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INDIAN PARLIAMENT
OKAYS LAND BILL AMID
OPPOSITION'S PROTEST
PAKISTANI HINDUS CELEBRATE HOLI IN LAHORE (IANS).
Average detached house in Toronto
edging at a million dollars
TORONTO - Toronto Real Estate
Board President Paul Etherington
announced that Greater Toronto
Area REALTORS® reported 6,338
home sales through the
TorontoMLS system in February
2015. This result represented a
substantial 11.3 per cent yearover-year increase compared to
February 2014. Large annual increases in transactions were
noted for most major home types,
in the City of Toronto and surrounding GTA regions.
"Even with the record low temperatures last month, we still saw
an increase in the number of
people purchasing homes in the
GTA. This speaks to the importance households place on home
ownership and the fact that buy-
ers continue to view ownership
housing as a quality long-term
investment in which they can
live," said Mr. Etherington.
The overall supply of homes for
sale, as measured by the count
of active listings at the end of
February 2015, was down by 8.7
per cent compared to the same
count in February 2014. This
means that market conditions
became tighter, leading to more
competition between buyers.
The overall average selling price
for February 2015 home sales
was $596,163 - up by 7.8 per cent
compared to the average for February 2014. Driving this increase
was the detached market segment. In the City of Toronto, the
average detached selling price
moved above $1 million dollars
for the first time in a calendar
month. "The strong year-overyear price growth we experienced
in February points to the robust
demand for ownership housing in
the GTA, coupled with a con-
strained supply of homes for sale
in some market segments, especially where low-rise home types
like singles, semis and
townhouses are concerned," said
Jason Mercer, TREB's Director of
Market Analysis.
Sydney murder: Sushma Swaraj speaks to Australian counterpart
41-year-old Prabha Arun Kumar stabbed to death in Australia (IANS)
Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj (IANS)
New Delhi/Sydney (IANS): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj yesterday took up with her Australian counterpart the murder of an Indian IT
consultant in a Sydney street. Australian police have released CCTV footage of the woman minutes before she was stabbed to death three days ago. Prabha
Arun, 41, employed with Bengaluru-based technology firm MindTree, was attacked at Amos Street in western Sydney on Saturday evening. She was on the phone
with her husband Arun Kumar, who lives in Bengaluru with their 10-year-old daughter, when she was stabbed and was around 300 metres from her Westmead
home. She was treated at the scene for stab wounds to her neck from a sharp-edged weapon and later died at Westmead Hospital.
New Delhi, (IANS) The Lok Sabha here on Tuesday passed the contentious land acquisition bill amid a walkout by opposition par ties
even as the government moved nine amendments to address concerns raised by farmers.
Shiv Sena, an ally of the Bharatiya Janata Par ty, abstained during the
voting.
The proposed legislation removes the need for obtaining consent of
land-owners and carrying out social impact assessment (SIA) for
acquiring land under cer tain categories -- precisely the provisions
which had raised the heckles of critics.
Rural Development Minister Birender Singh, who took potshots at the
Congress, his former party, moved nine official amendments, which
were adopted.
With opposition members repeatedly insisting on division to register
their disagreement, it took more than an hour for the bill to be passed
after the minister's reply to nearly eight-hour debate.
The Right to Fair Compensation, Rehabilitation and Transparency in
Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill, 2015 faces a
tough call in the Rajya Sabha where the government is in minority.
Opposition leaders in the upper house have already hinted that they
would try and send the bill to a Standing or Select Committee.
The Congress, which had moved a number of amendments in the Lok
Sabha -- all were negated -- demanded that the bill be sent to the
Standing Committee.
"They have not accepted even a single amendment proposed by us.
This bill is anti-farmer. So we are walking out," said Congress leader
of the house Mallikarjun Kharge.
The CPI-M, CPI, AAP, RJD, JD-S and Samajwadi Par ty, Trinamool
Congress members did the same.
Biju Janata Dal members had walked out minutes earlier. Shiv Sena
leader and union minister Anant Geete indicated that the party was
likely to abstain during voting in the Rajya Sabha also.
"We wanted to convey that land of farmers should be taken with their
consent. The decision (to abstain) was not to put the government in
trouble. It will continue (in Rajya Sabha)," Geete told IANS.
Road transpor t minister Nitin Gadkari told IANS that the bill will speed
up development and create new employment.
Yadav, Bhushan wanted AAP to
lose in Delhi: Kejriwal loyalists
New Delhi, (IANS) The AAP crisis worsened on Tuesday, with
four leaders known to be close to par ty chief Arvind Kejriwal
accusing senior colleagues Yogendra Yadav and Prashant
Bhushan of having attempted the par ty's defeat in the Feb 7 Delhi
assembly polls.
The allegation was levelled in a statement by deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, minister Gopal Rai and two other Aam Aadmi
Par ty (AAP) leaders Pankaj Gupta and Sanjay Singh.
It prompted Yadav to say that he hoped the charge would lead to
an "open, transparent dialogue" for the truth to prevail.
Prashant Bhushan said: "Time has come for the country to know
the whole truth about the matter and the truth will come out soon."
In a joint statement, the four leaders on Tuesday said the AAP
National Executive decided on March 4 to "release" Bhushan and
Yadav from the Political Affairs Committee (PAC) -- the party's
highest decision-making body -- and assign them new responsibilities.
"While all workers were struggling to ensure the par ty's victory,
the trio - Prashant Bhushan, Yogendra Yadav and Shanti Bhushan
- were making all-out effor ts for the par ty's defeat (in Delhi)," the
statement said.
"The PAC did not publicise the reasons behind the move as it
could affect the senior duo's reputation," it said, in reference to
Prashant Bhushan, an AAP founder member and a senior Supreme Cour t advocate, and Yadav, widely seen as a leading political exper t.
Shanti Bhushan is Prashant Bhushan's father and also a leading
advocate.
"But the manner in which an atmosphere has been created that
the National Executive was undemocratic and irresponsible, and
the questions raised in the minds of the AAP activists, we are
compelled to give this explanation," the statement added.
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Liberals Host an International
Women's Day Brunch in Brampton
Party has nominated 70 women candidates across the country, including 3 in Peel Region
BRAMPTON - Local Liberals gathered in Brampton to celebrate the contributions of women in Canadian politics. The
event, which highlighted local Liberal candidates Kamal
Khera (Brampton West), Ruby Sahota (Brampton Nor th) and
Iqra Khalid (Mississauga-Erin Mills) was headlined by
special guest Liberal MP Kirsty Duncan (Etobicoke Nor th).
"International Women's Day offers us all the oppor tunity to
recommit to the ongoing work for equality everywhere," said
Liberal MP Duncan. "Today's event reminds us of the
progress we have made as a society and also the need to
continue to push for equality."
Par ticipants at this year's brunch were impressed with the
Liberal commitment to engaging women in politics. Liberal
Leader Justin Trudeau has made it a priority to nominate
women to run in this year's election.
"I am proud to be one of 70 female candidates ?already
nominated by the Liberal Par ty," said Kamal Khera. "In
Brampton half of the Liberal Par ty's nominated candidates
are female."
"Having women in leadership roles, as candidates, MP's and
in par ty leadership is an impor tant step for our par ty, " said
Ruby Sahota. "Today's brunch served as a reminder to all of us
of the profound work we have done already, and as a rallying
call for the work that still needs to be done to reach true
equality."
"To receive the suppor t from those in attendance builds on a
long tradition in our region of suppor ting equality," said Iqra
Khalid. "Coming from a city that elected Mayor McCallion for
over 30 years, we have seen first hand the impor tance female
leadership can have in our city."
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Brampton's Mayfield Village Taking Shape
BRAMPTON - Construction is in full swing and some families
have already begun to take possession and many more families
are looking forward to moving into their beautiful new Mayfield
Village homes.
It's exciting to see the first glimpses of a young new community. Inspire Boulevard is the main entrance to the community
off of Dixie Rd. It's here that you'll get your first glimpse of the
unique urban village feel with live work retail units lining the
street. With a little imagination, you can already see families
shopping, friends meeting at the local coffee shop and kids
playing at one of the many parks along Mayfield Village's main
corridor.
The well-appointed live work towns that line Inspire Boulevard,
best demonstrate the unique urban villagelifestyle that has
drawn residents to Mayfield Village. Upscale storefront facades
present a welcoming feel to residents who will no longer worry
about commuting to get many of their everyday necessities. A
quick stroll to Inspire Boulevard represents that new urban
village feeling that Mayfield Village will quickly become known
for.
With five award winning builders, what's immediately apparent
is the sheer variety of new homes now nearing completion.
Different models, sizes and designs provide various choices for
every type of buyer. From first homebuyers to those looking to
expand their families and living space; Mayfield Village caters
to everyone.
The neighbouring business park is also beginning to take
shape. Next to the Mayfield Rd exit off Highway 410, you can
see the beginnings of Brampton's new premier auto mall. On the
nor th side of Mayfield Rd. you'll notice the new Acklands
Grainger head office; Testament to the beginnings of Brampton's
next big business park. With many other businesses set to
Pakistani activist honored with International
Women of Courage Award
Islamabad (IANS): After youngest ever nobel peace prize winner Malala Yousafzai, the scenic
Swat valley is again in the limelight on the world scene due to
another brave woman from the
area -- the founder of an NGO.
In recognition of her service for
women's rights, the US has
awarded Adnan the 2015 Secre-
tary of State's International Women
of Courage Award, Dawn repor ted.
Deputy Secretary Higginbottom
presented 10 extraordinary
women from 10 countries the
award. US First Lady Michelle
Obama would join Higginbottom
and the award winners as a special guest.
A victim of child marriage, Adnan
was married at the age of 13. The
marriage and spike with domestic
abuse, ended after 20 years when
she gathered courage to divorce
her husband. Later she started her
NGO, Khwendo Jirga, or Sister's
Council, a women-only Jirga,
where women meet weekly to
discuss issues such as honor killings, acid attacks, and swara, or
giving women as compensation
for crimes.
The Jirga launched awareness
campaigns on women security,
right to vote and offer free legal
help to victims of violence. According to a press release by the
US Depar tment of State, "the
Secretary of State's International
Women of Courage Award annually recognises women around
the globe who have demonstrated
exceptional courage and leadership in advocating for peace, justice, human rights, gender equality and women's empowerment,
often at great personal risk."
The award was launched in 2007,
and since then, 86 women from
more than 50 different countries
have been honored. "This year's
recipients reflect women's roles
as agents of change and leaders
in many of the crises and challenges facing the world today,
from countering violent extremism to promoting security and
recovery from the Ebola Virus
Disease," said the press release.
Indian-origin entrepreneur among top 10 under-40 rich list
New York (IANS): Indian billionaire chief executive officer of Malaysia-based Celframe Technology Group of Companies, Arun Pudur, is
among the world's top 10 richest individuals under 40, according to a
list published on Wednesday by Wealth-X, a global wealth intelligence and prospecting company. Pudur, 36, is ranked at 10th position
on the list with a personal for tune of $4 billion. His company has over
500 clients, including Boeing, MTV, Nortel, General Motors and Delta.
An investor with a passion for solving consumer problems, Pudur began
his career at the age of 13 fixing bikes, and breeding champion dogs
before he graduated to start his technology business. He made his first
million at the age of 21, first billion at the age of 26 and never looked back.
Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, 30, topped the list. The list is
dominated by other male technopreneurs, with four of them deriving their
fortunes from their early involvement in Facebook. Zuckerberg's wealth
is estimated at $35.1 billion, more than 40 percent of the combined net
worth of all the other billionaires on the list.
Four other individuals from Facebook -- Dustin Moskovitz, Sean Parker,
Eduardo Saverin and Jan Koum -- also appear on the list. Koum is also
co-founder and CEO of mobile messaging application WhatsApp, which
was acquired by Facebook in 2014 for $19 billion. Koum's personal
fortune of $7.7 billion earns him third place on the list. The list also
features two under-40 female billionaires. Yang Huiyan, of China, a
34-year-old Country Garden Holdings heiress, whose net worth totals
$5.1 billion, makes her Asia's richest woman. Biotech entrepreneur
Elizabeth Holmes, 31, who has amassed a for tune of $4.5 billion, is
America's youngest female billionaire.
begin building just to the south, it won't be long before the
convenience of living in Mayfield Villagebecomesobvious.
Restaurants, commercial and industrial businesses will begin
to line Dixie Rd. directly across the street from the main
entrance to Mayfield Village.
This past summer, Mayfield Village also announced its plans to
expand the community East, all the way to Airpor t Road making
Mayfield Village one of Brampton's largest new
neighbourhoods.
With move in dates available now, the oppor tunity to call this
unique urban village,home, is just around the corner. The
builders are also offering $10,000 in bonus incentives for a
limited time. Visit www.mayfieldvillage.ca and see the beautiful
floor plans and designs for this community. You can alsovisit
the Presentation Centre in person at 4585 Mayfield Rd- just East
of HWY 410.
THIRTY OF INDIA'S
68 BILLIONAIRES
LIVE IN MUMBAI
MUMBAI (PTI): Thir ty of India's 68 billionaires live in
Mumbai, making the country's financial capital sixth on
the list of 20 global cities surveyed in the Knight Frank
Wealth Repor t 2015 released on Monday.
On top of the billionaire population list is New York with
114 followed by Moscow (91), Hong Kong (53), London
(49) and Beijing (37). With 68 billionaires, India has been
ranked seventh of the 97 countries sur veyed in the repor t.
USA heads the list with 515 billionaires (see char t). The
repor t stated that Mumbai's billionaire population will
grow 110% by 2024.
Over the next decade, only USA, China and Russia will
have more billionaires than India, said the repor t.
Globally, 830 people joined the ranks of the billionaire
club in the past decade, with 53 individuals becoming
billionaires in 2014 alone. Total number of billionaires in
the world now stands at 1,844, an 82% increase from ten
years ago.
''The most rapid growth in wealth will be seen in Ho Chi
Minh City, Jakar ta, Mumbai and Delhi,'' said Liam Bailey,
global head of research at Knight Frank. The repor t has
also done a separate survey on Ultra High Net Wor th
Individuals (UHNWI). These are people having net wor th
of $ 30 million and more. India ranks 20 with 1,652
UHNWI. Within India, Mumbai is expected to see the
fastest rise in UHNWI followed by Delhi and Hyderabad.
Watches, ar t and jewellery are the top draws for wealthy
Indians to invest in their passion.
Said Shishir Baijal, chairman & MD, Knight Frank India,
''Wealth creation in India is expected to accelerate with
the number of UHNWIs expected to double over the next
decade. This reflects a more positive outlook for India's
economy after 2014 was marked by capital outflows and
a sharp devaluation of the rupee.''
About 80% of wealth advisors expect their super rich
clients' net wor th to increase in 2015; Hong Kong's ultrarich, at 94%, is the most bullish about prospects in 2015.
Globally, family succession issues were the number one
worry, with 85% of respondents saying their clients were
concerned about the handover of family wealth to the next
generation. However, for China and Hong Kong, political
inter ference stood out as the number one concern.
A potential increase in wealth taxes (81%) and increased
government scrutiny of wealth (80%) were the second and third
most vexatious issues, according to the survey results.
The ultra wealthy in Asia now hold more wealth with net
assets of $ 5.9 trillion or 7% more than those in Nor th
America with $ 5.5 trillion. ''However, with a $ 6.4 trillion
treasure chest, European UHNWIs still control the most
wealth,'' said the repor t. In 2014, around 15 people a day
joined the ranks of the ultra-wealthy or those with a net
wor th of over USD 30 million.
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Putin admits to ordering Crimea's
annexation before referendum
Moscow (IANS): Russian
President Vladimir Putin
admitted that he ordered the
annexation of Crimea hours after
the ouster of Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych, and a
week before the regional
authorities of the peninsula
rebelled against the government
in Kiev calling for an independence referendum, Efe news
agency repor ted.
State-owned Russia TV
released late Sunday the trailer
of a documentary film scheduled to be broadcast in the
coming days in which Putin will
disclose the details of Crimea's
annexation and the special
operation to take out the former
Ukrainian president from his
hometown of Donetsk, where he
took refuge upon fleeing Kiev in
the early hours of February 22.
"Heavy machine guns were
installed there to act without
further parley. We got ready to
pick him up directly from
Donetsk: by land, by sea and by
air. It was the night of (February) 22 to (February) 23, we
finished at about seven o'clock
in the morning. And when
par ting, I told all my colleagues:
'We'll have to star t working on
bringing Crimea back to
Russia'," Putin says in the
trailer. Although Putin had
already revealed the par ticipation of Russian troops in
Crimea's incorporation, he had
always claimed that the
intervention was made to
ensure the reunification
referendum process, organised
by pro-Russian authorities in
the peninsula on March 1.
"We did use our armed forces,
but only to give the people living
here the oppor tunity to express
their views regarding their
future," Putin said in the
Crimean city of Yalta last
August.
Moreover, the Russian president consistently argued that
Crimea has always been
Russian territory but was
unfairly transferred to Ukraine in
1954, when both were par t of
the Soviet Union.
On March 16, 2014, Crimea held
an independence referendum,
unrecognised by the authorities
in Kiev and the international
community, in which approximately 97 percent of those who
voted were in favour of Crimea
acceding to Russia.
Two days later, Russia annexed
the Ukrainian territory in a
ceremony at the Kremlin, where
Putin and the leaders of the
region signed a bilateral treaty,
declaring the Republic of
Crimea and the city of
Sebastopol as members of the
Russian Federation.
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Post-secondary education
not a dream any more
TORONTO - Over 1.4 million lower-income children are unable
to receive government education funding they're eligible
forbecause they don't have a Registered Education Savings
Plan (RESP). A new online engine www.Smar tSAVER.org has
launched a new online application form specifically created to
help the families of these children open RESPs and access the
Canada Learning Bond.
The Bond is a contribution of up to $2,000 to kick star t the
savings for a lower-income child's future education. It is a joint
initiative of BMO, Meridian, RBC Royal Bank, Scotiabank, TD
and Vancity who have committed to establish RESPs for lowerincome families with no fees and no minimum contribution to
help them access the federal government's Canada Learning
Bond.
Families can apply for the Canada Learning Bond through
Smar tSAVER's online application form in less than 10 minutes
and choose any of the six participating credit unions and banks
to establish their RESP with $0. The user-friendly application is
supported in five languages - English, French, Spanish, Mandarin and Punjabi. The bond is available to families with a net
family income of $44,701 or less, can provide the first contribution into an eligible child's RESP. Research shows that this
modest seed-money can be an enormous boost for both children and their families.
PREMIER WYNNE AND MINISTER COTEAU VIEWED THE PAN AM & PARAPAN AM GAMES MEDALS AT THE TO2015 OFFICES. (PREMIERPHOTOS)
Parliamentary Secretary Gill Discusses
Canada-India Education Ties
TORONTO - Parm Gill, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of
International Trade, (right) held a
round table with education stakeholders focusing on promoting
Canada as a study destination for
Indian students. Canada's International Education Strategy (IES),
a key element of the Global Markets Action Plan, is the
government's blueprint to maintain and enhance Canada's global position in higher education.
There are more than 35,000 Indian nationals studying in
Canada, and over 400 memorandums of understanding for academic par tnerships are currently
in place between Canadian and
Indian education institutions. Under the IES, Canada's goal is to
double the number of international
students choosing Canada by
2022.
The strategy helps Canada to
build on its already strong education advantages. Capitalizing on
these vast opportunities will create jobs and economic growth and
will help Canada retain and enhance its global leadership position and become a more prosperous, innovative and competitive
economy. Parliamentary Secretary Gill was in Delhi and
Chandigarh, India, from March 2
to 5.
Oakville Fire reminds residents: change
your clocks, change your batteries
OAKVILLE - The Oakville Fire depar tment is reminding residents
to change their smoke and carbon monoxide alarm batteries
when they change their clocks for
daylight savings time this Sunday, March 8. "Nearly half of all
fatal fires in Ontario occur because there are no working
smoke alarms in the home," said
Deputy Fire Chief George Bir tig.
"Switching the batteries in your
alarms twice a year - when the
clocks change - is a simple and
effective way to prevent house
fires and keep your family safe."
Ontario law requires working
smoke alarms on every storey of
a home and outside each sleeping area. As of October 15, 2014,
all homes are also required to
have carbon monoxide alarms.
For added protection, the Oakville
Fire department recommends installing a smoke alarm inside all
bedrooms.
Smoke alarms should be re-
placed every 10 years. Replacement times for carbon monoxide
alarms vary from five to 10 years.
Always follow the replacement
schedule posted on each
alarm.Tampering with or permanently
removing batteries from a smoke alarm
is illegal. Failure to comply with the Fire
Code smoke alarm requirements can
result in a ticket for $235 or a fine of up
to $50,000.
All residents should have a home fire
safety and escape plan that includes
the following steps.
" Ensure all smoke and carbon monoxide alarms are installed properly
and working.
" Keep all exits unobstructed and
easy to access.
" Practice two ways out of each
room, when possible.
" Determine who will be responsible for helping young children,
the elderly, or others requiring
assistance.
" Identify a meeting place outside,
where all household members
can gather.
" In case of fire, get low and move
under the smoke to the closest
safe exit.
" Call 9-1-1 once outside the home
using a cellphone or neighbour's
telephone.
" Stay outside where it is safe;
never re-enter a burning building.
To learn more about the maintenance of smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, and home fire
safety, visit the Fire Safety page.
Conservatives keep
millions in their coffers
instead of investing in
Southern Ontario: NDP
ONTARIO - With the recent wave of jobs losses in Southern
Ontario and the province's uncer tain economic outlook, the
NDP is troubled to learn that the Conservative government
decided to leave millions of dollars intended for job creation
in government coffers, rather than invest the money.
From 2010 to 2014, the Minister of State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario, Gary
Goodyear, left a total of $270 million in available funds untouched.
"The Development Agency's purpose is to promote job creation
but in 2013-2014, $12.4 million from their budget went unused,"
said NDP Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern
Ontario critic Brian Masse (Windsor West). "I'm asking the
minister to invest the funds that Parliament allocated for Southern Ontario in the current fiscal year immediately-not use the
money to embellish their fiscal outlook for April. Our regional
economies need it."
Local organizations rely on these funds to help boost economic
development and improve the standard of living in Southern
Ontario. "We know that each year, the Conservatives have been
leaving funds that Parliament voted on, just sitting in the bank.
This sneaky austerity is hurting young entrepreneurs and stalling job creation in Canada," added Masse.
Source: ndp.ca
STATEMENT BY THE MINISTER
OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
Ottawa - Media are repor ting that several Quebec Cabinet Ministers have received envelopes containing suspicious powder
substances. Below is a statement on this matter by the
Honourable Steven Blaney, P.C., M.P., Minister of Public Safety
and Emergency Preparedness:
"Envelopes containing suspicious powder substances have been
received by some Quebec Members of Parliament. The safety
of Cabinet Ministers, Members of Parliament and their staff is
a primary concerns at all times. We thank the sécurité du Quebec and local law-enforcement for their swift response.
Take a Break From Winter: Visit Vaughan
Community Centres for Leisure Fun
VAUGHAN - If you are staying in the city during March Break,
then take a trip to the City of Vaughan's community centres for
drop-in leisure activities and registered camps, offered from
Friday, March 13 to Sunday, March 22.
Free recreational swimming, sponsored by Tim Hor tons, is scheduled during various afternoons and evenings at select pools.
Outdoor rinks will be open for free recreational skating and shinny
hockey, weather permitting.
A variety of drop-in leisure activities, suitable for all ages and
interests, is available throughout the week at a nominal fee.
Highlights include:
" Spor ts: ball hockey, basketball, bocce, soccer, volleyball,
dodgeball and glow-in-the-dark bowling
" Skating and shinny hockey: available at indoor arenas
" Vaughan fitness centres: cardio and strength-training equipment, indoor tracks, squash cour ts and saunas for ages 13 years
and older
" Fitness classes: power cycling, yoga, Pilates, boot camp,
Zumba and more for ages 13 years and older
" Games rooms: Wii, Xbox, pool tables, foosball, air hockey and
ping pong for ages 10 years and older
" Swimming: aquafitness, parent and tot, and length swimming
Children ages four to 16 years can spend their school break at
one of the City's five-day camps, which feature fun-filled ar ts
and crafts, games, drama, fitness, music, spor ts and swimming. Camp details can be found in the 2015 Spring and Summer
Recreation eGuide in the School Break section. Spaces are limited. Register at vaughan.ca/RecOnline.
March Break activity schedules are online at vaughan.ca/recreation and at all community centres. For more information, contact the Recreation and Culture depar tment at 905-832-8500 or
email rec@vaughan.ca.
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Public art work
applications sought for
new Hamilton GO Station
PREMIER WYNNE AT THE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION OF PROSPECTORS AND DEVELOPERS ASSOCIATION. (PREMIERPHOTOS)
KC GROUP CELEBERATES HOLI
WITH ZEAL AND ENTHUSIASM
Hamilton - The City of Hamilton is seeking artists and ar tist-led
teams to submit proposals to create a permanent public ar t
work to be installed on the plaza of the new Hamilton GO Station,
presently under construction on James Street Nor th.
This public ar t project was initiated by and is par tly funded by
Metrolinx. Ar tists will be selected by a citizen jury through a
two-stage process, involving a concept and preliminary design
proposal followed by the submission of a detailed proposal by
selected ar tists. Shor t-listed proposals will be presented for
public comment before the jury selects the winning ar tist.
The successful ar tist will receive $75,000 for the design, fabrication and delivery of their public ar t work to the site.
Submission deadline is Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 3 pm. For
more information including the project goals, adjudication process and submission requirements please see the City of
Hamilton website at www.hamilton.ca/publicar t. The City of
Hamilton defines public ar t as art created by ar tists, or in collaboration with artists, through a public process and existing on publicly owned and accessible property. Public art helps strengthen the
city's visual identity, stimulates the economy, and enhances tourism
and community pride. Since 2010, the City's public art program has
received over 175 artist proposals, consulted with over 5000 members
of the public and awarded 14 public art commissions.
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DEPARTMENT PRAISES
BRAMPTON FIRE
SAFETY VIDEO
BRAMPTON - An unexpected and pleasant surprise package
arrived at the Fire/Life Safety Education Centre in Brampton the
other day.
Fire Safety Education Officers opened a parcel containing a plaque
from De Pere Fire Rescue in appreciation of the Fire Safety
Education Video that Brampton Fire and Emergency Services
(BFES) produced and put on YouTube. The Fire Depar tment in
De Pere, a small town in Wisconsin, plans to use it for fire
prevention education in their community.
Dan Hermans, a De Pere Firefighter with Public Education responsibilities, was impressed with the video. "It has done a
great job at sending the message out to the kids through a relevant and quality video," he said in an email. "Keep up the good
work!" The video is aimed at children, and features two schoolaged children. With the help of some animated characters, they
learn impor tant fire safety and prevention lessons about smoke
and carbon monoxide alarms, escape plans, what to do if there
is fire and the proper use of 911.
The video has gained more interest south of the border, as
Brampton Fire personnel were recently approached by a representative from Garland, Texas, a large city that is part of the
Dallas-For t Wor th metropolitan area, about using it in their education programs. Since it was posted on YouTube in June 2013,
the Fire Safety Education Video has garnered more than 77,000
views from all over the world.
DESK REPORT
Brampton - It was beautiful sunny morning looked like nature was permitting
KC Group to celebrate Holi Rang Barse at the National Banquet Hall,
Mississauga, Ontario with highest of zeal and enthusiasm. Months of efforts
and hard work of KC Group Ex committee came out with marvelous results
when the Crowd of over 500 witnessed the biggest Holi event with excellent
food, music, dance and color.People with friends and families from all over
the GTA gathered at National Banquet Hall and celebrated Holi, the festival of
colors. Among VIPs, Chief Guest, Mississauga Mayor Bonnie Crombie and
Guest of Honor, Ontario PC Leader contestant, Patric Brown had not only
shown their presence but enjoyed the show for quite a period of time. Although, Mississauga Mayor had very busy schedule because of International Women's Day but she delivered speech and appreciated KC Group and
recognized by giving the Certificate of Leadership.
Apart from fun and frolic with social aspects, Holi is also celebrated to
welcome spring - one day before offerings of thankfulness to God during the
Holikadehen (Holika Fire) with religious aspect. One more aspect is to encourage feelings of brotherhood and friendship without any discrimination
and to remove the feelings of hatred and bitterness if happened in
past….perfect way of heading towards the betterment of society.
KC Group is a community based organization started fourteen years ago with
a small group of people. The objectives were to maintain Indian heritage and
keepthe culture alive for future generationwhile living far away from India.
With the result of showcasing in past several years,the festivals Holiand
Diwali have become so popular that can be seen celebrating by many other
organizations and amazingly children are getting familiar with Indian culture
and festivals and started knowing different aspects and reasons.
Mississauga International Partnership Program launched
Mississauga - The following are remarks by Mississauga Mayor
Bonnie Crombie to formally launch the Mississauga International
Par tnership Program (MIPP) Committee, at Pearson International Airport. MIPP will focus on creating new and existing connections with
cultural business associations to help attract foreign direct investment, generate economic development oppor tunities, and improve
the City's international competitiveness.
"Thank you to Howard Eng; Hillary Marshall, and the entire team from
the GTAA for hosting today's launch of the Mississauga International
Par tnership Program. As Mayor, I am repeatedly asked: how the City
of Mississauga can help generate new economic development opportunities. Local government does not have the same the powers as
senior levels of government.
"We cannot offer tax cuts; tax credits; or sign treaties. Like entrepreneurs, local government must think outside the box. We need to brainstorm our own innovative solutions to build a 21stcentury economy
for our city's promising future. So how do we achieve this? My answer has been clear: we leverage existing assets; strengthen professional networks; invest in human capital; build knowledge infrastructure; and bring people together.
"The new Mississauga International Par tnership Program Committee
will leverage Mississauga's international exper tise, cultural diversity and networks to help our local economy reach its full potential. I
campaigned on a plan to form an international advisory committee
and I am proud to deliver on this today, as I hit my first 100 day
milestone in office. Growing Mississauga's connections to markets
will lead to local business oppor tunities, in this increasingly interconnected world.
"The Committee will identify strategies and set goals to elevate
Mississauga's globally renowned reputation as a leading destination
for entrepreneurs and established businesses to invest; develop and
test new marketable concepts; expand service offerings; create local
jobs; and achieve unrivalled success. Strengthening connections with
global communities will better prepare us to welcome international
delegations of incoming trade missions to Mississauga.
"I have already met with the Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce; the
Mississauga Chinese Business Association; and just last week I met
one-on-one with China's new Consul General. If we are competing on
a global stage against other jurisdictions, we must be proactive to
attract the businesses and industries we want. And as Honorary Chair
of the MIPP, I will proactively engage international delegations to see
for themselves all Mississauga has to offer.
"We are here at the arrival gates of Pearson International Airpor t Canada's largest airpor t. Each day a wealth of human capital; economic oppor tunity; and investment potential, flows from the doors
directly behind me and right into our community. It is absolutely critical that we seize upon every investment oppor tunity; position ourselves to compete effectively in the global market place; and create
new employment oppor tunities for residents.
"Mississauga is home to 63 For tune 500 companies; almost 60,000
businesses; and 1,400 multinational firms. Our economy is strong
with a GDP that now exceeds $40 billion annually. We are a net impor ter of jobs - yes, more people come to work in Mississauga daily
than leave. Entrepreneurs and established businesses choose
Mississauga to reach higher. And Pearson is our gateway to the world.
"So why do job creators come to us to do business?
MARCH 13 LAST DAY FOR
CANDIDATES TO REGISTER
FOR MUNICIPAL BY-ELECTION
Mississauga - The last day a candidate can register to become
a candidate in the 2015 Municipal By-Election is Friday, March
13. The nomination forms must be filed along with the required
fee by 2pm.
To be a qualified candidate you must:
o be a Canadian citizen, and
o be at least 18 years old, and
o live in Mississauga; or be the owner or tenant of land in
Mississauga or the spouse of an owner or tenant.
There are reasons why you may not be able to be a candidate. If
you are thinking about becoming a candidate, it is your responsibility to find out if you are eligible. Visit mississaugavotes.ca
or call 905-615-VOTE for more information.
ICCC TO ORGANIZE A
BUDGET EVENT
TORONTO - Indo Canada Chamber of Commerce is organizing an interactive session on, "Economics and Strategies
following the Budget", on Wednesday, March 25. The guest
speaker on the occasion is Avery Shenfeld, Managing Director and Chief Economist. Avery Shenfeld has been with
CIBC since 1993 and is widely recognized as one of Canada's
leading economists for his perceptive analysis and insight
on economic developments and their implications for financial markets. Shenfeld is a four-time winner of the Dow
Jones Market Watch forecasting award and has received
awards for forecast accuracy on the U.S. and Canadian
economies by Bloomberg Markets. He has also been consistently ranked as one of the top Canadian economists by
institutional investors.
Shenfeld's prior background includes experience in management consulting. He was on the economics faculty at
the University of Toronto and in the summer program at
Har vard's John F. Kennedy School of Government. He has
addressed numerous business groups and has been quoted in
the media in the United States, Canada, Asia and Europe.
Shenfeld holds a PhD in Economics from Harvard University.
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PDP-BJP ALLIANCE: MUFTI
SAYEED FACES A BALANCING ACT
Jammu (IANS): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad
Sayeed will need more than over 50 years of experience as a mature
politician to keep the ruling PDP-BJP alliance on an even keel as
controversies rattle the coalition even before it star ts delivering on
promises of peace and development.
The very first media conference Mufti Sayeed addressed after taking
over as the chief minister last Sunday in winter capital Jammu rocked
Parliament over his remarks that gave credit to Pakistan, the separatist Hurriyat and militants for the smooth conduct of the state assembly elections.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh had to make a statement in the
Lok Sabha contradicting Sayeed's statement. Rajnath Singh said the
credit for the successful and fair conduct of the Jammu and Kashmir
assembly elections went to the country's Election Commission, the
army, the paramilitary forces and, above all, the people of the state.
Sayeed's daughter and Peoples Democratic Par ty (PDP) president
Mehbooba Mufti defended her father's statement saying Sayeed was
not like his arch rival, National Conference patron, Farooq Abdullah,
who Mehbooba said had specialised in the ar t of self-denial.
Sayeed has followed up his statement on separatists and militants by
ordering the release of political prisoners.
State police chief K. Rajendra Kumar has confirmed that the release
will begin soon.
The problem for Sayeed and his par ty is that not all those he calls
'political prisoners' are considered to be so by his ruling alliance
par tners in the Bharatiya Janata Par ty (BJP), at both the state and
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central levels. Sayeed is obviously trying to keep his Valley-centric
political constituency intact by ordering the release of political prisoners and also trying to prove that an alliance with the BJP could be
far more Valley friendly than his adversaries want the people to believe. But the problem for Sayeed is that in this case what is sauce for
the goose might not be sauce for the gander.
The BJP dismisses the PDP idea that some of the top separatist leaders like Masrat Alam and Mushtaq-ul-Islam are political prisoners.
Masrat Alam, the chief of a militant outfit, was arrested during the
2010 unrest in the Valley. Both state and central intelligence agencies
slam him for inciting thousands of youths to violence during 2010.
As many as 112 youth were killed during the 2010 unrest when unruly
mobs torched public proper ty, vandalised government offices and
brought life to a grinding halt for nearly six months.
"These people are not political prisoners. They have committed crimes
against the state and need to be dealt with in accordance with the law
PROTECTING CANADIANS AND HOLDING
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of white-collar crime. A judge must now consider imposing a restitution order in sentencing, which would require the offender to pay back
their victims. Victims of fraud can now also submit a Community
Impact Statement, describing the harm or loss they have suffered,
for the cour ts consideration in sentencing. And, to prevent fur ther
victimization, the cour ts are now permitted to prohibit an offender
from taking employment or volunteering in any capacity where
they are in authority over the finances of others.
Our Conservative Government takes white-collar crimes seriously, recognizing that those who commit fraud harm individuals
and communities. We have ended indiscriminate leniency for early
parole, created tougher sentencing and we are standing up for
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of the land. We will not allow their release at any cost," a top BJP
leader told IANS here.
The problem for Sayeed is that his par ty's political interests are at
conflict with those of his alliance partners in the BJP, despite the two
having taken over two months to work out a common minimum
programme (CMP).
"Development and peace are our CMP, but that cannot happen by
compromising the sovereignty and integrity of the country," said another top BJP leader in New Delhi.
With aberrations like these, Sayeed definitely needs much more than
five decades of political experience to run the coalition government
smoothly in the state.
Stitching an alliance with the BJP had been a tough call for Sayeed,
but keeping it intact while delivering on peace and development promises would be a feat the 79-year old, wily Kashmiri politician might
not find easy.
BY MP PARM GILL
Protecting Canadians and helping them feel safe in their communities
remains an impor tant focus for our Conservative Government. Since
coming into office, we have worked hard to deliver measures that
combat crime and prioritize the rights of victims.
Fraud, like other crimes, can have a devastating impact on its victims. The financial loss of entire life savings can ruin lives, and cause
significant psychological and emotional harm. Our Government has
taken strong action to combat white-collar crime and stand up for its
victims, as we firmly believe that all criminals should be held to
account for their offenses.
By passing the Abolition of Early Parole Act, our Conservative Government put an end to the system of Accelerated Parole Review that
allowed white-collar criminals to obtain day parole after only serving
one-sixth of their sentence and full parole after serving one-third.
This legislation eliminated leniency for white-collar crimes, moving Canada's parole system away from granting parole indiscriminately towards a system of earned parole.
And, to fur ther help ensure that white-collar criminals ser ve a
sentence that better reflects the severity of their crime, our Conservative Government also passed the Standing up for Victims of
White-collar Crime Act. This legislation created tougher sentencing for fraud, creating a mandatory minimum penalty of at least
two years in prison for fraud over $1 million and adding aggravating factors for cour ts to consider in sentencing. These new aggravating factors include the impact on the victims in consideration of the victim's par ticular circumstances, including their age,
health and financial situation, the offender's failure to comply with
applicable licensing rules or professional standards and, the
magnitude, complexity and duration of the fraud.
This legislation also takes significant action to stand up for victims
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Minister of National
Defence Jason Kenney
on death of a Canadian
soldier in Iraq
PRIME MINISTER STEPHEN HARPER HELD A MEETING WITH JIM PRENTICE, PREMIER OF ALBERTA.
CELEBRATE OAKVILLE'S 2015
COMMUNITY CHAMPIONS!
ONTARIO - The Honourable Jason Kenney, Minister of National
Defence, issued the following statement today on the death of a
Canadian soldier in Iraq.
"As Minister of National Defence, I extend my deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Sergeant Andrew Joseph Doiron
of the Canadian Special Operations Regiment, based at Garrison Petawawa, Ontario.
"Sergeant Doiron was a true Canadian patriot, whose bravery
and dedication to Canada's security is an inspiration to us all.
May he rest in peace.
"Sergeant Doiron was killed while conducting advise and assist operations in Iraq when he and other members of the Special Operations Forces were mistakenly engaged by Iraqi
Kurdish forces following their return to an observation post behind the front lines.
"Three other Canadian Special Operations Forces personnel
were also wounded, all of whom are in stable condition. Our
thoughts and prayers are with them for their recovery.
"We remain committed to our mission of suppor ting our allies
in the fight against ISIL's campaign of hatred and terror."
NEW PLANNING RULES PUT
OTTAWA COMMUNITIES FIRST
WINNERS OF 2014 COMMUNITY SPIRIT AWARD.
OAKVILLE - We all have friends and colleagues who spend countless hours volunteering and suppor ting the many activities of our
diverse community. This generous spirit is evident all around us.
What better way to acknowledge their contribution than to nominate
them for an Oakville Community Spirit Award!
Nominate a community champion now! Complete the online
nomination formtoday. The nomination form is also available in
printable pdf format (pdf, 2 MB). Hard copy nomination forms can
be picked up at Town Hall and all town-owned recreation and
culture facilities.
NDP and Official Opposition leader, Tom
Mulcair on International Women's Day
"Today, we celebrate the amazing and courageous efforts of Canadian women who fought to improve the status of women over the last
century. Their successes have gained access to education, civil rights, the right to vote and the right to choose.
We also honour the strength, courage and tenaciousness of our mothers, grandmothers and ancestors who worked so hard to raise their
families and contribute to building our country.
On this International Women's Day, the NDP is proud to celebrate this progress and our shared values. Of course, we also recognize that
work remains to be done in order for women to reach equal status, especially in the area of income equality and female representation
in politics.
The fight for equality is a major concern for the NDP and we will continue to push for a national inquiry into missing and murdered
Aboriginal women. We are also committed to better representation of women in the public sector, establishing an affordable national
childcare program, and passing proactive pay equity legislation.
This year marks the 20th Anniversary of the visionary Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action for gender equality. We affirm our
commitment to the Beijing agenda and its goal of "advancing the goals of equality, development and peace for all women everywhere in
the interest of all humanity."
Today, we commend the work of all the women who have contributed to building a more equitable Canada, and we remain committed to
continuing our fight for women's equality."
ONTARIO - The Ontario government is moving forward with
new planning rules to ensure that growth and development
occur in a way that suppor ts economic prosperity, protects
the environment and helps communities achieve a high
quality of life in Ottawa and across the province.
"We have incredibly vibrant communities across Ottawa Centre
that want to make sure development happens in a responsible
and community-focused way," said MPP Yasir Naqvi. "By making sure the local design plans developed with our communities
are respected, reducing the number of applications to the OMB
and promoting and protecting our green space we will make
sure we maintain our vibrancy, diversity and our quality of life."
The proposed Smar t Growth for Our Communities Act builds on
MPP Naqvi's extensive advocacy promoting community-inspired
development. These include several planning roundtables,
policy proposals, and his Anti-Slapp Private Member's Bill that
was later introduced as government legislation to make sure
the public's voice is always heard on matters of public importance like new residential and commercial developments.
"Today's announcement is a great step forward and will make a
big difference for our neighbourhoods and communities across
Ottawa Centre," said Old Ottawa East local planning advocate
Nick Masciantonio. "They ensure that the community's voice
will be entrenched in the planning process and that the hard
work and consultations community groups do will be reflected
any new developments."
Today, the Ontario government introduced legislation that will
fur ther help communities determine how their neighbourhoods
grow. If passed, this legislation would:
"
Ensure citizens are consulted sooner and have more
input into the land use planning process through citizen representatives on municipal planning advisory committees;
"
Enhance respect and protection for local official plans
when municipalities do comprehensive, up-front planning and
zoning;
"
Establish a community planning permit system to encourage innovative ways to plan;
"
Reduce the number of development applications that
go to the Ontario Municipal Board; and
"
Require communities to create parks plans to ensure
an adequate amount of green space is protected and created in
growing neighbourhoods.
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BRAMPTON ENGAGES BUSINESS
STAKEHOLDERS TO PLAN FOR FUTURE
BRAMPTON - Recently a group of 65 par ticipants from commercial
and industrial development, international trade and local business
met with Councillors to review and help prioritize the seven economic development themes approved by City Council in January of
this year. The session was an impor tant step as the City of Brampton
continues to forge ahead with a new economic development strategy
to engage key business stakeholders in a conversation about creating a strong, cer tain, and prosperous future.
"Today we heard about the top priorities for Brampton that can help
grow businesses while providing them with the tools needed to sell
Brampton to other investors and continue to move Brampton forward
through sustainable growth," said Mayor Linda Jeffrey.
During the half-day session, Economic Development Committee Chair,
Councillor Jeff Bowman, remarked, "In the first 100 days of this Council term, we have made unparalleled gains in reaching out to the
business community, and gathering their invaluable feedback is a top
priority for us."
"By listening to the people who have direct experience in building
successful Brampton businesses, we will fine tune and enhance our
key priorities," said Economic Development Committee Vice-Chair,
Councillor Doug Whillans. "These are oppor tunities to build broad
commitment to our plan for Brampton's future economic success."
According to Bowman, "Our goal is to come out of this process with a
strategy that key players have helped create, that way everyone can
actively par ticipate in achieving it, and collectively share in
Brampton's economic success."
Through the workshop and brainstorming sessions, the City received
input from influencers on priorities, direction and actions for economic development in Brampton. The input is currently being compiled, and will be used to inform decision-making at the City and
future engagement.
The City's Economic Development Committee has four key intended
outcomes for 2014-2018. The Committee wants to stimulate economic growth and vitality through business and employment
growth, increased domestic and foreign investment, generating
wealth and prosperity, and increasing assessment/tax revenue.
The Committee is committed to creating a positive business climate and business experience, which parallels the intended outcome of building a constructive business profile and city image
as an investment location. Finally, it will monitor and measure
economic per formance and results and repor t them regularly to
key stakeholders.
The Economic Development Committee's seven themes reflect
the 2014-2018 outcomes and are focused on (1) Downtown and
Queen Street Corridor business growth initiatives; (2) business engagement - growing business from within; (3) suppor t advocacy for
infrastructure expansion; (4) innovation and entrepreneurship; (5) international and domestic business investment/attraction; (6) fostering a positive business climate and city image; and (7) suppor ting
innovative and tourism-focused festivals and special events.
The City wants to keep the conversation on economic development
going, and has set up a shor t online survey to help capture your input.
Additionally, you can send your feedback by email to
edo@brampton.ca
ONTARIO - Canada's expor ts declined 2.8% in January while
impor ts were largely unchanged from December. As a result,
Canada's merchandise trade deficit widened from $1.2 billion in
December to $2.5 billion in January, the largest since the record $2.9
billion deficit in July 2012.
Export prices declined 1.5% on lower prices for energy products, and
volumes were down 1.3% on lower volumes of metal and non-metallic
mineral products. Meanwhile, import prices edged up 0.1%, while
volumes edged down 0.1%.
Trade surplus with the United States narrows
Exports to the United States declined 3.1% to $31.8 billion in January.
Exports to countries other than the United States were down 1.9% to
$10.9 billion. This decrease was widespread across most principal
trading partners, led by lower exports to the Netherlands (-$184 million) and Italy (-$172 million). Conversely, exports to the United Kingdom increased by $357 million.
Imports from the United States edged down 0.1% to $30.5 billion. Imports from countries other than the United States edged up 0.2% to
$14.5 billion. Higher imports from China (+$250 million) were partially offset by lower imports from the United Kingdom (-$174 million)
and Saudi Arabia (-$111 million).
Consequently, Canada's trade surplus with the United States narrowed
from $2.2 billion in December to $1.2 billion in January, the lowest
surplus since 1992. Canada's trade deficit with countries other than the
United States widened from $3.4 billion in December to $3.7 billion in
January. Exports declined 2.8% to $42.6 billion in January, as 4 of 11
sections decreased. Energy products, mainly crude oil and crude bitumen, were the main contributor to the decline. Excluding crude oil and
crude bitumen, exports increased 0.2% in January. Year over year, total
exports were up 3.4%. Exports of energy products fell 14.7% to $7.0
billion in January, the eighth consecutive monthly decrease. Crude oil
and crude bitumen exports declined 23.0% to $4.4 billion, as prices fell
23.2%. Exports of metal and non-metallic mineral products were down
8.6% to $5.1 billion. Unwrought precious metals and precious metal
alloys (-13.5%) and unwrought, basic and semi-finished aluminum
and aluminum-alloy products (-20.4%) were the main contributors to
the decrease. Overall, volumes declined 8.0%.
Meanwhile, expor ts of motor vehicles and par ts were up 3.1%
to $6.9 billion in January. Expor ts of passenger cars and light
trucks rose 8.6% to $4.8 billion. This increase was par tially
offset by lower expor ts of motor vehicle engines and motor vehicle par ts, down 11.5% to $1.6 billion.
Loblaw to invest $1.2-billion, create
more than 20,000 jobs in 2015
BRAMPTON - Loblaw Companies Limited, Canada's food and
pharmacy retail leader, will invest more than $1.2 billion into
its Canadian business in 2015. The investment includes construction projects for dozens of new and existing stores, ecommerce expansion, and continued investment in supply chain
and IT infrastructure.
As Canada's largest network of corporate and independently
owned retail stores and formats, each employing between 20 and 300
employees, Loblaw's investment is expected to create more than 20,000
jobs through store staffing and construction. "While we continue to invest in
the IT and infrastructure engines of our business, we're increasingly making investments that Canadians will see with their own eyes - improving
our offer, adding stores, and creating jobs locally," said Galen G. Weston,
Executive Chairman and President, Loblaw Companies Limited. "True to
our strategy, our investment will create better access to fresh food, wellness
solutions closer to home, e-commerce convenience, and a family of stores that elevate grocery, pharmacy, apparel and banking experiences."
Source: Loblow.ca
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AAM AADMI PARTY (AAP) LEADER SANJAY SINGH ADDRESSES A PRESS CONFERENCE IN VARANASI (IANS)
AAP MP BHAGWANT MANN
DEMANDS EXPULSION OF YOGENDRA
YADAV, PRASHANT BHUSHAN
LUDHIANA (PTI): Accusing AAP's founder leaders Prashant
Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav of damaging the par ty, its MP
Bhagwant Mann on Sunday demanded their expulsion from AAP.
Stating that the par ty was supreme, Mann said early action
against them would be in the interest of the par ty.
Talking to repor ters here, the Sangrur MP said both the leaders
were hatching conspiracies against the par ty during Delhi
Assembly elections.
He alleged that both the leaders left no stone unturned to
damage par ty as well as the image of Delhi chief minister
Arvind Kejriwal and said such leaders have no place in the
par ty.
"We should not forget that par ty is supreme and not any
individual who so ever he may be," he said, adding that their
removal from the Political Affairs Committee of the par ty was a
very mild action. "They deserve more."
Kejriwal asks Delhi men to learn from women
New Delhi, (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Saturday
called on men "to learn from women" and make the national capital
a city where "every woman feels free and lives happily".
Kejriwal, currently in Bengaluru for naturopathy treatment for high
blood sugar and cough, made the appeal in a nearly one-minute
radio message on the eve of the International Women's Day (March
8).
The Aam Aadmi Par ty (AAP) convenor gave all the credit to his wife
and mother for his success.
"Two women are behind whatever I am today. They are my wife and
mother. During my fight against corruption, my wife ran the house
while my mother suppor ted me," Kejriwal said.
Stating that his message is for "all the men in the city", Kejriwal
said: "It is admirable how women fulfil their responsibilities
honestly and without making any fuss."
"They play many roles such as that of a mother, daughter, wife,
sister and daughter-in-law. They do their job and also take care of
their families."
Saluting the tolerance of women, he said: "I salute their rock solid
tolerance. There are a lot of things that men should learn from them
(women), but I have seen that some men comment on their dresses
and do an assessment of their character...they talk absurd things
about women and also molest them."
"Men who do not respect women outside can never respect women
in their homes," he said while urging men in the capital to make the
city a safe place for women.
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Modi's Seychelles,
Mauritius, Sri Lanka
visit begins today
New Delhi, (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a
five-day visit to three island nations -- Seychelles, Mauritius and Sri
Lanka -- on Tuesday in an outreach that will see unveiling of development projects while boosting economic ties.
Briefing reporters ahead of prime minister's visit, Foreign Secretary S.
Jaishankar said India has historical linkages with the three countries
and "very strong" people-to-people bonds.
He said India's commercial cooperation has grown significantly with
the three ocean nation economies and they offer new possibilities of
cooperation. "We are very bullish about the relationships."
In Sri Lanka, which Modi will visit on March 13-14 on the last leg of his
visit, he will unveil some projects done with India's assistance.
Modi, who will be the first Indian prime minister to make a bilateral visit
to Sri Lanka in over two decades, will flag off a train in a section from
Talaimannar which has been built with assistance from India.
He will unveil a plaque at Jaffna cultural centre and also hand over
houses that have been built by India for the internally displaced persons
in Sri Lanka.
"We have been a fairly significant contributor to rebuilding (process) in
Sri Lanka," Jaishankar said.
The prime minister will have talks with Sri Lankan President Maithripala
Sirisena on March 13 during which some agreements are expected to
be signed. He will attend a lunch hosted by his Sri Lanka counterpart
Ranil Wickremsinghe.
Jaishankar said the prime minister will address the Sri Lankan parliament later in the day. "It is an unusual honour," he said. The prime
minister will also visit IPKF memorial to pay his homage.
During his visit, Modi will meet leaders of Tamil National Alliance.
Jaishankar said India suppor ts democracy and reforms in the
neighbouring country as also process of reconciliation.
Modi will also meet former president Chandrika Kumaratunga.
Asked if the prime minister will meet former Sri Lankan president
Mahinda Rajapaksa, Jaishankar said he did not have anything on that
yet. In Seychelles, the first stopover of Modi's visit, the Indian prime
minister will hold bilateral discussions with President James Alexis
Michel to strengthen maritime ties and enhance bilateral development
cooperation.
Modi will be the second Indian prime minister to visit Seychelles after
Indira Gandhi's visit in 1981.
India's bilateral cooperation with Seychelles is mainly in the field of
health, education, defence and maritime security.
Arun Jaitley to meet PSU
banks' chiefs on Wednesday
New Delhi, (IANS) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will meet the
heads of public sector banks (PSBs) on Wednesday to review
their per formance, par ticularly with regard to passing on the
Reserve Bank of India's recent interest rate cuts to borrowers.
"During the meeting, the finance minister will review the public
sector banks' performance with regard to overall credit growth,"
a finance ministry release said on Tuesday.
"The finance minister will also review the performance of PSBs
and financial institutions (FIIs) with regard to the new projects
and proposals, stalled projects and possible remedial measures
among others," it added.
Jaitley will also review the banks' per formance in their handling of non-performing assets (NPAs) or bad loans, the ministry said.
The RBI has cut the repo rate at which it lends to commercial
banks by 0.5 percent in the last two months, but the banks have
not followed up on that yet by reducing their lending rates.
Last week, the RBI reduced the repo rate from 7.75 percent to
7.5 percent. This was the second rate cut after January 15,
when the central bank had also cut the rate by a similar 25
basis points.
At Wednesday's meeting, Jaitley would also review the progress
made on decisions taken at the two-day Gyan Sangam bankers
retreat held in Jamuary in Pune.
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VINOD MEHTA DEAD, MODI
CALLS HIM 'FINE JOURNALIST'
BJP leader Satish Upadhyay celebrates Holi during a Holi Milan programme organised at BJP office in New Delhi (IANS)
Restore budget for women and child
development: Maneka Gandhi
New Delhi (IANS): Women and Child Development Minister Maneka
Gandhi on Sunday urged Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to restore
par t of the budgetary allocations slashed in the union budget for
cer tain schemes.
At an interaction with women journalists at the Indian Women's Press
Corps here, the minister, however, said there has been no cut in
budgetary allocations for her ministry as such.
"It is not a cut in the budget but just a reappropriation. A large par t
has gone to the states as per the recommendations of the finance
commission," she said replying to a question.
"It is not that the money has disappeared," she said.
However, the minister said in areas where "we cannot do without the
money, I have asked the finance minister to restore part of it".
The allocation for the ministry has been slashed by 44 percent in the
budget for 2015-16 presented by Jaitley on February 28.
While the allocation for the ministry in 2014-15 was Rs.18,588 crore,
it was reduced to Rs.10,382 crore for the current financial year.
Maneka Gandhi said that among the several programmes which would
be affected by the budget cut was the launching of a national nutrition
mission.
The mission would have entailed training Anganwadi workers in nutrition facts of children and providing tablets for them.
Sydney murder: Sushma Swaraj
speaks to victim's husband
New Delhi, (IANS) External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on
Monday said she has spoken to the husband of Indian woman IT
consultant Prabha Arun, who was stabbed to death
in Australia's Sydney city. The central government
also said the Indian consulate in Sydney was
providing all necessary help to the family. Sushma
Swaraj said in a tweet that she has spoken to Arun
Kumar, husband of the victim, and he was satisfied
with the assistance from the consulate.
The ministry's spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin
later said he was in constant touch with the
consulate. "I am in constant touch with our
consulate in Sydney. The consulate is providing all
help," Akbaruddin said in a tweet. Prabha Arun was employed
with Bengaluru-based tech firm MindTree. Prabha Arun, in her
40s, was attacked at Amos Street in the western
par t of Sydney about 9.30 p.m. on Saturday, Australian police said on Sunday.
She was on the phone with her husband Arun
Kumar, who lives in Bengaluru with their 10-yearold daughter, when she was stabbed. She was
around 300 metres from her Westmead home when
she was attacked.
Chillingly, the husband heard her tell him that "I
think I've been stabbed", before she collapsed in a
pool of blood. The phone line then went dead.
SEPARATIST'S RELEASE ROCKS PARLIAMENT
New Delhi, (IANS) The release of separatist leader Masrat Alam in Jammu
and Kashmir created uproar in both houses of parliament even as Prime
Minister Narendra Modi clarified that the central government was not consulted on the decision. The prime minister, in a statement in the Lok Sabha,
said it was legitimate for the house to show its anger on the issue. "There is
an anger in the country, and in the house and I join them... I assure the nation,
whatever is happening in the state, it is not being done in consultation with the
central government, nor has the central government been informed," Modi
said. He asked leaders in the Lok Sabha not to make a political issue of the
matter, and said: "At least on the issue of separatists and terrorism, the
country should not think along party lines." Home Minister Rajnath Singh, in
similar statements made in both houses, informed the members that a clarification was sought from the state government, but the Centre is not satisfied
with the reply. "We have been informed that he has been released, but we are not
satisfied with the response and have sought clarifications," Singh informed parliament. While giving clarifications on his statement in the Rajya Sabha, the home
minister said Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of
India. "I am happy that the whole house is concerned. If I
can understand their feeling, the whole house agrees that
Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India, and will
always be," he said. "...I want to assure the house, and I
am speaking on behalf of the prime minister, we will not
allow anyone to disintegrate the nation, howsoever big
the power may be," he added.
Modi conveys disapproval
over separatist's release
New Delhi, (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi
on Monday conveyed his strong disapproval
and sense of outrage of the entire Lok Sabha
over the release of Kashmiri separatist leader
Masrat Alam on the directions of Jammu and
Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad
Sayeed.
Modi said his government has sought clarifications on the issue. Responding to the concern of members on the issue in the house,
Modi said his government will take all steps
necessary to preserve the unity and integrity
of the country.
He said there was no division among political
par ties in the country on the issue of terrorism
and separatism.
The Bharatiya Janata Par ty is a par tner in the
ruling coalition in Jammu and Kashmir with the
Peoples Democratic Par ty.
New Delhi, (IANS) Vinod Mehta, one of India's best known journalists, died here on Sunday of multi-organ failure, doctors said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi called him "a fine journalist".
The 73-year-old Mehta, who at one time worked as factory hand
in Britain, passed away at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), its spokesperson Amit Gupta told IANS.
AIIMS said Mehta suffered from several neurological issues and
had been bed-ridden for three to four months. He was admitted
to AIIMS in critical state last week.
Outlook group, which was the last major media group Mehta
founded, announced the death of its founder-editor-in-chief "with
deep sadness". Even after ceasing to be its editor, he was its
editorial chairman.
Modi said in a tweet: "Frank and direct in his opinions, Vinod
Mehta will be remembered as a fine journalist and writer. Condolences to his family on his demise."
President Pranab Mukherjee also offered his condolences and
tweeted that "the eminent journalist made immense contribution
to journalism".
Born in Rawalpindi before India's partition, Mehta's family moved
to India when he was only three years old. He grew up in Lucknow,
studying in the La Mar tinere school and Lucknow University.
His big moment came in 1974 when Mehta, at age 32, took up
editing "Debonair", a men's magazine in India which boasted of
serious ar ticles as well as centre-folds.
He later went on to launch other successful publications such as
Sunday Observer, The Pioneer and Outlook. He also founded the
Indian Post and The Independent newspapers.
A gifted writer, Mehta authored a biography of Bollywood actress Meena Kumari and Sanjay Gandhi, the younger son of
slain prime minister Indira Gandhi. His much acclaimed memoir, "Lucknow Boy", came out in 2011.
Home Minister Rajnath Singh, the Bharatiya Janata Par ty MP
from Lucknow, said: "I express my hear tfelt condolences... His
demise has left a big void in the field of journalism."
SHELL OPENS GLOBAL IT
CENTRE IN BENGALURU
Bengaluru (IANS): Global energy major Royal Dutch Shell plc
has opened its global information technology (IT) centre in this
tech hub for developing and delivering IT projects in-house.
"The in-house global IT centre will provide jobs for thousands
of techies by 2020, as we invest in the centre to be an integral
par t of our global IT project delivery and suppor t network,"
Shell India's chairman Yasmine Hilton said here Friday.
The Hague-based Anglo-Dutch oil and gas multinational is one
of the leading investors in India's energy sector among global
integrated energy firms.
"We aim to attract the best talent in the industry and provide
oppor tunities for them to build world-class business solutions,"
Hilton said on the occasion. Shell has projects and technology
centre in the city, employing about 1,000 scientists and engineers as par t of its projects & technology business worldwide.
"We have selected Bengaluru because of its competitiveness
and availability of a skilled, diverse IT talent pool covering
various disciplines," Hilton asser ted.
The hitech centre will provide IT services to all of Shell's businesses - upstream, downstream and projects & technology
- and associated suppor t functions. The company decided
to set up the centre in India after reviewing its global IT
projects and operations suppor t capability for delivering
projects in-house.
Employment oppor tunities at the centre will be posted soon
on the company's Indian subsidiar y website www.shell.in.
"Bengaluru's IT talent will improve our ability to provide
top-quality project delivery and selected operations suppor t the world over," Shell's projects and technology director Harry Brekelmans said in the statement.
The centre will re-locate next year in a 52-acres of dedicate
campus near Devanahalli and closer to the international
airpor t. The company's 2,000-strong back office in Chennai
provides business and financial suppor t to its firms worldwide. Besides a thriving lubricants and retail business and
presence in integrated gas through its liquefied natural gas
regasification plant and por t at Hazira in Gujarat, Shell has
an agreement with the Andhra Pradesh Gas Development
Corporation, GDF Suez and GAIL (Gas Authority of India) on a
floating storage regasification unit project at Kakinada in the
neighbouring state's coastal region.
With 93,000 employees in 90 countries worldwide, Shell helps
to meet the world's growing demand for energy in economically, environmentally and socially responsible ways.
I am being targeted by leaders
in AAP: Mayank Gandhi
Mumbai/ New Delhi, (IANS) Senior AAP leader Mayank Gandhi
complained on Saturday of being targeted by a section of his
par ty for challenging a gag order on March 5 and also revealing
about the proceedings of the AAP national executive meet.
On the same day, former par ty member Anjali Damania also
said that she had quit the par ty last year because she was
"frustrated" with the par ty's functioning.
Gandhi claimed a "concer ted attempt" was being made in
the social media to label him "anti-par ty and anti-AK (Ar vind
Kejriwal)" and reiterated his statement that a price might
have to be paid (by him).
"A small group of par ty decision makers in Delhi has already removed me from the informal BBM group. Attacks
have begun against me from AAP leader Ashish Khetan and
others. Some dissatisfied members from Maharashtra have
star ted giving inter views against me, some old cases are
being re-opened," Gandhi said in a blog.
He wrote that the Aam Aadmi Par ty (AAP) may decide not to
fight the BMC polls (Mumbai) or delay the decision for the
same, the leadership of Maharashtra will be challenged and
discredited by some individuals and information would be
leaked to the media.
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RALLY FOR
ROAD SAFETY
AMONG WOMEN
HELD IN DELHI
UNION HOME MINISTER RAJNATH SINGH AND ACTRESS JUHI CHAWLA DURING A PROGRAMME ORGANISED TO FLAG-OFF `NBT
ALL WOMAN BIKE RALLY` IN NEW DELHI (IANS).
NEW DELHI, (IANS) A rally to promote road safety awareness among
women was organised here on Sunday by International two-wheeler
maker Honda in collaboration with the Delhi Traffic Police.
Organised on the occasion of International Women's Day, the rally
was flagged off by Delhi Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi in the
presence of senior officials from Honda.
"It is our strong belief that strong and empowered women are the
backbone of flourishing societies," said Yadvinder S. Guleria, vice
president, Sales and Marketing, Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India Pvt. Ltd.
"We want to permeate the message of road safety among women
riders by encouraging the use of helmet while riding two-wheelers."
Stating that there is alarming rise among women to not wear helmets, Guleria said: "We are hopeful such initiatives will help in
creating awareness and sensitising the society towards the use of
helmets." "We are thankful to the Delhi traffic police for their continued suppor t in our joint efforts for making Delhi roads safe for all,"
he added.
A traffic safety training session was also organised for the women
after the rally.
PRESIDENT, PM CALL
FOR END TO VIOLENCE
AGAINST WOMEN
New Delhi (IANS) President
Pranab Mukherjee and Prime
Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called for gender equity and
decried violence against women
as the government said it has initiated one-stop crisis centres that
will provide assistance to women
who face violence in any form.
In his statement on International
Women's Day, Mukherjee termed
equality, liber ty and dignity as
women's "sacred rights".
He asked the people to reaffirm
their commitment to ensure
gender equity and empowerment of womenfolk in India.
The president also presented
the 'Stree Shakti Puraskar' and
'Nari Shakti Puraskar' for the
year 2014 at a function in
Rashtrapati Bhavan here.
In a separate statement, Modi
said: "Our heads hang in shame
when we hear of instances of
crime against women."
Modi said his government has
initiated several steps to help
women who face violence and
abuse.
The prime minister said he "salutes the indomitable courage
and stellar achievements of
women. We must walk shoulder-to-shoulder to end all forms
of discrimination or injustice
against women".
He said the central government
is setting up 'One-Stop Centres'
that will provide assistance, legal advice and psychological
counselling to women who face
violence or abuse.
Elaborating on the same, union
Women and Child Development
Minister Maneka Gandhi said
the centres would in the first
phase come up one in each
state.
"If they are successful, then we
will go in for more such centres," she said. The minister
said the centres would be separate from police stations and
hospitals and would also have
facilities where women can stay
for sometime if needed.
Gandhi also said she has asked
the finance minister to restore
some par t of the allocations for
impor tant schemes slashed in the
union budget this year.
In other events, over 30
organisations and NGOs came
together to "assert women's freedom" and asked the prime minister to take action against those
threatening the rights of women.
The event, titled "Aath (8) March,
Saath (together) March", included
street plays and interactions to
empower the women residents of
the national capital and to inform
them of their rights. It was
organised at Jantar Mantar.
Bollywood stars like Amitabh
Bachchan, Karan Johar and
Sonakshi Sinha and Shabana
Azmi also came together and
urged the society to treat women
as equals throughout the year and
not just assign them one day of
the year.
Veteran actress-social activist
Shabana Azmi said rather than
treating women like goddesses,
the society should treat them as
equals.
Bachchan tweeted: 'Woman's
Day' .. ?? A single day dedicated
to women? But a woman dedicates every day of her life!!!"
In Gurgaon, the administration
gifted 'Women only' cabs to
women.
The initiative is par t of memoranda of understanding (MoUs)
signed on the occasion of International Women's Day on Sunday
by Deputy Commissioner T.L.
Satyaprakash with private firms
to ensure safety and security of
women in this Haryana city bordering Delhi.
One MoU was signed for introducing 'women only' cabs and
another for launching a mobile
safety app.
PLEASE DON'T TEACH US
PATRIOTISM, SAYS MODI
New Delhi, (IANS) Kashmiri separatist leader Masrat Alam was released without taking the central government into confidence, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday, and asked the opposition
not to teach him "patriotism".
Making an intervention in the Lok Sabha, Modi said it was legitimate
for the house to show its anger on the issue.
"I assure the nation and the house that after the Jammu and Kashmir
government was formed, proceedings are taking place without taking
the Indian government into confidence," the prime minister said.
"I associate with the concern and anger in the house," he said.
Modi asked leaders in the Lok Sabha not to make a political issue of
the matter, and said: "At least on the issue of separatists and terrorism, the country should not think on party lines.
"The BJP is in a coalition with the PDP government in Jammu and
Kashmir. You should criticise the government, but the world should
not get a message that the country is divided on the issue of its unity
and integrity."
"I want to assure that the government will not accept any such incident. We will not compromise on the country's unity and integrity," he
added.
Alam, who was arrested during the 2010 unrest in the Kashmir Valley
for allegedly inciting youth, was released by the newly-installed PDPBJP coalition government on Saturday.
Modi said there is no reason for his government to keep quiet on the
matter. "We have sacrificed Shyama Prasad Mukherjee for this...
Please do not teach us patriotism."
"We have asked for cer tain clarifications from the Jammu and Kashmir government as the home minster (Rajnath Singh) said and after
that comes, we will inform the house."
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DIPLOMATIC SETTLEMENT
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Kurdish peshmerga forces inspect a destroyed building on the outskirts of Tel Ward, west of the city of Kirkuk, Iraq (IANS)
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
CELEBRATED ACROSS WORLD
London, (IANS/EFE) Various events were held across the world
on Sunday to celebrate the International Women's Day.
British singers Annie Lennox and Paloma Faith were joined by
actress Gemma Ar ter ton at a march in London to demand
respect for women's rights.
Hundreds of feminists, including some dressed like the suffragettes of the early 20th century, marched from city hall to
Westminster.
Helen Pankhurst, the great-granddaughter of British suffragette
Emmeline Pankhurst, and her daughter Laura also marched in
the British capital.
"The suffragettes of old would say that the vote was only ever
the beginning," Helen Pankhurst said.
London-based Amnesty International marked the day by calling
for an end to the abuses still endured by women and girls 20
years after the signing of the Beijing Declaration and Platform
for Action.
"Women and girls continue to suffer gender-based violence and
other human rights violations in the belief that they were
justified by tradition, custom or religion, such as forced
marriage, female genital mutilation and crimes committed in
the name of so called 'honour," the Amnesty International said.
In Washington, President Barack Obama called for protecting
the right to education of girls and teenagers around the world.
"Women and girls are human beings, full and equal in rights and
dignity. They deserve to be treated that way, everywhere, every
day," Obama said.
Obama is the father of two teenagers, Sasha, 16, and Malia, 13.
"This gap between women's inherent value and how many of
them are treated every day is one of the great injustices of our
time. On this International Women's Day, we recommit ourselves to closing that gap," the president said.
Pope Francis, meanwhile, praised the role played by women in
societies around the world and said a world in which they were
marginalised was "a sterile world".
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet signed into law a bill
creating the Women's ministry, calling the Cabinet depar tment
"a new institution, more robust, with more tools" than other
agencies.
More work must be done to "modify minds and hear ts that keep
an unjust system" in place, the president said.
Meanwhile, Indian President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime
Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called for gender equity and
decried violence against women as the government said it has
initiated one-stop crisis centres that will provide assistance to
women who face violence in any form.
Jerusalem, (IANS) The center-left Zionist Union, Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's main political rival in the March 17
elections, presented on Sunday its platform with an emphasis on
achieving diplomatic settlement with the Palestinians.
The platform, launched at a press conference in Tel Aviv, set two main
goals: ending Israel's diplomatic isolation and curbing the rise of the
housing prices, Xinhua reported.
The Zionist Union, a coalition of Isaac Herzog's Labour party and former
justice minister Tzipi Livni's HaTnua party, said it will present a peace
initiative to the Arab League in order to restart the peace talks, which
were ceased in 2013.
The 40-page-long document proposes demilitarisation of the Palestinian state, keeping the settlement blocs in the West Bank under Israeli
sovereignty, preserving Jerusalem as the eternal capital of Israel, and
guaranteeing religious freedom and access to the Holy Places of all
religions while maintaining Israeli sovereignty.
"This initiative reflects Israel's core values, which are expressed in the
call for peace and good relations between Israel and its neighbours,
alongside the unequivocal definition of the State of Israel as the nation
of Jewish people," according to the platform.
The platform also promises to implant an economic plan that will
restrain the high cost of living in Israel, and par ticularly the
housing prices.
Modi will certainly visit
Pakistan next year: Sartaj Aziz
Islamabad, (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will
"cer tainly visit" Pakistan next year, the country's top foreign affairs
adviser Sartaj Aziz said on Sunday.
Pakistan will host the summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) in 2016, of which India is a member
along with Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal,
Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
"We are fully hopeful that the Indian prime minister will come to Pakistan for the SAARC summit," Sartaj Aziz said in Islamabad, according
to Xinhua.
India last year suspended planned talks with Pakistan in August after
the Pakistani ambassador met Kashmiri separatist leaders in New
Delhi.
India's Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar visited Pakistan last week as
part of his trip to the SAARC member states, and the visit has raised
hopes for the resumption of the official bilateral talks. That was the first
high level diplomatic contact between the two countries in seven
months.
Sartaj Aziz said that although the visit of the Indian foreign secretary
was in the reference of the SAARC countries, both sides used the
opportunity to discuss bilateral issues.
Pakistan's foreign secretary would visit India for more talks if the
Indian government extends invitation, he told reporters after a conference of the Muslim Think Tanks Forum of Islamic Countries.
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- TO MAKE RANGOLI
AYUSHMANN KHURRANA AND BHUMI PEDNEKAR DURING THE HOLI CELEBRATION IN MUMBAI (IANS)
KUDESSAN - A SORDID TALE
OF UNFAIRNESS TO FAIR SEX
New Delhi (IANS): The sordid tale of unfairness to the fair sex in rural
India hit the screens last Friday, ahead of the International Women's Day.
The two-hour bilingual movie in Hindi and Punjabi, "Kudessan" or "Woman
from the East", depicts the plight of poor women from Bihar who are being
purchased by rich landlords of Punjab.
"The movie is basically based on true human trafficking stories and tries
to narrate the plight of women, especially the teenagers, who have to
face sexual exploitation and abuse just for a few thousand rupees," director-cum-actor Jeet Matharru told IANS.
The film is based on a Punjabi play, "The Namesake", written by Jatinder
Brar, the man behind Punjab Naatshala, a theatre in Amritsar. "It took six
years for me to make this social drama which will definitely leave questions for society," Matharru, whose maiden Punjabi movie "Adi Tapa"
was quite hit.
"Kudessan" is the story of a rural girl from Bihar, who is sold by her father
to a 65-year-old farmer from Punjab under the grab of a domestic help.
There she is a "Kudessan" or "Woman from the East" and suffered atrocities and abused. She finally decided to fight it out. It's just an attempt to
portray the real life into reel life," Matharru said.
He said in eastern India the practice of selling girls is still prevalent. The
prosperous people in rural areas of Punjab and Haryana, which are infamous for skewed sex ratio, still prefer to buy girls from Bihar in lust of
bearing boys. Such girls often face humiliation and torture throughout
their life.
According to Matharru, the idea of depicting the tale of trafficked women
came in the mind of Brar, Punjabi play 'Kudessan' writer, during his visit
to Bihar 25 years back. "During his visit to Bihar, Brar was curious when
a dhaba (roadside eatery) owner offered him a girl for Rs1,000, Rs2,000
and Rs5,000," he said.
"Even one of his friend bought a girl for Rs2,000. When Brar sahib asked
his friend that what will he do with this girl? He replied: 'Nothing. We will
have fun and leave her," said Matharru. Noted Bhojpuri actor Pakkhi
Hegde will in the role of Ganga, who is sold by her father. This is her
maiden Punjabi film. Singer Kailash Kher sang a promotional song for the
movie titled "Beti", which narrates the tale of girls and women in the
country. The movie was released simultaneously in India and Canada.
Mumbai, (IANS) Acting is all about new learning. Shah Rukh Khan
endorsed this when he decided to learn the ar t of making 'rangoli' in
an episode of "India Poochega Sabse Shaana Kaun", a reality game
show hosted by the superstar himself.
In an earlier episode of the show, he had learnt to drape a sari, and
when he got a chance to pick the skill of 'rangoli' -- creating colourful
patterns on the floor -- he was up for it, in the pursuit of becoming an
"ideal son-in-law".
On the show, SRK would be seen calling a contestant on stage to
teach him the ar t of making a rangoli.
"I had a dream to be the ideal son-in-law, which I think I can become
if I learn some rangoli," SRK said while waiting for the 'rangoli' car t.
As the contestant began working on her rangoli, Shah Rukh watched
intently. The actor also tried his hand at the ar t and made a smiley.
Later, he joked that the beautiful rangoli made by the contestant was
his and the smiley is what the contestant made. Ultimately, SRK left
the judgment of the rangoli to the audience.
The show airs on &TV everyday at 9pm.
DHAWAN LEADS
INDIA TO VICTORY
AGAINST IRELAND
A.R. Rahman to embark on 'special' US tour
New Delhi (IANS): Music maestro A. R. Rahman will kick start his
three month long North American tour March 21. He promises to deliver "special performances".
The tour will begin May 21 in Huntington, NY at The
Paramount before travelling to major cities across
the US, including the Beacon Theatre in New York
City, Bass Concert Hall in Austin, The Auditorium
Theatre in Chicago and the Nokia Theatre at Los
Angeles.
"I've been wanting to return to North America to
perform for a while now, and I'm excited to be coming back for a series of concer ts this spring,"
Rahman said in a statement on his Facebook page.
"These are going to be very special performances
and I'm grateful to have the chance to share them
with you," he added.
The Oscar-winning composer will perform various tracks from his 20year career on the 13-city tour, which will stop on May 28 at the
Beacon Theatre in New York and Nokia Theatre in Los Angeles on June
10. Titled "A.R. Rahman: The Intimate Concert Tour" and sponsored by
JBL, the tickets for the show will go on sale March
6, with VIP packages available on March 4. The 48year-old is also the subject of a new documentary
about his music, titled "Jai Ho", which premiered on
Februray 25 at the Museum of the Moving Image in
New York.
Rahman has won two Academy Awards, two
Grammy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe
and six honorary doctorates. He has delivered landmark scores in films like "Roja", "Bombay", "Dil
Se..", "Taal", "Lagaan", "Delhi 6", "Slumdog Millionaire", "127 Hours", "Rockstar", "Highway", "Million
Dollar Arm" and "The Hundred-Foot Journey". He is
currently working on a composition for the forthcoming film "Pele", a biopic chronicling the legendary Brazilian soccer
player's life.
Hamilton (IANS): Guided by Shikhar Dhawan's dominating century, India's
smooth eight-wicket victory over Ireland here on Tuesday ensured that
the defending World Champions will finish at the top of Pool B.
India bowled Ireland for 259 at the Seddon Park. In reply, India had no
problem chasing down the target as Dhawan scored his second hundred of the tournament, in only 84 balls, to guide the Asian team to its
ninth consecutive Cup win with 13.1 overs to spare. Openers Rohit
Sharma (64) and Dhawan exploited the inexperienced Irish bowlers to
strike India's highest World Cup opening stand of 174 runs to more or
less settle the matter for their side. The par tnership completely took
away the game from the Irish. While Rohit hit three boundaries and
sixes each in his knock, Dhawan exemplified his form by stroking 11
boundaries and five sixes in his 85-ball 100.
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I'D LOVE TO PLAY INDIRA
GANDHI: MALLIKA SHERAWAT
Mumbai (IANS): After starring in "Dirty Politics", actress Mallika
Sherawat says she would love to feature in a biopic on late
prime minister Indira Gandhi.
"Biopics are very challenging. I have not really thought about
it but, if given a chance I would love to play Indira Gandhi,"
Mallika said in reply to a query.
"I really enjoyed 'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag', one of the best biopics,
and was very impressed by it."
Directed by K.C. Bokadia, "Dir ty Politics" also features
Naseer uddin Shah, Om Puri and Anupam Kher.
There were repor ts that Mallika had shif ted her base to the
US. Clarifying this, she said: "I'm very much here and have
not shifted to America. I am hoping this film will open doors for
me and hope directors take me seriously and offer me performanceoriented roles."
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'Dirty Politics' - giving
politicians a bad name
The pot-bellied grotesque politician from Rajasthan used to be the
face of politics in India at a time when the Chautalas were doing their
'ghotalas'. With a new crop of smar ter netas, hopefully less susceptible to corruption, the era of the 'bad' politician seems blessedly
behind us.
And that's precisely why producer-director K.C. Bokadia's 'dir ty' look
at the filth in Indian politics is hopelessly outdated. This is the murky
Machiavellian world of Prakash Jha's politicians stuck in a timewarp. Denuded of all intellectual sensibility, it harks back to the 1970s
when netajis in our films were so caricatural that they belonged to
car toons in vernacular newspapers.
Om Puri plays his role of the lecherous politician with lip-smacking
relish. Like a diabetic man whose wife is away to her mother's house,
while he gorges on forbidden junk food.
This is junk food for the audience that believes cinema is about seductive heroines, lascivious villains, loud over-punctuated background
music, camera angles and cinematography that seem to adhere to
the gimmicky treatment, like an annoying snivelling child clinging to
its mother's bosom.
Bokadia's cameraman Paneer Selvam seems to know exactly what
the director wants. Fleets of politicians' cars are shot in high-speed to
save time. Or is it to make the frames look more exciting than they
actually are? God knows, this film desperately needs a reason to
survive its lengthy playing time. Actors of the calibre of Atul Kulkarni
and Sushant Singh grapple with a script and lines that are so outrageously didactic that they sound like messages written on the walls
of the loo at a government office visited week after week by tired
pensioners.
Curiously, Kukarni and Singh play honest policemen, brothers named
Nischay and Nirbhaya. Get it? They work together to eradicate the dir t
from politics. But who's going to clean out Indian mainstream cinema
from the lingering legacy of a distastefully pungent past that films of
this kind stubbornly cling to?
It is hard to say which is a funnier sight. Mallika Sherawat trying to
act in a sari. Or Mallika Sherawat trying to act coy while Om Puri
takes off her sari. Either way she cuts a 'sari' figure trying to do what
she was never cut out to do - act.
As the dancer-turned-politician Anokhi Devi, Mallika tries to compensate for her lack of acting chops with facial vigour and physical energy. There is a par ticularly unaesthetic lovemaking sequence done
in deliberately bad light which can't hide Puri's flab and Sherawat's
disinterest. Can a film about a horny politician and a wily item girl be
made without the two looking interested in each other?
Reduced to the indignity of playing a lecherous over-libidinous politician who has the hots for an ambitious siren, Om Puri does what he
can, given the constraints of a corny script that relies on sleaze and
shock value to get our attention. Other talented actors like Naseeruddin
Shah (playing an honest journalist stuck with a daughter whom the
politicians kidnap), Anupam Kher (playing a straight-faced honest
CBI officer), and Ashutosh Rana (very effective as Om Puri's right
hand man) Aseem, seem to be in it for fun. Nothing that we see in
"Dir ty Politics" justifies the presence of these talented actors. A very
poorly executed film which makes you feel sorry for the body-politic
of the nation. Surely things are not so bad in politics?
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Not compromised on 'NH10' story
for certification: Anushka Sharma
Mumbai (IANS): Actress-producer Anushka Sharma feels relieved that her co-production "NH10" didn't have to suffer much over cuss
words and has been cleared with few audio cuts and one visual cut by
Censor Board. She asserts that despite an 'A' certificate to the film, they have
not compromised with the film's story."We don't want to compromise with
our film. We have got an 'A' certificate, one visual cut and few audio cuts,
which we have accepted," Anushka said here Wednesday during the launch
of Spring Summer collection inspired by the film NH10. As far as we could,
we have not compromised with the story, with what we are trying to show to
the audiences. Somewhere we are happy with whatever has happened,"
she added. Recently, CBFC (Central Board of Film Certification) issued a
controversial diktat blacklisting 'offensive' words from Indian films. The
decision has left many Bollywood celebrities in shock and disagreement.
Took 'Margarita With A Straw' as
a test for myself: Kalki Koechlin
NASSERUDDIN SHAH, PARESH RAWAL AND ANNU KAPOOR DURING THE TRAILER LAUNCH OF FILM DHARAM SANKAT MEIN IN
MUMBAI (IANS)
I play idolised version of Kejriwal
in 'Dirty Politics': Naseeruddin
Mumbai (IANS): Veteran actor Naseeruddin Shah, who will be
seen in K.C. Bokadia's "Dir ty Politics", says his character in
the film is somewhat like Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
"I play an idolised version of Delhi's Chief Minister (Arvind
Kejriwal)...like him, this character also stands for right things
and succeeds thereafter," the actor said here Tuesday during a
press conference to promote the film.
Kejriwal, who has become Delhi's chief minister for the
second time, was a team member of Anna Hazare's anticorruption movement. He then took the political route and
formed the Aam Aadmi Par ty. He first became the chief
minister after the 2013 Delhi assembly polls but stepped down
after 49 days. He made a historic comeback in the assembly
polls this year.
Like Kejriwal, Naseeruddin's character in "Dir ty Politics" is a
"political activist and always believes in taking action against
wrong doings".
"Somewhere he is a witness of everything that happens in the
story and at last he is the one who decides to take the positive
action," he added.
"Dir ty Politics" also features Mallika Sherawat, Jackky Shroff,
Anupam Kher, Ashutosh Rana and Om Puri in key roles.
Emraan Hashmi turns invisible in 'Mr X' trailer
Mumbai (IANS): The first trailer of Emraan Hashmi's upcoming 3D thriller "Mr X" sees the actor taking on the role of an invisible cop
named Raghuram Rathod, who takes revenge from people who did wrong to him.
Directed by Vikram Bhatt, the story of the film revolves around Raghuram, who is forced to become a vigilante and gets entangled into
a treacherous scheme. He is left to die in a chemical factory by people who blow it up with the intention to kill him. However, the
chemicals in the factory cause a reaction that turns him invisible and this unique quality allows him to take revenge from his killers.
Emraan, who has previously starred in films like "Murder", "Gangster", "Jannat" and "The Dirty Picture" has received a positive response
for the trailer.
"Great to see Amazing MrX Trailer trending.. Thanks for the lovely response... #MrX @emraan_team," he tweeted.
Filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt also took to Twitter to say 'hello' to the film. "Say hello to Mr Invisible! Trailer of #MrX http://youtu.be/
5nCicl_EFnE is out!!! @foxstarhindi," he wrote. Produced by Vishesh Films, "Mr X" also stars Amyra Dastur, Arunoday Singh and Nora
Fatehi. It will hit screens on April 17.
Mumbai (IANS): Actress Kalki Koechlin, who essays the role
of a cerebral palsy affected girl in Shonali Bose's directorial
"Margarita With A Straw", says the audition for this film was
toughest for her and she took it as a test for herself.
"I loved the script. Shonali (Bose) e-mailed it to me and immediately I wrote back to her that I loved the script. It scared
the hell out of me that she could even think that I could do
this," Kalki told repor ters here Wednesday at the trailer
launch of the film. The audition for this film was toughest
for me," she added.
"Margarita With A Straw" is a gentle coming-of-age story of a
young Indian woman effected with cerebral palsy (played by Kalki
Koechlin) and it also explores the sexuality of disabled people.
Kalki's performance was appreciated on the international arena
and she bagged Best Actress Award for Kalki at Tallinn Black
Nights Film Festival held last year. In India, "Margarita With A
Straw" is expected to release on March 13.
India-set 'Marigold Hotel'
opens strong at US box office
Washington, (IANS) India-set comedy "The Second Best Exotic
Marigold Hotel" opened strong at number three at the US box
office with an estimated $8.6 million in its first weekend of
release. India-themed films rarely climb this high on the US
box office char ts, according to data released by its distributor
Fox Searchlight. Even Hollywood studio films such as "Life of Pi", "The
Hundred Foot Journey", and "Million Dollar Arm" never made it to the top
three at any time during their runs despite playing in more theatres than
Marigold. "The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" is the follow-up to the
2012 hit "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" which opened in the US in limited
release in 27 theatres before building up interest word-of-mouth and
eventually reaching nearly 1,300 theatres nationwide. It spent
seven weeks in the top ten -- peaking at number six -- and
finished its US run with $46.4 million. Judi Dench, Maggie Smith,
Dev Patel, Tina Desai and Lillete Dubey, among others, returned for the sequel which added Richard Gere to the cast.
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LMGA Awards:'Wild','Grand
Budapest Hotel' win big
SINGER RANJIT BAWA DURING THE PROMOTION OF HIS LATEST ALBUM `MITTI DA BAWA` IN AMRITSAR (IANS)
JACKIE SHROFF WOULD 'LOVE'
TO WORK WITH SON TIGER
Mumbai (IANS): Actor Jackie Shroff says he
has been inundated with queries about when
he'll share the frame with his talented son Tiger. He says it will happen when the "right
script" comes their way.
"As a father I am really proud of my son. He's
doing really well. People have been coming up
to us and asking, 'When would we be seen sharing the screen?', but it all depends on the script
and if we come across a good one then I'd love
to work with him," said Jackie.
Jackie, who was last seen in Farah Khan's
"Happy New Year", is now caught up promoting the for thcoming "Dir ty Politics", directed
by K.C. Bokadia.
"I'm playing a powerful man in the film. As the
title says, the film is all about politics. I hope
the audience enjoys watching the movie as
much as we enjoyed making it," he said.
"Dir ty Politics" also features Mallika Sherwat
and veteran actor Om Puri.
Bieber roasters include
Martha Stewart, Snoop Dogg
Los Angeles (IANS): Shaquille O'Neil, Mar tha Stewar t, Snoop
Dogg, Ludacris, Hannibal Buress, Chris D'Elia, Natasha Leggero,
and Jeffrey Ross are ready to 'roast' singer Justin Bieber on a
show. Comedy Central's "Justin Bieber Roast" will be taped on
March 14 at Sony Studios and it will air on March 30, repor ts
aceshowbiz.com. Kevin Har t is the 'roast master' for the
programme. The last Comedy Central roast special was in 2013
with James Franco as the butt of the jokes and Seth Rogen as
the roast master.
Demi Lovato keen to
collaborate with Eminem
Priyanka to star in a documentary on Bollywood?
Hollywood insiders indicate
Priyanka Chopra might be seen
in a documentary which is being
produced by US based production
house, Storm Productions.
The documentary is an in depth
Los Angeles, (IANS) Actress Reese Witherspoon-starrer "Wild"
won the top honour for Outstanding Locations in a Contemporary
Film and "The Grand Budapest Hotel" was bestowed the trophy
for Outstanding Locations in a Period Film at the second Location Managers Guild of America (LMGA) awards.
The show took place at the Wallis Annenberg Center for the
Performing Ar ts in Beverly Hills Saturday, repor ts variety.com.
The biographical drama film, "Wild", was shot mostly in Oregon
and along par ts of the Pacific Crest Trail, with Nancy Haecker as
location manager.
"The Grand Budapest Hotel" achieved its authentic look by filming in Germany and Poland. Location manager Klaus Darrelmann
took the prize.
Among the television categories, "True Detective" was awarded
for contemporary series and "Boardwalk Empire" won for period
series. Other winners included Coca-Cola spot "America is Beautiful" for Outstanding Locations in a Single Commercial (Jimmy
Ayoub, Cyndy McCrossen, Peter Or th, Stephen Pherigo), and
"Ram Trucks" for Outstanding Locations in a Commercial Campaign (David McKinney and Peter Or th).
The City of Long Beach Office of Special Events and Filming won
the prize for Outstanding Film Commission.
LMGA was star ted last year to recognise the creative contributions of location professionals in seven categories of film, television and commercials.
Actress Alfre Woodard presented the Humanitarian Award to
producer Caroline Baron, founder of NGO FilmAid International.
Actors Debbie Allen and Ted Lange handed out the Lifetime
Achievement Award to veteran location manager Kokayi Ampah,
who has collaborated with directors like Clint Eastwood and
Steven Spielberg.
look at the evolution of Bollywood
with a specific focus on its talent
as global phenomena. Talent as
Los Angeles (IANS): Singer Demi Lovato hopes she and famed
rapper Eminem can make "something awesome", inspired by
their experiences as recovered drug addicts. Lovato expressed
her desire to collaborate with the rapper as she spoke of her
anticipated fifth studio album, repor ts aceshowbiz.com. "I'm
excited to explore with different sounds which is what I'm doing
in the studio right now and to see what comes about," she said.
Lovato went on to talk about her dream collaborators, which
included Eminem. I can relate to him with being in recovery
and things like that so I think we could make something awesome together," she said. A few years ago, the 22-year-old pop
star sought treatment for an eating disorder as well as drug and
alcohol addiction. She previously also battled an addiction to
painkillers and other drugs.
KATE BOSWORTH'S
CHALLENGING 20S
diverse as Anil Kapoor, Priyanka
Chopra, and Irrfan are now easily melding both East and West
and catering to mass audiences
around the world. The documentary will feature other Bollywood
actors as well. Storm Productions
is a US based production house
that is currently developing several film and media projects with
Indian par tners.
"This is a film that needs to be
done at this time. It's sor t of a
debutante
stor y,
where
Bollywood is the beautiful young
woman making her grand appearance on the world stage. Indians have always appreciated
Bollywood, and now justifiably,
the world will as well. It parallels
quite nicely with India's coming
of age and hyper-growth over the
last decade along with its global
ambitions," said a source close
to the project.
When we contacted AJ Roy, the
founder of the production house
who is also directing the documentary he said, "Yes I'm working on the documentary which is
a passion project. Having been
born in India, but then raised in
the West, it was very impor tant
for me to share the beauty of
Bollywood with the world. We
have approached many actors to
par take in this project, and of
course Priyanka tops our list as
she is an international star now.
Los Angeles (IANS): Actress Kate Boswor th says she struggled
to cope with her stardom in her twenties, before turning to her
close friend Helena Christensen for advice.
The 32-year-old actress, who shot to fame in the US TV series
"Young Americans" in 2000 aged just 17, struggled to cope
with the pressures of stardom as she grew up and was lucky to
find solace in the model, who gave her valuable guidance,
repor ts femalefirst.co.uk.
"I was quite armoured for a lot of years. I had been going through
such a hard time (in my 20s). I felt like it was me and my
experience was unique, when actually everyone goes through
these challenges. "'I just said to her, 'God, I am struggling... I'm
feeling quite lost.' And she replied, 'You should have called me.
I have been through that so many times.' And that was when
the penny finally dropped. I don't think I'd be where I am without her," Boswor th told The Edit magazine while talking about
the 46-year-old Christensen.
JLO THINKS 'SINGERS OR
DANCERS' ARE BEST LOVERS
Los Angeles (IANS): Singer-actress Jennifer Lopez feels "singers or dancers" make the best lovers. The "On the floor"
hitmaker was previously married to Ojani Noa, dancer Cris
Judd and singer Marc Anthony; was engaged to actor Ben Affleck;
and dated dancer Casper Smar t and rapper P. Diddy. She has
now suggested that not all the men in her life have been impressive in the bedroom, repor ts femalefirst.co.uk.
Asked who makes the best lovers, she told Loaded magazine:
"I would say singers or dancers."
The 45-year-old beauty, who has seven-year-old twins Max
and Emme with Anthony, also admitted she has been left feeling inadequate after being cheated on the past.
"I've been in relationships where there has been infidelity and
you're left to feel like you did something wrong, like there's
something wrong with you, you're not enough, all of those feelings that we struggle with. Men and women go through this by
the way, it's not just a woman thing."
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BANGLADESH CRICKET FANS CHEER AFTER THE NATIONAL TEAM DEFEATED ENGLAND IN THE INTERNATIONAL CRICKET COUNCIL
(ICC) WORLD CUP GAME IN DHAKA, BANGLADESH (IANS)
BANGLADESH ENTER WC QUARTERS,
ENGLAND OUSTED
ADELAIDE, (IANS) Bangladesh created history on Monday by ousting
England from the cricket World Cup's
league stage and securing a
quarterfinal berth for the first time
with a 15-run victory in a Pool A game
at the Adelaide Oval.
In the process, they cleared the path
for Sri Lanka to join New Zealand and
Australia from their pool in the last
eight. New Zealand are sitting pretty
at the top with 10 points, while
Bangladesh and Australia have seven
points each. Sri Lanka have six
points, while fifth-placed England
slumped to their fourth loss in five
matches. They have two points, the
same as Afghanistan.
Bangladesh had posted 275/7 in 50
overs thanks to Mohammad
Mahmudullah (103) who became first
batsman from his country to score a
century in the World Cup. He forged a
141-run partnership with Mushfiqur
Rahim (89).
In reply, England were bowled out for
260 in 48.3 overs. Ian Bell (63), Jos
Buttler (65) and Chris Woakes (not
out 42) did their best, yet they fell
short by 15 runs.
For Bangladesh, medium pacers
Rubel Hossain (4-53), skipper
Moshrafe Mortaza (2-48) and Taskin
Ahmed (2-59) did all the damage
against the much-vaunted English
team. England were going good till
the 26th over when they were 120/2
with experienced Bell holding the innings together but he edged the first
ball of the 27th over to wicketkeeper
Rahim off Hossain.
The left-arm seamer dealt a huge
blow when he got rid of skipper Eoin
Morgan (0) three deliveries later to
reduce the opponents to 121/4 and
pegged them back.
Right-armer Taskin bagged James
Taylor (1) to leave England reeling at
132/5. Young and relaible batsman
Joe Root (29) perished against
Mortaza to make it 163/6 in 35.4
overs. Afterwards, Buttler and
Woakes exercised damage control
and brought England into contention
with a 75-run stand. They pushed their
team to 238/6 till the fourth ball of the
46th over. But with a mounting required run rate, it was a tall ask for
them and they lost their wickets in
the process. Chris Jordan (0) was
run out. Hossain returned to dismiss
Stuart Broad (9) and James Anderson (0) to win it by 15 runs and triggered a wild celebration in the
Bangladesh camp. Earlier, coming at
the fall of two wickets for just eight
runs in the third over, Mahumudullah
held the innings together and scored
his maiden One-Day International
(ODI) ton. When two more wickets
tumbled with his team at 99/4 in the
22nd over, he was joined by Rahim.
The right-hander duo not only
wriggled the team out of trouble but
also enabled the team to post a competitive total despite a poor start.
At the start, pacer Anderson starred
for England. The right-armer forced
an edge from left-hander Imrul Kayes
(2) to Jordan at third slip. Opener
Tamim Iqbal (2) could only managed
an edge to Root at second slip in
Anderson's second over.
It left the Asian side reeling at 8/2
and in walked Mahmudullah. He
joined Saumya Sarkar (40) and they
exercised a damage control with a
86-run stand. With five fours and a
six, Sarkar was looking good before
he edged a Jordan delivery to
wicketkeeper Buttler in the 21st over.
In the next over, experienced Shakib
Al Hasan (2) perished against offspinner Moeen Ali to leave his side
in deep waters at 99/4.
Former skipper Rahim joined
Mahmudullah and the duo kept the
scoreboard ticking. They upped the
ante in the later part of their partnership. Rahim was more aggressive
as he hit eight fours and a six in the
77 balls he faced.
The 29-year-old Mahumudullah hit
seven fours and a six to notch up his
100 in 131 balls. He was run out by a
direct throw from Chris Woakes.
Anderson and Jordan picked two
wickets apiece, while Chris Broad
and Ali took a wicket each.
Brief scores: Bangladesh 275/7 in 50
overs (Mohammad Mahmudullah
103, Mushfiqur Rahim 89; James
Anderson 2-45, Chris Jordan 2-59)
beat England 260 all out in 48.3 overs
(Jos Buttler 65, Ian Bell 63; Rubel
Hossain 4-53, Moshrafe Mortaza 248, Taskin Ahmed 2-59).
India can '99
percent' win World
Cup: Madan Lal
Greater Noida, (IANS) One of the
1983 World Cup-winning heroes,
Madan Lal is mightily impressed
with the current Indian cricket
team and believes that they can
"99 percent" retain the prestigious title. "I must say that India is playing very good cricket
at the moment. The way they
are playing is the best I have
seen in a long time," the former
bowling all-rounder said here
on Monday.
"India can 99 percent win this
World Cup. If one day goes bad,
that is another thing and if they
don't win, then it will be due to
their own mistakes. But hats off
to them for how they have
played so far."
India have star ted their World
Cup campaign on a brilliant note
by defeating Pakistan, South Africa,
the United Arab Emirates and the
West Indies on the trot to qualify for
the quarter-finals. In the process,
they won their eighth match in a
row in World Cups which equals
their previous longest Cup streak,
established in 2003.
"The team has done well in all
the depar tments -- bowling, batting and fielding. The turnaround
that they made following their tour
of Australia is remarkable," added
Lal, who inaugurated his new
cricket academy at Gaur City
here on Monday.
Hamilton, (IANS) Bangladesh's 15-run win over England has
more or less settled the question of who India will face in the
quar ter finals.
With the win at the Adelaide Oval in a Pool A match, Bangladesh
cleared the path for Sri Lanka to join New Zealand and Australia
from their pool in the last eight. New Zealand are sitting pretty at
the top with 10 points, while Bangladesh and Australia have
seven points each.
Sri Lanka have six points, while fifth-placed England slumped to
their four th loss in five matches. They have two points, the same
as Afghanistan.
India are on top of Pool B with eight points and they have a strong
chance of finishing on top. Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men are
expected to beat Ireland and Zimbabwe and advance with full
points from the six matches.
Second-placed South Africa have six points from five matches
and even if India lose both the matches and the Proteas win one,
the defending champions will be on top on better run rate. Thirdplaced Pakistan, who have six points with one match remaining,
have a lower run rate as compared to India.
Unbelievably
disappointing to be
knocked out: Morgan
Adelaide, (IANS) A dejected England skipper Eoin Morgan on
Monday said it is "unbelievably disappointing" that they crashed
out of the World Cup after losing to Bangladesh in their fifth World
Cup Pool A game at the Adelaide Oval.
Needing a win to stay alive in the contest, England began well
with both bat and ball but lost the game by a mere 15-run margin.
"Pretty poor to be knocked out this early from a World Cup. Unbelievably disappointing. We bowled reasonably well, but we
couldn't quite match it up with the bat. I can't pick where it went
wrong. I am gutted at the moment," said Morgan who once again
failed to get off the mark.
Chasing a formidable total of 275 for seven, England were bowled
out in the penultimate over of the match as Bangladesh medium
pacer Rubel Hossain (4/53) clean bowled tail-ender James Anderson with a yorker.
The skipper said his team tried addressing the problems but
could not rectify them. He added he don't know what is in store
for the future but they will definitely look back at the performances and ponder on what went wrong.
"It ultimately comes down to the performance, and some of them
did, but not all of us as a unit. We have tried to address the
problem, but obviously it hasn't worked. Our expectations were
higher than the way we performed, so it is obviously disappointing," he said.
"No idea what will happen from here. Again, there will be an
inquest over the next few weeks to see what went wrong, and
then we will go from there," he added.
In their last inconsequential group game England will face minnows Afghanistan at the Sydney Cricket Ground on March 13.
DUAL INJURY BLOW
FOR SRI LANKA AHEAD
OF AUSTRALIA CLASH
Sydney (IANS): Sri Lanka will be forced to make at least
two changes for Sunday's crunch cricket World Cup clash
with Australia here, with veteran spinner Rangana Herath
ruled out and batsman Dimuth Karunaratne being sidelined
for the rest of the tournament.
The 36-year-old, left-armer Herath has been ruled out after
splitting the webbing between his spin fingers in the side's
last win over England, repor ts cricket.com.au.
Officials are hoping Herath will return before the knockout
phase of the tournament, with Sri Lanka scheduled to play
their quar ter-final here.
However, young batsman Karunaratne will miss the rest of
the World Cup after fracturing his little finger during
Thursday's training session. "He has to undergo surgery
and will be out for about four weeks. He will return home,"
Sri Lanka's chairman of selectors and former captain
Sanath Jayasuriya said.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Friday approved
all-rounder Seekuge Prasanna as a replacement for the
injured Karunaratne. Prasanna, on the other hand, has
played 22 One-Day Internationals (ODI) in which he has
scored 181 runs and taken 21 wickets. His last appearance
for Sri Lanka was earlier this year when he played against
New Zealand in Wellington.
Sri Lanka, placed in Pool A, have played four matches,
winning three. Prasanna had been flown over as cover for
Herath. ICC rules stipulate any injury-enforced changes in
a squad are permanent.
As such, Prasanna would only have played against
Michael Clarke's men if Herath was ruled out of the
tournament. Karunaratne's injury has seemingly solved
that issue, ensuring Sri Lanka will field a frontline spinner
for Sunday's game. It leaves the squad shor t a batsman,
with Jayasuriya revealing Kusal Perera will travel to
Sydney as a "precautionary measure". The loser of the
weekend's fixture at the SCG will almost cer tainly finish
third in Pool A. That would come with the challenge of a
likely quar ter-final against South Africa, then a potential semifinal against New Zealand in Auckland.
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TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 2015
NEW ZEALAND THUMP
AFGHANISTAN BY SIX WICKETS
GLENN MAXWELL ACKNOWLEDGES THE CROWD AFTER SCORING A TON, AUSTRALIA V SRI LANKA.
MAXWELL GUIDES AUSTRALIA
TO 376/9 AGAINST SRI LANKA
Sydney, (IANS) Glenn Maxwell's maiden One-Day International (ODI) century helped Australia rack up an imposing
376/9 in 50 overs against Sri Lanka in a World Cup Pool A
encounter at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) here on
Sunday.
Maxwell's blitzkrieg knock of 102, the fastest century by an
Australian in ODIs and the second fastest in World Cups, as
well as two-century run par tnerships between skipper
Michael Clarke (68) and Steven Smith (72) and Shane Watson
(67) and Maxwell helped the four-time champions to mass the
highest Cup total against Sri Lanka by any team.
Australia did not star t well as they lost openers Aaron Finch
(24) and David Warner (9) by the ninth over to be at 41/2.
However, a 134-run third-wicket partnership between Clarke and
Smith settled the innings before Maxwell and Watson went ballistic
in the end to power them to this significant total.
Clarke scored his 57th half-century while Smith his fifth to
give themselves a brilliant platform at 175/2 in the 31st over.
However, both got out in a span of five balls which brought
out Maxwell and Watson.
The duo went berserk in the death overs to smash a 160-run
fifth-wicket par tnership to propel the run rate.
Maxwell's 53-ball 102 included 10 boundaries and four huge
sixes as he brought up his century in only 51 balls.
On the other hand, Watson, dropped from their last match due to
poor form, gave a 'good' worry to the Australian management
who will think twice before dropping him.
The all-rounder hammered 67 off 41 deliveries, his innings
studded with seven fours and two sixes.
A nine-ball, 25-run cameo by wicketkeeper-batsman Brad
Haddin also helped Australia push their total.
The Sri Lankan bowlers did not have much to boast about as
everyone who rolled their arms, apar t from Lasith Malinga,
gave away 6.5 or more an over. Pacers Lasith Malinga (2/59)
and Thisara Perera (2/87) picked up two wickets each.
Brief scores: Australia 376/9 in 50 overs (Glenn Maxwell 102,
Steven Smith 72, Michael Clarke 68; Lasith Malinga 2/59,
Thisara Perera 2/87) vs Sri Lanka.
Ian Gould becomes 15th umpire to stand in 100 ODIs
Sydney, (IANS) Ian Gould became the 15th umpire to stand in 100 One-Day Internationals (ODIs)
when he took the field in the Australia versus Sri Lanka match in World Cup 2015 at Sydney
cricket ground on Sunday. On completing 100 ODIs, Gould said in a statement: "I love umpiring
and really consider it a great honour to be on the field with the some of the greatest players in the
world. Cricket is just such a great game."
Gould joined the first-class umpires' panel in England in 2002 and was elevated to the Emirates
International Panel of International Cricket Council (ICC) Umpires in 2006.
He made his international umpiring debut in an ODI between England and Sri Lanka at Oval in
June 2006, while he made his Test debut two years later in Bloemfontein in a match between
South Africa and Bangladesh.
In 2009, he was promoted to the Emirates Elite Panel of ICC Umpires. Apar t from his 100 ODIs, he
stood in 43 Tests and 29 Twenty20 Internationals. Gould has also umpired in World Cup 2007 and
2011, as well as in the Champions Trophy 2009 and 2013. During his playing days, he was a
wicket-keeper-batsman for Middlesex, Sussex and England in a career that ran from 1975 to
1996. He kept wickets for England in 18 ODIs in 1983, including seven during the World Cup 1983
in which he scored 66 runs and accounted for 12 batsmen behind wickets. The umpire with most
appearances in ODIs is Rudi Koer tzen who stood in 209 matches.
Napier, (IANS) New Zealand bowled out Afghanistan for 186 and
overhauled the target with six wickets to spare in a cricket World
Cup Pool A match at McLean Park here on Sunday.
Veteran left-arm spinner Daniel Vettori(4/18) and pacer Trent Boult
(3/34) had reduced Afghanistan to 59/6 in 20th over. However,
Samiullah Shenwari (54) and Najibullah Zadran (56) forged an 86run partnership for the seventh wicket to bail the team out of the
slump. Yet they were bowled out for 186 in 47.4 overs.
In pursuit of an easy target, the host hardly broke a sweat and got
over the line with ease in 37th over. Skipper Brendon McCullum
raced to a 19-ball 42 to provide a sparkling start.
After he lost his wicket to his Afghanistan counterpart Mohammad
Nabi, Martin Guptill (57) was joined in middle by in-form Kane
Williamson (33). They stitched a 58-run stand before young
Williamson was caught by Shenwari at mid-wicket off pacer
Shapoor Zadran. Guptill, 28, registered his 22nd One-Day International (ODI) fifty. Later, experienced Ross Taylor (not out 24), Grant
Eliott (19) and Corey Anderson (not out 7) completed formalities to
give the co-host their fifth win in as many matches. They are on top
of Pool A, while the Afghans are sixth with one win in five matches.
New Zealand are expected to make it six out of six as they will face
Bangladesh on March 13. Afghanistan, who are already out of race
for the quarterfinals, will have to battle it out against England for
their second win. Earlier, Afghanistan innings got off to a poor start
with two openers Javed Ahmadi(1) and Usman Ghani (0) perishing
to pacer Boult and Vettori. From 6/2 in the third over, they stooped
to 59/6 in 20th over. Asghar Stanikzai (9) lost his wicket to leftarmer Boult. Vettori dismissed in-form Nawroz Mangal (27), Nabi
(6) and wicket-keeper-batsman Afsar Zafai (0) as the cup debutants
stumbled to 59/6. Afterwards, a seventh-wicket partnership between Shenwari (54)and Najibullah (56) for 86 runs rescued them.
Their stand became the fifth highest for the seventh wicket in the
history of the quadrennial event. The 22-year-old left-hander
Najibullah recorded his second ODI half-century. He hit eight fours
and two sixes before offering a catch to Vettori at third man off
pacer Adam Milne. For 28-year-old Shenwari, it was his 10th fifty
and second in the tournament. He had scored 96 in a winning
cause against Scotland. On Sunday, the right-hander played it slow
and during his 110-ball knock, he hit five fours and a six.
Shenwari offered a simple catch to Ross Taylor and square leg off
medium pacer Anderson, who ended the Afghanistan innings by
taking the wicket of Hamid Hassan (16). They were bowled out for
186 which was not at all a task for the strong batting line-up of New
Zealand. Brief scores: Afghanistan 186 all out in 47.4 overs (Samiullah
Shenwari 54, Najibullah Zadran 56, Daniel Vettori 4/18 and Trent Boult 3/34)
lose to New Zealand 188/4 in 36.1 overs (Martin Guptill 57, Brendon
McCullum 42; Mohammad Nabi 1/39, Shapoor Zadran 1/45).
IRELAND SNATCH 5-RUN
WIN OVER ZIMBABWE
Hobart, (IANS) Ireland snatched a
thrilling five-run win from the jaws of
defeat when they beat Zimbabwe in
a Pool B match to keep alive their
chances of qualifying for the World
Cup quarter-finals.
Two brilliant innings from Ed Joyce
(112) and Andy Balbirnie (97) guided
Ireland to a mammoth 331/8 at the
Bellerive Oval here on Saturday. In
reply, Brendan Taylor (121) played a
captain's knock with the assistance
of Sean Williams (96) to leave Zimbabwe needing just seven runs of the
last over with two wickets in hand.
However, Ireland picked both the
wickets in the first three balls of the
last over to claim the second victory
over a Test playing nation in this
World Cup, having beaten the West
Indies earlier.
Chasing a mammoth target of 332,
Zimbabwe were tottering at 74/4 in
the 17th over when wicketkeeperbatsman Taylor and Williams struck
a magical 149-run fifth-wicket partnership to not just steady their ship
but also give themselves a strong
chance.
Taylor's blistering 91-ball knock, his
seventh One-Day International (ODI)
century, also included 11 boundaries
and four huge sixes. He also became
the joint highest century maker for
Zimbabwe, equalling Alastair
Campbell.
Though Taylor got out with the score
at 223 in the 38th over, Williams still
kept going to help his side reach the
300-run mark. It looked like the lefthander would go on to score his
maiden ODI hundred and help his side
to victory. But he got out in controversial fashion with the score at 300/6 in
the 47th over.
Just when it was looking that Zimbabwe would snatch a fantastic victory
with Williams at the helm, the 28year-old smashed a Kevin O'Brien (2/
90) delivery only to be caught by John
Mooney right at the edge of the deep
mid-wicket boundary.
However, reviews showed that
Mooney's foot might have touched the
boundary line but the third umpire
ruled in favour of Ireland which proved
to be the turning point. The African
side received another jolt when they
lost another wicket to go eight down
in 47.4 overs.
With 26 required from two overs and
eight wickets down, it looked like Ireland would come out on top but 19
runs from Kevin's 49th over changed
the scenario with Zimbabwe needing a mere seven off the last over.
However, Alex Cusack (4/32) proved
to be the hero for the Irish as two
wickets in his first three deliveries
handed the minnows an incredible
triumph. Pacer Cusack was the pick
of the bowlers, scalping four wickets
with a brilliant economy rate of 3.36.
Earlier, asked to bat, man-of-thematch Joyce scored his third century while Balbirnie smashed a quickfire 97 off 79 deliveries.
Ireland started poorly, losing opener
Paul Stirling (10) early in the third
over. Captain William Por terfield
stuck it out in the middle to score a
patient 29 off 61 but eventually gifted
his wicket to left-arm spinner Williams (3/72) with Ireland at 79 in the
21st over.
Thereon, a brilliant 138-run thirdwicket stand between Joyce
and Balbirnie gave the Irish the
platform to put up a big total.
Joyce stroked nine beautiful
boundaries and three sixes in
his 103-ball knock while Balbirnie
hammered his second ODI half-century which included seven fours and
four huge sixes.
Right-hander Balbirnie had a
super chance of scoring his
maiden hundred in his 15th ODI
but was run out while trying to
accelerate on the first ball of the
last over.
Kevin (24) and wicketkeeperbatsman Gary Wilson (25) also
played impor tant cameos at the
fag end of the innings to take
Ireland to the highest total by
an Associate team in World Cups.
The Zimbabwean bowlers looked totally unimpressive though Tendai
Chatara (3-61) and Williams picked
up three wickets each.
Brief scores: Ireland 331/8 in 50 overs
(Ed Joyce 112, Andy Balbirnie 97;
Tendai Chatara 3-61, Sean Williams
3-72) vs Zimbabwe 326 all out in 49.3
overs (Brendan Taylor 121, Sean Williams 96; Alex Cusack 4/32).
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INDIA BOWL OUT
IRELAND FOR 259
PAKISTANI PLAYER MOHAMMAD IRFAN CELEBRATES FALL OF A WICKET DURING AN ICC WORLD CUP 2015 MATCH BETWEEN
PAKISTAN AND SOUTH AFRICA AT EDEN PARK, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND (IANS)
BOWLERS HELP PAKISTAN
BEAT PROTEAS BY 29 RUNS
Auckland, (IANS) Skipper AB de Villiers' spirited knock of 58ball 77 went in vain as South Africa lost to Pakistan by 29 runs
via the Duckwor th-Lewis method in a World Cup Pool B match
at the Eden Park here on Saturday.
Skipper Misbah-ul-Haq (56) had registered his four th halfcentury in the tournament but that didn't stop South Africa from
bowling Pakistan for 222 runs in 46.4 overs. Pakistan were
decently placed at 197-5 in 40.1 overs when rain halted the play
and it shor tened the innings by three overs.
Due to the Duckwor th-Lewis rules, the target was revised and
South Africa needed 232 in 47 overs. But they were bowled out
for 202 runs in 33.2 overs as three young Pakistan left-arm
seamers Mohammad Irfan (3-52), Rahat Ali (3-40) and Wahab Riaz (345) made life difficult.
Even though Hashim Amla (38) and Faf du Plessis played well in the
early part of the innings, they kept losing wickets regularly.
De Villiers once again stamped his authority and kept his side
in hunt with his 43rd One-Day International (ODI) fifty. He hit
seven fours and five sixes and became highest run-scorer (318)
in the World Cup so far.
However, he edged a medium pacer Sohail Khan delivery to the
hands of wicketkeeper Sar fraz Ahmed with the win still 32 runs
away and only one wicket remaining. De Villiers' wicket ended
the South Afican hopes and they fell shor t by 29 runs.
Wicketkeeper Sar fraz, playing in his first match of the tournament, scored 49 crucial runs and plucked six wickets to
become man-of-the-match. The 27-year-old also equalled the
record of most catches in an ODI.
With this win, Pakistan boosted their chances of reaching the
quar ter finals with three wins from five matches and they will
play Ireland in their final Pool game on March 15. South Africa
slumped to their second loss in five games but still stand a
strong chance of last eight ber th. They will face the United Arab
Emirates (UAE) on March 12,
Earlier, Ahmed Shahzad (18) perished early to pacer Kyle Abbot.
But Sar frar (49) did well to forge a 62-run stand with experienced Younis Khan (37).
Sar fraz, looked in fine form. Despite being promoted as a
makeshift opener, his shot selections were good against both
pace and spin. He milked five fours and three huge sixes before
being run out at his personal score of 49.
Skipper Misbah, who will quit ODI cricket post this World Cup,
made full use of his experience. Even though Younis, Sohaib
Maqsood (8) and Umar Akmal (13) perished in front of him, the
40-year-old once again rose to the occasion.
Mixing with ones and twos and odd boundaries, he kept the
scoreboard ticking. He recorded his four th half-century in five
matches and also scored 41st fifty before rain halted the play.
South Africa bowled exceedingly well after the rain, and
executed the slow bouncers and yorkers in the death overs to
per fection. Pace spearhead Dale steyn dismissed both the
unbeaten batsmen Misbah and veteran Shahid Afridi (22) and
the lower-order batsmen failed to contribute.
Afridi meanwhile played a cameo of 22 in 15 balls as the
Proteas choked runs at the death overs.
For South Africa, Steyn showed them the way by picking three
crucial wickets, while fast bowlers Abbot and Morne Morkel
picked up two wickets apiece. Leg-spinner Imran Tahir and de
Villiers took a wicket each.
The Proteas bowlers good work was equally matched by the
Pakistan bowlers, who ended up on the winning side.
Brief scores: Pakistan 222 in 46.4 overs (Misbah-ul-Haq 56,
Sar fraz Ahmed 49; Dale steyn 3-30, Morne Morkel 2-25, Kyle
Abbot 2-45) beat South Africa 202 in 33.3 overs.
DHONI CREDITS BOWLERS
FOR WIN OVER WINDIES
Perth (IANS): After beating the West Indies in a World Cup Pool B encounter at the WACA here on Friday, an elated Indian skipper
Mahendra Singh Dhoni credited his bowlers for keeping the opposition batsmen on a tight leash.
The Indian bowlers were upto the mark from the ver y first over of the day, as they rarely hurled a bad delivery to the rival batsmen
giving away just eight runs from the first five overs.
Mohammad Shami, later adjudged the Man-of-the-Match, was the pick of the bowlers with figures of 3-35 from his eight overs.
Pacer Umesh Yadav (2-42) and left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja (2-27) chipped in to take two wickets each, as the West Indies
were bowled out for a paltry 182.
India chased the total down with four wickets and 65 deliveries to spare. They registered four th straight victory and qualified to
the quar ter finals. "It was a difficult wicket, even initially with the new ball. There was some variable bounce, it was doing a bit.
It settled down later, there was some swing for the West Indies bowlers as well, with the new ball," Dhoni, who scored unbeaten
45 from 56 balls, said at the post-match presentation ceremony.
"Our bowlers didn't try too much. They stuck to their line and length. It (wicket) had a bit more bounce and we gave quite a few
wides bowling bouncers. But we also got wickets with the shor t-pitched deliver y, so overall very happy with our per formance,"
Dhoni added.
Dhoni added the target was a tricky one to chase down on such a dicy strip but said it was also a good chance to test out the
middle-order.
"It is a difficult target, because you don't know whether to go and play your shots. It was a good chance to test out lower middleorder. Ashwin played well."
"Jadeja will have to step up and if he star ts scoring runs, it will be a very difficult line-up to contain."
Asked about the challenges they will face against Ireland and Zimbabwe when they travel to New Zealand, he said: "The last time
we were in New Zealand, there were true wickets. We'll have to see what kind of wickets are provided, but generally the ball
comes on, there is some bounce."
"The grounds are small so that is one area where we will have to adjust," concluded the skipper. India next play Ireland on March 10 in
Hamilton, followed by their trip to Auckland where they play Zimbabwe on March 14.
Hamilton, (IANS) Despite a brilliant star t, Ireland were befuddled by the spinners as some clever tactics from captain
Mahendra Singh Dhoni helped India bowl out the Associate
team for 259 in a World Cup Pool B match at Seddon Park here
on Tuesday.
It was a mixed sor t of innings from Ireland who got off to a
blazing star t via openers William Por ter field (67) and Paul
Stirling (42). However, they stuttered against the spinners and
from what seemed as a 300 plus total at one point, Ireland
collapsed to being all out in the 49th over.
This is the first time ever that India have bowled out their
opposition in five consecutive One-Day Internationals (ODI).
Electing to bat, captain Por terfield and Stirling looked in good
touch as they hammered the Indian pacers all over the small
ground. The confident star t from Ireland made Dhoni bring in
third pacer Mohit Sharma (1/38) in only the fifth over.
Despite the change, Ireland still scored quite easily off the
pacers, who looked impeccable in the previous four matches
of the tournament. However, the Irish duo seemed to handle
the pace very well.
Dhoni, understanding this, brought in spinners Ravindra Jadeja
(1/45) and Ravichandran Ashwin (2/38) in the ninth over onwards. The change took some time but finally yielded success
in the 15th over, bringing an end to the opening-wicket par tnership of 89.
Realising that the minnows were struggling against the slower
bowlers, Dhoni brought in par t-time off spinner Suresh Raina
(1/40) and it immediately yielded success. Just three runs
later after the fall of the first wicket, Ed Joyce, who scored a
sensational century against Zimbabwe in their last match, was
bowled by Raina.
Seeing the ball turn and the Irish struggle against the spinners,
the Indian skipper kept Ashwin and Raina bowling in tandem
and the duo slowed down the run rate, which was run-a-ball till
the 15th over.
INDIA DEFEAT WINDIES,
ENTER WORLD CUP
QUARTERS
Perth (IANS): A superlative bowling performance and a cool
Mahendra Singh Dhoni eventually helped India muster a
four-wicket win against the West Indies to notch their
four th consecutive World Cup Pool B victory on a tricky
WACA pitch here last week.
A brilliant bowling per formance helped the defending
champions skittle out the Windies for 182 in 44.2 overs
with Man-of-the-Match Mohammed Shami clinching 3-35.
In reply, India str uggled throughout their chase but levelheaded captain Dhoni saw the team through in 39.1 overs
to qualify for the quar ter finals.
Chasing a meagre 183, India lost both openers Rohit
Sharma (7) and Shikhar Dhawan (9) cheaply. Vice
captain Virat Kohli (33) took India out from the early
trouble and looked solid at the crease as he stroked five
boundaries in his 36-ball innings.
However, the Windies pacers were in with a mission and
some lethal pace backed by aid from the fast pitch led
them to clinch the wickets of Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane (14),
Suresh Raina (22) and Ravindra Jadeja (13) at regular
intervals to put India in more than a spot of bother.
However, a patient Dhoni, coming in at No.6, stuck it out
in the middle to score a crucial, unbeaten 45 to see India
home with Ravichandran Ashwin (16 not out) beside him.
But the Windies bowlers tested India throughout their
innings.
Earlier, asked to bowl, India obliged by packing off the
former two-time champions with pace spearhead Shami
being the pick of the bowlers. Shami and Umesh Yadav
(2/42) bowled superbly in tandem with accurate line-andlength to restrict the Windies at 8/1 in five overs. In fact,
explosive opener Chris Gayle (21) struggled and took 11
balls to get off the mark, that too in the sixth over.
Gayle looked a little dangerous when he smashed two
boundaries and a six but once he got out, Indian bowlers
ripped apar t the Windies batting line-up. The burly lefthander gave three difficult chances to India but eventually
gifted his wicket when he slashed hard a shor t ball only
to be caught by Mohit Sharma at mid-wicket.
Shami, who did not play in India's last match against the
United Arab Emirates due to injury, and Yadav made
per fect use of the pacy and bouncy WACA wicket to take
four wickets to reduce the Caribbean side to 35/4 by the
10th over. Some poor shot selection by Windies batsmen
also aided the defending champions.
Third pacer Mohit (1/35) was also impressive while
spinners Ashwin (1/38) and Jadeja (2/27) choked the
Windies and consequently the batsmen gave away their
wickets.
The Indian fielding proved to be two sides of the same
coin. While some fielded brilliantly to stop runs and
clinched impressive catches, a couple of sitters were
also dropped by Jadeja and Rohit which helped the
Windies go beyond the 150-run mark.
Windies captain Jason Holder (57) offered the only
resistance down the order with his highest One-Day
International (ODI) score. The 23-year-old all-rounder
showed the WACA wicket was a good one to bat on as he
hammered three sixes and four fours in his 64-ball
innings before being caught on the last ball of the innings.
India next play Ireland on March 10 at Hamilton.
Brief scores: West Indies 182 all out in 44.2 overs (Jason
Holder 57; Mohammed Shami 3/35, Ravindra Jadeja 2/27,
Umesh Yadav 2/42) vs India 185/6 in 39.1 overs
(Mahendra Singh Dhoni 45 not out, Virat Kohli 33; Jerome
Taylor 2/33, Andre Russell 2/43).
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