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Sonia Gandhi meets Prez over ‘growing intolerance’ in country
Congress march to Rashtrapati Bhawan The move by Congress came in the backdrop of protests by artistes, writers and scientists over alleged “rising intolerance” reflected in the Dadri lynching, beef row and other such incidents.
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Bollywood star Ajay Devgn’s much-ambitious project “Shivaay” will go on floor on November 7 in Mussoorie. “Shivaay” not only stars Devgn, 46, in the titular role but is also his second directorial venture after 2008 film “U ME Aur Hum”. The movie introduces Dilip Kumar’s grand-niece Sayesha Saigal.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi will lead a march of party leaders to Rashtrapati Bhavan tomorrow to appeal to President Pranab Mukherjee to use his constitutional powers to end the “atmosphere of intolerance”. The Gandhis and other party leaders will march from Parlia-
ment House to Rashtrapati Bhavan to plead with the President that as head of the nation, he should
ensure an end to “the atmosphere of intolerance, intemperate behaviour, violence and communal
Modi didn’t heed Vajpayee’s advice on 2002 Gujarat riots: Congress
Select base metals ease on low Agency | New Delhi demand, global cues After Prime Minister NaAgency | Mumbai
Select base metals including copper, tin, lead and zinc eased at the non-ferrous metal market here due to selling by stockists amid lower demand from industrial users on the back of bearish global cues. Meanwhile, brass and copper utensils scrap moved up following good offtake from consuming industries.
Aamir wishes success to Shah Rukh on birthday
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rendra Modi on Monday accused the Congress of inaction during the anti-Sikh riots in Delhi in 1984, the Congress hit back saying that it called in the Indian army into Delhi in 1984, but the Gujarat government under Modi stood silently when the 2002 riots in the state occurred. The Army was not called in in Gujarat and Modi and his men did everything to provoke violence, said Congress spokesman Anand Sharma at news conference in Delhi later on Monday. “In 2002 the BJP government
in Gujarat didn’t heed his own party’s Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s advice (then Prime Minister). He (Modi) should look into his own backyard before accusing others,” said Congress spokesman Anand Sharma said. Sharma called PM Modi a “control freak” and said that he and
his ministers don’t brook anyone’s views if they are not in accordance with theirs. “Instead, intellectuals and artists are being slammed and persecuted by top ministers,” Sharma said. The Congress leader said that even Moody’s had warned PM Modi over rising intolerance in the country.
polarisation”, Congress sources said. Members of the Congress Working Committee, AICC General Secretaries and office-bearers and party MPs will be part of the delegation meeting the President, who has repeatedly sought to underline need to preserve India’s core values of diversity, tolerance, and plurality of Indian civilisation. The move by the opposition party came in the backdrop of protests by artistes, writers and scientists over alleged “rising intolerance” reflected in the Dadri lynching, beef row and other such incidents. Two days ago, Sonia had expressed her concern over rising intolerance and had vowed to fight the “diabolical design” of divisive forces to spread hatred which, she said, posed a threat
Chhota Rajan likely to be deported to India in next 2-3 days
to the unity of the country. “Organisations and people of a particular ideology are spreading it to divide people. We are under no illusion that it is an accident. The hate, violence and petty mindedness is being unleashed
as part of a pre-determined plan,” Sonia said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi today targeted Sonia Gandhi, saying the Congress president has no moral right to lecture the NDA on tolerance and it should “hang its head in shame” for the 1984 anti-Sikh riots where thousands were massacred. Congress hit back saying like in 2002 post-Godhra violence, Modi has “forgotten Rajdharma” in 2015 too as he was an “endorser of intolerance by his studied
silence” over acts of hate and violence. Congress also accused the Prime Minister of doing “lasting damage” to country’s social fabric by “selective targeting of the minority community”. On the eve of the Congress march, Sonia had a meeting with President today, but it was described as a courtesy call by the AICC. Sonia had sought a meeting with the President after she could not attend a banquet hosted by him for African leaders last week due to indisposition.
expressed concern about the incident and requested for details, the PMO said. 19-year-old Ashish Ram of Raxaul in Bihar was killed after he received a bullet shot in his head when police opened fire on protesters at Shankara-
charya Gate near Birgunj Customs, Nepal Home Ministry sources said in Kathmandu. However, Modi assured the Nepalese leader that there was no obstacle from the Indian side on supply of fuel and other essentials.
Nepal border firing: PM Modi speaks to KP Oli, expresses ‘shock’ over killing of Indian Agency | Kathmandu
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today expressed “shock” over the unfortunate killing of a youngster from Bihar due to police firing in Nepal and requested for details from his Nepalese counterpart K P Oli during a telephonic conversation. “The Prime has expressed shock and condemned the unfortunate killing of a youngster from Bihar due to police firing in Nepal,” the Prime Minister’s Office said here. During the conversation, Modi
Modi forgets about inflation, BJP leaders talk about Pak: Rahul
Agency | New Delhi Superstar Aamir Khan Agency | Bali Congress vice-president took to Twitter to wish An Indian police team on Rahul Gandhi on Monday his contemporary Shah Monday for the first time attacked Prime Minister Rukh Khan on his 50th questioned underworld Narendra Modi saying he birthday. Aamir, 50, said don Chhota Rajan and doesn’t say a word on the he believes that SRK will officials believe that he rising prices of pulses in keep shining in the world could be deported to Inthe country, but leaders of cinema. “Hey Shah, dia in the next two-three from his BJP talk about taking on Bharatiya Janata caste men. “If a person many happy returns of days. Rajan, who was Pakistan during the on- Dal’s president Amit Shah like Gen VK Singh had the day. May you continarrested in this popular going assembly elections over his comment that if been there in Congress, he ue to shine and give us tourist town upon arrival in Bihar instead. “People BJP loses in Bihar, peo- would be removed in 15 joy. Love. a,” the “PK” from Australia on Octooppose his deportation to sar, who met him at the Indonesian police at the said when Modi comes ple in Pakistan will burst seconds,” Gandhi retortstar wrote. The two of ber 25, is expected to be India, we will hand him detention centre a few detention centre where to power prices will come firecrackers. The Con- ed. Gandhi said the Prime the three Khans (Salman produced before a court over to the Indian police times. The Indian team, he has been lodged for down, but pulses now gress vice-president also Minister keeps promising being the third) have never worked together, soon where the Indone- team which has come comprising officers from the last ten days. First cost Rs 2,000 under his raked up Union minister jobs to the youth but when but have always shared sian police will submit here. The entire process CBI, Mumbai and Delhi Secretary (consular) in regime,” Gandhi said of state for external affairs people from Bihar mia friendly relationship. details of the cases for is likely to be completed police, arrived in Bali on the Indian Embassy in while addressing an elec- General (retd) VK Singh grate to cities like MumShah Rukh, who start- which he is wanted in in next two-three days,” Sunday and they came Jakarta, Sanjeev Kumar tion rally in Araria. “Why remarks who had said that bai, they are beaten up by ed his career with small India. Indian police team an official said. Howev- along with a detailed Agrawal, who met Rajan doesn’t the PM talk about the government cannot the BJP and its allies like screen, featuring in has been working with er, if the lawyer opposes dossier on 55-year-old for nearly half an hour ‘achhe din’ when that was be blamed if somebody the Shiv Sena. “It is only shows like “Fauji”, “Cir- their Indonesian counter- Rajan’s deportation to Rajan and his involve- yesterday, was also pres- all he harped about a year throws a stone at a dog. the friends of Modi who cus” and others, went parts to take over Rajan’s India, the process may ment in various crimes ent when the Indian team ago?” he asked. He upped Singh was referring to are getting richer. The to to become one of the custody as early as pos- get longer, the official in India. The team for the examined Rajan. While the ante ahead of the fifth the two Dalit children in common man will not get biggest superstars of sible. “If the lawyer en- said. Rajan has hired a first time questioned Ra- being taken out of the and the last phase of Bi- Faridabad who were burnt those promised jobs,” he gaged by Rajan does not lawyer, Fransico Pras- jan today in presence of detention centre, har assembly elections by allegedly alive by upper said. Bollywood. 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
2 / Dt. 03-11-2015, Tuesday Editors’ Picks tuesday, NOVEMBER 03, 2015 Modi admired globally, But political opponents affecting image of the country
The people of India, depressed by a lack of governance, policy paralysis, corruption and vote-bank politics, gave a massive mandate to the BJP-led NDA under the leadership of Narendra Modi. Aspiring Indians found in him a ray of hope. From Day One, his government declared that its main agenda was development and good governance. Around the globe, the prime minister has been mobilising support for investment and has successfully changed perceptions about India. He also took initiatives to improve the ease of doing business because unless you create wealth, you will not be able to provide employment or social justice. India is now respected worldwide, more than at any other time. Modi has not only taken steps for reform but also initiated social-security measures like the Jan Dhan Yojana, Jan Suraksha Yojana, Atal Pension Yojana, Mudra Bank (for small traders like kirana merchants, vegetable sellers and vendors). The minimum pension has been enhanced to Rs 1,000. Efforts are being made to provide an Aadhaar card to everybody, to link them with various government benefits. The government’s larger aim in this respect is a system based on JAM (Jan Dhan, Aadhaar, mobile). The Centre is moving towards the elimination of corruption, delays and exploitation in government schemes. The LPG and urea subsidies, PDS, payment of scholarships, pensions and even wages under the MGNREGA, are all being streamlined. The results are positive: A lot of money has been saved and we are now being able to reach out to the really poor in a targeted manner. The PM has also initiated innovative programmes like Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, Sukanya Samriddhi, Swachh Bharat, Make in India, Skill India, Digital India and Clean India to push manufacturing and employment as well as cleanliness. There is an increased focus on skill-upgradation and human resource development. FDI norms have been relaxed in many sectors to attract investments for creating jobs and rekindling economic activity. The government inherited high fiscal, revenue, trade and current account deficits — and, above all, a trust deficit. Some of these have now become matters of the past and the economy is recovering fast. GDP growth has picked up momentum. FDI inflow has increased by about $31 billion. India is being projected to emerge as the fastest growing economy after the slide of recent years. Strong economic growth will help make a firm dent in poverty. An atmosphere of gloom and lack of hope has been replaced by a sense of confidence and purpose.
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SRK turns 50, humbled by fans love
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QUOTE “I don’t know whether justice has been served but OF THE certainly the law has been adhered to,” - Ahead of release of the juvenile convict in the Nirbhaya gang-rape case next month, Union minisDAY ter Maneka Gandhi on Monday expressed helplessness in extending punishment to him and said.. PM, former PM among VVIPs at Harbhajan Singh-Geeta Basra reception
Agency | New Delhi A host of celebrities from Bollywood, Team India cricketers and politicians on Sunday graced the high-profile wedding reception of off-spinner Harbhajan Singh at a posh city hotel in New Delhi. Among the first to arrive at the venue were former India captain and Harbhajan’s one-time teammate Anil Kumble
and his wife and former Punjab Director General of Police KPS Gill, who also served as President of the banned Indian Hockey Federation. Also present at the reception were Indian cricketers Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane and his wife, Ravichandran Ashwin and his father, Team India Director Ravi Shastri and Indi-
an Premier League Commissioner and Congress MP Rajeev Shukla and his wife. Besides out-offavour Yuvraj Singh and India Test captain Virat Kohli, Bollywood celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan and Priyanka Chopra are on the guest list. In fact, Yuvraj has taken a break from his Ranji Trophy duties with his state side, Punjab to attend Harbhajan’s reception at the capital. Just-retired Virender Sehwag is also expected to grace the occasion. According to sources, it was a star-studded ceremony in the national capital which was attended by more than 1,000 guests.
Size Zero trailer: Watch Anushka and Arya in the upcoming Telugu-Tamil bilingual
It was a scene right out of “Om Shanti Om” —— with a gleam in his eyes, SRK stood in a balcony of his house Mannat in Mumbai, blew kisses to his fans, waved and smiled at them. On his 50th birthday on Monday, the Bollywood superstar was “humbled” by the love that his fans showered on him. Cameras went clicking pictures and lights flashed as seen in a video that the ‘Badshah’ posted on his Facebook page. There was a loud
cheer and whistles from the crowd that filled the street outside Shah Rukh’s house in Bandra. Even before the clock struck 12, fans had begun gathering outside, and the attention made the star be grateful for the love that his audiences have showered on him since over two decades of his Bollywood career. “Right now so humbled by the attention and love being given to my birthday. Didn’t ever realise living will be so beautiful. Thanks all,” Shah Rukh shared on social media platforms.
Shweta Basu Prasad: Tough to Survive in Showbiz Without a Godfather Agency | Mumbai
Actress Shweta Basu Prasad, who was arrested for prostitution last year, said that it’s “difficult” to survive in the entertainment industry for those who don’t have any “godfather”. Shweta won the National Award for her role in Makdee and has also featured in films liken Iqbal. When asked whether she finds it difficult to survive in the industry, Shweta : “It is difficult. I don’t have any godfather or a producer father, or anybody that I know personally in the industry.” “I’ve been an outsider, who has grown up in the industry because people have seen my work. But, yes it is slightly difficult as you have to keep reminding people and go for auditions. I know a lot of people. I keep getting auditions once in a while. But being an outsider, it’s quite
tough to make a mark in the industry,” she added. Shweta, who has appeared in TV shows like Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii and Karishma Kaa Karishma earlier, is all set to
make her return on television with horror show Darr Sabko Lagta Hai. Of her comeback on television, Shweta said: “Being an actress, I’m open to acting assignments.
Bhatt’ after ‘2 States’ movie. Later it was said he dates Sonakshi Sinha and Jacqueline Fernandez. But the actor said he is not ready for marriage. He also said, “I feel I
am young for marriage. A relationship takes its own time. I am right now single. but I am ready to mingle.” He also said he is balancing between his work and life right now.
that Charan has chosen actress Ileana D’cruz for the movie and has brought her back to Tollywood
tinsel town. This will be the first time Ram Charan and Ileana will be sharing screen space.
Actor Gives Open Statement that he is Available for Dating Agency | Mumbai
Agency | New Delhi Anushka is getting as versatile as one can get. It is not even a month since we saw Anushka playing the role of the brave king Rudhramadevi, here she is now in a new avatar for Size Zero, a Telugu-Tamil bilingual. Anushka has put on several pounds of weight for playing the protagonist in the film, whose life is
thrown into a turmoil because of her obesity. The one-minute-forty-second trailer beautifully depicts the problems of plus-sized women. Arya, who is playing the lead in the film, appreciated the director Prakash Kovelamudi for making a film like Size Zero which has much-needed message for the society. Talking about Anushka, the actor said that when
it comes to acting she is a mixture of Kamal Haasan and Vikram. Music for the film is composed by Keeravani, who also composed for SS Rajamouli’s magnum opus Baahubali. Apart from Arya and Anushka, the film also stars Sonal Chauhan, Brahmanandam and Urvashi in important roles. The film is named Inji Iduppazhagi in Tamil.
‘Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2′ collects Rs 50 crore at the box office
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While Main Aur Charles and Shaandaar have suffered a big blow at the box office, Pyaar ka Punchnama 2 is slowly inching towards the Rs 60 crore mark! It collected Rs 52 Cr by the end of the two weeks. After receiving a good responses from the critic, audience and a good word of mouth. The sequel of 2011’s most appreciated small budget movie Pyaar Ka Punchnama, has repeated the history once again but this time with more power. Each & everyone in the movie
2 States fame Arjun Kapoor, the Indian actor now said that he is ready to date and he is balancing between his work and life right now. Arjun Kapoor is an Indian actor who predominantly appears in Bollywood movies. He is the son of Producer Boney Kapoor. He made his debut in 2012 with Habib Faisal’s romantic drama ‘Ishaqzaade’. ‘Gunday’ and ‘2 States’ were successful ventures for the actor and they turned his career upside down. The actor even acted in critically acclaimed movies like ‘Finding Fanny’. Right now he acts with Kareena Kapoor Khan for a romantic drama ‘Ki and Ka’. The project is directed by R.Balki. He always has been linked with his co-stars. Initially there was news that he was dating with ‘Alia
Ileana opposite Ram Charan? Agency | New Delhi
has performed superbly well in his/her character. In the beginning of its second week, the film has made an impressive total of Rs 52.30 crore. Even after eight days of its run, the film, despite being promoted so heavily and backed by prominent names, has
only raked up around Rs 36.50 crore at the box office. The long, hilarious but unabashedly real rant of the film that dared to show the “other” side of women-‘Pyaar Ka Punchnama’ has become synonymous with every man all over the country.
Ram Charan’s forthcoming flick which is a remake of the Tamil movie, ‘Thani Oruvan’ is to be directed by Surender Reddy. The hunt for the actress for Charan’s movie is still on as many actresses names such as Samantha, Nayantara and Amrya Dastur are doing the rounds. If the reports are to be believed
3 / Dt. 03-11-2015, Tuesday Who is George Boole, the subject of today’s Google Doodle
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Fans in Mohali decked up to watch ‘role model’AB de Villiers in action
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Agency | New Delhi Monday’s Google Doodle features a man, who pretty much laid the foundations for today’s information age. George Boole, who would’ve turned 200 today, according to a University College Cork (UCC) website dedicated to him, “was an English mathematician, philosopher and logician whose work touched the fields of differential equations, probability and algebraic logic. He is now best known as the author of The Laws of Thought”. Boole was the first Professor of Mathematics in the then Queen’s College, Cork (now known as UCC), founded in 1849. He served the university for 15 years until his death in 1864. His seminal contribution to mathematics (and logic) came in 1854, when Boole introduced the “Boolean algebra” in his book, A n Investigation of the Laws of Thought.
Facebook to help BSNL set up 100 Wi-Fi hotspots in rural India
Even before the South African cricket team bus entered the hotel premises, some of the cricket fans gathered inside the hotel lobby were chanting only one name. “AB de Villiers, AB de Villiers,” the fans shouted. When the bus entered the hotel and players got off, the fans were busy clicking photographs of the player who has so far received plenty of cheers from the Indian fans during the past one month. AB De Villiers spent some time with a team official before he entered the hotel lobby, followed by Dale Steyn, and the fans knew that both the players would be under the spotlight once the Test match starts on
MS Dhoni praises IPL, says it has taken ugly sledging away from cricket Agency | New Delhi
November 5. “We just came to watch AB de Villiers and he has been our role model. The way he plays cricket is tremendous and whenever he scores a century, it’s a treat for us. We hope that he will smash a century at Mohali and would enjoy the conditions here. Yes, we will be cheering for India but when AB bats, we cheer for him all the
ISL: Iain Hume hat-trick helps Kolkata beat Mumbai City 4-1
Agency | New Delhi Boosting the government’s ambitious ‘Digital India’ drive, social media giant Facebook has come forward to facilitate state-run BSNL in setting up 100 Wi-Fi sites in rural areas of western and southern India. Facebook will spend Rs. 5 crore per annum for sponsoring these 100 Wi-Fi hotspots in the country. “Facebook has partnered with us to sponsor 100 Wi-Fi hotspots in villages across west and southern India. They will pay Rs. 5 lakh for BSNL bandwidth for each hotspot per annum,” BSNL chairman & MD, Anupam Shrivastava said. The hotspots are being set up by BSNL-selected vendor Quad Zen. “We have already set up 25 hotspots under the agreement. Facebook is only sponsoring them and not taking any revenue share. Quad Zen will set up these hotspots and handle sales. There is revenue share model between BSNL and Quad Zen,” Shrivastava said. When contacted, Facebook spokesperson said, “We don’t have any comments at this point of time.”
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time,” said Gaurav Kumar, a resident of Jalandhar, who had come to the city for a function. AB de Villiers, who smashed a century on Saturday against Board President XI in Mumbai, looked refreshed even after the flight from Mumbai. Players like Steyn and Faf du Plesis were seen listening to songs on their headphones.
Agency | Mumbai Mumbai City FC player-cum-manager Nicolas Anelka seemed to have too much on his plate on Sunday. Starting a game for the first time this season, the Frenchman failed to find his feet on the field and faltered while reading the Atletico de Kolkata tactics, losing 1-4 on the back
of a classy hat-trick by striker Iain Hume. With three consecutive wins, Mumbai were the team on the rise. A win on Sunday would have taken them to the top of the table in the Indian Super League (ISL). It was the kind of enviable form with which they entered the field. Anelka’s entry, though, appeared to
have left the forward line in disarray. Starting as a forward in front of Sunil Chhetri, Sony Norde and Subhash Singh, Anelka failed to align well with the trio, who had forged a successful partnership thus far. Anelka drifted to the left, and sometimes to the right. The game plan seemed too convoluted. The 36-year-old looked awkward at times, failing to even keep the ball on target. Chhetri, who has been the star of Mumbai’s campaign thus far and leads the league’s goal-scorers’ list, hardly found himself within striking distance. Norde too tried a few solo runs, but with no one providing support, he couldn’t make much of an impact. A sturdy Kolkata defence did not help matters either.
Stressing the need to keep the spirit of gentleman’s game alive, Indian limited-overs skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni today said IPL has helped players from across the globe connect with each other and taken “ugly sledging” away from cricket. Popularly known as ‘Captain Cool’, the Chennai Super Kings skipper has hardly lost his bearing on and off the field and the humble cricketer from Jharkhand is of the opinion that the Indian Premier League and all such T20 leagues of the world have led to a good on-field environment in international matches. “We play a gentleman’s game. We want to win, but have to do it in the right way. IPL has taken the ugly sledging away from cricket. Friendly banter is good and that’s what these Twenty20 league has done. Really helped the cricketers in streamlining in what was known as sledging,” Dho-
ni, who shared the stage with West Indies batsman Chris Gayle, said at a promotional event to kick off the “Yaari” digital movement in a city hotel here. “IPL has helped us a lot to deal with it (sledging). IPL has helped different players from different cultures come together and share the same dressing room. IPL got me closer to many individuals, whom I might not have interacted with otherwise,” Dhoni said.
“I don’t even interact with Indian players in IPL fearing what their team’s policy might be, so I take care of all these things. But my equation with many players has improved just because of IPL,” the wicketkeeper-batsman added. Gayle, who shares a great rapport with Dhoni, not only mimicked the batsman’s patent ‘helicopter shot’ on stage but also agreed with the skipper on IPL easing tension between players.
pressions like “Go girl!” and “Keep making India proud”. The stars exclaimed that the title is a new accomplishment in Sania’s book of achievements with “many more to come”. Sania and Hingis came up with another stupendous perfor-
mance on Sunday to win the women’s doubles title of the prestigious $7 million WTA Finals at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. It has been an eventful year for Sania. She has won 10 titles, including two Grand Slams US Open and Wimbledon.
Bollywood hails girl power after Sania Mirza’s victory at WTA Finals
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Agency | Mumbai As Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis clinched the WTA Finals doubles crown, Bollywood celebrities like Farhan Akhtar, Sonakshi Sinha and Varun Dhawan lauded the Indian tennis star with ex-
Agency | New Delhi Diwali is just round the corner and most of the e-commerce websites are offering various deals and discounts to lure the customers to their websites. Chinese smartphone manufacturer, Xiaomi is also planning to organize a flash sale starting tomorrow by offering new deals and offers on its site. The three-day Xiaomi Diwali Sale will begin from Tuesday and last till Thursday on the company’s own website, Mi.com/in. Xiaomi will be organising a Re 1 flash sale for some of its products on November 3, 4 and 5. Xiaomi will be hosting sale every day at 2PM and 6PM during the period. To be eligible for the flash sale, users will have to get themselves registered first on their website and then share the flash sale promotion on mi.com/in via Facebook or Twitter accounts by two hours before the flash sale begins on November 3. The company has made this announcement via its website and other social media channels. Other than the Re 1 flash sale, Xiaomi is also offering discounts on several other products.
Sadness of not getting farewell game will always remain: Sehwag Agency | New Delhi
Agency | London Manchester City captainVincent Kompany has urged his side to win the ongoing Champions League if they want to be recognized as a major club. If Manuel Pellegrini’s side wins their upcoming match, they will make it to the last 16 in the
ongoing league. Kompany also criticised UEFA’s decision to open disciplinary proceedings against City after fans’ booed the Champions League anthem, the Mirror reported. The incident took place when City claimed a 2-1 triumph over the Sevilla at Emirates Stadium. Describing the investigation
as a ‘joke’, the defender said that there have been instances of racial abuse and they have had to put up with it. City is currently at the second place in Group D in standings, having two wins from the three games which they have played. They will again lock horns with Sevilla on November 4.
Swashbuckling Indian batsman Virender Shewag, who recently called time on his international cricket career, said the sadness of being “deprived of a farewell game shall always remain” in his mind. “Had the selectors told requested them to allow nounce my retirement, me that they were going me to play my last Test but they did not give me to drop me, I could have in Delhi and then an- that opportunity.
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National Education Policy: Draft report blames maternity leave for poor basic education in Gujarat Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
High number of women teachers and subsequent maternity leaves were listed among the 70-odd factors affecting elementary education in the draft report of the National Education Policy (NEP)prepared by the Gujarat government. The draft report, prepared by state education department after a district-level consultation on school education, also suggested creating a reserve of teachers to combat the problem of frequent maternity leaves. It will be submitted to the Ministry of Human Resource Development
soon. There are 34,000 government primary schools in Gujarat, and 2.04 lakh vidyasahayakas (temporary teachers) and regular teachers. More than 96,000 teachers are women, according to government records. As per government rules, a woman teacher gets 180 days of maternity leave,
while a man gets only 15 days of paternity leave. It also cited “illiterate parents”, “lack of motivation among students” among the reasons for poor results. These were in response to a question — “What are the likely reasons that hinder our elementary school children in acquiring
Ban on commercial surrogacy: Notions of ‘choice’, ‘altruism’ need to be questioned Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
The Union government has reportedly taken a position to ban commercial surrogacy completely and allow only surrogacy for ‘altruistic’ purposes for married Indian couples. This marks a shift in the official position. For a long time now, governments at the Centre and States have encouraged and helped create a flourishing commercial surrogacy market in India. The Gujarat government under Modi has boasted of commercial surrogacy as part of its successful ‘development’ model. All the while, it was an open secret that this global industry relied on the poverty and social subordination of Indian women. The supposedly huge payments were ‘generous’ only if
one took the extreme poverty of women as a given, plus women had little bargaining power and next to no way to protest if they were not paid the promised amount. If they suffered medical complications and risks during the pregnancy, and demanded higher payment, this would be denied. The notions of supposed ‘choice’, and ‘altruism’ of the women also need to be strongly questioned. Be-
cause women are hemmed in amidst an array of bad, devil-and-deep-sea ‘choices’ by a political economy, both global and domestic, of liberalisation policies, debt-traps, declining wages, poorly paid domestic work and other forms of ill-paid exploitative work available to women. The same political economy also promotes and nourishes both sex selective abortion and commercial surrogacy.
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Patidar community plans protest during PM Modi’s UK visit, write to Cameron
The violence which erupted after the Patidar rally on August 25 was a result of well-thought out strategy by PAAS leaders. Crime branch sources said that about 10 witnesses examined by the police in the sedition and waging war against the state case have revealed that the violence was planned by PAAS leaders on August 11-12 and it was to take place on August 26. “However as police picked up Hardik and his few supporters from the GMDC grounds when they were sitting on fast at the GMDC grounds, supporters of the reservation stir resorted to violence across the state” said a senior crime branch official. Crime branch sources said it has also come to light during interrogation of the accused that Har-
The Patidar community in the UK has sought permission to hold protest during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit to London, said a key quota stir leader on Sunday. “We have written to British Prime Minister David Cameron to let us exercise our right to protest at least in their great democracy since we are not being allowed to do so by our government here in Gujarat,” said Varun Patel during a press conference here. Close relatives of Hardik Patel, Chirag Patel, Ketan Patel and Dinesh Bambhaniya, who are currently in police custody in a sedition case, were also present. Modi
dik had planned with his supporters to uproot railway tracks in Amreli and Surat. “They had even uprooted a track in Amreli, but as the train passing on the track was goods vehicle the impact could not be created” said a senior crime branch official. Meanwhile, according to crime branch sources during the questioning of Chota Hardik alias Hardik Kirti Patel, who is a relative of PAAS convener Hardik Patel, they had together travelled to different parts of the state and also to different parts of the country to gather support and money for the Patidar reservation stir. Crime branch officials said, in a statement recorded on Saturday of Dilip Patel, it has come to light that he used to take directions from Hardik Patel and convey it to supporters across the state.
BJP looking to follow ‘no-repeat’ policy in Ahmedabad civic polls Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
main focus of education should be on humanism and patriotism, he said. “These are the values that would not be taught any school or college but through their families.” He also advised the community to be wary of opportunistic political parties who would misguide them by giving wrong notions and political slogans. “We are living in a democracy, if citizens are educated, aware and informed democracy can run batter,” Kohli said, adding “people must be thinking, analytical and good citizens to take right decisions to have
a better democratic system.” In his initial remarks, he expressed happiness at the continuous change in general perception about lack of focus on education among Muslims, saying such a perception was a stigma on the community. Earlier, Gujarat University vice-chancellor Dr M N Patel declared that F D Education Trust would get affiliation for a commerce college soon once that enrollment ratio was increased to 32 per cent. He expressed happiness at the fact that out of 450 prize winning students, 300 were girls.
The BJP may not renominate 60% of its sitting municipal councillors with Patels being the only possible exceptions. The party is likely to adopt its ‘no-repeat’ policy and deny tickets to several councillors, but may re-nominate Patel councillors who won the 2010 civic elections. Sources in the BJP said that the party leaders, following the 2010 policy, are of the opinion that they will follow the no-repeat policy and are not likely to re-nominate the majority of their elected councilors. The party may deny tickets to around 60% of its sitting councillors. BJP office bearers in the municipal corporation, requesting anonymity, said “The party will likely
attend the G-20 summit. Through the letter, the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti, which is spear-
heading the movement for reservation benefits, said it wants to highlight the plight of the community, which was “wrongfully targeted by the BJP-led state government for raising the voice”. “Political parties do get permission to hold rallies, but no Patidar community person is getting permission to hold his public function here in Gujarat,” he added.
8 silver and 11 bronze) and stood second. The Railway was at the top in the points table winning 27 medals (14 golds, 9 silver and 4 Bronze), while Maharashtra (29 medals) and Gujarat (14 medals) stood at third and fourth positions, respectively. Table-toppers’ Railways won the award in men’s swimming team performance while in women’s category the trophy went to Karnataka. In Waterpolo event, Railway won in men’s category, while Kerala
won in women’s category. Over 700 swimmers from across the country had taken part in the fiveday-long event organised jointly by the Swimming Federation of India (SFI) and Gujarat State Aquatic Association (GSAA) and hosted jointly by the Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) and Rajkot District Swimming Association (RDSA). Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent a message to the organisers and praised their efforts for hosting the event successfully.
was used to cause injury to police men and code word ‘Shraddhanjali’ was used for road block agitation. According to Hardik’s lawyer and Gujarat Congress legal cell head BM Mangukiya, one of the reasons for seeking further custody of Hardik, as told to the court was that the details of 354 WhatsApp groups and their admins were yet to be investigated. Meanwhile Hardik’s three aides whose 7+2 days remand were over today were also produced in Metro court. They were sent to judicial custody
by court. They were also arrested in sedition case. Two of them Chirag and Ketan Patel were arrested by Special Operation Group(SOG) of Ahmedabad Police through transfer warrant while another accused Dinesh Patel was arrested by Mahesana Police through transfer warrant. Police told media persons that Hardik was one of the 12 accused in the case and he too would be arrested through transfer warrant, once his remands are over. For now Ketan and Chirag Patel are arrested in this case.
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Violence on Aug 11-12 was planned: Crime branch sources Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Gujarat Governor pitches for ‘secular education’ across country
Governor Om Prakash Kohli has called for encouraging secular education in the country by striking a balance between religious and world-class education of Muslim children to produce better human beings who can keep abreast with fast changes and stiff competition in the current times. Felicitating about 450 Muslim students of the city Sunday who scored 75 per cent and above marks in board examinations this year, the Governor said the very Muslim community which had produced great personalities like Maulana Azad and Dr Zakir Husain in the past could produce such persons even now from among these children. No matter what is one’s religion, one can believe it freely but no one should hate other religions,” he said. Above all, the
age appropriate skills in reading, writing and numeracy?” — which was part of the survey by the department. The department stated that “poor quality of faculty” is affecting higher education, and “regular teachers in higher education should be appointed” instead of contractual teachers. This goes against the department’s own policy being followed currently, where majority of appointments are on contract basis. Besides suggesting penal action on parents whose children are irregular in school, the education department proposed implementation of “equal work, equal pay” rule as a measure against underperforming teachers.
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have several new faces in the corporation. (But) The party may re-nominate the majority of Patel councillors who won in 2010. The office bearer further said that the party’s councillors have already begun their rounds and were reluctant to go into areas dominated by the Patel community. They are presently focusing their campaign in areas dominated by communities other than Patidars. The office bearers said that in the Patel-dominated areas, Patel leaders are being asked to hold meetings of their confidants and examine the undercurrents. The Congress on the other hand has an eye on winning abilities, and is likely to re-nominate almost all its councillors who won in 2010.
is scheduled to visit the UK between November 12 and November 14 before leaving for Turkey to
Mana Patel wins Gold medal in National Aquatic Championship Correspondent | Rajkot
Mana Patel of Gujarat and Maharashtra’s Virdhawal Khade emerged as the best swimmers of the 69th senior National Aquatic Championship. Mana, who broke her national record by 13 micro second in women’s 50m backstroke race, was adjudged the best swimmer in the women’s category of the competition that concluded last night. Mana, on the concluding day, won the gold medal by setting a new national record by finishing the 50 m backstroke even taking 30:25 second. Earlier in 2014, she had set a record in the 50m backstroke event taking time of 30:38 seconds. Meanwhile, Maharashtra’s Virdhawal Khade was declared best swimmer of the event in men’s category. The Karnataka aquatic team was adjudged the best team for its overall performance in the competition. Karnataka won 28 medals (9 gold,
Further remands for Hardik, aides arrested in another cases Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti(PAAS) leader Hardik Patel was today sent to further two days police custody(remand) by Ahmedabad Metro Court in connection with Sedition case filed against him by Crime Branch of Ahmedabad Police. Hardik was produced in court as his 7 days police custody was over today. According to Rahul Patel, ACP of Crime Branch there are some points that still need investigation for which 7 days extension of remand was sought before the court. In response to this, the court granted remand till 4.00 pm on 3 November. Crime Branch sources say Hardik has shared the meaning of some of the code words used by him and his aides during the Patel agitation. Code word ‘Prasad aapvo’ was used for beating up the police men. Code word ‘form a blood bank’
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