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News Brief 33 Indian soldiers killed in Siachen since 2012: govt Agency | New Delhi
A total of 33 soldiers have been killed in Siachen, the world’s highest battlefield, since 2012, the government said today. In a written reply to Lok Sabha, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said that 12 fatal casualties were suffered in 2012, which decreased to 10 in 2013. Last year, there were six fatal casualties and this year, till July 24, 5 fatal casualties have been reported.
Govt working on restoring 66A of IT Act with changes Agency | New Delhi
Government is working on restoring with “suitable modifications” the controversial section 66A of IT Act which provided for arrest of people for posting offensive content online and was struck down by the Supreme Court in March. The Ministry of Home Affairs has constituted a committee to examine the implications of the apex court judgement and “suggest restoring of 66A of Information Technology Act 2000 with suitable modifications and safeguards to make it fully compatible with constitutional provisions”, Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad informed Parliament today.
Plea for FIR against Justice Katju dismissed Agency | New Delhi
A plea seeking lodging of FIR against ex-Supreme Court judge Justice Markandey Katju, for allegedly hurting religious sentiments of Hindus by dubbing as “nonsense” the belief that cow is mother,has been dismissed by a Delhi court which said his expression comes under right to freedom of speech and expression of the Constitution. Metropolitan Magistrate Deepika Singh rejected the complaint which claimed that Justice Katju had deliberately uttered these words to hurt religious feelings of the entire Hindu community including the complainant.
“Cut Petrol & Diesel price ”
Petrol price to drop by 51 cents a litre, non-subsidised LPG a cut of Rs. 23.50 per cylinder
Petrol prices cut by Rs 2.43; diesel by Rs 3.60 Petrol price was cut by Rs 2.43 per litre and diesel by Rs 3.60 a litre, the third reduction in rates this month, with effect from midnight tonight
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ated during this period. Combined impact of both these factors warrants a downward revision in prices, the impact of which is being passed on to the consumers with this price decrease,” a statement by the Indian Oil Corporation Ltd
(IOCL) said late Friday evening. IOCL also said that prices of non-subsidised LPG cylinders (14.2kg) in Delhi have been reduced to Rs. 585 from Rs. 608.50 per cylinder, a cut of Rs. 23.50 per cylinder. The price of subsidised LPG will,
however, remain the same. On Friday, HT had reported that the falling prices of crude in the international market had left the oil marketing companies with a legroom to reduce the price of both petrol and diesel by up to Rs. 4 per litre.
members again stormed the Well and it was a scene of protests and disruptions in the House as seen from day one of the Monsoon session over the Lalit Modi and Vyapam issues. Singh then raked up a host of issues, including ‘Hindu terrorism’ coined by previous UPA government, Sharm-el Sheikh fiasco and statements at Havana NAM Summit besides the 1962 war with China, to underline Congress’ alleged failures.
Officers from the Mumbai police filmed the huge crowds that gathered at Mahim and Bada Kabrastan at Marine Lines for Yakub Memon’s funeral on Thursday, and the police will now scan the footage to find out if any known criminals were present. In the days leading up to Memon’s execution, the police had detained 526 people with criminal records as a precaution. According to the police’s estimates, over 10,000 people attended the funeral. A senior police official, who did not wish to be named, said it was a precautionary exercise to check who all had attended the funeral, and whether the crowd included people with criminal or underworld backgrounds. He made it clear, howev-
er, that people would be booked only if they were found to have violated the law, and not simply for attending the funeral. On Thursday, several policemen in uniform could be seen filming the crowd at Bada Karbastan and, before that, the one at Mahim, from where Memon’s body was brought. “We have
plenty of footage. We have scanned around four hours of it, and so far have spotted no one with a suspicious background,” said a police officer. Memon’s relatives, neighbours and friends from Mumbai, Bhiwandi and Mumbra attended his funeral at Bada Kabrastan or went to Mahim’s Bismillah
Manzil, when his body was taken first. Incidentally, Tathagata Roy, the governor of Tripura, sparked a controversy by tweeting on Friday morning, “Intelligence shd keep a tab on all (expt relatives & close friends) who assembled bfr Yakub Memon’s corpse. Many are potential terrorists.”
a visa, he took a permission letter,” said Kalyani. Various militias and Islamist factions have been battling in Libya since former strongman Muammar Gaddafi was overthrown and killed in 2011. The area where the men were detained is controlled by the Islamic State, which has seized large swathes of Iraq and Syria and has declared itself a caliphate.
Opposition National Conference and Congress on Friday held demonstrations against the BJP leadership in the state and at the Centre, accusing them of “betraying” the people of Jammu by allegedly retracting the promise of setting up an AIIMS in the region. National Conference workers, led by party leader Dharamveer Singh Jamwal, took out a protest rally from Sher-e- Kashmir Bhavan and raised slogans in favour of setting up of an AIIMS in Jammu. “The PDP-BJP coalition stands exposed. They are suppressing the voices of the people and ignoring their aspirations,” Jam-
wal said. Around 300 Congress workers led by party’s senior vice president, Sham Lal Sharma, held a protest in the border town of R S Pura, in support of the AIIMS demand. The Opposition parties’ workers burnt effigies of BJP ministers and
leaders, accusing them of sabotaging their struggle for the issue and betraying the people of the region. Congress’s Sharma slammed BJP for not fulfilling its “written commitment” made to the AIIMS Coordination Committee (ACC) for a full-fledged
AIIMS in Jammu. He said Prime Minister Narendra Modi made “hollow” promises to the people. The rival parties also condemned the alleged attack on the “peaceful” protesting members of the ACC today outside BJP office in Kachhi Chowni area.
Government-run oil marketing companies reduced on Friday the retail prices of petrol and diesel by Rs. 2.43 per litre and Rs. 3.60 per litre, respectively. With this change, the price of petrol in Delhi will become Rs 64.47/litre -- will be Rs. 46.12/litre litre On July 16, the base down from Rs 66.90/li- compared with the pre- diesel and petrol prices tre. The new diesel price vious rate of Rs 49.72/ were reduced by Rs 2
Congress has weakened India’s stand on terrorism by coining the term ‘Hindu terrorism’: Rajnath Agency | New Delhi Government and Opposition on Friday clashed in Lok Sabha, with Home Minister Rajnath Singh accusing Congress of weakening the fight against terror by coining the term “Hindu terrorism”, prompting the retort that he was indulging in politics over the issue. Singh, after making a statement on Gurdaspur attack, said the previous UPA government had coined the term to change the course of probe into the incidents of terrorism. Amid uproar, he attacked the Opposition for making it appear that Parliament is divided on terrorism as he made the statement in the Lower House a day after his speech on the attack was disrupted in Rajya Sabha. In the state-
ment, the same as made in Rajya Sabha, he gave details of the 27 July attack and how the three terrorists had infiltrated from Pakistan via Punjab border to carry out the strike. His statement was heard in rapt attention with Congress members suspending their protests and returning to their seats from the Well after the Leader of the party Mallikarjun Kharge asked him to do so. But as soon as he concluded his statement, Congress
per litre, although some states, including Delhi raised local taxes, which nullified this reduction. “Since last price change, there has been a decrease in international prices of both Petrol & Diesel. INR-USD exchange rate has, however, depreci-
Mumbai cops scan videos of Memon funeral for ‘known criminals’ Agency | Mumbai
4 Indians ‘Detained’ in Libya, in AIIMS row: National Conference and Congress target BJP, hold protests in Jammu Islamic State-Controlled Area Agency | Jammu Agency | New Delhi
Four Indian teachers have been detained in Libya, the government said on Friday, in an area which is under the control of the Islamic State terror group. The men, who have been in Libya for more than a year and were working at Sirte University, were detained at a checkpoint about 50 km outside Sirte town late on Wednesday while on their way back to India, foreign ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup said. “According to our sources all four were brought back to Sirte. We are in regular touch with their families and all efforts are being made to ensure their early release,” Mr Swarup said in a statement. The
official did not comment on what group or individuals the government believed were behind the detention of the men. Two of the men are from Hyderabad and two from Raichur and Bengaluru in Karnataka. The wife of one of the men, Gopikrishna, said she had spoken to him last on Wednesday. “He said he was coming back via Tunisia. As he didn’t have
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The return of peace at any cost with Pakistan
The terrorist attack in Dinanagar in Punjab on Monday was a rare occurrence of such violence in a state where the guns fell silent nearly 24 years ago. Gurdaspur district was once notorious as a hotbed of Khalistani terrorists. But preliminary investigation in this case shows the terrorists were from Pakistan and, so far, there is no evidence of a Khalistani angle to the atrocity. This has not been lost on the Narendra Modi government. Within two days of the event, reports suggest that there will be no going back on bilateral talks between India and Pakistan. The “Ufa spirit”, so to speak, persists and the agreement arrived at between Prime Minister Modi and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Russia seems to be holding for now. This is not surprising. One can call this India’s sagacity in pursuing peace or some kind of reversion to a default position, but the truth is that sooner or later, all Indian leaders return to the negotiating table with their Pakistani counterpart. Ideally, Pakistan should be held responsible for any aggression emanating from its soil, be it terrorism or ceasefire violations by its army. At the moment, it pleads helplessness in controlling terrorists in its territory. This is a poor excuse, but one that has been bought by successive governments in India. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government is the latest in this line of governments. Why this is the default Indian position is not hard to discern. A mix of geographic reality and institutional legacies restricts what any government can do. At one level, it is a simple matter of geography. To use a cliché: one can choose one’s friends, but one can’t choose neighbours. Like or dislike, one has to deal with Pakistan. This is a constant in policymaking with respect to any of our neighbours in South Asia. The other variable is institutional. This is made of strategic vision (what should India do with Pakistan?) and negotiating strategies (should there be a constant application of “heat” on Islamabad or does that become counterproductive after a while). On this front, too, the dice is loaded in favour of a “peace at any cost” attitude. Given this matrix, the two equilibria are either to ignore any aggression by Pakistan or simply respond to any violation by it with an appropriate level of hostile attention. The former approach characterized the Congress: it did not matter whether a bunch of terrorists mowed down 175 persons in Mumbai or whether the international border in Jammu and Kashmir lit up from artillery fire. In both cases, the Manmohan Singh government chose to pursue talks, albeit with a hiatus after a terrorist attack. The BJP, in contrast, was expected to be less restrained and, to an extent, it engaged in a tit-for-tat response for a while. Not any more.
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total of 24,771 dowry deaths have been reported in the country in past three QUOTE “A years with maximum of them occurring in Uttar Pradesh with 7,048 deaths, UP is OF THE followed by Bihar and MP with 3,830 and 2,252 deaths during the same period.” - Women and Child Development Ministry Maneka Gandhi said that 8,233, 8,083, and 8,455 cases DAY were registered under section 304B of the IPC in the country in 2012, 2013 and 2014 respectively
Daisy Shah has no apprehensions on turning sensuous and evil for ‘Hate Story 3′ Agency | Mumbai Daisy Shah, who is currently shooting for the sensuous franchise ‘Hate Story’s third installment, says she doesn’t have any apprehensions about turning sensuous and evil for the film. “Actors shouldn’t have any limitations, is what I’ve heard and learnt. So if you are playing a character, you are that character. So if it’s the film’s requirement to turn sensuous, it’s fine. If it’s to turn evil, fine,” said Daisy when asked about her character in “Hate Story 3″ at media persons at her friend Elli Avram’s birthday bash. Daisy had earlier played Salman Khan’s love interest in her debut “Jai Ho”, a role of a sweet and nice girl. About her character in “Hate Story 3″, she said: “I won’t be able to reveal much, but all I can say is that this character is completely different to the character I played in ‘Jai Ho’.” Daisy said that the film will release by the end of the year. “Hate Story 3″ also stars Shar- while Zarine Khan and man Joshi, Karan Singh Daisy will be raising the Grover as male leads temperatures with their
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At 40, you start enjoying life, Says Sonu Sood
Daniel Radcliffe to play an undercover FBI agent in ‘Imperium’
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Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe is gearing up to play an FBI undercover agent in the upcoming crime and terrorism film Imperium. Based on the real life experiences of FBI undercover agent Michael German, the movie revolves around a FBI agent who is recruited for a secret mission, reported Deadline. Short
filmmaker Daniel Ragussis, will be making his feature directorial debut with the film. Produced by Ty Walker, Dennis Lee and Simon Taufique, the shooting is scheduled to commence around September. Radcliffe, 26, is currently filming the indie comedy Swiss Army Man. He will next be seen Fox’s Frankenstein with James McAvoy.
hotness. The film is being directed by Vishal Pandya and is
Model-turned-actor Sonu Sood has been juggling positive and negative roles with ease, not only in Bollywood but also in the South. Though he has done several films, his roles stand out in Singh Is King, Dabangg, and the recent Happy New Year among others. This year will see him making his TV debut as a judge on a comedy show. Here, we ask him some fun ques-
tions on eaching the milestone year this birthday. Tell me in three words how you feel about turning 40. antabulous, topof-the-world, still miles to go. Honestly I have never counted, number is not my game. All I do is set a target for myself and go about achieving it. I did engineering and came to Mumbai to become an actor. I didn’t know anybody, but have managed well for myself.
Daisy Shah, who is currently shooting for the sensuous franchise ‘Hate Story 3’, says she hensions doesn’t have any appreabout turning sensuous and evil for the film
written by Vikram Bhatt, T-Series. Both the previ- erotic scenes against the releasing under the ban- ous parts were successful backdrop of a revenge ner of Bhushan Kumar’s and were popular for the story.
Varun Dhawan finishes second schedule of ‘Dishoom’ Agency | New Delhi
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Bollywood actor Varun Dhawan, who has teamed up with his director brother Rohit Dhawan for Dishoom, has wrapped up the second schedule of the film in Morocco. The 28-year-old Badlapur actor, took to social networking site Twitter to share the news with his fans. “The 2nd schedule of #dishoom is wrapped. Gonna miss everyone. We have just one aim to give you the best action adventure film of 2016. Salaam,” he wrote. Dishoom is an action-adventure film backed by Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment, also stars John Abraham and Jacqueline Fernandez. The film is slated to release next year. Varun was last seen in Remo D’Souza’s ABCD2. The actor also has Rohit Shetty’s Dilwale in his kitty. The film also stars the famous Bollywood couple Shahrukh Khan and Kajol.
3 / Dt. 01-08-2015, Saturday Canon’s new camera will capture footage in near-complete darkness Agency | New Delhi When it comes to cameras Canon always wants to be on the bleeding edge, be it the introduction of DSLR cameras for pro film makers like the Canon 5D and 7D, the first line of budget DSLR’s with it’s EOS range or the iconic Canon 1D where they tried to make the best camera possible. With the release of release of the ME20FSH Canon has broken new ground once again. Described as the competitor to digital movie cameras made by companies such as Arri and RED, the ME20F-SH aims to reinstate Can-
on at the top of the pile once again. Canon states the the 1080p camera is aimed at various markets such as nighttime security/surveillance, cinema, wildlife documentaries etc. The main selling point is its CMOS sensor, something Canon has been developing for quite a while (and spending a lot of money on it). That along with an ISO of 4,000,000 basically lets you record full-color video in complete darkness.
More than a million people have registered for the OnePlus 2
Agency | New Delhi The hype created by OnePlus prior to the launch of its 2 smartphone has worked in its favor, even as the device has piqued the interest of more than a million people from around the world. These folks have signed themselves up for the handset’s reservation list that will provide them with an invite if it’s left unused by someone else. It’ll sure be hard for OnePlus to find rejected invites for such a
large crowd, but let’s see how things progress over the course of time. Eager buyers can also sign up for getting invites directly by participating in the company’s contests and promotions that are run on its social pages. Moreover, someone who actually buys the device will be allowed to provide an invite to one other person as well. The OnePlus 2 was unveiled by the company only a few days ago as the ‘2016 flagship killer.’ Although it’s far from that, considering its lack of a 2K display, NFC, wireless charging support and other compromises, it really does sound like a great smartphone for its price points of $329 or Rs 22999 (16GB) and $389 or Rs 24999 (64GB).
Uber bets big on India; plans $1 bn investment in nine months
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Virat Kohli and the art of SPORTS ROUNDUP mastering the sweep shot
Agency | Chennai When Virat Kohli is hitting those cover drives, the silken flicks and powerful pulls, he is a sight to behold. Hardly have we seen him play unconventional shots that have now become famous in this era of T20 cricket. But the one shot missing from his repertoire is the sweep. Now with the Sri Lanka series round the corner, the India Test captain is looking to master the
sweep shot. Having received a much-needed break, Kohli wasn’t just resting. He went back to his childhood coach Rajkumar Sharma to work on his sweep shot. “His batting is technically very clean but he never played the sweep shot,” Mr. Sharma. “But now he is making a conscious effort to sweep and he feels he needs to master that as it will help him dominate the spinners even better.” Mr. Sharma
said that Kohli had asked for dry and rough pitches and practiced the sweep shot for two hours everyday against the spinners. Kohli, however, has had mixed outputs with the shot. Earlier during the England tour last year, he had all-sweep net sessions but still got undone by Moeen Ali. The first real signs of him employing the sweep shot came in the Australia series where he got the best of Nathan Lyon at Adelaide. He went on to hit centuries in both the innings. However, he still has problems playing that shot. In the World Cup, Kohli was bowled round the legs trying to employ the sweep off Zimbabwe’s part-time spinner Sikandar Raza. And lately against Bangladesh, he missed his slog sweep completely and was cleaned up by Shakib Al Hasan.
was conducted twice, first electronically and then by paper, after it was discovered the electronic system had malfunctioned. The Games will be divided between the capital and the city of Zhangjiakou -- which is 118 miles
north-west of Beijing and will host the snow events. Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a letter of appreciation to IOC president Thomas Bach, expressing thanks to the world body for its trust and support in selecting Beijing.
Beijing chosen to host 2022 Winter Olympics Agency | Kuala Lumpur
Beijing was selected to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games ahead of Almaty at the 28th International Olympic Committee (IOC) session here on Friday. Beijing, which beat Almaty by 44 votes to 40 with one abstention, will become the first city to host both a summer and winter Games. The Chinese capital hosted the 2008 Olympics, BBC reported. The secret ballot held by 85 IOC members
England’s Anderson out of fourth Ashes Test
Agency | Birmingham England paceman James Anderson has been ruled out of the remainder of the third Ashes Test against Australia at Edgbaston and next week’s fourth Test at Trent Bridge, it was announced Friday. Anderson, England’s all-time leading Test wicket-taker, left the field three balls into his ninth over in Australia’s second innings on the second day at Edgbaston on Thursday -- his 33rd birthday. An England and Wales Cricket Board statement issued Friday confirmed that, following an overnight assessment, he had suffered a side strain. “England bowler James Anderson has been ruled out of remainder of the current Investec Ash-
Taxi-hailing app Uber, which has been embroiled in repeated controversies in India over alleged misconduct by its drivers with women passengers, today said it will invest USD 1 billion in the country as it targets one million rides a day in 6-9 months. The proposed investment to expand and improve operations also comes at a time when USbased Uber is facing stiff competition in India from local rivals, including Ola, which has got iconic industrialist Ratan Tata as an investor. “We are extremely bullish on the Indian market and see tremendous potential here. India is one of Uber’s big priorities, along with Chi-
na and uberPOOL... This is why Uber is committing an additional USD 1 billion (about Rs 6,400 crore) to India in the next nine months,” Uber India President Amit Jain said. The investment would be used to expand and improve operations, expand into newer cities, develop new products as well as payment solutions, and establish a great support network, he said in a statement. “With this investment and the strong rate of growth we are seeing, we expect to hit over 1 million trips per day in the next six to nine months,” he noted. According to him, India has also become the largest market geographically for Uber outside the US.
es Test with a side strain,” the statement said. “Anderson will be unavailable for the fourth Test beginning on Thursday 6 August at Trent Bridge and his availability for the final Test in the series (at The Oval on August 20) will be determined in due course.” Anderson, whose 413 Test wickets are an England record, took an Ashes-best six for 47 as Australia were skittled out for just 136 in the first innings at Edgbaston. Recalled fast bowler Steven Finn then took five for 45 on Thursday as Australia slumped to 168 for seven in their second innings, a lead of just 23 runs with three wickets standing. But Anderson’s injury could hamper England’s bid to go 2-1 up
in the five-match Ashes series on Friday as bowling substitutes are not allowed under cricket’s rules or Laws, although a replacement fielder is permitted. When he saw Anderson struggle before going off the field after pulling out of his action on Thursday, England great Ian Botham said he feared the Lancastrian would miss the rest of the series. “If it’s an intercostal, we won’t see him again in this series,” former pace bowling all-rounder Botham said on Sky Sports. “You can’t sneeze, can’t cough, can’t laugh. You have to let it heal.” Anderson has an especially brilliant Test record at Trent Bridge, with 53 in eight matches at an average of 19.24.
Ishant Sharma needs to work harder in nets: Courtney Walsh West Indies pace legend Courtney Walsh feels that Indian speedster Ishant Sharma needs to work harder in the nets in order to iron out his flaws and achieve consistency
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West Indies pace leg-end Courtney Walsh feels that Indian speedster Ishant Sharma needs to work harder in the nets in order to iron out his flaws and achieve consistency. When asked about the current crop of Indian fast bowlers, the 52-year-old Jamaican legend spoke at length about Ishant and gave an insight into what he thought should be done. “I have not seen Umesh much so, I would not be able to comment but I feel Ishant can improve if he works harder at the nets. It’s very important to maintain a high level of consistency in international cricket. You
need to consistently hit the right areas and that can only happen if you are able to consistently do it in the nets,” Walsh. “You cannot just walk into a match situation and do all necessary corrections there. You need to know what are the specific areas that you need to work on. Once you have perfected it in the nets,
you can implement that in matches,” said Walsh, who has 519 Test and 227 ODI wickets in his 17 year international career. For Walsh, who has been bowling consultant of Jamaica Tallawahas, his advice for Ishant and co is to build up on pace and bowl in short bursts. “Pace is a very natural phenomenon. You need
good height and built to bowl fast (Malcolm Marshall was an exception). One needs to be supremely fit to bowl fast. I believe a pace bowler’s ideal spell in a Test match should be five to six overs. That’s the ideal thing,” said Walsh, who still has the second highest wickets among pacers (After Glenn McGrath’s 563) in history of Test cricket. Asked who is his favourite fast bowler playing international cricket currently, Walsh said,”I like the trio of James Anderson, Dale Steyn and Mitchell Johnson. All three are fantastic fast bowlers with very differently qualities. For Anderson, it is the length that he hits and those lovely outswingers that he bowls makes him the bowler that he is. Johnson’s pace can be intimidating while Steyn
has brilliant variations. “I strongly believe that fast bowling has seen a lot of improvisations in the past decade and half since I retired. The conditions in different parts of the world makes it difficult for bowlers. They now require a variety of skill sets. Bowlers nowadays are experimenting more which is a good sign,” said Walsh. Asked about standard of West Indies fast bowling which seems to have been in decline since Walsh and Curtly Ambrose hung their boots, the Jamaican giant said, “I do not think our cupboard is bare. There are a few youngsters coming up through the ranks. “In the Senior team, I think Jerome Taylor is the best fast bowler. Unfortunately, he went through a bad patch but is talent was unquestionable and is now bowling far better which is a good sign for West Indies cricket,” concluded Walsh.
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Two Ahmedabad villages under water, over 500 evacuated Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Residents of two villages in Ahmedabad district were marooned on Thursday following discharge of water from Dharoi dam, upstream of the Sabarmati river in Sabarkantha district, even as rain paused in central Gujarat. Waters in rivers appear to be receding all over the state. As Sabarmati water flooded Mahijada in Daskroi taluka and Chhapragam in Dholka, rescue teams were rushed to evacuate villagers. Meanwhile, Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama visited the flood-hit villages and asked the local administration to distribute cash doles at the earliest. As many as 337 families from Ahmedabad city have to be moved to safer places, according to a goverment release. The Mithakhali and Shahi-
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ga near the Sabarmati Ashram, officials said. No rain was recorded in Ahmedabad on Thursday with total rainfall of the season being 18.44 inches (468.27 mm). A state government release said that North Gujarat region of the state had recorded 100 per cent of rainfall by Thursday while Kutch region had received 119 per cent of its average rainfall. Saurashtra region has got around 63 per
cent rainfall followed by east-central Gujarat and South Gujarat with 47 per cent and 45 per cent rainfall respectively. The release further said that out of 202 dams in the state, 23 were filled up while 31 were on high alert after getting around 90 per cent of water of their total capacity. Out of 20 dams in Kutch, 14 were brimful. Narmada dam, the largest dam of the state was also overflowing.
team comprising doctors and a psychologist would determine whether aborting the foetus was in the best interest of the girl or not. If it was, she could terminate the pregnancy, the court said. The family, an OBC, is extremely poor. The girl’s father repairs bicycles for a living, while the mother works as a farm hand. Of his three children, the father says, she is the youngest
and the only one good at studies, scoring above 80 per cent marks in Classes VIII and IX. His other daughter is mentally and physically challenged. “She would finish at the head of her class,” the father says. She hoped to take up science after Class X and to shift to a nearby school for higher secondary. The girl didn’t inform her family of the sexual assault for
a long time, scared of the threats of the alleged rapist, Jatin K Mehta, a local homeopathic medicine practitioner. The girl had been taken to Mehta in February this year by her mother after she got typhoid. The FIR states that the doctor took the girl into his chamber and made her mother wait outside. He allegedly gave her an injection that left her unconscious. She realised she was raped as soon as she regained consciousness, she says, but was threatened by the doctor into silence. The family suspected something when the girl didn’t have her menstrual cycle for nearly four months. Her mother took her for a check-up on June 28, and they discovered she was pregnant.
also before four witnesses, but later did not admit his guilt before the court and the witnesses also turned hostile. The man was convicted to life imprisonment for murder by trial court in 2008 on basis of circumstantial evidence. He challenged the conviction. Turning down his appeal, a bench of Justice Mohinder Pal and Justice R D Kothari lamented cops’ lackadaisical approach in investigation and commented that timely recording of confession by accused before a judicial magistrate would have strengthen prosecution’s case. Had the four
witnesses, before whom the husband had made extra-judicial confession, taken to the magistrate, the case would have been stronger. The statement recorded under section 164 of CrPC becomes a piece of evidence, whereas confession made before cops do not hold any ground once the accused or witness retracts before court. Stressing upon the need for statement before a magistrate, the judges said, “Admission of guilt by accused before police official has no value in the eye of law. The Investigating Officer would be depriving himself benefit
of important piece of evidence, if he fails to avail opportunity to produce the accused or witness before magistrate to record statement. Possibility of accused/witness disowning their statement at later stage ought not to weigh with police authority at the stage of investigation.” In this case, the HC upheld Dalwadi’s conviction for murder and criticized the investigation and pulled up cops for not considering the case history because the woman had died within seven years of marriage and she had registered complaint of domestic violence.
baug underpasses which were closed for traffic on Wednesday, were opened on Thursday. Meanwhile, water level at Vasna barrage on the Sabarmati in Ahmedabad city, was reduced to 131 feet at 4 pm on Thursday as compared to Wednesday when the level was recorded at 135 feet. Since Sabarmati river passes through the city, the large water inundated Ahmedabad’s low-lying areas of Chandrabha-
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Record confessions before magistrate: HC to govt Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Gujarat high court has directed the state home department to ask police officers to make it a practice to take an accused, in case he confesses before cops, and witnesses before judicial magistrate to record statements under section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code so that conviction can be secured. The HC issued this direction on July 28 while dealing with a criminal appeal filed by one Chandubhai Dalwadi from Mandal, who had killed his wife in 2006. He first confessed to his crime before cops and
Gujarat minister’s son backs demand for quota
The Patel youths have been organising rallies demanding OBC status for the community and reservation benefits
She cries every day, says father, now relieved at ‘justice’
The Class X boards are nearly a year away, but the 14-year-old has been counting each day. Like the fact that she hasn’t been able to go to school for nearly a month, since she and her parents discovered that she was pregnant. By then she was just over the 20-week threshold of legally allowed medical termination of pregnancy. On Thursday, a team of doctors finally allowed the rape victim to abort the child. “She would keep crying,” says the relieved father. “I couldn’t console her as in our family a father and daughter don’t talk about such issues. When I saw her situation, I felt like committing suicide.” On Tuesday, the Supreme Court had ordered that a
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Gujarat minister Nanubhai Vanani’s son Vipul has come out in support of the demand for OBC status and reservation benefits by the Patidars, even as the state government recently withdrew its nod for a rally by the community in Mehsana district. While the government is yet to take a stand on their demand, Vipul posted a “logo” of the group spearheading the Patidar or Patel agitation on his Facebook page and “liked” sever-
al newspaper articles on the issue. The minister’s son claimed that he was a “victim” of reservation, as he lost the opportunity to attend a medical school. He now runs a diamond cutting and polishing business in Surat. While the ruling BJP in the state has already termed the agitation by the Patel youths as “disruptive”, Vanani, Minister of State for Sports, Youth Cultural Activities, Water Resources and Education (Prima- for comment. The Patel OBC status for the comry, Secondary & Adult), youths have been organ- munity and reservation could not be reached ising rallies demanding benefits.
GFSU plans forensic filters for VVIP food Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Emperors and rulers down the ages have relied on ‘food tasters’ to ensure that what they were about to eat was safe and pure. In fact, US President Barack Obama is known not to eat any food without his official taster declaring it safe. Now, Gujarat Forensic Sciences University (GFSU) has come up with a new course to meet the growing demand for food tasters. The university has launched a twoyear master of food technology programme which begins next month with 15 students getting training in forensic food analysis. Prof Y K Agrawal, director of GFSU’s Institute of Research and Development, said that they
had got over 100 inquiries as the admission process is still going on. The course will commence in August, he said. “The decision to start a course was taken after we noticed a demand for such a specialized job,” said Agrawal. “VVIP security will, of course, offer big jobs but the course is also useful for investigators of food poisoning cases.” He further said that the course will also add to the skills of those working with agencies such as Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) and Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO). “It will equip them better to find ways of identifying adulterated goods and counterfeit products,” Agrawal said.
Gujarat Pipavav shareholders approve raising up to Rs 5K cr
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Gujarat Pipavav Port Ltd (GPPL) on Friday said it has received shareholders consent to raise a total of up to Rs 5,000 crore. The company had approached its shareholders earlier this month through two special resolutions to raise the amount. GPPL approached shareholders for authorising the Board to “borrow monies that may exceed aggregate of the paid-up share capital and free reserves of the company provided the total amount... shall not at
HSC science exams: State board moots to drop semester system Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board has recommended doing away with the semester system in Higher Secondary School Certificate (HSC) examinations. The recommendations were made by a 10-member committee set up by the board that met Wednesday. The committee headed by board chairman A J Shah, comprised representatives of school principals, teachers, parents and activists in the field of education. The sources in the board said that the committee members unanimously recommended that the semester system be dropped forthwith as it was neither in the interest of students, teachers nor the board. The semester system was
The sources in the board said that the committee members unanimously recommended that the semester system be dropped forthwith as it was neither in the interest of students, teachers nor the board
first introduced in HSC science examinations by Haryana in 2008. However, it was withdrawn after the students and teachers reported that it created problems for students as well as the board. However, semester system for HSC science was introduced in 2009 in Gujarat based on the recommendations of the Mankad Committee. The committee had recommended four semesters: two in Std
XI and two in Std XII. Examinations of all the four semesters, including practicals and theory papers, are being currently conducted by the board itself. Under the annual examination system that was in vogue previously, there was only one examination for practicals and theory papers conducted by the board at the end of Std XII and the marks obtained in it was considered for final results.
anytime exceed Rs 2,500 crore or the aggregate of the paid-up share capital and free reserves of the company, whichever is higher,” it said in a BSE filing. Similarly, through another special resolution, the firm sought shareholders nod for authorising the Board to create charges, mortgages and hypothecations. This will be in addition to the existing charges, mortgages and hypothecations created by the company, it added. Board can create charges, mortgages and hypothecations on movable and immovable, both present and future, and in such a manner as Board deems fit for securing loans and borrowings, the filing said. This is subject to the condition that “The aggregate loan and borrowings for which the charges are already created/ to be created shall not at any time exceed Rs 2,500 crore or the aggregate of the paid-up share capital and free reserves of the company, whichever is higher,” the filing said. The shareholders have approved both the resolutions, it added. The Mumbai-based firm reported a flat net profit at Rs 80.42 crore for the April-June quarter this fiscal. The private sector port had posted net sales of Rs 172.87 crore against Rs 155.81 crore during the same quarter. On July 31, 2015, Gujarat Pipavav Port closed at Rs 235.95, up Rs 3.80, or 1.64 percent.
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