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Short News Two killed after bike rams into divider on Delhi’s Signature Bridge New Delhi : Two medical students were killed on Friday morning after they rammed a road divider and fell off the Signature Bridge in New Delhi. Initially, it was suspected that the victims were performing stunts. However, the police in their investigation have ruled out that angle. The deceased have been identified as Satya Vijay Shankaran (23) and Chandra Shekhar, they added. Shankaran, who hailed from Ranchi, was interning with the Hindu Rao Hospital and Shekhar, a resident of Khanpur in south Delhi, was a second-year MBBS student of Hindu Rao Medical College, police said. The Signature Bridge, which was inaugurated amid much fanfare and political tussle on November 4, has a become a cause of concern with several visitors taking “dangerous” selfies, and causing traffic snarls by parking in the middle of the bridge.
India protests against harassment of high commission officials in Pakistan New Delhi : Less than 24 hours after India and Pakistan reached an agreement over the opening of Kartarpur corridor, Delhi has strongly protested against the alleged harassment of Indian High Commission officials and denial of access to Sikh pilgrims visiting Pakistan. “Despite having been granted prior travel permission by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, the Consular officials of the High Commission of India in Islamabad were harassed and denied access on November 21 and 22 at Gurudwara Nankana Sahib and Sacha Sauda,” the MEA said in a statement on Friday. The high commission officials were forced to return to Islamabad without performing their consular duties vis-a-vis Indian pilgrims, the MEA added. In a statement, the MEA said India has also expressed grave concern at the reports of attempts being made during the ongoing visit of the Indian pilgrims to Pakistan, “to incite communal disharmony and intolerance and promote secessionist tendencies with the objective of undermining India’s sovereignty and territorial integrity”.
Demolish Delhi’s Jama Masjid, hang me if idols are not found: Sakshi Maharaj Lucknow : Stating that he expects the government to bring a law for the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya just like Somnath Temple before the 2019 Lok Sabha election, Bharatiya Janata Party MP Sachchidanand Hari Sakshi alias Sakshi Maharaj Friday called for the demolition of Jama Masjid in Delhi. In his address, the BJP MP from Unnao also said he be hanged if idols were not found below the staircase of Jama Masjid. He said that it was his first statement after he came to politics and he still stands by it. “Main rajniti mein jab aya to mera pehla statement tha Mathura mein… Ayodhya, Mathura, Kashi ko choro… Delhi ki Jama Masjid toro, agar siriyon mein murtiyan na mile to mujhe fansi pe latka dena… Aj bhi main kayam hun..” (When I came to politics, my first statement was in Mathura. To leave Ayodhya, Mathura and Kashi aside and demolish Jama Masjid in Delhi and if idols are now found below the staircase then I should be hanged. I still stand by this statement), Maharaj said.
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Security forces launched a predawn operation based on inputs about the presence of terrorists in a forest area in Bijbehara, around 50 kms from Srinagar.
6 Lashkar Terrorists Killed In Encounter In Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag
NEW DELHI : In a major boost to anti-terror operation, security forces have killed six terrorists belonging to Lashkar-e-Taiba during a fierce encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district early this morning. The operation was jointly launched by the army, Jammu and Kashmir police and CRPF in Sekipora village in Bijbehara, around 50 kms from Srinagar. All the terrorists were killed without any collateral damage, a senior officer said, adding that it was one of the most successful operation in recent years. Arms and ammunition, including INSAS rifles, were recovered from the spot, he said. As a precautionary measure, authorities have
suspended mobile internet services in Anantnag. Three days ago, four terrorists were shot dead in a fierce encounter at a village in Shopian district. A soldier was also killed in the gun battle. He said it was a “difficult operation” given that “it was still very dark when it started and that militants were neither hiding in a house nor confronted in an open field as has been seen of late during anti-militancy operations”. “The militants were cornered after they came out of their hideout and killed,” the police official said. While bodies of slain militants were immediately recovered and taken to the district police lines, confusion prevailed over their identity for most part of the day.
Congress’ priority is power, not people of Mizoram: PM Modi at rally
Lunglei (Mizoram): Intensifying his attack against the Congress ahead of the assembly elections in Mizoram, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that the party’s priority is grabbing power and not people of Mizoram. Taking a strong objection to Congress Member of Parliament Shashi Tharoor’s remark who had termed Naga headgear “outlandish”, the Prime Minister accused the Congress of being least bothered about aspirations of Mizos. “In the last four years, the BJP government at the Centre has worked for greater recognition and spread of Indian culture and traditions, far and wide. I feel a deep sense of anguish when I see the leaders of the Congress party abuse the same traditions,” Prime Minister Modi said at a rally here. “A Congress leader called the attire of the NorthEast as outlandish. Your hopes, ambitions do not matter to the
Congress. Their priority is power and not the people of Mizoram,” he added. While addressing a seminar in Thiruvananthapuram in August, Tharoor said: “Why does our Prime Minister, who wears all sorts of outlandish headgears wherever he goes around the country and around the world, always refuses to wear a Muslim skull cap? You see him in hilarious Naga headgears and feathers. You see him in various kinds of extraordinary outfits, which is a right thing for a Prime Minister to do. Indira Gandhi has also been photographed wearing various kinds of costumes. But why he always says no to one?” Further hitting out at the Congress for ignoring people’s aspirations, the Prime Minister said that no developmental work took place during the party’s regime and it has left the state behind in terms of development.
30Killed, 35 Injured in Powerful Bomb Blast in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province
Peshawar: A powerful bomb blast ripped through a busy market outside a religious seminary in Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Friday, killing at least 25 people and injuring over 35 others, officials said. The explosive material was planted in the Friday Market (Juma Bazar) near an imambargah, a Shia religious place, in Aurakzai tribal district’s Kalaya area outside. At least 25 people were killed while more than 35 others injured, Geo news quoted district administration officials as saying. Officials said that most of the victims were minority Shia Muslims. The area has been cordoned off and investigation into the incident is under way. An emergency has been declared in the region’s hospitals to handle the situation. Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa police are on high alert following the Orakzai blast and a separate attack on the Chinese Consulate in Karachi on Friday morning. “Our enemies are not happy with peace in the province,” provincial Chief Minister Mehmood Khan said after the attack. eparatist militants
killed four people during an unsuccessful attempt to storm a Chinese consulate, in an attack on Beijing’s heavy investment in the country. Two policemen and a father and son applying for travel documents died as three suicide attackers assaulted the mission in the port city of Karachi.
Babri Masjid demolished in 17 mins, how long for a law on Ram temple: Shiv Sena
New Delhi : Mounting pressure on the government to bring an ordinance to build a Ram temple in Ayodhya, BJP’s cantankerous ally Shiv Sena on Friday said while the Babri Masjid was demolished in 17 minutes, the saffron party had failed to construct the shrine despite being in power for the past four years. “The Babri mosque was demolished in 17 minutes (in 1992)… in about half an hour what needed to be done was done
by the Ram bhakts,” PTI quoted Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut as saying. The latest virulent broadside against BJP comes a day ahead of party chief Uddhav Thackeray’s arrival in Ayodhya, which is set to clash with a massive rally being organised by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and the RSS. Raut also demanded that the Modi government come out with an ordinance and declare a date for the construction of Ram temple in
Ayodhya. “How long does it take to prepare papers… to bring ordinance… from the Rashtrapati Bhawan to Uttar Pradesh Assembly. They are all BJP governments,” the Shiv Sena leader said. Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray will arrive in Ayodhya on Saturday and address sants after which he will address his party workers on November 25 – a visit that the party claimed is not political but for the cause of the Ram temple.
The BJP asked Raj Babbar and Congress president Rahul Gandhi to apologise for the remark.
Row over Raj Babbar’s ‘rupee nearing PM Modi’s mother’s age’ remark Indore/ Ahmedabad: Congress leader Raj Babbar dragged Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother into the shrill Assembly poll campaign comparing the rupee’s falling value against the US dollar with her age, sparking demands by the BJP on Friday for an apology from him and also his party chief Rahul Gandhi. Condemning the remark, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said it was “repulsive”. The rupee has seen a continued fall against the US dollar this year, hovering a little over
the 70-mark on Friday. PM Modi’s mother Hiraba is a nonagenarian. Kicking up a controversy, Babbar made the remark while addressing
a rally in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh’s Indore city on Thursday. Madhya Pradesh goes to polls on November 28. “(Before becoming the
Prime Minister) Modi used to say that compared to the (US) dollar, the value of the rupee has fallen to a level where it is almost the same as the age of the then Prime Minister (Manmohan Singh),” Babbar, the Uttar Pradesh Congress chief, said. “Mr Prime Minister (Modi), at that time, you had not taken his (Manmohan Singh) name out of respect. Although our tradition does not allow this, we wish to say that now the value of the rupee has fallen to the age of your respected mother,” he added.
All India Kisan Sabha accuses Yogi Adityanath govt of diverting attention from ‘rural distress’ Aligarh : The All India challenge has been posted Kisan Sabha has accused the Yogi Adityanath government of raking up the Ram temple issue for diverting people’s attention from the “rural distress”. Dharampal Singh, the president of Kisan Sabha’s Uttar Pradesh unit, said it was impossible for the state and the central government to fulfill their pre-poll commitments to farmers “simply because funds have dried up… they have been diverted to non-farmer segments within the agriculture sector.” “A major
by the Yogi government through its ongoing attempt to breach farmers unity by raking the Ram temple issue purely for diverting attention from the present rural distress,” Singh said. He alleged that funds allocated for paying off farmers were “diverted to Africa-based industries” and farmers were directly provided only five per cent of such funds. On the Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s assurance to sugarcane farmers of clearing cane arrears by November 30, Singh said it was “nothing but an eye wash”.
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Changing the status quo on sexual assault
On the morning of 17 December, 2012, Delhi woke up to a horror story of gang rape and torture of a woman who eventually succumbed to the brutalities. As widespread protests erupted following the ‘Nirbhaya’ case, people and specifically women became increasingly aware of their vulnerability—that another such incident may be lurking just around the next corner. We know that sexual assaults and rape are likely to be underreported not only in India but across the world due to the stigma involved. But the trends matter nonetheless. An increasing trend in such crimes could reflect both an actual increase in the occurrence of such crimes as well an increase in such crimes being registered. This plays out in the data on incidence of rapes and sexual assaults reported by women following the Nirbhaya case. This data is made available by the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB). The proportionate increase in reported incidence of rapes in India between 2012 and 2013 was 30%, while for assaults it was a massive 58%. Assaults include cases of sexual harassment, intent to disrobe, voyeurism, stalking and other physical acts which do not involve penetration and thus are, by definition, lower in criminal content than rape. One striking feature of the yearly incidence of rapes and assaults reported per 100,000 female population in Delhi is a spike in the reported cases in 2013. There is a clear uptick post 2012 in reporting of such crimes in Delhi, which is much larger than the previous trend until 2012. The reported incidence of assaults increased from 18 per 100,000 females in 2012 to 43 in 2013. This is more than a 125% increase. The increase in reported rapes (at 42% by 2014) is muted in comparison to assaults. A possible reason is that reporting rape is encumbered by larger associated societal stigmatization. When looking at similar reports for other states, the largest spike in assaults is also observed in states that are in close proximity to Delhi. In Haryana, for instance, assaults per 100,000 women between 2012 and 2013 went up from four to 12, in Punjab from three to eight, in Rajasthan from seven to 14, in Uttar Pradesh from three to seven, in Uttarakhand from three to six and in Himachal Pradesh from seven to 14. This shows at least a doubling of such reports by women in states neighbouring Delhi. It is unlikely that the true incidence increased manifold in one year since there was no such existing rising trend. This increase may seem part of a rising general crime rate, but notably there is no such spike observed for other crimes like domestic violence, murder, theft and grievous hurt for Delhi or its neighbouring states in 2013. Another possible reason could be the stricter laws that were introduced nationally in the wake of the protests. The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act of 2013 made punishments stringent, repealed regressive tests for gathering evidence once rape was reported and put in motion the setting up of fast track courts.
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According to a source, the film has received a good response from a few international and national film festivals, where it was screened.
Priyanka Chopra’s Sikkimese production ‘Pahuna’ will release post wedding
New Delhi : Priyanka Chopra’s wedding celebrations begin on November 30 and will continue till December 2. Five days later on December 7, her Sikkimese film Pahuna: The Little Visitors will hit big screens. Directed by actress Pakhi Tyrewala, the wife of writer-director Abbas Tyrewala, the trailer of the film has been warmly received. “The film has already been screened at a few international and national film festivals and has got a good response. The film traces the journey of three kids and shows how
Avengers 4: Gamora’s sword is capable of killing an Asgardian
New Delhi : In an interesting titbit revealed by Marvel Studios Visual Dictionary, Gamora can kill an Asgardian using her sword. We do not know how useful this information is, but the fact that it is there may have some bearing on the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies. Are we going to see a duel between Gamora and Thor in near future? Unlikely, but then why was this information included? Comicbook.com reports that Gamora’s entry in the book calls her retractable sword ‘Godslayer’ as it can kill an Asgardian, which basically means that it can kill a Norse god like, let’s say, Thor or Odin. The entry reads, “Gamora’s retractable sword,
Jacqueline Fernandez, Kartik Aaryan to star in ‘Kirik Party’ Hindi remake
Mumbai: Jacqueline Fernandez is finally back at work. The actress, along with co-star Kartik Aaryan, recently met the makers of the Hindi version of the Kannada hit Kirik Party to discuss the film’s schedules and its creative aspects as well. The film is being directed by the National Award-winning Gujarati director Abhishek Jain, who has made films like Wrong Side Raju and
the two older children try to safeguard the little baby from potential dangers. The two kids, Ishika Gurung and Anmol Limbu have performed exceptionally well,” says a trade source. We wonder if PC will take the time to promote her film immediately after her marriage. And if she does, will Nick Jonas be accompanying her? Priyanka, in the meanwhile, is acting in a film tentatively titled The Sky Is Pink that is being directed by Shonali Bose for producers Siddharth Roy Kapoor and Ronnie Screwvala.
the blockbuster Bey Yaar. “Kirik Party was a huge hit in Kannada, running for over 150 days, which is a big success in itself considering how short a film’s life span is in theatres. The Rakshit Shetty-Rashmika Mandanna starrer was then remade in Telugu, as Kirrak Party with Nikhil Siddharth and Simran Pareenja. The Telugu remake was also a hit when it released in March this year.
‘Godslayer,’ is so named as it can kill even an Asgardian. When faced with the monstrous energy-draining Abilisk, Gamora uses Godslayer to slice the giant beast’s throat.” The name of the sword, Godslayer, is similar to Wonder Woman’s sword Godkiller in the 2017 movie. Though the sword turned out to be just an ordinary sword in the DC film, as Princess Diana was the Godkiller as the daughter of Zeus and Hippolyta. This Godslayer might be a real sword that can take out a god like Thor. But why would Thanos’ adopted daughter, who incidentally died in Avengers: Infinity War, want to kill Thor?
Amyra Dastur on Bindass series Trip 2, rise of the digital medium and being an outsider in Bollywood.
Amyra Dastur: The Trip 2 encourages women to be themselves
Panaji: Celebrating womanhood and friendship, The Trip 2 has been receiving praise from all quarters. Starring Shweta Tripathi, Amyra Dastur, Malika Dua and Sapna Pabbi in the lead roles, the series will soon head towards its climax. Indianexpress.com recently sat down for an exclusive chat with Amyra about the show, rise of the digital medium and being an outsider in Bollywood. Opening about The Trip 2, Amyra said, “Sapna is my really good friend and I had watched her in the first season. And trust me I just loved it. While growing up, I have had women around me, be it my mother
The 48-year-old actor has garened positive reponse for his role of Sartaj Singh in Netflix’s Sacred Games.
Saif calls success of Sacred Games and Baazaar ‘nice end to the year’
Mumbai: With back-to-back success of Sacred Games and Baazaar, Saif Ali Khan is in happy space and hopes next year turns out to be equally good. Baazaar received mostly mixed to positive reviews from critics and is still running in theatres. The team celebrated the success of the film on Wednesday. The success of Baazaar comes after a string of disappointments for the actor. Calling Baazaar a slightly different-themed film, Saif said, “It was a brave subject, it was about stock markets. People have praised my performance. Some people concerned have made money and the numbers are decent. It is a nice end to the year, I am happy with this I look
forward to a nice next year. The past has not been great. So I am happy with this.” The 48-year-old actor also has garened positive reponse for his role of a troubled police officer Sartaj Singh in Netflix original series Sacred Games. “I love acting and I had a great role (in both) and I think there
was a lot of appreciation for the role and lot of people said they enjoyed the film,” he said. The actor has his hands full with films like Nitin Kakkar’s Jawaani Jaaneman, the role of an anti-hero in period film Tanaji: The Unsung Hero opposite Ajay Devgn and Navdeep Singh’s Hunter.
or aunt, who have individually shown me how to be strong. So I have always wanted to be a part of something that could project that bond. Girls do not always need to be against each other. Personally, I have some lovely friends, who have time and again lifted me up and shown me how beautiful I am.” Sharing that she enjoyed playing the role of Ayra, the actor said, “The show encourages women to be themselves. We don’t always have to be the stereotype perfect. We can be weird, and that’s okay. People might not understand you but who cares, one has to be themselves.”
Veer Zaara: Divya Dutta thought it was ‘blasphemous’ to play supporting role
Panaji: She charmed the critics with her portrayal of Shabbo in Shah Rukh Khan and Preity Zinta’s Veer Zaara but actor Divya Dutta was initially not sure of taking up the part. During the panel discussion ‘Redefining Stories’ at the International Film Festival of India 2018 here, the actor, who recently won the National Award for Best Supporting Actress for
role in the film Irada, revealed that Yash Chopra-directed film came her way after a couple of multi-starrer projects which she was not proud of She said, “Everyone in the industry says yes to you. Nobody says no. They are all very nice to you. I called up home and told them that I have signed 22 films... I waited like for a year and half before I started doing multistarrer and I wasn’t happy doing that.
Janhvi Kapoor’s mother Sridevi, passed away earlier this year, while she was still filming her debut film, Dhadak, which received a thumbs-up from the audience. Janhvi called 2018 a mixed bag, during a session at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI).
2018 brought me both the worst and best experience of my life: Janhvi Kapoor Panaji : Janhvi Kapoor Wednesday said the year 2018 was a mixed bag for her as she had both the “worst and best experience” of her life in the same breath. The young actor’s mother, Sridevi, passed away earlier this year, while she was still filming her debut, Dhadak. Jahnvi said her personal growth has been tremendous and she
has emerged stronger in the trying times. “It’s harder to say anything… When I say growth’, I mean personal growth, I don’t know about artistic. This year brought me both the worst and the best experience of my life. It’s a little strange… Our family is now united, so that is very big thing for me. But whatever happened that
too was very heavy (tragedy). We are still in shock, so we haven’t been able to process it properly. I’m really thankful for all the love that we have received and I got a chance to work, which is a big thing for me. I got a chance to make my parents proud, which is most important for me,” she said during a session at the ongoing
International Film Festival of India (IFFI). She was in conversation with Rumi Jaffery and her father, producer Boney Kapoor. Janhvi said the films that her father called the Golden Era’ of Hindi cinema were ahead of time. “I think they are way ahead of even our time. I feel we have got tangled into a trap, a commercial one.
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SPORTS ROUNDUP
India vs Pakistan Test series bigger than Ashes, says Shahid Afridi
Shahid Afridi said that a five-match Test series between India and Pakistan is a bigger rivalry than the Ashes. New Delhi: Days after ICC dismissed Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) petition claiming compensation from BCCI, former Pakistani all-rounder Shahid Afridi on Friday said that a five-match Test series against India is a bigger rivalry than the Ashes. Speaking to NDTV, Afridi said, “The Ashes series played between England and Australia is considered as the fiercest rivalry but a five-match Test series between India and wPakistan can be bigger than that.” Cricketerturned-commentator Rameez Raja seconded Afridi by saying that the competition will save Test cricket. “First of all, Pakistan need to up their game against
India. India-Pakistan matches will be hotsellers. If you want to save Test cricket, India and Pakistan have to play each other. It has a different buzz and vibe. Players will learn the art of playing under pressure,” said Raza. Earlier this week, the cricket’s governing body dismissed PCB’s compensation claim of 70 million USD, terming that the MOU signed between both the nations to hold six bilateral series is not a legally binding agreement. In its judgment, ICC stated, “In terms of any Indian tour to Pakistan, it was the PCB which was the suppliant. It was the host country which benefitted from the revenues in respect of such as tour.
Business
RBI likely to maintain status quo on policy rates: report
New Delhi: The Reserve Bank of India is expected to keep the key policy rates unchanged at its ensuing policy review meet next month, amid easing global crude oil prices and robust agriculture production, says a report. According to Dun & Bradstreet Economy forecast, the robust agriculture production and softening of vegetables and fruits prices will also help in keeping the food inflation under check. The report further said that the government’s new procurement policy will support prices of agricultural produce going ahead. D&B expects the CPI inflation to be in the range of 2.8-3 per cent and WPI inflation to be in the range of 4.8-5 per cent during November this year. “The risks emanating from global crude oil prices have eased to an extent as oil prices are likely to fall or remain subdued in the near term. This has partially dispelled concerns over
one of the primary factors affecting India’s current account deficit, fiscal slippage and inflationary dynamics,” Dun & Bradstreet India Lead Economist Arun Singh said. Singh further said the return of foreign investors in Indian markets, stability in rupee, strengthening of industrial production and benign inflation have provided much required support to expectations of economic growth revival. However, bad assets in the banking system continue to increase and concerns over probable tightening of regulations in the nonbanking segment will also lead to some disruption in the overall financial system in the near-term till clarity emerges, he noted. “It would be interesting to know the decision taken by the RBI in its upcoming monetary policy review. Our assessment is that RBI will maintain a status quo in the policy rate,” Singh added.
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India’s bowling unit put up a much-improved performance against the home team and reduced them to 132 for 7 in 19 overs before the heavens opened up.
India vs Australia: Rain ends India’s T20I series winning streak Melbourne : India’s run of seven consecutive T20I series wins came to an untimely end on Friday after the 2nd T20I against Australia in Melbourne was abandoned due to rain. This was after India’s bowling attack put up a much-improved performance against the home team and reduced them to 132 for 7 in 19 overs before rain played spoilsport. Ben McDermott (32) and Andrew Tye (12) were at the crease during the break. Inclement weather interrupted the match three times as the match was first reduced to 19 overs per side with DLS target for India revised to 137 runs. More rain meant the target was revised to 90 runs in 11 overs. The target was ultimately reduced to 46 in 5 overs but not a ball could be delivered in the Indian innings as Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan returned to the pavilion after coming out twice. Earlier, India won the
toss and opted to bowl. The visitors went in with an unchanged side while Australia made one change, bringing in Nathan Coulter-Nile for Billy Stanlake. Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2/20) and Khaleel Ahmed (2/39) shared four wickets to rock the Australian top-order and
reduce them to 41-4 at one stage. However, India was once again sloppy in the field as Rishabh Pant spilled a difficult diving catch while Jasprit Bumrah also grassed another chance allowing the Australian middle-order to get back into the game.
ICC Women’s World T20: India exit in semi-finals, lose to England
Antigua : India’s quest for a maiden ICC Women’s World T20 final place was stopped by England in the semi-finals at North Sound, Antigua, following a poor display with the bat. India’s best finishes in the past have been the semifinals as well – in 2009 and 2010. With the 8-wicket win over India, with 17 balls to spare, England set up a final with traditional rivals Australia who got the better of defending
champions Windies in another one-sided contest. Batting first, India could only muster 112 runs on the board and that was too small a total to be defended with Natalie Sciver and Amy Jones staying unbeaten on 52 runs and 53 runs respectively. England chased down the target when Jones smacked a short Anuja Patil delivery over the deep mid-on fielder for a boundary.
Artistic Gymnastics World Cup: Dipa Karmakar qualified for the Vault Finals but B Aruna Reddy suffered a knee injury to end her campaign in disappointment at the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in Cottbus, Germany.
Dipa Karmakar qualifies for Vault Final, Aruna Reddy suffers knee injury New Delhi: Indian gymnast Dipa Karmakar qualified for the Vault Finals but B Aruna Reddy suffered a knee injury to end her campaign in disappointment at the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in Cottbus, Germany. Dipa, who had an injury-marred campaign at the Asian
EIB, SBI expand cooperation in wind energy financing New Delhi: The European Investment Bank (EIB) Friday said it will increase its support for India’s wind energy projects by expanding the existing lending programmes with SBI. EIB and SBI have agreed to cooperate on financing renewable energy and providing new support for wind energy projects across India by expanding the ongoing financing initiative in the field of onshore wind projects, EIB said in a statement. With this collaboration, the promoters of wind projects in India will benefit from long-term low cost financing under the dedicated EUR 600 million renewable energy financing programme that is already supporting large-scale solar investment across the country. EIB has also approved a new line of credit to Yes Bank to boost private investment in clean energy projects. EIB will provide USD 100 million line of credit to the private sector lender in the coming months. Last year, Yes Bank has already utilised a USD 100 million funding from EIB towards solar power projects and wind farms across India.
Games, scored 14.100 to finish at the 6th place out of 16 gymnasts in the qualification. However, Aruna, who had won a bronze medal in the women’s individual vault event at the Melbourne World Cup, hurt her knee during the first vault and was ruled out of the competition. “Aruna was going
to perform a higher difficulty vault. In warm up, she was confident but unfortunately during the competition, her landing was little early and it hurt her knee. So she didnt perform the second vault. She is going for MRI today,” said Riyaz Ahmed Bhati, Vice-President of Gymnastic Federation of India (GFI).
MTNL has requested the government to grant it 4G spectrum in lieu of equity worth around Rs 6,500-7,000 crore.
DoT seeks Niti Aayog’s views on BSNL-MTNL 4G spectrum proposals
New Delhi: The department of telecom (DoT) has sought government think tank Niti Aayog’s views on the 4G spectrum allocation proposals of it PSUs — BSNL and MTNL — th at can cost the exchequer about Rs 13,000 crore. The DoT proposal ba sed on the individual board DPRs (detailed projects re ports) of BSNL and MTNL — both declared incipient sick PSUs by the dep a rtment of public enterp r ises — seeks to allocate 4G spectrum to them to match private competition and be in the fray amid cutthroat competition. Gov ernment owned entities do not participate in auction but they match the highest
bid for the band they seek to buy. An internal DoT note said a draft cabinet note after taking approval of the minister has been sent to various ministries and the Niti Aayog for inter-ministerial
consultations. Usually ministry views are sought while preparing a cabinet note but to broadbase the consultations, the DoT has also wr itten to the consulting arm of the government on this. If it
supports the DoT proposal, rhe Niti Aayog’s entry at the consultation stage, could mean it will suggest some revival measures to these two loss-making PSUs and how can they utilise funds.
Govt holds 66.13 per cent stake in the company and has offered to tender 5.04 crore shares in the buyback offer.
Oil India Ltd to buyback 4.45 per cent shares for Rs 1,085 crore New Delhi: State-owned Oil India Ltd will buy back 5.04 crore of its shares for a little over Rs 1,085 crore as part of the government’s push to cash-rich PSUs to part with their surplus either by paying higher dividends or through share buybacks so as to help meet revenue targets. In a regulatory filing, OIL said its board has approved buyback of shares at an aggregate
of no more than 10 per cent of the fully paidup equity share capital and free reserves of the company. The board approved “the buyback by the company of its fully paid-up equity shares of Rs 10 each not exceeding 5.05 crore equity shares (representing about 4.45 per cent of the total number of equity shares in the paid-up share capital of the company)
at a price of Rs 215 per equity share payable in cash for an aggregate consideration not exceeding Rs 1085.72
crore,” it said. The nation’s second large oil explorer had a little less than Rs 20,000 crore of reserves. OIL shares
closed at Rs 218.78 on the BSE on Thursday. Friday was a trading holiday on account of Gurunanak Jayanti. The government is targeting a minimum Rs 5,000 crore through share buyback offers of state-owned firms like Coal India and BHEL. Besides OIL, at least half a dozen other central PSUs have disclosed share buyback programmes. Prominent among these include
NHPC, BHEL, NALCO, NLC, Cochin Shipyard and KIOCL that could fetch the government a little over Rs 3,000 crore. The government is expected to participate in each of the share buyback programme of these PSUs. OIL said the government holds 66.13 per cent stake in the company and has offered to tender 5.04 crore shares in the buyback offer.
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international Apologise for comments on PM Modi’s Rupani called Babbar’s comments “repulsive” and said they were a result of the opposition party’s frustration as it was losing public support and polls.
mother: CM Vijay Rupani to Raj Babbar AHMEDABAD: Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani Friday sought an apology from Congress leader Raj Babbar for his alleged remarks comparing the falling value of the rupee against the US dollar to the age of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother. Rupani called Babbar’s comments “repulsive” and said they were a result of the opposition party’s frustration as it was losing public support and polls. Babbar, the Congress’ Uttar Pradesh unit chief, had made the
remarks while addressing a rally Thursday in Indore in Madhya Pradesh which is scheduled to go to polls on November 28.
“Earlier, he (Modi) used to say that the rupee has fallen so much that it was nearing the age of the then prime minister (Manmohan
Man Arrested For Smuggling Fake Notes From Bangladesh
Singh)...but now, we want to say that the rupee has dropped so low that it is getting closer to your respected mother’s (Hiraba) age,” Babbar had said at the Indore rally. The PM’s mother Hiraba is a nonagenarian. The rupee has seen a continued fall against the USD all through the year, hovering a little over the 70-mark against the dollar Friday. Speaking to reporters Friday, Rupani said, “Congress leaders are stooping very low and making such repulsive comments.
Surat: DRI arrests businessman for ‘misdeclaration of goods imported from China’
Spectre of meddling by Beijing looms over Taiwan’s elections
Taipei : As Taiwan prepares to hold local elections on Saturday, concerns are growing that Beijing’s long effort to sway the island’s politics has been armed with a new weapon: a Russia-style influence campaign. The island’s elections for city mayors and county and village leaders will in part serve as a report card on President Tsai Ing-wen, whose administration has come under immense pressure from Beijing. But Taiwan officials are sounding alarms at what they say is a campaign by Beijing to spread disinformation that serves its agenda by exploiting the island’s freewheeling public discourse. “There are those people who mistakenly think that if you simply shout falsehoods loudly, they’ll become real,” Tsai wrote on Facebook last week.
Rajapaksa’s opponents win control of key panel in Lankan Parliament GANDHIDHAM: Gujarat ATS said on Friday it has arrested a person allegedly involved in bringing fake currency notes into India from Bangladesh through Malda in West Bengal. Jyush Sheikh was nabbed on Thursday from Mumbai by an ATS team on a tip-off about his presence in the metropolis, the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) said in a statement. Jyush Sheikh was wanted in a case of seizure of high quality Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) with a face value of Rs. 1.61 lakh in May 2016 in Bhuj town of Gujarat, it said. “On getting information that he is still active in FICN racket and is coming to Mumbai, a team of ATS went to that city and arrested him,”
the statement said. “His primary interrogation has revealed that he is a resident of Malda district in West Bengal. He was smuggling FICN from Bangladesh to India through Malda route,” it said. He has been handed over to the Special Operations Group (SOG) of the Gujarat police in Bhuj, the statement said. On May 27, 2016, the SOG Bhuj had arrested four people with fake currency notes with a face value of Rs. 1.61 lakh, which they were allegedly trying to circulate in Bhuj in Kutch district. The arrested people were identified by the police as Siraj Sheikh, Rehana Khatun, Sakia Khatun and Rustam Sheikh. Their interrogation had revealed that Jyush Sheikh was the supplier of counterfeit notes.
Surat : The DRI officials on Thursday arrested a Surat-based businessman for allegedly importing misdeclared and undervalued LED TV seats from China and then showing them as LED panels and spare parts to evade paying import duty. DRI has seized around Rs six crore worth LED TV sets and arrested Satish Vora after raiding Angel Enterprise office at Amroli area and a godown at Varachha area here on Wednesday. Vora, a resident of Nana Varachha, owned both Angel Enterprise and the godown, officials said. The officials have recovered several documents from Vora’s office that showed how he had allegedly misdeclared and undervalued goods imported from China. After analysing the documents, the officials found that imported LED television sets were in SKD (Semi Knocked Down) condition and wrongfully classified as LED panels and spare parts. The officials seized 2,138 imported LED TV sets worth Rs 2.50 crores from the godown. The officials also found a document that showed another consignment of import of LED television sets in SKD condition has arrived at Nhava Sheva port in Mumbai and it was awaiting clearance.
Alpesh Thakor Seeks Survey Of Other Backward Classes In Gujarat
AHMEDABAD: Congress MLA Alpesh Thakor on Friday said he would approach the Gujarat OBC Commission soon with a demand for a survey of all the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the state to find out if they have benefited from the existing reservation system. Mr Thakor’s statement came a day after Patidar quotan leader Hardik Patel approached the commission with a demand to
conduct a survey of the Patel community to prove their social and economic backwardness so that its members become eligible for reservation in jobs and education under the OBC category. “I believe that a survey of OBC castes should be carried out so that we would know how much they actually benefited from the reservation. Our delegation would meet the OBC Commission soon
with this demand,” Mr Thakor said. In Gujarat, there are a total of 146 castes listed under the OBC category, also known as Socially and Educationally Backward Classes. “This survey is necessary to check if these castes have made any progress or they are still socially and educationally backward. “And if they are still backward, then we will also demand an explanation as
to what the commission or the government intends to do about it,” said the prominent OBC leader of Gujarat. Following the Maharashtra government’s decision to grant reservation to the Marathas on the basis of a survey by the OBC Commission of the neighbouring state that established their backwardness, Mr Patel had demanded a similar exercise for his community in Gujarat.
Colombo : Ousted Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickeremesinghe’s alliance on Friday won control of a powerful panel in Parliament, dealing a major blow to President Maithripala Sirisena and his prime ministerial appointee Mahinda Rajapaksa. Sirisena’s party members walked out of Parliament, which resumed its session on Friday after being adjourned on Monday, protesting against Speaker Karu Jayasuriya’s move to appoint five members of the United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) which is led by the President. The Speaker named five members from the United National Front (UNF) of Wickeremesinghe, and one each from the Tamil National Alliance (TNA) and the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP). This is in continuation of the political unrest plaguing the country since October 26. Both Wickremesinghe and Rajapaksa claim to be the prime ministers. Wickremesinghe says his dismissal is invalid because he still holds a majority in the 225-member Parliament. Jayasuriya, at the start of the session, announced that following a meeting of all party leaders which ended without an agreement over the composition of the committee, he had decided to grant five members each to the UPFA and the UNF. The committee would comprise 12 members, he said. Senior UPFA member Dinesh Gunawardena slammed the speaker’s conduct as biased. “I urge you to recognise us as the government and give us the majority in the select committee.
Trump says CIA has not found Saudi prince culpable in murder
In a state where there are at least four other minorities – Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Jains – the singling out of the ‘Muslim’ category has alarmed parents of students appearing for the exam.
Gujarat Government is Asking Muslim Students to Identify Their Religion, Parents Say
GANDHINAGAR:The Gujarat government is using a mandatory online form to identify Muslim students appearing for their 10th and 12th standard Board examinations, Ahmedabad Mirror reported on Friday. The online form asks the students whether they belong to the minority category. Once the student chooses the category, the form gives two further categories to identify themselves with: ‘Muslim’ and ‘Others’. The newspaper pointed out that although Gujarat has at least four other religious minorities –
Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Jains – the Gujarat government is asking only Muslim students to identify themselves. Each year, around 17.5 lakh students write the Board exams in Gujarat, conducted by the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (GSHSEB). The students’ parents who came to know of the discrepancy fear it is a deliberate attempt on the part of the Gujarat government to collect data on Muslim students. A student’s father who wanted to remain anonymous told the Ahmedabad Mirror, “The
forms are usually filled by the school administration. I came to know after I went to school to fill up my child’s form and saw that they had asked if we belong to the minority. When we clicked on “yes”, it offered two options: “Muslims or Others”. This left me wondering if the data gathered from online forms could be misused for something else. This has raised fear in me.” An Ahmedabadbased Muslim restauranteur, whose son is appearing for his 12th Science examinations, told the Ahmedabad Mirror, “I am
scared. Before 2002, a similar exercise was initiated by the Gujarat government where every police station was asked to identify Muslim businesses in their locality. My restaurant was singled out and burnt. It was revealed that rioters had used the census collected by the government and police. I am scared for my son now. Why is Gujarat government keen to know if the student is Muslim or not. What is the purpose?” GSHEB chairman A.J. Shah told the newspaper that the same form had been in place since 2013.
Washington : President Donald Trump has disputed that US intelligence officials had concluded that the de facto leader of American ally Saudi Arabia ordered the killing of a US-based journalist critical of the kingdom’s royal family. Citing vehement denials by the crown prince and king that they were involved, Trump said on Thursday “maybe the world should be held accountable because the world is a vicious place. The world is a very, very vicious place.” Critics in Congress and high-ranking officials in other countries are accusing Trump of ignoring human rights and giving Saudi Arabia a pass for economic reasons, including its influence on the world oil market. Trump said this week he would not impose harsher penalties on Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the death and dismemberment of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul last month. “My policy is very simple: America first, keep America great again and that’s what I’m doing,” Trump told reporters after a Thanksgiving Day telephone call with members of the military. The crown prince and his father, King Salman, said they did not commit “this atrocity,” Trump said
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