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Governmentlaunches newprocurementrules to speed updefence deals

Big B and Modi filmadvert urgingIndians to riseabove religiousdivides

Amitabh Bachchan is allset to appear in a televisionspot for the Narendra Modigovernment, in which thesuperstar will be seenasking people to rise abovereligion and religiousdivides for the sake of all-inclusive development.The concept is thebrainchild of PrimeMinister Narendra Modi,who will also feature in theshort film along withBachchan and Informationand Broadcasting MinisterArun Jaitley.The initiative comes in thewake of the ongoingcontroversy that has beenraging ever since theRashtriya SwayamsevakSangh (RSS) launched its‘ghar wapsi’ campaign afew weeks ago.The television spot isscheduled to go on airaround Republic Day. Itfeatures Big B flying a kiteand discussing thecountry’s ethnic andcultural variety. He thenquestions the divisiveforces that seek to cause adent in the nation’sintegrity and hamper itsprospects in the areas ofeducation, developmentand progress.

Five people died in an accident in Surat

The Government is aboutto finalise a proposal thatwill allow foreigncompanies to appointa u t h o r i s e drepresentatives tonegotiate defence deals.The move aims to ridNew Delhi of the dubiousnetwork of agents whoare illegally paid heftycommission to swingarms contracts.Defence MinisterManohar Parrikar saidon Tuesday evening thatthe new proposal, alongwith a revisedprocurement procedureto accelerate armsacquisitions, will berolled out by February.

Global oil prices hit five year low,Jet fuel prices see sharpest cut

As global oil prices hit afive and a half year slump,oil companies effectedprice cuts for AviationTurbine Fuel (ATF) andnon-subsidised cookinggas on Thursday.In another development,the government hiked theexcise duty on diesel andpetrol by Rs.2 a litre eachto fund its “ambitiousi n f r a s t r u c t u r e ”programme. However, thehike would not impactretail prices of petrol anddiesel, an Indian oilCorporation official toldThe Hindu. “In order tofund the ambitiousi n f r a s t r u c t u r edevelopment programmeof the Government,particularly the building of15000 kms ofroads…government hasdecided to increase basicexcise duty on petrol anddiesel (both branded andunbranded) by Rs. 2 perlitre. Allocation of theseresources to the road

sector will also spureconomic activity andemployment generation,”an official finance ministrystatement said. Therevised excise duty wouldbe effective from Thursdaymidnight. Meanwhile, theglobal oil prices slumpresulted in a reduction ofnon-subsidised LPG andATF rates. While non-subsidised LPG priceswere cut by Rs.43.50 per14.2 kg cylinder, ATFprices witnessed a 12.5percent cut. Non-subsidised LPG wouldnow cost Rs.708.50 inDelhi, down from theexisiting Rs.752.Possibly the sharpest cutsince it was deregulated in2002, ATF or jet fuelwould cost Rs 52,422.92per kiloliter in Delhi, downby Rs. 7,520.52. InMumbai, it would costRs.53,861.58/kl downfrom Rs.61,695.45/ kl.This is the sixthconsecutive reduction jet

fuel prices since Augustlast year, with the last cutannounced on December1st, when prices werereduced by 4.1 percent.When asked whether thetrend would continue,Indian Oil spokespersonAmresh Kapoor saidprices were reviewedfortnightly and the lastreview was done on

Wednesday. Prices ofglobal benchmark Brentcrude, which fell 49 percentduring 2014, hit $53 onWednesday, with demandcontinuing to weaken amida supply glut owing to theUS shale boom and theOrganization of PetroleumExporting Countries(OPEC) refusing to cutproduction.

Five dead in New Year'sEve clashes on LoC

Jammu and Kashmir(Reuters) - Indian borderforces killed four Pakistaniinterior-ministry troops onNew Year's Eve, ending ayear in which clashesbetween the nuclear-armedneighbours have escalatedand hopes for reconciliationfaded. Wednesday'sincident, on the Line ofControl (LoC) in Jammuand Kashmir, followed thekilling earlier in the day ofan Indian border guard, asenior officer from India'sBorder Security Force said."We have retaliatedeffectively ... four Pakistanirangers have been killedalong the InternationalBorder in Samba sector thisevening, said RakeshSharma, BSF inspectorgeneral for the JammuFrontier. "As Pakistanirangers suffered casualties,they waved white flags,asking BSF to stop the firingso that they can lift the bodiesof the dead men. We stoppedthe firing after their request,"Sharma said. Frontier clashes

have intensified in recentmonths, dashing hopes thata brief thaw in relations afterIndian Prime MinisterNarendra Modi was electedin May would lead to acalming of the situation. Theworst violence has beenfurther north in the mainlyMuslim Kashmir Valley,where separatist militantskilled 11 Indian soldiers andpolice in early December,the worst losses in six years.Jammu and Kashmir heldstate elections in Decemberin which Modi's BharatiyaJanata Party made gains.While leaving the party

short of a majority, theresult could open the wayfor it to form a rulingcoalition with a regionalparty. "Our (NDAgovernment) response isdon't hesitate. Reactappropriately withoutholding yourself back", hesaid. He added that and ifthere is an attack on Armyposts, the terrorists need tobe neutralised "with doublethe force" The Minister hadalso stressed that the Indianforces did not violateceasefire agreements butonly responded to violationsby Pakistani troops

Excise duty on petrol, dieselhiked; no change in retail priceNew DelhiThe government todayraised excise duty onpetrol and diesel by Rs 2per litre each but retailpump rates will not beincreased. The third exciseduty hike since Novemberwill help raise additionalRs 6,000 crore duringremaining three months ofthe current fiscal as thegovernment tookadvantage of a slump inglobal oil prices to five-year low to shore uprevenue without stokinginflation. The oil firms hadyesterday skipped cuttingrates of the two fuels that

had become necessary asinternational oil ratesplunged to their lowestlevel since May 2009. Theexcise duty hike has nowbeen set off against thereduction in rates that wasdue because of slide in oilprices. The slump in globaloil rates had warranted aprice cut of Rs 3.22 perlitre in petrol and about Rs3 in diesel and even afteradjusting the exciseincrease, oil firms will havea neat margin of over Re1 per litre. “In order tofund the ambitiousi n f r a s t r u c t u r edevelopment programme

of the government,particularly the building of15,000-km of roads,during current and nextfinancial year, thegovernment has decidedto increase basic exciseduty on petrol and dieselby Rs 2 per litre,” anofficial statement said.Together with Rs 1.50 alitre excise duty hikeeffected on both productsfrom November 12 and Rs2.25 per litre increase in dutyon petrol and Re 1 on dieselfrom December 2, thegovernment will mop upabout Rs 17,000 crore thisfiscal to contain fiscal deficit.

SURATFive people died in anaccident when their carcrashed into a truck onNational Highway 8 nearKosamba town of Suratdistrict on Thursdaymorning. All the fivepersons in the car died onthe spot due to severeinjuries. Their car turnedinto wreckage due to theaccident while the truckin which it crashed fromback, escaped from the

location. In the accidentRajendra Patil,Digpalsinh Jadav, AnandPanchal, Parshuram Patil,all residents of Vadodaraand Hemant Solanki ofAhmedabad died. Theincident took place ataround 9.30 am onThursday andidentification of thedeceased could be doneonly after three hours asfamily members of thedeceased reached on

spot.The car GJ-5-FQ-2862crashed into the truckwhich was standing onroad side. Police suspectthat the car was trying toovertake other vehicleson road from wrong sidewhen it crashed into thetruck standing. Policeinvestigation revealedthat the speedometer hasstopped at speed of 120km/hr. The deceased hadleft from Vadodara at

around 7.30 am andwere going to Shirdi,police informed. They allwere friends. "The carwas on high speed and itcrashed in the truckstanding outside theroad. It seems that the carwas trying to overtakevehicles from wrong sidewhen the accident tookplace," said N MPrajapati, police subinspector of Kosambapolice station.

Gujarat CM apologizes after 'terrorists'wear skull caps in anti-terror mock drill

NEW DELHIGujarat chief ministerAnandiben Patel onThursday apologized forthe 'mistake' of the statepolice after the copscourted controversywhen they made dummyterrorists wear skullcapsduring an anti-terrormock drill, Times Nowreported. The exercisehad broughtembarrassment to cops.The exercise was carriedout by Surat police atDabhari near Olpad.During the drill, thespecial operations group

(SOG) was assigned thetask of nabbing 'terrorists'trying to enter India. Aftersome fake firing, the'terrorists' were nabbedand arms and mobileswere recovered."Even real terrorists donot come wearing a skullcap. Police should takecare and not relateterrorism to followers ofany religion. I willinvestigate the issuepersonally," said GujaratBJP minority cellpresident Mehboob AliChishti.A defensive SOG

Inspector B C Thakkarsaid, "The mock drillparticipants were askedto wear skull cap just togive them a differentlook. It was not an

intentional move torelate to a specificcommunity." SP (Suratrural) Pradeep Sejuladded, "This should nothappen."

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India to track toiletuse with tablets

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is launching anationwide online programme to check whetherpeople are using toilets as part of his cleanlinessdrive.From next month, officials will head out withmobile phones, tablets and iPads to report on whethertoilets are being used in rural India, with resultsuploaded onto a website in real time.India's shortage of toilets costs the country more than$50 billion a year, mostly through premature deathsand hygiene-related diseases, according to a WorldBank study. India suffers a greater cost than otherAsian countries from the poor collection of humanexcreta, the study found.About 626 million Indians defecate in the opencompared with 14 million in China, the World HealthOrganization said in a 2012 report.Since taking officein May, Modi has repeatedly lamented the poor stateof sanitation and public cleanliness in India, vowingto solve the problems within the next five years. Thegovernment has doubled spending on a toilet buildingprogramme and requested financial donations fromsome of the country's largest companies to help."Earlier, the monitoring was done only about theconstruction of toilets, but now the actual use of toiletswill be ascertained," the government said in astatement on Wednesday.In October, Modi annoyedgovernment officials by ordering them to come towork to clean toilets on a national holiday.

Ranbir Kapoor To BulkUp For Sanjay Dutt BiopicBollywood’s chocolateboy Ranbir Kapoor whohas been dazzling theBollywood industry withhis versatile acting is all setfor his role in RajkumarHirani’s next film. He willbe playing the role ofSanjay Dutt himself.Reportedly, the ‘Barfi’starring actor, RanbirKapoor is putting onweight to do proper justiceto his role in the movie.Salman Khan’s Bigg BossSeason 8 house : ClickHere For BreakingUpdates, Photos Ranbir istrying to match SanjayDutt’s physique and thus

has been asked to put fewextra kilos on as per thecharacter’s requirement inthe biopic. DirectorRajkumar Hirani saysRanbir is more than excitedto put some weight on forthe role and he believes that

the heartthrob Kapoor canpull this tough, strong andintense role off very well.For all the Ranbir Kapoorfans watching youngKapoor play Sanju Baba onscreen is surely going to bemesmerizing!

Happy Birthday VidhyaBalan who turned 37 today

Mumbai Bollywood actress VidyaBalan is celebrating herbirthday today and sheturned 37 years onThursday. Vidya Balan,who often enjoys thestatus of being the 'hero' ofher films, She was spottedenjoying a night out withher husband SiddharthRoy Kapur on Tuesday ata high-end suburbanrestaurant in the city aheadof his birthday, said

reports. Vidya Balan wasborn on January 1st 1978,Vidya is known for herstrong female protagonists.She has won several awardsincluding a National FilmAward, five film fare awardsand five Screen Awards.Her films include Guru,Parineeta, Kahaani, Urumi,Thank You, Paa, Halla Bol,Hey Babyy, Eklavya: TheRoyal Guard etc. Vidya isalso a social activist andsupports the cause of

empowerment of womenthat eventually getsportrayed on-screen, whereshe has managed to carve aniche in a territorydominated by male actors.The actress was last see in'Shaadi Ke Side Effects' and'Bobby Jasoos'. She will benext seen in 'Dhamaal 2'. Onthis Spacial occasion ofVidya Balan We atRajasthanNews wishingVidya Balan a splendidBirthday.

Shahid Kapoor to startfilming 'Farzi' from FebActor Shahid Kapoorrecently wrapped up theshoot of Vikas Bahl’s filmShaandaar and is taking abreak before moving on tohis next film project.And that film project issaid to be 'Farzi’. It will bedirected by Raj Nidimoruand Krishna D.K.,directors of films like GoGoa Gone and HappyEnding.'Farzi' will have ShahidKapoor teaming up withNawazuddin Siddiqui andKriti Sanon. The film is setin a world of crime andwill have the dark, satiricalhumour typical of Raj andKrishna’s movies.It was earlier said that‘Farzi’ was shelvedfollowing the box officefailure of ‘Happy Ending’,but a source close to theproduction is quoted assaying that the directorduo is taking a breakbefore directing their next

film.Shahid Kapoor was theirpreferred choice to playthe leading role from thestart. “Shahid is a greatfit. Farzi has Nawazplaying a very strongfeature role. He is not a

baddie just but he has agreat full fledged roleopposite Shahid,” Raj andDK had said in an earlierinterview. 'Farzi' is set toroll in February, 2015. Thedirector duo says it’sprobably their best script.

15 Most AwaitedBollywood Films of 2015

Year 2015 is going to be agreat one for the fans ofSalman Khan, Shah RukhKhan and AmitabhBachchan. Alas, the fans ofAamir Khan may not seeany new release from thesuperstar this year.First of all, a Happy NewYear to all of you. Andthose who have beenjoking that Shah RukhKhan got a lot of freepublicity for his last releaseHNY on New Year’s Eve,let’s inform you that KingKhan is going to shineagain in 2015. As will hisformer foe but now goodfriend Salman Khan. Bhaihas two big releases linedup for the year, both asdifferent from each otheras chalk is from cheese.

The year will see a freshjodi of Shahid Kapoor andAlia Bhatt. On the otherhand, we will get to seeRanbir Kapoor pairingwith Deepika Padukoneand Katrina Kaif in twoseparate films. MegastarAmitabh Bachchan will be

seen in three films in 2015and director Sanjay LeelaBhansali will return with amagnum opus starringRanveer, Deepika andPriyanka.ApunKaChoice brings toyou the 15 most awaitedfilms of 2015.

Bigg Boss 8 eviction: Upen Patel getseliminated in surprise mid-week evictionSalman Khan had clearedthe logic of the eliminationprocess on Monday'sepisode explaining thatalthough there were noevictions last week, thesame nominatedcontestants would be upfor eviction this time.What he did not reveal wasthat there would besurprise mid-weekevictions this week whichtook place yesterday nightinside the Bigg Boss 8house. In a surprising turnof events, Upen Patel hasbeen shown the door thisweek. The super modelturned actor who enteredthe house with a calm andcomposed demeanour wasseen losing his temper onpetty issues in the past two

weeks. From heatedarguments to bizarrefights, Upen somehow hadturned a little toopsychotic. Audiencesseemed to have takennotice of the fact anddecided to chuck him outof the contest. Butnevertheless, Upen hasshown a true sportsmanspirit especially the way hehas always handled theluxury budget tasks insidethe house. Also in the newsfor his intimacy withhouse-mate Sonali Raut,the two soon drifted apartafter Upen realised Sonaliwas merely using him tostay on the show. Veryrecently, there had beennews of Upen andKarishma being more than

just friends but Upen hasquashed all suchspeculations when AjazKhan informed him aboutthe same. After Upen'sexit, all the housemates arenominated for eviction.There are currently sevencontestants left inside thehouse- Gautam Gulati,Karishma Tanna, PuneetIssar, Sonali Raut, Ali QuliMirza, Dimpy GangulyMahajan and PritamSingh.

Draft National Health Policy2015 open to all for suggestions

The Ministry of Healthand Family Welfare hasopened up the draft copyof the National HealthPolicy 2015 seekingviews, suggestions, andcomments from variousstakeholders across thecountry.The Policy addresses theurgent need to improvethe performance of healthsystems.It is being formulated inthe last year of theMillennium Declarationand its Goals, in theglobal context of allnations committed tomoving towardsuniversal healthcoverage.

It is a declaration of thedetermination of theGovernment to leverageeconomic growth toachieve health outcomesand an explicitacknowledgment thatbetter health contributesimmensely to improvedproductivity as well as toequity.\It has been recommendedin the proposal to raisepublic health expenditureto 2.5 per cent of GDP,which means Rs 3,800 percapita expenditure. TheGovernment has alsoproposed to ensureuniversal access to freedrugs and diagnostics inthe State-run hospitals.

Let us celebrate pluralism and promote tolerance and understandingamongst all communities. Let the New Year be dedicated to the creationof an inclusive society -President Pranab Mukherjee, speaking in theaftermath of of events like violence in Assam, blast in Bengaluru andconversion debates

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Why Salman visited Sri Lanka

MumbaiSalman Khan andJacqueline Fernandezbelong to mutualadmiration club! The‘Kick’ onscreen Jodi of

Bollywood was in SriLanka a few days ago andSalman’s latest tweetsexplains why he was in thecountry along with hisbeautiful co-star.

Bombay HC gets three newjudges on the first day of 2015MUMBAIThe new judges sworn inon Thursday are KalidasWadane, Indira Jain andShalini Phansalkar-Joshi.This is the first time theBombay high court got amajority of women judgesin the new appointments.But 2015 will also haveeights judges of the HCretiring from February

through December,majority in the second halfof the year.The sanctioned strength ofjudges for the Bombay HCis 75 and the judge'sretirement age is 62. Thepresent Chief JusticeMohit Shah, who has beenhere since June 2010, isdue to turn 62 inSeptember 2015.

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SPORTS ROUNDWomen Employees 'StripSearched' at Kochi Firm, 3 BookedKOCHIThree women staff of asurgical glovesmanufacturing company inKochi have been bookedfor allegedly strip searchingmore than 30 womenemployees to find out wholeft a used sanitary napkinin a washroom.Police today said they haveregistered cases against thethree women staff undervarious sections of theIndian Penal Code or IPC,including 354 (assault orcriminal force to womanwith intent to outrage hermodesty) on a complaint bythe other women staff.D e v e l o p m e n tCommissioner of CochinSpecial Economic Zone(CSEZ) has set also up a

three-member committeeto probe the allegedincident which happenedon December 10 at AsmaRubber Private Limited,manufacturing surgicaland examination gloves.The shocking incidentcame to public notice onlya few days ago after theaffected women filed apolice complaint.After the incidenttriggered an outrage withwomen activistscondemning thehumiliating action andpending inquiries by policeand the three-membercommittee, themanagement yesterdaysuspended a Supervisor,an Assistant Supervisorand a sub-staff following

protests from otheremployees.Also they weretemporarily laid offpending inquiry.Managing Director of thecompany CYA Rahim saidthe suspension of thethree did not mean thatthey had committed acrime. The probe reportwas being awaited. "Theunit had been temporarilyshut as the workingatmosphere has beendisturbed," he said. Thewomen employees agedbetween 25 and 50 were"forcibly strip searched"to ascertain who wasmenstruating after theused sanitary napkin wasfound in a wash room ofthe company.

36 dead and dozens injured inShanghai New Year's Eve stampede

SHANGHAI People unable to contactfriends and relativesstreamed into hospitalsThursday, anxious forinformation after astampede during NewYear's celebrations inShanghai's historicwaterfront area killed 36people in the worstdisaster to hit one ofChina's showcase cities inrecent years.The Shanghai governmentsaid 47 others receivedhospital treatment,including 13 who wereseriously injured, after thechaos about a half-hourbefore midnight. Seven ofthe injured people had lefthospitals by Thursdayafternoon.The Shanghai governmentinformation office said oneTaiwanese was among thedead, and two Taiwaneseand one Malaysian wereamong the injured.The deaths and injuriesoccurred at Chen YiSquare in Shanghai'spopular riverfront Bundarea, an avenue lined withart deco buildings from the1920s and 1930s whenShanghai was home tointernational banks andtrading houses.The area is often jammedwith people during majorevents.At one of the hospitalswhere the injured werebeing treated, policebrought out photos ofunidentified dead victims,causing dozens of waitingrelatives to crowd around.Not everyone could see,and young women wholooked at the photos brokeinto tears when theyrecognized someone.A saleswoman in her 20s,who declined to give hername, said she had beencelebrating with threefriends. "I heard peoplescreaming, someone fell,people shouted `don'trush,"' she said. "There

were so many people andI couldn't stand properly."She added that she stillcould not contact one ofher friends. The officialXinhua News Agencyquoted a woman with thesurname Yin who wascaught with her 12-year-old son in the middle ofcrowds of people pushingto go up and down steps

leading from the square."Then people started tofall down, row by row,"Yin said. When her sonwas finally brought tosafety, he had shoe printsover his clothes, "hisforehead was bruised, hehad two deep creasedscars on his neck, and hismouth and nose werebleeding," she said.

Robert Vadra's firm SkylightHospitality gets Income Tax notice

According to a reportpublished in the IndianExpress, the Income Taxdepartment has startedscrutiny into land dealsmade by Robert Vadra,son-in-law of CongressPresident Sonia Gandhi.Quoting sources, thenewspaper says that'principal officer' ofSkylight Hospitality Vadrahas been summoned by ITofficers on Friday.Sylight Hospitality'stransaction with DLF hasbeen under the scanner fora long time and now theyhave been asked to furnish“agreements to purchaseand sale of immovableproperties” since 2005-06. The IT department hassent a 22-pointquestionnaire to SkylightHospitality which seeksdetailed information aboutminutes of meetings, the

nature of assets, purchaseand sale of deeds etc. BJPhas called the move by theIT department as an act ofnatural administrativeprocess to probe caseswhere windfall profitshave been made. Congresspresumably has dubbed itas an act of politicalvendetta. According toCongress leader ManishTewari, BJP is using statetools to hound politicaladversaries.Robert Vadra has been inthe centre of a politicalslugfest for a long time.During the Lok Sabhaelections and during theHaryana Assemblyelections recently,Narendra Modi had raisedquestions on Vadra's landdeals to score points overthe Gandhi family andBhupinder Singh Hoodagovernment.

Babul Supriyo’s driver’sdead body found

New DelhiA dead body, lateridentified as BabulSupriyo’s driver, wasfound on Wednesdaymorning at UdyogBhawan in Delhi. Thebody was lyingunidentified for more than12 hours in the officialambassador car of theUnion Minister of Statefor Urban Development.Identified as VinodKhanduri, the driver wasliving in Laxmi Nagar andhad been working forSupriyo for a few monthsonly.The family of the driverhad earlier reported to thePolice after the deceasedhad failed to respond tothe calls on his phone sinceTuesday morning. Duringthe investigation, the

Police was unable to tracethe exact location of hiscell phone.Udyog Bhawan and thearea around the place areguarded by CISF andwhen asked, CISFmentioned that they do notcheck vehicles withParliament stickers.However, after smellingsomething suspicious in

the car, a CISF officerdiscovered the body andpolice was informed.The body was sent formedical examination andthen handed over to thegrief stricken family.Senior officials are nowplanning to prepare areport about thenegligence that would besent to the home ministry.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni canplay on till 2019 : Sanjay Patel

BCCI secretary SanjayPatel says there was nopressure from the board orselectors on MS Dhoni toquit and reckons thatDhoni can now play on till2019. He also revealedthat it was Dhoni who hadpushed the board tonominate a vice-captainfor tours. In a chat withThe Indian Express, Patelspoke about two-captaintheory and how ViratKohli’s aggression is justa reaction to Australians.Excerpts.In hindsight, do you thinkDhoni should have got afarewell Test?Knowing Dhoni, he is notthe kind of person whowill ask for a farewell Test.He has been never been ademanding person. Ifhaving a farewell Testmatch was the case, hewould have played till theSouth Africa Test series athome next year. To beprecise, it was a Dhonibrand of decision. Only alion-hearted man can takesuch decision. As BCCI’ssecretary, I will tell youthat neither the board northe selectors ever thoughthe was a burden on theteam.Was the pressure of

overseas losses one of thereasons ? No, it was hisbody. His body was takingtoo much of a toll. Testmatches are moredemanding and he musthave felt that this is theright time. We wanted himto carry for long, for atleast two more years. Ieven told him, ‘if you aretaking this decision underpressure than pleasechange it as we areassuring you that you willremain captain for thecoming year’. But he haddecided it. Now mypersonal assessment is thatwith the Test retirement,

he can play on till 2019.India will have differentcaptains for Tests andODIs. Don’t you think itmight lead to two powercentres? In fact, it will begreat thing. It will help inthe longer run. There isnothing like a powercentre. Cricket is beingplayed by two groups. Onewho go out there in thefield and do their job andthe others are theadministrators who dotheir job outside the field.Having two captains willin fact strengthen ourteam, we will have twonew ideas on the floor.

Mangalyaan Completes100 Days in Mars Orbi

ISRO's maiden mission toMars, Mangalyaan, onThursday successfullycompleted 100 days in theorbit of Earth's next doorneighbour. Mangalyaanhad entered Mars orbit onSeptember 24, 2014 aftertravelling for over 10months to cover the thedistance of 666 million kmto reach the destination.This mission has madeIndia the first country inthe world to successfullylaunch its mission to Marson the very first try.Mangalyaan cost Rs 450crore making it thecheapest inter-planetarymission ever. It wascompleted in just 15

months.NASA with its Curiosityand Maven, EuropeanSpace Agency with itsMars Express are the onlytwo other members of theelite club of successfulMartian explorers. On theother hand, China, Japan,and former Soviet Unionhave failed to reachMars. Mangalyaan hasexpected life of 6months. Its 5 solar-powered instruments arecollecting data about theworks of Martianweather and whathappened to the waterthat is believed to haveonce existed on theplanet.

Trying to bring in a new tollpolicy in a month:Nitin GadkariMumbaiThe electronic toll (e-toll)collection systemintroduced in the countrywill help save Rs 88,000crore and cut waiting timeat toll plazas significantly,Road Transport andHighways Minister NitinGadkari said here today.Citing a TransportCorporation of India-IIMKolkata study that said Rs60,000 crore was lost onaccount of various delays atcheck posts, he saidelectronic toll collection

could save Rs 88,000crore.“The report said thatevery year, fuel worth Rs60,000 crore is wasted dueto the time spent by vehiclesat toll plazas. The amountgoes up to Rs 88,000 croreif the value of the time lostis added,” he said. “Of the350 toll points on theMumbai-Delhi route, 140have been converted into E-toll points. By completion ofthe e-toll work in thecountry, this amount of Rs88,000 crore would besaved,” he told reporters.

Heroin seizures by BSF inPunjab touch new high

ChandigarhBraving sub-zerotemperatures and dense fogthese days to highs of up to45 degrees Celsius insummer, India’s BorderSecurity Force (BSF) seized361 kg of heroin in 2014 –its highest in a single year onthe border with Pakistan inPunjab.The seizure, according toBSF officials, is worth overRs.1,808 crore ($286million) in the internationalmarket. The seizures (tillDec 30) this year are higher

than the previous record of322 kg recovered in 2013along the barbed wire fenced553-km border betweenIndia and Pakistan in Punjab.In 2012, the BSF recovered288 kg heroin in the Punjabsector, comprising thefrontier districts of Amritsar,Gurdaspur, Ferozepur andFazilka. BSF fieldcommanders say biggerseizures also show thatheroin smugglers inPakistan and India havebecome more active in thelast few years.

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Lord Meghnad Desai toreceive Sardar Patel Award

AhmedabadRenowned UK-basedeconomist and politicianof Gujarati origin, LordMeghnad Desai, has beenselected by the VishwaGujarat Samaj (VGS) forbeing conferred with theSardar Vallabhbhai PatelVishwa Pratibha Award,for his contribution tosociety as a Gujarati.Gujarat Governor O PKohli is set to present theaward to Lord Desai at aceremony here onSaturday, VGS sourcessaid here today.

“This is the only awardwhich has been namedafter Sardar Patel. Out ofseveral names underconsideration, ourcommittee selected Desaifor the award. Desai wasborn in Gujarat in 1940.He played a key role inframing UK’s economicpolicy and authoredseveral books,” VGSpresident KrishnakantVakharia told reporters ata press conference.In addition, VGS has alsoannounced that the lateGujarati writer Dhirubhai

Thaker is to be given theKanjibhai Desai GujaratPratibha Award,posthumously. Thaker isknown for creating the‘Gujarti Vishwakosh’(encyclopedia in Gujarati),Vakharia said.“Thaker was given aPadma Bhushan a yearago, for his contributionto education andliterature. He died inJanuary 2014. His son-in-law is expected to receivethe award on his behalfon Saturday,” Vakhariasaid.

Essar Oil commissions secondHMU unit at Vadinar in GujaratOil exploration andproduction major EssarOil and Gas (EOG)Thursday said it hascommissioned a secondhydrogen manufacturingunit (HMU) at company’srefinery at Vadinar inGujarat.According to thecompany’s statement tothe National StockExchange, the HMU has acapacity of 105 Knm3 perhour which would provideflexibility and reliability tooverall refineryoperations. In Decemberlast year, the company said

it will convert over $1billion worth of rupee loaninto dollar debt by Marchto reduce its cost ofborrowing and will acquiregroup firm Vadinar PowerCompany for Rs.2,100crore. It said it will buyadditional 73.99 percentstake in group companyVadinar Power Companyto make it a fully ownedsubsidiary of EOG. EOG,part of the Essar Group isan Indian firm engaged inthe exploration andproduction of oil andnatural gas, refining ofcrude oil, and marketing of

petroleum products. It is owned by billionaire brothers Shashi and Ravi Ruia.

Gujarat headquarterededucation group to foray in UAEAhmedabadA h m e d a b a dheadquartered educationprovider group Calorx hasplanned to open its firstpre-school in Dubai in thecoming academic year. Itwill be followed by atleast16 institutions in thecoming three years.This detail was shared byMs. Manjula Pooja Shroff,Chairperson of CalorxGroup.She said, “Calorx groupaims to increase thenumber of schools andinstitutions managed by it,from 40 to 100 acrossIndia & Middle Eastregion. The group hasplanned to open its firstpre-school in Dubai in thecoming academic yearitself and will be followedby atleast 16 institutions inthe coming three years. ”Calorx will be rolling outits plan in UAE underCalorx InternationalEducation, a LimitedLiability Company and willbe led Mr. Shailesh Iyer asthe Director for Dubaioperations. This will be thevery first educationventure abroad, for anyGujarat based educationgroup.“The schools will followboth international andCBSE curricula. Wewould be extending oursame educationphilosophy even abroad.We will adopt a Multi-Sensory teaching so thatstudents get educated bythe way of experientiallearning and innovativeteaching methodologies.”added Ms. Shroff.“Indian schools are wellreceived by the parents inUAE thus giving us aboost in our maideninternational venture. Itwill act as a testing groundfor us to test our mettlebefore we expand to otherinternational markets.”said Mr. Shailesh IyerDubai is now increasinglyfocusing on the educationsector.According to theWorld Bank, educationexpenditure of the UAE

government accounts for23% of total expenditure,compared to the Worldaverage of 14%.Calorx, founded morethan 20 years ago,manages under itsumbrella a network ofeducational institutions,the Delhi Public Schools,Calorx Olive GreenInternational School, atAhmedabad and CalorxPublic Schools acrossGujarat, Rajastan and

Madhtya Pradesh. Calorxhas also instituted CalorxTeachers’ University todevelop skilled HumanCapital in educationsector. Calorx’s specialeducation initiatives likeVisamo Kids Foundationand Prerna – a school fordyslexics are focused onimproving lifeopportunities formarginalized children andkids with special learningneeds.

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Gujarat government announcesindustrial policy for 2015

GandhinagarThe Gujarat governmenttoday announced its newindustrial police for 2015aimed at making the statea global manufacturinghub, ahead of the VibrantGujarat Summit set tobegin from January 11.Announcing the newindustrial policy, GujaratChief Minister AnandibenPatel said it would play apivotal role in realisingPrime Minister NarendraModi’s ‘Make in India’dream and make Gujarata global manufacturinghub, said an official releaseissued here.Speaking on the industrialpolicy, Gujarat FinanceMinister Saurabh Patelsaid the state governmenthas made specialprovisions for start-upbusinesses.“Around 60 per cent ofGujarat’s population is inthe age group between 15years and 59 years. Ouraim is to prepare thesepeople to start their ownbusinesses instead ofmerely looking for jobopportunities. We want tomotivate ‘start-ups’through this new industrialpolicy,” Saurabh Patelsaid.Key focus areas of thispolicy includei n f r a s t r u c t u r ed e v e l o p m e n t ,simplification of labourlaws and motivation ofnew innovations throughtechnology transfer.Besides, it would alsofocus on incentives foryouth, women, scheduledcastes, scheduled tribesand handicappedentrepreneurs, assistanceto micro, small andmedium enterprises(MSME) sector as well asassistance for upgradingtechnology.“Through this policy, wewish to boostmanufacturing here. Forthat, we will take steps tocreate a business friendly

environment. We will alsofocus on reducingpollution by promotinguse of clean and greenenergy as well as setting upzero-effluent dischargeplants,” Patel said.“Industries like autocomponents, engineering,drugs, cement andchemicals are flourish in

Gujarat. Now, we wish toboost value addition in theseexisting resources, whichwill create new jobs andreduce imports,” he added.He said under the newpolicy, special incentiveswould be given to set upnew businesses in sectorslike garments, apparel, agroand food processing.

Light rainfall in pockets of Ahmedabadand parts of mainland Gujarat

AhmedabadAfter a day-long cloudysky, parts of Ahmedabadwitnessed rainfall onThursday evening.Pockets in areas of citythat witnessed rain areBapunagar, Odhav,Kankaria, Maninagar,Ellisbridge, Paldi. In somepockets, rainfall was justlike drizzle, while in someother pockets, likeManinagar there wasmoderate rain. Rainfallhas been reported fromsome other areas of thestate too. Dhanera innorth Gujarat, Bharuch incentral Gujarat,Viramgam and Dehgam inAhmedabad/Gandhinagarbelt, parts of Khedadistrict in central Gujaratalso witnessed rainfall.Synoptic situation: Upper

air cyclonic circulationover east central andadjoining north eastArabian sea off northKonkan and SouthGujarat coast extendsupto 2.1 km above meansea level persists.DAY 1: (Valid from timeof origin to 0830 Hrs. ISTof 02/01/15):- Light rainswould occur at isolatedplaces in the districts ofGujarat region and inDaman, Dadra NagarHaveli.DAY2 : (Valid from 0830 Hrs.IST of 02/01/15 to 0830 Hrs.IST of 03/01/15):-DAY3 :- (Valid from 0830Hrs. IST of 03/01/15 to 0830Hrs. IST of 04/01/15):-Weather will be mainly sunnyin the districts of Gujaratstate and in Diu, Daman,Dadra Nagar Haveli..

Ad war: 'UP Rising' posters removed in A’badAHMEDABADAs the countdown beginstoPravasiBharatiya Divas(PBD) and VibrantGujarat Summit (VGS)2015, many key arterialroads of the city like CGRoad, Airport Road andAshram Road are lined upwith images ofUttarPradesh chiefminister AkhileshYadavpromoting 'UP Rising'!The publicitybombardment byYadav,promoting UP as the statef o r i n f r a s t r u c t u r a linvestment, education andother developmentparameters, at a time whenGujarat is going the wholehog wooing investorsfrom all over the world,has raised many eyebrows.When this very in-the-facepublicity coup pulled byYadav's Samajwadi Party(SP) dawned on theAhmedabad MunicipalCorporation (AMC)officials, they startedremoving the posters andhoardings citing technicalreasons. SP had tried tobeat BJP at the publicitygame by putting up manyas 60 small hoardings and40 billboards promotingUP as preferredinvestment destination inrun up to the VibrantGujarat Summit. Theadvertisements werebooked till January 15.Samajwadi Party's Gujaratstate secretary, KiranKansara said that they hadput up the advertisementsto attract people comingto Gujarat during thesummit. Akhilesh Yadavand his father and chief of

Samajwadi Party,Mulayam Singh Yadav, areconsidered arch rivals ofBJP. They are reelingunder the sweepingvictory posted by thesaffron party in the Hindiheartland in the recentparliamentary elections.Kansara said that theagency that was hired toput up hoardings andadvertisements was nowremoving them citing'technical reasons'. "Theyhave already removedsome 60 smalladvertisements fromacross the city and plan toremove the billboards inthe next few days,"Kansara told TOI. Heclaimed that the agencypeople were beingpressurized by the stateg o v e r n m e n t . " T h egovernment of UttarPradesh had entered intocontract with the agency tillJanuary 15. Now they wantto remove theadvertisements which isbreach of contract. This ispurely because of pressurefrom the state government,"Kansara added.

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