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Short News J&K panchayat election results: Violence in Doda kills one, dozens injured Jammu : In the first incident of poll-related violence during the ongoing panchayat elections in Jammu and Kashmir, a retired army captain was killed and nearly a dozen others were injured, two of them seriously, in Doda district’s Khara block. Poll officials declared Congressbacked Kanchan Chandel as the winner while BJP’s Rehmatullah Butt came in second. After the announcement, clashes ensued between the rival factions. The deceased has been identified as Mohammad Hafeez, a retired Army captain. According to sources, he was not a part of the clashing groups but was standing near the losing candidate. The seriously injured villagers include Hoshiar Singh, an on-duty Special Police Officer (SPO) and Dheeraj Kumar. Both were shifted to a hospital at Kahra.
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Kartarpur Corridor: Sidhu says invited by Pakistan for ground-breaking ceremony
Chandigarh ; PUNJAB’S LOCAL Bodies Minister and Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Friday said he has got another invite from Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s office to attend the ground-breaking (bhoomi pujan) ceremony of Kartarpur corridor on Pakistan side on November 28. Sidhu told The Indian Express on phone from Madhya Pradesh, where he is on campaigning duty, “I got a call from Pakistan Prime Minister’s office on Friday. It was the same person who had called me when I was invited for the swearing-in ceremony.”Sidhu said he intends to go. “I will go if the Government of India allows me to go. It will be a great honour to be a part of history. There will not be a happier moment than the time when my turban touches the ground where Guru Nanak Dev once walked. It was an unfulfilled wish of my parents.” On whether he would attend the foundation stone-laying ceremony on this side of the border on November 26, Sidhu said, “I will certainly go if I am invited.”
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The bus fell into the canal around noon after the driver lost control while speeding. The majority of deaths were caused by drowning as the bus sank in the canal, trapping the passengers.
Karnataka: Bus falls into canal, 30 killed Bengaluru : A private bus toppled into a canal near Kanakangudi village in Pandavapura taluk of Karnataka’s Mandya district, around 100 km from Bengaluru, on Saturday, killing 30 people, including seven children and 15 women. The bus fell into the canal around noon after the driver lost control while speeding. The majority of deaths were caused by drowning as the bus sank in the canal, trapping the passengers. The bus was a private transport facility plying between villages in Pandavapura taluk. Among the children who died were Preeksha, a twoyear-old, Likitha, 5, Soumya, 5, Pavitra, 11, Kalpana, 11, Ravikumar, 12, and Preethi 15. Four people managed to get out through the windows and swim to safety including
the driver, the police said. Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy and Congress leader Siddaramaiah visited the site of the accident in the afternoon to assess the situation. Local farmers attempted to carry out rescue work initially before official rescue services in the form of the fire forces arrived. Mandya Additional SP Balaramegowda said all the bodies were recovered from the canal by late evening. Kumaraswamy announced Rs 5 lakh compensation for the families of the dead and stated that the state government would make efforts to deploy more government buses to improve connectivity between villages in the region where his party the JDS is dominant.
Army of liars misleading people in Delhi, says PM Modi in Mandsaur
BJP chief Amit Shah unhurt after fall during roadshow in Madhya Pradesh
Ashoknagar : BJP president Amit Shah stumbled and fell while alighting from a vehicle after his roadshow here in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh Saturday. One of his bodyguards quickly offered support and Shah managed to get up unhurt immediately. The incident happened at the Tulsi Park. Later, addressing a public meeting in Shivpuri district, Shah continued to fire salvos at the Congress like his previous election meetings and said the chief of the opposition party, Rahul Gandhi, was daydreaming about winning the November 28 Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls. The state is being ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since 2003 with Shivraj Singh Chouhan occupying the chief minister’s post since 2005. “While waiting to board a flight at an airport, I saw Rahul baba on a TV channel, claiming that his party was going to come to power in Madhya Pradesh,” Shah told the gathering.
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New Delhi : Top leaders from the BJP and Congress addressed public rallies in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh on Saturday. While Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a public rally in Chhatarpur and Mandsaur, BJP president Amit Shah addressed the public in Shivpuri and conducted a roadshow in Ashok Nagar area. Congress president Rahul Gandhi addressed public rallies in Sagar and Damoh and Tikamgarh. Meanwhile, criticising Congress leader Raj Babbar’s remarks comparing the falling rupee with his mother
age, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday said when one doesn’t have issues to talk about, he resorts to abusing somebody else’s mother. “Congress doesn’t have the strength to fight Narendra Modi, will their deposits be saved if they abuse my mother?” he asked, reported PTI. The Prime Minister was addressing a rally in Chhatarpur district of poll-bound Madhya Pradesh. Attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress president Rahul Gandhi Saturday said that the fear of losing the general elections in 2019 has driven the hatred in the PM.
Mary Kom wins record sixth World Championship gold
Mumbai: HOW DID Mary Kom celebrate after becoming the first woman boxer to win six gold medals at the World Championships? Sitting on the ringside steps, huddled with coaches, she cried. And the more the crowd cheered, the more the tears flowed. “We tried telling her, it’s okay. Calm down. Take deep breaths,” says coach Chhote Lal Yadav. “But she couldn’t. She said ‘Mujhse control nahi ho pa raha hai (I am not able to control it).” Mary (35) registered a 5-0 win in the 48kg category over Hanna Okhota of Ukraine to tie with Cuban legend Felix Savon’s haul — he won all his six medals in the men’s heavyweight division. But instead of the usual celebration routine, of bowing to the crowd and making her way down to the presentation ceremony, Mary was overwhelmed by the moment. “She told me, ‘this is all for India’,” says Yadav. “The
crowd, the atmosphere got to her, but it was more about performing in front of her people.” When Mary won her last Worlds medal in 2010, she wasn’t the Olympicmedallist and subject-of-a-biopic then. The one in Delhi, 2006, came even earlier, when female amateur boxers were fighting for relevance worldwide. “Wahan toh main aaya
tha, cheer karne (I was there, to cheer),” laughs Yadav. “Not many people came to support the boxers in 2006. It was completely different today.” On Saturday, those present at the KD Jadhav indoor hall at the Indira Gandhi Stadium didn’t disappoint. Seated well before the scheduled 4 pm match began, the crowd cheered loudly.
Govt does not need extra funds from RBI to meet fiscal deficit target: Arun Jaitley
New Delhi : Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said the government does not need any extra funds from the Reserve Bank or any other institution to meet the fiscal deficit target. However, he added that extra funds, which may accrue from the new capital framework of the Reserve Bank, can always be used for poverty alleviation programmes over the years by future governments. “We don’t need any extra funds from any
other institution to finance our fiscal deficit. Let’s be very clear that’s not the intention of the government. And we are not saying that in next six months give me some money. I don’t need it,” the minister said in an interview to TV channel Times Now. India’s fiscal deficit is slated to come down to 3.3 per cent of GDP at the end of the current fiscal. Responding to criticism that the government was eyeing RBI’s reserves, Jaitley
said globally central banks have a capital framework which determines the amount of funds that ought to be maintained as reserves. “All we are saying is there has to be some discussion and some norms under which Reserve Bank will have a capital framework,” he said, adding that surplus funds could be used for poverty alleviation programmes by future governments over the next several years.
Attacking his ally in Maharashtra and at the centre, Thackeray said he is here to “wake up Kumbhkaran who has been asleep for four years.”
Declare date for Ram temple: Uddhav dares Modi govt in Ayodhya
New Delhi : Shiv Sena Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday asked the BJP-led central government to spell out the date when the Ram temple will be constructed. Thackeray was in Ayodhya with son Aditya and wife Rashmi to extend his support to the right-wing Hindu outfits’ chorus for an ordinance to build the temple. “Day, months, years and generations have passed,” he said. “Mandir wahin baneyenge, par date nahin batayenge (You say you
will make the temple there, but won’t tell the date). First say when will you construct
the temple, the rest we will talk later,” PTI quoted him as saying. Attacking his ally
in Maharashtra and at the centre, Thackeray said he is here to “wake up Kumbhkaran who has been asleep for four years.” The Sena is part of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) but has had strained ties with the BJP. The Sena has reiterated its demand that an ordinance be brought before 2019 for constructing the temple. In an editorial in its mouthpiece ‘Saamana’, the party claimed that the sentiment among Hindus, now, was “first temple and then government”.
Institutions need to look within to restore credibility: Pranab Mukherjee New Delhi : With institutions such as the judiciary, the Election Commission, Comptroller and Auditor General’s office, Central Vigilance Commission and the Central I n f o r m a t i o n Commission coming under strain in recent past, and their credibility being questioned, there is “widespread cynicism and disillusionment with governance and functioning of these institutions”, former President Pranab Mukherjee said on Friday. “To restore this credibility, the
correctives have to come from within,” Mukherjee said while addressing inauguration session of a two-day national conference — “Towards Peace, Harmony and Happiness: Transition to Transformation” — that got under way here on Friday. The Pranab Mukherjee Foundation and the Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development (CRRID) are organising the event.
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KASHMIR hanging, kerala boiling...
Now that chaos extends from Punjab to Kerala, tweaking it in Jammu & Kashmir had, it seems, become a political necessity for the Bharatiya Janata Party, the world’s largest political organisation by membership. But what good is that distinction when the BJP cannot run a government in J&K and cannot afford to let other parties to do so? It is also kind of odd that in 2015 Narendra Modi was on top of the world announcing a government in Srinagar with Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and in November 2018, the BJP has slid to the bottom of the mountain. Strange, but November in the calendar has an odd effect on Modi it was in November in 2016 that he unrolled the lifechanging demonetisation. Seems like November is when Modi sees double, sometimes even loses sight. Wednesday, November 21, we thought J&K will get a new government, one sewn together by PDP, NC and the Congress. But then PDP boss Mehbooba Mufti found that the fax machine in Guv Satyapal Malik’s office wasn’t working and People’s Conference leader Sajjad Lone was playing a lone hand. He had the Guv’s office Whatsapp number and shot through a government-making offer. Malik probably is one of those who don’t carry the smartphone to bed, so didn’t see the lone hand play out! Late in the evening, Malik dissolved the J&K Assembly and went to bed. If this surprised anybody, it did not. Mehbooba mocked the fax machine and Kashmir expert Barkha Dutt pronounced on Twitter that, at the end of the day, it was for the good of everyone, most of all to Mebbooba Mufti. Well done. Political analysts and experts have never been let down by the Modi government, especially when it came to Jammu & Kashmir. Without fail, there has been a political crisis every three to four months for them to comment and write about. To some, money in the bank. So much so, people wondered if there was a government running in Srinagar; the stone-throwers gave plenty of reason that there wasn’t a government running. For most of the PDP-BJP rule, as long it lasted, terrorists ran amok and the army had to do a lot of explaining for tying a human being to a jeep-bonnet. And then the same officer who tied the man to bonnet was spotted entering a hotel room with a woman in a bonnet! The army was forced to do some more explaining. All the while, J&K politicians floundered from one bee in the bonnet to another bee in the bonnet. It was stinging rebuttal to Modi’s claim of India having hegemony over Kashmir.
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I feel the story telling of that era was so very different in comparison to today’s films and actors, Janhvi said.
I would love to work in a Malyalam film, says Janhvi
New Delhi : Janhvi Kapoor, who recently made her debut on the silver screen with Dhadak is crazy about watching films from the golden era, wishes she could have worked with Guru Dutt and says she would love to work in a Malyalam film. Set to begin shooting soon for her next film Takht, Janhvi who was at the IFFI 2018 with her father Boney Kapoor, was completely at ease as she answered a volley of questions. Revealing that she loved watching the cinema of the yesteryear, the young actress says that she notices a major change in films today in comparison to films and the actors of the golden era. “I am very fond of watching Golden Era films. I feel the story telling of that era was so very different in comparison to today’s films
Hugh Jackman is open to play another superhero
Many people have said that Nicole Kidman is too young to play the role of Arthur Curry or Aquaman’s mother in the film. The titular character is played by Jason Momoa, who is 12 years younger than Kidman (Momoa is 39 years old while Kidman is 51).
Hugh Jackman, who said goodbye to the character of Wolverine with 2017’s Logan, says he is “open” to portray another superhero on the big screen.
Los Angeles : Actor Hugh Jackman, who said goodbye to the character of Wolverine with 2017’s Logan, says he is “open” to portray another superhero on the big screen. In an interview with MTV, the 50-year-old actor said he never viewed Wolverine, the Marvel Comics character that he played in nine films over 17 years, as a “superhero”. “Oh yeah, I’d be open to that. Yeah, for sure. I mean, for me I never saw it as a superhero, even when I got Logan and I didn’t know much about the X-Men series or comic book series, I was like ‘these are great characters’,” Jackman said. “All of these people are flawed characters. Sure they have extraordinary abilities, right, but they
Preity Zinta: There will always be nepotism and you can’t change that
Mumbai : Nepotism is an oft-debated topic in Bollywood award shows and interviews but it is not a new concept, says Preity Zinta as she believes it is natural for parents to help their children. Preity, an outsider herself, said the industry is dominated by people who have made a name for themselves, irrespective of where they come from. “It is an age-old thing that parents will help
and actors. I genuinely feel that today cinema has become more commercial. We are trapped more in commercials.
The acting and the concept of the films were much more ahead of times then.” Responding on the female centric tag to movies today, Janhvi says, “In those days films like Mother India, Sita Aur Gita, Chalbaaaz, Bandhini and Sujata were stories mainly on females. The character in these films also projected how a woman needs to live and survive in the society, etc. But such cinema was never tagged as female oriented unlike today’s times. If the intriguing tale represents the life of a female lead….we conveniently tag the film as women oriented.” All praise for her favorite actors like Rekha, Waheeda Rehman, Nutan and Madhubala, she says, “Yes sab ek dusre se alag thi…(They all were different from each other) and excelled in their performances.
their children. Nepotism does exist. But then there are stars like Shah Rukh Khan, Akshay Kumar, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Deepika Padukone and others who are not from industry and are superstars,” she told PTI in an interview. “There will always be nepotism and you can’t change that but one should never underestimate those who have a hunger to prove themselves in the industry,” she added.
are all really flawed, and that’s what the movie’s about. That’s why people relate to it,” he added. Jackman is currently awaiting the release of The Front Runner, which also features Vera Farmiga, JK Simmons, Alfred Molina and Sara Paxton. The biographical drama, directed by Jason Reitman, follows the rise of American Senator Gary Hart, a Democratic presidential candidate in 1988, and his subsequent fall from grace when media reports surfaced of his extramarital affair. Hugh Jackman, who said goodbye to the character of Wolverine with 2017’s Logan, says he is “open” to portray another superhero on the big screen.
Nicole Kidman clears the air about her age in DC’s Aquaman
New Delhi : Nicole Kidman has opened up about the age controversy in her upcoming Warner Bros’ DC superhero film, Aquaman. Many people have said that she is too young to play the role of Arthur Curry or Aquaman’s mother in the film. The titular character is played by Jason Momoa, who is 12 years younger than Kidman (Momoa is 39 years old while Kidman is 51). While speaking to Variety, Kidman said, “In the context of the superhero world, it all evens out. Atlanna doesn’t really age.” She is referring to the fact that her character, Queen
Sunny Deol, in an interview recently, confessed that he has never read any script in his thirty-five years of career in this field.
Bhaiaji Superhit actor Sunny Deol: I never read scripts Mumbai : Thirty-five years and several blockbusters later, actor Sunny Deol says his process of working in a film is purely “instinctive” where he is more interested in listening to the storyteller than reading scripts. For Sunny, it is a matter of choice that he avoids reading scripts as he believes he might look at them with a “certain mindset” and hence prefers to hear them straight from the writers. “I am a very instinctive person. I hear an idea, a thought and if it is good and I like it, I just jump for it. I don’t go into the detailing of it. Right now, you need to do that but back then filmmaking was different. I never read scripts,” Sunny told PTI. “I just hear the idea from the director and go for it. I have always interacted with the story writer and heard the
subject because that’s what is going to eventually come over on screen,” he added. Since his debut in 1983 with Betaab, Sunny has featured in some strong content driven films like Ghayal, Damini, Darr and Gaddar Ek Prem Katha, among others. A process of not reading scripts can be considered risky but Sunny still goes by
his instincts while giving nod to a film. “One never takes it as a gamble. I do it because I love it and I’m enjoying the story. Obviously sometimes in the journey, you realise the production, the director, writer, or some things are going here and there but you don’t disown it. You don’t run away because it’s everyone’s baby,” he said.
Atlanna, is an Atlantean royal, and is thus not really a human. Just like Kryptonians and Amazonians like Superman and Wonder Woman, Atlanteans in DC Comics are also endowed with superman capabilities. They age either not at all or very slowly and may look much the same after hundreds of years have passed. It is not known whether Atlanna will survive until Arthur’s adulthood. The trailers for this James Wan directorial have shown Atlanna only in what look like flashbacks and they have Atlanna have Arthur as a baby.
Tinaa Datta’s tryst with Ekta’s new horror show Daayan on &TV
Mumbai: Remember the petite Iccha from the show Uttaran from a few years ago? We all fondly recall the famed character largely owing to one reason – because it was played by the television actress TinaaDattaa. Her acting chops in that show ensured that she grew on to become a popular household name and garnered love from viewers. Post that she dabbled with a few other projects continuing to
woo her fans. Cut to the present – she’s back and how! The pretty lady has bagged Ekta Kapoor’s new show on &TV, Daayan. For the first time, Tinaa will move away from romance, exploring the genre of horror mystery in this latest offering from the Balaji Telefilms stable. Tinaa will be essaying the role of JhanviMorya, a well-educated and family oriented 22-year girl hailing from Ujjain.
The daughter of veteran lyricist-poet Gulzar, Meghna, who showed the India-Pakistan spy drama against the backdrop of the 1971 war through the film, admitted that Alia was her first choice for the role of Sehmat.
Meghna Gulzar on Alia Bhatt’s performance in Raazi: She raised the bar in acting for herself Mumbai : Filmmaker Meghna Gulzar says actress Alia Bhatt has raised the bar for herself in cinema with her role of Sehmat Kaur — the Indian spy — in the movie Raazi. “Alia performed quite challenging scenes in the movie. She would be trembling before you say action but the moment camera rolls, you see the performer in
her taking over everything. She has raised the bar in acting for herself, ” Meghna told IANS over e-mail. The daughter of veteran lyricist-poet Gulzar, Meghna, who showed the India-Pakistan spy drama against the backdrop of the 1971 war through the film, admitted that Alia was her first choice for Sehmat and she could not
see anyone except Alia playing the role. “I could not see anyone else play this part. If she (Alia) had not done the film, I don’t think I would have made it. Alia’s vulnerability, fragility fitted the character which I imagined. I am grateful for the belief she had put into the character and brought it to life. Besides Alia, Raazi which
became the first female-led film (nonfranchise) to earn more than 100 crore, also features actors like Vicky Kaushal, Alia’s mother Soni Razdan and Rajit Kapur. After having its world premiere on the small screen a few days ago, “Raazi” is now all set to premiere on Zee Cinema on Saturday night.
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SPORTS ROUNDUP
Saina Nehwal, Sameer Verma enter final of Syed Modi International
Saina Nehwal and Sameer were both pushed to a third game but won their matches comfortably after that point. New Delhi: Former three-time winner Saina Nehwal and reigning champion Sameer Verma were a step away from clinching the men’s and women’s singles titles respectively, reaching the finals of the Syed Modi International World Tour Super 300 here on Saturday. Commonwealth Games silver medallists Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty and Gold Coast bronze medallists Ashwini Ponnappa and N Sikki Reddy also progressed to the summit clash in men’s doubles and women’s doubles
respectively. Third seed Sameer, who won titles at Swiss and Hyderabad this year, saw off Indonesia’s Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo 21-13 17-21 21-8 in a 57-minute men’s singles semifinals. The world number 16 Indian, who needs to win the title to qualify for the year-ending HSBC BWF World Tour Finals, will face sixth seeded Chinese Lu Guangzu in the summit clash. If he wins the title, Sameer will displace Japan’s Kenta Nishimoto at No.8 in the Race to Guangzhou Rankings.
Business GDBPCON 2018 - 17th National Conference of Growth Development & Behaviroual Pediatrics
AHMEDABAD: This is to inform all friends from the doctor fraternity that team GDBPCON 2018 is organizing the 17thNational Conference of Growth Development and Behavioral Pediatrics 2018 from 23rd to 25th Nov, 2018 at AMA, Ahmedabad . It is organized by Academy Of Pediatrics, Ahmedabad & Gujarat. It will be a great opportunity for pediatricians to interact with their fellow colleagues and engage on some of the latest trends and practices of pediatrics related to Growth, Development & Behavioral issues of Children in 21st Century. It will also be a great chance to have some intriguing sessions with experts on complex pediatric issues. Apart from a number of faculties from the state, the conference will also be host to renowned faculties from across the nation. There is a saying in in Gujarati : “Putra na Lakshan Parnama thi”
Which means a lot can be predicted from a behavior of a child even when in cradle. At GDBPCON 2018 with the theme and goal to add colors to life of child with developmental disorders, well planned workshops and scientific program is designed. As we know, neurodevelopment screening and assessment is right of every child and developmental disorders are no longer only parental concern but involvement of pediatricians, psychiatrists, therapists… society is mandatory. We want to bring awareness of availabilities of resources, advancements in treatment and possibilities for children with special needs through this conference. Speech delay, Scholastic backwardness, Autism , ADHD , Behavioural issues in children , Learning Disabilitiesare bothering parents today more than ever.
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Dipa Karmakar marked her return from knee surgery with a bronze medal at the FIG Individual apparatus World Cup in Germany.
After clearing her mind, Dipa Karmakar wins bronze at World Cup Bisweshwar Nandi had trained Dipa Karmakar to leap herself into mid-air somersaults while teaching her one of the boldest routines in gymnastics. But it was going to take specialised convincing to get her to believe again that she could pull off a routine — not as dangerous as the earlier one — after recovering from her knee surgery. The wariness to push herself had morphed into debilitating pressure in her mind, and Nandi packed her off to SAI psychologist Bhavna Chouhan to clear off the cobwebs of doubt that besieged India’s premier gymnast. Eighteen days of intense training and patching back her mind together yielded a confidence—boosting bronze medal at the FIG Individual apparatus World Cup in Germany on Saturday. Managing an average
of 14.316 on her two vaults at the Lausitz Arena, Karmakar was 0.412 off the gold medallist Rebecca Andrade from Brazil, who finished with 14.728. “I was very demotivated after the Asian Games. Not making the finals there shook me to the core. I’d started to think I won’t
be able to get good scores on the vault again. But the psychologist told me that the junoon was within me, and it never went away. Basically, it was things that motivators say, but I needed to hear it being said,” she told news aganacy after her second World Cup medal.
Bangladesh seal 64-run win over West Indies in first Test
New Delhi: Left-arm spinner Shakib Al Hasan became the first Bangladeshi bowler to claim 200 Test wickets as the hosts sealed a comprehensive 64-run victory against West Indies in the first Test on Saturday. Shakib returned figures of 2/22 and also is the quickest to 3,000 runs and 200 wickets, achieving the feat in his 54th Test to eclipse English all-rounder Ian
Botham who reached it in his 55th Test. But his fellow left-arm spinner Taijul Islam did the most damage, taking 6-33, his fourth five-for in the last six innings, to wrap up the visitors for 139 while it was chasing the target of 204. Sunil Amrbis scored highest 43, and Jomel Warrican made fluent 41 as the duo combined a 63-run partnership for the ninth wicket to give the side an outside hope.
Cruising at 173 for one at one stage, Sri Lanka had every reason to be optimistic about a big first-innings total before the wheels came off their innings in the final session at the Sinhalese Sports Club.
Adil Rashid, Ben Stokes wreck Sri Lanka, England in charge Colombo : Adil Rashid and Ben Stokes scripted a spectacular turnaround to earn England a handy firstinnings lead after skittling out Sri Lanka for 240 on day two of the third and final test on Saturday. Cruising at 173 for one at one stage, Sri Lanka had every reason to be optimistic about a big first-innings total before the wheels came off their
Finance Ministry likely to stick to capital infusion programme for PSU banks New Delhi: The Finance Ministry would not curtail its capital infusion plan for this financial year even as stateowned banks would be needing fewer funds following the RBI’s decision to defer the deadline to meet Basel III norms by a year, according to sources. Under the new dispensation, the capital infusion by the government in public sector banks for meeting the capital buffer norms would come down to around Rs 15,000-20,000 crore, sources said.However, there will not be any reduction in the capital funding plan as announced in October last year despite a lower requirement due to the extension of the deadline for meeting the CCB of 2.5 per cent until March 2020, sources said. The capital infusion would help improve the financial health of banks, sources said, adding that some banks would get necessary regulatory capital while others would get it for fueling growth, they clarified. Earlier this week, the RBI in the central board meeting decided to extend the implementation of the last tranche of 0.625 per cent of capital conservation buffer by a year to March 2020.
innings in the final session at the Sinhalese Sports Club. Rashid claimed a career-best 5-49, also effecting a run-out with a direct throw, while Stokes returned 3-30 in a lion-hearted display of pace bowling on a spin-friendly track to earn England a first-innings lead of 96. The tourists were three for no loss in their second innings when bad light stopped play.
Rory Burns was on two and Keaton Jennings on one with England pressing for a 3-0 series sweep. On a day when England captain Joe Root spilled two catches in the slip, Jennings pouched four at short leg, three of them absolute blinders. Ben Foakes took three behind stumps, including a brilliant diving catch to send back Angelo Mathews.
Brent fell 11.3 per cent and WTI posted a 10.8 per cent decline, the largest one-week drop since January 2016.
Oil plunges nearly 8 per cent despite talk of output cut
New Delhi: Oil prices slumped up to nearly 8 per cent to the lowest in more than a year on Friday, posting the seventh consecutive weekly loss, amid intensifying fears of a supply glut even as major producers consider cutting output. Oil supply, led by US producers, is growing faster than demand and to prevent a build-up of unused fuel such as the one that emerged in 2015, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries is expected to start trimming output after a meeting on Dec 6. But this has done little so far to prop up prices, which have dropped more than 20 per cent so far in November,
in a seven-week streak of losses. Prices were on course for their biggest one-month decline since late 2014. A trade war between the world’s two biggest economies and oil consumers, the United
States and China, has weighed upon the market. “The market is pricing in an economic slowdown they are anticipating that the Chinese trade talks are not going to go well,” said Phil Flynn, an analyst
at Price Futures Group in Chicago, referring to expected talks next week between US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at the G20 summit in Buenos Aires.
PRSI – Ahmedabad Chapter, Ahmedabad Sunni Muslim Waqf Committee & Veechar Trust Utensils Museum team up to engage School Children of city in World Heritage Week Celebrations and Interschool Quiz Competition.
I Amdavad “Heritage Vaarta Quiz – 2018” to be organized on 2nd December AHMEDABAD: Public Relations Society of India – Ahmedabad Chapter, Ahmedabad Sunni Muslim Waqf Committee and Vechaar Trust today announced that World Heritage Week is celebrated all over the world every year from 19th of November to 25th of November by the students of schools and colleges in order to get people aware about the importance of the cultural heritages and its preservation. In order to celebrate the Folklores, Monuments with the main theme of protecting the world heritage sites and it helps to spread the awareness of protecting and respecting the ancient heritage of our country a meaningful event called I Amdavad - Heritage Vaarta and Quiz – 2018 has been conceptualized.
Heritage Vaarta Quiz would be organized on 2nd December, 2018 at Utensils Museum, Vechaar Trust from 2.30 PM onwards. This Program would celebrate the historical memories and the monumental beauty of this Proud Historic City called Ahmedabad, which also became India’s first Heritage City as announced by UNESCO last year and further ensure that the famous folklores and significant developments which happened in this 608 years old city is spread across to School Children and a strong message should be sent to them to ensure that we should love, preserve, conserve and protect our historical monuments and should understand it’s significance in the pages of history.
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Neighbours called the fire department when they saw smoke coming out of the flat. When the fire team reached, they had to break open the front door to enter the flat.
Gujarat: Couple dies of suffocation after fire breaks out in city apartment
Ahmedabad : A couple died of suffocation allegedly after a fire engulfed their apartment in Anandnagar area of Ahmedabad in the early hours of Saturday. Police said the fire was suspected to have been caused by a shortcircuit. The couple’s daughters and the latter’s 70-year-old grandmother are critical and is admitted to the intensive care unit of a hospital. Achal Shah (50), who was the Gujarat marketing head of The Times of India, his wife Premila (49), daughters
Arohi, 13, and Ishita, 17, and Shah’s mother, Snehlata, were sleeping when the storeroom of their apartment on the sixth
floor of the 11-storey building — Ishan-3 B caught fire engulfing entire flat in smoke. Fire officials said that they
received a message at around 2:30 am that a flat had caught fire. Neighbours called the fire department when they saw smoke coming out of the flat. When the fire team reached, they had to break open the front door to enter the flat. Police inspector at the Anandnagar police station S J Baloch said, “The firemen found that the storeroom had caught fire that was beside the kitchen. The hall, dining area and three rooms were filled with smoke.”
PM Modi’s words mean nothing, no Gujarat: Govt to unveil new textile policy ahead promises fulfilled: Former Gujarat of Vibrant Summit CM Shankersinh Vaghela
international Brexit deal is best option to protect British economy: finance minister
Edinburgh : Britain’s draft deal to leave the European Union is the best available solution to safeguard the economy and start to reunite a divided country, finance minister Philip Hammond said on Saturday. Prime Minister Theresa May is due to meet EU leaders on Sunday in Brussels to sign off on the Brexit deal although objections from Spain over Gibraltar could yet derail the plans. Even if it is approved, May faces a tough battle to get the deal through the British parliament in the face of objections from some of her own Conservative Party lawmakers and allies in Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). “This deal is a way of Britain leaving the European Union … with minimum negative impact on our economy,” Hammond told the BBC.
Iran’s Hassan Rouhani calls Israel a ‘cancerous tumor’ Ahmedabad : Former Congress leader Shankersinh Vaghela came down heavily on Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday, accusing him of fulfilling none of his election promises. Vaghela, who addressed a gathering of supporters in Gandhinagar, also attacked Modi for “weakening” the institutions such as the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Reserve Bank. Four-and-ahalf years after Modi became prime minister by promising “Acchhe Din”, creation of two crore jobs per year and Rs 15 lakh in everyone’s bank account, none of the assurances have been fulfilled, Vaghela said. “You deliver speeches, but your words have no meaning. Give us results. If you cannot deliver results
in four-and-a-half years, people of the country are going to say, come on, its your turn now (to deliver). Who are you fooling?” he said. The former BJP leader attacked the Central government for “seeking Rs 3.5 lakh crore from the RBI”, and appointing “corrupt officials” to the CBI “to hide your sins and harm your opponents.” “Entire system is finished… This government has nothing to talk about after four-anda-half years,” Vaghela, a former Gujarat chief minister, said. Talking about the BJP government in the state, he said it is reeling under a debt of Rs 2.5 lakh crore. It is announcing schemes worth thousands of crores but is not willing to waive loans of farmers, he said.
Ahmedabad : The Gujarat government on Saturday announced that it will announce a new textile policy ahead of the Vibrant Gujarat Summit, which is scheduled to take place in January, 2019. The announcement was made after Chief Minister Vijay Rupani held a high-level meeting of government officials and stakeholders of the textile sector in Gandhinagar.The Gujarat government’s last textile policy was unveiled in 2012 and it expired last year. For the last one year, delegates from textile industry had been meeting and making representations to the state government to frame a new textile policy. “We told the Chief Minister that the industry is being shifted to Navapur and Tarapur in neighbouring Maharashtra, and there would be great problem for the survival of textile industry in Surat. The Maharashtra government gives power at Rs 3.50 per unit, while in Gujarat the textile industry is charged at Rs 7.50 per unit… There was a positive response from the CM, and it was too supported by Energy Minister Saurabh Patel. The Chief Minister told us that a new textile policy has been framed in such a way that the textile industry will progress, and all aspects of the industry have been kept in mind.
Tehran : Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has called Israel a “cancerous tumor” established by Western countries to advance their interests in the Middle East. Iran’s leaders frequently condemn Israel and predict its demise, but Rouhani, a relative moderate, rarely employs such rhetoric. Addressing an annual Islamic Unity Conference on Saturday, Rouhani said “one of the ominous results of World War II was the formation of a cancerous tumor in the region.” He went on to refer to Israel as a “fake regime” set up by Western countries. Rouhani says the United States cultivates close ties with “regional Muslim nations” to protect Israel, an apparent reference to Iran’s archrivals Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Iran supports militant groups like Hezbollah and Hamas that are pledged to Israel’s destruction.
Gujarat: 59-min loan scheme not enough for MSMEs, Impeaching Trump not on House amount should be Rs 25 crore, says GCCI chief Democrats’ to-do list for now Ahemdabad : Taking a dig at the 59-minute loan scheme, recently launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, president of Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) on Friday said that a Rs 1 crore loan “might be a big deal for a start-up” but not for MSMEs. Addressing bankers and representatives from the MSME at an interactive outreach session, GCCI president Jaimin Vasa
said, “There is an exclusive MSME ministry of the Union government, but not enough work is being done in the larger interest for growth, survival and sustainability of this sector… Many schemes have been announced for MSMEs, but the benefits do not reach them. We have to find out where the problem lies together.” Vasa sought clarity on the intricacies of the scheme from the bankers present at the event. “A loan of
Rs 1 crore might be big deal for a start-up, but not of MSMEs. The limit for 59-minute loan should be raised to Rs 25 crore,” he remarked. He also addressed the issue of the “social image” of MSMEs getting affected when they are unable to repay loans due to adverse and unforseen circumstances like rise in crude oil prices, fall of Rupee or dip in demand. “When one instalment is not given in time, that particular MSME’s life
becomes miserable. My request to bankers is to understand this social image,” he said, adding that bankers need to hand-hold the smaller players in difficult phases and not allow them to turn “sick.” The session has come at a time when industrial associations like GCCI and FIAGujarat (Federation of Industries and Associations) have voiced their concerns regarding the deteriorating state of MSMEs in the state.
“Amul was founded by Tribhuvandas Patel, but does the country know about Tribhuvandas Patel? The money that Gujarat’s farmers and cattle rearers collected through their hard work, he (Kurien) donated it for religious conversions in Dangs (South Gujarat).”
Verghese Kurien funded conversions with Amul money: BJP’s ex-minister Kateshiya : Gujarat BJP leader and former state minister Dileep Sanghani has alleged that Dr Verghese Kurien, the late founder-chairman of the National Dairy Development Board and the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, funded religious conversions by Christian missionaries by donating funds from Amul. Speaking at Amar Dairy in Amreli on Saturday, at a motorcycle rally organised by Amul to retrace the life and works of Dr Kurien, Sanghani said: “Amul was founded by Tribhuvandas Patel, but does the country know about Tribhuvandas Patel? The money that Gujarat’s farmers and cattle rearers collected through their hard work, he (Kurien) donated
it for religious conversions in Dangs (South Gujarat).” As state minister from 2007-2012, Sanghani was in charge of the agriculture, cooperation and animal husbandry portfolios. He is currently chairman of the Gujarat State Cooperative Marketing Federation and
vice-chairman of the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation. Kurien used Amul money to fund conversions: BJP’s ex-minister in Gujarat allegation. “When Kurien was heading Amul, he made donations to Christian missionaries. You can get the details from Amul’s records,” he said, claiming that the donations were made to missionaries in Gujarat and elsewhere. “When I was the minister, this issue came to my notice, but I was advised to keep quiet because the Congress could have raked up the issue across the country,” he said. Asked if he would demand an investigation, he said: “We did whatever was required during my tenure.
Washington : Whatever happened to trying to impeach President Donald Trump? As House Democrats begin laying out the vision for their new majority, that item is noticeably missing from the to-do list and firmly on the margins. The agenda for now includes spending on public works projects, lowering health care costs and increasing oversight of the administration. It’s the balance that Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi is trying to strike in the new Congress between those on her party’s left flank who are eager to confront the president, and her instinct to prioritize the kitchen-table promises that Democrats made to voters who elected them to office. “We shouldn’t impeach the president for political reasons and we shouldn’t not impeach the president for political reasons,” Pelosi recently told The Associated Press. The California lawmaker, who hopes to lead Democrats as House speaker come January, calls impeachment a “divisive activity” that needs to be approached with bipartisanship. “If the case is there, then that should be self-evident to Democrats and Republicans,” she said. Those pressing for impeachment acknowledge they don’t expect action on Day One of the new majority, but they do want to see Democrats start laying the groundwork for proceedings. “We’re for impeachment. We’re not for get-sworn-in-on-Jan.1-and-start-taking-votes,” said Kevin Mack, the lead strategist for billionaire Tom Steyer’s Need to Impeach campaign. “Our argument is the Constitution outlines a process to remove a lawless president.” In a new ad, Steyer says Democrats “just need the will” to act. He says he’s calling on Americans to join the 6 million who have already signed on to his group to “give Congress the courage to act.” “The American people are tired of being told to wait,” Mack said. “Our argument to Congress is you are a co-equal branch of government.
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