27 Football Players from Uflex STAIRS SSFL selected for Gujarat State Team

February 14, 2017

Gujarat State Football Association (GSFA) has selected twenty-seven young and talented footballers from Uflex Stairs School Football League (SSFL)-Gujarat for the Gujarat State team. The selected players will represent the state football team in the forthcoming Junior National Championship. Season 3 of Uflex Stairs School Football League (SSFL) Gujarat – in association with GSFA concluded with the selection of these 27 football players amid loud cheer and excitement at the Sports Authority of India Complex, Gandhinagar, today. Conceptualised to identify football talent at early adolescence so that India could get some of the best footballers, SSFL-Gujarat is joined by Uflex, India’s largest flexible packaging company, under its corporate social responsibility (CSR) policy.

The mega sports event Uflex SSFL-3 saw more than 30,000 school-level footballers from Delhi & Gujarat participating in the tournament. The Championship witnessed avid participation from teams of under 14 boys, under 17 boys and girls’ teams in U-14 and U-17 categories.

Sh. C V Som, Principal Secretary to Government of Gujarat and MD, GSCSC Ltd., who presided over the occasion as the chief guest appreciated the joint effort by SSFL GSFA and wished luck to the selected players.The closing event was followed by a prize distribution ceremony, during which trophies, medals and certificates were given to the winning team and players for showing exemplary performance. Overall, four winning teams – one each from Under 14 Girls, Under 14 Boys, Under 17 Girls, Under 17 Boys lifted the majestic gold plated Champions Trophy while the runners-up received the Grand Silver Trophy.

Congratulating the selected players, Sh. Gulab Chauhan, Secretary, GSFA, said, “We are excited to see that in a short span SSFL in Gujarat has created enormous scouting opportunities at grassroots. Before SSFL, there has been no professionally managed platform of such a scale in the state for young footballers to showcase their talent. Thanks to the SSFL format, we have witnessed development of football in the state. it is for the first time in the history of Gujarat state football that All the semi finalitsts were at par on the points table and it was difficult to choose the winner.Also, in this season of SSFL we witnessed exemplary performance from two districts that were not in the recokning in the earlier seasons. The mission of SSFL is completely in sync with the objective of GSFA which is to build football culture, create multiple opportunities for footballers and introduce sustainable and scalable programmes that can position Gujarat as a sporting state.”

Congratulating the players on the selection, Mr Siddhartha Upadhyay, Founder and Secretary General, STAIRS, said, “I congratulate the players who have been selected to the Gujarat State Team and will represent the state at the national level. It is indeed a proud moment for us to see our program SSFL, having increased in scale in such a short span of time. I thank GSFA for facilitating SSFL in Gujarat and hope this will inspire a lot more young talent to come forward and be a part of this program in years to come. It is just the beginning of identifying real talent at the grassroots and giving them an opportunity to play at the national level.”

India’s first ever Poker Sports League is ready for Season 1

February 14, 2017

~Announces final list of team names and schedule~

~Goa to host the grand finale~

New Delhi, February 14, 2017: India’s first ever professional poker tournament league ‘Poker Sports League’ announced the final teams and owners for the inaugural edition today. Brainchild of Amit Burman, Anuj Gupta and Pranav Bagai, the Poker Sports League will focus on intellectual and mind challenges to popularize Poker. In the first edition, Poker Sports League (PSL) will consist of 12 teams out of which 7 teams were announced in December.

Joining the owners who had bought teams last year are Aditya Munjal, Hero Cycles Group; Jitendra Gupta, Co-founder, Citrus payment; Manish Vij, Founder & CEO at Smile Group; Mithun Sacheti, Co-Founder at CaratLane; Rishabh Jhunjhunwala, Director at Bhilwara Group.

Speaking about the potential of the League, Mr. Pranav Bagai, CEO and Co-Founder, Poker Sports League said, “We are super excited with the response that we have received for the first season of Poker Sports League. Our main mission is to sportify poker as a powerful platform to hone and showcase mind, grit and decision making skills. Although its a card game and there is an element of luck – the majority of the game depends on probability and discipline. We look forward to a good season and hope to encourage more people to take up poker as a progressive mind sport. I would like to thank Amit Burman, for his vision and foresight&Anuj Gupta, for spending endless hours guiding and mentoring me – to make this poker dream a reality.”

All the selected teams and players will compete against each other in a grand finale in Goa from May 24 – May 28. The 12 teams will consist of a total of 108 players who will play for the prize money of INR 3.36 crore. Each team will consist of 9 players (1 mentor/captain, 2 pro players, 2 from free live qualifiers, 2 from free online qualifiers, 2 wild card entries).

Poker enthusiasts from across India can qualify to be a part of one of the 12 teams – by showcasing their skill in free offline (live) and/or online qualifiers. The live qualifier schedule for February has already been announced for Ahmedabad, Bangalore & Calcutta. The schedule for live qualifiers in Goa, Pune, Delhi and Mumbai will be announced shortly.

Poker players have a chance to qualify for PSL from the comforts of their home by playing the online qualifiers on Adda52.com – India’s largest poker website. Players can claim 24 free qualifier tickets on www.pokersportsleague.com to play different online events on adda52.com until end of April for a chance to be a part of one of these 12 teams.

Poker Sports League finale will be the first event in India that will have an RFID table that makes the player’s hole cards visible to the audience. During the finals, this will be the “feature table” that will be live streamed from May 24th – 28th, 2017 through digital channels.

Kunal Shah, Co-founder, Freecharge on his association with Poker Sports League said, “Excited to be owning the Bangalore Poker team as Bangalore probably has the best Poker talent in India. Poker is closest when it

comes to the joy of starting something up. It’s a combination of intellect and risk taking – that’s what makes both (start-up and poker) of them tick.”

The final names of the 12 teams are – Bengaluru Jokers, Chennai Bulls, Delhi Panthers, Goan Nuts, Gujarat Acers, Haryana Hunters, Hyderabad Kings, Kolkata Royals, Mumbai Anchors, Pune Sharks, Punjab Bluffers, and Rajasthan Tilters. Each team will comprise of 9 players and a mentor that will captain them to help develop team strategies and hone their skills during the game.

Hon’ble CM, Kerala takes stock of Natural Gas Pipeline work

February 14, 2017

GAIL CMD apprises him about satisfactory progress on 91 km section

Contract for another 105 km section awarded today

Thiruvananthapuram, February 14, 2017: Shri B C Tripathi, CMD, GAIL (India) Limited met Hon’ble Chief Minister of Kerala Shri Pinarayi Vijayan to apprise him about the progress of work on the 440 km Kochi – Koottanad – Mangaluru Natural Gas pipeline project. GAIL Chairman also met Additional Chief Secretary and Director General of Police in separate meetings. He discussed the progress made in the project with the continuous support of the State Government, Administration, Police and the public at large and thanked them for their active engagement which has started yielding result at the ground level.

CMD , GAIL also intimated about the satisfactory laying activities on the 91 km Kochi – Koottanad section and Panchanama activities across the state wherein a substantial headway has been made during the last six to seven months which was possible due to the active support of the State Government.

Carrying forward the momentum, GAIL today awarded contract for pipeline laying work for another 105 km section from Perole-Kodalamuguru- Mangaluru section. As a result project will progress simultaneously from both the ends, i.e., Kochi and the Mangaluru side, so that the completion of the project is expeditiously completed.

Shri Tripathi informed that work on the 91 km Kochi – Koottanad section, which was awarded in September 2016, has been received positively by all stakeholders. He said that the pipeline would serve as a “Green Energy Corridor” for decades to come and enable City Gas Distribution companies and Gas based industries to come up in the state. As a result, environment friendly Piped Natural Gas (PNG) and Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) would be supplied to households and vehicles.

GAIL is targeting to complete the Kochi – Koottanad – Mangaluru Pipeline by December 2018 as per directives of the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, Government of India. It is likely to give a major economic boost to the state by way of generating employment and various socio economic benefits.

Annual Election of Delhi Medical Association

February 14, 2017

Annual Election of Delhi Medical Association was held on 12th Feb 2017 at five different venues all over Delhi peacefully.

Dr. Ashwani Goyal, member from East Delhi Branch was elected as President elect ( 2017-2018) by defeating Dr. P.D. Garg . Dr. Ashwani Goyal has been Past President of IMA East Delhi Branch Sr. Vice President and Hony. Fin. Secretary and of Delhi Medical Association. He is presently Hony. State Secretary of DMA.

Prof. Dr.Rajeev Sood, from Central Delhi branch was elected as Sr. Vice President and Dr. Alok Bhandari of Westown branch was elected as Vice President of Delhi Medical Association for the year 2017-2018

जनसंख्या सम्बन्धी गृह राज्य मंत्री का बयान राष्ट्र हित में व्यक्त चिन्ता : डा सुरेन्द्र जैन

February 14, 2017

नई दिल्ली। फरवरी 14, 2016. भारत के गृह राज्य मंत्री श्री किरेन रिजीजू ने हिन्दू जनसंख्या में कमी पर जो कहा है वह एक जिम्मेवार नेता की राष्ट्र हित में व्यक्त एक गहरी चिंता का परिचायक है। विश्व हिन्दू परिषद के अंतर्राष्ट्रीय संयुक्त महा मंत्री डा सुरेन्द्र जैन ने इस वयान का विरोध करने वाले नेताओं को आड़े हाथों लेते हुए कहा कि वे ओछी राजनीति के शिकार बनकर अल्पसंख्यक तुष्टिकरण की राजनीति करते हैं जिससे न सिर्फ मुसलमानों, बल्कि, देश का भी अहित हो रहा है। विश्व के सभी सभ्य समाज आज परिवार नियोजन को स्वीकार कर रहे हैं किन्तु ये नेता अपना स्वार्थ सिद्ध करने हेतु आबादी बढ़ाकर उन्हें विकास नहीं, सच्चे विनाश की ओर ले जाकर जिहाद की आग में झोंकने का कार्य कर रहे हैं। मुस्लिम समाज की वर्तमान स्थिति को देख कर आसानी से समझा जा सकता है कि ये नेता उन्हें भारत में भी स्वाभिमान व शान्ति से नहीं रहने देना चाहते। एक तत्थ्य इन राजनेताओं को समझना चाहिए कि स्वयं बौद्ध होते हुए भी, श्री किरेन रिजीजू ने इस विषय पर अपनी चिंता केवल देश हित में ही की है।

उन्होंने यह भी कहा कि विश्व हिन्दू परिषद मुस्लिम समाज का विरोधी नहीं है। हम मानते हैं कि वे सभी इस देश के ही धरती पुत्र हैं जिनके पूर्वज हिन्दू ही थे किन्तु इसी गैंग के कारण उनमें असहष्णुता पनपी। कुछ शताब्दी पूर्व इरान पारसी बाहुल्य होने के कारण वहां विश्व कल्याण कारक शान्ति के स्वर सुनाई देते थे। इसी प्रकार कश्मीर घाटी में मार्तण्ड विश्व विद्यालय के माध्यम से विश्व भर के विद्यार्थियों को विश्व कल्याण का पाठ पढ़ाया जाता था किन्तु आज वहां की स्थिति किसी से छुपी नहीं है। भारत के अन्य राज्यों के मुस्लिम बाहुल्य जिलों में भी गैर मुस्लिम किस तरह का नारकीय जीवन जी रहे हैं, सर्व विदित है.

विश्व हिन्दू परिषद का मत है कि इस सैक्यूलर माफिया को सिर्फ अपने स्वार्थ की ही नहीं, बल्कि, देश व मुस्लिम समाज के हितों पर भी विचार करना चाहिए. हमारी मुस्लिम समाज को भी सलाह है कि वे कठमुल्लों और इस सैक्यूलर गेंग के शिकंजे से बाहर निकल विकास के मार्ग पर बढ़ें न कि जिहादी मानसिकता से विनाश के मार्ग पर.

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