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WEATHERRain or Thundershower l ikely to occur at few places. Max & Mini

temperature will be around 30°C and 23°C respectively on Sunday 07/01/

2018

Maximum Temperature (°C) of Date: 30.2

Minimum Temperature (°C) of Date: 23.7

Relative Humidity(%) at 0830 IST 080

Relative Humidity(%) at 1730 IST 092

Sunrise Time for tomorrow(in IST): 0541

Sunset Time for tomorrow(in IST): 1710

Rainfall upto 0830 hrs of date (last 24 hrs) in mm: 016.4

Rainfall upto 1730 hrs of date in mm: 002.9

Rainfall (Progressive total from 1st January upto 0830 hrs (of date)

in mm 18 75.7

NEWS IN BRIEF

Air Conditioners to be kept at 25 °C

Income TaxDepartment launcheson-line chat serviceNew Delhi, Jan 6Income Tax Departmenthas launched an on-line chat service on itsnational websitewww.incometaxindia.gov.in.This is aimed atfacilitating thetaxpayers resolve theirqueries.The facility is availableon all working daysfrom Monday to Fridaybetween 10 AM and 6PM. The module canalso be accessedthrough a mobileapplication called‘AayakarSetu’ onAndroid phone.

Atal Pension Yojanareaches subscriberbase of 80 lakh

Port Blair, Jan.6

The ICAR-Krishi Vigyan

Kendra, Sippighat is

organizing four days In-

Service Training on

'Mushroom Production as

an Art & Science for

income generation' for the

Defence employees of

Coast Guard, Port Blair from

3rd to 6th January, 2018 at

its campus. During the

inaugural session, the

chief guest Dr. A. Kundu,

Director, ICAR-CIARI in

his address briefed about

the contribution and role

of ICAR-CIARI, Port Blair

in the agricultural

In-service training on mushroom

production technology held

New Delhi, Jan 6

RJD Chief Shri Lalu Prasad was today sentenced

to three-and-a-half years in jail by a CBI special

court in a fodder scam case relating to fraudulent

withdrawal of money from the Deoghar Treasury

21 years ago.

CBI Court Judge Shiv Pal Singh, who had

convicted Prasad, along with 10 others on

December 23, also imposed a fine of 10 lakh

rupees on him for two cases in the scam. A CBI

counsel said that he was fined 5 lakh rupees for

each case, failing which he would serve another

six months in jail.

The court had convicted Prasad for offences of

cheating, along with criminal conspiracy, under

the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Prevention

of Corruption Act.

In the case 15 other convicts have also been

sentenced by by the Judge Shivpal Singh. Jagdish

Sharma, Gopinath Das, Sanjay Agarwal, Sunil

Fodder scam: CBI Court sentences Lalu

Prasad Yadav to 3.5 years in prison

New Delhi, Jan 6

World Book Fair begin

today at Pragati Maidan

in the national capital.

Organ ised by the

National Book Trust in

association with India

Trade Promotion

Organisation, the main

theme of this year's fair is

environment and climate

World Book Fair begins in

New Delhi with focus on

Environmental issues

change. The European

Union is the focus country

this time. More than 40

countries including

Belgium, Canada, China,

Denmark, Egypt, France,

Germany, and the United

Kingdom are participating

in the book fair. The annual

event will come to an end

on 14th of this month.

New Delhi, Jan 6 The Pension FundRegulatory andDevelopmentAuthority of India(PFRDA) run AtalPension Yojana (APY)has reached asubscriber base of 80lakh.The PFRDA said in astatement that thesubscribers' base underthe Atal PensionYojana (APY) hasreached more than 80lakhs and growing at agood pace.

3D Show & MagicShow at ScienceCentrePort Blair, Jan.6The Science Centre atGoodwill Estate,Corbyn's Cove Road isorganizing a Special3D Show on 7thJanuary, 2018 at 5.30pm & 6.15 pm withentry fee of 20/- perhead. Further, thereshall be a ScienceMagic Show at 5.30pm. The programme isspecially designed tounravel the mysteriesbehind each magic &its scientific value in avery simple & fun filledway for all age groups.The entry fee for theshow is 10/- per head.

Visit of Super-SpecialistsdeferredPort Blair, Jan.6The general publichave been informedthat the scheduled visitof Super-Specialistsfrom Medica SuperSpecialty Hospital,Kolkata to GB PantHospital, Port Blairfrom Jan.8 to 13, 2018has been deferred dueto administrativereasons, acommunication said.

Student of GSSProthrapur diesPort Blair, Jan.6The Principal, teachers,staff and students ofGovt. Sec. School,Prothrapur hascondoled the death ofMaster B Alex of ClassVII of the school, acommunication said.

Staff Correspondent

Port Blair, Jan.06

The Golden Jubilee of

Carmel Sr. Sec. School is

being celebrated in the

School Complex. As part of

the celebration, a function

was held in the Mother

Veronica Auditorium of the

School, in which Rt. Rev.

Bishop Alex Dias, sfx,

Bishop of Andaman and

Nicobar Islands was the

chief guest. Sr. M Marcella,

AC, Provincial Superior,

Eastern Province, Shri

Sandip J Jaques, Secretary

(Vig. & Tourism), Shri Udit

Prakash Rai, Deputy

Commissioner (SA), Shri

Subhankar Ghose, Director

of Education graced the

occasion as the guests of

honour.

Addressing the function,

Bishop Dias urged the

Carmel fraternity to inspire

students learn to live in

Entertaining programme marks Golden

Jubilee celebration of Carmel School

peace with each other as

human being, respect

every individual and to

spread the message of love

to all. He recalled the time

when Carmel School was

established in the Islands

in July 16, 1968, the

response of the School

was so much, that as many

as 300 students were

registered on the very first

day.

In her welcome address,

the Principal of the School,

Sr. Maria Reshma briefed

the gathering about the

activities of the School and

said that the School has

excellent track of records in

its endeavor, to educate

Get your A.C serviced every year before summer, which will make your machine as good as new.

Staff Reporter

Port Blair, Jan.6

Three new vessels with a carrying capacity of around 150 passengers

have arrived and will join the existing fleet with its commissioning shortly.

This was revealed by the Chief Port Administrator (CPA), Shri R D

Tripathi while addressing media persons in a press conference held in

the conference hall of PMB recently. He further disclosed that the

handing and taking over process is on and the vessel will basically ply

in harbour sector.

The ships have been named as M V Dugong, M V Padauk and M V

Sher Ali.

Three new vessels to join

Isles fleet of ships shortly

Port Blair, Jan.6

As a part of its community

policing initiatives, the

Nicobar District police

organised a cultural

programme along with

skits/plays to create

awareness against ATM

frauds & other social evils

at Car Nicobar recently. The

main objective of the

campaign was to

disseminate information

about various social issues

as well as to win the

confidence of the people.

In the endeavour of A&N

Police to bridge the gap

between police and the

community through

community policing

initiatives, two cultural

programmes were

organized by the Police

Entertainment Team one at

Awareness campaign by Police

entertainment team at Car Nicobar

Kinyuka and another at

Perka village of Car

Nicobar. During the

program, various skits/

plays were also performed

by the members of Police

Port Blair, Jan.6

Owing to the speedy action

by police team of PS

Pahargaon, two cases of

burglary have been solved,

along with recovery of 840

grams of illicit ganja and

arrest of two accused

persons. On receiving a

complaint of burglary in a

house on the night of New

Year in which an ATM card

was stolen among other

articles and subsequent

withdrawal of Rs 14,000

from ATM card, the police

team headed by SHO

Pahargaon, Insp. Sahil

Shamsuddin acted swiftly

and caught the thief with

recovery of ATM card and

money. It later came to the

light that the accused

Police solves two cases

of burglaryHamza was involved in

another case of theft at

New Wandoor registered

at PS Humfrygunj. This

information was

immediately conveyed to

PS Humphrygunj and a

team of Police personnel led

by Insp. K. Binoj

immediately joined the

investigating party and the

stolen articles i.e. two gold

Rings and one Gold chain

were recovered.

On further interrogation,

the accused Hamza

disclosed about

possession of contraband

Ganja by his accomplice

and soon a raiding team of

PS Pahargaon

apprehended one E. Enosh,

Port Blair, Jan.6

A team of Engineers

comprising Shri Jagannath

Sen (EE, PRIs, S/A), Smti

K. Anitha Kumari (EE, V &

M, RD, PRIs & ULB), AEs

and PRIs of Ferrargunj

Samiti visited Gram

Panchayat Mannarghat

Jan.4 in connection with

verification of span to

assess the longevity of

Cement Concrete Road. As

a witness, they executed C

C Road work 2.40 M x 5.00

Team of Engineers inspects work

Port Blair, Jan.6

A three-days

training programme for

SMC/ PRI under SSA was

organised at Cluster

Resource Centre, DIET,

Garacharama from 04th

January 2018 to 06th

January, 2018. Smti.

Rubana Aziz,Ward

C o u n c i l l o r , W a r d

No.18,PBMC inaugurated

the training programme as

chief guest. In her address,

she underlined that the

SMC must be trained to

know the roles and

responsibilities for the

betterment of the school

and society. Shri.Lokesh

Kumar,CRC Coordinator,

DIET, welcomed the

gathering, a

communication said.

Training for SMC/ PRI

under SSA

Nominate regular Teachers for

conducting Board Exam: CBSENew Delhi, Jan.6

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) would be conducting AISSE and

AISSCE Examinations in March, 2018 for Secondary and Senior Secondary Level.

Smooth and efficient conduct of class X and XII Examinations along with declaration

of result in time and with accuracy has always been the foremost endeavor, a circular

issued by CBSE recently said. To ensure quality and error free evaluation of the

answer booklets, the Board requires a large number of experienced and trained

teachers to complete the whole process in a time bound manner.

CBSE has always strived to ensure that the conduct of Board Examinations and

declaration of results should enjoy the complete confidence and trust of the public at

large. Therefore, it is important to address some of the critical issues that have a

bearing on the process of evaluation. The Board has relied on the schools to depute

and relieve regular and experienced teachers for evaluation work. However, it has

been observed in the past that the schools are not cooperating with the Board in

nominating/deputing and relieving their regular and experienced teachers for

Board's Evaluation Process for full duration. The directions of the Board in this

regard are not being followed by the school in letter and spirit.

In this regard, attention is invited to Rule 13 sub clause 4 of Affiliation Bye-Laws of

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the Board which stipulates that "the building and

New Delhi, Jan 6

The Cen tre plans to

connect the Indian

Railways with Asian

countries for the effective

implementation of Shri

Narendra Modi

government's Act East

Policy. This was stated by

the Minister of State for

Railways Minister Rajen

Gohain at the flagging-off

ceremony of the Agartala-

Bengaluru Cant Hamsafar

Express at the Agartala

railway station yesterday.

He said the North Eastern

Region is being

connected with

neighbouring Bangladesh

th rough the Agar tala-

Akhaura rail line, and the

survey is underway in

Manipur for extension of

railways up to Moreh on

the India-Myanmar

border.

Govt. plans to

connect railways

with Asian

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SEVA SUCHNAYEINALLTHE SAILINGS ARE SUBJECT TO WEATHER CONDITIONS

INTER ISLAND SECTOR:

MV Bharat Seema will sail for Car Nicobar via Hut Bay on 12.01.2018

(Fri) at 0700 Hrs from Haddo Wharf and will sail for Port Blair on

13.01.2018 (Sat) at 1600 Hrs from Car Nicobar via Hut Bay. Passenger

tickets for the above sailing will be issued to the general public on

10.01.2018 (Wed) from 0900 Hrs onwards at STARS Ticketing Counters

& CSC's. Similarly booking of cargo t ickets will commence from

10.01.2018 between 0900 Hrs to 1300 Hrs at Commercial Wing. All the

consigners are advised to book actual quantity of cargo to be transshipped,

as no excess cargo will be allowed.

HUT BAY SECTOR:

MV Coral Queen will sail for Hut Bay on 07.01.2018 (Sun) at 0700 Hrs

from Haddo Wharf and will sail for Port Blair on the same day at 2100

Hrs from Hut Bay.

MV Bharat Seema will sail for Hut Bay on 08.01.2018 (Mon) at 0800 Hrs


Hrs from Hut Bay.

MV Bharat Seema will sail for Hut Bay on 09.01.2018 (Tue) at 2000 Hrs

from Haddo Wharf and will sail for Port Blair on 10.01.2018 (Wed) at

0800 Hrs from Hut Bay.

MV Coral Queen will sail for Hut Bay on 11.01.2018 (Thu) at 2100 Hrs

from Haddo Wharf and will sail for Port Blair on 12.01.2018 (Fri) at 0800

Hrs from Hut Bay.

Note: Passenger tickets for the above sailings for Hut Bay on 9th & 11th

Jan., 2018 will be issued to the general public from 08.01.2018 (Mon)

from 0900 Hrs onwards at STARS Ticketing Counters & CSC's.

Cargo ServiceM V Chuglam will sail for Campbell Bay via Hut Bay, Car Nicobar,

Chowra, Teressa, Katchal and Nancowry on Jan.12, 2018 at 0600 hrs

from Haddo/Chatham Warf and will sail for Port Blair immediately after

discharging/loading of Cargo at respective ports. Bookings for the cargo

for the above sail will commence from Jan.9, 2018 from 0900 hrs

onwards at commercial wing. Similarly, loading of cargo will be done

on Jan.11, 2018 at Haddo Warf. All the consigners are advised to book

actual quantity of cargo to be transshipped, as no excess cargo will be

allowed.

07.01.2018 (SUNDAY)

BARATANG

MV Katchal will sail for Baratang on 07.01.2018 (Sun) at 0700 Hrs from

Phoenix Bay Jetty and will sail for Port Blair on the same day at 1515

Hrs from Baratang.

HAVELOCK & NEIL ISLAND

MV North Passage will sail for Havelock on 07.01.2018 (Sun) at 0620

Hrs from Phoenix Bay Jetty and will sail for Port Blair on the same day

at 0900 Hrs from Havelock.

MV Bambooka will sail for Neil Island on 07.01.2018 (Sun) at 0630 Hrs

from Phoenix Bay Jetty and will sail for Port Blair on the same day at

0845 Hrs from Neil Island.

MV Bambooka will sail for Neil Island on 07.01.2018 (Sun) at 1100 Hrs

from Phoenix Bay Jetty and will sail for Port Blair on the same day at

1600 Hrs from Neil Island.

MV Bambooka will sail for Havelock on 07.01.2018 (Sun) at 1300 Hrs

from Neil Island Jetty and will sail back to Neil Island on the same day


MV North Passage will sail for Havelock on 07.01.2018 (Sun) at 1400

Hrs from Phoenix Bay Jetty and will sail for Port Blair on the same day


HUT BAY

MV Coral Queen will sail for Hut Bay on 07.01.2018 (Sun) at 0700 Hrs


Hrs from Hut Bay.

Death condoledPort Blair, Jan.6

The State President of BJP,

Shri Vishal Jolly and other

Party Leaders have

condoled the death of a

social worker and old

settler of Keralapuram,

Diglpur, Shri T J Kurian, 93

yrs old who passed away

following brief illness at

Diglipur Hospital, a

communication said.

Port Blair, Jan.6

The league-cum-knockout

Stumper Bal l Cricket

Tournament organized by the

Regional Sports Council, Port

Blair will begin on Jan.7, 2018

at 2 pm at Velodrome near Netaji

Stadium. The Deputy

Commissioner, South Andaman

District, Shri. Udit Prakash Rai

Badminton Open

Championship-

cum-Selection trialPort Blair, Jan.6

Badminton Open

Championship-cum-Selection

trial of Veteran, Junior and Sub-

Junior is scheduled to be held

at Port Blair from Jan.19 to 23,

2018. The interested players

have been requested to

register their entries in the State

Olympic Office, Netaji Stadium,

Port Blair before Jan.19, 2018

during working hours, a

communication said.

Port Blair, Jan.6

The CRPF Unit Dollygunj,

Port Blair will utilize the

Police Firing Range at

Birdline, Prothrapur on

Jan.8 and 9, 2018 for annual

range classification firing

practice (ARCF) from 0700

hrs to 1200 hrs. The

general public should be

made aware to keep

themselves and their cattle

away from the firing range.

Stumper Ball Cricket

Tournament from todaywill inaugurate the tournament

as the chief guest. The

Secretary (Education/ Sports),

A&N Administration , Shri.

Arava Gopi Krishna will grace

the occasion as the guest of

honor. The Chairman RSC,

Port Blair, Shri I.P.Singh will also

be present on the occasion, a

communication said.

Wellington, Jan 6

New Zealand ended

Pakistan's run of nine

consecutive wins in one-day

internationals when they beat

the Champions Trophy

holders by 61 runs under the

Duckworth-Lewis system on

Saturday to open the five-

match series.

Captain Kane Williamson

made 115 to lead New

Zealand to 315-7 as they

batted first after losing the toss.

Pakistan were 166-6 after 30.1

overs when rain brought the

match to an early end.

Opener Fakhar Zaman was

82 not out and Faheem Ashraf

17 was not out but Pakistan

were well short of the 227 runs

it needed to win the match

under the Duckworth-Lewis

system when rain finally set in.

New Zealand swing bowler

Tim Southee captured two

New Zealand vs Pakistan, 1st ODI:

Black Caps beat Champions Trophy

winners by 61 runs

wickets in the first over of the

Pakistan innings to place the

tourists under immediate

pressure in reply.

Southee trapped both Azhar

Ali (6) and Babar Azam (0) lbw

within his opening over, then

took a catch from Trent Boult's

bowling to dismiss Mohammad

Hafeez (1) to leave Pakistan's

innings in disarray at 13-3.

Fakhar batted superbly to

recover the innings, reaching

his half-century from 63 balls

and putting on 78 for the sixth

wicket with Shadab Khan. But

Pakistan never approached

the run-rate they needed to

win the match whether or not

rain intervened.

New Zealand were on top

from the start as Williamson,

currently the No. 4-ranked

batsman in ODI cricket,

reached his 10th ODI century

from 106 balls to lead his team

to a record total at the Basin

Reserve.

Firing practiceMeanwhile, the Indian

Coast Guard Station, Port

Blair wil l ut il ize the

Chin the long Range

Brichgunj on Jan.10, 2018

for firing practice from

0935 hrs to 1400 hrs. All

concerned have been

warned to keep

themselves and their

vehicle or livestock away

from the firing range, a

communication said.

M as a part of main work

'C/o CC Road from main

road to Mohammed Ali

Master land near Training

School i/c drain also under

Mannarghat Gram

Panchayat'. The Pradhan,

Shri O. Bashir was also

present, a communication

said.

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furniture of affiliated Institutions shall be placed at the disposal of the Board for conducting any examination

and spot evaluation free of charge. The Management and the Principal shall cooperate with the Board in the

conduct of examinations and evaluation of scripts. If asked by the Board, the school shall provide at least

one examiner in each subject offered by the school and more than one, if more than 200 students have been

sent for the examination. In case they fail to do so, the Board shall have the right to take appropriate action

including initiating action for disaffiliation of the school".

Further, Rule 17.2(a) (xi) of Affiliation Bye-Laws also states that the affiliation of the school may be

withdrawn by the Board, in case of any misconduct in connection with the admissions/examinations/any

other area.

Therefore, schools affiliated with CBSE are directed to , ensure that all teachers, teaching classes IX to

XII, for all subjects, register themselves, on the examination portal and fill the teachers database; relieve

all those-teachers for evaluation of answer script who are identified by CBSE for this purpose; ensure that

all teachers identified as evaluators of answer script are given no other teaching or school related work

during the evaluation days so that they can focus completely on evaluation, thereby raising quality of

evaluation; ensure that all teachers undergo requisite training for pre-evaluation mandated by CBSE;

it will be the Board's prerogative to identify/select CNS/Head Examiners and Examiners from amongst the

data received by the Board.

Non-compliance of the above directions will be seen as a misconduct in connection with examinations and

the Board will be compelled to take strong action including penalty and/or further action of disaffiliation

under Rule 17.2 (a)(xi) of Affiliation Bye-Laws, a circular said.

people both men and women. She lauded the contribution

of the teachers, who put in selfless services for the

School to achieve best academic results.

The function was addressed among others by Shri

Sandip Jaques, Shri Udit Prakash Rai and Shri Subhankar

Ghoshe. They highlighted the School's contribution in

the field of education in the Islands.

A variety of colourful cultural programme was presented

by the students of the School.

Entertaining programme...(Contd. from page 1)

Entertainment Team on

topical issues such as ill

effects of alcohol and

tobacco and ATM fraud

cases, a communication

said.

Awareness ...(Contd. from page 1)

development in the Island conditions including the

Lakshadweep Islands.

Speaking on the occasion, the guest of honour Shri.

Vinod Chamoli, DIG, Chief Staff Officer, Personal and

Administration, Coast Guard Region (A&N) expressed

his happiness over the conduct of such training

programme for the employees of Coast Guard. Shri.

Manoj Kumar, DGM, NABARD mentioned the role of

NABARD in agricultural development. Earlier, Dr. L.B.

Singh, Senior Scientist & Head (I/c), ICAR-KVK,

Sippighat welcomed the gathering. Dr. V.K. Pandey,

Course Coordinator briefed about the training

programme, a communication said.

In-service training on...(Contd. from page 1)

with 840 gms of Illicit Ganja from Bathubasti area. The

accused was immediately arrested and a criminal case

was registered at PS Pahargaon against the accused, a

communication said.

Police solves...(Contd. from page 1)

Nominate regular Teachers for conducting ...(Contd. from page 1)

Ricky Ponting

appointed Delhi

Daredevils coachMumbai, Jan 4

Australian batting great Ricky

Ponting was today appointed

coach of the Delhi Daredevils

franchise for the upcoming Indian

Premier League.

The announcement was made

by Delhi Daredevils CEO

Hemant Dua as he welcomed the

three-time World Cup winner.

Ponting takes over the reins at

DD from former India captain

Rahul Dravid, who had stepped

down after the previous season

owing to BCCI's conflict-of-

interest regulations.

Dravid chose to coach India A

and India Under-19 teams over

the IPL franchise.

Cape Town, Jan 6

South Africa reached 65 for two in their second

innings at stumps after dismissing India for 209

on the second day of the opening cricket Test in

Cape Town on Saturday.

Hardik Pandya scored a strokeful 95-ball 93-run

innings and added 99 runs alongwith Bhuvneshwar

Kumar (25) for the eighth wicket to help India

manage to score 209 in reply to South Africa's first

innings total of 286.

At the draw of stumps, Hashim Amla (4) was at the

crease and giving him company was Kagiso

Rabada (2) with the hosts leading by 142 runs.

Brief scores: South Africa 1st innings: 286 India

1st innings: 209 allout in 73.4 overs (Hardik Pandya

93; Vernon Philander 3/33). PTI ATK South Africa

2nd innings: 65 for two in 20 overs (Aiden Markram

34; Hardik Pandya 2/17).

India vs South Africa first test

India mopped up for 209, South

Africa 65-2 at stumps

Colombo, Jan 6

Sanath Jayasuriya, one of Sri

Lanka’s legendary all -

rounders, was nicknamed the

‘Matara Marauder’ during his

playing days. At his peak, he

used rip apart the best bowling

attacks and with his explosive

batting, he had acquired a

reputation of being the most

destructive batsman of his

period.

However, the 48-year-old is

currently undergoing tough

times after his retirement. The

Sanath Jayasuriya, cricket’s ex

master blaster, struggling to walk

former chairman of selectors

is currently suffering from a

knee injury so severe that he

is unable to walk without

crutches.

Brisbane, Jan 6

Ukraine's Elina Svitolina

laid down her marker as a

serious contender for the

Australian Open when she

demolished Belarusian

qual ifier Aliaksandra

Sasnovich 6-2, 6-1 in the

Brisbane International

final on Saturday.

Svitolina won five titles on

the WTA tour last year,

more than any other

woman.

She ended the year ranked

sixth in the world, but will

climb two places when the

new rankings are released

on Monday and will go into

the year's first Grand Slam

as the fourth seed.

Elina Svitolina with the

Brisbane International title.

AP Elina Svitolina with the

Brisbane International title.

AP

The 23-year-old had a tough

path to the decider, having

to overcome two top-10

players, Johanna Konta and

Karolina Pliskova, along the

way.

She was far too strong for

Sasnovich, who struggled to

cope both with the

Ukrainian's serve and her

relentless barrage of

groundstrokes from the

back of the court.

Sasnovich was playing in

her first final on the WTA

tour and her nerves showed

in the early stages as

Svitolina broke her early

Brisbane International: Elina Svitolina breezes

past Aliaksandra Sasnovich to lift title

and raced away to a 3-1

lead.

The Belarusian steadied the

ship but she was always

under pressure and serving

at 2-5, she cracked.

Svitolina pounced,

breaking her again and

wrapping up the set in 31

minutes.

Sasnovich was also playing

her eighth match in nine

days and her movement

around the court appeared

slightly slower than in her

previous outings.

Port Blair, Jan.6

An Art, Science & Craft

exhibition was organized

today at Vivekananda

Kendra Vidyalaya, Rangat.

It was organized with a

view to encourage and

inculcate a creative temper

amongst students. The

students showcased their

talents in Science,

Mathematics, Languages,

Social Science and Craft.

Art, Science & Craft Exhibition

held at VKV Rangat

The chief guest for the

occasion was Shri Jebestin

A, DFO, Rangat. At the

outset, Shri.CH. Shanmuga

Rao, Principal welcomed the

gathering. In his address,

Shri Jebestin spoke about

the importance of skill

development and how to

nurture one's inner talents.

Nearly 51 exhibits were

displayed by the students,

a communication said.

Gandhi, Jyoti Jha Tripurari, Tripurari Mohan

Prasad and Krishna Kumar Prasad were

sentenced 7 year jail. Other convicts Phool

Chand, Mahesh Prasad, Bake Julious, Sunil

Kumar, Sushil Kumar, Sudhir Kumar, R K Rana,

Subir Bhattacharya and Raja Ram were also

sentenced to 3.5 years in jail and a fine of Rs 5

lakh each was imposed.

The scam is related to withdrawal of 89 lakh 27

thousand rupees from the Deogarh Treasury

between 1990 and 1994 when Prasad was the chief

minister of Bihar.

The 69-year-old RJD supremo, in a written plea

yesterday, had sought leniency from the CBI

court citing illness and old age, according to his

counsel Chittaranjan Prasad.

The RJD went into a huddle immediately after

the pronouncement of the sentence. RJD sources

said that the party would appeal against the

verdict.

This is the second fodder scam case in which

Prasad has been jailed. He was sent to prison for

five years on 30th September 2013.

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