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- Scorecard of Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals in IPL 5
- Areva Reliance join to make Asia’s largest Solar Power Plant
- Jadavpur University professor Ambikesh Mahapatra gets bail
- Women more active on Social Networks compared to men
- Infosys accused of VISA fraud in United States
- Raj Thackeray praises Nitish for his performance in Bihar
- Girls in Uttar Pradesh to get free Engineering or Medical Edication
- Jadavpur University professor arrested for mocking Mamta Bannerjee Cartoons
- Remembering martyrs of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
- Political parties fuming over Bihar Day Celebrations in Mumbai
| Scorecard of Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals in IPL 5 Posted: 13 Apr 2012 04:22 PM PDT Kolkata Knight Riders beat Rajasthan Royals by five wickets in an Indian Premier League (IPL) match at the Eden Gardens here Friday. Chasing 132 for victory, Knight Riders reached the target with four balls to spare. Former Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan was the star of the show, taking three wickets for 17 runs and scoring 16 off 10 balls. The following is the scoreboard of the Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals at the Eden Gardens here Friday. Rajasthan Royals: Rahul Dravid c Tiwary b Shakib Al Hasan 28 Extras: (b 1, w 9) 10 Total: (for five wickets in 20 overs) 131 Fall of wickets: 1-45 (Rahane, 6.1 overs), 2-48 (Menaria, 7.5), 3-49 (Dravid, 8.2), 4-108 (Goswami, 16.4), 5-113 (Shah, 18.1) Bowling: Lakshmipathy Balaji 4-0-27-0 Kolkata Knight Riders: Jacques Kallis lbw b Botha 31 Extras: (b 4, lb 2, w 6) 12 Total: (for five wickets in 19.2 overs) 137 Fall of wickets: 1-22 (Gambhir, 3.6 overs), 2-70 (Kallis, 10.5), 3-94 (Bisla, 14.5), 4-108 (Tiwary, 16.3), 5-126 (Shakib Al Hasan, 18.4) Bowling: Johan Botha 4-0-22-1  |
| Areva Reliance join to make Asia’s largest Solar Power Plant Posted: 13 Apr 2012 05:49 AM PDT Areva Solar, France-based Areva’s subsidiary, has bagged a contract by Reliance Power to build Asia’s largest concentrated solar power installation. “Areva Solar, an Areva subsidiary, has been awarded a contract by the Indian group Reliance Power Limited to build a 250 megawatt (MW) concentrated solar power (CSP) installation in India, which will become the largest in all of Asia,” the company said in a statement. “The project will help advance India’s goal of adding 20,000 MW of solar energy by 2022. It will result in the avoidance of approximately 5,57,000 tons of CO2 emissions per year compared to a similar sized coal fired power plant,” it added. Under the contract, Areva will build two 125 MW CSP plants using its compact linear fresnel reflector technology, and will provide construction management services for the project. The first phase of the project is under construction, with a target commercial operation date of May 2013. The solar power plants will be located in Rajasthan. “We will leverage our best-in-class experience to help make India and Reliance global solar industry leaders. Following our success in the French wind offshore sector, this contract reinforces the AREVA strategy in renewable energies,” said Luc Oursel, chief executive officer, Areva. This project further strengthens and diversifies Areva’s low-carbon energy hub in India.  |
| Jadavpur University professor Ambikesh Mahapatra gets bail Posted: 13 Apr 2012 05:33 AM PDT Dr. Ambikesh Mahapatra, a professor of physical chemistry in Jadavpur University who was arrested on Thursday night for publishing cartoons of Mamta Bannerjee has been granted bail . Another person, Subrata Sengupta, the secretary of Mahapatra’s housing society,was also arrested as the professor allegedly used the society’s registered email id to send the cartoon strips. Both Mahapatra and Sengupta were granted bail by the court of 2nd judicial magistrate (Alipore) Suparna Roy. “All the sections under which Mahapatra and Sengupta were arrested were bailable and hence the court granted them bail. Moreover, one of the sections being non cognizable, the police were at fault in arresting him without a warrant,” said Mahapatra’s lawyer. Mahapatra was also beaten allegedly by Trinamool Congress supporters while he was returning home and handed over to the police after filing a complaint against him. The arrest has evoked widespread condemnation. Trinamool Congress rebel MP Kabir Suman, condemning the arrest, said: “Even I have received the cartoon and I cannot fathom how it can be a cyber crime. It has been made in good humour. If he can be arrested today then who knows we may be arrested tomorrow.” Political leaders cutting across party lines have been vocal in condemning the arrest. While Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state secretary Rahul Sinha called the action a blatant misuse of power, Congress leader O.P. Mishra said the move was an attack on the democracy and freedom of speech and expression. Educationist Sunando Sanyal, once considered close to Banerjee, said: “This is not the change one had desired. It is unfortunate. I cannot understand how she (Banerjee) can take such a step. It shows her impatience.” Actor Kaushik Sen said: “I could not suppress my smile when I heard about the issue. But at the same time this is a laughable matter. If somebody draws a cartoon he has to be arrested? This is ridiculous and alarming. I feel concerned. May be, later our plays will be stopped and our houses attacked.” Students of Jadavpore university took printouts of the cartoon and displayed them in the campus, and put up posters opposing the arrest. The government, however, defended the police action. Transport Minister Madan Mitra said the act by Mahapatra was demeaning of a teacher while Labour Minister Purnendu Bose said: “It is an attempt to insult Banerjee and police have done what they are expected to do in such a case.”  |
| Women more active on Social Networks compared to men Posted: 13 Apr 2012 04:56 AM PDT
Females age 15 and older spend more time social networking than their male counterparts. In North America and Europe, women spent an average of nearly two hours (30 percent) more than men on social networking sites last year. Latin America saw both females and males average the most hours on social networking sites globally, with females averaging 8.2 hours social networking in October and males averaging 6.9 hours. In India the Social networking usage of men is relatively higher compared to women, but women are fast catching up. On an average and Indian Urban Women spends 12 hours per month on the social networks. Women spend more time in chatting , fashion and lifestyle while Men are inclined towards technology, politics and sex. Indian Housewives are more active on Internet compared to teenagers.  |
| Infosys accused of VISA fraud in United States Posted: 13 Apr 2012 02:32 AM PDT Indian IT major Infosys has been reported to have abused the VISA policies in United States.As per a report, Infosys tried to increase ts profit margins by, Infosys could just have easily found local IT specialists to do what they were bringing foreigners in to do, at a fraction of the cost, Jay Palmer, a consultant for the firm was quoted as saying by CBS. Infosys said in a statement televised by CBS that Palmer’s “allegations make for an interesting story, but it is not the facts.” A judge and jury will have the final say on Palmer’s accusations later this summer in an Alabama civil court case, it added. Palmer told CBS the first thing to catch his attention was an employee that had been in the US from India several times before. He then began digging into how and why Infosys seemed to be bringing in large numbers of workers from its corporate headquarters in Bangalore into the US. Palmer alleged the Indian workers on his team were paid substantially less than an American would have made in the same job. When the US State Department began to limit the number of H-1B visas, Palmer said Infosys began using another type of visa, the B-1. The B-1 is meant for employees who are travelling to consult with associates, attend training or a convention. But Palmer said the employees were brought in not for meetings, but for full time jobs. Meanwhile, Infosys has declared 440 percent final dividend of Rs.22 per share for fiscal 2011-12. The par value of its Share was Rs 5. In a regulatory filing Friday, the IT bellwether said its board of directors had also recommended a special dividend of Rs.10 per share or 200 percent for its back office operations (business process outsourcing) completing 10 years. Earlier, the blue chip company gave an interim dividend of Rs.15 per share or 300 percent in October 2011 for the first half (April-Sept) of fiscal 2012. As a result, total dividend for the fiscal under review (2011-12) is Rs.37 per share or 740 percent. With a special dividend of Rs.10 or 200 percent, the overall payout for each investor will be a whopping Rs.47 per share of Rs.5 on par or 940 percent. The company’s scrip was quoting at Rs.2,498 on the Bombay Stock Exchange in the early hours of trading as against Wednesday’s closing rate of Rs.2,750 and opening rate of Rs.2,540.  |
| Raj Thackeray praises Nitish for his performance in Bihar Posted: 13 Apr 2012 02:09 AM PDT Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray has praised Bihar CM Nitish Kumar for his action against criminals in Bihar. He said that it was because of him that 50,000 goondas were sent to jail and it became possible for women to walk safely on roads. But he was fumed with the idea of celebrating Bihar Diwas in Mumbai and critisized Nitish for this.
Raj also asked what was the need to celebrate the day in Mumbai when Biharis were settled in other states too. (Perhaps he doesnot know that Bihar Diwas is being celebrated worldwide ) He also said Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and Home Minister R R Patil should ask the Bihar CM not to celebrate the day in Mumbai. However, before attacking Kumar for his proposed visit to Meanwhile, the organisers of celebration of centenary year of Bihar’s creation on April 15 in Mumbai today clarified that it had no political overtones.  |
| Girls in Uttar Pradesh to get free Engineering or Medical Edication Posted: 13 Apr 2012 01:51 AM PDT Now the girls in Uttar Pradesh will get free engineering and medical education in government colleges. This was revealed by in Uttar Pradesh, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. He made the announcement while addressing an event on the 125th annual function of Isabella Thoburn College (IT) here. Akhilesh also announced an assistance of Rs 1 crore for the new hostel building of the college and said the government would extend all possible help in its future needs. He said the government would help in taking the college upto university level and released a postal stamp on the college completing 125 years of its foundation.He said the government would provide facilities to industrialists for setting up new units in the state so that youth get employment opportunities.  |
| Jadavpur University professor arrested for mocking Mamta Bannerjee Cartoons Posted: 13 Apr 2012 12:56 AM PDT Police in West Bengal on Friday morning arrested a Jadavpur University professor for allegedly spreading “anti-Mamata Banerjee” cartoons on the internet. Ambikesh Mahapatra, a teacher with the Chemistry Department of the University, was picked up on Thursday night by the police for allegedly forwarding cartoons of Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee. He was also attacked by Trinammol Congress workers on Thursday night when he was returning home. The cartoon based on Satyajit Ray’s movie Sonar Kella, allegedly show Mamata and Railways Minister Mukul Roy discussing how to get rid of party MP Dinesh Trivedi. Trinamool workers allegedly raided Mahapatra’s residence at New Garia in the southern fringes of Kolkata before the police picked him up. They also allegedly manhandled the professor. Prof Mahapatra would be produced in the Alipore court later today.  |
| Remembering martyrs of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre Posted: 12 Apr 2012 11:58 PM PDT
The people responsible for this were Brigadier-General Reginald E.H. Dyer and British Lieutenant-Governor of Punjab Michael O’Dwyer . An hour after the meeting began as scheduled at 4:30 pm, Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer marched a group of sixty-five Gurkha and twenty-five Baluchi soldiers into the Bagh, fifty of whom were armed with rifles. He ordered them to shoot at the crowd which included men, women, and children. Dyer kept the firing up for about ten minutes. Dyer had also brought two armoured cars armed with machine guns, however the vehicles were left outside as they were unable to enter the Bagh through the narrow entrance. The Jallianwala Bagh was bounded on all sides by houses and buildings and had few narrow entrances, most of which were kept permanently locked. The main entrance was relatively wider, but was guarded by the troops backed by the armoured vehicles. General Dyer did not order the crowd to disperse; indeed he blocked the main exits. His goal, he explained later, was not to disperse the meeting but to punish the Indians for disobedience. General Dyer ordered his troops to begin shooting towards the densest sections of the crowd, including the women and children. He continued the shooting, approximately 1,650 rounds in all, until the ammunition supply was almost exhausted. The crowd made no effort to attack the soldiers in any way. A number of people died in stampedes at the narrow gates or by jumping into the solitary well on the compound to escape the shooting. A plaque in the monument at the site, set up after independence, says that 120 bodies were pulled out of the well. The wounded could not be moved from where they had fallen, as a curfew had been declared – many more died during the night. Official Government sources estimated the fatalities at 379, with 1,100 wounded. Actual, casualty numbers were more than 1,500, with approximately 1,000 killed. The news remained shielded for more than a month and it was only in June that people across India came to know about it. Rabindranath Tagore renounced his knighthood conferred upon him by British Government as a mark of protest. Dyer was sacked from his post, but back in Britain he became an overnight hero. No charges were framed against him or any disciplinary action was taken thereof. The Hunter Commission which was constituted to probe the massacre found him only guilty of a mistaken notion of duty.
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| Political parties fuming over Bihar Day Celebrations in Mumbai Posted: 12 Apr 2012 11:56 PM PDT The Shiv Sena on Friday adopted a non-confrontationist approach on the proposed Bihar Day celebrations in Mumbai where Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar will be the chief guest Sunday, in contrast to the agitational path chosen by Raj Thackeray’s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS). Shiv Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray said if Biharis want to celebrate ‘Bihar Day’ in Maharashtra, then they should also reciprocate by celebrating ‘Maharashtra Day’ in Bihar. “Bihar Day is April 15, while Maharashtra Day falls May 1. I only want to tell Nitish Kumar that after you return, celebrate Maharashtra Day in your state and invite our chief minister for it. It is said a good atmosphere will be created by celebrating Bihar Day here. So, celebrate Maharashtra Day and create a good atmosphere all over the country,” Thackeray said. On the other hand, his estranged cousin and MNS chief Raj has adopted an aggressive approach vis-à-vis the Bihar Day celebrations and threatened to disrupt the events here. Addressing an election rally Thursday night, Raj made a controversial allegation that Malegaon – a Muslim-dominated town in Nashik district – had become a hub of terrorists following migrants from north India. Since the past fortnight, the MNS has been vociferously opposing ‘Bihar Day’ celebrations and even challenged Nitish Kumar to enter Mumbai for the celebrations. This prompted Nitish Kumar last week to comment that he was “free to travel anywhere in the country and did not need a visa to come to Mumbai”. Stating that the country belonged to everyone, Union Agriculture Minister and NCP chief Sharad Pawar said no one should oppose celebrations like Bihar Diwas. “The country belongs to everyone…in Delhi there are two lakh Maharashtrians and they celebrate Maharashtra Din,” Pawar told reporters here While Samajwadi Party state chief Abu Asim Azmi demanded that Raj must “be arrested and handcuffed”, veteran social worker Medha Patkar has sought legal action against the MNS chief for his anti-Bihari utterances. Thackeray, however, maintained that he would spell out the Shiv Sena stand on the issue after ascertaining the views of other parties, including the Bharatiya Janata Party. Shiv Sena and the Janata Dal-United (JD-U), which rules Bihar, are part of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA). Meanwhile, as the political controversy rages, hectic preparations are under way in Mumbai where over 300,000 Bihars are expected to converge for the event in Somaiya Ground, Vidyavihar in the eastern suburbs.
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