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Narendra Modi sworn in as IndianPM in spectacular ceremony

Compact Cabinet for Modi

Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif, Indian elite andBollywood film stars among 4,000 guests at ceremony in Delhi

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Narendra Modi, standing centre, takes the oath of office in Delhi.

Narendra Modi, the Hindu nationalist politician who won a landslide victory in

India’s general election this month, has been sworn in as the 15th prime minister

of the world’s largest democracy, in a spectacular ceremony in Delhi.

On a hot and dusty evening, with temperatures reaching 40C but with none ofthe rain that had been forecast, more than 4,000 guests watched Modi and hisministers swear their oaths of office before President Pranab Mukherjee.Thoseassembled on the forecourt of the 340-room President’s residence in the centreof the city included a tea seller from Modi’s home state of Gujarat, the primeminister of Pakistan, several of India’s richest business people, hundreds ofparliamentarians, representatives of various religious communities, the elite ofthe bureaucracy, and Bollywood film stars. They were guarded by 10,000security personnel, Indian media reported. Wearing his trademark long-tailedshirt with a pen clipped into the top pocket of his waistcoat, Modi arrivedshortly after 6pm local time and walked past lancers in white uniforms andblack turbans to sit on a dais alongside his ministers to be.

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Fourteen minutes later, with no trace of the emotion he had shown last week whenaddressing parliament, the 63-year-old swore in Hindi to “uphold the sovereigntyand integrity of India … and … do right to all manner of people in accordance withthe constitution and the law, without fear or favour, affection or ill will.”

Fifteen minutes later, a statement was posted on the revamped website of theprime minister’s office, urging Indians to “dream of a strong, developed andinclusive India that actively engages with the global community to strengthenth e c a u s e o f w o r l d p e a c e a n d d e v e l o p m e n t ” .

Modi has already signalled the pace with which he hopes to implementchange, and his timetable over the coming days reflects the sense ofurgency. Directly after the inauguration, Modi was scheduled to attend adinner for regional heads of state including the outgoing Afghan president,Hamid Karzai, and Mahinda Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka, before heading to7 Race Course Road, the official residence of the prime minister.

The ceremony capped an extraordinary rise from humble origins in a provincialtown in Gujarat, 600 miles from Delhi, through decades as an organiser with ahardline conservative revivalist organisation and then long years behind thescenes in the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP), which he now leads. Modi, whoran Gujarat state from 2001 until a few days ago, had only recently been seenas a serious prime ministerial contender, and has long been considered a politicaloutsider. However, his resounding victory in the recent polls and the crushingmajority now commanded by the BJP give Modi huge authority. The Congress

NarendraModi shakes

hands withPakistan’s

NawazSharif after

the cer-emony

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party, which has dominated Indian politics since the country wonindependence from Britain in 1947, has been reduced to a historic low of44 of the 543 seats in the lower house of parliament. The party’s key leaders,including Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, attended Monday’s ceremony.

Before the ceremony started, Manmohan Singh, the prime minister for adecade of Congress government, walked across the forecourt to greet theBJP senior leaders, who bowed their heads and put their palms together inthe tradit ional sign of respect.Although Modi is a controversial figure, especially overseas, many Indiansare hopeful that he will be able to boost a faltering economy, crackdownon corruption, halt price rises and create jobs. Swapan DasGupta, arightwing commentator, said last week that Modi had “dared to challengeorthodoxy, conventional wisdom and social assumptions”.“If Modi is able to complement his electoral success with a governmentthat unleashes India’s full potential, he will have forged a new Modiconsensus that is more in tune with the 21st century,” DasGupta wrote inOpen, a local news magazine.Critics fear that Modi may exacerbate sectarian cleavages in India andtensions in the region. He has been accused of allowing, or even encouraging,mob violence in Gujarat in 2002. About 1,000 people, mainly Muslims,were killed in rioting that followed an arson attack on a train in which 59Hindu pilgrims died. Modi, who had been appointed Gujarat’s chief ministerthe year before, has denied any wrongdoing.Indian media reported that police fired teargas to break up clashes betweenHindu and Muslims prompted by a car accident in the city of Ahmedabad,Gujarat , on Sunday night.Modi’s decision to invite regional leaders to the ceremony surprised many.Nawaz Sharif, elected prime minister of Pakistan for the third time lastyear, was among eight leaders of the South Asia Association for RegionalCooperation (SAARC) invited to attend. Analysts hailed a bold step tolaunch a policy of regional engagement.

“It’s a great moment – a great opportunity. This is a chance to reach out

to each other. Both governments [of India and Pakistan] have a strong

mandate,” Sharif told NDTV, a local channel.

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The invite had posed a dilemma for Sharif, who leads the conservative pro-

business Pakistan Muslim League, as many in the country and elsewhere in the

Muslim world see Modi as a hardliner who harbours sectarian prejudices.

Sharif was the first premier of Pakistan to be present at an inauguration of an

Indian prime minister. The pair shook hands at the end of the ceremony.

Repeated attempts to improve relations between the two states, whichboth have nuclear arsenals and have fought four wars, have failed,though there have been incremental gains over the last decade. Modiand Sharif will meet on Tuesday. Modi will spend the morning in aseries of conversations with his counterparts from the region.

Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh’s prime minister, said she could notattend the inauguration due to a commitment to travel to Japan,but sent a representative. Relations with Sri Lanka are alsocomplex, and contentious within India. Senior politicians insouthern India, where there is a substantial population with ethnicand religious links to minority communities in the island state,reacted angrily after President Mahinda Rajapaksa acceptedModi’s invitation. Jayalalithaa Jayaram, the chief minister ofTa mi l Na d u s t a t e , r e f u s ed a n i n v i t e t o t he c e r e m on y.

There was febrile speculation about the composition of Modi’s cabinet.

The incoming prime minister had repeatedly signalled that hewanted to reduce the number of ministers and to group ministriesdealing with related issues to streamline decision-making.

Arun Jaitley, a senior BJP leader deeply involved in the recentelectoral campaign, will be joint finance and defence minister,while Rajnath Singh, president of the BJP and a key supporterof Modi’s prime ministerial candidacy, will be home minister.Several key figures of the BJP appear to have been sidelined.

The new cabinet is about half the size of that of the outgoingCongress government, which had more than 75 ministers.


Team Modi: Full Listof Council of Ministers

BJP heavyweight Rajnath Singh was today appointed Home Minister and

senior party leader Sushma Swaraj the External Affairs minister in the new

government in which Arun Jaitley gets Finance Ministry with the additional

charge of Defence. A day after being sworn-in as the head of a 45-member

coalition government, new Prime Minister Narendra Modi distributed

portfolios to his cabinet colleagues in which Nitin Gadkari became the

Minister of Shipping, Road Transport and Highways in an experiment

combining related ministries. Expanding the experiment, Modi also brought

back Corporate Affairs to Finance headed by Jaitley.

He has also merged Overseas Affairs Ministry with External Affairs and Urban

Development and Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation which has been given

to another BJP veteran Venkaiah Naidu.Significantly, first time MP Jitendra

Singh, who was elected on a BJP ticket from Udhampur in Jammu and Kashmir,

has been made Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office as also of

Department of Personnel, which has administrative control over the CBI.

The prime minister will also be the Cabinet Minister of Personnel,

Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy,

Department of Space. He will also look after “all important policy

issues” and all other portfolios not allocated to any minister, said an

of f ic i a l communique f rom the Rasht rapa t i Bhavan .

As part of the experiment of restructuring the ministries, Piyush Goel, close

confidant of Modi, was made Minister of State (Independent Charge) for

Power, Coal and New and Renewable Energy portfolios.


The big four — Finance, External Affairs, Defence and Home — constituting

the key Cabinet Committee on Security, remain with the BJP along with other

important portfolios like Railways and Agriculture.

Members of NDA allies — Anant Geethe of Shiv Sena gets Heavy Industries

and Public Enterprises, Ashok Gajapathi Raju of TDP gets Civil Aviation,

Ram Vilas Paswan of LJP gets Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

and Harsimrat Kaur Badal of SAD gets Food Processing.

The star of BJP’s victory in Delhi Harsh Vardhan was given the Health Ministry

while BJP leader Smriti Zubin Irani will look after Human Resources

Development. Former Karnataka Chief Minister D V Sadananda Gowda

was given the important portfolio of Railways in his ministerial debut at the

centre. Ravi Shankar Prasad was allotted the key portfolio of Communication

and Information Technology besides being made the Law Minister.

Uma Bharti, a cabinet minister, has been given charge of newly created River

Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, besides being made the Water

Resources Minister. Najma A Heptulla, the lone Muslim face in the Modi

cabinet, was made Minister for Minority Affairs while Maharashtara

heavyweight Gopinath Munde was given the charge of Rural

Development, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation. BJP

veteran from Uttar Pradesh Kalraj Mishra was made Minister for Micro,

Small and Medium Enterprises and another senior leader from Karanatka

Ananthkumar will look after the Chemicals and Fertilisers portfolio.

Animal-rights activist Maneka Gandhi was given charge of Women and Child

Development. Jual Oram, a firebrand tribal leader who created history by

becoming India’s first Tribal Affairs Minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee

government, will have the same portfolio in the new government as well.

Five-time MP, Radha Mohan Singh, who was part of Jana Sangh, has got the

key charge of Agriculture Ministry while Madhya Pradesh BJP chief Narendra


Singh Tomar was made in charge of restructured Mines and Steel and Labour

and Employment ministries. Thawar Chand Gehlot, BJP face of Scheduled

Castes in Madhya Pradesh, has been given the charge of Social justice and

Empowerment. Former Army chief Gen (retd) V K Singh was made Minister

of State with Independent Charge for Development of North Eastern Region.

He will also be a junior minister in External Affairs and Overseas Indian Affairs

ministry. Inderjit Singh Rao, who won from Gurgaon, was given Independent

Charge of Planning, Statistics and Programme Implementation besides being

made Minister of State in Defence Ministry as well. Rajya Sabha MP

Dharmendra Pradhan, who led BJP to stunning victory in Bihar, was made

Minister of State with Independent Charge for Petroleum and Natural Gas.

BJP’s face on television Prakash Javadekar was given charge of Information

and Broadcasting, Environment, Forest and Climate Change with Independent

Charge besides being made Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs.Nirmala

Sitharaman, another articulate BJP spokesperson, has been given Commerce

and Industry Ministry with Independent Charge besides being made Minister

of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs. Santosh Gangwar, who was the

chief whip of BJP in 14th Lok Sabha, was given Independent Charge of Textiles

besides being made Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, Water

Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.

Shripad Yesso Naik, a four-time MP from North Goa, has been asked

to look after restructured Culture and Tourism Ministries as Minister

of State with Independent charge. He was also a Minister of State in

Vajpayee government and held Agriculture, Shipping, Civil Aviation

and Finance por t fo l ios be tween 2000 and 2004.

Jitendra Singh, who has surprised everyone by being appointed as Minister

of State in the PMO and DoPT, will also be look after Science and

Technology, Earth Science with Independent Charge.


A physician by profession, Singh, who joined BJP in 2009 and is a member ofthe party’s National Executive Committee, will also be Minister of State forDepartment of Atomic Energy and Department of Space.

Sarbananda Sonowal, BJP leader from Assam, has been given charge ofSkill Development, Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs and Sports(Independent Charge).Former Karnataka state BJP Vice President G MSiddeshwara has been made Minister of State for Civil Aviation. Knownas an influential Lingayat leader from the state, he has been elected to LokSabha for the third time from Davangere constituency since 2004.

Ghazipur MP Manoj Sinha has been made Minister of State for Railways. Aformer President of the Banaras Hindu University Students Union, Sinha is aB.Tech in civil engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi.

Ganganagar MP Nihalchand, the lone face from Rajasthan, is Minister of Statefor Chemicals and Fertilisers.Founder of Rashtriya Lok Samata Party, an ally ofBJP in Bihar, Updendra Kushwaha has been made Minister of State for RuralDevelopment, Panchayati Raj, Drinking Water and Sanitation departments.

Elected from Kanyakumari, Radhakrishnan P has been made Minister ofState for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. He had served as aMinister of state in the Vajpayee government. Kiren Rijiju, BJP MPfrom Arunachal Pradesh, has been made Minister of State for Home. Hewas elected from Arunachal West constituency defeating Takam Sanjoyof Congress. BJP MP from Faridabad, Haryana Krishan Pal Gurjar isthe Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways and Shipping.

Controversial Muzzafarnagar BJP MP Sanjeev Balyan, an accused inthe riots which took place last year, has been made Minister of State forAgriculture and Food Processing Industries.

BJP MP from Bharuch in Gujarat has been made Minister ofState for Tribal Affairs . He was elected in 1998, 1999, 2004a n d 2 0 0 9 f r o m t h e s a m e c o n s t i t u e n c y.

Four-term MP Raosaheb Dadarao Danve has been given the portfolio ofMinister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution.


Senior tribal leader and Chhattisgarh unit President Vishnu Deo Sai,who is credited for bagging 10 seats for BJP in the state, has beenmade Minister of State for Mines, Steel, Labour and Employment.MPfrom Lohardaga in Jharkhand Sudarshan Bhagat has been madeMin is te r of S ta te for Socia l Jus t ice and Empowermen t .

Following is the list of ministers with their respective portfolios:

Prime Minister

1. Shri Narendra Modi

Personnel, Public Grievances and

Pensions Department of Atomic

Energy Department of SpaceAll

important policy issues and all other

portfolios not allocated to any

Minister

Cabinet Ministers

1. Shri Raj Nath Singh

Home Affairs

2. Smt. Sushma Swaraj

External AffairsOverseas

Indian Affairs

3. Shri Arun Jaitley

FinanceCorporate

AffairsDefence


4. Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu

Urban DevelopmentHousing and

Urban Poverty Alleviation

Parliamentary Affairs

5. Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari

Road Transport and

HighwaysShipping

6. Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda

Railways

7. Sushri Uma Bharati

Water Resources, River

Development and Ganga

Rejuvenation

8. Dr. Najma A. Heptulla

Minority Affairs

9. Shri Gopinathrao Munde

Rural DevelopmentPanchayati

RajDrinking Water and

Sanitation


10. Shri Ramvilas Paswan

Consumer Affairs, Food and

Public Distribution

11. Shri Kalraj Mishra

Micro, Small and Medium

Enterprises

12. Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi

Women and Child Development

13. Shri Ananthkumar

Chemicals and Fertilizers

14. Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad

Communications and Information

Technology Law and Justice

15. Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju

Pusapati, Civil Aviation


16. Shri Anant Geete

Heavy Industries and Public

Enterprises

17. Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal

Food Processing Industries

18. Shri Narendra SinghTomar

MinesSteelLabour and

Employment

19. Shri Jual Oram

Tribal Affairs

20. ShriRadha Mohan Singh

Agriculture

21. Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot

Social Justice and

Empowerment

22. Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani

Human Resource

Development


23. Dr. Harsh Vardhan

Health and Family Welfare

Ministers of State

1. General V.K. Singh

Development of North Eastern

Region (Independent

Charge)External

AffairsOverseas Indian Affairs

2. Shri Inderjit Singh Rao

Planning (Independent

Charge)Statistics and

Programme Implementation

(Independent Charge)

Defence

3. Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar

Textiles (Independent

Charge)Parliamentary

AffairsWater Resources, River

Development and Ganga

Rejuvenation

4. Shri Shripad Yesso Naik

Culture (Independent

Charge)Tourism (Independent

Charge)

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5. Shri Dharmendra Pradhan

Petroleum and Natural Gas

(Independent Charge)

6. Shri Sarbananda Sonowal

Skill Development,

Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs

and Sports (Independent

Charge)

7. Shri Prakash Javadekar

Information and Broadcasting

(IndependentCharge)Environment,

Forest and Climate Change

(Independent

Charge)Parliamentary Affairs

8. Shri Piyush Goyal

Power (Independent

Charge)Coal (Independent

Charge)New and Renewable

Energy (Independent Charge)

9. Dr. Jitendra Singh

Science and Technology

(Independent Charge)Earth

Sciences (Independent


Charge)Prime Minister

OfficePersonnel, Public

Grievances & Pensions

Department of Atomic

EnergyDepartment of Space

10. Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman

Commerce and Industry

(Independent

Charge)FinanceCorporate

Affairs

11.Shri G.M. Siddeshwara

Civil Aviation

12. ShriManoj Sinha

Railways

13. Shri Nihalchand

Chemicals and Fertilizers

14. Shri Upendra Kushwaha

Rural DevelopmentPanchayati

RajDrinking Water and

Sanitation

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15.

Shri Radhakrishnan P

Heavy Industries and Public

Enterprises

16. Shri Kiren Rijiju

Home Affairs

17.

Shri Krishan Pal

Road Transport and

HighwaysShipping

18.

Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan

AgricultureFood Processing

Industries

19.

Shri Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai

Vasava

Tribal Affairs


20. Shri Raosaheb Dadarao

Danve Consumer Affairs,

Food and Public

Distribution

21. Shri Vishnu Deo Sai

MinesSteelLabour and

Employment

22. Shri Sudarshan Bhagat

Social Justice and

Empowerment

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) greets India’s President PranabMukherjee after taking his oath at the presidential palace in New Delhi May 26,2014. Modi was sworn in as India’s prime minister in an elaborate ceremony atNew Delhi’s resplendent presidential palace on Monday.


Obama’s surprise visit to Afghani-stan to thank troops

United States President Barack Obama on Monday made a surprise visit

to Afghanistan to thank American troops and civilians for their serviceahead of the final pullout of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation troopsfrom the war-torn country.Obama’s arrival at the Bagaram air force base is his first trip toAfghanistan in two years and the fourth in total and is, according to apresidential aide, to thank American troops and civilians for their service.“It is an important moment in Afghanistan. This is a year of transition. TheAfghan security forces have been fully in the lead for combat operationsin Afghanistan, with our assistance and training,” Deputy NationalSecurity Advisor Ben Rhodes told media persons travelling with Obamato Afghanistan.

US President Barack Obama shakes hands with troopsafter delivering remarks at Bagram Air Base in Kabul.


He said the election recently wassuccessful as mill ions of Afghansturned out to vote and there are nowtwo leading candidates in a run-off,and a prospect of the first democratictransition of power in Afghanistan’sh i s to ry. “So even wi th a l l t hec ha l l e n ge s a n d t he co n t i n ue dinstances of violence in Afghanistan,there has been I th ink impor tantprogre ss made , bo th in te rms ofse cu r i t y f o r ces , i n t e rms o f t hee lec t ion , and the p ro spec t o f anAfghanistan that is able to sustainthe gains that have been made overt he l a s t d e c ad e , ” he s a id .

During his trip, that is expected to last afew hours, Obama would meet his topgeneral and diplomat in the country.Defending the decision of the US Presidentto visit the country at this point of time,Rhodes said after the first round of theelection went off well, they felt that therewould be a good window to come on atroop-focused visit.“We are mindful that it’s a political seasonin Afghanistan, and I think that accountsfor the fact that we’re focusing our visiton Bagram. We don’t want to get into themiddle of election season meeting withcandidates and that type of thing.

A US service member takes a ‘selfie’ as Obama shakes hands withtroops after delivering remarks at Bagram Air Base in Kabul.


TDP Demands ‘Bharat Ratna’

For Late NT Rama Rao

Paying tributes to its founder-president and formerChief Minister N T Rama Rao on his 91st birth anniversary, theTelugu Desam Party (TDP) today urged the Centre to confer BharatRatna, the country’s highest civilian honour, on him. A resolutionto this effect was unanimously adopted at the TDP’s two-day annualconclave Mahanadu at Gandipet , 25-km from here, today.

“It is the desire of all Telugus to see Bharat Ratna conferred on NTR.I will request Prime Minister Narendra Modi to honour NTR with thehighest civilian award. I will pursue the issue till the end,” TDP presidentN Chandrababu Naidu announced, while moving the resolution.

He said NTR was the doyen of Telugu cinema and later carved out aniche as a political leader of tall order not only in Andhra Pradesh, butalso in the country. Chandrababu said he would also pursue the issueof renaming Hyderabad International Airport after NTR.“The old (Begumpet) airport bore NTR’s name, but the Congressunceremoniously removed it. Now that the Civil Aviation Minister(Ashok Gajapathi Raju) is our man, I will pursue the issue and get theHyderabad airport named after NTR,” Chandrababu said.NTR’s son and MLA-elect Nandamuri Balakrishna, Chandrababu’sson Nara Lokesh and senior party leaders paid tributes to NTR on theoccasion and recalled his services to people. Earlier in the day,Chandrababu, Balakrishna and members of their family visited NTRGhat here and offered f lora l t r ibutes a t the samadhi .

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JUST PLANTING TREES WONT DO Living organisms are dependent on one another and it is this healthycoexistence among different species that strengthens the ecosystem.Coinciding with the International Day for Biological Diversity beingobserved in the city, members of India Youth for Society along with GreenPals Club spoke on the importance of safeguarding the planet and variousmeans to protect multiple species. The need of the hour is to adopttraditional organic farming techniques over contemporary methods,professor in zoology, AU, C. Manju Latha, one of the invitees, said.President of India Youth for Society Appala Reddy said that one’sresponsibility does not end by just planting trees. We need to move beyondplanting drive and take measures to nurture them for a longer period, hesaid. N.B. Murthy of Green Pals Club called for strengthening green worldby all means.

MERIT LIST RELEASEDMerit list of the test held for recruitment of Panchayat Secretaries, held onFebruary 23, was released by Collector S. Solomon Arokia Raj on Friday.District Panchayat Officer Sudhakar was present. A total of 30,120 out ofthe 31,805 who have appeared for the test have qualified. The merit list isavailable on the website visakhapatnam.nic.in. Certificates of the candidateswill be verified on June 12 and 13 and 155 will be selected.WATER

SUPPLY HIT AT BHEEMILIBheemunipatnam went without water on Friday with trees uprooted due toThursday’s gales at the Gostani pumping station that supplies water to thetown. The town experienced a tough time with frequent power interruptionsduring the day and mercury soaring to 42 degrees Celsius. Tanks blownaway At Marikavalasa, the pre-moulded tanks atop terraces on RajivGruhakalpa were blown away by gales. Municipal Commissioner M VSatyanarayana, who visited the affected areas on Friday, asked executiveengineers Ravi and Pallamraju to take steps and restore water supply andstreetlights. The tree branches should not be left on the road-side but shiftedto the compost yards or vacant places, he told officials.ICET HELD Eighty eight percent of the 6,045 candidates who registeredfor the Integrated Commons Entrance Test (ICET) 2014 appeared for thetest held at 13 centres in the city on Friday, Regional Coordinator A.

Visakhapatnam :


Narasimha Rao said. Admission into M.B.A. and M.C.A. programmeswould be on the basis of ranks scored in ICET 2014. Vice-ChancellorG.S.N. Raju went round the examinations centres, accompanied by Principalof AU College of Arts and Commerce R. Satya Raju and others.

URS NOMINEES CHARGE Uttarandhra Rashtriya Samithi URSpresident and contestant from Visakhapatnam East Assembly constituencyA. Bhagavanulu took exception to the Returning Officer Visakha East failingto recognise him as a party nominee though he was given Form-A andForm-B by the party. In a statement, Prof. Bhagavanulu wondered whetherthe RO was unaware of ECI guidelines which clearly states that all registeredpolitical parties, whether recognised or otherwise, had the right to field partynominees and it was for this purpose that Form A and Form B are issued tothem. He noted it was ridiculous that the RO had declared him (Prof.Bhagavanulu) as an ‘Independent’ candidate in violation of the rules. He saidthe contesting candidates have 30 days time to submit their electionexpenditure details. He alleged that the RO had issued two notices onelection expenditure to him in two days to harass him. Referring to theGeneral Elections-2014 Handbook for candidates, he said it clearly statesthat the RO should not hinder the campaign of the contesting candidates byissuing such notices.

OPEN YOUR BAG OF TRICKSThe mood complemented the holiday season as magician Sk. Anwar Bashacharmed the audience with his magic wand. It was wholesome entertainmentpacked in many shades as 50 participants made their way to A.S. RajaMahila Junior College for a two-day summer camp to foster their skills in theart of magic on Friday. Some of the parents who accompanied their childrencould not help joining the training session. Breaking the stereotype andadding an element of fun to the holiday list, the Bala Vikas Foundation cameup with the training programme in magic. Treating the little ones to an arrayof tricks, the magician lived up to the expectations of the audience, bringingsmiles on their faces. He also shared a few tips on how to make the showmore effective. In all, five tricks were taught on the first day of the camp. “Inthe two days, the trainer will teach to a total of 10 tricks,” honorarysecretary of the foundation Narava Prakasa Rao said. “Concentrating onevery detail and being observant are the two important prerequisites to enterthe world of magic. Here, every gesture counts and one should be adept atdiverting the ,” explained Anwar Basha. Over 50 children have fun learning


the art of magic on the first day of the two-day camp being organised by BalVikas Foundation

NEW ATTRACTION BY THE BEACHA pagoda type cottage set up near RK Beach will soon offer a real insightinto the flora and fauna with the Forest Department renovating and revivingthe Environment Education Centre after a gap of seven years. Theaesthetically designed two room structure with open space on the roadadjoining the beachfront will educate visitors, particularly children, on natureand the amazing and incredible diversity of the flora and fauna. The EEC,which was originally launched in 2000, was closed in 2007 due to criticismover maintenance. The most popular attraction at that place, a giant tigerreplica, was later shifted to Kambalakonda Nature Park opposite the IndiraGandhi Zoological Park. Now, an imposing tiger statue has been put upoutside the pagoda. With design and statues made with fibre by artist RaviChandra, several animals and birds put up in the pagoda are bound tobecome a big hit. The brief history of these species will be written on thewalls to give an insight into their lifestyle and the need to protect them. “Wewant to make it a new tourist attraction of Visakhapatnam, which is fastemerging as a popular destination for nature lovers,” Divisional ForestOfficer Rammohan Rao told The Hindu . The EEC could not be inaugurateddue to the election code. There are indications that it may be thrown open topublic on June 5, coinciding with the World Environment Day celebrations.The EEC will house statues of black duck, bison, pangolin, crocodile,python, and just-born baby elephant. It also has fibre-made trees to providethe green effect. It will remain open during daytime. “It will have separatesections for aquatic and terrestrial species in the midst of real forestenvironment,” said Sub-Divisional Forest Officer A.V. Ramana Murthy.

CAPITAL TALK UNNERVES SLUM DWELLERSSlum dwellers have opposed any eviction in the light of talk doing the roundson development of capital and mini capitals. A city level advisory committeemeeting of Campaign for Housing and Tenurial Rights CHATRI and MonfortSocial Institute here has said the fear is caused by the fact that all the slumsare located in revenue lands and various committees have visited lands onthe periphery. Taking stock of the stand of political parties vis-à-vis slum-dwellers in the elections, speakers at the meeting said all of them promised towork for their uplift but refused to give a written commitment. Only Aam


Aadmi Party’s Lok Sabha nominee Kuna Ramam had given a writtencommitment and agreed to work with them irrespective of the electoraloutcome. CHATRI convener Pragada Vasu said the slum dwellers havedemanded passage of A P Slum Dwellers Property Rights Act and formerchief minister and TDP president N. Chandrababu Naidu who promised itduring the campaign should keep it. He demanded that the BJP governmentshould clarify whether the ambitious RAY would be implemented irrespectiveof the nomenclature. Already guidelines have been worked out and a pilotproject approved for Suryatejanagar in the city with a cost of Rs.12 crore.The governments should clarify whether the ongoing slum improvementprogrammes would continue and issue clear-cut guidelines. Prameela,president of Sadguru Sainathnagar Colony in Ward 5 said the residents werenot lured by the money offered during the recent elections when leaders of thepolitical parties visited them they reminded them of their commitments. Sankarof Fishermen Youth Welfare Association said five fishermen villages atGangavaram had decided to boycott polling and participated only after anassurance on their demands from political parties. Social activist RamanPrasad Eemani accused political parties of going back on their promises afterelections. Maria Soosai of MSI wanted a board to be set up for unorganisedworkers on the lines of the one for construction sector. They fear eviction asmost slums are located in revenue lands in the city limitstechniques over contemporary methods, professor in zoology, AU, C. ManjuLatha, one of the invitees, said. President of India Youth for Society AppalaReddy said that one’s responsibility does not end by just planting trees. Weneed to move beyond planting drive and take measures to nurture them for alonger period, he said. N.B. Murthy of Green Pals Club called forstrengthening green world by all means.

MERIT LIST RELEASEDMerit list of the test held for recruitment of Panchayat Secretaries, held onFebruary 23, was released by Collector S. Solomon Arokia Raj on Friday.District Panchayat Officer Sudhakar was present. A total of 30,120 out of the31,805 who have appeared for the test have qualified. The merit list isavailable on the website visakhapatnam.nic.in. Certificates of the candidateswill be verified on June 12 and 13 and 155 will be selected.

WATER SUPPLY HIT AT BHEEMILI Bheemunipatnam went withoutwater on Friday with trees uprooted due to Thursday’s gales at the Gostanipumping station that supplies water to the town. The town experienced a


tough time with frequent power interruptions during the day and mercurysoaring to 42 degrees Celsius. Tanks blown away At Marikavalasa, the pre-moulded tanks atop terraces on Rajiv Gruhakalpa were blown away by gales.Municipal Commissioner M V Satyanarayana, who visited the affected areason Friday, asked executive engineers Ravi and Pallamraju to take steps andrestore water supply and streetlights. The tree branches should not be left onthe road-side but shifted to the compost yards or vacant places, he toldofficials.

INDIA SHOULD TAKE NOTE OF HYPERTENSION A panel of notedphysicians and cardiologists, joined by Vice Chancellor of Andhra UniversityG.S.N. Raju, during their discussion on Wednesday night came to someconclusions, one of which was that hypertension was an important publichealth problem and India, as a developing country, should take note of it. Thepanel discussion on ‘Systemic hypertension an important public health priorityand complimentary role of stakeholders in society’ was organised by thePublic Health Foundation of India to mark the World Hypertension Day2014. Senior cardiologist G.K. Sinha, senior physician and former HoD ofMedicine of AMC and KGH K.V.G.K. Tilak, ED of Centre for ChronicDisease Control (New Delhi) D. Prabhakaran, and DMHO R. Syamalaparticipated. Cardiologist M. Bhaskara Rao was the moderator. Thepanellists felt the need to have more studies conducted in the tribal and otherareas; to ensure that the paramedical staff also check BP and that the doctormust examine the patient totally. It must be made aware to all thathypertension was a silent killer and more awareness must be created. Prof.Raju regretted that children were subjected to stress from the age of threeand schools did not provide facilities for sports or recreation. The damagecaused by mobile phones and cell towers was not known to many, heregretted.

DISCOM COLLECTS RS. 26 LAKH FROM DEFAULTERS TheDetection and Pilferage of Energy DPE wing of the Andhra Pradesh EasternPower Distribution Company Limited APEPDCL has recovered Rs. 26.59lakhs from the consumers with regard to defaulting payment and power theft.Several raids were conducted over a period of three days from May 19, in allthe five districts under its jurisdiction such as Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram,Srikakulam, West Godavari and East Godavari. As many as 1,480connections were inspected during the raids. Superintendent Engineer DPE of


the APEPDCL, E. Surya Prakasa Rao, appealed to the people to inform theDPE if anybody was found indulging in power theft by dialling the phonenumber: 9440812809.

HEAVY GALE BRINGS MISERYThe city that went through extremely hot weather experienced heavy galeand rain on Thursday evening. With branches of trees falling on power lines,several areas such as MVP Colony, TPT Colony, Sagar Nagar plunged intodarkness. Sources in the APEPDCL said its men were at work and supplywas being restored. However, showers were experienced only at a fewplaces like Satyam Junction, Sitammadhara, and Siripuram.

INFANT CASE: NO BREAKTHROUGH YET The police are yet to make a breakthrough in the reported stealing case ofan infant from the gynaecology ward of the King George Hospital in the weehours of Wednesday. One Town Inspector Illyas Mohammed said the policewere probing all angles, including questioning the relatives. Guna, wife ofVasupalli Yellaji had delivered a baby boy at the KGH on Monday, and inthe early hours of Wednesday the infant was reportedly stolen. “We haveeven employed sniffer dogs, and the trail led to the autorickshaw stand. Wehope to get a breakthrough shortly,” said the inspector.

MY DEFEAT WAS A CONSPIRACYUnable to digest the defeat at the hands of YSR Congress candidate in VMadugula Assembly segment in the general elections, TDP Visakhapatnamrural president Gavireddy Ramanaidu has attributed it to conspiracy.Addressing the media at the party office here on Thursday, Mr. Ramanaidusaid the party’s victory was a foregone conclusion in the constituency, as allsurveys and intelligence reports had pointed to that. Mr. Ramanaidu said hehad worked hard in the constituency and enjoyed good rapport with thevoters. I was looking forward to winning the election and usher indevelopment in the backward region, he said. Mr. Ramanaidu alleged thathis electoral chances were sabotaged by senior party leaders. Party workerswere instructed, bribed, and blackmailed to work for his defeat, Mr.Ramanaidu charged. He singled out his mentor and senior leader AdariTulasi Rao, who commands respect for being in control of Visakha Dairy forover three decades, for working for his defeat at the hands of YSRCcandidate Budi Muthyala Naidu. Mr. Ramanaidu said that Mr. Tulasi Rao


had directed Visakha Dairy workers, employees, and officers hailing fromV Madugula constituency to ensure his defeat. “The employees were toldthat they would lose their jobs if they allowed me to win,” Mr. Ramanaidualleged. Action sought Earlier, TDP workers from V Madugula, who met atthe party office, passed a single line resolution urging party president N.Chandrababu Naidu to initiate disciplinary action against Mr. Tulasi Rao.Adari Tulasi Rao, who commands respect in Visakha Dairy, worked for mydefeat at the hands of YSRC candidate

CME HELDA continuing medical education seminar on radiation medical emergencieswas organised at INHS Kalyani to mark her 52 nd anniversary here onThursday. The seminar, held at Samudrika Naval Auditorium, deliberatedon requisite infrastructure and Standard Operating Procedures forevacuation, decontamination and treatment of the casualties in the case of anuclear incident. Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern NavalCommand Vice-Admiral Anil Chopra was the chief guest.

SAI VOLUNTEERS GESTUREAbout 200 volunteers from 28 Bhajan Mandals of the Sri Sathya Sai SevaOrganisation of the city provided some relief to parents and escorts ofcandidates waiting under the hot sun outside the EAMCET examinationcentres on Thursday. The volunteers erected shamianas and offered themdrinking water, butter milk, and lemon juice. Such service was renderednear 14 examination centres in the city. Private engineering colleges hungbanners near the centres to grab attention of the candidates and theirparents. A commerce college that imparts coaching for CA course was seenexplaining the students the opportunities the stream of study offered.

SOUTH INDIANS NEED NOT WORRY ABOUT QUAKEEXPERTPeople living in the southern part of India need not worry about anearthquake striking the area since they are sitting on a very hard rock.Southern part of India generally cant expect an earthquake because of thehardness of its surface made up of charnockite and khondalite rocks whichhave metamorphosed very much due to the high temperature during theirformation some hundreds of millions of years ago, former professor ofgeology of Andhra University and a noted geologist C. Kasipathi said while


talking about Wednesday nights tremors. Tremors are caused for a verybrief period due to disturbances in the movement of tectonic plates ofearths crust, he explained on Thursday. The plates, under which there is avolcanic activity are always in motion but the plate and their motion isnoticed only when there is an earthquake and tremors. The tremorsoccurred due to an earthquake of six magnitude that occurred at the depthof 10 km. in the Bay of Bengal bed 275 km. south east of Paradip inOdisha around 9.50 a.m. Earthquake’s magnitude is generally around fouror five magnitude and even it is of six magnitude like on Wednesday nightSouthern part of India need not worry. “Even if it is of magnitude eight,people in Southern region need not worry. If it happens on a highermagnitude like eight, this region would not suffer damages like collapse ofhouses and bridges and damage to roads and other structures” Prof.Kasipathi told The Hindu . Unlike Southern part, the Northern part of Indiahas soft rocks and is susceptible to damage due to earthquake.

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Governor of Andhra Pradesh gets

additional charge of Telangana

New Delhi, May 28 : President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday gave

E.S.L Narasimhan, Governor of Andhra Pradesh, the additional charge of

Telangana.

In a press communique released by the Rashtrapati Bhawan it said

President Pranab Mukherjee is pleased to appoint E.S.L. Narasimhan,

Governor of Andhra Pradesh, to discharge the functions of the Governor of

Telangana, in addition to his own duties until a permanent arrangement is

made.The above appointment will take effect from the date he assumes

charge of his office.

SCR on track to face Monsoon

Hyderabad, May 28 : General Manager, South Central Railway P K

Srivastava, held a high level review meeting with Principal Heads of

Departments (PHODs) of the Zone at Rail Nilayam here today.

He simultaneously interacted with Divisional Railway Managers and other

Branch Officers of all the six Divisions in the Zone- Secunderabad,

Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Guntur, Guntakal and Nanded through video

conferencing. The General Manager reviewed the measures being taken

to ensure safety of trains and railway assets during the ensuing monsoon

season. He instructed the officials concerned to immediately

take up drainage system improvement works across the railway tracks,

especially at vulnerable locations so as to ensure no stagnation of rain water

near the rail lines. He also advised trimming of tree branches, which are

likely to infringe upon railway tracks or Over Head Electrical Traction


equipments, before the onset of monsoon itself so as to avoid any possible

damage and the resultant dislocation of rail services.

He directed the official machinery to remain alert 24/7 and carryout regular

inspections in the field, especially during night times.

‘Bring back the glory of

Goumatha’: Experts

Tirupati, May 28 : Experts dealing with the promotion and protection of

‘Goumatha’ (cow) hailing from various states have jointly asserted to bring

back the glory of the divine animal across the country.

They will organise a three-day national conference on cow under the aegis

of Tirumala-Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD). On the second day of the brain

storming session on ‘Strengthening of Goshalas and National Conference on

Glory of incredible Indian Cow’ that took place here today, the experts felt

an urgent need to protect the herbivore from extinction.

‘India is a land where cows are being worshipped and believed to be the

embodiment of various deities prescribed in Hindu sacred texts. But

unfortunately today the divine animal is facing the threat of extinction. To

bring back the past glory, a national conference should be organised and the

temple administration of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams(TTD)s which is the

right oganisation to hold this massive programme’, the experts asserted.

They also said that the conference should focus on the importance of

Panchagavya products and their medicinal values. The dairy farmers should

be educated on the importance of unproductive cows and should be

prevented from sending to slaughter house’, they added.


Director of SV Gosamrakshana Shala of TTD Dr Harinath Reddy, other

dairy arm experts, NGOs, veterinarians and others were also present.

Singapore Airlines’ A380 to start

operations in India

New Delhi, May 30 : Singapore Airlines’ first commercial flight on its

Airbus A380 aircraft in India will begin late Friday evening with operations

starting to Mumbai and New Delhi.The airline will become the first to

operate the world’s largest passenger carrier aircraft to India.

The aircraft is expected to land at the Indira Gandhi International Airport

(IGIA) here at around 8.00 p.m. local time and at Mumbai at around

11.00 p.m. Friday night.The first flight comes after the government in

January 2014 allowed Airbus A380 to fly into the country.

The civil aviation ministry had lifted the ban imposed in 2008 on the ground

that operation of A380s could work against the interest of Indian

passenger carriers. Other major international passenger carriers such as

Emirates and Lufthansa have shown interest in operating A380 aircraft in

India on various international routes.At present only four airports - Delhi,

Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bangalore - have the required infrastructure for

handling A380 operations. The super jumbo can accommodate up to 853

passengers in a single-class configuration and a capacity of 525 passengers

in a three-class configuration.

Planning Bengal road trip? Use

highway app


Kolkata, May 30 : Tourists in West Bengal will get all the information they

need on state highways at the touch of a button, courtesy a mobile phone

app that informs travellers of the traffic situation and amenities along the

way.This has been facilitated by GIS mapping of all state highways done by

West Bengal Highway Development Corporation, state government

sources said Friday.The maps will be accessible on the corporation’s web

site.The app, as well the maps, can be used to locate hotels, ATMs and

more, as well as learn about road conditions before embarking on the trip.

Julay Leh, as visitors flock to the

cold desert

May 27 : ‘Julay Leh’, the traditional Ladakhi greeting, is onthe tongues of thousands of visitors who are flocking toLeh to escape the summer heat which is baking the rest

of the country this summer season.

Bikers, backpackers and the average holiday makers are experiencing thecold desert region, which is a delight for most of the first timers, as snowcovered mountains in May, sprouting greenery and water bodies that

change colour in the sunlight is a sight unique to the region.

“All kinds of tourists visit Ladakh to experience a very different kind oflandscape, culture, traditions and peaceful surroundings,” Phuntsog

Dorjay, a tour guide and travel industry entrepreneur, told to Press.

“Over the years Ladakh has gained immense popularity amongst tourists

of all age groups, from bikers to backpackers and families on holidays.

The destination has something different to offer to everyone.”


Dry and snow covered it may seem, as it was shown in the latest award

winning commercial film Bhaag Milkha Bhaag, but come mid-May till the

early period of August the entire region is transformed into a beautiful green

belt.And Ladakh is not as dry as it seems: the 134-km- long Pangong Lake

stretched between India and China at an altitude of 14,270 feet and made

famous by the Aamir Khan starer “Three Idiots” is a star attraction.

Beside Pangong, there are several lakes and the confluence of the Indus and

Zanskar rivers in a gorge which is partly filled with ice is a sight to marvel at.

A cycle ride till the Khardung La Pass, the world’s highest motorable road, is

another adventure that awaits those visiting this region.

Not just the natural beauty of mountains, lakes, streams and rivers, but even

the cultural diversity of the region is another promising aspect that enchants

visitors.The confluence of Ladakhi and Tibetan culture can be seen in

monasteries like Thiksey and Hemis. Monks performing their daily rituals

whose sights, sounds and aromas can be experienced during the early

morning prayers attract not only foreigners but Indian tourists alike.

“Early morning prayers are very popular with tourists who want to see and

experience the daily rituals and life of monks,” says Dorjay.Then there are the

Shanti Stupa, Shey and Leh Palace and other historical buildings which are a

major draw for tourists.And if the search is for some quiet time, away from

the stresses of the modern world brought upon by the ever ringing mobile

phones or the traffic laden roads of downtown Leh, one can take a stroll in

the countryside, which offers unique sights and sounds of birds and local

wildlife.The diversity and numerous attractions and activities that can bepursued here have made travel and tour operator MakeMyTrip to focus onattracting young clients with customised tour options for the region.


“Ladakh has grown in popularity over the last few years as an adventure

destination for Indian families,” said Mohit Gupta, chief business officer-

holidays, MakeMyTrip. “We are aiming to reach out and target different

segments of travellers with our customized offerings for young people who

want to do their own bike-hires and just need accommodation and flights,

group bookings for women travellers, families who want recreational facilities

for their kids and smaller groups looking for private vehicles.”

The growing tourist traffic has made airlines add more flights and capacity.

“We have added four flights per week to Leh, from our original schedule of

three flights per week, this summer season,” a senior Air India official told

IANS in New Delhi. “It is not only us, others are also set to increase their

frequencies once the season sets in from mid-May.”

Air India also organises three charter services for the army from Jammu,

Srinagar and New Delhi.Currently, only three scheduled passenger carriers -

Jet Airways, Air India and GoAir - operate flights to the destination.

Miramar Residency in Goa bags

TripAdvisor accolade

Panaji, May 27 : Miramar Residency, a property of Goa Tourism

Development Corporation (GTDC) located on Miramar beach in Panjim,

Goa has recently been awarded a ‘2014 Certificate of Excellence’ by the

popular travel website TripAdvisor.

This prestigious award is given to businesses that consistently earn high

ratings from TripAdvisor travellers. The site features reviews and advice on

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Gorakhdham Express tragedy:

Railways announces probe,

compensation

Lucknow, May 26 : Railways have ordered a high-level probe into the train

collision between Gorakhpur-bound 12556 Gorakhdham super fast express

and a goods-train at Chureb station in which nine people were killed and

over 100 injured.

Railway sources here today said that the Safety Commissioner of the

North-Eastern Railway will hold the probe.

The railways have also announced an ex-gratia payment of Rs one lakh to

the family of the deceased. While Rs 50,000 will be given to the critical

injured, Rs 10,000 will also be given to the passenger sustaining minor

injuries. A special train has been pressed into the service to take the

remaining passengers to Gorakhpur. NE Railway General Manger K K Atal

and other senior officials are camping on the spot to clear the track which is

underway on a war footing.


Railway helpline numbers are Gorakhpur 0551-2204893, Lucknow 0522-

2288890, 0522-2635639, 09794830974, Gonda 05262-222330 Basti

05542-285515, Faizabad 05278-220284, Barabanki 05248-221680,

Hisar 01662-272953, Bhiwani 01664-243565, Bikaner 0151-2544764,

Rohtak 09717632785, New Delhi 011-23341074.

Due to the accident several trains have been diverted, short terminated or

cancelled, railway sources here claimed.

The short terminated trains are 15203 Barauni-Lucknow Express

terminated at Gorakhpur and it was made 15204 from Gorakhpur and will

go to Baruani.

12542 Lokmanya Tilak Terminas-Gorakhpur express was terminated at

Gonda. 12532 Lucknow-Gorakhpur express was terminated at Basti and it

would remain suspended between Basti and Gorakhpur.

These trains have been diverted through alternate routes— 15609 New

Tinsukia- Lalgarh Awadh Assam express and 15707 Katihar- Amritsar

Amrapali Express trains will run through Bhatni- Varanasi- Lucknow route,

12565 Darbhanga- New Delhi Bihar Sampark Kranti will run via Chapra-

Ballia- Varanasi- Lucknow, 19038 Gorakhpur- Bandra will run via Mau-

Shahganj- Ayodhya- Manakpur-Gonda- Lucknow,12587 Gorakhpur-

Jammu Tawi Amarnath Express will run via Mau-Varanasi- Lucknow,

15273 Raxaul- Delhi Satyagarha Express will run via Gorakhpur Mau-

Shahganj-Ayodhya-Manakpur-Gonda- Sitapur cant, 14674 Amritsar-

Jainagar Shahid Express will run via Manakpur-Ayodhya-Shahganj- Mau-

Ballia- Chapra, 13020 Kathgodam- Howrah Bagh Express will run via

Manakpur- Ayodhya-Shahganj-Mau- Gorakhpur- Chapra and 19039

Bandra-Muzaffarpur express will run via Manakpur- Ayodhya-Shahganj-

Mau-Gorakhpur route.


Now, business incubation centres

in every DU college

New Delhi, May 30 : Every college in Delhi University will now have

businees incubation centres which will grant Rs.12 lakh each to students

with innovative business ideas, the varsity vice chancellor said Friday.

The step follows a memorandum of understanding the varsity signed with the

central micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) ministry.

“Every college will now have a business incubation centre. Every student

who comes up with a good innovative story idea will then be given Rs.12

lakh by MSME to further develop and put the idea into process of

manufacturing,” DU Vice Chancellor Dinesh Singh said.Such incubation

centres were only there in Acharya Narendra Dev College and Atma Ram

Sanatan Dharma (ARSD) College so far.

The vice chancellor said that the motive behind doing this is to create

“entrepreneurs” and “job creators”.

DU teachers, students urge Irani to

scrap four-year programme

New Delhi, May 30 : A delegation of teachers and students from the Delhi

University (DU) Friday submitted a memorandum to HRD Minister Smriti

Irani urging her to scrap the four-year undergraduate programme and sack

vice chancellor Dinesh Singh.


Student bodies like All India Students Association, DU’s All India

Democratic Students Organisation and Jawaharlal Nehru University Students

Union with Delhi University Teachers Association (DUTA) and Democratic

Teachers’ Front protested outside the ministry and demanded the return of

previous three-year course structure. “All the seven parliamentarians from

Delhi have already met Irani and asked her to roll back the four-year

undergraduate programme (FYUP),” Saikat Ghosh, executive member,

DUTA told to Press.

The protesting students and teachers while criticising the FYUP, also raised

slogans against the vice-chancellor, accusing him trying to imitate foreign

universities.

“He (Dinesh Singh) is the man who implemented this programme forcefullydespite protest from several quarters. His goal is to promote foreign style ofeducation here which will not work,” said Hansraj Suman, convener, DUSC/ST forum.

Delhi University upgraded its three-year undergraduate programme to fouryears from the academic session in 2013. The brainchild of Dinesh Singh, the

move had drawn flak from the teachers fraternity and students.

Coca-Cola launches University on

Wheels in WB

Kolkata, 27 May : Coca-Cola University has launched the first ‘University

on Wheels’ in West Bengal together with Bengal Beverages Pvt.Ltd.

The mobile classroom training initiative has been launched under Coca-Cola

University’s ‘Parivartan’ - retailer training program, aimed to empower rural

retailers in business skills.


The program is a capability-building initiative which provides training to rural

retailers -kirana shops- on Shop Management, Stock Management,

Customer Management and Financial Management.

S.R. Goenka,Chairman and Managing Director, Bengal Beverages Pvt.Ltd.,

BhupendraSuri, VP- Franchise Bottling Operations, Coca-Cola INSWABU

and Dr. R.C. Datta, Director, Coca-Cola University inaugurated the bus at

Kolkata’s Taj Bengal hotel with 15 retailers, Coca-Cola associates and

media.Parivartan; meaning positive change, is conducted in a customised,

mobile classroom bus, by Coca-Cola University certified trainers.

With an aim to provide traditional Indian retailers with the skills, tools and

techniques required to succeed in India’s constantly changing retail scenario,

Parivartan has already trained more than 2,05,000 retailers with over 5,800

training sessions since its launch in 2007.

Parivartan began the first bus in West Bengal in December 2013 as a pilot.

Since then, the Coca-Cola University on Wheels has trained more than 6600

retailers including 600 women retailers. Coca-Cola University has been

conducting classroom training in West Bengal since 2008 and has trained

more than 35,000 retailers including 3600+ women retailers overall since

then. This year, Parivartan is aiming to empower approximately 15,000

retailers in West Bengal alone, including 3000 women.

Talking about the initiative, S.R. Goenka, Chairman and MD, Bengal

Beverages Pvt.Ltd. said, “Parivartan is a great initiative that Coca-Cola

University began in 2007. I personally visited the bus when I was in Punjab

and I spoke with the retailers there as well. They were very happy with the

trainings and spoke highly of the impact Parivartan had on their lives. That is

when I decided to bring this unique concept to West Bengal. We have


worked with Coca-Cola University to make the mobile customized bus for

retailers in West Bengal. We have developed content and materials in

Bengali and the training is also conducted in Benagli. I hope more and more

retailers participate and make use of these free trainings.”

R.C Datta, Director- Coca-Cola University said, “We started “Parivartan”with the first training session held in December 2007 in Agra. Since then, wehave taken the initiative to several areas and reached out to over 2 lakhretailers. It gives us great pleasure to bring the program to West Bengaltoday. Training methods under “Parivartan” are specifically adopted keepingthe participants in mind. We take multimedia training approach in theclassrooms, using videos, text and trainers. Each retailer who completes theprogram receives a Certificate of Completion from the Coca-ColaUniversity. We have received a lot of positive feedback on this initiative andwe hope to continue to empower more and more retailers in the coming

years”

Canara Bank to Open eightOverseas Branches by 2014-15

Kolkata, May 27: State owned Canara Bank has opened its 6th overseas

branch at Johannesburg in South Africa, the first in South Africa.The branch

was inaugurated by chairman and managing director of the Bank R K Dubey

in presence of Virender Gupta, the High Commissioner of India at South

Africa, on May 19 last, a release today said. Canara Bank already has 5

overseas branches at London and Leicester in United Kingdom, Hongkong,

Shanghai and Bahrain, apart from Representative Office at Sharjah and joint

venture Bank at Moscow. The Bank has also plans to expand its overseas

presence by opening branches/offices in New York, Frankfurt, Dubai, Dar-

es-Salaam, Sau Paulo, Tokyo, Abuja and Qatar during the year 2014-15.


RBI authorizes three non-bank

entities for white label ATMs

Mumbai, May 27 : The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued certificates

of authorization to three non-bank entities for setting up and operating White

Label ATMs (WLAs) in India.

The three non-bank entities are BTI Payments, Bangalore; Srei

Infrastructure Finance Kolkata and RiddiSiddhi Bullions, Mumbai.

This is in addition to the four entities already authorized to operate as

WLAs, viz Tata Communications Payment Solutions, Mumbai, Prizm

Payment Services, Mumbai, Muthoot Finance, Kochi and Vakrangee,

Mumbai. Earlier on June 2012, the RBI had issued policy guidelines

permitting non-bank entities to set up and operate WLAs in the country after

seeking authorisation under the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007.

Till then only banks were permitted to set up and operate ATMs in India.

The primary objective of permitting non-banks to operate WLAs was to

enhance the spread of ATMs in semi-urban and rural areas, mainly tier III to

VI areas, where bank owned ATM penetration was not growing. Under the

new guidelines, certain minimum number of WLAs need to be installed in

these areas in three years as per the scheme opted by the respective

operator.

Bank unions hold state-widedemonstration

Kochi, May 23 : Demanding withdrawal of P J Nayak Committee Report

recommending total privatisation of public sector banks, Bank Unions held


state-wide demonstrations in front of Bank branches in district and town

centers in the state.

The protest was called by AIBEA, AIBOA, BEFI, INBEF AND INBOC.

The RBI appointed P J Nayak Committee recommended privatisation of

Public Sector Banks (PSBs) by reducing government’s capital to less than

50 per cent, merger of public sector banks and transfer the ownership of

public sector banks to an Investment Company, All India Bank Employees’

Association (Kerala) general secretary C D Josson said in a statement here

today. The Committee had called for repeal of Bank Nationalisation Act-

SBI Subsidiary Act. The Committee commends that private ownership ofbanks will enable taking out PSBs beyond the purview of the directives andguidelines of CVC, CBI, RTI Act, he said, adding it was recommended thathenceforth government must not issue any regulator instructions to banksand must not appoint any Directors in Banks and RBI must withdraw itsnominee from Bank Boards.

Mobile banking apps a hacker’s

paradise

New York, May 23 : Love fund transfers or bill payments via mobile

banking as you think two-step authentication process is secure? This may

not be the case.

A mobile security expert here has shown how a banking app can be hacked

using free internet tools.To prove the point, Winston Bond from Maryland-

based mobile security firm Arxan Technologies set up a dummy banking app

to demonstrate how the technology can be hacked. As he signed into the

mobile app, the password was automatically revealed on the hacker’s

server.


The server was able to piggyback onto the payment and even transfermoney to the hacker’s account at the same time, Daily Mail reported.

“It is the same process hackers are using to access official banking apps onmobile devices. The hacking technique used is called reverse engineering,”Bond was quoted as saying. Reverse engineering is the process of taking anobject apart to see how it works, either to replicate or improve the object.

It is often used by programmers to find mistakes or errors in code in orderto fix them. According to security experts, to avoid any fraud, keep an eyeon bank statements and report any irregularities.

Also, check in the phone’s settings for any unusual looking processesrunning in the background. Installing anti-virus apps on mobile devices is agood idea.

UCO Bank Q4 profit soars six-fold

Mumbai, May 22: Public sector lender, UCO Bank has reported six-foldgrowth in a net profit to Rs 284.70 crore for the quarter ended March 31,2014, from Rs 49.56 crore in the same period last year.

The total income increased from Rs 4527.06 crore for the quarter endedMarch 31, 2013 to Rs 5309.27 crore for the quarter ended March 31,2014, up by 17.28 percent. The bank has made provision of Rs 905 crorethis quarter, which was 7.37 percent lower than the same period last year,the bank statement said. The Net NPA was at Rs 3556 crore for thequarter ended March 31, 2014, as compared to Rs 4069 crore for thequarter ended March 31, 2013, representing a decrease of 12.60 percent.

The board of directors of the Bank, has recommended a final dividend of

Rs. 1.00 per equity share for the year ended March 31, 2014.

With the interim dividend of Rs. 2.00 per equity share paid on January 30,

2014, the total dividend for the year works out to Rs. 3.00 per equity share,

it added.


ICICI Bank launches redesigned website

Mumbai, May 19 : Private sector bank ICICI Bank on Monday announced

the launch of its redesigned website www.icicibank.com to offer its

customers an enhanced experience across devices such as desktops,

mobiles and tablets. Users of the website can now receive location specificinformation and offers, view their friends’ activities, rate and reviewproducts, share their opinions on social media and take part in interactivegames to enhance their knowledge about banking. The new design offers aseamless experience by auto adjustment of layout to match the user’s screensize and platform.

Commenting on the launch, Rajiv Sabharwal, Executive Director, ICICIBank said: “Digital channels today account for a large part of our customertransactions. We have taken a decision to launch a new look website, whichwill offer our customers a unique, unparalleled experience of interacting withthe Bank and help us understand their needs better, so that we can continue

to provide them a world class banking experience.”

ICICI Bank up by 6.63 pc to Rs 1374.85

Mumbai, May 9 : ICICI Bank rallied today by 6.63 percent to Rs1,374.85, to be top gainer in the 30-scrip index of Bombay Stock Exchange(BSE).

The other gainers were BHEL up by 5.21 pc to Rs 193.85, HDFC Bank by5.31 pc to Rs 757.20, Hindalco Industries by 5.35 pc to Rs 143.75 and

Tata Power by 5.57 pc to Rs 80.55.

The losers were Dr Reddy down by 0.84 pc to Rs 2,715.65, TCS by 0.19

pc to Rs 2,161.20 and Sun Pharma by 0.13 pc to Rs 623.90.


Goa to start sea plane service by July:

Tourism minister

Panaji, May 30 : Goa is all set launch its tourism-oriented sea plane serviceby July, Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar said.

Proposals involving a revolving restaurant and ropeway running acrossstate capital Panaji to a renovated fort located on the opposite bank werealso cleared by the tourism taskforce at a meeting held Wednesday,Parulekar added. “The sea plane service is all set to start on a pilot basis inthe Mandovi river in June. Once the trials are successful, the project willalso be extended to other areas like Dona Paula, Miramar and Cocobeach,” Parulekar told to press. Thursday.The sea plane service will beoperated by Mumbai-based Mehair civil aviation company, he said.Including the sea plane service, the tourism taskforce cleared the projectsworth Rs.120 crore. The taskforce met a day after the appointment ofNorth Goa Lok Sabha MP Shripad Naik as the union minister of state(independent charge) for tourism. His elevation is expected to be a bigboost for the tourism-oriented state, which has been lacking in basicinfrastructure.“I am sure with the co-operation of our new union tourismminister, we will be able to sanction a lot of projects which will put GoaTourism on a high pedestal,” Parulekar said.

The minister said other projects like a ropeway across the Mandovi river,from the banks of the capital to the beautifully renovated Reis Magos fort,and a viewing tower at Baga beach have also been cleared. “The viewingtower at Baga will have a revolving restaurant and viewing facilities,” hesaid. Baga is one of the popular beaches in North Goa. The state attracts

nearly three million tourists annually.

Former IB chief Ajit Doval is new NSA

New Delhi, May 30 : Former Intelligence Bureau chief Ajit Doval wasFriday appointed National Security Advisor, an official statement said,

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formalising a key appointment of the Narendra Modi government that wasexpected for some time.

Doval’s appointment comes after his name was cleared by the appointmentscommittee of the cabinet (ACC), according to an official statement.

His appointment will be co-terminus with the term of the prime minister or tillfurther orders, whichever is earlier, the order said.

This is the second key appointment made by the Modi government, whichassumed charge May 26. The first major appointment was that of NripendraMishra as Modi’s principal secretary.Doval, 69, an IPS officer of the 1968batch of Kerala cadre, was Intelligence Bureau chief 2004-05. For the pastnine years he has been heading the Vivekananda International Foundation, athink tank known to be close to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).Mishra too is executive council member of the same think tank.

Considered close to senior BJP leader L.K. Advani, Doval’s name had beendoing the rounds for the post of the NSA ever since the BJP swept to powerin the election. He takes over from Shivshankar Menon, who is from theIndian Foreign Service. Doval had met Modi at Gujarat Bhavan before theMay 26 swearing in, fuelling further speculation. He has the distinction ofbeing the first police officer to receive the Kirti Chakra, a military honour.

Doval was India’s key negotiator with the hijackers of the Indian Airlinesplane IC-814 which was taken to Kandahar in 1999. He had conductedanti-insurgency operations in Mizoram and succeeded in bringing outinsurgent leader Laldenga to the negotiating table.

He worked in the Indian mission in Pakistan from 1983 to 1987.

Doval had also successfully planned the rescue of Romanian diplomat LiviuRadu who was abducted by Khalistan Liberation Front militants in 1991. Hewas also behind the success of Operation Black Thunder in Punjab in 1989and was inside the Harmandir Sahib in Amritsar when security forces entered

to flush out terrorists.


Ansari picks 7 MPs to represent

Telangana in Rajya Sabha

New Delhi, May 30 : Rajya Sabha chairman Hamid Ansari Friday decided,

through draw of lots, the names of seven MPs deemed to have been elected

from seats allotted to Telangana under the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation

Act. Four of the MPs belong to Congress and three to TDP.

A Rajya Sabha release said that Gundu Sudharani, C.M. Ramesh and

Garikapati Mohan Rao of the Telugu Desam Party and V. Hanumantha Rao,

Palavi Govardhan Reddy, Ananda Bhaskar Rapolu and Dr K.V.P.

Ramachandra Rao of the Congress would be deemed to have been elected

from seven seats of Telangana from June 2, when the new state will come

into being.

“In pursuance of the provisions contained in section 13 and the first scheduleof Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, the chairman, Rajya Sabha has bydraw of lots on May 30 determined the seven members from the existingstate of Andhra Pradesh, who shall be deemed to have been elected to fillseven seats allotted to the state of Telangana,” the release said.Out of the 18members originally representing the state in parliament’s upper house, theremaining 11 members, including one seat which is vacant, will be deemed tohave been elected from the new, residuary state of Andhra Pradesh.

Sources said there was some rethink in the Bharatiya Janata Party-ledNational Deomocratic Alliance government on going ahead with “the lotterysystem” due to possibility of members belonging to Andhra Pradeshrepresenting Telangana and vice-versa. However, the decision was taken onthe basis of draw of lots.

While the terms of Sudharani and Hanumantha Rao will end in July 2016,that of Mohan Rao and Ramachandra Rao will end in April 2020.

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