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G20 Summit: PM Modi takes veiled swipe at Pak, says China hopes Malabar exercise ‘some nations using terrorism for achieving political goals’ not aimed at any third country
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In an apparent reference to Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said some nations are using terrorism in order to achieve political goals while calling upon world leaders to show solidarity in fighting terrorism. “Some nations using terrorism for achieving political goals,” PM Modi said at the ongoing
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NEWS BRIEF Light to moderate rainfall in Bihar Agency | Patna Moderate rainfall occurred at many places of northern Bihar today, while light to moderate rainfall took place in many places in the southern parts of the state since yesterday, a Met office bulletin today said. The rains brought down the maximum temperature by one to four notches in some cities making the weather comfortable in Patna, Gaya and Bhagalpur. I am worried about disruptions: L N Mittal Agency | Kolkata
Billionaire industrialist, chairman and CEO of world’s largest steel company Arcelor Mittal, L N Mittal today said that disruptions was a major cause of worry for him. “I run the world’s largest steel company employing two lakh people having operations in various countries. But one thing which worries me is disruptions”, Mittal said.
G-20 Summit. The Prime Minister also admitted that international response to the menace of terrorism was weak. Equating Pakistan-based terror groups Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed to ISIS and Al-Qaeda, PM Modi stated that although the names of these organisations may be different, the ideology remains the same. Modi also presented an 11-point ‘Action Agenda’ which included suggestions for exchange of lists of terrorists among G-20 nations
and concrete steps to choke funds and weapon supply to the terrorists. Speaking at an informal meeting of BRICS leaders in Hamburg on the sidelines of the G20 Summit, Modi also called upon group leaders to show leadership in fighting terrorism as well as boosting global economic growth. “G20 should collectively oppose terrorism financing, franchises, safe havens, support and sponsors,” Modi said. Referring the introduction of GST as part of India’s eco-
nomic reform, Modi emphasised the need to work together for sustained global economic recovery. Amid tensions prevailing between India and China over developments near Sikkim, PM Modi also appreciated momentum in the BRICS bloc under the Chinese chairmanship and extended full cooperation for the grouping’s upcoming summit, which will be hosted by Beijing in September. China reciprocated positively as Chinese President Xi Jinping appreciated
India’s strong resolve against terrorism and the momentum in BRICS introduced under India’s chairmanship and through the outcomes of the Goa Summit in 2016. He also appreciated India’s success in economic and social development and wished India even bigger success. India and China are part of the five-member BRICS grouping. The latest development came a day after a Chinese official stated the “atmosphere” was “not right” for a bilateral meeting between Modi and Xi on the sidelines of the G20 summit. China and India have been engaged in a verbal quarrel over the Dokalam area near the Bhutan tri-junction for the past three weeks after a Chinese Army’s construction party attempted to build a road.
CBI raids Lalu Prasad Yadav, his family over corruption charges in allotment of IRCTC hotels The CBI case is related to alleged irregularities in tenders allotted to a private company for development, maintenance and operation of Railway hotels in Ranchi and Puri in 2006, when Lalu was the Railway minister Agency | Patna
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday registered a case against former Railways minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, his wife Rabri Devi and his son Tejashwi Yadav on corruption charges during his tenure as Union minister in 2006. The CBI is carrying out raids at 12 locations, including the premises of Lalu Prasad Yadav, in Delhi, Patna, Ranchi, Puri and Gurgaon.
Rabri Devi’s current residence 10, Circular Road has also been raided by agency officials. Raids in New Delhi were being conducted in New Friends Colony. In Odisha, raids were carried out at Chanakya BNR Hotel in Puri. The case is related to alleged irregularities in tenders allotted to a private company Sujata Hotels for development, maintenance and operation of BNR hotels at Ranchi
and Puri. The BNR hotels are Railways’ heritage hotels which IRCTC took over fro the public transporter earlier in the same year. Former Managing Director, Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd (IRCTC) P K Goel, Sujata, wife of Yadav’s confidante Prem Chand Gupta, two directors of a private company, have
also been booked by CBI in connection with the case, among others. Speaking to reporters, Lalu Prasad described the raids as “witch hunt”. “The raid is a witch hunt; There is no illegality.
Delegations of the BJP, Congress as well as the CPI (M) were stopped by security forces from entering the riot-affected area of Basirhat areas in West Bengal on Friday. BJP MP Roopa Ganguly, too, has been detained on her way to Basirhat. While the Congress delegation was led by Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, the Left’s was led by CPI
(M) MP Mohammed Salim. The Left delegation’s second attempt to enter Basirhat was also thwarted. After four days of communal violence, the situation in Basirhat was said to be “under control” by the Inspector General of Police
(Law and Order) Anuj Sharma. Heavy security forces have been deployed in and around the area in the wake communal violence in West Bengal. The riot started Sunday evening, after a Facebook post, allegedly put up by a Class XI student, with “objectionable images’’ linked to the Prophet and Kaaba Sharif at Mecca was widely circulated. The violence began on Monday in
Amid rising tensions between the Indian and Chinese armies at the Bhutan border, China on Friday cautiously reacted to Malabar exercises between the navies of India, the US and Japan, saying it has “no objection” to normal cooperation and hoped that it was not directed against any third country. The Chinese media in the past had alleged that the exercises were aimed at China. The annual naval exercises involving the aircraft carriers of the US, Indian and Japanese navies are reported to be held
from July 10 in the Indian Ocean. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said, “As we have said before, we have no objection to normal bilateral relationship and cooperation between relevant countries.” “We hope that this kind of relationship and cooperation will not be directed against any third country and that it will be conducive to the regional peace
and security,” Geng added. The annual exercise will witness around 15 warships, two submarines, numerous fighter planes, helicopters and surveillance aircraft participating. India’s INS Vikramaditya along with US aircraft carrier Nimitiz and Japan’s helicopter carrier Izumo are also due to take part in the exercises, stated to be biggest involving the three countries.
Despite Sikkim standoff, PM Modi promises full cooperation to China for BRICS summit Agency | New Delhi
Amid an ongoing standoff between India and China in the Sikkim sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday promised full cooperation to Chinese President Xi Jinping for the forthcoming BRICS summit in China. At the informal meeting of the BRICS leaders on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Germany’s Hamburg, the Prime Minister called upon BRICS leaders to show leadership in fighting terrorism and boosting global economy. He
also urged the G20 nations to launch a collective crackdown on terror financing, safe havens, “support and sponsors” of terrorism. The Ministry of External Affairs said China reciprocated positively as Xi appreciated India’s strong resolve against the menace of terrorism and success on economic
growth. Referring to the reforms carried out by his government, including the GST implementation, Modi emphasised the need to work together for sustained global economic recovery. “BRICS has been a strong voice and needs to show leadership on terrorism and global economy,” he said.
and even helplines have been increased to 60 from 14 to address tax related queries, he said. More than 700 queries have been received by the consumer helplines and the ministry has sought expert help from its finance counterpart to resolve them. “There are initial hiccups while implementing
GST, but all those will be resolved soon. All ministries concerned, including finance and consumer affairs, are alert and a redressal mechanism is in place to resolve the concerns of consumers and traders,” Paswan told reporters here. Under the GST regime, he said some prices of goods have fallen and some have risen. “We have told companies to reprint revised rates on unsold goods. Stickers of new MRP should be pasted so that consumers are aware of the change in rates after GST,” he said.
Companies to face jail term, fine up to Rs 1 lakh for not reprinting revised MRP on unsold goods Agency | New Delhi
Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Friday warned of a fine of up to Rs 1 lakh, in-
BJP MP Roopa Ganguly detained on way to Basirhat; CPM, Congress delegations too stopped Agency | New Delhi
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Baduria and spread to other towns in the North 24 Parganas district after. The protesters blocked roads with logs and set tyres on fire. On Thursday, workers from the BJP and Trinamool Congress clashed outside a Kolkata hospital after a man from Basirhat was injured in the riots, died three days after he was brought to the hospital in a critical condition.
cluding a jail term, if new post GST rates are not printed on the inventory in the interest of consumers. Manufacturers have been allowed to clear the unsold stocks by September with new MRP. A committee of the consumer affairs ministry has been set up to address consumer grievances on GST
Ram Vilas Paswan said it is mandatory to print revised MRP on the inventory, else stringent action will be taken for violation of the Packaged Commodities Rules
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Should we have gone ahead with the GST, warts and all? The Goods and Services Tax (GST) is finally here. It has been 25 years in the making. The idea of moving to a National Value Added Tax (VAT) was mooted in1992-93. But first, some background. The problems of the prevailing indirect taxation regime were well known. There were multiple taxes levied by the Centre and the States: Excise (Centre); Services tax (Centre and States); Sales Tax (States); Electricity duties (States); Octroi (States); Entry taxes (States). Producers and consumers paid taxes on taxes, meaning, excise duties were paid on a good and consumers then paid sales tax on the value of the good as well as excise levy. There were many excise rates as also sales tax rates, i.e large dispersion of rates. Worse, the same good sometimes attracted different sales tax rates in the States. And the inter-state movement of goods attracted sales taxes. Finally, the Government of India and each of the State Governments were separate tax jurisdictions. All of this inhibited the emergence of a national market. So how could one reform this regime? Simple. Subsume all taxes into a single tax (VAT) levied on a national basis. Provided the levy was on a value-added basis, cascading taxes (taxes on taxes) would be averted. The single tax would unify the national market. Simplify the rate structure, by limiting rates to two or three, including a zero-rate. In a stroke, you would create a national market, reduce legal disputes and litigation, as well as reduce evasion of taxes on production, sales and income. The problem: the taxation powers of the Central Government and the States were different and clearly laid out in the Constitution. How to then arrive at a single national levy? The tacit grand plan was to do this through a two-step process. First, the States would have to move to a State VAT regime. Second, Central and State VAT would be integrated into a national VAT, or the GST. The transition to a State VAT would achieve two main goals. It would unify tax rates across all States – that is, the levy on a good would be the same in all States. More importantly, States (and businesses) would get used to the practice of a VAT, in particular the input tax credit (ITC) regime. In a VAT regime the tax is levied on the value-add in each stage of a chain of transactions, thus averting cascading taxes. So, at each stage a producer/ trader who pays taxes on inputs, gets credit for those taxes when she sells the goods for the next phase of value addition. For example, a shirt maker who buys cloth valued at Rs 100, and pays on it a tax of 10%, or Rs 10. Now, suppose she embroiders the shirt and adds value of Rs 50 to it. When it is sold it attracts a tax of 10% on Rs 150 (the total value added), which is Rs 15. However, the shirt maker claims an ITC of Rs 10 for the taxes she has paid and makes a net payment of Rs 5. This, then, goes on through the entire chain.
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After Sonam and Twinkle, Taapsee Pannu tries her hand at an off-beat saree
Agency | Mumbai
Off-beat, crazy, hereand-there, mad sarees are the new fascination Bollywood has taken to. And the latest celebrity to join that bandwagon is beautiful actress Taapsee Pannu. Last
night, Taapsee Pannu was spotted at the Sportsperson of the Year 2017 awards, wearing a saree we’ve not seen on anyone before. What was so special about this saree? Well, everything.
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When Deepika Padukone’s remuneration left producers shocked. Is she getting paid Rs 12 cr for Padmavati? Agency | New Delhi
A lot has been said and written about Deepika Padukone’s upcoming mega venture Padmavati which also stars Ranveer Singh. After making waves in Hollywood with her debut film xXx: Return of Xander Cage, Deepika made headlines for being featured on Forbes’s list of highest paid female actors in the world. Now, the latest buzz suggests that Deepika has charged titanic fees for playing Rani Padmini in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmavati. Last year, Mumbai Mirror reported that Deepika Padukone was reportedly getting Rs 12 crore for Padmavati. “For Ram-Leela she got Rs 1 crore, for Bajirao-Mastani which came two years later, it was Rs 7 crore, this time it is Rs 12.65 crore, making her the first Bollywood actress to break the Rs 10 crore barrier,” a source was quoted saying in the report. Now, the latest buzz suggests that Deepika is charging Rs 12 crore per film. The leading daily reported that Deepika was approached
for a film with one of the three Khans and the actor quoted the same price. The producer was surprised by Deepika’s whopping demand since the film was a two-heroine venture. However, Deepika has denied lowering her fees. Meanwhile, Deepika has also been confirmed for xXx sequel. Currently, she busy with Padmavati. A few days ago, Deepika shared a picture from the sets where the actor can be seen stealing director Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s breakfast. Deepika shared the photograph on her Instagram and wrote, ” stealing SLB’s nashta while he’s busy directing Padmapati Padmavati.” Padmavati also stars Shahid Kapoor who will play Rawal Ratan Singh.
Happy Anniversary Shahid Kapoor and Mira Rajput: Here are the couple’s cutest moments
Agency | Mumbai
Actor Shahid Kapoor broke many hearts when news of him marrying Delhi girl Mira Rajput broke two years back.The two got married on June 7, 2015 in an intimate affair in
Delhi. The couple is celebrating their second year anniversary today, along with their 10-month-old daughter Misha. Be it hitting the gym together or going on dinner dates, Shahid and Mira often spend time with
each other. Here are their best moments on Instagram. They were guests at filmmaker Karan Johar’s chat show, Koffee with Karan, which was the first time that Mira gave an interview in the media. She has, since then, been attending events and has even given a couple of interviews. The two are a favourite when it comes to celebrity couples and here are their best moments together. Shahid has often spoken about how getting married to Mira has completely changed his life. “I love the fact that I go back home to a normal person, who talks about normal things;
Jagga Jasoos is my childhood playing on the screen: Anurag Basu Agency | Mumbai
Speaking about the conception of the character of Jagga Jasoos, director Anurag Basu took a walk down the memory lane and shared, “When I was a child, I had stacks of Tintin’s comics in my room. I used to love adventure stories when I was a kid. The setting and details of such stories often stay at the back of your mind and resurface when you are creating something of your own. Jagga Jasoos is my childhood playing on the screen.” The film stars Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif in the lead
and who sometimes tells me, ‘I’m not interested in what’s happening in your i n d u s t r y. Let’s discuss what we are doing for lunch tomorrow or where are we going.’ It’s great and very healthy,” he told us earlier. Mira has also spoken about how their marriage is no different from any other. “At home, it’s just like any other marriage. We have fights, we get along well, we laugh a lot, we raise our child together, we are best of friends. When we step out, we are two people together taking on the world,” she said earlier.
Deepika Padukone is busy on her next film Padmavati co-starring Ranveer Singh
Mom Review: Sridevi is supermom in this uneven revenge drama Agency | Mumbai
with music composed by Pritam. Just after the trailer and teasers came out, there was a hullabaloo about Ranbir’s hairdo. “I am aware that the hairdo is the most obvious point of discussion,” said Basu, adding, “I wanted to give Ranbir a unique hairdo. This look wasn’t my first choice. When we started trying out different looks, there was one we liked, but it did not make
him look very childlike, which was an essential. No other look, apart from this one, matched our narrative. It’s a coincidence that it is the same as that of Tintin.” Anurag Basu said that even after the whole industry appreciated his previous release Barfi, his daughter didn’t really like it. Now, he wanted to make something which children can attach to.
A day after a woman on Twitter described in chilling detail how she narrowly averted a kidnapping and gangrape attempt of another woman in Hauz Khas Village in New Delhi comes Mom, a drama that reminds how unsafe women are in the capital and how the victims’ kin have no faith whatsoever in the legal system for justice. Like Raveena Tandon did a couple of months before in Maatr, it’s time for
supermom to step in and take matters into her own hand. Only the Sridevi-starrer has a bigger budget, a far better ensemble of actors and a director who has an aversion to gore and a more aesthetic eye. So much so it’s his
modern painting that makes Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s Daryanganj detective mocks by saying that he could replicate it by merely spitting paan. Credit to Udyawar to be able to laugh at his own work albeit in a different format.
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Honor, Huawei’s smartphone e-brand for digital natives, today launched its most anticipated device-Honor 8 Pro,delivering maximum performance in a super slim package. The stunning new flagship device sets new benchmarks in every way.The Honor 8 Pro will be exclusively available to Prime members on Prime Day starting 6PM on July 10th. With cutting-edge processing power,
long lasting battery life and 14.47cm2K display, the Honor 8 Pro with dual-lens camera ispacked into an impossibly thin 6.97mm body. Continuing in the vein of tying up with Global Brands to enrich their smartphone experience, the Honor 8 Pro has been designed under the partnership with Amazon, Gameloft, GoPro, Jaunt VR and Deep Silver Fishlabs to enrich digital lifestyles through enhanced smartphone experiences. P Sanjeev, Vice President Sales, Huawei India-Consumer Business Group, said.
DHFL’s Griha Utsav in Bhavnagar concludes with great success SS News | Bhavnagar
DHFL, one of India’s leading housing finance companies concluded its first Griha Utsav in Bhavnagar with great success witnessing a footfall of over thousands of visitors. The two day exhibition showcased over 100 affordable housing units and also provided affordable housing finance options to customers. The DHFL Griha Utsav also provided spot sanctions on home loans to fulfil the customers dream of owning their home. All housing units were covered under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana and provided benefits
of interest subsidy to customers. The Griha Utsav also offered DHFL Jan Awas Home Loans which provided a maximum subsidy benefit up to Rs. 2.67 lakhs. The exhibition showcased over 100 affordable housing units starting from Rs 6 lakh onwards. The Griha Utsav in Bhavnagar was the first in the series of DHFL Griha Utsavs and these exhibitions will be organised across India to expand DHFL’s efforts in financial inclusion. DHFL is committed to Housing For All by 2022 and will continue to take every initiative to serve every housing need for the LMI segment.
Badshah turns stylist on India Banega Manch
www.sunvillasamachar.com India vs West Indies: How Kohli Responded To Uncomfortable Questions About MS Dhoni Agency| Derby
India cricket captain Virat Kohli has thrown his weight behind Mahendra Singh Dhoni, offering him unflinching support amidst a growing chorus for his retirement from international cricket. Kohli made it very clear that his predecessor is an integral part of the team as he gave a cold shoulder to those calling for his retirement. “He is striking the ball beautifully, you don’t need to tell him anything in terms of how to play a situation, how to build an innings,” Kohli said during the post-match press conference after India won the ODI series against the West Indies 3-1 on Friday. While he played a 78-run knock in the third one-dayer, Dhoni struggled in the 5th match, scoring 54 off 114 balls, an
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aberration in a career marked by explosive batting. Kohli sought to defend the man he replaced, one by one, in all formats. When a journalist said that Dhoni was not his usual self at one of the nets, Kohli responded, “You have to figure out what kind of wickets you are playing on as well. I was trying to hit the spinners a couple of days in practice and I couldn’t because the wickets were not that great to play strokes, the wicket in the cen-
his weekend, at 9pm, as COLORS’ India Banega Manch reaches its semi-finale phase, 16 shortlisted talentbaaz will battle it out for the coveted ‘Jeet Ki Seat’. The power will shift from a LIVE audience to the entire nation, as voting lines will open at the end of every episode, giving the country a chance to choose their talent champions who will head to the Grand Finale! Raising the entertainment manifold will be reigning king of hip-hop, Badshah, who will take over
tre was much better. “You can’t really judge a guy’s batting form at practice because you don’t know what kind of wickets you are going to get.” Kohli used a bit of the game’s nuances to drive home his point. “If the bounce is not ideal then obviously you have to keep defending the ball and keep rotating strike. I think it was only in the last game he couldn’t rotate the strike and before that he got a brilliant 70 or 80 odd not out.”
ICC Women’s World Cup: India ready for South Africa in key encounter
The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to drop contempt charges against former Indian cricket board president Anurag Thakur if he appears before the court in person and tender an unconditional and categorical apology. Thakur should appear and seek apology, the court ruled, asking the former Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president to appear before it on July 14. A bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra, A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud said it was not going to consider the earlier affidavit of apology filed by Thakur and asked him
she said. “We played them a couple of months back so we know their strengths and weaknesses. We will be working towards them. We are more compact than them, because individually, South Africa are very good, but when it comes to collective performance, they really depend on their main players to do well.” South Africa, who currently sit fifth in the points table with two wins, a defeat and a washout, are looking to bounce back after losing to England after the hosts spanked the fifth highest score in ICC Women’s World Cup history to win by Agency | Manchester 68 runs. Rodriguez has attracted interest from a number of clubs this summer after a frustrating season at the the 2019 World Bernabeu, in which Dhoni knows. he started only 13 La Liga games.The 25-year-old is said
to file a “one-page short affidavit” tendering unconditional apology. The bench indicated that it was willing to accept the apology and close the contempt proceedings against Thakur, a BJP MP from Hamirpur in Himachal Pradesh. Senior advocate P S Patwalia, appearing for Thakur, said though his client was willing to tender an unconditional apolo-
gy, he has got a very good case on merit through which it can be proved that he did no wrong. The apex court has fixed the matter for July 14 and asked Thakur to remain present before it on that day. The court had initiated contempt proceedings against Thakur on January 2 this year for filing a false affidavit over writing to the ICC on the issue of autonomy.
to be open to a move after spending three years at Real and Chelsea and Manchester United are interested in striking a deal. Spanish outlet AS say Rodriguez is heading towards a summer departure
as Real close in on a move for Spain international Dani Ceballos. Zinedine Zidane is believed to be ready to offload the Colombian should a suitable offer arrive and Chelsea are ready to step up their interest.It is claimed Antonio Conte, who wants to sign five major targets this summer on top of Tiemoue Bakayoko and Antonio Rudiger, will spend the cash from Diego Costa’s imminent sale on Rodriguez. Jose Mourinho has held interest in the attacking midfielder for several months but AS suggest Real would prefer to do business with Chelsea as United continue to be linked with Alvaro Morata.
way we’re going to play and also as a host, which is very important,” Chhetri said ahead of the official draw of the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Mumbai. Chhetri feels this is a huge opportunity for the country as a footballing nation and
said it is a dream come true. “This is massive, it cannot get bigger than this for us as a footballing nation. I’m happy not only for the players who are going to play but for the nation. Like I said it’s a dream and it’s getting fulfilled,” Chhetri expressed.
Real Madrid ready to hand Chelsea advantage over Manchester United in £52m James Rodriguez chase
Agency | Leicester India’s Veda Krishnamurthy is confident her side can keep up their perfect record at the ICC Women’s World Cup when they take on South Africa at Grace Road in Leicester on Saturday. Having already beaten England, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the West Indies, victory against South Africa would see India progress to the semi-finals. And Krishnamurthy be-
lieves India hold the upper hand against South Africa and know their strengths and weaknesses with the white ball. “We’re quite confident for the game against South Africa because in the last 4-5 games we have played against them we have done well. We are aware of their team, we know what combinations and players are there, so we can play according to our strengths,”
Happy Birthday MS Dhoni: Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma Lead Wishes Agency | New Delhi
as the Master Judge and announce the semi-finals. Be it his impeccable mimicry of Nana Patekar or singing in Marathi, his charm will be infectious. This is not it, Badshah will give personalised makeover to the 7-yearold talentbaaz Pritam, bringing a smile to everyone’s face. Commenting on being the Mater Judge, Badshah said, “Being a Master Judge for an iconic show like India Banega Manch is a true honor for me. I have seen some spectacular talent in this show.
SPORTS ROUNDUP Supreme Court Agrees To Drop Contempt Charges Against Anurag Thakur If He Appears In Person And Seek Apology
Can he win matches for India at Cup when he will be 38? Only
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On his 36th birthday, Mahendra Singh Dhoni finds himself standing at crossroads of an illustrious career -- just four matches short of a mammoth 300 ODI games. One of the best finishers of the game, played perhaps the most horrendous knock of his 13-yearODI career -- 54 off 114 balls -- in an unsuccessful 190-run chase against an under-strength West Indies. His worst effort, ironically, came at a venue that is named after one of the greatest the game has ever seen -- Sir Vivian Richards. Dhoni’s knock at North
It’s a dream come true: Sunil Chhetri on India hosting FIFA U-17 World Cup Agency | New Delhi
Sound obviously begs a few questions. Some of the answers are available with common cricket loving public but the most important answer is only available with the man himself. Can he win matches for India at the 2019 World Cup when he will be 38? Only Dhoni knows. Are his finishing powers
on the wane? They certainly seem to be going by his recent struggles. Is he still the best wicketkeeper and one of the fittest in the team? An emphatic yes. It’s a tricky situation for one of India’s limited overs legends. He will win matches here and there, will be brilliant behind the stumps with flash reflexes.
India is all set to host the FIFA -17 World Cup from October 6-28, 2017 and national team captain Sunil Chhetri is very excited about the tournament and hopes that the youngsters perform well and start their journey from the event. “I was very excited to hear that we’re hosting (FIFA U-17 World Cup) and the excitement hasn’t died yet. I just hope that we play very well in terms of the
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Tharad residents take out rally for separate district SS News |Ahmedabad
Residents of Tharad town in north Gujarat took out a rally on Thursday morning, demanding creation of a separate district. The town is currently part of Banaskantha district. The rally was led by former Congress MLA from Tharad Mavjibhai Patel and local land dealer Dilip Doshi,
who claimed that he was aligned with BJP. They also said the rally was “non-political”. Around 400 people were part of the rally, police said. Mavjibhai Patel said the demand for bifurcation of Banaskantha was “genuine”. “If they can bifurcate Mehsana, Sabarkantha and others, then why not Banaskatha?” he said.
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NEET 2017 Gujarat’s merit list New flyover in Ahmedabad named after PM Modi’s mentor and RSS declared, over 20000 qualify leader Lakshmanrao Inamdar
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The Admission Committee for Professional Medical Educational Courses (ACPMEC) has published the merit list at medadmgujarat.org for the students who cracked the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET). The qualified students can now take admission in medical, dental,
Gujarat Congress seeks vigilance probe into road projects SS News |Ahmedabad
Alleging corruption in resurfacing and construction of new roads in eight mahangarpalikas in the state, the Congress on Thursday demanded a vigilance probe to unearth the “racket’’ in the bodies. The eight mahanagarpalikas— under the control of the BJP— are Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Rajkot, Gandhinagar, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar and Junagadh. State Congress spokesperson Manish Doshi said that Rs
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ayurvedic and homeopathy courses in the Gujarat’s medical colleges on the basis of their NEET score. The list consists of the NEET roll number, category, percentile rank, NEET score and all-India rank of the students. The officials have announced that as many as 60,425 students from Gujarat appeared for NEET 2017 held on May 7. Of them, about 22,970 students have qualified for admissions in
undergraduate medical, dental, ayurveda, homeopathy courses. Among those who have qualified, 11,658 students are from the open category while there are 1,445 students from Scheduled Tribes, 1,869 students from Schedule Castes and 7,998 students from OBC category. To gain admission, student have to score 131 out of 720 in the NEET while it is 107 out of 720 in the reserved category.
Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Thursday inaugurated a six-lane flyover here, which has been named after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mentor and RSS leader Lakshmanrao Inamdar. Inamdar, also known as ‘Vakil Saheb’, had inducted Modi into the RSS. The 1.4-kmlong flyover, built at a cost of Rs 85 crore by Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA), is the latest in the list of government projects named after RSS leaders. Recently, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation
named an auditorium in Bodakdev after Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay. Ahmedabad also has flyovers named after RSS leaders Nathalal Jhagda in Maninagar and Syama Prasad Mookerjee in Vejalpur, besides others. During the inauguration of the flyover, Rupani said that the BJP government was working for allround development of the state for the past 15 years through “transparent, honest and non-corrupt” ways.
“The objective is to let the Gujarat cities compete with worldclass cities… Gujarat is the only state which ensured cleanliness, street light and drinking water facility to people of 170 nagarpalikas,” he said. The CM credited “Modi’s far-sightedness” for the development projects in Ahmedabad and its surrounding areas. Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel, who attended the event along with former CM Anandiben Patel, said.
Monsoon Measure: Major Gujarat dams running low with water despite heavy rainfall
system,” alleged Doshi. He added the local bodies got their accounts audited by private agencies instead of the Comp- According to figures available with Narmada, Water Resources and Water Supply troller and Auditor (NWRWS) Department, the average water level in most of the dams in the state General (CAG) of India. “If the audit stood at 32 per cent of their total storage capacity by Thursday morning is done by the CAG, dams had received the whole corruption SS News |Ahmedabad dams and reservoirs in North Gujarat, 61 per cent, 42 per can be exposed,” said Despite heavy rainwhere use of groundcent and 45 per cent, Doshi. fall in most parts of is prohibited respectively, of their Stir against GST: Surat traders’ protest leaders the state during the water for agriculture and total capacity. The last one week, the have roots in political parties, eye on poll tickets level of water in ma- industrial use, have situation in other major dams is also not to contest the polls. harsh Samiti, includ- jor dams has not risen 18.75 per cent water of their total capacgood like Dantiwada There are over 70,000 ing Tarachand Kasat, significantly. Accordity. The situation is Bothra ing to figures availtextile trading shops Champalal in Banskantha disin 165 textile markets and Jaylal, not only able with Narmada, same in Kutch and South Gujarat, it is in Morbi district. The trict that has received Saurashtra where of Surat with a daily keep a hold on textile Water Resources and SS News | Surat 26 per cent. The only Machchu-II dam is, only six per cent of turnover of around traders, but have ac- Water Supply (NWR- dams have 13.57 per its storage capacity. Key functionaries Rs 130 crore. Due tive political careers. WS) Department, the cent and 17.43 per dams that are about however, a small one Hathmati dam in Araof GST Sangharsh to the ongoing agita- Kasat, president the average water level cent water of their to be totally filled up with storage capacivalli district received Samiti, the outfit tion, the industry has Samiti, is BJP’s Surat in most of the dams in total storage capaci- are Sardar Sarovar ty of only 88 million only two per cent of spearheading the Su- suffered losses to the city executive com- the state stood at 32 ty, respectively. The dam at Kevadia Col- cubic metre (MCM) its storage capacity. rat textile traders’ tune of thousands of mittee member and per cent of their total situation is somewhat ony because of good of water. Officials Similarly, Bhadar protest against impo- crores of rupees. The active member of the storage capacity by better in central re- rains in its catchment manning the Kaddam in Rajkot district sition of GST, have agitation that started party since 1982. He Thursday morning. gion where dams and areas in Maharashtra ana, Panam and Karand Madhya Pradesh, jan dams in Central has received only been holding import- on June 15 as a day- had fought the munic- Officials of the State reservoirs are full to and Machchu-II dam Gujarat said that the 0.22 per cent. ant executive posts long strike called by ipal elections in 2002, Irrigation Depart- 51 per cent of their in political parties the Federation of Su- but lost. Bothra, sec- ment said that major water capacity. In like BJP, Congress rat Textile Traders retary in the agitatand Aam Aadmi Par- Association (FOST- ing body, holds posts ty (AAP). With the TA) has now entered of vice-president of Assembly elections its 22nd day. The Surat city Congress later this year, sourc- newly formed GST and general secretary es said, the agitation Sangharsh Samiti in the state Congress popular by party since was a mean to gain is endorsed by the Economic cell. He is last two elections on political mileage, FOSTTA. Top lead- associated with the local level in the state and perhaps tickets ers of GST Sang- party for 30 years. and is paying rich dividends. IT ensures a SS News | Surat voter is given personOver 1.5 lakh page al attention by party. presidents of BJP atTalking to workers tended a maha smShah said, “This elecmelan held at Anaval SS News | Gandhinagar search. (I want to share some 80 km off Surat tion is not for making an observation with city in Surat district. a government but root Lauding students of you, that you all are A world record was out Congress from Raksha Shakti Uniwell-built and healthy. created when 51,000 Gujarat .Those Conversity, Ahmedabad, gress men who dream for being “well-built”, tandurust hain. Mujhe I am glad to see that women activists got Puducherry Lieu- badi khushi hui dekh you are tall, well-built Lotus with mehandi of winning elections tenant Governor Kiran kar… aisa main kayi and healthy. I do not made on their hands. must come here to Bedi on Thursday sug- jagah nahi dekhti… see this at many plac- BJP president Amit watch. Their dreams gested that the reason Kayi jagah main dekh- es, where people are shah asked workers to would be uprooted by could be the prohibi- ti hun chhote chhote short, thin and very ensure that party won this scene.” Talking tion in Gujarat. Ad- hain, patle patle hain, lean. They do not have more than 150 seats in to national audience, dressing the students sukde sukde hain, ab a glow on their faces, Assembly elections of Shah said, “ Rahul during the universi- woh kyun hain mujhe which you all do. Is it Gujarat. Page presi- baba keeps on saying, ty’s third convoca- nahi malum… chehre because there is pro- dent, is a new concept our PM is always on tion in Gandhinagar, par raunak hi nahi hai. hibition here? I do not of BJP where an activ- foreign tours . But, guest of honour Bedi Apke sabke chehre know, it is a subject ist of the area is given doesn’t he know that said, “Last mein main par raunak thi.. Kya of research, you do the responsibility to in Congress tenure Dr aapko ek observa- aap isliye hain ki ya- the research).” Bedi ensure that all votes Manmohan Singh was tion dekar jana chahti han prohibition hain. also suggested that the of a particular page of on foreign tours and hun…. ki aap well- Ye research ka subject university become an voters list goes to BJP. spent maximum days This has been made abroad. built hain, aap sab hai… kariye aap re- open university. 4,520 crore out of the annual budget of Rs 19,779 crore was spent by these eight local bodies on resurfacing and building of new roads. “Yet, these roads were washed away in the first rains itself, exposing the poor quality of work and suggesting corruption in the whole
More than lakh BJP page presidents attend party meeting in rural Surat
Kiran Bedi at Ahmedabad university convocation: ‘You’re all well-built, is it because of prohibition’
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