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What's in a name? Fame!

Preetam and Surbhi. (TOI Photo)

What’s there in a name? Lots, as was evident at the party organised by Pranay Tidke and wife Meghna for the naming ceremony of their daughter. Many prominent people of the city came to bless the child and wish the couple.
CHOOSING A NAME
The trend these days is to have a unique or a different name for the newly-born. Not to speak of numerology, which also determines the number of characters a name should have. On asking the Tidkes whether this influenced them in any way, Pranay said, "Not at all! We just liked the sound of Khyati. It means fame and I am sure she will live up to it. I don't believe in numerology at all."
GUEST LIST
Apart from some close relatives and friends, the guest list also included few of the city’s who's who. While Vijay Darda found the do an occasion to catch up with some friends, Jyotsna Darda was seen having an extended conversation with the parents of the newborn. We caught up with Jyotsna Darda and asked her about the current brouhaha over names. She said, "In our times, the ceremony and the various rituals were a huge affair. Numerology etc. was secondary."
CATCHING UP
While many guests were enjoying the delicacies, Pushpalata and Vijaykumar Tidke, the grandparents were also busy meeting friends. Businessman Prasanna Gujarathi, who had come from Jalgaon for the function was seen busy in conversation with Vishal Jaiswal.
VAGARIES OF NATURE
With the showers soaking the venue a few hours before the function, Pranay was a worried man. He said, "I was praying that rains do
not act as a party pooper. And thankfully, the function went off without a hitch.This left the host a relieved man.

Jalgaon district with an ISO

Link: Assam's first tribal district with an ISO | South Asia.

With this endorsement, Karbi Anglong has become the fourth District in India that has the ISO 9001-2000 certification. The other three districts being Krishna in Andhra Pradesh, and Latur and Jalgaon in Maharashtra.

Network of terrorist in Jalgaon, Training in religious programme

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Sunday March 09, 2008 “Network of terrorist in Jalgaon, Training in religious programme” Marathi Daily spews venom 

Legal action must be taken instead of presenting memorandum in case of baseless accusation By Sayed Ali Anjum Rizvi The famous “Marathi Daily” news paper created tension and terror on large scale in the whole district. It should be noted that Marahti Daily printed a most disturbing headline on its front page “Network of terrorist in Jalgaon, youths are trained Programme, ATS investigated, Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) may be involved” on February 20, 2008. This sensational news of Marathi Daily distressed Muslims on a large scale. Particularly Muslim streets of Jalgaon seem to be quite silent. Marathi Daily printed the news in bold letters on front page as follows:

“Maharashtra youths are instigated to commit terrorist attack in the name of Ijtema (Religious Programme) in India.  In this regard the arrival of Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad in Jalgaon to examine the situation is good news”. To consider Jalgaon as the den of SIMI and terrorist act of Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) once again has been the topic of discussion. Marathi Daily, coinciding with the religious programme of Muslims as the “centre of terrorist’s activities and training camp of youth” shocked Muslims. The newspaper further writes: Some educated and sharp minded youths possibly had slipped into the city on the occasion of recent Ijtema (Perhaps paper meant Malegaon Ijtema).

Similarly some youths were assembled from Jalgaon,Aurangabad,

Malegaon, Woodnir, and Khakurdi by secret sources. Leadership was experimented to commit destruction in the country. It is also learnt that some youths may be sent to Pakistan to get training. It is also learnt that some youths of Jalgaon will join this training camp. Having gone through this news, police has been alert in the area. Police initiated investigation as well to know the reality of the news. Police neither verified this news nor denied it”. According to this “Marathi Daily” Jalgaon is the target of terrorists. ATS indicated Jalgaon to be alert. The publication of this news not only created fear and horror in Muslim community but other communities are also afraid and feeling themselves unsafe. Newspaper further writes “According to concrete sources, ATS took the initiative to move towards Jalgaon to instill a sense of confidence and security in people. Meanwhile a Malegaon doctor is believed to be the real culprit. A thorough probe would be carried out harshly and speedily”, sources said. A doctor’s arrest naturally will create trouble among doctors. In addition to that, newspaper did not reveal the name of doctor which may create further tension. According to the said news paper, Jalgaon police have been alert in the wake of serious situation in the city.    

The newspaper writes “local police administration became alert as soon ATS informed the dangerous situation of the city. The chief of terrorist is started revealing the information about their planning.  Local police verified it. On one side Marathi Daily writes that police did not confirm the investigation but on the other side, the newspaper reported that police has confirmed that the chief terrorist is being investigated. In the end of the news Marathi once more mentioned that ATS did not say anything regarding investigation. The paper writes under the title of “No comments by ATS” that in this regard when superintendent of ATS, Bawaskar was contacted, he said, “No comments” in this sentence he kept something secret”.

Similarly many ambiguous statements are there in the news. The most shocking news is that educated people are involved in terrorist activities and are being trained to commit destruction.

Paper further writes that ATS have doubt that besides doctors of

Malegaon there are professors and many other educated people to be trained. By the way, investigation has been initiated by secret meetings. What kind of information will be revealed and who are involved in the case, Police along with people are waiting.      The news of involvement of doctors, professors and educated people created terror in educated group of people. After publishing the news the well-known people of Jalgaon city proved their awareness by presenting a memorandum to district administration and police department. Likewise they have words with the administration of Marathi Daily News paper. The memorandum was printed on second day on February 21, 2008. The title of the news was “Muslim community is ready to face any kind of enquiry”. This news covered the statement of MLA Suresh Jain of Jalgaon that Collector of the district should investigate the case.

Paper further writes that “Muslim community will lead to investigate the network of terrorist; Muslims of the Jalna city along with Muslims of whole district will face the investigation of ATS”. Such courageous step was taken by the social leaders on Wednesday.

Marathi Daily moreover writes that the head of Muslim delegation met with the editor of the newspaper and presented him a memorandum in which they expressed their opinions. The delegation discussed with the editor and said that no particular community should be targeted. According to newspaper, in memorandum Muslim delegation assured that Muslim does not have any kind of objection on investigation and they readily will face it. Any Muslim of the city or district have not committed any mischievous deed; yet every Muslim will co-operate with the police definitely. How to maintain peace and harmony between two communities is responsibility for all citizens.    (Translated from Urdu by Sadre Shaikh Qasmi)  

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For some farmers, loan waiver is a bitter-sweet deal

Link: For some farmers, loan waiver is a bitter-sweet deal.

Jalgaon, Maharashtra: "All agricultural loans disbursed by scheduled commercial banks, regional rural banks and cooperative credit institutions up to March 31, 2007 and overdue as on December 31, 2007 will be waived off under a scheme of debt waiver and debt relief for farmers."

These words of Union Finance Minister P Chadambaram in his Budget Speech have already brought some cheers across the countryside.

And bankers, too, can relax. For, it's not a write-off on their books. In fact, they stand to regain some money, which they had given up as lost forever.

"The advantage here is that most banks had written off many of these loans as bad debts. Now this could be corrected. Besides, the FM has formidably made it clear that banks would be compensated well," HDFC Bank MD Deepak Parekh says.

But while some farmers are celebrating their 'gains', there are others who feel they made a mistake by being honest.

"What the Government has done is not correct. What about those of us who've already paid back our debts? How is this fair on us? In this case, the government should deposit our money too in our accounts," a farmer in Chopada-Jalgaon, Bhushan Birari Patil, demands.

The Union Finance Minister's intentions may have been noble, but with banking tied up in procedure and moneylenders going on the back foot, Chidambaram's farm loan waiver has come as a bitter-sweet boon for the farmers in North Maharashtra.

For the average honest farmer, it's the worry of a new kind — a 'regret' of having paid back the entire loan amount and a 'fear' of having lost his only access to emergency money. For, with money lenders now shying away from lending money any more, the farmer does not have any access to easy loans in case of a crisis.

"In case of an emergency, it was only a money-lender who'd give us money even at night," another farmer in Pathonda, Jalgaon, Vinayak Deva Birari, says.

"Look at it this way: if I borrow Rs 1 lakh from a bank, I only get Rs 85,000. And over and above that, I have to spend another Rs 7-8,000 as expenditure on filling forms, getting NOCs from 20-23 banks, buying stamp papers, arranging mortgages etc. And invariably it takes at least three months, " Nivruti Shinde, a trader and farmer, points out.

Local money lenders also add to the fear by saying that they would rather hold on to their money now instead of 'lending' and losing it.

"How convenient! Not all farmers borrow money only for agricultural purposes. It may even be for a daughter's wedding or for any other emergency. Today, anyone can now turn around and call it an agricultural loan and, therefore, not pay up," a money-lender, who didn't wish to be identified, says.

 

Tax holiday finds few takers in hotels sector

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Finance minister P Chidambaram’s move to provide tax holiday to the tourism sector received a lukewarm response from industry players. Giving an impetus to the tourism and hospitality sector, the finance minister announced the extension of the five-year tax holiday for two-star, three-star and four star hotels located in districts having a world heritage site.

Such hotels are required to be constructed and start functioning at any time during the period beginning April 1, 2008 and ending on March 31, 2013. Though many players have been clamouring for granting the infrastructure status to the segment, the Budget evaded any such expectation.

“It could have been wider. The tax holiday could be have been made for all tourist destinations,” said Madhavan Menon, managing director, Thomas Cook (India) Pvt Ltd.

Agra, Jalgaon, Chhatarpur, Thanjavur, 24 Parganas (excluding areas falling within Kolkata) and Darjeeling are among the areas falling under the specified districts having a world heritage site.

However, on the positive side, Peter Kerkar, director, Cox and Kings India Ltd, feels that the move by the government would boost supply of hotel rooms and encourage tour operators to promote these destinations more aggressively, which lack quality accommodation.

“It is a positive step from the government and provides incentive to operators to set up hotels in such heritage places and help in attracting greater tourists,” said Prabhat Pani, chief executive officer, Roots Corporation Ltd (Ginger Hotels).

Currently, Section 80-ID of the Income-tax Act provides for a five-year holiday to new hotels of two-star, three-star and four-star categories and convention centres. These hotels must be constructed and begin functioning between April 1, 2007, and March 31, 2010.

The tax concession is available to the hotels for five consecutive years from the beginning of the initial assessment year. Also these hotels must be locate in the National Capital Region.

Parties jostle for waiver credit

Link: The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) | Nation | Parties jostle for waiver credit.

Nagpur, Feb. 29: The race to hog credit for pushing through the farmers’ loan-waiver scheme has begun.

Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party has been the fastest of the lot, lining up a string of public meetings across Maharashtra to tom-tom as its achievement the waiver announced in the budget.

“Of course we will, now that the loan waiver has come through,” NCP spokesperson Madan Bafna said, brushing aside claims made by the Congress.

“We are thanking the UPA for accepting the proposals of the agriculture minister. Loan waiver is a historic decision, but it has come after a string of steps lined up by Pawar saheb, starting with the interest waiver on farmer loans.”

The first NCP rally is on March 2 in Akola. It will be followed by rallies at Kolhapur, Nagpur, Jalgaon, Thane and Beed. Pawar’s nephew Ajit and deputy chief minister R.R. Patil will participate.

Not to be left behind, the Congress made loud claims that it had been pushing the Centre to green-light the waiver.

“Had Pawar taken the initiative, the loan waiver should have come much earlier,” Congress spokesperson Husain Dalwai said in Mumbai.

Pawar had accompanied the Prime Minister to Vidarbha in July 2006 where the government had only announced an interest waiver of Rs 750 crore for farmers.

The Shiv Sena, which has been vocal in demanding the loan waiver at its Vidarbha rallies, demanded its share of credit, too.

“I consider the decision to be the victory of farmers’ unity,” Sena executive president Uddhav Thackeray said.

Uddhav has been slamming Pawar for paying more attention to cricket and Indian Premier League player auctions than to the dying farmers of Vidarbha.

“The waiver will provide relief only to those farmers who have taken money from financial institutions. What about those who have borrowed from private moneylenders at varied interest rates? We will continue our fight for such farmers,” Uddhav said

Indiantelevision.com > News Headlines > B.A.G Films and Media's Dhamaal 24 launches 3 stations

Link: Indiantelevision.com > News Headlines > B.A.G Films and Media's Dhamaal 24 launches 3 stations.

MUMBAI: B.A.G Films and Media FM venture Dhamaal 24 has launched at Ahmednagar, Jalgaon and Jabalpur, taking the total tally of its nationwide stations to nine.

                  

Dhamaal                     24 is already operational in Hissar, Karnal, Patiala, Simla,                     Muzzafarpur, Ranchi and Jabalpur.

                  

B.A.G                     Films and Media CSO Amit Ray said, "Maharashtra belt                     had already been successfully penetrated with the Dhule station.                     With Ahmednagar and Jalgaon also operational, Dhamaal 24's                     footprints in the sector will get further emboldened with                     its regional mix of jock talk as well as play list. The purely                     Hindi station of Jabalpur will experience programming tailor-made                     for the region."

                                     

Dhamaal                     24 programming head Shailja Naqvi said, "All these stations                     are going to follow full-bodied programming with all daily                     bands running full throttle. Shows like Morning Alarm,                     Mid-day Masti, Love Ka Fever Check and Ladies                     First will ensure that the regional tastes of the audiences                     are suitably catered to.

Upward movement of chana takes other pulses northward- Commodities-Markets-The Economic Times

Link: Upward movement of chana takes other pulses northward- Commodities-Markets-The Economic Times.

MUMBAI: An upward movement in chana prices has supported the prices of other pulses like tur, moong and urad that were going down on higher imports, good stock positions and arrivals.

The prices of pulses have gone up between Rs 150 to Rs 200 per quintal.In Bikaner and Delhi, chana is up by Rs 150 per quintal at Rs 2,320, in Indore, the kante wala chana variety traded at Rs 1,251 per quintal which was at Rs 1,175 level 15 days back.

In Jalgaon, chana has gone up to Rs 2,250 per quintal from Rs 2,010. In Jalgaon, price of most of the other pulses has moved up. Tur price has gone up to Rs 2,350 per quintal from Rs 2,100, moong is up at Rs 2,300 per quintal from Rs 2,050 while urad is up at Rs 2,200.Cold weather in the north has affected chana crops in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh though the traders in Rajasthan feel that damage may not be much.

Bikaner-based trader Sanjay Agrawal said 10-15% of crop may be damaged since crop is in podding stage. In Madhya Pradesh, however, the damage is not much as the crop is almost ready for harvesting and at some places harvesting has also started.Arrivals of new crop has started from Maharashtra and Karnataka but there has been delay in old crop arrivals from Rajasthan and MP to Delhi.

New crop from MP will come by the end of this month followed by Rajasthan by end of next month. Jalgaon-based pulses trader Satish Mittal said low stocks and arrivals and less imports with a rise in freight charges has led to the rise. “Freight charges to ship a tonne of pulse from Burma to India has gone up to $60 per tonne from $45 and that has also slowed down the imports,” said Mr Mittal.

Government report of a decline in pulses acreage is supporting prices. Pulses acreage declined to 130.7 lakh hectares compared to 137.65 last year and gram acreage is down at 79.31 lakh hectare from 83.08 in corresponding period last year. Amol Tilak from Kotak Commodities said: “Harvest can be delayed and arrivals are already down which is supporting chana. I expect bullishness to be maintained in chana and February contract price can touch Rs 2,500 level within a week.”

On Tuesday, February contract by 4.30 pm was at Rs 2,419 marginally down since Monday due to profit booking. nidhi.