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BJP changes its image by elevating

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y choosing Narendra Modi as the partys poll campaign chief for 2014 General Elections over veteran leader LK Advani (the in India.

lead the charge ahead of the next General Elections. The BJP party workers have been of the view for some time now that the Chief Minister of Gujarat is a reformer and man of action who that NDA can defeat UPA and India can get a clear terms that, The BJP needs to prepare for BJP president Rajnath Singh has also stated in

with the urban middle class, the engine that is propelling the country the most at this time. winning three Assembly polls and has an administrative experience spanning more than a decade, ability. Moreover, Congress loss in Uttar Pradesh, party, was a huge blot in his resume. the Gandhi scion, 42, has not held any administrative post in the government to showcase his where Rahul Gandhi put all efforts to rescue the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh pracharak and gradually moved up the ranks in the BJP, Rahul is to his surname. However, experts are not fully terial candidates of their respective parties. Also, while Modi has had a humble start as a While Modi, 62, has had a huge advantage of

iron man), BJP has successfully changed the partys image from an almost stagnant party to one which can take on challenges. dling the issue of inflation, Maoist attacks, nuaway with anything due to the Oppositions inaction and lack of new thoughts. tion as the chief poll campaigner, BJP has decided Inspite of Congress dismal performance in han-

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should be partys prime ministerial candidate so prime minister from the BJP after almost 10 years. the elections and Modi is the best person to lead

merous scams, it seemed that it could still get But with the tech-savvy Narendra Modis eleva-

the party as he is the most popular chief minister BJP that it is a democratic party and not a party who believes in dynasty politics. The party patriarch LK Advani, perhaps was trying to assert a hiwell to make the correct choice. erarchical influence on the BJP but the party did evitable when he emerged with a thumping victoModis ascent to the national stage became inModis rise will also strengthen the claims by the

to take the fight for 2014 head on. It is projecting

Modi as the face of the new and changing India. piring India can connect with. Finally, the stage is poll campaign chief Narendra Modi and Congress polls. Though, neither Rahul Gandhi nor Narendra

viewed as one holding the present post largely due sure, if Modi and Rahul will be the prime minisdles to overcome before they can go to the people asking for votes next year. If on the one hand Congress is burdened with massive corruption face of 2014 polls. charges, inflation and Maoist issues, BJP is fightBoth the national parties have quite a few hur-

He is the only face in BJP whom the young and asnow set for a virtual showdown between the BJPs vice president Rahul Gandhi for the upcoming Modi have yet been named the prime ministerial nominee of their parties, it is clear that both will

ry for a third time in Gujarat Assembly polls. Modi has definitely struck the right chord with emphasis on developmental and progressive issues. His ideas have found takers in a huge way

ing an inside war over the elevation of Modi as the

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BHOPAL Jun 24 to Jun 30, 2013

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DME SENT PROPOSAL FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE IN STATE

irectorate of Medical Education (DME) has sent a proposal to the Union Government for establishment of Central Medical Research Centre in the State. The medical research centre will be connected to all the six Government medical colleges of the State. It will focus in the field of medicines. DME Director Dr SC Tiwari said the proposal is still in its initial stage. He also in-

formed that as per the proposal, the medical centre will be established with an initial budget of nearly Rs 20 crore. However, the location of the centre will be finalised only after the proposal is approved by the Union Government. He further said that the centre will be established jointly by the Union and State Governments. While Union Government will bear 75 per cent cost of establishing it,

the rest 25 per cent will be provided by the State Government. Also, with one central research centre, six smaller research centres will be established under each medical college of the State. These six research centres will be known as periphery research centres and they will be connected to the central medical research centre. Establishment of special medical research centre and periphery medical re-

search centre will improve the standard of researches in the State and will give boost to advanced research in the field. The periphery medical research centres will help in ground-level research work. If the proposal for research centre is approved by the Union Government then the medical research centre will be established within next few years, the Director said.

Shivraj lends helping hand to woman Congress leader who tried burning his effigy

Narendra Modi visits Madhya Pradesh help centre at Shanti Kunj in Haridwar

Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday sanctioned Rs 50,000 to a female Congress leader who accidentally set herself on fire, while trying to burn the MP CM's effigy during a protest, official sources said. Sudha Neekhra's sari caught fire on Wednesday while she set fire to the effigy of Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in Dabra town near Gwalior in protest against the alleged ill-treatment meted out to Congress MLA Imarti Devi during a recent 'Atal Jyoti' campaign. When the MP Chief Minister learnt about the incident on Thursday morning, he immediately directed Gwalior district authorities to take care of her medical needs, sources said. Neekhra was shifted to Gwalior from Dabra on Wednesday night and is undergoing treatment in a private hospital. Gwalior Collector P Narhari has sanctioned Rs 50,000 as medical assistance to the female Congress leader, through the District Red Cross. (Agencies)

BHOPAL MP pilgrims sheltered at the help centre set up at Shanti Kunj, Haridwar had a surprise visitor in Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi who visited them on Saturday. Madhya Pradesh's minister for religious endowment & trusts and public relations, Laxmikant Sharma informed Modi about relief works being carried out by the help

centre. The minister informed that teams from the state are making constant efforts to rescue and bring back safely the pilgrims stranded in Uttarakhand and making arrangements for their food, treatment and return ticket to native places. He informed that 500 pilgrims have been rescued and sent back home so far. Financial help is also being pro-

vided to the needy . Still, about 2,500 to 3,000 pilgrims are stranded and continuous efforts are underway to rescue them. The public relations minister informed that helpline desks are being set up at New Delhi and Hazrat Nizamuddin railway stations. Officers deployed at the helpdesks will make arrangements to help pilgrims coming from Uttarakhand to board trains.

CONGRESS PROTEST OVER IRREGULARITIES IN BMC WORK

pposing the rampant irregularities in the ongoing works of Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC), the Bhopal district Congress committee staged a protest at Board Office square here on Friday . The protest was headed by PCC state representative Sayyed Farooq Ali and organizational secretary of district Congress committee Bhopal city PP Giri. During the protest a memorandum addressed to the Chief Minister and Governor was handed over to the SDM of MP Nagar. The list of demands included the repairing of 500 km road excavated for water supply distribution network. For

laying of around 500 km of water supply distribution network, the road was excavated but after laying the pipeline, the filling work is pending and it has been creating problems for the commuters and the residents. The areas which are affected due to the excavation work are Bagh Sewania, Bagh Mughalia, colonies near Ayodhya Bypass, Gautam Nagar, Rachna Nagar, Pushpa Nagar, Aishbagh, Semra, Karond, Ashoka Garden. Giri and Ali had alleged that the public funds are spent in a lavishing manner due to backing of Urban Administration and Development Minister Babulal Gaur and Mayor Krishna Gaur

on the BRTS corridor and contractors. The JNNURM scheme is infected with corruption and manipulations. It should be made free from all kinds of such disorders, they alleged. In the evaluation of property tax apart from the BMC, architects and engineers should be included to break the monopoly of the BMC ward officials over the process of evaluation of property tax. The ward officials are indulged in corrupt practices by misleading the residents about the higher property tax and negotiate with them later after receiving bribe, they further alleged. (Agencies)

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no match for Modi as far as performance index is concerned are really not misplaced. In such a scenario, the Congress would not want to make 2014 into a presidential sort of elections and pit Rahul against Modi. If Modi wins, Rahuls image would take a further beating. So Congress has to come up with something concrete and fast. It is ironical that after the 2002 postGodhra riots, the then BJP prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had wanted to sack Modi as the chief minister of Gujarat. The man was saved by none other than Advani. Well, as they say, life has come full circle for both the leaders and today the octogenarian leader finds Modi as his rival. However, Advani or no Advani, BJP president Rajnath Singh and his men probably did not have much choice left then to declare Modi as the chief of the partys campaign committee. The restlessness in the partys cadre had been growing and with 2014 polls round the corner, the need to have a face who would lead the campaign had become imperative. It had also become obvious for some time that neither LK Advani, nor Sushma Swaraj nor Arun Jaitley or Shivraj Singh Chauhan would be able to rally the cadre and garner the votes for

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ASTROLOGY
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Cong should take stock of things after Modis elevation F

inally, the BJP has done the inevitable. In a decision with farreaching implications, the party on June 09 anointed the Gujarat Chief Minister as the poll panel chief for 2014 Lok Sabha and Assembly Elections. And in the process it did the unthinkable marginalized BJP patriarch and the man who, along with Atal Bihari Vajpayee, had laid the foundation stone of the party LK Advani. Meanwhile, now that the BJP has virtually declared Narendra Modi as the face for General Elections, it is time for the Congress to take stock of things. The UPA-led Congress government at the Centre has been accused of policy paralysis, non-governance and corruption for a long time now. After ten years in power, the UPA is faced with massive anti-incumbency. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been said to be one of the weakest to head the country ever. In such a scenario, it would be at its own peril that the Congress will ignore Modi or pass jibes at him or not have a strategy against the man. In many of the recent opinion polls, Modi has been the readers most popular choice for PM with Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi falling much behind. And those who say that Rahul is

the party as Modi would be able to do so, even though he is considered a highly polarizing factor. Thus, the BJP decided to bite the bullet and gamble on the man from Gujarat. It would have been like icing on the cake for Modi had Advani made it to Goa and given him his blessings in-person. This would have meant that Modi was accepted by all factions of the BJP. But it was probably not meant to be. How could it be in a party where infighting and factionalism has become a norm of late and where most of the top leaders are said to harbour the ambition of being the PM of the country? However, the story has just begun for Modi and he definitely has a lot on his plate. He is very well aware that not only the eyes of his party are on him but also of the whole nation. If Modi is not able to deliver in 2014 and if the BJP is unable to come to power then the party may be as good as over for the man. For a start, Modi will have to placate the grand old man of the party and he will also have to take along with him the likes of Sushma Swaraj. There is no doubt about the fact that the decision taken in Goa will have its consequences. And not only within the BJP but also as far as the NDA is concerned.

Congress has failed to deliver on an election pledge to bring in a law that would help deliver food security C
ongress has failed to deliver on an would help deliver food security election pledge to bring in a law that Since 2006, food inflation has been much faster than general inflation, and the prices of basic foods have doubled or even tripled. This has been reflected in consumption, as the official survey datasuggests an alarming picture of declining trends. In urban India, the declines in grain consumption were less steep but still notable: from 10.6kg to 9.7kg for monthly cereal consumption and from 960g to 870g per month for pulses. It is not just per capita consumption of traditional grains like millet that have declined, but even "preferred" cereals like rice and wheat. Consumption of sugar also declined, although that of milk and oils increased slightly . As a result, per capita calorie consumption has been falling, and the decline accelerated even in the high-growth 2000s. About 63% of India's population gets inadequate nutritional intake just in terms of calories, and there are large deficiencies of protein intake. No wonder that the Congress party, the leading constituent of the United Progressive Alliance government, promised to ensure food security to all households as a major part of its election plank in the 2009 general elections, which was one of the reasons for its success. But the government has dithered and waffled for four years, apparently persuaded by some in the finance ministry and other departments that this is too expensive. The final bill (pdf) is a pale shadow some would say a mockery of the original intention. It does not provide universal access, but instead restricts the responsibility of the government to provide subsidised food grain to households on the basis of defined eligibility criteria, estimated to account for two-thirds of the population. Such targeting will be prone to well-known errors of unfair exclusion and unjustified inclusion. It moves away from the 35kg per household promise to 7kg per person per month, reducing the amount small families will get, and leaving it unclear how children's entitlements will be calculated. In India's federal system, states can choose to add their own subsidy to ensure wider coverage or cheaper grain and several states now run effective near-universal programmes of providing cheap wheat or rice to people. This legislation will affect the price at which the centre sells grain to the states, and those with larger programmes will end up having to buy from the open market to top up their requirements. States such as Tamil Nadu and Kerala, which have good public distribution systems, will be worse off, as will those like Chhattisgarh and Orissa that have recently universalised and strengthened schemes. their public distribution These flaws in the bill require more public discussion and parliamentary debate. But the government that spent four years doing precious little to implement this promise is now in a tearing hurry to push the bill through before the next election, due within the year. The past session of parliament was held up largely because of an opposition outcry over financial scams, so this important bill was not discussed. The Congress party has been toying with the idea of an ordinance that would force the bill into law while parliament is in recess, but its allies have apparently been persuaded to call a special session of parliament to discuss this. In its current form, the bill is so flawed that passing it without amending it in crucial ways, to make it universal and to strengthen access, may even be counterproductive. But if India's hungry millions are really to benefit from such legislation, the government needs to approach this matter with genuine seriousness, not as a cynical ploy to gain electoral mileage.

GENERAL VASTU TIPS

Keep all electrical/heat generating appliances in the South-East corner of the room. Do not construct kitchen, toilets and prayer room (pujaroom) next to one another. The kitchen should not be directly in front of the main door. Do not keep broken mirrors, watches and electrical gadgets which are either lying idle or out of order in the house. Mirrors, sinks, wash-basins and taps should preferably be along the North-East wall.

BHOPAL Jun 24 to Jun 30, 2013

Politics

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Road ahead for Nitish Kumar after split with BJP

he split between the BJP and JD(U) became official exactly one week after Narendra Modi was anointed as the poll panel chief for 2014 by his party . The man responsible for the growing discomfort between the JD(U) and the BJP has been none other than Narendra Modi. Thus, on expected lines, the seventeenyear-old alliance between the two partners ended on 16 June, 2013. However, the parting was not amicable but rather acrimonious with Nitish Kumar and Sharad Yadav lashing out at its old associate. Nitish categorically said that he was forced to take the decision and that the party could not compromise with their basic principles and that he was not worried about the consequences. But what had to happen has happened. If various BJP leaders are saying that Nitish betrayed the people of Bihar as the mandate to run the government was given to the NDA and not to the JD(U) then probably they have a point. BJP did exceptionally well in the 2010 assembly polls and helped Nitish get the votes of the upper caste in his kitty . However, the BJP knew that any sort of elevation of Modi was bound to have repercussions and the JD(U) may walk out of the alliance. The Bihar CM has been saying for months now that Modi was not acceptable to his party as NDAs prime ministerial candidate. The fact is that even though Modi is seen as an icon of development, he is also seen as the poster boy of Hindutva and as a polarizing factor. But there is another fact the rank and file of the BJP were growing restless and clamouring for Modi to be elevated as the face of the party . Also, Modis popularity has been growing among the middle class and the youth and the BJP realised they had to gamble with the Gujarat CM to get them votes in 2014. And a third fact is that Nitish had his own political compulsions the 15 to 17 percent Muslim votes of Bihar. Anyway, now that Nitish has walked out of the alliance he will have to answer some hard questions. Are the issues of communalism and secularism just a convenient tag for the JD(U)? If Modi was not acceptable to Nitish because of his so called complicity in 2002 riots, then how come LK Advani, who is considered to be responsible for the demolition of Babri Masjid, was acceptable as the PM candidate in 2009? And if Narendra Modi is communal then why

Nitish, who was the railway minister then, did not walk out of the NDA in 2002 after the Gujarat riots, just as Ram Vilas Paswan did? Is walking out of the NDA a matter of principle or is it just political opportunism on Nitishs part? Is Nitish Kumar looking to be part of a Federal Front and also eyeing the PMs post? There can be no denying the fact that Nitish has been a beacon of hope for Bihar which was said to be in dark ages and he has taken the state on the path of development and growth. But, though it seems unlikely at the moment, if snapping of ties between the two allies helps in the resurgence of Lalu Prasad Yadav in any way and if the RJD is able to cobble up enough votes to get back to power, then Nitish will be the biggest loser000. It is clear that the 2014 Lok Sabha poll is going to be a litmus test for Nitish Kumar and his men. If his party does well then the gamble taken by him will have paid off but if it doesnt then he may as well have committed political hara-kiri by breaking up with the BJP.

Antony panel will decide on Congress-JD(U) alliance: Digvijay

RAGHOGARH Amid indications of growing bonhomie between Congress and JD(U), which has broken its alliance with the BJP-led NDA, AICC general secretary Digvijay Singh said the decision on any tie-up between the two parties would be taken by the AK Antony Committee. "Any decision on a tie-up between the Congress and JD(U) would be taken by the Antony Committee," Digvijay said in response to a query on likely realignments as JD(U) will be chartering its own political course post break-up, ahead of 2014 elections. Congress had formed a committee headed by Defence Minister A K Antony to go into the issue of alliances as part of finding new allies ahead of the Lok Sabha polls. "After the exit of JD(U) from NDA, the alliance has been reduced to a bunch of parties like BJP, Shiv Sena and Akali Dal that believes only in religious discord," he said, adding that the UPA is not concerned about the disintegration of NDA. He said that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar should have taken the decision to sever ties with the NDA much earlier. "Had Nitish left NDA before 2009, BJP's Lok Sabha tally in Bihar would have been lesser," Digvijay added. Speculations over emerging alignments ahead of 2014 elections got a boost with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh describing Nitish Kumar as a "secular" leader and the latter expressing his gratitude for the adulation. Singh said the affairs of the country are managed by Congress which believes in taking each and every section of the society along. "However, there are parties that believe in religious fanaticism and destruction," he said. On Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi's appointment as the head of the BJP's election campaign committee, Digvijay said "Modi has already caused the split in NDA and is trying to break BJP as well".

BHOPAL Jun 24 to Jun 30, 2013

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Kedarnath Floods : Does God allows natural Calamities ?

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he famous Kedarnath temple in the district of Rudraprayag in Uttarkhand badly damaged due to flood. Kedarnath is believed to have been named in honour of King Kedar, who ruled in the Satya Yuga. The land is around the temple is named Vrindavan in honour of King Kedars daughter. Theres also a legend that says this is the temple where the Pandavas finally found Lord Shiva in order to seek forgiveness for the sin of killing their cousins. The temple is over 1000 years old. In 2012, the temple saw over 5,48,166 pilgrims. The Monsoons are not a recommended time for visiting Kedarnath due to threat of landslides. The massive landslide took many lives , the temple and the road network is also damaged . While 27,040 tourists are still stranded in various parts of the piligrimage More than a dozen helicopters were deployed in Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh -- the two states worst hit in the flash floods -- for relief and rescue operations and all stranded people are expected to be evacu-

ated soon. Without movement, life would never have evolved here on Earth. The Universe itself would not have come into being if not for the Universal Law of Movement. This Law has always operated since this planet came into being, and they will forever occur on the Earth for as long as the Earth exists. Nothing can or will prevent the outworking of the Law of Nature that brings into being these natural catastrophes. When these natural calamities strike , We human beings are often struck in many ways, We complain the act of God .The earth is designed to move and natural disasters happen because of the ever-changing Law of Movement. The journey to 12 jyotirlings was to forget all worldly issues, struggle your way up through the wilderness and come so close to nature that you become one with the divine. Of course, not many undertake the yatra for this purpose anymore. The Rishikesh was flooded with thousand of people for Drinking Liqour near the Riverside of Ganga . The government of Uttarakhand itself has promoted these river side camps for adventure

sportslike Water rafting and Bunji Jumping . The people are mostly from Delhi and Gurgaon who visit for a change of ambience for boozing. Many of them take bath after drinking, which also includes females . The snacks served with these drinks are chicken pieces and the bones are left at the surrounding places of the riverside. The River Ganges or Ganga is perhaps the holiest river in any religion. it bears immense significance to the Hindus. With time we have lost the holiest significance of any religious pilgrimage. Thosands of Tourists and Visitors staying in riverside camps of Ganga do not consider it as holy river . Its just a place for excursion to them . Now let us come back to the original question. Why do disasters strike? We have already seen that advent of life on this planet had calm down the environment to a considerable extent, though not completely. We are the sensory organs of this planet. We convey to nature our needs and nature in return complies with our request. However, due to our penchant for greed and in the name of progress we have been destroying nature. The disasters, which occur, are the

nature's retaliation to our inadvertence. All we must do is to learn to live in harmony with nature. We must not do anything, which may destroy nature. We must plant more trees, reduce carbon emission and even slow down the progress. I think this is the only way we can minimize the disasters and create an environment favourable to us. Many newspapers reported the Kedarnath Disaster as Shivas Tandav . The Spiritual answer to the question also projects the same mechanism of nature .God Himself does not punish at all. Rather, He has woven into Creation an operating system, much like the operating system of the computer which you use. But His operating system is perfect, requires no reboots, has no bugs, and is foolproof. This operating system consists of a system of basic laws - Laws of Creation. These Laws give to each person exactly what he or she deserves in precise mathematical measurement and with Perfect Justice and Love. And it is this "Law of Karma" that seems to give the impression that God punishes or rewards, when in fact. He is completely neutral to these things.

Is Congress misusing CBI for political gains

ujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi also slammed the Congress-led UPA Government for repeatedly trying to misuse the CBI for its political benefits. Modi affirmed that despite Centres desperate attempts, Gujarats development journey will not be derailed. Addressing a function of Swami Vivekananda Youth Employment Week at Mahatma Mandir in GandhinagarModi said, Because of the fear of the CBI we will not ruin the future of the youth of Gujarat. Modi dubbed the investigating agency as a mere puppet at the hands of the UPA which has now become a Congress Bureau of Investigation. Half of the papers are filled with news about CBI, nowa-

days. The Government is hatching new conspiracies, with every passing day and their biggest tool in this is the CBI, which is now the Congress bureau of investigation, he said. Modi went on to say that youth of Gujarat are not afraid of CBI that is falsely implicating innocent people, Ministers and administrators. I tell the Government in Delhi, standing in front of the youth of Gujarat, do not show us the fear of CBI, Modi added. Gujarat CM also warned the Government of the consequences of misusing the CBI and that the people of Gujarat have given a befitting reply to the Congress by voting BJP into power again and again.

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MP govt to fill vacant posts of information commissioners

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our months after the High Court's directive, the Madhya Pradesh government has decided to fill vacancies in the State Information Commission, including the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC). A public advertisement had been issued late last week seeking applications from eligible candidates. At present, a post of CIC and 10 posts of Information Commissioners are lying vacant since December. According to the advertisement, the interested candidate should be a person of eminence in public life with wide knowledge and experience in law, science and technology , social service, management, journalism, massmedia or administration and governance. Hearing a PIL filed by RTI activist Ajay Dubey , the High Court in January had directed the Madhya Pradesh government to fill up vacant posts of commissioners in the state's transparency watchdog. Dubey had filed the Public Interest Litigation seeking appointments of CIC and ICs through public advertisements. "Madhya Pradesh has become the first state which is appointing CIC and ICs through public advertisement. It is a big move to bring in transparency in the governance," Dubey said. "Though, the time given to apply for the post is less. The advertisement was issued on June 13 and candidates have been given 12 days time to apply (till June 25)," the activist said. In 2005, the Madhya Pradesh government had appointed T N Shrivastava as CIC who had been superannuated in 2006. The commission was without its CIC from 2006-07. In 2007, P P Tiwari was appointed as CIC and D C Jugran, Iqbal Ahmad and Mahesh Pandey were appointed as ICs, all of whom retired last year.

Asaram Bapu to face wrath of law for assaulting 72-yr old devotee
VIDISHA Notorious for his insensitive remarks and actions, self-proclaimed godman Asaram Bapu will face wrath of the law after one of his former devotees filed a criminal complaint against him for allegedly assaulting him. According to FIR Lodged by 72-year old Aman Singh Dangi of Tilak village in Vidisha district, Bapu allegedly kicked him on the face when he went to seek his blessings after a religious address on February 4. I was very hurt. I used to respect him from bottom of my heart but he shattered the high-notions I had about him, the septuagenarian was quoted saying. Following lodging of FIR at Civil Lines Police station, an enquiry was instituted to look into the charges. After corroborating the allegations against Asaram, cops have been ordered to frame charges against the godman. Dangi claims that supporters of Asaram are now forcing him to withdraw the complaint. Earlier, Asaram had courted a massive controversy when he had blamed the Delhi gangrape victim for the crime, stating that one hand cannot clap alone.

13 IAS officers transferred

he State Government issued orders to transfer 13 IAS officers. Revenue Board Chairman Devendra Singhai has been shifted to Sched-

uled Tribe Research and Development Institute as Director, while Chairman of MP Board of Secondary Education Swadeep Singh will replace Singhai in Revenue Board. Director of Scheduled tribe research and development Institute K Suresh has been sent to GAD, Cooperatives and Science and Technology departments as Principal Secretary, while Principal Secretary of these departments Devraj Virdi will replace Swadeep Singh in MPBSE. Similarly, Principal Secretary of SC Welfare has been shifted to Nomadic Tribes Welfare department in the same capacity, while Secretary in Sports and Youth Welfare department Ashok Shah has been transferred to Scheduled Caste Welfare in the same capacity. In a separate order, Rajgarh collector MB Ojha has been shifted to Vidisha in the same capacity, Sidhi collector Masood Akhtar to Chhatarpur in the same capacity, Chhatarpur collector Rajesh Bahuguna to commercial tax department (Indore) as Additional Commissioner, Vidisha collector Anand Kumar Sharma to Rajgarh as collector, Additional Commissioner of commercial tax department Swati Meena to Sidhi as collector, CEO of Balaghat dist panchayat Avinash Lawania to State Wide Area Network as project director and SDO (Revenue) in Piparia (Hoshangabad) has been shifted to Balaghat dist Panchayat as CEO.

Cane-charge against Cong workers in Damoh during Shivraj's visit

olice resorted to cane-charge to disperse Congress workers who staged a protest against the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan in Damoh town during a function to unveil the statue of Rani Avantibai. The incident took place in Jatashankar area. Terming the canecharge as "barbaric", Leader of Opposition in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly Ajay Singh alleged that police

used force against the Congress workers who were protesting silently. "It was an attempt to throttle the democracy," he said. Singh also alleged that workers of BJP and its youth wing Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha also joined police in attacking the Congressmen who were protesting against the shifting of the statue site from Railway Station square to Jatashankar area near a cremation ground.

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LEAKED:Priyanka Chopra's look in Mary Kom film goes viral on net

ctress Priyanka Chopra, who is currently going through a tough phase of life, after she lost her father, will be soon seen sporting the boxer look in the upcoming movie, based on Mary Kom's life. The much-awaited untitled flick have been in the news ever since it was conceptualised. And the latest news is that Priyanka's most-talked about look from the film was recently leaked on net. Mary Kom, who hails from North-Eastern India, is an internationally acclaimed boxer. Hence, in order to get into the shoes of Kom, PC had to work hard on her look especially in the film. Priyanka's look has been firecely guarded by the makers of the film. But, a leading daily has recently unearthed PC's secret look from the film. Go through the below slider to know more on Priyanka Chopra's revealed look from the film. It has been reported that Priyanka is very angry over the revelation of her secret look test for the film. It seems she's so angry and sad about the same that she has expressed a desire to do the look test all over again. Well guys, have a look at the below images. Do you think Piggy Chops does somewhere look alike Mary Kom?

chose action over drama in 'D-Day'?

i h s e r u Q a m u H Why emotional

MUMBAI Actress Huma Quereshi says she was given a choice between two roles in D-Day - one was an action-oriented part, and the other high on drama. She chose the one involving stunts. The film is directed by Nikhil Advani. "Nikhil gave me choice and said one is going to be a emotional role and the other one is an action part. I said, of course, I want to do the action part," Huma told IANS. "I am really thankful that he thought I could do it. If you get a choice (of a role), anybody would feel good about it," she added. Huma, seen in films like Gangs Of Wasseypur, Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana and Ek Thi Daayan, said it was fun to be training under Hollywood stunt experts Tom Struthers and John of Street of Inception and The Dark Knight Rises fame. "I didn't know anything. Then I learnt how to hold a gun, hand-to-hand combat, the jumps... the whole process of doing action together was fun," she said. D-Day also features Rishi Kapoor, Arjun Rampal, Irrfan Khan and Shruti Haasan

BHOPAL Jun 24 to Jun 30, 2013

World

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Facebook admits data breach exposed 6 million users numbers, email ids

acebook Inc has inadvertently exposed 6 million users phone numbers and email addresses to unauthorised viewers over the past year, the worlds largest social networking company disclosed late Friday . Facebook blamed the data leaks, which began in 2012, on a technical glitch in its massive archive of contact information collected from its 1.1 billion users worldwide. As a result of the glitch, Facebook users who downloaded contact data for their list of friends obtained additional information that they were not supposed to have. Facebooks security team was alerted to the bug last week and fixed it within 24 hours. But Facebook did not publicly acknowledge the bug until Friday afternoon, when it published an important message on its blog explaining the issue.

India flags concerns over proposed US, Taliban talks

NEW DELHI ndia on Friday flagged its concerns over proposed talks between the US and the Taliban and associated insurgent groups such as the Haqqani network, as it underlined the centrality of the government of President Hamid Karzai in the peace process in Afghanistan. The comments came on the eve of the visit of US secretary of state John Kerry to India. In a strongly worded statement that made clear that there were differences between India and the US on the peace process in Afghanistan, foreign ministry spokesman Syed Akbaruddin said India was committed to supporting the government and the people of Afghanistan... and a reconciliation process that has the support of the government and the people of Afghanistan. India, he said, has always called for a broad-based Afghan-led, Afghanowned and Afghan-controlled reconciliation process, within the framework of the Afghan Constitution and the internationally accepted red lines. However, India accepted for the first time the hardline Sunni Pashtun Taliban as being among the groups that could be accommodated into the Afghan mainstream. Such a process would necessarily recognise the centrality of the government of Afghanistan in the process, and involve all sections of the Afghan society, as also the insurgent groups, including the Taliban, who wish to join the mainstream, the spokesman said. That is a departure from our previous position, a person familiar with

A Facebook spokesman said the delay was due to company procedure stipulating that regulators and affected users be notified before making a public announcement. We currently have no evidence that this bug has been exploited maliciously and we have not received complaints from users or seen anomalous behavior on the tool or site to suggest wrongdoing, Facebook said on its blog. While the privacy breach was limited, its still something were upset and embarrassed by, and well work doubly hard to make sure nothing like this happens again, it added. The breach follows recent disclosures that several consumer Internet companies turned over troves of user data to a large-scale electronic surveillance program run by U.S. intelligence. The companies include Facebook, Google Inc , Microsoft Corp , Apple Inc and Yahoo Inc . The companies, led by Facebook, successfully negotiated with the U.S. government last week to reveal the approximate number of user information requests that each company had received, including secret national security orders.

the developments said. India had previously maintained that the international community could not draw distinctions within the Taliban to class them as good Taliban and bad Taliban, with the former allowed to join the political process and integrated into the mainstream. The governments urging that the peace process should be Afghan-controlled was also new and this was meant to convey that the US should not impose any solution or try and control the peace process, the person mentioned above said. The Indian statement warned that the (Afghan) reconciliation process should not seek to create equivalence between an internationally recognised government of Afghanistan and insurgent groups, confer legitimacy to insurgent groups or convey the impression of two competing state authorities for Afghanistan, which could undermine the legitimate Afghan state, Afghan government and the political, social and economic progress witnessed in Afghanistan over the past decade, to which the international community itself has contributed in great measure. Indias remarks follow Washington this week announcing talks with the Taliban after the latter opened its office in the Qatari capital Doha as part of US moves to exit Afghanistan next year, officially closing the war on terrorism that was launched in November 2001 after the attacks in New York and Washington on 11 September that year. that were to focus on, among other things, the number of US troops to be stationed in Afghanistan after the

pullout by international troops. The Taliban office in Doha was called the office of the Islamic Emirate Of Afghanistanthe formal name of the 1996-2001 Taliban government. The Hamid Karzai government, which saw this as a sign of the Taliban usurping Afghan sovereignty, in protest called off security talks with the US earlier this week India has been disturbed by reports that the US is willing to talk to the Taliban and associated groups such as the Haqqani network that it blames for the July 2008 attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul that killed four Indians, including two diplomats, and 58 others. There is also concern over reported comments by US officials that the Barack Obama administration would not insist on the Taliban formally rejecting al-Qaedaone among the several key red lines set out by former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton in 2011 as preconditions for any probable talks with the Taliban. We have laid out our unambiguous red lines for reconciliation with the insurgents: they must renounce violence; they must abandon their alliance with al-Qaeda; and they must abide by the constitution of Afghanistan, Clinton had said. Kerry is to travel to Qatar on the first leg of a trip that will bring him to New Delhi on Sunday, his first visit to India after taking over as secretary of state. Vikram Doraiswamy, joint secretary in charge of the US in the ministry of external affairs, confirmed that Afghanistan would be one of the issues on the agenda when Kerry sits for talks with Indian foreign minister Salman Khurshid on Monday .

BHOPAL Jun 24 to Jun 30, 2013

Commerce

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World Bank cuts growth forecasts

he World Bank cut its forecasts for this year, citing a deeper than expected recession in Europe and a slowdown in China and India. Renewing fears about growth, it said the global economy was likely to grow by 2.2% this year, a downgrade from its January forecast of 2.4%. The downbeat forecasts helped to drive a wave of selling in Japan, where the Nikkei index tumbled 6.35% amid fears that central bank stimulus measures led by the US might be withdrawn. The World Bank also cut its forecast for growth in 2014 to 3.1% from 3%, but maintained its prediction that global GDP would increase by 3.3% in 2015. "While there are markers of hope in the financial sector, the slowdown in the real economy is turning out to be unusually protracted," said Kaushik Basu, senior vicepresident and chief economist at the bank. "This is reflected in the stubbornly high unemployment in industrialised nations, with unemployment in the eurozone actually rising, and in the slowing growth in emerging economies." There were also heavy losses on European stock markets in morning trading. although the FTSE 100 recovered by mid-afternoon. Michael Hewson, senior market analyst at CMC Markets UK, a financial spread-betting company, said: "European markets have plunged on the open in the wake of the 6.35% decline in the Nikkei overnight as in-

vestors continue to worry about the longevity of central bank stimulus measures, while another global growth downgrade from a global organisation, this time the World Bank, has prompted investors to question current stock market valuations." The bank is now predicting the eurozone economy will shrink by 0.6% this year, compared with an earlier forecast of a 0.1% decline in GDP. The currency bloc's economy is then expected to grow by 0.9% in 2014 and

1.5% in 2015. The World Bank highlighted slowing growth in China, as authorities there seek to rebalance the economy, and said India's annual growth had dropped below 6% for the first time in 10 years. It said there was concern that the US might begin to ease its support of the world's largest economy by withdrawing quantitative easing, or the use of central bank cash to buy up sovereign debt in the hope that financial institutions will

reinvest the windfall in the wider economy . The bank added that austerity programmes, high unemployment, and weak consumer and business confidence would continue to impede growth in higher-income countries. It downgraded its forecasts for developing countries' GDP to 5.1% this year from an earlier forecast of 5.5%. Growth in 2014 and 2015 is expected to be 5.6% and 5.7% respectively .

India cracks down on foreign funding of NGOs

Amid an intensifying crackdown on non-governmental groups that receive foreign funding, Indian activists are accusing the government of stifling their right to dissent in the world's largest democracy . India has tightened the rules on non-governmental organisations over the past two years, following protests that delayed several important industrial projects. About a dozen NGOs that the government said engaged in activities that harm the public interest have seen their permission to receive foreign donations revoked, as have nearly 4,000 small NGOs for what officials said was inadequate compliance with reporting requirements. The government stepped up its campaign recently, suspending the permission that Indian Social Action Forum (Insaf), a network of more than 700 NGOs across India, had to receive foreign funds. Groups in the network campaign for indigenous peoples' rights over their mineralrich land and against nuclear energy, human rights violations and religious fundamentalism; nearly 90% of the network's funding comes from overseas. "The government's action is aimed at curbing our democratic right to dissent and disagree," said Anil Chaudhary, who heads an NGO that trains activists and is part of the Insaf network. "We dared to challenge the government's new foreign donation rules in the court. We opposed nuclear energy, we campaigned against genetically modified food. We have spoiled the sleep of our prime minister." In its letter to Insaf, the home ministry said the group's bank accounts were frozen and foreign funding approval suspended because it was likely to "prejudicially affect the public interest". A government official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the subject, said the government is not against criticism. But when an NGO used foreign donations to criticise Indian policies, "things get complicated, and you never know what the plot is", the official said, adding that NGOs should use foreign donations to do development work instead. The US is the top donor nation to Indian NGOs, followed by Britain and Germany, according to figures compiled by the Indian government, with Indian NGOs receiving funds from both the US government and private US institutions. In the year ending in March 2011, the most recent period for which data is available, about 22,000 NGOs received a total of more than $2bn from abroad, of which $650m came from the US. Asked about the Indian government's moves against foreign-funded NGOs, a US state department spokesman said the department was not aware of any US government involvement in the cases. The spokesman said such civil society groups around the world "are among the essential building blocks of any healthy democracy". The situation in India is not unlike the problems that similar groups face in Russia, where a law passed last year requires foreign-funded NGOs that engage in loosely defined political activities to register as "foreign agents". Trouble for many non-profit activist groups in India began more than a year ago when prime minister Manmohan Singh blamed groups from the US for fomenting anti-nuclear protests that have stalled the commissioning of India's biggest reactor, a Russian-backed project in Koodankulam in power-starved Tamil Nadu state. US officials, including Peter Burleigh, the American ambassador at the time, quickly moved to assure Indian officials that the US government supports India's civil nuclear power programme. And Victoria Nuland, then the state department spokeswoman, said the US does not provide support for non-profit groups to protest nuclear power plants. "Our NGO support goes for development, and it goes for democracy programmes," Nuland said. Although Singh was widely criticised for his fears, the government froze the accounts of several NGOs in southern India within weeks. "All our work has come to a stop," said Henri Tiphagne, head of a human rights group called People's Watch. "I had visited [the] Koodankulam protest site once. Is that a banned territory?" But the government's action appears to have had its desired effect. "NGOs are too scared to visit Koodankulam or associate with us now," said anti-nuclear activist SP Udayakumar. Meenakshi Ganguly, south Asia director of Human Rights Watch, said many NGOs were afraid to speak up about the suspension of their foreign funding approval, which is "being used to intimidate organisations and activists". Analysts say the government's way of dealing with dissent is a throwback to an earlier era. But Indian authorities have been particularly squeamish about criticism of late. As citizens have protested corruption and sexual assaults on women and demanded greater accountability from public officials, authorities have often reacted clumsily beating up peaceful protesters and cracking down on satirical cartoons, Facebook posts and Twitter accounts. Officials say NGOs are free to use Indian money for their protests. But activists say Indian money is hard to find, with many Indians preferring to donate to charities. A recent report by Bain & Co said that about two-thirds of Indian donors surveyed said that NGOs have room to improve the impact they are making in the lives of beneficiaries. It said that a quarter of donors are holding back on increased donations until they perceive evidence that their donations are having an effect. "They give blankets to the homeless, sponsor poor children or support cow shelters," said Wilfred Dcosta, co-ordinator of Insaf. "They do not want to support causes where you question the state, demand environmental justice or fight for the land rights of tribal people pitted against mighty mining companies." Insaf, whose acronym means "justice" in Urdu, has seen its portion of foreign funding increase significantly during the past 15 years. Now it receives funds from many international groups, including the American Jewish World Service and Global Greengrants Fund in the US, and groups in Germany, Switzerland and the Netherlands. The top American donors to Indian NGOs include Colorado-based Compassion International, Washington DC-based Population Services International and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. "It is not a question about money, it is a fight for our right to dissent," said Chaudhary. "I don't need dollars to block a road."

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BHOPAL Jun 24 to Jun 30, 2013

Nation

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Who will be new RBI Governor ?

Government earlier extended RBI Governor D Subbarao's tenure by two years till September 2013. There is general belief in the North Block that Chief Economic Advisor Raghuram Rajan will move into the RBI Governors office on the 18th floor on Mumbais Mint Road. He is a former IMF chief economist, he is a finance professor at the University of Chicago.

Who will be new MD of State Bank of India ?

Diwakar Gupta the present Managing Director of State Bank is going to retire this year. Two names have emerged as the front-runners for the post Arundhati Bhattacharya who is MD & CEO of SBI CAPITAL MARKETS LIMITED and Pradeep Kumar, Deputy MD of SBI have been short-listed for the interviews. he Land of Gods has turned into a ghost town. The images of devastation in Uttarakhand due to flash floods and landslides have sent shivers down one`s spine. The images of destroyed homes, crumbled buildings, and thousands of people trapped in the debris, stranded in the hills tell a horrid tale. The rage of overflowing rivers depicts how nature exacts revenge. Environmentalists have noted that the act of mindless construction of homes and hotels on the banks of the rivers, mushrooming hydel projects, construction of dams, cutting mountains in the Himalayan region are all the reasons behind the devastation of such mammoth proportions. The floods have exposed how vulnerable Indian disaster management system is. The personnel of National Disaster Response Force and Indo-Tibetan Border Police are trying hard to rescue those stranded at various locations. The Army has deployed more than 100 special forces troops. But the point here is, how much resources

KEDARNATH TRAGEDY:

Who will be I & B Secretary ?

Disaster plan was not ready

have they been provided with? A number of accounts of survivors reveal the difficulties being faced by them. Braving cold and hunger, the stranded people have expressed gratitude towards the Indian Air Force and Army personnel for lending them a helping hand. But the criticism of the government is widespread. The plight of those stuck in hills reveals the failure of the government to provide basic necessities to those who are in dire need of them. It`s true that the government is sending food packets, but are they being received by those who actually need them. And when they are airdropped, the receivers complain of receiving food

So far no decision has been taken for the Secretary Information and Broadcasting. Names of a couple of 1979 batch IAS officers are in circulation.

Dileep Shivpuri only candidate for President of IRS Association

Dileep Shivpuri, DGIT (System), New Delhi, is the only candidate for the post of President of Indian Revenue Service Association (All India body) in the election of executive body being held on June 27, 2013.

which is stale. In April, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) had issued a report stating that Uttarakhand has no disaster management plan to speak of. It also pointed out that that the State Disaster Management Authority, which was constituted in October 2007, has never met till date. "The state disaster management plan was under preparation and actionable programmes were not prepared for various disasters," the report says, indicating that the ecological system is at stake in India. Not just plagued by inadequate communication system, the state disaster management authority didn`t even have basic personnel in place. Lack of funds for the state`s disaster management in 2011-12 adds to the apathy of the authorities who are supposed to be ready to ward off any emergencies. Why is the common man paying price for the inexistence of Uttarakhand disaster plan? CM Vijay Bahugna shall have to answer.

MUMBAI The Janata Dal-Uniteds decision to snap ties with its ally the Bharatiya Janata Party after 17 years is a good news for Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray. The Shiv Sena executive president has been offered the post of NDA convenor, a position which was earlier held by Sharad Yadav, said highly-placed sources. The prestigious post was offered to Thackeray at his residence, Matoshree, during a meeting with BJP chief Rajnath Singh on Tuesday night. According to sources, the details of the meeting were kept under wraps and were part of an exercise to keep the NDA alliance together.

Uddhav to be next NDA convenor?

The BJP has been trying its best to keep all its allies together, after the JD-U snapped ties with it. Shiv Sena is one of its natural allies owing to their common stand on Hindutva. If Uddhav accepts the proposal, then he will be the third convenor of the National Democratic Alliance. At the time of the inception of the alliance, Samata Party leader George Fernandes was appointed its convenor and a few years later, JD-U chief Saharad Yadav stepped into his shoes. Thackeray assured the BJP chief that he would consider the proposal and would convey his decision soon, said sources, adding that BJP leaders think he will accept the post, as this would finally be his ticket into national politics. After the meet, the BJP President had expressed confidence that his party's alliance with its oldest partner Shiv Sena would continue. "Rajnath said our alliance will continue with more strength," the sources added. Talking about his meeting with the BJP president, Uddhav said, "Rajnath Singh said the alliance with Shiv Sena will remain intact. I said it will, as long as BJP does not leave the Hin-

dutva issue." Thackeray addressing his party men on Wednesday at Shanmukhanand Hall vouched his commitment to Hindutva. Criticizing Bihar Chief Minister and JD-U leader Nitish Kumar for severing ties with the BJP-led NDA, he said, "What kind of secularism is Nitish Kumar talking about? Where were these secularists when Kashmiri Pandits were driven out of Kashmir? Where were these secularists when the Hindus were facing crises?"Those present at the meeting on Tuesday included BJP state unit chief Devendra Fadanvis and Yuva Sena chief Aditya Thackeray, the sources further said. (Agencies)

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Sports

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Sports ministry to take stringent action against guilty shooters

The sports ministry has taken grave note of the sexual harassment complaint that a woman shooter has filed against two of her own team members, and promised "stringent action" against the accused if they are found guilty after an inquiry . "The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sportsremains committed to ensuring that sports in India remains free of any form of sexual harassment and reiterates that stringent action shall be taken against anyone who is found to be guilty of such practices which are abhorrent to the spirit of sports," the Ministry said in a statement. A lady shooter, who was selected in the trap junior women's event in an international competition held at Suhl, Germany earlier this month, had complained about the incident to the Ministry June 10. "In the complaint, the complainant accused two of her team members at the event of making sexual and derogatory comments," the statement stated. "Taking cognisance of the complaint, Secretary (Sports) asked DG, SAI the same day to get an immediate report from the concerned national sports federation, NRAI and to initiate firm disciplinary action against the two shooters if the complaint was found to be true. DG, SAI referred the matter to NRAI on June 11, 2013," it added. NRAI has referred the complaint to the chairman of the six-member athletes committee, Moraad Ali Khan, and asked for a report on the matter within 15 days. The report is still awaited from NRAI. "Pending the receipt of the committee's report, the two accused have been suspended by NRAI for one competition in view of the Team Manager's report that they had violated the instructions of the Manager regarding the team's conduct during the event," the statement added.

ndia held their nerve to beat England by five runs in a tense finish to a rain-disrupted ICC Champions Trophy final at Edgbaston on Sunday . In a match reduced to 20 overs a side, a fifthwicket partnership of 64 between Eoin Morgan and Ravi Bopara put England in sight of a victory target of 130 and their first major 50-over trophy . But the pair fell to successive deliveries by Ishant Sharma and England's lower order crumbled as the hosts finished on 124 for eight. Miserly bowling by Bopara and James Tredwell helped England restrict India to 129 for seven after the start of play had been de-

layed by nearly six hours due to persistent rain. Virat Kohli top-scored with 43 and Shikhar Dhawan, the tournament's leading run-scorer, made a breezy 31 but India were never able to dominate a disciplined England attack. Rohit Sharma was bowled by Stuart Broad for nine and Dhawan mis-timed a drive in Bopara's first over and was caught by Tredwell at mid-off. Dinesh Karthik skied a catch off Tredwell and Bopara struck twice in his third over, getting Suresh Raina caught by Alastair Cook at mid-on and dangerman MS Dhoni well taken by Tredwell on the third man boundary .

Bopara completed excellent figures of three for 20 but Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja took 30 runs off the next three overs and Kohli, badly dropped by Jonathan Trott, launched Broad for a massive six over square leg. Kohli skied James Anderson to long off but Jadeja finished unbeaten on 33 after clouting Tim Bresnan for another six in the final over of the innings. England lost wickets steadily at the start of their reply . Cook fell for two, edging a catch to first slip off Umesh Yadav, Trott made a fluent 20 off 17 balls before being stumped by Dhoni off Ravichandran Ashwin and Joe Root pulled the same bowler straight to long leg.

Serena apologises to Sharapova for dig at personal life

LONDON
ennis ace Serena Wi lliams, currently ranked World `s no.1 has claimed that she had already apologised to her Russian counterpart World`s no.3 Maria Sharapov a for comments made about her personal life in an article which appeared in Rolling Stone magazine. According to CNN, the article had com ments by Williams ove r Sharapova`s relationship with Bulga rian player Grigor Dimitrov and also con tained controversial passage about the rap e of a 16-year-old girl by American football players. In response to the com ments Sharapova had slammed Willia ms for being in an alleged relationship with a married ma n with children, who is rumored to be her French coach Patrick Mouratoglou. Williams said that she had extended the olive branch toward s Sharapova at WTA players` party in Lo ndon last week and had apologized to her for the remarks she made in the article.

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BHOPAL Jun 24 to Jun 30, 2013

Bureaucracy

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Did Shivraj Govt. violated norms in seeking extension for CS R. Parasuram?

ocial activist Ajay Dubey and Arun Gurtu Gotru alleged that six-month extension for Madhya Pradesh's Chief Secretary is violation of norms MP High Courrt after hearing a Public Interest Litigation filed by social activist Ajay Dubey and Arun Gurtu Gotru has directed 'competent authority' to dispose of a complaint challenging State Chief Secretary's extension within two weeks time. The court noted that no representation is submitted to the state government by the petitioner and directed the petitioners to take up the matter with the "competent authority". Chief Secretary R Parasuram has been granted six months extension from April 1 this year. "In the facts and circumstances of the case and keeping in view that time of two and half months is left. Petition filed by the petitioners is disposed of with a short direction that petitioners shall submit representation along with copy of the order passed by this court before the competent authority, which shall be considered by the competent authority within a period of two weeks," said an order dated June posal seeking extension for Chief Secretary but only a letter from the Chief Minister. "I have already moved a complaint to the Prime Minister to cancel his extension," said Dubey, who has got file notings and relevant documents related to the matter from both the Centre and state by exercising his Right to Information. He claimed that there was a complaint of alleged corruption filed by him against Parasuram pending with the Economic Offences Wing of the state. "The State government has not given any certificate claiming that no vigilance enquiry or complaint was pending against the Chief Secretary. It is in violation of a Supreme Court judgement in a case against former Central Vigilance Commissioner P J Thomas," Dubey said. A member of All India Service (IAS) holding the post of Chief Secretary to a State Government may be given extension of service for a period not exceeding six months on the recommendations made by the State Government concerned with full justification and in public interest, with the prior approval of the Central Government, according to the rules

13 by the High Court. The copy of the order was made available to the petitioner on June 21. "We will give representation to the Government of India to challenge the extension to Chief Secretary," Dubey said. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had early this year sought extension from the Centre for senior IAS officer R Parasuram, who was serving as Chief Secretary in the state, citing his "outstanding track record".

Parasuram was granted six months extension, after approval of the Prime Minister, on January 31. "There is a violation of All India Services rule which states that extension has to be sought from state government along with a host of formalities and not by a letter of recommendation from the Chief Minister," the petitioner said. Dubey claimed that the state government did not make any background note in form of a proposal to be sent to the Centre. "There is no official record of a pro-

Govt takes first step to free CBI of govt interference

n an unprecedented move, the government given a clear hint at making the CBI autonomous and free of governchaired by finance minister P Chidambaram would be placed before the cabinet. We have decided and that is fundamental principle of the Constitution that there should be no interference ofgovernment or any other agency in the probe carried out CBI or any other agency . We are committed to that. We feel that there should be accountability along with autonomy, Sibal said. It has been recommended that the CBI will be provided financial autonomy like that given to an agency like the CRPF. Sources reveal that there will be an element of accountability, but the CBI will not be answerable to thegovernment. The GoM constituted by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on appropriate law being made to provide for the independence of CBI and its functional autonomy, as directed by the Supreme Court, concluded its hearing today and would place its recommendations before the Cabinet on June 27. Once the cabinet clears changes proposed by the GoM, an affidavit would be submitted before the Supreme Court in this regard on July 6, before it hears the matter on July 10. Sibal also held over a one-and-a-halfhourlong meeting with CBI director Ranjit Sinha to apprise him with the matter. CBI sources said although the agency did not make an independent presentation, but its concerns were incorporate in the presentation made by DoPT. Chaired by the finance minister, the GoM also includes external affairs minister Salman Khurshid, home minister Sushilkumar Shinde and Minister of State for Personnel V Narayanasamy .

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ment interference. A panel of retired judges will oversee the CBI investigations pertaining to graft or any other significant matter and ensure that it is insulated from external interference. This panel will be called an accountability committee. The Union law minister Kapil Sibal confirmed the move and said all the recommendations of the Group of Ministers (GoM)

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