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New Delhi: IPL 2018 opening ceremony: The 11th edition of the Indian Premier League was officially declared open by IPL Commissioner Rajeev Shukla. Alongwith Shukla were BCCI acting President CK Khanna, CoA members Diana Edulji and Vinod Rai and BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary. The declaration was followed by performances from Varun Dhawan, Tamanna Bhatia, Prabhu Deva, Jacqueline Fernandez, Mika Singh and Hrithik Roshan. The opening ceremony was concluded with home captain Rohit Sharma bringing out the IPL trophy that he and the Mumbai Indians won last season and thanking the crowd for turning up in the thousands. IPL 2018 opening ceremony: The 11th edition of the Indian Premier League was officially declared open by IPL Commissioner Rajeev Shukla. Alongwith Shukla were BCCI acting President CK Khanna, CoA members Diana Edulji and Vinod Rai and BCCI acting secretary Amitabh Choudhary. IPL 2018 opening ceremony:
CBSE leak: Delhi police arrest 3 from Himachal for circulating Class XII paper
New Delhi : Three persons, including a teacher, were arrested by the Delhi Police from a private school in Una, Himachal Pradesh on Saturday for allegedly leaking the Class XII Economics CBSE paper. The paper was leaked to a student, who wrote down the questions. A photograph of the paper was later clicked by a clerk of the school and circulated. With this, a total of six teachers have been arrested in the case so far. The three arrested by the Delhi Police Crime Branch include Rakesh, a teacher at the school, Ashok, a peon and Amit, a clerk. The student accused of copying the questions is being questioned by the police. A Crime Branch special investigation team (SIT) is probing the cases related to the alleged leak of the Economics paper and Class X Mathematics paper following complaints from the board. The two papers were reportedly leaked and circulated on WhatsApp ahead of the examinations. On April 1, three others, including two teachers of a convent school, were arrested
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IPL 2018 Opening Ceremony in Mumbai: Bollywood Germany: Several dead after vehicle stars steal show with glittering performances ploughs into crowd in Muenster city
Mika took the stage and he entertained the Wankhede crowd with some of his popular songs. IPL 2018 opening ceremony: The spectators witnessed a power-packed performance from Hrithik Roshan before the ceremony was concluded and the toss took place.
New Delhi : Several people are feared dead after a car drove into a group of people in the western German city of Muenster on Saturday, Reuters reported quoting Spiegel Online. The van driver killed himself, police said, adding that they were not looking for further suspects. There have been reports of multiple injuries. However, it was not clear whether the incident was an attack. Police have cordoned off the area. “There are several dead, probably including the suspect,” a police spokeswoman was quoted as saying by Reuters. A
everything and everybody else is a worthless person”. “It’s not only Dalits, it’s tribals, it’s minorities. It doesn’t stop there. It’s Mr Advani, Mr Manohar Joshi, even Mr Gadkari, it’s everybody,” he said. The Congress chief said, “The thing is that the BJP people internally don’t have
guts to say it to you. They say it to us.” “The fact of the matter is between Mr Amit Shah and Mr Modi, they are convinced, there are only two human beings in this country. That’s all, that’s the reality,” he said. On Friday, Shah had made stinging comments against the Opposition parties, which are making efforts to form a coalition to take on the BJP in 2019 Lok Sabha polls, by equating them to animals. “The countdown for 2019 Lok Sabha elections has begun.
My child will have surname Mirza Malik: Sania Mirza
Panaji : She and her cricketer husband Shoaib Malik want a daughter but whenever they decide to start a family, Sania Mirza would want her child's surname to be 'Mirza Malik'. "Today I will tell you a secret. My husband and I have spoken about it and we have decided that whenever we have a child, the child will have Mirza Malik as a surname and not just Malik. So that's where we stand as a family including my husband. He actually wants a daughter," Sania said during a panel discussion on 'Gender Bias' at the 'Goa Fest 2018' Sania spoke about her personal experiences of gender bias, where she has heard some of her relatives telling her parents that they should have had a son so that the family name "goes ahead". "We are two sisters and have never wished that we had a brother. I have had fights with my uncles and aunts, who talk about it or come up and tell my parents that they should have had a son. For us, daughters are daughters.
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by the police. Sources in the CBI had earlier told The Indian Express that the four groups mentioned in the FIR, which was filed on March 27, had received a handwritten question paper from one of the group members a day before the Economics exam. However, at the time, most of the group members did not believe that these were the same questions that would be asked the next day. According to police sources, one of the groups received photos of handwritten questions from a group member. On seeing this, the members chipped in and said they, too, had received handwritten questions on WhatsApp. “This way, a number of chains surfaced during the investigation. The original source of the leak, though, is yet to be identified,” an officer said. It was the WhatsApp chain through which the SIT managed to get its first breakthrough in the paper leak. Police said that over 100 people were members of all the four WhatsApp groups. The names of the groups have been withheld questioning is still underway.
Bollywood actor Varun Dhawan began the opening ceremony with some great moves at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium. IPL 2018 opening ceremony: Varun Dhawan's performance was followed by a brilliant one from dance maestro Prabhu Deva. IPL
2018 opening ceremony: Later both Prabhu Deva and Varun Dhawan performed together. IPL 2018 opening ceremony: Bollywood diva Tamannaah Bhatia showed some of scintillating dance moves. IPL 2018 opening ceremony: After Tamannaah Bhatia's performance, singer
New Delhi : Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday slammed Bharatiya Janata Party chief Amit Shah for his remarks equating the opposition parties to ‘snakes’, ‘mongoose’, ‘dogs’ and ‘cats’. Gandhi called the animal remark by Shah a “disrespectful statement”. “Calling the entire opposition animals… see according to Amit Shah and the basic vision of the BJP-RSS – there are only two non-animals in this country. There is Mr Narendra Modi
and there is Mr Amit Shah,” Gandhi told reporters at Kolar Gold Fields in Karnataka. He further said, “Everybody else as far as they are concerned are animals. That’s fine, that is the way they look at the world. It is a disrespectful statement, but we don’t take what Mr Amit Shah says with too much seriousness.” Taking a swipe at Shah, Gandhi said it was the mentality that there were only two or three people in this country “who are worth anything, who understand
New Delhi : Another Dalit lawmaker from the BJP has joined the chorus of voices questioning accusing the government for failing to deliver on the promises made to the community by the party. Dr Yashwant Singh, the BJP's Lok Sabha member from Nagina in western Uttar Pradesh, is the fifth parliamentarian from the ruling party to be make his reservations about the party's performance be known, the fourth from UP. In his letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi this week, Dr Yashwant Singh blamed the centre for not delivering on even one promise made to the Dalits in the last four years, adding that it was becoming difficult
for the party lawmakers to respond to the community who were being harassed. He urged PM Modi to take corrective steps and enact laws for quotas in promotion, introduce reservation in the private sector and fill the thousands of vacancies in posts reserved for scheduled castes. The lawmaker's letter to PM Modi is seen as an indicator of the growing perception that the Dalit community, which had started responding to overtures from the BJP in recent years, was fast getting disillusioned. That message appears to have reached the government, going by how PM Modi and BJP president Amit Shah have used every
Rahul Gandhi calls Amit Shah’s animal remarks ‘disrespectful’, says don’t take BJP chief seriously
"Not One Promise Kept": Another Ruling Party's Dalit Lawmaker Writes To PM
opportunity over the past week to reaffirm the party's commitment to Dalits. At Friday's BJP parliamentary party meeting, all lawmakers were also told to reach out to the community in their respective constituencies
and even spend two nights in Dalit-dominated villages closer to Ambedkar Jayanti observed later this month. Amit Shah has already restarted the practice of having lunch at a Dalit family during his two-day visit to Odisha.
security source said, “The scenario is such that an attack cannot be ruled out.” Regional police service on Twitter said that residents should “avoid the area near the Kiepenkerl pub” where a large-scale police operation is underway. Kiepenkerl is a popular bar in the city’s historic downtown area.” They also urged people to avoid “speculation”
about the incident. The incident evoked memories of a December 2016 truck attack in Berlin that killed 12 people. Anis Amri, a failed Tunisian asylum seeker with Islamist links, hijacked a truck on Dec. 19, 2016, killed the driver and then ploughed it into a crowded marketplace, killing 11 more people and injuring dozens of others.
Junagadh : A huge loot of Rs 5 crore has been undertaken in Ahmedabad. The culprits were in a Swift car and looted a truck full of Gold and Silver ornaments. The police has started a hunt for the culprits. Unkonwn looter today looted around 18 kg gold and jewelry worth over 5 crores from the employees of a nted jewelry house near vadal in Junagadh district of Gujarat. Junagadh Taluka Police Station PI PS lakkad said that five miscreants seated
in another car stopped the car of the employees of CVM Jewelers near Vadal situated around 7 km from Junagadh. There were only two people in the car bringing the gold, including its driver Gautam, The looters after threatening them at gun-point run away with the bag containing around 18 kg of Gold which they were bringing from the CVM Jewelers in Ahmedabad to Junagadh. Police said the borders of the district have been sealed.
New Delhi : DMK Working President M K Stalin on Saturday began a mega rally over the Cauvery issue, that will cover the delta regions of Tamil Nadu, seeking immediate setting up of a management board to ensure release of water for farmers. Days after holding a statewide shutdown steered by his party on the river water issue, Stalin began his rally from the dry river banks of river Cauvery at suburban Mukkombu here, in which tens of hundreds of cadres of DMK and other opposition parties participated. State
secretaries of the CPI(M) and CPI, K Balakrishnan and R Mutharasan respectively and VCK chief Thol Thirumavalavan, MMK leader M H Jawahirullah were among those who accompanied Stalin in his Cauvery yatra. The DMK working chief lambasted the AIADMK regime for allegedly not taking action on the Cauvery issue.
Rs 5 crore of CVM Jewelers looted near Junagadh
DMK leader Stalin kickstarts mega rally over Cauvery issue
Relief for Salman Khan as Jodhpur court grants bail in blackbuck poaching case
Salman Khan blackbuck poaching case: The actor has been granted bail on the condition that he will have to produce two sureties worth Rs 25,000 and a bail bond of Rs 50,000 Jodhpur : The district and sessions court in Jodhpur on Saturday granted bail to actor Salman Khan who is currently lodged in Jodhpur Central Jail after being sentenced to five years of imprisonment in the blackbuck poaching case Thursday. The actor has been granted bail on the condition that he will have to produce two sureties worth Rs 25,000 and a bail bond of Rs 50,000. “It’s a baseless argument by the prosecution that the previous acquittals of Khan by the Rajasthan High Court cannot be termed as final
because the government’s appeal is pending in Supreme Court. If the High Court’s decision of acquittal is not final, then the fiveyear sentence by the trial court is also not final as it’s
the lowest court and we will be appealing against the decision,” Salman’s counsel Mahesh Bora had argued in the court on Saturday. Bora had also cited a forensic science laboratory
(FSL) report that said that no gunshot wound can be ascertained from the bones of the blackbucks sent to the forensic lab. “There’s no question of misuse of liberty by Khan if he is granted bail as in the past 20 years, he has not jumped a single hearing despite having a busy schedule,” Bora had said. The prosecution on its part told district and sessions judge Ravindra Kumar Joshi that the current case is the strongest of all the cases filed against the actor. “This case shouldn’t be seen in the same way with the ones in which Khan
has been acquitted by the High Court. The second postmortem report clearly states the animal died of gunshot wounds and the fact that the eyewitness stuck to his statements throughout the trial shows that our case is strong,” said public prosecutor Pokhar Ram Bishnoi. Even though judge Joshi was transferred along with several other judicial officers Friday night, he heard Salman’s case Saturday morning. On Thursday, the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (Jodhpur Rural) Dev Kumar Khatri sentenced
Salman to five years in jail and fined him Rs 10,000 for killing two blackbucks in Kankani village, near Jodhpur, on October 1998. The court acquitted all the other accused — actors Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Neelam and Sonali Bendre, and Dushyant Singh, a resident of the area. According to the prosecution, on the night of October 1, 1998, Salman was in a Gypsy when he spotted a herd of blackbucks — an endangered animal and included in Schedule-I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 — in Kankani village and killed two of them.
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RBI supervisory architecture and the bank frauds
At the first monetary policy statement of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for 2018-19, it seems impossible to believe that the previous bi-monthly on 7 February marked a high point in the relationship between the Union finance ministry and the RBI. There was on that date a regulatory add-on of a 180-day window of forbearance for payment dues from small borrowers, and abolition of loan limits in the MSME (medium, small and micro enterprises) segment. Those initiatives followed the supportive measures for the smallscale sector in the Union budget on 1 February, through the corporate tax cut, and additional funding for the Micro-units Development Refinance Agency (Mudra). The appearance of team play was shattered after the Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud broke in mid-February. The PNB fraud has variously been placed as having been in operation since 2011, perhaps even earlier. Union finance minister Arun Jaitley, speaking at the Economic Times Global Business Summit on 23 February, blamed the top management and auditors of PNB, but was also quoted as having added: “Regulators ultimately decide the rules of the game and regulators have to have a third eye which is to be perpetually open. But unfortunately in the Indian system, we politicians are accountable, the regulators are not.” RBI governor Urjit Patel came back forcefully on the occasion of a 14 March address at the Gujarat National Law University, pointing to the lack of ownership-neutrality in the Banking Regulation Act of 1949. The act as amended withholds the RBI from imposing certain types of penalties for errant conduct on public sector banks, like firing the chief executive officer, removing directors or superseding the board. The speech lists seven of them. Patel was right to have pointed them out, appropriately in an address to young entrants into the legal profession. That kind of unevenness in the regulatory landscape clearly has to be swept away. That said, two issues immediately arise. First, instances where those powers were actually imposed have so far involved smaller banks for the most part. Perhaps the governor was trying to convey that the existence of those powers acted as a sufficient deterrent for them not to have been needed for the larger private sector banks (so far). Perhaps he was also justifying why he could not do what the public in its anger would like to see happen to the senior management of PNB. Second, deterrence is exercised more by a layered supervisory mechanism—such that what escapes the net at one layer is sure to get snagged in another—than through the threat of removal from office of senior management. Indeed, a regulatory penalty can be imposed only when the supervisory mechanism catches the lapse at some level. In the PNB case, the scam was caught within the bank and self-reported. It is this which has led to questions about the supervisory mechanism of the RBI. Regulation and supervision are attended to by different departments within the RBI. A department of banking supervision was created in 1993, distinct from the department of banking regulation. In 2009, even their reporting channels were directed towards different executive directors under different deputy governors. One of those posts fell vacant in July 2017, and has not yet been filled, so presently both departments report to the same deputy governor. The departmental separation of portfolios is exactly as it should be. Regulation sets prudential rules. Supervision is a function which, if not quite adversarial, ideally looks critically at regulation and spots risks not yet taken on board. Supervision got further separated into surveillance and enforcement in the regulatory policy add-on to the February 2017 monetary policy statement. The new enforcement department has been functioning - Kapilkumar M. Hirpara from 1 April 2017. Editor
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Bollywood-Hollywood Sanjay Dutt, Vaani Kapoor and Ranbir Kapoor – This is the new cast of Karan Malhotra’s next! Mumbai : Ranbir Kapoor and Sanjay Dutt seem to be taking their collaboration a step ahead. While last time we saw the Kapoor lad get into the shoes of Dutt, now the two are costars. Yes, Karan Malhotra who is joining hands with Yash Raj Films for his next has found his cast in the duo. Along with Ranbir and Sanjay joining the men will be Vaani Kapoor. The untitled project is a part of the three film deal that Karan Malhotra has signed with YRF. The director has previously worked with Dharma Productions. He has last directed the remake of Warrior, titled Brothers featuring Akshay Kumar and Sidharth Malhotra. Post that, he was supposed to kick
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Mumbai : From being a comedian to being at the center of various controversies, Kapil Sharma has come a long way. Last year, he got involved in a fight with coactor Sunil Grover that led to his team falling apart and shortly after, his film Firangi tanked at the box office. Even his show, The Kapil Sharma Show, went off air. Yesterday, Kapil posted a series of offensive tweets against a media house stating that they published negative stories against him because of their personal vendetta that was financially fuelled by other parties. This morning, the world woke up to him filing a police complaint against his ex-managers Preeti and Neeti Simoes and a veteran journalist for working hand in glove against him.
off Shuddhi but the film has been put in the back-burner. Incidentally, this untitled venture will have many firsts. Besides the fact that Ranbir Kapoor and Vaani Kapoor are paired together for the first time, it will also have Karan teaming up with these actors for the first time. Also, it will be interesting to see Ranbir and Sanjay sharing screen space. For the uninitiated, Ranbir Kapoor plays the leading role in the Sanjay Dutt biopic that is directed by Rajkumar Hirani. Speaking on other details, most of it is being kept under wraps. Considering that the film is expected to be in its
initial stages, it is yet to be seen as to when the film will go on floors. On the other hand, Vaani Kapoor is already a part of a twohero project with YRF. It stars Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff and is directed by Siddharth Anand. The venture will be releasing on October 20 next year.
Aspiring actress strips in public at film chamber alleging sexual exploitation in Telugu film industry Mumbai : In a sensational incident on Saturday morning, an aspiring actress Sri Reddy been talking about the existence of casting couch in the Telugu film industry resorted a 'strip protest' at the office of the Telugu Film Chamber of Commerce at Filmnagar. Sri Reddy alleged that she was sexually exploited by many producers and directors. She has also been denied membership of the Movie Artistes Association (MAA) despite having acted in three films. Sri Reddy said despite having applied for the membership card she had not been given that. The actress alleged that she had sent nude photos and videos to several people in the film industry who had demanded that so that she could be given a film role. "They see the videos and give no roles. They have even asked for live nude videos from me. That is the extend to which they go to take advantage of women who seek roles," she said. Sri Reddy said no roles were given to Telugu girls in the film industry. She alleged that Telugu girls are sexually taken advantage of. "I myself have been sexually exploited," she said. Sri Reddy came to the film chamber in a salwar kameez and started slipping down to her under garments in front of video cameras and photographers. "This is the only way I can think of expressing my grief. If I have shown myself nude to several people in the film industry and despite that have got no roles, the only way I can protests is by going nude publicly," she said. The actress said she would make the issue more big if film producers did not encourage local talent. "They give roles to actresses imported from Mumbai or others places, whereas we local girls are only sexually exploited on the promise of being given roles," she said.
Parineeti Chopra does Nucleya's Behka Drop Challenge
Mumbai : Bollywood's first stoner comedy High Jack has already started making a buzz for its unique content and storyline. Behka composed by Nucleya has gone viral since it is released and High Jack fever has gripped Parineeti too. Parineeti Chopra, who earlier posted about the song being on loop in her playlist took the Behka Drop Challenge. As seen in the video Parineeti and her team are going crazy over the song. She posted the video on the social media and posted, "I just hadddd to do it!!! My new favourite Nucleya song, my most sporting girls and Ajay ji!!! I now challenge you and your teams!!! @aslisona@ranveersingh @mallikadua@boscomartis #BehkaDropChallenge#Behka #HighJack (sic)." The actress further tagged her Bollywood friends Sonakshi Sinha, Ranveer Singh and Mallika Dua for the challenge. She mentioned that how Behka is her new favorite Nucleya song. The recently released trailer which showcases some madcap scenes and a unique concept, all happening in the sky has garnered love and appreciation from across the quarters. With High Jack, Phantom Films is all set to bring to the audience Bollywood's first ever stoner comedy which is slated to release on World Stoner Day. The film involves some madcap scenes and a unique concept, all happening in the sky. Produced by Phantom films in association with Viu, High Jack directed by Akarsh Khurana is slated to release on 20th April 2018.
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Miss World Manushi Chhillar to be the face of Malabar Gold & Diamonds
Miss World Manushi Chhillar, who made billion-plus Indians proud with her beauty and brains, and continues to win billions of hearts across the globe through her humanitarian causes, will now be the face of world’s leading jewellery group – Malabar Gold & Diamonds. The Haryana-born beauty queen, who brought home the world crown after 17 years, has been signed to be the brand ambassador of Malabar Gold & Diamonds, which has 214 showrooms spread across nine countries. 21-year-old Manushi, then a medical student, was crowned Miss World 2017 in November, trumping participants from 108 countries. She is the sixth Indian woman to win this coveted crown. Among the many accolades, recognitions and global events which followed the crown, she was elected as the most trending personality of the year 2017. “Miss Manushi is immensely talented as we all know. First, the world was bowled over by her intelligence in the Miss World contest, where she said a mother’s job deserved the biggest salary in the world. We all know she has a big heart too. She had started her humanitarian work as a student, long before her world crown. Ms Manushi and Malabar Group thus share a common passion for making lives better” said Malabar Group Chairman M P Ahammed on selecting Manushi as the brand ambassador.
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Commonwealth Games 2018: India's medal winners on Day 3 in Gold Coast GNS Ag / New Delhi: India seem to be maintaining their rate of two medals per day so far at the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast. On Saturday too, it were Indian weightlifters again, who added to the medal tally, this time with both of them gold. The day started with the gold medal won by Sathish Sivalingam in the 77kg category. Sivalingam repeated his performance from the Glasgow Games in 2014, where he had won gold, and maintained the standard in Gold Coast as well. Later, it was Venkat Rahul Ragala in the 85kg category, who gave India their second gold on Day 3. The Guntur based weightlifter totalled 338 kg to win the yellow
metal. He was given tough competition by Samoa's Don Opeloge, who won the silver in the same event. With these two gold, India's medal tally has reached six medals and all of them have come from weightlifting. India's badminton team too has kept medal hopes alive as they set up a Mixed Team Semifinal 1 clash against Singapore following their 3-0 win against Mauritius. The India-Singapore contest will be played on Sunday. In hockey, India drew 2-2 against archrivals Pakistan. Pakistan collected the second goal in the dying seconds of the match through a penalty corner. Otherwise, it was a great effort from the Indian camp as they dominated
the field with telling moves and converted couple of chances. India's women's and men's table tennis teams too reached semifinals after beating Malaysia 3-0. In lawn bowls, India got good results. In Men's Triples Sectional Play Section A, Round 5, Match 2, the
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Indian team - comprising Chandan Kumar Singh, Sunil Bahadur and Dinesh Kumar - beat South Africa 18-17. In Women's Singles Sectional Play Section D, Round 5, Match 3, Pinki beats Niue's Pauline Blumsky 21-9. However, despite the win, she failed
to reach the quarters on account of previous losses. In Women's Fours Sectional Play Section B, Round 5, Match 2, Farzana Khan, Lovely Choubey, Rupa Rani Tirkey and Nayanmoni Saikia oversaw a 24-9 win over Fiji. However, in Men's Pairs Sectional Play Section D, Round 5, Match 2, Krishna Xalxo and Alok Lakra lost 17-7 to Norfolk Island. Now the disappointments. Weightlifter Vandna Gupta finished fifth in the 63kg weightlifting category. She lifted 180kg in all (80 in Snatch and 100 in Clean and Jerk) and failed to leave any impression. Canada's Maude Charron won gold, England's Zoe Smith won silver.
CBI questions Rajiv Kochhar for third day in Videocon loan case
Kerala driver hits jackpot, wins Rs. 21.21 crore lottery in Dubai
Dubai: An Indian driver in Dubai has hit a jackpot by winning a whopping dirham 12 million (approximately Rs. 21.21 crore) in a raffle draw in Abu Dhabi, the latest addition to the long list of lucky winners from India. John Varughese, who has been working as a driver for a private company since 2016 when he came to Dubai from Kerala, won the huge amount at the Big Ticket raffle held the Abu Dhabi International Airport on Tuesday. “I couldn’t believe that I could get lucky. April Fool’s Day had just passed by and I thought it was some friend pulling my leg. I also had doubts if this was a fake call,” Varughese said. “Even though it was confirmed but I still took a while before calling my family back in Kerala. This is surreal and the new feeling of being a
winner is slowly sinking in,” he told the ‘Khaleej Times’. Varughes said he intended to share the prize money with four of his friends, but first wants to switch from a basic phone to a smartphone. “I have a small family with wife and two children. I will now invest in their future. There is no better way to make use of this money than to invest in education,” he said. “I will set aside a portion to help the needy too
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as I shouldn’t forget my past days,” Varughese added. Earlier in January, another Keralite in the UAE had won a dirham 12 million in the biggest-ever raffle prize money in Abu Dhabi. Eight Indians were among the 10 people who had won dirham 1 million each in a mega raffle draw in Abu Dhabi in October last year.In August, an Indian man had won dirham 5 million in the draw in the UAE.
New Delhi: The questioning of Rajiv Kochhar, ICICI Bank managing director and CEO Chanda Kochhar’s brotherin-law, by the CBI started on the third consecutive day on Saturday in connection with the banks Rs 3,250 crore loan to Videocon Group in 2012, officials here said. Kochhar, the founder of Singaporebased Avista Advisory, appeared at the agency’s office in the Bandra Kurla Complex in Mumbai this morning, where he was asked about the role of his company in the restructuring of the loan, they said. He was asked about the help he extended to Videocon in relation to the loan from ICICI Bank, which was part of a Rs 400-billion credit given by a consortium of 20 banks to the group of Venugopal Dhoot. He was detained at the Mumbai
airport on Thursday, as he was trying to board a flight for a South East Asian country, on the request of the CBI, they said. The deal recently made news after reports questioned the loan and linked it to a possible quid pro quo that Dhoot allegedly had with NuPower Renewables, a company founded by Deepak Kochhar, Chanda Kochhar’s husband and Rajiv Kochhar’s brother. The CBI has registered a preliminary enquiry against Videocon founder Venugopal Dhoot and Deepak Kochhar and unidentified others, they said. A preliminary inquiry is the first step by the CBI to gather information about the allegations. If the agency is convinced there exists prima facie material in the matter, it may register a regular case against the accused.
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Shane Bond hails 'skilful, hardworking, humble' Jasprit Bumrah
GNS Ag / New Delhi: Shane Bond, Mumbai bowling coach, lauded Jasprit Bumrah’s rise in international cricket. From being a limitedovers specialist, Bumrah has emerged as one of the finest pacers across formats. Bumrah will play a crucial role in his team’s title defence in Indian T20 League “He’s progressed massively, just three seasons ago he was still finding his feet in IPL, now he’s the number one bowler in T20s, ODIs and he’s been great in Tests as well,” Bond was quoted in a report from said. Praising Bumrah, the bowler, the person, Bond added, “I think over the three years, everyone’s seen the skills he’s developed, he’s a fine all-round bowler across all formats, and like a lot of the others, he’s grown up as a person as well. All of a sudden now he’s the senior bowler in the team, although, for me, he’s still the same Jasprit I met three years ago, humble and hard-working.” Bumrah’s progress coincided with the decline of Lasith Malinga. In the previous season, he had taken up the mantle of MI”s
strike bowler from Malinga. However, it was Malinga who mentored Bumrah during the rise, helping him emerge as a force. In fact, Bumrah received BCCI’s A+ grade top contract last month. After a gruelling South Africa series, Bumrah got a deserved break and the pacer is raring to start afresh. “I am very happy to be back from my break. I bowled a lot of overs in South Africa, and have been playing
continuously throughout the year. It was a good break and a necessary one. It wasn’t like I was sleeping at home, I was at NCA, training. The hunger is back and it feels good to be back,” said Bumrah. Mumbai take on rivals Chennai in the Indian T20 League opener at Wankhede Stadium on Saturday. Bumrah shrugged off questions on the CSK threat and the responsibilities that comes as the lead bowler.
Commonwealth Games 2018: Kidambi Srikanth Takes India To Mixed Team Semis
New Delhi: World No.2 Kidambi Srikanth on Saturday led India to a thumping 3-0 win over unfancied Mauritius and advance to the semi-finals of badminton mixed team event at the Commonwealth Games. Srikanth, the top seed, took just 29 minutes to beat Georges Julien Paul 21-12, 21-14 in the men's singles after the two doubles pairs had given India a 2-0 lead at the Carrara Sports Arena. The men's doubles duo of Satwik Rankireddy and Chirag Chandrashekhar Shetty hardly broke a sweat in their 21-12, 21-3 win over Aatish Lubah and Christopher Jean Paul in the first match before Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy chalked out an easy 21-8, 21-7 victory over Aurelie Marie Elisa and Nicki Chan-Lam in the women's doubles.2012 London Olympics medallist Saina Nehwal did not have to play her part
in the quarterfinal as India had already taken a match-winning 3-0 lead. India will take on Singapore in the semi-finals on Sunday. Singapore had beaten hosts Australia 3-0 in another quarter-final match. Earlier on Friday, India continued their winning run in the mixed team badminton event as they thrashed Scotland 5-0 at the Carrara Sports Arena to top Group A to reach the quarter-finals in the Commonwealth Games. London Olympics bronze medallist Saina Nehwal gave India a 1-0 lead after beating Julie Macpherson 21-14, 21-12 in the women's singles match before World No.2 Kidambi Srikanth outclassed Kieran Merrilees 21-18, 21-2 in men's singles to help India go up 2-0. The women's doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa and N. Sikki Reddy then hammered Kirsty Gilmour and Eleanor O'Donnell 21-8, 21-12.
Will walk around shirtless in Oxford Street if we win 2019 World Cup: Kohli
Mumbai: As part of its probe in the Rs12,636 crore Punjab National Bank fraud case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday questioned former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) deputy governor H.R. Khan, persons familiar with the development said. The agency, however, did not clarify why Khan was questioned. He served with the central bank between 2011 and 2016. Khan could not be reached for comment. One of the persons cited above said that the questioning was “regarding the 80:20 gold import policy”. The development
comes just a day after the CBI questioned four senior RBI officials in connection with the Punjab National Bank fraud, involving jewellers Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi. “Four RBI officials were questioned on Thursday in the PNB fraud case including three chief general managers and one general manager. It was to ascertain aspects of the case,” a CBI official said, on condition of anonymity. It was not immediately clear whether the investigative agency suspected any wrongdoing on the part of these officials. CBI did not name the officials.
New Delhi: After an extended weekend, European markets opened the session on a dismal note as traders had their first opportunity to react to the rising trade tensions between the USA and China. The BSE Sensex fell almost 500 point from its day's highest point weighed down by metal, banking and consumer goods stocks. The trade war between the USA and China is getting intense and it now looks set to cause disruption in global trade and trigger high volatility in financial markets. In retaliation to the USA announcing a proposed list of products imported from China that could be
subject to additional tariffs of 25 per cent amounting to Dollars 50 billion, China on Wednesday too issued new tariffs (implementation date to be declared later) on $50 billion list of United States goods, ranging from soybeans to aircraft, media reports said. The BSE Sensex closed down 351.56 points or 1.05 percent to 33,019.07. Elsewhere in Asia, Hang Seng was down more than 650 points while South Korea's Kospi and Taiwan's TSEC also ended in the red. Rising for the third straight session, the 30-share index gathered another 98.15 points, or 0.29 percent, to 33,468.78. Gains
were led by auto stocks, with the Nifty Auto sub-index up over 1 per cent in morning deals. Mishra Dhatu Nigam shares ended flat on the first day of listing while shares of ICICI Securities closed at Rs. 441.50 on the NSE on debut, down 15 percent from its issue price of Rs 520 a share. The sensex registered intra day high and low at 33,505.53 and33,353.09 respectvely. The market capitalisation of the financial services entity was pegged at 14,336.90 crore, a tad below that of Motilal Oswal Financial Services, which is now valued at 14,617.89 crore.
New Delhi: ourav Ganguly's iconic shirt-waiving at Lord's after India won the NatWest Series final against England is etched in memory. Nearly two decades after that famous Indian win, Ganguly's act is still talked about with fondness. Ganguly is often asked about that Sunday afternoon at the Mecca of Cricket and the former India captain believes that
the question had a shelf life. However, in a recent interview with India Today, said Virat Kohli would run down Oxford Street if India won the World Cup in England in 2019. During Boria Majumdar's book launch, Eleven Gods and a Billion Indians, Ganguly repeated his famous line in Kohli's presence. "HE WILL TAKE HIS SHIRT OFF IN OXFORD
STREET... We better get our cameras ready. Kohli has his six packs. I won't be surprised if he takes his shirt off." Kohli responded by saying he will walk around shirtless and not just that - he will be joined by Hardik Pandya and Jasprit Bumrah. ""I don't think it will only be me. For sure, Hardik will be following me. 120 per cent. Bumrah is there as well because he has six packs too. He is there in the game. There will be a few candidates," Kohli said. Kohli was only 13 when India chased down that record score against England. Ganuly and Virender Sehwag had started off sensationally but they were soon pegged back after losing a few wickets. Dismayed, Kohli went off to sleep. He was later woken up by his brother, who informed a young Virat that India were winning. On July 13, 2002 as India successful chased down England's 325.
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TECNO MOBILE PARTNERS WITH KINGS XI PUNJAB FOR IPL SEASON 11
Ahmedabad: TECNO Mobile, the premium smartphone brand from TRANSSION India, today announced its association with the Indian Premier League (IPL) team Kings XI Punjab as their Official Smartphone partner. The team is scheduled to play its first match against Delhi Daredevils on the 8th of April 2018 on their home ground PCA Mohali. Riding on the competitive spirit of the team, the primary aim of this association is to further amplify TECNO’s overall brand awareness and establish a strong brand recall amongst the youth of India. The association comes immediately after the launch of TECNO’s Camera-centric” Camon i and Camon i Air smartphones in India. The “Best in any light
“proposition of TECNO Camon series resonates well with the Indian youth looking for a great smartphone with a superlative camera performance that can help them shoot at any time of the day, in any light condition. Gaurav Tikoo, Sr. Vice President Marketing TRANSSION India was equally enthused by the new association and said:
Panaji: Goa Friday issued an alert to all the vessels and casinos operating off the state’s coast following an intelligence input about possible arrival of terrorists on board a fishing trawler, the state’s ports minister said. State’s Ports Minister Jayesh Salgaoncar told said that his department has issued a warning to all the off shore casinos, water sports operators and barges to be alert as the Indian Coast Guard has shared an intelligence input about a possible terror attack on
the western coast. “The alert is not specific to Goa. It can be even to Mumbai or Gujarat coast, but we have alerted the vessels and concerned agencies,” Salgaoncar said. “A fishing trawler from India which was seized by Pakistan has been released and there is intelligence input that on its way back, it may carry terrorists,” the minister said. State’s Ports Department has written to the off shore casinos and cruise vessels, and barges to remain alert in the
“Cricket in its entirety is the most celebrated sport in India and within that IPL has always proven to be the most impactful medium for consumer connect. Kings XI is all about Superlative Performance, which is also the mantra for TECNO Camon smartphones. Hence, this is an ideal platform for us to strengthen our brand prominence and
Case against Dalit leader Jignesh Mewani for remarks on PM Modi
visibility. We, at TECNO, are extremely delighted to be the Official Smartphone partner for Kings XI Punjab team and we sincerely hope that they create magic on and off the field. Adhering to TECNO’s brand philosophy of ‘Experience More’, through this synergic partnership we intend to engage with sports enthusiasts of India by launching a slew of exciting new products during IPL period.” Speaking on the occasion, Satish Menon, CEO, Kings XI Punjab said, “We at Kings XI Punjab are thrilled to have TECNO come on board as the Official Smartphone Partner for this season of the IPL. The reach and penetration that both brands offer when combined is immense. This is the start of something big.”
Bengaluru: A case has been registered against Dalit leader and Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mewani for allegedly making provocative remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an event in Chitradurga, about 200 kms from Bengaluru, police said. The case was filed based on a complaint from a designated ‘flying squad officer’ on election duty of Chitradurga Assembly Constituency, T Jayanth. In his complaint, Jayanth alleged that Mewani had made the remarks against Modi, while addressing a gathering at an event in Chitradurga last evening. Cases were registered under IPC sections 153, 188 117 and 34, police said on Friday. “The role of youth
boarded an apprehended Indian fishing boat in Karachi and (are) likely to land on Indian coast and attack vital installations,”
states the communication by Captain of Ports James Braganza to Goa’s tourism department and all the water sports operators, casinos, and cruise vessels and barges. “All vessels to increase security and report any sighting or untoward movement to concerned authorities,” the letter states. When contacted, Braganza confirmed sending the letter today to all the people concerned. The letter was also marked to State Chief Secretary Dharmendra Sharma.
Goa issues alert after intel on terrorists using sea route to arrive in India
wake of the intelligence input. “Have received intelligence input from District Coast Guard that anti-national elements have
The case was filed based on a complaint from a designated 'flying squad officer' on election duty of Chitradurga Assembly Constituency, T Jayanth
is important today. When Modi Ji arrives at Bengaluru on April 15 to address a
public gathering you mingle with the crowd, throw the chairs in the air and disturb
his meeting,” Mewani was allegedly quoted as saying. The FIR against Mewani was registered on charges of ‘inciting people to foment disturbance’ when Modi addresses a public rally in the city, ahead of the May 12 assembly polls. “You ask him what happened to the promise of two crore jobs every year. If he fails to give any answer, then tell him to go sleep in Himalaya or ring the Rama Temple bells,” he had said.
Pakistan’s economy set to surpass last year’s decade-high growth: State Bank of Pakistan
New Delhi: Pakistan’s economy is set to surpass last year’s decade-high growth of 5.3 per cent in the current fiscal year 201718 but would remain short of the target set by the government, the country’s central bank said today. The economy will remain at risk of a widening current account deficit, which is a combination of exorbitant oil imports, significantly maturing external debt repayments and slightly lower worker remittances in the remaining three months of FY18, The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) said. The SBP while announcing the reports on the second quarter economic growth also cautioned that the growth would remain short of the 6 per cent target due likely to lower wheat output and late sugarcane crushing, The Express Tribune reported. “Pakistan’s economy surpassing last year’s growth rate (5.3 per cent) appears strong…GDP growth is likely to remain slightly below the target of 6 per cent (in
fiscal year 2018),” the SBP said in the second quarterly report for FY18 on the state of Pakistan’s economy. The deficit will continue to impact the foreign exchange reserves and keep economic managers engaged in making short-term international borrowing. “The risks to overall macroeconomic stability have increased due to widening imbalances in the country’s balance of payments,” the report said. “Reserves have already fallen to less than three months of the country’s import bill,” it said. The central bank predicted that inflation would remain in the range of 4.5-5.5 per cent against the target of 6 per cent mainly due to low food prices. It stood at 4.2 per cent last year. Pakistan may attract maximum remittances of USD 20.5 billion from overseas workers in FY18 that would be slightly lower than the target of USD 20.7 billion. Imports may shoot up to USD 54.3 billion against the target of USD 48.8 billion mainly due to heavy oil imports and imports of textile and steel inputs.
Canon India takes a dual leap in its journey of social development; adopts Village Maheshwari and partners with NGO ‘Humana People to People India’
Ahmedabad: Marking a new milestone on the path of its corporate philosophy – ‘Kyosei’, signifying ‘living and working together for the common good’, imaging leader Canon India, announced the adoption of a new village under its flagship CSR initiative – ‘Adopt a Village’. Through this initiative, the organization has successfully been executing its commitment towards the community, across the country. The new village is adopted in the North region’s Maheshwari Village at Rewari district
of Haryana. Along with this initiative, Canon India also announces its association with Humana People to People (HPPI), a not-for-profit organization, focused on community development, since last two
decades. Its mission is to unite with people in India in order to create development in the broadest sense through the implementation of the projects that aim at transferring knowledge, skills and
capacity to individuals and communities. HPPI will support Canon’s efforts in the direction of strengthening the social fabric of the country, under its 4E’s including Education, Eye Care, Environment
Gujarat CM visits primary school in Valsad on the second day of Gunotsav 2018
Ahmedabad: Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani visited the Chikhla Primary School in Valsad on the second day of the 8th Gunotsav. He had a brief interaction with the students there and tested their oral and written skills along with mathematics and general knowledge. He expressed with pride that the state government is firm in its resolve to ensure that the children of poor and middle class families across the state are able to get modern day education to keep up with the changing times and developing world. He said that the government schools in the state are being equipped with modern methods of learning through digital mode just like the private schools. He further added that the school dropout rate has come down to
just 1.5% due to Gunotsav and Shala Praveshotsav and the literacy rate in the state has reached to 70%. He further appealed to the teachers and said that it is their responsibility to shape the future generation of the nation in the best possible way so that they
can cope up with any and every possible hurdle in life. By comparing schools with temples, he further went on to say that the teachers should make dedicated efforts to make the environment of schools ideal for becoming the temple of knowledge. The
CM also said that as many as 1.75 lakh teachers have been recruited by the state government in the last 1 and a half years along with construction of over 3 lakh classrooms and provision of computer labs, potable water, sanitation facilities etc.
and Empowerment. Commenting on the announcement, Mr. Kazutada Kobayashi, President and CEO, Canon India stated, "Our flagship initiative for social development ‘Adopt a village’ has witnessed several milestones over the last six years. With our first adopted village in Haryana- Ferozepur Namak reaching a self-sustainable
ISRO is all set to launch IRNSS-1L satellite on April 12 New Delhi: Just 48 hours after the launch of high power communication satellite GSAT-6A aboard GSLV F08 Mk II rocket, the mission control lost communication with the satellite after it was fired the third time to raise its orbit. ISRO is planning to conduct the next mission keeping the jolt and setback aside. The launch is scheduled on April 12 where ISRO will lift off the IRNSS-1L satellite aboard PSLV C41 rocket from the Satish Dhawan Space Center in Sriharikota. The satellite IRNSS-1L is the replacement of IRNSS1A satellite launched back in 2013 whose three atomic clocks onboard have stopped working over two years ago. Last year in August, ISRO fired up its PSLV C39 rocket with the payload bearing IRNSS-1H satellite which was the original replacement for defunct IRNSS-1A.
Maheshwari village at Rewari district, Haryana is being adopted for a tenure of five years, to build a progressive self-reliant environment
model and the new village Maheshwari joining us, we see commendable progress in this outreach. Last year, we marked two decades of our existence in the country, this glorious milestone has been possible with the support of our partners, employees and the community. Our latest initiative in the direction of social welfare is ‘learning beyond books’, where we
will be making the children in our adopted villages witness the world outside their horizons. With educative trips outside their homes and school boundaries, we aim to help the children aspire more, dream bigger and work harder towards achieving their dreams. I am optimistic our NGO partnerHPPI, will support us in fulfilling our responsibility.” The event witnessed Mr.
Kobayashi’s visit to the village and announcement of the new village and the NGO. Children welcomed Canon India employees at the village and performed on stage, to commemorate the occasion. A tree plantation was organized, where 50+ saplings were planted by the Canon India leadership and employees, seeding the first step towards environment conservation.
Rajkot: The farmers protesting in Gandhian way were welcomed by teargas shells by police in Badi village of Ghogha taluka in Bhavnagar district. The farmers are opposing taking possession of their land acquired before two decades for mining lignite. The farmers are opposing the taking possession by a contractor of state run Gujarat Power Corporation Limited (GPCL) and demanding to acquire the land as per the new land acquisition act 2013. A farmer leader Narendrasinh Gohil said “We came to protest in Gandhian way by giving the roses to police personal and officials of state government but they took it otherwise.” According to police sources two rounds of teargas shells lobbed to disperse the mob. The mob even after police’s violent
action showed nonviolent gesture and gave roses. The mob of nearly 2,000 people of surrounding villagers started Dharna in Badi village demanding justice. GPCL has acquired 1,415 hectares of government and private land in three mining blocks — Ghogha-Surka, Khadsaliya-I and Khadsaliya-II, of the total 2,980 ha required. The remaining 1,565 ha will be acquired in phases once the power plant, which is to be
set up by GPCL subsidiary Bhavnagar Electric Company Ltd (BECL), is fully commissioned. The land was acquired from 1,250 farmers in 12 villages of Ghogha taluka about two decades ago. The government has acquired the land in Badi, Padva, Hoidal, Malekvadar, Morsal, Thoradi, Rampar, Surka, Alapar, Khadasaliya, Thadsar and Lakhanka villages between the years 1997 to 2005.
Gujarat: Farmer's non-violent protest welcomed by violence
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