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Published simultaneously from Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh

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'PK' is the toughest roleof my careerso far, says

Aamir Khan

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Sri Lanka'spreparation forIndia series not

'ideal,' saysAngelo Mathews

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Ministry ofSteel to set up“Steel Research

& TechnologyMission of

India”

Ratlam to be developed asgold and jewellery park

hief Minister Shivraj SinghChouhan has said that Ratlam will

be developed as gold and jewellery park.The Chief Minister announced to includeRamdevra also in Mukhyamantri Tirth-Darshan Yojana. It will be 18th pilgrimagecentre under the scheme. Chouhan wasaddressing a foundation stone laying andinaugural ceremony of development worksat Ratlam recently. The Chief Ministeralso gave away letters of benefit to 161beneficiaries under various schemes.The Chief Minister laid foundation stonesof 16 works costing Rs. 123 crore 54 lakhand inaugurated 52 works costing over Rs.73 crore. Chouhan sanctioned Rs. onecrore for various works of Jaora NagarPalika and Rs. 50 lakh each to remainingurban bodies in the district. The ChiefMinister said that a 750-bed fullyequipped hospital will be constructed sideby side the medical colleges to be built atRatlam. He also declared legal 17 out of 23colonies of Ratlam city. Chouhan laidfoundation stone of 848 houses under

Rajiv Aawas Mission. He laid foundationstone of Namkeen Cluster on 18.15hectares and alcohol plant on 19.3hectares and new industrial area at vil-lage Karamdi. Chouhan announced Rs. 10lakh for Ratlam Press Club.

Ratlam to carve outdistinct identity insalty snacks

Chouhan laid foundation stone ofNamkeen Cluster in the food park beingdeveloped at village Karamdi. He saidthat let Ratlam’s salty snacks emerge asbest and bring a good reputation toRatlam in the world.

Ratlam to becomefinancial hubThe Chief Minister said that Ratlamwill be developed as financial hubunder Delhi-Mumbai IndustrialCorridor of the Central Governmentfor promoting industries along withagriculture. He hoped that youths ofRatlam will play important role instarting small and cottage industriesunder Mukhyamantri SwarozgarYojana. The Chief Minister alsoinspected an exhibition put up byvarious departments.

Bhopal

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RAIPUR: A 23-year-old woman split with herhusband in Chhattisgarh's Raigarh district andwalked out of her in-laws' home after they failed tobuild a toilet at home. The woman, Parvati, had seta condition before marriage that a loo should beconstructed at home within a year. After returning toher father's home at Jangir-Champa district, she'snow contemplating divorce. The woman's relative,Geetanjali Patel of Kotmi village, said Parvati'shusband Dular Singh had vowed to build a toiletwithin a month of the wedding. "Even after a year,nothing changed and Parvati felt unsafe, going outin the dark to answer call of nature. And this trig-gered frequent quarrels," said Geetanjali. Parvatisaid she was "forced to walk out after her in-lawstold her to grin and bear it". She felt unsafe going tothe fields as she was stalked by village youths. Shelater found that her stalkers would climb upon treesand gaze at her. She even took up the matter with thecommunity forum recently where elders imposed acondition on in-laws to build a toilet inside house orthe couple could live separately. When the familydidn't agree, Parvati called it quits. Despite PrimeMinister Narendra Modi's Clean India Campaign,women in 75 per cent households in Chhattisgarh donot have access to private toilets at home, accordingto 2011 census. Hardly, 13.28 lakh households havetoilets within premises, while, 42.40 lakh residentsdefecate in the open. Chhattisgarh governmentrecently announced construction of nearly one lakh"pucca" toilets in three months, saying they havealready drafted a plan.

NEWS MAX

No loo at home, womansplits with husband

Resolve of sisters ofKamalyakhera

fulfilled

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Maoists welcome tojoin the mainstream:Raman Singh

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Katare tostage dharnaat CM's residence

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Residents of 20 villages

under Dharamjaigarh Block

of Raigarh district unani-

mously condemned the grow-

ing elephant migration in

the area from adjacent

States and held the forest

officials responsible for the

menace.

They demanded a “corri-

dor” for elephants across the

forests of eastern and central

Indian uplands for their own

safety. At least 56 farmers

and 21 elephants were killed

in Raigarh district and

adjoining areas in last few

years, according to an RTI

reply filed by the villagers.

Villagers assembled in the

Club Ground in the centre of

Dharamjaigarh town. The

agenda of the discussion was

“How to deal with scores of

wild elephants rampaging

the area for years,” said

locals.

Several villagers said

that at least two to three

dozen elephants were on the

rampage in 25 odd villages

and Forest officials were

completely inactive. “This is

potentially a dangerous situ-

ation. Imagine two dozen ele-

phants are on the rampage

and are not even been dis-

couraged by traditional

deterrents like light or

drums,” said Ganesh

Mandal, a grocer of Meder

Marh village. His village was

ransacked twice in the last

one month. Elephants were

randomly moving from one

village to the other and when

they were chased out of one

hamlet, they hurriedly

entered the next one, caus-

ing large scale damage, said

villagers.

In the last fortnight, a

herd destroyed several sets

of mud thatched huts, few

concrete houses and tribal

lodgings. However, the vil-

lagers did not blame the ani-

mal for the conflict; the plac-

ards displayed during the

rally pledged to save the

farmers along with the ele-

phants. Rather the Forest

Department and its officials

faced the villagers’ wrath for

declaring the area an “ele-

phant-free zone.”

“To ensure windfall prof-

it for the coal mining compa-

nies, the local forest circle

declared Dharamjaigarh an

elephant-free zone, which

was false. The proposed coal

mines will harm both the ele-

phant and the farmers and

so we oppose the mines,” the

villagers said. However,

Divisional Forest Officer

C.L. Agrawal said that in the

Dharamjaigarh block, coal

mining was yet to start.

Acknowledging that

human-elephant violence

was taking a “serious propor-

tion,” he blamed people for

the recent crisis. “Villagers

should not disturb ele-

phants.

We told them that…but

to no avail,” he said. He also

refused to accept the casual-

ty figures. “It is exaggerat-

ed,” he added. “The Forest

Department has been say-

ing that elephants are mov-

ing in Dharamjaigarh only

seasonally.

This is wrong,” said

Dhirendra Singh Maliya,

eminent social activist. He

noted that for the last 15

years, about 80-90 elephants

were moving in and around

Dharamjaigarh. “Due to

habitat disturbance, ele-

phants are migrating from

Jharkhand and Orissa and

the problem will intensify as

and when coal mining starts

in Dharamjaigarh,” said

Maliya.

Villagers in Rajgarh blameforest officials for growing

man-elephant conflict

Hawkers demand hawkersand non-hawkers zones

Chhattisgarh hawkers' federation hasrequested state chief secretary and RaipurMunicipal Corporation to set up hawkerand non-hawkers' zones in city.

Federation objected to non-complianceof Supreme Court's order to state chief sec-retary and RMC to constitute a TownVending Committee (TVC) in accordancewith provisions of National Policy onUrban Street Vendors.

Scattered encroachment by hawkersand vendors on busy roads and markets incity has been creating obstacles in smoothflow of traffic. Hawkers' federation hasurged government to designate spaces tohawkers from where they can work legally.RMC additional commissioner ManojKandoi said the committee wasn't formed,however, the process of surveying of hawk-ers has already begun. "Vending zoneshave been identified, identification of over

3,000 hawkers has been done and licenceshave also been issued. TVC will be consti-tuted soon," Kandoi said. TVC chairmanGautam Bandyopadhyay said, "RMC did-n't form TVC in time and secondly it hasviolated the order by doing the half-waysurvey without constituting the commit-tee. This makes the current surveyabsolutely void and invalid as it wasn'tdone as per the policy." Gautam added thatthe federation has submitted a memoran-dum to RMC for conducting the surveyagain after constitution of TVC and askedfor some time from SC for its formation.

A Chhattisgarh government initiativehas succeeded in electrifying many remotevillages with solar energy where otherstates have failed. Around 50 villages inChhattisgarh’s Barnawapara WildlifeSanctuary, that are not connected to thenational grid because they are in a remotearea, have been enjoying the benefits ofelectrification since 2003 under theRemote Village Electrification Programmeof the Union Ministry for New andRenewable Energy (MNRE).

The four-kilowatt solar power plantthat provides seven hours of electricityevery day to all 75 households and lanes inDeba village, in the Barnawapara WildlifeSanctuary, for instance, generates 28 units(1 unit=1 kWh) of electricity a day. Thetechnology for such projects is simple andthe source of power abundant, making itthe obvious choice for electrification inrural areas. Yet solar off-grid projectsunder the programme have not been assuccessful as expected across the country.Chhattisgarh is an exception with 1,400solar-powered villages.

The failure of the system is said to bedue to poor maintenance and lack of moni-toring. Equipment has been stolen or islying defunct in several states.Chhattisgarh experienced much the same

problems initially. But things changedwhen the Chhattisgarh Renewable EnergyDevelopment Agency (CREDA) opted formicro-grids. CREDA installed solar homelighting systems in 500 villages. The sys-tem is an assembly of solar panels, cables,an inverter, a battery and two 11 WattCFLs. “Half of the panels got stolen withina year. Some people even sold them ormortgaged them for money,” says SKShukla, director of CREDA. And soCREDA opted for micro-grids.

A solar module of 37 W costs Rs 14,000.With the 90% subsidy provided by MNRE,each module costs the state Rs 2,750.Compare this with the cost of setting up amicro-grid (solar photovoltaic power plantand transmission cables) per household,which is approximately Rs 25,000. Thestate shells out about three times more fora micro-grid than a solar home lightingsystem. “Micro-grids require more invest-ment from the state exchequer because thesubsidy by MNRE is limited (90% of theinstallation cost or Rs 18,000, whichever ismore). But they prevent theft and requireminimal maintenance,” says Shukla. Solarpower is clearly a viable option to hastenthe electrification of India without involv-ing environment-destroying and capital-intensive costs. How well governments useit remains the crucial question.

2 OCTOBER 27 TO NOVEMBER 02 , 2014 (MP & CG)Chhattisgarh Explore

Rajgarh (Chhattisgarh)

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RAIPUR

Solar energy helps to electrifyremote Chhattisgarh villages

3 OCTOBER 27 TO NOVEMBER 02 , 2014 (MP & CG)MADHYA PRADESH

PM Shri Modi lauds Madhya Pradeshfor global handwashing record

One more boat club-liketourist centre in

Bhopal’s Ayodhya Nagar

Katare to stage dharnaat CM's residence

Leader of the Opposition in

Madhya Pradesh Assembly

Satyadev Katare has alleged

that he has been writing letters

to obtain information on the

Professional Examination

Board (MPPEB) scam and other

matters but they were not being

replied. While talking to

reporters recently, Katare

warned that a dharna would be

staged near Chief Minister

Shivraj Singh Chauhan's resi-

dence in the first week of

November if his letters were not

replied. He further said, “I have

written 26 different letters to

the regime on various matters

but none of them have been

replied except two. I have also

complained to the President,

the Centre and the BJP presi-

dent in this regard.”

Katare also provided copies

of a missive by the Union Home

Ministry to the state's Home

Secretary directing that all the

information pertaining to the

action being taken by the

Special Task Force (STF) in con-

nection with the MPPEB scam

be provided to the Opposition

Leader. Expressing apprehen-

sions of irregularities in the

recruitment of transport consta-

bles, he said that he had sought

mark sheets of selected candi-

dates but it had not been made

available. Besides, police verifi-

cation of selected candidates

was still pending although it is

necessary for securing govern-

ment jobs.

Katare claimed that 17

selected candidates have

resigned. Of them, 11 have

secured job through the

MPPEB, while six else have not

obtained any other job. He

pointed out that no one would

leave his job without adequate

reason. The Opposition Leader

said that Transport Minister

Bhupendra Singh had denied

any irregularities in the recruit-

ment of transport constables.

However, the STF has lodged a

First Information Report (FIR)

in this regard. He said that the

minister and his department's

officers have given false state-

ments. Hence, strict action

should be taken against them.

Prime Minister Shri

Narendra Modi has lauded cre-

ation of global record of hand-

washing by Madhya Pradesh on

October 15 last to make children

aware about sanitation and per-

sonal hygiene.

Shri Modi was addressing

inaugural function of Sir H.N.

Reliance Foundation Hospital in

Mumbai today. He referred to this

record of Madhya Pradesh while

stressing important role of clean

water and sanitation in preven-

tion of diseases. It is noteworthy

that School children of Madhya

Pradesh created a new world

record on Global Handwashing

Day, which was held earlier joint-

ly by Argentina, Peru and Mexico.

In these 3 countries, 740870 peo-

ple had created this record by

simultaneous handwashing at

different places on October 14,

2011. Madhya Pradesh is the only

state, which has surpassed the

joint record of 3 countries.

As many as 13,46,045 stu-

dents of state’s 14,429 schools

took part in handwashing cam-

paign. In a major simultaneous

handwashing programme on

October 15, students of 19,735

schools in Madhya Pradesh creat-

ed this world record by washing

hands. Earlier, Chief Minister

Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan

inaugurated state-level hand-

washing programme at a

Government Girls Higher

Secondary School in Bhopal in

the morning. Handwashing with

soap was successfully done in all

one lakh 14 thousand government

primary and middle schools and

80 thousand anganwadis in the

state.

Home Minister Babulal

Gaur took stock of prepara-

tions for development of a

tourist centre at Saryu

Sarovar in Ayodhya Nagar

here recently.

He said to the officers of

Tourism Development

Corporation, Municipal

Corporation and Horticulture

Department that work of

development of Saryu

Sarovar has been commend-

able so far. Flower plants

should be grown on one side

of the lake where there are

grass and stones. Water,

flowers and green trees will

attract birds. Several species

of migratory birds will nest

here, which will be centre of

attraction. Officers of

Tourism Development

Corporation informed that all

works will be completed

within a week.

Gaur also directed to

grow plants along the path to

the lake. He said that the

government wishes to devel-

op it as a bird sanctuary and

a centre which meets people’s

requirement of both boat club

and park. It was informed

that fountains will be

installed after cleaning of the

lake.

Bhopal

Bhopal

Bhopal

Bhopal MegaCircuit Project

Gaur has directed to start workof Bhopal Mega Circuit Project atKhanugaon on the banks of UpperLake. Under the project, boatshade, jetty, railings, benches,dustbins and signages are to bearranged in Khanugaon shore ofthe Upper Lake. Gaur directed toinstall fountains in the lake onboth sides of bridge on road toNeelbad from Bhadbhada. He saidthat this area of the Upper Lake isnaturally beautiful and fountainswill enhance its beauty further.Gaur also directed to develop likeVIP Road the road upto Neelbadwhere a number of institutionsincluding NILU are situated.

4 OCTOBER 27 TO NOVEMBER 02 , 2014 (MP & CG)

The state’s micro, small and medium scale enter-

prises (MSME) will experience a spurt in their growth

from the slew of incentives and concessions contained

in the New Industrial Policy 2014-19, said Karnataka

industry body.

Complimenting Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on a

growth-oriented budget, Karnataka Small Scale

Industries Association (KASSIA) President

Chidananda M Rajamane said the doubling of fiscal

incentives from the previous policy, net VAT and CST

based interest free loans for longer duration, was a

Deepawali gift to MSME entrepreneurs, KASSIA said.

The proposal to form five industrial areas every year

over an area of 5000-8000 acres of land is an adequate

response to meeting the concerns of scarcity of indus-

trial land, he noted, while welcoming the decision to develop

two exclusive industrial estates for women entrepreneurs in

Hubli/Dharwad and Harohalli, in addition to 5 per cent

reservation for women entrepreneurs in all industrial areas.

KASSIA hails decision of the reservation for

SC/ST/Minorities in the Industrial Estates- General

Secretary, KASSIA, N C Gopinathan said there will

be a visible markup in industrial growth beyond

Bangalore once the proposed four state industrial cor-

ridors in Dharwad-Koppal-Raichur, Chitradurga-

Haveri-Karwar, Raichur-Bagalkot-Belgaum and

Tumkur-Shimoga-Hassan sectors are commissioned.

The only discordant note in the new policy was the

proposal to allot KSSIDC/KIADB land on 99-year-

lease. KASSIA said, “Ignoring its suggestion to allot

land on 10-year-lease cum sale or alternatively

exempt the applicability of 99-year-lease to the

MSME sector, on the grounds that land was the only

asset that remained with the small entrepreneur and

the only insurance against any adverse eventuality.”

The KASSIA is pinning on the hope of assurance

given by the Chief Minister when the delegates met

him during last week of August. He had then prom-

ised that exemption of 99 years lease to MSMEs would be

sympathetically considered.

Karnataka’s MSME to experience growthfrom incentives in new industrial policy

NATION

Maoists welcome to join themainstream: Raman Singh

Bangalore

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh has

appealed to Maoists to return to the mainstream of

democracy and development. He emphasised that no

issue can be sorted out with violence and guns. The

CM said he is ready to embrace Maoists if they give

up their path of violence and join the mainstream of

society. "People involved in Maoist activities are part

of our society.

We are ready to hug them if they wish to join the

mainstream by laying down arms and quitting vio-

lence," Singh said while addressing a 'Muria Darbar'

meeting of tribals in Bastar's Jagdalpur district

headquarters. Those who have been misguided, par-

ticularly the youth, should think about the well-

being of their families, society, as well as the nation

and shun violence, the CM said. "We are ready to co-

operate with everyone to bring an end to the menace

of Maoism."

He said government welfare schemes have creat-

ed a better environment for economic development of

tribal-dominated Bastar region and also helped win

the confidence of the people. The Chief Minister also

said the Nagarnar steel plant will soon start func-

tioning, creating ample job opportunities for the peo-

ple of the region.

RAIPUR

A dreaded woman Naxal commander surrendered in

Chhattisgarh recently. She surrendered in Bastar division

after being persuaded by her brother, who is a police person-

nel. Shanti Kunjam (32), who was heading Mirtur local oper-

ation squad (LOS), has surrendered, Inspector General of

Police, Bastar Range, SRP Kalluri said in Raipur. She was

persuaded by her brother Anil, who is a SPO (special police

officer), attached with the state police, to surrender and join

the mainstream, Kalluri said.

Woman Naxal commander surrenders

5 OCTOBER 27 TO NOVEMBER 02 , 2014 (MP & CG)MADHYA PRADESH

Work of world’s first WhiteTiger Safar in last phase

Construction of world’s firstWhite Tiger Safari is nearing com-pletion. The zoological park comingup at Mukundpur in Satna districtwill introduce tourists to world ofwhite tigers.

Here tourists will be able towatch progeny of world’s first whitetiger Mohan. Besides, history ofwhite tigers will also be displayedhere. With this, the Vindhya regionwill regain its lost identity as areaof white tigers. This was informedby Public Relations and MineralResources Minister RajendraShukla who visited MukundpurTiger Safari recently. Shuklainformed that after 40 years,Mukundpur is again becoming awildlife tourism centre. It will have

zoological park, rescue centre,white tiger safari and breeding cen-tre. The area was once known asbreeding centre of white tigers andtheir conservation. It will regainthis status again and emerge onworld tourism map. The PublicRelations Minister said thatMukundpur zoological park willhave the pride of becoming world’swhite tiger safari. MP Madhyamwill display entire informationabout history of white tigers.

The Public Relations Ministersaid that its name will beMukundpur Zoo and Mohan TigerSafari. The breeding centre herewill be named after MaharajaMartand Singh and a treatmentcentre will also be constructed. Hesaid that large number of tourists

will come to watch tiger safari andname of Rewa will emerge on worldmap. It will also provide employ-ment to local people leading toarea’s economic development. It isnoteworthy that world’s first white

tiger was caught in year 1951 bythe then Maharaja in the jungles ofSidhi district, which was kept atGovindgarh from where it fled toMukundpur jungle. Gradually,progeny of Mohan spread to zoos all

over the world. But they becameextinct in Rewa and Vidhya region.Soon, the white tiger will return toits original breeding area.

People ofMukundpurthank Minister

Large number of people presentduring Shukla’s visit toMukundpur tiger safari thankedhim for bringing back area’s pride.Executive Director of MP MadhyamSuresh Tiwari, Chief Conservatorof Forests P.K. Singh, RavindraJyotshi, Consultant Vivek Dube,Mukesh Kumar, officers, employeesand large number of people werepresent on the occasion.

Bhopal

Failure to follow protocol in dengue

treatment to entail action

Strict action will be takenagainst private hospitals for fail-ure to comply with protocol indengue treatment. In an untimelydeath case, a private hospital saidhere today that the treatment wasfor dengue. Actually, the patientwas suffering from some other dis-ease. On the directives of Principal

Secretary Health Shri PraveerKrishna, an enquiry was conductedby Chief Medical and HealthOfficer, Bhopal in which thepatient was found not sufferingfrom dengue. Action is underway tocancel registration of concerningpathology lab. Warning has beengiven to other labs and private hos-pitals for punishment in case oferroneous action in such cases.

Week-long Foundation Dayfunctions to be held in all dists

Resolve of sisters ofKamalyakhera fulfilled

Bhopal: Chief MinisterShivraj Singh Chouhan felicitatedwomen of village Kamalyakhera inSanwer tehsil of Indore district bypresenting new clothes to them athis residence here recently. Thesewomen had taken a resolve thatthey will wear new clothes onlyafter offering new clothes to Lord ifChouhan becomes the ChiefMinister for third time. The ChiefMinister called women ofKamalyakhera to his residence hereand felicitated them by presentingnew clothes to them. Overwhelmedby the CM’s gesture, people of

Kamalyakhera first offered newclothes to the Lord’s image with duerituals and then offered a turbanbrought from Jodhpur to Chouhan.Villagers reciprocated the gestureby presenting new clothes to theChief Minister. Thanking villagersof Kamalyakhera, the Chouhan saidthat credit for his becoming ChiefMinister for third times goes toaffection of all sisters and people ofthe state including those ofKamalyakhera. Chouhan presentednew clothes to women and people ofKamalyakhera and expressed grati-tude to them.

Week-long functions marking MP Foundation Daywill be held from November 1 at the state capitalBhopal and all district headquarters in the state. ChiefMinister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has directed to holdprogrammes in accordance with dignity of the founda-tion day. The Chief Minister was reviewing prepara-tions for foundation day programmes here recently.Chief Secretary Anthony de Sa was also present. Themain function will be held at Bhopal at Vallabh Bhavanat 11 where pledge will be taken for development of MPand foundation stone of Mantralaya annexe will belaid. A grand cultural eve will be held at Lal ParadeGround in the night.

Cultural programmes will begin with MP Gaan andperformance of famous and sonorous Maihar Band.Ministers will participate in foundation day functionsin districts of the state. The Chief Minister has direct-

ed that foundation day programmes should be associ-ated with masses including distinguished citizens,social organisations, artistes, business class etc andseminars should be held during the period on impor-tant issues like state’s development, human welfareand contemporary issues. Cultural programmes shouldbe held in all districts, too.

Functions at BhopalA grand cultural programme will be held in the

presence of Governor Ram Naresh Yadav and ChiefMinister Shivraj Singh Chouhan at Lal ParadeGround, Bhopal from 7 pm on MP FoundationDay November 1. It will include a 45 minute pres-entation of Mahakavi Kalidas’ Meghdootam andmusic presentation of Vishal-Shekher. The week-long function will conclude with attractive fire-works on November 7.

Bhopal

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ASTROLOGY

6 OCTOBER 27 TO NOVEMBER 02 , 2014 (MP & CG)EDITORIAL

aving given thearmed forces fulloperational freedom

to respond to the escalationof ceasefire violations byPakistan forces, Modistrengthened the trustbetween the country's civil-ian authority and the armedforces.

The PM has offered aroad map for reconstructionof the devastated region thatcan be effective in bringingJammu and Kashmir intothe mainstream of the coun-try's growth story.Delegations from Chambersof Commerce and Industry,Social Organizations andNGOs, Civil SocietyOrganizations, TransportOperators, Tour and traveloperators, fruit growers,dealers and horticultureinstitutions, educationalinstitutions, youth organiza-

tions, religious communitiesand political groups calledon Modi.

The Prime Minister saidthat a common thread run-ning through the interactionwith all groups was the sug-gestion that affected peopleshould be given help direct-ly, a request he said wouldbe seriously considered. For

instance, it could be consid-ered that assistance forrebuilding houses could begiven directly to bankaccounts of beneficiaries, hesaid. Before going to theKashmir Valley that wasdevastated by floods lastmonth, Modi made a briefvisit to the Siachen glacier.According to some political

observers, the BJP is hopingto cash in on the anger of thepeople against ChiefMinister Omar Abdullah'spatchy rehabilitation of theseven lakh people displacedby the September floods.Modi also wanted to tellPakistan that the status ofJammu and Kashmir is non-negotiable.

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Modi’s J&K trip fraughtwith political significance

Special Central assistance to cyclone-hitstates to restore tourist facilities

The Centre will give special assistance to cyclone-hit

states of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha for restoration of

Government tourist facilities, Ministry of Tourism said. As a

special case, Minister of State (Independent Charge) for

Tourism and Culture, pad Naik has announced a special

financial package for the restoration and reconstruction of

the affected Government tourist facilities in the States of

Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, Ministry of Tourism said. This

financial support will be over and above the infrastructure

development projects prioritized for grant of central finan-

cial assistance to the States during the current financial

year, the release added.

Taking pro-active measure in this regard, the Ministry of

Tourism has written to the State Governments, advising

them to assess the extent of damage caused to Government

tourist assets in their States and submit a detailed report on

the same to the Ministry of Tourism. Funds will be sanc-

tioned to the States, based on the report. The states of

Andhra Pradesh and Odisha have recently witnessed an

unprecedented natural calamity. The cyclonic storm

Hudhud has caused damage to the city of Visakhapatnam

and coastal districts in Andhra Pradesh and some areas of

Odisha have also been affected.

Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has met various groups of flood-affected people in Srinagar to understand their problems first-hand,and listen to their suggestions on the rehabilitation process follow-

ing the recent floods. He interacted with flood-affected people ofSrinagar. Modi's trip was fraught with political significance that

goes beyond the BJP's electoral imperatives.‘ ‘DILIP OJHA

7 OCTOBER 27 TO NOVEMBER 02 , 2014 (MP & CG)COMMERCE

The Jharkhand Silk Textile and Handicraft

Development Corporation Limited (JHARCRAFT) is

planning to develop the required infrastructure for a

silk park in Irba of Ranchi at an estimated cost of Rs

18.74 crore. The silk park when operational will pro-

mote silk and textile exports from the state and lead to

overall economic development of Jharkhand while pro-

viding employment opportunities to thousands of peo-

ple both directly and indirectly. “JHARCRAFT propos-

es to develop the Silk Park on

a land measuring around 5.4

acres at Koilari village at

Irba, Ormanjhi circle, Ranchi

district, around 16 km north-

east of Ranchi city. The site is

located 16.3 km from Ranchi

Junction station and 24.4 km

from Birsa Munda Airport,”

according to official data.

The major super-struc-

ture (built-up) components of

the Silk Park include an

Industrial block 1 - with

cocoon bank, reeling and

spinning units, dyeing and

bleaching units, yarn bank

and weaving units. On the

other hand, Industrial Block

2 will have Apparel Units,

Central Store, Standard

Design Factory/Unit, Packaging Unit, Testing and

Quality Control, Research and Development, Design

Unit as well as Training Units. As far as the

Administrative Block is concerned, it will have an

Administration Unit, Exhibition Hall, Commercial

Facility and sale outlet. The Conference Block will

have Conference Facility and guest house. Other than

this, there will be accommodation facilities and securi-

ty facilities. In this context, Jharcraft has invited bids

for construction of the Silk Park.

Silk Park to come up in Ranchi

Cosmetic, electronic retailers suffer most as shoppers go online

PM to inaugurate WorldAyurveda Conferenceon November 6

Govt to revamp the taxsystem for the small-scale sector

The Sixth WorldAyurveda Conference(Akhil BharatA y u r v e d aMahasammelan), to beheld atPragatiMaidan, NewDelhi, betweenNovember 6 and 9under the govern-ment’s aegis, will bethe first of a series ofevents proposedto celebrate the place of the “fifth Veda” in the main-stream of the Indian public health system.

Announcing this recently, Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union HealthMinister, said the brand new All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) com-ing up at Jasola, Delhi, will admit the first batch of post-graduate stu-dents during the academic year 2015-16.

Dr Vardhan said, “One of my first decisions was to approve thecourse content. I would like to see this develop into an institution com-parable to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences—an AIIMS forAyurveda.” The 200-bed, seven-storey referral hospital, also coming upwithin the 10-acre campus, will begin to admit patients within sixmonths from now. AIIA will emerge as a Centre of Excellence dealingwith fundamental research, drug safety evaluation, standardisation,quality control and scientific validation of Ayurveda medicines.

Elaborating on the format of the World Ayurveda Congress, DrVardhan said it will comprise 5 plenary sessions and 25 technical ses-sions on 15 research themes. In all, 750 scientific papers will be pre-sented by scientists from India, Germany, Italy, USA, Argentina, Russiaand many other countries. The international delegate assembly,International Seminar on Medicinal Plants organised by the NationalMedicinal Plant Board and a Buyer –Seller meet organised byPharmexcil will be the added attraction of the Congress.

The Minister announced plans to make it a public event through the“Arogya Expo” which is envisaged as a “health mela” on Ayurveda, Yoga,Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha andHomoeopathy systems of medicine. Thiswill be held as a sideline event to the World Ayurveda Congress. About500 pharma companies dealing in Ayurvedic medicines will be partici-pating. “The public will be invited to see for themselves the wonders ofour traditional medicines. We will open free consultation facilities whereAYUSH doctors will examine all those who turn up and also distributefree medicines. Live Yoga sessions are also planned,” Dr Harsh Vardhansaid. The Minister, despite being an ENT surgeon from the field of mod-ern western medicine, was forthright in his admiration of Ayurveda.

In order to boost local manu-facturing and create jobs, govern-ment is planning to revamp thetax system for the small-scale sec-tor, ship-building and special eco-nomic zones (SEZs). The revenuedepartment has asked the com-merce department to come up

with options related toSEZs, an issue that is beingdiscussed for over a yearbut has seen no progress, asenior government officertold the media. The financeministry has made it clearthat all tax related propos-als -such as those related torestoration of miHnimumalternate tax and dividend

distribution tax exemption -willonly be taken up at the time of theBudget. Further, discussions on anew policy for the small-scale sec-tor, including a reworked taxregime, have also started with thecabinet secretariat stepping in towork out steps that will boost thesector.

The recent trend of heavy dis-count sales offered for the festiveseason by e-tailers had impactedhard the brick and mortar busi-nesses. A survey showed thatoffline vendors for items like cos-metic, electronic and optical goodshave suffered the most.“Customers seldom visit my shopthis festive season. They want tobuy products with heavy discountswhich I cannot afford,” said elec-tronics and gadget vendor BachanSingh.

Pointing to online retailers,“They purchase the goods in bulkand sell them after slicing prices.That is why they make profit easi-ly,” said cosmetic shop ownerPriyaraj Mirza. Both the shopkeepers claim that they paid taxesfor goods in their store. That isthe advantage online retailershave as they capitalise on not hav-ing to pay taxes with predatory-pricing which has greatly hinder-ing the offline businesses.

Also commenting on his salesthis season, optical goods sellerShiv Balan said, “Shoppersseemed to have checked the pricesbefore visiting my shop. When Idisclosed to them the slight higher

price of the items available in mystore, they turned down my offerand failed to return.”

Asked what should be done toresolve the issue, the shopkeepersopined that trade regulators haveto put in place some measures tocurb such problems. “Productsavailable in offline stores shouldnot be sold online and vice versa,”said mobile phone shop owner,Naveen.

Meanwhile, pharma productsand cosmetics seller Abhay Pandeyis totally vexed with the situation.“It is hard to convince the cus-tomers about the retail tax…online shops should be bannedimmediately,” he said.

Nevertheless, all is not lost.Offline businesses that sell itemssuch as apparel, footwear, utensilsand artificial jewellery are notaffected much by the recent onlineshopping trend. “So far I haveenjoyed good business this season.Shoppers visit my store as usual,”said apparel shop owner Pavneev.Footwear shop owner, Mohitexpressed similar sentiments.“The number of customers visitingmy store has not decreased by therecent big sales online,” he said.Clearly, with the large populationin India, the online shopping trendthough catching up fast will notcompletely wipe out brick andmortar businesses.

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Ranchi

New Delhi

New Delhi

9 OCTOBER 27 TO NOVEMBER 02 , 2014 (MP & CG)TURNING INDIA

In India, more than abillion people are still

offline. To try and bring theinternet to the reaches ofmasses, a group of global com-panies have teamed up to tryand bring down costs.Internet.org is a consortiumthat aims to connect themasses. Perhaps the mosthigh profile partner isFacebook, whose founderMark Zuckerberg says con-nectivity is a fundamentalright. He came to Indiarecently.

The number of Indiansusing the internet jumped byabout 25% last year from2012, but the numbers arestill small compared to thepopulation. And the biggestbarrier to changing that iscost. The next wave of poten-tial internet users is lowerskilled workers, like shopassistants, or street vendors.But earning less than Rs10,000 a month, and oftenstruggling to make ends meet,

many question whether theycan really afford internetaccess. "The internet is some-thing that we are uniquelysuited to help spread," saysZuckerberg. "We are an infor-mation technology companyand an internet company. Weunderstand these dynamicswell." Shopkeepers are amongthe next wave of people likelyto use the internet. More than80% of India's access to inter-

net is now via mobile phones.But connections can bepainfully slow, especially incrowded places. This doesnothing to encourage newusers. Swedish equipmentmaker Ericsson is working onways to improve connectivitywithout the need for expen-sive infrastructure - like tech-nology to boost existingmobile signals indoors. Thedevices can be fixed in places

like shopping malls, sportsarenas or even big officebuildings to boost signals. Assmartphones get more afford-able, the number of users isrising. Smartphone prices areexpected to fall by 40-50%over the next three years.Despite being one of thelargest telecom markets inthe world, with more than 90crore mobile phone users,operators in India have farless spectrum than globalcompanies. The Indian gov-ernment must try to makemore spectrum available if itwants to realise its vision ofDigital India. Narendra Modi-led administration's ambi-tious plan is to offer govern-ment services to all Indiansonline, including throughsmartphones by 2019. UnlessIndia finds solutions to somevery basic problems, despitethe government programmesand industry push, reliableand affordable internet accesswill remain a distant dream.

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Companies team up to bring internet

to the reaches of masses

Textile sector to focus onnew markets of CIS, China

India’s first smart citytaking shape in Gujarat

Gujarat, one of India's largest manufacturinghubs and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's homestate, is the site of the country's first smart citybuilt from scratch. Launched in 2007, GujaratInternational Finance Tec-City (GIFT) is Modi'sdream project and a joint venture between theGujarat state government and InfrastructureLeasing & Financial Services.

The $12 billion smart city, located 12km fromAhmedabad international airport and 8km fromthe state capital, Gandhinagar, aims to become aglobal financial hub, offering international com-panies world-class infrastructure. "The project isattracting a number of companies. The BombayStock Exchange (BSE) Brokers' Forum has beenallotted 300,000 sq. feet (27,870 sq. meters) inGIFT city for development of a commercialtower," Gujarat Finance Minister SaurabhbhaiPatel said. The 358 hectare smart city is stillbeing built, however developers are trying tospeed up construction.

Gujarat, which had strong growth duringModi's tenure as its chief minister, accounts for16% of manufacturing in India and 25% of thecountry's exports. "Gujarat ports also handle 33%of India's cargo," Patel said.The idea for GIFTcity came about after Modi visited Hong Kong'sInternational Finance Center.

Minister of State for TextilesSantosh Kumar Gangwar said inorder to expand India’s handicraftmarket around the world, the sec-tor has to focus on new markets ofthe Commonwealth of IndependentStates (CIS) and China. “Toincrease the export and to surpassthe target, it is important to focusnew and emerging markets such asCIS, China and Japan,” he saidduring the inaugural ceremony ofIndian Handicraft and Gifts Fair(IHGF) held in Noida. The ministersaid that around 26.31 per cent ofthe total exports of handicrafts arebeing exported to the USA and39.70 per cent to European coun-tries. Citing the need for govern-ment and the exporting communityto act unitedly for the promotion ofthe sector, Gangwar said his min-

istry will support artisansled programmes in thisdirection. Handicrafts sec-tor is one of the largest sec-tors after agriculture inproviding employment tomore than 7 million arti-sans and crafts persons whoare the backbone of this sec-tor, he added. The 38th edi-tion of Asia’s largest fair isbeing organized by theExport Promotion Councilfor Handicrafts (EPCH)

from October 14 to 18, 2014.Development Commissioner(Handicrafts) SK Biswas, andmember of Legislative AssemblyVimla Batham were also present atthe event. Biswas said the handi-craft sector has tremendous marketpotential due to its workmanship,exquisiteness, eco-friendly nature,ethnic yet contemporary designsand crafts-persons.

EPCH Executive DirectorRakesh Kumar informed thathandicrafts exports have beengrowing on an average annualgrowth rate of 15 per cent duringthe last decade. However, thegrowth during the current year was30.80 per cent in rupee terms ascompared to previous year. Theexport of handicraft products dur-ing 2013-14 was Rs 23,504.42 crore,he said.

The indigenous breed of cow being disease

resistant and tolerant to tropical weather

conditions as compared to cross-bred cow has

great potential to increase the income of our

farming community. This was stated by Dr.

Sanjeev Kumar Balyan, Union Minister of

State for Agriculture and Food Processing

Industries while inaugurating one-day

‘ICAR-NAVS Expert Consultation Meet on

Strategies for Enhancing Milk Productivity of

Indigenous Cattle,’ here recently.

He further added, for this purpose, only

the present Government has launched the

Rashtriya Gokul Mission for improvement of

indigenous cattle. Dr Balyan hoped that the

project will yield rich dividends. He said, the

Mission aims to conserve and develop indige-

nous breeds in a focused and scientific man-

ner, for which breeding facilities will be set up

for breeds with high genetic potential.

‘A well thought out cattle breeding policy

which was in place 50 years ago which includ-

ed selective breeding of indigenous milch cat-

tle breeds in their breeding tracts and to use

them for upgrading local cattle. However, the

policy was not followed in letter and spirit

and indiscriminate crossbreeding was done

which has resulted in erosion and dilution of

our rich germplasm of high yielding indige-

nous milch breeds,’ said Dr Balyan.

On the occasion, the Honorary Fellowship

of National Academy of Veterinary Sciences

was conferred on Dr Balyan by President of

the Academy. Dr Balyan has contributed sig-

nificantly in the area of agriculture sector in

general and livestock in particular. He has

been incessantly working for the cause of con-

servation of Indigenous breeds of livestock

which he feels are the treasure of our country.

One-day interactive Consultation Meet of

experts and other stakeholders was jointly

organized by Indian Council of Agricultural

Research (ICAR) through National Bureau of

Animal Genetic Resources (NBAGR), Karnal;

Central Institute for Research on Cattle

(CIRC), Meerut and National Academy of

Veterinary Sciences (NAVS).

A.S. Thakur, Secretary, Department of

Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries,

Government of India, in his address, briefed

on various initiatives taken by the

Government for improvement of milk produc-

tivity and conservation of indigenous cattle

germplasm.

New Delhi

Indigenous Breed of CowHas Great Potential toIncrease Farm Income

New Delhi

Gandhinagar

9 OCTOBER 27 TO NOVEMBER 02 , 2014 (MP & CG)TURNING INDIA

Ministry of Steel to set up “Steel Research

& Technology Mission of India”

Minister emphasizes needto increase productivity of Milch Cattle

New Delhi: India ranksfirst among the world’s lead-ing milk producing nationssince 1998 and accounts forabout 17% of the cattle popu-lation and 64% of the buffalopopulation. However, there isa great need to increase theproductivity of our milch cat-tle. This was stated by UnionAgriculture Minister, RadhaMohan Singh while address-ing the first meeting of newly constitutedParliamentary Consultative Committee here recently.

Introducing the subject of “Dairying” and theachievements made by the new Government in thisfield, he informed that the milk production in Indiahas reached 137.6 million tonnes in 2013-14 as com-pared to 17 million tonnes in 1950-51. During the lastfive years, the rate of increase in milk production hasremained at 4.2% which is higher than the growthrate of population. As a result, per capita availabilityof milk which was 130gm per day during 1950-51 hasincreased to 302gm per day during 2013-14 which ismore than 186gm estimated for Asia and the worldaverage of 294gm.

About 60% Indian farmers are small and margin-al, who collectively own almost 75% of the femalebovines but only 40% of farmland. Radha MohanSingh underlined the need for tapping the potential ofindigenous breed of cows. He informed thatGovernment of India has started Rashtriya GokulMission with the objective of enhancing the milk pro-duction and productivity of indigenous bovines, asalso to distribute the disease-free, high genetic meritbulls of indigenous breeds for natural service.

India can use technology tobridge teacher shortage gap

Ministry of Steel will set up a “SteelResearch & Technology Mission of India”(SRTMI) to promote collaborative researchprogrammes in steel sector. The UnionMinister of Steel, Mines, Labour &Employment, Narendra Singh Tomaraccorded in-principle approval for setting upSRTMI, in a meeting with senior Ministryofficials on October 20, 2014. Tomarremarked that SRTMI will be steel indus-try’s contribution to ‘Make in India, Made inIndia’ initiative. Investment on Research &Development in the steel sector mustincrease from present level of 0.2-0.3 % ofturnover to international benchmark of 1-2% of turnover by the leading companies, headded.The conceptualization of SRTMI wasdone by a high level task force set up by theMinistry of Steel. The task force had recom-mended that SRTMI is to be formed as a reg-istered society in close cooperation amongstthe steel companies, Ministry of Steel, aca-demia and relevant institutions in the coun-try. SRTMI will be governed by a GoverningBoard of CEOs of steel and associated com-panies, domain experts of national and

international repute, and one nominee fromMinistry of Steel. There will be an OversightCommittee under the Chairmanship ofSecretary (Steel) to periodically assess thefunctioning & performance of SRTMI.SRTMI will carry out R&D in priority areas

of national importance covering best usageof available raw materials & conservation ofnatural resources, optimum energy conser-vation & minimum emissions leading toinnovations and in-house development ofdesign, engineering & manufacturing facili-

ties of key steel plant equipment. The taskforce further proposed that SAIL, Tata Steel,JSW Steel, JSPL, Essar Steel, RINL, NMDC& MECON will be the initial participatingcompanies who will sign MOU besidesMinistry of Steel.

New Delhi

India is beginning to change gearson development and Prime MinisterModi has spelt out his vision for anemerging India. The country sees itselfas an emerging regional power withgrowing global influence and if it wantsto realize this dream, it will need a larg-er base of educated and skilled youth.

Unfortunately, achievements of edu-cation in India are measured in numbersrather than on quality and efficacy ofeducation. The government loves to trotout numbers of primary and secondaryschools in India, the number of studentsenrolled and the number of teachersemployed, across the country. The prob-lem lies in the emphasis on numbersand not quality. This misplaced empha-sis is holding back India from developingfaster as a nation. India faces some seri-ous challenges on its path to emergingas a developed nation and these chal-lenges need to be addressed on priority.

India should adopttechnology as teachingand training aid

On World Teacher’s Day, UNESCOInstitute of Statistics (UIS) along withEducation for All (EFA) released aGlobal Monitoring Report highlightingthe current and projected shortage of

qualified school teach-ers, globally. Thereport presents a vastopportunity for Indiato offer well trainedteachers to globalcommunities, aftermeeting its owndemand for qualifiedteachers.

But most teachersat the school level stillfollow the age-oldmethod of teachingwhich is neitherinspiring nor motivat-ing for young chil-dren. In the tradition-al approach to teach-ing, there is no mech-anism to encourageyoung minds to exper-iment, explore andanalyze, as a process of learning.Standard class room lectures do notaddress the issue of varied levels oflearning capabilities in children.

Technology today, can address thisproblem by providing standardizedteacher training, by taking over most ofthe teaching content using standardizedtraining content, modern teachingmethodology, and instant monitoringand self-assessment of teaching skillimprovement. Prime Minister, Narendra

Modi has spoken well to identify theglobal opportunity for skilled labour by2020 and India’s potential to meet thisdemand.

However, he will need to do more tobring all states on board to share hisvision and the opportunity and get allstates to adopt technology and univer-sal teacher’s training, which will notonly improve the job prospects forrespective state citizens but also raisethe overall standard of teaching inIndia.

Bhopal

oger Federer has hissights set on ending theyear as the world's top-

ranked player after the 33-year-old claimed his fifth title of theyear in his home town on. The17-times grand slam championoutclassed David Goffin 6-2 6-2to win the Swiss Indoor tourna-ment in Basel for a sixth time,moving ever closer to SerbianNovak Djokovic at the top of therankings in the process. Astrong finish at the ParisMasters and the ATP WorldTour Finals could see him endthe year as number one for thefirst time since 2009 -- proofthat his skills are not in declinedespite the advancing yearsand two sets of twins."It would be very special, youcan't say it's not important,world number one, it's what it'sall about really, together withsome tournaments you reallycare about," Federer told theATP's official television channelafter his 51-minute thrashing of

Goffin. "With the year I've hadand the amount of finals I'veplayed, the level of tennis I'veplayed, I'm really pleased that Ihave a shot at being there. "ButI'm sure Novak will be verymotivated. It's going to be inter-esting weeks ahead." Federer,whose 302 weeks as world num-ber one is a record, as is hisstreak of 237 consecutive weeksatop the rankings, is less than500 points behind Djokovicwith a combined 2,500points up for grabs inParis and London.Djokovic won both ofthose titles last yearand therefore cannotsignificantly add tohis haul as he willbe defendingpoints, whileFederer lost in thesemi-finals at bothevents and can poten-tially close the gap. Federerwas at his majestic best attimes against Goffin, the

Belgian who has rediscoveredhis best form sinceWimbledon, winning 43out of 45 matches, includ-ing on the ChallengerTour, to rocket up thew o r l ds t a n d -

ings.

ust days after shocking the football fraternity by declaring they wereshutting down for the season due to acute funds crunch, the city's

123-year-old club Mohammedan Sporting today announced that theywould play in all tournaments and resume practice tomorrow. "After thewide media coverage (of our shutdown), we've started getting sponsors

now. Talks are on and things have started looking bright," MohammedanSporting president Sultan Ahmed, told.

The Durand Cup reigning champions would compete in the tourna-ment with the quarterfinal league beginning in Goa on October 28, said

Ahmed, an MP. "We'll play in all tournaments and will go to Goa todefend our title in the Durand Cup.

We'll also take part in the second division I-League, the Kalinga Cupand the IFA Shield," he said. He condemned reports by a section of themedia suggesting that the heritage club was being disbanded. "Nothing

of such happened and it appeared in a bad taste. Things were not good sowe had decided not to compete in the upcoming season. But now we have

many sponsors coming in," Ahmed said.He further said the club would resume their practice at the East

Bengal ground tomorrow as their own club ground was not properly

maintained with overgrown grass and bushes. "We hope to get ourground ready by February and also start fulfilling the club licencing

criteria," Ahmed said. The club, meanwhile, made Jameel Manzarthe working president on health grounds, while cricket secre-

tary Moin Bin Maksud was given the extra responsibili-ty of the club's general secretary at its executive

committee meeting today.

10 OCTOBER 27 TO NOVEMBER 02 , 2014 (MP & CG)SPORTS

Sania-Cara Black clinch WTA Finals doubles title

Mohammedan Sporting makes U-turn, decides to play in all tournamentsMohammedan Sporting makes U-turn, decides to play in all tournaments

Sri Lanka's preparationfor India series not 'ideal,'

says Angelo MathewsRoger Federer wins Baseltitle, eyes world top spot

ri Lanka cricket captain Angelo Mathews saidSunday his team did not have sufficient time to pre-pare for the One-Day International (ODI) series in

India, starting Nov 2, when they agreed to fill the void inthe calendar after the West Indies players abandoned theirIndia tour due to a payment dispute with their board. "Thepreparation for the series is not that great. We only had afew practice sessions, especially with the weather interrupt-ing. It is not the ideal preparation for an Indian tour but wewill do our best to prepare ourselves and take it as it comes,"Mathews was quoted as saying.

Sri Lankan players were in the middle of a break whenthey were called up to play a five-match series after theirboard agreed to Board of Control for Cricket in India's(BCCI) request to play in India. "We had a good break toimprove our physical fitness and now we have to maintainthat. I am sure during the Indian matches we won't be ableto do strenuous training as we did in the past one and a halfmonths but we will try and maintain it and look at it posi-tively," the 27-year-old said. "We were preparing for theEngland series because we knew that there weren't anytours coming before that. We were focused a lot on fitnessand just started batting three days ago.

We only had a few skill-training sessions. We needed toreach our peak levels during the England series but nowthat we've been thrown into a challenge we will try our bestto be prepared as much as we can." Sri Lanka were due tohost England in late November after playing Pakistan athome in August. They had planned to utilise this break torest some players and concentrate on physical training ses-sions. Sri Lanka will reach India Oct 28 and begin the tourwith a practice game against India A in Mumbai Oct 30."We will try to use the series to keep our momentum goingand get our World Cup combinations right, that will be ourmain focal point.

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Singapore: Indian ace SaniaMirza and her Zimbabweanpartner Cara Black ended theseason and their partnershipon a remarkable high by clinch-ing the WTA finals women'sdoubles title with a comprehen-sive triumph in the summitclash here on Sunday. Saniaand Cara, making their debutat the season finale, prevailed6-1 6-0 over Su-Wei Hseih ofChinese Taipei and Shuai Pengof China in a clash that lastedjust about an hour. In a com-

pletely lop-sided contest, thirdseeds Sania and Cara did notconcede a single break point totheir second-seeded rivals. TheIndo-Zimbabwean combination,which would be breaking upafter this, broke the EastAsians thrice in the opening setitself and were decisively betterwith their first serve. Saniaand Cara were even more dom-inant in the second set, break-ing Hseih and Peng thriceagain to race away with thematch and the title.

11 OCTOBER 27 TO NOVEMBER 02 , 2014 (MP & CG)GLAMOUR

'PK' is thetoughest role ofmy career so far,says Aamir Khan

uperstar Aamir Khan, often

touted as Bollywood's perfection-

ist, says his role in upcoming

comedy-drama PK is one of the most

challenging role of his career. The 49-

year-old actor released the Rajkumar

Hirani-directed film's first trailer on

the occasion of Diwali. "I have been

working for the last 25 years and PK

is by far my toughest role in my

career. I have not blinked in the

movie. We had discussed a lot about

shaping up my character but we felt

everytime that something is missing,"

Aamir, who would be seen in a quirky

avatar, said. In the film, Aamir's

character is an admirer of betels. "PK

is fond of paan. I am too. During the

shooting of the film I must have con-

sumed near about 100 paans. There

used to be a paanwala on the set for

us," Aamir said.

PK would be the second collaboration

between Aamir and the National-

award winning director after super

hit film 3 Idiots. Hirani took five

years to complete the film. "When I

was finishing 3 Idiots I realised that I

should start my next film and at that

point of time I and Abhijat (Joshi)

went for a walk at Borivli National

Park. And there we thought of PK and

then Abhijat went to USA. And we

used to discuss the topic and thus the

film happened. It took five years to

finish because the script took a long

time as we tried to convey a strong

message in an entertaining way,"

Hirani said. Anushka Sharma plays

the female lead in the film and she

would be seen in a completely new

look. "I am very excited to play the

role in PK. When we were doing cos-

tume trial we went for different looks

with the wigs and glasses. And final-

ly when the look worked out I am get-

ting a lot of compliment specially all

the girl wants to have a hairstyle like

me," said Anushka, who was also

present at the event.

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Oops! Mindy Kaling was mistaken forMalala Yousafzai at New Yorker fest

hile no one can deny that MindyKaling has a great sense of

humour and can always be trusted tocome up with witty repartees, if need be,the comedian and actress was recentlyleft speechless at the New Yorker festi-val, when an 80-year-old man mistookher for Nobel laureate from PakistanMalala Yousafzai and congratulated heron her Nobel win. According to a New York Times article,titled 'Mindy Kaling Hasn’t Won a NobelPrize. Yet.', Kaling was at the bar of theBoom Boom Room for a VIP after-partyof the festival when a tipsy old man came

to Kaling and showered praises on her,thinking she was the 17-year-old Nobelwinner, Malala Yousafzai. The man also marvelled at how wonder-fully she has recovered after being shotat by Taliban militants. While Kalingcouldn't get herself to set the recordstraight and correct the drunken man,when he left, Kaling wondered out loud,"Did he really think I’m Malala?" andthen she added, "And that if I were, I’dbe at the Boom Boom Room?” However,Kaling did think it was quite funny andsaid that it was the best thing that hap-pened to her all night.

asala entertainment movie making lesson number 1: if you cast

Shah Rukh Khan in your movie, it will eventually make money, no

matter how stupid, tiresome and humorless it is. Case number 157: Happy

New Year, aka the new Farah Khan Vanity Project for the lowest of the

lowest common denominator audience. There are hundreds of ways in

which a movie could disinterest you, although few films come as close to

scaling the peak of boredom as Happy New Year does. This is a film that

exists for no other reason but to parade the astonishing star power of its

hero to the aam janta. Intelligence and quality don’t matter. Sure, there

have been worse desi films this year, but none have treated its audience in

such a casually dismissive fashion. The

movie looks and feels like a home

video project that was intended for

appreciation by precisely two peo-

ple in the entire universe - Farah

and Shah Rukh Khan.

I was about an hour into Happy

New Year before I started wonder-

ing what the heck it was about. It

seemed to be about Charlie

(SRK) planning a

heist against a

magnate

(Jackie

Shroff)

with his

friends

to

avenge

his

dead

dad.

But

then,

for some reason,

they participate in

a dance competi-

tion that’s supposed

to be a front for the

t seems that Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma are

taking their relationship to the next level. It was

only last month though that there were reports of the

couple breaking up, all's well in the lover's paradise

or so it seems. In fact so much so, that the two have

decided to introduce their family members to each

other. "A reliable source informs us that Virat's

family made a casual visit to Anushka's subur-

ban Mumbai penthouse just before the crick-

eter started preparing the ODI series with

West Indies," stated a Pinkvilla report.

While we all know that the when parents

meet, it means things are taking a serious

turn, some media outlets have already

gone ahead of themselves and declared

that an engagement might be on the cards

for the two. Virat Kohli and Anushka

Sharma have been grabbing headlines

ever since they were first spotted together

during the tour of New Zealand and unfor-

tunately not for the right reasons. During

the England series, the couple were back in

the news when it was reported that the actress

was staying in the same hotel as Virat Kohli with

permission from the BCCI.

This SRK starrer isOcean’s 11 re-writ-

ten by baboons

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Bureaucrats face new challengesevery day: Union Minister

BJP chose Khattar for hisorganisational & political skillsBJP chose Khattar for his

t is not often that a first-time legislator gets to be

Chief Minister. In Haryana,Manohar Lal Khattar waschosen by the BJP for the topjob not for his legislativeexperience or administrativeexpertise, but for his organi-sational and political skills.Khattar joined the BJP fromthe ranks of the RSS, wherehe was an active pracharak,and was put in charge of theparty’s affairs in severalStates in the last twodecades.

In Haryana, his inputswent into the BJP’s makingand breaking of allianceswith some of the regionalparties — the HaryanaVikas Party, the IndianNational Lok Dal and theHaryana Janhit Congress.With every new alliance theBJP grew stronger, until inthe latest Assembly electionit found the confidence tofight on its own. At least

some of the credit for theparty’s growth in the Stateat the expense of its alliesshould go to Khattar. Inmany ways, this is a rewardfor Khattar, a form of recog-nition for his efforts to over-come the BJP’s weaknessesin Haryana. It is also anexpression of gratitude bythe Narendra Modi-AmitShah team to Khattar for hishaving worked closely withthem. Modi was himself anorganisation man before hebecame Chief Minister ofGujarat. In choosingKhattar over other aspi-rants, the BJP also signalledthat it was not getting intothe game of playing the Jatcard in Haryana.

Jats constitute a domi-nant caste group in theState, and large sections ofthem now form the backboneof the Indian National LokDal led by Om PrakashChautala, which finished

second behind the BJP. Butfor the BJP, as for theCongress, the support baseis more diverse, and thechoice of Khattar reflectsthis fact. Meanwhile, BJPleader Nalin Kohli expressedhope that Haryana will wit-ness a clean, effective andresponsive administrationunder the leadership ofKhattar. "It is a matter ofsatisfaction and also happi-ness for us that the people ofHaryana voted overwhelm-ingly and with their bless-ings today a BJP full majori-ty government is beingsworn-in," Kohli said.

"It also clearly is a reflec-tion on the leadership ofPrime Minister NarendraModiji, the work of his gov-ernment. And underManohar Lal Khattarji agood clean, effective andresponsive administrationwill be there in Haryana," headded.

Union Minister of State(Independent Charge) of Science& Technology and Earth Sciences,MoS PMO, Personnel, PublicGrievances & Pensions, AtomicEnergy and Space, Dr. JitendraSingh said that Indian bureau-crats need constant re-orientationbecause they are faced with newchallenges every day, the expecta-tion level is high, the conditionsacross the country are heteroge-neous and above all, they areexpected to develop the skill ofadjusting with every new politicaldispensation under which theywork. The Minister was address-ing a group of senior IAS officersat the “Curtain Raiser” pro-gramme of the Mid-Career train-ing at Lal Bahadur ShastriNational Academy ofAdministration (LBSNAA),Mussoorie, here recently. Dr.Jitendra Singh said, the IAS offi-

cers attending today’s programmeare drawn from the 1985-87batches and hold high positions ofJoint Secretary at the Centre orPrincipal Secretaries in the Stateand therefore, they are them-selves also capable of providingvaluable educative inputs from

their personal experience to thebudding bureaucrats at LBSNAA.These officers are now going toget elevated to the highest rungsof bureaucracy and decision mak-ing in the government where theywould be called to conceptualizenew policies for 21st century and

hence it is this lot of bureaucratswho will be playing the historicrole of being the architects ofIndia emerging as a world powerin the next few years, he added.Describing as misnomer thedescription that “IAS” is a replicaor legacy of the erstwhile Indian

Civil Service (ICS) of British Raj,Dr. Jitendra Singh pointed outthat the basic scientific differencebetween the two is that while anICS officer was expected to collectrevenue and hence called aDistrict Collector, an IAS officer,on the other hand, is expected togenerate revenue and hencecalled District DevelopmentCommissioner.

Dr. Jitendra Singh said, theNarendra Modi government atthe Centre has taken upon itselfthe task of ensuring good gover-nance which would be, at thesame time, people-friendly anddevelopment-oriented and there-fore, certainly it is the bureau-crat’s responsibility to translatethis dream into a reality. TheUnion Cabinet Secretary AjitSeth, Union Secretary Personnel,Sanjay Kothari and DirectorLBSNAA, Rajiv Kapoor alsospoke on the occasion.

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