consumers. coma and was on the without proper treat- Presently, this type of verge of vision loss. ment due to their inabil- peak and non-peak hour Shuttling from one gov- ity to pay the exorbitant tariff is only applicable ernment hospital to an- medical expenses, this for industrial users. The other, doctors told her it benign doctor is doing a was a critical case and yeoman service. Even if they would not be able your pockets are empty to operate on her. Then , Dr Rawal will schedshe came into contact ule you an appointment. with Dr Manish Raw- From 9am to 11am eval, who gave her eyes ery Wednesday , Dr a new lease of life. Ini- Rawal has been treating tially, Nag was hesitant people with eye diseasat the idea of consult- es like squints, cataract, ing a private doctor glaucoma and diabetic due to financial con- retinopathy at his Vadaj straints. But Dr Rawal clinic for more than a treated her cataract at decade. He has recently just 10% cost. Anyone also extended the faciliwho knows Dr Rawal, ty to his Thaltej centre, would say that he’s one where he sees patients in of a kind. What makes the evening.
GSEB result 2015 via SMS Students who took their exams from Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSEB) this year can receive their results through a SMS. To avail the results students have to pre-register by sending a SMS hsc for 12th or ssc for 10th board to 51115. The results will be pushed out automatically to the students as soon as it’s declared. This year over 12 lakh students took their 10th and over 11 lakh students took their 12th
by us from which we have earned Rs 1.09 lakh crore and deposited this money into the national coffer. This shows there was loss in 2G, too,” he said. Demanding answers from the Congress, Shah alleged the UPA government “looted” national wealth. “Congress should give answers, those who had floated zero loss theory need to be made answerable now. They should accept that there
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The success of conservation efforts in increasing the population of lions in Gujarat — the only abode of the endangered big cats — makes it difficult to believe that as recently as 1964, you could legally hunt these lions just for a fee of Rs 300, And this was possible when Gujarat had come into existence as a state. Records indicate that actual conservation of lions started only in 1972.
National Wildlife Board member and lion expert H S Singh said that the last permission for hunting the cats was given in 1964. After that, all requests were rejected by collectors of the districts, except when
ister Hitendra Desai had said that 111 wild animals were hunted in 1957-58, followed by 50 in 195859 and 90 in 1959-60. Between 1957 and 1960, 89 people had sought permission for hunting wild animals. In reply to MLA Madhavsinh Solanki’s question whether any lion was hunted in the state, Patel said: “Lion hunting is banned but permission is allowed in special cases on payment of Rs 300.”
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