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Textile traders protest against GST in Surat SS News | Surat
A massive rally was taken out by textile traders on Saturday afternoon to protest the GST on Man Made Fibre (MMF) and submitted a memorandum to the district collector. The rally took a three-kilometre circular route around the textile market after the police refused permission to the original seven km rally to the Collectorate keeping
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NEWS BRIEF Prisoner kills inmate in Yerawada jail Agency | Pune A 45-year-old prisoner died after he was allegedly hit on the head with a stone by a fellow inmate at the Yerawada central jail here this morning, authorities said. The deceased, identified as Sukhdev Mehakarkar, was serving a three and a half years of the jail term in a kidnapping case, they said. According to the jail authorities, the accused, Dinesh Dabade, who was convicted in a murder case.
Manipur CM visits flood relief camps Agency | Imphal
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh today visited flood relief camps and directed officials to ensure rehabilitation of affected people at the earliest. Priority will be given to those whose ‘kachcha’ houses were destroyed during last week’s flash flood that hit several parts of Imphal valley, Biren said at relief camps in Thoubal.
A mass rally
Seeing the immense support from the textile traders from all sectors, the police department had granted rally permission with a condition that it should be taken out in the limit of textile trading markets in mind the threat to law and order. Seeing the immense support from the textile traders from all sectors, the police department had granted rally permission with a condition that it should be taken out in the limit of textile trading markets. No women, however, joined the rally which took two hours to cover the stretch. Earlier the GST Sangharsh Samiti had announced women engaged in saree embellishing
work would also join. The agitation of Surat Textile Traders which started from June 15, in Surat against GST was to hold this rally on Thursday but postponed it to Saturday. On Friday the GST Sangharsh Samiti members met union minister of state for road transport and highway Mansukh Mandaviya who assured them that he would take their questions to the GST Council. He, however,
ruled out exempting of the GST of 5 per cent from MMF. Mandaviya had requested them to call off the rally, but the agitating body had said it would continue till their issues were addressed. The rally covered each and route which leads to each textile markets on Ring road and finally culminated from where it started. Entire rally was peaceful, not a single untoward incident had taken place in Textile market ar-
eas on Ring Road in Surat. With such large number of textile traders gathered on Ring Road, Surat police had diverted the traffic to other routes. Surat police had deployed videographers at different locations to get a view of each and every person so that those who wanted to disrupt the peaceful atmosphere could be caught and dealt strictly. Talking to SS DAILY a textile trader and secretary of Youth Brigade wing,
Despite CBI, ED raids and corruption taint, Nitish Kumar unlikely to break ties with Lalu Prasad Yadav
said, “The Government might have understood the unity of textile trader seeing the participation of a large number of people in the rally. This is our unity and we don’t want GST. We worked hard for last five days, as since last few days, we use to organise different program in the market area to continue the agitations. We
have made different WhatsApp groups, wherein all the textile traders are covered and we have told them to come and participate in the rally. All the textile traders are registered with the presidents of different textile markets, so it was easy for us to cover such large number of people. We have collected data lists containing mobile
numbers of traders, from the president of 165 textile markets.” Surat GST Sangharsh Samithi president Tarachand Kasat said, “The success credit goes to the youth brigade wing people of textile traders. The indefinite strike called by textile traders will continue in coming days till our demands are meted out.
Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping met on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg. Earlier this week, China had said that it will decide on issuing travel alert for Chinese citizens visiting India depending on the security situation. “It is not a travel alert. It is advisory asking Chinese travellers to be careful,” an official of the Foreign Ministry informed said. The advisory asked Chinese travellers to India to pay close attention to the security situation and take
necessary precautions. India and China have been locked in a tense stand-off in the Sikkim near the Bhutan tri-junction for the past three weeks since Indian troops opposed the construction of a road by China’s People’s Liberation Army in the disputed territory towards Doklam plateau. China had also publicly stated that the atmosphere is not right for oneon-one bilateral talks between President Xi and PM Modi on the sidelines of the G20 Summit.
Sikkim standoff: China issues ‘safety alert’ for its citizens travelling to India
Corruption taint is back on the political sleeves of Lalu Prasad Yadav family. The CBI and Agency | New Delhi ED have conducted separate raids on the properties belonging to the Yadav family. But, China has issued a Nitish Kumar is unlikely to part ways with Lalu Prasad Yadav over the issue of corruption ‘safety alert’ notice being conducted by skipped questioning for its citizens travthe agency against by Income Tax de- elling to India asking two brothers, Suren- partment officials in them to pay attention dra Kumar Jain and connection with the to their personal safeVirendra Jain, and probe into an alleged ty. The notice comes others who are al- Rs 1,000 crore bena- amid the standoff leged to have laun- mi land deal and tax between Indian and dered several crore evasion case more Chinese troops at rupees using shell than once in June. Doklam region in companies, said. Ac- The raid comes just Sikkim sector. The Agency | New Delhi in connection with an cording to the report, a day after the CBI notice was issued The Enforcement Di- ongoing case against two more locations conducted search- through the Chinese rectorate (ED) on Sat- her. The officials also are under scanner es at residences and embassy in New urday raided the resi- raided her husband’s of the ED. Earlier in premises linked to Delhi on Friday bedence of Lalu Prasad residence and prem- May this year, the Lalu Yadav. fore Prime Minister Yadav’s daughter ises of a firm linked ED had arrested CA Aggarwal, and Rajya Sabha MP to them in Ghitorni Rajesh and Bijwasan areas. who was linked to Misa Bharti in Sainik Farms, New Delhi, The searches are Bharti, in alleged Rs reported said. The connected to a mon- 8,000 crore PMLA also stopped from visAgency | New Delhi raid was carried out ey laundering probe cases. Bharti also iting the riot-hit areas West Bengal Chief in Basirhat, around Minister Mamata 80 kms from Kolkata, Banerjee on Satby the police. Interurday insisted that Agency | Jammu net services were also her government will suspended as region A Territorial Army press for a judicial remained on the edge. jawan and his wife inquiry into inciIgnoring an appeal were killed and their dents of communal the day, a BJP cen- sirhat, as claimed by by CM Banerjee, MP two minor daughters violence at Basirhat tral team comprising the Mamata-led govRoopa Ganguly-led among three injured sub-division of North party MPs Meenakshi ernment, why were BJP delegation was as Pakistani troops 24-Parganas district. Lekhi, Om Mathur they not allowed to go detained by the police lobbed mortar shells The state witnessed a and Satyapal Singh there? “We are MPs at Micheal Nagar near and resorted to small their house at Kar- sides Nazia Bi of the fresh bout of violence was prevented by the and only we three Netaji Subhas Chanarms and automat- mara village situated same locality, sourc- as clashes broke out police from visiting will go there. You acdra Bose Internaic weapons fire at along the barbed wire es said, adding that between members of the riot-hit Basirhat company us,” she told tional Airport while civilian areas along fence on LoC. The the injured have been two communities at and were subsequent- policemen. Howev- they were heading the Line of Control deceased jawan had evacuated to hospi- Baduria region ear- ly detained following er, the police refused towards Baduria. Rein Poonch sector on come home on leave. tal. Pointing out that lier this week over a heated exchange to give permission flecting on the detenSaturday morning. His two daughters Paksitani troops have an “objectionable” with the police. Lekhi for them to proceed tion, a senior police Identifying the de- were among three been constantly tar- Facebook post by a also asked the police ahead. On Friday, officer of Bidhanceased as Moham- minor girls injured geting civilian areas 17-year-old class X if the situation was delegations of various nagar Police Commad Showkat and in the shelling. They and villages along student. Earlier in under control in Ba- political parties were missionerate said. his wife Safia Bi, have been identified the LoC, a senior Basirhat-Baduria violence: The state witnessed fresh bout of violence as sources said that they as Rubina Kouser, army official said that clashes broke out between members of two communities at Baduria region died after a 120 mm 12, and Zaida Kous- counter measures are earlier this week over an “objectionable” Facebook post by a young man mortar shell fell on er, 6, both sisters, be- being ensured.
Three BJP MPs stopped from visiting riot-hit area; All that has happened so far
Pakistani ceasefire violation in Poonch: Territorial army jawan, wife killed
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Sunday, 09 JuLY, 2017 Hindus In Bengal Worry About Kashmir - Like Impact On Them
The old saying, “What Bengal thinks today, India will think tomorrow” may not be true. But the happenings in the recent years in the state have brought about an altogether different perception which can safely be paraphrased to say that “What Kashmir did to Hindus 20 years ago, West Bengal is doing now.” The communal fires burning in West Bengal will have profound ramifications for national politics. The pattern is depressingly familiar: A Facebook post sets off a violent rampage by a section of Muslims. The police are accused of partisanship in handling the violence, which has now taken a deeply communal colour. Both the BJP and TMC are fishing for political gain in troubled waters. Conspiracy theories are rife. There is a great deal of mendacious sophistry. Some argue this violence might have been mischievously “provoked”, therefore somehow less condemnable. This argument forgets the fact that all violence justifies itself in the name of provocations. If you justify a Facebook post as provocation, then you have conceded the ground to all who engage in violence. But this small storm brewing in North 24 Parganas has larger political and constitutional ramifications. This violence needs to be placed in the context of the politics of free speech and mob violence. The politics of speech is hobbled by two features. The first is the undue deference given to what might be called the “blasphemy” paradigm of restrictions on speech in which alleged “vilification” of a religion, especially its founders, is too easily taken as a ground for restricting speech. This has been applied for a range of figures from Muhammad to Basaveshwara. The availability of this restriction then prepares the ground for competitive political mobilisation: Will offences against my religion be protected more than offences against yours? The politics of free speech has always been communally coded: We don’t want to defend the principle, but convert it into an argument of over my mob versus your mob. Every party has used the politics of free speech to mobilise communal passions. Liberals are often accused of double standards. But all those who have written seriously on speech and violence in India have always said that parties like the Congress and the Trinamool were never liberal. They might have been pluralist, but they were never liberal when it comes to defending individual rights. Congress leaders are still defending the ban on The Satanic Verses. Bengal, in particular, has an abysmal record on free speech whether in universities or lack of support for writers like Taslima Nasreen. Under both the Left and Trinamool, Bengal has been the paradigm case of progressive hypocrisy when it comes to defending freedoms or condemning mobs. This is why this mob violence will have larger national ramifications.
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“The idea behind the GST is to have a simple tax which the UPA government also wanted. Here it is good for government and bad for the simple man,” - Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Saturday said the GST was ‘goodbye to simple tax’ and not a ‘good and simple tax’ as described by the prime minister...
Kareena Kapoor Khan will send you in a state of trance in her black gown The woman of unparalleled natstyle-sense, Kareena Kaeverything she chooses to adorning the most stylish major fashion goals, she much talked-about pregstopped since.The mothbaby boy, Kareena Kapoor the gym post her delivbody can vouch for her tion to get back in shape. was in Malaysia for a looked phenomenal in a that fit her beautiful body clearly love-struck again. event in a beige-black, by Poem, and we cangorgeous outfit for her. centuated her figure at while the colour of made it more sensudesign looked specwell-deserved discollar-bones. The sweetheart neckline amount of cleavage, seen someone look time. The gown had mented the fish-cut bodwell--it couldn’t really be
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Spider-man Homecoming actor Tom Holland: I think directing is something I would really enjoy
Geared up for the release of her new film ‘Jagga Jasoos’, a musical directed by Anurag Basu, Bollywood actress Katrina Kaif says she was a dreamer as a child and preferred watching children’s cinema
Sridevi’s new film MOM made Rs. 2.50 crore on the opening day, reports Box Office India. The amount is slightly more than her 2012 film English Vinglish, which made Rs. 2.25 crore. The fate of Sridevi’s revenge thriller is being compared to Irrfan Khan’s sleeper hit Hindi Medium, which released earlier this year. MOM, which opened in 1806 screens across India, is also being compared to Raveena Tandon’s Maatr, which had the similar story of a mother seeking revenge from the men
who brutalized her daughter. Even with promising trailers, Maatr’s day one collection was negligible, probably because it opened the same day as Sonakshi Sinha’s Noor. Sridevi’s MOM is competing with Hollywood film Spider-Man: Homecoming and Bollywood film Guest Iin Lodon. Despite the popularity of the Avenger series in India, Tom Holland’s Spider-Man: Homecoming (which is Spidey’s standalone film) could not dent MOM’s business. It pocketed Rs. 2 crore, reports Box Office India.
this July . Produced by DVV Danayya, debutante director Shiva Nirvana has presented a love story which initially looked refreshing, but as minutes pass by, the film is too much of stretch
with a few laughs thrown in. The graph of the film is such that when it hits a low, it is a terrible few minutes. However, when it hits a high there is some good performance on screen.
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Tom Holland, who is garnering accolades for his superhero avatar in Spider-Man: Homecoming, harbours a dream of directing a feature film in the next five years. The British actor says he will be a “pretty good director”. He loves the idea of picking up the camera, and wants to get associated with a project from its earliest stage. Holland has already taken the first step towards exploring the horizons of direction by making a short film, Tweet, which featured his younger brother Paddy. “I think directing is
something I would really enjoy. Something I think I will be pretty good at. I would really like to be involved in a movie from earliest stamp point,” Holland said. The 20-yearold British actor was introduced as Spider-Man last year in Captain America: Civil War. Holland got his first solo movie with Spider-Man: Homecoming, the Sony Pic-
tures Entertainment film that released in India on Friday in English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu. There are big plans in store for the new Spider-Man in Hollywood. Holland will also be seen in Avengers: Infinity War, which is slated to release in 2018. He will follow up his act in Avengers 4, and then a second solo outing is also planned.
playing Sivagami’s role. However, when the Himmatwala actor turned down the offer, reports were doing the rounds that the actor demanded a higher remuneration for the film and hence, the makers offered the role to Ramya. Recently, Sridevi,
while promoting her film Mom, said she was hurt by SS Rajamouli’s comments and that the reports about her remuneration were baseless. Now, Rajamouli has responded to Sridevi’s statements and has said that he made a mistake.
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rather than reading comic books when she was younger. The actress’ character in the film has a childlike quality. Reminiscing her own days as a child, Katrina said in an interview here: “I was quite a dreamer as a child, and very musical.
MOM Box Office Collection Day 1: Sridevi’s Film Is Off To A ‘Slow Start’
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Katrina Kaif: I was quite SS Rajamouli regrets talking about a dreamer as a child Sridevi’s salary, says he made a mistake
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India’s most anticipated film, Baahubali 2: The Conclusion, had an overwhelming response from fans across the world when it release on April 28. Though Ramya Krishnan’s performance deserves a special mention, the character Sivagami will be more remembered for the controversy associated with Sridevi and filmmaker SS Rajamouli. It’s a well-known fact that Sridevi was initially approached for
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Ninnu Kori starring Aadi Pinisetty (Arun), Nivetha Thomas (Pallavi) and Nani (Uma) in lead roles was one of the much anticipated Tollywood film
A Gentleman Sidharth Malhotra And Jacqueline Fernandez Are Trending Agency | Mumbai
Actors Jacqueline Fernandez and Sidharth Malhotra are all set to present the trailer of their upcoming film A Gentleman come Monday. The cast and crew of A Gentleman hosted a special trailer preview in Mumbai on Friday and later the team revealed that the film’s trailer will be out on the Internet on Monday at 12 pm. At Friday’s event, Jacqueline wore a fabulous green shimmer H&M outfit with Christian Louboutin pumps. Sidharth Malhotra looked stylish in denims and a striped jumper. The actors posed in sync with their onscreen characters Gaurav and Kavya, who have been described as ‘Sundar, susheel and risky’ (for Gaurav) and ‘impulsive’ for Kavya. At the event, Jacqueline said. that romancing Sidharth onscreen was ‘quite easy.’ She said: “It was super easy. I know I am an insanely happy person but the fact is we actors always get affected by each other’s energy.
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Captain Virat Kohli clicked a photograph with Dhoni’s cakesmeared face and has shared it with his fans on Twitter Agency| Derby
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Voylla - India’s largest fashion jewelry brand today launched its flagship store in Ahmedabad with the gorgeous Star Netri Trivedi. Voylla is India’s leading fashion jewelry brand which retails from both offline and online mediums including offline stores, website and app. In the current fiscal year it has opened more than 210+ stores all over India and plans to open 250 by the end of 2017. The company is not only launching their store at Navrangpura CG
Road, but they will also be showcasing latest trends for this wedding season. As per Mr. Vishwas Shringi, Founder and CEO, Voylla.com, “We have opened our flagship store in Ahmedabad considering the fact that Gujarat’s colorful art, traditions and craft culture has cast a magical spell on everyone. With flagship store in Ahmedabad, we will spread across the country in this financial year. As a leader in the fashion jewelry segment we aim to cater to the aspiring audience in tier I, tier-II and III cities.”
MS Dhoni celebrated his 36th birthday with team members in Jamaica yesterday, as the entire team and their families came together to make their former captain feel special. BCCI posted a video of the celebrations on their social media page where Shikhar Dhawan and Yuvraj Singh were seen smearing Dhoni’s face with the cake. Captain Virat Kohli clicked a photograph with Dhoni’s cake-smeared face and has shared it with his fans on Twitter. Along with Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Shikhar Dhawan and Kuldeep Yadav clicked pictures with
Reunion is complete as Romelu Lukaku signs for Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United F.C. Agency | London
the birthday boy and shared the same on their social media accounts. Earlier in the day, Virat Kohli had backed MS Dhoni after the former captain was questioned over his recent failing in chases. “I think we get too impatient after just one game. That can happen to
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Page3 Lifestyle exhibition is its kind of exclusive lifestyle exhibition hosted by orchid events and exhibitions at Karnavati Club, Golden Glory, S. G. Highway Ahmedabad from 08th & 09th July 2017. Lifestyle exhibition 2017 will be there for two days for shopping lovers. It provides platform to all exhibitors to launch their product as they can conduct market research as well as evaluate market competition. It showcases exclusive Navratri, Diwali & Wedding
collection of designer garments, western wear, silk sarees, bandhni, home decor, kurties, dress materials, men’s wear, kids wear, antic, fashion imitation jewellery, handicraft sarees, wall decor, handicrafts, lucknavi chicken, purses, accessories, health & wellness, fashion accessories, gruh udhyog snacks, organic soaps, organic products, clay products, crochet bags, terracotta, gift items, chocolates, leather items, artificial flowers, kitchen safety, hair accessories & lot more at thevee. Mrs Payal Joshi from Page 3 Lifestyle Exhibition said.
BCCI wants demarcation in roles of Secretary and CEO Agency | Mumbai
The BCCI committee on Lodha Reforms today included demarcation of functions performed by honorary office-bearers and paid professionals to the list of reservations it has about the implementation of the Supreme Court order.The other three points are ‘One State One Vote’, Cooling off period of three years after every tenure and also doing away with ‘Cooling off period’ for Apex Council members (as and when Lodha
Reforms are implemented). However, it was bad luck for ‘Special Invitee’ Niranjan Shah, whose demand for inclusion of the age cap of 70 years, didn’t figure in the four-point reservations. Also Jatin Paranjpe and Gagan Khoda’s chances of re-entry into the selection committee look dim as the five-member panel also does not figure in the priority list. However, the most notable point was the demand for segregation between office-bearers and paid professionals.
anyone. Any batsman can struggle and any batsman can get stuck at the crease. Even if you’re in top form, it can happen to you, so I don’t think there’s any issue,” Virat Kohli had said after India won the ODI series against West Indies 3-1.
In 1991-92, Ganguly Sourav Ganguly, was a part of the Inborn on July 8, 1972, dian team on the tour is one of India’s to Australia, where greatest captains. he made his one-day Ganguly was one of debut. That was to be the big figures in In- his only internationdian cricket, a man al appearance in four who changed the years until he made face often a contro- his comeback on the versial one. While he tour to England in is remembered for a 1996. It was alleged stellar career, there that Ganguly had rewere times when he fused to carry drinks, found himself in the one of the roles of a midst of unwanted benched player, on situations. Nishad that tour Down UnPai Vaidya lists 12 der. Ganguly played such controversies. county cricket for Agency| New Delhi
Lancashire in 2000. It wasn’t a memorable time for him or his team as he did not blend into the setup. His was accused of “princely behaviour” to the extent that one story claims that he once handed his sweater to teammate Michael Atherton, asking him to carry it beyond the boundary. In early 2001, as India were getting ready to play Australia at home, there were strong rumours of Ganguly’s alleged affair with actress Nagma. There were murmurs that the two visited a temple in South India and had performed a puja meant for married couples.
India Captain Mithali Raj’s Parents Recount Her Journey to Cricketing Eminence Agency | New Delhi
Indian Women Team skipper Mithali is reckoned one of the greatest cricketers in women’s cricket history. In 181 matches she has scored 5959 runs at an outstanding average of 51.81. In Test cricket, she has 50 plus bat-
ting average and has a double hundred to her name. Her batting average in T20 cricket is also commendable. She has been playing for India for 18 years
now. But, it was not as easy as it seems. Mithali had to take a tough decision as she had to pick up one between dance and cricket!! And she picked up crick-
et as her profession. The rest is history. Popularly known as “Sachin Tendulkar” of women’s cricket, Mithali Raj is on the verge of becoming the highest run-scorer in women’s limited overs cricket. Mithali, 34, has long been regarded as one of the best in the business. One of the biggest supports she got from her parents to fulfill her dream. They never forced her to do anything. It was her choice always. “If you give your 100% and play to your best, you will automatically break records and win matches. We only tell her to enjoy her game”, Mithali’s parents were quoted said.
Belgian international striker Romelu Lukaku is set to join Manchester United for a reported 75million pounds ($97m, 85.5m euros), a record fee between British clubs, after the buying club announced Saturday they had reached agreement with Everton. The 24-year-old’s signing represents a coup for United and their manager Jose Mourinho as the latter’s former club champions Chelsea had earmarked him as their top striking target for the close season. Going in the opposite direction could well be United
and England record goalscorer Wayne Rooney, who according to press reports is willing to take a cut in his 13million pounds a year wages to return to his first club, but with the promise of more first team football than at United last year. It brings Mourinho and Lukaku back together again as the Portuguese manager in his second spell as Chelsea manager had sold him to Everton
in 2014 for 28million pounds. United said in a statement on its website it was “delighted to announce a fee has been agreed with Everton for the transfer of Romelu Lukaku, subject to a medical & personal terms. “A further announcement will be made in due course,” added United. Lukaku, who is reported to have been offered wages of over 200,000 pounds a week by United.
for a total haul of six gold, three silver and six bronze and there is still two days of action to come. Dutee Chand had walked off finishing second in her 100m semi-final; a tight finish with Kazakhstan’s Olga Safronova who took first spot with 11.52 to the Indian’s 11.56. In the distance, dark clouds rolled in from the West. The wind picked up and the various national flags hanging from the edge of the stadium roof swept back to the top as the gale picked up. Under the back drop of the lights, the rain seemed like a thin shower. And then huge droplets came
out of the sky and within minutes most of the events had to be stopped as athletes took refuge under the field umbrellas and canopies across the ground. It was in these circumstances that the women’s 400 metres was announced, postponed, announced again as the athletes looked frazzled and frustrated with the delays; more so they had to warm-up, focus and suddenly they were back under the umbrellas. Finally, when the rain had reduced to a drizzle, the athletes were once again crouching on their starting blocks. Sheoran who had powered her way to the gold and a London spot in the Federation Cup was in lane 3; 2015 AAC silver and 2014 Asian Games bronze medalist MR Poovamma in 4; and Jisna Mathew in lane 5.
position record of 68 at his home British Grand Prix next week. The triple world champion, who is currently on 66 poles and won in Austria last year, will have to wait until Hungary at the end of the month at the
earliest. He had been favourite to take the top slot at the scenic Red Bull Ring after dominating Friday’s two free practice sessions with Vettel second fastest. Qualifying is on Saturday after a final practice and Hamilton will be hoping that he is fastest to minimise the drop and that Finnish team mate Valtteri Bottas is second to deny Vettel the top slot.A Mercedes team spokesman said.
Asian Athletics Championships: Nirmala Sheoran, Muhammad Anas lead gold galore for India on Day 2
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To watch athletics inside the newly built Kalinga Stadium on Friday is akin to taking a pilgrimage. Close to 10,000 fans crammed in to watch Dutee Chand run the 100m semis and those who stayed back for the sprint final saw the emergence of new deities as these young stars set fire to a rain-drenched tartan track. Nirmala Sheoran and Muhammad Anas powered their way to 400m golds while Ajay Kumar Saroj and then Chitra PU stunned the stadium with gold medals in the 1500m; 4 golds on the day
Austrian Grand Prix: Lewis Hamilton handed five place grid penalty after gearbox change Agency | Spielberg
Lewis Hamilton’s hopes of starting the Austrian Grand Prix from pole position for the third year in a row on Sunday have been dashed by a gearbox change that triggered an automatic five place grid penalty. The drop means the Mercedes driver, second in the championship behind Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel, cannot equal Michael Schumacher’s pole
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NotInMyName protest Maya Kodnani’s husband deposes: She was not at scene of riot her and the worked at Shivam today in Ahmedabad Surendra told the court he was constantly in touch with Maya over phone identified car at the scene of the Maternity and Surgiand knew that from the Assembly, where a condolence was held for the Godhra victims, she reached Sola hospital where the bodies had arrived
ed. The police are still trying to determine how he managed to escape to Mumbai after committing the crime. On Wednesday, the accused allegedly stabbed the victim 7 times. the victim’s brother said that a complaint was filed against the accused three months ago for stalking and harassment. “About three months ago, she told us that a man was harassing and stalking her. We had lodged a complaint at the Mansarovar Park police station. Police told us that he was in
morning, according to Surendra, Maya left for Gujarat Assembly around 7.45 am in a golden Maruti car. According to the previous records of prosecution — Special Investigation Team — the colour of the and at 12 midnight car was white. A numMaya received a call ber of witnesses have on her mobile phone from Odhav corporator Jagdish Patel. He informed her that the SS News |Ahmedabad bodies of the Godhra train carnage victims The Reserve Bank of had to be brought to India (RBI) on Friday Sola Civil Hospital told the Gujarat High in Ahmedabad. Next Court that it would issue a corrigendum to clarify its notification that noted the 12 cases identified Mustafa Dossa and for bankruptMohammed Dossa cy proceedguilty of murder and ings will be conspiracy. The court accorded prihad also convicted ority at the National Firoz Abdul Rashid Company Law TribuKhan and Karimul- nal (NCLT). The central bank’s statement lah Sheikh under the came during a hearing charges of conspirfor a case filed by Esacy and murder unsar Steel against the der sections of IPC, RBI questioning the TADA and Explosives Act. However, the court had acquitted Abdul Qayyum of all charges in the Agency | Lucknow case. The Uttar Pradesh police Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) along with Gujarat police today arrested a man accused of smuggling arms and ammunition used in the 1993 serial blasts in Gujarat and that they Mumbai, officials would investigate,” said. Twenty four Ashish, the victim’s years after the blasts elder brother, said. rocked India’s finanThe entire incident cial capital, Qadeer was captured in a nearby CCTV camera. A leaked footage showed the accused stabbing her several times before she managed to free herself and sought help from nearby shopkeepers. “There were so many people… she must have screamed too but no one helped her.
decade, Maharashtra and Delhi together have accounted for 50 per cent of total FDI equity flows in India. In 2016, their combined share improved further to 60 per cent while Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh
accounted for another 20 per cent, says a report from the Kotak group. Mumbai has remained the favored investment destination, but regions like Vidarbha and Marathwada have also received huge push.
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A week after thousands of citizens took to the streets and joined #NotInMyName protest against mob violence in around 12 cities in the country, a similar demonstration is slated to held in Ahmedabad on Saturday. “We have secured the necessary permission from the Ahmedabad police commissioner. The venue of the protest will be Bima Nagar near Jhansi ki Rani statue between 3 pm and 6 pm. While many students from the city will be part of the protest, representatives from Jan Sangharsh Manch (JSM), minority groups and trade unions like the
Gujarat Federation of Trade Unions are set to join in,” said Pravin Mishra of Gujarat Jan Andolan (GJM), which is organising the protest in association with trade unions and NGOs in the state. Mishra said a preparatory meeting for seeking permission and holding the protest in Ahmedabad was held on June 29 with a group of concerned citizens. “This campaign is by citizens and not restricted to any day and it is beyond symbolism. Neither is anybody participating as a representative of any organisation nor will there be banner of any. It’s a long drawn struggle against hate,” he said.
Presidential poll a battle of ideology: Meira Kumar
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The presidential election is a battle of principles and ideology, opposition candidate Meira Kumar said on Saturday and dismissed remarks that she has been made a “scapegoat”. Rounding off her three-day Bihar visit, Kumar asserted that she was fighting for the poor and the downtrodden “whose voice otherwise would have gone unheard”. “Seventeen parties have chosen me unani-
mously as their candidate for the presidential poll which is not a small thing. The opposition unity is based on principles and ideology and I am fighting for its victory,” Kumar said at the Congress headquarters in Sadaquat Ashram in Patna. The former Lok Sabha speaker refused to comment on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s support to NDA’s pick Ram Nath Kovind. The Bihar chief minister, who had gone to Rajgir on July 6, has not returned to state capital Patna due to health issues.
CyanConnode, the Cambridge business that specialises in narrowband radio mesh networks, has won a $1.1 million order from Genus Power Infrastructures covering a smart metering deployment for the Indian state-owned utility Uttar Gujarat Vij Company. This is the company’s first contract award from its new partner, Genus, a tier one meter provider with the largest installed base in India and supplier to multiple utilities. The purchase order is for a smart metering implementation of over 23,000 units, to be deployed over the next 18
was never there at the scene of offence. Maya, who is out on bail in Naroda Patiya case, was also present, looking composed. Narrating the series of events, Surendra said on February 27, 2002, they had retired to bed around 10.30 pm
in connection with Gujarat and Uttar 1993 Mumbai serial Pradesh Anti-Ter- blasts. Earlier, a sperorism Squad (ATS) cial TADA (Terrorist on Saturday arrest- And Disruptive Aced a man, Qadir tivities (Prevention) Ahmad from Najib- Act) court on June abad in UP’s Bijnor 16 found Abu Salem, Agency | New Delhi
grounds on which it had accorded priority to the 12 companies to be referred to the NCLT. The central bank added the clarification will be notified before July 12, when the case will be next heard. The
court had on July 4 ordered a stay on all proceedings against Essar Steel at the Ahmedabad NCLT. It also issued a notice to the RBI and sought an explanation on why
hearing of the 12 cases should be fast-tracked. The RBI had on June 13 asked banks to refer a dozen troubled companies — with a combined debt of close to Rs 2.4 lakh crore — to the NCLT and said that “such cases will be accorded priority by the NCLT”. During the two-hour hearing, justice SG Shah took objection to the RBI’s stand that the NCLT was vested with the requisite powers to decide insolvency matters.
Ahmed was arrested from UP’s Bijnore district, the police officials said. “TADA accused Qadeer Ahmed (a resident of Najibabad in Bijnore district) allegedly played an important role in smuggling arms and ammunition supplied by Tiger Memon (one of the prime suspects in the 1993 Mum-
bai serial blasts) in Jamnagar, Gujarat, which were later used in the Mumbai blasts,” a UP ATS official said. IG, ATS, Aseem Arun, said that the arrest was made by the UP police in a joint operation with their Gujarat counterparts. Ahmed was arrested from Bijnore’s Najijabad area, he said.
Man held in connection with 1993 Mumbai blasts in UP
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cal Nursing Home run by Maya, to inform him that a patient was admitted for delivery. According to Surendra, as Dr Dhaval R Shah —Kodnanis’ business partner who used to attend patients at the nursing home — was not available at the time, he called his wife around 10.45 am.
Essar steel case: Gujarat HC objects to RBI fast-tracking case at NCLT
1993 Mumbai blasts: Gujarat, UP ATS arrest Qadir Ahmad in Bijnor
A joint team of Delhi Police and Mumbai crime branch late Friday night arrested 21year old Adil Khan alias Munne Khan, accused of stabbing 21-year old aspiring air-hostess Riya Gautam in Shahdara area of New Delhi on Wednesday. According to a report from India Today, Khan was arrested from Bandra suburb in Mumbai. As per the report, the accused was hiding at his relatives’ house months, for UGVCL and was on his way to customers in Naroda, flee to another state a suburban town in the when he was arrestfast-growing areas of Ahmedabad. UGVCL operates in the northern parts of Gujarat and serves a consumAgency | Mumbai er base of more than After having lost to three million, providDelhi for two coning substantial scope secutive years (2014 for follow on orders in and 2015) as the top the future. This is the recipient of foreign first order from India direct investment for CyanConnode’s (FDI), Maharashtra’s I P v 6 - 6 L o W PA N share in FDI jumped based Advanced Me- sharply to 46 per cent tering Infrastructure in 2016 compared to solution for volume 18 per cent in 2015 commercial deploy- with major flows in ment, highlighting the sectors like services, benefits of the com- real estate and infrapany’s range of solu- structure, computer tions while further hardware and softexpanding its product ware, telecom, motor footprint within the vehicles and medicines. Over the past region.
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Surendra Tahilram Kodnani (65) on Friday deposed as a defence witness for his wife, former BJP minister Maya Kodnani, before a special court in the 2002 Naroda Gam riot case. During his deposition before special judge P B Desai, Surendra — sporting a white shirt and black trousers — narrated the sequence of events on February 28, 2002, the day the riots broke out in Gujarat. He gave details suggesting Maya
offence. Surendra told the court he was constantly in touch with Maya over phone and knew that from the Assembly, where a condolence was held for the Godhra victims, she reached Sola hospital where the bodies had arrived. He went on to say that he then got a call from one Jasuben, who
Maharashtra regains top recipient status for FDI inflows
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