Sophie Turner confirms Game Of Thrones will be back in 2019
Ravindra furious over fan who congratulated him as ‘Ajay Jadeja
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Short News NCLT invokes rare measure to gain control of real-estate giant Unitech
New Delhi : The National Company Law Tribunal on Friday allowed the government to appoint new management for real-estate giant Unitech Ltd. in a rare move, as the corporate affairs ministry sought to take control of the embattled company. The NCLT agreed on Friday to the government’s plea and issued notices to Unitech’s existing directors, who are now restrained from acting as board members. The two-member bench said the government can appoint 10 nominee directors, whose names it will examine on December 20. The petition hinges on allegations of fund diversion adversely affecting public interest and marks the second time that the ministry has taken control of a company, people with knowledge of the matter said, asking not to be identified as they are not authorized to speak publicly. Thousands of buyers across India have been left in the lurch by indebted developers such as Unitech and Jaypee Infratech Ltd. after a slump in sales forced them to slow or halt construction of projects. Unitech’s Managing Director Sanjay Chandra, part of the founding family, was arrested in April this year following a complaint by people who weren’t given possession of their flats.
Islam should be wiped out in this world: Union minister said in old video Chennai: Actor Prakash Raj has slammed Union minister Ananthkumar Hegde for equating nationalism with ‘hindutva’. In a Twitter post, Raj asked the Karnataka BJP leader to clarify what he meant when he said “nationalism and Hindutva” are one and mean the same. “You said, “nationalism and hindutva are not two different things but are one and mean the same. Why do you bring in a religion into nationalism? Then what about those who are not Hindus, people, who are our country’s pride like Ambedkar, Adbul kalam, A Rahman, Khuswanth Singh, Amrita Pritam, Dr Verghese Kurien... the list goes on. And what about many like me who do not have a religion, but believe in humanity? Aaren’t we all the national of our country? Who are you guys... What’s your agenda... Since you believe in ‘janmas’... Are you guys reincarnation of Germans HITLER (sic),” Raj tweeted. His post was followed by a video clip of Hegde speaking in Kannada at a press conference, where he had allegedly said Hindutva and nationalism are not separate identities. “This minister says...’Islam should be wiped out in this world’... So when he talks of Hindutva does he mean it is a way of life,” Raj captioned the 39-second-long undated video.In a third tweet, the National Awardwinning actor asked his followers to analyse the minister’s agenda in a “secular country of ours” and question his “intentions and shameless politics”.
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Pakistan today conveyed to India that it will permit Kulbhushan Jadhav’s wife and mother to meet him on December 25.
Pakistan allows Kulbhushan Jadhav’s wife, mother to meet him on December 25 New Delhi : Pakistan on Friday conveyed to India that it will permit Kulbhushan Jadhav’s wife and mother to meet the former Navy officer on December 25. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj confirmed the development on Twitter as well. In a series of tweets, Swaraj said: “Government of Pakistan has conveyed that they will give visa to the mother and wife of Kulbhushan Jadhav. I have spoken to Mrs. Avantika Jadhav mother of Kulbhushan
Jadhav and informed her about this. Pakistan has agreed to facilitate the visit of mother
and wife of Kulbhushan Jadhav and assured us of their safety, security and freedom
of movement in Pakistan.” Meanwhile, Pakistan Foreign Office spokesperson Mohammad Faisal said during his weekly news briefing that a member from the Indian embassy will be allowed to be present at the meeting. Jadhav was sentenced to death by a Pakistani military court earlier this year, on charges of espionage. The International Court of Justice (ICJ), on May 18, restrained Pakistan from executing him till it adjudicates on the case.
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CPI(M)’s priority is to defeat RSS-BJP combine: Sitaram New Delhi : The CPI(M) would prioritise its political activities to defeat the rightwing forces led by the RSS-BJP combine, as it debates to decide a tactical line to face the prevailing political situation in the country, top party leader Sitaram Yechury has said. The CPI(M) Politburo, which would meet in New Delhi for two days from December 9, is expected to again witness an acrimonious debate on whether it should seek the cooperation of all non-Left parties, including the Congress, in this process. The major Left party, which has witnessed a “sharp decline” in its electoral strength since 2005, would chalk out its draft political resolution keeping in mind the priority of defeating the RSS-BJP combine which has grown in strength since the Narendra Modi government came to power in 2014.
Kannada weekly editor Ravi Belagere gives supari to kill colleague; detained Bengaluru: Eminent journalist and editor of ‘Hai Bangalore’ Kannada weekly, Ravi Belagere, has been detained by the CCB police on charges of giving supari (contract) to a sharp shooter to kill a colleague.A CCB police team has already reached his residence in Padmanabhanagar and is questioning him in connection with the case. Sources said that he will be arrested anytime on Friday on charges of criminal conspiracy. Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime) N Sateesh Kumar said that the CCB police had recently arrested a sharp shooter, Tahir, from a lodge in Parappana Agrahara. “Based on his information, another gun dealer and sharp shooter, Shashidhar Mundevadigi, was arrested. He confessed that Ravi Belagere had given supari to him to kill Sunil Heggaravalli, a journalist with ‘Hai Bangalore’. Based on his statement, Ravi Belagere is being questioned.” Sources said that Heggaravalli had an illicit relationship with Belagere’s second wife.
Delhi’s Max hospital license cancelled, wrongly declaring newborn dead unacceptable: Satyendra Jain New Delhi : The Delhi government on Friday said that it has decided to cancel the licence of Max hospital, Shalimar Bagh with immediate effect. The decision comes after the hospital has been found guilty of medical negligence for erroneously declaring a new born as dead. The treatment of existing patients will continue and an option will be given to them to move to another hospital, Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain said. He added that the hospital cannot admit a new patient with immediate effect. The decision comes after the
three-member panel, set up by the government, found the hospital guilty of medical negligence. “We cannot tolerate any criminal negligence. What has happened is not acceptable. We have earlier also issued notices to hospital for violating EWS norms. The Delhi government has decided to cancel the licence of Max Hospital, Shalimar Bagh. Hospital has been found guilty. For action against the doctors the Delhi Medical Council are competent to take action,” Jain said. The hospital can carry out the treatment of existing patients.
Aaditya Thackeray takes dig at BJP over Sainiks’ hoisting flag in Srinagar Mumbai : The Yuva Sena chief Aaditya Thackeray in a tweet on Friday took a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over an attempt by Shiv Sainiks to hoist the national flag at Srinagar’s Lal Chowk. “It is bad to receive a challenge to hoist the national flag in our own country. What is more bad is that those Shiv Sainiks and Indians (who attempted to hoist the flag) were detained in a state, the Deputy Chief Minister (Nirmal Singh) of which, belongs to a party (referring to the BJP), which gives lessons on nationalism,” Aaditya tweeted. The Jammu unit of the Shiv Sena had sent a team to hoist the national flag in Srinagar following National Conference president Farooq Abdullah’s remarks on Pakistanoccupied Kashmir (POK) last week.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi was referring to a controversy that had erupted in 2015 when Mani Shankar Aiyar reportedly made the controversial statement during a talk show in Pakistan.
Mani Shankar Aiyar gave ‘supari’ in Pakistan to get me ‘removed’, alleges PM Modi
New Delhi : Continuing his attack on Mani Shankar Aiyar for the second day in a row, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday accused the suspended Congress leader of giving ‘supari’ (contract) during a visit to Pakistan with an aim to get him “removed” from the way to ensure peace between India and the neighbouring country. “After I became prime minister, this man (Aiyar) went to Pakistan and met some Pakistanis. All this thing is available on the social media.
Congress’ vision based on ‘constitutional impossibility’ : Jaitley New Delhi : The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday released its manifesto for the forthcoming Gujarat assembly elections, a day before polling for 89 assembly constituencies in the phase one take place. The voting for the second phase will be held on December 14 and the counting for the 182-seat assembly election will take place on December 18.The Congress, which had released its manifesto for the election last Monday, had been targeting the Vijay Rupani-led government for not coming out its manifesto for pollbound state. “The BJP has shown unbelievable disrespect towards the people of Gujarat. Campaign is over and STILL no mention of a manifesto for the people, no vision and no ideas presented for Gujarat’s future,” Gandhi had written on Twitter. 6.05 pm: Attacking Congress, Modi said, “Any party that is anti-development and prefers to divide society will never be accepted in Gujarat and that is why Congress won’t win. Gujarat has not forgotten the mis-governance of the Congress.”
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Tax revenues need to stabilise before merger of GST rates: Sushil Modi Kolkata : GST Council member Sushil Kumar Modi Friday said he is in favour of letting the tax revenues stabilise before the panel considers merger or further rationalising of slabs. “Let revenue stabilise and tax buoyancy come, then the Council will look into rationalising or merging tax slabs of 12 and 18 per cent,” Modi, who is also
the Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar, said in his address to Bharat Chamber of Commerce members here. He said after the Council’s previous meeting at Guwahati last month, 90 per cent of the tax slabrelated issues have been resolved and the rest too will be sorted soon. He said only 50 items remained in the top 28 per cent tax slab now. However, he
remained bullish that revenue for both the Centre and states will grow and the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime will stabilise. He acknowledged that most of the problems are being faced now by the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) and the textiles sector as they were exempted from paying taxes in the past under the valueadded tax (VAT) regime.
Ready to face any punishment if Congress suffers damage in Gujarat elections: Aiyar Suspended Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Friday said he is ready to face whatever punishment the party deems fit if they suffer any damage in the Gujarat assembly polls because of his comments, reported news agancy. Aiyar, on Thursday, called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “neech aadmi” who does “dirty politics” after the latter targeted the Congress saying that parties seeking votes in BR Ambedkar’s name tried to erase his contribution to nation building the party. “Mujhko lagta hai ki ye aadmi bahut neech kisam ka aadmi hai, isme koi sabhyata nahi hai. Aise mauke par is kisam ki gandi rajniti karne ki kya avashyakta hai? (This shows the low-level mindset of the PM and one bereft of any manners. What is the need of doing such dirty politics on such an occasion),” the 76-year-old had said.
Enforcement Directorate attaches Lalu Prasad Yadav’s land in Patna
patna : The ED on Friday said it has attached a three-acre plot worth Rs 45 crore in the Bihar capital in connection with its money laundering probe in the IRCTC hotel allotment scam case involving RJD chief Lalu Prasad and his family. Agency sources said the land is allegedly in the name of the family members of Lalu Prasad and a mall was supposed to be constructed in Patna. The estimated market value of the plot is Rs 45 crore, they said. The property has been provisionally attached under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The central probe had last week
questioned Lalu Prasad’s wife and former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi in this case in Patna. It has earlier questioned Rabri Devi’s son Tejashwi Yadav, the former deputy chief minister of Bihar, twice in this case. In July, the agency registered a case against Lalu Prasad, his family members and others under the provisions of the Prevention of
Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Just before this, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered a criminal first information report and conducted multiple searches on the properties of Lalu Prasad and others. The CBI FIR alleged that Lalu Prasad, during his tenure as the railway minister in UPA-I, handed over the maintenance of two Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation hotels to a company in 2004 after receiving a bribe in the form of a prime land in Patna through a ‘benami’ company owned by Sarla Gupta, wife of Prem Chand Gupta, a former Union minister.
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As Adivasis ignored, rage is brewing
The Adivasi homelands are restive. From Palamau to Adilabad a new consciousness is making India’s original people ask questions. How long will Adivasis not only be denied what is their due, but exploitation by outsiders who not only oppress them but also ostracise them continue? Tribal people account for 8.2 per cent of India’s population. They are spread over all states and Union territories. They can be broadly classified into three groups. The first comprises those who predate the Indo-Aryan migrations — who are termed by many anthropologists as Austro-Asiaticspeaking Australoid people (including Central India Adivasis). The other two major groups are the Caucasoid tribes who migrated into northwestern India, and the Sino-Tibetan or Mongoloid tribal people of the Himalayan and northeastern regions who migrated more recently. Article 366 (25) of the Constitution defines Scheduled Tribes as “such tribes or tribal communities or part of or groups within such tribes or tribal communities as are deemed under Article 342 to be Scheduled Tribes (STs) for the purposes of this Constitution”. The criteria for classification being geographical isolation, backwardness and having distinctive culture, language, religion and “shyness of contact”. There are some 573 communities recognised by the government as STs, and therefore eligible to receive special benefits and to compete for reserved seats in legislatures, government jobs and educational institutions. The biggest tribal group, Gonds, number about 16 million, and are spread out in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Odisha, closely followed by Santhals, with about 14 million. Central India is home to the country’s largest Adivasi tribes, and, taken as a whole, roughly 75 per cent of the India’s tribal population lives here. The term Adivasi carries the specific meaning of being the original inhabitants of a given region and was specifically coined for that purpose in the 1930s. Clearly, all Scheduled Tribes are not Adivasis. Unlike Adivasis, the other two broad tribal groups have fared better in post-Independent India. Within them some, like the Meenas and Gujjars of Rajasthan, Lambadas of Maharashtra and Telangana, and Khasis, Mizos, Angami and Tangkhul Nagas, and the Meitei in the Northeast have done exceptionally well. Unlike the Northeast tribes, the Meenas and Gujjars don’t even meet the stipulated criteria of geographical isolation, backwardness, distinctive culture, language and religion. Forget “shyness of contact”! We all now know that big government, in the absence of a responsive nervous system, actually means little government, and whatever little interaction the people at the bottom have with the State is usually none too happy. In the vast Central India highlands, the occasional visit of an official invariably means extraction by coercion of what little the poor people have. It doesn’t just end with a chicken, goat or a bottle of mahua, it often includes all these and the modesty of the womenfolk.
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Hollywood - Bollywood Priyanka looks sullen on the New York set of Quantico just a day after death of her beloved dog Brando
Priyanka Chopra had a tough day at work. The 35-yearold actress looked sad as she arrived on the set of her series Quantico in New York City on Thursday morning. The day of shooting comes just a day after she announced that her beloved dog Brando had died. The talented actress posted a cute throwback black and white video of her with the pup during a photoshoot from years ago. In it Priyanka could be seen posing for a sexy pictorial on a bed as she called her beloved dog to crawl into bed with her. She cuddled up with the dog for some cute photos in the clip which was set to old school silent movie piano music. Along with the video she wrote the sweet caption: ‘RIP Brando. You will be very missed . I still remember when u came home ...at my doorstep In a basket and a little red bow... ‘Now I remember you with 14 years of loving memories .. throwback to Brando and I at my shoot a few years ago. They say all doggies go to heaven.. ’ Priyanka even shared a photo from the actual shoot on her new dog’s Instagram account.
Fergie opens up about her addiction
Reese Witherspoon sued over Gone Girl
Former Black Eyed Peas member Fergie opened up about her most difficult period while battling addiction to crystal meth. She told the British publication iNews, “I was (suffering from) chemically-induced psychosis and dementia. I was hallucinating on a daily basis. It took a year after getting off that drug for the chemicals in my brain to settle so that I stopped seeing things. I’d just be sitting there, seeing a random bee or bunny.” Though she had once described her split from the habit as “the hardest boyfriend I ever had to break up with,” she has come a long way and says that the rock bottom moment was also a learning experience. “The drugs thing, it was a hell of a lot of fun… until it wasn’t. But you know what, I thank the day it happened to me. Because that’s my strength, my faith, my hope for something better,” she said.
Not going to do female-oriented film just for the sake of it, says Jacqueline Jacqueline Fernandez, who is currently riding high on the success of ‘Judwaa 2’, talked candidly about her choice of films and her exciting line-up of film projects. In the recent interview with a leading daily, Jacqueline revealed how she loves commercial films and said, “I am a lover of cinema, and, in fact, would watch a lot of world cinema, foreign films as well as small niche movies [when I was growing up]. But still, I would be really excited about big commercial cinema, as it would make me laugh or cry.” The ‘Kick’ actress has given her nod for the official Hindi remake of 2016 American mystery drama ‘The Girl On The Train’. The Hollywood film was based on the 2015 bestseller of the same name by Paula Hawkins. She will be stepping into Emily Blunt‘s shoes in the remake.
Did Kangana Ranaut refuse to sign the petition over Javed Akhtar?
The strange case of Kangana Ranaut’s run-in with Shabana Azmi over a petition to the Prime Minister for Deepika Padukone’s safety just got more curious. According to sources in the know, there is more to Kangana’s professed aversion to Shabana’s politics, and her veiled reference to being bullied than meets the eye. Kangana’s statement says, “I was filming Manikarnika in Jodhpur. I got a call from my dear friend Anushka Sharma to sign the petition written by Ms Shabana Azmi, I explained to Anushka that Deepika Padukone has all my support but I am a bit wary of Shabana Azmi’s investment in left wing vs right wing politics. I have my own set of ideas and opinions about the current situation in our country, I am on the fence about many things and being a part of a feminist movement called ‘Deepika bachao’ lead by someone who character assassinated me when I was bullied.
The 2014 film Gone Girl was an immediate hit and Reese Witherspoon, who produced the film got many accolades for it. But now, in a turn of events, Reese has received a lawsuit for the same film. A lady named Leslie Weller claims that in 2005, she wrote a screenplay called Out of the Blue. She then sent it to a script consultant, which she claims set the wheels in motion for her script to get stolen. She also says that the book Gone Girl, which was released in 2012 was a rip off of her script. She says that there are many similarities, like they both focus on a married couple’s relationship where the husband and wife are drifting apart. They both contain a key twist where the wife is not the nice, normal, and somewhat naive housewife and is in fact a psychopath who sets up her husband.
The makers of Deepika, Irrfan starrer are fighting for the title Deepika Padukone and Irrfan Khan, the ‘Piku’ jodi, will be once again seen together in Sapna Didi biopic, produced by Vishal Bhardwaj. Vishal wants to title the film as ‘Rani’, but it seems like he is facing problems to get the ownership rights for the same from ‘Rang Rasiya’ director Ketan Mehta who previously planned a movie based on Rani Laxmibai with Kangana Ranaut in the lead. As reported by a leading tabloid, a source stated that Vishal and Ketan are fighting over the name Rani. The source stated, “Vishal has been asking for the title since the past six months. But, Ketan is not budging. This is precisely why Vishal is taking so long to announce the film’s name.” It is reported that Ketan bought the titles ‘Rani’ and ‘Jhansi Ki Rani’. Even after shelving then planned movie with Kangana, he is not willing to give away the title.
Turner who plays Sansa Stark in the show, revealed that the show got “six or seven months left” on production.
Sophie Turner confirms Game Of Thrones will be back in 2019 HBO’s popular fantasy show ‘Game of Thrones’ will premiere in 2018, confirms actor Sophie Turner. The 21-year-old actor, who plays Sansa Stark in the show, revealed in an interview with Variety that the show got “six or seven months left” on production. “We started in October, so we’re maybe like a tenth of the way through. No, no, we’ve got six or seven months left,” said Turner. Turner also gave a sneak-peek into the challenges her character faces in the eight and final season. “It’s going to be tricky for her, because at the end of last season, she felt that she had everything set up... This season, there’s a new threat, and all of a sudden she finds herself somewhat back in the deep end. “And without Littlefinger, it’s a test for her of whether she can get through it. It’s a big challenge for her, without this master manipulator having her back. This season is more a passionate fight for her than a political, manipulative kind of fight,” Turner said. She also talked about her upcoming projects, including ‘X-Men: Dark Phoenix’, in which she will reprise her role of Jean Grey. “Yeah, I’m really excited.
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Adelaide Oval’s CEO calls Virat Kohli, Anushka Sharma to celebrate wedding at venue New Delhi: Reports of Virat Kohli’s rumoured wedding ceremony in Italy with lady love Anushka Sharma have been doing the rounds on social media. After India clinched a 1-0 series win over Sri Lanka in the Tests series, the Indian skipper wasted no time and flew to Switzerland. The speculation fuelled further after Anushka was also spotted leaving the country with her family members. However, Kohli could make his marriage ceremony memorable at one of the cricket pitches he’s enjoyed batting on – the Adelaide Oval. Andrew Daniels, the CEO of the stadium has also expressed interest in hosting the India skipper’s wedding at the iconic venue. We would be thrilled to host Virat and Anushka’s wedding at Adelaide Oval. How fantastic would it be for Virat to create more happy memories here, considering his outstanding playing history at the Oval,” he was quoted as saying by Hindustan Times.
Ravindra Jadeja furious over fan who congratulated him as ‘Ajay Jadeja’ Mumbai: India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja was earlier this week left in anger and was embarrassed when one of his fans called him ‘Ajay’ Jadeja (referring to former Indian cricketer) after the conclusion of the third Test against Sri Lanka. Replying to this, the 29-yearold took to Twitter and was furious in his reply. “Someone came to me and said“well ball ajay. you bowled brilliantly in last match”.played 9 years of international cricket for country and still ppl dont remember my name.- he tweeted. The Saurashtra cricketer took 10 wickets from three matches in the recently-concluded Test series against Sri Lanka, while he just managed to score 40 runs from the same number of matches. Despite being a permanent member in the Indian Test side, Jadeja has been overlooked for the limited-overs sides, and last played a match for India wearing the blue colours against West Indies back in July.
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Jinder Mahal trains with Vijender Singh ahead of title match vs Triple H at WWE Live
New Delhi: World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) superstar Jinder Mahal, who is all set to face Triple H in the WWE Live event, said he has a game plan prepared against the American and will not fall for his traps in the biggest match of his career. View image on TwitterView image on TwitterView image on Twitter Mahal, who arrived in India on Thursday, said, “I feel fully prepared and ready. Unfortunately I had lost WWE Championship a couple of weeks ago but I learnt from that loss. Triple H is very thoughtful, cunning and
methodical and I cannot fall for his traps.” He added, “I do have a game plan and I believe I can match him speed for speed, power for power, technique for technique but the difference maker is the fact that the game is here in India and I have the support of Indian audience.” The former WWE champion also trained with India’s ace boxer Vijender Singh ahead of his ahead of supershow against American professional wrestler Triple H. Talking about his preparation for the event, Mahal said he has worked hard and will aim to go down in history as one of the all time greats.
Portugal’s Ronaldo pips Lionel Messi to win Ballon d’Or for 5th time
Paris: Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo was awarded the Ballon d‘Or for world player of the year on Thursday for a joint-record fifth time, going level with eternal rival and Barcelona forward Lionel Messi as the player to have won the prize the most times. The Real Madrid forward won the award, handed out by magazine France Football, for the second consecutive year having led his side to the La Liga title with 25 goals and a successive Champions League crown, netting 12 goals including two in the 4-1 win over Juventus in the final. Ronaldo collected the trophy in a glitzy ceremony at the Eiffel Tower in the French capital, presented by former France player David Ginola. “I feel very happy, it’s a fantastic moment in my career,” Ronaldo said upon collecting the award, standing with his mother Maria Dolores and his oldest son Cristiano Jr. ”I’ve waited a long time for this. This has been a stupendous year for me, we won the Champions League and La Liga and on a personal level I was top scorer in the Champions League.
ESIC covers 10 per India’s GDP growth to rise to 7.5 cent population in over 461 districts: per cent in 2018: Morgan Stanley Labour Minister RBI in its fifth bi-monthly review for current fiscal on Dec 6, kept repo rate unchanged at 6 per cent.
New Delhi: The Indian economy is expected to witness cyclical growth recovery, with real GDP growth likely to accelerate from 6.4 per cent this year to 7.5 per cent in 2018 and further to 7.7 per cent in 2019, says a report. According to global financial services major Morgan Stanley, corporate return expectations and balance sheet fundamentals are improving, and a strengthening financial system should be able to meet investment credit demand.“This sets the stage for a fully fledged recovery in 2018, and we expect real GDP growth to accelerate from 6.4 per cent in 2017
to 7.5 per cent in 2018 and further to 7.7 per cent in 2019,” Morgan Stanley said in a research note.
The global brokerage is confident about prospects for a recovery in private capital spending as demand conditions are improving post demonetisation and GST implementation. Besides, both consumption and exports
are picking up and this in turn should lead to an improvement in corporate revenues. “...plan to recapitalise the stateowned banks would remove the potential tail risk of the banking system posing a drag on growth, improve the headroom for growth and boost investors’ and domestic corporate sentiment,” Morgan Stanley said, adding “this should help to cement the growth acceleration and capex recovery that we were expecting”. On prices, the report said the cyclical growth recovery and normalising food prices should drive a pick-up in headline inflation.
Deadline for PAN-Aadhaar linkage extended till March 31
New Delhi: The government on Friday extended the deadline for mandatory linking of PAN with Aadhaar by three months to March 31, 2018. This is the third extension given by the government to individuals to link the Permanent Account Number (PAN) with the biometric ID. The Centre had already informed the Supreme Court that it is willing to extend till March 31 the deadline fixed for mandatory linking of Aadhaar to avail various services and welfare schemes. “It has come to notice that some of the taxpayers have not yet completed
the linking of PAN with Aadhaar. “Therefore, to facilitate the process of linking, it has been decided to further extend the time for linking of Aadhaar with PAN till March 31, 2018,” the finance ministry said. As of November, 13.28 crore out of 33 crore PANs have been linked to the 12-digit biometric identifier Aadhaar. This year, the government made quoting of Aadhaar mandatory for filing income tax returns (ITRs) as well as obtaining a new PAN. Section 139 AA (2) of the Income Tax Act says that every person having PAN as on July 1, 2017, and eligible to obtain
Aadhaar, must intimate his Aadhaar number to the tax authorities. The government had in August extended by four months the deadline for linking PAN with Aadhaar till December 31, pending the Supreme Court verdict. The Supreme Court is hearing petitions challenging the government’s decision on Aadhaar. The apex court has said it may consider setting up of a constitution bench to hear pleas challenging the Centre’s move to make Aadhaar card mandatory for availing various services and benefits of welfare schemes.
New Delhi: Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) is providing services to around 10 per cent of population in the country with its presence in over 461 districts, Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar has said. “ESI scheme has presence now in over 461 districts providing benefit to around 10 per cent of Indian population,” Gangwar said in a statement issued by Labour Ministry on Friday. The 172nd meeting of ESIC on Wednesday saw some important decisions towards improvement in its service delivery mechanism. Earlier also, ESIC had taken decision to form subsidiary Corporation/Society at state level. Based on the feedback and suggestions from states it was decided to revise the Memorandum of Association of the Employees State Insurance Society (ESIS) in the states who opt for it. The society thus formed will serve as a managerial and health care body for administration and management of medical benefits and medical establishments in the state, besides operating and maintaining ESIC dispensaries run by states, it said. Besides, in order to strengthen the primary care services and decongest hospitals, ESIC had earlier decided in-principle for upgradation of up to 1/3rd of ESI dispensaries into six- bedded hospitals. This upgradation will be done in a phased manner, the statement said. The ESIC also approved starting of 50-bedded medical facilities/hospital at Alwar, Rajasthan and 100-bedded medical facilities/ hospital at Bihta, Patna, Bihar. A policy for utilising the services of undergraduates and postgraduates from ESI Medical Colleges/ESI-PGIMSRs in ESI Hospitals/Dispensaries has been approved, it said.
business Sensex soars 301 points, reclaims 33,000-mark
Mumbai: Market benchmark Sensex surged 301 points to close at 33,250.30 on Friday on unabated buying by domestic institutional investors amid positive global leads. The wider NSE Nifty too went past the 10,250-level. The 30-share BSE Sensex opened on a strong footing at 33,034.20 and maintained its upward trend to hit the day’s high of 33,285.68 before ending at 33,250.30, up 301.09 points, or 0.91 per cent. The index had rallied 352.03 points in the previous session on valuebuying by investors in recently-battered blue-chip stocks. The Nifty finished the day at 10,265.65, a hefty gain of 98.95 points, or 0.97 per cent, after shuttling between 10,270.85 and 10,195.25. On a weekly basis, the Sensex gained 417.36 points, or 1.27 per cent, while the Nifty advanced 143.85 points, or 1.42 per cent. Most Asian and European markets rallied as investors awaited major economic data from China and the US amid overnight gains at Wall Street following reports that President Donald Trump is planning to unveil a big-spending public works plan.
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Gujarat polls 2017: Narmada waters more in canals than in farms
Surendranagar : Thakarshibhai Dayabhai Patel does not deny that the Narmada river waters have reached Gujarat’s parched Saurashtra region. They are, indeed, irrigating his own and also other farmers’ fields in Malod village of Surendranagar district’s Wadhwan taluka. “The issue isn’t whether the water has come, but at what cost,” says this 30-acre farmer whose village is just a couple of kilometres from the Dhanki-Botad subbranch canal. There is enough water in this one as well as five other sub-branches — Vallabhipur, Maliya, Limbdi, Dhrangadhra and Morbi — of the Saurashtra Branch Canal (SBC), which, in turn, offtakes from the Narmada Main Canal (NMC) near Kadi in North Gujarat’s Mehsana district. According to Patel, the problem is not with water in the canals or sub-branches, but taking it further to the fields, “for which we have had to shell out money ourselves”. He is among the many farmers in Malod and adjoining villages who have installed diesel engines on the bunds of the Botad sub-branch canal, to “lift” and carry the Narmada waters.
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Can’t direct Govt to appoint full-time DGP, EC tells High Court Ahmedabad : The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday told the Gujarat High Court that it cannot direct the state government to appoint a regular DGP considering the model code of conduct and added that “steps should have been taken much in advance”. The division bench of high court led by chief justice R Subhash Reddy had directed the ECI to file an affidavit on a public interest litigation (PIL) that sought appointment of full-time DGP. The EC in its affidavit stated, “The commission in their communication to chief electoral officer, Gujarat, observed that the post had been lying vacant for quite sometime and steps should have been taken much in advance for appointment of a regular DGP so that this kind of situation could not have arisen.” The EC was referring to its communication with the Gujarat chief electoral officer over choosing the next in-charge DGP after IPS officer Geetha Johri, who was holding the charge, retired on November 30. According to the EC’s affidavit to the High Court, it received a list of names of the IPS officers who could replace Johri from the state government on November 30.
Gujarat polls: Saying that he is sure about his son’s launch, Parshottam Solanki says, the BJP will have to support him — if it wants his support.
Wrong to target Rahul over dynasty, says BJP minister ready to launch his son
Bhavnagar : He is popularly known as “Bhai”, claims to “live in a jhopri in Mumbai”, has courted controversy for his alleged links to a Rs 400-crore fishing contracts scam, and was among those indicted by the Srikrishna Commission for his alleged role in the 1993 Mumbai riots. Today, plagued by ailments and with hours to go for voting, four-time MLA and Gujarat Fisheries Minister Parshottam Solanki is so confident of a victory that he is already planning to launch his son Divyesh in 2022. Even if it means questioning his own party’s position on “dynasty politics” — a charge the BJP has often
levelled against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who is set to take over as party president from mother Sonia Gandhi. Asked about his party’s attack on the Gandhis, Solanki is clear: “They should not. Did Rahul ever intervene in your matters, and say — give ticket to this one or that one? He does not say. So why do you have to say?” Asked whether the BJP should rake up the
dynasty issue, including in his case, he says, “It is wrong. They [BJP] don’t touch someone who is powerful. But someone who is weak, who cannot fight, they do dadagiri, flex their muscle…” Having won Ghogha seat (now Bhavnagar Rural) since 1998, Solanki, now 56, is sure he will launch Divyesh from here next time: “110 per cent, after five years Divyesh will contest.
ISBA – STARTUP ENABLERS TRAINING SERIES held for incubation managers Ahmedabad: Special interaction training session for Incubator Managers was held with Sri. K.K. Nirala IAS, Commissioner Technical Education, Government of Gujarat, wherein the efforts of the government were put forth and suggestions for improving the policy and implementation were sought from the participants. The programme was hosted at Ahmedabad which is an upcoming vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem and was hosted by the Gujarat Technological University (GTU) at the Chandkheda Campus. ISBA – Indian Science & Technology Entrepreneur Parks and Business Incubator Association is the currently only pan India network of Business Incubators with the objective to promote business incubation activities in the country
Sotta in soup for his communal rant VADODARA: BJP candidate in Dabhoi, Shailesh Mehta alias Sotta, has landed in a controversy, for the communal remarks he purportedly made during his poll campaign recently. A video showing Mehta making several remarks against the minority community went viral on Wednesday following which a complaint was filed by activist Nishant Verma, a resident of Ahmedabad, with the Election Commission on Thursday. In the short video, Mehta is heard saying that Dabhoi shouldn’t have population like Dubai. He went on to say that unlike other candidates, he won’t give a single rupee to madarsas and mosques. “If some bearded and (skull) cap wearing person is sitting here then forgive me but there is a need to reduce their population. Many leaders here advised me to not make such comments but I said that if 90 per cent people with me then why should I not talk about 10 per cent,” he is heard saying in the video even as the crowd cheers him. “Those who foment rioting will have to be stopped. Else they will be given a befitting reply. There was a peace committee meeting here where an extern said that he is scared of me.
international Going backwards: Trump govt moves to block transgender recruits to Pentagon Washington: President Donald Trump’s administration has asked a federal court to block the Pentagon from starting the hiring of transgender recruits in 2018. The filing by the Justice Department late on Wednesday is the latest in a series of legal measures that have unfolded since Trump sent out three tweets in July saying that transgender troops could not serve “in any capacity” in the military. Those tweets, later followed by a formal White House memorandum, set off a roar of protest -- with several service members and rights groups quick to sue. Two federal courts have since temporarily blocked Trump’s ban, and the Pentagon was due to start accepting transgender recruits on January 1. The government’s filing
calls for a partial delay, specifically that the Pentagon does not accept transgender recruits from that date. “Defendants request that the court stay the portion of its preliminary injunction requiring defendants to begin accessing transgender individuals into the military on January 1, 2018,” pending an
appeal decision, court documents state. The Pentagon declined to comment on the litigation. Under a new policy announced in 2016 by the Obama administration, the Pentagon was originally supposed to start accepting transgender recruits on July 1, 2017.
through exchange of information, sharing of experience, and other networking assistance among Indian Business Incubators (TBIs), Science and Technology Entrepreneurs Parks (STEPs) and other related organizations engaged in the promotion of start- up enterprises. The Start-up Enablers Training Series (SETS) has been evolved by ISBA to address the various competencies and skills that are required by professionals working in the several startup enablers such as Incubators / Accelerators / Co-Working spaces. The SETS Programme Level
1 which is a basic training for managers and is jointly organized with the Asia Pacific Incubation Network (APIN), that was established as a part of the World Bank InfoDev programme. Prof. (Dr) Navin Sheth, Vice Chancellor of GTU said that GTU is the pioneer in the field of Student Start up Support System. For the First time in Indian Universities, GTU became successful to develop the ecosystem and prepared Student Start up policy. AICTE mentioned this achievement of GTU in National Student Start up policy. Now we are happy to host this training
programme. Mr. Hiranmay Mahanta, Director of GTU Innovation Council and Tushar Panchal, coordinator of the event also expressed their opinions. The participants of the programme were first line and second line managers from Incubators that have been established with the support of Dept. of Science & Technology, Department of Bio-Technology, Government of India, State government supported Incubators from Gujarat, Karnataka and Kerala and privately promoted Incubators. Incubators from leading Academic Institutions IIT’s, IIM’s, reputed Govt and Private Universities were present from many parts of the country – Patna, Kozhikode, Mandi, Noida, Bengaluru, Trivandrum, Ahmedabad. The experts were practising senior Incubator Managers from successful Incubators.
Gujarat elections : Till now, the commission allows only those to be appointed as polling agents who are voters of the same polling station and not from anywhere from the constituency.
HC directs EC to allow polling agents from same constituency Ahmedabad : The Gujarat High Court on Thursday directed the Election Commission (EC) to allow candidates contesting the Assembly elections to appoint people who are voters of the constituency, and not necessarily from the same polling station, as polling agents at booths. Till now, the commission allows only those to be appointed as polling agents who are voters of the same polling station and not from anywhere from the constituency. Granting relief to the candidates, the Division Bench of Justice Akil Kureshi and Justice A Y Kogje directed the Election Commission to “permit a candidate to appoint a polling agent or substitute agent, any person who is the resident and the elector of the same constituency, of which, the polling booth in question
forms a part.” The court also issued notices to the Election Commission and Chief Electoral Officer of Gujarat, seeking replies by December 20. The order came on a set of two petitions moved by Arjun Khatariya, a Congress candidate contesting from Gondal Assembly seat in Rajkot district. Khatariya had alleged that due to fear of his BJP rival candidate Gitaba’s husband, Jayrajsinh Jadeja, no
one was ready to become his polling agent. He had therefore sought permission fromt the High Court to appoint polling agents from anywhere from the whole of constituencies. On Thursday, he was joined by state Congress challenging “the insistence of the Election Commission that the polling agent and the relief agents of every booth must be a voter of the area falling within the same polling station”.
‘This is a difficult negotiation but we have now made a first breakthrough,’ says Jean-Claude Juncker.
Brexit breakthrough: UK, EU agree on divorce deal, ready for 2nd phase Brussels: The European Commission on Friday said Britain and the bloc have made “sufficient progress” in divorce talks. Below please see the full text of the Commission statement. Brexit: European Commission recommends sufficient progress to the European Council (Article 50) The European Commission has today recommended to the European Council (Article 50) to conclude that sufficient progress has been made in the first phase of the Article 50 negotiations with the United Kingdom. It is now for the European Council (Article 50) on 15 December 2017 to decide if sufficient progress has been made, allowing the negotiations to proceed to their second phase. The Commission’s assessment is based on a Joint Report agreed by the negotiators of the Commission and the United Kingdom Government, which was today endorsed by Prime Minister Theresa May during
a meeting with President JeanClaude Juncker. The Commission is satisfied that sufficient progress has been achieved in each of the three priority areas of citizens’ rights, the dialogue on Ireland / Northern Ireland, and the financial settlement, as set out in the European Council Guidelines of 29 April 2017. The Commission’s negotiator has ensured that the life choices made by EU citizens living in the United Kingdom will be protected. The rights of EU citizens living in the United
Kingdom and United Kingdom citizens in the EU27 will remain the same after the United Kingdom has left the EU. The Commission has also made sure that any administrative procedures will be cheap and simple for EU citizens in the United Kingdom. As regards the financial settlement, the United Kingdom has agreed that commitments taken by the EU28 will be honoured by the EU28, including the United Kingdom. With regard to the border between Ireland and Northern Ireland.
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