Daily News (In Short)-4-June-2015

#* Maggi's troubles continue: Delhi bans sale for 15 days, Gujarat and Jharkhand to take decision today
Two more states will take a decision on Thursday whether to ban Maggi noodles amid mounting food-safety fears across the nation, deepening a crisis for manufacturer Nestle India whose shares have already taken a hammering in the stock market.The health ministers of Jharkhand and Gujarat – both BJP-ruled states – said on Wednesday that results of laboratory test on Maggi samples are expected by Thursday and decisions would be taken as soon as they are analysed.The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi banned the sale of Maggi noodles for 15 days since Wednesday while Maharashtra put off its decision to Friday after collecting fresh samples from several cities for laboratory tests.The debate over the popular noodles brand in the country – which has drawn in Bollywood stars into the controversy -- broke after food safety inspectors in Uttar Pradesh ordered recall of a 200,000-pack batch of noodles following spot checks which showed elevated levels of monosodium glutamate (MSG), a flavour enhancer, and lead 17 times above the permissible limit.

#* Financial package: Badal cautious in conveying resentment with Centre
With Union minister of state for finance Jayant Sinha recently shooting down Punjab's demand for a special financial package, terming it a prosperous state, chief minister Parkash Singh Badal on Wednesday was cautious while conveying his resentment against the Centre.Talking to the media on the sidelines of a function here, Badal said, "Sinha is wrong in saying that Punjab is a prosperous state. We are not prosperous. I will not comment on the issue further. Sinha is only a minister in the government and his comments should not be taken as those of the entire Centre."The chief minister tried to duck the queries by saying that the media highlighted only negative things. "What we got in the first year of the NDA government is not its priority, but what we did not get is being highlighted," he said.On being asked for his reaction to the Centre refusing the special package to the state, Badal defended the Modi government and blamed the previous Congress government at the Centre for this. He said the Congress government ensured that the coffers of the government were empty before they left.

#* Two Delhi-based women gangraped in Goa by 5 men posing as cops
Panaji: Two Delhi-based women were allegedly gangraped and assaulted by five men, who posed as officers of the anti-narcotic cell of police, at a flat in Anjuna beach village in North Goa, police said on Wednesday.The women, aged 22 and 30, were holidaying in Goa and had hired a taxi to go to Anjuna beach when the accused stopped them midway in Arpora village posing as anti-narcotic cell officers.Goa-Police-PTI"The accused posed as policemen and waylaid a taxi in which the two women were travelling to Anjuna on Monday night," Superintendent of Police Umesh Gaonkar told PTI on Wednesday.They frisked the women's bags and then took them to the flat where they allegedly raped and beat them.All the five accused were arrested on Wednesday from the flat, in the presence of victims, after the taxi driver complained to the police.

#* Nitish not keen on alliance, asks party to gear up for polls
PATNA: Chief minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday asked his party's elected representatives and heads of various cells from different districts to go to the poll battle in their respective areas. He will keep meeting the party MLAs and MPs from different districts till June 17.Sources said Nitish's pep talk centred around the proposed alliance with Lalu Prasad's RJD, former CM Jitan Ram Manjhi and the development works done in Bihar under his leadership. "Gathbandhan ho toh bhi thik, nah ho toh bhi thik (if alliance with RJD happens, alright; if not, no problem)," he said, exhorting them to tell the electorate about the works done in the state during the nine years of his chief ministership."I have not done anything wrong which should make you feel ashamed. Even he is speaking against me whom I elevated to the top. Now, he is talking about making a Nitish-free Bihar," Nitish said, in an oblique reference to Manjhi.

#* Gujarat Class 10 board results: Declared
Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) has declared the Class 10 board results. The results were declared today, i.e. on June 4 at 6 am. The candidates can check their result on the official website of Gujarat board which is: www.gseb.org

In order to check the result the candidates must follow the steps listed below:

Open the official website
Click on the 'result' tab
Click on 'SSC/Class 10 result 2015' link
Enter your details (name, roll number, etc.)
Submit
The result will appear on the screen.
Once the students check the results, the students must download their results or print a copy of the result for future reference. The students who will be dissatisfied with the results can also check their answer sheets for re-checking. The students who do not have any internet facilities or cannot access the board's website, can check their result through their cell phones.  The students either message their roll numbers or call the board in order to check their result.
GSHSEB declared Class 12 Science stream result on May 28 and Class 12 General stream result on May 30. This year, over 10 lakh students appeared for Class 12 board exams and over 9 lakh students appeared for Class 10 board exams in the Gujarat state.

#* 30 lakh Muslims join BJP during membership drive
LUCKNOW: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to the Muslim community to judge him on the basis of his action and performance, reports from the states show that there has been drastic jump in the number of Muslims joining the BJP during the recently concluded membership drive. Even though these members were inducted through 'missed calls', the increase is unprecedented, say the party workers involved with the drive. Until the last update, around 30 lakh Muslims had joined BJP in the recent drive. Although the party's national minority cell chief Abdul Rasheed Ansari said that the exact strength of Muslims in the party was never calculated earlier, it could be roughly said that it has almost doubled now. Membership figures made available to TOI by the minority cell indicate that states where BJP is in power have seen the maximum surge in Muslims joining the party. Around 4 lakh of them have joined in MP, followed by Gujarat (2.6 lakh), Delhi (2.5 lakh), West Bengal (2.3 lakh) Rajasthan and Assam (over 2 lakh each). UP BJP has also recorded around 1.75 lakh 'missed calls' from Muslims. 

#* Angry relatives of Chinese riverboat passengers make own way to wreck
Jianli, China (CNN)Relatives of passengers of a capsized Chinese riverboat, angry at what they see as official indifference, are making their own way in an impromptu nighttime march to the place they believe their loved ones perished.Some of them pooled their money to rent a bus in Nanjing, where the Yangtze River cruise began, for the 10-hour drive to Jianli, near where the Eastern Star capsized late Monday with more than 450 people aboard. More than 370 are still missing.

#* Government gears up to ring-fence farmers, prices from poor rains
As the spectre of deficient monsoon looms large, the government today announced a number of contingency measures to minimise the losses in agriculture and power sectors, safeguard farmers' interest and keep prices under check.The downward revision to the monsoon forecast -- from 'below normal' to 'deficient' -- has already sparked drought fears, pushing stock markets into a freefall and raising doubts about economic recovery. The benchmark BSE Sensex tanked over 1,000 points in the past two days, washing out over Rs 3 lakh crore in market capitalisation.

#* Ratan Tata buys into women's fashion portal Kaaryah; 'we are honoured', says the start-up
Iconic business leader Ratan Tata has acquired a stake in Kaaryah, a fashion portal for women's wear, making it his latest personal investment in technology ventures.However, the company declined to disclose the quantum and value of the stake, which Tata Group's former chief has invested in his personal capacity."We are honoured by Ratan Tata's investment in Kaaryah. This validation from Tata is an endorsement, of the highest order, of our vision of creating a world class brand," said Kaaryah Founder Nidhi Agarwal.Ratan Tata. PTIRatan Tata. PTI Tata, who retired as the head of over USD 100-billion conglomerate in December 2012 and currently serves as chairman emeritus of Tata Sons, has emerged as a major venture capital investor since his retirement. He has already made personal investments in homegrown e-commerce players like Snapdeal, Urban Ladder, Bluestone and Cardekho.com. He has also invested in mobile commerce firm Paytm and wind energy start-up Altaeros Energies.

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