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Holi Symbolises Spirit Of Tolerance And Harmony, Says President NEWS IN BRIEF Sheena Bora Murder Case: Peter Mukerjea Files Another Bail Application Mumbai: Media baron Peter Mukerjea, arrested in the Sheena Bora murder case, has filed a second bail plea, contending that the chargesheet doesn't have "reasonable grounds" to hold him guilty. The special CBI court in CONTD. ON PAGE 2
How Dhoni Plotted India's Great Escape In Bengaluru Heartstopper New Delhi: Leading a cricket team may not be rocket science but India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni proved it involves a bit of physics in Wednesday's World Twenty20 heartstopper against Bangladesh. With Bangladesh needing CONTD.
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In Life After Jail, Holi Brings Colours Of Change New Delhi: Pink. Blue. Green. For visually challenged Rajender Gupta, colours don't exactly conjure the hues they do for most, but that doesn't stop him from partaking in the festival. For the 47-year-old, who served nearly five years in prison before being acquitted of CONTD.
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Mehbooba Mufti Visits Father's Grave Before Crucial PDP Meeting Srinagar: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti, likely to be the first woman chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, on Thursday visited her father's grave, hours before the party lawmakers' crucial meeting in Srinagar to take a final call on CONTD.
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JNU Students Protest In Delhi Over Rohith Vemula Suicide New Delhi: Stepping up their agitation over the suicide of Hyderabad University scholar Rohith Vemula, students of JNU today protested outside the Human Resources Development Ministry demanding removal of Vice Chancellor Appa Rao Podile CONTD.
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IIM-Ahmedabad Hikes Post-Graduate Course Fee By Rs.1 Lakh Ahmedabad: The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A), the country's premier business school, on Wednesday announced a fee hike of Rs.1 lakh for its twoyear Post Graduate Programme effective from the 2016-18 batch. An official communique CONTD. ON PAGE 2
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Too Many Public Complaints, Move Faster, Says PM To Bureaucrats New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has warned top bureaucrats that within a month, they need to prove that public complaints about poor services are being promptly addressed and then resolved. The PM has said all cases must be closed within 60 days of the complaint being registered. His comments were made at a session on Wednesday of when he addressed officers, some of them via video conference. The meeting was called to review the progress being made under PRAGATI - an acronym for a web-based platform that collects complaints, and then tracks their progress through government departments. Through several websites and online fora, the Prime Minister's Office has been
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Has A New Twitter Follower - PM Modi New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, with over seven million followers on Twitter, today added possibly the most high-profile follower to his list - Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Mr Kejriwal, usually at odds with the PM, today reached out to him on Twitter and wished Happy Holi. Thanking PM Modi for following him, the Aam Aadmi Party chief said he hoped for CONTD. ON PAGE 2
China an "all weather friend" that has helped it at times of distress, weeks after China sent fuel supplies to the landlocked Himalayan nation to ease a crippling shortage of goods due to a blockade on Indo-Nepal border. "China has respected our sovereignty and supported our development endeavours. Our two nations have been allweather friends, friends at times of distress as well as at the time of comfort," according to excerpts from Mr Oli's speech at Renmin University here published in state-run
Global Times daily today. This is the first time Mr Oli has used the phrase "all weather friends" to describe relations between Nepal and China. The phrase has often been used to characterise close SinoPakistan ties by both Chinese and Pakistani leaders.
Congress Releases Manifesto In Assam, Promises Job To 1 Member Of Each Family Guwahati: One member of each family in Assam will be provided jobs if Congress returns to power in the state, the party said in its poll manifesto today. Releasing the manifesto, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said, "If I come to power again, I will ensure job to one member of each family. Our target is to give 10 lakh jobs in both government and private sectors in the next five years." The manifesto also promised to classify families as 'poor' whose annual income is less than Rs. 2.5 lakh and give
benefits accordingly. It said, if voted to power, Congress will fill all vacant teaching posts in schools and create two lakh more such posts in the next five years. It will also regularise services of all the employees
Defence Expo To Begin In Goa Next Week; No Bar On Blacklisted Firms New Delhi: Unlike last time, there is no bar on blacklisted companies from taking part in the Defence Expo being held in Goa next week, the largest ever hosted by India that will see participation of over 1,000 companies. "Is there any bar on participation of blacklisted companies? This is a commercial exhibition. You can come and participate. Debarment is from the point of view of purchase by the Ministry of Defence.
They can showcase their products to other countries and enter into collaboration," Secretary (Defence Production) Ministry of Defence, AK Gupta said. He was replying to a question on whether blacklisted companies will be allowed to participate. The 4-day exposition begins on March 28. In February 2014, when the DefExpo was held in Delhi, the CONTD. ON PAGE 2
within next five years. The manifesto promised special packages to small tea farmers, a special package of Rs. 2,000 crore for the development councils, while Rs. 1,000 crore each will be CONTD. ON PAGE 2
"The time has come to set higher and superior ambitions. Higher than Qomolangma (Mount Everest), and better than the Great Wall. The time has come now to travel together into the united sphere of prosperity," Mr Oli, currently on a week-long visit to China, was quoted as CONTD. ON PAGE 2
JNU Student Leader Kanhaiya Kumar Says Democracy Under Attack In Country
Hyderabad: Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar today vowed that he would keep up his fight against casteism, and economic inequalities but ruled out him campaigning in the coming Assembly polls. Mr Kumar, who was denied entry into the Hyderabad Central University (HCU) yesterday when he came to express solidarity with the students fighting on the Rohith Vemula issue, had to face unpleasant moments today when a man threw a shoe at him in a seminar on "Constitutional rights". A man sitting in the audience threw a shoe at Mr CONTD. ON PAGE 2
Lashkar Attempted Attack On Bal Thackeray, David Headley Tells Court Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray was to be killed by a terrorist from Lashkar-e-Taiba, but the would-be assassin was arrested, a Mumbai court was told today. The disclosure -never made before- came from David Coleman Headley, the Lashkar terrorist who is testifying via video conference from an undisclosed location in the US ,where he was arrested in 2009 for his role in the 26/11 attacks in Mumbai in which 166 people were killed. Headley, 55, admitted during today's hearing that the Shiv Sena's headquarters in Central Mumbai
had been surveyed by him. The landmarks targeted during the 26/11 attacks had been filmed extensive by the PakistaniAmerican. "I have no first-hand knowledge but I think an attempt was made by LeT (Lashkar) to kill Bal Thackeray," he said. "I don't know how this attempt was made. I think the person (who was sent to kill Thackeray) was arrested but he managed to escape from police custody. I don't have firsthand knowledge about this though," said Headley, who has agreed, as part of a plea bargain with the US, CONTD. ON PAGE 2
Amend Law To Make Everyone Say 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai': Ramdev Vadodara: A countrywide ban on cow slaughter is necessary to prevent sectarian clashes and foster communal harmony, yoga teacher Ramdev said on Wednesday while also suggesting that the law should be amended to make everyone chant 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai'. In the wake of the row kicked up by AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi with the remark that he would not say 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai', Ramdev said the Centre should bring an
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collecting a high volume of complaints about hardship to the public because of delays in acknowledging and processing complaints about government departments. The PM stressed that efficient handling of complaints is a key component of his "minimum government, maximum governance" focus. The PM called for a comprehensive district-wise check across the country to check on how many citizencentric services are electronically offered. He also reviewed the progress of vital infrastructure projects in the road, railway, power, and oil sectors spread over several states including Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, and Bihar. CONTD. ON PAGE 2
What Filmy Lines China Is Our 'All Weather Friend', Says About Suhaag, Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli Says David Headley Beijing: Nepalese Minister KP About Wife In Court Prime Sharma Oli has called Mumbai: Terrorist David Coleman Headley stunned a Mumbai court today when he broke into Hindi to this question put to him about his wife. "Suhaag ko bachnana bada film dialogue hai" (this is a very filmy dialogue), the 55-year-old said from an undisclosed location in the US, from where he has been testifying via video conference. Headley was asked if, after marriage, his second wife Faiza asked him to quit the terror group Lashkar-eTaiba, on whose behalf he travelled from Pakistan to India to film the Mumbai landmarks that would be CONTD. ON PAGE 2
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Hyderabad Day 2: Shoe Thrown At Kanhaiya Kumar Hyderabad: A shoe was thrown at student leader Kanhaiya Kumar before he addressed a conference in Hyderabad this morning. The offender, a cow protection activist named Naresh Kumar, was
removed by the police. Continuing with his speech, the Delhi student said, "Do whatever you want to, I will not get scared." Mr Kumar, 28, was stopped last evening from CONTD. ON PAGE 2
Missing Infosys Employee Was Traveling By Metro, Tweets Sushma Swaraj New Delhi: The Infosys employee who has been missing in Brussels since Tuesday's deadly terror attacks was "travelling in the metro", Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted this morning. Raghavendran Ganesh, originally from Bangalore, has been working for four years in the Belgian capital. His brother has reached Brussels and is being assisted by the embassy there to locate Mr Ganesh, the Foreign Minister said. Raghavendran Ganesh - We have tracked his last call in Brussels. He was travelling in the metro rail. CONTD.
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Ram Madhav To Meet Jammu And Kashmir BJP Leaders Over Government Formation Jammu: Senior BJP leader Ram Madhav, who is also its Jammu and Kashmir affairs in charge, will hold talks with party legislators in Jammu on Friday over possible government formation with the PDP in the state. BJP sources said that Union Minister of State in the PMO Jitendra Singh will also attend the meeting that will come a day after PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti's similar talks with her party legislators. The sources said that Mr Singh and Mr Madhav, CONTD. ON PAGE 2
Will Not Allow Construction Of Sutlej Yamuna Link Canal: Parkash Singh Badal
amendment to promote the chanting of the slogan. "Even though it is not written in the Constitution that one should say 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai', there should
be no problem in chanting it... Therefore, an amendment should be made in the law so that everyone says it," he said. CONTD. ON PAGE 2
Anandpur Sahib: Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal today said the construction of Sutlej Yamuna Link (SYL) canal would not be "allowed at any cost and under any circumstance" and asked the people to be prepared for tough battle ahead to safeguard river waters of the state. It was high time to make "supreme sacrifices" rather than allowing the construction of SYL canal as it would divest people of Punjab of their legitimate rights over river waters, in "blatant violation" of the nationally and internationally accepted Riparian principle, Mr Badal CONTD. ON PAGE 2