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"Special Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-26T14:55:06 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Work on strengthening of irrigation infrastructure and other improvements in the Vennar sub-basin, being implemented in the six river beds, will ensure irrigation facility for 44,000 hectares.It will | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Ftamil-nadu%2Finfrastructure-work-on-vennar-subbasin-begins%2Farticle9034375.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Infrastructure work on Vennar sub-basin begins | null | null | www.thehindu.com | This will also facilitate quicker draining of floods during the monsoon
Work on strengthening of irrigation infrastructure and other improvements in the Vennar sub-basin, being implemented in the six river beds, will ensure irrigation facility for 44,000 hectares.
It will also facilitate quicker draining of floods during the monsoon.
The rehabilitation and strengthening works, being executed at an estimate of Rs.440.50 crore sanctioned by Asia Development Fund, aims at improving the sluices, dredging of silt and renovation of shutters.
Dredging work
The works completed included 23 packages of dredging for a total length of 43.55 km at a cost of Rs. 61 lakh, renovation of five shutters at an estimate of Rs.9.50 lakh and 26 strengthening of other irrigation infrastructure at an investment of Rs.80.50 lakh, said S. Palanisamy, District Collector, who inspected the progress at a number of villages in the sub-basin. The renovation was necessitated as the old and British-built infrastructure had become weak over the decades. The works are being executed in Pandavaiaru, Vellaiaru, Arichandra Nadhi, Vedaranyam Kalvai, Adapparu and Valavanru, he added.
In the Devanadhi river near Nagapattinam, a majority of the work had been completed.
Renovation was in progress at Rayankudi and Pradhapa Ramapuram canals, he added.
B. Ravichandran, Executive Engineer, Vennar Sub-basin, explained the advantages of the programme. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/infrastructure-work-on-vennar-subbasin-begins/article9034375.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/39d509f47fd3013e5a9e32c5fd23bbce17d31d78c698d779fa33e52e5a6d279f.json |
[
"M. P. Praveen"
] | 2016-08-27T14:52:56 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | Four-year-old Celana still has no idea about the tragedy that has befallen her father while 11-year-old Smirin knows that something has gone wrong seriously. For, just over a month back they had heard | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FKochi%2Fthey-wait-for-their-bedridden-father-to-come-home%2Farticle9037035.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02987/27kiEliasGeorge_jp_2987650c.jpg | en | null | They wait for their bedridden father to come home | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Elias George is on ventilator support in Abu Dhabi after being hit by a stroke
Four-year-old Celana still has no idea about the tragedy that has befallen her father while 11-year-old Smirin knows that something has gone wrong seriously.
For, just over a month back they had heard their dad’s jovial voice over phone. Six days after that phone call from Abu Dhabi on July 10, 42-year-old Elias George from Nasrath in Fort Kochi fell silent after being hit by a stroke.
Since then Elias, who was working as a taxi driver, had been on ventilator support at a hospital in the Middle East country with the mounting treatment expenses threatening to add to the woes of the family.
According to his father Philodas, Elias had complained to his brother Bruze, who is also in Abu Dhabi, of an unbearable headache last month and he was rushed to a hospital. “But he received no immediate treatment as it was a Friday, a holiday there. A Malayali nurse warned us of symptoms of stroke and he was shifted to another hospital the next day. But it was too late,” a weeping Philodas said.
Elias’ wife Anju went to Abu Dhabi to be with her husband but had to return last Thursday after the expiry of the month-long visa. With the insurance covering only the medical expenses, the family is knocking on all doors to help him come back home.
“He can be flown back only on an air ambulance. But the cost, which comes to around Rs.30 lakh, is beyond us. So, we request the Central and State governments to intervene and take steps to bring him back home,” said Philodas.
The family has already sent a mail to External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan besides approaching State BJP leaders and K.V. Thomas, MP.
“We have made all arrangements for his treatment here and want him back here somehow,” he said. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/they-wait-for-their-bedridden-father-to-come-home/article9037035.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/4bc0bed314165a0688fa5b996fe96c2c5839e020a62040095692cf8c627747d7.json |
[
"V. V. Subrahmanyam"
] | 2016-08-29T02:51:03 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | For a change, the ‘first family’ of Gopichand — that is, his parents, his trainees being his ‘second family, — hogged the limelight at his Academy on Sunday for all the right reasons in the presence | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Ftelangana%2Fgopichands-first-family-hogs-limelight%2Farticle9043168.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02990/HY28-SACHIN_CAR_2990034c.jpg | en | null | Gopichand’s ‘first family’ hogs limelight | null | null | www.thehindu.com | His parents make cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar perform pooja to Lord Ganesha
For a change, the ‘first family’ of Gopichand — that is, his parents, his trainees being his ‘second family, — hogged the limelight at his Academy on Sunday for all the right reasons in the presence of one of India’s sporting icons, Sachin Tendulkar.
India’s chief national coach Pullela Gopichand’s parents – Subash Chandra Bose and Subbaravamma – have always been the force behind the former All England champion and more so when it came to setting up the world class academies at Gachibowli.
All those regulars to the Academies since its early days of construction, the sight of Gopi’s mother, often braving health issues, monitoring every aspect of the work was quite familiar, reflecting the complete commitment of the family.
And so when Sachin walked into the Gopi Academy for the presentation of cars to Rio Olympics medallists (P.V. Sindhu and Sakshi Malik), gymnast Dipa Karmakar and Gopichand on Sunday morning, it was these proud parents who took the cricketing great to perform pooja to Lord Ganesha.
“Yes, today being Ekadasi, we decided to perform this pooja and request Sachin to be present along with the three girls from Rio,” Subbaravamma informed The Hindu.
Typical of the famous Hyderabad hospitality and warmth, the 62-year-old Gopichand’s mother, who was in Tirupati to offer prayers on Saturday, had suggested to his daughter-in-law Lakshmi Gopichand to purchase three gold chains with the ‘Rio Olympics 2016’ embedded on them.
“I was wondering what we should do when the girls visit our place. We have a rich tradition of making the girls comfortable at home and make their visit memorable,” she pointed out. Consequently, the three champion girls were presented gold chains by herself, Gopichand’s sister (Himabindu) and his wife Lakshmi.
The beaming face of Gopichand’s parents said it all. They enjoyed every bit of the morning function.
“He (Sachin) has not changed a bit in his attitude and mannerisms. He still remains the same simple human being. Reminds me a lot of Gopi,” she exclaimed even while gently pointing out that the youngsters have plenty to learn from the ‘Little Master’. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/gopichands-first-family-hogs-limelight/article9043168.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/9279a36a3dfc2d67c1bd46db20e6b33a3b0f349d951581b652ed5774542079d0.json |
[
"Special Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-27T08:58:06 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Tamil Nadu Pensioners’ Association has sought increase in health insurance scheme of State Government from Rs. 2 lakh to Rs. 4 lakh for pensioners.A resolution to this effect was passed at the State a | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Ftamil-nadu%2Fpensioners-seek-increased-health-cover%2Farticle9034397.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Pensioners seek increased health cover | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Tamil Nadu Pensioners’ Association has sought increase in health insurance scheme of State Government from Rs. 2 lakh to Rs. 4 lakh for pensioners.
A resolution to this effect was passed at the State annual general body meeting held here on Thursday.
Its president, M. Kader Meeran, said that the State Government should consider giving a higher insurance for the aged pensioners on par with the State Government employees.
Similarly, the general body demanded that the State Government extended 40 per cent concession to the pensioners for travel in State-run bus services. Festival advance should be increased to Rs. 5,000 and the immediate relief to the family pensioners to Rs. 20,000 in the event of death of pensioner.
K. Seetharaman, general secretary, S. Ganesan, district secretary of the association were present.
R. Shanmugarajan, State president of Tamil Nadu Government Officials’ Union, spoke. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/pensioners-seek-increased-health-cover/article9034397.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/e6a2212d27b6e2b8dd23a13e4298141c03681c690113f6be5bc6ba56e81ba772.json |
[
"Special Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-27T04:52:08 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | After two attempts to collect e-waste at designated centres failed in the city, another move has been made to collect it now at identified locations.Minister for Forests, Environment and Ecology B. R | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FMangalore%2Fanother-initiative-to%2Farticle9037159.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02987/27MNE-WASTE__2987736c.jpg | en | null | Another initiative to collect e-waste in city | null | null | www.thehindu.com | After two attempts to collect e-waste at designated centres failed in the city, another move has been made to collect it now at identified locations.
Minister for Forests, Environment and Ecology B. Ramanath Rai re-launched the initiative here on Friday.
He unveiled bins placed by a private company to collect e-waste at the Mangaluru City Corporation’s head office at Lalbagh. According to an official of the corporation, the company would also place the bins at the sub-office of the corporation at Surathkal and at City Centre mall. In 2011, the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board and the corporation through an agency took an initiative by collecting e-waste at 10 designated locations in the city. But it did not continue due to certain issues.
In 2013, again bins were placed at three locations, including in the head office of the corporation. They also did not continue for long.
According to a corporation official earlier two attempts failed because the agency appointed to collect and transport it to Bengaluru did not manage it properly.
According to Karnataka Municipal Solid Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000 types of e-waste should not be mixed with other solid waste. Computers, compact discs, mercury lamps, cathode ray tubes in televisions, and printed circuit boards were some types of e-waste. It was estimated by the corporation that the city generated about two tonnes of e-waste per day. Now E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016 would come into effect from October 1. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/another-initiative-to/article9037159.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/c7a58fd9fa8b438910fcf49df55a9134b3c7d3570c514a8500a7e57c9e73a8cd.json |
[
"Meena Banerjee"
] | 2016-08-28T05:02:05 | null | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | The Indian classical performing arts could not replace the age-old guru-shishya parampara in the context of modern education system and drastically changed value systems; because every Indian art, int | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Ffeatures%2Ffriday-review%2Fof-practice-and-performance%2Farticle9032284.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02985/PANDIT_ULHAS_KASHA_2985777c.jpg | en | null | Of practice and performance | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar tells important elements of his teaching process and how a sense of rhythm is crucial in learning music.
The Indian classical performing arts could not replace the age-old guru-shishya parampara in the context of modern education system and drastically changed value systems; because every Indian art, interwoven with science, myth and philosophy — all at once, aims at self-transformation by inculcating divinity. Guru, who personifies wisdom, plays a pivotal role in this. It is he who leads from the front by practising what he preaches. It is he who transmits the knowledge handed down to him across generations by unravelling the mystery behind the scriptures and certain rituals or sacraments associated with the art.
Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar, who has been a top ranking vocalist, carries the role of a traditional guru as his second nature. Discovered by Pandit Vijay Kichlu, the founder-director of ITC Sangeet Research Academy (SRA), he, as a guru with the Academy, made Kolkata his home since 1993. His exemplary personality, simple lifestyle, deep knowledge, pristine music and dedication as a teacher put him at the high pedestal pretty soon and he produced vocalists like Shashank Maktedar, Omkar Dadarkar, Sadhana Deshmukh and numerous others including son-disciple Sameehan Kashalkar. Interestingly, despite being trained by an icon, all, even Sameehan, display their own independent entity. This, perhaps, is the rarest achievement a guru can boast of.
Kashalkar shifted base to his home town Pune recently with the intention to train vocalists at a city-based academy of music and dance and to continue grooming SRA scholars as “associate guru”. As a parting gift to Kolkata, he gave a scintillating recital during SRA’s Malhar Festival at Birla Sabhagar and, in a rare gesture for any guru of his stature, answered questions regarding his teaching methodology very candidly.
Excerpts:
Do you teach students together or separately?
Separately; but I make other students listen to this teaching-learning process. ‘Sanskara’ do play an important role in learning process. I did not have to teach the basics to Sameehan as he picked up many things by listening to lessons meant for Shashank, who came to me when Sameehan was a toddler. Listening gave him a good sense of talas like Tilwada and Jhumra even before he formally began his own lessons; and he started off with raga Sohni! To develop this ‘sanskara’, my guruji would ask me to watch him closely while teaching. I saw him how easily he would teach even ragas like Poorva to young students! That has left an indelible imprint on my mind. I follow his footsteps while teaching now.
How important is riyaaz?
No one will say no to its importance. But since each individual is different, it should be according to one’s own requirement and stamina. I do not recommend ‘kharaj saadhana’ for little children. Boys should do it when voice gets steady after the change-of-voice. Singing the bandish or listening to music and thinking about it is enough during this period, as extra stress on voice is very harmful. Beginners must do riyaaz in my presence; later they should be on their own; but the process is very gradual. I strongly believe that riyaaz and performance are different ball games.
What are the steps that you follow in the process of teaching?
There are a few very important aspects: correct, tuneful ‘akar’ in normal ‘talking’ voice; ‘Gala nikalne se’ or by emulating others, one can ruin one’s own voice; albeit forceful gamaks do need lung-power and also force from the navel. A few paltas are devised according to the need of our gayaki and depending on the needs of a particular student; only to help in tuneful singing and to develop clear grains of taans. The range of the voice should traverse comfortably from lower pancham to upper madhyam. A good sense of rhythm is very important as rhythmic patterns play an important role in all the three (Gwalior, Jaipur, Agra) styles that I represent.
My style of teaching is ‘comprehensive’ – if I may say so. Methods of voice training and lessons of raga and tala continue to progress together. I begin by teaching the chalan of a particular raga in small phrases; initially with the help of sargams, followed by aakar. For this I choose ragas with broad spectrum (Yaman, Bhairav), but this does not stop me from teaching simpler ‘Anwat’ (less popular) ragas with their restricted movements and narrow pathway.
Medium paced compositions come next, with proper enunciation replete with meend, gamak, murki etc. I believe in teaching as many bandishes as possible; but without any simplification; as is done in schools. While singing bandish, the student must show the tala-cycle by clapping. He may find it very difficult in the beginning but it gives a clear concept of rhythm.
I teach laya-baddha alap or rhythm-woven passages to beautify the compositions. At this stage the student has to sing exactly the way I teach to imbibe the nuanced singing. Playing with the lyrics (bol-banav) and taans follow next. Elaborate, complex rhythmic patterns like ‘Aamad ka andaaz’ (how to arrive at sam with an aesthetic rhythmic pattern in tow), bol-baant (dividing lyrics), etc are taught simultaneously. At this juncture I allow a student to wade through the difficulties and find his own way, so that he develops his own ‘andaaz’ (sense of proportion) for creating a dramatic arrival on the sam. This has to be in accordance with the rest of improvised design of the total cycle, or else the whole exercise goes waste.
The rest, as you know, rests on the individual's own aesthetics. | http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/of-practice-and-performance/article9032284.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/fc022394e733d1f5f5223aebadff9d62b2fbb6c3c2bded74e7daccbfabb5b44a.json |
[
"Staff Reporter"
] | 2016-08-30T10:52:55 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | : Four months after a Delhi High Court judge complained of receiving no response on the police helpline number ‘100’, little has been done to improve the service.On Monday, the Delhi Police regretted | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FDelhi%2Fpolice-asked-about-late-response-on-calls-to-100%2Farticle9048018.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Police asked about late response on calls to 100 | null | null | www.thehindu.com | : Four months after a Delhi High Court judge complained of receiving no response on the police helpline number ‘100’, little has been done to improve the service.
On Monday, the Delhi Police regretted the inconvenience caused to Justice Vipin Sanghi when his calls to the number went unanswered on April 29.
The court had converted Justice Sanghi’s letter, which was sent to the Police Commissioner as well as the Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, into a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), and had sought a response from the Centre and the Delhi Police.
On Monday, a Bench of Chief Justice G. Rohini and Justice Sangita Dhingra Sehgal asked the Delhi Police about the measures taken to check delays in response to an emergency when calls to their helpline number go unanswered.
“We would like to know what action you’d take. How do you propose to get over this problem?” the Bench asked the police, which expressed regret before the court. The police told the Bench that heavy traffic on the telecom service provider led to congestion, and that they have sought a dedicated bandwidth for calls to the emergency number.
The Bench was informed that the issue and other related concerns were pending before a Bench of Justice B. D. Ahmed, which is hearing a matter on womens’ safety.
Later, the Bench reserved its order in the matter for September 24.
Justice Sanghi, in his letter addressed to Delhi Police Commissioner Alok Kumar Verma, had narrated his “poor personal experience” of calling up the helpline on April 29 when he was on his way to Vasant Kunj.
Delhi Police tells high court told that heavy traffic on the telecom
service provider
led to congestion | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/police-asked-about-late-response-on-calls-to-100/article9048018.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/171f1c3a171a911843d99b83f28ff70f02d7b19f3301e7f5bc36f28a3d418af9.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T10:50:22 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | Asserting that BJP has ushered in an era of “politics of performance”, its president Amit Shah on Saturday asked the party’s chief ministers to make their states an effective instrument for execution | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Foneday-bjp-chief-ministers-meeting-bjp-president-amit-shah-makes-inaugural-address%2Farticle9040289.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02988/Amit_Shah_2988646c.jpg | en | null | Execute pro-poor agenda of Modi government, Amit Shah tells BJP CMs | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Devendra Fadnavis told a press conference later that Mr. Shah sought effective execution of central policies.
Asserting that BJP has ushered in an era of “politics of performance”, its president Amit Shah on Saturday asked the party’s chief ministers to make their states an effective instrument for execution of the Centre’s “pro-poor” and “good governance” agenda.
Noting that the party rules over 51 per cent of the country’s landmass and 37 per cent population, he said states would play a key role in the success of the Modi government’s welfare policies as they are responsible for executing 65 of the 80 such schemes launched by it.
Mr. Shah made these remarks in his inaugural address of the one-day meeting of the party’s chief ministers, deputy chief ministers and its president in these states.
This is first such meeting since it came to power in the Centre in May 2014 and comes days after Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid out the party’s “pro-poor and good governance” agenda at a meeting of core committees of state units.
With the party and its governments facing attack from the opposition over issues concerning Dalits and minorities, it believes that a stronger emphasis on welfare schemes, especially targeting the poor, can firewall it against adverse political outcome and instead help it reach out to the weaker sections.
“BJP has started in the country an era of politics of performance. The state governments of the BJP have been re-elected time and again on the basis of performance... It is the joint responsibility of the central and state governments that we together build a pro-poor welfare state and change the life of the common man,” he said.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis told a press conference later that Mr. Shah sought effective execution of central policies.
All the states also made a presentation of their work and what they plan to do, especially in the field of agriculture, woman empowerment and employment, he said.
All chief ministers except Vasundhara Raje of Rajasthan attended the exercise. She was represented by a senior minister, Mr. Fadnavis said.
He added that governance and not politics was the agenda of the meeting, when he was asked if recent controversies or UP elections also figured in the deliberations.
The chief ministers’ meet has been divided into six segments, including inaugural session, the agenda of welfare of poor, presentation by CMs of successful schemes that can be replicated in other states, presence of BJP governments on social media, challenges and efforts to take them on and concluding ceremony.
Mr. Shah said the Modi government has started a new era whether in terms of the country’s defence or people’s welfare or enhancing the nation’s prestige.
“The country and the world can feel a new India,” he said while adding that states will have to play an important role in transforming the country.
“If we can bring out a change in states ruled by us, then a big part of the country can experience good governance,” he said.
States are the “vehicle” successfully implementing flagship central schemes, Jan Dhan, urban and rural housing, Mudra and health and life insurance programmes.
Mr. Fadnavis said chief ministers also deliberated over whether they can arrive at a common threshold, which he defined as a set of schemes which all the party-rules states can roll out fully. A decision is likely to be taken by the end of the meeting.
How the poor like scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and the OBCs can get jobs, education, medicine and employment was also deliberated, he said.
The use of Information-Technology to simplify the government’s work was also discussed.
He said a review of the party-run state governments was done and they were all doing “very well”. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/oneday-bjp-chief-ministers-meeting-bjp-president-amit-shah-makes-inaugural-address/article9040289.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/3fae0fe6df1c08184a336fc818e0c46e9ca35691dc67443513dae3922f50415c.json |
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"Staff Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-27T10:51:48 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | The Srirangapatna police have arrested an inter-State gang of four members on the charge of abducting and robbing gold biscuits from a businessman.The gang, natives of Sangli district in Maharashtra, | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fkarnataka%2Finterstate-gang-arrested-gold-biscuits-seized%2Farticle9039132.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02988/26bg_mandya_gan_27_2988365c.jpg | en | null | Inter-State gang arrested, gold biscuits seized | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The four members of the gang (in hoods)who were arrested.
The Srirangapatna police have arrested an inter-State gang of four members on the charge of abducting and robbing gold biscuits from a businessman.
The gang, natives of Sangli district in Maharashtra, had also committed offences in Maharashtra, the police said.
The accused have been identified as A. Sudhakar alias Sudhakar Ashok Mohiti alias Sudhi (30) of Kotiji village, S. Prakasha alias Prakasha Srirangi Jadav (30) of Vitta, K. Suraj alias Suraj Kundlic Chavan (24) of Kotiji, and J. Vijay alias Vijay Jalindar Kanase (22) of Yetgaon village.
On August 8, they allegedly abducted Dhananjay of Mysuru after waylaying a cab in which he was travelling. They stopped the cab near military compound gate at T.M. Hosur Gate on the Bengaluru-Mysuru Highway, overpowered the driver, pushed him out of the vehicle, abducted the businessman and fled in the car.
After cab driver Shivakumar filed a complaint, a team was formed to investigate and trace the accused. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/interstate-gang-arrested-gold-biscuits-seized/article9039132.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/ea7097789223b7691370fa0ab96529214a56e0ab0182a9dc6e2da284960fffcc.json |
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"Special Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-29T08:55:12 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | The Kotteri Lake at Kadayampatti block, one of the major water bodies of the district, is fast filling up thanks to the widespread rainfall in the Yercaud hills in the last few days.The Kotteri Lake a | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Ftamil-nadu%2Fkotteri-lake-filling-up-fast%2Farticle9044416.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02990/SA29_LAKE_GC9CN0MO_2990541c.jpg | en | null | Kotteri Lake filling up fast | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Thanks to rain:Children playing in Danishpet Lake in Salem district. -Photo: E. Lakshmi Narayanan
The Kotteri Lake at Kadayampatti block, one of the major water bodies of the district, is fast filling up thanks to the widespread rainfall in the Yercaud hills in the last few days.
The Kotteri Lake accounted for a water spread area of 250 acres. It receives water from River Sarabanga which originates from the Yercaud hills.
Thanks to the widespread rainfall in the catchment areas about a fortnight ago, River Sarabanga carried heavy flow of water. The Danishpet Lake supplied by River Sarabanga got filled up a couple of week ago and the surplussing water was flowing into Kotteri and Kullamudaiyan lakes.
However, the rainfall subsided all of a sudden then.
Meanwhile, the catchment areas of River Sarabanga received heavy rain in the last few days, leading to heavy flow of water in the river once again.
With the water reaching Kotteri Lake, it is fast filling up.
With the continuation of rainfall, the Kotteri Lake is expected to surplus in a day or two, according to official sources. The comfortable water level in Danishpet, Kotteri and Kullamudaiyan lakes has brought much delight to the farming community and the local people alike, as it has enabled in improving the ground water level to a big extent. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/kotteri-lake-filling-up-fast/article9044416.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/3a80c10caf5c10f3f4e2bf398ebd639c6b6d8726a6be1343759e4b4f58629853.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T12:51:22 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | The $46 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) would be a “game-changer” for Pakistan as well as for the entire South Asia region, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Monday. Addressing the | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Finternational%2Fcpec-a-gamechanger-for-south-asia-region-sharif%2Farticle9045927.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02991/XISHARIFAP_2991174c.jpg | en | null | CPEC a game-changer for South Asia region: Sharif | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Says the corridor is a new approach in development as it is based on a unique model of economic development and global cooperation.
The $46 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) would be a “game-changer” for Pakistan as well as for the entire South Asia region, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said on Monday.
Addressing the inaugural session of CPEC Summit and Expo at Pak-China Friendship Centre here, Mr. Sharif said CPEC was a new approach in development based on shared goals and aspirations as it was based on a unique model of economic development and international cooperation.
‘Time to turn a new leaf’
“Our region has witnessed a lot of conflict and deprivation in the past. Time has come to turn a new leaf in the history of the region by bringing peace and prosperity and addressing the challenges of poverty, unemployment and underdevelopment,” the Prime Minister said.
“$46 billion is the economic value but the overall contribution and impact of CPEC would be much deeper and far-reaching,” he said.
Mr. Sharif said CPEC “will not only create a strong overland link between Pakistan and China but also give us opportunity to strengthen Pakistan’s own inland transportation and logistics infrastructure.”
Over $10 billion to be spent on railways
More than ten billion dollars will spent be on railway projects as well as rail infrastructure in Pakistan.
Similarly, CPEC will be addressing Pakistan’s energy crisis as projects worth $35 billion are envisaged in Pakistan in the energy sector.
He has said CPEC will enable Pakistan to benefit greatly from know-how, ingenuity, innovation and time-tested expertise of the Chinese industry.
The CPEC was launched in 2015 when Chinese president Xi Jinping had visited Pakistan.
The project involves several infrastructure and power generation schemes to link north-western China with Gwadar sea port in Balochistan. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/cpec-a-gamechanger-for-south-asia-region-sharif/article9045927.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/4c0bbf951bda7d4960a26dcba48fe08f5c084bf48d93ece9e21abefde069d1f2.json |
[
"Ashish Rukhaiyar"
] | 2016-08-30T16:52:23 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Investigations and case proceedings take a lot of time at the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) with a bulk of the pending cases being more than two years old.Data from the capital market | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fbusiness%2Fmarkets%2Fmost-pending-cases-at-sebi-more-than-two-years-old%2Farticle9051209.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02992/_TH31_BU_SEBI_OFFI_2992563c.jpg | en | null | Most pending cases at SEBI more than two years old | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Securities Appellate Tribunal has pulled up the regulator in the past for delays
Investigations and case proceedings take a lot of time at the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) with a bulk of the pending cases being more than two years old.
Data from the capital market regulator’s latest annual report suggests that most of the pending cases across enforcement categories such as enquiry, adjudication or summary proceedings fit into the period.
According to SEBI’s annual report for 2015-16, there were a total of 1,205 adjudication proceedings pending as on March 31, 2016, out of which 691 — 57 per cent of all such cases — were in that category. While there were only 216 adjudication cases that are less than one year old, 298 cases were older than one year but less than two years.
In the case of summary proceedings, there was a total of 83 pending cases as on March 31, 2016, and all such cases are more than two years old. Incidentally, data from past annual reports suggest that most of these 83 cases belong to the period 2003-04 and 2005-06 and are more than a decade old now.
Summary proceedings refer to an enquiry or adjudication against SEBI-registered intermediaries and issuing a warning and deficiency letter for violation of applicable guidelines.
Under enquiry proceedings, SEBI can suspend or cancel the registration of a market intermediary while adjudication proceedings mostly lead to monetary penalties post the completion of investigations.
SEBI can also initiate legal proceedings against any person for violating provisions of the SEBI Act, 1992 under prosecution proceedings.
“Due to the undue delay in investigation, not only the whole purpose of investigation gets defeated but also the necessary preventive measures cannot be taken in time to curb the malpractices in the market,” says Sumit Agrawal, Partner, Suvan Law Advisors and a former SEBI law officer.
An email query sent to SEBI regarding the reasons for delay remained unanswered. Interestingly, the Securities Appellate Tribunal, which is the body that hears appeals filed against SEBI orders, has also pulled up the regulator in the past for such delays in investigations.
In a matter related to HB Stockholdings Ltd., the appellate noted that such delays lead to the risk of not only losing evidence since the documents may get destroyed but also innocent entities may be forced to pay a price for a violation they never committed.
“Such systemic failures occur to the disadvantage of all parties concerned and lead to consequences such as genuine violators being allowed to function normally in the capital market for years altogether, whereas in some situations the reputation of innocent entities gets tarnished as they wait for the wheels of justice to turn a bit faster than the pace at which they seem to be going,” it said.
“Sufficient details about the age of cases are no longer available as SEBI has changed the format in which data is given out in the annual report. So it is difficult to say whether old or new cases have been settled. These are important numbers but not there in the latest annual report,” says Sandeep Parekh, founder, Finsec Law Advisors and a former SEBI Executive Director.
The Indian regulatory body is not alone when it comes to the issue of slow enforcement. A preliminary report by a Treasury committee in the U.K. alleged that the Financial Services Authority (FSA) was slow in probing the Libor scandal, which came out in the open for the first time in 2008. FSA denied the allegations. | http://www.thehindu.com/business/markets/most-pending-cases-at-sebi-more-than-two-years-old/article9051209.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/a3d1e69b219766567f468561c8c2721a3c9e79cf9cd0e78c8bca30ee0efa1ab5.json |
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"Staff Reporter"
] | 2016-08-29T12:51:37 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Clearing the hurdles in conducting a long pending election to the Chennai Press Club, the Madras High Court on Monday appointed former high court judge Justice K. Chandru as the election officer and | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Ftamil-nadu%2Fconduct-chennai-press-club-election-in-three-months-hc%2Farticle9045612.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Conduct Chennai Press Club election in three months: HC | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Retired Judge K. Chandru has been appointed as election officer
Clearing the hurdles in conducting a long pending election to the Chennai Press Club, the Madras High Court on Monday appointed former high court judge Justice K. Chandru as the election officer and has directed him to conduct the elections in three months.
Noting that the current office bearers of the Club are not elected legally, Justice M.M. Sundresh has directed the Court appointed election officer to vet the members list of the Club updated after 2011 as per law.
The judge passed the directions on suits moved by three journalists seeking for appointment of Administrator preferably a retired judge of the high court to take over and manage the affairs of the press club and to settle the rolls of members until an elected body takes over charge.
The petitioners also challenged the schedule of election announced by the present office bearers of the Club and sought an interim injunction restraining them from holding and discharging the affairs of the Club. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/conduct-chennai-press-club-election-in-three-months-hc/article9045612.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/30d068afdbadb2b06bf8b718f8251b459c0e7f07258d80f571ab961ee35f4774.json |
[
"M. L. Melly Maitreyi"
] | 2016-08-28T02:52:01 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | Noted Mumbai-based cardiologist Dev K Pahlajani who performed the first angioplasty in the country has said due to lack of public awareness about recognising the symptoms of heart attack and the medi | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FHyderabad%2Fpreparedness-will-reduce-heart-attack-deaths-says-cardiologist%2Farticle9040926.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Preparedness will reduce heart attack deaths, says cardiologist | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Noted Mumbai-based cardiologist Dev K Pahlajani who performed the first angioplasty in the country has said due to lack of public awareness about recognising the symptoms of heart attack and the medical field not ready to receive the heart attack patients and perform angioplasty, the mortality rate due to heart attacks is increasing.
“I call these as missed opportunities where with better awareness and preparedness, the mortality rate due to acute heart attacks can be brought down,” Dr.Pahlajani told The Hindu on the sidelines of 21 annual conference of Cardiological Society of India Telangana State Chapter here on Saturday.
In Mumbai alone, at least 30 persons succumb to heart attacks a day. According to statistics, 7,000 deaths are due to cancer while 29,000 deaths are because of heart attacks in a year. Yet only few hundred patients were picked up for angioplasty after they suffered heart attack to open a blocked or narrowed blood vessels as the first line treatment to save lives.
Earlier delivering key note address, Dr. Dev Pahlajani said there were many sub sects of heart patients. Only in 10 to 15 per cent of cases, medicines would be prescribed for the treatment. But in 85 per cent of cases with acute heart attacks, if nothing was done, patients would possibly die. More and more hospitals should be ready to perform angioplasty, he said.
Dr. Pahlajani said that creating awareness about symptoms of heart attack was crucial to bringing down mortality rate. People either fail to read the symptoms or ignore them. “It is important to consult the doctor for any kind of uneasiness, gas, sweating, pain in the shoulder, back, chest, jaw, neck, immediately,” he emphasises. There are certain patients who benefit from bypass surgery. But for acute heart attacks due to myocardial infraction with unstable angina, angioplasty would benefit them. Those with stable blocks and non diabetic, also benefit from angioplasty. Surgery would be ideal for those with blocks in the left main artery and those with multiple blocks and diabetic, he said.
Dr. J .Shiv Kumar, President, CSITS and Chief of Cardiology, Apollo Hospitals, said the two –day conference was a platform to keep in sync with the breakthrough in technologies and trials in line with their theme ‘Attack heart attacks’ by inviting experts in the field. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/preparedness-will-reduce-heart-attack-deaths-says-cardiologist/article9040926.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/b0dc8265c847b0b96ec8de64577afcf18758a1f4ff6a6f8c122d65234d0c59fa.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T04:51:23 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | ‘Efforts to torpedoRly. station project’People’s representatives should accord priority to the interests of the general public and rail commuters, Old Railway Station Vikasana Samithi has said. “Some | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FKochi%2Faround-the-city%2Farticle9044631.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Around the city | null | null | www.thehindu.com | ‘Efforts to torpedo
Rly. station project’
People’s representatives should accord priority to the interests of the general public and rail commuters, Old Railway Station Vikasana Samithi has said. “Some political leaders are demanding a second overbridge at Pachalam even before the Old Railway Station near the High Court is renovated. Only one or two trains will call at the station initially. But a few leaders have already begun citing reasons like traffic snarls at Pachalam. This speaks of efforts by vested interests to torpedo the project.,” said Harihara Kumar, general convenor of the Samithi. – Staff Reporter
Civil services
winners honoured
Muslim Educational Society on Saturday organised a function to honour three candidates who made it to the civil services this year from the district. They are Asif Yusuf, Vishwanath, and Ashiq. Sree Sankara University of Sanskrit Vice Chancellor M.C. Dileep Kumar inaugurated the event.
– Staff Reporter
New office-bearers
S. Anantha Narayanan and K.S. Sashikumar have been elected president and secretary respectively of the Central Government Officers’ Association. – Staff Reporter | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/around-the-city/article9044631.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/8bb787c6a67da0d5afa88157006910071f0459c8868b0249a854d4d9780c65df.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T12:52:33 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Sri Lanka’s new draft Constitution could be presented in Parliament before the next budget which would be announced by mid-November this year, Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera has said while hopi | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Finternational%2Fnew-lanka-constitution-could-be-presented-in-parliament-by-november%2Farticle9045351.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | New Lanka Constitution could be presented in parliament by November | null | null | www.thehindu.com | It was important to recognise the religious diversity in Sri Lanka in formulating the new Constitution, Mr. Samaraweera said.
Sri Lanka’s new draft Constitution could be presented in Parliament before the next budget which would be announced by mid-November this year, Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera has said while hoping that it will celebrate the country’s diversity.
“We hope to be able to present that [Constitution] in parliament before the next budget,” Mr. Samaraweera said while addressing a gathering in Point Pedro in the northern province on Sunday.
The 2017 government budget is expected to be presented in Parliament mid-November.
It was important to recognise the religious diversity in Sri Lanka in formulating the new Constitution, Mr. Samaraweera said.
“We have been busy creating or placing a foundation for a new Sri Lanka. Based on the three pillars of democratisation, reconciliation and development,” the Minister said.
The process of finalising the new Constitution is underway and it will hopefully celebrate the diversity of the country, he said.
Mr. Samaraweera said, it is time to come to terms with the fact that Sri Lanka is a multi-racial, multi-religious, multi-lingual country.
The Maithripala Sirisena government has set in the process of making a new Constitution since January this year.
A 21-member steering committee consisting of parliamentarians from across all political parties has been set up.
The aim is to replace the existing 1978 constitution. In the new Constitution, the Prime Minister will hold the supreme executive power. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/new-lanka-constitution-could-be-presented-in-parliament-by-november/article9045351.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/a25d7e974fd615876d4e99fac3c9056a3ef19c4cd5a3349008147a0ab09f5cc6.json |
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"Special Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-27T07:01:01 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Air Marshal S. Neelakantan, Air Officer Commanding – in – Chief, Southern Air Command, Indian Air Force arrived on a two-day visit to Air Force Station, Thanjavur on Wednesday.This is his first visit | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FTiruchirapalli%2Fsouthern-air-command-chief-visits-thanjavur-air-force-station%2Farticle9034361.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02986/25aug_tyramns01_MA_2986912c.jpg | en | null | Southern Air Command chief visits Thanjavur Air Force station | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Guard of honour:Air Marshal S. Neelakantan, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, at Air Force Station in Thanjavur on Thursday.— Photo: Air Force
Air Marshal S. Neelakantan lays stress on security to protect the assets of Indian Air Force
Air Marshal S. Neelakantan, Air Officer Commanding – in – Chief, Southern Air Command, Indian Air Force arrived on a two-day visit to Air Force Station, Thanjavur on Wednesday.
This is his first visit to Air Force Station, Thanjavur, a premier base under the Southern Air Command, after assuming command as Air Officer Commanding – in – Chief, Southern Air Command.
On arrival, Air Marshal Neelakantan was received by Group Captain V.J. Singh, Station Commander, Air Force Station, Thanjavur. The Air Marshal was given a guard of honour by a contingent of Air Warriors.
He inspected various sections and units of the Air Force Station and reviewed the operational preparedness of the base.
He was appraised about various ongoing activities of the Air Force Station which is fast developing into a modern and premier fighter air base in southern India.
Addressing the station personnel, the Air Marshal laid stress on base security to preserve the expensive assets of the Indian Air Force – both equipment and human.
He also emphasised on optimisation of resources, operational capability, training and professional competency to achieve high level of aerospace safety.
The Air Marshal was accompanied by his wife Uma Neelakantan, president, Air Force Wives Welfare Association (Regional).
She visited various welfare ventures being run at the station and offered suggestions for enhanced management, a press release from the Air Force Station Thanjavur said. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/southern-air-command-chief-visits-thanjavur-air-force-station/article9034361.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/abf9b2cc3d2d04ae37c4f3d3eadf691174c39cb863febebe4c3a8d900778152f.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T12:53:08 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Gold remained weak for the third straight-day with prices falling by another Rs. 60 to Rs. 31,050 per 10 grams at the bullion market today, on low demand from jewellers at domestic spot market amid w | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fbusiness%2Fmarkets%2Fgold-extends-losses-down-rs-60-on-weak-global-cues%2Farticle9055306.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Gold extends losses, down Rs. 60 on weak global cues | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Gold remained weak for the third straight-day with prices falling by another Rs. 60 to Rs. 31,050 per 10 grams at the bullion market today, on low demand from jewellers at domestic spot market amid weak global cues.
However, silver held steady at Rs. 44,800 per kg in limited deals from industrial units.
Besides weak trend overseas, traders said, a fall in demand from jewellers at the domestic spot market mainly kept gold prices lower.
Globally, gold fell 0.96 per cent to USD 1,310.50 an ounce in New York in yesterday’s trade.
In the national capital, gold of 99.9 per cent and 99.5 per cent purity fell by Rs. 60 each to Rs. 31,050 and Rs. 30,900 per 10 grams, respectively. The precious metal had lost Rs. 140 in the previous two sessions.
Sovereign, however, remained steady at Rs. 24,300 per piece of eight grams.
On the other hand, silver ready ruled flat at Rs. 44,800 per kg, while weekly-based delivery shed Rs. 5 at Rs. 44,125 per kg.
Silver coins, however, continued to be asked at previous level of Rs. 75,000 for buying and Rs. 76,000 for selling of 100 pieces. | http://www.thehindu.com/business/markets/gold-extends-losses-down-rs-60-on-weak-global-cues/article9055306.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/3acc3dd106b1b7d6b753949f6c7fbc0a6ff3543b223d2260aa3252cebe349717.json |
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"Special Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-29T20:51:44 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | The Union government is working overtime to take a final decision on the issue of introducing “totaliser machines” for mixing of votes from various booth for counting, as recommended by the Election | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fcentre-moves-on-vote-totaliser-machines%2Farticle9046763.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Centre moves on vote totaliser machines | null | null | www.thehindu.com | SC has set deadline for introducing the machines to mix votes from booths before counting
The Union government is working overtime to take a final decision on the issue of introducing “totaliser machines” for mixing of votes from various booth for counting, as recommended by the Election Commission. The Supreme Court, while hearing a writ petition on August 5, had given the government eight weeks’ time to take a final decision.
A team of Union Ministers has been constituted on the direction of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to deliberate on the Election Commission’s proposal in November 2008, which was seconded by the Law Commission. Before the introduction of electronic voting machines, as provided under Rule 59A of the Conduct of Election Rules, counting of votes used to take place by mixing of ballot papers.
The machine is expected to prevent disclosure of voting patterns across polling stations during counting, which will allay the fears of voters against any pre-poll intimidation or post-poll victimisation by any candidate.
The ministerial team, comprising Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley, Manohar Parrikar, Nitin Gadkari and Ravi Shankar Prasad, will soon meet and give its recommendations
.
In view of the poll panel’s proposal, the Standing Committee in 2009 sought a demonstration of the machine. However, it could not be done for various reasons. The proposal was then referred to the Law Commission in January 2013. In its March 2015 report, the commission backed the use of the machine.
After a demonstration of the machine, three of the six national parties (Bahujan Samaj Party, Congress and Nationalist Congress Party) supported its use. While the Bharatiya Janata Party said booth-wise performance was important for booth management, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) agreed in principle to its use with a rider that there is a need to be careful about the machine’s foolproof functioning and it should be introduced in phases
. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/centre-moves-on-vote-totaliser-machines/article9046763.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/8aebb2b4ce23ed7ab25cf14eea684cd7a43f021c3d54e41ba4d80ba5c0ea0a85.json |
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"Susanna Myrtle Lazarus"
] | 2016-08-31T12:51:55 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | When The Park’s New Festival was launched a decade ago, curator Ranvir Shah of Prakriti Foundation gave himself a brief, which he sticks to even today. He says, “As the name suggests, we want to show | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Ffeatures%2Fmetroplus%2Fevents%2Fwhats-new%2Farticle9055539.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02993/01mp_shashank_lelo_2993516c.jpg | en | null | What’s New? | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The Park’s New Festival aims to bring novelties of India’s art and culture to the fore
When The Park’s New Festival was launched a decade ago, curator Ranvir Shah of Prakriti Foundation gave himself a brief, which he sticks to even today. He says, “As the name suggests, we want to showcase new and contemporary work. We started when India was going through a great phase of economic growth. Along with that, we also wanted to see where the country was heading in terms of art and culture.”
Over the years, this has been his challenge, he explains. “It’s about discovering what is new and relevant to India and her people. For example, last year, we had Akram Khan bringing a fusion of kathak and flamenco. We’ve had someone like Shankar Tucker, who is well-known internationally, and we have also had Aditya Prakash, who is relatively unknown, but played an amalgamation of Indian classical and folk, jazz and hip-hop. It’s not just for the people here, but also for the diaspora.”
Transnational collaborations tend to show how Indian culture is engaging with the rest of the world, says Ranvir. Perhaps, the one thing they did without an Indian connect was hiphop workshops across the country a couple of years ago. “It helped explore the hiphop movement in the country. The genre started off as a way to give voice to the minorities, so it was interesting to see how it translated to India.”
This year’s schedule will start on September 2 from Chennai and will travel to Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and Delhi. “From 100 and 200-people audiences, we are now able to fill up 1000-seater auditoriums. The audience demographic has also improved, and we have everyone from teenagers to older people who want to see what’s new. It helps that the quality of work being put up has also improved. In turn, sponsorships — which used to provide about 40 per cent of the funding earlier — have gone up to 65 to 75 per cent,” says Ranvir.
This year’s line-up includes compelling performances by artists like Shashank Subramanyam, Lelo Nika, Surjit Nongmeikapam and Yuki Ellias.
Schedule
September 2
Nerves
Contemporary Dance Performance by Surjit Nongmeikpam
This performance art piece is rooted in the expressions of the voiceless peoples from Manipur. Their frustrations are embodied in the piece, and the performers try to explore a new medium to express their emotions, guilt, helplessness and vulnerability. Although the roots of this piece are grounded in Manipur and the Northeast of India, the struggle is universal; the struggle and the search for peace.
Venue: Kalakshetra
September 3
Shashank Subramanyam Meets Lelo Nika
In this band, Romanian folklore blends easily with North Scandinavian folklore. Lelo and Shashank’s interplay will make an interesting and unique blend: Romanian harmony with South Indian melodies, Swedish folklore with a touch of European Jazz, rhythms bound together with Eastern European and Indian style of improvisations. On the band, there is the Romanian Cimbalom, Swedish bass, Serbian accordion, Indian bamboo flute, tabla and the Khanjira.
Venue: Sansara Hall, The Park
September 4
Elephant in the Room by Yuki Ellias
Elephant in the Room is a solo theatre performance about the whimsical adventures of a young boy in search of his missing head. It’s a coming-of-age story, with eccentric characters, whose destinies intertwine in a plot that twists and thrills. Yuki Ellias, who plays the lead role, is a performer, director and a corporate coach.
The events are not ticketed. For invites, write to prakritifoundation@gmail.com or call 86086 85156. | http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/events/whats-new/article9055539.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/dcc80b5155420411d60087f510a443d84682f124c085a82bac7f3d157cf0c36c.json |
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"Special Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-30T06:55:46 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | It is the Olympics for chess players. It is also the equivalent of tennis’s Davis and Fed Cups. As many as 176 countries will compete at the Chess Olympiad, the opening move of which will be made at | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fsport%2Fother-sports%2Findia-capable-of-strong-moves-at-olympiad%2Farticle9046703.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | India capable of strong moves at Olympiad | null | null | www.thehindu.com | It is the Olympics for chess players. It is also the equivalent of tennis’s Davis and Fed Cups.
As many as 176 countries will compete at the Chess Olympiad, the opening move of which will be made at the Azerbaijan capital of Baku on September 1. And India is a serious contender for medals, even in the absence of its best players.
In the last edition of the Olympiad in Norway two years ago, India’s men had won the bronze, after starting out as the 19th seed. In spite of the large number of participating countries, only 20 countries have ever won a men’s tem medal in the 82-year-hisoty of the Olympiad.
This time round, India is seeded 11th. The team will once again have to play above its strength to reach the podium, but the five young men certainly are capable of that. They will be up against some of the biggest names in chess who have come together to form quite a few dream teams.
Russia is the top seed, with an average Elo rating of 2760. The team will be led by Vladmir Kramnik, who had announced his arrival on the global chess scene with a sensational show at the 1992 Olympiad in Manila. Included only because of the insistence of Garry Kasparov, he scored 8.5 points out of nine to help Russia, competing for the first time as a country after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, take the gold; he was just 17 then.
The Americans, with an average rating of 2740, is seeded second. In their team are two of the world’s biggest names in chess, Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura.
China, which had surprised many by wining its maiden gold last time, is seeded third, with an average rating of 2735. India has a rating of 2651. Among those seeded above the team are Azerbaijan, Ukraine, France and Poland.
World No. 16 P. Harikrishna will lead the Indian challenge. Vidit Gujarathi, B. Adhiban, S.P. Sethuraman and Karthikeyan Murali are his teammates, while R.B. Ramesh is the coach once again.
India is seeded higher in the women’s event. With an average rating of 2410, it is seeded fifth, behind China (2528), defending champion Russia (2493), Ukraine (2485) and Georgia (2474).
Dronavalli Harika, ranked fifth in the world, is the biggest star in the team. The others in the team are Padmini Rout, who had won an individual medal at the last Olympiad, former World junior champion Soumya Swaminathan, Tania Sachdev and Pratyusha Bodda.
Koneru Humpy, the World No. 2, is of course conspicuous by her absence. She has never enjoyed a great relation with chess administrators in the country, who had demanded FIDE to take action against her last year following her withdrawal from the Commonwealth championship in Delhi. The complaint, however, was dismissed.
Viswanathan Anand hasn’t shown much interest at the Olympiad, either. He has said in the past that he was not very comfortable with the format.
But, most of the top stars, including World champion Magnus Carlsen, would be in Baku. He will lead Norway, which, is not among the leading nations, with an average rating of 2613. | http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/india-capable-of-strong-moves-at-olympiad/article9046703.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/866ba4586f8ad43b0c34688fa81ba0b5c163cb4d671c1f019d7a6a53456c7b38.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T04:59:50 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | A car on Tuesday exploded after ramming a gate at the Chinese embassy in the capital of ex-Soviet Kyrgyzstan, police said.
Local medics said the driver of the car was killed while two Kyrgyz embass | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Finternational%2Fexplosion-at-chinese-embassy-in-kyrgyzstan%2Farticle9049634.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Explosion at Chinese embassy in Kyrgyzstan | null | null | www.thehindu.com | A car on Tuesday exploded after ramming a gate at the Chinese embassy in the capital of ex-Soviet Kyrgyzstan, police said.
Local medics said the driver of the car was killed while two Kyrgyz embassy staff and a woman were lightly wounded in the blast. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/explosion-at-chinese-embassy-in-kyrgyzstan/article9049634.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/7bb64759642781b76c4eaa7667119e15fb353efd1270d68cce180ca64f8ffda4.json |
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"Special Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-27T04:53:14 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | In a bid to control prices of pulses, the government has decided to import 90,000 tonnes more pulses, a move that would narrow down the gap between demand and supply.The Consumer Affairs department on | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fcentre-to-import-extra-90000-tonnes-pulses-to-control-prices%2Farticle9037123.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Centre to import extra 90,000 tonnes pulses to control prices | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Consumer Affairs department decided that more pulses would be procured for the buffer stock
In a bid to control prices of pulses, the government has decided to import 90,000 tonnes more pulses, a move that would narrow down the gap between demand and supply.
The Consumer Affairs department on Friday held a meeting of the price stabilisation fund, in which it was decided that more pulses would be procured for the buffer stock.
“The government has decided to import 40,000 tonnes of Masur, 20,000 tonnes of Tur, 20,000 tonnes of Desi Chana and 10,000 tonnes of Urad for the buffer stock,” said a Ministry statement, after the meeting chaired by Union Consumer Affairs Secretary, Hem Pande here. The meeting reviewed the procurement and distribution of pulses across the country from the buffer stock.
“So far, the government agencies have procured about 1,20,000 MT pulses from the domestic market and farmers. Besides, the total import of pulses for buffer stock now stands at 1,76,000 tonnes,” said the Ministry’s statement.
It was pointed out during the meeting that the government agencies have been also been directed to gear up for domestic procurement for coming crop of pulses, which is expected to good this year.
Apart from this, an inter-ministerial committee on prices of essential commodities also met on Friday to review availability and prices of essential commodities.
The meeting was attended by senior officials of the Ministry and the Department of Agriculture, Food, Commerce, Revenue, MMTC, NAFED among others.
It was observed during the meeting that prices of pulses have come down but have not reflected in retail. “There was an opinion that States must be asked to take immediate action under the Essential Commodes Act to ensure that decline in prices id also reflected in retail also,” said the statement.
Pulses saw an average price rise of 29.6 percent during 2015-16. Pulses prices have soared up to Rs 200 per kg in the retail markets in recent months due to fall of production in last two crop years in view of back to back drought. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/centre-to-import-extra-90000-tonnes-pulses-to-control-prices/article9037123.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/68ef73e1e1050f6aedf048af1dfbabe6461bfc56efb35adb6be9ff1899b882bf.json |
[
"Samatha Sharma"
] | 2016-08-29T20:51:40 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Marriages are morphing. The earliest marriage I attended was about 25 years ago when I was in my early teens. The marriage of my youngest aunt was a very traditional affair. The guests were largely f | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fopinion%2Fopen-page%2Fwhere-marriages-are-made-today%2Farticle9047130.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02991/160830_-_Open_page_2991509c.jpg | en | null | Where marriages are made today | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Marriages are morphing. The earliest marriage I attended was about 25 years ago when I was in my early teens. The marriage of my youngest aunt was a very traditional affair. The guests were largely family and a hall was hired for a few days. The marriage hall doubled as a hotel for the family that had come from other towns and cities. While the religious ceremony and the kalyana sappadu were the serious affairs of the day, relaxation time consisted of the adults playing cards and cracking loud jokes. The kids were actively into serious games of hide-and- seek and so on.
I remember being initially shy with the large number of adults around me, but I came to enjoy their attention. I remember my grandfather and his co-brother from that wedding. Marriages could go on for as long as four days. This was whittled down to a single-day event.
My best memories of people in my family are also from those old-style weddings. I saw them with innocent eyes, and maybe those indeed were simpler times. There was a real pleasure in meeting people. Many took came from other cities and it was considered rude to not accept an invitation. The annual festivals were a humdrum affair indeed in comparison.
Another of the marriages that I remember from that era is that of my eldest cousin. I was in my mid-teens and my body was changing. I remember that the dressing up for that wedding was the first time I decorated my body as a woman. I felt a certain vulnerability and pride in my newly discovered attractiveness. It was also the first time that my mother bought me beautiful accessories. The drab school uniforms that I went back to after that wedding continued for a few more years. The young feminine ran back into the closet.
I got busy with my studies afterwards and my career took me to time and spaces where there was not much family. I didn’t come back into the family circuit until I was about 25 years old and of marriageable age myself. From then on marriages turned into a nightmare, events I would try my best to avoid, for the next decade.
I walked into my college friend’s marriage blindly and realised that single women do not attend weddings alone. Her father smirked and asked me if I took a taxi by myself from the airport. Clearly only very socially disadvantaged people do that. He took the questioning further by inquiring whether I still stayed in an apartment, possibly a pointer to how commodious his own house was. They had coloured orchids violet and hung them all around the wedding palace. The banquet served food from 20 different parts. I hardly met my friend; she was too busy. The time we did manage a quiet moment together she cried to me about her husband’s family. The husband was not as rich as the bride, you see.
To me these weddings came to represent show, social status and competitiveness. My cousins and peer group fought hard to climb the marriage altar. It was only the best amongst us women who would be chosen to do that duty to the patriarchy. Only the Indian mind can come up with the idea of colouring the perfect orchids a false violet.
Pleasant affairs
The last couple of years I have been to two weddings that have been a pleasant affair for me. I am surprised. The form of the wedding has changed to what I call the semi-NRI wedding.
So many people seem to be abroad these days, specifically in the U.S. One of the weddings was in a hotel instead of a marriage hall. The other was an open air affair at an art centre. It’s not just the venues that are getting more exciting. The hotel wedding had a bar in the corner and a Carnatic musician on the dais. The women in silk sarees criss-crossed the male waiters serving the nibbles.
The guests seem to comprise more of friends than of family. There was the odd white person strolling, often towards the bar. And in very glitzy Indian clothing too. One foreigner came with a pagadi (turban). I guess the nuances of Tamil versus North Indian marriages are too complex for him.
The elaborateness and ostentation seems to have visibly decreased. The social aspect seems to be getting more important again. Maybe it is time for me to take out my silk sarees.
samatha.express@gmail.com | http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/where-marriages-are-made-today/article9047130.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/da937193ac6ef7e53804dc3225d79ba124dcf96c94b441f30c4750f6fd5880eb.json |
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"B. Muralidhar Reddy"
] | 2016-08-29T14:51:23 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | The Ordinance to amend the Enemy Property Act (Eviction of Unauthorized Occupants Act) of 1971 promulgated by the President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday night is the 22nd since the Prime Minister Naren | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fmodi-govt-passes-22nd-ordinance-still-short-of-upa-number%2Farticle9045908.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Modi govt. passes 22nd Ordinance, still short of UPA number | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The Ordinance to amend the Enemy Property Act (Eviction of Unauthorized Occupants Act) of 1971 promulgated by the President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday night is the 22nd since the Prime Minister Narendra Modi took reigns of office on May 26, 2014.
During the five-year period of the UPA-II headed by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, 25 ordinances were promulgated. The Manmohan Singh government during UPA-I (2004-09) issued 36 ordinances and UPA II (2009-14), with better numbers, issued 25. It averaged to six times a year in its 10-year term.
Ordinances are issued by the President on recommendation by the government of the day invoking Article 123 of The Constitution. It gives power to President to promulgate Ordinances during recess of Parliament if at any time, except when both Houses of Parliament are in session, the President is satisfied that circumstances exist which render it necessary for him to take immediate action, he may promulgate such Ordinance as the circumstances appear to him to require.
An Ordinance promulgated under this article shall have the same force and effect as an Act of Parliament, but every such Ordinance and shall be laid before both House of Parliament and shall cease to operate at the expiration of six weeks from the reassemble of Parliament, or, if before the expiration of that period resolutions disapproving it are passed by both Houses, upon the passing of the second of those resolutions.
It may be withdrawn at any time by the President Explanation Where the Houses of Parliament are summoned to reassemble on different dates, the period of six weeks shall be reckoned from the later of those dates for the purposes of this clause.
The Modi government began its innings with recommendation for two ordinances at the very first Cabinet meeting. After taking charge in May 2014, it recommended an ordinance to amend the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) Act to facilitate Nripendra Mishra take over as Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister, and the other to amend the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act for transfer of a cluster of villages for the Polavaram project.
Both the ordinances were issued on May 28, 2014. Besides these two, the government had issued a total of five ordinances in 2014, including the one to amend the Land Acquisition law of 2013. The ordinance envisaged procuring land for industrial corridors, rural infrastructure, defence and housing.
On January 20 the President Pranab Mukherjee while answering questions during an address to Central varsities and research institutions in New Delhi had remarked, “Ordinance route cannot be taken, should not be taken for normal legislation”.
A Lok Sabha publication titled Presidential Ordinances 1950-2014 issued in early 2015 shows that after the Constitution came into force and till December 2014, the President has promulgated 679 Ordinances.
These are in the nature of interim or temporary legislation and their continuance is subject to parliamentary approval. Ordinances remain valid for no more than six weeks from the date the Parliament is convened unless approved by it.
Article 123 is meant for mitigating unusual circumstances where immediate action is inevitable when the extant provisions of law are inadequate. The President should not incorporate any matter in an ordinance which is violating the constitution or needs amendment to the constitution.
The ordinance to amend the The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act passed by the previous UPA government was promulgated and re-promulgated on three occasions following which the government gave up the ordinance route and went for a statutory order.
In 2015, a total of 10 ordinances were promulgated, including the one to amend land law which was issued twice on April 3 and May 30 respectively.
The other ordinances issued in 2015 included the one to amend the Citizenship Act to merge Persons of Indian Origin (PIO) and Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI) schemes, by which PIOs will also get life-long Indian visa.
Another ordinance was aimed at amending the Motor Vehicles Act to bring e-carts and e-rickshaws under the ambit of the law.
This year, the ordinance to amend the Enemy Property Act was promulgated twice. It sought to amend a 48-year-old law to guard against claims of succession or transfer of properties left by people who migrated to Pakistan and China after the wars.
In a rare development, the Budget session of Parliament was prorogued on March 29 to enable the government to issue an Ordinance to authorise expenditure beyond April 1 in the Centrally-ruled Uttarakhand in view of the political crisis in the state.
A bill to replace the Uttarakhand Appropriation Ordinance was later passed by Parliament.
Of these, 456 were issued in about 50 years of rule and by six Prime Ministers of the Congress. Record books show that India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of the Congress cleared about 70 ordinances during the period from 1952 to 1964. Indira Gandhi issued 77 Ordinances during 1971-77, at the rate of almost three ordinances every two months.
Mrs. Gandhi’s son Rajiv Gandhi issued 35 ordinances in five years as PM. The minority Congress government of P.V. Narasimha Rao issued 77 ordinances during its five year term. The left-backed United Front government-which was supported by the Congress from the outside-passed only 61 Bills during its 1996-98 term under two PMs, H.D. Deve Gowda and I.K. Gujral, but issued a record 77 ordinances at a strike rate of more than 3 per month.
The NDA government headed by the BJP's Atal Bihari Vajpayee issued 58 ordinances between 1998 and 2004, at a strike rate of almost nine per year. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/modi-govt-passes-22nd-ordinance-still-short-of-upa-number/article9045908.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/c634f2c835ece5ff7e91c407f36e2936a3a73d1ad9ecdc6c3f8b1392c44408fc.json |
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"Sports Bureau"
] | 2016-08-30T06:55:50 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Sumit Nagal capped his glorious run at the $25,000 Talex Open ITF men’s Futures tournament by clinching the singles title with a 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 victory in the final over second seed Daniel Masure of G | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fsport%2Fother-sports%2Fsumit-nagal-clinches-title%2Farticle9046704.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02991/TH30NAGAL_2991396c.jpg | en | null | Sumit Nagal clinches title | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Sumit Nagal capped his glorious run at the $25,000 Talex Open ITF men’s Futures tournament by clinching the singles title with a 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 victory in the final over second seed Daniel Masure of Germany here on Sunday.
The win will fetch the 19-year-old Indian 27 ranking points.
In the $10,000 ITF women’s tournament at Sharm el-Shaikh, Dhruthi Venugopal fell at the penultimate hurdle, losing her singles semifinal match to Slovakia’s Tereza Mihalikova 7-5, 6-3.
Though as consolation, she won the doubles title with Sharrmadaa Baluu, defeating the Portuguese British duo of Ines Murta and Mirabelle Njoze 6-3, 6-3.
The results: Men: $25,000 Futures, Poland: Singles: Final: Sumit Nagal bt Daniel Masur (Ger) 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.
Women: $10,000, Egypt: Singles: Semifinal: Tereza Mihalikova (Svk) bt Dhruthi Venugopal 7-5, 6-3;
Doubles: Final: Sharrmadaa Baluu & Dhruthi bt Ines Murta (Por) & Mirabelle Njoze (Gbr) 6-3, 6-3. | http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/sumit-nagal-clinches-title/article9046704.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/fbdfa0a066449b80b5ebd4ab7b56648854e028eace9104d1103c485332807994.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T12:51:36 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | An Iraqi security official says a suicide bomber has struck a wedding south of Baghdad, killing at least 15 people. Lt. Gen. Qais al-Mohammedawi says five suicide bombers took part in the attack in t | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Finternational%2Fsuicide-bomber-strikes-wedding-in-iraq-kills-15%2Farticle9045626.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Suicide bomber strikes wedding in Iraq, kills 15 | null | null | www.thehindu.com | An Iraqi security official says a suicide bomber has struck a wedding south of Baghdad, killing at least 15 people.
Lt. Gen. Qais al-Mohammedawi says five suicide bombers took part in the attack in the village of Ein Tamr on Monday, but that the other four were killed by security forces.
Ein Tamr is about 40 km (25 miles) west of the Shiite holy city of Karbala. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/suicide-bomber-strikes-wedding-in-iraq-kills-15/article9045626.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/778ef84ee44416698232dfa338c2d59f32d455a95a2879a044f50dde626fc306.json |
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"Staff Reporter"
] | 2016-08-29T14:52:50 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | ‘Say no to bribes’, was President Pranab Mukherjee’s message to graduating students at convocation of NLSUI on Sunday. Urging the students to be brave, he asked them to have the courage to refuse payi | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2Fbangalore%2Fhave-the-courage-to-say-no-to-bribes-president%2Farticle9044137.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Have the courage to say ‘no’ to bribes: President | null | null | www.thehindu.com | ‘Say no to bribes’, was President Pranab Mukherjee’s message to graduating students at convocation of NLSUI on Sunday. Urging the students to be brave, he asked them to have the courage to refuse paying bribes if asked to.
Mr. Mukherjee said that if students were asked to support violence, corruption or oppression, they should have the courage to say no.
“If you fear reprisal, remember that breaking an unjust system is about making difficult choices. Mahatma Gandhi, who was also a lawyer, could not have forged the instrument of Satyagraha and led the people of India to Independence had he not been brave and willing to make the choice of fighting against the colonial rulers in South Africa,” he said.
He said the legal fraternity should battle for the rights and welfare of people, and students should look for ways to do their bit for the country. “Choose to engage with our beautiful complex, often difficult and sometimes noisy democracy. Help strengthen and refine our legal and political institutions,” he said.
Mr. Mukherjee told the graduating batch that over the past two decades, there has been a paradigm shift in legal education and there was a need to bridge the gap between theoretical concepts and practical application. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/have-the-courage-to-say-no-to-bribes-president/article9044137.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/a8006dddc063913622a366db0f10cf3462feac06cccb6ef03fcb8179bf41ad0f.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T22:52:59 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | After the flood of benefits to the athletes who saved India from embarrassment in Rio, it has become necessary to find out whether such excessive monetary presentation is a cause for complacency. Ta | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fopinion%2Fletters%2Fhow-to-win-a-medal%2Farticle9037142.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | How to win a medal | null | null | www.thehindu.com | After the flood of benefits to the athletes who saved India from embarrassment in Rio, it has become necessary to find out whether such excessive monetary presentation is a cause for complacency. Taxpayers’ money should be used to encourage budding talent.
Following the advice in the article, “How to win medals in Olympics” (Aug.26), youngsters from communities excelling in sports included in the Olympics should be specially trained. Technical advice can be sought from Great Britain which is now second in the medals table.
V. Purnachandra Rao,
Chennai
The five ‘S’s of sports — speed, stamina, skill, strength and spirit — should be developed by making our athletes practise our ancient sport and martial art forms such as Kalaripayattu, Mallakhamb, Mardani khel, Gatka, Thang Ta, Silambam which improve flexibility, sharpen reflexes, agility, balance, strength and muscular endurance. The cluster-based approach is a good idea. Attention must be paid to funding, infrastructure and coaching.
Saumya Pandey,
Allahabad | http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/letters/how-to-win-a-medal/article9037142.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/21bc7185950a21b3ff79e481f4487a60bb7af984ef5d3dfe9bea13616be5e5ce.json |
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"Rani Devalla"
] | 2016-08-31T02:53:09 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Images of her younger days wafted back to Emandi Satyavati, an 86-year-old resident of Krishna Gardens, as she began to recollect her busiest days. Former secretary of Sarada Mahila Mandal, she said s | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FVisakhapatnam%2Fonce-film-distributors-locality%2Farticle9053448.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02993/30vzrdv01-NW_GJ_31_2993186c.jpg | en | null | Once film distributors’ locality | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Now their offices are replaced by stationery outlets.
Images of her younger days wafted back to Emandi Satyavati, an 86-year-old resident of Krishna Gardens, as she began to recollect her busiest days. Former secretary of Sarada Mahila Mandal, she said she was part of women empowerment movement providing training in a range of soft skills to batches of participants.
Though a major chunk of her earlier days faded away from her memory, what remained constant over the decades is her love for Krishna Gardens where she stepped into the narrow lanes of the colony seven decades ago. From an uneven muddy path to blacktop roads, the neighbourhood located in Dabagardens is a place that drew professionals, social workers and slum dwellers together. Ever since its inception, the colony was primarily inhabited by Yadava community.
The neighbourhood that houses Ramaalayam, Shivaalayam, Durga temple and Sai Baba temple is lined with a number of wholesale stationery and printing press units. “In 1990, a number of film distributors used to reside in this area. Today, their offices have been replaced by a number of stationery units where the process of loading and unloading of stocks takes place on the roads causing traffic bottlenecks. In addition to this, those who visit the stationery houses park their vehicles haphazardly in front of our houses, restricting our access to the arterial road,” says Manga Kumari, another resident.
Dangling live wires from an electric pole near Ramaalayam pose a perpetual source of danger to the residents of Krishna Gardens. During heavy rains accompanied by gales, these power lines slide further down, exposing the public to danger.
Zone III Commissioner V. Chakradhar; Mobile No: 9848889701; Helpdesk No: 0891-2707299. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/once-film-distributors-locality/article9053448.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/167c2c2ca4f52587fab9d539afcc5b1fa92dee057915385469fb9ef0807466cd.json |
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"Staff Reporter"
] | 2016-08-31T10:53:58 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | The Madras High Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea moved by film financier S. Mukanchand Bothra seeking to implead him in the habeas corpus petition moved by missing film producer Madhan’s mother.Claim | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2Fchennai%2Ffinanciers-plea-in-missing-producer-case-dismissed%2Farticle9052602.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Financier’s plea in missing producer case dismissed | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The Madras High Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea moved by film financier S. Mukanchand Bothra seeking to implead him in the habeas corpus petition moved by missing film producer Madhan’s mother.
Claiming that he had lent money to Madhan on January 11 and that he had disappeared without returning the money, the financier wanted the High Court to implead him in the case.
To give information
He also submitted that he has some useful information about the case which he wants to disclose.
Refusing to accept his request, a Division Bench of Justices S. Nagamuthu and V. Bharathidasan said, “If the petitioner has any information relating to the case, he is duty bound to inform the investigating officer. His presence in the present petition is not necessary.”
To his submission that he is prepared to disclose all the facts known to him but he needs protection from the police, the Additional Public Prosecutor said that the police concerned would ensure his safety when he appears to provide the information before the investigating officer.
Recording the statement, the Bench dismissed the plea.
Bothra had urged court to implead him in the habeas corpus petition moved by Madhan’s mother | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/financiers-plea-in-missing-producer-case-dismissed/article9052602.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/003b4dc9f42ad605a3c34a8fc63629b2fc25577fa2c87e63db650b186f6f770f.json |
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"Serish Nanisetti"
] | 2016-08-31T10:54:21 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | It is a battle for credit and images of Muslim freedom fighters of India. A few days after Salar Jung Museum hosted an exhibition of freedom fighters who were Muslim; Syed Naseer Ahamad, a former jour | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FHyderabad%2Frow-over-an-uncanny-similarity%2Farticle9052907.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02993/30hysns-copy-ri_Ma_2993080c.jpg | en | null | Row over an ‘uncanny similarity’ | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Tale of three images:This is one of the rare photographs of Moulvi Allauddin or Syed Allauddin Hyder (extreme left), the preacher of Mecca Masjid, who led the attack on Hyderabad Residency on July 17, 1857, in the war for India’s freedom. Caught near Mangalampally and transported to the infamous Cellular Jail in Andamans, he passed away in 1884. While the black and white photograph, likely from Cellular Jail archives, is under Creative Commons License, these drawings and sketches are only reproductions.– Photos: By Arrangement
Text and drawings in a book from 2014 and a recent exhibition have many things in common
It is a battle for credit and images of Muslim freedom fighters of India. A few days after Salar Jung Museum hosted an exhibition of freedom fighters who were Muslim; Syed Naseer Ahamad, a former journalist, has come forward with a claim that he is the author of the information and that the drawings are copied from his book, The Immortals , published in 2014.
“I have been working on freedom fighters for a long time. My first book was a 32-page Telugu volume of Muslim women freedom fighters of India that was published in 1998. I have written 13 books in all and they are all focussed on freedom fighters.
For this 352-page, The Immortals , I spent nearly 17 years, and now comes this,” says Mr. Naseer.
“They have reproduced errors and wrong punctuation of the book in the text used at the exhibition. And that’s why I am convinced that they have copied the text. While my book uses the greyscale drawings of V. Justice, Imran’s exhibition uses line drawings but with the same angle,” informed Mr. Naseer.
While Syed Naseer Ahamad claimed that he met Imran in 2012 in Santoshnagar in a café beside Yadagiri Hotel and handed over a model copy of his book, Imran denied any such meeting.
“My younger brother Mobin met him as he wanted a sponsor for the book. My brother gave him Rs. 2.5 lakh to get the book published,” says M.A. Imran, who is an aeronautics engineer, and works in Muscat.
Imran, who has taken the exhibition to Delhi, says he has worked with an artist called Mallikarjun from Nalgonda over time to stage the exhibition.
“I am a portrait artiste. I was approached by Imran in 2013. And the first drawing I did was of Hazrat Mahal,” says Mallikarjun, showing some of the drawings sketched with a sepia-tinted crayon.
The drawings in the book as well as those in the exhibition have an uncanny resemblance to each other.
Both Mr. Imran and Mr. Naseer are now threatening legal action against each other. And how this mystery of similar text and drawings in a book from 2014, and an exhibition from 2016, unravels remains to be seen. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/row-over-an-uncanny-similarity/article9052907.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/569383e71f9d3358b683fb5adabe1988c399eb969d62ce1c6e2af83c66fe1dbf.json |
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"Staff Reporter"
] | 2016-08-31T06:54:49 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Come September 1, radiologists in the State will be joining the protest strike demanding relief from some provisions of the PC and PNDT Act they term “draconian”.The Indian Radiological and Imaging As | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FHyderabad%2Fradiologists-to-go-on-strike%2Farticle9052913.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Radiologists to go on strike | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Come September 1, radiologists in the State will be joining the protest strike demanding relief from some provisions of the PC and PNDT Act they term “draconian”.
The Indian Radiological and Imaging Association that claims affiliation of around 800 radiologists in Telangana has called for a strike starting September 1, pending redressal of its demands. Dr. T.L.N. Praveen, State president , said radiologists in the State have not faced harassment like their counterparts elsewhere in India but have decided to join the protest in the larger interest of the community. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/radiologists-to-go-on-strike/article9052913.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/710c94d7a613adf13b5c3ea23f9d45d58796d1a0851d5f90d7698b988abbdd90.json |
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"Staff Reporter"
] | 2016-08-27T00:59:08 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | A person who just alighted from a flight from Port Blair was killed while crossing the GST Road in the early hours on Thursday.According to police, Nataraja Pillai (56) from Kerala, who was crossing t | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2Fchennai%2Ffatally-hit%2Farticle9034185.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Fatally hit | null | null | www.thehindu.com | A person who just alighted from a flight from Port Blair was killed while crossing the GST Road in the early hours on Thursday.
According to police, Nataraja Pillai (56) from Kerala, who was crossing the road to catch an EMU, was knocked down by unknown vehicle going towards the city. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/fatally-hit/article9034185.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/7bdb44bf8ceab1b10ad49f25f98416dd9582e052f385b69666f7b530fd05f54c.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T20:59:27 | null | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | Palaeontologists digging at the bottom of a strange cave in northern Wyoming say they have uncovered a trove of animal bones from the last ice age this summer and have enough funding to head back at | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Finternational%2Fstrange-cave-in-wyoming-yields-ice-age-insights%2Farticle9032538.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02985/26TH-WYOMING_2985951c.jpg | en | null | Strange cave in Wyoming yields ice age insights | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Scientists digging in July and led by Des Moines University anatomy professor Julie Meachen excavated wolf, bison, lion, cheetah and wolverine bones from Natural Trap Cave.
Palaeontologists digging at the bottom of a strange cave in northern Wyoming say they have uncovered a trove of animal bones from the last ice age this summer and have enough funding to head back at the same underground site next year to continue their search.
Scientists digging in July and led by Des Moines University anatomy professor Julie Meachen excavated wolf, bison, lion, cheetah and wolverine bones from Natural Trap Cave.
“We started finding really whole, complete specimens, which is a little different from what we’ve been finding in the past,” Prof. Meachen said in an interview this week. “The quality of the specimens is really good this year.”
The only way into or out of Natural Trap Cave on the arid western slope of the Bighorn Mountains is a 15-foot-wide hole in the ground. The hole is right at the top of a bell-shaped cavern eight stories deep.
The palaeontologists and their research assistants have to rappel down into the cave and bring lighting equipment to illuminate it. They use buckets hooked to ropes to lift specimens out.
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management reopened the cave to Meachen and colleagues in 2014 for the first excavations in more than 30 years. National Geographic paid for the first season, the National Science Foundation the last two and Prof. Meachen said there’s enough money from the NSF to dig again next summer. Three consecutive seasons of fieldwork have boosted knowledge about the animals that roamed northern Wyoming in the late Pleistocene, the era of ice ages that ended almost 12,000 years ago, Prof. Meachen said.
For millennia, all animals that fell into the cave were doomed. Now there’s a locked grate over the opening and only people taking part in scientific research are allowed inside.
Wolves in focus
Prof. Meachen is especially interested in the wolves that fell into the cave. From measuring their jawbones, she theorises they were Beringian wolves, an extinct type that ranged between Alaska and Wyoming when massive ice sheets covered much of northern North America.
Cool cave temperatures and high humidity have helped preserve genetic material. She hopes DNA analysis will provide new insights into Beringian wolves.
“Maybe we will know whether the Beringian wolf, at least at Natural Trap, is a different species or if it’s a subspecies of the living gray wolf,” she said.
Scientists plan to create a three-dimensional map of the remains found. They suspect a cone-shaped pile of snow used to linger year-round beneath the cave’s entrance. The map could show how thawing of the snow pile spread animal bones around the cave’s floor.
“There may have been different amounts of snow on the sediment at different times of year,” Prof. Meachen said. “It would have melted and thawed, melted and thawed. And I think that action probably would have broken up the skeletons and sort of scattered them around.” | http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/strange-cave-in-wyoming-yields-ice-age-insights/article9032538.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/60d4fff7caa45c5d6a3050e9644da6f45709a1b776e2473907007cd61c6a7a39.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T18:51:09 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | JNU has suspended a PhD scholar, who has been accused of rape by a fellow student, and declared the campus out of bounds for him pending an enquiry, a decision which comes following protests from stu | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FDelhi%2Fjnu-rape-case-accused-scholar-suspended%2Farticle9043151.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | JNU rape case: Accused scholar suspended | null | null | www.thehindu.com | JNU has suspended a PhD scholar, who has been accused of rape by a fellow student, and declared the campus out of bounds for him pending an enquiry, a decision which comes following protests from students and teachers.
A 28-year-old research student has alleged that a fellow student, Anmol Ratan, raped her after offering her a spiked drink in his hostel room in the university on August 20.
Mr. Ratan, an activist of the left-affiliated All India Students’ Association (AISA), has also been expelled from the student outfit and police have booked him.
While he evaded arrest at first, Mr. Ratan subsequently surrendered on August 24 and was sent to 14 days in judicial custody.
“Considering the seriousness of the case and in conformity with zero tolerance against sexual assault on women, Anmol Ratan is suspended from the university with immediate effect during pendency of the case,” the suspension order read.
The action came after the students and teachers staged protests demanding action against Mr. Ratan. — PTI | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/jnu-rape-case-accused-scholar-suspended/article9043151.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/c8e49a2169132fe48609d9fbd4613c35f092e5ec3fb6977678e4dd8c0f6e6652.json |
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"Special Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-30T22:57:08 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Farmers led by Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) and Hasiru Sene took out a procession and staged a protest in the city on Tuesday to draw the attention of the Union and State governments to vario | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fkarnataka%2Ffarmers-take-out-rally-stage-protest-in-mangaluru%2Farticle9050205.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Farmers take out rally, stage protest in Mangaluru | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Farmers led by Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) and Hasiru Sene took out a procession and staged a protest in the city on Tuesday to draw the attention of the Union and State governments to various issues. They marched from Ambedkar Circle to the office of Deputy Commissioner where they staged a protest.
They demanded that the government should set up a monkey park in Dakshina Kannada, where captured monkeys could be let free. They pointed out that crop loss caused by monkeys could not be assessed. Many farmers, especially arecanut growers, suffer huge loss due to monkey attacks every year.
Ravikirana Punacha, president, Dakshina Kannada unit of the KRRS and Hasiru Sene, demanded that the government also set up an Arecanut Development Board on the lines of Coffee Board for the welfare of farmers. The government should fix Rs. 350 per kg as minimum support price for arecanut and Rs. 25,000 as minimum support price for a tonne of coconut. In case of rubber, the minimum support price should be Rs. 16,000 per quintal, he demanded. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/farmers-take-out-rally-stage-protest-in-mangaluru/article9050205.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/5809ca7d1589f9bddafac3867973b809b07b9990ed19162b34b69a70f6efde5e.json |
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"Staff Reporter"
] | 2016-08-31T10:53:46 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | The Cyber Crime Cell managed to thwart an online fraud with the cooperation of a private bank. The police said that a college student from Vasant Vihar, New Delhi, advertised the sale of a new mobile | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FCoimbatore%2Fwoman-gets-back-money%2Farticle9052638.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Woman gets back money | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The Cyber Crime Cell managed to thwart an online fraud with the cooperation of a private bank. The police said that a college student from Vasant Vihar, New Delhi, advertised the sale of a new mobile phone on a popular photo and video sharing website.
A 23-year-old teacher from Town Hall got in touch with him on July 14.
He asked her to deposit money in a bank account. The teacher deposited Rs. 28,648 – in two instalments. But the youth did not dispatch the mobile phone and stopped answering her phone calls.
She approached the Cyber Crime Cell to get the money back. The bank froze his account and returned the money in the form of a demand draft to the victim.
Vehicle check
Transport Department officials have collected a fine of Rs. 1.31 lakh during a check in Coimbatore, Tirupur and The Nilgiris districts, on Monday and Tuesday. Of the 3,366 vehicles checked, 365 were fined for speeding. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/woman-gets-back-money/article9052638.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/a373203096d42576114b070f287a84eb8c72e3f0e139913515123154bec5bc0a.json |
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"Special Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-31T10:57:16 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Congress MLA S.A. Sampath Kumar created a flutter in Telangana Assembly on Tuesday serving `Dasti’ notices by hand on the order of Supreme Court to the Speaker S. Madhusudana Chary and four MLAs who | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FHyderabad%2Fcongress-mla-creates-flutter-in-the-assembly%2Farticle9051501.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Congress MLA creates flutter in the Assembly | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Mr. Sampath Kumar served the notices in the wake of his special leave petition in Supreme Court against the defection of the MLAs.
Congress MLA S.A. Sampath Kumar created a flutter in Telangana Assembly on Tuesday serving `Dasti’ notices by hand on the order of Supreme Court to the Speaker S. Madhusudana Chary and four MLAs who defected from Congress to the TRS – D.S. Redya Naik, Kale Yadaiah, G. Vittal Reddy and Koram Kanakaiah.
Mr. Sampath Kumar served the notices in the wake of his special leave petition in Supreme Court against the defection of the MLAs.
When the SLP came up before it on August 17, the Apex court had ordered “issue notice, returnable in three weeks. Dasti, in addition, is permitted”.
The court posted the case for hearing on September 19. Mr. Sampath Kumar, who is the whip of Congress in Assembly, had moved the Supreme Court after the High Court had left his petition seeking disqualification of the four MLAs to the discretion of the Speaker.
Armed with `Dasti’ which means service of notice by petitioner on respondents in person and not by Registry through post, Mr. Sampath Kumar walked up to the Speaker in the podium when the Assembly was in session to handover the document. He also left the papers with the MLAs later. Addressing mediapersons later, Mr. Sampath Kumar accused the TRS government of promoting defections in the last two years of its rule.
He said he approached Supreme Court as a last resort as he failed to get justice from Speaker. He also said he will represent to the Apex court to include three other Congress MLAs who defected to TRS subsequent to filing of the case – P. Ajay Kumar, C. Rammohan Reddy and N. Krishna Rao – as respondents.
The Congress deputy leader in Assembly T. Jeevan Reddy blamed the TRS government for promoting defections. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/congress-mla-creates-flutter-in-the-assembly/article9051501.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/f9a5fadece33fc32405b510eab668706f4e9898f1b7631cfc960063a4b381a46.json |
[
"R. Sivaraman"
] | 2016-08-26T14:52:01 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | SRM University chancellor T.R. Pachamuthu alias Pari Vendhar was arrested on Friday by the Chennai Central Crime Branch (CCB) after an overnight interrogation in connection with the mysterious disapp | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Ftamil-nadu%2Fsrm-university-chancellor-pachamuthu-arrested-in-chennai%2Farticle9036042.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02987/pachamuthu_2987325c.jpg | en | null | SRM University chancellor Pachamuthu arrested in Chennai | null | null | www.thehindu.com | SRM University chancellor T.R. Pachamuthu alias Pari Vendhar was arrested on Friday by the Chennai Central Crime Branch (CCB) after an overnight interrogation in connection with the mysterious disappearance of film producer Madhan and alleged cheating of medical course aspirants.
Mr. Pachamuthu, who also heads the Indiya Jananayaga Katchi (IJK), which had allied with the BJP in the 2014 Lok Sabha and 2016 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, was being questioned by the police since Thursday evening at the old City Police Commissionerate in Egmore.
The founder of the SRM group of institutions, which has in its fold a deemed university, an engineering college, a medical college and a school, emerged as a suspect in the case soon after Mr. Madhan — his close aide and the one who set up Vendhar Movies — went missing some months ago. After Mr. Madhan’s family filed a habeas corpus petition in the Madras High Court, some aspiring medical course students and their parents alleged that Mr. Madhan had vanished after collecting several crores of rupees from them promising to get them admission into SRM University.
Recently, the Madras High Court rapped the police for not questioning Mr. Pachamuthu’s suspected role in the admission scandal and threatened to transfer the probe to an external agency. This had prompted the police to interrogate him.
On Friday, the CCB registered cases against him under Sections 420 (cheating) and 406 (punishment for breach of trust) of the Indian Penal Code and arrested him. He was then taken to the Judicial Magistrate Court at Saidapet for remand. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/srm-university-chancellor-pachamuthu-arrested-in-chennai/article9036042.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/61324fea12858bec4c9709c99c646a72b9f719c7cb0b4f8a97c6457461fb095e.json |
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"Staff Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-27T04:50:46 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | Autorickshaw driver Pratap Shetty on Friday returned to a software engineer from Bengaluru her jewellery worth Rs. 5 lakh that she had left in the vehicle. His conduct was appreciated by Police Commi | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FMangalore%2Fautorickshaw-driver-returns-passengers-bag%2Farticle9037174.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Autorickshaw driver returns passenger’s bag | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Autorickshaw driver Pratap Shetty on Friday returned to a software engineer from Bengaluru her jewellery worth Rs. 5 lakh that she had left in the vehicle.
His conduct was appreciated by Police Commissioner M. Chandra Sekhar, who presented him a reward of Rs. 5,000.
Pratap Shetty, a resident of Jeppu Kutpady, said that Deepti, software engineer from Bengaluru, arrived at the KSRTC bus stand in the morning and hired his autorickshaw to go to the Vishnumurthy Temple in Kulai where she was to attend a marriage.
As he was returning to the city, Pratap Shetty said, he noticed a bag in his vehicle. He said that he and a friend, who works in a local television channel, went to the Mangaluru North police and handed it over to them.
Pratap Shetty said he obtained Deepti’s phone number from the bag and asked her to come and collect the bag from the police station. “When I called her, she was in the KSRTC bus stand searching for her bag,” he said.
Mangaluru North police inspector restored the bag to Deepti around noon.
Following this, Mr. Chandra Sekhar called Pratap Shetty to his chamber and felicitated him.
He presented Pratap Shetty with Rs. 5,000 cash reward.
“We rarely find such honest persons. Rewarding him is to celebrate such conduct,” he said. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/autorickshaw-driver-returns-passengers-bag/article9037174.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/630ae57a1b67ef9fe28cd02959662a305bf1a7561f56eac82001278aa9ad32fb.json |
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"Staff Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-29T20:51:46 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | The State president of the Karnataka Prantha Raitha Sangha (KPRS), Maruthi Manpade, has held the Union government responsible for the fall in prices of farm produces in the domestic market and the res | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fkarnataka%2Fmanpade-calls-indias-import-policy-antifarmer%2Farticle9046814.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02991/30BG_RAICHUR_KPRS__2991474c.jpg | en | null | Manpade calls India’s import policy ‘anti-farmer’ | null | null | www.thehindu.com | 'India’s imports are not based on domestic requirement and production, but on pressure from international and domestic capitalists'.
The State president of the Karnataka Prantha Raitha Sangha (KPRS), Maruthi Manpade, has held the Union government responsible for the fall in prices of farm produces in the domestic market and the resultant agrarian crisis. Addressing a joint press conference convened by his organisation and the Karntaka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) here on Monday, Mr. Manpade criticised the Union government’s import policy by terming it “anti-farmer.”
He held that India’s imports are not based on domestic requirement and production, but on pressure from international and domestic capitalists.
He said India’s import policy was designed to safeguard interests of both domestic and international capitalists and not of domestic farmers. “Take the example of import of pulses. Of the 24 lakh tonnes of pulses that India needs for a year, 20 lakh tonnes are domestically produced. We should import only four tonnes from outside. However, our government had imported 20 lakh tonnes last year and 10 lakh tonnes this year. This will surely cause price of pulses to crash in the domestic market as there is an overstock of pulses that could satisfy our demand for another two years,” he said.
The current year, 2016, is being observed as the “International Year of Pulses” and the Union government is tightening noose around growers of pulses, he added.
Mr. Manpade alleged that “heavy imports of farm produces without any duties are aimed at helping the Adani group owned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's friend Gautam Adani.”
Referring to the issue of waiving farm loans, Mr. Manpade verbally attacked the Union government for turning down the demand of farm loan waiver and offering unreasonable financial favours to the corporate sector. “The Narendra Modi government has made Rs. 7.33 lakh crores worth tax favours to corporate companies … But, the government never thought of waiving farm loan which does not cross even Rs. 2 lakh crore. Because, it wants to see corporate companies making huge profits and farmers struggling from hand-to-mouth,” he said.
The number of farmers committing suicide that began during P.V. Narasimha Rao’s regime has now crossed 3 lakh in the last two decades and would cross 10 lakh within five years of the Modi government, he added.
“We would actively support and participate in the all-India general strike called by the trade union conglomerate by putting forward farmers’ demands,” he said. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/manpade-calls-indias-import-policy-antifarmer/article9046814.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/608752a0af1c4fd0401456edf5597bd4a536c43f9b7ca1dbbb6238548579bec3.json |
[
"P. Sujatha Varma"
] | 2016-08-27T16:53:59 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | The role of HAM radio operators in the just-concluded Krishna Pushkarams has come in for appreciation by one and all. A team of 70 HAM radio licence holders, which included engineers, government offi | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FVijayawada%2Fhams-role-in-pushkarams-lauded%2Farticle9032461.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | HAMs’ role in Pushkarams lauded | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The role of HAM radio operators in the just-concluded Krishna Pushkarams has come in for appreciation by one and all.
A team of 70 HAM radio licence holders, which included engineers, government officials, college students and other professionals, under the leadership of their coordinator A. Ramesh Babu, established a link between the important ghats and other key points like the bus stand and railway station and maintained a hawk’s vigil throughout the 12-day river jamboree.
A HAM radio control station was established and operated from the Control and Command Centre (CCC) and it was in operation 24x7 to receive live inputs from all the key points. HAM radio operators were active in Durga, Krishnaveni, Punnami, Padmavathi, Vijayakrishna, Bhavani and Gollapudi ghats.
“At Gollapudi ghat, an elderly person suddenly collapsed after he suffered a heart attack while offering pinda pradanam. An alert HAM radio operator moving around the ghat with a walkie-talkie communicated the matter to the CCC. The Deputy District Medical and Health Officer there took control of the situation,” said Mr. Ramesh Babu.
Citing other incidents Mr. Ramesh said at Padmavati ghat, there were reports of a few pilgrims entering the bathing ghat along with their dogs, polluting the water and causing inconvenience to pilgrims. The Ham radio station also reported to the CCC a case of eve-teasing by a few local youth at the same ghat, responding to which the security personnel removed the youngsters from the place.
Mr. Ramesh Babu said the operators made use of their personal modern equipment like all-mode communication which is a single unit capable of functioning in multi modes like HF, VHF and UHF. “The communication equipment is capable of transmitting messages both at global as well as local level destinations. Besides, installation of a Repeater on a tower atop Gunadala hill at a height of 700 feet high, proved to be of great help,” he said.
The Ham radio experts interlinked the Repeater with the Internet using eco link technology. This facilitated extension of communication to global range and bringing all the Hams of Vijayawada into its fold. They can access the Repeater even with a small walkie-talkie and avail themselves of global communication facility from any corner of the city. A small handset available for a lesser price than an ordinary mobile phone also can do the magic, he said. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/hams-role-in-pushkarams-lauded/article9032461.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/b338cad99b9d683e683664f0f4d34171f40b4eddedd5cdcf51e6a20199d98003.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T20:51:19 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Actor-director James Franco is developing a trio of crime films based on writer Tom Franklin’s novels. The 127 Hours star and production partner Vince Jolivette have obtained the rights to Franklin’ | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fentertainment%2Fjames-franco-developing-crime-thrillers%2Farticle9037047.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02987/TH-26-STAR-JAMES-F_2987660c.jpg | en | null | James Franco developing crime thrillers | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Actor-director James Franco is developing a trio of crime films based on writer Tom Franklin’s novels. The 127 Hours star and production partner Vince Jolivette have obtained the rights to Franklin’s bestselling books Smonk, Poachers, and Hell at the Breech and plan to begin filming them soon, reported Variety. “We plan on shooting all three of them in the next one-to-three years,” Vince said.
There are currently no plans for Franco to appear in or direct any of the films, with his production partner adding that “we feel the material is rich enough to attract A-level talent.” All three books are largely set in the American south. Smonk and Hell at the Breech follow grisly crimes committed in 1911 and 1897, respectively.
“We’re labelling these as our gritty Southern Gothic series of films,” the producer, who develops films with Franco through their Rabbit Bandini Productions company, added. | http://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/james-franco-developing-crime-thrillers/article9037047.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/e53aebd061473325f35b660f24206125c47bcb194fecd71cd00e9aed7b71c654.json |
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"Staff Reporter"
] | 2016-08-27T02:50:25 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | An Armed Reserve Police Force constable’s service rifle accidentally went off at St. Thomas Mount on Friday morning.Police said that constable Sivakumar was cleaning the rifle at his office when the i | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2Fchennai%2Freserve-police-constables-rifle-accidentally-goes-off%2Farticle9038465.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Reserve Police constable’s rifle accidentally goes off | null | null | www.thehindu.com | An Armed Reserve Police Force constable’s service rifle accidentally went off at St. Thomas Mount on Friday morning.
Police said that constable Sivakumar was cleaning the rifle at his office when the incident took place. No one was injured.
He was asked to stay off duty till a departmental enquiry was completed, sources said. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/reserve-police-constables-rifle-accidentally-goes-off/article9038465.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/7326caf5634e95b94cef9a91d5a9d163089eadd13e9098e12c94ea141e168b5f.json |
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"Santosh Patnaik"
] | 2016-08-27T00:59:14 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | With freight traffic logjam for vehicles bound to Visakha Container Terminal assuming alarming proportions, the need to take up the proposed Elevated Freight Corridor from Convent Junction via the por | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FVisakhapatnam%2Felevated-freight-corridor-need-of-the-hour%2Farticle9035096.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02987/26VZVISKPAGE5CO_26_2987048c.jpg | en | null | Elevated Freight Corridor need of the hour | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Heavy vehicles loaded with container boxes lined up in front of the main gate of VCTPL in Visakhapatnam on Thursday.—Photo: K.R. Deepak
Over 450 vehicles line up in Kotaveedhi area every day to reach VCTPL
With freight traffic logjam for vehicles bound to Visakha Container Terminal assuming alarming proportions, the need to take up the proposed Elevated Freight Corridor from Convent Junction via the port area on priority has come into sharp focus.
The Greenfield terminal developed by the Visakha Container Terminal Private Ltd., a joint venture of J.M. Baxi Group and DP World, under PPP mode in 2003 has been witnessing a steady rise in traffic over the years, causing traffic jams and chaotic scenes, particularly on the road leading to the terminal from Kotaveedhi.
Sources told The Hindu that the VCTPL was handling on an average 15,000 boxes (20-foot equivalent units) per month in 2013. This has now crossed 30,000, leading to arrival of 450-500 heavy vehicles per day. Long line of vehicles is seen mainly in the Kotaveedhi area, which is very narrow.
Vehicles pass through from Convent Junction (Chavulamadhum) to Ambedkar statue (near port connectivity road arch) to Chilakala Junction, port area at GCB gate to reach the VCTPL. During evening hours, at any point of time, a jam stretching at least half a kilometre has become a common experience.
During the recent visit, Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari, after a review meeting with the stakeholders, said the Centre would sanction Rs.150 crore under Sagarmala for the project to ensure hassle-free movement of trucks carrying containers.
When contacted, a senior official of the Visakhapatnam Port said they were very serious about removing the bottlenecks to ensure hassle-free freight movement.
He said that as part of the detailed project report prepared by the NHAI, they would build a flyover from Chavulamadhum Junction to the port area. In another package, road widening would be taken up from the port area to the VCTPL point for which the DPR had to be prepared. The capacity of the VCTPL will be increased by 0.54 million TEU as part of extension of the existing terminal to increase its capacity to 1.2 million TEU. The expansion project, as per original estimates, will cost Rs.633.11 crore. Expressing concern over aggravating traffic situation, Sravan Shipping Services Managing Director G. Sambasiva Rao said that in the larger interest of the port, the work on the Elevated Traffic Corridor should be taken up on a war-footing with a parking yard in 40-50 acres, flyover, and free gate system (entry after proper documentation instead of verification of documents after gaining access to the corridor). | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/elevated-freight-corridor-need-of-the-hour/article9035096.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/f6d98ba5106b48e9c170efe24e76def0738114be18153750573987db18385465.json |
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"Special Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-30T20:51:44 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Director-General of the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) Trilochan Mohapatra has said that the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and the Department of Agriculture Research and Education (DAR | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fkarnataka%2Fwork-on-to-counter-farm-price-crash-during-a-glut%2Farticle9051190.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02992/31BG_ICAR_2992550c.jpg | en | null | ‘Work on to counter farm price crash during a glut’ | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Prime Minister’s Office is working with DARE and ICAR to reverse the trend, says Trilochan Mohapatra
Director-General of the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) Trilochan Mohapatra has said that the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) and the Department of Agriculture Research and Education (DARE), in association with ICAR, was working on how to counter agriculture produce price crash whenever there is a glut in the market.
“When there is a good yield after a good agriculture year, there is a a glut in the market followed by a crash in the price of agriculture produce, and in a bad agriculture year, the prices shoot up due to shortage in production. We want to reverse this and ensure stability in prices of agriculture produce every time,” he said.
Speaking after inaugurating a three-day 21st annual group meet of All India Coordinate Research Project (AICRP) on chickpea here on Tuesday, Dr. Mohapatra said that the PMO is concerned about this phenomena and the loss suffered by farmers whenever there is bumper yield.
Referring to the record increase in coverage of area under pulses in the country, Dr. Mohapatra said that this year, the production target of 21 million tonnes fixed by the government for pulses could be achieved with increased coverage and also a good monsoon, but this expected increase in the production of pulses should be sustained and every year, the same level of production should be continued through improved research and development activities. Agricultural scientists should come out with new, high-yielding varieties.
He said that the expected reduction in area under agriculture in the coming years should be countered with vertical growth by increasing production through the latest technologies and scientific innovations available.
Deputy Director-General (Crop Sciences) of ICAR J.S. Sandhu, in his address, said that while Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh have achieved some success in increasing the productivity levels in chickpea, Karnataka lagged and more efforts are needed to improve productivity in the State.
Dr. Sandhu said that another important issue was storage of pulses. He said that scientists should also come out with innovative ideas for safe storage of pulses. Lauding scientists in the University of Agricultural Sciences in Raichur for their innovative agriculture practice of transplanting pigeon pea which has helped in improving yield, Dr. Sandhu said that this practice needs to be popularised in other pigeon pea-growing states.
Regional Commissioner and Secretary of Hyderabad Karnataka Region Development Board Amlan Aditya Biswas, in his address, traced the history of chickpea and its nutritional values which can help in tackling malnutrition in the Hyderabad Karnataka region.
He wanted the Central Food Technological Research Institute to study the nutritional properties of chickpea and work out ways to take up processing of chickpea. He also assured an assistance of Rs. 2 crore to University of Agricultural Sciences in Raichur for taking up research and development activities in chickpea. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/work-on-to-counter-farm-price-crash-during-a-glut/article9051190.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/d01eb304fadd5f1ed874d38e254b001bb6902074728b9a56a1ec3d4503c6beb8.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T00:55:09 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | The rupee firmed up 7 paise to 66.98 against the dollar in early trade on Friday on increased selling of the US currency by exporters and banks amid a higher opening in the domestic equity market.Fore | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fbusiness%2Fmarkets%2Fforex-markets-indian-rupee-versus-us-dollar-august-26-2016%2Farticle9035555.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Forex markets: Indian Rupee versus US Dollar | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The rupee firmed up 7 paise to 66.98 against the dollar in early trade on Friday on increased selling of the US currency by exporters and banks amid a higher opening in the domestic equity market.
Forex dealers said weakness in the dollar against other currencies overseas supported the rupee.
Further, a higher opening in the domestic equity market gave the uptrend some momentum, they added.
On Thursday, the domestic unit ended higher by 6 paise at 67.05 against the greenback on bouts of dollar selling by banks and exporters.
Meanwhile, the benchmark BSE Sensex rose 84.81 points, or 0.30 per cent, to 27,920.72, in early session on Friday. | http://www.thehindu.com/business/markets/forex-markets-indian-rupee-versus-us-dollar-august-26-2016/article9035555.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/77d3b6fab5be4dcda484fa3455c4b719afbea000cb7b94ed0a1b7b90fddb3903.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T00:53:55 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Tata Motors has carried out raids in 19 locations across the country to help curb counterfeit products, as part of its campaign against spurious spare parts that started in 2012-13.
The raids were | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fbusiness%2FIndustry%2Ftata-motors-conducts-raids-to-curb-counterfeit-products%2Farticle9036228.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Tata Motors conducts raids to curb counterfeit products | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Tata Motors has carried out raids in 19 locations across the country to help curb counterfeit products, as part of its campaign against spurious spare parts that started in 2012-13.
The raids were conducted on 19 spurious Tata parts manufacturers and duplicate packaging suppliers across the country, the company has said.
The raids have identified five manufacturers of counterfeit parts, packaging materials and stickers and FIRs have been filed against all of them.
These raids were also carried out in major cities like, New Delhi, Mumbai, Jaipur and Vijayawada.
The spurious parts dealers who were raided are Patwa Motors of Ajmer, Spring House at Lalitpur in UP, Shiva Spares Bhilai in Chhattisgarh, Lakhotia Auto Spares in Hoshangabad (MP), Bindya Auto Stores and Balaji Spares & Lubricants in Lucknow.
Counterfeit manufactures who were raided include Mozi Auto in Delhi’s Kashmiri Gate, Shriji Motors Spare Parts & Repairing Centre at Bulandshahr in UP, Murli Motors and Grover Sons in UP’s Gorakhpur, Nanaji Motors in East Godavari in Andhra, Shiv Car Spare Parts at Bulandshahr in UP, Rupa Auto at Kawardha in Chhattisgarh, VB Chopda at Dhamtari in Chhattisgarh, Dhawan Motors in Delhi, Sunny Motors and Laxmi Auto Clutch in Navi Mumbai.
According to Sanjeev Garg of Tata Motors, easily available spurious parts like clutch parts, filters, gear box parts not only affect the aggregate life of the vehicle but are also a major threat to everyone around and one of the biggest reasons for road accidents.
Tata Motors regularly conduct awareness programnes for mechanics, retailers and consumers to identify genuine parts and so far over 300 programmes and 7,000 individuals have been covered so far, he said. | http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/tata-motors-conducts-raids-to-curb-counterfeit-products/article9036228.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/edab06738ce62280306b8bdb2d6a522736a7b3061c2813ad36be6f09db4483e2.json |
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"Staff Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-27T20:52:06 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | A doctor at the government hospital in Bhadravati was sent on forced leave for allegedly wrongly declaring a new born as dead on Friday. The baby was found alive by the parents when they took it to a | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fkarnataka%2Fnewborn-pronounced-dead-doctor-sent-on-forced-leave%2Farticle9040805.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Newborn pronounced ‘dead’; doctor sent on forced leave | null | null | www.thehindu.com | A doctor at the government hospital in Bhadravati was sent on forced leave for allegedly wrongly declaring a new born as dead on Friday.
A doctor at the government hospital in Bhadravati was sent on forced leave for allegedly wrongly declaring a new born as dead on Friday.
The baby was found alive by the parents when they took it to a burial ground. It, however, died later in the day owing to complications.
Soni Bai, a resident of Tallikatte village, was delivered of the baby boy on Friday.
Dr. Manjunath, the obstetrician who performed the surgery, told the father, Chandra Naik, that the baby was dead. The hospital staff then wrapped the baby in a cloth and handed it over to Mr. Naik, who took it to Tallikatte and made arrangements for the burial. When the body was placed in the burial pit, it was found breathing. Residents of the village immediately brought the baby back to the hospital for treatment. The baby was admitted to the intensive care unit at 7.30 p.m. It, however, developed breathing complications and died at 10.30 p.m. Following the incident, the residents of Tallikatte staged a protest on the hospital premises. Mr. Naik has also lodged a police complaint against the doctor.
Rajesh Suragihalli, District Health Officer, told The Hindu that a report had been submitted to the Commissioner, Department of Health and Family Welfare, and disciplinary action had been recommended against Dr. Manjunath. He said the medical team attending on Ms. Soni Bai failed to follow procedures associated with the delivery. Prima facie it appeared that the baby was declared dead without conducting proper examination, he added. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/newborn-pronounced-dead-doctor-sent-on-forced-leave/article9040805.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/6464d4168e84c1a4976483565ba96591e032068c07ceb4bae160331a907053e3.json |
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"Special Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-27T06:59:03 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | In a move that would help plug loopholes in tribal education across the State, the Kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (KSCPCR) has directed the Scheduled Tribes and Social Welfare | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fkerala%2Ftribes-to-learn-in-native-tongue%2Farticle9034631.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02986/25PLSHA01-Child_26_2986951c.jpg | en | null | Tribes to learn in native tongue | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The child rights commission’s directive to ensure learning process at anganwadis in tribal languages is expected to plug loopholes in tribal education. An anganavadi at Mamana ooru tribal settlement in Attappaddy.— Photo: K.K. Mustafa
In a move that would help plug loopholes in tribal education across the State, the Kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (KSCPCR) has directed the Scheduled Tribes and Social Welfare Departments to strictly ensure imparting of learning process at anganwadis under the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme in respective tribal languages.
The move is aimed at ending the feeling of alienation among tribal children when they are initiated into the world of letters in Malayalam, which is an alien language to them. Commission member N. Babu, who acted on a petition filed by Rajendra Prasad of the Attappady-based tribal cultural organisation Thambu, has urged the State government to look into the possibilities of preferring tribal men and women as employees of ICDS centres in tribal regions.
Oral traditions
Only then would children grasp their culture at an early age apart from imbibing their agricultural and social traditions. Mr. Babu also wanted more efforts to help the tribal children preserve the oral language traditions of tribal community.
The move is in continuation of the pilot project in Attappady block last year. Titled Early Childhood Curriculum Care and Education, the pilot project was implemented in anganwadis in tribal areas. “Anganwadi teachers must be equipped to use languages of different tribal ethnic groups to impart pre-primary education,” Mr. Babu said. “Across the State, teachers in anganwadis must be trained with the help of tribal village elders,” Mr. Babu said.
“When these children begin their education, they find themselves lost. Majority of these children drop out as they find it difficult to fully comprehend classroom teaching and the activities, or read the language and understand textbooks,” Mr. Rajendra Prasad said. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/tribes-to-learn-in-native-tongue/article9034631.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/647ac92b5f1ebe1e141bfd18056489c34f76af2ccd19de06289841c59d56b1de.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T10:57:38 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | The Bishop Heber College Department of Social Work and Grama Vidiyal conducted a four-day camp at Chinnakonarpatti, Karvadi, and Velaikonpatti. Various programmes including on women’s rights, training | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Ftamil-nadu%2Fcamp-in-rural-areas%2Farticle9044355.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02990/28AUG_TYGPR01_C_TY_2990527c.jpg | en | null | Camp in rural areas | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The Memorandum of Understanding signed between Tamil Nadu Fisheries University and E.G.S. Pillay Engineering College in Nagapattinam being exchanged.
The Bishop Heber College Department of Social Work and Grama Vidiyal conducted a four-day camp at Chinnakonarpatti, Karvadi, and Velaikonpatti. Various programmes including on women’s rights, training on phenol and soap oil making, veterinary medical camp and career guidance competitions for children were conducted as part of the camp. Tree saplings were planted in the village.
Workshop held
A two-day workshop on ‘System service and trouble shooting’ was organised by the PG Department of Computer Science, National College. V.R. Mathiazhagan, Professor, National College, inaugurated the workshop. J. Immanvel Raja, Business Development Manager, Techno Parkk, spoke. E. Rajkumar and P. Kumaresan, technical trainers from Techno Park, were the resource persons. R. Sundhararaman, Controller of Examinations, National College, delivered the valedictory address.
Regional
toppers
R. Vinay Sastha and R. Princy Sheeba, both students of Saranathan College of Engineering, emerged regional toppers in Youth Talk and Youth Present contests respectively, conducted by ICTACT. Both the regional toppers represented Tiruchi region at the national finals held at Coimbatore.
MoU signed
A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Tamil Nadu Fisheries University and E.G.S. Pillay Engineering College, Nagapattinam, for collaboration in academic and research activities and student and faculty exchange. S. Paramesvaran, secretary of the college, and K. Karal Marx, Director of Research (in-charge), Tamil Nadu Fisheries University, signed the MoU at a function held at the college.
Personality development
More than 500 students participated in a seminar on ‘Personality development,’ organised by the Department of Commerce, Nehru Memorial College. T. Jayaprakasam, Principal, delivered the presidential address. V.S. Govindarajan was the resource person. Pon. Balasubramanian, president of the college, Pon. Ravichandran, secretary, and A. Prabaharan, dean, were present.
Seminar organised
The Department of Management of Sri Venkateshwara College of Arts and Science for Women, Peravurani, organised a motivational seminar for students. G. Balasubramanian, Principal, inaugurated it. S. Rajkumar, head, Department of Commerce, M.R. Government Arts College, Mannargudi, and V. Ramaiyan, advisor, SV Group of Institutions, spoke.
Compiled by G. Prasad | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/camp-in-rural-areas/article9044355.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/7ff926e83d9aa73e3bb25d8e21a5312b62c0ed8b063736cc4d4fe460675de1ac.json |
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"Special Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-26T22:59:36 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has accused the CPI(M)-led LDF government of implementing its ‘political agenda’ by reappointing K.K.Vinod Kumar as Circle Inspector at Payyoli in Kozhikode district.A | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2Fkozhikode%2Fcis-reappointment-irks-bjp%2Farticle9034603.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | CI’s reappointment irks BJP | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has accused the CPI(M)-led LDF government of implementing its ‘political agenda’ by reappointing K.K.Vinod Kumar as Circle Inspector at Payyoli in Kozhikode district.
Addressing a news conference here on Thursday, BJP district president T.P. Jayachandran alleged that the police officer had tried to sabotage the Payyoli Manoj murder case four years ago.
C.T. Manoj alias Choriyanchalil Manoj, a popular leader of the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, was attacked allegedly by a gang of CPI(M) activists in front of his wife and children at his house in February 2012. He succumbed to injuries at the Kozhikode Government Medical College Hospital the next day.
The CBI is investigating the case. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kozhikode/cis-reappointment-irks-bjp/article9034603.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/ba15abdbe6dd9c58f0442f9e87baaee03af8babcce04d7688e9b412b8d475235.json |
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"Special Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-29T04:55:50 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | CPI State secretary K. Ramakrishna on Sunday welcomed Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan’s resolve to fight for Special Category Status (SCS) and asked him to quit NDA to intensity the fight along wi | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fandhra-pradesh%2Fcpi-asks-pawan-to-keep-distance-from-bjp%2Farticle9043074.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | CPI asks Pawan to keep distance from BJP | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The party blames Mr. Naidu for unnecessarily spending huge money for Krishna Pushkarams when neighbouring States played it down.
CPI State secretary K. Ramakrishna on Sunday welcomed Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan’s resolve to fight for Special Category Status (SCS) and asked him to quit NDA to intensity the fight along with the Opposition parties.
Addressing the media, he exhorted Mr. Kalyan to distance himself from the BJP as it was claiming Jana Sena Party as a part of the NDA.
“He (Mr. Pawan) was very clear in his words and he wanted nothing but SCS.”
Mr. Ramakrishna said that MPs from the Telugu Desam Party would not leave their positions for they were elected by spending huge money during the elections.
“They are corporate MPs and they want to make money during their tenure,” he alleged.
He asked Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu to show moral responsibility and join the fight to achieve SCS.
“He should call for an all-party meeting immediately. This issue concerns 5 crore people, and we can achieve only by launching a united fight.”
He said the CPI was the only party that successfully staged three State-level bandhs demanding fulfilment of promises made during bifurcation.
The CPI leader blamed Mr. Naidu for unnecessarily spending huge money for Krishna Pushkarams when neighbouring States played it down.
“States like Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Telangana too organised pushkarams, but they did not splurge money.”
He said the CPI would launch a blood donation campaign on September 1 in Vijayawada and on September 2 it would take part in the bandh as per the call given by the trade unions. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/cpi-asks-pawan-to-keep-distance-from-bjp/article9043074.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/68ea8dd4e9d5b19ae28fa741da9e72b3cc67af2a7efeb4f4e635e4b53d5c3a3e.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T10:53:19 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Ivo Karlovic served his way into the U.S. Open record books on Tuesday when he fired 61 aces in his 4-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-7 (4/7), 7-6 (7/5), 7-5 win over Lu Yen-Hsun of Taiwan. Karlovic, 37, beat the | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fsport%2Ftennis%2Fus-open-tennis-championships-us-2016-day-2%2Farticle9053487.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02993/IVO_KARLOVIC_2993333c.jpg | en | null | Karlovic hits new US Open aces record | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Karlovic, 37, beat the previous best of 49 aces for one match in New York served up by Richard Krajicek.
Ivo Karlovic served his way into the U.S. Open record books on Tuesday when he fired 61 aces in his 4-6, 7-6 (7/4), 6-7 (4/7), 7-6 (7/5), 7-5 win over Lu Yen-Hsun of Taiwan.
Karlovic, 37, beat the previous best of 49 aces for one match in New York served up by Richard Krajicek in his quarterfinal loss to Yevgeny Kafelnikov in 1999.
The giant Croatian already holds the career record for aces having last year passed the previous all time mark of 10,237 held by Goran Ivanisevic.
Most aces in a match (men)
Aces Player Tournament and Year Height 113 United States' John Isner 2010 Wimbledon 6'10" 103 France Nicolas Mahut 2010 Wimbledon 6'3" 78 Croatia Ivo Karlović 2009 Davis Cup 6'11" 61 Croatia Ivo Karlović 2016 US Open 6'11" 56 France Albano Olivetti 2016 Wimbledon 6'8" 55 Croatia Ivo Karlović 2009 French Open 6'11" 53 Croatia Ivo Karlović 2015 Wimbledon 6'11" 52 United States' John Isner 2014 Wimbledon 6'10" 51 Sweden Joachim Johansson 2005 Australian Open 6'6" Croatia Ivo Karlović 2005 Wimbledon 6'11" Luxembourg Gilles Müller 2016 Wimbledon 6'4"
Most aces in a match (women)
Aces Player Tournament and Year Height 31 Czech Republic Kristýna Plíškova 2016 Australian Open 6'0" 27 Germany Sabine Lisicki 2015 Birmingham 5'10" 24 Estonia Kaia Kanepi 2008 Tokyo 5'11" United States Serena Williams 2012 Wimbledon 5'9" 23 United States Serena Williams 2012 Wimbledon 5'9" 22 Netherlands Brenda Schultz 1994 Birmingham 6'2" United States Meghann Shaughnessy 2005 Memphis 5'11" Australia Alicia Molik 2007 Tokyo 5'11" 21 Netherlands Michaëlla Krajicek 2015 's-Hertogenbosch 5'9" United Kingdom Naomi Broady 2016 Auckland 6'2" Russia Maria Sharapova 2016 Australian Open 6'2"
Table Source: Wikipedia | http://www.thehindu.com/sport/tennis/us-open-tennis-championships-us-2016-day-2/article9053487.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/1b7cb1e89eefa5446f7a6416016abea1c925a952c50cc25b0bef11044e8021b4.json |
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"Special Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-31T06:57:57 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | The Telangana Legislative Assembly and Council adjourned sine die after a day’s sitting on Tuesday to ratify the Goods and Services Tax Bill passed by Parliament but both Houses will meet for a minim | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FHyderabad%2Fts-legislature-adjourned-sine-die%2Farticle9051502.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02992/KCR_2992798c.jpg | en | null | TS Legislature adjourned sine die | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Both the Houses likely to be convened for ten working days from September 20.
The Telangana Legislative Assembly and Council adjourned sine die after a day’s sitting on Tuesday to ratify the Goods and Services Tax Bill passed by Parliament but both Houses will meet for a minimum of ten working days for the monsoon session from September 20.
The Business Advisory Committee of the Assembly which met under the chairmanship of Speaker S. Madhusudana Chary after the GST Bill was ratified, decided on the dates for the monsoon session in consultation with leaders of Opposition parties. Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao was also present.
The Opposition leaders insisted with Mr. Rao that the House should not adjourn sine die but run for 15 days to discuss burning issues facing the State, such as drought, reorganisation of districts, loan waiver for farmers, pending bills of 4.86 lakh houses under Indiramma scheme and 12 per cent reservations for STs and minorities. But, Mr. Rao shot down the suggestion stating that the legislature was convened today with the sole objective to ratify the GST Bill and take up no other business, except ordinances. He refused to concede extension of the session because Ganesh festival and Bakrid were around which will require close police vigil. Then, the Opposition said at least its demand for business till the weekend may be agreed.
Sources said Mr. Rao was disinclined to extension but assured them to reconvene the House in the third week of September, preferably from 20 when at least ten working days could be planned. He did not agree drought had set in as there were indications of rain in the coming days. He regretted that the working days of Assembly were pruned over the years. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/ts-legislature-adjourned-sine-die/article9051502.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/03908cd106b3e8a373e44217309035409b346ab97261d4bd4a97d2e652b36085.json |
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"Special Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-26T18:51:13 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Outgoing Governor of Reserve Bank of India, Raghuram Rajan, said he has no doubt that inflation, which crossed the 6 per cent mark in July, will slow in the coming months. “We finally have a framewor | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fbusiness%2FEconomy%2Finflation-will-slow-in-the-coming-months-rajan%2Farticle9037000.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Inflation will slow in the coming months: Rajan | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Outgoing Governor of Reserve Bank of India, Raghuram Rajan, said he has no doubt that inflation, which crossed the 6 per cent mark in July, will slow in the coming months. “We finally have a framework that commits us to low and stable inflation. Yes, July’s inflation reading was a high 6.07 per cent, but I have no doubt that inflation will fall in the months ahead,” Mr. Rajan said in a speech to the Foreign Exchange Dealers Association of India (FEDAI).
Consumer price index-based inflation accelerated at a faster-than-expected pace to 6.07 per cent in July, mainly driven by food prices, as compared with 5.77 per cent in June. RBI had kept interest rates unchanged in the August policy due to high inflation.
“The key point is that market participants know that the Monetary Policy Committee has to maintain low and stable inflation, certainly over the next five years for which its remit has been set, and it will do what it takes,” Mr. Rajan, who demits office in early September, said. | http://www.thehindu.com/business/Economy/inflation-will-slow-in-the-coming-months-rajan/article9037000.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/87761e2267312ca5b5c6b25d786feb4569a5d0a8d0c26ef945cd2f338dfe84e3.json |
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"Anuj Kumar"
] | 2016-08-29T07:03:14 | null | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | Right from “Madhumati”, reincarnation has been a staple theme of Hindi cinema. But what makes “Karz” stand out is Subhash Ghai’s tenacity to not fall for the double-role rule and cast different actors | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Ffeatures%2Ffriday-review%2Fkarz-1980%2Farticle9032441.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02985/TH15TVG3_2985887c.jpg | en | null | Karz (1980) | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Right from “Madhumati”, reincarnation has been a staple theme of Hindi cinema. But what makes “Karz” stand out is Subhash Ghai’s tenacity to not fall for the double-role rule and cast different actors for the born again theme. Ghai maintains that it was the first film where he got full creative control over the subject and that allowed him to take liberty. It cost him in terms of box office numbers because initially many could not get the point why Rishi Kapoor is fighting for Raj Kiran’s cause but over the years the film has emerged as a classic in the masala segment. It is indeed a blend of various ingredients as it draws from multiple genres. A reflection of the times, the musical has a bloody base. When the images of goddess Kali are juxtaposed against those of a guitar strumming hero, when a jeep with a red heart announcing ‘just married’ is used to trample love, you know it is a clash of cultures. The crux of the film is the scene where Ravi’s (Raj Kiran) mother played by Durga Khote identifies him in the body of Monty (Rishi Kapoor). It is the scene where logic evaporates and faith seeps in unannounced. It is melodrama at its entertaining best.
It was an image changer for the director. Before “Karz”, Ghai was known for his action films with Shatrughan Sinha and here he attempted a thrilling musical where he had a pop singer and a female villain at the centre of the story. Remember we were in angry young man phase and it was a story difficult to sell and perhaps that’s what pushed Ghai to launch his banner with the film. In fact, in one of the early scenes, Durga Khote hints at what the director is up to when she says the times are changing. He was inspired by “The Reincarnation of Peter Proud” and felt that it has an Indian soul which says as you sow, so shall you reap. So he teamed up with the inimitable Sachin Bhowmick and weaved a tale rooted in Karma theory.
If you give the hero a solid reason to revenge, you instantly get hold of the audience attention. Here the first fifteen minutes of the film where Ravi Verma is duped in love fills you with such revulsion towards Kamini (Simi Garewal) that you start rooting for him even before he is reborn as Monty.
Kamini is an amazing diabolical character to emerge at the cusp of 80s. She is getting married in an aristocratic family but still wants to kill her husband to move solo to fulfil her materialistic ambitions. Ghai doesn’t get judgemental and allows Kamini to flourish. Simi Garewal had her doubts. She was apprehensive that Ghai might turn him into another Bindu but she emerged as the success story of the film. She brings dignity to the villain and by the end she manages to prick you somewhere deep.
For pop music, R.D. Burman would have been an obvious choice but Ghai challenged his favourites Laxmikant Pyarelal to try something different. They listened to many western compositions and came up with a solid riposte to what R.D. Burman achieved with Rishi Kapoor in “Hum Kisi Se Kam Nahin” and “Khel Khel Main”. You can sense the influence of George Benson and Bonny M in the disco theme but you can’t deny LP their due. The signature tune continues to give goose bumps. No wonder, in times when western music was rarely awarded, LP, who even managed to give the ghazal (“Dard-e Dil”) a racy feel, went on to win the Filmfare Award for best composer. Lyricist Anand Bakshi was in tune with the teenage romance and the rebellious urge of the youth. Lines like “Woh na kahenge to mar jaaoonga main yaaro, woh haan kahenge to bhi khushi se mar jaoonga main yaaro” provided a youthful texture to the Hindi film hero who is unapologetically in love.
Ghai always had a good grasp over melodrama and when he was on song his films moved like a breeze. The way he cuts from a wailing mother to Rishi Kapoor dancing to “Paisa Ye Paisa” with opening credits rolling in a novel fashion is remarkable and underlines the core idea. It is said that the credits were hand painted and put on the sets and the camera moved accordingly. It was Ghai’s first association with Kamalakar Rao, who went on to shoot “Hero” and “Karma” as well. Similarly, the idea of using moving stage in the form of a gramophone in “Om Shaanti Om” is innovative. Composed and written on the lines of “Hare Rama, Hare Krishna”, the song went on to become a youth anthem.
The support cast adds heft to the narrative. Pran as the couplet spouting Kabira unabashedly chews the scenery and Pinchoo Kapoor is suitably condescending as the self seeking manager of Monty. Not to forget Prem Nath cast against his image as the mute Sir Judaa, who taps his big nails on the glass to convey his wily message. Interestingly, Mac Mohan who had emerged as the most sought after sidekick after his one line performance in “Sholay”, plays his spokesperson here.
Not many noticed, but to me Durga Khote always exuded more warmth than Nirupa Roy as the mother and here again she lent grace to an important hook. In mainstream cinema if there was one actor who survived the Amitabh Bachchan wave without venturing into angry young man space it was Rishi Kapoor. By the time “Karz” hit the screens, he had already emerged as the representative of the happy, well-heeled youngster, who was not too concerned by Salim Javed’s take on the social divide. So even if Monty is an orphan here what we get to see is a rakish pop singer whose kinetic dance moves and sunshine smile floors Tina Munim (who was an unknown entity at that time) on screen and millions off it. When his contemporaries were revelling in the sound of gun, Kapoor was playing piano, strumming guitar and violin to create “Dard-e dil dard-e jigar” in the audience. And who can forget his familiarity with the trumpet. The instrument seemed like an extension of his romantic image.
Rahi Masoom Raza’s potent dialogues continue to strike a chord. From the traditional debt of mother’s milk to bringing radioactivity in romance, Raza made the storyboard unravel seamlessly. With Raza busy with multiple projects, Ghai chipped in as dialogue writer. He contributed as a choreographer as well and when an extra didn’t turn up for small appearance in “Paisa” song, he again slipped in only to make it a practice. In an attempt to join the dots, he lost grip towards the end and played to the gallery by adding an Aruna Irani number but over the years it remains one of Ghai’s better films.
It is not only the film that inspired many imitations but even the songs inspired titles of many films including Sriram Raghavan’s thriller “Ek Hasina Thi”. Later Farah Khan paid tribute to the theme and its popular song through “Om Shanti Om”. The song has religious symbolism with Om symbol reflecting against scantily dressed girls but nobody got irked! | http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/karz-1980/article9032441.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/78b8ea8b626de68b1a4fa6bba24eb3a51fad397779e2e7b50a6ce811d7b5a7b9.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T14:50:38 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Country’s second largest software services firm Infosys has said it will give a clearer picture on its revenue guidance post the September quarter.
In an analysts’ meet, the Bengaluru-based company | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fbusiness%2Finfosys-says-revenue-guidance-will-be-clear-post-q2%2Farticle9036703.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02987/26IN_VISHAL_INFY_2987494c.jpg | en | null | Clearer picture on revenue guidance post Q2: Infosys | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Infosys CEO Vihsal Sikka has said that the company's revenue guidance will be clear post the September quarter. File Photo : PTI
In an analysts’ meet, the Bengaluru-based company has said that it is witnessing "softness" in some clients, post Brexit,
Country’s second largest software services firm Infosys has said it will give a clearer picture on its revenue guidance post the September quarter.
In an analysts’ meet, the Bengaluru-based company has said that it is witnessing “softness” in some clients, post Brexit, and the recent cancellation of the RBS contract shows how key clients were being cautious in the wake of Britain leaving the European Union.
“There are uncertainties across sectors, geographies. We did not see the RBS ramp down coming at the start of the quarter. We are seeing softness in some clients, post Brexit, now which was not anticipated at the start of Q2. We want to see if the RBS is a one-off case or there are more like RBS,” Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka said.
He, however, added that the second quarter will be better than April-June period.
Infosys Chief Financial Officer Ranganath D Mavinakere said the company wants to give a more “accurate picture on guidance” after its executes the second quarter of FY2016-17 (July-September).
Infosys had disappointed the street by slashing its annual sales growth forecast to 10.8—12.3 per cent in US dollar terms for 2016-17, down from the previous forecast of 11.8-13.8 per cent rise.
This sent the stock crashing the most in a single day since Vishal Sikka became CEO more than two years ago.
Speaking to analysts today, Sikka said Infosys continues to see healthy deal pipeline.
He also stated that the company is not laying off any employees, saying “every employee at Infosys is valuable.
There is no involuntary attrition.”
There were reports that Infosys was laying off 500 staff but the company denied reports saying there had been a ‘few separations in response to performance and disciplinary issues’, which were unrelated to contract losses. | http://www.thehindu.com/business/infosys-says-revenue-guidance-will-be-clear-post-q2/article9036703.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/4ef990c871d396c286f4f6f6241633aba2088d05cb20de4816548231b0975efe.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T10:54:39 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Christchurch, New Zealand, which experienced an earthquake in 2011, is being rebuilt and construction will go on for another five or six years.As a resident, David G. Wareham, Associate Dean (Internat | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2Fchennai%2Flessons-from-christchurch-earthquake-for-indian-engineers%2Farticle9053396.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Lessons from Christchurch earthquake for Indian engineers | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Madras Week: A fusion of cultures and persuasions Madras was, and has been, a crucible of cultures, traditions and beliefs. In the last instalment of our series chronicling the various persons, places and events that shaped the city, we take a... »
Madras Week: City of many firsts and frozen moments A key hub of administration, commerce and education for over three centuries, Chennai has many a story to be proud of. In our continuing coverage, we look at some of these landmark moments as well as... »
Madras Week: Monuments , memories and milestones Landmarks that have stood the test of time and the lore surrounding the metropolis take us back in time on an incredible journey through a living and breathing city that is Chennai. »
The triumph of Madras The author strolls along the history-rich roads from Beach Station to Labour Statue, taking in the sights, sounds and the sunset »
The weave and the wearer The Textile Tour of T. Nagar, organised as part of Madras Day celebrations, turned the spotlight on traditional weaves and contemporary interpretations »
Madras Week: Happy Birthday! Raising a toast to the city, 377 years after it was founded, is at once a tribute and a promise. It is a celebration of its manifold facets and a firm resolution to ensure that this glorious... »
Did you know that Poonamallee was a power centre Did you know that Poonamallee was a power centre as far as the British trade in Madras was concerned? For around 40 years from the mid-1640s, the Golconda Sultans, who dominated the region, appoin... »
Madras Day: An ‘inclusive’ walk through cinema history A huge collage of movie stills, actors, directors and film technicians formed the backdrop for a group of enthusiastic participants who had assembled for a walk on ‘The city and its cinema’ at the... »
Madras Day Feature – Over centuries, the building blocks of the city What makes a metro tick? A melange of people, places and events that all come together to lend not just a character but a soul that transcends generations. On the second day of our series, we continu... » | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/lessons-from-christchurch-earthquake-for-indian-engineers/article9053396.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/d2b198f78210745f948327ab96db7b6c569560d20447d514f9cabd16f752d6f0.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T02:54:33 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | The funding and execution plan for the two monorail corridors that the government unveiled on Monday would differ from each other. While the Poonamallee-Kathipara line is planned to be executed throug | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2Fchennai%2Ftwo-monorail-corridors-to-follow-different-funding-paths%2Farticle9047115.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Two monorail corridors to follow different funding paths | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Proposal for the line between Vandalur and Velachery has been sent
The funding and execution plan for the two monorail corridors that the government unveiled on Monday would differ from each other. While the Poonamallee-Kathipara line is planned to be executed through public-private partnership on ‘design, build, finance, operate and transfer basis’ at an estimated project cost of Rs. 3,267 crore, the second line from Vandalur to Velachery is proposed to be taken up under multilateral funding with an estimated project cost of Rs. 3,135.63 crore, the policy note tabled by minister Mr. Vijayabhaskar in the Assembly said.
A proposal for the line between Vandalur and Velachery has been sent to the Government of India, the note said.
“The share of public transport in the urban transport system of Chennai is currently 27 per cent which is eventually proposed to be increased to 46 per cent by 2026.
The government of Tamil Nadu has decided to implement the monorail project in Chennai to integrate the existing and upcoming transport systems,” the policy note said.
This is the third time the AIADMK government is making efforts to set up the mono rail network. In 2006, Ms. Jayalalithaa announced a proposal to set up 300 km of monorail comprising 18 corridors. However, when the DMK came to power later that year, the party went ahead with the proposal to set up the metro rail. In 2011, Ms. Jayalalithaa again revived plans to set up the monorail. The State government had also planned to integrate the two rail systems where Metro would meet the monorail at Vadapalani and Kathipara.
Mr. Vijayabhaskar also announced that initial work has begun to establish a Chennai Unified Metropolitan Transport Authority (CUMTA) for monitoring various aspects of integrated metropolitan transport for the city.
CUMTA will provide better co-ordination among various mass transport agencies such as the MRTS, Metro Rail, the proposed monorail, MTC and agencies like the Chennai Corporation, Traffic Police and CMDA, Mr. Vijayabhaskar said. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/two-monorail-corridors-to-follow-different-funding-paths/article9047115.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/3a3d4b59d620be0a7586528b11f06b537a15a980fa30cf80c88c624620a96072.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T00:55:43 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday inspected the Devaraja Market, a portion of which collapsed on Sunday.
Accompanied by Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Tanveer Sait, elected repr | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fkarnataka%2Fcm-inspects-devaraja-market-in-mysuru%2Farticle9050888.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02992/30MYS_CM_VISIT_2992472c.jpg | en | null | CM inspects Devaraja Market in Mysuru | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Chief Minister Siddaramaiah visiting the century-old Devaraja Market, a portion of which collapsed recently, in Mysuru on Tuesday. Minister Tanveer Sait, MLA Vasu and Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep were present. PHOTO: M.A. SRIRAM
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah at the Devaraja Market in Mysuru on Tuesday. Minister Tanveer Sait and MLA Vasu are seen.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah inspecting Lansdowne Building restoration work in Mysuru on Tuesday. MLA Vasu, Mayor B.L.Byrappa and Chief Minister's son Yathindra Siddararamaiah are seen.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday inspected the Devaraja Market, a portion of which collapsed on Sunday.
Accompanied by Minister for Primary and Secondary Education Tanveer Sait, elected representatives and officials from the Mysore City Corporation, Mr. Siddaramaiah went around the site on the northern side of the 135-year-old market.
MLAs Vasu, M.K. Somashekar, Deputy Commissioner D. Randeep, Mayor B.L. Bhyrappa, and MCC Commissioner (in-charge) M. Mahesh were present. The Chief Minister’s younger son Yathindra was also present.
The Chief Minister told reporters that a final decision on whether to go ahead with the ongoing renovation work or completely demolish the structure for reconstruction will be taken after consulting experts in the field. A technical report is expected to be submitted soon. Experts from IIT-Madras had been consulted by the authorities seeking their opinion on the fate of the market.
Mr. Siddaramaiah also inspected century-old Lansdowne Building, which is also being renovated. The building is out of bounds to the people after a portion of it caved in a few years ago. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/cm-inspects-devaraja-market-in-mysuru/article9050888.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/7fe8c59b2701c25c7555730bec29eab3b7645bcb89d4df88cb724197b0f919c2.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T16:59:39 | null | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced a raft of measures to boost investor participation and market liquidity in both the corporate bond and currency markets.The central bank will allow comme | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fbusiness%2FEconomy%2Fbanks-to-issue-masala-bonds-rbi-opens-currency-markets%2Farticle9032516.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02985/TH26_BU_RBI_2985938c.jpg | en | null | Banks to issue Masala bonds, RBI opens currency markets | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Bonds will help lenders with funds for infrastructure and affordable housing
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced a raft of measures to boost investor participation and market liquidity in both the corporate bond and currency markets.
The central bank will allow commercial banks to issue rupee bonds in overseas markets — known as Masala bonds, both for their capital requirement and for financing infrastructure and affordable housing, according to an RBI statement.
“Accepting many of the recommendations of the Khan Committee to develop the corporate bond market, it has been decided to enhance the aggregate limit of partial credit enhancement (PCE) provided by banks, permit brokers in corporate bond repos, authorise the platform for repo in corporate bonds and encourage credit supply for large borrowers through market mechanism.”
It has been now been decided by the regulator that the aggregate PCE that will be provided by the financial system for a given bond issue will be increased from the present level of 20 per cent to 50 per cent of the bond issue size, subject to the PCE provided by any single bank not exceeding 20 per cent of the bond issue size and the extant exposure limits.
RBI said it has also been decided to seek suitable legal amendments to enable it to accept corporate bonds under the Liquidity adjustment Facility (LAF).
In order to ease access to the foreign exchange market for hedging in over the counter (OTC) and exchange-traded currency derivatives, the RBI has allowed entities exposed to exchange rate risk, both resident and non-resident, to undertake hedge transactions with simplified procedures, up to a limit of $30 million at any given time.
“The exposed person will be free to access any market (OTC or exchange) and use any of the permissible products at his discretion,” according to the RBI. Banks can also allow the customer an open position limit of up to $5 million. “This is intended to improve liquidity and depth in the foreign exchange market and the limit will be revised from time to time.” The RBI said since exposure of Indian entities to commodity price risks has been accentuated by the growing integration of the Indian economy and increasing volumes of cross border trade, a working group will be formed to review the guidelines for hedging of price risk by residents in the overseas markets.
To enhance participation in the corporate bond market, the RBI has decided that brokers authorised as market makers will be allowed to participate in the corporate bond repo market. “This measure is expected to meet their funding and securities requirement arising out of market making activities,” according to the RBI. Currently, banks, primary dealers, mutual funds, insurance companies are only allowed. In addition, foreign portfolio investors have been allowed to transact in corporate bonds directly without involving brokers.”
PTI reports:
With an aim to reduce risk in banking sector, RBI has proposed to limit exposure of a bank to a business group to up to 25 per cent of its capital, down from the existing 55 per cent, the central banks said in a Draft Large Exposures (LE) Framework. | http://www.thehindu.com/business/Economy/banks-to-issue-masala-bonds-rbi-opens-currency-markets/article9032516.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/65bbe7865b381c5ff3ac5dc76e16afdc5faf2e6e87a808f0f860192b3d2aad34.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T20:52:54 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Besides other crucial issues of preparedness, management after a cyclone strikes, and rehabilitation, insurance should be built into policies to help families affected, Chief Secretary S.P. Tucker ha | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FVisakhapatnam%2Fbuild-insurance-into-disaster-relief%2Farticle9051857.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02992/Vizag_2992795c.jpg | en | null | ‘Build insurance into disaster relief’ | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The equipment used in disaster relief on display at the inaugural of the three-day first annual joint disaster management exercise at Samudrika Auditorium in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday.
With technology and precise forecast playing key role, response to disasters has changed: Tucker
Besides other crucial issues of preparedness, management after a cyclone strikes, and rehabilitation, insurance should be built into policies to help families affected, Chief Secretary S.P. Tucker has said.
Delivering the keynote address at the maiden joint disaster management exercise, Prakampana-2016, coordinated by the Eastern Naval Command on Tuesday, Mr. Tucker said that in the U.S. 8-10 per cent of funds went into insurance and in India not even one per cent damages were covered. Families find it difficult to survive when earnings of generations were lost in a calamity, he said.
The three-day exercise is being carried out on the direction of the Prime Minister to the Navy to coordinate a large-scale disaster relief exercise.
Mr. Tucker spoke on how responses to disasters changed over the last four decades, with technology and precise forecast playing a key role. When the Diviseema cyclone struck killing 13,000 people, the Collector came to know about it only the next day.
He termed the response to Hudhud cyclone as new and emerging practice with none knowing what to do.
“With the Chief Minister himself monitoring, issues had been addressed, and now we are rewriting some practices in the blue book under the instructions of the Prime Minister,” Mr. Tucker said.
Mumbai had received 105 cm of rain in 2005, which was unheard of, and Hyderabad cannot take more than 50 cm of rain, Mr. Tucker said, adding that new urbanisation problems were cropping up because of encroachments and escape of water being blocked.
The Chief Secretary recalled that though Kadapa had received once-in-10,000-year rain in 2009, it was managed with clockwork precision with a number of things going “our way.” It did not attract worldwide attention because only three persons died.
HRD Minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao said allotment of land to establish a permanent NDRF unit in Visakhapatnam was being processed. Since the State government had to act first in facing disasters, Andhra Pradesh had also set up 600-strong SDRF on the lines of the national force. Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the ENC Vice Admiral H.C.S. Bisht, in his address, underlined the importance of integrated, joint, and synergised approach to disaster management.
Sometimes, delay in extending aid would lead to more loss of life than the disaster itself, he pointed out, adding the Chennai floods underlined seemingly routine circumstances turning into disasters.
Member of NDMA Lt. Gen. N.C. Marwah said that the way Hudhud was dealt with had turned out to be a success story and quoted by the UN at the international fora.
He said risk insurance found place in the National Disaster Management Plan released by the Prime Minister on June 1.
Deputy Assistant Chief, Integrated Defence Staff, Brig. Vinod Dutta, and Disaster Commissioner, NDMA, Comdt. S.S. Sindhu, made presentations on ‘Role of Armed forces in disaster management’ and ‘Disaster management initiatives’. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/build-insurance-into-disaster-relief/article9051857.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/cd9dbed7ab608d0e0a2f15fb9fb75330ea66f7efb74ff1064fe3a4a4593a0e70.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T12:50:56 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | The U.S. will reach its target this week of taking in 10,000 Syrian war refugees in a year-old resettlement programme, the U.S. ambassador to Jordan said on Sunday, after meeting families headed to Ca | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Finternational%2F10000th-syrian-reaches-us-this-week-in-resettlement-programme%2Farticle9042792.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02989/MIDEAST_JORDAN_2989691c.jpg | en | null | 10,000th Syrian reaches US this week in resettlement programme | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Alice Wells, the U.S. ambassador to Jordan, said on Sunday that keeping Americans safe and taking in some of the world’s most vulnerable people are not mutually exclusive.
The U.S. will reach its target this week of taking in 10,000 Syrian war refugees in a year-old resettlement programme, the U.S. ambassador to Jordan said on Sunday, after meeting families headed to California and Virginia.
The resettlement programme has emerged as an issue in the U.S. presidential campaign, with Republican nominee Donald Trump alleging displaced Syrians pose a potential security threat.
Alice Wells, the U.S. ambassador to Jordan, said on Sunday that keeping Americans safe and taking in some of the world’s most vulnerable people are not mutually exclusive.
“Refugees are the most thoroughly screened category of travellers to the United States, and Syrian refugees are subject to even greater scrutiny,” she said.
Ms. Wells said the target of resettling 10,000 Syrian refugees in the U.S. in the 2016 fiscal year will be reached on Monday, as several hundred Syrians depart from Jordan over 24 hours.
The Jouriyeh family, which attended Sunday’s short ceremony, is headed to San Diego, California.
Nadim Fawzi Jouriyeh (49), a former construction worker from the war-ravaged Syrian city of Homs, said he feels “fear and joy, fear of the unknown and our new lives, but great joy for our children’s lives and future.”
Mr. Jouriyeh, who suffers from heart problems, will be travelling with his wife, Rajaa (42), and their four children. Their oldest son, 14-year-old Mohammed, said he is eager to sign up for school in San Diego and hopes to study medicine one day.
The resettlement programme focuses on the most vulnerable refugees, including those who were subjected to violence or torture or are sick.
Close to 5 million Syrians have fled civil war since 2011. Most struggle to survive in tough conditions in neighbouring countries, including Jordan, which hosts close to 660,000 Syrian refugees.
Only a small percentage of Syrian refugees have been resettled to third countries. Instead, donor countries are trying to invest more in job creation and education for refugees in regional host countries to encourage them to stay there instead of moving onward, including to Europe.
Ms. Wells said the U.S. has taken in more refugees from around the world over the years than all other nations combined. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/10000th-syrian-reaches-us-this-week-in-resettlement-programme/article9042792.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/ce2f3619e3ca34282ed7f5652d2c16b3c2fde53b8b2b2fc7ba980d1aef2f9b0d.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T18:51:17 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | A Sydney restaurant is capitalising on an appetite for all things Pokemon Go by selling a limited number of burgers based on characters from the blockbuster smartphone game.Sydney’s Hashtag Burger an | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnow-catch-some-pokeburgers%2Farticle9037039.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02987/27TH-BURGER_2987654c.jpg | en | null | Now catch some Pokeburgers | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Sydney restaurant is offering a Pokemon-based meal
A Sydney restaurant is capitalising on an appetite for all things Pokemon Go by selling a limited number of burgers based on characters from the blockbuster smartphone game.
Sydney’s Hashtag Burger and its pop-up restaurant Down N Out Burgers are offering 100 ‘Pokeburgs’ a day until Sept. 3, with long queues of people lining up on Friday to get a taste of a yellow Pikachu, pink Charmander or green Bulbasaur burger.
Staff said the Pikachu burger with corn chip ears had proved the most popular but the restaurant had decided that customers couldn’t choose which character they get, in line with the surprise element of the game. Pokemon Go, developed by Niantic and an affiliate of Japan’s Nintendo Co Ltd, sees players walk around real-life neighbourhoods to hunt down cartoon characters visible only on their smartphone screens. — Reuters | http://www.thehindu.com/news/now-catch-some-pokeburgers/article9037039.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/a6441d0a0f840a084b701147ec4f0ce76e1590330d0f24baa4a1f470df2cf335.json |
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"Mini Kapoor"
] | 2016-08-27T20:51:38 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | Around a third of the way into Teju Cole’s new book, Known and Strange Things: Essays (Faber and Faber), a collection of his previously published non-fiction, there is a fascinating conversation with | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fopinion%2Fop-ed%2Fall-thats-been-left-unsaid%2Farticle9040741.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02988/28TH_DELHI_BOOK_FA_2988989c.jpg | en | null | All that’s been left unsaid | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Two new books underline the importance of the reader’s imagination in uniquely shaping the written text
Around a third of the way into Teju Cole’s new book, Known and Strange Things: Essays (Faber and Faber), a collection of his previously published non-fiction, there is a fascinating conversation with Aleksandar Hemon. Nigerian-American Cole has previously published the extremely well-received Open City, is a photography critic, and has expanded the literary space on social media, especially Twitter. Hemon, a Bosnian-American novelist and short story writer, has among his much-awarded books The Lazarus Project. In this conversation conducted mostly over email, Hemon aims to get a grip on Cole’s mastery of diverse literary forms, and brings up his love of poetry and one his favourite poets, Tomas Transtromer, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2011.
Elsewhere in the collection, Cole has an essay on Transtromer, calling his work “one of my ports of refuge”, suggesting that the best times to read his poetry “are at night, in silence, and alone”, and recalling how it sustained him during the dark Bush-Cheney years.
But here Hemon asks if he writes poetry. Not in a conventional way, answers Cole, though poetry affects his way of thinking. And he says that he imagines Hemon making “notes of the odd and remarkable moments in a way similar to a poet.” Hemon replies that he does not, in fact, make notes, drawing a surprised response from Cole: “I could have sworn you were an inveterate note taker. It leaves me ever more impressed with your writing then, because whenever I come across one of your intriguing turns of phrase, the little genie of writerly envy in my head says, ‘He must have been saving this one for a while.’”
It’s a reminder of how much our appreciation of prose and poetry is informed by our imagining of the writer’s mind and method, in a way that literary criticism alone cannot fully convey. Each reader brings an interpretation to the book and takes away so much more or less than what the writer had intended. But what may be the writer’s expectations of the reader’s input? Richard Cohen’s page-turner, the invitingly (if misleadingly) titled How to Write Like Tolstoy: A Journey Into The Minds Of Our Greatest Writers (Penguin Random House), has a chapter that focuses on the importance of that question in an entirely different way.
In a chapter on irony, Cohen, veteran publisher and editor, attempts to define irony, while noting that it’s a “tricky word”: “A short formal definition would be that irony is a tension between what something is supposed to mean and what it actually means.” Moreover, he points out, “…what’s on page says something of value but leaves more out… the reader is expected to add what’s missing.” But after referring to the use of irony by great novelists, he returns more tantalisingly to the idea of the reader being invited to fill in what the writer leaves unsaid.
He revisits in detail the plot of The Luneburg Variation, a short novel published in the 1990s. Written by Paolo Maurensig, an Italian businessman, it was something of a mystery story, beginning with a man being found shot dead at his home near Vienna. The novel wheels back to the Germany of the 1930s and 1940s, of the Holocaust and the horrors at the concentration camps, and progresses from then to the present with a progression of games of chess, including use of a chess strategy called the Luneburg Variation. The novel ends abruptly and its open-ended ending allows, or perhaps invites, the reader to fill in the explanation or lack of it for the man’s death. Cohen suggests that having come so far into the plot, it is the reader’s obligation to construct the ending in a way that’s true to the writer’s effort. But you wonder if any two readers’ interpretations completely overlapped. (The novel, incidentally, left some readers uncomfortable with its use of the Holocaust backdrop — a reviewer in The New York Times said it left him “vaguely uneasy, uncertain over the use of history’s greatest single act of evil as a device” in the mystery narrative.)
Yet, such is Cohen’s ability to force us to appraise our own agency as readers that in another chapter, on plagiarism, before you know it he has gone past standard-issue definitions of the offence to focus on the outrage of living persons at having themselves used as models. He recounts how Salman Rushdie’s father was stunned to parts of his himself being represented in the character of Ahmed Sinai in Midnight’s Children. Rushdie junior finally appealed to his erudite wisdom and sophistication to persuade him to let it go, but another writer, Michael Holroyd, actually withdrew a novel when his father’s reaction to a fictionalised depiction of himself was too overwhelming.
Cohen’s most intriguing anecdote is, however, tucked away as a footnote. He refers to the controversy over Joe Klein’s Primary Colors, originally published anonymously and which lightly fictionalised Bill Clinton’s presidential bid. A woman subsequently alleged that Klein had based a character who had an affair with the candidate on her, arguing that the fictional character’s legs described hers. Writes Cohen: “In fact Klein had used as inspiration the legs of his literary agent, Kathy Robbins (my wife).”
mini.kapoor@thehindu.co.in | http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/all-thats-been-left-unsaid/article9040741.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/b35433e97953898f6ad30c64a7372701d27ecef7798ccc299ec3e1f488b0e8ba.json |
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] | 2016-08-28T02:50:49 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | Officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Saturday foiled an attempt to smuggle foreign currency worth over Rs.92 lakh from Chennai to Singapore through the Tiruchi airport.The off | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Ftamil-nadu%2Fbid-to-smuggle-foreign-currency-foiled-at-tiruchi-airport%2Farticle9041642.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Bid to smuggle foreign currency foiled at Tiruchi airport | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Officials of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) on Saturday foiled an attempt to smuggle foreign currency worth over Rs.92 lakh from Chennai to Singapore through the Tiruchi airport.
The officials got specific intelligence input about the smuggling of foreign currency by a Chennai-based passenger, who was a frequent flier in that segment.
Early on Saturday, the passenger arrived at the Chennai airport and boarded the specific flight en route to Singapore.
DRI officers mounted an intensive surveillance on the movements of the passenger and intercepted him at the Tiruchi airport.
The Additional Director General of DRI said in a press release that officers identified the suspect sitting on the plane after a coordinated and deep surveillance and followed him when the flight landed at Tiruchi.
Upon examination of his hand baggage, the officers stumbled upon the foreign currency, including Euros and Swiss Francs, with a total value of Rs.92 lakh concealed in the bottom portion of the two stroller bags.
He added that the officers seized the currency and the bags.
As the passenger was found to be carrying goods worth more than Rs.20 lakh, he was arrested under the provisions of the Customs Act and was subsequently released on bail. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/bid-to-smuggle-foreign-currency-foiled-at-tiruchi-airport/article9041642.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/f656b85221a373ff342517d30831da443cb2045d860628a25fb0983da5a35d7e.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T18:52:14 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Union Road Transport and Highways minister Nitin Gadkari has asked the Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ministry to share the subsidy burden for replacing commercial vehicles that are older than | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fbusiness%2FIndustry%2Fcentre-eyes-green-funds-to-scrap-polluting-old-trucks%2Farticle9051288.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02992/31TH_BU_POLLUTION_2992602c.jpg | en | null | Centre eyes green funds to scrap polluting old trucks | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The auto industry’s sales is expected to grow by about 22 per cent due to the initiative
Union Road Transport and Highways minister Nitin Gadkari has asked the Environment, Forest and Climate Change Ministry to share the subsidy burden for replacing commercial vehicles that are older than 15 years by tapping into funds earmarked for compensatory afforestation.
“I met the minister for environment and forests (Anil Dave) yesterday and told him that since scrapping old commercial vehicles will reduce 65 per cent of the country’s pollution, then funds under CAMPA (Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority) can also help fund this,” Mr. Gadkari said.
He said the Environment Ministry can help subsidise the interest payable on loans for new heavy commercial vehicles under the proposed policy for scrapping polluting automobiles.
The CAMPA, set up in 2009, currently has a corpus of about Rs.40,000 crore earmarked explicitly for compensatory afforestation projects to replenish forests lost to industrial and infrastructure projects. The Centre now wants to replace it with a new authority, backed by a new bill that was cleared by Parliament in its monsoon session.
The Road Transport Ministry, which is steering the vehicle scrapping policy, has proposed to the Finance Ministry a framework under which new vehicles bought under the policy would get concessions from the Centre, the state government and the automobile company in addition to the scrap value of the old vehicle.
“We have proposed this in a presentation we made to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley three days ago and consultations are still underway. I hope to take the policy to the cabinet for its approval soon,” Mr. Gadkari said, while speaking at the annual conference of the Automotive Component Manufacturers’ Association of India.
In its first phase, the scrapping policy would be restricted to commercial vehicles older than 15 years, which the Minister said account for 65 per cent of the country’s pollution.
“While pollution will come down to that extent, we expect a benefit of Rs.4,000 crore to the Centre and Rs.10,000 crore to the state governments. The auto industry can also expect sales growth of around 22 per cent from this initiative,” Mr. Gadkari said. Automobile players are enthusiastic about the idea not just because it would boost sales, but also because they will be able to access the high-grade metal scrap from old vehicles.
“The vehicle scrapping policy could significantly change the environment for the auto industry, taken together with the other initiatives in the offing such as the transition to BS-VI emission norms by 2020, safety norms that will be the same as Europe in three years’ time and fuel efficiency norms,” said Pawan Goenka, Executive Director, Mahindra & Mahindra. | http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/centre-eyes-green-funds-to-scrap-polluting-old-trucks/article9051288.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/5eb7aa1590e8ec6ad11b8c8eef18d951c4efbf1fef73c054b6f66c9cfe888f44.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T10:53:18 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | RELIGIONSelva Vinayagar Temple: Discourse on ‘Aanmeega Jothidam’ by PA. Ponniah, Railway Colony, 7.30 p.m.Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple: Avanimoola festival; Chandrasekarar utsavam, procession of dei | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FMadurai%2Fevents-in-madurai-today%2Farticle9051457.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Events in Madurai Today | null | null | www.thehindu.com | RELIGION
Selva Vinayagar Temple: Discourse on ‘Aanmeega Jothidam’ by PA. Ponniah, Railway Colony, 7.30 p.m.
Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple: Avanimoola festival; Chandrasekarar utsavam, procession of deity, 7 p.m.
Navaneetha Krishnaswamy Temple: Sri Jayanthi festival; procession of deity, Masi Streets, 8 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Kuttiah Swamigal Mutt: Discourse on ‘Kambaramayanam’ by Tiruchi K. Kalyanaraman, 165 South Veli Street, 6.30 p.m.
Ramakrishna Mutt: Bhajan and aarathi, New Natham Road, 6.30 p.m.
Shirdi Sai Baba Temple: 10 varushabishekam; aarathi, 6 a.m., 11.30 a.m., 6.30 p.m. and 8 p.m.; Ganapathi homam, 7 a.m.; mahabishekam, 9.30 a.m.; Sai sahasranamam, 10.30 a.m.; tuni puja, 11 a.m.; annadhanam, 12 noon; devotional music, Tirupparankundram Road, Andalpuram, 7 p.m.
Shrine of Our Lady of Velankanni: Annual festival; Rev. Fr. S. Sebastian and Rev. Fr. G. Antonyraj lead holy mass, Anna Nagar, 6.30 p.m.
CULTURE
International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre: Yoga and meditation classes; 444 KK Nagar East Ninth Street, 6 a.m., 6.30 p.m., 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. (for women).
Prajapita Brahmakumaris Ishwariya Vishwa Vidyalaya: Free rajayoga meditation classes; 36 Meenakshi Nagar, P and T Nagar; 40 Sambandamoorthy Street; 47 B CMR Road and 357 Anna Nagar, 6.30 a.m. and 5.30 p.m.
Tiruvalluvar Mandram: Talk on ‘Pillaithamizh’ by T. Arunachalam, Sakthi Velammal Nagar, S. S. Colony, 5.30 p.m.
GENERAL
American College: S. Thangasamy, Vice-Chancellor, Tamil Nadu Teachers’ Education University, inaugurates international conference on ‘New horizons, emerging challenges and recent paradigms in food mediated immunity and their role in human health and longevity;’ M. Davamani Christober, Principal, presides, 9.30 a.m.
Nadar Mahajana Sangam S. Vellaichamy Nadar College: 14 Kamarajar memorial State-level inter-collegiate volleyball tournament; P. Thangaraj inaugurates league matches, S. Ramamoorthy, Principal, presides, Nagamalai, 6.30 p.m.
Mangayarkarasi College of Arts and Science for Women: NSS camp, Thenkarai, 9 a.m.; R. Jeyabalan, former Vice-Principal, Vivekananda College, inaugurates ‘TRIGO-TRIX 2016,’ Paravai, 10 a.m.
K. L. N. College of Information Technology: Workshop on ‘Mathematical modelling and simulation of power electronic converters;’ S. Selvaperumal of Syed Ammal Engineering College addresses, J. S. Gnanasekaran, Principal, presides, EEE Department, 10 a.m.
Nadar Mahajana Sangam Sermathai Vasan College for Women: Faculty development programme on ‘Communication skills and stress management;’ T. P. K. P. U. Middle School, Periyar Nagar, 3 p.m.
Velammal College of Engineering and Technology: National-level workshop on ‘Web application design and development,’ Viraganoor, 10 a.m.; M. V. Muthuramalingam, chairman, Velammal Educational Trust, inaugurates blood donation camp, Velammal Medical College Hospital and Research Institute, 10.30 a.m.
Rotary Club of Madurai Next Gen: Lakshmana speaks on ‘Membership development,’ JC Residency, 7 p.m.
A. M. Jeyabalan Memorial Trust: Awareness programme on “Dental treatment for people with heart diseases’ and free dental consultation, Nala Dental Hospital, Chokkikulam, 11 a.m.
Alcoholics Anonymous: Meeting, RC School, Sivaganga Road, Melur, 6.30 p.m.; Dheep Hospital, K. Pudur, 7 p.m. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/events-in-madurai-today/article9051457.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/5f7ee3198f5a9c90603b43ba528462ccd1151c051f6ca47e7ffca6cecac6c627.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T08:56:33 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | The State Express Transport Corporation Tamil Nadu Ltd. will launch special bus services for devotees travelling to the Velankanni shrine for the annual festival.The Corporation will operate buses fro | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2Fchennai%2Fspecial-bus-services-to-velankanni%2Farticle9041698.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Special bus services to Velankanni | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The State Express Transport Corporation Tamil Nadu Ltd. will launch special bus services for devotees travelling to the Velankanni shrine for the annual festival.
The Corporation will operate buses from Chennai, Bengaluru, Tirunelveli, Tuticorin, Kanniyakumari, Nagercoil, Thiruvananthapuram, Coimbatore to Velankanni. The buses will run from August 25 to till the end of the festival on September 10, according to an official release. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/special-bus-services-to-velankanni/article9041698.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/e89dfa71b118b08c4b219cf3a01ffaf33231afc59fc70bbd5d885c991c71c860.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T02:52:13 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Twelve para-medics, who were offering “medical treatment” to patients posing as doctors or Registered Medical Practitioners, were arrested by the Cyberabad-East police on Monday.Sleuths of the Special | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FHyderabad%2Fcyberabad-police-arrest-paramedics%2Farticle9048274.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Cyberabad police arrest para-medics | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Twelve para-medics, who were offering “medical treatment” to patients posing as doctors or Registered Medical Practitioners, were arrested by the Cyberabad-East police on Monday.
Sleuths of the Special Operations Team (SOT) raided the clinics of these fake doctors who were found operating hospitals without permission from the Telangana Vaidya Vidhan Parishad. Injection vials, expired tablet sheets, stethoscopes, syringes and saline bottles were seized from them.
Man done to death
Unidentified persons hacked to death a man, Venkatesh, at Munganoor in the Hayathnagar police station area on Monday. The 40-year-old man was intercepted by three youngsters while he was riding his bike around 6 p.m. at Munganoor village. They picked up an argument and hacked him to death before fleeing on their bike.
Two labourers injured
Two labourers sustained injuries when the pillar of a building under construction collapsed at Kakatiya Hills colony in Madhapur on Monday. The two workers got trapped under the debris but were rescued by others and shifted to a hospital. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/cyberabad-police-arrest-paramedics/article9048274.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/01eef47f4abd3dc17c9f463c762ff343527783c7daaad5eb4e7e9dfda433cea1.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T10:55:11 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Over a dozen Congress party workers were detained on Tuesday following a protest over alleged CBI raids at Secunderabad Cantonment Board.The Congress men who protested sought to know details of the ra | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FHyderabad%2Fprotest-over-alleged-cbi-raids-at-scb%2Farticle9052921.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Protest over alleged CBI raids at SCB | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Over a dozen Congress party workers were detained on Tuesday following a protest over alleged CBI raids at Secunderabad Cantonment Board.
The Congress men who protested sought to know details of the raids and alleged that the cantonment board, including elected representatives, were covering up corruption. According to reports, enquiries were made by CBI on Friday seeking details about pipeline works carried out in the past by the board in Bolarum area. SCB CEO Sujata Gupta told The Hindu that no such enquiries had taken place. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/protest-over-alleged-cbi-raids-at-scb/article9052921.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/24439fa30d37115e88596a00b8e1106a0697039acdc5e35289d17bf13bc9791a.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T00:52:15 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | The accident that an overloaded auto-rickshaw met with recently at Banjara Hills reflects scant respect for traffic rules in the city. It is mainly due to lack of discipline and fear of rules that the | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FHyderabad%2Fno-respect-for-traffic-rules-here%2Farticle9043212.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | No respect for traffic rules here | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The accident that an overloaded auto-rickshaw met with recently at Banjara Hills reflects scant respect for traffic rules in the city. It is mainly due to lack of discipline and fear of rules that these incidents recur. The traffic police should curb wrong-side driving, triple riding, overloading of autos and sharing autos, roadside parking, push carts occupying footpaths and roads, bikes and RTC buses overtaking from left side, to point out a few.
Prasad Baru
Padmarao Nagar
Inconvenience caused by CM’s procession
On August 24, when Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao returned from Maharashtra, the roads were blocked from 3 p.m. onwards. Citizens, including me, who were returning home after work had to wait for a long time.
From RTC X Road to Lal Bungalow, Ameerpet, it took over an one hour to reach. Traffic police claimed to have given travel advisories.
Would it not be more convenient if they gave such notices through newspapers, radio, TV instead of posting such the same on their website?
When CM’s schedule was known well in advance, it would make the life of the citizens easier if they are given such information.
Jemima de Souza
Ameerpet | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/no-respect-for-traffic-rules-here/article9043212.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/83b32f87ff45087780a7fb822aecda665e76b1905460c69090d5ef03040a08ee.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T04:52:04 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | A 10-year-old girl from a village near Ponneri in Tiruvallur district died at the Institute of Child Health, (ICH) Egmore, on Friday. This is the fifth death from the district since last week. “This | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2Fchennai%2Fyet-another-child-from-tiruvallur-dies%2Farticle9037161.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Yet another child from Tiruvallur district dies in Chennai | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Officials say death was due to Hepatitis A; 3 quacks held
A 10-year-old girl from a village near Ponneri in Tiruvallur district died at the Institute of Child Health, (ICH) Egmore, on Friday. This is the fifth death from the district since last week.
“This is not related to the deaths of four children from the district. This is an isolated case of Hepatitis A,” Director of Public Health K. Kolandaisamy said.
Meanwhile, three quacks were held in Ponneri on Friday. G. Sreenivasan, 47, and M. Paramasivam, 63, both operating out of Ponneri for several years, as well as B. Somasekar, 38, operating from Kadamancheri, were arrested, police said. A search is on for two others reported to be operating in the locality.
“The child, M. Vaishnavi, from Keerapakkam near Ponneri, fell ill about two weeks ago and is believed to have been treated by a quack, before she was taken to the Ponneri government hospital and then referred to Egmore,” he said.
This death comes a week after the death of four young children from two villages – Adi Andhrawada and Kaverirajapuram - at the ICH, which health officials have attributed to mixed infections, including dengue and leptospirosis.
“The lab report in Vaishnavi’s case confirmed Hepatitis A. We have already conducted surveillance in the village to check for any other cases, but this seems isolated. In any case, we are checking all the pipelines in the village, and if necessary, will replace them,” he said.
Hepatitis A can be caused by consuming contaminated food or water.
A doctor at the ICH said that Vaishnavi was admitted on August 22, and that her cause of death was hepatic encephalopathy.
As of Friday, a total of 135 persons from the district have been admitted to various hospitals for fever, including 17 at the Ponneri government hospital.
“Of the total, six are cases of dengue,” said Dr. Kolandaisamy, five at the Tiruvallur Government Hospital and one at the Tiruttani government hospital. By Friday evening, three of them had been discharged after treatment, he said.
After visiting the government hospitals in Ponneri, Tiruvallur and Tiruttani, Health Minister C. Vijaya Baskar said he had reviewed the situation in the district for the third time in the week. The cases were limited to Kaverirajapuram, Ponpadi and a few other villages.
The government had taken a multi-dimensional approach to tackle the situation and there was no need for the public to panic, he said. At the Tiruttani government hospital, a woman, Gajalakshmi, had tested positive for dengue and she had been informed, he said.
As people tend to panic and get admitted in hospitals out of anxiety, hospital authorities have been asked to not treat them as outpatients but admit them and discharge them only once they are convinced that they are fine, he said. Mobile clinics have been set up at the villages where the four children who died came from, and 28 medical teams are monitoring the situation, he said. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/yet-another-child-from-tiruvallur-dies/article9037161.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/0ba03ed8b5de46f592edc5319182482b6e569f0d1ba6faf2c5fa543286d7a1cf.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T16:51:17 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | Launching a scathing attack on the Centre, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday alleged it was trying to “save money” by stopping or slashing funds for State projects but had spent a | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2Fkolkata%2Fcentre-cuts-state-funds-but-spends-money-on-pms-suit%2Farticle9038180.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02988/DE27-P2-MAMATA__DE_2988175c.jpg | en | null | ‘Centre cuts State funds, but spends money on PM’s suit’ | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee warns Centre to waive debts inherited by her government
Launching a scathing attack on the Centre, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday alleged it was trying to “save money” by stopping or slashing funds for State projects but had spent a huge sum on a suit for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
She gave three months’ time to the Centre to waive the huge debts her government inherited from the previous Left Front regime and threatened to launch a movement on the streets of New Delhi if “interference” in federal structure is not stopped.
“The Narendra Modi government has either stopped or slashed funds for various State government projects. He is trying to save money. What for will you save the money? You want to save the money for a coat and get a place in the Guinness Book,” she asked.
Addressing a programme of the Trinamool Congress students’ wing, Ms Banerjee said mockingly, “You can find your name in the Guinness Book for good work, but just imagine people are making it to it just by stitching coats.”
The monogrammed suit Mr Modi donned during his meeting with US President Barack Obama last year entered the Guinness Book of World Records as “the most expensive suit sold at an auction”. But it had invited Opposition criticism.
The suit was reportedly stitched at a cost of Rs 10 lakh and was auctioned at a base price of Rs 11 lakh. The money raised from the auction has been earmarked for the Centre’s ‘Clean Ganga Mission’.
Ms Banerjee then referred to the Centre’s “peculiar” rule that if there is no Aadhaar card, the students will not get benefits or scholarships.
“Who are they to stop it? The government should understand that we have not come to power by the mercy of someone. The Centre has its own jurisdiction and the State its own. The Centre should not interfere in the matters of the State,” Ms Banerjee said.
She threatened to launch an agitation in Delhi if the Centre doesn’t stop “interfering” and doesn’t waive off the debts within three months.
She expressed regret that her government always cooperated (with the Centre) on positive issues, but was “never” reciprocated by.
She accused the Modi government of being “interested more in giving advertisements” rather than any proper work.
Ms Banerjee also spoke on the BSF allegedly providing training to Narayani Sena of Greater Cooch Behar People’s Association and accused the Centre of pursuing divisive politics.
“Just imagine BSF is giving training to those who want to break the nation and the State. An MP (BJP MP) is writing to the Centre in favour of them (Narayani Sena) and asking it to induct them in the Indian Army. Activists of their party (BJP) are going to every household and conducting cow census. We will not tolerate such things,” Ms Banerjee said.
The BSF has denied the allegation terming it “baseless”. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kolkata/centre-cuts-state-funds-but-spends-money-on-pms-suit/article9038180.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/ec70077cd4e855acce19957c613a47d5f03e1831c2c68b38bab1a712dade01c5.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T06:55:48 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Former Home Minister P. Kannan has sought the resignation of Puducherry Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy over the leak of sector-wise allocation before the budget was presented in the Assembly.
The C | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2Fpuducherry%2Fnarayanasamys-resignation-sought%2Farticle9046094.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Narayanasamy’s resignation sought | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Over the leak of sector-wise allocation before the budget was presented in the Assembly.
Former Home Minister P. Kannan has sought the resignation of Puducherry Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy over the leak of sector-wise allocation before the budget was presented in the Assembly.
The Chief Minister has violated the oath of secrecy by posting the budget details on the government website. “He should either resign or the appropriate authority should take action against him for the constitutional violation,” he told The Hindu. In 1974, the government led by Subrahmanyan Ramaswamy, fourth Chief Minister of the Union Territory, had to demit office on the same issue, he added. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/puducherry/narayanasamys-resignation-sought/article9046094.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/cf8b3604eddf8158f29a7a97144fb9cb3f5706fd0b60ea4e6bdb393e45673e00.json |
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] | 2016-08-28T14:52:16 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | PMK youth wing leader Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss on Saturday has urged J.P. Nadda, Minister of Health and Family Welfare, to issue ‘clear and detailed’ directives that would dispel confusion among students | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Ftamil-nadu%2Fanbumani-seeks-clarity-on-medical-admissions%2Farticle9041694.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Anbumani seeks clarity on medical admissions | null | null | www.thehindu.com | PMK youth wing leader Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss on Saturday has urged J.P. Nadda, Minister of Health and Family Welfare, to issue ‘clear and detailed’ directives that would dispel confusion among students participating in the medical college admission process after NEET was introduced.
In a letter to Mr. Nadda, Mr. Ramadoss said that there was confusion about how the seats in private colleges would be filled because there were nearly 4.09 lakh students, who had qualified in the national entrance examinations for admissions into medical and dental colleges, competing for 51,000 seats that were currently available.
“The challenge is now in counselling and allocating seats to these students. It would be practically effective to perform this task via the respective State governments, but it has been announced that the national reservation seats will be filled via online systems and the rest of the students have to contact Directorate of Medical Education. There is no clarity on admissions to private medical colleges and Ms. Vimala, Directorate of Medical Education, Tamil Nadu, has informed that she has no information on the above,” said Dr. Anbumani.
He said there would be eight students competing for a seat.
“So, if there are 800 students competing for 100 seats in deemed medical colleges, there is a great risk that the management may accept applications of those who pay a higher capitation fee and reject the rest,” he said.
He said the Centre should pass an order that the admissions to the private medical colleges and deemed medical universities should be completed via single window system by respective State governments.
“The NEET is against social justice and State Autonomy. Medical colleges should be given permanent exception from this process,” said Dr. Anbumani. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/anbumani-seeks-clarity-on-medical-admissions/article9041694.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/c2980d43eb349edfb928ac8f3c93dacf05ece2ab039b7741914814d37654a554.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T04:51:58 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | An employee of an IT firm was raped at knifepoint by an unidentified man at her paying guest (PG) accommodation in Parappana Agrahara police station limits on Monday.
The victim,&nbs | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2Fbangalore%2Ftn-techie-raped-at-knifepoint%2Farticle9054160.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | TN techie raped at knifepoint | null | null | www.thehindu.com | An employee of an IT firm was raped at knifepoint by an unidentified man at her paying guest (PG) accommodation in Parappana Agrahara police station limits on Monday.
The victim, who is aged around 25 years, is from Tamil Nadu and was staying in the PG accommodation for the past several months, police sources have said
The incident took place on Monday when she was alone i her room. An unidentified man managed to enter her room and allegedly raped her at knifepoint before fleeing, the police added.
A case has been registered by the Parappana Agrahara police.
On Tuesday, V.S. Ugrappa, Chairperson of the Expert Committee on Prevention of Sexual Violence against Women and Children, visited the victim and discussed the case with the police officials. He also directed the police officials to draw up a plan to ensure safety of women living in PG accommodations in the city | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/tn-techie-raped-at-knifepoint/article9054160.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/69e82d943495a5127782fa64348c1fda9182675d574d52a91210f9797e859e8e.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T14:50:24 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Pakistan on Friday “regretted” India’s virtual rejection of its proposal for talks on Kashmir even as it briefed the ambassadors of the P—5 and European Union countries about the situation there in y | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Finternational%2Fpakistan-regrets-indias-rejection-of-discuss-kashmir-proposal%2Farticle9036720.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Pakistan regrets India’s rejection of ‘discuss Kashmir’ proposal | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Pakistan on Friday “regretted” India’s virtual rejection of its proposal for talks on Kashmir even as it briefed the ambassadors of the P—5 and European Union countries about the situation there in yet another attempt to internationalise the issue.
Adviser to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz briefed the Ambassadors of the Permanent Members of the UN Security Council —— China, France, Russia, the UK and the US —— and the European Union —— here about the alleged “killings and serious human rights violations” being committed in Kashmir, a Foreign Office statement said.
While regretting “the refusal from the Indian side” to hold talks on Kashmir, Mr. Aziz also briefed the ambassadors over the exchange of letters between Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry and his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar.
Pakistan’s move came after India hardened its stance further and once again virtually rejected Pakistan’s latest invitation for talks on Kashmir, saying it is willing to discuss cross—border terrorism which was its “core concern”.
Replying to his Pakistani counterpart Mr. Chaudhry’s fresh invitation of August 19 to visit Islamabad by the end of this month to discuss Kashmir dispute, Mr. Jaishankar had said in a letter he was willing to discuss terrorism emanating from Pakistan’s territory which was India’s core concern.
At his meeting with the ambassadors, Mr. Aziz “deplored the lethal use of force by the Indian forces against the innocent Kashmiri people and conveyed serious concerns over the bloodshed” in Kashmir which has taken a “toll of more than 80 innocent Kasmiris since July 8, 2016, and inflicted injuries on more than 7,000 people,” the Foreign Office statement said.
Mr. Aziz stated that the international community, especially the permanent members of the UN Security Council and the European Union have an important role to uphold the principles of human rights and international humanitarian law. He urged them to fulfil their commitments to the people of Jammu and Kashmir under the UN Security Council resolutions.
“The Adviser said that Pakistan welcomes the UN Secretary General’s offer and would be ready to engage in a dialogue to resolve the Jammu and Kashmir dispute,” the statement said.
“The P—5 and EU Ambassadors stressed the need to resolve the issue peacefully. They also acknowledged the importance of dialogue to address this long standing issue and the prevailing grave situation,” it said.
The war of words between the two nations comes amid a strain in bilateral ties over the continuing unrest in Kashmir with Islamabad issuing provoking statements on the turmoil following the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani last month.
Wani was hailed as a martyr by Pakistan, which also tried to internationalise the Kashmir issue with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and the country’s foreign office writing to a host of countries besides the United Nations, while India has been maintaining that Pakistan—sponsored terrorism in the Valley is the root cause of the turbulence. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/pakistan-regrets-indias-rejection-of-discuss-kashmir-proposal/article9036720.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/2435b39ddd121c62c87f2ec2baadb4d09a7a2c3e1d0d1daafef2744fb82c389b.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T18:52:25 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | It is a proud moment for India that just days before the canonisation of Mother Teresa in Rome, her life-size bronze statue has been unveiled at Archbishop House by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fopinion%2Fletters%2Fsaint-teresa%2Farticle9051367.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Saint Teresa | null | null | www.thehindu.com | It is a proud moment for India that just days before the canonisation of Mother Teresa in Rome, her life-size bronze statue has been unveiled at Archbishop House by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee (‘Life’ page – “Life-size statue of Mother Teresa unveiled”, Aug. 27). One hopes that on the day of her canonisation, the Centre dedicates it as one to ‘Love and peace’.
R. Sivakumar, Chennai
Mother Teresa’s name has become the metaphor for selflessness and goodness. In these difficult times and when there are many examples of indignities against the poor, one can only agree that some of her sayings have great relevance: “Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat”; “Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless” and, finally, “Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble work” are three I can think of.
George John, Dehradun | http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/letters/saint-teresa/article9051367.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/ae02dbc9249319cfe1193c3e6e283b299b83acf2ba1199936cbc16fd25a0b9c3.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T14:54:53 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | One section of the stands was full, and the players responded by raising their game. The contest intensified under floodlights as India Green made a game attempt at the target of 497 runs on the penu | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fsport%2Fcricket%2Fkuldeep-puts-the-skids-on-greens-chase%2Farticle9032661.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02986/TH26DULEEP__2986023c.jpg | en | null | Kuldeep puts the skids on Green’s chase | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The left-arm chinaman bowler scalps five, leaving Red with just three wickets to get on the final day
One section of the stands was full, and the players responded by raising their game. The contest intensified under floodlights as India Green made a game attempt at the target of 497 runs on the penultimate day of its Duleep Trophy match against India Red, but faltered against the chinaman skills of Kuldeep Yadav.
The youngster returned his maiden five-wicket haul in First-Class cricket and sent Green to stumps at 217 for seven.
Resuming on 344 for three, Red ended up with 486 to take a firm grip on the match, with Gurkeerat Mann making a rapid 82.
Green openers Robin Uthappa and Jalaj Saxena continued in the same vein as the Red batsmen, showcasing their natural flair and picking easy boundaries. Saxena, a natural when belting the ball, and Uthappa, a compulsive shot-maker, caused anxiety in the Red ranks as the score mounted at a rapid pace.
But Yuvraj Singh did not relent and maintained an attacking field, and the breakthrough came when Saxena played on.
Faced with a monumental task, the Green batsmen had little choice but to attempt to come up with their best. Uthappa flayed the attack and enjoyed his stay in the middle, timing his shots brilliantly and scoring mostly through boundaries. He looked in excellent form, picking the ball early.
But he misread one from Kuldeep and edged to slip. Yuvraj’s smart catch bending forward ended a fine knock.
Kuldeep, mixing things up cleverly, foxed Rajat Paliwal, trapping him in front, and then packed off Parthiv Patel with a delivery that beat the batsman on pace.
However, left-handers Suresh Raina and Saurabh Tiwary dug in to put up 54 runs for the fifth wicket.
The last session was dominated by Kuldeep as Green was stifled into submission, ending the day 280 runs in arrears and three wickets in hand.
What was impressive was that Kuldeep’s best came in conditions not best suited for spinners.
Green leg-spinner Shreyas Gopal, who finished with five himself, said: “You have to bowl good-length balls on the stumps as much as possible. We did not have many wickets between bat-pad, [but struck] mostly when the batsmen played the wrong line because there was not much help from the pitch. There was no drastic spin.”
The scores: India Red — 1st innings: 161
India Green — 1st innings: 151
India Red — 2nd innings: K.S. Bharat b Rajpoot 20 (20b, 2x4, 1x6), Abhinav Mukund c Tiwary b Dinda 169 (221b, 20x4), Sudip Chatterjee lbw b Gopal 114 (182b, 14x4), Yuvraj Singh c & b Saxena 10 (18b, 1x4, 1x6), Gurkeerat Mann st Parthiv b Gopal 82 (96b, 13x4, 1x6), K.B. Arun Karthik lbw b Gopal 14 (27b, 1x4, 1x6), Kuldeep Yadav c Sandeep b Ojha 28 (62b, 4x4), Akshay Wakhare lbw b Gopal 0 (7b), Anureet Singh (not out) 33 (54b, 2x4, 3x6), Ishwar Pandey b Ojha 0 (3b), Nathu Singh b Gopal 6 (12b, 1x6); Extras (b-7, lb-2, nb-1) 10; Total (in 116.5 overs): 486.
Fall of wickets: 1-39, 2-279, 3-300, 4-370, 5-404, 6-425, 7-431, 8-480, 9-480.
India Green bowling: Sandeep Sharma 16-2-69-0, Ashoke Dinda 21-6-69-1, Ankit Rajpoot 17-1-77-1, Jalaj Saxena 22-0-74-1, Pragyan Ojha 11-1-58-2, Shreyas Gopal 28.5-4-123-5, Rajat Paliwal 1-0-7-0.
India Green — 2nd innings: Robin Uthappa c Yuvraj b Kuldeep 72 (66b, 10x4, 1x6), Jalaj Saxena b Pandey 26 (26b, 6x4), Parthiv Patel lbw b Kuldeep 21 (66b, 4x4), Rajat Paliwal lbw b Kuldeep 0 (2b), Suresh Raina (batting) 42 (53b, 2x4, 2x6), Saurabh Tiwary lbw b Kuldeep 31 (51b, 4x4), Shreyas Gopal c Bharat b Anureet 3 (12b), Sandeep Sharma b Kuldeep 0 (1b), Ashoke Dinda (batting) 10 (6b, 2x4), Extras (lb-5, nb-7) 12; Total (for seven wkts in 46 overs) 217.
Fall of wickets: 1-66, 2-122, 3-122, 4-131, 5-185, 6-198, 7-199.
India Red bowling: Anureet Singh 10-2-46-1, Nathu Singh 8-0-55-0, Akshay Wakhare 6-0-24-0, Ishwar Pandey 8-2-26-1, Kuldeep Yadav 13-1-55-5, Gurkeerat Mann 1-0-6-0. | http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/kuldeep-puts-the-skids-on-greens-chase/article9032661.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/c9cdfbe9401765fa3e63565fcab076015ad90691490cdd73e625996725d5d4f8.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T00:56:40 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | When S. Avinash, along with his parents Swaminathan and Latha, and sister Uthra, was watching
Chennaiyil Oru Naal,
’ a movie that revolves around organ donation, a few weeks ago, he told | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Ftamil-nadu%2Fit-was-his-wish%2Farticle9034214.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02986/25AUG--OrgansHa_26_2986879c.jpg | en | null | ‘It was his wish’ | null | null | www.thehindu.com | When S. Avinash, along with his parents Swaminathan and Latha, and sister Uthra, was watching Chennaiyil Oru Naal, ’ a movie that revolves around organ donation, a few weeks ago, he told his father that he would like his organs to be donated if something untoward were to happen to him.
“In a fit of rage, I beat him and told him not to speak in a silly manner. When the most unfortunate thing happened to my son, who would be so active and helpful to others, I decided to donate his organs to give a new life to those who are facing imminent death,” said the inconsolable father while his wife Latha, with their daughter, stood sobbing at a distance. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/it-was-his-wish/article9034214.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/dffc522a9b9441623c2424ad690037cd0392fd467e88d6f8d7641d931ea937f6.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T11:00:59 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | New CBSE and ICSE schools across Karnataka will now have no option but to adhere to the State government’s “Child Protection Policy for Education Institutions.”In order to make child safety a priority | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2Fbangalore%2Fstate-tweaks-conditions-to-make-child-safety-a-priority%2Farticle9047823.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | State tweaks conditions to make child safety a priority | null | null | www.thehindu.com | New CBSE and ICSE schools across Karnataka will now have no option but to adhere to the State government’s “Child Protection Policy for Education Institutions.”
In order to make child safety a priority, the State government has tweaked the prerequisite conditions necessary for schools to obtain an NoC, which is necessary for school managements to get permission from their respective boards.
The clause states that besides fulfilling all other criterion, the school managements will also be governed by the government of Karnataka’s regulations for safety and security of students.
The move has been made as several CBSE and ICSE schools were not adhering to the Child Protection Policy for Education Institutions that was approved in April this year.
“The aim of introducing this clause is to ensure that schools fall in line and adhere to the policy in the interest of safety of children,” said Tanveer Sait, Primary and Secondary Education Minister.
Mr. Sait said that seven new schools, who were seeking NoC, were given these certificates under the new clause and said that the same would be given in future to new school managements who seek permission.
The officials of the Education Department also said that the clause now gives them more power to carry out periodic checks and inspections to ensure if all the safety guidelines were complied with. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/state-tweaks-conditions-to-make-child-safety-a-priority/article9047823.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/a4b17c278865c31038e1a9dbd53ee91689e9d903b67bc0953be93b544578a0b2.json |
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] | 2016-08-28T22:58:18 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | The Ministry of External Affairs has decided to simplify and streamline the procedure of police verification in respect of the passport applications submitted for the first time under normal category. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FVisakhapatnam%2Fpassport-first-police-verification-later%2Farticle9035068.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Passport first, police verification later | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The Ministry of External Affairs has decided to simplify and streamline the procedure of police verification in respect of the passport applications submitted for the first time under normal category.
It has come out with a scheme, wherein a fresh passport could be issued on post verification basis. If an applicant submits Aadhaar card, Electoral Photo Identity Card (EPIC), PAN Card and an affidavit in the format of Annexure-I, passport will be issued immediately on Post Police Verification basis, without any additional fee, according to Passport Officer NLP Choudary.
However, all these documents will be verified online by the passport authorities before granting the passport. The applicant should ensure that the details mentioned in the documents should tally with the particulars furnished in his/her passport application.
When an applicant applying for a fresh passport along with the requisite documents, i.e., date of birth proof, proof for Non-ECR category etc., submits the additional three documents mentioned above with an affidavit as per Annexure-I, then he/she will be granted passport on post verification basis, subject to the successful validation of the documents from the database of the issuing authorities. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/passport-first-police-verification-later/article9035068.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/9d4bc76305cfea9e71152ad1b5d4acad7f58b01fbd2e407f9ac4628beb2068ae.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T10:54:46 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | The Popular Front of India (PFI) will launch a nationwide campaign ‘Against Hate Politics’ from September 1 to September 30 to promote brotherhood and national integrity.PFI State treasurer Mohammad | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fkarnataka%2Fpfi-to-hold-nationwide-campaign-against-hate-politics%2Farticle9046799.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | PFI to hold nationwide campaign against hate politics | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The Popular Front of India (PFI) will launch a nationwide campaign ‘Against Hate Politics’ from September 1 to September 30 to promote brotherhood and national integrity.
PFI State treasurer Mohammad Mohsin, addressing presspersons in Kalaburagi on Monday, accused the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre of indulging in communal politics. Mr. Mohsin alleged that the atrocities against Muslims and Dalits have increased under the BJP rule in last two years.
The campaign will be launched at Kanyakumari on September 1 and will conclude in New Delhi on September 30. In the State, it is scheduled to kick off from Davanagere on September 2. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/pfi-to-hold-nationwide-campaign-against-hate-politics/article9046799.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/b078915287043217390137d274701835f1fee4c8a42b83d2c73b495f0b44287a.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T02:52:59 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Mega B inauguratedMega B Association of the Department of Business Administration of S. S. Duraisamy Nadar Mariammal College, Kovilpatti, was inaugurated on August 11. D. Naveen, second- year B.B.A., | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Ftamil-nadu%2Fon-campus%2Farticle9044381.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02990/19-aug-thsam-On_ma_2990535c.jpg | en | null | On Campus | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Moulding the young:(From left) Office-bearers of the students’ association of the Department of ECE, Pandian Saraswathi Yadav Engineering College; winners of an inter-collegiate meet organised by Nadar Mahajana Sangam Sermathai Vasan College for Women; and overall winners of the annual sports meet of Sethu Institute of Technology.
Moulding the young:(From left) Office-bearers of the students’ association of the Department of ECE, Pandian Saraswathi Yadav Engineering College; winners of an inter-collegiate meet organised by Nadar Mahajana Sangam Sermathai Vasan College for Women; and overall winners of the annual sports meet of Sethu Institute of Technology.
Moulding the young:(From left) Office-bearers of the students’ association of the Department of ECE, Pandian Saraswathi Yadav Engineering College; winners of an inter-collegiate meet organised by Nadar Mahajana Sangam Sermathai Vasan College for Women; and overall winners of the annual sports meet of Sethu Institute of Technology.
Mega B inaugurated
Mega B Association of the Department of Business Administration of S. S. Duraisamy Nadar Mariammal College, Kovilpatti, was inaugurated on August 11. D. Naveen, second- year B.B.A., welcomed the gathering. D. Kathambarajan, Principal, delivered the presidential address. P. Marishkannan, Co-ordinator of Mega B Association, introduced the office-bearers.
Phyonics 2016
An inter-collegiate meet, ‘Phyonics 2016,’ of the Department of Physics of Nadar Mahajana Sangam Sermathai Vasan College for Women, Madurai, was inaugurated by M. Arulmozhi, Associate Professor, Jeyaraj Annapackiyam College, recently. She also delivered a lecture on ‘Physics determines the future.’ Various competitions were also conducted for the participants. The overall winner of the event was Ambiga College for Women, Madurai, and the second place went to V.V.V. College for Women, Virudhunagar.
Department of Business Administration of the college organised an inter-collegiate meet on August 5. K. C. Gurusamy, Managing Partner of Kaycee Plasto Pack Industries, Virudhunagar, delivered a talk on ‘The Signature’ in the inaugural session. Competitions were conducted for the participants from nine colleges. The overall winner shield was won by Lady Doak College and the runner-up was Madurai Sivakasi Nadar Pioneer Meenakshi Women’s College.
The Internal Quality Assurance Cell of the college conducted an orientation programme for freshers recently. IQAC co-ordinator M. Valliammal welcomed the gathering. Aasha Sampath, psychologist, delivered a lecture on “How to achieve your goal?” NAAC Co-ordinator K.P.B. Seema proposed a vote of thanks.
Kalam remembered
Rich tributes were paid to former President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam on his first death anniversary at Madurai Sivakasi Nadars' Pioneer Meenakshi Women’ s College, Poovanthi, at a function organised on July 28. V. Ponraj, who was scientific advisor to Kalam, delivered a talk on the occasion. Saplings were also planted on the campus. K.P. Murugan, charter president, Rotary Club of Madurai Gems, delivered the introductory speech. R.V.N. Kannan delivered the presidential address.
Freshers' Day
Freshers' Day was conducted at Ramco Institute of Technology, Rajapalayam, on July 25. P.R. Ramasubrahmaneya Rajha, chairman, governing council, presided over the function. M. S. Palanichamy, former Vice-Chancellor, Tamil Nadu Open University, advised the students not to be bogged down by failures. R. V. Mahendra Gowda, Principal, welcomed the gathering.
Office-bearers
Office-bearers of the Students' Forum of Dr. Umayal Ramanathan College for Women, Karaikudi, were sworn in at a function organised on July 28. The Principal, S. Jeyashree, delivered the presidential address. A. Meenatchisundararajan, Coordinator of Dr. Alagappa Group of Educational Institutions, addressed the students. R. Kaleeswari of Department of Mathematics proposed a vote of thanks.
Eblaze ’16
Eblaze ’16, students association of the Department of ECE, was inaugurated at Pandian Saraswathi Yadav Engineering College, Arasanoor, on August 5 by K. Kumar, Divisional Engineer, BSNL. S.P. Varadharajan, Managing Director, presided over the function. V. Dharmalingam, Principal, offered felicitations. R. Raja, Head of the department, introduced the office-bearers of ‘Eblaze’16.’
Department of Computer Science Engineering of the college conducted the inaugural of CSE Stduent’s Association on July 28. A. John Prabhu Kumar of Infosys, the chief guest, highlighted the need for students to develop soft skills. Head, Department of Computer Science Engineering, S. Athirayan welcomed the gathering.
Students donate blood
The NSS units of Vickram Engineering College, Enathi, organised a blood donation camp in association with Sivaganga Government Medical College and Hospital on August 5. About 50 units of blood were donated by students at the camp, which was inaugurated by the Principal, S. Nagarajan.
Sports meet
The 21s{+t}annual sports meet of Sethu Institute of Technology, Kariapatti, was held on August 10. Former Indian hockey player and Arjuna awardee N. Mohammed Riyaz and former Indian football player Syed Sabir Basha distributed prizes to the winners and addressed the students. Chairman S.M. Mohammed Jaleel presided over the function. Physical Education Director P. Senthil Kumar presented the annual sports report.
Saplings planted
NCC cadets of Saiva Bhanu Kshatriya College, Aruppukottai, planted saplings on the campus in memory of former President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam on his first death anniversary on July 27. P. Govindaraj, Head, Department of Chemistry, welcomed the gathering. M. Chandramouleeswaran, Head, Department of Mathematics, conducted a quiz programme for the students. N. Muthuselvan, Principal, offered felicitations. P. Sankarasekaran, secretary, presided over the function. Ga. Bakavathiappan, Head, Department of Zoology, proposed a vote of thanks.
A mathematical modelling exhibition for school students was organised by the PG and Research Department of Mathematics on July 19. Sixty five students of the department demonstrated 32 models at the exhibition.
EEE association
The EEE Association of Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering of P.S.R. Engineering College, Sivakasi, was inaugurated by Group Captain Balakrishnan Balaji, senior test engineer, Indian Air Force, on August 10. R. Madavan welcomed the gathering. R. Solaisamy, Managing Trustee, and Vigneswari Arunkumar presided over the function. S. Ramesh, Head of the department, briefed about the activities of the association and introduced the office-bearers. B.G. Vishnuram, Principal, delivered the inaugural address. K.R. Viswanathan, Director, addressed the gathering. P. Sarathchandran proposed a vote of thanks.
A social awareness camp on “Electrical energy conservation and safety” was conducted by the department at Appayanaickenpatti village on July 30. Students D. Kiranraj and K. Vigneshkumar demonstrated the methods of power conservation and safety.
Lecture on breastfeeding
The NSS units, Gender Cell and Study Circle of Sri Kaliswari College, Sivakasi, organised a lecture on ‘Breastfeeding’ by K. Aarthy of Vijaya Nursing Home on August 4. R. Muthulakshmi, Vice-Principal, welcomed the gathering. J. Jasmine Bhastina, NSS Programme Officer, proposed a vote of thanks.
PG Department of Commerce of the college organised a lecture on the topic ‘Be positive’ by K. Ramdoss, Placement Officer, on August 5. S. Krishnamurthy, Principal, chaired the session.
The Association of Management Studies was inaugurated by M. Rajasekaran, Dean, Ayya Nadar Janaki Ammal College, on July 20. The Commerce Association was inaugurated by S. Krishnamurthy, Principal. The Gender Cell organised an awareness programme on “Anti-ragging” on July 27 with V. Chandrasekaran, advocate, as the resource person.
Competitions for students and planting of saplings marked the observance of the first death anniversary of former President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam on July 27. About 80 students participated in various competitions.
Fine Arts Fiesta
Youth Welfare Forum of Standard Fireworks Rajaratnam College for Women, Sivakasi, conducted ‘Fine Arts Fiesta 2016’ on August 5 and 6. Principal D. Sasireka presided over the event. Classical dance, imitation dance, folk dance, mime, vocal duet and one-act play were some of the stage events organised at the fiesta, apart from non-stage events.
As part of NSS extension activity, students of the college organised a self-employment training programme at Samynatham on August 7. It was inaugurated by Dr. Sasireka. NSS Programme Officer S. Dhanalakshmi of the Department of Tamil addressed the participants. S. Siva Sakthi, craft teacher, trained 30 persons in preparing wall hangings.
Entrepreneurship programme
An entrepreneurship awareness programme was held at Arasan Ganesan Polytechnic College, Sivakasi, on July 29. T. Kannan, Deputy Director Manager, District Industries Centre, welcomed the participants. M. Nandakumar, Principal, in his presidential address, advised the students to be job providers and not job seekers. R. Vasirajan, Assistant Director, Khadi and Village Industries Commission, wanted the students to dream to become entrepreneurs. S.P.G.C. Brindavan, president, Virudhunagar District Tiny and Small Scale Industries Association, narrated the success stories of entrepreneurs. A. Siva of District Industries Centre explained the various employment generation programmes such as Unemployed Youth Employment Generation Programme, Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme and New Entrepreneur-cum-Enterprise Development Scheme. Nagarajan, Director, VIDITSSIA, proposed a vote of thanks. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/on-campus/article9044381.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/6d08fb12d5d571ab7d7e22f807ce5e428b8426dbb7c04de4a3a053f8d6339643.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T20:54:51 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Santhan, one of the life convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, has issued a defamation notice to K. Ragothaman, former CBI official demanding an apology for reportedly defaming him in his | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Ftamil-nadu%2Fsanthan-issues-defamation-notice-to-former-cbi-official%2Farticle9051300.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Santhan issues defamation notice to former CBI official | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Santhan, one of the life convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, has issued a defamation notice to K. Ragothaman, former CBI official demanding an apology for reportedly defaming him in his book “Rajiv Kolai Vazhakku”.
Issuing the notice on behalf of Santhan, advocate P. Pugalenthi has said that his client (Santhan) had come across Mr. Ragothaman’s book. In a photograph taken at the assassination spot, the former CBI official has identified a person, who is having a towel with tri-colour border on his shoulder, as Santhan.
It carried the caption that it was known that this was “Chinna” Santhan after completion of investigation.
However, Santhan has denied that it was him. His correct photograph appears in another page of the book.
Santhan has stated that he was innocent and falsely implicated in the murder of the former Prime Minister.
“As could be seen from the above statement of yours, you had completed the investigation without even verifying the identity of my client. You appear to have reached a conclusion about the identity of my client only after he had suffered imprisonment for more than 18 years, that is, in November 2009,” the advocate has said in the notice. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/santhan-issues-defamation-notice-to-former-cbi-official/article9051300.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/b04283b2ac07437fae9859e3891fe01d9f60ac07f67e918a4b846870b62b65b6.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T14:54:48 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Tradition wants to keep its place but innovation occurs and looks to make space for itself in a constantly evolving world.When Bishan Singh Bedi, the eternal proponent of “proper” cricket, questions | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fsport%2Fcricket%2Fbedi-and-ganguly-weigh-in-on-the-traditioninnovation-conflict%2Farticle9032655.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02986/TH26BISH_2986018c.jpg | en | null | Bedi and Ganguly weigh in on the tradition-innovation conflict | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Tradition wants to keep its place but innovation occurs and looks to make space for itself in a constantly evolving world.
When Bishan Singh Bedi, the eternal proponent of “proper” cricket, questions what he feels is endless experimentation, Sourav Ganguly, the chairman of the BCCI’s technical committee, presents the counterargument.
“Why are we doing this?” asks Bedi.
“Need of the hour,” counters Ganguly.
They are players from different eras but bound by a common purpose: the betterment of the game.
Bedi has his ideas. So does Ganguly.
“We don’t need this experiment with the pink ball. Why? The last Test at Sydney was a sell out. The Oval Test between England and Pakistan drew a full house. And there was no pink ball there,” says Bedi, evidently underwhelmed with the fare on offer at the ongoing Duleep Trophy match here.
Ganguly is convinced that long-form cricket under floodlights and with the pink ball attracts more spectators to the venue.
“Few are interested in coming to the ground in the morning and spending the day here. What is the point of playing in front of nobody? We feel this is the way forward. It is an experiment worth an attempt. Give it some time,” Ganguly says.
“Attract them with good cricket,” insists Bedi. “Don’t have pink ball stuff just for the heck of it. I feel we need to market Test cricket professionally, like the IPL. If you can do it with shorter formats of the game then why not with Test cricket? The administrators have to sell Test cricket properly; organise good contests. Why are the administrators shirking their responsibility towards preserving history and tradition?”
“Cricket was not meant to be messed around with. It was a leisurely game and aimed at getting people out of recession. Able-bodied people who did not play cricket were treated as outcasts. But things have changed drastically. Players have changed. The spectators have changed. The spectators earlier went to see. Now they go to be seen. There is obvious difference,” says an indignant Bedi.
On the Duleep Trophy, Bedi says he is disappointed with the format too.
“What allegiance would a player have to Blue, Green and Red, instead of the Zones of the past? To me, commitment was missing. I could make out their lack of enthusiasm. It is not just about the pink ball. We have to take other aspects of the game also into account,” says Bedi.
“Please don’t mess around with the game!”
On the other hand, Ganguly says he would be happy if the new experiment clicks.
“Our main aim is to bring in spectators to the venue. This step is in that direction,” he says. | http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/bedi-and-ganguly-weigh-in-on-the-traditioninnovation-conflict/article9032655.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/f34671db8f705e2c27ade53b3bea3c982a9dcd8fbceef9b10e7c96e38c443596.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T20:52:12 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | The proposal for a India-U.K. Free Trade Agreement (FTA) got a boost with talks that U.K. Secretary of State for International Trade Liam Fox held on Monday with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Com | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fbusiness%2FIndustry%2Findiauk-fta-prospects-get-a-boost-as-fox-holds-talks-with-centre%2Farticle9046597.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | India-U.K. FTA prospects get a boost as Fox holds talks with Centre | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The proposal for a India-U.K. Free Trade Agreement (FTA) got a boost with talks that U.K. Secretary of State for International Trade Liam Fox held on Monday with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Commerce & Industry minister Nirmala Sitharaman. “He (Fox) mentioned about the new FTA, depending on terms and conditions of UK’s withdrawal arrangement from the EU,” a finance ministry statement said. Sitharaman said , “Yes, there is a possibility of an FTA with the U.K.”
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] | 2016-08-29T04:56:14 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | Thirty-eight-year-old Namita Kumar, a 38-year old living with thalassaemia, is very anxious because at the moment she is left with just one box of Desferal 500 mg — the life-saving injection that she | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2Fbangalore%2Fthalassaemia-patients-worried-about-shortage-of-lifesaving-drug%2Farticle9042602.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Thalassaemia patients worried about shortage of life-saving drug | null | null | www.thehindu.com | They say Desferal 500 mg, used to remove excess iron from the body, is in short supply.
Thirty-eight-year-old Namita Kumar, a 38-year old living with thalassaemia, is very anxious because at the moment she is left with just one box of Desferal 500 mg — the life-saving injection that she has to use five times a week. “One box is just enough for three transfusions as I need at least three vials per transfusion. There is an acute shortage of this medicine and I do not know what to do,” she says.
This is not an isolated problem, but one faced by many across the country who are struggling to get the life-saving drug. The injection, they say, has been in short supply in the last one year and patients who had stocked it are sharing it among themselves. Desferal is widely used to remove excess iron from the body that accumulates due to frequent blood transfusion. If not taken regularly, the excess iron will damage vital organs.
While Novartis, the company that manufactures the drug, denies that there is any shortage, Thalassaemia Society of Karnataka president Prabir Mukherjee says the shortage has been particularly acute in the past one month.
Even societies have no stock
“Thalassaemia societies in Delhi and Mumbai, who buy it directly from the manufacturer, also do not have a stock now,” he says.
This is corroborated by Shobha Tuli, President of the Federation of Indian Thalassaemics, who says the drug has been out of stock in Delhi for the last 15 days. “We give free medicine to 67 children of which 22 are dependent on Desferal as no other medicine suits them. We don’t have a single vial available for them,” she says.
In reply to an e-mail query, a Novartis spokesperson said: “At present, there are sufficient stocks of Desferal 500 mg to meet the needs of patients. Also, alternative chelation drugs are widely available.”
Patients say Desferal 500 mg, used to remove excess iron from the body, is in short supply. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/thalassaemia-patients-worried-about-shortage-of-lifesaving-drug/article9042602.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/a4b9ef2f7ced89af4f8a1966f3b56177d4f3273418c2d847c054a1dbb2f5d831.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T18:59:25 | null | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | ITC has filed a suit against Britannia Industries Ltd. (BIL) for “copying biscuit packaging”, the multi-product conglomerate said on Thursday.The case has been filed in the Delhi High Court for allege | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fbusiness%2FIndustry%2Fitc-moves-court-against-britannia%2Farticle9032452.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | ITC moves court against Britannia | null | null | www.thehindu.com | ITC has said the issue is not likely to impact its operations or performance
ITC has filed a suit against Britannia Industries Ltd. (BIL) for “copying biscuit packaging”, the multi-product conglomerate said on Thursday.
The case has been filed in the Delhi High Court for alleged copying by Britannia of ITC’s ‘trade dress and colour combination of ITC’s Sunfeast Farmlite Digestive ALL GOOD’ biscuit packages for Britannia’s Nutrichoice Digestive Zero biscuit packages, according to a stock exchange filing by ITC.
It, however, said this “is not likely to impact ITC’s operations or performance”. It also said that the case, filed on August 20, would come up for hearing on August 31.
ITC, which gave these clarifications in response to a query by the stock exchange, declined any comment on this issue.
Confirming the development, Britannia told the stock exchange that the matter came up for hearing on August 22 and 24 but no injunction (stay) has been granted as of now. “As the matter is sub-judice, we cannot comment anything further on this matter.” The organised biscuit market is estimated at about Rs.26,000 crores in which Britannia is among the leading players. | http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/itc-moves-court-against-britannia/article9032452.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/84d53890662f99962a19edd899f4caf1824672d0ab4fceef12d6d31657a9c707.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T18:52:03 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | The Indian senior men’s and women’s sailing team will soon have a foreign coach. It is reliably learnt that a Briton based in Australia has been finalised as the head coach by the Yachting Associatio | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fsport%2Fother-sports%2Fforeign-coach-for-national-sailing-team%2Farticle9046709.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Foreign coach for national sailing team | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The Indian senior men’s and women’s sailing team will soon have a foreign coach. It is reliably learnt that a Briton based in Australia has been finalised as the head coach by the Yachting Association of India (YAI) and his name has been forwarded to the Government of India for formal approval.
“YAI had shortlisted around 21 names and the Briton was chosen among them. We expect him to come on board very soon,” said a source to The Hindu here on Monday. He will be in charge of the team for the 2018 Asiad and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
The services of Peter Conway, who trained the Indian team previously, were terminated in June this year. His tenure was till March 2017.
While thanking the Tamil Nadu Government for giving 2.75 acres of land to the TN Sailing Association (TNSA) for an academy, TNSA said it was looking forward to sign the MoU with Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu. This may be the beginning of many good things to come.
After the completion of the project, TNSA is keen to host the 2019 ISAF Youth World championship here, said Ashok R. Thakkar, Commodore of the TNSA. | http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/foreign-coach-for-national-sailing-team/article9046709.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/f69bac4b3c6fd4e030cf2c9e76fac98ea12701f94522444eb5e9d11f4fe2a388.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T04:51:13 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Defence Secretary Ashton Carter has said India’s designation as a ‘major defence partner’ would allow the U.S. to cooperate with it — in both strategic and technological domains —— at par with its cl | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Finternational%2Findias-major-defence-partner-tag-deepens-ties-with-us-carter%2Farticle9048915.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02992/INDO-USPTI4_12_201_2992047c.jpg | en | null | India’s major defence partner tag deepens ties with US: Carter | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The two leaders, he said, decided to significantly expand the scope and activities of Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI).
Defence Secretary Ashton Carter has said India’s designation as a ‘major defence partner’ would allow the U.S. to cooperate with it — in both strategic and technological domains —— at par with its closet and most long-standing allies.
“First of all with respect to the major defence partnership agreement, that is a very substantial change. It’s an enormous change from 50 years of history. And a very substantial advance over just a few months ago,” Mr. Carter told Pentagon reporters at a news conference along with Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar.
“And here’s the gist of it. It will allow the United States and India to cooperate, which speaking from the U.S. point of view, in a way that we do only with our closest and most long-standing allies. That’s a very big change,” Mr. Carter said.
In June when Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited U.S. and met President Barack Obama, the country had designated India as a ‘major defence partner’
“The Indian government sent us before our meeting today a very lengthy, detailed and we thought very constructive paper about how to implement the major defence partnership understanding. That’s an excellent basis for the implementation of the major defence partnership,” he said.
The major defence partnership designation, has “knocked down” the previous barriers that came in the way of defence, strategic co-operation including co-production, co-development projects and exercises.
Appreciating the U.S. government’s decision, Mr. Parrikar said: “In our discussions today, we looked at how this could provide further energy and momentum to our partnership on defence technology and manufacturing. We agreed to continue efforts to establish an efficient framework to encourage tie-ups between our defence companies.”
Mr. Parrikar said U.S. is one of India’s primary sources of defence equipment, and while it has shared some of its cutting-edge platforms, he would like to take this forward to greater collaborative projects.
The two leaders, he said, decided to significantly expand the scope and activities of Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI).
Mr. Carter said the designation builds on the success of last year’s framework for the U.S.-India defence relationship.
“It will facilitate defence, trade and technology sharing with India on a level we reserve only for our closest friends and allies, and it will support both of what I have called the two important handshakes between our countries and our two militaries,” he said.
“The first is the strategic handshake. As the United States is reaching West in President Obama’s rebalance, India is reaching East in Prime Minister Modi’s Act East Policy, which will extend India’s reach further into the broader Indo—Asia—Pacific region,” he said.
The major defence partner designation will also tighten the second handshake between the two countries, the technological one, he said.
“Four years ago, the United States and India created the Defence Technology and Trade Initiative, DTTI, to leverage the convergence between our industrial and technological abilities in an unprecedented way. That initiative grasps hands with Prime Minister Modi’s Make in India campaign,” he said.
“We made important progress on that technological partnership today, also. We agreed to advance a number of collaborative projects, on jet engine technology, chemical and biological protection, aircraft carriers and other systems; all by the end of the year. That collaboration will surely bring further cooperation, co-development and co-production,” he added.
“And we’re working together and networking with other Asia—Pacific militaries to provide the security and to promote the principles, including freedom of navigation and overflight, that have benefited so many in the region, including India,” Mr. Carter said. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/indias-major-defence-partner-tag-deepens-ties-with-us-carter/article9048915.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/835af2b1a65c655628d25a7865a5f2ca24668c178a3db6513b4ce7f5ae89e5b6.json |
[
"Archana Nathan"
] | 2016-08-27T10:50:29 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | Director: Mahesh Sukhadare
Cast: Sachin, Samskruthi Shenoy, Achyuth Kumar, Rajesh Nataranga, Chikkanna
That Mahesh Sukhadare’s Happy Birthday is a launch pad for Sachin, son of JDS leader and for | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Ffeatures%2Fcinema%2Fcinema-reviews%2Fhappy-birthday-review-an-excuse-for-a-launch%2Farticle9040170.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02988/26BGFRSACHIN_AND_S_2988606c.jpg | en | null | 'Happy Birthday' review: An excuse for a launch | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The narrative takes many breaks along the way to accommodate cringe-worthy comedy sequences that comprise characters trying to grope women and sleep with them forcibly.
Director: Mahesh Sukhadare
Cast: Sachin, Samskruthi Shenoy, Achyuth Kumar, Rajesh Nataranga, Chikkanna
That Mahesh Sukhadare’s Happy Birthday is a launch pad for Sachin, son of JDS leader and former minister Cheluvarayaswamy, could not be more obvious in the film. The film has been produced by Cheluvarayaswamy’s family. The character that Sachin plays (also named Sachin) is from Nagamangala in Mandya, which is his father’s constituency. There are repeated references and encomiums directed at Mandya, its geography and people. And towards the end, Sachin is endorsed by ‘Rebel Star’ Ambareesh who says, “Naanu Mandyada gandu, ivanu muttina chandu” and asks Kannadigas across the State to bestow their love on Sachin.
Somewhere amidst this is a semblance of a story, which if traced, one realises is quite ordinary. Sachin is a man who spends his days sitting idle and lives with his brother and his wife. He spots Anjali (Samskruthi Shenoy) one night and falls in love with her immediately. He then stalks her until she says she loves him too. Now, a conflict is imminent.
Anjali’s father, Veeraswamy (Achyuth Kumar), used to be a famous martial arts artist and has won many competitions during Mysore Dasara. But when Sachin meets him, he finds that Veeraswamy no longer practises his art and has turned an alcoholic. Veeraswamy’s story, the role Sachin plays in it and the consequences of this on Sachin’s relationship with Anjali form the rest of the story.
The narrative takes many breaks along the way to accommodate cringe-worthy comedy sequences that comprise characters trying to grope women and sleep with them forcibly. There are ample misogynistic dialogues to add to the trauma, including one in which the hero’s friend dissuades him from stalking Anjali by calling her a leg piece of a chicken and saying that he’ll find other such chickens to feast over.
The entire narrative is presented in the form of a flashback but the premise for this retelling is rather shaky. Sachin tells his story to a love-struck man who has set his mind on killing his lover after she says she does not want to be with him.
This man, on hearing Sachin’s story, has a change of heart, of course, but as the audience, you are wondering how the two stories have anything in common at all.
With the Mysuru Dasara at the backdrop, themes of saving the honour of the family, a patriarch’s responsibilities etc., are repeatedly highlighted even though they appear grossly archaic and outdated.
The camera work consists of dramatic shots full of sudden movements accompanied with loud and jarring sounds.
There are a few songs that offer a welcome break but they cannot do much to make up for a poor narrative. The dialogues are set in the dialect of the region. With a stiff body language, Sachin can barely act or emote. Samskruthi saves the film partially with her performance. Achyuth Kumar and Rajesh Nataranga do what they can within their roles. | http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-reviews/happy-birthday-review-an-excuse-for-a-launch/article9040170.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/cae928929e1b998d1a365c18ed474ecee8b2083f9fa60ccaad373efbc5d9f798.json |
[
"Special Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-26T22:50:32 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | Kovalam, which fetched Kerala a name in the world tourism map, will soon get round-the-clock security cover and a Destination Manager as part of the facelift worked out by Kerala Tourism. Silhoue | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fkerala%2F24x7-security-cover-for-kovalam%2Farticle9036757.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | 24x7 security cover for Kovalam | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Destination Manager to tap tourism potential of beach resort
Kovalam, which fetched Kerala a name in the world tourism map, will soon get round-the-clock security cover and a Destination Manager as part of the facelift worked out by Kerala Tourism.
Silhouetted against palm groves, the resort, including the Eve’s, Light House and Ashoka beach, will be blanketed 24x7 by a security system that incorporates closed circuit television (CCTV) surveillance.
Fencing would be put up around popular viewpoints such as Edakkal rocks housed in between Light House and Eve’s beach to ensure safety of tourists.
The overall security of the sprawling resort, looked after by a number of government bodies, will now be entrusted to Destination Manager. The designated authority will handle matters of day-to-day operational security.
Unveiling the short-term road map for the facelift to stake-holders at a meeting at the resort on Thursday, Director of Tourism U.V. Jose said Kovalam was set to become safer and more secure than ever before ahead of the peak season.
The meeting, attended by local legislator M. Vincent and 40 representatives of the industry, discussed infrastructural concerns such as supply of drinking water, waste management, parking facilities and public safety measures.
The meeting was convened to both assure the stake-holders of resolute support at all levels to help preserve the famed destination and to ensure that all corrective measures would be completed before the first week of November.
Shared commitment such as an undertaking between the Kerala Hotel and Restaurant Association (KHRA) and the Kovalam Protection Council to help guarantee proper lighting and the maintenance of street lights throughout the resort were steps in the right direction, he said.
The KHRA and the Kovalam Protection Council are also working together to check further dumping of waste at the beach resort.
Alleviating the drinking water shortage faced by the locals is also high on the agenda with the Kerala Water Authority (KWA) gearing up to pump water from its Vellayani treatment plant. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/24x7-security-cover-for-kovalam/article9036757.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/d40661815681a3dfc4d6d4788286c2d81e6cb956bb0d2bf8a0a3552987d91982.json |
[
"Staff Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-29T00:52:17 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | To promote innovation in the field of technology and industries, the Centre will soon launch a new scholarship programme for students of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Union Minister for Human | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fkarnataka%2Fsell-your-ideas-and-well-fund-them-javadekar-tells-iitians%2Farticle9043114.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02989/28BG_IIT_2989997c.jpg | en | null | Sell your ideas and we’ll fund them, Javadekar tells IITians | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Union Minister for Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar and Chief Minister Siddaramaiah during the inauguration of Indian Institute of Technology in Dharwad on Sunday.
Indian Institute of Technology formally inaugurated in Dharwad
To promote innovation in the field of technology and industries, the Centre will soon launch a new scholarship programme for students of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Union Minister for Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar said on Sunday.
Inaugurating IIT-Dharwad at a function on the premises of University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad, Mr. Javadekar said under the new scholarship programme, the Union government would invite innovative ideas from students and scholarship of Rs. 60,000 each would be given to those selected.
“The scheme will encourage students to bring out innovative ideas to help the growth of the industries and related fields. Students can turn entrepreneurs while staying at the hostels. “You sell your ideas, we will fund them,” Mr. Javadekar told the students.
He said the Centre was committed to promote the growth of higher education with more thrust on research. The four schemes announced by the Narendra Modi government in the field of higher education were working well, he said. The government would provide more funds to accommodate more candidates under Impression, Gyan and similar programmes. Moreover, promoting education was the national policy and not the political agenda of this government. It was the reason why institutes like IIT was sanctioned to the State where BJP was not in power, Mr. Javadekar added.
On the newly set up IIT-Dharwad, which is the 23rd IIT in the country, Mr. Javdekar said the government would provide all help to construct the permanent campus.
He assured that the government would consider the demand for setting up additional Kendriya Vidyalayas and Jawahar Navodaya schools in Hubballi-Dharwad. But, he did not respond to Higher Education Minister Basavaraj Rayaraddi’s demand for providing 25 per cent regional quota for students of host States in IITs.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, who presided over the function, said the government had provided 470 acres for IIT-Dharwad free of cost. Extending an open invitation to Mr. Javdekar, he said the State government would welcome all initiatives of the Centre to promote higher education.
Union Minister Ananth Kumar, Leader of the Opposition Jagadish Shettar, Pralhad Joshi, MP, Industries Minister R.V. Deshpande, district in-charge Minister Vinay Kulkarni, and Labour Minister Santosh Lad spoke. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/sell-your-ideas-and-well-fund-them-javadekar-tells-iitians/article9043114.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/ceb942ec075e293a5261a39811c1bac2c6fd186b869055b57a4ee6f79118371d.json |
[
"Special Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-27T14:50:24 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | Is Khanapur in Karnataka or some other State?
The question has been raised by Belagavi District Kannada Sahitya Parishat president Mangala Metgud after an invitation card printed was Marathi langua | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fkarnataka%2Fgovernment-invitation-card-in-marathi-irks-kannada-organisations%2Farticle9040640.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/template/1-0-1/gfx/oghindunew1.jpg | en | null | Government invitation card in Marathi irks Kannada organisations | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Is Khanapur in Karnataka or some other State?
The question has been raised by Belagavi District Kannada Sahitya Parishat president Mangala Metgud after an invitation card printed was Marathi language by the Office of the Block Education Officer under the Belagavi Education District.
The card in the question is related to a Jamboti Divisional Level Sports Meet held at a Marathi medium school in Ramgurwadi of Khanapur taluk on Friday. Ms. Metgud strongly condemned the anti-Kannada attitude of the state government officials in the Education Department in Khanapur.
Her reaction came close on the heels of the Belagavi District Kannada Organisations Action Committee president Ashok Chandargi bringing the matter to public notice on Friday evening. He said the BEO Srikant Anchi had been pursuing anti-Kannada and pro-Marathi attitude much against the repeated directions of the government on strengthening Kannada language in the administration.
He said the card was printed only in Marathi language and reminded that the same BEO had submitted an adverse report to the government stating that there was no need to open a Kannada medium high school in the Shiroli in 2015, although it was sanctioned.
Mr. Chandargi said a complaint would be registered against the BEO for acting in violation of State’s language policy to the Deputy Commissioner and Kannada Development Authority shortly. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/government-invitation-card-in-marathi-irks-kannada-organisations/article9040640.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/85943965095019e44ac97a2d069ac3cdfcb7f22227660138571905ba9dedcba2.json |
[
"Tanu Kulkarni"
] | 2016-08-27T18:51:30 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | With concerns being raised over the quality of midday meals served in schools, the Department of Primary and Secondary Education is looking at the feasibility of establishing community kitchens at th | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2Fbangalore%2Fcommunity-kitchens-planned-to-ensure-quality-meals%2Farticle9038439.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02988/26BG_MIDDAY_2988531c.jpg | en | null | Community kitchens planned to ensure quality meals | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Centralised kitchens will help the Department of Primary and Secondary Education keep tabs on the food served.
With concerns being raised over the quality of midday meals served in schools, the Department of Primary and Secondary Education is looking at the feasibility of establishing community kitchens at the cluster level, and also setting up more food labs to test and improve the quality of the food.
Speaking to The Hindu , Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Tanveer Sait said the State government will call for public private partnerships and invite applications even from non-governmental organisations. There are around 59.49 lakh children in 55,464 government and aided schools across the State. At present, there are 79 centralised kitchens — all run by NGOs — that serve midday meals to 9.8 lakh children. A majority of the meals are cooked in kitchens that are housed in schools.
Keeping tabs on quality
Mr. Sait said that having centralised kitchens will help the department keep tabs on the quality of food served in the schools. “We can check every minute detail, like for instance, if the food has sufficient protein and vitamin,” he said.
However, the system will mean that instead of food being prepared fresh at schools, it will have to be transported from a centralised kitchen to students. The Ministry of Human Resources and Development had recommended that the distance between school and kitchen should not exceed 20 km, but some NGOs cover distances as much as 45 km.
The move has also received opposition from midday meal cooks and workers, as around 1.18 lakh depend on the scheme for employment and are paid honorarium.
State president of the Karnataka Rajya Akshara Dasoha Naukarara Sanga, S. Varalakshmi, said the freshness of the food would be lost if cooked in centralised kitchens. “Thousands of Dalits are employed as cooks and helpers. What will happen to them? Would the government absorb all 1.18 lakh cooks and helpers? Will that be financially viable?” she asked.
Mr. Sait said that cooks and helpers will be given jobs as ayahs and Group D employees in schools. This would ease the burden on teachers from their non-teaching responsibilities. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/community-kitchens-planned-to-ensure-quality-meals/article9038439.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/9b9c3ee52e04a57113718218839597c7192f9909bd3e0e61ac4264b5e1672025.json |
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