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Mumbai, Mar 26 Video conferencing facility would be installed at jails in Maharashtra to cut expenditure on moving undertrials to courts, Home Minister R R Patil said here today.

"The facility has already started in some jails and the Government would soon install it in remaining jails," Patil informed the Legislative Council.

The facility would also save the expenditure on security of undertrials while shifting them to courts, Patil said.

Shiv Sena MLC Neelam Gorhe raised the issue of attack on a jailor in Thane and asked if the Government has taken any measures like installing CCTV cameras inside jails to curb such incidents.

Patil said the proposal to install CCTV cameras in jails is already in the offing.

However, there are more prisoners and undertrials compared to the jail capacity, he said.

"The state jails have total capacity of 23,000 to 24,000 prisoners and undertrials.

Mumbai, Mar 26 Chairman of BCCI senior selection panel Krishnamachari Srikkanth today said that the "best team" has been picked for forthcoming Twenty20 World Cup and hoped India will put up good performance in the April 30-May 16 mega-event in the West Indies.

"We have selected the best team for the Twenty20 World Cup. We are happy with the performance of every member of the team. They have shown consistency," Srikkanth said after the selection committee meeting here.

"The Twenty20 World Cup is still one month away and we hope that this team will do well in the event," Srikkanth added.

The chief selector also said that the team has a strong batting department and hoped the Indian batsmen will not face much difficulties on the Caribbean pitches.

"Batting of our team is very powerful and condition of the wickets in Caribbean is similar to the Indian condition.

Mumbai, Mar 24 Country's youngest Everest conqueror Krushnaa Patil is in need of Rs five lakh to scale her next peak.

"I am on a seven-summit quest where I am trying to conquer the highest peak in every continent. I've already conquered five peaks but require Rs five lakh to continue my quest," said Patil, who scaled Mount Everest at the age of 19 last year.

"It is disappointing that despite proving myself in a sport where the risk element is probably the highest, we hardly find any sponsors," she said at the India International Sports Summit here today.

Mumbai, Mar 23  The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex recovered by over 120 points, 0.69 per cent, in the opening trade today on fresh capital inflows from foreign funds amid moderate gains in global markets.

The 30-share index, which had lost 167.66 points in the previous session, recovered by 120.22 points to 17,530.79 points in the opening trade.

The wide-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty also rose by 48.40 points, or 0.92 per cent, to 5243.60 points.

Stock brokers said overnight gains on the US market and better trend on the Asian bourses mainly buoyed trading sentiments here.

Among gainers, Reliance Industries was up by 0.58 per cent at Rs 1,080.15, Reliance Infra 0.71 per cent to Rs 1023, Infosys technology 0.84 per cent to Rs 2779.80, Tata Steel 1.10 per cent to Rs 636.70, Sterlite Industries 1.64 per cent to Rs 825.50 and the State Bank of India 0.

Mumbai, Mar 23  The Indian rupee appreciated by 10 paise to 45.48 a dollar in early trade today on firm Asian currencies amid increased capital inflows by foreign funds into equities.

At the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) market, the rupee strengthened by 10 paise to 45.48 a dollar. The domestic currency had closed 8 paise lower at 45.58/59 in the previous session.

Forex dealers said the rupee strengthened against the US currency largely in line with other firming Asian currencies and dollar selling by banks and exporters.

Besides, fresh capital inflows by foreign funds into equities also supported the Indian rupee, they added.

Meanwhile, the Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex rose by 120.22 points, or 0.69 per cent to 17,17,530.79 in the opening trade today.