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Cong workersburn effigies ofGiriraj Singh in

Bihar

Nine fresh casesof swine flu in

Telangana

Agency :Patna, Apr 2Angry Congress workershere today burnt effigies ofUnion Minister GirirajSingh, demanding hisresignation for thecontroversial remarksmade by him on SoniaGandhi. In state capitalPatna, Congress workersburnt effigies of UnionMinister of State forMicro, Small and MediumEnterprises Giriraj Singh atKargil chowk.

Agency :Hyderabad, Apr 2Nine fresh cases of swineflu have been reported inTelangana, where 77people have succumbed tothe H1NI virus since thebeginning of the year."Since January one, 7,374samples were tested ofwhich 2,275 were foundto be positive. The numberof deaths because ofswine flu and relatedcomplications is 77," astate government releasesaid. Nine out of the 38samples sent for analysisyesterday were foundpositive for the virus.

Case against Giriraj Singh for racist remarkSonia says won’t comment on people with narrow mindset, Bihar court orders FIR against Giriraj Singh

'Prisoners 70times more proneto tuberculosis'

Agency :Dharamshala, Apr 2The prisoners are 70 timesmore vulnerable totuberculosis than thosewho are outside, said asenior official at a TBworkshop in Dharamshalaprison here. "Studies showthat burden of this disease(TB) is up to 70 timesgreater in prisons than incommunities," said SDMDharamshala BalbirThakur Thursday duringthe workshop organisedby TB Department of stateHealth services with prisoninmates at DharamshalaJail. The Sub-DivisionalMagistrate said that thedemographics of theprison population (lowsocio-economic status,large number of migrants,homeless, drug use), inaddition to the situationaland environmentalvulnerabilities of the prison(as overcrowding, poorventilation) increases therisk of contacting TBamong prisoners.

Rajan 'perfect'; RBI, governmentthink on similar lines: PM Modi

Agency : MumbaiAmid a widespreadperception aboutdifferences between RBIand the government, PrimeMinister Narendra Modion Thursday praisedGovernor Raghuram Rajanfor being "perfect" inexplaining to him complexeconomic issues and saidthere was similarity inthinking on both the sides.Stating that Rajan wouldexplain implications ofRBI's policies in "just three-four slides", Modi also saidthat he must have been avery good 'teacher' in thepast. Rajan, who has beenProfessor of Finance atUniversity of Chicago andjoined RBI as its Governorin September 2013, said on

his part that there hasalways been a "constructivedialogue" between RBI andthe government. There havebeen talks from time to timeabout differences betweenthe central bank and thegovernment on a range ofissues including on inflationand interest rates. While thegovernment and RBI havealways maintained thatthere were 'no differences'between them, someproposals in this year's

Budget indicated shiftingcertain functions out of thecentral bank's ambitincluding on the public debtmanagement. Speaking at afunction to mark 80 yearsof the Reserve Bank ofIndia (RBI), Modiexpressed satisfaction overthe role played by thecentral bank under Rajan."There is lot of similaritybetween the thinking of theRBI and government... Thisis absolutely essential.

Farmer in Amreli develops variety ofwheat that gives double production

Sunvilla News, AmreliA progressive farmer fromPaniya village of Amrelidistrict in Gujarat hasdeveloped a new variety ofwheat which gives doubleproduction compared toexisting popular Lok Vanvariety. According to farmerJayantibhai Desai, threeyears ago he observed in hisfarm that certain plants werehaving greater developmentin terms of size and produce.He separated those plantsfrom others and sow 2.5 kgseeds from which he couldobtain 9600 kg wheat.According to Desai, onewheat after plantation

offered 2,000 number ofwheat. Jayantibhai sent thisseed to Junagadh basedAgriculture University andgot his seed recognized.Jayantibhai Patel has namedthis variety of seed as JP101. Jayantibhai said thatwhile commonly the size of‘dundi’ of wheat plant is 4.5inch long containing 40-45wheat, the new variety hasthe size of 8-9 inchcontaining 80-120 wheat.Each plant has such 21‘dundi’. Compared to Bansior Lok Van, the new varietyneeds half the number ofseeds while production isdoubled.

Agency : New DelhiA Bihar court on Thursdayordered police to file anFIR against Union MinisterGiriraj Singh for hiscontroversial remarks onSonia Gandhi who ignoredthe racist comment sayingshe won't respond to peoplewith "narrow mindset". TheCongress also took tostreets stepping up itsdemand for sacking of Singhstaging protests in Delhi andalso in Bengaluru whereBJP leaders have gatheredfor its National Executivemeet. The BJP on its partsought to bring closure to theraging controversy, saying itconsiders the matter closedas the minister hasexpressed his regret. As theoutrage against Singhcontinued after he kicked upa row with his remarksasking whether Congress

would have acceptedSonia's leadership had shenot been white-skinned,Singh came under attackeven from BJP ally andUnion Minister UpendraKushwaha. "It does notbehove a union minister tospeak in such alanguage...it's objectionableremark," Kushwaha,President Rashtriya Lok

Samata Party (RLSP), anally of BJP, told reporters inPatna. When newsmensought her reaction, Soniasaid she would not like torespond to people with"narrow mindset".

"I feel it is not worthresponding to personshaving such a narrowmindset," Gandhi toldreporters in Neemuch in

Madhya Pradesh where shehad gone to survey thedamaged crops and meetfarmers. In Bihar, SanjayKumar Singh, a Congressworker, filed a complaintagainst Singh for hisremarks against Sonia in thecourt of Muzaffarpur ChiefJudicial Magistrate VedPrakash Singh, whotransferred the case to the

court of Sub-DivisionalJudicial Magistrate AnjuSingh. The SDJM directedMithanpura police station toregister a case against theminister on the basis of thecomplaint, lawyer of thepetitioner Sumit Kumarsaid. The SDJM gave theorder to Mithanpura policestation under Section 166 ofIPC (public servantdisobeying law with intent tocause injury to any person).

The complainant, a residentof Miscote colony ofMuzaffarpur, said in thepetition that after reading anews report about the racistremark on Sonia he waspained. The YouthCongress staged a protestoutside a residentialcomplex in Delhi whereSingh lives while anotherdemonstration was stagedby the Delhi MahilaCongress outside BJP's

headquarters at 11, AshokaRoad. Condemning theremarks of Singh on Sonia,senior Congress leaderDigvijay Singh said theCongress demands not onlya public apology from theMinister but also seeks hisdismissal from the Cabinet.In Bengaluru, Congress andNSUI workers assembledat a major junction, aboutone km away from a hotelwhere top BJP leaders havegathered for the party's two-day National Executivemeeting beginning Friday.hey shouted slogans againstSingh and burnt his effigy."Giriraj Singh has clarified hisposition. The matter hasended and should not bemade an issue by ouropponents. Giriraj Singh hasexpressed his regret," BJPspokesperson ShahnawazHussain told reporters inBengaluru.

Air India pilots’ body writes to DGCAabout ‘stressed’ junior pilots in cockpit

Agency : MumbaiAn Air India pilots’ bodyhas urged DGCA to lookinto the issue of deploymentof a section of its “stressed”junior pilots in the cockpit,days after the Germanwingspane crash. Stating thatsome 30-odd co-pilotswere being “forced to workovertime” without anyremuneration, the IndianCommercial PilotsAssociation (ICPA), in aletter to the aviation regulatorThursday alleged that “puttingthese highly-stressed andfinancially over-burdened co-pilots in the same cockpit…is a perfect recipe fordisaster.” ICPA representsthe narrow-body Airbus

A320 pilots in the airline. Thisis the second time in the last10 days that ICPA has red-flagged safety concerns in AirIndia to the DirectorateGeneral of Civil Aviation(DGCA). Earlier, it had askedDGCA to ground the airline’s26-year -old A-320 fleetciting safety concerns. Thefresh communication to theregulator comes following theaction of Andreas Lubitz, co-pilot of the Germanwings flightwho last week crashed the

Airbus A320 plane into theFrench Alps killing himselfand 149 others. Reportsthereafter have said that 27-year-old Lubitz wassuffering from depressionbut had hidden this from hisairline, which is a subsidiaryof Lufthansa. The incidenthas triggered a debate overpilots’ mental health in Indiaas well. ICPA said that thesejunior pilots were inductedinto Air India from IndiraGandhi Rashtriya UranAcademy on the terms ofpermanent employment,but the management laterdecided to unilaterallychange the terms ofemployment to one-offcontract.

More Than 70 Dead in Al-Shabab Attack in KenyaAgency : NAIROBI

Kenyan Interior MinisterJoseph Nkaissery says thatmore than 70 people havebeen killed in an attack bySomali-based Islamicextremists on a college innortheast Kenya. Nkaisserysaid that 79 people werewounded in the attackThursday and foursuspected attackers havebeen killed. The ministerordered a dusk to dawncurfew in Garissa and in thenearby counties of Wajir,Tana River and Mandera.Al-Shabab claimedresponsibility for the attack.

The death toll now surpassesthe 67 who were killed in al-Shabab’s attack on theWestgate Mall in Nairobi inSeptember 2013. Al-Shabab gunmen attackedthe college in northeastKenya early Thursday,targeting Christians,witnesses said. Collins

Wetangula, the vicechairman of the studentunion, said he was preparingto take a shower when heheard gunshots coming fromTana dorm, which hosts bothmen and women, 150 meters(yards) away. The campushas six dorms and at least887 students, he said.

Delhi to Get Full Wifi Coveragein 2 Years, Says GovernmentAgency : NEW DELHI

Delhi will get full wifi coveragein two years and around 700wifi hotspots will be set up byFebruary 2016, stategovernment's ParliamentarySecretary to Minister of IT,Adarsh Shastri said Thursday."We will get budgetaryallocation in June and issuetender for wifi by July. Firstphase comprising 600-700wifi hotspots will be rolled byFebruary 2016. Wificoverage in entire Delhi shallbe done in 2 years," MrShastri said while speaking atan event organised by a newsportal. The ruling Aam AadmiParty had promised free wifiservice in Delhi during itselection campaigning.Speaking at the event,industry players, however,questioned the businessmodel adopted by the Delhigovernment for thesustainability of wifioperations in the state. MrShastri said that the Delhigovernment has variousprogrammes that needInternet connectivity, forwhich the state governmentwill pay. Besides, there are anumber of sites of Delhigovernment where telecomcompanies can install theirequipment and in lieu providefree access to public. "If thesesites are given out foradvertisements, it will fetchgovernment revenue of Rs. 20crore per month. At any givenpoint you can have 4 millionsmartphones connected to

wifi. This can bring hugerevenue model forcompanies. I have nowhereseen such big scale as inDelhi," Shastri said. Headded that by bringingvarious services online andgiving people opportunity toaccess them will reduceefficiency as well as curbcorruption. "In terms ofrevenue, sky is the limit. Givethem free wifi till the time it(browsing by public) islimited to basic services suchas e-mail, governmentwebsites. If he wants towatch movie, downloadmovie, make him pay," MrShastri said.

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DAYDelhi is dangerously polluted?Most of us Indians think we are top dogs and cool cats.But we are instead like an experimental frog in water, ongradual boil to death. According to a 19th centuryexperiment, when a frog is put in boiling water, it quicklyjumps out to save its life. But when it is put in cold waterthat is heated gradually, it boils to death. The toxic airaround us is unbreathable; the polluted underground wateris undrinkable; potable water is disappearing fast; fooditems are laced with fertilizers; chicken and other birdmeat has high levels of antibiotics; vegetables have E-coli and other bacteria; milk has synthetic material andoxytocin; and the noise around us is of such high-decibelthat it is freaking us out, frying our brain. The environmentaround us is closing in on us like slow-boiling water. Butwe are not even thinking of jumping out of the cauldron.Like the frog, most of us are not aware of the danger.And those who know, simply do not care. In our blindapathy and ignorance, we are not just on slow poison;we are also concocting deadlier and higher doses of toxinsfor the future generations, including the children, on whose‘better’ future we, ironically, spend so much time, moneyand effort. It is all going horribly wrong. For the past twodays, the Indian Express has been writing about thealarming level of pollutants in the Delhi air, telling us aboutthe impending death by breath. It says Delhi is the world’smost-polluted city, the respirable particulate matter in theair is 17 times the permissible level and the number ofpatients with asthma, wheezing and other chronic ailmentshas increased three-fold in seven years. Medical expertsthe newspaper spoke to have just one advice for peoplewith chronic respiratory ailments: just leave Delhi. Anotherreport in the Times of India reveals around 40 percent ofsamples of chicken in Delhi and NCR had high levels ofantibiotic content; their consumption is making peopleresistant to drugs. India consumes around 2100 tonne ofchicken every year and its consumption is expected totouch 4000 tonne in 2030, the highest in the world.Monitoring of water in most Indian rivers has shown highlevels of pollution. A report in 2008, found the bio oxygendemand (BOD) in Yamuna canal (247), river Yamuna atthe Delhi (70) and river Betwa (58). A water sample witha 5 day BOD greater than 20 mg O/L indicatesecologically-unsafe polluted water. Even the Ganga hasturned into a gutter. A few years ago, SankatmochanFoundation, a Varanasi-based NGO, assessed the qualityof water around the popular ghats. Some of the sampleshad a fecal coliform count of 62,000 to 2.7 million per100 ml. And a biochemical oxygen demand of 20-50mgper litre. The permissible level of fecal count for bathingis just 500 per ml. And the oxygen demand (higher thepollution greater is the amount of oxygen required to cleanit) should be less than 3 mg per litre. In 1951, the use offertilizers in agriculture was less than a metric tonne. It isnow well over 25 metric tonne. For years environmentalistsand experts have been warning against the high levels ofchemicals like nitrogen in food and underground water.Nitrogen fertilizer use and production account for six percent of our total greenhouse emissions.

“I just read news about Ashwini and my names not being there in TOP scheme. Theonly support we had was of Govt of India and now that also seems bleak. The playerswho are already having lot of corporate support are in the list and Ashwini and me notconsidered. I don't know what more to be done. I am kind of tired, kind of disappointed,”

- India's ace doubles shuttler Jwala Gutta has slammed the Sport Ministry

- Kapilkumar M. HirparaEditor

Ajay to spend time withfamily on his 46th b'day

Agency : MumbaiThe birthday boy, who hadbeen shooting in Goa forNishikant Kamat's'Drishyam', is back inMumbai for his special day,Mid-Day reported. “Ajayavoids partying too much,so there will be a quietcelebration at his Juhu homewith wife Kajol andchildren Nysa and Yug. AsNysa's birthday is later this

month (April 20), it willkickstart her birthdaycountdown too. The 11-year-old likes cooking, soshe will help prepare somespecial dish for hisbirthday. Ajay's sisters andclose buddies will also dropin,” Mid-Day reportedquoting a source close toAjay. It also reported thatAjay will spend some timewith Kajol and the kids

before he leaves for theHyderabad schedule of'Drishyam.' Ajay started hiscareer in the industry with'Phool Aur Kaante' in 1991and won Filmfare Awardfor Best Male Debut for hisperformance in the film.Ajay has been accepted bythe audiences not only in hisangry young man avatar butthe actor also found a nichefan base for his comic roles.

Abhishek cameo in Aishwarya Rai’s‘Jazbaa’ – An April Fools’ joke

Agency : New DelhiChances are that youmight have been as happyas us on reading directorSanjay Gupta’s tweet thathe posted yesterday (April1) conveying that actorAbhishek Bachchan wouldbe doing a cameo in hiswife Aishwarya Rai’scomeback vehicle ‘Jazbaa’

being directed by Sanjay.(Read: AbhishekBachchan to do cameo inwife Aishwarya Rai’s‘Jazbaa’) But themischievous filmmakertoday tweeted to negatethe news and said that thenews was but an AprilFool’s joke. SanjayGupta’s surprise yesterday

made everybody happy fornot only the fans have beenwaiting for Aishwarya’scomeback, but also forseeing her in a movie thatco-stars her husbandAbhishek. But seems likethe fans would have to waita li’l more. Meawhile, wewould say, well playedSanjay.

"Bebo is my lucky charm" - Akshay Kumar

Agency : New DelhiIn one of the mostanticipated films of theyear, Gabbar is Backstarring Akshay Kumar,also features a romanticsong sequence withKareena Kapoor Khan.During the promotions forthe film, Akshay couldn'tstop singing praises aboutKareena's performance inthe song, Teri MeriKahaani. The film focuseson an aam aadmi standing

up to corruption, whereAkshay plays a tough guywith an emotional side. Thesoulful song shows himromancing Kareena andtalks about the journey ofthe couple, making itimportant to the wholenarrative of the film. WhileKareena is only known tomake appearances for herclose friends, she took onthe project even though shehad to adjust her dates.Excited about the song, she

adds,“Relationships in thisindustry have alwaysmattered to me and my songin "Gabbar is Back" is for afriend- Shabinaa Khan. Ihad a great time doing asmall cameo in the RowdyRathore song and shootingfor this song was even morefun and enjoyable”. GabbarIs Back is a film producedby Viacom18, Sanjay leelaBhansali and ShabinaaKhan and releases on 1stMay.

Don’t want to become exhaustingfor the audience: Alia

Agency : New DelhiAfter three back-to-backbig-screen outings in 2014,Alia Bhatt’s next will releaseover a year after her lastfilm. And the actor is happyabout maintaining this gap.“Last year, three of my filmsreleased within six months of

each other, but I didn’t planfor that to happen. I wouldhave liked the releases to bea little more spaced out, butthese are things you can’tplan,” says the actor. Aliaadds that after some time inthe industry, one learns tomanage their dates and plan

their projects in a way thatthey have two-threereleases in a year. “Theplanning hasn’t happenedyet. I am just going with theflow. But from now on, Iwant to make sure that Ihave enough releases in ayear, but also not too many,because you don’t want tobecome too exhausting forthe audience,” she explains.Currently working onAbhishek Chaubey’s filmthat co-stars ShahidKapoor, the actor says herrole is very different fromher real-life persona. Shealso clarifies that despitebeing constantly askedabout working with fatherMahesh Bhatt’s productioncompany, there are no plansyet. “This year is kind ofblocked for me already.Nothing has come up asyet. When something does,I will let everyone know,”says Alia.

Rati Agnihotri opens upabout her abusive marriage

Agency : MumbaiThe living room of RatiAgnihotri's Worlipenthouse tastefullyfurnished with Christianiconography andoverlooking the ArabianSea, is marked by quietand a sense of calm. But asthe reigning star of the 80srecounts in vivid detail the

turbulent years of hermarriage to architect AnilVirwani, you realise howdeceptive the calm is. For,this room and this house iswhere the actress hassuffered horrific domesticabuse. Rati, star of hit filmslike Ek Duje Ke Liye,Coolie and Tawaif, was atthe top of her game when

she met Virwani. After aswift courtship, the twowere married in 1985 andRati quit the moviebusiness to become ahomemaker and mother.Instances of her husbandlosing his cool and hittingher began in the initialyears of the marriage andprogressively becamemore frequent over 30years. Each of thoseinstances of beating thathad her running around thispenthouse like a terrifiedanimal, trying to escapeher husband's blows, isetched in her mind.

Kalki: Never Keep Commercein Mind While Doing a Film

Agency : MumbaiThe economics offilmmaking may haveassumed a greater

importance in theBollywood in recent times,but actress Kalki Koechlin,who will next be seen in

Margarita, With a Straw,says she neither thinks ofcommerce, nor about theaudience while doing amovie. I believe in myscript, and work hard. Idon't think this film is for theMumbai audience orfestival audience. If that'sthe case, then you (anactor) will fail. "I work frommy heart. I love intelligentcinema and it should gripme," she added. Directedby Shonali Bose,Margarita, With a Strawwill hit theatres on April 17.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY COMEDYKING KAPIL SHARMA!

Agency : New DelhiThe king of comedy KapilSharma has been successfulin carving a niche for himselfin the entertainment industry.The actor-comedian, whocelebrates his 34rd birthdaytoday has an ocean of fanfollowing—all thanks to hisfamous rib-ticklers. Born in amiddle-class Punjabihousehold in Amritsar,Kapil's father was a headconstable and mother ahomemaker. His humblebeginnings made him work ata local PCO shop,reportedly. Kapil completedhis education in Amritsar, from

Hindu College, Punjab. Thefunnyman was first noticed intelevision show 'The GreatIndian Laughter Challenge'.After facing initial rejections,Kapil won as many as ninereality TV shows based oncomedy including ComedyCircus. The year 2013 was abreakthrough year for Kapil,as he launched his own showtitled—'Comedy Nights WithKapil'. Little had Kapilassumed that this showwould become such a hugerage among the audiences.The show managed to travelto Dubai, due to its risingpopularity.

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SPORTS ROUNDUPOn This Day Four Years Ago, Team Indiaand Yuvraj Singh Lifted the World Cup

Agency : New DelhiIt's time to stop mourningIndia's loss at the WorldCup and celebrate theincredible win that was.Take a little trip downmemory lane because onthis day, exactly four yearsago in 2011, the Men in Bluewon the coveted cricketWorld Cup, India's secondwin and this time, on homeground. At the helm of this

huge victory were SachinTendulkar, MS Dhoni andYuvraj Singh, who wasnamed Man of theTournament. Here's relivingthat golden moment back in2011. This post shared onYuvraj Singh's officialFacebook account has notsurprisingly, been liked byover 2.2 lakh people. It wassoon after that exhilarating,historic win that Yuvraj was

diagnosed with cancer. Hetook a hiatus from the field,sought treatment in the US,and returned to the pitch.Despite an incredible returnto international cricket in2012, however, thesouthpaw did not find aplace in this year's WorldCup squad, leaving Indianfans lamenting their 2011World Cup hero's exclusionfrom the team.

Football: Chinese drinks makerdenies reports of AC Milan take over

Agency : ShanghaiThe billionaire chairman ofChinese drinks makerHangzhou Wahaha GroupCo has knocked backreports he is planning a bidfor struggling Italian soccergiants AC Milan, currentlycontrolled by Italy's formerprime minister SilvioBerlusconi. Zong Qinghou,worth an estimated $19billion according to thelatest annual Hurun rich list,said reports in Italian mediathat he was planning topurchase up to 75 percentof the Italian team were'sheer fiction'. "We have nointention of getting into thesoccer sphere, and have notmade any contact with ACMilan," Zong said on hisofficial Sina Weibomicroblog account onThursday. Reuters could not

reach Wahaha for furthercomment. Speculation hasswirled around the Italianclub, one of the country'smost prestigious teams, butwhich has struggled sincelast winning a league title in2011. Thai businessman

Bee Taechaubol said inFebruary he had held'cordial and private'discussions with the club,prompting Berlusconi torespond that he was notinterested in selling hiscontrolling stake.

Basketball: Buzz around 7ft 5in Sim Bhullarbecoming NBA's first player of Indian descent

Agency : HOUSTONThe Sacramento Kings arereportedly poised to ink SimBhullar to a 10-day contractthat would make thetowering center the firstplayer of Indian descent inthe NBA. ESPN wasamong the US media outletsreporting on Wednesdaythat the Kings, owned byIndian software magnateVivek Ranadive, expect to

bring Bhullar in from theReno Bighorns,Sacramento's affiliate in theNBA Development League.The 7-foot-5-inch Bhullarhas spent the entire seasonwith the Bighorns, afterattending the Kings' pre-season training camp. Bhullaris averaging 10.3 points, 8.8rebounds and 3.9 blocks inthe D-League this season.The 22-year-old, who was

born in Canada to Indian-born parents, is expected toreplace David Wear onSacramento's roster afterWear's 10-day contractexpires on Thursday. Bhullarwas a two-time WesternAthletic ConferenceTournament Most ValuablePlayer for New MexicoState University as theyreached the NCAATournament in 2013 and2014. He was undraftedlast June but was broughtinto training camp by theKings before landing inReno. Ranadive, theNBA's first Indian-bornowner, said last Augustwhen the team broughtBhullar into training campthat he believed India was"the next great frontier" forthe league.

Expect a good start to my Indiastint: Hockey coach Van Ass

Agency : NEW DELHIIn his maiden assignment aschief coach, Dutchman Paulvan Ass expects his wardsto give a "good start" to hisstint in the 24th Azlan ShahCup and has said the SardarSingh-led Indian men'shockey team has thecapability of taking on newchallenges. For Van Ass,who took over the reigns ofthe team from AustralianTerry Walsh just threeweeks ago, the Azlan Shah

Cup is his first opportunityto look at the compositionof the Indian side in acompetitive set-up. BesidesAsian Games gold medallistIndia, world championsAustralia, New Zealand,Canada, Korea and hostsMalaysia will fight it out forthe top honours in theprestigious Azlan Shah Cupto be held in Ipoh, Malaysiafrom April 5-12. "This is avery capable team and as aunit they can give a tough time

to the opponents on anygiven day. During theChampions Trophy theyshowcased they are hungryto win and open to take onnewer challenges," Van Asssaid before departing forIpoh later tonight. "This is myfirst assignment and I amexpecting a very good start.In the last few days I havetried to understand eachplayer's way of playing andhave tried to guide them toimprove on certain aspects,"he said. Captain SardarSingh said the team isconfident of displaying agood show in the tournamentunder the new coach. "Theteam is upbeat and confidentunder the new chief coach.In the training sessions he hastaught us to keep working onour strengths. India will opentheir campaign againstKorea on April 5.

IPL 8: Michael Hussey unsureof Chennai Super Kings role

Agency : ChennaiMichael Hussey is happy tobe back at the ChennaiSuper Kings and the 39-year-old Australian is opento performing any role forthe two-time IPL championsin the upcoming edition. "Ihave not really thought aboutit (his role) too much. I needto sit down and have a chatwith MS (captain Dhoni)and Stephen Fleming(coach) about what role theywant me to play. At this ageI just want to play whateverrole that I can help the team,whether at the top or middleor helping the young guys onthe field," said Hussey on hisarrival here today for theIPL beginning April 8.Hussey, who has quitinternational cricket and lastplayed for Australia in 2013,is still as fit as a fiddle. "I am

still training, having beenplaying in the Big Bash backhome. I am fresh and stilltraining with the hope ofdoing well here. I have hada fantastic run in IPL and Ifeel happy to be back in theteam," said Hussey, whowas released by theMumbai Indians. DwayneBravo, who was not part ofthe West Indies World Cupsquad alongside Mumbai'sKieron Pollard, is another

key player for Super Kings.Hussey feels the break forBravo will help the team andsame in Pollard's case."Definitely, they would befresh and will be reallywanting to do well. I thinkthe guys are professionalenough to know what theyneed to do. So Bravowould ready himself to playwell. MS and some othersguys have been playingmore cricket.

ICC PRESIDENT QUITS OVERWORLD CUP TROPHY SNUB

Agency : DHAKAMustafa Kamal resigned aspresident of the InternationalCricket Council onWednesday with anoutspoken attack on theworld governing body afterhe was prevented frompresenting the World Cuptrophy. Kamal accused theICC of behaving "unlawfully"after he was barred frommaking the presentation. Hesaid he was blockedbecause he refused towithdraw an incendiaryallegation of match-fixing.The Bangladeshi national hadsaid after his country's WorldCup quarter-final defeat byIndia that there was "noquality in the umpiring" andsuggested the result had been

"pre-arranged". The claimdrew a sharp rebuke fromICC chief executive DavidRichardson and Kamal latercomplained that he had beendeprived of his "right" as ICCpresident to present thetrophy to the winners,Australia, in Melbourne lastSunday. Instead that honourwent to India'sNarayanaswami Srinivasan,who took over as ICCchairman last year and whowas booed at the ceremony."I resign right at this moment.I am no longer ICCpresident," Kamal toldreporters at the airport inDhaka, where he arrived onWednesday from Singapore."The main reason for myresignation is that I can't

work with those who can actunconstitutionally andunlawfully." The ICCconfirmed that Kamal hadresigned in a letter to theorganisation but said theoutgoing president had cited"personal" reasons and hadnot made any complaintagainst any individual.Kamal's position has beenlargely ceremonial sinceSrinivasan took office asICC chairman last year. OnWednesday he launched anextraordinary attack on theIndian national, calling him"rotten" and "controversial"and suggesting the ICC couldstand for "Indian CricketCouncil". "I feel bad even tomention his name," he said."If that man is in charge ofcricket, how will cricketrun?" Srinivasan was forcedto quit as head of India'scricket board over acorruption inquiry involvinghis son-in-law. He said he hadbeen told he would only beallowed to present thetrophy if he withdrew hisclaim of bias.

Maruti Suzuki eyes another strongyear after record sales in FY 2015

NEW DELHIBuoyed by highest eversales in a fiscal, country'slargest car maker MarutiSuzuki India (MSI) isconfident of tightening itsgrip on the automobilemarket with continued focuson sales and servicenetwork expansion andnew product introductions.The company had postedtotal sales of 12,92,415units in 2014-15, its highestannual sales beatingprevious best in 2010-11when it had sold 12,71,005units. Its domestic sales of11,70,702 units in 2014-15was also its highest ever,better than its previous bestof 11,32,700 units sold in2010-11. "Last fiscal was

definitely a challenging one.When the overall industrygrew by about 4 per centwe grew 11 per cent. Wewere able to do this as wehad focused on key areas ofsales and service networkexpansion besides newproducts," MSI ExecutiveDirector, Marketing &Sales, RS Kalsi. Expressingconfidence of doing betterthan industry growth in thecurrent fiscal, he said thecompany would continuewith activities to get closerto consumers. Theexpectation in the autoindustry is that in 2015-16,car sales could grow around6-8 per cent, althoughindustry body SIAM hasn'tofficially given any forecast.

IBM forges mobile app partnershipwith China Telecom Corp LtdAgency : BEIJING

International BusinessMachines (IBM) has strucka deal with China TelecomCorp Ltd to offer andmanage corporate-grademobile apps, the latest in astring of tie-ups withChinese firms. Under theagreement, state-ownedChina Telecom will host onits servers IBM'sMobileFirst service, whichhelps corporations manageapps for Apple Inc's iPhoneand iPad devices. The twocompanies have not yetdisclosed any customers butwill seek out everything fromlarge, state-ownedenterprises in sectors likebanking and insurance toprivate startups, NancyThomas, a Beijing-basedmanaging partner of globalbusiness services, said in atelephone interview. IBM's

strategy has been to deepenits presence and win favourin China throughpartnerships with local firmsdespite political headwinds.Citing cybersecurityconcerns, the Chinesegovernment recentlyannounced regulations thatencourage state-affiliatedcompanies to procure moretech products from domesticsuppliers and shuninternational vendors.Western business lobbiessay this is an unfair tactic toprotect Chinese companiesor spur technology transfer.IBM Chief ExecutiveVirginia Rometty said in aspeech before business andpolitical elite in Beijing lastweek that the companywould share its technologyand help Chinese companiesto continue doing businessin the country.

Facebook's Riff lets you makevideos with friends cities apart

Agency : New DelhiFacebook has introduced anew application called Riff.A way to create videos withfriends even if they are citiesapart. To start a video youwill have to shoot a clip thatcan go up to 20 seconds anddescribe what it is about thenpost it on Riff. Anyone usingthe application is free towatch the videos but onlyyour friends can add theirclips to it. This unique ideaof creating videos can resultin quite an interesting mash-up of clips. For instance abirthday video can becreated effortlessly by addingnew clips. A few featured

videos like "An American inParis Backstage" and"Adventures of Mr. Banana"are already becoming viralwithin the app. Facebook'sRiff Product Manager JoshMiller says "The potentialpool of creativecollaborators can growexponentially from there, soa short video can become aninventive project betweencircles of friends you canshare to Facebook oranywhere on the Internet."The app is one of manyinitiatives like Paper,Slingshot, Mentions, Roomsand Groups launched byFacebook.

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Tata Power Mundra UMPP supportsthe digitisation of 4 Gram Panchayats

Agency : MundraTata Power’s wholly ownedsubsidiary, Coastal GujaratPower Limited (CGPL), hasalways been committed toimprove the quality of life ofthe community living in andaround its areas ofoperations, thereby aiding allround village development.In line with the Governmentof Gujarat E-Gram Policy,the Company supported theGram Panchayats of MotiKhakhar, Nani Khakhar,Tunda and Mota Kandagaravillages to digitise theirrecords and administrationprocesses. The Governmentof Gujarat has launched anE-Gram Policy with anintent to connect all villagesand talukas with internetfacilities to provide E-services to the variousGram Panchayats of thestate. With an aim toprovide and develop the

infrastructure for digitisationTata Power identified thesoftware from InfogramSoftware Pvt. Ltd., whichis certified by theGovernment of Gujarat. Thedigistisation programme wasimplemented in the fourGram Panchayats includingMoti Khakhar, NaniKhakhar, Tunda and MotaKandagara. The success ofthis initiative is a result ofvibrant partnership between

panchayat and CGPL.Speaking on the initiative,Mr K K Sharma, ED andCEO – CGPL, said, “Thewelfare of the community isat the heart of Tata Power’soperations. By supportingthe digitisation process ofthe four Gram Panchayatswe aim that the communityis able take advantage of allthe progressive schemesprovided by the GujaratGovernment.

Shapath V – The tallest building in Ahmedabad,but height is not its only unique feature

Sunvilla News, AhmedabadA 70 meter high commercialbuilding Shapath V isAhmedabad’s tallestbuilding. But this 19storeyed building on SGHighway built by Savvygroup is not just known forits height. There are someother features that havemade this building aremarkable one. Shapath Vhas been constructed usinggreen building norms. It hasbeen built using fly ashbricks. It has been built bykeeping top soilconservation in mind.Flushed water goes to watertreatment plant where wastewater is reused to greatextent for purposes otherthan requirement of potablewater. It is the first one inthe state to get LEEDGOLD rating from theIndian Green BuildingCouncil (IGBC) for all thegreen features it has.Shapath V has its own

sewage treatment plant.Those hiring offices in thisbuilding are guaranteed30% lower electricity bills.Since two and half years ofexistence this has beenrealized. It is thanks toavailability of naturallight(maximum windows onnorth side, minimumopening in south facade)and chilled water basedHVAC system plus HeatRecovery Plant. Shapath Vhas 100 solar panels over itstop having capacity of

15,000 liter hot watereveryday. Shapath V has2.75 m speed elevatorwhich is the fastest inAhmedabad. Shapath V hascensor based pressurizedstaircase area which meanswhenever there’s an incidentof fire, the censors identifythe trouble and release airwith pressure to keep fireaway from staircase and liftareas. The building hassystem that prevents spreadof fire from one floor toanother floor.

Wrong classification of forest land caused Rs58.64 cr benefit to Adani company: CAG report

Sunvilla News, GandhinagarThe Comptroller & AuditorGeneral of India (CAG), inits report tabled in GujaratAssembly on Tuesday, hasfound that incorrectclassification of forest landin Kutch by the Gujaratgovernment led to unduefinancial benefit to the tuneof Rs 58.64 crore toGautam Adani-promotedMundra Port and SpecialEconomic Zone Limited(MPSEZL) in 2008-09.CAG had reported thematter to the government inMay 2014, though its reply

was awaited by the CAG.The issue pertains to twopieces of forest landmeasuring 1,840 hectareand 168.42 hectare inMundra and Dhrub villagesof Kutch district,respectively. As per details,the Union Ministry ofEnvironment and Forests(MoEF) had, based on aJuly 1999 proposal from theForests and EnvironmentDepartment of Governmentof Gujarat (GoG), grantedin-principle approval fordiversion of the two piecesof land to Adani Chemicals

Limited (ACL) for settingup a solar salt project andsalt washery in May 2004.The ACL, however, CAGreports, “…sought(September 2007) thepermission of the MoEFthrough the GoG for usingthe forest land to develop aterminal and solid bulk cargohandling facilities at Mundraport in the name ofMPSEZL on the plea ofchanging businessenvironment andopportunities.” While thedecision of MoEF in thisregard was awaited, onMarch 28, 2008, theSupreme Court in itsjudgment classified forestsof India into six ecologicalclasses and fixed rates of thenet present value (NPV) tobe recovered from any useragency for diversion offorest land for non-forestpurposes.

There should not be any observationwhile deciding Kodnani’s appeal: SIT

Sunvilla News, AhmedabadThe SC-appointed SITWednesday told the GujaratHC that if it takes a decisionon the appeal of formerminister Maya Kodnani,challenging the order of trialcourt that sentenced her tolife imprisonment first,before other similarpetitions, it should not makeany observations as it maybe taken as a precedent inother connected matters.SIT counsel Prashant Desaitold this orally before thedivision bench, headed byjustice Ravi R Tripathi. Thequestion of decidingKodnani’s petition firstbefore hearing otherconnected appeals aroseafter her lawyer, senior

counsel Nirupam Nanavati,finished his arguments.“Normally in appeals wherethere are connected matters,having common evidence,are heard together.However, as far as decidingKodnani’s case first isconcerned, the lordshipshould not make anyobservation,” Desai said.Following this, JusticeTripathi said, “We will doso.” Desai also said thatappeals have been filed byall the 30 other convicts,including Bajrang Dal leaderBabu Bajrangi and there areother appeals such asenhancement of sentenceand appeal against fivepersons who wereacquitted by the trial court.

1500 villages under scanner for Lion census beginning from May 2Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad

The much awaited AsiaticLion census, covering oneof the biggest ever area inits census will cover over1500 villages around thesanctuary. The nine monthlong exercise which begansince June last year hasrevealed that the lions havefound new homes in around1500 villages in eightdistricts. The 2010 censushas revealed a count of 411.According to officials thebiggest challenge will be tohave the exact count outsidethe sanctuary as the spreadwas in too vast areaespecially outside thesanctuary.

The officials saidthat according to officialswithin the sanctuary thereare beats which will be usedfor the counting but outsidethe sanctuary there arearound 623 clusters wherethe lions presence have been

noticed on every alternativeday or almost daily. Theofficials said that theseclusters are an area whichcomprised of two to tenvillages. The ChiefConservator of Forest Dr A

P Singh said that the censuswill be conducted in twophases the primary countwill be held on May 2 and3, while the final count willbe held on May 4 and 5."This year the number of

people applying to be partof the census volunteers somuch that the officials haveformed a special scrutinycommittee to select thevolunteers for the count," hesaid. He said that 2015

census was in one of largestarea where the census isconducted by the forestdepartment. The officialssaid that this would be thefirst census where the countwill be taken up in eightdistrict including Junagadh,Porbandar, Amreli, Gir-Somnath, Bhavnagar,Botad, Rajkot andJamnagar. The officials saidthat the 2010 census hadrevealed that there were lessthan 100 lions outside thesanctuary but this timeaccording to experts thenumber has almost doubled.The officials said that theofficials have even asked thevillage sarpanch and theirvolunteers in the villages tokeep a close eye on themovement of the lions. If thelion did not exist in theirvillage and if suddenly theyspot the big cat, they shouldinform the officialsimmediately.

On an average lion leopard kill 12 cattles in a dayOn an average around 12cattles including buffalos andcows have been killed dailyby the Asiatic Lionand Leopard inJunagadh, GirSomnath and Amrelidistrict. In the lasttwo years, the bigscats have killed8,161 cattles ofwhich around 68 percent of the kill was bythe Asiatic Lions,who have venturedout of the Gir Forest andhave made the nearby areasas their permanent homes.The state government in replyto the question of Visavadar

MLA Harshad Ribadiya hasin the two years fromFebruary 1, 2013 to January

31, 2014 there were 2862killings of cattle by Lion,while the same by leopardwas 1694. Similarly fromFebruary 1, 2014 to January

31, 2015 there were 2688killings of cattle by Lion,while the same by leopard

was 917. Thestate governmentfurther said theattacks on cattleby Lions wasmore in Amreliand Gir Somnatharea. Accordingto the figuresgiven in theassembly, of the5550 killings by

Lions in two years, 2318around 41 per cent killingwere in Amreli, while another37 per cent were in reportedfrom Gir Somnath.

New Ankleshwar airportmay bag 10% of air cargo

Sunvilla News, AhmedabadThe Gujarat governmentalong with Gujarat StateAviation InfrastructureCompany (GUJSAIL) isdeveloping an airstrip atAnkleshwar to develop amaintenance repair andoverhaul (MRO) hub and aircargo facility there. Throughthe cargo airport, thegovernment aims to handle10% of the country's 2.95lakh metric tons of air cargo.Speaking on the sidelines ofthe inauguration of GujaratAero Conclave 2015 hereon Wednesday, Baman

Mehta, CEO, Darashawand Co Pvt Ltd said, "In thefirst phase, the MRO hubwill be ready in the next twoyears. In the second phase,the airport will be set upwhich will focus on cargohandling. We are targeting10% of the air cargo of thecountry from Ankleshwarairport." Mumbai-basedDarashaw and Co Pvt Ltdis handling the AnkleshwarMRO and greenfield airportproject, which is beingdeveloped in public-privatepartnership (PPP) mode.The proposed facility at

Ankleshwar shall compriseof MRO hangars, which willinitially accommodate twolarge frame aircraft, threesmall frame aircraft andadditional facilities forhelicopter maintenance. Thiswill be supported byworkshops, tools andstorage areas. Skilledmanpower will beoutsourced according torequirements. TheAnkleshwar MRO willserve Vadodara, Surat,Mumbai, Ahmedabad andIndore airports.

HC issues contempt notice overNandasan temple not being razed

Sunvilla News, AhmedabadGujarat high court issued acontempt of court notice toMehsana district authoritiesfor not following orders to

pull down a temple atNandasan town, which wasbeing constructed illegallyon grazing land. A bench ofJustice Akil Kureshi andJustice J B Pardiwala askedthe officials to explain theiract of ignoring the courtorder from August last year.This happened after theoriginal petitioner, VishnuRaval, brought it to thecourt's notice that neitherthe authorities nor thoseinvolved in the constructionhad moved the SupremeCourt, but the districtpanchayat president citedan appeal in the apex courtand ordered a stay on thedemolition ordered by theHC. Raval's lawyer, RajeshShah, demanded actionagainst those responsiblefor not implementing thecourt's order on the basisof an alleged blatant lie in

the name of pendency in theSC. The HC sought a replyto this by April 24. InNandasan village of Kadiblock, a temple was comingup on a 2,280-squaremetre plot of grazing landsince 2009. The HCintervened in response to aPIL by Raval, whocomplained against theillegal construction andagainst the authoritiesturning a blind eye to itdespite various complaintsbeing made in this regard.The HC ordered the villagepanchayat to remove thetemple from the gaucharland and showed graveconcern.

Court lifts stay on Lakhota lakebeautification in Jamnagar

Sunvilla News, AhmedabadGujarat high court onWednesday gave the greensignal to the beautificationproject for Jamnagar'sfamous Lakhota Lake bydismissing two public interestlitigations which tookexception to the civic body'sproject on the grounds thatgreen laws were ignored. Abench headed by ActingChief Justice V M Sahaidismissed the PILs and liftedthe stay granted in Augustlast year. The stay wasgranted after IndianNational Trust for Art andCultural Heritage(INTACH) and LakhotaNature Club raisedobjections to the proposeddevelopment project, whichis on the lines ofAhmedabad's Kankarialake. It was argued that theconstruction and creation ofamusement park around the

lack would disturb thetranquility and create animbalance in theenvironment. The petitionsclaimed that birds likeflamingoes, pelicans, seagulls, storks throng the lake,which has become the partof the city's identity fortourists and bird lovers. Theproposed project would notonly disturb the environment,but the plan to put up gateswould snatch away the placefrom locals. This is becauseof the proposal to introducea fee for visitors. Whilegranting the stay, a bench of

Justice Akil Kureshi andJustice J B Pardiwala hadquestioned whether the civicbody had carried out animpact assessment for theproject. The court also askedif the local ecology wasdamaged, how would thecivic body compensate for it.The HC had even pulled upthe civic body for not gettingclearance from the Unionenvironment ministry.However, with the lifting ofthe stay, Jamnagar MunicipalCorporation is free to goahead with its beautificationproject.