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Massive fireengulfs 17 DTCbuses at SouthDelhi depot

The Delhi Police rolled outa new mobile phone-basedapplication called Himmaton Thursday, to help ensurethe safety of women in theCapital.The app was formallylaunched by Union HomeMinister Rajnath Singh inthe presence of DelhiLieutenant GovernorNajeeb Jung.According to the police,when activated, this appwill allow Androidsmartphone users to callthe police control room(PCR) and will also triggera 30-second audio andvideo recording at the pressof the phone’s powerbutton.Himmat will help userscontact police in thequickest possible time in anemergency, a senior policeofficer said, adding that thePCR will also be able tocall back on the victim’snumber.The mobile phone user willbe asked to feed fiveemergency contactnumbers of friends orrelatives into the app’s database when she firstdownloads the app.

Pak boat with explosives blows up in the Arabian Sea

The DTC has appointed athree-member panel toinvestigate the cause of thefire that gutted17 buses.“We have appointed athree-member fact-findingcommittee, headed by thedeputy chief generalmanager (mechanical) whohas been asked to submit areport within three days,”DTC Chairman-cum-Managing DirectorDebashree Mukherjee said.Delhi Fire Service ChiefA.K. Sharma has not ruledout possibility of either asabotage or a bonfire,which could have causedthe massive blaze at thedepot. “Somebody mighthave lit a bonfire nearby tokeep himself warm duringthe winter night and left itunattended.

Delhi Police launchnew women'ssafety app thatcalls PCR at thetouch of a button

RSS Gujarat workers conclavebegins in Ahmedabad

AhmedabadA three-day workersconclave of RSS startedin Kathwada area heretoday.Senior leader SureshSoni inaugurated theconclave (KaryakartaShibir), in which around25,000 RSS workers aretaking part, state RSSfunctionary said.

RSS chief MohanBhagwat will address theconclave on Sunday.Soni, in his speech, saidthe Indian culture hadsolutions for all the majorglobal problems.India had a system thatcan deal with challengessuch as global terrorism,global recession andglobal warming, he said.

The belief that “my godis best and my ways arethe best” give birth tointolerance, which leadsto harassment of not onlythose from other religionsbut even the co-religionists, Soni said,citing the example ofcivil war in Iraq andSyria.India can help the world

deal with terrorism withits philosophy andattitude, he said.The Indian culture ofausterity can be a solutionto global economicproblems, Soni said.Similarly, our culturewhich treats Earth as themother can become thesolution to the globalwarming, he added.

Haryana CM Khattar ordersfresh probe into Vadra land dealHaryana Chief MinisterManohar Lal Khattar hasordered a fresh probe intothe allotment of 350.17acres of prime land inGurgaon to realty firmDLF.The allotment wasquashed by the Punjab andHaryana High Court inSeptember last year.CM Khattar said: “Thefirst priority of the stategovernment was to ensuregood governance,transparency and providepeople a graft-free system.Initiatives such as GoodGovernance Day, CMWindow, CM portal andtransparent registrationhave been taken in thisdirection, and it hasincreased people’s faith inthe government.”Sources close to thegovernment said the probehas been ordered on thebasis of a letter written bysenior IAS officer Ashok

Khemka. It is worthmentioning that Khemkahad also cancelled themutation of the landpurchased by Congresschief Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra.Khemka in his letter hasnailed the DLF andHaryana State Industrialand InfrastructureDevelopment Corporation(HSIIDC) which hadappealed against the highcourt decision.Terming it a politico-bureaucratic nexus,Khemka has said theseparate appeals filed toget the allotment restoredwere part of thepredetermined strategy.The senior IAS officer alsosaid the HSIIDC officialshad connived with theDLF bosses to shower theprime land at throwawayprices, neglecting otherbidders on a single bidbasis.

Khemka has also accusedthe HSIIDC officials ofproviding interest waiverto the DLF, which wasalso offered additionalpiece of land measuring54.6 acre without makingchanges in the reserveprice.

All four people on boardthe vessel from near thePakistani port city ofKarachi are believed tohave been killed in thedramatic episode,according to the defenceministry.The suspicious behaviourof the boat's crew broughtback memories of the 26/11 terror attacks inMumbai six years ago.Then, 10 gunmen hadtravelled from Karachi ina boat, hijacked an Indianfishing vessel and steeredit to Mumbai to go on athree-day rampage duringwhich they killed 166people.A defence ministry officialsaid the trawler stoppedonly after the ICG firedshots, but the crew had bythen set it on fire,triggering a majorexplosion that sank thevessel. Neither the boatnor its crew could be"recovered" due to roughweather.The ICG ruled out theexplosion being anaccident, saying the menon the boat sped awaybecause they were hiding"something really serious"."If they weren't doinganything wrong, then theyhad no reason to run, toset the boat on fire. Whywould anyone set(themselves) on fire?" saidKR Nautiyal, deputyinspector general of theICG.A top government source

told HT it all began around9am on December 31,after the NationalTechnical ResearchOrganisation (NTRO)issued an intelligence alertto the ICG that asuspicious Pakistanifishing boat from KetiBunder near Karachi washeaded towards India.The conversationsbetween the crew and theirhandlers in Pakistan wereintercepted andintelligence authoritiessuspected that a terrorstrike was being plannedWith the NTRO providingthe exact coordinates ofthe trawler, the ICGscrambled a Dornier planeat 11am to locate it. TheDornier captain wascategorically asked not tofly too low as it wouldhave alerted the crew. Theplane spotted the boat atthe exact location given bythe NTRO.It undertook a secondsortie at 2pm and foundthat the rogue boat wasstill sailing towards India.The aircraft was launchedfor the third time at5.30pm. It found nochange in the boat'scourse. By now, the ICGwas pretty clear that thePakistani vessel was up tosome serious mischief ---perhaps a 26/11-typeterror strike or a suicideattack on an Indianwarship.It immediately orderedtwo warships patrolling

the area to intercept theboat and interrogate thecrew. ICG's in-shorepatrol vessel Rajratanmade contact with theboat around 11pm.The warship warned theunlit vessel to stop forinvestigation but it swiftlychanged course andattempted to speed away,taking advantage of the"darkness, bad weatherand strong winds". Thisled to a hot pursuit thatlasted for more than anhour before the four-man

crew hid below the deckand exploded the boat."The consequences would

have been disastrous hadthe boat slipped past ourdefences. It was on a

suicide mission," thesource said. Top securityofficials were at their

desks, monitoring theentire operation till4.30am on January 1

Spot the difference: Modi's NITI Aayoglooks quite like the Planning CommissionThe government has set upNITI Aayog, a think-tankthat will replace thePlanning Commission.According to agovernment press release,the new body is the resultof "extensiveconsultations" the Centreheld with stategovernments, domainexperts and other relevantinstitutions.The move is the first majorstep taken by PrimeMinister Narendra Modi inorder to break away fromthe Socialist legacies in thematters related toeconomy anddevelopment. ThePlanning Commission,established by JawaharlalNehru 65 years ago toformulate Five-Year Plans,

has been criticised forbeing a Socialist eravestige, which becameirrelevant in a moreglobalised and market-focussed economy.NITI Aayog has been setup "to provide a criticaldirectional and strategicinput into the developmentprocess". It will act as a

"think-tank" and advisethe Centre and states onpolicy matters. The Aayogseeks to end "slow andtardy implementation ofpolicy, by fostering betterI n t e r - M i n i s t r y

coordination and betterC e n t r e - S t a t ecoordination", the pressrelease says. It will alsomonitor and evaluate theimplementation ofprogrammes. NITI stands

for National Institution forTransforming India.One important factorbeing highlighted in thepress release is that NITIAayog rings in co-operative federalism.

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CBI’s credibilityimpugned

The discharge by a Mumbai special court of BharatiyaJanata Party president and former Gujarat Minister AmitShah in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case isa boost for the BJP and a setback to the Central Bureauof Investigation, which seems unable to live down itsreputation as an agency that is ever eager to please itspolitical bosses. With the judge of the Special CBICourt, M.B. Gosavi, ruling that there was substance inthe defence argument that the case was foisted on Mr.Shah for political reasons, the CBI will have a toughtime recovering its credibility as the country’s premiercriminal investigation agency. That the judge decidedto discharge Mr. Shah from the case, and saw no needfor him to go on trial, says a lot about the nature of theevidence put together by the CBI. Not only was theagency’s mode of investigation faulted, but politicalmotives were attributed to its actions. However, if theCBI framed Mr. Shah in the case for political reasonsto please the previous Congress-led government at theCentre, then could it have made out a “weak case”against Mr. Shah to please the present BJP-ledgovernment? After all, Mr. Shah is seen as the secondmost powerful person in the country, and as a closefriend of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This indeedis the question raised by Rubabuddin Sheikh, brotherof Sohrabuddin. Given the track record of the CBI inrecent times, this is not a question to be dismissedcasually. If political pressures did indeed force the CBIto frame Mr. Shah, then, quite plausibly, similarpressures could now have been at work to facilitate hisdischarge in the case. At the end of a civil rightsmovement against corruption in high places, the LokpalAct, 2013 was introduced with provisions to insulatethe CBI from political interference. But in high-profile,politically sensitive cases such as the one involving Mr.Shah, the investigation can still be tailored to suit therequirements of the rich and the powerful if the highercourts do not take to strict and constant monitoring.Sohrabuddin’s relatives have decided to appeal againstMr. Shah’s discharge, and some of the evidence willagain come under scrutiny. At this stage, if anything atall is certain, it is that the CBI’s handling of this caseagainst Mr. Shah does not inspire confidence in thepublic mind.

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The mostcertain way to succeed is always to try just one moretime. - Thomas A. Edison

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Bipasha Basu welcomes 2015with Karan Singh Grover

Bollywood actressBipasha Basu ringed inNew Year with her Aloneco-star, Karan SinghGrover in Goa.Bipasha and Karan postedseveral photographs on thesocial networking siteInstagram in which thetwo can be spottedpartying and having a greattime with a group offriends.On Instagram, Bipashaalso captioned a picturewith Karan Singh Grover:Together we are aRainbow: #Happynewyear#love #peace #happiness# p o s i t i v e p o w e r

yeahhhhh!!!!!Bipasha ended herrelationship with actorHarman Baweja a coupleof months ago and Karanrecently admitted that heand his estranged wife

Jennifer Winget are gettingdivorced.It is still unclear if Bipashaand Karan are seeing eachother but the images showthat they definitely loveeach other's company.

Aamir Khan’s ‘PK’ :Earns Rs 276 cr in 2 weeks

Bollywood superstarAamir Khan’s latestrelease ‘PK’ becameBollywood’s highestgrossing film of all time inIndia. PK collected morethan Rs. 276 crore in twoweeks of its release.Expectations from AamirKhan’s ‘PK’ were sky highand the film has surelydelivered. PK hasovertaken Aamir Khan’searlier movie Dhoom:3.Prior to PK, Dhoom 3 andChennai Express, had also

earned close to Rs. 265 crand Rs. 258 cr in domesticmarket respectively.Trade analyst KomalNahta took to Twitter toshare the latestinformation. Directed byRajkumar Hirani, ‘PK’revolves around theconcept of blind belief andGodmen. The movie hasgot its share of criticismfrom few religious groupswho demanded its ban.The film had an impressiveopening, but the recent

controversies had affectedits collection in the lastcouple of days. Religiousgroups went on a rampagein places like Ahmedabadand Bhopal, smashingtheatres that werescreening the film anddemanded a ban on ‘PK’.In Agra, protestersaccused Aamir Khan ofdouble standards andsuggested the actor moveto Pakistan. However,looks like the film haspicked up.

Nargis Fakhri's Instagrampictures that shouldn't be missed

2015 is here andBollywood folks havewelcomed the new year intheir own way. NargisFakhri chose to giveherself a brand newmakeover for the brandnew year. The Rockstaractress now sports a newhairstyle with a fringe."Alittle crroked. But Ithink I like it..." [sic], shewrote on Instagram.Nargis Fakhri, whorecently performed a

sizzling item number inSalman Khan's Kick, willbe seen sharing screenspace with British actorJude Law soon. Nargis hasconfessed that she is ahuge fan of the actor. Theirfilm has been titled Spy.The duo bonded over foodand yoga, which they sharea common love for. Nargisposted this picture withJude Law on Instagram.Ever since Nargisventured into Bollywood,

the style diva has been aregular face at variousfashion shows. Nargisposted this picture fromone of her fashion showson Instagram. She wrote,"This my you don't F withme look! Or it could b Igot yo back, girl ! NargisFakhri can easily betermed as one of thehottest stars in theindustry. Not only does sheflaunt a fabulous figure,but her style statement hasalso made headlines. Nargisis religious about herworkouts. As a testimony toher dedication, she postedthis picture on Instagramand wrote, "MorninRoll.Nargis Fakhri is quiteactive on social networkand keeps posting andtweeting every now andthen. This Bollywoodhottie, who is slowly andsteadily making a mark inthe industry, posted thisrather candid picture on herInstagram account andwrote, "Thinking aboutstuff.... And missing mymommy....." From 'sleepy','pouty' to 'tired', Nargiskeeps posting her pictures.She looks really adorable inthis picture.

5 years of SRK on Twitter: Whatmakes the actor so popular

That Shah Rukh Khan isthe King of Romance is anestablished fact. Tons ofarticles and tomes of texthave been dedicated to hisability to sell anything. Hiswit and charm haseveryone captivated. Andhence it is hardly a wonderthat the baadshah ofBollywood is as popularon the micro-blogging site,Twitter. One of the firstBollywood stars to havean account on the site,Shah Rukh Khan hascompleted 5 years onTwitter and has a fanfollowing of 10.7 million."As cheesy as it sounds,post collections,@Thefarahkhan I thinkLife, Movies & other suchessentials, do start after40! HNY team lets go!"tweeted an excited ShahRukh Khan after theencouraging numbers ofhis last year's release,

Happy New Year, startedpouring in. He also sharessome rather funnyanecdotes on the site, like,"Hav 2 learn 2 ride a bikewith aplomb. Just in casethe boys (Aryan & AbRam) want me to teach them.Ballet I already practicedfor Suhana!!" His wittytweets ensure that theactor's profile is one of themost-followed ones. Theactor often tweets somerather interesting quoteswhich are ponder-worthy.

"Grateful to the woman/man who discoveredfire....but respect to theone who discovered howto play with it...," is onesuch post. While it is a giventhat Shah Rukh's many fansfavourite these tweets,others too appreciate hishumorous and intelligentmusings. Shah Rukh hasshared some of the cutestpictures on Twitter.Needless to say thesepictures go viral withinminutes of being posted.

Celebs who welcomedtheir new borns

Mohit Suri and UditaGoswami have a bigreason to rejoice. Thecouple has been blessedwith a baby girl this year.Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatttook to Twitter to breakthe news. "Mohit Suri andUdita have received a giftfrom the Gods! A baby girlhas just descended fromthe 'skies' into their life,"[sic] he tweeted.

Exercise could help improve qualityof life of Parkinson’s patients

According to a new studypublished in Neurology – themedical journal of theAmerican Academy ofNeurology – exercise couldhelp improve balance ofthose suffering fromParkinson’s and this couldenable them to move aroundand improve their overallquality of life.In the study, 231 people withParkinson’s disease eitherreceived their usual care ortook part in an exerciseprogramme of 40 to 60minutes of balance and legstrengthening exercises threetimes a week for six months.This minimally-supervisedexercise programme wasprescribed and monitored bya physical therapist withparticipants performing mostof the exercise at home. On

average, 13 per cent of theexercise sessions weresupervised by a physicaltherapist.Falling is a common problemfor people with Parkinson’s,with 60 per cent falling eachyear and two-thirds of thosefalling repeatedly. “Theresulting injuries, pain,limitations of activity andfear of falling again canreally affect people’s healthand well-being,” said studyauthor Colleen G Canning,of the University of Sydneyin Australia.Compared to those in thecontrol group, the number offalls by participants whoexercised was reduced inthose with less severeParkinson’s disease, but notin those with more severedisease.

Bengal minister MadanMitra's bail plea rejectedKolkataA city court today rejectedthe bail plea of West BengalTransport Minister MadanMitra and remanded him injudicial custody till January16 even as he claimedinnocence saying he wasready to be hanged if foundguilty. Judicial magistrate ofAlipore court MonikuntalaRoy extended the judicialremand of Mitra, who wasarrested on December 12,by 14 days on a prayer byCBI. "I will accept an order

to be hanged if even a rupeeis found to have beentransferred to MadanMitra's fund from Saradha,"the minister told the court.He has been charged undersections 420 and 406 ofIPC, which can invite amaximum punishment ofseven years in jail, ifconvicted. Pleadinginnocence, Mitra said, "In2009 I had no idea aboutNBFCs.Previous chit fund scamsrelating to 'Sanchaita'

occurred when I was veryyoung and was in school.""I was told by some youthsin 2009 that Saradha wasbuying huge tracts of landin South 24-Parganasdistrict from farmers, butwas refusing payment tothem," Mitra claimed."Then I went to SaradhaGarden to enquire on theissue and was told by theSaradha Group people thatthey were a small companyand that it was difficult forthem to pay.

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SPORTS ROUNDHussey not ready to coach IndiaFormer Australianbatsman Michael Husseysays he is mystified by areport in India that claimedMahendra Singh Dhonihas floated the idea of himbecoming India's coachonce Duncan Fletcher'scontract expires."I'm not sure if I'm reallyready for that sort ofchallenge," Hussey wasquoted as saying by theSydney Morning HeraldThursday night."Thanks, M.S., if it'strue...but, I'm stillplaying!"Dhoni, who retired fromTest cricket after lastTuesday's draw withAustralia, was reportedlyconcerned about thedirection the dressing

room's culture washeaded."In a carefully calibratedway, Dhoni's intent andcommunication aboutHussey has reached thetop BCCI boss, andnobody else is privy tothis," the report claimed.The article said Husseywas seen by Dhoni as: A"brilliant thinker and manmanager"; he'd bring Gary

Kirsten-like "calmness andcamaraderie" on board;Hussey was seen as the"brain" behind MuraliVijay's success in Australiabecause he'd worked withhim; his "work ethic" waslegendary.Hussey, veteran of 79Tests, said his immediatepriority was to help theSydney Thunder fulfil itsvast potential.Zimbabwe-born Fletchertook over from GaryKirsten after India won the2011 World Cup. Despiteenjoying success withEngland, however,Fletcher was yet to lift theIndian team to greaterheights when they toured.His contract expires afterthis year's World Cup.

Stocks help rupee recover by 6 paiseagainst US dollar to end at 63.29

The Indian rupeerecovered from initiallosses and ended 6 paisehigher at 63.29 against thegreenback on Friday onselling of the US dollar bybanks and exporters, amidhopes of more foreigncapital inflows into theequity market.On Thursday, the rupeesuffered its worst single-day drop in over twoweeks by falling 32 paiseto 63.35 against the dollar.The rupee on Fridayresumed lower at 63.43 perdollar as againstThursday's close of 63.35at the Interbank ForeignExchange (Forex) market.It then fell to a session lowof 63.48 on dollar demandfrom importers.However, the rupeerecovered to 63.24 before

ending at 63.29 per dollar,showing a gain of 6 paiseor 0.09%."Bullish domestic equitieslargely lifted the rupeesentiment," a forex dealersaid.The benchmark Sensex onFriday soared by 380points, logging its sixthsuccessive session ofgains, to a nearly four-week high boosted bygains in banking stocks onhopes of much-awaitedsectoral reforms ande n c o u r a g i n gmanufacturing output datafor December.Veracity Group CEOPramit Brahmbhatt said:"This week the rupeeposted its first weekly gainin four weeks. The tradingrange for the spot rupee isexpected to be within

63.00 to 63.60."Meanwhile, in theforwards market, premiarecovered on fresh payingpressure from corporates.The benchmark six-monthpremium payable in Junemoved up to 226-228paise from 224-226 paisepreviously.The forward contractsmaturing in December alsoclosed higher at 433-435pasie from 425-427 paise.The Reserve Bank of Indiafixed the reference rate forthe dollar at 63.2878 andfor the euro at 76.3061.The rupee bounced backsharply to 97.65 againstthe pound from 98.47 onThursday and also firmedup to 76.25 per euro from76.63. It moved up to52.52 per 100 Japaneseyen from 52.94 previously.

Indian government unblocks Vimeo,Dailymotion, 2 other websitesNEW DELHIThe ban on four of the 32websites enforced by theIndian governmentrecently in an effort to curbISIS propaganda in thecountry has been lifted.The ministry ofcommunications andinformation technologyissued a statement sayingit has initiated action tounblock vimeo.com,d a i l y m o t i o n . c o m ,gist.github.com andweebly.com. The sites cannow be accessed freely.The statement also saidthat a "similar approach(of unblocking websites)could be considered forother involved websites ongetting assurance that lawof the land would becomplied with." Until thathappens, the remaining 28websites will remainblocked in the country.The anti-terrorism squadhad called for a ban onthese websites as thesewere being used to spreadjihadi propaganda. In itsstatement, the ministry

said, "These websiteswork on page hostingconcept. Many of thesewebsites do not requireany authentication forpasting any material onthem. Other (websitesallow users to) uploadarticles, videos or photosor to download thecontents which helps tohide the identities. Thesewebsites were being usedfrequently for pasting,communicating suchcontent by just changingpage name or even

blocking the earlier one."The 32 websites wereinaccessible from India onBSNL and Vodafonenetworks. Vimeo,Dailymotion, gist.githuband Weebly are accessibleover the networks atpresent while the othersremain blocked.The ban on the websiteshad created a furore onsocial media, with Twitterusers bandying together toprotest against this moveby the government usingthe hashtag #GOIblocks.

For the second time this week, smugglers abandonmigrant-packed ship in treacherous seas off Italian coastROMEAn Icelandic Coast Guardship was towing a cargovessel to Italy Friday withabout 450 migrants whowere abandoned bysmugglers, leaving thevessel in rough seaswithout a crew, authoritiessaid Friday.Italian Coast Guard Cmdr.Filippo Marini said that

after several hours ofstruggling, Italian rescueteams shortly before dawnmanaged to secure thewave-tossed Ezadeen fortowing toward thesouthern Calabrian region.The Icelandic ship Tyr,part of a European newEuropean patrol force todetect and aid migrants atsea, was doing the towing.

Children and pregnantwomen were among themigrants, most of whowere believed to be Syrian,

said Marini. The Sierra-Leone-flagged cargo shipapparently set sail fromTurkey, he said.

Amit Shah to launch BJP”sdrive against drugs in PunjabLudhianaBJP President Amit Shahwill launch his party’scampaign against drugs inPunjab on January 22.Stating this BJP’s nationalSecretary Tarun Chughsaid here today that thecampaign would belaunched from Amritsarunder the aegis of theparty’s youth wing.Saffron party’s youthleader and MP AnuragThakur and Punjab BJPchief Kamal Sharmawould be supervising thecampaign, he said.“The party’s drive wouldcover the state in threephases, with itsculmination to take placeon the occasion ofBaisakhi on April 14,”Chugh said.He said that party workerswould move from villageto village in the state tocreate awareness aboutdrug menace and educatepeople on the colossalharm that the drugs aredoing to the state.The BJP leader lashed outat the opposition Congress“for shedding onlycrocodile tears over thedrug issue”.To a question, he refutedthat differences hadcropped up between BJPand its ally ShiromaniAkali Dal in Punjab onvarious issues includingthe drug issue.He, however, said thatBJP, a coalition partner inthe Parkash Singh Badalled state government“certainly wants the ouster

of Revenue MinisterBikram Sigh Majithia…ashe had been summoned byEnforcement Directoratein the Rs 6,000 crore drugracket case”. RegardingSAD’s proposed dharnason January 5 against drugmenace, he said BJP wasof the view that SADshould not haveannounced to hold anydemonstration against theBSF. This would haveamounted to an attempt todemoralise the forcesdeployed on the border,Chug said.Earlier, the ruling SADhad diluted its stand on itsproposed sit-ins on drugsmuggling.The BJP ally

had on Sunday announcedthat it will organise‘dharnas’ on theinternational border onJanuary 5 to “pressurise

the BSF” to stop entry ofdrugs from “Pakistan”.However, a day later, theSAD said it will hold threedharnas near the IB check

points to “createawareness” about drugs aswell as focus on the needfor greater vigilance alongthe border with Pakistan.

A thousand jawans on the streets of BarnalaPunjab town flooded with commandos after Dera film 'Messenger of God' sparks protestsPunjab's Barnala town hasturned into a fortress, with200 commandos and1,000 police jawans out onthe streets to maintain lawand order after the burningof posters of Dera SachaSauda chief Gurmeet RamRahim Singh’s Bollywooddebut Messenger of God(MSG).Dera followers andmembers of the Sikhcommunity also clashedover the movie posters onTuesday night.Police have arrested ninepeople for burning theposters of the movie, setto be released on January16. The police had toresort to caning and firingshots in the air to disperse

the people. Sources saidthe clashes started aftersome miscreants set themovie’s posters on fire onTuesday night in thetown’s Bhagta Bhai Mandiarea.The nine arrested accusedhad allegedly destroyed

the movie’s posters. Derafollowers have claimedthat the accused localshave been hurting theirreligious sentiments.Irked by the police action,members of the Sikhcommunity have startedan indefinite protest atBalmiki Chowk inBarnala and said they willcontinue until the movie’s

posters are removed.“We will continue thedharna till the posters arenot removed from thetown. The police, ratherthan removing the movie’sposters, is guarding theflex banners and posters,”said Sikh leader GursewakSingh Yogi, who wasdetained and later releasedon Tuesday night.

Adult leopard dies in Kolhapurafter botched capture attemptThe first day of the NewYear started with a bangfor residents of Kolhapur,when an adult leopardcame calling on them.However, the big cat diedsoon after a botched-upoperation to catch it.Officials’ lack ofequipment, expertise andplanning marred the morethan five-hour-longexercise to bring the wildcat under control.The attempt to nab theanimal turned to be soslipshod that it died soonafter being taken captive.Morning walkers firstspotted the cat at the eliteRuikar Colony inKolhapur at 5.30am. Afterthe police were informed,they alerted forestofficials. But by then, astick-wielding mob wasthronging the area to lynchthe creature.In the chaos of peoplecraning their necks to see

the cat and the policestruggling to keep control,the agitated leopardinjured one Ravi Mane,while two others fell offtheir bikes and were hurt.A Kolhapur police officersaid: “Forest officialsdecided to capture itwithout rendering itunconscious as theylacked rifle and anaestheticdarts that could only beprocured from Sangli, adistance of about twohours by road.”However, the policeofficer could not explainwhy the area was not

cordoned off.According to wildlifephotographer andenthusiast Kedar Bhat,nabbing the leopard froman open area without usinga cage trap is not onlydifficult but alsodangerous.Officials used large nets totrap the animal, which hadtaken shelter under anoutdoor seatingarrangement near localMP Dhananjay Mahadik’sbungalow. However, oncenabbed, people failed tostop it from violentlytossing and turning.

NC urges India and Pakistan to startdialogue to help suffering border villagesExpressing concern overthe fresh ceasefireviolation in Samba sectorof Jammu and Kashmir,the National Conference(NC) urged the primeministers of India andPakistan to start acomposite dialogue,saying the “time was ripe”to end hostility in theregion. NC generalsecretary Ali MohammadSagar said: “The firingalong LoC has yieldednothing other than causingloss of precious lives. The

frequent border skirmishesare childish exercises,which have not yieldedanything other than killingof innocents on both sidesof the border.” Sagar,outgoing chief ministerOmar Abdullah’s point manin Srinagar, said the peopleliving in the border areasare bearing the brunt of theborder firing. And due tothe frequent occurrences ofceasefire violations, peopleliving in the border areasare leaving their homes, headded.

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Exports to Russia may start afterregulatory approvals: Amul

Gujarat Cooperative MilkMarketing Federation(GCMMF), makers ofAmul brand dairyproducts, today saidexports to Russia maystart two to three monthsafter the necessaryregulatory approvals are inplace.Revenues during thecurrent financial year maycross Rs 22,000 croreagainst over Rs 18,000crore in FY14 and thecompany would invest Rs4,000-5000 crore in thenext three years oncapacity expansion,GCMMF ManagingDirector R S Sodhi saidtoday.“The inspection team fromRussia has already visitedour plants and expressedsatisfaction. Theyapproved our plants also.

There are some regulatoryissues which are to besorted out,” Sodhi toldreporters in a pressconference.Recently, GCMMF hadsaid it is in discussion withGalactika Group to exportdairy products to Russiaand once sealed, Amulwould become the firstIndian dairy productsmaker to enter into thatmarket.“Russia is going to be a

very good market forIndian dairy productsexporters. We can startexports to Russia after theapprovals come. I think itmay take two months,” hesaid.He said Russia presentshuge potential for Indianexports as 30 per cent ofthat country’srequirements (dairyproducts) are imported.According to him, Russiaimports about 8-10 lakh

tonnes of milk powder and20 lakh tonnes of cheeseper annum.“Amul’s exports stood atRs 540 crore last year. Atpresent, the internationalprices of milkcommodities are very low.We right now focussedmore on Indian market.“In India, milk and milkproducts are growing indouble digit. Amul isgrowing at over 24 percent per annum,” he said.

Sushma hands over PravasiBharatiya Divas logo to Gujarat CMGandhinagarIn the run-up to thePravasi Bharatiya Divas(PBD) being held herefrom January 7 to 9, 2015,Union Foreign AffairsMinister Sushma Swarajhanded over the PBD logobadge ‘Apna Bharat, ApnaGaurav’ to Gujarat ChiefMinister Anandiben Patelhere. They pinned thebadge on each other’sdress.Ms Swaraj said the logo‘Apna Bharat, ApnaGaurav’ prepared byCentral Government trulyreflects ‘Our India, OurPride’, it being a matter ofpride for all Non-ResidentIndians (NRIs).She was here to previewthe arrangements beingmade at the Sector-17

ground and other venuesfor the celebration of thePBD to mark the 100thGandhi’s return to India,as well as the VibrantGujarat Summit fromJanuary 11 to 13, 2015.

Complimenting Gujaratfor hosting the PBD thisyear, she wished the NRIswould identify themselveswith event which shouldgo down in the history asmemorable one.

They were accompaniedby Gujarat’s Minister forNon-Resident Gujaratis(NRGs) PradeepsinhJadeja and seniorSecretaries of GujaratGovernment.

Reliance Jio likely to offer 4G duringPBD, Vibrant Gujarat summit

AhmedabadThere’s no official detailavailable yet, but it islearnt through sources thatupcoming 4thGeneration(4G) service ofReliance Jio will be

available in Gandhinagarduring 7-13 Januaryduring Pravasi BharatiyaDivas 2015 and VibrantGujarat Global Summit2015. While PravasiBharatiya Divas functions

are going to be held inGandhinagar andAhmedabad on 7-8-9January, the VibrantGujarat Summit is goingto be held on 11-12January. Flying knives: Kite string kills

5-year old boy in VadodaraVadodaraThere has been anotherincident of tragic death dueto kite string when MakarSankranti(14th January,Kite flying day in Gujarat)is near.A five year old boy,students of Vithalvidyalaya, Jayraj yadavdied today in Vasna area ofVadodara city when he wascoming back from schoolon two-wheeler with hismother.This is at least secondkilling by kite string inGujarat during presentseason of Uttarayan. Lastmonth one person died inSurat following injury fromkite string.The incident

took place in Shekhpurvillage of Mahuva talukain Surat.According todetails available fromMahuva police which isinvestigating the incident,Vijaybhai VirsinhbhaiGhaudhary(MotaFaliya,Mardevi village of Valodtaluka) was visitingdoctor’s clinic with his sonAshish Chaudhary. Whenhe was returning to homeon bike, at around 6.00 pmhis throat was cut by kitestring.He was taken to hospitalthrough ’108' emergencyambulance service wherehe was declared dead.During and beforeUttarayan festival, kite

string kills at least half adozen people acrossGujarat every year.Hundreds of people acrossthe state suffer minor tomajor injuries due to kitestring which function likeflying knives. In Surat, thecity administration bansvehicular traffic on some

over bridges due to dangerof kite string. InAhmedabad, local civicauthority permitsvoluntary organization totie ropes on both sides ofsome of the over bridgesto protect two-wheelerriders against the dangerof kite string

Kiran Vadodaria isnew INS presidentNew DelhiPresident of the IndianNewspaper Society (INS)for 2014-15, succeedingRavindra Kumar of TheStatesman.PV Chandran ofGrihalakshmi waselected Deputy Presidentof the INS while SomeshSharma of Rastradoot hasbeen made Vice Presidentat the 75th annual generalmeeting of theorganisation.Mohit Jain of EconomicTimes and V Shankaranhave been made

Treasurer and SecretaryGeneral of INS.The 41-memberExecutive Committeeincludes Vijay KumarChopra( Punjab Kesri),Viveck Goenka (TheIndian Express,Mumbai), MahendraMohan Gupta (DainikJagran), Sanjay Gupta

(Dainik Jagran), RL a k s h m i p a t h y(Dinamalar) and JayantMammen Mathew(Malayala Manorama).Naresh Mohan (SundayStatesman), M PV e e r e n d r a k u m a r( M a t h r u b h u m i ) ,Hormusji N Cama(Bombay SamacharWeekly), K N TilakKumar (Deccan Herald& Prajavani) andRavindra Kumar (TheStatesman) are alsomembers of theExecutive Committee.

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AHMEDABADA 33-year-old womancommitted suicide afterher Visa application toCanada was rejected. Thewoman Pinky Patel of

sector 29 had taken theextreme step after shecame to conclude that shewould not be able to applyfor the Visa again. Theincident happened on

Tuesday, early morningaround 5 am according toPatel's close relatives. Shewas immediately shifted toa local hospital, where shewas given an antidote toward off the poison fromher body. But Patel'scondition grew serious onWednesday and shesuccumbed. The sector-21police station hasregistered a complaint ofaccidental death asinvestigations is on to

ascertain the reasons whyshe took the extreme step."We are investigating thereasons why the womentook the extreme step. Shehad been planning a life inCanada for some timenow, according to Pinky'sclose relatives. The matteris under investigation andnothing much can berevealed right away," saysa senior police official ofthe sector-21 policestation.

‘Mini Gujarat’ straddles 129out of world’s 190 countriesAHMEDABAD'Jyaan jyaan vase ekGujarati, tyaan, tyaansadakaal Gujarat'. Thisverse written in the first halfof the 20th century by poetArdeshar Khabardar hasproved prophetic. Today,people of Gujarati origincan be found in as many as129 out of the 190 countrieslisted as sovereign nationsby the United Nations. TheVishwa Gujarati Samaj(VGS) claims this isindicated by the data it hascollected over the last twodecades. Incidentally, thecentral government puts thenumber of countries where

Indians have settled at just110. Talking about theGujarati diaspora, VGSpresident KrishnakantVakharia told TOI, "Theonly countries whereGujaratis have not settledare those which are verysmall, undeveloped or aremerely small islandswithout much businessopportunity." Gujaratiscomprise around 33% of theIndian diaspora worldwide.The US has the largestnumber of Gujaratis — 15lakh. The UK has the nextlargest (seven lakh)followed by Canada,Australia, South Africa and

New Zealand. Interestingly,Gujarati families live even inNauru, a nation of a little over9,000 people located in thePacific Ocean. This is thesecond smallest sovereignstate in the world after theVatican. People of Gujaratiorigin have not only inhabitedNasa's space station but theycan be found even near theArctic Circle. Yellowknifetown in north Canada near theArctic has a number ofGujaratis working for itsdiamond mines. Further,some sit in British House ofLords while the USPresident's team has severalmembers of Gujarati origin.

Sparkle 2015 opens on January 3 in SuratSuratGujarat Chief MinisterAnandiben Patel willinaugurate a Gems andJewellery exhibition –Sparkle – 2015 in Surat.Sparkle is going to beorganized by TheSouthern GujaratChambers of Commerceand Industry, ahead of theVibrant Gujarat summit2015. As many as 150stalls and 80 participantsfrom all over India are partof Sparkle – 2015.Anandiben will also visitHaridham Sokhda inVadodara district to attendSwaminarayan AtmiyaYuva Mahotsav. She willaddress global women’sconclave on this occasion.The exhibition is standingover 16,000 sqft area.Consul Generals of SriLanka and Thailand aregoing to attend the event.MoU signing withThailand’s Jewelleryindustry, Indo-Thai galaevening, fashion show and

cultural events, 8 ft high30,000 diamonds studdedGateway of India replica,Precious stones studdedPanchmukhi Hanumanstatue, Model of proposedSurat railway station, 12 fttall, 7 ft diameter replicaof the world glob studdedwith American diamondsare some of the highlightsof the event.

No bail for music teacheraccused of molesting studentAhmedabadA special POCSO(Protection of Children fromSexual Offences Act ) courton Thursday deniedanticipatory bail to the musicteacher who is accused ofmolesting his eight-year oldstudent in a Satellite school.

Additional sessionsjudge G N Rana inMirzapur rural courtcampus refused bail tomusic teacher SachinDangi, who allegedlypinched a student's cheeks

and thighs and demandedthat she undress before him.The girl complained aboutthis on December 16 aftercoming home from school.After Dangi applied forprotection against arrest, thegirl's mother took anobjection and her lawyerMehul Srivastav submittedthat there was no point indisbelieving the student,neither should her characterbe doubted at such a tenderage. To counter the accusedteacher's contention that an

arrest might spoil his career,the cops filed an affidavit andapprised the court that Dangihad faced similar accusationsbefore when he was workingwith another school,advocate Srivastav said.

Dangi argued thatthe CCVT footage did notreflect any such incident andhence he be granted bail. Tothis the prosecutor submittedthat the CCTV cameras werenot placed inside classrooms.Meanwhile, the school hassuspended the music teacher.