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ONTARIO – South Asian Today – a new show has been launched onOmni and Rogers TV. South Asian Today is being aired on Omni TV at8pm from Monday to Friday and on Rogers TV (Channel 10) at 9pm allfive days. The new show commenced on May 11.On Monday’s show Yudhvir Jaswal, CEO of YMedia and Group Editorof Midweek newspaper talked to Kanwar Sandhu, senior journalistfrom India on NRI Issues. On Tuesday, two guests debated on thenewly introduced sex education curriculum in Ontario which is a veryhotly debated issue in the South Asian community. The third show tobe aired on Wednesday will hog light on the hot topic of ace Bollywoodstar Salman Khan’s conviction in the 2002 hit and run case. On Thurs-day two members of parliament, MP Parm Gill and MP John McCallumdiscussed the pros and cons of federal budget.According to Yudhvir, who has found success in multiple areas, SouthAsian Today will be an all-encompassing show touching issues thataffect the South Asian community. Yudhvir with a massive fan follow-ing for disseminating news in the right perspective without addingany flavours to it has a relatable personality and the new show re-flected just that. As South Asian Today was advertised on radio showsprior to its airing on both TV channels, thousands tuned in to savourthe new show that received enormous response from the community.Different organizations, politicians and community at large have sentmany congratulatory messages to Yudhvir Jaswal and thanked Omniand Rogers for giving such a good platform to the community. RanjitSingh Dulhay, Chairman of Ontario Sikhs & Gurdwara Council alsocongratulated Yudhvir Jaswal and said our community has manyachievements and South Asian Today is another good achievementfor the community.

Fresh ear thquake kills37 in Nepal, 10 in IndiaKathmandu/New Delhi, (IANS) At least 37 people were killed and1,129 were injured when a massive ear thquake shook Nepal onTuesday causing panic in the Himalayan nation which was stillrecovering from the devastating April 25 temblor. Ten people werekilled in the states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in adjoining India.Cracked buildings collapsed in a heap of debris and landslidescut off roads as an ear thquake measuring 7.3 on the Richterscale hit Nepal, with its epicentre not far from Mount Everest --the world's highest peak at 8,848 metres.Nineteen people were killed in Dolakha, five in Sindhupalchowk,four in Kathmandu, two in Sindhuli and one each in Lalitpur,Sunsari, Rauthat, Dhanusa and Sarlahi, Nepal home ministryspokesperson Laxmi Prasad Dhakal said. The details of two otherpeople killed were not immediately available. Terrified peopleran out of homes and offices to open spaces and parks as thebuildings began to shake due to the tremors. "It was frightening,"said an eyewitness who clutched her daughter. "It felt worse thanlast time," she addedSix strong aftershocks followed in quick succession. Four of theaftershocks had their epicentre at Kodari on the Nepal-China bor-der, nor th-east of Kathmandu, and the strongest aftershock mea-sured 6.3 on the Richter scale. Nepal Prime Minister SushilKoirala said the government has deployed search, relief and res-cue teams in the affected areas.

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TORONTO – Patrick Brown who was picked up as the newleader of Ontario Progressive Conservatives said: “I will leaveno stone unturned to ensure that we win the next election. It istime to win again. There is no other acceptable outcome. Thestakes are too high for our great Province. I will take every steppossible—no matter how large or how small—to ensure thatwe are ready to take on and defeat Kathleen Wynne.”However, some community members think that this victory hasbeen achieved due to the strong suppor t of the 300,000Gujaratis of the 1.2 million Indo-Canadians. Speaking toSouthasian PULSE radio show, Gulab Saini confirmed thatGujaratis must have contributed in Brown’s victory, and eventhose who love India. He also added that Brown’s Indo-Cana-dian connection in fact played a key role in his success whilepushing out the hugely popular MPP Christine Elliott. However,others think that the Indo-Canadian community might haveplayed a very minor role as the voting was done by PC Par ty

members right across Ontario.The story of Brown’s friendship with Modi, who calls him‘Patrick bhai’, dates back to 2009 when he was the chiefminister of Gujarat when Brown made several trips to India – afact acknowledged by Brown. Following the Gujarat model,Brown has promised to follow Modi model to transform Ontario.It is wor th mentioning that while hords of community memberswelcomed Narendra Modi during his visit at the Ricoh ColiseumToronto, the Indian prime minister especially took time out fromthat packed hall and ensured attendance at Brown’s dinnerthrown in honour of Narendra Modi at Allstream Centre Toronto.Brown on his par t took two days off his campaign to attendevents in Ottawa and Toronto with Modi. Brown also receivedhim at the airpor t on his arrival last month and attended aworking lunch with Prime Minister Stephen Harper the next day.Will Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s three-day visit toCanada help draw Indo-Canadian votes in the Conservativecamp, something to be discussed in the upcoming editions ofMidweek newspaper?

Patrick Brown meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit at Ricoh Coliseum, Toronto on April 15 .

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British polls:Number of Indian-origin MPsremains at 10London, (IANS/RAY) The numberof Indian-origin members in thenew House of Commons follow-ing the British general electionsheld on Thursday will remain at10, unchanged from the previoushouse.All sitting MPs were re-electedbar one. Paul Uppal of the Con-servat ive par ty lost inWolverhampton South West in theWest Midlands of England. Hewas defeated by Rob Marris ofthe Labour party by a margin of801 votes in a constituency witha large presence of Sikhs fromIndia.Uppal's loss, though, was com-pensated by victory for RishiSunak, a Conservative, in Rich-mond in Yorkshire. This first-timeMP was fighting a seat vacatedby William Hague, who until lastyear was Britain's foreign minis-ter. Sunak is a son-in-law of N.R.Narayana Mur thy, one of thefounders of the Indian softwaregiant Infosys.Those who retained their seatsare: Keith Vaz (Leicester East),who has been an MP from 1987;his sister Valerie Vaz (WalsallSouth); Virendra Sharma (EalingSouthal l ) ; Seema Ma lho t ra(Feltham & Heston); Lisa Nandy(Wigan), who is half Indian-halfEng l i sh ; Sa j i d Jav id(Bromsgrove), who is half In-d ian-ha l f Pak is tan i and wasminister for culture, media andspor t in the outgoing cabinet;Priti Patel (Witham), who wasa junior minister; Alok Sharma(Reading West); and ShaileshVara (Cambr idgesh i re Nor thWest), another junior ministerwho has been an MP s ince2005."I fought a positive campaign,based on what I have achievedfor the constituency and whatthe Conservatives have achievedin government," Vara said."I am absolutely delighted. I haveserved them for 27 years and theyhave given me the huge privilegeof an extension of another five,"remarked Keith Vaz.

British Indian MP PritiPatel appointedemployment ministerLondon, (IANS) British Indian MP Priti Patel has been appointed employmentminister in Prime Minister David Cameron's new cabinet, BBC reported onMonday. Patel, 43, who comfortably won her Witham seat in England's Essexcounty as a Conservative Party candidate in last week's general elections bygetting 57.5 percent of the total 47,339 votes cast, was in 2013 appointed thefirst ever UK Indian Diaspora Champion.In July 2014, Priti was appointed as exchequer secretary to the treasury in acabinet reshuffle. First elected to parliament in 2010, Patel has a history ofsupporting campaigns for small businesses, transport infrastructure invest-ment and affordable homes. The MP's website describes her as "particularlyinterested in business, trade and ensuring that British businesses flourish".Her political beliefs, the website says, in this area "were formed around herown experiences in business, from assisting her parents who have run anumber of small businesses around the South East and East of England, to hercareer in the communications indus-try, where she worked in corporatecommunications for a variety of in-ternational companies".Patel's parents used to run a ruralpost office in Norfolk. Born in the Lon-don borough of Harrow, she becamethe Conservatives' first female AsianMP when she won her Essex seat in2010. After entering Westminster in2010, Patel has sat on the Tory party'scommittee of backbench MPs, andjoined the Number 10 policy boardlast year. She studied economics atKeele University and is married witha five-year-old son. She is a staunchsupporter of Indo-British friendship.Speaking at the 13th PravasiBharatiya Divas in Gandhinagar,Gujarat, Priti said: "UK is keen toshare with India its experiences infostering government-industry part-nership." She said that in Britain 1.5million Indians are working and con-tributing to the British economy.


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Brampton Mayor Linda Jeffrey said: "Iwould like to convey my best wishesand congratulations to Mr Jaswal onhis new TV show, South Asian Today.Based on my experience and MrJaswal's extensive experience as a hostand producer I feel confident this newshow will be a great success and pro-vide the most up to date news and infor-mation on topics of interest to all ourresidents in Brampton."

Brampton Mayor Linda Jeffrey

Harinder Malhi, MPP Brampton-Springdale said: “Congratulationsto you and your entire team asyou embark on a newventure.Your professionalism andinsight on news that matters tothe South Asian community iswidely respected and appreci-ated. I look forward to your new show, South Asian Today, and I wishyou much success on this new endeavour."

Harinder Malhi, MPP Brampton-Springdale

Bal Gosal, PC MP and Minister ofState for Spor t said: "On behalf ofGovernment of Canada, I want tocongratulate you on your newshow, South Asian Today. For yearsyou have delighted and informed theSouth Asian community through yourvarious media platforms. I wish youcontinued success on your new show,South Asian Today."

Bal Gosal, PC MP and Minister ofState for Sport

MP Parm Gill commented: "As Mem-ber of Parliament for Brampton-Springdale, I would like to pass alongmy sincere congratulations to YudhvirJaswal as host and producer of his newshow, South Asian Today, airing on Omniand Rogers TVs. This is a wonderfulaccomplishment and is truly worthy ofrecognition. Your hard-work and dedi-cation to your profession is an inspira-tion and helps to make a difference inour community. I wish you the very bestof luck in your role. Congratulations!"

Parm Gill, Member of Parliamentfor Brampton-Springdale

Harinder Takhar, MPP for Mississauga-Erindale commented: "I congratulateYudhvir on reaching yet another mile-stone. I have been an ardent admirer ofhis radio show Southasian PULSE be-cause of its very balanced content andthe way Yudhvir presents it. I hope thenew TV show will also have the samequality editorial material. I wish him allthe best in his new pursuit."

Harinder Takhar, MPP forMississauga-Erindale

Vic Dhillon, MPP Brampton WestVic Dhillon, MPP Brampton West, said:"Congratulations to Yudhvir Jaswal onhis foray into televised broadcastingthrough his new endeavor, South AsianToday. Yudhvir has forged a solid paththrough balanced and thoughtful jour-nalism in print and radio. His audienceswill now benefit further through this newforum. Best wishes."

MPP Amrit Mangat said: "Con-gratulations to Mr Yudhvir Jaswaland his new program, SouthAsian Today. I trust it will be agreat success. All the best!"

MPP Amrit Mangat

Jagmeet Singh, MPP and NDPDeputy Leader said: "Congratulationsto Mr Yudhvir Jaswal on the launch ofhis new show, South Asian Today. MrJaswal's hardwork has ensured thatSouth Asians remain connected and intouch with the issues that impact themon regular basis."

Jagmeet Singh, MPP and NDPDeputy Leader

I am very happy and pleased to know that my friend Yudhvir Jaswal isstar ting a daily show on OMNI TV.OMNI & ROGERS TV holds a strong reputation for producing qualityprogramming. I am sure that given the journalistic stature of YudhvirJaswal, he will do full justice to the new oppor tunity.Yudhvir has, over the years, has established himself as a ‘journalistof knowledge’ as his grip over political, spor ts and enter tainmentissues is remarkable. Besides being brilliant in putting relevant factstogether, presentation skills of Yudhvir are also extraordinarily pow-er ful.I am confident that OMNI TV will greatly reap the rewards of Yudhvir’shard work which in turn will provide him with right platform to keepthe community informed, something he cares a lot about.

Jagdish Grewal, CoordinatorPunjabi Broadcasters Association

Manan Gupta, Founder Publisher, Road Today Media Group, Commu-nity Safety Advocate and former Candidate for Brampton City Council,said: "Heartiest congratulations to YMedia on the launch of new infor-mative TV Show, South Asian Today, being broadcast on Omni andRogers. I am sure the show will effectively cater to the needs of alarger diaspora from South Asia making successful inroads into so-cial, economic, political and educational arena in Canada. The launchis very timely as it coincides with the celebrations of South Asianheritage during the month of May."

Manan Gupta, Founder PublisherRoad Today Media Group

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Ontario - Barrie MP Patrick Brown was elected as the new leaderby PC Par ty after he defeated the Whitby-Oshawa MPP ChristineElliott, wife of the late federal finance minister Jim Flaher ty anddeputy par ty leader. This comes as a major victory for PC par tyas they intend to give a touch fight to the Liberals in the province.Talking to his suppor ters at the Toronto Congress Centre, a happyBrown, 36, said: "This is a great day for the Progressive ConservativeParty of Ontario. We have completed a rigorous leadership campaign.Unlike some parties, we do not anoint our leaders. We test them, andthis has been a long test." Putting investment at the heart of things, hesaid his priorities include affordable energy, improving roadways,and building safe and rapid transpor tation.

Patrick Brown wins OntarioPC leadership race

Annual Citywide Youth CampaignMISSISSAUGA - From May 1 to 7, the City of Mississauga hostedits annual weeklong Rebel campaign for youth. The campaign fea-tured more than 300 free drop-ins, workshops, activities and events foryouth by youth happening across Mississauga. With 400 artists andmore than 8,000 people involved, Rebel15 inspires creative expres-sion and community involvement through music, film, the arts, cul-ture, sport and opportunities to make a difference.Rebel15 Highlights" 200 drop-in activities across all community centres and librariesevery day during Rebel week" More than 95 youth-led activities including game nights, sport tour-naments, movies, music and games" Young artists performed at the City Centre Transit Terminal" More than 3,000 students from the Peel District School Board and theDufferin-Peel Catholic School Board joined voices together at Celebra-tion Square to celebrate Music Monday hosted by YTV" Workshops with iconic Canadian jazz singer, Molly Johnson, Ply-wood Collective graffiti artist, Mike Echlin (aka SPAZZ) and the profes-sional recording artists at Metalworks Studios

Province Improving Access to Education andTraining for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Students

ONTARIO PARTNERING WITH INDSPIRE TO SUPPORT 400SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ABORIGINAL LEARNERS

BY MPP YASIR NAQVI

Ontario is suppor ting better access to postsecondary education andtraining oppor tunities for First Nation, Métis and Inuit students byproviding $1.5 million to Indspire, an Aboriginal charitable organiza-tion.The funding will suppor t the Building Brighter Futures Bursaries, Schol-arships and Awards program for Aboriginal learners. With Ontario'sassistance, the program will provide suppor t for up to 400 scholar-ships and awards for postsecondary students in 2015, including fund-ing to encourage more Aboriginal students to enter teaching and edu-cation related professions.

Ontario is committed to creating more oppor tunities for all students,including Aboriginal learners. Ensuring equity is a key goal outlinedin the province's renewed vision for education. Other key goals in-clude achieving excellence, promoting well-being and enhancing pub-lic confidence.We want more Aboriginal students to succeed and reach their fullpotential. Aboriginal learners deserve to have access to programs,services and oppor tunities that nur ture their personal and profes-sional development. This funding will provide more oppor tunities forFirst Nation, Métis and Inuit learners wishing to pursue teaching- andeducation-related professions, and to help reflect the diversity of ourpopulation.

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COME CHAT WITH CITYBY-LAW EXPERTSBrampton - Do you have questions about parking rules? Are you in-stalling a pool fence and want to know if you need a permit? Are youconcerned about your neighbour's car blocking the sidewalk? City ofBrampton Property Standards Officers and Enforcement Officers willbe available to address these questions and more May 11 to 14, from10 am to 9 pm, and on May 15, from 10 am to 4:30 pm, at an info boothin Bramalea City Center, 2nd floor (near Mappins Jewellers).Key topics that Enforcement Staff can address at the info booth include:" Street and on-property parking rules" Minimum expected standards for buildings and yards" How to apply for a family fireworks permit" Operating a business from home" Storing un-plated and inoperative vehicles" Driveway width provisions" Idling vehicles" Reporting noise complaints" Correct placement and storage of materials" Permits for installing pool fence enclosuresThis is one of two info booths set up annually to provide residents withan opportunity to learn about by-laws related to their property and theirneighbourhood. The next one will be held in the fall when residents canlearn about snow clearing.

ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING ADDEDTO COMMUNITY CENTRE SCHEDULEDURING PDSB STRIKEMISSISSAUGA - The City of Mississauga has added additional recre-ation programming to provide options for youth impacted by the PeelDistrict School Board (PDSB) strike which began May 4, 2015. "Asalways, providing our residents with access to our programs andservices is extremely important to us," said Laura Piette, director,Recreation Division, City of Mississauga. "We will continue to re-evaluate our program schedule and offerings to ensure we are meet-ing the needs of the community."The supplementary programming will be available at the followingfacilities" Burnhamthorpe Community Centre" Carmen Corbasson Community Centre" Churchill Meadows Library" Clarkson Community Centre" Frank McKechnie Community Centre" Huron Park Recreation Centre" Malton Community Centre" Meadowvale 4 Rinks" Mississauga Valley Community Centre" River Grove Community Centre" South Common Community CentreAccording to Piette, the additional programming went into effect onWednesday, May 6. For a complete schedule of existing and additionalprogramming, visit http://dropin.mississauga.ca.

CIBC's offers for Newcomers to Canada

ONTARIO - Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce organized aninteractive session on Opportunities available with the CIBC for thenewcomers to Canada on 05-May 2015 at the ICCC headquarter.Mr. Hassan Pirnia, Vice President of Marketing Solutions andClient Offers at CIBC responsible for direct marketing,analytics, and offer development across the retail bank was theguest speaker.He focused his discussion on the simple topics per taining to

the new immigrants and star ted with the overview of Immigra-tion in Canada from different par ts of the world. Ontario is therecipient of highest number of new immigrants every yearfollowed by Quebec, Alber ta and British Columbia. He alsothrow light on economic impact on the new immigrants and howit is impacting the newcomers Profile & Insights. South Asiansbeing the largest visible minority will have the highest purchas-ing power and consumer spending in the coming years, he said.

From L to R: Tony Chawla, Rajeev Misra, Hassan Pirnia, Dharma P Jain, Raza Hasan, Rajni Tekriwal & Sanjay Makkar.

Local Scouts plant 200 trees at Halton Waste Management SiteHALTON - The Halton Region, in par tnership with Conservation Haltonand local Halton Scouts, hosted the annual Scout Tree Planting eventat the Halton Waste Management Site (HWMS) in Milton, in celebra-tion of Ear th Day and Arbour Day. Over 100 Scouts and volunteersplanted 200 native white spruce trees and provided maintenance toadditional trees at the landfill site located at 5400 Regional Road 25."Since 2000, we have planted over 5,000 trees at the Halton WasteManagement Site. I'd like to thank our local Scouts, family volun-teers, Regional staff and Conservation Halton, who helped organizethis great event today," said Regional Chair, Gary Carr. "We are com-mitted to protecting and enhancing the Region's natural environmentand promoting environmental sustainability in the delivery of our ser-vices. Today's tree planting event is one way we show this commit-ment." Regional Chair, Gary Carr was joined by Conservation HaltonChair, John Vice, Town and Regional Councillor and ConservationHalton Vice Chair, Cathy Duddeck, Conservation Halton CAO, KenPhillips and Scouts Canada Special Events Coordinator for the

Burlington Area, Bob Collison, during a brief opening ceremony, whichrecognized the dedication and commitment of Conservation Haltonand Halton's local Scouts. "Conservation Halton is pleased to onceagain par tner with Halton Region and Scouts Canada, including ourlocal Burlington Scouts and their families," said Conservation HaltonCAO, Ken Phillips. "It is appropriate that in celebration of Ear th Day,we are giving our youth the oppor tunity to par ticipate in a great localevent that suppor ts our environment. The trees planted today have apositive impact on the future of the Halton Waste Management Siteand the surrounding natural environment."To learn more about the Halton Waste Management Site, dial 311 orvisit halton.ca/HWMS. To find out more about how Halton is commit-ted to protecting the natural environment through the Halton RegionStrategic Action Plan 2015-2018, visit halton.ca/actionplan.The Regional Municipality of Halton serves more than 500,000 resi-dents in the City of Burlington, the Town of Halton Hills, the Town ofMilton, and the Town of Oakville.

ODISHA-BORN PRODUCER TO PROMOTETEN FILMS AT CANNES FEST

Bhubaneswar, (IANS) Odisha-born producer Jitendra Mishra on Mon-day said he will represent and promote ten meaningful Indian filmsduring the 68th Cannes International Film Festival in France. The festwill be held May 13-25.Mishra was at the festival last year for Solila Parida's award winning

Hollywood film "Desires of the Hear t", which was premiered at thefilm market of the Cannes gala, and was well received by the audi-ence. "Film represents much more than enter tainment; this is themost power ful medium to depict the reality and emulate values," theNew Delhi-based filmmaker told IANS.Mishra is travelling to the festival for ten days with some otherIndian feature films and documentaries this year with an objec-tive to spread the essence of Indian cinema among the largerinternational audience."India produces more than 100 meaningful cinemas having great po-tential every year, but only a few of them reach to a logical end. Thisis because there is still a gap between the independent films and theworld market," he said. Mishra has developed a special film platformwhere he is trying to be the bridge between meaningful cinema andinternational markets, in terms of taking them to the global platform,apar t from primarily producing issue-based films."I'm going to present a slate of ten feature films in the upcoming 68thCannes film festival this year," said Mishra, who has earlier pro-moted movies like "I Am Kalam", "Desires of the Hear t" and "Chausar".He is representing four award winning children's feature films in thefilm market. Produced by Children's Film Society India (CFSI), theseare "Gattu", "The World of Goopi & Bagha", "Kaphal" and "Pappu KiPugdandi".

PREMIER WYNNE PRESENTED A WREATH ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ONTARIO AT THE ANNUAL ONTARIO POLICE MEMORIALCEREMONY OF REMEMBRANCE HONOURING POLICE OFFICERS WHO DIED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. (PREMIERPHOTOS)

M A T R I M O N I A LAn Indian Punjabi Sharma family is looking for an educatedboy well settled in USA, Canada or England, for their youngand beautiful Sarswat Brahmin daughter born in march 1985who holds a B.Pharmacy and MBA degrees. Parents can becontacted on India no: 9876609052 between 5pm-9pm ISTor at [email protected] or Canada no:1-2893831786 at [email protected]

Artist line-up announced for9th annual desiFEST presentedby TD at Yonge-Dundas SquareTORONTO, ON – Artist line-up announced for 9th annual desiFEST,presented by TD at Yonge-Dundas Square on Saturday, May 30th, 2015desiFEST, North America’s largest outdoor South Asian urban musicconcert has announced it’s starstudded line-up for their 9th annual con-cert taking place on May 30th. Upcoming and established artists fromCanada, the US, UK and India aspire to perform on this stage in front ofover 40,000 eager Canadian fans.This year’s line-up includes a heavy focus on new artists to showcasethe growing Canadian talent pool, along with a range of internationallyrenowned artists.Among the 30+ performers at desiFEST this year are some amazingCanadian talents including Montreal’s very own Master-D. As he em-barks on his new solo journey from the international pop group the Bilz& Kashif, this producer and artist has been making waves across radiostations worldwide as he revolutionizes Bangla music with his signa-ture sound. Other Canadian acts include hard-hitting Hindi rapper TheGunsmith, rising star in the bhangra industry – Punjabi singer Raj Fidda,and Pakistani artist Raheel Zaman.English/ Punjabi hip-hop artist Fateh DOE has revamped the look andsound of Punjabi music and rap with his ability to seamlessly blendEnglish and Punjabi vocals. Having performed alongside artists suchas Gippy Grewal, Amrinder Gill and Jazzy B, his unique sound hasgarnered him fans and admiration from around the world. desiFEST alsowelcomes the fresh new sound of Lady Pista, an emerging singer-dj-producer who combines a unique blend of musical styles, ranging fromdancehall and pop to hard hitting ethnic drum beats.Toronto’s original South Asian sound crew, Empire Entertainment willtreat music lovers to a live segment, as they spin the latest in desi urbanand bhangra tunes. And as a special sneak preview of what they’ll havein store, the DJs at Empire will be releasing an exclusive desiFESTpromo mix tape which will be available for digital download in theweeks leading up to the main event.This year’s line-up also features British Singer, songwriter & producerZack Knight who has written music for household names such as TinieTempah and Ginuwine. Knight has also performed on stage with artistssuch as Taio Cruz, Mario and Jessie J, and his R&B crossover soundhas earned him thousands of fans worldwide.


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Our Conservative Government is extending the application deadlineto receive the enhanced and expanded Universal Child Care Benefit(UCCB) until May 15, 2015, so that more families can receive theirUCCB cheque in July.Currently, there are approximately 3.8 million families with childrenwho will automatically begin receiving the UCCB payments. How-ever, the Government of Canada estimates that there are 200,000eligible families who are at risk of not receiving the Benefit.Under the proposed enhancements to the UCCB, families would re-ceive almost $2,000 per year for each child under 6, and $720 peryear for each child aged 6 through 17. The new benefit amounts wouldbe retroactive to January 1, 2015 and reflected in monthly paymentsto recipients in July 2015.

The proposed enhancements to the UCCB are expected to more thandouble the number of families who benefit from over 1.6 million toaround 4 million and as a result there will be some Canadian familieseligible for UCCB who will need to apply or confirm their eligibility.If you are not currently receiving the UCCB, or if you have neverapplied for the Canada Child Tax Benefit and still have children under18 in your care, please go to www.canada.ca/taxsavings in order tofind out how you can apply.Our Government believes parents are best positioned to decide whatkind of child care is best for their children and for their family's indi-vidual situation. I encourage all parents to take a look at their uniquesituation and to take advantage of this great benefit.

THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA'SUNIVERSAL CHILD CARE BENEFIT

New Delhi, (IANS/IndiaSpend) The economy rebounded; exports andimpor ts declined, foreign-exchange reserves grew; coal production,electricity generation and petroleum consumption rose, non-perform-ing assets (NPAs) in banking soared.There are great similarities between Prime Minister Narendra Modi'sfirst year in office - which he completes on May 26 - and the corre-sponding first year of his predecessor, Manmohan Singh's last term.In seven of 12 indicators evaluated by IndiaSpend, the data reveal asimilar trend - a reasonable economic per formance after an eco-nomic downturn.The large variations in the first-year period centre on:Industrial production: In Modi's first year, the index of industrial pro-duction (IIP) for eight core sectors (coal, crude oil, natural gas, refin-ery products, fer tilisers, steel, cement and electricity) grew 5 per-cent during 2014-15 against 4.2 percent the previous year. In Singh'sfirst year, the IIP for six core industries (crude oil, refinery products,coal, electricity, cement and finished carbon steel) grew 10.4 per-cent, compared to 2.8 percent in the previous year 2008-09.Expor ts and impor ts: In terms of dollars, expor ts and impor ts de-clined 2 percent and 0.5 percent, respectively, in 2014-15 from 2013-14. In Singh's first year (of his second term) expor ts and impor tsdeclined far more sharply, 4 percent and 5 percent, respectively, in2009-10 compared to 2008-09.Nuclear energy: With the commissioning of the Kudankulam Unit-1 of1,000 mw in Tamil Nadu during December 2014, India's installednuclear capacity reached 5,780 mw in 2014-15 from 4,780 MW in2013-14, an increase of 21 perccent. In 2009-10, it was up 10.6 per-cent from the previous year.Direct comparisons are difficult, considering that Singh was in hissecond term in office. Modi carries Singh's economic legacy, which

worsened considerably by the end of the term, attributed by observ-ers to a global downturn and misgovernance.But these indicators offer a broad statistical evaluation of the firstyears of Modi and Singh during UPA2.A journey through the numbersEconomic Growth: Overall gross domestic product (GDP) growth in2009-10, at constant prices, was repor ted to be 8.9 percent. After achange in calculation and base year, GDP growth isestimated to be7.4 percent for 2014-15.Agriculture: Agriculture, which employs about 600 million Indians,registered growth of 1.1 percent in 2014-15 compared to 0.8 percentduring 2009-10. The numbers indicate a long-standing - and worsen-ing - crisis. Foreign-exchange reserves: Forex reserves increased 12percent from $341 billion at the end of 2014-15 as compared to $304billion at the end of 2013-14. For Singh in UPA2, they increased 5.4percent from $241.7 billion at the end of 2008-09 to $254.9 billion in2009-10. Coal: Coal from India's mines increased 8.2 percent in 2014-15, later falling into a controversy over botched allotments, one of thereasons for the decline in UPA2's image. In 2009-10, production in-creased 8.1 percent. Performance of the coal sector is expected to

improve with the re-allotment of 67 coal blocks through an auction,although Modi's figure of Rs.2 lakh crore ($31.25 billion) windfall isnow contested.Petroleum: In 2014-15, consumption of petroleum products (diesel,petrol, LPG and the like) increased 3.1 percent, compared to 3.2 percentduring 2009-10. India's demand for petroleum products is expected to grow3.3 percent in the next financial year, according to the oil ministry.Electricity: A good indicator of an economy's health, installed elec-tricity capacity in 2014-15, rose 10 percentagainst 2013-14. In 2009-10, it increased 7.7 percent over the previous year.Renewable energy: With pressure on India to cut carbon emissionsrenewable energy - it is responsible for 12 percent of India's totalinstalled power - growth rates were high during both terms. The totalinstalled capacity of renewable energy repor ted a 7.56 percent growthin 2014-15 and growth of 17.20 percent in 2009-10.Non-performing assets: NPAs of public sector banks increased 17percent from Rs.2.27 lakh crore in March 2014 to Rs.2.73 lakh crorein December 2014, a carry-over from UPA2. Public sector bank NPAshad increased 23 percent in 2009-10 over the previous year. NPAgrowth rates of this magnitude can destabilise the banking system.



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PRIME MINISTER STEPHEN HARPER MEETS BENIGNO AQUINO III, PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES, IN HIS CENTRE BLOCK OFFICE ONPARLIAMENT HILL. (PHOTO BY JASON RANSOM)

PM ANNOUNCES NEW INITIATIVES THAT WILL DEEPENRELATIONS BETWEEN CANADA AND THE PHILIPPINES

LET’S END THE UNFAIR TAXON WOMEN: NDPWith their latest opposition day motion, the NDP is urging the Con-servatives to end their unfair tax on women and remove the GST/ federalportion of the HST from feminine hygiene products.“This gender-based discrimination costs women more than $36-millionevery year,” said NDP MP Irene Mathyssen (London—Fanshawe). “Itmakes no sense whatsoever that women have to pay tax on tampons whilenon-essential items like wedding cakes and cocktail cherries are exempt.”Under the Excise Tax Act, the federal government collects millions of dollarsannually in taxes on feminine hygiene products. Items considered essentialto daily life are exempt, while so-called luxury items are taxed.“Feminine hygiene products are not a luxury for women and girls,” saidNDP Status of Women critic Mylène Freeman (Argenteuil—Papineau—Mirabel). “We’re calling on the Conservatives to do the right thing andremove the tax.”“Over 72,000 Canadians acknowledge that a sales tax on these products isa hardship for Canadian households and especially discriminates againstmenstruators, who as a group face disproportionate financial burdens,”said Jill Piebiak from Canadian Menstruators.The motion is as follows:“That, in the opinion of the House, the government should remove the GSTfrom feminine hygiene products.”Source: ndp.ca

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Benigno Aquino III,President of the Philippines, announced new initiatives that will fur-ther strengthen relations between Canada and the Philippines.The announcement was made at an event in Ottawa on ParliamentHill during President Aquino's State visit to Canada which includesstops in Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver.The initiatives announced today will promote closer trade, in-vestment and development ties between the two countries andenhance security collaboration to counter threats to regional andglobal security.Quick Facts" Canada and the Philippines enjoy long-standing and posi-tive bilateral relations based on shared democratic values and amutual interest in expanding trade and commercial relations." The relationship is strengthened by the roughly 700,000people of Filipino origin now residing in Canada." Prime Minister Harper made an official visit to the Phil-ippines in November 2012, the first by a Canadian Prime Ministerin 15 years. Prime Minister Harper and President Aquino metagain on the margins of the Asia-Pacific Economic CooperationSummit in Beijing in November 2014." In 1989, President Aquino's mother, President CorazonAquino, was the first Filipino President to make a state visit toCanada.

" The Philippines is Canada's sixth-largest trading par tnerin Southeast Asia and is a priority market under Canada's GlobalMarkets Action Plan. The Philippines is also a country of focusfor the Government of Canada's international development effor ts." With bilateral merchandise trade totalling $1.8 billion in2014 and a population of approximately 100 million people, thePhilippines is an impor tant market for Canadian businesses." Canada played a leading role in the global response toTyphoon Haiyan (locally known as Yolanda) by providing signifi-cant humanitarian assistance funding to meet the immediate andearly recovery needs of affected people as well as deploying afield hospital, exper ts and relief supplies to suppor t a broad rangeof critical needs faced by the Filipino people." Canada is proud to have suppor ted the development ofthe Bangsamoro peace agreement through our contribution to thework of the Government of the Philippines' Independent Commis-sion on Policing. "Canada and the Philippines share a close friendship based onshared values and significant people-to-people ties. The initia-tives announced today clearly demonstrate that both countriesare committed to fur ther enhancing our bilateral relationship witha par ticular emphasis on commerce, development and security."- Prime Minister Stephen HarperSource: pm.gc.ca

PROTECTING ONTARIO'SMIDDLE-INCOME EARNERSONTARIO GOVERNMENT WILL NOT INCREASETHE HST OR GAS TAXOntario - Ontario will move forward with a robust transpor tationand transit infrastructure plan. That plan will not include in-creases in the gas tax, HST or personal income taxes aimed at middle-income earners.Building new transit and new and expanded highways, roads and bridges isimportant to all Ontarians and essential to the province's short- and long-term economic growth, and job creation plan.The Ontario government will continue to help people in their everyday lives,especially middle-income families, through measures that include: an in-crease in the minimum wage to $11 an hour effective June 1; a 30%post-secondary tuition grant; full-day kindergarten, which saves par-ents up to $6,500 per child; and a plan to lower auto insurance rates by15% on average.Since 2003, the Ontario Government has made significant invest-ments in transit, roads, bridges, hospitals and schools. Highlightsinclude:" More than 7,900 kilometres of roads and more than 950bridges built or re-built;" 10 new GO Train stations and two replacement stationsbuilt;" 23 new hospitals built or underway and 12 major hospitalprojects currently under construction;" Nearly 650 new schools opened, planned or under con-struction, and 27,000 repairs to roofs, windows and boilers.Assisting Ontario's families is part of the government's economic planto create jobs for today and tomorrow. The comprehensive plan and itssix priorities focus on Ontario's greatest strengths - its people andstrategic partnerships.Source: harindermalhi.onmpp.ca

ONTARIO - Québec Premier Philippe Couillard was in Toronto today to deliver a historic addressto the Ontario Legislative Assembly. During his visit, Premier Couillard and Ontario PremierKathleen Wynne also moved forward on a number of commitments from a joint meeting of cabinetministers last fall, including reinvigorating the Ontario-Québec Trade and Cooperation Agreement(OQTCA). The Premiers announced that negotiations were completed for the renewal of theAgreement's Procurement Chapter.The new chapter is the most ambitious procurement agreement ever completed by Ontario orQuébec. Almost all public entities will be covered for their goods and construction contracts, aswell as for the vast majority of their service contracts. For Ontario and Québec, the new chapterrepresents the procurement agreement that covers the greatest number of contracting entitiesand the greatest propor tion of contracts awarded by ministries, agencies, municipalities and thebroader public sector.On November 21, 2014, Ontario and Québec adopted a memorandum of understanding aimed atrenegotiating the OQTCA Procurement Chapter by April 30, 2015. Negotiators of both governmentsreached an agreement in principle by the deadline. Premiers welcome this agreement in principle, which willbe legally reviewed and then signed by the ministers responsible, Mr. Jacques Daoust, Québec Minister of the Economy,Innovation and Exports, and Brad Duguid, Ontario Minister of Economic Development, Employment and Infrastruc-ture, before coming into effect in 2016.

This agreement will benefit our business community, through the creation of new oppor tunities,and our taxpayers, by fostering competition and lower prices in the awarding of public contracts.Working together, our economies will continue to thrive, building a more prosperous future for ourprovinces and for our country.Kathleen Wynne, Premier of OntarioThis ambitious agreement consolidates the par tnership between Québec and Ontario and clearlydemonstrates our will to play a prominent role in improving interprovincial trade in Canada.Fur thermore, it guarantees our businesses better access to government procurement than wouldbe granted to European businesses in CETA, thus fulfilling an impor tant goal of this negotiation.Philippe Couillard, Premier of QuébecQuick Facts" With a combined GDP of more than $1 trillion, the Ontario-Québec region is the four thlargest in Nor th America, af ter California, Texas and New York." Québec and Ontario are major economic players in Canada, accounting for nearly twothirds of its population, almost 60% of its total production and 70% of its manufacturing sector.Quebecers and Ontarians occupy more than 70% of the manufacturing jobs in Canada." Trade with Ontario represents more than 60% of Québec's interprovincial trade, whiletrade with Québec represents nearly 40% of Ontario's trade with other provinces.

ONTARIO AND QUÉBEC STRENGTHEN

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Unemployment rate stays at 6.8 per cent

PRIME MINISTER STEPHEN HARPER AND HIS WIFE LAUREEN POSE FOR A PHOTO WITH THEIR MAJESTIES KING WILLEM-ALEXANDER AND QUEEN MÁXIMA OF THE NETHERLANDS PRIOR TO ATTENDING A CONCERT BY THE NATIONAL YOUTH OR-CHESTRA AT THE KONINKLIJK THEATER CARRÉ, AS PART OF THE COMMEMORATIONS TO MARK THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OFTHE LIBERATION OF THE NETHERLANDS.(PHOTO BY JASON RANSOM)

OTTAWA - Employment edged down in April (-20,000), as gains infull-time work were more than offset by losses in par t time. Theunemployment rate held steady at 6.8% for the third consecutivemonth.In the 12 months to April, employment increased by 139,000(+0.8%), with all of the growth in full-time work. Over the sameperiod, the total number of hours worked increased by 0.9%. InApril, employment declined for women aged 55 and older andincreased for their male counterpar ts. There was little changeamong the other demographic groups.Par t-time employment declined by 67,000 in April, par tly offset byan increase of 47,000 in full time. In April, public sector employ-ment declined and the number of self-employed workers edgeddown. There was little change in the number of private sectoremployees. For women aged 55 and older, employment declined by15,000 in April and the unemployment rate edged up to 5.5%.Compared with a year earlier, employment among men aged 55 andolder rose by 57,000 (+3.0%), with most of the gains occurringsince December.While employment among youth aged 15 to 24 was little changed inApril, their unemployment rate rose 0.6 percentage points to 13.6%,as more of them searched for work. On a year-over-year basis,youth employment was little changed. There was also littleemployment change for people aged 25 to 54 in April. However,their unemployment rate declined 0.2 percentage points to 5.6%, asfewer of them looked for work. Compared with 12 months earlier,employment for this group rose by 54,000 (+0.5%).Employment fell by 29,000 in British Columbia in April, pushing the

unemployment rate up 0.5 percentage points to 6.3%. Despite thisdecline, employment in the province was little changed comparedwith 12 months earlier. In Nova Scotia, employment decreased by3,000 in April. Also, unemployment rate was vir tually unchanged at9.2% as a result of fewer people par ticipating in the labour market.Employment in the province has been trending downward sinceJanuary. Following little employment growth during the first quar terof 2015, employment in Alber ta rose by 13,000 in April. Theunemployment rate was unchanged at 5.5% as more peoplepar ticipated in the labour market. Compared with 12 months earlier,employment in the province was up 53,000 (+2.4%).Employment in Newfoundland and Labrador increased by 2,200 inApril and the unemployment rate declined 0.7 percentage points to12.6%. Despite more people working in April, employment waslittle changed compared with 12 months earlier. In April, employ-ment was little changed in both Quebec and Ontario. However, on ayear-over-year-basis, employment in Quebec grew by 69,000(+1.7%), with most of the gains occurring since December 2014. InOntario, employment was vir tually unchanged compared with 12months earlier.Employment in construction declined for the second consecutivemonth, down 28,000 in April. Public sector employment alsodeclined by 20,000, while there was little change in the number ofprivate sector employees. At the same time, the number of self-employed workers edged down. The number of private sectoremployees grew by 75,000 or 0.7% and the number of public sectoremployees increased by 64,000 or 1.8%. Over the same period, thenumber of self-employed workers was unchanged.

New Measures forPassport Cancellation,Refusal and Revocationof High-Risk Travellers

OTTATWA -Steven Blaney, Canada's Minister of Public Safety andEmergency Preparedness, and Chris Alexander, Canada's Citizenshipand Immigration Minister, recently announced the introduction of thePrevention of TerroristTravel Act and changesto theCanadian Passpor tOrder (CPO):Amendments to the Ca-nadian Passpor t Orderwill provide the Govern-ment of Canada with astrengthened ability tocancel, refuse or revokepasspor ts as a preven-tative measure againsthigh-risk travellers andtransnational child sexoffenders, in alignmentwith theCriminal Code ofCanada.With the amendments tothe CPO, passpor tscould be cancelled, re-fused or revoked for na-tional security purposes,terror ism, or fortransnational child sexoffences in order to pre-vent indiv iduals f romtravelling abroad. In ad-dition, the maximum pe-riod for refusal of passport services is now set at 10 years.Measures proposed under the Prevention of Terrorist Travel Act wouldenable a Federal Cour t judge presiding over proceedings for passportcancellation, refusal or revocation decisions related to national secu-rity or terrorism to protect sensitive information from disclosure,but also use that information in making their decision.Quick Facts" Under the Prevention of Terrorist Travel Act (and conse-quential amendments to the Canada Evidence Act), the Ministerof Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness has the authorityto cancel, refuse or revoke a passpor t if that action is necessaryto prevent an individual from committing a terrorism offence, asdefined by the Criminal Code." The Government will create a new mechanism to protectsensitive information from disclosure if, in the judge's opinion,its disclosure could be injurious to national security or endangerthe safety of any person." The Minister of Citizenship and Immigration has the au-thority to cancel, refuse or revoke a passpor t if that action isnecessary to prevent a sexual offence against children in Canadaor abroad." Passpor t investigations for cancellation, refusal and re-vocation will continue to be conducted in close collaboration withsecurity par tners, including the Canadian Security Intell igenceService and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Steven Blaney, Canada's Minister of PublicSafety and Emergency Preparedness said: "OurGovernment has seen the troubling evidenceof Canadians traveling overseas to par ticipatein terrorist activities, par ticularly with the so-called Islamic State. We cannot ignore the dan-ger posed by high-risk travellers looking to travelto places like Syria, only to potentially return backto Canada with training and experience neces-sary to threaten the safety of Canadians by en-gaging in jihadi terrorism here at home."The international jihadi movement has declaredwar on Canada, and we will provide our policeforces and national security agencies with thetools they need to address the evolving threat ofterrorism in order to protect Canadians and theirfamilies."Chris Alexander, Minister of Citizenship and Im-migration said: "Our Government will continue todo what's necessary to protect the safety andsecurity of Canadians. With these amend-ments, we will be able to take swift action toprevent individuals from travelling abroad forterror ism-related purposes or to commit asexual offence against children."

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DELHI CHIEF MINISTER ARVIND KEJRIWAL DURING A DEMONSTRATION AT JANTAR MANTAR IN NEW DELHI (IANS).

New Delhi, (IANS) Under fire over his "anti-media" circular, Delhi Chief Min-ister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday suggested that some senior journalists couldcome together to float their own "honest and independent" news channel ornewspaper and his government will support any such move.Interacting with party volunteers on Google Hangouts, he also asked peopleto compare performance of his government to that of Prime Minister NarendraModi while claiming his Aam Aadmi Party's popularity had further gone up.Kejriwal, who has complained about sections of media in the past, said onSunday that media shows "us (as being) very aggressive"."We don't want to start any media (of our own). But, I think that several goodpeople in media are also sad over the goings on. If some big people workingin media start their own new channel or a newspaper in a joint effort, theDelhi government is ready to help them. We want an honest and independentmedia which show news, not false news...If anyone wants to start a goodmedia, Delhi government would help them," he said in answer to a query.

He, however, did not spell out the "help" his government would offer to anysuch venture. The Kejriwal government and his Aam Aadmi Party have beenin the media spotlight over a range of issues including suicide by a farmer ata party rally and inner party wrangling. The government also faced strongcriticism from the Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress for issuing a circularto its officials to report any news damaging reputation of the chief minister,his council of ministers and the government.On Saturday, the Delhi government had decided to file defamation casesagainst media groups for publishing or broadcasting any news that damagesits reputation and the circular asked any official who feels that a published oraired item damages his or the government's reputation to file a complaintwith the principal secretary (home).The stand is seen at variance with Kejriwal's own on the issue of defamationin cases faced by him.On his first interaction with party volunteers through Google Hangouts after

he became chief minister, Kejriwal said he will continue the process at leastonce a month. Noting that his government will complete 100 days on May 24and the central government will complete one year on May 26, he said:"People should look at the difference between both the governments."The chief minister said he keeps a tab on the working of the legislators andwhile most legislators were working fine, some were "a bit lazy."He claimed that AAP's popularity has increased since it formed the govern-ment in February after winning 67 of 70 seats."People's affection with our government has increased. We will get 72 per-cent vote if election was held today," he said.

Delhi government willing to supportnew media venture: Kejriwal

MODI'S VISIT TO CHINA: HOWLONG CAN POLICY OFACCOMMODATION CONTINUE?The rise of China as a great power is no longer a matter of speculation;it is a given fact. Most nations today seriously consider the Chinesefactor when determining policy. The question uppermost in the minds ofIndian policy makers is: should we contain or oppose the rise of China,singly or in tandem with others, or should we seek an accommodation?There are no easy answers. No doubt Modi's closest advisors would begrappling with this question on the eve of his first official visit to Chinaas the prime minister of India.Just as India became independent, a vast strategic shift in the powermatrix of Asia took place. Japanese power lay completely shattered atthe end of the Second World War. The British withdrew from Indialeaving India politically divided into two states and its armed forcessplit - and soon in serious conflict over Kashmir. On the other hand,China wracked by civil war in the last century, with warlords holdingsway, not only became politically united, but a new invigorated and adetermined government assumed office. The strategic fulcrum of powerhad shifted in Asia from south to the north of the Himalayas.The question therefore that faced India's first prime minister JawaharlalNehru was how to deal with Chinese power on our northern borders. Inshort, Nehru's answer was to seek an accommodation with China andplay for time till India was able to fully develop economically andmilitarily to meet the emerging challenge. That he failed isanother question. Unfor tunately, for present-day policy plan-ners, the power equation with China has worsened sinceNehru's time to the detriment of India. China's economy isfive times larger than that of India; its military budget threetimes larger; and its foreign exchange reserves are ten timeslarger than ours. The Chinese have developed first-rate com-munications infrastructure right up to our borders; we arestill struggling. But we still retain one great strategic advan-tage - the Indian Ocean where the Indian Navy dominates.The Indian Ocean is the third largest ocean in the world covering about20 percent of water on the earth's surface. The Indian peninsula, whichstretches about 1,600 km straight into the heart of the ocean, dominatesits geographical space.


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MODI BATS FOR FEDERAL STRUCTUREFOR INDIA'S PROGRESS

BJP MP FROM MATHURA HEMA MALINI AND DEVKINANDAN MAHARAJ CALL ON PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI IN NEW DELHI (IANS).

the key constitutional amend-ment bill to give effect to the swap-ping of border land enclaves be-tween India and Bangladesh un-der a 1974 agreement. "Since thedays of (late Bangladesh leader)Sheikh Muj ibur Rahman, thisagreement had remained stalled.But due to the effor ts of the statesand the centre, the border issuewith Bangladesh has now beensettled."It's all because of 'Team India'.Mamataji worked shoulder-to-shoulder with Delhi on this. Thisis a matter of pride that whetherin the Lok Sabha or the state as-

Burnpur (IANS) Observing thatstrained centre-state ties havelong hindered India's progress,Prime Minister Narendra Modi onSunday said only 'Team India' -the centra l government andstates - can take the country onthe path of development.Dedicat ing to the nat ion theRs.16,000 crore revamped andmodernised I ISCO Steel plant

here in West Bengal's Burdwandistrict, Modi also credited TeamIndia's effor ts for the passage inparliament of the Land BoundaryAgreement with Bangladesh.Praising Chief Minister MamataBanerjee for stressing on im-proved centre-state relationship,he said his government, after as-suming power, had been endeav-ouring to strengthen the country's

federal structure."The respected chief ministersaid something great, that morethe centre and the state workedshoulder-to-shoulder, faster willbe the country's progress," Modisaid pointing to Banerjee at theevent. Speaking on the occasion,Banerjee harped on improvedcentre-state relationship, askingthem to work together. Modi said:

"While the constitution providesa federal structure, for years therehas always been tension in cen-tre-state relationships. Those atthe centre ignored the states."I too have been a chief ministerfor many years and know verywell that such an attitude on thepar t of the centre towards stateswill not help the country. "That'swhy we endeavoured tostrengthen the federal structureand asser ted that Delhi will notgovern the country alone but allthe states together will. Only thenthe country will progress," saidthe prime minister. Describingthe prime minister and all thechief ministers as 'Team India',Modi said the centre and statestogether can solve all problems,including issues relating to for-eign countries."This modern plant is an exampleof how 'Team India' will take thecountry forward. This plant,which was sick, is now standingon its feet. If the chief minister(Banerjee), the state (Bengal)government had created hurdles,this wouldn't have been possible."This is the effor t of 'Team India'that we are dedicating this plantto the country," said Modi.Modi a lso thanked Assam,Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura andWest Bengal for the passage of

semblies, not a single vote wascast against it. All unanimouslyvoted for it," said Modi. "If inter-national issues can be solved by'Team India', then issues at homecan be dealt with ease."There was a time when around60-65 percent of the country'swealth was with Delhi. But now,62 percent of India's total wealthis with the states and only 38 per-cent is with Delhi. Only whenstates and Delhi work together isdevelopment possible," Modisaid, e laborat ing hisgovernment 's ef for ts tostrengthen the federal structure.

BJP, CONGRESS SLAMDELHI GOVERNMENT FORANTI-MEDIA CIRCULARNew Delhi, (IANS) The Delhi government invited strong criticism fromthe BJP and Congress on Sunday for issuing a circular to itsofficials to repor t any news damaging reputation of the chiefminister, his council of ministers and the government.Reacting to Arvind Kejriwal-led government's circular, Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) leader Vijendra Gupta said it was "frustration" of the Delhi governmentto issue such a circular."The (Delhi) government is about to complete 100 days inoffice and it has nothing to talk about (in terms of work)," theLeader of Opposition in the Delhi assembly told repor ters."It's an attack on freedom of media and it (circular) should betaken back," he said, adding that the BJP would protest againstit. The Congress par ty said the Delhi government's circularwas unacceptable. "This is democracy and not a dictator-ship," Congress spokesperson Tom Vadakkan told repor ters.On Saturday, the Delhi government decided to file defama-tion cases against media groups for publishing or broadcast-ing any news that damages its reputation.It issued a circular that if any officer of the Delhi governmentfeels that a publ ished or aired i tem damages his or thegovernment's reputation, he should file a complaint with theprincipal secretary (home).

AFTER PUNJAB TOUR,SIKH RELIGIOUS YATRATO GO TO OTHER STATESChandigarh, (IANS) A Sikh religious tour of relics of three Guruswill be taken to other states after the culmination of the tour inPunjab later this month.Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal on Mondayannounced that the state government and Shiromani GurdwaraParbandhak Committee (SGPC) would take the "DharmikDarshan Yatra" to the other states to help devotees to have aclose look at the relics and offer prayers.Badal led hundreds of people to welcome the yatra, whichstar ted from Patiala town on May 6, at Muktsar town."The yatra would be taken to different states with help of DelhiSikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee and other organizations.The Dharmik Darshan Yatra would visit par ts of Rajasthan, Delhi,Haryana and Uttar Pradesh," he said.The religious tour, organised by the Punjab government and theSGPC, is being under taken in a specially-designed vehicle worthover Rs.2.25 crore.The relics of the Sikh gurus, including their clothes and weap-ons, are being taken around Punjab. Relics of sixth guru,Hargobind Singh, ninth guru, Tegh Bahadur and tenth and finalguru, Gobind Singh, are being carried on the tour.The tour will culminate at Takht Sri Keshgarh Sahib in AnandpurSahib town May 20.The holy relics of Guru Gobind Singh include three swords, aset of hair with comb, a turban, a chola (robe), a whip, a bunchof five arrows, a 'Siri Sahib' (small three inch kirpan), a spearwith wood, a small plain steel spear, a big sword and anothersword with the words "Sat Sri Akal Guru Teg Bahadur' the 1713Samvat (1656) inscribed on the blade.Of par ticular interest to the devotees and scholars is a manu-script written in Guru Gobind Singhi's own hand.



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'OPERATION HISTORY-SHEETER'TO CONTROL DELHI CRIME

NBA BASKETBALL PLAYER GURSIMRAN `SIM` BHULLAR DONATES RS 5 LAKH TO PINGALWARA, A PLACE FOR DESTITUTE ANDTERMINALLY ILL IN AMRITSAR (IANS).

New Delhi, (IANS) To commit a crime and flee on a vehicle wouldsoon be a tough task for Delhi's professional criminals with policelaunching "Operation History-Sheeter", a first of its kind initiative tocurb crime in the city by cancelling the driving licence of toughenedcriminals.Police maintain cancelling the driving licence of criminals wouldbring down their easy movement in the capital and thus lead to a dropin snatchings and robbery. "My aim to launch Operation History-Sheeteris to halt the easy movement of toughened criminals in the city throughthe process of cancelling their driving licence," Special Commis-sioner of Police (Traffic) Muktesh Chander told IANS."The operation is in the initial stage and we are taking the help of thetranspor t authority and local police to make it effective," he said.Chander said the traffic police have compiled a list of over 6,000history-sheeters -- an Indian police term for criminals with long recordof serious crimes-- with the help of local police. Now we are planningto send the criminal history details of these history-sheeters to theDelhi transpor t authority with a request to cancel their driving li-

cences promptly," Chander told IANS."Once the transpor t depar tment issues notices to these offenders, wewill send policemen to ensure that the offenders submit their licencesto the officer," he said. According to Delhi Traffic Police, there is aprovision in section 19 1(a) of the Motor Vehicles Act 1988, underwhich habitual criminals can be disqualified from holding a drivinglicence, but it is hardly put to use."The provision was introduced to deal with habitual criminals so thatthey cannot easily escape after committing a crime," a police officialsaid. Chander said the idea to make use of section 19 1(a) clicked inhis mind when a man sent video footage of a chain snatcher on theTraffic Police's WhatsApp number - 8750871493 -- last month. Thevehicle number of the chain snatcher was clearly visible in the foot-age, based on which the police managed to get his address and hewould be arrested soon, said Chander. As soon as the cancelled driv-ing licence of a criminal is inser ted inside the e-challan machine itwill show up his criminal history which has already been uploaded inthe central computerised police data base.

INDIA WON'T DISCRIMINATEON BASIS OF RELIGION: MODINew York, (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has declaredthat his government views all religions at par and won't tolerate anydiscrimination. In an extensive interview to Time magazine, the primeminister said his and the BJP's philosophy was "Sabka saath, sabkavikas - Together with all, progress for all. "Wherever a (negative) viewmight have been expressed (about) a minority religion, we have imme-diately negated that," he said in the two-hour interview. So far as the govern-ment is concerned, there is only one holy book, which is the constitution ofIndia. The unity and the integrity of the country are the topmost priorities. "Allreligions and all communities have the same rights, and it is my responsibil-ity to ensure their complete and total protection," the prime minister said. "Mygovernment will not tolerate or accept any discrimination based on caste,creed and religion."

CENTRE EMPOWERINGWOMEN: HEPTULLANew Delhi, (IANS) Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla hassaid effor ts were on to empower women from every section ofsociety and economic empowerment was the first stage ofstrengthening their position in society.Heptulla, speaking at the 5th International Women EntrepreneursSummit and Exhibition here, said her ministry has evolved severalprogrammes to achieve this objective. "The schemes like 'Nai Roshni',a leadership development programme for minority women, are spe-cific initiatives in this direction," she said."This programme aims to empower and instil confidence among mi-nority women by providing them knowledge, tools and techniques tointeract with government systems, banks and other institutions at alllevels," she said. In the past two years, the minority affairs ministry hastrained over 97,000 women in different areas."The need of the hour isto meet the requirements of all the regions for effective womenempowerment and business development," she said.

Chandrayaan-2 to take off in 2017New Delhi, (IANS) India's second lunar probe, Chandrayaan-2,is planned to be launched in 2017, the parliament was told re-cently. "The Chandrayaan-2, India's second mission to the Moon,has Orbiter, Lander and Rover configuration. It is planned to belaunched during 2017-2018 time frame by Geosynchronous Sat-ellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) from Satish Dhawan Space Centre,Sriharikota," Minister of State in the Prime Minister's OfficeJitendra Singh told the Rajya Sabha in a written reply. Accordingto the Indian Space Research Organisation, Chandrayaan-2 isan advanced version of the Chandrayaan-1 mission.Chandrayaan-1 was launched from the Chennai-based space-por t on October 22, 2008. It was a successful mission where thespacecraft orbited around the Moon at a height of 100 km fromthe lunar surface for chemical, mineralogical and photo-geo-logical mapping of the Ear th's natural satellite. Chandryaan-2will be an indigenous mission where the ISRO will develop thelunar Lander and be responsible for the Orbiter and Rover aswell as the launch by GSLV.

Sanjay Singh tasked with AAPexpansion in Uttar PradeshLucknow, (IANS) Senior Aam Aadmi Par ty (AAP) leader SanjaySingh has been assigned the task of widening the base of thepar ty in Uttar Pradesh, a party spokesperson said recently.Par ty spokesperson Vaibhav Maheshwari told IANS that thisdecision was taken by the political affairs committee of the par tyearier this week. Singh has also been assigned Punjab and HimachalPradesh, he added. Singh is currently the national spokesman of the AAPand is credited with the huge success of the party's electoral strategy in theDelhi assembly polls."We are very happy that Sanjay Singh has been given the charge of UP, he isa native of the state and understands it better than most of us," Maheshwariadded. The party, he further informed had decided to take up issues botheringthe people of the state like corruption, price rise, chaos in sectors like educa-tion, health and the spiralling crime."After our success in Delhi, people of UP are also looking towards us withgreat hope and we are committed to coming true to their aspirations," thenational member council further pointed out. Singh hails from Sultanpurand is a close aide of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

Punjab, Haryana procure over 163 lakh tonnes of wheatChandigarh, (IANS) With bulk of thewheat in food grain states Punjaband Haryana being harvested, bothstates have procured over 163 lakhtonnes of the crop this season, foodand supplies officials of both statessaid here on Monday.Despite initial concerns of damageto wheat crop due to erratic weather

conditions in March and April,Punjab has procured nearly 98 lakhtonnes of wheat while Haryana hasprocured over 65 lakh tonnes."Haryana has crossed the target ofwheat procurement by procuring65,08,486 (65.08 lakh) tonnes ofwheat so far. The procurement hasexceeded the procurement of

62,90,874 (62.90 lakh) tonnes ofwheat procured up to the same daylast year," Haryana Food and Sup-plies minister Ram Bilas Sharmasaid.The state had set itself a target ofprocuring 65 lakh tonnes of wheat.The state's wheat procurement thisyear is over 2.17 lakh tonnes higher

than last year. Over 99.9 percent ofthe wheat has been procured bygovernment agencies and Sirsa,Karnal and Fatehabad districts wereleading in the procurement.In Punjab, out of the97.98 lakhtonnes of wheat procured, govern-ment agencies have procured over93.15 lakh tonnes for the centralpool and the rest by private trad-ers.Punjab is looking at a reduced pro-curement target of 110 lakh tonnescompared to last year's procure-ment of 119.31 lakh tonnes.Last month, the Punjab governmenthad drawn flak from farmers andopposition parties, especially theCongress, for tardy procurementof wheat this year. Farmers, whohad to suffer due to damage tocrops due to unseasonal rainslast month, havecomplained thattheir stocks werenot being procuredproperly.The Punjab fooddepar tment has is-sued strict direc-tive to all the pur-chase centres tosubmit daily repor tof the lifting andpayment positionduring the ongoingprocurement op-erations, accord-ing to a spokes-person of the de-par tment."The decision wastaken after receiv-ing repor ts of de-layed lifting andpayments from afew purchase cen-tres," the spokes-person said, addingthat officials havebeen directed to re-lease payments tofarmers and com-mission agentswithin 48 hours oflifting of wheat.


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PUTIN, MERKEL CALL FOR DIALOGUETO SOLVE UKRAINE CRISIS

A WOMAN WITH HER CHILDREN IN BENGALURU ON MOTHERS' DAY (IANS).

Moscow, (IANS) Russian President Vladimir Putin and visitingGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel reiterated that the crisis ofUkraine should only be solved through political dialogue."I am convinced that a reliable, long-term settlement can onlybe achieved by establishing dialogue between Kiev, (the twoself-proclaimed republics of) Donetsk and Lugansk," Xinhuaquoted Putin as saying, during a meeting held here on Sunday.Merkel agreed that Germany would continue to work withRussia for "the restoration of the sovereignty and territorialintegrity of Ukraine", and also suppor t the monitoring mission,the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe(OSCE).Putin stressed it was necessary for all par ties to stick to thefull implementation of the Minsk cease-fire agreement.He vowed to exer t all possible influence on Donetsk andLugansk to ensure the effective co-operation of the subgroups.According to him, the success of a peaceful settlement inUkraine depends mainly on the Kiev government, calling for

constitutional reforms and economic restoration in the country.Merkel, on her par t, urged all the sides concerned to doeverything possible to improve the humanitarian situation in thecountry's eastern Donbass regions.The two leaders also discussed bilateral cooperation andRussia-EU relations."I think in a current globalised world there are reasons to workon this so that the Russian-German bilateral relationship fitswell into the context," Merkel said.Lamenting the slump in bilateral trade with Germany, Putin saidthat there are German companies still investing in Russia'seconomy and called for the removal of ar tificial barriers on thepath of the development of mutually beneficial trade."(The dramatic trade drop) is clearly not in the interests ofeither Russia or Germany," Putin said.He also urged effor ts to renew the global security system,saying it should be based on non-alignment and impar tialcriteria under the leadership of the UN.

Iran condemns Saudi-led attackon Yemen as 'genocide'Tehran, (IANS) Iranian foreign ministry spokeswoman MarziehAfkham condemned the Saudi-led attack on Yemen as "geno-cide". "Such actions by the Saudi-led coalition have been geno-cide and go counter to the international conventions," Xinhuaquoted Afkham as saying on Sunday.In their attack on Yemen of more than 40 days, they have used"unconventional weapons intended to increase the number ofthe casualties", she said.She urged the active role of the United Nations to stop the raidson Yemen and immediately dispatch aid to the vulnerable people.Iran's decision to send relief to war-stricken Yemen has beencoordinated with related international bodies, she said, addingthat it is expected the aid will be received by the Yemeni peopleon Sunday evening.A ship carrying 2,500 tonnes of humanitarian aid, including foodand medicine, is due to arrive at the Yemeni por t of Hodeidah onthe Red Sea.On board the ship, there will be 15 medical staff, 13 media rep-resentatives, seven anti-war activists from the US, France, andGermany and the crew members.The ship, coded Rescue Ship, will leave the Iranian southernpor t city of Bandar Abbas to Hodeida through the Sea of Oman,Indian Ocean, Gulf of Aden and the Red Sea.The International Committee of the Red Cross and Red CrescentAuthority of Saudi Arabia, Oman and Djibouti is co-ordinatingwith Iran. Iran has warned the Saudi-led coalition against inter-cepting the ship.

Michelle Yeoh to help in reliefwork in quake-hit NepalNew Delhi, (IANS) Actress Michelle Yeoh, famous for her rolesin James Bond film "Tomorrow Never Dies" and "CrouchingTiger, Hidden Dragon", who was stranded in Nepal with fianceJean Todt following the massive ear thquake on April 25, willreturn to the disaster-hit country to help in rehabilitating theaffected people.The Malaysia-born actress, who is also the brand ambassadorof 'Live to Love' foundation, will visit Nepal on May 15-18 toassist in the relief work being under taken by Buddhist leaderGyalwang Drukpa, the spiritual head of the 1,000-year-old DrukpaOrder based in India with around 1,000 monastic centres.The foundation, set up by Gyalwang Drukpa, will formally adoptRamkot village, located on the outskir ts of Kathmandu, said astatement from the Buddhist leader's office. Ramkot has a popu-lation of about 1,000 people. The Kung Fu Nuns of the DrukpaOrder are already involved in relief work in and around the DrukAmitabha Monastery. Michelle was in Kathmandu accompany-ing Todt for the Federation Internationale De L'Automobile (FIA)Asia-Pacific Spor t Regional Congress when the quake stuck.While Todt is president of the world motorspor t governing body,Michelle is its road safety ambassador.



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MATRIMONIAL FIRM FILESCASE AGAINST MAKERS OF

'WELCOME BACK'

Salman's journey from superstar to 'being human'

AYUSHMANN KHURRANA AND AMY BILLIMORIA DURING THE LAUNCH OF HER HOUSE OF DESIGN STORE IN MUMBAI (IANS).

NO WEDDING PLANS ON KATRINA'SMIND, SAYS SPOKESPERSON

New Delhi, (IANS) Born with a silver spoon in hismouth, Salman Khan, 49, the eldest son of writerSalim Khan, has had an easy ride into Bollywood.Though he made his acting debut as a suppor tingactor in the 1988 film "Biwi Ho To Aisi", it was hischarming boyish looks in the 1989 film "Maine PyarKiya" that helped catapult him to fame at the age of 25, andgive him a strong female fan base.From playing a lover boy to crusader for justice, the super-star has charmed many and hit the jackpot numeroustimes with films like "Kick", "Dabangg" and "Ek ThaTiger" in his almost three-decade-long career. Thefact that his brothers produced some of his filmshelped. But it was his run-in with the law that raisedhis notoriety quotient. The Bollywood sweetheart hasgot a two-day relief on his way to jail, having beensentenced to five years in prison by a sessions courtin Mumbai. The 2002 accident had resulted in the deathof one person and injury to four others.

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Mumbai, (IANS) Katrina Kaif's spokesperson has clarified that there'sno truth to rumours about the actress' wedding plans. This has come inthe wake of reports that Katrina's rumoured beau Ranbir Kapoor hasrevealed that they will wed next year. Rumour mills are also abuzz withnews that the duo may get engaged later in May. But Katrina's spokes-person said in a statement: "There is no truth to these wedding dates,there are no plans as yet."The wedding rumours started after a publication quoted the "Barfi" starannouncing: "This year both of us are extremely busy, so there won't beany time for the marriage. We have planned to tie the knot by the end ofnext year. Both of us have agreed on that." Mostly, the duo, who hasfeatured together in films like "Ajab Prem Ki Ghajab Kahani" and"Raajneeti", have kept silent about their relationship. They are alsoreportedly living together.

Matrimonial firm files case against the makers of 'Welcome Back' for reneg-ing on branding promise in exchange for Rs 15 lakhProducer Firoz Nadiadwala has invited the wrath of a matrimonial company,which had paid him Rs 15 lakh in exchange for branding in WelcomeBack. The company, Sycoriaan Matrimonial Services, has filed a le-gal suit against him.A source says, "A contract was drawn up between the company and themakers of Welcome Back in September 2013, and the latter had promised torecreate their office set up in Dubai or Mumbai where Anil Kapoor and NanaPatekar discuss the marriage of their sister, Shruti Hassan with a Sycoriaanstaff. The contract also said the makers will return the amount if they fail tokeep their word." A member of the production unit claims no such sceneinvolving a matrimonial company has been shot. "The two actors have beenshown talking about the wedding at home, not in any office," says the unitmember. Raspreet Singh Saluja, senior operations manager of Sycoriaan,however, says, "We contacted them last November when we got to know thatthe film has been completed and the promise not kept. We tried calling theproducer's manager but in vain. So, we have filed a case." The copy of thedocuments are in mid-day's possession.While Nadiadwala was unavailable for comment, a source close to himsays, "They have used Sycoriaan's hoarding, but couldn't shoot some scenesas per screenplay. So they will refund their money."

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KANGANA RANAUT AND R. MADHAVAN DURING THE PROMOTION OF FILM TANU WEDS MANU RETURNS (IANS).

'KUCH KUCH LOCHA HAI'A MINDLESS DRAMA

CAST: SUNNY LEONE, RAM KAPOOR,

EVELYN SHARMA, NAVDEEP CHABBRA AND

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DIRECTOR: DEVANG DHOLAKIA

RATING: *1/2

Devang Dholakia's "Kuch Kuch Locha Hai", touted as a sexcomedy, is in fact a large-scale mindless Gujarati drama oncelluloid, packaged like a never-ending Balaji Telefilms soap,with skin show and cheap, ineffective thrills galore.The story revolves around Praveen Patel (Ram Kapoor) aka PP,a middle-aged Gujarati shopkeeper settled in Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia. He lives with his dramatic and stereotypically loudGujarati wife Kokila Patel (Suchita Trivedi), whom he lovinglycalls KoKodile and musician son, Jigar Patel (NavdeepChabbra).Like most NRIs, PP is besotted by Bollywood and in fact has aquirky obsession for the Bollywood 'sex bomb' Shananya(Sunny Leone). How PP manipulates his way through to fulfilhis dream for a date with Shanaya, forms the crux of this longand convoluted tale. Unfor tunately, the premise is staid and it'streatment obnoxious. Most of the scenes are tackily canned.The direction is; careless, on the face close and upfront andtheatrically projected.On the per formance front, though over-the-top, Suchita Trivedias Kokila Patel and Mehul Buch as Chanpa Patel, PP's friend,

are the only two, who stand out. There is some element ofsincerity in their per formances. They are believable characters.Sunny Leone is there for the oomph factor and she deliversuninhibitedly in 'full' measure, without any qualms.Ram Kapoor as the stout PP with a moronic smile and consti-pated look, just hams his way through his per formance. Onceclaiming to be a method actor, he now delivers, just as he doesin every TV serial -- a lacklustre per formance. With buffooneryin most of his scenes, he is an eyesore in this film. Equallyunbearable, are Navdeep Chabbra as PP's son Jigar and EvelynSharma as Jigar's girlfriend Naina. They are a mismatchedcouple. This oddity is fairly noticeable in the scenes that theyare together.The script is packed with frivolous, laugh-by-the-minute gagsthat are below mediocre in presentation and projection. Thecharacters are cardboard thin with no depth or graph and thedialogues too are oft heard, cliched with Bollywood references.The music is passable and the background score rendered withtechno beats is too loud and ear blasting. This film is a highlyavoidable, unless you happen to be a Ram Kapoor fan.

NAWAZUDDIN SIDDIQUI TOMISS CANNES 2015Mumbai, (IANS) Actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui, who is currentlybusy shooting for Salman Khan starrer "Bajrangi Bhaijaan" inKashmir, will be giving a miss to the Cannes International FilmFestival this year. The actor's first production venture "MiyanKal Aana" will be screened at the festival this year. The film isdirected by his brother Shamas Siddiqui and will be shown aspar t of the Shor t Film Catalog. Nawazuddin would be skippingthe festival due to the shooting schedule of the film, which gotdelayed by a few days due to the weather conditions and Salman'scourt trial in Jodhpur. The shoot will be going on in full swing for the next 25days. "I feel bad on not attending the festival this time however I am happythat my film has gone there. It will be my first film as a producer and mybrother Shamas who has directed it has done a brilliant job. I am happy forhim. Even if I won't be going there physically I'm glad our film, our thoughtsare out there," Nawazuddin said in a statement.


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SHASHI KAPOOR WAS CONFERRED WITH THE PRESTIGIOUS DADA SAHEB PHALKE AWARD BY UNION MINISTER ARUN JAITLEYAT PRITHVI THEATRE IN MUMBAI (IANS)

LISA RAY TO PERFORMSTUNTS IN 'ISHQ FOREVER'Mumbai, (IANS) Actress Lisa Ray, whoplays a secret agent in "Ishq For-ever", will be seen per formingstunts in the romantic enter tainer.She's excited to play an "action-oriented" woman on screen andis working hard for it.She has been undergoingrigorous training sessionssince a month withGrandmaster Shifuji toget her act rights. Theactress wants to ensurethat her comeback turnsout to be a treat for herfans. "I'm so excited toplay a strong, action-oriented woman onscreen. Training withMaster Shifuji was not just about mastering the physical movesbut also about the confidence and mind training it takes to be awarrior. "Shifuji has trained many women in self-defence and weboth believe strongly in female empowerment, which is part ofbringing my character to the screen," Lisa said in a statement.Produced by Ajay Shah, Harry Gandhi and Shabbir Boxwala, "IshqForever" is being shot in Cape Town, South Africa. The film,directed by Sanjay Dayma, will release in November.

Dadasaheb Phalke Award conferred on Shashi KapoorMumbai, (IANS) Information and Broadcasting Minister Arun Jaitley conferred the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award on veteranactor-filmmaker Shashi Kapoor before an august gathering at the Prithvi Theatre. The 77-year-old came on the stage on a wheelchair, buthe smiled and folded his hands in reverence after receiving the honour -- the third for Indian cinema's popular Kapoor family. His familymembers were present for the occasion, along with megastar Amitabh Bachchan and Abhishek Bachchan. Due to Shashi's ill health, hecould not travel to the capital for the award ceremony on May 3. So, minister Jaitley flew in here to confer the award on him. A specialaudio-visual celebrating Shashi's film and personal journey was also screened at the event. It featured Amitabh, Shabana Azmi, SharmilaTagore, Rishi Kapoor, Randhir Kapoor talking about the cinematic icon, who also had an equal penchant for theatre. Shashi started acting in films as achild artist in the late 1940s. His best known performances as child artist were in "Aag" (1948) and "Awaara" (1951), where he played the youngerversion of the character played by his elder brother Raj Kapoor. Best known for his nuanced performance in memorable films like "Satyam ShivamSundaram", "Trishul", "Kabhi Kabhie", "Vijeta" and "Kalyug", Shashi Kapoor has been staying away from the limelight since the late 1990s.

'KAPOOR AND SONS' SHOOT BEGINSMumbai, (IANS) The shooting of Shakun Batra's upcoming modernfamily drama film "KAPOOR and SONS" began on Sunday.The film stars rumoured couple Alia Bhatt and Sidhar th Malhotra,along with Pakistani actor Fawad Khan and veteran actor RishiKapoor."@shakunbatra 's #kapoorandsons kickstar ts today!! All the bestto the cast and crew!! @S1dhar thM @_fawadakhan_ @aliaa08@chintskap," Karan Johar, who is producing the film under hisbanner Dharma Productions, posted on Twitter.Batra's directorial debut "Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu" was also produced

by Karan, while Alia and Sidhar th's debut film "Student Of TheYear" was produced and directed by Karan too.Sidhar th expressed excitement over the new project and tweeted:"Day 1 of #kapoorandsons wish us luck people @shakunbatra@aliaa08 @iFawadKhan @chintskap @karanjohar."Meanwhile, the multi-faceted Karan - actor, director, producer,screen writer, costume designer and TV personality - will next beseen as Kaizad Khambata in Anurag Kashyap's period crime dramafilm "Bombay Velvet". The film, which stars Ranbir Kapoor and AnushkaSharma, is set to release on May 15.

MOUSTACHIOED LOOK IN'BOMBAY VELVET' WASEMOTIONAL FOR KJOPanaji, (IANS) Karan Johar's respect for actors who spor t afake moustache in films has grown manifold ever since he hadto flaunt one himself for his role as a villain in "Bombay Velvet".He found it "annoying", but says it was an emotional experi-ence as it reminded his mother of his late father Yash Johar.As Khambatta in the Anurag Kashyap directorial, Karan wearsa flamboyant and debonair look. The moustache adds to thepanache of his get up. Talking about it, he told IANS here: "Iwould never keep a moustache! And the fake moustache... My'izzat' (respect) for actors who stick it everyday on sets, hasincreased. It is annoying and irritating."But there was one reason why he didn't mind wearing it."Strangely, it reminded my mother of my dad. He used to havea moustache, and I got very emotional about resembling him.So, I was happy about that, and thought I should bear with thetor ture," he added in a lighter vein. In "Bombay Velvet", Karanstars alongside Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma, in a storyset in the 1960s. The film's trailer exudes vintage charm, asaimed by the ar t direction and costume direction of the project.

SOHA ENJOYED SHOOTING'GHAYAL ONCE AGAIN'

Mumbai, (IANS) Actress Soha Ali Khan is excited about herupcoming action drama "Ghayal Once Again", a sequel to 1990hit film "Ghayal" and says that she is enjoying everything aboutthe shoot. "I play the role of a doctor in the film. It is an intenseand action packed film that has incredible action sequences,"Soha said here Tuesday at a store launch."It is a sequel in true sense. I saw the first part and I loved it,"she added. Directed by actor-director Sunny Deol, "Ghayal OnceAgain" will take off from where the first version left. Repor t-edly, the film is based on a real-life event in the life of a MumbaiPolice encounter specialist. This is the first time Soha is work-ing with Deol and she has a "beautiful experience" of the shoot-ing. "It is quite a privilege to be directed by Sunny (Deol) sir.We are still shooting. I would say it is my one of the mostchallenging role till date," the actress said. "I am really excitedand looking forward to the release," she added. Although thefilm would have lot of action and other stuff, Soha won't be seendabbling into action. "I am not doing stunts in the film but I doget to try to be the hero of a scene in the film and I rememberwhen he said to me, 'Today you are the hero. I was shivering',"Soha said. "During that scene I even got bruises. It was anintense sequence. I stayed in bed for the whole of the next day,"said Soha. "Ghayal Once Again" is set for release on November13. It also features Om Puri, Prachi Desai and Tisca Chopra.

Masses can'tstop ravingabout 'Piku'New Delhi, (IANS) "Master-piece" and "Superb" havebeen used by movie buffs todescr ibe the s l ice-of- l i fefamily enter tainer "Piku". Ifthe Shoojit Sircar-directorialhas impressed the film fra-ternity, it has also struck achord with masses."Piku", which released onMay 8, explores relationshipbetween a father (AmitabhBachchan) and a daughter(Deepika Padukone).Celebrities like Ranveer Singh,Shraddha Kapoor, AnuragBasu, Neha Dhupia and NimratKaur have already tagged thefilm as "marvelous", "gem" and"outstanding".And like the stars, the massescan't stop praising the mediumbudget film, which has mintedover Rs.25 crore in its open-ing weekend."@ShoojitSircar - My parentsare raving about #Piku. Mydad said it's a masterpiece...thnx for bringing smile on theirfaces #pikuthefilm," one userPritish tweeted.Another user, Rini Chatterjeeposted: I watched #Piku onFriday. Still thinking bout it.Some things really impact yourlife in a positive way.Mudit Singhvi said:@SrBachchan and@deepikapadukone are theheart and soul of the film. Mas-ter story tell ing by@ShoojitSircar and@writeonj. Superb!! #PikuSwapnil Belorkar added:@ShoojitSircar Sir, you arereally a gem of bollywood.What a direction no words forit. Take a bow. #Piku



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RANBIR KAPOOR AND ANUSHKA SHARMA DURING THE LAUNCH OF FILM BOMBAY VELVET MOBILE GAME DEVELOPS BYNAZARA TECHNOLOGIES IN MUMBAI (IANS).

LOVE YOU 'MAA': B-TOWNEMOTIONAL ON MOTHER'S DAYMumbai, (IANS) Bollywood celebrities on Sunday shared love in abun-dance for their "maa" on the occasion of Mother's Day.Several names took to Twitter to post loving and emotional messageson the "priceless relationship" with their mother.Here's what they said:Priyanka Chopra: Happy Mother's Day. To all the women who nur tureand love without ever thinking about themselves. That love is price-less. @madhuchopra love u.Akshay Kumar: To my #FirstFriend wishing you #HappyMothersDay!Life begins & ends with you. Thank you for being you Mom.Madhuri Dixit-Nene: Happy Mother's Day to my mom who has beenmy biggest inspiration!! To all the moms, thanks for all that you do 4us.Hrithik Roshan: U sacrificed enough 4 r happiness, now v r big nstrong. Live now like life has just begun my mother! d fun has justbegun!Alia Bhatt: One day is not enough to celebrate your wor th...Could takeme more than a lifetime. I love you. #HappyMothersDayTisca Chopra: Being a really good mother.. Going to shoot, leaving mydaughter with my mother & helping them bond #WorkingMothersDay.Bipasha Basu: To all the mothers in the world, Happy Mother's Day!Each day is special in our lives because of you. Thank you Thank youThank you.Arjun Kapoor: Miss u Mom.Sidhar th Malhotra: Since the day we were born is #MothersDay loveyou Ma.

Shraddha Kapoor: How can I ever tell you how much I love youuuu???Happy Mother's Day mommy!!!Neha Dhupia: I am because of u ma.. . Ur my everything.#HappyMothersDay to u and all the wonder ful mama's out [email protected] Johar: My mother...my strength...my belief...the only God I know.Nimrat Kaur: My world then. My world now. Happy Mother's Day tomy creator, mentor, lighthouse.Mallika Sherawat: Happy Mother's Day to my precious mommy, sograteful for your selfless love.Sonakshi Sinha: Happy Mother's Day! The one person who keeps meat peace amidst all the chaos. Love u Maa!Shekhar Kapur: On this #MothersDay. Let's remember all the chil-dren orphaned by war, by conflict, by becoming refugees, by pover tyand disease. Let's pray.Mahesh Bhatt: Memories of my Ma was the only treasure I began myjourney of life with. Those memories have made me who I am.Aditi Rao Hydari: To my most adorable most beautiful bestestestamma... everyday day is #MothersDay #EternalLove #FirstFriendRanveer Singh: <3 Love You Momma!!! #goodtimes #Istanbul#DilDhadakneDoAnupam Kher: "A mother understands what a child does not say.":)#HappyMothersDayDivya Dutta: Learnt to wlk holding ur finger, I still find my way holdingur hand. Nothing changed! Ur laps t most secure place. Happy Mother'sDay ma

CONTD. FROM PAGE 17The actor is also facing trial for hunting a black buck, a protectedspecies, during the shooting of "Hum Saath Saath Hain" in 1998.Two parallel cases are running against him - one under the Wild-life Act and the other under the Arms Act.Even as the actor landed in legal trouble, he was busy giving boxoffice hits. Earlier, on his way to superstardom, he didn't mindsharing screen space with other leading actors of his era - SanjayDutt in "Saajan" (1991), Aamir Khan in "Andaz Apna Apna" (1994)- a box office failure, which years later became a cult film for itshumorous dialogues - and Shah Rukh Khan in "Karan Arjun"(1995). The stepson of yesteryear's dancing diva Helen, Salmanfeatured in his star brothers Sohail and Arbaaz's film produc-tions like "Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya", "Main Aurr Mrs Khanna"and "Dabangg".The "Biwi No. 1" star might have commenced his acting journeyas a man all women would love to be with, but in recent years hestar ted creating a name for himself in the action genre by star-ring in movies like "Wanted", "Ready", "Bodyguard" and "Kick".He even enter tained the masses as a host of TV shows like"Bigg Boss" and "10 Ka Dum". Though the latter didn't click withthe audience, "Bigg Boss" - a controversial reality show that hascompleted eight seasons - has been one of the reasons whyeven non-couch potatoes chose to stick to the small screen.Fondly called "Sallu bhai" by many, he is also known for launch-ing the careers of actresses like Daisy Shah, Sneha Ullal andZarine Khan and composers such as Himesh Reshammiya andSajid-Wajid. A lot of actors have also gone on record to say theyare indebted to Salman. He has been an inspiration to many,especially when it comes to imitating his 'six-pack abs', includ-ing actors like Hrithik Roshan and Arjun Kapoor, who did awaywith their weighty issues, thanks to Salman.In fact , Ar jun also featured in the popular song"Superman...Salman ka fan" from "Tevar" film. Salman also runsa Being Human Foundation, which suppor ts underprivilegedpeople in India. Star ted in 2007 in par tnership with various com-panies, the foundation takes initiatives in the field of educationand healthcare. With over Rs.200 crore riding on him, his die-hard fans across the globe may only be eagerly waiting for hisfilms - "Bajrangi Bhaijaan" and "Prem Ratan Dhan Payo" - to hitthe screens. The infamy associated with his sentencing mayeven add to the popularity of the films.

Salman's journey fromsuperstar to 'being human'

'PIKU' EXPERIENCE LEAVES B-TOWN SPELLBOUNDMumbai, (IANS) "Absolutely marvelous", "It's a gem" and "Flawlessly outstanding" are some of the initial reactions garnered by ShoojitSircar's directorial "Piku". From Ranveer Singh to Shraddha Kapoor, celebrities took to micro-blogging site Twitter to appreciate theperformance of the cast and even lauded its storyline. "Piku" explores the sometimes sweet, sometimes bitter relationship between afather and a daughter, played by Amitabh Bachchan and Deepika Padukone.With a tag line 'Motion Se Hi Emotion', the film promises to take the audience on an emotional road trip. Written by Juhi Chaturvedi, "Piku"was released on Friday. Here's how celebrities have reacted to the film:Anurag Basu: Can't remember the last t ime I laughed so hard #Piku is outstandingly adorable @SrBachchan @irr fan_k@deepikapadukone @ShoojitSircar HatsoffRanveer Singh: PIKU...Absolutely marvelous! @ShoojitSircar @writeonj take a bow! RIP-ROARING (!) hear t-warming, endearing &poignant. . .sheer qual i ty! Pure magic in th per formances by @SrBachchan @ir r fan_k & a career-best display [email protected]!! (And no, I'm not being biased)Shraddha Kapoor: Guyss u have to watch #Piku coz it is suchhhh a cute film & @SrBachchan @irrfan_k @deepikapadukone are soooamazing & lovable!@ShoojitSircarNeha Dhupia: Watched #piku, i t 's a gem. Congrats to the talented team @deepikapadukone @SrBachchan @ir r fan_k [email protected] every bit of it! I want to watch #piku again...Caus I can't stop smiling! Thankyou for this gem @deepikapadukone@irr fan_k @SrBachchan @ShoojitSircar.

SRK GETS SPECIAL LESSONSFROM ABRAMMumbai, (IANS) Superstar ShahRukh Khan has enrolled himselffor classes about life and its mean-ing and his teacher is none other thanhis youngest son AbRam. "Lessonsfrom my littlest one...'Just because it'sbroken does not mean it's not beauti-ful'," SRK tweeted. The 49-year-old alsoshared a photograph of his son,who can be seen beaming with atoy in his hand. SRK also has twochildren - son Aryan and daughterSuhana - with wife Gauri. On the pro-fessional front, the cine icon is busy with Maneesh Sharma's "Fan" andRahul Dholakia's "Raees".

MUSIC IS SOUL OF'HAMARI ADHURI KAHANI':MOHIT SURINew Delhi, (IANS) The title track of "Humari Adhuri Kahani"released on Friday, and the film's director Mohit Suri saysmusic is an essential par t of the romantic drama. Composedby Jeet Gannguli and sung by Arijit Singh, the song presents anintense chemistry between the movie's lead actors EmraanHashmi and Vidya Balan. The music is released by Sony Mu-sic. "Music is the soul of 'Hamari Adhuri Kahani'. The songsare integral par t of the film and I don't think there is a betterway to describe the film than the title track," Suri, who is alsocelebrating the first anniversary of "Galliyan" from last year'shit film "Ek Villain", said in a statement. He believes the musicof the film brings out the essence of the different situations thatthe characters are in. Emraan agrees with his director."When I first heard this song, it got me teary eyed as I believesomewhere we all have had a 'adhuri kahani' with someone. Idon't have one favourite from the album. All the songs areunique and will touch your soul in one way or the other," saidthe actor. Produced by Vishesh Films and presented by FoxStar Studios, the film releases on June 12.



Kapil Sibal announces film 'Zainab...'CONGRESS LEADER KAPIL SIBAL,LALIT PANDIT, AND JIMMY SHERGILL AT THE POSTER RELEASE OF FILM ZAINAB IN NEW DELHI (IANS).

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New Delhi, (IANS) Kapil Sibal along with actor Jimmy Sheirgilland music director Lalit Pandit has announced upcoming socio-political romantic drama "Zainab - A Celebration Of Humanity",for which the former union minister has penned five songs.The event on Saturday, hosted by TV actor Jay Bhanushali, alsofeatured a dance per formance on a Qawwali song written bySibal. The film's poster was also unveiled at the event."Cinema is the most effective way of creating awareness andspreading the social message. Through this film, I'd like toconvey the principles of happiness, humanity and harmony,"Sibal said. "Until and unless we change our perception andmentality, no law will be able to bring change in the society. Ifwe want to make our society more compassionate, the psycheof every individual needs to change," Sibal said.Directed and produced by Pranav Singh, the film stars Jimmy,Ashutosh Rana, Sanjay Suri and Hiten Tejwani, Suha Gezentoamong others."The film is inspired by several women harassment incidents

that took place in Uttar Pradesh between 2011 and now. It's amovie with a political touch and addresses an issue whichneeds to be discussed in our society," Singh said.Jimmy said he was initially apprehensive about the film sincehe hadn't done a politician's role, but eventually he was veryhappy with the way the movie turned out.Pandit, who has given music in the film and will also be singingsome of the songs, said: "I am experimenting with my soundand introducing new talent. The music is meant for easylistening and yes, I will be singing too."The plot of the film traces the romantic journey of a Hindu boyand a Muslim girl, Zainab, set against the backdrop of commu-nal riots and political unrest, seen through the eyes of Zainab.Originating in the small town of Matiyana Buzurg, the story isbased on true events per taining to the chaos in western UttarPradesh which began in 2011. Politics is used as a medium tointerpret their romance leading to disastrous riots.The film will hit theatres by end of 2015.

'HAPPILY EVER AFTER'DOESN'T HAPPEN IN REALLIFE: TAYLOR SWIFTLos Angeles, (IANS) Singer Taylor Swift says most of her earlysongwriting was based on a contrived understanding of love,rather than personal experience."These were all projections of what I thought they might belike. They were based on movies and books and songs andliterature that tell us that a relationship is the most magicalthing that can ever happen to you," Swift said."And then once I fell in love, or thought I was in love, and thenexperienced disappointment or it just not working out a fewtimes, I realised there's this idea of happily ever after which inreal life doesn't happen."There's no riding off into the sunset, because the camera al-ways keeps rolling in real life. It's magical if you ask anyonewho has ever fallen in love - it's the greatest."Now I have more of a grasp on the fact that when you're in astate of infatuation and you think everything that person doesis perfect, it then - if you're lucky - morphs into a real relation-ship when you see that that person is not in fact perfect, butyou still want to see them every day," the 25-year-old singeradded. The "Blank space" hitmaker also spoke about her expe-riences of hear tbreak, saying it causes time to move at "acompletely different pace", repor ts femalefirst.co.uk.

Kate Hudson joins MarkWahlberg's 'Deepwater Horizon'Los Angeles, (IANS) Actress Kate Hudson has been roped in tostar as the wife of Mark Wahlberg's oil rig engineer characterin upcoming film "Deepwater Horizon". The film will also starGina Rodriguez, Dylan O'Brien, Kur t Russell andJohn Malkovich. It will mark the first onscreenpairing of Russell with his daughter Hudson, re-ports variety.com.Lionsgate and Participant Media will be produc-ing the film, directed by Peter Berg from ascript by Matthew Michael Carnahan. In2011, the companies acquired feature rightsto the New York Times article "DeepwaterHorizon's Final Hour", written by David Barstow,David Rohde and Stephanie Saul. The 2010 ex-plosion of Deepwater Horizon killed 11 men work-ing on the platform and injured 17 others. Thesubsequent gusher wasn't capped for threemonths. "Deepwater Horizon" is expected to re-lease on September 30, 2016.



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DAREDEVILS REGISTER SIX-WICKET WIN AGAINST CSK

DELHI DAREDEVILS CELEBRATE FALL OF A WICKET DURING THEIR MATCH BETWEEN THEM AND CHENNAI SUPER KINGS AT THESHAHEED VEER NARAYAN SINGH INTERNATIONAL CRICKET STADIUM IN RAIPUR (IANS).

WARNER, HENRIQUES GUIDE SUNRISERS

TO FIVE-RUN WIN OVER KINGS XIHyderabad, (IANS) Leading from the front, skipper David Warner strucka decent knock, while his bowlers bowled economically, picking upwickets at regular intervals to beat Kings XI Punjab by 5 runs in theirIndian Premier League (IPL) encounter at the Rajiv Gandhi Interna-tional Stadium here on Monday.With the win, Sunrisers move two places up the points table from fifthposition to third with 14 points from 12 games, having won seven andlost five, whereas Kings XI stayed at the bottom of the table strugglingwith just four points from 12 games.Opting to bat first, Warner top-scored with a 52-ball 81, hitting sixboundaries and five sixes to lift Sunrisers to a modest 185/5. In reply,despite a late cameo by David Miller (89 not out off 44 balls), thevisitors fell shor t by just 5 runs, thereby ending their innings at 180/7 in 20 overs.For the home side, Moises Henriques (3/16) and Bipul Sharma (2/13)were the pick of the bowlers.Chasing a challenging 186-run target, Kings XI got off to a good star tscoring 37 off the first four overs, but lost opener Murali Vijay (24) inthe very next over. Shikhar Dhawan held on to a smar t, low catch offthe bowling off spinner Bipul Sharma.His opening par tner Manan Vohra (20) also got out trying to up thescoring rate. Incoming batsman Glenn Maxwell continued his poorrun in IPL 2015, scoring just 11 off six deliveries, before being caughtbehind off the bowling of Trent Boult.But Miller had other plans in mind. Right from the word go, his posi-tive approach was reflected in his bat. Scoring freely against bothpacers and spinners helped team score 100 in the 15th over.But with wickets falling at the other end it, the South African wasrunning out of par tners. George Bailey (6), Gurkeerat Singh (3), AxarPatel (15) all fell one after the other.Earlier in the innings, Sunrisers got off to a flying star t with openersWarner and Shikhar Dhawan scoring 56 off first six overs.But a bowling change by Kings XI captain George Bailey worked won-ders for the visitors, as spinner Glenn Maxwell broke the openingstand in his very first ball of the seventh overA clever Maxwell looped the ball up outside off seeing Dhawan step-ping out of the crease. The batsman was beaten in flight and wicket-keeper Wriddhiman Saha made no mistake whipping the bails off in aflash. The wicket did not bother Warner as he kept on scoring freely,

thus bringing up his half-century in just 36 balls.He was well suppor ted in the other end by incoming batsman MoisesHenriques (28). The duo struck the ball to all parts of the ground andalso sneaked in quick singles and twos to help the team reach 100 in

the 13th over. But Henriques had to return back to the pavilion in thevery next over as he was caught off the bowling off Gurkeerat Singh.Eoin Morgan (17) and Naman Ojha (2) also did not last long.For Kings XI, Beuran Hendricks (2/40) was the pick of the bowlers.

SUNRISERS HYDERABAD CELEBRATE FALL OF A WICKET DURING A MATCH BETWEEN THEM AND KINGS XI PUNJAB AT THE RAJIVGANDHI INTERNATIONAL CRICKET STADIUM IN HYDERABAD (IANS).

Raipur, (IANS) An impressive bowling display from Delhi Dardevilsearned them a six-wicket victory against league leaders Chennai SuperKings in an Indian Premier League (IPL) encounter at the ShaheedVeer Narayan Singh International Stadium here on Tuesday.Chasing 120, Delhi reached the target fairly comfor tably in 16.4 overswith 20 balls to spare.The win was Delhi's fifth in what has been a disappointing campaignfor them. They improved to 10 points after 13 matches but remainedat the seventh spot in the standings. Chennai too retained their sum-mit spot with 16 points from 13 matches.Delhi floundered initially while chasing the modest target losing SouthAfrican duo of Quinton de Kock (3) and skipper Jean Paul Duminy (6)

in a space of 10 deliveries to be reduced to 24 for two in the fifth over.But opener Shreyas Iyer (70 not out) and Yuvraj Sing (32) steadied theDaredevils innings, forging a 69-run third-wicket par tnership to guidethem towards the target.By the time Yuvraj was dismissed in the 14th over, Delhi's scoreswelled to 93, vir tually confirming a rare victory for them.Earlier, a stupendous bowling effor t from Delhi Daredevils ensuredthey restricted Chennai Super Kings (CSK) for a modest score of 119for six.Faf du Plesis top-scored for CSK with 29, with skipper M.S. Dhoni(27) being the other major contributor as the visitors set an asking runrate of 6 runs per over.

Zaheer Khan and Albie Morkel were the pick of the bowlers for theDaredevils claiming two scalps each.The Daredevils opening bowlers, spinner Shahbaz Nadeem (4-1-18-0) and Zaheer (4-1-9-2) bowled an impeccable line and length in thefirst few overs and kept the CSK batsmen on a tight leash giving awayjust 16 runs in the first six overs, the lowest in this IPL.Zaheer's patience was eventually rewarded as swashbuckling openerBrendon McCullum (11) fell lobbing one straight to Duminy at mid-on.McCullum's opening par tner Dwayne Smith (18) sent a few balls flying into the fence but then was adjudged leg-before wicket.CSK added 30 more after the first six overs to be at 46 for three at thehalfway stage as Suresh Raina (11) too spooned one to cover.But South African middle order bat du Plesis and Dhoni then resur-rected the innings running hard between the wickets and picking upthe odd boundaries.However, on a pitch that was keeping slow and low, Morne Morkelcame back to castle his countryman, du Plesis (29) as he choppedone onto his stumps with score flashing 83 for four in 15.2 overs.Dhoni then upped the ante belting Yuvraj Singh for 13 runs in the 17th over.Dwayne Bravo (8) hit another six to help his team get past the 100-run markin the 18th over but was caught out a delivery later.Zaheer in his first ball of the second spell got rid of the dangerous Dhoni (27)foxing him with a slower one that he skied into the hands of long-off.

ENGLAND NAME ROOT AS TESTVICE-CAPTAIN, GILLESPIE INLINE FOR COACH'S JOBLondon, (IANS) England director ofcricket Andrew Strauss on Tues-day named young batsman JoeRoot as the Test vice-captain andconfirmed that Jason Gillespie willbe a candidate to take over as thenational coach.Strauss revealed it was the righttime for Root to take over vice-cap-taincy of the Test side in the build-up to Test ser ies against NewZealand and Australia this summer.The 24-year-old has excelled inEngland’s middle-order, averaging55 from 25 Tests so far."It’s the right time for Joe Root to take more of a leadershipposition and I’ve asked him to be the new vice-captain of theteam," Strauss said at a press conference."He’s got outstanding leadership capabilities and we need him tostar t thinking more as a captain. It’s in no way a reflection on thejob Ian Bell has done. He has been excellent in that role by allaccounts, but it’s time for Joe to step up in that regard," he said.The former England captain also confirmed that former Australiafast bowler Gillespie, who has been linked with the role eversince Peter Moores was sacked over the weekend, will be one ofthe candidates other than former Australia opener Justin Langerand Sri Lanka coach Tom Moody for the coach's job.



AB, Kohli power Bangaloreto 39-run win over Mumbai

VIRAT KOHLI CONGRATULATES AB DE VILLIERS FOR HIS HUNDRED, MUMBAI INDIANS V ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE,IPL 2015, MUMBAI.

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Mumbai, (IANS) AB de Villiers smashed a brilliant century and skip-per Virat Kohli played the perfect foil as Royal Challengers Bangalore(RCB) outscored Mumbai Indians by 39 runs in an Indian PremierLeague (IPL) encounter here on Sunday. The win propelled RCB twoplaces up the league ladder from sixth to fourth with 13 points in their kittyfrom 11 games.In contrast, Sunrisers Hyderabad (12 from 11) dropped to the fifth place,whereas Mumbai (12 from 12) slipped to the sixth spot. Riding on de Villiers'(133, 59b, 19x4, 4x6) and skipper Kohli's (82, 50b, 6x4, 4x6) unbeaten 215-runpartnership for the second wicket, RCB piled up a massive 235/1. In reply,Mumbai Indians could go only as far as 196/7 at the Wankhede stadium.For RCB, Harshal Patel (2/34) and Yuzvendra Chahal (2/51) were the pick ofthe bowlers. For Mumbai, Lendl Simmons (68 not out off 53 balls) and KieronPollard (49 off 24 balls) showed some intent to chase down the rival total,unleashing some big shots but the duo's efforts were not enough. The homeside got off to a worst possible start losing opener Parthiv Patel (19) in thefourth over. Skipper Rohit Sharma (15) after striking one boundary and a sixfailed to read a slower ball by Harshal Patel, thus finishing in the grip ofMandeep Singh at long on. But wickets did not bother opener Simmons andPollard as the West Indies pair went all out at the bowlers.After smashing six fours and two sixes, Pollard got a top edge from his batwhich was gleefully accepted by Mitchell Starc. Hardik Pandya (8), AmbatiRayudu (14), Harbhajan Singh (3) Jagadeesha Suchith (4) all fell soon after.Earlier opting to bat, RCB got 14 runs off the first two overs, but what followedin the third over was some real drama. Mumbai skipper Rohit Sharma droppedChris Gayle on the fourth ball off Mitchell McClenaghan and Harbhajan Singhspilled Virat Kohli's catch in first slip off the next ball. Gayle and Kohli were 12and 8, respectively, when the catches were dropped.But Gayle (13 off 12) didn't hurt them much as Lasith Malinga in the very next

over got rid of the Jamaican left-hander. Gayle looked to slap the slower off-cutter well outside off and got another thick edge to fine leg. At that point, RCBwere 20/1 in 3.1 overs. The swashbuckling de Villers did not take much timeto settle down as he unleashed his skillful shots soon after along with Kohli.De Villiers hit the ball mercilessly, bringing up his 50 in just 29 deliveries. Hewent on hitting, sweeping, slogging the ball to bring up his hundred in only47 balls. He was well suppor ted at the other end by Kohli who playedwith ease scoring his half-century in 39 balls. This was the sixthconsecutive IPL season where Kohli has scored 300-plus runs. Healso completed 3,000 runs in the IPL.

Rohit blames poor bowling andfielding for loss to RCBMumbai, (IANS) Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma blamedhis side's poor bowling and sloppy fielding for their loss to RoyalChallengers Bangalore in the Indian Premier League (IPL) en-counter here on Sunday. Against RCB's challenging 235/1 in 20overs, powered by A.B. de Villiers' 59-ball 133, the home sideonly managed 196/7, losing the game by 39 runs. "It becomesdifficult if bowlers fail to take wickets. Our fielding was also notup to the mark today. It's not at all a good sign to drop catches atcrucial moments of the game, which made things easy for thebatsmen. In the first six overs, we bowled well. But from sevento 15 overs, they scored over 100 runs. We needed to pick awicket at that phase. But we failed and that helped them to pileon a big score," Rohit said at the post-match press conference.

ROYAL CHALLENGERS BANGALORE CELEBRATE FALL OF A WICKET DURING A MATCH BETWEEN THEM AND MUMBAI INDIANS ATWANKHEDE STADIUM IN MUMBAI (IANS).

Mirpur, (IANS) Bangladesh crumbled facing anear impossible run chase in the second andfinal Test to leave Pakistan with their only winin the month-long tour, as they comprehen-sively beat the hosts by 328 runs. Pakistanthus won the series 1-0.Chasing a colossal 550 on the four th day,Bangladesh put up an appalling show with thebat and folded for a paltry 221 in their secondinnings at the Sher-e-Bangla National Sta-dium. There was no real effor t to stage a fightback as in the first Test at Khulna, throwingaway wickets cheaply to get skittled out in thesecond session, repor ts bdnews24.com.Neither all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan norcaptain Mushfiqur Rahim could save the dayas Pakistan bowlers took wickets regularly.Mominul Haque brought some momentarycheer for Bangladesh when he became thefour th batsman af ter Viv Richards, VirenderSehwag and Gautam Gambhir to register 50-plus scores in 11 successive Tests.Pakistan leg-spinner Yasir Shah was onceagain impressive with 4/73. With the wickettaking more turn, both Shah and MohammadHafeez proved too tough for the hosts.Bangladesh slid quickly towards defeat in themorning, losing four wickets.Star ting the penultimate day on an overnightscore of 63/1, Tamim Iqbal (42) threw awayhis wicket chasing a wide delivery offpaceman Imran Khan. After Imran accountedfor Mahmudullah's (2) wicket, Shakib (13),too, fell cheaply.Mominul (68) took a single behind point offShah and joined the ranks of those scoring 11successive 50-plus scores in Tests but thejoy did not last long as Mushfiqur played onShah for a duck.Reducing the hosts to 134/5 at lunch, Paki-stan struck immediately after the break,taking out Soumya Sarkar (1) and Mominul.Shuvagata Hom Chowdhury (39) put up someresistance, sharing 34-run and 44-run standswith Taijul Islam (10) and Mohammad Shahid(14 not out) and took Bangladesh past the200-run mark.After Shuvagata went down to Junaid Khan,Bangladesh's innings ended as last manShahadat Hossain was still nursing his injury.Pakistan batsman Azhar Ali, who scored hismaiden double century in the first innings,was adjudged Man of the Match and Man ofthe Series.Bangladesh were skittled out for a meagre203 in the first innings. Pakistan amassed557/8 declared in their first innings anddeclared the second at 195/6.

Pakistan handBangladesh hugedefeat, win series 1-0

PCB READY TO HOST INDIA SERIES IN UAE INDECEMBER, BCCI RESPONSE GUARDED

Kolkata, (IANS) The Pakistan Cricket Board was ready tohost a bilateral series with India in the United Arab Emir-ates in December, its chief Shahryar Khan said here onSunday af ter a meeting with his Indian counterpar tJagmohan Dalmiya.Khan said the series would start in December and com-prise three Tests, five ODIs and two T20 as par the agree-ment signed between the two boards last year."We will resume the India-Pakistan series in the UAE.This is the re-beginning of the revival of Indo-Pak cricket,"Khan said after the 30-minute parleys at Dalmiya's southKolkata residence. However, he said Bangladesh wasalso keen to host a India-Pakistan series. He said hewas happy that Dalmiya had taken over as the Boardof Control for Cricket in India chief and reminded themedia of the seasoned spor ts administrator's pro-ac-tive role that resulted in Pakistan hosting India for abilateral series in 2004.

"I am glad that we could star t the process again," he said.Addressing the joint media meet, Dalmiya exuded confidence about the restart of the bilateral engagements,but said the support of the government was a must for the plans to be implemented."We're very hopeful about reviving the series. But we can't go forward without the support of the home ministryand the government," he said.Describing an India-Pakistan cricket clash as bigger than the Ashes, or any other series in world cricket, thePCB chief said all tickets for the World Cup clash between the two teams at Adelaide in February were sold outin merely 20 minutes.In a carefully drafted media release, the BCCI made guarded comments on the meeting.BCCI secretary Anurag Thakur described the Dalmiya-Shahryar talks as a "courtesy meeting", and said bothwere "hopeful" of positive results emerging from the discussions."The PCB chairman personally congratulated Dalmiya on his becoming the president, BCCI. Regarding theresumption of bilateral cricket ties, it was felt that it is desirable to recommence such cricket contact."However, the BCCI conceded that certain issues were yet to be thrashed out."After proactive discussions, since there are certain matters that need to be addressed and considered, it wasdecided to take appropriate steps."



REAL MADRID'S FORWARD CRISTIANO RONALDO AND DEFENDER FABIO COENTRAO HELD TRAINING SESSION AT VALDEBEBAS SPORTS COMPLEX IN SPAIN (IANS)

CSK CONQUER ROYALS TOCLAIM IPL TOP SPOT

Chennai, (IANS) Chennai Super Kings (CSK) climbed to the top of theIndian Premier League (IPL) points table with a 12-run victory overRajasthan Royals in a league match at the M.A. Chidambaram Sta-dium here on Sunday.Chasing 158, Royals were restricted to 145 for nine in 20 overs. CSKimproved to 16 points from 12 matches, keeping Royals in the thirdspot with 14 points after 13 games. Royals began their run-makingprocess sedately with openers Ajinkya Rahane (23) and Shane Watson(28). They mixed caution with aggression to build a strong platformfor their team. Just as it seemed they have settled into a nice rhythmRahane depar ted in the sixth over dismissed by Mohit Sharma.No.3 batter Steve Smith (4) also didn't last long as Royals slumped to48 for two in the eighth over. But they received a bigger jolt whenWatson had to depar t, caught brilliantly by an acrobatic Dwayne Bravo

at long on off the bowling of Ravindra Jadeja in the 10th over.Rajasthan's situation worsened 11 balls later. Jadeja struck again todismiss Karun Nair (10) to reduce Royals to 75 for four. The askingrate steadily went up and Royals needed 73 runs off the last sevenovers. But they just couldn't muster the big hits needed to chase downthe total.Earlier, Brendon McCullum's 81 off 61 balls lifted Chennai Super Kings(CSK) to a fighting total of 157/5. McCullum hit four sixes and sevenfours and joined hands with Faf du Plessis (29) for a 101-run stand in76 balls for the third wicket that was the driving force behind Chennai'scompetitive score. After electing to bat first, Chennai got off to a poorstar t, losing aggressive opening batsman Dwayne Smith (6) and ever-reliable Suresh Raina (3) inside four overs. While left-arm spinnerAnkit Sharma removed West Indian Smith, caught by James Faulkner,

left-hander Raina too offered acatch to Faulkner off pacer ChrisMorris to leave the hosts in spotof bother at 15/2.Char ismat ic r ight-handerMcCullum f irst tr ied to sett ledown, waiting for weak deliver-ies to pounce upon, like he didagainst off-spinner Pravin Tambe,who got hit for two sixes in thesixth over. However, du Plessisran himself out and afterwardsMcCullum also perished, offeringa catch to Ankit for Morris' sec-ond wicket. Morr is bagged histhird after dismissing Pawan Negifor two. Afterwards, skipperMahendra Singh Dhoni (not out13) and Dwayne Bravo (not out15) raised 28 runs in the final 15deliveries of the innings to takeChennai to the decent total. ForRajasthan, South African Morriswas the best bowler, pickingthree wickets for just 19 runs infour overs.

I love Messi, but for meit is always Maradona:Tottenham coachLondon, (IANS) Tottenham Hotspur Argentine coach MauricioPochettino has praised his compatriot star Lionel Messi for histwo goals scored in the first leg of the Champions League semi-finals against Bayern Munich on Wednesday, although the coachcouldn't pay Messi the ultimate compliment."For me, it is always Maradona. I am sorry, Messi. I love Messi,but for me it is always Maradona," Pochettino told Efe. WhileMessi is the best player in the world, he couldn't help but givepreference to another, Pochettino said during a press confer-ence on Thursday ahead of English Premier League (EPL)Tottenham-Stoke City tie."Maradona is my idol, the best I have ever seen," Pochettinodeclared. All the same, Messi scored two goals in two minutesin Wednesday's tie, one in the 77th minute and the next in the79th, and assisted the third goal as a cherry on top of Barcelona's3-0 victory over Bayern.

Real coach Ancelotti willing topersist with Ramos in midfieldMadrid, (IANS) Spanish football club Real Madrid's coach CarloAncelotti has said he is willing to persist with his experiment ofdeploying defender Sergio Ramos in a midfield role. Ramoswas preferred to Lucas Si lva, Sami Khedira and AsierIllarramendi in the midfield during his team's 1-2 ChampionsLeague first leg semi-final defeat against Italian championsJuventus away at Turin.The 29-year-old Spaniard felt uneasy adapting to his new posi-tion and was severely criticised after the game."I have not made a decision on whether Ramos will be amidfielder again," Ancelotti was quoted as saying by goal.com."Ramos in midfield is not over yet, though. He can play in manypositions and I believe in him 100 percent. He had a difficultgame in Turin, but that doesn't mean he cannot play in midfield.I will field him there again if necessary. Playing Ramos inmidfield is not a gamble. It was not a foolish move when webeat Atletico Madrid and Sevilla. I don't think it's reckless toplay Sergio in midfield," he added. Midfielder Gareth Bale, un-der fire for a poor performance against Juventus, was also de-fended by Ancelotti. "Bale's situation? We have not spoken withhim individually because we do not care about those kinds ofstatistics. Bale did not have a good game, but neither did therest of the team. There is no need to talk with Bale about this. Hewill play well again versus Valencia, as will Real Madrid ingeneral. We are fighting to win La Liga and the ChampionsLeague," he said. The Madrid boss also confirmed striker KarimBenzema would be up for selection though he is not 100 per centfit yet. "Benzema is not 100 percent yet, but he is availableagain. He is feeling good again. We will make a decision onSaturday whether he makes the bench or not."

AUSTRALIAN LEHMANN LIMITSHIS COACHING TENUREMelbourne, (IANS) Australia cricket chief coach Darren Lehmannsays he has the "best job in the world" -- but don't expect theAshes and World Cup-winning coach to be doing it forever. Inthe next two years leading up to the Champions Trophy, Austra-lia travel to the West Indies, England, Bangladesh, New Zealand,South Africa, India and Sri Lanka, along with two jam-packedhome summers, repor ts cricket.com.au.That leaves roughly two months of free time for those playersnot involved in the lucrative Indian Premier League. Lehmann,his suppor t staff and the players who represent their country inTest, one-day international and T20 cricket spend on average300 days on the road each calendar year. And the constanttraversing of the globe, playing three formats of the game, iswhy Lehmann says the position of head coach is one that comeswith a shor t life expectancy.

CHENNAI SUPER KINGS CELEBRATE FALL OF A WICKET DURING A MATCH BETWEEN THEN AND RAJASTHAN ROYALS AT M. A.CHIDAMBARAM STADIUM IN CHENNAI (IANS)



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INDIA THRASH JAPAN 4-0, WINHOCKEY TEST SERIES 3-0

Bhubaneswar, (IANS) India finally stamped their dominance against Ja-pan, winning the fourth and the final match 4-0 and claiming the hockeyTest series 3-0 at the Kalinga Stadium here on Saturday.Young striker Akashdeep Singh (27th and 53rd minutes), drag-flickerV.R. Raghunath (26th minute) and Dharamvir Singh scored the goals forIndia.Japan too had their chances but they floundered. Halfway into the firstquarter, Japan had a real chance as Daichi Kurogawa passed the ball toIppei Fujimoto in the D, but the latter missed the target.Seconds left into the game, Yuvraj Walmiki slapped the ball into the D toSV Sunil but unfortunately for India Sunil could not connect and lost theopportunity, resulting in the quarter being a dry run.Halfway into the second quarter, India had their first chance on penaltycorner but Rupinder Pal Singh hit off target.In the 26th minute, India had their second chance on the penalty corneryet again and this time senior penalty corner specialist Raghunath madeno mistake in finding the nets, giving India the 1-0 lead.The next minute India broke the shackles of the Japanese defence again

and Akashdeep scored a brilliant field goal, taking the lead to 2-0.The third quarter star ted again in India's favour as they maintained theattack and the pressure on Japan.In the 36th minute, India added their third when striker S.V. Sunil passedthe ball to forward Dharamvir Singh, who entered the D with the ball andslapped it past the goalkeeper.Immediately into the last quarter, Japan had their first chance on thepenalty corner and a chance to score their first goal. But the ball was hitwide of the post.With a handsome 3-0 lead, India upped the ante and completely domi-nated the match thereon.In the 52nd minute, India had another chance as Ramandeep Singh had aclear chance to put the ball into the net but unfortunately he hit directly atthe Japan goalie.Akashdeep tore past the defence of the opponents in the very next minuteand scored a brilliant field goal, taking the score to 4-0.India had played a 1-1 draw in the opening match before winning the lastthree encounters.

BOPANNA-MERGEA CLINCHMADRID OPEN TITLEMadrid, (IANS) The unseeded Indian-Romanian pair of RohanBopanna and Florin Mergea beat the Serbian-Polish pair of NenadZimonjic and Mar tin Matkowski 6-2, 6-7, 11-9 to clinch themen's doubles Madrid Open title on Sunday. It was Bopanna'sthird title of the 2015 season. The first set saw a one-sidedbattle with the Indian-Romanian duo ending on the winning side.The Serbian-Polish pair, however, did not give up as they camehard at their opponent, winning the second set 7-6 in a toughbattle. But, Bopanna-Mergea held their nerves till the end to winthe contest in the tie breaker 11-9, thereby sealing the title.

NEW CHALLENGES FOR WORLDCRICKET ORDERNew Delhi, (IANS) The new global cricket venture by Subhash Chandra'sEssel Group has to be seen in the context of recent happenings in worldcricket, particularly in India.The uncertainty over the functioning of the Board of Control for Cricketin India (BCCI) and the resentment among some boards, particularlythe Associates, over the way the International Cricket Council (ICC) isrun may have prompted Essel to take on the establishment.Whenever a global cricket venture is talked about, the first name asso-ciated with it is none other than Lalit Modi, who is credited with all thegood and bad things of the Indian Premier League (IPL) he conceptualisedand successfully launched eight years ago. The Essel Group, whichfloated the short-lived Indian Cricket League (ICL) before the IPL put itout of business, is quick to deny Modi's involvement in its newglobal vision for cricket. Modi, on his part, also said he had nothingto do with it. Votaries of the free market, Modi and his mentorInderjit Singh Bindra always believed that cricket should beliberalised from the control of a handful of a cosy club of interna-tional boards/members. In fact, the BCCI had offered SubhashChandra the telecast rights for offshore cricket during Sharad Pawar'sregime, but this fell through for non-cricketing reasons.Subhash Chandra, perhaps, perceives himself to be modern dayKerry Packer whose World Series Cricket (WSC) showed cricket-ers how to make big money without conforming themselves totraditional forms of the sport. He does not make bones about hisintention that he is in the global sports business and feels cricket canbe taken beyond the confines of the Commonwealth countries. Not abad vision, but how will it work?Calling it a part of its business promotion plans, Essel has registeredcompanies in Australia, New Zealand and Scotland, the names sound-ing like parallel boards.



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