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Now, life term for those found guilty of cow slaughter in Gujarat The maximum fine for the offence has also been increased from Rs 50,000 to up to Rs 5 lakh and not less than Rs 1 lakh Sunvilla News | Gandhinagar
Agency | Guwahati President Pranab Mukherjee today said intolerance has never been allowed in India and unity in diversity with mutual coexistence and understanding is the strength of the country. Mukherjee said the mutual co-existence and understanding is the country’s strength and managing this diversity its greatest power. “If it is said Indians are argumentative, I will agree. But if it is said Indians are intolerant, I refuse to agree. Intolerance has never been allowed,” he said.
A Bill that stipulates maximum punishment of life imprisonment and minimum of 10 years’ imprisonment for cow slaughter introduced by Gujarat Government was passed in the State Assembly on Friday. As the Bill was passed, speaking on it Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said that they wanted to make Gujarat a vegetarian state and that they do not want jersey cows. As the Bill was introduced in the House in the absence of Opposition Congress members who were suspended by the Speaker for creating ruckus, hundreds of Hindu priests thronged the Assembly. A number of them, in ocher robes, filled the visitors’ gallery
while the Bill was being passed. The Bill – The Gujarat Animal Preservation (Amendment) Bill, 2017 – has brought two major amendments to the Act; increasing the conviction sentence for cow slaughter from maximum seven years to life imprisonment and making a provision that vehicles caught in illegal transportation of cow, beef or beef products will stand forfeited with the state govern-
ment. The maximum fine for the offence has also been increased from Rs 50,000 to up to Rs 5 lakh and not less than Rs 1 lakh. Apart from that, the punishment for conviction on illegal transportation of cow beef or beef products has also been increased from three years’ imprisonment to seven years’ imprisonment. The Object statement of the Bill reads, “In the year 2011, the State Government
Himachal CM Virbhadra Singh chargesheeted in DA case, Delhi HC removes stay on arrest
The development came hours after the Delhi High Court dismissed the chief minister and his wife’s plea seeking quashing of the DA case filed against them by the CBI Agency | New Delhi
Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh and his wife were on Friday chargesheeted by the CBI in a special court here in a disproportionate assets case, hours after the Delhi High Court denied him any relief and removed the interim stay on his interrogation or arrest. The chargesheet was filed against nine people including the 82-year-old Congress leader before special judge Virender Kumar
Goyal for alleged offences punishable under section 109 (abetment) of IPC and Prevention of Corruption Act. It also named LIC agent Anand Chauhan who is currently in judicial custody. Chauhan was arrested by Enforcement Directorate (ED) on July 9 last year in a separate money laundering case related to the present case. The development came hours after the Delhi High Court dismissed the chief minister and his wife’s plea seeking
quashing of the DA case filed against them by the CBI. Justice Vipin Sanghi also vacated the Himachal Pradesh High Court’s interim order of October 1, 2015 restraining the CBI from arresting, interrogating or filing a charge sheet in the case without the court’s permission. Singh has sought directions from
PPF, Kisan Vikas Patra, Sukanya Samriddhi interest rate slashed by 0.1% Agency | New Delhi
The government has lowered interest rates on small saving schemes like PPF, Kisan Vikas Patra and Sukanya Samriddhi scheme by 0.1 per cent for the April-June quarter, a move that would prompt banks to cut their deposit rates. For April-June, these have been lowered by 0.1 per cent across the board compared to January-March. However, interest on savings deposits has been retained at 4 per cent annually. Since April last year, interest rates of all small saving schemes have been recalibrated on
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a quarterly basis. A finance ministry notification said investments in the public provident fund (PPF) scheme will fetch lower annual rate of 7.9 per cent, the same as 5-year National Savings Certificate. The existing rate for these two schemes is 8 per cent. Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) investments will yield 7.6 per cent and mature in 112 months. The one for girl child savings, Sukanya Samriddhi Account
Scheme, will offer 8.4 per cent annually, from 8.5 per cent at present, while it will be the same at 8.4 per cent for the 5-year Senior Citizens Savings Scheme. The interest rate on the senior citizens scheme is paid quarterly. Term deposits of 1-5 years will fetch a lower 6.9-7.7 per cent that will be paid quarterly while the 5-year recurring deposit has been pegged lower at 7.2 per cent. “On the basis of the decision of the government, interest rates for small savings schemes are to be notified on a quarterly basis,” the ministry said,
the High Court to quash the FIR registered against him and his wife under Sections 13(2) and 13(1)(e) of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Section 109 of IPC by the CBI on September 23, 2015 here and urged the court to summon records of the preliminary inquiry and the FIR. Virbhadra and his wife Pratibha Singh have claimed in their plea that there was no order, direction or judgment by any court that had authorised the CBI to inquire, investigate or register regular cases.
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Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar at Parliament in New Delhi on Friday during the budget session. Parrikar on Friday resigned as a Rajya Sabha member Agency | New Delhi
had made certain amendments in the said Act for better implementation of the Act. It is, however, experienced while implementing the said Act that still more stringent provisions are required to be made by amending the said Act for curbing the menace of illegal slaughtering of the animals covered under the said Act to provide for more stringent punishment and effectively check the rampant use of vehicles for transporting such animals.” Offences under the amended Act have also been made non-bailable. The Bill has been brought in by the Animal Husbandry department of Gujarat. Hindu religious priests from various sects thronged the Assembly complex on the occasion. One of them, Kaniramji Bapu of Dudhrej in Surendranagar district, one of the most important religious places of maldharis (cattle herders) in Gujarat, said, “We oppose cow slaughter and believe in its preservation. And so, in support of the Act we had come here. Cow should be preserved and its slaughtering must end.” Another religious priest from Ghela-Somnath of Jasdan in Rajkot district Mahant Vikramgiri said, “Around 300 sadhu-sant have come to Assembly. Since the government had announced that they will bring the Bill, we knew it in advance and are here to support it.”
The warden of a residential school in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh was suspended on Thursday for threatening and strip-searching around 70 girls to “check for menstrual blood”,said. The students, who alleged they were stripped naked,
had issued an order saying: “Therefore, in order to facilitate the filing of declarations even after the office hours on the last date, the CBDT, hereby directs that the designated offices for receiving the declarations under PMGKY shall remain open till the midnight of March 31, 2017 in all jurisdictions.” The Central Bureau of Direct
Taxes is the policymaking of the Income Tax department. According to the PMGKY declaration scheme, a person or entity will have to pay around 49.9 per cent tax on the undisclosed income, while an individual who does not opt for the scheme will face a tax and penalty rate of 77.25 per cent.
Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar on Friday thanked Congress leader Digvijaya Singh for failing to cobble together a majority in the state despite the party winning the largest number of assembly seats. Parrikar came to the Rajya Sabha during the Zero Hour and thanked the chairman, deputy chairman and other members. “I express my thanks to the chairman, deputy chairman and members of this house for their support during my tenure as Raksha Mantri (Defence Minister), and invite them to Goa whenever they want to come,” Parrikar said. “My special thanks to honourable member Digvijaya Singh, who happened to be in Goa but did nothing so that I could form the government,” he said. Digvijaya Singh has given notice for a substantive motion to
discuss in the house the conduct of Goa governor Mridula Sinha, which is now pending for two weeks. Outside the house, Parrikar said there was no question of immorality in the way the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) formed the government in Goa with the help of smaller parties and Independents. “Other parties supported us as they didn’t trust the Congress...It’s a coalition government and there is no question of morality of immorality in it,” Parrikar said. The Congress won 17
seats in the February 4 state assembly elections and emerged as the single largest party, while the BJP won only 13 seats. The BJP, however, managed to form a coalition government with support from Independent legislators and regional parties. Parrikar ruled out the possibility of coalition partners switching loyalties. “Not as long as I am there,” he said. Asked why he gave special thanks to Digvijay Singh, Parrikar replied: “I thanked him for his incompetence.”
Muzaffarnagar: Warden strips students naked to ‘check for menstrual blood’
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The CBDT reiterated on Friday that the last date for making declarations under the scheme is March 31, 2017
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Declaration window for black money under PMGKY open till midnight today
All designated offices of the Income Tax Department that can accept declarations by individuals under the black money window of Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY) will remain open till midnight of March 31. The CBDT reiterated on Friday that the last date for making declarations under the scheme is March 31, 2017. Earlier on Thursday, the CBDT
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demanded strict action against her. The incident occurred after the warden was angered by specs of blood she noticed in the bathroom of a residential school, said. The girls allege they were made to sit naked in the classroom during the search. “There was no teacher around. We were called downstairs (from the hostel). Madam made us to take off our clothes saying she will beat us if we did not. We are kids, what could we do? She would have beaten us had we not obeyed her,” one of the students was quoted by as saying. The parents of the victims have filed a complaint against the warden. said. the parents allege the warden “often hits the girls and blackmails them”. The state govern-
ment has initiated an inquiry into the incident. “Concerned officials have been asked to enquire and take action against those responsible,” Cabinet minister Shrikant Sharma said. The warden has, however, denied these allegations. “No one asked them to remove clothes. All this is a conspiracy by the staff because they do not want me to stay here. I had been asked to check whether the staff were performing their duties. I am strict, that is why they hate me,” she is quoted as saying said. Since the incident, out of 65 students in the school, 35 have left. According to District Primary Education Officer Chander Kesh Yadav, multiple reports of harassment by the warden have surfaced, said.
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Begin talks with Kashmiri youth or things will worsen Kashmir is convulsed in lethal violence once again as stone pelters and security forces continue to fight pitched battles. Each battle is getting more intense. The last one left three civilians dead and over 60 security personnel injured. This paper has for long been advocating for an approach that involves the politics of engagement but the BJP-led Narendra Modi government is of the view that the violence is masterminded by Pakistan and that the pelters are paid by the ISI, the neighbour’s intelligence agency. While it is a fact that Pakistan is fishing in muddied waters what is equally true is that a vast majority of the youth are disillusioned and alienated by an oppressive security apparatus. The Valley is caught in the midst of a vicious cycle, in which more and more youth are finding militancy to be an attractive option. The numbers tabled in Parliament are a scary reminder of the fact that local Kashmiris are choosing the path of violence: 2016 saw 88 locals join militancy, up from 21 in 2012 and 16 in 2013. The number of encounters too is up and so are civilian deaths because the youth are now pelting stones at the security forces at encounter sites and helping militants escape. The latest appeal against hindering security operations came from the State’s top police officer who said the boys were committing suicide by rushing into places where “a bullet does not know whom it will hit.’’ Earlier, the army chief had issued a sterner warning but the latest incident in which three civilians were killed is proof of the fact that the youth remain largely undeterred. Breaking the vicious cycle is imperative and it cannot be done with brute force alone. If the answer lay in stamping out protests with an iron boot, the youth would not be back on the streets after over a hundred killings and blindings that followed the death of militant commander Burhan Wani last year. All stone pelters are clearly not Pakistan’s handmaidens. Kashmir’s problem is intrinsically political, not military. No answer can flow from the barrel of a gun. The military will of the state was evident last summer when pellet guns became a dangerous leitmotif that spurred further protests. The blanket ban on cellular and internet services too re-affirmed the siege mentality of the youth who feel the government only talks to them through violence. The way forward – as the summer months approach – lies in engagement. They were so young, so pretty, so innocent, so well-spoken, so intelligent. They were nothing like the images repellent words like terrorists/separatists/extremists/militants – used interchangeably these days – concoct, especially in connection with Kashmir. These two girls were from Kashmir and had come all the way to Kolkata for a book-related event late last month. This was their first foray outside the Valley. It’s better if they remain anonymous. My faith in our system may not be as abysmal as theirs but it’s still not strong enough for me to put them in harm’s way.
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“The first condition for the development of the state and the country is a good law and order system and this is the major responsibility of the police,” - Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday announced that a legislation to award death penalty to persons who rape minor girls will be tabled in the monsoon session of Madhya Pradesh Assembly.
Malaika Arora Khan and Arbaaz Khan have a splash on the beach (H.S.) | New Delhi
Salman Khan and his Khan-daan arrived in the Maldives to celebrate his nephew Ahil’s first birthday. There was sun, sand, and the beach. Oh, and also, his rumoured girlfriend Iulia Vantur. Salman Khan’s nephew Ahil Sharma turned one on Thursday. Salman, who is busy shooting Tiger Zinda Hai with Katrina Kaif has once again shown his commitment to the family by taking a 22-hour flight from Austria to the Maldives just to be a part of the big celebration. Salman is often seen sharing pictures of himself with Ahil. He even takes
Salman Khan’s rumoured girlfriend Iulia Vantur was spotted at his nephew Ahil’s birthday celebrations in the Maldives
Shah Rukh Khan completes 25 years in Mumbai. And obviously gets nostalgic (H.S.) | Mumbai
Superstar Shah Rukh Khan has completed 25 years of his journey in the city, which he says has given “me my life”. “25 years in Mumbai, which has given me my life. For the first time at the opening of RC (production banner Red Chillies Entertainment) VFX new office. I felt, I must have done something right,” Shah Rukh tweeted on Friday. The 51-year-old actor also took to Twitter on Friday to share another news: Shah Rukh will be attending the 60th San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF). The superstar said that he is excited to meet his friend filmmaker Brett Ratner. “Honoured to be at at the 60th #SanFrancisco Int Film festival and looking forward to meeting my friend @ BrettRatner. Also memories in SanFran,” Shah Rukh tweeted. Shah Rukh, who hails from Delhi, started his acting career with the television series Fauji in the late 1980s. He made his debut in movies with Deewana in 1992. The actor attained superstardom with Baazigar and the rest, as they say, is history. Since then, he has given blockbusters like Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Yes Boss, Devdas, Kal Ho Naa Ho, Chak De! India, Chennai Express and Dear Zindagi.
him to his shoots and is seen spending hours with him. Arpita (his sister and Ahil’s mother) has already started Ahil’s birthday celebrations by posting pictures on her Instagram account. Among the known faces seen in the picture were Arpita’s husband Aayush Sharma, Arbaaz Khan, Malaika Arora Khan, Sohail Khan, his wife and kids, parents Salim Khan, Helen, Salma Khan, sister Alvira Khan Agnihotri, all the kids of the family and friends. Iulia and Salman have been linked up for more than a year. In November 2016, the Romanian model/singer/ actor, in an interview to a local publication, cleared the air on rumours of her getting married to Salman. “I have been married, and I have left my previous husband in the past. But when I was in India, neither did I marry, nor did I part ways with anyone. God forbid!” she said.
Alia Bhatt Might Just Play The Role Of Twinkle Khanna In KJo’s Biopic Karan had launched Alia, the daughter of Mahesh Bhatt, in his directorial ‘Student of the Year’ (H.S.) | Mumbai
Karan Johar has often stated that his ‘Student of the Year’ protégés Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan and Sidharth Malhotra are more like his own children and he’s went out of his way to mentor them. The three have since went on to establish themselves as dependable young stars in Bollywood. At a recently held awards function, Alia happened to win one for herself, and incidentally, it was Karan who presented her with the award. During the ceremony, an emotional Karan happened to exclaim that Alia is his second daughter and his third child. Alia being her bubbly chirpy self, went on to remark she’d play KJo’s mother Hiroo Johar, if the ace director’s biopic were to be made. At this point, Karan bit the bait and retorted, “You aren’t Sindhi enough.” However, he did add that Alia could very well play his childhood sweetheart and best friend Twinkle Khanna, if a film us such were to materialise.
Parineeti Chopra is actually a singer: Sachin-Jigar, who composed her new song (H.S.) | Mumbai
Musician duos have nearly always found themselves doing well in Bollywood, and the combination of Sachin Sanghvi and Jigar Saraiya is no exception. Known for making off-beat music — as can be sampled in their songs such as Mileya mileya (Happy Ending; 2014) and the recently released ‘Maana ke hum yaar nahi’ (Meri Pyaari Bindu), sung by Parineeti Chopra — the pair have churned out quality music in their nine years in the industry. But
with indie music claiming an increasing share of the market, the music industry has changed in India, and these composers are very aware of that. Sachin says that over the years, the brief they get has “changed”, and it’s a good phase for music in general. Our school of music has been such that we can never be ‘not mainstream’. There is a sense of rebellion; there is an idea of improvising, and beating our own best [work]. But over the years, the brief has changed; what people ask of us has changed; the references have changed. It’s opened up now. I think this is a good phase for music. I think that just how newer films are being made, new music will also start being composed. We are pretty much like a mix of all this.
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The viewers of IchhapyaariNaagin will get to witness some breathtaking performances for Ichha and Babble’s sangeet by other SAB TV actors. Aditi Sajwan (Koyal) and Paresh Ganatra (Ghotak) from Chidiyaghar
will perform on ‘Manma Emotion Jage’. Adding some spunk to this wedding Aniruddh Dave (YARO) and Shubhi Ahuja (Sanjana) from Y.A.R.O kaTashan will move their booties on ‘Beat pe Booty’ and ‘HummaHumma’. Aditionally, Abhishek Bajaj (Rahul) and Anju Jadhav (Preet) from Dil Deke Dekho will give a sizzling performance on the famous Bollywood track ‘Kala Chashmah’. Sony Sab’s adorable couple Babble (MishkatVerma) and Ichha (PriyalGor) will also perform on a romantic dance on ‘Jag Ghumeya’.
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Once I wanted to pick up the stump and stab Virat Kohli: Ed Cowan Agency | Melbourne
Recalling a run-in with Virat Kohli, former Australia opener Ed Cowan on Friday said he once felt like picking up a stump and stabbing the current India captain after being told something “highly inappropriate”. India got the better of Australia 2-1 at home in one of the most intense but bitterly-fought series in recent years. Topnotch cricket aside, the series was marked by one controversy after another with the two captains – Kohli and Steve Smith – in the eye of a raging storm. Cowan was quoted as saying by Fox Sports, “I had a very sick Mum during one of those series and he said something that was inappropriate. What I make the point of ‘lost in translation’, he
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said something that was highly inappropriate.” “A personal matter that was highly sensitive. Highly inappropriate. But he didn’t realise that he’d overstepped the mark until the umpire came over and said — ‘Virat that’s overstepped the mark’ — and once that was said, he took a step back and
apologised. “But, there was a moment I wanted to pick up the stump and stab him.” The Australians have been targeting Kohli ever since he stopped short of calling Smith a ‘cheat’ following the DRS drama, involving the visiting skipper, in the second Test at Bengaluru. Cowan, who scored 1001 runs in 18 Tests with a best of 136, added that he is a big fan of the Indian. “I’m a huge fan of his cricket. Don’t get me wrong he’s a phenomenal cricketer. “I had a little bit of a run-in that was inappropriate when he toured Australia and the umpire had to intervene. “We forget that English isn’t their first language.
OnePlus Dash Energy Drink Unveiled in Elaborate April Fool’s Day Prank Agency | New Delhi
As anticipated, OnePlus’ Dash Charge announcement is an April Fool’s Day prank. The company has just unveiled Dash Energy – a drink “that can give humans a day’s power.” The Energy Drink, although a prank, will be available at the OnePlus Experience Store in Bengaluru, from 11am onwards, on April 1. OnePlus shared a prank video launching its Dash Energy Drink as well, showing how a man, after drinking the energy drink, gets recharged completely. There’s also a website link to further make the prank look legitimate, and just to appease the audience, OnePlus says that it will be handing out drinks at the Bangalore experience store on April 1. The website elaborates that the energy drink has an “Dash Energy Augmentation Component which is a neural performance enhancer that triggers an immediate increase in alertness, energy, and concentration levels’. At the end of the charade, the “Drink Dash Now” button takes you to Facebook page of OnePlus. The site goes all out with the prank by publishing user feedback as well. A fictitious person named Bob says, “Before I discovered Dash Energy, I spent my days in front of the TV. Now, I’m training for the Olympics.”
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Batting great Sachin Tendulkar has hailed Cheteshwar Pujara’s batting and Umesh Yadav’s bowling in the just concluded India-Australia Test series. Pujara played pivotal knocks in the four-match series and helped India regain the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The 29-year-old, in the process, created a new record by scoring the most runs in a Test season for India, breaking the previous mark set by Gautam Gambhir eight years ago. Lauding the right-handed batsman’s efforts, Tendulkar came up with a fitting sobriquet, “silent warrior”. “Pujara has been a silent warrior, terrific temperament, and somebody again who (is) dedicated, disciplined
Post India-Australia, ‘Friendship’ talk continues into IPL Agency | New Delhi
STEVE SMITH had a faint smile on his lips. With his hands placed firmly on his hips, the Australian captain was seen rubbing shoulders with England’s premier all-rounder Benjamin Stokes. Standing not far from him was Ajinkya Rahane, India’s middle-order batsman, the man who led India to an emphatic win against Australia in the recently concluded fourth and final Test match at Dharamsala. An Australian captain and a fiesty English all-rounder who have had run-ins with Rahane’s captain Virat Kohli — it was quite a surreal frame. On Thursday afternoon, the trio had descended at a plush hotel in the national capital to address the press, as part of
their franchise, the Rising Pune Supergiant’s (RPS) curtain raiser ahead of the IPL season. They joked, exchanged greetings and looked fairly comfortable posing for the shutterbugs. The bonhomie between the three was fairly palpable. On the face of it, it looked surprising. More so, if you consider the acrimony and the general undercurrent of rancour that was prevalent in the recently concluded fourmatch Test series between India and Australia. Yes, it was hard-fought. But it
also had the fair share of sledging, and white-line fever. And not just with Kohli but with many Indians. During the second Test in Bengaluru, Ravichandran Ashwin, also in the Pune team, had said Smith’s decision to take help from the dressing room for a DRS review had reminded him of 10-year-olds who take help from coaches. This was just one of the several instances of “bad-blood” that had transpired between the two teams in the series.
Minister Narendra Modi, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, Bollywood actor Randeep Hooda, Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar, entire state cabinet and many others from the sports and Bollywood industries. We would love it if everyone could make it,” Sakshi’s mother Sudesh Malik told HT, adding that the entire family was happy and excited for the occasion. The 23-yearold Satyawart, more than a year younger to Sakshi, is the son of Arjuna Awardee wrestler Satyavan Kadian. He trains at
his father’s Akhada in Rohtak, and has bagged several medals for wrestling in India and abroad. He won his first medal, a bronze, at the 2010 Youth Olympics but came into international limelight when he won a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow in 2014. He was also the second runner-up in much-hyped Bharat Kesri Dangal organised by the Haryana government in Gurgaon last year, where the state government presented Rs 1 crore prize to the winner.
in the case at this stage. The matter will be heard next Monday. Earlier this month, Kodnani moved an application in the court for “issuing summons” to 14 persons under section 233 (3) of The Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC). “We will give our submission to the court on Monday,” said Patel. Section 233 (3) of CrPC reads: “If the accused applies for
the issue of any process for compelling the attendance of any witness or the production of any document or thing, the Judge shall issue such process unless he considers, for reasons to be recorded, that such application should be refused on the ground that it is made for the purpose of vexation or delay or for defeating the ends of justice.” Through this application, Kodnani wants to present before the court alibis for February 28, 2002, the day riots broke out in Naroda Gam.
Olympic medallist Sakshi Malik to marry wrestler Satyawart Kadian on Sunday Agency | New Delhi
and focused. I have seen him from close quarters and I was impressed with what I saw, I knew that this guy is there for long time,” said Tendulkar. Pujara also played the longest innings by an Indian in Test cricket, when he defied the Aussie attack for 525 balls in Ranchi, His knock of 202 runs also helped India secure a draw. In the series, he scored 405 runs, including a match-winning 92 in the second innings of the second Test. Ten-
dulkar, who himself was once a symbol of fitness, also hailed pacer Yadav for showing up through a long home season. “The way guys have shown discipline and commitment, 13 Test matches in a row, I don’t remember anything like that happening during our periods and someone like Umesh (Yadav) have played 12 of them, so for a fast bowler it is really taxing, that shows that you are going to work on your body,” Tendulkar added.
Tamil Nadu’s Narayan Jagadeesan likely to replace injured Lokesh Rahul for RCB Agency | New Delhi
Hours after reports of KL Rahul missing the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2017 emerged due to a shoulder injury, it was revealed that Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) have already started hunting for the wicketkeeper-batsman’s replacement, in earnest. According to a report in Sportskeeda, Tamil Nadu’s Narayan Jagadeesan could well be the player to come in for Rahul. It has been said that Jagadeesan has been already called for a trial by the franchise. “I got a call from RCB to give a trial on April 2nd, but I have no idea on how many players will take part in the trial. It would be great if I could
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Sakshi Malik, Olympic bronze medallist, will marry her wrestler fiance Satyawart Kadian on Sunday in Rohtak’s Nandal Bhawan, in what has been billed as a star-studded ceremony. The preparations for her wedding are going on in full swing at her residence, with the ceremony of her Mehendi scheduled for Saturday. The duo had got engaged in a small, private ceremony at Sakshi’s residence in October last year, two months after Sakshi had returned home with a bronze medal from Rio Olympics. The wedding ceremony though is expected to be a grand affair with sportspersons such as Sachin Tendulkar, PV Sindhu, Dipa Karmakar and Virender Sehwag expected to take part. “We have invited Prime
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make it to the squad, but at the moment, I have no expectations going into the trials,” Jagadeesan was quoted as saying in the report. Earlier today, the Virat Kohli-led franchise was dealt another blow when Rahul was all but confirmed of missing the world’s premier cricket tournament. Rahul had hurt his left shoulder in the first Test against Australia, but he continued to play
through pain for the rest of the series. Kohli himself is recuperating from a shoulder injury, one he picked up during the India-Australia third Test in Ranchi. Notably, Jagadeesan was one of the stars in the 2017 Deodhar Trophy tournament. The 21-yearold turned up as a specialist batsman for Tamil Nadu, scoring 190 runs at an average of 63.33 and a strike-rate of 95.
FORMER GUJARAT minister and BJP leader, Maya Kodnani, has moved an application before a special designated court seeking issuance of summons to 14 persons, including BJP president Amit Shah, to be examined in her defence in connection with the Naroda Gam massacre case linked to the 2002 postGodhra riots. While the application was moved earlier this month, the court on Thursday asked Kodnani’s lawyer Amit Patel to show how this plea was relevant
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MotionMonks Entertainment LLP has launched its First Poster Of a Dialogue-less Feature Film ‘Mizrab – A Silent Shout’
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When the Cinema is winning the million hearts of the of the Audiences across the country, another unique movie is ready to entertain the audience with a pure love story. Team Mizrab has revealed its first poster in the presence of media. MotionMonks Entertainment LLP presents a silent movie ‘Mizrab - A Silent Shout’. THE MOVIE HAS A UNIQUE IDEA THAT THE MOVIE IS DIALOGUE-LESS MUSICAL JOURNEY. MOVIE DOESN’T HAVE ANY SINGLE
movie is silent, the acting and storytelling matters a lot. Inspiring from the movie Pushpak made in 1987, the young and dynamic Directors Mr. Amit Ramesh Rughani is debuting from this movie in film industry. Team is breaking a record of 30 years of Silent Movie after Pushpak in India (According to Wikipedia). Ravi Omprakash Rao is the Lead Male Actor in the movie. He added that “it was very difficult for me do portrait the silent character, but yes I did it with the kind support of my hardworking team”.
1 critically hurt in communal Shah panel report clash; cops fire tear gas shells tabled in Gujarat Three persons were injured, one of them critically, during Assembly a clash between two communities in Savarkundla town in Amreli district of Gujarat today
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rat Self Financed Schools (Regularisation of Fees) Bill, 2017” in the House this evening. “This law will be applicable to all schools in the state. Under this law, all primary, secondary and higher secondary schools affiliated under CBSE, International Board, ICSE board and state board will be covered,” said the minister who also went ahead a announced the maximum ceiling that schools can charge students. “For primary section, the maximum fees is 15000, for secondary it is 25000 and for 11th and 12 standard it is 27000… This is the maximum annual fees,” he said
Three persons were injured, one of them critically, during a clash between two communities in Savarkundla town in Amreli district of Gujarat today, police said. The flare-up occurred after a mob thrashed a 24-yearold man accusing him of raping a minor girl from another community. “A group of people attacked the man for allegedly raping a minor girl. Two of his friends were also thrashed. Soon, people from two communities gathered and hurled stones bination as per the condi- at each other. However, tions,” he said. According to Kotak, the team has plenty of options, particularly in the batting department as it has openers Correspondent | Rajkot like Brendon McCullum, Dwayne Smith, Jason “Experience to play on Roy and Aaron Finch. Indian wickets, which are “Who will open will be batting-friendly, is very decided by the team man- important. Luckily, Guagement once the head jarat Lions has medium coach Brad Hodge joins pacers, who have enough the team, but we have a experience to play on Invery strong batting line dian wickets,” Patel said. up. Suresh Raina has al- “I, Praveen Kumar, Manways been a good and preet Gony and Dhawal top-ranked batsman in Kulkarni, all the four methe shortest format of the dium pacers have enough game,” he said. experience to play on Indian wickets. We all have played for the country and have enough experience of playing in IPL,” while explaining how offiPatel said. “We all know cials from his department one another as well as visited schools in rural and our skipper very well in urban areas to arrive at the terms of what he wants figure. “Over 80 percent from us as a bowling unit of the schools in the state fall under this bracket. It is the remaining who need to be regularised,” he added without disclosing the number of schools that will Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad be covered under the law. BJP president Amit Shah Narrating to the House on Thursday took a dig at how he has been receiving the Congress during procomplaints from parents ceedings in Gujarat Asfrom across the state, the sembly, saying elections minister said, “Donations were won not by creating are being taken beyond ruckus in the House but by imagination. Schools de- winning people’s hearts. cide which brand of shoes Shah, an MLA representto buy and from which ing Naranpura constitushop. ency in Ahmedabad, was
state government under section 197 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for prosecuting a government servant. “We are going to move High Court against the order as the special has not dealt with the issue of prior sanction for prosecuting a government servant,” said advocate Virat Popat who appeared for Vaghela in the court. Vaghela is among the eight police officials chargesheeted by the CBI in December 2012 for
conspiracy, kidnapping and killing of Bhavnagar youth Sadiq Jamal in a staged encounter in the outskirts of Ahmedabad. The other accused officers are DySP Tarun Barot, retired DySP J G Parmar, police inspectors GH Gohil and RL Mavani, head constables Ajaypal Singh and Chatrashingh Chudasama among others. The CBI had opposed Vaghela’s discharge plea and had stated in its reply that “Sadiq was not a ter-
DIALOGUE IN ITS RUNTIME. The first of its own kind ‘MIZRAB A SILENT SHOUT’ is a first silent movie with Gujarati actors and its debut young director Mr. Amit Ramesh Rughani. Director and the whole team have launched the first poster of the movie by creating curiosity for the audience. When the dialog is there it’s bit easy to understand, but when the
Gujarat Lions a more balanced team now than last year: Sitanshu Kotak
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Gujarat Lions assistant coach Sitanshu Kotak on Friday said the present team is much more balanced as compared to the last year’s squad. “I think we have a much balanced side as compared to our last year’s squad,” Sitanshu Kotak, who is in charge of Gujarat Lions’ practice session till the arrival of head coach Brad Hodge,
said. “We have more options, particularly in the bowling department, which we didn’t have last time and had to depend on couple of bowlers,” he said. “Our bowling was a bit weak last year and we had to depend on a couple of seam bowlers throughout the season because of not having much options. But this time, the inclusion of two experienced bowlers like Munaf Patel and Manpreet Gony and two young bowlers- Basil Thampi and Nathu Singhhas put us in a position to change the bowling com-
Putting a cap on annual fees charged by self-financed schools across Gujarat, the state government on Thursday passed a crucial legislation in the legislative assembly under which schools will not be able to charge more than Rs 15,000 for primary section, Rs 25,000 for secondary and Rs 27000 for higher secondary classes. “Education is a service and not a business… For those who want to earn profits should open a factory or a business establishment,” said state minister for education Bhupendrasinh Chudasma while tabling “The Guja-
A special CBI court on Thursday rejected the discharge application moved by retired Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) K M Vaghela, a key accused in the Sadiq Jamal Mehtar encounter case. Vaghela had claimed that there is no tangible evidence against him in the case and he should be exonerated. He also claimed that the CBI has not taken mandatory sanction from the
rorist.” CBI has alleged that Vaghela was part of the conspiracy right from the beginning till the execution of stage managed encounter. CBI has also alleged that Vaghela was part of the conspiracy through which Sadiq was handed over to accused Gujarat police officials by Mumbai police officers. According to CBI, Sadiq was kept in illegal confinement and killed him on January 13, 2003 in the fake encounter.
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The Gujarat government today tabled the report of the Justice M B Shah Commission, which was set up to probe the allegations of corruption against the erstwhile Narendra Modi-led dispensation, in the assembly. Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel tabled the report as the proceedings of the House began this morning on the last day of the Budget session. “The state government is honest and non-corrupt and it has nothing to hide from the people of Gujarat,” Patel said. He said the report runs into over 5,500 pages and has 22 volumes. During the month-long assembly session, Congress had disrupted the proceedings of the House several times over the issue of tabling of the Shah Commission report. The commission had been set up in
2011 to probe allegations of corruption, including wrongful land allotment to industrialists by the Narendra Modi-led state government. The charges had been leveled by the Congress at that time. The commission had submitted the report to the state government in 2013. Last week, Nitin Patel had claimed that the report could not find any credible substance or truth behind most of the allegations leveled against the Modi-led dispensation. Retired Supreme Court judge M B Shah had inquired into 14 allegations of corruption and irregularities against Modi and his government after Congress had given a memorandum to the President in 2011.
‘Courtesy call’: Amit Shah meets Shankarsinh Vaghela in House Sunvilla News | Gandhinagar
and that will give us an advantage of being Indians and playing on these wickets,” Patel said. When asked about his role as a senior member of the team, he said, “It’s really a proud feeling that I am one of the sernior players of the squad and will lead the bowling department alongwith other senior bowlers. But I will
have to carry extra responsibility of being one of the senior players of the squad,” he said. According to him, Gujarat Lions has a good bowling unit. “Though, all of us have experience of bowling on Indian wickets, our main focus would be to restrict the opposition to the lowest possible target,” Patel, who had initially played for Rajasthan Royals and then for Mumbai Indians, said. When asked about making a comeback to the national side, Patel said, “I do not think about it…my only focus is to perform well for my team. If I perform well, it will help me accorded a warm recep- and my team too.” tion in the Assembly by his party colleagues as he addressed the House for around 40 minutes. Being an MLA, he has to get his attendance marked in the Assembly once in six months. As Shah arrived in the Assembly complex in the second half of the first session, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani received him along with other cabinet ministers. When the House assembled after recess, Shah, accompanied by his wife Sonal and son Jay, entered the House after Speaker Ramanlal Vora took his position. His wife and son took seats in the visitors’ gallery along with CM Rupani’s wife Anjali and other BJP leaders like Bhikhu Dalsaniya, Gordhan Zadaphia, R C Faldu and J J Patel.
Amit Shah dig at Congress: polls can’t be won by creating ruckus in the Assembly
Sadiq Jamal encounter: Special CBI court rejects discharge plea of accused retired policeman Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
police quickly brought the situation under control,” said Amreli Superintendent of Police Jagdish Patel. The officer said that the police fired two teargas shells to disperse the mob after they refused to leave the spot. “The situation is under control now and we have called a peace meeting between members of two communities. A large numner of police personnel are deployed in the town to avert any flare up,” Patel said. Police
have booked one Zakir Bhatti (24) for allegedly raping the girl, he said. He said that three persons who were thrashed by the mob were admitted in Amreli civil hospital, where condition of one of them is stated to be critical. “We have deployed police personnel at sensitive spots in the town, which has a mixed population. We are not letting people to form groups so as to avoid any clash between two communities,” Patel said. The incident came close on the heels of the communal violence at Vadavali village in Patan district which left one dead.
Experience of bowling on Indian wickets to help in IPL: Munaf Patel
Gujarat govt reins in schools; new Bill caps school fees within Rs 15-27K bracket Sunvilla News | Gandhinagar
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After making the hard-hitting speech in the House, Shah made a courtesy call on Opposition leader Shankarsinh Vaghela. Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and state BJP chief Jitu Vaghani were also present during the meeting along with several Congress MLAs like Gyasuddin Shaikh, Kamini Rathod, Baldev Thakor and Mahesh Patel among others. After the meeting, which lasted for about half an hour, Vaghela termed it a “courtesy call”. “No political issue was discussed,” Vaghela said. Meeting mediapersons later in the day, Vaghela brushed aside the rumours about his returning to the BJP and claimed he had “of-
fers” but he had always refused. When asked if there was any indication of advancing the state polls, Vaghela said, “There were no indications of early polls, as I understand, but nothing can be said of these RSS people.” He added that the Congress was preparing its candidate list on war footing. “The 150 seat target set by BJP in Gujarat was “just a fancy”. “When he (Modi) was around there were three elections, still they did not get 150!”, said Vaghela. Vaghani echoed Vaghela, terming it a courtesy call.
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