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Short News Jammu and Kashmir: Two civilians, Army jawan killed as Pak violates ceasefire near Akhnoor, BSF retaliates effectively
New Delhi : Two civilians and an Army jawan were killed as Pakistani Rangers continued resorting to unprovoked mortar shelling and small arms fire along the international border in Jammu and Kashmir for the third day on Saturday. Identifying the deceased as Ghara Ram of Kapurpur in R S Pura sector and Ghara Singh of Abdullian village, sources said that a 42-year-old Gujjar was injured in Kanachak area. An army jawan was also killed in sniper fire from across the LoC in Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch, according to police sources. The jawan as identified as Mandeep Singh of village Alampur in Punjab’s Sangroor district. Giving details, sources said that they were firing on forward Indian positions and civilian areas from R S Pura to Kanachak and Pargwal sectors. The BSF personnel were retaliating strongly and effectively. In retaliation, BSF killed four Pakistani Rangers, besides destroying their POL (Petroleum, Oil, Lubricants) and ammunition dump across the international border opposite Suchetgarh and Pargwal sectors. The loss of life and property appears to be more on Pakistan side as announcements on loudspeakers from mosques were being made at various villages there for attending the nimaz-e-jinaza.
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Four SDPI workers arrested in ABVP activist’s murder case in Kannur Kochi : Four workers of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), the political arm of the Popular Front, have been arrested by the police for alleged involvement in the killing of ABVP activist Shyam Prasad in Kannur district of the state. Prasad, an ABVP activist studying at the Government Industrial Training Institute (ITI) in Peravoor, was riding a motorcycle on Friday when he was waylaid by some youths in a car. Though he tried to take shelter in a house nearby, the gang followed him and hacked him to death. Police say Prasad’s murder was an act of retaliation following an attack on an SDPI worker allegedly by RSS workers in the area last week. A school bus driver, the SDPI activist is recuperating in a hospital. Police say the four SDPI workers —Salim Hamza, Ameer Abdul Rahman, Muhammad Basheer and Shaheem Shamsudeen— have confessed to committing the murder. Basheer is also an accused in the murder of CPM worker Naroth Dileepan. Police have been able to retrieve the weapons used in the murder. The accused were arrested from Thalappuzha in neighbouring Wayanad district based on the inputs of the eye-witnesses.
Senior journalist Anindya Sengupta passes away
Kolkata : Journalist Anindya Sengupta died Saturday at a private hospital in Kolkata, family sources said. He was 52. Sengupta was suffering from cancer, they said. He is survived by wife and a daughter. Sengupta started his career with Bengali newspaper ‘Bartaman’, and then worked with English dailies ‘The Statesman’ and ‘The Telegraph’. He had served as the secretary of Kolkata Press Club for six terms, and was presently the secretary of the Indian Journalists Association (IJA). West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed condolences on his demise. “Saddened at the passing away of senior journalist Anindya Sengupta. Condolences to his family and colleagues,” she wrote on Twitter.
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Can’t put price on human life: Rajnath Singh on defence casualty compensation
New Delhi: As part of the “Bharat Ke Veer” initiative, which is a corpus fund to help the families of paramilitary troopers killed in the line of duty, an official anthem was launched in New Delhi on Saturday. The anthem, sung and composed by singer Kailash Kher, was launched at an event which was attended by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, his deputies Kiren Rijiju and Hansraj Ahir, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba and Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar. During the event, an amount of Rs 12.93 crore was raised for the fund with the participation and contribution from celebrities like Akshay, Kailash and people from the corporate world. The event was also attended by heads of all the Central Armed Police Forces. “We have launched this anthem. I ask everyone who love music to download this anthem. Whatever money will come from this anthem will be donated to this initiative,” said Kher. Rijiju, who officially launched the anthem, said, “I knew that for a patriotic song the most suitable voice is Kailash Kher.
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“Over the last two years, India’s membership of MTCR, Wassenaar Arrangement & Australia Group reaffirms India’s strong non-proliferation credentials & also our commitment to global peace and security,” PM Modi said.
India’s entry into elite nuclear groups reaffirms its ‘non-proliferation commitments’: PM Modi New Delhi : Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday that India’s entry into elite nuclear groups in the recent past has reaffirmed the country’s strict non-proliferation commitments. His remarks comes a day after India became a member of the ‘Australia Group’ (AG), an important non-proliferation regime which seeks to ensure that exports do not contribute to the development of chemical or biological weapons. “I thank Australia and other members of the Australia Group for export control for supporting India’s entry in it,” PM Modi tweeted. He said over the last two years, India’s membership of the MTCR, Wassenaar Arrangement and Australia Group reaffirmed the country’s “strong non-proliferation credentials also our commitment to global peace and security”. After
the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) and the Wassenaar Arrangement (WA), the membership in another of the four major export control regimes is expected to give India a boost in its bid to secure a berth in the 48-member Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG).
1 year on, Trump leads divided US into govt shutdown; blame game begins gns, Washington: The federal government shut down at the stroke of midnight Friday, halting all but the most essential operations and marring the oneyear anniversary of President Donald Trump’s inauguration in a striking display of Washington
dysfunction. Last-minute negotiations crumbled as Senate Democrats blocked a four-week stopgap extension in a latenight vote, causing the fourth government shutdown in a quarter century. Behind the scenes, however, leading Republicans
The four senior Supreme Court judges – Justices J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B Lokuar and Kurian Joseph – had in their press conference last week cited the assignment of the Loya case as one of the reasons for their differences with the CJI.
SC bench headed by CJI Dipak Misra to hear Judge Loya case on Monday gns, New Delhi : A threejudge bench headed by the Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra and comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud will hear on Monday two petitions demanding independent probe into the death of CBI Special Judge B H Loya. The supplementary cause list of the court which was put out on Saturday shows the two petitions numbered as item numbers 45 and 45.1. On Friday, the Court had decided to assign the two petitions for hearing as per the court roster. The petitions were mentioned before a bench headed by the Chief Justice of India which ordered, “on mentioning,
the matter is taken on Board. List the matters on January 22, 2018, before the appropriate Bench as per the roster”. Earlier on January 16, the matter was heard by a two-judge bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Mohan M Shantanagoudar which adjourned the matter by a week without fixing any date to hear it.
Pak, ISI directed to abduct Jadhav against huge sums of money: Baloch activist gns, Mumbai: Kulbhushan Jadhav, an Indian national who is on death row in Pakistan on allegations of being a spy, was ‘’kidnapped on the directions of the Pakistani government and the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) for huge sums of money”, Baloch activist Mama Qadeer has said. ‘’Kulbhushan Jadhav was abducted from Iran by (terrorist) Mullah Omar on being given directions and huge sums of money by Pakistan. Jadhav was then taken to Islamabad via Quetta and was made to give proPakistan statements through force and torture,’’ he said, according to news agency .‘’Whoever goes missing or is murdered in Balochistan, Pakistan and its agencies like ISI are responsible for it. Pakistan is running a terror factory, they have produced Hafiz
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Saeed and Syed Salahuddin,” the Baloch activist said. Mama Qadeer said, “It (Pakistan) has produced Hafiz Saeed, (Syed) Salahuddin and Mullah Omar, an Iranian Baloch, who is behind the arrest of Indian national Kulbhushan Jadhav from Chabahar in Iran. Kulhushan Jadhav was doing business in Iran and he was trapped at the behest of Pakistan’s ISI on charges of spying in Balochistan.” He said, “Mullah Omar accepted the deal as Pakistan and Iran shares border and both sides of the border has Baloch population.
The written order which came out late in the evening showed that the judges had also ordered that the matters be “put up before the appropriate bench.” This raised doubts whether the judges had recused from hearing the matter. Four senior Supreme Court judges — Justices J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, Madan B Lokur and Kurian Joseph — had in a press conference last week cited the assignment of the Loya case as one of the reasons for their differences with the CJI. The two petitions have been filed by Maharashtra-based journalist B R Lone and activist Tehseen Poonavala.
and Democrats were already moving toward a next step, trying to work out a compromise to avert a lengthy shutdown. Since the shutdown began at the start of a weekend, many of the immediate effects will be muted for most Americans.
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TN bus fare hike: Stalin urges ‘horse-traded’ AIADMK govt to roll back move Chennai: A day after the Tamil Nadu government hiked the bus fares in the state, DMK Working President MK Stalin on Saturday said that it was a “testing time for the poor and the marginalised people of the state”. Shocked over the move, Stalin urged the “horse-traded” and “commission agent” government to roll it back with immediate effect. After a gap of six years, Tamil Nadu government on Friday hiked the fares of buses under State run transport corporations and private entities approximately by 20 to 54.54 per cent. Effective from Saturday, the fare has been hiked for buses across categories viz moffusil, city, ordinary, express, deluxe, bypassnon-stop, ultra deluxe, air-conditioned and Volvo modes, an official release said.
Taking adequate steps to ensure fair polls: Nagaland CEO gns, Kohima : The election department in Nagaland is taking adequate measures to ensure free and fair polls on February 27, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Abhijit Sinha has said. Addressing a press meet on Friday, Sinha expressed hope that all electorates will be exercising their franchise in an ethical and informed manner without being intimidated or influenced. The final electoral rolls, published last week, has names of 11, 89,264 voters – 6, 00,536 male and 5, 88,728 female. “Of the 2194 polling stations in the state, 459 are in urban areas and 1735 in rural areas,” he said, adding that 1,048 polling stations have been declared critical, 519 vulnerable and 617 normal. The Photo Electoral Rolls (PER) coverage in the state stands at
99.99% and Electoral Photo Identity Card (EPIC) coverage at 96.95% “The identification of voters at the polling booths is mandatory. Those provided with EPIC will have to furnish the details at the booth.” Sinha said, urging all residual electors to obtain their EPIC from the registration officers of their constituencies. Elaborating on the security measures, he said, 273 companies of Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) along with 58 companies of State Armed Police Force and 5,698 personnel of District Executive Force will be deployed to maintain the law and order situation. Apart from that, 94 static check posts will be set up alongside 94 static surveillance teams and 180 flying squad teams, the CEO said.
“In other states, wherever the Parliamentary Secretaries were appointed, they were given the status of minister of state and all facilities were given to them. However, this was not which happened in Delhi, even then discrimination is happening with us,” AAP national spokesperson Sanjay Singh said.
AAP accuses EC of ‘discrimination’ after it recommends disqualification of its 20 MLAs gns, New Delhi : Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday accused the Election Commission of ‘discrimination’ and said the poll panel had no right to recommend disqualification of 20 AAP MLAs in ‘Office of Profit’ case as the Delhi High Court had said they are not Parliamentary secretaries. Addressing a press conference, AAP national spokesperson Sanjay Singh asked, “How could the Election Commission recommend disqualification of the 20 AAP MLA as the Delhi High Court had said they are not Parliamentary
Secretaries?” “In other states, wherever the Parliamentary Secretaries were appointed, they were given the status of minister of state and all facilities were given to them. However, this was not what happened in Delhi, even then discrimination is happening with us,” he
added. Appealing to the President Ram Nath Kovind to hear AAP’s view as well, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said, There was no hearing, we were not given a chance to explain our stand. We appeal to the President to hear our view too, MLAs will meet President
also.” The poll panel on Friday recommended to the President the disqualification of 20 AAP MLAs on charges of holding an ‘Office of Profit’. The 20 AAP legislators have been accused of being unconstitutionally appointed as Parliamentary Secretaries to aid various ministers of the Delhi government. Lauding the Election Commission’s recommendation, Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari had said it was a “moral defeat” for Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and he should resign.
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SC’s Padmaavat ruling is welcome, now enforce it
The Supreme Court acted strongly on Thursday in staying the notifications issued by the Rajasthan and Gujarat governments to prevent the release of the film Padmaavat, which has fallen foul of a Rajasthan-based caste outfit that has projected itself as an upholder of Rajput traditions and history as perceived by it. The court rightly spoke in terms of protecting the freedom of expression. However, it’s far from certain that these two state governments, as well as Madhya Pradesh, whose BJP government had taken a comparable stance, appreciate the meaning of the Supreme Court’s order or are inclined to follow it in letter and spirit. The Haryana government, also run by the BJP, had initially taken the same view on not permitting release of the film in the state as the other BJP-ruled states, but appears to have modified its stand in view of the court’s order.This is forwardlooking. But even in Haryana it’s not certain that the film’s inaugural screening will take place on January 25 as planned. This is due to the threat of violence that may deter cinemas. Indeed, this factor appears to loom larger in some of the other states under the BJP’s administration. The casteinspired groups give every indication that they will take active steps to ensure that an “unofficial ban” of the film is implemented. This is indeed worrying. It is regrettable that the chief ministers of the states in question are holding back from showing respect for the rule of law and upholding high constitutional values. Officially, these states have only said that they will study the order and then see what they will do. This is regressive. To begin with, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Haryana were wrong in adopting the attitude they did once the Central Board of Film Certification, a statutory body, had cleared the film with some changes. These changes were brought about to placate the so-called caste sentiments, although the opponents of the film had made dire threatening observations against the producers, director and the actors of the film without even bothering to see the film, in spite of repeated requests by all concerned to do so. There is a lesson here — that appeasement of backward elements in society that openly threaten violence, in their eagerness to subvert the Constitution, is never a good idea. It encourages brinkmanship all the more.
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Akshay Kumar’s PadMan will now release on February 9, along with Neeraj Pandey’s action drama Aiyaary and Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety. Both PadMan and Aiyaary were earlier supposed to release on the same Republic Day weekend.
Akshay Kumar starrer PadMan postponed, will release on February 9 R Balki’s PadMan, starring Akshay Kumar, Radhika Apte and Sonam Kapoor, will now hit screens on February 9. Akshay Kumar announced the new release date at a press meet, which was also attended by Padmaavat director Sanjay Leela Bhansali. At the press meet, Akshay Kumar said, “My film was going to come on January 25 and Padmaavat was also releasing on the same date. I was rehearsing for Filmfare Awards, and Bhansali sir came there and said I have done a lot of films with him, and if I can move my film. See, we are one family and I can understand he has gone through a lot, he has put a lot of money, the studio people have put a lot of money. I would want Padmaavat to release solo and would like to wish him luck. PadMaan will now release on February 9.” Akshay added, “Sanjay is a very personal dear friend of mine. He asked for it, so I went for it. They have a reason to release it this time. It is very essential for them to release it as quickly as possible. So I understand that. The point is not about fighting or clashing. We both (the films) can easily come on this date because the business will still happen. There are around 5,000 theaters and we both can share it, but at the moment, the stake of their film is much more higher than mine.”
Adam Levine recollects a humorous incident Maroon 5 singer Adam Levine has realised what he cannot do before his pregnant wife Behati Prinsloo gives birth to their second daughter. According to People.com, during his appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! he shared the baby advice he received from The Voice co-star Carson Daly when he was expecting his first child, Dusty Rose. “Remember to eat. A large percentage of new dads pass out because they forget to take care of themselves and don’t nourish their bodies with food and faint a lot of the time,” he said. “So (Behati) went into labour. I was eating a lot. We go to the hospital, I’ve put back an unbelievable amount of food. Basically, bursting at the seams, I was gonna s**t my pants. My wife is in labour and it’s the lamest thing to be when your wife is going to be having a baby and you’re like ‘I got to take a s**t.’ So you got to keep it inside, literally and figuratively. It was brutal (sic),” he added.
Selena Gomez calls out Nick Jonas Selena Gomez called out Nick Jonas due to a date gone wrong a few years ago. Nick was on the BBC Radio 1 Breakfast Show and JustJared.com reported that Nick wore a heart rate monitor and special guests, including Selena and Joe Jonas, tried to get his heart pounding. Selena said in a video message, “Hello Nicholas, it is Selena Gomez. So I know what you’re doing and I would like to remind you of a time where we all went to Central Park together, it was over 10 years ago. I was wondering if that brought up anything for you, I know Central Park was really beautiful, it was actually my first time.” Nick explained, “We were very private about our relationship. And she was unhappy that her Central Park experience was ruined by the fact that I walked about 20 feet away from her. Even though they were taking pictures of us and obviously we were there together it was like, ‘It would be better if we stand about 25 feet apart.’ So her and Taylor Swift, who was dating my brother Joe, walked 25 feet behind us as we walked through the park by ourselves (sic).”
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Justin Bieber’s mom defends him
Janhvi and Ishaan Khatter’s Dhadak to release on July 20 Justin Bieber’s mother Pattie Mallette took to Instagram to support her son amid the rumours that Selena Gomez’s mother hasn’t approved of him. She posted a photo, cuddling close beside Bieber on a boat. She wrote, “I’m so proud of the amazing young man you are, and the young man you are becoming. None of us are perfect and never will be, (so we will always need patience and grace for each other), but your genuine growing relationship with Jesus is evident in the choices you are making daily and the good ‘fruit’ you bear.” She continued, “I admire your character and integrity. You are maturing beautifully and wise beyond your years. You are so funny that I find myself laughing out loud when I’m alone, remembering of something you said or did. And your heart is gold. I love you to the moon and back. Did I mention I was proud of you?” Justin’s girlfriend Selena Gomez’s mother, Mandy Teefey, told GossipCop earlier that she’s “not happy” about her daughter dating the pop star again.
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Shashank Khaitan’s movie Dhadak starring star kids Ishaan Khatter and Janhvi Kapoor will now release on July 20. The movie was earlier scheduled to release on July 6. However, its date has now been moved to July 20. The reason for the postponed release is not clear yet. Dhadak producer Karan Johar shared the news on Twitter with a poster of the movie and a caption that read, “#6monthstoDHADAK #dhadak releasing 20th JULY 2018! Directed by @ ShashankKhaitan and PRESENTING #janhvi and #Ishaan @DharmaMovies @ZeeStudios_ @apoorvamehta18.” Dhadak is a remake of the Marathi blockbuster Sairat, which starred newcomers Rinku Rajguru and Akash Thosar. The original was produced and directed by Nagraj Manjule. Director Shashank Khaitan had earlier said in an interview with news agancy about the movie, “The basic premise is of differences in caste.
Chicago, where Kanye West was raised, is the name of baby No. 3 with Kim Kardashian West. Kim made the announcement Friday on her app without explanation. Chicago was born Monday, weighing 7 pounds, 6 ounces. She joins big sister North, 4, and middle brother Saint, 2. Kardashian West’s fertilized egg had been implanted into a surrogate, who gave birth to the child. The rapper and the reality star chose to use a carrier after Kim suffered pregnancy complications with her two older children. She said her doctors told her it wasn’t safe for her to carry another baby. The name choice generated a bit of buzz in Chicago and on social media, where the wind jokes flew. The hashtag ‘#BabyWest’ trended on Twitter in the U.S. by late afternoon Friday, with Kardashian West tweeting out the nickname Chi. “It’s a great city. I love it. But I’m not sure if I would name my baby that. Maybe like a middle name or something,” said Taylor Tippett, in Chicago. Ashley Boice, also in Chicago, said she isn’t surprised by the unusual name. “They’re trying to one up all the other celebs and their crazy names,” she said.
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I didn’t want to live: Michael Phelps reveals his battle with crippling depression Phelps said he reached rock bottom following the 2012 Olympics in London where he won four gold medals and two silver.
Australian Open 2018: Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic advance to 4th round
Melbourne: Roger Federer eased into the second week of the Australian Open with a 6-2 7-5 6-4 win over Richard Gasquet on Saturday evening that kept the Swiss on course for a 20th grand slam title. The 36-year-old defending champion reached the fourth round of the Melbourne Park tournament for the 16th time by shifting up the gears when required to see off his French opponent in just under two hours on Rod Laver Arena. Gasquet played a solid match, studded with his trademark occasional moments of shot-making brilliance, but that was never enough to overcome one of the best players of all time. Watched from the stands by 11-times grand slam champion Laver, second seed Federer sealed the victory with a backhand winner to set up a first career meeting with Hungarian Marton Fucsovics for a place in the quarter-finals. Former champion Novak Djokovic added an apparent muscle strain in his lower back to concerns about his problem elbow but still overpowered Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas 6-2 6-3 6-3 to reach the fourth round of the Australian Open on Saturday.
gns, Los Angeles: Swimming great Michael Phelps revealed that he has battled severe anxiety and depression for much of his life which drove him to consider suicide after his success at the 2012 Olympics. Speaking at a mental health conference in Chicago, the 23-time Olympic gold medal winner talked openly about his long battle with crippling depression and is encouraging others to get help like he did. “After every Olympics I think I fell into a major state of depression,” the 32-year-old Phelps said. Phelps said he reached rock bottom following the 2012 Olympics in London where he won four
gold medals and two silver. For four days he remained in his room without food or sleep. “I didn’t want to be in the sport anymore,” he said. “I didn’t want to be alive.” When he hit a low point in his depression, Phelps said, “You do contemplate suicide.” Over the past two years Phelps has opened up about his struggles. Once again, Phelps said his depression and anxiety problems have been a staple of his life for the past 17 years. “We’re supposed to be this big, macho, physically strong human beings, but this is not a weakness,” he said. “We are seeking and reaching for help.
The 26-year-old Halep will meet the winner of home favourite Ashleigh Barty and Japan’s Naomi Osaka for a place in the quarterfinals.
Australian Open 2018: Simona Halep in 4th round, beats Lauren Davis in a thriller gns, Melbourne: World number one Simona Halep saved three match points before edging an inspired Lauren Davis 4-6, 6-4, 1513 in a thrilling marathon to reach the fourth round of the Australian Open on Saturday. The Romanian fought back from the brink at 11-10 in the epic final set before serving out the match on the fourth attempt after a taxing three hours and 44 minutes on the centre court at Rod Laver Arena. A former quarterfinalist at Melbourne Park, Halep closed out the attritional contest on the first match point, when 76thranked American Davis, who had gone for broke all match, fired into the tramlines, her 73rd unforced error. The 26-year-old Halep will meet the winner of home favourite Ashleigh Barty and Japan’s Naomi Osaka for a place in the quarterfinals, having carried her injured ankle through a deciding set of 142 minutes. “I‘m almost dead but it was nice that we could show good tennis,” Halep said in the on-court interview, raising a
laugh from the crowd. ”Definitely it was a very tough match, so long, and I never played the third set so long. “I just feel that my muscles are gone. My ankle is -- I don’t know how it is because I don’t feel it any more.” She came within an inch of the biggest win of her career when she swooped forward to pounce on a speculative drop-
shot and whipped a passing shot to earn three match points at 11-10. Halep nervelessly saved them all, winning five points in a row for a galvanising hold before Davis removed her sneaker and walked gingerly to her chair. She took a medical timeout to stall Halep’s momentum and the Romanian fumed on the baseline as a trainer
worked on Davis’s toe. With Davis hobbled slightly, Halep moved in for the kill but the American saved five break points to frustrate her opponent, and later thanked the net cord for helping her hold again at 12-12. Halep finally breached Davis’s serve at 14-13, and edged a 17-shot rally to come within two points of victory.
Australian Open 2018: Kerber thrashes Sharapova; Chung stuns Alex Zverev Melbourne: South Korean Hyeon Chung does not appear especially intimidating with his Zen-like demeanour and whiteframed spectacles but as German wunderkind Alex Zverev will testify, the 21-year-old should come with a health warning. Fourth seed Zverev went into their Australian Open thirdround clash of rising stars as favourite and with many tipping him as a potential winner of the tournament. Despite winning the first and third sets with some stunning tennis, however, the 20-year-old could not shake off the relentless Chung and ended up caving in 5-7 7-6(3) 2-6 6-3 6-0. Zverev was a broken man by the time the deciding set began and Chung needed just 23 minutes to put him out of his misery and become just the third South Korean to progress to the fourth round of a grand slam.
Conor McGregor set to lose UFC title as Tony Ferguson-Khabib Nurmagomedov square off
gns, Boston: Conor McGregor’s reign as UFC lightweight champion looks to be over after the organisation’s president Dana White said on Friday that American Tony Ferguson and Russian Khabib Nurmagomedov will fight for the undisputed title on April 7. The UFC had previously announced that interim lightweight title holder Ferguson would meet Nurmagomedov at UFC 223 in Brooklyn, and the winner of that fight will now become the undisputed champion, White told a news conference on Friday. However the UFC chief did not say that Irishman McGregor had already been stripped of his belt, despite repeated questions from the media. By far the sport’s most high-profile athlete, McGregor rose through the UFC ranks, knocking out Jose Aldo in 13 seconds to be crowned featherweight champion in December 2015 and adding the lightweight belt less than a year later.
Market wins for seventh Airbus delivers 176 aircraft to straight week, up 919 points China in 2017
Beijing: Airbus has delivered 176 aircraft to China in 2017, its eighth consecutive year of more than 100 deliveries, the company said. One fourth of the Airbus’total global deliveries went to China in 2017, which include 141 single-aisle A320 plane, 32 medium-size A330s, and three A350XWB widebody aircraft, it said in a statement on Friday. “2017 marks an incredible year forAirbus as we created a new record of global deliveries of 718. For Airbus, China is a crucial market and a strategic partner with win-win cooperation,” said George Xu, Airbus China CEO. On January 9, Airbus signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National Development and Reform Commission on industrial cooperation in Tianjin, north China’s port city. Airbus and its Chinese partners also signed a framework agreement to raiseA320 production at the final assembly line in Tianjin to six aircraft per month from four per month at present. Since, Airbus set up a representative office in China in 1994, it has made rapid progress with cooperation worth about USD 600 million in 2017 and a target of USD one billion dollars per year by 2020, state run Xinhua news agency reported.
Mumbai: Market continued its rally for seventh straight week, conquering new milestones as Benchmark Sensex gained 919.19 points to end new record highs at 35,511.58, while the broader Nifty closed at all-time historic high at 10,894.70. Barring some profitbooking on Tuesday session, bulls stayed confident through-out the week, though buying interest was not seen in the broader market, gains were mainly built-up by buying in stocks of banking, IT and Teck counters supported by positive economic datas and stock specific reports. Investors optimism swelled last Friday’s release of key macro-datas of Industrial production (IIP) numbers which marked 17
months-high in November, while spike in retail inflation (CPI) were duly sidelined by investors. Data of widening trade-deficit along with crude volatility and concern over fiscal-slippage played a spoil- sport,
it was remarkably cushioned by government decision to lower the additional borrowing requirement of the current fiscal as well as media reports of approval of 100 percent FDI in banks.
ONGC acquires 51.11% stake of President of India in Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited
gns, New Delhi : Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. (ONGC) and the President of India (President) have been engaged in discussions on a potential transaction for purchase by ONGC of the President’s shareholding of 51.11% in Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) [BSE/NSE: 500104/HINDPETRO] in furtherance of the budget announcement by the Government of India for creating an ‘oil major’ which will be able to match the performance of international and domestic private sector oil and gas companies.
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Rupee wobbles on gushing trade deficit woes amid rising crude
gns, Mumbai: The Indian rupee skidded further against the beleagured dollar as forex market sentiment took a hard hit on the back of suring global crude prices and growing trade deficit concerns. Stretching its losses for the secondstraight week, the home currency depreciated by 21 paise to end at 63.84. Overall trading mood turned into dismay after the countrys trade deficit widened to a three-year high on higher oil and gold imports. The rising inflation and some speculation that the government may miss its deficit target after international crude oil prices hit USD 70 a barrel will give less space to RBI to cut rates in the near term, adding to worries. Furthermore, the retail inflation accelerated to 5.2 per cent in December last year, though wholesale prices eased to 3.58 per cent in December 2017. Indeed it was a highly volatile week for currency market as rupee climbed to a fresh 3-year high of 63.33 before retreating sharply.
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The displaced families staged a protest in the premises of the VMC, holding placards demanding that the civic body grant them homes in keeping with its word......
Displaced Kalyannagar residents restart stir in Vadodara gns, Vadodara : Close to 550 Muslim families of Kalyannagar, who were displaced in a demolition drive by the Vadodara Municipal Corporation in November 2014, on Friday restarted their agitation against the civic body demanding the homes that were promised to them at the site of the demolished slums. The fresh protests have come almost a year after the construction of the in-situ rehabilitation project was discontinued after the civic body allegedly exhausted its funds.
and Africa and called the BJP-led VMC’s conduct “most shameful”. In the memorandum, Bandukwala had rejected the offer of the VMC to provide alternate relocation of Muslim families to Tandalja, after discontinuing the rental compensation of Rs 3,000, that was agreed upon in a 2015 resolution between the VMC, elected BJP MLAs and the representatives of the families to end the deadlock over the rehabilitation. The VMC, in its 2015 resolution, had promised to
The displaced families staged a protest in the premises of the VMC, holding placards demanding that the civic body grant them homes in keeping with its word. Preceding the protests, the representatives of the families, led by Dr J S Bandukwala, submitted a series of memorandums to the civic body. Earlier this month, Bandukwala had written to Chief Minister Vijay Rupani where he likened the developments in the matter to the apartheid system of South America
Abhivyakti sets glittering stage in Ahmedabad for artists gns, AHMEDABAD: At times, all that matters to a person is that one chance to be able to make a difference. Taking the idea forward and creating a platform for budding artists across various arenas, ‘Abhivyakti - City Arts Project’ - was inaugurated on Friday at Sanskar Kendra. A splendid classical dance performance marked the beginning of the festival, where artists danced from the iconic Sanskar Kendra to the stage that had been set up in the garden of the campus. Abhivyakti is a unique initiative that has been curated to bring forth a beautiful amalgamation of various forms of art to the people of the city. Some 30 emerging artists in various arenas of art, craft and visual and performing arts will present their creative expression over the next 30 days in the monthlong
festival. On the first day of Abhivyakti, a special dance performance from Vaibhav Arekar - a celebrated dancer of Nalanda troupe along with Shakuntalabai Nagarkar & troupe performed a classical dance Shringar Ranga, which portrays love.
SMC sets lofty target of slum-free Surat
gns, Surat: Surat is on its way to become a slumfree city by 2022. Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has started building houses for nearly 80,000 slum dwellers of 354 slums pockets of the city. SMC conducted a survey two years after central government’s announcement of housing for all by 2022 and found that there were at least 354 slum pockets in the city where 74,000 units were located and 80,000 people lived. Two decades ago about 20 per cent of the population of the city lived in slums, but now the slums dwellers make up only 6.84 per cent of the total population. This
Over 250 women will search No more toll tax on Chhani laughter in their shrieks rail overbridge gns, SURAT: More than 250 women in mid-30s would attend a unique programme of laughter and crying together to be held in the city on Saturday. The programme called ‘Aansu and Muskan’ will provide an avenue to the participants to emote during different sessions to be addressed by a laughter guru and a psychiatrist. Well-known laughter guru Kamlesh Masalawala told TOI, “Emotions are connected with our mind and it requires thorough cleaning. If your mind is clean, you will always keep smiling and laughing. If you want to keep smiling, you need to clean your mind for which crying at least once in month is a must. Crying is an emotional act which cleanses your mind of sad memories. You begin to
feel lighter after you have cried.” Psychiatrists say the fast-paced world of today does not allow many people to show their emotions. Crying is an important emotion, but is seen as a sign of weakness by many. “If a person laughs without reason, people might call him mad. However, when someone is seen crying without reason, people worry for him or her. Many of us don’t have an avenue
to cry simply. People don’t understand that unless you cry nicely, you would not be able to smile wonderfully,” well-known psychiatrist Dr Mukul Chokshi said. “Crying is a process which helps remove the dirt from the tiniest part of your mind. Like you clean your house regularly, you also need to clean your mind which can be done by crying,” he added.
VADODARA: Commuters need not pay toll tax while crossing the railway overbridge (ROB) of Chhani village on the outskirts of the city while commuting on Vadodara-Ahmedabad route. Deputy chief minister Nitin Patel, who also holds the charge of roads and building department, on Friday announced that all the vehicles using the ROB have been given waiver from paying toll tax. The four-lane ROB had become operational since 2003. It was constructed on built operate and transfer (BOT) model. Earlier, the state government had exempted two-wheelers, threewheelers and tractors of farmers from paying toll tax on the ROB. “As the period of BOT has ended, all the vehicles are now allowed to use the bridge without paying toll tax,” Patel said in a statement issued to media persons.
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The shooting was attended by family members of the three Hamas militants killed in an Israeli air raid in the 2014 Gaza war with Israel.
Gaza family ‘executes’ its member for passing info on Hamas to Israel gns, Gaza City: A family in Gaza “executed” one of its own members Friday for passing on information to Israel that led to the deaths of three Hamas militants, Palestinian sources said. Hamas, which rules the territory, held Ahmad Said Barhoum for several months without trial before handing him over to the family, several of whose members belong to the Islamist movement. Witnesses said Barhoum was shot dead in an open area of Rafah in southern Gaza shortly after the handover. The shooting was attended by family members of the three Hamas militants killed in an Israeli air raid in the 2014 Gaza war with Israel. One of the three killed was Mohammad
Barhoum, a cousin of the alleged collaborator. All were militants of Hamas’s armed wing, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades. “We carried out the punishment against our son Ahmad Said Barhoum after
having been assured without a shadow of a doubt that he was implicated in the assassination of the terrorists, the family said in a statement. Hamas, for its part, welcomed what it called “the execution of this criminal”.
reconstruct the new homes in-situ at Kalyannagar under the then existing Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) scheme. However, VMC cited ‘exhaustion of funds’ and set up an inquiry against the executive engineer, after indicating an escalation of the project cost from Rs 80 crore to Rs 150 crore. In August this year, the civic body discontinued the rental compensation, stating that the families “have the option of accepting the new homes in Tandalja”.
could be mainly because SMC has been able to provide 97,000 slum dwellings families housing under different schemes. ”We plan to provide housing to urban poor of the city under schemes for economically weaker sections (EWS), low income groups (LIG) and middle income groups (MIG),” an officer of slum redevelopment department of SMC said. Around 8,110 apartment blocks are being built in Katargam, Mota Varachha, Dindoli and Vesu. These have been categorized as green houses and are coming up on SMC’s own plots through contractors.
Harassed by auto driver? This unique number will help you
gns, VADODARA: Soon, when you board an autorickshaw in the city, you will see a number written in bold fonts behind the driver’s seat. Also visible will be the name of a police station. If you face any harassment, all you have to do is approach that police station and give the specified number to the cops who will track down the auto within minutes. In a bid to tackle crime and harassment of rickshaw passengers, the police have launched a project in the city. All the registered autorickshaws are being given a special number that will be displayed inside and on the outer body of the auto. “We are in process of giving unique number to every auto that is operating in the city. This number will be the identity of the autos. Name of the police station in which the auto is registered too will be mentioned with the number,” said A K Wanani, traffic (ACP). ”The idea is to have a complete database of the autos along with details of its owners. We are gathering address, phone number and other details of every auto driver before assigning him this number.
US Navy official Harris has named three ASEAN countries, saying they worried about China’s development.
US shouldn’t ‘speak for other nations’: China after ‘disruptive force’ barb gns,Beijing: China on Friday refuted criticism by a top US Navy official that it has become a “disruptive transitional force” in the Indo-Pacific region and asserted that America should not “speak for other countries”. Commander of the US Pacific Command Admiral Harry Harris, during a panel discussion at the Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi with Indian Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba, said: “China is a disruptive transitional force in the Indo-Pacific. They are the owners of trust deficit”. Harris asked how defensive would Vietnam, Malaysia and the Philippines be when China has staked claims on the waters also claimed by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) nations, comprising the former three countries, in an apparent reference to maritime disputes in the resource-rich South China Sea
(SCS). China claims almost all of the SCS. Its claims are contested by the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia, Brunei and Taiwan. Harris also spoke of the sense of disquiet among Vietnam, Malaysia and the Philippines in view of the SCS dispute. He participated in the discussion with Japan’s Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano and Australian Navy chief Vice-Admiral Tim Barrett. Replying
to a question on their comments on China’s assertiveness, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang told reporters that this is not the first time the three have made such comments about China. Harris has named three ASEAN countries, saying they worried about China’s development, he said. “We did not hear from these countries that they feel worried about China’s development.
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