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News Brief Nithari serial killer Koli's death sentence to life term - Allahabad HC GSRTC employees in Anand protest against local MLA Anand, Jan 28 Gujarat State Road T r a n s p o r t Corporation(GSRTC) employees, mainly bus drivers and conductors today went on flash strike at Anand ST bus station against alleged attack on a bus conductor by Anand MLA Rohit Patel. A group of GSRTC employees alleged that MLA Rohit Patel slapped bus conductor over a tussle following an accident of ST bus with car of MLA’s brother. Depot manager has contacted local police on this issue. More details are awaited.
AAI grants approval for Cargo complex at Surat airport Surat,Jan 28 Airport Authority of India(AAI) has granted approval to 5,000 tonne storage capacity cargo terminal complex at Surat airport following a demand made by Chamber of Commerce and Airport Awareness Group. Tenders for cargo complex will be out possibly in couple of months. In another development, AAI Western region office has sent a letter to Spice Jet to continue to operate its passenger cum cargo flight on Mumbai, Surat, Delhi route.
Gujarat to host 18th national e-governance conference Gandhinagar, Jan 28 Gujarat will host the 18th national level e-conference at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar on 30-31 January.The conference will be opened by Gujarat Chief Minister in presence of MoS in centre Dr. Jitendra Singh.Digital India, digital governancenew frontiers, egovernance leaders as change agents, accountable governance through social media and citizen engagement, integrated service delivery-standards
The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday commuted death sentence of 2006 Nithari serial killings convict Surinder Koli to life imprisonment. The order came on a Public Interest Litigation filed by NGO People's Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) which contended that the period elapsed in disposal of Koli's mercy petition was "3 years and 3 months" and, as such, execution of death sentence would be in violation of the Right to Life granted in Article 21 of the Constitution. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice
D Y Chandrachud and Justice P K S Baghel held that execution of Koli's death sentence would be "unconstitutional in view of the inordinate delay" in deciding his mercy petition. Koli had also filed a plea challenging the death sentence on the same ground as the one stated in the PIL, which has also been clubbed with it. The death sentence was awarded to him by a special CBI court at Ghaziabad on February 13, 2009. The PIL was filed on October 31 last year, three days after the Supreme Court rejected Koli's recall application.
The death warrant issued by the trial court on September 2 had fixed September 12 as the date of hanging, though its execution was stayed in view of the apex court's decision to hear the recall application. Rejection of the recall application had cleared the decks for
Kejriwal's company 'highly toxic', he is negative: Kiran Bedi
In a stinging attack on Aam Aadmi Party convener Arvind Kejriwal, BJP's chief ministerial candidate Kiran Bedi on Wednesday called his influence "highly toxic" and described him as a "negative" person. Bedi, who as part of Team Anna worked with Kejriwal before they parted ways around two years ago, said she had differences of opinion with him even during the
anti-graft movement but did not snap her association considering the common goal of having a Lokpal. "His company is toxic. I felt it to an extent even when I was with him, but we had a common goal
that the country must rid itself of scams and corruption. Whoever you may be, we had one goal. "I used to have an argument with him, why are you calling press conferences, it's not needed. Why are you calling for this dharna, it is not needed," Bedi told a private news channel, breaking away from her earlier comments that she will not make any personal attacks in the run-up to the elections.
execution of the death sentence, but it was stayed by the High Court on October 31 when it decided to hear the PIL. After his appeal against the trial court order was turned down by High Court on September 11, 2009 while co-accused Moninder Singh Pandher
was acquitted, Koli filed a petition before the Supreme Court challenging his conviction which was dismissed on February 15, 2011. Koli, then filed his mercy petition before the Governor of Uttar Pradesh on May 7, 2011, which was rejected 23 months later, on April 2, 2013. The mercy petition was thereafter forwarded to the Union Home Ministry on July 19, 2013 and it was turned down by the President on July 20, 2014. The court had agreed to hear the PIL disagreeing with the Centre’s preliminary objection
Narendra Modi asks NCC cadets to create a world record in yoga Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked the National Cadet Corps to try and create a world record by doing yoga across the country at the same time on June 21, the ‘International Day of Yoga’, as declared by United Nations last month.Addressing NCC cadets here, Modi spoke to them about a number of issues, including yoga. Recalling that June 21 has been declared as the International Day of Yoga, he said it was matter of pride, especially for those who understand and
practice it. He said that yoga is not limited to borders, age or language.“It is a special responsibility of India, where yog was born, to introduce the world to right yog,” he said.Modi said, “I urge all NCC cadets across the country to start planning from now. On June 21, everyone at the same time should do yog across the country. It should be in such high numbers that all world records are broken. And if we start now, we will be able to spread a strong message.
India high on US investors’ agenda after Obama visit: FM
New Delhi, Jan 28 Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said that US President Barack Obama’s visit has helped in forging a ‘new commercial relation’ with India and exuded confidence that American businesses would increase investment in the country.“The conclave of Indian and American CEOs exhibited a strong confidence about India. The desire of American businesses to invest in India was great. Their queries related essentially to the ease of doing business in India,” he said in his Facebook post, ‘President Obama, Davos and After’. “With the American economy growing stronger, US corporates are flush with funds looking to invest elsewhere. India appears high on their agenda,” he said.The conclave of CEOs,
Forum’s annual meeting at Davos last week, Jaitley said, the investors were looking at India with greater enthusiasm.
that “the convict (Koli) had not filed a petition (at the time of filing of
the PIL) challenging the rejection of his mercy petition”.
Shashi Tharoor on Sunanda Pushkar case: My faith in the truth sustains me
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday said his "faith in truth" was "sustaining" him as police probe the Sunanda Pushkar murder case. "My faith in the truth sustains me," Tharoor told India Today Group Consulting Editor Rajdeep Sardesai in an exclusive interview. Tharoor, who was questioned by Delhi Police some days ago in connection with his wife's murder case, said he was "cooperating with
police"."I'm fully cooperating with the probe╦ I can't say anything till the probe gets over," he said to a question.Asked he felt himself as a victim of media trial, Tharoor said: "I'm answering the questions of police, not self-appointed media judges, prosecutors and executioners"."I'm a bereaved husband, who has not been allowed to mourn," he said.He said he was himself "a child of the media".
Ex-Congress MLA, Rane aide Vinayak Nimhan joins Shiv Sena Former Congress MLA Vinayak Nimhan today returned to Shiv Sena and was asked to head the party's Pune city unit. He joined the party here in presence of its chief Uddhav Thackeray. Along with Nimhan, several other Congress leaders from Pune, who were once in the saffron outfit, returned to Sena fold.Nimhan is known to be a staunch supporter of Congress leader and former Minister Narayan Rane, who left the saffron
outfit in 2005. The 51-year-old had been twice elected as Sena MLA from Pune's Shivajinagar Assembly constituency - in 1999 and 2004 - and retained the seat as Congress candidate in 2009. He, however, lost the seat to BJP in last year's Assembly elections. Along with him, other leaders like Ravindra Phatak, Sada Sarvankar, Jayant Parab, Shrikant Sarmalkar, Raja Raut, Subhash Bane and Ganpat Kadam, too, joined.
Gujarat: IPS officer who assisted CBI in Ishrat case chargesheeted
which was addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Obama, was organised as a part of the 3day visit of the US President which concluded yesterday. “President Barack Obama?s visit to India has helped forge a new commercial relationship with India,”
Jaitley said. The Minister said that while most competing economies were facing serious challenges, “India is promising to accelerate its growth. Hope has revisited us. We cannot allow obstructionism or complacency to squander
this opportunity. This is a loud and clear message from Davos”. India, he added, “needs more resources. Our domestic resources are not adequate. The cost of our capital is high. The world is looking to Wo r l d Economic
Ahmedabad, Jan28 The state home department today issued a chargesheet against Satish Verma, the Gujarat cadre IPS officer who had assisted CBI in the investigation of Ishrat Jahan case, for remaining absent from duty when he was principal of Police Training College in Junagadh. A senior home department official confirmed the development. Verma, a 1986 batch officer, was transferred to Junagadh in April 2012. However, he allegedly remained absent
for a significant period owing to health problems. Later, he applied for central deputation. On the order of the High Court, he was deputed to the CBI to assist it, as a local officer, in the Ishrat Jahan case. It was during his deputation -2013-14 -- that the CBI concluded that the encounter of Ishrat Jahan, a Mumbra college girl, and three others was fake, and it was a conspiracy of Intelligence Bureau and Gujarat Police. The chargesheet comes a day
after Sharma was superseded by the Gujarat government as all his batchmates were promoted to the rank of additional director general from inspector general of police. In August 2014, the appointments committee of NDA cabinet at the Centre approved his application for central deputation and appointed him as chief vigilance officer of North-Eastern Electric Power Corporation in Shillong, Meghalaya.
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BJP, AAP neck and neck in Delhi, hung assembly likely again: Survey The more things change, the more they remain the same. A Survey predicts a dead heat between the BJP and AAP in the Delhi elections, leaving the capital headed for a hung assembly even after a year of President’s Rule. The survey, conducted between January 10 and 19 and then revisited after Kiran Bedi was nominated the BJP's CM candidate, projects 3136 seats for both BJP and AAP, with the Congress seen sliding to between 2 and 7 seats. Delhi votes on February 7, but the results will only be known three days later. BJP's Bedi, her associate-turned-rival Arvind Kejriwal of AAP and Congress's Ajay Maken have been chosen by their parties to lead them in the prestigious battle for the capital. Former chief minister Kejriwal is still the preferred choice for the post of chief minister with 43% people backing him, followed by Bedi (39%) and Maken (12%). Pollsters interviewed a total 7,147 voters across Delhi, roughly half of them women, between January 10 and 19, and went back to 3,146 of them between January 24 and 27 to ask about their CM and party choices after the Bedi anointment. Before Bedi was named the CM candidate by her party, the survey found that AAP was ahead with 34-39 seats, followed by BJP with 29-34 seats and Congress 2-7. As many as 47% of the respondents felt Bedi's induction could be a game-changer in a tight battle. In the 70 member Assembly, with 36 being the simple majority mark, BJP, AAP and Congress had won 32, 28 and 8 seats respectively in 2013 elections. This resulted in the installation of a brief, minority AAP government with Congress support. Despite the close finish expected, the survey shows AAP vote share is going up by 9 percentage points while it’s only five for the BJP and loss of 10 percentage points for Congress compared to the 2013 elections. In the 2013 assembly election, the BJP’s vote share was 33%, followed by the AAP’s 29.4% and the Congress’s 24.5%. Corruption weighs heavily on people's minds with 23% saying it is the most important issue followed by inflation (16%), women's safety (14 %), shortage of drinking water (11%), and high power rates (5 %). In the last leg of the campaign the BJP has decided to get aggressive with four rallies by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be held between January 31 and February 4.AAP is also not leaving any stone unturned with Kejriwal holding twice as many public meetings as he did for the 2013 assembly elections to try and erase the taint of having quit power in just 49 days in his earlier innings.BJP president Amit Shah was not being facetious when he said Kiran Bedi was fielded from Krishna Nagar because the party did not want her to be tied down to one seat. The debutant Bedi does not really need to spend much time campaigning in this constituency, which has elected party veteran Harsh Vardhan for five consecutive terms in the Delhi Assembly. “We have a drill. We visit each household in our supervision at least four times till the date of polling.
Xiaomi to sell smartphones through own portal in India
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Shooting for Hrithik Roshan starer Mohenjo Daro begins in Kutch
Shooting for Hrithik Roshan starer romantic adventure Hindi film Mohenjo Daro has started at a grand set errected near Kurania
village of Kutch district in Gujarat. Mohenjo Daro Director Ashutosh Gowarikar had earlier filmed his Oscar nominated movie Lagaan
in same village. Mohenjo-daro is a love story set in the Indus Valley Civilization. Puja Hegde is lead actress in this film, while Kabir Bedi is the main villain opposite Hrithik Roshan. Mohenjo Daro will release on 12th August, 2016. The earlier date fixed for release was 22 January 2016, however shooting was delayed due to number of reasons including labour dispute and arm injury to Hrithik. The film is set in the era of the Indus Valley civilization that dates back to 2600 BCE. The film score is composed by A. R. Rahman.
Sizzling hot pornstar Sunny Leone turns into mentor now! Mumbai, Jan 28, Indo-Canadian pornstar turned Bollywood actress Sunny Leone was quite successful in gaining a lot of fans in India. Sunny impressed audiences with her films Jism 2 and Ragini MMS 2 and soon reached the top position in Google’s Most Searched Indian Celebrities list of 2014. So here’s good news for fans of Sunny Leone! The actress is now turning mentor. Now before you start to get all greedy, let us tell you that Sunny will only guide contestants of an online talent reality show and no more! (Read: Sunny Leone and Daniel Weber launch the cover of Mandate magazine) We all know how difficult it was for Sunny Leone to turn over a new leaf being an adult film star. She is now more famous as a sexy Bollywood diva, but the Internet and social media
NEW DELHI: Chinese handset maker Xiaomi will start selling smartphones in India later this year through its own portal as it looks to beef up its presence in one of the world's fastest growing devices market. Xiaomi, which currently sells devices in India through homegrown eCommerce major Flipkart, will bring in its website 'Mi.com' to India in the latter part of the year. "We are currently looking for warehousing and logistics partners in
India, as well as deciding on a payment mechanisms like cash on delivery. It may take anywhere between three to nine months," Xiaomi India Head Manu Jain told PTI. He added that the the Beijing-based firm will continue its association with Flipkart. Currently, the company sells devices through its website in most countries of operations, except India and Indonesia. Xiaomi today launched its new handse
Hit-and-run case: Salman’s blood not sealed properly A witness of 2002 hit-andrun case, involving Salman, claims that the proper procedure was not followed while collecting blood samples. According to the witness a preservative is added to the blood samples. By following this procedure the exact amount of alcohol in the blood can be determined. One of these preservatives is Sodium Fluoride which prevents fermentation and glycosis in blood. This witness is the doctor who was assigned the duty of checking Salman’s blood for presence of alcohol. Allegedly, Salman had collided with a pavement in Bandra. This accident injured four individuals and resulted in the death of one. After the accident the samples of Salman’s blood were collected. This analyst who is the 20th witness of the case stated in the court of law, “When blood gets
fermented it produces alcohol and the accurate levels cannot be determined.” Earlier during cross examination this witness had informed that Salman’s blood sample contained 62 milligrams of Ethyl Alcohol. These samples were sent to this analyst by the Bandra Police Station after being collected at JJ Hospital. When a general blood test is done 30 milligram of Ethyl Alcohol is found in the blood. For medicated individuals it rises up to 40
milligrams. The analyst said that, “An unsettling quantity of 62 milligram was found in the samples sent to me.” Shrikant Shivde, the defence lawyer in this case told the court, “Potassium Obsolete, an anti-coagulant was the only other substance added to the two vials of blood tested.” When questioned as to why he did not follow the procedure this doctor claimed, that he was a mere MBBS student and did not had a post graduation degree.”
Bigg Boss 8 Halla Bol: Sambhavna Seth evicted; No winner for Aakhri Seedhi task have played a crucial role in her success. (Read: Sunny Leone’s hot vacation: Watch sizzling pics from Cancun beach, Mexico with Daniel Weber!)On the new reality show, Sunny Leone will be seen advising contestants, including a mix package of talent like singers, dancers and actors, on how to shoot a particular scene or what exactly to shoot. The online talent show is open for all. Each contestant is required to make a video showcasing their talent and upload it on social media. The participants will be
judged on the basis of the popularity of these videos on social media, after which Sunny will guide the further.Sunny Leone in an interview expressed her views based on this upcoming reality show saying that Internet or social media proves the power of the web. She also confessed that she gained popularity through the Internet and is much talked about now. We hope that the show is great but we’re sure that the chosen contestants will have a great time with Sunny Leone as their teacher!
Sapna Pabbi: 'I'm not a Mallika Sherawat' Mumbai | January 28, K H A M O S H I YA N debutante Sapna Pabbi along with Mahesh Bhatt, Ali Fazal & Gurmeet Choudhary promote the film.Sapna has been reportedly projected as the next Mallika Sherawat of Bollywood. Both Mallika and Sapna have been a part of the Bhatt camp that is already known for starting a trend of portraying women in a different light. Hence, as expected, comparisons are being drawn between Mallika Sherawat and Sapna Pabbi, who seem to have worked on a similar plot in their movies MURDER and
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K H A M O S H I YA N respectively. Speaking, Sapna Pabbi was in for a surprise when she was asked about her views on being portrayed as the next Mallika Sherawat.While Sapna Pabbi was all praises about Mallika, she refused to accept the comparison, and in turn said, "Really? Well, I think she's great. Her success is commendable. Mallika Sherawat is in her own space. She has her own place in Bollywood and in society. I would like to say that I'm not a Mallika Sherawat, I'm Sapna Pabbi and I really hope I can
always be Sapna Pabbi." Sapna Pabbi, last seen in Anil Kapoor's TV series 24 as her daughter, will now be seen in the Karan Darra directed- Vishesh Films produced movie KHAMOSHIYAN which is scheduled to release on January 30, 2015.
Mumbai Jan 28 Bigg Boss has had to arrange for a third task to determine the winner of the Rs 25 lakh task. The task named Aakhri Seedhi, will hopefully determine the winner of the Rs 25 lakh prize money, for the task. There are media reports from reputed sources claiming that Sambhavna Seth has been evicted from Bigg Boss 8. The task has two ladders set up in the garden area. One ladder is red while the other is green in colour. The two teams have to add the steps in the ladder to complete the task. The task can be won by adding all the steps to the ladder and claiming the golden bag hung at the top of the ladder.Challengers have to make the red ladder while Champions have to make the green ladder. There is another twist here. Both teams have been given five ladder steps belonging to the other team. Both teams not only have to build their ladder but try to steal the five steps from the other team while keeping the opponent team’s ladder steps from being stolen. The task goes on for more than a day with a point when no Bigg Boss 8 house member was playing the task because they were all sleeping. Bigg Boss even gives an alert saying that the game
has a time limit in which the task has to be completed. After a lot of fights and confusion, the task had to
be ended with another task gone away with no winner for the Rs 25 lakh prize money.
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Vodafone case: Government not to appeal against Bombay HC order The government Wednesday decided not to appeal against a Bombay High Court ruling that telecom service provider Vodafone was not liable to pay tax demand of Rs.3,200 crore in a transfer pricing case, Communications and IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said and hoped that the decision would boost foreign investors' sentiment. "The cabinet has decided not to move Supreme Court in this regard. This is an important decision," he told reporters after a meeting here of the union cabinet presided over by
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Prasad said: "Today, the Cabinet by taking a decision not to challenge in the Supreme Court (the Bombay High Court) order of holding Vodafone India's contention that the transaction, being international, is not amenable to tax... we have given a kind of signal... "Mainly where Income Tax liability is clear, unambiguous it shall be charged, where it is overstretched without any legal authority the government will be fair. That is the indication," the minister said.
Djokovic hails Becker effect ahead of Australian Open semi against Wawrinka World No.1 Novak Djokovic thumped Canada's Milos Raonic 7-6 (7/5), 6-4, 6-2 to cruise into the semifinal of the Australian Open and set up a showdown with Stan Wawrinka. The Serb was in imperious form as he brushed aside Raonic in two hours to gain revenge for last year's quarter-final defeat. The transcript of Djokovic's post-match interview is below. If he had won the first set it's a totally different match, right? Do you feel that pressure? NOVAK DJOKOVIC: Well, of course, it was a close first set, but I thought I had mo r e
one to interact within a group of up to 20 people. Twitter is often the place where one would want to start a conversation after a news breaks and this new feature will be helpful in conversing privately with select groups.
chances in the first set than him. Managed to stay tough in the right moments and win the crucial first set. Obviously winning it in a tiebreak and making the break of serve first game of the second set
was definitely huge really for me. I could start swinging through a little bit more, be more aggressive into the court. You know, since that first game of the second set I played a great match.
BCCI seek damages for ODI series pullout The president of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) Dave Cameron has urged the BCCI to sort the issue of West Indies' pullout from the India tour midway into the series last year, through a bilateral discussion or a thirdparty mediation over the next two months. The WICB has also sought the intervention of the ICC in the matter and requested the BCCI not to drag them into the Indian courts for damages related to the incident. According to
ESPNcricinfo, Cameron sent the proposal through an e-mail to the BCCI secretary Sanjay Patel yesterday, the last day of
the week-long deadline set by the Indian Cricket Board in its ultimatum to the WICB, which was sent on January 20.
Flawless Djokovic into Australian Open semis MELBOURNE,
appointment twelve months ago had been psychologically. "Because he was the No.1 player of the world, multiple Grand Slam winner, he understands exactly the kind of obstacles and challenges - mental challenges - I have to go through and I'm facing during a match," he said. "Especially in the later stages of tournaments. That's where we talk a lot. "We went through the same circumstances and situations in our careers. That's where he can help me the most." It was in the head where Djokovic most easily succeeded against Raonic, whose questioning of himself only sped up his defeat. Raonic has established himself as a top-10 player with a superior serve that is difficult to crack.
The Indian cricket team led by Mahendra Singh Dhoni go into this year's World Cup amidst a lot of hype and pressure of millions of cricketcrazy Indian fans across the globe. The 2011 champions will play to defend their coveted title. But the weather and pitch conditions in Australia and New Zealand (joint host nations) will account for the performance of the visiting teams to a great length. "Despite having a
Concern is rising— among experts and fans—about the woeful form of opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan, who was considered integral to India’s defence of the world cup, which starts in a fortnight. Is he still equipped to play any role in this campaign? After a startlingly successful 2013, Dhawan’s form started slumping in 2014. By the end of the year, he had lost his place in the Test side for matches Down Under, and would have lost his place in One Day Internationals (ODIs) too had Rohit Sharma not been injured. Why a batsman who scored runs so freely only a few months earlier should be struggling so
badly is, of course, one of cricket’s great paradoxes. Nobody has been able to really crack why a “lean trot” suddenly happens. Is it just bad luck or some other disorientation— technical or psychological? Or, as some critics have suggested, is Dhawan just a “flat-track bully”? The Collins Dictionary
describes “flat-track bully” as a “sportsperson who dominates inferior opposition, but who cannot beat top-level opponents”. In the lexicon of cricket, it is generally used to describe a batsman “high in the batting order who is very good only when the pitch is not giving bowlers much help”.
Australian Open: Sania-Soares, Paes-Hingis pairs cruise into semis
Coping with new ball will be the key at World Cup 2015, says Rahul Dravid
Four-time champion Novak Djokovic has credited Boris Becker for his improved mentality after the world No.1 had another flawless victory at the Australian Open on Wednesday. Big serving eighth seed Milos Raonic left Djokovic unchallenged as the Serb, who has dropped serve just once this tournament, recorded a 7-6 (7-5), 64, 6-2. The top seed will next play the defending champion, No.4 seed Stan Wawrinka, who also had little worry making it past Asia's No.1, Kei Nishikori, earlier in the day. Djokovic, who won Wimbledon and four Masters titles last year, said the biggest contribution from Becker since his
SPORTS ROUND Is Dhawan a flat-track bully?
Twitter launches 2 new features — group direct messages and Windies cricket board seeks ICC help as mobile video experience Twitter announced the roll out of two new exciting features on Tuesday: group direct messages and a unique mobile video sharing experience. Earlier, a user could only send direct one-to-one personal messages but the new feature allows
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good side and playing noteworthy cricket in the last one year, it will to a great depends on how they play with the new ball in Australian conditions. I am confident and positive that they will do well and in this World Cup the teams will be required to play three good matches in the quarter final stage of the tournament. The teams by then will get set, having discovered their rhythm and combinations in place. The in-form boys will be well-versed with the
conditions" said a confident Rahul Dravid. Our batting has done wonders, but the bowling department has weaknesses but Dravid doesn't sse it that way. " We have an experienced batting side, but our bowling in the last two, three months has not looked impressive. In one-day cricket when we attain 100% fitness, like in the case of Ishant Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja who lacked match fitness will continue to affect us in terms of working out the combinations.
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Mirza and Leander Paes were on course for a Australian Open showdown as they reached the mixed doubles semifinals with their respective partners, in Melbourne on Wednesday. Sania Mirza and her top-seeded Brazilian partner Bruno Soares carved out an easy 6-2 6-2 win over the home pair of Casey Dellacqua and John Peers in the quarterfinals, which lasted in only 53 minutes. Seventh seeded Paes
and Swiss Martina Hingis progressed from the bottom-half of the draw with a 6-3 6-1 win over fourth seeds Andrea Hlavackova from Czech Republic and Austria’s Alexander Peya. Sania and Soares broke their rivals two times each in both the sets. They did not face any breakpoint in the opening set and saved a couple in the second set. They now await winners of the other last-eight match between third seeds
Kristina Mladenovic/ Daniel Nestor and fifth seeds Cara Black/Juan Sebastian Cabal. Paes and Hingis will face either Taipei’s SuWei Hsieh and Pablo Cuevas from Uruguay or second seeds Katarina Srebotnik from Slovakia and Marcelo Melo from Brazil. Meanwhile, in the boys singles, Sumit Nagal’s campaign ended with a crushing 1-6 1-6 defeat against Australia’s Marc Polmans in the third round.
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New textile policy likely after Budget: Osamu Suzuki aims manufacturing of 7,50,000 Maruti cars per annum in Gujarat Textile Commissioner of India Mumbai The much awaited new textile policy is likely to be announced after the budget, Te x t i l e Commissioner Kiran Soni Gupta said here. “The new textile policy is almost ready and is expected to be announced immediately after the Union Budget. We had comprehensive detailed discussions with various stake holders,” Gupta told reporters after inaugurating the 60th National Garment Fair o rg a n i s e d b y C M A I here. The policy will give a direction to the textile sector and act as a huge
support to it. I t ( the policy) has outlined all the aspects – the vision, strategy and the action plan, she said. Clothing Manufacturers Association of India (CMAI) president Rahul Mehta said that the c o u n t r y ’s apparel exports are likely to touch USD 17 billion in FY15 as compared to USD 14.7 billion last year. In 2014-15, the growth rate of domestic garment market will be 10 to 12 per cent, while the growth rate of export market would be 18 to 20 per cent, Mehta said. The growth in Indian
textile sector was due to improvement in dollarrupee parity, which has become favourable for the industry because of downtrend in Chinese economy and reduced competition from Bangladesh, he said. Commenting on textile parks development programme, Gupta stated that 61 textile parks have been sanctioned, out of which 55 are presently operating. Further, 13 textile parks are under consideration. Some of the textile Parks, like the ones at Vi s a k h a p a t n a m a n d Coimbatore, have shown excellent performance.
Technical textiles have very bright future. There has been good demand with good scope for the industry to expand the p r o d u c t i o n c a p a c i t y, Gupta said. The government has been promoting NorthEast region with focus on agro-textiles and geo-textiles, she added. The B2B garment fair has 260 stalls displaying over 300 brands of summer collection. It c o v e r s m e n ’s w e a r, w o m e n ’s w e a r, k i d s w e a r, e t h n i c w e a r, intimate wear, etc. A footfall of 20,000 trade visitors is expected during the fair, Mehta said.
Ahmedabad, Speaking at the stone laying function of Maruti S u z u k i ’s Gujarat plant today near Bechraji, Suzuki Motors chief Osamu Suzuki said:we want to make Maruti Suzuki’s Gujarat plant functional by May 2017. The plant will have capacity to manufacture 1,50,000 cars per year. It will be increased to 2,50,000 cars per year later. We are planning to set up the second and third plants then-after. When we complete the third plant, the total production capacity will increase to 7,50,000 cars per year. Suzuki said, when company was planning another plant in India, Gujarat government
invited the company to Gujarat. He said, for him, setting up a second plant in India was like starting second part of Suzuki Motors Corporation. Suzuki mentioned Prime M i n i s t e r ’s recently launched ‘Make in India’
campaign in his speech and said the new plant in Gujarat will set benchmark of best productivity and efficiency. He said, large number of Japanese employees will come here to make this plant functional, and thus Indo-Japan relations will be
strengthened. Mr. Suzuki presented Rs. 10 lakh cheque as contribution to Chief Minister’s Swachchata Nidhi(cleanliness fund). Chief Minister in her speech said that this fund received for building toilet will be used in Ahmedabad district itself.
Three member team begin inspection of Ayurvedic colleges in Ahmedabad R-Day ad row: BJP must ask Shiv Sena to
AHMEDABAD: The three member team of the Central Council for Indian Medicine (CCIM) began its inspections of the Ayurvedic colleges in the state. The three
member team visited Akhananand College and inspected the facilities. Officials in the Ayurvedic colleges said that that "the CCIM has this year decided that if
the college had all facilities, the permission will be granted for five year and no inspection will be carried out every year, however, if there is any deficiency, the
Ahmedabad Municipal corporation has presented budget of Rs.5665 crore for the fiscal year 2015-16.
college will be inspected very year." Officials said that the team visited the Akhananand college and will visit Vadodara on Thursday. The team will then visit each and every college in the coming days. Officials said that instead of sending the report later, the team members are being instructed to send the report online on the same day of the inspection. This was being done to avoid any confusion later. There are around 12 colleges in the state and it is worth recalling that since the permission for these colleges come in late, the Admission committee for medical and para medical courses was forced to go in for reshuffling of the admission every years.
shut up to convince the ‘secular’ section
The 2015 Republic Day celebrations will be remembered for a long time for a variety of reasons: US President Barack Obama’s visit, the controversy over Prime Minister Narendra M o d i ’s ‘Modi’-striped bandhgala, the decision to give lady officers certain key ceremonial roles during the Obama
visit and a series of glitches that included missing glasses and umbrellas and over-thetop security arrangements. Topping this list was a Republic Day advertisement that the government published on January 26.In that now-famous aesthetically challenged DAV advertisement, the government printed the
preamble of India's Constitution as "We the people of India, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a Sovereign Democratic Republic...." as opposed to the version that came up after the 42nd Amendment that states: " We , T h e P e o p l e O f India, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a Sovereign
Socialist Secular Democratic Republic and to secure to all its citizens..."The missing words led to a furore. The information and broadcasting ministry did its best to convince that there was nothing wrong in it. Not many are convinced though and have accused the government of willfully omitting the important words. I agree that it could have been a clerical mistake, but what is appalling is how thegovernment kept on defending the advertisement and refused to acknowledge that certain sections could be hurt by those critical omissions.
urgency to intervene in IIMA’s FT ranking up No Sunanda death probe: HC from 30th to 26th position Ahmedabad IIMA’s position in FT’s ranking of top full-time global MBA programmes has moved up to number 26, this year (2015), from number 30 last year (2014). Reacting to this development, IIM Ahmedabad(IIMA) Director Dr. Ashish Nanda said, “although gratified by the improvement in our rank, let me reiterate that we look at good rankings as the result of achieving our goals, rather than the goal itself. We are committed to providing an excellent educational experience
that prepares our students as leaders of enterprises.” He further in his reaction said, “having said that, rankings are indicators of how we are doing, compared to other institutions, and provide an insight into what we are doing well and what we need to work on more. Our students have a rich learning experience recognized by the recruiters, as evidenced by our high ranking in the salary of graduates, value for money, career progress, and placement success metrics. We lag other institutions on measures of gender diversity and i n t e r n a t i o n a l
composition.” “We have made changes to our admissions approach to encourage individuals with diverse and international backgrounds to apply to IIMA and continue to make efforts through globally advertised chaired professorships and faculty fellow positions to introduce more diversity in our faculty as well, ” he said. “Overall, we are committed to attracting and nurturing a diverse community to achieve the best learning experience for all members of the IIMA community,” Shri Nanda said.
Delhi The Delhi High Court Wednesday refused urgent hearing of a plea seeking its intervention in the ongoing investigation of the mysterious death of Sunanda Pushkar, the wife of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor. A division bench of Justice B.D. Ahmed and Justice Sanjeev Sachdeva said let the matter come before the Chief Justice next Wednesday. The bench comprising Delhi High Court's Chief Justice G.Rohini did not assemble Wednesday. The Public Interest Litigation (PIL), filed by NGO Anti Corruption Front, said as the investigating
agency was biased in probing the case, there was no positive and c o n s t r u c t i v e development in the case. In such a situation, there was cause and reason for the interference of the court into the ongoing investigation. Filing the plea through advocates Deepak Prakash and Subhas Chandra, the NGO said police had registered an FIR almost a year after the incident, despite clear guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court and high courts that on receiving information disclosing commission of a cognizable offence, the police should register an FIR without any delay.
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