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Siddharth gets addl charge of CEO,

PSFTAgency | New Delhi, May 26

Senior IAS officer Sid-dharth was today given additional charge of the post of Chief Execu-tive Officer, Price Sta-bilisation Fund Trust (PSFT). Siddharth, a 1983 batch IAS officer of West Bengal cadre, is presently Director General in Directorate General of Supplies and Disposals. He will hold the additional charge till August 10, 2015 or till the post is filled up on regular basis, an order issued by Department of Personnel and Train-ing said.Forest programme to be launched in June: Javadekar

Agency | Coimbatore, May 26

The Centre will launch Urban Forest Pro-gramme on June 5 un-der which saplings will be planted across the country with the participation of peo-ple. Announcing this, Environment and For-ests Minister Prakash Javadekar today said there was need to in-crease forest cover which can protect the nature and ecosystem. “We are experiencing now the impact of cli-mate change and there is a need to mitigate the very pressure created by the change. Since Unit-ed Nations has planned to create one billion trees in five years, India can also match this one billion trees, if the 125 crore population planted one tree each.”

Pilgrims visit annual Kheer

Bhawani festivalAgency | Tulmulla, May 26

Bad weather played spoilsport as fewer number of pilgrims paid obeisance at the revered temple of Ragnya Devi today on the occasion of Kheer Bhawani festi-val ? a symbol of Hin-du-Muslim amity ? here at central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. Last year, about 60,000 pil-grims visited the tem-ple. But, this year the authorities believe 20,000 to 30,000 people would pay their respects at the temple.

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Modi government’s one-year report card scores itself highAgency | New Delhi

Marking the completion of his first year in office, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today spelt out the achievements of his gov-ernment, complete with facts, figures and statis-tics, on an interactive page on his personal website.

In a self-assessment of sorts, the Prime Minister judged his own adminis-tration on various param-eters that included over-all governance, foreign policy, pet schemes and a comparative analysis with the earlier UPA regime. The ‘report-card’ displays a marked shift from the

earlier Congress-led ad-ministration which has often confessed to not being able to highlight its own achievements. In the general elections last

year, that very failure had spelt doom for the Con-gress party falling to its heaviest defeat in history

at the hands of the BJP. The interactive page, that has been designed to look glossy and sleek, tom-

toms the government’s record on parameters such as index of industrial pro-duction, growth in elec-tricity generation, number of transmission lines, coal production figures and the country’s forex reserves. For example, the PM’s sta-tistics on electricity gen-eration show that his ad-ministration has achieved 8.4% growth in electricity generation compared to 6% growth in the UPA regime. In terms of new roads, the Modi govern-ment claims to have built 7,980 kilometres of roads and highways in the last one year compared to 3,621 kilometres during 2013-14. On the cleanli-ness front, the Modi gov-ernment says it has built more than 58 lakh toilets in 2014-15 compared to 49 lakh toilets. PM Modi,

Narendra Modi, who completes one year in office today, highlighted his government’s achievements.

Black money: Names of Yash Birla, four others with Swiss bank a/cs disclosedAgency | Berne

Industrialist Yash Birla, along with two Mum-bai-based individuals behind City Limousines scam, are among five Indian nationals with Swiss bank accounts whose names have been made public in Switzer-land’s official gazette with regard to ongoing tax probes against them in India. The others are Gurjit Singh Kochar, son-in-law of late realty baron Ponty Chadha, and a Del-hi-based businesswoman Ritika Sharma. The names of these five “Indian na-tionals” have been made public in Switzerland’s Federal Gazette with re-gard to details sought about them by the Indian authorities. Among these, some details have already been shared by the Swiss

Federal Tax Adminis-tration (FTA) with India including about Birla and Sharma of Blessings Apparel. These are in ad-dition to the two other Indians - Sneh Lata Sawh-ney and Sangita Sawh-ney - whose names have also been made public in similar manner for being probed by the Indian tax authorities. In the case of Sayed Mohamed Masood, being probed for a major ponzi scheme run from

Mumbai through City Limousines, some details were shared by the Swiss authorities in the past. His accounts were also frozen a few years ago follow-ing a request from the Enforcement Directorate. Fresh details about him and about Chaud Kauser Mohamed Masood have been sought by the Indi-an authorities, as per the notifications published in Switzerland’s official ga-zette.

Rajnath Singh concerned over law and order situation in Bengal

Agency | New Delhi

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today crit-icised the law and order situation in West Bengal saying it needed to im-prove and reports of crude bombs being made in the state was a matter of ‘seri-ous concern’. “The NIA is an autonomous body and is doing its job (investi-gating Burdwan blast). But as far as law and order situation is concerned in Bengal, we think it needs to improve. Lot of things need to be done regard-ing it. The way reports of crude bombs being made in Bengal are coming up, it is a matter of se-rious concern. We assure the state government all kinds of assistance for the sake of develop-

ment and improvement in the law and order situation,” Singh said at a press meet here. Singh’s criticism of the law and order situation in Bengal comes in the backdrop of opposition allegations of bonhomie between the ruling Tri-namool Congress and BJP-led NDA govern-ment at the Centre. Also in the background is the Pingla blast which claimed 12 lives and a

bomb blast in a local train. Asked to com-ment on media reports of radical outfits like Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) try-ing to set up base in Bengal with the help of a section of ruling Trinamool Congress, Singh said “As I said, the central government will provide all kinds of assistance to the state government to tackle such kind of activities.”

Intense heat wave claims nearly 800 lives across India; Delhi sizzles at almost 46 degrees

Agency | New Delhi

A torrid heat wave that has gripped large parts of the country has killed nearly 800 people, most-ly in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, even as Delhi sizzled on Tuesday with the mercury soaring to almost 46 °C. In Andhra Pradesh, 55 people suc-cumbed to sunstroke while 35 more deaths were reported in Telan-gana. Andhra Pradesh’s deputy chief minister N Chinna Rajappa said that 551 people had died in the state till Monday while disaster management of-ficials in Telangana con-firmed 215 deaths. In Delhi, zebra crossings at some places melted as the India Meteorological De-partment (IMD) reported that the city had record-ed a maximum tempera-ture of 45.5°C. Few peo-ple could be seen on the streets because of the op-pressive heat. Even Night time temperatures hov-ered around the 30-de-gree mark. According to the IMD, most parts of In-dia will remain in the grip of high temperatures for the rest of the week. The

department issued “red box” warnings for Odis-ha, Jharkhand and coastal Andhra Pradesh. A “red box” warning usually means high chances of heatstroke, dehydration and fatality with tempera-tures inching upwards

of 45°C and conditions worsened by a constant dry, sweltering wind.

Asaram’s son Narayan Sai released from Surat jail

Correspondent | Surat

After spending 17 months behind bars in connec-tion with an alleged rape case, self-styled godman Asaram’s son Narayan Sai on Tuesday walked out of Lajpor Central Jail here on three weeks’ tem-porary bail. “The Gujarat High Court had yester-day granted 21-day tem-porary bail to Narayan Sai to attend to his ailing mother. He was released from Lajpor jail today at 11.35 AM,” a jail official said. After being released from the jail, Sai left for Ahmedabad where his mother Lakshmiben will

undergo a surgery for a cervical chord ailment, said the official. Sai will be escorted by 22 po-licemen, including two crime branch men, a sub-inspector of Surat po-lice along with 18 jawans of State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) during the bail period, he said. The

Gujarat High Court had yesterday granted condi-tional temporary bail to Sai, who will remain under police surveillance during his bail period. The HC also ordered Sai to surren-der in four days from the date of his release, if his mother’s surgery does not take place till then.

HC grants permission to Salman Khan to travel abroad

Agency | New Delhi

The Bombay High court, on Tuesday, gave per-mission to actor Salman Khan to travel to Dubai for an event on May 29. Khan was convicted for culpable homicide not amounting to murder for the death of one person sleeping on the steps of a shop when his car rammed into a Bandra laundry in September 2002. Salman Khan’s plea for permis-sion to travel abroad to Dubai was heard on Tues-day by a single judge va-cation bench of the Bom-bay High Court. It was listed at serial number 13 before vacation judge

Justice Shalini Phan-salkar Joshi who heard his lawyer and passed the order. Two days after his conviction, on May 8, the Bombay HC had admit-ted Khan’s appeal against the conviction, suspended the sentence, and grant-ed him bail. Khan thus moved the HC in the va-cation for permission to go to Dubai for an event scheduled to take place on May 29.

who has received praise and brickbats equally, for his renewed focus on foreign policy makes the case that his visits have ‘generated tremendous gains for India.’ India’s stand at World Trade Or-ganisation (WTO), its re-lations with SAARC na-tions and the spotlight on PM Modi’s pet scheme of ‘Make in India’ are some of the examples that are highlighted on the page. The interac-tive page also has several backlinks to some of the government’s popular programmes such as the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, Pradhan Man-tri Krishi Sinchai Yoja-na, the ‘Make in India’ campaign and education scholarships through the Pradhan Mantri Vidyal-akshmi Karyakram.

- defence minister Manohar Parrikar has asserted that he will go to “any extent” to protect India

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The elusive ModiModi at one is an elusive idea. The government re-mains a work in progress. It is delicately poised in ways that could lead either to a virtuous cycle of transformation or to the familiar traps. Prime Minis-ter Narendra Modi provokes unprecedented passion. Both his supporters and his critics fail to keep a steady grip on his vices and virtues. He is hard to grasp be-cause he is the product of a peculiarly contradictory moment in Indian democracy. He is a centraliser who looms large. A sense of his self is infused in every speech. Some yearned for exactly this kind of leader. But his sense of self-legitimation also draws power from democracy: an architect of his own fortune, who represents, in his own way, a deepening vernaculari-sation of democracy. He is seeking legitimacy in the eyes of the people: the compulsive desire to project an image is in service of this goal. But it also means that he will don different costumes, languages and even headgear when necessary. The script will evolve as he reads the people. Leaders lead in different ways. Some, like Nehru, lead people with a self-conscious sense of their own distance from them; their art is not to let that distance detract from their popularity. Oth-ers, like Vajpayee, evoke affection, but not much pas-sion. Modi is, in a strange way, a leader who seems to wants to fold in all the qualities of those he claims to represent. This is, by its very nature, a quixotic enterprise, full of tensions. It is often asked: Who is the real Modi? The one articulating lofty and gen-erous aspirations or the one whose government can have streaks of paranoia and petulance?. The uncom-fortable answer is, both. What critics and supporters divide up is actually conjoined at the hip. This mix will never entirely reassure, but it will also hold out tantalising possibilities.The deep tensions of Indian democracy are working themselves out in this gov-ernment. One contradiction is between a discourse of virtue and a discourse of institutions. Modi was elect-ed at a moment of two separate yearnings: the need for a decisive leader to infuse energy in government on the one hand, and to build institutions on the oth-er. Modi has staked his claims on projecting the first, while entirely short shrifting the second. There was a productive Parliament session, some devolution is on the cards. But institutions that supposedly protect individuals: justice systems, police, bureaucracy, the CBI, the CVC, the RTI are in disrepair. Many of their pathologies were not the creation of this government. But there is an anxiety that this government could match existing pathologies with a new efficiency, to produce even more detrimental outcomes. Indian pol-itics is oddly consensual, and yet it demands moments of deep transformation. The economic paradigms of the UPA and NDA are not behaviourally different. Arguably, even their finance ministers are cut from the same cloth. The uneven differences stem from fis-cal circumstances, and differences in execution.

When Rajkummar Rao broke down the sets of ‘Hamari Adhuri Kahani’

“If someone harms my country, I have to take pro-active action ... The Army’s basic purpose is that if anyone attacks the country, attack him back. Pay him back in the same coin,” Parrikar asserted, underlining that one does not keep 13 lakh-strong Army to “preach peace”.

Agency | New Delhi

First trailer of Salman Khan’s much-await-ed ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ will be out soon. Salman Khan is most likely to launch the teaser of his film tomorrow (May 27) but the actor wants to sur-prise his fans by releasing the teaser unexpectedly. Therefore there is no ex-

Theme restaurants- The new trend in Kolkata!

Agency | Kolkata

Not just food, restaura-teurs in the city are now focusing on creating the right mix of ambience and decor to go with the spread. Theme restau-rants are now in fashion, with some preferring to create a rain forest, some a sports stadium and still some others recreating a slice of a distant city. The jungle-themed Mach-

aan has the trumpeting elephant, deer, crane and woodpecker in the sprawling eatery, with a spiral staircase leading to an elevated platform made of bamboo poles and wooden planks under a leafy canopy. “Right in the heart of city, we wish to provide the ambience of a forest and Machaan has become a sure hit with chil-dren and elders alike be-

cause of the interiors and the initiative of chef-entrepre-neur Anjan Chatterjee with inputs from a well-known art director from Bolly-wood,” General Manager Debashisi Ghosh. “Integral with the jungle theme, we are serving rustic delicacies - Himachali Tawa Murgh, Turush-e-Paneer, Bhoot Jhalokia, Chicken Tangdi with Naga Chilli,” Chef Sandeep Pande said.

Akshay Kumar’s ‘Singh Is Bling’s first look: Nothing ‘first’ about this one

Agency | New DelhiAkshay Kumar is back again in his ‘Singh’ avatar with the Prabhudeva di-rectorial ‘Singh Is Bling’. The first look of the movie was launched on Twitter. Like many other Akshay Kumar movies, this first look also has the superstar in biceps and a “different” avatar, which is so not different. Akshay sports a light beard and a gloomy

expression, similar to what he did in his previous out-ing ‘Gabbar Is Back’. Not that we disapprove of it, we certainly hope for bet-ter from the movie. British actress Amy Jackson has stepped into Kriti Sanon’s shoes as she opted out of the movie citing date is-sues. Amy looks pretty, just what’s expected from her, but will she have a role to play? We shall see.

‘Singh Is Bling’ arrives as an addition to the 2008 movie ‘Singh Is Kinng’ series and hence, Akshay can be seen in a red tur-ban. But is there a mystery behind the sombre expres-sion? We shall see that too. Directed by Prabhudeva, the movie is speculated to be a fun watch. Also star-ring Lara Dutta, ‘Singh Is Bling’ is slated to release on October 2.

Agency | New Delhi

After Shahid Kapoor, now the wedding bells have finally rung for Ran-bir Kapoor and Katrina

Agency | New Delhi

A source from the film’s production unit narrates, “This was a scene in which he had an alterca-tion with Vidya about her romance with Emraan Hashmi. Rajkummar, the thorough actor that he is, got into the skin of his role again, and to en-act the fit of anger a man would feel knowing his wife truly loves some-one else, started smash-

ing things and destroying anything that he saw. The original script had him just smashing couple of things but Raj punched the walls of the house, broke the mirror, de-stroyed the kitchen, and Mohit quietly asked his camera person to keep roll-ing the scene. Mohit’s im-promptu directorial judg-ment got that one dramatic scene which captures the film’s essence in the truest sense of the term.”

First trailer of ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ to release soon, Salman Khan wants to surprise fans Agency | Mumbai

Three persons, who were allegedly involved in the firing incident that took place in Film City last week here which left owner of a secu-rity agency critically injured, have been ar-rested, police said on Tuesday. “We have ar-rested three persons yesterday and they will be produced in court

today. We are going to request the court to get their remand so that we can nab the absconding accused,” Vilas Chavan, senior police inspector of Arey Colony police station. The accused -- the plotters of the inci-dent -- have been iden-tified as Sumit Talekar (22), Jugal Dodiya (26), and Yogesh Kokane (31), he said.

Vir Das and Pulkit Samrat show how to deal with board exam results

Agency | New Delhi

Thousands of teenagers who appeared for the 12th board examinations are an emotional wreck right now. They are made to be-lieve that every moment

Ranbir Kapoor Says No To ‘Roka’ With Katrina Kaif!

act date. This will be Sal-man Khan’s first release

in the year 2015, he was earlier seen in last year’s

massive hit Kick opposite Jacqueline Fernandez. ‘Kick’ had released on Eid last year and ‘Bajran-gi Bhaijaan’ is also sched-uled to release on Eid this July. Salman Khan has recently wrapped up the film’s shoot in Kashmir. The actor will be seen op-posite Kareena Kapoor in Bajrangi Bhaijaan.

Kaif, one of the most popular love birds of Bol-lywood. Recently, Shahid Kapoor announced his marriage to Delhi-based

Mira Rajput in June. They even shared their roka ceremony pictures, held in Delhi where the couple got engaged. After Shahid Kapoor, it’s time for Ranbir Kapoor. Ru-mour mill is churning that Ranbir Kapoor and girl-friend Katrina Kaif’s will tie the knot by the end of the year, which means, we might see their roka ceremony pictures very soon!

in their life was building up to this event and every moment from here on will depend on this event, but Bollywood actor Vir Das is here to tell you that this is not the case. Vir Das

has come up with a video that underplays the im-portance of securing high ranks in the exams and says that there is more to life than just good marks. The nearly 3-minute video is called ‘On Your Marks’ and is a funny account of what happens in an aver-age student’s life. He also shared his mark sheet on social media to remind students and parents that ‘great minds and great personalities don’t always have great mark sheets.’

Shraddha Kapoor in Shillong for ‘Rock On 2’ recce

Agency | New Delhi

It’s not common for ac-tresses to join in the rec-ce of a film, which is primarily the production unit’s domain. But Shrad-dha Kapoor has joined in for the recce of Rock On 2, where the Excel Pro-ductions’ team has gone hunting for the locations of the Rock On sequel. A source close to Shraddha says, “She wanted to ab-sorb the location and get the feel of her character, therefore she joined the crew for the recce. I guess she feels it is necessary to re-read her script at the actual locations! She feels this will serve to be one of the ways of preparing for her character in the film. She is keen to rehearse the scenes close to what she has read in the script and wants to absorb her character’s nuances to the fullest. Shraddha is also taking voice modulation classes for her character in the film and will be lend-ing her voice to the music of the film.” Confirming the same, Shraddha adds,

“It is a beautiful place and I have carried the script along so that I can prep for my character in the place it is based.” Shraddha will soon be seen in the film ABCD 2, alongside Varun Dhawan. And that she has

worked mighty hard to get her dancer act correct is no longer news. While shooting for the poster of the film, the actor had hurt her back. The film will hit theatres on June 5 this year.

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SPORTS ROUNDUPCoach Is Gone From Real Madrid, but He’s Far From Unwanted

Agency | London

Real Madrid, where second can never be good enough, has predictably fired its coach, Carlo Ancelotti. The parting came with succinct and brutal clarity on Monday evening when the club’s president, Florentino Pérez, told reporters, “Ancelotti has won, in these two years, the

affection of me personally, the board and the fans. He forms part of our history as the coach with whom we won La Décima.” The Décima is Madrid’s own term for when it won the Champions League and with it a European crown for an unprecedented 10th time. But that was a year ago. This year, Madrid lost

in the semifinals against one of Ancelotti’s former teams, Juventus. It fell in the King’s Cup to its neighbor, Atlético Madrid. And it was edged out of the Spanish league title when Barcelona won by two points. Losing one — let alone all of those trophies — constitutes a fireable offense at Real Madrid, the world’s richest soccer club. Pérez said he and the board had analyzed everything and concluded that a new direction was needed. Ancelotti apparently took it like a gentleman. “He understood everything completely,” Pérez added. “He leaves with a good relationship with all of us. Your professional relationship is one thing, your personal relationship another.”

Spotted! Sakshi’s adorable ‘Mahi’ tattoo for husband MS Dhoni

IPL 8: Rohit is a far better Mumbai Indians captain today, says Tendulkar

Rohit Sharma’s success in the IPL gives India an alternative to Virat Kohli

Agency | Lahore

Pakistan’s cricket board on Monday banned left-arm spinner Raza Hasan who played one one-day international and 10 Twenty20 matches for the national side for two years after he failed a dope test

Agency | Kolkata

Former cricketer and Mumbai Indians icon Sachin Tendulkar has heaped praise on the IPL champion team’s skip-per Rohit Sharma, saying that he has grown as a leader over the years. “If you compare him today with what he was when he started out as Mumbai Indians captain, he is a far better captain today. He is much more confident now. He has gone through a lot of ups and downs as MI’s captain and has

faced a lot of challeng-es. These challenges only make you a better cricket-er and a tougher person,” Tendulkar said. Rohit led from the front in the final of IPL against Chennai Super Kings, scoring a half-century and putting on 119 runs with Lendl Simmons (68) to help Mumbai Indians post a massive 202 for five, and eventually win the trophy with a 41-run victory. “I think his execution has been particularly good this season. Whatever we

planned in the meetings and dressing room, he has been able to execute them very well. You can tell a lot about the cap-tain from the feedback the bowlers give you. The bowlers bowl in the areas and execute the plans that the captain asks them to,” Tendulkar told ‘iplt20.com’. “We can plan many things behind closed doors but it is up to the captain, the bowlers and the fielders to bring it all together. Rohit has done that well,” he insisted.

Agency | New Delhi

Tattooing your beloved’s name in Devnagri script is a popular trend among celebrities. Football star David Beckham’s has his wife Victoria’s name etched across his arm while Bollywood ac-tor Saif Ali Khan has a similar ink dedicated to wife, Kareena. The lat-est addition to this list is Indian cricket’s First Lady, Sakshi Dhoni who revealed a tattoo of her husband Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s name at the IPL 8 finals. Cheering for Dho-ni’s IPL team Chennai Super Kings at the Eden Gardens, she seemed to shy away from the shut-terbugs and in the pro-cess revealed her tattoo.

The tattoo reads ‘Mahi’, Dhoni’s popular nick-name, in Devnagri and sits discreetly under her ear. The tiny print looks very elegant and the fact that she used Hindi to dedicate a tattoo for her husband makes it even more special. In one word, Sakshi’s tattoo for

Agency | New Delhi

India dropped four key players, including ace drag-flicker Rupinder Pal Singh and midfield-er SK Uthappa, from its 18-member men’s squad for the Hockey World League (HWL) Semifinal to be played in Antwerp, Belgium from June 20 to July 5. Besides Rupin-der and Uthappa, strikers Mandeep Singh and Sat-bir Singh were the other two players to face the axe. All the four dropped

players featured in last month’s Azlan Shah Cup in Ipoh, Malaysia, where India finished a credit-able third, and the four-match bilateral Test se-ries against Japan which India won 3-0. Defend-ers Jasjit Singh Kular and Gurmail Singh, midfielder Lalit Upad-hyay and striker Yuvraj Walmiki were recalled in the side for the 10-na-tion tournament. In the Test series against Ja-pan, India fielded an experimental squad of

24 where Gurmail, Jas-jit, Lalit and Yuvraj also featured. Ace midfielder Sardar Singh, who has to his credit 216 inter-national caps, has been retained as the captain of the side, while goal-keeper PR Sreejesh will continue to be Sardar’s deputy. Harjot Singh is the second goalkeeper in the team, while defence will be manned by Bi-rendra Lakra, Manpreet Singh, Kothajit Singh, VR Raghunath, Jasjit and Gurmail.

Agency | Mumbai

The Under-17 World Cup can potentially turn into a scheduling headache for the Indian Super League (ISL) organizers, as the showpiece event is likely to eat into the glitzy league’s calender. The All India Football Federation (AIFF) and FIFA have zeroed in on September and October 2017 as the months to host the tournament, which is the same period when the ISL is conducted. Consequent-ly, it might also have an im-pact on the I-League, which might have to be further pushed back.The dates for the U-17 World Cup were among the several issues that were discussed when FIFA’s Competitions Di-

CEA Arvind Subramanian reviews one year of Modi govt.

Agency | New Delhi

Chief Economic Advi-sor Arvind Subramanian on Tuesday said the rate of reduction of pover-ty during 2006 to 2011 was the fastest ever due to GDP growth, and also warned that China’s in-terest rate cuts will make the environment more competitive. Addressing mediapersons at a press conference, Mr. Subrama-nian said, “China is cut-ting interest rates which

will make their currency even more comptetitive with implications for us.” Mr. Subramanian added that much more could have been done by the government in the last year, but that the reforms agenda has been substan-tial. “With the 14th Fi-nance Commission, fiscal deficit has reduced to 0.4 per cent. The number of stuck projects have come down, but there hasn’t been overall pick-up in projects.”

Xiaomi Mi 4i begins receiving MIUI v6.5.5.0 update

Agency | New Delhi

The recently launched Xiaomi Mi 4i has just be-gun receiving the MIUI v6.5.5.0 update. It is ex-pected that this update will fix the overheating problems that the device had been experiencing. The Mi4i comes with a 5-inch IPS display with Corning scratch resistant glass and is powered by an octa-core processor. Other features include 2GB RAM, 16GB of internal storage, 13MP rear camera, 5MP front camera, and a 3,120mAh battery. The Android 5.0 Lollipop based MIUI 6 powered phone also has 4G LTE/3Gm WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Blue-tooth 4.1 and GPS. The previously released MIUI

v6.5.4.0 update, designed for the same purpose had backfired and caused firmware issues. The lat-est update will be OTA and should reach all units till the end of this week. A Facebook post by Hugo Barra, Global Vice President, Xiaomi, read, “We’ve heard from some Mi 4i users that their de-vices can get warm under more strenuous condi-tions such as complex 3D gaming for extended pe-riods of time. To address these concerns, we’ve op-timised our thermal con-trol algorithms to better regulate the temperature. The new thermal controls adjust frequency, voltage and the number of cores in use depending on the chipset temperature.”

in a domestic competition. ‘Hasan has been banned for two years on a failed dope test making him ineligible to participate in cricket’ a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) statement said. The PCB said that for the period of his ban ‘Hasan will not entitled to

take part in any capacity in any cricket match or activity... authorized or organized by the PCB’ except for approved anti-doping education or rehabilitation programs. The PCB conducted random testing during a domestic tournament in January and sent Hasan’s samples to a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) accredited laboratory in India. The PCB did not name the banned substance but Pakistani media last month reported Hasan was under investigation for using cocaine.

Mahi is adorable! Sakshi was seen in the stadiums regularly during this IPL with the couple’s daugh-ter, Ziva, born earlier this year. On Sunday night as well both the Dhoni la-dies were spotted at the stadium for the finals ver-sus Mumbai Indians that CSK eventually lost.

Rupinder, Uthappa among 4 players ignored for HWL Semifinal

ISL organisers fret over U-17 World Cup scheduling

rector Colin Smith visited New Delhi last week. FIFA has reserved the months of September to November for the U-17 World Cup. Almost every edition of the tournament has been conducted during this win-dow, including the one to be held in Chile this year (October 17 to November 8). AIFF general secretary Kushal Das said the dates of the tournament will be finalised in due course.

“FIFA has reserved a peri-od for the U-17 World Cup. And the period also suits us because before that there will be the monsoon,” Das said. However, the federation’s commercial partners IMG-Reliance might not be entirely hap-py with the scheduling. After players complained of a ‘tiring’ first edition, IMG-R had demanded an extended window for the forthcoming editions.

Android factory reset doesn’t fully erase data: Report

Agency | New Delhi

Sony Electronics on Tues-day launched two medi-um-range smartphones in the Indian market, the C4 dual and the Aqua M4, to expand its Xperia range in the country. The Xperia Aqua M4 will be available from Tuesday for Rs. 24,990 and the C4 Dual will be available from mid-June. Sony didn’t disclose the price of the “C” series variant. The new devices were

showcased in the Mobile World Congress in Bar-celona this year nad have nearly the same specifica-tions. While the Aqua M4 is the first complete wa-ter-proof smartphone in the mid-range segment, the C4 boasts of having more camera modes that the rivals. “We are look-ing to reach the top in this price segment with our new releases and in the future Sony will release many more products.”

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Production starts at Alstom-Bharat Forge’s new facility at Sanand, Gujarat

Correspondent | Sanand

Alstom Bharat Forge Power Ltd (ABFPL), a joint venture between Alstom and Bharat Forge Ltd., has commenced production at its new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility for making supercritical turbines and generators, at Sanand, in the state of Gujarat. Set up over an area of 185,000 square meters, the site boasts an annual capacity of 4000 MW, producing equipment for several major power projects in India. Today, the factory employs more than 250

highly skilled manpower and plans are afoot to ramp it up to 650 in the near future. The start of production at Sanand in a record time of 17 months, after the first excavation works were kicked off in November 2013, is a major construction

and commissioning achievement in greenfield manufacturing facilities. The manufacturing facility incorporates stringent manufacturing processes and practices to ensure high level of reliability, performance and quality for the

goods supplied out of the factory. An extensive training and knowledge transfer programme has been initiated to equip employees with the latest technological capabilities and expertise and implement the most stringent environment,

Gujarat Congress workers hold dharnas against BJP MPs

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

On completion of one year of Narendra Modi led BJP government in centre, Congress workers in Gujarat today staged dharna in front of offic-es and residents of BJP MPs. Congress wasn’t succesful of winning even a single Lok Sabha seat in Gujarat in last year’s general elections.

Today’s programme was given to oppose 26 BJP MPs. Almost at all placed, groups of Con-rgess workers detained by police were in size of less than 50. In Ahmed-abad, Congress MLA Kaminiba Rathod was ill while doing dharna. She was taken to hospital. In Rajkot, there are two groups in local Congress party unit. While organi-

zation group led by local MP and city Congress chief held dharna, the MLA group led by In-dranil Rajguru skipped the agitation programme. At city BJP headquarters in Ahmedabad, groups of BJP workers chanted counter slogans against Congress dharna led by MLA Gyasuddin Sheikh who was detained with his supporters.

Throat problem: Anandiben cancels scheduled visit to Nagpur

Astarc Ventures invests Rs 6 crore in online home décor company

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

Astarc Group has launched an early stage fund called Astarc Ven-tures to support Indian entrepreneurs and build the ecosystem. As their first investment, Astarc Ventures has invested Rs. 6 crore in Hyder-abad based Renderlo-gy, a company into the business of online home decor. Astarc Ventures is part of a US$ 400 mil-lion group and plans to invest in tech focused, tech enabled, disruptive technology companies in emerging industries such as mobile pay-ments, digital health-care, consumer internet, internet of things, digi-tal communication, 3 D printing, data analytics areas. In its founding year, Renderlogy start-ed developing software which would automate interior designing. Ac-cording to Shailesh Goswami, founder of Renderlogy, “Using this software, interior de-signing service and ex-ecution capability, the company envisioned to capture the builders

market. The idea was to tie up with Builders and offer their customers automated interior de-signing using the portal, and then execute them using our own execution capability”. Initially, the company rendered interior designing, ex-ecution and technology enabled design services. Post Astarc’s invest-ment the company plans to launch a B2C por-tal, through which cus-tomers can design their house virtually. Going forward, the company will focus on building the technology, as well as creating a communi-ty and enabling them. According to Salil Mu-sale, co-founder Astarc Ventures, “We evaluat-ed the idea based on the size and attractiveness of the market opportu-nity, leadership poten-tial, vision and passion of the founder and the traction made so far”. Renderlogy was started in March 2014 with an initial investment by the two promoters of Rs. 35 lakhs. Post that the com-pany had raised a round of funding in 2014.

health and safety standards (EHS). The site is also backed by a strong design capability in turbines and generators’ engineering as well as a robust and localized supply chain involving mainly Indian vendors. This new facility will play a critical role in ABFPL’s strategy to enhance its capabilities in India, with increased proximity to its customers and vendors, and serve the ever expanding Indian infrastructure market, as well as the accelerating shift to ultra-supercritical technology.

Sunvilla News | Gandhinagar

Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel is un-well. She has canceled her visit to Nagpur in Maharashtra scheduled today. Anandiben had sore throat problem day before yesterday when she went to Gondal town near Rajkot to dedicate an auction shed in local agriculture market yard. She spoke in brief despite of sore throat and later also attended mass wed-ding of orphanage girls. Yesterday she attended public function in Gand-hinagar and again spoke

with sore throat. Today she was scheduled to vis-it Nagpur to attend Pran Pratishtha Mahotsav of Umiya Mata Mandir. However this programme

and other appointments are canceled due to throat issue which has been un-resolved for last 72 hours as Chief Minister was re-fusing to rest.

Arun Jaitley hails NDA’s impact as Modi Govt. completes one year in office

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday hailed the impact that the NDA regime has had in India during the last one year under Prime Min-ister Narendra Modi’s steward leadership.“The government has com-pleted one year under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi. There was a function in Delhi where the Prime Minister launched a special chan-nel for farmers, a first for India. The channel lists various aspects of farm-ing, including special techniques, crop diver-sification, soil, weather and so on,” Jaitley said,

while launching a book-let on the work done by the NDA Government here.“The government at the Centre has complet-ed one year, and looking back at that time, within the nation as well as out-side it, India’s image and the enthusiasm towards

the nation has increased. When we took charge, it was evident that India’s growth rate was on the decline, investors had turned away and the gov-ernment was unable to take decisive decisions. There was a policy paral-ysis in the country.

Ahmedabad police deny permission for Swaraj Samvad

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

The city police today stopped the `Swaraj Samvad’ organized by former AAP leaders Yogendra Yadav and Anand Kumar here, stating lack of permis-sion. Yadav and Kumar, who then held the meet-ing out in the open, said this was akin to the sit-uation during the Emer-gency imposed by Indi-ra Gandhi government. “It seems that Gujarat government is shaken to the core due to our arrival. I urge (Chief Minister) Anandiben Patel to control the po-

lice. This denial of per-mission reminded us of the situation prevailing during Emergency. This act showed that Patel is even worse than Indira Gandhi when it comes to muzzling the voice of opposition,” Kumar said. The meeting was supposed to be held at Mehndi Navaz Jung Hall in Paldi area at 4 pm. However, moments before it was to start, organizers were told by hall authorities that Ellisbridge police had asked them not to al-low it. Police said that a permission is need-

ed if the program is of political nature. “Even if the program was sup-posed to be held inside a hall, they must get a prior permission from us if it is of political nature. As they had not obtained it, we asked the hall au-thorities to deny entry to them,” said inspector N K Vyas. Yadav and Ku-mar then addressed their supporters sitting in the open area near the main gate of hall premises. They also dared the BJP government to face them when they come back and reach out to people on a mass scale.

Ahmedabad airport far from swachh: Airport Authority of India report

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

At a time when Prime Minister Narendra Modi is pitching for Swachh Bharat, a major section of the airport in his home state is in a sorry state. From ceremonial lounge to toilets and dustbins, all are craving for a major facelift at the award-win-ning Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Air-port. An Airports Author-ity of India’s (AAI) team, which recently inspected the airport, in its report stated, “None of the toi-lets for physically chal-lenged persons are as per standards. It appeared as if these toilets had never been inspected.” Even the

toilets for general public were shabby. The report said general cleaning and maintenance of floors, WCs, fittings, mirrors, hand wash dispensers, maintenance of wooden frames and fittings was poor in all the toilets, in-cluding the ones in VIP rooms. Ahmedabad air-port was recently award-ed the best airport in the country in the 2 million-5 million passengers cat-egory. Even the basic requirements for cleanli-ness were found lacking. The inspection, conduct-ed by regional executive director office of Mumbai over two days, has re-vealed that in many loca-tions, dustbins were not

in accordance with en-vironmental norms. The condition of the stainless steel dustbins was very bad, dirty and lid of many bins were not closing properly. “We are already taking action on the basis of inspection report. It is an ongoing process. The facilities are already good and we will make it excel-lent,” said A K Sharma, newly appointed Ahmed-abad airport director. “We are already taking action on the basis of inspection report. It is an ongoing process. The facilities are already good and we will make it excellent,” said A K Sharma, newly ap-pointed Ahmedabad air-port director.

In rare act, man donates kidney to step-daughterSunvilla News | Ahmedabad

In a rare instance, a man has donated his kidney to his step-daughter. And, with his gesture, Dilip Jain, 52, who runs a grocery business at Nandurbar in Maharashtra, has shed the prefix ‘step’ from the word ‘father’. “In the Indian so-ciety, where step-parents carry the stigma of cruel-ty, this is a rare instance of father-daughter bonding. We have real fathers shy-ing away from donating an organ; Dilip did not bat an eyelid,” says Dr Mahesh Desai, director of MPUH Kidney Hospital in Nadiad. “My biological father may not have done what dada has done for me. He has

always loved me like his own daughter; he did not hesitate even once to give his kidney to save my life,” says Dipika, 28, who un-derwent the transplant two months ago. When Dipi-ka’s mother Shobha was re-jected as a donor as she had stones in her kidneys, Dilip stepped forward. “Dipika was never a step-daughter from my wife’s first mar-riage. She was enrolled in school with my name. DNAs do not make fathers, love does,” says Dilip. Dip-ika had come into Dilip’s life as an eight-year-old along with younger sister Shefali when he remarried Shobha, a widow with two daughters.

As heatwave kills more than 600 across India, Ahmedabad action plan shows how lives could be savedSunvilla News | Ahmedabad

The Indian Meteorological Department, on Monday, reported severe heat wave conditions in parts of Odi-sha and Andhra Pradesh. Parts of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, West Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Chhattisgarh were clas-sified as suffering from a heat wave. At temperatures above 40°C, a “heat wave” refers to a departure of be-tween 4°C-5°C from the normal temperature while a “severe heat wave” refers to a departure of more than 6°C. At these temperatures, chances of a heatstroke, a possibly fatal illness which results from the overheat-

ing of the body, are high for people outdoors. Andhra Pradesh, the state most af-fected by this heatwave, has seen 42 deaths from heatstroke alone. Following the death of two taxi drivers in Kolkata, also from heat-stroke, taxi unions have decided to shut down cab serviced between 11 am to

4 pm. This the most severe heat wave in India since 2010, when an estimated 250 people died from heat related causes. The 2010 heat wave was part of a global summer heat wave which was one of the most severe heat waves since temperatures started being recorded.