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Short News Jadhav not arrested, but abducted from Iran by Pak: Baloch leader
Quetta: Baloch leader Hyrbyair Marri has stated that Kulbhushan Jadhav was “never arrested from Balochistan”, in fact he was, “abducted from Iran by Pakistani state-sponsored religious proxies and handed over to Pakistani forces.” “The Indian citizen Jadhav was never arrested from Balochistan. He was, in fact, abducted from Iran by Pakistani state-sponsored religious proxies and handed over to Pakistani forces. There have been numerous such incidents in the past where religious extremists abducted Baloch refugees in Afghanistan or on their way to Afghanistan and sold them to ISI and army,” said Marri.
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Don’t want to meet Gauri Lankesh’s fate: Humans of Hindutva quits Facebook
Mumbai: Popular Facebook page ‘Humans of Hindutva’ (HoH) has made its way out from the social media platform by deleting itself on Thursday, following repeated threats to the admin’s family. The admin, who had remained anonymous throughout his 8-month extremely popular stint on Facebook, posted on his blog website satyanash.com that he was “quitting of his own accord,” and had not been forced to do so by mass reporting or any other action taken by Facebook itself. HoH started this year on April, after the admin noticed a sudden increase in the number of Facebook pages that offered “alternative facts,” obviously suited to right-wing explanations.
On father’s birthday, Mukesh Ambani steps in to bail out brother’s company
New Delhi: Billionaire Mukesh Ambani on Friday stepped in to bail out younger brother Anil Ambani’s debt-ridden Reliance Communications by acquiring spectrum, tower, optical fiber network and other wireless assets. While the two companies did not disclose the deal size, banking sources pegged the transaction value at Rs 24,000-25,000 crore. The announcement comes just two days after Reliance Communications - promoted by Anil Ambani - disclosed a new deal with the lenders under which nearly Rs 40,000 crore will be raised through sale of assets.
Arrogance of people in power led to Congress’ defeat in Himachal polls, says Rahul Gandhi Shimla : Even as the ‘copslapping’ incident outside the party office on Friday overshadowed Congress President Rahul Gandhi’s first visit to Shimla after his party’s defeat in the Himachal Assembly elections, he minced no words to convey his displeasure to the state leadership on some of the key factors contributing against the party in the state. In presence of former Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, and some of the cabinet ministers—who also lost the polls, beside PCC president Sukhwinder Sukhu, Gandhi said, “Arrogance of people in power, and their disconnection with the masses led to the party’s defeat.” The Congress president was not convinced with the explanation of some leaders on the shortcoming of the party’s campaign to match BJP’s resources, and cut them short mid-way their speeches.
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Meghalaya: 8 MLAS quit state assembly, including 5 from Congress, to join NPP in January Kolkata : Eight sitting MLAs, including two cabinet ministers and three others from the Congress party, have put in their resignations on Friday from the Meghalaya Assembly. The legislators submitted their resignation letters to Meghalaya Assembly Secretary Andrew Simon in the morning. The MLAs will now be joining PA Sangma’s National People’s Party (NPP) in a ceremony on January 4 at the Polo Ground in Shillong. The MLAs, include PWD minister Sniawbhalang Dhar, Comingone Ymbon, PHE Minister and veteran politician Prestone Tynsong, Rowell Lyngdoh and Ngaitlang Dhar of Congress, Remington Pyngrope from the regional party, UDP and independents Stephanson Mukhim and Hopeful Bamon. The resignations have brought down the Congress numbers in the Meghalaya legislative assembly from an already thin 29 out of 60 MLAs, to 24. While the Mukul Sangma government still has the support of many of the independent legislators (there are 17 independent MLAs who had backed the Congress party leading to government formation in the last assembly elections).
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New Delhi : After being snubbed by party president Rahul Gandhi, Congress MLA Asha Kumari issued an apology for slapping a woman constable in Shimla. However, she accused the constable of abusing and pushing her. “She( woman constable) abused me and pushed me, she should have shown restrain, I am her
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mother’s age, but yes I agree I should not have lost my temper. I apologise,” said Kumari. Rahul Gandhi disapproved the MLA’s action of slapping the woman police constable on duty saying no one has a right to raise hand against someone. “I am not happy at it. This is no way. No one has a right to raise hand against someone, at
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During his address at the Congress party meeting later, Rahul said, “I am not happy at it. This is no way. No one has a right to raise hand against someone, at least not the Congress culture. I will not tolerate indiscipline in the party.”
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Arun Jaitley terms opposition comments on economy ‘exaggerated’ New Delhi : Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday dismissed as “exaggerated” the suggestion that India’s growth rate plummeted to an all-time low, saying that for the last three consecutive years, the country has remained the fastest growing economy in the world. Jaitley’s remarks came after TMC MP Saugata Roy said the country’s growth rate plummeted to an alltime low of 5.7 per cent in the first quarter of
least not the Congress culture. I will not tolerate indiscipline in the party,” said Gandhi at a Congress party meeting later. However, the police have booked Kumari for her action. “FIR against Asha Kumari has been lodged under section 332/ 353 of IPC (criminal assault on public servant),” confirmed SP Shimla Soumya Sambavisan.
2017-18 and showed only a small rise in the second quarter. “The honourable member’s phraseology, with utmost respect to him, is somewhat exaggerated. Our economy, for three years in a row, is the world’s fastest growing economy,” he said in Lok Sabha during the Question Hour. The minister said this year, even the IMF and the World Bank have said that by 0.1 per cent, India will be the second fastest growing economy.
Most of the victims died of asphyxiation, said Avinash Supe, dean of the KEM hospital where the injured and dead were brought.
At least 14 killed, several injured in blaze; BMC begins crackdown, pub owners blamed The fire started on the sixth floor of the building in central Mumbai at around 12:30 am, and soon engulfed the entire place. The building also houses some commercial establishments including hotels and numerous media offices.
New Delhi : At least 14 people were killed and 19 injured when a fire broke out at a rooftop pub hosting a birthday party and spread rapidly through the building inside the Kamala Mill compound in Lower Parel in the early hours of Friday. The fire started after 12:30 am at the ‘One Above’ pub on the terrace and quickly spread to Mojo pub on the third floor, said a BMC official. Most of the victims died of asphyxiation, said Avinash Supe,
dean of the KEM hospital where the injured and dead were brought. After preliminary investigations into the cause of the fire, the Mumbai police registered a case of culpable homicide against the owner of One Above. The two gutted pubs are located in the Trade House Building in Kamala Mills compound in Lower Parel area, a popular night spot as well as commercial hub housing several offices including national television channels.
Islamabad said in a statement, ‘Reality remains that Jadhav is a convicted terrorist responsible for multiple deaths in Pak.’
Jadhav-kin meet success despite all impediments: Pak slams MEA’s claims Mumbai: Hours after External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and her ministry criticised the inhumane treatment given to Kulbhushan Jadhav’s wife and mother, Pakistan on Thursday called the meeting of the former naval officer with his kin in Islamabad on Monday a “success despite all impediments”. “We categorically reject all Indian allegations. It needs to be acknowledged that the purpose of the visit was to have a meeting of Commander Jadhav with his wife and mother, which was
successfully achieved despite all impediments. It was permitted on humanitarian grounds, in line with Islamic teachings and traditions of compassion
and grace,” Pakistan Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif said. Lambasting Pakistan for the treatment offered to Jadhav’s kin in Islamabad, Sushma
said Pakistan had used the emotional reunion of a “mother with her son and a wife with her husband” after 22 months as a propaganda tool. “We condemn such shameful behaviour by Pakistan and will not take it silently. We will expose Pakistan’s utterly disgusting behaviour,” She said. Pakistan’s ministry of foreign affairs responded to it saying, “Indian allegations coming 24 hours after the visit are baseless, counterproductive and regrettable.”
Note-ban, GST became possible due to PM’s leadership: Parrikar Mumbai : Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Friday said decisions such as demonetisation and the roll-out of the Goods and Services Tax could be implemented because of the “bold leadership” of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “These decisions have the capacity to make India an economic giant in the years to come. Difficulties in their implementation were
overcome because of Modi’s bold leadership,” Parrikar said, speaking at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) here. Parrikar, himself an IIT alumnus, also said politics needs people who can lead. “Leaders with character, intelligence, vision are the need of the hour,” he said, speaking at Leadership Summit at the institute, organised as a part of its ongoing Techfest event.
Groom dumps car and takes Kochi Metro to reach wedding venue on time
Kochi : Last Saturday, Ranjith Kumar, who hails from Palakkad district, was on his way to his wedding in Kochi when he noticed huge traffic snarls on the way. Even though he started at 6 am from Palakkad hoping to reach by 11 am in Kochi, mid-way, he realized that he would not reach for his own wedding on time if he continued by car. By the time Ranjith and his family reached Aluva, frantic phone calls from the bride’s family started coming in, advising them to opt for an alternative route. That’s when Ranjith decided to take the Metro. “At the Aluva station, there was a queue at the ticket counter. But I explained to people that it was my wedding. We bought the tickets and quickly grabbed the next train,” said Ranjith, in a video released by Kochi Metro. Sure enough, as the roads below lay clogged with heavy traffic, Ranjith and his family were able to reach the wedding venue just on time, travelling by the Metro train. “We hurried through the rituals and within five minutes I think, everything was over,” he said in the video. As a token of love, the Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL) gave away its Kochi1 smart cards to the couple and said, “We weren’t exaggerating when we said Kochi Metro touches lives.”It was in June this year that Kochi became the first non-capital in the country to get its own Metro system. Inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, trains now run on a 18-km corridor from Aluva to Maharaja’s College through 16 stations. Construction work is going on for the remaining 7-km stretch till Pettah.
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The black hole called India-Pakistan relations..?
In my memory, the Pakistan Foreign Office in Islamabad has a bright foyer lit with a grand chandelier, and tea and biscuits were always laid out outside the weekly briefing room. There was the office of the minister upstairs, at that time Khurshid Kasuri, and a warren of other offices. As the first images of Kulbhushan Jadhav’s meeting with his mother Avanti and wife Chetankul came up on Twitter, it was hard to reconcile that memory with this bunker-type space with glass partition upon partition, where the conversation was conducted over intercom, and a clock ticked away ominously. The theatre should not have come as a surprise. There is shock and outrage in India, and even some among well-meaning people in Pakistan, that the meeting took place under circumstances arranged to rob it of any meaning for the three main actors. But right from the time that Pakistan agreed to allow Jadhav to meet his wife, and then added on his mother, it should have been clear that this was going to be milked for what it was worth. Because this is the sad truth about India-Pakistan relations. Individuals and their emotions do not count. They are mere pawns in the high-stakes game that both sides know how to play well. That is why they issue visas at will, and then, at will, stop issuing visas. This is why they arrest each other’s nationals and keep them in jails for years after they finish their sentences, releasing them only to make a political or diplomatic statement at a time of their choosing. This is why there can be cruelty to Sarbajit, and “humanitarianism” for Jadhav. This is why a mother and a wife became the latest pawns in this game on December 25. A question is doing the rounds: Would India have behaved any differently had the boot been on the other foot? It is nice to think that it would have, but there is no guarantee, and those who know better about these things say the treatment might have been the same, perhaps minus the American-style partitions. As for Indian TV channels, it is not difficult to imagine them throwing the same questions. Come to think of it, in lending its voice to the outrage and accusing Pakistan of shortchanging the two women and subjecting them to harassment, New Delhi is also using them to further its agenda against Pakistan. Thus are constituencies of India-Pakistan created. That is the only thing for which people are required in this game — to keep the two locked in permanent hostility. Jadhav’s day out with his family was Pakistan’s chance to offset the lack of credibility on his trial, which was held secretly in a military court — and it was always going to use it. According to a March 2017 report in Pakistan’ews Dawn newspaper, since the courts came into existence in 2015, two months after the attack on the Army school in Peshawar, 274 people were convicted. Of these, 161 had been sentenced to death, 12 had been executed and 113 had been given life terms. These are not open trials, and there is no information on what specific charges are laid against a person until the case is decided and the person convicted.
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Hollywood - Bollywood Kate Winslet, who also worked with the producer’s Weinstein Company in 2008 movie The Reader for which she won her first Oscar, and says she made a conscious decision not to thank Weinstein in her speech.
Kate Winslet on Harvey Weinstein: He was just so horrible to deal with Academy Award-winning actress Kate Winslet, in a recent interview given to the Hollywood Reporter, has branded disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein as “horrible to deal with”. The 42-year-old actress revealed that Weinstein labelled her as ‘difficult’ she refused to be “bullied by him”. During the interview, Winslet said, “He was just so horrible to deal with. I was one of the ones he would label ‘difficult’ because I wouldn’t do the things he would ask for me to do on a business-level. These were ridiculous requests. He didn’t like me because I wouldn’t be bullied by him.” The Wonder Wheel star also noted that she scored her first movie role in Heavenly Creatures in 1994, which was distributed by Weinstein’s company Miramax, and
the beauty says Weinstein was adamant he ”gave” her the movie role. “He would come up to me every time I saw him, ‘Don’t forget who gave you your first movie!’ He didn’t ‘give me’ my first movie – I auditioned for four months. Peter Jackson gave me the part. But, you know, how dare he even sow that seed in my mind, that in some way any part of my career had anything to do with him rooting for me or pushing for me or putting my name forward,” noted Winslet. The actress, who also worked with the producer’s Weinstein Company in 2008 movie The Reader for which she won her first Oscar, and says she made a conscious decision not to thank Weinstein in her speech. Winslet explained, “I just thought to myself, ‘Well, if I can just get my own back in some way at this awful man, I’m not gonna thank him.
Salman Khan’s lost heroine Sneha is back with a single Salman Khan’s not so ‘Lucky’ actress Sneha Ullal is finally back on screen. She is seen in a single named ‘Ishq Wali Baarish’ with Qaiz Khan. Here’s the song: Sneha believes, “A Battle is never won. We have to keep trying hard, we have to keep doing better, we have to keep impressing the media and fans. So, everyday is a new fight.” She also spoke about getting appreciated for the song. “I am very lucky. All the credit goes to my fans I never thought that the song would get 1 million views within a day. I have always been very realistic. There has been a time since I have worked in the industry, for whatever personal reasons. When I was told that my 1 million fans have already watched the video, I was like that is the power of lucky,” she said. The song has been composed by Altaaf Sayyed with the lyrics penned down by Anand.
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Esha Gupta to go completely deglam in new role for her next film
The Golden Globes 2018 presenters list includes actresses Penelope Cruz and Gal Gadot and actor Seth Rogen. The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), which chooses the winners, this week began to announce the names of celebrities set to present the awards. Joining the list are Cruz and Rogen, reports eonline.com. Earlier, HFPA announced that actresses Kerry Washington and Gadot will be presenters. Fantasy drama “The Shape of Water” is leading the nomination list in the film section at the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards with seven mentions. In the television category, “Big Little Lies” received six nominations. Seth Meyers will be hosting the 2018 Golden Globes ceremony, to be held on January 7 next year.
Over the past year, Esha Gupta has made quite a statement with her bold and glamorous looks. Having posed seminude for a racy photoshoot this year, Esha received severe backlash for the same. However, it looks like the New Year is calling for a new look for the stunning actress. She’s now planning to go deglam in a new role for her next. Says Esha, “The films that I have decided to do are content based movies, and not glamorous. I have signed up for two films, and both are content driven, and have me in deglam roles. I have always wanted to do something like that.” She goes on to add that she’s quite pumped about her look. “I have done glamorous parts and people know how I look in modern clothes. Now, I have a very non-glamorous role, and I am so excited about that.”
Noomi Rapace, who gained global recognition for her portrayal of the intriguing literary character Lisbeth Salander in the Swedish adaptation of Stieg Larsson’s The Millennium Trilogy, plays an evil elf in her latest cinematic outing, Bright. “I have been avoiding doing the pretty, cute and s**y girl roles. In Bright, I’m chasing the boys,” says the 37-year-old, who essays the character of Leilah in the futuristic actionthriller that Netflix started streaming recently. Playing the elf, who is after two Los Angeles-based cops (Will Smith and Joel Edgerton) to get her magic wand back and restore the reign of the Dark Lord, meant she had to rehearse a lot and “find a flow in the fight scenes”. The Swedish actor, who was in Mumbai recently to promote Bright, says: “I was sleeping with knives and playing with them to get used to them.
Prabhas to welcome new year with his upcoming film Saaho
The ‘Baahubali’ actor is getting ready for a month long schedule to happen in Abu Dhabi.
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South star Prabhas has given a special treat to his fans on his birthday this year as the ‘Baahubali’ actor unveiled the first look poster of his muchawaited film ‘Saaho’. Prabhas is all set to welcome New Year with a tiresome schedule of his upcoming film ‘Saaho’. The superstar is getting ready for a month long schedule to happen in Abu Dhabi. The Baahubali actor is going to perform death defying stunts and the makers had sought permission for shooting the stunts on Burj Khalifa in Dubai. Before the schedule commences, Prabhas is stationed in Los Angeles. Prabhas will be starting the next shoot by January 5 for a month-long schedule. “The team has so far shot for 40-45 days. We will start shooting for the major action sequence soon. We plan to release the film next year.
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Australia resumed on 70-2 after lunch but added only 16 runs before the first rain interruption.
David Warner, Steve Smith take The Ashes Australia to 103-2 as rain halts Day 4 SA vs Ind: Fit-again Du Plessis, Steyn named in Proteas squad for Cape Town Test
Cape Town: A fit-again Faf du Plessis will return to lead a full-strength South Africa squad, also comprising lead pacer Dale Steyn, for the first Test against India beginning here on January 5. Du Plessis and Steyn could not be part of the four-day Test against Zimbabwe due to illness. Ab de Villiers, who played his first Test in almost two years, had led South Africa to a comfortable win against Zimbabwe in Du Plessis’ absence. Fast bowling all-rounder Chris Morris too has been added to the 15man squad, joining the likes of Steyn, Morne Morkel, Kagiso Rabada, Vernon Philander and Andile Phehlukwayo in a formidable pace attack. Morris, who has not played for South Africa since suffering a back injury during the tour of England in July, has replaced fast bowler Duanne Olivier in the only change in the 15-man squad that was picked for the Zimbabwe Test.
Melbourne: A morning that brought two wickets for England and a sniff of a drought-breaking Ashes win gave way to a bleak afternoon for the tourists on Friday as rain washed out most of day four on Friday and left Australia well-placed to save the fourth Test. The home side were 102 for two in their second innings at the Melbourne Cricket Ground when rain interrupted play before tea and the showers lingered long enough for
Shikhar Dhawan slams Emirates airlines after family left stranded at Dubai airport Dubai: Shikhar Dhawan’s tour of South Africa started on a bitter note after his wife Aesha and their children weren’t allowed to board a flight from Dubai to South Africa. While other Team India members, led by skipper Virat Kohli, left India for the tour with their families on Thursday, Dhawan came across a big issue upon landing on the African continent. The Indian opener’s family were denied from boarding the flight since they could not produce birth certificates for the children. Left unimpressed, the Delhi batsman hit back at airline service Emirates on Twitter for causing the inconvenience. Senior opener Shikhar Dhawan appears to be a doubtful starter for the first Test against South Africa, starting January 5, due to an ankle injury. Before Indian team’s departure, Dhawan was seen entering the team hotel limping with his left ankle heavily strapped. He was accompanied by physio Patrick Farhart and has undergone an MRI scan.
umpires to abandon the day without another ball bowled. David Warner was 40 not out, with captain Steve Smith on 25 and Australia still needing another 61 runs to make England bat again. But even with the promise of reverse swing, Joe Root’s bowlers face a big task on an unresponsive pitch to prevent Australia’s batsmen from batting them out of the game. ”(The pitch) is getting slower,“ Australia coach Darren Lehmann
Rival fans exchange blows after Sushil Kumar secures CWG 2018 qualification New Delhi: Double Olympic-medallist Sushil Kumar and five other male wrestlers on Friday qualified for next year’s Commonwealth Games scheduled to be held in Gold Coast, Australia. Apart from Sushil (74kg), other freestyle grapplers who have booked their places in the Commonwealth Games are Rahul Aware (57kg), Bajrang (65kg), Somveer (86kg), Mausam Khatri (97kg) and Sumit (125kg). The six freestyle wrestlers also qualified for next year’s Senior Asian Wrestling Championship to be held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. Besides, 10 GrecoRoman wrestlers also qualified for the Asian Wrestling Championships. They are Rajender (55kg), Gyanender (60kg), Vikram (63kg), Manish (67kg), Kuldeep Malik (72kg), Gurpreet Singh (77kg), Harpreet Singh (82kg), Sunil (87kg), Hardeep (97kg) and Naveen (130kg).
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Govt bringing a new bill on consumer protection: Ram vilas Paswan
New Delhi: Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Friday asked members in Rajya Sabha not to delay the approval of a proposed bill on consumer protection after one of them raised the issue of misleading advertisments. As SP member Naresh Agrawal raised the issue, Paswan said the cabinet has approved a new bill and urged the lawmakers not to refer it to the Standing Committee and delay the approval process, after it is introduced in Parliament. Responding to the issue during the Zero Hour, Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu referred to an advertisment through which a company claimed to reduce weight in 28 days. He said after making payment of Rs 1,230 to the company as demanded, more money was sought for delivering the “original” medicine to reduce weight. “You know my mentality. I did not leave the matter there,”
the Chairman said, adding that he asked his staff to raise the matter with the concerned ministry. The minister concerned, he said, acted promptly and an inquiry was carried out. Naidu said it was found that the advertisement originated from the US and added that it should be examined how to check such advertisments. In his response, Paswan said the current consumer protection law is 31 years old and the NDA government has drafted a new bill. The bill was introduced in the
Lok Sabha in 2015 and referred to the Standing Committee. He said the Standing Committee gave “good suggestions” and the Union Cabinet approved the new bill. He urged the MPs not to send the bill again to the Standing Committee so that it could be passed at the earliest. Several other matters were raised during the Zero Hour. Rajani Patil (Congress) raised the issue of the major fire that broke out in a building in Kamala Mills Compound in Lower Parel in Mumbai last night, in which 14
persons have been killed. Patil said incidents like building collapse or fire are discussed at the time of accident, but later forgotten and sought a long term policy to ensure safety of the people. BJD member Dilip Kumar Tirkey urged the Centre to increase the minimum support price for paddy to Rs 2,930 a quintal. K K Ragesh (CPI-M) raised the issue of farmers suicide in the country. He said farmers all over the country are agitated and demanded waiver of their loans.
told host broadcaster Channel Nine. ”It’s tough work for a new batter. So once you’re in, you’ve got to stay in. “Our boys are fighting really hard. A couple of good (England) balls to get the wickets and Smith and the vicecaptain (Warner) went about their work.” Australia regained the Ashes after the third Test in Perth and hold an unassailable 3-0 lead in the series but England had hope of cracking a first win after Alastair Cook’s unbeaten
244 propelled them to a first innings lead of 164. They had resumed their first innings on 491-9 in the morning but were unable to extend their total, with tail-ender James Anderson dismissed first ball by paceman Pat Cummins, fending a catch straight to Cameron Bancroft at short leg. That left former captain Cook unbeaten on his overnight score, a record total among openers who have carried their bat through an innings.
SA vs Ind: Final session of a day will be key to knock India over, says Morne Morkel Cape Town: South Africa pacer Morne Morkel feels that final session of a day will be crucial for his side’s attack to do
the damage on Indian batsmen when the three-match Test series begins on January 5 here. “It’s going to be about that last session in the day when the ball is soft and conditions are tough. Majority of the runs in Test cricket are scored after
tea time. So for us, it’s going to be if we have enough petrol in the tank to knock India over at the back end of the day,” Morkel said about the upcoming series against India. Morkel claimed his first Test five-for in five years against South Africa’s one-off Test against Zimbabwe in Port Elizabeth which the Proteas won inside two days. Despite being the most successful seamer in the match, he is the also the one most at risk of missing out against India when Dale Steyn returns. If South Africa stick to a frontline attack of three seamers and a spinner at Newlands, Morkel may have to watch the match from the sidelines.
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Sensex scales new high; signs off 2017 with 28 per cent gains Govt under pressure to cut excise duty on auto fuels: Icra
Mumbai: The BSE Sensex rose 209 points tofinish at a fresh life-time high of 34,056.83 on the last trading day of 2017, capping off a remarkable year which saw the benchmark surging by 28 per cent. Power, IT, auto and infrastructure stocks witnessed robust buying, while the beginning of January 2018 series of futures and options also added to the momentum. The 30-share index started the day on a strong note at 33,889.39 and hit a high of 34,086.05 before closing at 34,056.83, up by 208.80 points, or 0.62 per cent. It surpassed its previous closing high of 34,010.61 reached on December 26. The broad-based NSE Nifty rose 52.80 points, or 0.50 per cent, to end at 10,530.70 after trading between 10,538.70 and 10,488.65. Both the indices rose for the fourth straight week. The Sensex advanced by 116.53 points, or 0.34 per cent, while the Nifty gained 37.70 points, or 0.35 per cent, during the period. The Sensex clocked its best performance in recent years in 2017, rising by 7,430.37, or 27.91 per cent year-on-year. It had gained 508.92 points, or 1.94 per cent, in 2016.
New Delhi: With oil prices on the boil, the government will be under pressure to cut excise duty on petrol and diesel to help soften the impact on consumers, credit rating agency Icra said on Friday. Brent prices have jumped 40 per cent to around USD 67 per barrel this month from USD 48 in November 2016 when the OPEC had decided to cut back on crude oil production This would lead to gross underrecoveries on sensitive products climbing to Rs 22,000-25,000 crore in the current fiscal from earlier estimate of Rs
16,000-20,000 crore, Icra said in a statement. Every USD per barrel increase in Indian basket crude price pushes up underrecoveries -- which is the revenue loss arising from selling products below cost, by about Rs 1000 crore and net import bill by USD 1.2 billion. “Further increase in under-recoveries in ensuing years could increase pressure on the Government to increase subsidy allocation for the petroleum products,” said K Ravichandran, Senior Vice President and Group Head - Corporate Sector Ratings, Icra.
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Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel expressed his displeasure with the portfolios assigned to him. Former minister Rajendra Trivedi confronted Chief Minister Vijay Rupani over not including a single MLA from Vadodara in the cabinet.
3 days after new Vijay Rupani cabinet is formed, cracks appear in Gujarat government
ONGC organizes cyclothon in six metros to create awareness on fuel conservation Ahmedabad :Three days after the new cabinet was sworn-in in Gujarat, ministers were allotted their portfolios. Earlier this used to be done on the same day as the swearingin. However trouble started to brew from the onset as Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, deputy chief minister Nitin Patel and state BJP president Jitu Vaghani got
into a huddle at the CM’s residence. Ministers were made to wait for four hours before they attended the maiden cabinet meeting. Patel expressed his displeasure with the portfolios assigned to him. He wanted home and urban development but neither was given to him. In fact the other two important portfolios revenue and finance were
Surat Diamond Merchant Mahesh Savani Funds Wedding of 251 Fatherless Brides
Surat : Weddings are always a grand affair and especially in India when the rituals go on for days and there is a whole horde of relatives and friends in tow who gather to see the marriage take place. After Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma tied the knot in Tuscany, Italy on December 11, 2017, reports of a mass wedding of around 251 fatherless brides was funded and o rg a n i z e d by the I n d i a n business tycoon and diamond merchant Mahesh Savani. Hundreds of Indian brides including five Muslim women and one Christian bride dressed in colourful ethnic attire gathered in Surat, Gujarat, on December 24, 2017, for the mass wedding that was funded by Mahesh Savani. Two HIV positive women also got married in the same event. Weddings in India are usually a costly affair and the majority of the expenses are borne by the bride’s family. In the case, of a bride who does not have a father the marriage expenses as well as the wedding becomes a difficult ordeal. As per media reports, Mahesh Savani believes that it is his social responsibility to help fatherless women get married as they find it difficult to meet the expenses of their wedding rituals. He said, “I have taken the responsibility as their father.”
also taken away from him, making him the biggest loser visibly in the allotment of portfolios The tension between him and Rupani was quite evident at a press conference that they addressed at 10 pm on Thursday. Patel, who is generally a chatterbox, didn’t say a word and sat through the event with a long face and avoiding eye contact.
Ahmedabad : Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has organized cyclothon in six metro cities to create awareness on fuel conservation as well as protection of environment. The cyclothons, organised in Dehradun, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Kolkata, Agartala and Chennai during November and December 2017, drew over 5000 participants from all walks of life. In order to spread the message across the country about the importance of fuel conservation, ONGC has been actively participating
PM Narendra Modi’s trusted bureaucrat Kuniyil Kailashnathan to play key role in Gujarat Ahmedabad : It is not often that a bureaucrat is trusted for 10 long years by his political masters, but in the case of Kuniyil Kailashnathan, he has clearly been a wanted man. Seen as one of the few most trusted bureaucrats of PM Narendra Modi, Kailashnathan has been awarded a two-year extension as the Chief Principal Secretary to Chief Minister of Gujarat on Wednesday. He is not only expected to play a crucial role in getting the state’s agriculture and irrigation schemes on track but also may monitor the end-to-end implementation of Modi’s people centric policies in Gujarat to prepare the state for Lok Sabha polls in 2019. Kailashnathan had retired as additional chief secretary of the Gujarat government in 2013. But he was reemployed on a contract basis for two more years in chief minister’s officer with a new designation-chief principal secretary. Having worked with three CMs— Narendra Modi, Anandiben and Vijay Rupani, Kailashnathan, essentially Modi’s man is known to regularly engage with officials in the Prime Minister’s Office on Gujarat and policy-related decisions of the government.
in various initiatives including this cyclothon. The genesis of organizing the cyclothons lies
in Hon’ble Prime Minister’s clarion call to people through ‘Mann Ki Baat’ to voluntarily dispensing with the use of petrol & diesel for one day every week. The call was aimed at conserving fuels which is of utmost importance in nation building. The objective of promotion of cycling through this event is to instill socio-environmental consciousness and garner support for fuel saving. ONGC, as a responsible corporate citizen, has partnered with Petroleum Conservation
and Research Association (PCRA), under the aegis of Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas to organize cyclothons in six cities to give impetus to the Hon’ble Prime Minister’s vision. More than 5000 people pledged their support to not use vehicle at least one day in a week and contribute to the larger mission of fuel conservation and environment protection. State Police Authorities and District administration shared all support to make the cyclothons a grand success.
Kamala Mills fire: Ahmedabad victim escaped a car accident on New Year’s Eve last year
Notices issued to 26 officials over damaged roads: Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation
them women, who were attending a birthday party. Read that article here The fire, which also injured 21 people, started after 12.30 am in the “1 Above” pub on the terrace, and spread to Mojo pub on the third floor one level below, said an official of the Mumbai civic body, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation. The two gutted pubs are located in the Trade House Building in Kamala Mills compound in Lower Parel area, a popular night spot as well as commercial hub housing several offices including national television channels. “I was in the night shift. We heard people screaming at the pub. Initially, we thought it is due to the party which was underway there,” said Sanjay Jadhav, a programme producer of a news channel.
AHMEDABAD: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) submitted before Gujarat high court on Thursday that it has issued show cause notices to 26 officials including engineers over poor quality of roads. Besides initiating action against its officials, AMC also told the HC that it would soon issue notices to the contractors also over poor construction quality of roads in the city, which developed potholes during last monsoon. Acting on 45 of total audit reports on 90 damaged roads, the civic body has found problems with 26 officials and sought their explanations. During the hearing, the HC inquired about condition of roads along the metro rail routes in the city. AMC admitted that the condition of these roads has worsened, but assured of resurfacing them soon in collaboration with the metro rail authority. The court also directed AMC to do the needful in this regard. The HC also questioned about the roads that were to be repaired and constructed in villages which have been included in AMC limits in the recent past. AMC told the court that it got applications from 23 such villages for construction of roads.
AHMEDABAD: One of the victims of the Kamala Mills fire was Ahmedabad-based Yasha Thakkar. A chartered accountant by profession, Yasha was in the city and had attended a dinner event, had paid her bill and went to the washroom on her way out, when she was trapped in the flames that killed her. Yasha had even survived a brush against death last New Year’s Eve when her car caught fire. Neighbours of the family in Ahmedabad confirmed this while speaking to news agancy. Currently, Yasha’s husband Alap Thakkar, also a CA and her father are in Mumbai to identify and take the body back home. The blaze that started at 1 Above, the rooftop pub, spread rapidly through the building, killing 14 people, most of
international Moore asked a judge to issue a restraining order to stop the state’s canvassing board from certifying Doug Jones’ victory.
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Roy Moore files lawsuit to block Alabama Senate result
Montgomery: Failed candidate Roy Moore has doubled down on his claims of voter irregularities in Alabama’s US Senate race in a last-ditch effort to stop the certification of the Democratic opponent who pulled off a historic upset last month in a traditionally deep-red state. Moore asked a judge to issue a restraining order to stop the state’s canvassing board from certifying Doug Jones’ victory. But secretary of state John Merrill said that Moore’s action “is not going to delay certification and Doug Jones ... will be sworn in by Vice President Pence
on the third of January.” A spokesman for Jones called Moore’s action a “desperate attempt ... to subvert the will of the people,” and said it “will not succeed.” “The election is over. It’s time to move on,” Sam Coleman wrote in an email. Jones defeated Moore by about
20,000 votes in the Dec. 12 special election. Moore’s campaign was deeply wounded by accusations of sexual misconduct involving teenage girls decades ago. Moore has denied the accusations and says he has taken and passed a polygraph test to prove they
are false. Moore’s attorney wrote in the wide-ranging complaint that he believed there were irregularities during the election, including that voters may have been brought in from other states. He attached a statement from a poll worker that she had noticed licenses from Georgia and North Carolina as people signed in to vote. The complaint also noted the higher-than-expected turnout in the race, particularly in Jefferson County, and said that Moore’s numbers were lower than straightticket Republican voting in about 20 Jefferson County precincts.
Washington: US President Donald Trump on Thursday said China has been “caught” allowing oil into North Korea and said such moves would prevent “a friendly solution” to the crisis over Pyongyang’s nuclear program “Caught RED HANDED - very disappointed that China
is allowing oil to go into North Korea. There will never be a friendly solution to the North Korea problem if this continues to happen!” Trump wrote in a post on Twitter. China earlier on Thursday said there had been no UN sanction-breaking oil sales by Chinese ships to North
Korea after a South Korean newspaper said Chinese and North Korean vessels had been illicitly linking up at sea to get oil to North Korea. An official of the US State Department said the US government was aware of vessels engaged in such activity involving refined petroleum and coal.
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