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FC Goa face Pune in do-or-die encounter
Pune: FC Goa will face an uphill task in their bid to stay relevant when they square off with FC Pune City in an Indian Super League encounter, here tomorrow. Having bagged only a couple of points from their last five encounters, FC Goa have slipped to seventh position with 21 points from 15 games and now face one of the most consistent teams in the league in Pune, who are placed second with 29 from 16 games. FC Pune City are only a point away from qualifying for the semi-finals for the first time since inception of the league in 2014 -- a motivation enough for their coach Ranko Popovic.
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Chennai: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched the Amma Two-Wheeler scheme in Chennai. The project is the AIADMK government’s ambitious scheme of providing 50 per cent subsidy to working women to buy two-wheelers. A pet project of late chief minister J Jayalalithaa, the Amma two-wheeler Scheme is being launched on her birth anniversary. Speaking to the audience in Chennai, PM Modi greeted the people first in Tamil before delivering his address. “On the occasion of the birth anniversary of J Jayalalithaa, I pay my
tributes to her and extend my greeting and best wishes to the people of Tamil Nadu. Wherever she is, I am sure she will be very happy to see the joy in your faces,” he said. Expressing delight in launching the Amma Two Wheeler Scheme, PM Modi said that this initiative will go
well in the empowerment of women. “When we empower women, we empower the household. When we provide them education and health and secure her future, we do so for their home. As the Central government, we are working in this direction,” he said. Speaking of the
PNB fraud: CBI questions bank CMD Sunil Mehta over LoUs to Nirav Modi
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday turned up the heat on Punjab National Bank with the agency questioning the bank’s managing director and chief executive Sunil Mehta, and executive director K.V. Brahmaji Rao in Mumbai, the agency confirmed. “The two officials are being quizzed in connection with the Letters of Undertaking (LOU) issued to Nirav Modi. The questioning is currently
on in Mumbai and details will be made available only later,” said a senior CBI official, requesting anonymity. While Rao has held the chair since January 2014, Mehta has been at the post since May 2017. The Punjab National Bank did not respond to emails seeking a response. The top brass of the bank is being questioned just three days after the CBI quizzed 10 more officials of the bank and arrested a PNB general manager, Rajesh
Groom Killed, Bride Injured As Wedding Gift Explodes 5 Days Later Bhubaneswar: A newly-married man in Odisha was killed and his wife critically injured when a gift that they had received for their wedding reception exploded. The man’s grandmother also died in the blast. The incident took place in Odisha’s Bolangir district on Friday, just five days after their wedding, the police said. The police are trying to identify who gave the package to the couple at their reception ceremony on Wednesday and what kind of explosive was used in the incident. The gift package that was brought home after the reception, exploded when they opened it, they said. The elderly woman was killed on the spot while her grandson died at a hospital in Rourkela
where he was shifted to after being injured. The wife of the man who was also severely injured in the explosion at their residence is still undergoing treatment at a government hospital in Burla.
Jindal, on 21 February. “During his tenure at PNB Brady House branch, the practice of issuance of LoUs (letters of undertaking) without sanctioned limits to Nirav Modi group firms had started. He is presently posted as GM Credit, PNB Head Office, New Delhi,” the CBI said on Wednesday. The CBI also confirmed on Tuesday that 10 more officials of the public sector lender, including the bank’s executive directors, were being questioned, without giving out their names.
Central government’s schemes and programmes, PM Modi said that the goal was to make lives easy for the people of India. “This is the basic mantra with which the NDA government in the centre is working. Over Rs 11 crore has been sanctioned under the Pradhan Mantri Yojna. Rs 4.6 lakh crore has been given to those without bank guarantee, and the most important thing is that 70% of the beneficiaries are women. This shows that women are coming out and focusing on self-employment,” he said. “We have also made a change in the Factory’s Act & suggested to States that they allow women to work in the night shift as well. We have also extended
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addressing a rally in pollbound Karnataka. ”Action will be taken? You first make us understand how did Nirav Modi take Rs 22,000 crore from Indian banks under the nose of Narendra Modi’s government,” he said. He demanded to know why the finance minister and Modi “allowed this to happen”. Breaking his silence over the Rs 11,400-crore fraud at India’s second-biggest PSU bank, Modi had yesterday warned of strict action
against those involved in financial irregularities and said loot of public money would not be tolerated.
Rahul Gandhi has, however, been claiming that the size of the fraud is Rs 22,000 crore. The Congress chief
Mathura: Korea based Worldbestech company would invest Rs 90,000 crore in Uttar Pradesh in various projects such as gas-based power plant, cold storage and food processing, a top company official said today. “We shall set up a gasbased power plant and allied companies in Mathura that would also solve the problem of potato growers of Mathura and adjoining districts,” Worldbestech CEO and President K K Kim said while briefing state Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on the investment plans. The company plans to invest Rs 90,000 crore in projects like gas power plant, food processing ventures and cold storage, the official said.
owned lender by diamond jeweller Nirav Modi and his associates. The bank has also said in a statement that it has not imposed any withdrawal limits on its customers and normal banking activities are going on. “Mr Virat Kohli is our brand ambassador,” the bank said, denying media
reports that he is going to discontinue his endorsement with the bank. “The same is again totally false and incorrect,” it added. The bank also said that it has not engaged PwC to conduct an investigation into the alleged fraud and gather evidence against Nirav Modi and his associates.
The media report is “totally incorrect”, it added. The notice further clarified: “There are media reports that the bank has engaged PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to conduct an investigation into the alleged fraud and PwC has been asked to gather evidence that can be used against Nirav Modi and his associates in the court. The news is totally incorrect.” It also said that media reports saying Reserve Bank of India and government asking PNB to make payment of the fraudulent amount to other banks is also incorrect. The bank reiterated that the bank has the capacity and capability to handle the situation and protect the interest of the institution, customers and stakeholders.
Muzaffarpur: At least nine schoolchildren of a government middle school in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district were crushed to death by a speeding SUV on Saturday when they were about to cross National Highway 77 after school. Body parts and blood lay scattered across the busy road that connects Muzaffarpur to north Bihar, according to witnesses, who said some children were still lying on the highway. “So far, we can confirm only nine deaths,” deputy police superintendent, Muzaffarpur East, Gaurav Pandey told HT, fearing that the toll could rise further as at least six children were critical. “The injured children have been rushed to the Sri Krishna Memorial College and Hospital (SKMCH). Hospitals in Patna, around 80 kilometres from Muzaffarpur, have also been alerted and asked to be prepared for treatment of the critically injured children,” he said. The driver of the Bolero SUV fled after abandoning the vehicle near the spot, Pandey added. Police said
The accident occurred when the children, who were on their way home, were crossing National Highway 77 that connects Muzaffarpur to north Bihar. Witnesses said some children were still lying on the highway.
New Delhi: The Punjab National Bank (PNB) have come out and clarified that skipper of the Indian cricket team, Virat Kohli will continue to be its brand ambassador and denied reports that it has engaged audit firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to investigate the Rs 11,400 crore fraud committed on the state-
Most Wanted Meghalaya Terrorist Shot Dead In Encounter With Police
Guwahati: Meghalaya’s most-wanted terrorist Sohan D Shira has been killed in a fierce encounter with security forces today, police said. The selfproclaimed commander-inchief of the Garo National Liberation Army or GNLA, was active in Garo Hills of Meghalaya that goes to polls on February 27. Sources told Agency that Sohan was shot dead at around 11:50 am at Dobu A’chakpek during an encounter with a joint team of the Garo Hills Police and Meghalaya’s Special Force-10 commandos. Police said the security forces had intensified anti-terrorism operations in the Garo Hills, 320 kilometres from state capital Shillong, after the killing of Nationalist Congress Party candidate Jonathone N Sangma on
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maternity leave from 12 to 26 weeks. Under the PM Awaas Yojana, the registry of the House is done in the name of the woman,” the PM said. He said the Central government had come with a gobar dhan scheme to convert biowaste into gas. “More than Rs 24,000 crore are being implemented in Tamil Nadu. These include solar power plants, crude oil pipelines, national highways, etc. More than Rs 3,700 crore has been sanctioned for the Chennai Metro,” he said. He also blasted the Congress for not donating enough to the state, saying that the NDA government had increased its funding to Tamil Nadu by 120% compared to what the UPA government had done.
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Sunday last. Mr Sangma, his personal security officer and two party workers were killed in an explosion at East Garo Hills when their convoy was returning from a campaign. The attack, carried out some 100 km from the border with Bangladesh, was seen as an attempt by terrorist group to discourage people from participating in assembly elections next week. The group, GNLA, was set up in 2010 by a senior police officer Pakchara R. Sangma who deserted the state police to launch the outfit, originally to fight for carving out a ‘sovereign Garoland’ in western areas of Meghalaya. Since then, it has been blamed for large number of killings, abduction, extortion, bomb blasts and attacks on security forces .
Explain how money was taken away under your nose: Rahul to PM Modi on bank fraud
New Delhi: Dismissing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s statement that strict action would be taken in the PNB fraud case, Congress President Rahul Gandhi today asked him to first explain how the money was taken away from the bank under his nose. “A scam of Rs 22,000 crore happens, Nirav Modi runs away with Rs 22,000 crore from Indian Banks and Modiji (Prime Minister) says action will be taken,” Gandhi said
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Women empowerment means families benefit: PM Modi Korean firm pledges Rs in Chennai during Jayalalithaa’s 70th birth anniversary 90,000 crore investment
4 quintal poppy husk seized, three arrested
Hoshiarpur:Police today claimed to have arrested three persons and recovered four quintal poppy husk and one kg opium from their possession. The accused were arrested after their car was checked at Denowal village, police said., adding that poppy husk and opium were recovered from their possession. A case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act was registered against all the accused, they said.
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is touring parts of north Karnataka as part of his second leg of campaign in Karnataka, where elections are expected in AprilMay. During his speech, Gandhi ttoday repeatedly quoted 12th century social reformer Basaveshwara from Karnataka, revered by dominant Lingayat/ Veerashiva community which is predominantly present in northern parts of the state, to attack the prime minister.
Bihar: Speeding SUV crushes nine schoolchildren to death on NH77
the incident occurred around 1.30 pm when after school, the children were crossing the national highway. The Dharampur Government Middle School is located along the national highway. “We saw a truck first hitting a woman on the national highway and trying to flee as people ran to her rescue. The Bolero coming from the opposite direction apprehending trouble from locals tried to avoid the injured woman on the road and crushed the children who had lined up to cross
on the left plank,” said Mithilesh Yadav, a member of the district board and witness of the incident. Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar announced Rs 4 lakh as ex gratia to each of the families of the deceased. The SKMCH was chaotic as the children’s bodies piled up. Loud screams of parents who had lost their wards rented the air. Injured children were writhing in pain, hospital staff was running helter-skelter and scores of onlookers kept pouring in to find out what was going on.
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Nirav Modi and the myth of the path to success
A few months ago, GQ magazine tried to understand the extraordinary success of the jeweller Nirav Modi. Was he “a marketing genius”, or “a master diamantaire” who knew how to extract work from talented craftsmen, or a capitalist romantic who wanted to rebel against tradition and “make a billion-dollar point”? The article did not ponder other options. It praised his “imperious, ballsy core” and his “razor-sharp PR strategy”. In 2016, a short profile on CNBC.com attributed his success to “a passion for diamonds and an understanding of luxury”. The profile conveyed that he was self-made, a coveted label that implies innate brilliance. He was quoted in the profile as saying that he “never borrowed from family”. Now we know where he borrowed from—several banks, reportedly collecting thousands of crores in alleged collusion with executives from a public sector bank who broke the rules to help him. He was a player in a corrupt system, and now faces serious charges. Until a few weeks ago, a vast number of small and aspiring entrepreneurs saw in his life and words, as they normally do see in the lives of billionaires, a path to material success. But in the telling of his story, in the analysis of his success, what he omitted was a fact he must have known—that he was committing a fraud, or a technical fraud. It was an important omission. Even if we consider the possibility that he is “a marketing genius” and that he had a deep “understanding of luxury”, the fact is that his extraordinary and swift success over the past decade was built on some shady dealings. The real message was that you have to game the system to be a very rich person in India. If you do not know how, or if you do not have “the ballsy core” for it, you are nurturing a wrong aspiration. We do not know if this message is true. We only know that in the case of several disgraced rich people, it has been true. This is the sort of detail that is usually omitted from inspirational stories—an unflattering or a nefarious truth that is usually so crucial to the success of the inspirational figure that every other factor is trivial. What if the truth is that every analysis of success in the world contains such crucial omissions? What if corruption, or even luck, is not merely a contributor to success but more fundamental than that? What if success is often a consequence of unspoken or inglorious or even unknown and mysterious causes? What if the publicly shared reasons for material success are, in reality, inconsequential? This means the notion of The Path is an illusion, and the entire aspiration market has been fed only the placebo of inspiration. The podcasts, books and interviews that explain the success of the successful might be precious as journalism, as knowledge, but even as broad guides to how to achieve your own success, they may never help you in the objective.
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Amitabh Bachchan Talks About Recording Song For New Film
Amitabh Bachchan’s character will be seen as a 102-year-old father to the 75-year-old character of Rishi Kapoor in the film, directed by Umesh Shukla.
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Bollywood-Hollywood Happy Birthday Nani RJ to Tollywood’s favourite lover boy, tracing the Natural Star’s journey Chennai : Telugu actor Nani might come across as a boy-next-door, but he has been silently carving a niche for himself. Nani has the chocolate boy looks and the gift of gab that has catapulted him to the star that he is today. As the actor turns 34, let us trace Nani’s film journey, which has been an inspiration to many aspiring actors. Before he took his plunge in cinema, he worked as a radio jockey for World Space Satellite in Hyderabad. Nani’s passion for films lured him into the industry and he started assisting directors Srinu Vaitla and Bapu. Slowly, he began getting noticed and started receiving offers to play the lead in films. He made his acting debut in 2008 with Ashta Chamma and with his captivating performances in Ride and Bheemili Kabaddi Jattu, he not only made the Telugu film industry sit up and take notice but also charmed his way into the hearts of the people. Nani became a bankable hero and the films that he did in 2011 and 2012 were a testament to his hard work. Even though his screen time in SS Rajamouli’s Eega (Naan Ee in Tamil) is limited, Nani’s good looks and the acting chops to match did the magic. Ever since there has been no looking back. Nani won his first award for Gautham Menon’s Yeto Vellipoyindhi Manasu which had Samantha Akkineni as the heroine. He won the Andhra Pradesh government-sponsored Nandi Award for Best Actor for his performance in the film. After
After kissing controversy, Papon steps down as judge of reality show
New Delhi : Megastar Amitabh Bachchan says the process of recording songs has become more complicated now. Big B, who has recorded a song titled Badumba for his upcoming film 102 Not Out, wrote on his blog: “The entire concept of recording songs has changed. From being complicated several years ago, it is now even more complicated as the world moves towards modern technology, an inevitability, our sense of recreation preservation and exploitation has become even more complex.” “Guided and managed by a
stream of knowledge aware professionals and entrepreneurs, it is educative and entertaining to hear and assess the quality of people that one has to meet, in order to have a vision of the coming years,” he added. The film also stars veteran actor Rishi Kapoor. Amitabh’s character will be seen as a 102-year-old father to 75-year-old character of Rishi in the film, directed by Umesh Shukla. Billed as a most unusual fatherand-son love story, the film is based on playwright Saumya Joshi’s wellknown Gujarati play by the same name. The film will release on May 4.
New Delhi : Yesterday, Bollywood singer Papon found himself in a soup after Supreme Court lawyer Runa Bhayan filed a complaint against him for kissing a minor inappropriately. The incident happened during a pre-Holi celebration where Papon and few kids of the reality show were interacting with fans through a Facebook live video. With things taking a turn for the worse, Papon on Saturday evening decided to end his association with the show. In a statement issued on his Facebook page, Papon shared, “Since I am in no mental state to fulfill most of my professional obligations, I have decided to step down as a judge on the show till the matter in which I have been falsely implicated is fully resolved and the investigations are over. I have full faith in the judicial system and eventually the truth will prevail. In the interim I would appreciate that my privacy is respected.” Shared a source exclusively, “The channel and Papon had an extensive long meeting that went on from early morning till late afternoon. They weighed all possibilities, pros and cons, and decided that it was best for both parties that Papon moves out of the show. While the singer believes he has done no wrong, he understands that his presence in the show with other kids involved would only create more controversies.”
Salman Khan: Can’t afford the luxury of being depressed
months older to her. Taimur was born to Kareena Kapoor Khan and Saif Ali Khan on December 20, 2016. Soha, who is basking in the success of her debut novel The Perils of Being Moderately Famous, shared a photo of Inaaya and Taimur in the same frame. In the photo, the two munchkins are seated in a toy car and look quite amazed. “Carpooling! ” reads the caption of the photo. The other photo has little Inaaya posing with mommy Soha for the shutterbug while Kareena is trying to pull down Taimur’s hand from his mouth as he tries to eat his t-shirt. Can he be any less adorable?
New Delhi : alman Khan is a busy man. It is not only films like, Race 3, Bharat, Kick 2 and Dabangg 3 that are keeping him occupied, he will also be hosting the third season of the TV show Dus Ka Dum. And if that is not enough, he also has his hands full with his production ventures like brother-in-law Aayush Sharma’s debut film, Loveratri. At a recent event, Salman revealed that he likes to keep himself immersed in work. The man Salman credits for this habit of his is Kailash Surendranath, the advertising filmmaker, who gave him his first break in a commercial for Campa Cola. “When I was 15-16 (years old), I started partying and stuff like that because that’s the age when everyone parties... Mr Kailash Surendranath made
me face the camera for the first time. It was for his Campa Cola advertisement, so, he used to take me out for parties,” he reminisced. It was something that Kailash Surendranath said jokingly that hit home and made Salman a changed man. “One day, he kept his arm around me and said ‘Salman, I don’t think you should waste your time by spending your father’s money’. Though he said that jokingly, I didn’t take that as a joke. Straight after that, I started working and till today, I don’t take holidays,” the actor revealed.
New Delhi: It’s been 19 years of togetherness and the spark in Ajay Devgn and Kajol’s married life is still alive. You might not spot them sharing intimate moments in the public or professing their love in front of the paparazzi. Still, Kajol and Ajay are one of the most sought-after couples of Bollywood. Reason? Their perfect understanding of each other and of their relationship. They are chalk and cheese in real life. While Kajol is known for saying things as they are, Ajay is a man of few words.Today as they celebrate their wedding anniversary, we acquaint you with how this reel life romance took a real-life turn. Kajol met Ajay on the sets of 1995 film Hulchul. The film fell in Kajol’s lap after the sudden death of actor Diva Bharti. But here, Ajay and Kajol didn’t even become friends. Kajol’s first impression of Ajay, as she revealed at a chat show, was, “Who’s this guy? What kind of a personality does he have? He sits in one corner and smokes like a chimney and even doesn’t speak to
ceremony since Ajay being an introvert didn’t want media attention. In his own words, Ajay once said, “We never resorted to the usual ‘I Love you’ routine. A proposal never happened. We grew with each other. Marriage was never discussed, but it was always imminent.” The duo tied the knot in a typical Maharashtrian style wedding on February 24, 1999 at Ajay’s residence. Talking about her husband, Kajol once said, “He is not a romantic person who will buy me a rose
on a Valentine’s Day and I have to always remind him our wedding anniversary three days in advance but he always looks out for me. I never feel unsafe anywhere because I know he is always behind me standing there for me. He backs me one hundred percent and he knows I am there for him as well.” Ajay and Kajol are a couple who reminds us that true love does not lie in photos with philosophical lines of love, it is when partners show their support to each other.
Taimur Ali Khan enjoys a car ride with his cousin Inaaya Naumi Kemmu New Delhi : Friday evening turned delightful for social media followers of Bollywood diva Soha Ali Khan. The two cutest babies of the tinsel town, Taimur Ali Khan and Inaaya Naumi Kemmu made an appearance together on her Instagram account and as the two appeared, the users of the photo-sharing app went gaga over their cuteness. Ever since a photo of Soha with Inaaya in her arms went viral, the fans of both Inaaya and Taimur were waiting to see them in a single frame. Soha and Kunal Kemmu’s five-month-old daughter Inaaya looks like her cousin Taimur, who is a few
churning out hits after hits, his fans gave him the sobriquet ‘Natural Star Nani’ and through his performances, he has always lived up to the tag. In each and every film, Nani has always concentrated on getting into the skin of the character and kept his performances as realistic as possible. Unlike other stars, one can never see an over-the-top performance from him, he always likes to play it subtle. Nani has always been picky about scripts and it has worked in his favour. After delivering a blockbuster hit in 2015 with Bhale Bhale Magadivoy, most of the films in the last couple of years were box-office hits. He is on a terrific streak with three hit films (Nenu Local, Ninnu Kori and Middle Class Abbayi) in 2017. His latest outing as a producer, Awe, has earned him laurels. With this film, he has once again proved his flair for picking offbeat yet interesting scripts. The actor is currently shooting for director Merlapaka Gandhi’s Krishnarjuna Yudham in which he plays dual roles. He will also team up with Akkineni Nagarjuna for a film which will be helmed by Sriram Adittya. As Nani steps into his tenth year as an actor, he has a huge responsibility to maintain his streak of hits. Will he be open to experimenting with offbeat genres?
It was not ‘love at first sight’ for Ajay Devgn and Kajol: The real love story of the Ishq couple
anybody.” But gradually that changed and Kajol was sure about Ajay playing a crucial role in her life. The two became friends so much so that Kajol started taking love advice from him. Even Ajay was dating another girl at the time. Two years after getting out of their respective relationships, during the post-production stage of their movie Gundaraj, the two started dating each other. After four years of their courtship, without any formal proposal, the duo decided to get married in an intimate
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Aruna Budda Reddy Wins Bronze At 2018 Gymnastics World Cup India’s Aruna Budda Reddy on Saturday won a bronze medal in women’s vaults at the 2018 World Gymnastics in Melbourne.
Melbourne: India’s Aruna Budda Reddy on Saturday won a bronze medal in women’s vaults at the 2018 World Gymnastics in Melbourne. She finished third with a average score of 13.699 after her two attempts. Slovania’s Tjasa Kysslef won the gold medal with a score of 13.800, while Australia’s Emily Whitehead took home the silver with a score 13.699 in the finals. Another Indian fray, Pranati Nayak managed a sixth place finish with an aggregate score of 13.416 after two attempts. In the finals, Aruna started solidly, choosing a difficulty level of 4.600 in which she scored 9.066 on execution-- giving her a total of 13.666. In her second attempt, the Indian gymnast chose a higher difficulty (4.800) but could only manage an execution score of 8.833, which gave her a total of 13.633. After the two attempts, the aggregate of her two attempts were taken, giving her a final score of 13.649. In the qualification stage, Aruna was second after registering a score of 13.566 to reach the finals while Pranati was fourth with an average score of 13.483 after her two attempts.
Virat Kohli to be Presented With Test Mace After Cape Town T20I
Ashish Kumar had given India its first-ever gymnastics medal when he won a bronze medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. After that, it was Dipa Karmakar who won a bronze medal in women’s vault at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Business ‘Situation of fear’ being created against me, Mehul Choksi writes to Gitanjali staff
New Delhi: Absconding diamond merchant Mehul Choksi voiced his defence for the first time since his named surfaced in the Rs 11,400-crore PNB fraud. The owner of Gitanjali group, in an office memo to company’s staff members, pointed an accusing finger at investigating agencies probing the scam for painting him in a bad picture. He also said that he will not be able to clear the dues or pay future salaries of his employees. Choksi said that a ‘situation of fear and injustice’ has been created against him and the organisation. “...with the recent ‘false allegations’ levelled against me of defrauding the PNB and media frenzy, the situation has gone grave which is turning graver by the day,” he wrote in the letter to his
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employees. At this moment, the investigating agencies seem to be interested not in a fair investigation but in creating a fear psychosis within my employees, Choksi said, adding that the present situation is making him highly insecure about his safety and that of his family members. Using seizure of his bank accounts
Reliance Jio threatens action against COAI over ‘defamatory’ remarks
Mumbai: Reliance Jio on Friday responded to the recent comments by the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) which alleged the telecom regulator TRAI of favouring a ‘certain operator’. Jio said that the COAI had become a mouthpiece of incumbents like Airtel and is issuing “defamatory” and “malicious” statements. Accusing industry body COAI of allegedly playing into the hands of large operators and acting as their “mouthpiece”, Jio warned that it “reserves its rights to initiate criminal and civil defamation proceedings, including damages, against both COAI and Incumbent Dominant Operators (IDOs)”. Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) was not immediately available for comments, despite several attempts. In a strongly-worded letter to COAI yesterday, Jio said that the press release issued by the industry body on February 20, 2018 claiming that the regulator’s orders put all but one operator at a serious disadvantage was “intentionally, wrongfully and maliciously made to induce disparaging and inimical opinions against Reliance Jio”. The statement of COAI, “warrants criminal and civil action for defamation”, Jio said, demanding a public apology from COAI and its Director General Rajan Mathews within 48 hours.
as a justification, Choksi said that he will not be able to reimburse the salaries of his employees. “It is very tough for me, as of now, to be clearing your dues or to pay the future salaries, in view of the seizing of the various bank accounts and other properties by the government agencies/ investigating agencies,” Choksi said.
She was the the first ever female Indian gymnast to do so. Karmakar also represented India at the Rio Olympics 2016 and became the first Indian gymnast to do so in 52 years. She missed out on an Olympic bronze as she finished fourth in the final.
Karnataka thump Maharashtra to reach Vijay Hazare final
which will be good enough for them to keep possession of the prestigious ICC Test Championship mace for the second year in succession. Kohli had become the 10th captain since 2002 to get his hands on the mace when he had received it from Sunil Gavaskar following the Indore Test against New Zealand in 2016. Had South Africa pulled off a 3-0 series win against India, then a win by 2-0 or better against Australia would have helped them reclaim the mace they had last won in 2015. Now, South Africa will have to win at least one
Test against Australia to retain second place in the Test table, which, in turn, will earn them $500,000. In this scenario, Australia will pocket $200,000 for a third place finish. However, if Australia win by 3-0 or 4-0, then they will leapfrog South Africa into second place. The winner of the two-Test New Zealand versus England series, which will also be played in March, will decide the side that finishes fourth on the table and will take home $100,000. A drawn series will mean New Zealand will finish ahead of England.
Bongpyeong: Don’t ask Ester Ledecka if she is the best athlete at the PyeongChang Olympics. She’ll stare through her polarized goggles and recoil at what she considers a preposterous notion. “Uh, what?” she responded Saturday afternoon. No, seriously. “I don’t think so, no,” she insisted. “There are the greatest athletes in the world here.” And the greatest athletes in the world now gush over Ledecka, the 22-year-old Czech who just accomplished the unthinkable, winning gold medals in two different sporting disciplines, shattering all preconceived notions about the impossibility of mixing elite skiing and snowboarding — or any other exotic combination of world-class athletic pursuits. She must be the greatest. “Yeah, whatever,” Ledecka said. And then she walked away. It was something I’ve never seen before: a humble mic drop. It seems that Ledecka
breaks new ground in everything she does. Let’s say it for her: Ledecka is the greatest of all the greatests here. She is the defining figure of the 2018 Games. She just made parallel giant slalom snowboarding a mustsee event. On Saturday at Phoenix Snow Park, she beat Selina Joerg of Germany by 0.46 seconds to capture a historic gold double. Last week, she shocked the world and won the super-G on skis, and now her snowboard is golden, too. She has dreamed about this since she was 5. Her lifelong aspiration
wasn’t simply to go to the Olympics. It was to do it her way — to compete in multiple sports, to win multiple golds — and the more she heard people say she couldn’t do it, the worse a listener she became. In an era of sports specialization, Ledecka has been an evangelist for maintaining variety and a persistent self-believer. She didn’t want to hear about what was impossible. She just needed to know how difficult it would be, and then she could figure out the training and discipline the task required.
Jose Mourinho has predicted an “amazing” period for Manchester United as he prepares to host a series of significant fixtures at Old Trafford across three different competitions. United host Chelsea in the Premier League on Sunday to kick off a run of four home games in their next five matches. Mourinho’s side start next month with a league trip to Crystal Palace before welcoming top-four rivals Liverpool. A Champions League last-16, second-leg fixture against Sevilla and a home FA Cup quarter-final against Brighton & Hove Albion wrap up the busy period, and Mourinho remains confident ahead of United’s decisive spell in the campaign. “I think the next few weeks at Old Trafford will be amazing,” he said. ”Two big matches against two direct rivals in the Premier League,
two knockout matches that, if things go well, can leave us in the quarter-final of the Champions League and the semi-final of the FA Cup. “Sometimes we have periods with three, four consecutive away matches but this time we have four matches at home, with Crystal Palace away in between, but four big matches at Old Trafford.” United’s schedule contains
13 fixtures, including 11 league matches, but that total could potentially rise to 20 depending on their progress in the cup competitions. “March, April and May can be really busy and going far in the FA Cup creates you problems,” Mourinho added. “We now play Brighton when we were supposed to play West Ham and we don’t know when we’ll play West Ham.”
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New Delhi: Mayank Agarwal kept his dream run going with the bat as he notched up his third fifty of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, thereby piloting his Karnataka side into the final of the tournament, on Saturday (February 24). Chasing a low score of 161, Agarwal along with fellow opener Ravikumar Samarth put on a stand of 155 in quick time to quash any hopes that Maharashtra would’ve had of defending their score. Agarwal fell on
81 when his side needed just six more runs to win. Earlier on, after opting to bat first, Maharashtra were in a good position at 95 for 2. But opener Shrikant Mundhe’s wicket triggered a collapse which saw them losing their last eight wickets for 65 runs. Mundhe who had just got to his fifty threw his wicket away by holing out to deep cover and the runout of Ankit Bawne created panic in the Maharashtra ranks, a position from which they could never recover.
CBI books Delhi-based jeweller for duping Rs 390 crore from Oriental Bank of Commerce
New Delhi: Oriental Bank of Commerce (OBC) is the latest public sector lender to join the list of state-run banks which have been defrauded by diamond merchants. Using the same modus operandi like the one used by celebrity jeweller Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi to get Letter of Credit (LoC) from PNB, the accused involved in the OBC fraud availed credit facilities to the tune of Rs 389.85 crore with the help of some bank officials. The CBI has booked Delhi-based diamond jewellery exporter Dwarka Das Seth International Pvt Ltd, six months after the Oriental Bank of Commerce filed a complaint with the agency. CBI has also booked Sabhya Seth, Reeta Seth, Krishna Kumar Singh, Ravi Singh - all directors of the firm - and another company named Dwarka Das Seth SEZ Incorporation for the alleged fraud. The whereabouts of Sabhya, the prime suspect, and other directors is not known for now. The CBI charged the company and other directors
New Delhi: The International Cricket Council (ICC) will present the ICC Test Championship Mace to India captain Virat Kohli at the Newlands Stadium in Cape Town at the conclusion of the South Africa tour. “On behalf of the ICC, Cricket Hall of Famers Sunil Gavaskar of India and Graeme Pollock of South Africa will make the presentation immediately after the awards ceremony for the T20I series”, the ICC wrote in statement. India have ensured the number one spot on the ICC Test Team Rankings and a prize of $ 1 million after their victory in the Johannesburg Test against South Africa last month, which ensures that no team can move ahead of them in the Test rankings at the 3 April cut-off date. India had arrived in South Africa on 124 points, with South Africa 13 points behind on 111 points. However, Virat Kohli’s men will return on 121 points as opposed to South Africa’s 115 points,
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of two firms with cheating OBC in connivance with bank officials and dubious financial instruments. This is similar to the modus operandi of absconding diamantaire Nirav Modi who defrauded Punjab National Bank (PNB) of Rs 11,400 crore. The accused have availed several credit facilities from the Greater Kailash-II branch of OBC since 2007 by getting Foreign Letters of Credit (FLC), foreign documentary bill purchase and other instruments, said Agency. The bank found that the company was using Letters of
Credit (LoCs) to pay off other creditors against the purchase of gold and other precious stone and transfer gold and funds outside the country using fictitious transactions, the FIR said. The various credit facilities company had availed from OBC between 2007 and 2012 swelled to Rs 389 crore during the period. The jewellery export firm was also engaging in business transactions with non-existent entities, it said. After the Rs PNB scam and Rotomac loan default, this is the third biggest corporate scam coming to light in a span of two weeks.
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Three prematurely-born babies beat survival odds in city hospitals
Ahmedabad: A 20-day-old baby from Dhandhuka -- premature by five weeks and weighing just 1.7 kg -- was operated upon for Hirschsprung’s disease last week. The baby, which could not pass stool as a segment of its large intestine was spastic, was operated by laparoscopy and discharged on Friday evening. This condition is diagnosed in 1 out of 1,000 patients. Although laparoscopy on neonatal patients is not that rare, doctors who operated on the child said the weight of the patient was a major factor as normal weight of infants is expected to be 3.5 kg. However, Moin weighs just half of that. Dr Anirudh Shah said, “If a baby is able to pass stool, though with difficulty, we wait. However, this child was in the ‘failure to thrive’ category, meaning it was not gaining weight and not passing stool at all and was getting worse. Hence we decided to perform the surgery immediately.” The doctor added, “There is a perception in the medical community that laparoscopic surgery is not possible in neonates and that children should be of a certain weight for them to be eligible to undergo laparoscopic surgery. However, with experience, quality equipment and precision, laparoscopy is completely safe even on small babies.” Had a complication occurred, the doctors would have “converted it into abypass surgery”. Born at 32 weeks instead of 40, Shahid had not passed stool since he was born. Enema as well as other medication was not having any effect on his condition.
More victims of Fisheries scam: Gujarat HC reserves mehul choksi’s gold order on minister’s petition scheme fraud surface — The case dates back to 2008 when Parshottam Solanki had awarded 58 contracts.
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court on Friday concluded the hearing on petitions moved by MoS Fisheries Parshottam Solanki seeking quashing of the case filed against him in the alleged fisheries scam. Former minister Dileep Sanghani, against whom a Gandhinagar court had issued the process, has also moved the court for quashing of the process and the prosecution case. Issuing process by a court means the particular case is “triable” and it has taken cognizance of the case. The case has been in the cold for nearly three years, following the issuance of the process against the two senior BJP leaders by a Gandhinagar
Ahmedabad tops list of number of schools in gujarat without playgrounds Ahmedabad: Despite Gujarat government’s ambitious annual Khel Mahakumbh programme and coining of ‘Ramshe Gujarat’ slogan to promote sports, the ground reality is grim when it comes to providing the most basic sports facility to school students — that of a ground. During the question hour, the education minister informed the House that hundreds of schools across various districts lack playgrounds. Going by the information given out, Ahmedabad seems to top the State when it comes to number of schools without grounds. The districts with maximum number of such schools are: Ahmedabad (983), Banaskantha (681), Panchmahal (640) and Rajkot (540). If you thought that only the government schools suffer
from this condition, then you are mistaken. In fact, there are more private schools in Ahmedabad than government ones that have no playgrounds. In Ahmedabad district, 676 private and 68 government primary schools are without a ground. For secondary schools, the figure stands at 235 and 4 respectively. In the last two years, though, government helped arrange ground for 41private and 37 government schools in the State. In Banaskantha, 658 government and 23 private primary schools are without a ground. In the Panchamahals, the
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number of such schools is 565 (government) and 37 (private) primary schools, and 18 secondary schools. In Rajkot district, from where the Chief Minister comes from, 540 schools lack ground. In Rajkot city, 109 government and 341 private primary schools suffer from this condition while this figure is 15 and 75 respectively in case of secondary schools. Surat has 240 such schools and Vadodara 298. When asked to comment, Education minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasma told Mirror: “For us, education is more important. So we cannot stop the permission from being granted to aschool for lack of ground. We have given permission to many schools which don’t have own ground but have rented one from government or private parties.”
magisterial court. The lower court, while issuing the summons, found that there was enough material against the accused to try them in the court. Against this, the accused moved the Gujarat High Court which stayed the proceedings of the lower court. The Gandhinagar court’s order had come on the basis of an inquiry report prepared by Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). The report found that the BJP leaders could be booked under the Prevention of Corruption
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for fisheries, granted fishing contracts to 58 reservoirs, allegedly to his favourite people and did not follow the mandatory auctioning process. Sanghani was the then agriculture minister. The matter came to light after Ishaq Mohammad Maradia, a Banaskanthabased fishing contractor, approached the High Court after being denied the contract for a state reservoir. In September 2008, the HC scrapped the contracts and ordered tenders be invited.
for cheating her in Tamanna, a gold scheme floated by the brand. Another victim, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja (74), an ex-bank employee, said, “I had invested Rs 1.2 lakh in this scheme in my daughter’s name. They were to return Rs 1.40 lakh to me, but I did not get anything. Now, we will file a complaint.” Meena Mansharamani (69), retired district panchayat employee and Bhavnagar resident, said, “I had invested Rs 9,000 in the scheme but the showroom closed down and I lost my money.” Jadeja said, “They are afraid of lodging a police complaint.” DCP Deepan Bhadran said, “We have collected the name and contact numbers of the victims. We will inform HC if they file a complaint.”
with the Gujarat Police on February 18 where he was allegedly detained on his way to hold a bandh, the Dalit activist and Vadgam MLA Jignesh Mevani has now raised serious concerns over his safety in the state. Mevani has raised an alarm after a WhatsApp group run by the Ahmedabad Rural Police and journalists had a post by the Ahmedabad Rural DYSP, in which a politician was seen roughed up by the cops. The DYSP in his post said that a similar treatment will be meted out to Mevani who had insulted the police. Mevani shared the conversation on his Twitter account saying that the two top cops were discussing how he could be killed in an encounter. Following the DYSP’s post, a similar post was shared by DSP Raju Asari in the group. Asari’s post was on the Uttar Pradesh chief
minister Yogi Adityanath’s interview where he justified the elimination of criminals. Both the posts were given thumbs up by the other members of the group. Both the top police officials in their string of conversations threatened the Vadgam MLA. After the chat went viral, Mevani vowed to file a complaint with the
DGP, the home minister and the home secretary. On February 18, Mevani, who was on his way to organise a bandh following the death of Dalit activist Bhanu Vankar, was stopped by the police. Mevani soon got into a heated argument with the police. A video of the incident went viral soon after.
Mevani raises alarm after Man spikes drinks of Gujarat cops discuss his atm cash van staff, ‘encounter’ on WhatsApp group flees with rs 90l Ahmedabad: After his tussle
Ahmedabad: A man suspected to be an employee of a cash logistics firm stole Rs 90 lakh meant to be loaded into an ATM after spiking the cold drinks of his colleagues. According to police sources, accused Sudhir Vaghela spiked the cold drinks of two gunmen and another colleague on Friday evening when they were on their way to HDFC Bank ATM at Rajpath Club. The van carried Rs 2 crore, said sources. After the trio fell unconscious, Vaghela stole the money and fled the spot, said police sources. The victims have been admitted to a hospital. A complaint was being filed at Vastrapur police station till the time of going to the press. Crime Branch has begun investigating the case.
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Act, 1988. This report also named former Agriculture Minister Dileep Sanghani. The ACB report stated that Solanki was “guilty of changing the policy despite not being competent” to do so and, therefore, he could be booked for corruption. The report concluded that the total scam in the case was worth about Rs 1.6 crore and had the Gujarat High Court not intervened in the matter, it could have gone up to Rs 21 crore. The case dates back to 2008 when Solanki, the then MoS
Ahmedabad: More victims of a scheme floated by Geetanjali Gems, the jewellery brand owned by Mehul Choksi, came forward to share their woes at a conference held by Bhavnagar-based jeweler Digvijaysinh Jadeja, himself an accused in the case. The city crime branch now plans to approach them to register their complaints. Jadeja held the conference in Bhavnagar on Friday where around five persons spoke about how they too had been cheated. Ahmedabad Crime Branch has obtained the contact details of these persons and will take their statements to the court after their consent. One of them, Meeta Mankad, a doctor from Bhavnagar, had filed a fraud case against Choksi and Jadeja
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‘The living legends of mithila’
Ahmedabad: The launch of his new release establishes VivekanandJha yet again as the harbinger for a ‘new dawn’ of the cultural renaissance of Mithila & India. Author VivekanandJha’s new bookisa collection of inspirational life stories of the living legends from the sacred land of Mithila. ‘The Living Legends of Mithila’ and its Hindi version ‘Mithila kay AadhunikDiggaj’ was launched by Shri Vijay Rupani the Chief Minister of Gujarat Shri Vijay Rupani and Shri Dr Jagadip Narayan Singh the chief secretary of Gujarat. On this occasion, along with author Shri Vivekanand Jha, Mr. Kulesh Jha, Mr. Santosh Mishra and Mr. Ghanshyam Patel honored Chief Minister and Chief Secretary with Mithila Pag and Shawl. This
book is about 25 legendary people, who have devoted their life for the development of Mithila and the nation in their myriad ways, contributing to the glorification of India at the International forum.Since the book was already in the public domain, it helped Indian government to decide and was instrumental behind getting the Padma Bhushanto legendary Sharda Sinha and Padma Shri to Dr Manas Bihari Verma a pioneer of LCA TEJAS (Light combat aircraft) which lent teeth to the Indian Air Force. The book starts with the story of Jagadguru Shankaracharya Nischalanand Saraswati Maharaj of Govardhan Muth, which sneaks into the Sanatan tradition of great Adi Shankaracharya. Thelife narration of the first Vice-
President of Nepal Shri Parmananda Jha, Padma Bhushanawardee Dr Bindeshwar Pathak, Dr Birbal Jha, the Chief Executive Officer of CTL Business at Adani Enterprises Limited Shri Rajesh Jha,Padam Shriawardee Dr Mohan Mishra, the chief secretary of Bihar Shri Anjani Kumar Singh, Justice Gyan Sudha Misra, Padma Shriawardee Usha Kiran Khan,the acting secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Shri Amitabh Choudhary, the ex-Chairman cum Managing Director of Coal India Ltd Shri Nirmal Chandra Jhaand Shri Ramakant Jha, the former Managing Director & Group CEO, GIFT City (Gujarat International Finance Tec-City Co. Ltd) are too illustrious and inspiring.
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