Urban mobility shifts gear in Bhubaneswar

The buses are also running on the most sought-after routes such as Kalinga Nagar, Kalinga Vihar and Chakeisiani on the city outskirts.Similarly, the report of Mo Cycle programme revealed that the usage has gone up since its launch. It stated that the cycles have done 4,000 trips that mean 11 rides per bicycle per day. The registration for Mo Cycle app has reached 20,000."It has been a great start for the Mo Cycle programme and it is heartening to see so many people choosing to ride cycles for their everyday trips. Our aim is to nurture an enthusiastic cycling community in the city," said Krishan Kumar, Crut managing director.Sources said that a separate survey on user satisfaction has rated the Mo Cycle favourably. The programme has scored 47 per cent on convenience, 24 per cent on affordability and 30 per cent on green parameter. Crut's public bicycle sharing expert Anuj Malhotra said if people were finding the service convenient, it indicated that the initiative would achieve its objective of becoming an alternative transport system. Dailyhunthttps://www.openstreetmap.org/user/jiddusiddhus

Priyanka Chopra and Kareena Kapoor Khan to grace Koffee With Karan 6 finale

The filmmaker recently shared on his social media accounts that Kareena and Priyanka will appear on the season finale. He wrote, "SEASON FINALE!!! With the mega superstar girls! @priyankachopra #kareenakapoor." Priyanka and Kareena who have shared screen space in films like Aitraaz and Don shot for the episode on Wednesday before leaving for Isha Ambani and Anand Piramal's wedding in Mumbai. The photos from the sets surfaced on fan pages and later Karan shared them on his Instagram account. "Girls just wanna have fun!!!! #seasonfinale #koffeewithkaran," read the caption of a photo posted by Karan. In the previous season, Priyanka made a solo appearance on the show. Then, she talked at length about her Hollywood experience and also about her policy of not discussing her personal life in public. Then she said, "I have never spoken about my personal stuff. The world will know when there's a ring on the finger. Till then, I am single till I get married." Now, that PeeCee is returning on the show after walking down the aisle with American singer Nick Jonas, a lot of discussion around her wedding is expected to happen. A #KoffeeFinale like no other. #KoffeeWithKaran pic.twitter.com/DAF8rcFkPw - Star World (@StarWorldIndia) December 13, 2018 Also, Kareena, in the last season of Koffee With Karan, was accompanied by Sonam Kapoor. Then, KJo termed Kareena a 'pregnant stalker'. She also commented on Priyanka going to Hollywood. She said, "I am happy actors are leaving for Hollywood. I feel what Priyanka has done, I don't think everyone has the courage and passion. I do not have." Now, it will be interesting to see the camaraderie between the two beauties of Bollywood. Until now the celebrities who have graced the Koffee couch includes Alia Bhatt, Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh, Akshay Kumar, Arjun Kapoor, Janhvi Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, Katrina Kaif, Kajol, Ajay Devgn and several others. The next episode of the show will feature the two heartthrobs of the nation, Vicky Kaushal and Ayushmann Khurrana. function catchException() {try{ twitterJSDidLoad(); }catch(e){}} function getAndroidVersion(ua) {ua = (ua || navigator.userAgent).toLowerCase(); var match = ua.match(/android\\s([0-9\\.]*)/);return match ? match[1] : false;}; var versions='4.2.2'; var versionArray=versions.split(',');var currentAndroidVersion=getAndroidVersion();if(versionArray.indexOf(currentAndroidVersion)!=-1){var blocks = document.getElementsByTagName('blockquote'); for(var i = 0; i < blocks.length; i++){blocks[i].innerHTML = '';}}Dailyhunthttps://amara.org/en/profiles/profile/eggyrotens/

8-acre paradise in Pongalur: The story of how a government school teacher built a mini forest

Now, after years of patience and toil, her land now boasts a huge collection of coconut, forest neem, perumaram, tamarind, marudhamaram, white apple, aathi maram, pomegranate and lemon trees, besides maize, onion, pavazhamalligai and a few medicinal plants. Residing in Solipalayam, she now frequently visits her land to check on her trees. This is the one thing that brings her peace amidst a fast-moving life, she says. Thayammal recalls how all her colleagues had advised against investing money on agricultural land. However, it was the support of her husband Narayanasamy (now deceased) that helped her stick to the plan and fulfil her dream, she explains. The coconut trees (numbering at 310) along bringing her an income of Rs 6 lakh per annum through the sale of the fruits. The villagers who once told her it was a bad idea would now be eating their words, she remarks. However, it has not been all smooth sailing to develop the land and make it profitable. She first had to equip herself with information on growing and nurturing trees. She talks about how she went through every book on trees she could find in her school library. When the district witnessed unprecedented drought a couple of years ago, the wells in her land too dried up. She had to spend nearly Rs 1 lakh to bring in water to keep the trees alive. Later, she pooled in nearly Rs 4 lakh to construct a well and install pipes for drip irrigation, in an effort to combat future hard times. Now a member of the NGO Vanathukul Tirupur, she works towards increasing the green cover in the district. Thayammal ardently believes that trees have the power to curse the one who chops them down. So when she offers relocation as an alternative solution, you know she is not just looking out for the welfare of her green friends. Dailyhunthttp://www.tripntale.com/profile/130589

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RKFC and Kerala FC's ugly fight in Kozhikode

local official alleged that RKFC team officials called up a political leader back in the Valley, who in turn requested a local politician to look into the matter.Both the teams have taken to social media to accuse each other of misbehaviour and physical violence.I-League CEO Sunanda Dhar, however, said: "It was a minor misunderstanding over training facilities. Now there is no problem and the match will be played as per the schedule tomorrow. We will take appropriate actions once we receive the report of the match commissioner."As per I-League rules, the home team would have to play the hosts and arrange for all facilities required for the conduct of the match.According to sources, the trouble started when the bus arranged to take RKFC to the university training ground did not reach in time. While Gokulam official said the bus could not reach in time because of a bandh called by the BJP, the visitors were not ready to buy the argument.The problem further escalated when the Kashmir side went to the EMS Stadium, the venue for Saturday's match and wanted to train there. It was objected by Gokulam officials saying it was against the I-League rule. According to an eyewitness, some officials of both the team were seen pushing each other and finally some onlookers called in the police.RKFC, in a statement said: "An unfortunate incident happened today morning in Kozhikode in Kerala when the coach and other members of RKFC were abused and heckled by officials of Gokulam Kerala FC."As per protocol, the home team is supposed to provide a ground two days ahead of the main game for practice. However, RKFC was deprived of that. This morning no transport was provided to ferry the team from hotel to the ground and when they managed to reach themselves, the home team officials prevented physically from entering the ground," the statement further said.They further said: "Abuses were hurled at the team members including their coach and finally the RKFC members were asked to leave the ground and stay indoors till the match tomorrow with Gokulam Kerala FC. "There was no team bus, no proper training ground was provided by the hosts Gokulam Kerala FC, which is a mandatory requirement as per the guidelines of the I-League."Gokulam Kerala said RKFC invaded the EMS Stadium where training a day before the match is not allowed. Gokulam also alleged that RKFC officials manhandled the groundsman and used foul language."RKFC officials stormed the FoP (field of play) and manhandled the groundsman and threw his phone away when he tried to capture what Robertson and his club members tried to do," Gokulam Kerala post on the social media stated. Dailyhunthttps://www.polygon.com/users/rajeevkankala

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Rafale clean chit has Rahul Gandhi unimpressed

BJP president Amit Shah launched a blistering attack on the Congress and demanded an apology from Mr Gandhi. However, Mr Gandhi maintained that corruption had taken place in the contract which he asserted will be proved by his party and claimed that the basis of the court judgement is a CAG report that has neither been seen by anyone, nor shared with Parliament's Public Accounts Committee. Holding it did not find any substantial material on record to show there was 'commercial favou-ritism' to any party by the Indian Government in choosing an offset partner, a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said perception of individuals cannot be the basis of a 'fishing and roving enquiry' by the court. 'We are satisfied that there is no occasion to really doubt the process, and even if minor deviations have occurred, that would not result in either setting aside the contract or requiring a detailed scrutiny by the court,' it ruled. The court noted that the petitions were filed after reported statement of Hollande with regard to selection of Indian offset partners after he demitted office. The bench said it was 'certainly not the job of this court to carry out a comparison of the pricing details in matters like the present' and the material has to be kept in a confidential domain. ... Dailyhunthttps://www.aeriagames.com/user/juckzingchuk/

Supreme Court leaves Rafale probe door open

n effect, the Supreme Court has left it open for anyone to file a criminal case with the CBI or lodge a private complaint alleging criminality in the defence deal under the Prevention of Corruption Act.It was a private complaint, filed by senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy, that led to the 2G spectrum controversy and put several VIPs behind bars for months.There is no bar on Parliament taking up the issue despite the judgment. If a non-NDA government comes to power next summer, it will be free to scrap the deal and start a fresh inquiry.In a 29-page judgment, the bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and K.M. Joseph said: "We, however, make it clear that our views asabove are primarily from the standpoint of the exercise of the jurisdiction under Article 32 of the Constitution of India, which has been invoked in the present group of cases."Advocates Manohar Lal Sharma and Vineet Dhanda and Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh had moved three of the petitions. The fourth was a joint petition from former Union ministers Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie and advocate Prashant Bhushan. 1671303 Dailyhunthttps://itsmyurls.com/jiddusiddhus

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Anupam Kher, 514 and beyond

"It's great storytelling, amazing, complex. The point at which Shahbaz Karim comes in and puts a hook in for the next episode is amazing."Anupam has acted in quite a few British productions, almost appearing to corner the market in playing Indian dads - for example, Mr Bhamra in Bend It Like Beckham and Mr Bakshi in Bride and Prejudice, both directed by Gurinder Chadha, and as Sathnam Sanghera's father in the BBC adaptation of the author's autobiographical tale of a Sikh boy growing up in racist Wolverhampton, The Boy with the Topknot.He may have done over 500 films, but it is unlikely he has done anything like this before. Shahbaz Karim is based in Lahore in the early 1930s where he works in a senior capacity for British intelligence as a controller in charge of English agents in the field. One of them is a man called Alexander ("Alec") Wilson, whose funeral he attends in the UK in 1963, introducing himself to his wife by saying: "I wanted to pay my respects - (my name is) Shahbaz Karim. Alec was my best friend in India before the war."But Shahbaz, who says his eyesight is not what it was, makes one very bad mistake. He addresses the grieving widow, kneeling by her husband's freshly dug grave, as "Dorothy"."Who is Dorothy?" she demands.The woman Shahbaz addresses is, in fact, Alison Wilson, who was a secretary, Alison McKelvie, who had met and married Alec in 1940 when they were working in London for MI6, British counterintelligence.Viewers in Britain have been gripped by Mrs Wilson and critics have raved about the drama, which the BBC has described as "inspired by real events". The story moves backwards and forwards in time between the 1930s in pre-Partition India and the 1960s in the UK. When Alec dies of a heart attack at his home in London in 1963, Alison answers a knock on the door from a woman who announces she is "Gladys Wilson", Alec's wife, which indeed she turns out to be. By and by, viewers learn there are four Mrs Wilsons.The drama was shot mostly in Northern Ireland, with an Italianate mansion, Ballywalter Park, in County Down, "dressed up" cleverly with tropical plants and outdoor lanterns to resemble the governor's residence in 1930's Lahore.In real life, Alexander Wilson was the principal and professor of English at Islamia College in Lahore. He also found time between 1928-40 to write 28 well reviewed novels, mostly spy thrillers, including The Crimson Dacoit. But when the journalist Tim Crook set out to investigate Alec's life, it was as though the latter had been wiped out of history. The BBC drama is based both on his biography, The Secret Lives of a Secret Agent: The Mysterious Life and Times of Alexander Wilson, and the memoirs left behind by Alison Wilson."He saved a lot of lives," is the response of a forgiving Shahbaz when Alison points out he has destroyed the lives of several women.Anupam, too, is as philosophical as the character he portrays: "It does not remain (a story) about a man marrying four wives. It becomes (one) about human weaknesses, change of heart, change of so many things."Anupam appears to have made a successful transition from the Bollywood school of (over)acting to the more understated British style. He says he is glad he found the role challenging."I come from a Hindi medium school - I think in my native language," he reveals. "Whenever I do an English language film or series, it makes my job more difficult -which I love. Only when you have a difficult job you can give your best."According to Ian Thomson, publicist for Snowed-In, the production company for the BBC drama, "Anupam Kher was picked because he is an absolute professional. We know his work." Dailyhunthttps://www.theverge.com/users/bizzareedass

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