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Girls Groundedby Spicejet inDelhi Floored byRailwaysA group of 45 femalestudents and staff fromthe MOP VaishnavCollege in city, who wereamong the many leftstranded at the Delhiairport after Spicejetcancelled their flightsearlier this week, werefloored by the hospitalityprovided by the RailwayMinistry, which arrangeda special coach for themto return to Chennai.The group consisting of42 college students fromthe Food ScienceDepartment had left forDelhi on December 11for a conference atNational Institute ofFood TechnologyEntrepreneurship andManagement (NIFTEM)in Sonepat, Haryana.They were scheduled toreturn to Chennai onDecember 16 by Spicejetflight SG 309 at 7 PMthat day, which, however,was first delayed andlater cancelled.“Since we had no wayout, we reached the Delhirailway station in thecold winter night onTuesday and werepondering over travellingin an unreservedcompartment up toChennai,” said UshaRavi, professor at theFood Science departmentof the college whoheaded the group.Meanwhile, shemanaged to source thenumber of Union MoSfor finance andcommerce, NirmalaSeetharaman, and toldher of their travails. “Sheis a minister, woman andfrom Tamil Nadu. AfterI personally spoke toher, she made some callsand arranged for ourlodging at a hotel whereour every need wastaken care of,” explainedRavi.

Though thegroup desired a coach onthe Grand Trunk Expresson Tuesday night itself,the ministry couldmanage to send themonly the next day in theRajdhani Express at 4PM. A three-tier ACbogie was attached to thetrain and the relievedgroup reached Chennaion Thursday night. “Wepaid `2,800 per head forall the facilities.

PM Narendra Modi rules out privatisation of RailwaysPrime Minister Narendra Modi today ruled out privatisation of Railways and said that people must not be wary of foreign and private capital…Prime Minister NarendraModi today ruled outprivatisation of Railwaysand said that people mustnot be wary of foreign andprivate capital beingutilised for improvinginfrastructure of thenational transporterwhich, in turn, will helpboost the country’seconomy.On a visit to hisconstituency here, Modirecalled his childhood dayswhen he had sold tea neara railway station, saying,“I have an association withRailways that is older thanwhat most of Railwayemployees can claim tohave.“There is amisunderstanding thatRailways is beingprivatised. However, Iwant to make it clear thatwe are not privatisingRailways. We cannot go inthis direction. You don’thave to worry. It is neitherour wish nor thinking,” hesaid, asking the unions notto pay heed to “rumours”in this regard.The Prime Minister madeit clear that he planned to

utilise the enormouscapital available withbusiness establishmentswithin the country as wellas abroad for improvingthe infrastructure.“We need to understandand appreciate thepotential of the Railways’huge infrastructure which,if utilised properly, cantransform the country’seconomy,” he said.He was speaking at theDiesel Locomotive Works(DLW), on the outskirts ofthe city, where heinaugurated a project forexpansion of theworkshop and alsodedicated to the nation a4500 horse-power air-conditioned passengertrain engine.“We can take the exampleof a village where there isa railway station throughwhich very few trains pass.Now the existence of thestation would naturallyresult in good electricitysupply.“If we construct a fewrooms in the vicinity, wecan use these for setting upskill development centreswhich can work wonders

for the unemployed youthsin the village and nearbyareas,” Modi said.Modi said Railways can bemade an attractive careeroption for many talentedyoung people.“For that we would needto bring in technologicalupgradation and betterhuman resourcemanagement. It is for thispurpose that we havedecided to set up fourRailway universitiesacross the country,” hesaid.“At these universities,young men who have aninterest in Railways and itsoperations can get best-possible training beforethey get a job,” Modiadded.The Prime Minister, whoalso inaugurated a projectfor expansion of the DLWworkshop, said, “Thisproject should be seen asan important part of mygovernment’s Make inIndia campaign.“I feel proud to havededicated to the nation themodern rail engine which,I am told, has 96 per centof its components

indigenously built.“I have got an assurancefrom officials here thatefforts will be made so thateven the remaining four percent are developed here.“We have come a long waysince the days when we hadto import foodgrains fromother countries.”He said that the country hascome a long way and thedream of former PrimeMinister Lal BahadurShastri, of self-sufficiencyin food, has been realised.“We must now dream offulfilling all our needs onour own strength and leavebehind the current timeswherein we are importingall sorts of things fromdefence equipment toteargas shells,” Modiadded.The Prime Minister,however, allayed fears overintroducing private andforeign investment forimproving railwayinfrastructure and said,“why must we increase theburden on common man’spocket for improvingservices, upgradingtechnology and expandinginfrastructure. “Why not

utilise the vast funds that isavailable with businessgroups be it here or outsidethe country”.“Please have no fear. If aforeign companycontributes in improving

the condition of our railwaystations and in the bargainerects a skyscraper in thevicinity, the country will bethe ultimate gainer.“We need to look at novelways to improve Railways.

That is why I have decidedto use the funds at mydisposal under theMPLAD scheme for thelaying down more benchesat the stations in Varanasi,”Modi added.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee's fan travels fromBikaner to Delhi, shares 2037 pictures A fan of former primeminister Atal BihariVajpayee has come all theway from Bikaner to Delhiwith a photo albumcontaining 2037 picturesof the BJP veteran."I wish Vajpayee on hisbirthday and today he isgetting Bharat Ratna, forthat, I congratulate him. Ihad earlier shown thisalbum to him in 2006 whenit had around 1200photographs, today it has2037 photographs of theformer prime ministerpublished in variousnewspapers," said RajeshKumar Gehlot, who wasseen outside Vajpayee'sresidence in the nationalcapital.

He added that the albumcontains Vajpayee'sphotographs right from hisyounger days. He alsoshowed to themediapersons a letterwhich he had written toNarendra Modi when hehad become the Prime

Minister and haddemanded him to giveBharat Ratna to Vajpayee.Prime Minister NarendraModi had earlier thismonth declared that 'GoodGovernance Day' will beobserved on Vajpayee'sbirthday.Pope Francis, in Christmas Address,

Focuses on Children’s PlightThursday used atraditional Christmasaddress to emphasize theplight of children in areasof conflict, pointing outtheir “impotent silence”that “cries out under thespade of many Herods,” areference to the ancientking who slaughtered allthe male newborns ofBethlehem, according tothe New Testament. Vastnumbers of children todayare victims of violence,objects of trade andtrafficking, or forced tobecome soldiers, and theyneed to be saved, he said.“Children displaced due towar and persecution,abused and takenadvantage of before ourvery eyes and ourcomplicit silence,” thepope said. He singled out“infants massacred inbomb attacks,” includingin the Middle East and inPakistan, where 132children were killed in aTaliban attack on a schoolthis month.Continuereading the main storyRELATED COVERAGEPope Francis arrived tolead a special audience forVatican employees at the

Vatican onMonday.Francis UsesChristmas Speech toCriticize VaticanBureaucracy DEC. 22,2014 Pope Francis, whohelped broker the UnitedStates-Cuba agreement,received new ambassadorsto the Holy See onThursday.Under Francis, aBolder Vision of VaticanDiplomacy EmergesDEC.18, 2014 “So many abusedchildren,” Francis said, inone of several off-the-cuffasides during the address,known as the “Urbi etOrbi” message — Latinfor “to the city and theworld” — that popestraditionally deliver to theworld’s 1.2 billion RomanCatholics on specialoccasions like Christmas.In calling for global peaceand for an end to violenceand conflict in the MiddleEast, Ukraine and parts ofAfrica, Francis went offscript to denounce “theglobalization ofindifference” that permitssuffering and injustice topersist. “So many men andwomen immersed inworldliness andindifference” are affected

by hardness of the heart,he said, calling forreflection and change,much as he chided theVatican’s bureaucraticmachine in anotheraddress this week forlosing touch with itsspiritual side in the pursuitof power. As Christiansexchanged gifts andshared family meals, thepope’s thoughts were withthe world’s dispossessed;refugees and exiles; thosesuffering “brutal” ethnic orreligious persecution; andthose held as hostages orkilled because of theirreligious beliefs. Truly thereare so many tears thisChristmas,” Francis saidfrom the central balcony ofSt. Peter’s Basilica beforethousands of faithful in thesquare below. The addresswas also broadcast live onthe Internet. To underscorehis closeness to thosesuffering religiouspersecution, a theme of hisnearly two years as pontiff,on Christmas Eve, Francisspoke with displacedChristians who are in a tentcamp in northern Iraq andtold them that they were likeJesus. Many in the camps

have been forced to leavetheir homes by militants ofthe Islamic State.“You are like Jesus on thenight of his birth when hehad been forced to flee,” thepope told them in atelephone call broadcast liveby an Italian Catholictelevision station. “You arelike Jesus in this situation,and that means we arepraying even harder foryou.” The pope alsodenounced abortion, and histhoughts turned to “infantskilled in the womb, deprivedof that generous love oftheir parents and then buriedin the egoism of a culturethat does not love life.” Inhis message on Sunday, thepope said he hoped that theworld would respond to theplight of the needy byincreasing humanitarian aid,and he asked “that thenecessary assistance andtreatment be provided” forthe victims of Ebola.Closing the address, hecalled on Jesus’ strength, toturn “arms into plowshares,destruction into creativity,hatred into love andtenderness.” In Britain, thearchbishop of Canterbury,the Most Rev. B

PM Modi to Open 102nd IndianScience Congress on Jan 3, 2015Prime Minister NarendraModi will inaugurate theIndian Science Congress’s102 session which isscheduled to be held onJanuary 3 in Mumbai to beattended among othersmany Nobel laureates andg l o b a l l y - r e n o w n e dscientists with its centraltheme being ‘Science andTechnology for HumanDevelopment’. Theinaugural session and mainsessions will be held at theKalina campus of theMumbai University, with anestimated 12,000 delegates,before its conclusion onJanuary 7. The sciencecongress was held InMumbai last time in 1969.

The Indian ScienceCongress Association(ISCA) was born in 1914with the initiative of twoBritish Chemists Professor J.L. Simonsen and ProfessorP.S. MacMahon, whothought that scientificresearch in India might bestimulated if an annualmeeting of research workerssomewhat on the lines of theBritish Association for theAdvancement of Sciencecould be arranged.

From 1914, with 105members and 35 paperspresented at the first session,ISCA has grown into a hugefraternity of more than10,000 members now.Symposia on relevantthemes like the Women’sScience Congress,Children’s Science Congressand a science exhibitionwould be organised duringthe session, Mumbai varsityPro-Vice chancellor NareshChandra said.

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Black money: India studyinginformation given by Cyprus

India will look at removing Cyprus from the blacklistof countries that do not share details about tax evadersafter examining information given the island nation.India had blacklisted Cyprus last year for not sharinginformation about tax evaders."They (Cyprus) have given some information. Weare just examining whether information given by themis substantive ... if we are satisfied that the informationprovided is substantive, then matter (of removingCyprus from Indian ggovernment's blacklist) will belooked at," the top official said today.The Finance Ministry had classified the island nationas a notified jurisdictional area on grounds thatCyprus was not providing information requested bytax authorities under the taxation treaty.Following the notification, all payments made toCyprus attracted a 30 per cent withholding tax andIndian entities receiving money from there wererequired to disclose the source of funds. The notification also meant that "no deduction inrespect of any other expenditure or allowance arisingfrom the transaction with a person located in Cyprusshall be allowed unless the assessee maintains andfurnishes the prescribed information". It had also added that if "any sum is received from aperson located in Cyprus, then the onus is on theassessee to satisfactorily explain the source of suchmoney in the hands of such person or in the hands ofthe beneficial owner, and in case of his failure to doso, the amount shall be deemed to be the income ofthe assessee".India and Cyprus had entered into an agreement foravoidance of double taxation of income andprevention of fiscal evasion in December 1994. In Budget of 2011-12, the Finance Ministry hadinserted a clause - Section 94A - in the Income TaxAct to notify and guard against countries that do notcooperate in the exchange of information protocol. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) in Junelast year had notified rules under which an entitybased in a "notified jurisdictional area" will have togive an undertaking to share information in aprescribed format. India, as part of its efforts to counter the menace ofblack money and evasion of taxes, undertakes legalagreements like Double Taxation AvoidanceAgreement (DTAA) and Tax Information ExchangeAgreement (TIEA) with other countries.

Bollywood Gupsup

Bigg Boss 8: Kapil Sharma toreplace Salman Khan as BB host!Salman Khan will bemissing from the WeekendKa Vaar episode of BiggBoss 8 this Saturday.Reason: it’s his birthday onDecember 27 and for thefirst time across all theseasons that Salman ishosting the reality show,he will not be shooting foran episode. Well, BiggBoss has given him a dayoff to celebrate hisbirthday with close friendsand family. Consequently,the nomination andeviction episode will bepushed by a day and willbe shot over Sunday andMonday.The Saturday episode willsee Kapil Sharma and Cotaking over Bigg Boss.Kapil along with Gutthi,Palak and Dadi will beregaling the inmates withtheir comedy. In fact, from

9 – 11 pm the stand-upcomedian and his team willendeavour to entertain theviewers.Salman who will bebringing in his 49thbirthday will in allprobability be celebrating

at his farmhouse in Panvel.In fact, the superstar willnot be in Mumbai untilafter the New Year as heis juggling the shoot ofBajrangi Bhaijaan inKarjat and Bigg Boss inLonavla.

Bollywood Celebrities’ Greetings onChristmas Day: Big B Leads the FlockBollywood celebrities likeAmitabh Bachchan,Akshay Kumar, AnupamKher and Neha Sharmahave reached out tofamily, friends and fans viathe online medium to wishthem a merry Christmas,love and happiness.While some stars areexcited about the food andgifts, others have wishedfor peace and happiness.Here’s what the the starshave shared on micro-blogging site Twitter aswell as on their blog.Amitabh Bachchan: Goodnight and love and X-masand 2015 and all thingsbright and beautiful andthe merriment of it …itscontagious!Akshay Kumar: MerryChristmas everyone! Besomeone’s real life Santathis year, nothing makesyou happier than seeingsomeone happy becauseof you :) Stay blessed.Anupam Kher: MerryChristmas to all. Love,

Peace & Happinessalways. :)Neha Sharma: Thank youguys for all the lovelyChristmas wishes… soexcited.Vivek Oberoi: MerryChristmas everyone! HopeSanta gifted you all youasked for. :) Enjoy today…eat, laugh and be merry!Abhishek Bachchan:Merry Christmas.Mandira Bedi: MerryChristmas lovely people.Ileana D’Cruz: Well I hopeyou have a wonderfulChristmas and I hope youget to relive those lovelychildhood memorieswhere Christmas onlymeant pressies (presents)!On that note… MerryChristmas to all and to alla good night!Mohit Chauhan: Merry#Christmas everyone!May there be peace, loveand kindness everywherein the world.Gul Panag: Goodbyenetwork. Merry

Christmas. Happy GoodGovernance Day.Adnan Sami: Here’swishing all my dearfriends A MERRYCHRISTMAS with lotsof love and duas.Neil Nitin Mukesh: Wishyou all a very merryChristmas.Amrita Rao: Mom’s homebaked Christmaschocolate cake is ready…Happy Christmas you all#jinglebell #aaleluya.Aditi Rao Hydari: MerryChristmas! Channellingmy inner Santa Claus tospread more love, morejoy… lots of happiness…#ChristmasSpiritAllYear.Diana Penty: MerryChristmas morning folks!Did Santa come a-knockin’?!Nikhil Chinapa: It is nowChristmas. MerryChristmas everyone!(This is not a drill.)Jaaved Jaaferi: Wishing alla peaceful and happyChristmas.(IANS)

Research reveals how'lung cancer spreads'Scientists have revealedthe mystery behindspreading of lung cancer.The researchers at theCancer Research UKManchester Institutediscovered that the tieswhich lash cells together -controlled by a proteincalled TIAM1 - werechopped up when cellmaintenance work goeswrong.Healthy cells routinelyscrap old cell parts so theycould be broken down andused again. But thisprocess spiralled out ofcontrol in lung cancercells, which scraped toomany TIAM1 ties.Targeting this recycling

process could stop lungcancer from spreading bykeeping the cells stuckfirmly together.

Lead researcher,Dr Angeliki Malliri, atthe Cancer Research UKManchester Institute atthe Universi ty ofManchester, said that theresearch showed for thefirst t ime how lungcancer cells severed tieswith their neighboursand start to spreadaround the body, byhijacking the cells 'recycling process andsending it into overdrive.Targeting this flaw couldhelp stop lung cancerfrom spreading.

Shraddha Kapoor waited forseven years to get good rolesModel-actress TejaswiniKolhapure says she ishappy with the way herniece Shraddha Kapoor'scareer is shaping up inBollywood.Tejaswini, 34, who waslast seen in a small rolein Mani Ratnam'sRaavan, said the EkVillain actress waited forseven years to get goodroles."I am proud of Shraddhabecause she has waitedfor seven years to getgood roles. But thebeauty of it was she neverslipped and went in adifferent direction. Shehas always been veryfocused," Tejaswini, whois the sister of PadminiKolhapure, told PTI.Tejaswini, who isexpecting her first childwith director husbandPankaj Saraswat, hasteamed up with AnuragKashyap again in Ugly.The actress began herjourney in Bollywoodwith Kashyap's murdermystery Paanch, whichnever released."The film is good and Idon't know why it is notreleasing. But it gave methe confidence as anactress that I have donesomething good. Anuragis the person who hadcourage and confidenceto cast me. I owe my newlease of career to him,"she said.

Not Ranbir Kapoor, but Hrithik Roshan,Aamir Khan and Saif Ali Khan wereinitially approached for 'Bombay Velvet'Director AnuragKashyap approachedactors like Aamir Khan,Saif Ali Khan and HrithikRoshan for his ambitiousperiod drama BombayVelvet before it finallylanded with RanbirKapoor. The directorsaid he needed a big starto raise money for hisbig-budget film. Also,starring Anushka Sharmaand Karan Johar, the filmis currently in postproduction. Based onauthor Gyan Prakash’sbook, Mumbai Fables,Bombay Velvetchronicles the story ofhow the city became ametropolis. The Bombayof 1950s and ’60srecreated in Sri Lanka.Anurag now plans torelease it in May nextyear. “Bombay Velvetwas expensive from thebeginning. It is the mosttight budget film of mycareer. It is a Rs 300crore movie that we havemade into Rs 90 crore. Iwanted someone whowas not only a goodactor but also made itpossible for me to raisethat kind of money,” saidAnurag.“My first choice when Iwrote the film in 2006was Saif Ali Khan. Fromthere it went to AamirKhan and HrithikRoshan. This film hasgone around beforelanding with Ranbir

Kapoor. We also tried tomake it with RanveerSingh but we could raiseonly Rs 40 to 50 crore,”he added.Anurag said Johar, whohas so far done only briefappearances in films, willsurprise with his full-fledged negative role inthe story. “I feel directorsmake great actors. Adirector is the only guywho does not comeasking for instructions ashe knows where thecamera is and what he issupposed to do. Karanwill surprise everyone asthere is no trace of Karanin his performance.”Anurag has a hugefollowing in the younggeneration of cinema-lovers who look up tohim as someone whodoes not follow normsbut the expectationssometimes work against

him. “If my films becomesuccessful, my fans thinkI have sold myself outwhile mainstream peoplethink they should not puttheir money into myhands as I would sink it.So, it is like walking ona double-edged sword.“There are a lot of storiesbut people will know thetruth only when BombayVelvet comes out. It isstill a very real filmdespite being expensive.I have not spent moneyon something wherepeople fly through air.Nothing flies in my filmexcept birds.”Anurag has come a longway from his troubleddebut with Black Friday.He has the success ofDev D and Gangs ofWasseypur behind himbut that has not made iteasy for him to raisemoney for his projects.

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SPORTS ROUNDMove to celebrate Tipu Sultan'sbirth anniversary stirs a controversyThe Congressgovernment's move tocelebrate the birthanniversary of the 18thcentury legendary kingTipu Sultan has stirred acontroversy inKarnataka, with BJPalleging that it was anattempt by the rulingparty to strengthen itsvote bank.On December 22, ChiefMinister Siddaramaiahannounced that thegovernment has decidedto celebrate "TipuJayanti" and the datewould be decided shortly."There has been a lot ofpressure from variousquarters to celebrate TipuJayanti. We have decidedto take this intoconsideration and willannounce the dateshortly," Siddaramaiahhad said at the release ofa book Tipu Sultan: ACrusader for Change byhistorian Prof B SheikAli. But this has not gonedown well with the BJP,

with its senior leadersclaiming that Tipu was a"tyrant" who committedforced conversions inKodagu and DakshinaKannada districts inKarnataka and theneighbouring Kerala. BJPleader Suresh Kumar saidTipu cannot be consideredas a person whose birthdayshould be celebrated bythe government, claimingthat the erstwhile Mysururuler had committed

barbaric acts againstpeople including Kodavas(in Kodagu district)."We (BJP) have our ownviewpoint on Tipu Sultanabout his administration,especially when you go toCoorg (Kodagu) and otherplaces where people stillremember the barbaricacts committed againstCoorgis, who refused tooblige his dictates. So,Tipu cannot be consideredas a person whose birthday

should be celebrated bythe state government," heclaimed. Tipu was a rulerof the erstwhile kingdomof Mysore, who wasconsidered an implacableenemy of the British EastIndia Company. He waskilled in May 1799 whiledefending his fort ofSrirangapatna against theBritish forces.When pointed out thatCongress considers Tipuas secular,Kumar said thatparty had its owndefinition of secularismwhich is not acceptableworldover. "Yes, TipuSultan was and has beenas secular as the Congressleaders are because in theCongress dictionary andtheir viewpoint they havegot their own definition ofthe word secular which isnot acceptable the worldover," he said. "Congresshas felt that by projectingTipu Sultan, theircredentials among theirvotebank will getstrengthened. Having

tasted defeats after defeatssince parliamentaryelections, it is resorting tothe same step. I wishCongress good," he said.State Legislative CouncilChairman and senior stateBJP leader D HShankarmurthy told PTIthat the government hasall the rights to celebrateTipu's birthday, but theMysuru ruler was "anti-Kannada." "Before Tipuruled Mysuru, Kannadawas the official language.He replaced Kannadawith Persian, which wasan alien language," hesaid. Moreover, Tipu wasnot a Kannadiga and heforced conversions inKodagu and DakshinaKannada and Kerala, heclaimed. CounteringSiddaramaiah's remarksthat Tipu supportedtemples and gave moneyto construct them,Shankamurthy said noone can also ignore hisacts of demolishingtemples.

SpiceJet to submit revivalplan to govt tomorrow

Beleaguered budget carrier SpiceJet would submit arevival plan to the government tomorrow…

Beleaguered budgetcarrier SpiceJet wouldsubmit a revival plan tothe governmenttomorrow on the basis ofa proposed investment ofUSD 200 million fromfounding promoter AjaySingh and US-based JPMorgan Chase, officialsources said today.“Based on this proposedinvestment, SpiceJet willsubmit a revival plan tothe civil aviation ministrytomorrow,” a source said.The potential investorsare likely to buy stakefrom current promoterKalanithi Maran byinfusing USD 200 millionwithin a month to help theairline stay afloat. BesidesSingh, a fund managed byJP Morgan Chase wouldalso be one of the

investors, the sources said.The airline has alreadyreceived Rs 17 crore fromthe investors, the sourcessaid, adding that “it haswiped off all its dues to theoil companies”.The no-frill carrier’s duesto foreign and Indianvendors, airport operatorsand oil companies hadgrown from Rs 990 croreto Rs 1,230 crore betweenNovember 24 andDecember 10, as per dataprovided by the airline tothe Civil Aviation Ministry.The airline’s dues toforeign vendors, includinglessors of aircraft andmaintenance, repairs andoverhaul (MRO) facilities,had risen from Rs 624crore on November 24 toRs 742 crore on December10.

Meanwhile, Civil AviationMinister Ashok GajapathiRaju today said thegovernment was trying tobe helpful on the SpiceJetissue and the airline needsto clean up its accounts ifit has to survive in themarket.“What SpiceJet is goingthrough is its own financialproblem. It has to clean upits accounts. We are onlytrying to be helpful,” hetold reporters here afterinaugurating the e-officegovernance in the CivilAviation Ministry andsingle-window facility atthe Airports Authority ofIndia. Why should thegovernment push or pullup any airline? What weneed is more players, moreairlines and moreconnectivity,” he said.

Get mini LPG cylinders at petrolpumps, grocery stores soon

In a bid to make cookinggas (LPG) easily availableto consumers, 5-kg miniLPG cylinders will now beavailable at select petrolpumps and neighbourhoodgrocery stores besidesregular gas agencies inalmost all major cities.Till now, cooking gas(LPG) was available fordomestic use in 14.2-kgcylinders only from gasagencies. Consumers wereentitled to 12 such bottlesin a year at subsidised rateof Rs 417 in Delhi.Now the subsidisedcooking gas will also beavailable in 5-kg packs.Those entitled to subsidisedgas can buy 34 bottles of5-kg each at Rs 155 percylinder in Delhi.While the subsidised 5-kgmini LPG clinder will beavailable only at regularLPG distributor, market-priced mini LPG cylinderscosting Rs 351 can bebought across-the-counterwithout prior booking andminimal paper work atpetrol pumps, gas agenciesand select grocery stores.Oil Minister DharmendraPradhan used the 'GoodGovernance Day' torelaunch the scheme atmore outlets across thecountry. "This is not a newscheme but we are nowrebranding and relaunching

it with an elaboratemarketing plan so as tomake availableenvironment friendly fuelto people," he said on theoccasion.The sale of market-pricedmini LPG cylinder, whichwas in March launched bythe then Oil Minister MVeerappa Moily at ahandful of petrol pumpsthat are owned andoperated by state run fuelretailers, has now beenexpanded to other outletsas well as grocery stores.The market-priced LPGwas being sold at 610petrol in major cities andthis list has been expandednow. It is available atadditional 100 locations inthe national capital alone,Pradhan said."On the occasion offormer Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee'sbirthday, which is beingobserved as GoodGovernance Day, our oilmarketing companies havedecided that the schemewill be relaunched," hesaid. Also, the 5-kgsubsidised LPG cylinderwhich is available only inremote and hilly areas, willalso be available in cities,he said. Pradhan said BPL-card holders will get newLPG connection atconcessional rate.

Year 2014: Sensex gains over 6,000pts; gears for best rally in 5 years

Riding high on thesentiments, the stockmarket is gearing up for itsbest performance in fiveyears with a rally of over6,000 points in thebenchmark Sensex in2014 — which also sawthe investors’ wealthhitting Rs 100 trillion levelfor the first time in history.With just four days oftrading left this year, theSensex has rallied bynearly 29 per cent so farin 2014 with a gain of6,038 points — thehighest annual gain sincethe year 2009 when the

bluechip index had ralliedby 7,817 points. Besides,the Sensex also has achance to clock its secondbest ever annual rally thisyear, if it manages to end2014 with a gain of over6,500 points (recorded inthe year 2007). Inpercentage terms also, therally this year is the biggestsince 2009 (81 per cent).The year also left behind atrail of bullish fervour evenas market participantsstrongly feel that 2015would belong to bulls withno major negative factor insight and market driver

FIIs all set to pour in theirinvestments in Indianequities. Experts attributethe rally in stock marketsduring 2014 largely to thethumping mandate givenin general elections toNarendra Modi-ledgovernment at the Centreand the subsequent boostto the investor sentiments.The other benchmarkindex Nifty has also gainednearly 30 per cent, whileboth the indices crossedseveral milestones beforeturning sluggish towards theend of the year amid sale ofshares by foreign investors.

Australia aim to 'box out'beleagured India in Melbourne Test'Boxing Day' test matchesnever cease to surprise.The third test betweenIndia and Australia atMelbourne on Friday, justlike the previous two testsis expected to produceexciting, nail-bitingmoments.Picture this...Australia are2-0 up in the four-matchtest series and haveeverything going theirway, whereas MS Dhoni'sIndia are struggling toexorcise mental demons,thanks to the close natureof defeats at Adelaide andBrisbane.If Adelaide saw Australiaclinch a memorable win,thanks to a flurry ofcenturies and Nathan Lyonproving to be wrecker-in-chief, Brisbane was allabout the tail-enderspulling off a virtual coupover Dhoni's side.Are India falling apart?In contrast the Indianshave been affected byreports of in-fighting in thedressing room, withShikhar Dhawan andKohli being embroiled inthe midst of things.Kohli and Dhawanreportedly had a spat over

the latter's 'refusal' to taketo field, on the fourth dayof the Brisbane test, as theissue spiralled out ofcontrol.Thankfully things havecooled down now, as Indialook to put behind theBrisbane capitulation, andtry and salvage somethingfrom the series.Amongst the batsmen,only Kohli and MuraliVijay have shined, with theduo scoring threecenturies amongst them.Apart from Kohli's twincenturies at Adelaide andVijay's supreme 144 atBrisbane, the other

batsmen have not doneenough to supplement theduo, and a massive shift inform would be required ifIndia's batsmen are to haveruns flowing from theirwillow at Melbourne.

The bowling hasbeen haphazard to say theleast, as India's pacershave been virtually takento the cleaners byA u s t r a l i a .Pace...spin...nothing hasworked against therampage conjured up byAustralian batsmen, and itwon't be a surprise if thetrend continues atMelbourne too.

NASA astronauts sendChristmas greetings from spaceWASHINGTON: NASAastronauts aboard theInternational SpaceStation (ISS) have beamedtheir greetings to theEarth, wishing everyone amerry Christmas.Expedition 42Commander BarryWilmore and FlightEngineer Terry Virts ofNASA offered theirthoughts and best wishesto the world for Christmason the behalf of the crewaboard the space stationon December 17."This is definitely going tobe a Christmas that we'llremember, getting achance to see the beautifulEarth, and I hope that foryou also it will be a

memorable Christmas thisyear," said Virts. Theywere joined by a Christmastree complete withtrimmings, floatingbetween the twoastronauts as theydelivered their message topeople on Earth, 'Tech

Times' reported. Asidefrom a floating Christmastree, the astronauts alsohave Christmas stockings,allowing them to share inthe gift-giving traditiondespite being hundreds ofmiles away from theirloved ones.

BJP holds 'veto power' in Jammuand Kashmir: Arun Jaitley

Asserting that it has severaloptions in government-formation in Jammu andKashmir, BJP on Thursdaysaid it holds the "vetopower" in the state.Finance Minister ArunJaitley, BJP's centralobserver for J&K, toldreporters in Jammu that the

party was actively in touchwith independent and"unattached" MLAs."Whoever forms thegovernment, BJP musthave a crucial role in it,"he said. Jaitley said BJPnow holds the "vetopower" in the state."Earlier, the veto powerwas in the hands ofCongress and now it's inthe hands of BJP," he said.Addressing the media aftera meeting of newly-electedBJP MLAs, Jaitley said thelegislators authorised

party President Amit Shahto decide the future courseof action on governmentformation. "All options areopen for us. The newly-elected MLAs of the partyhave decided that they willgo with the decision of theparty president Amit Shahwho will take a decisionwhich is good for the party,the state and the country," hesaid. "The central leadershipof the party will decidewhere it wants to sit in theassembly or how to form thegovernment," he said.

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Woman who filed rape caseagainst Asaram goes 'missing'

AHMEDABAD: A 33-year-old married woman,who had filed a case ofsexual assault against self-styled godman AsaramBapu, is mysteriouslymissing for over a weekalong with her son andhusband, police said today.

"A victim of rape,who had accused Asaramof sexual assault, wentmissing along with her sonand husband more than aweek ago," Sub-InspectorN M Ahir of Kamrej PoliceStation in Surat city toldPTI over phone.Police department hadprovided four Constablesto the victim for herprotection. On December14, the victim informedour personnel that herfamily members weregoing to attend a marriagein Amroli area in the citywhere they did not requirepolice protection," he said.

The Constablesremained posted outsideher home but neither the

woman nor her son orhusband returned. This ledpolice to file a missingcomplaint on December18, Ahir said .. Police laterfound that there was nomarriage in the victim'ssocial circuit in Amroli onthat day. Their cellphonesare switched-off, making itdifficult to trace them, theSub-Inspector said. Aprobe is underway to locatethem, he added. Beforedisappearing, the Surat-based woman had filed anapplication in a courtsaying she wanted to

change her statementrecorded under Section 164of CrPC in the case. Thestatement recorded underthe said Section isadmissible at the stage oftrial unlike the one recordedbefore police.However, the court inGandhinagar rejected herplea last Monday. Thewomen had last year filed apolice complaint andaccused Asaram Bapu ofsexual assault between 1997and 2006 when she wasstaying in his ashram on theoutskirts of Ahmedabad.

GLITCHES MARHOMESTAY ON DAY ONEAs the state governmentgears up for a grandPravasi Bharatiya Divasand Vibrant Gujaratmeets, its homestayproposal got off to a falsestart with the contactnumber advertised for itremaining non-operational through theday. Interested partiestried hard to get to thenumber for hours, but invain. When Mirrorcontacted the officialsconcerned, they evaded areply but accepted thatthere was some technicalerror. On Wednesday,several newspaperscontained half-page orq u a r t e r - p a g eadvertisements invitingvisiting delegates forhomestay.The advertisement wasissued by TourismCorporation of GujaratLimited (TCGL) anddepicted photos of thechief minister and otherimportant ministers ofthe state. The adcontained a numberwhich interested peoplewere asked to contact forinformation on homestayoffer. However, thephone number,18002005080, wassimply not reachable. Iteither did not ring orelicited a recordedresponse: "You areimportant to us, pleasestay on line, we willtransfer your call." Afterthat, there was noresponse. Paresh Shah,who owns a bungalow inGandhinagar, wasinterested in being a partof the government'shomestay scheme.

However, he facedhardship. "We startedcalling up at 10 am. Wekept on calling after someinterval till 3.30 pm butwere unable to reach theofficials concerned.Sometimes the phonesimply did not ring and atother a record played,which did not actualise,"he said. Mirror tooconducted its own trial.For several hours, thenumber could not bereached. Around 15attempts were madethrough the hours. Itbecame operational onlyafter 6.30 pm. Whenfinally the call wentthrough, a person whoidentified himself as VishalGoswami picked up thephone. Initially, he deniedthat there was any problembut later admitted therewere some technicalissues. When Mirrorinsisted on speaking to histeam leader, the call wasdirected to Lalit Aswani.Aswani accepted thatthere were technicalproblems but refused toshare further details.Incidentally, Minister ofState for Tourism JayeshRadadia was unaware ofthe problem."I am not aware of it. I willcheck and tell the officialsconcerned to act," he said.Attempts to contactTCGL Managing DirectorSanjay Kaul failed as hisphone was switched off.TCGL Manager NiravMunshi said, "We havegiven the responsibility ofthis toll-free number to anagency. We will speak tothem. The number hasalready started working."

Gujarat CM announces hikein daily wages of labourersAhmedabadIn her address at ShramikKalyan Mela inAhmedabad today,Gujarat Chief MinisterAnandiben Patelannounced hike in dailywages of laborers inGujarat in range of 27% to30%. She said a dailylaborer will get hike inrange of Rs. 60 to Rs. 65with this decision by thestate government.“Gujarat govt has taken animportant decision to

Bharuch police nabsPappu Khokhar

Bharuch police got majorsuccess by arrestingnotorious Pappu IbrahimKhokhar in Hansot.About 200 police men ledby district police chiefnabbed Khokhar from hishome in early morningoperation. Khokhar whois involved in number ofcrimes, was hiding frompolice for last few days.He is local panchayatmember, while his wifeJamilaben Khokhar isSarpanch of Hansot grampanchayat. After hisarrest, Police has sentKhokhar to Sabarmati jailin Ahmedabad underPASA. In another relateddevelopment, one Vinod

Maganbhai Patel fromSajod village was allegedlyattacked in his shop inHansot by PappuKhokhar’s son SajjuKhokhar and three otherswith sword, hockey, stickand knife. Complainantclaims that he wasthreatened him that peoplefrom Sajod village mustnot come to Hansot to dobusiness. Vinod Patel washowever rescued byneighboring shop keepersRaju Prajapati and PrakashValand. Hansot police hasfiled complaint in thisregard. In anotherdevelopment, Hansotbased Ilyash Nisar Sheikhfiled complaint against 13

prominent Hindus oftaluka for damaging acabin which belongs to aMuslim.Bharuch district iswitnessing communaltension for last few weekfollowing a Whatsappmessage that hurtsentiments of a fewMuslims. A large group ofMuslims held rally inBharuch shouting slogansof ‘Allah Akbar’ in Hindulocality a few days back toprotest Whatsappmessage. Due to rumorsspreading fast on mobilephones through messagesand applications, policehad put ban on internetservice for a day.

increase daily wages by27% to 30%. With this,daily average increase ineffect will be Rs. 60-65,”she said. She said the stategovernment has divided

laborers in threecategories which are –skilled, semi-skilled andunskilled. Kushal(skilled)laborers in zone-1 will getdaily payment of Rs. 293while in zone-2 it will beRs. 284. ArdhKushal(semi-skil led)laborers in zone-1 will getRs. 284, while in zone-2Rs. 276. BinKushal(unskilled) laborersin zone-1 will get Rs. 276while in zone-2 they willget Rs. 268.

WHY AMC OFFICIALS LOVE TO GOON PICNIC IN OFFICIAL VEHICLESWhen it comes to travellingin a hired vehicle,Ahmedabad MunicipalCorporation officials are ablessed lot. Evenprivileged. For, they cantravel to any destination forpersonal reasons ingovernment four-wheelers.For these fun, frolic andsometimes pilgrimagetrips, they have to pay anapology for a rental forfour-wheelers: 75 paise akm. Cheaper than whateven a twowheeler ridewould cost. And it is alllegal. Officials havetravelled thousands ofkilometres and themunicipal corporation hassubsidised it by lakhs ofrupees collected from thetax-payers.The fact came to light

following an applicationunder the Right toInformation Act by PankajBhatt in October. Thepresident of AhmedabadRTI Association had askedthe central office of AMCfor details of the travels bythe officials while theywere on leave. Theanswers he got areshocking. The civicofficials have visiteddifferent destinations ondifferent days but theamount they paid is lessthan the kilometres theytravelled. For example,when M D Modia wasdeputy municipalcommissioner in New WestZone, he went to differentdestinations and logged11,603 km. He paid Rs9,752 towards the rental. "If

one considers market rate ofaround Rs 10 a km, heshould have paid Rs1,16,030, but he paise afraction of the cost," Bhatttold Mirror. According tothe answer of the RTI, I KPatel, who has taken thecharge of DyMC after histransfer during Lok Sabhaelections, has logged thehighest number ofkilometres by an official. Hetook his government vehicleto different places totaled12,736 km. Similarly, S MKhatri travelled 4,078 kmand paid Rs 3,776 while UC Padia paid Rs 7,328 forthe 7,858 km he covered.Interestingly, technicallythese officials did nothingwrong, for they followedthe rule and paid the rentalprescribed.

Rajkot, 25 December, 2014Girls should not wearjeans as that was “not ourculture and if they want towear it anyhow, theyshould wear long topswith them”, Rajkot citymayor Raksha Boliyaadvised while speaking ata seminar on marriageabroad, here on Tuesday.“I notice that most of youarea wearing jeans. Youshouldn’t be wearing jeansas that is not our cultureand if you want to wear itanyhow, you should wearlong tops with it. But youshould avoid wearingtight-fitting clothes,”Boliya, who was guest ofhonour at the seminar, saidwhile addressing collegegirls.The seminar wasorganised by GuajaratState Non-residentGujarati Foundation(NRGF), a stategovernment body set up toact as a link between Non-resident Gujaratis(NRGs), to raiseawareness among girlsover issues of marryingyouths living abroad. Thisis the second such sessionafter the NRGF held asimilar event on Mondayin Ahmedabad where a

Rajkot mayor tells girls not to wearjeans, to avoid tight-fitting clothes

police station for NRIswas proposed.These events are beingheld as a build-up to thePravasi Bharatiya Divas tobe hosted at the MahatmaMandir in Gandhinagar onJanuary 7-9. Frauds inmarriages with NRIs arerising in Gujarat too, afterPunjab.Leelaben Ankoliya, thechairperson of the statecommission for women inGujarat had said at theAhmedabad edition of theevent that she received125 complaints of suchfrauds.The mayor reasoned thatNRGs prefer Gujarati girlsfor a variety of reason.“They know that you(Gujarati girls) will respectculture and and will alsoremain loyal to the family.So, respect the culture ofthe country you immigrateto but do not be swayed

by it. You should alsomake the Gujarati culturestand out,” Boliya added.Other experts at theseminar advised girls toconduct backgroundchecks and stick to somefundamental rules whilemarrying to youths livingabroad.“Rather than rushing intomarriage with youthsliving abroad, you shouldconduct enoughbackground check. Thosegoing abroad ondependent visa area arenot eligible for workpermit. So, women remaindependent on theirhusband after marriage.But you have to keep yourimmigration andeducational documentshandy all the while so thatin the event of a maritaldiscord, you have enoughheld available,” saidBhavna Joshipura, a city-based advocate.The advocate said that incase of marital discords,laws of the country wherethe marriage ceremonytakes place, apply. “Butthe best way to remain outof trouble is to remain onguard all the while. Thereis a domestic violence Actin the US too.

MP and Actor Paresh Rawal, thecleaning hospital in Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad East MP and Actor Shree Paresh Rawal was conducted by the cleanupcampaign at Shardaben Hospital Bapunagar. Paresh Rawal Shardaben Hospitalarrived in the morning with the workers were cleaning the hospital together withothers MLA and Corporators. Sanitation workers and hospital staff after he wasadministered the oath.

Dixit Rudani

Biting robber,dogged braveheartAHMEDABAD: A 52-year-old man, NavinThakkar, working at apetrol pump, battled arobber who tried to snatcha bag containing Rs 2.93lakh in Khadia onWednesday morning.Thakkar managed to catchthe robber but sufferedmultiple bites inflicted onhis hand by the robber.The owner of the pumpSanjay Thakkar told TOIthat Navin, a resident ofRamol, worked there for10 years and regularlycarries cash to a nearbybank. Khadia policesources said that as part ofhis routine, Navin waswalking to a bank todeposit Rs 2.93 lakh."Ramesh Solanki, residentof Dholka intercepted him

and asked him about alocal address," addedKhadia police officials.A moment later, Solankipounced on Navin and triedto snatch the bag with thecash. "Navin confrontedhim and raised the alarm.Solanki, desperate todecamp with the bag,inflicted several bites onNavin's hand holding thebag. Navin not only enduredthe bites, but held on toSolanki until locals rushedto his help," said Khadiapolice officials. Solanki washanded to Khadia police."We came to know thatSolanki hails from Dholkatown of Ahmedabaddistrict. We also suspect himto be involved in other suchincidents," said a policesource.