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June 29, 2009 by anand
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Close shave for passengers of Kingfisher flight
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Kolkata: There is narrow escape for the passengers of Kingfisher Airlines as its wings got damage just before the flight is about to take off from Kolkata airport for Bagdogra here.
According to the sources, the incident took place at 4:35pm when the kingfisher flight which was about to take off for Bagdogra with 135 passengers on board. The plains wing got damage just before the flight is about to take off.
The airport officials told media persons that no casualties have been reported.
Further details were awaited.
India will eye T20 revenge in ODI series: Gayle
Bested in the World Twenty20, revenge-thirsty India would come down hard on West Indies in the forthcoming ODI series, believes home side captain Chris Gayle.
West Indies not only beat India in the Super Eight stage of the World Twenty20 but also laid bare their frailty against rising deliveries which was exploited well by England. Gayle believes the side under Mahendra Singh Dhoni, however depleted, would seek to settle score in the four-match ODI series starting here on Friday.
“We have a big game on Friday against India. We’re all looking forward to it,” Gayle said.
“India is always a good One Day team and they will be looking to beat us based on their Twenty20 disappointment,” he added.
Gayle said even though India would be without star batsmen Sachin Tendulkar and Virender Sehwag, the bunch is still good enough to make life miserable for the hosts. “Sehwag and Tendulkar are two world class players but they still have quality players to step up and they have a lot of experience in one day cricket.
“They still have quality players in Yuvraj (Singh), Harbhajan Singh, (Mahendra Singh) Dhoni, (Ishant) Sharma and a lot of guys to give us a lot of trouble,” Gayle said.
“So it’s not a situation where we will say it’s a walkover. It’s never a walkover against India,” he added. Having led the side to the semifinals of the World Twenty20, Gayle said he was happy with the support from all quarters.
“The support has been brilliant. The guys gave me their full support and I gave them the same sort of support and respect which they deserve. It’s been enjoyable.
“Captaining the West Indies has done a lot for me individually and I’m really happy and grateful to be captaining West Indies and the entire region,” Gayle said.
“It’s a privilege and hopefully I can continue from strength to strength and give everyone something to cheer about. Hopefully we can wrap up this series and am looking forward for a lot of things,” Gayle said.
Normalcy returning to Lalgarh : WB govt
With the operations by security forces entering the fifth day on Wednesday to reclaim areas taken over by Maoist-backed tribals at Lalgarh in West Midnapore district, the West Bengal govt on Wednesday said that the situation was returning to normal.
“I think the situation is returning to normal in Lalgarh. I have talked to the local people. I have heard their grievances. I feel if we all work together, normalcy will return soon,” West Bengal Chief Secretary Asok Mohan Chakraborty told newsmen at a helipad next to the Lalgarh police station.
Asked how long the operations would continue, Chakraborty said, “The forces are here. It will depend on them and their commanders. It is not for me to comment on.”
Posed with the same question, IGP (Law and Order) Raj Kanojia said “the operations are on.”
Asked why the operations did not appear to be visible, Kanojia said “We are not conducting operations to make it visible to you.”
With six truckloads of rice arriving, the chief secretary said from Thursday, besides rice, dal and potatoes would be provided free to displaced villagers and in relief camps for which the Block Developmetn Officer has been given instructions.
Maoists, Chakraborty said, were trying to pressurise the villagers to stay away from relief camps and rice distribution centres.
“I talked to the local people and asked them to defeat the designs of the Maoists,” Chakraborty said.
During the visit of the chief secretary, who arrived by helicopter, thousands of people queued up at the BDO’s office for receiving six kilos of rice each.
“The people of the area suffered a lot. You can make out that they are in great difficulty,” he said, adding that, people sought jobs, beside food and resumption of transport services.
“Development activities must be started as soon as possible. The prerequisite is to restore confidence in the law and order system. Maoists did not allow government offices, police and ration shops to function. We are trying to restore this,” he said.
Asked for a time frame, he said, “It’s difficult to give any time frame as we have to deal with the villagers who are not our enemies. We have to take them into confidence. It is not possible to give any schedule.”
Asked about the alleged harassment by police, the chief secretary said that the forces have been repeatedly warned not to indulge in activity that might harm villagers.
“The state and central forces have arrived in the interest of villagers and not against them. This must be kept in mind by all,” the chief secretary said.
“There is no rift with villagers. Today also I told them to be very cautious in dealing with villagers.”
Chakraborty also said, “if we get definite information or complaints, we will take strong action.”
Asked if lack of development had led to the agitation by tribals, he said, “if certain sections did not deliver, this is not the way to press demands.
“Killing doctors and nurses, is it protest?” he asked referring to the blowing up of an ambulance in Belpahari by the Maoists in the district in November last year when a doctor and nurse were killed.
“Anyway, we are trying to start with a clean slate.”
The chief secretary, accompanied by DGP (Coordination) arrived after visiting adjoining Purulia and Bankura districts.
In Lalgarh he held a meeting at the BDO’s office with officials and visited the CRPF camp at Ramkrishna Vidyapeeth.
Chakraborty also went to the block hospital and met patients.
He said that health services were being augmented and the hospital would have an air-conditioned ward with 12 beds.
Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee had instructed for augmenting health services, he said.
NASA launches two probes to the moon
June 24, 2009 by anand
Filed under Science & Technology
NASA launched two probes into space in the first step of a long journey to return mankind to the moon in 2020.
The dual LRO and LCROSS missions were launched on Thursday on an Atlas V rocket from Florida’s Kennedy Space Centre on a landmark lunar exploration mission to scout for water sources and landing sites on Earth’s satellite.
Bad weather delayed the launch by about 20 minutes, before officials from the US space agency gave the go-ahead for the mission to blastoff.
Sikandar, Samaantar nominated at Bollywood & Beyond film fest
June 24, 2009 by anand
Filed under Entertainment
‘Sikandar’ and ‘Samaantar’, produced by BIG Pictures have been nominated at ‘Bollywood & Beyond Film Festival’ to be held in Stuttgart, Germany from 14th – 19th July in 2009.
While ‘Sikandar’ has been selected as a part of the official competition and would compete for the ‘German Star of India’ award, Marathi language film ‘Samaantar’ is competing in the Audience Award category at the Festival.
“The selection of Sikandar and Samaantar reaffirm our strategy of taking Indian films global and are a strong shot in the arm for BIG Pictures’ efforts to walk away from the beaten track and produce world cinema titles in nine Indian languages,” Mahesh Ramanathan, Chief Operating officer, BIG Pictures said.
He hoped that showcasing of the films in the festival will help these films to expand their distribution footprint internationally.
“We are confident Sikandar’s bold counterpoint against terrorism will continue to resonate strongly in more festivals and with film makers around the world. With Samaantar Amol Palekar’s mastery of his craft has been rewarded again,” he said.
‘Sikandar’ is a suspense thriller starring Parzaan Dastur and Ayesha Kapur along with R Madhavan, Sanjay Suri and Arunoday Singh.
The film has been written and directed by Piyush Jha.
‘Sikandar’ was also recently screened at the International Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA).
‘Samaantar’ is a heart-wrenching drama starring Amol Palekar and Sharmila Tagore. The film is written by Sandhya Gokhale and directed by Amol Palekar himself.
The ‘Bollywood & Beyond Film Festival’ is the only festival in all of Germany which is entirely dedicated to Indian films.
The Festival started in the year 2004 and is currently in its fifth year.
In 2008, the festival had approximately 13,000 visitors.
Saina lead India’s charge in Malaysian Open
Brimming with confidence after her historic Super Series win in Indonesia Open, ace shuttler Saina Nehwal will spearhead Indian challenge in the Malaysian Open Grand Prix Gold, beginning in Johar Bahru from Wednesday.
Second seed Saina, who beat world number three Chinese Lin Chang in the finals of the Indonesian Super Series last week, faces world number 39 Porntip Buranaprasertsuk of Thailand in her opening match in the women’s singles category.
Compatriot Aditi Mutatkar will take on Mingtian Fu of Singapore in the other singles match.
Among the men, third seed Chetan Anand will lock horns with Malaysian Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin, while ninth seed Aravind Bhat will meet Dane Sune Gavnholt in their respective opening tie.
16th seed Anup Sridhar, who created a flutter defeating world number two Dane Peter Gade to reach the quarterfinals of the Singapore Open, will cross sword with Japanese Koichi Saeki.
Meanwhile, P Kashyap, seeded 12, will look to recreate his recent form in the Spanish Open and Open Volant d’Or, when he lock horns with Kazuteru Kozai of Japan.
Kashyap finished runnersup in Spanish Open and Open Volant d’Or last month.
Budding player Anand Pawar will start his campaign against Malaysian Wei Feng Chong, while Ajay Jayaram will meet another Malaysian Chong Chieh Lok in his first round match.
In the mixed doubles category, number one seed Indian pair of V Diju and Jwala Gutta will take the challenge of Malaysian combo Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari and Pei Tty Wong.
Sensex remains volatile ahead of settlement, ends with gains
Trading was volatile on the BSE on Wednesday as the benchmark Sensex closed nearly 99 points higher on fresh buying in engineering and technology stocks amid brokers covering pending positions ahead of the monthly derivatives segment expiry.
The Sensex, which was volatile in the last two trading sessions and surrendered notable ground, gained 98.72 points at 14,422.73. It shuttled between 14,479.82 and 14,207.02 points during the day.
The 50-share National Stock Exchange index Nifty also gained 45.95 points at 4,292.95, after moving between 4,307.00 and 4,218.25 points.
Rising Asian and European markets also supported the market during the day, ahead of the US Federal Reserve’s decision on interest rates and any statement on the economy after its two-day policy meeting on June 23-24.
Marketmen said trading was choppy as some investors indulged in clearing pending positions in the derivatives segment, expecting firming trends in coming sessions.
They said the market is likely to witness another brief rally till the Budget on hopes that the government might pump in more money to boost the country’s infrastructure
Iran council asks for more time for vote complaints
Iran’s top legislative body urged Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday to extend the deadline to receive complaints of defeated presidential candidates, state television reported.
“We are urging you to allow us to extend the deadline to receive further complaints five more days,” the Guardian Council said in a letter.
The Guardian Council has rejected demands for a rerun from two losing candidates, former prime minister Mousavi and pro-reform cleric Mehdi Karoubi.
The legislative body said the extended deadline would pave the ground for removing any ambiguities over the disputed vote.
“As the legal deadline to review the complaints ends on Wednesday, extending the deadline will help the council to remove ambiguities,” the letter said.
Ten days of protest against elections that confirmed hardline anti-Western President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in office have produced unprecedented protests and a public split in the Islamic establishment.
Defeated candidates accuse the authorities of rigging the election and have demanded a rerun.
Moderate cleric Karoubi, defeated in the 12th June poll, signaled on Tuesday opposition would continue, calling on Iranianas to hold ceremonies on Thursday to mourn those killed at protests. (BJ-24/06)
At least 10 were killed in the worst violence on Saturday, and about seven more early last week.
Met Dept predicts below normal rainfall; monsoon forecast to be 93 pc
Meteorological Department on Wednesday predicted below normal rainfall for the month of July as the Minister of state for Science and technology Prithviraj Chavan told reporters in the capital that monsoon forecast has been downgraded to 93 per cent from 96 percent for July.
Releasing the Meteorological Department’s updated forecast for the Southwest Monsoon, he said that normal monsoon has been predicted for the year.
Agriculture Secretaries of states that have not received rainfall will meet Union Agriculture Secretary on Wednesday and search for answers.
About 60 per cent of the total cultivable area of 140 million hectare is rain fed, while the rest is irrigated.
Southwest monsoon, which had brought cheer to the farming community due to its early onset on 23rd May, had stopped in its tracks over Konkan region of Maharashtra on 7th June.
Union Agriculture Secretary T Nanda Kumar will hold discussions with Agriculture Secretaries of states like Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa, Bihar, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh on how to deal with the situation that could send the economy into a downward spiral.
On 20th June, the Committee of Secretaries (CoS), headed by Union Cabinet Secretary, took stock of the situation arising out of delay in monsoon and its impact on Kharif crops.
The CoS had decided that the Agriculture Ministry on 25th June will call a meeting of agriculture secretaries of those states which have so far not received rainfall.
These states have been also asked to come up with contingency plans in case the monsoon gets further delayed.
However, Nanda Kumar had said that “at this point of time there is no cause of worry”.
He would brief the cabinet secretary about the outcome of the meet on 26th June.
