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Maoist killed in encounter at Gudabandha, wife arrested

Jamshedpur : A hardcore Maoists Supaye Tuddu

(30) was killed in an
encounter at Putu jungle in
rebel-infested Gudabandha
police station area of
Ghatshila
sub-division
early Tuesday morning.
According to information
security personnel of
Jharkhand Jaguar and district police carried out an
anti-insurgency operation
in Gudabandha at about 6
am, when an encounter
took place with the rebels
that led to Tuddu's death.
Tuddu's wife Sonali (27)
who is also a naxal was
caught by the police. The
police have recovered two
fire-arms, both 9 MM pis-

tols from the spot of

encounter.
Soon after the encounter,
director general of police,
Jharkhand, DK Pandey,
additional director general
(Operation) RK Mallik and
Anurag Gupta, ADG
(Special Branch) visited
the spot. East Singhbhum,
senior superintendent of
police Anoop T Mathew
and SP (Rural) Shailendra
Burnwal also had been to
the Putu jungle where the
encounter took place.
According to information, Tuddu was zonal commander of CPI-Maoist
Gudabandha zone and was
wanted in connection with
27 naxal-related cases in

East Singhbhum district

only. Moreover, he was
wanted by Bengal and
Odisha police in connection
with the naxal-related cases

composite production and

then take those which have
less than one million cubic
metres...," he added.
"We look at safety audit
from all aspects -- fire, gas,
inundation, etc," Goyal
said, after reviewing safety
measures with the officials
of Coal India and its subsidiaries here in the light of

the recent Jharkhand

accident.
"I was explained various
causes for the unfortunate
incident and we have drawn
up a roadmap of what could
be done going forward so
that the standards of safety
can be taken to the highest
level to ensure as far as possible zero accident in coal
mining activities in India,"
he said. Goyal said the
Centre and Coal India officials have taken several
decisions in terms of
strengthening safety infrastructure and safety audits.
"We are committed to
spending on the most modern equipment which will
help us
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registered there. He was

carrying a reward of Rs 15
lakh on his head by the
state police. While his wife
Sonali Tuddu was wanted

in as many as 10 cases by
the East Singhbhum district
police.
Revealing about the
breakthrough, SP (Rural)

Burnwal said that they had

a tip off that Tuddu will
come along with his squad
to Putu jungle early in the
morning.

"It is a major achievement for the security forces.

Based on the information, a
company of Jharkhand
Jaguar encircled the jungle
and launched a search operation at 4.45 am. After
about an hour-long search
the Jharkhand Jaguar
jawans suddenly faced firing at Putu jungle.
The jawans soon retaliated. The encounter continued till 6 am, but the firing
stopped from the rebels'
side.
Later when the
Jharkhand Jaguar jawans
started searching the jungle,
they found a rebel lying in a
pool of blood," he
informed.
Sources informed that the

high alert has been after

intelligence report that the
ultras may attack at naxal
areas of Ghatshila and
Patamda. "We have alerted
security forces in vulnerable areas of Patamda,
Ghatshila and Potka", said a
police official. "A strict
vigil would be kept on the
non government commercial establishments. Even
the security would be
beefed up at some of the
naxal prone areas of
Ghatshila and Dumaria,"
said a police official.
Sources informed that the
police have decided to
ensure strict vigil and
deploy additional security
forces in the fringe areas.

Centre orders safety audit of all

Companies will have to provide civic amenities
mines post Jharkhand cave-in deaths to bustis ousted from Industrial Township : DC

Kolkata, Jan 3 (IANS)

After the December 29 coal
mine cave-in in Jharkhand,
that left over a dozen dead,
Union Mines Minister
Piyush Goyal on Tuesday
ordered a safety audit of all
mines in the country.
"I have ordered a safety
audit of all the mines on a
priority basis," the minister
said.
"We have made three lots
of mines. We are taking
those which have five million cubic metres of composite production annually,
first. There are 58 such
mines," he said.
"Then, we take those
with one to five million
cubic metres of annual

Rajnath against religion

and caste in politics
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Home Minister Rajnath Singh
on Tuesday said the BJP never indulged in polarizing politics and said politics should shun
religion, caste and creed.
The comment came a day after the
Supreme Court prohibited all political parties and candidates from
seeking votes in the name of religion, caste and language.
Rajnath Singh said "secular" parties need to be cautious now.
"We agree with the SC order.
Religion and caste based politics should not be done. Socalled secular parties should be cautious after the order," he
said.
Asked if the Bharatiya Janata Party will raise the issue of
Ram temple in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh elections, he
said the matter was sub-judice and that the BJP never
indulged in polarizing politics,
"The BJP neither did politics of polarization nor will it do
in future. Politics should not be done on the lines of religion and caste. It should be only in the name of humanity
and justice," he said.

Raj Babbar to head

UP Congress poll panel
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Congress President Sonia
Gandhi on Tuesday approved a Pradesh Election
Committee for Uttar Pradesh, with
state party chief Raj Babbar as its
Chairman and Nirmal Khatri as CoChairman.
The party's 36-member Pradesh
Election Committee also has chief
ministerial
candidate
Sheila
Dikshit, Congress Legislature Party
leader Pradeep Mathur, state leaders Sanjay Singh, Pramod Tiwari,
Salman Khursheed, P.L. Punia and
Sriprakash Jaiswal as its members.
"Congress President Sonia Gandhi has approved the
Pradesh Election Committee for Uttar Pradesh," said a
statement released by party's General Secretary Janardan
Dwivedi. Uttar Pradesh is scheduled to elect a new assembly early this year.

Six die after consuming toxic liquor

Kolkata, Jan 3 (IANS) Six persons died and several fell
seriously ill after consuming toxic country liquor in West
Bengal, an official said on Tuesday. The incident took place
in Burdwan district on Monday night.
"As many as 25 persons consumed the liquor suspected
of containing some toxic substances," Director of Health
Services B.R. Satpathi said.

Companies bent on ousting Dus Number Busti and Ward Number 7 from township

Jamshedpur: In the runup to the formation of

Industrial Township in
Jamshedpur,
Tinplate
Company and Tata Motors
have refused to include two
bustis, Dus Number Busti
in Sidhgora and Ward
Number 7 in Birsanagar,
situated in their respective
areas in the proposed township. A proposal in this
regard has been handed
over to the district administration, sources said.
The proposals from the
Tata companies were put
forth during a meeting convened by the Deputy

Commissioner of East
Singhbhum Amit Kumar on
Tuesday. The meeting was
called to seek proposals
regarding inclusion of various areas in the Industrial

Township from Tata Steel

and its sister concerns. It
was held with the view to
get details about the limits
of the proposed township
and to also find out whether

Trinamool MP arrest : BJP office attacked, RAF deployed

Kolkata, Jan 3 (IANS)

Agitated Trinamool Congress activists
attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party
headquarters in the city following
party MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay's
arrest here on Tuesday.
The Rapid Action Force has been
deployed to control the situation, the

city police said.

As the news of the MP's arrest
spread, hundreds of Trinamool
activists took to the street.
Traffic had to be diverted from the
Central Avenue in the heart of the city,
close to the BJP headquarters in
Muralidhar Sen Lane, due to the

resulting chaos, the police said.

The Trinamool supporters shouted
slogans and blocked the entrances of
the BJP office. A few BJP workers
bled from the head as they spoke to
the media.
Some cars parked in the alley leading to the office were vandalised and
stones were pelted at the building.
The police said no one has been
arrested yet in connection with the
violence. The BJP workers present in
the party office during the alleged
attack said the assault was "preplanned and unprovoked".
"We were sitting inside the party
office when some Trinamool goons
attacked our party office and hurled
bricks at us without any provocation.
Around 15 of our party workers got
injured in the incident," a BJP worker
claimed.
State BJP heavy-weights strongly
condemned the attack, saying:
"Trinamool Congress is becoming
violent after the arrest of their leaders
in serious corruption charges."

the companies would provide civic amenities to the

residents of these areas. The
district administration had
recently inspected various
city localities with Tata

Steel representatives to
make an assessment of the
limits and dimensions of
the Industrial Township.
Sources said the company representatives said the
water and power supply
being given to the said
bustis by the companies at
present would be continued
even after the inclusion of
these bustis in the
Municipal Corporation.
The companies would however provide no additional
facilities, company sources
reportedly told the DC.
Administration sources said
the
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Must develop Scientific

Social Responsibility : Modi
Tirupati, Jan 3 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi
on Tuesday said there was a need to develop the concept of
"scientific social responsibility" to connect leading institutions to all stake holders.
Speaking at the inauguration of the
104th Indian Science Congress, the
Prime Minister said that research
needed to be strengthened in line with
international standards.
"On the lines of Corporate Social
Responsibility, concept of Scientific
Social Responsibility needs to be
inculcated to connect our leading institutions to all stake
holders, including schools and colleges," Modi said.
"Our best science and technology institutions should further strengthen their basic research in line with leading
global standards... Translating this basic knowledge into
innovations, start-ups and industry will help us achieve
inclusive and sustainable growth," he said.
The Prime Minister said that by 2030, India would be
among the top three countries in science and technology.
"Science must meet the rising aspirations of the people."
"We must address the problems of urban-rural divide and
work for inclusive development, economic growth and
employment generation. To enable this, there is a need for
a new overarching structure that will
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SDC to prepare Jharkhand's development roadmap for three years: CM

Jamshedpur: Laying
stress on the timely implementation of various development
and
welfare
schemes, Chief Minister
Raghubar Das today said
that the economic condition
of the people living under
poverty
should
be
improved. "The formation
of State Development
Council was done with the
idea of preparing 15 year
vision, five or seven year
strategy and 3 year action
plan. Small and long term
schemes should be made
and implemented. The government will work on one
day action plan which will
determine road construction and electrification per
day. It is required for timely
implementation of the
plans. In order to succeed in
our endeavours, we should

CBI to take over Ranchi

gangrape-murder probe

know our drawbacks and

step ahead in right direction," said the CM while
addressing the maiden
meeting of the State
Development Council.
Das said that a sub-committee
of
State
Development Council will
be formed which will pre-

pare the roadmap of three

years. "The committee will
fix target and suggest how
to implement them. The
officers should do field
work and do spot verification," he said.
Laying
stress
on
strengthening agriculture
with animal husbandry, gar-

dening, sericulture and fisheries, the CM said that the

people should be connected
with it and their lives can be
improved. "Sakhi mandals
are being given Rs 4 lakh
and connected with poultry.
The eggs of the poultry will
be sold in the nearby
schools.
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Ranchi, Jan 3 (IANS) The Jharkhand government on

Tuesday ordered the Cntral Bureau of Investigation to
probe the incident of gangrape and murder of an engineering student on December 16 last year, an official
said. The probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation
has been ordered by Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar
Das, a government statement said, adding the victim's
family has demanded the case should be probed by the
CBI.
The 19-year-old engineering student was gangraped
and burnt to death on December 16. No arrest has been
made so far. Ranchi police formed a Special
Investigating Team (SIT) to probe the gory incident but
any positive result is yet to come out. The police also
announced Rs 1 lakh reward for anyone who would provide any information related to the rape and murder.
However, forensic experts have maintained that many
evidences were lost in the fire and even if any remained,
they were washed away by the water thrown to douse the
flames.

FOREIGN

BUSINESS

Positive global cues buoy Indian equities

Mumbai, Jan 3 (IANS) Positive global indices, along

with value buying and short covering, buoyed the Indian
equities markets on Tuesday.
However, prolonged outflow of funds, coupled with a
depreciating rupee, weak domestic infrastructure output
growth and caution ahead of the two-day GST (Goods
and Services Tax) council meeting to be held later in the
evening, arrested the upward trend of the benchmark
indices. The key indices, which opened on a cautious
note, swayed into the positive territory during the midafternoon trade session. However, profit booking
dragged the indices lower to close on a flat note -marginally in the green. "Markets ended with modest
gains on Tuesday after a weak opening," Deepak Jasani,
Head - Retail Research, HDFC Securities, told IANS.
"Technically, the Nifty seems to be in consolidation
mode after the recent run up. The underlying short term
trend of the Nifty nevertheless remains up after moving
above the recent highs of 8,100," Jasani added.
The wider 51-scrip Nifty of the National Stock
Exchange (NSE) inched up by 12.75 points or 0.16 per
cent to 8,192.25 points.
The barometer 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of
the BSE, which opened at 26,616.92 points, closed at
26,643.24 points -- up 47.79 points or 0.18 per cent from
the previous day's close at 26,595.45 points.
The Sensex touched a high of 26,724.40 points and a
low of 26,488.37 points during the intra-day trade.
The BSE market breadth was tilted in favour of the
bulls -- with 1,851 advances and 897 declines.
On Monday, profit booking pulled the Indian equities
markets lower. The barometer index was down 31.01
points or 0.12 per cent, while the NSE Nifty fell by 6.30
points or 0.08 per cent.
"The markets witnessed volatile movements as market
participants remained cautious ahead of the two-day
GST council meeting, which begins later in the day,"
SMC Global Securities said in a commentary to IANS.
"It could be seen that foreign participants are sitting
on the selling side and they are eagerly waiting for the
announcements, which the government may announce
in its Union Budget 2017-18 scheduled on February 1,
before making any fresh buy side positions in the
market."
In terms of investments, provisional data with
exchanges showed that the foreign institutional
investors (FIIs) sold stocks worth Rs 500.49 crore,
whereas the domestic institutional investors (DIIs)
purchased scrip worth Rs 562.27 crore.
Besides, the Indian rupee weakened by 10 paise to
68.33 against a US dollar from its previous close of
68.23 to a greenback.
According to Dhruv Desai, Director and Chief
Operating Officer of Tradebulls, volatile USD/INR
futures prices brought volatility in the domestic markets.

Amul Mother Diary Milk Scheme

Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh

today asserted there was no adverse effect of
demonetisation on the farmers and the farm growth in
2016-17 will be much better than the last few years.
Citing examples to prove his point on demonetisation,
Singh said the sale of milk has increased during the
period of note ban and mentioned higher sale of Amul,
Mother Diary and Delhi Milk Scheme."Before
demonetisation the average sale of milk by Amul per
day was Rs64.55 crore. After demonetisation, it has
increased to Rs74.25 crore per day in NovemberDecember. Similarly, before demonetisation the average
sale of Mother Dairy milk was 28.06 lakh litre, the
average cost was Rs11.42 crore. After demonetisation it
has increased to 29.61 lakh litre per day. In NovemberDecember the average cost is Rs12.05 crore per day.
Under Delhi Milk Scheme average sale was 2.70 lakh
litre per day and average cost was Rs1.05 crore per day.
After demonetisation it has increased to 2.76 lakh litre in
November-December," Singh said on Thursday while
listing out his ministry's achievements in the last two
and a half years.

Samsung announces new

campaign for customer service

New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Samsung India on Tuesday

launched a nationwide television and digital campaign
named "Wherever You Are, We'll Take Care of You",
showcasing its initiative to take customer service to the
doorsteps of users.
"Our new initiative of expanding to rural India, right
up to the taluka level, helps us in taking care of our
valued customers, wherever they are," said Ranjivjit
Singh, Chief Marketing Officer, Samsung India, in a
statement.
With this, Samsung's reach will extend to customers in
over 6,000 talukas - or sub-districts -- across 29 states
and seven Union Territories. The campaign film
"#SamsungCares", which has gone viral, showcases the
journey of a young Samsung engineer on his way to
provide the services in a remote village in India.
In October 2016, Samsung launched 535 service vans,
to ensure timely service to customers in the remotest
corners across the country.

Conduent completes separation

from Xerox

New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) US-based Conduent on

Tuesday completed its separation from Xerox and has
launched itself as business process services leader with
$6.7 billion in annual revenue.
With over 93,000 employees in more than 40
countries, Conduent is a Fortune 500-scale company
with expertise in transaction-intensive processing,
analytics and automation.
"We have already begun laying the groundwork to
drive profitable growth through sharpened go-to-market
capabilities and greater consistency in applying our
automation, analytics, innovation and expertise," said
Ashok Vemuri, CEO, Conduent, in a statement.
The company handles more than 2.5 million contact
centre interactions daily and services 8.9 million people
who pass through managed toll systems, representing 46
per cent of all the US toll collections.
Conduent continues with its previously announced
major cost transformation programme which
will streamline the business, improve margins, and
enable investment into growth opportunities, the
company said.

THE AVENUE MAIL

Jamshedpur, Wednesday, January 04, 2017

Indian couple delivers Britain's first baby of 2017

London, Jan 3 (IANS)

An Indian woman in
Britain gave birth to the
country's first baby of 2017
at 12.01 a.m., just a minute
into the New Year, the
media reported.
Bharti Devi, 35, gave
birth to baby girl Ellina
Kumari just seconds after
the Big Ben on the
Westminster
stopped
chiming, said a report in the
Daily Mail on Monday.
Speaking from her
hospital bed, the housewife,
who also has a two-year-old
son with husband Ashwani
Kumar, 26, said: "She is

doing well and is healthy."

The
mother-of-two
arrived at City Hospital in
Birmingham on December
31 and was induced later in

the evening.
The couple is from
Handsworth
in
Birmingham.
"I was five days overdue

so we expected her to be
born in 2016 but the longer
the labour went on I
thought it might go into
2017," said Bharti Devi.
"It is really exciting to
think she is the first baby
born in Britain in 2017, it is
definitely
something
special to tell her when she
is grown up," she said.
Her husband Ashwani,
who works as a sales
assistant here, added: "I am
an extremely proud dad... it
is incredible to think she is
the first baby of the whole
year. New Year will be
extra special from now on."

Trump accuses CNN of using his 'worst' photo

'Terrorist' wins battle

to stay in Britain

CNN's website described

the book as a deeply
reported account on the
fight for the presidency
between Trump -- "a
blustery billionaire and
reality TV star with no
military or government

London, Jan 3 (IANS) A

wheelchair-bound Algerian
"militant" with alleged links
to Al Qaeda founder Osama
Bin Laden on Tuesday won
a 21-year legal battle to stay
in Britain, the media
reported.
A judge ruled that the
threat of deportation had
been bad for the mental
health of the man, known
only as 'G', The Telegraph
said. The government had
repeatedly tried to expel 'G',
accusing him of helping to
send
young
British
Muslims abroad to train as
jihadists.

Washington, Jan 3
(IANS) US President-elect
complained on Tuesday
that TV channel CNN has
used his 'worst' picture ever
as the cover art for a new
book about the 2016
Presidential election.
His tweet said: "@CNN
just released a book called
'Unprecedented' which
explore the 2016 race and
victory, Hope it does well
but used worst cover photo
of me!"
The book was written by
CNN writer Thomas Lake,
during the election and is a
chronicle of Trump's
surprising win.

Air strikes kill 6 in

Yemen's Saada

experience, no respect for

the rules of politics and no
fear of offending people" and former US Secretary of
State Hillary Clinton.
Trump's tweet didn't
criticise the contents of the
book. Instead, he took issue
with the photo of him that
was used for the cover.
There are two versions of
the book's cover - an
'Inaugural edition' featuring
a stern-looking Trump and
another version that
contains a collage of
different photos from the
election, including a large
picture of Trump speaking
at a podium.

Trump dismisses North Toxic gas kills 4

in Texas
Korea nuclear threat children
Washington, Jan 3

Sanaa, Jan 3 (IANS) The

Saudi-led coalition killed at
least six civilians and
wounded several others in
air strikes on Yemen's
northern province of Saada
on Monday, residents and
rescuers told Xinhua news
agency.
The strikes targeted the
residential quarter of alHibal valley in Sakeen
district three times, the
sources said. Several
houses were totally
damaged.
Rescuers said several
other dead bodies are still
underneath the rubble and
would be pulled out once
the warplanes stop flying.
This is the latest in a
series of air strikes
against Yemeni civilians
since the war started early
last year.
On Sunday, the coalition
air strikes killed five family
members in Yemen's central
province of Marib.

Washington, Jan 3 (IANS) United States Presidentelect Donald Trump on Monday responded on Twitter to
North
Korea's
threats, stating that
Pyongyang would
not develop a
nuclear weapon that
could endanger US
security.
Trump
was
responding to the
New Year's speech
given on Sunday by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un,
who announced that Pyongyang is finalising preparations
to launch another intercontinental ballistic missile,
underscoring once again the regime's commitment to its
nuclear and missile programmes, EFE news reported.
In a tweet, Trump said, "North Korea just stated that it is
in the final stages of developing a nuclear weapon capable
of reaching parts of the United States. It won't happen!"
A few minutes later, Trump hit out at China for
benefiting from trade with the US while not helping to rein
in Pyongyang.
He said: "China has been taking out massive amounts of
money & wealth from the US in totally one-sided trade, but
won't help with North Korea. Nice!"
During the election campaign, Trump called Kim a
"maniac", but later said that the North Korean leader had to
be given credit.

(IANS) Four children were

killed in Texas after
someone at their mobile
home sprayed water on an
applied pesticide, causing a
reaction that resulted in
toxic gas, the police said.
At least five other people
were hospitalised in
Monday's incident that took
place in Amarillo city, CNN
reported.
A senior police official
said a family member used
water to try to wash off the
aluminum
phosphide,
which
had
been
administered before by
someone beneath the
residence. The incident
preliminarily has been ruled
as an accidental poisoning.
There were 10 people
inside the mobile home at
the time of the incident,
according to the official.
The children ranged in
age from 7 to 17, CNN
reported.

Dhaka, Jan 3 (IANS) A

moderate
earthquake
measuring 5.5 magnitude
on the Richter scale hit
Bangladesh, including
capital Dhaka, on Tuesday.
The US Geological
Survey said it measured 5.5
on the Richter scale but
Indian Met Department said
the intensity was 5.7,
bdnews24 reported.
The epicentre was at
Tripura's Ambassa, 170 km
northeast of Dhaka and
originated at a depth of 36
km. The tremor lasted for
four to five seconds.

(IANS) A former Melkite

Greek Catholic archbishop
of Jerusalem who was
convicted of smuggling
arms for Palestinian
militants has died aged 94,
a media report said on
Tuesday.
Monsignor
Hilarion
Capucci, who served two
years of a 12-year sentence
in Israel before the Vatican
helped secure his release,
has died, the Vatican has
confirmed in a statement on
Monday.
Capucci had a history of
activism linked to Middle
East conflicts.

He was ordained a priest

of the Melkite Greek
Catholic Church in 1947
and
was
appointed
Patriarchal Vicar of
Jerusalem and Archbishop
of Caesarea in 1965.
In 1974, he was
travelling from Beirut to
Jerusalem in a car bearing
Vatican diplomatic plates
when it was stopped by
Israeli security forces.
Inside
were
four
Kalashnikov rifles, two
pistols, ammunition and
grenades intended for
members of the Palestine
Liberation Organisation.

5.5 quake jolts Arms-smuggling archbishop dies aged 94

Bangladesh
Jerusalem, Jan 3
1922.

Palestinian President
Mahmoud Abbas offered
his condolences and
described him as a great
"freedom fighter", the BBC
reported.
The Vatican, however,
did not exactly confirm
when Capucci died or give
any more details.
Capucci was born in the
Syrian city of Aleppo, in

Facebook blocks photo of nude Neptune statue, retracts

London, Jan 3 (IANS)
Facebook courted another
controversy after an art
historian claimed it blocked
a photo of Italy's famous
Neptune statue for being
"sexually explicit". The
social media giant later
termed the censorship a
mistake, media reports said.
Elisa Barbari, a local
writer, chose the statue to
illustrate her Facebook
page, called "Stories,
curiosities and views of
Bologna", the Daily
Telegraph reported on
Monday.
The 16th century statue
of the sea god dominates
Piazza del Nettuno, a grand
square in the heart of
Bologna.

Vel Arch

But the social media

giant objected to the image,
which shows a naked
Neptune -- Nettuno in
Italian -- holding a large
trident.
"I wanted to promote my
page but it seems that for
Facebook the statue is a

sexually explicit image that

shows off too much flesh.
Really, Neptune? This is
crazy!" Barbari told the
Telegraph.
Facebook told her that
"the use of the image was
not approved because it
violates Facebook's guide

lines on advertising".
"It presents an image
with content that is
explicitly sexual and which
shows to an excessive
degree
the
body,
concentrating unnecessarily
on body parts. The use of
images or video of nude
bodies
or
plunging
necklines is not allowed,
even if the use is for artistic
or educational reasons,"
Facebook said. A Facebook
spokesperson later said in a
statement
that
the
censorship was a mistake,
the Guardian reported.
"Our team processes
millions of advertising
images each week, and in
some
instances
we
incorrectly prohibit ads.

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Companies will have to provide civic...

companies were reluctant to give additional facilities

to the bustis ousted from proposed township since the
government will not provide any financial help for the
development of the areas coming under the Industrial
Township.
The meeting called by the DC was also attended by
the ADC Sunil Kumar, DRDA director Uma Mahato,
special officer of JNAC Deepak Sahay, Rituraj Sinha of
Tata Steel's land department, Ajay Sahay, AGM of TRF
Arvind Kumar, Avtar Singh of IS&WP, Atul Kumar of
Lafarge, J Choudhary of Tata Motors and Harjeet Singh
of Tinplate Company.
The DC said the proposed Industrial Township will
include besides plant, quarters allotted to employees and
residential areas. The proposed Municipal Corporation
area has been divided in three pockets-eastern, western
and central zones. The eastern zone will include
Birsanagar and Golmuri areas while the western zone
will include Kadma, Sonari and Shastrinagar. The
central zone will comprise of Sakchi. Sakchi Market will
be included in the Municipal Corporation, he said.
Sources said the proposal given to the DC today by the
company representatives is almost final. The amended
proposal will be forwarded to the state government.
Thereafter the proposal will be passed by the state
Cabinet and notified. One month's time will be given to
the public to make claims or objections regarding the
notified proposal. The final notification is expected to be
published by March this year, sources said.
In today's meeting, the DC made it clear to the
corporate representatives that the companies will have to
give civic amenities to the bustis even after the
formation of the Industrial Township as per the lease
conditions. The corporate representatives responded in
the affirmative, sources said.
The DC also said that major development projects of
the Central government could not be implemented due
to delay in formation of Municipal Corporation.

Centre orders safety audit of all...

in terms of forewarning to prevent accidents," he said.

Goyal said all the safety audits will be conducted by
the Director General of Mines Safety (DGMS).
"If any third-party expert assistance is required, I am
open to it. We are taking up (safety) measures
immediately for the larger mines first and then go down
to each (mines)," he said.
The minister said in the Jharkhand mine that caved in,
18 bodies were recovered so far and rescue operations
were still going on.
"I have ordered a detailed investigation through the
DGMS as well as a team of experts will be studying the
accidents and causes of it," he said.
In Jharkhand, mining operations were stopped a few
weeks back. The accumulated overburden was being
moved to make the land more stable and at that stage
there was some fault line in the solid strata, he said
trying to explain the cave-in.
Goyal, who is in charge of Power Ministry, said two
states were also joining UDAY (Ujwal Discom
Assurance Yojna) scheme on Wednesday and a week
after one more state would be joining it.

Must develop Scientific Social...

coordinate with all the relevant stakeholders," he

added. He said some of the important challenges for the
nation were in the key sectors of clean water and energy,
food, environment, climate, security and healthcare.
"We equally need to keep an eye on the rise of
disruptive technologies and be prepared to leverage
them for growth. We need to clearly assess the
challenges and opportunities for our technology
readiness and competitiveness," he said.
Modi noted that the Technology Vision 2035
document released at last year's Science Congress, was
now developing into a detailed roadmap for 12 key
technology sectors. Further, the NITI Aayog was
evolving a holistic science and technology vision for the
country.
Union Minister for Science and Technology Harsh
Vardhan, Andhra Pradesh Governor E.S.L. Narasimhan,
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and others were
present at the inaugural session. "Science & Technology
for National Development" is the theme of the five-day
Congress being held at Sri Venkateswara University.
Six Nobel Prize winners from different countries such
as the US, Japan, Israel, France and Bangladesh are
attending the event besides about 14,000 scientists and
scholars from across the country.
It is the second time that Tirupati is hosting the Indian
Science Congress, the first being in 1983 when the 70th
ISC was held at the famous temple town in Andhra
Pradesh.

SDC to prepare Jharkhand's development...

With a view to bring about White Revolution, 50 cows

are being given on subsidy. The list of BPL families is
being prepared. A total of 300 ponds having 3 to 5 acre
areas will be rejuvenated. Small and cottage industries
are promoted. Separate boards are being made for
cottage, small, lac and silk industries. A separate budget
will be introduced for schedule castes and tribes. All
schemes pertain to economic strengthening of the
people," he said.
Deputy Chairperson of the Council Surjit Singh
Bhalla, an economist, said that the focus will be on
agriculture, education and development. Apart from
Ministers, CS Raj Bala Verma, Development
Commissioner Amit Khare, Principal Sec to CM Sanjay
Kumar and other officers were present on this occasion.

Turkish police detain

wife of nightclub attacker

Istanbul, Jan 3 (IANS) The Turkish police have

detained the wife of the Istanbul nightclub attacker who is
still on the run two days after he killed 39 persons, media
reported on Tuesday.
The gunman came to Turkey from Kyrgyzstan on
November 20 with his wife and two children. His wife was
detained in the central Anatolian city of Konya, Xinhua
news agency reported. The wife told the police that she
learned of the attack from television reports and had no
information about her husband being an Islamic State
sympathiser. The IS claimed responsibility for the assault
on Reina nightclub here in which the gunman opened fire
at about 600 people celebrating the new year.

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Hundreds of Sikh NRIs offer voluntary service at Patna event
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Jamshedpur, Wednesday, January 04, 2017

Patna, Jan 3 (IANS)

Hundreds of devout Sikh
NRIs have trooped in here
for
celebrations
in
connection with the 350th
birth anniversary of the 10th
Sikh Guru Gobind Singh,
and are enthusiastically
performing 'seva' or
voluntary service. These
NRIs -- including businesswomen, doctors, lawyers,
technical consultants and
professionals from other
fields -- are quite gung-ho
about their selfless religious
activities.
They said they were
lucky to get an opportunity
to participate in the
religious event and do
something for thousands of
devotees from India and
abroad
who
have
congregated at Takht Sri
Harimandir ji Patna Sahib - the birthplace of Guru

Gobind Singh -- as well as

other Sikh holy places to
participate
in
the
celebrations.
The celebrations kicked
off on Tuesday and will
continue till January 5.
Jaipal Kaur and Kiran
Kaur, both NRIs from the
United Kingdom, said they
were quite happy and
considered themselves
fortunate to serve as
'sevadars' or volunteers at
the 'langar' (community
kitchens) at Takht Sri
Harimandir ji Patna Sahib,
about 10 km from state
capital Patna, during the
celebration of the 'Prakash
Utsav' or birth anniversary.
Both said hundreds of
NRI Sikhs from the UK, the
United States, Canada,
Australia, Italy, Germany
and
France
were
enthusiastically offering

voluntary services -- one of

the core tenets of Sikhism -at different 'langars' in 'Guru
ki Nagri' (Guru's abode)
sprawled between Patna
and the historic gurdwara.
The devotees have been
put up in three tented cities
and elsewhere.
"This is the first time I am
visiting the birthplace of
Guru Maharaj. I consider
myself lucky to do service
at the 'langar'," said Jaipal, a
consultant with IBM in the
UK. Kiran, settled in the
United Kingdom, said
nearly 150 NRI Sikh
women from that country
were serving as 'sevadars' to
take care of the dietary
needs of the devotees.
"I am really the lucky one
to get to perform 'seva'. My
life has got some meaning
now," Kiran said.
"We have taken leave

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from our respective offices

to spend nearly two weeks
here to serve the devotees,"
she added. Mandip Singh
from Canada said he was
serving at a 'langar' in the
tented city near here for the
last three days.
"It is a matter of immense
satisfaction for me. I will
continue to serve at the
community kitchen till
January 5." Surjit Singh

from California pointed out

that community service was
an essential part of the Sikh
religion.
"I can say no more than
that I feel privileged to work
as a 'sevadar' here," Surjit
said. Makhan Singh from
New York said: "It is a rare
privilege to serve at the
Patna Sahib gurdwara.
There is no work bigger
than this -- to offer your

services at the community

kitchen here." Baba Maan
Singh, based in Birmingham in the UK, said most
NRI devotees were well
aware that it was a once-ina-lifetime opportunity.
"NRI devotees are
helping with cooking,
cleaning utensils, mopping
floors and serving food to
the devotees," he said.
"It is a matter of pride for
us that we got a chance to
attend the 'Prakash Utsav'
and work as 'sevadars',"
London-based
Omkar
Singh said. These NRI
devotees were all praise for
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish
Kumar for making the
celebrations a mega event.
"I never imagined that
such amazing arrangements
will be made for the
celebrations in Patna and
the Patna Sahib gurdwara,"

US-based Gurcharan Singh

said. About 350 members,
including 60 women from
UK-based Guru Nanak
Nishkam Sevak Jatha led by
Bhai Mohinder Singh
Ahulwalia, have also
arrived here to offer
voluntary service at
different
community
kitchens. "It is a big
moment for all of us," said
Parbinder Singh, one of the
members of the group. His
views were echoed by
another group member
Baba Sukhveer Singh.
Devotees from within the
country have come mainly
from Punjab, Delhi,
Haryana, Uttar Pradesh,
Uttarakhand, Maharashtra
and West Bengal. Tight
security is also in place for
the safety of devotees
coming from outside Bihar.
The government expects

RBI admits to cash crunch in rural areas

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Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) activists protesting against Central government on
demonetisation issue in front of RBI Building in Ranchi on Tuesday.

SC junks plea against appointment

of Justice Khehar as next CJI

New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court on

Tuesday dismissed a petition challenging the appointment
of Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar as the next Chief Justice of
India (CJI) in succession to incumbent Chief Justice T.S.
Thakur when he demits office on Wednesday morning.
Justice Khehar will be sworn-in as the Chief Justice of
India by President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday. The
President on December 19 appointed Khehar as the 44th
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
The bench of Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y.
Chandrachud through a brief order dismissed the plea by
Tejsingh Ashokrao Gaikwad that Justice Khehar is not
qualified to become the Chief Justice as he had authored a
judgment holding as unconstitutional the National Judicial
Appointments Commission for the appointment of judges
to higher judiciary. The petitioner had sought direction
restraining the Centre from administering the oath of office
of the Chief Justice of India to Justice Khehar. The
petitioner had contended that by virtue of being the Chief
Justice of India, Justice Khehar would have the power to
recommend the appointment of seven judges to the top
court. The five-judge Constitution Bench headed by Justice
Khehar had on October 16 declared as unconstitutional the
Constitution (Ninety-ninth Amendment) Act, 2014, and the
National Judicial Appointment Act, 2014.

Mumbai, Jan 3 (IANS)

Admitting to the cash
crunch prevailing in rural
areas, the RBI on Tuesday
asked commercial banks to
send at least 40 per cent of
the currency meant for
circulation to their rural
branches. "The bank notes,
being supplied to rural
areas, at present, are not
commensurate with the
requirements of the rural
population," the Reserve
Bank of India (RBI) said in
a notification.
With a view to ensure that
at least 40 per cent bank
notes were supplied to rural
areas, the banks were
advised to increase the issue
of currency towards the
main
channels
of
distribution in these areas.
"Banks should advise
their currency chests to step

up issuance of fresh notes to

rural branches of Regional
Rural Banks (RRBs),
District Central Cooperative
Banks (DCCBs) and
commercial banks, white
label ATMs and post offices
on priority basis which are
considered main rural
channels of distribution," it
said.
RBI asked the banks to
issue
notes
in
denominations of Rs 500
and below in rural areas
with liberal issuance of
existing stock of notes
below Rs 100. It also asked

NCW issues notices

to Parameshwara,
Azmi
Bengaluru, Jan 3
(IANS) The National
Commission for Women on
Tuesday issued notices to
Karnataka Home Minister
G. Parameshwara and
Samajwadi Party leader
Abu Azmi for allegedly
making sexist comments
regarding the molestation
of women by a mob here on
New Year's Eve. NCW
Chief
Lalitha
Kumaramangalam said
while notices were issued to
Parameshwara and Azmi, a
letter was sent to the
Karnataka government on
Monday to know about the
action taken in the
molestation case. "We have
asked the minister to
explain his statement and
tender a public apology.

No truce in Samajwadi Party despite Journalist gunned down in Bihar

Mulayam-Akhilesh meet

Lucknow/New Delhi,
Jan 3 (IANS) Hopes of
truce after days of crisis in
the warring Samajwadi
Party remained grim on
Tuesday despite a last
minute effort to broker
peace between the factions
led by Mulayam Singh
Yadav and his son and Chief
Minister Akhilesh Yadav
amid a battle over the
party's symbol, the cycle.
On his return from New
Delhi, a day after he
claimed his right over the
party before the Election
Commission, SP chief
Mulayam Singh was
closeted with his son at his
residence for more than
three hours.
Party veterans had hoped

that the two sides would

shake hands, two days after
the son dethroned his father
as the President of the ruling
party in poll-bound Uttar
Pradesh. But they stuck to
their guns, a party source
told IANS in Lucknow.
In middle of the meeting,

Mulayam Singh called his

younger brother Shivpal
Singh Yadav and the
meeting concluded without
making much headway, the
source said.
The
source
said
conditions for the "peace
deal" deliberated upon by

the first family were the

return of Mulayam Singh as
the party chief but with a
new nomenclature - founder
President.
Akhilesh Yadav would,
however, hold sway over
the decision making process
of ticket distribution for the
assembly polls due this
year.
It was also proposed that
Shivpal Yadav, one of the
nagging problems between
the father and son, would be
given a "larger role"
nationally. Akhilesh Yadav
reportedly stuck to his nonnegotiable demands.
Mulayam Singh was not
ready for the "package" and
soon it became evident that
hopes of peace had dashed.

Jusco Shramik Union AGM turns chaotic, ends in a jiffy

Jamshedpur: The annual

general meeting (AGM) of Jusco
Shramik Union was convened on
Tuesday ahead of the forthcoming
elections. Not unexpectedly, the
meeting witnessed pandemonium
leading to a hurried end of the
AGM without any conclusion on
the name of electoral officials for
the union polls.
The AGM was organized at
Utkal Association, Sakchi. It
started off around 3.15 pm. The
deputy president of the union BK
Dubey conducted the AGM
proceedings. The union members

the bank chests to obtain

supply of coins on priority
basis and if required even
get it issued from the central
bank.
As the rural requirements
could vary depending on
variations in the rural and
urban mix of each district, a
certain percentage of
allocation has been assigned
to each district by RBI to
facilitate a need based
approach. "The indicated
proportion
may
be
maintained on weekly
average basis at each chest
level as it may be difficult to
stick to the proportion on
daily basis," RBI said.
The
government
demonetised the Rs 500 and
Rs 1,000 notes on
November 8 with a view to
battle corruption, black
money and terror funding.

more than five lakh

devotees to visit Patna for
the religious event.
Earlier, the Bihar
government had announced
a three-day holiday during
the
'Prakash
Parv'
celebrations. Guru Gobind
Singh was born on
December 22, 1666, to
ninth Sikh master, Guru
Tegh Bahadur, and Mata
Gujri. He was annointed the
supreme leader of the Sikhs
at the age of nine, becoming
the last of the 10 living Sikh
gurus.The main function of
holding special prayers and
'kirtan' (singing of hymns
set to music) will be held on
January 5, in which Prime
Minister Narendra Modi,
Punjab Chief Minister
Parkash Singh Badal and a
large number of Sikh
dignitaries from India and
abroad will participate.

paid tributes to the former

members of the union before
starting the day's proceedings.
Thereafter, the union treasurer RK
Thakur read out the accounts
report. Chaos resulted when the
vice president of the union DK
Singh came on the stage and tried
to take the mike in his hands in
order to raise a question on some
issue. Soon a struggle ensued
among the members to get hold of
the mike. Both factions raised
slogans against each other. While
the commotion continued, Dubey
announced the name of former

Tata Workers Union member CS

Jha as the electoral officer for the
upcoming polls. He also
presented the proposal for cooption of union president
Raghunath Pandey and SL Das
which was passed by the
employees by raising of hands.
The ruling faction of the union
ended all formalities of the AGM
within five minutes. This and the
co-option proposal were opposed
by the rival faction.
Sources said the labour
department may have to intervene
in the matter to give legitimacy to

the AGM of either the ruling

faction or the rival faction.
Interestingly, neither Raghunath
Pandey nor SL Das attended
today's AGM.
Apprehending tension during
the AGM, labour department had
deputed a magistrate at the AGM
venue. Heavy deployment of
police personnel was made at the
venue. CCTV cameras were also
installed for the purpose.
The union president said the
AGM was the victory of the
workers. He said the co-option
issue was taken care of during the

AGM. He said the polls were

announced and the electoral
officer had assumed charge of his
work.
On the contrary, VD Gopal
Krishna, former union president
said, "It is not possible for
Raghunath Pandey to ensure his
victory through unfair means. He
has retired. He should now quit
the union with honour. The
employees have rejected him in
co-option at the AGM. Very soon
the union polls will be led by the
union vice president S Alam. The
union polls will be held soon."

Samastipur, Jan 3: Unidentified gunmen today shot

dead a journalist at Salkhani village here in the district,
police said.
Around 5-6 unidentified men opened fire at journalist
Braj Kumar Singh, killing him on the spot, Samastipur SP
Nawal Kishore Prasad Singh said.
Singh was associated with a prominent Hindi daily. He
also ran a brick kiln where he was shot dead by the
gunmen.
Though the reason behind the killing is yet to be
ascertained, an old enmity is suspected to be the cause.
Salkhani village falls under Bibhutipur police station,
about 40 kms from the Samastipur district headquarters.
Earlier, Dharmendra Singh, a journalist of a prominent
vernacular daily, was shot dead in Rohtas district in
November, 2016 apparently over his articles on illegal
stone chips units.
Hindi daily Hindustan's Siwan bureau chief Rajdeo
Ranjan was shot dead in Siwan district in May, 2016.

SC to hear plea on media

role in AgustaWestland deal

New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court on

Tuesday agreed to hear a PIL seeking court-monitored
probe by CBI/SIT into the allegation that AgustaWestland
had spent six million euros for "managing" the media in a
VIP chopper deal that ran into rough weather following
allegations of pay-offs.
Asking petitioner Hari Jaising, former Editor of Punjabbased newspaper The Tribune, to provide copy of the
petition to the Central Bureau of Investigation and the
Directorate of Enforcement (ED), the bench of Justice
Dipak Misra and Justice Arun Mishra tagged it with a
related matter being heard by another bench.
The petitioner journalist has sought a report on the
alleged role of the media in
influencing the deal by way
of their reports.
There are allegations that
certain media persons,
including some prominent
ones, were the beneficiaries
of
the
"media
management"
by
AgustaWestland. Former
Indian Air Force chief S.P.
Tyagi is facing prosecution
for favouring the purchase
of 12 AgustaWestland
choppers for VVIP use.

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THE AVENUE MAIL

Jamshedpur, Wednesday, January 04, 2017

Supreme Court verdict can

stir up Indian sport

By Veturi Srivatsa

Supreme Court bench, headed by outgoing Chief Justice Tirath Singh Thakur, on
Monday finally put its stamp on the Justic Rajendra Mal Lodha Committee report
by ordering the removal of Anurag Thakur as president of the Indian cricket board
and Ajay Shirkey as its secretary. It took a year for the apex court to bring an end to a long,
bitter argument over a new template for transparency, accountability and good governance
to what is considered as the best run and financially sound sports orgnaisation.
The verdict is on expected lines, except that it could have had a relook at the one-stateone-vote and the tenure of office, if certainly not the age cap of 70, and somewhat modified
the order. Curiously, though the verdict has been delayed till a day before Thakur is to lay
down his office. The only logical explanation could be to give the board to exhaust all its
avenues to argue the historic case.
The board kept arguing that there was nothing wrong with its administration, citing how
well it has spent its money in creating excellent infrastructure throughout the country to
pave the way for India to become number one team in the world.The court was obviously
not impressed as the independent auditors appointed by the board itself found leakages
and siphoning of funds by some of its state units without submitting certificates of utility.
The court has, however, did not accept the names suggested by the Lodha Committee
to run the affairs of the board board in the interim after sacking the top officials and instead
requested legal luminaries Fali Nariman and Gopal Subramaniam to help it in nominating
persons of impeccable integrity for the panel of administrators.
The court has not left the matter to rest by removing Thakur, it has also initiated
contempt proceedings against sacked board chief. He has to respond as to why he should
not be held liable for obstructing the implementation of the court's directions on reforms.
In his initial reaction to the verdict, Anurag Thakur said for him it is not a personal battle,
the fight is for the autonomy of the sports body.
Even as he stated that he respects the court judgment, he took the cue from former
board president Sharad Pawar, saying if the apex court feels that board can do better
under retired judges, I wish them all the best.
Pawar told the captains of the industry at the FICCI annual General Meeting a couple
of weeks ago that the Supreme Court, which has so far been guiding how to run the
country, will now decide how to organise cricket! He did not want to elaborate his remark
for what he said "fear of facing contempt of court proceedings". As the case dragged on
for a year, some of the state associations were putting the succession order in place their
kin to take over. But that may not allow them to run either the board or their state units with
remote control all that easily as the CEOs will now on be calling the shots.
Rats have already started fleeing. A couple of them did in the last two months when the
Lodha Committee exposed the misdeeds of these state units. The first state to announce
that it will fall in line soon after the judgment is Andhra Pradesh, whose secretary Gokaraju
Gangaraju, Member of Parliament from Andhra, belonging to Bharatiya Janata Party like
Anurag Thakur, the young MP from Hamirpur in Himachal Pradesh.
Like a good politician Gangaraju defended the delay in seeing the virtues in the Lodha
Committee recommendations and quipped: Everyone was together but now that the
verdict is out there is no question of defiance!
As Gangaraju added that the board officials have spent long enough to know how to run
the administration, implying the politicians in the board will go about their work.
The same politicians can create chaos, more so in the states, but as the Lodha Panel
have made sure there are enough safety valves to implement the July 18 apex court order.
They could disregard timelines up to a point, but will realize now that they cannot disobey
any longer as there is no escape route. As Justice Lodha said his committee's report could
as well be a model standing order for other sports orgnaisations in the country, ending the
"monopoly of a few people in controlling them for years and decades". Neither the IOA,
along with its affiliated state units, nor the national federations will easily accept it, but they
can be compelled to do so like the apex court did in the case of the cricket board. Indian
sport is in the process of a great churning and something good will come out of it.
(Veturi Srivatsa is a senior journalist and the views expressed are personal. He
can be reached at sveturi@gmail.com)

India's great school education

challenge : Crisis in BIMARU states

Khushboo Balani

y 2020, India will

have the worlds
largest working
population-- 869 million -but an IndiaSpend analysis
of indicators on literacy,
school enrolment, learning
outcomes, and education
spending across four states
-- with 43.6 per cent of
Indias
school-age
population between the
ages of five and 14 -revealed that India is
unprepared to educate and
train its young population.
Overall, India's literacy
rate has increased 8.66
percentage points to 74.04
per cent between 2001 and
2011, according to Census
data, but wide variations
exists across states.
The crisis in education is
especially apparent in the
four BIMARU states of
Bihar, Madhya Pradesh
(MP), Rajasthan and Uttar
Pradesh (UP) -- with 445.1
million of India's 1.2 billion
population and some of the
lowest literacy rates in the
country, according to
Census 2011. Bihar had a
literacy rate of 61.8 per
cent, Rajasthan of 67.1 per
cent, UP of 67.7 per cent
and MP a rate of 70.6 per
cent in 2011, lower than the
all-India average of 74 per
cent. Kerala has a literacy
rate of 94 per cent, the
highest in the country.
School outcomes are also
lower in the four BIMARU
states. In 2014-15, fewer
students moved from grade
V to grade VI in UP, with a
transition rate of 79.1 per
cent, when compared to
Goa, with a transition rate
of almost 100 per cent in
2014-15, according to data

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from the Unified District

Information System for
Education.
In MP, as few as 34.1 per
cent of children in grade V
could read a grade II text in
2014, compared to 75.2 per
cent in the case of
Himachal
Pradesh,
according to the Annual
Status of Education Report
(ASER) 2014. Similarly, in
Rajasthan, 45.9 per cent of
children in grade V could
"at
least"
subtract,
compared to 87.4 per cent
in Mizoram.
Currently, only 2.5 per
cent of school-age children
between the ages of five
and 14 live in the four states
-- Kerala, Mizoram, Tripura
and Goa -- with the highest
literacy in India, compared
to 43.6 per cent in the four
BIMARU states, according
to Census 2011. Any
reform in education in the
BIMARU states would
have the greatest impact for
India. Over the next
century, 60 per cent of the
population increase in India

2017: 4 things India can look forward to

By Mukta Patil

n increased focus on
renewable energy, more
reliable power supply to
villages, growing spread of
Aadhaar
-- the national
identification system -- and greater
use and spread of the Internet.
Those, according to IndiaSpend,
are the four things India can look
forward to in 2017.
1. Increasing energy capacity and
the push for renewables
What we said: Renewable energy
installations would get a push in
2016, that would balance the
country's reliance on coal.
What happened: India said it
would install 16 GW of renewable
energy this year, with the aim of
reaching 175 GW by 2022. It had
installed no more than 3.9 GW as of
November 2016, according to a
progress report by the Ministry of
New and Renewable Energy.
The total installed energy
capacity of India, as of November
30, 2016, was 309 GW, and nearly
15 per cent came from renewable
sources, according to data from the
Ministry of Power. Between
September 2015 and September
2016, 8.5 GW of renewable energy
has been installed across the
country. While the installed wind
capacity increased 15.2 per cent or
3.7 GW over the year, solar energy
capacity increased by almost 4.2
GW or 96 per cent.
Despite the slow growth in wind
energy installation, the increase
puts India in the fourth position
world-wide after China, the US and
Germany.
India had targeted installation of
4 GW of wind capacity and 12 GW
of solar capacity, the two largest
contributors to the renewables
basket, in 2016-17. Eight months
into the financial year, it had
achieved no more than 40 per cent
of its wind energy target and only
17.5 per cent of its solar energy
target.
To achieve the 2017 target, the
government and private players
will have to install 2.35 GW of
wind and 11.8 GW solar energy.
India has a solar energy potential
of 750 GW -- 3.5 times mores than
its thermal installed capacity, which
currently accounts for 70 per cent
of generation capacity -- and solar
radiation is available for over 300
days a year
What to look forward to: Solar

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energy installations in India have

been rising steadily since 2010,
except for a dip in 2012-13. The
government hopes to install 100
GW solar energy capacity by 2022
(57 per cent of the renewable
energy goal of 175 GW), according
to the 2015-16 annual report of the
Ministry of New and Renewable
Energy.
The renewable energy ministry
has created a road map for the next
two financial years, 2017-18 and
2018-19. Over the next two years,
India will add 42.6 GW -- almost
equivalent to its cumulative
renewables capacity to date.
2. Rural electrification moving
ahead but power supply suspect
What we said: Up to 98.1 per
cent of all villages were electrified
by June 2016, according to the
Central Electricity Authority.
What happened: Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, during his
Independence Day speech on
August 15, 2015, announced that
all un-electrified villages in the
country (18,452) would have power
within 1,000 days, or by May 1,
2018.
Only 10 per cent rural
households need to have power for
a village to be considered
electrified, and quality of electricity
is suspect even then.
As many as 11,429 villages have
been electrified so far, according to
the latest release by the Ministry of
Power.
Out of the remaining 7,023
villages, 698 are uninhabited, 3,775
are
scheduled
for
grid
electrification, 2,502 are off-grid
because of geographical barriers,

and 48 are slated for electrification

by state governments, the ministry
said.
As part of the Deendayal
Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana
(DDUJY), inaugurated in July
2015, the government proposed to
provide free electricity connections
to 42 million rural households
below poverty line (BPL).
As on March 31, 2016, 23.2
million (over 50 per cent) BPL
households were provided with free
electricity connections, according
to a report by the ministry.
What to look forward to: Grid
connected villages could possibly
be electrified by the end of 2018.
However, it remains to be seen how
many households will actually have
access to reliable electricity, given
that several states such as Bihar,
Assam and Uttar Pradesh still
report that over 60 per cent of their
rural households are without
electricity.
3. Aadhaar focus to shift to North
East
What we said: Aadhaar
enrolments were likely to cross one
billion in 2016.
What happened: Aadhaar
enrolments crossed the one-billion
mark in April.
The number of enrolments had
reached 1.095 billion by December
2016, with 73.4 per cent of Aadhaar
holders over the age of 18 while
22.75 per cent between the ages of
five and 18.
What to look forward to: Less
than 75 per cent of people in Bihar,
Manipur, Jammu and Kashmir,
Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland,
Mizoram, Meghalaya and Assam

had Aadhaar cards as of December

15, 2016, according to data from
Unique Identity Authority of India
(UIDAI).
These regions, especially the
northeastern states, might be the
focus of the programme in 2017, as
no more than 9 per cent of
Meghalaya's people and 6 per cent
of Assam's have Aadhaar cards.
4. India's Internet user
community 2nd largest in the world
What we said: Around 462
million Indians would be online by
June 2016.
What happened: By September
2016, total Internet subscribers in
India were 367.48 million,
according to a Telecom Regulatory
Authority of India (TRAI) report.
Minister for Communications
and Information Technology Ravi
Shankar Prasad said Internet users
will cross 500 million either by the
end of the year or in 2017.
India's Internet users per 100
population was low at 26 in 2015,
as compared to a world average of
43.9, according to World Bank
data.
What to look forward to: Internet
users in India will continue to grow
three times faster than the world
average, adding approximately 400
million users to its base in the next
five years, according to National
Association of Software and
Services Companies (NASSCOM),
a trade association.
"India's internet consumption has
already exceeded the US to become
number two globally. By 2020, the
internet is expected to penetrate
deeper into hinterland of the
country, helping create more
opportunities for everyone,"
Nasscom
president
R.
Chandrashekhar said.
As many as 75-80 per cent of the
new users will come from betterconnected rural areas, given the
saturation of services in Tier 1
cities, the Nasscom report said.
As more rural users come online,
regional-language services will see
a spike because 75 per cent of the
newly-added users will speak a
vernacular language, the report
said.
(In arrangement with
IndiaSpend.org, a data-driven,
non-profit, public interest
journalism platform, with whom
Mukta Patil is an analyst. The
views expressed are those of
IndiaSpend. Feedback at
respond@indiaspend.org)

would come from the four

states of MP, Bihar, UP and
Rajasthan, while only 22
per cent would come from
the more developed states
of Kerala, Tamil Nadu,
Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka
and Maharashtra, according
to a 2003 study published
by The Economic and
Political Weekly. UP and
Bihar will have India's
youngest populations over
the next 10 years, as
IndiaSpend reported in
September 2016, together
accounting for 31 per cent
of Indians between five and
14 years. The productivity
of India's young population
would depend on how these
states improve health,
education and employment
opportunities, according to
a 2013 study published in
Asia and Pacific Policy
Studies. Variations across
states in India exist not only
in literacy and enrolment,
but also in factors that
might impact future
enrolment and learning.
For
instance,
life

expectancy at birth, one of

the factors found to affect
literacy in India, according
to a 2005 World Bank
study, varies across states.
For Maharashtra, the
state with a literacy rate of
82.3 per cent in 2011, the
projected life expectancy at
birth for 2011-16 was 70.4
years, based on this report
by
the
Population
Reference Bureau. In
comparison, MP, with a
lower literacy rate of 70.6
per cent, also had a lower
projected life expectancy at
birth of 61.5 years for 201116.
School enrolment is
affected by a number of
factors including parent's
education, wealth of a
household, midday meals,
infrastructure and more.
Still, the BIMARU states
spend less on education
than their more literate
counterparts. For instance,
MP spends Rs 11,927
($175) per student, while
Tamil Nadu spends Rs
16,914 per student, the

Economic and Political

Weekly
reported
in
September 2016. The per
student spending, at Rs
5,298, in Bihar is even
lower. Another important
factor, parent's education,
impacts school education,
according to a 2001 paper
published in the Review of
Development Economics.
As many as 99.1 per cent
mothers in Kerala -- the
state with the highest
literacy
-received
schooling, compared to
30.3 per cent mothers in
Rajasthan
in
2014,
according to the ASER Trends Over Time report.
Further, factors such as
wealth have a greater effect
on enrolment in poorer
states.
Overall, in India, children
from rich families are more
likely to be enrolled in
school than children from
poor families, but this gap
is greater in UP and Bihar
than it is in Kerala,
according to a 2001 study
by Deon Filmer and Lant
Pritchett, published in the
journal Demography.
(This is the first of a fivepart IndiaSpend series that
looks at progress in
education in the BIMARU
states. Next: Bihar short of
76,906 teachers; Spends
lowest per primary school
sStudent)
(In arrangement with
IndiaSpend.org, a datadriven, non-profit, public
interest journalism
platform. is a freelance
writer based in Mumbai,
with an interest in
development issues. The
views expressed are those
of IndiaSpend. Feedback
at respond@
indiaspend.org)

India's continued growth is under threat but

elsewhere 2017 could herald a new world order
By Manoj Joshi

ecause time moves

on, the world is
always in a state of
flux. But regions and
countries move at a
different pace.
2016, however, was
marked by several long
term trends in key nations
and regions coming to a
head at the same time
giving us that special sense
of churn and dislocation.
The terror attacks in
Belgium, France and
Germany confirmed the
beginning of a long and
hard slog to contain Islamist
radicalism in Europe. With
Brexit, the unexpected
British decision to leave the
European Union, there are
signals that the European
Union itself was possibly
under threat.
Developments
In the United States the
election victory of Donald
Trump defied pollsters and
pundits, and now threatens
to upend the political order
in the world's sole
superpower and had
portentous consequences
for the world order which
the US has shaped since
World War II and which its
incoming
President
threatens to disrupt.
Our own contribution demonetization - may not
have shaken the world, but
it has certainly rattled India.
Just what will be its
consequences is something
we will watch out for in
2017. Prime Minister
Modi's New Year Eve
speech was supposed to
give us some clarity on the
issue, but it turned out to be
a damp squib. There are
other events in the year
gone by which have yet to
take a definitive shape -the
failed Turkish coup, the USIran rapprochement, the
UNCLOS arbitration court's
award in the South China
Sea, the failure of the Trans
Pacific Partnership - and
which can have wider
geopolitical consequences
in the year to come.
There is little doubt that

British PM May went to India at the head of

a business delegation with the aim of
bringing down barriers to commerce and
paving the way for a free trade agreement
following Brexit
2017's most momentous
development will be the
unfolding of the Trump
presidency. His rise,
statements and his Cabinet
appointments suggest that
the US is determined to
change the international
rules of the game.
This could have huge
implications for the global
trading system of course,
but more complicated could
be his efforts to re-write the
tenets of America's global
political doctrine based on
liberal internationalism.
Conventional wisdom has it
that the Trump doctrine
would push allies to spend
more on defence, but the big
question is whether the
alliance system can survive
the strain imposed on it by a
Trump presidency.
For Europe 2017 could be
a make or break year. There
are many elements in this
mix- a potential US
rapprochement with Russia,
the possible election upsets
in its two principal nations,
France and Germany, and
the rise if Islamist
radicalism.
Powerplay
In China, the event to
watch is the 19th
Communist Party Congress
likely to be held in
November. This is likely to
involve much jockeying for
power for it could decide
the succession to Xi Jinping

in 2022.
It offers Xi the ability to
shape the direction the party
and the country will move
because he will seek to put
in place a Central
Committee and politburo
which will reflect his
priorities.
In
these
circumstances, the Chinese
approach to the US will be a
cautious one, waiting to see
how things play out before
making any new moves.
For us in India, the UP
election outcome is easily
the most important political
event of 2017. With
demonetisation kicking in
and the Parliament still
locked, the chances of
significant reform that
could accelerate economic
growth is doubtful.
Perhaps this is as Modi
has calculated, putting all
efforts in the development
arena in a back-burner till
he consolidates himself
politically, which means
winning the UP elections
and consequently the
general elections of 2019.
Policies
Modi may be in a position
to control the narrative
domestically, but he will not
have an easy ride abroad.
For one thing, the
expected rise in oil prices
will remove the cushion the
Indian economy has
enjoyed since he became
Prime Minister.

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State and Neighbour

NML dedicates HDPS for laboratory scale simulation

Jamshedpur : The Hot

Dip Process Simulator
(HDPS) facility for
laboratory scale simulation
of in-line continuous hot
dip galvanizing and
galvannealing processes
was inaugurated today at
CSIR-National
Metallurgical Laboratory (
NML), Jamshedpur.
Dr. Tridibesh Mukherjee,
chairman, Empowered
Board,
Jamshedpur,
inaugurated the HDPS
simulator. The simulator is
procured under the project
entitled "Study on the
Interface Layer Formation
during Hot Dip Galvanizing of Advanced High
Strength Steel (AHSS) or
Dual Phase Steels for
Automotive Applications"
jointly sponsored by Steel
Development
Fund,

Ministry of Steel, Govt. of

India and Tata Steel Ltd.
Jamshedpur.
Dr. N.G. Goswami,
acting director, CSIR-NML
welcomed the empowered
board members, invitees
from industries and the

Jamshedpur, Wednesday, January 04, 2017

project team from CSIRNML and Tata Steel.

He highlighted the
genesis of the project
proposal and the need to
have a hot dip galvanising
simulator at CSIR-NML.
Dr. Goswami said, the

leading Indian galvanized

steel producers are also
looking for up-gradation of
their process technology for
producing materials conforming to very stringent
quality specifications for
high end applications. The

HDPS system installed at

CSIR-NML will be able to
simulate the hot dip
galvanising process in
laboratory scale to cater to
the demand by the steel and
automotive industries.
Moreover, the simulator
will also be available for
standard GI/GA coating
processes as well as for the
complex, highly advanced
thermal
treatment
simulation to cater to the
latest research requirements
for thermal treatment and
coating of AHSS and other
steel grades needed by
automotive industry.
While delivering his
inaugural address, Dr.
Mukherjee highlighted the
importance of AHSS in the
automobile sector and the
future prospects of good
quality steel products in the

Tayo Rolls employees see a ray of hope with return of Ratan Tata

Jamshedpur, Jan. 3 :
Tayo Sangharsh Samiti on
Tuesday held a general
meeting at Arunoday Club
Ground in Gamharia.
Addressing the gathering,
SN Singh, labour union
leader said, it's very sad
that employees of Tayo
Rolls have not received
their salary for three
months.
It's a first incident in the
history of Tata Group that
employees are facing
difficulty to even get three
meals a day.
Employees now have a
ray of hope with the return

of Ratan Tata on the helm

of Tata Group, added
Singh.
Tayo employees have

trust in the Tata group and

believe that labours won't
be harmed under the
leadership of Ratan Tata.

They hope that Ratan Tata

would take steps to restore
Tayo Rolls which would
help the employees in

getting back their jobs.

SN Singh appealed the
workers not to panic and to
continue their protest till
they succeed.
Labour Union leader
further said, the labour
department had dismissed
the closing down of the
company but still the
workers have not received
the salary which is
unconstitutional. Inter
Lokatery Admission would
be filed at High Court by
next week and the
employees hope to get
decision in their favour
from the court.

world. He emphasised that

"Make in India" initiative
of the Govt. of India would
push the country to be one
of the largest producers of
the automotive grade high
strength steels. He said that
the HDPS installed at
CSIR-NML, Jamshedpur,
will help the steel industries
in developing good quality
adherent coating for
advanced high strength
steels, which will enable
the Indian industries to
compete with the reputed
manufacturers across the
world. He opined that the
installation of the HDPS at
CSIR-NML is just a
milestone and it requires
further efforts from the
laboratory as well as the
Indian industries to achieve
pioneering results in the
coming future.

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A delegation of Machaan handing over Mithila Panchang to

Jharkhand governor Draupadi Murmu in Ranchi on Tuesday.

BJP ally AJSU chief skips Development

Council meet in Jharkhand

Santhal Pargana Act (SPT)

-- in the winter session of
the assembly in November
last year despite objections
from a united opposition
and the alliance partner.
Mahto is one of the many
state leaders opposed to the
land amendments.
After the amendment,
agricultural land in the
tribal-dominated state can
be used for non-agricultural

purposes.
Jharkhand
Water
Resources Minister and
AJSU legislator Chandra
Prakash Chaudhary said:
"Mahto has gone out of the
state and may not be aware
of the meeting."
However, government
sources said the meeting of
the council -- headed by the
Chief Minister -- was fixed
in December.
"The term of council
members is for one year.
Our term is ending on
January 4. Why should we
attend the meeting at the
fag end of our tenure? The
state government is not
serious about the state's
development. There should
have been three meetings in
the last one year," JMM
legislator Kunal Sarangi
told reporters.

A puja being organized at the residence of late KK Singh, city-based builder

and developer, on the eve of his first death anniversary on Tuesday.

Jamshedpur: The MP of
Jamshedpur Vidyut Varan
Mahato met Chief Minister
Raghubar Das on Tuesday
and discussed various
issues related to roads,
railway over bridge
construction and closed
mines of East Singhbhum.
Among the various
issues, the MP raised the
issues of four road
construction
projects
announced by the CM last
year during a programme in
Sonari. The MP said the
detailed project report
(DPR) of the four roads was
ready,
but
the
administrative approval
was yet to be given. The
roads include the roads
from Tata to Madhopur via
Bota chowk in Patamada
and
Bodam,
from
Kharangajhar Chowk in
Telco to Chandni Chowk on
the National Highway 33
via Ghodabandha and
Luabasa, from Dhanchatani
to Govindpur, from
Barabanki to West Bengal
border via Beko and
Kudlung and from Dumaria
Dak Bungalow Chowk to
Lailam Valley in Bahalda

near Odisha border via

Kumrasol, Bakulchanda
and Kowali.
After listening to the MP,
the CM reportedly assured
him
of
prompt
administrative action and
said that he was sending the
proposal for technical
approval after which the
final nod to the said
projects will be given. The
CM also said that a
budgetary provision would
be made in the next budget
to spend Rs 200 crore for
road construction projects
in Jamshedpur Lok Sabha
constituency. Regading the
pending Jugsalai railway
over-bridge project near
railway level crossing, the
MP sought the CM's
intervention and said that
the project should be

Forest dept gives Rs 2.25

lakh in compensation

Jamshedpur: Forest department officials of Jamshedpur

gave a cheque of Rs 2.25 lakh to Raja Ram Bankira, the
husband of late Jeba Bankira, a victim of tusker violence
and a resident of Bagbera, as compensation on Tuesday.
They handed the cheque to Raja Ram in Somai Jhopri
locality of Bagbera police station area. Jeba was trampled
to death by a wild elephant, who had gone berserk on 16th
June last.
The forest department had given an ex gratia amount of
Rs 25,000 to Raja Ram after the incident. Later, the forest
officials completed the formality and gave the
compensation amount to Raja Ram as per the government
rules. Forest officials said the tusker had strayed into
residential area and killed the woman.

Tata Motors launches Xenon Yodha

range of Pick-up trucks

Jamshedpur, Jan 2: Tata Motors today launched its first

product of the year, the new Tata Xenon Yodha, in the
presence of its newly appointed brand ambassador, Akshay
Kumar. Setting new benchmarks in the pick-up segment,
the new Tata Xenon
Yodha is suitable for a
wide
range
of
commercial applications
- a rugged, comfortable,
safe and stylish work
horse, characterised by
everyday practicality,
high
levels
of
performance and lowest
operating cost.
The Tata Xenon Yodha comes with impressive features
that give it a competitive edge among other pick-ups. The
smart pick-up is available in multiple variants - 4x2 & 4x4
and in single & double cab options. Powered by a common
rail diesel engine, the new Tata Xenon Yodha delivers high
power and torque, for varied business requirements, for
ease of day-to-day operations. The new Tata Xenon Yodha
is an ideal solution for diverse commercial usage
transporting agri-produce (Fruits & Vegetable), poultry,
fish, milk, a cash van, a service support vehicle at
construction sites. etc.

Sheyn International wins accolades

at Jamshedpur Flower Show

Jamshedpur, Jan. 3:
Students
of
Sheyn
International
School
participated in the 28th
annual flower show 2016
organized
by
the
horticulture
society,
Jamshedpur and Jusco.
The school won the 2nd
prize under the category
'Cut Flowers (Sec. 87)' and
a special prize for
'Chrysanthemum (Sec. 6).'
This achievement has
been possible under the
care of the school gardener
Aditya Mahato and the Eco

MP meets CM over pending

road and railway projects

Ranchi, Jan 3 (IANS)

All Jharkhand Students
Union (AJSU) President
Sudesh Mahto, an ally of
the ruling BJP and
Jharkhand
State
Development Council
Deputy Chairperson, on
Tuesday skipped a council
meeting here along with
opposition
Jharkhand
Mukti Morcha members.
The
Development
Council meet was however
attended by Chief Minister
Raghubar Das, who heads
the body, his ministers and
senior state government
officials to discuss various
issues.
Mahto is said to be
unhappy with the Raghubar
Das government over
amendments to two land
laws -- Chotanagpur
Tenancy Act (CNT) and

completed without any

further delay. The CM fixed
a meeting with the General
Manager of South Eastern
Railway to discuss the issue
on 5th January in Ranchi.
The MP said he will be
attending a meeting on the
over-bridge issue with the
Railway authorities at
Garden Reach in Kolkata
tomorrow. Mahato also
demanded that the closed
Rakha Mines be revived by
the government. He said
that all other copper and
iron ore mines should also
be revived. The CM said
that all mines will be
restarted to provide
employment opportunities
to the local residents. State
BJP president Laxman
Gilua was also present
during the meeting.

Club of Sheyn International

School. The Principal of the
school Manuj Sharma and
Vice Principal Pushpa

Bhalla congratulated and

motivated the gardener and
the members of Eco club
for the achievement.

Meeting held over polio campaign

Seraikela: District health department of SeraikelaKharsawan is all set to make the district polio free. A
meeting of health officials presided over by the chief
medical officer DR AP Sinha was held in this connection
on Tuesday. It was decided to administer polio drops to all
children up to the age of five years and make the campaign
a grand success. Among those present during the meeting
included Dr KK Sehgal and Dr Jujharu Majhi.

The staff of Ajay Internet Caf celebrating

picnic on the banks of Kharkai.

Trinamool MP's
arrest delayed, much
awaited: CPI-M
Kolkata, Jan 3 (IANS)
The Communist Party of
India (Marxist) on Tuesday
said Trinamool Congress
MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay's arrest by the CBI in
the Rose Valley chit fund
scam was "much awaited"
and accused the Narendra
Modi government of
delaying the arrest. "Sudip
Bandyopadhay's arrest was
imminent, much awaited
and delayed. He is not
alone. It is a gang robbery.
Chit fund operators looted
the common people while a
sizeable section of Trinamool leaders looted the through extortions and donations.
They were sheltered by
some Trinamool leaders in
exchange for financial assistance," CPI-M politburo
member Mohammad Salim
told IANS. Bandyopadhyay,
leader of the Trinamool
Legislative Party in the Lok
Sabha, was arrested by the
Central
Bureau
of
Investigation in Kolkata for
his alleged involvement in
the multi-crore rupee scam.

DRM of Hatia during a courtesy meeting

with Governor Draupadi Murmu in Ranchi
on Tuesday.

Hundreds of animals sacrificed

for divine blessings in Odisha

Bhubaneswar, Jan 3 (IANS) Hundreds of animals were

sacrificed as part of a tribal custom during the "Sulia Yatra"
in Odisha's Bolangir district on Tuesday.
The sacrifice of animals was carried out to appease the
gods.
Hundreds of animals, such as goats and buffalos, were
killed during the puja while the district administration and
police remained mute spectators.
Tribals of the district argued that they have been
observing this ritual for a long time and support animal
sacrifice during the celebrations.
"We performed the puja to appease the gods. People
offer animals as their wishes are fulfilled following the
blessings of gods," said Harihar Kanhar, chief priest.
As part of the custom, tribals first bathe the animals to be
sacrificed and anoint them with turmeric. The animals are
then hacked in the presence of thousands of people.
The district and police administrations only appealed to
maintain law and order during the annual festival.

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Jamshedpur, Wednesday, January 04, 2017

Priyanka Chopra includes

her father's song in 'Sarvann'

Bollywood star Priyanka

Chopra says one of her
original reasons for
producing the forthcoming
Punjabi film "Sarvann"
was to include her late
fathers rendition of a
'shabad.
"My father Dr. Ashok
Chopra's rendition of the
famous shabad by Guru
Gobind Singhji. 'Sarvann',"
Priyanka tweeted on
Tuesday with a link to the
track.
"One of my original
reasons for making
'Sarvann'. Can't wait to
share it with you all. Miss
you dad," added the
National Award winner.
Priyanka said: "He had
recorded the song and we

meant to release it, but then

he fell ill... It really feels
like he's next to me when I

No adverse effect of demonetisation

on the farmers : Union Agri Min
Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh today
asserted there was no adverse effect of demonetisation
on the farmers and the farm growth in 2016-17 will be
much better than the last few years.
Citing examples to prove his point on demonetisation,
Singh said the sale of milk has increased during the
period of note ban and mentioned higher sale of Amul,
Mother Diary and Delhi Milk Scheme.
"Before demonetisation the average sale of milk by
Amul per day was Rs64.55 crore. After demonetisation,
it has increased to Rs74.25 crore per day in NovemberDecember. Similarly, before demonetisation the average
sale of Mother Dairy milk was 28.06 lakh litre, the
average cost was Rs11.42 crore.
After demonetisation it has increased to 29.61 lakh
litre per day. In November-December the average cost is
Rs12.05 crore per day. Under Delhi Milk Scheme
average sale was 2.70 lakh litre per day and average cost
was Rs1.05 crore per day.
After demonetisation it has increased to 2.76 lakh litre
in November-December," Singh said on Thursday while
listing out his ministry's achievements in the last two and
a half years.
The minister claimed that the growth in agriculture
sector will be higher during the current fiscal due to good
monsoon spell. He added that the Centre is ready to
procure pulses and other crops if rates fall below the
minimum support price (MSP) level.

Indian Army -- died in

2013 after a prolonged
battle
with
cancer.

Priyanka was very close to

him, and she has the words
"Daddy's little girl"
tattooed on her wrist.
In 2010, Priyanka had
launched her father's debut
devotional music album
"Haal Mureedan Da
Kehna", which had verses
from the Guru Granth
Sahib.
"Sarvann" is the second
production from Priyanka's
home banner Purple
Pebble Pictures. It features
Amrinder Gill along with
Ranjit Bawa and Simi
Chahal. Directed by
Karaan Guliani, it is a
story of a young NRI
returning to India to find
his roots. The film is
releasing on January 13.

Bollywood star Akshay

Kumar, who is being cast as
the lead in Karan Johar and
Salman Khans co-production, hopes the project is
going to be a "very good
one". Akshay spoke about
the newly announced film
here on Tuesday.
He told the media: "I am

very excited to be a part of

the film, and (I am) hoping

that a very good film is

going to be made."
The news about the
upcoming project was
announced by Akshay,
Karan and Salman via their
social media handles on
Monday night. They said
they are joining forces for a
"special film".

Reality TV personality
Khloe Kardashian is
obsessed with sunglasses
and owns 200 of them.
The "Keeping Up With
the Kardashians" star
shared her collection of
eyewear in a new post on
her app where she showed
off her new storage box she
has bought to store them in,
reports femalefirst.co.uk.
"It makes things so easy.
They're kinda colour-

coded, but you don't have to

go that far. Coloured
aviators are coloured
aviators," she wrote
alongside the image.
Meanwhile, the 32-yearold, who recently finalised
her divorce with Lamar
Odom whom she married in
2009 but split four years
later, said she needed an
"outlet" to help her get
through her break-up.
"I had turned to food and

hear it."
Her father -- who was a
retired doctor from the

Hoping for a very good film: Akshay

on working with KJo, Salman

Hollywood star Vin Diesel will visit India

later this month to promote the forthcoming
film "xXx: Return of Xander Cage". Indian
actress Deepika Padukone, who features in a
key role in the movie, confirmed his visit with
a tweet in Hindi. In the tweet, Deepika said:
"Vin, India is waiting for you with bated breath.
Will meet you soon on January 12 and January
13. Lots of love from us."
The movie, a new instalment in the "xXX"
series after the 2002 film "xXx" and the 2005
entertainer "xXx: State of the Union", is
releasing in India on January 4, before
anywhere else in the world. The movie marks
Deepika's foray into Hollywood, and given that
the trailer features a lot of her, the actress' fans
are looking forward to the movie even more.
Deepika is currently on a tour with the film's
team and her first stop was Mexico.
"Vin will be coming with Deepika to India,
and a couple of other people associated with the
movie might come too," a source in the know
of developments, told IANS.

New York, Jan 3 (IANS) A modest increase in dietary

zinc - about four milligrams - can
help reduce everyday wear and
tear on our DNA, says a study.
While most DNA damage is
harmless, some can have serious
ramifications and a decrease in the
body's ability to fix this wear and
tear may be an important
component of ageing.
"We were pleasantly surprised
to see that just a small increase in dietary zinc can have
such a significant impact on how metabolism is carried
out throughout the body," said lead researcher Janet King,
Senior Scientist at Children's Hospital Oakland Research
Institute in California.
"These results present a new strategy for measuring the
impact of zinc on health and reinforce the evidence that
food-based interventions can improve micronutrient
deficiencies worldwide," King noted.
Zinc is ubiquitous in our body and facilitates many
functions that are essential for preserving life.
It plays a vital role in maintaining optimal childhood
growth, and in ensuring a healthy immune system.
Zinc also helps limit inflammation and oxidative stress
in our body, which are associated with the onset of
chronic cardiovascular diseases and cancers.
Around much of the world, many households eat
polished white rice or highly refined wheat or maize
flours, which provide energy but do not provide enough
essential micronutrients such as zinc.
In the absence of sufficient zinc, our ability to repair
everyday wear and tear on our DNA is compromised.

Different ball game to be

married to artiste: Shaan's wife

Radhika Mukherji, who

tied the knot with singer
Shaan almost two decades
ago, says it's a different ball
game to be married to an
artiste.
Shaan has crooned
several love songs like "Jab
se tere naina", "Chand
sifarish" and "Suno na".
Has he ever composed a
special love song for his
wife?
"Yes, he had written
'Gumsum ho kyon'. I was
really angry with him and I
wasn't talking to him. We
went on a long drive. So, he
started singing the song to
me. He is romantic that
way," Radhika told IANS
over phone from Mumbai.
"But other than that...
there are times when I wake
up in the middle of the
night as he asks me 'What
do you think of the tune?'
But that's how it is... living
with an artiste. It's a
different ball game to be
married to an artiste," she
added.
What about a duet with
him?
"He can sing, I can dance.
I am a very good dancer,"
she said. But singing is not
her forte.
"I love music. I've grown
to understand music, but I
don't think I would like my
husband to stand and ask
'What is she doing?'," she

said when asked if she

would like to sing someday.
Their two sons Soham and
Shubh are also following in
their father's footsteps.
They sang "Bum pe laat"
from the Ajay Devgnstarrer "Himmatwala".
"Shubh has also sung for
Yash Raj Films. Soham
plays piano beautifully. He
is 15. His voice is cracking
now, so he gets conscious
when he has to sing. The
boys are inclined towards
music," said Radhika.
But as parents, they are
not pushing them to pursue
only music. "It's up to them
what they want to do," said
Shaan's wife, who believes

anybody can be a playback

singer.
"The kind of technology
that we have, you can make
an average singer (sound
good)... Make a few
corrections and record the
song. But an average singer
can't perform on the stage
as technology isn't there.
What you see is what you
get," she said. She might
not join the league of
singers in the family, but
she is happy to be a part of
the industry through
Happydemic, which is an
effort of love and passion
(both online and offline) to
bring live performances to
people's doorstep.

had an unhealthy relationship with food my whole

life, and I was like, 'Food
has never helped me lose
weight'," she said. Khloe
then turned to fitness to help her "block out" the stress
from her personal issues.
"I joined Equinox, and I
would go there and put my
headphones on and get on
the elliptical or the stairs,
and no one would bother
me or ask me questions

because even at Starbucks, I

would get the, 'I'm sorry...' I
would watch the 'Real
Housewives' or something
mindless, and I felt like all
the stress I was under, all
the paparazzi, I blocked out
all that noise. "I escaped
there and as a byproduct, I
started losing weight. Then
I thought, 'OK, I'm gonna
call a trainer and Gunnar
Peterson has been a family
friend of ours.'

Khloe Kardashian owns over 200 pairs of sunglasses

Vin Diesel to visit India,

confirms Deepika Padukone

Health
Little extra zinc in diet
may reduce DNA damage

Science

SpaceX to try new launch on Sunday

Barely three months after

one of its rockets blew up
on the launchpad destroying a $200 million
Facebook satellite with it SpaceX has said that it
plans to try again on
January 8.
The new launch date was
included in a report on
Monday that SpaceX
released on the explosion of
its Falcon 9 rocket at Cape
Canaveral, Florida, on
September 1, NBC news
reported.
The
"anomaly"
SpaceX's word - was
caused when supercold
helium led carbon fibres
and aluminium to cool at
different rates on the

second of the rocket's two

stages, the company said.
That opened the gaps
between two layers of the
overwrap, where liquid

oxygen escaped and got

trapped, it said.
That, in turn, caused one
of the protective layers to
"buckle," or fail. Static

Wear your leather jacket stylishly

Brain and tooth size

didn't co-evolve in
humans

Fashion

Leather
jackets
emphasise your personality
and if chosen correctly, they
are capable of refreshing
your image. Don't shy away
from experimenting with
colours of your jacket but
also avoid dressing in one
colour from head to toe,
says an expert.
Harkirat
Singh,
Managing Director at
Woodland Worldwide, has
rolled out a few tips on
styling your leather jacket:
* Dressing in just one
colour from head to toe
does not appear very
flattering. Break the
monotony by pairing blue
jeans with a black leather
jacket. A white T-shirt
peeking out from beneath
the shirt and a thick
woollen scarf will ramp up
the sophistication.
* To soften the look of
the sturdy looking leather
jackets, pair them with light
coloured cotton shirts.
Team them with a grey
trouser and tan shoes for a
smart formal look.
* Don't shy away from

Vel Arch

experimenting with colours

of your jacket. As long as
you get the right colour and
cut, feel free to experiment
with different masculine
hues such as tan or grey. If
you want to go for a
brighter shade, make sure
that
you
carry
it
confidently.
* For a weekend lunch
with friends, wear a black
leather biker jacket with a
grey T-shirt and black jeans
to look cool and casual.

* If your style preference

is a little more on the
preppy side, reach out for a
plain jacket with leather
sleeves. It will add an edge
to your look. Add some
slim blue jeans and
fingerless gloves to
complete the look.
* Try teaming a black
leather
jacket
with
distressed grey jeans for a
polished yet off-duty look.
Uplift this ensemble with
brown leather brogues.

Contradicting a prevalent
perception, a new study
says that our brain
enlargement and dental
reduction did not happen in
lockstep. The findings
suggest that evolution of
brain and tooth size in
humans were likely
influenced by different
ecological and behavioural
factors. "Once something
becomes conventional
wisdom, in no time at all it
becomes dogma," said
study co-author Bernard
Wood, Professor at George
Washington University, US.
"The co-evolution of
brains and teeth was on a
fast-track to dogma status,
but we caught it in the nick
of time," Wood noted.
This research challenges
the common view that
reduction of tooth size in
hominins is linked with
having a larger brain.
The reasoning is that
larger brains allowed
hominins to start making
stone tools and that the use
of these tools reduced the
need to have such large
chewing teeth.

ignited the trapped oxygen,

setting off a chain of
catastrophic explosions,
SpaceX said.
The Falcon rocket was to
have launched an AMOS-6
communications satellite
for a Facebook-Eutelsat
joint venture to extend
Internet
access
to
underserved parts of the
world.
Facebook founder Mark
Zuckerberg said he was
"deeply disappointed" by
the loss but promised that
"we will keep working until
everyone
has
the
opportunities this satellite
would have provided."
SpaceX, a private space
venture run by billionaire

inventor Elon Musk, said

Monday that its engineers
have managed to rejigger
the configuration of the
rocket's helium containers,
moderating the temperature
of the helium and
presumably eliminating
buckling in the overwrap
layer.
If it's successful, the next
launch, tentatively schedule
for Sunday at Vandenberg
Air Force Base, California,
will put 10 satellites into
orbit to upgrade and replace
some of the units in the
Iridium Communications
satellite constellation, a
system of 66 satellites that
provide voice and data
coverage around the world.

Recipe
Murgh Khyber

This recipe is all about getting the marination right. A

mix of chillies, masalas,
ginger-garlic paste and hung
curd infused in tender chicken
tikkas that are roasted golden
on the grill.
Ingredients
1 kg chicken thigh
400 gm hung curd
50 gm Kashmiri chilli
powder
10 gm garam masalapowder
5 gm kasoori methipowder
1 1/2 tsp salt
80 gm mustard oil
50 gm ginger-garlic paste
30 gm brown onion paste
3 gm black cardamom paste
3 gm green cardamom paste
10 gm tomato paste
2 gm red chilli flakes
Method
1. Marinate chicken in ginger garlic paste, Kashmiri red
chilli powder, lemon juice & salt. Keep aside for 4 hours.
2. Rub hung curd and mix all spices and other
ingredients. Make a smooth marination.
3. Add chicken to the marinate and mix well, drizzle
some oil on top, cover and keep in refrigerator for 6 hours.
4. As and when required, take out from fridge and roast
the chicken tikka for 10-12 minutes.
5. Sprinkle with chaat masala, butter and green
coriander. Serve hot.
Key Ingredients:chicken, hung curd, green cardamom,
black cardamom, salt, kasoori methi, onion, tomato,
ginger, garlic, mustard oil, garam masala, red chillies.

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THE AVENUE MAIL

Ton-up Ishank Jaggi, spinner Nadeem put

Jharkhand in command against Gujarat
Jamshedpur, Wednesday, January 04, 2017

Anil Divan replaces Nariman to

suggest BCCI administrators
New Delhi, Jan 3
(IANS) The Supreme Court
on Tuesday appointed
senior counsel Anil Divan
in place of Fali Nariman for
recommending names of
the administrators to
oversee and supervise the
functioning of the Indian
cricket board.
A bench of Chief Justice
T.S. Thakur, Justice A.
Khanwilkar and Justice
D.Y. Chandrachud named
Divan after Nariman
recused himself.
The court on Monday
asked amicus curiae Gopal
Subramanium and Nariman
to suggest the names to
supervise
the
administration of the Board
of Control for Cricket in
India through its Chief
Executive Officer.
The court had given them
two weeks to suggest the
names of persons with
"integrity and experience in
managing a similar
enterprise".
The apex court also
clarified that cricket
administrators will be
allowed to hold office for a
cumulative period of nine
years. This includes the
time they hold office in
their respective state
association as well as the
BCCI.

Too early to take my name as next

BCCI president, says Ganguly

Kolkata, Jan 3 (IANS) Former India captain Sourav

Ganguly on Tuesday calmed talk about him taking over as
the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)
President, saying "it's too early" to draw any such
conclusions. "It's better not to take my name. There is no
reason to take my name. It's too early," Ganguly told
reporters a day after the Supreme Court, in a historic
verdict, sacked board President Anurag Thakur and
Secretary Ajay Shirke for not implementing the July 18
recommendations of the Justice R.M. Lodha Committee.
The bench comprising Chief Justice T.S. Thakur, Justice
A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud also said
that all the office-bearers of the BCCI and its affiliate state
units, who are in conflict with the recommendation of the
Lodha Committee, would demit office. Ganguly, who is
currently the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB)
President said nobody has got any choice but to implement
the Lodha Committee recommendations in toto.

Vel Arch

Nagpur, Jan 3 (IANS)

Jharkhand gained the upper
hand in the Ranji Trophy
semi-final as they reduced
Gujarat to 100 for four in
their second innings after
taking a first innings lead
with a total of 408 all out on
the third day here on
Tuesday.
Resuming the day at 2145, Jharkhand were lifted by
overnight
unbeaten
batsman Ishank Jaggi
(129), who shared a 97-run
seventh wicket stand with
Kaushal Singh (53) as the
first time semi-finalists
moved past Gujarat's first
innings total of 390.
Trailing by 18 runs,
Gujarat were troubled by
left-arm spinner Shahbaz
Nadeem, who picked up

three wickets for 36 runs.

At stumps, Gujarat were
100-4, with a lead of 82
runs.
For
the
troubling
situation, Gujarat bowlers
were to be equally blamed
as they allowed Jharkhand's
lower order to flourish.
Jaggi,
the
lone
recognised
unbeaten
batsman,
who
was
unbeaten on 40 on Monday,
got crucial support from
Rahul Shukla (27) and
Kaushal.
The
Jaggi-Shukla
partnership fetched 70 runs
as the former inched
towards his 15th first class
century. After Hardik Patel
dismissed Shukla with a
LBW decision, Jharkhand
were 283-6, still 107 runs

Williamson lifts Kiwis to easy win vs Bangladesh

Napier (New Zealand),
Jan 3 (IANS) A sparkling
knock from skipper Kane
Williamson powered New
Zealand to an easy sixwicket
win
over
Bangladesh in their first
Twenty20 International
here on Tuesday.
Electing to bat first,
Bangladesh managed a
below-par 141/8 riding on a
gritty half-century from
Mahmudullah at the
McLean Park, reports
bdnews24.com.
The tourists once again
put up a poor show with the
bat as their top order
cheaply surrendered before
Mahmudullah showed
some resolve.
Captain Mashrafe Bin
Mortaza and his men then
staged a good fight early in
New Zealand's chase. They
raised Bangladesh hopes by
reducing the hosts to 62/4
in the 11th over.
But Williamson (73 off
55 balls) then paired with
Colin de Grandhomme (41
off 22 balls) for an

unbroken 81-run partnerhip

off just 47 deliveries, to
coast to the win with two
overs to spare.
While Williamson and de
Grandhomme did appear to
be in control as the overs
ticked down, the chase
looked nervy until they
took 17 runs from the 16th
over bowled by Soumya
Sarkar.
Williamson smashed five
boundaries and two sixes

Mithali to lead Indian eves in ICC

World Cup qualifiers

New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Seasoned player Mithali Raj

will skipper the Indian women's cricket team for the
International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup qualifiers
to be played from February 3 to 21 in Colombo.
The team comprises of most of the prominent names in
the squad which guided India to clinch the women's T20
Asia Cup 2016 title in December last year by beating archrivals Pakistan.
Asian champions and former World Cup finalists India
lead Group A which also includes Sri Lanka, Ireland,
Zimbabwe and Thailand, while South Africa heads Group
B which comprises Pakistan, Bangladesh, Scotland and
Papua New Guinea.
India will open its campaign against Sri Lanka on
February 7 at the P. Sara Oval Stadium.
Squad: Mithali Raj (Captain), Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti
Mandhana, MD Thirush Kamini, Veda Krishnamurthy,
Devika Vaidya, Sushma Verma (wk), Jhulan Goswami,
Shikha Pandey, Sukanya Parida, Poonam Yadav, Ekta
Bisht, Rajeshwari Gayakwad, Deepti Sharma.

Arthur Morris inducted into the

ICC Cricket Hall of Fame

Sydney, Jan 3 (IANS) Former Australia cricketer Arthur

Morris was on Tuesday inducted into the International
Cricket Council's (ICC) Hall of Fame by ex-skipper Steve
Waugh during the tea break on the opening day of the third
Test between Australia and Pakistan here.
Morris, who became the 82nd player to be inducted into
the ICC CRicket Hall of Fame, was given the honour
posthumously. His wife Judith Morris received a
personalised cap from Waugh, himself an ICC Cricket Hall
of Famer. Cricket Australia Chairman David Peever was
also present at the occasion. Mrs Morris said, according to
a release: "It is a great honour to be receiving this award,
which brings in a flood of memories along with it. I thank
the ICC for recognising my husband's contribution to
cricket by inducting him into the ICC Cricket Hall of
Fame." Steve Waugh said: "Cricket has developed over the
years and decades due to the contribution of players who
entertained the crowds with their attractive game and made
contests memorable due to their steely resolve.

on his way to scoring his

sixth T20I half-century, in
the process becoming the
fourth New Zealand
batsman to score 1,000
T20I runs.
De
Grandhomme's
cameo contained three
fours and as many sixes.
Rubel Hossain, Shakib Al
Hasan and Mustafizur
Rahman each picked up a
wicket for Bangladesh.
Earlier, Mahmudullah

West Indies keen on

playing T20s in
Pakistan: PCB

Lahore, Jan 3 (IANS)

The Pakistan Cricket Board
(PCB) has said the West
Indies were ready to play
two Twenty20 Internationals here next March once
adequate security could be
guaranteed.
PCB
Executive
Committee
Chairman
Najam Sethi said on
Monday he had been in
touch with the West Indies
Cricket Board (WICB) on
the matter, and the
Caribbean
cricket
governing body were keen
on the move, reports CMC.
"West Indies have asked
to make satisfactory
security for the team," he
said.
He added: "We gave a
proposal to WICB that after
West Indies' tour (against)
England on March 9, they
can visit Pakistan between
March 11 to 15."
In return, Sethi said the
PCB would give the green
light to a request from the
WICB to play two T20
Internationals in Florida at
the end of March.
The West Indies recently
played a full series of three
Twenty20 Internationals,
three
One-Day
Internationals and three
Tests against Pakistan, but
all games were scheduled in
the United Arab Emirates
(UAE).

returned to form by
cracking a gritty halfcentury.
But Bangladesh were put
the sword early on by
debutant pacers Lockie
Ferguson (3/32) and Ben
Wheeler (2/22) who
reduced them to 30/4.
After opener Imrul Kayes
was dismissed for a duck
Tamim Iqbal (11), Sabbir
Rahman, Shakib got starts
but could not stretch their
innings.
Soumya
Sarkar
continued his poor form
and got out for a golden
duck.
Mahmudullah then dug
deep and struck a 47-ball
52, smashing three
boundaries and as many
sixes to help the Tigers
post a respectable total on
the scoreboard.
Mosaddek Hossain (20
off 17 balls) also played a
good hand down the order.
But Bangladesh, who
have never beaten New
Zealand in a T20, were left
ruing the fact that 30 runs

more from the top order on

a good paced wicket with
short square boundaries
may have changed things
in New Zealand's chase.
Ferguson, making his
international Twenty20
debut, had taken two
wickets in his first two
balls but was denied the
hat-trick
when
Mahmudullah clamped
down on the 147 kph
inswinging yorker.
He eventually fooled the
right-hander in the final
over with a slower
delivery.
The teams now head to
Mt Maunganui for the
remaining two games on
January 6 and January 8.
Brief scores:
Bangladesh: 141/8 in 20
overs (Mahmudullah 53;
Lockie Ferguson 3/32)
New Zealand: 143/4 in
18 overs (Kane Williamson
73 n.o., Colin De
Grandhomme 41 n.o;
Shakib Al Hasan 1/30,
Rubel Hossain 1/43,
Mustafizur Rahman 1/21).

behind Gujarat.
But Gujarat failed to
exert the right amount of
pressure on Jaggi, who
played with ease and
continued
to
drive
Jharkhand's innings with
the help of Kaushal, with
whom he shared a 97-run
stand.
Their stand was broken
by pacer Jasprit Bumrah,
who dismantled Kaushal's
stumps. Jaggi too followed
him to the pavilion, offering
a catch to Rujul Bhatt off a
R.P. Singh delivery -- but
not before ensuring that
Jharkhand
got
past
Gujarat''s total, by three
runs.
Nadeem contributed 16
runs till Singh removed
him, while also claiming

Loeb 6-4, 7-6 (5).

Danish
Caroline
Wozniacki also easily
advanced to the second
round
after
beating

Sydney, Jan 3 (IANS)

Riding on brilliant knocks
from openers Matthew
Thomas Renshaw (167 not
out) and David Warner
(113), Australia scored
365/3 on the opening day of
the third cricket Test match
against Pakistan at the
Sydney Cricket Ground
here on Tuesday.
Warner, who slammed 17
boundaries in a 95-ball
knock became the first
batsman to hit a century in
the opening session of a
Test match here, while his
compatriot Renshaw scored
his first Test century.
Renshaw and Peter
Handscomb (40) were at
the crease when umpires
dislodged the bails for the
day.
For Pakistan, pacer
Wahab Riaz scalped two
wickets while Yasir Shah
took one wicket.
After winning the toss
and electing to bat,
Australia started the day on

American Nicole Gibbs 61, 6-0 in just 51 minutes.

Dutch Kiki Bertens was
beaten by America's Lauren
Davis 7-6 (3), 6-4.

a positive note as Renshaw

and Warner, who slammed
his third consecutive Test
ton at the ground, forged a
151-run partnership for the
first wicket before the lefthander was dismissed by
Riaz in the 33rd over of the
innings.
Usman Khawaja (13)
then joined the 20-year-old
but could not add much to
the score as he was also
sent packing in the 49th
over.

Jaipur the lead with a 12-4 win over

Punjab's Jitendra.
Jitendra,
the
current
Commonwealth champion, gave a
tough fight initially but Jakob's
superior technique and experience
ultimately proved to be too much for
him. Jitendra opened up a 2-0 lead
early on but the Georgian flipped him
over to level the scores.
Another successful two-point move
saw him go into the break with a 4-2
lead.
Jakob increased his lead just after
the resumption with another twopointer before conceding a couple of
points.
The Punjab wrestler then went for a
leg hold which initially troubled
Jakob but the 2016 World Cup bronze
medallist produced a successful

Skipper Steven Smith

(24), who was dominant in
Melbourne, then gave a
simple catch to Sarfraz
Ahmed in an attempted cut
at a Yasir Shah delivery in
the 60th over.
After the fall of three
quick wickets, Handscomb
along with Renshaw
steadied the innings and
stitched a 121-run fourth
wicket partnership to help
Australia reach a strong
position.

KKR appoint Balaji as bowling coach

Kolkata, Jan 3 (IANS) Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR)

appointed former India pacer Laxmipathy Balaji as their
bowling coach on Tuesday.
Balaji will replace Pakistan legend Wasim Akram who
will miss the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) 2017
cricket tournament due to his other professional
commitments and time constraints. Akram was appointed
the KKR bowling coach in 2010 and has helped the
franchise to two titles in 2012 and 2014.
Balaji, who was an integral part of KKR's bowling lineup from 2011 to 2013, also contributed to the team's
victorious campaign in 2012.
Making the announcement, Venky Mysore, CEO & MD
of KKR, said in a release: "Its great to welcome Bala back
to the KKR family. He was an integral part of KKR from
2011-13 & played a key role in helping KKR win the
championship in 2012." Commenting on his new role as
bowling coach of KKR, Balaji said: "I had thoroughly
enjoyed my stint as a player for KKR and I am delighted to
be back to the franchise that I have admired."

Jaipur outmuscle Punjab in PWL

New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Jaipur

Ninjas registered a comprehensive 5-2
victory over Punjab Royals in a Pro
Wrestling League (PWL) contest at
the KD Jadhav Stadium here on
Tuesday.
Jakob Makarashvili (74kg), Pooja
Dhanda (women's 58kg), Jenny
Fransson (women's 75kg) Vinod
Kumar Omprakash (70kg) and
skipper Elizbar Olikadze (97Kg) won
their respective bouts for Jaipur.
Skipper Vladimir Khinchegashvili
(57kg) -- the reigning Olympic
champion and the most expensive
wrestler this season -- and Nigeria's
Odunayo Adekuoroye (women's
53kg) were the the only bright spots
for Punjab on the night.
World and European bronze
medallist Jakob Makarashvili handed

by Virat Singh off

Nadeem's bowling, to leave
Gujarat in a spot of bother
at 93-3.
To make matters worse
for Gujarat, Nadeem earned
a LBW verdict against
Gohel, as the western outfit
lost its fourth wicket for 98
runs.
Come
Wednesday,
Gujarat's hopes will hinge
on the unbeaten batsmen
Manpreet Juneja (2 not out)
and Hardik (0 not out).
Brief scores: Gujarat first
innings 390 and 100-4
(Samit Gohel 49, Bhargav
Merai 44; Shahbaz Nadeem
3-36) vs Jharkhand: 408 all
out (Ishank Jaggi 129,
Ishan Kishan 61, Kaushal
Singh 53; R.P. Singh 6-90)
on Day 3.

David Warner, Renshaw tons put

Australia on top against Pakistan

Serena Williams wins at Auckland Classic

Auckland, Jan 3 (IANS)

American tennis star Serena
Williams began her
Auckland Classic tennis
tournament campaign with
a win over France's Pauline
Parmentier
here
on
Tuesday.
The American player
easily defeated Parmentier
6-3, 6-4 in 75 minutes,
reports Efe.
Serena had not played
since last September due to
physical problems.
She will face her
compatriot
Madison
Brengle, who defeated
fellow American Jamie

Ajay Yadav (6), who was

the last batsman to be
dismissed for Jharkhand.
Singh took 6-90, while
Hardik bagged two wickets
for 108 runs.
Gujarat got a blow early
into their second innings
when
first
innings
centurion, opening batsman
Priyank Kirit Panchal, was
run out for 1 with the team
at 18-1.
Samit Gohel (49) and
Bhargav Merai (44) helped
Gujarat overcome the early
blow with a 69-run stand
for the second wicket.
But spinner Nadeem had
other plans. He started his
dangerous spell by cleaning
up Merai, before captain
and India wicket-keeper
Parthiv Patel (1) was caught

counter which earned him two points.

The Georgian showed excellent
technique to continue his domination
and complete what proved to be a
comfortable win at the end.
Pooja Dhandha then doubled
Jaipur's lead by defeating Punjab's
Manju Kumari 4-1.
Skipper Vladimir Khinchegashvili
pulled one back for Punjab by
overcoming a tough challenge from
Jaipur's Indian youngster Utkarsh
Kale in the men's 57kg category.
Vladimir, the reigning Olympic
champion, saw off a tough challenge
from Kale to notch up an 8-5 win.
Kale surprised Vladimir in the early
stages with his aggression. The Jaipur
wrestler took a 2-0 lead almost
immediately after the start and then
threw the Olympic champion.

Bhambri advances
at Chennai Open
Chennai, Jan 3 (IANS)
Indian tennis player Yuki
Bhambri
defeated
compatriot and local boy
Ramkumar Ramanathan 62, 6-1 to advance to the
second round of the 22nd
Aircel Chennai Open at the
SDAT Stadium here on
Tuesday.
Bhambri
displayed a compact, allround game to overwhelm
wild card Ramanathan in
just 53 minutes.
The 24-year-old broke
Ramanathan thrice in the
first set and twice in the
second, not giving him any
chance to even put up a
fight.

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THE AVENUE MAIL

Jamshedpur, Wednesday, January 04, 2017

Vel Arch

District administration gears up for historic 'Prakashotsav' in Jamshedpur

Jamshedpur, Jan. 3 :
Chief Minister Raghubar
Das had announced that a
grand scale state level
'Prakashotsav' would be
organised on the occasion
of 350th birth anniversary
of Sikh's 10th Guru, Guru
Gobind Singh Ji in
Jamshedpur.
East Singhbhum district
administration is all geared
up for the three-day
'Virasat-e-KhalsaKaum'
programme scheduled at
Gopal Maidan from 9 to 11
January, 2017. DC Amit
Kumar and their subordinate held a meeting to
finalise the invitation card,
poster, hoarding etc. To
coordinate with the Sikhs in
the district, 18 sub committees will be formed for
which the framework has
been fixed. DC Amit Kumar
is in regular contact with

Rahul Sharma, secretary of

state tourism department;
Jagjeet Singh, Nodal officer
cum special officer of
Education department and
Inderjeet Singh, President
of State level organizing
committee. People of the
Sikh community from
Jamshedpur along with
nearby areas are visiting
Patna in big numbers.
Gurudwara committees
and organisations are sending off the groups chanting
'Bole So Nihaal Sat Sri
Akal' in unison from the
railway stations. Sikh sangat from Mango and
Sitaramdera have left for
Patna in huge numbers
where snacks and tea
arrangements have been
made at Railway Station by
Station Road Gurudwara
committee. On Tuesday
morning, more than 50 four-

Sikh Sangat in big numbers

leaves for Patna Sahib

A delegation of Central Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee led by Indrajeet

Singh during a meeting with CM Raghubar Das in Ranchi on Tuesday.
wheelers left for Patna from
SakchiGurudwara. They
were accorded send off by
CGPC President Inderjeet

Singh, Gurdev Singh Raja,

Hardayal
Singh,
Sukhvinder Singh Raju,
Jasbeer Singh Chire and

others.
Seeing the huge rush of
people waiting to go to
Patna, Raghubar Das had
asked the railways to run

special
trains
from
Jamshedpur, Dhanbad and
Ranchi to Patna and add
extra coaches to enable the
Sikh community members

to attend PrakashUtsav,
birth anniversaryof Guru
Gobind Singh in Patna on
January 5.
Along with the former

chief minister of Jharkhand

ArjunMunda,
former
Jharkhand Assembly speaker Inder Singh Namdhari,
Tata Steel MD TV
Narendran, Chairman of
Mongia Steel Gunwant
Singh and several corporate
and labour union leaders
have been invited at the religious programme.
The whole GopalMaidan
in Bistupur will be under
CCTV surveillance while
special arrangements will
be available for parking of
the vehicles.
The organisers have also
made hotel rooms available
at concessional rates for the
Sikhs from Jharkhand,
Bihar, West Bengal and
Orissa. Accom-modation is
also available at Ramgharia
Club, Khalsa Clun, Tulsi
Bhawan, Dharmshala and
other places.

Tata Steel launches safety campaign on 32 Breeds to compete at Jamshedpur Kennel Club Dog Show
Jamshedpur, Jan. 3: The
finally an agility display by
'Moving Machinery-Stop before Touch' Jamshedpur
59th,
60th
&
61st
Championship
from
Jan
6
Kennel Club is
the Tata Steel & Motor's
Jamshedpur, January 3:
A safety campaign on
"Moving Machinery- Stop
before Touch" was launched
today at Steelennium Hall.
It was launched by
Sudhansu Pathak, VP Steel
Manufacturing, Tata Steel,
Suresh Kumar, VP, Shared
Services, Tata Steel, R Ravi
Prasad, president, TWU,
and Vilas N Gaikwad, Chief
Safety, Tata Steel India &
SEA.
The objective of this campaign is to protect workmen
from the hazards of moving
machinery and to prevent
accidents and incidents
resulting from the use of
moving machinery at work.
During the function, the
divisions who have contributed significantly in the
FY' 17, Q2 safety campaign
on 'Material Handling- Be
Clear Stay Clear' were also
felicitated.
Steel
Manufacturing Division
was awarded as THE win-

ner,
Shared
Services
Division as First Runner's
Up &Tubes Division as 2nd
Runner's up.
The event was attended
by Chiefs, Heads, Front line
supervisors, vendor partners, Union representatives
from all division under
Jamshedpur Works, whereas out locations of TSL
India were connected
through
Video
Conferencing
For achieving the goal of
zero harm as a part of six
safety strategic priorities,
theme based quarterly
safety campaigns guideline

was rolled out in FY'17 to

address current major safety
concerns such as slip, trip,
fall and hit or press by
object, material handling,
rail and road safety.
Apex Training and
Communication Safety subcommittee was the process
owner for these safety campaigns under "Find It, Own
It, Fix It" initiative.
Employee
Safety
Competency Network team
worked behind the scene for
formulation of the guideline
and smooth coordination for
the safety campaigns
throughout TSL India.

Distributors Association's annual get-together on Jan 10

Jamshedpur, Jan. 3: Jamshedpur

Distributors Association will hold its annual get together at Singhbhum Chamber of
Commerce and Industry on Tuesday,
January 10. At the event cultural programmes will be organised in the evening
followed by dinner for the members of the
association and their families. To make the

event successful, a meeting was held at

Tulsi Bhawan on Tuesday headed by
President of the association Jitesh to
finalise the preparations.
The meeting was also attended by officers and working committee members.
General Secretary of the association, Dilip
Kumar Goyal said, all the members have
been invited for the get together along with
their families. The members were handed
over the responsibility for the event. The
meeting was attended by Vice-president
Syed Parwez and Yugal Maheshwari, joint
secretary Manoj Kumar Agarwal, Rajesg
Agarwal, Ganga Prasad, Sanjay Agarwal,
Anand Agarwal, Praveen Goyal, Bukhtar
Ahmed, Soni and others.

organizing the Annual 59th,

60th & 61st Championship
Dog Show on January 6th 8th, 2016 at JRD Tata
Sports Complex (Hockey
Ground).
Jamshedpur
Kennel Club - the only
Kennel Club in Bihar and
Jharkhand which is recognized and functions under
the aegis of The Kennel
Club of India. It has the distinction of being recognized
as one of the leading Pointed and non-Pointed Shows.
The much appreciated
and awaited Dog Show
forms its part of the Tata
Steel initiative Jamshedpur
FEST. T V Narendran,
Managing Director, Tata
Steel, India & SEA will be
the Chief Guest for the inauguration on January 6th at
8:30 am. The inauguration
ceremony will be attended
by senior dignitaries of the
District Administration,
Tata Motors, Associated

Companies and eminent

Citizens, etc.
The show would be conducted like earlier years as
per KCI rules in 10 groups
and 135 classes. This year, a
record 315 entries have
been received from all over
the country. This year, the
Championship Dog Show
will have around 32 breed
instead of 26 in the past
year. Apart from the popular
breeds
like
German

DPRO Urvashi Pandey assumes charge

Jamshedpur,
Jan. 2 : Urvashi
P a n d e y
returned for his
maternity leave
and took charge
as
district
public relation
officer (DPRO)
of
East
Singhbhum on
Tuesday. Mrs.
Pandey took
over from Sanjay Kumar. Deputy collector of chief minister camp office Sanjay Kumar had the additional charge of
DPRO for the last six months as Urvashi Pandey was on
maternity leave.

BJP's Vikas Parv celebration at Patamda on Jan 7

Jamshedpur, Jan 3: The

Jharkhand BJP is celebrating the 'VikasParv' (festival
of development) on the two
years completing of Raghubar Das government. The
programme will be held at
Dak Bangla Maidan in Patamda under Jugsalai Assembly area on January 7.
O Tuesday, BJP district
president Dinesh Kumar
held a meeting with all the
party unit presidents and
gave necessary directives in
concerned with the Vikas
Parv celebration. He asked
the party workers to ensure
public participation at the
function and make the programme a massive success.
It was also decided that the

programme will be headed

by Jamshedpur MP Vidhut
Varan Mahato as there is no
representative of the party
from Jugsalai area.Also
present will be MLA

MenkaSardar,
Zila
Parishadvice-chairperson
Rajkumar Singh along with
senior party leaders from
the district and the state.
Later addressing the

meeting, BJP district president said, local public

should be invited at the programme so that the innovative and welfare schemes of
the government should

reach them.
'Due to lack of information about the schemes,
people fail to get the benefit. BJP aims to help reach
the scheme to the last person and party workers play
an important role. After the
meeting, party leaders
headed by district president
inspected the programme
venue, took stock of the
preparations and issued
guidelines to the local party
workers.
Mantucharan
Dutta extended the vote of
thanks in presence of Sandeep Mishra, VimalkantJha,
Paresh Mukhi, Ankit
Anand, Amarjeet Singh
Raja, Manoj Vajpayee,
VimlaBaitha and others.

Jugsalai Municipality to start door-to door waste collection from today

Jamshedpur : The local civic

body, Jugsalai Municipality will
start door-to door waste collection
from tomorrow. The urban civic
body made announcements through
public address system about its new
initiative. Officials of Jugsalai
Municipality said that seven vehicles for waste collection ( garbage
tipper of Mahindra costing around
Rs 6 lakh each) which were procured in September last year and
were lying idle would be utilised
for the task.
Special officer of Jugsalai
Municipality Surendra Prasad said
the new initiative would bring
about a big change in cleanliness
drive at Jugsalai, a commercial cum

residential area.
" It is our ambitious project and
we are looking forward to make it
successful. The work of door-todoor waste collection would be carried out by a private agency. The
vehicles along with the cleaning
staff would go door-to door and
collect domestic wastes. Initially,
we will start with four vehicles.

Later, rest of the vehicles will be

used covering more areas," he said.
Jugsalai has a population of
about 60,000. For convenience of
waste collection the locality has
been divided into various zones.
The door-to-door waste collection
will cover around 6,000 houses.
According to a rough estimate
Jugsalai generates wastes of 0.50

tonnes daily.
The area is known for garbage
and waste overflowing. Areas like
Gauri Shanker Road, Gareeb
nawaz Colony are worst hit.
"Heaps of garbage and filth lie
unattended in our locality but there
is no one to listen. A drain is over
flowing nearby our complex
though I went to lodge a complained at Jugsalai Municipality but
despite assurances the situation
remains the same.The stink and
unhygienic atmosphere bothers
commuters, especially pedestrians
using footpaths along the roads.
People inhale these particles and
fell victim to various infectious disease," said a resident.

Shephard, Labrador, Golden Retriever, Doberman,

Dalmatian, Boxer, Beagles,
Daschund,
Mastif's,
pugsthis year we would be
having some special breeds
like -Akita, Afghan Hound,
Siberian Husky, Maltese,
Miniature
Schnauzer,
Alaskan Malamute, Kerry
Blue Terrier, Che Wa Wa,
Fox Terrier, Whippet etc.
This year the Obedience
and All Breed Show would

be judged by three eminent

judges- Maria Lucia from
Brazil, Simon Sim from
Philippines and K K Trivedi
from India.
The inaugural Show
would comprise of welcoming of the Guests, speech by
the President and Chief
Guest, march-past by the
Tata Steel & Motors
Kennels, a walk by school
kids with Dog's all dressed
up for the occasion and

Kennel's dogs.
The
Obedience Show would be
held after the inaugural
function on 6th Jan '17 from
9.30am to 6.30pm and followed by the All-Breed
Show on 7th & 8th Jan'17
from 8.00am to 6.30 pm on
both days. The Prize distribution for the All Breeds
Show Line-up and Best in
Breeds would be held on
8th Jan'17 at 6.30 pm where
the Chief Guest for the closing ceremony would be A B
Lall, Plant Head , Tat
Motors. The Jamshedpur
Kennel Club Organizing
Committee is led by A M
Misra,
President
,
Biswanath Roy, Secretary ,
Ruchi Narendran, Show
Secretary, Srimanti Sen , Jt
Show Secretary , R K Sinha
& Sudipto Sarkar, Jt.
Secretaries and H C Prasad,
Treasurer along with other
Executive
Committee
Members.

Blankets distributed among adivasis

Jamshedpur, Jan. 3 : Anandmarg

Universal Relief Team Global distributed
blankets among Bihoradivasisat Patipani
village on NH-33 on Tuesday. Later in the
night, blankets were also distributed among
needy and homeless at Tatanagar Railway
Station. Total 200 blankets were distributed
in the day. On the occasion Amit Singh,
Arun Singh, Ranjan Singh, Sanju Singh,
Satyendra Singh, Urmila Devi, Sunil

Anand, Rupa Devi, Rajkumar Devi, Sudhir

Sing and others were present.