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Short News Gross violation of Human Rights of devotees at Sabarimala: Kerala human rights body Thiruvananthapuram : Observing that there was a gross violation of human rights of Sabarimala devotees, the Kerala Human Rights Commisison (KHRC) Sunday directed the TDB, DGP and Local Self Government Department to ensure that basic facilities were provided to pilgrims at the temple complex. Acting on a complaint, the commission said there was a gross human rights violations at Sabarimala Sannidhanam, Nilackal and Pamba. Taking a strong view of the lack of facilities for devotees at the shrine, visited by lakhs of devotees from all over the country and abroad, the commission directed the Travancore Devawom Board (TDB) Commissioner, Secretary LSGD and DGP to intervene in the matter urgently. The officials have been asked to file a report within two weeks, Commission member P Mohandas said. The Ayyappa devotees visiting the shrine have been denied all basic amenities, the commission said.
No post is priority for me, will go by party decision on CM: Ashok Gehlot New Delhi : Congress stalwart from Rajasthan and former state Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot said Sunday he did not hold any position in priority and will abide by the decision the party high command takes on the issue of CM-ship. Not ruling himself out of the race for the top post in the state should Congress win, Gehlot in an exclusive interview to PTI said he would be open to any role Congress president Rahul Gandhi assigns him in the interest of the party. “I am ready for whatever role Congress president gives me. I am against any kind of lobbying for any position. I have never lobbied even when I faced dissidence as CM. If they (the high command) send me to Rajasthan in party interest, it will be their decision,” the powerful AICC general secretary said.
Cyclone Gaja: Death toll mounts to 45; Palaniswami urges Opposition leaders to join relief work
New Delhi : The death toll in Cyclone Gaja has mounted to 45, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami said on Sunday, while appealing to all the political parties to take part in the rescue operations. The CM’s appeal came even as Opposition leaders criticised the government’s apathy in delivering relief materials like food, drinking water and other material to the cyclone-affected areas. “In villages, lots of trees and standing crops have been damaged, affecting the livelihood of farmers. The extent of damage is being evaluated. Till now, 45 people have lost their lives due to the cyclone,” Palaniswami said. He said the relief activities across Tamil Nadu were going on a war footing and the officials are surveying the areas badly affected by the cyclone to assess the quantum of losses incurred there. He added that state ministers have been deployed in Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Tiruvarur, and Pudukottai to monitor the relief activities being carried out there.
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According to information from the district disaster control room, few injured persons were brought to hospitals in Dehradun. The ones who were critically injured were taken to AIIMS, Rishikesh.
17 dead, 16 injured in two separate accidents in Uttarakhand
Dehradun : At least 17 persons were killed, and 16 injured in two separate accidents in Uttarakhand, on Sunday. While a bus fell into a gorge near Damta in Uttarkashi district killing atleast 14 persons and leaving 14 others injured, in another accident, three persons were killed and two injured when a car fell into a gorge near Pithoragarh district headquarters. A bus carrying upto 28 persons, including the driver, from Janki Chatti in Uttarkashi district to Vikasnagar in Dehradun district fell 150 metres into a gorge near Damta in Uttarkashi district on Sunday. While the rescue teams, comprising the district administration, the police, and the SDRF, had found 14 bodies till Sunday evening, officials from the Uttarkashi disaster management department said
the death toll could rise. The bus driver was among the 14 persons injured in the accident. According to information from the district disaster control room, few injured persons were brought to hospitals in Dehradun. The ones who were critically injured were taken to AIIMS, Rishikesh. The passengers in the bus were from Uttarkashi, Dehradun and Tehri districts. In a separate accident in Pithoragarh district, a car fell about 500 metres into a gorge on Sunday, resulting in three deaths. The two injured persons, including the driver, were taken to a hospital in nearby Haldwani town. The car was going from Pithoragarh district headquarters to Gurna in the same district, and it fell into the gorge at a distance of 3 kilometres from Pithoragarh.
Joint planning among Army, Navy, IAF key to win any war in shortest possible time: B S Dhanoa
New Delhi : Chief of Air Staff B S Dhanoa has strongly pitched for institutionalised structure for joint planning among the Indian Air Force, Navy and Army so that the country wins any war in future in the “shortest possible” time. The IAF chief said all the three services will have to adopt a coherent approach to effectively deal with all possible security threats facing the country, asserting that his force strongly stands for “jointness”. “No single service can win the war solely on its own inherent organic capabilities given the variety of threats which nations are capable of inflicting upon each other,” he said “Thus it is imperative that the three services promote joint planning and exploit the strengths of sister services to help win a war in the shortest possible time. India by itself is one theatre,” he told news agancy. There have been deliberations within the government
and the three forces on whether India should go for integrated theatre commands where all the manpower and assets of the three services will be under the command of one officer. The US, as well as several western countries, follow this model. There were voices within the defence establishment who were in favour of setting up at least two theatre commands — one in western sector for dealing with Pakistan and other in eastern sector for dealing with any eventuality along the frontier with China. Though there is no clear indication of whether the government was serious about setting up theatre commands, in April, it formed a Defence Planning Committee (DPC) headed by National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval to prepare a national security strategy with a focus on ensuring convergence among the three forces.
Amritsar: Three killed, 21 injured in grenade attack on Nirankari gathering
Amritsar : Three persons were killed and 21 injured in a grenade attack on a Nirankari sect congregation at Adliwala village, on the outskirts of Amritsar, on Sunday afternoon. While police said it appeared to be a “terrorist act”, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh said the “possibility of involvement of ISI-backed Khalistani/ Kashmiri terror groups could not be ruled out”. In a statement, Singh said preliminary investigations revealed that two men who had covered their faces — one had a beard — forced their way into the Nirankari Bhavan by waving a pistol. They detained the sewadar, lobbed the grenade into the prayer room, and fled on a motorcycle. A small crater was formed by the impact of the explosion, and was being examined by the forensic team. The safety valve of the grenade has also been found and
was being examined, he said. Police said the incident occurred at about 12.30 pm. The Nirankari Bhavan, on a narrow link road connecting Adliwala and Rajasansi, is just 2 km away from the Amritsar international airport. About 200 people, including many women, were reported to be inside at the time of the attack. Police found no CCTV cameras on the premises. “It is being considered as a terrorist attack,
because the target was a religious group and not any individual. At this stage, it is difficult to link it with any terrorist organisation,” said Director General of Police Suresh Arora. “I have inspected the spot. A hand grenade was used in the attack. Our forensic teams have inspected the spot. The National Investigation Agency is also sending its team,” he said. “It is suspected to be a terrorist attack.
Elgaar Parishad case: Activist Varavara Rao sent to police custody til November 26
New Delhi : The Pune Sessions Court on Sunday sent activist, writer and poet P Varavara Rao to police custody till November 26 in connection with the Elgaar Parishad case, news agency ANI reported. Rao was taken into custody after his house arrest granted by the Hyderabad High Court ended on Saturday. Police have alleged that Rao was a senior and active leader of the banned CPI-Maoist and was involved in a range of activities, including procurement of weapons through contacts in Nepal and Manipur, and carrying out attacks in Surjagad in Gadhchiroli. Pune City Police had arrested Rao, along with activists Sudha Bharadwaj, Vernon Gonsalves, Arun Ferreira and Gautam Navlakha, on August 28 over alleged links with the CPI-Maoist and for organising the Elgaar Parishad event on December 31 that allegedly led to the Bhima Koregaon violence.
The activists were accused of being part of the “larger conspiracy of the banned CPI-Maoist to form an ‘anti-fascist front’ for
overthrowing the democratic government of India”. They were all charged under the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act. On September 28, the Supreme Court had put all five accused under house arrest for four weeks. Bharadwaj, Ferreira and Gonsalves had applied for bail, but their applications were rejected by the court and they were arrested by the police. They are currently under judicial custody. On October 1, the Delhi High Court had freed Navlakha from house arrest. On October 25, the Hyderabad High Court had extended Rao’s house arrest by three weeks. However, Rao’s subsequent petition to quash the transit warrant of Pune City Police was rejected by the High Court. Once the house arrest came to an end on Saturday, Rao was taken into custody from his residence at Jawaharnagar, Secunderabad, by a team led by ACP Shivaji Pawar.
Modi’s comments on Kesri, who was the Congress president from 1996 to 1998, was a continuation of his latest line of attack against the party in the run-up to the state elections.
PM Modi: Congress threw Sitaram Kesri on footpath to make way for Sonia Gandhi
Raigarh : Two days after he challenged the Congress to appoint a party president from outside the Gandhi family for five years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi attacked the Opposition party again Sunday and claimed that Sitaram Kesri, whom he described as a “Dalit”, was removed from the post by “locking him in a bathroom” and then “thrown on the footpath” to make way for Sonia Gandhi. Addressing a rally in Mahasamund, on the last day of campaigning for the second and final phase
of the Chhattisgarh polls on November 20, Modi said: “Desh ko pata hai. Sitaram Kesri, Dalit, peedit, shoshit
samaaj se aaye hue vyakti ko party ke adhyaksh padh se kaise hataya gaya. Kaise bathroom mein bandh kar diya
gaya tha. Kaise darvaaze se hata karke, utha karke footpath par phenk diya gaya tha. Aur madam Soniaji ko bitha diya gaya tha. Yeh itihaas Hindustan bhali-bhaanti jaanta hai… unki majboori mein bana tha, usko bhi woh do saal jhel nahin paaye.” “(The nation knows. Sitaram Kesri, how someone from the Dalit, oppresed, marginalised community was removed as party president. How he was locked inside a bathroom. How he was removed from the door, picked up and thrown on the footpath.
J&K: Two militants killed in encounter with forces
Shopian : Two militants were killed in a pre-dawn operation by a joint team of police, Army and paramilitary forces in Kashmir’s Shopian on Sunday. A joint team of J-K Police, the Army’s 1 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) cordoned off the Rebon village in Shopian after specific inputs about the presence of militants in the village. As the joint team zeroed in on the target house, the militants hiding inside, opened fire, triggering a gunfight. Two militants were killed in the brief encounter. “As the search
operation was going on, the search party was fired upon by the hiding terrorists. The fire was retaliated leading to an encounter,” police said in a statement. “In the ensuing encounter, two terrorists were killed and their bodies retrieved from the site of encounter. Police have identified the killed militants as Nawaz Ahmad Wagay of Shopian and Yawar Wani of Pulwama district. Police said both were associated with the Al Badr Mujahideen, a militant outfit that has recently seen a revival in south Kashmir.
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Hollywood - Bollywood Neha Dhupia and Angad Bedi had announced Neha’s pregnancy in August by sharing a series of photos of the couple together. The two had an intimate wedding in Delhi on May 10, 2018.
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A thin line divides RBI autonomy, alignment
The tawdry, and discreditable, public feud between the government and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) seems to indicate that, in the midst of many shortages, the government is hoarding reserves of surplus political capital. Governments usually pick their battles carefully, especially before crucial elections. In choosing to publicly lock horns with the central bank, the government is sending out differentiated messages to varied audiences, ranging from investors to banks, savers to borrowers, civil society to political operatives. But, in doing so, the government also risks running down its reserves of trust, goodwill and influence. Political capital is somewhat like cryptocurrency, non-physical and invisible but ephemeral and volatile when put to speculative use. RBI’s scheduled board meeting on 19 November has been preceded by frenzied public posturing, with the government indulging in calculated, and occasionally indiscreet, leaks to the media. Things must have gone terribly wrong and relations deteriorated irreconcilably for the government to situate a routine central bank board meeting squarely in the piazza of public opinion. Tension between the government and the central bank is healthy, but the past decade’s steady sound of the government chipping away at RBI’s powers and autonomy has now reached a crescendo. The government’s current surge of ire is the accumulation of several RBI steps: the 12 February circular which redefines loan defaults; prompt corrective action against 11 public sector banks that circumscribes their ability to expand loan books; refusal to heed government entreaties to open a liquidity window for beleaguered nonbanking financial companies (including, as an RBI board member suggested blithely, by printing excess currency); relaxing Basel-plus capital adequacy norms, among others. Thwarted by RBI intransigence, the government pressed the nuclear button: it threatened to invoke section 7 of the RBI Act, which gives the government powers to dictate to the central bank, including appropriating the central bank’s reserves. This, in turn, provoked deputy governor Viral Acharya to deliver a sharp critique, presumably with governor Urjit Patel’s imprimatur. Frictions between the government and RBI have got magnified in the decade after the global financial crisis. Tell-all books from former governors Y.V. Reddy and D. Subbarao describe in detail how pressure was exerted to keep interest rates low and monetary policy accommodative, even as asset-price inflation threatened financial stability and structural deficiencies drove up the price line to almost double digits.
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Neha Dhupia and Angad Bedi blessed with a baby girl
New Delhi : Bollywood actors Neha Dhupia and Angad Bedi, were on Sunday, blessed with their first child–a baby girl. Neha delivered the baby around 11 am at Womens Hospital, Khar, according to our source. Good friend of the couple, model Sophie Choudry, took to Twitter to congratulate Angad and Neha. The post read, “Yaayy it’s a girlđ&#x;’–đ&#x;‘§đ&#x;?ť Congrats my dearest @nehadhupia & @angadbedi on the birth of ur princess!!May she be blessed with good health & happiness always! And with u two as her parents, I know her life will be full of love & laughs! Here’s to a truly special chapter in ur lives!đ&#x;˜˜đ&#x;¤—â€?Actor and
Aalia Furniturewalla to play Saif Ali Khan’s daughter
New Delhi : Sometime back actor Saif Ali Khan had hinted on working with his daughter Sara Ali Khan soon, but had dismissed Hindi Medium to be that film. In July he had said that the idea is in the germ stages. “It is a nice subject, but it will be too early to talk about it,� was his refrain. But now the actor will be co-producing Jawani Janeman along with Jay Shewakramani. To be directed by Nitin Kakkar, the story revolves around a father-daughter and will go on floors soon. And now we hear that the girl roped in to play Saif’s daughter is Pooja Bedi’s daughter Aalia Furniturewalla. “Aalia is a social media star and was slutshamed last year for posting some pictures on her Instagram. The girl took over the trolls who tried to put her down and answered them with elan. She has also been looking at a good Bollywood debut and it seems that she has bagged the role that the makers were initially looking to cast Sara in.
Priyanka Chopra’s mom confirms Jodhpur wedding
Mumbai: Madhu Chopra, Priyanka Chopra’s mother was spotted in the royal city of Jodhpur. It has been rumoured for quite a while that the Mehrangarh Fort followed by the Umaid Bhavan Palace was the location where PC was to get married to Nick Jonas. Nick and Priyanka had gone there earlier to spend some time at a friend’s birthday party and then took time off to book the Umaid Bhavan palace as the location for their wedding
which is slated to take place between November 30 and December 2. Confirming that Jodhpur was to be the location, Madhu Chopra said that the city of palaces was their top priority for conducting the wedding rather than any other location in Europe or India. “This is our most favourite city, we’ve left the entire nation and chosen this city,� she said as she landed in Jodhpur a few days ahead to finalise a few things for the wedding.
Injured Salman Khan returns home
Bengaluru : Salman Khan’s upcoming film Bharat ran into trouble few days back over the use of Pakistan flag during the shoot of the film in Ludhiana. However, it once again seems to be in a slight trouble as the actor has caused himself a physical injury. Well, Salman did not do any death-defying stunts, but the actor who was normally working out in the gymnasium at the shoot, hurt himself pretty badly. “It is not a very serious injury, but he needs a lot of rest which was one of the reasons why Salman came back to Mumbai. And also to get checked to assuage himself and tell people around him that nothing was too serious. He was in a lot of pain and could not complete the
shooting schedule which is still ongoing at the location, despite some protests from local groups in Punjab. Katrina Kaif and Sunil Grover are still filming their respective parts for the movie on location,� informs our source. For those who tuned in late, Bharat is being directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, produced by Salman Khan and Atul Agnihotri. The film also stars Tabu, Nora Fatehi and Disha Patani in important roles. Salman ideally tries to maintain his physique and does not indulge in any heavy exercise and routines during his shoots, but this one seems to have hurt him bad enough. Salman will need to return to location to wrap his shoot at the earliest.
model Malaika Arora also took to Instagram to wish the couple. Malaika shared an Insta story recently featuring Neha and Angad; the picture’s caption read, “Congratulations proud parents @nehadhupia @ angadbedi.â€? The couple announced Neha’s pregnancy in August by sharing a series of photos of the couple together. Along with the photos, Neha wrote, “Here’s to new beginnings ‌ #3ofUs ‌.đ&#x;‘ź#satnamwaheguruੴ.â€? Much like Kareena Kapoor and Soha Ali Khan, Neha had a working pregnancy. From attending events and fashion shows to shooting for her talk show No Filter Neha, the actor did it all during pregnancy.
According to reports, Ranbir, Alia and Amitabh Bachchan starrer Brahmastra’s Part 1 will be releasing on Christmas 2019.
Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor spend time together on Brahmastra sets
Bengaluru : Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt starrer Brahmastra has been in news for quite a while now, primarily thanks to its star cast and their chemistry. The inside photos from the sets have kept Alia and Ranbir’s fans updated with the stars’ whereabouts. After completing the Bulgaria schedule of Brahmastra, the actors recently began shooting in Mumbai. A few new photos from the sets got leaked on the fan pages
At different times in their lives, the city’s ad and theatre fraternity interacted with Alyque Padamsee
Inspired by Alyque Padamsee aka AP
Mumbai: He was the doyen of advertising and a master story teller. Yet, for many from the city, he was that key ingredient that made them embark on their chosen careers. His jacket-clad, honesty-spurting vision and ideas were a part and parcel of the persona that Alyque Padamsee emanated. His flamboyance, swagger, love for the limelight and mastery of his trade, be it advertising or theatre saw twitter verse rampant with tweets. The man who portrayed Mohammed Ali Jinnah in Gandhi passed
away on Saturday aged 90, after an illness, according to his daughter Raell Padamsee’s team in an official statement. He was cremated in Worli on Sunday amidst family, friends and well-wishers. The theatre and ad fraternity in Bengaluru recall how he left an indelible impression in their lives. The father of Indian advertising who was known for iconic ads like Lalitaji for Surf, the Liril girl, etc and his theatre contributions in Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar and Tughlaq, leaves behind a legacy that will live on.
of Ranbir and Alia. In one of the photos, Ranbir Kapoor is seen busy on his phone, while Alia looks in the distance. Brahmastra has been written and directed by Ayan Mukerji and produced by Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Dimple Kapadia, Akkineni Nagarjuna, Divyendu Sharma and Mouni Roy along with Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt in significant roles.
Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh return to india!
Mumbai: After the much spoken, written, insta posted wedding in Bollywood came to a happy ending in Italy, the couple Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh arrived in India in the early hours of Sunday. Dressed in the best costumes as they were directly going to Ranveer Singh’s house for the grihapravesh of the bride. “There was chaos at the airport, with
people clicking clicking pictures of the couple. Both Deepika and Ranveer waved out to the public and acknowledged their cheers,� says an eyewitness. The couple looked very happy and then headed off to Ranveer’s house. After the grihapravesh, they happily posed for pictures for the media. The building, Shree, had already been decorated for the past two days.
The writer, actress, film personality has joined forces with Save the Children to spread awareness on the issue.
No one would exist if there was no menstruation: Twinkle Khanna Mumbai: Education of boys about menstruation and open discussion on the phenomenon would go a long way to bring awareness on the issue, Twinkle Khanna feels.The writer and film artist has joined forces with ‘Save the Children’ an organisation that is working towards spreading awareness on hygiene, health and education. She spoke on the necessity to not only do good for society but give something back. “If we do not give back what we have got from society we would be worse than animals that just keep roaming around,�
she felt. Recalling how she began writing the story of Padman, she said, “I too was slightly hesitant and had a taboo even discussing about it. But ever since I read Arunachalm Murugunatham’s story I decided to bring it up on celluloid.� The Akshay Kumar-starrer which has been billed as the most happening film has indeed enabled women discuss their menstrual problems openly. “It is really a shame that for this biological problem a little girl from Chennai jumped off her balcony and gave up her life because she was
reprimanded by her teacher after she stained her uniform,â€? she rued. Twinkle asserted that pads needed to be sold at a lower cost, “The Government has also made sanitary pads available at the railway stations‌ so the film has brought about a few changes in our society,â€? she said, adding that following her association with the organisation, she would like to amplify the voice of these children. “If my voice can reach a little farther through Save the Children and bring changes, it would be great,â€? she said.
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SPORTS ROUNDUP
Pankaj Advani wins grand double, extends world title tally to 21
Pankaj Advani on Sunday extended his world title to 21 by winning the long and short formats of the IBSF World Billiards Championship titles for a record fourth time. New Delhi : Legendary Pankaj Advani on Sunday extended his world title to 21 by winning the long and short formats of the IBSF World Billiards Championship titles for a record fourth time. While Pankaj has always won the timed version of the long format, the more recent short version eluded him over the years. Pankaj’s city mate from Bengaluru, B Bhaskar, a two-time Asian silver medalist and a bronze medal winner at the world level, had to settle for silver.A weak break by the tall, lanky Bhaskar allowed Pankaj to start off with a bang as he delivered a massive first blow through a 190 break. An additional 173 and 198 widened the gap beyond reach for Bhaskar
as he struggled to score a single century. He sat in his chair, probably realising that there was no stopping his colleague on Sunday. When Pankaj crossed the thousand mark in the first-to-1500 final, Bhaskar was languishing at 206. The 800-point deficit eventually proved to be a tall order for Bhaskar to bridge. Last year Pankaj did the unthinkable by winning the billiards short format title (he had to settle for bronze in the long format last year) and then went on to annex the snooker title too. He is the only player in the world to play both billiards and snooker at the world level and win in both with great consistency.
Business
Facebook woes sap $17.4 billion of Mark Zuckerberg’s wealth this year
New Delhi: Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune has tumbled $17.4 billion so far this year as Facebook Inc faces fresh criticism over its treatment of critics and continues to grapple with the fallout from its response to Russian election meddling. Shares of the social media giant fell 3 percent Friday to $139.53, the lowest since April 2017. Zuckerberg, 34, who recently was the world’s third-richest person, behind Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates, is now ranked sixth on the Bloomberg Billionaires
Index. Zuckerberg’s fortune, now at $55.3 billion, has tumbled more than $31 billion from its peak on July 25. Oracle Corp’s Larry Ellison, is close behind at No. 7 with $54.7 billion. Zuckerberg faced renewed pressure Friday, with a group of Democratic senators demanding that he respond to news reports that the company used contractors to retaliate against critics of its privacy practices and efforts to thwart Russian propaganda on its network.
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Defending champion P V Sindhu has decided to skip the Syed Modi International World Tour Super 300 tournament to focus on next month’s BWF World Tour Final in China.
PV Sindhu to skip Syed Modi International to focus on World Tour Final
New Delhi : Defending champion P V Sindhu has decided to skip the Syed Modi International World Tour Super 300 tournament to focus on next month’s BWF World Tour Final in China. The 23-yearold Indian is placed fifth in the ‘Race to Guangzhou’ ranking to qualify for the USD 1,500,000 World Tour Final, which will be held in the Chinese city for the first time from December 12-16. “Sindhu has written to Badminton Association of India (BAI) asking them to allow her to skip the Syed Modi tournament so that she can concentrate on the World Tour Finals in December,” Sindhu’s father P V Ramana told PTI. “She has also informed the organisers and national coach P Gopichand.” Olympic silver medallist Sindhu has continued her sensational form this season, claiming silver medals at major events such as the Commonwealth Games,
World Championship and Asian Games. She also reached the finals of the India Open and Thailand Open, besides producing her best performance at the All England Open Championships with a semifinal finish. The World Tour Final, which showcases the elite top eight players, will be Sindhu’s 18th tournament this year. “It is a
prestigious tournament and she will need to be at her peak to win a medal. So at least 20 days of training would be required to be in good shape,” said Ramana. This will be Sindhu’s third appearance at the year-ending event. She had qualified in the 2016 edition, losing in the semifinals.
Mitchell Johnson says bans against Australian trio should stay
New Delhi : Former pacer Mitchell Johnson on Sunday said the ball-tampering ban on theAustralian trio of Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft should not be reduced as the players have not challenged the board’s sentence. Australian cricket is enduring one of its worst phases and a run of losses in recent times prompted calls to bring back the two star players — Smith and Warner — before the contests against India. While then skipper Smith and Warner were handed one-year ban,
Cameron Bancroft, the third player involved in the ball-tampering scandal in South Africa, was handed a nine-month suspension following the infamous ‘Sandpaper Gate’ scandal. Johnson, however, has spoken against it. “I thought 3 players were banned. So does that mean Cameron Bancroft’s ban will be reduced to the same amount as Smith & Warner if it goes ahead? They all accepted their bans & didn’t contest it so I think the bans should stay,” Johnson tweeted.
Pawan Sehrawat produced a terrific raiding performance to lead Bengaluru Bulls to a 45-32 win over Jaipur Pink Panthers in an Inter Zone Challenge Week match of the Pro Kabaddi League Season 6 in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
Pro Kabaddi League: Bengaluru Bulls ease past Jaipur Pink Panthers 45-32
New Delhi : Pawan Sehrawat produced a terrific raiding performance to lead Bengaluru Bulls to a 45-32 win over Jaipur Pink Panthers in an Inter Zone Challenge Week match of the Pro Kabaddi League Season 6 in Ahmedabad on Sunday. Later, Gujarat Fortunegiants kept their unbeaten run intact as they defeated UP Yoddha 37-32. Sehrawat scored 19 points and two super raids by Rohit Kumar and Kashiling Adake laid the foundations for Bengaluru’s victory. Jaipur Pink Panthers fizzled
after a strong start with Deepak Niwas Hooda getting a super 10. The first half saw both teams match each other stride for stride. There was little to choose from as in the fifth minute Hooda got a raid point to level it at 4-4. The next couple of minutes saw Jaipur Pink Panthers put pressure on Bengaluru Bulls as they opened a six-point gap. An all out was inflicted by Jaipur in the ninth minute as they led 11-5. Adake made a brilliant super raid in the 13th minute as he scored four points to reduce the gap to just three points.
Govt starts facility for security testing of telecom products
Jabong to lay off 200 employees, to be merged with Myntra: Report
New Delhi: The government has started a facility for testing telecom products and equipment to ensure security in digital communications at the national level, Telecom Minister Manoj Sinha said Friday. “Yesterday, we inaugurated stateof-art of facility for preparation of security assurance standard putting us at the forefront of technology. This facility will work for security from the national perspective and also facilitate the development of testing and certification ecosystem in the country,” Sinha said at an Assocham event. The Department of Telecom has set the deadline of April 2019 for mandatory testing of some telecom products including mobile phones and equipment. This will be applicable on all equipment that are imported to India or are sold in the country. However, there are some other telecom gears, that would go through the mandatory testing starting January 1, 2019. These equipment include modem, audio conferencing, fax machines, satellite equipments etc.
New Delhi: Walmart will lay off nearly 200 employees at Jabong and integrate the online fashion retailer into Myntra, Livemint reported on Friday, days after the head of Flipkart Group Binny Bansal resigned following an internal probe into a “serious personal misconduct”. The report quoted unnamed sources as saying that the Jabong layoffs are expected to be announced at a town hall on Friday. “Jabong currently has 600-700 employees, a majority of whom are expected to be retained and will become employees of Myntra, the people mentioned above said. About 150200 employees are expected to be laid off, they added,” Mint said. The Jabong site will continue to run, but the traffic from the website will be directed to Myntra, after the merger with Myntra is completed, it reported. The US retail giant, which completed its $16 billion purchase of a majority stake in Flipkart Group in August, has already announced it will merge Myntra and Jabong into Flipkart.
Flagship social security schemes facing cash crunch
New Delhi: Ahead of 2019 general elections, the government’s two major people and farmer friendly schemes — Ayushman Bharat and Minimum Support Price (MSP) — are set to face bigger challenge as a dip in revenue collection is starving these programmes of higher fund allocations.Generally, with Lok Sabha polls round the corner, governments fast-track their spend on social security schemes. However, the issue of fund crunch may be a blockage
for the government this year. With government’s coffers drying up, the Prime minister’s Office (PMO) has asked all related ministries to ensure speedy and transparent accumulation and disbursement of funds to the needy by any means before it faces the criticism in the wake of the upcoming polls With regard to the two important schemes, the government reportedly intends to collect surplus funds from the central bank to meet all its needs.
Turkey’s market rout, increased output from the OPEC as well as a surprise increase in US crude stockpiles have added to worries that supplies may outstrip demand.
Oil on its longest losing run since 2015 on turmoil and supply concerns New Delhi: Oil headed for the longest run of weekly declines in three years, dragged down by everything from an emerging-market rout to rising global supplies and lingering concerns over a spat between the world’s biggest economies. Futures in New York were headed for a 3.3% drop this week, their seventh straight decline. Turmoil in Turkey this month has reverberated across financial markets in developing economies, US crude inventories expanded by the most since 2017, OPEC raised output in July while the outlook for a Chinese-American trade
standoff is still uncertain. The bearish sentiment has brought prices down to about $65 a barrel, near the lowest level since early June. While the standoff between China and the US could ease after they showed a willingness to resume negotiations, an earlier breakdown in talks have left investors skeptical about the outcome. Adding to macro-economic concerns is the risk of contagion from Turkey’s market rout, which seeped into the world of oil as investors grew anxious over a potential slide in global energy consumption from falling economic growth.
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international Gujarat: ‘Gau rakshaks’ stab truck conductor The truck was carrying around 30 buffaloes from Deesa in North Gujarat to Bharuch in South Gujarat for slaughtering without mandatory papers and permission, said the police.
for ‘illegally’ ferrying buffaloes; 2 FIRs lodged Gandhinagar : The assistant of a truck driver from Deesa was stabbed with a sharp-edged weapon in chest by unidentified ‘gau rakshaks’ in Ramol area of Ahmedabad on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday. The truck was carrying around 30 buffaloes from Deesa in North Gujarat to Bharuch in South Gujarat for slaughtering without mandatory papers and permission, said the police. Following the incident, Ramol
police have registered two FIRs — one against the driver and conductor under the provisions of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal Act for illegally carrying the animals and second against four unidentified ‘gau rakshaks’— for attacking the helper of the truck. The helper has been operated upon at Ahmedabad Civil Hospital and is reportedly out of danger. The truck driver, Mustufa Sipai, has been arrested whereas
investigations are on to identify and nab the unidentified persons who attacked the conductor. The injured helper has been identified as Zaheer Qureshi, a resident of Deesa in Banaskantha district. In his complaint to police, Qureshi has stated that Sipai, also from Deesa, had approached him on Saturday night to accompany him as conductor for a trip from Deesa to Bharuch and he had agreed to it. There were around 30 male buffaloes in the truck.
Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister attend Cooperative Week function in Mehsana
Gujarat lived up to the spirit of ‘Bina Sahkar, NahiUddhar) in tandem with motto ‘Sauna Saath, Sauna Vikas’,” says Vijay Rupani
Ahmedabad : Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and Deputy Chief Minister Nitinbhai Patel attended the get-together held under the aegis of Sahkar Bharti at Dudhsagar Dairy in Mehsana today, as part of the Cooperative Week being celebrated from November 14 to 20 every year. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Rupani said that Gujarat is progressing because of living up to the spirit of ‘Bina Sahkar, NahiUddhar’ (No Redemption without Cooperation), in tandem with the motto of ‘Sauna Saath; Sauna Vikas’ (Collective Efforts, Inclusive Growth), to reach out to the last man in the last mile.
He said that Amul, Banas, Dudhsagar dairies are like milestones in Gujarat’s development through the cooperative institutions. Mehsana is one district which has produced many cooperative leaders. Mr. Nitinbhai Patel described that cooperative movement as a pious effort, having a big contribution in the state’s development. He said that Gujarat Government is ever ready to assist the farmers as it declared a special package in the talukas receiving less than 400 mm rainfall – at the rate of Rs.5,300, Rs.5,800 and Rs.6,300 per hectare – Kadi, Mehsana, Bechraji, Vadnagar and Vijapur alone benefitting 84,939 account holders.
Around 12.30 am, when they reached Soni Chali in Ramol area, some unidentified persons wielding sticks tried to stop the truck while claiming themselves to be ‘gau rakshaks.’ Soon, Qureshi and Sipai saw police at some distance on the highway and hence stopped the truck. According to Qureshi, he tried to run away out of fear when two unidentified persons came on a two-wheeler and one of them stabbed him with a sharp-edged knife-like weapon.
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and others dignitaries attend mass marriage of 281 brides, who have lost their fathers, at Bhavnagar
Ahmedabad : Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and other leaders attended a mass marriage of 281 brides belonging to Hindu, Muslim and Christian families, who have lost fathers earlier, at a ceremony at Bhavnagar today. The mass marriage of brides, fondly christened ‘Ladkadi’, was organised by the Lakhani family of industrialists under a huge canopy (shamiana). Mr. Rupani, describing the event as historic, reflectingsocial equanimity, praised the efforts of the organisers for organising the mass marriage of the brides who have no proverbial umbrella over their head to bear the cost of the ceremony. Those who spoke on the occasion included Gujarat Assembly Speaker Rajendra Trivedi, Leader of the Opposition in Assembly Pareshbhai Dhanani, Union Minister Mansukhbhai Mandavia and Bhavnagar MLA Jitubhai Vaghani.
Chief Minister Vijay Rupanipays his respects to Dada Bhagwan at his 111th birth anniversary fair at Trimandir at Adalaj in Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad : Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani today wished that Dada Bhagwan’s 111th birth anniversary being celebrated at the big fair at Trimandir at Adalaj here created spiritual awareness and divine values, true to the traditions of invoking divine blessings in this land of seers and monks in Gujarat. Addressing the gathering, he asked the people for rise above self and greed, work for the society in the larger interest and devote life for the salvation of soul. He prayed for the all-round development of the state to ensure the fruits reach the last man in the last mile. He felicitated Deepakbhai.
2002 Gujarat riots case: SC to hear Zakia Jafri’s plea challenging Narendra Modi’s acquittal
Ahmedabad : The Supreme Court is set to hear on Monday a petition filed by Zakia Jafri, widow of slain Congress leader Ehsan Jafri, challenging the acquittal of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the 2002 Godhra riots case. Eighty-year-old Zakia’s Special Leave Petition (SLP) came up last week before Justices A M Khanwilkar and Deepak Gupta who fixed November 19 as the date for the hearing. Ehsan Jafri, a former Congress MP, was killed by a mob which attacked the Gulberg Society in Ahmedabad on the
afternoon of February 28, 2002. Zakia Jafri challenged the October 5, 2017 judgment of the Gujarat High Court which gave a clean chit to then Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi and other politicians and senior bureaucrats by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) in its closure report, citing lack of “prosecutable evidence” against them. The Gujarat High Court, last year, upheld the judgment of the metropolitan court and rejected Zakia’s allegations that cases such as Naroda Patiya, Naroda Gam and Gulberg
Gujarat Govt puts transparent system in place, asks NAFED to ensure genuine farmers face no problem in selling genuine commodity” : Rupani Ahmedabad : Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said the government has put in place an efficient and transparent system to buy groundnut at Minimum Support Price (MSP) to ensure that not one per cent wrong is committed in the process. This year the responsibility has been given to the State Civil Supplies Department to procure groundnut in collaboration with Collector, NAFED, Warehousing, etc.
with video shooting and qualities checking to ensure farmers face no problem at the APMC yards. He said that NAFED has been told to ensure genuine farmers faced no problem in selling the genuine commodity. The State has purchased 54,863 quintal groundnut worth Rs.27.43-crore from 2,755 farmers during the last three days. He has directed the authorities to expedite the purchase from Monday.
were part of a “larger conspiracy”. Five years after the Gujarat riots, Zakia had made allegations against Modi and the officers from the state machinery. In 2012, a metropolitan court acquitted all 58 accused in the postGodhra riots in which 69 people were killed. “According to the SIT, no offence has been established against any of the 58 persons listed in Zakia’s complaint,” metropolitan magistrate MS Bhatt had then said. The petitioners had then moved the High Court against the acquittal in 2013.
Trump wants Saudi Arabia as an ally despite ‘vicious’ Khashoggi murder
Washington : US President Donald Trump said in an interview that aired on Sunday the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was “very vicious” but that he wants to stick with Saudi Arabia as a close ally in the Middle East. Under pressure to punish Saudi Arabia for Khashoggi’s death inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2, Trump questioned the alleged role of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is known as MbS and is the kingdom’s de facto ruler. “He told me that he had nothing to do with it,” Trump said in an interview with “Fox News Sunday”, adding that “many people” also said the crown prince had no knowledge of the killing. The interview was taped on Friday, hours before government sources said the CIA had briefed the Trump administration on the murder and its belief that MbS ordered it.
UK PM warns ousting her won’t make Brexit talks easier
London : Britain’s besieged Prime Minister Theresa May warned Sunday that a leadership change wouldn’t make Brexit negotiations easier, as opponents in her Conservative Party threaten to unseat her and the former Brexit secretary suggested she failed to stand up to bullying from European Union officials. As furious Conservative rebels try to gather the numbers to trigger a no-confidence vote, May insisted she hadn’t considered quitting. “A change of leadership at this point isn’t going to make the negotiations any easier and it isn’t going to change the parliamentary arithmetic,” she told Sky News in an interview. May added that the next seven days “are going to be critical” for successful Brexit talks, and that she will be travelling to Brussels to meet with EU leaders before an emergency European Council summit on November 25. An announcement this week that Britain has struck a draft divorce agreement with the EU triggered a political crisis in Britain, with the deal roundly savaged by both the opposition and large chunks of May’s own Conservatives. Two Cabinet ministers and several junior government members quit, and more than 20 lawmakers have submitted letters of no confidence in May. Forty-eight such letters — or 15 per cent of Conservative lawmakers — are needed for a leadership challenge vote.
Sirisena’s all-party crisis talks fail to end political stalemate in Sri Lanka
Gujarat: Truck helper stabbed for carrying buffaloes, police arrest driver
Ahmedabad : Self-claimed cow vigilantes allegedly stabbed a conductor of a truck carrying buffaloes in Ramol area of Ahmedabad on late Saturday night. The victim, Zaheer Qureshi, a resident of Deesa in Banaskantha district, has been admitted to a hospital in Ahmedabad and is out of danger. Police have registered two FIRs — one against the driver and conductor under the provisions of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal Act for “illegally carrying the animals”, and second against four “unidentified” gau rakshaks for attacking the truck. According to the police, the truck was carrying around 30 buffaloes from Deesa to Bharuch in south Gujarat for slaughter without mandatory papers and permission. While Mustufa Sipai, the driver of the truck, has been arrested, police said that they are yet to identify the attackers. The FIR against Qureshi
and Sipai has been registered on the basis of a complaint lodged by Lok Rakshak Dal (LRD) member, Yogirajsinh, said police. In his complaint to police, Qureshi said that after they reached Soni ni Chali in Ramol area around 12.30 am, some unidentified persons wielding sticks tried to stop the truck, saying that they were ‘gau rakshaks’. After seeing policemen at some distance on the highway, they stopped the truck. According to Qureshi, he tried to run away when two unidentified persons came on a two-wheeler from behind and one of them stabbed him with a sharp-edged knife-like weapon. “The driver (Sipai) was arrested from the spot, whereas Qureshi, the conductor, will be arrested after he recovers,” said Ramol Inspector M S Kotwal. Regarding the attackers, Kotwal said, “Since it was night time, the attackers managed to escape. Investigations are on to trace and arrest them.”
Colombo : An all-party meeting called by Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena failed to make any breakthrough on Sunday to end the raging political crisis set off by his controversial decision to remove prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe last month. The crisis erupted when President Sirisena suddenly announced on October 26 that he had sacked prime minister Wickremesinghe and installed ex-strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa in his place. Sirisena later dissolved Parliament, almost 20 months before its term was to end, and ordered a snap election. The Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned President Sirisena’s decision to dissolve Parliament and halted the preparations for snap polls on January 5. The crisis talks came after Sri Lanka’s parliament witnessed unprecedented violence as lawmakers threw furniture and chilli powder at each other. The lawmakers on Friday approved a second vote of no confidence against Rajapaksa but Sirisena refused to accept it, saying his advice was not followed. Sirisena on Sunday called an all-party meeting which ended without making a breakthrough, Wickremesinghe’s United National Party (UNP) said. This was the first time that Sirisena, Wickremasinghe and Rajapaksa met face to face since the crisis erupted on October 26. Wickremesinghe has maintained that his sacking by Sirisena was unconstitutional and illegal and he was still the prime minister. “We placed our cards on the table. We told Rajapaksa that if the Speaker’s rulings are wrong, they can move a motion to challenge it and get it passed. Response from President Sirisena was nil,” Lakshman Kiriella, a senior UNP leader, said after talks which lasted for over 2 hours.
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