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News Brief US dollar ends cheaper against rupee Agency | Mumbai
The US dollar ended cheaper against the rupee at 66.67/68 per dollar and the pound sterling finished lower at Rs 100.07/09 per pound at the close of the Interbank Foreign Exchange market today. Following are the Interbank Forex and RBI rates: (In Rs Per Unit) Unit Interbank RBI Reference US Dollar 66.67/68 US Dollar Rs. 66.8148 Pound Sterling 100.07/09 Euro Rs. 70.6834 Euro 70.48/50 Japanese Yen(100) 54.
Punjab government notifies Irrigation Advisory Committee Agency | Chandigarh
Punjab government today said it has notified the reconstituted Irrigation Advisory Committee which will advise in framing and executing policies of irrigation department for the year 2015-16. Irrigation Minister Sharanjit Singh Dhillon will be the Chairman of the Committee, an official spokesperson said. The committee would have four official members including the Chief Parliamentary Secretary of Irrigation, the Chief Secretary of Punjab, Secretary, Irrigation and the Head of Irrigation department, the spokesperson said.
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Prior to the November 16 hike, petrol price had been slashed on four occasions
Petrol, diesel cheaper by 58 & 25 paise Petrol will cost Rs 61.21 per litre from mid-night tonight in Gujarat as against Rs 61.79 a litre currently Agency | New Delhi The price of petrol was Monday cut by 58 paise per litre and that of diesel by 25 paise, reversing the trend of increasing rates, on global cues. Petrol will cost Rs 60.48 per litre from mid-night tonight in Delhi as against Rs 60.70 a litre currently. A litre of diesel will cost Rs 46.55 from tomorrow compared with the Rs 46.80 now, said Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), the nation’s biggest fuel retailer. The price cut more than reverses the hike of 36
paise a litre in petrol rates effected on November 16, the first increase in five months. Similarly, in the case of diesel, it reverses the three rounds of hikes since October — the last being 87 paise a litre on November 16. “The current level of international product prices of petrol and diesel and rupee-dollar exchange rate warrants a decrease in prices, the impact of which is being passed on to consumers with this price revision,” IOC said in a statement here. Prior to the November 16 hike,
petrol price had been slashed on four occasions — by Rs 2.43 on August 1, Rs 1.27 on August 16, Rs 2 on September 1 and 50 paise on November 1. Diesel rates were not changed on November 1, but hiked by 95 paise on October 16 and 50 paise on October 1. Rates of diesel were last cut by 50 paise on September 1. State-owned fuel retailers — IOC, Bharat Petroleum Corp (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corp (HPCL) — revise petrol and diesel prices on 1st and 16th of every
Espionage racket: Arrested BSF personnel sent to police custody for 7 days Agency | New Delhi
BSF head constable Abdul Rasheed, arrested for allegedly spying for Pakistan’s ISI, on Monday was remanded in police custody till December 7 by a Delhi court even as investigators said they have to track the money trail and identify his possible accomplices in the force. “Is there any involvement of any senior officers?,” Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sanjay Khanagwal asked crime branch of Delhi Police during the hearing. The police said,
“Not yet. We are doing the probe. He (Rasheed) is required to be interrogated for ascertaining the money trail as well and the payments made to him for supply of documents.” Seeking seven days remand of Rasheed, the police told the court that he was posted as a head constable at the BSF head
quarters, intelligence wing at Jammu, and had access to secret documents which he was allegedly supplying to his associates. “Rasheed was working at the intelligence unit of BSF head quarters at Jammu where each and every document was secret in nature and he was supplying the documents to his associates,” the police said. It alleged that he was involved in spying activities and several incriminating documents have been recovered from his house during the probe.
Will fulfil responsibilities on climate: Modi tells Obama in Paris Agency | Paris
month based on average imported cost and rupee-dollar exchange rate in the previous fortnight. “The movement of prices in the international oil market and INR-USD
exchange rate shall continue to be monitored closely and developing trends of the market will be reflected in future price changes,” the IOC statement added.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India will fulfil its responsibilities regarding climate change as he met US President Barack Obama on the sidelines of a UN summit in Paris on Monday. Obama said India had to be able to grow and fight poverty, while Modi pledged to ensure development would be coupled with environmen-
tal protection. Modi said protecting the planet and nature was a priority for India. “India will fulfil expectations from it and its responsibilities...the country is working to take forward development and (protecting) environment together,” Modi said at a joint press event with Obama. The Prime Minister also mentioned India’s ambitious target of producing 175 GW of renewable energy.
curred on a day the Delhi Janlokpal Bill 2015 was introduced in the House. Before his eviction, Gupta accused the Speaker of being partial towards AAP
alleging that the three BJP legislators were abused and assaulted by AAP members. “But no action has been taken against them,” he claimed. He said Goel’s action was unwarranted as the House had important business lined up for the day, including the tabling of the Janlokpal Bill. BJP member Jagdish Pradhan also walked out of the House following Gupta’s eviction.
BJP MLA Vijender Gupta marshalled out of Delhi Assembly amid uproar Agency | New Delhi
BJP MLA Vijender Gupta was on Monday marshalled out of the Delhi assembly which saw continued uproar over his party legislator O P Sharma’s alleged derogatory remarks against ruling AAP MLA Alka Lamba. Speaker Ram Niwas Goel initially asked Gupta to leave the House till 4pm after he entered into a war of words with AAP’s women MLAs over the week-old issue. When he refused to budge, marshals were called in who took Gupta out forcibly. The BJP MLA resisted
Intolerance debate: Govt says there’s absolute tolerance in India
attempts by the marshals to remove him and tried to hold on the bench but the staff jostled with him and evicted him from the House. The incident oc-
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Senior ETV Gujarati reporter Atul Dayani was killed in a car accident Groundnut oil yesterday night. Atul was rises on sustained on way to Ahmedabad demand Naidu said on Monday. after completing election Agency | New Delhi “Different writers have day reporting in Kutch Agency | Mumbai The Lok Sabha is set to different opinions, Things district. There were two Groundnut oil gained see an action-packed day used to happen earlier other persons in car – a further at the Vashi oils on Monday as the lower also. During the emer- driver and camera person and oilseeds wholesale House of Parliament takes gency, constitutional and Sagar who are safe. It is market here today on up the raging debate over fundamental rights were learnt that as the driver sustained demand from snowballing intolerance crippled, these people started inquiring about stockists and retailers. in the country that has (writers) were silent then the route for Ahmedabad However, refined pal- given the Opposition amand violent now.” During repeatedly, Atul took the molein eased owing to munition to aggressively ident Sonia Gandhi and tax reform initiative. On the opening day of the hold of steering and startlower retail offtake. In take on the government. former PM Manmohan Sunday, parliamentary winter session, finance ed driving the car himthe non-edible segment, Prime Minister Narendra Singh at his residence, affairs minister M Ven- minister Arun Jaitley had self during night. About castorseed bold and cas- Modi will not be present setting aside a history of kaiah Naidu said the gov- also referred to the Emer- 80 km from Ahmedabad tor oil commercial prices during the discussion on mutual bitterness amid ernment was ready for a gency imposed by then on Malvan-Viramgam slipped due to poor de- “the situation arising out signs that the govern- debate on intolerance if prime minister Indira stretch, the car accident mand from shippers and of incidents of intolerance ment is reaching out to the Opposition allowed Gandhi to attack the Con- occurred when car fell ed and even prohibited other media houses. His soap industries. In the in the country” in the Lok the Opposition to avoid the House to function gress. The debate is be- in depth next to one side by media organizations core interest was crime edible segment, ground- Sabha as he is attending a repeat of the monsoon but defended the govern- ing seen as a conciliatory of the highway. A team for safety of staff unless beat, but for last some nut oil went up by Rs 20 an international climate session washout. Much ment’s record, indicating move by the government of colleague journalists in extra ordinary circum- time in his late 30s he was per 10 kg to Rs 940 from conference in Paris but is at stake in the month- the debate was likely to that has in the past, dog- rushed to the spot from stances. Atul, a science also into political reportSaturday’s closing level will be back when the long winter session as the be stormy. “Nothing has gedly refused to comment Ahmedabad as soon as graduate who entered ing. He is survived by his of Rs 920, while, refined Rajya Sabha takes it up government has lined up gone wrong during Na- on the issue, pointing the they heard about this bad journalism in late 1990s wife and two daughters. pamolein moved down on Tuesday. The debate an ambitious list of bills rendra Modi’s regime finger at the Congress for news. There was a feel- with first job in Gujarat His last rites would take by Rs 2 per 10 kg to Rs comes two days after led by the goods and ser- as PM, there is absolute trying to stoke discontent ing that night driving on Samachar also worked place at his native place Modi met Congress pres- vices tax bill, a landmark tolerance in the country,” against the NDA. highways must be avoid- for TV9, Sandesh and in Lathi. 458 from Rs 460. 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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Ahead of the summit, India has been again targeted as a spoiler
The 21st Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), COP 21, convenes in Paris, and a large number of heads of state/ government, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, are expected to attend. There is hope that this latest climate summit will avoid the failure and frustration of the earlier summit in Copenhagen, in 2009. The assembled world leaders ought to be able to applaud a successful outcome on December 11, the last day of the conference, barring unforeseen deadlock on some pending issues. There is consensus that the agreed outcome will incorporate the voluntary pledges of climate change action already made by the parties in the form of intended nationally determined contributions (INDCs), which will then be subject to periodic international review, but with no penalties for non-achievement. Setting the bar so low means a least common denominator result that all can live with. It is another matter that, taken together, the pledges do not, at all, add up to the scale and urgency of the threat posed by global climate change. But there are pending issues that could derail the summit. There are also new elements being put on the table, which could complicate matters. There is the question of the legal character of the outcome. Since the pledges are voluntary and not subject to international compliance procedures, the simplest and most obvious way out would be to adopt the outcome as a COP decision under the UNFCCC. Or, one could have an outcome that is legally binding, but not the pledges themselves or the review. The legal commitment would be for parties to submit pledges and subject them to review at designated and periodic intervals. The outcome would thus constitute a legal template for future actions on climate change. Alternatively, there could be a legally binding outcome in which the pledges themselves become legally binding as well, and subjected to strict international compliance. However, this is unlikely to command consensus, since it would mean overturning the voluntary nature of the pledge and review system. If a legally binding outcome is being contemplated, developing countries like India must be very careful in assessing its implications for the existing UNFCCC. If a new treaty is being envisaged, will it supplant or supercede the UNFCCC? Will the new legal template invalidate the principles and provisions of the UNFCCC, in particular, the principle of differentiation between developed and developing countries? Will the template continue to accord equal priority to adaptation, as to mitigation?
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QUOTE “Climate change is a major global challenge. But it is not of our OF THE making, We must create a balance between economy and ecology,” - Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that India wants the world to work DAY with urgency to agree on a comprehensive, equitable and durable agreement at the Paris’s summit
I want to venture into production: Deepika Agency | Mumbai
Unperturbed by box office profits and losses, actress Deepika Padukone says she wants to venture into film production in the near future because she likes to organise things. The 29-year-old star, whose latest on-screen outing Tamasha opposite Ranbir Kapoor is doing good at the box office, said her motive of trying her luck in production is not to mint money. “I want to venture into production and be a producer or line producer some day because I feel I have that kind of personality. I like to organise, put things together and make things happen. I don’t want to be a producer because I want to make money,” Deepika said. The actress said though she still does not have much understanding of the technical aspect of filmmaking but by becoming a producer she wants to bring out films, which audience can enjoy. “I just don’t want to get involved in any kind of business in context of cinema. Profit, loss, box office none of
that,” she added. Deepika also revealed she would loved to have produced Piku, Love Aajkal, Cocktail and Tamasha, if she was given the chance “because these films are very close to my heart and
they are special” for her. Bajirao Mastaani along Anushka Sharma, Shilpa with Ranveer Singh and Shetty Kundra, Dia Mirza Priyanka Chopra. and Lara Dutta are some of the actresses that have turned into producers. Padukone will next be Agency | New Delhi seen in Sanjay Bhansali’s
People only talk about Krishna’s topless pictures, wonders Jackie Shroff
2008 slapping case: Supreme Court orders Govinda to apologise to victim Agency | New Delhi
On Monday, the Supreme Court ordered Bollywood actor Govinda to apologise to an individual he allegedly slapped in 2008. The victim, Santosh Rai, had earlier moved the apex court alleging that the actor had humiliated him in public. The incident reportedly took
Money hai toh honey hai. The Bombay High Court had quashed Rai’s case in 2013, saying that he had filed a case a year after the incident. Rai has claimed to have spent close to Rs 5-6 lakhs on the case, saying that he is more deterplace at the Filmistan Stu- mined to fight the case, as dio while Govinda was the actor has not called shooting for the movie him nor apologised.
Bigg Boss: When Kriti Sanon played Aishwarya Rai’s part to romance Salman Agency | Mumbai
Agency | Kolkata Big B, who calls his fans his “extended family”, was overwhelmed when a group of his admirers from Egypt flew down to meet him in person. “The Egyptian Twitter group with 11 members is here with me in celebration for so many dates and expressions... And they have inundat-
ed me with gifts... The system of family worked really well... They are more than family now.” Meanwhile, the Piku star is busy shooting Ribhu Dasgupta’s Te3N. He even shot on a scooter. He posted: “TE3N a novel idea and a novel film... riding in Kolkata... cycle PIKU... motor cycle TE3N”.
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Kriti Sanon got a chance to romance superstar Salman Khan while she was on the sets of ‘Bigg Boss’ along with co-star Varun Dhawan to promote her film ‘Dilwale’. The Bollywood beauty expressed her desire to enact a scene from ‘Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam’ and Salman readily agreed. Kriti played Aishwarya Rai’s part Nandini in the scene, Varun played the Jhoomar and Salman essayed his character – Sameer. The scene was indeed an intense once. Kriti got an opportunity to romance Dabangg Khan and was thrilled to dance with him. The young girl lived one of
her dreams in the sets of the show where she promoted her upcoming film ‘Dilwale’ which stars Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol besides Varun. Shah Rukh Khan’s upcoming movie ‘Dilwale’s young brigade Varun Dhawan and Kriti Sanon were seen with Salman Khan on his real-
ity TV show ‘Bigg Boss 9’ on Sunday (November 29). Varun had earlier confirmed that Shah Rukh Khan would also be appearing on ‘Bigg Boss’, but it would not be with them, because when SRK and Salman appear onscreen together, fans would not like to see anything else.
Bollywood actor Jackie Shroff on Sunday spoke about his daughter becoming a social media star rather quickly after she posted some topless pictures on Instagram. Calling her “cool”, Jackie said his daughter, Krishna, is also training young basketball players at a school, but people do not talk about it. “She is teaching basket ball to girls, she is a coach right now. That’s what she has been doing now and before she was teaching kindergarten kids. She is cool. She has a friend who is a photographer and they keep experimenting with different photographs. And people go ballistic. But they don’t write about how she is training little girls to play basketball,” he said. Jackie says he does not give his son Tiger any suggestions on his career as he feels the young star is doing pretty well by himself and he does not want to impose himself on him. The 58-year-old “Brothers” actor says he has raised Tiger well and knows that he is a very disciplined person, who will always take the right decisions in life. “My input in his career is not there. I have raised him well. I don’t tell him
about his career. I never told him about his studies in school. I know he is a balanced boy. He is a disciplined sportsperson. It is more than enough for me. I don’t like to impose myself on him,” Jackie
told PTI on the sidelines of IFFI. Tiger made his acting debut opposite Kriti Sanon in Sajid Nadiadwala’s production Heropanti last year. He will next star in Baaghi and A Flying Jatt.
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Agency | New Delhi Jewellery firm Rajesh Exports on Monday said it has bagged an export order worth Rs 1,122 crore for gold and diamond studded jewellery and medallions from the UAE. The order is to be completed by March 31 next year and it will be executed at the company’s manufacturing facility at Bengaluru. “Rajesh Exports has bagged an export order worth Rs 1,122 crore of designer range of gold and diamond studded jewellery and medallions from the UAE,” the company said in a BSE filing. Last month, the firm had won an export order worth Rs 1,360 crore from the UAE for gold and diamond studded jewellery. In July, Rajesh Exports had acquired Switzerland-based gold refinery Valcambi for USD 400 million in an all-cash deal to tap European and North American markets.
Vodafone moves Delhi HC against TRAI’s interconnect regulations
Agency | Mumbai Vodafone and its group companies moved the Delhi High Court challenging TRAI’s Telecommunication Interconnect Usage Charges Regulations, 2015. The regulations have fixed termination charges for wire-line to wireless as zero paise and wireless to wireless to Rs 0.14 per minute. Interconnection Usage Charges (IUC) or termination charges are payable by one telco, whose subscriber makes a call, to another whose subscriber receives the call. The charge is payable by the first for using the second’s network. A bench, comprising Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, declined to give any interim relief to the telecom major saying Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has to be heard and also because the regulations came in February, 2015. The bench asked TRAI to file its reply in four weeks and posted the matter for further hearing on January 19, 2016.
Tata unveils hatchback Zica; to hit market in January 2016
Only 19 minutes post lunch, the India Under 19 team were celebrating. Bangladesh U-19 had presented them with a very friendly victory target of 117 in the tri-series final here at JU’s Salt Lake Campus ground on Sunday. And Sarfaraz Khan chose to reach there in a blaze of glory. Sarfaraz was India’s second highest run-getter at the 2014 U-19 World Cup in the UAE with a tally of 211 in six matches at 70.33. He was only 16 then. Two seasons down the line, and a few controversies and a switch from Mumbai to Uttar Pradesh later, he has reached a stage in his career that demands greater discipline. Sarfaraz is still very young, but with his talent he should be more consistent at all levels. That he could be a game-changer was evident in his 21-ball 45 not out against Rajasthan Royals in the last IPL. It
R Ashwin rises to second spot in ICC Test rankings for bowlers
was an innings that had earned him Royal Challengers Bangalore captain Virat Kohli’s admiration. Even Kevin Pietersen had tweeted, describing the teenager as a “real deal”. Compared to that, the Bangladesh colts were pushovers. Still, Sarfaraz’s stroke-play was breathtaking. He came to
the crease when India had lost Washington Sundar, Rishabh Pant and Amandeep Khare inside 11 deliveries. At 42/3, there was a hint of pressure. Also, Sarfaraz had scored 2, 0 and 12 in the lead-up to the final. But the fearless young lad tore the Bangladesh bowling and his own form book apart.
FIFA presidential election: Prince Ali vows to ‘open the books’ if elected head Agency | New Delhi
FIFA presidential candidate Prince Ali Bin Hussein has said he will make public all financial documents at soccer`s world governing body if he is elected. In an interview with Japan`s Kyodo news agency, the Jordanian royal said he would lift the lid on any previously undisclosed documents, including any payments made to top FIFA officials. “I will open the books completely,” Prince Ali said. “I believe people have a right to know. I think it`s a job that has to be recognised and if you want to have accountability, you need to know what`s there and
of nine for 136 in the inaugural day/night Test, soared 10 places to 10th. Other bowlers to head in the right direction during the Nagpur and Adelaide Tests include Amit Mishra (up two to 31st) who joins Imran Tahir (up by 14 places to 35th) in making career-high gains, while Black Caps bowler Doug Bracewell is one place and a single point further back in 36th after gaining four places.
her eyes on the Indonesia Masters Grand Prix Gold starting December 1. “It was a great win. I am really happy for the victory. My immediate target now is Indonesia,” Sindhu said. “It was a hat-trick of titles at Macau and overall it was a good performance. Mitani is a good player.
I lost to her at the Japan Open but I am happy I could beat her. “I could have finished it off in the second game but I played two smashes into the nets at crucial moments and it was very disappointing. However, in the third game, I took a lead and maintained it,” she added.
powerbrokers, many of whom were onlookers at the venue. “The inaugural day/night test in Adelaide was a huge success, enjoyed by cricket followers across the world,” International Cricket Council Chief Executive David Richardson, who attended the match, said in a statement on Monday. Adelaide tests are traditionally well supported by local fans and interstate visitors, but the total attendance was a record in the city for a non-Ashes fixture. The mark was also a stark contrast to the disappointing turn-outs in the first two tests in Brisbane and Perth. The se-
ries opener at the Gabba drew 52,000 spectators in total while the 47,000 that flocked to day one in Adelaide easily outstripped the 40,000 who trickled through the gates for the entire test at the WACA in Perth. “It would seem that Adelaide is a fantastic place for it, and there are other venues around the country,” he told local radio on Monday.
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therefore you can judge. “Salaries, finances, what have you, that should all be open. Why not? People want it to be open.” Prince Ali is one of five men that have been approved as presidential candidates for next February`s election. He lost out to Sepp Blatter in the last presidential election in May and is running again on a manifesto pledging to re-
store the reputation of the scandal-ridden governing body. “The organization itself, FIFA, it`s not broken. But it is at rock bottom and we can build up definitely,” he said. “But we have to be open, we have to be transparent -and not in words but in deeds. I think that`s what people want and we have to have a new outlook in the way we work.”
a 2-0 lead at the end of World champions Aus- first quarter at the Sardar tralia were shocked 2-5 Vallabh Bhai Patel Staby Great Britain while dium. Dragflicker JereBelgium spanked lowly my Hayward pulled one Canada 7-2 in high-scor- back for Australia in the ing second round Pool A 17th minute by convertmatches of the Hockey ing a penalty corner. Six World League (HWL) minutes later, Great BritFinal, here on Sunday. ain regained their twoThe world no. 4 British goal lead when Ian Sloan side stunned Kookabur- scored from a set piece to ras by striking early when go into the halfway mark Henry Weir and Chris leading 3-1. Two minGrassick (13th) scored utes into the second half, two field goals to race to Great Britain extended
their lead through David Condon’s field strike. Australia, known for their fighting spirit, tried to forge a strong comeback thereafter and in the process scored a field goal through Matt Gohdes’ fierce backhand strike from top of the circle in the 47th minute. Trailing, Australia pressed hard for goals and managed to put pressure on Britain defence but the British backline somehow kept the ball away from the net. To add to Australia’s wounds, Phil Roper (49th) scored another field goal for Great Britain from a counter attack to make the scoreline 5-2. Australia continued to attack but somehow failed to break the resolute Great Britain defence.
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Riding on his stupendous performance in the ongoing home series against South Africa, Indian off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin rose to a career-high second in the ICC Test rankings for bowlers even as AB de Villiers lost his top spot in the batsmen standings. Ashwin claimed 12 for 98 in the third Test in Nagpur to spin his side to a
124-run victory and India could move as high as second place in the ICC Test Championship if they win the fourth Test which starts on Friday. Ashwin’s ascent from the fifth position means that James Anderson and Yasir Shah drop to joint third on 846 points, while Stuart Broad fell to fifth, the ICC said in a statement. Australian pacer Josh Hazlewood, who produced man of the match figures
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Tata Motors on Monday officially unveiled the pictures of its latest hatchback Zica, revealing how the final product would look like. Set to be launched in the market in early January 2016, the company is likely to price the Tata Zica aggresively between Rs 3-4 lakh in order to take on the likes of other entry hatchbacks such as Hyundai i10, Hyundai Eon, Maruti Alto K10, Renault Kwid, etc. Perhaps, one will remember that when Tata Motors signed Argentina and Barcelona star Lionel Messi, glimpses of Zica had been seen in the ad featuring the star. Today, the company unveiled a full picture of the car thus revealing how it will actually look in the final product. “Engineered on a new platform, ZICA comes with innovative & fresh design language, cutting edge driving dynamics, for India’s global citizens”, said the company in a statement. Tata Zica will be available in both petrol as well as a diesel engine option. While the petrol motor will be a 1.2-litre with a power of 85PS and 110Nm, the diesel will be an all-new 1.0-litre that will make 70PS and 140Nm.
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A foot injury early in the year derailed her plans but ace Indian shuttler P V Sindhu is happy to make a successful comeback with a good performance at the Denmark Super Series Premier and a third successive Macau Grand Prix Gold title. The twotime World Championship bronze-medallist finished runners-up at Denmark Open, her maiden Super Series final appearance, and then clinched her first trophy of the season at the Macau Open on Sunday. The 20-year-old from Hyderabad has now set
David Richardson praises the success of day-night debut as new dawn for tests Agency | Adelaide
The carefully choreographed debut of daynight test cricket in Adelaide threw some time-honoured conventions out the window but offered a glimmer of hope for the survival of the game’s oldest format. Players and purists regard tests as the pinnacle of the game, but their enthusiasm for five-day matches has been unmatched in the terraces of most cricket nations for years. So the total attendance of 123,000 fans at Adelaide Oval for a game that lasted less than three days is certain to have struck a chord with the sport’s
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No water, no infrastructure? Villagers say no vote Gujarat local body polls, Phase II: 60 pc vote them not to have faith in us. It is very unfortunate amid sporadic violence, poll boycott calls At least 12 villages in Sauthat these people are not Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
rashtra, south Gujarat and central Gujarat regions witnessed poll boycott on Sunday to protest non-redressal of their various local issues. In Saurashtra alone, five villages decided to boycott the election to taluka and district panchayats. All 619 registered voters in Shakt-Sanala, a village on the outskirts of Morbi town, boycotted the election to protest inclusion of their village in the Municipality area. The village was merged with the Morbi Municipality last year in a delimitation order and it was made part of Ward 11 of the civic body. On the other hand, residents of Mundakidhar
village in Jesar taluka of Bhavnagar district stayed away from the election to protest their separation from Palitana taluka and subsequent inclusion in the newly-created Jesar. No voter in the village of 650 people turned up at the polling booth. Ta-
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luka development officer (TDO) of Jesar rushed to the village and tried to persuade voters, but to no avail. “We have already forwarded a proposal in favour of the residents of Mundakidhar to the state revenue department and there is no reason for
cherishing democracy as a value and instead treating it as a negotiable instrument. They are not setting right precedent for their children,” Banchhanidhi Pani, district election officer. Similarly, residents of Lalavadar and Gadhala villages in Vinchhiya taluka of Rajkot stayed away from the poll process. These two villages were part of undivided Jasdan taluka. But when it was bifurcated to create Vinchhiya taluka in 2013, the two villages were included in the new taluka, and now the residents are demanding the reinclusion of Lalavadar and Gadhala in Jasdan.
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A high turnout of more than 60 per cent was recorded for the second phase of local body polls in Gujarat on Sunday, even as at least 12 villages boycotted the elections protesting non-redressal of their local issues. Stray incidents of violence marred a generally peaceful day of voting. Polling for 31 district panchayats, 230 taluka panchayats and 56 municipalities were held. According to State Election Commission, district panchayats witnessed 65 per cent polling, taluka panchayats 63.98 per cent, and municipalities 62 per cent. The
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President Pranab Mukherjee today inaugurated Amul’s state-ofthe-art feed manufacturing plant in Kapadwanj in Gujarat’s Kheda district. Official sources said President Mukherjee will give away the APJ Abdul Kalam IGNITE Award to children at the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad on Tuesday besides interacting with the faculty and students. Visiting Gujarat for the
first the first time after assuming office in 2012, the president will address the 62nd convocation of the Gujarat Vidyapith and visit Sabarmati Ashram to inaugurate its Archive and Research Centre in Ahmedabad on Tuesday. The president will take a tour of the Samanth temple and the Dwarkadheesh temple before throwing open a beach festival in the Union Territory of Diu adjacent to Gujarat on Wednesday.
The Gujarat government has assured to support the plan of the renowned ‘Kaka-Ba and Kala-Budh Public Charitable Trust’ to set up a medical college in Bharuch district, a senior official said today. A delegation of the Kaka-Ba and Kala-Budh Public Charitable Trust recently met Additional Chief Secretary of the state health department, Anil Mukim, and sought the government’s nod for the proposed college, which is planned at the Kaka-Ba hospital campus, on Hansot-Ankleshwar road near Utraj village, about 140 km from here. “The government will support and provide necessary help to the Trust in establishing
Gujarat local elections 2015 Patels vs BJP: Caste returns to vote
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
In Viramgam, father of jailed Patidar quota stir leader Hardik Patel, Bharatbhai, was a busy man on Sunday when elections to district and taluka panchayats were held across the state. Bharatbhai, his wife Ushaben and daughter, Monica, cast their votes and returned home where members of the Patidar (Patel) community kept visiting them the whole day. Besides chatting with guests, Bharatbhai also attended to the continuous phone calls through which he was getting updates from across the state on how Patidars had voted. “The results (of the civic polls) on December 2 will teach the BJP a lesson about the place of Patidars in the state’s politics,” Bharatbhai said. “It will give an idea of Patidars’
anger over lodging of false complaints against 25,000 youths. It’s not only Patidars but government employees and other communities too who are not happy with the BJP,” he said. Most top leaders of the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) are currently behind bars. Hence, other PAAS leaders exhorted members of their community to come out and vote in large numbers. However, the confusion about whether to support the Congress or back the strongest candidate against the ruling
party remained till the last day. In north Gujarat -especially in Visnagar town where violence first broke out during the quota stir -Patidar turnout was huge. Many voters were vocal about defeating the ruling party. Eighty five year-old Kankuben Patel said: “It is necessary to vote to defeat the BJP. “However, many held a dif ferent view. MI Patel, retired principal of MN College, Visnagar, said, “If Patidars feel they can beat the BJP single-handedly, they are wrong. This is not possible.”
results of the local body elections will be declared on December 2. Elections to six municipal corporations in the state were held last Sunday. Instances of Congress and BJP workers clashing were reported from south and central Gujarat and Saurashtra. Complaints of abduction of a Congress candidate and booth capturing were also report-
ed. Jhalod police booked former BJP MP Babubhai Katara from Dahod and his two sons for allegedly abducting a Congress district panchayat candidate, Bharat Damor, in the morning. According to the FIR, Katara, his two sons Bhavesh and Amit, and their three accomplices drove to the house of Damor in Hadmatkunta village and ab-
ducted him and his associate at gunpoint. Police said investigation was on. While Katara denied the allegations, Damor was “missing”. The elections are being conducted in the wake of the Patidar reservation stir. Chief Minister Anandiben Patel led campaigning for the party and conducted 51 poll programmes in 15 days.
to verify whether they fall into explosives category, the officer said. Both the dancers were left after interrogation. A case under section 285
(negligent conduct with respect to fire or combustible matter) of IPC has been registered and investigations are underway, police said.
BJP and victory of the Congress. Polling to 31 district panchayats, 230 taluka panchayats and 56 municipalities was conducted today from 8 AM to 5 PM. Counting of votes will be done on December 2. As per the primary report from the State Election Commission, more than 35 per cent voters have already exercised their franchise till 3 PM across Gujarat.
Among the prominent personalities, who have cast their votes, include state Health Minister Nitin Patel, Minister of State for Home Rajni Patel, Gujarat Congress president Bharatsinh Solanki and many other leaders from both the parties. After casting his vote in Kadi town of Mehsana, Nitin Patel also expressed confidence of winning polls.
Fire-crackers found in luggage, youth held at Vadodara airport Correspondent | Vadodara
a new medical college at its campus,” Mukim said over phone. “The government hopes to set up at least 10 new medical colleges in the next three-four years, thereby adding 1,500 MBBS seats to the state’s current pool of about 3,000 seats,” he said. The state currently has six government medical colleges with 1,080 MBBS seats and 12 self-financed medical colleges with around
1,700 seats. Three hundred seats are being added in the medical colleges in the state every year, he added. “The (medical) college would be set up on Public-Private Partnership (PPP) basis. At present, there is no medical college in the tribal-dominated Bharuch district, located in south Gujarat,” Dr Bharat Champaneria, Superintendent of the Kaka-Ba hospital, which is run by the Trust, said.
22-year-old from Gujarat commits suicide in Andheri Metro toilet
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
A 22-year-old man committed suicide inside a toilet at the Andheri Metro station. The deceased is said to have come to Mumbai from Gujarat on Thursday after sparring with his family back home. According to police officials, the man has been identified as Paresh Parmar, a resident of Ankleshwar, Gujarat. A police officer from Andheri police station said, “Parmar lost his father when he was a child. He was living with his mother, brother and sister-in-law. After completing his Std X, he started driving an auto-rickshaw. He used to have a lot of fights with his family, mainly with his sister-in-law.” After another heated argument with his sister-in-law, Parmar left his home and came to Mumbai. On Saturday night he went into the toilet at the Andheri Metro station and hanged
A 21-year-old youth was arrested after fire-crackers were found in his luggage at the city airport today, police said. R Sharma, an event manager from Delhi, was held after fire-crackers were found in his luggage during scanning at the airport, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Leena Patil said. He was going to the national capital with two women dancers after the trio had come for a wedding party in Surat. However, inadvertently he kept the fire-crackers in his luggage, she said. The seized fire-crackers will be sent to laboratory
Gujarat local body polls: Congress hopeful of winning, says Ahmed Patel Correspondent | Bharuch
himself with a short rope, from a water pipe in the ceiling. A police officer said, “A cleaner found his body when he went to the washroom. He informed us about it. We found a suicide note blaming his family members for the suicide. His body was taken to the Cooper Hospital for a post mortem and we have registered an Accidental Death Report (ADR) in the matter. It is a clear case of suicide.” Parmar also mentioned in the note that he loved his family. He was ending his life also because he was unable to get a proper job. The officer added, “We have tracked his family and they are in Mumbai. Their statements are very important. We may even arrest them for abetment of suicide. Further investigations are on.”
Overwhelmed by the high voter turnout till noon across Gujarat for the second phase of local body elections, senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel expressed confidence of winning the polls and termed the trend as a “wave for change”. Patel today exercised his franchise at a booth in his ancestral village of Piraman in Bharuch district today. “This enthusiasm among people, who are coming out in huge numbers, to cast their votes, indicates a wave of change. Attempts were made (by BJP) to replicate the ‘Gujarat Model’ across India. But, people will eventually realize that they have been cheated and misguided by such claims of development,” Patel said. The leader said he can envisage the defeat of
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