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[] | 2016-08-31T12:52:02 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Market rally continued for the third straight session on Wednesday, with Sensex surging over 109 points to end at a fresh 13-month high of 28,452.17 on sustained fund inflows despite a caution ahead | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fbusiness%2Fmarkets%2Fsensex-nifty-hit-over-oneyear-high%2Farticle9055714.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 | Sensex, Nifty hit over one-year high | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Market rally continued for the third straight session on Wednesday, with Sensex surging over 109 points to end at a fresh 13-month high of 28,452.17 on sustained fund inflows despite a caution ahead of the release of key macroeconomic data later in the day.
On monthly basis, in August both the key indices — Sensex and Nifty — recorded their sixth straight month of gains by rising 401.31 points, or 1.43 per cent, and 147.70 points, or 1.70 per cent, respectively. This is also the longest run of monthly advances since November 2014.
In the current fiscal (2016-17), the Sensex has so far gained 3,110.31 points, or 12.27 per cent. Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) bought shares worth a net Rs. 390.63 crore on Tuesday, as per provisional data released by the stock exchanges. The broader NSE Nifty after recapturing the 8,800-mark after 16 months touched a high of 8,819.20 but profit-taking dragged it down to close at 8,786.20, still up 41.85 points or 0.48 per cent.
Moreover, encouraging earnings by some more companies and a mixed trend in global markets too buoyed trading sentiment here. Shreyash Devalkar, fund manager - equities, BNP Paribas Mutual Fund, said, “Sensex and Nifty traded higher and hit their highest level in over 13 months and 16 months in intra-day trade, respectively. Domestic investor sentiment remained buoyed, despite mixed global cues and a sharp up-move in the dollar index.”
The benchmark BSE Sensex after shuttling between 28,532.25 and 28,363.10, finally ended 109.16 points, or 0.39 per cent, higher at 28,452.17 on sustained foreign fund inflows and increased buying by domestic financial institutions ahead of the GDP data for the June quarter, to be released later in the day.
This is the highest closing since July 22, 2015. The index had rallied 560.76 points in the previous two sessions. | http://www.thehindu.com/business/markets/sensex-nifty-hit-over-oneyear-high/article9055714.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/d46bbec9c3db76d2cd151e57dd9c7103441c937f18e4553dcbd4551f72e82433.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T12:51:25 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | State-owned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) on Monday reported a 25 per cent jump in first quarter net profit, as it also declared a 1:1 bonus share.Net profit of Rs. 8,268.98 crore, or Rs. 34.90 a shar | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fbusiness%2FIndustry%2Fioc-q1-profit-jumps-25-per-cent-to-issue-bonus-shares%2Farticle9045925.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02991/IOC_2991140c.jpg | en | null | IOC Q1 profit jumps 25 per cent, to issue bonus shares | null | null | www.thehindu.com | State-owned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) on Monday reported a 25 per cent jump in first quarter net profit, as it also declared a 1:1 bonus share.
Net profit of Rs. 8,268.98 crore, or Rs. 34.90 a share, in April-June was 25.46 per cent higher than Rs. 6,590.83 crore, or Rs. 27.81 per share net profit in the same period a year ago, the company said in a regulatory filing.
The company earned $9.98 on turning every barrel of crude oil into fuel in April-June as compared to a gross refining margin of $10.77 per barrel. IOC said all of its Rs. 1,331.69 crore revenue loss on sale of PDS kerosene during the quarter was reimbursed by the government.
Drop in oil price meant its revenue fell from Rs. 1,14,200.24 crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2015 to Rs. 1,07,670.95 crore in first quarter of current fiscal.
The Board of Directors of IOC approved a bonus shares in the ratio of 1:1 — one equity bonus share of Rs. 10 each for every existing equity share of Rs. 10 each fully paid up subject to the approval of the shareholders. | http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/ioc-q1-profit-jumps-25-per-cent-to-issue-bonus-shares/article9045925.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/96f0ed41fb78f5b6228e2c7a1f4e21c2ace5c790e1b4be6a266fd0fae6f7f678.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T02:53:59 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) has signed an agreement with Kochi Corporation to provide the local body a viability gap fund (VGF) of Rs.25 crore for the proposed waste-to-electricity pro | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FKochi%2Fbpcl-to-provide-fund-for-brahmapuram-project%2Farticle9053045.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02993/30kikss02-brahm_Wa_2993100c.jpg | en | null | BPCL to provide fund for Brahmapuram project | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Vital support:Representatives of BPCL and Kochi Corporation at the signing of the agreement on the Brahmapuram waste-to-electricity project on Tuesday.
Inks pact with Kochi Corporation for waste-to-electricity project
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) has signed an agreement with Kochi Corporation to provide the local body a viability gap fund (VGF) of Rs.25 crore for the proposed waste-to-electricity project at Brahmapuram.
The VGF would be used to pay the difference in the cost of power production and the rate fixed for power purchase from the plant as fixed by the Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission. Going by the conditions of the tripartite agreement, the corporation and the State government will have to share the VGF.
For the State government, the Suchitwa Mission will meet the expense and the VGF offered by the BPCL would go to the kitty of the mission.
The corporation is already spending a considerable amount for processing waste generated by the city. Hence, it won’t be a problem for the local body to find means for paying its share, said T.J. Vinod, Deputy Mayor, Kochi Corporation.
The agreement was signed by Amit Meena, secretary, Kochi Corporation and M. V. Prabhakaran, general manager (HR), BPCL Kochi Refinery, in the presence of K.T. Jaleel, Minister for Local Self-Governments.
Kochi Mayor Soumini Jain, Mr. Vinod and Prasad K. Panicker, Executive Director, BPCL Kochi Refinery, were present. The public sector oil company’s contribution as VGF comes as part of Swachh Bharat initiative.
The plant has a capacity to process 300 to 500 tonnes of waste and it will be the responsibility of the local body to collect and transport the refuse to the site. The local body has identified and allotted 20 acres for the plant, which is to come up in Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode. It would be the responsibility of the firm, which won the bid to set up the plant, to secure all mandatory clearances and set up the plant, Mr. Vinod said. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/bpcl-to-provide-fund-for-brahmapuram-project/article9053045.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/d6cf999c2d850afafd91a214cd777dedeb1ae0c0356438b3e3013bdc98c7f4f0.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T10:53:34 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday announced that a new building with rooms, kitchen and dining space, classrooms and an industrial training facility, would be set up at the Observation Home in Ke | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2Fchennai%2Fkellys-observation-home-to-get-new-building%2Farticle9052594.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 | Kellys Observation Home to get new building | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday announced that a new building with rooms, kitchen and dining space, classrooms and an industrial training facility, would be set up at the Observation Home in Kellys.
Making a suo motu announcement in the Assembly, she said the new building that would come up on 1,000 sq. m at a cost of Rs. 2. 5 crore would replace the dilapidated building from which the facility is functioning.
She also said the food subsidy given to people residing in the old age homes that are run by NGOs with financial support from the government would be increased from Rs. 300 to Rs. 1,200.
The Chief Minister also sanctioned Rs. 28.16 crore to de-silt, remove encroachments, and spruce up the Parithupattu Laken Avadi. Ms. Jayalalithaa also announced the setting up of an “Amma Environment Park” at Tondiarpet. “The park, spread over 50,110 sq. ft. will also have a children’s park, play area and environment awareness boards,” she said. The park would come up at a cost of Rs. 2 crore. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/kellys-observation-home-to-get-new-building/article9052594.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/c41ca4876c030e28bcd684ede1f23f9b3975627d05a80634b921352a33b73ea7.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T10:53:38 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Andhra University would construct a sports complex in which outsiders can also practice, Vice-Chancellor G. Nageswara Rao said while participating in the hockey wizard Dhyanchand’s birth anniversary c | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FVisakhapatnam%2Fau-to-build-sports-complex%2Farticle9047705.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 | AU to build sports complex | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Andhra University would construct a sports complex in which outsiders can also practice, Vice-Chancellor G. Nageswara Rao said while participating in the hockey wizard Dhyanchand’s birth anniversary celebrations which is observed as the National Sports Day, here on Tuesday.
Earlier the District Sports Authority and sports associations organised a rally from the Beach Road to Dhyanchand’s statue on the AU campus in which a large number of sports persons and administrators participated.
After Prof. Nageswara Rao, Registrar V. Umamaheswara Rao, Director in-charge of AU Sports Board N. Vijayamohan, former Olympian M.V. Manikyalu, Dronacharya award winner I. Venkateswara Rao, DSDO June Gallyot and others garlanded the statue of Dhyan Chand, a meeting was held at the AU Platinum Jubilee Guest House.
Prof. Nageswara Rao and Prof. Umamaheswara Rao felicitated sports persons from the district who have participated in the international and national championships.
Prizes were awarded to winners of competitions conducted on the eve of National Sports Day.
Speakers congratulated Olympic medal winners P.V. Sindhu and Sakshi Malik and wanted more medals winners produced for the next Olympics. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/au-to-build-sports-complex/article9047705.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/d322c6bdba8e4e806abfcb32daca5dfb97a6a6a89a5cf389ba3ef54250bb2cc5.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T10:59:52 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | The AITA selection committee on Tuesday retained the doubles pairing of Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna for the Davis Cup World Group Play-off tie against Spain, scheduled for September 16-18.
The C | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fsport%2Ftennis%2Faita-retains-same-indian-team-for-spain-davis-cup-tie%2Farticle9050414.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 | AITA retains same Indian team for Spain Davis Cup tie | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The AITA selection committee on Tuesday retained the doubles pairing of Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna for the Davis Cup World Group Play-off tie against Spain, scheduled for September 16-18.
The Committee, headed by S. P. Misra, retained all four playing members of the squad that beat Korea Korea 4-1 last month with Saketh Myneni and Ramkumar Ramanathan to do the singles duty.
The only change is in the reserve members of the squad with southpaw Prajnesh Gunneswaran replacing Vishnu Vardhan.
Youngster Sumit Nagal continues to be reserve.
Asked if they considered a different doubles pairing, Misra replied in a negative.
“We are playing Spain and it’s not good time for experimenting. Leander and Rohan are the best pair we have. Ideally, we should have three singles players in the squad but since Yuki Bhambri and Somdev Devvarman are both injured, this option is closed for now,” Misra told PTI.
Bopanna and Paes had won against a weak Korean combination in the previous tie and then lost in the opening round of the Rio Olympic Games.
Indian team:
1) Saketh Myneni
2) Ramkumar Ramanathan
3) Rohan Bopanna
4) Leander Paes
Reserve:
1) Prajnesh Gunneswaran
2) Sumit Nagal
Non Playing Captain: Anand Amritraj
Coach: Zeeshan Ali. | http://www.thehindu.com/sport/tennis/aita-retains-same-indian-team-for-spain-davis-cup-tie/article9050414.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/a4c27ca588b8d6d54e69753b55c78d91f278b8b4fa76179d922af608c6468965.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T02:53:26 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | A 21-year-old resident of Vinayak Nagar in Neredmet died in a train accident in the early hours of Tuesday. P. Anjaneyalu, a labourer, died after he was hit by a train on the Ammuguda-Moula Ali tracks | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FHyderabad%2Ftwo-die-in-different-train-accidents%2Farticle9052905.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 die in different train accidents | null | null | www.thehindu.com | A 21-year-old resident of Vinayak Nagar in Neredmet died in a train accident in the early hours of Tuesday. P. Anjaneyalu, a labourer, died after he was hit by a train on the Ammuguda-Moula Ali tracks. Officials from the Government Railway Police said it was unclear as to why the deceased had gone to the tracks. A case was registered.
Falls from train
In another incident , a young boy from Ongole died after he fell down from a moving train at the Secunderabad station on Monday. The deceased, Naidu Nagaraju, was returning home in the Sabari Express, when the mishap occurred. Though he did not come under the moving train, Nagaraju’s spine was fractured. GRP officials said that the deceased was shifted to Gandhi Hospital immediately, but he died two hours later.
Case against cab driver
A cab driver allegedly tried to molest and rob a woman in the early hours of Tuesday under Rajendranagar police station limits. The victim, an air hostess, had taken the cab to purchase some medicines. “After she got into the cab, the driver took her to the outskirts where he tried to rape her,” said an official. The driver was identified after the victim provided details of the cab, said the official. A case has been registered. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/two-die-in-different-train-accidents/article9052905.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/1f886b91fe4885dc05b5a1e70e176fd10e35d7bba86afab5f914e590ccd110b8.json |
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"Atul Aneja"
] | 2016-08-30T10:55:35 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | China has flagged its second train to Afghanistan — this time to the commercial hub of Mazar-e-Sharif — as part of its deepening economic and security engagement with Kabul.The state-run Xinhua news | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Finternational%2Fchina-flags-second-train-to-afghanistan%2Farticle9046649.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 | China flags second train to Afghanistan | null | null | www.thehindu.com | China has flagged its second train to Afghanistan — this time to the commercial hub of Mazar-e-Sharif — as part of its deepening economic and security engagement with Kabul.
The state-run Xinhua news agency reported that the Afghanistan-bound train began its 15-day journey from the eastern city of Yiwu, home to the world’s leading small commodities market, on Sunday.
The train, hauling 100 containers of goods worth more than $4 million, will arrive at Mazar-e-Sharif via Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. A single trip is 7,500 km and takes 15 days, half the time needed for maritime transportation. The service is expected to run weekly by the end of this year, Xinhua reported.
The northern Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif is a key commercial centre near the border with Uzbekistan.
China had sent its first cargo train to Hairatan in Afghanistan on August 25. The train that left China’s eastern city of Nantong is crossing the Alataw pass on the China-Kazakhstan border before heading into Uzbekistan towards Termez. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/china-flags-second-train-to-afghanistan/article9046649.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/37980e8c467f4b6e25ce21e34d1f6506dff4a036e0dddd4dffa60e9355cc95d5.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T05:01:20 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | The Tamil Nadu All Government Departments Pensioners Association urged the State Government to extend the free bus travel concession for senior citizens to all parts of the State. A resolution to this | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Ftamil-nadu%2Fextend-concession%2Farticle9034421.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 | ‘Extend concession’ | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The Tamil Nadu All Government Departments Pensioners Association urged the State Government to extend the free bus travel concession for senior citizens to all parts of the State. A resolution to this effect was adopted at the State executive meeting of the association held here recently.
Another resolution urged the committee set up to review the new pension scheme to submit its report soon. The meeting urged the government to remove the anomalies in medical insurance scheme. It was decided to hold its State conference in Madurai on September 9. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/extend-concession/article9034421.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/c82a0ba0dc0444de25d95bd0230ad1c023f5772395b45df6e44cd08445a07938.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T12:55:08 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | : Even as the DMK and the Congress demanded that the government constitute an all-party delegation to meet the Prime Minister over Kerala’s efforts to construct a dam across the Siruvani river and a r | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2Fchennai%2Fdam-row-dmk-cong-stage-walkout%2Farticle9052574.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02993/30AugDSJ01-DMK__31_2993028c.jpg | en | null | Dam row: DMK, Cong. stage walkout | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Another face-off:Leader of the Opposition M.K. Stalin and other DMK MLAs staging a walkout from the Assembly in Chennai on Tuesday.— Photo: M. Karunakaran
They demand that an all-party team be formed to meet PM over the proposed Siruvani dam
: Even as the DMK and the Congress demanded that the government constitute an all-party delegation to meet the Prime Minister over Kerala’s efforts to construct a dam across the Siruvani river and a resolution be passed in the House over the issue, Minister for Public Works Department Edappadi K. Palaniswami told the Assembly on Tuesday that the government was taking all necessary efforts to protect the State’s interest in the issue. Not satisfied with this reply, DMK MLAs led by Leader of the Opposition M.K. Stalin staged a walkout from the House.
Soon after the question hour, Mr. Stalin raised the issue in the House citing media reports. Urging the Centre and the Kerala government not to proceed with the construction of the dam, he insisted that an all-party delegation be constituted to meet the Prime Minister over the issue. He also demanded passing of a resolution in the House.
Congress’ Legislature Party Leader K.R. Ramasamy said the actions of governments in neighbouring States have been detrimental to the interests of the farmers.
In response, Mr. Palaniswami listed out the steps taken by the State government in the Siruvani dam issue. “Till now, 13 letters have been sent to the Kerala government and seven letters to the Ministry of Water Resources,” he said.
‘Parties politicising issue’
The opposition parties were “politicising” the issue but the Chief Minister was determined in protecting the rights of the farmers in the State, he added.
The Minister claimed though the then Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi had signed an agreement with the Kerala government in the late 1960s, the DMK was now trying to make an issue out of it.
With the Minister not committing on the all-party delegation as demanded by the Opposition, the DMK members led by Mr. Stalin staged a walkout.
Leader of the House O. Panneerselvam said the Congress and DMK did not take efforts to publish the final verdict of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal in the government gazette during the UPA rule.
He further asked the Congress members whether they would ask the Congress government in Karnataka to release water from Cauvery.
Mr. Ramasamy said he was ready but absolute powers were vested with the Central government, in which the AIADMK enjoyed “influence” ( selvakku ). | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/dam-row-dmk-cong-stage-walkout/article9052574.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/fff4a312be8d272a5eaba6781261bc2ee76a082401bbe882eeea150390685f77.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T14:53:39 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | The Vidya Niketan School in the Chandrapur district of eastern Maharashtra set up lockers in the school premises for its students on Wednesday, so that they could keep their textbooks and other study | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fother-states%2Fchandrapur-students-get-lockers-in-school%2Farticle9033234.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02986/bags_final_2986236c.jpg | en | null | Curtains on a weighty issue: students get lockers in school | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Chadrapur school sets up lockers in the school premises for students.
The Vidya Niketan School in the Chandrapur district of eastern Maharashtra set up lockers in the school premises for its students on Wednesday, so that they could keep their textbooks and other study material in them and reduce the weight of their heavy school bags.
However, the positive development did not come out of some directive from the state government or a change in the education policy or as an intervention from the school administration.
The force behind this change was a Class VII student, Rugved Raikwar.
The 12-year-old Rugved and his classmate Paritosh Dhandekar surprised all the journalists of Chandrapur when they reached the Press Club here to address the media on Monday.
The Class VII students laid bare their plight before the Chandrapur media and told them how primary and high school students are forced to carry heavy schoolbags like some luggage carrier.
“We have to carry at least 16 books everyday — eight textbooks and eight notebooks — to the school. The number reaches 20 at times due to extra classes. It’s exhausting to carry them from home to school and then to the classrooms situated on the second and third floor of the school building,” Rugved told The Hindu. The duo was left with no option but to address the press conference when their school principal ignored their letters.
“I also tried to call Education Minister Vinod Tawade but he did not speak to us. Every time, his juniors told me that the minister was busy. After we addressed the press conference, lockers have been set up in our school for all the students. Earlier, only those students who faced health issues were allowed to use lockers,” the 12-year-old added. However, within a day of the press conference, his batch-mate Paritosh backed out of the campaign.
“His parents did not want to take on the school authorities. Some people from the school administration even warned me against addressing the press conference but I told them that my fight was not with the school but with the system,” he said.
After winning the first battle of reducing the weight of schoolbags for his fellow students at Vidya Niketan, Rugved now wants to reduce the burden of heavy schoolbags for every primary and high school student in India.
“I will try to speak to the Education Minister about this and if he doesn’t do anything, I will launch an agitation taking every affected student with me. The schools charge high fees from students. Can’t they provide basic facilities like lockers, even if they cannot reduce the weight of their school bags?” he asked. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/chandrapur-students-get-lockers-in-school/article9033234.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/aaec719a4bd99575e92a6fc290c8bfb507d8c482e00749003f84b537543bd6ff.json |
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] | 2016-08-28T20:52:01 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | The police and Forest Department officials of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka held joint discussion at Madheswaran Hills on Saturday on checking criminal activities on the T.N. – Karnataka border. According | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Ftamil-nadu%2Ftalks-held-to-check-crimes-in-border-areas%2Farticle9043209.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 | Talks held to check crimes in border areas | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Police and Forest Dept. officials of TN and Karnataka to exchange information
The police and Forest Department officials of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka held joint discussion at Madheswaran Hills on Saturday on checking criminal activities on the T.N. – Karnataka border.
According to police sources here, the official teams of both the States discussed the steps to be initiated to check crimes on the Tamil Nadu – Karnataka border, prevent infiltration of anti-social and extremist elements, and poaching of wild animals.
The officials discussed the possibility of exchanging information instantly on the movement of Naxalites in the border villages, launching combing operation without any delay and sharing information about persons missing from border villages.
The meeting also decided to launch joint operation to check the activities of anti-social elements in the villages.
Superintendents of Police P. Rajan (Salem), Bandi Gangadhar (Dharmapuri), D. Mahesh Kumar (Krishnagiri), Mohan Nawaz, Additional SP, Erode, M. Natarajan, Deputy SP, Mettur, along with the forest officials participated in the discussion on behalf of Tamil Nadu.
Kuldeep Kumar R. Jain, Superintendent of Police, Chamrajnagar district, led the Karnataka team comprising police and forest officials. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/talks-held-to-check-crimes-in-border-areas/article9043209.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/de9e08765f3f9b2bfc311e0d1c686643ec35adcb0e6edee8ad00f69bc5c769c7.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T10:52:36 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | In a move that has riled nursing students across Karnataka, the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) has in a sudden decision postponed the nursing examinations that was originally sched | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2Fbangalore%2Frguhs-exams-postponed-to-sept-6%2Farticle9048548.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 | RGUHS exams postponed to Sept. 6 | null | null | www.thehindu.com | In a move that has riled nursing students across Karnataka, the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) has in a sudden decision postponed the nursing examinations that was originally scheduled to be begin on Tuesday.
The move has reportedly been made following the direction of the State Medical Education department on Monday which asked the university to postpone the exams so that 1,700 nursing students who were not registered on the university rolls are “accommodated” and allowed to write the exams.
The exams have now been rescheduled to September 6.
RGUHS said that other examinations would continue as scheduled. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/rguhs-exams-postponed-to-sept-6/article9048548.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/6bbebaa503fb0f6ce9c5e562eabd9e95af4ab59195eeb2b0615fddee7e6c8ec5.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T10:50:52 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | President of Myanmar U Htin Kyaw on Sunday spent an hour at the Taj Mahal, the 17th century Mughal monument.“Tourists were prevented from entering the monument as ticket windows were closed for two h | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Finternational%2Fmyanmar-president-visits-taj-mahal%2Farticle9042766.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02989/TAJ_MAHAL-_2989625c.jpg | en | null | Myanmar President visits Taj Mahal | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The Myanmarese President will hold extensive talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday.
President of Myanmar U Htin Kyaw on Sunday spent an hour at the Taj Mahal, the 17th century Mughal monument.
“Tourists were prevented from entering the monument as ticket windows were closed for two hours,” Munazzar Ali, an official of the Archaeological Survey of India, said.
It is his first State visit after the assumption of office in March by the new government of Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy, bringing down curtains on five decades of military rule in Myanmar.
The Myanmarese President will hold extensive talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday during which a host of issues including border management and ways to contain militant activities along the Indo—Myanmar border are likely to figure. Both sides are also likely to discuss ways to boost trade ties. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/myanmar-president-visits-taj-mahal/article9042766.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/879676def031bbd61d05238785ef227306d28367b836feef353dad9bc62afe78.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T12:52:08 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Congress mouthpiece National Herald, which became defunct in 2008, shall resume publication, the Associated Journals Ltd announced on Wednesday naming senior journalist Neelabh Mishra as its new edit | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fnational-herald-to-resume-publication%2Farticle9055611.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 | National Herald to resume publication | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Congress mouthpiece National Herald, which became defunct in 2008, shall resume publication, the Associated Journals Ltd announced on Wednesday naming senior journalist Neelabh Mishra as its new editor-in-chief.
“The Associated Journals Ltd, a company founded in 1937 by Pandit Jawaharalal Nehru, has taken steps to resume publication of its English and Hindi newspapers National Herald and Navjivan. The company has appointed senior journalist Neelabh Mishra as editor-in-chief for its Hindi and English newspapers and digital properties with immediate effect,” Congress treasurer Motilal Vora, who is also managing director of AJL Limited, announced.
Without specifying the exact date when the newspapers plan to resume publication, he said it would happen in coming months and will be followed by reviving of Quami Awaz, its defunct Urdu newspaper.
Mr. Mishra had earlier been editor of Outlook (Hindi) and has done extensive work in areas of research and documentation including for the Right to Information movement and legislation.
Announcing the plans of relaunching the newspaper last month, Mr. Vora had said the decision was taken at an Extraordinary General Meeting of AJL in Lucknow in January and the process is on.
In the Lucknow meeting, the Associated Journals Limited (AJL) had decided to convert into a not-for-profit company and relaunch its newspapers.
The decision had come in the midst of a legal battle over its past, which has ensnared Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi. The issue is pending in court.
BJP leader Subramanian Swamy, who has also filed a private complaint in a local court, has accused top Congress leaders of misappropriation, a charge vehemently denied by the Congress leadership.
Mr. Swamy has also written to Urban Development Ministry demanding cancellation of land allotment and confiscation of properties to AJL for alleged violation of allotment conditions. Both Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi along with five others have been granted bail by the court on December 19, 2015 after they appeared in response to the summons.
The Enforcement Directorate has separately booked former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda,officials of the Associated Journal Limited (AJL), publisher of the National Herald newspaper, and others on charges of alleged money laundering.
The central probe agency registered a criminal case under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after taking cognisance of a Haryana State Vigilance Bureau FIR of May this year.
The Vigilance Bureau had registered a case of cheating and corruption against Mr. Hooda and four officials who were in HUDA for allegedly re-alloting a plot to AJL in Panchkula in 2005. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/national-herald-to-resume-publication/article9055611.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/7ba748a811ad33187c5720b24322d1c20f7bf50d94a6cd5ff9204213a98b8564.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T16:49:20 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | La Dona (A. Sandesh up) won the Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar Memorial Million, the main event of the races here on Friday (August 26). The winner is owned by Mr. Rienzie Edwards and trained by | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fsport%2Fraces%2Fla-dona-clinches-feature%2Farticle9036928.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 | La Dona clinches feature | null | null | www.thehindu.com | La Dona (A. Sandesh up) won the Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar Memorial Million, the main event of the races here on Friday (August 26). The winner is owned by Mr. Rienzie Edwards and trained by D. Byramji.
The results:
1. TALAKADU PLATE (1400m), rated 00 to 25: Daenerys 53.5 Darshan 1, El Matador 61 Chetan Kalay 2, Flying Prince 47 Dhebe 3, Pepper 52.5 Ganesh 4. All ran. 3, 2 and 1-1/4. 1m 25.38s. Rs 612 (w), 89, 13 and 16 (p), FP: Rs 4,157, Q: Rs 1,144, SHP: Rs 39, Trinalla: Rs 4,844 and Rs 5190, Exacta: Rs 65,479 and Rs 28,062. Favourite: El Matador. Owner: Mr. Lakshman Gowda. Trainer: Lokanath.
2. REGENCY GOLD PLATE (Div. II) (1200m), rated 20 to 45, 5-y-o & over: Ontime 57 Madhu Babu 1, Ice Brown 56 R. Marshall 2, Kir Royale 61 Srinath 3, Al Dahma 53 Ajay Kumar 4. Not run: Anonymous. 1, 1-3/4 and 3-1/4. 1m 11.47s. Rs 22 (w), 13, 22 and 13 (p), FP: Rs 99, Q: Rs 58, SHP: Rs 67, Trinalla: Rs 114 and Rs 46, Exacta: Rs 1,415 and Rs 910. Favourite: Ontime. Owners: Mr. G. Vinay Kumar and Mrs Shiela Natraj. Trainer: Natraj. 3. FULL SPEED PLATE (Div. II) (1100m), rated 20 to 45: Hidden Hero 49 Darshan 1, Cool Springs 50 Raghu 2, Amazing Khodal 50.5 Ramu 3, Giralda 51 Mubarak 4. All ran. 1/2, 2-1/2 and 1-3/4. 1m 05.36s. Rs 113 (w), 29, 12 and 37 (p), FP: Rs 193, Q: Rs 76, SHP: Rs 36, Trinalla: Rs 1,884 and Rs 1,101, Exacta: Rs 20,433 and Rs 17,514. Favourite: Cool Springs. Owners: Mr. G.R Girish and Mr. J.B. Chowhan. Trainer: Lokanath.
4. REGENCY GOLD PLATE (Div. I) (1200m), rated 20 to 45, 5-y-o & over: Scaramouche 58.5 John 1, Ice Splendour 57.5 M. Mushraf 2, Beautiful Effect 57.5 Shiva Kumar 3, Ephialties 61 Rajesh Kumar 4. All ran. Nk, 1-3/4 and Nk, 1m 11.97s, Rs 24 (w), 14, 17 and 62 (p), FP: Rs 52, Q: Rs 49, SHP: Rs 51, Trinalla: Rs 1,290 and Rs 1,156, Exacta: Rs 3,552 and Rs 1,061. Favourite: Scaramouche. Owner: Mr Prabhakara. Trainer: Tejaswi.
5. FULL SPEED PLATE (Div. I) (1100m), rated 20 to 45: Bryant Park 55 Santosh Kumar 1, Color Me 60 Shiva Kumar 2, Anmol Hira 50 S. Imran 3, Matteo 58.5 Gautam Raj 4. Not run: Possimpossible. 1, 2-3/4 and 2. 1m 04.93s. Rs 536 (w), 67, 36 and 15 (p), FP: Rs 9,452, Q: Rs 3,823, SHP: Rs 226, Trinalla: Rs 20,974 (c/o) and Rs 11,560, Exacta: Rs 1,03,441 (c/o). Favourite: Atlantis. Owners: Mrs Tanu Yadav. Trainer: Vishal Yadav.
6. STAR OF MYSORE TROPHY (1400m), rated 60 & above, 4-y-o & over: Kingston Town 55 Ramu 1, Hillsboro 51.5 Dhebe 2, King Julien 56.5 Srinath 3, Campeon 52.5 Ajeet Kumar 4. All ran. 1, 1/2 and 2-1/4. 1m 22.55s. Rs 56 (w), 17, 18 and 21 (p), FP: Rs 540, Q: Rs 154, SHP: Rs 56, Trinalla: Rs 890 and Rs 230, Exacta: Rs 21,939 and Rs 9,403. Favourite: Striking View. Owner: Mr Peter Caddy. Trainer: Amit Caddy.
7. SRIKANTADATTA NARASIMHARAJA WADIYAR MEMORIAL MILLION (1400m), 3-y-o only (Terms): La Dona 50 Sandesh 1, Kingoftheworld 58.5 Suraj 2, Escala 53 Trevor 3, Bold March 56.5 Chouhan 4, All ran. 5-3/4, 1-1/2 and Shhd. 1m 21.20s. Rs 16 (w), 12, 20 and 13 (p), FP: Rs 108, Q: Rs 63, SHP: Rs 70, Trinalla: Rs 163 and Rs 40, Exacta: Rs 263 and Rs 177. Favourite: La Dona. Owner: Mr Rienzie Edwards. Trainer: D. Byramji. 8. RANGA FAMILY CUP (1600m), rated 40 to 65: Star Nijinsky 51.5 T.S. Jodha 1, Secret Dimension 54.5 Rajesh Kumar 2, Prosperine 54 Trevor 3, Tronada 58.5 Dhebe 4. Not run: Ruthba. 1, 4-1/4 and 1. 1m 35.74s. Rs 20 (w), 13, 18 and 13 (p), FP: Rs 173, Q: Rs 163, SHP: Rs 64, Trinalla: Rs 201 and Rs 58, Exacta: Rs 346 and Rs 339. Owner: Mr Saleem Khan. Trainer: Hidayat Khan.
9. CAUVERY PLATE (1400m), rated 40 to 65, 5-y-o & over: Port Blair 61 John 1, Gran Turismo 55 Rajesh Kumar 2, Society Music 55 Prasad 3, Demanding Format 60.5 Ajeet Kumar 4. All ran. 3/4, 1 and 1/2. 1m 23.72s. Rs 22 (w), 12, 18 and 19 (p), FP: Rs 121, Q: Rs 122, SHP: Rs 70, Trinalla: Rs 461 and Rs 270, Exacta: Rs 1,837 and Rs 1,006. Favourite: Port Blair. Owner: Mr Prabhakara. Trainer: Tejaswi.
Jackpot: Rs 11,554, Runner-up: Rs 1,679, Treble (i): Rs 13,060 (c/o); (ii): Rs 14,226; (iii): Rs 61. | http://www.thehindu.com/sport/races/la-dona-clinches-feature/article9036928.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/66217c01568359fd4df88c4142b2ca1114c9a351114b3e0ec8900bde25083a20.json |
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"Anil Kumar Sastry"
] | 2016-08-26T20:54:33 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | The Mangaluru Division of the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) is ready with 48 modern urban buses to be deployed for city service operations in Mangaluru city and Udupi town.Mangal | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FMangalore%2F48-modern-urban-buses-for-mangaluru-and-udupi%2Farticle9032704.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 | 48 modern urban buses for Mangaluru and Udupi | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The Mangaluru Division of the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) is ready with 48 modern urban buses to be deployed for city service operations in Mangaluru city and Udupi town.
Mangaluru Division received the first tranche of 247 buses funded under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) scheme, the modified version of Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Mission, Phase II. Along with Mangaluru, 12 cities/towns in the State too got urban buses for city service operations.
Of the 48 new buses, 20 standard buses will be deployed on City routes once the Dakshina Kannada Regional Transport Authority (RTA) finalises schedule for 17 new routes for which permits were given recently, said Vivekanand Hegde, KSRTC’s Mangaluru Divisional Controller.
The remaining 28 midi buses will be deployed on city routes in Udupi where KSRTC is permitted to operate 30 buses, Mr. Hegde told The Hindu.
Mr. Hegde said that in all, Mangaluru Division has been allotted 65 buses and the remaining vehicles, which would arrive shortly, will be deployed in Mangaluru city.
Mr. Hegde said that these buses have a convenient floor-level with wide doors for easy entry and exit of passengers. They are equipped with CCTV cameras, vehicle tracking system, emergency communication system with the control room, inside destination display boards, ramps in Midi buses for the convenience of physically challenged persons and many more. Ergonomically designed seats and wide gangway should ensure comfortable commuting for passengers, he said.
The Union government had sanctioned 487 urban buses to 13 tier 2 and tier 3 cities and towns in the State at a cost of Rs. 171.01 crore. While the Union government contributed 60 per cent of the cost, the State government chipped in 30 per cent, while the KSRTC contributed the balance amount.
Of the 487 buses, 291 are standard non-AC 900 mm floor height urban buses; 63 midi non-AC 650 mm floor height buses and 133 midi non-AC 900 mm floor height buses. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/48-modern-urban-buses-for-mangaluru-and-udupi/article9032704.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/da477dbe0aaa5cb339b4fff0f9eb1e81dd977e347b9ff02bd4f16a66f797e973.json |
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] | 2016-08-28T02:55:08 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Are you one of those saddled with too many gift cards and looking at ways to get rid of them. Don’t let them go to waste: there is now a place where you can trade them for cash. Qwikcilver Solutio | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2Fbangalore%2Fgift-cards%2Farticle9036425.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02987/Woohoo_Gift_Card_2987483c.jpg | en | null | Exchange unused gift cards for cash | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Qwikcilver has launched a platform that allows people to sell their partially used or unused gift cards
Are you one of those saddled with too many gift cards and looking at ways to get rid of them. Don’t let them go to waste: there is now a place where you can trade them for cash.
Qwikcilver Solutions, a leading gift card technology provider, has come up with a platform that enables consumers to turn their partially used or unused gift cards into cash by listing them on the Woohoo gifting app.
They will also be able to convert loyalty points, generated from loyalty programs of multiple banks and NBFC channels, to digital gift cards, which can subsequently be sold on the newly launched Woohoo Secondary Marketplace. Once the card is sold, the money is credited directly to the seller’s bank account.
In order to obviate possibilities of misuse, all the listed gift cards are verified and authenticated in real time in the backend, said Pratap TP, Co-Founder & CMO, Qwikcilver.
Customers, who have physical gift cards, need not have to ship them to the buyer. Once customers list their physical cards on the platform, they get disabled and a new electronic version of the same (with the value and validity intact) gets created and listed, which can then be purchased by someone who is looking for a gift card.
The platform also allows sellers to change the price of the card, or even pull it off before it’s sold.
Stating that it's India’s first fully integrated consumer-to-consumer marketplace for selling and buying gift cards, Mr Pratap said the launch of the platform ahead of the festival season is expected to give a further impetus to the Indian gift card industry that is growing at 300% annually.
There are over 150 brands and more than 5,000 stores and portals on board Woohoo, which is available on Android and also on the web. It allows customers to redeem the gift cards either at online or offline stores. Woohoo comes from Quikcilver, the company whose technology works in the background powering the gift card schemes of a large number of online and physical outlets. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/gift-cards/article9036425.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/d941d7e01ea03181c34fc43a6b25048e89e6cac8f682c0ffd5b9ee62b600e665.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T10:56:56 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FThiruvananthapuram%2Fpookkalam-contest%2Farticle9053069.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 | Pookkalam contest | null | null | www.thehindu.com | An inter-bank Athappookkalam competition will be held by the NABARD Recreation Club on the NABARD office compound here on September 4. Call: 94463 45835. — Staff Reporter
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] | 2016-08-29T08:54:59 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | The district administration has proposed to conduct special campaign to increase the forest cover and has raised about six lakh seedlings in nurseries in 20 village panchayats. District Collector V. S | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Ftamil-nadu%2Fsix-lakh-saplings-to-be-planted%2Farticle9044410.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 | Six lakh saplings to be planted | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The district administration has proposed to conduct special campaign to increase the forest cover and has raised about six lakh seedlings in nurseries in 20 village panchayats. District Collector V. Sampath along with K. Kavitha, Project Director, District Rural Development Agency, inspected the nurseries set up at Vazhappadi and Kolathur panchayat unions on Saturday.
The Collector said that the state government launched mass sapling planting campaigns in 2012 through the Forest Department and Pollution Control Board. .
The Collector said it has been proposed to plant six lakh saplings during the year 2017-18. The saplings will be planted in public places in rural areas like educational institutions, government offices and poramboke lands and panchayat union road sides. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/six-lakh-saplings-to-be-planted/article9044410.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/b9fb6592963d7875ad689ba5cf1cc0635bba702b4a9490fb51f6efee25229e31.json |
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"B. Muralidhar Reddy"
] | 2016-08-29T04:55:35 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday night re-promulgated an Ordinance to amend the Enemy Property Act (Eviction of Unauthorised Occuants Act of 1971 pending ratification by Council of States (Rajya | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fpresident-repromulgates-ordinance-to-amend-enemy-property-act%2Farticle9043189.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 | President re-promulgates Ordinance to amend Enemy Property Act | null | null | www.thehindu.com | President Pranab Mukherjee on Sunday night re-promulgated an Ordinance to amend the Enemy Property Act (Eviction of Unauthorised Occuants Act of 1971 pending ratification by Council of States (Rajya Sabha).
The original Ordinance was promulgmated on January 7 this year. It was passed by the Lok Sabha in January and was subsequently referred to Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha. The third Ordinance incorporating the amendments suggested by the Rajya Sabha Select Committee was promulgmated by Mr. Mukherjee on May 31.
Since its validity was to expire on August 28, the President on the recommendation promulgmated the fourth Ordinance on the subject. The Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Second Ordinance was promulgated on April 2.
The Ordinance amends the Enemy Property Act, 1968 and the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1971. It replaced the Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Ordinance, 2016, which was scheduled to lapse in April 2016.
Under it the centre had designated some properties belonging to nationals of Pakistan and China as ‘enemy properties’ during the 1962, 1965 and 1971 conflicts. It vested these properties in the ‘Custodian of Enemy Property for India’, an office instituted under the central government. The 1968 Act regulates these enemy properties, and lists the powers of the Custodian.
The Ordinance is deemed to come into force on January 7, 2016, the date of promulgation of the first Ordinance. However, several of its provisions will have effect from the date of commencement of the 1968 Act. Consequently, divestments (i.e., returning of property from the Custodian to the owner) and transfers of enemy property, which had taken place before January 7, 2016 and are in contravention of the Ordinance, will be void.
It expands the definition of enemy to include legal heirs of enemies even if they are citizens of India or of another country which is not an enemy, (ii) nationals of an enemy country who subsequently changed their nationality to that of another country.
The 1968 Act allowed for vesting of enemy properties with the Custodian, after the conflicts with Pakistan and China. The Ordinance amends the Act to clarify that even in the following cases these properties will continue to vest with the Custodian: (i) the enemy’s death, (ii) if the legal heir is an Indian, (iii) enemy changes his nationality to that of another country, etc.
The Ordinance further provides that vesting of enemy property with the Custodian will mean that all rights, titles and interests in the property will vest with the Custodian. No laws governing succession will be applicable to these enemy properties.
The 1968 Act provided that the central government may order for an enemy property to be divested from the Custodian and returned to the owner or other person. The Ordinance replaces this provision, and allows enemy property to be returned to the owner only if an aggrieved person applies to the government, and the property is found not to be an enemy property.
The 1968 Act permitted sale of enemy property by the Custodian only if it was in the interest of preserving the property, or to secure maintenance of the enemy or his family in India. The Ordinance expands this power, and allows the Custodian to sell or dispose of enemy property. The Custodian may do this within a time period specified by the central government, irrespective of any court judgements to the contrary.
The 1968 Act prohibited transfer of enemy property by an enemy if: (i) it was against public interest, or (ii) to evade vesting of property in the Custodian. The Ordinance removes this provision, and prohibits all transfers by enemies. Further, it renders transfers that had taken place before or after the commencement of the 1968 Act as void.
The Ordinance bars civil courts and other authorities from entertaining cases against enemy properties, or against actions of the central government or the Custodian under the Act.
* Powers of the Custodian: The 1968 Act authorised the Custodian to take measures to preserve enemy property, and maintain the enemy and his family if they are in India, from the income derived from the property. The Ordinance removes the duty to maintain the enemy and his family.
Further, the Act permitted the Custodian to carry out some measures (including selling, mortgaging or leasing enemy property). The Ordinance adds to the list of permissible measures: (i) fixing and collecting rent, license fee, etc. from enemy property, and (ii) evicting unauthorised occupants and removing unauthorised construction from such properties.
The Public Premises Act, 1971 regulates removal of unauthorised occupants and construction from public premises. The Ordinance amends this Act to include enemy properties within the definition of public premises. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/president-repromulgates-ordinance-to-amend-enemy-property-act/article9043189.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/83fb4b1da6c8680432c6a5abb246018ebfc763db67cbdc5496a84a2747d5d15a.json |
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"K. V. Vasudevan"
] | 2016-08-28T00:52:58 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | Producer R. D. Raja is pleased that Remo is set to release on October 7, just as he had announced many months earlier. Raja, who’s making his debut with Remo, says, “I am sure the film will make audie | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Ffeatures%2Fcinema%2Fproducer-rd-raja-says-that-he-will-foray-into-hollywood-in-three-years%2Farticle9040302.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02988/31CP_RDRaja_remo_2988650c.jpg | en | null | Producer RD Raja says that he will foray into Hollywood in three years | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Producer Raja tells k. v. vasudevan that he will foray into Hollywood in three years
Producer R. D. Raja is pleased that Remo is set to release on October 7, just as he had announced many months earlier. Raja, who’s making his debut with Remo, says, “I am sure the film will make audiences happy, not just for the grandeur in it, but also because love, the core of the film, is a universal phenomenon.”
Raja is more than just Sivakarthikeyan’s manager. “I am a long-time friend, and it makes me happy to make my debut in his film,” he says. His association with Sivakarthikeyan goes back to Marina. He also wrote lyrics for Maan Karate. “For a long time now, Sivakarthikeyan has urged me to turn producer,” he says. What finally convinced him to take the leap was director Bakkiyaraj Kannan’s one-liner for Remo.
He doesn’t think it’s risky that Sivakarthikeyan comes dressed as a woman for vast stretches of the film. “He took up the challenge, and this brings out a new facet to his acting. Trust me when I say there will be no cause for disappointment,” he says.
Raja, who has worked for Vijay TV as a creative consultant, and is also a long-time associate of Fox Star Studios, is most excited that he has managed to bring in P. C. Sreeram for Remo. “He turned down five films to accept Remo. We also have other big names, including Resul and R. C. Kamalakannan (VFX expert).”
Raja has already announced his second and third projects, one more with Sivakarthikeyan, and the other with Nivin Pauly. Clearly, he is not one to deliberate too long. He doesn’t intend to stop with making Tamil films. “Considering Tamil cinema has internationally acclaimed technicians like A. R. Rahman, and Resul Pookutty, I can confidently tell you that my 24 AM Studios will produce a Hollywood movie in about three years,” he says. | http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/producer-rd-raja-says-that-he-will-foray-into-hollywood-in-three-years/article9040302.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/a409850c1a1c3e2764e75ead3974257b6308848f9fd7292ac8cbfc4014d4d590.json |
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"Susanna Myrtle Lazarus"
] | 2016-08-26T14:51:14 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | WatchBen-Hur (1959)Some movies stay with you for a lifetime and introduce you to stories and actors who define your notions of what makes great cinema. The original Ben-Hur was a silent movie made in | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Ffeatures%2Fmetroplus%2Fjoin-the-party%2Farticle9036364.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02987/27MP_AMY_SCHUMER_2987404c.jpg | en | null | Join the party | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Watch
Some movies stay with you for a lifetime and introduce you to stories and actors who define your notions of what makes great cinema. The original Ben-Hur was a silent movie made in 1925, but its remake — starring the inimitable Charlton Heston in the title role — managed to capture imaginations across generations. And, even though the 2016 version is in theatres now, I prefer watching Judah Ben-Hur’s journey from Jerusalem to the galleys and Rome, culminating in the iconic chariot race scene in the classic version. The movie had the largest budget and the largest sets of any film made during that time, and won 11 Academy Awards, including best picture, director, actor in a leading role, actor in a supporting role and cinematography.
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“I have no wisdom to offer you. But what I can help with is showing you my mistakes and my pain and my laughter.” In spite of the comedian’s claims, her first book is insightful, funny and entertaining. In her unapologetic and candid style, Amy talks about how it’s okay for a woman to care about how much money she’s making, about faking it till she made it, the importance of self love and being your own boss. For those who’ve watched her sketch comedy series Inside Amy Schumer, it will be easy to imagine her saying the things she has written. And, if you haven’t watched the show, look it up on YouTube while ordering a copy of the book.
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Ja’hron Anthony Brathwaite brings the party to you with his second studio album, which featured at number three on the Billboard 200. The 16-track album draws heavily from the producer/writer/singer’s collaboration with Rihanna and Drake for the song ‘Work’. At the same time, he also incorporates surprising elements and has come up with some novel tracks. ‘Not Nice’, ‘Spiteful’, ‘You’ve Been Missed’... the songs majorly talk about infidelity and other complications in relationships.
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For those who still don’t know, Frankenstein was not the name of the monster, but its creator. On August 30, celebrate author Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s birthday by reading her classic masterpiece, or by watching the epic 1931 movie featuring Boris Karloff. No matter how many times you read or watch it, there’s always something intriguing that pops up. | http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/join-the-party/article9036364.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/9515b9aada5237ed953800ce808a153cb30ebec90466272794fc317290eb43d2.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T12:50:38 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | Further needling India on the Kashmir issue, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday nominated 22 parliamentarians as special envoys to be despatched to world capitals to highlight the issue | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fpakistan-further-needles-india-sharif-despatching-22-special-envoys-to-world-capitals%2Farticle9040486.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02988/PAKISTAN-PRIMEMINI_2988728c.jpg | en | null | Nawaz Sharif despatches 22 special envoys to world capitals to highlight Kashmir issue | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Stepping up Pakistan’s diplomatic offensive, the prime minister said he has decided to send the parliamentarians for highlighting the Kashmir issue in different parts of the World.
Further needling India on the Kashmir issue, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday nominated 22 parliamentarians as special envoys to be despatched to world capitals to highlight the issue.
“We will also remind the United Nations its long-held promise of self-determination to the Kashmiri people,” Mr. Sharif said.
The move by Mr. Sharif comes in the backdrop of escalating war of words between India and Pakistan in the aftermath of the continuing unrest in the Kashmir Valley that broke out on July 8 after the killing of miltant Burhan Wani by security forces.
“The Prime Minister urged the special envoys to ensure their efforts for highlighting the Kashmir cause across the world so that he can shake the collective conscience of the international community during his address at the UN this September,” Radio Pakistan reported.
“We will also make it clear to India that it was India that approached the UN several decades back on Kashmir dispute but now it is not fulfilling its promise,” Mr. Sharif said.
The Kashmir problem is the most persistent failure of the UN and that the world body must establish its relevance, he said.
“I have decided to send these parliamentarians for fighting the Kashmir cause in different parts of the world.
These special envoys have the strength of the people of Pakistan, prayers from the Kashmiri people across the Line of Control, the mandate of the parliament and support from the government,” Mr. Sharif said in a statement.
“Generation after generation of Kashmiris have seen only broken pledges and ruthless oppression,” Mr. Sharif claimed.
He emphasised that this anniversary of the UN ought to be a catalyst, spurring the world body into action.
“We cannot relent from the Kashmir cause by any stretch of the imagination,” Mr. Sharif said. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/pakistan-further-needles-india-sharif-despatching-22-special-envoys-to-world-capitals/article9040486.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/5acd22143cdf46782294c8b8c7aa8c2c1bb1ef8759a2d1f8296c4556a08f7b68.json |
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"Special Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-29T22:51:59 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | As many as 24 members of the Mangalore Bicycle Club (MBC) concluded the two-month ‘Tour De Mountains’ cycling initiative by scaling the mighty Kundadri Hills in Shivamogga district on Sunday.During t | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FMangalore%2Fcyclists-tame-kundadri-hills%2Farticle9046817.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02991/29BG_CYCLE_1_29914_2991578c.jpg | en | null | Cyclists tame Kundadri Hills | null | null | www.thehindu.com | 24 members of the Mangalore Bicycle Club (MBC) concluded the two-month ‘Tour De Mountains’
As many as 24 members of the Mangalore Bicycle Club (MBC) concluded the two-month ‘Tour De Mountains’ cycling initiative by scaling the mighty Kundadri Hills in Shivamogga district on Sunday.
During the monsoon in the last two months, the members were scaling several small hillocks around Mangaluru, including Benjanapadavu and Neermarga.
Tour De Mountains anchored by club president Dony Menezes, vice-president Pritam Sharma, and committee member Gaurav Prabhu helped the riders improve their climbing skills, MBC said in a release.
The group left Mangaluru early on Sunday morning, stacking their bikes on cars to reach the foothills of Agumbe Ghat at Someshwara, where they were joined by Shameem Shaikh, K.Y. Arvind, Sagar Kalaburgi, and Phillip Adkins, who rode all the way from Manipal. After climbing Agumbe Ghat (9 km), the riders took off towards Kundadri without a break and reached Kundadri base (15 km).
The real challenge lay ahead: a continuous steep road for 4.2 km to reach the summit. All riders, both amateur and seasoned, successfully climbed the hill. The youngest in the group, Amoga Vikrama (16), climbed the peak comfortably, and so did Maxim Menezes (61), the eldest in the group inspiring fellow riders — Nagraj Shetty, Ganesh Nayak, Kethan Kevala, Arun Kumar Nayak, Joshua D’souza, Harsha Vardhana, Hari Prasad, Gaurav Prabhu, Murali Shankar, Ankith Shetty, Shubhanand Rao, Sunil Mendes, Masood Teekay, Marzooq Ahmed, Ravish Shenoy, Achinthya Rao, Mr. Shaikh, Mr. Arvind, Mr. Kalburgi, and Mr. Adkins.
After riding for 4.5 hours uphill and downhill, covering a distance of 55 km and elevation of 1,800 m in total, they reached Someshwara. The riders were backed by three support vehicles manned by Dr. Sharma, Subodh Rai, Shrestajna Vernekar, Shivananda Rao, and Anantha Krishna.
The release stated: “Our riders consisted of beginners with just 3 to 4 weeks of cycling experience to experienced and seasoned cyclists. More than the climb, the passion and excitement levels exhibited by each rider in the group and the efforts taken to motivate each other was remarkable.” | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Mangalore/cyclists-tame-kundadri-hills/article9046817.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/c2e0212564aa0e8a8494285494843cf67c29f2ee6c848e41d65cc15874357057.json |
[
"V. V. Subrahmanyam"
] | 2016-08-28T00:51:04 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | Cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar will present brand new BMW cars to the two Rio Olympics medallists – shuttler P.V. Sindhu and wrestler Sakshi Malik – and also to gymnast Dipa Karmarkar here on Sun | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Ftelangana%2Ffulfilling-a-promise%2Farticle9040895.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02988/HY27-P__V__SINDHU_2988987c.jpg | en | null | Fulfilling a promise | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar will present brand new BMW cars to the two Rio Olympics medallists – shuttler P.V. Sindhu and wrestler Sakshi Malik – and also to gymnast Dipa Karmarkar here on Sunday.
India’s chief national badminton coach Pullela Gopichand will also be presented with a BMW car as a token of appreciation for his “outstanding contribution to Indian sport”. Sachin will present these cars to the three outstanding athletes at Gopichand Academy in the presence of Telangana IT Minister K.T. Rama Rao and Telangana Badminton Association Vice-President V. Chamundeswaranath, who took the initiative to organise this function. On Saturday morning, Sindhu offered ‘pattu vastrams’ to goddess Durga at the famous Lal Darwaza temple in Old City.
Sindhu attired in traditional saree and accompanied by her parents – P.V. Ramana and P. Vijaya – offered prayers at the temple. Later, she said she had been visiting the temple every year and that today’s visit was to offer prayers as she promised to do after winning a medal in the Rio Olympics. “I always seek the blessings of the goddess and pray for the welfare of every citizen,” she said. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/fulfilling-a-promise/article9040895.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/a0b1950fee26b8844cebc004b95cea28693debe785a4a2626168ba0516ef9a97.json |
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"Kumar Buradikatti"
] | 2016-08-30T00:52:16 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | “These are extremely tough times as we are dealing with a fourth consecutive drought year. Standing crops of chilli, cotton and red-gram that I cultivated in five, two and three acres of land respect | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fkarnataka%2Fdrought-looming-over-raichur-sky%2Farticle9046811.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02991/30BG_RAICHUR_DROUG_2991469c.jpg | en | null | Drought looming over Raichur sky | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The 27mm rainfall received in August against the normal of 102 mm has left farmers devastated
“These are extremely tough times as we are dealing with a fourth consecutive drought year. Standing crops of chilli, cotton and red-gram that I cultivated in five, two and three acres of land respectively are slowing drying up. I have already spent around Rs. 1.25 lakh that I had borrowed from traders at APMC,” Huligeppa Gajjinamane, a farmer from Jalibenchi village in Raichur taluk, told The Hindu on Monday.
As he could not repay his three previous years’ loans because of crop-loss caused by droughts, his outstanding private loan has now grown to around Rs. 7.25 lakh. When the Department of Meteorology forecast above-normal rainfall before the onset of monsoon, he hoped to clear all his loans at one go. However, the continued dry spell for the last month has shattered all his hopes.
Mr. Huligeppa represents lakhs of farmers of Raichur district. The disturbing images of red-gram, green-gram, cotton, chilli, pearl millet (bajra), paddy, groundnut and other plants yellowing owing to heat stress can be seen across rural areas, except parts of Sindhanur taluk where paddy fields received relatively better quantity of water from Tungabhadra Left Bank Canal (TLBC).
The district received above-normal rainfall in June and July thereby raising the hopes of farmers. However, the negligible rainfall of 27 mm received in August against the normal rainfall of 102 mm (-73 per cent deficit as on Sunday) left them devastated.
Hit hard by the pink-bollworm pest that destroyed the Bt cotton crop in the last kharif season, most of the farmers have switched to red-gram this year. As a result, the red-gram cultivation area expanded from 40,000 hectares in last year to over 85,000 hectares this year.
The area for cotton cultivation area shrunk from 60,000 hectares to 30,000 hectares. The area of bajra cultivation also expanded from 35,000 hectares to 47,000 hectares. However, the change in crop pattern helped little as the dry spell invariably hit them all.
Of the 1,35,000 hectares of paddy fields along the TLBC, only half have seen transplantation. Many paddy growers in Sindhanur taluk, whose fields received water from TLBC, could complete paddy transplantation.
However, most farmers in Manvi and Raichur taluks that fall at the tail-end of TLBC, are still waiting for water to take up transplantation work.
The paddy crop that was sown using the traditional seed drilling method that requires less water compared to the transplanting method is also drying up as a result of heat stress. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/drought-looming-over-raichur-sky/article9046811.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/b799922dab6ded5e41b936b3446d726c7c2990aa55a1349971ee017e35a98b36.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T18:51:21 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | The judgment by the Bombay High Court (“HC allows women to enter Mumbai dargah’s sanctum”, Aug.27) is welcome but it would have been better had the Haji Ali Dargah Trust initiated the move. Any laype | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fopinion%2Fletters%2Fupholding-womens-rights%2Farticle9046730.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 | Upholding women’s rights | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The judgment by the Bombay High Court (“HC allows women to enter Mumbai dargah’s sanctum”, Aug.27) is welcome but it would have been better had the Haji Ali Dargah Trust initiated the move. Any layperson would agree that the arguments by the Trust in its defence such as protecting women from harassment are baseless. A notable feature of the judgment is the citing of Articles 14, 15 and 25, which will go a long way in providing equal religious opportunities to women.
Sachin V.K. Jadhav, Washim, Maharashtra | http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/letters/upholding-womens-rights/article9046730.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/183314f3772934b53bd2fbb1fce113d302951c14fd59ca95e68bc45a60757034.json |
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"Raviprasad Kamila"
] | 2016-08-29T14:51:32 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | In the first eight months of 2016, the Indian film industry witnessed the release of more than 70 movies in Hindi, India’s most-spoken language. In comparison, during the same period, Karnataka saw t | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Ffeatures%2Fcinema%2Fthe-rise-and-rise-of-tulu-cinema%2Farticle9045794.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02991/Tulu_2991195c.jpg | en | null | The rise and rise of Tulu cinema | null | null | www.thehindu.com | In the first eight months of 2016, the Indian film industry witnessed the release of more than 70 movies in Hindi, India’s most-spoken language. In comparison, during the same period, Karnataka saw the release of nine movies in Tulu, which, as per the 2001 census report, was spoken by less than 2 million people. At least six more Tulu films are in the offing.
Films in Tulu, spoken prominently in Dakshina Kannada and Udupi districts of Karnataka as well as the northern part of Kasaragod district in Kerala, have never been made in such numbers.
Tulu cinema completed 45 years on February 19, 2016 – a period that generated only about 70 films. It was in 1971 on that day that T.A. Srinivas, bought the distribution rights of the first Tulu film Enna Tangadi and released it in Jyothi theatre in Mangaluru.
For a long time, only one or two movies got released each year.
Then, the momentum changed with the success of Oriyardori Asal (One is smarter than the Other) — a comedy movie that released in 2011. It emerged emerging as a trend setter. It was one among only two films — the other one being Kanchilda Bale (Blessed Girl) — released that year.
Until then, Tulu cinema revolved around only serious subjects. Produced by theatre artiste Vijay Kumar Kodialbail, the movie was based on a popular Tulu drama by the same name, and it set off a spate of films in the industry.
After the success of Oriyardori Asal, four films hit the screen in 2012. Though the industry could produce only one movie in 2013, it picked up momentum again in 2014 with seven movies. Last year (2015), 10 films made it to the theatres.
Tulu films are being screened every day in Kudla (as Mangaluru is locally called) in one theatre or the other now, for the last two years.
“Now, Tulu cinema can stand on a par with other language cinemas,” said Tamma Lakshmana, an art director.
Of the 10 films released in 2015, seven were made by first-time producers, and six were directed by first-time directors. A significant feature is that a large number of them are comedies, he said.
Mr. Kodiabail said that the trend of producing only comedy films should change, and that filmmakers should focus on cinema with serious content too. “It is now following the readymade comedy formula.” But it was possible to make a film based on a strong story in a reasonable budget, he said.
“Now, the Tulu cinema industry is relying only on four or five comedy actors, who came from Tulu theatre,” Mr. Kodialbail said, adding that the audience would soon grow weary of them.
Stating that Tulu films were in their golden era, Mr. Kodialbail said that the release of 10 films in 2015 year alone itself had proved it.
But at the same time, Mr. Kodialbail said, the success of Tulu cinema cannot be measured only in numbers. “There were films screened for more than 50 or 100 days. At the same time, there have been films which were taken off from the theatres after a week.”
According to Mr. Lakshmana the budget of Tulu films range from Rs. 40 lakh to Rs. 1.20 crore. The budgets of films made during 2016 were in the range of Rs. 60 lakh and Rs. 80 lakh. “It requires Rs. 50 lakh to Rs. 60 lakh to make a Tulu film,” he said.
A Tulu film, Madime (Marriage), directed by Mr. Kodialbail and released in 2014, is being remade in Marathi now. He told The Hindu that Marathi and Hindi actors have acted in the remake. Its shooting has been completed and post-production is under way. The story, screenplay and dialogue (in Marathi) are by Mr. Kodialbail.
At a workshop organised by the Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy on Tulu cinema recently, Giriraj B., a Kannada director, hoped that quality cinema in Tulu would be a reality. According to him, only the Marathi and Tamil industries were producing movies that have a feel for the local language and culture now. Tulu had enough potential to produce such movies, he said. | http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/the-rise-and-rise-of-tulu-cinema/article9045794.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/9a2c489ea29ba87e5095a549716500e6b93608c413f2ad1358ea35e23d919f04.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T22:50:28 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | The Kula Vivaksha Vyatireka Porata Sangham’s ongoing State-wide bus yatra against social evils like untouchability and caste discrimination will reach Khammam district on August 30.In a statement, KV | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Ftelangana%2Fbus-yatra-to-reach-khammam-on-august-30%2Farticle9037122.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 | Bus yatra to reach Khammam on August 30 | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The Kula Vivaksha Vyatireka Porata Sangham’s ongoing State-wide bus yatra against social evils like untouchability and caste discrimination will reach Khammam district on August 30.
In a statement, KVPS district president Macha Venkateshwarlu said the ‘Atma Gaurava Udyama Bus Yatra’ began in Sangareddy of Medak district on August 23.
The bus yatra will pass through various mandals across Khammam district from August 30 to September 1.
The bus yatra is intended to spearhead a mass movement against all forms of untouchability and other social evils, besides growing atrocities against Dalits, he said, adding that several roadside meetings will be organised as part of the ensuing bus yatra to root out social evils in society. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/bus-yatra-to-reach-khammam-on-august-30/article9037122.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/f57073ad540cd9265e94333b8da539548739eb3bf8f2cacb6dbae61f66a85eb3.json |
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] | 2016-08-30T20:52:20 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | The Madras HC on Tuesday reserved its order on a plea moved by mother of Swathi murder accused Ramkumar, seeking to transfer the investigation to the CBI. Justice P.N. Prakash reserved his order on t | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2Fchennai%2Forder-for-cbi-probe-in-swathi-case-reserved%2Farticle9051468.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 | Order for CBI probe in Swathi case reserved | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The Madras HC on Tuesday reserved its order on a plea moved by mother of Swathi murder accused Ramkumar, seeking to transfer the investigation to the CBI.
Justice P.N. Prakash reserved his order on the petition moved by P. Pushpam, who alleged that her son, who has nothing to do with the crime, has been implicated in the case.
According to the petitioner, though the investigating officers are well aware of the real person who committed the murder, in an attempt to safeguard him due to pressure from various quarters, her son has been falsely implicated in the case. Claiming that the police do not have any material evidence to prove the involvement of her son in the murder, she said: “Higher officials in the police department are trying to suppress the real facts and safeguard the real offender.”
Denying the allegations, the government submitted that the investigation was proceeding in the right direction and that they are ready to provide all evidence before the court, if need be. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/order-for-cbi-probe-in-swathi-case-reserved/article9051468.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/a14a77f101c68a73160dbb9d395ae44bc3e7a50af392304203ec7250bf4e48f1.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T10:53:25 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | DMK legislator Poongothai Aladi Aruna on Tuesday urged the State government to come up with a plan to permanently fix the price of onion citing the recent fall in prices of onions and tomatoes. During | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2Fchennai%2Ffix-price-for-onions-dmk-mla%2Farticle9052588.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 | Fix price for onions: DMK MLA | 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/fix-price-for-onions-dmk-mla/article9052588.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/9affe18334c897e0455b4869159ac53b3fe5966fd0afb18639d6e1a977237d36.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T14:50:12 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Bengaluru (Rural) district MP D.K. Suresh is in the dock for allegedly abusing and humiliating a police sub-inspector during a review meeting at his residence on Thursday.
While the PSI T.R. Sriniv | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fkarnataka%2Fpsi-files-complaint-against-mp%2Farticle9036729.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02987/suresh_2987498c.jpg | en | null | PSI files complaint against MP | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Bengaluru (Rural) MP D.K. Suresh allegedly abused and humiliated Attibele PSI
Bengaluru (Rural) district MP D.K. Suresh is in the dock for allegedly abusing and humiliating a police sub-inspector during a review meeting at his residence on Thursday.
While the PSI T.R. Srinivas attached to Attibele police station has written a letter to Superintendent of Police, Bengaluru district, to take necessary action, Mr. Suresh refuted allegations stating that he is ready for any probe.
In his complaint, Mr. Srinivas said that Mr. Suresh had called on the police officers of Anekal taluk to discuss the law and order issues.
“After the meeting, Mr. Suresh spoke disrespectfully and accused me of accepting bribes. Though I tried to reason with him stating that it was just a misunderstanding, he was in no mood to listen,” Mr. Srinivas has said in his complaint. He added that he was humiliated and embarrassed because of MP’s public remarks.
Reacting to the allegations, Mr. Suresh said he called a meeting with the police officials following complaints from the public regarding law and order issue. “I discussed with the police officers on possible action to curb growing mugging and other criminal activities in general. I have not humiliated anyone. I heard the PSI has filed a complaint. Let the police officials conduct a detailed probe and I am ready to face the investigations,” he said. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/psi-files-complaint-against-mp/article9036729.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/3bee8f9dc7e743b314ff3fc5b72cce9225d0ff1a9786b2f1370db9b4598a6fd7.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T02:52:39 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Speakers at a roadside meeting organised by Kula Vivaksha Vyatireka Porata Sangham here on Tuesday called for united and concerted efforts to eradicate social evils like untouchability and build a cas | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Ftelangana%2Ffight-social-evils%2Farticle9053368.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 | ‘Fight social evils’ | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Speakers at a roadside meeting organised by Kula Vivaksha Vyatireka Porata Sangham here on Tuesday called for united and concerted efforts to eradicate social evils like untouchability and build a casteless society.
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] | 2016-08-31T01:00:54 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | The 15th anniversary celebrations of the Telugu Journalists Association (TEJOUS) were held at the Andhra Social and Cultural Association (ASCA) in Chennai on Saturday.Dr. K. Rosaiah, Governor of Tamil | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2Fchennai%2Ftejous-turns-15%2Farticle9044232.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 | TEJOUS turns 15 | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The 15th anniversary celebrations of the Telugu Journalists Association (TEJOUS) were held at the Andhra Social and Cultural Association (ASCA) in Chennai on Saturday.
Dr. K. Rosaiah, Governor of Tamil Nadu, was the chief guest.
Releasing a souvenir on the occasion, the Governor said journalists faced many challenges in the competitive media world and exhorted them to uphold the core values of the profession.
The Governor felicitated various journalists and media publications.
TEJOUS President G. Sanjay and Secretary G. Venkateswara Rao thanked the Governor and the ASCA for supporting the cause of the Telugu journalists. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/tejous-turns-15/article9044232.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/b0c2b446ea406e8e9caffc9dba69429322b29465de636d28fa99560da7da8373.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T04:57:38 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | The meeting of Child Protection Committee held here on Thursday decided to monitor children’s homes in the district at regular intervals.A report will be submitted to the district administration. Dist | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Ftamil-nadu%2Fchildrens-homes-to-be-monitored%2Farticle9034499.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 | Children’s homes to be monitored | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The meeting of Child Protection Committee held here on Thursday decided to monitor children’s homes in the district at regular intervals.
A report will be submitted to the district administration. District Collector C. Kathiravan presided over the meeting.
Those homes that do not have the necessary infrastructure will be served a show-cause notice.
Village level and block level meetings of child protection committees should be conducted on a regular basis and reports should be submitted, he said.
Principal Sessions Judge Jeevanandam said an awareness about child protection legislations should be created among the masses. Sessions Judge Anandan said that discussions should be held on POCSO Act, 2012 (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act).
The district Child Protection Officer Devi Priya, Additional Superintendent of Police Veeraraghavan, representatives of various NGOs were present. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/childrens-homes-to-be-monitored/article9034499.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/4b1f9072a8bd0f73ee6643066676bec08ba54455e6125e4277e30dc07c2fe5f4.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T10:56:22 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Over 60 cases were settled at the adalat organised jointly by the Kerala State Women’s Commission and NSS Karayogam, Ernakulam, here. Most of the complaints were against parents who had refused to han | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FKochi%2Fover-60-cases-settled-at-adalat%2Farticle9053047.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 | Over 60 cases settled at adalat | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Over 60 cases were settled at the adalat organised jointly by the Kerala State Women’s Commission and NSS Karayogam, Ernakulam, here. Most of the complaints were against parents who had refused to hand over a share of their assets to their daughters.
Please Wait while comments are loading... | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/over-60-cases-settled-at-adalat/article9053047.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/93cc169d3d50fcabf0dff1dc4568419cf01568927731dd8f756cd13ea2f32654.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T04:53:21 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a petition filed by Vyapam whistleblower Dr. Anand Rai, accusing an apex court-appointed Oversight Committee led by former Chief Justice of India R.M. Lodha | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fsc-agrees-to-hear-plea-against-justice-lodha-panel-overseeing-mci%2Farticle9037185.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 | SC agrees to hear plea against Justice Lodha panel overseeing MCI | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a petition filed by Vyapam whistleblower Dr. Anand Rai, accusing an apex court-appointed Oversight Committee led by former Chief Justice of India R.M. Lodha of over-stepping its assigned job of monitoring the work of the Medical Council of India (MCI).
A Bench led by Chief Justice of India T.S. Thakur ordered the petition to be posted for hearing before Justice Anil R. Dave Bench on August 29.
It was a Constitution Bench led by Justice Dave, in a judgment in May 2016, which had invoked the apex court’s rare and extraordinary powers under Article 142 of the Constitution to set up a three-member committee, headed by Justice Lodha, to oversee the functioning of the MCI for at least a year.
The 165-page verdict had endorsed a Parliamentary Standing Committee report of March 2016 that medical education and profession in the country is at its “lowest ebb” and suffering from “total system failure” due to corruption and decay.
The Committee also comprises Professor (Dr.) Shiv Sareen (Director, Institute of Liver and Biliary Sciences) and Vinod Rai (former Comptroller & Auditor General of India).
The petition alleged that the Committee overshot the MCI and the Health Ministry’s disapproval of hundreds of applications made by medical colleges without conducting any “fresh” inspection or assessment.
It claimed that the panel, in August, went on to grant recognition and allowed colleges to increase student intake and even extended the time schedule for colleges to remove deficiencies based on which the MCI had recommended disapproval of their applications.
Besides its actions being in violation of the strict orders of the Supreme Court, the petition claimed that the Committee acted “not only in contravention of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution” but also exhibited its failure to “take decisions which fulfil the test of reasonableness and which are in the larger interest of the public”.
“The impugned decisions of Respondent No. 3 (Lodha Committee) have the effect of compromising the standards in medical education and training in India and shall have an adverse influence on the career interests of students undertaking the undergraduate and post-graduate courses in the field of health and medicine,” the petition alleged.
The petition said the MCI had processed several proposals from medical colleges — varying from establishment of new medical colleges to renewal of permissions to increase in seats to grant of recognition to medicine courses for 2016-17.
Of this, around 150 proposals for new undergraduate courses and 118 for super-specialty courses for 2016-17 were disapproved by the Ministry on the recommendations of the MCI after independent verifications had found several deficiencies in the colleges.
On June 13, the petition said, the Oversight Committee intervened to give these colleges a fresh opportunity to furnish their compliances by June 22 to deficiencies pointed out by the MCI.
The MCI was then asked to conduct inspections and send reports of each of these colleges to the ministry before July 20. The MCI did so, reiterating its disapproval.
The petition alleged that the Committee, at this juncture, without conducting any fresh inspection, proceeded to approve the applications of these medical colleges.
Further, the petition alleged, the Committee, on August 12 and 13, approved a “majority” of applications by medical colleges seeking renewal of permission for 2016-17 , grant of recognition for undergraduate courses and increase in intake for 2016-17. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/sc-agrees-to-hear-plea-against-justice-lodha-panel-overseeing-mci/article9037185.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/75eaff499b70a0f49b24d695b30604b6fc748d74e7bfbc88d8e1599513a08237.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T04:56:06 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | Rights activist Irom Sharmila has been shifted to the Yoga and Naturopathy Health Spa Centre at Langol in Manipur’s Imphal West district for recuperation. She left the security ward of the Jawaharlal | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Frights-activist-irom-sharmila-shifted-to-yoga-centre%2Farticle9043080.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 | Irom Sharmila shifted to yoga centre | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Rights activist Irom Sharmila has been shifted to the Yoga and Naturopathy Health Spa Centre at Langol in Manipur’s Imphal West district for recuperation.
Rights activist Irom Sharmila has been shifted to the Yoga and Naturopathy Health Spa Centre at Langol in Manipur’s Imphal West district for recuperation.
She left the security ward of the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences Hospital on Saturday, where she had been staying since she broke her 16-year fast against AFSPA on August 9.
Ms. Sharmila told reporters on Sunday that she had already started her work to fight the Manipur election slated for early next year.
She said she would like to participate in the global youth peace festival between September 27 and October 27 in Chhatisgarh and wanted to launch “a new movement to cleanse society” there.
The ‘Iron Lady’ is due to appear before the court on September 5. — PTI | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/rights-activist-irom-sharmila-shifted-to-yoga-centre/article9043080.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/1c92dfdd725dd210be05a5c9259551247408cdd52b622c6d2a10114d14ef8d1d.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T20:55:44 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Nepal has imposed a 10-year mountaineering ban on an Indian couple who faked photographs purporting to show them at the top of Mount Everest, an official said on Tuesday. Dinesh and Tarakeshwari R | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Finternational%2Fnepal-bans-indian-police-couple-for-faking-mount-everest-climb%2Farticle9050181.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02992/dinesh_everest_2992379c.jpg | en | null | Nepal bans Indian police couple for faking Mount Everest climb | null | null | www.thehindu.com | A total of 456 people reached the top of the Everest during the recently-ended spring season, after two consecutive years of deadly disasters
Nepal has imposed a 10-year mountaineering ban on an Indian couple who faked photographs purporting to show them at the top of Mount Everest, an official said on Tuesday.
Dinesh and Tarakeshwari Rathod, both police constables, said they reached the top of the world’s highest mountain on May 23. But fellow climbers cast doubt on their claim, saying their photos at the summit were doctored.
Nepal's tourism department initially certified their claim but later conducted an investigation.
“Our investigation shows that the couple faked their summit. We have imposed a 10-year ban against them from climbing any mountain in Nepal,” tourism department chief Sudarshan Prasad Dhakal said of the decision made on Monday.
Dhakal said an analysis of the photos submitted by the couple showed they had superimposed themselves and their banners on photos taken by another Indian climber of his Everest summit.
“Despite several attempts to get clarifications from them, they did not cooperate with us during the investigation. The two Sherpas that assisted them are also absconding,” Dhakal said.
“The ban should serve as a warning for mountaineers to follow ethics,” he said.
Many of those who reach the top of the 8,848 metre (29,029 feet) mountain have gone on to make money or forge careers as motivational speakers and authors.
A total of 456 people, including more than 250 foreigners, reached the top of the Everest during the recently-ended spring season, after two consecutive years of deadly disasters that led to almost all attempts being abandoned.
Mountaineering is a major revenue-earner for the impoverished Himalayan nation. This year’s string of successful summits is expected to boost the industry, which was left reeling after an earthquake last year killed almost 9,000 people nationwide.
Hundreds fled the Everest last year after an earthquake-triggered avalanche at base camp killed 18 people.
Only one climber reached the top in 2014 after an avalanche killed 16 Nepali guides that year. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/nepal-bans-indian-police-couple-for-faking-mount-everest-climb/article9050181.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/94a85d68dcaa79af36977383cadeb7cc4e8321af02b3c95b44d064787bbf1260.json |
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] | 2016-08-26T19:01:33 | null | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | Sea Lord, Aster Rose, Sheryl, Acclaimed and Starlet pleased when the horses were exercised here on Thursday morning (August 25)
Inner sand:
1000m: Pentagram (N. Rajesh) 1-7.5, 600/40. In fine tri | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fsport%2Fraces%2Ftrack-work%2Farticle9031976.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 | Track work | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Sea Lord, Aster Rose, Sheryl, Acclaimed and Starlet pleased when the horses were exercised here on Thursday morning (August 25)
Inner sand:
1000m: Pentagram (N. Rajesh) 1-7.5, 600/40. In fine trim.
1400m: German Guide (R. Marshall) 1-35, 1,200/1-21, 1,000/1-8, 600/39. Impressed.
Outer sand:
600m: Starlet (Praveen S) 40.5. Moved fluently. Thundersquall (rb) 46. Easy. Amaze (Mallikarjun) 44. Note. Yellowzone (rb) 41.5. Moved impressively.
1000m: Proudprince (rb) 1-16.5, 600/44.5. Moved on the bit. Queenofgoodtimes (A. Imran), Santorini Secret (Praveen S) 1-16, 600/44.5. They finished together. Above And Beyond (S.K. Paswan), Noble Princess (Chetan K) 1-16.5, 600/43.5. Former finished two lengths ahead.
1200m: Acclaimed (P. Trevor) 1-25.5, 1,000/1-11, 600/43. Moved fluently. Wild Wild Angels (rb), Temujin (rb) 1-31, 1,000/1-12, 600/42. Former finished two lengths ahead. Aster Rose (S. John) 1-30, 1,000/1-13.5, 600/41.5. Moved attractively. Silver Chieftan (A. Ramu) 1-28.5, (1,200-600) 40. Eased up.
1400m: Sheryl (P. Trevor) 1-37, 1,200/1-23, 1,000/1-10.5, 600/43.5. A fine display. Amazing Charm (R. Marshall) 1-43, 1,200/1-28, 1,000/1-12.5, 600/43.5. Shaped well. Mistress Of Spice (A. Imran), Nyssa (Praveen S) 1-46, 1,200/1-28, 1,000/1-13, 600/45. Former finished three lengths ahead. Now U Know (Praveen S), Why Should I (rb) 1-44, 1,200/1-27, 1,000/1-12.5, 600/44.5. Former finished four lengths ahead.
1600m: Sea Lord (P. Trevor) 1-51.5, 1,400/1-36.5, 1,200/1-23.5, 1,000/1-10.5, 600/43. A pleasing display. | http://www.thehindu.com/sport/races/track-work/article9031976.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-25T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/dbc0e02893c63bc317ba5c1bff4c6cd31ca4c5791447603c1a2ebd611209af23.json |
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"Special Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-29T18:51:04 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | The All India Tennis Association may have given the thumbs-up to Delhi Lawn Tennis Association’s proposal to host India’s Davis Cup World Group play-off match against Spain under lights, but the deci | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fsport%2Ftennis%2Fplaying-spain-under-lights-doesnt-sit-well-with-bhupathi%2Farticle9046712.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 | Playing Spain under lights doesn’t sit well with Bhupathi | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The All India Tennis Association may have given the thumbs-up to Delhi Lawn Tennis Association’s proposal to host India’s Davis Cup World Group play-off match against Spain under lights, but the decision has not gone down too well with Mahesh Bhupathi.
“I don’t know the reason, actually. I would like to know the justification for why the matches are in the night,” said Bhupathi, after inaugurating a table tennis tournament here on Monday.
“I have spoken to a couple of boys and they obviously prefer to play in the day because the heat will hopefully be of a little bit of a benefit to the team. Seriously, these decisions should be taken after speaking to the team,” he said.
The decision to host the matches — to be played in New Delhi from September 16 to 18 — in the evening is reportedly to bring in more spectators. But, considering the importance of the match, Bhupathi said India ought to have tried to utilise the home advantage to the fullest.
“It’s a very, very tough match. Spain has so many players in the top-100. They have so many options. We will have to play out of our skins, and we need everything to go in our favour. That’s why playing at the right time and on the right surface is something we should all think carefully about,” said Bhupathi.
Bhupathi also minced no words in criticising the men’s doubles team’s lack of preparation ahead of the Rio Olympics, which culminated in a first-round exit for of Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna.
“The doubles team was obviously under-prepared. There was no preparation, so under-prepared is out of the question. No preparation is the right description, I think.
“They (Paes and Bopanna) didn’t practice, they didn’t play together.
“In 2004, when Leander and I were not playing together on Tour, we always came together to play a couple of tournaments, and that is what the Olympics demands. We had won 300 matches together and we still made an effort to do it.
“This year they went in cold. A match against a [depleted] Korean team is not the way to prepare for the Olympics.” “The mixed-doubles was our best shot, but unfortunately they lost in the semis,” Bhupathi said. | http://www.thehindu.com/sport/tennis/playing-spain-under-lights-doesnt-sit-well-with-bhupathi/article9046712.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/63dd2522a39420ab9362fa6e5f6a9815d436b35451afe1f7e9dc92cdd63d45a2.json |
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"John L. Paul"
] | 2016-08-27T10:51:34 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | With the initial trial runs involving the first Kochi Metro train in the Muttom-Kalamassery corridor getting over, the stage is set for integrated trials wherein the synergy between trains and differe | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FKochi%2Fstage-set-for-metros-integrated-trial-runs%2Farticle9038955.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02988/26kijlp02_trial_KO_2988319c.jpg | en | null | Stage set for metro’s integrated trial runs | null | null | www.thehindu.com | ON TRACK:Internal trial runs of the first train is over wherein it performed well and touched a speed of up to 90 km per hour at level, curve and gradient corridors, according to officials.
Trials likely from September onwards; commercial operations to begin by March next year
With the initial trial runs involving the first Kochi Metro train in the Muttom-Kalamassery corridor getting over, the stage is set for integrated trials wherein the synergy between trains and different systems will be monitored and fine-tuned.
The second train that arrived here a couple of months ago will be deployed for integrated trials that are expected from September. A top metro official said internal trial runs of the first train is over wherein it performed up to the mark and touched a speed of up to 90 km per hour at level, curve and gradient corridors. The software to operate trains is also ready. Officials of the Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO) are expected to arrive here in September to conduct the mandatory trial runs. A report will then be submitted to the Railway Board.
Commercial operations
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation and Kochi Metro Rail Limited are gearing up to begin the integrated trials in which the synergised operation of trains with different systems such as signals, telecommunication, power, etc. will be reviewed and aberrations, if any, rectified. This will go on for four months in the metro corridor up to Palarivattom.
The certification process by the Commissioner for Railway Safety (CRS) will follow suit.
“The metro can begin commercial operations by March once the CRS issues safety certificate,” he said.
Trials under way
“Apart from the Muttom-Kalamassery corridor, trial runs are under way at the steep gradient for trains to climb from the coach depot to the viaduct. Brake test etc., are over, including the process in which the three coaches of each train are laden with sand bags to test the stability of coaches packed with passengers,” metro sources said.
Five or six set of trains will be deployed for integrated trials. The third metro train is expected here by October. Another five are expected by December. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/stage-set-for-metros-integrated-trial-runs/article9038955.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/ba2cc36b90509ca5a6ec7e58bf969543ad9946ce1283864c4280f11ccfba8e1a.json |
[] | 2016-08-31T10:56:49 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | The district administration has said that idols of Lord Vinayaga made for Vinayaga Chathurthi festival should be immersed in the following designated spots identified by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Contr | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FTiruchirapalli%2Fidol-immersion-spots%2Farticle9052733.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 | Idol immersion spots | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The district administration has said that idols of Lord Vinayaga made for Vinayaga Chathurthi festival should be immersed in the following designated spots identified by the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board: the Cauvery river between Melachinthamani and Srirangam Road in Tiruchi city, Uyyakondan channel at Somarasampettai, Peruvala Vaikkal at Manachanallur, Kattalai Vaikkal in Ramji Nagar, Ayyan Vaikkal at Lalgudi, Cauvery river (Vengur) in Tiruverambur, Mamundi river at Manapparai, Ponnaniyar river at Vaiyampatti and Boothanayagi Amman kovilkulam at Thuvarankurichi. Only idols made of clay without use of chemicals should be immersed in water bodies, a press release said .
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[
"A. S. Panneerselvan"
] | 2016-08-29T04:55:25 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | How quickly do people jump to conclusions? One of the readers assumed that The Hindu is shutting down its comments section based on the column, “Engaging readers, going beyond comments” (August 22, 20 | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fopinion%2FReaders-Editor%2Ftowards-meaningful-conversations-with-readers%2Farticle9043016.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02163/VBK-19-A_S__PANNEE_2163315c.jpg | en | null | Towards meaningful conversations with readers | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The Hindu’s digital team must get involved in The Coral Project to make its interactivity with the readers mutually beneficial
How quickly do people jump to conclusions? One of the readers assumed that The Hindu is shutting down its comments section based on the column, “Engaging readers, going beyond comments” (August 22, 2016), without realising that the editorial process and the Office of the Readers’ Editor (RE) are both autonomous. The Editor’s prerogative in deciding the content of the newspaper is clearly defined. The RE comes in only post-publication. Apart from corrections and clarifications, I comment on slip-ups whenever they happen, and use the forum to think aloud on some of the challenges that confront journalism. The Editor and the editorial team weigh the ideas that emerge from the dialogue between the RE and the readers, and take a final call as they deem fit for the newspaper. This is an intricate balancing act where there is no space for overreach.
Last week, Nausicaa Renner, associate editor at the Columbia Journalism Review and the Tow Centre for Digital Journalism, looked at an interesting new initiative called The Coral Project to improve the quality of the comments section. She explained how this project, “a collaboration between The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Mozilla Foundation, funded by a $3.89 million grant from the Knight Foundation (which also funds the Tow Centre for Digital Journalism), is developing open-source tools for newsrooms everywhere to cut through the negative trolls and tap into potential of audience engagement for journalism.”
The Coral Project’s director, Andrew Losowsky, told Ms. Renner that “the conversation that we always start with, [is]: What is the role of audience in your journalistic mission? And what could the role of the audience be in your journalistic mission if you had the right tools? Some of them can answer the first, and almost no one can answer the second.” One of the tools developed by The Coral Project is called Trust. The Washington Post is currently testing a Trust beta.
According to Mr. Losowsky, Trust is meant to “highlight the good as much as punish the bad”. Ms. Renner elaborated how Trust works: “If, for example, you limit your search to commenters who have made at least 30 comments on the WaPo site, none of which have been removed by moderators and are all over 20 words long, you suddenly have a much shorter list of the best commenters. Then, you can set parameters so that these commenters bypass moderation and their comments are automatically featured. Commenters who tend to be flagged, on the other hand, can be sent straight to pre-moderation. Publishers can specify, down to the number of Tweets, the threshold at which they want to moderate.”
The Coral Project’s website has an interesting post by Rob Malda, the creator of Slashdot, on the arrival of trolls. He wrote: “They [trolls] took many forms, ranging from posting material that might be entertaining, perpetuating running gags and memes that bonded the community together, to malicious users who merely incited hostility with oppositional viewpoints or offensive language, and users who explicitly aimed to break the system in a technical way by flooding a forum with a waterfall of posts that drowned out the real material. These attacks became an unyielding force, pushing Slashdot developer time away from its core mission of the dissemination and discussion of nerd news. We were forced to play referee between users, some of whom were actively dishonest about their role in the system.”
This has precisely been my concern too. What can be done to retain the focus of the newspaper on its core mission and not permit dishonest users to deflect and lead conversations to a dead end?
The Coral team says that they “want to give publishers the ability to better understand their contributors and control the level of discourse on their sites; empower contributors to manage their identities and data; and provide readers with a more productive discussion about current events.” They make a crucial differentiation between a commenting platform and tools for communities around journalism. They are clear that they are not building a commenting platform and that they don’t treat comments as being isolated from the rest of the journalistic process.
Ms. Renner is not sure whether The Coral Project will be able to drive news sites away from shutting down their own commenting systems. She thinks that The Coral Project only provides the tools. “How successful newsrooms are in connecting with readers has to do with the initiative that news organisations themselves take, whether they are proactive in building audiences or hand over commenting to social media platforms where they have little control,” she writes.
The good news for The Hindu’s digital team is that The Coral Project is inviting anyone who is interested in building better communities around journalism. The project is committed to providing a safe and open space for all. Its community guidelines rest on four pillars: be supportive of each other; criticise ideas, not people; flag bad behaviour; and follow the rules. The aim of the project is to create software that publishers can use to better connect with their community. I believe that The Hindu’s digital team must get involved in this project to make its interactivity with the readers more meaningful and mutually beneficial.
readerseditor@thehindu.co.in | http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/Readers-Editor/towards-meaningful-conversations-with-readers/article9043016.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/751f338520ba977a4b26e64de4043c978dba772dbbdfe874ae0ba411ed86ed98.json |
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"Staff Reporter"
] | 2016-08-30T15:00:54 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | A 42-year-old man sustained injuries in a knife attack by a man near the dental ward at Coimbatore Medical College Hospital on Thursday night. Suresh of Uppumandi near Kembatty Colony suffered dee | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FCoimbatore%2Fman-attacked-inside-coimbatore-medical-college-hospital%2Farticle9039745.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 | Man attacked inside Coimbatore Medical College Hospital | null | null | www.thehindu.com | According to police sources, a few hours prior to the incident, the victim had attacked the attacker’s father on Chetty Street in Selvapuram Police limits.
A 42-year-old man sustained injuries in a knife attack by a man near the dental ward at Coimbatore Medical College Hospital on Thursday night.
Suresh of Uppumandi near Kembatty Colony suffered deep bruises on his left fore arm when he tried to fend off the attack from N. Kathirvel. Following the attack, Race Course Police registered a case and are on the lookout for Kathirvel.
According to police sources, a few hours prior to the incident, Suresh had attacked Kathirvel’s father Nagaraj on Chetty Street in Selvapuram Police limits. Suresh assaulted Nagaraj with a razor on his ears.
Passersby informed the Selvapuram Police, who rushed to the spot, brought the situation under control and took them to the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital.
It was to avenge the assault on his father that Kathirvel followed them to the hospital, the sources said. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/man-attacked-inside-coimbatore-medical-college-hospital/article9039745.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/9932b0bc0f962c98eea97856812dedfd176aef0e79aadd034e09d83c65d2e564.json |
[
"P. Narasimhan"
] | 2016-08-31T12:52:23 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) on Wednesday announced that SPN and its affiliates have entered into definitive agreements to acquire TEN Sports Network from Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fbusiness%2FIndustry%2Fsony-pictures-network-inks-deal-to-acquire-ten-sports-network-for-385-million%2Farticle9055085.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02993/TenSports_2993368c.jpg | en | null | Sony Pictures Network inks deal to acquire Ten Sports Network for $385 million | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The Ten Sports Network acquisition will add South Asia’s leading sports network to SPN’s existing portfolio of channels.
Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) on Wednesday announced that SPN and its affiliates have entered into definitive agreements to acquire TEN Sports Network from Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEE) and its subsidiaries for $385 million, subject to regulatory approval.
The acquisition will add South Asia’s leading sports network to SPN’s existing portfolio of channels, according to a company release.
The TEN Sports channels being acquired include TEN 1, TEN 1 HD, TEN 2, TEN 3, TEN Golf HD, TEN Cricket, TEN Sports that operate in several countries including the Indian sub-continent, Maldives, Singapore, Hong Kong, Middle East, Caribbean.
TEN Sports holds broadcast rights to major cricket boards (South Africa, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe). In addition, Ten Sports holds rights to wrestling (WWE), football (UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, French League, English Football League Cup), tennis (WTA Events, ATP events), golf (European Tour, Asian Tour, Ryder Cup, US PGA Championship, LPGA Tour, Professional Golf Tour of India and Golf Channel Block), athletics (Asian Games, Commonwealth Games), motor sports (Moto GP) and cycling (Tour de France) events.
Long a television destination for sports fans, SPN sports properties include cricket (IPL, CPL, Ram Slam), football (FIFA 2018 World Cup Russia, UEFA Euro 2016, FIFA World Events including FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017 in India, European and South American Qualifiers for FIFA WC 2018, FIFA Confederations Cup, LaLiga, Serie A, FA Cup, Copa America Centenario, International Champions Cup), tennis (Australian Open, ATP 1000 and 500 World Tour Events, Champions Tennis League), fight sports (TNA, UFC, Pro Wrestling League), basketball (NBA) as well as NFL and Premier Futsal.
NP Singh, CEO, Sony Pictures Networks India said in a release: “I welcome TEN Sports to the Sony family. The acquisition of TEN Sports Network will strengthen SPN’s offering for viewers of cricket, football and fight sports, complementing our existing portfolio of international and domestic sporting properties. It also aptly demonstrates SPN’s commitment to providing a broad range of sporting entertainment to fans across India and the sub-continent.”
Andy Kaplan, president, Worldwide Networks, Sony Pictures Television: “India has been a strong driver of Sony Pictures’ growing networks business for two decades, and sports continue to play a significant role in that growth. The acquisition of TEN Sports, following the launch of SONY ESPN channels, will mean that our Indian networks would reach over 800 million viewers and broadcast many of the most popular and prestigious sporting events in the world.”
Punit Goenka, Managing Director, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. (ZEE): “This is a landmark deal for ZEE and a step towards a strategic portfolio shuffle as we grow our general entertainment business both in the domestic and overseas markets. While we have grown our sports business over the last 10 years through acquisition of content at competitive prices, our focus now is on transforming ourselves into an all-round media and content company, comprising of five verticals, namely, broadcast, digital, films, live events, and international business; and we continue to move rapidly towards our set business goals. While I have always been proud of our sports business, I strongly believe that Sony will add more value to it by taking it to even greater heights. I wish them all the success.” | http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/sony-pictures-network-inks-deal-to-acquire-ten-sports-network-for-385-million/article9055085.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/1000d0a23ecef0343f7b0bf7005b1e20dfa995e5c6917d5cabc47fbebe2c1c2e.json |
[] | 2016-08-30T16:53:13 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | BSE Sensex zoomed over 440 points to close at an over 13-month high of 28,343.01, while the broader Nifty went past the psychological 8,700-level to finish at 16-month high of 8,744.35, lifted by pos | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fbusiness%2Fmarkets%2Fsensex-soars-440-points-on-sustained-fii-buying-asian-cues%2Farticle9050359.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/01221/BSE_DVR_1221441c.jpg | en | null | Sensex zooms 440 points to over 13-month high, Nifty breaches 8,700 | null | null | www.thehindu.com | BSE Sensex zoomed over 440 points to close at an over 13-month high of 28,343.01, while the broader Nifty went past the psychological 8,700-level to finish at 16-month high of 8,744.35, lifted by positive global cues.
Overnight gains on the U.S. bourses with investors tapering the soon rate hike outlook triggered a rally in broader Asian and European markets, helping in reviving the domestic sentiment as well after a brief phase of sluggishness.
Besides, a sustained FII buying, a slew of positive corporate results as well as the RBI’s bullish annual growth report also added to positive cues.
Vinod Nair, Head of Research, Geojit BNP Paribas Financial Services, said, “Market regained its strength as FIIs continue to pour into the domestic market despite a likely hike in FED rate. FII inflow has improved post a muted trend seen last week awaiting the FED chair’s speech last Friday. Global markets continue to be positive as investors have largely factored an interest rate hike in 2016.”
A firm trading momentum witnessed as retail investors and funds piled up positions in key frontline shares across the sectors led by auto, IT, capital goods, banks, financials, metals, consumer durables, oil&gas, power, realty, teck infrastructure, healthcare, PSUs, energy, utilities and basic materials.
The second-line midcap and smallcap companies also witnessed heavy buying; however, the telecom sector saw selling.
Reserve Bank reported a near-term growth outlook for India seems brighter than last fiscal and the economy is likely to expand at 7.6 per cent this year, primarily due to better monsoon, as well as better money in the hands of government employees owing to the 7th Pay Commission implementation, while it underlined bearish global growth.
The 30-share Sensex resumed at 28,012.46 and moved between a high of 28,478.02 and a low of 28,010.66 before concluding at 28,343.01, showing a gain of 440.35, or 1.58 per cent over its last close. The Sensex had closed at 28,370.84 on July 23, 2015.
The NSE Nifty also climbed 136.90 points, or 1.59 per cent, to 8,744.35 after trading between 8,750.60 and 8,642.25.
Elsewhere, Asian stocks ended higher, while European market also opened on a positive note tracking overnight gains in the U.S. market weighed by increased prospects for Federal Reserve rate hike this year. | http://www.thehindu.com/business/markets/sensex-soars-440-points-on-sustained-fii-buying-asian-cues/article9050359.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/853cb727166aea90ae9fad13a0a64be5df2c10433429edd0bbf40adcad9c817a.json |
[
"P. Sujatha Varma"
] | 2016-08-27T12:52:15 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | Taking strong exception to the inordinate delay in execution of works for a bypass road, the State Government on Friday cancelled the contract awarded to Gammon India.The proposed project envisaged a | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FVijayawada%2Fgammon-gets-the-sack-for-delaying-bridge-road-works%2Farticle9039321.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 | Gammon gets the sack for delaying bridge, road works | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Vital road project will help Chennai-Kolkata traffic bypass city
Taking strong exception to the inordinate delay in execution of works for a bypass road, the State Government on Friday cancelled the contract awarded to Gammon India.
The proposed project envisaged a 2.5-km, four-lane bridge and a 103-km, four-lane road, including a 48-km bypass road.
The road is proposed to be built from the Kaza junction near Guntur to join the National Highway 5 at Chinaoutpalli, beyond Gannavaram, after crossing the Krishna river upstream Kanakadurgamma Varadhi.
After implementation of the project, vehicles from Chennai bound for Kolkata need not touch the busy Vijayawada city.
Vijayawada MP Kesineni Srinivas (Nani) confirmed the development saying the Government had terminated the agreement because of an inordinate delay in execution of works.
Financial problems
“The company is not in a position to execute the project due to financial problems. Following reports that the company is bankrupt, we have decided to take control of all the toll gates being operated by it. We have given them enough time and we don’t want to waste any more time. Whatever money the company owes to the National Highway Authority of India will be recovered from the bank guarantees,” said the MP.
He said the project would now be converted into EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) mode and works would start in six or seven months.
Gammon India had offered to pay Rs.57 crore to the government every year, besides bearing the construction cost of the bridge and road. Collection of toll fee for 25 years after completion of the works was yet another clause.
As per the conditions, the project should have been completed in 30 months from the date of awarding the works. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/gammon-gets-the-sack-for-delaying-bridge-road-works/article9039321.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/3a3e244e8facd3b6e9258b746ffc9c7e4ec8676da71a5d42b5fc27f3f48e356f.json |
[
"Faisal Devji"
] | 2016-08-30T20:54:06 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Spurred by the violence of cow vigilantes, the unexpected emergence of organised Dalit protest in Gujarat raises important questions about minority politics in India more generally. The participation | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fopinion%2Flead%2Fis-a-dalitmuslim-alliance-possible%2Farticle9051240.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02992/31THMAIN_2992582c.jpg | en | null | Is a Dalit-Muslim alliance possible? | null | null | www.thehindu.com | If a relationship is to be anything more than a temporary marriage of convenience, the ‘Muslim community’ must be broken by caste just as its Hindu version has been
Spurred by the violence of cow vigilantes, the unexpected emergence of organised Dalit protest in Gujarat raises important questions about minority politics in India more generally. The participation of Muslims in the Gujarat mobilisation, for instance, is only the latest of many attempts at an alliance with Dalits, whose lack of success until now requires explanation. In contrast to Dalits, on the other hand, the virtual absence of an autonomous Muslim politics in the many decades since Independence poses a problem of another kind. Indeed, the long-standing Hindu Mahasabha, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, Jan Sangh and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) accusation, that the Congress “pampers” and uses Muslims as a “vote bank”, in its own way betrays the only genuine recognition of this political void, in which Muslims have no politics of their own but can only be deployed by and against others.
Forging Muslim politics
Unlike Dalit politics, the kind practised by Muslims in their own name has been unable to move beyond local and State arenas. As illustrated by the Indian Union Muslim League in Kerala, this is also a politics of clientage, one that obtains and distributes patronage by lending Muslim support to decide the balance of power between other parties. As the last federal elections showed, however, this strategy only works in a fragmented political arena, so that it was possible for the BJP, with its large majority, to dispense with Muslim support altogether. But since the Telangana-based All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) leader, Asaduddin Owaisi, has recently invoked a Dalit-Muslim alliance, especially in his new Maharashtrian base of Aurangabad, this pattern of clientage might be changing, and in any case illustrates the increasing importance and potential of such a relationship in India’s political life.
Following the events in Una, there has been some debate in the press about the failure of Muslim — as opposed to Dalit — mobilisation and politics, which has largely, and for the most part correctly, attributed it to the fact that Muslim politicians have tended to be high-caste figures interested in coming to some pecuniary arrangement with their Hindu counterparts, while at the same time excluding their low-caste co-religionists from power. But this account doesn’t go far enough to note that the “Muslim community”, whatever else it might be, does not and cannot exist as a political entity except in a negative sense, as the alleged victim of prejudice or hostility. This is due not simply to its divisions of caste, class, sect and language, which after all characterise all communities, but rather the very effort to unify it religiously even if in the broadest and most tolerant way. If anything, the quest for Muslim unity on religious grounds takes Hindu nationalists rather than Dalits as a model, but this only makes a Muslim politics impossible, given the unequal status of the two communities.
Here again the AIMIM provides a recent and instructive counter-example, with Mr. Owaisi’s clear and even excessive identification as a Muslim in his appearance and comportment belied by a politics for which religious issues and leaders are of little or no account. However thuggishly his party may behave in the old city of Hyderabad, Mr. Owaisi freely criticises the ulema and has little tolerance for fatwas and controversies about mosques, blasphemy, Shariat and jihad, with all of which he deals in the most scrupulously secular and constitutional way. As others in the press have also noted, Mr. Owaisi is practically the first politician since Muhammad Ali Jinnah for whom Muslims have to be made into a political rather than religious group, and in my view he can only think of doing so by calling for a joint programme with Dalits, who thus come to provide Muslims with a political model as much as a cause.
The Dalit example
There is no small irony in the fact that Muslims can only act politically alongside or by following the example of Dalits, since before Independence it was B.R. Ambedkar who was constrained to follow the lead of the more powerful Muslim League. This he resented, knowing that Jinnah’s friendship was transient, his true aim being to come to an agreement with caste Hindus in the Congress. Yet the system of reservations that made Dalits into a single political interest by constituting a kind of common property to be defended was founded upon the ruins, yet also on the model, of the separate electorates and weightages that Muslims — like Hindus where they were not in a majority — had enjoyed in colonial India. Having begun as a constitutional camp follower of the Muslim League, then, even trying to include Dalits in a “minorities pact” with it, Ambedkar ended up replacing Muslim privileges with Dalit ones after Partition.
Interesting about this politics of replacement, however, is the fact that despite his earlier efforts to claim minority status, Ambedkar seems eventually to have left this disempowering category to Muslims and other religious groups like Christians and Sikhs. So his new Buddhist identity was defined by the politics of caste rather than faith. Saddled with the role of a religious minority, Muslims have been deprived of politics and encouraged to focus on issues of identity relating to personal law, madrasas and the like, which, however important they might otherwise be, can be included within but never take the place of politics. If it is true to its name, after all, politics must possess its own autonomy, integrity and logic. Thus the Buddhist faith of Dalit converts, fervent as it is, does not play a defining role in caste politics, and it is precisely this example that draws Muslim emulation beyond the more prosaic reasons for an alliance.
A Muslim caste politics
But to make a Muslim politics possible, the “Muslim community” has to be destroyed, since defined as a religious minority, it has not only failed either to protect or advance its members politically, but, as the 2014 elections showed, made even its vast numbers irrelevant to India’s electoral arithmetic. If a Dalit-Muslim relationship is to be anything more than a temporary marriage of convenience, therefore, the “Muslim community” must be broken by caste just as its Hindu version has been. Only by including Muslim low castes into the system of reservations, for instance, might new political interests and alliances be created, with other Muslim groups also being freed to work out a political future of their own. This seems to be the direction of low-caste Muslim politics emerging during the post-Mandal period, especially in Bihar with the All-India Backward Muslim Morcha and the Pasmanda Muslim Mahaz.
Let me be clear that what I am advocating is not the standard separation of religion and politics, or the secular and the communal, which tend to be shifting and in any case polemical categories rather than sociological ones. My argument rather is that the “Muslim community” is an anti-political entity by definition, and not simply due to its poor leadership, hierarchical organisation and lack of unity, as many within it imagine. For a demographic majority religious unity may become politically salient but is not crucial to its dominance, however for a minority emphasising such a unity can be damaging. Indeed, it is the absence of a diverse Muslim politics that has, at least in part, allowed for the occasional emergence of Islamist militancy in India, so the issue is not one of depoliticising Islam but re-politicising Muslims. And it is because the conventional if indirect way of doing so, through clientage, enjoys diminishing returns, that the Dalit example has proven so attractive.
Faisal Devji is University Reader in Indian History and Fellow of St. Antony’s College at the University of Oxford. | http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/is-a-dalitmuslim-alliance-possible/article9051240.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/eebbf55331394214861d5d33a21c09959fc2f8eda8932673753ce0fabd125c59.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T10:53:53 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | The Kerala High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Central government and the State Bank of India (SBI) on a writ petition against the decision to “acquire” the State Bank of Travancore (SBT).The n | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FKochi%2Fbank-merger-hc-notice-to-centre-sbi%2Farticle9052976.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 | Bank merger: HC notice to Centre, SBI | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The Kerala High Court on Tuesday issued notice to the Central government and the State Bank of India (SBI) on a writ petition against the decision to “acquire” the State Bank of Travancore (SBT).
The notice was issued on a petition filed by Pannian Ravindran, CPI leader and chairman, Save SBT Forum, and others.
According to the petitioners, an acquisition proposal was moved at the director board of the SBI without proper notice and agenda/background papers, data, and other details, violating the Centre’s guidelines, good governance and transparency practices, and the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956. The petitioners pointed out that the SBI was functioning at more than optimal level. Therefore, the decision to take over associate banks, including SBT, was unwarranted and would lead to lack of proper control, increased risk in lending big loans, and a possibility of malpractices and misappropriation of funds through falsification of accounts. In fact, the consolidation would also result in less competition, resulting in fewer choices for customers and arbitrary pricing of products. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/bank-merger-hc-notice-to-centre-sbi/article9052976.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/51fc59e78cc3f90d887f9d3a058ec6384593136a3f3a6488cc3768b0af179869.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T18:50:34 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | When Sporting Clube de Goa takes on DSK Shivajians in the inaugural match of the Durand Cup at the Ambedkar Stadium here on Sunday, organisers of the world’s third oldest club tournament will be wond | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fdurand-cup-kicks-off-today%2Farticle9040819.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 | Durand Cup kicks off today | null | null | www.thehindu.com | When Sporting Clube de Goa takes on DSK Shivajians in the inaugural match of the Durand Cup at the Ambedkar Stadium here on Sunday, organisers of the world’s third oldest club tournament will be wondering what else they need to do to keep the competition alive.
The 128th edition of the tournament will see 12 teams in action with the highest prize money ever on offer, but the big names of Indian football will be missing. While East Bengal and Mohun Bagan are busy with their local league, reigning I-League champion Bengaluru FC has decided to prepare for the AFC Cup quarterfinals instead.
Mumbai FC and Shillong Lajong declined the invitation.
This, despite the fact that the prize money has been almost doubled, with the winner’s purse being Rs. 45 lakh and the runner-up taking home Rs. 25 lakh. The event was last held in Goa in 2014, and this time around, barring Sporting Clube and former champion Dempo SC, none of the outfits have been part of the tournament before.
Five teams have been drawn from the second division of the I-League and the services, the organisers of the competition, have contributed four of their own — two from the Army and one each from the Navy and the Air Force.
Dempo is the only side to have won the title in the past, way back in 2006, and none of the finalists from the following editions are part of the competition. The semifinals will be played on September 9 with the top two teams from each of the two six-team groups qualifying for the knockouts and the final scheduled for September 11.
The groups: Pool A: Sporting Clube de Goa, DSK Shivajians, Minerva FC, Gangtok Himalayan, Indian Navy, Army Green.
Pool B: Aizawl FC, Dempo SC, Neroca FC, Real Kashmir, Army Red, Indian Air Force. | http://www.thehindu.com/sport/football/durand-cup-kicks-off-today/article9040819.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/60dcf3961fa5cc6cc5c05679d6e19d59496e6139c99d1c50fdbef7dbed1b4956.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T06:53:21 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | India and Pakistan should continue a dialogue process to address their differences and issues, including Kashmir, the U.S. has said as it asked the two nations to refrain from indulging in rhetoric.“ | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Findia-pak-must-continue-talks-us%2Farticle9040799.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, Pak. must continue talks: U.S. | null | null | www.thehindu.com | India and Pakistan should continue a dialogue process to address their differences and issues, including Kashmir, the U.S. has said as it asked the two nations to refrain from indulging in rhetoric.
“What I would say that the extent to which both countries are seeking to continue a dialogue process that will do more to address concerns and tensions than perhaps other approaches. So I would just say that it is our hope and our counsel to [the two] continue to push forward on a process of talks between the two governments to try to address concerns,” a senior State Department official said.
The U.S. also said that with respect to the issues emanating from Kashmir, that it believed that it was something that the two countries need to determine through the dialogue. — PTI | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/india-pak-must-continue-talks-us/article9040799.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/96083f635fd1612c84cfc1434255083e56b5ecab2c380eb19c59e980e936dfed.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T14:51:19 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Noted filmmaker and actor Rajinikanth’s daughter Aishwaryaa Dhanush was on Monday appointed United Nations Women’s Advocate for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in India.
Ms. Aishwaryaa’s ap | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Ftamil-nadu%2Faishwaryaa-rajnikanth-appointed-un-womens-advocate-for-gender-equality%2Farticle9046415.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02991/AISHWARYAATH_jpg_2991240c.jpg | en | null | Aishwaryaa Dhanush appointed U.N. Women’s advocate for Gender Equality | null | null | www.thehindu.com | She joins elite club that includes actor-director Farhan Akhtar, tennis star Sania Mirza and Hollywood stars Nicole Kidman and Anne Hathaway
Noted filmmaker and actor Rajinikanth’s daughter Aishwaryaa Dhanush was on Monday appointed United Nations Women’s Advocate for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment in India.
Ms. Aishwaryaa’s appointment was announced by Lakshmi Puri, U.N. Assistant Secretary General and U.N. Women Deputy Executive Director.
‘She inspires confidence in women’
“Aishwaryaa will help raise awareness of U.N. Women’s core message of gender equality and women’s empowerment across India, boosting the organisation’s efforts to close the gender gap and achieve a more equal world — a Planet 50-50, by the year 2030,” a release here said.
Ms. Puri was quoted as saying that Ms. Aishwaryaa, also a dancer “inspires confidence in young women and girls across South India and beyond.”
On her part, Ms. Aishwaryaa said it would be an ‘honour’ to serve as U.N. Advocate for Women’s Empowerment.
Proud father
Mr. Rajnikanth was quoted as saying that he was “proud and delighted” to see his daughter being associated with the U.N.
Ms. Aishwaryaa joins other celebrities like actor-director Farhan Akhtar, tennis star Sania Mirza, British actor Emma Watson, Hollywood stars Nicole Kidman and Anne Hathaway and Princess Bajrakitiyabha Mahidol of Thailand “who have joined hands with U.N. Women to work for gender equality and the empowerment of women,” the release said. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/aishwaryaa-rajnikanth-appointed-un-womens-advocate-for-gender-equality/article9046415.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/ed67ae5a48d33ca646c2d89828276718bb12c85018dc103d8df0efbc67e9535e.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T12:53:59 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | The Bharathidasan University launched its Bharathidasan School of Management (BSM) on Tuesday.Inaugurating the BSM and first batch of MBA programme here on Tuesday, V.M. Muthukumar, Vice Chancellor, B | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FTiruchirapalli%2Fbdu-launches-school-of-management%2Farticle9053386.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 | BDU launches school of management | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The Bharathidasan University launched its Bharathidasan School of Management (BSM) on Tuesday.
Inaugurating the BSM and first batch of MBA programme here on Tuesday, V.M. Muthukumar, Vice Chancellor, Bharathidasan University, said sincere efforts would be taken to create all basic infrastructure to make the Bharathidasan School of Management (BSM) as one of the top business schools in the country. The new institute had been started with the aim of producing finest managers.
All necessary steps would be taken to provide additional infrastructure for the BSM. Eminent scholars, corporate professionals and distinguished visiting faculty will form the core of teaching and practical sessions. The institute will have a good library, Wi-fi campus, hostels, sports facilities and placement centre.
Besides offering vibrant MBA programme, BSM would strengthen research and innovation in management teaching and practices. BSM will soon be offering research degrees in M.Phil. and Ph.D, he said.
The school offers regular M.B.A programme with dual specializations in Finance, Marketing, Human Resource Management and Systems Management.
Stating that the Tamil Nadu was doing extremely well on Gross Enrolment Ration (GER), Mr. Muthukumar said the proactive polices and programmes of the State government had enabled the State to achieve higher GER among many other States in the country. The State had taken a number of steps to provide quality education.
C. Thiruchelvam, Registrar, N. Rajendran, Director-in-charge, S. Sekar, Principal, Meenakshi Ramasamy Arts and Science College, Ariyalur, and G. Gopinath, syndicate member, Bharathidasan University, spoke. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/bdu-launches-school-of-management/article9053386.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/0cea198a02a6c9adae7ca738a79de1e1d95fefc3ed38e000457c4ea1cfc1fbe1.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T08:55:23 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Commotion reigned supreme at Ernakulam Junction and Town railway stations on Sunday as commuters ran helter-skelter, seeking information on delayed running of trains, diversion and cancellation, foll | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FKochi%2Fchaos-reigns-at-city-railway-stations%2Farticle9043078.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02989/28KI_TRAIN_2989977c.jpg | en | null | Chaos reigns at city railway stations | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The Thiruvananthapuram-Kozhikode Jan Shatabdi Express halted at the Ernakulam Junction railway station following the rail accident at Karukkuty near Angamaly on Sunday.
Commotion reigned supreme at Ernakulam Junction and Town railway stations on Sunday.
Commotion reigned supreme at Ernakulam Junction and Town railway stations on Sunday as commuters ran helter-skelter, seeking information on delayed running of trains, diversion and cancellation, following the derailment of the Thiruvananthapuram-Mangaluru Express in the vicinity of Karukutty railway station near Angamaly.
While a few special trains operated between Ernakulam and southern districts, a large number of people who had reserved tickets thronged the stations to catch any train to their destinations. The Ernakulam Area Manager of Southern Railway Rajesh Chandran said the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) operated services from the railway stations, thereby clearing the rush of commuters to some extent. “Most of them wanted to reach their workplace on Monday, having availed leave or off during the weekend,” he said.
“Till 7 p.m. on Sunday, we operated 19 air-conditioned low-floor buses and 32 superfast and fast passenger special services from here to different districts,” said KSRTC Controlling Inspector Habeeb. The KSRTC main bus stand too saw more than the usual number of passengers.
The Railway deployed 65 hired vehicles to ferry commuters to the northern districts. It operated a total of 10 special trains to northern and southern districts.
Newly-acquired heavy machinery units were deployed for track repair and restoration works at the accident site. This included Self Propelled Accident Relief Train (SPART) and a multi-functional crane. The seven rail fractures detected on the track post the mishap are being tended to.
Meanwhile, the All Kerala Railway Passengers’ Association has expressed concern at the lackadaisical attitude of the Railway towards ensuring passenger safety. “There is shortage of personnel in many key wings. The Comptroller and Auditor General had cited how funds meant for rail safety were not being used for the purpose. Adherence to safety norms and global best practices would have prevented the accident that threw rail traffic haywire across Kerala, affecting thousands of passengers,” said Mathew Paul, the president of the association. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/chaos-reigns-at-city-railway-stations/article9043078.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/f5b0d03fdb9d6e0326611960348887dfbee6c65c8ae71a95bc714c56e04e1e59.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T10:51:34 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Two persons admitted to the government hospital in Coimbatore with high fever have tested positive for swine flu.Hospital sources said that a 62-year-old man from Udhagamandalam in nearby Nilgiris di | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Ftamil-nadu%2Ftwo-test-positive-for-swine-flu-in-coimbatore%2Farticle9045681.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 test positive for swine flu in Coimbatore | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Two persons admitted to the government hospital in Coimbatore with high fever have tested positive for swine flu.
Hospital sources said that a 62-year-old man from Udhagamandalam in nearby Nilgiris district was hospitalised following complaints of high fever and throat pain.
His swab tested positive for swine flu, they said.
The second patient was a 51-year-old woman who returned from Tirupati a week ago, who complained of fever and pain in the throat, the sources said.
Tests done on Monday on the woman, hailing from Veerapandipudur on the outskirts of the city, revealed she was also suffering from swine flu, they said.
Both patients, who were admitted to the hospital a couple of days back, have been kept in an isolated ward, the sources said. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/two-test-positive-for-swine-flu-in-coimbatore/article9045681.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/5518aefeeaec1526515ef954ef9d219ac5cb33a575ee99eda36fb0e0f695e7f8.json |
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] | 2016-08-27T14:50:25 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | Accused of raping a minor girl aged five years, an elderly person committed suicide by consuming poison at Sutagatti village in Kalaghatagi taluk, Dharwad district.
Although the alleged rape of the | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fkarnataka%2Faccused-of-rape-elderly-man-commits-suicide%2Farticle9040631.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 | Accused of rape, elderly man commits suicide | null | null | www.thehindu.com | He was accused of raping 5-year old girl
Accused of raping a minor girl aged five years, an elderly person committed suicide by consuming poison at Sutagatti village in Kalaghatagi taluk, Dharwad district.
Although the alleged rape of the minor girl took place on August 17, it had come to light on Friday after the child developed health problems and was taken to a hospital.
According to police sources, Basappa Gundur (60) had allegedly taken the girl to a maize field on August 17 and raped her. And after the incident came to light, he was absconding.
On Friday, the Kalaghatagi police registered a case after the victim’s mother filed a complaint about the alleged incident. On Friday night, the accused Basappa returned to the village and committed suicide by consuming poison. Although he was rushed to the hospital, he passed away on Saturday. Meanwhile, the girl, who was hospitalised, has recovered and has been discharged from the hospital. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/accused-of-rape-elderly-man-commits-suicide/article9040631.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/ed092dd4c149446ce619b589811495ab549f07f166e8ecb9c42c04d3e6621ea3.json |
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] | 2016-08-28T02:55:41 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | The lines between art and advertising have always been a little smudged. I’m thinking of Toulouse-Lautrec’s frothy, lively posters for the Moulin Rouge, perhaps also of Andy Warhol plundering the imag | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2Fmumbai%2Fentertainment%2Fyayati-godboles-work-grapples-with-the-fluctuating-human-mind-that-refuses-to-stay-focussed-on-the-present%2Farticle9032639.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02985/26bm_Yayati_Godbol_2985993c.jpg | en | null | Yayati Godbole’s work grapples with the fluctuating human mind that refuses to stay focussed on the present | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Yayati Godbole’s work grapples with the fluctuating human mind that refuses to stay focussed on the present
The lines between art and advertising have always been a little smudged. I’m thinking of Toulouse-Lautrec’s frothy, lively posters for the Moulin Rouge, perhaps also of Andy Warhol plundering the imagery of Campbell soup for his art. It’s no surprise then that Yayati Godbole, a man with over two decades of experience in advertising, has turned to art with his show, The Accidental Abstinence of the Now, currently on at Gallery Art and Soul.
Godbole spoke to us about how he plucked inspiration from advertising to feed into his art. “The study of human insights and behaviour has been a key source of inspiration, as the show is based on observations of how the human mind is never in the present, but is always dwelling in the past or thinking about the future,” he says.
The show consists of a progression of pictures of vacuous-eyed, jaded faces on paper, canvas and alarm clocks. Godbole uses predominantly black and white, expertly sized and placed dashes on figurative forms with intermittent splashes of colour. He says, “Thoughts have their own forms, patterns, shapes and even colours.” And then adds, “Some thoughts have a clarity which is almost linear as if they’re in black and white; and some are coated in hues layered with elements that transcend reality.”
The artist’s use of the alarm clock is especially poignant. Godbole explains that it speaks more strongly to the fact that the “moment ‘which was’ or the moment ‘that will be’ are more important as the hands are still and time has stopped at one juncture and the mind is reliving those moments.”
Godbole’s art is a reflection of the current human predicament.
The show’s press note informs us that “the mind is never still, it is constantly traversing... And in the vast arena of the mind, the manifestations of the past and future come together to create a pattern, a friction, a collision, sometimes dominating or sometimes just a mere hint of its presence. This constant battle to maintain the balance between ‘that what was and that what will be’, creates an Accidental Abstinence of the Now.”
In brief, I suppose, Godbole investigates and critiques our lack of focus on the present, the ephemerality of our thoughts. In doing so, he frames this within the context of Indian philosophy. “Most Indian philosophy is about finding moksha,” he says, adding, “Philosophers also talk about the stillness of the mind where it does not deviate, but remains still in the now or the present time.”
An important and necessary function in today’s entropic and discombobulating times.
The author is a freelance writer
The Accidental Abstinence of the Now will show until August 31 at Gallery Art and Soul, Worli | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/mumbai/entertainment/yayati-godboles-work-grapples-with-the-fluctuating-human-mind-that-refuses-to-stay-focussed-on-the-present/article9032639.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/2b5e040f179761f8ec3236c7295a3b8d87c6db495a9ae6d318c9e4822adf9f65.json |
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"Special Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-30T04:51:36 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Minister for Local Administration K.T. Jaleel will officially release the master plan for Kozhikode urban area at the Town Hall here on September 11.An exhibition will be held to mark the publication | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2Fkozhikode%2Fminister-to-release-kozhikode-master-plan-on-september-11%2Farticle9048488.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02991/29CTBIJ02_Kozhi_KO_2991940c.jpg | en | null | Minister to release Kozhikode master plan on September 11 | null | null | www.thehindu.com | For a bright future:The new master plan, the third one for Kozhikode, will be valid for the next 20 years.
People in the city can give their opinions on the plan for two months
Minister for Local Administration K.T. Jaleel will officially release the master plan for Kozhikode urban area at the Town Hall here on September 11.
An exhibition will be held to mark the publication of the 300-page draft master plan. From that day, the people would give their opinions on the master plan prepared for Kozhikode Corporation, Feroke and Ramanattukara municipalities and Olavanna and Kadalundi grama panchayats, Regional Town Planner K.V. Abdul Malik said.
The Joint Town Planning Committee (JTPC) chaired by Mayor Thottathil Raveendran had been planning to make the publication of the master plan eventful by roping in the Minister for the release function. The document is being readied for publication in the State gazette. Getting the opinion of the citizens was a two-month statutory procedure, Mr. Malik, who is also the JTPC member-secretary, said.
The new master plan, the third one for Kozhikode, would be valid for the next 20 years. However, it would be reviewed every five years, if necessary.
At present, the Kozhikode urban area relies upon the master plan prepared by the Calicut Development Authority in 1980. It was valid only till 2001, but was still being used.
The Chief Town Planner had approved as many as 75 amendments to the draft of the master plan last year. More amendments would be incorporated, if required, after getting suggestions from the public. However, the core structure of the master plan would not be altered, Mr. Malik said. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kozhikode/minister-to-release-kozhikode-master-plan-on-september-11/article9048488.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/291e512ca8509829a75e07b968b55401fe104459fe258d825e6364f55522320e.json |
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"R. Sivaraman Sunitha Sekar"
] | 2016-08-28T20:55:30 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | The arrest of SRM University chancellor T.R. Pachamuthu comes just days after the Madras High Court rapped the police for shoddy investigation in the cheating case filed based on complaints from pare | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2Fchennai%2Ftheres-evidence-of-cheating-police%2Farticle9037182.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02987/The_story_so_far___2987750c.jpg | en | null | There’s evidence of cheating: Police | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Chancellor of SRM University undergoes medical check-up after arrest; found to be normal
The arrest of SRM University chancellor T.R. Pachamuthu comes just days after the Madras High Court rapped the police for shoddy investigation in the cheating case filed based on complaints from parents of medical course aspirants against him and missing film producer Madhan.
The court had specifically asked the police why Mr. Pachamuthu, a suspect in the case, was not questioned and warned that the probe in the case would be transferred to an external agency.
Mr. Pachamuthu came under scanner soon after his close aide and founder of Vendhar Movies Madhan had gone missing in late May after leaving behind a ‘suicide’ note in which he claimed to have handed over money collected from aspirants of medical courses with the SRM group of institutions.
While Mr. Pachamuthu had filed a complaint accusing Madhan of having illegally collected the money, 111 complaints were received from parents who allegedly paid varying sums running into several lakhs for admission into medical courses in colleges run by the SRM group. A section of parents had in their complaints named Mr. Pachamuthu and had accused him of cheating.
Police, who interrogated Mr. Pachamuthu till midnight on Thursday and again on Friday morning, said they found prima facie evidence of his involvement in cheating aspirants of medical courses Rs. 74.39 crore.
They booked him for offences under Sections 406 (Punishment for criminal breach of trust.), 420(Cheating) and 34 (Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the Indian Penal Code. They accused him of colluding with Madhan to collect money from the aspirants.
Soon after his arrest around noon, Pachamuthu was taken to the Government Royapettah General Hospital where he was thoroughly examined by doctors at the request of the investigating officer. A heavy posse of police cordoned off the entire the hospital.
Nearly three hours later, he was taken to the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital where cardiologists examined him.
A senior doctor at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital said Mr. Pachamuthu had been referred to the hospital from the Government Royapettah Hospital for an opinion, with a history of chest pain and an angiogram report. “He was not admitted. He was taken to the CCU of the cardiology department where he underwent investigations. All tests results were found to be normal and he was sent back to Government Royapettah Hospital,” she said.
Around 8.30 pm, after doctors certified him to be medically fit, he was taken to the residence of the judicial magistrate at the judicial officers’ quarters in Saidapet for remand where his lawyers filed petitions opposing his arrest.
Cadres of Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi staged a protest outside the residence of the judge protesting his arrest.
(With additional inputs from Zubeda Hamid) | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/theres-evidence-of-cheating-police/article9037182.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/fa0d2ffa4cb4d8045ee8724cf46760cc6a43f59428386238e5da88de2b97e7da.json |
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"Anshuman Rane"
] | 2016-08-30T16:52:13 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | An aunt of mine in Hyderabad was having a very strange Internet problem. Whenever she tried to access anything online, she was getting some very strange messages. Instead of being taken where she want | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Ffeatures%2Fmetroplus%2Fsome-internet-problems-are-your-service-providers-fault%2Farticle9050847.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02992/31BGMTECHAMSH_2992462c.jpg | en | null | Some Internet problems are your service provider's fault | null | null | www.thehindu.com | An aunt of mine in Hyderabad was having a very strange Internet problem. Whenever she tried to access anything online, she was getting some very strange messages. Instead of being taken where she wanted to visit, she was being redirected to a very fishy-looking website. This happened on her computer, on her mobile and on her tablet.
My aunt is a savvy-enough Internet user to know not to click on any of the links on this spammy website she kept getting redirected to. Finally, frustrated beyond belief, she called me and wondered whether I’d seen this before and if I could help.
This was a completely new phenomenon to me, and I did the usual tech support run through with her: clear the cache in your browser; restart your device; wipe your tablet and try again. None of this worked and I was getting increasingly intrigued. To make matters curiouser, this issue was occurring only on my aunt’s BSNL connection. (Just to demonstrate how savvy a web user she is, she has two separate Internet connections at home from different ISPs.)
Searching on the web for the problem didn’t help much. The site my aunt kept getting redirected to was india-mmm.net. It had been shut down because of some nefarious practice or the other, but this being the Internet, it just kept popping back up. After trawling through many forums and doing some quite involved searching, I came across a post mentioning that the issue could actually be in the BSNL DNS.
Before we go any further, I’m sure some people will be wondering what exactly a DNS is. DNS stands for Domain Name System. It’s like an Internet phone book and helps translate machine-speak to human-speak. Each website has an IP address like a phone number. This Internet Protocol address appears as a string of numbers – 192.168.0.1 for instance. Now, there’s no way we’re going to remember a whole list of numbers for each site we want to visit, so the DNS translates these random numbers into a form we can understand like www.thehindu.com.
To see how this works, type this IP address – 121.241.247.61 – into your browser. If you type it exactly as it appears, it should take you to the homepage of The Hindu.
From the forum post, it appeared that some BSNL DNS servers could be compromised and send unsuspecting customers to this malicious site, rather than the one they meant to visit. Not only is it dangerous, but it is also negligent of an ISP to allow this to happen and compromise the safety of their customers.
I managed to fix my aunt’s Internet problem by changing her router settings, and she is now happily surfing away without being redirected to any more fishy sites. Next time, I’ll reveal how I fixed the problem and we’ll delve into the world of DNS and router security. I promise it’ll be fun. | http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/some-internet-problems-are-your-service-providers-fault/article9050847.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/d7f8525a724699d8127b1ac21c40b23e69d7707428c3cf5ec81171040f13bf6e.json |
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"Saptaparno Ghosh"
] | 2016-08-29T20:53:15 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Be it on or off screen, with Vinay Pathak there is never a dull moment. In the Capital to talk about Island City, his latest film, which has made waves in international film festivals, Vinay says it i | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Ffeatures%2Fmetroplus%2Fmaking-boring-fun%2Farticle9040798.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02988/29DMC_2988899c.jpg | en | null | Making boring fun | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Vinay Pathak knows how to make oddballs exciting. He is at it again this week with “Island City”
Be it on or off screen, with Vinay Pathak there is never a dull moment. In the Capital to talk about Island City, his latest film, which has made waves in international film festivals, Vinay says it is the story of three contrasting individuals with chaotic lives trying to work out for a better existence in the City of Dreams. Vinay plays what he defines as a ‘boring’ person working in the corporate sector seeking fun and excitement and when he is given a chance he gets lost in its complexity. All praise for the director, Ruchika Oberoi, the Bheja Fry actor opens up on the film, his character, career and future prospects.
Excerpts:
How different is Island City from other movies depicting the edgy, fast-paced Mumbai lifestyle?
First of all there are three different stories, almost like lives of three different characters. It’s almost like three different films. By the time you finish watching the film you realise that Oh! Wait a second they are interconnected. It’s one film where each story also works as a beginning, middle and end of a larger story. It could be interchanged, that is how lucid and wonderful the script is. It is one of the most fascinating scripts I have read in a long time.
Tell us about your character.
It is a story of a boring corporate guy, who follows instructions in the office and has a clerical kind of job. And how when one day he is made to have fun and things go haywire.
So how did you get into the skin of the character?
I read the script five times. If the script is wonderfully written, it is always the main source.
How important is it to be working with a big banner?
For me, the most important thing is the story and the script. The banner is just secondary. Of course, it helps. A big banner knows how to market, sell and mount their films. They have money and experience, big banners are important. But for me to do a film, script is first and the foremost.
Do you prefer offbeat over commercial cinema?
Nothing like that. The reality is I always bend towards a good script. And that’s the cinema I would like to be associated with. It could be a commercial film. I did Badlapur last year. It isn’t an art house or parallel cinema. But what Sriram Raghavan offers I will do it because I believe in his cinema. I think he is one of the most wonderful filmmakers of our time, and is a dear friend.
On scope of art cinema
I don’t know much about art cinema. I don’t think I have done a true art cinema. I don’t think anyone makes art cinema any more. Last time I saw a true art film was Gurvinder Singh’s Anhe Ghorey Da Daan and that was in Punjabi, and the same director made Chauthi Koot which is as brilliant. Films like that come out once in four-five years, so there is no movement as such.
Are we going to direct again?
Aapke moonh mein ghee shakkar. Of course! Hopefully soon.
How has the journey been?
It’s been fantastic. I couldn't have written a better script for myself. It’s been a joy ride from the beginning till now. I am hoping it will get even better. | http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/making-boring-fun/article9040798.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/e7dbfc8f67478325eddaffdfa52605003a70d71d8ff0801a77c42de3638d0000.json |
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"Special Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-30T22:56:38 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Train No.16348 Mangaluru Central-Thiruvananthapuram Central Express, scheduled to leave Mangaluru Central at 2.20 p.m. on Tuesday is rescheduled to leave only at 1 a.m. on Wednesday.Train No. 22637 C | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fkarnataka%2Fmore-trains-rescheduled%2Farticle9050325.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 | More trains rescheduled | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Train No.16348 Mangaluru Central-Thiruvananthapuram Central Express, scheduled to leave Mangaluru Central at 2.20 p.m. on Tuesday is rescheduled to leave only at 1 a.m. on Wednesday.
Train No. 22637 Chennai Central-Mangaluru West Coast Express, scheduled to leave Chennai Central at 11.30 a.m. on Tuesday, is rescheduled to leave at 1.45 p.m. the same day.
Train No. 12620 Mangaluru-Lokmanya Tilak Terminal Matsyagandha Express, scheduled to leave Mangaluru at 12.50 p.m. on Tuesday, is rescheduled to leave only at 7 p.m. the same day, a communique said here. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/more-trains-rescheduled/article9050325.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/56775a9471fb713c0a17d30802f17b235d0e2084387d3519a6186e425a3ffe70.json |
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"Special Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-30T10:59:56 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | A worried parent of a 13-year-old girl, who went missing on Friday, took to the social media seeking help from the public.According to her parents, the girl got into the school van that morning, but i | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2Fbangalore%2Fparents-seek-help-on-social-media-to-trace-missing-girl%2Farticle9041615.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 | Parents seek help on social media to trace missing girl | null | null | www.thehindu.com | A worried parent of a 13-year-old girl, who went missing on Friday, took to the social media seeking help from the public.
According to her parents, the girl got into the school van that morning, but it was later when she failed to return home in the afternoon that they realised something was amiss. “We immediately went to the school and began to search. But she was not seen inside the school that day by anyone … though other children saw her in the school bus,” said the girl’s father, adding that the school authorities are helping the police.
The girl is a resident of Devaiah Park in Rajaji Nagar. She left home in her school uniform, with an extra set of clothes, saying that she had a drama practice. “Though she boarded the school bus, she never attended classes,” the police said.
Enquiries revealed that the girl had not scored well in her tests and was supposed to get the mathematics answer script signed by her parents. “Fearing reprimand, she may have decided to run away,” a senior police officer said, adding that the police have alerted police stations across the State. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/parents-seek-help-on-social-media-to-trace-missing-girl/article9041615.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/ab31eaebd0243307b57d6eb80d66da4a7599642bdef44e86993539489da34035.json |
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"Staff Reporter"
] | 2016-08-29T14:52:23 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Inspector General of Prisons, Andhra Pradesh B. Sunil Kumar said there was no truth in the complaints of harassment raised by undertrials from Tamil Nadu arrested for their alleged involvement in fel | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Ftamil-nadu%2Fandhras-ig-prisons-denies-harassment-of-tn-undertrials%2Farticle9045611.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 | Andhra's IG Prisons denies harassment of TN undertrials | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Inspector General of Prisons, Andhra Pradesh B. Sunil Kumar said there was no truth in the complaints of harassment raised by undertrials from Tamil Nadu arrested for their alleged involvement in felling of red sanders.
“Every month, sessions judges visit jails independently for Lok Adalat. The judge goes to every prisoner and legal problems are discussed. If prisoners really had a problem in jail, he is free to talk to these judges and complain. The judges have inquired into such complaints (of harassment) and have found no truth in them,” he told reporters during the sidelines of a workshop at the Academy of Prisons and Correctional Administration on Monday.
He added that there were 600 to 700 undertrials from Tamil Nadu imprisoned in jails in Chittoor, Tirupati and Kadapa. These persons had been arrested for their alleged connection in felling of red sander trees.
“These people have filed a number of petitions in different courts. Most of these petitions have been inquired into,” he added. He noted that they would definitely examine such complaints, and act if the charges are proved.
Mr. Kumar pointed out that there was no need for prison officers to act in vengeance against these undertrials. “The officers do not have any kind of animosity against these undertrials. They come to jails, and we provide them food and medical facilities,” he stated. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/andhras-ig-prisons-denies-harassment-of-tn-undertrials/article9045611.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/918e9a27f892856b096f50b7071a109928fc6f07af5deae6414f854a0a4b7384.json |
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"K. C. Deepika"
] | 2016-08-29T18:56:17 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Sections of the audience frowned at Shiva, the character played by Rakshith Shetty in the Kannada movie Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu, for choosing to admit his father Venkoba Rao (Ananth Nag), who s | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2Fbangalore%2Foutsourcing-eldercare-city-looks-to-home-attendants-for-help%2Farticle9043120.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02990/Anant_nag_2990167c.jpg | en | null | Outsourcing eldercare: Bengaluru looks to home attendants for help | null | null | www.thehindu.com | A scene from the Kannada movie Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu. Unlike in the film, many in the city prefer hiring an attendant over sending elders to old-age homes.
Majority of the clientele said to comprise elders who live with their families
Sections of the audience frowned at Shiva, the character played by Rakshith Shetty in the Kannada movie Godhi Banna Sadharana Mykattu, for choosing to admit his father Venkoba Rao (Ananth Nag), who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease, into a facility instead of caring for him himself. But is Shiva’s existence only fictional? A growing number of examples from families in the city point otherwise.
If not shifting the elderly into facilities, hiring assistance is the other option becoming increasingly popular in Bengaluru. In fact, agencies and non-government organisations offering such services say a majority of their clientele, the base of which has also grown over the years, comprises elderly people who live with their families. The other group is of those whose children live abroad or in other Indian cities.
It is not trained nurses, who are equipped to handle medical needs, these families are opting for. These are attendants, trained or otherwise, who tend to the everyday needs of the elderly and are available for a minimum monthly fee of Rs. 10,000. This fee was around Rs. 3,000 about a decade ago.
For 90-year-old Nataraj (name changed), who lives with his son’s family, an attendant has become a necessity. He is recovering from a hip replacement surgery. While Mr. Nataraj can move around the house on his own, he needs help to get up from a chair, lie down on the bed and other such activities. This is why his family decided to look for help outside.
“I have a nine-year-old son. My father-in-law doesn’t need help round-the-clock, but he does need it at times. If we hadn’t hired help, one of us would have had to stay at home all the time,” said Rathna, his daughter-in-law. They pay the attendant Rs. 14,000 a month.
Similarly, an aged couple, both over 90, live in a big house in Malleswaram. An attendant comes in from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. to assist them with simple tasks that get difficult with age, such as answering the phone or opening the door.
“As many as 390 of our attendants have been hired in Bengaluru, mostly to tend to senior citizens who are aged over 70 and are very weak or ailing. When we started off in 2001, there was limited demand. But now, even families with whom these elderly are living with are opting for our services. The main reason they cite is that they are busy and can’t spare enough time to look after them,” said Narayana Swamy G.M., director of Sumukha Facilitators Pvt. Ltd.
Hiring an attendant is also looked at as a more affordable investment, costing between Rs. 10,000 and Rs. 20,000, compared to hiring a trained nurse, which could cost Rs. 25,000 to Rs. 30,000 a month. And for an increasing number of families, an attendant is no longer a luxury.
It is not just for physical help that the elderly are hiring help. Many senior citizens ask for attendants just to keep them company through the night. This is especially true of the elderly whose spouses are no more and who are home alone.
“My aunt lost her husband many years ago. She is 75 and is afraid of staying alone at night. So, an attendant comes in at 8 p.m., stays the night, and leaves by morning,” said Anjana. Her aunt pays Rs. 14,000 a month to the attendant. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/outsourcing-eldercare-city-looks-to-home-attendants-for-help/article9043120.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/97c7ed4f0123501460003591232c8bef120731784b94ee71fa20fcd9b1ed2e84.json |
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"Mahesh Langa"
] | 2016-08-30T18:54:34 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated first phase of the ambitious Narmada water-based pipeline project that aims to bring the Narmada water to fill 115 dams and reservoirs in 11 distri | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fother-states%2Fmodi-inaugurates-narmadabased-irrigation-project-in-gujarat%2Farticle9050321.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02992/Modi_2992326c.jpg | en | null | Modi inaugurates Narmada-based irrigation project in Gujarat | null | null | www.thehindu.com | "Now that I am settled in Delhi, I will keep visiting you," he says at the first public rally in Gujarat after he became PM in May 2014.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated first phase of the ambitious Narmada water-based pipeline project that aims to bring the Narmada water to fill 115 dams and reservoirs in 11 districts of Saurashtra, a water starved and rain deficit region.
In the first public rally in the State after he became the Prime Minister in May 2014, Mr. Modi addressed a gathering of around 50,000 people, mostly BJP workers brought over in more than 1,000 State transport and private buses.
Mr. Modi, in a 40-minute speech in chaste Gujarati, highlighted the schemes and programmes launched by his government. He stressed that “Gujarat will always take pride in what a son of Gujarati is doing for the welfare of the people in the country.”
Mr. Modi spoke at length about pro-farmer schemes like crop insurance, irrigation, rural road connection and providing urea and fertilizers and gas connection to the poor and villages.
“Anandiben had a complaint that I don’t come to Gujarat after going to Delhi. Many workers also had the same complaint. But you know it well that since you sent me to Delhi, I was new there and had to learn many things. Now I am settled so will keep visiting to ensure that you don’t have any complaint,” Mr. Modi said in the beginning of his speech, which did not touch upon any burning issues like the Patidar quota stir or State-wide agitation by Dalits protesting against atrocities.
The Prime Minister gave credit to all Gujaratis for starting “era of politics of development in the country” while listing his achievements in raising the agriculture output, building water bodies and canals to conserve water and provide irrigation during his tenure as Chief Minister from October 2001 to May 2014.
“When I became the CM, farmers used to do agitation demanding electricity. I told them to focus on water conservation instead and the results are before you. Six lakh water bodies like reservoirs, check dams and farm ponds were built across the state. Whatever I have learnt here and whatever Gujarat has taught me is now helping me in serving the country and entire country is benefiting from that,” he said.
Mr. Modi claimed that without starting any new factory of fertilizers, the Central government had increased the production of urea by 20 lakh tonne a year and as a result, farmers in the country were now getting urea and fertilizers on time.
“Earlier, fertilizer subsidy will be cornered by chemical factories but now subsidy directly goes to the farmers.”
The Prime Minister profusely praised the former Chief Minister, Anandiben Patel, and her successor, Vijay Rupani, for continuing the “development journey of the State” and mentioned about Gujarat’s performance in distributing almost two crore LED bulbs in less than 100 days and building largest number of toilets as part of the Swachh Bharat movement. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/modi-inaugurates-narmadabased-irrigation-project-in-gujarat/article9050321.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/cbe81ff370acddcc1da8b0a412cfa896864c615fac21ba8f3ce2e2ec920cfba5.json |
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"Swati Daftuar"
] | 2016-08-27T00:53:15 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Witi Ihimaera’s first book, “Tangi”, came out in 1973. With it, he became New Zealand’s first published Maori novelist. Since then, Ihimaera has written several novels and short stories, and each one | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Ffeatures%2Fmetroplus%2Fmaori-novelist-witi-ihimaera-echoes-from-the-past%2Farticle9036904.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02987/27DMC_WITI_2987567c.jpg | en | null | Echoes from the past | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Maori novelist Witi Ihimaera on using literature and cinema to preserve indigenous culture
Witi Ihimaera’s first book, “Tangi”, came out in 1973. With it, he became New Zealand’s first published Maori novelist. Since then, Ihimaera has written several novels and short stories, and each one of them continues to explore his country’s cultural and social maps, the struggles of his people, and the changing dynamics that affect not just New Zealand, but the world. Ihimaera identifies himself as a “Maori writer”, and the close involvement with Maori history and future is ever present in his work. “When I started writing, in the 70s, there were barely any Maori people in the mainstream. Slowly, things are changing, we are making ourselves heard, holding positions of importance. But we still have a long way to go.”
Ihimaera, who studied English literature, remembers how there were a handful of Maori students attending college then. “And I was the only Maori studying English literature.” Later, Ihimaera also became the first Maori professor in the University of Auckland.
In the last decade, the Maori people have begun to take control of their stories, their history and their place in New Zealand’s society, but the process has been slow. Ihimaera talks about how right now, there is one Maori publishing house in New Zealand, and five practising Maori novelists.
“But they have gained wide recognition for their work”. For Ihimaera, the role of the author in bringing about change is clear, and so is the idea of Maori people taking control of their own intellectual property. “Over time, I’ve realised the importance of working in a team, instead of by myself. If I take thirty steps linearly, I get thirty back. If I take those thirty steps exponentially, I get a million in return,” says Ihimaera.
He explains that this means working not just as a novelist, but also spreading himself out across disciplines and roles. The idea, he says, is to make things change faster, and as an individual, to work faster towards that change. “I don’t think it is possible to work fast enough if you work in one particular discipline. So I try not just to work in literature. I am also going into films, and four of my books are adapted into films. This mean that the young Maori men and women who won’t read my books can still see the stories on screen.”
Ihimaera also talks about working with a TV production company on a show called “Ariki”. “I’m calling it the ‘Pacific Game of Thrones’.” Ihimaera is, as he says, very “conscious of intellectual property”, and what comes from having control of it.
“I’m trying to be what in Maori is called a Kaitiaki, a person in control of intellectual property. With that ownership, I hope I can say — I don’t want a western composer, I don’t want a white person playing a Maori role. This way, we don’t get our stories told by huge western conglomerates. We tell them ourselves.”
There is a certain indulgence, Ihimaera feels, in the way certain writers in the West write, which leads to “pretty stories” and “art for art’s sake”. A history of struggle, of fighting as a minority, gives his own work a political overtone, so that even the fiction he writes finds real, non-fictional echoes. On this point, Ihimaera draws parallels with Indian authors. “So many Indian authors are moving to non-fiction, are using the recognition their novels and earlier work brought them. I just read Amitav Ghosh’s “The Great Derangement”. It is such a wonderful, important book, which comes from a primarily fiction author. Then there is Arundhati Roy, who chose to move to non-fiction early on.”
For Ihimaera, the process of writing, or finding his stories, is rooted completely in real life. He speaks of his ancestors’ voices in his head, “scraping his skull”, needing him to tell stories yet untold, struggles yet undocumented. He gives the example of his play, “All my Sons”, which premiered last year and has already received several awards.
“I saw how there were no stories involving Maori soldiers who were found in the First World War. This play was to help people understand their sacrifice and courage”. Ihimaera speaks of perhaps bringing the play to India. “I want to find an Indian theatrical group for the play, and to change the characters — a Maori father and his two sons — to Punjabis. We have so many parallels with India, there are so many similarities in our histories. I know how WWI is usually shown as a white person’s war, but we have begun to take control, to tell our stories now.” | http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/maori-novelist-witi-ihimaera-echoes-from-the-past/article9036904.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/fac6d2a1c70d442e41b4beeb631b6c570b28adbe850ca85227f1665ce0081189.json |
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"Staff Reporter"
] | 2016-08-27T04:50:22 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | The Principal Sessions Court at Manjeri on Friday sentenced two persons to life imprisonment for murdering businessman Vinod Kumar at Valanchery in October last year. The convicts included Vinod Kumar | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fkerala%2Fwife-aide-get-life-term-for-killing-businessman%2Farticle9038917.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 | Wife, aide get life term for killing businessman | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Woman got aide to inflict wound on her neck to avert suspicion
The Principal Sessions Court at Manjeri on Friday sentenced two persons to life imprisonment for murdering businessman Vinod Kumar at Valanchery in October last year. The convicts included Vinod Kumar’s wife Jasintha George aka Jyothi.
The court on Thursday had found Jyothi, 48, and Mohammed Yusuf, 52, guilty of hacking Vinod Kumar to death. A gas agency owner hailing from Edappally in Kochi, Vinod Kumar was found murdered in his house at Vendallur, near Valanchery, on October 9, 2015.
The police had arrested Yusuf and Jyothi a few days after the incident. Jyothi had been hospitalised with a slit wound on her neck. The investigation revealed that Jyothi had got Yusuf to inflict the wound on her neck after killing her husband to avoid suspicion and to divert the case. The court found that Jyothi plotted her husband’s murder with the help of Yusuf since Vinod Kumar was involved in a relationship with another woman. Jyothi feared that her son would not inherit Vinod Kumar’s property because of his extramarital relationship.
Jyothi and Vinod Kumar used to quarrel over this relationship.
The court found them guilty of not only murder, but also of conspiring to murder and destroying evidence. They were also slapped a fine of Rs.42,500 each. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/wife-aide-get-life-term-for-killing-businessman/article9038917.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/54365b9fcaf32811a072a1144497b4c168a7fb27e3e3c300bd26f49b7f2c52a7.json |
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"Special Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-31T10:56:55 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Former Minister Konathala Ramakrishna has sought intervention of Chief Secretary S.P. Tucker as the health care in the entire district is in doldrums.Mr Ramakrishna in a letter to the Chief Secretary | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FVisakhapatnam%2Fhealthcare-in-agency-below-par-konathala%2Farticle9053482.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 | Healthcare in Agency below par: Konathala | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Former Minister seeks intervention of the Chief Secretary
Former Minister Konathala Ramakrishna has sought intervention of Chief Secretary S.P. Tucker as the health care in the entire district is in doldrums.
Mr Ramakrishna in a letter to the Chief Secretary said “health care system in the district has collapsed. The system is always fragile in the Agency area where six lakh Girijans, the highest concentration of tribals in the State, live and shockingly the system has collapsed in the plain areas also.”Two lakh Girijans are suffering from malaria and nearly 5000 malaria case have been reported in the plain area while 300 are suffering from dengue and 75 with chickengunya. Nearly 100 died because the administration has failed to provide them timely treatment and did not take anti-malaria precautions or distributed mosquito nets, Mr. Ramakrishna alleged in his letter.
“Hospitals, both government and private are crowded with patients. Medicines or testing equipment are not available in the government hospitals in adequate quantity, staff seek money and private hospitals are exploiting the situation, and it is time to declare health emergency”, Mr. Ramakrishna said.
No doctors
Doctors and paramedical staff are not in required number and some doctors do not stay at their place of work while ambulances are inadequate and some are under repair. Some ambulances are not being operated because of lack of drivers or diesel. Aasha workers are not paid salaries and they are not working at optimum level, he said while explaining the conditions in the Agency.
Mr. Ramakrishna also reminded the Chief Secretary that he had filed a case with the State Human Rights Commission and a notice was issued to the officer.
The former Minister wanted the Chief Secretary to instruct the officials concerned to evolve and implement without delay a plan for quality health care, tell the private hospitals not to exploit the situation, fill the post of the District Malaria Officer and other vacancies, make sure the doctors and paramedics are available at every PHC, put into operation mobile clinics, ensure all PHCs have adequate quantity of medicines, make ITDA take up fumigation and other anti-malaria measures, the district administration to set up a control room to take complaints on health and that the government should provide monetary compensation to the families of patients who died due to the disease. Free ration should be supplied, at least to the Girijan families, he added. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/healthcare-in-agency-below-par-konathala/article9053482.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/bb0717cab6e4b994925b3a504c281d4deb6edcc0460f265732b569033f2e21e9.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T16:52:14 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | null | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fsport%2Fhockey%2Fremembering-the-legend-dhyan-chand%2Farticle9045304.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02990/DHYAN_CHAND5_2990798c.jpg | en | null | Remembering the legend Dhyan Chand | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The Hockey legend's 111th birth anniversary is being celebrated on August 29, 2016, with fans strongly urging the government to confer "Bharat Ratna" on him. | http://www.thehindu.com/sport/hockey/remembering-the-legend-dhyan-chand/article9045304.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/f0f8b1fef7b5f2c0f291c1ae0032755dd035e0ae92efe63dd01dc03c3f0708b4.json |
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"Nikhil Raghavan"
] | 2016-08-27T18:51:08 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | Life in a metroIn the upcoming Maanagaram, directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, four people from different walks of life—Sri, Sundeep Kishan, Charlie and Munish Kanth—come to Chennai to pursue their dreams. | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Ffeatures%2Fcinema%2Fkollywood-snippets%2Farticle9040273.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02988/28CP_Maanagaram-et_2988627c.jpg | en | null | Kollywood snippets | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Life in a metro
In the upcoming Maanagaram, directed by Lokesh Kanagaraj, four people from different walks of life—Sri, Sundeep Kishan, Charlie and Munish Kanth—come to Chennai to pursue their dreams. “Do they realise their dreams? Do their lives cross at some point? How does the heroine, Regina Cassandra, impact their lives? These are the suspense elements in my thriller,” says director Lokesh Kanagaraj. Regina plays an HR professional, while Sri and Sundeep play the roles of unemployed youngsters.
The name is Sivabalan
Ajith Kumar had decreed that ‘Appukutty’ should henceforth be known by his real name, Sivabalan. “Interestingly, in Konjam Konjam, my character is called Sivabalan. I play a successful scrap dealer who goes from Tamil Nadu to Kerala to set up his business. The hero, Gokul, works in my company, and somewhere along the way, after his mother’s death, his sister comes to stay with him. Love then develops, even though I am already married. But it is all in good humour and shows the life of a Tamilian in Kerala,” says Sivabalan. | http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/kollywood-snippets/article9040273.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/d55686534626afe22e429a39d3aa45b2996a2d20cd4b7fe85fda06ffc4760920.json |
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"Staff Reporter"
] | 2016-08-29T15:04:36 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | : Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday said the State government was prepared to spend Rs.3,000 crore to Rs. 4, 000 crore on the Polavaram project this year and observed that of the recent | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FVijayawada%2Fstate-will-spend-up-to-rs-4000-cr-on-polavaram-this-year-naidu%2Farticle9034089.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02986/26VJPG4-CM_GC7C_26_2986849c.jpg | en | null | State will spend up to Rs. 4,000 cr. on Polavaram this year: Naidu | null | null | www.thehindu.com | “Centre duty-bound to release funds for the project; only Rs. 100 cr. released till date”
: Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday said the State government was prepared to spend Rs.3,000 crore to Rs. 4, 000 crore on the Polavaram project this year and observed that of the recent Rs. 1,800-crore expenditure on it, only Rs. 100 crore came from the Central government.
The State requires Rs.300 crore per month for doing earth-work, he said and hoped that the Central government would release its contribution to the national project as per pre-determined timelines.
Speaking after a virtual inspection of the works in progress at the Polavaram project on Thursday with the help of drones and other technologies, from the Command and Control Centre at Durga Ghat here, Mr. Naidu said the project deserved to be given due priority in compliance with the A.P Reorganisation Act to help the State in completing it by the year 2018. He interacted with engineers who were at the project site.
Virtual inspection mode
He instructed the officials to complete the construction of diaphragm wall by July 2017 and told them that he would review the pace of projects through the virtual inspection mode every month.
Mr. Naidu was told by the officials that of the 10.49 crore cubic metres of earthwork to be done, 4.2 crore cubic metres had been completed. Nearly 1.2 lakh cubic metres of soil is to be removed from the diaphragm wall area.
The L&T-Bauer joint venture has got 250-tonne capacity dumpers and 52 excavators and 203 dumpers were doing works at the project site.
Earlier, Mr. Naidu spoke to Irrigation and Water Resources Minister Devineni Umamaheswara Rao and top officials of the department through remote video link. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/state-will-spend-up-to-rs-4000-cr-on-polavaram-this-year-naidu/article9034089.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/4a707257a40b4084eda5bcacf423536fc4d0f2fcb64564590e224cbe4ab60c14.json |
[] | 2016-08-28T14:51:04 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | India and the U.S. are set to sign a key logistics agreement this week which will enable both militaries to use each other’s assets and bases for repair and replenishment of supplies.
Defence Minis | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Findia-us-set-to-sign-key-logistics-agreement%2Farticle9042890.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02811/India_US_2811579c.jpg | en | null | India, U.S. set to sign key logistics agreement | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The LEMOA which was agreed upon ' in principle' earlier in 2016 will be signed now on Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar's visit to the U.S.
India and the U.S. are set to sign a key logistics agreement this week which will enable both militaries to use each other’s assets and bases for repair and replenishment of supplies.
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, who has left for the U.S. on his second visit in eight months, will meet his American counterpart Defence Secretary Ashton Carter and carry forward talks on jet engine technology and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
Parrikar is scheduled to meet Carter tomorrow after which he will also visit the air force base at Langley besides going to the Boeing facility in Philadelphia.
One of the key takeaways from the visit would be signing of the agreement called the ‘Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement’ (LEMOA).
The agreement was announced during the visit of Carter to India in April this year.
The move will allow both countries to use each other’s bases as well as assets for replenishment of supplies and refuelling.
However, it will not allow stationing of troops in each other’s bases.
Parrikar is also likely to push for the Predator UAVs. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/india-us-set-to-sign-key-logistics-agreement/article9042890.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/5c57c957ebbdccaa404012b3c42fc816dca5d713242a8743bcddc6a24eba65a4.json |
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"Special Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-30T18:52:21 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Industry lobbies are backing the Congress Party’s demand that the standard rate of Goods & Services Tax (GST) should not be allowed to breach the 18 per cent mark as it would stoke inflation.The | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fbusiness%2FEconomy%2Fgst-rate-above-18-could-stoke-inflation%2Farticle9051285.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02992/000_DS7A5_2992635c.jpg | en | null | ‘GST rate above 18% could stoke inflation’ | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Industry wants 6 months time for hassle-free roll-out
Industry lobbies are backing the Congress Party’s demand that the standard rate of Goods & Services Tax (GST) should not be allowed to breach the 18 per cent mark as it would stoke inflation.
The demand was made during an interaction with the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers on Tuesday. They said higher rates could fuel price gains. The chambers of business also said they required sufficient time to put in place the IT infrastructure.
A Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) delegation led by its past president Harsh Mariwala sought a minimum of six months from the date of the adoption of the GST Law by the proposed GST Council to prepare for hassle-free roll-out of the new indirect tax regime. The delegation said it preferred a “reasonable” standard rate that would check inflation as well as evasion while ensuring compliance.
“For industry, which seeks to be competitive in the global marketplace, a standard rate of 18 per cent will be advantageous,” said Naushad Forbes, President, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
The CII is committed to the deadline of April 1, 2017 for the roll out of the GST, Mr. Forbes said.
The average standard rate of value-added tax in high-income countries is 16.8 per cent while that in emerging market economies is 14.1 per cent although rates in countries like China and Mexico are a little higher than this, he pointed out. “India should position itself correctly in order to boost exports and generate employment,” he said.
Assocham called for a relaxation in the penal and prosecution provisions in the first two years after the roll out of the GST except in case of tax fraud or non-deposit of collected taxes.
Chairman of the Empowered Committee and West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra said that the concerns raised by the chambers would be looked into by the committee and the proposed GST Council, including the arrest and prosecution provisions. He sought suggestions on the quantum of penalties.
Another demand was that there should be single, centralised registration of suppliers of services operating across states rather than multiple, state-wise registrations. | http://www.thehindu.com/business/Economy/gst-rate-above-18-could-stoke-inflation/article9051285.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/f3859aad6ea47227deaee31b9b4dde15cc13b3ad463b2f4fc5738d360817f997.json |
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] | 2016-08-29T22:51:37 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Lyric writer “Sirivennela” Sitarama Sastry was honoured with the title “Padakavita Chakravarthi” by Anakapalle Diamond Hits at a function at Rao Gopalarao Kalakendram at Anakapalle on Sunday.HRD Mini | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FVisakhapatnam%2Flyricist-sirivennela-honoured%2Farticle9046782.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02991/30VZVISKPAGE5SIRIV_2991449c.jpg | en | null | Lyricist Sirivennela honoured | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Film lyricist Sirivennela Sitarama Sastry beeing felicitated by Dimond Hits a cultural body at Anakapalle in Visakhapatnam on Sunday. Also seen are Minister Ganta Srinivasarao, MP Muttamsetty Srinivasarao, MLA Peela Govindu, and former Minister Dadi Veerabhadra Rao.
Lyric writer “Sirivennela” Sitarama Sastry was honoured with the title “Padakavita Chakravarthi” by Anakapalle Diamond Hits at a function at Rao Gopalarao Kalakendram at Anakapalle on Sunday.
HRD Minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao, who conferred the title, said introducing syllabus on personality development written by Mr. Sitarama Sastry was being contemplated. The State government would also recommend his name for conferring “Padmasri.”
Visakhapatnam Steel Plant CMD M. Madhusudan lauded the poet for writing songs that always maintained literary values.
Diamond Hits founder and former minister Dadi Veerabhadra Rao said the title was conferred in recognition of his 3000 songs with high literary values. Universities should confer honorary doctorate on the writer who received 10 Nandi awards and Filmfare awards.
Mr. Sitarama Sastry expressed his happiness at being honoured at Anakapalle where he was born.
A close associate of Mr. Sitarama Sastry, Satya Rao mastaru narrated how the former dropped out of M.B. B.S., and took to lyric-writing. Anakapalle MP Muttamsetti Srinivasa Rao and MLA P. Govinda Satyanarayana spoke. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Visakhapatnam/lyricist-sirivennela-honoured/article9046782.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/056e60d0e1fee9fdc36348a58ad103b1fbf39695f9b5708bd734f4e683f1f08a.json |
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] | 2016-08-31T02:53:41 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | The dawn-to-dusk hartal called by the Bharath Dharma Jana Sena (BDJS) in protest against the death of a BDJS worker, who was found dead inside a CPI(M) local committee office in Paravur the other day, | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FKochi%2Fhartal-peaceful%2Farticle9053037.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 | Hartal peaceful | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The dawn-to-dusk hartal called by the Bharath Dharma Jana Sena (BDJS) in protest against the death of a BDJS worker, who was found dead inside a CPI(M) local committee office in Paravur the other day, evoked a mixed response in Paravur constituency. Though normal life was affected, the hartal was by and large peaceful, barring some stray incidents of coercion.
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"Staff Reporter"
] | 2016-08-28T22:51:26 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | In the chaos following the derailment of the Thiruvanathapuram-Mangaluru Express, one man’s quick and clear-headed action stood out. Babu Varghese, Station Superintendent of Karukutty, showed the pres | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fkerala%2Fquick-action-averts-another-accident%2Farticle9042973.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 | Quick action averts another accident | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Karukutty Station Superintendent alerted the locopilot of the train coming from the opposite direction and averted a collision
In the chaos following the derailment of the Thiruvanathapuram-Mangaluru Express, one man’s quick and clear-headed action stood out. Babu Varghese, Station Superintendent of Karukutty, showed the presence of mind to send a warning to the locopilot of a train that fast approached the accident site and averted a major collision.
Mr. Varghese gave signal for the Thiruvananthapuram-Mangaluru Express, stationed at Angamaly, to pass through the Karukutty station at 2 a.m. Meanwhile, the Chennai-Thiruvananthapuram Superfast Express had already left Chalakudy and was proceeding in the opposite direction.
Mr. Varghese got a message on his walkie-talkie about the derailment and on rushing to the spot, he saw that the signal post and a part of the coach had infringed on the down-line through which the train from the other direction was slated to pass within a few minutes.
“I had no time to spare, not even a few seconds, as the Chennai Superfast had already left Chalakudy. I ran back and contacted its locopilot on walkie-talkie and asked him to halt the train at the Intermediate Block Signal between the two stations,” he said.
In fact, it was the last signal before the train entered the accident area and only three minutes were left for it to pass the point.
Mr. Varghese sought to explain this critical intervention just as part of his standard operating procedure. “In case of any unusual event, reach the accident site, inspect the scenario, and send messages accordingly,” he explained. For Mr. Varghese, who was previously the Station Master of Ollur, near Thrissur, and who took over the current post only three months ago, it was the first such experience in his career spanning over two decades. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/quick-action-averts-another-accident/article9042973.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/7c30df9d8b30525f0a77188d4d6dc2c6367eca869e46e338b408bfe1818fd43b.json |
[
"Damini Nath"
] | 2016-08-30T02:52:27 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Protesters who had forcibly stopped the collection of toll at the DND Flyway that connects Delhi and Noida were arrested on Monday evening, over 24 hours after they launched their “indefinite” stir de | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2FDelhi%2Fprotesters-held-dnd-toll-resumes%2Farticle9048032.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02991/DND-TOLL_new_ep_DH_2991848c.jpg | en | null | Protesters held, DND toll resumes | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Residents, traders vow to resume stir; flyway authorities see ‘vested interest’
Protesters who had forcibly stopped the collection of toll at the DND Flyway that connects Delhi and Noida were arrested on Monday evening, over 24 hours after they launched their “indefinite” stir demanding abolition of toll tax on the flyway.
A total of 67 protesters have been arrested for violating prohibition orders and taken to the office of the Superintendent of Police (City) in Sector-6, said a Noida Police officer. They were produced before the City Magistrate and released after about three hours.
Allegations
The protest had started on Sunday morning, with Noida residents, RWAs, traders’ associations and other organisations coming together to demand an end to the levying of toll on the flyway. The protesters had claimed that the Noida Toll Bridge Company, which is a special purpose vehicle set up by Noida Authority and Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS), had earned double of what it had invested in the construction of the 9.2-km road.
Agreement
A DND Flyway spokesperson said in a statement that “people with vested interests” had stopped the collection of toll and “such activities cause concern among investors”.
The DND Flyway was the first public-private partnership road project in the country when the agreement was signed in 1997.
The spokesperson added that the toll collection had resumed around 6 p.m. on Monday after the Noida Police and administration intervened, but not before a loss of “about Rs.1 lakh” had been incurred.
Nawab Singh Nagar, a former BJP MLA who spearheaded the protest under the banner of Janhit Morcha, said that though the protesters had been removed by the police, they would work out a way to continue the stir.
“The facts are on our side. The agreement was made intentionally to favour certain parties. The officials of the Noida Authority and the Uttar Pradesh government are responsible,” said Mr. Nagar, who is a Noida resident himself.
Meanwhile, a case regarding the DND is pending with the Delhi High Court, with the next hearing scheduled for September 15.
Chetan Sharma, the secretary-general of the Confederation of NCR Residents Welfare Associations, which is one of the petitioners, said that the judgment in the case had been reserved.
He said that there had been many discrepancies in the concession agreement for the project and that the DND had earned more than Rs.1,000 crore so far, as opposed to an investment of Rs.408 crore. Mr. Sharma added that a clause giving 20 per cent return on investment to the company had also been “unusual”. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/protesters-held-dnd-toll-resumes/article9048032.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/3481a112a8379d63c6c3e6bb7325132102ea2d21132e8c4538fb75bd5e9bf93e.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T18:50:50 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Former France star Thierry Henry has been named as the new assistant coach of Belgium, the national coach announced Roberto Martinez announced on Friday.
"Thierry is an important figure. He w | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fsport%2Ffootball%2Fhenry-becomes-belgium-assistant-coach%2Farticle9037049.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 | Henry becomes Belgium assistant coach | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Former France star Thierry Henry has been named as the new assistant coach of Belgium, the national coach announced Roberto Martinez announced on Friday.
"Thierry is an important figure. He will bring something different. He agreed right away to join us," said ex-Everton Martinez, who was appointed at the start of the month to succeed the sacked Marc Wilmots.
"Honoured to be assistant coach @BelRedDevils. Thanks to Roberto Martinez & the Royal Belgian Football Association. Very excited.Can't wait," Henry tweeted.
Henry, 39, finished his glittering playing career in 2014 with New York Red Bulls after previously starring for Monaco, Juventus, Arsenal and Barcelona.
Since hanging up his boots, he has been working as a pundit for British television station Sky and as an under-18 coach at Arsenal.
He left the latter role in July because Gunners boss Arsene Wenger did not want Henry juggling his coaching with his punditry.
"He is someone who knows how to develop a collective mentality, how to work together to win," said Martinez.
"He won the World Cup in 1998 and has the experience to achieve great things."
Henry, who is joined as an assistant by Englishman Graeme Jones, was not present at the press conference as Martinez announced his first squad since becoming coach.
Belgium face Spain in a friendly next Thursday and then take on Cyprus away in their opening qualifier for the 2018 World Cup on September 6. | http://www.thehindu.com/sport/football/henry-becomes-belgium-assistant-coach/article9037049.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/d4196dbfed2bc0ad2a5f675bc1ef2e8be99a6fcb8ec22e822b0684b768c79b75.json |
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"Special Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-29T10:51:08 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Upset with increasing debts and crop loss, a farmer from Belur village in Basavakalyan taluk committed suicide on Sunday. Police sources said Arjun Marabale (45) consumed pesticide in his house and w | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fkarnataka%2Ffarmer-commits-suicide-in-basavakalyan-taluk%2Farticle9045604.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 | Farmer commits suicide in Basavakalyan taluk | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Police sources said Arjun Marabale (45) consumed pesticide in his house and was found dead. He had taken loans of Rs. 4.5 lakh from a cooperative society and private money lenders. Crops on his three-acre land had failed for three years due to drought, said family sources. A case has been registered in Hulsoor police station.
Upset with increasing debts and crop loss, a farmer from Belur village in Basavakalyan taluk committed suicide on Sunday.
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[
"Lalatendu Mishra"
] | 2016-08-29T20:52:03 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | The Indian Institute of Packaging (IIP) is formulating packaging specifications for pharmaceutical products that are exported to several unregulated and semi-regulated markets in Africa and Asia. This | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fbusiness%2FIndustry%2Fiip-to-set-specifications-for-pharma-packaging%2Farticle9046587.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 | IIP to set specifications for pharma packaging | null | null | www.thehindu.com | 43% of pharma exports are to unregulated, semi-regulated marketsin Asia and Africa
The Indian Institute of Packaging (IIP) is formulating packaging specifications for pharmaceutical products that are exported to several unregulated and semi-regulated markets in Africa and Asia. This comes after frequent rejection of Indian pharmaceutical products from such markets due to the absence of regulations and quality standards that govern pharmaceutical imports.
“The government has asked us to come out with packaging specifications in consultation with the pharma industry so that products are not recalled on certain grounds,” said Dr. N.C. Saha, Director IIP. “We are working on this and will come out with the recommendations and quality standards by next year,” he said. The government will then notify the desired packaging standards which will be made mandatory for all pharma companies exporting to these markets. “We are concerned about the rejection rates in unregulated and semi-regulated markets,” he said. | http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/iip-to-set-specifications-for-pharma-packaging/article9046587.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/90293d15b51ebd063abf7c93653d73a5c87478bd4238eff7740a6a321b982f95.json |
[] | 2016-08-26T18:50:58 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Realty firm Supertech Ltd on Friday said it would enter the healthcare sector and invest Rs.300 crore to open four hospitals in the next 3-4 years.
The Noida-based developer will open hospitals in | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fbusiness%2FIndustry%2Fsupertech-to-enter-healthcare-sector-in-next-34-years%2Farticle9037033.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 | Supertech to enter healthcare sector in next 3-4 years | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Realty firm Supertech Ltd on Friday said it would enter the healthcare sector and invest Rs.300 crore to open four hospitals in the next 3-4 years.
The Noida-based developer will open hospitals in its integrated township projects. “In the initial phase, the company will invest Rs.100 crore to open its first 100-bed super speciality hospital in in sector 74, Noida,” the company said in a statement. “This will be followed by the launch of 3 more hospitals in the next 3-4 years with an investment of Rs.200 crore,” it added. The construction for the first hospital in Noida has already commenced and is expected to be completed by May 2017. | http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/supertech-to-enter-healthcare-sector-in-next-34-years/article9037033.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/31b157b7df34df6f979e888bce0ce1d680af7a6beb668e4f19a4ea1edbf1d222.json |
[
"Mohit M. Rao"
] | 2016-08-30T00:53:04 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Ever since it was formed a decade ago, Arkavathy Layout has been dogged by legal battles and political brouhaha. For the allottees, however, the wait for their site just got more expensive. In a circ | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2Fbangalore%2Farkavathy-layout-wait-for-site-just-got-more-expensive%2Farticle9046532.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02991/30BG_ARKAVATHI_LAY_2991577c.jpg | en | null | Wait for site just got more expensive | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The circular will affect nearly 5,000 allottees who are eligible for sale deeds
Ever since it was formed a decade ago, Arkavathy Layout has been dogged by legal battles and political brouhaha.
For the allottees, however, the wait for their site just got more expensive.
In a circular issued in April-end, BDA announced an increase in property tax. From less than Rs. 600 per annum, it has been linked to guidance value. This, says G. Shivaprasad who heads the Arkavathy Layout Allottees Association, will see people pay nearly five times more for a plot that is currently “useless”.
Moreover, the circular laid down a penalty for ‘delay of construction’ on allottees claiming an absolute sale deed.
Nearly 5,000 persons are eligible for sale deeds as it has been 10 years since allocation. However, many got possession only in 2014. Consequently, much of the area remains vacant.
“Many of us have not even seen our sites, as they have not been demarcated,” said Manjunath Seth, who is yet to get possession of his site. “How do they expect us to build houses in the absence of approach roads and infrastructure for electricity and water supply?”
At a meeting with the BDA on Monday, allottees demanded exemption from these rules.
K.V. Jagadeesh, BDA’s Superintendent of Police, who represented the Authority, said the demand will be taken up in the next meeting of the Board scheduled on Wednesday.
Moreover, allottees have accused the BDA of being lax in removing the interim stay brought by a private company on the tender process for providing amenities. “The BDA was supposed to submit objections. Even after four hearings, its lawyers are yet to present the objections and get the stay vacated,” said Mr. Shivaprasad.
Officials of the legal cell assured ‘all efforts’ to ‘expedite’ the process.
The Arkavathy Saga
2005: BDA announces creation of 8,313 sites
More than 5,000 persons registered as allottees
Between 2008 and 2014, nearly 1,000 acres denotified
These denotifications led to probes
Penalties and tax
Property tax revised for vacant sites
From an arbitrarily fixed rate between Rs. 575 and Rs. 590 to being linked to guidance value
For sites lesser than 1,200 square feet, tax rate is now 0.0005 per cent of guidance value
Area greater than 1,200 square feet, tax rate will be 0.001 per cent
Penalty for allowing land to be vacant after 10 years of allocation
* square feet | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/arkavathy-layout-wait-for-site-just-got-more-expensive/article9046532.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/443ab8844b132c7670a023d6933a0786650415833af0b7af7b3f4fb3dcdf2854.json |
[
"Prakash Kamat"
] | 2016-08-29T10:52:05 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | The Air Intelligence Unit(AIU) of Dabolim International Airport in South Goa on Monday ,on profiling of Air India Flight AI-994(Dubai-Goa-Bangalore) rummaged the aircraft on arrival and during a searc | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Frs65-lakh-gold-seized-at-goa-airport%2Farticle9045584.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 | Rs.65 lakh gold seized at Goa airport | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The Air Intelligence Unit(AIU) of Dabolim International Airport in South Goa on Monday ,on profiling of Air India Flight AI-994(Dubai-Goa-Bangalore) rummaged the aircraft on arrival and during a search seized three black plastic bundles in its rear toilet, containing assorted golden jewellery and three gold bars totally weighing 2.532 kg. valued at Rs.65 lakhs.
Despite inquiries with transit passengers and crew or ground staff of the Airlines, owners was not found.
Seizure was made by the officers of Goa Customs led by Assistant Commissioner of the Airport Vivekananda Reddy under overall direction of Commissioner, Customs, Goa K. Anpazhakan. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/rs65-lakh-gold-seized-at-goa-airport/article9045584.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/2d9ed2c9d38664c120402cc56534867a98cac724900d62a35376d1391d86efc7.json |
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"Special Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-30T20:53:55 | null | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | Diesel cars face a series of hurdles in the national capital and it is unfair to paint the fuel as the only source of pollution, Mahindra and Mahindra executive director Pawan Goenka said.
The indu | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fbusiness%2FIndustry%2Fdiesel-cars-not-the-only-source-of-pollution-goenka%2Farticle9051480.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 | Diesel cars not the only source of pollution: Goenka | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The Delhi government levies an extra registration cost and the Centre higher excise duties
Diesel cars face a series of hurdles in the national capital and it is unfair to paint the fuel as the only source of pollution, Mahindra and Mahindra executive director Pawan Goenka said.
The industry has accepted the one per cent cess on diesel car sales offered by the Supreme Court only because it helps lift the embargo on sales in the city, Mr. Goenka said.
“The industry view has been consistent since December 2015 (when sales of diesel cars with engines over 2,000 cc were put on hold). There is no justification for diesel to be singled out in the fight against pollution,” Mr Goenka said in an interview.
Apart from the 1 per cent cess now levied by the apex court to permit sales of large diesel vehicles, the Delhi govt also levies an extra registration cost on diesel cars while the Centre has imposed higher excise duties.
“The one per cent cess now being levied on such diesel cars is not going to make a difference to the auto company or deter customers per se, but it does mean that one has to pay a penalty even if you meet the regulations laid down,” he said.
“It is better to have a one per cent cess and sell our product than not to sell at all, so we have accepted it.”
On the move to switch to BS-VI emission norms by 2020, he conceded that the auto industry felt it was a challenging target that couldn’t have been met if the government hadn’t pressurised them.
“In hindsight, it is good that the government pushed us on this front, else the attack on the industry for pollution concerns would have been fiercer,” he said.
Heavy Industries Minister Anant Geete said that the government and industry are like a family. “If one member of the family gets hurt, it affects the others also. The government will do all it can to support then auto industry,” he said. | http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/diesel-cars-not-the-only-source-of-pollution-goenka/article9051480.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-31T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/c6130734c384499f47156d8c0b025757831ec224868c28b8a474e58dda89e97d.json |
[] | 2016-08-27T18:50:20 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | For all the talk of a radical shift in central banking policy, from the permanent use of negative rates to helicopter money drops, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen appears to believe she can tackle | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fbusiness%2FEconomy%2Ffor-the-feds-yellen-conventional-unconventional-policy-is-enough%2Farticle9040802.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 | For the Fed’s Yellen ‘conventional’ unconventional policy is enough | null | null | www.thehindu.com | For all the talk of a radical shift in central banking policy, from the permanent use of negative rates to helicopter money drops, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen appears to believe she can tackle any future downturn using the tools currently at her disposal.
Speaking in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on Friday after a Fed policymaker and other economists proposed a radical overhaul of central banking, Yellen argued that bond purchases and the ability to pay interest on excess reserves as well as forward guidance would be enough to combat any downturn.
“Our current toolkit proved effective last December (when the Fed raised rates),” Ms. Yellen said in a speech in which she firmed up expectations of a second rate rise from the Fed, possibly as soon as September.
“In an environment of superabundant reserves, the FOMC raised the effective federal funds rate...by the desired amount, and we have since maintained the federal funds rate in its target range.”
So much for radical change of the type proposed by John Williams of the San Francisco Fed earlier this month. Williams made the case for an eventual move to nominal growth targeting or a shift in the inflation rate upwards to give central banks the tools to fight the next economic downturn.
“Helicopters, negative rates or a higher inflation target remain confined to other central banks or academic circles,” Commerzbank economist Bernd Weidensteiner wrote after Ms. Yellen’s speech.
Ms. Yellen’s seeming reliance on more quantitative easing was challenged at Jackson Hole by Marvin Goodfriend, a professor of economics at Carnegie Mellon University and a former policy adviser at the Richmond Federal Reserve bank, who said he believed negative rates would be a far more effective policy tool.
“Interest rate policy is by far the most flexible, the least intrusive to markets, and has proven capable of targeting low inflation,” he said in a presentation after Ms. Yellen spoke.
Fed’s critics
While Fed policy has been credited with helping unemployment fall to levels seen prior to the downturn, trillions of dollars of quantitative easing and eight years or zero or near-zero rates have failed to spark a rebound in economic growth.
Data released just before Ms. Yellen spoke on Friday showed the U.S. economy expanded by just 1.1 per cent in the second quarter of the year, held back in part by stubbornly weak business spending.
Business investment as a share of gross domestic product since 2008 has averaged nearly a full percentage point below the previous decade’s average, according to government data.
The Fed has also been charged with increasing inequality with its bond buying program and negative rates, and with being overoptimistic in its forecasts of economic recovery and the pace of interest rate hikes.
In 2010, the year after the U.S. economy emerged from recession, the midpoint of Fed policymakers’ predictions was for 3.3 percent growth in 2011. The economy actually grew at less than half that pace and forecasts since then have generally proved rosier than reality.
For 2016, the Fed is forecasting growth of 2.0 per cent, which would require the economy to perk up after a sluggish performance in the first half. | http://www.thehindu.com/business/Economy/for-the-feds-yellen-conventional-unconventional-policy-is-enough/article9040802.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/849270a8aba009a3a45d51b9fbcb1007ef6e75cb7ebe4bf79949067a548dd896.json |
[
"Somesh Jha"
] | 2016-08-28T12:53:31 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | India has declined a request, for a second time, from the United Arab Emirates’ Ras Al Khaimah to grant flying rights for Air Arabia to connect with Indian cities as its designated carrier.“Air Arabi | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fbusiness%2FIndustry%2Findia-grounds-air-arabias-designated-airline-status-plea%2Farticle9040784.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02988/TH27_BU_AIR_ARABIA_2988888c.jpg | en | null | India grounds Air Arabia’s designated airline status plea | null | null | www.thehindu.com | India has declined a request, for a second time, from the United Arab Emirates’ Ras Al Khaimah to grant flying rights for Air Arabia to connect with Indian cities as its designated carrier.
“Air Arabia didn’t meet the air services’ agreement requirements,” R.N. Choubey, Civil Aviation Secretary, said in an interview. “How can an airline be a designated carrier for two emirates?”The Indian authorities have said that Air Arabia already operates flights to Indian cities from its hub in Sharjah and the same airline cannot be granted flying rights to India from another emirate.
Airlines from India and Ras Al Khaimah are entitled to fly 1,428 seats each week from each side at present, as per the air services agreement.
Countries sign air service agreements through bilateral negotiations to decide the number of flights airlines can fly into each other’s territory. Then, the governments distribute the allocated seats to the respective designated airlines. However, in the case of UAE, India has signed separate bilateral air traffic agreements with seven emirates, including Ras Al Khaimah.
After Ras Al Khaimah’s official airline RAK Airways shut down in January 2014, Air Arabia was designated the official carrier of the emirate by its civil aviation authority. RAK Airways flew to 10 destinations in India and Air Arabia sought additional traffic rights to India as the designated carrier of Ras Al Khaimah. But the proposal has been rejected twice by the Civil Aviation Ministry.
“Air Arabia failed to establish that its base of operations is from Ras Al Khaimah,” said a senior ministry official. “We have asked Ras Al Khaimah to come up with a new request with a designated carrier that is substantially owned and effectively controlled by the emirate.” Air Arabia operates 115 weekly flights from Sharjah to 13 Indian cities.
“It’s a good decision,” said Jitender Bhargava, former executive director, Air India. | http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/india-grounds-air-arabias-designated-airline-status-plea/article9040784.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/f0408ecaa10d82f538774bc5c21d8773780fb726eb724f843398af7411dfbf89.json |
[
"Shankar Bennur"
] | 2016-08-26T22:51:08 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | The well-being of Mysore’s Dasara elephants, star attractions in the city’s annual festivities, remains a top priority for the Forest Department here.About 12 elephants are trained for the ‘Jamboo Sa | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fkarnataka%2Fmysuru-dasara-elephants-get-insurance-cover%2Farticle9037557.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02987/th27_DASARA_ELEPHA_2987832c.jpg | en | null | Mysuru Dasara elephants get insurance cover | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The first batch of Dasara elephants welcomed at Mysuru Palace permises on Friday. - PHOTO: M.A.SRIRAM
The well-being of Mysore’s Dasara elephants, star attractions in the city’s annual festivities, remains a top priority for the Forest Department here.
About 12 elephants are trained for the ‘Jamboo Savari’ that unfolds on Vijayadasami in Mysuru after a strict routine of daily practice.
The forest department has been vested with the task of keeping the elephants healthy, in shape, and safe.
Elephants are susceptible to injuries during transportation, and they may cause harm to public or private property during their stay in Mysuru, till the festivities get over.
Therefore, as before, all 12 Dasara elephants have been insured this year as well. The value of the insurance provided by United India Insurance is Rs. 32 lakh.
Moreover, the mahouts and kavadis of the jumbos have been insured for a sum of Rs. 35 lakh.
The tusks of male elephants have, however, been left out by the policy.
The insurance cover came into effect on Friday, when the first batch of six elephants led by Arjuna, who carries the famous 750-kilo golden howdah on his back, arrived at the palace.
The second batch of elephants is expected to arrive next month.
The Dasara Festival Committee reportedly paid Rs. 41,000 as premium per elephant; this is calculated on the basis of the age and gender of the animals (the premium is higher for tuskers).
“Getting an insurance cover has been a routine exercise and we have insured them as a precautionary,” said the Deputy Conservator of Forests Ganesh Bhat. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/mysuru-dasara-elephants-get-insurance-cover/article9037557.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/d55eae42835dcf8520307293e035e876b5d5feb3b26491e36ecf17c62c3c75b4.json |
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"Staff Reporter"
] | 2016-08-27T12:52:45 | null | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | The State government on Friday appointed senior advocate R. Muthukumaraswamy as the new Advocate General of Tamil Nadu. A Government Order was passed hours after the outgoing Advocate General A.L. S | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Ftamil-nadu%2Fmuthukumaraswamy-appointed-new-ag%2Farticle9037111.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02987/27TH_NEW_AG-TN_2987692c.jpg | en | null | Muthukumaraswamy appointed new A-G | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The State government on Friday appointed senior advocate R. Muthukumaraswamy as the new Advocate General of Tamil Nadu. A Government Order was passed hours after the outgoing Advocate General A.L. Somayaji tendered his resignation.
Mr. Muthukumaraswamy (69) obtained his law degree from the Madras Law College and enrolled as an Advocate on August 1, 1973. He joined the office of senior counsel R. Krishnamoorthy, who was the former Advocate General and continued to be associated with him till 2001.
He was appointed as Special Government Pleader for the Madras High Court in 1994 and later became the Government Pleader in 1995. He held the post of the Central Government Senior Standing Counsel during the years 1998-1999.
In 2001, he was designated by the high court as a senior advocate. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/muthukumaraswamy-appointed-new-ag/article9037111.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-27T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/618215fb10fe88079bed9dc96bffb7d54dad9aab16159487ebfd0dcc15844d0a.json |
[] | 2016-08-29T18:51:09 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | Lady In Red and Flamboyant Flame caught the eye when the horses were exercised here on Monday (August 29) morning.Inner sand:800m: Rising Concert (C.Umesh) 53, 600/40. Moved freely. Be Cautious (Jayk | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fsport%2Fraces%2Flady-in-red-flamboyant-flame-shine%2Farticle9045877.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 | Lady In Red, Flamboyant Flame shine | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Lady In Red and Flamboyant Flame caught the eye when the horses were exercised here on Monday (August 29) morning.
Inner sand:
800m: Rising Concert (C.Umesh) 53, 600/40. Moved freely. Be Cautious (Jaykumar) 50.5, 600/37. Moved well. Incentio (S.Kamble) 56.5, 600/42.5. Easy. A 3/y/o Where’s The Ring/Scarlet Slipper (Parbat), Adams Land (Daman) 54.5, 600/40.5. Former was three lengths superior. Zander (S.S.Rathore) 49, 600/36. Moved impressively. Millenium Falcon (C.Umesh) 52.5, 600/39.5. Moved freely. Lady In Red (Pradeep), Zahrazan (Sandeep) 49.5, 600/37.5. Former moved well and finished six lengths ahead. Note former. Phoenix Knight (Rupesh) 52.5, 600/39.5. Moved freely. Prominence (Rupesh), Romantic Lass (S.Shinde) 52.5, 600/39.5. They moved neck and neck freely. The Other Song (Bhawani), Sudarshan Chakra (S.Kamble) 53.5, 600/40.5. Former ended three lengths in front. Salvatore Mundi (C.Umesh) 51, 600/40. In good shape. Abbey (Jethu), Secret Oath (F.Irani) 53, 600/39. Former started and finished four lengths ahead. Chilly Chilly (Sandeep) 53, 600/40. Slightly urged.
1000m: Papakura (T.S.Jodha) 1-9.5, 800/55, 600/42. Moved well. On Fleek (Jaykumar), Artificial (Neeraj) 1-9, 600/42. Pair moved level freely. Congressional (Neeraj) 1-8.5, 600/42.5. Good. Pugnacious (Merchant), Judicious (Kamlesh) 1-8, 600/40. They moved neck and neck freely. Winning Girl (Pradeep) 1-6, 800/53, 600/40.5. Moved well. Alpine Express (Daman), Brothersofthewind (D.A.Naik) 1-9, 800/53.5, 600/39.5. They ended level. Vinny The Few (Kavraj), Fencing (Parbat) 1-9, 800/53.5, 600/40. They were urged and ended level. Shadowfax (Pradeep), Jester (Sandeep) 1-6, 600/40. Former finished six lengths ahead. Merabella (Jethu) 1-6, 800/51, 600/39. Moved well. Streetjammer (Pradeep), Star Scholar (Sandeep) 1-5, 800/51.5, 600/40. Former moved well and they finished level. Niobrara (Jethu), Rosella (C.S.Jodha) 1-5, 800/50, 600/37.5. Former started three lengths behind and finished four lengths ahead. Argonautica (Rupesh), Jibuti (S.Shinde) 1-9, 600/41. They were pushed and former finished six lengths ahead.
1200m: Night Of Stars (Kavraj), Savage Beauty (Daman) 1-24.5, 600/41.5. Both moved freely. Ice Angel (Ranjane), Espresso (rb) 1-27, 800/56, 600/42. Former was four lengths superior. Royal Classic (Daman), Charging Tigress (Parbat) 1-26, 600/43. Pair easy. Care Free (Ajinkya) 1-21, 1000/1-7, 800/53.5, 600/41. Ridden out. Flamboyant Flame (Pradeep), Ridgewood Star (Sandeep) 1-19, 1000/1-5, 80/52, 600/39. Former who has improved since last run strode out well and finished a distance ahead.
1400m: Kodiak Queen (Parbat), Rajasthan Royalty (S.Amit) 1-40, 600/42.5. Pair level.
Gate practice noted on the inner sand:
1000m: Pretty Angel (S.S.Rathore), Night Fury (V.Walkar) and Smart Vision (Bhawani) 1-5.5, 800/51, 600/39. First named was the pick. Elsa (F.Irani), Dolphin (C.S.Jodha) and Romantic Warrior (Jethu) 1-5.5, 600/39.5. Elsa finished well clear of others. Cyclone (S.Shinde), Madeira (app) 1-6.5, 600/40. Former finished three lengths ahead. Rare Silver (Raghuveer), New England (Pereira) 1-10, 600/43. They jumped out well. Nightfall (Merchant), Royal Eyes (Kamlesh) 1-9, 600/40. Former finished four lengths ahead. Speed Of Sound (Ajinkya) 1-8, 800/52.5, 600/39. Stretched. Auroden (rb), Noble Chieftain (Baria) 1-10, 600/44. Former was four lengths superior. Pablito (Akshay), Masterofbalantrae (Parmar) 1-11, 600/44. Former ended four lengths in front.
Mock race noted on Aug. 28 (race track):
1200m: Sovereignsky (Ajinkya), Mount Mckinley (Daman), Petronius (Zervan), Talon (Zeeshan), Irises (Kavraj), Etihaad (Mosin), Jubilant (Trevor), Rising Brave (Shahrukh) and Bee Quirky (Merchant) 1-13, 600/37.5. 1L, 3/4, 2L. Sovereignsky who was racing sixth till bend easily covered good ground and won the race. Petronius who also came very well from behind was a notable runner.
Second mock race:
1200m: Galtero (Sandeep), Multinational (C.Umesh) 1-18, 600/38. Multinational planted in the starting stalls.
Third mock race:
1200m: Sensex (C.S.Jodha), Frosted (Dashrath) and Winter Renaissance (Pereira) 1-13, 600/35.5. 1/2, Dist. They jumped out well. | http://www.thehindu.com/sport/races/lady-in-red-flamboyant-flame-shine/article9045877.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/783399743d5ad485750b7e8238181fd1ad2870a2ca3eb1e926cdace942beb57e.json |
[
"Staff Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-26T14:49:44 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Two people, including a woman, committed suicide in separate incidents in Kolar taluk on Friday.Sushma (25), a resident of Kalwamanjali near Vemagal under Vemagal police limits, killed herself due to | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fkarnataka%2Ftwo-commit-suicide-in-kolar%2Farticle9036740.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 commit suicide in Kolar | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Two people, including a woman, committed suicide in separate incidents in Kolar taluk on Friday.
Sushma (25), a resident of Kalwamanjali near Vemagal under Vemagal police limits, killed herself due to dowry torture from her husband Anilkumar, her parents alleged.
Vemagal police have registered a case.
Man hangs self
A 35-year-old man, identified as Raghu, hanged himself at his residence in Kurubarpet locality under town police limits.
Exact reason for suicide is yet to be ascertained. A case has been registered. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/two-commit-suicide-in-kolar/article9036740.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/05fc878f311d789befbef2fd668f83fced30c7743574bf13eea138ee8760e90b.json |
[
"T. P. Sethumadhavan"
] | 2016-08-28T14:51:02 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | Currently, there exists a huge gap between the availability and requirement of veterinary graduates in the country. At present, 75 per cent of veterinary science students are girls. The admission proc | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Ffeatures%2Feducation%2Fveterinary-science-involves-interdisciplinary-research-offering-multiple-options%2Farticle9042875.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02989/01_EPBS_VETERINARY_2989739c.jpg | en | null | Veterinary science involves interdisciplinary research, offering multiple options | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Veterinary science involves interdisciplinary research, offering multiple options for those who have a love for animals.
Currently, there exists a huge gap between the availability and requirement of veterinary graduates in the country. At present, 75 per cent of veterinary science students are girls. The admission process for Bachelor in Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry course is through entrance examinations at the State and national level. The Veterinary Council of India is the regulatory body of veterinary education in India. Fifteen per cent of seats in veterinary colleges of the country are filled through the national-level entrance examination — All India Pre Veterinary Test. Rest 85 per cent is through State-level entrance examinations. There are a few veterinary colleges in the country which allocate five per cent of their seats through NRI quota. Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Karnataka, Punjab, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh are some such States.
There are 42 veterinary colleges, including veterinary universities, in the country. Some of the premier institutions include Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Sri Venkiteswara University, Karnataka Veterinary and Fisheries Sciences University, among others.
Veterinary science graduate programmes in India are of five-year duration. Students who have completed Plus Two with physics, chemistry and biology can apply for the programme. The 10-semester programme includes one semester for internship.
After graduation, students can work as veterinarians in government, academia, civil services (IAS, IPS, IFS, IRS, etc.), Indian Forest Service cadre, research institutions and public sector or private institutions. They can also associate with milk co-operatives, industry, pharmaceutical companies, corporate, banks, insurance and IT-enabled sector. Veterinary science has huge higher education and research prospects across the world. Developed countries such as the U.S., the U.K., EU, Australia and others are giving more importance to veterinary science research.
The success rate for veterinary science graduates in civil services and Indian Forest Service examination is comparatively higher, compared to other disciplines. It has several prospective areas which include large animals, small animals and pet animal care. Various disciplines in this field include veterinary physiology, biotechnology, anatomy, clinical medicine, preventive medicine, dairy science, meat technology, livestock production management, biochemistry, molecular biology, anatomy, microbiology, parasitology, animal breeding, genetics, animal reproduction, veterinary surgery, animal nutrition, pharmacology, laboratory animal production, animal welfare, zoo animal medicine, wildlife science, conservation, food safety, entrepreneurship, food technology, sustainability issues, marketing, value-addition, animal welfare, veterinary nursing, trade related issues, residue monitoring, organic farming, and so on.
This sector is closely related to public health and control of zoonotic diseases. So, there are huge prospects for interdisciplinary research. Graduates can work with dairy, poultry and other livestock farms and value-addition units or industry.
Entrepreneurship is emerging as one of the potential areas in veterinary science and startups are beginning to emerge in this sector. Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University’s Directorate of Entrepreneurship has launched a startup village to promote production of safe-to-eat livestock products and e-Vet connect for 24x7 veterinary services in the State.
Several super speciality veterinary clinics are coming up in the country. Ophthalmology, orthopaedics, breeding, cardiology, internal medicine, canine medicine, nephrology and so on are emerging as some of the super speciality areas. As part of agribusiness, livestock sector is emerging as one of the potential areas with an annual growth rate of 4.5 per cent in the country. For every one per cent growth in agriculture, livestock sector needs to grow 2.5 per cent per annum. This sector contributes one-third of the total GDP in agriculture in the country.
Livestock sector plays an important role in rural livelihood, employment and income generation. Major livestock products like milk and milk products, meat and eggs contribute around one-sixth of the calories and one-third of the proteins in the per capita food supplies of the world. Animal husbandry is the second largest economic activity of rural India.
Animal husbandry is a growth engine and the annual growth rate in dairying is 5 per cent and in poultry 10 per cent. This would alleviate rural poverty and uplift the farmers. If the country has to sustain itself economically, the livestock sector has to be strengthened.
With regard to production and consumption of milk, it is a golden era in the dairy sector. Organised sector grows more than 10 per cent per annum. Milk production is increasing in Asia and India and increasing prices are favourable to developing countries. Veterinary professionals have lots of opportunities in India. Among various livestock products, there exists a huge gap between production and consumption. Linking quality production of livestock products with lucrative incentives and popularisation of traditional products technology can facilitate quantum jump in this industry. Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, envisages food safety officers’ post for veterinary graduates.
A quantitative analysis of the supply and demand of veterinary manpower in India: implications for policy decisions done by P.V.K. Sasidhar (Associate Professor, School of Extension and Development Studies, Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi) and P. Gopal Reddy (Associate Dean for Research and Advanced Studies, College of Veterinary Medicine, Nursing and Allied Health, Tuskegee University, U.S.) reveals that India needs 72,000 graduate veterinarians, but the current availability is about 43,000. India has 42 veterinary colleges in the public sector and only two in the private sector. Consequently, as in the case of education systems in medicine, engineering and management, private entrepreneurs need to be motivated to participate in veterinary education.
Recently, the Government of India has started thinking on these lines. India needs more veterinarians to look after the huge livestock population and to fill positions in 50,000 academic, R&D, extension and field institutions. As a career-oriented professional programme, veterinary science will assure placements to the students.
The writer is education and career consultant and director of entrepreneurship at Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Pookode, Wayanad, Kerala. E-mail: tpsethu2000@gmail.com | http://www.thehindu.com/features/education/veterinary-science-involves-interdisciplinary-research-offering-multiple-options/article9042875.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/37efbe13a10e589a8caf3f425741a51bb580e7c42c5bd7c094c2ebfb10022e57.json |
[
"A. D. Rangarajan"
] | 2016-08-26T20:54:49 | null | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | Actor and Jana Sena founder Pawan Kalyan appealed to his fans not to resort to violence in the name of adoration, in the wake of the stabbing to death of his fan Vinod Rayal. Pawan described his fello | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Fandhra-pradesh%2Fviolence-is-no-way-to-demonstrate-support-for-me-pawan-kalyan-to-fans%2Farticle9033231.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02986/25TH_PAWAN_KALYAN_2986227c.jpg | en | null | Violence is no way to demonstrate support for me: Pawan Kalyan to fans | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Actor and Jana Sena founder visits family of fan Vinod Rayal who was fatally stabbed in Kolar, describes Junior NTR as his friend
Actor and Jana Sena founder Pawan Kalyan appealed to his fans not to resort to violence in the name of adoration, in the wake of the stabbing to death of his fan Vinod Rayal. Pawan described his fellow Tollywood star Junior NTR his ‘friend,’ and urged his fans to desist from attacks on other artists in their bid to show affection for him.
The ‘Power Star’ was here on Thursday to call on the family of Y. Vinod Kumar (24) better known as Vinod Rayal, who was stabbed to death at Kolar in Karnataka a couple of days ago during a quarrel involving the fans of the two leading Telugu stars.
Pawan, who came by a special flight to Renigunta airport, reached Rayal’s residence at about 11 a.m. The nondescript STV Nagar locality was chock-a-block with his fans descending on it right from 8 a.m. Hundreds of them cheered the star and ran behind his convoy.
After paying his condolences, Pawan Kalyan listened to the family members and friends on the turn of events that led to Vinod’s death.
“Treat me as your elder son,” he told Vinod’s father Y. Venkatesh, a senior engineering executive in the Amara Raja group, and mother Vedavathi, State president of Mahila Kapunadu. He promised to bring pressure on the Central and Karnataka governments to bring the guilty to book. The actor offered all possible help, but Vinod’s parents politely declined the offer.
Vinod was a B.Tech student specialising in Electronics and Communications Engineering (ECE). He had planned to make a career in the U.S. and his visa process was also reportedly on.
“Vinod frequently visited Bengaluru for coaching and he recently told me that his US visit would materialise in a couple of months,” his family friend and Chittoor district Kapunadu president D. ‘Saritha’ Nagaraju said. It was actually an awareness meeting on organ donation on the fateful day, but it turned out to be a venue for fans to launch a flame war.
Vinod Rayal was not only an ardent fan, but also a member-volunteer-cum-organiser of Jana Sena. During his speech, he had promised to take the organ donation message to his native Chittoor district and ended his talk with a ‘Jai Pawan’ slogan which irked the fans of other actors. The meeting itself had nothing to do with tinsel town, but for the presence of actor Suman, who attended as the chief guest.
Though the issue appeared to settle down initially, the friends gathered at a nearby dhaba for dinner when it resurfaced. After a heated exchange, a local youth, Akshay Kumar, allegedly stabbed him in the chest.
The car in which Rayal was being rushed to a hospital, however, met with an accident and he had to be moved in another vehicle. Later, he succumbed to his injuries. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/violence-is-no-way-to-demonstrate-support-for-me-pawan-kalyan-to-fans/article9033231.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-26T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/78fb007bdafccd4fc94025f16af4d29f072dcfd1bf57e148cc75493a9f5d4d83.json |
[
"S Senthalir"
] | 2016-08-29T04:55:09 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | When Puducherry was waking up to a lazy Sunday, the usual visitors of morning walkers, joggers and tourists on the beach road had something unusual in store.
As they crossed the Gandhi statue on p | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2Fpuducherry%2Fwhen-the-beach-turned-into-a-gymkhana%2Farticle9043584.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02990/29TH_FITNESS_AWARE_2990161c.jpg | en | null | When the beach turned into a ‘gymkhana’ | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Pondicherry Parkour and Kshatriya Academy join hands to spread awareness on fitness
When Puducherry was waking up to a lazy Sunday, the usual visitors of morning walkers, joggers and tourists on the beach road had something unusual in store.
As they crossed the Gandhi statue on promenade beach, some stood back to witness the spectacle while many continued with their routine after casting a glance at Gandhi Thidal. The sea front open space had suddenly turned into a ‘gymkhana’ ground with pull up bars, gymnast’s poles (mallakhamb), rope and dumbbells. Standing outside the rope that enclosed the space with traditional Indian sports equipment’ a group of youngsters clad in orange t-shirts were encouraging to try out the new workouts.
“This initiative is to make Puducherry a fitness paradise of India,” said G. Giriprakash of Pondicherry Parkour, Krishna Nagar. Pondicherry Parkour along with Kshatriya Academy organised a fitness awareness camp on Sunday at Gandhi Thidal from 6 am to 9 am.
By ‘trending the traditional art’, they want people who are just content with taking a stroll on the beach to hit a fitness regime. K. Ganesh of Kshatriya Academy added that walking was not enough. It adapts the body for more physical activity. Hence, there are many exercises that people can start doing. “We have organised this event to create awareness,” he said.
As the reluctant onlookers stood by watching, kids jumped reaching out to the pull up bars, a girl climbed the gymnast’s rope and a young man started push ups. It did not take more than half an hour for the team to pull in participants from the crowd. By 9 am, nearly 102 people joined the team to workout.
Rajagopal, in his 50s, crossed the rope and started running as the volunteers timed his speed. After jumping, he quickly moved to pull the tyres and workout with dumbbells. “I completed all the exercises. All these physical exercises give us more stamina and will keep us fit,” says Rajagopal, a yoga enthusiast.
Pondicherry Parkour is a team of youngsters who strived on their own to introduce traditional sports back with a motive towards making Puducherry a fitness paradise. “I started workouts when I was 14 years old. At that point, I had to travel a very long distance to practise sports. There was no space or equipment available in Puducherry to practise gymnastics. It has been nearly eight years now but nothing much has changed. Hence, we formed a team to promote the traditional way towards fitness and create awareness among youths,” said Mr. Giriprakash.
The youngsters visited the beach road four days a week over the past four months and found that many just take a stroll without any physical exercise, after which they decided to organise the public event. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/puducherry/when-the-beach-turned-into-a-gymkhana/article9043584.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/87bd1dbf43a04456b8ff5169c44d34693ed1b8d40cbf44ef505fd5623b06360d.json |
[
"Rajesh B. Nair"
] | 2016-08-30T02:51:45 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | The AINRC and AIADMK on Monday boycotted the budget presented by Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy. As the House assembled to present the budget, the AINRC and AIADMK members raised a number of issues. W | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2Fpuducherry%2Fainrc-aiadmk-boycott-budget%2Farticle9048720.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 | AINRC, AIADMK boycott budget | null | null | www.thehindu.com | The AINRC and AIADMK on Monday boycotted the budget presented by Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy. As the House assembled to present the budget, the AINRC and AIADMK members raised a number of issues. While AINRC members led by former Chief Minister N. Rangasamy raised placards protesting retrenchment of workers appointed during their tenure, the AIADMK led by party legislative leader A. Anbazhagan protested the alleged leak of budget before it was presented. The opposition members raised slogans, before boycotting the day’s proceedings.
Mr. Rangasamy said if the workers were retrenched citing “backdoor” entry, then Mr. Narayanasamy has no right to present the budget as he had occupied the CM’s post through “backdoor.” | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/puducherry/ainrc-aiadmk-boycott-budget/article9048720.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/5e43214b54bc8fb44818f42e3396470911cb7fdc9d963e1e7358ae39d75c6953.json |
[
"Special Correspondent"
] | 2016-08-29T08:52:56 | null | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | Kaliyakkavilai police in Kanniyakumari district have registered case against three revenue department officials, including two Deputy Tahsildars, for allegedly attacking the staff from the court on Fr | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Ftamil-nadu%2Fattack-on-court-staff-case-against-2-officials%2Farticle9044200.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 | Attack on court staff: Case against 2 officials | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Kaliyakkavilai police in Kanniyakumari district have registered case against three revenue department officials, including two Deputy Tahsildars, for allegedly attacking the staff from the court on Friday. When a team of staff from the court went to attach the properties at Vilavancode taluk office, based on a court order after the official machinery failed to disburse the compensation for the land acquired for Vallavilai- Marthandamthurai Road expansion in 1972, a minor altercation broke out between both sides.
As it led to a scuffle later, six persons, including a land loser, Ignatius Loyola, two Deputy Tashsildars and a revenue staff, were injured.
Based on the complaint from Vilavancode Tahsildar, the police registered case against Ignatius Loyola and two others.
Meanwhile, a court employee, Dharmaraj, filed a complaint with the police, in which he accused Regional Deputy Tahsildar Murugan, Deputy Tahsildar John and Junior Assistant Ashok Singh of attacking the court staff and preventing them from discharging their duty.
Based on the complaint, the police registered case against the three officials on Saturday night.
The incident happened when the court staff went to attach the properties at Vilavancode taluk office | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/attack-on-court-staff-case-against-2-officials/article9044200.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-29T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/4c91e729752c35933efb6a2e71a4b049c1a5f77293e1a3e8b12785afc208873e.json |
[
"K. V. Aditya Bharadwaj"
] | 2016-08-28T14:53:11 | null | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, on Saturday, directed the BBMP to concentrate on removing encroachments on channels that inter-connect various lakes. He also directed officials to refrain from demolishi | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fcities%2Fbangalore%2Fgovernment-makes-a-strategic-climbdown%2Farticle9040840.ece%3Futm_source%3DRSS_Feed%26utm_medium%3DRSS%26utm_campaign%3DRSS_Syndication.json | http://www.thehindu.com/multimedia/dynamic/02988/28BG_DEMOLITION_2988940c.jpg | en | null | Government makes a strategic climbdown | null | null | www.thehindu.com | Citizen initiative: Sajan Poovayya, advocate, B.N. Vijaya Kumar, MLA, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, MP, former Speaker Krishna, H.S. Doreswamy, freedom fighter, V. Balasubramanian, former Additional Chief Secretary, and A.T. Ramaswamy, convener of Anti-Land Grabbing Action Committee, at a meeting in Bengaluru on Saturday. — Photo: V. Sreenivasa Murthy
BBMP told to focus on encroachments on channels inter-connecting lakes
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, on Saturday, directed the BBMP to concentrate on removing encroachments on channels that inter-connect various lakes. He also directed officials to refrain from demolishing properties that have encroached on Storm Water Drains (SWDs) that are not in use, have lost the character of a drain and not causing flooding.
This is clearly a significant shift from the civic body’s drive to remove encroachments on all drains (1,923 encroachments identified by Revenue Department). The ongoing drive over the past three weeks saw several houses and commercial properties razed amidst allegations of discrimination in favour of malls and big builders.
The decision came on Saturday at a meeting chaired by the chief minister where Congress MLAs from the city, mayor, deputy mayor and senior BBMP officials were present. Sources told The Hindu that the MLAs had met last week to discuss the alleged ‘unpopularity of the demolition drive’. Pressure from within the party to go slow, apart from intense lobbying from the realty lobby forced the State government to climb down, said a source.
The decision comes just a day after the Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association of India, Karnataka held a conclave where the realtors and the banking sector expressed concern that the demolition drive is affecting ‘Brand Bengaluru’.
Transport Minister Ramalinga Reddy said that the BBMP has prepared a list of 38 encroached drain stretches which are flood-prone. Removal of encroachments will be taken up on a priority basis to prevent any further floods this monsoon, he said. “The government is trying to prioritise the drive in flood-prone zones. Other encroachments will be handled later, not let off the hook,” he assured.
Meanwhile, there is no clarity on the fate of the ongoing drives in various zones and properties for which the survey report is awaited — Orion mall in Rajajinagar, Gopalan Arcade mall and Ideal Homes Layout in Rajarajeshwari Nagar, for instance.
Mr. Siddaramaiah is reported to have directed BBMP officials not to spare anybody encroaching inter-connecting channels, blocking water flow causing floods. “It is wrong to accuse the government of sparing big builders. We have demolished many residences that are worth over Rs. 5 crore. There has been much appreciation for the drive, taken up for the betterment of the city,” he said.
Activists have already begun to the question the arbitrariness that the direction from the chief minister allows in the selection of encroachments to be removed.
“There are already allegations of discrimination in favour of big builders. With this latest development, how can we believe the subjective decisions taken by BBMP officials? There has to be a scientific study to identify the drains causing floods and proper guidelines laid down for removal of encroachments. Accepting a list of 38 spots prepared by the BBMP is not an option,” argued Kshitij Urs of Peoples Campaign for Right to Water.
Another activist pointed out that many earlier promises to remove encroachments had never materialised. Now, the assurance to clear the flood-prone zones of encroachments before moving on to other encroachments does not elicit any confidence.
Following pressure from Congress MLAs to compensate people affected by the demolition drive, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday announced that the government is contemplating on a suitable mode of compensation.
The chief minister agreed to the proposal based on arguments that most of those who have lost their properties have been duped by developers and the government is also culpable, as agencies provided all necessary permits for these properties, those present in the meeting told The Hindu.
The chief minister is learnt to have directed the BDA to explore the possibility of allotting ‘poor property losers’ a flat in one of its group housing projects or a site in the upcoming Nadaprabhu Kempegowda Layout.
Though the chief minister mentioned only ‘poor property losers’, officials said that if the government does act on the proposal, the same principle would apply to all the affected persons. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/government-makes-a-strategic-climbdown/article9040840.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-28T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/6e19e41a4d160ca9089ea88bafd934309c313196a11d9f474cf9ef47f6dbd312.json |
[
"Telangana Bureau"
] | 2016-08-30T16:53:35 | null | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | A special session of the Telangana Legislature (Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council) has ratified the Constitutional amendment Bill for the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on Tuesday. While | http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thehindu.com%2Fnews%2Fnational%2Ftelangana%2Ftelangana-ratifies-gst%2Farticle9049960.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 | Telangana ratifies GST | null | null | www.thehindu.com | A special session of the Telangana Legislature (Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council) has ratified the Constitutional amendment Bill for the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on Tuesday.
While the Council passed the Bill unanimously, the Assembly had a debate on the Bill. Members of Opposition parties, especially the AIMIM and the Congress, in the House sought clarifications on the Bill, but supported its passage. The BJP members expressed confidence that the GST would benefit the State.
The Bill was introduced by Deputy Chief Minister Kadiyam Srihari in the Council. | http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/telangana-ratifies-gst/article9049960.ece?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication | en | 2016-08-30T00:00:00 | www.thehindu.com/fa27bdb4d1db2b1a2edbc1c6a8ef11337cd9178c1da82b55057e8581e79c9811.json |
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