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Short News Daredevil selfie with speeding train injures Hyd man who ignored warnings
Hyderabad: A young man, aiming for a daring selfie with a speeding Hyderabad Multi-Modal Transport System (MMTS) train with the help of the front camera of his smart phone, ended up in hospital on Monday after getting hit. The disturbing video has gone viral. The man, Shiva, reportedly suffered head injuries. In the video clip that emerged on Wednesday, the man in his early 20s smiles at his smartphone camera and kept his right arm pointed towards the approaching MMTS train. Someone was heard warning him but he was determined to carry on his daredevil act. The train’s whistle got louder as it approached closer to the man and those watching the video can sense the danger, but Shiva looks ignorant. The speeding train suddenly hits the man and the image goes blank after a loud sound. The audio, still on, indicates a commotion as people realise what happened and rush towards the injured man. In the final moments of the video, the train appears to hit the man violently in the face as the video switches off. Shiva seemed to have misjudged the impact of the train’s speed. The video comes a day after a Kashmiri man shoots a death-defying stunt in which he lies on a railway track while a speeding train passes over him. The video has taken the social media by storm, prompting calls for strict action to prevent it from becoming a trend.
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Protesters take to streets, block roads ahead of ‘Padmaavat’ release
Mumbai: Just a day before the muchawaited release of ‘Padmaavat’, security has been heightened outside theatres across Haryana, Gujarat and Rajasthan. Violent protests by groups like Rajput Karni Sena were reported from different parts of the country. Karni Sena has vowed to block the release of ‘Padmaavat’ in defiance of Supreme Court orders. “We are adamant on our stand that this film ‘Padmaavat’ should be banned, there should be a self imposed curfew by people,” said Rajput Karni Sena leader Lokendra Singh Kalvi. Protesters blocked the Delhi-Jaipur highway agitating against the release of 190-crore Sanjay Leela Bhansali film ‘Padmaavat.’ Besides DelhiJaipur highway, protesters also gathered on the Delhi-Ajmer highway and burnt tyres. Sporadic violence was reported from Rajasthan’s Sikar, where a bus was stoned. Protesters in Haryana blocked the Gurgaon’s Wazirpur-Pataudi road agitating against the film. In Gurgaon, the state administration has banned people armed with weapons and other objects “capable of causing injury” near movie theatres. Protests with slogans and placards have also been banned within a 200-metre radius till Sunday.
Traffic curbs for visiting leaders trouble commuters in Delhi
New Delhi : Traffic movement in the national capital went for a toss Wednesday as vehicles were either stopped at signals for a longer duration or diverted to ensure a smooth passage to ASEAN leaders arriving in Delhi for a summit tomorrow. It was a double whammy for commuters travelling from Gurgaon and Dwarka towards New Delhi. They were stuck in traffic snarls owing to the VIP movement and the security arrangements put in place by police ahead of the Republic Day. “I was stuck for almost an hour on Dhaula Kuan and Sardar Patel Marg while coming from Dwarka. The two stretches were choked. There was heavy barricading on Sardar Patel Marg,” a commuter said. Commuters may have to witness delays through the day, the police warned. A senior Delhi Traffic Police official said the department has requested Google Maps to show alternate routes and diversions that have been put in place by authorities. The official said movement of vehicles had to be stopped on certain stretches, including Dhaula Kuan, for a few minutes owing to the VIP movement. The situation will continue until the visiting leaders travel from the airport to their hotels in Lutyens’ Delhi. The 10 ASEAN leaders will be moving towards their hotels from the airport and for meetings through the day and there is likely to be intermittent delays.
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AAP MLAs disqualification: HC asks EC to not announce bypolls until Monday HC also refused to pass any interim order on staying the Centre’s notification disqualifying 20 AAP MLAs for holding offices of profit.
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to stay the Centre’s notification disqualifying 20 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLAs for holding office of profit The court also restrained the Election Commission (EC) from taking any “precipitate measures” like announcing the dates for bypolls to the seats held by 20 AAP legislators disqualified from the Delhi Assembly for holding offices of profit till its next hearing on January 29. In addition, the Delhi HC ordered the EC -
which disqualified the 20 AAP MLAs last week- to file its reply on the issue by February 6. Eight of the 20 MLAs from Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP had filed three petitions requesting that an EC recommendation to the President to disqualify them and the notification issued after President Ram Nath Kovind signed off on it be cancelled. The MLAs have alleged that the EC recommended their disqualification without giving them a fair chance to defend themselves and asked
the court to order the poll body to hear their side. They also sought that the disqualification be reversed till the EC hears the matter again. Five of the former AAP legislators argued in their plea that the EC had acted in “undue haste”, and without “affording” and “giving any opportunity of a fair hearing” to the petitioners. The MLAs further argued that the EC “failed to follow due process of law by not offering the petitioners a full hearing before making the final opinion to the President”.
Convict in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case asks SC to recall its 1999 order
New Delhi: A convict in the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi has moved the Supreme Court requesting to reopen the case and cancel 1999 conviction order. AG Perarivalan, who has spent 26 years in jail, was convicted of supplying two nine-volt batteries for the belt-bomb that killed Rajiv Gandhi in 1991, and sentenced to life in jail. In his application, Perarivalan has said that he is languishing in jail for the past 26 years. The move comes on Wednesday after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said the apex court that it could not properly investigate the bomb that killed the former prime minister because it “got no help from Sri Lanka” in establishing the origin of the conspiracy.
RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav has been sentenced in the Chaibasa Treasury case; RJD says will move higher courts against verdicts.
Lalu Prasad Yadav sentenced to 5 years in jail in Chaibasa Treasury case
Ranchi: Special CBI court in Ranchi sentenced RJD chief and former chief minister of Bihar, Lalu Prasad Yadav to 5 years in jail in the third fodder scam case on Wednesday. Along with Lalu, former Bihar chief Jagannath Mishra, was also sentenced to five years in prison in the case. Both Lalu Yadav and Jagannath Mishra, were also fined Rs 5 lakh each by Ran chi Court. The conviction and the quantum of punishment was delivered in a case related to the Chaibasa Treasury from which Rs 33.67 crore were siphoned off against the actual allocation of just Rs 7.10 lakh in 1992-93. Lalu Yadav has been named as the main conspirator in this case. After the conviction on Wednesday, Lalu’s son Tejashwi Yadav said his RJD will move higher courts against all the verdicts against the RJD chief. “People know how BJP, RSS and
more importantly Nitish Kumar have conspired against Laluji. We will approach higher courts against all these verdicts,” said Tejashwi. Lalu Prasad is already convicted in another fodder scam case and was sentenced to three and a half years in jail earlier in
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January. The last case in which the RJD chief was convicted and sent to jail dealt with fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 89 lakh from the Deoghar district treasury between 1990 and 1994. After the Chaibasa Treasury verdict, there are two more cases in Jharkhand where the verdict is expected in the coming months. In one case of Doranda Treasury, the trial is still going on, while in the Dumka Treasury case, the trial is in its final stages. Lalu’s bail plea in the Deogarh Treasury case, is currently pending in the Jharkhand High Court. The fodder scam involved the embezzlement of more than Rs 970 crore in government funds during Lalu Yadav’s term as the Chief Minister of undivided Bihar from 1990 to 1997. The accused allegedly invented vast herds of livestock to obtain public money for fodder and medicines for them.
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Can’t stop media reporting on Sohrabuddin fake encounter case trial: Bombay HC Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday quashed and set aside the trial court’s order prohibiting journalists from reporting on or publishing the proceedings of the Sohrabuddin Shaikh fake encounter case trial. Justice Revati MohiteDere minced no words in holding that the special CBI court overreached its powers in issuing the order. She agreed with the petitioners -a group of court reporters and city-based Union of Journalists -that the Criminal
Procedure Code provided only for the high courts and the apex court to issue such ban orders. Such an order could be issued only in rare cases, and for a limited period of time, the court said. Justice Mohite-Dere said mere apprehension of sensationalism by the accused was not a sufficient ground for issuing such gag orders. On November 29 last year, the special CBI court had barred journalists from reporting or publishing the proceedings of the ongoing trial in the case.
China lauds Modi’s Davos speech, says will jointly fight protectionism
Davos/New Delhi: China welcomed on Wednesday Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech at Davos where he described protectionism as being “as dangerous as terrorism”, and evinced interest in enhancing cooperation with India to strengthen the globalisation process. Modi, the first Indian prime minister to address the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual summit in Davos in two decades, talked on Tuesday about grave concerns facing the world, including terrorism and climate change. “Many countries are
becoming inward focused and globalisation is shrinking and such tendencies can’t be considered lesser risk than terrorism or climate change,” he had said. “I noticed that Prime Minister Modi made some remarks on protectionism and his remarks showed that globalisation is the trend of the times and serves the interests of all the countries including developing countries and the fight against protectionism and promoting globalisation,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying told a media briefing in Davos.
Mahadayi water row: K’taka bandh on Ramrajyaisgovernance sans fear, corruption, Jan 25 ‘politically motivated’, says BJP discrimination: Naidu Bengaluru: The opposition BJP has termed as “politically motivated” calls for two bandhs on January 25 and February 4 by pro-Kannada outfits, demanding the Prime Minister’s intervention in the inter-state Mahadayi river water dispute with Goa. The party alleged Congress government had a role in selection of dates when BJP national president Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi are expected to visit the poll bound state to take part in ‘Nav Karnataka Parivartan Yatra’, organised by the state unit. The outfits
have called for a Karnataka bandh on January 25 when Shah will address a rally in Mysuru and a Bengaluru bandh on February 4, the day Modi arrives in the city. “There is no necessity for a Karnataka bandh.If there was a bandh in the
affected area, it is fine; what has Mysuru got to do with the issue?” BJP state president BS Yeddyurappa asked. Accusing Chief Minister Siddaramaiah of extending support to the bandh with “malicious” intent, he said “Chief
Minister is trying to create confusion, stop buses and close schools and colleges as done in the past....I have not heard of any Chief Minister behaving in such a manner.” The January 25 programme would go ahead as planned, he said in Mysuru and added that his party was in favour of protecting the state’s interests on the Mahadayi issue. Accusing Congress of playing politics, Leader of the Opposition Jagadish Shettar questioned the need to call for a bandh in Bengaluru on February 4 when a state-wide call had been given on January 25.
Lucknow : Advocating Ramrajya, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu Wednesday said that the name of Lord Ram should not be associated with religion as governance minus fear, corruption and discrimination is Ramrajya and for this everyone should unite transcending caste, religious and political barriers. “The name of Lord Ram should not be related with any particular religion. He should be seen as an ideal person. Hinduism is not a religion but a life style and that is why India is named Hindustan,” Naidu said at the first UP Diwas programme here in the presence of Governor Ram Naik and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, among other dignitaries.
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Inevitable twist to judicial crisis
T hat the Supreme Court crisis, precipitated by four senior judges under the leadership of Justice J Chelameswar holding a press conference, would not get resolved on its own, was abundantly clear as new dimensions of the mutiny began to unravel in the days that followed. Although earnest efforts were made to first limit the damage and then try and find an honourable exit, the bid could not yield any positive results. The executive initially maintained a studied silence, keeping off the highly sensitive issue, wisely so, as it involved the credibility and the prestige of the highest court of the land and in the conviction that it was best left to be settled by the judges themselves. Generally, all the political parties toed a similar line, barring one or two stray visits to the judges by politicians on the basis of what was claimed to be personal friendship. But as more sordid details of the ‘far from desirable’ state of affairs began to emerge, attitudes began to harden and it was no longer possible to consider it as an internal matter. Now in a new twist to the unprecedented drama, political parties are revisiting the issue as CPI-M general secretary Sitaram Yechury has started holding discussions with like-minded parties on the possibility of impeaching CJI Dipak Misra, whom the senior judges accused of misusing his power as the master of roster to allocate politically sensitive cases to ‘pliable’ benches headed by junior judges. Yechury has apparently reached out to NCP, Samajwadi Party, RJD and even Congress to evolve a consensus on the issue. The parties are veering round to the view that the integrity and independence of the judiciary are non-negotiable and that parliament cannot be a silent spectator to the kind of allegations levelled against the CJI. It did not exactly help the cause of the CJI when it emerged that over a dozen super-sensitive cases involving political leaders had been referred to the benches of junior judges. We have all along maintained that issues raised by the mutineering judges are so grave that these cannot be settled by judges, divided into two camps, sitting around a table and thrashing out a solution. Because the crisis raises fundamental issues that have a bearing on the trust and confidence of people in the judiciary, which are so vital to safeguard democracy in the country. The aggrieved judges had taken the position that as they have failed to elicit a satisfactory response internally, they were putting the issue in people’s court. The judges have the sympathy of a large number of Indians who always believed that in India, law and justice are for those who can afford it. And when it is stated on the authority of four senior judges whose integrity and competence are beyond any doubt, it cannot be just pushed under the carpet, feigning that everything is hunky-dory with our judiciary.
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Diana Penty and boyfriend Harsh Sagar are still going strong and very much in love
It was being speculated a year-and-a-half ago that Diana Penty had broken up with her long-time boyfriend, Harsh Sagar. However, the actress has been in love, even if she’s not exactly made it a point to be seen in public with him. The Happy Bhaag Jaayegi actress, who was last seen in Lucknow Central, will now be seen in Parmanu — The Story of Pokhran with John Abraham next. On Monday, Diana was seen holding hands with Harsh, as she stepped out to have dinner with him in a posh restaurant in BKC, Mumbai. Says an eyewitness, “Diana seemed very much at ease, and even smiled when the paparazzi spotted her with Harsh. She has not been very vocal about her relationship, but I guess that doesn’t really mean she’s not with him.
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bollywood special Ashutosh Gowariker to cast Sara Ali Khan in his next film?
Sara Ali Khan who is busy working on her debut film ‘Kedarnath’, seems to have bagged her second big film. Reportedly, even before her debut film release, acclaimed director Ashutosh Gowariker has roped in the young actress for his next project. According to a report in DNA, Ashutosh is interested in casting Sara opposite Arjun Kapoor in his next film. Reportedly, The ‘Mohenjo Daro’ director is working on yet another historical-based film on the three battles fought between the 16th and 18th centuries. A source said, “Before the young actress paid Ashu a visit, the latter had dropped by on his good friend Abhishek Kapoor. He saw some rushes of the love story, Kedarnath, which features Sushant Singh Rajput and Sara. The Jodhaa Akbar director came away mighty impressed with her screen presence and performance. So, he wants to cast her in his own movie.
Sridevi lip job video: What’s wrong with the actress’s lips?
Bollywood evergreen actress Sridevi was recently seen at director Anurag Basu’s Saraswati Pooja. But this time the actress looked strikingly different because of her plumper lips. We wonder if she has undergone a surgery to look a certain way. Earlier, when ‘English Vinglish’ actress was asked if she has had plastic surgery, she had rebuffed by saying, “No, I haven’t. I want to tell these people that instead of whining and criticising, why don’t you move out of your comfort zone, zip your mouth and slog it out? Then let’s talk! There will be a visible change not just in your appearance, but also in your attitude. But if you’re a lazy bum, hooked to TV, and cannot give up your food because you know you can undergo cosmetic surgery, you’re damned! It doesn’t work like that. Anything that is plastic melts in no time. You have to understand that there’s a regime for everything and
you benefit by associating yourself with it. To look and feel good, you have to slog it out.” She had added, “I lead a systematic life. I am health conscious, I do power yoga, play tennis four days a week, control my diet and resist junk food, fried stuff and sweets, even though I have a sweet tooth. And most importantly, I don’t sweat the small stuff (laughs). All these bring a change in the appearance.” Sridevi was last seen in Ravi Udywar’s thriller drama ‘MOM’, in which her performance was highly praised. The versatile actress also scored a nomination for the Best Actress Award at the 63rd Filmfare Awards. On the related note, Sridevi’s elder daughter Janhvi is all set to make her Bollywood debut in Dharma Production’s ‘Dhadak’ opposite Ishaan Khatter. Rumour is, Sridevi will be seen playing a role of her mother in the film. It is slated to release on 20th July, 2018.
With 13 nods, ‘The Shape of Water’, swept the 90th Academy Awards nominations, while notable actors were snubbed.
Oscars 2018 nominations Priyanka makes brief appearance; Mohanlal film snubbed
With 13 nods, ‘The Shape of Water’, a lyrical drama about a mute cleaning lady’s unique bond with a sea creature, swept the 90th Academy Awards nominations, with James Franco and Tom Hanks snubbed in their Best Actor bids. The Guillermo del Toro-directed film left touted favourites ‘Dunkirk’ and ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’ far behind. ‘The Shape of Water’ was one nomination shy from becoming only the fourth movie in the Oscars history to bag a record 14 nods, levelling the stature held by ‘La La Land’, ‘All About Eve’ and ‘Titanic’. It was followed by Christopher Nolan’s war drama ‘Dunkirk’ with eight, Martin McDonagh’s ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’ with seven, Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘Phantom Thread’ and Joe Wright’s ‘Darkest Hour’ with six nods each. A total of nine films were nominated in the Best Picture segment, which also included ‘The Post’, ‘Get Out’, ‘Call Me By Your Name’ and ‘Lady Bird’. Greta Gerwig has become the fifth woman to be nominated for Best Director in the Oscars history for her coming-of-age film, ‘Ladybird’. The debutante filmmaker - the only woman nominee, who was snubbed at the Golden Globes along with ‘Wonder Woman’’s Patty Jenkins, found a mention at the round table of directors.
Priyanka Chopra hangs out with Jim Parsons, Usher
Actress Priyanka Chopra was spotted spending time with The Big Bang Theory star Jim Parsons and singer Usher at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival recently. PeeCee, who is co-starring with Parsons in A Kid Like Jake, was promoting the movie. “So proud to be a part of #AKidLikeJake, a story that humanises the struggle of parents trying to do right by their kid. This film breaks down the barriers of being socially correct, and encourages you to embrace the qualities that makes each one of us unique. So happy to bring my support to this already stellar cast. See you at the pictures... #SundanceFilm-Festival (sic),” she captioned a photo with the cast on Instagram. Sharing yet another photo with Parsons, the actress wrote, “Blame it on the altitude! #akidlikejake.” Parsons shared the same photo and wrote, “Waiting to do that interview thang with @priyankachopra and @octaviaspencer @akidlikejake #sundance (sic).
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Australian Open: Angelique Kerber crushes Madison Keys to reach Melbourne Park semifinals
Mumbai: Revitalised 2016 champion Angelique Kerber made a major statement of intent as she stormed into the semi-finals of the Australian Open with a dominant 6-1 6-2 victory over Madison Keys on Wednesday. Making a mockery of the 21st seeding
IPL 2018: Malinga, Mathews and all 18 Sri Lanka players taking part in auction
Mumbai: Over the years, Sri Lankan cricketers have built a strong reputation in the cash-rich Indian Premier League. From Sanath Jayasurya during the early seasons to Lasith Malinga now, a lot of cricketers from the island nation have represented for the various IPL teams. Malinga and Angelo Mathews returns to the Sri Lankan players’list in the IPL auctions this year, an event which promises to be a big affair. While there are 360 Indian players who will go under the hammer, there will be 18 players from Sri Lanka who will be a part of the auctions in Bengaluru in the upcoming weekend. For players like Akila Dhananjaya, it will be a first for them, as it will be their debut season in the IPL, if they get picked up. Niroshan Dickwella and Kusal Perera will be other Sri Lankans in focus, whereas Akila Dhanajaya, who took a hattrick against India, will also be another highlight The IPL auctions are scheduled to be held in Bengaluru on January 27 and 28, and 578 players from all over the world will come under the hammer when the two-day event kicks off. Here is the list of all the Sri Lankan players set to take part in the auction.
she landed after a miserable 2017, the former world number one outplayed Keys in almost every facet of the 51-minute match to seal a semi-final date with Simona Halep or Karolina Pliskova. “I was just playing my game, I was not thinking a lot about winners
or errors, I was staying in the moment and trying to play every single point,” a beaming Kerber said on Rod Laver Arena. “I just went out and played like I’ve been playing all week. Just playing my game and enjoying it. I’m just happy to get through and be here
in the semis.” In an echo of her loss to compatriot Sloane Stephens in the final of last year’s U.S. Open final, Keys appeared to be struck by stagefright and offered none of the power and accuracy that got her to the last eight without losing a set.
The Swiss second seed will now take on South Korean Hyeon Chung in the semi-finals on Thursday.
Australian Open 2018: Roger Federer downs Tomas Berdych, storms into semis Melbourne: Defending champion Roger Federer swept into a record 14th Australian Open semi-final with an immaculate straight sets win over long-time rival Tomas Berdych on Wednesday. The second seed cruised to a 7-6 (7/1), 6-3, 6-4 win in 2hr 14 min on Rod Laver Arena and will face unseeded South Korean Chung Hyeon on Friday for a place in the final. The 19-time Grand Slam champion, who hasn’t lost in five matches against Berdych in Melbourne, will play in his 43rd Grand Slam semi-final, a record for the post-1968 Open Era. The Swiss legend has yet to face Chung, who has got past six-time champion Novak Djokovic and world No.4 Alexander Zverev to get to the last four. Federer’s latest victory was his 92nd in 105 matches in Melbourne to make the Australian Open his most successful Grand Slam
in terms of matches won along with Wimbledon. “I’m happy I got out of the first set. It ended up being the key of the match,” Federer said on court. “Tomas played well in the first couple of sets especially. I think in the third set he dropped a little bit. It was tough the first set. Could have
gone either way. He deserved it. I stole that one a little bit.” Federer has now won 14 out of 14 quarter-finals in Melbourne and has yet to drop a set in this tournament. Looking ahead to his semi-final opponent Chung, Federer said: “He’s incredibly impressive in his movement, he reminds
me a lot of Novak the way he is able to slide forehand and backhand and use the hardcourt as a claycourt. “He gets balls back and stays aggressive in defence, so I’m really excited to be playing him, he’s got nothing to lose, I will tell myself the same and we’ll see what happens.”
WWE Smackdown results: AJ Styles gains win over Kevin Owens, but gets beaten up by Sami Zayn
Mumbai: In this week’s Smackdown LIVE, WWE Heavyweight Champion AJ Styles decided to test himself against the combined faction of Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn before the all important 2-on1 handicap Title match against the duo at Royal Rumble on Sunday. Owens and Zayn started the show with the celebration of their “Yep” Movement and proclaimed that they will create history at Royal Rumble by becoming the first ever co-WWE Champions. Irrititated by their comments, Styles came out to issue a challenge, and said he would take on both of them in a back-to-back fight. WWE Smackdown General Manager Daniel Bryan made the fight official, while commissioner Shane McMahon announced that Zayn could not be around the ringside area during Owens’ fight and viceversa.
IPL 2018 Auction: Mitchell Starc, Glenn Maxwell lead list of 55 Australian players The Australians will tough face competition in a total pool of 578 players that includes 360 Indian players.
Mumbai: Mitchell Starc and Glenn Maxwell are the front-running names that will lead a fancy list of 55 Australian cricketers aiming to earn big in the Indian Premier League (IPL) players’auction set to be held on the 27th and 28th of January in Bengaluru. Both Starc and Maxwell fall into the list of the top 16 marquee players – the ones with the highest base price as named by the IPL officials.Also
read: 5 capped Indian players who could potentially join the multi-crore club in IPL 2018 Apart from the duo, seven other Australian cricketers including the likes of Chris Lynn, James Faulkner, Marcus Stoinis, Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Johnson, Cameron White have been allotted a reserve price of 2 crores. D’Arcy Short who has taken the Big Bash League (BBL) by storm is available for
the lowest reserve price of INR 20 lakhs, while wicket-keeper Alex Carey, the only other player with more than 400 runs to his name will also be on the radar of IPL bidders. Most popular: IPL 2018 players’ auction - Here’s the list of all 578 cricketers and their base price But the Australians will tough face competition in a total pool of 578 players, including 360 Indian players.
business Rs 80,000 crore PSB recap bonds won’t Government has pegged the fiscal deficit target at 3.2 per cent of the GDP for current fiscal.
impact fiscal deficit: Finance Ministry
would be three months average price of government securities plus the spread. “There is no fiscal impact of bond issuance to banks... These will be swap deals and cash neutral. There is not going to be a public issue,” he said. The government has pegged the fiscal deficit target at 3.2 per cent of the GDP for the current fiscal. The additional expenditure of Rs 80,000 crore towards bank recapitalisation through issue of government securities will be matched by additional receipts on issues of securities to the banks and “will not entail any cash outgo”.
New Delhi: The finance ministry said on Wednesday that Rs 80,000 crore recapitalisation bonds, to be issued to public sector banks (PSBs) as part of Rs 2.11 lakh crore capital support over 2 years, will not have impact on fiscal deficit as they will be cash neutral. These bonds will not have Statutory Liquidity Ratio (SLR) and have tenure of 10-15 years, Economic Affairs Secretary S C Garg told reporters here. SLR is a portion of deposits that banks need to invest in government securities. Asked about the pricing, Garg said it
Govt to infuse over Rs 88,000 crore in 20 public banks
New Delhi: The government on Wednesday announced Rs 88,139 crore capital infusion in 20 public sector banks (PSBs) during the current fiscal, with IDBI Bank getting the most -- Rs 10,610 crore. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said his ministry had undertaken a detailed exercise on
the amount of capital to be infused into the PSBs. The unprecedented Rs 2.1 lakh crore bank recapitalisation plan announced in October last year was to be spread over two financial years -- 2017-18 and 2018-19. During the current fiscal, ending March 31, State Bank of India will get Rs 8,800 crore
capital and Bank of India, Rs 9,232 crore. UCO Bank will get Rs 6,507 crore; Punjab National Bank - Rs 5,473 crore; Bank of Baroda - Rs 5,375 crore; Central Bank of India - Rs 5,158 crore; Canara Bank - Rs 4,865 crore; Indian Overseas Bank - Rs 4,694 crore and Union Bank of India - Rs 4,524
crore. Oriental Bank of Commerce would get Rs 3,571 crore, Dena Bank Rs 3,045 crore, Bank of Maharashtra Rs 3,173 crore, United Bank of India Rs 2,634 crore, Corporation Ban Rs 2,187 crore, Syndicate Bank Rs 2,839 crore, Andhra Bank Rs 1,890 crore, Allahabad Bank Rs 1,500 crore.
IndiGo Q3 net jumps 56.4 per cent at Rs 762.03 crore
Mumbai: InterGlobe Aviation, parent of budget carrier IndiGo, on Wednesday reported over a 50 per cent jump in net profit at Rs 762.03 crore in the three months ended December on the back of better revenue management and credit from manufactureres. The Guragoan-based aviation firm had a net profit of Rs 487.25 crore in the December quarter of 2016-17. Revenue from operations rose 23.94 per cent to wRs 6,177.82 crore from Rs 4,986.49 crore in the year-ago period, the company said in a regulatory filing on Wednesday. “I am pleased to report profit after tax of of Rs 7.6 billion for the quarter. At the same time, I am happy to announce that we delivered the promise of starting our regional operations with our ATR aircraft, which will enable us to provide connectivity to many more cities in India,” IndiGo President and Whole-time Director Aditya Ghosh was quoted as saying the filing.
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Why CISF security eludes Surat airport?
SURAT: Even as the monthly passenger traffic has increased to more than 60,000 passengers and flight movement to over 20, Surat airport continues to face neglect from the central government when it comes to enhancing safety and security of passengers. Despite long-pending demand for deployment of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel at Surat airport, the civil aviation ministry and the ministry of home affairs (MHA) have turned a blind eye to the need. Recently, the office of director general of CISF stated that the CISF was a need-based force and its deployment is made as per the instructions of the MHA. In case
of airports, the nodal agency Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) is empowered to conduct survey and the need for manpower is recommended to the MHA after sanction from the ministry of civil aviation. ‘We Work For A Working Airport At Surat’ (WWWAS) member Rajesh Modi has written to BCAS for initiating a survey
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at Surat airport and recommending CISF manpower requirement to the MHA. Modi has sent a detailed letter to the director general of BCAS reasoning why CISF security services were urgently required at Surat airport. In the last one-and-a-half-decade, the city has grown leaps and bounds and ranked as the eight fastest growing city of the world.
Vadodara: For the first time since inception of women’s cricket in India, a player from Gujarat is all set to make her debut in the Indian women’s team in the T20 international cricket tournament. Seventeen-year-old Radha Yadav was on Tuesday picked up for the Indian team that will be touring South Africa next month. Yadav, an all-rounder was picked up after her consistent performance over last couple of seasons. Nearly three decades ago, two women players from the city, Mangala Babar and Rajkuvardevi Gaekwad, were picked up for the Indian one-day international team but couldn’t make it to the playing XI. Yadav was in contention for the Indian team after she was selected for the India A team last year. “I was hoping that I will get a chance to play in the Indian team after my performance over last few seasons. I am very happy,” Radha told TOI over phone from Mumbai where she is playing an official BCCI match. A left-arm spinner, Radha is an agile fielder and wields the willow too. Having played for Mumbai, Radha shifted to Baroda Cricket Association (BCA) in 201415. Radha has played for Baroda in U-19 West Zone tournament, senior women’s one-day tournament, senior women’s T20 tournament and U-23 West Zone one-day tournament.
AHMEDABAD:: Women who start their periods at an early age (at the age of 11 or younger), or experience an early menopause, are at greater risk of heart attack or stroke, new research suggests. According to the study published in Journal Heart, several other factors like miscarriage,stillbirth, undergoing a hysterectomy, and bearing children at a young age were also associated with a an elevated odds of cardiovascular diseases in later life. The additional risk varied from only a few percentage points to more than 40%. Supporting the research, Dr. Sharad
Jain, Interventional Cardiologist, Apollo Hospitals, Ahmedabad said “While it is not clear whether reproductive factors are driving the increased risks, more frequent screening of women whose reproductive history suggests that they might be at higher risk of cardiovascular disease could help to prevent or delay its onset”. The team looked at more than 267,000 women and 215,000 men who were healthy and had no history of cardiovascular disease, and then looked at what happened to those participants in the seven years that followed. The
statistics showed 5,782 participants developed coronary heart disease and there were 3,489 cases of stroke. Altogether, 9,054 participants developed one or both cardiovascular diseases, 34% of whom were women. The average age of women participants was 56 when monitoring began. More than four-fifths had been pregnant, and nearly half had two children. On average, they started having their periods at 13, and had their first child at 26. The findings revealed that in 2016, about twothirds of the women had gone through menopause, at an average age of 50.
IDP Education to organize Australian “Sri Nityananda Trayodashi Mahotsav” Education Fair inAhmedabad at Hare Krishna Mandir, Bhadaj Ahmedabad : IDP Education India, the leading student placement service provider will be organizing the Australian education fair in Ahmedabadat Hotel Pride on 30 th January, from 11:00 am– 04:00 pmfor students aspiring to pursue higher education inAustralia. The fair spread across 20 cities will bring together prominent universities and educational institutes from Australia under one roof. The fair will kick start on20 th January 2018 at Chandigarh and conclude in Indore on 13 th February 2018. In addition to Chandigarh &Ahmedabad, the fair will be
organized in cities of Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Kolkata, Gurgaon, Delhi, Mumbai, Vadodara, Nagpur, Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Vizag, Kochi, Coimbatore, Chennai, Jaipur and Indore. Mr. Piyush Kumar Regional Director South Asia IDP Education said, “IDP is world's leading student placement organization devoted to bring a change in the way student placement is perceived in India. The whole idea is to hand hold the aspiring candidates & provide them with an experience which is not just hassle free but also widens their horizon in terms of opportunities available.
Bhadaj : Hare Krishna Mandir, Bhadaj is celebrating Nityananda Trayodashi on January 29, 2018. It is the auspicious appearance day of Lord Nityananda who is an incarnation of Lord Balarama and the principal associate of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Lord Nityananda, also known as Nitai and Nityananda Prabhu, appeared in Ekachakra village in West Bengal. Assisting Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu in His Harinama sankirtana mission, the all-merciful Lord freely distributed Love of Godhead and performed many pastimes such as the deliverance of sinful souls Jagai and Madhai. Gaudiya-Vaishnavas fast till noon
on this day. Nityananda Prabhu is an eternal associate of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Vaishnava Acharyas emphatically state that people who try to understand Chaitanya Mahaprabhu without getting the mercy of Nityananda Prabhu will never succeed and one must pray very sincerely to Lord Nityananda Prabhu as the adi-guru (original spiritual master) to be delivered to the Lotus feet of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. At Hare Krishna Mandir, Bhadaj, the gorgeously adorned Deities of Sri Sri Nitai Gauranga are taken out in a procession in the evening when hundreds of devotees join and engage in an ecstatic Harinama sankirtana.
Padmaavat protests: Violence also broke out in parts of Surat. Protesters burnt tyres to block traffic on the highway to Kheralu area of north Gujarat.
Padmaavat protests in Gujarat turn violent, police fire warning shots Ahmedabad : On the day the Supreme Court refused to modify its order staying Gujarat and Rajasthan’s notifications prohibiting the screening of Padmaavat, protests against the film — it is due for release Thursday — turned violent with mobs in Ahmedabad targeting multiplexes and malls, blocking roads and torching parked vehicles. Police fired in the air
to scatter the mobs. Violence also broke out in parts of Surat. Protesters burnt tyres to block traffic on the highway to Kheralu area of north Gujarat. Ahmedabad Police Commissioner A K Singh told The Indian Express that two rounds were fired in the air outside Himalaya Mall to disperse the mobs. Gujarat’s Minister of State for Home Pradeepsinh Jadeja said: “We are probing who is
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Pak court restrains govt from arresting Mumbai attack plotter Hafiz Saeed
Lahore: The Lahore High Court on Wednesday restrained the Pakistan government from arresting Hafiz Saeed, the 2008 Mumbai terror attack mastermind and JuD chief, till further order. Saeed had on Tuesday moved the court seeking protection from arrest or action against Jamaatud-Dawah (JuD) and Falah-i-Insaniat Foundation (FIF) ahead of the visit of the monitoring team of the United Nations Security Council 1267 Sanctions Committee. The team will be visiting Islamabad from tomorrow for an assessment of Islamabad’s compliance with the world body’s sanctions regime. In his plea, he had said that the government wants to arrest him at the behest of US and India, whose lobby for the last many years has been trying to prove that he was “somehow involved in Mumbai attacks”. Justice Amin Aminuddin Khan heard Saeed’s plea and refrained the government from taking any adverse action against him. “The LHC today accepted JuD chief Hafiz Saeed’s application and issued order restraining the federal government from arresting him till futher order,” a court official confirmed. He said the court also issued notice to the government to file its reply on March 17.
responsible for the incident. Police have detained 30 people so far. I am in touch with Karni Sena leaders and they have said that they do not approve of violent protests. I am saying this again that the state government will follow the Supreme Court order which has allowed release of the film.” At least three Ahmedabad malls — Acropolis which has the PVR multiplex, Himalaya which has
US designates Indian-origin ISIS man, dubbed ‘New Jihadi John’, as global terrorist Washington: The US on Tuesday designated Indian-origin Islamic State militant from Britain Siddhartha Dhar along with a BelgianMoroccan citizen as global terrorists and imposed sanctions on them, the State Department said. Dhar, a British Hindu who converted to Islam and now goes by the name Abu Rumaysah, had skipped police bail in the UK to travel to Syria with his wife and young children in 2014. Nihad Barakat, a Yazidi teenager held as a sex slave by ISIS, was quoted as saying by the Independent in May 2016 that she was kidnapped and trafficked by Dhar, who was based in Mosul, the group’s former
stronghold in Iraq. Dhar was dubbed as the “New Jihadi John” and became a senior commander of the dreaded outfit, the report had said. The State Department has designated two ISIS members, Siddhartha Dhar and Abdelatif Gaini, as Specially Designated Global Terrorists under Section 1(b) of Executive Order which also imposes sanctions on foreign persons determined to have committed, or pose a significant risk of committing, acts of terrorism that threaten the security of US nationals or the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the US, a state department spokesperson said in a statement.
Carnival Cinema and Ahmedabad One which has Cinepolis — were targeted by mobs which set ablaze at least 25-30 vehicles, mostly two-wheelers outside Himalaya Mall, and 10-12 vehicles outside Acropolis, Additional Chief Fire Officer Rajesh Bhatt said. These were attacked even though cinema hall owners had said they would not be screening Padmaavat because of security concerns.
Linxia with a population of about two million is an autonomous prefecture for the Muslim Hui people.
Chinese Communist Party members in Muslim majority region sign atheism pledge Beijing: Members of the ruling Communist Party of China in a Muslim-majority region in the northwest, often dubbed as “China’s Mecca”, have signed an atheism pledge to proclaim their devotion to the pursuit of Marxist purity, official media reported on Wednesday. Top regional Communist Party of China (CPC) officials and party members of the Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture in Gansu Province last weekend signed the commitment at a Party meeting, state-run Global Times quoted Linxia committee of the CPC as saying. Linxia with a population of about two million is an autonomous prefecture for the Muslim Hui people. The prefecture also includes two autonomous counties for other Muslim groups, namely Dongxiang, Salar and Bonan. Linxia is sometimes dubbed as “China’s Mecca” as more than half of the residents are the Muslim
Hui, a large Chinese ethnic group, the state-run Xinhua news agency had reported. According to unofficial accounts, China has over 21 million Muslims, mostly the Uyghurs in Xinjiang and Hui community in Ningxia province. China is currently
carrying out a massive crackdown against the East Turkistan Islamic Movement (ETIM) in the volatile Xinjiang province where Uyghurs who formed majority there were restive over the increasing settlements of Han community.
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