text: MUMBAI: Members of the core committee of Aam Admi Party, Raju Thate and Sandeep Bhandare along with other workers joined the Nationalist Congress Party at a public meeting on Wednesday at Bhandup. Over 100 workers from AAP joined their two leaders at the public event. The core members had joined AAP six months ago and worked hard with them. They told the media that to help sustain democracy, they believe NCP is the only party that can do it.
  MUMBAI: Following the complaint by Mumbai-based NGO Athak Seva Sangh, Doordarshan has stopped telecast of films of stars, who are contesting the Lok Sabha elections 2014. More than 13 film stars are contesting the Lok Sabha polls as candidates of various political parties. RTI activist and chairman of Athak Seva Sangh, Anil Galgali, had appealed to the State Election Commission on Tuesday to ensure that no films and advertising commercials or any sort of programmes, featuring the film star-turned candidates be broadcast during the campaign period. In a letter addressed to the Election Commission, Anil Galgali stated that since the Model Code of Conduct is applicable to all the candidates, it is also applicable on the film and TV stars as well. Hence, the Election Commission should instruct all the broadcasters, TV channels and theatre-owners to remove their ongoing films or ad commercials featuring these stars so that the Model Code of Conduct is equally enforced on all candidates.
  
  The powerful 20-year-old scored twice to take gunners nose ahead of Man City in the Premier League table
  London: Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain scored twice as Arsenal recorded a 2-0 home win over Crystal Palace on Sunday that took them back to the top of the Premier League table.Making his first league start since the season’s opening day, Oxlade-Chamberlain scored both goals in the second half to send Arsenal two points above Manchester City, who host third-place Chelsea on Monday.
  The result got Arsene Wenger’s side back to winning ways after the 2-2 draw at Southampton that cost them top spot, while Palace were left one place above the relegation zone after a first defeat in three league games.With Oxlade-Chamberlain in central midfield alongside Mikel Arteta, Arsenal quickly assumed control at the Emirates Stadium, but they struggled to make inroads against Tony Pulis’s well-drilled Palace.
  The visitors had new goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey on the bench, but their current number one, Julian Speroni, seemed determined to stake a claim to the jersey.He produced two excellent saves to thwart first Nacho Monreal and then Laurent Koscielny, before bravely diving at Bacary Sagna’s feet shortly before half-time.
  It had been a disciplined and hard-working display from Palace, but two minutes into the second half they fell behind.Former Arsenal striker Marouane Chamakh allowed Oxlade-Chamberlain to run into the box behind him and when the scheming Santi Cazorla picked out the England man with a dinked pass, he coolly lifted the ball over Speroni.
  The powerful 20-year-old, nicknamed ‘The Ox’, played a slick one-two with Olivier Giroud before cutting into the Palace box from the left and letting fly with a low drive that Speroni could not keep out.Arsene Wenger believes Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain proved him right by scoring two goals.
  Oxlade-Chamberlain, 20, picked up a knee injury in the 3-1 opening day defeat to Aston Villa and then missed the following five months of the season.But he returned to Arsenal’s starting line-up against Palace and scored both goals from central midfield to send his team back to the top of the Premier League.
  With Aaron Ramsey and Jack Wilshere missing through injury, the former Southampton player’s return is timely with crucial league fixtures against Liverpool and Manchester United on the horizon.“I’ve always believed that he can play wide and central,” said Wenger.
  
  New Delhi: Solar power generation has the potential to create close to seven lakh jobs in the country in the next 10 years, says a report.
  Solar energy can create up to 1,45,000 MW of capacity and 6.7 lakh jobs in India over next 10 years, said the report, jointly prepared by Bridge To India and Tata Power Solar.
  It examines the ideal solar road map for India through comparative analysis of four distinct scenarios of solar power generation – residential rooftops, large rooftops, utility scale projects and ultra-mega projects.
  Each scenario is analysed in terms of not only levelised cost of energy but also landed cost of power which measures the cost to a consumer at the point of consumption, rather than at the point of generation.