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News Brief Leopard shot dead after it killed two men Agency | Ballari
A leopard, which had killed two persons and was on the prowl for the last 20 days, was shot dead by a patrolling team near Sushilnagar in Sandur taluk of the district. The 15-year-old leopard was spotted near a live bait on Friday afternoon but it managed to escape, a forest official said. The wait for the team, after taking proper position, yielded the desired result later when the team shot at it, Deputy Conservator of Forest T Ranawat said.
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Russian Plane Crashes in Egypt, 224 Dead Egyptian Prime Minister Sherif Ismail was heading to the crash site with several cabinet ministers on a private jet Agency | Cairo
Twitter said. But north Sinai se- scene,” an Egyptian security of- gency by militants close to Islamic curity source said initial examina- ficer at the site told Reuters by State, who have killed hundreds of A Russian airliner carrytion showed the crash was due to a telephone. “A lot of dead on the Egyptian soldiers and police and ing 224 passengers and technical fault, but gave no detail. ground and many who died whilst have also attacked Western targets crew crashed in Egypt’s The plane, he said, had landed in a strapped to their seats. “The plane in recent months. Russia, an ally Sinai peninsula on Sat“vertical fashion”, explaining the split into two, a small part on the of Syrian President Bashar al-Asurday after losing radar scale of devastation and burning. tail end that burned and a larger sad, launched air raids against opcontact and plummeting from its cruising altiThe Russian Embassy in Cairo part that crashed into a rock. We position groups in Syria including tude, killing all aboard. said it had been told by Egyptian have extracted at least 100 bodies Islamic State on Sept. 30. SecuThe Airbus A321, operofficials the pilot had been trying and the rest are still inside,” the rity sources said there was no inated by Russian airline ministry said. A militant acts as a semi official to make an emergency landing officer, who requested anonymity, dication the Airbus had been shot Kogalymavia under the group affiliated to Islam- news agency for Islamic at El-Arish. “I now see a tragic said. Sinai is the scene of an insur- down or blown up. brand name Metrojet, ic State in Egypt claimed State. “The fighters of was flying from the Sinai responsibility for the the Islamic State were Red Sea resort of Sharm downing of the plane, able to down a Russian el-Sheikh to St Peters- the group said in a state- plane over Sinai provburg in Russia when it ment circulated by sup- ince that was carrying Agency | New Delhi about one’s ideas that Ashwin has short went down in a deso- porters on Twitter. The over 220 Russian crusadone cannot subject them late mountainous area of claim of responsibility ers. They were all killed, Amid the growing profitness regimen at central Sinai soon after was also carried by the thanks be to God,” the tests against intolerance, to challenge — it implies a degree of detachment daybreak, the aviation Aamaq website which statement circulated on Reserve Bank of India CCI that is absolutely neces(RBI) Governor RaghuAgency | Mumbai sary for mature debate… ram Rajan on Saturday Racing against time to Finally, respect requires emphasised the need “to get fit for the first crickthat in the rare case when improve the environet Test against South an idea is tightly associment for ideas through Agency | Patna Africa, India’s premier ated with a group’s core tolerance and mutual reoff- spinner Ravichan- Barring last elections, spect”. He also warned critical for its econom- challenge to all authority personality, we are extra dran Ashwin today had the Muzaffarpur conthat “excessive politi- ic progress. Econom- and tradition. What this careful about challenga short fitness workout stituency has always cal correctness stifles ic growth through new rules out is anyone im- ing it,” said Rajan. “A at the Brabourne Stadi- been considered a basprogress”, and “a quick ideas and production posing a particular view quick resort to bans will um here. Ashwin made tion of Rashtriya Janata resort to bans will chill methods is what our or ideology because of chill all debate as everya surprise visit to the sta- Dal (RJD). But due to a of same caste from those Ram. The good image all debate”. Addressing professors and alumni their power,” said Ra- one will be anguished by dium where a two-day changed caste equation, seats. Apart from that, of Arjun, an associate students at the convoca- contribute to the nation. jan. He said tolerance ideas they dislike. It is game between Board the contests on all 11 non-Yadav and Kurmi of RSS, is turning elec- tion of the Indian Insti- The first essential is to can take the offence out far better to improve the President’s XI and the Assembly seats in the voters are rallying be- tion in his favour. The tute of Technology-Del- foster competition in the of debate and instill re- environment for ideas visiting South African district seem very interhind the NDA. Though Mahagathbandhan has hi, Rajan said protection marketplace for ideas. spect. “Tolerance means through tolerance and team was in progress. esting. The Mahagaththe RJD had managed given ticket to Lalbabu should be given not to This means encouraging not being so insecure mutual respect,” he said. As South Africa’s ODI bandhan of RJD-JDUto bag just one seat in Ram. With the Dalit vote “specific ideas and tradicaptain A B de Villiers Congress is witnessing the last elections, it has divided, the advantage tions” but to the “right to was batting in the mida tough fight here. The fielded candidates on as is with Arjun Ram. He question and challenge” dle in the pre-lunch sesalliance is not in a very many as nine seats this is also enjoying the sup- and the “right to behave sion, Ashwin was seen favourable situation time. The JDU has field- port of the forward class differently so long as undergoing a short stint Agency | New Delhi even where Muslim-Ya- ed its candidates on just voters. In such situation, it does not hurt others of running, bending and dav equation dominates, two seats. Sakra: From 40,000-strong Kushwaha seriously”. “India’s tra- Left parties were not imthrowing balls rolled as the NDA has strategi- this seat, BJP has field- voters will play a deci- dition of debate and an pressed with Prime Minto him by Team India open spirit of enquiry is ister Narendra Modi’s call cally fielded candidates ed its old activist Arjun sive role on this seat. physio Patrick Farhart for ensuring “unity, peace on the sidelines. and harmony”, saying he Youth rapes should know that these values are being threatteenage girl in ened by the Sangh Parivar Punjab Agency | New Delhi paise on October 16 and and should crack a whip Agency | Batala by 50 paise on October 1. on them. The communist should not act as pradhan general secretary Sitaram Petrol price was today A 17-year-old girl was cut by Rs 0.50 per li- “The current level of inoutfits also questioned the pracharark (chief preach- Yechury shared online ternational product pricallegedly raped by a tre but there will be no ‘Run For Unity’ organised er) of RSS but take action pages of late historian DR minor on the pretext change in rates of die- es and Rupee-US Dollar by the government for against those threatening Goyal’s book ‘Rashtriya of marriage in Gandhi sel. Petrol will cost Rs exchange rate warrant a Sardar Patel and reminded the values,” Raja said. He Sawayamsevak Sangh’ price decrease, which is camp area here, police 60.70 per litre in Delhi the BJP-led dispensation was reacting to remarks which refers to Patel bansaid today. The victim, from midnight tonight being passed on to conabout the ban imposed by made by Modi earlier in ning the RSS. “Sardar a class XII student, com- as against Rs 61.20 cur- sumers with this price the then home minister the day that “unity, peace Patel took one big step to plained that the 17-year- rently, Indian Oil Corp, revision,” IOC said in a on RSS in the aftermath and harmony” are the ba- protect unity and integrity statement. Diesel prices old boy met her outside the nation’s largest fuel of Mahatma Gandhi’s as- sis for the country’s prog- of India. He banned the her school on October retailer, said. This is first on September 1 were resassination. “Prime Min- ress. He also asked people RSS. See ‘RSS’ by DR 16 and took her to his change in petrol price duced by 50 paise a litre. ers — IOC, Bharat Pe- “The movement of pric- ister should know who to take forward Patel’s Goyal,” Yechury said on house while promising since September 1 when There was no revision in troleum Corp (BPCL) es in the international oil all are working against message that the nation micro-blogging site twitto befriend and marry it was cut by Rs 2 per li- the subsequent fortnight and Hindustan Petroleum market and INR-USD unity, peace and harmo- can sacrifice anything for ter. Invoking Sardar Valher later, they said. The tre to Rs 61.20 in Delhi. on September 16 even as Corp (HPCL) — revise exchange rate shall con- ny. They are all RSS and its unity. Questioning the labhbhai Patel’s work for accused raped her in his Subsequent fortnight did a 98 paise per litre hike petrol and diesel prices tinue to be monitored Sangh Parivar outfits. ‘Run For Unity’, Raja said national integration, the house, they said, add- not see any rate change in petrol and Rs 2.28 a on 1st and 16th of every closely and developing Across the country, they Modi should rather “speak Prime Minister said, “Uniing that his mother also in petrol. Diesel rates litre increase in diesel month based on average trends of the market will are working against unity, up and assure action” to the ty is our biggest strength... knew about the act of her though not changed to- rates necessitated due to imported cost and ru- be reflected in future peace and harmony,” said nation in the backdrop of We have to move forward son as she had bolted the day, had been hiked firming global oil rates. pee-dollar exchange rate price changes,” the IOC CPI national secretary D intolerance incidents like with the mantra of unity, duo in the room. Raja. “The Prime Minister Dadri lynching. CPI (M) peace and harmony.” twice since then, by 95 State-owned fuel retail- in the previous fortnight. statement added. Corpo. Office: A/41, Madhav Chamber’s, Shaktidhara Colony, Opp-Sayona Arcade, L.B.S. Road, Toll Naka, Bapunagar, Ahmedababad - 380024 Email: ssdaily2013@gmail.com Mo : 98250 98053
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Bihar polls: Caste factor dominates 11 seats in Muzaffarpur district
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The Hardik Patel-led agitation demanding the inclusion of Patels among the OBCs has once again focused the country’s attention on the injustice inherent in the caste-based reservation system. The Gujjars and the Jats have been demanding this for long. In September, Vice President Hamid Ansari said that Muslims, too, have been inadequately represented in the reserved categories. The aspirational youth of several such groups feel cheated when they miss out on educational admissions or jobs to someone less qualified. Reservations always raise the issue of fairness. Those left out feel that reservations for persons belonging to the SCs, STs and OBCs are unfair. The Supreme Court has observed that reservations cannot be based on caste alone. The apex court has not spelt out what the option should be. Here, I suggest an alternative to caste-based reservations that benefits the truly disadvantaged and is constitutionally fair, without destroying the incentive to do one’s best. This alternative will be self-liquidating and would be acceptable to all concerned. By and large, at the time of Independence, we had a consensus that we needed to take special measures to help the SCs and STs to overcome their disadvantages arising from centuries of discrimination. Later, the scope of reservations was expanded to include the OBCs as well. To be sure, reservations have benefited people belonging to the reserved categories. But as the proportion of reserved seats went up, so did the resentment against them. This has been made worse by the so-called creamy-layer syndrome. It is held that the benefits from reservations have been cornered by the creamy layer, or the relatively well-off among the reserved categories. As such, it has been argued that the children of people who have already benefited from reservations should not be considered for reservations since they are no longer disadvantaged. On the other hand, as Babu Jagjivan Ram, who belonged to a Scheduled Caste and was a Union minister for more than 30 years, observed, even people belonging to the creamy layer suffer discrimination. Moreover, the rest look down upon a person who receives an admission or a promotion because of reservations. In this context, it is also true that reservations reduce the motivation to do one’s best in a job or an examination. For an alternative, we can safely assume that all Indians have the same genetic background and have the same potential, apart from the statistical variation one would find in any group. One’s performance in an exam is a function of what one has achieved and achievements depend on potential and nurture.
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Guddu Ki Gun Movie Review
Agency | New Delhi Guddu Ki Gun is the tale of Govardhan aka Guddu (Kunal Khemu), a Bihari settled in Kolkata. He is a door-to-door washing powder salesman, whose sales pitch is Ek washing powder ke saath Guddu free. With dialogues packed with rhymes, mispronunciations and double entendres, the film is a delightful adult comedy that keeps you in splits by the minute. The characteristic one-liners are crisp, tempered and never sound crass. If not funny, it at least elicits a chuck-
le. The script written by the director duo, takes the fantasy route to deliver fables and life’s lessons meaningfully. While sharing a room with his close friend Ladoo (Sumeet Vyas), Guddu leads an amorous lifestyle in Kolkata. His travails begin when he ditches one of his girlfriends, Bholi (Aparna Sharma). Furious for forsaking his granddaughter, Bholi’s grandfather casts a black magic spell on him. The only way Guddu can get rid of the curse is to find true love and by staying faithful to her.
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QUOTE “If 125 crore Indians with the mantra of unity, peace and harmony walk step together shoulder to shoulder, then the country will move 125 OF THE one crore steps in one go,” - On Sardar Patel’s birth anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi says peace and harmony must for India’s development... DAY Salman, Sonam promote khadi, laud ‘Huts To High Street’ concept
I want to avoid unwanted controversy: Amitabh Bachchan
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It was evident that Salman Khan is one of Bollywood’s most known and loved faces when he walked the ramp with his Prem Ratan Dhan Payo co-star Sonam Kapoor at the IIM campus in Ahmedabad to promote khadi as a part of Fashion Design Council of India’s ‘Huts to High Street’ initiative. In keeping with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call to make khadi fashionable again, the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI),
a non-profit organisation, presented the second edition of its unique initiative to display the capabilities of the humble fabric at Louis Kahn Plaza of the IIM on Friday night. The special showcasing was in association with the Gujarat State Khadi & Village Industries Board (GSKVIB). On the occasion, a few renowned designers like Rohit Bal and Rajesh Pratap Singh along with young faces like Pero by Aneeth Arora and 11.11 /Eleven Elev-
en showcased collections soaked in Indian heritage. The designers presented innovative modern twists to handspun and woven embroideries but what all the guests at the fashion gala were waiting for was to see their favourite Khan walk the ramp. And he did not disappoint. Salman made his first appearance of the night by walking in khadi pajama kurta with matching bandi and accessorising it with pocket square, exuding a most suave look.
himself to avoid “unwanted controversy”. With over 20 million Facebook fans, a Twitterati of 17.5 million, and a growing “extended family” on his blog, the 73-year-old son of legendary poet Harivanshrai Bachchan was aptly titled the ‘Social Media Person of The Year’ by an association
earlier this year. He often writes about trivia related to his past, present and future projects; shares his views on life in general and social issues; talks about his weaknesses, his family members, especially his grandchildren; but what Big B mostly avoids is commenting on sensitive issues.
or somewhere else,” Radhika told at the ongoing 17th Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival. In P. Ranjith-directed “Kabali”, Radhika plays Rajinikanth’s wife, and the veteran actor will be seen playing a gangster. The crew of the film is
currently shooting in Malaysia, where nearly 70 percent of the film will be shot. The first schedule of the film was recently wrapped up in Chennai. Produced by Kalaipuli Thanu, the film will hit the screens next year in April.
his former partner Salim Khan were awarded “ExAcademy Award-nomicellence in Cinema - Innated Selma director Ava dia” award at the openDuVernay says she was ing night of the 17th Jio honoured to meet veteran MAMI Mumbai film fesBollywood writer Javed tival. “It was an honour Akhtar. Akhtar, 70, and to meet him. He was very
kind. He welcomed me and was very kind to me,” Ava told reporters here. The 43-year-old filmmaker was speaking on the sidelines of the premiere of National Award-winning director Hansal Mehta’s real life-inspired drama Aligarh at the ongoing festival. Ava, who is heading the International jury of the 8-daylong festival, praised Indian cinema and said she follows the work of some women directors. “I love Indian cinema. I admire the work of women directors like Mira Nair, Deepa Mehta, Gurinder Chadha... Shekhar Kapoor is my friend too.
At a time when writers, filmmakers and historians have revolted against a rising culture of intolerance towards freedom of speech, Indian cinematic icon Amitabh Bachchan, a widely followed celebrity on social media platforms, says he’s always cautious about expressing
Radhika Apte to join sets of Rajinikath starrer ‘Kabali’ in December
JIO MAMI 2015: Manoj Bajpayee raises the bar with superlative performance in ‘Aligarh’ Agency | New Delhi
“After 22 years, I don’t feel scared of doing any role,” said Manoj Bajpayee as the packed house at Regal Cinema erupted into thunderous applause moments before his latest film , ‘Aligarh’ was to screen. Thursday night, cine lovers head to Regal to watch the first show of Hansal Mehta’s new film ‘Aligarh’, based on a real life incident that took place five years ago. Bajpayee along with his co-stars Rajkummar Rao and Ashish Vidyarthi took to the stage and
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gallantly introduced the crew to the audience. In the film, the actor plays an Aligarh Muslim University professor, who is fired from his post after he is filmed having consensual sex with
Actress Radhika Apte on Friday said that she will join the sets of Rajinikanth-starrer Tamil film “Kabali” in December. “I’m really excited. a rickshaw puller at his I’ll join the sets on Deresidence. The story was cember 1… not sure yet brought to national fo- if it will be in Malaysia cus by a Delhi journalist called Deepu Sebastian and Siras had then taken legal help to get back his job and flat.
old Aaradhya is planning to write a poem for her mother and would also be making a birthday card for Aishwarya. Junior Bachchan has specially taken off for Britain to be with his wife Aishwarya
Rai Bachchan. The two even celebrated Karwa Chauth together and the actor also is planning for her birthday. Aishwaya, Aaradhya and Abhishek will also be celebrating Diwali together.
What is Aaradhya planning for mom Aishwarya’s birthday?
Ava DuVernay was honoured to meet Javed Akhtar
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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who made a comeback with Sanjay Gupta’s film Jazbaa, is all set to celebrate her birthday on November 1 this year. The actor is currently shooting for Karan Johar’s film Ae Dil Hai Mushkil in London According to a report published in Mid-Day, Abhishek Bachchan and Aaradhya have planned some interesting surprises for Aishwarya on her special day. A source has relevead that the four-year-
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Viswanathan Anand suffers shock defeat to Anish Giri in Bilbao chess
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Agency | New Delhi Facebook is tweaking its ‘real name’ policy. The policy, which has been termed ‘inherently discriminatory’ by some, will see some alterations to allow users to explain their name choices. The policy has received criticism mostly from members of the LGBT communities and advocates who face problems and feel uncomfortable using their real names due to the nature of their work. According to Facebook’s ‘real name’ policy, users should go by their ‘authentic name’ when on the social network rather than a pseudonyms. These changes will help people who face this problem provide clearer context to their wishes to keep a different name. Facebook is expected to roll out the policy in December.
India will have 9 crore 4G subscribers by 2018: report
Defending champion Viswanathan Anand suffered a shock defeat at the hands of Dutch Grandmaster Anish Giri in the fourth round of the Bilbao Masters final chess tournament here. After three draws coming under different circumstances, Anand suffered a typical case of chess blindness and his opening blunder cost him dearly against Giri who used the opportunity well. For the records, this was Anand’s first loss against Giri in Classical chess. Riding on his victory, Giri joined overnight leader Wesley So of United States in lead on six points under the soccer-like scoring system that gives three
WTA Finals: Mirza-Hingis in semis, two wins from 9th title of 2015 points for a victory and one for a draw. Wesley So played out a hard-fought draw with Liren Ding of China who now shares the third spot with Anand on three points with two rounds still to come in the four-players double round-robin tournament. Giri chose the English opening that is in vogue these days. Playing black,
Anand fell for a simple trick as early as on move 11 when a Bishop move by the Indian turned out to be a serious inaccuracy. Giri pounced on his chance in quick time and Anand was faced with a very difficult choice to either lose a pawn and wait for the inevitable or try and create some counter active chances.
EPL 2015: Can Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea beat Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool FC? Agency | Mumbai
Agency | New Delhi India is expected to have 9 crore 4G subscribers and 18 crore 4G smartphones by 2018 and Bharti Airtel, Vodafone and Idea Cellular will gain from this growth if Reliance Jio Infocomm delays the launch of its 4G services, says a report by Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BofA ML). “We expect 4G smartphone base to jump from 5 million in FY 2015 to 180 million (18 crore) by FY 2018, leading to 4G subscribers accelerating from almost zero in FY 2016 to 90 million (9 crore) by FY 2018,” a report by BoFA ML research analysts Sachin Salgaonkar, Karan Parmanandka and Simon Dong-je Woo said. In next few years, there will be marginal difference between 3G and 4G tariffs as well as there will be decline in smartphone prices that may lead 2G subscribers leapfrog to 4G services and skip 3G, analysts expect. “We expect 4G net adds to be faster than 3G net adds by FY 2019 and estimate 3G subscribers to be largely restricted in areas where 4G coverage is limited. “However, we do expect 3G subscribers uptake to be strong for the next couple of years, at least, as 3G coverage would likely be better than 4G coverage,” the report said.
Maruti Suzuki Baleno premium hatchback garners 4,600 bookings in 2 Days
Chelsea’s season has season has gone from bad to worse, adding to Jose Mourinho’s woes. The Blues are now out of the Capital One League Cup, having lost the match to Stoke City 5-4 on penalties, with Chelsea talisman Eden Hazard missing the crucial penalty. Their form in the Barclays Premier League is miserable as Mourinho’s men have managed to win just one match in their previous four. Chelsea have struggled in the UEFA Champions as well. They managed to win against Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv 4-0, but were held to a 0-0 draw against Dynamo Kiev and lost 2-1 to Mourinho’s former team, FC Porto. Jose Mourinho is backing his under fire winger Eden Hazard. As quoted by Chelsea’s of-
ficial website, Mourinho said: “He tried everything in the last game, he had a positive game, he played for two hours – I am happy with his performance against Stoke. I was happy with his performance against Dynamo Kiev. Before that he was on the bench obviously because I was not happy and I felt it was the
best thing for him. I am happy with his positive reaction to that.” When questioned on Liverpool, Mourinho replied: “They were a good team, they are a good team. They had good players, they have good players. They had a very good manager, they have a new very good manager. Everything is the same.
Agency | New Delhi
Agency | Mumbai Marut Suzuki’s new premium hatchback Baleno seemed to have struck a chord with the auto enthusiasts in the country, the emerging reports suggest. The new Baleno, which made its India entry on 26 October, has received over 4,600 bookings within two days of its launch in the country. Maruti said that on the day of launch, 1,500 people visited the showroom and 600 of them booked the new Baleno. The next day, over 1,200 people booked the car amongst the 3,500 of those who visited the showrooms. Maruti Baleno, the newest addition in the premium hatchback segment to compete against the likes of Honda jazz and Hyundai Elite i20, has been priced in the range of Rs 4.99 lakh to Rs 8.11 lakh (ex-showroom). Baleno is the second car to join the floors of Maruti’s Nexa dealership after the premium crossover S-Cross. Under the hood, Maruti Baleno includes 1.2-litre K-Series petrol engine and 1.3-litre DDiS diesel engine. While the 1.2-litre K-Series petrol engine is tuned to develop 83bhp and 115Nm of torque, the 1.3-litre DDiS diesel mill churns out 74bhp and 190Nm of torque.
The world number one women’s doubles team of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis continued their rampaging form and extended their monster winning streak to 20 matches in a row after reaching the semifinals of the WTA Finals in Singapore on Friday. Mirza and Hingis, top seeds in Singapore, took just 90 minutes to get past the challenge of fourth-seeded Timea Babos of Hungary and Kristina Mladenovic of
France 6-4, 7-5 in their final round-robin match and finish on top of their group, thus avenging their loss to the same pair the last time they played in Rome this year. The Indo-Swiss duo lifted their game just at the right time and made full use of the only two breaks of the match they got. Mirza-Hingis got break point opportunities at 4-all in the first set and 5-all in the second, and grabbed the chance to serve both sets out. “We had played them twice before and we were 1-all, so we knew
we had to come out and play well, like we’ve been trying to do every match here at the WTA Finals,” Mirza said after the match. “We just tried to come out and play our best, and that was enough to win today.” Mirza and Hingis have won eight women’s doubles titles this year, including two Grand Slam titles at Wimbledon and the US Open. The top seeds are just two wins away from their ninth WTA doubles title since joining forces eight months ago.
bowling is one thing. Batting against him with the red ball moving and doing a bit, like it did today, is a different ballgame. He gets the ball to move late and I found it a little hard today. I love playing with him, and playing against him will
be a different challenge that I look forward to,” he added. Rahul, 23, who has represented India in five Tests since making his debut at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in December 2014, also admitted that getting into a pacers’ mind is difficult.
tional performance-based income from the central revenue pool, incase they qualify in the top-four in the Twenty20 cricket tournament. However, it is still unclear how many players from both Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals will be allowed to be retained if the new franchises decide to
make Chennai and Jaipur as their bases. The two new incoming franchises will have the option of taking anyone from the pool of about 50 players, who have been left stranded after the suspension of Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals. While Chennai Super Kings had the likes of India captain MS Dhoni, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Suresh Raina and international stars in Brendon McCullum, Dwayne Bravo and Dwayne Smith.
Playing with Steyn is one thing, facing him is a different ball game: Lokesh Rahul
Kiwi all-rounder Nathan McCullum calls time on international cricket career
New Zealand all-rounder Nathan McCullum will retire from international cricket at the end of the current season. According to a report in the New Zealand Herald, the 35-year-old has revealed the his retirement plan, saying he wanted to invest more time in his new family. The right hand lower-order batsman and right arm off break bowler played 84 One-Day Internationals and 61 Twenty20 Internationals for the Black Caps. “I don’t want to make a big song and dance about it, but it’s time to start thinking about the next phase of my life. I’ve got the sense that the end of this season is the right time to call it quits in international cricket,” he was quoted as saying
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by the Herald. McCullum recently moved to Glendowie from Dunedin, with his fiancee Vanessa Waldron and three children -- Luke, 5, Jake, 3, and Tom who is 18 months. “It’s been hard work for Vanessa in the past five years. She’s spent a lot of it pregnant and has had to do it on her own most of the time. It’s time for me to start investing time in my family and being there for dinners and helping the boys with their homework. I’m looking forward to it,” he continued. Unlike his more illustrious younger
brother, Brendon, Nathan failed to failed to make the Test grade and was more famous for his stints with various T20 franchises around the world. He played for Lancashire, now defunct Pune Warriors, Sydney Sixers and Glamorgan besides his native side Otago. “Every now and then it’s hard case when your little brother is barking orders at you... but he deserves everything he gets in terms of praise. He’s worked his butt of and created this team along with Hess and Mike Sandle,” he acknowledged.
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Looking forward to the challenge of facing Dale Steyn in the upcoming four-match Test series against South Africa, Indian opener Lokesh Rahul has said playing the speedster in the longer format is a “different ballgame” as one has to counter the late movement he gets. Young Rahul may have shared the Sunrisers Hyderabad dugout with the Proteas pacer in IPL, but admitted that batting against Steyn during his 72-run knock for the Board President’s XI was a totally different experience. “Fielding or keeping wickets when he is
IPL 2016: Two new franchises won’t get money from BCCI’s central pool Agency | New Delhi
The two new franchises in the Indian Premier League (IPL), who will be allowed only for two years in the tournament in place of Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals, will not be eligible to receive a share of the central revenue pool unlike the other teams from the Board of Control for Cricket in India. These two teams, however, will be eligible for prize money and addi-
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Godhra train burning case: Accused India’s traditional wisdom lacks evading cops for 13 years held proper marketing: Gujarat Governor Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Stating that India’s “traditional wisdom” was not being marketed in a proper manner, Gujarat Governor OP Kohli said Saturday that research in traditional wisdom could help in addressing the issue of “malnutrition” in the country where 50 percent of the population is suffering from some form of protein, calorie or micro-nutrient deficiency. “The biggest challenge before our traditional wisdom is that the good aspects are not being marketed properly — I am not saying this in connection with nutrition alone. As a result people are gladly embracing all the rubbish connected to modern day civilization, that are being fiercely
marketed and they are not ready to accept the good points connected to our traditional wisdom,” said Kohli while delivering a keynote address at a conference on “Nutritional Challenges – a CSR perspective” organised by CII. The Gujarat Governor also gave examples about the advantages of consuming pumpkin and “sattu” (flour consist-
ing of grounded cereals and pulses). “People in Gujarat do not consume Pumpkin which has ample amount of vitamin B12…” he said adding that people needed to be made aware of the benefits of having pumpkin or a drink made from “sattu”. “The society that does not respect and believe in the traditional knowledge it has, will
Gujarat Unveils Sardar Patel’s 30-Feet Statue
end up losing a priceless asset,” Kohli said adding that while accepting modernity one must not ignore or look down up traditional knowledge. The Governor also called for research into traditional wisdom with regard to nutritious food. Giving various solutions to address malnutrition in Gujarat and other parts of the country, Kohli said, “Outside the formal education set up, our country also has a huge channel of non-formal education where religious discourses take place, where saints organise ‘kathas.’ People attending these religious gatherings are more than those who gather to listen to political leaders.
Correspondent | Vadodara
An accused in the Sabarmati Express train burning case, absconding since 2002, has been arrested by the Godhra Local Crime Branch (LCB). Acting on a tipoff, the crime branch sleuths arrested Farooq Hafiz Dantiya from his house in Godhra on Thursday night. Dantiya’s arrest came months after three other accused, who evaded police for 13 years, were arrested from Godhra and Jhabua in Madhya Pradesh. According to police, Dantiya was living in Godhra for all these years, but frequently changed his appearance and avoided
Pakistan abducts 18 Indian fishermen along with three boats off Gujarat coast
Sunvilla News | Gandhinagar
Touted to be the tallest so far in the state, a 30 feet statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was unveiled by Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel in capital Gandhinagar on Saturday to mark the 140th birth anniversary of the Indian freedom movement icon. The statue is a scaled down replica of the proposed 182-feet ‘Statue of Unity’ to come up near Sardar Sarovar Dam in South Gujarat. The 30feet statue of Sardar Patel has been built at an estimated cost of Rs. 80 crores and is part of the Statue of Unity project initiated by the then Chief Minister and now Prime Minister Narendra Modi five years ago. Work on the 182 feet-statue of Sardar Patel has already commenced and is expected to be completed in the next few years. But before that the state government decided to install a small replica of the statue opposite the state
Correspondent | Rajkot
assembly. The unveiling of the statue comes at a time when the state government is grappling with an agitation by the Patel community. The seemingly affluent community spearhead by 22-year-old Hardik Patel has been demanding reservations in government jobs and
2 NCC cadets killed, 49 injured in Gujarat road mishap Correspondent | Vadodara
Two NCC cadets were killed and 49 injured after the vehicle they were traveling in met with an accident near Pavi Jetpur in Chhota Udepur district Friday. Police said the cadets were returning from a Swachh Bharat Abhiyan event organised by the MC Rathwa college, when the accident occurred. According to the Chhota Udepur police, the 51 cadets were students of the college, which is inci-
dentally run by Congress MLA Mohansinh Rathwa. “The cadets were participating in the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan organised by the college. They were returning from the college when the driver lost control at a turn,” Chhota Udepur SP Jaipalsinh Rathod said. The deceased have been identified as Roopsinh Rathwa and Anshsinh Rathwa. “The cadets were participating in the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan organised by the college.”
academic institutions. Hardik is currently in police custody after he was arrested under sedition charges earlier this month. The chief minister avoided any direct reference to the Patel agitation but called upon Gujaratis to work for development of the state.
In yet another incident of fishermen’s abduction from Pakistan Marine Security Agency (PMSA), 18 fishermen along with their three boats were abducted by PMSA from International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) off Jakhau coast on Saturday morning. Manish Lodhari, secretary of National Fishworkers’ Forum (NFF), told TOI that the incident occurred on Saturday early morning when fishermen were fishing off Jakhau coast along Kutch’s coastal area when PMSA abducted them along with their three boats. “All the three boats and its fishermen are from Porbnadar town. This is the third incident of fishermens’ abduction in this month,” Lodhari added. Earlier, on October 15, 27 fish-
ermen along with their four boats were abducted by PMSA off Jakhau coast. On October 2, 72 fishermen along with 12 boats were abducted off Jakhau while they were fishing in IMBL. In fact, PMSA had opened firing on fishermen in both the incident before they abducted the fishermen. One fisherman was killed in the firing as well. “Total of 117 fishermen along with their 19 boats were abducted by PMSA in this month alone. There are total of 317 Gujarat fishermen languishing in jails in Pakistan. Pakistan is yet to release 850 boats which were seized by PMSA in last two decades. Last year, Pakistan had released 57 boats as a goodwill gesture. Pakistan has not released any boat which were captured after October 2003” Manish Lodhari added.
Pick honest people as public prosecutors, says high court
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Gujarat high court on Friday has called for selection of upright people as public prosecutors because their integrity determines the credibility of criminal justice system, which further shapes the image of the judiciary. The court further said that judiciary is an identity of the nation and Indian judiciary has been the keeper of the nation’s conscience and
there must not be any attempt to lower its status. Justice J B Pardiwala said so while quashing advocate Raghuvir Pandya’s appointment as government pleader of Vadodara district court. Three petitioners questioned his appointment citing it as political one because Pandya was
close to the ruling party. The HC cancelled Pandya’s appointment on petitioner’s argument that the Supreme Court had held him unfit for the job for his mishandling the controversial 2002 Best Bakery case, in which court acquitted the accused. The SC ordered re-trial and the accused were convicted ultimately. The apex court criticized Pandya’s performance as prosecutor as that of a defence counsel.
any confrontation. He was reported absconding after his name figured in an FIR and a chargesheet prepared by the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team in connection with the “conspiracy” to burn down coach number S-6
of the Sabarmati Express on February 27, 2002. The death of 59 people, mostly kar sevaks returning from Ayodhya, in the incident had triggered communal riots in Gujarat. “Dantiya was arrested from his house located behind Ishaq Mosque
at Signal Falia locality, after we received a tipoff. He was absconding for 13 years after his name figured in the FIR. He was handed over to the SIT in Gandhinagar, which is investigating the 2002 case,” said a senior police officer. Dantiya’s arrest came three months after accused Abdul Gani Pataliya and Kasam Ibrahim Bharmri were held in Godhra, and Hussain Sulaiman Mohan was nabbed from Jhabua in Madhya Pradesh. Sources in the SIT said that 12 more accused in the case were still absconding.
the same order, the apex court made adverse remarks against Pandya, who was in-charge of the trial, for the manner in which he conducted it. “The public prosecutor appears to have acted more as a defence counsel than one whose duty was to present the truth before the court… This unusual conduct by the prosecutor should have been seriously taken note of by the trial court and
also by the high court…” were among some of the remarks the apex court made. According to petitioners, despite such scathing remarks, Pandya was appointed public prosecutor twice between March 2005 and March 2008, and again in May 2015 for two years. The petitions were filed by Vadodara-based activists and they alleged that “his appointment was political”.
a new court challenge to quash charges that he was plotting to overthrow the state. At stake in the unconventional class struggle is access to millions of government jobs and free college places allocated to lower castes under the “reservation system” of affirmative action to counter ingrained discrimination. Up to 50 per cent of such positions are ring-fenced for Dalits (previously known as the “untouchables”), tribal peoples and social groupings designated together as
“other backward classes” (OBCs), whose ranks include Mr Modi, a tea-seller’s son. By contrast, the Patels – the family name of the Patider caste – are traditional landowners who over the years gained important roles in politics and commerce in Gujarat, a major trading hub. They are also one of the country’s best-known castes internationally, with a major diaspora across North America and Britain where their numbers include Priti Patel, MP, the environment minister.
HC rejects selection of counsel who argued Best Bakery case Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
The Gujarat High Court on Friday quashed the appointment of Raghuvir Pandya as Vadodara district government pleader after three petitions sought his removal citing the Supreme Court’s adverse remarks against him in the 2002 Best Bakery case. The judgment also set a precedent for appointment of public prosecutors in the state. Pandya was public prosecutor in the 2002 case, involving an incident in which 14 people were burnt alive in the post-Godhra riots. The trial court had acquitted all 21 accused, an order which was upheld by the Gujarat High Court. Later, the Supreme Court ordered a fresh trial in 2004 and transferred the case to Mumbai. In
The Patels of Gujarat campaign for downward mobility Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
In the reverse of the usual desire for upward mobility in life, young people from a populous Indian caste long regarded as prosperous and privileged have been staging violent protests as they clamour for a downgrade to “backward” status. The agitation by the Patels has so shaken the government in Gujarat – the home that they share with Narendra Modi, the prime minister - that the authorities been rounding up key organisers. Among those detained and charged with serious offences, including in some cases the colonial-era crime of sedition, was Varun Patel, a protest leader, just hours before he due to give an interview to The Telegraph. And the movement’s firebrand champion Hardik Patel, a 22-year-old farmer’s son already in jail, lost
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