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3 drug peddlers arrested in Kashmir
Agency | Srinagar Three suspected drug peddlers were today arrested and one kg of charas was found in their possession in Pulwama district of south Kashmir, police said. They were arrested after police intercepted their private vehicle on a tip-off at Awantipora, 32 km from here on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, a police spokesman said.
Gangster-turned politician shot dead Agency | Shimla
A-gangster-turned-politician from Fazilka in Punjab was today shot dead by four persons near Timber-Trail in Parwanoo, police said. Jaswinder Singh ‘Rocky’ was killed when the assailants fired at his car while he was returning to Chandigarh from Shimla, Solan SP Anjum Ara said.
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First phase of NEET exam today “Nothing will happen in the meantime. Matter had been heard by the bench and it is over for now. Please allow the examination to be conducted,” the bench, also comprising Justices A K Sikri and R Banumathi said Agency | New Delhi The first phase of the single entrance test NEET for admissions to MBBS and BDS courses across the country will be held tomorrow as the Supreme Court today refused to accord an urgent hearing of a plea seeking modification of its earlier order. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur, which is conducting a special hearing on Saturday to deal with pollution in Delhi, did not allow the plea seeking urgent hearing for modification of the April 28 order passed by another bench with
regard to the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET). “Nothing will happen in the meantime. Matter had been heard by the bench and it is over for now. Please allow the examination to be conducted,” the bench, also comprising Justices A K Sikri and R Banumathi said. The observation came when lawyers, representing some students, said that the order on NEET needed to be modified as students who had prepared for the state-level entrance exams will find it difficult to prepare for the NEET in such a short span of time. The court, for the
time being refused to entertain the plea and asked the lawyers concerned to file an application which would be heard by the regular bench, hearing the case. The Supreme Court had yesterday said that the entrance test for admission to MBBS and BDS courses for the ac-
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tion. The phase — with 53 seats spread over three districts — may finally decide the winner like in previous elections. In 2014 Lok Sabha poll, TMC got 49 out of 53 Assembly segments going to poll on Saturday. The party’s performance was nearly as good in 2011 Assembly election. While on one hand TMC needs
Uttarakhand Forest Fires Now On 88th Day; 6,000 People At Work Agency | Dehradun
Phase V of West Bengal polls: 57.10% voters turn out till 1 pm
All eyes will be on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who is contesting from the Bhawanipur Assembly seat in the fifth phase of the West Bengal Assembly polls that will take place on Saturday. The Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo is pitted against Congress heavyweight and former Union Minister Deepa Dasmunsi. The other important candidate in Bhawanipur is Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’ grand nephew, Chandra Bose of Bharatiya Janata Party [BJP]. BJP was in lead in the Bhawanipur Assembly segment in 2014 Lok Sabha elec-
and had sought that state hold separate entrance 2016-17 saying there was governments and private examinations for MBBS a lot of confusion arising colleges be allowed to and BDS courses for out of it.
to retain the seats to stay in power, the Left-Congress alliance can put the ruling party under severe stress if they manage to offset at least 20-30 percent of seats. Even the analysts, who are nearly sure of an alliance victory in this election, indicated that this is perhaps the most critical phase of a six-phase election.
ademic year 2016-17 will be held as per the schedule through the two-phased common entrance test NEET on May 1 and July 24. Centre had yesterday approached the apex court for modification of its April 28 order
Raging forest fires in Uttarakhand which entered the 88th day - destroyed nearly 3,000 acres of forest cover and killed six people - prompted the Centre today to send in three companies of the National Disaster Response Force or NDRF to put out the flames and conduct rescue operations. In all, 135 NDRF personnel have been pushed into service in the hill state, sources said. The Prime Minister’s office has sought informa-
tion on the fires. Governor KK Paul had asked for the NDRF’s help to deal with the crisis. He had, on Thursday, doubled the number of state personnel deployed to tackle the fires to 6,000. A high-level meeting he chaired of the state’s top officials also
decided to provide water tankers to put out the fires. Since early February, 922 incidents of forest fires have been reported in the state in which five people, including three women and a child, died in separate incidents, said news agency.
Swarnim Lollipop Mahotsav (golden lollipop festival), across the length and breadth of Gujarat. We will distribute lollipops among children in all the villages and towns to mark our protest,”
Dharmik Malaviya, Surat co-convenor of PAAS, said on Saturday. He says the protesters are unhappy not only because the 10 per cent quota does not do anything for the Patels, but also because the state government did not even wait for their leader Hardik Patel, who had started the agitation last July, to be released from jail where he is lodged since October last on sedition charges.
Awaiting Hardik’s release, Patels to begin ‘lollipop protest’ across Gujarat on Sunday
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The Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS), spearheading the quota agitation in Gujarat, is launching a week-long ‘Swarnim Lollipop Mahotsav’ protest across the state from Sunday. The protesters say they are not impressed by Gujarat government’s announcement of providing 10 per cent reservation for economically weaker sections among the upper castes, and are waiting for its leader Hardik Patel who is in jail for the past 200 days. Though the government’s decision has been forced by the nine-monthlong agitation by the Patels, their leaders are un-
happy with it saying there is nothing specific for the Patidars. They have called the quota announcement a mere “lollipop to the Patels”. “Beginning tomorrow, Gujarat’s Foundation Day, we are launching
All diesel taxis to go off the roads in Delhi NCR starting tomorrow: SC Agency | New Delhi
The Supreme Court on Saturday decided not to extend the deadline for phasing out diesel cabs in NCR and has asked for them to go off the roads BJP leader killed, from May 1. The earlier 12 injured in We had propped the build- deadline for phasing out Agency | Mumbai accident ing about a month ago and diesel cabs was April 1, Five people died and four had issued a work order but then it was later ex- On the other hand, how- gine capacity and above Agency | Firozabad others were injured after a for minor repairs on April tended. Now the apex ever, the Supreme Court for transportation of unTwo persons including three-storeyed building in 28. We will launch a probe court has refused to ex- has allowed the Delhi dertrial prisoners, arms a BJP leader were killed Kamathipura collapsed at in the incident,” he said. tend the deadline, saying Police to purchase heavy and ammunition and supand 12 others injured to- around 2 pm on Saturday. Fearing structural damage that enough extensions duty diesel vehicles to ply of water. However, a day when a bus in which The building was underto the adjacent building, were given in the past. carry out its duties, after three-judge bench headthey were travelling going repair work, which the residents were evacu- The earlier extension was it had stopped sale of die- ed by Chief Justice T S rammed into a stationary was being carried out by ated and will be shifted to given so that private cab sel SUVs and luxury cars Thakur asked Delhi Potruck here, police said. MHADA for the last four Former MLA and BJP days. Eight fire engines a restaurant on the ground caved in at around 2 pm. a transit camp. Three out aggregators could switch with more than 2,000 cc lice to pay 30% of the real leader Hansraj Verma was and three ambulances floor. However, residents Sanjay Jadhav, executive of five people from the to CNG vehicles. From engine capacity in the value of the vehicle to be killed on the spot, while were pressed into rescue of the area as well as the engineer of MHADA same family, 4 brothers May 1, the diesel cabs national capital last year. purchased by it as Envi12 others injured when operation, according to a authorities stated that stated that the building and 1 nephew, were re- will have to go off the The Supreme Court has ronment Compensation the Volvo bus on its way Fire Brigade official. The no one was living in the was undergoing minor re- portedly killed in the col- roads. According to the allowed Delhi Police and Charge (ECC) or green to Delhi from Lucknow building, which is over a building and there were pairs. “The building was lapse. They all hailed from court, all radio-based, Delhi Jal Board to regis- cess as a pre-condition dashed into the truck on hundred years old, was a a couple of embroidery over 100 years old and Murshidabad in Kolkata. app-based cabs are to ter their new diesel-run for their registration with switch to LNG by May 1. vehicles of 2000 cc en- the transport department. residential building with workshops. The building had composite structure. More details awaited. Tundla overbridge Sub Editor: Dhruvil Makani 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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With political competition, reservation architecture expands
The Gujarat government’s decision to expand reservations to include the economically backward sections among general castes will have a domino effect across the polity. It marks one more instance of how intense electoral competition, and intense competition for government jobs, has led to a relentless expansion of the architecture of affirmative action. For the past year, Gujarat’s Patels demanded either their inclusion as an Other Backward Class (OBC) group eligible for reservations or abolition of reservations altogether. The OBCs already benefiting from the system did not want to share the pie, and opposed their inclusion. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was in a fix. It could neither alienate the OBCs nor did it want to risk the wrath of the Patels. Losses in local elections made the party even more apprehensive. And so it came up with a new formula. Expand reservations: non-Scheduled Caste (SC), non-Scheduled Tribe (ST), non-OBC families with annual incomes of less than Rs 6 lakh would now be eligible for 10% reservations in government jobs and educational institutions. The legality of the decision is questionable, for reservations now exceed 50% cap set by the courts. But expect political consequences. India has witnessed a steady expansion of the framework of reservations. Originally meant only for SCs and STs to redress historic injustice, OBCs became eligible for reservation benefits. These were dominant rural castes, but did not have social assets which come with formal higher education and government employment. The number of groups wanting to be listed as OBC, or even SC or ST, steadily increased over the years. Gujarat’s new decision now gives a tool to those who are in the ‘general category’ in other states to seek their own inclusion in the reservation framework. Caste groups like the World Brahman Federation have often spoken of making economic status the basis for quotas instead of caste. In states like Uttar Pradesh, headed for polls next year, do not be surprised if powerful upper castes – Brahmans and Thakurs – begin political mobilisation around the issue. The politics of the ‘general category’ is driven by two key impulses. The first is resentment and a sense of ‘victimhood’ about how they – the ‘meritorious’ – lose out. The second is changing the political economy. Young people are moving from rural agrarian economy to an urban setting; there aren’t enough jobs in the private sector and thus, a government job becomes a key aspiration. Reservation is a tool to enable it. But all of this has meant the original logic of reservations is now in question.
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QUOTE “The CBI, enforcement agencies and all those who matter are now under the control of the present Modi government. Action has been taken against the bribe givers, so OF THE now action should be taken against the bribe takers,” - Former defence minister AK Antony today asked the Modi DAY government to take action against the “bribe-takers” in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal. Akshay Kumar apologises Baaghi review by Anupama Chopra: Only Tiger makes it palatable after bodyguard punches fan
Allu Arjun-starrer Telugu actioner “Sarrainodu”, which opened to mixed reviews, has grossed a whopping Rs.72 crore in its first week worldwide. “It approximately grossed Rs.72 crore in its first week, despite mixed re-
Bollywood star Akshay Kumar has publicly apologised to a fan after his bodyguard punched him at Mumbai airport. Calling the incident “unfortunate and uncalled for”, the 49-year-old “Airlift” star said he reprimanded the bodyguard and will make sure such things are avoided in the future. “What happened that day was unfortunate and uncalled for. I was at the airport and I heard a commotion which made me turn around, I didn’t
notice anything wrong so I walked on. It was later brought to my notice that my bodyguard had punched a fan,” Akshay wrote on Twitter. “I have reprimanded him and given him a strict warning for the same.
My sincere apology to the fan who was hurt. I hold my fans in the highest regard and such incidents are always upsetting. I will ensure such a scenario is avoided in the future”, the actor wrote.
10 Cloverfield Lane review: New kind of monster, different kind of beast
Baaghi: A Rebel for Love is a mostly ridiculous film powered by the poetry of Tiger Shroff. Tiger is the Platonic idea of a Bollywood action hero. He romances and dances with utter conviction. His expressions wobble in dramatic scenes but his sincerity carries him through. And then there’s the action. Tiger breaks bones with the grace of a ballet dancer. He pirouettes and swivels and glides and back-flips with such elegance that you are forced to stay interested in this hare-brained mishmash of a movie. Director Sabbir Khan’s strategy seems to be, when in doubt, showcase the abs. So as often as he can, he puts Tiger’s chiselled,
granite body on display. In fact, Baaghi is one of those rare films in which the hero’s body is more fetishised than the heroine’s. Is this some warped version of gender equality? There has been a lot of conversation about Baaghi being a copy of the blockbuster Indonesian action film The Raid: Redemption. Yes, the idea of the villain holed up in the top floor of a building echoes that film. But Baaghi’s romantic track comes from
a Telugu film starring Prabhas, called Varsham. As in Varsham, here too the heroine Siya (Shraddha Kapoor) is obsessed with the rain. She and the boy Ronny (Tiger) meet on a train. There’s a good-for-nothing, conniving, greedy father who keeps them apart. And a powerful villain, Raghav, played by Sudheer Babu, who also falls in love with Siya and will go to any lengths to get her, including kidnapping.
icha Chadha widens her horizons; turns producer with a Punjabi film Agency | Mumbai
Agency | New Delhi 2008 was a fantastic year for genre movies. In July, Chris Nolan changed the game by answering the question ‘what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?’ in The Dark
“Sarrainodu”, which opened to mixed reviews, has grossed a whopping Rs.72 crore in its first week worldwide actions from critics. This is the highest opening for an Allu Arjun film. Since there’s no big Telugu release this week, the film is likely to make it to the Rs.100 crore club next
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‘Sarrainodu’ mints Rs.72 crore in first week
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week,” trade analyst Trinath said. Directed by Boyapati Srinu, the film also stars Rakul Preet Singh, Catherine Tresa, Aadi Pinisetty and Srikanth.
Knight. But just a few months before that, JJ Abrams and Matt Reeves quietly shook things up in their own mysterious way when they unleashed Cloverfield upon the world. You can still hear the screams, “Oh my God! Oh my God!” What we have with 10 Cloverfield Lane, a film that is at best a tangential spinoff of the first movie, is a three-act
stage drama masquerading as a psychological thriller, which, by the time act three rolls around, evolves into a whole different kind of beast. Together with Emmett, another man ‘rescued’ by Goodman’s Howard, the three form a family of sorts as they confront their options. But soon, things - as they often tend to do – take a turn for the worse.
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Vivek and Salman. The very next day Vivek called a press conference to narrate the whole saga to the media. That bitter episode has not gone down well with Salu miyyan and in spite of many requests (haven’t we seen Vivek folding his hands to request apology in a sweet gesture to bhai at an award ceremony, much to Salman’s complete apathy?) Industry insiders believe that it was Sallu who butchered Vivek’s budding career by influencing people (read producers, directors et al).
Look what Vivek Oberoi did when asked about Salman Khan!
Remember how Salman Khan and Vivek Oberoi’s fight had become a spectacle to watch for everyone, when the former made barrage of threatening calls to Vivek. Back then Salman had only broken up with Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Vivek was slowly and steadily becoming Ash’s very close friend. It was only natural of bhai to lost his cool and threaten Vivek by making incessant phone calls. What happened after only widen the schism between
While Richa Chadha is gearing up for her two upcoming releases CABARET and SARBJIT, with interesting roles in both the films, she also has plans to widen her horizons. If close sources are to be believed Richa Chadha would soon be donning a producer’s hat and producing a film. No it’s not a commercial potboiler or any Bollywood feature film. The actress has rather chosen a Punjabi short film KHOON AALI CHITHHI, which means Letters written in Blood in English for her debut as a producer. Richa would be both presenting and producing this film Since Richa was moved with the concept, so she decided to get associated with it. The film is doing a round of film festivals and has been selected for International film festival of South Asia Toronto. When contacted Richa on the same she said: “I’m glad I could come on board as the producer and presenter of KHOON AALI CHITHI. My talented friend Rupinder singh has made a beautiful film telling a human story of the suffering of common people during the late 80s when Khalistan movement was at its peak in Punjab. It’s an amazing and powerful Punjabi short film. Hoping we will be able to find great space for it at film festival in the coming year.
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Life’s come full circle for Vijender when he fights Matiouze Royer today
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4th Edition of Design & Media Fest, The EDUTAINMENT SHOW, inaugurated
SETU Agency | Ahmedabad Dr. Kirit Solanki-MP- Ahmedabad West today inaugurated the fourth edition of Asia’s largest educational show at Ahmedabad. Also present at the inauguration were Shahshank Mehta-Activity Chairperson-NID, Dr.Arbind Sinha –Director General-Shanti Business School. The Edutainment Show which is being held on both Saturday and Sunday is a one-stop platform for information, education, entertainment and more importantly media convergence. The media and design fest that is being held across Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Guwahati will enable students to explore exciting career options in Media, Communication & Design Education and participate in informative workshops with media stalwarts.
Google marks Claude Shannon’s 100th birthday
Agency | Mumbai When Vijender Singh steps into the Copper Box Arena in London for his fifth professional fight against Matiouze Royer of France on Saturday, life would have come a full circle for him. It was in this arena that the boxer last represented India at the Olympics, losing in the quarterfinals of the 2012 London Games. Four years on, the 30-yearold is gearing up to fight in that ring again, albeit
as a professional. “So many happy memories,” Vijender told dna from London on Friday. “I still remember walking into the arena with the India flag as an amateur. And now, I’ll be fighting as a professional. So yes, life has indeed come a full circle for me.” Fighting for the first time as a pro in London, Vijender is making sure he does the same things leading up to the fight that he did during the 2012 Olympics. “In fact, I’m living in the same hotel
that I stayed in during the London Olympics,” he said. “It is near the arena. All the malls that I visited during the Games, I went there again this time. So, it feels nice when you recollect your old days and come back to the same place.” Sportspersons often have their favourite venues, one where they tend to step up their game. For Vijender, though, it’s the crowd that gets his juices flowing more than the boxing arena.
Dhawan’s form central to success as Sunrisers face Royal Challengers Agency | Hyderabad
Going around, one encounters huge Sunrisers Hyderabad posters, and a majority of them feature the team’s two most important players. It isn’t as if the team lacks other quality batsmen, but Shikhar Dhawan and David Warner have been carrying the load of the team for long. So when the two click, Sunrisers need not worry. They have won three games so far, but have lost as many. In the games they won, Dhawan and Warner were at the helm. Dhawan was unsuccessful in the first three games, and the side struggled despite Warner’s solo
efforts. Dhawan endured a poor season starting with the World T20, and his slump continued in the IPL. Initially, it was his limited foot movement that posed problems, but credit goes to him for making amends, which has seen him occupy the opening slot for a long time now. Every big innings he has played for India and Sun-
risers shows he may have taken time to settle down, but he has made up for that later in his innings. In the last edition of the IPL, Hyderabad had managed seven wins. Of those, five had big opening partnerships, with Warner and Dhawan laying the foundation. In 2014, Dhawan had helped the side pull off four wins out of six.
Rohit Sharma long way off in proving Sachin Tendulkar’s prophecy true
Agency | New Delhi Today’s Google Doodle honours the ‘father of information theory’ – Claude Shannon. It would have been his hundredth birthday today. Born on this day in 1916, Shannon was an American mathematician, electrical engineer and cryptographer. Shannon was best known for having founded the information theory in a landmark paper he published in 1948. He is equally famous for founding the digital computer and digital circuit design theory in 1937, as a 21 year old student pursuing his master’s degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Shannon also contributed to the field of cryptanalysis for national defense during World War II, including his basic work on code-breaking and secure telecommunications. The Google Doodle blog says that for fun, he tinkered with electronic switches, and one of his inventions–an electromechanic mouse he called Theseus–could teach itself to navigate a maze. “If you’re thinking, “wait, that sounds a lot like artificial intelligence,” you’re right. He regularly brushed shoulders with Einstein and Alan Turing, and his work in electronic communications and signal processing–the stuff that earned him the moniker “the father of information theory”–led to revolutionary changes in the storage and transmission of data,” explains the blog.
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My 1st love is purple of KKR, DD’s red and blue a distant 2nd: Gambhir
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It is always intriguing to see many of the former cricketing greats not excelling as much as they did as players when they become a part of the backroom staff in whatever capacity. The cricketing folklore is replete with many of the greatest captains, batsmen and even bowlers not being the same force behind the scenes. But their cricketing brain keeps working all the time, they read the game as well as they do in their playing days, and their opinions carry immense value for the sport. Sachin Tendulkar is one such example, who demanded more than what was needed from his players during his captaincy days, but his cricketing mind is right
Agency | New Delhi Besides my beloved Kolkata Knight Riders, the other side I follow and feel for are the Delhi Daredevils. The reasons are obvious. Delhi is my home and my IPL initiation happened here. I was there when the DD colours were red and black. I was there when Shoaib Malik, Glenn McGrath were part of the Daredevils’ dressing room. I was
there when Akshay Kumar unleashed his stunts at Feroz Shah Kotla to get the crowd going. I was there when black in the jersey gave way to the cool-cool blue. It was from 2008 to 2010 and I was in my bachelor years – carefree and courageous. My stance was side on but I still took challenges head on. I continue to do so, albeit with an open stance and
in purple colours. The love, success and warmth I got from Kolkata meant I didn’t miss Delhi. As captain of KKR, I was always made to feel welcome despite the fact that I was a Delhi boy, and more importantly, was replacing the favourite son of Bengal, Sourav Ganguly. Therefore, my first love resides in purple and a distant second in the red and blue of DD.
Snesarev, a hard taskmaster who is known to have a temper, berated the women and told them he was not going to spoon-feed them anymore. “Next you will ask me to run the race for you,” he shot back after telling them to make their own choice with regard to the spikes. Snesarev is a nightmare for those he trains. He is like an old school teacher who uses
the cane and does not believe in wrapping his wards in cotton wool. He even monitors their phone usage, sleep cycles and calorie intake. The women don’t even speak to each other when he is around. Even a whisper during training sessions can earn a tongue lashing. And yet, they revere the 67-yearold coach because he continues to produce results.
an challenge at the Asia Badminton Championships in Wuhan on Saturday. The 26-year-old Indian failed to match the sharp play from Yihan as she went down 16-21, 14-21 in 41 minutes at the Wuhan Sports
Center. This loss was the 2015 World Championship runner-up’s 11th in 15 meetings against the 2011 world champion and 2012 silver medallist. The World No 8 Indian started on a decent note, making it 9-6 before the World No 6 Chinese equalised 10-all. Then Yihan upped the ante with a dominant performance. Four points at a stretch meant it was 1410 and after Saina took a point, another two quick points for Yihan made it 16-11. Thereafter, Yihan piled further pressure on the 2012 Olympic bronze medallist before taking the game 21-16.
Marathon girl Sudha Singh ‘chases’ down Rio 2016 Olympics spot
Agency | New Delhi Just before the final of the women’s 3000 metres steeplechase, Lalita Babar and Sudha Singh approached Belarus-born coach Nikolai Snesarev with a simple query. They wanted to know which pair of spikes to wear. The choice was between wearing competition spikes or practice spikes in the race.
At Badminton Asia Championships, Saina fails to break semis jinx again
up there, and it cannot be ignored. It was Tendulkar who had warned England of a resurgent Mitchell Johnson before the Ashes 2013-14. No one knows what England did to tackle Johnson, but the tearaway Australian pacer proved devastating. It was Tendulkar who had picked Mitchell Starc as the one to watch out for, ahead of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015. And it was Tendulkar who picked out two young In-
dian batsmen in particular — Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli — to carry the baton of the Indian batting forward and even break his records as he walked away from the game about three years ago. While Kohli has embarked into the journey of ending up as a cricketing great, the right-hander Rohit, who hails from Tendulkar’s hometown Mumbai, has only been able to cement his place in the Indian limited-overs sides.
Agency | China Shuttler Saina Nehwal once again faltered at the semi-final stage as she suffered a straight games defeat at the hands of China’s Wang Yihan in the women’s singles event to bring an end to the Indi-
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Ishrat Jahan case: CBI opposes EBC quota: Lawyers say it may survive Pandey plea to travel abroad if Supreme Court reviews 1992 ruling
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Opposing in-charge Gujarat DGP P P Pandey’s application for permission from a special CBI court to go abroad for two months, the probe agency on Friday said if his plea was allowed, it would “delay the trial” in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case. Pandey, chargesheeted in the encounter case, is currently on bail. In a five-page reply filed before special judge S J Raje, Inspector Vishwas Kumar Meena stated, “Allowing the applicant to remain away for such a long period may delay the trial which would also hamper the case of the prosecution.”
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The CBI said, “The presence of accused applicant is required before this court during the framing of charge. Further, the applicant has not furnished the contact address and contact numbers of abroad, and the place/address where he would stay during the said period, the travel itinerary etc.” During the brief hearing, when the
court observed that since filing of the application circumstances seems to have changed, the IPS official’s Lawyer Paresh Nayak said, “Pandey is now the in-charge DGP of Gujarat.” When Pandey moved the plea last month, he was posted as Director, Anti-Corruption Bureau. The court has reserved its order for Monday.
Gujarat identifies 7 MSME sectors for progressive growth
set up a MSME cell, the state government has also made an allocation to the MSME as per this year’s budget. Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel stated that starting from May, every Monday for one hour various departments and stakeholders would be discussing inSunvilla News | Ahmedabad velopment, Transport, dustrial issues to identify the solution for the same Continuing on its focus Finance and Industry. towards micro, small Apart from looking to in her presence. and medium enterprises (MSMEs), the Gujarat government announced setting up of a separate MSME cell even as it looks to offer incentives to encourage the sector for further investment. Through its collaboration with the Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), the state government has identified seven sectors for inviting more investment from the MSMEs. The seven identified sectors include Forest and Environment, Energy, Food and Health, Revenue & Urban De-
A section of legal experts today was of the view that Gujarat government’s decision to give 10 per cent reservation to the Economically Backward Classes (EBCs) would not stand the current legal test though some felt it can survive if the apex court were to reconsider its 1992 judgement. Senior advocate Girish Patel said reservation cannot be granted purely on the ground of economic backwardness as it is not a criterion considered by the Constitution. Citing the 1992 judgement of the Supreme Court in Indra Sawhney V/s the Union, Patel said the quota also cannot exceed 50 per cent, and with 10 per
cent EBC quota, the total reservation in Gujarat will be 59 per cent. “In that landmark judgement, apex court also declared separate reservations for economically backward among general castes as invalid, as the Constitution does not have that provision,” said Patel. The Constitution takes into account the educational and social backwardness but not the economic condition, and therefore the state may lose in the court if the EBC quota is chal-
lenged, he said. “If you go by the economic condition, than entire country would become eligible for reservation. I believe reservation for EBC will not stand in the court of law, as it violates the SC verdict as well as the basic object of reservation as mentioned in the Constitution,” added Patel. Another senior lawyer, Yatin Oza, cited a Gujarat High Court verdict of 1994 and claimed the new provision will fall through in the court.
branch should not probe the case, they are ready to hand over the inquiry,” Bhatt said this while addressing media. It is noteworthy that constable Makwana was brutally murdered in the crime branch premises by a suspect Manish Balai of Rajasthan, who was picked up on the suspicion of being involved in a drug racket. Later Makwana’s
brother Manish raised certain questions about the manner in which his brother was murdered by Balai with an iron rod in the high security crime branch premises. “There is no way one can escape from the heavily guarded premises. There is something fishy about the murder and the truth will only surface if CBI probes the case” added Manish.
Will write to DGP to hand over constable murder inquiry to some other agency: JK Bhatt
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Amid demands of CBI inquiry by the relatives of slain constable Chandrakant Makwana, Joint Commissioner of Police and acting CP JK Bhatt said they will write to the DGP to hand over the probe to any state agency for an independent probe. “We have nothing to hide and if the relatives of Makwana feel that crime
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
With the help of Colombo-based International Water Management Institute (IWMI), six Gujarat farmers have formed world’s first solar power cooperative society to sell surplus power generated from solar water pumps installed at their farms. After conducting a successful pilot project of connecting farmer with the grid at Anand district of Gujarat, IWMI has now assembled six farmers of Dhundi village in Kheda district for the society. Having been trained on use of solar water pump and how to earn from connecting surplus power from it to the grid, these farmers have come together to form a solar cooperative society named Dhundi Saur Urja Utpadak Sahakari Mandali or Solar Pump Irrigators Cooperative Enterprise
(SPICE). The cooperative society has been registered at Registrar of Cooperative Society, Government of Gujarat. It is for the first time that someone has set up solar cooperative society. We showcased our pilot project to these small farmers to help them understand that this could be a new mode of earning which eventually led to formation of the society,Tushar Shah of IWM said. State discom Madhya Gujarat Vij Company Limited (MGVCL) and Gujarat Energy Research and Management Institute (GERMI) are also supporting IWMI for this project. With the trial run of power supply to the grid being completed, farmers have begun supplying surplus power from solar pumps on commercial basis to MGVCL at the rate of Rs 4.70 per unit.
Litigants lose Rs 1 lakh for filing frivolous PIL
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Two litigants from Bharuch district lost Rs 1 lakh for questioning a compensation of over Rs 100 crore to a Parsi family by the state government for acquiring the family’s land. The high court, which doubted the bonafide of petitioners Kanaksinh Parmar and Jayantibhai Bamaniya and asked them to deposit Rs 1 lakh to proceed ahead with their PIL, ordered to confiscate the amount for filing a PIL to overreach earlier court orders. Year : 02, Issue : 110 “Sunvilla Samachar” (English Daily) Printed at “Sunvilla Samachar, Daily Printing Press”, Survey No.: 1624-25-26, Final Plot No.F/P/537, Urmila Compound, Opp.Ambica Estate, G.D. School Road, Saijpur Bogha, Ahmedabad -382340 and Published at A-24, Sharddha Apartment, Thakkarnagar Road, Bapunagar, Ahmedabad-382350. Mo.: 9687612324, by Owner, Printer, & Publisher : Aksheshkumar S. Savaliya on date 01-05-2016 (Sunday), Editor : Kapilkumar M. Hirpara* (*Responsible for selection of News under the PRB act). RNI No. : GUJENG/2014/59629