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News Brief Bribe speech: Kejriwal gets Election Commission notice

NEW DELHI, Jan 20, 2015The Election

Commission on Tuesdayissued a show cause notice,the second in last three days,to Aam Aadmi Party leaderArvind Kejriwal for “primafacie” violation of the pollcode by allegedly making aspeech where he askedvoters to take bribes fromthe BJP and the Congressbut only vote for his party.

The EC notice said the

statement, made during apublic rally on January 18,2015, in Uttam Nagar inNew Delhi, amounts to“abetting and promotingelectoral offence of bribery”under relevant sections ofthe Representation ofPeople Act read withprovisions of the IPC.

The public speechmade by Mr. Kejriwal thatinvited the EC’s ire was: “It’selection time. When people

both from BJP and Congresscome offering money, don’trefuse, accept... some havelooted money from 2G,some have looted money

from coal scam... Takemoney from both the partiesbut vote for AAP.

“We will fool them thistime. They have been

deceiving us for the last 65years. Now it’s our turn,” hehad said.

The notice said the pollpanel “prima facie” was of

the opinion that by makingthe said statement Mr.Kejriwal has “violated themodel code of conduct”which is in force in thenational capital in view ofthe forthcoming Assemblypolls on February 7.

The EC said it hadreceived complaints in thisregard from political partiesafter which it asked the ChiefElectoral Officer of Delhi tosubmit a CD of the speechmade for review by it.

The EC has asked Mr.Kejriwal to respond andpresent his side by 4 p.m. onThursday failing which thepoll body “shall take adecision without any further

reference” to him.It said the model code

of conduct envisages thatparties and candidatesparticipating in the electoralfray shall “avoidscrupulously all activitieswhich are corrupt practicesand offences under theelection law, such as bribingof voters...”

Earlier on January 17,Mr. Kejriwal was issued ashow cause notice by the ECfor “prima facie” violatingthe code with his remarksalleging that the BJP is tryingto incite communal violencein the capital city. Thedeadline for his reply to thisnotice is Tuesday.

Kiran Bedi and ArvindKejriwal: The twins who aren’tNew Delhi, Jan 20,2015

First the similarities:Kiran Bedi and ArvindKejriwal have much incommon. They are IITalumni, former civilservants, RamonMagsaysay recipients,social-activists-turned-politicians and above allself-made celebrities.Besides that near-commonacademic and servicebackground, they’retemperamental twins:domineering, self-righteous, self opinionatedand habituated to marching

to their own drum beats.That makes them awkwardteam-players who aren’tmostly able to take peersalong.

They look the sameage. But Arvind is about 19years younger than the

1949 born Kiran. Thatexplains perhaps the traitsthat differentiate them---for people born twodecades apart can’t bereplicas.

Tact for instancedoesn’t come easily to

Kiran, who can be officiousto the extent of beingannoying. A proof of it wasthe condescending mannerin which she engaged withthe Delhi BJP leaders theother day. As if she wasaddressing politicalsophomores, she hectoreda section of the gatheringthat included veterans suchas VK Malhotra and HarshVardhan, a sitting cabinetminister.

“Kiran can be self-opinionated to the extentof being insubordinate,”remarked a police officialwho has known her foryears. He wasn’t surewhether she’d succeed inpolitics: “She’s not amenableto contrarian views. She’s inher mid-60s which isn’texactly the age at which onecan change. Her partycolleagues will have to takeher on as-is-where-is basis.”

The BJP’s local-brasshas little choice; Kiran’s thePM’s pick for the chiefministerial sweepstakes! Infact, Arvind too had offeredher the CM’s slot to draw herto AAP before the last Delhiassembly polls. That leaveshim hamstrung inconfronting her head-on---his attacks restricted toaccusing her of joining thevery forces they fought in theAnna Hazare- led anti-graftstir.

But politics is moreabout people than politicalparties. Kiran will have tocome to terms with thatreality as she goes aroundseeking support for the BJP.It’s time for her to be a patientlistener rather than being anincessant talker. Can she?

Proud To Be In BJP, Modi Is My ActionHero, Says New Censor Board Chief

New Delhi, Jan 20,2015As questions were

raised over several CensorBoard members havingBJP links, its new chiefPahlaj Nihalani, a filmmaker, today said he wasproud to be a "BJP person"and called Prime MinisterNarendra Modi as his"action hero".

At the same time,Nihalani, who was thebrain behind the BJP'scampaign video 'Har HarModi, Ghar Ghar Modi' inthe run up to the generalelections last year, said hewill work the "best way" toavoid any controversy.

The comments byNihalani, who was namedas the new Chairperson ofCentral Board of Film

Certification (CBFC)yesterday, came even as thegovernment defended itsappointments, saying theidea was to have a "mix ofall".

"I am proud to say Iam a BJP person. I believein BJP. Narendra Modi isthe voice of thenation....He is my actionhero. He is a visionaryperson," Nihalani toldNDTV.

Talking to PTI,Nihalani said he will strictlyenforce the guidelines ofthe Censor board.

"In my longexperience in the filmindustry, I have seen thatonly healthy films withstrong social message area hit with the audience. As

the chairman of CentralBoard of Film Certification(CBFC), I will try tostrictly enforce theguidelines laid down forthe board," he said.

"I will also try tostrike a balance betweenthe industry and theboard," he added.

Pahlaj, 65, hasproduced films like"Aankhen", "Talaash: TheHunt Begins..." and "SholaAur Shabnam" in hiscareer.

The statutory board,under the Information andBroadcasting ministry, wasrocked last week over theresignation of LeelaSamson as its chief and nineother members alleginggovernment interference.

I am going to be onlya caretaker of

Krishna Nagar: BediNew Delhi, Jan 20,2015

BJP chief ministerialcandidate Kiran Beditoday tried to cash in onthe popularity of HarshVardhan as she hit thecampaign trail in eastDelhi's Krishna Nagarconstituency from wherethe Union minister hadbeen an MLA since1993.

Jan Dhan Yojana features in Guinness Bookof World Records with 11.5 cr bank accounts

New Delhi, Jan20, 2015As many as 11.5

crore bank accountshave been opened underthe Pradhan Mantri JanDhan Yojana, exceedingthe enhanced target of10 crore and covering99 .74 per cen t o fhouseholds , F inanceMinister Arun Jaitleysaid today.

“Most o f Ind iatoday is included in thebanking sys tem,” hesaid, adding that morethan Rs 9,000 crore hasbeen deposited in theJan Dhan accounts.

P r ime Min i s t e rNarend ra Mod iannounced the financialinclusion scheme in hisfirst Independence Dayspeech last year. It wasl aunched in Augus twith a target to open

bank accounts for 7.5crore poor persons byJanuary 26, 2015. Thet a rge t was l a t e rincreased to 10 croreaccounts.

Addressing a pressconference here, Jaitleysa id the governmentwould use these bankaccoun t s t o pa s s onbenefits to individualsunder its various socialsecurity schemes.

Financial ServicesSec re t a ry HasmukhAdhia said that even

Guinnes s Book o fWor ld Reco rds hasr ecogn i sed t heach ievemen t s madeunder PMJDY.

In its citation, theGuinness Book said:“Most bank accountsopened in one week aspart of the FinancialInclusion Campaign is18 ,096 ,130 and wasach i eved by t heDepartment of FinancialServices, Governmentof India from August 23to 29, 2014.”

A couple lootsmoney exchanger

of Rs 5 lakhNew Delhi, Jan 20,2015

A couple hasallegedly looted Rs fivelakh from a moneyexchanger, who wascalled by them to theirrented accomdation inRohini area to exchangeUSD 8000, after holdinghim hostage at gun point.

The victim, NareshKumar, was contacted bythe accused couple onyesterday afternoon, whotold him that they hadUSD 8000, which theywanted to exchange forIndian Rupees, a seniorofficial said.

YamunaExpressway

toll hikedGreater Noida, Jan 20,2015

The Uttar Pradeshgovernment has hikedthe toll rates for YamunaExpressway whichconnects the NationalCapital Region withAgra.

The increase in tollrates for the 165-km-long expressway fromGreater Noida to Agrawas made effective fromtoday, said P C Gupta,Chief Executive Officer,Yamuna Expressway11 killed in two

separatemishaps in TN

Chennai, Jan 20,2015A total of eleven

people died in twoseparate mishaps inTamil Nadu today,police said.

While seven diedand over 50 injured inDharmapuri District,four two-wheeler riderswere killed when aspeeding mini truckrammed them at Padi inChennai and one personis in a critical condition.

The mishap inDharmapuri occuredwhen a government buson its way.

AAP leader's statementamounts to “abetting and

promoting electoral offence ofbribery”, says the EC notice.

Delhi polls: Delhi BJPdeclares 4 more candidates

New Delhi, 20 Jan,2015BJP on Tuesday

declared its remaining fourcandidates for the February7 Delhi Assembly electionsand left four other seats forits ally Shiromani AkaliDal. BJP had declared atotal of 62 candidates forthe 70 assembly seats inDelhi assembly onMonday.

The Central ElectionCommittee has decided tofield Sanjay Singh fromVikaspur Assembly seat,Nandani Sharma fromMalviya Nagar, SaritaChaudhary from Mehrauliand Rakesh Gulia fromGreater Kailashconstituency for theelections, BJP generalsecretary J P Nadda said ina statement.

BJP has left RajouriGarden, Hari Nagar,Kalkaji and Shahdara for

Akali Dal which alsoannounced its candidateson Tuesday. Avtar SinghHit will contest from HariNagar, Harmeet SinghKalka from Kalkaji,Jatinder Singh Shuntyfrom Shahdara andManjinder Singh Sirsafrom Rajouri Garden forAkali Dal.

SAD Delhi unit chief

Manjit Singh GK that theparty candidate fromRajouri Garden ManjinderSingh will contest on SADsymbol while theremaining three partynominees will contest onBJP's Lotus symbol. In the lastassembly polls in Delhi, SADhad contested four seats, twoof which were contested ontheir own symbol.

Jharkhand chief secyremoved, Gauba appointed

Ranchi, Jan 20,2015 Jharkhand ChiefSecretary SajjalChakraborty was todayremoved from the postnearly two years beforehis stint was due to endand replaced byAdditional Secretary inthe Union Home Ministry,Rajiv Gauba.

Chakraborty was

appointed ChiefSecretary by the previousJMM-led UPAgovernment and histenure was till December31, 2016.

The 1980-batch IASofficer has been shifted tothe Civil Aviationdepartment as additionalChief Secretary, anofficial release said here.

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DAYWho all made it to Shatrughan Sinha's

son Kussh’s wedding reception

Sunday in a privateceremony attended by ahandful of guests whichincluded Prime MinisterNarendra Modi.

The weddingreception was held in aplush Juhu hotel inMumbai on Monday. Theguest list included actorsand politicians, who madetheir gracious presence feltto join the Sinhas on their

special day. Rishi andNeetu Kapoor, Kajol,Padmini Kolhapure wereamong the others whowere present.

Rajinikanth arrivedwith his daughterAishwarya Dhanush whileAmitabh Bachchan wasaccompanied by wife Jaya.Rekha as usual lookedstunning in her Kanjeevarmsix-yard as she joined the

celebrations. Ahana Deolattended the reception withher husband ViabhavVohra. Politicians UdhavThackeray and Raj Thackerayarrived with their respectivefamilies.

Maharashtra ChiefMinister Devendra Fadnavis,Ravi Shankar Prasad, RamVilas Paswan, Yashwant Sinha,Amar Singh and RajeevShukla were also present

Mrs. Scooter's music launchedby Farah Khan in MumbaiFarah Khan was

recently launched themusic of upcoming film'Mrs. Scooter' at an eventheld in Mumbai.

Speaking about thefilm on the occasion Khansaid, "I have seen the trailerand I know the people whohave made the movie, verysweet of them to call mefor the music launch. It's asweet film and has gone tomany festivals, it haseven gone to New Yorkfilm festival and it hasbeen appreciated a lot. Ithas a very sweet story.The woman and thescooter have beencompared to each other.How society treats ascooter and how society

treats a woman."Directed by debutant

Shiladitya Moulik, the filmis based in a small town inwestern Uttar Pradesh and

narrates the story of loveand resilience of a bride anda scooter, caught in themidst of a difficult socialsituation.

Dhanush: Nothingserious about ShamitabhKamal Haasan, Rajinikanth and Amitabh

Bachchan to come together for Ilayaraja

Music maestroIlayaraja is a living legendwhose music has touchedchords beyond barriers andShamitabh is a special filmfor the music director. Thereason is that Shamitabh isthe 1000th film for whichIlayaraja will be givingmusic to and to mark thisoccasion, friend andfilmmaker R. Balki hasdecided to keep an event,

a felicitation of sorts for themusical genius.

However, the eventwill turn even more specialwhen other legends thatinclude megastars KamalHaasan, Rajinikanth andAmitabh Bachchan willcome for the event andwe hear that the trio hasgiven a nod for the same.Ilayaraja has beenassociated with Balki’s

previous films whichinclude Cheeni Kum andPaa. It is also being saidthat many celebrities willbe performing during thisevent and a special actwill be put up by AmitabhBachchan along with hisShamitabh co-starDhanush and Big B willalso be singing a songthat he has sung for thefilm.

Southern superstarDhanush, who made asuccessful Bollywoodd e b u t i n 2 0 1 3 w i t h'Raanjhanaa', is gearingup for the release of hiss e c o n d H i n d i f i l m'Shamitabh'. He says itsc o n c e p t m a y s o u n dserious, but at heart it'sa f u n - f i l l e dentertainer."This film isabout ego clash. Theconcept might soundserious but it's a veryfun-filled film. There isamazing humour in thisfilm. It's a new conceptand hopefully it will bea refreshing experiencef o r t h e a u d i e n c e , "Dhanush said here.

Dhanush: I will notdo Amitabh Bachchan'sfilms

T h e a c t o r i sg u a r d e d a b o u tr e v e a l i n g w h a t h i sc h a r a c t e r i n'Shamitabh' is. "I don'thave the liberty to saywhat my character isabout. It is very closeto the script, and if I

say anything about myc h a r a c t e r, i t ' l l b erevealing the story ofthe film," he added.

Listen to the songso f S h a m i t a b h o nGaana.com

" S h a m i t a b h " ,d i r e c t e d b y R .

Balakrishnan, is said tobe the story of an actorand his dubbing artist.T h e f i l m w i l l s e eDhanush share screens p a c e w i t h t h e s p i a nAmitabh Bachchan andn e w c o m e r A k s h a r aHaasan.

Salman Khan And Shah Rukh Khan Out Of Filmfare Awards 2014With year 2015, the

season of award showsbegan, and one of thebiggest award ceremoniesin Indian cinema, FilmfareAwards is right around thecorner. The list ofnominations for the 60thBritannia Filmfare Awardsis already out and what wesee is quite shocking!

Dabangg actorSalman Khan and KingKhan of Bollywood ShahRukh are nowhere to beseen in the nomination list.The actors who rocked theblockbuster with theircommercially hit films‘Kick’ and ‘Happy New

Year’ have no nominationunder their name, whileSalman Khan’s ‘Kick’ isnominated under thecategory of Best Musicaward, whereas SRK’s‘Happy New Year’managed to bag twonominations; one for BestActor in a supporting role(Abhishek Bachchan) andanother for Best PlaybackSinger (Shreya Ghoshal).

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Both the actors,Salman Khan and ShahRukh Khan, neither arenominated for Best Actor

category nor are their filmsfor Filmfare award in BestFilm category. Well,Actors’ good friend andanother Khan of

Bollywood’s, Aamir is seenholding his ground in boththe categories for hisrecord breaking film ‘PK’,alongside Shahid Kapoor

for his brilliantperformance in ‘Haider’.Kangana Ranaut’s ‘Queen’is running too in thenominations, and boy, it’s

running good!Shahid’s ‘Haider’ and

Kangana’s ‘Queen’, boththe films have a lot ofnominations in differentcategories in the 60thBritannia Filmfare 2014Awards.

Even though ‘Kick’and ‘Happy New Year’were one of the biggest hitsof 2014, actor SalmanKhan and Shah Rukh Khancouldn’t make it in thenomination for the BestActor Filmfare Award, norcould their films for BestFilm award. Just like us,we are sure that Salmanand SRK fans are in bigsurprise as well.

Gujarat was privileged to hosted two back-to-back high profile events in the first fortnight ofthe New Year. With Pravasi Bharatiya Divasfollowed by Vibrant Gujarat Summit, the name ofGujarat kept reverberating not just in India butacross the whole world. The land of Gujarat wasbrimming with people from across the country andannual International Kite Festival added morevibrancy to the festive atmosphere in the state.

Both, Pravasi Bharatiya Divas & VibrantGujarat Summit had special significance this year.While this year’s Pravasi Bharatiya Divas was beingcelebrated to mark centenary year of Gandhiji’sreturn to India from South Africa, Vibrant GujaratSummit attained a new height with world’s changedperception towards India after May 2014. With 8country partners, more than 25000 delegates from120 countries, CEOs from more than 300 leadingcompanies, the scale of 7th Vibrant Gujarat Summitwas much bigger than in the past. For me it becameall the more special as it was the first summit forme as the Chief Minister of Gujarat.

The most defining moment during the entiresummit was to see dignitaries from world-overspeaking the language of Gujarat. When SecretaryGeneral of United Nations Mr Ban Ki-Moon said“Kem Chho, Tamne Maline Anand Thayo”, ( Howare you are, it was nice meeting you! ) it felt likeour determination to scale new avenues ofdevelopment has got the world talking ourlanguage.

Today, when I sit-back and think of it, I feelextremely blessed to have got the opportunity tolead the hosting of such a grand event. So manynitty-gritties were involved! Even if a small thinggoing wrong would have led to chaos! I do nothave any words to thank the Almighty for grantingus such a great success. It would have not beenpossible without divine grace.

I thank everyone right from Union Ministersto my cabinet colleagues to Team Gujarat to thecitizens of Gujarat for the success of these high-profile events. I also thank media for beautifullycovering both the events that boosted the image ofGujarat being a competent state. The hard work ofnumerous people paid off.

Friends, there are two things about theseevents which I find noteworthy. First, the comingtogether of our Indian brothers & sisters residingin different parts of the world to Gujarat to markthe centenary of the return of Gujarat’s great sonMahatma Gandhi’s to his soil. Second, sincecenturies our Gujarati brothers & sisters have beengoing overseas for business and now the globalbusiness community is converging under one roofat Vibrant Gujarat. It feels the entire wheel of timehas come full circle.

The sun’s transit towards north has broughtnew rays of brightness for India and the entireworld. I would say that Vibrant Gujarat Summithas marked the beginning of a new chapter ofprogress, prosperity and peace for India and theworld.

Friends, in the days to come, our state willcontinue to progress with vision to make Gujarata ‘Smart State’. Gujarat has created a uniqueidentity for itself among all the states of India. Thewhole country and the world have its eye set onthe next step that Gujarat would take. There is asaying: If I have seen further it is by standing onthe shoulders of giants.”

Gujarat’s great sons Mahatma Gandhi, SardarPatel and now Narendrabhai Modi have been abeacon for its exemplary success. It is their visionand leadership that has helped us carve a niche forourselves. I feel extremely fortunate of being theChief Minister of a progressive state that standson the shoulders of such giants.

I call on each and every Gujarati to optimizeon the strong foundation we have by supportingstate government’s endeavor to put Gujarat in linewith developed countries of the world.

And let me tell you the name of the poet whoseverses I cited above. Well, the author of the poemis none else but architect of Vibrant Gujarat,NarendrabhaiModi. These verses are from his book– ‘Aankhaadhanyachhe’ (Blessed are my eyes) andtitle of the poem is – Aash(hope).

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SPORTS ROUNDPacers guide England to comprehensive

nine-wicket win over India

Brisbane: Jan 20,2015Pacemen Steven Finn

produced a career-bestperformance to leadEngland to a nine-wicketthrashing of India in bothcountries` second outing ina triangular one-day seriesin Brisbane on Tuesday.

India`s decision to batfirst backfired when theywere dismissed for just 153in 39.3 overs in the one-day international, with Finnexploiting the Gabba`space and bounce to claimfive wickets for 33.

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In reply, England

cruised to victory in just27.3 overs giving them amuch-needed confidenceboost ahead of the WorldCup in Australia and NewZealand that kicks off nextmonth.

Their recent one-dayform has been very poor,but they were neverstretched with the bat asthey finished on 156 forone, with opener Ian Bellunbeaten on 88 and JamesTaylor on 56 as theynotched their first winunder new captain EoinMorgan.

Stuart Binny, whotop-scored for India with44 in his return to theside, claimed the onlywicket to fall, that ofopener Moeen Ali foreight.

After losing toAustralia on Sunday, theIndian batsmen struggled

to cope with the livelywicket.

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Finn, on the otherhand, made the most of itto claim his first five-wicket haul in 49 one-dayinternationals, including anumber of prized Indianscalps.

He did most of hisdamage to the top order,as India lost their wayafter being in a soundposition at 57-1.

Seamer JamesAnderson, returning to theEnglish side after injury,claimed the first wicket,removing the strugglingShikhar Dhawan for one,before Ajinkya Rahaneand Ambati Rayudusteadied the Indian causewith a 56-run stand.

Saha: Dhoni's retirement hasn'tchanged anything for me

Wriddhiman Saha hassaid that following hisretirement from Tests, MSDhoni predicted that thecurrent bunch of players willform the core of the Indianteam for the next seven oreight years. Saha, who hasbeen Dhoni's understudy forquite some time, says hereceived a lot ofencouragement from theteam Director Ravi Shastri,coach Duncan Fletcher andhis team-mates.

"MS addressed us inthe dressing room after hisretirement and told us that'this is the core of the Testteam that will remain for thenext 7-8 years'. We shouldall try and perform to thebest of our abilities and grabthe chances that come ourway," Saha told PTI fromthe sidelines of Bengalteam's training session at theMohan Meakin ground inGhaziabad ahead of theirRanji Trophy Group Amatch against Uttar Pradeshstarting from Wednesday.

"Both Ravi Shastri andDuncan Fletcher were verysupportive once MSannounced his decision toretire from Tests. They hada lot of encouraging wordsfor me before the SydneyTest as well as the first Testin Adelaide where theskipper was out due to

injury. Their mantra wassimple. Be positive andenjoy each and everyminute," said Saha, who hasnow played four Tests forIndia.

It may seem that theretirement of Dhoni fromTests must have come as arelief for the 30-year-old as itraises his prospects of being aregular feature in the playingXI. However, Saha disagreeswith the notion saying thateveryone has an equal chance

of making it to the team andthat nothing has changed forhim.

"I have never everthought like that. You don'tplay cricket thinking that therewill be comparatively lessercompetition that what it wasbefore. The opportunity isthere for everybody andwhoever performs will play.For me, I used to work hardeven when Dhoni was playingTest cricket and it won't evenchange now," he said.

Amit Shah warns CM Mamata Banerjee,says BJP’s ‘vijay rath’ can’t be stopped

New Delhi, Jan 20,2015BJP Chief Amit Shah

on Tuesday attacked WestBengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee, allegingshe was focused on tryingto save her chitfund scam‘tainted’ leaders instead ofgoverning the state andwas jeopardising nationalsecurity for vote bankpolitics.

Kicking off BJP’smembership drive in WestBengal, he warnedMamata that she cannotstop his party’s ‘vijay rath’(victory march) in the stateby “unleashing atrocities”on its workers and claimedthat public support for hisparty “will drown theTrinamool Congress in thewaters of Ganga”.

Shah said Mamata’srule was worse thanCommunists’. He accused

her of giving priority tovote-bank politics insteadof national security andthat her government didnot investigate theBurdwan blast caseproperly and also did notdo anything to save publicmoney from going into thehands of chit fund accused.

Addressing a publicrally here, Shah said hisparty was ready to wage astruggle in the state. TheBJP chief said the NDAgovernment led by PrimeMinister Narendra Modiwanted to do a lot forBengal, “but MamataBanerjee is not giving us anopportunity to do so”.

“Mamata Banerjee’sfocus is not ondevelopment of Bengal,but on saving her people inthe chit fund scam…Forvotebank politics Bengal

government did notproperly investigateBurdwan blast andobjected to an NIAprobe…TMC governmenthas given priority to votebank politics over nationalsecurity,” he said addressinga rally here.

Exhorting people ofBengal to usher in a“privartan” (change), Shahsaid, “I am constrained to saythat Mamata has given aregime that is worst thaneven communists. Are youready for a Parivartan…”

“While Narendra Modihas taken the countryforward on the path ofdevelopment, TrinamoolCongress is taking the statebackwards….” he said,adding that a number ofindustries have shut in Bengalin recent times ushering inunemployment.

Shah said, “I want to tellMamata that in a democracyshe cannot ensure victory byunleashing atrocities on BJPworkers. You cannot stopBJP’s ‘Vijay Rath’ in Bengalwith atrocities as the people

of Bengal are with BJP now.”“We are ready for the

path of struggle. The seas ofpublic support in favour ofBJP will drown TrinamoolCongress in the waters ofGanga and no one will beable to find it.”

He said Mamata’sTrinamool Congress cannotbring development in Bengal,neither can it do good of thepeople or provide jobs to theyouth.

“Give BJP anopportunity to ensureBengal’s development,” hesaid, appealing to the peopleto support Modi’s agenda ofdevelopment.

Shah today launchedthe party’s campaign toexpand its base in WestBengal, where BJP is tryingto project itself as analternative, under itsambitious membership drive.

Obama's India visit: UPpolice to hire chopper

Lucknow: Jan 20,2015Uttar Pradesh police is

all set to hire a helicopter tosecure the air in view of thelikely visit of US presidentBarack Obama to Agra laterthis month.

"The state governmenthas authorised the police tohire Pawan Hans helicopterfor the next 11 days to assistin the air security," IG (Law& Order) A Satish Ganeshsaid.

"IG, Meerut zone, hasbeen made the nodal officerto work out the route andsorties by the helicopeter inview of the inputs with regardto the security," he said.

The helicopter wouldstart making sorties soon, hesaid adding that an airsupport unit team is beingdeveloped.

Two rounds of talks atthe DGP level were held to

review securityarrangements, and a demandfor ten companies of RAF forAgra and the same numberof CRPF for districtsadjoning the NCR region hasbeen made, he said.

The IG said that workon all dimensions of securityfor the foreign dignitary wasbeing done.

To questions whetherthe Yamuna Expressway

would be closed for traffic forsecurity reasons, the IG saidthat no decision has beenmade but the state wouldcooperate as per theinstructions from theprotocol.

The IG said that in viewof the Republic Day, all thedistricts have been issuednecessary directives toimplement the securityscheme and take precautions.

BJP trying to make India a'Hindu Nation' by subverting

Constitution: CongressNew Delhi, Jan 20,2015

Congress onTuesday alleged that theBJP-led NDAgovernment was trying tomake the country a'Hindu nation' subvertingthe Constitution.

"Secularism is thekey word in theConstitution but the BJPled government at theCentre is trying to totallysubvert it by using thehardline Hindu groupslike the RashtriyaSwayamsevak Sangh(RSS) and openly wantedpeople from variousreligions to convert toHinduism," AICCGeneral Secretary VNarayanasamy toldreporters.

"The best example isthe vandalising of thechurches in Delhi which isseen as encouraging the

communal elements bythe BJP government atthe Centre," he said.Coming down heavily onthe Prime MinisterNarendra Modi,Narayanasamy said,"Unfortunately the PrimeMinister who has beent a lk ing abou t t hedevelopment agenda issilent on the communalagenda."

"When the i s suewas raised in Parliamentin the Rajya Sabha fora lmos t 15 days , theRajya Sabha wasparalysed for the failureof the Prime Minister toaddress the issue," hesaid. He further allegedthe several promiseswhich had been made bythe NDA governmentand Narendra Modi ,none of them have beenimplemented so far.

Jayalalithaa case: DMK govt erroneouslyover-valued jewellery, counsel

Bengaluru:Jan 20,2015The then DMK-led

g o v e r n m e n t h a d" e r r o n e o u s l y " o v e r -valued the jewellery ofA I A D M K c h i e fJayalalithaa and theywere purchased befores h e b e c a m e c h i e fminister, her counseltold the Special Benchof the Karnataka HighCourt on Tuesday.

T h e g o l d a n dd i a m o n d j e w e l l e r ys e i z e d b e l o n g e d t oJaya la l i t haa bu t sheb o u g h t t h e m b e f o r es h e b e c a m e C h i e fMinister in 1991, hercounse l L NageswarRao told Justice C RKumaraswamy.

T h e b e n c h i shearing appeals by thef o r m e r Ta m i l N a d u

C h i e f M i n i s t e r a n dt h r e e o t h e r sc h a l l e n g i n g t h e i rc o n v i c t i o n i n ad i s p r o p o r t i o n a t eassets case.

The special benchhas been set up at thed i r e c t i o n o f t h eS u p r e m e C o u r t o nDecember 18 to decideJayalali thaa's plea inthree months.

R a o a l s o a rg u e dthat the trial court hado v e r l o o k e d s e v e r a lj u d g e m e n t s a n d n o tconsidered the bindingn a t u r e o f v a r i o u sincome tax orders andd e c i s i o n s o f t h eIncome Tax AppellateTr ibuna l , which hadaccepted the incomea n d l e v e l o fexpenditure pleaded by

her.He submitted that

J a y a l a l i t h a a h a dacquired the property,inc lud ing j ewe l l e ry,through legal means.

Rao also said thet r i a l cour t c i t ed the

c l e a n c h i t g i v e n b yIncome Tax Tribunalbut did not consider itw h i l e g i v i n g t h ev e r d i c t , s e n t e n c i n gJayalalithaa and threeothers to four-year jailterm and imposing a

Rs 100 crore fine onher.

A Supreme Courtbench, headed by ChiefJustice H L Dattu, hadg r a n t e d c o n d i t i o n a lb a i l t o J a y a l a l i t h a awho was sent to jail bya t r i a l c o u r t o nSeptember 27, sayingt h a t h e a r i n g o n h e ra p p e a l a g a i n s tconviction in the HighC o u r t s h o u l d b ec o m p l e t e d i n t h r e emonths from December18.

J a y a l a l i t h a a a n dthree others were heldgu i l ty o f co r rup t ionand awarded four yearsjail term by the SpecialCourt here, which hadalso slapped a fine ofRs 10 crore each on thethree others.

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Ahmedabad -Shri Mata Vaishno DeviKatra Weekly Express from 25 JanuaryAhmedabad, Jan 20,2015

Ministry of Railwaysis going to introduce a newWeekly Express trainbetween Ahmedabad andShri Mata Vaishno DeviKatra via Palanpur- Jaipur-Rewari with effect from25/01 /2015.

Ahmedabad -KatraWeekly Express (viaPalanpur- Jaipur -Rewari)

From 25th January2015, Train No. 19415Ahmedabad – KatraWeekly Express train willdepart from Ahmedabad at19.00 hrs on every Sunday

and reach Katra at 06.50hrs on third day i.eTuesday.

Similarly, from 27thJanuary 2015, Train No19416 Katra – AhmedabadWeekly Express train willdepart from Katra at 10.35hrs o-n every Tuesday andreach Ahmedabad at 23.55hrs the next day.

The train will halt atSabarmati, Mahesana,Palanpur, Abu Road,Falna, Rani, Marwar,Beawar, Ajmer,Kishangarh, Phulera,Jaipur, Gandhinagar Jaipur,

Dausa, Bandikui, Alwar,Khairthal, Rewari,Bhiwani, Hissar, Sirsa,Bhatinda, Firozpur,Jalandhar city, Beas,Amritsar, Pathankot,Jammutavi and Udhampurstations in both directions.

The train will have ACII Tier, AC III Tier, SecondClass Sleeper & SecondClass General Coaches.

The booking for19415 Ahmedabad- Katraweekly express will open atall Passenger ReservationCenters from Thursday,22nd January, 2015.

Govt considering privatisation of fourairports including Ahmedabad: Raju

Ahmedabad, Jan 20,2015Civil Aviation

Minister Ashok GajapathiRaju today said that theministry was consideringprivatisation of fourairports in the country,including the AhmedabadAirport.

“We are thinking ofprivatising four airports inIndia. Ahmedabad airportis among these four. Thereis immense scope ofdevelopment in this sector.We are committed toprovide world classfacilities to passengers,” hetold reporters here.

He was here to hold areview meeting withGujarat Civil AviationMinister Saurabh Patel todiscuss the issues andproblems related to civilaviation sector in the state.

The other airportsbeing considered forprivatisation are Chennai,Kolkata and Jaipur.

Appreciating thecleanliness at theAhmedabad airport, hesaid, “This (airport) is anice place. Gujaratis arevery clean people, that iswhy the airport is lookingclean.”

After the meeting,Patel said that the Centrehas accepted Gujarat’sproposal to start directflight between Rajkot andDelhi.

The Centralgovernment has given apositive response andaccepted our proposal tostart direct flights betweenRajkot and Delhi, whichwill commence fromFebruary 15. Now, people

of Saurashtra region don’thave to come toAhmedabad to catchDelhi-bound flights,” saidPatel.

During the meetingwith Raju, he made arepresentation regarding

the state’s Deesa andKeshod airports which arecurrently under the controlof Airport Authority ofIndia.

“Deesa and Keshodairports are currentlyoperated by AAI. We have

put forward our demand tohandover these twoairports to us, so that wecan set up Maintenance,Repair and Overhaul(MRO) hubs for aircraft.This will boost aviationsector in Gujarat,” he said.

Wedding of Amit Shah’s sonin Ahmedabad in February

Ahmedabad, Jan 20,2015Wedding function of

national president of BJPShri Amit Shah’s son Jaywill take place inAhmedabad’s YMCA clubon 10 February. Receptionfunction will take place on12 February in Ahmedabadat Karnavati club.Invitation cards for theevent are already printedand in circulation. Prime

Minister Shri NarendraModi, union ministers,chief ministers, toporganizational leaders ofvarious political parties arelikely to get invitation ofreception function. Ringceremony of Jay andRishita was held on 13 July2014 at YMCA club. Itwas attended by Advani,Rajnath, Jaitley, Gadkariamong others.

Man dies of camelbite in AhmedabadAhmedabad, Jan 20,2015

A 45-year-old mantoday died after a camel bithim on his head.

The animal owner hasbeen detained for furtherlegal procedure, policesaid.

“Govind Trivedi (45)was walking nearJamunanagar slum inBapunagar area of the citylate last night when a cameltied there bit him on hishead. After brief treatment,the man died today,”Bapunagar police station’sinspector P D Parmar said.

The animal’s ownerLalsingh was questionedabout whether the camelwas suffering from any

disease or if it had bittenany other person in thepast, Parmar said.

If any negligence onbehalf of the animal’sowner is found, then a caseunder IPC section 304, forcausing death due tonegligence, will beregistered, he said.

The incident occurredyesterday when Trivediwalked past the camel andit suddenly bit him. Thepassers-by later took him toCivil hospital, said Parmar.

A post mortem of thebody was conducted toascertain the exact cause ofthe death, Parmar saidadding that a case ofaccidental death has been

registered.Meanwhile the owner

of camel said that he hasbeen in possession of thiscamel for last three-fouryears.

He said camel behavesroughly during winter, andone needs to take care whilegoing closer to it.

He said his labourerwas sleeping there only. Hesaid, “if someone drunkapproaches this animal andbehaves roughly in thisdangorous period of winterduring night when it is tied,I am not responsible forthat.”

Sadiq Jamal encounter case: Courtgrants bail to two accused cops

Ahmedabad, Jan 20,2015The special court for

CBI cases here todaygranted bail to two policeconstables arrested in the2003 Sadiq Jamalencounter case.

Judge M M Gandhigranted bail to AjaypalsinhYadav and ChhatrasinhChudasama, observing thatprima facie there was no

evidence against them.Advocate Priyesh

Limbachiya, their lawyer,had argued that CBI hadfound no evidenceindicating their overt rolein the encounter.

Jamal, a resident ofBhavnagar, was killed inencounter by GujaratPolice near GalaxyCinema in Naroda areahere on January 13, 2003.

But the genuinenessof the encounter becamean issue after Mumbai-

based journalist KetanTirodkar told a court therethat he was witness toJamal’s hand-over toGujarat Police by the‘encounter specialist’officer Daya Nayak ofMumbai Police a few daysbefore the allegedencounter.

The High Court hadordered a CBI probe on apetition of Sabir Jamal,Sadiq’s brother. CBI haschargesheeted sevenpolice officers in the case.Rajkot-Delhi Air India service

from 15 February:Saurabh Patel

Medha Patkar cross examinedby lawyer of Amit Thaker

Ahmedabad, Jan 20,2015Air India will start

Rajkot-Delhi flight servicefrom February, said CivilAviation Minister ofGujarat Shri Saurabh Pateltoday in Ahmedabad. Hesaid the service will startfrom 15 February. He saidpeople of Saurashtra hadto come to Ahmedabad tocatch flight for Delhi, butnow they will be able tocatch flight from Rajkotairport itself.

Patel made thisannouncement aftermeeting with Union Civil

Aviation Minister AshokGajpati Raju who was inAhmedabad today toattend a review meeting oncivil aviation departmentrelated issues pertaining toGujarat. One of the issuesraised in this meeting wasabout Rajkot-Delhi airconnectivity which is longpending demand of Gujaratgovernment before thecentre.

Rajkot is the main cityof Saurashtra/Kutchregion. It is presentlyconnected to Mumbai viaair route

Ahmedabad, Jan 20,2015Controversial NGO

operator Medha Patkar, whoheads foreign funded NGONarmada Bachao Andolan(NBA), was cross examinedbefore a local court inconnection with the alleged2002 Sabarmati Ashramassault case against her.

Patkar faced questionsrelated to the case of March2002, when a mob hadthronged Mahatma Gandhi’sSabarmati Ashram where aso called peace meeting byleft-leaning NGOswas onafter the post-Godhra riots in

Gujarat.During the hour-long

cross examination byadvocate Vijay Sharma ofaccused Amit Thaker, thethen BJP Youth wing chief,Patkar was asked questionslike the place where she satwhen the mob had entered.

Patkar was also askedabout the place from wherethe mob had entered andattacked her, along withother people attending thepeace meeting.

Further crossexamination is scheduled forMarch 17 before

metropolitan court Judge AS Desai.

On March 7, 2002,Patkar and other rightsactivists had called a peacemeeting at SabarmatiAshram when a mobvandalised the place andallegedly assaulted Patkar.

After the incident, an FIRwas lodged against Thaker, BJPcorporator Amit Shah, presidentof city based non-governmentalorganization National Councilfor Civil Liberties V K Saxenaalong with a group of BJPworkers and also a Congressleader Rohit Patel.

Cricketer Ravindra Jadeja suesRajkot newspaper for defamation

RajkotJan 20,2015

I n d i a nc r i c k e t e rR a v i n d r aJadeja todayfiled adefamation suitagainst theeditor of aRajkot-basede v e n i n gnewspaper forde fama t ion ,s e e k i n gdamages of Rs51 crore.

Principalsenior civil judge P B Parmar issued a summons toSatish Mehta, editor and owner of `Aabtak’, askinghim to remain present in the court on February 4.

According to the suit, the paper had on November20, 2014 published a report alleging that Jadeja andhis business partner Jenesih Ajmera had links with BaliDangar who is facing charges of land grabbing andextortion.

Jadeja owns a restaurant, `Jaddu’s Food Field’,on Kalavad road in the city.

“We had to move the court after we failed to getresponse to legal notices sent to the editor,” saidadvocate Hiren Bhatt, Jadeja’s lawyer.

“The paper had published the news withoutverifying it and the news has damaged the reputationof my client. Jadeja has no links or has never metDangar in his life. The newspaper says that Ajmera isJadeja’s partner in the restaurant, which is wrong.Ajmera is not his partner in any business,” saidadvocate Bhatt.

The editor of the eveninger could not becontacted.

Mumbai style regular taxi serviceto ply on Ahmedabad roads soon

Ahmedabad serial blast casetrial to restart from January 21Ahmedabad, Jan 20,2015

A special courtformed to hear the cityserial blast case of 2008 islikely to resume trial fromJanuary 21 after theappointment of a newjudge.

The Gujarat HighCourt has appointedspecial trial court Judge PC Rawal after special courtJudge P B Desai soughttransfer when someaccused had objected tothe conduct of the trial bythe latter.

The accused hadobjected to hearing of the

case before Desai statingthat Special PublicProsecutor of the case HM Dhruv and the judge arerelatives, which could leadto adverse results.

So far, the court hasexamined around 349witnesses in connectionwith the case.

Twenty one serialblasts had rockedAhmedabad city on July26, 2008, in which 56people were killed andseveral injured.

More than 70accused in the case are inSabarmati Central Jail

Gandhinagar, Jan 20,2015Regular taxi service

will be introduced inAhmedabad city soon,Gujarat government todayannounced.

C u r r e n t l y ,autorickshaws and radiocabs provide services topassengers in the city.

“Just like autos, youwill find taxis running onthe city roads soon. Thegovernment has decided tointroduce taxis in the city.The service will be

launched soon as we havealready formulated therules and regulations forthe same,” Gujarat RoadTransport Minister VijayRupani said here.

Ahmedabad is rapidlygrowing and it is necessaryto provide another mode oftransport in addition toautos and buses, he said.

“Ahmedabad is alarge city. Taxis are alreadyrunning in other big citieslike Mumbai and Delhi.Therefore, we felt thatsuch a service should be

introduced here as well.These taxis will charge aminimum fare of Rs 20 (forthe first kilometer) and Rs12 for every subsequentkilometer,” Rupani said.

In the wake of thealleged rape of a 27-year-old woman executive inDelhi by a driver of an app-based taxi service operator,Gujarat government hadannounced several rulesand regulations for thesecab operators in the staterecently.

According to Rupani,

such rules will beapplicable to these driversof these regular taxis aswell.

“It will be compulsoryto install GPS in all thetaxis, so that we can tracktheir movement andrespond quickly in case ofan emergency. Apart fromregistration with RTO,drivers need to undergopolice verification beforeacquiring permit from us.They are also required towear a specific uniform,”said Rupani.

here.Twenty four of the 75

blast case accused hadtried to escape fromSabarmati Central Jail bydigging a 218-feet longtunnel in 2012. se beforeDesai stating that SpecialPublic Prosecutor of thecase H M Dhruv and thejudge are relatives, whichcould lead to adverse results.

The escape plan cameto light on February 10,2012, when jail authoritiesstumbled upon the tunnelinside jail barrack numberfour called ‘ChhotaChakkar’.