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Short News Nagrota Army camp attack accused were in touch with Pakistan-based JeM leaders, says NIA New Delhi : The three men arrested for the November 2016 attack on the Nagrota Army camp in Jammu and Kashmir were in regular touch with Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) commanders based in Pakistan, NIA officials said on Thursday. A National Investigation Agency (NIA) official said in Delhi: “Interrogation of Mohammad Ashiq Baba, JeM operative Syed Muneer-UlHasan-Qadri and Pulwamabased timber dealer Tariq Ahmad Dar has revealed that they were in regular touch with JeM commanders.” The official said that they were in contact through Whatsapp voice and text messages with Maulana Mufti Ashghar based in Muzaffarabad, whose nephew Waqas, a JeM commander in south Kashmir.
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No breakthrough on Kashmir during NDA govt’s 4 years: Abdullah Srinagar : Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a strong mandate to act and the leverage to take a bold initiative on Kashmir but the four years of NDA rule at the Centre were “wasted” as “no breakthrough has been achieved,” former chief minister Omar Abdullah said on Thursday. The National Conference (NC) vicepresident was addressing party workers at Baramulla in north Kashmir. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a strong mandate in the Parliament to act. He had the power and the leverage to take a bold initiative on Kashmir as unlike past prime ministers he was not as constrained by compulsions. Unfortunately, four years have been wasted and no breakthrough has been achieved,” Abdullah said.
Sanitation coverage in India almost doubled: PM Modi New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said the sanitation coverage in the country has increased from 38 per cent to nearly 80 per cent and asserted that the ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’ is playing a central role in creating a healthy India. Interacting with the beneficiaries of the ‘Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana’ (PMBJP) and affordable cardiac stents and knee implants through video bridge, the prime minister said that more than 3.5 lakh villages in the country have declared themselves open defecation free. “Cleanliness is considered to be first necessity for a healthy life. We initiated the campaign to construct toilets at home. This campaign for cleanliness is being taken forward successfully by 125 crore people of the country. “Look at its results. Sanitation coverage has gone up from 38 per cent to around 80 per cent.
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“Democracy became our most precious guide towards peace and regeneration from the swamp of poverty created by centuries of colonial rule. For us, democracy is not a gift, but a sacred trust,” says Pranab Mukherjee in his address at RSS headquarters in Nagpur.
‘India respects diversity and pluralism’: Pranab Mukherjee’s top quotes at RSS meet
New Delhi : Former President and Congress veteran Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday delivered his first speech from the RSS platform. The former President was speaking at the concluding ceremony of the RSS’s Tritiya Varsh Training programme at the Sangh headquarters in Nagpur. The former President started his address by saying, “I am here amongst you to share my understanding with you of the concepts of nation, nationalism and patriotism in the context of India.” He also spoke about ancient institutions of India that attracted students from outside as well. Any attempt at defining our nationhood in terms of dogma and identities or religion,
region, hatred and intolerance will only lead to dilution of our identity. We accept and respect our pluralism and celebrate our diversity. Our national identity has emerged after a long drawn process of confluence and assimilation, the multiple cultures and faiths make us special and tolerant. Democracy became our most precious guide towards
peace and regeneration from the swamp of poverty created by centuries of colonial rule. For us, democracy is not a gift, but a sacred trust. The Constitution of India represents the hopes and aspirations of a billion plus Indians. From our Constitution flows our nationalism. The construct of Indian Nationalism is Constitutional Patriotism. India’s nationhood is not one lang, one religion, one enemy. It is perennial universalism of 1.3 billion people who use more than 122 languages and 1600 dialects, practice 7 major religions and belong to three major ethnic groups that live under one system, one flag and one identity of being Bhartiya.
Swachh Bharat Mission playing central role in creating healthy India: PM Narendra Modi
New Delhi : In his series of interactions on central government schemes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday went live with the beneficiaries of central healthcare schemes through video conferencing. In his 50-minute long dialogue titled ‘Health ki baat PM ke
saath’, Modi was specific in his praise for Swachh Bharat Mission in creating a healthy India. Modi said the government has got public support from every nook and corner of the country towards creating a better public sanitation system. He claimed the sanitation coverage in the country has
increased from 38 per cent to 90 per cent under the current government. He cited a UNICEF report to state that each family in an open defecation free village can save up to Rs 50,000 on medical expenses, which could further be utilised for their children’s education.
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Separatists should stop playing with children’s future in Kashmir: Rajnath Singh
New Delhi : Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who is on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir to review the security situation, on Thursday did not rule out extending the suspension of antimilitancy operations beyond the month of Ramzan and said a final decision would be taken after talks with the stakeholders. Singh, who unveiled a list of projects related to creating employment opportunities and sports infrastructure to attract Kashmiri youths, also lashed out at Pakistan for letting terror groups use its land as a launchpad against India. “Pakistan should stop letting its land being used as a terror haven. If you cannot stop infiltration and reign in terrorists, then take help from us,” the Home Minister said, adding that India was the only country where people of all major religions reside peacefully. Urging separatists not to play with the future of Kashmiri youths, Singh said they were also India’s children and that was why the decision to withdraw cases against minors and those “misled into stone pelting” was taken. “They (separatists) can play any kind of politics, but they should not play with future of children.
The bilateral meeting with President Xi would take place on June 9, while meetings with other leaders on Suspended Army officer the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Qingdao were being finalised, moves to SC, says getting Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said at a media briefing here. death threats from insurgents New Delhi : A suspended Army officer, who is facing a CBI probe for allegedly amassing disproportionate assets, on Thursday knocked the doors of the Supreme Court with a plea that he feared for life from insurgents in Manipur, where he claimed to have been framed in a false corruption case. Lieutenant Colonel Harpreet Singh, who was recently suspended, was posted at Manipur in the intelligence wing of Assam Rifles where he had carried out a series of operations against insurgents in which he claimed that over 100 ultras had surrendered and several of them were killed. A vacation bench of Justices Adarsh Kumar Goel and Ashok Bhushan was on Thursday told by Singh’s counsel that the officer had received death threats in April this year when he had gone to Imphal to attend court proceedings in a disproportionate assets (DA) case lodged against him by the CBI. The matter was mentioned in the court for urgent listing by senior advocate SP Singh and advocate Sudhakar Dwivedi and the bench said that the plea seeking transfer of the DA case from Imphal to Chandigarh would be heard after reopening of the top court following the ongoing summer vacations.
PM Modi to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on SCO Summit Sidelines in China New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a bilateral meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday on the sidelines of the SCO Summit during which they will take stock of the implementation of decisions taken at the informal summit just over a month ago in Wuhan. Modi is expected to hold nearly half a dozen bilateral meetings with leaders of other SCO countries. However, there is no official word on whether there will be any interaction between Modi and Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain, who is scheduled to attend the meeting in China. The bilateral meeting with President Xi would take place on June 9, while meetings with other leaders on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit in Qingdao were being finalised, Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Raveesh
Kumar said at a media briefing here. Officials have said Modi and Xi are expected to take stock of implementation of decisions taken at their informal summit in Wuhan. Among other issues, the SCO summit is expected to focus on opportunities for cooperation among the member countries and the situation in the region, Kumar
Defence Ministry approves military purchases worth over Rs 5,500 crore New Delhi : The defence ministry today approved military purchases worth over Rs 5,500 crore, including 12 high power radars for the Indian Air Force. The decision was taken at a meeting of the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) chaired by Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The DAC, defence ministry’s highest decision-making body on procurement, met here today and accorded approval for the procurement of equipment for the defence forces valued at over Rs 5,500 crore, the ministry said. Pursuing the goal of indigenisation and self-reliance in the field of defence procurements, the DAC approved procurement of 12 High Power Radars for the Indian Air Force, it said.
said. Russian President Vladimir Putin is also expected to attend the summit. Modi had last month met Putin in an informal summit in Sochi. The SCO was founded at a summit in Shanghai in 2001 by the presidents of Russia, China, Kyrgyz Republic, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. India and Pakistan became its members last year.
Don’t fall for BJP’s ‘blatant lies’, Sanjay Nirupam tells Madhuri Dixit and Ratan Tata
Mumbai : A day after Amit Shah met Ratan Tata and Madhuri Dixit as part of his party’s campaign, Mumbai Congress president Sanjay Nirupam has asked them not to fall for “blatant lies being propagated” by the BJP and its chief. Shah had called on the two icons in their respective fields as part of the BJP’s ‘Contact For Support’ campaign ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Nirupam has sent separate letters to the actress and the industrialist in which he appealed to them to “dismiss the booklet given to them by Shah with the contempt it deserves”. “Blatant lies are being propagated by the BJP and its president and I appeal to you two not to fall for this,” he wrote.
7dead in rain-related incidents in Raj; thunderstorm likely over western UP New Delhi : Seven people died in rain-related incidents in Rajasthan while the meteorological department has warned that thunderstorm and dust storm are “very likely” over 20 districts of Uttar Pradesh during the next 24 hours. The maximum temperature in several parts of northern India remained above normal, including the national capital Delhi, where the maximum temperature was registered at 41.4 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season’s average. The Met office in Delhi has forecast overcast skies with a possibility of thundery developments tonight and early tomorrow. The maximum and minimum temperatures
are expected to hover around 40C and 30C respectively, the weatherman said. In Rajasthan, seven people died over the past two days in rain-related incidents, the police said today. Of the seven, three died when a portion of their house collapsed due to strong wind and rain on Tuesday evening. Others were struck by lightning, the police added. The Met office in Jaipur has forecast light rains in the eastern part of the desert during the next 24 hours. The western parts remained dry with Churu being the hottest place at 47C. Heatwave conditions prevailed in a few places in western Rajasthan.
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Pranab family rift may be peripheral
The father-daughter discord over Pranab Mukherjee’s visit to the RSS headquarters is liable to be interpreted as a family crisis. But that will amount to reading too much into something that has been thrust upon the daughter, who happens to be the spokesperson of Delhi Congress. With what she called the ‘dirty trick department’ of RSS floating rumours that she was about to join the BJP, Sharmistha Mukherjee had no option but to take a stand on her father’s ‘ill-advised’ acceptance of the invitation from the Sangh Parivar to visit its headquarters and deliver a speech. She even told Mukherjee in a tweet that, like the fake news of her joining BJP, the RSS was sure to use the footage of his address to spread false accounts and rumours. The ‘speech will be forgotten’ but the ‘visuals will remain’, she reminded her father. Congress has been overly cautious about responding to the news of the former President’s Nagpur visit, with key leaders mostly keeping mum, although noises did come from various quarters. P Chidambaram was, perhaps, the only senior leader to comment on Mukherjee’s decision, by calling upon the former President to use the occasion to bring certain home truths to the attention of the Sangh Parivar. But with Sonia Gandhi’s close aide Ahmed Patel joining the chorus hours before Pranab’s engagement was to start, the official line was clear and it was all the more reason for the former President’s daughter to make her stand clear. Sharmistha is the president of Mahila Congress as well as in-charge of the communication department of Delhi unit of the party, which she joined in 2014. She had contested the Delhi Assembly elections in 2015, but was defeated by an Aam Aadmi Party candidate. In fact, the rumours about her joining the BJP prompted Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken to issue a denial saying Sharmistha Mukherjee is a ‘devoted’ Congress person. There is no denying that Sharmishta owes her position in the Congress party to her illustrious father rather than her own credentials. So her latest posturing can only be seen as prompted by the compulsions of the situation rather than any serious rift in the family. There have been suggestions that, following Sharmishta’s clarification, her brother Abhijit Mukherjee also may speak up against the father’s action. It is obvious the RSS will use Pranab’s visit to mainstream its identity, which has been facing a relentless onslaught from non-BJP parties in view of the ascendance of Hindutva elements ever since Modi came to power. It is already projecting the invitation to Pranab as its endeavour to promote exchange of views, which it says is intrinsic to the Indian concept of dialogue and a continuation of the democratic traditions enshrined in the Indian cultural ethos.
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Hollywood - Bollywood ‘Dhadak’ is looked-forward-to movies this year since it has been linked to Marathi blockbuster ‘Sairat’.
Lili Reinhart shuts up body shamers
Mumbai: Last week, rumours started circulating that Riverdale star, Lili Reinhart was pregnant based on a photo of her, in which she looked bloated. The Riverdale actress immediately took to Instagram to shut down her bodyshamers with a series of calm and collected posts, reports Teen Vouge. Even though she did not let it on, the rumour apparently had a great impact on her self esteem. She said in an interview with Entertainment Tonight, “ I’m 21 I’m not pregnant [and] I don’t want people to think I’m pregnant if I’m not pregnant. It did take a hit to my selfesteem for a second, and then I kind of picked myself back up and said, ‘I’m not going to let this ruin my day!’.”
Dhadak not remake of Sairat; Janhvi, Ishaan gear up for film with R. Balki? Mumbai: ‘Dhadak’ is one of the most looked-forward-to movies this year especially since it has been linked to Marathi blockbuster ‘Sairat’. Ishaan however told DNA, “Dhadak is an adaptation, rather than a remake.” The actor added, “But it depends on your intention behind directing a film. Director Shashank Khaitan understood that it’s such an important film for our country. Also, it is so easily adaptable into the different cultural milieu that it was important to make this film reach out to more audiences and he wanted to do it his way.” He says, “I loved Sairat and was affected by it. I understand the responsibility of all the hopes that come with it. But I prefer not to think about these things when I’m
working in a creative environment because it may influence my performance. Since we are adapting it, there’s scope to be different. It’s also been under the public eye, so it had a different journey from Sairat.” He reveals, “Karan sir wanted to meet me because he had seen some of my pictures and footage and wanted to cast me in a film. He got my number from my brother (Shahid Kapoor), with whom he was co-judging a show and also working on Shaandaar. He met me and we were in talks for another film. But the subject changed. He chose not to audition me and offered me Dhadak instead.” Interestingly Ishaan was spotted along with his coactress Janhvi Kapoor with R. Balki and it appears that they are planning a project together already!
Amitabh Bachchan and Nagraj Manjule team up for Bhushan Kumar’s ‘Jhund’
Mumbai: T-Series head honcho Bhushan Kumar will produce Nagraj Manjule’s Jhund which will take off soon. The producer has also roped in Amitabh Bachchan who will be playing the lead role. The actor will be seen essaying the role of a retired sports teacher who starts a slum soccer movement. According to director Nagraj, the film will also touch upon issues of drug abuse and crime and will also showcase how sports can reform kids. Bhushan Kumar who will be working with Big
B for the second time after ‘Bhootnath Returns’ is looking forward to collaborating with the megastar once again. About producing Jhund, Bhushan Kumar says, “I am glad that the project will take off soon. I am happy to get an opportunity to work with Amitji again, I am looking forward to working with him. When Savita Raj Hiremath got the script to me and I saw Nagraj’s dedication to the subject, it made me want to produce the film.
I have never rejected a film because of another actor: Taapsee Pannu clears the air Mumbai: A few days ago, there were rumours that Taapsee Pannu had rejected a film because it was to star Nawazuddin Siddiqui. This prompted a response from Nawaz, who put up a post on twitter. “An actress claimed to not be doing a thriller film with me. I would like to clarify in the first place that I was never part of any thriller film. So, it’s baseless,” said the actor, without naming Taapsee. With social media entering the fray,
the war of words could quickly escalate. However, actress Taapsee issued a clarification to calm the situation. “There are so many films that come our way. I will not talk about a film if I had rejected it. I do not think that it is ethical for me to speak about it. On the other hand, never have I rejected a film because of another actor. Whatever I know of that script, Nawaz is perfect for it. But that was never the reason for me rejecting the film,” she said.
Aishwarya is pillar of Fanne Khan, can’t see Editor film happening without her: Anil Kapoor Actress Divya Dutta, - Kapilkumar M. Hirpara
inaugurated the Thailand Week 2018
Mumbai: The bi-lateral trade between India and Thailand is expected to touch 11,000 million US dollar during the current financial year ending December 2018, announced Ekapol Poolpipat, Consul General, Royal Thai Consulate-General Mumbai. The bi-lateral trade during the year ended December 2017 was around 10,000 million US dollar. Delivering a key note address at the inauguration of 3-day Thailand Week 2018 at Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregoan, Poolpipat said the bilateral trade between the two countries
during the first four months-January to April 2018 have gone up considerably and touched 857 Million US dollar against 720 Million US dollar during the corresponding period of the previous year. Earlier, famous and leading film actress, Divya Dutta, inaugurated the Thailand Week 2018 by lighting the lamp and cutting the ribbon. Inaugurating the trade show, Divya Dutta said Indian traders are very much interested in imports of Thailand products and services. However, India needs to improve infrastructural facilities including roads to facilitate the trade.
Mumbai: After just one release last year and none a year before that, Anil Kapoor is having one of his busiest years, with four films lined up this year, ‘Fanne Khan’, ‘Race 3’, ‘Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga’ and ‘Total Dhamaal.’ While Race 3 brings him back to the franchise, the interesting bit about the other three releases is his reunion with leading ladies Aishwarya Rai Bachchan after ‘Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai’, Madhuri Dixit Nene after ‘Lajja’ and Juhi Chawla after ‘Jhooth Bole Kauwa Kaate.’ Talking about it in an interview to DNA, Anil said, “I am very happy that all of them agreed to do the films. I can’t see ‘Fanne Khan’ happening without Aishwarya. I have done ‘Taal’ and ‘Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai’ with her earlier. Both were successful and appreciated. In ‘Fanne Khan’, she is not opposite me, but she
is the pillar of the film. “Madhuri and I are chhapa and kaata in ‘Total Dhamaal’ — two sides of the same coin! Madhuri alone will not be correct for the comedy and I alone will not be the same without her. “As far as Juhi is concerned, I feel I should have done more work with her. When I used to meet her, I would say ‘Juhi, main tere saath zyaada kaam nahin kar saka, mujhe teen-chaar aur films karni chahiye.’ It was so much fun working with her.
I did a few films with her (‘Benaam Badshah’ and ‘Loafer’ to name a few), but none of them became big hits. So, when she agreed to do ‘Ek Ladki Ko Dekha’, I got really excited, because her smile, voice and comic timing is very special. We have few scenes in the film, but hopefully after this I’ll act in more movies with her.” “I am fortunate I got an opportunity to work with these beautiful girls, who have made a mark in their personal and professional lives. They carry themselves so beautifully that working with them is an honour. They will make these three films special by being in them.” Meanwhile, his children’s films ‘Veere Di Wedding’, starring Sonam and produced by Rhea and ‘Bhavesh Joshi Superhero’ featuring Harshvardhan both released this Friday. “Yes, it was wonderful.
Alia opens up on marriage, reveals how Aamir gave her happiness Mumbai: Ranbir Kapoor recently admitted that he is dating his ‘Brahmastra’ co-star Alia Bhatt. The two had attended Sonam Kapoor Ahuja’s wedding reception together, from where the speculations grew stronger. When asked about her own marriage, Alia told Hindustan Times, “Right now, I am not thinking about getting married. But honestly, I am not someone who thinks about things. I just go ahead and do them (laughs). It could be a very random thing since I consider myself a random person. So, I may make these decisions also at random. I am not someone who plans out my life thinking, ‘Well, that’s how it should be done.’ I feel the best things in life should happen when they are least expected. Maybe, people expect me to get married at 30, but I might surprise myself as well and get married before that.” “I may be like, ‘Listen, I love you, so let’s get married and live together but I will still work.
SRK gives epic reply to fan who asked him about 4th child, has gems for others too Mumbai: After ‘Jab Harry Met Sejal’, Shah Rukh Khan has been missing from the big screen and with ‘Zero’ slated for release later this year, fans might be growing impatient. The superstar found some free time amid shooting for ‘Zero’ and they got that opportunity to interact with him for a while on Twitter with his occasional feature #AskSRK. SRK is always known for his witty replies in his interviews and his trademark responses were too many during the brief session. One of them had a dream that the actor was expecting his fourth child and the answer to that was the best of the lot. He quipped that he needed to save AbRam’s clothes in case the dream becomes true. The session had some other gems, including saying he just woke up (at 10 pm) and was in the ‘coffee phase’ at the moment, blushing when praised about his eyes and saying such days haven’t come that he has to wish footballer Lionel Messi.
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Vishwanathan Anand loses to Fabiano Caruana in Norway Chess
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Rafa Nadal recovers after dropping first set to march into semi-finals
Roger Federer hasn’t thanked me for beating Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros in 2009, jokes Robin Soderling
New Delhi: Former world champion Viswanathan Anand went down fighting against Fabiano Caruana of United States in the eighth and penultimate round to slip to fifth spot in the Altibox Norway Chess tournament in Stavanger. After jumping to joint lead following a crushing victory over Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France, Anand could not repeat the magic and Caruana deserved all the credit for taking chances. The American started with his pet Petroff defense against the
King pawn and Anand went for a solid system that was akin to the exchange variation in the French defense. Early in the middle game, Caruana fearlessly pushed his king side pawns and then accepted doubled pawns in the middle of the board.The position remained complicated and Anand decided to give an exchange sacrifice to liven things up. However, Caruana was again up to the task in managing complications better and his queen and rook proved superior to Anand’s queen and bishop in the end.
Paris : Robin Soderling, who beat Rafael Nadal in a four-set last-16 match nine years ago, joked on Thursday that he was still waiting for Roger Federer to thank him for allowing the Swiss to win the 2009 French Open title. Soderling not only beat the then four-time champion, but became the first man to do so at Roland Garros, ending Nadal’s 31-match unbeaten streak in Paris. As a result of that, the Swede Soderling managed to make it to the final, where he eventually went down to Federer, who completed his career Grand Slam. Speaking at
the ongoing Roland Garros on Thursday, Soderling, whose career came to an abrupt end in 2011 after being diagnosed with mononucleosis, said, “No, he hasn’t thanked me. I’m still waiting. When he saw I beat Rafa, I think he was a little bit happy, of course. But maybe he could have beat him in the finals. Who knows?” Soderling said that Federer, who has skipped the clay-court season for the last two years, would still be playing at Roland Garros if that title was missing from his glittering Grand Slam collection, which has now reached 20.
Paris : Rafael Nadal lost his first set at the French Open since 2015 but that blip did not prevent the 10-times champion from marching into the semi-finals with a 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-2 victory over Diego Schwartzman in their rain-delayed match on Thursday. The world number one had looked out of sorts in damp conditions on Wednesday as Schwartzman bombarded him with winners to cause him all sorts of problems, with the Argentine leading by a set and a break when the players were first called off court due to rain. Upon resumption, the Spaniard gradually improved before rain brought an early end to the day with Nadal on the brink of winning the second set. It was a very different story
when the contest resumed on Thursday in drier conditions as Nadal won 12 of the first 13 points before cruising into the last four. The 16-times Grand Slam champion will face another Argentine, fifth seed Juan Martin del Potro, for a place in Sunday’s final. “It was a very difficult match against a very good friend and a very good player. I think that after the rain interruption I played much better, I was more aggressive,” said Nadal. Despite entering the contest with a stupendous 83-2 win-loss record at Roland Garros, Nadal is known to suffer jitters early and Schwartzman capitalised on those nerves to break for a 2-1 lead in the opening set. Nadal broke straight back by raising his own level.
French Open 2018: Simona Halep stops Garbine Muguruza to reach third Paris final Simona Halep will look to win her maiden Grand Slam on Saturday in the final - in her third final appearance in Paris. Paris : Top seed Simona Halep reached her third French Open final when she stopped hardhitting Spaniard Garbine Muguruza in her tracks with a 6-1 6-4 semi-final victory on Thursday. The Romanian, who will also keep hold of the world number one ranking as a result of the victory, made a flying start and was 5-0 in quick time as Muguruza
made some wild errors. Muguruza ratcheted up the intensity in the second set and broke in the third game when a powerful return forced an error, only for Halep to fight her way back to level at 4-4. A marathon ninth game proved pivotal as Halep saved three break points to pile the pressure on the third seed. Halep then seized her chance, moving 0-40 ahead and
then raising her arms in triumph as Muguruza blazed a backhand long. She will face the winner of the all-American showdown between Sloane Stephens and Madison Keys in her fourth Grand Slam final. Halep has been beaten in all of her previous major final appearances, including at Roland Garros last year by Jelena Ostapenko.
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Daimler Buses India continues sustainable growth, upgrades flagship product
The report said that cross-border merger and acquisitions sales for India rose from USD 8 billion to USD 23 billion.
FDI into India decreased to USD 40 billion in 2017, says UN
United Nations: Foreign Direct Investment to India decreased to 40 billion dollars last year from 44 billion dollars in 2016 while outflows from India, the main source of investment in South Asia, more than doubled, according to a new trade report by the UN. According to the World Investment Report 2018 by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) global foreign direct investment flows fell by 23 per cent in 2017, to USD
1.43 trillion from USD 1.87 trillion in 2016. “Downward pressure on FDI and the slowdown in global value chains are a major concern for policymakers worldwide, and especially in developing countries,” UNCTAD Secretary-General Mukhisa Kituyi said. FDI to India decreased from USD 44 billion in 2016 to USD 40 billion in 2017. But outflows from India, the main source of FDI in South Asia, more than doubled to USD 11 billion, the report said. The report cited India’s
state-owned oil and gas company ONGC’s active investment in foreign assets in recent years. After acquiring a 26 per cent stake in Vankorneft, an affiliate of Russia’s national oil company Rosneft PJSC, in 2016, ONGC bought a 15 per cent stake in an offshore field in Namibia from Tullow Oil in 2017. By the end of 2017, ONGC had 39 projects in 18 countries, producing 2,85,000 barrels of oil and oilequivalent gas per day, the report said.
Chennai – Daimler Buses India, a unit of Daimler Buses under the umbrella of Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV), is moving ahead on its sustainable growth path. In 2017, strong growth was recorded with domestic sales of 906 units (2016: 501 units, +80 percent) despite a significant drop of the total bus market in India. For 2018, Daimler Buses India expects a continuing positive development of unit sales. Mr. Thomas Fricke, Managing Director Daimler Buses India: “As the Indian bus market is evolving, we lead the shift with products that meet global standards of performance and safety. With superior technology, we aim to be the benchmark in terms of total cost of ownership, safety and comfort.” Daimler Buses India’s product portfolio comprises BharatBenz 9- tonne buses in the school, staff and tourist bus subsegments, MercedesBenz 15-meter multi-axle luxury coaches and bus chassis for the 9, 16 and 24-tonne segments. Bus chassis for the 9 and 16-tonne segments are also exported to markets in Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, and South East Asia. With the presentation of the new-generation of its flagship product, the Mercedes-Benz 2441 SHD (Super High Deck) Automatic coach, Daimler Buses India raises the bar further in the segment. India’s longest luxury coach (15 meters) now comes with even more power and comfort thanks to an upgrade to higher power (+50 hp) with automatic transmission, which provides for further improved fuel efficiency and an even smoother and quieter ride for passengers at the same time.
Customers can avail elite services and benefits upto INR 61,499 and more
Canon India launches responsive customer service program ‘Canon Club Elite’ for full frame DSLR camera owners Chennai : To strengthen connect with its large cadre of professional users, Canon India rolls out ‘Canon Club Elite’ program. This program is designed for all existing and new consumers of Canon full frame DSLRs, providing them with elite benefits and privileges. As specified under the program, the Club Elite membership offers a host of privileges like 3 days expedited repair services at select master service centers, premium photography workshops, discount of 30% on the labor charge and spare parts, benefits of up to INR 61,499 and many more. The camera models specified under the initiative are EOS-1DX Mark II; EOS 5D Mark IV; EOS 5DSR; EOS 5Ds and EOS 6D Mark II. Further elaborating on the program, Mr. Kazutada Kobayashi, President and CEO, Canon India Pvt. Ltd. said, “As imaging leaders, we have always concentrated on strengthening the imaging culture in the country, along with strengthening and enhancing our Canon community. Launch of ‘Canon Club Elite’ is an exciting initiative for us and is a testimony to our commitment of keeping consumers at the center of all our endeavors. We understand the requirements of the professional photographers and we want them to continue to grow and succeed with Canon’s world-class service
and support. We are proud of our world class products and service and Club Elite is an extension to our vision of strengthening the imaging communities.” Sharing his message for the customers, Mr. Eddie Udagawa, Vice President, Consumer Imaging and Information Centre, Canon India, said, “The primary instinct behind Canon Club Elite is to offer exclusive services that are at par with our full frame DSLR models. This program unlocks some exciting rewards and benefits, to enable our customers to further relish the joys of photography. Apart from the technical and other associated benefits, the program also enables the users to become a part of the most sought after network photographers in the industry.” The registration for the program is open for a period of one month, from 1st June until 30th June 2018. The existing customers, who have purchased the products until 31st of May 2018 can also register, provided the products are still under standard warranty period (1 year). This program/scheme will also available to those customers who will be purchasing any of the products from 1st June 2018 until 30th November 2018, where the customers will have to register their products within 30 days from the date of purchase of the products.
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Signs of impending cave-ins appear where roads were dug up AHMEDABAD: It looks like all the roads dug up in the past are all set to turn into wounds during the monsoon. Two more sinkholes appeared on Wednesday, at Idli Crossroads in Maninagar (west) and another on Danilimda Road, on Wednesday afternoon. Locals said that both these roads had been dug up repeatedly over the last seven months for repair of civic lines and to lay cables. A senior Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) engineer said that the contractors had not allowed
the soil to properly get compacted before laying the roads. Earlier, a small hole that had appeared outside the Commercial Tax office off Ashram Road, on the road to the riverfront, turned into a 15foot sinkhole. A similar situation can be expected at Danilimda and at Idli Crossroads. “How cohesive a soil is depends on the type of soil, the amount of moisture in it and proximity of previously disturbed soil. If the contractor had ignored these aspects, any leaking is sure to cause a cave-in,” said an AMC engineer.
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Former GLDC MD has properties worth over Rs 100 crore, says ACB AHMEDABAD: For a man who had earned Rs 72 lakh in his entire service till now, the former MD of Gujarat Land Development Corporation (GLDC) K S Detroja has properties worth more than Rs 100 crore, primary evaluation by the state Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) suggests. Interestingly, seized legal documents show the face value of the properties he has amassed as only Rs 2 crore. The ACB arrested Detroja and also seized Rs 56 lakh cash from his office. Probe by the agency uncovered that Detroja owns a farmhouse with a lavish swimming
pool in Morbi, a 7-BHK penthouse on SG Road, 29 bigha agricultural land, a partnership in a petrol pump, and stakes in highway restaurants among other businesses. “The former MD of the land corporation bought a lavish 7BHK penthouse on SG Road for just Rs 7.50 lakh. According to the documents, the deal was done at just Rs 10 lakh, but the duty on it was paid by the builder himself,” said an ACB official. A government valuer has been roped in to ascertain the market value of the assets owned by Detroja so that the case of disproportionate assets (DA) can be proved in
the court. ACB had in April filed an FIR against Detroja after it found Rs 56.5 lakh cash in a search and seizure operation at the corporation’s headquarters in Gandhinagar. The agency officials had also found Rs 1.28 lakh cash from Detroja’s office, Rs 40.52 lakh from the office of joint director K C Parmar, Rs 9 lakh from that of assistant director M K Desai, Rs 5 lakh from finance officer S M Vaghela and Rs 70,000 from the company secretary S V Shah. ACB found gold ornaments worth Rs 63 lakh from a bank locker in Patan, belonging to Desai.
Cops to call senior citizens Four held for posing as cops, extortion randomly in security drive AHMEDABAD: In an action not mandated by the law, but within his informal power as the commissioner of police of Ahmedabad, A K Singh, makes time for a few minutes to call up senior citizens, to ask how they are. While Singh talks to them, the elderly on the other end puts the phone on speaker mode, so his or her family can listen to the conversation. “We know the power of our moral responsibilities. Every day, I meet two to four such senior citizens who only expect that I call them every day and say I’m with them. Making such calls is a daily practice and I chat with them while their children listen over the speaker phone and get the message to not mistreat their parents,” said Singh. He was speaking at the release of a report on senior citizen abuse in Ahmedabad, organized by Dignity Foundation, on Wednesday. “We have this informal power which has been very helpful and we’ve used it in a big way,” Singh added. The revelation indeed reflects on the plight of the elderly in the city. This is further
extrapolated by a study conducted by Dr Pradeep Prajapati, professor and head, Department of Social Work of Gujarat University. The study revealed the dark truths of most urban homes in the city, where the elderly are subjected to abuse of one or the other form by their children or caretakers. The study which was conducted among 2,480 senior citizens living within the limits of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), stated that close to 40% of senior citizens were subjected to verbal abuse. In a few but worst cases, nearly 12% also fall prey to physical abuse. The second most common issue is also that of financial abuse, where children or caretakers harass their parents over property and other issues. “After I gave my flat to my son as a gift, upon his request, my wife and I were forced to leave the premises,” said Natwar Sanghvi, 70, who attended the function. “The court battle is an endless wait making me struggle in the last few years of my life.” Experts at Dignity Foundation have called for strengthening law as well as law enforcement, to address this issue.
AHMEDABAD: Four accused were arrested by the Ramol police station officials on Wednesday for extorting Rs 11,000 by impersonating as crime branch officials from a spa owner. The spa is located in Push Complex at Vastral.Police sources said Nilesh Jain, Shyam Joshi, Pratik and Vishal Rajgor, residents of Odhav and Narol respectively, accused spa owner Samir Khan of engaging in illegal activities like prostitution. “The accused also threatened to wrongly fix him in a rape case. They also warned him that if he did not comply to their demands, they will call media to defame him,” a police official said. Police officials said the deal was finally fixed at Rs 10,000, which was reduced from the initial amount of Rs 15,000 following negotiations. Khan filed a first information report (FIR) in Ramol police station on June 5. Cops swung into action and identified the accused from the closed circuit television camera footage of the spa and arrested them from near CTM crossroads.
Bhavnagar: DGP transfers probe into Dalit youth murder to CID-Crime Rajkot : In a fresh twist in the murder probe of a Dalit youth at Timbi village in Bhavnagar district, Director General of Police Shivanand Jha has handed over the investigation to the CID-Crime after the father of the victim submitted a memorandum, saying he doesn’t have confidence in the ongoing probe conducted by Bhavnagar police. Pradeep Rathod, 21, was hacked to death while he was returning home from his farm on a horse on March 29. His father, Kalu Rathod, had alleged that Pradeep was killed by upper-caste men as they were against a Dalit owning and riding a horse. In his complaint to the police, he had named
one Natubha Darbhar of Timbi village and subsequently named two others — Ghoghubha Gohil and his brother Hitubha Gohil, both residents of nearby Piprali village, who had allegedly
threatened his son and warned of dire consequences if he did not sell off the horse. Initially, Bhavnagar police had detained the three accused and later four more persons, but no one
was arrested. Police said that all the seven even cleared the suspect detection system test. However, on May 13, police arrested one Munna Thaleisha, a Koli share-cropper, from Padana village in Dhandhuka taluka of Ahmedabad district, claiming that he had hacked Pradeep to death as the Dalit youth was harassing his wife. Police had also claimed that Thaleisha, who worked in a farm at neighbouring Piprali village, had even confessed to murdering Pradeep in a fit of rage. But the victim’s family rejected the police findings, claiming that neither Pradeep nor anybody else of his family knew Thaleisha’s family.
JEE Advanced 2018 results on June 10, Gujarat High Court refuses to stay results Ahmedabad : The Gujarat High Court today refused to stay the results of the 2018 JEE (Advanced) examination scheduled to be declared on June 10, saying the announcement of the results has all India ramification. Justice Biren Vaishnav ordered that the results of the JEE (Advanced) for admission to Indian Institutes of Technology for 2018, will be “subject to further orders that may
be passed on the next date”. The court also issued notice to the organising chairman of the JEE (Advanced) at IIT Kanpur, and fixed the next hearing of the case on June 12. Petitions filed by three aggrieved candidates — Anurag Jha, Chandni Tomar, and Rajesh Rai — through their lawyer Rahul Sharma said that the organising chairman of the JEE (Advanced), 2018 at IIT Kanpur
issued “clarifications regarding answers of numerical-answer-type questions” (which is section II of each of two papers) on May 21, 2018, a day after the conduction of examination. Through the clarification, the instruction was “substantially altered” compared to the instructions provided o the candidates 20 minutes before the examination, the petition said.
international Probe on sound attacks on US diplomats drew blank: China
Beijing : China on Thursday said it has investigated the US allegations of mysterious sound attacks on its diplomats in the city of Guangzhou and found “no clue” even as two more American diplomats were evacuated after complaining of similar phenomena. On May 23, the US State Department had said that one of the workers at its Consulate in Guangzhou had experienced a “subtle and vague, but abnormal, sensations of sound and pressure”. The symptoms were similar to those found in the case of US diplomatic personnel who worked in Cuba, including mild traumatic brain injury. The New York Times reported yesterday that at least two more American diplomats in Guangzhou have experienced similar phenomena and fallen ill. One of those embassy workers told the paper that he and his wife had heard mysterious sounds and experienced strange headaches and sleeplessness while in their apartment. Reacting to the reports of the mysterious sound attacks on the US diplomats, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying told a media briefing on Thursday that Beijing had investigated the May 23 allegation and found no clue.
Stockholm truck attack 2017: Accused sentenced to life by Swedish court
Beijing : A Swedish court on Thursday sentenced to life the man behind the deadly truck attack in Stockholm last year that killed five people and injured 10 others. “The defendant has among a series of crimes been found guilty of terrorist offense by murder in five cases. The penalty has been set to life imprisonment,” the Stockholm District Court said in a statement, Reuters reported. Rakhmat Akilov, from Uzbekistan, had on April 7, 2017, hijacked a beer truck and drove into the crowd along Drottninggatan (Queen Street), central Stockholm down a pedestrian street, crashing into a department store. After the crash, Akilov had plans to blow himself up. However, failed in his attempt, he caused a smaller explosion inside the truck went off and escaped via Stockholm’s subway system.
Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain will visit China to attend SCO summit
Islamabad : Pakistan President Mamnoon Hussain will visit China on Saturday to attend the SCO summit on the sidelines of which he will meet his Chinese counterpart President Xi Jinping to discuss bilateral matters, including the progress of the CPEC projects. The 18th Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit, scheduled for June 9 and 10 in Qingdao, Shandong province, will be attended by a host of world leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Foreign Office spokesman Mohammad Faisal said that President Mamnoon will visit China on June 9 to attend the summit. During his meeting with Xi, all issues of mutual concern including bilateral, regional and international issues will be discussed, he said. “Bilateral political matters, progress of the CPEC (China-Pakistan Economic Corridor) projects, economic and commercial relations, defence relations and other areas of bilateral relations will also be discussed,” he said. India has protested to China over the CPEC, the USD 50 billion flagship project of Xi’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), as it is being built through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). Mamnoon will also have several bilateral meeting with other Heads of State attending the Summit. Faisal also said that no meeting was planned between Pakistani and Indian leaders on the sidelines of the SCO.
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