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Swine flu: 41more deaths

takes toll past1,200

Govt serves legalnotice on BBC

Kejriwal inBengaluru fornaturopathytreatment

Agency : New Delhi, Mar 5Fresh casualties drove theswine flu toll past the1,200-mark while morethan 23,000 cases of thedisease have beenreported in the country.Forty-one more deathshave taken the nationwidetoll from swine flu to 1,239while the state-wise datashows Gujarat to be theworst affected with morethan 300 casualties.According to HealthMinistry, as on March 4,the number of those whohave contracted thedisease has reached23,153.

Agency : New Delhi, Mar 5Government has served alegal notice on BBC,accusing it of violating thestipulated conditions tomake a documentary witha controversial interview ofone of the convicts of theDecember 16, 2012gangrape incident. In thenotice, the governmenttold the BBC that it has"violated" the agreement ofnot using the documentaryfor commercial purposeand for this the Britishmedia giant was liable forlegal action.

Agency : Bengaluru, Mar 5Delhi Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal wastoday admitted to anaturopathy institute oncity outskirts for a 10-daynature cure regimen fortreatment of his persistentchronic cough problemand uncontrolled sugarlevel.Court seeks ED's

response in 2Gmoney-laundering

caseAgency : New Delhi, Mar 5

A special court todaysought the reply ofEnforcement Directorate(ED) on the pleas of fouraccused firms facing trial inthe 2G scam-relatedmoney laundering case,seeking acquittal on theground that theprosecution has failed tobring any evidence againstthem.

Police to approach Computer Emergency ResponseTeam to block BBC documentary from internet

Agency : New DelhDelhi Police is in the processof approaching the IndianComputer EmergencyResponse Team (CERT-In),an arm of the Department ofElectronics and InformationTechnology, to block thecontroversial BBCdocumentary on the Delhigang rape from appearinganywhere on the Internetincluding video sharingwebsites like YouTube.CERT-In is the nodalagency to combat hacking,

phishing and to fortifysecurity-related defences ofIndian Internet domain. Itcan block certain contentson request of governmentagencies if these are foundoffensive and likely todisrupt peace and harmony.Despite the IndianGovernment's objection,BBC went ahead to releasethe documentary onWednesday night in the UKand also uploaded it onYouTube. The documentaryhas since then gone viral on

social media with multipleshares and is being widelydiscussed. "We are writingto CERT-In to block thedocumentary from beingavailable on Internetplatforms. The process hasbeen initiated," said a seniorpolice official. Earlier in theday, Delhi PoliceCommissioner B S Bassisaid their main concern is toensure that the documentaryis not broadcast anddisseminated in the countryand efforts are being madeto block it from appearingon websites. "...ourobjective is that anyassertion which transgressesthe penal laws of the countrythat assertion should not bebroadcast anddisseminated, particularly asfar as we are concernedwithin the country," he said."But we will take steps tostop its further disseminationto portals. Whatever is

being required in this caseis being done," he added.Delhi Police had onTuesday filed an FIR andsecured a court orderrestraining the media fromairing the documentary, as awhole or in parts, whichcontains the interview of aconvict in the gang rapecase, Mukesh Singh. Themove by Delhi Police comesagainst the backdrop of thegovernment examiningoptions on whether to takelegal action against BBCafter it aired the film in theUK despite objection.

World Cup 2015 : IndiaReady To Face Gayle Storm

Agency : Perth.Mahendra Singh Dhoni’smen are currently on a high. Three back to back winshave given them theconfidence to take onanybody. And Team Indiawould love to continue withthis winning spree. They willnow take on theunpredictable butdangerous West Indies intheir fourth group leagueencounter of the ICCCricket World Cup atWACA Perth.

After winless inTests and Tri- Series inAustralia, it is the differentIndian team in the WorldCup 2015. The batting hasbeen positive, bowlingeffective and fielding sharp. The result is there to see.76 run win over Pakistan ,130 run demolition of SouthAfrican and 9 wicketscrushing of minnows UAE.The wins have Put India atthe top of the table andplace in the quarters a

certainty. India would hopethat the off-the-fieldcontroversy surroundingvice-captain and team’sbatting mainstay ViratKohli’s conduct doesn’t turnout to be a distraction. Allthe Indian top-orderbatsmen have contributed insome form or the other inthe first three matches whilethe bowlers have silencedtheir critics with some solidshow which makes themclear favourites against theyoung Jason Holder-ledteam. Flamboyant ViratKohli and Shikhar Dhawanhave struck form from thestart of the tournament whileSuresh Raina made useful

contribution in the firstmatch against Pakistan.Ajinkya Rahane showedagainst South Africa what hecan do . Bat brilliantly andwith aggression. RohitSharma missed out in thefirst two games but againstUAE, got a decent hit outthere in the middle with ahalf-century. Theperformance of the specialistbatsmen have in factcovered the grey area whichis skipper Dhoni’s indifferentform. Among the bowlers,off-spinner RavichandranAshwin has been the bestwith eight wickets and amean economy rate underpresent field restrictions.

Sunvilla News, AhmedabadHoli celebrations havebegun in India, where thetwo-day festival is markedwith colours, sweets,

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delicious food andbonfires. Here's a sneakpreview into how theHindu festival is beingcelebrated this year across

the country, and also inneighbouring Nepal. Holi,also called the Festival ofColours, is a popularHindu spring festival observed in India at the end of the winter season

on the last full moon dayof the lunar month.Nepalese revellers withpainted faces gather incelebration. The Holifestival of colours is ariotous celebration of the

coming of spring and falls onthe day of the full moon inMarch every year. Studentsof Devi AhilyaVishwavidyalaya celebratethe festival Holi on March4, 2015 in Indore, India.Festival of colors, fun and

frolic Holi bridges the socialgap and renew sweetrelationships. Indianrevellers dance as water issprayed during Holicelebrations. An IndianHindu devotee fromBarsana prostrates amidcolors as he prays at theNandagram temple, famousfor Lord Krishna and hisbrother Balram, duringLathmar holi festival. IndianHindu devotees smearedwith colors, sing songs at theNandagram temple famousfor Lord Krishna and hisbrother Balram, duringLathmar holi festival

Massive planet with four stars foundMassive planet with four stars foundMassive planet with four stars foundMassive planet with four stars foundMassive planet with four stars foundAgency : Washington

Astronomers using atelescope, fitted with anoptics system developed byIndian researchers andcolleagues, have discovereda massive planet residing ina four star system 136 light-years away from Earth. Thisis only the second time aplanet has been identified ina quadruple star system.While the planet was knownbefore, it was thought tohave only three stars, notfour. The findings helpresearchers understandhow multiple star systemscan influence the

development and fate ofplanets. Growing up as aplanet with more than oneparent star has itschallenges. Though theplanets in our solar systemcircle just one star – our Sun

– other more distantplanets, called exoplanets,can be reared in families withtwo or more stars. Thediscoveries were madeusing instruments fitted totelescopes at the Palomar

Observatory in San Diego:the Robo-AO adaptiveoptics system, developedby the Inter-UniversityCentre for Astronomy andAstrophysics in Pune andthe California Institute ofTechnology in Pasadena,and the PALM-3000adaptive optics system,developed by NASA’s JetPropulsion Laboratory inCalifornia, and Caltech.The first four-star planet,KIC 4862625, wasdiscovered in 2013 bycitizen scientists using publicdata from NASA’s Keplermission.

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DAYGovt serves legal notice toBBC for airing Nirbhaya filmAn upset government on Thursday served a legal noticeto BBC after the channel ignored its advice and broadcastthe controversial interview of Delhi gang-rape convicteven as it asked video sharing website YouTube to removethe documentary as it is "very sensitive". "Yes we hadinformed all channels that the documentary must not bereleased. But BBC has broadcast it in London. (Now)whatever action we have to take, the home ministry willgo ahead and do that," home minister Rajnath Singh toldreporters here earlier when asked about the airing of theprogramme on Wednesday night. We had requestedBBC not to telecast the documentary but BBC said thatit's an independent organization and will go ahead withthe telecast," he added, Asked what the government coulddo, Singh said, "I would not like to make any commentat this moment. All I can say is that whatever is required,will be done. If conditions have been violated, if theyhave been violated, there will be appropriate action," PTIreported. To another query, the minister said, "You keepwatching, I have talked to the I&B ministry and havealso written to the external affairs ministry. Proceedingsare taking place." Meanwhile, communications and ITministry told Youtube that the issue is "very sensitive" andit should review its position on the matter, and remove itfrom the website. When contacted, a YouTubespokesperson said: "While we believe that access toinformation is the foundation of a free society and thatservices like YouTube help people express themselvesand share different points of view, we continue to removecontent that is illegal or violates our community guidelines,once notified." BBC aired the documentary, containingthe controversial interview of a convict in the December16,2012 gang rape despite a Delhi court prohibiting it.BBC on Thursday conveyed to the government that ithas no plans to telecast the film in India in compliancewith the directive. Asked as to who was to blame forallowing shooting of the documentary, the home ministersaid, "there has been no failure on the part of thegovernment." He maintained that the permission "was notgiven in our tenure." Singh, who gave a detailed statementon the issue on Wednesday, said, "I have said this in theParliament also that we'll be removing all the provisionsunder which this permission has been given, so that amistake like this doesn't happen in the future." He said,"If violation has been done, then the responsibility cansurely be fixed to someone and if the responsibility isfixed the action will also happen." The home minister'sstatement came when asked whether the government wascontemplating legal action against the British media giantfor defying the ban. Officials had said that home ministry isalso planning legal action against British filmmaker LesleeUdwin for allegedly violating stipulated permissionconditions. Mixed reactions to BBC move to air gang-rape convict interview:- The decision by BBC to broadcastthe controversial interview of one of the December 16,2012, gang-rape convicts despite the restraining orderagainst its screening has evoked mixed reactions amongpolitical parties.

“India's Daughter: Banning the film is nosolution to rape malaise” - British filmmaker LesleeUdwin addresses a press conference on her documentary film India's Daughter,

Ek Paheli Leela actor RajnieshDuggall to play dry Holi this year

Agency : MumbaiHoli is a colourful festivalthat generally involvespeople throwing lots ofwater and brightly coloredpowder at each other. It iscelebrated every year andmarks the advent of spring.Film artists are known forhosting and enjoying lavishHoli parties, but this year,celebrities are endorsing dryand eco-friendly colours to

Konkona Sen Sharma plays pivotal rolein ‘Nyodda’, film on Aarushi murder case

Agency : KolkataActress Konkona SenSharma is set to star in‘Nyodda’, a film based onthe sensational AarushiTalwar murder case. “I haveworked under MeghnaGulzar in ‘Nyodda’ and Ifound the role crucial andinteresting. I worked withIrrfan Khan. This is a storyhandled sensitively byMeghna,” Konkona said onthe sets of ‘Sajarur Kanta’,a Bengali thriller onBomkesh Bakshi, whereshe plays the all importantfemale lead. VishalBhardwaj has written thescript for ‘Nyodda’, butneither the cast nor thedirector are willing to speakabout the story line which isbelieved to be based on theaccounts of the relatives ofthe 14-year old girl foundmurdered in her room onMay 16, 2008. WhileKonkona, 35, and SohumShah play Aarushi’s parents,Tabu essays the character ofAarushi’s aunt. Irrfan Khanplays the officerinvestigating the case. Theother film where she has

Akshay Kumar and Raj Kundracome together to partner in business

Agency : MumbaiAkshay Kumar and ShilpaShetty at one time were in aserious relationship. It wasinitially surprising, but finallylovely to see Akshay Kumarand Raj Kundra cometogether to partner inbusiness and co-own India'sfirst celebrity-basedteleshopping channel titledBest Deal TV, that will soonbe launching in India. BestDeal TV will be a full-fledged teleshoppingnetwork in Hindi that will

Emraan Hashmi's 3Dthriller 'Mr X' released

Agency : MimbaiThe trailer of EmraanHashmi-starrer upcoming3D thriller Mr X, directedby Vikram Bhatt, has beenreleased. In the trailerHashmi plays a man, whogets the power of invisibility,and turns vigilante to take onrevenge from people whohave wronged him. The filmbears some resemblance toHollywood film HollowMan and 1987 Hindi filmMr India. Mr X has beenwritten by Shagufta Rafiqueand produced by MukeshBhatt. Besides Hashmi, thefilm also stars Amyra Dasturof Issaq fame. Mr X will hittheatres on April 17.

combat with the severedrought situation that loomsover many parts ofMaharashtra. Most of theBollywood celebrities areplaying this time dry Holi. Itis the sweet and sensiblewater saving initiative fromthe entertainment industry.Celebrities like AmitabhBachchan, VikramadityaMotwane, RiteishDeshmukh and others are

going all out to promote adry Holi. Even Ek PaheliLeela actor RajnieshDuggall is all set to play dryHoli with gulal. Rajnieshspoke with World NewsNetwork and said, "Thefact that we have so muchwater shortage in Vidharbhawhich is a part ofMaharshtra, we shouldthink about it and shouldsave water for them who areeven not getting water todrink. Even I will play dryHoli with the beautiful colorgulal.

I will request myfriends and fans to pleaseplay A dry Holi rather thanwasting water." The Festivalof Holi is celebrated byplaying with dry colours aswell as coloured water.Several districts in theWestern Indian state ofMaharashtra face severedrought after receiving farless than their usual share ofrain. When World NewsNetwork asked RajnieshDuggall for his Holi watersaving initiative and hisupcoming movie Ek PaheliLeela he said, "The movie'splot seems to revolvearound reincarnation, a lovestory of Sunny Leone(Leela) and me, which is leftincomplete as one of themis murdered.

acted is ‘Lipstick WaaleSapne’ directed by PrakashJha and penned byAlankrita Shrivastava.Konkona said in the film shefound the shades quiteinteresting in the female-dominated role with comicshades. “I have to bechoosy about roles. I amhappy that directors castme. It is the producers’ callbut on my part I can’t doeverything that comes myway – Hindi or Bengali,” shesaid. Coming to Tagorean-flavoured ‘Kadombori’ bySuman Ghosh, where she ispaired opposite ParambrataChattopadhyay, Konkonasaid, “This is my second on

screen appearance withParam. And we complimenteach other before cameraas we vibe well.” “In‘Dosar’ I have worked withParam but that was smalleras compared to‘Kadombori’,” Konkonasaid about the SumanGhosh film based on the lifeof Rabindranath Tagore’ssister-in-law and herinfluence on the Bard’s life.The actress similarly findsher equations with familyfriend-actor-colleagueRahul Bose as one reasonthey are being pitted againsteach other from ‘Mr andMrs Iyer’ to ‘SesherKobita’.

see many celebrities partnerwith the channel to co-ownand create their own brandsand share profits with thechannel. One of the firstcelebrities who is excited toco-create her own brand, isthe young and spunkySonakshi Sinha. Seeing Akshay and Shilpatogether during theirphotoshoot for the launch oftheir channel, I could nothelp but feel how both hadnot just moved on with theirlives and families, but also

how mature they were to bepartners in this new venturein such a professional way.Excerpts from aconversation with thefounder team of Best DealTV. Teleshopping businessis big in the world. RajKundra and I came up withan idea of launching ac e l e b r i t y - b a s e dteleshopping channel,where celebrities will sellproducts. I thought we keeprunning behind brands doingads for them, helping theirbrands, so why not start ourown brands that we canendorse? So differentcelebrities will come on thechannel and sell andendorse brands that theywill co-own with Best DealTV. Sonakshi Sinha is oneof the first celebrities tohave come on board toendorse and sell her ownrange of products.

Aamir Khan chose Dhoom 3 overDetective Byomkesh Bakshy!

Agency : MumbaiThe engaging andimpressive trailer of SushantSingh Rajput's DetectiveByomkesh Bakshy! hasgrabbed every onesattention. The film directedby Dibakar Banerjee bringsthe tale of under-coverinvestigator Byomkesh. Therecent reports suggest thatAamir Khan was their(makers) first choice to playthe villain. A leading tabloidquoted an insider as saying,"Around the same timewhen Aditya Chopra

narrated the story of Dhoom3 to Aamir, Dibakar hadapproached him with hisscript. Both werechallenging, negative rolesfor two YRF films. He wasin a dilemma, but then finallydecided to take up the'Dhoom 3' offer." Thetabloid also quoted Dibakaras saying, "I wanted to make'Detective ByomkeshBakshy!' after 'Khosla KaGhosla'. I was in talks withthe studio and we thoughtthe best guy to play thebaddie was Aamir.

Took 'Margarita With A Straw' asa test for myself : Kalki Koechlin

Agency : MumbaiActress Kalki Koechlin,who essays the role of acerebral palsy affected girlin Shonali Bose's directorialMargarita With A Straw,says the audition for this filmwas toughest for her and shetook it as a test for herself."I loved the script. Shonali(Bose) e-mailed it to me andimmediately I wrote back toher that I loved the script. Itscared the hell out of me thatshe could even think that I

could do this," Kalki toldreporters here Wednesdayat the trailer launch of thefilm. "The audition for thisfilm was toughest for me,"she added. "Margarita WithA Straw" is a gentlecoming-of-age story of ayoung Indian womaneffected with cerebral palsy(played by Kalki Koechlin)and it also explores thesexuality of disabledpeople. Kalki'sperformance was

appreciated on theinternational arena and shebagged Best ActressAward for Kalki at TallinnBlack Nights Film Festivalheld last year. In India,"Margarita With A Straw"is expected to release onMarch 13.

When Alia Bhatt lost hercool on repeated mockery!

Agency : New DelhiThe young generationactress Alia Bhatt mighthave braced herself againstall the jokes that were

cracked on her, but it seemsthat now baby Alia has hadenough of the fun ride. At arecent event, Alia is reportedto have stormed out after a

journalist made somet o n g u e - a n d - c h e e kstatement. Apparently, the22-year-old actress lost hercool when she wasquestioned on thesignificance of the festival ofHoli. According to reports indaily, at first she was quizzedwhether she played Holi, buthell broke loose whenimmediately she was askedwhether she knows theimportance of the festival.

- Kapilkumar M. HirparaEditor

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World Cup : Ambrose tells West Indiespacers to be disciplined against India

Agency : PerthWest Indies fast bowlingicon Curtly Ambrose hascalled for discipline from hispace attack when they facereigning World ChampionsIndia on what is expected tobe a lively pitch on Friday.The Windies bowling coachsaid on Wednesday that itwas important theCaribbean side's seamersfound the right lengths andresisted the temptation tobowl overly short at theIndian batsmen on theencouraging WACA strip,reports CMC. "The pitches

here are usually bouncy andsupportive of fast bowling.However, the mistake mostbowlers make is that theypitch the ball a bit too shortbecause of the extrabounce. You have to findthat good length, that is thekey to being successfulhere," Ambrose said."Bowling short and all thatstuff could be waste. I'm notsaying you shouldn't bowl ashort ball or two but moreoften than not, you have topitch the ball into that goodarea which will force thebatsman to play a lot

more." The tall formerpacer was renowned for hisimpeccable lengths duringan illustrious career whichyielded 225 wickets from176 One-DayInternationals (ODI) and405 scalps from 98 Tests.He was particularlysuccessful at the WACAwith 24 wickets in threeTests. "Good batsmenusually leave the ball onlength because more oftenthan not the ball will goover the stumps anyway. Soyou have to get that lengthcorrect and that's how youwill get that success here.(You shouldn't get) carriedaway with the extrabounce," added Ambrose.With West Indies boastinga relatively inexperiencedattack, the 51-year-oldalso warned of theFremantle Doctor -- a stiffbreeze blowing across theWACA which often makeslife difficult for bowlers.

Weather threatens Pakistan vsSouth Africa World Cup clash

Agency : AUCKLANDThe weather may play a rolein the outcome ofSaturday's Cricket WorldCup match between SouthAfrica and Pakistan inAuckland, with NewZealand's MetServicepredicting some heavy rainshowers during theafternoon. Should the worsthappen and the day-nightgame is washed out,Pakistan might be glad toaccept a point given SouthAfrica's recent form. In eachof the last two games,against the West Indies andIreland, South Africa hasscored more than 400 runs

and won by more than 200.Pakistan's form has been farless assured. After losingtheir first two games againstIndia and the West Indies,the 1992 champions havegot their campaign back ontrack with wins overZimbabwe and the UnitedArab Emirates. There'sbeen only one washout in thetournament so far, the matchbetween four-timechampion Australia andBangladesh in Brisbane. Butas the World Cupprogresses into the SouthernHemisphere autumn, it couldbecome more of a concern.South Africa coach Russell

Domingo said his squadneeds to be ready foranything against Pakistan."We know that they can beatanybody on their day," hesaid. "We need to preparereally well and we need tomake sure we respect theopposition and make surewe go through ourprocesses really well overthe next couple of daysbecause their strength lies inthe predictability of theirunpredictability." He said itwould be nice to bat secondand chase a total, noting thatPakistan has had difficultychasing down runs at thetournament.

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Agency : ColomboSri Lanka batsmanDimuth Karunaratne onThursday was ruled out ofthe remainder of thecricket World Cup aftersuffering an injury to hislittle finger during theteam's practice sessionahead of Sunday's crucialtie against Australia. An x-ray on the injured fingerrevealed a fracture, whichhas put an end to the lefthanded opener's hopes offeaturing in the tournamentany further. Karunaratnewould unfortunately bereturning home. He is to bereplaced by SeekkugePrasanna, who is alreadyin Australia as cover forthe injured RanganaHerath. The left-armspinner Herath, if unable to

continue, would bereplaced by the openingbatsman Kusal JanithPerera, Sri Lanka Cricketannounced on Thursday.Perera, an explosiveopening batsman, wasdropped from the WorldCup squad owing to his

poor form. Karunaratne,who fared well in the Testseries against NewZealand leading to theWorld Cup, was droppeddown the order leaving theregular opener TillakaratneDilshan to open withLahiru Thirimanne.

Vegetable prices rise by upto 67% over the last 5 days

Agency : New DelhiRetail prices of leafyvegetables like spinach andother winter staples such ascarrots, cauliflower andpeas have shot up as muchas 67 percent in the nationalcapital over the last fivedays due to unseasonalrains. Retail prices ofvegetables are expected tobe under pressure for thenext two days due to tightsupplies as the wholesalemarkets will remain closedfor Holi on Friday, traderssaid. However, there is nosupply constraint for potatoand onion, and their pricesare stable, a senior Unionagriculture ministry officialsaid. "Due to waterlogging,harvesting of somevegetables has beendelayed. There is 30-35percent jump in rates ofleafy green vegetables and20-50 percent in othervegetables," Azadpur

Agricultural ProduceMarket Committee(APMC) member RajendraKumar. Small Farmers'Agriculture-BusinessConsortium (SFAC)managing director PraveshSharma said that there is noproblem in onion and potatosupply. Farmers are drainingout excess water from fieldsand logistics problems havealso caused to tight supplysituation in somevegetables. Mother Dairy'sSafal outlets are sellingpotato at Rs 11.90 per kgand onion at Rs 30 per kgon Thursday. Evenvegetable hawkers areselling these twocommodities more or less atthese rates. However thesharp jump in retail priceshave been seen in leafyvegetables and some wintervegetables. The prices inunorganised markets vary indifferent colonies.

Moody’s lauds India’sinflation targeting mechanism

Agency : Mumbai,Moody’s InvestorsServices, the global creditrating agency, has said thatthe inflation targetingmechanism that the Centreand the Reserve Bank ofIndia have built into India’smonetary policy frameworkagreement is a “creditpositive” move and willmake the RBI’s monetarypolicy tools much moreeffective. Moody’sstatement is seen as anencouraging sign for India’ssovereign credit rating,especially after the globalrating agency describedIndia’s recent Union budget

as credit neutral. Moody’shas assigned a Baa3 ratingto India, which is its lowestinvestment grade. Under theinflation targetingmechanism, the governmenthas mandated that RBIshould bring down inflationto below 6 per cent byJanuary 2016. The targetfor 2016-17 andsubsequent years will be a4 per cent with a band of +/- 2 per cent. OnWednesday, RBI governorRaghuram Rajan toldanalysts at a conference callthat the 4 per cent inflationtarget would be attained byJanuary 2018.

Facebook open to solar plane-based internet services in India

Agency : BarcelonaSocial media giantFacebook is interested intesting internet servicesthrough solar-poweredplane in India and othertelecom connectivitytechnologies it is developing."We are really indevelopment oftechnologies at connectivitylab. We are not yetlaunching any pilots. We willin the future, and we areentirely open to launching itin India because there issuch a great opportunity inIndia to connect the

unconnected," FacebookVice President ofInternet.org Chris Danielstold media. He said thecompany is working onalternate internettechnologies other thantraditional ways ofproviding connectivityincluding solar planes andsatellites. "The reason whyplanes are interesting is thatyou can have solar poweredplanes that stay very high inthe sky and provideconnectivity. Plane can havebroad area. That plane canbe fuelled by the sun, doesnot need to have generatoror physical infrastructure onthe ground.

Bangladesh eye win over Scotlandto boost quarterfinal chances

Agency : NELSONBangladesh would eyevictory against a strugglingScotland to keep theirquarterfinal hopes alive inthe cricket World Cup whenthe two teams clash in aPool A match in Nelson onThursday. If Bangladeshdefeat Scotland, who havelost all three matches so far,then the Asian minnowswould be a win away from

the quarterfinals. Bangladeshneed to win two of their lastthree matches and their nextopponents are England,who are languishing atnumber six having lost threematches out of four. WhileBangladesh has everythingto play for, Scotland islooking to get their first winof the tournament. Theirpace battery, led by IainWardlaw, is their biggest

asset. They lost a thrilleragainst Afghanistan andtomorrow is probably theirbest chance to register awin as they next playformer champions SriLanka and Australia.Scotland know whatBangladesh are dreamingof but they have vowed tomake life tough for theAsian side. “They areexpected to win this game.They want to get twopoints out of this game. Butat the same time it’sbrilliant opportunity forScotland as an associateteam to play against a fullmember and have theopportunity to beat a fullmember. We are right upfor this game,” Scotlandcaptain Preston Mommsensaid.

Scribe row: BCCI cracks whip on KohliAgency : Mumbai

BCCI in connection with theVirat Kohli altercation rowwith a senior sportsjournalist in Australia/ NewZealand BCCI's newly-elected Secretary AnuragThakur had some sternwords for the Indian teammanagement who are awayto participate in the ICCWorld Cup 2015. TheBCCI has taken note of theincident that occurred atPerth a couple of days ago.The BCCI has been in touchwith the Indian teammanagement on this issue,and has advised that this

kind of incident should notbe repeated. The BCCIrespects the role played bythe media in covering andpopularizing the game ofcricket, and acknowledgesthe support of the media, inits mission to administer andpromote the game of cricketin India. The player inquestion has been told tomaintain the dignity of theIndian team at all times, andavoid any such behaviour inthe future. The BCCI wouldlike to request theconcerned parties to moveon, and focus on the Indiancricket team’s campaign in

the ongoing ICC CWC2015. "The BCCI respectsthe role played by the mediain covering and popularizingthe game of cricket, andacknowledges the supportof the media, in its missionto administer and promotethe game of cricket in India,"the release added.

World Cup 2015: Ashwin playstrouble-shooter after Virat episode

Agency : PERTHAmid the furore generatedby Virat Kohli's abusivebehaviour with an Indianjournalist, off-spinnerRavichandran Ashwin onThursday tried to defuse thetension by lauding the fourthestate for its support and for"taking cricket back" to thecountry. Although Ashwinrefrained from making anycomments on the 'ViratKohli abuse episode' but itdid look like he tried his bestin his damage control act."Media here are here tosupport us. It's veryheartening to see the mediaturn up in huge numbers andtry to support us. But Imean, this is my take on it. Ithink the media has aresponsible way of takingcricket back home in aresponsible fashion, takingcricket to the public in theway it needs to be taken,"Ashwin said answering aspecific question on what'shis take on the media ingeneral. Ashwin said that attimes he has not agreed with

what has been reported butthere have been times whenmedia has been supportive."There are times when I'mnot happy with that, butthat's my opinion. But thereare other times when yousupport the players and it'svery important to take thegame forward," saidAshwin. Ashwin, however,refused to comment whenasked pointedly about theKohli incident in which theswashbuckling batsmanhurled abuses at a reportermistaking him for anotherscribe. "Honestly, I do notknow what's happened. It'sdefinitely not in myjurisdiction. I do not knowwhat's happened. I'm veryhonest about it. I do not

know what's happened.Having said that goingforward in tomorrow'sgame, I think we'll give it thebest and see how it goes."West Indies captain JasonHolder also said, "Well, tobe honest, you've just mademe aware of it. I wasn'treally following or aware ofany problems with India."Indian cricket team directorRavi Shastri, in a recentinterview termed the tri-nation ODI series thatpreceded the World Cup, asa "waste of time". Askedabout his take on thesubject, Ashwin replied:"You know, it's very hard totake up on opinionsbecause he said it's a wasteof time.

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iCreate’s ‘Whatnext-2015' eventfor entrepreneurs from March 13

Sunvilla News, AhmedabadInternational Centre forEntrepreneurship andTechnology (iCreate) willlaunch its flagship‘ W h a t n e x t - 2 0 1 5 'programme on March 13to provide a platform forstart-ups and nextgeneration entrepreneurs,organisers said. “iCreatewill organise a flagshipannual event ‘Whatnext-2015' to provide a platformto explore the trends inemerging technologies,engage with successfulentrepreneurs and experts

and interact with investors,”iCreate’s chief mentor DrMadhukumar Mehta toldreporters here. InSeptember 2011, the thenGujarat Chief Minister

Narendra Modi hadlaunched iCreate as anautonomous centre ofexcellence with its ownincubation centre and topromote next generation

entrepreneurs. It is guidedby an advisory board led byInfosys founder N RNarayana Murthy. Thetheme of this year’s event is‘journey-covering ideasinto wealth’ foropportunities in the realm ofbio-technology, agro-technology, nano-technologyalong with ICT (informationand communicationtechnologies), he said. Inthis regard, iCreate will holda conference on March 13with Israel-based academicand practitioner Dr HarryYukela as its convener alongwith speakers like ProfOded Shoseyov fromHebrew University ofJerusalem and Sunil Parekh,founding curator and GSI atWorld Economic Forum inGeneva.

80% LPG consumers in Gujarathave joined PaHaL so far

Sunvilla News, AhmedabadIndian Oil Corporationtoday in statement saidGujarat’s 80% LPGconsumers have joinedcentral government schemePaHaL. As on 2nd March,2015, 79.7 % active LPGconsumers (0.48 crore)

have joined the PaHaLscheme in Gujarat Satewhich was introduced in 54Districts of the country on15th November 2014 andin rest of the country on 1stJanuary 2015. In a shortperiod the enrollment hasachieved a satisfactory level

of penetration of near 80%.An amount of Rs. 302.04crore has been transferredsince 15th November, 2014through 0.88 croretransactions. At present, afixed permanent advance ofRs.568 is also given to everyconsumer. This has beenrevised to become variableevery month, equal to theactual subsidy due at thetime of booking w.e.f.1.4.2015 and subject to amaximum of Rs.568. Thesuccess of the scheme is aresult of an intensiveInformation EducationCampaign comprising ofadvertising through variousmeans and directly reachingout to consumers, severalinnovative measures such asguardian officers for eachdistrict, deployment of

technology by use of SMS,and a single window portalwww.mylpg.in to enableconsumers to join thescheme. The progress of thescheme implementation isbeing directly monitored atthe level of Minister of State(Independent Charge)Petroleum and Natural GasSh. Dharmendra Pradhan.PaHaL will save subsidy byreducing the incentive todivert subsidized cylindersand also provides an easyexit route for those who donot want to avail subsidy ondomestic gas cylinders. Theenrollment are continuingand it is expected that fullbenefits will start accruingwith market pricing ofdomestic LPG cylinderscover the entire countryw.e.f 1.4.2015.

Ahmedabad emerges safestcity for women traveler

Sunvilla News, AhmedabadJust ahead of theInternational Women’s Day,TripAdvisor, the world’slargest travel site revealedthe findings from its annualWomen Traveller Survey2015, collected from 1300female respondents in India.As per this survey,Ahemdabad has emerged asthe safest city for womentraveller followed by Puneand Mumbai, while Delhi/NCR has been emerged asthe most unsafe city amongstthe top 10 Indian citiespolled followed by Jaipurand Koklata. Banglore hasdropped to 5 spot this year

from 3 last year.Ahmedabad retained thetitle of the ‘safest city’ forwomen travelers with 91%votes followed by Pune(90%). Mumbai dislodgesBangalore to claim 3rd spotwith 88% votes. The survey,now in its third year is aimedat understanding the travelsentiment and preferences ofIndian women whiletravelling solo or as part ofan all-women group. Forthe first time this year, thesurvey draws comparisonacross 9 other geographiesapart from India thatincludeAustralia, US, UK,France, Italy, Germany,

Spain, Russia andSoutheast Asia. 10,481female travellersparticipated in the surveyglobally (including India).According to Nikhil Ganju,Country Manager,TripAdvisor India “Itappears that lesser Indianwomen now perceivetravelling alone in India asunsafe (only 11% this yearversus 33% lastyear).However, foreigndestinations are stillperceived to be safer withonly 1% of Indian womenindicating nervousnessabout travelling aloneabroad.”

Meeting of Alang Ship-breakers withFinance Minister likely next week

Correspondent, BhavnagarBhavangar based worldfamous Alang ship breakingyard is observing five daysshut down due to lack ofclarity over reversal ofModvat Credit after 6%PLA excise duty on ship-

breaking industry in unionbudget. Those close to thisdevelopment said thatthere’s holiday of Holi andDhuleti and then there’sweekend. The shipbreakers have added onemore day to it and declared

shut down for five days.They however added thatconfusion prevailing overexcise matter is genuine, andgovernment needs toaddress the issue and clarifyreversal of Modvat Credit onnon-excisable itemsremoved from the ship in theprocess of breaking. Shipbreakier belive, excisedepartment has in its PLAasked 6% advance payment,but there’s no clarity on howthis amount of duty will bepaid back through Modvatcredit. Ship breakers feardouble taxation due to lackof clarity on this. Meanwhilelocal members of parliamentMansukh Mandavia andBhartiben Shiyal – both fromruling BJP have tried toresolve the issue. A meetingin this regard is likely to beheld between Ship breakersand Finance Minister inpresence of BJP MPs nextweek in Delhi.

Gujarat delegation to leavefor Karachi as visa granted

Sunvilla News, AhmedabadA delegation of Gujarat willleave for Pakistan onSunday. The delegationincludes 2 officers offisheries department,Government of Gujarat, 3members of All GujaratFishermen Association and3 boat mechanics. Asthere’s no direct flight toKarachi, they will travel toKarachi via Dubai. Thedelegation will checkseaworthiness of 57 Indianfishing boats parked atKarachi.These boats werecaptured by PakistanMarine SecurityAgency(PMSA) for allegedviolation of internationalmaritime boundary inArabian Sea. For last fewyears, Pakistan had stoppedreturning fishing boatscaptured by PMSA. Someboats were even auctionedin Karachi.Following ameeting between Prime

Minister Narendra Modiand Pakistani counterpartNawaz Sharif last year,Pakistan agreed to releasesome boats. Among 57boats that are to be releasedand returned to India someare fit to sail while some arerepairable. Some others arein poor condition but theycan be tied with other boatson return journey. Mechanicswill repair the boats forjourney. Repairing cost willbe financed by officials ofFisheries department,Government of Gujarat.Later a date will be fixed andall boats will be taken tointernational boundary inArabian sea where PMSAwill hand over them to IndianCoast Guard. Indianfishermen will take the boatsto Gujarat coast from thatpoint. Foa last many days,the members of Gujaratdelegation were camping inDelhi and waiting for visa.

Dang Darbar festival to befive-day event from next year

Correspondent, AhwaThe three-day annual ‘DangDarbar festival’ will be afive-day event from nextyear, a senior official hassaid. The event, held on theeve of Holi festival everyyear in March, will beextended from next yearfollowing an appeal madeby Dangi kings to facilitate

the tribals to buy and selltheir products andparticipate enthusiastically invarious music and danceprogrammes, Dang DistrictCollector JayprakashShivhare said. The five tribal‘kings’ of Dang – KaransinhYashwantrao Pawar ofGadhvi, Tapanrao Anandraoof Daher, Trikamrao

Anandrao Pawar of Pimpri,Dhanrajsinh ChandrasinhSuryavanshi of Vasurna andBhavansinh Hasusinh ofAmla-Linga – said extendingthe festival will not only helpin generating good businessfor the tribal people, but willalso help the tourists inexploring more of the tribalculture.

Inauguration of Ford India’sSanand plant this month

Sunvilla News, AhmedabadA new car manufacturing plantof Ford near Sanand inGujarat will be operationalthis month according tosources. Gujarat ChiefMinister Anandiben Patel willinaugurate the plant inpresence of US consulate on26 March, sources added.The company is likely toproduce New Ford Figotwins in this plant. Reportssuggest the one car will be a

Ford Figo hatchback andanother will be a sub-4 metresedan (unveiled as Ford Kaand Ka+ in Brazil) that istouted to replace the FordClassic. Ford Figo compactsedan will be launched in July,while hatchback model willset foot in the market inSeptember. Ford is investingover a USD 1 billion in a 2.5lakh car plant in Gujarat,which will more than doubleits capacity in India. While

Tata Motors had alreadyinvested in Sanand, Gujaratgovernment under Mr Modiwas very keen that a globalcar maker set up a base inGujarat and persuaded Fordto invest. Flat out, the plantwould have an annualproduction capacity of 2.5lakh units while the initialproduction capacity isexpected to be around 1.4-1.5 lakh units (800-900 unitsper day) in 2015. TheSanand plant wascommissioned in 2012 whenMr. Modi was the chiefminister of Gujarat. With the‘One Ford’ global productstrategy in place, Ford Indiais planning to expand itsexport markets from thecurrent 50 to around 100 –120 in due course.

Fagani Poonam Mangla Darshanof Dakor Ranchhodraiji Mandir

Sunvilla News, AhmedabadOver a million devotees aretoday having darshan of ShriKrishna at three majormandirs in Gujarat –Shamlaji in north Gujarat,Dakor in central Gujarat andDwarkadhish in Saurashtraregion. Lakhs of devoteeswalk to these three mandirsevery year ahead of FaganiPoonam(Holi or full moonday of the month of Faganas per Gujarati Hinducalendar). A small Dakortown in central Gujaratattracts highest number ofpilgrims on this day. Peoplegather outside RanchhodrayMandir in big number at3.00 am and literally run fordarshan of Ranchhodrayjias soon as gates are openedto have darshan of Mangalaaarti which takes place at4.00 am. (As the entry andexit gates are different andthere’s too much rush onentry gate, thousands of

pilgrim don’t return to entrygate to take their shoes.The district administrationhires a truck fortransportation and removalof such shoes.) Every year,ahead of Holi, on bothsides of highwaysconnecting to Dakor,hundreds of people set upcamps and offer free meal,halt, water, fruit and otherservices. RanchhodrayMandir in Dakor continuesto attract lakhs of pilgrimsthroughout Holi andDhuleti. DwarkadhishMandir and ShamlajiMandir also witness sameduring Holi-Dhuleti. Thisyear, some charm is missingon roads connecting tothese three pilgrim placesdue to hype and fear ofswine flu. However insideand outside the Mandir,atmosphere is same likewhat it is used to be duringFagani Poonam every year.