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on Tuesday completely rolled
back the controversial proposal to tax the Employees’
Provident Fund (EPF) at the
time of withdrawal.
The Minister made a suo
motu statement in the Lok
Sabha in which he also
announced withdrawal of
monetary limit for contribution
of employers to provident and
superannuation fund of Rs 1.5
lakh for taking tax benefit.
Jaitley, however, left
untouched the proposal to tax
40 per cent of National Pension
Scheme (NPS) and services
provided by Employees
Provident Fund Organisation
(EPFO) to employees.
“In view of the representations received, the Government
would like to do a comprehensive review of this proposal and therefore I withdraw the
proposals in para 138 and 139
of my Budget speech. The proposal of 40 per cent exemption
given to NPS subscribers at the
time of withdrawal remains,”
the Minister said.
Jaitley had in his Union
Budget for 2016-17 proposed to
tax withdrawal of 60 per cent
of accumulations in the
employee provident fund after
April 1, 2016. He proposed to
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pension annuity scheme. The
Government then justified the
move saying the attempt was to
create a pensioned society and
encourage employees to invest
their savings in annuities.
However, a day after the
Budget the Government had
indicated that it could consider imposing the tax only on the
interest part of the corpus. But
Tuesday’s decision as
announced in the Lok Sabha
withdraws the proposal lockstock-and-barrel.
In his statement, Jaitley said
a number of representations had
been received from various sections of society including MPs
suggesting that this change
would force people to invest in
annuity products even if they
are not willing to do so.
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that the employee should have
a choice of where to invest.
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desirable, but it is important for
the Government to achieve
policy objectives by the instrumentality of taxation.
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the policy objective is not to
get more revenue but to
encourage the people to
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received, which can also achieve
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pension scheme,” he said.
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have impacted 3.26 crore EPFO
subscribers drawing statutory
wage up to Rs 15,000 per
month. EPFO has a total subscriber base of 3.7 crore.
Even as the Government
withdrew the EPF proposal the
ruling BJP and the Opposition
Congress Party again locked
horns on the issue.
Rahul, in a series of tweets,
said the Government was
forced to listen to the people
and roll
back the “patently unfair” tax
on EPF.
“But the attempt to tax the
safety net of millions of hard
working middle class ppl was
morally wrong&shows this
Govt’s anti-ppl mindset(sic)”, he
said on the micro-blogging
site. The BJP welcomed the
decision and took a jibe at
Rahul Gandhi.
“BJP welcomes the
(Government’s) decision to
withdraw the proposal. The
budget was hailed across the
country for its focus on the
common man, poor and farmers but a section was upset with
the move to tax EPF. Its withdrawal is a good step,” party
National Secretary Shrikant
Sharma said.
“Congress and Rahul
Gandhi can take credit for all
decisions. He can take credit for
the passage of GST and other
Bills if he lets Parliament function and helps the Government
in the passage of Bills. These are
not the Bills of BJP but of the
country,” he said.
Minister of State for
Finance Jayant Sinha said the
Government rolled back the
proposal as it realized that
concerns raised by lots of people were very legitimate.
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(NGT) on Tuesday questioned the Centre as to why no
environmental clearance is
required for erecting structures in Yamuna floodplains for
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s Art of
Living “World Culture
Festival”. The three-day event is
to begin from March 11. The
NGT also raised alarm bell
about the safety of the stage for
the function might and charged
that the organsiers have covered far more areas than they
had applied for.
A Bench headed by NGT
Chairperson Swantanter
Kumar
said,
“You
(Environment Ministry) file
an affidavit by tomorrow
(Wednesday) and tell us why
no environmental clearance is
needed for raising temporary
structures in floodplains.”
The direction came after
counsel appearing for the
Environment Ministry said
that they have found no debris
at the site, when an expert team
had visited and as per
Environment
Impact
Assessment notification 2006,
no environment clearance is
needed for temporary structures.
The green panel also questioned the building up of pontoon bridge by the Army on
Yamuna for the festival, and
asked the Delhi Development
Authority (DDA) counsel as
who gave the permission for
setting it up.
The DDA, the Delhi
Government
and
the
Environment Ministry said
that they have no relation with
the grant of permission for setting up the pontoon bridge and
they are concerned only with
different issues.
While the DDA said it was
only required to give no objection certificate for the bridge,
the Delhi Government submitted that its role for the
pontoon bridge comes only at
the time of flood. The DDA
and the Environment Ministry
said they have no relation with
the grant of permission for setting up the pontoon bridge.
In its submission, the DDA
said it had granted permission
for 24.44 hectare for holding of
the event in which between 3.5
million and 5 million people
can be accommodated. It also
said that constant watch is
being maintained that no
debris or municipal waste were
dumped in the Yamuna floodplains and a running contractor is there to remove the
debris, if any dumped.
However, the expert committee set up to study the situation pointed out in its report
that there is damage on 60 acres
of land on the banks of
Yamuna. The Bench also
observed that the 7-acre stage
setup by Art of Living won’t
hold unless its foundation is
below the earth’s surface.
The Bench then said that
DDA just can’t wash its hand
off by saying no debris is there
as the photographs on record
does show the presence of
waste at the site.
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and December, till the time we
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handed over the site to the
organisers, there was no debris
at the site. We are telling this
with utmost responsibility that
there was no debris,” said counsel appearing on behalf of DDA.
He added that the area is
meant for recreational activity.
The area is with DDA and it is
the competent authority.
Permission was granted after
taking proper legal opinion
which was conditional that no
permanent structure will be
constructed and also that it will
be subject to permissions from
other concerned authorities,”
he said.
The Bench also questioned
the Uttar Pradesh Government
that under what authority of
law was the parking area allotted? “Does the parking area fall
under floodplains area, does
the area permitted has been
exceeded by the organisers and
how much money been spent
to clear the debris from the
allotted area,” the Bench said.
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Kannur district, described
as the Marxists’ killing
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Wednesday will take a call
on whether corporate honcho
and liquor baron Vijay Mallya
should be allowed to leave the
country at a time when he and
his now-defunct company
Kingfisher Airlines are yet to
clear bad debts of Rs 9,000
crore to various banks.
A set of 13 banks led by the
prime lender State Bank of
India (SBI) approached the
Supreme Court on Tuesday to
restrain Mallya from travelling
abroad. Represented by
Attorney General Mukul
Rohatgi, the banks mentioned
the case before a Bench headed by Chief Justice TS Thakur,
who decided to hear the matter on Wednesday.
The move comes a day
after the Debt Recover y
Tribunal of Bengaluru passed
an order blocking Mallya from
accessing Rs 515 crore (USD 75
million) which he secured from
Diageo Plc, the company that
took over United Spirits from
Mallya, who decided to step
down as Chairman of the
United Spirits Board.
The banks were disappointed with the DRT order
which did not restrain Mallya
from leaving the country. The
banks even approached the
Karnataka High Court for
impounding Mallya’s passport
and seeking his arrest over
non-payment of loans.
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fields of Kerala, a 29-year-old
RSS-BJP worker was brutally
attacked on Tuesday allegedly
by CPI(M) activists. The incident took place at Chokli when
AV Biju, an autorickshaw driver was taking four students of
Classes 1 and 2 to school.
The petrified children
watched in horror as their
autorickshaw was waylaid, the
driver dragged out and attacked
with swords and knives by six
men. Biju, who suffered multiple stab injuries was rushed to
a local hospital and later taken
to the Government Medical
College Hospital, Kozhikode.
“He suffered eight deep
wounds on his hands and back
and had lost a lot of blood. A
case of attempt to murder has
been lodged against the
assailants,” police said.
Tuesday’s incident was the
latest in a frightening series of
such incidents in Kannur,
which has a long history of
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clashes among different political parties but mainly between
the CPI(M) and the BJP-RSS.
Alleged CPI(M) workers had
on the night of February 16
hacked RSS-BJP worker Sujith
(27) to death in front of his parents and brother inside his
house in Pappinisseri.
In another such incident of
unimaginable brutality, a
Marxist killer gang had on
December 1, 1999 hacked to
death then State Yuva Morcha
vice-president KT Jayakrishnan,
a primary school teacher, using
swords and knives inside his
classroom at the East Mokeri
UP School in Panur in front of
his Class 6 students.
The attack on Biju within 20
days of Sujith’s murder has triggered panic in the sensitive
areas of Kannur, particularly in
view of the upcoming Assembly
elections, when violence usually escalates in the district.
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ly objected to the
demand of
adjourning the House over the
6th State Civil Services examination for which the Jharkhand
Public Service Commission
(JPSC) has announced schedules
even as an all-party committee
is examining the alleged discrepancies in the 5th State Civil
Services examination results.
The Jharkhand Mukti
Morcha (JMM) and Jharkhand
Vikas Morcha (JVM) wanted to
bring an Adjournment Motion
in the House as they deemed
that the upcoming examinations are not justified.
Oraon said, “If an adjournment motion is rejected once
and it is brought again by other
member, then this practice will
not stop anywhere and it will
become a never ending practice.”
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Opposition for not respecting
House’s decision and holding
the House to ransom for few
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minutes in the first half of proceeding every day. The Speaker
condemned the Opposition’s
disruptive tactics to corner
Government on an issue which
has been forwarded to a committee formed by the House.
Chit chat over the propriety of
the committee formed by the
House irked the Speaker further
evoking strong reactions from
him. Oraon expressed that any
question over the House
authority to form a committee
qualifies as contempt.
“A committee has been
formed and let the committee
look at the matter comprehensively. If a committee is formed
by the House and if a member
of the House questions its propriety, then this is the contempt
of the House. What is the
point in running this House,”
asserted the Speaker.
Earlier,
Leader
of
Opposition Hemant Soren raised
the issue of 6th State Civil
Services examination announced
by JPSC as he also questioned the
State Government’s intention
for not coming clean on the matter, especially when a committee
is still examining the alleged discrepancies in the 5th State Civil
Services examination.
“This is a matter of the 6th
JPSC. Our students will lose if
the examination is conducted
on the same pattern. Date has
been declared. The Minister
must cancel the date of examination,” maintained Soren.
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cigarette manufacturers,
the Supreme Court on Tuesday
played the Devil’s advocate by
seeking scientific proof to
explain how smoking can lead
to lung or throat cancer.
The apex court raised this
question even as it sought a
response from the Centre on a
PIL that demanded that cigarettes be sold in plain packets
instead of attractive packaging
often used by the companies as
a ploy to divert the consumers’
attention from the graphic
pictorial warnings on throat
and lung cancer printed on
the cover.
Issuing a notice to the
Ministry of Health and Family
Affairs, after much persuasion
from lawyer Aishwarya Bhati,
the Bench comprising Chief
Justice TS Thakur and Justice
UU Lalit asked the petitioner
if cancer has been scientifically linked to smoking. “Is there
scientific research to prove
that smoking causes lung cancer and throat cancer,” asked
the Bench.
The reason for the SC
nursing such doubts were
instances from real life where
the judges recounted how persons who are habitual smokers
live for years while those who
have never touched a cigarette
in their entire life end up with
lung cancer.
The query by the Bench
stumped the petitioner as much
as the lawyers sitting in the SC.
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its feet in implementing the
order making graphic pictorial warnings mandatory on cigarette packets.
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scene on television or movies
showing a character smoking,
a line appears across the screen
advising viewers that the actors
smoking cigarettes in the scene
do not endorse smoking as it is
injurious to health. The Bench
said that these messages were
too small for any viewer to be
able to read it.
However, stressing on the
effectiveness of plain packaging
of cigarette packets carrying disturbing images showing oral
cancer, lung cancer, etc, the petitioner Umesh Narain Sharma
said that cigarette smoking was
a huge health issue that violates
the fundamental right to life of
every citizen.
A lawyer in the Allahabad
High
Court,
Sharma,
who is a smoker, was diagnosed
with tongue cancer. Sharma
conceded that he had decided
to file the petition in public
interest.
“Despite the high prevalence of tobacco use, over one
million tobacco-related deaths
yearly in India and despite
clear recommendations of the
Allahabad High Court to
ensure plain packaging of cigarettes and other tobacco products, the Centre has taken no
steps to discourage attractive
packaging of tobacco products and implement plain packaging,” the PIL said.
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publishes copies of all the applicants who made it to the Mains
of JPSC-V along with their
names and roll numbers, so that
any tampering done with marks
can be brought out in the open.
Their reluctance in doing this
proves that the Commission is
holding back proof of manipulation of marks,” said Manoj
Kumar Yadav, one of the unsuccessful students.
The candidates demanded
cancellation of JPSC-V examination, initiating judicial
enquiry in the matter or handing it to CBI and implementing domicile policy. They even
blamed JPSC of rampant discrepancies in the examination
to benefit a selected few.
Commission’s step to disclose marks of Mains examination before interviews were
was also criticised by the protestors for creating loopholes
allowing for irregularities to
occur in the examination.
“No public service commission anywhere in the country publishes marks of the
Mains examination before the
interviews are over, but JPSC
did and issued cut-off marks
accordingly,” said Visas Kumar
another JPSC-V candidate who
was rejected. Candidates also
targeted the JPSC for publishing the results for the examination when the matter was
under consideration in
Jharkhand High Court.
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As CBSE 10th aspirants are
waiting for their first public
examination, Dr. Ram Singh,
Principal, Delhi Public School,
suggests few vital tips to score
well in board exam. Excerpts:
pattern.
How students can overcome stress during the board
examination?
Candidates must follow
their regular routine.
Systematic preparation on right
track should be maintained.
Anxiety is quite natural during
the examination. To curb the
apprehension, food habits and
physical exercises too play a
pivotal role.
How students can score
well in all subjects?
Students must remember
four key points to score well in
exam. Presentation style, maintaining the answers order in
chronology, must follow steps
while solving numerical and
What do you suggest to
guardians, whose kids are
taking board exams?
Parents must not put extra
pressure on kids to perform
and keep boosting their morale,
irrespective of anything.
Guardians must give space to
kids so that they analyse their
strength and weakness and
accordingly decide their goals
visualizing the future demand.
should spend at least 10-15
minutes in revising the entire
paper. Following NCERT
books and rigorously solving
test papers help candidates in
understanding the question
Has the present marking
system benefitted candidates?
To an extent, CGPA
(Cumulative Grade Percentage
Average) has benefited the students and set equality level too.
Now, students are analyzed in
different formats in one year.
What else, apart from
securing good percentage, is
required in this competitive
era?
In the age of cut throat
competition where opportunities too have increased in
diverse field, an individual
must possess soft skills which
include communication skills,
analysis and application
power, will power, general
awareness, technical skill to
carve niche in their respective
sectors. Managerial skills and
leadership power are X-factors
to shine and set example for
others.
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Culture Festival 2016 being
organised by the Art of Living
foundation on the Yamuna
floodplains has taken a heavy
toll on the flora and fauna
around. A visit to the site
revealed massive use of prefabricated
building
materials,
which are
harmful to
the environment,
in
making the
stage and
other structures on the floodplain of the
river.
When The Pioneer visited the site, it was found that
pre-fabricated solid materials
were being used to erect the
high mast lights stationed at
different areas in the vicinity
of the giant main stage during
the three-day event. The use
of plaster of paris, plastic, flex,
stones, steel, bricks and others materials harmful to the
nature shows sordid state of
affair as how floodplains are
being ruined in the name of
cultural meet.
Contrary to spiritual guru
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s claim on
Tuesday that not a single tree
has been cut and the ecological stability has been maintained during the preparations, rampant digging for
installing poles, tents and laying
water
pipelines has
t o t a l l y
changed total
landscape of
the ecologically sensitive
floodplains.
Lots of flowers and plants
on the banks of the river have
been removed and the agricultural land has also gone for
a toss with the area being
cleaned up for parking purpose.
Farmers, who are at the
receiving end, have expressed
regret allowing massive activities to be taken up for the
event and alleged that they
have not even received any
compensation.
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Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, under fire
for organising a massive event
on the Yamuna floodplain, on
Tuesday said his organisation
will build a “biodiversity park”
in that area and rubbished
allegations of ecological harm.
Ravi Shankar told reporters
that not a single tree has been
cut in the run up to the World
Cultural Festival to be held
between March 11-13 and that
four trees have only been
trimmed in the riverine area.
“Villagers said that their
buffaloes never went near the
water in the past. Now, I
have been informed by them
that those buffaloes have
entered the water. The vil-
lagers are very happy.
“We will leave the place
after making a biodiversity
park there. In the past, our volunteers have brought out 512
tonne of garbage from Yamuna.
We have not cut any trees, have
just trimmed four. We want a
clean Yamuna and we care
about the environment,” Ravi
Shankar said.
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The High Court too failed
to pass an interim order on
March 4, forcing the banks to
approach the apex court.
Besides the SBI, the other
banks which had lent money to
Mallya’s now defunct
Kingfisher Airlines are Axis
Bank Limited, Bank of Baroda,
Corporation Bank, Federal
Bank Limited, IDBI Bank
Limited, Indian Overseas Bank,
Jammu & Kashmir Bank
Limited, Punjab and Sind
Bank, Punjab National Bank,
State Bank of Mysore, UCO
Bank and United Bank of India.
In their appeal, the banks
said, “The High Court of
Karnataka and DRT have failed
to protect the interest of the
petitioners who advanced large
sums of monies to Mallya and
also the interest of public at
large.” Mallya who owns United
Spirits Limited had executed a
corporate guarantee on
December 21, 2010 along with
a personal guarantee to repay
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The Counsel appearing for
the Uttar Pradesh Government
said that no debris was found at
the allotted area, so there is no
question of money being spent.
The counsel added that permission was granted as per the
notification in which floodplains can be allotted for parking purposes during non-monsoon seasons so that there is no
the entire loan amount.”
Since the amount was not
serviced, the unpaid loan was
classified as non-performing
assets by the banks. They
approached DRT in 2013 for
recovery of a sum of Rs 6203
crore. During the pendency of
this case, the banks noticed that
Mallya and his company tried
to secretly dispose assets with
an aim to defeat the recovery
proceedings, the petition by the
banks said.
It was only after Mallya disclosed to the Bombay Stock
Exchange and London Stock
Exchange on February 25, 2016
that he had resigned as
Chairman of United Spirits
after receiving a payment of Rs
515 crore from Diageo Plc as
“severance deal”, the banks
stepped up proceedings in
DRT. From his statements to
the Press, the banks understood
that Mallya intends to settle in
London. This forced them to
seek his arrest and freeze passport.
damage to environment and no
permanent structures could be
constructed.
The Bench, asked the
Counsel whether thousands of
cars making emission will not
cause pollution to the environment. It asked all the parties to
consider the impact of such an
event on the environment, river,
ecology and biodiversity.
“Assuming that all necessary permissions were taken for
the event but has anybody considered what the impact will be
on the environment, river, ecology and biodiversity. Has any
study being conducted in this
regard?” the Bench questioned.
Meanwhile, the Art of
Living in its submission said
that it had taken the requisite
permissions from all the
authorities except from the
police.
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Although the Opposition
persisted on an explanation
on the issue, the State government turned down the
demand and pointed at lukewarm response by committee
members to the government's
efforts for convening a meeting to discuss the issue.
Parliamentar y Affairs
Minister Saryu Roy toiled
hard to convince the
Opposition about the scope of
the committee and assured
that the suggestion put forth
by the committee would apply
to all state civil services examinations that will be conducted in future by JPSC.
“Government has no
qualms in taking steps in the
interest of the people. 6th
JPSC examination will be
conducted on the previous
rules. I can assure you that the
Government is not going to
change rules. The committee
will be suggesting changes in
all examinations that will be
conducted by JPSC and it just
not about 5th and 6th civil
services examination," added
Roy.
Meanwhile, the JVM
threatened to walk out of the
committee if the upcoming
examination is not cancelled
and then re-scheduled on the
pattern suggested by the allparty committee formed to
evolve consensus among all
the political parties.
"Cancel the examination
then discuss the issue further.
We will give our recommendations for the 5th and
6thJPSC otherwise we are
ready to walk out of the committee," said JVM leader
Pradeep Yadav.
The JVM held the opinion that discrepancies in the
6thJPSC are the same as in
5th JPSC and also raised the
issue of reservation for other
backward caste in the
6thJPSC examination.
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department more pronounced,
Chief Minister Raghubar Das
announced a new Mahila
Battalion in Santhal Pargana,
which will have its headquarters in Dumka.
Making the announcement
in a programme by Jharkhand
Police to celebrate International
Women’s Day, Das said, “To
usher in a bright future for
Jharkhand, women of the State
will have to be educated,
strengthened economically and
given bigger responsibilities. In
the near future, we will see
women playing a crucial role in
every sector in Jharkhand, be it
law and order or administration
or any other,” he further added.
The CM also flagged off a
contingent
of
Shakti
Commandoes along with
launching an Android mobile
application, Shakti, both created
with specific focus on women
security. The mobile application
will cover 16 police stations in the
urban parts of Ranchi, whereas
the 20 scooter-ridden Shakti
Commando units will be
deployed across the city. He also
launched a fleet of 18 new
patrolling vans for crime prevention in the State capital.
Each unit of the Shakti
Commandoes will have two
female constables, equipped with
Android smartphones, wireless
sets and handguns. These female
constables will be deployed in
areas which see high footfall of
girls and women, like educational institutions and markets.
As for Shakti app, women
can use the mobile application
to call for help in times of distress, which will alert the nearest police patrolling unit so that
they can rush to help. Apart
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schemes, Tejaswini and Widow
Pension proposal at the State
level seminar on ‘towards gender equality, an initiative’, to
mark International Women’s
Day on Tuesday. The seminar
also focused on several ongoing schemes of the State
Government.
There are several schemes
at present which are functional and are benefitting many
lives. Targeting women falling
in the age group of 14 to 24
years, the State Government has
planned to launch Tejaswini
project and widow pension
scheme to bridge both social
and economical gaps.
“Soon the department will
initiate Tejaswini and widow
pension schemes to empower
women. In the first phase of
Tejaswini schemes, 25 lakh
beneficiaries are likely to get
benefits whereas to support
widows, the pension scheme
will cover women from different sections where the benefi-
ciaries will be entitled to get
C600 per month,” said
Secretary, Social Welfare
Department, Vinay Choubey.
In an attempt to sensitize
NGO workers, Anganwadi
workers and female supervisors
on pivotal programmes to
enhance the livelihood of people targeting women and adolescents, several people associated with different social welfare projects gathered at Sri
Krishna Institute of Public
Administration (SKIPA) on
Tuesday.
To celebrate the womanhood and with the pledge to
augment the lives of others,
especially women residing in
the rural belts, Social Welfare
Minister Louis Marandi, said,
“We need to fulfill the existing
social gaps present in the society. The mission will be accomplished only when the benefits
reach to all targeted people in
the State.”
Addressing the women
representatives and focusing on
the active implementation of
departmental schemes and
policies, Marandi added,
“Society too needs to come forward as only implementation of
policies alone cannot combat
all social evils.”
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“Provisions have been made
for reserving 33 per cent vacancies in constabulary for women
and work has begun in this direction. Moreover, a report has
been submitted on developing a
scientific approach towards helping our female workforce in
striking a balance between their
professional and family lives,
something which has been
neglected by far,” said Meena.
She further added, “This
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Commandoes and 10 of the new station to handle cases related toilets and washrooms will also
patrolling vans will be dedicat- to women. Half of the police be developed to help our female
ed to look after the complaints stations have already been cov- police officials work easily.”
Meanwhile, in another proered and the rest will be covreceived from Shakti app.
“This is a pilot project that ered soon,” said Sampat Meena, gramme, Chief Minister
has been started from Ranchi. It Inspector General, Criminal Raghubar Das requested women
will be taken to other districts too Investigation Department to lead the movement to dry
their villages of the necessary evil
after measuring its success in the (Organised Crimes).
Women in the police force that brings good revenue to the
capital city,” stated Director
were also in for a treat as the State State. Das announced reward for
General of Police DK Pandey.
“In rural pockets of the Police Department has decided “nasha mukt” villages.
Das saluted women for their
State, where the reach and to celebrate this year as ‘Year of
effectiveness of Shakti app will the Female Cop’, said Meena in role in the society and eulogised
their contribution in shaping
be limited, we are training two her address.
people and society.
“No movement to uproot
liquor from the society would
be fruitful without women’s
participation. The State
Government would provide
C1 lakh to those villages which
will get rid of liquor,” said CM
here in a programme organised
by Jharkhand State Livelihood
Promotion Society.
While encouraging women
to reap benefits of various programmes launched by the State
Government, Das assured them
of a dignified place in the society by supporting education of
girls belonging to the families
with little means to provide
education and nurturing them to
become self-dependent in future.
He also requested women to rise
up to the cause of women, resist
early marriage of girl and focus
on making them educated.
“State Government would
support girls in completing
their education. I would ask
families to not even think
about marrying a girl before
she completes her education,”
maintained Das.
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Interestingly, it was comthe second session of Tuesday’s
proceedings which discussed plete tribute to women on the
education budget and she was special day as two women
the Speaker’s choice to lead the members were given the
discussion in the House. Koda opportunity to put their views
who represents Jagannathpur on the budget. The first of its
Assembly Constituency was on kind of gesture is likely to
the chair for around 20 minutes. motivate women to dream big.
“Vidhansabha acts as soci“This is very good for
women empowerment. For the ety’s mirror. House was unanfirst time there was no aye or imous over her name. Now
no side in the House on the women will draw inspiration
question of women empower- from Geeta Koda would like to
ment,” said Chhatarpur MLA, follow in her footsteps,” added
Kishore.
Radha Krishna Kishore.
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on Tuesday announced that
the Government will sign a formal agreement with Tata Steel
under which urban slums in
eastern areas of the city located outside Tata Steel lease area
will be getting drinking water
from JUSCO (Jamshedpur
Utilities and Services
Company,) a Tata Steel subsidiary in April.
He was addressing the
inaugural ceremony of the
nearly 2 km long newly
widened Tinplate—Kadani
Road at Baridih Postal Park
“We are aware of the situation and want to ensure that
every citizen gets better civic
amenities. We have already
held talks with Tata Steel who
has agreed to supply drinking
water to the urban slums which
has been facing water crisis
during summer. It will be in the
form of a cost sharing basis
between Government and Tata
Steel on the ratio of 60:40. Soon
after the finalization of the
agreement drinking water supply will begin in the month of
April,” said Raghubar Das.
Incidentally, the C28-crore
Moharda drinking water project, the pet project of the
Chief Minister, is yet be fully
operational. After the agree-
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water using the infrastructure
at the Moharda drinking water
project.
The foundation stone of
the water project of the project
was laid by the then Chief
Minister Arjun Munda and
then state urban development
minister Raghubar Das in
September 2006. It was sched-
massive fire which has
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been burning for past six
days is still engulfing trees,
uled to be complete in 2008.
The project is expected to provide piped drinking water to
around 1.5 lakh populace residing in Bagunhatu, Bagunnagar,
Baridih, Birsanagar, Moharda
and Hurlung.
“We are making steady
progress on every front and
soon Tata Steel subsidiary
JUSCO will also be supplying
electricity in these urban slums
and an agreement in this connection will also be reached
soon between Government and
Tata Steel. However, for either
electricity or water the people
of urban slums should be ready
to pay their bills to enjoy better facilities,” said Das.
The Chief Minister also
destroying the forest in the
forestry and hilly terrain under
Jaridih block about 30 kms for
the district headquarters of
Bokaro and have also spelled
the truth about illegal timber
trade.
It has to
the notice
that wood
smugglers of
West Bengal
are active in
the bordering area of
Jharkhand.
They keeps
target on
Jharkhand’s forest, stealing
valuable woods, trees and
bamboos after chopping them
down in the bordering areas of
Jharkhand and WB.
Fire which has spread in
over 500 acre created panic like
situation mostly in six villages,
situated in the base area of hills,
said Bahadur Mahato, ex-village head of Bhaski Village.
The villagers alleged that
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stressed upon the Government
focus on infrastructure in the
next fiscal. “Better roads are
way to progress and development. We want to spread the
road network of high quality
standard. The Government will
not compromise on the quality of work at all. We have allocated C4000-crore on infrastructure with focus on construction of roads and by 2017
there will be a network of
good roads connecting districts to blocks and district to
districts in the State,” said Das.
He went on to add that the
Government will ensure ‘Good
Governance’ in the State. We
need to ensure that the development work is carried
smoothly. However, if they
find any irregularities they can
raise their voice,” said Das.
He said the Government
would work efficiently in bring-
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improving policing. He also
said that ensuring corruption
free governance will be his
foremost priority. He also
emphasised
that
his
Government would be
accountable and ensure rapid
development by utilising the
abundance of natural resources.
Tata Steel vice-president
(corporate services), Sunil
Bhaskarn and Jusco MD
Ashish Mathur were also present at the inaugural ceremony of newly widened road at
Tinplate roundabout.
The road has been repaired
and widened at a cost of nearly C5-crore from a double lane
to four-lane in a span of one
year. The road connects
Tinplate roundabout to densely populated localities like
Baridih and Birsanagar.
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Talk on International
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Women's Day, PGDM-GM Class of 2016, invited Sheela
Shenoy to share expert insight
on how to innovate at workplace in 21st century. Shenoy,
an associate partner at IBM and
handling Banking and
Financial Services for Asia
Pacific shared her humble
beginning and how she confronted adversaries in life to be
one of leading female leader in
corporate world.
Shenoy, speaking in front
of a packed house at XLRI,
started the session with high-
lighting importance of change
and continual learning in Life.
She stressed upon constant
self-review of one’s career and
keep check on the progress in
order to achieve Goals in life.
In order to be successful. She
advised students to keep themselves aware of latest changes
and the latest technologies in
the market and prepare themselves to keep abreast of new
changes in business model.
Her mantra for a “Career
Balance Sheet” was applauded
loud by the General
Management participants at
XLRI.
Shenoy answering to
female audience, told about the
challenges faced by women in
corporate world and how to
overcome them. She gave wonderful advice that we should
never react abruptly but should
respond after pondering over
the issue. “Key takeaways from
the XLRI Leadership Talk were
on how to reinvent in continuous changing business world
and how to prepare themselves for Leadership role post
MBA.” said Nitish Bhardwaj,
PR & Branding Manager
PGDM-GM 2016 Batch, XLRI.
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and his wife inaugurated a
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women’s college and felicitated
women of Hazaribagh who
had earned name and fame due
to their works dedicated to the
society.
In her presidential speech
Nilima Sinha,
wife
of
Yashwant Sinha,
said that education is must for
women empowerment. “Things
have changed in
recent times and
now women can be seen contributing in almost all services
but they have to achieve a lot
more and it is only possible
when the women of our society will become educated,” she
added.
Stressing upon the need of
encouragement to the women
Sinha said that it is only possible when the males of the
society will change their mindsets. “We worship goddess
Durga, Kali, Saraswati but
when the time comes to support their own sister, daughter
or wife the mindset stops them
to go ahead as they do in cases
of their son, brother or other
male relatives.”
In VBU too program was
organised on international
women’s day. VC Prof. Gurdeep
Singh, PVC MP Sinha, HOD
Pol Sceince Usha Singh, M
Lakra, M Sanga, F Rafat and
other lady teachers along with
male teachers participated in
this program.
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few wood smugglers of West
Bengal trying to destroy local
forest only for their selfish
motives and small earning.
“First they ignited the fire in the
forest and later cut down the
valuable woods, trees and
bamboos from the forest,”
alleged the villagers.
Fire created chaos among
the villagers and frightened
people of Roria, Bhaski, Padi,
Yogadih including other villages are forced to spend sleepless night, said Raghu Mahato
another villager. “Despite our
repeated requests no initiatives have been
taken to control the fire
which engulfing our forest
since past six
days”, Mahato
alleged.
“We villagers have
already conveyed about fire to the MLA,
Member of the Zila Parishid,
and forest Ranger but fire yet
to get controlled,” said Ranjan
another villager Thousands of
trees and plants singed due fire,
he said adding, “we fear that
our area will lose its greenery.”
When contacted, Bokaro DFO
said that the Department was
working on war footing to
control the fire earliest.
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against the arsonists have
slapped a criminal case against
24 named accused and 1,500
unidentified people for the
Sunday arson at Pandwa. On
Sunday a strong mob unleashed
its fury by way of setting afire
three Government vehicles. Cops
were chased and hurt by stones.
Civil officials were mobbed and
abused. Two NHs 75 and 98 were
paralysed for more than 8 hours.
Sources said the mob’s rage
was against the murder of
Sadan Mehta, the younger
brother of a political leader
Rajan Mehta. Sadan was
gunned down when he was out
for his brick kiln there. DSP H
L Ravi has confirmed the institution of criminal case against
24 named accused and 1,500
unidentified people for the
break of law and order and
arson of Government property.
Ravi said Pandwa police
have lodged the FIR. He also
said Rajan Mehta has also
lodged an FIR against the murder of his brother Sadan Mehta.
Sources said two FIRs are
lodged. One by Rajan Mehta and
the other by the police. The DSP
said the police have got some
clues in this murder case and are
pursuing the case in a very serious manner. He expressed hope
that killer or killers would be got
soon by police.
On Tuesday Pandwa
remained closed NHs 75 and
98 remained unaffected. Rajan
Mehta and others are reported
to be taking out a torch light
procession this Tuesday
evening. FIR against the arsonists has created enormous panic
among the hooligans and
arsonists who on Sunday had
made peace and public tranquility a captive for hours.
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on Tuesday reached out to
Opposition asking them to
shed “disruptive” politics while
countering Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi’s attack on
the Centre over the issues related to JNU, intolerance, inflation
and foreign policy.
Responding to attack on
JNU row, Jaitley said the
Government has nothing
against a “particular student”, an
apparent reference to student
leader Kanhaiya Kumar, but
asserted that free speech cannot
be allowed to be used to advocate break-up of the country.
“I expect mainstream political parties like Congress to be
in the forefront of being against
these people. Please don’t do
anything that lends respectability to such people,” he said.
Intervening in the debate
on Motion of Thanks to
President’s Address in the Rajya
Sabha, Jaitley rejected Rahul
Gandhi’s charge that the
Government has “given away”
the benefits of previous years on
Pakistan, saying “We are compelling Pakistan for first time to
own up that attack in India is
taking place from their land.”
He attacked the previous
UPA Government by raking up
the ‘Sharm el-Sheikh’ episode,
saying, “You agreed to hold talks
with Pakistan irrespective of
whether terrorism stops or not.”
“This is the time when we
don’t need obstructive democracy. Our approach will have to be
to work together. This is the spirit with which this Government
needs to function,” he said.
Reacting to charges made
by Rahul Gandhi on various
issues,
including
the
Government not passing the
benefit of reduction in crude oil
prices to consumers, Jaitley
took a dig at the Congress vicepresident, saying the “most
dangerous calculation is the
one done at the back of an
envelope”.
He told the Congress benches in the Upper House, of which
Rahul is not a member, that
“somebody has convinced your
leader (Rahul) to do all accounting on the back of an envelope”.
Defending the decision of
not passing the entire benefit of
reducing oil prices to consumers, the Finance Minister
said while a major part has
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been passed on to consumers,
some has been given to lossmaking oil companies and part
invested in infrastructure-creation especially in rural areas.
Underlining that unity of
the country is “paramount”, the
senior minister referred to the
JNU incident and said, “if we
have to keep this country
together, then obviously we
have to make sure that the
space for those who speak to
break up this country should be
completely eliminated.
“But in the name of freedom of thought, freedom of
expression, I have no hesitation
in saying that both my party
and the Government are
absolutely clear that anybody
who raises a voice against the
sovereignty and integrity of
India, we are certainly against
them. We will discourage them
and we will ask the law to take
its own course. I would urge
members that rather than come
out with subsequent explanations that we don’t agree with
them, they should be one in
denouncing such activities as
we have seen,” he said.
Jaitley said Congress has
been a mainstream party and
was personally very surprised
to see it supporting a ‘fringe’.
He also talked about the
present NPA crisis in banks,
saying it was “not a big crisis
but certainly a challenge” and
questioned why the previous
Government did not take steps
to avert the situation.
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Government in the Rajya Sabha for
trying to “metamorphose” secular fabric
to link various benefits with the Aadhar
cards, Yechury said the Government was
bringing the Aadhar Bill as a money bill so
that the Upper House is not able to scrutinise it thoroughly.
He pointed out that some years back
when BJP was in opposition, Finance Minister
Arun Jaitley, then Leader of Opposition, had
in an article in the BJP website written about
the dangers of data security concerning
Aadhar cards. Jaitley “just has to abide by what
he had written then,” he quipped.
As regards empowering women,
Yechury said the Government was using the
“tyranny of majority” in the Lok Sabha and
said it should use these numbers to pass the
Women’s Reservation Bill in Lok Sabha,
passed by the Rajya Sabha almost six years
ago. Union Minister Prakash Javadekar
opposed these comments, saying the
majority had been given by the people.
Quoting a paragraph from the
President’s address which mentioned
words ‘Satyam Shivam Sundaram,’ he said
“the three ‘S’s in this phrase, being widely used by the Government, were more
than the two S’s used in Hitler’s secret
police SS (Schutzstaffel).”
D Raja (CPI) claimed that attempt was
being made to “subvert” the constitutional rule and accused the Government of
wanting to suppress ideas of young minds
as its actions in JNU and Hyderabad
University showed.
On the foreign policy front, Raja said
the Government was making the country
“subservient to American capitalist interest,”
and also asked the Government demonstrate
its “political will” by passing the Women’s
Reservation Bill in the Lok Sabha.
of the country and turn it into a fascist
regime besides widening the gulf between
the rich and poor through its economic
policies terming them as “jumlanomics.”
The Government hit back and said the
Opposition was raising issues like intolerance, return of awards and JNU “to scuttle Government’s development agenda.”
Making this assertion while intervening in
a debate on Motion of Thanks on
President’s Address, Minister of State for
Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas
Naqvi also said seditious slogans will never
be tolerated.
Participating in the debate, Sitaram
Yechury(CPM) said the ongoing events in Attempts were on to replace the syncretthe country and unrest in various centres ic fabric by Hindu Rashtra and rabidly
of higher learning including JNU, “intolerant Hindus,” the Left leader added.
On economic policies pursued by the
Hyderabad University and Allahabad
current dispensation, Yechury they were just
University were dividing the country.
Claiming that intolerance was rising, “jumlanomics” and claimed the gulf between
Yechury warned these developments were the rich and poor was widening in the coun“chillingly reminiscent of the way Hitler used try. Referring to the budget for the next fis5X]P]RT<X]XbcTa0ad]9PXc[Thb_TPZbX]cWT;^ZBPQWP^]CdTbSPh
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went on to quote then US President George more than Rs six lakh crore were given to
world economy due to the cri- icism for bringing Aadhaar Bush’s remark “either you are with us or corporate houses of India and abroad while
sis, the Finance Minister said, legislation as money bill to against us” while launching war on terror and the middle and lower classes were suffering.
“This is the period when we avoid passage in Rajya Sabha said in Indian context it meant anti-nationIf this tax was collected, the
need cooperation of all politi- where Government does not al. Yechury said this while referring to hate Government would have had funds to
cal groups. We are in the midst enjoy a majority, Jaitley said, “If speeches by some MPs and ministers of the expand three times the rural employment
of a situation where we are a bill is money bill it is for the NDA Government in recent times.
generation programme, Yechury claimed
fighting a global economic Speaker to certify it.”
He charged that objective behind adding the present policies were only benReacting to opposition crit- these events was to “metamorphose or efitting the rich and the number of dollar
slowdown. The global economy is shrinking. The new norm icism on blackmoney, he said, change” the secular nature of polity into billionaires was rising in India.
now is volatility and uncer- the new scheme announced by a fascist set up as per the RSS vision.
Referring to the Government’s proposal
tainty. We need to create fire- the Government is to give an
“Your advice (to make
walls to protect our economy.” opportunity to people to declare
“Today the debate on intol- their untaxed incomes and it names public) is a bonafide
erance is who will be the chair- was “not an amnesty scheme”. advice, but it will land the
“If you have an income Government of India in a trap.
man of an institution. I have read
history and remember that when which has escaped tax, declare All your cooperation treaties
a singer did not sing in a Youth it, pay tax plus 50 per cent have a covenant that informaCongress programme, he was penalty. This is not an amnesty tion is being provided on a conin which there is 50 per cent dition and that condition is that
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Jaitley also talked about the penalty,” he said.
Kumar’s tongue and went on to demand secuHitting back at the Congress, case is registered against the
Ishrat Jahan case in an veiled
rity to Kumar as “his life is in danger.”
manner to target Congress, the Finance Minister said in account holder.
Azad said first fake videos were circulated
xpressing concern over recent threats issued
He also rubbished opposiaccusing it of “unbaring” the 1997, it had brought a scheme
to JNU Students’ Union (JNUSU) president against the student leader and then he was
national security apparatus as under which there was no penal- tion criticism for Prime Kanhaiya Kumar, Leader of the Opposition in booked under charges of sedition. “When he
it wanted to “fix” a political ty and taxes were charged at rates Minister being critical of the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad sought is out on bail, there is conspiracy to kill him,”
MNREGA earlier, under which security for Kumar and the Government the Congress leader said and demanded strict
prevalent 10 years ago.
leader (Narendra Modi).
On black money being this Government has made assured adequate security will be provided.
Asserting that it was not
action against those who made fake videos.
simply a case of changing the brought from abroad, he said, increased allocation in this
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs
Raising the issue during Zero Hour, Azad
affidavit in the Ishrat Jahan “there is a procedure of mak- budget, saying, “When PM said one Adarsh Sharma of ‘Purvanchal Sena’ Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said adequate security
case, he said the UPA ing names (of those holding said it was a living ‘monument had put up posters announcing reward of Rs will be given to Kanhaiya Kumar. He also said
Government changed the com- black money accounts in for- of failure’ he wanted to say that 11 lakh for anyone who kills Kanhiaya Kumar. BJP took immediate action Varshnay and legal
position of SIT on a couple of eign banks) public. If we make evolving such a scheme after 60 The Congress leader also said Kuldeep action too would be taken.
it public, it will help the account years was a reflection of the Varshnay, a BJP Yuva Morcha leader, had also
occasions.
Regarding the alleged fake videos, Naqvi
things that enough was done “. announced a reward of Rs 5 lakh for cutting off said investigation was on.
Rejecting opposition crit- holders.”
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with other cadets, he said.
crore to this sector. He said that
Stating that IAF had start- induct women as fighter pilots.
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oga guru Baba Ramdev’s
Haridwar-based food park
has got a full-time CISF security cover with armed commandos, a facility extended by
the Centre to only a handful of
corporate entities like Infosys,
Reliance and Tata Steel.
During his annual interaction with the Media, CISF
Director General Surender
Singhsaid the force has recently received the
Government’s
order in this
regard and 35
armed men
will
be
deployed at
the facility
and the “client” — Patanjali
Food and Herbal Park Private
Limited — will bear the entire
cost of the deployment.
A squad of 35 CISF men
had been deployed at the facility in mid 2015 for temporary
security duties after some
protests erupted there and following the fresh orders they
will be deployed there round
the clock, a senior official said.
The move assumes significance as CISF cover is very
sparingly granted to the private
sector. The food park will be the
eighth such unit which will be
guarded by the paramilitary
force after it was first mandated
for such tasks in the aftermath of
the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.
Officials said the expenditure for security deployment at
the multi-acre food park is estimated to be about C40 lakh per
annum and logistical facilities
for these men like barracks,
armoury and vehicles will also
be provided by the “client”.
Ramdev, a yoga exponent
who has set up a business
empire worth thousands of
crores of rupees in FMCG segment including personal care
and food products, is himself a
‘Z’ category protectee of CRPF.
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promising health cover up to C1
lakh per poor family will see
the light of the day next year
only as it will entail setting up
extensive IT infrastructure to
ensure its smooth execution.
“The contours of the
scheme are yet being decided
and it will be implemented in
2017-18,” Union Health
Minister JP Nadda told
reporters at an interaction.
A senior official later said
that the beneficiaries under the
proposed scheme will be listed
not merely on the basis of
income but also based on
deprivation and “identified
occupational” categories as per
the socio-economic caste census (SECC).
Earlier, Nadda claimed that
there was no shortage of funds
for the sector. In fact, he said, the
health sector has been given
“top” priority and there has been
a “sizable” increase of 21 per cent
in this year’s budget allocation.
Last year, budget allocation
was C25,946 crore while this
year, C31,300 crore has been allocated, Nadda said adding that it
was perhaps the first in several
years where a Revised Estimate
(RE) was not reduced in relation
to the Budget Estimate (BE).
Reiterating that fund was
never an issue, Nadda blamed
the State Governments for failing to spend the money allocated to them for capacity
building and setting up infrastructure. He was replying to a
query on reasons for poor
health infrastructure across
the country resulting huge out
of pocket expenditure for poor.
Nadda said that under
National Health Mission, there
has been an increase of C705
crore while the medical education sector has also witnessed an increase in its budget by C1,263 crore.
been allocated.
In his Budget address in
the Parliament late last month,
the Finance Minister had
expressed concern that a serious illness of family member(s) causes severe stress on
the financial condition of poor
and economically weak families, shaking the foundation of
their economic security.
“In order to help such families, the Government will
launch a new health protection
scheme which will provide
health cover up-to rupees one
lakh per family,” he had said. For
Senior citizens of the age 60
years and above belonging to
this category, an additional topup package up to C30,000 will
be provided, Jaitley had added.
on June 18 this year, IAF chief
Arup Raha said here on
Tuesday. At present, women
pilots only fly transport planes
and helicopters and do not take
part in combat operations.
Announcing the induction
schedule of three cadets including Mohana Singh, Avni
Chaturvedi and Bhawna Kanth
now undergoing training at Air
Force Academy, Hakingpet,
Hyderabad, Raha said these
women had volunteered for
combat flying.
The IAF chief said these
cadets are on a par with their
male colleagues and now
undergoing phase two of training. Once they complete training, they will be commissioned
into the IAF on June 18 along-
Defence Minister Manohar
Parrikat for giving approval to
induct women as fighter pilots.
Raha made these remarks
while speaking at a seminar on
‘Women in Armed Medical
Corps’ organised to mark
International Women’s Day
here, which was also attended
by Parrikar.
The Defence Ministry had
cleared the proposal of inducting women as fighter pilots in
October last year. Parrikar also
lauded Raha’s insistence to
the file to the MoD (Ministry
of Defence) level,” he said.
The three cadets did their
basic flying on Pilatus trainer
aircraft and graduated to training on Kiran jets meant for initial fighter flying. After getting
commissioned into the IAF as
officers, these women pilots like
their male counterparts will
then shift to real combat training on Hawk Advanced Jet
Trainers(AJT) aircraft. The
women pilots put in the
mandatory 55 hours of flying
on Pilatus basic plane before
graduating to Kirans where
they will have to clock the
mandatory 87 hours before flying 145 hours on Hawks. If successful, they will be full-fledged
combat pilots, officials said.
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of Parliament on Tuesday
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paid tribute to “women power”,
but demanded financial inclusiveness, implementation of
Women’s Reservation Bill, decisive action against trafficking of
girls and allowing women’s
entry to temples and in other
areas where their movement
was restricted.
On the occasion of the
International Women’s Day,
Congress president Sonia
Gandhi led the women MPs in
strongly pitching for reservation
for fair sex in Parliament. As
women legislatures asserted their
rights, the Government said in
it was working towards evolving
consensus on providing 33 per
cent reservation to them and
expressed hope that it would succeed in this at the earliest.
The erstwhile UPA
Government tried to evolve
consensus on the issue for 10
years and the present dispensation is continuing that effort,
Parliamentary Affairs Minister
M Venkaiah Naidu said after a
debate on women’s empowerment on the occasion of
International Women’s Day
during which the demands for
reservation were raised.
Earlier, Giving statistics on
“poor representation” of
women MPs in parliamentary
committees, some members
said there was a need to raise
their strength in Parliamentary
Standing Committees
Speaking in the Lok Sabha,
Pratyusha Rajeshwari Singh,
BJD MP from Kandhamal,
Odisha, drew attention to the
plight of women in several states
and sought strict action against
women trafficking saying
Haryana, Rajasthan and Punjab
were “major market” for it. The
MP said States like West Bengal,
Bihar and Jharkhand were witnessing “bride trafficking” with
a range of small girls forced into
“sexual slavery”, and wondered
as why this could not be considered as “bonded slavery”.
Shatabdi Roy (TMC) said
while today is International
Women’s Day, nothing has
changed the woman who works
as a house maid or the one who
begs on traffic signals with her
child in her arms.
Roy said the slogan of ‘beti
bachao’ highlights woman as an
asset who can earn for the family. “By doing this, she has been
turned into a product,” she said,
adding she would observe March
8 as Women’s Day if March 9 is
observed as Men’s Day.
Sonia Gandhi, who was the
first to speak in the Lok Sabha on
the issue, wanted early passage of
the “long-awaited” Women
Reservation Bill. She criticised a
law, making educational qualifi-
cations mandatory for contesting
local polls in some BJP-ruled
states, saying it denied women
their right to contest.
Sonia attacked the
Government over its ‘maximum governance’ slogan, saying this also meant expanding
the base of disagreement without inviting retribution.
“Surely, maximum governance does not mean to have
double standards in dealing
with women’s rights”, she
added. Though she did not
make a direct reference to the
Government’s action against
some NGOs, her reference to it
was obvious as she sought giving “freedom” to the civil society, NGOs and activists.
Criticising the law in some
BJP-ruled States like Haryana
and Rajasthan which makes
minimum educational qualification necessary to contest local
elections, the Congress chief
said it denied a large number of
women from SC/ST groups to
exercise their constitutional
rights and called for “urgent legislative attention” to undo it.
Hema Malini (BJP) said
women excelled in multi-tasking and know the art of balancing between home and
work. “They work a lot. They
are my inspiration,” she said
referring to women living in
Mumbai who travel to work and
handle household activities also.
Bhavna Gawali (Shiv Sena)
referred to the refusal of temple authorities at Shani temple
in Maharashtra from allowing
women to enter the sanctum
sanctorum andd said “while we
talk of equality, we can’t go to
temples.”
She said women at grassroots level have been provided
reservation in local bodies, but
the real show is being run by
their husbands and fathers.
Questioning such a practice,
she said if women are provided 33 per cent reservation in
higher education, they would
get empowered.
PK Sreemathi Teacher of
CPI (M) said women constitute
12 per cent of the Lok Sabha
strength which should be
increased. She said despite
Taliban threat, Afghanistan has
28 per cent reservation for
women.
Supriya Sule (NCP)
referred to BJP member Rama
Devi and P K Sreemathi
Teacher to point out how they
rose to become MPs despite
facing odds adding that such
members had no political family background.
Ranjit Ranjan (Cong), who
rode a motorcycle to Parliament
House Tuesday , and K Geetha
(YSR Congress) said reservation
in Lok Sabha was not the solution but part of a larger effort
needed to empower women.
Speaker Sumitra Mahajan
allowed two men MPs —
Sugata Bose (TMC) and
Anurag Thakur (BJP) to briefly
speak on the issue.
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State Anti Corruption
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Bureau (ACB) filed a chargesheet against him in the new
Maharashtra Sadan scam case,
the Enforcement Directorate
(ED) on Tuesday summoned
former Deputy Chief Minister
Chhagan Bhujbal for questioning on March 14 in connection
with two money laundering
cases registered against him, his
family members and associates.
While Bhujbal’s nephew
Sameer Bhujbal, a former NCP
MP from Nashik, who as
arrested by the ED in connection with a money laundering
case, is currently judicial custody, his son Pankaj has already
been subjected to three rounds
of questioning by the investigating officials.
Now, the ED has begin to
tighten the screws on senior
Bhujbal. “The ED has summoned him in money laundering and FEMA cases vis-a-vis
Maharashtra Sadan scam and
other cases,” BJP MP Kirit
Somaiya, who has been spearheading a campaign senior
Bhujbal and his family members
for alleged corruption, said.
Sameer was arrested by the
ED on February 1 under various provisions of provisions of
Prevention
of
Money
Laundering Act (PMLA) in a
case of money laundering,
siphoning off funds and causing a loss of C840 crore to the
exchequer, of which C114 crores
has reportedly been recovered.
In its first remand application filed before the city court,
the ED stated that funds were
also laundered in the guise of
purported sale of shares on
high premium by channelling
huge cash to the tune of
approximately C125 crores in
banking transactions.
The
Enforcement
Directorate had made Samir’s
arrest as part of the two
Economic Case Information
Reports (ECIRs) registered on
June 17 against former PWD
Minister Chhagan Bhujbal, his
family members and others
under the provisions of PMLA.
The two ECIRs, registered
against Chhagan Bhujbal, his
son Pankaj, nephew Samir and
19 others, relate to the alleged
illegal transactions to the tune
of several hundred crores,
under the provisions of PMLA.
Between 2007 and 2011, Pankaj
and Samir were directors of
Parvesh Construction, a firm
which executes redevelopment
projects in Mumbai.
Bhujbal, his son Pankaj
and nephew Samir had come
under the State ACB’s scanner
for the alleged irregularities in
handing over the contracts to
a developer close to Bhujbals,
KS Chamankar for three projects that the PWD had handed to the latter while he was
heading the ministry in the
previous Democratic Front
(DF) Government.
On February 24, the State
ACB formally registered a
charge-sheet against Chhagan
Bhujbal in a city court here
the new Maharashtra Sadan
scam case.
Apart from Bhujbal who
had been the Deputy Chief
Minister from October 18, 1999
to December 23 2003 and was
the Public Works Minister in the
previous DF Government, the
others were who charge-sheeted in the scam were his son
Pankay, nephew Samir and 14
others.The charge-sheet, which
runs into 20,000 pages, contains
statements by 20 witnesses.
The action initiated by the
ACB and ED against Bhujbals
was in line with a directive given
on December 18, 2014.
Observing that there was merit
in the allegations and there
was a clear case of kickbacks and
money laundering, the HC division bench comprising Chief
Justice Mohit Shah and Justice
BA Colabawala had constituted
an SIT — comprising of the
ACB and the ED-- into the allegations that the Bhujbal familyrun trust had received kickbacks
to the tune of C82 crore from
private contractors.
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on Tuesday readied
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ammunition to target the BJPled saffron Government for its
“failure” to tackle perhaps the
worst-ever drought situation
prevailing in the State, in
what promises to be a stormy
budget session of the
Maharashtra Legislature
beginning
here
on
Wednesday.
Giving a foretaste of their
aggressive mood, the
Opposition parties –
Congress, NCP, Peasants and
Workers Party (PWP) and
Lok Bhararti Party – boycotted a customary tea hosted by Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on
the eve of the budget session
in protest against the “negligence” on the part of the saffron alliance government to
extend relief to the droughtaffected farmers and address
issues of various other sections of the society.
At a joint news conference
that he and other opposition
leaders addressed after boycotting the tea hosted by the
chief minister, leader of the
Opposition Radhakrishna
Vikhe-Patil of the Congress
demanded to know as to what
did Fadnavis and 27 of his
ministers achieve by undertaking a day-long tour of
drought-affected areas of
Marathwada last week.
“All the CM did was to
spell out the rehashed promises that he had made earlier to
the drought-affected people.
The farmers in the affected
areas had expected that the
state government would waive
off the loans taken by them.
But nothing of that sort hap-
pened,” Vikhe-Patil said.
Vikhe-Patil and his counterpart in the State Legislative
Council Dhananjay Munde
of the NCP said: “No relief
was announced to farmers.
Nor any step to ensure to provide drinking water to the
people in the affected area.
Similarly,
the
State
Government has not made
any arrangement to make
available fodder to the cattle
in the affected areas”.
Vikhe-Patil charged that a
majority of the drought-affected farmers had not received
whatever the meagre relief measure measures that the state
government had announced
earlier by way of a package in
the past. “As many 27,000
drought-hit farmers have been
excluded from the list of beneficiaries. The loan recovery
from the debt-trapped farmers
continues as before. There is
heavy demand for employment
guarantee scheme works in
thousands of villages. But the
work has not been started in
these villages,” he said.
Slamming the State
Government for its “insensitive” handling of drought situation in the state, Munde
said: “Currently, Maharashtra
is reeling such a severe
drought which I can say is
worse than the most severe
drought that the state faced in
1972. There has been largescale migration of people from
drought-affected areas of
Marathwada. From the information that I have gathered
and from various sources, I
can safely say that during the
last 18 months, 25 to 35
lakh people have migrated
from the rural areas of
Marathwada region to urban
areas,” Munde said.
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n what could be a major relief
to the AIADMK , the Madras
IHigh
Court on Tuesday
quashed a case of “abetment to
suicide and corruption” filed by
the CB-CID wing of the
Tamil Nadu Police against
Agri SS Krishnamoorthy, a
former Minister in the
Jayalalithaa’s Cabinet.
The case related to the
suicide
by
S
Muthukumarasamy, an assistant executive engineer of the
agricultural department , who
jumped before a speeding train
on February 20 last year.
According to the CB-CID,
Muthukumarasamy (57) took
the extreme step as he was
unable to bear the mental pressure exerted on him by his
superiors to pay Rs 12.25 lakh
to Krishnamoorthy, the then
Agriculture Minister, for
appointment of seven drivers in
the department.
It
had
charged
Krishnamoorthy with entering
into a criminal conspiracy with
some officials to collect a bribe
of C1.75 lakh each for the
appointment of 191 temporary
drivers in the department.
Justice V S Ravi of Madurai
bench quashed the case on the
ground that there was no direct
evidence to suggest that
Krishnamoorthy had demanded bribe money from the official,
who allegedly committed suicide
as he was unable to bear the
‘pressure’ to pay up the amount.
The judge passed the order
on
a
petition
by
Krishnamoorthy seeking quashing of the case, investigated by
CB-CID and pending in a court
in Tirunelveli. Krishnamoorthy
had submitted that the case had
been filed based on “surmises
and conjectures”.
Vinod Sethuram, younger
son of Muthumkumarasamy,
had told The Pioneer immediately after the latter’s suicide that
his father was under severe
pressure “from a higher up” asking him for appointing as drivers
persons shortlisted by the
Minister. Even on the fateful
evening
of
February
20, there was a phone call
to
Muthukumarasamy
from Senthil, the former’s superior
officer.
Though
Krishnamoorthy was dropped
from the cabinet and was
expelled from the AIADMK, the
Opposition had made the issue
as a serious charge against the
AIADMK Government.
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Minister
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given a hero’s welcome in
Hyderabad on his return from
Mumabi after signing five
agreements with the neighboring State of Maharashtra for
constructing irrigation projects across river Godavari,
Pranahita and Pen Ganga.
The agreements were
signed by the officials in in the
presence of Maharashtra
Devendra Fadnavis, Telangana
Irrigation Minister T Harish
Rao and other officials.
The two CM also signed an
agreement to set up a special
Board to monitor the existing
and the new irrigation projects
between the two States.
Ruling Telangana Rashtra
Samiti mobilised thousands of
farmers from Adilabad,
Nizamabad, Karimnagar and
Warangal districts to welcome
the Chief Minister and his
team. The entire stretch from
Begumpet airport to Chief
Minister’s residence at
Begumpet were painted pink
on the occasion as the Chief
Minister was taken in a procession. Tousand artistes also
performed ahead of the
Chariot carrying the Chief
Minister during the procession.
Speaking on the occasion,
KCR appealed to the farmers
not to end their lives due to any
distress, “Good days are ahead
for Telangana state as these irrigations will help in making the
state drought proof ”.
“Tuesday’s agreements
signed in Mumabi will be written in the history with golden
words”, he said thanking his
Maharashtra counterpart also.
“These projects will help irrigate lands not only in four districts of northern Telangana
but also in Nalgonda”, he said.
“The water will reach these
areas within two and a half
years and farmers will be ale to
raise two crops”, he said.
KCR also praised his irrigation minister Harish Rao’s
hard work for making the
agreements possible.
The projects for which the
agreements were signed
include Kaleshwaram barrage
cum lift irrigation project on
Pen Ganga river at Rajapet.
This was expected to help in
irrigating 700,000 acres of
lands. Under the MOUs five
barrages will be constructed
between the two states on different rivers at different places.
While the ruling party was
celebrating the agreements with
Maharashtra, the opposition
Congress attacked it saying the
agreements will destroy the
future of Telangana. Congress
leaders Ponam Prabahakar,
Jeevan Reddy and Sridhar Rao
demanded a white paper on the
agreements with Maharashtra.
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Party in Andhra Pradesh
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the International Women’s Day
could not have come at a more
inopportune time as two of its
senior figures were stuck in
deep mud on women related
controversies.
While a senior Minister R
Kishore Babu was under fire
after his son and driver were
caught trying to abduct a
woman not far from Ministers’
quarters and their alleged crime
was recorded on the CCTV
cameras, filmstar-turned-politician and TDP MLA Balakrishna
has triggered a major row by his
sexist remarks evoking condemnation from all quarters.
Speaking at a film function
in Hyderabad Hindupur MLA
and film star N Balakrishna
kicked up a row when he said,
“I have always tried to do different roles. If I simply run
behind the actresses, my fans
will be disappointed. They like
when I either kiss the girl or
make her pregnant”.
Angered over the denigrating remarks, Telangana
Advocates Joint Action
Committee lodged a complaint
against the MLA. Saroornagar
police station booked a case
against Balakrishna.
Lodging the complaint
advocate Ravi Kumar said that
such remarks against women
by a celebrity will encourage
crime against women as they
were provocative in nature
and condone the misbehavior
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of Patidar community
Iincluding
22-year-old PAAS
convener’s father met Gujarat
Chief Minister Aanandiben
Patel with their list of demands
to resolve the reservation stir
issue even as Ahmedabad
Sessions court rejected bail
plea of Hardik.
On Tuesday the Additional
sessions judge Naresh Dave
rejected the bail plea filed on
behalf of Hardik Patel in a case
of Sedition charges levied by
Ahmedabad crime branch.
“Considering the seriousness of
the offence and the role played
by the applicant, this court is
not inclined to exercise discretion in favour of the applicant,
hence…the application filed
by the applicant - accused in
hereby rejected,” said the court.
Before the rejection of
PAAS convener’ bail plea a delegation of Patidar leaders submitted a sealed envelope from
Hardik containing a list of 27
demands to the chief minister.
The meeting was attended by
Porbander MP Vithal Radadia.
State BJP President and senior
minister Vijay Rupani and his
colleague Nitin Patel were also
present in the meeting.
The delegation, including
several community and religious leaders, sought setting up
of a Patidaar Commission as
well as quota demand for Patel
community to government
jobs and educational institutions and withdrawal of all
cases related to pro-quota agitation against Patel youth
lodged behind bars in the
State. Several Patel leaders
have been behind bars for
over two months on several
charges, including Sedition.
Radadia is mediating
between Patidar leaders and the
state government for some
time now. He had played a key
role in persuading Hardik to
give up his indefinite fast last
month and has held series of
meeting with the jailed leader
in Lajpore Jail of Surat.
Post meeting Radadia said
that the State Government
would reach a decision after
studying the demands in
detail. He did not divulge on
the content of sealed cover that
was submitted to Gujarat chief
minister. It is not clear what
transpired at the meeting but
sources say that he primarily
sought speedy withdrawal of
cases against Patel quota leaders and their early release
from jails.
As his son was cooling his
heels in jail in 14 day long judicial custody, minister Kishore
Babu first defended his son saying he was a victim of a conspiracy by the opposition leader
YS Jaganmohan Reddy. But
with the CM N Chandrababu
Naidu expressing his strong
displeasure with him and asking him to come clean on the
issue, the Minister on Tuesday
said that he will not pardon his
son if he was found guilty.
Naidu kept himself away
from the controversies and
concentrated celebrating the
day by cutting a cake in the
company of women legislators.
The AP Assembly also passed
a resolution seeking 33 per
cent reservation for women in
Legislature and the Parliament.
with women.
The issue was raised in AP
Assembly during a discussion Women’s Day by the
leader of opposition YS
Jaganmohan Reddy. He criticised the ruling party MLA for
indulging in denigrating comments against women.
Responding to his criticism Balakrishna said that
when he made the remarks in
the film function, the people
present there many women
enjoyed his remarks. “I was
commenting on my own roles
in the film”, he said. “If my comments did hurt anybody I am
sorry. I immensely respect all
women”, Balakrishna said.
Balakrishna is a close relative of Chief Minister N
Chandrababu Naidu.
The controversy erupted at
a time when the TDP was left
embarrassed by the arrest of
Susheel, son of social welfare
minister Ravela Kishore Babu
a few days ago in Hyderabad.
Susheel and his driver M
Ramesh were thrashed by a
mob in Banjara Hills area when
they allegedly tried to abduct a
twenty year old girl. The girl
working as a teacher was
returning home from school
when the duo tried to drag her
in to their car after chasing her
for some distance. The passers
by rescued the women and
bashed the duo which was
found in drunk condition.
After managing to flee
from the scene they later surrendered at the Banjara Hills
Police station.
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Gandhinagar: In view of
upcoming Assembly polls to be
held in the year 2017, the
Gujarat BJP leadership has
decided to organise Mega rallies
of farmers from 16 to 28th
March in order to convey profarmers policies of BJP led central as well as State Government.
“The decision for the rallies was taken in a State BJP’s
meeting. The meeting was
attended by district level presidents, secretaries, in-charges,
leaders of BJP Kisan Morcha
and co-operative leaders. Apart
from agriculture policies of
BJP-led Governments, the leaders would reach at every village
and each co-operative society
and tell them about various
schemes pertaining to rural
areas,” said Gujarat BJP president Vijay Rupani.
The first rally would be
organised in Kutch district on
16th March said Rupani adding
that subsequently two back to
back rallies are scheduled at
Lunavada in central Gujarat
and in Gandhinagar on 17th
and 18th March respectively.
“On March 25th two rallies
have been planned - Dhasa in
Bhavnagar district and at Rajkot.
Five more rallies have been
planned in Vadodara,
South Gujarat as well as in Patan
and Banaskantha in North
Gujarat during March 26th to
28th,” he added.
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he sighting of three Great
Indian Bustard (GIB) on
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Sunday on the banks of river
Tungabhadra near Sirguppa a
border town in Bellary district
in Karnataka has renewed hope
for conservation of the endangered bird.
A team of naturalists
Samad Kottur , Santhosh
Martin and Sonia Martin sighted three Bustards, two adults
and one chick on the grass lands
of river Tungabhadra has
sparked hope for conservation
of these endangered birds.
According to Samad
Kottur they were the first to
sight few bustards in 2006 after
which it was assumed these big
birds have been wiped out
from the state. He said “we have
been chasing them since 2004.
We have sighted them first in
2006. We have sighted three of
them, two adults and a chick on
Sunday on the grass lands of
river Tungabhadra. We are
planning a systematic research
and documentation of these
endangered species. We have
urged the Karnataka forest
department to support us in
our effort which is critical in
conservation of these birds.”
According to Samad
Kottur 15 to 20 kms of grasslands on the banks of river
Tungabhadra bordering
Andhra Pradesh has hopes of
conser ving great Indian
Bustards and urges the
Karnataka forest department to
protect these species apart
from helping them to document and survey these endangered birds.
According to Takat Singh
Ranawat, Deputy Conservator
of Forests, Ballari, the state forest department has taken steps
to protect these birds from
poachers by appointing local
watchers apart from strengthening information system. The
Forest Department also plans
to identify Government and
private lands that could serve
as a habitat for the species.
Great Indian Bustard
(Ardeotis nigriceps) Listed as
Critically Endangered by IUCN
Schedule 1 under Indian
Wildlife Protection Act 1972.
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declared the names of 75
seats from where it will contest
Assemby polls including Chief
Minister Mamata Banerjee’s
Bhawanipore seat after
reaching a seat adjustment
understanding with the Left
Front in West Bengal, Pradesh
Congress president Adhir
Chowdhury said.
The names of the candidates would be declared by the
AICC from Delhi.
The number of seats for
Congress may go up after both
the parties finalise seat-adjustment agreement.
Informing that the talks on
seat-adjustment with the Left
Front were almost complete
Chowdhury said, “this time it
was not the leaders who
planned the alliance but party
workers who forced us to do so
as we are facing an unprecedented situation in West Bengal
T
which has resulted from the
violent rule perpetrated by the
Trinamool Congress.”
The Congress was eyeing
about 100 seats.
Insiders maintained that
the party could settle down
with about 90 seats finally.
The Left Front on the other
hand was not willing to leave
more than 75 seats for the
Congress. In that case the two
sides could go for a friendly
fight in some areas in Malda,
Murshidabad and Alipurduar
sources said.
Out of the 75 seats that the
party declared on Tuesday five
are in Malda, two in Nadia, six
in North 24 Parganas, four in
South 24 Parganas, five in
Kolkata, three each in Howrah,
Hooghly, two Midnapores and
Bankura, four each in Purulia,
Burdwan and Birbhum and
15 in Murshidabad.
“There are some problems
with some seats which both the
sides do not want to leave. In
that case we have decided to go
for a friendly fight,” he said.
Congress which is also
fighting the elections on an
anti-Trinamool Congress agenda is likely to field a galaxy of
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heavyweight leaders including
Somen Mitra, Abdul Mannan,
OP Mishra, Deepa Dasmunshi,
and Arunabha Ghosh making
it apparently clear that the
party was keen to see the back
of Trinamool in Bengal.
While Congress may field
OP Mishra from Bhawanipore,
BJP which had taken a lead of
about 200 votes from this seat
in 2014 General Election may
field Chandra Bose, nephew of
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose,
State BJP sources said.
The BJP which focussed on
about 70-75 seats is likely to
declare its candidates’ list from
Delhi probably on Thursday,
the State leadership said.
Propelled
by
the
Modi wave the BJP had polled
about 17 per cent votes in
2014 elections.
However the par ty’s
fortunes had dwindled in
the last year’s civic elections
when it polled about 10 per
cent votes.
Meanwhile sources in the
CPI(M) which was finding it
difficult to convince its allies
like Forward Bloc, RSP and CPI
to leave seats to the Congress
on Tuesday said — after two
rounds of talks — that Front
partners were willing to sacrifice some seats in the interest
of greater good of the State.
Accordingly the Bloc may
leave 8-9 seats out of its quota
of 34, RSP is ready to leave 4
out of 23 it usually fights and
CPI may leave 2 out of 14 seats,
sources said.
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will not be a part of the Left
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Front’s understanding with
Congress party in West Bengal
Assembly elections, the party
made it clear on Tuesday.
Addressing the media on the
sidelines of the two-day party
national executive in Hyderabad
on Tuesday, the CPI general secretary Suravaram Sudhakar
Reddy said that neither the CPI
will support Congress nor expect
Congress to support the CPI in
the Assembly elections.
Sudhakar Reddy’s discordant note on the issue of LeftCongress alliance in West
Bengal came a day after the LF
chairman Biman Bose’s
announcement in Kolkatta that
the two sides had reached an
understanding to fight jointly
against the ruling Trinamool
Congress in West Bengal.
“We are part of the Left Front
and we are not have any adjustment with Congress. We have no
discussions. As per our knowledge discussions have not taken
place”, said Sudhakar Reddy.
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Tuesday was the concluding day of the national executive meet which discussed the
current political situation in the
country in the context of forthcoming elections in many states
including two Left bastions
West Bengal and Kerala.
Sudhakar Reddy said that
the CPI will be contesting 16
seats in West Bengal and will not
support Congress on any seat.
Replying to a question
whether the CPI would accept
with CPIM’s understanding
with Congress, Sudhakar
Reddy said, “we are contesting
as part of Left Front. Natually
we have no alliance with
Congress in any seat”.
he Union Home ministry
may have last week forT
mally
denied
Goa
Government’s request for
conferring Special status in
order to safeguard its land
resources and cultural identity
of India’s smallest State, but
the rejection appears re-kindled interest in the issue,
which has potential to gain
traction in the run up to the
2017 State Assembly polls.
Goa’s Movement for
Special Status (GMFSS), a
civil society group which has
been campaigning for the
cause of special status for the
state has now demanded for
the resignation of Archives
and Archaeology minister
Alina Saldanha from the
Bharatiya Janata Party-led
coalition cabinet for her failure to persuade her party to
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wo months after the
Governors rule was imposed
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in the State of Jammu & Kashmir
after the sudden demise of Mufti
Mohd Sayeed on January 7 the
estranged alliance partners BJP
and PDP continue to pass the
buck over the issue of
Government formation without spelling out specific reasons
over undue delay.
In the last five days PDP
Chief Mehbooba Mufti has
addressed three public meetings
in both the distinct regions of
the state where she dropped
clear hints of Government formation in alliance with the
BJP but while doing so she
apparently tried to put pressure
on the central govt headed by
Narendra Modi to come forward and announce some confidence building measures
(CBM’s) to initiate the process
of Government formation.
Meanwhile, when she
failed to illicit positive response
from the top brass of the BJP
or any other central leader she
went on to claim that the ball
lies in the court of BJP over the
issue of Government formation
in the State while she was
committed to fulfil the vision
of PDP patriarch Mufti Mohd
Sayeed who had decided to
align with the BJP for the welfare of the people of State.
Interestingly, BJP National
General Secretar y Ram
Madhav who held a secret
meeting with Mehbooba Mufti
in Srinagar on February 17 is
yet to make any public statement in response to the
Mehbooba’s positive gestures.
In the absence of any forward movement she is deliberately staying away from the
Parliament and currently tour-
ing the state to give boost to the
ongoing membership drive of
the party.
Responding directly to her
statements former Deputy
Chief Minister Dr Nirmal
Singh Tuesday returned the
ball in to the PDP’s court
while urging them to elect
their legislature party leader
first to start the process of
Government formation.
Dr Singh while counting
on the list of achievements of
the alliance govt during their
short stay in office told
reporters, “so far PDP has not
raised the issue of confidence
building measures during any
formal meeting with the BJP”.
“What we have learnt is
only through the press that they
are seeking some CBM’s. In
reality CBM’s are not in picture
and all we have is Agenda of
Alliance, he added. The same
was drafted very carefully keeping in mind the aspirations of
the people of all three regions
of the State.
Dr Singh said time and
again we have cleared our
stand on the question of govt
formation. He said after the
Assembly polls it took us more
than two months time to draft
the Agenda of Alliance and we
always knew that it is neither a
political nor any form of ideological alliance.
He said on Tuesday also
we are committed to the
draf t of t he Agenda of
Alliance and every thing
has been clearly spelt out in
the document. PDP too
called it a ‘sacred’ document. Dr Singh said now the
onus is on them to elect
their legislature party leader.
We can move ahead only
after their legislature party
leader is elected.
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not have succeeded in forgT
ing alliance with any of the
major political outfits in the
run up to the Assembly election.
But
Tamilissai
Sounderarajan, the State unit
chief of the party sprang a surprise on Tuesday during a
function held at the party head
quarters at Chennai in connection with the International
Women’s Day. She introduced
Apsara Reddy, a popular transgender journalist of repute
who joined the party as an
ordinary worker.
“It is the great work being
done by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, Union
Ministers Smriti Irani and
Sushma Swraj and others
which attracted me towards the
BJP. It is the only political party
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which recognises people based
on their talents. You don’t
need any god father or god
mother to be recognised in the
BJP,” said Apsara.
Speaking to The Pioneer,
Apsara said her being admitted
to the party on the occasion of
the International Women’s Day
was a recognition for the transgenders. “We are all craving to
be recognised as women and
the decision of the BJP to select
this day for admitting me into
the party is a recognition for the
entire community,” said Apsara.
She said her focus would be
women, minorities and the
downtrodden in the society.
“The troubles I have undergone, the pains I have suffered
and the helplessness I have
seen in the weaker sections
have made me join the most
ideal political platform. I will be
an activist fighting corruption
and injustice,” said Apsara.
Though she told that she
was not after any party post,
Soundararajan who introduced
Apsara said she would be one
of the pillars of Tamil Nadu BJP.
Apsara, a popular TV
anchor person, is one of the
most beautiful faces in Tamil
Nadu politics and is sure to give
rivals like Khushboo of the
Congress a run for their money.
She was a senior editor of
Deccan Chronicle, the unofficial mouthpiece of the Congress
and hails from a prominent
Telugu family in Chennai.
While addressing the delegates of Women’s Day, Apsara
made a crucial observation.
“The DMK is still dependent
on Kanimozhi though she is an
accused in the multi crore 2G
spectrum
scam.
Why
Karunanidhi is not allowing
other women in the party to
occupy important positions?”,
asked Apsara which was greeted by a thunderous applause by
the delegates attending the
Women’s Day seminar.
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raised question over the one
man enquiry commission’s
report on Muzaffarnagar riots,
tabled on the floor of the State
Legislative Council on Tuesday.
While the agitated BSP
members staged a walk-out, the
BJP leaders came in well to register their protest after which
the House was adjourned for a
brief period of 10-minutes.
As soon as the Leader of the
House, Ahmed Hassan tabled
the commission of enquiry
report on the floor of the House,
LoP Naseemudin Siddiqui
termed it just an `eye-wash’ and
efforts of the Samajwadi Party
to give clean chit to the State
Government
for
it’s
failure. Siddiqui sought explanation from the Government on
the issue.
PNS
The National executive also
decided that it will contest 29
or 30 Assembly seats in Kerala
and around 65 seats in Tamil
Nadu and 18 seats in Assam as
part of left parties’ front.
Commenting on the
prospects in Kerala for the left
front, Sudhakar Reddy said
that they were bright as the
United Front was defamed. He
said that the final understanding among the Left Democratic
Front partners in Kerala will be
announced in a couple of days.
He expressed hope that
more parties will join the Front
of CPI, CPIM, MDMK and
VCK in Tamil Nadu where the
front was getting good response.
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Defence Minister Manohar
Parrikar, was chief minister of
the state, the state legislative
assembly had passed a unanimous resolution
which
empowered the State
Government to engage with
the union government to confer special status to Goa,
claiming large chunks of land
in the small, resourcecrunched state were being
bought by non-Goans and
there was an increasing share
of non-ethnic Goans in the
state’s population charts, giving rise to fears that the state’s
unique identity would be
diluted.
Both the BJP as well as the
Congress were in agreement
over the issue of special status to Goa, which would
enable it to stop outsiders
from purchasing land here
and pull down real estate
prices, which are putting
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grant special status to Goa.
“It was a collective
demand from all political
parties and civil society
groups that Goa should have
special status to preserve the
State’s fragile cultural identity and land resources. She has
been an active campaigner for
the cause. Now that she has
failed to convince her
Government, she should
resign from the cabinet,”
GMFSS president Prajal
Sakhardande told The Pioneer
on Tuesday.
Saldanha, who has been
actively associated with the
special status movement had
earlier threatened to resign if
Special Status was not granted to Goa, after the National
Democratic
Alliance
Government won the General
Elections in 2014.
On last Wednesday,
March 2, Union Minister of
State for Home Haribhai
Chaudhary told the Rajya
Sabha on Wednesday in a
written reply, that the demand
made by the Goa Government
to
his
ministr y
to
confer special status to Goa
under Section 371 of the
Indian Constitution was
not feasible.
“The matter was examined and was not considered
feasible,” the Minister said
tabled in the Upper
House on Wednesday in
response to a question by
Congress Rajya Sabha MP
Shantaram Naik.
The issue of special status
has been raised by NGOs
and all the major political
parties in the state, who have
claimed that land prices are
escalating due to uncontrolled
purchases by real estate lobbies from outside Goa.
In 2013, when now
housing out of the reach of
the common man.
According to State leaders
of the BJP, while the demand
for special status to be conferred on Goa was legitimate,
it may not be politically easy
for the Central Government
to agree to the demand, given
that states like Bihar have
already been demanding for a
similar status.
“We had discussed the
issue with our central leaders,
but they believe that if special
status is granted to one state,
then other States would also
demand for special status.
That would be a politically
difficult thing to handle,” a
BJP State executive committee member said on condition
of anonymity.
Sensing the Central BJP’s
leadership’s reluctance to see
the special status demand
favourably, Goa Chief
Minister Laxmikant Parsekar
has already said that following up on the demand, would
be a “waste of time”.
But
others
like
Sakhardande aren’t willing to
take a no for an answer.
“We will be starting a
campaign across Goa to
restart the debate on the need
for special status for the state,”
Sakhardande said.
Saldanha, who has
refused to resign from the
state cabinet, also refuses
to give up home on Goa getting special status, especially
with the NDA in power at
the Centre.
“I still do not believe in
the statements made by the
central minister about Goa
not getting special status. I
will continue to lobby
with my government to
ensure that it happens,”
Saldanha said.
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few days in prison can
miraculously change a
person’s conduct.
India’s rising star on the
ideological and political firmament, the one and only
Kanhaiya Kumar, is now singing a
patriotic tune that should gladden
Manoj Kumar’s heart. Out on bail
for a period of six months after
spending 20 days behind bars on
a variety of charges including sedition, the Jawaharlal Nehru
University Students Union president’s fresh statements have been
hailed as “amazing” and “brilliant”
by his political admirers. On various platforms since his release, he
claimed that his ideal was Rohith
Vemula (why?) and not Afzal
Guru; and that the azadi he is
demanding is freedom from poverty, from hunger, from inequality.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish
Kumar could not contain his
excitement, claiming that “the
coming forward of such a talented student and youth will
strengthen the roots of democracy in our country”. He leaves
unexplained how the roots of
democracy can be strengthened
when the likes of Kanhaiya Kumar
remain mute to break-India campaigns. Mr Nitish Kumar’s colleague in the Janata Dal (United),
Mr Sharad Yadav, was moved
enough to declare that the country needed “more Kanhaiya
Kumars so that the people could
live and sleep peacefully”. Live and
sleep peacefully, when university
students and others plot the
destruction of India! Not to be
outdone, Delhi Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal chipped in with
his “amazing clarity of thought
expressed wonderfully” endorsement, accompanied by a warning
to Prime Minister Narendra Modi
to not “mess with students”. In
other words, the Prime Minister
and the Government must remain
silent spectators (like their predecessors) while sections of the
student community go on a verbal rampage — not just against the
incumbent regime but also institutions that symbolise democratic authority — Parliament, judiciary, police etc.
Just in case you thought all the
gushes has to do with Kanhaiya
Kumar’s patriotism, a correction is
in order. The student leader is the
toast of the Opposition especially
because he used his homecoming
to launch a tirade against the
Prime Minister and the Bharatiya
Janata Party. Patriotic sentiment
doesn’t excite this crowd of opposition leaders; in fact, it embarrasses them. What has had the oppo-
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sition leaders cheering like possessed fans at a rock concert is
Kanhaiya’s diatribe against the
Prime Minister. Two of the student
activist’s gems are as follows:
“Modiji only says mann ki baat but
doesn’t listen to it”; and, “We have
some people like that (selling
magic) in our country, who say
black money will come back; sabka
saath sabka vikas”.
After all this, certain Left leaders have reportedly decided to use
him for electoral campaigning.
Kanhaiya Kumar claims he is not
into politics. We will soon know. He
has shown the veteran politician’s
knack of milking situations.
Meanwhile, he is being felicitated
as if he has been discharged of all
allegations, and in a manner reminiscent of the adoration freedomfighters received from the public on
their release from colonial prisons.
Kanhaiya Kumar has no
option but to adhere to the
undertaking he has given to the
Delhi High Court, that he will not
participate actively or passively in
any activity that may be termed
as anti-national. On his part, the
student leader maintains he is not
anti-national. The irony appears
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lost on his admirers. Why would
the court ordinarily ask a lawabiding citizen to provide an
undertaking that he will not
engage in anti-India actions, as
part of the bail proceeding? It
would do so only if it has reason
to believe that the person concerned may do what the court
considers wrong. The judge had
even gone to the extent of quoting a patriotic song from a Manoj
Kumar film and observing that
anti-nationalism was an “infection” that had to be addressed.
Kanhaiya Kumar has discovered the virtue of patriotism after
his time in jail. He had not found
it necessary to condemn and
confront the anti-India and proterrorist sloganeering crowd in
the JNU campus in the second
week of last month. If he had
wanted, he, together with the
other students of the university,
could have easily done that. He
didn’t, just as he had not opposed
the ‘cultural meeting’ that was
organised with the deliberate
aim of demeaning the country
and its sovereignty and integrity,
and in which calls for India’s disintegration were raised.
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Kanhaiya Kumar today talks
grandly of the difference between
“deshdroh” (anti-nation) and “rajdroh” (anti-Government), but
since he remained silent (even
complicit, according to his detractors and Delhi Police) over calls
for India’s dismemberment and
terrorist Afzal Guru’s ‘martyrdom’,
he must educate us on whether
that silence had to do with deshdroh or rajdroh.
Incidentally, Kanhaiya Kumar’s
(after-thought) sanitised azadi call
is interesting, since he now wants
freedom ‘within’ India and not
‘from’ India — and from a host of
socio-economic ills. The student
leader is now craftily projecting for
himself an image of an activist out
to provide succor to the toiling millions struggling for two meals a
days or decent clothing. If he is sincere, he should train his guns on the
Congress which ruled the country
the longest and ruined it the most.
He must turn around and demand
that his comrades explain why they
ground West Bengal’s economic
development to dust in the more
than three decades of uninterrupted reign. If he is a progressive, he
must seek answers from both the
Congress and the Left parties on
why they have continued resorting
to brazen appeasement policies
based on religious identity (even as
they condemn the BJP and the
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh for
precisely that) and not on
economic considerations.
On matters of ideology, he and
his ilk have the memory of Gujarat
2002; how is it that they have forgotten the 1984 Sikh massacre, or
the various acts of violence involving the Left cadre in Kerala and
West Bengal over decades?
Kanhaiya Kumar may want to
reflect on the observation by legendary businessman and builder of
the iconic McDonald’s, Raymond
Albert ‘Ray’ Kroc: “The quality of
leaders is reflected in the standards
they set for themselves.” The JNU
scholar might not be Kroc’s ideological fellow-traveller, but as a student leader (and a soon-to-be
political leader), he can ponder over
Kroc’s observation without being
infected by the ‘capitalist’ virus. Did
he set the right standard by his
silence over anti-India campaigns?
Reports suggest that he had even
opposed the cancellation of permission by university authorities to the
so-called cultural event.
Kanhaiya Kumar’s loud
proclamation of patriotism has
nothing to do with a change of
heart; it’s a change of tactic after
sensing hostile public opinion and
the High Court’s mood.
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Sir — This refers to the article,
“The arrival of a new proletarian
messiah” (March 8) by Sandhya
Jain. It is increasingly being evident
that students’ union president
Kanhaiya Kumar has suddenly
emerged as a national hero. The socalled liberal, secular section of the
media is primarily responsible for
this ominous development.
This seemingly aggressive student leader was so frightened of
mob-lynching for his anti-Indian
action that Delhi Police had to make
elaborate arrangements for his
security when he was being taken
to the Patiala House court.
However, after his conditional
release on an interim bail and his
safe return to the campus, Mr
Kumar promptly resumed his rabble-rousing oratory, screaming
azadi slogans and mocking Prime
Minister Narendra Modi.
M Ratan
Via email
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Sir — This refers to the article, “The
arrival of a new proletarian messiah” (March 8) by Sandhya Jain.
Indeed, there is a danger that an
entire community can be tarnished.
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Radicalisation has gone deep into
the very fabric of India and will only
further divide the country.
Another name of democracy is
‘war of words’, and those who want
to win it, must get smart with words
and start their own radio and/or
television channels.
Abhi
Via web
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Sir — This refers to the article,
“India’s fatal approach to Kashmir
terror issue” (March 7) by Joginder
Singh. It is high time that we rise
above petty issues of caste, creed and
religion to set right the happenings
in our country. Every State must be
brought under the ambit of equality. To achieve this, we will have to
join hands and be on one platform.
SC
Via web
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Sir — India has established
supremacy in cricket by winning
the T20 Asia Cup match played
against Bangladesh. Hearty congratulations to the Indian team! The 94run stand between Indian batsmen
Virat Kohli and Shikhar Dhawan
was nice cricket. Sixty runs in 44
balls with nine boundaries and a six
by Dhawan, was classy.
Indian skipper Mahendra
Singh Dhoni deserves special mention for scoring 20 runs in just six
balls (with two sixes) in the dying
hours of the game.
R Gururajan
Ooty
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Sir — This refers to India’s thumping Asia Cup win over Bangladesh
on March 6 at Mirpur. Despite the
fact that the host team had home
advantage, India came out successful in the 14th over. Indian skipper
Mahendra Singh Dhoni has recovered great confidence in himself and
his team in all parts of the game —
fielding, bowling and batting.
Even as Dhoni led his team
at the front, he scored quick 20
runs (with two sixes) in just six
balls. With this super performance, one cannot hesitate to
predict India’s win at the T20
World Cup that is about to begin
in a few days. India can bear all
sorts of pressure under coolheaded Dhoni.
PN Saxena
Via email
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demanded that action be taken
against writer-activist Arundhati
Roy for her comments in a seminar on ‘Azadi: The only way’, held
in New Delhi, these intellectuals had
condemned the BJP. Ms Roy had
accused the Indian state of waging war
against its own people and had also
added that Kashmir was never an integral part of India. She said, “A TV journalist stuck a mic in my face and very
aggressively said ‘Madam, is Kashmir an
integral part of India or not? Is Kashmir
an integral part of India or not?’ about
five times. So I said, look Kashmir has
never been an integral part of India.
However aggressively and however
often you want to ask me that. Even the
Indian Government has accepted in the
UN that it’s not an integral part of India.
So, why are we trying to change that
narrative now.
“See, in 1947, we were told that India
became a sovereign nation and a sovereign democracy, but if you look at what
the Indian state did from midnight of 1947
onwards, that colonised country, that
country that became a country because
of the imagination of its coloniser — the
British drew the map of India in 1899 —
so that country became a colonising
power the moment it became independent, and the Indian state has militarily
intervened in Manipur, in Nagaland, in
Mizoram, in Kashmir, in Telangana,
during the Naxalbari uprising, in Punjab,
in Hyderabad, in Goa, in Junagarh.
“So often the Indian Government, the
Indian state, the Indian elite, they accuse
the Naxalites of believing in protracted
war, but actually you see a state — the
Indian state — that has waged protracted war against its own people or what it
calls its own people relentlessly since
1947... The colonial state whether it was
the British state in India or whether it’s the
Indian state in Kashmir or Nagaland or
in Chhattisgarh, they are in the business
of creating elites to manage their occupations, so you have to know your enemy
and you have to be able to respond in ways
where you’re tactical...”
Kashmiri separatist Syed Ali Shah
Geelani had also attended the conference
and, as per the organisers’ pamphlets distributed in JNU, “most resolutely articulated his unequivocal call for Azadi as the
only solution acceptable to the struggling
people of Kashmir.” The pamphlet stated that, “Geelani had shared the stage with
representatives from various other struggling nationalities, as well as intellectuals,
writers and activists from India.”
Geelani was arrested on his return;
against that, the pamphlet writers commented thus: “Like in Kashmir too,
Indian state rather than taking any action
against the murderers in uniform has continued to brutally murder more and more
non-violent protestors... But the writing
is loud and clear on the walls of Kashmir.
Slogans like ‘Go India Go Back’, ‘hum kya
chahte? Azadi’ are echoing in the streets
of the valley every single day! The deaf
Indian state might try to silence it, its corporate media lackeys might try to ignore
the reality but this is what the millions of
Kashmiris are saying in unison. No
might of the colonising Indian state can
dominate this unflinching aspiration of
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of other oppressed nationalities along with
the oppressed masses in India which is
going to defeat this fascist brahminical
state and its oppression...” Interestingly, it
was these same chants that were shouted in JNU on February 9 this year.
The convention report reveals its virulently anti-India character. It say:
“The speakers who were represented from various struggling nationalities
as well as intellectuals, writers and activists
from India, most resolutely articulated the
unequivocal call for Azadi as the only solution acceptable to the struggling people
of Kashmir. After the convention,
Chidambaram-led fascist Indian ruling
classes were hand in gloves to register a
case against the speakers.”
“The convention read out loud and
clear for Indians in India, what is written on the walls of Kashmir — ‘Go India,
Go Back!’ — no amount of repression
can deny just demand of Kashmiris for
Azadi, fighting masses of India for their
land, livelihood and dignity. Colonising,
Brahminical, fascist Indian state will
be destroyed.”
Ms Roy and others speakers in this
conference essentially called the Indian
state/Government a colonial and oppressive entity that was waging war against its
people and called on the people to look
upon India as their enemy. And yet when
the BJP demanded that action be initiated against Ms Roy, a public statement was
released demanding — as is the habit —
the upholding of “free speech and expression.” This statement was signed, among
others, by the following professors of JNU:
Nivedita Menon, Ranjani Mazumdar,
Kumkum Roy, Anuradha Chenoy and
Kamal Mitra Chenoy. By appending
their signature in defence of Ms Roy in a
statement which justified her views on
India, these professors endorsed the
argument that the Indian state was an
aggressor state waging war against its people. Ironically, as professors of a Central
University, they were themselves life-long
beneficiaries of the Indian state.
Professor Kamal Mitra Chenoy has
been at the forefront of the recent JNU
episode, defending the students’ ‘right’ to
raise anti-India slogans. He is an old hand
with a stake in every pie of separatism that
is linked to India and was active in the ISIsupported Ghulam Nabi Fai network. In
July 2006, he had participated in the Sixth
International Kashmir Peace Conference
in Washington, DC, which had dubious
sub-themes like, “Is Self-Governance a
means towards Self-Determination?”,
“Demilitarisation: First step toward setting a stage for settlement” and “Kashmir:
Human Rights Dimension”.
In May 2011, a two day international conference on Kashmir was held in
Muzzafarabad in Pakistan-occupied
Kashmir which was attended, among others, by professors Kamal Mitra Chenoy
and Anuradha Chenoy and also journalist and Left activist Seema Mustafa. Prof
Kamal Mitra Chenoy’s statement at this
conference was contrary to the stated position of the Indian Government and
Parliament. The conference was also
attended by Fai, then executive director
of the Kashmiri American Council, an ISI
front in the US. Fai spoke in favour of selfdetermination of the Kashmiri people.
Waxing eloquent in that conference
before his Pakistani and separatists hosts,
professor Kamal Mitra Chenoy, said that
“repealing black laws, ensuring the basic
fundamental rights of Kashmiri people
and engaging political as well as civil society at different levels can really help to
move bring peace in the region”. He
denounced the “draconian laws” prevalent in the State and said that Kashmir is
an “international problem”. He also said
that, “Azadi is the demand of the people
of Jammu & Kashmir and what shape
does it take is a big question”.
The list of collusion and subversion
is a long one, a long litany of betrayal and
insidious action against the existence and
narrative of India. The unkindest part of
it all is the reality of teachers preaching
secessionism and separatism, and singing
the tunes of the patrons of terrorism and
subversion. In his report on Indian universities, philosopher, educationist and
statesman Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan had
noted, that, “If India is to confront the confusion of our time, she must turn for guidance, not to those who are lost in the mere
exigencies of the passing hour, but to her
men of letters, and men of science, to her
poets and artists, to her discoverors and
inventors. These intellectual pioneers of
civilisation are to be found and trained in
the universities, which are the sanctuaries of the inner life of the nation.”
These collaborationists in the agenda of breaking India, operating within the
hallowed precincts of a university, are definitely not the “intellectual pioneers of
civilisation” but are rather the debasers of
civilisation, who, through their profanity, are constantly defiling these “sanctuaries of the inner life of the nation”.
(This is the second and concluding
part of a two-piece commentary. The first
was published on March 2)
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saying that you were
right about that vegetable-dyed shirt being handwashed; my brushes getting
spoiled with the dried,
chipped paint on it; and petunias not sur viving the
Bombay heat.
Ma, I’ve been in awe of
you for as long as I can
remember, and not just for
these life hacks that you keep
giving, but for the interest you
take in the small, little things
that I do, despite all these
years of having to juggle
between an overwhelming
amount of work, home and us.
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inspiring to see you put yourself through a double Masters,
all the while maintaining a
full-time job, and grooming
me to be independent and
self-driven.
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not juggle well, that your
decision to work compromised on our achievements or
that your time at the office
somehow cut into your quality time with Papa?
You never admitted any
such guilt, you have always
seemed secured and confident. But this thought has left
me unsettled. I was spitting
watermelon seeds in a napkin
when one of my colleagues at
the packed lunch table spoke
about her career while being
a mother of two.
She detailed the childcare decisions she had to
make, the choices her family
“has to make” for dinner, and
some of her choices for her
own sanity. She repeatedly
kept using the words “guilt”
and “sacrifice” while I quietly finished my fruit bowl.
In the same week, a colleague questioned my choice
of career as he was of the
opinion that the rigour of
work would affect my “personal” life, my family and
children going forward. At 22,
I felt the burden of the inane
expectations that are associated with women at workplace,
but I kept quiet.
These discussions about
women at workplace are now
becoming stimuli to my lampooning of the expectations
imposed on us.
I want to tell them that I
graduated from the best colleges, and I am building my
big and small success stories
at work every day.
I am neither an alcoholic
nor a drug addict, and don’t
have a criminal record. If
children from working parent
homes were destined to be
screw-ups and deadbeats, I
have certainly missed
the memo.
There is an endless
amount of advice given to
working women, at the salon,
in magazines, over coffee in
office on “how to have it all”
— successful careers and a
pristine house, healthy diet
and the perfect beach body,
happy kids and a supportive
husband, great hair and
immaculate wardrobes.
I see women being judgemental of one another’s work
life integration — they do not
offer a hand, a glass of wine or
an understanding look when
they should have.
The antiquated idea of
the ideal being an attentive
mother and the norm being
intensive parenting seems to
be dictating women at work to
be apologetic about their
career decisions.
Being a working mother
in the 1990s must have meant
a lot more grief from people
around you, from those who
criticised your passion for
work, your schedule for “act-
ing like you wore the pants
in the family”.
But to tell you the truth,
I was always so proud of you,
and how accomplished you
were. As I grow older, I
become all the more grateful
for how you modeled loving
your work and loving your
family. There was always
enough for all of us and it has
been perfect.
I did not have aunts or
grandmothers who would
take care of us children; while
all our friends went home to
their mothers after completing school, we waited at the
footsteps for you to come
back from work and when you
came, both of us beamed
with happiness.
My past memories do not
include being greeted with
piping hot food after a long
day at school or your feeding
me little mouthfuls when I
was sleepy.
But I remember your staying up with me on examination nights with hourly coffee
and hot chocolate.
We’d spend the start of
every academic year wrapping
my books in brown cover.
You’d write me speeches for
the school assembly and
spend hours teaching me how
to deliver them. You shaped
my academics and my personality. You listened to all my
stories from school, and told
me everything about your
work. Your passion to learn
and grow rubbed onto me.
I realise there is no such
thing as a perfect parent, just
as there is no such thing as a
perfect child, and that the
stay-at-home mom versus
working mom debate is fundamentally flawed.
Ma, if ever you felt guilty
to have made your choices,
you should know that it is
time you quit feeling bad.
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is expected to increase to
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7.6 per cent in 2015-16,
Fi n an c e Mi n i s t e r A r u n
Jaitley said on Tuesday.
The growth rate (GDP at
constant market prices)
increased from 6.6 per cent
in 2013-14 per cent to 7.2
per cent in 2014-15.
"(It) is estimated to have
further increased to 7.6 per
cent in 2015-16 (Advance
Estimates), indicating that
economic growth has been
improving in India," he said
in a written reply to the
Rajya Sabha.
He was asked about "the
position" of revival the
Indian economy from the
world-wide economic recession as on date.
Jaitley further said that
as per the information available from the International
Monetary Fund, the global
output growth remained
positive, although it has
b e en projec te d to have
declined from 3.4 pe cent in
2014 to 3.1 per cent in 2015.
The Finance Minister
said Government has taken
various initiatives to boost
the growth of the economy,
and industrial growth in
particular.
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New Delhi: Bad loans of
public sector banks (PSBs)
have increased by nearly C1
lakh crore during the first
nine months of the current
fiscal, Finance Minister
A r u n Jait l e y s ai d on
Tuesday.
"The
g ross
Non
Performing Assets (NPAs)
of the PSBs increased from
5.43 per cent as on March
2015 to 7.30 per cent as on
December 2015," he told
Rajya Sabha in a written
reply.
Gross NPAs of PSBs
increased from C2,67,065
lakh crore in March 2015 to
C3,61,731 lakh crore in
December 2015, he said.
T hu s , t he re i s an
increase of C94,666 crore
over the nine months of
the current fiscal 2015-16.
In reply to another question, Jaitley said the govMeanwhile, to a question
on central assistance for area
specific development programme, Minister of State
for Finance Jayant Sinha
said funds allocated to states
according to the recommendations of the 14th
ernment has taken specific
measures to address issues
in sectors such as infrastructure, steel and textiles
incidence of NPAs is high.
The Government has
also approved establishment
of 6 new Debt Recovery
Tribunals, to speed up
recovery of bad loans of
the banking sector, in addition to existing 33, he said.
RBI has also undertaken steps which include formation of Joint Lenders'
Forum (JLF) for revitalising
stressed assets in the system,
flexible structuring for long
term project loans to infrastructure and core industries and Strategic Debt
R e s t r u c tu r i ng
( SDR )
scheme.
With regard to write
offs, Minister of State for
Finance Jayant Sinha said,
"the percentage of amount
recovered against the writeof f done by PSBs has
declined from 24.50 per
cent in 2012-13 to 20.59 per
cent during 2013-14 and
further to 15.23 per cent
during 2014-15."
In the recent years,
Sinha said the rate of recovery (out of the written off
amount) has declined due to
exponential growth of the
NPAs.
"The re as ons for
increase in NPAs include
slowdown in recovery in
the global economy and
continuing uncertainty in
the global markets leading
to lower exports of various
products like textiles, engineering goods, leather and
gems etc, factors like volatility in prices of raw material and the shortage in availability of power to some sectors," he said.
The banks have written
off loans of 38 accounts
worth Rs 8,033 crore during
2015-16, he said.
In reply to another question, Sinha said an amount
of C1,30,156 crore as on
December 2015, was classified as NPAs in PSBs for
borrowers exceeding C500
crore.
Banks were advised that
i n t he c a s e of f ai l e d
C or p or ate
D ebt
Restructured (CDR) cases,
additional prudential provisioning be made in a
phased manner from April
1, 2016 to March 31, 2017,
he s aid in anot her
reply.Sinha further said that
the ratio of top 30 NPAs to
NPAs above C1 crore (large
borrowers) as on March
2015 for scheduled commercial banks is 51.79 per
cent.
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Finance Commission are "far
more" than earlier allocations.
Replying to a supplementary question, he said on
"net-net" basis also states
have got more under the
14th Finance Commission.
He said flexibility has been
given to states to spend the
funds.
The Government also
said that consequent to recom me nd at i on of t he
Commission for increase in
state's shares in divisible
pool of Union taxes from 32
per cent 42 per cent, Central
Assistance to State Plans,
including Backward Region
Grand Fund has been subsumed in overall enhanced
devolution to the states from
fiscal 2015-16.
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V
company between American
broadcasting giant Viacom and
the Network18 group is launching a new online video streaming service and app which will be
called ‘Voot’ by the end of this
month.
Speaking exclusively to
The Pioneer, Sudhanshu Vats,
Group Chief Executive Officer
and Gaurav Gandhi, Chief
Operating Officer, Viacom18
Digital Ventures said that the
reason to launch this new service was because they felt that
patterns of media consumption are changing. “The mobile
phone is the first truly personal device an Indian has
had, since televisions and
computers in most households are shared devices”, Vats
said.
Viacom18 which runs channels like Colors, MTV,
Nickolodeon and Comedy
Central produces over 10,000
hours of content annually, Vats
said and over the past a few years
they have been uploading sever-
al of their top shows on Googleowned YouTube. “Last we
checked we had over 2.5 billion
views for our content on
YouTube”, Gandhi explained. He
added that the huge advantage of
online is that every viewer is seen
as unique, “this makes it a compelling proposition for advertisers as they will know the exact
demographic of the user unlike
current ratings systems where
30,000 meters give ratings allIndia.” He explained that the digital video advertising market in
India is expected to grow five-fold
from C1200 crore in 2015 to
C6000 crore by 2020.
As a result of this move to
Voot, Viacom18 will be removing much of their full-shows and
other content from YouTube but
will retain YouTube as a medium
to promote their shows. To
encourage users to migrate to
Voot however, Gandhi explained
that they will offer some compelling fresh online-exclusive
content. “We will have a show
called ‘Soadie’s for example starring Baba Seghal about a family
obsessed with ‘Roadies’ and we
also plan to have an exclusive
movie at launch starring Gulshan
Grover trying to make a comeback as a good guy.”
In addition Vats said that the
online site and app which will also
migrate to Smart Televisions by
the end of the year will feature
‘Content within Content’ for
some of Colors and MTV hit
shows. “In Big Boss for example,
we have 70 cameras recording
content all the time, we could look
at a feature called ‘follow the contestant’ exclusively on Voot or also
look at stuff that gets edited out
on ‘Khatron Ke Khiladi’ and so
on”, he said.
However, the big play for the
site will be on children’s content,
where Nickolodeon will use their
library of content from shows
such as Chota Bheem and also
content for really young tots and
make it available on their app.
“We will add parental control features to the app, which allows parents to prevent children from
accessing content that they should
not. We feel that the childrens
market is underserved right now
and these children who are growing up digitally connected is a
great opportunity for the service.”
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=4F 34;78) The Government
rolled back the proposal to tax
EPF withdrawals as it realised
that concerns raised by lots of
people are very legitimate,
Minister of State for Finance
Jayant Sinha said on Tuesday.
".. We realised that other
than looking at something that
would guide people towards
retirement income, it actually
resulted in situation where lots
of people felt 60 per cent of the
corpus of EPF that was restricted in terms of withdrawal was
taking flexibility away from their
own retirement plan which was
a very legitimate concern that has
come up," Sinha said at an event
organised by industry body
FICCI.
Sinha said that the objective
of the proposal was to provide
"further benefits to salaried class
as far as pension was concerned".
In the face of all round
attack, Finance Minister Arun
Jaitley on Tuesday completely
rolled back the controversial
proposal to tax the employees'
provident fund (EPF) at the
time of withdrawal.
In the Budget for 2016-17,
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
had proposed to tax 60 per cent
of the corpus of the EPF contributions created after April 1,
2016 at the time of withdrawal.
He proposed to exempt these
from income tax if the amount
was invested in pension annuity
scheme.
The Minister further said
that Government wants to work
for the people who are saving for
their retirement.
"I want to assure, every one
who is saving for retirement that
Government is on your side, government wants to work with you,
and it wants to provide you
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=4F 34;78) Government will
tomorrow sell 5 per cent stake
in Container Corporations of
India (Concor) at a base price
of C1,195 a piece, which may
fetch it an estimated C1,165
crore.
The floor price for the
Offer For Sale (OFS) is 2.58 per
cent below the company's current share price, which closed
at C1,226.65 on the BSE on
Tuesday.
In a regulatory filing, the
company said the Government
will sell up to 97,48,710 shares,
representing 5 per cent stake,
tomorrow for non-retail
investors, while retail investors
can bid in the share sale a day
after.
"20 per cent of the offer size
shall be reserved for retail
investors," the filing said.
Retail investors would be
allocated shares at a five per
cent discount to the cut-off
price. Such investors can bid for
shares worth up to C2 lakh.
"No single bidder other
than mutual funds and insurance companies shall be allocated more than 25 per cent of
the offer shares," the company
said.
Any unsubscribed portion
of the retail category, after
allotment, will be eligible for
allocation in the non-retail
category.
The sale of 97.48 lakh
shares at this floor price would
fetch about C1,165 crore to the
exchequer.
Concor will be the seventh
disinvestment in the current
fiscal and will help
Government further fill the gap
to the revised disinvestment
target of C25,000 crore.
Government holds 61.80
per cent stake in the logistics
company which is under the
administrative control of the
Railways Ministry.
Kotak Securities Ltd, ICICI
Securities Ltd and Citigroup
Global Markets India Pvt Ltd
are lead managers of the issue.
Concor provides logistics
support such as inland container depots, domestic container terminals, transportation
by rail and road, warehousing,
storage and other value added
solutions.
The Government has
already raised over C18,000
crore through stake sale in 6
PSUs -- IOC, NTPC, EIL, PFC,
REC
and
Dredging
Corporation -- this fiscal. ?C8
incentives and the opportunities... That's why we have modified EPF now."
The minister said the objective of proposal to tax EPF at
time of withdrawal was to
strengthen the pension system in
this country and bring EPF and
NPS on par so that our salaried
class that were saving for retirement would be able to make a
choice between two schemes
independent of their tax structure.
"The objective of proposal to
tax the employees' provident
fund (EPF) at the time of withdrawals was never ever to raise
tax revenues," he said.
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=4F 34;78) After CAG's rap,
the Oil Ministry has ordered
charging of the market determined price for natural gas
used by fertiliser plants for
manufacturing non-urea crop
nutrients.
The ministry has asked
state-owned gas utility GAIL
India Ltd to charge a rate
equivalent to price of imported liquefied natural gas (LNG)
for regulated domestic gas,
called APM gas, used by fertiliser plants for manufacturing
non-urea products.
CAG had in a 2012 audit
report stated that GAIL had
failed to evolve a suitable system to ascertain the quantity of
natural gas utilised by fertiliser companies for manufacturing non-fertiliser products and
its billing at market price
instead of subsidised price.
"GAIL will charge market
determined price for the quantity of APM gas used by fertil-
izer units for manufacturing of
products other than fertilizer
during July 2006 till implementation of Nutrient Based
Subsidy (NBS) Scheme (ie
March 31, 2010)," it said in the
order.
Further, the company
would "charge market determined price for the quantity of
APM gas used by fertilizer
units for manufacturing of
products other than urea after
implementation of NBS ie
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=4F34;78: Hit hard by a ban on
diesel cars with 2,000 cc and
above engines, luxury carmaker
Mercedes-Benz on Tuesday said
singling out vehicles beyond
this limit does not "make a
whole lot of difference" on the
pollution front and there must be
a level-playing field for all.
The current interim ban in
the national capital region will
continue till March 31, while the
Supreme Court will soon decide
on whether to extend it or not.
"Even if the diesel (cars) ban
is continued at least we should
find some consistency in what
we do in terms of taxation and
policy,"
Mercedes-Benz
Managing Director & CEO
Roland Folger told the news
agency.
Mercedes-Benz and Tata
Motors-owned JLR are the worst
hit due to the order as their entire
diesel model range is powered by
engines above 2,000 cc.
Folger said ban on diesel cars
above 2,000 cc does not serve the
purpose of containing emissions as the number of such vehicles is very low in comparison
with models with smaller diesel
engines including the ones with
1,500 cc capacity.
"From our perspective, if
diesel ban should continue, than
it may make better sense to bring
it to the same level (include 1,500
diesel vehicles as well). It will
make a whole lot of difference.
It will than provoke everybody
to go to petrol models," Folger
said.
In December last year, the
Supreme Court banned registration of diesel-run SUVs and
cars having engine capacity
beyond 2000 cc in Delhi and
NCR till March 31, as it unveiled
a slew of measures to curb the
alarming rise in pollution levels
in the city.
"Hopefully it (ban) will stop
on March 31 but if doesn't stop
than at least we should hope for
a level-playing field," Folger said.
He added that the company
could bring in more petrol vehicles if needed but it should not
be encouraged as petrol cars emit
more carbon dioxide.
"We are ready to bring in
more models but it is not preferred choice as the petrol
engines emit more carbon diox-
ide, that won't help in improving
the emission scenario," Folger
said.
Folger said despite more
taxes proposed in the Budget on
luxury cars, India still remains a
very attractive market for the
German carmaker.
"It is still very very attractive
market. See fundamentally nothing has changed. Talking about
the Budget sometimes it is more
positive and sometimes it is not
but our opinion on this year's
budget is positive," he added.
Meanshile Mercedes- Benz
on Tuesday launched Maybach
S 600 Guard model in India
priced at C10.5 crore (ex-showroom Delhi).
The car, which is certified
with the highest ballistic protection level of VR 10, comes to
the country as a completely
built unit (CBU).
"With the introduction of
the Mercedes-Maybach S 600
Guard we have now created an
unmatched offering in the segment and strongly reiterated
our technological leadership in
the field of special protection
vehicles," Mercedes-Benz India
MD & CEO Roland Folger told
reporters here.
The model is the pinnacle
of luxury motoring coupled
with the highest level of safety and has been launched in
India within 15 days of its
international debut, he added.
As per the VR 10 certification guidelines, body and
windows of a car must be able
to withstand hardened steel
core bullets fired from an
assault rifle.
Mayback S 600 Guard
delivers the highest levels of
ballistic and blast protection
available for a non military
vehicle.
"It is hence not surprising
that most of the global heads
of state, diplomats, business
tycoons and celebrities prefer
a Guard vehicle," Folger said.
The 4.7 tonne vehicle,
which is the most expensive
car from Mercedes
portfolio in India, comes
with various safety features
including cabin fresh air system and a fire extinguisher
system with automatic activation.
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from April 1, 2010 to October
31, 2014."
From November 1, 2014
when the new domestic gas
pricing guidelines came into
effect, "GAIL shall charge the
highest rate of regassifiedLNG used for production of
urea during the concerned
period for the quantity of
APM gas used by ferilizer
units for manufacturing of
products other than urea," the
order said.
The ministry asked GAIL
to transfer the difference
between domestic gas price
and highest rate of R-LNG
used charged for domestic gas
used for non-urea purpose to
Pool Fund Account (PFA).
This "amount will be adjusted
in further uniform pooled
price," the order said.
According to CAG, the
gas used for non-fertiliser
products was to be charged at
market price from January 1,
2009.
"This led to non-implementation of Ministry's directives and consequent substantial
under recovery in Gas Pool
Account besides extra avoidable
burden on Government subsidy
towards fertiliser production,"
the auditor had said in its
report.
CAG said non-implementation of directives to realise
market price for gas used for
manufacturing non-fertiliser
products resulted in loss of
C40.48 crore in respect of supplies made to Trombay unit of
Rashtriya Fertilizer and
Chemicals Ltd (RCF) between
January 2009 and October 2009.
"Considering all the units of
RCF, other fertiliser companies and the period prior to
January 2009, there was considerable revenue foregone by
GAIL as well as excess payment
of fertiliser subsidy by the
Government," it had said. ?C8
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set up a Technolog y
Development Fund to promote manufacturing to lithium batteries in the country to
help reduce cost of electric
vehicles, Union Minister
Anant Geete said on Tuesday.
Stressing upon the need
to move towards 100 per cent
electric and hybrid mobility,
Heavy Industry Minister
Geete said: "25 per cent cost
of an electric vehicle comprises of lithium battery. We
don't have adequate number
of lithium batteries available.
If we import lithium batteries
it raises the cost of lithium
batteries significantly".
"We are establishing a
Technology Development
Fund which will help in promotion of (manufacturing)
lithium batteries in India for
which a sizeable amount has
been agreed in-principle by
the Finance Ministry".
The Minister said the
desired response has not
come through on electric four
wheelers in the last one year.
However, he said, the
response on two-wheelers has
been good.
"The demand of two
wheeler electric scooters has
risen significantly. We expect
the four wheeler demand also
to rise," Geete said, adding
that the Government will provide funds to establish charging stations.
He said the Centre needs
support of State Governments
for success of FAME-India
scheme as states have to provide requisite infrastructure
like charging stations at public places.
Besides, on the announcements regarding levy of cess
and tax at source on luxury
cars, Geete said these "will not
have a significant negative
impact on sales" as it will be
offset by increased investments in the infrastructure
sector like road, transport
and highways.
"No new incentive for
auto sector in the Budget.
However, a provision of Rs
97,000 crore has been made in
Budget towards roads sector
which will indirectly benefit
automobile industry," he said.
The Government has
decided to impose 2.5 per
cent cess on diesel vehicles of
length not exceeding 4 meter
and engine capacity not
exceeding 1,500cc, while
higher engine capacity and
SUVs as well as bigger sedans
were slapped with a cess of 4
per cent on the value of the
car.
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Tuesday announced an
investment of C5,706 crore over
7 years to develop affordable
housing and township projects
in Haryana and generate 5,000
employment opportunities.
Supertech has signed an memorandum of understanding
(MoU) with the Haryana
Government in this regard at
investors meet ‘Happening
Haryana Global Summit 2016’.
It will generate 5,000 employment opportunities in the state.
“Under the Government’s
initiative of ‘Housing For All’ by
2022, Supertech is developing
affordable housing and township
projects in Gurgaon and will be
investing C5,706 crore in the
state,” the company said in a
statement. Under the agreement, Supertech will develop
affordable housing and township
projects.
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tial in terms of infrastructure
and industrial development and
has become a hub for affordable
housing and infrastructural
facility after the launch of
Affordable Housing Scheme by
the Haryana Government,” said
RK Arora Chairman Supertech.
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projects in Noida, Greater
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app Uber on Tuesday signed a
pact with the Haryana
Government, wherein it will
invest C120 crore in technology based ride-sharing services.
The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed at
the Happening Haryana Global
Investors Summit 2016.
Under the agreement,
Uber will invest in technology
based ride-sharing services,
which includes peer-to-peer
transportation using private
vehicles where the driver is reasonably compensated for
expenses, tolls and other related costs.
Uber said this new form of
reliable and convenient urban
mobility will help create a real
alternative to car ownership. Uber will also collaborate with the Government
in creating smarter cities in
Haryana.
“Haryana has been a
leader in promoting information technology and we
are excited to launch private
vehicle ride-sharing to promote urban mobility, prevent
pollution and reduce the
time spent in traffic in our
cities,” Vijayendra Kumar,
Secretary IT, Haryana said
in a statement.
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speed manufacturing lines for
juice, energy and sparkling
drinks at Saha in Ambala and
will be completed by 2018.
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crore to set up a new manufacturing line for beverages in
Rohtak by 2018 and also
invest C45 crore in a packaging unit for Coca-Cola.
Kandhari Beverages Pvt
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enhance infrastructure in our
bottling facilities and setting-up
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and Enrich Agro Food
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will invest C510 crore in
Haryana to add new manufacturing lines. The authorised
franchise bottlers of CocaCola India, inked a pact with
the State Government to
expand their manufacturing
infrastructure.
“A fresh, combined infusion of C510 crore will create an
additional direct employment
for 325 people,” both the companies said in a joint statement.
As a part of the pact, Kandhari
Beverages will invest C300
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friendly, Power Minister Piyush
Goyal said on Tuesday. “PPP
model has tremendous potential
and Prime Minister Narendra
Modi had in fact spoken about
adding 'people' perspective to it.
So now it has become PublicPrivate-People- Partnership,”
Goyal said while addressing
Happening Haryana Global
Investors Summit at Gurgaon.
He further said: “I would like to
compliment Chief Minister
Manohar Lal Khattar for having
come out with progressive policies like the Transit Oriented
Development Policy, New &
Integrated Licensing Policy and
the Deen Dayal Jan Awas Yojna
and TDR- which will give great
impetus to Haryana.”
The initiatives will, in the
long run, encourage respected
industrialists and new breed of
entrepreneurs to bring investments in the real estate sector and
PPP mode, he said. If India has
to develop at the kind of pace that
is expected, and provide bare
necessities to its people by 2022,
then clearly the 'PPP' model is
unavoidable, he said.
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in the infrastructure sector and
together “we will have to evolve
the right regulatory framework
which should be simple and predictable”, he added.
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canvassing for advertisements,”
CBDT said in a circular.
In another circular, the
CBDT also clarified norms for
TDS payments by broadcasters
or TV channels to production
houses for production of content or programme for telecasting.
It said disputes have arisen
on the issue as to whether payments
made
by
broadcaster/telecaster to production houses for production of a content/programme
are payments under a 'work
contract' or a contract for 'professional or technical services'
are therefore liable to TDS.
CBDT clarified that while
applying the relevant provision
of TDS on a contract for content production, a distinction is
required to be made between - payment for production of
content as per the specifications
of the broadcaster and payment
for acquisition of broadcasting/telecasting rights of the
content already produced by
the production house.
NEW DELHI: Korean electronics giant Samsung on Tuesday said
its flagship Galaxy S7 and Galaxy
S7 edge smartphones will be up for
sale in India later this month priced
at C48,900 onwards. It comes
within two weeks of the global
unveiling. “Galaxy S7 and S7 edge
(C56,900) bring refined design
language, advanced imaging capabilities, streamlined software functionality and unparalleled connectivity with a host of services and
experiences,” Samsung India
Mobile Business Director Manu
Sharma told reporters .
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state levels to streamline laws and simplify
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for converting ‘red tape into red carpet’
for investors, Department of Industrial Policy and
Promotion (DIPP) said on Tuesday.
DIPP Secretary Ramesh Abhishek said the
department wants to cut down legal, regulatory and procedural complexity associated with
doing business in India. He was speaking at the
launch of NCAER's State Investment Potential
index report.
“The Prime Minister has elucidated his vision
of converting red tape into red carpet. To support
this vision, DIPP is working with all central departments and State Governments to drastically
streamline the laws and regulations and make them
available to the public,” he said here.
“Simplify application forms and processes and
take them online preferably through single-window systems, streamline the inspection regime by
introducing risk-based approaches and offering
self-certification and third-party certification
alternatives to low and medium risk businesses.”
Asserting that the Government is committed to
improving ease of doing business, Abhishek said
states are very enthusiastic after their rankings by
the World Bank, and there is a healthy competition among them to bring about changes.
Talking about specifics, he said the report has
cited corruption, delay in getting approvals before
starting a business and hurdles in getting environmental clearance as the top three constraints.
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thousands of migrants to Turkey
and said they were confident a
full agreement could be reached
at a summit next week.
After months of disagreements and increasing bickering
among the 28 EU nations,
French President Francois
Hollande said that “the summit
has created hope that the
refugee question can be dealt
with through solidarity in
Europe, and efficiency in cooperation with Turkey.”
All eyes centered now on
March 17 and the start of a twoday summit to finalize the
commitment and clinch an
iron-clad deal which the leaders hope would allow for a
return to normalcy at their
borders by the end of the year.
Turkey said it would be
willing to make greater efforts to
contain irregular migration.
“The truth is that Turkey came
to the summit with attractive
proposals, and I believe that surprised many,” said Greek Prime
Minister Alex Tsipras.
EU President Donald Tusk
said that after a week of shuttle
diplomacy in and around Turkey,
“we have a breakthrough now.”
During 12 hours of negotiations, Turkey insisted that any
agreement would require Europe
to advance Turkey’s long-delayed
hope of joining the bloc. As an
additional step, Turkey said it
expects EU nations to ease its
visa restrictions on Turkish citizens within months.
Turkey, home to 2.75 million
refugees chiefly from neighboring Syria, surprised EU counterparts Monday by demanding
a much more funding beyond
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already pledged. “Turkey is ready
to work with the EU, and Turkey
is ready to be a member of the
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Minister Ahmet Davatoglu told
reporters in Brussels.
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how much money Turkey was
seeking but he said that the funds
would only go to Syrian refugees.
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citizens. Every penny will be
spent for Syrian refugees.”
British Prime Minister
David Cameron said that “we do
have the basis for a breakthrough
which is the possibility that in
future all migrants who arrive in
Greece will be returned to
Turkey.” The sides will now
reconvene at a two-day summit
starting March 17.
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to gain stronger commitments
from Turkey to take back
refugees who have reached
European shores and ease a crisis that has left an estimated
13,000 to 14,000 souls encamped
in the wintry cold on the GreeceMacedonia border.
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Dhaka: The top court upheld a
death sentence on Tuesday
imposed by the country’s
International Crimes Tribunal
on a leader of an Islamist political party for killing a freedom
fighter during the 1971 war of
independence. In a short order
read out by Chief Justice Surenda
Kumar Sinha, the appellate division of the Supreme Court
acquitted Mir Quasem Ali — a
leader of Jamaat-e-Islami — of
three other charges, including
another offence that also carried
the death penalty.
The court, however, upheld
the convictions and sentences in
six other cases. So far, the
International Crimes Tribunal
— established in 2010 to prosecute those alleged to have
committed war crimes during
the bloody conflict with
Pakistan — has convicted 24
people. Most convicted are leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami, which in
1971 supported the military
activities of the Pakistan
military to stop Bangladesh’s
secession. Four men have now
been executed.
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“To stop refugees arriving
in Greece, we have to cooperate with Turkey,” French
President Francois Hollande
said. Even though many saw
the outlines of a deal, it was still
too early to clinch it.
In Ankara, the Turkish
capital, President Recep Tayyip
Erdogan accused the EU of
failing to provide enough of the
already pledged funds. He also
criticized Europe for refusing
to accept asylum seekers more
readily, linking that policy to
needless deaths as thousands
opt to cross illegally by sea
from the Turkish coast to offshore Greek islands.
“We are not sending them.
They are going by sea and many
of them are dying. We have rescued close to 100,000 from the
sea,” Erdogan said in a speech.
Turkey is seeking a new EU
commitment to take Syrians
and other high-percentage
refugee applicants via safe travel routes, such as at the land
border between Turkey and
Greece, to reduce drowning
deaths in the Aegean Sea.
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The new poll findings
came on a day when billionaire
media mogul and former New
York
Mayor
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for an independent presidential bid. Conceding he may fall
short if he ran, Bloomberg said
his candidacy could end up
benefiting Trump or Cruz,
terming it a risk he cannot take
in “good conscience”.
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various polls have indicated
that it will be advantage Trump
in the delegates-rich Michigan
and Mississippi and possibly
Idaho as well. Hawaii is the
fourth State in the pack. A total
of 150 delegates will be awarded by the four States.
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Advisor Sartaj Aziz here
on Tuesday assured British
Foreign Secretar y Philip
Hammond that a joint
investigation team is in the
process of completing its
probe into the Indian
airbase terror attack.
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the two countries will take
place. The Indian High
Commissioner himself stated
that foreign secretaries’
meeting is not linked to
the Pathankot investigation,”
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Prime
Minister’s
senior aide said.
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accused Pakistan-based Jaishe-Mohammad of masterminding the attack which left
seven Indian security officials
have to win the winner-takesall States of Florida and Ohio
next week for a reasonable path
to nomination.
The rise of Cruz, the darling of Tea Party conservatives, has been the most
remarkable aspect of the
Republican race. Cruz, however, can hope to make further
dents only if two other contestants, Rubio and Kasich,
pull out soon enough and
prevent the continuing split of
anti-Trump votes.
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had disturbing news for
Trump on other counts, finding that “over half of
Republicans and GOP-leaning
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killed in fresh air strikes
when Pakistani fighter jets
pounded militant hideouts in
Shawal Valley, a mountainous
area in North Waziristan bordering Afghanistan.
“Operations continue.
Important heights & passes
along Pak-Afghan Border
secured. Valley’s sanitisation
in progress,” Asim Bajwa, DG
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Public
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were killed on Monday night
when military jets pounded
militant
hideouts
in
Shawal valley of Nor th
Waziristan as operations continue,” Bajwa said.
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by Pakistan Air Force &
C ombat Army Aviation,
ground force continue hunt
for fleeing terrorists through
chase, cordon and search
operation,” he said.
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on Tuesday said that
Pakistan was fighting terrorism
as part of a “moral obligation”
to eliminate the scourge from
the country, a day after a
Taliban suicide bomber killed
17 people in the restive northwestern region.
Sharif stated this in a meeting with visiting British
Secretary of State Philip
Hammond who called on him.
According to a statement,
Sharif said that “fighting the war
against terrorism is the moral
obligation of Pakistan” and that
his Government is leading the
war on terror to “ensure a peaceful tomorrow for the country
and our future generations”.
“We strongly condemn terrorist activities anywhere in the
world whether perpetrated by
individuals, groups or states,”
he said.
and one civilian dead and
avoided pointing fingers at
Pakistan or its institutions.
However, India’s Defence
Minister Manohar Parrikar
told the country’s parliament
that the deadly assault could
not have been carried out
without “state support”.
Aziz also confirmed to
Hammond that the government shared intelligence with
New Delhi about possible terror attacks in India.
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world whether perpetrated by
individuals, groups or states,”
he said.
He said the ongoing military offensive against all terrorist groups — Operation
‘Zarb-e-Azb’ has broken the
back of terrorists.
The Prime Minister said
his Government faced major
challenges of terrorism, economic degradation and
energy deficiency after he
assumed office.
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public places with very few
people stepping in to intervene, according to a survey
released today to mark the
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The YouGov survey, commissioned by the End Violence
Against Women (EVAW) coalition, found that 85 per cent of
women between 18 and 24
had been sexually harassed,
with half of this age group said
they had experienced unwanted sexual touching.
Only 11 per cent reported
that someone else had intervened on their behalf while
being inappropriately touched,
with eight in 10 saying they
would have liked someone to
have stepped into to help them.
More than a quarter of
women who had experienced
sexual touching or harassment
said they were under 16 years
old when it first happened.
Overall, the research found
that 64 per cent of women of all
ages had experienced harassment, with more than a third (35
per cent) experiencing inappropriate touching. Sarah Green,
acting director at the EVAW, said:
“If women are planning their
lives around not being harassed
or assaulted, they are not free.
“Women should be free to
live their lives without the
threat of harassment or
violence, and not having to
plan and limit their choices to
make sure they are safe.”
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for holding talks
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nations not to allow nonState actors and other
pressure groups to derail
the peace process.
He also asked Pakistan to
speed up the investigation
into the January 2 Pathankot
attack which India has
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issue should not be a precondition for starting the dialogue process,” Hammond,
who is here on a day-long
visit, said during a joint press
conference with Pakistan
Premier’s advisor on foreign
affairs Sartaj Aziz.
“I urge both Pakistan and
India not to allow non-state
actors and other pressure
groups to derail the peace
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150 terrorists has degraded the Shabab militant
group’s ability to attack on American and a UNmandated forces.
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in Somalia (AMISOM) partners, conducted an
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with Al Qaeda,” the Pentagon Press Secretary, Peter
Cook, said. “The strike was conducted using manned
and unmanned aircraft.The fighters who were scheduled to depart the camp posed an imminent threat to
US and African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM)
forces in Somalia,” he said.
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General Convention on Monday night. The
post was vacant after the death of 79-yearold Koirala last month.
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Congress also elected its new general secretary and other top officials. Shashanka
Koirala, son of Nepal’s first elected Prime
Minister BP Koirala, has been elected the
new general secretary and Sita Devi Yadav
the treasurer of the party.
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features of the knowledge
economy is the rate of
change that the world is dealing
with. Leading this change are disruptive technologies in almost every
sphere of life, whether it is information technology, the mobile platforms or the development of new
materials and processes that are in
turn realigning understood concepts
of manufacturing and engineering.
Fundamentally, these are manifestations of greater investments
and outputs by an increasing number of corporates, governments,
and specialist agencies in research
and development. As the world
grapples with the new dimensions
of technology, engineering and
manufacturing, academia has
responded with a series of new study
modules that are bringing out students and practitioners who are better prepared to navigate this new
territory.
One of the premier study
options for those who wish to
explore this field is the Advanced
Materials and Manufacturing
degree. Such degrees are designed to
meet the needs of the manufacturing industry which increasingly
relies on the uptake of new technologies as well as the blending of
design and new materials.
Advanced Materials and
Manufacturing research courses
usually consist of four well-developed platforms of expertise, such as
advanced manufacturing and performance of materials, materials
manufacturing, intelligent systems
and advanced fibres, textiles and
polymers. Researchers in this area
work in collaboration with industry
to develop new materials, material
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The modern automobile reflects
this complex tension between cost
and use of new, more expensive
materials for light weighting which
allows greater fuel efficiency. At the
same time the customer also wants
greater safety and comfort. All of
this can be achieved by the adoption
of advanced manufacturing with
new materials. The aerospace sector is constantly looking for
advanced materials and at present
there is great interest in carbon fibre
composite materials and advanced
titanium alloys.
Studying for materials science/manufacturing provides one
with a strong set of transferable
skills valued by employers. Often
employers look for skills which one
is required to have in the field of
material sciences which include
analytical and problem-solving
skills, a high standard of numeracy,
IT competency and computer-modelling experience, research and
report-writing skills, creative and
independent thinking, time management, planning and organisational skills, commercial awareness
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study titled ‘Improving India’s exam
standards: Challenges facing test
owners’, conducted by Pearson VUE in
partnership with IMRB, found out that
almost half (43 per cent) reported
challenges in developing new assessment content, and four in ten (38 per
cent) expressed difficulty in maintaining the relevancy of their assessment.
The challenges of knowing whether an
exam accurately measures relevant
competency, with nearly four in ten test
owners (38 per cent) finding the restrictions of the exam format itself a challenge which may in part have an
impact on the ability to fulfill the test
purpose.
It was also found that almost half
of those surveyed (46 per cent) are concerned that candidates are cheating in
exams, and a third are concerned with
candidate impersonation. There is also
concern about test paper leakage (39 per
cent), which is a problem associated
with pen-and-paper rather than computer-based testing (CBT). The report
also reveals a potential trend of test
owners moving from pen-and-paper to
CBT delivery in India. Of the 47 percent who currently use pen-and-paper
over a third (33 per cent) saying they
are likely to move to CBT in the near
future. The vast majority of all test owners (81 per cent) stated that there is no
alternative to CBT that is more reliable.
Divyalok Sharma, director of client
development at computer-based testing
company Pearson VUE, said: “Focusing
on that assessment content is key to the
success of an exam programme, along
with finding ways to make exams more
relevant not only in terms of legislation
and up-to-date processes. But also
making sure it is relevant to the professional role that person will eventually hold. It is equally important for test
owners in India to review their current
test development practices and standards and follow international best
practices in testing.”
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popular boarding school in India and
alma mater of stalwarts like Rajiv Gandhi and
Amitav Ghosh amongst many others, has
announced its residential ‘Summer at Doon
Leadership Programme’ from June 1 to 15,
2016. The programme is open for all aspiring students in grades nine to 12, who are
passionate about making a positive impact
on the world around them. Application for
this programme closes on April 15, 2016.
The Doon School is also delighted to
welcome prospective parents and their sons
to see the school and meet the admissions
department and tour the school either as part
of a small group, a bespoke tour or as part
of the Open Morning programme which was
successfully piloted in November 2015.
The school has two entry points at Class VII
and Class VIII only.
This programme will be a blend of
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creative experiential learning, motivational
lectures, outdoor adventures, self-reflection
and group interaction. A critically important
element will be social service and social
responsibility, and their relationship with
leadership. This programme will ensure that
boys and girls receive a profound understanding of what successful leadership is all
about and what is required to demonstrate
it in the twenty-first century in the context
to developing society and an increasingly
globalised world. The course will be taught
by specialist staff from Aspire, in conjunction with the teaching community from The
Doon School. For more details about the
Summer Leadership programme, email to
Abia Qezilbash at summer.doon@ doonschool.com or contact +91-(0)135-2526516
or log on to www.doonschool.com/summer.doon/leadership.
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exchange of cutting-edge ideas and
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for its prestigious INK Fellows
Programme. The fellows initiative provides
young change-makers a platform for discovery and exposure, while also equipping
them with the mentorship, support, networks and specially designed opportunities necessary to help take their brilliant
work to the next level. INK will select 20
young leaders to comprise the class of
2016.Applications are open to individuals
aged between 18 and 40 years, from any
country and field of work and can be filed
by answering an online questionnaire
available
on
the
website
http://inktalks.com/fellows/apply or by
uploading a three-minute video on
YouTube and including it in the application form. INK also encourages nominations. Those interested in nominating candidates can access the form at http://ink-
talks.com/fellows/apply. Shortlisted candidates, who make it to the second stage,
will be called upon to provide additional
information in support of their application
and to be interviewed. Applications to the
initial stage will close on April 8, 2016.
Current fellows include Kaushal
Dugar, founder of Teabox, an Indian
startup that is disrupting the $40 billion
global tea industry and was most recently in the news for raising an unidsclosed
round of funding from Ratan Tata.
Anshulika Dubey, co-founder of
Wishberry, India’s first crowd funding platform for creative ideas; Richa Singh, cofounder of Your D.O.S.T, an emotional
support network for people to anonymously discuss their problems with qualified and experienced individuals; and
Nina Tandon, CEO and co-founder of
EpiBone, the world’s first company growing living human bones for skeletal reconstruction.
the ability to articulate one’s ideas
clearly and concisely, persuade and
negotiate with others and build
interpersonal relationships. These
are key skills for many materialsbased roles, which often involve
consulting, advising clients or colleagues and working in cross-functional teams.
There are career openings for
materials graduates in many of the
emerging and growth areas as well
such as nano-technology, biomedical materials, high-performance
textiles, composites and the development of sustainable materials. A
materials science, technology
research course provides knowledge
of manufacturing, processing and
the fabrication of materials and
opens doors to jobs in a range of
industries as materials engineer,
metallurgist, product/process development scientist, research scientist
(physical sciences), technical sales
engineer.
Research oriented studies offers
opportunities as biomedical engineer, manufacturing systems engineer, patent examiner or quality
manager. Opportunities are also
available in teaching and research
with positions such as higher education lecturer and secondary school
teacher available to such degree
holders.
Currently Advanced Materials
and Manufacturing courses are
offered only by a few institutions
globally and it makes eminent sense
for desirous students to evaluate all
aspects of study including scholarships offered, comparative fee structures, curriculum, specialisations
and relocation and job prospects.
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Management Studies (JIMS)
invites applications for its twoyear full time AICTE approved
Post Graduate Diploma in
Management (PGDM) programmes with specialisation in
Marketing, Finance, HR and
Operations. Specific programmes are available in
International Business (IB)
(PGDM–IB) and Retail
Management (PGDM–RM).
Excellence accreditation is
granted from National Board of
Accreditation (NBA).
Eligibility: Graduation in
any discipline with minimum
50 per cent. Final year students
may also apply.
Selection
criteria:
Performance evaluation in academic, CAT/MAT/XAT/
CMAT/ATMA etc, group discussion and personal interview.
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available at JIMS, Rohini or
online at www.jimsindia.org.
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4 pm. The three day fest will be inaugurated by deputy
chief minister, Manish Sisodia and guest of honour
Satyendar Jain. The inauguration will be followed by
Rashmirathi performance.
Shaan will perform at Fahrenite — the Bollywood
Night, whereas Abish Mathew of AIB Fame and Naveen
Kasturia and Arunabh Kumar of The Viral Fever will
grace the Humour Fest in association with Comedy
Central. DJ Zaeden will set the stage on fire at Felicity
– The DJ Night in association with VH1 Supersonic.
The quiz club of NSIT is also hosting a three-day
quiz fest which would culminate on March 12 with the
open-to-all general quiz being conducted by former
World Quizzing Champion Vikram Joshi.
There will be various competitions like Mudra
(choreo competition), folk dance, Dhwani – western
and Indian music, street play, Avalanche (Battle of
Bands), solo/duet dance, Rouge (fashion parade), flash
mob and stage play, Oorja (western dance), street dance
and much more.
Astronaut of Indian origin, at the
India Islamic Cultural Centre,
New Delhi.
Chairman and managing
director, Space Sachin Bahmba
hosted the chat session titled
Captain Sunita Williams, In
Conversation w ith Sachin
Bahmba.
Williams inaugurated the
Kalpana Chawla Space Settlement
Competition at the programme
which will give school and college
students a unique opportunity to
design space colonies.
Sharing her experiences, she
said: “The commercial crew programme is the next big thing in
space and encouraging private
companies to explore space. I
wanted to create awareness for
healthy lifestyle and hence ran the
triathlon while at International
Space Station (ISS). Do not get
bogged down by the notion of
limits there are not any.”
Williams discussed her journey before she became an astronaut and her walks beyond this
planet, which enabled students
and guests to get a better understanding of the life of an astronaut.
The chat session was well
attended by students, the education fraternity, industry experts
and the media and was graced by
CB Devgun, president, Space
Foundation; Shalini Bahmba,
head of Education, Space; Pankaj
Bahmba, director, Space Group of
Companies with eminent industry experts.
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required skills and connections in
the field so that you can turn your
passion into a career. To tell you
why everyone must do at least one
internship during graduation, here
are a few case studies:
The first story is of Pratyush
Benjwal. He has been drawing and
sketching since childhood. He
even designed covers for his parents’ books (both are writers)
when he was 15. However, under
peer pressure, Pratyush opted for
the Science stream after his 10th
grade. The subsequent two years
and one attempt at various
entrance exams made him realise
that engineering was not for him.
He then joined a graphic design
institute. Soon after, Pratyush did
his first internship in designing
graphics for merchandise. He followed it up with four more internships in graphic and web design,
social media, content writing, and
even wall painting. These internships helped him discover his
true love — UI/UX design
for web and mobile applications — and paved the
way for him to land his
dream job even before
completing his graduation.
The second story
is of Sania (name
changed) from NIT
Bhopal who, like
many engineering
students today,
was confused
b e t w e e n
whether she
should go for an
MBA or an MS
after completing
B.Tech. However, a
summer research
internship at University of
Pittsburgh left her in awe of the
beauty of engineering and she
discovered her true calling — a
research career in chemical engineering.
Most students in India start
panicking when they are about to
graduate because they have little or
no clue about what to do next.
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aware of, let alone have, the skills
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any job that one can lay hands on.
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done a few internships before
(even school students have started applying for internships these
days), you will have a clear idea of
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is offering 100 fully-funded
academic fellowships for
worldwide students. Two
types of peace fellowships are
available — master and professional development certificate fellowships.
Eligibility: Proficiency in
English; Proficiency in a second language is strongly recommended; Strong commitment to international understanding and peace as demonstrated through professional
and academic achievements
and personal or community
service; Excellent leadership
skills. Master’s degree applicants (minimum three years
of related full-time work or
volunteer experience),
Bachelor’s degree (certificate
applicants: minimum five
years of related full-time work
or volunteer experience,
strong academic background).
How
to
apply :
Thoroughly research the curriculum. Collect all academic transcripts, test scores and
any other documents required
by preferred universities. All
supplementary materials must
be in English. Inform your
local Rotary district that you
are applying for a peace fellowship, and request an interview.
District endorsement is
want to do next. Also, you would
have the skills required in that field
and would know enough people in
the domain who could write a recommendation or two for you.
Think of an internship as a test
drive for your career before you
commit to one.
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more advantages of doing an
internship:
Q It builds your soft skills and
develops your personality:
Learning to write an email,
making a presentation, working in a team on a tight
schedule, learning to prioritise,
decision making — all of
these are useful life skills
which are not taught in college
but can be learned in the real
world environment an internship
provides.
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knowledge: Learning Computer
Science theory in a classroom is
useful but nothing compares the
amount of knowledge you would
gain while building an actual
web application used by millions of users across the
globe.
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your own: For many
students, an internship would require
moving out of home,
earning a stipend
(your first paycheck),
and living entirely on
your own, which
includes managing
your finances, day-today chores, finding a
place to live, attending
office and still being able
to find time to relax on
weekends. An internship
makes you feel all grownup and independent like
nothing else ever will.
So what are you waiting for? Start looking our
early, build your resume,
send in your applications and
land yourself a dream summer
internship. An internship is one
of the most exciting college life
experiences — don’t miss out on
that.
required
to complete the application process. Prior to
interviews, fill out the application form, attach the
required supplementar y
materials (test scores, academic recommendations,
essays). Complete an interview with district representatives. Districts must submit
endorsed applications to The
Rotary Foundation by July 1.
Scholarship deadline: The
deadline for candidates to submit applications to their district is May 31. Districts must
submit endorsed applications
to The Rotary Foundation
by 1 July.
Victoria University of
Wellington is offering 35
doctoral scholarships for New
Zealand and international students. These scholarships are
available for pursuing doctoral or PhD degree programme.
Eligibility: Open to graduates of any university within
or outside of New Zealand who
intend to enroll full time for a
doctorate at Victoria University
or who have commenced their
doctoral study at Victoria
University. Are awarded on
academic merit and are open
to New Zealand and international students in any discipline.
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to
apply :
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as a PhD student and for
Victoria
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also experiments in the fields
of biology and chemistry were
showcased.
There were a number of
working models on display as
part of the exhibition. One
among them was a model
depicting a modern form of
water recycling.
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New Delhi, hosted its annual
convocation ceremony at
Panchshila Club recently. 103
students attended the ceremony, many of whom completed
their advanced diploma level in
Interior Design. Prof MS
Satsangi, a veteran from the field
of architecture, architects
Ruchita Gupta and Shikha
Agarwal and Tanay Jaithaliya
were the guests of honour.
Addressing the gathering,
Amar Singh Saini, chairman,
AD The Design school, said, “I
would like to congratulate the
batch of 2015 with immense
pride and wish them good luck
for their future and success.”
He added, “From today
onwards, your life will be
changed and all of you will
have lots of fun, responsibilities and excitement in your
professional career.”
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The
NASSCOM
Foundation has announced
launch of the Indian Public
Library Movement (IPLM), a
multi-stakeholder effort to
revitalise and transform public libraries into inclusive
knowledge and information
centres catering to the information needs of communities
across India.
The IPLM seeks to
change the landscape of public libraries and the services
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University Express, the novel student
portal, come about?
Both of us are from an off-campus
college in Delhi University and there
were multiple incidents where we missed
out on a lot of opportunities and competitions, because most of them used to
happen in North Campus colleges and
we would never come to know of it. It
was not just a problem for students, but
even fest organisers who would have to
visit every college one by one and put
flyers for their events and conferences.
Back in 2012, there was no comprehensive media platform for the entire
university, where one could go and know
about what was happening around the
campuses. We started as a social media
page and got a superb response. Our
inbox was flooded with messages from
organisers and college societies who
wanted us to publish their messages for
the student community.
In October, 2012, we launched a
news website for the Delhi University
students which was run by the students.
There has been no looking back.
Q What is the problem that you are
really trying to solve?
Our website and social channels
allow us to disseminate information to
thousands of students across
Delhi/NCR. Over time, we realised
that this had far reaching consequences
and we were capable of impacting lives
in a medley of ways. For example, last
June, our open admissions discussion
portal allowed existing DU students to
engage with the fresh entering batch and
we were able to help over 10,000 freshers make calculated career decisions.
More recently, we associated with a leading social organisation and helped them
spread awareness about cancer among
students.
It is through these incidents that our
vision has shaped. Our ability to connect
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College
of
Engineering organised a science exhibition as part of its
National Science Day celebrations. The chairman of KIIT
Group of Colleges inaugurated the exhibition, which displayed models and experiments covering various aspects
of science. About 50 exhibits,
including models of engines,
lasers, smart houses, kidneys,
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they provide to the country’s
citizens. The movement will
start by reaching out to a million library users at 300 district-level libraries and proving them with community
driven services such as computer training classes to build
digital skills, access to online
information about agriculture and health, a safe place
for students to study, and
learning opportunities for
people of all ages.
with our ever-growing community over
years is our strength. We have over 1 lakh
loyal followers on social media and over
50,000 organic subscribers. We are on
a mission to unearth the true potential
of what our generation can achieve
through democratic expression. We
intend to do so through the power of
responsible journalism. It is with this aim
that we have launched the all new
University Express — a global platform
for the youth to engage and express. The
website is live on www.universityex.com
Q Tell us more about your operations. How do you manage funds?
We have a team of over 200 students
across Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore
and this number is growing rapidly.
These are mostly freelancers or interns
with whom we engage from a period of
six months to two years. We have multiple teams taking care of various functions such as editorial, business development, digital marketing and many
more.
We have been self-sustained and
profitable from day one. We have run
content campaigns for 200+ clients, both
national and international, from the likes
of UrbanClap to Indian Chamber of
Commerce, and helped them engage at
a deeper and personalised level with our
community. We have been involved in
generating social impact by associating
with NGOs and taking part in educational initiatives.
Q What are your plans with University
Express?
We recently piloted our model in
Mumbai and Bangalore and the results
have been positive. We are eyeing
expansion across multiple cities in India
in the next few months, both in terms
of colleges and schools we cover and the
audience we reach out to. We are evaluating our strategy for global expansion,
especially in America and and SouthEast Asia.
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The Newcastle University,
UK, has tied-up with IIT-D
on various research and education programmes. Several
areas of mutual interest and
research synergy have been
identified and discussed by
the two institutes.
Though, initially focussed
on water resources the relationship has evolved with
strengths in the following
areas: Cyber security, transport and environment, antibiotic resistance, quality and
innovation and knowledge
transfer, smart grids and
telecommunications and
catchment hydrology and
water management. They are
also looking at further cooperation in the area of nanotechnology.
Commenting on the tie-
up, Prof Richard Davies, proVC, engagement and internationalisation, Newcastle
University, UK, said: “Our
vision is to be a world-class
university. We can apply the
excellence of our teaching
and research to local and
global challenges. Our partnership with IIT-D will go a
long way towards helping us
fulfil this ambition.”
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The Society of Human
Resource
Management
(SHRM), India, has entered
into an alliance with BTI
Consultants, the global consulting firm specialising in
board and executive search,
talent management, career
transition and leadership
development.
The alliance translates into
delivering customised professional development pro-
grammes. These programmes
will primarily focus on HR
transformation, change management, leadership development and coaching.
Speaking on the partnership, Achal Khanna, CEO,
SHRM India, said: “We see the
partnership as a win-win relationship. Our array of solutions
focussed on today’s leaders
helps organisations better align
their people to the organisa-
tion’s goal and ethos. Working
with BTI will help us widen
our reach in the market.”
“We are delighted to partner with SHRM India. This
partnership will auger well
for the leadership fraternity at
large. We hope this partnership
is leveraged by corporate leaders and helps them lead more
effectively,” James Agrawal,
MD, BTI Consultants India,
said.
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International
Management Institute (IMI),
New Delhi, has announced
interview dates of its four
courses— Post Graduate
Diploma in Management
(PGDM), Post Graduate
Diploma in Human Resource
Management
(PGDMHRM), Post Graduate
Diploma in Banking and
Financial Services (PGDMB&FS) and Executive Post
Graduate Diploma in
Management (EXPGDM).
Interviews will be conducted
between March 16-18 at B-10,
Qutab Institutional Area, Tara
Crescent, New Delhi -16.
The institute has been
conducting the selection
process in nine cities, including New Delhi, Ahmedabad,
Chandigarh, Chennai,
Mumbai,
Bangalore,
Hyderabad, Kolkata and
Bhubaneswar since February
18 and will continue to do so
till March 20.
The PGDM, PGDMHRM and PGDM-B&FS are
two-year programmes. The
EXPGDM is a 15-month programme aimed at middlelevel managers with a minimum of five years’ work experience. It includes 10.5
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IMI, New Delhi, and a 5-week
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World Twenty20 cricket
match between India and
Pakistan will be held as scheduled
in
Dharamsala,
Tournament Director M V
Sridhar said on Tuesday.
"The match is on. The
state and central governments
are onboard and all security
arrangements have been
made," he said after a meeting
with Special Secretary (Internal
Security) in the Home Ministry
M K Singla besides others
here.
Pakistan will play against
India on March 19 in
Dharamsala in Himachal
Pradesh. There has been some
opposition in the state, including from ex-servicemen, on
holding the match at the hill
station.
Sridhar, however, said discussions with Home Ministry
officials remained inconclusive
and a few issues are yet to be
sorted out.
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by IPL anti-corruption and
security unit head and former
Delhi Police Commissioner
Neeraj Kumar and a few other
BCCI officials.
Representatives
of
Himachal Pradesh government
were also present in the meeting.
Singla said an official team
of Pakistan had visited
Dharamsala and has expressed
satisfaction over the security
arrangements in the stadium as
well as hotels in the picturesque
hill station.
Singla said Kangra District
Magistrate and local Inspector
General of Police assured full
protection to players and the
venue.
Besides the Dharamsala
match, Pakistan will play two
matches in Mohali, Punjab -against New Zealand on March
22 and against Australia on
March 25.
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also play a match in Kolkata on
March 16.
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has announced that she failed a
dope test at the Australian Open,
and isn't sure what punishment
she'll face for her "huge mistake."
The former world No 1 from
Russia on Monday said a change
in the World Anti-Doping
Agency's banned list for 2016 led
to an inadvertent violation, for
which she will be "provisionally
suspended" by the International
Tennis Federation.
In a sign of what the affair
could mean to Sharapova's mass
of money-spinning endorsements, US sportswear maker
Nike said it would halt its relationship with her as the case
moves forward.
"We are saddened and surprised by the news about Maria
Sharapova," Nike said in a statement.
"We have decided to suspend
our relationship with Maria while
the investigation continues."
Swiss watch brand TAG
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clear by the SDMC that occupancy certificate was for the
entire stadium barring R P
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monument and thus lacks ASI
clearance.
The bench said the issue of
R P Mehra block was between
DDCA and SDMC to sort it
out.
Senior advocate Rajiv
Nayar and advocate Sangram
Patnaik, appearing for DDCA,
told the court either they would
try and get a clearance for the
block by June 30 or they would
demolish it, as they have no
hesitation in doing so.
aving managed to field a strong
side in the last minute amid a contract row with their Board
(WICB), West Indies captain Darren
Sammy said on Tuesday that their aim is
to bring back the World Twenty20 title
to restore the faith among the Caribbean
fans.
As of now, we are in the World
Twenty20 and that’s what our focus is on.
It’s just cricket. In the end we are professionals, but this event means a lot to us
as a group. The next World Twenty20 is
in 2020 and a few of our guys won’t be
part of that event so this one is very
important for us,” Sammy said.
“Everyone’s focus is on winning. A
win here will mean a lot to us and people at home, especially in the current situation of our cricket. It’s not just about
the men team but the women team as
well.
“The the message is cricket. Once you
step out on the cricket field you should
not be worried about contracts and
other stuff.
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proud,” the skipper of the 2012 World T20 A>2:BC0AB)2WaXb6Ph[T_aPRcXbTbPccWT4ST]6PaST]bX]:^[ZPcP^]CdTbSPhPbWXbbZX__Ta3PaaT]BP\\h_aPXbTbcWTad]\PRWX]T´b_aTb]TRTX]cWTcTP\PcP]^_T]\TSXPbTbbX^]PccWTbcPSXd\
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champion side in Sri Lanka told reporters
here.
Currently ranked World No 2 in
“We dominated the world for 17
play Twenty20 cricket around the world,
Twenty20 rankings, West Indies cricket
good years. We had some great players.
so it’s not difficult to adjust,” he said.
was in serious crisis involving players’
The West Indies colts have showed Right now we are doing that in
contracts in the run up to the upcoming
the way recently by winning the Under- Twenty20 cricket. We have 15 potential
event and a second string side was
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not resolved at the last minute.
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youngsters as cricket can serve as a glue we have so many guys in our team who
Finally 12 of 13 players, excluding
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are familiar with the conditions. The
to unify the various island nations.
Darren Bravo, agreed to the financial
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terms, a sharp drop in pay compared to
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previous tournaments.
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event, it elevates the country and the the sooner you get accustomed, the beton the field,” Sammy said.
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(Andre) Russell, (Samuel) Badree,
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Sammy said, the Caribbean cricketers
experienced players.
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are doing their best and following in the services of big-hitting all-rounder Kieron
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footsteps of their former heroes, who Pollard, who is injured and mystery
team is really confident. When I see all
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becomes very easy as a captain. Our guys
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after the Delhi High Court
today said grant of permission
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of the authorities concerned.
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this court to deny or grant permission," a bench of justices S
Muralidhar and Vibhu Bakhru
said, adding "this order be not
construed as if this court is
interfering in the matter".
The court's order came
after South Delhi Municipal
Corporation (SDMC) told the
bench that it has issued an
occupancy certificate to DDCA
for the stadium and that it was
fully satisfied that the deviations have been rectified by the
association in terms of the
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Russian will not be renewed.
TAG Heuer said in a statement that its previous contract
with Sharapova had expired at the
end of 2015 and it has pulled out
of negotiations on a new agreement.
Sharapova tested positive for
Meldonium, a drug she said she
had been taking since 2006 but
was only added to the banned list
this year.
"I did fail the test and I take
full responsibility for it," a sombre Sharapova said at a press conference at a downtown Los
Angeles hotel yesterday.
"I made a huge mistake. I let
my fans down. I let my sport
down that I've been playing since
the age of four that I love so
deeply," added Sharapova, her
voice wavering.
"I know that with this, I face
consequences and I don't want to
end my career this way -- and I
really hope I will be given another chance to play this game."
The ITF confirmed in a statement that Sharapova had tested
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positive on January 26 and had
accepted the finding when she
was notified on March 2.
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"sixth gear" after a perfect
buildup heading into the World
Twenty20Championship but captain
Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Tuesday
said the side cannot afford to take
things for granted given the format's
fickle nature.
India blanked Australia in their
own backyard, beat Sri Lanka at
home before capturing the Asia Cup
in Bangladesh. In the course of these
triumphs, Dhoni's men lost just one
game making it the near-perfect
build-up campaign for the team
which won the inaugural
Championship back in 2007.
"I think we are running on sixth
gear. Technology has gone into the
eighth gear but the kind of stuff we are
doing on the field is adequate for any
level of game. We have to see the focus
should be on from the very first ball.
I think everything is set, there're not
anymore gears to operate on. I am
really quite happy with the progress,"
Dhoni said at the pre-tournament
news conference where the main
draw matches will start on March 15.
India will be up against New
Zealand in their opening match in
Nagpur on March 15. "Let's not say it's
happening in India so it belongs to us.
Especially in the shorter formats, the
difference becomes smaller and smaller. Every team has a chance, if we play
to our potential and execute our
plans then we definitely have a
chance."
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have managed to gel with the team
along with comeback veteran Ashish
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big relief. It's a relief to have death
bowlers. 99 per cent of the time I
know who's bowling the death. The
have got a number of players
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who can win the matches.
department is doing well. I don't have
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and so that's certainly what
oining the chorus, New
buildup to India's successful campaign
the Indian side have,"
Zealand T20 skipper Kane
in winning the 2011 World Cup may
Williamson added.
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be different but expectations are the
New Zealand will take on
the favourites to win the ICC
same, said World Cup winning Indian
the hosts in their campaign
World Twenty20, which comskipper.
opener on March 15 in
menced today with the qual"Frankly it's the difficult to
Nagpur and the 25-year-old
ifiers.
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inspirational leader who has blended established stars and talented youngsters to form a formidable unit
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players that could be exacerbated by the tight scheduling.
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causing upsets in World T20s; it has defeated England twice
and stunned Ireland in 2014 chasing down 190 in 13.5 overs
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Hong Kong by 14 runs in the
opening match of the World
Twenty20 Qualifiers at VCA
stadium here on Tuesday.
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Group B contest, Zimbabwe
posted 158/8 and then overcame anxious moments
before managing to restrict
the rivals to 144/6.
Zimbabwe
opener
Vusimuzi Sibanda top scored
with a 59-run knock that
came off 46 balls with five
boundaries and a six. Down
the order, Elton Chigumbura
played an unbeaten cameo of
30 runs that helped the side
cross the 150-run mark.
Hong Kong skipper
Tanwir Afzal returned
impressive figures of 19/2 in
his 4 overs. Paceman Aizaz
Khan (2/33) also scalped two
Zimbabwe batsmen.
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sedate start to their chase but
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overs before losing quick
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fall short by 14 runs.
Hong Kong players
showed a lot of heart and at
one stage looked on course to
score an upset win when
skipper Tanwir Afzal went
hammer and tongs.
Opener Jamie Atkinson
batted extremely well by scoring 53 off 44 balls but he got
out in the 17th over. Hong
Kopng then lost Anshuman
Rath (13) Nizakat Khan (0) in
successive balls in the 19th
over. Skipep Afzal struck
unbeaten 31 in 17 balls but
that proved insufficient.
Zimbabwe next play
Scotland while Hong Kong
will clash with Afghanistan on
Thursday at the same venue.
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imbabwe relied on their
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tional cricket to tame a fighting Hong Kong by 14 runs in
the opening match of the
World Twenty20 Qualifiers
at VCA Acknowledging that
the retirement of Brendon
McCullum has left a huge
void in the New Zealand
cricket team, his brother
Nathan said on Tuesday it
was time for the players to
move on under new skipper
Kane Williamson.
Acknowledging that the
retirement of Brendon
McCullum has left a huge
void in the New Zealand
cricket team, his brother
Nathan said on Tuesday it
was time for the players to
move on under new skipper
Kane Williamson.
Nathan, who is an experienced campaigner in the
Indian Premier League with
his ability to bowl tight off
spin, said the key for his
team would be to adjust to
the conditions as fast as possible.
"We have played here
before and everyone in this
team has played in front of
thousands of spectators,
including in the Big Bash (in
Australia). I enjoy it," said
the Kiwi player.
"The number of players
playing in IPL in this part of
the world would benefit. The
biggest challenge is to get
used to the conditions. And
the faster we do it the better.
It's a tough format and it's a
tough tournament. You have
14 teams and there are no
easy games. The beauty of
T20 is if you get on a roll then
you can do really well in this
tournament,” he added.