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JP Nadda appointed BJP's working president, Amit Shah to remain party chief NEW DELHI: Ending speculation over the appointment of a working president, the BJP parliamentary board on Monday appointed former health minister and senior leader Jagat Prakash Nadda to the post even as home minister Amit Shah will continue to be party president. Nadda's appointment as working president was on the cards after he was not inducted into the government. Since Shah will need to meet his ministerial commitments, Nadda, as a full time party functionary, is expected to help him with the nitty-gritty of organisational tasks. "I
am confident that under the leadership of Amit Shah and JP Nadda, and powered by the hard work of our karyakartas (workers), BJP will continue winning people's trust and serving our society. We remain committed to building a strong, developed and inclusive India," PM Modi tweeted. Modi said Nadda is a diligent worker who has risen through the ranks due to his hard work and organisational skills. "Humble and affable, he is widely respected across the BJP family.Congratulations to him on becoming the working president of the party," the Prime Minister
added. Announcing the decision, defence minister
Rajnath Singh said, "BJP leadership of Amit Shah. won several elections under But since PM appointed him
home minister, Amit Shah himself said the responsibility of party president should be given to someone else. BJP Parliamentary board has selected JP Nadda as working president." Modi and other parliamentary board members including Shah, Rajnath Singh, Union ministers Nitin Gadkari, Thawar Chand Gehlot and senior BJP leaders Sushma Swaraj, Shivraj Singh Chauhan and Ramlal greeted Nadda after his selection as party working president. Hailing from Himachal, Nadda (58) has held several organisational posts at the national and state level. This
Singapore paraglider goes missing in Himachal’s Kangra 4 of Indian-origin family S H I M L A : R e s c u e Baijnath, in Chhota Bhangal Authority (SADA) from Andhra found shot teams are looking for a region. Local shepherds had coordinator Ranvijay 37-year-old Singaporean spotted his aircraft hanging sent a team of rescuers dead in US paraglider who went missing from a tree in Dharman comprising trekkers and during a flight from Multhan area of Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district on Saturday. The paraglider had taken off from Billing valley near
area but found no signs of the pilot. A 20-member rescue team was sent to Dharman on Monday to trace him. Baijnath SDM
Gujarat Congress moves SC against separate bypoll for 2 Rajya Sabha seats
Rameshwar Das told TOI the Singapore national had not taken permission for the flight. After the aircraft was spotted, Bir-Billing's Special Area Development
mountaineers - on a rescue mission, while a police team was sent to inspect the site. The possibility of the pilot having descended from the crash site or occurrence of some mishap due to the presence of wild animals and the high altitude, can't be ruled out, the SDM added.
V I J AYAWA D A : Mystery shrouds the death of four members of a Telugu family who were shot and killed at their home in West Des Moines city, Iowa, in the US, on Saturday.Sunkara Chandrasekhar (44), his wife Lavanya (41), and their two sons, aged 15 and 10, were shot
and killed, a police statement said. The familybelonged to Tsundur town in Andhra Pradesh's Guntur district and hadbeen living in the US for at least two decades.On Saturday, at around 10 am, a local resident dialed 911 after being informed about gunshots .
Opposition protests against Pragya Thakur for adding guru's name in oath
NEW DELHI: Congress on Monday moved the Supreme Court seeking simultaneous polls for two Rajya Sabha seats from the state, vacated by BJP leaders Amit Shah and Smriti Irani after their election to Lok Sabha, while accusing the NDA government of influencing the Election Commission to hold separate polls for the seats to enable the saffron party corner both in "breach of the spirit" of proportional representation. Leader of opposition in Gujarat Assembly, Pareshbai Dhanani, sought quashing of the EC's June 15 notification treating the two seats as stray vacancies to warrant separate elections. He said holding of separate elections
for the two seats would deny Congress one of the seats which it is entitled to as per its strength in the Assembly and as per the law mandating proportional representation in Rajya Sabha. At present, in the 182-member Gujarat assembly, BJP has 100 MLAs while Congress has 71. If separate polls are held for the two seats, both will be bagged by BJP. The petition filed through advocate Varun K Chopra argued that as per the Representation of the People Act, representatives of each state to Rajya Sabha shall be elected by the members of assembly in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of single transferable vote.
NEW DELHI: BJP MP from Bhopal Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur's reference to the name of her spiritual guru with hers while taking oath drew sharp protests from opposition benches and briefly held up proceedings, leading BJP members to raise "Bharat Mata Ki Jai" each time one of them took oath. Amid protests and shouts, Thakur said it was her full name and she had mentioned it in the oath-taking form. The mention of Swami Purna Chetnanand Avdheshanand Giri as suffix to Pragya's name triggered the protests and soon BJP benches were seen responding with loud slogans as well. Protem Speaker Virendra Kumar sought to know Pragya Thakur's full name from the Lok Sabha secretary general. Amid the din, Kumar ruled that only the name written in her election certificate issued by the returning officer would go on record. Thakur, an accused in the
BJP leader L K Advani to visit Shimla
SHIMLA: BJP leader and former deputy Prime Minister L K Advani will be visiting the Himachal Pradesh capital for a weeklong sojourn this week, officials said on Wednesday. Advani will be in Shimla from June 22 to 28 and will be staying in the newly built ITC Hotel in Mashobra, some 10 km from here, a government official told IANS. He will reach here b y a state gover nment helicopter from New Delhi
on June 22 and will be accorded welcome by chief minister Jai Ram Thakur and his cabinet colleagues on arrival. After his brief
halt at Raj Bhawan, he will proceed to Mashobra. He will be accompanied by his daughter and other family members.
Malegaon blast case, took oath in Sanskrit and ended it with "Bharat Mata Ki
Jai" slogan. She defeated Congress veteran Digvijay Singh by a margin of over 3.5
lakh votes to enter Lok Sabha for the first time. Soon Lok Sabha was reverberating with the chants of "Bharat Mata Ki Jai" by BJP members. The slogan was raised every time aBJP member took oath. After Ganjendra Umarao Singh Patel (BJP) completed his oath with 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai', NK Premchandran (RSP) urged the Protem Speaker to maintain the prescribed format of the oath.
will be the first time the party has appointed a working president. After considerable discussion it was decided that Shah's continuance would be required in view of important
state elections coming up and the party also announced a membership drive and organisational elections that will keep cadre busy for several months.
Solid waste processing doubles in a year
NEW DELHI: Processing of municipal solid waste has more than doubled in urban areas in the past one year, government data show. Till May end, little over 54% of municipal solid waste generated across urban areas had been processed as compared to about 25% a year back. Among all bigger states in waste processing, West
Bengal is at the bottom of the list where only 9% of the garbage collected in cities and towns was being processed while Puducherry, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh reported processing more than 80% of municipal solid waste. According to official data, in 17 states, including Punjab, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Uttarakhand.
First day, first show: New MPs flaunt culture and attire
Congress data chief under fire for failing to gauge BJP wave NEW DELHI: Amid reports of a blame game centering around "incorrect feedback" to the Congress leadership, the party's data analytics department chief Praveen Chakravarty termed the spate of media comment levelling allegations against his functioning as "plain rubbish". In a statement M o n d a y, C h a k r a v a r t i , without specifying a particular report, said, "every line in that column is a lie." He added that "similar stories, masquerading as investigative pieces, were plain rubbish… utter disgrace to Indian journalism". But the data chief 's strong rebuttal of criticism of his functioning notwithstanding, there is resentment in the party over how the data department got the public mood so wrong, which was said to be based on regular polls done through an "undisclosed
process". According to senior leaders, the election challenge became difficult after Pulwama terror attack and Balakot response, as BJP seized the nationalism plank. In that backdrop, the fight should have been less about PM Narendra Modi and more about "our issues", they said. However, feedback to the Congress chief continued to say that there was no post-Balakot sentiment and that Rafale scam was striking a chord
with people. It is said to be the reason behind Rahul's increasing belligerence over "chowkidar chor hai" campaign. Though the attack is focussed on the data department, the leadership's own assessment of the popular mood and reliance on surveys is also being mentioned though in subdued tones. Party leaders say that data department's feedback was questioned on several occasions and in one meeting.
NEW DELHI: The portico of the majestic Parliament House presented a colourful picture on the first day of the 17th Lok Sabha with most of the elected members choosing to turn up in their traditional attire. The euphoria was visible, especially among the new members who made the most of the 'photo-op' in front of a battery of mediapersons, moments before or after taking oath. Some took off their shoes and bowed at the steps before entering the building. Apart from the carefully chosen dress, many members also took oath in different regional languages. Hindi was the
most preferred language while some chose to take oath in Kannada, Maithili, Dogri, Bengali, Kashmiri, Manipuri and even Sanskrit. BJP MPs Harsh Vardhan and Jitendra Singh took oath in Sanskrit and Dogri respectively. Three MPs from Bihar -Gopal Jee Thakur from Darbhanga (BJP), Ramprit Mandal from Jhanjharpur (JD-U) and Ashok Kumar Yadav from Madhubani (BJP)- took oath in Maithili. Thakur and Yadav were dressed in colourful 'Mithilanchal' attire while BJP MP from Mysuru Pratap Simha's traditional Coorg dress attracted much attention.
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RBI falls short of meeting Basel III requirements The Reserve Bank of India has fallen short of meeting tougher requirements set by the Basel III norms, according to a report by the Basel Committee on Bank Supervision (BCBS). The semi-annual report brought out by the BCBS, a committee under the Bank For International Settlements, looked at adoption status of Basel III standards by 30 global systemically important banks (G-Sibs) as of end-May 2019. This committee of banking supervisory authorities aims to enhance understanding of key supervisory issues and also improve the quality of banking supervision worldwide. The committee reports that India’s central bank is yet to publish the securitisation framework and rules on total loss-absorbing capacity (TLAC) requirements. Globally, the norms on securitisation exposures held in the banking book had come into effect on 1 January, 2018. The RBI also missed the deadline for meeting the TLAC requirement, which ensures that G-Sibs have adequate loss absorbing and recapitalisation capacity so that critical functions can be continued without taxpayers’ funds or financial stability being put at risk. These include instruments that can be either written down or converted into equity, like capital instruments and long-term unsecured debt. The TLAC constitutes 16% to 20% of a group's consolidated risk-weighted assets. The RBI is also yet to come out with draft regulations on revised Pillar 3 disclosure requirements, which took effect from end-2016. Pillar 3 disclosures aim at ensuring market discipline through disclosures in prescribed format, while Pillar1 focuses on capital adequacy and Pillar 2 looks at the supervisory review process. According to the report, India’s G-sibs are in the process of implementing rules on interest rate risk in the banking book (IRRBB). These regulations refer to the current or prospective risk to the bank’s capital and earnings arising from adverse movements in interest rates that affect the bank’s book positions. The central bank had issued draft guidelines in February 2017 and is yet to come - Kapilkumar M. Hirpara out with final guidelines. Editor
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Katrina Kaif on sharing relationship details with the media: I couldn’t have dodged the bullet every time
Ekta Kapoor ASSURES her film Mental Hai Kya is sensitive towards mental illness Ekta Kapoor, producer of "Mental Hai Kya", says the film's title doesnt intend to offend or disregard anyones
Mumbai : If there is one actor in Bollywood who has received a lot of love from her fans as well from people inside the industry over the years, it is Katrina Kaif. The star of Bharat has managed to win praises for her recent release as well as for her last film, Zero. Not just for her acting, but Katrina’s overall demeanour and her dignified stance on handling the media attention has been lauded. Despite her past relationship with former flame Ranbir Kapoor being under media scrutiny, Katrina never failed to handle it in front of the media in the most respectful way. In a recent interview with MidDay, Katrina spoke about the media attention to her personal life and how she went about sharing details
of her past relationship. The Zero actress and Sanju star called it quits after a long term relationship and hence, the media prodded Kaif each time she came out for promotions. Katrina revealed that if she was given a choice, she would have never spoken about her relationship with the media. But, the Bharat actress stated that she shared only basic and least details with the media since they were interested. Katrina said, “If I had my way, I would have never spoken about my relationship. I chose to talk about it because the media was interested in it. I couldn’t have dodged a bullet every time. I would have sounded rude if I did that. So the best thing was to share bare minimum. I wanted to and
be frank enough to accept the reality. We still have respect for each other and that will not change.” Kaif also revealed her secret way of coming out of the heartbreak and mentioned that one of her sisters was also going through the same at that time. Hence, she found solace in her friends and books. Katrina Kaif on sharing relationship details with the media: I couldn’t have dodged the bullet every time Katrina Kaif has emerged as one of the strongest performers in movies over a period of time and is among the best actors. However, her past relationship has always been under media scrutiny. In an interview, Katrina revealed how she dealt with the media attention. Read on.
sentiments Mumbai :Ekta Kapoor, producer of "Mental Hai Kya", says the film's title doesnt intend to offend or disregard anyones sentiments. "Mental Hai Kya", which features Kangana Ranaut and Rajkummar Rao, was mired in controversy over its title as a section of psychiatrists had voiced concerns. Sharing a new motion poster of the film, Ekta on Tuesday took to social media and posted a disclaimer which read: "The
film in no way marginalises the mental health community and the title of our film doesn't intend to offend or disregard anyone's sentiments. "It's a film that makes a larger point and is sensitive towards the issue of mental illness. The film is a fictional thriller that encourages you to celebrate your uniqueness and embrace y o u r i n d i v i d u a l i t y. " I n the poster, Kangana and Rajkummar, who earlier wooed the audience with the
film "Queen", are all set to entertain their fans in new stylish avatars. With a cigar in his hand, Rajkummar looks dapper in a blue suit. And twinning with him in a blue dress, Kangana is reflecting her bold side in short curly hair.The words "Trust no one" appear towards the end of the video clipping like a warning. Directed by Prakash Kovelamudi, "Mental Hai Kya" is scheduled to release on July 2.
Bhumi Pednekar appreciates her Bhoot co star Vicky Kaushal; says it's lovely working with him
Saiyami Kher and Roshan Matthew John abraham returns to roped in for Anurag Kashyap’s next shoot of upcoming movie ‘Pagalpanti’ after injury
Mumbai : “New company, New film, New beginnings…” hinting towards his upcoming project and his fans are thrilled to know more about it. This project is yet to be titled but
we know for sure that Mirzya fame Saiyami Kher and south star Roshan Matthew have been roped in as leads for the film. While Saiyami cannot reveal much about the project or the character, she did say
that she was thrilled to be finally working with Anurag Kashyap and it is yet to sink in for her. The film will have an ensemble cast apart from the lead pair and will be shot over a span of three months
Mumbai :After completing the London and Leeds schedules of the upcoming comedy’ Pagalpanti’, John Abraham was shooting in Mumbai for the film when he met with an accident. The actor
had suffered a muscle tear in his arm while filming an action sequence in a truck at Mehboob Studio and was subsequently advised rest for speedy recovery. Now, he is ready to resume work on June 30.
Brahmastra: Mouni Roy on her role in the film: Ayan Mukerji saw Naagin and felt I could play the villain Mumbai: Popular actress Mouni Roy who came out of her cocoon from the show Naagin and made her entry in the Bollywood industry last year. She gained a lot of fame quiet instantly. Mouni made her debut with the film Gold alongside Akshay Kumar. Now, she has three films in her kitty namely- Brahmastra, Made in China and Bole Chudiyaan. She keeps posting amazing photos on social media and keeps her fans intact. In an interview with TOI, Mouni shared that she was surprised to know that she is the main antagonist in the film. The actress said, "I am playing the main villain in the film. I am really looking forward to it. What is more liberating for me is playing different
Mumbai :Bhumi Pednekar and Vicky Kaushal will be sharing screen space for the first time in their upcoming horror project Bhoot Part One -- The Haunted Ship. Directed by Bhanu Pratap Singh, the film is scheduled to hit the theatres on November 15, this year. Produced by Karan Johar, Hiroo Yash Johar, Apoorva Mehta, and Shashank Khaitan, fans are really excited to watch them team up. Praising her Bhoot co-star Vicky, Bhumi said, "Vicky is one of the most talented actors of today and it's
characters that challenge me. I was surprised they wanted me to play the villain." Mouni also she got the role probably because of playing the her television show. “Ayan Mukerji (director) something from Naagin and felt I could play the So you never know what clicks with whom. actor, you should be willing to experiment and versatile otherwise you can't learn and grow," she added. Talking about the film, the Ayan Mukerji directorial also features Amitabh Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt. his trilogy is set to hit the theatres in December, this year. The logo of the film is already out and the director Ayan keeps sharing BTS pictures from the sets on his social media handle.
lovely working with him. It's a genre that both of us haven't explored before but I was quite thrilled to experiment with. As an actor, I love to experiment, love to take risks." "The first time I saw Masaan, I was blown away by what Vicky had done. I remember going back to him and asking him how did you do this
scene, how did you do that scene? He told me that so many bits of Masaan were improvised and so many things him and (director) Neeraj Ghaywan had thought on the spot and I was blown away. He is so talented, so natural, so effortless that I really enjoy watching him on screen," she added.
Shruti Haasan Joins USA Network's Jason Bourne-universe Series Treadstone
Mumbai : Actor Shruti Haasan has boarded the cast of USA Network's upcoming series Treadstone, which will be based in the Jason Bourne universe. The studio had ordered a pilot for the series initially that in April this year and later greenlit thinks that the Naagin in had seen villain. As an b e
project in August, reported Deadline. Haasan, 33, joins Jeremy Irvine and Brian J. Smith in the show, which recently started production in Budapest. She will portray Nira Patel, a young woman in Delhi whose waitress job serves as a cover for a dangerous double life as a trained assassin Ben Smith, a producer of the 'Bourne' franchise, has co-created the series with Tim Kring. Apart from Haasan, actors Michelle Forbes, Patrick Fugit, Michael Gaston and Tess Haubrich have also boarded the cast.The show will follow fictional CIA black ops program Operation Treadstone, which was the program that created superspy J a s o n Bourne, played by actor Matt Damon in four films.
3 / Dt. 19/06/2019, Wednesday, Ahmedabad Edition Urvashi Rautela gets trolled for posing with Virat Kohli's statue
All out for 6! Mali record lowest ever total in women’s T20Is
Only one run was scored off the bat in Mali's total of 6 - the lowest total in women's T20 International history.
NEW DELHI: Sunday's ICC World Cup 2019 match between IndiaPakistan has become the talk of the town as the internet is constantly buzzing with updates on the match. All thanks to the B-town celebrities gracing the stadium as it was like a cherry on the pie for the audiences present at the stadium. Ranveer Singh's involvement in the match from giving an outstanding
commentary to cheering the men in blue, everything seemed like a dream come true for the actor. Saif Ali Khan, Shibani Dandekar and Alaia F were also present at the ground cheering the team and the other B-town celebs were expressing their excitement through social media. Similarly, Urvashi Rautela was one the actors who cheered the Indian team and the captain Virat Kohli for the match.
Osaka grinds out opening win on grass BIRMINGHAM (United Kingdom): World number one Naomi Osaka progressed to round two of the Birmingham Classic on Tuesday, but was made to work for a 6-1, 4-6, 6-3 win over Greece's Maria Sakkari. Osaka admitted in her pre-tournament press conference that she still does not feel comfortable on grass. However, she got off to a flying start in her first match since losing in the third round of the French Open. Osaka broke the Sakkari serve three times in romping through the first set. The world number 33 fought back in the second to
take the match to a deciding set. Osaka needed to stave off five break points in the fifth game to take a 3-2 lead but then pounced immediately for the only break in the final set. Yulia Putintseva will face Osaka in round two after easing past Harriet Dart 6-1, 6-4. Former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko set up a second round clash with Britain's Johanna Konta with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Iga Swiatek. World number three Karolina Pliskova will face her twin sister Kristyna Pliskova in the next round after the latter beat Viktoriya Tomova 6-3, 6-4.
NEW DELHI: For all the talk of how laid back Rohit Sharma is, there is a steely sense of responsibility hidden behind that languid body language. Mumbai Indians can vouch for that. So can India. At the biggest cricket event of them all, Sharma has turned up in full battle gear. Against a feisty Pakistan bowling
Bangladesh’s Shakib al Hasan is highest scorer of WC 2019 NEW DELHI: Taunton Bangladesh beat West Indies in Taunton in their World Cup match on the back of a brilliant one-man show by Shakib al Hasan. Shakib took two wickets and followed it up with an unbeaten 124 run with the bat as Bangladesh cantered to victory by 7 wickets with more than 8 overs to spare.
a “Pandora’s box” in the Middle East after the United States announced the deployment of 1,000 additional troops to the region amid
Vistara signs codeshare agreement with US-based United Airlines
NEW DELHI: Vistara on Tuesday announced it has entered into a codeshare agreement with US-based United Airlines. The agreement will allow United Airlines to book seats for its passengers on Vistara flights. "Codeshare agreement with Vistara opens up more than 20 destinations across India for United Airlines," Vistara said in a statement. "Ticket sales by the agreement will begin later this year, pending government approvals," it added. Fullservice carrier Vistara has got the permission from
the central government to operate international flights. However, it has not started international operations yet. "The agreement enables United Airlines to codeshare
on Vistara-operated Indian domestic flights and allows for customers of both carriers to earn and redeem frequent flier miles," Vistara said in the statement.
Is HDFC Mutual Fund’s FMP bailout unfair to other investors, shareholders? HDFC AMC’s move does nothing for FMP investors whose holdings are maturing after 30 September 2019 NEW DELHI: ome investors of fixed maturity plans (FMPs) issued by HDFC Mutual Fund can finally breathe a sigh of relief. On 17 June, HDFC Asset Management Co. Ltd,
India’s largest asset manager, announced the acquisition of troubled debt issued by Essel Group companies up to 500 crore from the books of HDFC schemes. This will allow FMP investors to withdraw their assets on maturity. However, it seems the cost of this bailout may be borne by shareholders of HDFC AMC. If the full Essel debt goes bad, more than half of the AMC’s
Tuesday. The Mali innings lasted nine overs, with opener Marima Samake scoring one run. All the other ten players in the Mali side went out for ducks.
ICC World Cup 2019: Rohit Sharma, the injured Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli have together scored 621 out of India’s 890 runs so far, which works out to almost 77% of the total runs.
US warned by China against opening “Pandora’s box” in Middle East its uranium stockpile limit if world powers fail to fulfil their commitments under the agreement in 10 days. China has warned against opening
NEW DELHI: Rwanda bowled out Mali for six runs, the lowest total in a women’s T20 International, in the Kwibuka Women’s tournament in Kigali City on
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profit after tax (PAT) will get wiped out. The AMC’s trailing 12-month PAT is 931 crore, according to data from Value Research.Moreover, the announcement applies only to FMPs that matured in April or those maturing before 30 September. The latter is the date on which the “standstill agreement" between Essel (Zee Group) and its consortium of lenders (including mutual funds).
attack, Sharma was calm personified, and devastating with the bat—his century came off 85 balls, the third quickest in his career. He brought out the big pull, the flashing piroutte that sends the ball in a towering arc that hapless bowlers and fielders can only stare at in defeat. He cut a six over point—simply because he
can Then there are other days when he chooses to be cautious, preferring brain to heart, like against South Africa, where his tenacity took him to a 100 off 128 balls. Either way, it was his triple digit scores at the top of the order that set the stage for India’s wins, and the tone of India’s batting at this World Cup.
Federer opens grass season with victory over Millman in Halle
HALLE (Germany): Roger Federer began his run-up to Wimbledon with a win as he beat Australian John Millman in straight sets to reach the second round of the ATP tournament in Halle
on Tuesday. Federer won his first grass-court game of the season 7-6 (7/1), 6-3 on a muggy evening in Halle to set up a secondround meeting with French veteran Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.
"It is always important to win your first game on grass, because otherwise the grass season can be very short," said Federer. Tsonga, 34, said it would be "something special" to face Federer after he beat compatriot Benoit Paire 6-4, 7-5 on Tuesday. The 30-year-old Paire, infamous for his on-court tantrums, was given a warning in the first set after throwing his racket, but had the crowd laughing in the second when he and Tsonga engaged in a spontaneous keepy-uppy rally.
AFC Cup: Chennaiyin aim to seal knock-out berth GUWAHATI: Table toppers Chennaiyin FC will be eager to seal a knockout berth when they take on compatriots Minerva Punjab in a AFC cupgroup stage clash on
Wednesday. Chennaiyin are ahead of Bangladesh's Abahani Limited Dhaka courtesy a better headto-head record, with both sides locked on seven points from four games.
2.1 lacs fine collected by Greater Chennai Corporation for violating ban on single-use plastics
NEW DELHI: Chennai As many as 1,831 businesses were collected in the raids and the civic officials seized 832 kg of banned plastics in 15 zones of the city and imposed a fine on 175 shops, sources
said. Greater Chennai Corporation on Monday started raids on commercial establishments to check violations of the ban on single-use plastics and collected over 2.1 lakh as fines across the city.
This will be Chennaiyin's second consecutive away game. A win for the twotime Indian Super League (ISL) champions will help them inch closer to the knockround.
India maul Fiji 11-0 to enter last-four round of FIH Women's Series Finals
HIROSHIMA: Gurjit Kaur slammed four goals, including a hat-trick as India thrashed lowly Fiji 11-0 to storm into the semifinals of the FIH Women's Series Finals hockey tournament, here Tuesday. Gurjit struck in the 15th, 19th, 21st and 22nd minutes, while Monika (11th, 33rd)scored a brace for India in a lop-sided Pool A match. Lalremsiami (4th), Rani (10th), Vandana Katariya (12th), Lilima Minz (51st) and Navneet Kaur (57th) were also among the goal scorers for the winners. World no. 9 India dominated their lowly ranked opponents throughout the match,
Next week ICE to remove millions of illegal aliens who have illicitly found their way into US: Trump
NEW DELHI: Wa s h i n g t o n P r e s i d e n t Donald Trump has said that United States will start removing “millions” of illegal migrants next week, adding that Guatemala is preparing to sign a safe third country deal. “Next week ICE will begin the process of removing the millions of illegal aliens who have illicitly found
their way into the United States. They will be
discrepancies. As many as 2,300 members were allocated in 2014-15, an 4, 500 were allocated in 201718. The number of allocations came down to 2,260 for 201819. "The allocation in 201415 had spillovers and was completed only in 2015-16 and hence, we did not receive any orders .
removed as fast as they come in,” Trump said on
PM Modi, Donald Trump's lavish farm payouts prompt questions at WTO
TNSDC allocation for Central Footwear Training Institute goe C H E N N A I : Ta m i l Nadu Skill Development Council (TNSDC) has not been consistent in allocating candidates to the Central Footwear Training Institute. The percentage of placed candidates has also been consistently going down. Data from the institute from 2014-15 to 2018-19 show
allowing Fiji to only have one circle entry in the entire 60 minutes, whilst making 74 entries into the opposition's striking area. The first quarter was dominated by India which saw them take the lead in the fourth minute when Lalremsiami's cross-field ball was deflected by a Fiji defender into the back of the net. Captain Rani scored India's second goal in the 10th minute from a penalty corner. In the next minute Monika made the scoreline 3-0 from Neha Goyal's assist. Forward Vandana Katariya scored only her second goal of the competition when she struck in the 12th minute
GENEVA: Massive farm-support plans in India and the United States are being scrutinised by other World Trade Organization members, questions
submitted to the WTO’s quarterly agriculture committee meeting showed on Monday. The WTO has strict rules about the size and nature of payments,
and member governments keep a close watch for any competitors who might be cheating. Their questions 62 pages for the June 25-26 meeting can range from requests for clarification to outright allegations of illegal handouts. US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have both made boosting farm incomes a priority. Trump is trying to offset domestic damage from a tariff war with China
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Rain cheers city, traffic jams cloud mood Sarkar said there will be a substantial reduction in rainfall across the state from Wednesday when light to moderate rainfall is expected in Ahmedabad. Ahmedabad: Thick, dark clouds capped the city on Tuesday, bringing heavy rain. The rainfall delighted many by lowerin temperatures, but commuters — most of whom had ventured out unprepared — were trapped on flooded roads during rush hours in the morning as well as in the evening. According to data compiled by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation
(AMC), Ahmedabad received 51.49mm of rainfall from 2pm till 9pm. According to the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Gujarat, the rainfall was triggered by a low-pressure area over Kutch, adjoining south Pakistan, and southwest Rajasthan. “There was widespread rainfall across Gujarat on Tuesday,” said Jayanta Sarkar, the director of IMD, Gujarat.
There was heavy waterlogging in low-lying stretches of Vejalpur,
Shooting championship for girls Rajkot: City-based Rajkumar College is hosting a shooting championship for girls from Monday. Last year
the college hosted similar championship for boys. The 199 shooters will compete in three categories— Under-14, Under-17 and
Under-19. The participants have come from across the country including cities like Jodhpur, Mohali, Indore and Jaipur
Crossroads, Riverfront Road near Dafnala, Navrangpura bus stand to Swastik Crossroads, CG Road and Lakhudi Circle. There was heavy waterlogging in low-lying stretches of Vejalpur, where people had to wade through kneedeep water after rain in the evening. While the rainfall troubled commuters during peak hours, the dip in the maximum temperature in Ahmedabad came as a boon According to the IMD, Gujarat, the maximum temperature in the city settled at 32.2°C, 6.1° below
normal. “The weather is beautiful today! It took a while to drive through traffic from Panjrapole Crossroads towards Andhjan MandalCrossroads,” said Nikhil Sharma, a professional. “Thankfully, there was no major congestion.” Light to moderate rain or thundershowers are very likely at a few places in all the districts of the Gujarat region namely Banaskantha, Sabarkantha, Patan, Mehsana, Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Mahisagar, Valsad and Navsari,according to the IMD forecast.
Gandhinagar : Gujarat state government has decided to spend a total of Rs 320 crore on a new fixed-wing airplane and a helicopter for use by the chief minister, deputy CM, governor and other dignitaries. The state government had been trying to buy the new fixed-wing aircraft and helicopter since 2016, but postponed the purchase due to the 2017
assembly elections and the
2019 Lok Sabha elections
Cyclone Vayu turns into depression, Gujarat govt to buy 320 cr new fixed-wing Rain showers in parts of Gujarat airplane, helicopter for use dignitaries
SC announces to hear Congress’s plea over 2 RajyaSabha seat polls in Gujarat o f G u j a r a t C o n g r e s s ’s Pareshbhai Dhanani challenging the decision of the Election Commission to hold separate bypolls to two Rajya Sabha seats in the state. The Rajya Sabha seats fell vacant following the election of BJP chief Amit Shah and party leader Smriti Irani to Lok Sabha from Gandhinagar and Amethi, respectively.
“Ahmedabad received heavy rainfall through the day. The same was the case for Gir-Somnath, Bhavnagar, Amreli, Diu and north Gujarat region.” Sarkar said there will be a substantial reduction in rainfall across the state from Wednesday when light to moderate rainfall is expected in Ahmedabad. While the cyclone-triggered rainfall will taper off, a proper spell of rain is expected over the next 10-12 days, well-placed sources said. As heavy rain lashed the city, several roads were flooded. These include road stretches near Stadium
Ahmedabad/Veraval : Cyclone Vayu that weakened into a depression on Monday is located around the west coast of Gujarat as of Tuesday morning and is moving in east-northeast direction. It is likely to bring heavy rain and
thunderstorms over western India, especially Gujarat on Tuesday. Rain showers in different parts of Gujarat that brings temperature down, The depression is expected to move to central India by Tuesday afternoon.
Ahmedabad/Veraval : If courts in Gujarat continue to dispose of piled up cases atcurrent rate, chances are that
there will be no old case pending in next three years. Gujarat has earned the distinction of disposing of maximum number
of cases pending for the past 10 years. According to the data of National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG).
R A J K O T: Tw o brothers were injured after they were attacked by five assailants at Kalawa Chowk in Junagadh on Sunday night. Also a police inspector who tried to intervene got injured in the scuffle. Police
said the accused, Vijaysinh Darbar, Vipul Raja, Kirit Parmar, Maulik and Sagar, attacked Sajidkhan Pathan and his brother Aizazkhan Pathan with knives. “When cops arrived at the spot, M A Vala, inspector with A
division police station, was also attacked with a knife and got injury on his chest. While Raja was arrested from the spot, Darbar and Parmar were caught during combing. We have launched a manhunt for Maulik and
Sagar who went absconding after the crime,” said P G Jadeja, Junagadh deputy superintendent of police. The attack was the result of a financial dispute between Darbar Sajidkhan. Darbar had lent a certain amount of
money to Sajidkhan which he was not returning. “On Sunday night, Darbar along with the co-accused had come fully prepared with the intention of picking up a fight with Sajidkhan, if he did not return back money.
Gujarat disposes record no. of decade-old cases
Two brothers attacked over financial dispute; cop injured while trying to intervene Heavy rain pounds Saurashtra
New Delhi/ Gandhinagar : Supreme
Court of India has announced to hear on June 19 a plea
According to locals residing near Sanagavadi river in Thordi village of Gir Gadhda taluka, the river was overflowing from the rainwater. RAJKOT: The entire Saurashtra region has been experiencing incessant rainfall from the midnight of Monday which continued till Tuesday evening. The highest rainfall has been reported in Gir Somnath district with Una taluka registering 150mm rain in last two days, said flood control department on Tuesday. Sutrapada and Gir Gadhda taluka each received 46mm rain on Tuesday while Kodinar received
42mm rain. According tothe weather department, moderate rain will continue till June 23. of the past few daysWall of an old house also collapsed in Thordi village due to the heavy rainfall, though nobody was injured in the incident. Lightning struck a house and the village Panchayat building in Aanadpar village of Kodinar taluka on Tuesday morning.One person was seriously hurt and eight others received minor
injuries in the lightning. Injured man was shifted to a hospital, said sources. The neighbouring Junagadh district recorded average 78mm rain on Tuesday, of which Vanthli taluka received the highest 16mm followed by Visavadar 13mm. In Jamnagar district Kalavad taluka received 12mm rainfall. With moderate rainfall acrossSaurashtra, farmers have started sowing their crops.
Health services hit as 3,000 doctors join strike
VADODARA: Health services got severely affected in the city on Monday as nearly 3,000 doctors including private practitioners and those working in corporate as well as government hospitals joined the 24 hours strike
call given by the Indian Medical Association (IMA). IMA had given the strike call to protest against attack on their colleagues in West Bengal and stressed for a central law that can make way for stringent action against those involved in
violence against healthcare workers. Beginning 5 am, resident doctors and interns at the state-run SSG Hospital had stopped entry and registration of new patients at Central Gujarat’s biggest hospital. Emergency services however were not affected during the day. Later in the day, around 1,000 medical students of Baroda Medical College, GMERS Gotri, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth joined amassive rally that had started from the hospital and ended at Kamatibaug. The strike caused lot of inconvenience to patients who remained dependent.
Six workers receive electric shock at Vadodara railway station, probe ordered VA D O D A R A : S i x workers were jolted by electric shock while they were working on a tower wagon during a power block near platform
number two of Vadodara railway station on Monday morning. The staffers were shifted to a private hospital where their condition is
reported to be stable. Three of them have been discharged while three others are under observation.According to officials of Vadodara railway .
Agencies fined for violating Recycle plastic, terms of agreements
VA D O D A R A : T h e civic body on Monday fined a door-to-door garbage collection agency and a trust handling e-toilets at Kalali for violating terms of agreement. Swachhata Corporation, an agency handling door-todoor garbage collection, was fined of Rs 1 lakh on Monday when it was found that operators of one of its van had dumped garbage in public. The van had dumped the garbage on the morning of June 14 near Nizampura Atithigruh. Officials of Va d o d a r a M u n i c i p a l Corporation (VMC) said that the agency’s move
get paid for it
was captured under CCTV surveillance. In another incident, a trust that had signed agreement with VMC’s futuristic planning cell to install an e-toilet in Kalali was ordered to pay administrative charges of Rs 40,300. After installing
the e-toilet the trust joined the water line with the main line of the civic body without applying for water connection. When the civic officials learnt about a leakage in its own line, it came to light that the trust had joined a pipe illegally
Metro-hit roads a scare this monsoon as well
Ahmedabad : After the seemingly unending months of summer, the sight of monsoon seems like a huge relief. Now that pre-monsoon showers have drenched the city, monsoon should not be far behind. While that would ideally be music to the ears of every Amdavadi, what prevents it from being so is the condition of roads in the city. Battered by ongoing construction work, roads along the Metro route in the city are just the spots one would desire to avoid in case of rains. Last year, too, citizens had suffered due to uneven and potholed roads during monsoon.
With Metroauthorities yet to repair the adjoining roads, this year may not be any different. While authorities claim that there will be no hassles this year as the work has started, the fact remains that the roads have not yet been serviced and are expected to pose a lot of trouble for commuters. Work on Metro rail is in progress on stretches in Navrangpura, near Anjali crossroads, Vijay crossroads to Drive-in Road, Thaltej, Commerce crossroads to Vijay crossroads, opposite Vejalpur AMC etc. For past three years, the roads on these stretches have been in a bad shape, resulting
in severe inconvenience to commuters as well as nearby residents. Some people Mirror talked to said that if the roads are so bad even in absence of rains, one could only imagine the worst if it rained heavily. Arjun Suthar, a resident of Navrangpura, said, "The road from Stadium crossroads to Navrangpura AMTS stand exists in patches, broken and in a bad shape. Monsoon is almost here, but the roads have not yet been repaired. Residents are suffering." Sanket Patel, a student of Gujarat University, said, "The stretch to Helmet crossroads from University is in a pathetic state.
Ahmedabad : Depositing plastic bottles and getting paid for it will soon be a reality in Ahmedabad. As part of solid waste management initiative, AMC will depute contractors to operate reverse vending machines at five locations in the city to collect plastic bottles. Once executed, citizens can hand over their plastic waste and get paid in return. Depending upon the size of bottle, citizens will be paid up to Re 1 per bottle. Ahmedabad generates 3,200 metric tonne waste per day out of which 110 metric tonne is plastic waste, according to Director of AMC’s Solid Waste Management department Harshad Solanki. The
vending machine contractor will sell collected plastic to recycling units which convert it 100% into thread or wire that are used to make T-shirts, inflatable pillows, TV-refrigerator covers etc. The initiative of AMC and Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) is part of the announcement made by Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on June 5 last year, on World Environment Day, that reverse plastic vending AMC will rent out space to contractors at token rate of Rs 101 for three years. The contractor will installvending machines and pay for plastic bottles deposited. He will recover the money invested by selling collected plastic waste to recyclers.
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