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Short News Should learn lessons from Doklam to avoid further conflict, says China
New Delhi/Beijing: China on Tuesday said that the Doklam standoff posed a “major test” for the bilateral ties and lessons should be learnt from it to avoid a similar situation of its kind in the future. The comment came ahead of the 20th round of India-China border talks which are expected to be held this week in New Delhi between National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval and China’s State Councillor Yang Jiechi who are designated Special Representatives. Though the talks are scheduled for December 22, an official announcement has not been made yet from both sides. The two sides attach significance to this round of talks as it would be the first round of talks since the 73day Doklam standoff in the Sikkim section which ended on August 28.
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Modi is real hero, I am zero: BJP MP Sanjay Kakade who predicted party’s loss
Pune: BJP MP Sanjay Kakade, who hogged the headlines for predicting a dismal show by his party in the Gujarat elections, had to eat his words after it won a majority in the 182-member state Assembly on Monday. An embarrassed Kakade said he had not factored in the impact of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “charisma” while making the prediction. “We forgot to take into account the Modi charisma. Neither me nor my team factored that in our survey,” the Rajya Sabha member told reporters in Pune. “Modi’s charisma did the trick.
2 Kashmiri boys beaten up in Bengaluru for not speaking Kannada Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday demanded strict action against those who allegedly assaulted two Kashmiri brothers in Bengaluru for not speaking in Kannada. According to media reports, a 24-year-old hotelmanagement student from Kashmir and his elder brother were reportedly beaten up and their vehicle damaged by a group of men near a bus stop in north Bengaluru’s Sanjay Nagar locality on the night of December 11. “Very disturbed by the news of 2 brothers from Kashmir being assaulted in Bengaluru.
After victory in Guj, Himachal, BJP sends top leaders for selection of CMs
New Delhi: Soon after the election results were declared the victorious Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) decision making body swept into action for the next step of selecting the chief minister to represent the state. The party’s decision making body decided to send two teams led by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to Gandhinagar and Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to Shimla as observers. The Central Parliamentary board of the BJP met in Delhi after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s victory speech where he called the support for the party an indication that the country was ready for “reform agenda as every citizen wants India transformed”.
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Arun Jaitley says govt in favour, awaiting consensus of states New Delhi : Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said the government is in favour of bringing petroleum products under the ambit of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), however, they are waiting for a consensus from the state governments in this respect. Jaitley was replying to a question, raised by Telugu Desam party MP Devendra Goud during the Question Hour in the Rajya Sabha, as to when the government would bring petroleum under the GST. “The constitution amendment which has been passed and ratified by state
assemblies have kept petroleum and petroleum products as part of the GST, but a decision to levy the GST on petroleum can be taken only after the GST council takes a decision. We don’t need
Cyclone Ockhi: PM Modi holds meeting with officials in Lakshadweep
Kochi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday chaired a high-level meeting at Kavaratti in Lakshadweep to review the situation arising due to Cyclone Ockhi that left a trail of destruction in the Union Territory. Modi, who reached the island this morning, was received by top officials of the Lakshadweep administration and public representatives, including Lakshadweep MP Muhammed Faizal. “PM @narendramodi reviewed the situation arising due to #CycloneOckhi at a high-level meeting in Lakshadweep,” a tweet by the Prime Minister’s Office said. Earlier in the day, youngsters of Lakshadweep extended a warm welcome to the Prime Minister, the PMO tweeted further. Modi is also scheduled to visit the cyclone-battered areas of Tamil Nadu and Kerala. During his visit to the southern states, Modi will visit coastal Kanyakumari and Thiruvananthapuram where he will meet officials and public representatives as well as the cyclone victims, including the fishermen, and farmers’ delegations.
to amend any law if petroleum products are to be brought into the GST, but only after the council takes a decision is when it will be introduced,” Jaitley said. Reacting to the response, former finance
minister P Chidambaram asked when will the government clarify its position on the matter and the council will decide on it. Hitting back at the UPA, Jaitley said the UPA government “very cleverly” kept petroleum out of the GST draft document knowing that it will be a “deal breaker” with the state government. “It was the NDA government which persuaded the state governments to keep those products under GST on one condition that it’s only when the states decided and agree upon it that the council will have the power to bring petroleum under GST.”
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Hyderabad : Ivanka Trump, the adviser and daughter of US President Donald Trump, has thanked Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao for his hospitality during her recent visit to Hyderabad. In a handwritten letter addressed to Rao, she described her visit as an “incredible and inspiring experience”. Last month, Ivanka Trump led a delegation of US administration officials and entrepreneurs at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) held here. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also hosted a gala dinner for her at the famous Falaknuma Palace Hotel in the city. Ivanka Trump, in her letter to the chief minister, said she was touched by the warmth of the people of Telangana.
Gujarat poll result raises questions on Modi’s credibility, says Rahul Gandhi
Mallikarjun Kharge asks why is there no FIR against Manmohan Singh for ‘conspiring’ with Pakistan New Delhi : The third day of Parliament’s Winter Session began Tuesday. Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned on Monday following protests by Congress members who were demanding an apology from Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his remarks against former PM Manmohan Singh during the Gujarat elections. The Winter Session, which began last Friday, will come to an end on January 5. This has been the most delayed start to Winter Session ever, ostensibly in view of the Gujarat assembly elections. Numerous bills are scheduled to be tabled in Parliament, including The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017, The Constitution (123rd Amendment) Bill, 2017, The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016, The Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2016, The Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Amendment Ordinance, 2017, The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Ordinance, 2017 among others. Meanwhile, on Tuesday Congress raised the issue of stubble burning and financial assistance to farmers in the states of Punjab and Haryana.
Cong protests in LS over Modi’s ‘Pak meet’ remark; ‘shameful,’ says Govt
The Congress party on Tuesday protested in Lok Sabha, demanding clarification from Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his allegation on his predecessor Manmohan Singh over a ‘secret meeting with Pakistani officials’ The BJP government accused the Congress of holding “mock proceedings” in the House in violation of the Chair’s rulings. Members of the opposition party trooped into the Well during the Question Hour after Speaker Sumitra Mahajan disallowed their demand to raise the issue. She said whatever had happened in an election campaign should not be used to disrupt the proceedings.
New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said that the performance of his party in Gujarat was “very good”. The Congress president said that his party could have won but there were some deficiencies. “Gujarat has given message to BJP and Modiji that the anger within you will not work, love will defeat you,” Rahul said. Rahul Gandhi said, “Normally, a political leader visits -- like in Gujarat -- and thinks he will give the
place his message. In 3 months, the people of Gujarat taught me a lot. The main thing was: however much anger, money and force you have, it can be fought with love.” “Three-four months back, when we went to Gujarat, it was said the Congress party couldn’t fight the BJP. We did solid work for three-four months. Not just me, the AICC team and others. This is a massive jolt to the BJP,” Rahul said. BJP’s tally was 16 less than 115 in the previous election.
As Modi wins Gujarat, BJP loses his hometown seat Unjha
Campaigning for R K Nagar Two Jaish militants killed bypoll ends today; AIADMK in encounter in Jammu and factions set to fight it out Kashmir’s Batmura village New Delhi : With campaigning for the RK Nagar bypolls in Tamil Nadu drawing to a close on Tuesday, political parties are canvassing in the constituency with much fervour. The election, necessitated by the death of former chief minister J Jayalalithaa, will be held on December 21. Counting of votes will take place three days later, on December 24. The election is a litmus test for the ruling AIADMK government in the state, with the party fragmented since the death of its leader. The AIADMK faction led by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edapaddi K Palaniswami and deputy CM O Panneerselvam (OPS) has nominated E Madhusudanan to contest the election. Madhusudanan is an OPS loyalist,
who had backed the leader before he merged with the CM. The election is also being contested by sidelined leader TTV Dinakaran, who is loyal to Sasikala Natarajan, who too has staked claim to the party and Jayalalithaa’s legacy. As their faction is not registered with the EC, Dinakaran is contesting
as an Independent candidate. In November this year, the EC had awarded the AIADMK’s ‘twoleaves’ symbol to the EPS-OPS unified front, recognising it as the faction which “enjoys support of majority of members, both in the organisational and legislature wings of the AIADMK.”
Srinagar : Two Jaish militants and a civilian were killed in an encounter in south Kashmir’s Batmura village. One of the militants is a local. The civilian killed has been identified as Beauty Jan. The operation began last night when the Army and Police launched a joint operation at Batmura village close to Keller in Shopian district. The gunfight continued throughout the night. The forces had information about the presence of three militants in the area. In the morning Jan, 30, was killed when she was hit by a bullet near the encounter site. She succumbed on her way to the hospital. Locals said that protests broke out in the area and villagers were trying to move towards the encounter site to give safe passage to militants. ‘’Of the
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Aadhaar with other documents until March end
It’s good that the Supreme Court has delayed the linking of Aadhaar with other documents until March end while it examines the issue further. Let me not be misunderstood. I have always been in favour of an identification system. When I was asked to chair a group on training and reform of the higher civil services, I wondered how the police could isolate a criminal. Without an identification system, it must be like finding a needle in a haystack. Senior police officers tried convince me that the thana and the post office are good sources of information. But their argument was thin. So when Nandan Nilekani was asked to develop the UIDAI, I was all for an unique identification system. As a doctoral student at the University of Pennsylvania, I was persuaded by one of my teachers who had an Indian connection to collect a Masters degree while I was pursuing my doctoral work. I was not very keen since I already had an MA in India but went along. I didn’t want to spend money on convocation robes so the degree in Latin was sent to my home in Jaipur. But I was offered credit cards for free, which is given to all degree winners in Ivy League Schools because in the developed world they really believe that knowledge is wealth. I also had to teach to make some money to finish my doctorate. That meant I had to have a Social Security card to draw my salary. My card was the marker of my identity for the next few years in the US for everything. So, I value my Aadhaar card. So do many others, including very poor people. I was asked to read a research report on the things the poor really value. After some fieldwork, a study showed that very poor people keep their ration card under lock and key. They also keep their voter identity card in safe custody. They value their rations and the ration card gives them identity. The voter identity card gives them a sense of power because once every five years, the high and mighty come asking for votes. In the US and several other countries, different offices link up to a person’s Social Security card and financial agencies are aware of your credit card records. All this was happening much before modern information and communication systems, so I presume that these systems have made things easier. We, in contrast, have been given a different identification dispensation by our government. Hey you, come with your Aadhaar card and link it with your Pan card. Hey you, come and link our Aadhaar card with your mobile, landline, bank accounts and other documents.
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The Last Jedi delivers an experience that is totally Star Wars yet at the same time is fresh, unexpected and new and so it’s got people talking and puzzling over its mysteries.
The Last Jedi’s low audience score Star Wars: The Last Jedi is on a roll at the box office and the critics can’t stop raving about the eighth installment in the epic sci-fi franchise Star Wars. Despite getting great reviews, the film hasn’t fared as well with the overarching general public who have seen the movie. The flick is the joint lowest rated in the episodic Star Wars series to-date, on a par with 2015’s The Force Awakens. Addressing the elephant in the room that is the negative audience reaction, Dave Hollis, who serves as president of theatrical distribution at Walt Disney Studios, responded to the low scores and shared that the conversations this film sparks will lead to good word-ofmouth for the holiday weekend next week, reports Deadline. The statement
read, “Rian Johnson, the cast, and the Lucasfilm team have delivered an
Shah Rukh Khan lends support to boxing legend Kaur Singh Shah Rukh Khan is the king of hearts not only because of his work but also because of his kind heart and love for fans and wellwishers. The actor has time and again with his philanthropic deeds proved that he believes in reciprocating the love and honour he has received from society. Recently, the Raees actor helped boxing legend Kaur Singh (69), who has been struggling to pay his medical bills.
Katrina lives in a beautiful, perfect world says Salman
Tickets for Tiger Zinda Hai now available on BookMyShow Use promo code “TIGER” to get upto Rs. 150 off BookMyShow, India’s largest online entertainment ticketing platform, has opened advance ticket sales for the most anticipated blockbuster of the year ‘Tiger Zinda Hai’. The tickets for the soon to be released Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif starrer are expected to be sold out very quickly as fans all across the country are eagerly waiting to watch the film. The film’s trailer has already crossed 50 million + views on YouTube.
Ahead of his film Tiger Zinda Hai’s release on December 22, Bollywood superstar Salman Khan sat down with news agancy to talk about Katrina Kaif’s place in his life, and how he is not ready to take a break. Really? How sweet of you to say that, but I still feel it is Aamir and Shah Rukh who are the biggest stars our country will have in a long time. There was a time when I was really looking for work. I was doing modelling and stuff like that. I was looking for work as a director, but there was no work for me there. Somebody told me that I should be an actor, but I didn’t get any work as an actor as well.
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Double the Entertainment…. Double the Fun! This Christmas, Star Gold dons the Santa hat promising to indulge its viewers with double the entertainment, double the excitement and double the fun! The Home of Blockbusters announces the World Television Premiere of one of the most sought after films of the year – Judwaa 2. The film that raked close to 200 crores at the Box Office and won a million hearts all over the world, will make its television debut on 24 th December 2017, Sunday at 1pm. Since the announcement of the film, Judwaa 2 managed to create headlines consistently, garnering an amount of viewer interest that few films have managed to do so successfully in the recent past.
The year 2007 gave Bollywood one of its leading actresses today — Deepika Padukone.
Deepika Padukone gets philosophical about her 10-year journey in Bollywood
The year 2007 gave Bollywood one of its leading actresses today — Deepika Padukone. After making her debut opposite Shah Rukh Khan in Om Shaanti Om, today, she is still a favourite among filmmakers. As the actress looks back at her journey, Deepika gets philosophical. She says, “I have loved every minute of my journey! I understand who I am, and which path I am treading on. I am learning continuously. Even at the beginning of my career, I loved learning. I always believe there’s room for improvement. I am always focused on improving my shortcomings.” The actress adds, “As an artist, I always want to opt for challenging characters.
experience that is totally Star Wars yet at the same time fresh, unexpected and
new. That makes this a Star Wars film like audiences have never seen – it’s got people talking, puzzling over its mysteries, and it’s a lot to take in, and we see that as all positive, that should help set the film up for great word-ofmouth and repeat viewing as we enter the lucrative holiday period.” Whether or not the low audience scores will hurt repeat viewings of the film or lead to a steep second-weekend drop remains to be seen. However, it’s clear Disney and Lucasfilm aren’t panicking yet. Though, a low audience score hasn’t stopped The Last Jedi from raking in big numbers and shatter records. The movie went on to earn USD 220 million in the first three days of its release and marked the second-best opening weekend of all time.
Hichki trailer: Rani Mukerji looks charming in the role of a school teacher
The much awaited trailer of Rani Mukerji’s film ‘Hichki’ is finally released by the makers. The film is directed by Kareena Kapoor Khan-Kajol’s ‘We Are Family’ helmer Siddharth P Malhotra and produced by Maneesh Sharma under the banner of Aditya Chopra’s Yash Raj Films. ‘Hichki’ tells the story of a lady suffering from a tourette syndrome who aspires to become school teacher. After facing rejections, she eventually gets a job in the school to teach a bunch of indecorous students. The film chronicles the journey of an ordinary woman through her life hurdles and highlights the ‘never give up’ attitude with a charming story.
Katy Perry
celebrates mom’s birthday Katy Perry got an entire concert audience to sing for her mother on her birthday, live, on a huge phone! TMZ.com reports that on Friday night, Katy, or Feather, as her mom calls her, took some time to shower her mother with love on her 70th birthday. The singer made a call on a giant pink phone that was as tall as herself, and got the 10,000 audience members to sing along! Unfortunately, Mary’s birthday didn’t go exactly as planned as she had to evacuate her house because of the California Wildfires. Later on Saturday.
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Faf du Plessis doubtful for South Africa’s four-day Test against Zimbabwe
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Karun Nair’s innings in the semifinal was a celebration of batting discipline.
Kolkata : South Africa may have to play the first ever four-day Test against Zimbabwe without captain Faf du Plessis as he continues to recover from a shoulder surgery. Initially, Du Plessis had suffered a lower back injury during the One-Day International series against Bangladesh and that ruled him out for six weeks. But the South Africa captain opted to have shoulder surgery in that period as he had been struggling with it for a long time. Cricket South Africa medical committee head Dr Shuaib Manjra on Monday said that Du Plessis’s had a shoulder surgery which needs more time to heal but he can still be ready for the day-night Test against Zimbabwe but it is “touch and go.” “Faf is looking touch and go. He’s been included in a bigger squad for the Zimbabwe Test but we’ll have to make a decision closer to the time as to whether he will play,” Dr Manjra was quoted as saying by Cricbuzz.
Cheteshwar Pujara grabs 3rd spot in latest ICC Test Rankings
Karun Nair, the ‘forgotten one’, dusts up memory with disciplined century
Kolkata : Karun Nair pushed an Aditya Sarvate delivery to midon, took a single to complete his 13th first-class hundred – third of the season – and had a stab at an improvised version of the dab (dance/celebration). Later, he would reveal it had been inspired by football. “It’s just that everyone was telling me I don’t do anything (after reaching a milestone). I always just lift my bat, so everyone was asking me to do something different. I saw that celebration in football and just thought I would do it,”
Nair said after the day’s play. The innings he played on the second day of the Ranji Trophy semifinal between Karnataka and Vidarbha at Eden Gardens was a celebration of batting discipline. He stood between the excellent Vidarbha medium pacer Rajneesh Gurbani and a Karnataka batting collapse. At stumps, Nair was still at the crease on 148, while Karnataka, at 294/8, had extended their first innings lead to 109. The ball continued to move in the air and off the deck on Day Two. But Nair out-thought the Vidarbha bowlers.
He left alone almost everything outside the off-stump and hardly attempted a cover drive. He also consciously avoided playing on the rise. When the bowlers lost patience and bowled straight, he picked the gaps. When they dropped it short, Nair punished them.He came to the crease on the first evening, when Karnataka had lost two early wickets. He saw his team lose its third immediately after his arrival. It was important for Nair to forge partnerships on Monday. CM Gautam gave him excellent company in the
Dubai: India’s middle-order batsman Cheteshwar Pujara improved a place to grab the third spot in the latest ICC Test Player Rankings here on Tuesday. Pujara, who has scored 4,396 runs at an average of 52.96 in 54 Tests, currently has 873 points in the list of Test batsmen, headed by Australia captain Steve Smith, who continued to top the rankings for almost two years. Top-ranked Smith moved closer towards Don Bradman’s highest-ever ranking points after a match-winning doublecentury in the third Ashes Test against England in Perth. The Australia captain’s innings of 239, which helped his team regain the Ashes by taking an unassailable 3-0 lead in the fivematch series, has seen him reach a tally of 945 points to take joint second position in the alltime list along with Len Hutton. Smith is within 16 points of Bradman’s tally of 961 points, has had a minimum of 918 points over the past 12 months, which is 25 more than what secondplaced Virat Kohli’s current total.
Virat Kohli is the No. 1 batsman in the world
I shouldn’t be compared with him, says Babar Azam new dilhi: Virat Kohli has risen to the top levels in world cricket following strong performances across formats. He sits second in the Test rankings, top in ODI and T20I rankings and his numbers are often used to compare to other stars in the game. Steve Smith, top ranked Test batsman, Kane Williamson, AB de Villiers, Joe Root are often named as the leading batsmen in world cricket. Kohli’s rise from a young and determined batsman to a
composed head as India skipper in all formats of the game has further earned him higher praise. Across the border, Babar Azam has emerged as one of the rising stars of the game and earned plenty of plaudits by former and current stars. He has also been compared to Kohli by Pakistan coach Mickey Arthur with both coming to bat at No.3 spot aiding the match-up. But the 23-year-old is not keen on being drawn into the comparison. Arthur had said that
The joint committee on the FRDI Bill, 2017 have decided to seek extension of time up to the last day of Budget Session, 2018.....
FRDI Bill unlikely to be tabled in Budget session New Delhi: The Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance Bill may not be introduced in Parliament even during the Budget Session, as the joint committee looking into it on Monday got an extension for submitting its report. Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan informed the House that extension of time has been granted for the joint panel on the FRDI Bill “up to the last day of Budget Session, 2018”. It also comes at a time when concerns have been raised in some quarters about certain provisions of the bill, which was introduced in the Lok Sabha in August this year. The joint committee on the FRDI Bill, 2017 have decided
to seek extension of time up to the last day of Budget Session, 2018, as the report of the joint committee would not be ready for presentation by December 15. The joint committee’s motion regarding extension of time could not be moved on December 15 “as the House
was adjourned after making obituary references. Hence, I have on behalf of the House granted extension of time,” Ms Mahajan said during Zero Hour. The Bill proposes to create a framework for overseeing financial institutions such as banks, insurance companies,
Chanakya IAS Academy Announces Prelims Test Series for CSE 2018 AHMEDABAD: Since the students aspiring to appear in CSE 2018 must be engrossed completely in preparation for Civil Services Preliminary exam, Chanakya IAS Academy announces its exclusive and most awaited Prelims Test Series to give a boost and a direction to their preparation. The Test Series will be available for both English and
Hindi Medium Students and will consist of total 40 papers, out of which 30 are for GS and 10 for CSAT. Students can either purchase the entire package or can opt for only GS Test Papers or just CSAT Test papers as per the requirement. The Test Series of Chanakya has been an indispensable tool for every serious aspirant and provides a splendid opportunity
for all those who are ready to upgrade their preparation to meet the UPSC standards. Depending upon the feasibility and preference of the students, Chanakya’s Prelims Test Series can be availed in online, postal or classroom format. The Test series will extensively cover the entire syllabus of Prelims with an aim to help students thoroughly prepare for the examination.
Azam reminded him of a younger Kohli. “He compared me with a very big player. I think it shouldn’t be done. But that is the coach’s thinking. Maybe the stats at the start of our careers are similar, but he is the No. 1 batsman in the world. I want to perform at a high level for Pakistan too,” said Azam in an interview to ESPNCricinfo. He further explained that he follows Kohli, Hashim Amla and his batting hero de Villiers. “I loved watching AB de
Villiers in the early days. I used to follow him closely. I copied him a lot too. In the nets, I used to at least try some of the shots he played in the matches. I play normally. Nowadays I follow Virat Kohli, Hashim Amla, and of course, de Villiers,” he said. In the India vs Pakistan Champions Trophy Final, Azam scored 46 runs off 52 balls where the Men in Green went on to claim the title in June earlier this year.
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ONGC organizes 1st Para Games in New Delhi Centre seeks
nod for extra expense
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley moved the second batch of Supplementary Demands for Grants for FY18 in the Lok Sabha.
New Delhi : The First edition of ‘ONGC Para Games’ kicked off today at Thyagraj Stadium, New Delhi. The 3-day event- a first of its kind corporate initiative, will witness participation from 120 Employees-100 men and 20 women with Disabilities from 16 work centers from across the country. The 1st ONGC Para Games is majorly focused on Athletics, Badminton and Table Tennis. The participants belong to different categories of disabilities, namely, VH (Visually Impaired), HH (Hearing Impaired) and OH (Orthopedically Handicapped). The events are categorized into 8 sub categories- Genderwise, age wise and disability wise.A total of 46 Events will be held in the 3 days extravaganza, which comprises of 5 categories in Badminton, 3 categories in Table Tennis, 4 Categories in Wheelchair and 34 in Athletics including 100 mtr, 200 mtr, 400 mtr, 2 Km Walk, Long jump and Discuss throw. Inaugurating this special event, Mr. Shashi Shanker, CMD-ONGC said.
New Delhi: The government on Monday sought Parliament’s approval for additional expenditure of Rs 66,113 crore for FY18 to roll out schemes for providing electricity connections to the poor and payment of urea subsidies among others. Of this, the proposals involving net cash outgo aggregate to Rs 33,379 crore and gross additional expenditure, matched by savings of the ministries or by enhanced receipts/ recoveries aggregates to Rs 32732 crore. The Centre has also sought Parliament’s approval
for “token provision” of Rs 1.3 crore — Rs 1 lakh for each item of expenditure — for enabling reappropriation of savings in cases involving ‘new service or new instrument of service’. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley moved the second batch of Supplementary Demands for Grants for FY18 in the Lok Sabha. Major spending heads include Rs 1,033.8 crore towards grants for creation of capital assets, subsidies and other charges for Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana (Saubhagya).
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Much of the Congress numbers was powered by the turnaround in Saurashtra, where the party won 28 seats (up from 15 it held earlier), besides central and north Gujarat.
BJP stops at 99, Saurashtra powers Congress 77
Ahmedabad : Missing the 100-seat mark, the BJP finished with 99 seats, and the Congress with 80 (including ally Bharatiya Tribal Party’s two and Jignesh Mevani’s seat), after nearly 12 hours of counting on Monday. Much of the Congress numbers was powered by the turnaround in Saurashtra, where the party won 28 seats (up
from 15 it held earlier), besides central and north Gujarat. In Mehsana, Congress won two of six seats — Unjha and Becharaji. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s hometown, Vadnagar, is in Unjha, where Congress’s Asha Patel defeated five-time BJP MLA Narayan Patel by over 19,000 votes. Notwithstanding
All 33 AAP candidates lose deposits in Gujarat AHMEDABAD: Aam Aadmi Party on Monday said that “EVMs have won and Gujarat has lost”. AAP sought to know why the Election Commission wasn’t ready to count at least 25% of VVPAT slips if the EVMs used in the polls were not tampered with. AAP, which was testing waters in Gujarat, fielded 33 candidates, all whom lost their deposit. “The VVPAT slips should be counted and tallied with the results of the EVMs. Without that, it’s a fixed match. There was virtually no crowd at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rallies and anxiety was writ large in the BJP camp. Hardik Patel’s rallies were extremely crowded. How can they win so easily in such a situation?” AAP spokesperson Saurab Bharadwaj asked. He claimed that EC’s decision to count VVPAT slips from one booth in each assembly constituency was a farce and did nothing to clear doubts over the credibility of EVMs. “We are not Class V students. We know that VVPAT slips of those booths where EVM tampering did not take place would be counted by EC. Slips of VVPATs picked up from random booths should be counted,” he said. Commenting on AAP’s performance, another party functionary asked: “How can the performance be good if the EVMs are tampered with?”
the BJP’s bravado and slogans at the party’s Gandhinagar headquarters on Monday evening, the election was a referendum on the newage leaders — Hardik Patel, Jignesh Mevani, Alpesh Thakor and even new Congress president Rahul Gandhi — and their new narrative that redefined benchmarks of vikas (development).
Congress wrests 2 more seats in Ahmedabad city AHMEDABAD: The rural and urban voter of Ahmedabad has voted quite differently in this elections. Of the total 21seats in Ahmedabad district — 16 within municipal limits and 5 in rural Ahmedabad — the Congress has managed to claim one seat from the BJP’s kitty in the rural and two in Ahmedabad city. The BJP lost Bapunagar and Jamalpur-Khadia seats to the Congress in the city and Dhanduka in the rural area. Till 2012 the BJP had 14 of the 16 seats within Ahmedabad city, while this time it reduced to 12 seats, with Congress retaining both Danilimda and Dariapur seats and adding Bapunagar and Jamalpur-Khadia to their lot. In Bapunagar, Congress’s Himmatsinh Patel won by 3,067 votes against BJP’s Jagrupsinh Rajput. Bapunagar, nicknamed the “Mini-Saurashtra” of Ahmedabad, where demography belongs to districts like Amreli, Bhavnagar, Junagadh, Jamnagar and other districts of the Saurashtra region of Gujarat.
Vadodara brings joy to BJP Vadodara : Second only to Ahmedabad as an urban constituency, Vadodara district remained a crucial player and did not disappoint the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Gujarat elections 2017. Party supporters later took to streets celebrating, turning roads saffron with party flags as loud music reverberated in air. Vadodara is renowned as a cultural city (Sanskari Nagri) and is also a flourishing industrial hub boasting of large-scale industries and IT companies. Out of 10 seats, BJP swept through 8. Remaining two went in the bag of Indian National Congress (INC). On expected lines, five urban (and three rural) seats went to the BJP while Congress won two rural seats of Padra and Karjan. Retaining the Vadodara city constituency, BJP’s Vakil Manisha bagged 1,16,367 leaving Congress with 63,984 votes. Other candidates from the BSP, AAP, GJP and independent candidates received less than 1,000 votes each. Interestingly, the option of None Of The Above (NOTA) garnered 3,253 votes for Vadodara city. Through the day, there was immense action outside counting Centre at the Polytechnic University, Vadodara.
Hardik Patel, 24, the face of the Patidar quota agitation has proved to be a big factor in Congress improving its performance.
Hardik Patel: The man who made it hard for BJP AHMEDABAD: Hardik Patel, 24, may have been too young to contest elections but the face of the Patidar quota agitation has proved to be a big factor in Congress improving its performance. OBC leader Alpesh Thakor and dalit leader Jignesh Mevani, who along with Hardik made up the troika of caste warriors Congress had pinned its hopes on, won their seats. Ironically, despite Hardik’s mobilisation of Patels in Saurashtra, he stood isolated at the end of the day as he addressed the media with just a handful of supporters, blaming “EVM tampering” for BJP’s victory. The reason for his disappointment was BJP’s strong performance in urban Patidar pockets like Ahmedabad and Surat. Thakor, who joined Congress
less than two months ago, stands to gain politically with three of his six associates accommodated by the party also winning the polls. Besides, with prominent Gujarat Congress leaders like Shaktisinh Gohil, Arjun Modhwadia, and Siddharth Patel biting the dust, analysts see a bigger opportunity for the OBC winner from Radhanpur
Jignesh Mevani, Alpesh Thakor set to take on govt in new Assembly
Gujarat election results 2017: Mevani won from Vadgam, defeating his nearest BJP rival, Vijay Chakravarti, by 19,696 votes. Thakor emerged victorious from Radhanpur, trouncing BJP’s Lavingji Thakor by 14,857 votes Ahmedabad : At an Express Adda event in Ahmedabad on September 29, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani had dared Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel, Jignesh Mevani, who emerged as a leader of Dalit forces in the aftermath of the Una flogging incident, and Alpesh Thakor, an OBC leader who took on the BJP government in the state over its prohibition policy and unemployment, to contest elections. While they were getting traction in
their rallies, Rupani said, elections would show the real measure of their popularity. Less than three months later, two of them — Mevani and Thakor — emerged winners in the assembly elections on Monday. Hardik, at 23, is short of the minimum age to contest elections. His relentless campaigning, asking people to “vote out the BJP”, however, is seen as having added to the Congress’s score in Patidardominated seats in Saurashtra.
in the organisation despite his induction being recent. ”Alpesh will work as a Congress MLA. The high command will decide his future role,” said Gujarat Congress chief Bharatsinh Solanki about the OBC leader, who is the convenor of the Gujarat Kshatriya Thakor Sena and had formed the SC-STOBC Ekta Manch to counter Hardik’s PAAS.
W. Rly Recovers Rs. 7.59 crore from 1.82 lakh cases of Ticketless travelling during November, 2017 Western Railway conducted regular checks during November, 2017 where in about 1.82 lakh cases of ticketless/ irregular travel including unbooked luggage cases were detected, resulting in recovery of Rs. 7.59 crore. Besides, 876 beggars & unauthorized hawkers etc were apprehended, evicted, fined and 46 persons were sent to jail. According to a press release issued by Shri Ravinder Bhakar, Chief Public Relations Officer of W.Rly, 235 checks were conducted during this period against touts and other anti- social elements by Western Rly’s commercial department. As a result, 128 persons were apprehended and prosecuted and fined under various sections of Railways Act. During the month of November, 2017, 66 school children above 12 years of age were detected traveling in ladies compartment of suburban trains and were removed from ladies compartment by Surakshini squad. Western Railway regularly conducts drive against ticketless travellers. In its endeavour to provide better services to its bonafide rail users and also to curb ticketless travelling, WR has regularly been taking necessary steps.
Legalise same-sex international marriage: Rodrigo Duterte Slow-moving Kai-Tak swept out to the South China Sea after inducing days of heavy rain that led to deadly floods and landslides.
Philippines storm: Death toll rises to 43, 45 still missing
Manila: The death toll from a tropical storm that pummelled the central Philippines rose to 43 with hopes fading for dozens of others still missing after massive landslides, authorities said on Tuesday. Slow-moving Kai-Tak finally swept out to the South China Sea on Monday after inducing days of heavy rain that led to deadly floods and landslides as it sliced across the central islands last weekend. The government’s disaster monitoring agency listed 43 dead in an updated tally
and said 45 other people were still missing, many of them feared buried by mud avalanches that struck the small island of Biliran. “The retrieval operations are still ongoing but we are not finding anyone alive. We
only find dead bodies,” Sofronio Dacillo, a disaster monitoring officer informed over a phone call from Biliran. “We still have not given up hope of finding someone alive but the chances are slim.” Bulldozers continued to
dig for survivors in houses buried by landslides on Biliran, located about 500 kilometres (310 miles) southeast of Manila. The island accounted for 30 of the 43 deaths, with 31 residents missing, authorities said. The storm’s slow movement caused large volumes of rain to fall on the central Philippines, government weather forecaster Jun Galang said. “It stayed almost stationary so it dumped a lot of rain and caused a lot of landslides which caused many deaths,” Galang said.
Firebrand President Rodrigo Duterte has said he wants same-sex marriage legalised in the Philippines, a move that would bring him into conflict with the dominant Roman Catholic Church. Duterte, a longtime critic of the church which counts about 80 per cent of Filipinos as followers, made the remarks in a speech before the LGBT community in his southern home city of Davao on Monday. “I want same-sex marriage. The problem is we’ll have to change the law. But we can change the law,” he said to wide applause. “The law says marriage is a union between a man and a woman. I don’t have any problems making it marrying a man, marrying a woman or whatever is the predilection of the human being,” he added. Divorce, abortion and same-sex marriage are still illegal in the Philippines due largely to the influence of the Catholic Church. But Duterte, who took office in mid-2016, has actively attacked the church, accusing the clergy of sexual abuses and hypocrisy. The church in turn has been one of the most outspoken critics of Duterte, particularly
his human rights record. Thousands of people have been killed by police under the president’s centrepiece “war on drugs” policy. Duterte, whose allies control both houses of Congress, did not specify how same-sex marriage would
be legalised. “Whatever makes you happy, I will give it to you. Why would I stop it? Why impose a morality that is no longer working and almost passe?” he said. Duterte has a history of sexist remarks, boasting about his womanising and joking about rape. But he has also had allies in the gay and lesbian community for many years.
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