Women unsafe in

We

JANUARY 12 TO JANUARY 18, 2015

BJP rule in

Chhattisgarh: Cong

he State

Institutional
arrangements of
5 venture fund for
innovative industries

FM: Govt has no

intention to
privatise
railways or Coal
India;

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New tourist
circuit to be
developed in
Gwalior

In-form
Sharapova
beats Ivanovic
to win Brisbane
International

10

Organisers of Miss
World beauty
pagaent might drop
the 'bikini round',
Aishwarya backs
move

11

Will Bedi joining BJP boost

party prospects in Delhi?
NEW DELHI: lmost a year
after former CM Arvind
Kejriwal resigned from his
post protesting the defeat of
a bill to introduce a strong
Lokpal, dates for fresh Delhi
Assembly polls have been
announced. AAP, BJP, and
Congress are the main parties
in fray. All the three parties
have their strengths and
weaknesses. BJP got a big
boost when former IPS
officer and former AAP leader
Kiran Bedi joined the BJP.

AAP

Congress

Strengths

Strengths

The people, whose electricity bills have been

Sheila Dikshit, who

reduced to half, have become strong supporters of

the party. The party has been able to further

lost the previous elec-

BJP
Strengths
The party will cash in on Modis development
agenda. The party had won all 7 seats in Lok
Sabha polls. Its vote share had increased in

tion, is missing from

all Vidhan Sabha areas. That the BJP is the

the scene this time

ruling party at the Centre is one of the posi-

for campaigning. They have ensured that there will be

around. Although it

tive points for it. It will also cash in on the

no such issue in this election. The party can cash in on the strong anti-cor-

lost due to anti-incum-

issue of price rise.

ruption measures taken during the 49 days government of Arvind Kejriwal,

bency factor, yet it is accepted by one and

memories of which are still fresh in peoples minds.

all that the party had changed the face of

Weaknesses

Delhi during its 15 years of rule.

In the previous elections, anti-incumbency factors had worked in the

strengthen the model of funds generation. During

Lok Sabha polls, the AAP did not even have funds

Weaknesses

BJPs favour. But Modi wave seemed to be missing in J&K polls where

Weaknesses

the party came distant second with just 25 seats and in Jharkhand

No leader of the party seems to be taking

poll the BJP had put forward an honest CMial candidate, namely Dr.

have taken a beating. People have started to doubt his ability to run a gov-

the lead in this election. Party will once

Harsh Wardhan. However, this time the party is banking on Modi. The

ernment for five years. Surprisingly, the process of selecting candidates has

again depend on Sonia and Rahul for cam-

party had development as its main poll plank. Still, it will take some

been less strict this time.

paigning.

effort to beat the AAPs anti-corruption agenda.

Transparency is missing to a great extent. Candidates have been named, however their details are still not available on the partys website. While Kejriwal
performed well during his 49 days government, his personal image seems to

elections where it just managed to form a government. In the previous

Chhtissgarh Explore

JANUARY 12 TO JANUARY 18 , 2015

(MP & CG)

Cgarh govt mulls action against

polluting units in Korba
RAIPUR
Chhattisgarh Government finally pulled up its shocks to
check rising pollution graph in the industrial city Korba.
Korba is home to dozens of major and minor industrial units.
Principal Secretary of the housing and environment department and the chairman of Chhattisgarh Environment
Conservation Board (CECB), N Baijendra Kumar chaired a
meeting to discuss various aspects of this plan with the officials concerned in Naya Raipur. He also reviewed the steps
taken by the factories and industrial units as their contribution to reduce pollution level. Kumar warned the management of all the industrial units of public and private sectors
to face strict actions, if they ever found violating and not
adopting all the technical measurements required to control
the pollution level. He also reviewed the works initiated and
proposed by all the main industries as measurements to con-

trol pollution level from their end. Those present in the meeting included the member secretary of CECB, Devendra Singh
and officials concerned from BALCO, SECL, NTPC,
Chhattisgarh State Electricity Company (East and West) and
the commissioner of Korba Municipal Corporation (KMC).As
per the notification issued by Environment and Forest
Ministry, Government of India, discussion on preparing a
comprehensive plan for disposing of the fly ash was held.
Kumar said that 100 per cent use of fly ash is possible by better management. He added that most of the electricity production units are based on coal and due to increasing electricity demand; the production units are discharging fly ash
in extra quantity. He issued instructions to KMC commissioner for taking appropriate steps for better management of
sewage treatment plant, solid waste management and stopping commercial and domestic use of coal. A009

Minister stresses on developing

clinical skills of doctors
RAIPUR
Union Health Minister J P Nadda said here that
the medical education framework must attend to the

Women unsafe in
BJP rule in
Chhattisgarh: Cong

critical requirements of enhancing clinical skills

which often get ignored due to the pressure of producing more doctors. The Union minister stressed the
need for developing clinical skills in the doctors. "Due
to the pressure of producing more doctors, the clinical
skills tend to get ignored. The medical education
framework should attend to this critical requirement," Nadda said. He was addressing All India
Medical and Dental Students Conference at Raipur.
Nadda also emphasised the need to develop a frame-

undertaken by the Chhattisgarh government in the

work for holistic healthcare and well-being rather

health sector and said it has provided a social securi-

than merely sick-care. "While there is a shortage of

ty to the common masses. CM Raman Singh was also

manpower in the healthcare sector and there is a

present during the occasion. Earlier, Nadda also dis-

focus on quantity, quality is equally important and

tributed Computer Tablets to urban Auxiliary Nurse

should not be lost sight of," he said. Recalling the old

Midwives (ANMs) under the National Urban Health

concept of family physician, who used to be a vital

Mission (NUHM) at a function. Stating that the

part of the healthcare set-up of the family and knew

tablets will help the ANMs in more efficient delivery

the health issues and needs of the family, Nadda said

of services to the urban areas, particularly the urban

that there was a need to revive that concept again in

slums, Nadda said that these devices will be useful for

the quest to move from sick-care to well-being. Nadda

real-time data collection and reporting on the various

also appreciated the various innovative initiatives

health services being provided under the NUHM.

Govt to build roads in extremist-hit areas in mission mode

RAIPUR
The government has decided to
construct highways in extremisthit states in mission mode as these
are harbinger of economic prosperity, Road, Transport and Highways
Minister Nitin Gadkari said
recently. "Highways are the harbinger of economic prosperity. The
government has decided to construct roads and bridges in
extremist-affected areas in mission mode under the leadership of
Prime Minister Narendra Modi,"
Gadkari said addressing the CMs
and PWD Ministers of extremist-

hit states in Raipur. He said

extremism was a threat to democracy and government was serious
to bring in development in such
areas through faster construction
of roads. Gadkari said his ministry

would soon come up with an online

system for tracking of projects in
such areas. The Minister also
reviewed the projects to resolve
the bottlenecks in speedy implementation of road works being executed through the state PWDs.
The Ministry of Road Transport &
Highways had taken up improvement of road connectivity in 34
severely Maoist-affected districts
covering a total length of 5,477 km
and eight states including
Chhattisgarh
and
MP,
Maharashtra under road requirement Plan (RRP).

Raipur: Women are not safe in

the BJP government's rule in
Chhattisgarh, main Opposition in
the state, Congress has alleged. "It is
unfortunate that the BJP, which succeeded in forming the government in
the state by promising safety and
security for women, has failed to do
so," state Congress unit president
Bhupesh Baghel said. To further substantiate his point, Baghel cited various incidents in the state, like the
last year's sterilisation botch-up
leading to death of nearly 13 women,
alleged removal of uterus of some
women in the state by doctors for
money, the Jhaliyamari incident (in
which tribal girls of a residential
school in Jhaliyamari village of
Kanker district were allegedly raped
in 2013), and over thousand women
reportedly being missing in Jashpur.
He also cited another incident of
Durg district, which recently came to
light, in which an injured college stu-

dent was in June last year allegedly

raped during admission in a government hospital after being administered an injection which rendered
her unconscious. Later, she was
harassed by two police constables
with an obscene video of her which
they had shot. Baghel said that the
incident of the patient being administered a sedative, instead of being
provided proper treatment, and then
raped and later blackmailed by
police personnel proves that there is
no rule of law in the state. There cannot be anything more scary than a
girl being forced to bear the harassment for six months after being
intimidated, the Congress leader
said. Even after the incident came to
light, the police and the health
department tried to shield the culprits instead of taking immediate
action, he alleged. This makes it
clear that women are not safe in
Chhattisgarh, he added.

MADHYA PRADESH

Abdul Qadir to write

with artificial hand; CS
directs for assistance

JANUARY 12 TO JANUARY 18 , 2015

(MP & CG)

British delegation
lauds Gauravi Kendra
Bhopal: A British delegation which visited MP
recently has described Gauravi Centre for legal, medical and counseling help to women in the state as
effective and lauded the state government for it. The
One-stop Crisis Centre Gauravi was inaugurated
on the premises of district hospital (Jaiprakash
Hospital) in June last year. The centre is extending
assistance to violence-affected women. About 6000

Bhopal
Bhopal: No one had ever
imagined that Ratlam-based
Hussain Indori and Smt.
Fatima Indoris eight years old
son Abdul Qadir will meet
with such an accident. Abdul
Qadir who had come to his relatives in Mulla Colony here in
May 2014 lost both his hands
when he accidentally touched
high-tension wire. The incident was a setback for his family. Family took the boy to
Mumbai for treatment for 2-3
months.
At last, doctors decided to
amputate both gangrene-hit
hands to save the boys life.
This put the family in a
quandary about future life and
education of Abdul Qadir.
Expenditure of affixing artificial hands is between Rs. 12
lakh to Rs. 15 lakh. MP government has assumed responsibility of Adbul Qadirs complete treatment. Following
this, Abdul Qadir will not only
be able to study further, but
also lead normal life. Hussain
Indori and Fatima Indori gave
an account of the boys difficulties during Chief Secretary
Anthony de Sas weekly meeting with people and urged him
to provide government assistance for affixing artificial
hands. The Chief Secretary
immediately
directed
Principal Secretary Health
Praveer Krishna to sanction

women have obtained services from the centre so far.

The delegation was informed that a decision has
already been taken to open 7 more such centres.
Public Health & Family Welfare Department has
doubled the amount given for food to patients and
expanded free transport facility thus fulfilling
requirement of large portion of population. Following
start of cancer treatment facility in the state, about
4000 patients have been registered. Training has also
been imparted to doctors for cancer treatment. Large
number of patients are getting free medicines in
OPDs. Free treatment has been started for patients
suffering from blood diseases. Facilities have been
specially increased for thalassemia and hoemophilia
patients. Treatment facilities for diabetics, blood
pressure and heart and kidney patients have been
improved in district hospitals. Free treatment is
being provided annually to about 50 lakh BPL families. More effective services are being made available
to people through guarantee of 18 services.
financial assistance for affixing artificial hands in best
institution of the country.

Formalities in the case began

today itself. As per wish of
applicant family, Abdul Qadir

is being sent to a New Delhi

hospital for getting artificial
hand affixed.

CS moved by boy s keen interest in studies

Directives to districts regarding neo-literate exam to be held on March 15: Rajya Shiksha
Kendra has issued directives to all collectors to start
preparations for neo-literate exam to be held under
Sakshar Bharat Yojana on March 15. CDs of question-papers of the exam will be provided at state-level

Abdul Qadir also accompanied his parents to Mantralaya. The class II student
informed that he is keenly interested in studies for which he is ready to write with
legs since he has lost his hands. This greatly moved the Chief Secretary. Abdul
Qadir also displayed skill of writing with legs learnt by him in recent months. de
Sa was informed by Morena resident Rajkumar Tomar and Jabalpur resident Su
Gayatri Patel about not being appointed against vacancies of assistant for the sight
impaired by Social Justice Department. The Chief Secretary directed Principal
Secretary Social Justice to do the needful in both cases. de Sa also received applications from 10 other applicants and sent them to concerning departments for necessary action.

review meeting on January 28. Directives have been

given to get question papers/answer sheets printed in
districts on the basis of CD. After exam, evaluated
answer-sheets and marksheets/result-sheets must be
submitted to Development Block Education Officer
by March 16-17. The development block office will
enter exam data in hard and soft copies by March 20
and submit the same to office of the district Public
Instructions Committee by March 23. The committee
will send all information in hard and soft copies to
Rajya Shiksha Kendra by March 30.

Satna to be developed as ideal city

Bhopal
Public
Minister

chalked out to develop Satna city as

Relations

and

Energy

Rajendra Shukla has said

that Satna has been a major commercial

city of Vindhya region. Satna will be
developed as an ideal city. Shukla laid
foundation stone of Rs. 110 crore water
augmentation project at Satna today.
Minister

Shukla said that on comple-

tion of this project in accordance with

population of 2043, every person will be

Smart City.

Gurh to be
developed on priority
Rajendra Shukla said that top priority will be given to development of
Gurh city and area. Shukla was
responding to public reception accorded
to him at Gurh in Rewa district today.
The Public Relations Minister said that

provided 135 litre water. People of Satna

a Rs. 5000 crore solar plant and con-

will get 24X7 drinking water.

struction of Rs. 500 crore Rewa-Sidhi

Shukla

said that the project will be completed

concrete road and Gurh bypass are

by January 2016. He informed that

underway in the area. On peoples

Rewa to Satna road is being developed

demand, he consented to construction

as dust-free 4-lane road with dividers

of bridge over Bichhiya river.

and lights. Satna MP

Corporators of Gurh Nagar Parishad,

Ganesh Singh

informed about development works for

local public representatives and distin-

Satna city. Mayor Smt. Mamta Pandey

guished citizens were present on the

informed that a blueprint has been

occasion.

RAIPUR TRAIL

JANUARY 12 TO JANUARY 18 , 2015

Raman Singh stresses on

connecting Bastar with mainstream

(MP & CG)

Dists with highest

infant mortality
rates identified

Raipur
CM Raman Singh has emphasised
on connecting Bastar with the mainstream by increasing rail and road connectivity
and
demanded
that
Dallirajhara-Rowghat rail line be
extended to another 140 km from
Rowghat to Jagdalpur in the second
phase for the purpose. During a meeting with Union Railway Minister
Suresh Prabhu here, Singh discussed
expansion of rail lines in northern
regions of the State and connecting
Bastar with the mainstream of the
nation. Raman Singh said that expansion of rail network in backward and
less developed regions of Chhattisgarh
will work as a potential engine for
growth and development of the State.
The CM said, though Bilaspur zone
of Chhattisgarh is the biggest contributor of revenue in the railways, the
region lacks in rail network and
demanded that Raigarh, Jagdalpur,
Dongargarh and Uslapur be developed
as terminals other than Bilaspur, Durg,
Ambikapur and Korba. Drawing
Prabhus attention to construction of
proposed
Raipur-Baloda
BazaarJharsugara rail line, Singh said that
proposal for the 310-km-long Rail line
has already been sanctioned in the

Raipur
The state government has identified high burden districts with maximum infant mortality rate.
These include Balod, Bemetara, Baloda-Bazar,
2013-14 budget. He also presented his
proposal for 182-km long AmbikapurBarwadih rail line and 234 km long
Dongargarh-Kheragarh-KawardhaMungali-Bilaspur rail line. Prabhu said
development of Bastar is of utmost priority for the Centre.
He directed the senior officials to
convene a meeting with NMDC and
SAIL and sanctioned the rail line
besides issuing directives for construction of special purpose vehicle (SPV).
Prabhu also put forward a proposal that
a cargo hub should be developed in
Naya Raipur with a Container Depot in
Chhattisgarh. He said that his Ministry

will bear the entire development cost if

the Chhattisgarh Government agrees to
provide land for the hub.
To this, CM Raman Singh assured
the latter that his Government will
provide land for the project. The CM,
during the meeting also demanded
that
the
ongoing
KharsiyaDharamjaigarh East Corridor Rail line
be extended to Korba as this will
ensure rail facility to the people of the
area and boost development of
resources. Agreeing to CMs demand,
the Railway Minister gave his
approval for construction of 60 km rail
line between Dharamjaigarh to Korba.

Bastar,

Gariaband,

Mahasamund,

Korba,

Durg,

Kabirdham,

Jashpur,

Narayanpur,

Dantewada, Bijapur, Sukma, Kanker and Raipur.

The Central Government has directed to organise
community based activities in Anganwadi centers to
improve the nutrition of mothers and children
under the ICDS Systems Strengthening and
Nutrition Improvement Project (ISSNIP) started by
the Centre with help of World Bank. By organising
such programmes, the participation of community
will

increase

under

the

Integrated

Child

Development Scheme (ICDS) and help in achieving

the millennium development goal.
State Woman and Child Development Minister
Ramshila Sahu while reviewing the third phase of
Navjatan Scheme here said that the Women Self
Help Groups (SHGs) and Suposhan Mitra are playing crucial role in fight against malnutrition in

Info about govt schemes provided

to masses at Tatapani Mahotsav

Chhattisgarh. The Minister said that the movement

against malnutrition in Chhattisgarh is getting success due to schemes such as Navjatan Yojna and
Mukhyamantri Bal Sandarbh Yojna. The Minister
said if the baby is healthy at time of birth then
chances of malnutrition are reduced. To ensure that
children eat properly the food provided to them
should be delicious and healthy. Green vegetables

have been put on display. The Women

available locally are also good for the health of chil-

and Child Development Department

dren, she added. We now have to move towards

has also put on display information

Malnutrition Free State.

related to domestic violence and sexual

For saving children from malnutrition, we have

harassment. The schemes run by State

to provide them diet supplements and also keep

Education Department along with

watch on their health. Pregnant women should take

models of Kasturba Girls Residential

special care of their diets so that when any baby is

Complex

born they may be healthy, she said. It may be

have

also

been

exhibited.Information related to self-

recalled

employment through livelihood col-

Government announced that to improve the nutri-

Bank of India, Gramin Bank, Punjab

leges being run by Panchayat and

tional status of mothers and children, a Suposhan

National Bank, Central Bank of India

Rural

Department,

Chaupal will be organised at the Anganwadi cen-

Information about various govern-

are opening bank accounts of villagers

works being undertaken as part of

ters of 17 high burden districts (with maximum

ment schemes is being provided to the

under the Prime Ministers Jan Dhan

MNREGA are being provided to people

malnourished children) of the State on every third

people at Tatapani Mahotsav 2015 in

Yojana. The Chhattisgarh Rural Road

visiting the Mela. The Agriculture

Thursday of the month. Representatives of SHGs

Balrampur. The festival is receiving

Development Authority is informing

Department has also displayed various

and Suposhan Mitra also shared their experiences

huge public attention and participation

people about soil testing and material

advanced methods of farming. The

of the people. Information related to

testing. The State Health Department

farmers were also advice to adopt

accidental insurance, health insurance

is encouraging people to use mosquito

honey bee keeping. The Livestock

is also being provided to rural people.

nets and also disseminating informa-

Department has put on display various

The event is turning out as a good

tion about Jannani Prasuti Yojna. The

good breeds of goat, duck and other

source of spreading awareness about

Food Department has put

livestock. The stall of Horticulture

Balrampur

different schemes being run by the

on

display

various

kinds

of

Development

Department housed fruits, flowers,

State government through different

machines and equipments used in har-

show-plants

in

their

stalls.

The

departments. The stalls of different

vesting crops. Ranging from earliest

Fisheries Department stall had dis-

departments are grabbing mass atten-

kind of equipment used to crush paddy

played Chinese hatchery method for

tion. Different banks such as the State

till modern days thresher machines,

getting fish seed.

that

early

this

month,

the

State

during the programme. A circular had been issued

by the Women and Child Development department
in this regard to the Collectors and District
Programme Officers of the concerned districts.
Officials had stated that activities like Godbharai,
Annaprashan, Balbhoj, etc would be undertaken
in the Suposhan Chaupal. The officials stated that
for Godbharai programme at Anganwadi Centre,
the registered pregnant women, pregnant women
with seven months pregnancy and one or two members of their family will be invited.

MADHYA PRADESH

JANUARY 12 TO JANUARY 18 , 2015

(MP & CG)

Institutional arrangements of
venture fund for innovative industries
Other cabinet decisions
The cabinet decided to provide to MP

Bhopal

Company, the companies will make banks,

The state cabinet has decided for insti-

financial establishments, corporates etc.

tutional arrangement of venture capital

as shareholders, who may hold minimum

fund to meet share capital needs for estab-

51 percent shares. Registration certificate

lishment of innovative industries. All for-

will be sought from SEBI for Venture

malities for institutional arrangement will

Capital Funds in accordance with SEBI

be completed through constitution of

Alternative Investment Funds Regulation,

Assets Management Committee under

2012. For operating it, a fund will be con-

Finance Department. The committee will

stituted under provisions of Indian Trusts

constitute a public limited company with a

Act 1882 under a name approved by MP

similar other name approved by MP

MSME Fund or Registrar, Firms and

Venture Finance Limited or Registrar of

Societies. It will collect and invest funds in

Companies. For institutional arrangement

accordance with Investment Policy. The

of Venture Capital Fund, formalities will

state government will make a Rs. 5 crore

be completed to constitute a private limit-

preliminary investment in the fund as per

ed company to function as trustee of funds

provisions of SEBI Alternative Investment

under Finance Department. After constitu-

Funds Regulation, 2012. Additional funds

tion of Assets Company and Trustee

will also be invested if needed.

thermal power stations extension units 10

Finance Corporation additional funds as

and 11 (2X250 MW) from Rs. 3032 crore to

share capital equal to amount of guaran-

Rs. 3514 crore. The cabinet decided to give

tee fee paid/to be given by it. The corpora-

3-year government security to MP State

tion gives loans to small and medium

Cooperative Bank Limited in favour of

entrepreneurs. As a result of this decision,

NABARD to acquire Rs. 416.27 crore from

the corporation will be able to extend low-

it for conversion of short-term to 3-year

interest loans to entrepreneurs of back-

medium-term, the loans taken from coop-

ward areas. The cabinet decided to extend

erative banks by farmers affected by natu-

duration of Rs. 1868.81 crore guarantee on

ral calamities during Rabi 2012-13, Kharif

loan taken from Rural Electrification

2013 and Rabi 2013-14. Besides, it would

Corporation by power distribution compa-

be exempted from security fee. Apart from

nies for implementing feeder separation

government security, it was also decided

scheme upto December 31, 2015 or till

to give loan subsidy on additional Rs.

amendment in escrow cover for Sasan

71.19 amount of short-term to medium-

project, whichever is earlier. The cabinet

term conversion of loan given by primary

decided to cancel notification dated

agriculture credit cooperative societies

October 4, 2011 for management of gov-

linked with District Cooperative Central

ernment land available for establishment

Banks in 10 districts during Kharif-2013

of power plants with private capital with

and state governments 15 percent share

effect from May 20, 2013. The cabinet

will also be provided. The cabinet accord-

decided to extend till December 31, 2015,

ed consent to extend from March 31, 2016

the duration of Rs. 1388.23 crore security

to September 31, 2019, the time-limit for

on loans sanctioned to Rural

government security for resetting under

Electrification Corporation to power dis-

Sagar Municipal orporations schemes.

tribution companies for R-APDRP Part-B

Besides, it also gave consent to replace

Scheme. The cabinet decided to revise cost

12.50 percent interest rate by floating rate

of Singaji thermal power projects first

10.75. The cabinet endorsed CMs order to

phase (2X600 MW) of MP Power

extend term of Union Carbide Poisonous

Generating Company from Rs. 6750 crore

Gas Leak Enquiry Commission Bhopal till

to Rs. 7820 crore and that of Satpura

February 24, 2015.

Ensure fulfillment of targets under

power sector reforms within time-limit
Bhopal
Energy Minister Rajendra
Shukla has said that officers
should ensure fulfillment of physical targets under power sector
reforms within time-limit. No
negligence in this work will be tolerated. He said that agreements
with agencies not working in
accordance with target will be
cancelled and they will be blacklisted.
Shukla reviewed progress of
various projects under power
reforms here today. The Energy
Minister held one-to-one meetings
with representatives of construction agencies. The meeting
reviewed feeder separation, Rajiv
Gandhi Rural Electrification,
RAPDRP and construction works
being
made
with
Asian

Development Banks assistance in

rural and urban areas. Shukla
said that power sector reforms are
among state governments top priorities. These works should be
expedited. He said that arrangements of adequate number of
labourers and materials should be
made at construction sites. He
directed that construction works
should be reviewed every month.
The Energy Minister praised the
agencies which did good work in
feeder separation and power sector reforms. He directed to take
strict action against agencies
whose work is not satisfactory.
Shukla told representatives of
construction agencies to complete
backlog work also apart from
meeting
prescribed
targets.
Shukla said that target should be

achieved in accordance with work

plan. Shukla said that payment
to construction labourers should
be made within time-limit. No
complaints should come in this
regard. Reduce distribution losses, ensure effective steps to
increase revenue The Energy
Minister asked officers to reduce

distribution losses and ensure

effective steps to increase revenue. Shukla told power companies to increase revenue and curtail expenditures. The meeting
reviewed arrangements to curb
power theft strictly, billing and
metering system, recovery of dues
from consumers and chalking out

road map for energy audit.

Shukla said that billing and
metering system should be
improved. Bills prepared as per
actual consumption of power
should be served on consumers.
Target of 100 percent recovery
from domestic consumers should
be fixed. The number of defaulters
should not increase in any case.
The Energy Minister laid special
emphasis on ending practice of
average billing. The Energy
Minister said that consumers
should be urged to inculcate habit
of paying for quantum of power
consumed by them. Stressing on
revenue recover campaign, he
said that all companies should
meet their recovery targets. He
directed to chalk out a roadmap
for energy audit.

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Vastu tips for kitchen

Dining table should be
placed in the
North-west direction
in kitchen.
The clocks, if required
in a kitchen, should be
placed on the south or
south eastern wall.
There should be no
toilets and bathrooms
adjoining, and above
or below the kitchen.
The door of the
kitchen should never
face the door of the
toilet.
Kitchens in north
quadrant tend to
affect health female
members.

JANUARY 12 TO JANUARY 18 , 2015

(MP & CG)

Basmati under threat,

GM crops play foul

In India, as elsewhere in the world, scientists supporting genetically modified (GM) seed companies seem to have facilitated field trials of several food crops illegally, for over a decade.
Indias most prestigious agricultural export Basmati rice is in danger of being banned in
the European Union and other genetically modified-sensitive markets, as consignments were found
tainted with genetically modified organisms in November 2014. Experts at the UK-based GM certification firm, Cert ID, feel the contamination is intentional as the more expensive basmati was found
adulterated with cheap GM rice. Simultaneously, the European Union tightened controls on
imports of Chinese rice products after several shipments were found contaminated by GM rice,
though GM rice was never approved for cultivation in China.

n India also, scientists

supporting GM seed
companies seem to have
facilitated field trials of
several food crops illegally, for
over a decade. The then Union
Environment Minister Jairam
Ramesh placed an official
moratorium on these trials
once he learnt of the dangers.
Recently, biotechnology experts
used the Indian Science
Congress to press for open field
trials of GM crops. The Centre
should first investigate the
extent of illegal GM food cultivation; the firms and officials
involved; and the inroads made
into the food chain. In 2002,
Tamil Nadus women farmers
joined the Coalition for a GM
Free India and exposed a uni-

versity in Coimbatore for

experimenting with BT Corn;
many companies were found
engaging in GM rice field trials. Greenpeace activists raided a village near Hyderabad
where trials were in progress;
the impugned company was
pressing farmers to buy herbicide Glufosinate that is banned
in Europe for causing birth
defects. In 2007, after EU and
other countries rejected
imports of rice contaminated
with GM strains, India banned
GM rice field trials in three
states of the Basmati-rice
export zone. But no one
assessed the damage already
done by the secret experiments. About 90 per cent of
UN member countries, includ-

ing most of Europe,

do
not permit GM
crops or unlabelled GM food.
As awareness
grows, health conscious citizens are asking if Indias BT Cotton
seeds have been used to
extract edible oil and
pushed into the food chain.
A single cancelled agriexport order could shake
confidence in the new
regime; hence Prime
Minister Modi should be
cautious with regard to GM
crops as the small size of
Indian farms makes them more
vulnerable to genetic contamination.

Chinese manja injures

many in Jaipur, kills birds
Jaipur
Many people were given stitches after being badly hurt by
Chinese manja (kite-line) during kite-flying festival of Makar
Sankranti here. The neck of
some people got badly slit and
such cases were on the rise this
year. "A few of them could have
been life-threatening had the
injury been a little deeper", said
doctors who treated many victims at SMS Hospital.
A young girl driving her
scooty also got injured from the
Chinese manja. Scores of others
were also injured in very similar cases. Chinese manja is
made of synthetic material.
These strings don't break easily
like cotton strings. Chinese
manja can easily cut through
the wings and flesh of birds and
animals too resulting in serious
injuries and deaths. Since the

Chinese manja is made of

nylon, it is not biodegradable
and remains in the environment for a long time. So, hanging strings keep injuring birds

which sometimes lead to death.

Many bird lovers have been
demanding ban on Chinese
manja. The Chinese strings are
made of synthetic material and

are hazardous to animals and

birds as they do not break.
They tend to cut through the
wings and flesh of birds and
animals.

NATION

JANUARY 12 TO JANUARY 18 , 2015

(MP & CG)

FM: Govt has no intention to

privatise railways or Coal India;
New Delhi
The Union Finance Minister Arun
Jaitley assured the representatives of various Trade Unions that the Government has
no intention to privatise either railways or
Coal India. He said that focus of his
Government is to create more jobs and
employment opportunities besides safeguarding the existing jobs and give better
environment for ease of living for the common man.
The Minister said thats why we need
more money for investment in infrastructure sector in order to create more job opportunities for our youth. He said that our
approaches may be different but goal is
same. Jaitley was making the Opening
Remarks
during
his
Pre-Budget
Consultative Meeting with the representatives of Trade Union Groups. He said the
Government wants to create better social
security system for the labour force working
both in organized and unorganized sector.
The Minister said that skill deficit among
the labour force has been recognized as a

major factor that drives a large number

towards low income levels and perpetrates
inequality. Consequently, the Finance
Minister said that the thrust on skill development as well as on Make in India are
Governments endeavors to improve employability and generate employment avenues.

Various suggestions were made by representatives of representatives of Trade Union

Groups. Major suggestions include more
allocation for social security schemes for
workers, same wages for contract labour as
being paid to regular worker for the same
job on the principle of same pay for same

work, regularization of Contract Labour

after certain time, to ensure strict compliance of labour laws by MNCs, prior consultation with trade unions before initiating
any amendment of any laws affecting directly or indirectly the interests of labour force,
and increase in minimum wages based on
the decision of the Raptakos Judgement of
the Honble Supreme Court.
Other suggestions include to keep prices
of food items and other essential items
under check, increase in purchasing power
of common man, make living easies for
them, revival of viable sick industries, post
budget interaction with representatives of
trade unions, expansion of MGNREGA to all
the districts and increase in number of
working days to 200, more allocation of
funds in budget for social sector including
health and education sector and 10% cut in
defence expenditure, no privatization of coal,
railways and insurance sectors, PF Act be
amended to cover every employee/worker
under EPF Act, and role of labour market
institutions be strengthened among others.

Centre taking major steps to improve

investment climate in the country
Gandhinagar
Speaking at the Seminar Invest in India Summit 2015
Financing for Future Growth, held on the sidelines of
Vibrant Gujarat, in Gandhinagar, Minister for Finance and
Corporate Affairs, Arun Jaitely said that this Government
has taken major steps to improve the investment climate in
the last several months and will continue to do so. The minister pointed out that investment climate had changed for the
positive, to begin with, because there is a dynamic and decisive Prime Minister at the helm of affairs. As a reminder to
the people, he said that, the Government must come out of
traditional mind sets of pro-business or pro-poor and focus on
comprehensive development.
He also said that the governments direction must be
clear and the pace in that direction must be quick. Speaking
to a largely corporate audience, Arun Jaitely said that the
country needs investments, as it has a long distance to go
especially in developing some of the eastern and north east
states. He briefly touched upon the areas in which the government has taken positive steps to improve the investment
climate, such as opening of Insurance and defence sector for
foreign investments. He said that if India could buy defence
equipment from foreign countries than why not permit

to avoid veto by minority. He pointed out that the previous

replaced by a policy commission which would be more demo-

investment and participation in manufacture of those goods

government had taken populist measures with regard to land

cratic and engage states in the planning process. The Finance

in the country itself.

in order to gain votes. This disrupted the investment climate

Minister said that in the near future, GST could become a

resulting in slow down in development.

reality and further improve the investment climate. Tourism

He said that the government plan to build 100 smart

cities had created scope for foreign investment. Investment in

His governments Land Acquisition Ordinance has sought

railways too has been allowed by this government. The

to rectify those ills. This will give a boost to rural electrifica-

Minister said that the Government has taken steps to rectify

tion and rural roads. Creation of industrial corridors will help

He said that banks would be given more independence in

some flaws in the tax regime which was responsible for keep-

all including rural areas. The coal ordinance too will help pro-

management In conclusion, he said that India must stand in

ing investment away. Many complications in Company Law

vide cheap coal and hence cheap power to the people. The

the first row for investment after learning from its recent

are also being done away with and process is being simplified

Minister added that the planning commission has been

mistakes.

would gain by e-visas and 24 hour custom services at Airports

and Seaports will smoothen trading activity.

TURNING INDIA

Drugs banned in 2 states

procured by Cgarh govt
RAIPUR
In what could be termed as a serious flaw in
the system of procurement of medicines,
Chhattisgarh Medical Services Corporation
Ltd (CGMSC) has recently placed orders
for large quantities of two drugs,
Ceftriaxone injections and Diclofenac
Sodium tab, from J&K based Vivek
Pharmachem. These drugs are banned
in two states. This revelation comes
almost two months after 13 deaths due
to botched sterilizations where medicines suspected to be laced with rat poison
were
procured
from
two
Chhattisgarh-based pharma companies.
According to sources, CGMSC had placed
orders for purchase of Ceftriaxone injections
worth Rs 19.53 lakhs and Diclofenac Sodium tablets
worth Rs 11 lakhs, respectively, with Vivek Pharmachem,
which in the past has been banned by the governments of J&K
and Tamil Nadu. In absence of any centralized information system for reporting dubious or substandard manufacturers, the
company has succeeded in obtaining the order from
Chhattisgarh government.
According to sources, various drugs manufactured by Vivek
Pharmachem were banned in 2013-14 after samples collected
from the market were found to be sub-standard by J&K Drug
and Food Control Department. Information available on the
department's website reveals that samples of Ceftriaxone,

Ampicillin (500 mg) and Vancomycin hydrochloride injections had failed tests due to various reasons. The department had also
launched prosecution proceedings
against the company for it in May
2014.
As per information available
on Tamil Nadu Medical Services
Corporation website, besides
Diclofenac Sodium tab IP 50 mg
(252), injections of B complex
liver extract with choline (D147),
manufactured
by
Vivek
Pharmachem, were banned due to
poor quality. While the ban on
Diclofenac was imposed for a period of
two years from January 20, 2014, the
injections were banned from June 2013 to
June 2015. Principal Secretary (health), Alok
Shukla, said all efforts are made to ensure procurement from
quality manufacturers. He said CGMSC always checks good
manufacturing certificates issued to the manufacturer by
respective states before placing orders. "However, if one particular batch of a drug is found substandard, it does not necessarily mean that all batches would be of the same poor quality", he
added. He said Chhattisgarh on its part is constantly trying to
improve its procurement system and has now decided to place
orders with companies that have a minimum turnover of Rs 10
crore or more.

Meet focuses on New tourist circuit to be

nourishment of developed in Gwalior
tribal children
Gwalior

Bhubaneswar
A two-day national
conclave drawing attention to chronic under
nutrition of tribal children was inaugurated at
Bhubaneswar by the
Minister of ST & SC
Development of Odisha,
Lal Bihari Himirika. The
concave has been jointly
organized by Ministry of
Tribal Affairs, UNICEF
and Govt. of Odisha. Inaugurating the conclave
Himirika said progress will remain incomplete without taking the needs and aspirations of the tribal population into account and development is not possible
with children being under nourished. He said,
Addressing under-nutrition of children of the tribes
requires continuous efforts by many Ministries and
Departments working together to deliver results. In
his address, UNICEF Representative Louis Georges
Arsenault emphasized the need to focus on the stubbornly high stunting rates among tribal children.
This meeting represents an important moment where
we can collectively commit to ensure tribal children
have equal chances to develop and grow to their full
potential. This conclave is an indication of our resolve
to make change happen, he said. This conclave brings
together frontline workers, practitioners, State and
District officials from Departments of Scheduled Caste
and Scheduled Tribe, Women and Child Development,
Health and Family Welfare, representatives from the
Tribal Research Institutes of various States as well as
the Ministry of Tribal Affairs and UNICEF.

A new tourist circuit will be developed

in Gwalior-Chambal
region
in
which
Gwalior and nearby
areas will be included.
For this, the Central
government has sanctioned Rs. 25 crore
special project. Union
Secretary Tourism Dr.
Lalit
K.
Pawar
informed this at a
function at Indian
Institute of Tourism
and
Travel
Management, Gwalior.
He said that MP has
immense
tourism
potential. It possesses
ample natural beauty,
historic monuments and archaeological wealth. Large-scale efforts
have been made in MP to promote
tourism. Due to it, MP is counted
as the fifth major tourism state in
the country, he added. Dr. Pawar
informed that development of new
tourism circuit in Gwalior region
will increase employment opportunities. He informed that for promoting tourism industry, various
works will be undertaken under
Swachchh
Bharat
Abhiyan.
Besides, special attention will also

JANUARY 12 TO JANUARY 18 , 2015

(MP & CG)

Importers from all

over world fascinated
by excellent products

Gwalior: Diplomats, importers and buyers from remote countries of the world were
fascinate by states excellent products and
techniques at 7th MP Exportech (BuyerSeller Meet) at Gwalior. Major agreements
were also signed for purchase of these products. As many as 80 Expressions of Interest
(EOIs) worth about Rs. 150 crore were
signed on the second day. The 7th MP
Exportech has fully lived upto to its objectives. Through it, products like spices,
Ayurvedic-herbal products, agro & food
products, unprocessed & processed food,
stones, handloom & handicraft, engineering
goods, textiles etc. from Gwalior, Chambal
and other regions of the state have succeeded in knocking at the doors of international
markets. The meet was attended by ambassadors, high commissioners and other diplomats of 12 countries. As many as 62
importers, buyers and commercial advisors
from all SAARC countries, South Asia,
African countries, Latin America and
Eastern European countries continued to
calibrate products at Facilitation Centre. In
all, 110 entrepreneurs from all over the
state, specially Gwalior and Chambal areas
have put up their stalls at this mega commercial meet. Transactions have been made
of Rs. 49.25 crore for engineering goods, Rs.
32.24 crore for textiles, Rs. 31.48 crore for
agro & food products, Rs. 18.98 crore for
processed & unprocessed food, Rs. 8.10 crore
for handloom and handicraft, Rs. 6.20 crore
for stones and Rs. 3.38 crore for herbal and

be paid to their conservation. In

the first phase, Archaeological
Survey of India will take up work
of 25 monuments. He informed
that e-Visa and helpline in 13 languages as pilot project have also
been started to facilitate tourists.
The Tourism Secretary informed
that efforts will be made to give
status at par with IIT to Indian
Institute of Tourism and Travel
Management Gwalior. Due to it,
youths of the area will be able to
obtain jobs easily in the country
and world.

Ayurvedic products. Maximum EOIs worth

Rs. 37.20 crore were made by Vietnamese
buyers followed by Rs. 30.76 lakh by Sri
Lankans, Rs. 24.97 lakh by South Africans,
Rs. 15.75 crore by Thailanders, Rs. 9.2 lakh
by

Bulgarians,

Rs.

8.75

crore

by

Bangladeshis, Rs. 4.49 crore by Nepalese,

Rs. 4.37 crore by Ethiopians, Rs. 3.93 crore
by Afghanis, Rs. 3.41 crore by Tanzanians,
Rs. 3.10 crore by Algerians, Rs. 2.29 crore by
Lebanese, Rs. 87 lakh by Philippinians and
Rs. 87 lakh by Turkish buyers.

COMMERCE

JANUARY 12 TO JANUARY 18 , 2015

(MP & CG)

Big boost to renewable energy: U.S. firm commits

$4 billion and 5 gigawatts of solar in major deals
New Delhi

jobs, will be based in Gujarat. Prime

Minister Modi has turned his eye to
the countrys overall solar industry,
saying that he wants foreign companies to lead investment of over $100
billion to help push Indias solar energy capacity to 100 gigawatts, some 33
times what it is now. SunEdison and
other major international solar firms
are being drawn in by Modis enthusiasm and the countrys overall potential. U.S. Secretary of State John
Kerry travelled to India earlier this
week to lay the groundwork for
President Obamas visit at the end of
January. India and the U.S. are working together on a number of initiatives such as micro-grid development
and air pollution monitoring. India is
the worlds third-largest emitter of
green house gases and as the countrys economy rapidly expands emissions will continue to rise steadily and
even sharply in coming years.

India took a big stride toward renewable energy goalsthrough two deals with
the large U.S.-based solar company
SunEdison. In dual announcements,
SunEdison revealed that it signed two
memorandums of understanding with
India: to develop five gigawatts of renewable energy within five years in
Karnataka and to build a $4 billion solar
manufacturing facility as a joint venture
with Adani Enterprises. It will be the
largest manufacturing facility of its kind
in India, with an annual production
capacity of 7.5 gigawatts. This facility
will create ultra-low cost solar panels
that will enable us to produce electricity
so cost effectively it can compete unsubsidized and without incentives, with fossil
fuels, said Ahmad Chatila, President
and Chief Executive Officer of
SunEdison.The facility, which will create
4,500 direct jobs and over 15,000 indirect

Cabinet approves
new industrial policy

Long, tough road to

make India easiest
place for business

Naya Raipur
Chhattisgarh cabinet has
T heendorsed
new industrial policy for
2014-19 at a meeting chaired by CM
Raman Singh. Briefing media persons
about the cabinet decisions, Singh said
that the policy includes the provision of
subsidy worth Rs.5 crore for establishing an industrial park in the private sector. Provision of establishing 'Land
Bank' of over 10,000 hectares for various
industries has also been included in the
policy, he added. Moreover, to promote
bicycle manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, electronic products, textile industries etc, these industries will be included as "priority" in the new policy. The
prescribed limit for mega project will be
reduced for these industries, so that
they may
get its benefits on lesser investment, he
said. Under the new industrial policy,
the CM Cluster Development Scheme
will be initiated, under which the state
government will provide Rs.50 lakh as
subsidy. Singh said that on the lines of
'Make in India' concept, the state will
implement 'Make in Chhattisgarh' policy under which manufacturing units of
the related industries will be promoted
with priority. The domiciles of
Chhattisgarh will be encouraged to set
up their own enterprises and they will
also be provided better employment
opportunities. Capital investment in the
state will be promoted by making industry competitive in comparison to other
states.

Gandhinagar

BALCO gets nod for 1,200 MW captive power unit

Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (BALCO) said it has received approval from
the Chhattisgarh government to start a 1,200 MW captive power plant comprising
four units of 300 MW each at Korba. "We are very grateful to the government of
Chhattisgarh for the approval granted, at a time when we are celebrating our
Golden Jubilee Year. It enables us to further ramp up our state-of-the-art aluminium smelter, thereby taking the aluminium capacity to 570,000 MT per annum,"
said CEO and whole-time director Ramesh Nair.

Narendra Modi may have pledged to make India the

easiest place to do business but experts remain sceptical
about how the prime minister intends to overcome obstacles such as corruption, red tape and an arduous tax
regime. Hundreds of executives gathered this week in
Modi's long-time fiefdom of Gujarat to hear him promise
to transform India's business climate, with unlimited
reforms designed to attract foreign investment. Everyone
from World Bank president Jim Yong Kim to US
Secretary of State John Kerry publicly heaped praise on
Modi's efforts to kickstart economic growth. But behind
the scenes at the major Vibrant Gujarat summit, the
mood among some was more cautious while economists
said the government still needs to tackle a string of substantial reforms. India currently ranks 142 out of 189 on
the World Bank's "ease of doing business survey", behind
its arch rival Pakistan, and even dropping two places on
the list last year.
Kerry hailed Modi as a visionary in his address at
the summit, enthused by his government's promises to
cut a swathe through red tape and simplify a tax regime
that often leaves foreign business in despair. But, speaking on the sidelines of the gathering, one of Kerry's own
officials struck a more cautious wait-and-see note. "I
think there are companies who are watching to make
sure that what'sprojected actually happens," a senior US
State Department official said in Gandhinagar. Also
speaking at the three-day gathering, Finance Minister
Arun Jaitley defended his government's pace of reforms
so far and stressed that Modi's pledge to make India the
easiest place to do business was not an empty slogan.

SPORTS

10

It has been tough to get

20 wickets in this Test
series: Steve Smith

ustralia skipper Steven Smith said

that the pitches did not "break up
quite as much as expected" during
the four-match Test series against India
and it hampered the home side's chances of
winning by a bigger margin. After winning
the first two Tests in Adelaide and
Brisbane, Australia could have had better
results in the remaining matches, but they
failed to grab 20 wickets each time, thus
settling for a 2-0 series victory.
"It has been tough to get 20 wickets in
this Test series. "The wickets haven't broken up quite as much as we thought they
might. I don't know the reasons for that.
But it's been tough and the bowlers have
toiled extremely hard throughout these
four Test matches. I am really proud of the
way they've gone throughout these games,"
Smith said at the post-match press conference. Chasing a stiff target of 349 for victory, India suffered a dramatic collapse in the
post tea session but somehow managed to
eke out a draw by finishing on 252 for
seven in 89.5 overs on an absorbing fifth
day's play of the fourth Test at the SGC on
Saturday. Expressing disappointment over
his side not being able to bowl out India on
a fifth day track, Smith said: "It would
have been nice to get the win today. I
thought 90 overs with them having a little
go at us would be a good chance to win this
game but it wasn't to be. I think the wicket
didn't break up quite as much as I thought
it would. There wasn't much up and down
movement with balls on the stumps.
"I think with Nathan Lyon bowling into
the rough, there were a few that hit the
gloves and went straight into the ground.
On a different day those pop up and you get
wickets. "But the boys toiled really hard

today and we are disappointed not to get

the result in the end," he added. It has been
a tough series for Australia from an emotional point of view with the loss of Phillip
Hughes in late November and the whole
rescheduling thereafter. Regular captain
Michael Clarke, too, just played the first
Test and mid-series Smith was appointed
as the new skipper after he pulled out
injured. "We can be extremely proud of this
series win," said Smith.
"From the first game in Adelaide, the
boys showed a lot of heart to go out there
and play the way we did. To win that first
Test was extremely big for us. There have
been some tough moments throughout the
series but the way the boys have held
themselves has been terrific. We set out at
the start to win the series and we did that
2-0 and we are extremely satisfied with our
results." Talking about his captaincy experience, Smith said, "I've really enjoyed it.
I've had a great time. "All the boys have
been terrific around the group. A lot of the
senior players have been helping me out.
The boys have done everything I've asked
of them. They've worked their backsides off
every day and I can't be prouder of them for
the way they've performed throughout this
series." Had Australia held on to their
catches in the last two Tests, the margin of
defeat might have been different. Smith
himself missed a couple chances but pulled
out a screamer to dismiss Rohit Sharma on
Saturday. "The spider-cam catch was just
one of those things. It was right above the
wire and looked like it was moving as I was
going to the ball. I think it's a great innovation, a great camera, but I think it just
needs to be in the right place at the right
time to be honest.

JANUARY 12 TO JANUARY 18 , 2015

(MP & CG)

India should look for a fresh

set of bowlers: Sunil Gavaskar

down heavily on the

C oming
Indian bowling attack in

Australia, former captain Sunil

Gavaskar on Saturday said that
it's time "we look for a fresh set
of bowlers" in the Test ranks to
ensure better showing in overseas conditions. The attack comprising
Ishant
Sharma,
Mohammed
Shami,
Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Umesh
Yadav
and
Ravichandran
Ashwin failed to pick 20 Australian wickets in
all the four matches as the visitors conceded
the Border-Gavaskar Trophy by going down 20. Gavaskar said that it's time for change.
"This was the second that three out of the
four bowlers were in Australia and for the second time they were taken to the cleaners as
they were in 2011-12. So you really can't keep
them going despite the fact that they might
bag wickets in a domestic series because overseas in the last three years they have done
nothing. So like we have done with the batting, we have to look at a fresh set of bowlers
and you will find them in domestic cricket,"
Gavaskar told. "If you see the way the new
batting came good. When the last trip was
there, you had Rahul Dravid, Virender
Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman,

they still weren't able to do much on that particular trip. Now on this trip you had new
batsmen. Apart from Kohli everybody else was
playing in Australia for the first time. You
showed faith in the new lot, I think you got to
show faith and patience in a new lot of
bowlers as well," he added. Even if Shami got
a five-wicket haul in the Sydney Test or offspinner Ashwin, who also bagged four at the
SCG, the runs came at a price and Gavaskar
said that bowling surely let the team down. "I
think if they had the bowling then it would
have been a completely different story.
But they did not have the bowling. And
even granted the pitches were very good for
batting, it just wasn't penetrative enough and
it didn't look as if they wanted to take 20
wickets.

In-form Sharapova beats Ivanovic

to win Brisbane International
Sharapova
M aria
beat
Ana
Ivanovic in the final
of
the
Brisbane
International
on
Saturday in a display
that bodes well for
her chances at the
Australian Open. It
has been seven years
since Sharapova won
her only Australian
Open title but if she
can take her form
from Brisbane to
Melbourne, a second title
does not seem out of the question. Sharapova had to work
hard to beat Ivanovic, coming
from behind to beat her 6-7(4)
6-3 6-3 but the Serbian is a
good measuring stick.
Sharapova not only beat
Ivanovic
in
the
2008
Australian Open final but
both women are in devastating form heading towards the
first grand slam of the season, starting on Jan. 19. "I

played four good matches

against very different types
of opponents," Sharapova
said. "I couldn't have asked
for better preparation."
The Russian dropped just
nine games in getting to the
final while Ivanovic showed
nerves of steel to see off her
opponents to join Sharapova,
ranked number two in the
world. It was a match that
could have gone either way
but Sharapova proved too
strong once she got her nose

in front in the deciding third

set at the Pat Rafter Arena.
"She deserved to win the first
set, no doubt, but I hung in
there," Sharapova said.
"It was important to get
that break. I held that and
the third set came down to a
few points really." Winning
the Brisbane International
provided Sharapova with her
34th WTA career title and her
fifth in the last nine months,
a red-hot span in which she
also captured a second
French Open and a first
China Open. The 27-year-old
has won at least one title
every year since 2003, an
unbroken streak of 15 years.
For Ivanovic, who has begun
a resurgence up the world
rankings in the past year, the
pain of losing was compounded by an abdominal strain
which forced her to seek medical attention but is unlikely
to disrupt her Australian
Open campaign.

No Bravo, no Pollard but Narine recalled by the West Indies for World Cup
O

ffspinner Sunil Narine was

recalled by the West Indies for
the Cricket World Cup on Saturday
after his bowling action was doubted by Indian officials. Jason
Holder, who will captain the side
for the first time in the upcoming
one-day international series in
South Africa, will lead the team in
the World Cup in Australia and
New Zealand next month. But his

predecessor Dwayne Bravo, and

Kieron Pollard, who share more
than 250 ODIs, missed out. Narine
was withdrawn from the ill-fated
tour of India after his action was
considered suspect by Indian
umpires during the Champions
League Twenty20 in September. He
was ranked No. 2 in the world ODI
and T20 rankings at the time.
Medium-pacers Sheldon Cottrell

and Jonathan Carter, who will

make their debuts in South Africa,
were also chosen. "We have a good
mixture of some good seasoned
players and some good youngsters,"
Clive Lloyd, the chairman of selectors, said. "If they play to their
potential I am quite sure we will do
very well. I have really high hopes
in this team - I believe they can do
something special.

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11

Sanjay Dutt to turn himself

after rejection of furlough
extension plea

JANUARY 12 TO JANUARY 18 , 2015

(MP & CG)

Organisers of Miss World

beauty pagaent might
drop the 'bikini round',
Aishwarya backs move
A

ctor Sanjay Dutt will be

back in Pune jail today
after prison authorities rejected his application seeking extension of
furlough, citing lack of
"positive" reports from
the local police station. The move came
after Dutt spent his
second day at home
yesterday after the
expiry of his 14-day
furlough due to lack
of coordination
between Pune jail
authorities and
Mumbai Police over taking a decision on his plea
for prison leave extension.
"Dutt's application seeking
extension of furlough has been
rejected and he will be surrendering in Pune's Yerwada jail later in
the day," his lawyer Rizwan
Merchant told. Mumbai Police said
they have already communicated
the jail's decision to the 55-yearold actor, convicted in the 1993
Mumbai serial blasts case. "I
received a letter from the DIG
(Prisons) office to inform Dutt that
he will have to present himself
before Yerwada Jail authorities,"
Assistant Commissioner of Police
(Bandra), Shivaji Kolekar said.

ctor and former Miss

World Aishwarya Rai has
lauded the organisers of
the international beauty pageant for removing the swimsuit
round from their competition.
She says when she won the
crown in 1994, she herself didn't
have the 'fittest beach body'. In
December 2014, Julia Morley,
chairwoman of the Miss World
contest, announced their decision about the exclusion of the
bikini round, saying that "it
doesn't do anything for the
woman. And it doesn't do anything for any of us". Aishwarya
has said she was "very happy"
to know of the development.
"When I became Miss Word, I
was definitely not the best
beach body of all the 87 contestants. I can vouch for it...I can
put a stamp on it.

Kareena on magazine cover:

Why is Durga Vahini acting
like alleged 'love jihadists'?
areena
Kapoor, a
successful
actor who continues
to sign big budget
Bollywood projects
after marriage,
might have no reason to think so, but
the Durga Vahini
insists that she is a
victim of 'love
jihad'. Given that
most Indians don't
endorse the insanity that's offered as the rationale
behind the 'ghar wapsi' programme, VHP's
women's wing decided to make their message visual and give it some star power. So the look-book of
Khoon Bhari Maang was duly Googled and the
designers working on the cover of the Vahini's magazine came up with the most ridiculous image idea
ever. They decided to put Kareena's face on the
cover. Then they made a visual translation of what
'Khoon Bhari Maang' could mean and slathered the
actor's middle parting with a lot of sindoor. But
that was just one half of her face, the other half
was painted over to resemble a face covered with a
burqa - a burqa that resembles a gladiator's helmet
though. Now, 'Hindu' Kareena is smiling back at
your from the cover while poor, wife of a Muslim
man Kareena can't show off her lovely coral lip
colour. The Durga Vahini faction which came up
with the idea must have thought, "If that doesn't
scare the daylights out of Hindu women and con-

Sonakshi , Arjun and

Manoj kick off 2015
with a stink bomb
T

he moment in Tevar when

Arjun Kapoor says "Jo chane
khaate hai wo badam ke paad
nahi maarte," one is sure what kind
of film this is going to be.
One becomes even more
assured of that conclusion, when, in
another moment Manoj Bajpais
lady love and kidnap victim,
Sonakshi Sinha, runs away and
Bajpai takes off his pants and proclaims, "Pant upar tab hi chadhegi
jab Baby waapas mil jayegi."
Starting off the new year with the
bang of a stink bomb, Tevar offers
reassurance that no matter how
much budgets, technology and the

human race advance in time,

Bollywood will keep reverting to
the '80s. Directed by Amit Sharma,
a well respected ad filmmaker,
Tevar seems like it was made by the
central character from The Human
Centipede. Yet again, we have a
remake of an already terrible South
film. Yet again, we have a heroine
who is not only proud to play a
mere object, but also an embarrassment to women's empowerment in
cinema. Yet again, we have a gunda
mawali hero clashing with the local
gunda mawali villain to whisk
away the moronic woman that he
even more moronically loves.

vince them that

'love jihad' is
more real than
the tooth fairy,
nothing else will.
After all, nothing
says tyrannical
repression as well
as lipstick that
cannot be shown
off."
Rajni Thukral,
the coordinator of
the North India
section, even waxed eloquent about how 'love jihad'
was a 'serious issue' in the Himachal. And why did
she put Kareena on the cover? "She is a celebrity.
The youth try to emulate celebrities. They think if
she can do so, why not us? Hindustan Times
reports Thukral as saying. We have noted on
Firstpost, that the notion of love jihad is a shamefully misogynistic one where the woman's agency is
completely overlooked and it is suggested that they
are foolish to fall for any glib talk and convert to
another religion. Mostly, the 'love jihad' propagandists argue that women are converted to Islam
against their will and men coerce them under the
garb of love. Now, the twisted logic might hold no
relevance in a sane world, but the anti-'love jihad'
protesters can claim they are arguing against forcing one's beliefs on some hapless person and duping them. It's another thing that they mistakenly
assert that Muslim men all over India are perpetrating such crimes on Hindu women.

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NATION

JANUARY 12 TO JANUARY 18 , 2015

(MP & CG)

100 bodies found floating in

Ganga in UP, probe ordered
Lucknow

ore than 100 bodies have been found

in the river Ganges in Uttar
Pradesh, prompting the authorities
to order a probe. Reports said the bodies
were of people who were dumped in the
river or buried on the banks after their
families could not afford a proper cremation. Ganga has been badly polluted by
industrial waste, farm pesticides and
sewage. Prime Minister Narendra Modi
vowed to clean up the river after his election victory last year. Bodies were first
found floating near the banks of the river
on Tuesday in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao district. Villagers noticed the bodies when
many had become stuck on the river bank
with dogs and vultures circling the area.
More were found a day later, and authori-

ties said so far 104 bodies had been

retrieved. "It seems that as the water level
has receded in the river, these bodies have
surfaced," Unnao district magistrate
Saumya Agarwal said. "We are trying to
figure out the reason. We have sent a team
of doctors on the spot to collect the samples
from bodies to investigate the case," he
added. Locals say bodies can regularly be
seen floating in the Ganges, but this is a
rare instance when so many bodies have
turned up in one place. Activists say the
discovery of so many rotting bodies in one
place can be a serious health hazard.
Environmentalists say the river supports
more than 400 million people, and if the
unabated pollution is not controlled, it will
be the end of communities living along the
banks.

Burning of cow dung banned to save Taj

Agra: The UP Government has banned

Pradeep Bhatnagar, senior Agra official,

the burning of cow dung fuel cakes near the

said. "So at a recent meeting it was decided

Taj Mahal amid fears that the iconic monu-

that there should be a ban on burning cow

ment is turning yellow from air pollution.It is

dung fuel within the city limits. There is an

hoped the ban will help reduce carbon

aesthetic aspect to it as well. We don't want

deposits on the monument. The Taj Mahal

the city's walls to be plastered with cow

has to contend with pollution from the busy,

dung," he added. Bhatnagar said residents of

industrial city of Agra and Mathura oil refin-

Agra would now be encouraged to use clean-

ery. "From time to time there are concerns

er fuel and more of them would be given gas

that the colour of the Taj is changing,"

connections.

Govt to cover contract and construction

workers under social security cover
New Delhi
The Union Minister of State for Labour
and employment Bandaru Dattatreya
chaired a tripartite meeting with state governments, central trade unions and employer organizations. The Minister made an
earnest appeal for pro-active involvement of
all stakeholders in the labour matters. He
said that the Ministry of Labour follows
proud legacy of social dialogue. He informed
that the Ministry is undertaking a special
drive to cover contract and construction
workers under formal social security cover.
Dattatreya said that another nationwide
campaign is being initiated for the settlement of inoperative provident fund
accounts. He appealed to the Workers and
Employers Organisations to be a partner in
this
drive with renewed vigour. The Minister
is aiming at making this drive an effective
tool to cover more and more people in the
ambit of Social Security System and the
success of this initiative will only be
ensured with cooperation from all. The

Trade Unions raised the issue of the 10

point charter of demands given by them and
invited the government for more consultations on labour issues. Employers unanimously agreed that the vision of industrial
development can be achieved only when
workers interest coincides and taken into
account in a holistic manner. The Secretary,
Ministry of Labour and Employment, Gauri

Kumar said that the Minister (MOLE) has

all sincere intent of getting stakeholders on
board. Mentioning the meeting held with
state secretaries today she talked about initiatives to bring about more transparency
and accountability as well as making the
labour administration more effective. She
also invited the employers and workers join
MOLE in this movement. She informed that

the Ministry is working on a National

Identity Card for unorganized workers with
portability features and including JanDhan initiative and the ministry would
urge all stakeholders to come on board to
make it a success. Dattatreya said that he
was happy to see the increased positive
response from Trade Unions. The key focus
for the Ministry is employment generation
for the youth. Increasing competitiveness
and skill training is our challenge to fulfill
the aspiration of the new generation. He
mentioned the initiative by the Government
to bring a National Vocational Training
Institute. He emphasized the need for consultations so that points and concerns may
be taken up to move forward. Government
is neutral and is committed to transparency
and accountability. Minister reiterated the
commitment of the government to take forward the consultative mechanism and
thanked the social partners for the constructive deliberations. He said that interest of labour is paramount for the
Government. He invited the social partners
to join this movement of nation building.

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