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30 children die in hospital in Gorakhpur in UP during last 48 hours due to various causes: District Magistrate Rajeev Rautela
At least 30 children lost their lives due to encephalitis in last 48 hours at Gorakhpur’s BRD Hospital, said District Magistrate, Rajeev Rautela to news agency ANI. “Total 30 deaths in last 48 hours. Supply of liquid oxygen was disrupted yesterday day due to pending payment. Requested suppliers not to disrupt supply,” said
City crime branch has lodged a complaint against a person, who holds a so cial media acco unt by the name of Manish So mani, and has impersonated as an official at the Intelligence Bureau official. The accused had posted an abusive comment on the social media page of Ravish Kumar, an anchor of Hindi national TV channel. Crime branch officials said that the accused had posted that he is an alumni of IIM and an investigating officer with the Intelligence Bureau.
Old guard vs Rahul camp: Patel’s win revives tussle
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Ahmed Patel’s victory in the Rajya Sabha election has revived talk about the staying power of the `old guard’ amid growing speculation that Rahul Gandhi’s elevation as party chief could herald the GenNext era. Patel’s victory against BJP in the face of a crumbling Gujarat legislature party and the tactics employed to overcome the odds has made many Congress leaders point to the importance of experience in taking on the saffron rival.
Rautela. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s Lok Sabha constituency of Gorakhpur has seen at least 114 deaths due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES)
Train collision near Egypt’s Alexandria kills at least 28 Agency | Cairo
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A train collision near Egypt’s coastal city of Alexandria on Friday killed at least 28 people and injured 80 others, Egyptian officials said. The two trains collided head on — one was coming from the capital of Cairo, to the south of Alexandria, and the other was coming from the city of Port Said, located on the northern tip of the Suez Canal. The head of the ambulance services in the Alexandria’s western sector, Dr. Mohamed Abu Homs, said the colli-
sion took place in the district of Khorshid, southeast of the city. There was no immediate information on what had caused the collision. Abu Homs said he fears the death toll and the number of injured could rise further. Egypt’s railway system has a poor safety record, mostly blamed on decades of badly maintained equipment and poor management. State TV broadcast images of mangled train coaches on the tracks as crowds gathered around trying to help the victims.
Industrial production dips, contracts by 0.1 per cent in June Agency | New Delhi
India’s industrial output contracted 0.1 percent in June from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday. Economists surveyed by Reuters had forecast 0.6 percent growth
in output compared with a revised 2.8 percent year-on-year increase in May. Meanwhile, Industrial output growth slipped to 2 per cent in April-June quarter compared to 7.1 per cent in the previous year.
this year alone. AES is an umbrella classification under which comes the diseases Japanese Encephalitis (JE), water-borne encephalitis and scrub typhus, among others. As an MP, Yogi Adityanath had actively raised the issue. In an interview to the Indian express, Ravindra Kumar, Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Gorakhpur, said the Case Fatality Rate (CFR) is reducing
with each passing year. “The CFR last year was more than 20 percent and this year we have reduced it to 16 percent. In 2015, the CFR was somewhere near 30 percent,” CMO said, adding that the threat of JE has nearly ended although it has, like lsat year, claimed three deaths this year. “In the months of August to October, people are more prone to acquiring some form of AES. Therefore we are trying to make people aware of the importance of cleanliness, drink clean and boiled water, and should rush to hospital if there is fever,” said the CMO.
The Supreme Court on Friday announced December 5 as the date for the beginning of the final hearing in the controversial Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid dispute case, said. The apex court has asked the two sparring sides to translate into English all the documents that are to be used in the case within twelve weeks from now. The documents available presently are in eight different languages.
The Supreme Court also asked the UP government to submit within ten weeks the translated copy of the documented evidence in the case. Issuing a clear warning, the apex court said that the time frame given is fixed for completion of the pleadings and there will no scope of adjournment in the case. On August 8, the Shia Waqf Board had filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court stating that the mosque
Former premier Nawaz Sharif again attacked Pakistan’s judiciary on Friday as he made his way towards Lahore in a rally even as his wife Kulsoom filed her nominations to contest the parliament seat left vacant by his disqualification by the Supreme Court. Sharif’s rally, which began making its way from Islamabad to Lahore on Wednesday, is being seen as the start of his PML-N party’s campaign for the 2018 general election. After spending the night at a hotel on the banks of the Jhelum river, Sharif made his way into central Punjab, the political heartland of
14-year-old boy rescued before ‘Blue Whale’ challenge completion
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A 14-year-old boy from Solapur, who left home to complete a task given to him in the online game ‘Blue Whale Challenge’, was rescued by the police on his way to Pune. Recently, a teenager addicted to the Blue Whale Challenge game had ended his life by jumping off a building in Mumbai. The district police yesterday intercepted a Pune-bound state transport bus in which the teenager was travelling, near
Bhigwan on an information given by their Solapur counterparts. “As soon as we were informed by our counterparts in Solapur, we intercepted the bus and rescued the boy, who was on his way to complete a task given by the Blue Whale Challenge game,” a Bhigwan police station officer said. He said the boy appeared “lost” and was silent when the police took him with them. “The boy’s businessman father
Ayodhya land dispute: Supreme Court fixes December 5 for final hearing
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can be built near the Ram temple, the birth place of Lord Ram, in Ayodhya. “Since, the Babri Masjid was a Shia Waqf, we are alone entitled to negotiate and arrive at peaceful settlement with other stakeholders,” Shia Waqf Board’s statement. Earlier in 1961, the site has been a bone
of contention between the Shia Waqf Board and the Sunni Central Waqf Board with the latter demanding possession of the property while also pressing for removal of idols from the mosque premises. They had also intended to be a party in the ongoing litigations in the land dispute case.
came to the police station and took him home,” the officer said. According to him, the Class 9 student was addicted to the game, where a player is given different tasks by his handlers. “After the boy went missing, his parents started inquiring with his friends when they came to know that he was playing the ‘Blue Whale Challenge’,” the official said. Yesterday, a 13-yearold boy hooked to the game tried to jump off the third floor of his school in Indore but fellow students thwarted his attempt, police said.
the PML-N, where he again received a mixed reception at different places. A defiant Sharif had criticised the judiciary on Thursday for forcing him to quit as prime minister, saying it was an “insult” to the people of Pakistan as their elected leader was unceremoniously ousted by the Supreme Court. “It is an insult to the 200 million people of Pakistan. You voted for me, but the five
honourable judges sent me home with a single stroke of a pen,” Sharif told his supporters in Jhelum on the second day of his journey along the historic Grand Trunk Road. On Friday, he told his audience: “Every prime minister in this country was given a tenure of one-and-a-half years, on average, to govern. Some were executed, some jailed, some handcuffed and some exiled.
Agency | Mumbai According to reports, Pahlaj Nihalani was on Friday removed from the post of Central Board of Film Certification chairman. Talking to indianexpress.com, CBFC member and filmmaker Ashok Pandit said, “Yes, it is correct. Pahlaj Nihalani had to resign from his chairmanship. Recently there was a lot of friction in the working of
the CBFC.” Sources suggest noted Bollywood lyricist and ad guru Prasoon Joshi will, reportedly, replace Pahlaj Nihalani. Pahlaj Nihalani’s tenure as CBFC chief was riddled with controversies. Movies like Udta Punjab, Lipstick Under My Burkha, Indu Sarkar and Babumoshai Bandookbaaz among others had to face the brunt of CBFC during Nihalani’s stewardship.
with. Now with the Bihar CM’s re-alignment with the BJP, Banerjee believes she is the only leader in the patchwork quilt of the fledgling Opposition alliance with “appeal with the masses” and a relatively uncontested home turf. The numbers back the Trinamool Congress. After the BJP and the Congress, the Trinamool Congress has the second highest number of seats
in Parliament – 34 in Lok Sabha and five in Rajya Sabha. Moreover, the party has 211 seats in the Bengal Assembly, followed by the Congress with 43. The AIADMK is only slightly ahead (37 seats in Lok Sabha and 13 in Rajya Sabha), but their alliance with the BJP is growing more likely. So, Banerjee’s position in the Opposition space is growing stronger. A senior Lok Sabha TMC MP said, “The idea isn’t about one party attempting to control the Opposition space.
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Mamata and Opposition unity: Why Congress is important to her game plan Agency | New Delhi That Mamata Banerjee is looking to stitch together the Opposition ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls is no longer a secret. Key to this, those close to her maintain, is the fact that she continues to be on “good terms with everyone” in the Opposition and even “some in the BJP”. Before Nitish Kumar joined the BJP, the Opposition had been planning a massive farmers’ rally in New Delhi. A rally, sources maintained, had been Kumar’s idea to begin
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Rules on secrecy of ballot in RS polls are not in sync with free choice and consent
Democracy has metamorphosed into complex systems of representative politics. The grundnorm or basic norm for any democratic polity is the impartial and free exercise of “consent” or choice. The unraveling in Gujarat on Wednesday raises significant questions in this respect. The Congress was able to joust its way into the Rajya Sabha by giving Ahmed Patel his fifth term as an MP from Gujarat. However, the real fight was not in the House but outside it. With an order from the Election Commission, the Congress was able to invalidate two votes cast against Patel. The controversy ensued when two electors from the Congress cast their ballots for Balwantsinh Rajput and showed the same to Amit Shah. As per the Conduct of Election Rules 1961, the procedure laid down for the Rajya Sabha elections calls for a ballot-in-secret. Secrecy under Rule 39A mandates that the elector cannot declare his ballot to anyone; any deviation results in the invalidation of the ballot by the presiding officer. But Rule 39A seems to be amiss of the grundnorm of a secret ballot. Secrecy aims to protect the vote as it affords the right to the voter to keep silent over the choice of candidate. All electoral polling, either for the presidency, vice-presidency, Parliament, or state assemblies, is in essence a secret ballot. However, there are two means of executing such ends: The duty-based measure and the rights-based measure. The rights-based measure provides the voter the right to keep his vote a secret. Such a right creates a correlative duty on the election authorities to afford voting facilities and procedures that do not disclose the vote. But the voter can choose to not opt for secrecy. The voter is given legal anonymity for the vote he casts, but he may choose to claim authorship over the same. On the other hand, the duty-based measure imposes secrecy as a statutory duty not only on the election authorities but also on the voter. The voter even by his consent cannot declare his choice; doing so would invalidate his vote.
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Hollywood-Bollywood I am very happy to join the CBFC: Vidya Balan Agency | New Delhi
National Award winning actress Vidya Balan was on Friday appointed as part of the reconstituted Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC), to be now chaired by writer Prasoon Joshi. On being appointed as a CBFC member, Bollywood actor Vidya Balan said, “I am very happy to join the CBFC and I hope to fulfill my responsibilities as a member to the best of my abilities. I look forward to this new
Akshay Kumar gets trust and love of fans Agency | Mumbai
Ever since the name of the movie, Toilet: Ek Prem Katha was announced, everybody has been waiting for its release. The film starring Akshay Kumar and Bhumi Pednekar released today and audience gave it a thumbs up despite critics writing mixed reviews. “Who cares about film reviews when it is an Akshay Kumar film, it was made to be a hit. In Akshay, we trust! I loved how such an important message is given with a background of such a scintillating love
story. Full five stars to this one,” said one of the viewers who watched the film today. “Akshay Kumar takes the film to another level, I thoroughly enjoyed the film,” said a college student, who is also a fan of Akshay Kumar. “People told me that I would get bored watching the film, but contrary to that, I enjoyed the film. Akshay is no
Actor Richa Chadha, who will be back on screen as Bholi Punjaban with Fukrey Returns, says she is expecting the audience to love the movie as it’s not an “underdog film” now. She also says that as an audience member, she can watch two of her films Fukrey and Masaan several times, because of their multi-layered storytelling nature. Richa said, “There is something or the other I notice in the film… Whenever I watch Fukrey… I have watched it in the theatre five or six times, and each time I found something new because so much is happening in every scene. And Masaan too! I can tell you, as an audience, I can watch Fukrey and Masaan multiple times. The sequel
Fukrey Returns is much more exciting. My character Bholi Punjaban is angry this time and how,” added the actor. The film Fukrey, which released in 2013, featured Pulkit Samrat, Varun Sharma, Ali Fazal, Manjot Singh and Richa. It found several fans, but at that time all of the actors were not as popular as they are today. While Richa has since featured in multiple films, Ali has done an international movie starring Judi Dench. Since there are high expectations from Fukrey Returns and the comparison of the sequel with the first instalment of the film is inevitable, asked if she is feeling any pressure, Richa said, “No, I don’t think so. You see in 2013, when we did the first
and exciting phase where our cinema will be allowed to reflect the sensibilities, realities and complexities of the society we are living in today.” Vidya is joined by Gautami Tadimalla, Narendra Kohli, Naresh Chandra Lal, Neil Herbert Nongkynrih, Vivek Agnihotri, Waman Kendre, T.S. Nagabharana, Ramesh Patange, Vani Tripati Tikoo, Jeevitha Rajasekhar and Mihir Bhuta. “The Central Gov-
ernment is pleased to reconstitute the existing Central Board of Film Certification with immediate effect for a period of three years or until further orders, whichever is earlier,” said a PIB statement. The development came on the same day as the Pahlaj Nihalani was sacked as the CBFC chief and replaced by Joshi. Agnihotri told IANS that he was “tempted” to join the censor board after Information
and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani told him of Joshi’s appointment. Vidya Balan made her Bollywood debut with Parineeta in 2015. She went on to star in critically acclaimed and commercially successful films like Lage Raho Munna Bhai, Guru, Heyy Babyy, Paa, Ishqiya, No One Killed Jessica The Dirty Picture, Kahaani and Kahaani 2 among others. She has also acted in the TV serial Hum Paanch.
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national project or a Hollywood film. Gurinder Chadha was making a film about the Partition. She wanted an Indian actor. Her casting director sent me the script and asked me to read it and also send an audition tape,” Huma says. The actor, who made her debut with Gangs of Wasseypur in 2012, says till Dedh Ishqiya, which released in 2014, she
had to audition for all her movies. But unlike other actors, Huma does not have any qualms about auditioning for roles. “A lot of actors have issues taping themselves as they feel their work should speak for itself. But till Dedh Ishqiya, I can proudly say that I was screen tested for all the movies. Nothing has been given to me on platter.”
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doubt looking great in his character. I found Bhumi great too,” said a female viewer. “I think the film is crafted very well, it has all the elements of romance, comic and a social message. Akshay Kumar does it once again. No wonder the country loves him,” said an elderly gentleman who watched the afternoon show today.
Richa Chadha can watch Fukrey, Masaan multiple times Agency | Mumbai
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With Partition: 1947, Huma Qureshi is joining the growing list of Indian actors making their presence felt in international projects. The actor, however, says she did not go in search of an international film and took up the Gurinder Chadha-directed film because it came her way. “I didn’t go looking for an inter-
Sreejita De to play the lead in Vikram Bhatt’s erotic webseries Twisted 2 one, none of us was popular. It was an underdog film that went on to become a superhit. “Now, we have our fan following and there are
people who loved those characters. So they will come and watch the film. Analysing this thing, I feel like the film is already a hit. And
there is an introduction of a new character, you have to wait and watch for it.” Fukrey Returns is releasing on December 8.
Vikram Bhatt is quite busy these days churning out a number of entertaining web-series. These shows are no less than films and have the original flavor
of a Bhatt film – from thrills, drama to love story and eroticism. After getting Nia Sharma to shed her inhibition and play a bold character in Twisted,
Vikram is back with Twisted 2. And indianexpress.com has exclusive information that popular television face Sreejita De will play the lead in the sequel.
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N.Y. VEGETARIAN VISION HEALTH & WELLNESS EXPO TO TAKE OVER PENN PLAZA PAVILION SS News | Ahmedabad
Pleasure to introduce Vegetarian Vision Inc.; Nonprofit Organization is celebrating its 25th year of service by hosting a two-day event “Vegetarian Life and Healthy Living Convention”. This event will take place on September 9-10th, 2017. This international vegetarian convention will be held indoors at Penn Plaza Pavilion a 35,000 square foot venue that is prominently located in midtown NYC, just across from Penn Station. The organization’s main event is yearly Food Festival, to host edu-
cational seminars by noted vegetarians, panel discussions, exchange ideas and increase awareness and benefits of vegetarianism. Vegetarian Vision is actively working with Hospitals, Airlines, Restaurants, Educational Institutions, Animal Protection groups, Health Care and every other opportunity following the mission of promoting healthy lifestyle and thereby improving the quality of life. “Today there are more than 375 million vegetarians worldwide,” explained 86-year old Harshad K. Shah, the founder of the Vegetarian Vision Inc.
Abhinav Bindra cherishes ‘journey and process’ on his Olympic Gold anniversary Agency | Mumbai
Murali Vijay has represented India in 51 Tests, scoring 3408 runs at an average of 39.62 with nine centuries Agency | Mumbai
Murali Vijay, India’s No. 1 opener in Tests, is looking forward to an ‘excellent opportunity’ for what he terms will be the ‘second innings’, as the 33-year-old gears up for his comeback after a five-month gap in the ongoing Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL). Vijay was troubled by a wrist injury for almost half of the home season 2016-17, as well as by a niggle in
shoulder, in which India played 13 Tests. A fractured wrist troubled him for half of the season in which Virat Kohli’s team won series against New Zealand, England, Bangladesh and Australia. Murali Vijay featured in all of the home series, and bowed out after the final Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2016-17 at Dharamsala against Australia. Despite his injury, Vijay finished as the fourth-highest
run-getter for India in those 12 Tests, scoring 771 runs at 36.71 with three centuries and as many fifties. He underwent a surgery in London and was also ruled out of the entire 10th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The right-handed opener was expected to make a comeback in the ongoing Test series between India and Sri Lanka, but recurrence of pain in the wrist prevented him to do so.
On this day in 2008, a landmark moment in the history of Indian sports was registered when Abhinav Bindra won the gold medal in the 10m Air Rifle event, at the Beijing Olympics. On the ninth anniversary of his achievement, Bindra credited his success to the ‘journey and process’ which culminated in India’s first individual gold medal. Abhinav Bindra, who retired from competitive shooting after the conclusion of last year’s Rio Olympics, is known for his determination and doggedness to achieve his goals. During his prepara-
tions for the Beijing Olympics, he underwent a training exercise named ‘pizza pole’ — usually in fashion with the German forces. At the Beijing Olympics, despite qualifying at fourth position, he went on to clinch the first-ever individual goal for India with a
score of 104.5 in the final round. On Friday, celebrating the ninth anniversary of the historic achievement, he wrote on Twitter, “11/08/08. What I remember and cherish is the the journey and the process. The gold medal was just an outcome.”
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does not attract automatic suspension. No Indian has ever qualified in the men’s javelin throw final round in any World Championships and Kang’s performance brought some relief for the Indian camp, which has put up a shoddy show at the global event. While Chopra, a junior World Champion was touted as India’s biggest hope, it was Kang, who quietly slipped in from nowhere attaining the qualifying mark of 83m with his third and final throw that cleared a distance of 84.22m.
Kang pips Chopra, enters javelin final at World Championships
Fan Moment: This Little Girl Just Won Over Mithali Raj With The Cutest Agency | Mumbai
After a successful World Cup campaign in England, Indian captain Mithali Raj has argubaly become the face of women’s cricket in the country. From breaking records to guiding her side to the final, the Indian skipper lead from the front in India’s pursuit of their maiden World Cup title. Despite eventually falling short in the final against England, Mithali & co. earned plaudits from all corners of the country. And, her exploits in the recently-concluded tournament, has made become a worthy idol for aspiring cricketers and youngsters. The right-
hander, on Thursday, brought a similar case to fore when she responded to a cute video uploaded by a fan on Twitter. The video shows a little girl wearing the iconic Team India jersey. And, she goes on say, “I’m the captain of Indian cricket team.”
The video was uploaded by ‘@aekbote’ - a twitter user - who shared the cute story of how his daughter decided to dress up as the Indian captain for a school event where kids were asked to be any national leader. Smitten by the girl, Mithali replied
back: “This is cute! May she achieve her endeavours in all the spheres of life!” The video has so far garnered over 1,700 likes on Twitter with fans, once again, lauding the the Indian women’s team for their best-ever showing in the World Cup.
Unheralded javelin thrower Davinder Singh Kang pipped a more—fancied Neeraj Chopra, becoming the first Indian to qualify for a final in this edition of the World Athletics Championship. Kang’s participation in the World Championships was earlier in doubt after he tested positive for marijuana in June but he was named in the 25-member Indian team as the banned substance was in the specified list of the WADA Code and
Give My Livelihood Back. You Guys Are Chief Minister Vijay Rupani resolves to make Gujarati youth ‘new age power and not new Not Above God: Sreesanth To BCCI age voter’, ‘job-givers and not job-seekers’
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Former India fast bowler S. Sreesanth on Friday challenged the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) stand after the life ban imposed on him by the cricket board was lifted by the Kerala High Court on August 7. While the court had set aside all proceedings in initiated against Sreesanth following the 2013 spot-fixing scandal, the BCCI had decided to appeal to the Division Bench of Kerala High Court against the decision. An irate S Sreesanth vowed to make a competitive comeback despite BCCI’s decision to
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appeal against the lifting of the life-ban on the tainted pacer. On Thursday, the BCCI decided to appeal to the Division Bench of Kerala High Court against lifting of life ban on the 34-yearold. “C mon @bcci this is worst u can do to anyone that too who is proven innocent not just once but again and again.. don’t know why u doing this?” Sreesanth
tweeted on Friday. ”the board is firm on its zero tolerance policy on corruption and match-fixing,” he added.@bcci office?? Then what about csk and Rajasthan?” Sreesanth went on to tweet. The Kerala High Court had on August 7 lifted the life ban imposed on him by the BCCI in the wake of the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scandal.
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani here today launched the statewide distribution of tablets at token price of Rs.1,000 to 3.50-lakh students who took admission in the first year of c o l l e g e - e n g i n e e ring-polytechnic after passing Standard-XII or Standard-X examination in March-April, 2017 as part of the government’s ‘New Avenues of Modern Education through Tablets’ (NAMOe-TAB). Speaking at the function, Mr. Rupani reiterated his resolve to make
the Gujarati youth world-class, make them ‘new age power and not new age voter’, make them ‘job-givers and not job-seekers’. His government has made a budgetary provision of Rs.200crore to provide the information about the world at the hands of students mostly coming from middle class families. It is part of attempt to realise Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dream of a New India paying its democratic dividend. He recalled it was Mr. Modi who had started world-class spe-
cialty universities for forensic science, law, petroleum, marine and organic. He said the government will use Rs.30crore from the token amount in making campuses Wi-Fi compliant, creating e-libraries and digital classrooms and arrange e-lectures. He wished the students used the tablets to browse through online textbooks, journals, notebooks and reference materials. He wished the youth became the vehicles of change as envisioned by Gandhi, Sardar, Narmad and Narendrabhai.
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GODADDY ANNOUNCES ITS 5 YEAR ANNIVERSARY IN INDIA WITH A CUSTOMER CELEBRATION PROGRAM
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GoDaddy, the world’s largest cloud platform dedicated to small, independent ventures, today marked its fifth anniversary in India by celebrating its customers and acknowledging their key role in GoDaddy’s successful growth in the region. Since establishing its India operations in 2012, GoDaddy has helped over 750,000* small businesses in India build and grow their ventures online. To mark its five-year milestone, GoDaddy
announced a customer give-back program where GoDaddy is offering discounts up to 40% on product renewals that customers can take advantage of till August 31, 2017. GoDaddy will also be establishing a new Customer Engagement Program built on core principles of engaging and partnering with customers to deliver awesome experiences. The program will serve as an advisory council to facilitate product,
Sudha Chandran to play Simhika in Karmphal Data Shani
wants to avenge the ill-treatment meted out against her marketing and sales son Rahu (Zohaib feedback, in order to Siddiqui). Simhihelp better meet cuska’s entry will add tomer needs, while to Shani’s (Kartikey spotlighting customMalviya) woes, as er businesses and exshe creates hurdles in periences across varSS News | Ahmedabad every task that Shani ious social channels. Another element of After having enter- undertakes. Thanks the customer celebra- tained viewers with to a vardaan she has tion program is the an intriguing sto- received from Brahlaunch of ‘5 years of ryline and gripping ma dev (Amar Deep Family’ social media narrative, COLORS’ Garg), Simhika holds campaign that pays popular mythological the power to control shadows. tribute to GoDaddy series Karmphal Data people’s customers’ individ- Shani is set to amp up Simhika wants to ual journeys and tri- the drama. For this, confront Shani about umphs. ‘5 years of the channel has roped cutting her son RaFamily’ will show- in veteran actor Sud- hu’s head during a case inspirational ha Chandran who battle. She believes stories through the will essay the role of that Shani is responeyes of families and Simhika, Rahu and sible for her son’s friends. Ketu’s mother who plight
Expelled from Congress, 7 Gujarat MLAs resign as legislators, to join BJP
Of the six Congress MLAs who had resigned last month, ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls, three later joined the BJP SS News | Ahmedabad
Seven Congress MLAs in Gujarat, who were expelled from the party after they had voted against party candidate Ahmed Patel in the Rajya Sabha polls, have resigned as legislators, Assembly Speaker Ramanlal Vora said on Friday. Cracking down on dissidents in
Gujarat, the Congress had on August 9 expelled from the party for six years former Leader of Opposition Shankarsinh Vaghela and the seven MLAs who cross-voted in the Rajya Sabha election on August 8. “Seven Congress MLAs submitted their resignation to me at my residence last night,” Vora said. The seven MLAs in-
clude Vaghela’s son Mahendrasinh. Two rebel MLAs Raghavji Patel and Bholabhai Gohel, whose votes were invalidated by the Election Commission, due to which the victory of the Congress candidate was possible, have also submitted their resignation. The others who have submitted their resignations are Amit Chaudharuy, C
Kumar last month, now appears to have shrunk from 18 to 16 members.“The NCP is boycotting the meeting called by Congress,” said Praful Patel, a top leader from Mr Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party or NCP, to news said. making it clear that the Congress’ accusations have touched a nerve. Congress leaders, howev-
er, claimed that Mr Pawar had phoned them to say he is unwell and would not be able to attend the summit. Mrs Gandhi’s political aide, Ahmed Patel, had one vote less than what he needed to be re-elected to the Rajya Sabha for a fifth term. Mr Pawar’s NCP claimed that it supplied the winning vote. But so did the lone Gujarat lawmaker from the Bihar Chief Minister’s party, which meant he defied his boss’ instructions.
Vandana will play a grey shade as Sameer’s (Rohan Mehra) mother Bhairavi who is extremely possessive about her
son. She will enter the Bharadwaj house with the sole intention of seeking revenge from Simar (Keerti Kelkar) by using Sanjana (Krissann Barretto) as her pawn. Speaking about her new role, Vandana Vithalani said, “Bhairavi’s character has several layers which will portray shades of love, jealousy, manipulation.
After Congress Alleged Betrayal, Sharad Pawar’s Party Boycotts Key Meet Agency | New Delhi
Sharad Pawar’s party was a no-show today at the meeting of the opposition called by Sonia Gandhi. Mr Pawar had earlier confirmed that he would depute a representative to the session. His turnaround comes after Mrs Gandhi’s party, the Congress, suggested that he had betrayed it in the recent Rajya Sabha election in Gujarat. The anti-BJP front, already seriously dented by the exit of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish
Vandana Vithalani to enter COLORS’ Sasural Simar Ka SS News | Ahmedabad
Sasural Simar Ka – one of COLORS’ much loved family dramas has been a top entertainer amongst television audiences. And now, the show will witness another twist with the entry of veteran actor Vandana Vithalani as Bhairavi whose ulterior motives will create havoc in the Bharadwaj family.
K Raulji, Dharmendrasinh Jadeja and Karmasinh Patel. “I asked them if they are doing this (resigning) due to any pressure or threat, to which all of them replied in the negative,” the Speaker said. “We have completed the formality of giving resignation from the post of MLA,” Mahendrasinh Vaghela told reporters. He said the seven Con-
gress MLAs who resigned last night and three out of the six who had earlier resigned would soon join the BJP. However, his father, who is among the eight who were expelled by the Congress, would not join the ruling party, Mahendrasinh Vaghela said. The Congress had 57 MLAs in the Assembly until six of them resigned last month.
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the NRI quota, and 98 in the management quota of self-financed institutes. Sources in the ACPMEC sa id that the low turnout for the dental course can be attributed to the fact that candidates are waiting for confirmation of admission in the ayurveda course. PhD and MPhil tests cancelled Gujarat University cancelled the entrance test for PhD and MPhil courses scheduled on Saturday. Candidates were not intimated. Over 2,500 candidates were to take the test for 1,000 seats. The cancellation took place after the NSUI raised a dispute over the permission granted to an ABVP leader to take the test.The leader allegedly does not qualify.
Medical intake: 227 seats vacant
After the first round of admission, 227 seats have remained vacant in the medical course and 659 in the dental course. The Admission Committee for Professional Medical Educational Courses (ACPMEC) granted admission to 4,549 students in medical and dental courses in the first round. Some did not turn up for confirmation. The second round of admission is to begin from August 14, and the vacant seats are likely to influence the reshuffling process. Of the vacant seats in the medical course, 53 are in the general category, eight in the SC quota, 29 SC quota, 29 in the ST quota, 26 in the SEBC quota, 13 in
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CM Amarinder Singh urges farmers to use PAU recommended seeds
SS News | Mansa
To check the supply of spurious pesticides, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Friday urged farmers to use only the varieties recommended by the Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) to protect their cotton crops from whiteflies. Those responsible for the supply of spurious
insecticides would not be spared and strict action would be taken against them, he told farmers after taking stock of the infestation caused by whiteflies here. “If agriculture department officials are found guilty of any lapses, they would also be punished,” the chief minister said. Amarinder also announced that he would convene a meeting on Wednesday, in case of inadequate rain, to discuss ways and means to tackle the situation as dry and humid condi-
tions are favourable for whitefly breeding. A comprehensive surveillance plan for constant monitoring of the situation would be finalised and implemented at the meeting, he said. The chief minister also appealed to farmers not to resort to suicide and asserted that the loan waiver announced by his government is in the process of being implemented. He also reassured farmers of uninterrupted power supply for the four months of cultivation.
was believed to be the fallout of a dispute between the Patel and the Kshatriya leaders of the party over a multi-crore heritage property in Gondal. Jadeja and other were
accused of firing at an open jeep driven by Nilesh Rayani on February 8, 2004. In 2010, Jadeja, along with 13 others, were acquitted by a fasttrack court in Rajkot. However, one of the accused, Samir Siraj, was sentenced to life imprisonment. The BJP legislator’s acquittal was challenged in the Gujarat High Court.
Thursday, inviting them to invest in Uttar Pradesh. “With its industry friendly policies, Uttar Pradesh has created a favourable atmosphere for investment and realise Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s dreams. Gujarat industry should come forward for investment in UP,” said Mahana at a programme organ-
ised by the FICCI in Ahemdabad on Thursday. Principal secretary infrastructure and industrial development Alok Sinha made a presentation about how the process has begun to ‘make the sleeping giant UP awake.’ Besides Sinha, the state team includes chief executive officer Greater Noida Devashish Panda.
BJP MLA From Gujarat Sentenced To Life In 13-Year-Old Murder Case SS News | Ahmedabad
The Gujarat High Court has sentenced a BJP legislator and two others to life imprisonment in a 13-year-old murder case. The MLA from Saurashtra’s Gondal, Jayrajsinh Jadeja, and 14 others were charged with the murder of a real estate agent in February 2004. The murder
Uttar Pradesh team meets Gujarat’s industrialists to attract investment Agency | Lucknow
After working out a new policy to attract investment and create more employment avenues, the Yogi Adityanath government is making efforts to attract investment. A high level state team led by UP industrial development Satish Mahana met Gujarat’s industrialists in Ahmedabad on
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