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News Brief Civic poll victory an answer to rival forces: Mamata Agency : Kolkata, Apr 28
Refuting allegations of violence and malpractice in the recently-held West Bengal civic polls, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said the TMC's massive victory was a befitting reply to the rival forces who carried out a "malicious" campaign against her and her party. Main opposition Left Front countered Mamata's view, claiming that the election results were not the true reflection of public opinion as in most places "malpractices and violence had stopped voters from exercising their free democratic rights".
Rahul Gandhi today took his fight against the contentious land acquisition bill to Punjab as he travelled by train to the grain bowl of the NDA-ruled state and met farmers to see their condition "with my own eyes". Dressed in a brown tee and jeans and sporting a stubble, the Congress Vice President reached Ambala in Haryana bordering Punjab this evening sitting in a general compartment of the Sachkhand express before he drove down to the local Anaj Mandi in Fategarh Sahib district.
Bharti Airtel Q4 Net jumps over 30% to Rs 1,255 cr Agency : New Delhi, Apr 28
Bharti Airtel today reported an over 30 per cent jump in its consolidated net profit at Rs 1,255 crore for the March quarter, driven by growth in mobile data revenue. The country's largest telecom operator had reported a net profit of Rs 962 crore in the corresponding period a year ago. Total revenue of the company rose 3.6 per cent to Rs 23,016 crore for the reported quarter as compared with Rs 22,219 crore in the year-ago period, Bharti Airtel said in a statement.
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Nepal PM says quake toll could hit 10,000 Anger among survivors as food and water in short supply, while rescue teams warn they are yet to reached ‘flattened’ villages in remote regions Agency : Kathmandu The death toll in Nepal’s earthquake could reach 10,000, Prime Minister Sushil Koirala has said, as survivors’ despair turned to anger at the government’s slow response to the humanitarian crisis unfolding in the country, with food, water and other essentials in desperately short supply. “The government is doing all it can for rescue and relief on a war footing,” Koirala said in an interview with Reuters. “It is a challenge and a very difficult hour for Nepal.” The death toll in Nepal alone rose
to 5,057 on Tuesday, according to the country’s Emergency Operation Centre, which said more than 10,000 people have been injured. There are warnings the full extent of the tragedy will not be known until rescue teams have reached “flattened” villages in remote regions. “The death toll could go up to 10,000 because information from remote villages hit by the earthquake is yet to come in,” Koirala said. In neighbouring India 61 people were killed and China’s official Xinhua News Agency said 25 people had
Not opposed to Rahul Gandhi as party president, says Amarinder Singh
Rahul takes a train to Punjab, meets farmers in mandi Agency : Sirhind, Apr 28
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Agency : Amritsar Congress leader Amarinder Singh today said that he was never opposed to the elevation of Rahul Gandhi as the party president. Talking to reporters here Singh said, he believed "Rahul is a dynamic young leader with a vision for the party and the nation." Singh clarified that he had only said that given the personality driven politics prevailing in the country today, Sonia Gandhi was doing an
excellent job. "Nowhere, whether on the television or in the print media have I ever opposed Rahul Gandhi's elevation as the Congress president," he said. Rahul had not only made his point but scored a point in the Parliament while raising the issues related to farmers, Singh said. Earlier, on April 11, Amarinder Singh had said that the leadership should remain with Sonia Gandhi as a generational change cannot be done with a knife. "You cannot just make a generational change with a knife and cut them through. You have to gain experience by individually meeting people across the country and maintain people-to-people contact," Singh had said.
died in Tibet. Eighteen others were killed in avalanches on Mount Everest. Another avalanche hit a village in the district of Rasuwa, north of Kathmandu, on Tuesday, leaving up to 250 people missing. Ghodatabela, about a 12-hour walk from the nearest town, is along a popular trekking route, but it was not clear if the missing included trekkers. Health
workers said they feared a major health crisis was unfolding among survivors of the quake who are living in the open or in overcrowded tents with no access to sanitation or clean water. On Tuesday helicopters crisscrossed the skies above Gorkha, close to the epicentre of Saturday’s magnitude 7.8 quake, ferrying the injured to clinics and
taking emergency supplies back to remote villages. Aid workers who had reached the region described entire villages reduced to rubble. “In some villages, about 90% of the houses have collapsed. They’re just flattened,” said Rebecca McAteer, an American physician. Udav Prashad
Timalsina, the top official for Gorkha, warned that people were not getting food and shelter. That grim assessment was supported by World Vision aid worker Matt Darvas, who reached Gorkha on Monday. “It does not seem aid is reaching here very quickly,” he said. “Further north from
here the reports are very disturbing,” he said, adding that up to 75% of the buildings in Singla may have collapsed. There has been no contact with that village since Saturday night. In the town of Dhulikhel, the main hospital, one of only two serving the Kabre district, with a population of 380,000, was due to run out of diesel fuel for its generator at midnight on Monday.
Bihar hospital pastes 'bhukamp' stickers SC stays breach of privilege on injured, removes after being exposed Agency : Darbhanga charge for relief work for notice against Shobhaa De Darbhanga Medical ColDarbhanga district
Agency : New Delhi A breach of privilege notice sent to author Shobhaa De by the Maharashtra State Assembly 16 days ago was stayed by the Supreme Court on Tuesday. The breach of privilege notice was issued to De for her tweets over the state government order on Marathi films. De was directed to file her written submission by Monday. However, an apex court bench comprising of Justices Dipak Misra and P C Pant, after going through all her tweets, said her views was against the government's decision and
wondered how it violated the privilege of the state assembly. After a brief hearing, the court stayed the proceeding initiated against the writer by the assembly. The notice was issued on April 12 asking Shobhaa De to explain her tweets about the state government's decision to make it mandatory for multiplexes to screen Marathi movies during prime time.
lege and Hospital (DMCH) kicked up a row on Tuesday by pasting stickers on the foreheads of injured persons in the earthquake for identification, which were later removed. Zee Media highighted the issue that the injured patients in a separate ward of the DMCH earmarked for earthquake victims were marked with stickers reading 'bhukamp' (earthquake) on their foreheads. Superintendent of DMCH Shankar Jha on Tuesday expressed regret and said it would be immediately removed. However
no action has been taken against individuals who showed such brazen insensitivity. BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain speaking to Zee media has demanded strong action against the guilty. He branded the incident as sad and as something which shows Bihar in bad light. quoted minister in-
Baidyanath Sahni as saying, "I inquired with the DMCH Superintendent on the issue and directed him to get it removed at once." Sahni said he had asked the Superintendent to probe the matter and fix responsibilities. "I am at present in the interior areas of Darbhanga district and on return, will visit DMCH to look at the matter," he said. Nearly 15 earthquake victims had come to the DMCH initially for treatment, out of whom six are still being treated at the hospital.
Fake law degree row: Tomar denies Trinamool Congress secures massive victory charges as oppn demands his ouster in West Bengal civic polls, Opposition routed Agency : New Delhi Delhi Law Minister Jitender Singh Tomar on Tuesday faced demands for his ouster amid a row over allegedly "fabricating" his law degree, but he rejected the charge of any wrongdoing and refused to step down. He said the controversy was a BJP ploy to sully the image of Aam Aadmi Party and contended that since no FIR had been registered against him nor any court had made any observation "there is no question of stepping down". He also met Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and was understood to have given an explanation over the whole issue. Despite demands by the BJP and Congress for Tomar's ouster, Kejriwal is believed to be backing him in this case. Responding to a petition which alleged that
Tomar had enrolled himself as an advocate on the basis of a "false and bogus" degree, the Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University in Bihar had yesterday submitted an affidavit in the Delhi High Court stating that his provisional certificate was "fabricated". Seizing upon the opportunity, main opposition BJP accused Kejriwal of adopting "double standards" on the
issue of corruption and demanded that he dismiss Tomar from the government. "He (Kejriwal) has continuously been adopting double standards. After the affidavit of Bhagalpur university in the Delhi High Court what are they waiting for," Delhi BJP chief Satish Upadhyay said and warned that his party will take to streets if Tomar was not dismissed.
Agency : Kolkata Ruling Trinamool Congress led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday inflicted a crushing defeat on BJP and the Left scoring a a landslide victory in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), clinching 114 of the 144 wards and also winning 69 of the 91 civic bodies in districts across West Bengal. The BJP, which was hoping to replace the Left as the main opposition in the KMC, failed miserably, managing to increase its tally from three to just seven seats. The TMC, which in the last KMC polls had won 95 seats, increased its tally to 114 while the main opposition CPI(M)-led Left Front was reduced to just 15 from 33. Independents bagged three seats in the KMC. The victory in the
municipal polls, which was billed as the semifinal before the Assembly polls due early next year, will act as a shot in the arm for the TMC, which recently faced serious allegations of corruption, including alleged involvement of some of its leaders in the Saradha Chit Fund scam. CM Mamata Banerjee took to Twitter to dedicate party's victory “to the people of Bengal”. She also asked party workers to stay away from victory rallies in the wake of Nepal earthquake
disaster. She tweeted that the party will “dedicate the victory to Rabindranath Tagore on 9 May through Rabi Pronaam across Bengal .” Congress, which was fast becoming insignificant in state politics, managed to win five seats, down from eight in 2010. Although the TMC scored a big win, it got some blows too as several heavyweights bit the dust. Chairman of the outgoing KMC board Sachidananda Banerjee, deputy mayor Farzana Alam of TMC besides
prominent party councillor Paresh Pal were defeated. On the part of CPI(M), the leader of opposition in the outgoing KMC board Rupa Bagchi was defeated by her nearest TMC rival. Contrary to KMC, the results in the Siliguri Municipal Corporation showed the CPI(M)-led Left Front has managed to regain some of its lost ground capturing 23 of the 47 seats. TMC bagged 17 seats in Siliguri Municipal Corporation, which was regarded as a prestige fight for TMC leader and state minister Gautam Deb and CPI(M) leader and former minister Ashok Bhattacharya. For the Left which suffered major electoral reverses in recent years, the victory in Siliguri Municipal Corporation came as a morale booster.
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China Aids Nepal in Humanitarian, Diplomatic Push Beijing With an energetic effort to deliver assistance to earthquake-ravaged Nepal, China is pushing both humanitarian support and its own diplomatic goals. China has said it will provide $3.2 million in aid to its quakestruck neighbor. It has also sent dozens of medical and search-and-rescue personnel and four People’s Liberation Army aircraft to aid in relief efforts. The first batch of 186 tons of emergency supplies arrived Tuesday. In its response, China is hoping to show Nepal the benefits of closer cooperation and demonstrate to the world Beijing’s willingness to take on a role as a responsible power, according to experts. “They are really keen to build up this image for the world of being a responsible stakeholder,” said James Char of Singapore’s S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies. Sandwiched between China and India, Nepal shares a history of cultural and linguistic ties with India. But Beijing has for decades seen the Himalayan country as a strategic priority, in part as contested ground in its tussle with India for regional primacy and in its efforts to discourage Tibetans from fleeing Chinese rule and supporting their exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emphasized Nepal’s importance to India since he came to power last year and has offered $1 billion in loans to build infrastructure in Nepal. Since Saturday’s earthquake, India has flown nearly 600 relief workers to Nepal, has set up four field hospitals and has army helicopters flying sorties into remote areas. Teams of Indian army electrical engineers are working to repair Katmandu’s power grid. An editorial in state-run Chinese tabloid Global Times on Chinese relief efforts after the quake cited Nepal’s “geopolitical significance.” It said that despite the fact that “Dalai Lama supporters see Nepal as an outpost from which to project influence into Tibet,” efforts by Katmandu to suppress what it said was anti-Chinese activities are appreciated. Beijing has significantly stepped up its investments in Nepal in recent years. In 2013, bilateral trade volume grew 12.82% over the previous year, to $2.25 billion. Nonfinancial outbound direct investment meanwhile ballooned to $46.09 million from just $1.57 million in 2012. That economic outreach mirrors that to other South Asian neighbors and has been intensifying under President Xi Jinping, who has launched programs to revive the Silk Road trade routes that connected China to the region for centuries. Mr. Xi visited Pakistan earlier this month and pledged billions in infrastructure spending. Late last year, he stopped in Sri Lanka and Tajikistan before making his maiden state visit to India. “China is trying to get a foothold with India’s neighbors, and I think it has been successful to a large extent,” said B.R. Deepak, professor at New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University. Since the quake, state media have broadcast a steady stream of footage and photos of Chinese rescue teams clearing rubble and locating survivors, met by cheering crowds.
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Guess Who Will Play Akshay Kumar’s Mother In Singh Is Bling
Agency : New Delhi Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar’s upcoming film ‘Singh Is Bling’ happens to be in talks again for a good reason. Stunt man Akshay Kumar will share the screen space with veteran actress Rati Agnihotri in the film. Actress Rati Agnihotri will be playing the role of Akshay Kumar’s mother in the film, which will be helmed by dancing legendturned-filmmaker Prabhudheva. She will be
playing the playing a character that is quite similar to her in real life. Reports also suggest that cricketer Yuvraj Singh’s father Yograj will play the role of Akshay Kumar’s father in the film. Stunt man Akshay Kumar has already begun with the shooting of Prabhu Deva’s Singh is Bling. Last month the actor started his day 1 shooting by taking blessings of Waheguru in Patiala. The actor visited to Gurudwara for the blessings.
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“I am surprised with this new-found dialectics of the morals of the CPIM. According to this new ideology ...India is not defamed by acts of corruption. India is defamed only when you refer to the acts of corruption,” - Leader of the House and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said
Deepika Padukone calls Kangna Rishi Kapoor wishes luck to son Ranaut to clear misunderstandings? Ranbir for 'Bombay Velvet'
Agency : New Delhi If rumours mills are to be believed, Deepika Padukone had a chat with Kangna Ranaut over the weekend to settle what seemed to be a brewing 'cold war' between them. Kangs, who found many fans in the industry post her performance in the National Award-winning film Queen, wasn't really flattered when Deepika dedicated an award to her earlier this year. "I hope, someday, she would tell me in person what she feels about my work. I would appreciate that a lot more,"
the Queen actress had been quoted as saying. In an interview a few days ago, she reiterated that she did not receive any congratulatory call from Dippy while many others including Amitabh Bachchan, Priyanka Chopra, Shah Rukh, Aamir and Salman Khan conveyed their best wishes to her. Last month, Kangna had taken a dig at her contemporary by slamming her 'My Choice' women empowerment video as 'sexist'. A source says, "So, two days ago, Deepika decided to
call Kangna and congratulate her. She also asked her about the controversial media reports about the two of them and clarified her stand. She is keen to maintain cordial relation with Kangna." Kangna is said to be happy about Dippy's gesture, says another source adding: "She explained to Deepika how she has not been accepting awards, but was glad to hear words of appreciation from her and also respected her efforts to clear all misunderstandings between them."
Shruti Hassan to endorse electronic products brand Agency : Chennai Actress Shruti Hassan has signed up to endorse consumer durable brand Lloyd in India. She believes in its "innovative and technologically advanced products". The 29-year-old will endorse air conditioners, LED TVs, washing machines, refrigerators and small home appliances for Lloyd in India through promotion, advertising and marketing. "It is an honour and privilege to be associ-
ated with Lloyd which has state-of-the-art innovative and technologically advanced products which are exceptionally stylish in their design. I believe they provide brand promise of 'Khushiyon ki Guarantee' to each and every customer who buys a Lloyd product. I look forward to an amazing journey with Lloyd," Shruti said in a statement. An official at Lloyd said Shruti was chosen as the brand ambassa-
dor as she "encapsulates all the qualities that Lloyd stands for".
Agency : New Delhi Rishi Kapoor is impressed with superstar son Ranbir's
street-fighter look in upcoming period drama Bombay Velvet. Rishi, 62,
said the Barfi! star's look is completely different from his previous outings. "Now that's a departure from a Rocket Sid Rockstar Barfi. Looks good hope the film is too. Good Luck!," Rishi posted on Twitter along with a picture of Ranbir from the film. The second trailer of the Anurag Kashyap's film was recently unveiled and the Agneepath star is all praise for the movie's cast and crew. "I like this trailer. Best to Anurag Phantom Fox Ranbir Karan Anushka and all. Works!," he added. Set in the Bombay of the 1960s, Bombay Velvet is releasing on May 15.
What is reason for fight between Twinkle Khanna and Chetan Bhagat!!! Agency : New Delhi Twinkle Khanna is an Indian interior designer, columnist, film producer and also the former film actress where Chetan Bhagat is an English writer who had fame through bestselling of his books and articles about young urban middle-class Indians. veryone is aware of Twinkle’s good sense of humour. She had a huge fans following who likes to read her columns for her jokes. After receiving the bashing judging in ‘Nach Baliye’ by Chetan Bhagat, she decided to express her feeling on his judgement on Twitter. Twinkle shared a video captioning as, “Why I want to change my name to chetali bhagat!” And now months later, one of her admirers decided to comment on this caption saying, “@mrsfunnybones You are a an amazing writer
, you don’t need to change your name to Chetali Bhagat :)” In response to this, Twinkle decided to take a dig at Chetan’s judging abilities saying, “I do! He gets to judge NachBaliye and i get to
judge if that gross thing on my floor is dog puke or poop #SuchIsLife.” Chetan Bhagat also tweeted as, “Well, i’d say u have the bigger challenge girl..btw, how do u tell the difference between the two anyway?”
‘Gabbar is Back’ new song: Akshay Kumar, "Check accountability then donate for quake victims" Shruti Haasan fall in love ‘Coffee Peetey Peetey’
Agency : New Delhi All eyes are on Akshay Kumar‘s ‘Gabbar is Back’ which will be this week’s big release- its songs, dialogues are already a hit. Makers have released another song – a romantic and colourful song ‘Coffee Peetey Peetey.’ This romantic
number also happens to be Akshay’s favourite from the movie. The actor at a recent press conference in New Delhi had said, “‘Aankhen mil rahi hai coffee peetey peetey’ is a romantic number of ‘Gabbar is Back’ and it is my favourite song from the film.” The love-struck ac-
tress is seen dancing to the tunes of the song clicking selfies with Akshay and falling in his arms. Shruti sure enjoys the feeling of her first love in the entire song. Composed by Chairantan Bhatt, the song is sung by Dev Negi and Paroma Das Gupta.
Akshay Kumar is a romantic person in real life as well. There is a lot of buzz around Akshay Kumar's upcoming film Gabbar Is Back because of the way its poster and teaser was promoted. Now the makers of the film have released a track of the film titled Coffee Peetey Peetey. The song shows Akshay and Shruti's romantic side. Composed by Chairantan Bhatt, the song is sung by Dev Negi and Paroma Das Gupta. Actors’ wife, Twinkle was happy when Gabbar aka Akshay returned home after winding up his work. Composed by Chairantan Bhatt, the song is sung by Dev Negi and Paroma Das Gupta. Directed by Krish, ‘Gabbar is Back’ will release on May 1.
Agency : New Delhi A powerful earthquake, measuring 7.9 on Richter scale, flattened houses and buildings in Nepal last week, killing over 4,350 people so far. "I have been warned that a lot of organisations would be misusing this situation so I request every one who wants to help to please double check the accountability and then only offer help...," a post on Manisha's official page on Facebook
read. "A lot of my friends who want to travel to km (Kathmandu), please be mindful that too many people are already there n there is a shortage of food and water... We must be prepared for long span of rehabilitation and relief work (I am afraid after the initial shock n hence desire to help gets diluted by misuse of help and with time we become numb and start ignoring)," she wrote.
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3 / Dt. 29-04-2015, Wednesday 'Steve Jobs would have liked the LG G4' Another Blow To PCI, Suspended By Government
Agency : New Delhi have liked the G4," the Korea Herald quotes an indusG's new flagship try official close to the South smartphone - the LG G4 - Korean tech giant. The new will be unveiled to the world phone is expected to have tonight. We have seen much a slimmer design than its of the phone even before its predecessor the G3 and will official launch thanks to also have a vegetablesome detailed leaks, and LG tanned leather cover. The appears to be quite unbeat G4 is also expected to about it new marquee de- come with a much improved vice. "If Steve Jobs were camera with DSLR-quality alive today, even he would aperture setting.
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acebook Messenger has launched free VOIP video calling over cellular and wi-fi connections on iOS and Android platforms. The services will be available in the US, Canada, England and 15 other countries, TechCrunch reported. With 600 million Messenger users and 1.44 billion on Facebook, the new VOIP video feature has a massive built-in audience. Messenger already accounts for 10 percent of global mobile VOIP calls, according to Mark Zuckerberg, one of five co-founders of the social networking website Facebook. He believes that free, high audio quality VOIP will displace traditional phone-calling and video calling could accelerate that. Messenger won't be charging for audio or
video calling. If you have access, you'll see the video camera icon in the top right corner when you're having a Messenger chat with a friend, who can be called. Tapping it starts a video call, which opens when the recipient accepts. Cameras start in selfie mode but you can toggle to the backside camera to show a friend what you're doing. Messenger will adjust the quality of the call according to your connection. It's easy to switch to just VOIP audio, and Facebook will notify the users if the connection weakens to where video won't work. One smart thing Messenger allows is for one person to turn off their video feed to make the other person's high quality. This way, if you're sitting at home and a friend is on a mountain in Norway, you can give them the extra bandwidth because what matters is seeing their scenery, not them seeing your bedroom.
70 banks yet to pass on benefit despite two cuts by RBI Agency : New Delhi
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including 23 public sector lenders, have not passed on the benefits to their consumers from RBI's two rate cuts so far in 2015. Reserve Bank of India cut the repo rate by 0.25 per cent on January 15 and further by 0.25 per cent on March 4. Out of 91 scheduled commercial banks in the country, a total of 21 banks have lowered their base rates after RBI's rate cut decisions, Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha said today. These include four public sector banks, six from the private sector and 11 foreign banks. The reduction in base rates has been in the range of 0.1-0.5 per cent so far. This leaves as many as 70 banks that have not lowered their rates, despite RBI easing its monetary stance twice. "Following the reduction in the policy rate, out of 91 scheduled commercial banks, 21 banks reduced their base rates in
the range of 0.1-0.5 per cent so far (up to April 15)" Sinha said in written reply to a Rajya Sabha question. Accordingly, he said, the weighted average lending rates on fresh rupee loans sanctioned by banks for housing and vehicle loans have also come down in the range of 8.53 basis points during the same period. There are 27 public sector banks, 20 private sector and 44 foreign banks with scheduled commercial bank license in the country. The PSU banks have 70 per cent market share. In RBI's last monetary policy meeting earlier this month, Governor Raghuram Rajan was very critical of banks for not passing on the rate cut benefits to the borrowers.
Agency : New Delhi After International Paralympic Committee (IPC), the India government has also suspended for an unlimited period, following poor management in the conduct of 15th National Para Athletics Champions 2015. Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said the PCI was fully responsible for the lack of facility required for differentlyabled athletes such as ramps, disabled-friendly toilets, lodging facilities etc., during the event held in Ghaziabad recently. “There was total lack of planning in conceptualisation and conduct of the event. It was
IPL-8: KKR face a tough test as they face in-form CSK in Chennai completely sorry state of affairs. There were mismanagement, negligence and completely irresponsibility on the part of PCI,” he said during question hour in the Lok Sabha. Sonowal said the Sports Authority of India had conducted an en-
their success," Bach said, after his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The IOC chief perhaps understands all too well that it's a tall task. Ramachandran's decision to meet Bach in Lausanne last month, without the knowl-
World Chess: India Fail To Overcome Georgia
Agency : Chengdu The round saw some excellent performance from both the sides but at the end of the day, Georgia triumphed. Meri Arabidze’s win against Padmini Rout ensured
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quiry and on the report submitted by it, a show cause notice was issued to PCI. The government received a letter on April 15 from the International Paralympic Committee suspending PCI with immediate effect for an unlimited period of time.
Indian Olympic Association Officials Unhappy With President N. Ramachandran
Agency : New Delhi International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach's words during his one day visit to India were true. "The officials here (of the IOA) need to find unity among themselves, and focus on the athletes and
Georgia held the upper hand even as all the other three games in the round ended in draw.Women’s World Chess Team Championship at Chengdu, China by a score of 2.5 - 1.5. Koneru Humpy drew her game with Bela Khotenashvili after a hard fought battle while the likes of Dronavalli Harika and Soumya Swaminathan drews their games against Lela Javakhishvili and Melia Salome respectively.
edge of any of his IOA colleagues, was what made matters worse. He was accompanied by Sports Secretary, Ajit Sharan, on that trip. On the morning of the all-important meeting with IOC Chief Bach on Monday, almost all IOA officials this reporter spoke with, had no idea what was on the agenda. Most questions were responded with a shoulder shrug. A "the president knows" at the most. An IOC chief's visit is always a big deal. It is an opportunity to showcase what you have in terms of talent, infrastructure, systems. More importantly, it's a golden opportunity to network. There was much excitement in Pune in 2008, when then IOC Chief Jacques Rogge visited the venue of the Youth Commonwealth Games. His successor Thomas Bach's visit in comparison was subdued and largely a very hushed affair. A Special General Body Meeting is being planned to move a no-confidence motion against Ramachandran. The opposing group needs 2/3rd majority of the votes to pass it. IOA officials, headed by Hockey India president Narinder Batra, is confident that they will be able to garner the numbers against Ramachandran very easily.
Agency : Chennai Defending champions Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) will face perhaps their toughest challenge yet when they meet an in-form Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in the Indian Premier League (IPL) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium here on Tuesday. The
in 2015. "Without the world's best tennis players, we wouldn't have the world's best tennis tournament," Brook said. "We recognise the players are an essential ingredient of our championships. "The level of prize money is affordable to this championship, so we feel it's important that we should reflect that in what we pay the players. "I think
you've seen now that some other tournaments are reacting to what we did two years ago, so there are some big increases in other grand slams and other masters events in response to what we did two years ago." Brook confirmed Wimbledon bosses were "reluctantly" forced to turn down the chance to host Great Britain's
Super Kings have been in blazing form of late, winning five of their six games in the tourney. Their only loss came against tabletoppers Rajasthan Royals at Ahmedabad where they were convincingly beaten by eight wickets. However, CSK stamped their authority after they out-
classed Kings XI Punjab in the last match here on Saturday. A dominant batting display saw the home side post a formidable 192-3 while Kings XI only managed to reach 95-9 in their 20 overs. Their prime concern, however, will be the bowling, with their spin wizard Sunil Narine being reported for suspect action. It will be interesting to see if the team management will name him in the outfit against a classy batting opponent. But if Narine is dropped, then his replacement will have big boots to fill. The likes of mystery spinner KC Cariappa might get a look in while Morne Morkel and Umesh Yadav lead the pace attack.
Cricket: Bangladesh reach 150 for 2 at tea in first test against Pakistan Agency : Khulna Bangladesh remained patient in reaching tea at 1502 off 59 overs against Pakistan in the first cricket Test on Tuesday at Khulna . Opener Imrul Kayes made a steady 51 and was the only wicket to fall in the second session on a placid Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium pitch, against disciplined Pakistan bowling. At the crease were Mominul Haque on 35 and Mahmudullah on 31. Kayes and Tamim Iqbal shared a watchful 52 runs in a 27over opening stand, after Bangladesh won the toss. Pakistan generated some genuine chances. Kayes offered an easy catch off leftarm spinner Zulfiqar Babar, but Yasir Shah failed to take the catch and the ball eventually crossed the boundary rope for a four. Tamim was on 16 when he edged a seemingly simple catch to backward short leg, which
Wimbledon bosses defend prize money boost with singles winners set to earn £1.88m in 2015 Agency : London Wimbledon bosses have defended boosting tournament prize money for the fourth year running to hand the singles winners £1.88 million in 2015. Tournament and All England Lawn Tennis Club chairman Philip Brook insisted tennis' top stars are not overpaid, despite Wimbledon hiking prize money again. London's grand slam will once again offer the "highest prize money ever in professional tennis" in 2015. The singles winners' prize funds have risen seven percent from £1.76m in 2014; in the last four years, Wimbledon's overall prize fund has jumped from £14.6m in 2011 to £26.75m
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Davis Cup quarter-final. Queen's Club will stage the clash with France from July 17 to 19, with Brook admitting the tie was scheduled too soon after Wimbledon to prove viable. This year's Wimbledon tournament will run from June 29 to July 12, moved back a week to allow extra preparation after the French Open.
Mohammad Hafeez failed to grip. Shah made the breakthrough with the wicket of Tamim, who struck three fours in his 74ball knock for 25. Bangladesh paced the innings better after lunch, with Kayes and Mominul playing some confident shots around the wicket. After
Kayes reached his second Test half-century, Hafeez dismissed him for his first wicket with his remodeled action. Kayes hit six fours in his 51 off 130 balls. Haque and Mahmudullah kept up the rhythm, foiling the relentless Pakistan attack. Hafeez and Shah took one wicket apiece.
Three Indian racers to participate in the 2015 Honda Asia Dream Cup
Agency : New Delhi The 2015 Honda Asia Dream Cup will see participation from three of India’s best motorcycle racers. Sarath Kumar, Hari Krishnan Rajagopalan and S Rajiv will represent India in the six round championship. Sarath Kumar managed to haul eight points in the opening round of the championship at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia where he set a lap time of 1:20:768. Hari Krishnan Rajagopalan man-
aged to grab six points. The three racers from Chennai were selected after their performances in the 2014 Honda One Make Race Championship in India. Speaking about the performance of the three Indians, Keita Muramatsu, president and CEO, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Private Limited said, “We are rooting for a podium win by the Indian contingent of Sarath Kumar, Hari Krishnan Rajagopalan and Sethu Rajiv.
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Wipro gets work order for RTO inte- NIF, NHSRC join hands gration and modernization in Gujarat for public health initiatives Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
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IT firm Wipro has got work order for system integration and modernization of all RTO, ARTO, check posts and central monitoring cell working under state transportation department. The work order was formally handed over by Transportation minister Vijaybhai Rupani in Gandhinagar today. Rupani said, the state wants to avail maximum benifit of Information Technology and Information Technology Enabled Services to citizens in order to provide them effective and qualitative services. Transport Commissioner
Kamal Dayani said that the new system will involve laser measurement, radio frequency identification etc. All check posts will be super-
Fencing along railway track for protection of Lions opposed, stopped
Correspondent, Rajula It’s very complicated. For employment and trade a private port was developed at Pipavav. To connect this port to its hinterland a railway track was laid. At least 8 lions died on this railway track due to movement of goods train in last two years. The government came with an idea of installation of fencing on both sides of this railway track to save lions and allocated budget for that. Now the latest problem in this series. Local farmers in Rajula taluka are opposing installation of fence next to railway track.
The fencing work is therefore on halt for last two days. Farmers complain that due to fencing, they will not be able to move across the railway line smoothly and will not be able to access their farms therefore. Though forest department has assured farmers about installation of gates at proper distance, the farmers are not ready to accept the design approved by Forest department. The fencing work has been started for last few weeks. So far the government has built small wall over which the fence will be fixed.
vised by central monitoring cell. Citizens will get status details of their applications online and able to post suggestions.
Agency : Mumbai Private equity company Piramal Fund Management (PFM) has invested Rs 225 crore in realty firm Ganesh Housing Corporation’s mixed use development project in Ahmedabad. “PFM has invested Rs 225 crore with a subsidiary of Ganesh Housing Corporation. The investment is towards a prime city centric
regard to then Chief Minister Shri Narendra Modi, present Chief Minister Anandiben, Irrigation, Finance and Water supply ministers among others. The Chief Minister has in response given instructions to
concerned department to look into it, as a result of which survey and design tasks are underway. As per local BJP leaders, the government has given in principle nod to inclusion of two talavs. The works on Bhimdad-Randhola Link-2 canal are in progress. Randhola to Bor and Khodiyar Talav link would be gravity route and therefore it is feasible to take water to these water bodies. It will prove blessing during scarcity for entire Gohilwad sub-region.
Kutch’s ‘truck village’ makes pledge against menace of overloading Correspondent, Anjar Menace of overloading truck just don’t ruin roads and increase the number of accidents but it also harm business of truck operators. This was the feeling expressed by about 300 truck operators in Ratnal village of Anjar taluka of Kutch in Gujarat. The said, government’s liberal treatment to menace of overloading trucks has harmed
the business of small truck operators who own just one or two trucks. Due to menace of overload by some operators, small operators who want to do business with honesty are struggling to get business. The meeting unanimously took a decision to not to overload the trucks now onwards. According to a survey Ratnal is the only village in world having more than 1436 trucks.
land parcel situated close to Surdhara Circle in Thaltej, Ahmedabad,” the company said in a statement. The investment marks the company’s foray into Ahmedabad market after funding projects in cities like Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Delhi NCR and Chennai. The project, spread across 10 acres with a saleable area of nearly 1.8 million sqft, is
AMC to launch new website with online tax payment facility The online payment gateway through following steps
field of healthcare technologies. The agreement was signed by Dr Vipin Kumar, director and chief innovation officer, NIF and Dr Sanjeev Kumar, executive director, NHSRC in presence of Dr Jitender Sharma, director, NHSRC, which is the apex body for technical assistance set-up under National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) of Government of India.
Piramal Fund invests Rs 225 crore in realty project in Ahmedabad
Inclusion of two Talav in Bhavnagar region likely in SAUNI Yojana
Correspondent, Bhavnagar Bor Talav and Khodiyar Talav, two major water bodies of Bhavnagar area that were eariler not included in ambitious Saurashtra Narmada Avataran Yojana(SAUNI Yojana), but with efforts of local BJP leaders including Jitubhai Vaghani, Bipinbhai Maheta and Mehulbhai Vadodariya, both these water bodies are now part of SAUNI Yojana. Rs. 10,000 crore SAUNI Yojana will connect 115 dams of Saurashtra region with Narmada canal network through big pipelines. Local BJP leaders of Bhavnagar were trying for inclusion of Bor and Khodiyar talav in SAUNI Yojana for last two years. Number of representations were made in this
National Innovation Foundation - India (NIF) and (NHSRC) entered into an agreement on Monday to collaborate on various activities related to public health. Under the agreement, a number of activities have been envisioned, which include assessment of innovative healthcare technologies, supporting technology transfer for bulk production, supporting pilot studies to validate efficacy and use in public health system, conducting joint training and capacity building in identified areas of work and collaborating in various other areas in the
envisaged to be developed as a mixed-use scheme with a combination of residential apartments coupled with both commercial and high street retail component, the release stated. “Our decision to expand our target geographies was based on a great deal of research in potential target locations and we found Ahmedabad to be a viable destination for investment. We look forward to expanding our presence over time,” PFM Managing Director Khushru Jijina said. PFM caters to early stage equity, late stage debt and construction finance. “In addition to a sizeable portfolio extending across the Tier I cities, we are analysing Tier II cities on a selective basis and intend to scale up its exposure to these locations gradually,” he added.
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Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation(AMC) will shortly launched a new website under Rs. 35 crore National E-governance platform programme. Every citizen of Ahmedabad will be able to create his citizen
fine arts at the reputed Maharaja Sayajirao University (MSU) of Baroda. Explaining about the gallery, Dhoke said the AAI will provide the space free of cost to artists. “However, in case any ex-
- Open the website www.ahmedabadcity.gov.in - Register your profile on Citizen Registration link. Don’t forget to mention your mobile number and e-mail identity. - Register the tenement number of your property. -Proceed for ICICI payment gateway to make online payment. -Have a print out of your payment. profile on this website and able to deal with all AMC through single login identity. Citizens will be able to connect more than one property
tax numbers and professional tax numbers tot heir profile. Instead of paying tax at Civic center, the citizens will be able to use.
Attack on govt function in Vadodara: 7 including a woman arrested Correspondent, Vadodara
The Government and the city unit of ruling Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) has taken yesterday’s attack over government function in Vadodara very seriously. Generally, protests do occur, but yesterday’s protest by local people during the government function was not just another protest. Deputy Mayor of city who is a woman had suffered multiple injured due to yesterday’s protest. She had to be taken to private hospital where she received multiple sutures for cuts on her mouth. She sustained injuries on her forehead and skull. She will need to have corrective cosmetic surgery post healing. Not just Deputy Mayor but Municipal Commissioner HS Patel’s bodyguard also suffered injury while trying to save HS Patel from violent mob of people. Locals had damaged tent, banners, chairs also during their pro-
Harni airport gallery to display exhibit of amateur artists
Correspondent, Vadodara A dedicated art gallery is being established at Harni domestic airport near here where budding artists can showcase their creations. “The gallery is being set up at the terminal building of the airport as per the instructions given by the Civil Aviation Ministry to the Airport Authority of India (AAI). Once functional, budding painters and sculptors can put up their creation on display for public viewing and even for sale,” AAI Director at Harni Airport, Santosh Dhoke said here today. He said the initiative was aimed at encouraging amateur artists, many of whom come from across the country and even from abroad to learn
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hibit getting sold, ten per cent of its cost will have to be paid to AAI. The decision is essentially aimed at improving the ambiance of the airport,” he said. Dhoke said a three-member panel has been constituted for shortlisting artists whose work will be put up on display. “The art work must be the original creation of the artist and not in violation of any copyright, trademark or other similar laws and regulations. The artist will have to submit an affidavit regarding this,” he added.
test yesterday during the government function. The party and the government believe that such violent protest, such cruel attack over a woman deputy Mayor is just unacceptable. Locals in Gotri area were opposing government function which was held for performing ground breaking for affordable housing scheme. Locals don’t want affordable housing units to come up on this plot as they believe the prices of prop-
erty in this area will come down, and the area will be further congested. Locals want garden or open passage or road instead of housing scheme which will bring 100s of new people from lower economic class in this area. Police today caught 7 persons including a woman for their alleged involvement in yesterday’s protest. They are booked under IPC sections pertaining to rioting and attempt to murder.
Gujarat High Court junks case against SBI officers for not crediting 52 paise Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
The Gujarat High Court today set aside a complaint against the chairperson and the managing director of State Bank of India for not crediting a princely sum of 52 paise into the account of a Vadodara-based person. Justice J B Pardiwala passed the order on the petition of SBI Chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya and managing director B Sriram seeking to quash legal proceedings initiated by Vadodara district court against them for ‘sedition’. The district court had issued
summons to them on the complaint filed by businessman Vasudev Thakkar. Thakkar said he had deposited a cheque of Rs 14,482.52 in an SBI branch. However, the amount of 52 paise was not credited by the bank. He lodged a complaint before Vadodara police last year under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 124 (sedition) and 188 (disobedience to order promulgated by public servant). While quashing the complaint, the court said the complainant may approach the Reserve Bank of India.
Gujarat's companies woo rural Alembic Pharma Q4 net profit consumers with smaller products
rises 14.74% to Rs 70.33 crore Agency : New Delhi Vadodara-based drug firm Alembic Pharmaceuticals today reported 14.74 per cent increase in net profit at Rs 70.33 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2015. The company had reported a net profit of Rs 61.29 crore in the corresponding period a year ago. Alembic Pharmaceuticals’ net sales during the reported quarter rose 8.30 per cent to Rs
501.83 crore as against Rs 463.33 crore in the same quarter of previous fiscal. For the year ended March 31, 2015, net profit increased by 20.14 per cent to Rs 282.93 crore as compared to Rs 235.5 crore last year. Net sales grew by 10.31 per cent in financial year 2014-15 at Rs 2,052.68 crore as against Rs 1,860.7 crore in the previous fiscal.
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Companies seem to be looking beyond the urban market for future growth. With an eye on rural consumers, companies are coming out with specific products for the rural market. Many companies have launched mini versions of their original products or a separate line of products altogether, to target the rural market.For instance, ice cream makers Vadilal and
Havmor are finding an increase in demand for ice creams from the villages of Gujarat. Vadilal Ice Creams has come out with products in juice category exclusively for its customers in Gujarat's villages.Villages contribute to 35% of sales of the consumer packaged goods industry and have grown at a faster clip than urban sales for the past two years, according to a January 2015 report by Nielsen.
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