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in J&KAgency, Jammu, May 12

Two persons were today arrested in connection with alleged smuggling of illicit liquor in Jam-mu district, police said. A police team laid a sur-prise checkpoint at Khour Bazar in Akhnoor belt of the district and intercept-ed two pedestrian Kamal Kishore and Nikka Singh today, a police official said. During their search, they recovered 214 bot-tles of illicit country made liquor, he said. Both of them were arrested, he said, adding that a case has been registered in this connection and investiga-tion of the case is on.

Lal Singh enquires about injured per-

sons at GMC hospital

Agency, Jammu, May 12Jammu and Kashmir Health Minister Lal Singh today enquired about the health of the injured 52 passengers admitted at a Government hospital here following an accident in which 24 people were killed in Udhampur district and assured best possible treatment. He visited Government Medical College hospital here and directed the hospital administration to provide best possible treatment to the injured. The minister was accompanied by Director of Health Services, Jammu Dr Baljeet Singh Pathania, Mission Director National Health Mission Dr Yash Pal Sharma, besides Chief Medical Officer.Emergency response cells to counter cy-

ber attacksAgency, New Delhi, May 12The defence services have set up cyber emer-gency response teams to prevent and react to cyber attacks, govern-ment told the Rajya Sabha today against the backdrop of hacking of the defence accounts website. Defence Min-ister Manohar Parrikar said in a written reply that to protect important and confidential data from cyber attacks, the operational networks of the armed forces are “air gapped” from the internet. He also said safeguards have been instituted in the form of audits and physical checks.

Agency : Kathmandu A powerful earthquake jolted mountainous Nepal on Tuesday, killing 42 people, bringing down buildings and triggering landslide less than three weeks after a devastating temblor left

a swathe of destruction in the Himalayan nation. Hundreds of terrified people rushed out of their homes and buildings toppled as the 7.3-magnitude earthquake, centred 68km west of the town of Namche Bazaar

near Mount Everest, sent ripples in India all the way from the border states of Bihar and West Bengal to Gujarat and Delhi. At least 17 people died in India in the fresh quake. “I was taking my afternoon nap after lunch and somehow managed to rush out with my baby. My house is safe but I am afraid to go inside,” said Bimala Magar, a resident of Kathmandu’s Dhumbarahi. More than 1,000 people were injured as the quake flattened buildings in Kathmandu

and other parts of Nepal already weakened by the 7.9-magnitude April 25 earthquake. The fresh tremors, which lasted nearly a minute, came just as residents of Kathmandu and other districts were picking up the pieces after last month’s quake that killed about 8,000 people and uprooted millions. Rescue helicopters were sent to districts northeast of Kathmandu, where landslides and buildings, collapsed by Tuesday’s quake, may have left people

and Dolkha districts as the hardest hit. Many people were still seen grouped together on roads and

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buried, the government said. Home ministry spokesman Laxmi Dhakal named Sindhupalchok

open spaces more than three hours after the quake which was followed by at least eight powerful aftershocks. Parents were seen clutching children tightly and hundreds frantically tried to call relatives on their mobile phones. Shopkeepers closed their shops and the streets were jammed with people rushing to check on their families.

Delhi and NCR witnessed fresh tremors today after a 7.4 earthquake rattled the Nepal border.

Delhi Policeman Allegedly Dozes Off While Driving, Runs Over Three Women

Agency : New DelhiA sub-inspector of Del-hi Police allegedly ran over three women near south Delhi’s Badarpur flyover around 9.30 am today. Sub-inspector Ri-shi Pal, 59, who was al-legedly driving his own private car, has been ar-rested for causing death by negligence. The po-liceman, who was posted at the police headquar-ters in ITO, was on way home after a night shift. He had apparently dozed off at the wheels when the car hit the women -- sanitation workers who were sweeping the streets -- said police sources. Eye-witnesses say the policeman did not run from the spot. He stopped the car, fol-lowing which a large crowd gathered. One of the women had died on the spot. The two injured women were taken to the hospital, where they died. In another outrage

yesterday, a Delhi po-liceman, Head Consta-ble Satish Chandra, was caught on camera at-tacking a woman with a

brick in broad daylight. The woman was driving home in a two wheel-er with her children. The police man, Satish Chand, had flagged her down after she alleged-ly jumped a traffic sig-nal. The women said she agreed to pay a fine later, since she was in a hurry, but the policemen demanded a bribe and when she refused to pay, kicked her two-wheeler. She retaliated, throwing

a stone at his bike. A mo-bile phone clip record-ed by a passerby shows the woman picking up a brick and hurling it at the policeman’s bike. The policeman is seen striking right back with another brick, which hits the woman on her back. He allegedly also twist-ed her arm. Satish Chan-dra was later dismissed from service and a case was registered against him.

Rahul attacks Modi govt on land bill, threatens street protests

Agency : New DelhiAn aggressive Rahul Gandhi tore into the government in Parliament over a contentious land acquisition bill on Tuesday, threatening to take the protests to the streets if the NDA didn’t listen to Opposition demands of scrapping the “anti-poor” legislation. The Congress vice-president attacked the Modi government for killing

“farmer-friendly” clauses in an UPA-era bill, pointing out the finance ministry had admitted only eight out of 100 projects were stalled due to lack of land. “We will take to the streets if you go ahead with the new bill. This ‘suit-boot ka kaam’ will not go on. I was told that robbers come in at midnight, silently jump through the window... but the biggest thieves come

during the day... and they come wearing a suit,” the 44-year-old said in the Lok Sabha. Gandhi also told the Lok Sabha the government was keen on acquiring land in areas that are high in real estate value. “Land is not acquired in Bundelkand or Rajasthan. They want places near cities, near Noida. There’s gold under your feet and these people (govt) want to steal it from you.” The Amethi MP has been at the forefront of the Congress charge against NDA’S land bill after coming back from a nearly two-month-long sabbatical and has repeatedly painted the Modi government as an “anti-farmer” regime in favour of big industrialists.

Consumer Inflation in April Eases to 4-Month Low

Agency : New Delhi Consumer price inflation eased to a four-month low of 4.87 per cent in April on slower annual increases in food costs, government data showed on Tuesday. The data compares to March’s up-wardly revised 5.25 per cent. A Reuters poll of economists had expect-ed inflation based on the consumer price index (CPI) to come in at 4.9 per cent. “The larger mes-

sage is the trend of falling inflation would continue. “Bond yields are unlikely to react. The reason for RBI’s pause after two rate cuts this year is a possible hike in rates by US Feder-

al Reserve,” R Sivakumar, head, Fixed Income, Axis Asset Management said. Consumer food price in-flation dropped to 5.11 per cent last month from 6.14 per cent in March.

Nepal earthquake kills 12 in Bi-har, sparks panic across India

Agency : PatnaBuildings tottered and throngs of anxious people spilled into the streets as large parts of northern and eastern India convulsed when a massive earth-quake and a series of af-tershocks hit neighbouring Nepal on Tuesday. At least 12 people were killed and several injured in Bihar, while authorities said the casualty figure could rise as reports were trickling in from various districts.

The state government an-nounced a 48-hour alert and chief minister Nitish Kumar called a crisis man-agement meeting, while a dozen students were re-portedly hurt when their school building caved in Darbhanga district. The union home ministry said it was in constant touch with states following the 7.3-magnitude temblor while teams of the Nation-al Disaster Response Force (NDRF) were on alert.

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Govt blinks in tax tussle with foreign investors

The revenue department will not act on demands for minimum alternate tax (MAT) it has already slapped on foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) nor will it make any fresh MAT claims, the government said on Mon-day, offering relief to FPIs in an ongoing dispute that has rattled the markets. The embargo will pre-vail until a committee headed by Law Commission chairman A.P. Shah submits its report to the govern-ment on the applicability of MAT on foreign inves-tors, an official circular issued by the tax department said. Not only will this provide a respite to FPIs and long-term investors like private equity and venture capital funds, it also signals a climbdown by the rev-enue department. The instruction follows finance minister Arun Jaitley’s statement last week in the Rajya Sabha, where he announced the setting up of a committee under Shah, a former Delhi high court chief justice, to look into so-called legacy cases in-herited by the National Democratic Alliance govern-ment from its predecessor. The central board of di-rect taxes, in its circular, said the panel constituted by the finance minister is expected to submit its report expeditiously. “In the light of FM’s announcement, officers dealing with International Taxes have been advised that no coercive action be taken for recovery of demand already raised by invoking provisions of MAT in the cases for foreign companies. Issues of fresh notices for reopening of cases as also comple-tion of assessment should also be put on hold unless the case is getting barred by limitation,” the circular said. On Monday, the BSE Sensex jumped 1.5% to 27,507.30 at the close after gaining 1.9% on Friday, having earlier erased all its year-to-date gains over MAT worries and concerns about corporate earnings. “A lot of FIIs who have not received notices so far have been quite concerned and anxious to know if and when they will receive a notice and how they should approach the matter given the uncer-tainty on the MAT issue,” said Rajesh H. Gandhi, a partner at Deloitte Haskins and Sells Llp. “FIIs should therefore be relieved to know that no fur-ther notices will be issued till the committee issues its report,” he added. The income tax department had started issuing notices to foreign investors for levy of MAT on capital gains accruing to them from sale of shares, citing a August 2012 order by the Authority for Advance Rulings in the case of Castleton Investment Ltd that MAT is applicable on both domestic and foreign companies. MAT is a tax levied on profit-making entities that don’t pay corporate income tax because of exemptions and incentives. Foreign investors opposed these notic-es, arguing that MAT can be levied on book profits of companies and that they do not maintain book of profits in India.

“...Modi should no longer visit the disputed border region in pursuit of his own political in-terests, nor should he deliver any remarks that infringe on the consensus on bilateral ties. Meanwhile, the Indian government should completely stop supporting the Dalai Lama, and stop making the Tibetan issue a stumbling block to the Sino-Indian relationship”

- A caustic Chinese state media article said on Tuesday.

Piku and ‘Baba’ Make Rs 29 Cr in Four Days

Agency : Srinagar After getting relief from the Bombay High Court in the 2002 hit-and-run case, Bollywood super-star Salman Khan arrived here to resume shooting for his upcoming movie “Bajrangi Bhaijaan” in Sonamarg, Jammu and Kashmir’s picturesque hill station. Salman, 49, was sentenced to five years in prison for run-ning over a man sleeping

on a pavement in Mum-bai. Just hours later, the Bombay High Court gave the actor two-day interim bail. Eventually, the high court suspended the sentence itself. Sources in the film unit that arrived in Sonamarg a day earli-er said the superstar will shoot at the hill station for the next five days. “If weather doesn’t behave, the shooting schedule

can be extended beyond Sunday (May 17)”, the source said. Meanwhile, the film’s director Kabir Khan tweeted: “@Being-SalmanKhan is back in Kashmir... last 5 days of shooting left for #Bajran-giBhaijaan.” Salman last month shot sequences for the film in Pahalgam, 89 km south of here, before he was convicted in the hit and run case and sen-tenced by the court.

Ranbir Kapoor’s Bombay Velvet Gets U/A Certificate

Catherine Tresa replaces Trisha

Agency : Chennai After Trisha walking out of Selvaraghavan’s movie with Simbhu its time for Catherine Tresa the Idda-rammayilatho fame hot actress to join this new shoot. This madras girl was now confirmed as heroine for Selva - Simbu movie as per our strong sources says. Though Sel-va wanted a new Bombay girl for this he got im-

pressed after seeing Ma-dras Dvd and got to rope her in the next movie. Some of the sources said Varun Manian is no more funding this project at all and also new produc-ers are jumping in to this venture. This movie is a action adventure also has Tapsee in another female lead role. Yuvan Shankar Raja is composing music for this movie.

Nayanthara being considered for Chiranjeevi’s 150th film

Indian connect gives NRI talent ticket to Bollywood: Evelyn Sharma

Agency : New DelhiActress Evelyn Sharma, who is of Indian and Ger-man origin, believes NRI artists get recognised in Bollywood due to their “In-dian connect” rather than the tag of being ‘outsiders’. Born to a Punjabi father and German mother, Eve-lyn, who will next be seen as a “simple Indian girl” from Himachal Pradesh in ‘Ishqedarriyaan’, refuses to describe NRI talent as “niche actors”. “Katrina Kaif, Jacqueline Fernan-dez, Sunny Leone and Nargis Fakhri, myself have found a place in Bollywood because of our Indian con-

nect rather than the fact that we have grown up abroad,” she said. She says start-ing out in Bollywood by playing an NRI in ‘From Sydney With Love’ was “the easiest” as it “comes naturally” to her. But she does not feel “glamorous” is the right way to describe her on screen characters.

The ‘Kuch Kuch Locha Hai’ actress has also never shied away from exposing on screen -- whether it was donning a bikini in the song “Sunny sunny” from the 2014 film “Yaariyan” or her “sexy” role as Lara in “Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani”. But in real life, Evelyn calls herself a “simple girl”.

Agency : MumbaiThe Revising Commit-tee of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has granted a U/A certificate to Anurag Kashyap’s Bombay Vel-vet, starring Ranbir Ka-poor and Anushka Shar-ma. Accordingly, the film can be seen by viewers of all ages but it comes with parental guidance for chil-dren below 12 years of

age. Earlier, the film was certified ‘A’ by the CBFC, following which Anurag approached the Revising Committee as he did not consider the period dra-ma was an “adult film”. He had immense faith that the committee would give the film correct certi-fication. The film is a ro-mantic thriller, set against the backdrop of the 1960s Bombay. The film has

Ranbir playing the role of an angry, young lov-er Johnny Balraj and Anushka playing the role of a Jazz singer Ros-ie Noronha. It also stars Karan Johar as a Parsi me-dia mogul Kaizad Kham-bata. The film, which is co-produced by Vikrama-ditya Motwane and Vikas Bahl of Phantom Films and Fox Star Studios, will release on May 15.

Nargis Fakhri to play Sangeeta Bijlani?

Agency : New Delhi‘Rockstar’ stunner Nargis Fakhri was last seen in Var-un Dhawan starrer ‘Main

Tera Hero’ along with Ileana D’Cruz. The leggy lass has often been spotted at vari-ous fashion duos and spe-

cial movie screenings too. After sizzling up Instagram with her hot pictures, latest reports suggest that Nargis might be seen playing actress Sangeeta Bijalni’s role in former cricketer Mohammed Azharuddin biopic. Reports further indicate that although nothing has been finalised as yet, but Nargis is seen as a possible fit for this role. The film will see Emraan Hashmi enact Azhar’s role on-screen with Prach Desai playing his first wife. Earlier, Kareena Kapoor Khan’s name was floating around for playing Sangeeta on reel.

Agency : New DelhiDirector Shoojit Sircar’s Piku is going full steam ahead at the box office with Monday’s takings bringing its collections up past Rs 29 crores in four days. Piku, which is the story of a Delhi-based ar-chitect, played by Deepi-

ka, and her hypochondriac father, played by Amitabh Bachchan, started slow with an opening day earn-ing of Rs 5 crore on May 8. However, revenues gathered pace and the film made Rs 19.9 crores over the weekend. Piku has also won over the inter-

national box office, mint-ing nearly Rs 14 crores in the opening weekend. Reviews of the film have praised Juhi Chaturvedi’s writing, Shoojit Sircar’s directing and the perfor-mances of the main actors - Deepika, Mr Bachchan and Irrfan Khan.

Agency : Chennai Leading southern actress Nayanthara is under con-sideration for upcoming yet untitled Telugu come-back film of megastar Chiranjeevi, who is one movie short of reaching a milestone in his career. Chiranjeevi has so far starred in 149 films in his career. “A few heroines have been shortlisted, and

out of those, Nayanthara is the strongest contend-er to play Chiranjeevi’s heroine. The makers are shortly expected to take a final call on the decision,” While the actress was un-available for comment, the source added that since Chiranjeevi and Nayan-thara haven’t worked before, the makers have expressed interest in this

pairing. To be directed by Puri Jagannadh, the film will be produced by Chi-ranjeevi’s son Ram Cha-ran and will have story by B.V.S. Ravi. The project will be launched on Chi-ranjeevi’s birthday on Au-gust 22, and is expected to go on floors in September. It’s likely to hit the screens during Sankranti festival in 2016.

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Why did Pakistan drop to No. 6 in Tests?

Central Bank of India Q4 net profit rises by 7 per cent to Rs 174 crore

Agency : DhakaFifth-ranked England and sixth-ranked Paki-stan have slipped down the ladder after dropping five points apiece fol-lowing the annual update of the Reliance ICC Test Team Rankings. The drop in the ranking can be owed to major series wins which were not included in the annual update. England’s 4-0 win over India and Pakistan’s 3-0 clean

sweep over England among other results in 2011-12 have not been added in the calculation. In the annual update, re-sults from series played during 2011-12 have not been considered and the outcome from the 2013-14 series have been weighted at 50 per cent. South Africa is leading the rankings with an ex-tended advantage over Australia from six points to 22 points. Its previous

lead has increased by a further 16 points ow-ing to Hashim Amla’s side gaining six points and Australia dropping 10 points. There was a close call in the middle of the pack, with just three rankings points separating third-ranked New Zealand from sev-enth-ranked Sri Lanka. Prior to the annual up-date, the gap between the third and seventh ranked sides was seven points.

Govt gets tough on NJAC case, tells SC collegium can never be revived

Agency : New DelhiThe government’s aggres-sive stand during hearings in the Supreme Court on the constitutional validi-ty of the National Judicial Appointments Commis-sion (NJAC) will effec-tively ensure that even if the bench strikes down the law, the old collegium sys-tem will not be revived.The NJAC law, passed in 2014 by both Houses of Parliament almost with

dissent, and by 20 states assemblies subsequently, clearly represents the over-whelming will of the peo-ple of India. This does not mean the court can’t strike it down on grounds of un-constitutionality, but it will certainly make the collegi-um system of appointing judges impossible to de-fend or revive. The colle-gium system came into be-ing in the 1990s when the Supreme Court decided in

two cases that judges will appoint themselves — un-heard of in most parts of the world — and giving the executive almost no say in the business. This was not the mandate of the original Article 124 of the Consti-tution on the appointment of judges, which said that the President will appoint judges after consultations with the Chief Justice and any other judge he may want to. That the judicia-ry does not like the NJAC has been apparent from the start. First, the petitioners forced Justice AR Dave to recuse himself from the bench as he would have been part of the NJAC by law. This was followed by the CJI, HL Dattu, also re-fusing to join the commit-tee to pick eminent persons to join the NJAC.

Warner and Henriques show the other Aussies how it’s done in IPL 8

Lee Alan Johnson new head coach for India under-19 football teamAgency : New Delhi

Englishman Lee Alan Johnson has been roped in as the Head Coach of India’s U-19 football team, the All India Foot-ball Federation (AIFF) said on Tuesday. Besides man-aging the U-19 team, 34-year-old Johnson will act as the Head Scout for the national side and will also perform the role of Assistant Coach of the senior team. “Lee’s (Johnson) presence will immensely boost player development programme in India,” said India’s na-tional team chief coach Stephen Constantine. “Lee brings a whole lot of valuable commodi-ties with him. What we

require is a full under-standing of how young players need to learn. Lee has been fortunate enough to work for two big clubs in England and has also had the opportu-nity to witness top foot-ball coaches in action,” he said. “In addition to his

duties as U-19 national coach, he will also be the national team scout and the assistant coach of the national team. We have worked together in Rwanda and have known each other for the last three or more years and his value addition will be immense.”

Agency : HyderabadWhile most of the Austra-lian players in IPL 8 have struggled, there are two significant exceptions: David Warner and Mois-es Henriques of Sunrisers Hyderabad. It should be no surprise that SRH are chal-lenging for a playoff spot as a result.Warner was appointed captain of Sunrisers this season and the responsi-bility has so far sat well on his shoulders. He has been brilliant with his bat-ting, his fielding and his captaincy. While some of his Australia team-mates suffer from a World Cup hangover, Warner has somehow managed to maintain his intensity

through a long IPL season. As for Henriques, he has brought some much need-ed balance to Hyderabad. He has strengthened the batting and provided a use-ful bowling option as well.Against Kings XI Punjab on Tuesday, it was the pair of Warner and Henriques that led them to victory. Opting to bat first, Warner

provided a strong platform by scoring a well-paced 81 off 52 balls. Henriques joined his captain in the seventh over after Shikhar Dhawan was out and made a brisk 24 off 18 balls as the pair added 65 from 7.3 overs. It was the highest partnership of the innings and helped set up Sunris-ers’ total of 185.

Shah Rukh Khan Won’t be Allowed in Wankhede for Kolkata Knight Riders vs Mumbai Indians

Agency : MumbaiFor the third year running after the ruckus he had cre-ated in 2012, Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan will not be allowed to witness the key Indian Premier League (IPL) 2015 cricket contest between his team, the Kolkata Knight Riders and home team Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium on May 14. “No, he will not be allowed as the ban continues,” said an official of the Mum-bai Cricket Association, which banned him for five years from entering their premises, including the Wankhede Stadium, after the actor was involved in an ugly skirmish with se-curity staff and officials of Mumbai Cricket Asso-ciation (MCA) following KKR’s victory over MI on

May 16, 2012 at the stadi-um. Last year MCA was willing to lift the ban on the actor temporarily in or-der to host the June 2 final before it was taken away and allotted to Bengaluru by the Cricket Board. On May 16 this year, how-ever, SRK will be able to witness defending cham-pions KKR, of which he is the co-owner, taking on Rajasthan Royals at

the Brabourne Stadium here which is owned by another BCCI affiliate - Cricket Club of India - and is just a stone’s throw away from the Wankhede Stadium.CCI has been al-lotted the last three home games of the Royals this season. The 2008 cham-pions had played their first four home games at the Motera Stadium in Ahmedabad.

Agency : New DelhiState-owned Central Bank of IndiaBSE -2.06 % has registered a rise of 7.3 per cent in its net profit to Rs 174.29 crore for the quarter ended March 31. The bank had posted a net profit of Rs 162.44 crore in the cor-responding period last year. Total income in the March quarter increased

to Rs 7,321.50 crore from Rs 6,961.67 crore in the quarter ended March 31, 2014, Central Bank of In-dia said in a filing to BSE today. On asset quality, bank’s gross non-per-forming assets (NPAs) or bad loans were trimmed to 6.09 per cent of gross advances in the fourth quarter, down from 6.27 per cent in previous fis-

cal. Net NPAs too came down to 3.61 per cent of net advances during the fourth quarter from 3.75 per cent year ago. For the full year, the bank earned a net profit of Rs 606.45 crore compared with a loss of Rs 1,262.84 crore in the previous fiscal. To-tal annual income in the period under review in-creased to Rs 28,303.01 crore from Rs 26,350.13 crore, it said. Central Bank of India shares trad-ed at Rs 110.60 apiece on the BSE, down 0.98 per cent.

Mahindra XUV500 Facelift To Launch on 25th May

Agency : New DelhiThe cheetah inspired SUV, which first made headlines in September 2011, will be launched in the facelift avatar soon. Mahindra will launch the facelift of the XUV500 on the 25th of May. The changes to the car will be strictly cosmetic. The front of the new XUV500 will boast of a new head-lamp cluster and an S-shaped LED day time running lights (much like the ones we saw on the Scorpio), which will add a bit of fierceness to the car. Up front it’ll also get ‘L-shaped’ chrome-fin-

ished fog lamp enclo-sures which complete the changes made to the front. The car also comes with a new alloy wheel pattern while the rear of the XUV500 will get a chrome-garnished reg-istration plate enclosure and a differently designed rear door too. The interi-ors of the facelift version will see no changes and they will be carried for-ward from the current model. Mahindra though will add some new co-lours to the palette to make the look and feel on the inside a bit more up-market.

Indian Railways schedules now on Google MapsAgency : New Delhi

Google on Tuesday an-nounced the addition of In-dian Railways schedules as well as updated information about public transport in eight Indian cities to Goo-gle Transit. This update will now allow people to access information about 12,000 trains, as well as updated details for bus and metro routes from Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hy-derabad, Kolkata, Mumbai,

Delhi and Pune, a compa-ny statement said. Google Transit is a feature in Google Maps, which helps people plan public transport trips quickly and easily. “Google Transit is part of our effort to make Google Maps more comprehensive, accurate

and useful for millions of people around the world who take buses, trains, met-ros or trams to their next destination,” Suren Ruhela, director, programme man-agement, Google Maps said. “We hope that the addition of the Indian Rail-ways schedules pan-India and updated information for eight cities to Google Tran-sit in India will make it a little easier to plan your next trip,” he added.

WhatsApp calls may not be as cost-effective as you first thought

Agency : New DelhiA new research has re-vealed that WhatsApp voice calling could be costing you a small for-tune . WhatsApp calls, which require a mobile or Wi-Fi internet con-nection, allows users to make free phone calls to WhatsApp contacts, wherever they are in the world, the Daily Express reported. The Android

Pit test has revealed that WhatsApp voice callings, which have been avail-able on Android since the start of the year but were only recently added to the iPhone app, uses 1.3Mb of data per min-ute. Chatting away at a rate of 1.3Mb of data per minute will burn through a 500MB monthly data plan in just 6 hors, which is equal to 11 minute of call-time per day. How-ever, by contrast, instant messaging and Voice over IP app Viber claims to use 240Kb per minute during phone calls.

Aditya Birla buys Jubilant Ind’s retail biz in a all cash deal

Agency : New DelhiIn yet another consol-idation exercise in the domestic retail sector, Aditya Birla Retail Ltd (ABRL) today acquired Jubilant Industries’ hy-permarket business in a slump sale all cash deal. The deal amount was not specified. This is the third consolidation announce-ment in the retail sector within a fortnight. Ear-lier this month, Aditya Birla Group merged its apparel businesses into a Rs 5,290 crore enti-ty named Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail. A day after Aditya Birla’s merger announcement, Kishore Biyani-led Fu-ture Group said it will

take control of Bhar-ti Retail in a multi-tier all-stock deal worth Rs 750 crore to create a Rs 15,000-crore behemoth. In a BSE filing, Jubilant Industries said Aditya Birla will acquire “four hypermarket stores in Bengaluru, India, along with certain specified assets and liabilities, including dedicated employees, contracts, licences, permits, con-sents and approvals re-lated to Jubilant Agri and Consumer Products Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Jubilant Industries”. Jubilant’s hypermarket ‘Total Su-perstore business’ has an aggregate retail foot-print of 2.87 lakh sq. Ft.

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Correspondent, RajakotA day after declaring re-sults of the lion census 2015, Chief Minister Anandiben Patel went on a safari in the famous Gir National Park and Wild-

life Sanctuary (GNPWS) to watch Asiatic lions in their only natural habitat in the world on Monday. The CM went on safari early in the morning with Forests and Environment Minister Mangubhai Pa-tel, Additional Chief Sec-retary (forest) P K Taneja, Principal Chief Conser-vator of Forests and head of forest force C N Pand-

Polling today for Amul Dairy Board

Correspondent, AnandElection for 13 members of Kaira District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union – popularly known as Amul Dairy is taking place today. This is the last bastion of Congress among Gujarat’s dairy cooperative unions.

BJP is trying its best to capture this Congress run body. Congress has won Thasra seat while BJP has won Matar seat. Congress has also won another seat as its candidate has entered as representative of Kheda Jilla Madhyasth Sahkari Bank. Polling is

therefore taking place for 10 seats (25 candidates) and 1 individual seat( 2 candidates) through 11 polling stations. It is for the first time that polling is taking place through block method. 2 DySP, 3 Police Inspectors, 14 Police sub Inspectors, 90 cops, 7 women cops are deployed for peaceful polling. As both sides are trying their best to ensure victory, the voters had best time. They were taken to visits to religious and tourist places for free so that opposite side can not contact them during campaign. It is believed that such voters were brought back to Kheda for polling directly from free tour.

Sunvilla News, GandhinagarK Kailashnathan (Retire IAS:Gujarat cadre:1979), the incumbent Chief Prin-cipal Secretary to Gujarat CM, who is all set to com-plete his extended tenure of on May 31 has got one more extension for one more year. Kailashna-than retired in May 2013 while serving as Addi-tional Chief Secretary to the then CM Narendra Modi who had further re-employed him by cre-ating the post (for the first time) of Chief Principal Secretary to Chief Minis-

ter. After Anandiben Patel succeeded Narendra Modi as Gujarat CM in May 2014 Kailashnathan was given one year extension ending May 31 this year. Sources say, he has been given another extension for one year beyond May 31, 2015.

CM Anandiben Patel goes on safari in Gir national park

Sola Civil Hospital opens ultra-modern Dialysis center

ey, chief wildlife warden of Gujarat, S C Pant and other senior forest officers accompanied her. Patel also visited the animal rescue centre at Sasan Gir and interacted with wom-en forest officers engaged in rescuing wild animals. The CM also met women groups which have tradi-tionally helped conserve lions in the area.

Sunvilla News, AhmedabadSG Highway Ahmedabad based Sola Civil hospital

has opened a centrally air-conditioned dialysis center matching to corpo-

rate private hospital. The center has started func-tioning with 15-bed. Each bed has music system and LED TV with headphone. There are 24 CCTV cam-eras installed here. This center will remain open for 24 hours. While pri-vate facility charges Rs. 3,000 for dialysis, this government facility will charge Rs. 200. Econom-ically weaker class will not have to pay even Rs 200, as the government has made medical facility for them free.

Jamnabai Narsee School ready for opening at GIFT City in Gujarat

Sunvilla News, AhmedabadMumbai based Narsee Monjee Educational Trust today announced open-ing of their first campus outside Mumbai at GIFT City Gujarat in Gandhi-nagar. The campus was to be inaugurated by Gu-jarat Chief Minister in presence of Maharashstra Chief Minister on May 14. As both Chief Minis-ters are scheduled to visit China with Prime Minis-ter Shri Narendra Modi, the inauguration will take place in presence of Min-

ister of State, Higher Ed-ucation Vasuben Trivedi. “We are the first opera-tional partner of India’s first Smart City,” said Su-jay Jayraj, Trustee of Nar-see Monjee Educational Trust, Mumbai speaking to media persons today in Ahmedabad. He add-ed that Jamnabai Narsee school will be operational from new academic year in June 2015 covering nursery to sixth standard with proposed ICSE and IGCSE syllabus. Class-es above standard 6th

will be added later on. He said the school has latest technology, qual-ity infrastructure and unique circular design. It is standing over 1,60,000 sq ft area. The school has already given admission to 300 students. At its full capacity it will admit 2,000 students upto stan-dard 12. Narsee Monjee in Mumbai is well-known for its sports activities and infrastructure. Sim-ilarly, GIFT city based school has 2 acre play ground.

Mild tremor felt in cities of Gujarat, no damage to life or property

Sunvilla News, AhmedabadTwo earthquake struck India with epicenters in Nepal ( 7.1 Richter scale) and Afghanistan (6.0 in Richter Scale) today at around noon according to Union Home Minis-try. One tremor was felt at 11:38 am while the other at 1:11 pm. People,

mainly living in high-rise buildings in parts of Gu-jarat including Ahmed-abad, Vadodara and Su-rat felt mild tremor and rushed outside. Today’s tremor was also felt in state secretariat building in Gandhinagar. There’s no report of damage to life or property reported

in Gujarat. In his initial reaction, BK Rastogi, Director General of In-stitute of Seismological Research in Gandhinagar told media persons that the Nepal tremor should be considered aftershock. He said there’s no danger for Gujarat due to Nepal aftershocks.

Videocon Telecom to target students as it charts expansion in Gujarat

Ahmedabad office, mall space demand tepid in Jan-Mar

Sunvilla News, AhmedabadThe slump in the Ahmed-abad realty sector contin-ued in 2015 with office space absorption remain-ing tepid during January -March period. There was also 60 per cent decline in supply of office spaces in the same quarter com-pared to corresponding quarter last year. This re-sulted in higher rental of office spaces.In case of residential properties the demand remained sta-ble with activity mostly in the affordable hous-ing segment. During the same period malls space in Ahmedabad witnessed lukewarm transaction ac-

tivity. Select brands from the supermarket and hy-permarket category were seen planning to reduce the store sizes. Also, there was no increase in demand in mall spaces as the players in this seg-ment are in the process of consolidating businesses.According to Jones Lang LaSalle India’s (JLL’s) report, select pockets in Ahmedabad office mar-ket such as Prahlad Nagar and S G Highway contin-ued to be occupiers fa-vourite to set up offices. Nonetheless, no prom-inent transaction took place during the period, it added.

Sunvilla News, AhmedabadVideocon Telecommuni-cations on Tuesday an-nounced plans to invest Rs. 210 crore in the Gu-jarat circle for site expan-sion and business addi-tion during the financial year 2015-16. In Gujarat, the company has about 25 lakh users, while it adds 2.5 to 3 lakh users every month. Nationally, it has over 10 million users with 700,000 to 800,000 being added every month. “Stu-dents are the main target audience for our services. Last year, the data growth was 147 per cent, this year we expect it to grow at 150 per cent,” said Arvind Bali, Director & CEO, Videocon Tele-communications Ltd. The company had achieved revenues of Rs. 2,000 crore for 2014-15, which Bali expects to jump to Rs. 3,000 crore in 2015-16. “GSM is the largest contributor to revenues. The other contributors are our enterprise business, broadband, and new cir-cle additions,” said Bali. The company also plans to roll out its broadband

services in Ahmedabad, Surat and Vadodara. “The rollout will primarily be on FTTH (fibre to the home) services and wire-

less broadband,” he add-ed. The company operates in the Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh & Chhattisgarh circles.

Four Amdavadis launch mo-bile app on Swachh BharatSunvilla News, Ahmedabad

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is yet to ful-fil his promise of build-ing a mobile application to support Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Swachh Bharat initiative, but four Amdavadis have already launched an app to enable citizens to participate in the cleanliness mission. Inter-estingly, officials will not be able to change the sta-tus of complaints. The app empowers the complainant

to close his complaint once it is resolved. Called Utho-Indians, the app provides a crowd sourcing platform where citizens can share pictures of unclean spots in their areas and launch a campaign against errant officials, said Urvish Patel, one of the developers. Oth-er team members include Amit Parmar, Ravi Panchal and Paras Shah. The app also allows users to post photos of unclean spots and tag officials on Facebook.

Gang sold women from Mumbai to bride-starved village in Gujarat

Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad Last month, a 22-year-old rape survivor fled home to Mumbai from Gujarat and exposed an inter-state human traf-ficking racket involving the supply of women and young girls from the city and its outskirts to be sold as brides in a village near Ahmed-abad, which has a very skewed sex ratio. Taking swift action, the Pydho-nie police had immedi-ately conducted a raid and rescued two mi-nor girls from a similar fate, and now, less than a month later, the cops have busted the entire racket with the arrest of the last absconding ac-cused. Beginnings On April 17, a 22-year-old girl approached the Py-dhonie police and told them that she had been tricked into going to Bakrana, a village near

Ahmedabad in Gujarat, where she was forced to marry a 45-year-old vil-lager. She alleged that she had been sold to the man for Rs 1 lakh and he had raped her and kept her confined until she managed to finally

escape. She gave the police details about the racket and the accused, with the help of which the cops immediately raided the village and rescued two minor girls who had been similarly abducted.

Plump, bearded faces flummox witnesses

Sunvilla News, AhmedabadCall it side-effects of a delayed trial — many of the 2008 Ahmedabad se-rial blast accused have put on weight and sport full beards confusing wit-nesses who are unable to identify them during their deposition. This unique situation has prompted the state government to request the special court hearing the case that wit-nesses be allowed to iden-tify accused through their old photographs affixed on the charge-sheets! “Ask-ing the accused to shave off their fully grown beard would hurt their religious sentiments; we do not wish to make such a submission. Hence, the court should permit identification of the accused from their photo-graphs taken during their arrest in 2008-09,” prose-cution has told the court. This problem hit home during a hearing on April 29 when a ‘panch’ witness could identify accused Za-hir Patel but failed to iden-tify Sajid Mansuri. Both were arrested in 2008 and were presented through video-conferencing from

Sabarmati central jail to be identified by the witness in the courtroom. Prose-cution requested special judge P C Rawal to per-mit the witness to identify Mansuri through his old photographs. However, the request was opposed by defence counsel Naina Bhatt, who argued that there is no provision to identify accused persons on the basis of their pho-tographs. Special prose-cutors put their foot down and cited a Supreme Court order allowing identifica-tion of a dead man through his photograph in the De-cember 13, 2001, Parlia-ment attack case. Defence lawyers, however, did not agree with applicability of this order in this situa-tion since the accused are all alive. The court had to adjourn the hearing when prosecutors sought time to file an application de-manding permission to put old photographs of 78-odd accused without their names and identities be-fore witnesses for the pur-pose of identification of a particular accused from the heap of pictures.