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Terror attack in Barcelona leaves 14 21-yr-old Dalit orphan dead after van crashes into crowds kidnapped, murdered Agency | Barcelona
A white van jumped up onto a sidewalk and sped down a pedestrian zone in Barcelona’s historic Las Ramblas district Thursday, swerving from side to side as it plowed into tour-
NEWS BRIEF Japan supports India on Doklam
Agency | New Delhi Japan -in a significant act of support for India in its protracted military standoff with China at Doklam, near the Sikkim-TibetBhutan trijunction -has said there should be no attempt to change the status quo on the ground by force. The Japanese statement comes as an endorsement of the Indian position that China has violated agreements with India and Bhutan in attempting to build a road through Doklam plateau, which is part of Bhutan, a development that would be a disadvantage to India’s military defences. Japanese ambassador Kenji Hiramatsu’s observation on Dok lam.
Conduit for Pak cash held by NIA
Agency | New Delhi
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday arrested Sri nagar busi nessman and hardline Hurriyat leader S A S Geelani’s close aide, Zahoor Ahmad Watali, for allegedly facilitating funding of terrorists, separatists and stone-pelters in J&K. Watali, who is suspected to have close links with politicians and separatists in the Valley and across the border, allegedly used several of his businesses as a front to receive funds from Pakistan, and disbursed them systematically among separatists by fudging his account books.
A van rammed into a crowd of pedestrians on Barcelona’s iconic Las Ramblas killing several and injuring more than 50 people. Islamic State claims responsibility
ists and residents. Reports in Spanish Media said that at least 13 people were killed and 20 were injured. Calling it a terror attack, police, however, pegged the death toll at one and said 32 were wounded, many seriously. Police said that 10 of those injured were critical and expected the number of deaths to rise. Catalan police has confirmed that one suspect in the Barcelona van attack had been arrested.In a tweet, the police also dismissed reports that a suspect had holed himself up in a bar off Las Ramblas. The attack left dozens of people sprawled out on the ground in the city in northeastern Spain, some spattered with blood and others coping with
broken limbs. As witnesses and emergency workers tried to help the wounded, police brandishing hand guns launched a search of side streets amid reports that at least one perpetrator and maybe more were holed up in a nearby bar. “We can only confirm one death and 32 injured, some seriously, so unfortunately the number of fatalities will likely rise,” Joaquim Forn, the regional interior chief who is in charge of the police,
told reporters Thursday evening. Local media reported up to 13 dead citing police sources. Police immediately cordoned off the city’s broad Las Rambles avenue, which is popular with tourists, and ordered stores and nearby Metro and train stations to close. They asked people to stay away from the area so as not to get in the way of emergency services. A helicopter hovered over the scene. Quoting unnamed police sources,
10-yr-old rape survivor who lost abortion plea delivers baby girl
Agency | Chandigarh
The 10-year-old rape survivor, who became pregnant after she was allegedly raped by her maternal uncle, delivered a baby girl on Thursday . Doctors at the Government Medical College and Hospital in the city decided to perform a caesarean section for the delivery as the girl’s pelvic bones were not strong enough to bear a normal delivery . According to the doctors, both the baby and the girl are stable and will be hospitalised until they recover. They refused to give
the El Pais newspaper had earlier said the two perpetrators of the crash were holed up in a bar in Tallers Street. Armed police ran down adjacent streets and through a market, checking into stores and cafes, presumably in search of them. Las Ramblas, a street of stalls and shops that cuts through the center of Barcelona, is one of the city’s top tourist destinations. People walk down a wide, pedestrian path in the center of the street but cars can travel on either side. A taxi driver who witnessed the attack, Oscar Cano, told TV3 the van jumped onto the central pedestrian area at a high speed and swerved from side to side.
Agency | Palanpur Elopement of a young boy and girl from a village in Banaskantha district resulted in brutal murder of a 21ye ar-old dalit man, who was known to the couple, near Vadodara on August 15. The victim Kiran Parmar, a native of Dalvana village, was an orphan and working as a waiter in a hotel in Surat. Police arrested all 14 persons involved in the crime. Few days ago, Varvadiya village native Kanu Parmar had fled with a 17-year-old cousin
sister. The girl’s family and other villagers suspected that Kiran knew about their whe reabouts as they were in touch with him after eloping. On August 14, Varvadiya residents got to know that Kiran was to board the Palanpur-Surat bus from Pilucha village and decided to intercept and thrash him to get information about the couple. At around 10:30pm, eight of them hired a Tavera car and started fol lowing the bus in which Kiran was travelling. On way , one of the eight per
sons, Amumiyan Lohani, called up his friend Nayan Rabari, who owns a ho tel on the Vadodara-Surat highway and told him about the elopement. He asked Rabari stop the bus and catch hold of Kiran who was en route to Surat. Nayan Rabari had become friends with Lohani through Facebook and recently attended the latter’s marriage three months ago. Lohani told him about the elopement of the couple but Rabari somehow assumed that a girl who fled was from his own community .
Amin retired as superintendent of police in August 2016 but was reappointed SP of Mahisagar district by the Gujarat government for a period of one year. Barot, who was an accused in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case, was re-appointed as deputy superintendent of police with Western Railways in Vadodara for a year after his reti rement. Both the
cases were investigated as “fake encounters“. On March 29, the Gujarat high court had dismissed a PIL filed by former IPS officer Rahul Sharma, who had chal lenged the oneyear service extension granted to Amin and Barot -“specialists in encounters“ -after their retirement. On Thursday, while hearing Sharma’s appeal, a bench
of Chief Justice J S Khehar and Justice D Y Chandrachud was requested by Amin’s counsel, senior advocate Guru Krishnakumar, to permit his client to complete his tenure, which was to end on August 31. But an unrelenting bench said if Amin and Barot did not quit on Thursday and demit office the same day, it would pass appropriate orders.
prove it’s innocence) and will be shown to the inquiry panel, if needed. DMK working president called the announcemnet an eyewash. The announcement comes
eight months after Jayalalithaa’s death and at a time when two corrupt factions are seeking to unite, he said. On Thursday afternoon, a week after he and his partymen passed a resolution at the AIADMK headquarters nullifying Dhinakaran’s appointment as deputy general secretary , Palaniswami went into a huddle with a few of his cabinet colleagues.
SC forces Amin & Barot to quit post-retirement posts Agency | New Delhi
any further details. The surgery was performed at 9.15am and continued for around two hours. The new born has been kept in an incubator. She will go through a paternity test after coming out of the incubator. Sources said the girl had not been told that she had delivered a child. Her parents had been consistently telling her that she has a
stone in her stomach, which needed to be removed. Her father has requested the hospital authorities to put up the new born for adoption. The tragic case of the girl being forced to become a mother when she is herself a child had made national headlines on July 18 after a lower court refused to grant permission to her family to abort the foetus.
In a repeat of the process that displaced Gujarat DGP P P Pandey four months ago, the Supreme Court on Thursday forced police officers N K Amin and Tarun Barot, who like Pandey were accused in fake encounter cases, to quit post-retirement `reward’ posts. Amin was an accused in the Sohrabuddin encounter case. Given a clean chit by the trial court last year after being accused of disposing of the body of Sohrabuddin’s wife, Kausarbi, in 2005,
Veda Nilayam, would be converted into a memorial. These were the two primary preconditions of rebel AIADMK leader O Panneerselvam (OPS) for the merger of the factions.The OPS camp, however, has now demanded a CBI inquiry into the former CM’s death. A few hours after the CM’s anno uncement, the city police strenghtened security around Veda
Nilayam. Jayalalithaa’s confidante V K Sasikala and her family members used to live with her in the house, which is virtually out of bounds for anyone now. The announcements come in the wake of reports of the two rival factions speeding up the merger process to checkmate Sasikala’s nephew and AIADMK deputy general secretary T T V Dhinakaran.
OPS camp leader K P Mu nusamy said, “We welcome the decision of converting Amma’s house into a memorial.But we want a CBI probe into Amma’s death.“ Panneerselvam has convened a meeting of his supporters at his residence on Friday evening. Dhinakaran, at his public meeting in Melur on Monday , demanded an investigation into Jayalalithaa’s
TN CM orders judicial probe into Jaya’s death Agency | Chennai
Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami on Thursday announced that his government will order an investigation by a retired high court judge into the circumstances leading to the death of former chief minister J Jayalalithaa. He also announced that Jayalalithaa’s residence at Poes Garden in Chennai,
death, saying his family had “nothing to hide or nothing to fear.“ His cousin, Jeyanandh Dhivakaran later said the family owned 100% visual evidence (to
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Blue Whales And Other Folk Tales
It started last May, with a series of clickbaity stories on the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta. They described the bizarre Blue Whale challenge as an online game that preyed on teens, with a moderator giving each participant a set of escalating challenges, eventually leading to suicide. The British tabloids ran with it next, and soon, solicitous police departments were warning parents. From Brazil to India, by now the Blue Whale story has been heard around the world. And yet, hardly anyone has direct knowledge of the subculture. Forums discussing suicide are not alien to the internet, but there’s a fog of facts around the Blue Whale bogey . A 21-year-old Russian man called Philipp Budeikin was arrested for masterminding the game on the basis of one wild, braggy interview. Many of the first claims have been deflated. The estimated number of suicides has swung wildly , from 130 to “at least 16“. In many countries, including Russia, the original story has been undercut, but to no avail. The lurid appeal of Blue Whale is just too great, as is the number of media outlets prepared to swallow it whole, the array of experts willing to speculate without facts, the majority of adults convinced that kids are up to dumb, dangerous things, and malign forces roam the internet. The journalist Anne Collier, who works on young people and digital safety , has tried to put Blue Whale in perspective.In Russia, tens of thousands of bots were found using those hashtags. There were a few seeming followers, and the rest looked it up out of curiosity , or were advertisers trying to promote something, and “professionals testing technologies for information dissemination“. Radio Free Europe tried to find suicides linked to Blue Whale, and came up empty . The fact-checking site Snopes went at it too, and found no conclusive evidence of Blue Whale, in specific, goading teens to suicide. Bulgaria’s Safer Internet Centre, which empirically studies teen digital behaviour, pointed out that given that Russia has among the highest teen suicides in the world anyway , it would be hard to prove that this weird internet subculture actually caused the deaths. In other words, we’ve all been had, and how. Even one teen death is one too many , but to get agitated about Blue Whale instead of noticing signs of mental trouble, is irresponsible.
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Hollywood-Bollywood The idea of an Indian girl being bold is too much for men to handle, says Esha Gupta Agency | New Delhi
Last week, actor Esha Gupta posted a few racy pictures on her Instagram profile, and she was slut-shamed. Rather than replying to the disgusting trolls, the actor shared more images from the shoot that served as a befitting reply to the abusers. Displaying the same fierceness in her words, the actor has now shut down the trolls in an exclusive interview with indianexpress.com. Esha blamed insecurity for the nasty comments made by both men and women on her pictures. The actor believes, for men, the idea of an “Indian girl being bold” is too much to handle. “The women, who wrote that negative stuff had a problem because they don’t have the confidence which I
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Katrina Kaif to star opposite Hrithik Roshan in Super 30?
Katrina Kaif has been spotted with Super 30 founder Anand Kumar and buzz is that she is all set to feature in the latter’s biopic. Even though Hrithik Roshan has also not confirmed his presence in the film, we are excited to see this couple bring back their Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara magic on screen. Sharing the pictures, mathematician Anand Kumar wrote, “Had a long chat with Bolly-
wood actress Katrina Kaif today.” The two were seen engrossed in conversation. Earlier too, Anand had shared some photos with Hrithik on Facebook and said, “Just returned to Patna from Mumbai. But really, I can’t forget my meeting yesterday with Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan. The way he invited me to his house and gave me the honour really showed that he is not just a great artist but also a great human being.
have and the men had issues because their manhood was shaken as they saw an Indian girl being bold. But that didn’t trouble me because it showed who they are than who I am.” The one thing that, however, did disturb the actor was people questioning her “Indianness”. Esha shared that those comments did take a toll on her and she took some time to calm herself down. “The only thing that troubled me was when they said I wasn’t an Indian, that ‘How come an Indian girl do this?’ I wanted to say that I am much more Indian than anyone else because my father at least served the nation, what did your father do? And at that time, I told myself to calm down. That was the only thing that bothered me. But then there was a whole section which went all out and wrote me fan mails. They said that it was great that I didn’t reply (to trolls) in a negative manner. Then I went and posted more pictures and even wrote under that, ‘Savage.’ I am looking beautiful.
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Suja Varunee is a target already, Gayathri asks Aarav to be ‘careful’ Agency | Bengaluru
Suja Varunee was the latest celebrity to enter the Bigg Boss Tamil house on Wednesday. While the showrunners made sure Suja gets a dramatic and grand entrance on the show, she was rather given the cold shoulder by most of the housemates on her arrival. It felt like Suja’s mood was swinging between excitement and awkwardness as the actor did not get the warm welcome she expected. Bindu
Madhavi was given a better welcome by the housemates. For instance, Gayathri Raghuram, who bolted towards Bindu to give her a warm hug, was nonchalant when she saw Suja in the house. What’s more, Gayathri, who was engaged in an ego-clash with Raiza, seemingly started to form a group against Suja. Gayathri was visibly worried about Suja and she made it clear while talking to other housemates.
The new mommy of B-town Sunny Leone was given a heartwarming reception as she visited Kochi, Kerala for an inaugural event. She was in the city for the launch of ‘Phone 4 Digital Hub’ showroom at MG Road. As the Baadshaho actor reached the venue, she was swarmed by thousands of fans. Sunny was overwhelmed with the warm welcome from the people of Kochi. The happiness and the excitement were much evident on the adult star-turned Bollywood actor’s face. People waited for long hours for their favourite star and the air was filled with the chants of “We love Sunny”. And the moment the actor arrived, she was stunned and could not believe her ears and eyes that she is loved so much in the city. Amidst cheers from her fans, Sunny thanked all for their love. The actor even shared a video on her Twitter handle and captioned it, “No words…Can’t thank the people of Kochi. Was so overwhelmed by the love & support. Never will forget Gods own Country Kerala! Thank you #fone4.” Sunny has been making headlines from the time she adopted a baby girl, Nisha Kaur Weber. Talking about her daughter, Sunny said in an interview, “She is so cute.
Priyanka Chopra trolled for disrespecting Indian flag Agency | New Delhi
Hollywood’s desi girl Priyanka Chopra is facing flak on social media yet again, and this time too, the issue is her choice of wardrobe. It all started when Priyanka posted a boomerang video on Instagram, in which she can be seen swirling her tricolor dupatta around, with the caption, “Independence Day #Vibes #MyHeartBelongsToIndia #happyindependencedayindia #jaihind.” Now, trollers are fretting over
the fact that why did the Baywatch actor choose to don a western outfit instead of a traditional saree for the occasion of Independence Day. Her Instagram followers have accused her of disrespecting the flag and the nation. They even went to the limit of asking her not to come back to India. “Please don’t return to India again,” said one user. Another one commented, “Don’t you have a salwar-kameez for this occasion?” “How about a sari,” said.
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Virat Kohli-led Indian team arrives in Dambulla for first ODI against Sri Lanka Agency | New Delhi
After registering a thumping 3-0 Test series win over hosts Sri Lanka, it’s time to gear up for the five match ODI series, which will start on August 20 in Dambulla. As Team India arrived in Dambulla on Thursday for their first ODI, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) posted a few pictures from their official Twitter handle of the Indian players, stepping out of the bus and being greeted by the locals. The BCCI tweeted,”#TeamIndia members arrive for the 1st ODI vs. @ OfficialSLC at Dam-
bulla #SLvIND.” Team India are all set to give a tough fight to Sri Lanka as they have a solid batting line-up with the likes of Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni, which is enough to destroy any bowling attack in the world. The inexperience in the Sri Lankan camp can make it more difficult for the hosts to put up a challenging
fight in the series. Sri Lanka will be banking on their experienced lot including Angelo Mathews, Upul Tharanga and Thisara Perera. Also, Niroshan Dickwella’s impressive form with the bat is a good sign for the team. Lasith Malinga will be leading the Lankan bowling attack and he can prove to be really effective on his day.
that toured Pakistan in 2004 was playing under the captaincy of Sourav Ganguly and his troops created history after winning the three-match Test series 2-1. In the first match, India stamped authority when they put on a total of 675/5 before declaring in Multan. Though Ganguly wasn’t the part of this particular Test match but it didn’t
really effect India’s performance. Riding on a record-breaking triple hundred from Virender Sehwag, India took good control of the game in the beginning itself. Indian bowlers then bundled out Pakistan for 407 and 216 respectively to win the match by an innings and 52 runs. In the second match in Lahore, the home side did bounce back. They bowled out India for 287 in first innings while scored 489 in reply. In second innings too, India were all out for 241 and Pakistan chased down the target by 9 wickets to square the series.
Aakash Chopra goes down memory lane, shares pic with teammates from 2004 Pakistan tour
Agency | New Delhi
Former Indian opener Aakash Chopra went down memory lane and shared a picture from India’s tour of Pakistan in 2004 where the Sourav Ganguly-led side won first ever Test series on Pakistan soil and created history. Chopra on his Twitter shared the picture and wrote, “Down the memory lane….2004 #Pakistan” The team
Criticism is important for self-growth, says Mithali Raj
Traders to get transitional credit for stock carried over SS News | Ahmedabad
In a major relief to traders, input tax credit will now be made available in the form of transitional credit on unsold stocks of June carried forward to July. Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industries (GCCI) on Monday had raised serious concerns about the form for claiming input tax credit not being available on the GSTN website. The issue had been represented before the state commercial tax commissioner, who took it up with the Union government and has made way for a provision to make the form
available on GSTN website from August 21. To be able to claim transitional input tax credit traders will have to file GST return by August 28 along with TRANS-I form. Taxpayers who are willing to claim transitional input tax credit will have to calculate their tax liability after estimating the amount of transitional credit according to Form TRANS I. These tax payers are required to make full settlement of the liability after adjusting transitional input tax credit before August 20 and file the return by submitting Form 3(B) by August 28.
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SPORTS ROUNDUP India U-19 beat England by one wicket, complete 5-0 clean sweep Agency | New Delhi
In a thrilling encounter at the Cooper Associates County Ground, Taunton the Indian U-19 side came up trumps against their English counterparts as they won the 5th ODI by one run. With this win, India also won the series and completed a 5-0 clean sweep. Rahul Chahar was the star of the show with four wickets while Prithvi Shaw led the chase with a fine fifty. However, what seemed like a relatively easy chase turned out to be tricky as India managed to scrape through by just a single run. After win-
ning the toss, England skipper Harry Brook decided to bat first. England lost opener Liam Tevaskis early, but from thereon skipper Harry Brook and Liam Banks steadied the ship. However, with the departure of Banks (with the score on 117/2), England lost their momentum. Rahul Chahar with his right-arm leg-break was the wrecker-in-chief as he ran through the
middle order and scalped four wickets. Abhishek Sharma, with his left-arm orthodox, also picked up three wickets. Chasing a target of 223, India got off to a bright start despite losing Himanshu Rana early. Prithvi Shaw took the attack to the bowlers and slammed 52 of just 46 deliveries. He was ably supported wicketkeeper Harvik Desai (44) and S Radhakrishnan (30).
last few Test matches. “I think our bowling has really carried us throughout the last few Test matches,” said Holder and added, “Shannon Gabriel has had a pretty decent year; I haven’t been doing too badly, and we’ve got young Alzarri Joseph and Miguel Cummins. Kemar Roach is actually showing some very, very good form – so I’m really confident in our bowling.” Holder added that hosts England
would come “pretty hard” and he wants his side to go back at them in the same way. “I don’t think there’s anything to spark that,” said Holder. “But we expect a good contest … the English come pretty hard, and we expect to go back just as hard at them,” insisted the skipper. “We’re obviously huge underdogs. We’ve got guys who are showing signs they can compete at Test level,” he said.
bwe. India have won the tournament thrice earlier where their maiden title came in 2000 under the captaincy of Mohammad Kaif while the second one came in 2008 under Virat Kohli. India won their third under-19 title in 2012 under the leadership of Unmukt Chand. This is the third occasion when New Zealand will be hosting the World Cup at this level. “The
ICC U19 World Cup plays an important role in the progression of young talent onto the global stage. The list of past and current players who had their first taste of a major event at this tournament is a long one and I have no doubt we’ll be witnessing some of tomorrow’s stars in New Zealand next year,” ICC Head of Events, Chris Tetley, said.
We are the underdogs in Test series against England, says Jason Holder Agency | New Delhi
West Indies are set to begin their threematch Test series against England at Edgbaston on Thursday. This would be the first day-night Test match which will be played in England and is also the first one for the home side. While Joe Root’s England will feature in maiden day-night Test, West Indies have already played one pinkball Test previously. However, they lost that particular encounter. In a report by cricket.com.au, West Indies captain Jason Holder has said that it has been their bowling which has carried them through in the
ICC Under-19 World Cup fixtures: India to begin campaign against Australia; holders West Indies face New Zealand Agency | New Delhi
Agency | Mumbai
After a commendable performance at ICC Women’s World Cup, Indian skipper Mithali Raj has admitted that to develop one self and increase their self-growth, criticism is important. This will only help to move women’s cricket forward, she added. In an interview with the Hindustan Times, she said, “For self-growth, criticism is important and we have to remain consistent in our performance(s) Women’s cricket grew in stature, but we lacked in getting a response from the au-
dience and increasing fan following as we didn’t really do well in ICC tournaments. We know that World Cup is the only tournament we can look up (to) because that is the only stage where we can make a difference to the sport of India. We did it by showing our best performance Recalling the period when she started playing, Mithali said, “When I started playing cricket in 1990, it was a wonder for people. People looked down on women’s cricket as they thought that women shouldn’t be seen as playing
cricket,” and added, ” When we used to travel holding a cricket kit, people used to inquire about rules and also questioned on our capability by saying that women are not strong enough to hit a boundary. Sport is a sport. We continued our hard work,” she added. Voicing support for more television coverage of the game, she concluded by saying, “More the tournaments of women’s cricket will be televised, more the sport will grow. It is (the) best time to start preparing to introduce Women’s IPL.”
The International Cricket Council on Thursday announced the fixtures of the eleventh edition of the under-19 World Cup that is scheduled to take place in New Zealand next year. Defending champions West Indies who lifted the cup after beating India in final in 2016 edition will begin their campaign against hosts New Zealand while the other two teams drafted in this group are South Africa and Kenya. Runners-up of the last time, India will be featuring with Australia, Papua New Guinea and Zimba-
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‘Suicide victim was being blackmailed’ SS News | Ahmedabad
The apparent for a woman’s suicide was discovered by her husband and brother, about one month after her death. The victim’s husband filed a complaint for abetment of suicide, adultery and sending offensive messages through a communication service under relevant sections of the IPC and the IT Act with Vastrapur police on Thursday . According to investigators, Rimple (name changed), resident of an apartment near LJ College in Vastrapur, hanged herself in her bedroom between 9.30am and 1pm on
July 13. Her husband, who sells medical equipment, was out of town. Her kids, aged nine and four, had gone to school. When her son returned at 12.30pm and she did not respond to repeated knocking and calls, Rimple’s neighbour called her husband. When he returned at 1pm, a locksmith broke the lock. “Rimple had hanged herself from a ceiling fan. No suicide note was found. Police
registered a case of suicide and her last rites were performed. Her husband and brother started investigating Rimple’s death on their own, as they thought there was no apparent marital discord. On going through Rimple’s phone, they came across several messages on WhatsApp, audio recordings and calls made by one Nipun Sharma, from two numbers,“ said an investigator.
Surat beats 10 domestic airports in traffic growth highest 300% growth in passenger traffic in June 2017 with around 50,625 passengers travelling to various destinations. The survey was carried out based on passenger traffic in the first quarter of 2017 starting from April to June at 10 domestic airports across the country . The airports covered in the
survey were Surat, Mangalore, Patna, Bagodara, Amritsar, Ranchi, Silchar, Madurai, Bhubaneshwar and Ahmedabad. Silchar airport in Assam stood second after Surat with increase in passenger traffic in first quarter at 87.1% followed by Ranchi at 68.5%, Amritsar at 57.9%, Patna at 54.9%, Bagodara at 57%, Madurai at 43.6%, Bhubaneshwar at 37.8% and Ahmedabad at 39.1%.
poisoned by some villagers. Probe has been orde red into the two deaths of two endangered animals. A senior forest officer said that a dead ficer said that a dead buffalo, that the two lions had eaten, might have been poisoned with the intention to kill the big cats. They added that there were other lions in the area and the department was taking precautions and mov-
ing other lions away from the area so that they too do not prey on the allegedly poisoned kill. Forensic experts were called to the spot where the lion carcasses were found to ascertain the exact cause of death. The viscera samples of the big cats have been sent for further analysis. The Sarasia Virdi in Dhari is know to be home of a sizeable popula tion of lions.
names such as Meghmani Organics Limited, Aksharchem (India) Limited, Asahi Songwon Colors Colors Limited, Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Ltd (GACL) and Kiri Industries Ltd. Although Sensex-BSE benchmark Index-remained almost flat on Thursday , The stocks of these companies have gained in the range of 4% to 14.63% in
last two trading days. Meghmani Organics’ sha re has surged by 14.63% to Rs 65.40 on August 17 from its close of Rs 57.05 on August 14. The markets remained closed on August 15 on account of Inde pendence Day . Shares of Aksharchem (India) and Asahi Songwon Colors have risen by 5.87% and 5.76% respectively during the period.
SS News | Surat
The Diamond City has added yet another feather in its cap by becoming the highest growing airport in the country .With around 200% growth in passenger traffic in the first quarter, Surat airport has beaten other domestic airports across the country . In a private survey carried out by `We Work for a Working Airport in Surat’ (wwwAS), the city recorded the
2 lions found dead in Dhari forest, poisoning suspected
SS News | Ahmedabad
Two big cats including a lioness and an sub-adult cub have died of suspected poisoning in the past couple of days in Sarasia Virdi area of Dhari Range in Amreli district. Forest officials suspect that the wild cats ate prey which might have been poisoned. According to forest officials, prima facie it appeared that the two lions were
Chemical cos’ shares rise on hope of anti-dumping duty
SS News | Ahmedabad
Despite markets remaining choppy on Thursday , select chemical companies’ share prices continued their upward movement on possibility of anti-dumping duty on a chemical imports from China, Canada and European Union (EU). The chemical companies to have witnessed increase in share prices include
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Former cops fought Cong to target state govt, to uphold rule of law state BJP, not Modi-Shah SS News | Ahmedabad
There are two retired IPS officers behind the exits of three encounter cops.The resignations of N K Amin and Tarun Barot seem a replay of April 3, when exDGP P P Pandey was forced to resign. Former Gujarat DGP Julio Ribeiro objected to the promo tion and extension of service for in-charge DGP, P P Pandey, who was accused in the 2004 Ishrat Jahan encounter case. Now, in the case of Amin and Barot, retired IPS officer Rahul Sharma moved Gujarat high court
and then the Supreme Court against their re-induction. In the case of P P Pandey, the state government defended its decision to keep him as DGP . The HC had rejected Ribeiro’s PIL, terming it unmaintainable because it was a servi ce matter. When the matter reached the SC, the apex court’s warning that it would pass an order in the case made the state immediately relieve Pandey . Later, when Amin and Barot were re-inducted last year, retired IPS officer Rahul Sharma filed a PIL.
SS News | Ahmedabad
Gujarat Cong ress leaders met Rahul Gandhi, AICC vice-presi dent, in New Del hi on Thursday to discuss poll cam paign strategies for Gujarat. Key sources close to the development say it was decided at the meeting that in the assembly poll campaigning, the state Congress will primarily focus on state BJP leaders, and state government figures like the CM, DyCM and other ministers, and expose their failures. Apparently ,
Congress in the state will not target failures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, or BJP president Amit Shah, un less the situation calls for it. Sources also said that Rahul Gandhi will likely hold four major public rallies in Gujarat in September. State Congress leaders who were in the meeting
Govt plans to cap 10 more succumb drug trade margins to H1N1, toll 230
Agency | New Delhi
The government plans to cap trade margins to make drugs cheaper, replace brand names with salt names for generic drugs, clamp down on unfair marketing practices and boost local manufacturing to reduce dependence on imports, according to the draft national pharmaceutical policy proposed by the government. The draft, prepared by the department of pharmaceuticals, also suggests restructuring of the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) to strengthen the price regulatory mechanism in the country. The draft highlighted the issue of unreasonable trade margins and bonus offers by stockists, distributors and retailers, hitting both the industry as well as consumer interest. The draft policy said, “After detailed
stakeholder consultations, the level of trade margins will be prescribed to create a level playing field for the Industry and to bring down prices. Institutions receiving supplies directly from manufacturersdistributors or retailers will also be covered under the trade margin reforms.“ In its effort to promote generic medicines, the draft proposes that public procurement and dispensing of medicines to be of generic drugs in salt names. “Giving brand names to generic drugs hampers real innovation and shall be discouraged... To facilitate this, the government will pursue the policy of sale of single ingredient drugs by their pharmacopeial namesalt name. To keep the identity of the manufacturer, the manufacturer would be allowed to stamp its name on the drug package.
SS News | Ahmedabad
Even as ten more patients succumbed to swine flu across the state taking the total death toll to 230 on Thursday , CM Vijay Rupani went out of his way visiting swine flu patients in civil hospitals in Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot and Ahmedabad to assert there is no need to panic and situation will soon be under control. “A majority , 68% of the 2,200odd positive cases of swine flu reported in the state this year are in four major cities Ahmedabad, Va-
dodara, Rajkot and Surat. This is mainly due to the high population density and therefore, the state government will focus on curbing spread of the disease at these centres,“ Rupani said, adding that H1N1 cases have spiked in July and August. The CM spoke about extensive surveillance activities undertaken by the state govern ment to control the outbreak of swine flu, with door-to-door surveys. “The first round of surveillance in Ahmedabad has been completed.
with Gandhi included Gujarat Congress president Bharatsinh Solanki, Gujarat Congress in-charge Ashok Gehlot, former state Congress president Arjun Modhwadia and Siddharth Patel. They also discussed Rahul Gandhi’s campaign plan in the state. Asource in the Congress party said.
Alert citizen thwarts fraud attempt
SS News | Ahmedabad
A 34-year-old lawyer, resident of Naranpura, called Naranpura police on Wednesday and caught a man involved in a possible fraud attempt. Police have started investigation on the suspected fraud and whether there are other victims. According to police, Nachiket Dave, 34, a resident of Mahagujarat Society , was at home at 4.15pm on Wednesday when he got a call on his landline phone where the caller identified himself as representative of HDFC Life Insurance and presented a plan where by paying Rs40,000 for five years, he would get life insurance, money-back and also insurance cover for six members of his family .
Army to get 6 Apache copters Agency | New Delhi
The Army will now finally get its own heavy-duty attack helicopters after a bitter tussle with the IAF over the last several years.The defence ministry cleared the acquisition of six Apache attack helicopters, armed with Hellfire and Stinger missiles, and spares and maintenance package at
a cost of Rs 4,168 crore on Thursday . The 1.3-million-strong Army had earlier sought the government’s nod for acquisition of 11 Apache helicopters from the US as “a follow-on contract“ to the Rs 13,952 crore deal inked for 22 such choppers for the IAF in September 2015, as was said.
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