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Nepal is busy getting over its worst natural disaster thatkilled over 7,000 and injured nearly 14,000 people.

Among the affected population, 32 lakh are women andchildren. Of the total women, 5.25 lakh are in thereproductive age, of whom 21,500 are pregnant. Also, 21lakh affected population is below the age of 18.A UN report estimated that around US $415 million are

required to get the quake-ravaged Nepal back to normal.Meanwhile, Indian government was quick enough to

reach out to the quake victims and provide succor even asits neighbor Pakistan has sent beef masala hurting thereligious sentiments of the majority Hindu country whileChina, which has been trying to forge close ties with Nepallagged behind in providing relief for the victims.In this backdrop, Nepalese vented their anger and

disgust on India media through social media. Terming itas a 'public relation exercise’ on behalf of the Indiangovernment, Nepalese took to Twitter and blogs to slamIndian journalists.The criticism is seen as an orchestrated attempt by the

Pakistan’s intelligence agency Inter Services Intelligence(ISI) and Chinese authorities in an apparent attempt tocover up their failure in reaching out to the quake victims.It was due Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s

quick reaction that relief teams and material reached Nepalfaster than anybody had expected. It may be recalled thatsoon after getting news about Nepal’s earthquake Modihad said, “Nepal’s pain is our pain” and extended a helpinghand.It is time aid agencies and people of India and other

world countries forget all the differences and extend ahelping hand to the earthquake victims in the hour of need.Everyone should have a broader outlook and think onhumanitarian grounds.Let’s hope Nepalese get back to normalcy and inch

towards development taking Japanese as inspiration, whoafter the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, vanishedinto the thin air and came back as the phoenix.

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TABS & COPS

MOULLIM MOHSIN BINHUSSAIN ALKASARY

The Supreme Court of India hasdirected the Delhi Police toinstall CCTV cameras in all

police stations in the national capitalin two months.Concerned over the behaviour of

policemen towards complainants,especially women, a bench of ChiefJustice H L Dattu and Justice SA Bobde said on April 22 thatthe Delhi PoliceCommissioner will ensurethat CCTV cameras areinstalled at conspicuousplaces in all police stationsin Delhi within the stipulatedtime.The apex court said the report

to be filed by the policecommissioner should also mentiondetails of cameras already installedand how many of them are functional.“Let them file an affidavit and tell

us if they have installed CCTVcameras. And if they have done so,how many of them are actuallyfunctional. The report by thecommissioner shall contain thisinformation clearly,” the bench saidand posted the matter for hearing onMay 11.The order came in the wake of an

incident wherein a woman lawyerfrom the apex court was allegedlymanhandled by some policemen and

others inside a police station in Delhiin April last year.Based on a letter from another

woman advocate, MahalakshmiPavani, the court had taken suo motucognizance of the incident and soughtexplanation from the Delhi Police. Ithad also appointed senior advocate

Vijay Hansaria as amicus in the caseand asked him to give suggestions inthe matter.On April 22, senior advocate

Sidharth Luthra appeared for theDelhi Police and accepted most of thesuggestions by the amicus, followingwhich the bench handed over theinvestigation of the matter to theSpecial Cell of the Delhi Police.The apex court asked the Special

Cell to register an FIR in the matterand investigate all people, includingpolicemen, allegedly involved in the

incident. The investigation shall beconducted by an officer not below therank of the deputy commissioner ofpolice and a report will be submittedto the court by May 11.It may be recalled here that the

Hyderabad police had installedCCTV cameras in the offices ofAssistant Commissioners of Policeonly to keep a watch on the persons

kept in the lock-up so as toprevent custodial violence,deaths and abuse of powersby the police officials.

However, custodialviolence continue to takeplace since the policepersonnel continue toviolate the guidelines andcirculars issued from time to

time not to keep persons inlock-up at the police stations and

instead they should be kept in lock-ups only at the ACP offices, that tooin unavoidable circumstances.Now that the apex court had

directed the Delhi police to installCCTV cameras in all police stations,it is time for Hyderabad andCyberabad police to install CCTVcameras in all police stations toprevent abuse of powers by the policeofficials. And the CCTV camerasshould be linked to the commandcontrol room set up at theCommissioner’s office. This wouldalso help reduce corruption in policestations.

SC wantsCCTV cameras atpolice stations


NATURAL DISASTER

THE NEWS BUREAU

The death toll in the Nepalearthquake could reach10,000 even as survivors’

despair turned to anger at thegovernment’s failure to provide

succor. In an interview to a newsagency, Nepal Prime Minister SushilKoirala said, “The government isdoing all it can for rescue and reliefon a war footing. It is a challenge anda very difficult hour for Nepal.”The death toll in Nepal alone rose

to 5,057 on April 28. The death tollcould go up to 10,000 becauseinformation from remote villages hitby the earthquake is yet to come in,Koirala said.According a UN report, around

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Nepal earthquake:Death toll

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million people were affected by theearthquake and aftershocks that hitthe country. The earthquake alsocaused an avalanche in theHimalayas and as many as 17 bodieshave been recovered from the MountEverest base camp with 60 people

being injured.More than 60 earthquake-related

deaths were reported from the statesof Bihar and Uttar Pradesh in Indiaand about 20 from Tibet. Authoritiesin these states as well as WestBengal, Delhi and Sikkim are trying

to assess the damage even though theintensity of the quake was much lessin these two countries.Over 2,000 Indians trapped in the

tragedy were rescued from Nepalcapital Kathmandu and other parts.The ministry of external affairs has,meanwhile, come up with a 24-hourcontrol room for queries regardingthe earthquake and survivors.Health workers said they feared a

major health crisis was unfoldingamong survivors of the quake whoare living in the open or inovercrowded tents with no access tosanitation or clean water.Efforts to distribute aid are

proceeding at an agonisingly slowpace, sparking anger amongfrustrated survivors. The delay stemsin part from the extent of damagecaused by the quake andinterruptions from strongaftershocks.“Rescue operations are

underway, and in many places wherebuildings have collapsed there mightbe people trapped,” said RameshworDangal, head of disaster managementat Nepal’s home ministry.If the toll does reach 10,000 it

would be even higher than the 8,500killed in a massive quake in 1934 –Nepal’s worst disaster to date.OP Singh, the head of India’s

National Disaster Response Force,said finding survivors and the bodiesof the dead would take time since theheavy equipment needed to clearrubble could not fit through many ofKathmandu’s narrow streets.“You have to remove all this

rubble, so that will take a lot of time... I think it’s going to take weeks,”he said. The desperate poverty of the

survivors is the thread that runsthrough the tragedy unfolding inNepal. Though many had predictedan earthquake in Kathmandu would


NATURAL DISASTERbring the newly constructed cementapartment blocks tumbling down, itwas the older, brick and wood homesthat, almost exclusively, werereduced to rubble. Anyone whostayed in these could not affordbetter.The aid situation is expected to

improve as more planes packed withsupplies arrive from India, China, theUS, the UK, Australia, Pakistan andother countries, although thatoperation too is being held up bycongestion at Kathmandu’s airport,and by shortage of workers to unloadcargo and vehicles to ferry suppliesto where they are needed.While the scale of the disaster is

not yet fully known, aid workers saidthe humanitarian impact was likely tobe overwhelming.The United Nations estimates

that as many as eight million ofNepal’s 28 million people have hadtheir lives disrupted by theearthquake, adding that it wasreleasing US$15m from anemergency response fund to help thevictims.The UN said more than 1.4

million people need food assistance,

including 750,000 who live near thequake’s epicentre in poor qualityhousing. Tens of thousands arethought to have been left homeless.As smoke from hundreds of

funeral pyres filled the air inKathmandu and the surroundingcountryside, some survivors spoke ofthe near futility of attempting toreach anyone still alive in the rubble.Amid the destruction and chaos,parts of Kathmandu were comingback to life. Yet thousands are stillcamping in open spaces, too

frightened to return to their homes.Some say they will wait until 72hours have passed, but continuingaftershocks rekindled their fear.Many were still seeking

treatment for serious injuries, somewaiting outside hospitals. Themorgue at Bir hospital, the capital’sbiggest, was overflowing, withbodies lined up outside.There was also the fear of

disease. “Now there could becommunicable illnesses, diarrhoea,flu and so forth.


THE NEWS BUREAU

In a shocking revelation, it hascome to light that Pakistan hassent beef masala for the survivors

of earthquake as part of the reliefpackage from Pakistan.Nepal, the only Hindu country in

the world, treats cows as sacred andthere is a blanket ban on slaughteringthe animal. Doctors at Bir Hospital inKathmandu said that packets of beefmasala were sent by Pakistan as partof relief aid to the survivors. “Whenwe reached the airport to collect thefood items from Pakistan, we foundpackets of ready-to-eat meals,including packets of beef masala.There were other food items too," adoctor said.The shocked doctors chose to

have food from a hotel instead. "Wedid not touch the Pakistani aid," thedoctor said. Official sources said thematter has been conveyed to Prime

Minister Sushil Koirala. An internalinquiry would be carried out to verifythe facts and the issue would beraised at the diplomatic level withPakistan if the reports related to beefmasala are found to be true.A press note of the National

Disaster Management Authority(NDMA) of Pakistan says that theNational Disaster Management

Authority had dispatched the secondof two sorties of C-130 aircraft onApril 28 in collaboration withPakistan Army, Ministry of ForeignAffairs and Pakistan Air Force.The relief goods include 250

tents, 200 food packs (2.6 tons),1,000 Meals Ready to Eat (MREs),1,000 blankets and 33 cartons ofmedicines, the press note said.

Pak sends beef masala forNepal earthquake survivors


IPL NEWS

THE NEWS BUREAU

In an apparent move to protect thesanctity of the Indian PremierLeague (IPL) and the image of its

players, the Board of Control forCricket in India (BCCI) sat downwith the players of differentfranchises and explained to themhow fixers use honeytraps to woocricketers.The menace of spot-fixing has

once again engulfed the cash-richleague and the news of a RajasthanRoyals player being approachedmade headlines recently. Strangely,the BCCI refused to name the playersinvolved but confirmed the news.Though this time another

domestic player tried to lure thecricketer, it is a known fact that fixersand bettors often use honeytraps todraw players into their web.While the BCCI's Anti-

Corruption and SecurityUnit (ACSU) officials havepreviously worked to make playersaware of such moves by fixers andother suspect elements, this time theygot into an in-depth discussion onhow to avoid honeytraps and stayaway from fixers.An official of one of the

franchises said that the team had afull session with their ACSU officialwhere the emphasis was onexplaining to the players the networkthrough which fixers generally workand how they finally force thecricketers into joining hands withthem.The official said, “It is often seen

that the players feel they are toosmart to be trapped, but the reality isthat we are all human beings andthese things can happen to any of us.So the official told us how they firstplant a character with an imaginary

name in the life of a player.This person will start off as a

fan, and then try to get to know theplayer personally.“It starts with frequent messaging

to make the bond with the playerstronger. After this, the cricketer isapproached to go out for dinner andfrequent attempts are made to getintimate with him at the earliest.Once this aim is achieved, an MMSreaches the player, followed by aphone call by the fixers. This is thetime when the player is given thechoice of either joining hands withthem or seeing the MMS beingleaked on the internet. There is nochance of a happy ending for thetrapped individual,” he explained.A BCCI member said the Board

was doing everything to stop thefixing menace. “We are trying ourbest. The image of the game can’tkeep taking a beating,” he said.

Beware of honeytrapsBCCI tells cricketers


COVER STORY

Mother of allscams in APCO

Handloomweaversleft in lurch

Ring comprising Gujjala Srinu, Varaprasad, Prasad Reddy andothers swindle public money

a group of people including apCo chairman m hanumantha rao, marketing officer ofhyderabad and secunderabad Varaprasad, procurement officer prasada reddy, one

of the directors of apCo from kadapa district gujjala srinu and some others haveallegedly been siphoning off hundreds of crores denying livelihood for thousands of

weavers working on handlooms.


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G SRINIVAS

The Andhra Pradesh StateHandloom WeaversCooperative Society Limited

(APCO), the apex handloomweavers’ cooperative society ofAndhra Pradesh, is mired in scandalsrunning into several hundreds ofcrores.A group of people including

APCO chairman M HanumanthaRao, marketing officer of Hyderabadand Secunderabad Varaprasad,procurement officer Prasada Reddy,one of the directors of APCO fromKadapa district Gujjala Srinu andsome others have allegedly beensiphoning off hundreds of croresdenying livelihood for thousands ofweavers working on handlooms.It all began in the year 2010 when

the school education departmentdecided to procure school uniformsas part of Rajiv Vidya Mission’s(RVM) Sarva Siksha Abhiyan (SSA)from APCO.Documents available with The

News, which were secured under theRight to Information Act, clearlyshow that the school uniforms, meantto be supplied for government andquasi government school studentsfree of cost, must be procured from‘APCO only’ so as to provideemployment to the local weavers.Documents available with The

News also show that the governmenthas issued instructions that APCOshould exhaust the stock of materialof local weavers first and shall alsoprovide them work up to the timeframe stipulated before the APCOprocures any additional requirement

either from any power looms withinthe state or outside.However, Gujjala Srrinu formed

a ring of corrupt officials in theAPCO and bypassed the governmentorders to make quick bucks denyinga living for the handloom weaversacross the state. While the handloomweavers continued to commitsuicides, Gujjala Srinu and his ringprocured huge quantity of cloth frompower looms and cloth makingindustries outside the state, sourcessaid.One of the key persons to who

aided the massive scandal is said tobe Varaprasad, working in the liverydivision of APCO and posted at itsgodown at Secunderabad. Varaprasadand another of his colleague PrasadReddy were entrusted with the taskof inspecting the cloth arrived at the

It is alleged that Varaprasad hasbeen able to enter APCO in theyear 1982 without any

recruitment. According to a reportappeared in Weavers Times, the thenmanaging director of APCO, P PWilliams had helped Varaparasadenter APCO without a formalrecruitment procedure.However, he was suspended for

resorting to gross irregularities andswindling public money whileworking in Kurnool district. Acriminal case was also registered against him and 31others including Prasad Reddy, which is still pending,the report said.Subsequently, he managed to get reinstatement

and got posting in Nalgonda district. Varaprasad didnot mend his ways even after reinstatement butcontinued his corrupt activities. Bypassing the thenAPCO managing director Sameer Sarma’s directionsto purchase stockpiled cloth from handloom weavers

amounting to Rs 10 crore,Varaprasad purchased Rs 14 croreworth substandard cloth made bypower looms. APCO had to sell thesubstandard cloth at 50 percentdiscount resulting not only in hugeloss for the organization but alsodenial of justice for the handloomweavers, the report said. The then APCO managing

director Sameer Sarma ordered anenquiry and suspended Varaprasad.But he managed to get reinstatement

using his clout and got posted to livery division atSecunderabad. It was exactly at this point of time theRajiv Vidya Mission placed orders on APCO for thesupply of crores of pairs of school uniforms.Grabbing the opportunity, he along with PrasadReddy joined hands with Gujjala Srinu and with thealleged active connivance of the chairmanHanumantha Rao, resorted to massive irregularitiesand swindled crores of rupees, the report claimed.

Varaprasad’s role curcial in the scam


godown and certify whether it wasactually made by handloom weavers.However, the duo in collusion

with Gujjala Srinu allegedly issuedfalse certificates while some otheremployees including the chairmanHanumantha Rao helped the kingpinin getting payments in the name of 20weavers societies registered inKadapa district, which are said to bethe benami societies run by GujjalaSrinu.Further, what comes as a shock is

that the ring operated by GujjalaSrinu has been able to manage eventhe officials of Rajiv Vidya Missionand the school education departmentand got extended the deadlines tosupply the cloth according to theirconvenience. Separate letters written by the

then state project directors of RajivVidya Mission clearly show that theAPCO has been directed to supplythe cloth meant for the respectiveacademic years by the end of

academic year, i.e. in April of therespective year.Sources said in all probability, the

ring operated by Gujjala Srinu couldhave swindled more than Rs 200crore without even supplying thecloth since they got the benefit ofextension of deadline for supplying

the cloth till the end of April. It isknown to one and all that the lastworking day for all governmentschools is April 23 every year and noone would even remember the nextacademic year about the non-supplyof the cloth for the previousacademic year, the sources told The


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News. Further, the ringoperated by Gujjala Srinuand actively assisted byVaraprasad and PrasadReddy have bypassed thegovernment ordersstipulating that the APCOshould supply the cloththrough its local units. Instead, thering purchased huge quantity of clothfrom industries in Tamil Nadu andother parts of the country andsupplied it to the schools therebydenying livelihood for the localhandloom weavers. Further, the ringhad eliminated transport contractorswho did not extend their cooperationfor the irregular and illegal activity.Instead, they managed to rope inunauthorized and unlicensedtransport operators though theguidelines stipulate that thetransporters should have registered

with APCO and have certainminimum experience besidesfinancial resources to transport thecloth safely to the destination points.When confronted, APCO

chairman Hanumantha Rao deniedany violations and irregularities inprocurement and supply of schooluniforms during his stint. However,he could not give a satisfactory replyas to why the contract for supply ofcloth meant for school uniforms wasgiven only to some weavers societiesregistered in Kadapa district.In fact, there are thousands of

handloom weavers’societies across the statetwin states of Telanganaand Andhra Pradeshcomprising severalthousands of weaverslooking for work. Amajority of them are

starving and even committingsuicides due to lack of work.In this backdrop, people like

Gujjala Srinu and corrupt officialslike Varaprasad, Prasad Reddy andothers are snatching away the right tolife of thousands of weavers andswindling hundreds of crores incollusion with the corrupt officials ofsome other departments.It is time the government initiates

stern action against Gujjala Srinu andthe corrupt officials of APCO whoare swindling crores of rupees ofpublic money.


GUILTY SCAMSTERS

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All the 10 accused in theSatyam accounting fraudcase including the disgraced

founder chairman B Ramaling Raju

were found guilty by a special courtat Hyderabad on April 9.The multi-crore accounting fraud

in the erstwhile Satyam ComputerServices Ltd (SCSL) that came tolight six years ago was probed by the

Central Bureau of Investigation.One of the country's biggest

accounting fraud, the scam had cometo light on January 7, 2009, whenRamalinga Raju confessed tomanipulating company's account

Ramalinga Raju,nine others found guilty


GUILTY SCAMSTERSbooks and inflating profits over manyyears to the tune of crores of rupees.Raju and some other accused

were arrested by the CrimeInvestigation Department of AndhraPradesh Police after he allegedlyconfessed to the fraud, along with hisbrother Rama Raju and others.Around 3,000 documents were

marked and 226 witnesses examinedduring the trial that began nearly sixyears ago.Beside Ramalinga Raju, the other

accused include his brother andSatyam's former Managing DirectorB Rama Raju, former Chief FinancialOfficer Vadlamani Srinivas, formerPwC auditors SubramaniGopalakrishnan and T Srinivas,Raju's another brother BSuryanarayana Raju, formeremployees G Ramakrishna, DVenkatpathi Raju and Ch Srisailamand Satyam's former internal chiefauditor V S Prabhakar Gupta.Raju and others were charged

with offences like cheating, criminalconspiracy, forgery and breach oftrust under relevant sections of IPCfor inflating invoices and incomes,account falsification, faking fixeddeposits, besides allegedly falsifyingreturns through violation of variousIncome Tax laws.In February 2009, the CBI took

over the investigation and filed threecharge sheets which were laterclubbed into one. The first two chargesheets dealt with the account fudgingby Raju with the assistance of nineothers, while the third charge sheetrelates to "violation" of variousIncome Tax rules.While the CBI accused Raju and

the others of cheating, breach of trustby way of inflating invoices andincomes in the first and third chargesheets, the second one dealt with theaccused allegedly falsifying returnsthrough violation of various IT laws.

During the trial, the CBI allegedthat the scam caused a loss of Rs14,000 crore to shareholders ofSatyam, while the defence counteredthe charges saying the accused werenot responsible for the fraud and allthe documents filed by the centralagency relating to the case werefabricated and not according to thelaw.The Enforcement Directorate had

also filed a charge sheet against themunder Prevention of MoneyLaundering Act. In January last year,Ramalinga Raju's wife Nandini Rajuand sons Teja Raju and Rama Raju

were among 21 relatives of the ex-Satyam boss who were convicted bya Special Court for EconomicOffences here for default in IncomeTax payment.Last year, on December 8,

Ramalinga Raju, Rama Raju,Vadlamani Srinivas and formerdirector Ram Mynampati weresentenced to six months jail term andfined by the Special Court forEconomic Offences in connectionwith complaints filed by SeriousFraud Investigation Office (SFIO) forviolation of various provisions of theCompanies Act.

the CBi alleged that the scamcaused a loss of `14,000 cr to

shareholders of satyam


POLICE ACTION

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Telangana Police gunned downfive terror accused on April 7as they allegedly tried to

escape the police custody whilebeing taken to a court in Hyderabadfrom the central prison in Warangal.The incident occurred between

Alair in Nalgonda district andJangaon in Warangal district - about80 kms from Nalgonda. It is said theterror accused tried to snatch theweapons from the police escortpersonnel and open fire on the menon duty in a bid to escape.The five accused - Viqaruddin

Ahmed and his four associates - Syed

Amjed, Izhar Khan, MohammedHaneef and Mohammed Zakir - wereinvolved in the killing of twopolicemen and were arrested in 2010after a series of attacks on police inHyderabad and were lodged inWarangal Central Jail.The terror accused were the

members of Tehreek Ghalba-E-Islam, an extremist organisation. Thekingpin of the gang - Viqaruddin hadearlier plotted to attack PrimeMinister Narendra Modi as well.Viqaruddin also had links with

the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI)and Students Islamic Movement ofIndia (SIMI). He began his activitiesas a member of the Darsgah Jihad-O-

Shahadat (DJS), a Hyderabad basedoutfit that trains its members inmartial arts and use of weapons suchas swords and sticks in the garb ofself defense.The Telangana government

ordered a magisterial enquiry into theincident even as severalorganizations and including humanrights activists termed the incident asa stage managed encounter.Incidentally, Viqaruddin’s

encounter is preceded by a fierce gunfight between the police and threeundertrials on the run belonging tothe banned fundamentalist outfit –Students Islamic Movement of India(SIMI).

Five terror accusedshot dead in Telangana


POLICE ACTION

AP: 20 wOOdCutteRshIRed By Red

sAndeR sMuggleRskIlled In POlICe ACtIOn

As many as 11 persons were killed in Cheekatikona,while nine more died in Eethagunta, both deep in the forest.


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Twenty persons, hired by redsander smugglers, were killedin alleged police action in

Chittoor district of Andhra Pradeshon April 7. The encounters took placein Seshachalam Hill ranges nearTirupati in the wee hours. The bodieswere scattered all over the encountersite.As many as 11 persons were

killed in Cheekatikona, while ninemore died in Eethagunta, both deepin the forest. At the end of theoperation lasting for several hours, 20persons were found dead, police said.

Deputy Inspector General of Police(Special Task Force) M Kantha Raoconfirmed the number of deaths in theencounters.According to police, the

smugglers had hired twentywoodcutters/coolies for the treefelling job. The Special Task Forcemembers, who were engaged incombing operations in SrinivasaMangapuram, Srivarimettu andEethagunta areas of ChandragiriMandal abutting the Tirumala hillssince April 6, found more than 100woodcutters engaged in the task offelling trees.The policemen asked them to

surrender, but the woodcutters hailingfrom Tamil Nadu rained stones andhurled sickles at them, forcing theSTF to open fire in self-defence.A day after the encounter killings,

AP government informed the HighCourt at Hyderabad that a murdercase has been registered againstunknown STF personnel involved inthe encounter.Additional Advocate General D

Srinivas informed a division benchcomprising Chief Justice KalyanJyoti Sengupta and Justice P V SanjayKumar that an FIR was filed on acomplaint from Muniammal, thewidow of a Tamil Nadu woodcutter,at the Chandragiri police station.In her complaint, Muniammal

said her husband Sashi and otherswere daily wage labourers who weregoing to find work when AndhraPradesh policemen took them awayand shot them dead, that it was not anencounter as police claimed.The killings led to an uproar in

Tamil Nadu where political partiescondemned the brutal police actionand said 12 of the dead were

labourers from their state.The FIR was registered under IPC

sections of murder (302) andkidnapping (364) against unknownpersonnel of the STF. The High Courtwas also told that the government wassetting up a special investigation team(SIT) to conduct an inquiry.Taking suo motu cognisance of

Muniammal’s complaint, the HighCourt had earlier made her apetitioner in the case filed by AndhraPradesh Civil Liberties Committee(APCLC) which had alleged that itwas a case of murder and the victimswere poor labourers from TamilNadu.Muniammal moved an

application on April 8 through hercounsel seeking directions to theAndhra Pradesh government toconduct post-mortem examination ofthe bodies of her husband and fiveothers once again by an expertmedical team and videograph theentire process. Meanwhile, policehave launched a probe into thesuspected role of a Telugu movieactress in the red sanders smuggling.The actress is said to have transferredred sanders smuggling related cashthrough her bank account inHyderabad to some locals in Kurnool.It is said the actress has been in a

relationship with YSR Congressleader and Chagalamarri mandalpresident K Mastan Vali, who wasarrested on April 13 for his role in thered sanders smuggling.Film industry sources said Mastan

Vali developed a relationship with theactress after she acted in a movieproduced by him. Subsequently, shehelped him in transferring the illegalmoney to various persons through herbank accounts.

mastan Vali developed a relationship with the actress aftershe acted in a movie produced by him. subsequently


POLICE ACTION

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Two activists of the bannedoutfit Students IslamicMovement of India (SIMI)

and two police officials were killed ina fierce gun battle at Janakipuramvillage of Motkuru Mandal inNalgonda district of Telangana onApril 4. The two armed assailantskilled in the encounter have beenidentified as - MohammedAizazuddin and Mohammed Aslam -both members of SIMI who hadescaped from a jail in Khandwa inMadhya Pradesh in October 2013.The police team, which went on

the trail of the fugitives following atip off came under sudden attack dueto which constable Nagaraju died on

spot while sub-inspector Siddaiahsuccumbed to bullet wounds laterwhile undergoing treatment at ahospital in Hyderabad. Inspector BalaGangi Reddy, who was grievouslyinjured in the attack, was alsoadmitted to a hospital in Hyderabad.The two terrorists were chased by

the police team while they werefleeing on a bike. However, theassailants fired at the police killingconstable Nagaraju. In retaliatoryfiring, both of them fell to thebullets," said Telangana DGP AnuragSharma.Earlier on the intervening night of

April 1 and 2, 2015, the sameassailants had opened fire on a policeteam that was conducting vehiclechecking near Suryapet Hi-tech Bus

Stop, killing police constableLingaiah, Home Guard Mahesh andinjured Inspector Mogilaiah andHome Guard Kishore. The assailantsalso injured a civilian Dorababu whenthe latter did not stop his car asdemanded by the former.The government announced a

compensation of Rs 40 lakh each forthe bereaved families of theconstables and Rs 10 lakh for thefamily of Home Guard Mahesh. Thegovernment also announced acompensation for the sub-inspectorSiddaiah as applicable. Further, thegovernment assured a job for the kinof the slain police personnel besidesgiving the salary to the family till thesuperannuation of the policepersonnel killed in the line of duty.

Two SIMIterroristskilled

Four policemen lay their lives in the line of duty


GUNS & COPS

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Jharkhand Armed Police (JAP)personnel have asked their topbrass to replace the

indigenously-made INSAS rifles asthe magazines crack after continuousfiring putting lives at risk.The problem came to light during

a recently held interactive session ofthe Jharkhand Armed Police (JAP)and India Reserve Battalion (IRB).The INSAS rifle is one of the

main weapons of the paramilitaryforces that are engaged in fightingMaoists in Jharkhand.The demand comes in the wake of

the land mine blast triggered by theMaoists near Cholnar inChhattisgarh’s Dantewarda early lastmonth killing five security personneland injuring seven others. A day afterthe state paid tribute to the sevenSpecial Task Force (STF) jawans inBastar, the Maoists detonated apowerful IED landmine that lifted themine protected vehicle in the air withnearly a dozen jawans ofChhattisgarh Armed Forces (CAF)

inside. President of the JharkhandPolicemen’s Association (JPA)Akhileshwar Pandey informed theADG who attended the session onbehalf of Director General of Police,Jharkhand, D K Pandey: “Jawans ofboth JAP and IRB have complainedthat the magazines of their INSASrifles crack after some rounds ofcontinuous firing, thereby posing athreat to their lives.”A JAP jawan said: “The fibre-

made magazines, after 100 to 150rounds of continuous firing, developcracks and put our lives at risk.“Moreover, sudden snapping of themagazine results in the rifle comingapart. Anyone may get injured or

killed.” However, the seniors feel thatcracking of INSAS magazines is notan issue. DGP Pandey said: “It is ageneral phenomenon that whileoperating, cracks may sometimesappear in a machine, which isimmediately changed. This canhappen to any machine on account ofits excessive use.”Ch_01: Jawans search for injured

colleagues after Naxals blew up ananti-landmine vehicle in theDantewada districtCh_02: An injured `jawan is

being taken for treatment. Sourcessaid that around 60-70 armedguerrillas carried out the attack atCholnar

Cops want indigenousINSAS rifles replaced


CROOK & COPS

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Asix-year-old girl, who wassexually assaulted by herown father a year ago, is

still awaiting justice as theinvestigators have delayed in filingthe charge sheet, while the accusedis roaming free after securing bail.Though the Protection of

Children from Sexual Offences Act2012 prescribes that the trial shouldbe completed by the court within ayear, the investigators have filed thecharge sheet only on October 10,2014 and the case is listed for May 5.It may be recalled the accused

Mohammed Yakub Ali aka Ayub ofAmberpet had resorted to heinouscrime on his six-year-old daughter inthe absence of the girl’s mother inthe first week of June 2014. Thevictim’s mother came to know aboutthe offense when she took the girl toa hospital on returning home twodays later.The victim’s mother took the girl

to a private hospital when the lattercomplained of pain while urinating.The medicine prescribed at theprivate hospital did not work and thevictim kept complaining aboutunbearable pain. It was only twodays later that the victim disclosed to

her mother about what her father haddone to her.A devastated mother took the girl

to a government hospital forexamination and treatment. Thedoctors at the AP Vaidya VidhanaParishad Hospital gave a reportwhich indicated of sexual assault onthe girl following which the victim’smother lodged a complaint with theAmberpet police.The police registered a FIR

(No.277/2014) on June 11, 2014 andarrested the accused. However, theaccused subsequently secured bailand is roaming a free bird. It is saidthe accused with the support of hisfather Mohammed Wajeed Ali hasbeen trying to get out of the case.Source said Wajeed Ali enjoys

considerable influence in policedepartment because of his previousassociation with the department as aconstable (driver). According tosources, Wajeed Ali had worked as adriver for a senior IPS officer for along period during his tenure andhence he has been able to exertinfluence on the Amberpet policeresulting in delay of the trial.Station House Officer of

Amberpet police station, P VenkataRamana, told The News that acharge sheet has been filed onOctober 10, 2014 before the courtconcerned and the same is listed fortrial from May 5.

Father rapes6-year-old daughterVictim awaits justice for over a year


SPECIAL REPORT

THE NEWS BUREAU

More than 1.27 crore girlswere killed in the uterusbetween 2000 and 2014.

This is almost half of the total sexselective abortions across the globein this period and also the highest inthe world followed by China andPakistan.Around the world, as many as

2,45,61,345 girls disappeared beforebirth in the last 14 years. ThePopulation Research Institute, a non-profit research group, revealed thedisturbing data estimating that thedaily average sex selective abortionsin India is 2,332.6.China and Pakistan fall in the

same line with 96,15,875 and12,80,228 sex selective abortionsbetween 2000 and 2014. Thiscalculation is based on averages fromthe countries where the problem iswidespread.Many other countries practice sex

selective abortions but it is not as

frequent so as to affect the averagesex ratio of the country. Thecountries on the list are those inwhich sex-selective abortions occurso frequently that they skew thenational average. Therefore, thenumber of female fetus killed oraborted in this period may be evenmore than 24 million.Over the last 14 years, there was

an average of 4,575 abortions everyday across the globe. That comes toabout one abortion motivated bygender every 18 seconds.In India, the declining sex ratio is

evident when drawing a comparisonin the census figures. According toCensus 2011, the child sex ratio (thenumber of girls per 1,000 boys) inIndia has gone down from 976 in1961 to 918 in 2011. This ratio was962 in 1981, 945 in 1992 and 927 in2001.This is happening at a time when

women are competing with men inall spheres of life. Anotherastonishing fact about the skewed

child sex ratio comes from Census2011 that reports maximum sexselective abortion from Surat districtof Gujarat. The child sex ratio inSurat is 814 which is lowest in thecountry among urbanagglomerations.Sex ratio is used to describe the

number of females per 1000 ofmales. Sex ratio is a valuable sourcefor finding the population of womenin India and what is the ratio ofwomen to that of men in India. In thePopulation Census of 2011 it wasrevealed that the population ratioinIndia 2011 is 940 females per 1000of males. The Sex Ratio 2011 showsan upward trend from the census2001 data. Census 2001 revealed thatthere were 933 females to that of1000 males. Since decades India hasseen a decrease in the sex ratio 2011,but since the last two of the decadesthere has been in slight increase inthe sex ratio. Since the last fivedecades the sex ratio has beenmoving around 930 of females to that

One girlchild iskilledevery 18seconds


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of 1000 of males.The major cause of the decrease

of the female birth ratio in India isconsidered to be the violenttreatments meted out to the girl childat the time of the birth. The Sex Ratioin India was almost normal duringthe phase of the years ofindependence, but thereafter it startedshowing gradual signs of decrease.Though the Sex Ratio in India hasgone through commendable signs ofimprovement in the past 10 years,there are still some states where thesex ratio is still low and is a cause ofconcern for the NGO organizations.One of the states which is showing adecreasing trend in the population ofwomen 2011 and is a cause ofconcern is Haryana. The state ofHaryana has the lowest rate of sexratio in India and the figure shows anumber of 877 of females to that of1000 of males.There are also states such as

Puducherry and Kerala where thenumber of women is more than thenumber of men. Kerala houses anumber of 1084 females to that of1000 males. While Puducherry andKerala are the only two states wherethe number of female is more thanthe number of men, there are alsostates in India like that of Karnataka,Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtrawhere the sex ratio 2011 is showingconsiderable signs of improvement.Some facts related to the Sex Ratioin India follows, the main cause of

the decline of the sex ration in Indiais due to the biased attitude which ismeted out to the women.The main cause of this gender

bias is inadequate education.

Pondicherry and Kerala houses themaximum number of female whilethe regions of Daman and Diu andHaryana have the lowest density offemale population.

Sr.No. State Sex

RatioChildSexratio

SexRatio

ChildSexratio

- India 943 919 933 9271 Kerala 1084 964 1058 9652 Puducherry 1037 967 1001 9133 Tamil Nadu 996 943 986 9594 Andhra Pradesh 993 939 978 8965 Manipur 992 936 978 9756 Chhattisgarh 991 969 990 8687 Meghalaya 989 970 975 9328 Orissa 979 941 972 9799 Mizoram 976 970 938 88310 Goa 973 942 960 96311 Karnataka 973 948 964 97312 Himachal Pradesh 972 909 970 95713 Uttarakhand 963 890 964 96714 Tripura 960 957 950 96015 Assam 958 962 932 84516 West Bengal 950 956 934 95717 Jharkhand 948 948 941 96618 Lakshadweep 946 911 947 96019 Arunachal Pradesh 938 972 901 79820 Nagaland 931 943 909 92621 Madhya Pradesh 931 918 920 96522 Maharashtra 929 894 922 95323 Rajasthan 928 888 922 94624 Gujarat 919 890 921 96425 Bihar 918 935 921 90826 Uttar Pradesh 912 902 898 94227 Punjab 895 846 874 96128 Sikkim 890 957 875 93829 Jammu and Kashmir 889 862 900 96430 Haryana 879 834 861 96431 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 876 968 846 94132 Delhi 868 871 821 94233 Chandigarh 818 880 773 81934 Dadra and Nagar Haveli 774 926 811 90935 Daman and Diu 618 904 709 916


RELIGIOUS POLITICS

MOHSIN BIN HUSSAIN AL - KASARY

Misuse of religion andreligious institutions forpolitical purposes has been

taking place unabated as theenforcement agencies turn a blind eyeto the violations.This aspect assumes significance

in the wake of the High Court orderto the authorities to conduct theelections for GHMC by the end of2015, for Hyderabad has been at theforefront for misuse of religion andreligious institutions for politicalpurposes.Take the case of 2014 general

elections wherein about 170Muthawallis and Sajjadagan, actingunder the instructions of All IndiaMajlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen(AIMIM) leaders including thosecontested from different assemblyand parliamentary constituencieshave resorted to the violation of theprovisions of the ReligiousInstitutions (Prevention of Misuse)Act, 1988 and various other laws.The 170 Muthawallis and

Sajjadagan, associated with one or theother religious institutions, haveinfluenced the Muslim electorate tovote for AIMIM candidates throughan advertisement in Urdu daily

newspaper Ethemad on April 29,2014 – a day before the polling –thereby violating model code ofconduct.The advertisement appeared in

Urdu daily Ethemad, owned byOwaisi family, with its office inDarussalam, Hyderabad the samepremises where AIMIM has itsheadquarters, was issued by about170 clerics - Muthawallis andSajjadagan - in a deliberate attempt toincite communal feelings andpolarize the votes in favour ofAIMIM candidates.The act of Muthawallis and

Sajjadagan in issuing the

misuse of religion, religiousinstitutions goes unchecked

Enforcement agencies refuse to take action


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The Ethemad Urdu newspaper in which 170 Muthawallis and Sajjadagan have issued advertisement infavour of MIM candidates violating model code of conduct.


advertisement attracts punishment forpromoting enmity between classes inconnection with the election asprescribed under Section 125 of theRepresentation of the Peoples Act1951. Further, Section 126 of theRepresentation of the Peoples Act1951 prohibits displaying anyelection matter by means, inter alia,of television or similar apparatus,during the period of 48 hours beforethe hour fixed for conclusion of pollin a constituency. However, theadvertisement issued by Muthawallisand Sajjadagan Ethemad Urdu Dailywas published one day before thepolling, which is blatant violation ofmodel code of conduct.The advertisement said

communal parties were trying toconstruct Ram Mandir in place ofBabri Masjid, introduce commoncivil code and create horror throughriots in Gujarat and Muzaffar Nagarand other places. It tried to instigatethe voters of a particular communitysaying the wounds inflicted by thecommunal parties were still afreshand Muslims were being harassedacross the country. The personsissuing the advertisement lauded theactivities of MIM chief AsaduddinOwaisi and his brother AkbaruddinOwaisi and appealed to Muslimvoters to cast their votes in favour ofMIM candidates.The advertisement attracts penal

provisions under The ReligiousInstitutions (Prevention of Misuse)Act, 1988, Sections 153A (1)(a)[Promoting enmity between differentgroups on grounds of religion, race,place of birth, residence, language,etc., and doing acts prejudicial tomaintenance of harmony], 171 (c)[undue influence at elections] R/w171 (f) [punishment for undueinfluence at an election], 171 (g)[false statement in connection with anelection], 505 (2) [Statements

creating or promoting enmity, hatredor ill-will between Classes], 120-B(Punishment for criminal conspiracy)R/w 34 (Acts done by several personsin furtherance of common intention)of Indian Penal Code.Further, according to Section 101

of The Wakf Act, 1995 (43 OF 1995),Muthawallis and Sajjadagan arepublic servants and the Indian lawbars public servants from associatingthemselves with any political partyand incite communal feelings.Also, the act of Wakf Board CEO

in not giving information to the policeagainst the Muthawallis andSajjadagan as provided in TheReligious Institutions (Prevention ofMisuse) Act, 1988 attracts theprovision of Section 202 (Intentionalomission to give information ofoffence by person bound to inform)of IPC. The enforcement agencies –election authorities, police and theWakf Board – were supposed to takesuo-motu action against theadvertisers and the persons at whoseinstigation and for whose benefit theadvertisement was issued. However,no action was taken either suo-motu

or on a complaint given by variouspersons for the reasons best known tothe enforcement agencies.Series of complaints were given

to the Election Commission of India,Chief Electoral Officer, DistrictElection Officer, CEO of the WakfBoard and the police officials bydifferent persons.Two complaints were specifically

given to Chatrinaka police but theStation House Officer has beendelaying the registration of FIRthough it is mandatory for him toregister FIR in the wake of theadvisory (No. 15011/91/2013–SC/ST–W, Government of India,Ministry of Home Affairs, CentreState Division, dt.05/02/2014), issuedwith respect to compulsoryregistration of FIR u/s 154 Cr.P.Cwhen the information makes out acognizable offence.Disappointed with the attitude of

the police, the complainants told TheNews that they were planning toknock the doors of justice to see thatthe police registered cases based ontheir complaints and thoroughlyinvestigate the violation of laws.


MURKY POLITICS

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Jawaharlal Nehru governmentspied on the kin of Netaji SubhasChandra Bose for nearly two

decades.This startling fact was revealed in

two recently-declassified IntelligenceBureau (IB) files. The files, moved tothe National Archives, showunprecedented surveillance onNetaji’s family members between1948 and 1968. The revelations haveshocked the Netaji family. Nehruwas the prime minister for 16 of the20 years and the IB reported directlyto him. The files show the IBresumed British-era surveillance on

the two Netaji family homes inCalcutta: 1 Woodburn Park and 38/2Elgin Road.Apart from intercepting and

copying letters written by Netaji’sfamily members, agency sleuthsshadowed them on their domesticand foreign travels. A series of hand-written messages shows the agentsphoned in the IB headquarters toreport on the family’s movements.

For reasons still not entirely clear,the agency focused on Netaji’snephew siblings Sisir Kumar Boseand Amiya Nath Bose. These sons ofSarat Chandra Bose were the closestto Netaji in his two decades as aCongress activist. They also wroteseveral letters to their aunt EmilySchenkl, Netaji’s wife, in Austria.“Surveillance is conducted on

those who have committed a crime orhave terror links. Subhas babu andhis family fought for India’sfreedom; why should be they placedunder surveillance?” asks his grand-nephew Chandra Kumar Bose, aKolkata-based businessman.Netaji’s only child Anita Bose-

Pfaff, a Germany-based economist,says she is startled.“My uncle Sarat Chandra was

politically active until the 1950s anddisagreed with the Congressleadership. But what surprises me isthat my cousins could have beenunder surveillance… they had nosecurity implications at all,” she says.

Nehru spied onNetaji familyfor 20 years

Surveillance is conducted on those who havecommitted a crime or have terror links. Subhas babuand his family fought for India’s freedom; why should

be they placed under surveillance?

Bose was the INC president in 1939 but quit followingpolitical differences with Mahatma Gandhi and Nehru


“The documents show theintensity of the bias against Netajiand his family,” says formerSupreme Court judge Asok KumarGanguly, adding: “More shockingly,the bias is by a government ofindependent India against a man whosacrificed everything for thecountry.”Author and BJP national

spokesperson M J Akbar believes theCongress was apprehensive of Bosebecause the nation, after all, wouldhave welcomed his return. Bose wasthe only charismatic leader whocould have mobilised Oppositionunity against Congress and offered ita serious challenge in the 1957elections. It is safe to say that if Bosewere alive, the coalition that defeatedthe Congress in 1977 would havetrounced it in the 1962 generalelections, i.e. 15 years sooner, hesays.

IB files are rarely declassified.The original copies of these files arestill classified by the West Bengalgovernment. Anuj Dhar, the author of‘India’s Biggest Cover-Up’ who firstspotted the files at National Archivesin January this year, believes thesewere accidentally declassified.“There have been such cases in

the US where documents classifiedby the CIA, like the mole in MrsGandhi’s cabinet in 1971, weredeclassified by the state department,”he adds. Netaji was the IndianNational Congress president in 1939but quit following politicaldifferences with Gandhi and Nehru.He escaped from India, first toHitler’s Germany, and later to Japan,where he revived the 40,000-strongIndian National Army in 1943, thefirst military resistance to the Britishsince the 1857 War of Independence.Netaji, then 48, is thought to have

died in a mysterious air crash inTaiwan on August 18, 1945, threedays after Japan’s surrender to theAllied forces.The mystery around his

disappearance has only beenenhanced by over 150 files kept withthe PMO, IB, Home Ministry andExternal Affairs Ministry, which thegovernment has refused to declassifyfor decades.In a written reply on December

17, 2014, Union Minister of State forHome Haribhai Parthibai Chaudharytold the Rajya Sabha that thedeclassification of ‘Netaji Files’would impact on India’s relationswith friendly foreign countries.The incensed Netaji family now

wants speedy declassification of aclutch of top secret ‘Netaji Files’.These sensational documentaryrevelations, it believes, could well bethe tip of the iceberg.

subhas Chandra Bose escaped from india, first to hitler’s germany, and laterto japan, where he revived the 40,000-strong indian National army in 1943,the first military resistance to the British since the 1857 war of independence

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Jawaharlal Nehru at a Congress meet


GENDER EQUALITY

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India has made impressive stridesin improving the number offemale students in primary

schools resulting in equal ratio ofgirls and boys.According to a report by

UNESCO, India is the only countryin South and West Asia to have anequal ratio of girls and boys inprimary and senior schools this year– a very good news for a countrybattling sharp criticism over itstreatment of women.India has also reduced its out-of-

school children by over 90 percent

since 2000, when 164 countriescommitted themselves to six globaleducation goals, the report says. Italso says that India is close toachieving universal enrollment ofchildren in pre-preliminary schools,and it has achieved the target ofuniversal primary school education.Vice chancellor of National

University of Education Planning andAdministration, R. Govinda says,“Back in the 1990s, schools werequite inadequate compared to thenumber of children. Today, we haveachieved access to school foreveryone. We now have to makethese schools deliver.”

India stepped up investment ineducation from about $14 billion to$62 billion between 2005 and 2014.About 45 percent of schools nowhave electricity, up from 20 percent in2003. About 78 percent of pavedroads have been built around schools,up from 63 percent. India also passedthe ambitious Right of Children toFree and Compulsory Education in2009, part of a series of rights-basedlegislation for social services, andlevied a special tax surcharge foreducation.Despite this India still lags behind

in reducing overall adult illiteracy,and more work needs to be done toraise the quality of education. Further,it has been found that learningoutcomes remained poor thoughschool infrastructure and facilitiesimproved. Fifth-grade students ingovernment-run schools in nineIndian states cannot read second-grade textbooks.

“The children are physicallypresent, but many of them arecognitively absent. Addressinglearning is the next major issue forus,” Govinda said. “We have tosignificantly enhance teacher qualitynow.”

indian schoolsnow haveequal ratio ofgirls and boys


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Apparel Training & Design Centre(ATDC), under the aegis of ApparelExport Promotion Council, hasemerged as India’s Largest VocationalTraining Network for the apparelsector with around 175 ATDCsincluding 65 ATDC VocationalInstitutes and over 135 ATDC-SMART Centres and Skill Campspresent in major apparel clustersspread across 22 states & 85 citiesPan India. ATDC has already trained1, 57,731 people between 1996 and2013 and transformed lives byproviding gainful employment toyouth, women and disadvantagedsections of the society.With the advent of skill

development initiatives in the countryand the introduction of IntegratedSkill Development Scheme (ISDS)by the Union Ministry of Textiles inOctober, 2010, ATDC was selected asa nodal agency on Pan- India basis forimplementing the Skill DevelopmentScheme. In addition it is important tonote that ATDC is the onlyorganization which offers shop floor,

supervisory and managerial levelcourses within the education andtraining eco-system.ATDC is advancing forward on

the agenda to ‘Target, Train,Transform‘ with focus on“employability”, especially for schooldropouts, less educated youth,women, disadvantaged section of thesociety, differently abled, rural, semiurban, special section such as transgenders, jail inmates, OBC and SafaiKaramchari etc. ATDC gives a newdirection and thrust to skilldevelopment in the labor-intensiveapparel sector that operates in aglobally competitive environment.

ATDC aims to provide skilledmanpower to the industry in order toimprove the technical edge inmanufacturing as per internationalparameters, generate employmentopportunities for weaker sections ofthe society by providing themtraining in the field of apparel makingand allied areas and upgrade thetechnical skills to improve quality,productivity and efficiency level ofthe Industry.ATDC Vocational Institutes offer

long term programs which are a vitalpart of the vocational training systemfor careers in apparel, fashion andtextile leading to award of Certificate,Diploma and Advance Diploma byATDC and certification throughNational Council of VocationalTraining (NCVT), DGET, Ministry ofLabour & Employment to provide thekey production and quality relatedpersonnel to the Apparel Industry.Admission notice for the ATDC

courses to commence in July 2015has been issued and interestedcandidates can get the prospectus freeof cost from the websitewww.atdcindia.co.in.

AtdC offers skilldevelopment courses

Ms. Pramila Rani, Sr. Principal


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Nuclear Fuel Complex (NFC),one of the constituent unitsof department of atomic

energy (DAE), has been playing akey role in achieving self-relianceand indigenization in fabrication ofnuclear fuels ever since its inceptionin 1971.The NFC has been supplying

natural and enriched Uranium Oxidefuels and Zirconium alloy corecomponents for all the powerreactors in India. Indigenousresources, knowhow, and processequipment are being extensivelyutilized.NFC is perhaps the only facility

in the world wherein both UraniumOxide fuels and Zircaloy alloycomponents are fabricated startingfrom the basic raw materials -Magnesium-di-uranate and Zirconsand respectively – under the sameroof.In addition, NFC has

manufactured and supplied stainlesssteel core components for the FastBreeder Reactor programme,

Seamless alloy steel and Titaniumtubes and other special high puritymaterials for both nuclear and non-

nuclear applications.After the Pokhran tests and the

subsequent technology denial

Hyderabad,surpassing itsown records

NFC

1252.3 MT PHWR Fuel, 47 percent higher than the rated capacity16.26 lakhs PHWR Fuel Tubes, against the target of 15 lakhs700 numbers of coolant tubes through new process of double radialforging against the target of 650602 MT of melted ingots against the target of 570700 MT of Zirconium Sponge (450 MT of Zirconium Sponge atZSP, NFC and 250 MT at ZC).Rs. 150 crores of production value through SS tubes and job orders2270 kgs of Niobium metalAll the above are the highest ever achievements of NFC.NFC has developed several new products and processes.Other developments made in NFC during 2014-15 includeInstallation of electro coagulator unit to reduce the uranium levelbelow 60 ppb in the raffinate waterIndigenisation of final compaction pressDevelopment of spacer pad welding machine for AHWRDevelopment of fully automated MDU powder sample collection unit

major achievements of NfC during 2014-15


regime, NFC had to build indigenouscapability for design andmanufacture of special purposeequipment for pilgering, honing,sintering, welding, machining, finalassembly etc. While some of theseequipment were conceptualized,designed and fabricated in-house,Indian industry played a vital role indeveloping a lot of criminalequipment.Over the years, NFC has

perfected the technology ofmanufacturing seamless tubes suchas fuel tubes, pressure tubes,calandria tubes etc., improving the

quality, material recovery andproductivity. NFC also manufacturesseamless tubes in different grades ofmaterials for strategic applications,meeting critical requirements of thedepartments of atomic energy, spaceand defence. These include Truss Rod

Assemblies for GSLV, hydraulictubing for Light Combat Aircraft,special grade copper blanks forPrithvi and Nag Missiles, Misslecasing and gun barrels, Start shapedand Louvre’s profile seamless tubesfor battle tanks, special gradeseamless tubes for Nuclear

Submarine, seamless tubes forAdvanced Ultra Supercritical Boilersand Brahmos. Having highly qualified and

committed team of scientists,engineers and technicians combinedwith state-of-the-art equipment,technology and total qualitymanagement, NFC has achievedrecord production under thestewardship of Dr N Saibaba,Chairman and Chief Executive ofNFC, Hyderabad. NFC has beensurpassing its own records andachieving highest production yearafter year.

Dr N Saibaba, adistinguished scientist ofthe Department of Atomic

Energy and the Chairman andChief Executive of Nuclear FuelComplex (NFC), Hyderabad, is aGold Medalist in MechanicalEngineering from AndhraUniversity, Visakhapatnam.After graduation, he joined the

Bhabha Atomic Research CentreTraining School at Mumbai andpursued One Year Post GraduateCourse in Nuclear Science &Engineering. He has been awardedDoctor of Philosophy by the HomiBhabha National Institute (HBNI),Mumbai for studies on Designingand Optimization of Hot and ColdDeformation Process for a TwoPhase Zirconium based alloy.Dr Saibaba developed expertise

in the manufacture of SeamlessTubes in a variety of strategic andexotic materials for meetingcritical requirements of theDepartments of Atomic Energy,Space and Defence.He has made several

pioneering contributions in themanufacture of critical core

components for Power Reactors,some of which were developed forthe first time in India.The fields of specialization of

Dr. Saibaba include fuel fabricationfor PHWRs & BWRs; manufactureof Seamless Tubes; machinebuilding for fuel fabrication;fabrication of core sub-assembliesfor FBRs; development ofSeamless Calandria Tubes, Square& Hexagonal Channels, Pressure

Tubes etc.He authored/co-authored about

110 Technical Papers that werepublished in various internationalJournals and in the Proceedings ofNational/InternationalConferences/Seminars/Symposia.Dr Saibaba has been conferred

with many prestigious Awards thatinclude Visveswarayya Awardfrom the Institution of Engineers(India), Indian Nuclear Society(INS) Award for contributions inthe field of Nuclear Fuel CycleTechnologies, Scientific &Technical Excellence Awards ofthe Department of Atomic Energyfor contributions as Group Leader,Annual Meritorious Award fromthe Management of NFC etc.Dr. Saibaba is a Fellow of the

Indian National Academy ofEngineering (INAE), AndhraPradesh Academy of Sciences(APAS), Honorary Fellow of theIndian Institute of ChemicalEngineers (IIChE) and is a LifeMember of the Indian Institute ofMetals (IIM), Indian Society forNon-destructive Testing (INST)and the INS.

PersonalTouch


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He was born in a rich farmingfamily from Ranga Reddydistrict in Telangana. But he

always lived a life that is down toearth and he has been accessible forthe needy people from the oppressedsections of the society.Born on January 13, 1954 in

Rallagudipally village of RangaReddy district, Ryaga Krishnaiah,

popularly known as R Krishnaiah,has been at the forefront of agitationsfor the rights of BCs, SCs and STs.He did his Bachelors in

Commerce from Vikarabad in hisnative district and then took hisbachelors and masters in law, mastersin arts and did M.Phil from OsmaniaUniversity in Hyderabad.He has been active in fighting for

the rights of the oppressed sectionsof the society since his student days

due to which he was elected aspresident of SC, ST and BC hostelsstudent union way back in 1972. Forfour years he was the leader of OUCollege students and in 1977 he waselected as the state president of theoutfit fighting for the rights of poorstudents belonging to BC, SC andSTs.He is currently acting as the

president of Telangana and AndhraPradesh Backward Classes WelfareAssociation, president of Telanganaand Andhra Pradesh UnemployedSangarshana Samithi. He is also thefounder and editor of the periodicalBC Garjana.Students and youth from the

oppressed sections rallied behindKrishnaiah due to his honesty andapolitical approach in waging

the ChampioN ofBaCkward Classes


agitations. The agitations under hisleadership immensely benefitted theoppressed sections, particularly thestudents from the weaker sections asthe successive governments werecompelled to accede to the demands.He launched agitations since

1976 demanding for separate hostelsfor high school students due to whichthe successive governments havebeen compelled to startmore than 5000 separatehostels for BC, SC and STstudents so far wherein 5lakh students can findaccommodation and foodfree of cost.Another significant

achievement ofKrishnaiah’s agitations hasbeen that the governmentshad to provide scholarshipsfor poor students in junior, degreeand university colleges. Further,more than 600 residential collegeswere constructed across the state forthe weaker and oppressed sections ofthe society.His honesty has been proved

beyond any doubt in the year 1980when he refused to withdraw hisagitation for implementation of

reservations in private engineeringcolleges though the managements ofprivate engineering colleges tried tobuy him out for Rs 15 lakh.Subsequently, he fought for the

reservation in mandal parishad, ZillaParishad, municipal elections in theyear 1996. He made the then chiefminister of Andhra Pradesh N TRama Rao to concede for 20 percent

reservation for backward classes.Between 1989 and 1993 he

fought for reservations in villagepanchayats for BCs. As a result,government had to provide 34percent reservations for BCs. In1990, Krishnaiah led protests andagitations for the implementation ofMandal Commissionrecommendations. In the year 1996,

he launched agitations demandingcheck issuing powers for sarpanchesof village panchayats to ensure‘Gram Swaraj’.He also led agitations resulting in

imposing ban on single numberlotteries in the state. It may not beexaggerating to say that successivegovernments have issued more than2000 GOs as a result of his agitations

in the last 35 years.Currently he is fighting for

50 percent reservation for BCsin judiciary, Telangana andAndhra Pradesh LegislativeAssemblies and parliamentaryseats from the two states.Most importantly, he isfighting for BC Act similar toSC and ST (Prevention ofAtrocities) Act, 1989 toprevent atrocities against

backward classes.He is also fighting for increase in

BC reservation quota from 27percent to 50 percent due to additionof 20 more castes into existing 92castes of backward classes category.Krishnaiah is currently TeluguDesam MLA from LB NagarAssembly Constituency inTelangana.


GITA GYAN

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Mariyam Asif Siddiqui, a 12-year-old Muslim girlpursuing class VI student

at the Cosmopolitan High School inMumbai, spent this winter studyingfor the inter-school 'ShrimadBhagavad Gita Champion League'competition organised by the

International Society for KrishnaConsciousness (ISKON).Participants in the Gita

competition, which has beenorganised in Mumbai for the past fouryears, come from diverse economic,social and religious backgrounds, saidAnand Caitanya Das, an eventcoordinator with ISKON. "We are notso concerned with the religion of the

winner. Our goal is to share thewisdom and spirituality of the Gitawith all children," he said.Siddiqui pored over a book of

Bhagavad Gita stories, which ISKONprovided to almost 5000 studentsfrom the fifth to the tenth grade inmore than 100 competing schools inthe city. She won in the sixth gradecategory.

Muslim girl winsBhagav ad Gita

compe tition


The victory of the Muslim girl ina competition about Hindu holyscriptures resonates against thebackdrop of heightened religiousanxieties stemming from a slew ofincendiary statements by politicians.Siddiqui was honoured by Chief

Minister Devendra Fadnavis in theMaharashtra Legislative Assemblyand she will soon head to Uttar

Pradesh to meet Chief MinisterAkhilesh Yadav, who wants tofelicitate her as a symbol of religiousharmony.Siddiqui's discovery of other

faiths began several years before thiscompetition. "We are Muslims. Butever since I was kid, my parentspushed me to learn about religionsother than Islam. The curiosity hasgrown since then," she said.Siddiqui recalled how quickly a

fight on the playground dividedchildren along religious lines. Hercolony friends were a mix of Hindus,Muslims and Christians, but whenthey had a spat, she said, girls of thesame religion would stick together."Hindu would be with Hindu,

Muslim with Muslim and Christianwith Christian. I would tell all of thisto my father and he would reply thatit is unacceptable to make friends ortake sides based on religion," shesaid.Siddiqui’s father Asif Naseem

Siddiqui told media persons that he

encouraged his daughter to enter thecompetition on one condition. "I toldher that she should take part to learnabout Hinduism, not to cram for acompetition," he said."I want my daughter to have

genuine knowledge about allreligions so she can think for herselfand no one can ever mislead her. It isnot likely that Siddiqui will bemisled. The sixth grader, who plansto be a lawyer, said she has alreadylearned two life lessons from theBhagavad Gita stories: "The path tothe truth is non-violent and no oneshould insult anyone else."After making her first forays into

learning Hindu scriptures, Siddiquiplans to continue her study of theGita, this summer. But the challengeis not too daunting since she finds theGita echoes many of the teachingsshe already knows."The Gita is the same as the

Koran. They both came from theGods. They have different stories butthe same principles," she said.

Muslim girl winsBhagav ad Gita

compe tition


SON OF SOIL

MECHANIC’S SONGETS FULL

SCHOLARSHIP TO MIT


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He never thought he wouldenter Massachusetts Instituteof Technology (MIT),

commonly regarded as the world’sforemost school of engineering, untilhe joined Avanti, a social enterpriserun by IIT alumni which relies onpeer learning methods to giveaffordable coaching to students.The 17-year-old Kanpur boy,

Ayush Sharma, son of a mechanic instate public works department and aretired employee of the CentralReserve Police Force, is now elatedhe secured a seat in MIT with a fulltuition waiver."I had heard about MIT during

my school days when I would readabout one or the other path breakingresearch their students or professorswere doing in the international pagesof the newspapers," Ayush told anews portal. "I had never everconsidered I would be applying thereas it seemed so out of reach.""None of my parents have been to

a full degree college. My father has adiploma after which he started his jobas a mechanic,” he said. It was not a cake walk for Ayush.

He was enrolled in the local KendriyaVidyalaya. Though his writtenEnglish was fair, he had difficultyspeaking and communicating in thelanguage. He had no idea how toapply for US schools. While pursuingclass 11, he joined Avanti, a socialenterprise run by IIT alumni whichrelies on peer learning methods togive affordable coaching to students.Some time later, with the help ofAvanti’s foreign applications programleader, Taylor Gregoire-Wright,heapplied for Yale's Global ScholarsProgram, a short summer course.“When I first assessed Ayush for

our study abroad program, I was notsure he would be able to cope and his

communication skills neededimprovement,” Taylor said.However, not only did Ayush

qualify for the prestigious program,but he received full tuition waiverfrom the Ivy League school as well.He still needed funds for his travel tothe US. Through an amazing crowd-funding campaign, he raised theentire amount of Rs 90,000 in just sixhours. “Ayush returned from Yalecompletely transformed,” said VarunVarma, Avanti’s head of sales, whoAyush credits for his opportunity tostudy abroad.Though peer learning at Avanti

and their support for his applicationand funding process have been key toAyush's path to MIT, he said one ofthe personal obstacles he had toovercome was speaking English. "Itwas one thing that I really had to doon my own and no one could havetaught me," he said. "There were fewpeople among my Kanpur

acquaintances who I could speak inEnglish with, so I would end uptalking to myself. Little by little, Iimproved." Ayush's parents are delighted and

proud of their son, but apprehensivetoo. He said his parents have beenextremely supportive and his fathertook him to Lucknow for his TOEFLexamination and then to Delhi forhisSAT. Ayush is now looking forwardto exploring as much of MIT'sofferings as he can. The MITscholarship amounts to more thanRs1 crore over four years.His long-term plans are to work

on the education system ofdeveloping countries. This is partlyfrom his own experience in India andthepositive learning environment atAvanti. "The level ofscienceeducation in India is just notgood enough. Many students don'treally get to appreciate what sciencemeans, he said."

i had never ever considered i would beapplying there as it seemed so out of reach


ENVIRONMENT NEWS

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Agroup of students at IndianInstitute of Technology,Delhi are attempting to find

a solution to three environmentalissues – global warming, energy crisisand depleting resources. Thealarming concentration of CarbonDioxide (CO2), one of the maincontributors to global warming, hasraised the need for minimisinggeneration and sequestration of thegas.The research group at IIT Delhi,

under the leadership of AssociateProfessor Anil Verma, has attemptedto reduce quantity of pollutant in airand also convert it into severalvaluable products.Verma, from the Department of

Chemical Engineering at thetechnology institute said, “We areinvolved in electrochemicalconversion of CO2 and found thatCO2 can be used to generate methaneand other valuable products."The conversion of carbon-dioxide

into methane has been usingrenewable sources of energy like sunor wind. Conventionally the gas isdissolved into a solvent duringconversion. Verma’s team capturesthe gas directly in a reactor where itis converted into methane and otherproducts like formic acid andhydrogen gas.Verma, who has been working on

this project with the team for nearlyseven years now, says, “We havedeveloped such a reactor in the laband converted CO2 to methane and

some other value added products.This process saves both time andmoney.” "Conversion of CO2 willreduce global warming effect;methane that is produced can directlybe used as fuel for transportation, andthe solar or wind energy used for theprocess is stored in the fuel that caneasily be transported using thepresent infrastructure and utilisedwhenever required," Verma explains.However, Verma admits about

several challenges that are beingfaced in the process, the major onebeing, ‘poisoning of the catalyst’.“The catalyst that speeds up the

reaction gets used up before thereaction is complete,” Verma saysadding that they are on the lookoutfor scholars who can take up thepoisoning issue and offer a solution.

iit delhi students attempt to find single solution

Global warming, energycrisis, depleting resources


BUSINESS NEWS

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This May Day brings goodnews for mobile users. Callswhile in roaming will be

cheaper by up to 23 per cent, whilesending SMSes will cost up to 40per cent less from May 1 as theTelecom Regulatory Authority ofIndia (TRAI) has slashed ceilingtariffs.However, subscribers will not

be able to avail of schemes thatallowed them to make calls andsend SMSes while in roaming athome circle rates."TRAI has reduced ceiling

tariffs for national roaming callsand SMS and has mandatedtelecom service providers to offer aspecial roaming tariff plan. Thesechanges will come into effect fromMay 1, 2015," TRAI said in astatement. TRAI has cut the ceilingrate that a telecom operator cancharge for STD calls on roaming toRs 1.15 per minute from Rs 1.5.Similarly, national SMS rate hasbeen reduced to 38 paise from Rs1.5 per SMS.

Also, an operator cancharge a maximum 25paise for each local

SMS instead of the current Rs 1 perSMS at present. A telecom operatorcan charge a maximum 80 paise perminute for a local call instead of Rs1 permitted at present. Forincoming calls during roaming, amobile customer will be required topay a maximum of 45 paise onlyper minute instead of 75 paise now.On the other hand, in a blow to

consumers, the regulator hasremoved the roaming tariff plan,RTP and RTP-FR, under which theconsumer paid the same charges ashis home circle or service areawhile in roaming.Under 'Roaming Tariff Plan

(RTP)' clause, the charges foroutgoing voice calls and outgoingSMS, both local as well as longdistance (inter-circle), did notchange with the location of thesubscriber within the country.The 'RTP-FR' plan allowed the

subscriber to pay same charges ashis home service area for outgoinglocal and STD calls as well as SMSduring roaming. In addition,incoming calls were free onroaming in lieu of fixed chargesunder RTP-FR.The regulator has mandated

operators to introduce a new'Special Roaming Tariff Plan',which will offer only free incomingcalls on payment of a fixed charge,but do away with other features.Under 'Roaming Tariff Plan

(RTP)' clause, the charges foroutgoing voice calls and outgoingSMS, both local as well as longdistance (inter-circle), did notchange with the location of thesubscriber within the country.The 'RTP-FR' plan allowed the

subscriber to pay same charges ashis home service area for outgoinglocal and STD calls as well as SMSduring roaming. In addition,incoming calls were free onroaming in lieu of fixed chargesunder RTP-FR.The regulator has mandated

operators to introduce a new'Special Roaming Tariff Plan',which will offer only free incomingcalls on payment of a fixed charge,but do away with other features.

Mobile roaming to becheaper from May 1


LEGAL NEWS

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Divorced Muslim women areentitled to seek maintenancefrom their ex-husbands

under the Criminal Procedure Codewhich provides the same relief towives, children and parents, theSupreme Court recently said.A bench of justices Dipak Misra

and Prafulla C Pant referred severaljudgements of the Supreme Courtwhere law has been settled that amagistrate can grant maintenance toa divorced Muslim woman andparameters and considerations are thesame as stipulated in Section 125 ofthe CrPC.Dealing with the issue of

applicability of Section 125 CrPC toa Muslim woman who has beendivorced, the bench upheld a trialcourt's order which had directed aretired Nayak from Army to pay Rs4,000 maintenance to his divorcedwife. The behch said, "there can be noshadow of doubt that Section 125

CrPC has been rightly held to beapplicable by the family judge." Thebench was disturbed to know that theapplication for grant of maintenancewas filed by the woman in 1998,which had remained undecided by thefamily court till February, 2012. Itsaid it was also shocking to note thatthere was no order for grant ofinterim maintenance."It needs no special emphasis to

state that when an application forgrant of maintenance is filed by thewife the delay in disposal of theapplication, to say the least, is anunacceptable situation. It is, in fact, adistressing phenomenon. Anapplication for grant of maintenancehas to be disposed of at the earliest.The family courts, which have beenestablished to deal with thematrimonial disputes which includeapplication under Section 125 CrPC,have become absolutely apathetic tothe same," the bench said.The counsel for the woman had

submitted that Section 125 CrPC was

applicable to Muslim women and thefamily court had jurisdiction todecide the issue. The objection overthe maintainability was initiallyraised by the ex-husband before thetrial court.The bench was deciding an appeal

filed by a Muslim womanchallenging the high court orderreducing the amount of maintenanceto Rs 2,000 from Rs 4,000 awardedto her by a trial court. It set aside thehigh court order and allowed thewoman's appeal, noting that theaspects have gone uncontroverted asthe husband had not appeared andcontested the matter.The family judge in Lucknow,

while dealing with the application,had not accepted the primaryobjection on maintainability underSection 125 CrPC as the applicantwas a Muslim woman. It had heldthat even after the divorce, theapplication of the wife under theprovision was maintainable in thefamily court.

divorced muslim women entitledto maintenance from ex-husbands


HEALTH NEWS

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World Lung Foundation hasappealed to theGovernment of India to

dismiss tobacco industrymisinformation and implement largegraphic health warnings on tobaccopacks without further delay, in fittingtribute to the bravery of SunitaTomar who died on April 1.After a diagnosis of tobacco-

related oral cancer and major surgeryat the Tata Memorial Hospital,Sunita – with the support of herfamily – agreed to tell her storyin a Public ServiceAnnouncement (PSA) toraise awareness of theharms of tobacco and tohelp prevent others fromsuffering her fate.Large graphic

warnings, like hard-hitting mass mediacampaigns, are provento be highly effective inwarning people aboutthe health harms of

tobacco, irrespective of theaudience’s level of literacy.Large graphic warnings also

transcend language barriers incountries like India, where differentlanguages and dialects are usedacross a large national population. Inaddition, large graphic warnings canplay an important role in helping to

prevent children from initiatingtobacco use.A study published last year in the

Journal of Public Health – basedupon research in India and severalother low and middle incomecountries - found that current smallor text-only warnings on tobaccopacks do not help childrenunderstand the real harms of tobacco.Critically, the study found that of allthe countries surveyed, children inIndia exhibited the lowest levels ofawareness of health warnings ontobacco packs.

Nandita Murukulta,Country Director, India andDirector – Global Researchand Evaluation, World LungFoundation, said: “We weresaddened to hear of thedeath of Sunita Tomar.Sunita was in many waysan Everywoman. From asmall town called Bhind inMadhya Pradesh, shemarried at fourteen, hadtwo young sons, livedwith her parents-in-law

India needs large graphichealth warnings


HEALTH NEWSand aspired for more for her children.Like many women, Sunita began tochew tobacco in the form of an oraldentifrice, ignorant of the lethaleffects of a supposed dental hygieneproduct. Within a few years, shedeveloped oral cancer. Hers is not anuncommon story.Sunita was exceptional in her

desire to warn others about the harmsof tobacco; to provide them with theinformation and knowledge shedidn’t have; to help them makebetter, healthier choices.”Vaishakhi Mallik, Program

Manager, India worked closely withSunita during the filming of the PSAand recalls, “Sunita was a truefighter. During the filming she wasfrequently tired and uncomfortable,but she overcame her physical andemotional pain to speak with dignityand clarity to the media, neverflinching in the face of all thatscrutiny. She wanted to fight for atobacco free world that would saveher children and others from thesuffering she experienced.”Dr. Pankaj Chaturvedi of

Tata Memorial Hospital wasSunita’s surgeon and was withher in her final days and hours.He said, “Sunita wanted to seegovernment’s commitment totobacco control. It looked likethe government had heeded thatcall, but duplicitous tobaccoindustry tactics andmisinformation – which standin clear contrast to Sunita’shonesty and bravery – isdelaying progress. Sunitabelieved that Indians deserve toknow the truth, and largegraphic warnings are one ofmost effective ways ofcommunicating the reality oftobacco’s harms. Rapidimplementation of thesewarnings, rather than delays

motivated by the tobacco industry’sdesire to keep it profits high, wouldbe a fitting tribute to this bravewoman.”According to The Tobacco Atlas,

nearly a quarter (23.2%) of adultmales, 3.2% of adultfemales, 5.8% of boysand 2.4% of girlssmoke tobacco in

India. In

addition, more than a quarter (25.9%)of adults use smokeless tobacco. Intotal, more than 2,542,000 childrenand more than 120,000,000 adults inIndia use tobacco each day.As the use of all forms of tobaccohas increased, so has tobacco-related disease and prematuredeath. Tobacco is the cause of14.3% of male deaths and 4.7% offemale deaths in India, killingover 981,100 Indian citizensevery year. The government ofIndia acknowledges that tobacco-related disease costs the Indianeconomy over 1.4 trillion rupeesevery year – just among adultsaged between 35 and 69. Thetotal cost across all age groups –including illness caused bytobacco use and exposure tosecond-hand smoke amongchildren and the elderly - wouldbe higher.Tobacco use is the leading

preventable cause of mortality inthe world today, and isresponsible for more than fivemillion deaths each year—one inten preventable deaths worldwide.The implementation of graphicpack warnings is one of the WorldHealth Organization’s strategiesto reduce tobacco consumption.


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More than 42 percent ofemployees in the Indianprivate sector suffer from

depression or general anxietydisorder due to pressing schedules,high stress levels and performancerelated incentives.According to a study conducted

by industry association Assocham,

Delhi has the highest number of suchemployees, followed by Bangalore,Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Chandigarh,Hyderabad and Pune. People working in the public

sector are less likely to be depressedor suffering from anxiety disordersdue to lesser work pressure, the studysaid.Chairman, Assocham Health

Committee Council, Dr BK Rao said,

“Lack of self confidence, unrealisticexpectations and a lack of nutritiousdiet are responsible for thesepsychological conditions. Workpressure can be a killer if not handledright.”The study said that such issues

have increased by around 50 percentin the last eight years. Twenty threepercent of corporate employees sufferfrom obesity which in turn increasesthe risk of diabetes, high bloodpressure and heart disease.The report is based on the views

of 1,250 corporate employees from150 companies across 18 broadsectors including media, FMCG,infrastructure, telecom, education,manufacturing and knowledgeprocess outsourcing. Most of them were in the age

group of 20-29 years, followed by 30-39 years indicating such issues aremostly prevalent among youngerprofessionals than older executives.To add to the problem, 57 percent

of the respondents said they neverexercise, and are not able to sleep formore than six hours a day. Lack ofexercise and sleep are considered asimportant factors contributing tolifestyle diseases.Director of Neurology and Sleep

Center and Chairperson of theDepartment of Sleep Medicine at SirGanga Ram Hospital in New Delhi,Dr Manvir Bhatia says, "Most of thepeople suffering from sleepdeprivation don't realise the actualreason and seek medical advice onlywhen serious symptoms such as heartproblems develop.”

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The South Asia Institute of University ofHeidelberg is forced to start summerschool in spoken Sanskrit in Switzerland,

Italy and India following huge demand forSanskrit and Indology courses.Going by the huge demand it appears the

Germans may eventually become the custodiansof Sanskrit, its rich heritage and culture.Professor Dr. Axel Michaels, head of classical

Indology at the University said, “When westarted it 15 years ago, we were almost ready toshut it after a couple of years. Instead, we had toincrease strength and take the course to otherEuropean countries.”In Germany, 14 of the top universities teach

Sanskrit, classical and modern Indologycompared to just four in the UK. The summerschool spans a month in August every year anddraws applications from across the globe.“So far, 254 students from 34 countries have

participated in this course. Every year we haveto reject many applications,” said Dr. Michaels.Apart from Germany, the majority of students

come from the US, Italy, the UK and the rest ofEurope. Linking Sanskrit with religion and acertain political ideology was stupid and

detrimental to the cause of its rich heritage, theprofessor said.“Even the core thoughts of Buddhism were

in the Sanskrit language. It is essential to read theoriginal Sanskrit texts as these are some of theearliest thoughts and discoveries to betterunderstand the genesis of oriental philosophy,history, languages, sciences and culture,” headded.Francesca Lunari, a medical student who has

been studying Sanskrit at Heidelberg University,said, “I am interested in psychoanalysis and mustknow how human thoughts originated throughtexts, cultures and societies. I will learn Banglaalso to decipher the seminal works of GirindraSekhar Bose, a pioneer of oriental psychiatrywho has hardly been studied – even in India.Learning Sanskrit is the first step,” she said.Languages such as Bangla, in which Bose

had written his theories challenging Freud, mightface a crisis similar to Sanskrit because of theonslaught of English if these languages aren’tpreserved within households, felt Dr HansHarder, head of the department of modern SouthAsian languages and literatures (modernIndology), Heidelberg University.“A significant part of the global cultural

heritage will become extinct if major languages

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like Hindi and Bangla fall prey to Indian Englishwhich, in the process, has only got poorer,” headded. An expert in Bangla, Hindi and Urdu apart

from European languages, Harder cautionedagainst such a disaster as more upwardly mobilefamilies stop teaching their own language to theirchildren.“One can better understand evolution of

politics and economics by studying Arthashastraby Chanakya,” said Dr. Michaels.So this semester the institute is offering a

course on human physiology and psychology inthe early Upanishads by Anand Mishra, an IITmathematics graduate who took up the study ofSanskrit for his research on evolving a moregrammatically suitable computing language.“Working on Panini’s Sanskrit grammar, I

realised it could be a great tool in computinglanguage,” said Mishra.Dr. Michaels feels that instead of indulging

in a political and religious debate,Indians should try to preserve theirheritage.“Don’t we conserve a rare, old

painting or sculpture? This is a livelanguage…and rich culturalheritage which might become thecasualty of neglect just as greatcivilisations like Hampi, the art ofAjanta and temples of Konark gotburied in oblivion. It was up to theBritish to discover them later.Sanskrit, along with its culture,philosophy and science mightbecome similarly extinct,” heclaimed, adding: “On the otherhand, there is so much yet todiscover through Sanskrit…details

of Indus Valley civilisation, for example.”Germany has already been a storehouse of

Sanskrit scholars to the world. “The majority ofSanskrit scholars, including those at Harvard,California Berkeley and the UK, are Germans,”he said.In this backdrop, educationists in India feel

that it is very important to introduce Sanskrit atthe school level to enable students have a betterunderstanding of the subject.“Sanskrit is an essential part of every Indian

soul. Without the language, the society loses itsidentity. From Raja Ram Mohan Roy toMahatma Gandhi, everyone was inspired by thelanguage. The whole renaissance period wasbased on Sanskrit literature,” Professor RameshBharadwaj, head of the Sanskrit department atDelhi University, said.Historians, meanwhile, feel that successive

governments have taken no initiatives to promotethe language among the people.

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SPIRITUAL NEWS

The manifest creation is run onprana shakti, this prana ispresent in every spec of

Creation. Prana is a frequency, itemerged from Brahma and dividedinto different frequencies orvibrations. The subtler frequenciesstilled themselves in higherdimensions, beyond the prithvi loka– bhuva, maha, jana, tapa and satya.The grosser frequencies stilledthemselves in the lower dimensions– the taals. Prithvi loka or bhuloka isthe only dimension, where all thesefrequencies are accessible to a being.

And these varying frequenciesofprana, exist in a pyramidalstructure. The grossest frequenciesform the base of the pyramid, and thesubtlest frequency being the pointedtop. There is a lot of space at the baseof the pyramid – majority of peoplewe meet and interact with exist inthis plane. They spend their lives inpursuit of basic desires – food, sex,money etc. As one moves up thepyramid – the number of peoplereduces, while at the top there is onlyroom for one, because only so manyhave the entitlement to access theUltimate. A living proof of this is just

look around yourselves and tell howmany people are actually doingservice and charity and helpingothers and how many are living forthemselves.Yogis sitting in dhyan on the

Himalayas still themselves in subtlerfrequencies gaining access to theworld of ether, to devs anddevis.These Rishi munis are usingtheir tapobal to keep the creationgoing. And they appear in front ofand help the souls / beings who wishto go beyond, away from the crowd,at the base of the pyramid. The

pyramid is so designed that the tipattracts maximum energy of thehigher frequencies and the lowerparts maximum energy of the lowerfrequencies. Stilling the pranaindicates having complete controlover it and this happens, not perforce, but naturally. It is like buildinga dam on the river, the water is therebut it is in your control when, whereand how much to release. This, infact, is the underlying principle ofSanatan Kriya, which helps apractitioner to gain complete controlover prana, from where it can bechannelized as per one’s desire for

desired manifestations.Control over prana is essential for

when you progress in yog, you aregiven siddhis, siddhi is that what youwant, happens. When you get thesiddhis, you are at a level of balance,you get engrossed in them and don’twant to move upwards. Thosesiddhis then have to be left behind,that is an imbalance has to be created,only then will one moves towards ahigher balance. These siddhis areconsidered pitfalls in yog and aregiven to only those who have thecapacity to overcome them and if thepractitioner does not leave them atthe time, he/she remains stuck. Thecloser you are to the bottom of thepyramid, the more you are tied to theforce of gravity as you're closest tothe physical world. This force is sostrong that it doesn't even allowthoughts to go to the higher planes,forget action. That is the reason whyyou will hardly find anyone doinggenuine service and charity aroundyou or helping others. The basicprinciple of manifested creation isbeing bottom heavy or in otherwords, highly physical and selfish innature, this blinding out the reality.It's only when lightness emerges bykarmas with the help of the Guru thatthe ascent happens. But the ascentalso ties you with siddhis, because

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ultimately siddhis are eitherused for yourself or forcreation.Remember that the

journey of yog is in the shapeof a pyramid. The higher yougo, the lesser the number ofpeople, because lesser is theaccommodating power ofevery subsequent level. Youwill notice that as youprogress on the path, you willbe able to relate to lessernumber of people. The closeryou are to the base ofpyramid, the more will beyour attractions for the physicalthings but as you move up theattractions of physical start decliningand your ability to attract thingstowards you increases. So no matterhow cool or big you think you are,your desires and actions determineyour state. A higher frequency hasall the lower frequencies in it, but alower frequency does not havefrequency which is required at ahigher level.Therefore, what wasrequired at a lower level is notrequired at a step higher and so is leftbehind, not forcefully, but naturally,due to change in pranic frequency

and subsequent change in desires.This is called evolution. People often tell me that they

have the desire but what about thefamily, responsibilities etc. Here oneneeds to understand that, whatever isyour desire, that you do any whichway. You find a way to do it nomatter who stops you, because that isyour natural state, your naturalfrequency. There is nothing wrong indesires, but it is a state which has tobe transgressed. Holding the hand ofthe Guru, the desires change tohigher desires. If you are findingexcuses not to do something then that

means that you do not have the desirefor it as yet. Wait for your desire tochange, wait for the frequency tochange, not forcibly, but naturally,through yog. When the desirechanges, the experiences of yog,happen simultaneously. That is anindicator. It is your experiences thatmake you rise through the pyramid,not by just thinking about it.Remember, this pyramid of

spirituality is three-dimensional,indicating the entire manifestedcreation in totality and the routeaway from it. And it extends up anddown.

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NEWS BITES

Harish Java has been appointed as Chief GeneralManager of NABARD, Andhra Pradesh Regional Office.He took charge on April 16, 2015.

Earlier, Harish Java worked in InstitutionalDevelopment Department, NABARD, Head Office,Mumbai.

The previous CGM, Jiji Mammen has been posted asCGM of Mudra Bank. A native of Kerala, Jiji Mammenhas held several key positions in NABARD and earnedlaurels.

harish Java takes chargeas CGM, NABARD

The NMDC celebrated 124th birth anniversary of Dr B R Ambedkar on April 14, 2015 at its headoffice. Director (Technical), N K Nanda was the chief guest of the occasion, while other directors and

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Karnataka is one of the leadingstates in driving India'seconomic growth. The state

GDP of US$ 49 billion in 2012-13grew at 5.3 percent, higher than thenational GDP of 5 percent whencompared to financial year 2011-12.The state's export of US $ 40billion during the period 2012-13constitutes 12.69 percent of all Indiaexports. Its share in the nationalexports for IT is 40 percent and forelectronics and hardware is 38percent. The share of electronics andsoftware in state's exports stands at 60percent for the period 2012-13. The

state is home to the fourth largesttechnology cluster in the world afterSilicon Valley, Boston and London.Manufacturing sector employs 11

percent of the work force followed byconstruction sector with 9.60 percent.Service sector employs 46 percent ofthe work force as per EconomicSurvey of Karnataka 13-14.Karnataka is the Knowledge Hub

of Asia with 201 plus Engineeringcolleges, 114 plus Medical collegesand institutions, 50 Universities and13 International Schools apart frompresence of more than 370 plus worldrenowned high end research anddevelopment organizations.The World Economic Forum has

identified Karnataka among the topfour innovation hubs in the World.With good rail, road and airconnectivity, logistic support,infrastructure, excellenttelecommunication network andpeaceful labour, the state has been apreferred destination for investmentattracting four largest FDI in thecountry. The state is considered as thefastest growing market in India.State has been ranked first for a

healthy business climate andattracting investments by WorldBank's Investment Climate Index andBangalore – Best India City to Live in- Quality of Living Survey -Worldwide Rankings, 2011.

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Siddaramaiah The vision of Industrial Policy 2014 -19 is to build a prosperous Karnataka through

inclusive, sustainable and balanced industrialdevelopment thereby creating large employmentopportunities, says Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.The policy aims to maintain an industrial growth

rate of 12 percent per annum and enhance thecontribution of manufacturing sector to the state GDPfrom present level of 16.87 percent to 20 percent by endof policy period and spread industrial growth to nookand corner of the state, he said. Siddaramaiah also saidsustainable development is integral to the spirit of thispolicy and special focus is on manufacturing sector,

creation of employment opportunities and promotion ofMSMEs which have a strong base in Karnataka.Entrepreneurs belonging to SC/ST, Minority

Community, Backward Classes, Ex-servicemen andWomen have been given special attention to encourageenterprise creation and industrial capacity building bythem for an inclusive growth & sustained development.“I am glad that the Hyderabad Karnataka region alongwith industrially backward taluks have receivedadequate attention with a view to createa strongindustrial base with equitable allocation of funds andfor overall development of the state,” Siddaramaiahsaid.

Sustainable development is our motto:

Karnataka state governmentconsiders industrial growth as ameans to mitigate poverty andunemployment. Development ofindustry, trade and service sectorpromotes higher capital formation,improves per capita income level,absorbs surplus work force.

To realize these benefits andexpedite socio economic changes, thestate gives top priority for industrialdevelopment. In the process, it isaimed at advancing the cause ofinclusivity, balanced industrializationand creating employmentopportunities across different classes

and categories of populace.The State was the first to bring out

an Industrial Policy and has broughtsubsequent policies with the soleobjective of taking Karnataka tonewer heights in respect ofindustrialization and to sustain growthover the years.


Additional chief secretary tocommerce and industries

department, Government ofKarnataka, K Ratna Prabha says,“The Industrial Policy 2014-19aims to position Karnataka in theforefront by providing adequateinfrastructure support withattractive enhanced incentives andimproved facilitation mechanismcoupled with reforms and create anenvironment to enhance ease ofdoing business in the state.”

The Policy endeavors inreaching its objectives by creationof quality infrastructure withcomprehensive facilities, humanresource development throughcapacity building & skill upgradation and looking beyondBangalore for spreading the fruitsof industrialization to the entirestate, she said.She further said that the thrust

areas and strategies proposed in thepolicy attempt to distribute the

economic benefits across a widercross section of the society in aninclusive manner, by encouragingwomen, SC/STand other backwardsections of the society. Manyreforms are proposed across majordepartments including online filingof combined application andapprovals to facilitate ease of doingbusiness, optimum utilization ofresources, encourage verticaldevelopment in industrial areas,protect the scarce industrial land,reduce inspections, enablesubmission of online returns etc. toboost the morale of the investors.Special focus has been given toMSME sector with variousinitiatives to encouragemanufacturing MSMEs includingmarketing support and fillip toenhance their competitiveness ininternational trade, Ratna Prabhasaid. She appealed to allstakeholders to join hands with thegovernment in making Karnataka apreferred destination for Industry.

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IHM-HyderabadcelebratesAnnual Day


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The annual day of Institute of Hotel ManagementCatering Technology and Applied Nutrition wasorganized with great pomp and show. The two

day event was graced by guests from hotel industry andother areas. The event began on April 8 with prizedistribution ceremony for the academic year 2014-2015 for various co-curricular activities.India’s numero uno table tennis player Naina

Jaiswal, athlete Syeda Falak, who represented India atseveral world karate championships and professionalbody builderMohtesham Ali,who won the silvermedal at Mr World2008 at Las Vegasand also achievedthe 6th place at MrUniverse, Floridawere guests of theoccasion.Cultural

programmes withstellarperformances by the students were organized on thesecond day. Celebrity Chef Puneet Mehta, VijayTenneti, Vice president of Daspalla Hotels, Hyderabadwere the chief guests. The show stopper was the Barflair performance by Mithun Bhadekar and faculty. Theevent ended with a sumptuous buffet for the guests andthe students.

The event began with the welcome speech byprincipal Sanjay Kumar Thakur. The Institute launchedits book on “Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Cuisine”,authored by the chef faculty of the institute. TheLiterary Committee released the 30th edition of“CACKLE”, the annual magazine of the institute.

CORRIGENDUM

The name of IHM-Hyderabad was

inadvertently printed asIIHM in these columnsin April 2015 issue in thereport titled ‘NurturingProfessionals forHospitality Industry’.We regret the error.


INTERVIEW

A B HUSSAIN

You have been the InformationCommissioner for over threeyears. What are yourexperiences and observationsduring the period with regardto implementation of the Rightto Information Act 2005?I am surprised to find 50 to 60

percent of Public InformationOfficers lack complete knowledgeof the Act even today. This hasbeen causing trouble both for thePIOs and the RTI applicants. Ihave noticed many PIOs claimingthey are ignorant of theprocedures. Steps taken by thegovernments to create awarenessare not yielding fruits at the fieldlevel and this is one of the main reasons for the delay inproviding information for the applicants.

What has been your priority as an InformationCommissioner? I ensure that information to the applicants is

provided at the earliest by the PIOs. I ensureimplementation of my orders and continuously monitorthe status of implementation so that the RTI applicantsget the information sought for.

What are the problems faced by InformationCommission in the implementation of RTI Act?It is a good question. We are facing serious staff

crunch. We hardly have six to seven persons, that too

on temporary basis, to assist eachInformation Commissionerwhile in states like Maharashtraeach Information Commissioneris provided with about 25 officeassistants.Further, those working in

Maharashtra are permanentemployees. This would ensureaccountability besides improvingthe efficiency of the informationcommission. We can ensurespeedy disposal of applications ifwe get adequate manpower.

First appellate authorities arenot properly responding. Willthe Information Commissionrecommend training for them?Yes. As I said it is the

responsibility of the government to see that the objectof the RTI Act is achieved by imparting proper trainingfor the PIOs and the first appellate authorities by wayof conducting awareness programmes. Further, thegovernment should take action whenever InformationCommission recommends something in connectionwith the PIOs or appellate authorities. Anyway, we keepwriting to the government on the need for providingproper training for the PIOs and appellate authorities.

Is it not possible to introduce public privatepartnership (PPP) for the implementation of RTIAct?It is a good idea to have public private partnership

(PPP) model. But care should be taken that only selfless

Majority PIOs lackawareness of RTI Act

Dr S Imtiyaz Ahmed has been the Information Commissioner posted at AndhraPradesh Information Commission for over three years. Speaking to The News, heshared his experiences and made valuable suggestions for creating awareness

among the Public Authorities as well as the public with respect Right toInformation Act. Excerpts of the interview…


NGOs are allowed to work with the InformationCommission and other government departments inconducting awareness programmes. The awarenessprogrammes could be conducted both for the PublicInformation Officers and the general public as well.

What do you think is the reason the governments arenot paying attention for effective implementation ofRTI Act?This is a question which should be answered by the

government. Though the burden of effectiveimplementation, creating awareness with respect to RTIlies with the government according to Section 26 of theAct, I suggest the government should entrust theresponsibility to the Commission. The governmentshould provide adequate budgetary assistance for thepurpose along with infrastructure and manpower.

What could be the best use of RTI Act?The Act should be used in public interest which

should be genuine. However, due to lack of awareness,vague applications are made by many while some areresorting to misuse. Awareness is the need of the hour.Do you ensure protection for applicants in case ofthreat to their lives?Certainly we take steps to protect the RTI applicants.

We write to the authorities concerned in some casesdirect the police stations concerned to provide safety.Further, we warn the public information officers if theyresort to any mischief against the applicants.

Do you think people should have judicialbackground to seek appointment as InformationCommissioner?It is good if people with judicial background become

Information Commissioners. However, Section 15(3) ofthe RTI Act says that expert from any field can seekappointment as Information Commissioner.

Do you think common people are increasingly usingthe RTI Act? I don’t think so because majority of the common

people are still unaware of the RTI Act. For example,the governments are introducing welfare schemes forthe downtrodden. But the actual beneficieries areunaware of it though they can make use of the RTI Actto get complete information about the schemes.

Some PIOs complain that RTI Act has become a toolto harass them. Do you agree with that?

That is not true. If the PIOs stick to rule book andprovide the information as per law, nobody can harassthem. Those who lack awareness only make suchcomplaints.

Many government departments including EducationDepartment are not disclosing the information ontheir websites as stipulated in Section 4(1)(b) of theAct. What is the remedy for this?True. Not only Section 4(1)(b) disclosure but the

PIOs are not following Section 4(1)(a) which stipulatesthat all the records must be streamlined and updated sothat information could be provided to the applicants asquickly as possible. About 80 percent of the PIOs arenot following the rules. The government should take itseriously and NGOs and civil society must play anactive role in changing this situation.

Have you ever filed RTI application?Yes. I have filed number of applications before I

entered the Commission. Since all my applications werein public interest, I did get information in someinstances government could recover the moneymismanaged by certain corrupt officials.

What is your message for our readers?Make use of RTI Act and seek information for

public interest. Never ever misuse the provisions of theAct.

apiC imposespeNalty oN pio

AP Information CommissionerDr S Imtiyaz Ahmed has imposeda penalty of Rs 1,000 on thePublic Information Officer at theoffice of the District EducationOfficer, Hyderabad for notproviding information either inpart or full, sought by the RTI Applicant.The Information Commissioner imposed thepenalty in 15 cases and the total amount of penaltycomes to Rs 15,000.The cases before the Information Commissionerwere numbered as 7179 of 2015 to 7199 of 2015.The complaints were filed by RTI Activist A BHussain.


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Sd/-Smt. A. Vani Prasad, IASChairman, SBTET & Commissioner of Technical

Education, Telangana, Hyderabad

NO.SBTET/EE-II-3/442/POLYCET-2015/TS/2014 Date: 21-04-201501. POLYTECHNIC COMMON ENTRANCE TEST-POLYCET-2015The State Board of Technical Education and Training, Telangana, Hyderabad willconduct "Polytechnic Common Entrance Test-POLYCET-2015" for the candidatesseeking admission in to all Diploma Courses in Engineering and Non-Engineering/Technology offered at Polytechnics/Institutions (including Aided andUnaided Polytechnics/ Institutions and 2nd shift Polytechnics in Private EngineeringColleges) in Telangana State for the academic year 2015-1602. Eligibility to appear for POLYCET-2015.Candidates who have passed SSC or its equivalent & recognized by the Board ofSecondary Education, Telangana, Hyderabad are eligible. The candidates who havecompartmentally passed or appearing for SSC are also eligible to apply. However, theymust have passed in all the subjects before seeking admission.03. IMPORTANT DATES TO NOTE:

a) Commencement of sale of POLYCET-2015 Application andInstruction booklet (Booklet cost including Application FormRs 20/-)

28-04-2015 (Tuesday)

b) Commencement of filing of online application (Rs 330/-from Helpline centres/ AP Online centres / Throughpayment gate way)

28 -04-2015 (Tuesday)

c) Last date for sale of POLYCET booklet and filing of onlineapplication form

13 -05-2015 (Wednesday)

d) Date and Time of conduct of POLYCET-2015 Examination 31-05-2015 (Sunday)Time: 11.00 AM to 1.00 PM

04. For detailed Notification visit the Website: sbtetap.gov.in and for filingONLINE application visit URL: https://polycetts.nic.inPlace: Hyderabad.Date: 21-04-2015.

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