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News Brief Kohli adorns cover of GQ India magazine
Agency | New Delhi Virat Kohli took to social media to express his joy after finding himself on the cover of GQ India magazine. India’s limited overs captain posted a picture on his Twitter account which said, “CoverAlert for @gqIndia. Love the cover! Best Dressed is a huge compliment @ CheKurrienGQ”
7 killed in truckambulance collision Agency | Purnea Seven persons, including a newborn, were killed and one other was injured when an ambulance collided head-on with a truck on NH 31 in Bihar’s Purnea district today. Purnea Deputy SP R K Sah said that the incident occurred when an ambulance in which the victims were travelling in collided headon with a truck coming from opposite direction near Mewalal chowk on NH 31 of the district.
Kidney trade racket busted, 6 arrested
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“Mathura violence” More than 100 people arrested, BJP says lapse on part of UP govt
SP govt comes under fire after 24 die Over two years ago, activists of splinter group of Baba Jai Gurudeo had occupied hundreds of acres of land of Jawahar Bagh on the pretext of ‘dharna’ in Mathura
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The violence in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura that left 24 people dead exposed again the Samajwadi Party government’s biggest weakness in the assembly polls early next year: The state’s dismal law-and-order situation. Opposition parties clamoured to attack the Akhilesh Yadav government with the BJP alleging the group of squatters in Mathura’s Jawahar Bagh – who allegedly shot dead two senior police officers
– had the protection of the ruling party. But the SP cautioned against playing politics with the issue. BSP supremo Mayawati demanded the resignation of the SP government and demanded a judicial inquiry, holding the state administration responsible for the “unfortunate and painful” incident. “After the Mathura incident, everybody in UP is talking about Behenji’s shahshan (Mayawati’s rule). When she was at the helm, all these crim-
inals who enjoy political patronage had gone into hiding,” a senior BSP leader told agency on the phone from Lucknow. The Congress’ reaction was guarded with chief spokesperson Randeep
Singh Surjewala asking the SP government to address the situation and asserting that it was not the time “to score political brownie points”. The Congress is still undecided whether it will contest
by former teachers and classmates. Mainak Sarkar, 38, shot himself dead after this week’s killings. He studied at one of India’s elite engineering institutes where admission is fiercely competitive and there is huge pressure to excel, and may have
been demoralized by the long struggle to earn his doctorate in the United States. “My initial reaction was one of shock and disbelief,” said Gautam Biswas, who taught Sarkar in the 9th and 10th grades of St. Michael’s School in Durgapur, West Bengal. The industrial township lies just over two hours’ drive northeast of the state capital Kolkata. Biswas, shaken, said he was also a private tutor to Mainak and remembered him well. “How could he do this? That was the question that raked my mind for long hours,” Biswas said.
“In school days, Mainak was a very level-headed, intelligent student and never did give any indication of abnormal behaviour.” The woman shot dead in her Minnesota home by Sarkar was identified by her sister on social media on Friday as Ashley Hasti. The sister, Alex Hasti, said Ashley Hasti’s “life was cut short much too soon by her estranged husband.” Sarkar shot her dead before driving to Los Angeles to kill Professor William Klug, 39, police said on Thursday. Police found a “kill list” at his home in St. Paul, Minnesota, that included the name of another professor, who was unharmed.
the state elections alone or with a partner. The clashes erupted in the heart of Mathura late on Thursday when a police team reached Jawahar Bagh to remove squatters from the Swadhin Bharat
Vidhik Satyagrah following a court order. But the 3,000-odd encroachers allegedly opened fire on the police, sparking off violence in which a superintendent of police was killed and over 100 peo-
ple injured. The incident came on top of a string of low-intensity riots across the state and the mob lynching of Mohammad Ikhlaq last year over rumours that he slaughtered a calf – incidents that have given opposition parties ammunition to attack the SP government as being lax on law-andorder. The sharpest attack came from the BJP that is hoping to replicate its bumper Lok Sabha electoral success – it won 71 of the state’s 80 seats -- in the assembly polls.
of Switzerland, the Prime Minister is also likely to raise the issue of black money stashed by Indians in Swiss banks. The Prime Minister will first travel to Afghanistan where he will inaugurate the Afghan-India Friendship Dam, earlier known as Salma Dam, in Herat province, along with
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. Both the leaders will also hold talks on a range of issues including current situation in Afghanistan. From Afghanistan, Modi will travel to energy-rich Qatar on Saturday itself and from there he will leave for a two day visit to Switzerland on Sunday.
UCLA shooter remembered in India as PM Modi to embark on crucial level-headed; struggled as postgrad five-nation tour from Saturday
Agency | Kolkata The former student who killed his estranged wife and then drove 2,000 miles (3,200 km) to shoot dead a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, was known at home in India as calm, smart and unassuming
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi sets off on a five-nation visit to Afghanistan, Qatar, Switzerland, the US and Mexico on Saturday during which the focus will be to broaden India’s trade, energy and security cooperation with them and inject a new momentum in ties. Modi is likely to seek support of Switzerland and Mexico for India’s membership of the 48-member Nuclear Suppliers Group as both these countries are key members of the elite group. The issue is likely to figure during Modi’s meeting with Obama in Washington. During his talks with the leadership
3 BSF men killed, 6 injured in terror attack on convoy in Kashmir’s Anathnag
Torrential rain forced thousands of people from their homes south of ParAgency | Srinagar soldiers were killed while is while the River Seine six others were woundThree BSF men died surged to its highest level ed, militants are believed while six others were for over 30 years in the hiding in some residential injured, three of them French capital, shutting houses in area which had critically, after militants down the famed Loubeen cordoned off and ambushed a convoy near vre and Orsay musemassive search operation ums and a metro line. In and Seine rivers to burst inflatable boats. At least Goriwan in Bijbehara is going on. Officials said Evry-Gregy-sur-Yerre, their banks. An 86-year- 3,000 out of 13,000 inhab- town of south Kashmir’s that three BSF personsouth of Paris, a man on old woman was found itants were evacuated in Anantnag district. The nel identified as Head horseback drowned on dead in her flooded house Nemours, 75 km south of BSF convoy comprising Constable Girish Kumar Thursday, the prefecture in a small town southwest Paris, as floodwaters crept 23 vehicles was coming Shukla, Constable Ma- of them, who was criti- CRPF and Rashtriya Risaid in a statement. Le of Paris late on Wednes- towards the second story from Jammu to Srinagar hinder Ram and Haval- cally injured, was airlift- fles. “Its an unfortunate Parisien newspaper said day. “Since yesterday it’s of buildings in the town ferrying jawans who dar Dinesh were killed ed to 92 Base hospital in incident. The BSF conthe 74-year-old had been just been a deluge,” said centre. Prolonged heavy were returning to join while four others were Srinagar. BSF Director voy was attacked on the trying to cross a flooded Jerome Coiffier, an in- rain also pounded parts their duties after their injured in the incident General K K Sharma is national highway by terfield. The horse survived habitant of Longjumeau, of neighbouring Germa- leave. There was a heavy which took place at 4.30 rushing to the spot to take rorists who fired at it from with minor injuries. He less than 20 km south of ny and at least five people exchange of gunfire be- pm near a government stock of the situation. Ad- the by-lanes near Bijbewas the second victim of Paris, where firemen wad- have died in floods in Ba- tween the two sides that hospital, 52 kms from ditional forces have been hara,” Director General the torrential rains that ing thigh-deep in water varia state in the south of lasted over 15 minutes. Srinagar. The injured are rushed to the area which of Jammu and Kashmir have caused the Loire rescued inhabitants using the country, officials said. In the exchange, three being treated while one has been cordoned off by Police K Rajendra said. Sub Editor: Dhruvil Makani Office: B/14, Madhav Chamber’s, India Colony, Opp-Vidhyanagar School, Bapunagar, Ahmedababad - 380024 Email: ssdaily2013@gmail.com Mo : 98250 98053
Police claimed to have busted a kidney trade racket operating in Delhi following the arrest of six people, including two women. They were arrested from a prominent private hospital in southeast Delhi last night, a police officer said. The police were tipped off about the gang’s presence in the hospital, he said. Three middlemen, who are believed to have sold at least four kidneys in Delhi, were nabbed. Three potential donors, including two women, who were apprehended, are from a village in a neighbouring state, he said.
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Social injustice in India is always clouded by personal prejudice
On television, a fair woman walking down the street runs for cover as the sun hits her face. The voiceover says, “Protect your whiteness from the harmful rays of the sun.” In print ads for hair transplants and liposuction, the “before” picture is invariably of a dark-skinned Indian, but after the operation, the subject is thinner, with more hair, and decidedly whiter. In another ad, a Bollywood film star shows off her hair colour, an unnatural auburn blonde. As she runs her hands through her golden strands, she says, “Try L’Oreal for that natural you”. Since when has fair skin and blonde hair been a “natural you” for India? Why indeed do the print media, television and film support such overt prejudice? Like the ban on liquor and cigarette ads, hate speech and child pornography, should there also be a complete ban on skin-whitening creams and other products that promote fairness, and hence prejudice? The search for “fairness” in a country where people are many shades of dark — from milk chocolate to bitter chocolate — cuts across borders. Among the elite group of cricketers, Bombay film actors, TV personalities, club and bar-hopping glitterati in the metros, to rickshaw drivers, and Congo and Nigerian-beating shop owners in Delhi, the assertion of whiteness/fairness is a lifelong quest, and one that has become a badge of pride. Delhi and Mumbai’s escort services are run on Russian and Ukrainian women, who fetch a higher nightly rate than the Chinese, who are themselves paid more than dark-skinned Indian women. How then does this inbuilt desire reflect in civic reality? The recent cases of violence against Africans in Delhi are so barbaric that psychologists maintain they stem from a deep-seated hatred. Just outside the village of Kishangarh in south Delhi, three men forced an African male out of an autorickshaw and bludgeoned his skull with boulders. That, too, in full public view on a busy road. A few days later in nearby Mehrauli, a Nigerian priest, returning home with his wife and four-month-old son, was dragged out of the car. After smashing the windshield, the attackers hit him with cricket bats, but he managed to escape. The violence is hardly the outcome of mere urban irritation. The arguments over a restaurant bill or an autorickshaw fare are but triggers for something deeper. Some years ago, when my sister was in India travelling with her white American husband, she was presumed a woman of loose morals trying to gain money and short-term respectability by attaching on to a white man.
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“It is the property of one lakh tens thousand villages, over 5000 blocks, over 500 districts, over 20 states that have given it to us with the confidence that any recommendation that comes to us will be shared with them before it is made a draft policy,” - The report of the TSR Subramanian-led Committee on evolution of a National Education Policy (NEP) will be made public only after its recommendations are shared with states and “not just for the sake of headlines”, HRD Minister mriti Irani said Friday.
Learn Why Akshay Kumar Hated to Go on The Sets of His Action Films
Agency | Mumbai Actor Akshay Kumar says that hated going on the sets when he was doing back-to-back action films and that’s why he considers it important to break away from genres. Akshay was asked which is the most difficult genre and which genre he en-
joys the most. “Obviously comedy is the most difficult. But I enjoy everything,” he said at a promotional event for his next film Housefull 3. “I just want to give away comedy for a while because how long can you do one genre. You can do it for 3-5 months, and then you start getting
bored of it. Like when I used to do a lot of action films, I used to actually feel bad about having to go every day and do action films. I needed a change,” the actor added. The 48-year-old actor rose to fame as an ‘action star’ during the Nineties when he featured in several action movies like Mohra , Main Khiladi Tu Anari and Sabse Bada Khiladi. Recently, Akshay has showcased his versatility as an actor by doing content-driven films like Special 26, Holiday, Baby, Airlift as well as comedies like Singh is Bliing. After Housefull 3, he will be seen in Rustom -- based on a real life story of a naval officer.
The Nice Guys movie review: Two stars for Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling starrer Agency | New Delhi
The US president who fought a half-hearted battle for the environment and a full-throated one on porn gets himself a film that tries to combine all these three elements, then mixes in a bit of mystery, a lot of blood, and, most improbably, a 13-year-old. The result is a failed attempt at whimsy, that ends up being too clever by half. The president in question is Richard Nixon, who gets referenced amply in two scenes of dying in The Nice Guys (dated just after his presidency). His Clean Air Act, and consequent pas de deux with the big automobile manufacturers, is implied. That the environmental mes-
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has thanked his fans for wishing him and wife Jaya on their 43rd marriage anniversary. The 73-year-old actor, who tied the knot on June 3, 1973 with the actress-politician, said Jaya is again abroad on the occasion. “So another year has gone by between Jaya and I… And another year has gone by when we have not been able to be in town together… She is away overseas and me is within the seas..!! “Thank you for the anniversary greetings to all the Ef… its been 43 years and that is a long time…,”
he wrote on his blog along with the pictures of them. The star couple got married after working together in Prakash Mehra’s “Zanjeer”. Their wedding was a hush-hush affair with only a few of close industry friends and family members in attendance. The “Te3N” star recalled it was raining on his wedding day. “It began to drizzle as I was preparing to leave for the location of the wedding in Malabar Hill at a dear friend of Jaya’s father .. our neighbours came running out and said ‘hurry up and depart for the wedding, this rain is a good omen’…”
Agency | Mumbai An Indian businessman Batuk Patel (Boman Irani) has built an empire in London. His daughters -- Ganga, Jamuna, Saraswati (Jacqueline, Lisa Hayden, Nargis) -- want to marry broke guys, Sandy, Bunty, Teddy (Akshay, Abhishek, Riteish). The problem is Patel doesn’t want his daughters to get married. But, this isn’t the most
interesting part of Housefull 3, which builds on the legacy of Sajid Khan, who directed the two earlier films in the franchise. It’s the dialogues. Sajid-Farhad, the writers of all three films, begin serving crackling one-liners from the start, and set a comfortable ground for the actors to build on it. Literal translation of Chalo bahar latakte hain (let’s hang out), and than-
di waali dawa le lo (take a chill pill) make you chuckle, and then comes Akshay Kumar’s split personality act. Sandy also has a Soondy (the other half of his personality) inside him who likes to take a cue from Edward Norton’s Fightclub. It’s Kumar who keeps the momentum going even when the audience misses the rip-roaring comedy of Housefull 2.
yesterday, she hosted a lunch for her core team members at her residence where she caught up with everyone.” Adds the source, “Deepika had organised the entire lunch from Budapest itself along with her cook and had planned the menu. It was a pleasure-cum-business lunch for her as she discussed what she had done during her xXx shoot while in turn, they
briefed her on the work front. Today onwards, she will start having script-reading sessions.” Deepika says, “My team — my brand managers, personal assistant, hair, make-up, stylist and spot boys — is my extended family in Mumbai. I have been away for a while and I can’t wait to spend time with all of them. Homecoming is a lovely feeling.”
it affected the mood of the movie, Kashyap says he is only influenced by storytelling. “No, not at all. The mood of my film is always decided by the kind of story I am going to tell, the kind of money and time I have for it. All my life, I never had enough money to make
my films. I have made films with less money. I know how to do that. That has always been my training,” Kashyap told agency in an interview. “If I am making ‘Raman Raghav 2.0’ in Rs 3.5 crore, I know how to make it look like it was made in Rs 13 crore.”
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sage against the Detroit Big 3 comes spliced in a porn film is another swipe at the unfortunate Nixon, who spent his post-Watergate days breathing down Deep Throat the film. However, that too is left implied, as Shane Black, the director-screenwriter, focuses on stringing together clever cross-references and inside jokes than an actually funny film. Nixon isn’t the only thing going for The Nice
Guys either, though he does nicely enough. Both Crowe as the washedup, rough-edged bouncer-on-hire Healy, and Gosling as the cynical, heavy-drinking private investigator March are good and cleverly cast. However, Black, who set off the Lethan Weapon franchise as its screenwriter, doesn’t give them a chance to mesh together as a good buddy film requires.
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Housefull 3 review: Akshay Kumar is the one driving it
Toronto-Paris-Budapest-Mumbai: No rest for jetsetting Deepika Padukone
Hema Malini tweets about movie shoot a day after Mathura clashes, gets trolled
At a time when Mathura is engulfed by tension following a violent confrontation between the police and encroachers, veteran actress and BJP MP Hema Malini tweeted away about her experience of shooting a film in Mumbai. She later deleted the tweets and expressed empathy with victims in her Lok Sabha constituency. In tweets that she deleted after her indifference to the Mathura incident was being highlighted, Hema had posted about how convenient it has become to commute from mainland Mumbai to Madh Island -- a hotspot for shooting. She even posted photographs from her journey to Madh Island
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Deepika Padukone leads a very hectic life. After being out of India for four months, the actress flew in on Thursday early morning, but she didn’t sleep after that. She organised a special lunch for her entire team at her Worli residence as she hadn’t met them for months. Says a source, “In the last 10 days, after wrapping up xXx: The Return of Xander Cage, Deepika has had no time to rest. After xXx, she flew to Paris to spend some time with beau Ranveer Singh and then went to Budapest to shoot for her dance number in Raabta. After she returned to Mumbai
I am trained to make films with less money: Anurag Kashyap Agency | New Delhi
via a motorboat, and expressed hope for an early release of the movie “Ek Thi Rani”, which she is busy shooting for. Soon after, she was trolled on Twitter for sharing the images in the wake of Mathura clashes. “So so upset by ths news from a place which is so dear to me, Will go there again if my presence is required. My heart goes out to the bereaved,” she added. Hema also sent out her “heartfelt condolences”
to families, “who laid down their lives in the line of duty.” The actress also appealed to the people of Mathura to “maintain calm” and not get “misguided by violent elements”. BJP said she is “extremely sensitive” to the situation and will reach Mathura soon but insisted that the issue should not be used as a “diversion” as law and order is the state government’s responsibility and not that of the local MP.
He is known for his guerrilla-style filmmaking and director Anurag Kashyap was back to doing just that in “Raman Raghav 2.0” where he had both money and time in short supply. Putting behind the debacle of his last release “Bombay Velvet”, Kashyap says it was liberating to work in a limited time and space because he is familiar with this style. When asked whether the failure of his last movie was on his mind while making the serial-killing drama and whether
3 / Dt. 04-06-2016, Saturday WILD FRANK ADVENTURE IN INDIA Starting June 10, viewers take a journey with WILD FRANK IN INDIA every Friday at 9 pm, only on Discovery Channel Agency | Ahmedabad “It took twenty intense days to find a Bengal tiger. That was one of the real fights of the century,”said Frank Cuesta. The popular Spanish TV presenter, tennis coach, adventurer and wildlife expert Frank Cuesta traveled to the banks of the Ganges River in India and Nepal to embark “in the wildest and amazing journey of my life.” Myths and legends surround the Bengal tiger. Often the majestic big cat is reputed as a cannibal and a man-eater. But is there any truth in such horror stories? The fact - the species is endangered and is threatened due to human intervention. It is estimated that less than 2,500 tigers live in the wild in Asia. To learn more about the Asian big cat, adventurer Frank Cuesta embarks himself on the trail of majestictiger. His journey takes him from the Himalayan foothills in Nepal, through the dry forests of India to the mangroves of the Sundarbans at the Bay of Bengal.
BRIDGESTONE INDIA OPENS ITS 500TH FAMILY CHANNEL STORES FOR PASSENGER CAR TYRES
Agency | Ahmedabad Bridgestone India Pvt. Ltd., subsidiary of world’s largest tyre and rubber company Bridgestone Corporation, celebrates the launch of its 500th family channel stores in India making them one of the largest tyre company with a vast expansion of their dealership network. Bridgestone India has launched 500 of its family channel stores in over 200 cities in a span of just 5 years. These stores are present in the urban as well as the remotest rural markets covering the entire diaspora of our country. Bridgestone’s family channel stores were incepted with an objective of providing a platform of exclusivity, sophistication and progressiveness to their customers. At the stores, customers are hosted in a customer-friendly environment with smart and stylized interiors.
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Wasim Akram turns 50: A look at some of his most lethal bowling displays
Wasim Akram, known as Sultan of Swing, turns 50 today. His career saw more than 900 wickets and is someone who would move the ball at will Agency | New Delhi
Wasim Akram, former Pakistan captain turned commentator, turned 50 on Friday. Akram made his one day international debut in November 1984 against New Zealand in Faisalbad. The left-handed swing bowler was soon drawn into the Test side as well in January 1985 against the same opposition. He played an active role in
Pakistan lifting the 1992 World Cup in Australia under the stewardship of Imran Khan. Wasim has been known for his various impeccable performances with the ball. He picked up four hat-tricks in his international career, two apiece in Tests and ODIs. Akram’s first showcase of his abilities on the international scene came in 1989 when the left-arm quickie picked a hat-trick against West Indies in
an ODI. The likes of Jeff Dujon, Malcolm Marshal and Curtly Ambrose were in the tally of his consecutive dismissals. Pakistan later rode on Wasim Akram’s fivefor to register a 11-run win. Wasim Akram then picked another ODI hattrick against Australia in 1990. He dismissed Merv Hughes, Carl Rackemann and Terry Alderman in Austral-Asia Cup final. Pakistan won that match by 36 runs.
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The high-powered ICC Cricket Committee, chaired by former India captain Anil Kumble, on Friday expressed concerns about the “quality of Test pitches”, especially the tendency of home teams to prepare tailor-made strips that suit them. “The committee also discussed a number of other issues relating to Test cricket, believing a coordinated approach to the marketing of Test cricket was needed, and also expressing concern about the quality of Test pitches, and in particular the common practice of home countries overtly preparing surfaces to suit their own teams,” an ICC release stated. Inter-
estingly, it was current ICC chairman Shashank Manohar’s home ground in Nagpur that received a lot of flak and got an official warning from the ICC’s Pitches and grounds Committee after a Test match between India and South Africa finished in two and half days. Also, Ravi Shastri, who is a Media Representative in this Cricket Committee, was India’s
‘Team Director’ during the series. Both Manohar and Shastri, however, were not present at the meeting as per the release sent by ICC. Another key member of the committee and former India captain and current India A coach Rahul Dravid had also expressed his concerns last year about the quality of pitches prepared in Ranji Trophy to get outright results.
Ireland batsman Andrew Poynter has announced retirement from international and inter-provincial cricket, thus bringing an end to his eight-year career. The 29-year-old insisted that he was finding it difficult to manage cricket and his business simultaneously and, therefore, decided to hang up his pads to fulfill his off the field commitments. “I have always found it tough to manage an international and inter-provincial cricket career whilst having to juggle running my own business,
AP Sports. I’m head of youth coaching at Clontarf CC and have other coaching roles as well as a young family,” Poynter. While claiming that he could still perform well at inter-provincial level, Poynter said he is now looking forward to develop his coaching career and spend more time
with his family. “I am so proud of my achievements in an Irish jersey, especially captaining my country and playing in two World Cups. I’ll miss the green jersey but this is the right decision for me. I’d like to thank all involved in giving me the opportunity to pursue my dream,” he said.
the Spaniard earned the bragging rights. In the second game, Saina was no where as the top seed dominated right from the
start and kept distancing herself from the Indian to comfortably shut the door on the 25-year-old from Hyderabad.
Ireland batsman Andrew Poynter bids adieu to international cricket Agency | Dublin
Board, which paid Rs 2.62 crore as professional fee to under-19 coach Rahul Dravid. However, its advertisement gives the impression that is more an effort to show how transparent it has become and at the same time suggesting that it may already have jotted down the names of its preferred candidates. Scanning the nine-point criteria men-
tioned in the advert raises doubts over the BCCI’s seriousness and professionalism in throwing open the field. “That can be your opinion and if you think that is why we are doing this process, we respect your opinion but I cannot agree with it,” BCCI secretary, Ajay Shirke, said in response to a query by agency on Thursday.
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Services PMI dips for 2nd straight month to 51 in May
SPORTS ROUNDUP ICC Cricket Committee worried about ‘tailor-made’ pitches for Test matches
How BCCI’s call for coach was different from Pakistan Cricket Board’s
‘No TA/DA shall be paid’. This was the last line in the advertisement put out by the cash-strapped Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) when it invited applications for the post of national coach in April. Contrast that with the first-ever advertisement released by the Indian cricket Board on Wednesday to find a suitable candidate to take over as India’s chief coach. Hitherto, the influential BCCI has only shortlisted candidates and called them for interviews before announcing their choice. Unlike the Pakistan board, money is not a criterion for the Indian
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Saina Nehwal bows out of Indonesia Open after losing to Carolina Marin Agency | Jakarta
Agency | New Delhi Services sector activity in the country dipped for the second straight month in May and was the weakest since November 2015. The Nikkei Services Business Activity Index fell to 51 in May from 53.7 in April. “New business inflows expanded at the slowest rate since July 2015,” said a release on Friday. A reading above 50 represents expansion while one below this level means contraction Meanwhile, the Nikkei India Composite PMI Output Index, which maps both manufacturing and services sectors, fell to a six-month low of 50.9 in May, from 52.8 in April. “Latest PMI numbers raise doubts about the effectiveness of economic and monetary policies,” Pollyanna De Lima, economist at Markit, which compiles the survey, said. Manufacturing growth eased in May, which combined with the slowdown in services resulted in a weaker increase in private sector output, the survey said. Lima further said that “Ongoing weakness in manufacturing and services was evident in May, with output growth losing momentum for a second straight month. Overall expansion across the two sectors was the lowest since last November, as was the case for new orders.’’
Agency | Mumbai Sony Pictures Network India (SPNI), previously known as Multi Screen Media Pvt Ltd (MSM), is looking to continue its lucrative relationship with the IPL once its original 10-year contract as official broadcaster of the T20 extravaganza comes to a close in 2017. SPNI CEO, NP Singh, in fact met Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary Ajay Shirke and new CEO Ra-
hul Johri on Wednesday morning, and submitted a written letter expressing his company’s interest in bidding again for the IPL’s TV rights. SPNI has broadcasted the IPL on a number of its channels including Set Max, Sony Six and Sony ESPN since the inception of the league in 2008. In 2009, SPN — then known as MSM —had bought the broadcasting rights for USD 1.6 billion for the following nine editions.
According to the BCCI’s rules and regulations, the company had to inform the board about their interest in retaining the rights post IPL 10 — which will take place next year — within 60 days of the final in 2016, which they have done. While the previous TV rights had been signed for a period of 10 years, sources in the BCCI have revealed that the duration of the next contract is likely to be cut down to five years.
Olympic-bound ace Indian shuttler Saina Nehwal was disposed off by World No. 1 Carolina Marin of Spain in the quarterfinals of the $900,000 Indonesia Super Series Premier in Jakarta on Friday. London Olympic bronze medallist, Saina, who has won the Indonesia title three times in the past, failed to breach the defence of Carolina and lost 22-24 11-21 to the All England and World Champion after a 47-minute battle in women’s singles competition. Eight seed Saina had lagged behind 7-13 in the opening game at one stage but the Indian showed tremendous grit to fight back and grab the lead 16-14 and then 19-16, only to let the advantage slip as
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Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana: 50,000 Gujarat university announces registration farmers in Gujarat buy crop insurance online for commerce admissions from Monday
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Having faced the worst of droughts, farmers have started taking crop insurance seriously with more than 50,000 of them in Gujarat registering for the new crop insurance cover PMFBY via the state portal. Under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) launched this year, farmers’ premium has been kept lower between 1.52%for foodgrains and oilseed crops and up to 5% for horticultural and cotton crops. And there is no cap on the premium.
“Farmers in drought-hit states have taken crop insurance seriously this time. More than 50,000 farmers have so far enrolled for PMFBY for the 2016-17 kharif season in Gujarat via the state portal on crop insurance,” a senior Agriculture Min-
istry official told agency. Gujarat is the only state at present which is enrolling farmers under the scheme strictly through its e-portal. In other states including Uttar Pradesh, farmers are being registered by concerned agencies includ-
ing banks, Primary Agricultural Credit Society (PACS), he said. “So, the exact number of farmers registered for the scheme both online and through other ways would be known later. Once the banks upload the details of insured farmers on the central crop insurance scheme portal, it will be known to all stakeholders,” he added. Taking cue from Gujarat, the official said, Karnataka government has also prepared its state portal for PMFBY, which will be launched soon.
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Gujarat University has announced that registration for admission to commerce courses for Gujarat board students will now begin from Monday. Earlier, these admissions were to begin from June 1. Officials said that the Gujarat University has decided to have online admission for Bachelor of Commerce, Bachelor of Computer Application, Bachelor of Business Administration, Master of Science (Information Technology) and five-year integrated courses. According to the
officials, the process got delayed as the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) had
not given the results to the university. About 27,000 PINs have been given to the students. The Gujarat University has
already begun registration for the central board students and about 3,000 CBSE students have already registered.
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chief guest will be made in a week’s time.” The 3-day event to be held at Raritan Centre in New Jersey is being organized by Friends of Gujarat, a non-profit organization. The event is supported by covernment of Gujarat and organisers have also invited CM Anandiben Patel. It is expected that she may might address the participants by live video conferencing. More than 40,000 Gujaratis across the globe are expected to take part in this conference. According to organisers, more than 1,500 VVIP guests are expected, besides over 3,000 overseas participants.
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Farmers of Trakuda village in Rajkot taluka have adopted 100% drip irrigation. Trakuda has in fact become Gujarat’s first village to achieve 100% drip irrigation. There was a time when Trakuda was facing water shortage for agriculture purpose but after allocation of Rs 213 crore for drip irrigation with an effort by Gondal
market yard farmers can do farming throughout the year. Trakuda was selected for 100% drip irrigation initiative a year ago. 733 farmers have land in this village, of whom 623 have drip irrigation facility. Work is in progress to cover rest of the farmers and it will be completed by end of this month. Trakuda’s Rameshbhai Kaneria had adopted drip irrigation
system for the first time in this village about 9 years ago. In Krushi Mahotsav last year, state Chief Minister had announced Rs 213 crore assistance for drip irrigation. 50% share in 90% subsidy was on state government part while 40% was on Gondal market yard part. Some farmers were given 80% subsidy while needy farmers were given 100% subsidy.
Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel on Friday called for constructing underground tanks in school compounds in cooperation with the villagers to conserve rainwater from rooftops drained into the wells for roundthe-year use. She said the campaign in rural areas will last from June 8 to 10, and in urban areas from June 15 to 17, 2016. The campaign to increase enrollment in primary schools and spreading the message of girls’ education was started in 200203. It entails officers to
cover at least two primary schools every day, also to tag in secondary schools on the way. The chief minister called for handing over schools with less than five percent results to voluntary organizations, pay special atten-
tion to the weak students and take them out of the inferiority complex. She exuded confidence the efforts would bear fruits in five years. The officers should now think taking the campaign to secondary school stage as well.
Parshottam Rupala elected for Rajya Crime branch nabs an absconder and a gun runner in two different operations sabha unopposed from Gujarat
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National Vice President of ruling BJP Parshottam Rupala was today declared elected un-opposed for the Rajya-sabha seat in Gujarat, vacated due to the sudden demise of Congress MP Pravin Rashtrapal. Mr. Rupala, the former minister of Gujarat who was also member of the upper house from April 2008 to April 2014, has made the second time entry to the Rajyasabha. Congress, ironically, despite it being its seat, had chosen to not to field any candidate for the by election which if needed would have taken place on June 11. Mr. Rupala thus become the sole candidate in the fray for it. The BJP dummy candidate K C
Crime branch sleuhts on Thursday arrested Kaushalkishore Dohre from near Bhargav road Ahmedabad. Crime branch sources said Dohre was wanted in several offences of theft including the one registered at Dholka police station recently. “We have handed over the accused to Dholka police for further investigation” said a crime branch official. In another operation conducted by the Special Operation Group(SOG) of city crime branch on Thursday Tarun Parmar, 29 resident of Rabariwas in Sabarmati with nabbed a country made pistol. SOG sources said during primary interrogation the accused has confessed to
Patel had withdrawn his nominations. The arithmetic of votes in the 182 member state assembly where BJP with 121 seats has an overwhelming majority was clearly on the ruling party’s side which prompted the main opposition Congress to leave the field looking at an imminent defeat in case of election. Mr Rupala had filed his papers on May 30 a day before the last date of nomination. Today was the last date for withdrawal of nomination. The declara-
tion of his elections was done after the expiry of the time limit for withdrawal of papers. BJP state unit spokesperson Bharat Pandya said that Parshottambhai has been declared elected unopposed. Born in Isvariya village of Amreli district in Saurashtra region of Gujarat, Mr Rupala had a distinct political career. He had been in charge of various party and government posts including that of national vice president, Gujarat state BJP president and cabinet minister.
have got the firearm from his friend and was moving around to sell it off. “We are questioning the accused if he has in his possession some more country made fire arms” added a senior crime branch official. Crime branch sources said most of the country made illegal fire arms are brought from neighboring states
like Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. “We have not chalked out a plan to strike at such factories in Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh with the help of the local police. For that we are in contact with senior police officials of both the states” said Deputy Commissioner of Police, Deepan Bhadran.
American politician Hillary Clinton, who is a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in the 2016 elections, is expected to be chief guest at the 3-day ‘Gatisheel Gujarat- Global Gujarati Conference 2016’ event to be held in New Jersey from July 1. Kirit Patel, founder and president of USA chapter of Friends of Gujarat (FOG), said, “We are in talks with several top politicians and bureaucrats from US and Gujarat. Hillary Clinton is also one of them.” Patel added, “However, the final announcement about the
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