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News Brief Kerala CM pays rich tributes to INTUC veteran Agency | Chennai, May 29
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and other Congress leaders today paid rich tributes to trade union veteran G Ramanujam on the occasion of his birth centenary celebrations. Unveiling a statue of Ramanujam here at a function organised by the state unit of INTUC, Chandy hailed Ramanujam’s ‘historic background’ and lauded his contributions to the working class. “Ramanujam was a great leader of the working class of our country. He was not just a leader of INTUC but that of the working class,” Chandy said.
Dharmendra to undergo surgery: Hema Malini
Agency | Mumbai, May 29
Veteran actor Dharmendra, who was hospitalised following weakness and shoulder pain, is likely to undergo a surgery. The 79-year-old actor was admitted to a hospital here on May 27. “Just an update on Dharamji. He got admitted to Breach Candy to check his blood count as he felt tired all the time and to check his shoulder pain.” Malini posted on twitter today. The actress and BJP politician revealed Dharmendra is currently under observation and asked fans to pray for his speedy recovery.
Jawan injured in Nagaland ambush
Agency | Kohima, May 29
A jawan was injured when suspected militants ambushed an Assam Rifles convoy on the National Highway-2 near Phesama village on the outskirts of the state capital today. One jawan sustained bullet injury while the vehicles of 19 Assam Rifles were hit by bullets as suspected militants ambushed them from the nearby jungles, a defence official said. The jawan was hospitalised. The Assam Rifles party was heading from Kohima to Jakhama when they were attacked.
India’s Economic Growth Hits Four-Year High India’s economy expanded by 7.3% in the year ended March, Analysts polled by Reuters had forecast
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India’s economy grew at 7.3% in 2014-15, the government said on Friday using a new formula that covers a raft of activities from farm-level livestock to mega infrastructure projects even as questions loomed over the new methodology. Revised statistics showed “real” or inflation-adjusted economic growth rate for January to March 2015 was at 7.5% Also, at Rs. 125.4 lakh crore ($2.02 trillion as on March 2015) India’s GDP at current prices-the total value of goods
and services produced in the country--has officially crossed that $ 2 trillion mark making it the world’s 10th largest economy. In-
dia’s annual per capita or average income (in current prices) stood at Rs. 87,748 from Rs 80,388 in the previous year. India is also set
to become the world’s fastest growing major economy in the world, overtaking China’s 7.3% growth. Despite the current slow-
of the material. This area is far away from any of the passenger terminals and there is absolutely no risk of exposure to any passengers. The said area has been cordoned off and as per the preliminary assessment given by AMD the material has been termed as that of low radio activity- Sodium Iodide Liquid Class 7 meant
for medicinal use,” airport operator DIAL’s spokesperson said. According to a senior health official: “The area of the leak has been cordoned-off and the leak happened in a consignment of sodium iodide from Turkey meant for a private hospital Fortis’ Nuclear Department.’’ He added that the leak happened in a small area of the cargo hold and was quickly isolated. “The area has been cordoned off and a team of the National Disaster Response Force or NDRF is at the spot. Also Atomic energy experts are at the airport to access the situation,’’ he noted. Meanwhile, the Fortis HealthCare authorities maintained that they are yet to ascertain if this consignment belonged to their hospitals.
Medical consignment causes radioactive leak at IGI Airport in Delhi Airport says no people had suffered any radioactive contamination; leak found in Turkish Airlines freight plane’s medical consignment plugged, says Centre Agency | New Delhi A radioactive leak from a medicinal consignment was detected in the cargo area of the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi on Friday morning. Senior Delhi government health officials have maintained that the leak has been contained and that there is no need for panic. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh also confirmed at a press conference that the leak had been plugged. The incident has not affected airport operations. “A medical consignment of material suspected to be of
radioactive nature was reported at the Cargo terminal of Delhi Airport this morning. A team from Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMD), Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) are at the site and making arrangements for the removal
down, however, at $10.3 trillion China’s economy is five times bigger than India, while the USA remains the world’s largest economy at $17.4 trillion. In January, the Central Statistics Office (CSO), using a new method, said that India’s real or “inflation adjusted” GDP in 201314 grew 6.9% instead of the earlier 4.7% and by 5.1% in the year before compared to 4.5% in the earlier system. Advance estimates for 2014-15 released in February projected India’s GDP during the year to grow at 7.4%. The new series uses 201112 as the new “base year” from 4.5% estimated using 2004-05 as the base year. While the base year of the national accounts is changed periodically to
factor in structural changes in the economy and present a more realistic picture of macroeconomic aggregates, it is the new formula that has stumped both experts and the uninitiated. Experts say that data from other sources such as household spending, corporate earnings and tax collections and sales of goods and services were weak and do not mirror the revival trends shown in the GDP numbers. For instance, many experts have pointed out that there were anomalies as manufacturing shows an estimated growth of 7.1% for 201415, which under the index of industrial production (IIP) data for factory output was 2.3%. According to officials IIP or factory output counts the number
of units produced and does not distinguish between say the value of a luxury car and an entry-level hatch-back. It is possible that factory output would have remained stagnant over a period of time, but its value would have multiplied. Likewise, according to new the GDP numbers, the finance sector expanded by 11.5% in 2014-15 from 7.9% in the previous year, even though growth in deposits and credit appears to be tardy. According to official statisticians this is because, in the earlier method, financial corporations in the private sector, other than banking and insurance, in the earlier series were limited to a few mutual funds (primarily UTI).
ed 32.89 billion rupees for railways, 58.3 billion rupees for roads and 175 billion rupees for rural projects. Data released earlier on Friday showed the Indian economy grew 7.5 percent in the quarter ended in March, faster than China. But a contraction in agriculture and a downward revision for the previous quarter indicated weaknesses in Asia’s third- largest economy. With banks weighed down by bad loans, company profits squeezed, rural demand weak and exports depressed, the government recognises it will have to take the lead to meet its
jobs and growth goals. “Front-loading of spending on infrastructure is a welcome step, though it remains to be seen what happens in the whole year,” said N.R. Bhanumurthy, an economist at the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), a Delhi-based think tank. Fiscal deficit figures for the first month of the new fiscal year indicated that Modi’s government plans to support domestic demand. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley plans to boost public investment in infrastructure and devolve more spending powers from the centre to India’s 29 states.
Modi speeds up capital spending in April to push growth Agency | New Delhi
Prime Minister Modi ramped up spending on roads, railways and rural infrastructure in April to boost economic growth, after $19 billion in cuts brought public investment shuddering to a halt at the end of the last fiscal year. Modi, who completed one year in power this week, has vowed to raise public spending on infrastructure by $11 billion in the current fiscal year. At the same time, he is targeting a fiscal deficit of 3.9 percent of gross domestic product, a shade lower than 4 percent achieved in the year that ended in March. The government increased capital spending to 351.6 billion rupees in April, the first month of fiscal 2015/16. That is up more than 50 percent from a year ago, data released by the government on Friday showed. In the first month of the current fiscal year, the government allocat-
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One Year of Narendra Modi govt: Bold moves on world stage With Xi Jinping in charge, we now know what the new strong China looks like. With Narendra Modi in charge, we are finally getting glimpses of what the new strong India will look like. It will be a radically different India from the one that the world has got used to. Three new points stand out. The first transformation is paradoxical. For decades, India has aspired to be a leader of the non-aligned movement. But it is only now that India is becoming genuinely non-aligned. This observation is shocking. It deserves an explanation. What does “genuine non-alignment” mean? At the NAM summit in Cuba in 1979, at the height of the Cold War, then Sri Lankan President J.R. Jayewardene shrewdly observed that there were only two non-aligned countries: the United States and the Soviet Union. He added that all other countries were in one way or another aligned with these two powers. With Modi’s arrival, the list of “genuinely non-aligned” powers has grown from two to four. It now includes America, Russia, China and India. Modi has given birth to a truly multipolar world. There is no doubt that the world is now full of sharp differences between key world leaders; for example, between US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Xi and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Putin, and, most sharply, between Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and Ayatollah Khamenei of Iran. It takes great political and psychological confidence to maintain equally good relations with such sharply divided leaders. Modi has it. Hence, he can sign deals worth $35 billion with Abe and then follow up with signing deals worth $22 billion with Xi. If Modi is shrewd, he can use China-Japan competition to benefit India. For example, he can encourage China and Japan to compete in delivering the badly needed bullet train services to India. Similarly, under Modi, India will move even closer to Israel, especially in defence technology. Yet, Modi has also just signed an agreement to build a port in Chabahar, Iran, which will provide India a much-needed logistical lifeline to Afghanistan. Only a new strong India under Modi can get away with such bold moves. The second transformation was expected. Modi has moved India to the right. But he has done it in surprising fashion. He has no interest in moving towards the Ronald Reagan-Margaret Thatcher consensus. Instead, he would rather move towards the Lee Kuan Yew-Deng Xiaoping consensus. The intellectual output from the Washington DC thinktanks and even the IMF and World Bank means little to him. Instead, the extraordinary performances of the East Asian economies mean a lot to him. Certainly he believes that the private sector has a critical role to play.
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QUOTE “There were certain issues which need to be ironed out. I have crystallised format, and in May this year the file has been sent to the finance OF THE the ministry. It should be approved,” - defence minister Manohar Parrikar said on Friday. DAY
Shraddha Kapoor to begin shooting for ‘Baaghi’
Agency | New Delhi Sajid Nadiadwala’s Baaghi, directed by Sabbir Khan, starring Tiger Shroff and Shraddha Kapoor went on floors on May 27, 2015. While Tiger began his shooting schedule, Shraddha’s will begin only later. The actress is currently in the midst of hectic promo-
tions for her next film but she personally wanted to go on sets and wish the team luck. So she took time out of her busy schedule and visited the sets of Baaghi on day one. Shraddha met her director, producer and co-star and even saw the elaborate and intricate sets that she had been waiting to see. Shraddha
is very excited to start shooting for the film. It will be interesting to see the fresh pairing of Tiger and Shraddha in Baaghi. This will be the first time that Shraddha will be working with Sajid Nadiadwala. Sajid Nadiadwala, Sabbir Khan and Tiger Shroff are coming together after their superhit film Heropanti.
Ajay Devgn turns family man for ‘Drishyam’ Agency | Mumbai
Actor Ajay Devgan will play a family man in his upcoming movie ‘Drishyam’. He has been s e e n in all genres o f mov-
first look of the film is out and the actor is seen with an intense look on his face along with his onscreen wife
The makers of Bollywood’s one of the most awaited upcoming film Dil Dhadakne Do organized a special screening of the film for the Btowners yesterday on May 28 in Mumbai. While we saw a lot of dazzling stars come down for the screening, the Bang Bang on-screen couple, Hrithik Roshan and Katrina Kaif gave the screening a miss as the two couldn’t make
it. But no worries, because if recent reports are anywhere to be true, the director of Dil Dhadakne Do, Zoya Akhtar might just hold a special screening for Hrithik Roshan and Kartrina Kaif. Yes, apparently, Bollywood’s Greek God, Hrithik, who worked with Zoya, along with Katrina Kaif in Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara has asked Zoya to hold a special screening for the star cast of ZNMD. Re-
portedly, Katrina wishes for the same thing. Yes, both Hrithik and Katrina are very eager to watch Dil Dhadakne Do and having missed the special screening that was held yesterday, the star have requested Zoya to hold yet another screening of her upcoming film just for the star cast of Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, which also includes Abhay Deol, Farhan Akhtar and Kalki Koechlin.
was supposed to happen on May 31st has been postponed and Rajamouli has not even announced the new date. But here is some good news for the diehard fans of Prabhas and ‘Baahubali’ movie. Reportedly, the trailer for Hindi version will be unveiled in Mumbai on June
1st, as planned earlier. It is known that Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar is releasing the Hindi version. Inside info is that Karan Johar was angry due to postponement and hence Jakkanna has decided not to postpone the Hindi trailer just as he did for Telugu version.
He plays Shammi Thakur, a former naval officer who takes a yacht out to sea with his friend, Kedar Patel, to party. Along comes a storm—or rather, along comes some of the shoddiest VFX I’ve seen in my life. The boat capsizes, and the two of them wash up on a beach. A bomb is detonated near them—more embarrassing VFX. They wake up in a
hospital and realise that they’re in Karachi. The rest of the film has them running from the ISI, the CIA, the Taliban and local hoods. Welcome 2 Karachi was originally supposed to star Irrfan Khan as Kedar, but he had to drop out. He was replaced by producer Vashu Bhagnani’s son. For those who haven’t seen his work, Jackky Bhagnani is the anti-Arshad Warsi.
‘Baahubali’ Hindi trailer on June 1st
Rajamouli and the makers of ‘Baahubali’ have exploded a bomb yesterday on the millions of fans who have been patiently waiting since two years to witness the magic on screen. The audio and trailer launch event which
Film Review: Welcome 2 Karachi ies, be it action, intense high drama, romance etc. This time, the actor is ready to surprise his fans in ‘Drishyam’. The
Actor Suriya is all geared up for the release of his much awaited film Masss that comes out today on May 29. To hype up the crowd for the big release, Eros Tamil released a new music video from the film featuring Suriya in a very different avatar where he has even paid tribute to the King of Pop, Michael Jackson. The opening sequence of the music video begins with an atmosphere
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Suriya’s Tribute To Michael Jackson In Poochandi From Masss
similar to that of Michael Jackson’s song ‘Ghosts’. Dancing around spooky zombies and ghosts, Suriya still manages to look hot! Wearing MJ’s iconic white shirt and black trousers, Suriya paid tribute to the king of pop through his song. Poochandi song has quite some catchy tunes and the next part of the song shows a colourful circus set where Suriya can be seen dressed up like a circus ringmaster.
Dil Dhadakne Do: Hrithik Roshan And Katrina Kaif’s Special Request To Zoya Akhtar
he has given hits like Zakhm, Omkara, Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, Yuva and more. Nishikanth Kamat’s ‘Drishyam’ is a family thriller film and Ajay
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Shriya Saran and their daughters. We have seen Ajay Devgn in some brilliant performance based films in the past and
Devgn’s role is that of a middle class man Vijay Salgaonkar who loves his family more than anything in this world.
fine, talking to everyone. There is nothing to worry,” he said. The 79-year-old actor is not likely to be discharged today as doctors are going to perform some tests on him. “We are doing some investigations like MRI, X-Ray and all. Once the reports come, after that only we will be able to say
something,” Dr Desai said. The actor is known for his acting in films like ‘Bandini’, ‘Dil Ne Phir Yaad Kiya’, ‘Anpadh’, ‘Raja Jani’, ‘Seeta Aur Geeta’, ‘Sharafat’, ‘Jugnu’, ‘Charas’, ‘Azaad’ and ‘Sholay’. In 1997, Dharmendra received the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to Hindi cinema. He was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha from Bikaner constituency in Rajasthan from BJP.
Veteran actor Dharmendra hospitalized; doctors say he is fine Agency | Mumbai
Veteran actor Dharmendra has been admitted to Breach Candy hospital here after he complained of weakness and shoulder pain. “Dharmendra was admitted last night after he complained of pain in right shoulder and weakness. He is here for overall health check up as well,” Dr Sanjay Desai, orthopaedic, knee and shoulder specialist at Breach Candy Hospital. “As of now he is
Agency | Mumbai
Arshad Warsi might be the hardest-working actor in Bollywood. Since Tere Mere Sapne in 1996, he’s averaged over two films a year. Most of these are in the vein of Circuit, his breakthrough role in the two Munna Bhai films: second lead, funny, street-smart. Whenever he’d had something to work with—Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II, Kabul Express, Sehar, Ishqiya, Dedh Ishqiya—he’s been excellent. But even when the material’s been bad (which is most of the time), Warsi is rarely less than watchable. Welcome 2 Karachi is just the sort of awful derivative comic slop Warsi’s had to wade through his entire career.
3 / Dt. 30-05-2015, Saturday Vodafone sells its 4 percent Bharti Airtel stake for $200 mn
Agency | New Delhi UK telecom major Vodafone has sold its 4.2% stake in Bharti Airtel Ltd to Bharti Enterprises (Holding) Pvt Ltd for $200 million. In 2005, Vodafone had picked 10% stake in Bharti Airtel. Following its entry into the Indian market with its buyout of Huntchinson stake in Hutch Essar, Vodafone brought its stake in Bharati Airtel down to 5%. Vodafone’s decision to offload its stake in largest telecom operator in India, in terms of subscribers
base, follows the new unified licence (UL) regime in Department of Telecommunication. The UL regime prohibits holdings by any group in more than one licensee company in the same service area. Vodafone in a late night statement, confirmed the sale of its share in Bharati Infotel Pvt Ltd, representing an approximate 4.2% interest in Bharati Airtel Ltd, through a “whollyowned subsidiary” to Bharti Enterprises (Holding) Pvt Ltd for $200 million.
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Sania crashes out of French Open Agency | Paris
India’s Sania Mirza and her partner Brazilian Bruno Soares crashed out of the French Open after losing in the first round of the mixed doubles match here on T h u r s d a y. G e r m a n y ’s Anna-Lena Groenefeld a n d Dutchman Jean-Julien Rojer stunned the top-seeded
Indo-Brazilian pair 6-2, 6-2 to enter the second round of the tournament. Groenefeld-Rojer showed their dominance right from the word g o , winning the
Groenefeld-Rojer as Sania-Soares failed to make a comeback into the game. Groenefeld-Rojer pair won 63 percent of first serve points, while winning six out of nine break points. They next face Taipei’s Yung-Jan Chan and Australia’s John Peers
first set 6-2 in a one-sided affair. The second set saw the same result in favour of
i n the second round who earlier beat Hao-Ching Chan and Marin Draganja 6-3, 6-4.
gating to 50,000 shares of Rs 10 each to a trust called India Cements Shareholder Trust for just Rs 5 lakh. “During the quarter under review (March 2015), the franchise rights in Indian Premier League (IPL) were transferred to Chennai Super Kings Cricket Ltd (CSKCL), a wholly-owned subsidiary at its net asset value as at March 31, 2014 as per books at Rs 7.83 crore,” India Cements said in a filing to the BSE. It said BCCI approved the transfer subject to the condition that ICL (India Cements Ltd) shall provide a parent company guarantee for “guaranteeing performance/compliance by CSKCL of the obligations
of the franchise under the franchise agreement. Also, ICL and CSKCL were required to enter into a tripartite “Novation Agreement” with BCCI-IPL “whereby from the effective date, CSKCL shall inter alia step into all obligations of ICL under the Franchise Agreement without any further act or deed”, it added. The company further said its board of directors in their meeting held of February 23, 2015 had “approved the sale of entire stake holding in CSKCL aggregating to 50,000 shares of Rs 10 each to a trust called India Cements Shareholder Trust aggregating Rs 5 lakh.”
Rajesh Exports Q4 net profit up three-fold to Rs 205 crore
Agency | New Delhi Gold and diamond jewellery company Rajesh Exports on Friday reported over three-fold jump in net profit at Rs 205.5 crore for the quarter ended March 31 2015, on the back of healthy performance in exports, wholesale and retail businesses. The company had posted a net profit of Rs 59.3 crore in the yearago period, it said in a BSE filing.”...the company performed well in its export, wholesale and retail business and posted
an impressive profit after tax of Rs 6549 million (Rs 654.9 crore),” Rajesh Exports Ltd Chairman Rajesh Mehta said in a statement. Total income of the company increased to Rs 19,165 crore in the January-March quarter from Rs 12,230 crore in the same quarter of the previous fiscal. The company claimed that it has set up the world’s largest gold jewellery manufacturing facility at Bangalore, with a capacity to process 250 tons of gold into jewellery.
Samsung reclaims top position in smartphone market
India Cements transferred the franchise rights of IPL team CSK at a net asset value of Rs 7.83 crore to a wholly-owned subsidiary, Chennai Super Kings Cricket Ltd (CSKCL) but sold its entire stake in the arm to another trust for just Rs 5 lakh. The BCCI approved the transfer of the franchise rights to CSKCL subject to the condition that India Cement provided a parent company guarantee that subsidiary would meet all the obligations under franchise agreement of IPL. The cricket board also approved the sale by India Cements of its entire stake holding in CSKCL aggre-
Sachin Tendulkar Shares Batting Tips to Counter Quality Bowling Agency | Mumbai
Agency | New Delhi According to the market research firm, Gartner, Samsung has achieved the top position in global smartphone market share. The South Korean giant lost its position to Apple in the last quarter of 2014 but has bounced back to the top position according to the recent evaluation. According to the firm, Samsung sold 81.1 million smartphones in this quarter whereas Apple was left behind at 60.1 million units. Though the company reclaimed it position, it could not match up to its own sales compared to the same quarter last year. The company
experienced a drop from 30.4 per cent in the same quarter last year to 24.2 per cent this year. Apple on the other hand, lost the top position but showed improvement when compared to last year. The Cupertino giant raised its market share from 15.3 percent in the same quarter last year to 17.9 per cent this year. Lenovo bagged 5.9 percent of the market share followed by Huawei and LG with 4.8 per cent and 4.0 per cent respectively. The research also extended to operating systems and the only OS that improved its market share was iOS. Android and Windows witnessed a drop in their market share.
Batting legend Sachin Tendulkar feels that international batsmen should constantly work on their game in order to counter world class bowlers, as he did during his playing days. “It is the duty of a batsman to work on his game as these world class bowlers constantly introduce something new,” said Tendulkar. Asked what’s the secret of facing Lasith Malinga’s toe crushers, Tendulkar smiled and said, “Baal nahin ball ko dekho (Don’t watch his mop of hair but watch the ball).” (Sachin Tendulkar impressed by Rohit Sharma’s captaincy) Recollecting his fond memories of Delhi when he visited the city as a player, Tendulkar said,”My first match as India’s Test captain was at Feroz Shah Kotla against Australia and we
SPORTS ROUNDUP Blatter defends corruption actions ahead of FIFA vote Agency | Zurich
India Cements Values IPL Franchise Rights at Rs 7.83 Crore
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FIFA leader Sepp Blatter on Friday defended his actions battling corruption ahead of a vote to decide on whether he remains as president of football’s beleaguered world body. But Blatter expressed doubts about timing of the arrests of seven top football officials just two days ahead of the election he has been strong favourite to win. “I am not saying it was a coincidence. But I do have a small question mark,” the Swiss official told the start of FIFA’s annual congress. Blatter, 79, is being challenged by Prince Ali bin al Hussein, a FIFA vice president. The prince, strongly backed by Europe’s football powers, has campaigned on the
need for change at the top of the scandal-tainted body. FIFA was rocked on Wednesday by the arrest of seven officials in a dawn raid on their Zurich hotel. They now face extradition to the United States where they are accused of accepting tens of millions of dollars. Separately, Swiss investigators are looking into the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar. The votes have also been at the centre of corruption allegations. Blatter said
the arrest of the seven at FIFA’s Zurich hotel had unleashed a “storm” and that the congress has “vital decisions” to take. But he added: “Today I appeal for a team spirit, unity, so we can advance together. It may not be easy but that is why we are here today.” Blatter, who rejected a call to quit from UEFA president Michel Platini, repeated his case that he cannot “monitor” all of football alone and cannot be blamed for the scandals.
MI’s performance in this edition. “ I have seen them closely over the years and I have always thought that for all the riches they possessed in the team, they seemed to be storing up for a rainy day,” he said about
the team that lost their first four matches but went on to win the title by defeating a formidable Chennai Super Kings (CSK). It was their second title victory after 2013 when they had also beaten the CSK.
cation Committee held under the chairmanship of Anurag Thakur, MP on 21st April, 2015 in New Delhi,” the source said. “The Committee deliberated on their post-CWG 2014 performance. After discussions, the Committee decided to defer the decision on inclusion of their names and consider support for a combined training programme for doubles at a later stage,” the source added. The TOP scheme identifies medal prospects from a few sports, including badminton, to provide fund-
ing for top-class training for the 2016 Olympics. Six shuttlers who were named by the Ministry for the scheme are London Olympics bronze-medallist Saina Nehwal, P V Sindhu, P Kashyap, K Srikanth, Guru Saidutt and H S Prannoy. Soon after the government released the names of the athletes, Jwala lashed out chief national coach Pullela Gopichand for promoting players of his own academy players and accused him of “biased selection” for ignoring her name from the TOPS list.
Was fascinated by Mumbai Indian’s turnaround in IPL 8: Harsha Bhogle Agency | Zurich
Ace cricket commentator Harsha Bhogle thinks the Indian Premier League 2015 (IPL 8) was one of the best editions in the eight-year history of the annual T20 carnival. According to Bhogle, the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and the Mumbai Indians (MI) were the teams he liked the most in this edition. He said the RCB, although had a bowler short, but they were a treat to watch. He said Chris Gayle’s form showed that he still has cricket left in him. Bhogle was excited about the the
Govt didn’t reject Jwala Gutta, Ashwini Ponappa for TOP scheme, clarifies sports ministry Agency | New Delhi
won the match.” Another incident related to his 35th Test hundred, surpassing Sunil Gavaskar is also etched in his memory. (Ganguly, Dravid, Laxman in Tendulkar’s proposed T20 league?) “That was 2005 and we were playing Sri Lanka. After first Test match in Chennai and before Delhi Test, I was having a power nap in the afternoon. In my dream, I saw myself scoring a hundred at Kotla. And I scored my 35th hundred,” Tendulkar
said at promotional event in Gurgaon’s Cyber hub. (Mumbai Indians stayed together in tough times: Tendulkar) He praised the Delhi crowd for its passion for cricket. “Delhi has extreme weathers like April-May when its extremely hot and then December-January when it’s cold. But Delhi-ites love their cricket and come out to support us even in IPL (in the month of April, May),” concluded the Mumbai Indians icon.
The Sport Ministry on Friday made it clear that it never ignored ace doubles shuttlers Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa for the Target Olympic Podium (TOP) Scheme, saying the Identification Committee had considered their names during the meeting held last month. Jwala, a bronze medallist along with Ashwini in the 2011 World Championships, had slammed the ministry for ignoring her for the TOP Scheme last month. However, a Sport Ministry source Jwala and Ashwini’s name were considered during the meeting of the Identification Committee held on April 21. “The names of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponappa were considered for inclusion in the TOP Scheme at the meeting of the Identifi-
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Draft delimitation of Ahmedabad, Rajkot Municipal Corporation announced
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As per a new delimitation announced today by state election commission, the total number of wards in Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation is down from 68 to 48. Each ward will have 4 seats, two will be reserved for woman. Thus there will be total 192 seats. As per year 2011 census the city has 55,77,940 population. Each ward will have average population of 1,16,207. 20 seats are to be reserved for scheduled caste(SC), of which 10
are to be reserved for women. 19 seats are reserved for backward class of which 9 shall be for women. Responses of people are invited for ten days after announcement of new delimitation, after which the final report will be handed over to state election commission by district collector. The final delimitation with all corrections and changes will be announced by the end of June. It should be noted the the election for Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation is going to
After his daughter elopes, man kills youth’s father Correspondent | Rajkot
Weeks after his daughter reportedly eloped with a youth, a man from Mesavada village near Rajkot city and his relatives allegedly murdered father of the youth and injured his mother seriously on Thursday morning. Khimji Bavaliya, his brother Valji and four unidentified men allegedly assaulted Rana Makwana and his wife Leela when they were working on their agricultural farm in Gadhka village at around 10 am. Kuvadva Road police said that the assailants hit Rana and Leela with sharp-edged weapons and wooden clubs and then ran away. The injured couple was rushed to Civil Hospital
in Rajkot where Rana, a farmer, died at 2 pm while undergoing treatment. Leela was also receiving treatment but police said her condition was out of danger as of now. “Mesavada and Gadhka villages are located near each other. Some 45 days ago, Khimji’s daughter Manisha had eloped with Rana’s son Jaysukh. This had angered Khimji. However, Manisha and Jaysukh are adult and had left home out of their free will,” Kuvadava Road Police Inspector Sarman Varu said. Based on a complaint filed by Leela, Kuvadva road police have booked Khmji and five others for murder and rioting. The police inspector said that the accused were on the run.
Gujarat government has taken a decision to hike the grant for ST(tribal) ashram shala/hostels by 50%. At present the government gives grant of Rs 1,000 per student per
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African countries see India as a “solution partner” to develop and explore various sectors of the continent as well as train people there for sustainable growth, Indo-African Chamber of Commerce and Industries (IACCI) General Secretary Sunanda Rajendran said here today. Talking to reporters here during Africa Day celebrations in the city, where ambassadors from around elev-
en African countries participated, she said, “They (African countries) want India to give them technology in terms of joint ventures where Indian companies can administer and provide services as well as train their local people for the sustainable growth”. “Sectors like infrastructure, construction, agriculture, health, information technology and telecom, energy and power and skill development under vocational training have been iden-
tified,” she said. Rajendran said that African countries are set to sign an MoU with the Gujarat government for their requirements in the power and energy sector. There are 126 power projects pending in Africa that has not been awarded so far, she said. “There are also some projects where China is leading.India’s contribution is very less. We (IACCI) are here to promote and increase India’s contribution to the power sector,” she said.
Steering Committee constituted to expediate Bhadbhut Barrage Project
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month. It will be Rs 1500 per student per month with effect from April 2015 in case of hostels and with effect from academic year 2015-16 in case of ashram shala, uttar-ucchatar buniyadi ashram shala.
waters off Gujarat coast, where India and Pakistan have differing claims over their maritime boundary. As late as last week, Indian agencies picked up credible information showing that the same syndicate was about to execute another round of transaction in the international waters. It is not clear if this transaction was completed. The
very fact that the syndicate is still active raises several questions, and some disturbing possibilities. Officials wonder why the syndicate is carrying on unperturbed despite the Coast Guard and Navy seizing a boat with 232 packets of heroin, satellite phones and GPS on April 20. Eight Pakistanis manning the boat were arrested.
Thai-Pakistan drug syndicate active off Gujarat coast
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Drug smugglers operating from Thailand and Pakistan may have carried out yet another transaction in the waters off Rann of Kutch on Wednesday night or the night before, just a month after the Coast Guard and Navy seized some 230 kg of heroin worth Rs 600 crore from a boat and arrested several Pakistanis. The same gang also had a controversial stand-off with Coast Guard on December 31 when a Pakistani boat went up in flames. Latest intercepts show that the gang is very active, sources said. According to reliable sources, the drug syndicate that is controlled from Thailand with bases in Pakistan and the Gulf region is still active in the international
It was a day of results on Thursday. Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) declared an 86.10% result even as the Central Board of Secondary Education declared class X results. Most city schools registered a cent per cent result in the latter with several students scoring a 10/10 cumulative grade point average (CGPA). Experts said that the HSC (science) result, the lowest since the semester system was introduced,
is expected to lead to a scramble for admissions to BSc courses as 6,000 more students have passed in the Biology group. Against 29,000-odd seats in medical, paramedical and pure sciences, 43,000 students have passed in the group. The scenario is expected to be diametrically opposite in engineering colleges where 30,000 seats are expected to go vacant as against 75,000 seats in professional engineering courses — only over 55,000 students qualified for admissions.
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African countries to sign MoU with power surplus Gujarat
To control tide-induced salinity ingress and erosion of Narmada river banks in downstream of Narmada Railway bridge, the Government of Gujarat has decided to construct a barrage across river Narmada near village Bhadbhutt in Bharuch district. Approximate project cost is around Rs.5000 crore. The Government of has constituted the “Steering Committee for Bhadbhut
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be held most probably in October 2015. While in previous election each ward had 3 seats, this time each ward will have 4 seats. 50% reservation for women is another new thing. The state election commission has also announced delimitation for Rajkot Municipal Corporation with 18 wards and 72 Councillors. Rajkot hs populatio of 13,46,192. Each ward will have average 74,788 people. 5 seats ar reserved for SC of which 2 will be reserved for women.
HSC science result at 86%, CBSE students get 10/10
Barrage Project’’ under Chairpersonship of Advisor to Chief Minister for expedite the project execution in the Public Private Partnership(PPP) mode. The steering committee will monitor implementation of the Government policies and directives for Bhadbhut project. It will approve and monitor the overall activities proposed to be undertaken by the project authorities and progress of work in order to com-
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Rajnath Singh interacts with media at Rajkot, Gujarat Correspondent | Rajkot
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today slammed Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for his attack on RSS and said that opposition parties were not aware of India’s culture and character. Replying to Gandhi’s accusation that RSS was running the education system in the country, Singh said that RSS’s ideology considers the whole world as a single family. “Rahul Gandhi says that RSS runs the education system. I want to tell him that RSS does not run anything, it runs on its own. RSS has embraced a culture which says that the whole world is our family. Our political opponents do not have any idea of this culture and character of India,” said Singh addressing a rally here. “Previous governments used to run by instilling fear among
Muslims while we want to move ahead by taking everyone along. We will not discriminate against anyone,” he said. “There are 72 different factions in Islam. Even in Islamic countries, all these factions are not living together. But you can find people of all of these factions in India. This is India’s culture,” the Home Minister said. “These people (Congress) are instilling fear among minorities by taking the name of RSS. This has to be stopped. To get votes, you have to build trust, not to create fear.” Singh also took a dig at
Rahul for his comments on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s frequent foreign tours. “Congress’ `yuvraj’ claims that our PM lives more in foreign countries than in India. I want to tell him that past PMs visited foreign countries as a political formality, while this PM goes to strengthen the nation,” he said. “Earlier, there was nothing to show on TV when PM went outside India. Now TV channels all over the world broadcast the visit. Presidents and PMs of other countries break all the protocols to welcome our PM at the airports.
assigned to Gujarat cadre. The love story is now culminating in marriage. The picture-perfect couple is known for their passion for photography and interest in wildlife. “We wanted to join the civil services together and are now getting
married. It’s a dream come true,” said Pradeep Shejul. It needs mention that Gujarat-cadre IPS officer Shweta Shrimali, from Jaipur and currently posted as DCP in Ahmedabad, wed Odisha cadre IPS officer Sunil Joshi in 2013.
to be on the high at 43 degrees on Friday. The blistering heat brought down the humidity which fluctuated between 74% and 24%. As if the sweltering conditions were not enough, power outages in some residential colonies in Chandkheda compounded the woes of the people. The state meteo-
rological department said there is no likelihood of rainfall and thunderstorm till May 31. May 16 was the hottest day in the city in five years at 44.5 degrees. Weather data suggested this was the hottest day during the last fiveyear period the city had recorded 44.5 degrees on May 15, 2009.
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Gujarat has got power IAS couples and IAS-IPS couples. Now, Bharuch SP Shobha Bhutada and Jamnagar SP Pradeep Shejul will tie the knot on June 4 to become Gujarat cadre’s first khaki couple. IPS officers from the 2008 batch, Shobha (29), a Marwari from Latur and Pradeep (29), a Maratha from Aurangabad, fell in love when both were nursing dreams of becoming civil servants. They went to the same coaching class, cracked the UPSC, underwent IPS training and were
plete the project within stipulated time limit. The committee take policy decisions as and when required for timely completion of the project. It will guide the government in adopting suitable strategies of Public Private Partnership(PPP) for the project. The project has got the environment clearance and the state government is in the last stage of finding the private partner to implement Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad this ambitious project. Two more people sucUse DHI Capital Goods Scheme to cumbed to the stifling acquire technologies :Geete in Gujarat weather in the city overnight, mounting the death toll to nine. Ten more high-grade fever cases due to heat were also reported from the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital and other private hospitals in the city. So far, 10 people Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad support to the industry to have died of heatstroke in Shri Anant Geete, Union acquire technology, set-up the state. On May 17, the Minister for Heavy In- technology development heat also claimed one life dustries & Public Enter- centres in collaboration in Deesa. On Thursday, prises while inaugurating with Institutes, and create the maximum temperaDHI-FICCI Workshop on common infrastructure for ture settled two notches “Technology Development the capital goods industry. above normal, making for Capital Goods: Con- In capital goods sector, the Ahmedabad the third straints & the Way For- technology gap is widen- hottest place in Gujarat ward” in Ahmedabad today ing when compared to oth- at 43.2 degrees. Surenurged the industry to come er countries. Dependence dranagar was the hottest at forward and make use of on high-end technology 43.9 degrees, followed by the Capital Goods Scheme capital goods is increas- Rajkot 43.5 degrees. On notified by Department of ing in the country and Wednesday, the city was Heavy Industries (DHI), upgradation of technology a close second to SurenGovernment of India to levels, continuous R & D dranagar that recorded bridge the technology gaps efforts and self sufficiency the highest temperature in the sector. The scheme of the nation in this sector of 43 degrees. The weathlaunched under the Make requires desired levels of er department has prein India initiative of Gov- investment and support by dicted that the maximum ernment of India provides the Government. temperature will continue
Two more die as Ahmedabad sizzles at 43.2°C
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Surendranagar..........................................43.9 Rajkot.......................................................43.5 Ahmedabad...............................................43.2 Gandhinagar..............................................42.8 Deesa.........................................................42.8 Amreli........................................................42.5 Rajkot..........................................................42 Bhavnagar....................................................42 Deesa............................................................42
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