Month: November 2014

Asian Games bronze medallist aims for gold in World Wushu Championship

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Young Wushu Player Yumnam Sanathoi Devi who made India proud by winning a bronze medal at the recently held 17th Asian Games in South Korea, now targets to win gold medals at 2015 World Wushu Championship and Rio 2016 Olympics. A resident of Yairipok Top Chingtha village in Thoubal district of Manipur, she won a bronze medal at the recently concluded Incheon Asian Games. “My plan is to play well for the next 4-5 years and reach the Olympic level. I want to get a title like Mary Kom. So, I am preparing hard now for achieving that.

Will improve infrastructure along China border: Rijiju

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Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju Saturday said the government will improve infrastructure along the India-China border and undertake developmental activities that have not been done in 60 years.

“We will do certain infrastructural activities which have not been done in the last 60 years. The Chinese should not have a problem… they cannot stop me from doing my work,” Rijiju told reporters here on the sidelines of a function.

TVS Motor logs 22 percent sales growth

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Two and three wheeler maker TVS Motor Company Ltd Saturday said its October sales went up by 22 percent as compared to corresponding period of 2013.

In a statement, TVS Motor said it sold 241,044 units (two wheelers 231,990 units, three wheelers 9,054 units) last month as against 197,905 units (two wheelers 189,979 units, three wheelers 7,926 units) sold in Oct 2013.

The company’s total exports grew by 51 percent with sales increasing from 23,154 units in the month of October 2013 to 34,855 units in October 2014.

Dutch investigators find more human remains at MH17 crash site

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Dutch investigators have reportedly found more human remains at the MH17 crash site in eastern Ukraine.

The investigators were allowed to resume their search at the crash zone following a halt in the fighting between government forces and pro-Russian rebels.

According to News.com.au, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte released a statement confirming the team was again able to access the site and had recovered more human remains.

Remains of 289 of the 298 people aboard the Malaysia Airlines’ Boeing 777 have been recovered up till now.

Audi recalls 6,758 A4 sedans in India

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Luxury carmaker Audi is recalling 6,758 units of A4 sedans in India, manufactured between November 2011 and October 2014, the company said Saturday.

“This activity is specific to Audi A4 cars manufactured between November 2011-October 2014. There are 6,758 Audi A4 identified for this software update campaign,” Audi India said in a statement.

(IANS)

Left parties to launch campaign against communalism, peoples’ problems

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Six Left parties Saturday decided to launch a nationwide joint campaign against communalism and other problems affecting people’s lives.

After a meeting here, the parties decided to work together as a pressure block and launch a campaign against communalism.

Apart from the Communist Party of India -Marxist (CPI-M) and the Communist Party of India (CPI), the two-hour meeting was attended by Communist Party of India-Marxist-Leninist-Liberation, the Socialist Unity Centre of India-Communist, the Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) and Forward Bloc.

New ration cards will be issued by December end: Etela

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Finance and Civil Supplies Minister Etela Rajender on Saturday announced that the new ration cards would be issued by December end.

He disclosed this after chairing the meeting of Cabinet Sub-Committee on Ration Cards (Food Security Cards) at the State Secretariat on Saturday. Home Minister Nayani Narasimha Reddy and Forest Minister Jogu Ramanna were also present. Etela informed that the Cabinet Sub-Committee had submitted its report to Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao and he has accepted all the recommendations made by the committee.

KCR congratulates States on Formation Day

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Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao in a message has greeted the people of Chattisgarh, Haryana, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh on the occasion of formation day of the respective States.

The Chief Minister in his message said while Madhya Pradesh known as the heart of India, Karnataka is known as the State of Mysore are celebrating the 58th anniversary, Haryana is celebrating 48th and Chattisgarh 14th – in the process of progress each state has its vision and conveyed best wishes to each of them in the years to come. (INN)

Land grabbing set to be cognizable offence in Odisha

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The Odisha cabinet Saturday decided to promulgate an ordinance for prohibiting land grabbing activities in the state.

Chief Secretary G.C. Pati said the ordinance will provide for criminal prosecution of land grabbers, which could end in imprisonment of one to seven years with fine up to Rs.20,000.

“The offence shall be cognizable and non-bailable and no person shall be released on bail without hearing public prosecutor. The burden of proof that he has not grabbed the land, lies with the person who is alleged to have committed land grabbing,” said Pati.

CineKaravan, aid for releasing indie films

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Independent filmmakers in the country always face the trouble of getting their movies released. But CineKaravan – a joint venture between Sikhya Entertainment and FilmKaravan – is trying to help such talent.

CineKaravan develops, distributes and promotes high-quality South Asian independent films for a global audience.

Metro Rail will be convenient for differently abled persons: NVS Reddy

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Inaugurating the first Telangana State Conference of National Platform for Rights of Disabled (NPRD) here on Saturday HMR Managing Director NVS Reddy has stated that Hyderabad Metro Rail is conscious of the special needs of differently abled people and will create state-of-the-art facilities for the blind, deaf, dumb and other physically challenged people.

Flagging off the Disabled Walk at Jubilee Bus Station in Secunderabad, he urged different sections of society to have empathy for the disabled and help them to live their lives with dignity and self-respect.

Cheating case can be booked against KCR: Ali

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Deputy CLP leader in Legislative Council Mohammed Ali Shabbir announced that he would explore legal options to register a case of cheating against Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao and other TRS leaders for making false promises in their party manifesto.

Chandrayangutta flyover project to be ready by month-end

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GHMC Commissioner Somesh Kumar has directed the Engineer-in-Chief to complete the Chandrayangutta flyover project by this month.

The Commissioner said that people have been facing lot of inconvenience due to traffic congestions near the Chandrayangutta flyover. Therefore, he directed the engineering officials to widen the flyover at the earliest. The Commissioner, along with senior officials of the Engineering, Town Planning and South Zone Commissioner visited Chandrayangutta, Kandikal Gate and Narqi Pul Bagh at the old city here on Saturday.

Federer as good as India’s brand ambassador

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Now two back-to-back tennis leagues will be taking the country by storm on a whirlwind tour and their organisers insist the two are totally different — the International Premier Tennis League (IPTL) has Asia-based franchises while the Champions Tennis League (CTL) is for the six city-based teams in India.

The two leagues should be a lot more popular than all leagues other than cricket. If nothing else, crowds will fill the stands to watch Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray turning out in IPTL and lesser mortals will be turning out in CTL.

SC upholds life imprisonment for soldier

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The Supreme Court has upheld the life imprisonment awarded to a soldier for killing a senior JCO who had tried to sodomise him hours before the incident and had beaten and humiliated him for refusing to satisfy his lust.

Rejecting the contention of the jawan B.D. Khunte that he acted under provocation, the apex court bench of Justice T.S. Thakur, Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel and Justice R. Banumathi in their judgment recently said that there was a difference between provocation and revenge.

I’m not really bothered about criticism: Kohli

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Hitting out at critics, India’s star batsman Virat Kohli says he is not bothered about the questions being raised about his technique.

“Talks are for people to discuss. I mean there has to be something for people to talk about… I’m not really bothered,” Kohli, the stand-in India skipper for the first three ODIs, told reporters on the eve of the series opener against Sri Lanka in Barabati Stadium here.

“I don’t know how I got 25 hundreds with the same technique — you can start a debate on that as well,” he added.

Indian Army’s Eastern Command turns 94

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Indian Army’s biggest operational command – the Eastern Command – responsible for military operations along the international borders with Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Myanmar and Nepal, Saturday turned 94.

The Eastern Command will continue to strive for “unparalleled professional competence to ensure the highest standards of operational readiness”, Lt. Gen. M.M.S. Rai, general officer commanding-in-chief, said on the occasion at its headquarters at Fort William here.

He reiterated the responsibility of safeguarding the nation’s eastern territory.

Kush Kumar, Harshit retain titles

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Kush Kumar (TN) and Harshit Kaur Jwanda (Del) retained the titles in the Under-19 boys and girls sections, respectively, in the sub-junior and junior national squash championship at the Indian Squash Association (ISA) courts here Saturday.

Kush thus signed off from the junior ranks with his ninth national title overall from U-11 stage. He was a class apart in the final against Vijay Kumar as he won 11-5, 11-7, 11-6.

Second seeded Jwanda, on the other hand, just managed to hold on to beat Lakshya Ragavendran, the top seed from TN, 9-11, 10-12, 11-8, 11-4, 11-7.

The results (final):

SL series exciting one with WC spots up for grabs: Kohli

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Relishing at the prospect of leading the side in the the first three ODIs against Sri Lanka, India’s stand-in skipper Virat Kohli today said the hastily-planned series would be an exciting one, especially with World Cup spots up for grabs.

Terming the series very exciting, Kohli said the Indian team will witness a lot of changes in the coming months to find out the perfect combination before next year’s World Cup.

Digvijaya appears in court on Gadkari defamation suit

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Congress leader Digvijaya Singh Saturday appeared before a Delhi court in connection with a defamation case filed by union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari.

Earlier in the day, Digvijaya Singh did not appear before the court of Metropolitan Magistrate Gomati Manocha and sought exemption for the day, which was opposed by Gadkari’s counsel.

After hearing arguments from both sides, the court then issued a bailable warrant against the Congress leader and also sought Gadkari’s personal appearance in court.

The Congress leader appeared before the court later in the day.

Include all sections in BJP membership drive: PM

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BJP today launched a membership drive amid Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pitch for making it all inclusive so that every section of the society feels that their “flower” is represented in this “wonderful bouquet” of diversity.

Becoming the first person to get the party’s membership in the renewed drive, Modi said the BJP workers should toil hard like during an election campaign and make it an inspirational one across the globe.

All seats equally dear: Omar on not contesting from home turf

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A day after announcing that he will not be fighting assembly polls from family bastion Ganderbal, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said people of all constituencies of the state were equally dear to him in his “mission to serve sincerely and equitably”.

“The people of all regions and sub-regions of the state were equally dear to me and my sacred mission in politics was to serve the people sincerely and equitably,” Omar said here during a meeting with party activists from Sonwar and Beerwah constituencies.

Circus tiger kills girl in China

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A circus tiger killed a girl in China’s southwestern Chongqing Municipality Friday, according to the theme park.

The eight-year-old girl was attacked by the tiger when she slipped into a closed animal training site of a circus in Leheledu Amusement Park while visiting with her relatives Friday night, Xinhua reported.

The girl died in the hospital after serious injuries.

Private security sector needs regulation: Rijiju

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Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju Saturday said the private security sector should be regulated while the Private Security Agencies Regulation (PSAR) Act, 2005 needs stringent enforcement.

Speaking at FICCI’s Private Security Industry Conclave 2014, he said: “There is a need to regulate the sector more effectively and provide a professional touch to it. Security of a country and its people cannot be left unorganised and it must be carried out in a disciplined manner.”