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Short News B’luru: I-T unearths doctor-medical centre nexus running into crores
Bengaluru:Income-Taxofficialshaveunearthed amajormulti-layerednexusbetweenmedical centresanddoctorsandanundisclosedincomeof Rs100croreaftersearchesatafewIVFclinicsand diagnosticcentreshere,thedepartmentsaidon Saturday.Itclaimeddoctorswerebeingpaid“for referringmedicaltests”.ITsleuths,thedepartment said,haveseizedaboutRs1.4croreincashand about3.5kgofjewelleryandbullionduringits three-dayactionagainsttwoin-vitrofertilisation (IVF)centresandfivediagnosticcentres.They alsoseizedforeigncurrencyanddetectedforeign bankaccountswith“depositsrunningintocrores ofrupees”.Whilethelabssearchedhavedeclared anundisclosedincomeofoverRs100crore, theamountofreferralfeeincaseofasinglelabis morethanRs200crore,itsaidinastatement.The searchesatthediagnosticcentres,aseniorofficial said,uncoveredvariousmethodsbywhichdoctors werebeingpaidforreferringmedicaltests.“The commissionvariedfromlabtolabbutthemedian rangeofnormalcut/commissionfordoctorsis35 percentincaseofMRItestsand20percentincase ofCTscanandotherlabtests.
BJP original proHindutva party, why’d one prefer clone: Jaitley jibes at Cong
Surat: Taking a jibe at Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi over the issue of his religion, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said the BJP has always been a pro-Hindutva party. “The BJP has always been seen as a pro-Hindutva party. So if an original is available, why one would prefer a clone?” Jaitley, in a press briefing, responded to a poser on Rahul Gandhi’s temple visits during elections. In the run-up to the Assembly elections in Gujarat, the two parties have left no stone unturned in bringing one another down. The Congress Party has been calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi a ‘non-Hindu’ and the BJP has been claiming that Rahul is a ‘non-Hindu’. Further slamming the Congress, the senior BJP leader said: “In 1990s, the reforms were taken under compulsion, but the government under Prime Minister Modi is undertaking the reforms by conviction.
No security breach at Falaknuma Palace during Ivanka’s visit: T’gana Police
Hyderabad: The Telangana Police has refuted reports of an alleged security breach, reported in the media, during United States President Donald Trump’s daughter and advisor Ivanka’s visit to Hyderabad. The above-mentioned security breach was related to a few important details, not meant for public viewing, but telecast from the Taj Falaknuma Palace during Ivanka’s visit. “The visuals from the video wall were shot by a few TV channels from the Command and Control Centre and were later telecast as part of disseminating information to public in normal course as a part of a usual practice,” said Director General of Police (DGP) M Mahendar Reddy clarified.
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Welcome GDP growth, but BJP can’t equal UPA’s 10-yr average: Manmohan
economists believe that the Central Statistics Office (CSO) has not adequately captured the impact of demonetisation and GST on the informal sector that accounts for about 30 per cent of the economy,” he said. Further quoting economists M Govinda Rao and former chairman of National Statistical Commission Pranab Sen, the former prime minister said, “There is still considerable uncertainty about the growth of GDP. The RBI forecasts that growth in 2017-18 will pick up to 6.7 per cent. However, even if growth reaches 6.7 per cent in 2017-18, Modiji’s four-year average growth rate will still be only 7.1 per cent.”
Surat: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday welcomed the uptick in the Q2 GDP growth at 6.3 per cent but cautioned that it is too early to say there is a reversal in decline seen in the past five quarters. Singh also said at this rate it is not possible for the Narendra Modi governmnt to equal UPA government’s 10-year average growth rate. “July-September quarter has registered a growth rate of 6.3 per cent. This is to be welcomed, but is too early to conclude that this represents a reversal of the declining trend seen in the previous five quarters,” Singh, also a former finance minister, told a gathering of businessmen here. “Some
The Mettur Dam could not be thrown open for irrigation on the scheduled date of 12th June and water could not be provided for Kuruvai.
Supreme Court refuses to entertain Tamil Nadu’s plea on Cauvery
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain the fresh application from Tamil Nadu to direct Karnataka to release 63 tmcft of water being the deficit quantity upto November 15 this year pending final verdict. When counsel Shekar Naphade along with G. Umapthy made a mention before a Bench of Chief justice Dipak Misra and Justices A.M. Kanwilkar and D.Y. Chandrachud about the urgency of the court passing an order, the CJI told the counsel that as they are in the process of writing the judgment further applications cannot be entertained. A similar plea was rejected on November
21.In its application, Tamil Nadu sought urgent directions to Karnataka to forthwith make good the cumulative shortfall of 62.881 TMC ft. as on Nov. 15, 2017 during the current Normal water year 2017-2018, as per the Final Order dated Feb. 5, 2007 passed by the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal. The State said that it realised at Billigundulu only 100.669 TMC ft. as against 163.500 TMC ft., leaving a cumulative shortfall of 63 TMC ft. as on 15.11.2017. It is evident that Karnataka failed to release water to TN as per monthly schedule fixed by the Tribunal, which has affected the agricultural operations in the State.
Tamil Nadu government mulls extending deadline for regularisation of buildings
CHENNAI: The Housing department is mulling extending the deadline for the regularisation of buildings with violations, owing to no takers for state government’s clemency scheme that was announced to help building owners to get an exemption from implications. This comes in the wake of the window for the much talked about ‘113-C scheme’ closing on December 21.According to a housing department official, there are nearly 5 lakh buildings with building rules and plan violations in Tamil Nadu, of which nearly 1.5 lakh buildings are located in the Chennai metropolitan area (CMA). The scheme has received poor response from the building owners. To enable more to apply under this scheme, the department is contemplating extending the deadline by a further 6 months, the official added.The state government had appended 113-C section to Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning Act, 1972 by adhering to a High Court direction. The sixmonth scheme, which is ending on December 21, was rolled out on June 22. “In Chennai metropolitan area, only 30 applications are received against 1.5 lakh violated buildings. So, the idea of extending the deadline for 6 more months is on the cards. Penalty and regularization fees will also be reduced and an announcement in this regard will be out soon”, an insider said.
Andhra Assembly passes bill to grant 5 per cent reservation to Kapu community Amravati: The Andhra Pradesh Assembly on Saturday unanimously passed the Kapu reservation bill to give 5 per cent reservation to the Kapu community in education institutions and government jobs. The state cabinet had given a nod in this regard on Friday based on the report submitted by the Manjunath Commission.The state cabinet has decided to include the Balija, Ontari and Telaga communities in the Backward Castes (BCs) and provide them 5 per cent reservation in weducation, employment and welfare schemes. The state government will now send the bill to the Centre as the move to grant 5 per cent quota to Kapus exceeds the 50
per cent reservation limit mandated by the Supreme Court, said Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu. The Bill will be first sent to the governor and then to the Union Home Ministry. “As 5 per cent of reservation to Kapus makes total reservation exceed 50%, central govt nod is compulsory. We will send this bill to the centre. We ask them to include this reservation in schedule 9, so that it will become legitimate,” said Naidu. Naidu told the Assembly that the Kapu community said it does not need political reservation. They just demanded quota in education and employment sectors.
‘Not even in films’: Fisherman rescued from Cyclone Ockhi recalls horror Thiruvananthapuram: It is not the first time Kerala fishermen have faced a turbulent sea, but the sheer ferocity of Cyclone Ockhi has shaken them badly. Trapped in violent waters, with no food or water, desperate eyes searching for help in the middle of a turbulent sea -- sum up the helplessness of the fishermen.Though many fishermen were brought ashore safely and
Ahead of Gujarat polls, BJP boots out 24 leaders for anti-party activities
Ahmedabad: Ahead of highvoltage Gujarat Assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state unit has suspended 24 of its members for their involvement in antiparty activities.From Navsari constituency in Gujarat, four party workers -- Dhananjay Bhai, Arjun Bhai, Sushil Kumar, Kanjhibhai Patel --have been suspended.Others suspended leaders include Ajay Bhai Choudhry (Surat), Khuman Singh Vasia (Bharuch) , Vallabh Bhai Dharvi and Ramesh Bhai Dangar (Jamnagar), Shri Arjan Bhai Kanjaria (Dev Bhumi Dwarka)
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, Shri Gowardhan Bhai (Morbi), Somnath Shri Tulsi Bhai (Gir), Shri Hameer Bhai (Amreli), Shri Dilawar Singh (Bhavnagar), Shri Nanno Bhai (Palitana), Jaswant Singh (Panchmahal), Bhavesh Bhai and Babu Bhai (Dahod), Juan Singh Vimal Bhai (Khedra), Kama Bhai (Ahmedabad), Shir Rohit Nayani(Gandhi Nagar), Dr Vishnu Daan Jhula (Patan), Shri Hitendra Patel and Bhupender Singh Solanki (Mahisagar). The election campaign for the polls in the state reached a notch higher after Prime Minister Narendra Modi kick started his campaign on November 28.
admitted to hospitals, many are yet to recover from the shock of wrestling the lashing waves and seeing death face-to-face.Cyclone Ockhi, which has claimed 14 lives in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, made a landfall in Lakshadweep in Arabian Sea on Saturday and is expected to intensify in the next 24 hours, the Met department has warned. Authorities including the National
Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Coast Guard and Navy have rescued about 223 fishermen and evacuated thousands of people from cyclone hit areas.Stephan, a fisherman hailing from Poonthura in Thiruvananthapuram, said he was terrified on seeing a rescue boat move away without seeing them and hearing their cries.
If ballot papers are used instead of EVMs, BJP will lose 2019 polls: Mayawati Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Saturday alleged the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) tampered with the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in the Uttar Pradesh civil body polls “The BJP has tampered with the EVMs in the assembly elections of 2017, as they did back in 2014. Even in these civil body elections, they tampered the electoral process, otherwise our mayors would have won. Overall they were unable to make us lose, as the BSP came second in position,” Mayawati, who visited here to pay a tribute to Buddhist monk Pragyaji, said.Mayawati further said it was not just the Dalits, but other communities like the Backward Classses and the Muslims also supported them in the polls.“We are taking with us people from all communities because BSP believes in ‘Sarvjan hitae, Sarvjan Sukhaye’ (everybody’s interest and everybody’s
happiness). When we won in Uttar Pradesh, we ran our government on this slogan. What is good for us is that along with Dalits, the upper class, and the Backward Classes and the minority sections,” she added. She further
challenged the BJP to remove the EVMs and start using ballot papers. “If the BJP is honest and believes in democracy then they should discard the EVMs and conduct voting on ballot papers. The general elections are due in 2019.
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Accident-prone: the apathy over enforcing road safety rules
The most effective measure to keep roads safe is enforcement of rules with zero tolerance to violations. But as anyone who uses India’s roads knows only too well, that is not an administrative priority. Even the periodic directions of the Supreme Court in a public interest case, Dr. S. Rajasekaran v. Union of India, have not produced any dramatic change in the official attitude. In spite of the court setting up the Committee on Road Safety and appointing an amicus curiae to help implement its recommendations, it is mostly business as usual for the police in enforcing road rules, for engineers tasked with forming roads and pavements, and transport officials in charge of licensing. The death of 1,50,785 people in accidents in 2016, which represents a 3.2% rise over the previous year, indicates the scale of the challenge. Fortunately, the orders of the court now provide actionable points with deadlines for implementation. Governments should be called to account on these, and civil society must ensure that they act without compromise. The most important among these is the Road Safety Action Plan that each State and Union Territory must announce by March 2018, and roll out after giving due publicity. But police forces and transport bureaucracies need not wait for formalisation of the plan, and should start enforcing rules relating to lane-based driving, using CCTV cameras to penalise offenders, and conducting safety audits along with experts. The absence of a scientific approach to accident investigation in India remains a major factor in fixing responsibility. This was pointed out by the Sundar Committee of the Ministry of Road Transport in 2007, but other than a failed attempt at creating a National Road Safety and Traffic Management Board, no real effort has been made at reform. The orders of the Supreme Court provide a road map, and the direction to States to form a District Road Safety Committee headed by the Collector before January 31, 2018 should ensure that someone is accountable when citizens file complaints on hazardous conditions. It bears pointing out that the court-appointed Committee on Road Safety has written to States on the need to prosecute every case of driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs, seeking imprisonment and fine, and to treat driving on the wrong side of the carriageway as an offence under Section 279 of the Indian Penal Code, which can lead to imprisonment, and not merely under the Motor Vehicles Act. Stringent penalties have a lower chance of being imposed, compared to fines that are proportionate to the offence. Yet, even the existing minor penalties are not being imposed, and road conditions remain hazardous due to poor engineering. This is proof of the apathy of the system. It’s time to shake the system out of its indifference.
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Not right, says Juhi Chawla on death threats to Deepika Padukone GNS News | Mumbai: Actor Juhi Chawla has said people should not flare up and give threats to Deepika Padukone for starring in “Padmavati”. Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Padmavati” has been mired in controversies over its release with several outfits alleging that history has been “distorted” in the movie. Both, Bhansali and Deepika have received death threats for being a part of the film. Asked about how she sees death threats being given to another actor, Juhi told reporters, “I am not speaking of ‘Padmavati’ the film but the threats were not right. You watch the same heroine in other films, go crazy for her, you love her so much, she has tremendous fan following.
Then, to threaten her like this, I didn’t feel was right.” Juhi was speaking at the launch of Jyotin Goel’s book “BheemDestiny’s Warrior” last evening here. Various Rajput groups and political leaders have accused Bhansali of distorting history by filming a romantic dream sequence between Rajput queen Padmini and Sultan Alauddin Khilji, a claim repeatedly denied by the filmmaker. Historians are divided on whether Padmavati actually existed. Juhi said people should react to things with sensitivity and not flare up in anger. “At the end of the day, films are made by directors, by the team (and) you’re playing a part. Just for that reason,
I’d say a little sensitivity is (needed) and people should have patience. Not flare up and say things like that, that too to a woman.” Juhi said she recently met Rajmata of Jaipur who said what one shows in films can be there for
Priyanka didn’t call her ex-boyfriend MF, magazine apologises after quote goes viral Priyanka Chopra has never gone on record talking about her relationships though she reportedly has dated her co-stars. And after international foray with back-to-back Hollywood projects, the actress hardly made news for link-ups unlike actresses here. But her revelation on a TV show ‘Dirty Laundry’ in May about an ex-boyfriend’s jacket, which he showed the host, that ‘stopped being his and became hers’, brought her past love life back in the limelight. Fans and Twitteratti were convinced that the jacket belonged to rumoured ex Shah Rukh Khan and collage of pictures showing both of them wearing the same jacket started doing the rounds. Priyanka didn’t call her ex-boyfriend MF, magazine apologises after quote goes viral Moreover, when asked about her revelation in an interview to a leading magazine later, Priyanka was quoted as saying, “I call him MF.” Even this quote of hers went viral, with several social media users pointing out that she was referring to an expletive based on the two
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GNS News | Mumbai: Soha Ali Khan can’t stop gushing over her niece Sara Ali Khan. The proud aunt says that even as Sara, Saif Ali Khan and Amrita Singh’s daughter, is all set to make her foray into the world of showbiz, she’s glad that she completed her education first. “She’s such a talented girl,” Soha smiles. “She could have done anything; she’s academically gifted as well. But
Selena Gomez receives 2017 Woman of the Year Award
Fetish singer received the 2017 Woman of the Year Award. Selena’s kidney donar and close friend Francia Raisa was also present with her, according to reports on EOnline. com. Speaking to
keen to learn history, but everyone watches films. Whatever you show on screen stays in the memory of people, this is what she said. “It wasn’t related to ‘Padmavati’ but a general remark on impact of films,” she said. The
Deepika-Shahid KapoorRanveer Singh starrer was earlier scheduled to release on December 1. The makers deferred the release till they receive a certificate from the CBFC. They recently applied for 3D certification.
What is happening with Shraddha Kapoor’s Bollywood career? There are times in an actor’s career when both their personal, as well as professional lives, go through upheavals. And that is precisely what is happening with Shraddha Kapoor. The actress has had four flops in a row, and is heavily relying on the forthcoming film with Prabhas — Saaho and the Saina Nehwal biopic that she is working on. But then, she does not have any great offers post that. After the failures of Rock On 2, OK Jaanu, Half Girlfriend and Haseena Parkar, Shraddha is on the back foot. “She has been wanting to do bigger films but offers haven’t exactly been coming the way it was earlier. So, Shraddha has even told her management that she does
not mind a salary cut, but wants the best films and the best scripts to come to her first,” informs our source. According to sources, on the personal front too, Shraddha and her on-again, off-again beau Farhan Akhtar have not been on the best terms of late.
Aunt Soha Ali Khan gushes The Big Bang Theory over her niece Sara Ali Khan actress Kaley Cuoco is
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Selena Gomez stunned everyone at the Ray Dolby Ballroom in Los Angeles as she attended the 2017 Billboard Women in Music Dinner and Awards Gala. The
generations to learn from and hence one should be careful. “I was attending a wedding in Jaipur where I met Rajmata ji. She was talking about films, she said something which struck me. How many of us really read books or are
Billboard about how she was feeling after the kidney transplant, Selena said, “I’m good. Honestly that experience whole made me look at life a little differently. I’m grateful for that. It feels good to be able to share my story the way I want to. I’m good, I’m really good.”Selena not only said that Francia should be actually getting the award, but also thanked her family and team for being with her throughout her struggles.
I’m glad she finished her education before taking this plunge. It’s good to have education and security behind you.” Sara will be making her debut in Abhishek Kapoor’s Kedarnath, opposite Sushant Singh Rajput. Soha goes on to add, “Even when she was growing up, Sara used to speak so many different languages, and she used to love dancing. I think she’s such a beautiful girl.”
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Hrithik Roshan : I am on the heels of doing a very inspiring film called Super 30 New Delhi : Actor Hrithik Roshan, who will be seen as Patnabased mathematician Anand Kumar in a biopic titled Super 30, says it’s an exciting role as teachers are the stars in everyone’s lives. The biopic, which is being helmed by Vikas Bahl, will showcase the life of the mathematician, who trains 30 deserving, economically backward students for IIT-JEE — the entrance exams of IIT — each year, with a commendable success rate. “I am very excited because
I am on the heels of doing a very inspiring film called Super 30,” Hrithik said here on the sideline of the Filmfare Glamour & Style Awards 2017 on Friday. “I feel one of the most glamorous thing and the biggest stars we have in our life are our teachers because they educate and help in progress of human species,” he added. One of the stylish stars of Bollywood, Hrithik was asked about his personal style statement and whom he looks up to as a style icon. He
said: “It’s a difficult question because I feel I don’t have a personal style statement. “I look up to people for other things and not necessarily for style. I think what inspires me and what I find very stylish is confidence. I feel confidence is one thing that comes from your accomplishments and accomplishments come from hard work. So in short, if you work hard, you will eventually look stylish,” said Hrithik. Hrithik Roshan’s last big screen outing was Sanjay Gupta’s Kaabil with Yami Gautam.
The Big Bang Theory actress Kaley Cuoco got engaged to her longtime boyfriend Karl Cook on her 32nd birthday. Karl, a professional equestrian, shared a video of the proposal on Instagram on Thursday. He captioned the video of Kaley crying uncontrollably, “Well after nearly two years I finally got up the courage to ask her to marry me. This is the best night of my life and I think the video shows
it is the best night for Kaley as well... of she said yes! (sic) ”Kaley shared the same video on Instagram and wrote, “Still crying. Every part of this night has been perfection just like you. I love you forever!” Karl also shared a photo of the beautiful pearshaped diamond ring he presented Kaley. He wrote in another post, “In life, there is nothing like dancing right after getting engaged.
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Sports Special Barca’s slip-up is a boost for Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, who can close to within six points with respective victories.
La Liga: Barcelona’s slip in Celta thriller offers Real Madrid, Atletico hope
Madrid: Celta Vigo breathed life into La Liga’s title race becoming the first team this season to take points off Barcelona at the Nou Camp in
Aspas set up Maxi Gomez 20 minutes from time as Barca centre-back Samuel Umtiti suffered what could be a costly injury. Barca’s slip-up is a boost
a thrilling 2-2 draw on Saturday. Iago Aspas gave Celta an early lead, but an inspired display from Lionel Messi appeared to have earned Barca another three points as he immediately equalised and then helped tee up Luis Suarez to put the hosts 2-1 in front. However, the excellent
for Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, who can close to within six points with victories over Athletic Bilbao and Real Sociedad respectively later on Saturday. Celta have been a bogey side for Barca in recent years, beating the Catalans once in each of the past three seasons.
And a positive start from the Galicians on Celta boss Juan Carlos Unzue’s return to the Camp Nou, where he spent three years as Luis Enrique’s assistant, was rewarded 20 minutes in. Aspas sprung Barca’s offside trap and crossed for the unmarked Gomez who was denied by an incredible save by Marc-Andre ter Stegen. However, the rebound fell for Aspas to slot home his ninth goal of the season. Celta’s lead lasted two minutes, though, as Messi latched onto Paulinho’s pass to fire low under Ruben Blanco for his first goal since late October. Messi then took control of the game as Barca pressed to go ahead before halftime. A sensational pass from the Argentine was smashed home by Suarez, only for the Uruguayan to be wrongly flagged offside. Messi then hit the outside of the post and Paulinho headed too close to Ruben Blanco from Ivan Rakitic’s pinpoint cross.
Ajinkya Rahane will ‘surely be disappointed’ with such dismissals says Sanjay Bangar New Delhi: Ajinkya Rahane’s performance will be vital to India’s chances of a good show in South Africa but the Mumbaikar will “surely be disappointed” with the kind of dismissals he has had of late, said Indian team’s batting coach Sanjay Bangar. For someone
Colin de Grandhomme maiden Test ton against West Indies puts New Zealand in command Wellington: New Zealand all-rounder Colin de Grandhomme cracked his maiden Test century off just 71 balls to leave the West Indies reeling at stumps on the second day of the first Test in Wellington on Saturday. It was the ninth fastest Test century of all time as de Grandhomme, in only his seventh Test, made light of a tiring attack and plundered the boundary on a demoralising day for the West Indies. At stumps New Zealand were 447 for nine, holding a 313- run lead after the West Indies were rolled for 134 in their first innings.
FIH Hockey World League: Mandeep Singh scores in India’s 1-1 draw against Australia Bhubaneswar: India produced an impressive display but wasted chances galore as they held defending champions and world number two Australia to a 1-1 draw in their opening pool match of the Hockey World League Final on Friday. Playing in front a partisan crowd at the floodlit Kalinga Stadium, India by far were the better side on display and outplayed Australia in terms of ball possession. The Indians got off to an attacking start and scored the opening goal of the match through Mandeep Singh’s field strike in the 20th minute. But it was equalised soon after when Jeremy Hayward converted a penalty corner for Australia (21st minute). The Indians started on a bright note and played above their weight to create numerous scoring chances in the match but the forwards, especially Gurjant Singh and Akashdeep, were off colour.India almost took the lead with the first move of the game. It was S V Sunil who started the move and set it up for an unmarked Gurjant inside the circle but the young striker’s reverse was saved by an agile Tyler Lovell in front of the Australian goal. Two minutes later, Lovell came to his side’s rescue again as he made a double save to deny the hosts. First, he blocked Akashdeep’s effort from close range and then made another fine save to deny Gurjant for the second time in quick succession.
with best overseas average among the current crop of Indian players, Rahane is going through the most miserable patch in his six-year international career with modest returns of 7 runs from 4 innings in the current series. His discomfort against spinners has been palpable
in the past one year as he has got out to all kinds of spinners -- off-break, leg-break, left-arm orthodox. One that was missing from his ‘kitty of dismissals’ was chinaman, which happened today when Lakshan Sandakan fooled him with a wrong ‘un, getting him stumped.
Hockey World League Final: Samuel Ward’s brace helps England outclass India
Bhubaneswar: Sloppy defending cost India dearly as Sam Ward scored a brace for England to hand the home team a heart-breaking 2-3 defeat in a hard-fought Pool B match of the Hockey World League (HWL) Final, here on Sunday. Ward (43rd, 57th minutes) struck two field goals for England after David Goodfield gave them the lead in the 25th minute. India’s both goals came from penalty corner conversions by Akashdeep Singh (47th) and Rupinderpal Singh (50th). It was a dull first quarter as both the teams failed to create any real scoring opportunities despite playing
fast,aggressive hockey. The Indians were nowhere near to the level that they displayed in their first match against Australia. If the Indians looked orgainsed and controlled against the Kookaburras yesterday, it was completely the opposite, at least in the first quarter, on Sunday. While SV Sunil was guilty of holding on to the ball for too long on more than one occasion, Mandeep Singh’s ball trap and waiting was found wanting inside the circle. England, on the other hand, were happy to sit back and defend and put pressure on the Indian defence when the opportunity came.
Rumesh Ratnayake displeased by Sri Lanka spinners Dilruwan Perera, Lakshan Sandakan
Ind vs SL, 3rd Test: Kohli, Vijay steer hosts to 371-4 at stumps on Day 1
New Delhi: What a day of entertaining cricket this has been! Though Sri Lanka have ended Day 1 of the 1st Test at the Feroz Shah Kotla with a couple of wickets, they have been floored by the Indian batsmen. 150s from Virat Kohli and Murali Vijay have put the hosts in a commanding position and the troubles continue for Dinesh Chandimal’s men. The bowling attack seemed toothless and it will take
something special on Day 2 if they are to keep the opposition batsmen at bay. Can India skipper Kohli reach back to back double hundreds tomorrow? We shall see. Thanks for joining us, see you tomorrow! India 371/4 after 90 overs: Sri Lanka started the 3rd Test against India on a good note, by wrapping up a couple of wickets before lunch at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium in New Delhi.
New Delhi: Sri Lanka bowling coach Rumesh Ratnayake was in no mood to defend his spinners Dilruwan Perera and Lakshan Sandakan, who went for 207 runs in 44 overs against India on the first day of the third Test here. India have raced to 371 for four after the opening day, looking set for another big total. Asked if off-spinner Perera, who has pipped Muttiah Muralitharan to fastest 100 wickets for Sri Lanka in 25 Tests, is under the pump for the first time because of the quality of batsmanship, Ratnayake said: “Everybody knows that Indian batsmen are at a different level but having said that, it’s not an excuse. “Although
he has got 100 wickets, he will be very disappointed with the manner in which he bowled in some of the
spells. The bowlers have given India 70 runs too many in my view.” About young Sandakan, Ratnayake felt that lack of confidence did not allow him to bowl the ‘googly’ (chinman’s away going delivery to right-hander) to centurions Murali Vijay and Virat Kohli.
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Gold regains sheen on global Steel companies have to sustain by cues, jewellers’ buying Six guiding principles contained in progress report lay foundation for
being competitive: Birender Singh
New Delhi: Government’s policy approach for exit of financially stressed units certifies transparency in the process with the possibility of takeover by alternate efficient management under the new bankruptcy law, Steel Minister Chaudhary Birender Singh said. The statement comes a few days after after the government promulgated an ordinance to bar wilful bank loan defaulters as well as those with NPA accounts from bidding in auctions being done to recover loans. “Steel companies have to sustain by being competitive and having a disciplined approach towards loan management,” an official statement quoted the minister as saying. He was speaking at the Global Forum on excess steel capacity in Berlin on November 30. In view of the optimistic
possibilities of the future of the steel sector, India is going to be a major destination for steel investors, he said. “Steel being a deregulated sector in India, setting up of capacities is based on the investors own assessment of profitability in the sector,” he said. Investment also depends on the nature of the market based on present and
future demand in the sector, he said adding the state-owned enterprises and private companies compete on equal footing in the steel sector in India. In order to take effective steps to address the challenges of excess steel capacity, members of the Global Forum agreed to share information, cooperate and develop concrete policy solutions.
New Delhi: Reversing a twoday slide, gold prices rose by Rs 250 to Rs 30,500 for 10 grams at the bullion market on Saturday, largely driven by a firm trend overseas amid pick-up in buying by jewellers at the domestic spot market. Silver, however, continued its fall and lost another Rs 50 to Rs 39,150 per kg owing to reduced offtake by industrial units and coin makers. Bullion traders attributed the recovery in gold prices to a firm trend overseas as the weakness in dollar boosted demand for the precious metal as a safe-haven. Globally, gold rose by 0.39 per cent to USD 1,279.60 an ounce in New York on Friday. In addition, increased buying by local jewellers to meet ongoing wedding season demand fuelled the uptrend, they said. In the national capital, gold
of 99.9 per cent and 99.5 per cent purity rebounded by Rs 250 each to Rs 30,500 and Rs 30,350 per 10 grams, respectively. It had lost Rs 270 in the previous two days. Sovereign, however, held steady at Rs 24,700 per piece of eight
grams. On the other hand, silver ready remained bearish and fell by Rs 50 to Rs 39,150 per kg and weekly-based delivery slipped by Rs 130 to Rs 37,580 per kg. Silver coins, however, remained steady at Rs 73,000 for buying and Rs 74,000 for selling of 100 pieces.
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East India Company took over Ahmedabad exactly 200 years ago AHMEDABAD: Today will mark 200 years of the British East India Company taking over administration of Ahmedabad from the “disastrous” Gaekwad-Peshwa rule in 1817.Five years before this takeover, Ahmedabad experienced its worst ever problems of pestilence and famine, according to the Bombay Gazetteer of 1818.In 1811, diseased and famine-stricken people crowded in to the city from Marwar and Kathiawar regions, where crops were damaged by locusts. This was followed by a drought and grain prices rose to “famine pitch”.“A pestilence broke out and raged with such violence that half the people of the city are said to have died, and though houses were pulled down for their timber, the bodies of the dead had to be left halfburnt,” claims the 1818 gazetteer. “On October 23, 1814, Ahmedabad’s administration plunged into disorder. Though the Gaekwads were running the administration by paying the British Rs 5 lakh per annum as lease under the Grant Duff agreement, the insecure Peshwa appointed SarSubedar Trimbakji Dengla who sent his troops to take charge of the city.
Rebel worries for parties: BJP suspends 24 members
GANDHINAGAR/VADODARA: The BJP on Friday suspended 24 of its senior party workers who after being denied party tickets chose to stand as independents or candidates from rival parties against BJP-nominated members. Among them are former district and taluka panchayat presidents, exMLAs, former MP, primary members, community leaders and others. While one of these candidates is fighting on NCP ticket, two of the rebel BJP candidates have been given Congress tickets. Some notable former BJP leaders among those standing as independents include Kanji Patel, Babu Bhabhor, Bhupendra Solanki, Hitendra Patel among others. Despite being forced by the party to pull back their nominations as independents on the last day of withdrawal of nomination on Thursday.
Rahul Gandhi promises loan waiver for Gujarat farmers
AHMEDABAD: On the second day of his tour in poll-bound Gujarat, Congress vicepresident Rahul Gandhi continued his temple visits and began the day with a visit to Somnath temple and later to the Swaminarayan temple in Gadhada. Later in Bhavnagar, Gandhi promised that if Congress forms a government, farmers’ loan waiver would be announced in 10 days. He also promised to free higher education to a large extent. “The college fees would be cut by 80%,” he said. Gandhi targeted PM Narendra Modi and BJP national chief Amit Shah over the promise of ‘achhe din’. While addressing a gathering
in Botad, Gandhi said, “Achhe Din have definitely come for some people. Amit Shah’s son had only Rs 50,000 in his company’s bank account. They were turned into Rs 80 crore in months.” He also criticized Modi’s Gujarat model, “In Gujarat, the government says you give me Narmada water, you give me your land and electricity, and I will give you 20-25 minutes of Mann ki Baat speech. This is Narendra Modi
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model.” At a meeting in Amreli, he said that Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Patel were friends. “There were definitely political and ideological differences between them. There used to be discussions between them. They went to jail together. Lies have been spread here that they were enemies. Sardar was opposed to the RSS. It has been wrongly propagated here that he was an RSS man.
Alleged IM operative collected Sabarmati Jail pictures AHMEDABAD: Tauseef Pathan, an alleged member of the Indian Mujahideen (IM) and accused in the July 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case, has told crime branch sleuths that while on the run he was gathering newspaper cuttings and pictures of the Sabarmati Central Jail. Pathan, who hails from Ahmedabad, was nabbed from Gaya in Bihar after being on the run for nine years.Senior crime branch officials said that Tauseef Pathan wanted to gather as much information about Sabarmati Central Jail as possible. The coaccused in the serial blasts
officials said they have some inputs about Pathan’s possible association with a radical group in Nepal. “Pathan, who used to work as an English teach in a school in Gaya, could have visited Nepal to meet the key accused Yasin Bhatkal — who was nabbed from the Indo-Nepal border
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Martyr’s daughter wails for compensation at CM’s rally AHMEDABAD: High drama was witnessed at chief minister Vijay Rupani’s election rally in Kevadiya Colony on Thursday when daughter of a martyr made a fervent attempt to meet him over her long-pending demand for land compensation.In a video that went viral on Friday, the woman is seen making desperate attempts to meet Rupani as he started his speech. In the video, Rupani is heard telling policemen to take her aside and assuring her that he would listen to her after the public rally ends.As the woman cops try to drag her away, the woman, daughter of martyr Ashok Tadvi, wails in desperation saying, “I want to meet Rupani saheb”. However, she was taken away from the venue to the police station even as Rupani continued his tongue-lashing at the Congress. Sources said Tadvi was killed in 2002 in Srinagar while fighting terrorists. The state government had then promised his family of giving them land as compensation. However, the family said that they are still struggling to get the piece of land.
case are lodged there.“In February 2013, some of the accused in the serial blasts case had dug up a 213 feet tunnel starting from a barrack,” a senior crime branch official said. “It is important to determine whether Pathan was involved in the jailbreak attempt.”Crime branch
in 2013,” an investigator said.Pathan was taken under high security cover to forests of Halol where IM terror suspects had conducted terror training camps before the serial blasts. “Much has changed at the location, but we managed to reconstruct some aspects of the terror training that was given to IM suspects,” the senior crime branch official said. According to crime branch officials, Pathan will be taken to locations where IM suspects allegedly held meetings, and to locations where bombs were placed by Pathan.
AHMEDABAD: It is set to be a politically explosive weekend as PM Narendra Modi arrives in Gujarat on Sunday on a whirlwind election campaign, to address four public meetings in Bharuch, Surendranagar, Ahmedabad and Rajkot on December 3 and in Dharampur, Bhavnagar, Junagadh and Jamnagar on December 4. PM Modi-Ivanka Trump dinner footage leaked. This day was also chosen by Patidar quota warrior Hardik Patel for a mega show of strength in Surat with a ‘Maha Kranti’ rally, which will entail day-long road shows, corner meetings and public meetings in the diamond city. On Wednesday as well, Hardik will hold his ‘chai pe charcha’ in Bela village of Morbi district, merely 20km
away from PM Modi’s public meeting in the same town. Later in the day, he will hold a massive show of strength in Rajkot, from where BJP CM Vijay Rupani is contesting. BJP only wanted power that’s all, promises not has been completed, only false promises, we given the chance BJP for good governance, but there is no difference between BJP and Congress. there is no b.
On December 4, PM will address public meetings at Dharampur town in Valsad and at Bhavnagar, Junagadh and Jamnagar.” Sources in the Hardik Patelled Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) said that holding parallel public meet with PM is an attempt to showcase the “mass-support and strength” to establish the Patel quota leader as a mass leader.
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Taliban attack in Pakistan: Indian-American journalist to run against Democrat in 2018 election 9 held for storming agriculture institute Washington: An Indian-American woman has announced that she will run for the 2018 election to the seat of US House of Representative from a Chicago suburb. Vandana Jhingan, who is a journalist, will challenge Democrat Indian-American Raja Krishnamoorthi, 44, who was elected to
FBI arrest woman for making poisonous Ricin, testing on neighbours Peshawar: Nine persons were arrested Saturday in Pakistan in connection with the Taliban attack on a Peshawar agriculture training institute in which at least 12 people, including students were killed and 35 others injured. Three burqaclad Taliban militants stormed the institute and opened indiscriminate fire, killing at least 12 people, half of them students, before being shot dead by security forces Friday. The arrests were made after police and security forces carried out raids in Badhber, Telaband and other areas. “Nine suspects were nabbed and were being probed for their role in the attack,” a senior police officer said. A huge cache of weapons was
also recovered, he said. Earlier, the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) lodged an FIR in connection with the pre-dawn attack against unknown persons. Tehreek-iTaliban Pakistan (TTP), a banned terror outfit, claimed responsibility for the attack. Army said that the attack was planned and handled from Afghanistan where TTP militants are hiding. Meanwhile, bodies of victims were shifted to their native areas where funeral rituals were performed before their burial. The heavily-armed militants, who arrived in an auto rickshaw, attacked the students’ hostel of the Directorate of Agriculture Extension on the University Road
Washington: A 70-year-old woman living in a Vermont retirement home passed her time experimenting with homemade ricin, even testing it on fellow residents, the Justice Department said Friday. No one had apparently been killed by Betty Miller’s activities at the bucolic Wake Robin retirement home in Shelburne, Vermont, which advertises a population of “vibrant, engaged people and a community in which you can be yourself.” But Miller was arrested by FBI agents Thursday amid fears she had stockpiled a weapon of mass destruction.The FBI was alerted to a dangerous substance at the home earlier this week, and discovered a bottle labelled “ricin” in her residence. Tests confirmed it contained the deadly substance.
the US Congress for the first time in 2017’s Congressional elections. She is the second Indian-American from the Republican party to challenge Krishnamoorthi. In November Jitender “JD” Diganvker had announced to enter the race from the party. Pledging to bring jobs, fiscal
responsibility, family values and firm foreign policy, Jhingan announced to run from 8th Congressional District of Illinois. Both Diganvker and Jhingan would have to win the Republican primary scheduled for March 8 for the 8th Congressional District.
Pope Francis wraps up high-stakes Asia tour after meeting Rohingyas Dhaka: Pope Francis wrapped up a highstakes Asia tour Saturday after meeting Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh in a highly symbolic gesture of solidarity with the Muslim minority fleeing violence in Myanmar. The Catholic leader visited a hospital in Dhaka run by the order of Mother Theresa on the final day of a visit to Bangladesh and Myanmar that has been dominated by the plight of the Rohingya. Pope Francis is known for championing the rights of refugees and has repeatedly expressed support for the long-suffering Rohingya, whom he has described as his “brothers and sisters”. The usually forthright pontiff walked a diplomatic tightrope during his four days in Myanmar - the first papal visit to the country - avoiding any direct reference to the Rohingya in public while appealing to Buddhist leaders to overcome “prejudice and hatred”. In Bangladesh he addressed the issue head-on, meeting a group of Rohingya refugees from the squalid camps in southern Bangladesh in an
emotional encounter in Dhaka. Among them was a 12-year-old girl who told him she had lost all her family in a Myanmar army attack on her village before fleeing across the border earlier this year. “Your tragedy is very hard, very great, but it has a place in our hearts,” he told them. “In the name of all those who have persecuted you, who have harmed you, in the face of the world’s indifference, I ask for your forgiveness.” Read: Despite abstaining in Myanmar, Pope uses sensitive name ‘Rohingya’ in B’desh The word is politically sensitive in the mainly Buddhist country because many there do not consider the Rohingya a distinct ethnic group, regarding them instead as incomers from Bangladesh. He had faced criticism from some rights activists and refugees for failing to address the issue publicly. The pope did not visit the refugee camps, where only a handful were aware that one of the world’s most high-profile leaders was championing their cause just 300 miles (around 500 kilometres) away. One refugee expressed gratitude that the pope had finally uttered the word Rohingya, and said he believed the meeting would have a big impact.
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