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News Brief Ind vs WI, Semis: Kohli’s unbeaten 89 powers India to 192/2 at Wankhede
Agency | Mumbai Virat Kohli ends the innings in style. India reach 192/2 after 20 overs. This is a massive total. West Indies’ hopes rest on Gayle. India take on West Indies in the second semi-final of the ICC World Twenty20 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday. Two teams have won three and lost one in the Group Stages of the tournament. An exciting contest is on the cards as two star-studded contest lock horns in what promises to be a run-feast. India are peaking at the right time in the World T20 clash while the West Indies aim for their second final. You can trust Kohli and Dhoni to run a three at the Wankhede stadium. Of course, it helped that there was an overthrown. But, what energy! Bravo does his best not to give any pace. Still, India ekes out 12 of that over. India makes 192 at the end of 20 overs.
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Trapping hundreds underneath giant steel frames and concrete slabs
Kolkata flyover collapse: 18 dead Agency | Kolkata
At least 18 people have been killed and around fifty injured after an under-construction flyover collapsed in North Kolkata near Ganesh Talkies (Girish Park), Thursday afternoon. Several are still trapped under the debris. The location of the bridge is in a densely populated locality in BarraBazar. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee arrived at the flyover collapse site after cancelling a political rally for the upcoming state Assembly polls. Rescue operations are currently under-way and eye-witnesses at the under debris. The Indian into service. Eyewitness site feared at least a 100 Army and teams of the said they heard a loud expeople could be trapped NDRF have been pressed plosion and then a crash-
Amitabh Bachchan on Bofors: Me and my family were painted with the darkest colours ever Agency | Mumbai
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan said his existence was questioned when he and his family were accused in Bofors case and it took them 25 painful years to emerge out of the scandal despite their innocence. “When my family and I were loaded with the accusations of the Bofors Scandal, they painted every aspect of our existence with the darkest colours ever… 25 years later, the prosecutor on the event, makes public the truth – the name of the Bachchans were ‘planted’!! 25 years later…!!,” he wrote in his blog. The
“Piku” star, 73, feels accusations are easy to make in the age of technology and people don’t alway bother to check facts. “Controversy has the speediest vehicles .. and the belief in them, with the conveyance of the trillions of content through delicate fibres under the sea, or above through the satel-
lited skies, an unstoppable desert storm that blinds not just the eyes of vision, but destroys the very foundation of civility and space…” The Swedish whistle-blower in the case gave Bachchan a clean chit in 2012 but the actor said he had to live under the burden of “deceit and lies” for a long time.
ing sound. “A cloud of smoke emerged from the collapse,” they said. Authorities rushed 500 army men and National Disaster Response Force personnel to help local police rescue passengers from buses and taxis under the debris. “Shocked & saddened by collapse of under construction flyover in Kolkata. Took stock of the situation & rescue operations,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee rushed to the spot and sought to shift the blame for the disaster to the erst-
while Left Front that was in power when construction began in 2009. “Construction began on flyover during CPI(M) time, not our time. We have cancelled all our election meetings, and have come here. The guilty will be given strict punishment,” she said. The government announced a compensation of Rs.5 lakh to the families of the dead, Rs.2 lakh for those critically injured and Rs.1 lakh for those who suffered minor injuries. But opposition parties weren’t convinced and blamed the ruling Trinamool Congress for the
derstand, some day they will also understand.” He did not name Pakistan but was apparently referring to this country with which there are several disputes and India wants these to be resolved through talks. “Sometimes we wonder whether there can be solutions to problems with neighbours….There was a land dispute with Bangladesh since that country was born in 1971. Since then, the question was pending. One issue was about water sharing, another about demarcation of boundary in the sea and third about land boundary,” Modi said addressing a gathering of
He did not name Pakistan but was apparently referring to this country with which there are several disputes and India wants these to be resolved through talks
incident that is expected to influence the assembly polls less than a week away. “The construction work was carried on in an unscientific manner. The state administration did not take any lesson even after the collapse of Ultadanga flyover three years ago,” said Union minister of state for urban development and BJP MP Babul Supriyo. The Congress demanded the arrest of state urban development minister Firhad Hakim and accused the police of being lax in starting rescue operations.
Some neighbours’ don’t understand that issues can be resolved with talks: PM Modi Agency | Brussels bours? They will also unIn a veiled dig at Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said “some neighbours” don’t understand that issues can be resolved peacefully by talks as he cited the example of Bangladesh with which decades-old disputes, including boundary question, were solved. While talking about how disputes with Bangladesh were solved, he said, “We presented an example before the world that by talking, issues can be resolved with neighbouring countries. (But) some neighbours do not understand this. Now, how can we change our neigh-
Dantewada attack: Info on troop movement was leaked, says CRPF
Indian diaspora in Brussels. “You would be happy to know that after our government came, without firing any bullet, without any fight, by just sitting with Bangladesh, the border dispute was ended. “Whoever had to come to India, they came, whoever
had to go to Bangladesh they went, the border was demarcated and now fencing work is going on there. The disease of infiltration will also end and both the countries will live peacefully and happily. Water dispute has also been resolved,” Modi said.
Chemistry re-exam cancelled after paper leak in Karnataka Agency | Bengluru
The II Pre-University re-examinaa “suspect mole who can chemistry Agency | Raipur be from either from with- tion that was scheduled The CRPF believes that Agency | Kauli in the force or outside. on Thursday has been information regarding the DG Prasad, who rushed cancelled following a Upping the ante, Pun- movement of its troops, to the state from a tour question paper leak. Ofjab Chief Minister killed in a deadly landof Maharashtra, said they ficials in the Department Parkash Singh Badal mine blast in Dantewada, are working on the leak of Pre-University Educatoday said Sutlej-Yamu- was “leaked” and it has theory due to a number tion (DPUE) have advised na Link (SYL) would begun a probe to find out of facts visible in the in- students to not come to lakh PU students across constituted to oversee the never become a reality the mole who could be cident. “The men were the examination centres. the State were supposed smooth conduct of the and accused successive from “within or outside” travelling in normal, non- The Chemistry exam that to write the Chemis- examinations, including Congress governments the paramilitary. “It is cerat the Centre of doing tain that the information men were killed Wednes- Melawada village in the force vehicle and were was first scheduled on try re-exam today. The Transport Commission“grave injustice” to about their movement day in a deadly landmine said district where Nax- not going for any opera- March 21 was cancelled re-examination of the II er Ramegowda and State the state. According to was leaked. Somewhere blast carried out by Nax- als blew off a Tata-709 tion. There has been no and postponed after a II PU Chemistry paper has project director of SarBadal, Punjab doesn’t or at some stage this has als that also left a mas- mini-truck being used by attack on that road and PU science student alert- now been scheduled to va Shiksha Abhiyan P.C. have a single drop of happened.The boys were sive four-feet deep crater the CRPF men to go from hence no advance road ed the authorities about April 12. According to a Jaffer. The statement said spare water for anybody doing a surprise non-op- on the road in the worst one camp to the other. A opening party used to the question paper leak. statement issued by Min- that around 40 officials of and SYL agreement was erational movement and Maoist violence-affected senior CRPF official said be deployed there. But, Following protests by ister of Primary and Sec- the exam section of the a “grave injustice done hence were in mufti. We Dantewada district. The that apart from a Court information got leaked students and parents, the ondary Education Kim- Department of Pre-Uniby the successive Con- are looking into it,” CRPF DG reached Chhattisgarh of Inquiry instituted into about their movement. state government hand- mane Ratnakar here on versity Education have gress governments with Director General K Durga late last night and will the incident, the force is We are looking into all ed over the investigation Thursday, a three-mem- been suspended with imthe state.” Prasad said. Seven CRPF travel to the blast site near also probing the role of the aspects,” he said. to the CID. Nearly 1.74 ber committee has been mediate effect. Corpo. Office: B/14, Madhav Chamber’s, India Colony, Opp-Vidhyanagar School, Bapunagar, Ahmedababad - 380024 Email: ssdaily2013@gmail.com Mo : 98250 98053
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India has found itself a new hero in Virat Kohli
“Incredibly fantastic,” exclaimed the original little master after India beat Australia in the T20 league match (NDTV 24×7). Make that “after Virat beat Australia” and forgive Sunil Gavaskar his double superlative: Kohli was incredible and fantastic so who cares about grammatical niceties? So incredible and so fantastic that news channels just couldn’t resist: They simply had to compare him with the little master-blaster: “Is Kohli better than Sachin?” (CNN IBN), “Is Virat the new Sachin?” (NDTV 24×7). They hurled statistics at their panelists like bouncers. The likes of Gavaskar, “Deano” Jones (NDTV) and Sourav Ganguly, Nasser Hussain (India Today) weaved and ducked out of harm’s way by repeating in their own words what K. Srikkanth said in his inimitable style: Sachin Tendulkar is Sachin Tendulkar, Gavaskar is Gavaskar and Virat is Virat — which nobody can deny! (CNN-IBN). Cricket commentators during the match — Harsha Bhogle, V.V.S. Laxman, Shoaib Akhtar, Kapil Dev and others were confronted with the same googly and patted it out safely, just like the other cricketers (Star Sports). Since this was extremely tedious for viewers and not what they wanted to hear at all, the question was tweaked: Okay, is Virat the better finisher of a game? They all heaved a sigh of relief (phew!) and said, he was the best finisher in the game. But that wasn’t the end of it — we still had to hear from the man himself. When Sachin T was asked to comment on Virat K, he met it with that straight bat of his: He lavished Kohli with praise without anointing him his successor and carefully praised the entire team for its efforts (India Today). Dead ball. After Kohli’s one-man rescue act, news TV went ga-ga: Aaj Tak even replayed him dancing Gangnam style during an earlier show to prove that he was fun and very much today’s man. No praise was too extravagant for the Delhi cricketer: Superlatives flew off tongues like fours off Kohli’s bat. As we have discovered, cricketers-cum-commentators can be loud, colourful characters. None more so than Very Very Special Laxman. On Sunday, he appeared on the analysis show after India had beaten Australia wearing a pink polka dot shirt under a blue and white check blazer, an orange kerchief peeking out of its pocket, with dark blue trousers, brown shoes and a gold watch. Such magnificence cannot be matched so Akhtar was dressed discreetly in black and white. Meanwhile, Deepak Chaurasia (India News) seems to have taken our advice of last week when we suggested that stuffy TV news anchors should lighten up a little in this season of T20.
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QUOTE “I am surprised that the committee of ethics has chosen to take cognizance of a complaint that is not in order. This is an endeavour to malign my good name…I have never at any OF THE stage sought or acquired British citizenship. My identity is that of an Indian.” - Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi today denied the allegation DAY that he once held British citizenship terming the charge as a ‘political conspiracy’ to tarnish his image Hrithik gets legal notice for ‘Pope’ remark: Is Ranveer Singh to team up with Kangana Ranaut behind the new mess? Rohit Shetty for an ad film? Agency | Mumbai
The Mumbai police are in the process of sending a Letter Rogatory (LR) to a US-based court in connection with a complaint lodged by actor Hrithik Roshan earlier about a fake email address. The police will issue the LR, a formal request from an Indian court to a foreign court, to seek details of the fake e-mail address from the e-mail service provider headquartered in USA. The police registered an FIR last week after the actor alleged a person posing as him was communicating with a “young lady fan” using an ID (hroshan@email.com) that did not belong to him. An officer said they
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would need at least one of the e-mails sent from the fake ID to investigate where the mail had originated, and track down the accused. In his complaint, the actor said that a “young lady fan” had told him she was communicating with him on hroshan@email. The actor told her that the email address did not belong to him. The police have asked Roshan to provide
details about the fan so they could approach her and get the emails she received from the fake address. “Since he himself has not received any e-mails from the impersonator, we told him to give us details of this person who received the emails. We can then try to find where the e-mails originated from and that will help us track down the sender, said an officer.
It’s a huge responsibility to play Azhar: Emraan Hashmi Agency | New Delhi
For someone who knew about cricket as much as an average Indian would, actor Emraan Hashmi has been making news for his close resemblance to former Indian cricket captain Mohammad Azharuddin. The teaser that released last year got Emraan much praise for adopting the gait and body language of the cricketer-turned-politician. And now when the first look of the film sees him sitting on a bench, with a bag of money at his feet, a metaphor for the match-fixing scandal. Talking about it,
Actress Sonam Kapoor, whose last film “Neerja” was widely appreciated, has not signed any new project after the movie’s release. And this, she says, is stressing her out. Asked if she has taken on anything new, Sonam said : “No, I haven’t signed anything and it’s stressing me out that I haven’t.” In “Neerja”, Sonam played a real life character — a flight attendant who displays bravado on a hijacked plane to save the lives of passengers by risking her own. Sonam admits that the portrayal of women in films has
become stronger over the years, but she still feels that in terms of remuneration, discrimination against actresses exists. she said: “It is slowly changing, but it’s a far way off despite the numbers that ‘Neerja’ has done and despite the numbers my films have done.” “I have been a part of female-centric films but we are still only opening to 700 screens.” “It’s not about what the industry is paying you… It’s about whether the audience wants to see the film or not. If my film is going to open at Rs.6 crore, is it okay for the producer to pay me that money or not,” she said.
Shah Rukh Khan is already making news with his latest to-be-released film ‘Fan’ where fans are actually waiting for the film to release. Amidst all that craziness, SRK revealed a picture from the sets of his next film ‘Raees’. And believe us, Shah Rukh is flying - literally. SRK took to Instagram to share a new photo from Raees which shows an intense action sequence from the movie. And he is not even attached to any wires. He is seen holding a gun - in air. SRK captioned the picture, “Action Director Ravi sir & Cinematography team of Mohanan sir is making me fly. Filter yes...Wires No!” Directed by Rahul Dholakia, Raees is slated for released on Eid 2016. By preponing the release date for the film, Shah Rukh Khan has avoided a clash with Salman Khan-starrer Sultan
Ranveer Singh has come a long way ever since he made his debut with Band Baaja Baaraat. He has evolved as an actor and are impressed everyone with his powerful performances one after another. His latest stint as Bajirao in Sanjay Leela Bansali’s magnum opus has earned him lot of accolades. Bajirao Mastani not only received raving response from the viewers but bagged quite a few awards this year. Ranveer Singh actor has his hands full with movie offers at the moment. He, recently, wrapped up the shoot of Aditya Chopra’s Befikre and is in talks with other filmmakers
for other projects. We hear that Rohit Shetty has approached the actor with a project recently and Ranveer has given a nod for the same. The action director has in plans of directing an ad film with the Gunday actor. The ad film will take off soon in Hyderabad and Rohit will direct Ranveer for a high-octane action sequence. An entertain-
ment website reported that, “The project kicks off in Hyderabad with a high-powered action sequence. Rohit and Ranveer coming together is exciting because they have very different energies, which lends itself to creativity. Ranveer, under Shetty’s guidance, will be performing stunts, like he’s never done before.”
pressed his desire to have a fashion line in future.“I love what I am wearing. Naveem has designed this specially for me. I loved her work. This is the second season for me to walk the ramp at LFW. Let’s see if I ever come up with my own fashion line someday,” he said. Kurtas, midis, checked unstructured coats, unusual saris paired with
shirts and pants were highlight of Naveem’s collection.“Denim is usually considered not very comfortable for summer, so I have tried and make it high school and comfortable. My only moto is to put people in something they want to wear. I have used lots of lazer and child like characters,” Naveem said.
ty in the state. Prithviraj slammed “closet genuises” spreading rumours of his political affiliations. Ahead of state polls, the BJP has been tapping star power in Kerala. The party has roped in actor Suresh Gopi to campaign for it in the state while fielding cricketer Sreesanth from Thiruvananthapuram. The election is due on May 16. Prith-
viraj wrote on Facebook, “Although I do have my own clear perspective on our socio-political scenario, I would like to put it out that none of these have actually been said by me..and they belong to some closet genius/geniuses who think online anonymity is a license to use anybody’s name for any propaganda that suits their convenience.”
Ali Fazal, Mandana Karimi support Gen Next at LFW 2016 Agency | Mumbai
Emraan says, “When my friends and family saw this picture, they were shocked. This will shock a lot of people as the story is controversial. Right from the beginning, peo-
ple have been following Azhar’s life – from the 80s and 90s, when he was on the top of his game to the match-fixing controversy that shook the nation.”
- Kapilkumar M. Hirpara Editor This picture from Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Raees’ Sonam Kapoor has no new film suggests it’s going to be an insane action flick Agency | Mumbai post ‘Neerja’, feels ‘stressed out’
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which will release on July 8, 2016.Rahul Dholakia, Raees is slated for released on Eid 2016. By preponing the release date
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Actor Ali Fazal and former “Bigg Boss” contestant Mandana Karimi turned showstoppers for the young and upcoming designers on the day two of Lakme Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2016.Five talented designers Aqdus Saleem, Chirag Nainani, Naveem Naaz Shaikh, Agrima Batra and Sohaya Misra– showcased their designs at INIFD Gen Next Show. Fazal, 29, who was dressed in Naveem’s denim creation looked comfortably handsome. The “Furkey” actor said he was amazed with the talent these young designers have and also ex-
Ahead of Kerala polls, actors Prithiviraj, Neeraj Madhav rubbish rumours of supporting any party
for the film, Shah Rukh Khan has avoided a clash with Salman Khan-starrer Sultan which will release on July 8, 2016.
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Malayalam actors Prithiviraj Sukumaran and Neeraj Madhav have reacted to reports of them campaigning for the upcoming Kerala Assembly election. In separate posts on their own Facebook pages the actors rubbished rumours that they were supporting or campaigning for any political par-
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Australia messed around with team selection too much: Shane Warne
ing with what’s been a proven formula,” Warne said. “Because we had so much talent in our team and so much skill, they [the selectors] thought ‘it doesn’t matter what the combinations are we’re still going to do OK’.” India knocked out Australia by six wickets in a last-over thriller, riding on a Virat Kohli’s epic innings at Mohali
last Sunday. Warne believes Finch, who is the best T20 batsman in the world according to the ICC’s rankings, and David Warner would have been a better choice to open the batting for Australia. Finch had played the pool games against Pakistan and India but was left out for matches against New Zealand and Bangladesh, with selectors selecting Shane Watson and Usman Khawaja instead at the top. Warne didn’t agree with the decision to leave out Finch, who had opened the batting with Warner in 12 T20s and 24 ODIs, including last year’s World Cup triumph on home soil.
England’s run chase in the semi-finals of the World T20. In pursuit of Australia’s 132, England were now 42 runs adrift with five overs remaining. They had seven wickets in hand but England’s middle order had looked brittle in this tournament. Two overs later, when Sarah Taylor reverse swept a pretty innocuous delivery from Farrel to keeper Elyssa Healy,
England began to panic. They needed 30 runs from another 16 deliveries. On a slow pitch, the Aussies bowled tight lines and mixed their pace cleverly. Barring Katherine Brunt, none of the English batters managed to clear the infield. She smacked a six and four to bring the equation down to 17 off 10 deliveries. However, she would depart immediately and Australia, the three-time champions in World T20s, once again prevailed over their arch-rivals. In the high profile fixture, billed as the match of the tournament, England would fall agonisingly short of the finish line, bowing out by a mere five runs.
Agency | New Delhi Transportation app Ola will soon extend Wi-Fi services to users across segments including Micro, Mini and even autorickshaws.The Bengaluru-based firm currently offers in-car Wi-Fi services to users of its Prime category. Ola on Thursday announced the launch of Ola Wi-Fi that will allow users to auto connect to Internet in an Ola cab without having to enter credentials every single time. “Users with a one-time authentication on their phones, can use Ola Wi-Fi on their devices without having to key in login credentials and passwords in subsequent rides, staying connected with Ola’s secure network whenever they take a ride,” Ola Head of Categories and Chief Marketing Officer Raghuvesh Sarup said.
Smartphones can help diagnose ear infections
Agency | Melbourne Australian spin legend Shane Warne has slammed coach Darren Lehmann and selector Mark Waugh for keeping out Aaron Finch and John Hastings of their playing XI at various points during the ICC World T20. “Our selection was wrong … we messed around with it too much rather than stick-
Australia vs England: Australia script a great escape, make fourth final on the trot
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Scientists have developed a new cloud-based software that can quickly and accurately diagnose ear infections using a smartphone.Researchers at the Umea University in Sweden and the University of Pretoria in South Africa have developed a method that simplifies the diagnosis of ear infections (otitis media), something which annually affects half a billion children worldwide.The software-based method automatically analyses images from a digital otoscope and enables highly accurate diagnoses.“Because of lack of health personnel in many developing countries, ear infections are often misdiagnosed or not diagnosed at all. This may lead to hearing impairments, and even to life-threatening complications,” said Claude Laurent, researcher at Umea University.“Using this method, health personnel can diagnose middle ear infections with the same accuracy as general practitioners and paediatricians,” Laurent said.
England all-rounder Natalie Sciver was yet to get off the mark when she shuffled across the stump with the aim of playing a paddle stroke. Australia’s pacer Elysee Perry seemed to have read Sciver’s mind as bowled full and straight. The stumps were shattered and so were England’s hopes. It was a crucial wicket, a vital blow, which stifled
ICC World T20: England looking forward to incredible Eden experience, says semi-final hero Jason Roy
SBI revises lending rates based on new methodology
Agency | New Delhi Agency | Mumbai State Bank of India has revised lending rates based on marginal cost of funds, a new methodology that will take effect from Friday. The new interest rates vary from 8.95% for overnight to 9.35% for 3 years, SBI said in a document posted on its website on Thursday. The base rate or the minimum lending rate of the bank is 9.3%. The other lending rates are 9.05% for one month, 9.10% for three months and 9.15% for 6 months, it said. For one year loan, the interest rate would be 9.20% while for two years it is going to be 9.3%. Reserve Bank had asked banks to price fixed rate loans of up to three years based on their marginal cost of fund from April 1. All banks will follow Marginal Cost of Funds based Lending Rate (MCLR) system, a new uniform methodology which will ensure fair interest rates to borrowers as well as to banks from tomorrow. Currently, most banks decide lending rates based on average cost of funds.
Opener Jason Roy, the hero of England’s semifinal win against New Zealand, says the team is improving with every game and they are excited to play the ICC World T20 final at the iconic Eden Gardens on Sunday. Roy fired England to a seven-wicket win over New Zealand with a whirlwind 78 off 44 balls here last night, his maiden fifty in the format. He said it is great to be in the final, especially after the loss to the West Indies in the first game. “It sounds pretty cool (being finalists). After the first game it seemed pretty far away.
After that, the amount of effort we put in has paid off,” said Roy. Asked to rate his match-winning effort, Roy said: “Yeah, that’s right up there. It is pretty special for me. To get this group to the final, obviously the bowlers played their part as well. Their skill set was amazing in the death overs. “Today was good as it gets in a T20 game. There are obviously few things we need to work on but credit to the boys for dragging it back. The momentum we carried from the end of their innings to our innings was outstanding,” said the attacking batsman. The 25-yearold hopes the team gains
more supporters post the effort last night as not many gave them a chance of doing well in the biennial event. ”With that sort of side, we had lot of negative feedback from a few people. To be in a World Cup final now, hopefully we will get few more people on our side.” He can’t wait to turn up at the Eden Gardens and play in front of a huge crowd, not 100 thousand anymore now but it can still be overwhelming with the screams of around 67,000 people. “We are getting better with every game but we take the final as just another game of cricket. It just happens to at the Eden Gardens in front of hundred thousand people. It is going to be an incredible experience but we go out and play our natural game.“All the boys today were extremely chilled out before the semifinal. We know we will have bad days and good days. It has gone our way in the last few games and we are hugely excited. It is mind blowing,” reckoned Roy.
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SPORTS ROUNDUP WT20: Pandey, Rahane may come in for Shikhar, Yuvraj in semis vs WI Agency | Mumbai
For the players, the most interesting activity on match eve is the team management’s meeting. Usually, it happens at the team hotel. Interestingly, on Thursday, MS Dhoni & Co chose to conduct the meeting at the ground itself. And, this is the first time in the tournament that the think-tank has to make a change in the playing XI. Most eager about the outcome were Ajinkya Rahane, Manish Pandey and Harbhajan Singh. All three are in the running.
In the cues from the nets, Pandey looked to be the front-runner to replace the injured Yuvraj Singh. But, then on his way out,
chief selector Sandeep Patil whispered something in Rahane’s ears. Such whispers are generally considered good news.
Rs.43 lakh. The payment of Rs.1,59,804 would give lifetime registration to Dhoni’s vehicle,” said Ranchi district transport officer Nagendar Paswan. The exact dues could not be calculated due to a link failure, Paswan said. On March 21, Dhoni’s representative handed over the invoice, registration
card, insurance papers and owner manual of the vehicle to the district transport office. However, the customs papers of the vehicle were missing, which delayed the process, said Paswan. The transport department received the customs papers on Wednesday and proceeded with the calculations.
ended in men’s singles after H S Prannoy and Sourabh Verma also suffered defeats in the opening round at the Siri Fort stadium. World No. 6 Saina, P V Sindhu and unheralded Rituparna Das, however, advanced to the second round of the USD 300,000 event. Olympic bronze medallist Saina thrashed compatriot Tanvi Lad 21-7 21-13 in a lop-sided 34-minute match, while Rituparna defeated compatriot Anura Prabhudesai 21-18 21-15 in another women’s singles match. P V Sindhu too reached the pre-quarterfinals after making mincemeat of Italy’s Jeanine Cicognini 21-8 21-8 in just 18 minutes. Saina will next face Thai-
land’s Nitchaon Jindapol, Rituparna will meet former All England champion and fourth seed Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand, while two-time World Championship bronze medallist Sindhu will be up against Thailand’s Busanan Ongbumrungphan. Even before the fans could recover from the defeat of Srikanth, Prannoy, who had won the Swiss Open last week, went down fighting 21-23 21-18 13-21 to Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk of Thailand and Sourabh, who is trying to make a comeback from a series of injuries, was hit by a tornado called Lin Dan of China. The 23-year-old from Dhar lost 18-21 9-21 to the two-time Olympic champion.
Dhoni to pay Rs 1.5 lakh for registering Hummer, fine yet to be decided Agency | Ranchi
Team India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni will pay Rs 1.5 lakhs as 15year registration fees for his imported Hummer H2 vehicle valued at Rs.43 lakh, the Ranchi transport department said on Wednesday. But officials didn’t announce how much fine the cricketer will have to pay for his Hummer being ‘mistakenly’ registered as a Scorpio by the transport office in his home town Ranchi.As the Hummer costs at least thrice the price of a Scorpio, the registration value went up, district transport officials said. “The current value of the car is about
Indian Open 2016: Challenge ends for men, but Saina, Sindhu march on after easy wins Agency | New Delhi
Defending champion Saina Nehwal entered the pre-quarterfinals but it turned out to be a disastrous day for the men with all of them, including reigning champion K Srikanth, failing to cross the opening hurdle at the Yonex-Sunrise India Open Super Series badminton in New Delhi on Thursday. World No. 10 Srikanth, who had defeated Tian Houwei during the Badminton Asia Team Championships in February, played out of his skin before losing 13-21 21-17 22-24 to the All England finalist from China in a hard-fought match that lasted one hour and 23 minutes. Srikanth, who has not crossed the second round of any Super Series event ever since his India Open win last year, will lose a lot of ranking points and it might put his Olympic qualification in danger as he will slip down the ladder when the BWF ranking list is released on April 7. Indian challenge
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Gujarat HC: Ban on events against govt at Jung hall doesn’t violate freedom of speech
The Mehdi Nawaz Jung hall has been widely used as a venue for meetings by different NGOs and civil societies for the past several decades Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad government does not viThe Gujarat High Court olate “freedom of speech on Wednesday dismissed and expression of any cita public interest litigation izen”.“It is clear from the (PIL) against the office of material placed on record Governor (Raj Bhawan) also that the hall can be for imposing conditions booked for talk/ lecture/ for booking Mehdi Nawaz seminar or any political Jung Hall, widely used by subject. What is prohibitcivil rights organisations, ed and for which purpose saying the direction for a the hall cannot be booked written undertaking that is any political activity tarthere would be no “polit- geting the State or Central ical activity” against the government. In that view
Gujarat government to table Land Bill today
The Bill also proposes changes in provision in the central Act that imposed penalty imprisonment of the land acquisition officers if the land was not acquired within a stipulated time. Correspondent | gandhinagar ground that the law has The Gujarat govern- made land acquisition “a ment is expected to table very lengthy and difficult a Bill in the Assembly proposition”. The proThursday to bring crucial posed amendments seek amendments to the 2013 to exempt projects under land acquisition Act, in- five categories from socluding relaxation of the cial impact assessment clauses of social impact and food security proviassessment and need for sions, and also bring in consent of land owners. a deadline for possession It has proposed around 10 and compensation, failkey changes in the orig- ing which the acquisition inal Act — The Right to would lapse. The Bill also Fair Compensation and proposes changes in proTransparency in Land Ac- vision in the central Act quisition, Rehabilitation that imposed penalty — and Resettlement Act, imprisonment of the land 2013, enacted by the pre- acquisition officers — if vious UPA government the land was not acquired at the Centre — on the within a stipulated time.
of the matter it cannot be said that by such condition imposed for using the hall, freedom of speech and expression of any citizen is violated. Such restrictions are reasonable restrictions within the meaning of Article 19(2) of the Constitution of India,” said the division bench led by Chief Justice R Subhash Reddy. The hall has been widely used as a venue for meetings by different NGOs and civil societies for the past several decades. It was used as a venue to raise dissent on the issues pertaining to the 2002 riots, among other issues, by several NGOs in the
past. However, on May 26, 2015, a decision was taken by the governor’s office that the hall can’t be used for “any political activity targeting the state or central government”. The Indian Express had widely reported the imposition of an “oral decision” by Governor OP Kohli, using information through RTI. The petitioner Praful Desai, president of Jagte Raho Party, said authorities had denied permission to his group when they sought to book the hall for a meeting, also to be attended by expelled AAP leader Yogendra Yadav, on May 25, 2015.
Jihadi case: Gujarat HC upholds acquittal of two accused The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday upheld the order of a trial court which had dropped criminal proceedings against Asgar Ali and Mohammed Abdul Rauf in connection with the 2003 alleged “ISI or jihadi Conspiracy” case to avenge the 2002 riots. Asgar, originally from Hyderabad, had been convicted in BJP leader and former minister of state for home Haren Pandya murder case as a main accused but subsequently got acquitted.The state government had moved the High
Correspondent | Surat
Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) Gujarat spokesperson Ketan Patel announced that Patidar youths of Palanpur will assemble at a fixed destination on April 6 as a part of the ongoing agitation between Gujarat PAAS agrees on this points, the convenor and Patel quota entire agitation will be agitation leader Hardik stopped. Radadiya had Patel and Gujarat gov- addressed mediapersons ernment, with BJP MP in Surat Tuesday, stating Vitthal Radadiya as me- that the state government diator, has not yet yield- was working on the posed results. Hardik had itive directions of the 27 given 27 points to Rada- points raised by Hardik diya and demanded that Patel, but till now nothif the state government ing has been done.
Gujarat Dilutes Land Act; Discards ‘Consent’ Clause on Acquisition
The pen is mightier than the sword, and if this incident is anything to go by, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s well-wishers are starting to realise that already. When the Gujarat state board exams began early this month, Class X and XII students of many Ahmedabad schools were reportedly gifted pens emblazoned with an image of Modi alongside the
Court in 2008, following the order of a sessions court which discharged Asgar from “ISI Conspiracy” case on the ground that the evidence against them were identical to Haren Pandya murder case, in which the two were already convicted. The sessions court dropped the case against Asgar and Rauf under section 300 of the criminal procedure
dia. Expressing gratitude to the Central Government, chairman Kadri said, “The highest pilgrim quota is granted to Gujarat despite cut in overall number by the Saudi authorities and cut in quota of other states in India by the government.” Committee secretary Usman Patel clarified that there was nothing like VIP quota and that no government officer or anybody could confirm VIP allotment.
Officer Ishwar Mangal said. The projects will be located across three sites in Kutch and Bhavnagar districts of Gujarat. The project will be commissioned in phases with complete execution scheduled by March 2017. Suzlon will execute the entire project on a turnkey basis and will
also provide comprehensive operation and maintenance services for the complete project life-cycle. The company is credited with building one of Asia’s largest wind parks located in Kutch, Gujarat and has contributed 1,742 MW of wind energy installations across the state.
The pilgrims have been told by the Gujarat Haj Committee that it is mandatory for the pilgrims this year to get vaccinated, only then would they get the visa. Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
The computerised draw for Haj 2016 was held at Haj House here on Wednesday in the presence of Gujarat Haj Committee chairman Mohammadali Kadri. The highest number of 52,384 applications were submitted from Gujarat for this year, out of which Gujarat was allotted 7,044 seats, the highest in the country, said Kadri. Committee secretary Usman Patel said that out of the quota of 7,044, as many as 926 seats were allotted to pilgrims who are over 70 years
Suzlon bags 197.40 MW wind power project in Gujarat Correspondent | Mumbai
Correspondent | gandhinagar
Lotus – the BJP’s electoral symbol. The writing instruments – wrapped in saffron packets – were “donated” by Today’s, a private manufacturer. the pens were accompanied by a letter from the company, contending that they were being gifted after obtaining the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board’s permission. A senior official, however, denied the company’s claim.
of age were confirmed without drawing the lots, leaving 6,366 seats for draw. Out of the 6,366 wait-listed pilgrim for five years, 6,118 pilgrims have been confirmed this year through draw, leaving a fresh waiting list of 248 for pilgrims who are waiting for their turn for five years. Patel said the wait-listed pilgrim could see their names in the list uploaded on the website of Haj Committee of In-
Asgar Ali and Mohammed Abdul Rauf were earlier acquitted in the murder case of BJP leader Haren Pandya
Draw for Haj: Highest quota goes to Gujarat
Ahmedabad students get ‘I Love Modi’ pens to write board exams
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code (CrPC) under which “a person convicted or acquitted can’t be tried for the same offence.” “Asgar Ali and Mohammed Rauf had already been convicted in Haren Pandya murder case in which they were later acquitted. The police had booked them in the ISI conspiracy case, but there was no new material against them. The evidence the police
had produced in conspiracy case were identical to what they had in Haren Pandya murder case. This amounted to double jeopardy under section 300 of CrPC and on this ground the sessions court dropped the proceedings against them,” said lawyer Chandrashekhar Gupta, who appeared for Asgar Ali.The division bench of Justices K S Jhaveri and G B Shah confirmed the order of the sessions court while dismissing the state government’s appeal. Special pubic prosecutor J M Panchal said, “The bench held that the trial court had rightly dropped the proceedings against Asgar Ali and Mohammed Rauf.” In the “ISI conspiracy” case, a POTA court had convicted 22 persons and acquitted 22 accused in 2010.
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Patidar youths to shave heads on April 6 to push for quota
Over 50 Patidar youths of Palanpur and Mehsana will get their heads tonsured on April 6, the foundation day of the BJP, to protest against the state government which, they say, have failed in fulfilling their demands.Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) Gujarat spokesperson Ketan Patel announced that Patidar youths of Palanpur will assemble at a fixed destination on April 6 as a part of the ongoing agitation. The decision was taken at the meeting of PAAS convenors of Ahmedabad and Palanpur to make the agitation more effective in the coming days, added Ketan Patel. The compromise formula
Ahmedabad
Diluting the stringent provisions of the Centre’s Land Acquisition Act 2013, the BJP government in Gujarat today secured the passage of a bill in the Assembly dowing away with social impact assessment and consent clauses for acquisition of land for public purposes and industrial corridor. ‘Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Gujarat Amend-
ment) Bill 2016’ was passed in the Assembly in the absence of the opposition Congress MLAs, who were suspended for two days by the Speaker yesterday. One of the key provisions of the bill is doing away with Social Impact Assessment (SIA) for projects related to Defence and social sectors, such as building air base, defence manufacturing units, schools, roads, canals, affordable houses, etc.The other key change is that SIA will not be
carried out for land acquisition for industrial corridor.Another key amendment is doing away with the provision of consent of affected parties. As per the original central Act, 80 per cent of land owners must give their nod for the acquisition of land. As per the new bill, these provisions will not be followed if the land is acquired for public purpose. However, it will remain in place for acquisition related to industrial development.
Wind energy solutions provider Suzlon Group today said it has bagged an order for development of 197.40 MW wind power project from a leading private sector power utility in Gujarat. Suzlon will install its S97 suite of wind turbine generators (WTGs) with 120m and 90m hub height and rated capacity of 2.1 MW each, the company said in a release issued here. “The order win from the leading power utility underscores our commitment and focus on the domestic market. The customer faith and trust in our technology, new products and end-to-end capabilities is truly encouraging,” Suzlon Energy Chief Sales
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