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News Brief Mamata thanks people as TMC turns 18 Agency | Kolkata
West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, who completed one year on Twitter, congratulated the people of Bengal on her party turning 18years-old today. “Today I complete my first year on Twitter. Enjoying digital journey with you all on Twitter and Facebook. Stay happy and healthy in 2016. Happy New Year,” Banerjee said in a statement. “On 1st January 1998 the people of Bengal started Trinamool meaning grassroots. Today we are 18 always with the people, for the people, by the people,” Banerjee said.
We do not get any grant from government: IOA Agency | New Delhi
Terming the government’s claim of allocating grants to IOA as “misleading”, the top sports body has asked the Sports Ministry to stop the practice as the money was only meant for meeting the expenses of the athletes during the multi-sporting events. The Sports Ministry does not normally give grants to the IOA but it bears the expenditure incurred on items like air passage, accommodation, ceremonial kit and playing kit for participation of Indian contingent in Olympics, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games.
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“Odd-even scheme”
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Delhi has shown the way: AAP govt Agency | New Delhi
Delhi government on Friday thanked the people of the city for making “successful” the implementation of the ambitious odd-even scheme on the first day with chief minister Arvind Kejriwal saying he was “overwhelmed” by the response of Delhiites. “We thank people of Delhi for making the scheme a success on the first day. The same Delhi, which was called selfish, has shown the way. We thank all people for choosing their children’s health,” Delhi’s transport minister Gopal Rai said. He even said people have responded to environment-friendly drive the same way they came out to the streets during the
anti-corruption movement three years ago. “That time people of Delhi wanted a corruption-free city. Now they want a pollution-free city,” Rai told a press conference with PWD minister Satyendar Jain. “It has become a movement and we are truly overwhelmed by the response we have received so far. Delhi will show way to the rest of the country,” Kejriwal said. Jain, the nodal minister to deal with issues relating to environment, said a political party which ruled Delhi in the past only talked about the odd-even scheme but did not have the guts to implement it. “No political party had guts to implement the oddeven policy. This is the first government
Plot thickens for Nihalani; Shyam Benegal panel to revamp censor board Agency | New Delhi
The Centre said on Friday it has a constituted a committee headed by noted film-maker Shyam Benegal to look into a revamp of the censor board, which has been mired in controversy since Pahlaj Nihalani took charge as its chief last year. Under Nihalani’s tenure, the board earned criticism for its periodic ‘guidelines’ of what is considered out of joint with Indian culture. “A whole lot of Indian films have enriched the cultural milieu of the country besides making astonishing advances in technical aspects of film-making. Keeping this in view…
Odd-even rule: The measure to control vehicular pollution has stared being enforced in Delhi by the AAP government
(AAP) which has taken this step to clear Delhi’s polluted air for our children,” Jain said. The transport minister urged the Centre and the BJP to extend their support to the drastic measure, saying the drive has become a “mass movement” and they should cooperate with it. “This is not a fight between AAP
and BJP or between Delhi and central government. This fight is against pollution and I appeal to BJP and Congress to come out and support this drive and make it a great success,” he said. Rai, who criss-crossed areas across Delhi to take stock of the scheme’s implementation, also “wholeheartedly”
thanked Delhi Police for ensuring implementing the scheme with total commitment. “I would also like to thank Delhi Police, Enforcement wing of the Transport department, sub divisional magistrates and civil defence volunteers for making the odd-even scheme a success.
Why it is important to hoist the State and Union flags in Jammu and Kashmir Agency | Jammu
a committee headed by Shri Shyam Benegal has been constituted to suggest the paradigm for ensuring such a milieu,” a statement released by the government said. Nihalani’s most recent victim was the new James Bond film, Spectre, whose snip of the kissing scenes he passed without watching the film. Fellow members of the Central Board
of Film Certification have charged him with running it as his “personal fiefdom”. “The recommendations of this committee are expected to provide a holistic framework and enable those tasked with the work of certification of films to discharge their responsibilities keeping in view this framework,” the government said.
A division bench of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Friday stayed the order of its single Bench, which had directed the state government to hoist the State flag at par with the National Flag on government buildings and official vehicles. The order came on a special leave petition filed by the BJP legislative council member from Kashmir valley and former top
New Year’s eve skyscraper fire in Dubai burns on into 2016
counter insurgent and national secretary of BJP, Farooq Ahmad Khan, who had challenged the single bench order in the Jammu wing of the J&K high Court. The order was passed after the Jammu and Kashmir deputy Chief minister Nirmal Singh virtually challenged the single bench decision of Justice Hasnain Masoodi,
who passed the judgment one day before his retirement. Justice Masoodi said in his order, “The State flag has the same sanctity and position as the Union flag has under the Indian Constitution and other statutory provisions. Therefore, this sanctity and position has to be maintained at all costs.” “It connects the past with the present and future. (The) Flag while reminding us of struggle made by the people and their sacri-
fices also makes us aware of our aspirations,” the 27 December judgment read. When asked to comment on the stay ordered by a two-judge bench on hoisting of the State flag alongside National flag on constitutional buildings, senior BJP leader from Jammu and Kashmir and Minister of State in Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Jitender Singh said on Friday, “It won’t be right for me to comment on this issue.”
Anna Hazare writes to PM Modi; reminds him of unfulfilled poll promises Agency | New Delhi
Social activist Anna Hazfire appeared to have start- are dashed off another leted on a 20th floor terrace, ter to Prime Minister Na6 persons booked A towering inferno that though witnesses who saw rendra Modi, reminding engulfed a 63-story luxfor kidnapping the blaze start said they him of his unfulfilled poll ury hotel in Dubai on woman in UP believed it began on the promises and said there New Year’s Eve burned building’s ground floor. is “no visible difference” Agency | Etah on into the first morning No one has yet offered a between his government Acting on a court’s di- of 2016 as firefighters cause for the fire. Around and the previous Conrection, police booked tried to douse the flames 1 million people had gress- led UPA regime six persons for alleged- on Friday. The blaze at been expected to gather Wishing Modi for the and Lokayukta properly respond to each and every ly kidnapping a mar- the Address Downtown, around the Burj Khalifa New Year, the 78-year- and fulfil other key poll letter written to him as it ried woman at gunpoint one of the most upscale skyscraper to watch the old anti-graft crusader promises, Hazare said that is not possible. However, from Pawas village hotels and residences in started around 9:30pm the ground, unable at one fireworks. Dubai’s econ- in his three-page letter several letters written by there should be reply to here on October 15. Dubai, comes after a series of fires striking the Thursday, racing up the point to use a water hose omy depends heavily on took a swipe at the prime him earlier on these sub- the letter by a social activKamuruddin, a resident towers that provide this sides of the building and on a ladder truck. They tourism, and New Year’s minister, saying he may jects to the Prime Minister ist who has dedicated his of Delhi, and five others megacity its futuristic sending thick smoke over later regained water pres- is one of the busiest sea- have forgotten the things had been ignored. “I am life to the nation,” Hazwere booked yesterday skyline. While Dubai of- the skyline. Authorities sure and began spraying sons, drawing people which he promised during writing again to remind are said. In his latest letfor kidnapping Mohini ficials said only 14 people still conducted a mid- the building. Restaurants from around the world to the 2014 Lok Sabha cam- you of these things. I am ter, Hazare said the Modi and looting jewellery suffered minor injuries in night fireworks show at nearby opened for busi- watch the fireworks that paign like bringing back aware that several let- government should impleand cash worth thou- evacuating the building the nearby Burj Khalifa, ness, but served limited the emirate puts on at the black money and building ters written by me to you ment the Lokpal and Losands of rupees from late Thursday night, the the world’s tallest build- menus as civil defence world’s tallest tower, as a corruption-free India. have been dumped in the kayukta laws properly to her house, Station Of- fire raised new questions ing. More than 12 hours officials cut natural gas to well as the sail-shaped The letter was released to waste paper basket. This curb corruption and also ficer of Kotwali Dehat about building safety for later on Friday morning, the area. Dubai’s Media Burj Al Arab and over a the press on Friday. Re- letter may also meet the take steps to ensure that Vinod Kumar said to- those living in the United Dubai firefighters large- Office wrote on its official man-made palm-shaped minding Modi of the need same fate,” Hazare said. farmers got remunerative day. Arab Emirates. The fire ly watched the fire from Twitter account that the island. to implement the Lokpal “I don’t expect a PM to prices for their produce. 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 Agency | Dubai
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In 2016, let’s reset ourselves, against all odds, a little space for idealism
The assessment of the year past, the balance sheet of hits and misses, can be drawn up in different ways, depending on one’s political persuasions and allegiances. But all sides will, perhaps grudgingly, agree that the last year was marked by a continuing, and perhaps deeper, corrosion of idealism than usual. The big political task of the coming year will be to recover, against all odds, a little space for idealism: the idea that politics can be better than what it is. There are, doubtless, a lot of things happening, some even progressive. But the sense that we are trapped in deadends of language, leadership, institutions, and a sense of self constituted by layered resentments, is growing. It is easy to articulate what one might wish for in the coming year. It is harder to face the fact that conditions of possibility of giving any of those wishes meaning is diminishing. I am using idealism not in a philosophical sense that the world is the imprint of our ideas, or even the utopian sense that a more redeemed world is possible, or the deep moral sense where the self is sacrificed to higher moral good. I am using idealism in the sense of creating a world where the balance of hope and fear, trust and distrust, possibility and constraint, progress and inertia tends in the positive direction. But, in a subtle way, our crisis is deeper now because even the language in which we can begin to articulate a viewpoint is already considered corroded from the start; the words that are meant to carry the weight of the hopes of any party seem sinister even before they are uttered. “Liberal” has become the caricatured “Adarsh Liberal” or “neo-liberal,” a posture of hypocrisy and social privilege. “Toleration” has been twisted to the point where the critique of the intolerant carries more moral odium than intolerance itself. “Justice” is not about fine-grained moral judgments; it is becoming synonymous with satiated vengeance. The idea of the “public” and “private” is confused in its institutional articulation. Even the articulations of religious imaginations veer uneasily between deep aggression and defensiveness. “Development” is a series of projects with no framework or sense of reciprocity. And even the “Idea of India” is becoming more a sneer than a value. These words, meant to be a common currency in which some ideas can be articulated and differences handled, already signify failure rather than possibility. Our habits of argument, the technologies of interchange, now freeze and harden divides. Language has become a chasm rather than a bridge. It is in this sense that the articulation of idealism has become near The loss of language has been accompanied by the loss of exemplars.
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It’s educative for kids to have a working mother: Kajol
Agency | New Delhi She reduced her film appearances out of choice when motherhood happened as she never believed in “dumping off my children and going off to work”. But after spreading her magic on the screen again with “Dilwale”, actress Kajol is enthused to take on more work in the film world now that her daughter and son are old enough. “I hope I will be seen on screen more… I’d like to work more now. I took a break right after ‘My Name Is Khan’ (2010) because my son was born and then he was still very young. Now my
son is five years old,” Kajol said. “I will be starting a film in the mid-2016, but no, I am not planning to do three films a year like Shah Rukh Khan, in any way. I can’t work as hard as him,” added the actress, whose effervescence is intact at 41. Kajol and Ajay, who got married in 1999, are parents to two children – daughter Nysa and son Yug. After the birth of her daughter in 2003, she did few films like “Fanaa”, “U Me Aur Hum”, “My Name Is Khan”, “We Are Family” and “Toonpur Ka Superhero”. And again, after Yug’s birth, Kajol decided she would devote her time to motherhood.
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have been stray cases of a couple of young people being drawn to the ISIS but the first QUOTE “There barrier to such movement in India has been the minority Muslim families. We must congratulate OF THE them for the important role that they are playing,” DAY - Appreciating Indian Muslim families for the important role they are playing in preventing their children from being influenced by the ISIS, Union home minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said they are able to do this because of “our family values.”
Vidya Balan happy to be back from Priyanka Chopra made Kashibai hospital, to spend birthday at home ‘so deliciously real’: Dia Mirza Agency | Mumbai
Actress Vidya Balan says she is grateful to be back home from hospital in time to celebrate her 37th birthday with her family. The Kahaani actress was admitted on December 29 at a city-based hospital for a suspected kidney stone. “Grateful to be back home in time to bring in my birthday ... Thank You for all your love, prayers and wishes. Happy 2016 to each of you,” Balan posted on twitter. Grateful to
be back home in time to bring in my birthday ...Thank You for all your love,prayers and wishes. Happy 2016 to each of you!! — vidya balan (@ vidya_balan) The actress and her producer hus-
band, Siddharth Roy Kapur had planned to ring in New Year and Balan’s birthday on Friday at an undisclosed location abroad. But they canAgency | Mumbai celled the plan after her Actress Dia Mirza can’t illness. stop praising her former Miss India competitor and now actress Priyanka Chopra for her performance in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s historical drama film “Bajirao Mastani”. The movie — about
Check your facts, says Huma Qureshi on rumours of her affair with Sohail Khan Agency | New Delhi
Bollywood actor Sohail Khan and Huma Qureshi have been rumoured to be dating for a while now. However, it is probably the first time Khan’s wife Seema has reacted to the rumours that have cropped up recently. Seema has rubbished all rumours of husband Sohail having an affair with the ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’ actress. Huma was also believed to have appeared first on Sohail’s brother – superstar Salman Khan’s birthday bash recently, and left the Panvel farmhouse late. Reacting to these rumours, Seema was quoted to having said, “I don’t know what
is giving rise to these rumours. I was there at Panvel, as were my kids and my in-laws. I honestly didn’t see Huma there, so I don’t know if she was there or not. The farmhouse is huge and there were over 500 guests present, so no, I didn’t see her.” She further added, “Huma is friends with my brother-in-law and my sister-in-law too.
She is also the brand ambassador for CCL (Celebrity Cricket League, where Sohail Khan promotes the Mumbai team), but no I don’t think they (Sohail and Huma) hang out.” Huma Qureshi also came a step ahead to deny such rumours. She took to Twitter and asked the particular media house to check facts before publishing such news.
Maratha warrior Peshwa Bajirao I (Ranveer Singh), Mastani (Deepika Padukone) and Kashibai (Priyanka) — has been praised by many, including megastar Amitabh Bachchan. And now, Dia has joined the league. “@priyankachopra you made Kashibai so endear-
ing, so deliciously real, so undeniable. Big big big love and respect. #BajiraoMastani,” Dia tweeted. “@priyankachopra you made Kashibai so endearing, so deliciously real, so undeniable. Big big big love and respect. #BajiraoMastani,” Dia tweeted.
wards Aalia and she has responded to the haters on her personal blog. She writes, ” I came across a very nice post by Miss Malini that featured me. Everything within the post was very respectful and well said. And the caption to it on facebook said “Hi Bollywood…
are you looking at this?” When I read the comments, my smile faded away. All anyone spoke about was how I was barely wearing any clothes, how I was just another “randi,” that “taking my clothes off” just made me an unworthy slut. That I was “porn ready,” not “bollywood ready” and of course the perennial “Indian girls like this are ruining our culture.” I took a deep breath and went back to doing what I was doing. My plan was to ignore it like I ignored everything else that brought even an ounce of negativity into my life. But this annoyed me and refused to budge from the back of my mind.” She added, “If my cleavage is visible, it does not mean I am giving consent, it does not mean I am “asking for it.” I am more than my breasts and it is unfair to let them define me.”
A new love affair. A new country. Jai Hind,” tweeted Sami, who was born in Britain and was earlier a Canadian citizen. He also tweeted a photograph of himself while receiveing
the certificate from Rijiju. “Receiving my Indian Citizenship Certificate of Naturalisation from MOS Home Affairs @KirenRijiju ji. Huge Thanks,” he captioned the image.
I am more than just my breasts: Alia Ebrahim
Point Break review: This is the most boring year-opening film Agency | New Delhi
It’s truly the peak of irony. During a season when film exhibitors in India have shown exemplary cowardice by withholding new releases for fear of the mammoth triumvirate (Bajirao Mastani, Dilwale and Star Wars) comes this film about extreme, and idiotic, audacity. Point Break opens up the vista for the daring who like to risk their life for a sliver of the sporty. It’s not the kind of life that accommodates caution discretion or austerity in its scheme of existence. Point Break could have been a penetrating study of derringdo. What impels people to out their lives for fun and thrills? Rather than go into the logistics, Point Break merely becomes a mirror of the malaise, allowing the characters to plunge from one stunning stunt to another, and sometimes to just plunge to their death, without comment. This misguided film’s makers’
Agency | New Delhi Pooja Bedis daughter, Alia Ebrahim recently posted her sizzling pictures on instagram account. So, a blog site decided to introduce Alia to the world. Surprisingly, the blog sites’ post received lots of negative comments directed tointellectual bankruptcy holds the stunts in good stead. But does nothing to boost our faith in the power of cinema to create an abiding affinity between visuals and emotions. If these men feel anything beyond the thrill of the moment, then we don’t know about it. We will never know why Johnny Utah (Luke Bracey) does what he does. At the film’s start Johnny loses his friend to a motorbike stunt. Any sane sensible entity would stay away from extreme activities thereafter. Sanity and sensibleness being at a low
premium and discretion at the lowers ebb in this rapidfire just-for-kicks circus-on-speed, the characters do what they have to. Our hero Johnny is one moody maverick. One minute he is racing down ridges looking for sure death. The next minute he is recruited into the FBI to infiltrate a global crime syndicate which employs extreme sports to execute daring heists. If these are the sort of adventurous mercenaries that the FBI employs we are safe to presume the acronym is expandable to ‘Federal Bureau Of Idiocy’.
Singer Adnan Sami receives Indian citizenship certificate Agency | Mumbai
Noted singer Adnan Sami, who is of Pakistani descent, on Friday received his certificate of Indian citizenship from Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju here. He has described it as a “new birth”. Sami also thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and union Home Minister Rajnath Singh for granting him the Indian citizenship. “A new beginning. A new feeling. A new belonging.
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For first time in a decade, Australia all set to play two specialist spinners at home
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Agency | New Delhi State run-Indian Oil Corp (IOC) hiked prices of non-subsidised LPG, or cooking gas, cylinders by around Rs.50, effective from Friday. Allowing for local levies, the market price of a non-subsidised liquefied petroleum gas cylinder of 14.4 kg is now Rs.657.50 in Delhi, Rs.686.50 in Kolkata, Rs.671 in Mumbai and Rs.671.50 in Chennai. This is the second such successive hike in less than two months. Prices were last raised in December by nearly Rs.60 a cylinder. Also from Friday, cooking gas consumers with taxable income of more than Rs.10 lakh per annum will no longer get benefit of the subsidy on gas cylinders, the government has announced. To be applicable from the New Year, the directive would be effected “initially on a self-declaration basis”, a petroleum ministry statement said.
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Agency | Sydney Australia look set to field two specialist spinners at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) for the first time in a decade when they host West Indies in a dead rubber New Year’s Test starting this weekend. An inexperienced and demoralised West Indies touring party succumbed by an innings and 212 runs in Hobart and 177 runs in Melbourne to hand their hosts an unassailable 2-0
lead in the three-match series. That position, and the likelihood of a turning wicket at the SCG, have encouraged Australia to test out the twin spin option of Nathan Lyon and Stephen O’Keefe ahead of their tour of Sri Lanka later this year. That the hosts can afford to put out an experimental side in one of the more venerable fixtures in the Australian sporting calendar is not to say there will be nothing at stake when the match gets underway
on Sunday (1030 GMT). For West Indies there is pride and a chance to show more of the fighting spirit that stalled Australia’s victory match in the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne last weekend. A 3-0 sweep, meanwhile, would send Australia above India to second in the Test rankings and they would return to the summit if England can maintain a winning start and beat South Africa in their ongoing four-match series.
Despite his recent return to the national team for the T20 series against Australia, Yuvraj Singh was on Thursday released by the Delhi Daredevils from their squad while pacers Ishant Sharma and Dale Steyn were off-loaded by Sunrisers Hyderabad in the first trading window for the upcoming ninth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Vetern left-hander Yuvraj, who was bought for a whopping Rs 16 crore by the GMR-owned franchise, turned out to be the biggest flop of IPL 2015 with only 248 runs from 14 matches at an average
of less than 20 (19.07). “Yuvraj Singh is a great player and the reason of releasing him is to rationalise our budget. He is in good form now and has got back to the Indian team. But there were budgetary constraints which led to the decision. I have personally spoken to Yuvraj. There are no hard feelings,” Daredev-
ils CEO Hemant Dua said on Thursday. As a result, Delhi Daredevils will go into the February auction with a purse of Rs 36.85 crore to spend on salary of players. “We have also released Angelo Mathews. So we are saving around Rs 23 crores (as Mathews was bought for Rs 7 crore),” said Dua.
formers, Manohar said, “It gives me immense joy to see the tremendous growth and progress the Indian team made over the course of 2015. The twin series victories, over Sri Lanka and South Africa, saw Ashwin’s rise as a match-winner, and were the perfect way to end what was an eventful cricketing year for the team. I congratulate Ashwin on his achieve-
ments.” Acknowledging the achievements of Ashwin, Board secretary Anurag Thakur said, “It is a testimony to Ashwin’s incredible skills and form that he has become the first Indian bowler to lead the ICC’s Test Rankings since 1973. He has played a key role in taking India to the No. 2 position on the Test Rankings and I wish him all the best for the coming year.”
stan since returning to domestic cricket last year,” chief selector Haroon Rasheed said. But Amir’s comeback to international cricket remains dependent on him getting a visa and clearance to tour New Zealand, Haroon said. “If there are problems with travel documents and Aamir can’t tour then Mohammad Irfan will replace him in the T20 squad. Irfan is not originally selected in the T20 squad because we want
to give him a short break from the game,” Haroon said. Amir, 23, last appeared for the national team in a Test against England at Lord’s in August 2010 before the scandal came to the fore. Amir and two other players -captain Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif -- were suspended by the International Cricket Council after the Test for taking money to bowl predetermined no-balls in a spot fixing scam.
More consistent batting a challenge for Virat Kohli in 2016 BCCI congratulates R Ashwin for Agency New Delhi the No. 1 spot in Test rankings Last year around this time, |
Agency | New Delhi Country’s largest car-maker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) today reported a 8.5 per cent increase in total sales in December at 1,19,149 units as against 1,09,791 units in the same month in 2014. The company said its domestic sales increased 13.5 per cent during the month to 1,11,333 units as against 98,109 units in December 2014. Sales of passenger cars went up 11.6 per cent to 91,043 units as compared to 81,564 units in the year-ago month, MSI said in a BSE filing. The company said sales of utility vehicles, including Gypsy, Grand Vitara and Ertiga, jumped 58.8 per cent to 9,168 units in December 2015 from 5,774 units in the corresponding month in 2014. Sales of vans – Omni and Eeco – rose 3.3 per cent to 11,122 units in December 2015 as compared to 10,771 units in the same period of last year. Exports during the month declined 33.1 per cent to 7,816 units as compared to 11,682 units in December 2014, MSI said.
Lava launches Ivory M4 to strengthen its tablet portfolio
Virat Kohli had stepped into the shoes of MS Dhoni at Test level. Captaining the side, he led from the front and almost snatched victory from the jaws of defeat in the first match at Adelaide. Then on, his batting held centre-stage in the four-Test series. He led in one more Test, and his success with the bat helped wipe out memories of a disastrous tour of England in 2014. The year didn’t exactly turn out as spectacular with the bat as it was expected to during the Tests; his performances were inconsistent in the ODI format. But it still ended on a pleasant note. Kohli the captain helped India jump to second spot
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in the International Cricket Council (ICC) Test rankings by blanking South Africa 3-0, after beating Sri Lanka in their den to mark his maiden series success. Ahead of India’s departure to Australia for the limited-overs series next week, Kohli probably may have to prepare for extra responsibility. With Dhoni winding down his career — this series could be the last or one of the last few ODI series for
him — the Test skipper has a point to prove in the shorter format. Last year, Kohli didn’t have a great time in the ODI tri-series in Australia before the World Cup. The highlight of his World Cup was a gritty, match-winning century against Pakistan in the opener, which set the tone for India. After that, the year saw him score only one more ODI century — against South Africa at home.
AIFF issues show cause notice to FC Goa Agency | Mumbai
Agency | New Delhi Mobile handset-maker Lava International Limited on Thursday launched Ivory M4, the flagship device to strengthen its tablet portfolio. The device has been designed to meet needs of students and young working professionals. It is competitively priced at Rs.9,299, a company statement said. “We see a tremendous potential in the tablet category and Lava has aggressive plans to expand its portfolio in this space. We will launch multiple devices in the next three months to meet the demand and our latest offering Ivory M4 will redefine the benchmarks in terms of features available in less than 10k price segment,” Raman Sharma, Lava’s vice president and business head-tablets, said. Ivory M4 features a 20.32 cm HD IPS display screen with 1280 x 800 resolution and is just 7.9mm thick. The combination of 2GB DDR3 RAM and 1.3 GHz Quad Core Processor provides a stellar performance in terms of speed and multitasking.
The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has issued a show cause notice to FC Goa, asking them to explain why disciplinary action should not be taken against them for the fracas, after their defeat to Chennaiyin FC in the final of ISL on December 20. In a letter to FC Goa yesterday, the AIFF charged the Goa franchise as well as individuals seperately and have asked them to file a reply before January 8. FC Goa have been charged under article 53 of AIFF disciplinary code (team misconduct), under 58 (offensive behaviour), article 60 (threats), according to federation sources. Soon after the final whistle was blown, many FC Goa substitute players and officials led by Rajesh Malgi, equip-
Congratulating Indian cricket team and premier off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin for their achievements in 2015, BCCI President Shashank Manohar today said the performing players have given “immense joy” to the nation this season. Ashwin, who was instrumental in India clinching the Test series in Sri Lanka and then against South Africa, finished the year as the No.1 Test bowler and the top all-rounder in the longest format to cap a highly successful year. Meanwhile, the Indian team finished the year on the No.2 position in Tests and ODIs. Congratulating Team India and their per-
Mohammad Amir returns to Pak squad but a ticket to New Zealand is still not finalised for him Agency | Karachi
ment manger of FC Goa, rushed to the referee, surrounded him and tried to intimidate. Referees (all from Japan) were abused in filthy language and were threatened with physical assault, AIFF sources said. The letter also says FC Goa’s decision to boycott the prize distribution ceremony had brought disrepute to the game and was liable for action under article
22.2 of the ISL regulations. Article 22.2 deals with any action that brings disrepute to ISL, IMGR/FSDL, AIFF and have seperately asked FC Goa President Dattaraj Salgaocar for an explanation. “Dataraj Salgaocar of FC Goa engaged in public criticism of ISL/ AIFF and match officials and alleged match fixing in the media,” stated the AIFF notice.
Tainted pacer Muhammad Amir on Friday returned to the Pakistan cricket squad for the limited-overs away series against New Zealand, completing a cycle of redemption following his spectacular fall from grace in the 2010 spot-fixing scandal. Amir, who served a five-year ban and jail time for indulging in spot-fixing during the 2010 tour of England, was expected to make the squad after being brought back into the national camp despite some resentment by fellow players. “We have picked Amir in the touring squads for the internationals in New Zealand because he has done lot of hard work and shown intent to do well for Paki-
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Manjuben, 45, who never went to school, recently learnt to say “laptop”. Smiling indulgently at her 19-year-old son Ashok Kateriya, who is busy surfing the Internet, surrounded by the family’s goats, cows and calves, in Nana Mota village, she says one needs “mahiti (information)”. “Times have changed. We should have information. If you go to the market and you have no information of what is going around, you will come back like a fool. And I don’t mind my children spending money or time on this thing. It is much better than spending on tobacco and other such things,” says Manjuben. She also likes watching movies on Ashok’s Lenovo. Her son, meanwhile, is going through his newly opened Facebook account, balancing the laptop as it charges from the switch-
board hanging precariously above. His profile page is full of pictures of liplocked couples and quotes on love in English and Gujarati. His friends’ list shows several girls. “They are simply acquaintances,” says Ashok. Nana Mota is one of 32 villages in Khedbrahma taluka, of Sabarkantha district in north Gujarat. At the beginning of the year, a WiFi scheme was introduced
in Khedbrahma, with Chief Minister Anandiben Patel promising to make it “the country’s first Wi-Fi taluka”. Ninety per cent of Khedbrahma’s two lakh population is tribal — the Kateriyas are Dungaria Garasia Bhils — its literacy rate at 57 per cent is lowest for the district, and it generally makes news for practices such as witchcraft. However, that’s
the fire start. However, 16 luxurious tents have been burnt down. But tourists in the tents either rushed out or rescued on time and therefore nobody has been injured,” Dinesh Vadhwana, chief fire officer of Diu said. Three water bowsers of Diu fire and emergency service, one water bowser from Diu airport and two water tankers of public works department were pressed into service to control the fire. “We managed to put out the fire at around 1:30 PM but could not save the 16 tents,” Vadhwana further said. There were 60 tents in the Festival Village but the rest were saved. Police said they suspected electric short-circuit as the cause of the fire.
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not what has come in the way of the scheme. Officials say the target was last-mile connectivity in backward areas. Internet towers were supposed to be installed in each panchayat, covering a 10- to 15-km radius, with panchayat offices themselves serving as browsing centres, providing instant information on government schemes and allowing online submission of forms.
Amit Bhavsar (35) runs a “seasonal shop” near Teen Darwaja for last 16 years. Ask for a tukkal (paper lantern of Chinese make) and he whispers “yes. it is available”, and after a brief pause, adds, “I do not keep it in my shop since it is banned, if you need it, I can arrange it for you.” He leads to a quiet corner and gives a pack which does not reveal what it contains. “Please open the package only when you reach home,” says Bhavsar. “These lanterns are not of last year’s stock, these are fresh lanterns.” The Gujarat High Court, on December 22 had banned manufacturing and sale of Chinese lanterns, which are released during Makar Sankranti along with kites, to light up the night sky. However, after a petition and tukkals reporting 21 fire incidents last season, the HC decided to ban these paper lanterns. Earlier, kitists used
Fire breaks out at Naik resigns as IIMA Chairman, search committee formed for replacement beach festival in Diu Correspondent | Rajkot
The New Year revelry at the ongoing beach festival in Diu was disturbed as a major fire broke out in the Festival Village on Nagva beach and damaged 16 luxurious tents on Friday. However, nobody was injured in the incident, officers said. The fire broke out at around 10:55 AM from one of the tents in the Festival Village, Diu Fire and Emergency Service said. However it spread to other parts of the tent village and before firefighters could control it, the blaze gutted 16 tents. One more tent was pulled down to isolate the fire and prevent it from spreading further. “We do not know as of now as to where did
Mr. AM Naik has tendered his resignation as IIMA Chairman. The Board of Governors of the Institute has constituted a Search Committee to identify the new Chairman. In the interim, Mr. Naik will continue in the position. Mr. Naik, who is also Chairman of L&T, informed IIMA Board members about his decision in the Board Meeting on December 18th. Board members unanimously urged him to reconsider, but upon deliberation, Mr. Naik decided to put in his papers. His resignation, submitted to HRD Minister on December 22nd, stated: “This has not been an easy decision to take — given my deeply fulfilling experience
Census 2011: Muslims in Gujarat ahead in child sex ratio
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The 2011 census data shows that Muslims in Gujarat have the highest child sex ratio of 927 girls per 1,000 boys, as compared to 917 in Christians, 885 in Hindus and 848 in Sikhs. Also according to the census data, literacy rate among Muslim women in the state is higher than among their Hindu counterparts. The child sex ratio among Gujaratis is 890 girls per 1,000 boys. And barring Muslims and Christians, no other community has crossed the 900 girl child mark, a TOI report quot-
ed census officials as saying. The census data also revealed that Muslims had higher literacy rates than Hindus in general. However, Jains, Sikhs and Christians had better literacy rates than Muslims in Gujarat, the report further said. The data showed that literacy rates of Jain men and women were almost at par to each other. However, in other communities, the gap in literacy between men and women was over 10 percent. Also, Christians in Gujarat have the highest percentage of working women 35%, Hindus 25%, Muslims 10.5% and
Jains 9.6%. The number of women non-workers in Muslims was 89.40%, it was over 90.84% among the Jain women and the Sikh community has over 88.71% women non-workers. Quoting sociologist Gaurang Jani, the report further said that among Muslims the acceptance of traditional madrassa education is very high, even among the girls, and hence influences the literacy count.
of close to four years. But going forward, owing to increased business responsibilities, I do not believe I will be able to do full justice to my position, and it would be best for all concerned if IIMA has a new person at the helm.” Mr. Naik had taken up Chairmanship of the Institute at a sensitive time, when it was looking for a new Director. Mr. Naik’s vision was to internationalize the institution, and continue to
to tie paper lanterns with candles in it to the string which would keep those in control, unlike the Chinese version. A few kilometres from Teen Darwaja, among the series of “seasonal stores” at Dilli Darwaja is the shop of Manojbhai Soni (52),who
refuses to sell the tukkal. “This shop is running since 50 years. My grandfather and father used to run it and my children are also going to carry our business forward. We have never sold tukkals in the season of Uttrayan. If customers ask for it,
we do provide them from other shops, but we genuinely believe that tukkals cause damage to the environment. The business will run without the sale of tukkals also, but before fun and enjoyment, safety should be taken into consideration and we all are in favor of the decision,” he says. After the ban, however, kite sellers have become careful. “It is risky to sell the lanterns to a stranger, which is why those are not at display,” said the owner of Shivnath Seasonal Store near Teen Dharwaja.
Govt teachers, corporates roped in to meet literacy target Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
In Order to meet the literacy target of 80 per cent under the national literacy mission, Gujarat has decided to rope in government school teachers and the corporate industry to impart education to those above 15 years of age, officials said. With the preraks (contractual teachers) leaving midway over low remuneration, the state education department’s Directorate of Literacy and Continuing Education has sought help from government school teachers who will be paid Rs 250 per person, DLCE assistant director Harshad Chaudhary said. The government plans to make literate a population of 30-35 lakh above the age group of 15. To fund the proposal, the government has approached the private firms through the Corporate Social Responsibility Authority, suggesting it to undertake the funding under its CSR
move IIMA on the trajectory of becoming one of the best management education institutions globally. He put in an enormous amount of time and effort in the Director selection process, eventually convincing Prof. Ashish Nanda of Harvard University to take up the position. Mr. Naik also encouraged several academic and industry leaders to join the IIMA Board. As ChairCorrespondent | Surat man, he led IIMA Board Breaking boundaries of in guiding the Institute. religion and culture, a Saudi Arabian man tied the knot with his Russian fiance in a traditionPatidars protested the al Hindu ceremony here presence of state health after colourful customs minister Nitin Patel at and unique wedding ritthe condolence meet of uals caught their fancy. Mayur Patel who suc- The ceremony held on cumbed to police firing Wednesday was organin Ahmedabad recently. ised by their common The minister beat a hasty friend – Kishan Dholiya. retreat as Patidars started Interestingly, the couple manhandling him. In Bo- – Hamid Al-Hamad and tad, police had to resort to Juliana Smirnoff – had mild lathicharge to evict a come to the city few days big group of Patidars who back to attend Kishan’s sat on a dharna to demand marriage. Both of them Hardik’s release. Senior got so impressed with the Gujarat police officials rituals and entire process said major changes have of Hindu marriage that been introduced in riot they decided to wed here control training methods, as per those traditions. some of which were from “They came here just to the British era, as suggest- attend Kishan’s marriage, ed by the Central Reserve which took place a week Police Force (CRPF). back. Since they came
To fund the proposal, the government has approached the private firms through the Corporate Social Responsibility Authority, suggesting it to undertake the funding under its CSR initiative.
initiative. Sources said the response from CSRA is still awaited, and added that upon receiving a favourable response, the education department would kick-start its project from a village in Mehsana district. Referring to “shortage of preraks”, Chaudhary cited departmental records which say that posts of nearly 3,000 contractual teachers are vacant at present. This, he explained, is because preraks — appointed for an 11-month period to undertake teaching job
of two to three hours and paid a monthly sum of Rs 2000, Rs 3000 and Rs 5000 at village, taluka and district levels, respectively — “leave the job and join somewhere else”. “This frequent leaving and coming of new preraks leads to a disconnect between the teachers and their students, which then leads to learning difficulties,” he said, adding that a district-level meeting was held Thursday to fill these vacant posts at the earliest.
here for the first time, both of them got curious about various rituals performed during the marriage. We made them understand the importance of each ritual,” Kishan’s relative Mansukh Desai said. “Describing the importance of various rituals and shlokas (verses) recited by the priest, we told them that these things are important for a
long-lasting married life. Upon learning this, they instantly took the decision to marry here as per these traditions,” he added. Hamid is a software engineer while Juliana is into textile business. Both of them have been living in China since last few years and came in contact with Kishan there who had gone to the country for higher studies.
Saudi man ties knot with Russian girl as per Hindu ritual in Gujarat
Health minister Nitin Patel faces Patel fury in Mehsana Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Gujarat police, reeling under the sixmonth Patidar reservation stir where at least nine Patels were killed in police action to control violent mobs, is all set to change the way it controls riots. Key changes include cops using only polycarbonate sticks instead of lathis and pump-action 12 bore guns over lethal guns so as to incapacitate and not kill. This comes at a time when angry protests are back after a brief lull following Patidar leader Hardik Patel’s arrest. Tempers ran high in Mehsana on Thursday when
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