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Rijiju visits SriLankan refugee

camp in TN

Amendment toValue Added Tax

Act passed

7 fresh cases ofswine flu inTelangana

Agency : Chennai, Mar 24Union Minister of State forHome Affairs Kiran Rijijutoday visited the SriLankan refugees camp atGummidipoondi near here.Rijiju said the Central andstate governments wereextending 'a lot of help andsupport' to the refugeesand he had come to ensurethat all humanitarian helpwere extended to them.

Agency : New Delhi, Mar 24In a major relief to city'straders, Delhi governmenttoday passed anamendment to the ValueAdded Tax (VAT) Actwhich will allow them tocarry forward their credit forsuccessive financial years.While presenting theproposal of the amendment,Deputy Chief MinisterManish Sisodia said thattraders were forced to claimrefund, if any before the endof each financial year onMarch 31, on the Input Taxpaid by them.

Agency : Hyderabad, Mar 24Seven fresh cases of swineflu have been reported inTelangana, where 75 peoplesuccumbed to the H1N1virus so far since January."From January 1 till March23, as many as 6,931samples were tested, ofwhich 2,177 found to bepositive. The number ofdeaths because of swine fluand other complicationsstood at 75 as on date," abulletin on swine flu issuedby the state government saidhere Tuesday.

Germanwings Airbus crashes in French Alps, 150 deadGermanwings airliner crashes in French Alps, all 150 on board feared dead, 'major rescue efforts' on

Basit meetsseparatist leaders

for 3rd dayAgency : New Delhi, Mar 24

Pakistan High CommissionerAbdul Basit today continuedholding consultations for thethird consecutive day withseparatist leaders fromJammu and Kashmir duringwhich he sought their help forbuilding an environment ofpeace in the sub-continent.The first delegation was ledby former chairman ofmoderate faction of HurriyatConference Abdul Gani Bhatwhich was followed by ateam of hardline Hurriyat ledby Syed Ali Shah Geelani.

Agency : ParisA German airliner crashednear a ski resort in theFrench Alps on Tuesday,killing all 150 people onboard, in the worst planedisaster in mainland Francein four decades. France'sjunior transport minister saidthere were "no survivors"from the crash of theGermanwings Airbus A320,a low-cost subsidiary ofLufthansa, in a remote partof the Alps that is extremelydifficult to access. Civilaviation authorities said theylost contact with the plane,which was carrying 144passengers and six crew,and declared it was indistress at 10:30 am (0930GMT). "The distress signalshowed the plane was at5,000 feet in an abnormalsituation," said AlainVidalies, minister of state fortransport. Spanish KingFelipe VI cut short his statevisit to France on news ofthe tragedy, with a number

of Spanish nationalsbelieved to be among thedead along with Germansand possibly Turks. "Wedecided to cancel this trip"after discussions betweenFrench President FrancoisHollande and Spanish PrimeMinister Mariano Rajoy, theking said on the steps of theFrench presidential palacejust moments after the visithad officially begun.Spanish Prime MinisterMariano Rajoy said onTwitter, "Shocked by the airaccident in the Alps. Atragedy. We are cooperatingwith the French and Germanauthorities in theinvestigation." Hollande saidthe plane crashed in an areavery difficult to access andrescuers would not be ableto reach the site for severalhours. "I want to express allour solidarity to the familiesaffected by this tragedy,"Hollande told reporters. Theplane was travelling from theSpanish coastal city of

Complete faith in government's Pakistan policy;'#disgust' tweet aimed at media: VK SinghAgency : New Delhi

Putting to rest allspeculations of his resigningas Minister of State forExternal Affairs, VK Singhsaid on Tuesday night that hehad complete faith in NDAgovernment's Pakistanpolicies and had attendedPakistan National Daydinner thrown by envoyAbdul Basit at the PakistanHigh Commission here as apure diplomatic exercise. Healso clarified that series oftweets on 'duty' and 'disgust'that he had posted on micro-blogging website Twitteryesterday night was aimed atthe media and did not in anyway highlight his frustrationsat being forced to go toBasit's dinner despite hiswishes. Addressing a briefpress conference he said,"When in May 2014 I tookover as minister, I was awareof my duties andresponsibilities. I am also aloyal soldier of the party.Attending the Pak Daydinner was a protocol andjust a diplomatic exercise

that every Minister of Stateof External Affairs hasfollowed in past. This was nodifferent from what hadhappened in previous years."He added, "The onlydifference was the optics asa former Army chief wasattending the Pakistan Daydinner. Even though myparty and governmentunderstood the issue, certainsections of the media washyperventilating. Also mytweets on duty and disgustwas twisted." Singh went onto add, "My tweets wereonly aimed at those sectionsof the media who hadquestioned my presence atthe dinner. I felt it is importantfor me to clarify that. I amfully committed to my

government and especiallymy PM. I stand in unisonwith my party in working fora better India. Nation comesfirst." On being asked as towhy he had left the venue in15 minutes or so, Singh said,"I have attended a lot ofnational day celebrations buthaven’t eaten at any of theseevents, that my set schedule.One because I don’t havetime, and second because Iam not very fond of eating."Earlier speculation was rifethat Singh may resign after itwas reported that that ahigh-level meeting was takingplace at 7, Race CourseRoad, attended by PrimeMinister Narendra Modiand Union Ministers SushmaSwaraj and Rajnath Singh.

Barcelona to the Germancity of Duesseldorf when itwent down in the ski resortarea of Barcelonnette. Awitness who was skiingnear the crash site told aFrench television channel he"heard an enormous noise"around the time of thedisaster. Pierre Polizzi saidthe noise began just beforenoon. "There are oftenfighter jets flying over, so Ithought it sounded just likethat. I looked outside but Icouldn't see any fighterplanes." "The noise I heardwas long - like 8 seconds -as if the plane was goingmore slowly than a militaryplane speed. There wasanother long noise about 30seconds later." A Frenchpolice helicopter dispatched

to the site of the crashreported spotting debris ina mountain range known as"Les Trois Eveches," whichreaches 1,400 metres inaltitude. The governmentsaid "major rescue efforts"had been mobilised, butaccessing the remote regionwould present severechallenges. "The zone issnow-bound andinaccessible to vehicles, butcould be overflown byhelicopters," said Vidalies.The plane belonged toGermanwings, a low-costaffiliate of German airlineLufthansa based in Colognewhich until now had norecord of fatal accidents.France's leading air trafficcontroller union SNCTA hascalled off a strike plannedfrom Wednesday to Friday."We are suspending ourplanned strike as a result ofthe emotions created in thecontrol rooms by the crash,particularly in Aix-en-Provence," the union'sspokesperson RogerRousseau told SSA.Lufthansa chief executive

Carsten Spohr said onTwitter the airline had no

immediate details on thecrash, describing it as a "dark

day." "My deepest sympathygoes to the families andfriends of our passengersand crew on 4U 9525. If ourfears are confirmed, this isa dark day for Lufthansa.We hope to find survivors."ollande spoke briefly byphone with GermanChancellor Angela Merkeland expressed solidaritywith Germany. Hollandesaid the 150 people killedin the crash includedGermans, Spaniards and"probably" Turks. renchaviation authorities hadearlier said there were 142passengers and six flightpersonnel on board and thatall were dead. In light of theinformation available at thepresent time we cannot saywhether there are survivorsor how many there mightbe,"

Cricket World Cup 2015:Black Caps through to final

Agency : AUCKLANDThe days of miracle andwonder continue for NewZealand's cricketers. Howpoetic do you want? 36-year-old Grant Elliott, bornin South Africa but a proudbona fide New Zealander,completed what's known inthe trade as a 'Williamson'and belted Dale Steyn, theworld's premier pacebowler, into the Eden Parkstands to take New Zealandinto their first World Cupfinal with a four-wicketvictory over South Africa atEden Park...with a ball tospare. Elliott finished on 84off 73 balls, but it's the lastwallop that will live foreverin the memory in the chasefor 298 in 43 overs. NewZealand needed 12 off thelast over. Daniel Vettori,Elliott's fellow 36-year-oldbrother-in-arms, was at theother end. He opened theface and clamped on a Steyndelivery earlier in the over toget them within strikingdistance. It is arguably themost poised battingperformance in the country'sODI cricketing history.Corey Anderson and Elliottsteered the side to unchartedterritory courtesy of a 103-run, 98-ball fifth-wicketpartnership in a chase for theDuckworth-Lewis adjusted

target, after rain disruptedplay in the early evening.Brendon McCullumdelivered 59 off 26 balls, aninnings the New Zealandcricketing public, amesmerised crowd and hisrespectful teammatesdemanded. In his first fiveovers the New Zealandcaptain brought the requiredrun rate down from 6.93 to5.97 with explosive hittingagainst a world class attack.In respective overs he took25 off Dale Steyn; 14 fromVern Philander and nine fromMorne Morkel. After a

demoralising period of rain,it was the cricketingequivalent of Jimi Hendrixlighting his guitar on stage. Ifthe crowd weren'tpartitioned into seats theywould have moshed. Thechase became the moremanageable proposition of227 from 38 during histenure. His strike rate was227 - across the tournamentit's been 192 - the best of anyplayer to face more than 36balls. He's consistently freedup deliveries from which histeammates could consolidatean innings.

War of words in the House toextend Gujarat assembly session

Sunvilla News, GandhinagarCongress MLAs on Tuesdayobjected to the proposal bythe Gujarat government not toextend the ongoing session fortwo more days toaccommodate discussionsand voting on 12 bills admittedin the House. During a jointmeeting of legislatorsyesterday, it was proposed by

the Gujarat government thatinstead of extending thesession ending on March 31,two extra sittings should beadded to sessions on March26 and March 31. Thus, thesession would begin from8:30 am on these days insteadof 12 pm. However, thissuggestion did not go downwell with the Congress, who

termed it mismanagement bythe Gujarat government andcalled for discussion on thismatter today. During today'sdiscussion, Congress chiefwhip Balwantsinh Rajput putforward the views ofCongress legislators andrequested the stategovernment to add two daysinstead of adding sittings onexisting days. He proposedthat the ongoing sessionshould be extended till April2. Echoing Rajput's views,senior Congress MLAShailesh Parmar said thatMLAs may have to miss theIndia-Australia semi-finalmatch if the session on March26 is a full-day affair.However, Gujarat stateparliamentary affairs ministerPradeepsinh Jadeja rejectedCongress's demand andstated that it is not advisableto extend the session, sinceApril 2 is a public holiday. Healso assured that enough timewould be given to discussnew bills to be taken up duringthe two sessions. Unhappywith his reply, Leader ofOpposition in the AssemblyShankersinh Vaghela said thatthe Gujarat governmentshould have known that thesemany bills are to be tabled inthe session. "This shows thatyou have not done yourhomework. If you knew thatthese many bills were goingto be tabled, then you shouldhave planned accordingly inadvance instead of makingtwo full day sessions in the lastminute.

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DAYBringing Freedom tothe Internet in IndiaThe Supreme Court has finally struck down thenotorious Section 66A of the Information TechnologyAct, often misused by police against innocent citizensexercising free speech on social media. In a landmarkjudgment on Tuesday, the Indian Supreme Court hasrecognised the immense importance of free expressionin the development of India in the 21st century. In itsjudgment, Supreme Court has restructured India'sconstitutional law of free speech for the Internet age.We [at the Software Freedom Law Centre] aredelighted by this judgment where the judges have onceagain shown why Indians have so much faith in thejudiciary. They are committed to the constitutionalprinciples, able to adapt with the changing times, deftlyunderstand technology and will provide a conducivebusiness environment for a digital India to become areality. The judgment quotes Shakespeare and excerptsfrom older case law and very firm on covering thebreadth of free speech cases from the United States toolder Indian judgments. The court's measured andcareful treatment of the differences among the threetypes of speech regulations at issue will secure to Indiancitizens the right to speak out freely on public issues;without any fear of retaliatory criminal prosecution. Thisjudgment will also prevent the use of governmentcensorship as a weapon in commercial competition. Thepower of government, under appropriately carefuljudicial review, to impose constitutionally permissible"reasonable restrictions" on speech in the interest ofnational security and public order through narrowlyspecific website blocking orders is however left intact.The Court's judgment properly disposes of the generallyfearful, anti-Internet tone taken by the Government ofIndia's law officers. These officers' treatment of theInternet as a zone of "individualistic" and thereforedangerous speech is as incompatible with government'senthusiasm for Digital India as it is in conflict with themost basic principles of democracy. The Court'sjudgment, in contrast sets a high standard to be emulatedby other democratic societies around the world, as theywork to enable their citizens to have the full benefit ofthe democratization of communications that the Internetmakes possible. Today, the Supreme Court alsoreminded us that the freedom of speech and of the pressis the Ark of the Covenant of Democracy. Intermediarycompanies like Facebook, Twitter and Mouthshut havefound great relief in this judgment, as now a Court orderis mandatory for any content takedown. Section 66Ahas been struck down in its entirety as unconstitutionaland that is a victory for free speech. It identifies theInternet as marketplace of ideas and correctly describesthe expressions used in 66A as completely open-endedand undefined. Recognizing the chilling effect of Section66A, it strikes a blow at it on the ground of over-breadthand vagueness. Companies like Facebook, Twitter,Mouthshut also have found great relief in this judgment.

“I would request you to replace phenyl, which is currently beingused in your ministry and is chemically bad for environment, withGaunyle,”

- Union Minister Maneka Gandhi has urged her colleagues in the Council of Ministers.

- Kapilkumar M. HirparaEditor

Angelina Jolie removes ovaries,fallopian tubes over cancer fear

Agency : New DelhiActress Angelina Jolie hasundergone surgery toremove her ovaries andfallopian tubes to avoidgetting cancer. She daringlyunderwent a doublemastectomy two years agofollowed by reconstructivesurgery. The 39-year-oldsaid that her motherMarcheline Bertrand diedwhen she was 49 andwanted to take the actionnow. Her operation now hasput her into forcedmenopause, reportsmirror.co.uk. The mother ofsix said that she had beenplanning the preventativesurgery for a while but twoweeks ago she was told byher doctor that there werea "number of inflammatorymarkers that are elevated".The doctor also said that itcould be a sign of earlycancer. Hence after callingactor-husband Brad Pitt,who was in France at thetime, she got the diagnosisand underwent theprocedure calledlaparoscopic bilateralsalpingo-oophorectomy.Jolie said she took the heart-wrenching decision so she"could see her grandchildrengrow up". Writing in theNew York Times magazine,Jolie said: " 'Your CA-125is normal,' he said. I

Sushant Singh Rajput to attendhistory class in Delhi University

Agency : New DelhiSushant Singh Rajput will bein Delhi this week for thepromotions of his upcomingfilm, ‘Detective ByomkeshBakshy!’. While the actor isthere, he will attend a historylecture at Delhi University.Sushant, who is fond of thesubject, himself found out all

the details about the lecturesand made sure that this was apart of his schedule to theDelhi University. Sushantenjoys reading history andreads up on world as well asIndian History. He is excitedto go back to college andrelive his days as astudent.Sushant Singh Rajput

shares, “I have always foundhistory extremely interestingand I am excited to attend thehistory class at DelhiUniversity.” The actor will beaccompanied by his directorDibakar Banerjee. They areboth originally from Delhi andare happy to be going backto the city.

breathed a sigh of relief. Thattest measures the amount ofthe protein CA-125 in theblood, and is used tomonitor ovarian cancer. Ihave it every year becauseof my family history." "Butthat wasn't all. He went on.'There are a number ofinflammatory markers thatare elevated, and takentogether they could be a signof early cancer.' I took apause. 'CA-125 has a 50 to75 percent chance ofmissing ovarian cancer atearly stages,' he said." "Hewanted me to see the

surgeon immediately tocheck my ovaries. I wentthrough what I imaginethousands of other womenhave felt. I told myself tostay calm, to be strong, andthat I had no reason to thinkI wouldn't live to see mychildren grow up and to meetmy grandchildren." "I calledmy husband in France, whowas on a plane within hours.The beautiful thing aboutsuch moments in life is thatthere is so much clarity. Youknow what you live for andwhat matters. It is polarizing,and it is peaceful."

Akshay : Gabbar's CharacterDoes Not Demand Dancing

Agency : MumbaiActor Akshay Kumar, whohas put on his dancing shoesfor almost all his films, will notbe seen showing his movesin the forthcoming filmGabbar Is Back as he says"the character does notdemand dancing". However,he admitted there werethree-four songs in the filmas per the requirement. "It'snot a dance-oriented film soyou will not see Gabbar (me)dancing in the film. However,there are three-four songs inthe film as per the demandof the film," Akshay toldreporters here on Monday atthe unveiling of the trailer of

the film. Directed by famoussouthern director Krish andproduced by Sanjay LeelaBhansali and Viacom 18Motion Pictures, Gabbar IsBack also features Shruti

Haasan. The film is a remakeof the 2002 Tamil filmRamanaa and featuresAkshay as a vigilante, arighteous man and an enemyof the corrupt.

What annoyed Bebo atLakme Fashion Week finale?

Agency : New DelhiKareena Kapoor Khan wasseen in a breath-taking avatarat the finale of LakmeFashion Week. But theactress apparently got upsetat the event. So what was itthat upset her? It was theSena protest that brought thegrand show to a standstill.The incident took place onSunday evening at Dr BhauDaji Lad museum located inByculla, where the finale washeld. The venue wasattacked by members ofMaharashtra NavnirmanSena (MNS), who feel that“this museum has a greatlegacy - it can’t be destroyedby these Page 3 people.”Kareena was theshowstopper and walkedthe ramp for the Calcuttabased designer AnamikaKhanna. The actress had setaside some time from herbusy schedule. She is alreadyhaving a hectic time shootingfor ‘Udta Punjab’ inAmritsar. A source reports,“Kareena rushed to the newvenue only to find out that theshow was delayed. She washeard complaining about theinconvenience caused toher.” While another sourceadds, “But when she got toknow that the venue waschanged, she was evidently

displeased and grudginglywalked the ramp, er, stairs.”The organizers were forcedto make their way out fromthe stairs when the protestorscame to the museum. TheSena members ordered theshow organizers to not holdthe fashion show at Dr BhauDaji Lad museum. Theystarted tearing down thecurtains and even threatenedthe organizers that theywould vandalize the museum

of the show wasn’t stopped.Following this, a statementwas issued by LakmeFashion Week- “We havemoved the venue of thegrand finale of LakmeFashion Week Summer /Resort 2015 from Dr BhauDaji Lad Museum back toPalladium Hotel due tounforeseen circumstances.The decision was takenkeeping in mind the interestsof all stakeholders.

'Missing' Katrina Kaif busyshooting in Mumbai: reports

Agency : MumbaiSome media reports said thatthe actress' presentwhereabouts were unknown.And the mobile phones ofKatrina and her managerwere not reachable."Investigative agencies have

Actress Katrina Kaif is trending on Twitter. It's not because hernew movie or a song coming out. It's because a few media reportsclaimed that she has gone missing since Monday morning.

already put their best teamson the job. They are tryingtheir level best to trackKatrina's mobile's locationwith the help of cell trackerand her mobile's IMEInumber," according to a reportin Bollywood Hungama. The

reports of Katrina's suddendisappearance got theattention of Tweeple. In notime, #KatrinaMissing startedtrending on Twitter. Whilesome expressed theirconcerns, some mocked overthe reports.

Shahid Kapoor engagement: Fiancée MiraRajput says actor is only a ‘family friend’

Agency : New DelhiWill they? Won’t they?Bollywood star ShahidKapoor’s allegedengagement to Delhi girlMira Rajput has sent the filmindustry and netizens in afrenzy. Fans of Shahid aregoing crazy trying to figureout who the girl is. NeitherShahid nor his publicist isrevealing his secret, whetherhe is indeed engaged or not.As reported byentertainment website 9XE,Mira was in Mumbairecently and was seentravelling in Shahid’s fancycar. But the paparazzi could

not get a picture of hers. Agroup picture which hasShahid’s alleged fiancéeMira Rajput had gone viral(first shared by 9XE), andnow people are alsoaccessing Mira’s Facebookpage to gather more photosof this mysterious girl. Butwe wonder if out of themany Mira Rajput’s on thesocial networking site, thisis indeed the one. However,India Tuesday has reportedthat although Mira is indeeda student of the Lady SriramCollege for Women (LSR)in Delhi, she is not seeingShahid.

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Kevin Pietersen agrees IPLrelease, eyes England return

Agency : LondonKevin Pietersen announcedon Tuesday that he hasagreed a release from hisIndian Premier Leaguecontract, as he bids to earnan England recall byrejoining English countySurrey. Axed by England inFebruary 2014, the 34-year-old batsman hopes toend his international exile byplaying county cricket andhas drastically whittleddown his IPL commitmentswith the SunrisersHyderabad. "I`m hugelygrateful for all the supportand understanding I`vereceived from everyone atthe Sunrisers and the IPL,"Pietersen said in a statementon his personal website."My focus is now very muchon the upcoming season inEngland and I`m absolutelydetermined to score asmany runs as possible." Theagreement allows Pietersento miss the Sunrisers` entireleague programme, but hewill be recalled if they reachthe IPL knockout phase,which runs from May 19-

24. Pietersen, England`s all-time leading run-scorer in allformats, added: "I`ve nevermade any secret of myoverwhelming desire toonce again representEngland and I`m going to doeverything in my power toearn a recall to theinternational set-up. "Toonce again put on thatEngland shirt would be aprivilege and an honour, butnow I have to focus onperforming domestically andgive myself the best possiblechance of meriting

selection." Pietersen isreportedly close to agreeinga return to Surrey, who de-registered him at the end oflast season. He has drawnencouragement fromincoming England andWales Cricket Board(ECB) chairman ColinGraves`s comments that areturn to county cricketwould improve his chancesof an England return. Butother figures in the Englandhierarchy have played downthe prospect of a comebackfor the outspoken batsman.

Indian batsmen expectshort-pitched threat

Agency : SYDNEYIndia’s batsmen expect abombardment of short-pitched deliveries fromAustralia and perhapsthey’re not mistaken there.In the nets behind the statelymembers’ stand at theSydney Cricket Ground onMonday, they trained inanticipation of the fusilladeof bouncers MitchellJohnson, Mitchell Starc andJosh Hazlewood (to a lesserextent) are likely to bowl inthe semifinals on Thursday.Suresh Raina, who carriesa reputation — whetherrightly or wrongly — forweakness against the shortdelivery, spent a long timein the nets facing a tennisball. R. Sathish, the fieldingcoach, Duncan Fletcher, andeventually M.S. Dhoni fired

tennis balls at him off aracquet from a distance ofabout 18 yards. Rainaducked, weaved, andoccasionally pulled withferocity. He was not the onlyone, as the other top-orderbatsmen too followed suit.James Faulkner was latertold of India’s trainingmethods and asked ifAustralia had planned toattack India with thebouncer. “Naturally, in one-day cricket, short-pitchbowling is used. I don’tthink it’s going to be anydifferent, be it India,Pakistan or any otheropposition. They can trainhow they want to train; thatis up to them,” he said.Should the pitch offer speedand lift to the bowlers,though, it is not India’s

batsmen alone that couldstruggle. Wahab Riazcaused Shane Watson greatmisery in Adelaide. WithUmesh Yadav capable ofreaching similar speeds andMohammed Shami andMohit Sharma too hasslingopponents with theirbouncers, India will not belosing sleep. No batsman, asDhoni has said multipletimes, enjoys playing arap id ly-approach ingbouncer. “A lot depends onthe wicket,” Faulkner said.“If there is bounce and carry,it depends on who you arecoming up against. If you seea weakness you can try andexpose. We haven’t spokenabout the Indian team yet, itis only Monday. We willhave our group discussionlater in the week.”

Chris Gayle to play for Somerset

Agency : New DelhiGayle, Somerset's mosthigh-profile signing to date,could play as many as sixgames in a three-weekperiod in May and June,reports CMC. He willarrive at Somerset after hisIndian Premier League(IPL) stint with RoyalChallengers Bangalore(RCB) is over on May 22,if RCB do not make theknockout stages. "I'm

excited about joiningSomerset for the NatWestT20 Blast this year," saidGayle, one of the mostfeared batsman in the T20format. "Many of the club'smembers and supporterswill know that I came closeto playing for the county in2012 and I have always feltthat, if I was able to, Iwanted to honour thatcommitment to Somerset".Gayle has been battling a

back injury, which has ruledhim out of the West Indies'Test series against Englandnext month. The WestIndies were eliminated atthe quarter-finals stage ofthe World Cup, givingGayle a couple of weeks'rest before the IPL, whichwill be followed by hisSomerset spell and then theCaribbean Premier Leaguewith the Jamaica Tallawahs."Signing a world-classplayer of the quality ofChris Gayle istremendously exciting forthe club," said Somerset'sdirector of cricket, MattMaynard on Monday. "Hewill be a tremendousaddition to our alreadyextremely strong squad. Heis an inspirational characterand we are delighted to bebringing him to Somerset".Gayle has hit the fastestT20 century - off 30 balls -and last month he becamethe first player to score aWorld Cup double-hundred. Overall, he hasmade 13 T20 hundreds,more than twice as many asthe next player on the list,David Warner.

Sports Ministry Upgrades 9 Sports IncludingHockey, Shooting to 'High Priority' Category

Agency : New DelhiNine sporting disciplines --including athletics, hockeyand shooting -- were onMonday upgraded to thenewly-introduced 'highpriority' category in the latestclassification undertaken bythe Sports Ministry whichwill ensure central fundingfor their national and zonalevents. Athletics,badminton, hockey,shooting, tennis,weightlifting, wrestling,archery and boxing havebeen put in the high prioritylist by the Ministry. As perthe categorisation, allnational and zonalChampionships of thesesports will be funded by theMinistry. "All mandatory,ranking and qualifyingtournaments for disciplinesin which India secured 6thplace in the individualevents and 8th place in theteam events in the previousedition are also to be

funded. Funding for theremaining events/tournaments shall bedecided by a Committeeheaded by Secretary(Sports)," the SportsMinistry said in a statement."This categorisation shallcome into force withimmediate effect." Thecategorisation of sportsdisciplines is reviewed aftereach Olympic Games andthe Asian Games withrespect to theirperformance in these

events. The last suchreview was done in April2008. Now that theOlympics 2012 and theAsian Games 2014 areover, a review wasundertaken by the Ministryin order to make themeligible for assistance basedon their performance. "Thematter has been deliberatedat length with variousstakeholders before thecategorisation wasfinalised," the Ministrystated.

Indian Open Badminton: Sina Nehwal looks to break jinx & eyes top spotAgency : New Delhi

Avenging her All Englandloss to Spain’s CarolinaMarin and clinching theWorld No. 1 status will beon her mind when ace Indianshuttler Saina Nehwal leadsthe home challenge in theYonex Sunrise India OpenSuper Series which getsunderway with the qualifierstomorrow. For years, Sainahas been hoping to becomethe first Indian woman

shuttler to reach the numerouno status and that dream willbe within touching distancewhen the top seed opens hercampaign at the USD275,000 event against aqualifier onWednesday.However, it willbe second seed Carolina, thereigning world champion,who will stand in her way,trying to become the firstSpaniard to achieve the feat.Among the men, new

sensation Kidambi Srikanth,who clinched the SwissGrand Prix Gold earlier thismonth, will also be thecynosure of all eyes as hestarts as the second seedbehind Denmark’s Jan OJorgensen. The 22-year-oldfrom Guntur rose to WorldNo. 4 on the back of somesensational performances,including winning the ChinaOpen crown last yearbeating two-time Olympic

champion Lin Dan and hewould look to carry on withhis good form when he walksout at the Siri Fort Complexthis week. Srikanth will openhis campaign with a clashagainst Thai TanongsakSaensomboonsuk, rankedworld No. 19. The Indianhas a 1-1 record againstSaensomboonsuk, havingbeaten him in their lastencounter at the 2014 HongKong Open.

Amazon hosts ‘war of discounts’between Apple and Samsung

Agency : New DelhiThe battleground for Appleand Samsung is now e-commerce website AmazonIndia. Both companies arestriving to sell theirsmartphones at adiscounted price exclusivelyon the online portal afterscrapping them off fromoffline stores. The 5C isApple’s slowest sellingdevices and will now be soldexclusively on Amazon. Onthe other hand, Koreanbrand Samsung offers a 23percent discount on itsyesteryear flagship device,Galaxy S4. This device toois available exclusively onAmazon. The report claimsthat both the companieshave sold almost 1 lakh unitstogether on Amazon. Thissale could be the highestever for these modelsthrough one point of sale.Tarun Pathak, a senioranalyst at Counterpoint

Research has said that, “It’sa strategic move by Appleand Samsung to focus ontwo of the fastest-growingsmartphone segmentswhere their presence hasbeen limited.” He alsostated that, “These twobrands have soldsubstantial number of thehandsets which will boosttheir market share too.More such online-onlydeals are expected this yearand we expect e-commercecontribution to overallsmartphone sales in India totouch 30 percent this yearfrom 15 percent in 2014.”Initially, Samsung did nothave a appreciablepresence under the 20Ksmartphone segment but itstrengthened its marketspace when the SamsungGalaxy S4 received amassive price cut andbecame available online forRs 17,999 on Amazon.

Whole grain diets reducepremature death riskAgency : New Delhi

Eating every day a diet highin whole grains and cerealfibres may reduce your riskof premature death,suggests a new study. Theresults published in the openaccess journal BMCMedicine also showedcereal fibres to beassociated with reduced riskof deaths in varying degreesfor chronic diseasesincluding cancer, heartdisease, respiratory diseaseand diabetes. "Our studyindicates that intake ofwhole grains and cereal fibermay reduce the risk of all-cause mortality and deathfrom chronic diseases suchas cancer, heart disease,diabetes, and respiratorydisease," said leadresearcher Lu Qi fromHarvard Public School of

Health. The study included367,442 people above age50. They were followed foran average of 14 years. Theresearchers found thatconsumption of an average34 grams of whole grainsper 1000 kilocalories (kcal)per day was associated witha 17 percent reduced riskof premature deathcompared to thoseconsuming an average of3.98 grams per 1000 kcalper day. Even when theyaccounted for factors suchas health status, physicalactivity and obesity statusthe reduction remained thesame.

Idea Cellular launches 3G servicesin Delhi on 900 MHz band

Agency : NEW DELHIIdea Cellular, India's thirdlargest telecom operator bysubscribers, Tuesdaylaunched 3G services on itsown network in the Delhicircle. The Aditya BirlaGroup company has nearlysix million subscribers inDelhi with around 30%being data users. It will offerthe high-speed broadbandservice on the 900 MHzspectrum band that it wonin an auction in February lastyear. This is Idea's first 3Gservice on its own networkin a metro circle. So far, it

has been offering theservices in these metrocircles via roamingagreements with biggerrivals Airtel and VodafoneIndia. With this, Idea's 3Gnetwork has expanded to12 major markets in India.In addition, it provides suchservices in nine circlesthrough intra-circle roaming(ICR) arrangements,enabling its 3G subscribersexperience seamlessconnectivity pan-India ,except Orissa. In addition,it provides such services innine circles through intra-circle roaming (ICR)arrangements, enabling its3G subscribers experienceseamless connectivity pan-India , except Orissa.

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Adani group, 16 others bagprojects to develop food parks

Agency : New DelhiAdani group, Ruchi Soyaand Amrapali are among thecompanies that have baggedprojects to develop 17 megafood parks that envisage aninvestment of over Rs 6,000crore. To boost foodprocessing in the country, theCentre today approvedsetting up of 17 mega foodparks by allocating 10 suchparks to private companiesand the remaining 7 projectsto state government PSUs.The project cost to set upthese 17 mega food parks,which provide variousinfrastructure and otherfacilities for setting up offood processing units,would be Rs 2,300 crore,of which the central grantwould be Rs 850 crore. Anestimated investment ofanother Rs 4,000 crorewould be from foodprocessing units to be set upin these parks. “TheMinistry received 72

proposals both from stategovernments and privateplayers for the 17 foodparks. Seven mega foodparks have been allocatedto state governments and 10to private players,” FoodProcessing MinisterHarsimrat Kaur Badal toldreporters here. Under thescheme (2008-09) of megafood parks, the FoodProcessing Ministry hadsanctioned 42 projectsthroughout the country. Ofthese, 25 parks havealready been allocated.“The total project cost ofthese 17 mega food parks

is estimated at more than Rs2,000 crore, of which thegovernment’s contributionwould be to the tune of Rs850 crore. Another Rs4,000 crore is estimated tobe invested once the basicinfrastructure of these foodparks is set up,” Badal said.Adani group firm AdaniPorts and SpecialEconomic Zone Ltd wouldset up project in Kutch inGujarat with an investmentof Rs 168.60 crore, RuchiSoya group firm RuchiAcroni Industries projectwill come up at Dewas inMadhya Pradesh.

More than 76 lakh illiteratesin Gujarat, Assembly told

Sunvilla News, GandhinagarGujarat government hasadmitted in the Assemblythat as on August 2014,there were more than 76lakh illiterates registered inthe state. During the ongoingBudget session in theAssembly, Congress MLATejashree Patel asked thegovernment to reveal thefigures of illiteratesregistered in the state andwhat steps are taken tomake them literate. She alsoasked the government toprovide a definite time-lineto do so. In his written replysubmitted yesterday, State

Education MinisterBhupendrasinh Chudasamasaid that as on August-2014, there were around76.58 lakh illiterates in thestate. Some of the districtshaving more number ofilliterates than others includeBanaskantha (6.15 lakh),Ahmedabad (5.98 lakh),Surat (5.01 lakh) andVadodara (4.84 lakh).Counting various measuresto bring down the count ofilliterates, the Ministerstated that state governmentis running separate classesfor illiterate adults. Further,citizens are made aware of

the benefits of educationthrough various means ofaudio-visual publicity, statedhis reply. On the question ofgiving a definite time-line toachieve 100 per cent target,Chudasama stated that nosuch time-frame can begiven, as illiterate peoplecan be made literate only ifthey show zeal andwillingness to learn.

Gujarat Chief Secretary to brief PM aboutState’s pending issues in PRAGATI VC

Sunvilla News, AhmedabadGujarat Chief SecretaryD.J.Pandian will representGujarat via videoconference(VC) of PrimeMinister Narendra Modi’sfirst Proactive Governanceand Timely Implementation-‘PRAGATI’ initiative toresolve pending issues ofstates on Wednesday(25thMarch) across the country.PM will address a jointVideo Conference of all theGovernment of India

Secretaries and all the ChiefSecretaries of the states onevery fourth Wednesday ofthe month to resolve thecritical pending issues of thestates. A special set up hasbeen created in the ChiefSecretary’s Office fromwhere he will participate inthe VC at 3.30 pm. All otherconcern Secretaries are alsolikely to be present in theVC to brief PM aboutstate’s pendingdevelopment issues.

Sensor-based driving test forlicence on anvil: Gujarat Minister

Correspondent, VadodaraGujarat Transport MinisterVijay Rupani Tuesday saidthat procuring a drivinglicence in the state is set tobecome more difficult asthere is a proposal tointroduce a sensor-basedautomated driving test in allthe major cities and RTOs.“Getting a driving licence isset to become more difficultin the coming days as thestate Transport Departmenthas decided to introduce asensor-based automateddriving test in all the majorcities and district RegionalTransport Offices (RTOs) inthe state,” Rupani said. Hewas speaking afterinaugurating an RTO officebuilt at a cost of Rs 10 croreat Darjipura on the outskirtsof the city late last evening.“The new system will helpin quality practical test for

the drivers as tracks will befitted with sensors. If adriver comes close to thetracks or hits the sensor, itwill lead to negativemarking,” he said. Thetracks (two for two-wheelers and one for four-wheelers) will have morethan a hundred censor-embedded near curves andspeed-breakers. “The resultwill be given immediatelyafter the test. If a persondoes not score 70 per centin the practical test, licencewill not be given,” he said.The sensors are to be fittedto tracks in Ahmedabad,Surat, Rajkot, Vadodaraand other major RTOswhere the number ofapplicants is high. This willbe made mandatory for allthe offices, Rupani said,adding that “automated testwill reduce human

interference and ensure thatno wrong driver getsthrough the practical testwithout actually performingon the minimum teststandards. It will reduce thechances of malpractice.”The minister also said therewas a plan to undertake asurvey on the parking needsin eight major cities inGujarat — Gandhinagar,Ahmedabad, Vadodara,Surat, Rajkot, Jamnagar,Bhavnagar and Junagadh.

57 boats released by Pakistanhanded over to Gujarat fishermen

Correspondent, PorbandarFifty seven Indian fishingboats released by Pakistanwere handed over to theGujarat fishermen here onTuesday. The fishing boatswere detained by Pakistanfor crossing the InternationalMaritime Boundary Line(IMBL). Pakistan hadreleased these boats onSunday, which arrived atPorbandar harbouryesterday night. A team oftowing boats, fishermen andGujarat Governmentofficials had sailed fromPorbandar to thedesignated IMBL site to

receive the vessels. Theseboats were towed byPakistani trawlers to thedesignated location underthe supervision of thePakistan Maritime SecurityAgency. The wholeoperation was supervised

by Indian Coast Guardships Rajratan and Vijit.However, around 800Indian fishing boatscaptured by PakistanMaritime Security Agencies(PMSA) are still in thecustody of Pakistan.

Dams have less wateras compared to 2014

Sunvilla News, AhmedabadGujarat which was free oftanker raj, seems to be goingback. The rains which playedhide and seek with the statelast year during the monsoonhad resulted in less incomeof water in the dams andaccording to the latest dataavailable as on March 21, isonly 41 per cent of the totalstorage capacity and thiswas 62.05 per cent on thesame day in 2014.According to officials whatis worrying is that the damsin Saurashtra and Kutchhave only 17 and 3 per centwater against their storagecapacity. According toKutch Collectorate theregion where scarcity hasbeen declared right in Marchthere are over 101 villagesand suburbs where waterwas supplied throughtankers. The daily trip of 220are made by 45 tankersowned by the stategovernment and another 12

tankers by the privatetankers. The Collectorateofficials said that this was justmid-march and by April midthis number would almostdouble. The officials said thaton an average the stategovernment was forced torelease 250 million cubicmeter of water daily from thedams. Officials further saidthat the in Saurashtra regionthere are district like Amreli,Jamnagar, Botad andMorbi. Even the water levelin North Gujarat was veryscary. The water in the 15dams in North Gujarat wasonly 21.56 per cent. Theofficials said that on March21, 2015 the water in thedams was 6736.54 MCMand this was 9772.52MCM on the same day in2014. The officials said thatthe water in 2013 was alsomore than what it is thisyear. In 2013 there wasaround 55 per cent water inthe dams across the state.

Gujarat has 19000 million units surplus powerSunvilla News, Ahmedabad

Gujarat government hasclaimed that the productionfrom January 1, 2014 toDecember 12 2014 was951010 million units. TheGovernment in the replystated that after supply thepower the state had over19000 million units assurplus. Officials said thataround 33 per cent powerwas supplied for industry,while 25 per cent wassupplied for domestic usageand around 22 per cent wasused for agriculture.

Meanwhile in another Theincreasing in thetransportation cost for thecoal has resulted in theincreasing the power tariff inthe state in form of fueladjustment cost. BetweenApril 2014 and January2015 the fuel adjustmentcost per unit has increasedfrom Rs 1.05 per unit to Rs1.65 per unit. Saurabh Patelthe Energy andPetrochemical minister inreply to Dariyapur MLAGyasuddin Shaikh has saidthat increase in fuel

adjustment cost was directlyrelated to the coal pricesand the transportation cost.The rate is fixed based onthe increase or decrease ofthe coal and transportationprice in the last five months.However according to thereply given, the coal pricesas compared to Septemberfell down by nearly Rs 97per metric tonnes, butsimultaneously the cost oftransportation increased byRs 312. Further in anotherquestion, the governmentclaimed that the production

from January 1, 2014 toDecember 12 2014 was951010 million units. TheGovernment in the replystated that after supply thepower the state had over19000 million units assurplus.

30 officials suspended after SabarmatiJailbreak attempt: state government

Sunvilla News, AhmedabadAfter the jail-break attemptinside the Sabarmati jail in2013, the state governmentstated that one jailer ofgroup-1, two jailers ofgroup-II and one subedarand four other officials weresuspended for dereliction ofduty, the government said,adding that disciplinaryaction was initiated against30 jail officials. Thegovernment said that it hasalso started using the 200cells constructed forhardcore prisoners. Themain wall of this hardcorearea has a DC live wirewhich has been placed toprevent any incident of jailbreak. Also the entire areais under video surveillance.The Government furthersaid that reinforced concreteflooring in the cells of 200hardcore prisoners. Thegovernment said this in awritten reply to DariapurMLA Gyasuddin Shaikh.On February 10, 2013, jailstaff noticed a tunnel dugunder a barrack. The tunnelwas 213-foot long and went

straight outside the main wallof the jail. There were 14accused in the serial blastscase, lodged in the barrack.Meanwhile, in the reply toanother question byViramgam MLA TejashreePatel on mobile seizure injails, the government saidthat in the last five years 538mobiles and 244 sim cardswere recovered from jails.Vadodara central jailreported the maximumseizure of 170 mobiles and

74 sim cards, followed byRajkot with 75 mobiles and30 sim cards.

Sudama Setu bridge in Dwarka byJuly 2015: Minister in Assembly

Sunvilla News, GandhinagarAnnually 26 lakh people visitShri Dwakadhish Mandir inDwarka in Gujarat.Construction of Sudamasetu bridge on river Gomtiis in progress and it is likelyto be completed by July thisyear. These details wereshared by MinisterPradipsinh Jadeja in GujaratAssembly today. He said,the central government hasallocated Rs. 22 crore fordevelopment of Dwarka asheritage city under HRIDAYscheme. Sharing furtherdetails on governmentsponsored developmentworks carried out in thispilgrim town know for ShriKrishna’s DwarkadhishMandir, the Minister said,“recently Chief Minister had

dedicated Rs. 71.68 croreprojects completed inDwarka. Presently Rs.25.54 crore works are inprogress.” He saidDwarkadish Mandircampus and administrativecomplex constructionproject has been divided infour pacages. Pacakge 1includes parking, toiletblock, drivers area, shops,security cabin, twoelephants at entrance, officebuilding, path-way,electrification, compoundwall. These works arecompleted. Package-2works include reconstructionof old Gomti ghat, lockerroom, traffic police cabin,changing room, path-way,sitting arrangements, kirtistambh etc tat are

completed. Package -3involves the works ofdevelopment of SamudraNarayan beach, gate, path-way, benches, toilet block,water hut, compound wall,electrification etc. Package -4 involves works like Ravlalake development, two irongates, compound wall, toiletblock, water hut, childrenpay area, electrificationwhich have been completed.Minister said Governmenthas planned Rs. 30 croreworks for development ofBet Dwarka.

89 farmers have committedsuicide: Gujarat Government

Sunvilla News, AhmedabadThe State government whichhas been claiming that nofarmer in Gujarat hascommitted suicide hasadmitted that in the state 89farmers have committedsuicide in the state since2010. However of these 11suicide were directly relatedto failure of crop of increasein debt due to farmer. Inreply to the question ofViramgam MLA

Tejashreeben Patel, the stategovernment said that of the11 death in three and halfyears there were threesuicide related to increase indepth due to agriculture,while another eight deathwere due to increase in debtand 78 suicides were due toother reasons. TheGovernment has stated thatno farmers had committedsuicide due to crop failure.The Government said that the

three suicide which werecommitted due to increasingin debt due to Agricultureone each death was reportedfrom Amreli, Bhavnagar andSurat district. These threesuicides occurred in sevenmonths of July. Also due toincrease in debt the eightdeath were reported fromthree from Jamnagar, twofrom Porbandar and oneeach from Surendranagar,Gandhinagar and Dang.