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In veiled dig at Amartya Sen, PM Modi says Shazia Ilmi says Jamia dropped her f e i r B News ‘Hard work more powerful than Harvard’ as speaker at seminar on triple talaq Army exam paper leak: three personnel detained in Nagpur
His remark came against the backdrop of Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Harvard University and Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen terming demonetisation as a “despotic action that has struck at the root of economy based on trust”
Agency | Thane Three defence personnel, suspected to be involved in the Army recruitment exam paper leak, have been detained in Nagpur, police said today. The Army authorities had detained three suspects, Ravinder Kumar, Dharamvir Singh and Nikam Kumar Pandey, in Nagpur, Thane city police Commissioner Param Bir Singh told reporters at a press conference here this evening. Thane police would soon take their custody, he added.
Agency | New Delhi Taking a jibe at economists, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said “hard work is more powerful than Harvard” at an election rally in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh’s Maharajganj. He cited the data released by Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) on Tuesday that
suggested the demonetisation did not affect India’s growth rate, rather the figures improved. “On the one hand are those (critics of note ban) who talk of what people at Harvard say and on the other hand is poor man’s son who through his hard work is trying to improve the economy,” he said. Without elaborating, he said, “In fact, hard work
Don’t agree with PM Modi, we don’t need graveyards at all, says Sakshi Maharaj
Constructing too many graveyards, he said, will eat up space for agricultural activities, and “there will be no fields at all” (H.S.) | Agra Stating that he disagrees with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent remarks that equal focus should be put in constructing both graveyards and crematoriums, BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj on Tuesday said there should be no graveyards in the country, and that all Indian citizens, notwithstanding their religious belief, should be cremated. Maharaj also claimed that there is no tradition of constructing graveyards even in Islamic countries, and that bodies are cremated in those countries. Constructing too many graveyards, he said, will eat up space
for agricultural activities, and “there will be no fields at all”. “Main Modi-ji ke is vachan se sehmat nahi hu, main isse katai sweekar nahi karta ki kabristan aur shamshaan barabar mein banaana chahiye. Kabristan banaana hi nahi chahiye (I don’t agree with the PM’s remarks; I do not agree at all that graveyards and crematoriums should be built in same numbers. Graveyards should not be built at all),” the MP from Unnao said at a private
is much more powerful than Harvard.” The prime minister’s remark came against the backdrop of Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen, who is also a Professor of Economics and Philosophy at Harvard University, terming demonetisation as a “despotic action that has struck at the root of economy based on trust.” On Tuesday, the Centre pegged the GDP growth at a higher-than-expected 7.1 per cent for 201617 despite the note ban decision. The GDP figures made it clear that India remains the fastest growing major economy with China coming in the second spot. Bringing his attention back to UP politics, the prime minister said the electorate has already ensured BJP’s victory in the first five
phases, adding that now they would give surplus votes as “gift and bonus” in the remaining two rounds. In a statement that drew applause from the audience, he said, “I request the voters of the state to give the rest of the two phases as bonus to the party. This is similar to the chillies and coriander leaves, which the vegetable seller gives to the buyer as bonus.” Only a few days back, the Prime Minister had talked about the possibility of a hung assembly in Uttar Pradesh. He had said the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party were waiting for such an opportunity for bargaining, prompting state Chief Minister and SP chief Akhilesh Yadav to comment that after dreaming of 300 plus seats, Modi was now talking about fractured verdict.
‘Shocked’ To Read About India’s 104-Satellite Launch
event in Etah. The event was organised in the house of Dharamveer Gehlot, an office-bearer of Kshatriya Mahasabha, who lives in industrial area on EtahKasgnaj road. “Vishwa me jitne bhi Islamic desh hain wahan kisi bhi prakaar se koi kabristan hota hi nahi hai. Wahan to jalaya jata hai. Aur hum sadhu sanyasi — hum 3.5 crore desh mein hain — hum sadhu sanyasion mein bhi parampara gaadhne ki hai, jalane ki nahi hai (There is no tradition of constructing graveyards in Islamic countries across the world – bodies are cremated in those countries.
US President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the Director of National Intelligence, Dan Coats, has said he was “shocked” to know that India successfully launched over 100 satellites in one go, asserting that the US cannot afford to be seen lagging behind. “I was shocked the other day to read that India, on one rocket launch, deposited more than 100 satellites in space,” former Senator Coats told lawmakers on Tuesday during his confirmation hearing for the position of Director of National Intelligence.
He said the US cannot afford to be seen lagging behind. India’s space agency ISRO launched a record 104 satellites on a single rocket from the ‘Sriharikota spaceport in Andhra Pradesh on February 15. “They may be small in size with different functions and so forth but one rocket can send up, I think it was 104 platforms,” said Mr Coats, who if confirmed would be in-charge of all major American intelligence agencies including the CIA. With this launch, India became the first country to successfully carry so many satellites in a single mission.
were raised at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, last February. The Delhi Police have proof that Khalid had ‘anti-India’ posters designed to voice support for Afzal
Guru. The videos capture around 140 protesters raising ‘anti-India slogans’, of which nine “outsiders”, from Kashmir, have been identified. Their statements were recorded by police in exchange for immunity. The charge-sheet does not cite Kanhaiya Kumar as a participant of the event, but says he did nothing (as JNUSU president) to stop students sloganeering. The Times of India reports that po-
lice will leave it up to the court to decide if charges need to be framed against Kanhaiya. In his defence, Kanhaiya, speaking to India Today, said he was not the permitting authority to allow or disallow an event. “The administration – (proctor or vice chancellor) issues permission for an event and not the JNUSU president. I don’t have the authority to allow or disallow events on campus,” he said.
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BJP leader Shazia Ilmi was allegedly not allowed to speak at a seminar in Jamia Milia Islamia university to discuss the controversial triple talaq issue. The development comes amid the raging row over free speech and nationalism at Delhi University’s Ramjas College where members of RSSbacked ABVP are accused of violence over an invitation to JNU student leader Umar Khalid who was accused of sedition last year. The right-wingers label Khalid as an “anti-national”. Jamia authorities have, meanwhile, denied
MoS Home Kiren Rijiju tweets video of army jawan, says ‘pain runs deeper than the ocean’ Agency | New Delhi
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju tweeted a video of an army jawan who talks about those who raise slogans against the country and in support of terrorists. Rijiju’s tweet read, “Pain runs deeper than the Ocean. Very sad that our jawans are forced to speak with heavy heart.” It was unclear who the jawan in the video was or where he was addressing the gathering. It was also not clear whether the soldier’s video was taken recently. “To defend the country, we fight against terrorists and naxalites. But we didn’t know that the biggest danger for the country was not from terrorists or naxalites but
The Delhi Police have reportedly not found any comprehensive evidence to pursue its sedition case against former JNU president Kanhaiya Kumar. On February 9 last year, Kanhaiya was jailed on charges of sedition, along with JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, who are currently out on bail. The police, however, are likely to indict Khalid and Bhat-
tacharya, according to a draft charge-sheet said. The charge-sheet draws evidence from forensic reports of nearly 40 video clips that prove anti-national slogans
from those traitors and anti-nationals who raise the slogan of ‘Bharat Murdabad’ and burn the tricolour,” the soldier is quoted saying in Hindi in the video. “To protect our country’s borders, our jawans sacrifice their lives every day. But no voice is raised in the country. But when Indian Army conducts surgical strikes inside Pakistan, then hundreds of people ask for proof of the Army’s actions. We feel bad then,” he says. Rijiju’s
tweet comes a day after his remark that someone was polluting 20-year-old DU student Gurmehar Kaur’s mind. Kaur was in the news for her campaign against violence allegedly unleashed by the ABVP, the RSS student wing. Kaur, who is the daughter of a Kargil martyr, was also seen in an earlier video in which she appeals for peace between India and Pakistan. In the video, a placard raised by Kaur read, “Pakistan did not kill my dad, war killed him.”
per cent even as sectoral data reflected minimal impact of demonetisation on account of a sharp rise in agricultural growth and a pickup in manufacturing sector growth. In a statement to the media, Jaitley said, “Third quarter was substantially impacted by demonetisation, it admittedly had led to a squeeze of currency.” He further said, “GDP number belies exaggerated claims by many that rural sector was in distress and agriculture growth at record high.” Talking about the slowdown in economy, Jaitley said. “Remonetisation is up substantially, its combination with
economic resilience has shown some signs of return of growth. Therefore I do expect that in the future quarters, this figure itself will grow further”, adding, “Both the government and private sector investors in the UK are extremely buoyant as far as India is concerned.” Earlier on Tuesday, the economy clocked a faster-than-expected growth of 7 per cent in fiscal third quarter, notwithstanding the demonetisation of high-value banknotes in November and the resultant impact on output and well as consumption. In its data, the CSO on Tuesday said.
Third quarter was substantially impacted by demonetisation: Arun Jaitley on GDP
A year on, Delhi Police lack evidence to charge exJNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar for sedition: Report (H.S.) | New Delhi
pressuring the organisers. “The event was not organised by the university or any of its department. The auditorium was rented out to the organisers and in such events the varsity has nothing to do with either the subject or choice of the speakers. It was not our prerogative,” said. The seminar at Jamia where Ilmi was invited as a speaker was organised by RSS supported Forum for Awareness of National Security
(FANS) whose patron is BJP leader Indresh Kumar. It was supposed to be held on February 16 but was rescheduled to February 28 and the fresh list of speakers did not feature Ilmi’s name. The agenda of the event was discussion on the triple talaq issue. Later, the subject was changed into a discussion on empowerment of Muslim women. The event, it is learnt, faced protests with people terming the topics of the discourse as anti-Quranic. Ilmi, a journalist, started her political career from the Aam Aadmi Party but crossed over to the BJP in 2015.
Agency | New Delhi Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said the third quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP data was substantially impacted by demonetisation. The finance minister was reacting to the data released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) on Tuesday which showed that the rate of economic growth in the three months ending December decelerated to 7
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Women must have the right over their bodies, including abortion The Supreme Court’s refusal on Tuesday to allow a woman to abort her 26-week-old unborn baby with Down Syndrome is a setback after its progressive women-centric January ruling. In this, it relaxed the 20-week ceiling on legal abortion to allow a woman to abort her 24-week baby with anencephaly, a life-threatening congenital defect where a baby is born without parts of the brain, skull and scalp. Children with Down Syndrome, which is associated with characteristically flat facial appearances, have lifelong mild to moderate disabilities because of impaired brain and physical growth and are predisposed to health problems like congenital heart defects, sleep apnea, and Alzheimer’s disease, among others. India’s Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) Act legalises abortions up to 20 weeks if there is threat to the mother’s life or her physical or mental health, or if the unborn baby has abnormalities, but many women end up using unsafe abortions methods because they don’t know where or who to go to because there are not enough legal providers. Keeping in mind the limitations of the abortion law, the Union health ministry has proposed amendments to relax the cut-off period for legal abortions to 24 weeks and increase the number of skilled providers. The new amendments set no upper limit for abortions if the baby has “substantial foetal abnormalities,” which are yet to be defined in the rules that will be drafted after the bill is approved by Parliament. The proposed changes are with the Cabinet for approval before being tabled in Parliament. Whether Down Syndrome makes the cut as a “substantial foetal abnormality” is not known, but the right to abort is as much a rights issue as a medical one. Unwanted children get no state support, and neither do children with disabilities, who have to be cared for all their lives by their parents, usually the mother. Women must have control over the decision-making related to her life and body and India must guard against a rights issue being hijacked by the moral police. Women desperate to end unwanted pregnancies find ways to do it, often at great risk to their health. Awareness that abortion is legal in India is abysmally low, ranging between a low 36% in Bihar and Jharkhand to a dismal 12% among Jharkhand youth in the age group of 15-24 years, which is another reason why women reach services late or not at all. Unsafe abortions kill 10 women in India each day, with an estimated 6.8 million women each year choosing unsafe methods to end unwanted pregnancies. Unsafe abortion is responsible for 8% of all maternal deaths in India, which makes it the third biggest cause of women dying of childbirth-related causes in the country.
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“GDP number belies exaggerated claims by many that rural sector was in distress and agriculture growth at record high.” - Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said the third quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP data was substantially impacted by demonetisation. The finance minister was reacting to the data released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) on Tuesday..
Alia Bhatt’s outfits for Badrinath Ki Sonam Kapoor’s heartfelt message Dulhania promotions is next level cool for newly-married cousin Agency | New Delhi Alia Bhatt along with her co-star Varun Dhawan is on a promotional spree, after all their upcoming film Badrinath Ki Dulhania is all set to release on March 10. The bubbly actress who is known for her cool, easy-going style stayed true to her essence in outfits which were simple yet gorgeous. Recently, for an appearance on a reality show, Bhatt stepped out in a lehenga by Arpita Mehta. The outfit is interesting with lots of elements at play and we love everything about it – starting from the crocheted blouse and embroidered lehenga to the sleeveless tulle jacket. But no styling is complete without good hair and makeup and we are glad she went for minimal make-up and pretty soft curls. She looked lovely. Helping us add another outfit to our summer wish list is when she stepped out in this beautiful baby pink textured fit and flare dress by Daniele Carlotta. While we are in love with the outfit, we can’t say the same about the PVC sandals by Louboutin. It stuck out like a sore thumb. However, if you ignore this minor flaw, there’s nothing about this look we can find faults with.
Columnist Tarak Mehta, inspiration behind TV show Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, dead Agency | Mumbai
Journalist-playwright Tarak Mehta, whose column “Duniye Ne Oondha Chashma” for a Gujarati magazine inspired popular sitcom Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah, passed away this morning after a prolonged illness. Tarak, 87, wasn’t keeping well from the past threefour months. He died in Ahmedabad, confirmed actor Dilip Joshi, who plays Jethalal Champaklal Gada on the show. “We are shooting right now and just a few minutes ago, we got this news. He wasn’t
After just about two decades, Ulaganayagan Kamal Haasan shared another epic picture with British Queen Elizabeth II at a reception held by the latter at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday. The event flagged the beginning of the UK-India Year of Culture 2017 in which Finance Minister Arun Jaitley represented the Indian side along with a delegation. Kamal was one star from In-
dia who happened to be present at the event apart from other personalities like Suresh Gopi, cricket legend Kapil Dev, singer and actor Gurdas Mann, sitar maestro Anoushka Shankar and fashion designers Manish Arora and Manish Malhotra. “Just that my name was recommended by PM Narendra Modi is a huge honour. This is a great occasion to celebrate the shared history of India and the UK.
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Sonam Kapoor and family including father Anil Kapoor and cousin Arjun Kapoor attended the wedding of her cousin Akshay Marwah in Abu Dhabi. While it was a family affair with lots of fun and nach-gana, the doting sister sat down to write a heartwarming message to the groom. Sharing a lovely picture from the baaraat to her Instagram page, Sonam wrote, “Dear akshaymarwah22 I love you bhai, you are a lucky soul to understand the meaning and need for a partner to share all your ups and downs of life with. Life is so much better when you have someone who loves you and who you can love in return. I’m so proud of you that you had the courage to choose that. I was moved to tears with the joy and expectation I saw on your face when the baraat moved towards the mandap. aashitarelan16 is one lucky girl. I hope your journey forward is beautiful and filled with life! I love you both. akmash bhaikishaadi.”
The entire Kapoor family was off to Abu Dhabi for the wedding celebrations of Akshay Marwah
Sarkar 3: Hrithik Roshan Tweets To Yami Gautam - ‘Looking Fantastic’ Agency | Mumbai
well. It is not easy for us to shoot right now… I was a huge fan of Tarak bhai. I grew up reading his columns and then even acted in plays. So, I had a long association with him. I was in touch with him in his last months as well. Every time I used to go to Ahmedabad, I used to meet him. Even though physically he was very weak, his wit and humour were intact,” Dilip Joshi said.
Disha Patani hot moves on Ed Sheeran’s ‘Shape Of You’ is raising the temperatures Agency | New Delhi
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Remember when the students of Delhi University’s Hindu College picked Disha Patani as their Valentine’s Day goddess? She got a unanimous vote for her glamour and sensuality. We even saw her sexy avatar when she shook a leg with rumoured beau Tiger Shroff in the music video titled “Befikra.” So it is no points for guessing that Disha is a perfect mix of oomph and great moves. And this is exactly what we got to see in her latest video. The MS Dhoni: The Untold Story actor chose Ed Sheeran’s “Shape Of You” to give her fans some serious dancing goals. Ed Sheeran’s “Shape Of You” is the latest viral sensation. We have seen various versions of it already, but what Disha has shared is simply hot, and hot! Well, all those who think they have the best dancing moves need to watch this Kung Fu Yoga star’s freestyle moves. She is definitely living the saying, ‘dance like nobody’s watching.’ Disha shared her dance video with the caption, “Finally grooving to my new favourite track️ with hvardhankhemka choreography . Also, not to forget, Disha is the same actor who had set the temperature soaring with her topless pose for ace Bollywood photographer Dabboo Ratnani, in his 2017’s calendar.
Hrithik Roshan, who co-starred with Yami Gautam in Kaabil, posted on social media that he was eagerly waiting for the release of her upcoming film Sarkar 3. The 43-year-old actor tweeted: “Looking fantastic! yamigautam can’t wait to see the other side of Su.” The makers of the film unveiled the first poster of the movie on Tuesday. Sarkar 3, which has been directed by Ram Gopal Varma, features Amitabh Bachchan, Yami Gautam, Manoj Bajpayee, Jackie Shroff and Amit Sadh in lead roles. The film is the third installment of Sarkar franchise.
Ed Sheeran’s “Shape Of You” is the latest viral sensation, and Disha Patani’s version is simply the best
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Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad Chaudhary Films Pvt. Ltd, which has been working since last 8 years in the industry, today announced the launch of its new Hindi comedy web series ‘Comedy Nights with Kapila’. Directed by renowned Gujarati film director Mr. Alpesh Chaudhary, the new hindi comedy web series ‘Comedy Nights with Kapila’ would be telecasted on YouTube from 5th march, 2017. This web series which has been directed by Mr. Alpesh Chaudhary and produced by Mr. Alpesh Chaudhary and Manish Chaudhary would be telecasted every fortnightly. Speaking on the occasion Mr. Alpesh Chaudhary, known film director shared, “The main target of our web series is the youth. Initially we have made plans of telecasting 10 episodes for the 1st season of this Web Series.
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India opening batsman Murali Vijay on Wednesday differed with ICC match referee Chris Board, who gave a poor rating to the Pune wicket, saying the surface at best could be called a challenging one. The Indian batsmen failed to apply themselves on a rank turner with the hosts losing the series opener by a whopping 333-run margin. “Pune wicket was not poor. It was a challenging wicket from ball one. As cricketers, we need to play on such wickets sometimes rather than playing on flat tracks. Actually it is a good thing to play on wickets which test your character and technique,” he told reporters in the build-up to the second Test beginning on Saturday. With the Pune Test ending inside three days
Rohit Sharma to feature in Mumbai’s upcoming Vijay Hazare Trophy 2016-17 ties Agency | Pune
and Broad giving a negative feedback on the surface quality, the pitch has become the main talking point leading up to the next Test. Vijay expects the wicket at the Chinnaswamy Stadium to be a good one but personally he is not fretting over the nature of the 22 yards. “I go into the middle with an open mind and look to adapt according to the pitch conditions.”Talking about the unexpected surrender in Pune, the batsman said the Indian bowl-
ers did a good job but conceding a big lead with a poor batting display in the first innings cost the team dear. “I personally thought bowlers did a great job (restricting Australia to 260 in the first innings). After conceding a big first innings lead, it was always going to be difficult. We did not play ourselves well,” said Vijay. Dropped catches, especially of Steven Smith, also hurt India and so did the erratic use of the Decision Review System.
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Sayyaf hospitalized in Kabul due to heart attack
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A prominent former Afghan jihadi leader Abdul Rab Rasool Sayyaf has been hospitalized in Kabul with preliminary reports suggesting he has suffered a heart attack. Sources close to Sayyaf have said he is in a better condition and is currently undergoing treatment. Sayyaf is an influential political and jihadi leader and is one of the prominent critics of the Taliban group and other insurgents fighting in the country. Reports regarding his submission to the hospital due to heart attack come as he survived numerous attacks in the past. His residence came under rocket in mid-May 2016 but no casualties were incurred to him while numerous other rockets landed close to his residence few earlier than that. The attack on residence followed weeks after he criticized the Taliban militants group and dismissed their so called jihad as a move against the principles of Islam. He has been continuously reaffirming his hard stance against the insurgent groups and call on militant groups last month to end slavery for the outsiders.
One of India’s most explosive limited-overs batsman, Rohit Sharma, is gearing himself up for participating in the ongoing Vijay Hazare Trophy 2016-17. Rohit, who plays for Mumbai in the domestic circuit, has recovered from a thigh surgery and is now completely fit after having undergone rehabilitation at National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bangalore. Rohit will feature for Mumbai in games against Andhra Pradesh and Goa scheduled for
English all-rounder Luke Right has become the latest high-profile cricketer to pull out of the upcoming Pakistan Super League (PSL) final. Wright took to Twitter to announce on Wednesday that he will not be travelling with Quetta Gladiators to Lahore for the PSL final. “It’s with a heavy heart I will not be coming to Lahore. I have a young family and for me a game of cricket is just not worth the risk,” he wrote. The 31-year-old, who represented Quetta Gladiators in the month-
31-year-old concluded. All the PSL matches were played in Dubai and Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates until the final, which will be played in Lahore.
ready withdrawn from the final. Wright thanked his franchise and the fans for the support throughout his stay in the tournament. “Thanks once again to TeamQuetta and thePSLt20 for having me. Such lovely people. Great tournament with so much talent. See u soon,” the
a catch to Peter Handscomb at first slip and the batting soon fell apart on a sharply turning wicket. “We know (Kohli) is going to be another key wicket for the rest of the series. There’s six more times we’ve got to get him out to really cement this series,” Starc said.
”We know he’ll come back bigger and stronger, but he’s one I’ll take over Pujara at the moment,” Starc said when asked to rate the importance of his twin strikes in Pune. Starc and Kohli are former teammates for the Indian Premier League (IPL) side Royal Challengers Bangalore, and the Australian is well aware of how dangerous the Indian skipper can be once he gets his eye in.
Ankur Mittal provided a fantastic finish to the day with a silver medal in double trap after Heena Sidhu and Jitu Rai had combined to win the mixed doubles gold in air pistol, an event that is being recommended for the next Olympics in Tokyo in 2020. With Tejaswini Sawant maintaining the consistent performance of the home shooters in making the women’s rifle 3-position final, it was indeed a memorable day for the host in the shooting World Cup at the Dr. Karni Singh Range in Tughlakabad on Monday. It was an improvement from the bronze medal won by Pooja Ghatkar in women’s air rifle on the opening day. There was no hint of such turn of events at the start of the day, when Heena Sidhu had an 8 and a 9 on the
leaks even before its leak. The movie, which is set to release on March 24, 2017, was in a tough situation when deleted sex scenes of lead actress Swara Bhaskar were leaked on YouTube. The video, which shows Swara Bhaskar being groped, insulted and abused on stage also has a scene where Swara is partly naked, went viral in a few
hours. The 27-second video has three different stills from the movie, which were deleted during the editing process. The gritty drama is faced with a tragedy of its own as this video leak has left the director and actors of the movie in a jittery situation. Avinash Das, the director of the movie, expressed his aghast of this sad incident and said.
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Mitchell Starc may have won the opening duel against Indian skipper Virat Kohli by getting the star batsman out for a duck in the first Test, but the Australian fast bowler insists the battle has just begun. Starc triggered India’s downfall in last week’s first Test in Pune by claiming the wickets of Cheteshwar Pujara and Kohli in quick succession in the first innings before left-arm spinner Steve O’Keefe took charge. Australia bowled out India for paltry totals of 105 and 107 in the two innings, with O’Keefe taking a total of 12 wickets as the visitors wrapped up a 333-run win inside three days. Kohli, who has been in red-hot form in recent months, had a rare failure with scores of 0 and 13 in his two outings. Guilty of chasing Starc’s wide delivery outside the offstump, Kohli gave away
March 4 and March 6 respectively. Rohit has been away from cricket since a very long time. He was last seen on the international circuit during the five-match ODI series against New Zealand, during which he suffered the injury Rohit took to Twitter as a medium of communicating this development. He tweeted, “Finally done with rehab, Can’t wait to play Vijay Hazare on 4th & 6th. Thank you to everyone who helped me
get here. Counting down the minutes.” Rohit was at the NCA along with Amit Mishra, Dhawal Kulkarni and Mohammed Shami, who were also undergoing rehabilitation. Rohit thanked all the staff at NCA and everyone who helped him get pass this tough stage. Mumbai are currently place third in Group C with 8 points, having won 2 games out of 3. Their only loss so far came against Madhya Pradesh that thrashed Mumbai by 80 runs.
first two shots in qualification, or while Ankur Mittal missed six birds in the first round for a score of 24 in double trap. It was a maiden final in a World Cup for the 24-year-old Ankur and he put up a fabulous show in the marathon 80shot climax, shooting 74 and missing the gold by one point to James Willett of Australia. “Am very happy. I missed a few in the final, but lost the
gold by one bird. I will do better next time. I had to shoot a 30 in the last round to make the final, and doing that gave me a lot of confidence,’’ said Ankur, who had won the Asian championship gold in 2014, and a bronze in the Asian meet last year. He had missed the final in the Asian Games in Incheon and had placed seventh. Ankur had indeed shot high scores like 144 in a World Cup.
Ankur Mittal strikes silver, Jitu, Heena win gold in test event
long Twenty20 tournament, also apologised to the fans. ”I’m sorry as I know how much it means to you all and hopefully in the future the safety will not be in doubt to come play there,” he added. Wright has now joined Tymal Mills and Kevin Pietersen, who have al-
Mitchell Starc: We know Virat will come back bigger and stronger
After undergoing a thigh surgery in London recently, Rohit Sharma has been away from cricket for quite some time now.
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Gujarat: Varsada village Dalit sarpanch allegedly stabbed to death, protesters threaten to launch agitation
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The Dalit sarpanch of Varasda village of Amreli district was allegedly stabbed to death by three men of the same village over an old dispute late on Tuesday evening and the family of the victim refused to claim his body until the accused were arrested. The impasse continued till Wednesday evening as police arrested one of the accused and persuaded family to claim the body. Police said three men assaulted Jaysukh Madhad (30), the sarpanch of Varasda village, around 10 km away from Amreli at 6
Amreli SP Jagdish Patel said prima facie the rivalry at the election time led to murder
pm on Tuesday. The accused stabbed the victim in his right thigh and also hit him with iron pipes. Police said that the sarpanch died on his way to Amreli civil hospital even as the accused managed to run away. As doctors at the Amreli hospital declared Madhad dead on
arrival, groups of Dalits assembled on the hospital premises and started protesting on Tuesday night. The victim’s family demanded immediate arrest of all the three accused and refused to claim his body until the trio were arraigned. In his complaint, Madhad’s elder brother Aravind
named Deep Dhadhal, Yuvi Dhadhal and Madhu Vala—all resident of Varasda village—as accused. Aravind stated in his complaint that the accused called Jaysukh near their home in Varasda and stabbed him in his right thigh and also attacked him with iron pipes. The complainant said the ac-
cused assaulted his brother due to a tiff which had started between the victim and the accused during recent election of the village panchayat of Varasda. In the election held in December, Jaysukh had been elected sarpanch of Varasda. The accused Ramesh, as mentioned in the complaint, did not like this. Amreli SP Jagdish Patel said prima facie the rivalry at the election time led to murder. “The work of developing underground drainage line is going on in the village. Deep had demanded that more stone be used for paving the road in front of his house after it was dug up for laying the drainage line.
He had a dispute over this with the sarpanch. Deep had also been demanding a letterhead of the village panchayat from the sarpanch saying he needed it for a visa application but the sarpanch had told him that he will give it after seeking legal advice. Additionally, Deep’s father had fielded a panel of his own at the village panchayat election but it had lost to the panel of Jaysukh. In the backdrop of all this, the duo entered in an argument on Tuesday evening and Deep stabbed the victim in thigh. The knife cut vein of the victim’s leg and he died of excessive bleeding,” Patel said.
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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday opposed the discharge application of Gujarat’s Director General of Police P P Pandey, who is an accused in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case. The CBI has stated that Pandey, in-charge police chief of the state, has been chargesheeted for conspiracy to be read
with murder and other offences and, therefore, his application “be rejected in the interest of justice”. The CBI, however, has not challenged Pandey’s bail, stating that the grounds for his bail and his discharge are different. The CBI filed its reply in response to Pandey’s discharge plea before the special court on Tuesday. The reply dis-
misses Pandey’s allegation that he was “falsely implicated by the CBI for political reasons”. It says, “It is pertinent to mention that the applicant failed to appear before the IO (investigation officer) and before the court and proclamation was issued against him.” Contending against the allegations made by Pandey, who is out on bail, that the case
plan for the Reintroduction of the Asiatic Lions (Panthera Leo Persica) in Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary, Madhya Pradesh’’ is ready. Forest Minister Gaurishankar Shejwar on Tuesday told the Assembly that he won’t commit himself to any translocation deadline because it was for the Centre and the ministry of environment and forest to decide. He said the state government was yet to receive a draft of the tripartite Memorandum of Agree-
ment (MoA) between the union ministry and forest departments of Gujarat and MP. Once MP and Gujarat give their inputs, the final draft would be submitted to the law ministry. Sources told The Indian Express that after the December 19 meeting in MP, the committee of experts hasn’t met again though it was supposed to meet in Gir. In the December 19 meeting, most members had addressed concerns raised by Gujarat.
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More than two and a half years after the Supreme Court threw out a curative petition filed to stall translocation of Asiatic lions from Gir in Gujarat to Kuno Palpur in Madhya Pradesh, there is still no clarity on when the process would begin. The committee of experts formed at the instance of the apex court visited the proposed translocation site in Sheopur district of MP in December last year. A draft titled the “Action
tial evidence and there is no material on record to show his motive to be part of the conspiracy, the CBI responded, “It is not mandatory to prove the motive in criminal cases.” Pandey has also raised the question on the CBI investigation by turning the accused policemen as witnesses whose testimonies are based on hearsay. He has also alleged that CBI “pressurised and lured witnesses to implicate him”. The CBI’s response states, “There are eye-witnesses who corroborate the role of the applicant in the conspiracy of the offence.” According to CBI, Pandey was one of the conspirators in the alleged offence. “He had met two of the deceased i.e Javed and Ishrat Jahan, during their illegal custody at Khodiyar farmhouse,” the CBI’s reply stated.
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group on a messaging application to communicate with other suspected persons. “Waseem and Naeem admitted to have created a group on a messaging application and added some suspected persons in it. It was also revealed that some youths from Gujarat are following ISIS on social media. All such persons are now on our radar and investigations are on to identify and locate
Farmers living along Gujarat’s coast are turning adversities into opportunities. Facing severe salinity ingress and shortage of farm labourers, large number of agriculturists have turned to coconut farming. What’s more. The coconut plantation in Gujarat has more than doubled in the last 10 years and the state has pipped Kerala in productivity of this drupe. As per data of the Coco-
The Gujarat ATS is keeping a close watch on the youths in the state who are following the terror outfit ISIS on various social media platforms, officials said today. Waseem and Naeem Ramodiya, the two brothers who were arrested by the ATS on Sunday last for allegedly hatching a conspiracy to spread terror in Gujarat, admitted to having created a chat
them,” a senior Gujarat ATS official said. Both Waseem and Naeem were nabbed from Rajkot and Bhavnagar respectively. They have been remanded to 12-days custody of ATS by a local court in Rajkot on Monday, following which, they were brought to ATS headquarter here yesterday. Officials of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) along with Madhya Pradesh.
In a rare case of juveniles being tried as adults, two minors were on Tuesday sentenced to life imprisonment for stabbing a teenager to death in Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh. This is the first life term to minors in Madhya Pradesh under the amended Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act. Judge AA Khan of a sessions court in Jhabua also fined the duo — aged 17 and 16 — Rs 10,000 each. They were convicted for murdering a Class IX student, Radhu Singh, on December 5, 2016. “No doubt, this is the first judgment under amended Juvenile Justice Act. This may well be the first case in the country where minors were awarded life term because their
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Lower Parel, Malad, Thane, Nashik, Pune and Nagpur in Maharashtra. A Passport Seva Laghu Kendra (PSLK) at Solapur is scheduled to be operationalised shortly. The MEA and Department of Posts had announced to utilise the Head Post Offices (HPO) in various states as Post Office Passport Seva Kendra (POPSK). The objective of this partnership is to extend passport services on a larger scale. The pilot projects for this joint venture was inaugurated on January 25 at the post offices at Mysuru in Karnataka and Dahod in Gujarat.
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Maharashtra to get 8 Post Office Passport Seva Kendra centres
The Ministry of External Affairs on Tuesday announced opening up of eight Post Office Passport Seva Kendra (POPSK) in Maharashtra for delivering passport related services across the state. The POPSK, started in association with the Department of Post last month, will be extended at Aurangabad, Beed, Jalgaon, Kolhapur, Pimpri Chinchwad, Ghatkopar, Mumbai North Central, Mumbai South Central of the state. These would be in addition to the Passport Seva Kendras funccrime was so heinous that tioning at Andheri East, they were tried as adults,” Maharashtra: 20 yrs of winning Jhabua SP Mahesh Chanawards, as policeman and poet dra Jain said. According to Section 15 of the Act, in case a heinous offence is alleged to have been committed by a child of 16 years or above, the juvenile board shall conduct a preliminary assessment of the suspect’s mental and have made an important Agency | Mumbai physical capacity to commit such a crime, ability Awards and recognitions contribution to the arts in to understand the conse- are not new to sub-in- Maharashtra. I wondered quences and the circum- spector Ramesh Avhad if I had done enough to stances in which the of- — he has been honoured deserve it. The award is fence was committed, and by the police department all the more special as it decide whether they may for his work, and by sev- is presented in the honbe tried as adult under Sec- eral bodies over the past our of an officer who was tion 18 (3). If yes, the case 20 years for his poetry. killed on duty,” Avhad may be transferred to a Yet last month, when says. Nandkumar Gokhachildren’s court with juris- one more award came le, a sub-inspector in diction to try such offenc- his way, the cop says he the Mumbai Police, was killed during communal es. Jain said the “landmark was “deeply humbled”. riots in 1984 That was judgment” came within 53 Avhad, attached with the the year in which Avhad days of the crime. The case Bhandup traffic police joined the police force as was moved before the trial department, was among a constable, eventually court on January 6, 2017. the 12 to win the annu- working his way up the al Shaheed Nandkumar ranks. His move to the Gokhale awards. “The city also led him to start Gokhale award is pre- writing poetry. “I felt sented to people who very congested here.
Ishrat encounter case: CBI opposes Tried as adults, minors Gujarat DGP Pandey’s discharge petition sentenced to life term for is based on circumstanThe reply dismisses
Pandey’s allegation that he was “falsely implicated by the CBI for political reasons”
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nut Development Board (CDB), the area under coconut plantation in Gujarat has increased from 14,650 hectares (ha) in 2005-2006 to 31,000 ha in 2015-2106. The productivity here is 9,328 nuts per ha as compared to 7,535 nuts per ha in Kerala! “There has been a significant shift from traditional crops like sugarcane and groundnut to coconut in the last decade. Due to severe labour shortage and salinity ingress, farmers
have taken to growing coconut. In four years, one coconut tree yields Rs 3,000 to the farmer,” said Dr A R Pathak, vice-chancellor, Junagadh Agriculture University (JAU), said. JAU had developed a hybrid variety of coconut in 2006 which starts giving fruits early and in large quantity compared to conventional seeds. ”Gujarat has huge potential for coconut plantation because of its coastline and favourable climate. Our coconut research station in Mahuva provides seedlings to farmers every year but demand is so high that we are finding it difficult to cope up,” said Pathak. Dr P K Kapadiya, research scientist at JAU Mahuva, said.
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