1. A new Sangma rises in the
east !
i. Mukul
Sangma (47-year-old ) who steered the Congress to retain power in Meghalaya, , is set to become chief
minister for a second straight term and will
be sworn as the 23rd CM of the state on 5th March.
ii. Sangma won from Ampati seat for the fifth time in a row defeating his NPP rival Clement G Momin.
iii. Earlier in the day, Sangma was elected the Leader of the
Congress Legislature Party.
iv. Mukul Manda Sangma won its largest
victory ever in Meghalaya this time bagging 29 seats in an assembly of 60, his former
mentor-turned-arch-rival Purno A'gitok Sangma's National People's Party just
stopped short of drawing an embarrassing blank by managing to flag up only a
couple of victories.
v. Sangma, 47, is not only one of the youngest chief ministers
in the country today, but, perhaps, one of the most influential at 10 Janpath
too.
2.
Two day BJP National Council
Meet begins in New Delhi
i. The BJP National Council
meeting began in New
Delhi on Saturday with Singh exhorting the delegates to give
a standing ovation to Modi and garlanding him.
ii. Narendra
Modi today won singular praise from BJP President Rajnath Singh for being the
most popular CM having registered never before three consecutive electoral wins
for the party.
iii. "We have
never seen the BJP winning three elections under one leadership," Singh
said as Modi stepped forward on the dais to accept plaudits from the delegates.
iv. The
BJP chief also lauded Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh and Chhatisgarh Shivraj
Singh Chouhan and Raman Singh respectively for leading successful governments.
3. Panel invites suggestions related to Prasar Bharati
i. An
expert committee headed by technocrat Sam Pitroda which was appointed by
the government to review the functioning of Prasar Bharati, has sought
suggestions from the public on issues related to the national broadcaster.
ii. The panel's terms of reference include sustaining,
strengthening and amplification of Prasar Bharati's role as a public
broadcaster with a special reference to its relationship with
the government.
iii. The committee is also
making a review of the status of implementation of recommendations made by
various committees that have undertaken the study of Prasar Bharati earlier,
and suggesting a roadmap for enhancing its reach and potential.
NOTE: All interested persons can
mail their suggestions through the online feedback form at www.prasarbharaticommittee.in/feedbackor via post to Prasar Bharati
Committee Secretariat by 14th April in the capital.
4. UP Science Congress begins in Gorakhpur
i. In Uttar Pradesh, the first ever state Science Congress
was inaugurated by the Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav in Gorakhpur on Saturday.
ii. Three-day congress will discuss the role of
Science in shaping the future of the state.
iii. The Chief Minister also inaugurated Science Expo-2013 along with Women and Children Science Congress.
iv. Three-day congress will discuss the role of Science in
shaping the future of the state.
5. IRCTC books record over 5 lakh rail e-
tickets
i. Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation has set a
new record in e - ticket bookings.
ii. It booked more than 5
lakh rail e-tickets on Friday,
surpassing the earlier one-day sales record set in July last year. The earlier
record was 4.96 lakh e-tickets.
6. Mukesh Gadhvi, the Congress MP Passed Away
i. Mukesh Gadhvi, the Congress MP from Banaskantha passed away on 1 March 2013 in Ahmadabad because of
multiple organ failure. Mukesh Gadhvi was 50 years of age.
ii. He was born in Rajasthan on 1 January 1963. It is
important to note that his father, BK Gadhvi was the Union Minister of State
for Finance during the Government of Rajiv Gandhi and was also the party
president of Gujarat unit.
7. Vijitha Bandara of Sri Lanka Won Eighth NCR
Cup Golf Tournament
i. Vijitha Bandara of Sri Lanka won Eighth NCR Cup Golf
Tournament at Delhi Golf Club on 1 March 2013.
ii. Vijitha Bandara shot four-over 76 for a total of 293 in
order to win the tournament.
iii. With the victory of this tournament, Bandara became the
second Sri Lankan to clinch this title. The first one to win this title was N
Thangaraja in 2012.
8. Australia declare first innings at 237/9
i. Electing to bat,
Australia declared its first innings at 237 for nine on the opening day of
the second cricket Test against India on Saturday.
ii. James Pattinson (1) and
Xavier Doherty (0) were at the crease when Australian skipper Michael Clarke
took the interesting decision of declaring the innings.
iii. Brief Scores:
Australia 1st Innings: 237/9 in 85 overs (Michael
Clarke 91, Matthew Wade 62; Ravindra Jadeja 3/33, Bhuvneshwar Kumar 3/53,
Harbhajan Singh 2/52).
iv. At stumps,
India were 5/0 with openers Virender Sehwag and Murali Vijay batting on four and zero
respectively as they survived the brief period.
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