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Ram Rahim conviction leads to violence; Modi govt pulls out all stops on social media messaging 30 killed; dera chief jailed in Rohtak Agency | Panchkula
At least 31 people were killed and some 250 were hurt in violent protests in a northern Indian city Friday after a court convicted a controversial religious leader
NEWS BRIEF MSU not ready to host convocation on Teachers’ Day SS News | Vadodara
Blame it on its lackadaisical attitude or simple lack of planning, M S University will not be able to hold its annual convocation on September 5 this year. It was last year that the university’s syndicate body had resolved that the university will hold its annual convocation on September 5 every year to mark Teacher’s Day . The syndicate’s resolution itself had come after the university had come under criticism for not planning properly for the convocation which is the one of the most important academic ceremony for graduating students, especially the meritorious lot. Don’t deny minor rape survivors nod to abort: SC Agency | New Delhi
The Supreme Court on Friday said that minor rape victims should not be forced to knock on the doors of a court for getting permission to terminate pregnancies arising out of sexual offence and favoured setting up of a trust for the benefit of Chandigarh-based 10-year-old rape survivor who recently delivered a child after being denied abortion. A bench of Justices Madan BLokur and Deepak Gupta said that crucial time got wasted in court proceedings and it became too late and risky to allow the rape survivor to abort forcing her to deliver the child. The court said.
30 people have died so far in the aftermath of the dera chief Ram Rahim’s conviction. Restrictions have been put in parts of Punjab and Haryana. Section 144 has been imposed in 11 districts of Delhi
of rape. Press reports from the northern state of Haryana said police fired tear gas and water cannon when violence broke out as tens of thousands of followers of guru Ram Rahim Singh had descended on Panchkula, where India’s federal investigations agency had set up a special court to rule on the charge that he had raped two female devotees. Indian news channels showed vehicles and a bus set on fire in New
Delhi, while at least one Rewa Express train was also torched at Anand Bihar station in the capital. Meanwhile, the Northern Railways announced they plan to cancel or divert 236 trains due to the protests. Singh has a vast following in the northern state of Haryana, where he runs a spiritual movement that claims to have millions of devotees around the world. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly con-
demned the violence on Friday, and told his 33.2 million Twitter followers: “The instances of violce today are deeply distressing.” Before the court issued the verdict, troops and riot police had been deployed, but violence broke out as news of his conviction spread among the gathered devotees. An AFP reporter saw police fire tear gas and water cannon into a crowd of protesters who
Cow carcass found; mob loots UP village, attacks people Agency | Meerut
A mob comprising “hundreds of men“ stormed a Bulandshahr village after a cow’s carcass was found floating in a pond on Friday morning. The men, said to be villagers of Adauli, around 10 km from Bulandshahr city , “attacked every soul they spotted and vandalised scores of houses“. They also ransacked two places of worship that belong to a particular community. A villager, who requested that he not be named, said, “Many houses were looted, and two of our
threw stones and attacked two television vans, overturning one. The number of reported violence-related deaths vary from 23 to 31, and the victims are believed to be Ram Rahim’s followers, more than 200,000 of whom had flocked to the Chandigarh area ahead of Friday’s verdict. There were also unconfirmed reports of police firing into the air to disperse the crowd.
Social media seems to be an integral part of the Modi government’s outreach programme. From a mandatory Twitter presence for all ministries to hiring professional agencies to manage social media communications, the government is serious about getting its message across. This has emerged from a series of RTI applications to 56 central ministries to find out their social media presence and whether private consultants or professional agencies were hired to handle their Twitter and Facebook accounts. The information showed that almost all Twitter and Facebook accounts across
ministries, barring external affairs, information & broadcasting and tourism, were opened between June and December 2014, soon after the Modi government came to power in May 2014. All ministries, except civil aviation and micro, small & medium enterprises, replied that they had Twitter and Facebook accounts. The information showed that since 2016, the government increasingly took professional help -either
hiring agencies or private consultants -to handle the accounts. Ministries that took professional help include home, I&B, food processing, tourism, housing & urban affairs, Niti Aayog, drinking water & sanitation, Ayush, WCD and environment, forests & climate change. The ministry of housing and urban affairs employed a firm named Quantum for a contract worth Rs 7 crore for three years.
the CIA already stolen India’s #Aadhaar database?“ linking to geopolitical magazine Great Game India’s online article. When contacted, official sources said the report was not a WikiLeaks “leak“ but a report by a website. Cross Match is a global supplier of devices used for biometric data capture.
But the data collected cannot reach the company or any other entity as vendors collect data in an encrypted form that is transferred to Aadhaar servers. “The reports do not have any ba sis in fact. Aadhaar data is safely encrypted and is not accessible to any other agency. The devices are used collect data in encrypted form that cannot even be accessed by UIDAI vendors,“ said official sources. “The OTS (Office of Technical Services), a branch within the CIA.
WikiLeaks hints at CIA access to Aadhaar; officials deny claim Agency | Chennai
religious structures vandalised. After the attack, many frightened families have locked their houses and left for safer places fearing further attacks.“ SP (city) Praveen Ranjan said, “A PAC battalion has been deployed at the village along with forces from seven police stations. Strong action will be taken against perpe trators of the violence. We have just received a
police complaint on the basis of which an FIR will be lodged. No one is going to be spared.So far, the situation is under control.“ SP (rural) Pradeep Kumar Tiwari added that after getting information that a cow’s floating carcass had been spotted in a village pond, police teams were rushed to Adauli. Cops “pacified“ the angry crowd gathered there.
WikiLeaks published reports on Thursday that claimed to “expose“ that CIA is using tools devised by US-based technology provider Cross Match Technologies for cyber spying that may have comprised Aadhaar data. The claim was dismissed by official sources in India. Cross Match Technologies also provides biometric solutions to the Unique Identification Authority of India, the statutory body for Aadhaar, leading to claims of possible data leakage. Linking
Bootlegger’s diary: Vadodara cops under DCB scanner SS News | Vadodara
A day after the state monitoring cell (SMC) found a controversial diary during the raid at a bootlegger house, the case has been transferred to the detection of crime branch (DCB). ACP (crime) will now investigate the case and then submit a report to police commissioner Manoj Sashidhar. The diary that mentions mes of several people and names of several people and senior police
Agency | New Delhi
officials from the city with an amount written against it had raised eyebrows and pointed fingers towards alleged nexus between the cops and the bootleggers. “I have asked the ACP (crime) to investigate the case and the additional commissioner will monitor it.The ACP will als o con-
to an article on Cross Match’s Indian operations with its partner Smart Identity Devices Pvt Ltd -which has enrolled 1.2 million Indian citizens on the Aadhaar database, WikiLeaks tweeted on Friday: “Have CIA spies already stolen #India’s national ID card database?“ A few minutes later, it tweeted: “Has
SC asks trial court to decide Naroda Gam case in 4 months SS News | Ahmedabad
The Supreme Court has asked the lower duct a separate depart- days police custody court in Gujarat to mental inquiry about . In the remand ap- decide within four the names found in the plication, the police months the trial in bootleggers diary .He have mentioned that a 2002 Gujarat riots will inquire if there it wants to interro- case related to the were any omissions gate the duo about the Naroda Gam incident and commissions by names mentioned in in which 11 persons the cops and sub- the diary . Also, the were killed. A bench mit a report to me,“ cops want to investi- headed by Chief JusSashidhar said. How- gate about Sunil Darji tice J S Khehar was ever, no deadline has who supplied the li- informed that the trial been given to the ACP quor stock and ques- was in progress in the to submit his inquiry tion the accused duo matter and defence whereabouts evidence was being report. On Friday , a about local court remand- about the six others recorded by a special ed two bootleggers who fled from the court in the state. The Saddam Mansuri and spot. On Thursday , top court asked the Jitendra Baria arrest- the SMC had raided a lower court to comed during the raid on house in Vaikunth So- plete recording of evidence of the remainThursday , to seven ciety on Ajwa Road.
ing defence witnesses in two months. “Under all circumstances, we hope and expect that the trial court shall render its judgment in the instant second matter within four months from today,“ the bench, also comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, said. The bench was also informed that two out of the nine cases, which were probed by the SIT, were pending before
the lower court. Eleven persons belonging to the minority community were killed at Naroda Gam in 2002 riots during a bandh called to protest the Godhra train burning incident. The bench was informed that in one pending case, trial with respect to 60 persons had been concluded, of whom 24 were convicted and 36 acquitted. But the proceedings in connection with four delinquent juveniles in the Gulberg Society case were pending before the juvenile justice board (JJB).
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Forces seemed unprepared to tackle violence
At least 31 Dera Sacha Sauda followers were killed and more than 300 injured in an hour of violence after cops and paramilitary forces fired on angry mobs, shortly after the verdict con victing Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh of rape at 2.30pm on Friday. While 28 were killed in Panchkula, three Dera supporters were killed in Sirsa, the head quarters of the cult. Fifteen years after he was accused of raping his sadhvis, Gurmeet was held guilty of the crime by special CBI judge Jagdeep Singh. The quantum of sentence would be pronounced on Monday after hearing the CBI and Dera’s counsel.Gurmeet faces a minimum of seven years in jail, the maximum punishment being life term. This was the third major instance of the Manohar Lal Khattar government’s failure in controlling law and order in Haryana after forming the first-ever majority BJP government in the state in 2016. At least six people were killed when police entered preacher Rampal’s ashram in Hisar to arrest him and produce him in the high court in a contempt case in November 2014, a month after the Khattar government took charge. Then, in February 2016, 30 people were killed in the Jat reservation protests across Haryana. Shockingly , while 30 people were killed over three days during the reservation protests, in Panchkula, nearly as many were killed in just an hour on Friday , indicating the intensity of the violence as well as police’s reaction. Doctors at government hospitals in Panchkula and Chandigarh said the death toll could rise as many of the injured are in serious condition. The moment the verdict came and word of it spread among the followers, they unleashed a well-planned attack.They had even separated the men from women before news of the verdict reached them. Sources said the government gave orders to fire at the rioters after Panchkula deputy commissioner Gauri Prashar found herself surrounded by an angry mob in Sector 5. Most of those killed were in the adjoining Sectors 3 and 4, where most of the violence took place. Dera followers in Punjab’s Malwa region also went on the rampage after the conviction. Curfew was imposed in Patiala, Sangrur, Bathinda, Mansa, Faridkot, Fazilka and Ferozepur districts in Malwa where the Dera has a huge following. The followers targeted government service centres in many villages of Bathinda.
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A Gentleman movie review
This latest outing by Raj and DK is a spy spoof cum thriller cum love story, and while the going is good, it’s not bad. But you have to wait the no-go bits out, and in the two hour and some run time, there are too many of those about. Sidharth Malhotra who helms this enterprise plays a good guy who can also be bad. Now while the handsome Malhotra is perfectly pitched as the ‘sundar’ and ‘susheel’ fella of the title, he isn’t quite as convincing in his ‘risky’ avatar.
The action moves from splashy Miami to grungy Mumbai, and we see Malhotra swing from being a lawabiding home-owner who drives under the speed limit to a sharp-shooter who kills under orders. Accompanying Malhotra is Fernandez playing a good-looking, goodnatured ditz. There’s also a crooked defence minister, a bent spy-meister, a middle-aged couple looking for a suitable groom for their daughter.
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Hollywood-Bollywood Kajal Aggarwal will be the ‘Queen’ of south Vivegam actor Kajal Aggarwal confirmed that she will be doing the remake of hit film, Queen Agency | New Delhi
Kajal Aggarwal, who has been a part of consecutive box office successes, recently with Nene Raju Nene Mantri and then Vivegam has now confirmed that she will be working on the remake of the hit Bollywood film Queen. The actor has promised that she will be making the movie keeping the southern sensibilities in mind. Trade analyst Ramesh Bala tweeted and wrote, “@MsKajalAggarwal confirms doing #Queen Tamil remake.. The makers are planning to make changes and She is planning to add her own touch..” We wonder how Kajal Aggarwal would fit in the shoes of Kangana Ranaut, who played the role of Rani in the original film. Also, one must think of
the audience too. Queen was lauded by critics and audience alike. So, the film might face the same fate as Premam remake did in Tollywood. This project also happens to be taking off after many hurdles as initially, Tamannaah Bhatia was supposed to take up the role. It was later said that Amala Paul would be doing the film, however, in a previous interview with indianexpress.com Amala had said that though she was approached for the film, they couldn’t match dates. So finally, Kajal Aggarwal will be seen playing the role of a timid girl, who sets out to explore the world and in turn, finds herself! Other than this, Kajal Aggarwal will also be seen alongside Vijay in his upcoming film Mersal, which is slated for Diwali release. She will also be seen in Telugu films MLA and Raju Gari Gadhi 2. The actor is busy with big ticket movies currently in both Kollywood and Tollywood.
Bigg Boss Oviya’s punchline now a song to be crooned by Anirudh Ravichander Agency | New Delhi
Bigg Boss Oviya’s popular punchline “Neenga Shut Up Pannunga” is going to be a song in the upcoming film Balloon starring Jai and Anjali in lead roles. While music composer Yuvan Shankar Raja will be scoring the music, Anirudh Ravichander will lend his voice for the song. Talking about the song, the movie’s director Sinish said, “I believe in marketing the film as much as I believe in content. Today’s scenario demands high decibel marketing. The best way to achieve this to bring out the best of combinations that keeps the interest level of the audience high.” He further added, “When lyricist Arun Raja Kamaraja and I were discussing on some novel idea for a song, Oviya’s popular phrase “Neenga shut up pannunga” came to mind. We discussed the idea with Yuvan Shankar Raja too who immediately agreed.
Shweta Basu Prasad’s digital playlist: Each frame in Eungyo looks like a painting Agency | Mumbai
Love is poetry. To fall in love with a person is like understanding a deep, moving poem. Noticing every little detail. To see what the poet shows, to smell what he describes and the urge to taste the intangible. Love, like poems, knows no boundaries. Religions, race, distance not even age can restrict someone from falling in love.My recommendation this week is Jung Jiwoo’s 2 hour and 9 minutes South Korean film Eungyo (The muse) available on Netflix. A reclusive poet of about seventy feels the fire of his youth when a schoolgirl Eungyo enters his life, but his star assistant opposes his romantic gestures towards the teenager. A Muse or Eungyo is a 2012 South Korean film
Taylor Swift’s new single just dropped, and the dark number is already on loop
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adaptation of celebrated author Park Bum-shin’s novel Eun-gyo. The film starts Lee Joek-yo (Park Hae-ji) a highly respected and awarded poet of South Korea living a reclusive life in
his secluded home, hidden away from the city. He lives by himself. His assistant Seo Ji-woo (Kim Mu-yeol) a star author, whose maiden genre novel becomes a bestseller, visits him.
Taylor Swift’s first single from her upcoming album Reputation titled “Look What You Made Me Do” is here and it is sure to become a crowd favourite in no time. The song is dark and Taylor has
emulated a sensuous tone, which adds a great depth to the number. The lyrics of the song also hints at changes to Taylor Swift’s personality. Her lines, “I got a list of names and yours is in Red, underlined,” takes one back to
Deathnote (if you are a fan that is). What must be said though is that this song is something new. The music expresses the change in an individual after a betrayal. In this sense, the song is a signature Taylor Swift number.
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MCX records Rs. 8,333.96 crore turnover in session 1
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India’s Multi Commodity Exchange has recorded a daily turnover of Rs. 8333.96 crore in session 1 on Thursday, August 24, 2017.MCX Comdex – The composite index of metals, energy and agri-commodities was down by 5.71 point to 3250.21 point, MCX Metal index was reached at 4907.75 and MCX Energy index was reached at 2292.25 while MCX Agri index reached at 2501.11 point.
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50 gamblers give cops the slip SS News | Ahmedabad
About 50 gamblers fled after the manager of the gambling den tossed currency notes in the air and the crowd gathered there started scrambling to collect the notes, preventing the cops from catching the criminals during a police raid at Jangaleshwer lane number-22 on Thursday night. Police recovered over Rs 5 lakh from the spot. Police booked 50 persons for gambling after they fled from their den. According to the officials of Rajkot crime branch, they conducted the raid following a tipoff about history sheeter Hanif Ghodi running a gambling
den. “Acing on the tip-off, we sent cops with their faces covered in burkha (veil) to the den in autorickshaws. When the manager of the den saw the cops, he tossed currency notes in the air and the crowd present there jostled to collect the notes. In the ensuring commotion, the gamblers managed to give the cops the slip and fled from the spot,“ a crime branch official said. “We have seized more than Rs 5 lakh in cash from the spot and booked 50 people for running the gambling den under Section 12 of Gambling Act,“ the official added.
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India vs Sri Lanka: Akila Danajaya puts India in a fix, picks six wickets
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India won the second of the five-match ODI series by 3 wickets against Sri Lanka in Kandy as MS Dhoni and Bhuvneshwar Kumar rescued the visitors after they were reduced to 131/7 while chasing 231 in 47 overs. Earlier, India were off to a flying start to their chase by the openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan. The left-right batting combination notched up a total of 109 runs at Pallekele in second ODI of the five-match series. Chasing the modest target, Rohit ended his run-drought
MS Dhoni, Bhuvneshwar Kumar help India top Akila Dananjaya’s 6 for 54 in Sri Lanka to score a half-century while Dhawan continued his incredible run on the tour to score 49. With the kind of batting display that was being put forward by the Indian openers, Sri Lanka captain introduced spinner Akila Dananjaya and the leggie didn’t disappoint his skipper. Dananjaya provided the hosts with their first
breakthrough after trapping Sharma in front of the stumps for 54. The right-handed batsman did ask to review the on-field decision but it didn’t change the umpire’s call. Dhawan’s stay at the crease after Sharma’s dismissal became a brief one as he too departed for 49 after Mathews took a blinder off Siriwardana.
Shiv Sundar Das appointed coach of Odisha Ranji team
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MS Dhoni and Bhuvneshwar Kumar came to the rescue of the Indian side against Sri Lanka in the second ODI of the fivematch series when the two compiled an unbeaten partnership of 100 runs, helping India win the match by 3 wickets in Kandy. Kumar went on to score a half-century while Dhoni remained not out on 45. India were handed a target of 231 runs in 47 overs after rain delayed the start of their innings. Openers Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma provided the visitors with
perfect start as they scored 109 runs for the first wicket before Sharma was sent back by Akila Dananjaya for 54. Dhawan was soon sent back in the hut after he tried to sweep a delivery from Siriwardana over fine leg but failed to clear the 30-yard circle. Mathews who was standing at shortfine leg region ran to his left and grabbed
a magnificent diving catch to dismiss the Indian batsman for 49. The visiting team looked in control but the 18th over of the innings from Dananjaya turned the course of the match on its head. The leggie scalped a total of three wickets inn that over that included the dismissals of Kedar Jadhav, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul.
the domestic and international tours. The players’ consists of a combination of the fine blend of youth and senior players. Fahim Ashraf, Ruman Raees, and Aamer Yamin make a place in the squad due to their splendid performance in the domestic tournaments, whereas Sohail Khan makes a comeback. It would be good for the young players to get a chance to play on the home ground and perform in front
of the local public”, said chief selector Inzamam ul Haq. The 16-men team would be led by Sarfraz Ahmed. The three matches are scheduled to take place on 12, 13 and 15 September respectively at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. The threematch T20 series is being looked as an attempt to revive international cricket in Pakistan as the nation was barred from hosting matches after an attack on Sri Lankan cricket team by gunmen during their tour in 2009. Pakistan only managed to host a bilateral series against Zimbabwe in 2015 after this attack. Earlier, on Thursday.
Sarfraz Ahmed to lead Pakistan squad for Independence Cup against World XI
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The Odisha Cricket Association (OCA) on Thursday appointed former India opening batsman Shiv Sundar Das as the coach of the state’s senior and Ranji team. Das replaced former India fast bowler Debasish Mohanty as the coach. Mohanty was the coach of state cricket team since January 2011 after succeeding Australia’s Michael Bevan. Sources said Mohanty had desired to leave the
post reportedly for personal reasons. Das has represented India in 23 Test matches and scored 1,326 runs at an average of 38.91. The OCA at its working committee meeting held at Cuttack yesterday also appointed Suresh Kumar, Kulamani Parida and Subrat Behera as coaches of the state’s Under-23, Under-19 and Under-16 men’s cricket teams, respectively. Similarly, Rashmita Mohanty has been appointed as the coach for women
senior and U-23 team and Itishree Pattnaik as the coach of women U-19 team, said an official of the Odisha Cricket Association (OCA). Bishnudev Mohanty took over as the chairman of the selection committee for Ranji and U-22 teams while Deepak Mangaraj will serve as the chairman of the committee for junior U-19 and U-16 teams. Bidhan Chandra Rout has been appointed as the chairman of women’s selection committee, an OCA release said.
The Pakistan selection Committee, which is headed by former skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq, selected the 16-member squad for the Independence Cup against World XI which is scheduled to begin from September 12 2017 in Lahore. “The team has been selected keeping in mind the conditions and the recent performances of some players in
subcontinent, digital rights and overseas media rights (television and digital). All three rights deals will be for a five year term. The previous broadcasting rights of the IPL were held by Sony Pictures Network India with Star India owning the digital rights. It allowed them to broadcast the IPL content on its Hotstar property. Both the rights ex-
pired after the tenth edition of the league in 2017. BCCI had decided last September to sell the rights for the five year window through an open-tender process. Initially, 18 companies were in contention with the bids scheduled to be opened on October 25 last year. However, intervention from the Supreme Court forced the BCCI into postponing things. The plans were once again back on track this year after court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) allowed the bidding to open once again in July 17.
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IPL media rights bidding rescheduled for September 4 Agency | New Delhi
The much-delayed IPL media-rights bidding has been rescheduled for September 4 in Mumbai. The lucrative deal has already seen a lot of potential interest with 24 companies from India and abroad buying the bid documents for the rights which the BCCI would be selling for a period of five years (20182022). The bidding rights would be spread across media platforms (broadcast and digital). Some of the companies which have shown interest in media rights and will include the cash-
rich IPL are digital behemoths such as Facebook, Amazon, Twitter, Yahoo and Reliance Jio and also sees presence of established television networks Star India, Sony Pictures, Discovery and the UKbased networks Sky and BT. ESPN Digital Media is also on the list. The rights have been split into three sections – TV rights for the Indian
Sri Lanka launches inquiry into recent defeats Agency | Mumbai
Sri Lanka is launching an investigation into the woeful state of cricket on the island, the sports minister said today, amid a string of humiliating losses and calls for an administrative overhaul. Dayasiri Jayasekera said he was inviting former administrators, players, sports experts and journalists to brainstorm ideas about how to revive the game, beloved in Sri Lanka. “I am hoping to get all these experts at a single forum and thrash out issues,” Jayase-
kera said. “There is no point in blaming administrators or the players without an indepth study. The idea is not to apportion blame, but address the deficiencies and rally behind the national team.” He has rejected a suggested clearout of the cricket board, an idea pushed aggressively by former World Cup winning skipper Arjuna Ranatunga following this month’s 3-0 Test whitewash against India on home soil.
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The eerily scary look of Pret from VignaharthaGanesha
as a god of the denizens of the netherThe mythologicalworld. These deninarrative of the most zens are grotesque loved god, Ganesha creatures and have a shall soon be telestrange and creepy casted by Sony Enter- a p p e a r- ance.Actainment Television. As per the scriptures and origins, there are multiple characters in this fantastical tale wherein Lord Shiva’s Ganas play an essential role in this mystical tale of VignaharthaGanesha. tor JitendraDuhanesShiva is also known says the role of Pret SS News | Ahmedabad
in VignaharthaGanesha. This is the first time that Jitendra is a part of a mythological series and the character excited him to take up the assignment. Make-up plays a very important role to make a fictional character look larger than life. The creative team researched a lot to ensure that the ‘Pret’ look would be as scary as possible which is sure to astound the audiences.
Swine flu kills 10 more, death toll at 316
Charging Rs 9 extra for a soft drink bottle has proved dear for a Vadodara restaurant. A consumer court fined the restaurant Rs 25,000, which is to be deposited with the Consumer Welfare Fund. It will also have to pay Rs 8,000 towards harassment and legal expenditure to the customer who reported the overcharging. Above all, it will have to refund the amount
overcharged with 9% interest. Interestingly, the amount overcharged was Rs 9 only. In this case, Vadodara-residents Ashok Shah and his son went to New Alka Restaurant for breakfast on March 28, 2016. Besides some
food, they ordered a 300ml bottle of Mirinda. While paying the bill, they noticed that the restaurant had charged Rs 25 for the bottle, which had a printed MRP of Rs 16. Shah brought this to the cashier’s notice, but the response
ber of cases of swi ne flu has decreased and more people are being discharged from hospitals are being admitted every day.In the last 24 hours, 201 new cases of swine flu were registered while 315 patients were discharged from hospitals,“ the government release claimed. “In one week, 1,275 patients have returned to their homes,“ added the release.However, an analysis of the figures reveals that, “1,499 fresh cases of
swine flu were registered in the state in one week.“ At present, 23 swine flu patients are on life support at various hospitals across the state. Gujarat is among the leading states in terms of swine flu mortalities. The state first reported swine flu cases in 2009. From 2009 to August 25, 2017, the state has reported 1,651 deaths and 15,027 cases, with a mortality rate of 10.99%.
Gujarat high court has turned down a petition by a student from Porbandar, who cleared Class 12 from Kota in Rajasthan, to grant him admission in medical courses in state’s quota of 85% of total seats on the ground that he is a domicile of Gujarat. The Rule 4(3)(ii) of Gujarat Professional Medical Educational Courses (Regulation of Ad mission in Undergraduate Courses) Rules, 2017 says that for admission in MBBS course in
Gujarat’s quota, the student must have cleared Class 11 & 12 exams from a school located in Gujarat. In this case, Parag Luva studied in Porbandar up to Class 10. But he was sent to Kota in Rajasthan after that for higher secondary schooling. He cleared the Board’s exams in 2016, and took National Entrance and Eligibility Test (NEET) for eligibility for admission in medical courses. Since his score in NEET in 2016 was not good enough, he
took the test again this year. After clearing NEET with a good score, he applied for admission with the Admission Committee for Professional Medical Education Courses, but he was declared disqualified on the ground that he clea red his Class 12 exams from out side Gujarat. The student app roached the HC to get the admis sion committee’s decision quas hed on the ground that he is a domicile of Gujarat and studi ed up to Class 10 in Gujarat.
en the much-needed step to restrict imports from South Korea. As tonnes of duty-free gold was imported from countries with which India has free trade agreements (FTAs), the sale of discounted gold had become wide spread in the
detrimental to the industry as even spot prices had fallen. “Low spot prices are detrimental to the domestic gold industry and could affect investment in gold. Refiners had already started losing business as gold imported through FTA chan-
said Surendra Mehta, secretary, Indian Bullion and Jewellers Association (IBJA). Mehta continued to express concerns about the matter as duty-free imports can be made through other countries with which India has free trade agreements.
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Even as the state government claims to have the swine flu situation under control, 10 more people succumbed to the deadly H1N1 virus on Friday. This takes the death toll in Gujarat, from January to August 25, to 316. According to a statement from the state government, 201 new cases of swine flu were reported in the state. The total number of swine flu cases has now crossed
the 4,000 mark, with 4,013 cases recorded this year. According to the government’s figures, as many as 74 persons died due to swine flu in just a week -10 persons have died every day for the last seven days.
Restaurant fined for charging more than MRP for soft drink SS News | Ahmedabad
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was allegedly rude. This brought Shah before the Vadodara District Consumer Dispute Redressal Forum. He supplied the computerized bill issued by the restaurant. In response, the restaurant defended its overchar ging by saying that it provides facilities and services. After the hearing, the court concluded that the restaurant did not serve the customers the drink in a glass as the complainants got the bottle only. While imposing the fine and
fixing compensation, the court said that Parliament enacted the Consumer Protection Act in 1986, but consumers continue to be cheated. Therefore, this action of the restaurant cannot be treated as an ordinary incident.It should be dealt with seriously and action must be taken in the interest of society.It is also necessary to bring about awareness in society that an amount above the MRP cannot be charged for any product.
The state government claims that the mortality rate from swine flu is 8%, which is comparatively lower than the mortality rate of 10% witnessed in cases of viral infections. “In the past few days, the num-
HC rejects petition of student who studied in Kota SS News | Ahmedabad
AMC, GU tie up for insect of gold from South Korea research to fight malaria DGFT restricts import ment has finally tak- state. This proved nels is pure gold,“
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Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) recently inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Gujarat University for research into life of insects (entomological study).The campaign is in line with the state government’s ambitious campaign, `Malaria-free Gujarat by 2022’. The research will focus on three broad aspects -understand the pattern of virus and infections; species of
mosquito prevalent in the city; and the effectiveness of measures taken by the AMC against vectorborne diseases. The civic body will also fund the entire project.“We will provide Rs 30 lakh for the research. Such public health studies will help us formulate better strategies,“ said Bhavin Solanki, medical officer
of health, AMC. The MoU has been signed specifically with Gujarat University Consultan cy Cell (GUCC), a dedicated nodal organization set up by the varsity to undertake high-quality research projects. The AMC will also appoint a nodal officer for further interactions with the GUCC.
Dera violence hits Surat textile traders’ business SS News | Surat
The country’s largest man-made fabric (MMF) wholesale market is in for a second consecutive blow to the business after bearing the brunt of floods in Assam, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Following widespread violence in Haryana, Punjab and Delhi after Dera Sachha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh’s conviction by CBI court in a rape case, textile traders have abruptly stopped supply
of dress material on Friday . The industry has already suffered losses worth Rs 1,500 crore due to the strike against the implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) from July 1. Traders stated that Haryana, Punjab and Delhi are major con-
sumers of synthetic dress material manufactured in Surat. Dress material to the tune of over Rs70 crore are supplied by the traders to these states every day . The parcels of the dress material are delivered by transport trucks and trains.
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In a fresh notification issued by the director general of foreign trade (DGFT) on Friday, the Central government has restricted imports of gold from South Korea. Imports of jewellery, precious
metal and metal clad with precious metal, articles from goldsmiths or silversmiths or even precious metal coins are henceforth restricted. After representations from industry players and bullion traders, the govern-
6 held for robbery bid at Sanand GIDC SS News | Ahmedabad
Teams of Ahmedabad rural police nabbed six persons for attempting a robbery near Sanand on Friday. Investigators said a team of rural police’s local crime branch (LCB) got information about a group from Ahmedabad trying to hold up vehicles on the road leading to Bol village. “When a team reached the spot, they found large stones blocking the road so that vehicles couldn’t speed away. Six persons were arrested from the vicinity ,“ said an LCB official. The accused were
identified as Sikandar Qureshi, 22, Mohammad Sharif Shaikh, 23, Sameer Pathan, 20, Sabir Shaikh, 20, Sajid Ali Saiyad, 19, and Usman Saiyad, 19, all residents of Fatewadi and Juhapura. The group was found in possession of a baseball bat, a wooden club, three knives and an iron pipe. The gang was using two autorickshaws as getaway vehicles. Investigators said the gang was found to be involved in five robberies in the last three months in areas such as Ujala Crossroads, Changodar.
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