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News Brief Carcasses of 5 elephants found in Kerala forest Agency | Thiruvananthapuram, Jul 3
Carcasses of five elephants with their tusks removed have been found in Kerala’s Malayatoor forest, prompting officials to order a probe. The carcasses were found two days ago. A team of forest officials visited the spot and examined the elephant remains, a senior Forest Division official today. Only after a probe will it be known how the tuskers died, the official said, adding that the tusks of all the elephants were found removed.
Dulat trying to resurrect Farooq Abdullah: PDP Agency | Srinagar, July 3
Jammu and Kashmir minister and senior PDP leader Naeem Akhtar today?trashed claims made by former RAW chief A S Dulat saying his only agenda was to protect the family of?National Conference president Farooq Abdullah. “His (Dulat’s)?only agenda is protection of Abdullah family. It only establishes once again that the protective arm of agencies is always keen to hold them even if people reject them,” Akhtar. He said the entire interview given by the former spy to a TV news channel seemed to be focused on resurrecting Abdullah’s image.
Centre seeks report on sensitive posts from all depts Agency | New Delhi, Jul 3
All central government departments were today asked to submit a report by next week on identification of sensitive posts and policy for rotational transfers of officers from these posts. The government has asked the cadre authorities in various ministries and departments to submit action taken report latest by July 10 on framing rotational transfer policy and putting up in public domain, identification of sensitive posts and rotation of officers from sensitive posts as per provisions, a press release issued by the Ministry of Personnel said.
“Hema Malini’s car accident”
Car driver granted bail, Father who lost child in Dausa car crash
Victim’s family upset with BJP MP Hema Malini My daughter would’ve been saved if doctor had taken her with Hema Malini, the accident was caused by Hema Malini’s speeding car. Agency | Jaipur Actress and BJP MP Hema Malini was on Thursday night injured in a road accident involving her Mercedes car and a Maruti Alto car in which one child occupant of the other vehicle was killed, officials said. The 66-year-old actress received a stitch on her head and is reported to be fine, according to her close aide. Hema Malini was rushed to Fortis hospital here from the acci-
dent spot in Dausa, 60 km from Jaipur, and is undergoing medical scans. “Hema ji herself stepped in the car after the accident. She also walked inside the hospital by herself” Shankar Lal Sharma, BJP MP said. TV footage showed the actress bleeding on the forehead area above the right eye. There were five occupants in the Alto car--2 women, 2 children and a man, a Dausa district official said Dausa Collector Swaroop Panwar said a
girl child in the Alto car died in the accident near Dausa Highway at 8.50 PM while two of the remaining survivors were seriously injured. Two of the four injured were ad-
mitted to SMS hospital in Jaipur while two are undergoing treatment at a hospital in Dausa, he said. Hema Malini, the BJP MP from Mathura, was proceeding to Jaipur from
the moment the plane left Nepal and reached Kandahar — there was not even a moment when the Vajpayee government had the option of sacrificing the passengers and crew. Visuals of shabbily dressed Talibanis circling the plane with Kalash-
nikovs and rocket launchers, the murder of Rupin Katyal, who was stabbed by hijackers, the mounting pressure from relatives of passengers, the prevailing mood in the nation and the emotional subtext of the coverage of the event had left Vajpayee with no other option. To complicate matters, the drama was played out on the land of the Taliban and the hideout of Osama bin Laden. The West had refused to help India in its fight. There was no way Vajpayee could have allowed the slaughter of innocent Indians on the eve of a new millennium. He had to give in to the demands of the terrorists.
Ex-RAW chief’s book: Dear Cong, IC-814 was Vajpayee govt’s failure, but what would you’ve done? Agency | New Delhi
It is India’s great fortune that we have not had a repeat of IC-814 incident. Had another plane been hijacked under similar circumstances, we would have known how much of “we-don’t-negotiate” bombast of the current politicians survived public pressure. So, the Congress can count its blessings and continue berating the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government for releasing three terrorists in return of the passengers in the hijacked aircraft. Let us hope the Congress is never put to a similar test. “Let me say, we goofed up... what
was upper most in everybody’s mind was security of the people,” former RAW chief AS Dulat said on the Kandahar hijack during an interview television on Thursday. Dulat is right. During the six tense days of the hijacking drama — from
Black money compliance window: Income Tax department creates special office in Delhi Agency | New Delhi The Modi government’s three-month compliance window for holders of illegal wealth abroad is more about the politics of black money than a realistic roadmap for its reduction and ultimate elimination. The scheme is more stick than carrot, and it is highly unlikely that the big fish will bite. Populist politics has trumped sane economics. The compliance window, which opened on 1 July under the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015, allows Indians with illegal assets or incomes abroad to declare the same to the taxman with the promise of no prosecution. Those who disclose their assets by 30
Mathura in her Mercedes Benz while the other vehicle was proceeding to Lalsoth from Jaipur. Further details were awaited. The girl who died was identified as
Sonam, aged four years. One eyewitness who said he took Hema Malini to Jaipur in his car said she told him to drive fast as she was under great pain. She was bleeding on the
forehead, above the eyebrow on the right side. “She has been hurt on the back, on her legs and on the forehead. Doctors checked her for internal injuries,” he said. Another eyewitness said the Alto car was entering the bypass road from a side road on the highway when the collision occurred. Dr Shiv Sharma, physiotherapist in a private hospital, brought Hema and three others to Jaipur in his vehicle from the accident site.
represents Kapadvanj seat of Kheda district, took on the state government on the issue of scuffle between locals and police at Apruji-na-Muvada village of adjoining Kheda days back. To control angry villagers, police had fired at least 15 rounds. “Atrocities on poor vil-
lagers took place in my constituency. This BJPled government is intentionally spreading political terrorism in Congress pockets to hide their inability. Since this area is a Congress stronghold, villagers are being thrashed out of vindictiveness,” alleged Vaghela talking to reporters in Ahmedabad on Friday. He then pointed out to a larger problem of panic in many villages of Kheda, Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar due to rumours since one month. As per the rumour, gangs of robbers and terrorists have entered into their area and attacking villagers during night.
es said. The panel is likely to submit its report after a meeting on July 13. The panel had pitched for 100 per cent hike in salary, constituency allowance and office allowance to MPs and around 75 per cent raise in pension of exMPs apart from facilities for their “companions” in place of “spouses”. Currently an MP gets a basic
salary of Rs 50 thousand added by Rs 45 thousand each for constituency and office expenses, which makes it to Rs 1.4 lakh per month. They wanted to double it to Rs 2.8 lakh per month, the sources said. Besides they get Rs two thousand as Daily Allowances per day when they attend Parliament or any committee. They wanted it to be raised to Rs five thousand. The panel also recommended that their furniture allowances should also be doubled from the existing Rs 75 thousand and their air travel should be increased from 34 to 48 annually. They also wanted that the facilities extended to their wife should be extended to any “companion”.
Guj Govt spreading ‘political terror’in Cong pockets:Vaghela
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Congress on Friday alleged that BJP-led Gujarat government is spreading “political terrorism” by thrashing villagers in those areas which are traditional Congress strongholds. Leader of Opposition in Gujarat Assembly Shankersinh Vaghela, who
Government unwilling to accept majority of recommendations on MP’s salary hike Agency | New Delhi
September will be given another three months to pay the tax and penalty by 31 December. So far, so good. But the terms of the law are so daunting that only minor holders of black wealth will even be tempted to comply. Reason: 60 percent of the income will be taxed, comprising 30 percent tax and 30 percent penalty. If you have, say, Rs 10 crore of illegal wealth abroad, it may make some sense to declare it and pay Rs 6 crore to the taxman in
the hope of avoiding future harassment. It is not a great sum to forgo for some peace of mind. But what if you had Rs 1,000 crore in the Cayman Islands? Why would you want to pay Rs 600 crore to the taxman? If you have that kind of hoard abroad, it may be well worth the risk of courting tax troubles at home. When you have so much illegal money, it means you have the resources to keep the taxman away from the loot too.
Government is not willing to accept majority of recommendations related to the hike in salary and allowances of MPs and pension of ex-MPs made by a Parliamentary panel. Sources said the Parliamentary Affairs Ministry in its comments (Action Taken Report) sent to the panel headed by BJP MP Yogi Adityanath on June 24 made it clear that it won’t be able to consider a number of recommendations made by the panel, while it decided to send some others to concerned ministries to take an ‘appropriate’ view. Representatives of the Ministry, who appeared before the panel on June 25, also told the pan-
el members that a large number of their recommendations like increasing MPs’ Daily Allowance from Rs 2000 to Rs 5000, increasing the number of their air travel from 34 to 48, allowing free air travel to ex MPs, extending health care facilities to their married children and grandchildren, could not considered, the sourc-
2 / Dt. 04-07-2015, Saturday Editors’ Picks SATURday, JULY 04, 2015 Modi must heed the warning signs of his government’s diminishing credibility
The Narendra Modi government’s credibility is at serious risk on three fronts: corruption, communalism and dissent. Under a seemingly placid surface, undercurrents are taking shape which, if not checked, have the ability to derail the government. The aggressiveness of its own supporters, the low credibility of the opposition and the drumbeat of its own propaganda may blind the government to them. But it would be foolish not to heed the warning signs. Take corruption. In the Lalit Modi saga the government seems to be feeling a false sense of reprieve. It seems to think that the longer the list of people Lalit Modi names, the less muck will stick on this government. Where an entire political establishment is at fault, no one can be singled out. Second, the Congress is not entirely clear on its line of attack. It cannot come clean on its own perfidies. And it has indiscriminately expanded the ambit of its attack on Vasundhara Raje in a way that may not stand scrutiny. Third, the media’s credibility is low: it has been repeatedly shown to be selective in whom it targets; rather than its own credible investigations, it has become dependent on sound bytes and half-baked leaks, and it goes into a sulk when Lalit Modi refuses to oblige. Under such circumstances, it is easy to be deluded that there will be more heat than light in this matter. But in politics, heat singes. The fact that Lalit Modi is emerging as an insurgent hero should worry the government. Shorn of technicalities, the fact remains that two senior ministers, with whom Lalit Modi has a direct or indirect financial relationship, helped him in ways that go beyond a humanitarian gesture. The government has said nothing that dispels this impression. That Congress politicians might also have helped him is neither here nor there. But this case has established three institutional points decisively. First, do not expect any government to dispassionately investigate the financial shadiness in Indian cricket. This is so for a structural reason: the Enforcement Directorate comes under politicians who are themselves involved in the game. Those who need to be investigated are the bosses of the investigators. Second, Lalit Modi may or may not be innocent. But it is hard to shake the impression that when the government does proceed against an individual, it is usually because it wants to target them for a political reason. Third, he has managed to revive the appalling spectre of plutocratic collusion in India’s ruling class, between the media, politicians, business and sport: a clubby elite, decamped to London, who all happen to run into each other all the time. This is an elite that will feign fights over everything in the national interest, but become cosy buddies over drinks in London. The anger this will generate should not be underestimated. And it will rub off on the government, since it is now positioning itself at the centre of this club rather than distancing itself from it.
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QUOTE “Dismissed a criminal application seeking action against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for filing a defective affidavit by concealing information OF THE about his marital status during 2012 assembly polls”. DAY - The Acting Chief Justice (ACJ) of Gujarat high court justice V M Sahai on Friday order that....
Nargis Fakhri to play Sangeeta Bijlani in ‘Azhar’ biopic Agency | New Delhi Actress Nargis Fakhri will play former Indian cricketer Mohammed Azharuddin’s wife Sangeeta Bijlani in upcoming biopic Azhar. Emraan Hashmi will be playing the role of the former cricketer and Nargis will play his onscreen wife. “We have locked Nargis to play Sangeeta Bijlani in the film. She fit the bill in terms of looks, style and glamour. We did the look test with her. She is a talented actress and we are glad to have her on board,” sources said. In order to get into the skin of the character, Nargis will attend some workshops. For this role, names o f actresses like Kareena Kapoor Khan,
Jacqueline Fernandez, Nimrat Kaur had cropped
Superstar Aamir Khan is collaborating with Oscar-winning composer A R Rahman for his next production. The yet untitled film is directed by debutante director Advait Chauhan. Rahman, 48, who has earlier composed music for “Lagaan”, “Mangal Pandey: The Rising” and “Rang De Basanti”, took to Twitter to share the news. “Catching up
with Aamir Khan and Kiran for their next production directed by Advait Chandan,” he posted on Facebook along with a picture. Apart from the music, the team is currently busy casting for the film and looking for actors who fit each part. The film, which is currently in the pre production stage, will go on floors soon but details are still being kept under wraps about its plot.
Anu Aggarwal’s autobiography ‘Anusual’ to hit stands in August
While Emraan Hashmi will portray Azharuddin, ‘Spy’ actor Nargis Fakhri will play the other lead
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up. Besides Nargis, there will another actress i n the film as well. “There will be another heroine that too will be an established one. We are yet to decide who we should cast,” the source added. Azhar will trace the journey of Azharuddin’s career and his personal life, which have witnessed many ups and down. The film is likely to go on floors next month.
Yami Gautam returns from Ladakh with fond memories after wrapping Sanam Re Agency | Mumbai Yami Gautam recently returned from Ladakh with some fond memories that she shared with the locals. Yami Gautam was recently in the magnificent hill station Ladakh shooting for her upcoming film ‘Sanam Re’. The actress has returned with some fond memories that she shared with the locals. Yami rememberds the time when she met with an old lady who greeted her warmly. The actress was walking down the lanes of Ladakh, when she came across this lady, who did not just welcome her with love, but also helped Yami buy earrings similar to those worn by Changpa women. She spent a lot of time with the locals researching about the local culture and their dress sense. She will be seen sporting Chengpa accessories during the promotions of the movie, bought by her from Ladakh.
Yesteryear actress Anu Aggarwal who shot to fame with her debut film ‘Ashiqui’ has penned her autobiography that will hit stands in August. The book titled ‘Anusual- Memoir of a Girl who Came Back from the Dead’ is a tell-all tale about the once sexy siren of Bollywood who has now taken to spiritualism and Yoga. The bold actress of the 90s who usually stays away from media glare shared the news on Facebook. “Finally guys, Hooray! A ‘Never-say-die-story’. Bigger than a Bollywood blockbuster, my unpredictable life, will be out in stores next month.
Go grab a copy of ‘Anusual.’” Anu said a “lot of astonishing, bizarre and traumatic incidents” have happened in her life that she had to share the story through her book which she called “Wilder than a Bollywood blockbuster.” One of the best finds of filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt, the actress attained fame very quickly after debut film in 1990 was a blockbuster. She was a sensation and shot for many luxury magazines. Her hot and bold avatar set her apart from her contemporaries. But she had a very short career span, from 1990 to 96, during which she appeared in a few Bollywood films and a couple of regional films.
Trisha Illana Nayanthara’s lip-lock scene took 36 takes
‘Second Hand Husband’ Review: Poor script, shoddy editing dilutes the film’s impact
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Just why on earth did Gippy Grewal, who is regarded as one of the most popular names of the Punjabi film industry, have to make his Bollywood debut with such an insipid, unimaginative and uninspiring movie? This is a question that is bound to baffle movie buffs while watching the week’s new release ‘Second Hand Husband’. Directed by Smeep Kang and touted as a romantic-comedy, the film revolves around a young man who tries to get his ex-wife married off so that he can tie the knot this is one storyline that very least. The half-baked of a thoroughly rushed, with his girlfriend. Even appears to be confusing nature of this story is mag- poorly executed, and snail at a very superficial level, and outlandish to say the nified even further because paced screenplay.
The title of the ‘serial kisser’ of Indian cinema no longer belongs to Bollywood actor Emraan Hashmi. Giving him company is Tamil actor-director GV Prakash Kumar. It has come to light that for a lip-locking scene from the upcoming Tamil romantic-comedy Trisha Illana Nayanthara, actor-composer GV Prakash Kumar and co-star Manisha Yadav had to enact the said scene 36 times before canning the perfect shot. “Prakash was initially hesitant about the lip-lock scene. He wasn’t comfortable with the idea. However, Manisha didn’t have
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any qualms about it and instantly gave her a nod when she was narrated the scene. It took Prakash some motivation, but he eventually gave in,” said a source from the film’s unit. It took 36 takes because the scene was shot from different angles. “The director wanted to capture the scene from the most appropriate angle in order to not make it look dirty. Hence, it took so many takes to lock the shot,” the source said. Directed by debutant Adhik Ravichandran, the film features Anandhi as one of the leading ladies, while veteran actor Simran Bagga has essayed a cameo.
3 / Dt. 04-07-2015, Saturday Airbus-Mahindra JV to bid for naval helicopters Agency | Mumbai Airbus and Mahindra group have teamed up to manufacture and supply helicopters for the Indian armed forces. The joint venture will bid for 100 naval utility helicopters and other procurement projects. Last year the defence ministry had issued request for information from Indian companies to build and supply 100 naval utility helicopters in partnership with original equipment manufacturers. Bids are expected to be issued in next 3-4 months and media reports peg the contract value to be around $1.5-2 billion. Airbus had expressed interest to tie up with six Indian companies including Tatas, Reliance, Bharat Forge but has finally selected Mahindra Defence as its partner. The joint venture was announced
today. Other companies which are in the fray for the utility helicopter contract are Textron and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. Sources said a request for proposal for the helicopter contract is expected in next 3-4 months. “We have extensive expertise in engineering, automotive and fixed-wing sectors and have made substantial investments in aero components manufacturing, while Airbus Helicopters offers best-in-class rotorcraft platforms. Together, we will produce India’s next-generation helicopters that will not only answer our country’s defence needs but will also have the potential for exports in the future,” said S P Shukla, Group President, Aerospace and Defence Sector and Chairman, Mahindra Defence Systems Limited.
Twitter rolls out new Twitter Ads button
Agency | Washington Twitter has rolled out a new Twitter Ads button, which is available on the users profile pages on both the iOS and Android client applications. According to the Techcrunch.com, the newly added button is present right next to the ‘Edit profile’ button, the account switcher and the Settings icon. By clicking on the Ads button, the users get the option of managing their Twitter ad campaigns while on the move. It is un-
certain at this time as to how many users are seeing the new Ads button since Twitter has not officially announced the addition. However, both the iOS and Android app were recently updated on their respective app stores. Previously, the users could see the feature included in the list which appeared when they tapped the Settings option. At that time, Twitter Ads was visible right above the options for Lists, Drafts, and Help.
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The unknown who vanquished Rafael Nadal: who is Dustin Brown? Tall, lithe and sporting a shaggy mane of dreads that would make Bob Marley jealous, Dustin Brown made headlines on Thursday when he delivered a shock upset by defeating two-time Wimbledon champion Rafael Nadal on Centre Court in a sensational four-set match. But among all the adulation and astonishment at the 30-year old’s audacious victory came an oft-repeated question who is he? Born in Celle, Germany to a Jamaican father and a German mother, the world number 102 is now one of the few players who boasts a perfect winning record against the Spaniard, 2-0. But while the two men
Jasjit Singh’s success brings hockey village Sansarpur back in focus may be similar in terms of their age, their careers have been markedly different. Brown, who represented Jamaica until 2010, before he switched to his mother’s nationality, hasn’t enjoyed anywhere near the same success as the former world no 1; a fact that is all the more perplexing when one considers his style of play. Authoritative groundstrokes, a powerful serve and a wonderful agili-
ty all helped Brown on Thursday, with his serveand-volley style of play hearkening back to the days of Jimmy Connors and John McEnroe. The 30-year-old, who has never made it to a final of an ATP event, used to travel to tournaments in a Volkswagen camper, which was bought for him by his parents who were worried about the lack of support Agency | Antwerp from his then-sponsor, Young player Jasjit Singh Tennis Jamaica. Kular’s fine show in the ongoing World League Semifinals has brought a village on the outskirts of Punjab’s Jalandhar city back into the focus of the hockey fraternity. Jasjit hails from a small village Sansarpur, on the fringe of Jalandhar city that used to be the hub of Indian hockey in its heydays. Known as the hockey village among the sports buffs, Sansarpur was a tiny hamlet that provided a number of Olympic medal winners when hockey was a craze and India were
with the pink ball. Among them was India’s ODI skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni during India’s recent tour to Australia in 2014-15. Dhoni has apparently tested the pink ball at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) after the end of the opening game between India and Australia in a trial
held by Channel Nine. In a video released by Cricket Australia, Dhoni - who likes rolling his arm over - is seen bowling with the pink ball to a local batsmen. India have been a country that has resisted the use of the Decision Review System (DRS) for long but will they resist the usage of the pink ball?
the seventh position in this tournament and the Olympic spots for 12 teams from both World League Semifinals cannot go below the sixth place. This was the last chance for Pakistan to qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games, after losing the Asian Games final to India in Incheon last year. Threetime gold medallists Pakistan are among the most successful team in Olym-
pic hockey, only behind eight-time gold medallists India and four for Germany, which includes one by West Germany. Friday’s result comes after Pakistan, for the first time in the game’s history, also failed to qualify for the World Cup last year. Pakistan had failed to feature among the 12 teams for the 2014 World Cup, an event that they have won more times than any other country. “This is a sad day for Pakistan hockey,” said captain Muhammad Imran as he walked away from the pitch shaking his head in disbelief. “We had chances, but failed to convert them. We were misfiring throughout the tournament,” said Imran. “I feel sorry for the hockey lovers in Pakistan, who always expect a lot from the national team.”
Mahendra Singh Dhoni Has Tested the Pink Ball at MCG
Agency | New Delhi The pink cricket ball has been making headlines for a few years now. It has been in the testing phase for a long time and now, Australia and New Zealand are set to test it out in the day-night Test at Adelaide in November 2015. A host of international players have tried playing
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WD today introduced its redesigned My Passport Ultra portable hard drives in India. My Passport Ultra portable drives come in 2 TB and 1 TB capacities and feature 256-bit AES hardware encryption. The portable hard drives are available in four colours—Classic Black, Brilliant White, Wild Berry and Noble Blue. “The latest generation My Passport Ultra drives deliver an easier automatic back-up experience and hardware-based
encryption for security,” said Khalid Wani, Director, Content Solutions Business for WD in India, Middle East, and Africa. “If your My Passport Ultra falls into the wrong hands, the 256-bit AES hardware encryption protects users’ files, folders, photos, videos and music with a password known only to them,” according to a release. USB 3.0 compatibility provides fast data transfer rates of up to 5 gigabits per second, while being backwardly compatible with USB 2.0.
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Agency | Antwerp Once a powerhouse of the sport, Pakistan men’s hockey team slumped to a new low as it failed to qualify for next year’s Rio Olympics after suffering a shocking 0-1 defeat to Ireland in a play-off match of the World League Semifinals on Friday. Pakistan’s loss in the first play-off match for the fifth to eighth spots means now they cannot finish above
the prima donnas of the international game. Coming from a village synonymous with Indian hockey, the sport was an obvious childhood passion for Jasjit, but it was not until he got into college after turning 18 that he seriously pursued the game. “I was a late starter and did not get serious about playing hockey until I got into college,” says Jasjit. “For one whose village is Sansarpur, the passion for hockey was always there. I used to play as a child, but ours is a family of doctors and the focus was scientific education,” said Jasjit, who scored two goals
in the 3-2 win over Malaysia that placed India in the last-four round. “It was as a student of Jalandhar’s Khalsa College that I got into hockey seriously,” he says. The late-starter bloomed pretty quickly, making the national team in less than five years after playing his first competitive game. Jasjit made his international debut as a half-back during the 2014 World Cup at The Hague against Belgium. At the World Cup, within the limited time he was fielded, Jasjit even got his name on the scoresheet against Malaysia in open field play.
Lanka. The PCB official reiterated that the board had opted to have the test at Chennai since it was an ICC accredited biomechanics laboratory and also it would reduce trav-
el time for Hafeez from
Muhammad Hafeez misses second match for bowling assessment test Agency | Chennai
Pakistan all-rounder Muhammad Hafeez had to miss out on the third Test against Sri Lanka today after the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed he will have to take the bowling assessment test on July 6 in Chennai. Hafeez was due to due to fly to Chennai last Tuesday from Colombo for his bowling assessment test but since he was unable to get the visa on time the visit was cancelled. But the visa was later issued by the Indian High Commission in Colombo on Wednesday paving the way for his travel to Chennai. “He will now fly to Chennai on Monday and return to Colombo the same day after giving the test,” a Pakistan Cricket Board official said. This is the second time that match officials have reported the bowling action of Hafeez during a Test since last November and if he doesn’t clear it this time he can be banned from bowling for the next 12 months. But that has not deterred the national selectors from including him in the national oneday squad announced today for the series in Sri
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Sania Mirza first Indian woman to be seeded No. 1 in a Grand Slam London : Ace Indian tennis star Sania Mirza has become the first woman tennis player from the country to be top-seeded in this year’s ongoing Wimbledon championships. “It’s a great honour to be the top seed in what is considered to be the ‘home of tennis’,” said Sania, ahead of second round match against DateKrumm and Schiavone. Sania and her partner at Wimbledon, veteran Martina Hingis, beat Diyas and Zheng 6-2, 6-2 to progress. The 28-year-old Sania, who is playing in her 15th year at the Wimbledon, is in fact the first Indian woman to achieve the feat in any Grand Slam competition. The only other Indians getting the top draw in a Grand Slam earlier were Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi in the 1999 French Open men’s doubles competition.
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Gujarat CM opens 8th Chintan Shibir-2015, calls for preparing vision document
Doha Bank eyes greater Indian investments, Gujarat among focus states
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Chief Minister Anandiben Patel today called for establishing Gujarat’s administrative work culture as a role model of Good Governance through concerted, compassionate and competent commitment, keeping common man at the centre of all projects and procedures. Inaugurating the 8th Chintan Shibir-2015 at the Mahatma Mandir here, she said the Government prepares plans and policies for the people’s welfare. There is need for result-oriented solutions to the problems for the ultimate welfare of the people. Suggestions should also be included from time-to-time in the process, she said. The Chief Minister also called for preparing a Vision Document on the deliberations, group discussions, panel discussions and decision of the three-day intensive camp. The scope
The GCC – India bilateral trade is above $130 billion in recent times, out of which Qatar- India bilateral trade is estimated to be around $16 billion. Indian economy is expected to grow by 7.5 percent in the current fiscal year and hence, more viable opportunities to explore the twoway relationship in the areas of trade, investment and banking between the two blocs are slated to open up. Doha Bank Q.S.C. in partnership with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Ahmedabad, today, organized a session highlighting the “Opportunities in Qatar and the Gulf Cooperation Council”. The program
of the camp has been enhanced by inviting experts from the social sectors, she said. The three-day camp is being attended by the Council of Ministers, senior Secretaries, Collectors, District Development Officers (DDOs) and other IAS officers at key posts. Since the camp focused on raising the Human Development Index of districts and
even talukas, she exuded confidence the Vision Document would involve the needs of the last man, too. She said the last man needs toilets, cleanliness, health facilities and nutritious diet more than others. She said that experiments successfully carried out at the district and at the field levels in diverse sectors should be shared and replicat-
ed. She said there is need for evaluation and compilation of the benefits of Garib Kalyan Mela in the uplift of the poor and their wider acceptance into one treatise of sorts.
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centered round the business avenues available, throwing light on how the destinations have emerged and consolidated bilateral relations with India along with Doha Bank’s expanse, capabilities and strengths in India. Addressing a gathering of key business people organized by the CII,” Dr. R. Seetharaman, Group CEO, Doha Bank, said, “Qatar and other GCC economies are involved in non-hydro carbon diversification which will give immense opportunities for the Indian Corporates to explore in infrastructure development in the region. India is also a growing economy and hence the bilateral trade
Patient’s kin attack on doctor triggers indefinite strike
and investments between India and GCC are also expected to surge in future. Doha Bank would like to provide a glimpse on these trends and look forward to synergize on the cross border relationships between India and GCC for the benefit of both blocs.” Qatar is also gearing up to host the
2022 FIFA football event and is the first among the GCC countries to host the event. Consequent to this, the country is witnessing an enormous amount of infrastructural development with airports, seaports, metro projects, road development, malls and a number of hotels all taking off.
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to the state government to finalize its policy after it failed to resolve contradictions in its existing provisions. The HC is hearing suo motu a PIL based on an anonymous complaint alleging mismanagement of eco-tourism in and around Gir wherein 128 establishments were found operating illegally. The notification issued on July 1 further states that only those resorts, guest houses and hotels that have permission will be allowed to operate in the area. Additionally, if a resort or guest house has any illegal construction, the same will have to be demolished. Even establishments who have more than the number of rooms approved under the home stay policy will have to demolish those rooms.
No Construction Without NoC In And Around Scantuary
Anandiben lauds AMC’s ‘smart learning’ project
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Lauding and equating it with the ‘Digital India’ campaign launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel launched the ‘smart learning’ project, an initiative of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation school board, Thursday. The CM also stated that the project was a step towards achieving ‘Make in India’ campaign was. The event was held at Tagore Hall in Ahmedabad and telecast live at all the 34,000 government pri-
mary schools in Gujarat. Patel started her address by referring to the documentary prepared by the AMC school board on the ‘smart learning’ project that was shown during the inauguration and said, “I just heard PM Narendra Modi making a special mention of Digital India in the documentary. He had also mentioned it during his swearing-in speech on May 26, 2014. This ‘smart learning’ project which is first of such initiatives taken by any local body in the country is also one towards ‘Digital India’ campaign.” The
part of PM Narendra Modi’s 68th Independence Day speech included in the ‘smart learning’ documentary was where he speaks about the dream of ‘Digital India’ — ‘When I talk of “Digital India”, I don’t speak of the elite, it is for the poor people. You can imagine what a quality education the children in villages will get, if all the villages of India are connected with broadband connectivity and if we are able to give long distance education to the schools in every remote corner of the villages.’
share in Central Sales Tax (CST) as well as income from other taxes. Sources in the state government said that the central government has, prime facie, agreed to compensate Gujarat with 1% additional tax revenue in addition to the uniform GST share, but only for two years. The state government, however, has demanded a larger share and stated that two years of compensation is not enough. The Centre’s argument that the states will get additional benefit of service tax is not convincing as there is no clarity on it. (Currently,
service tax is entirely with the Centre.) Gujarat has a good service industry but it cannot match the tax income from the manufacturing sector, said the sources in the state government. At present state’s average income from value added tax (VAT) and other state taxes is around Rs 62,000 crore per annum —VAT alone Rs45,000 crore — and its share in central taxes is around Rs.14000 crore. The state government’s concern is to get around Rs 76,000 crore with at least 20% per annum growth in tax revenue.
Gujarat govt opposes Goods and Services Tax Sunvilla News | Gandhinagar
The Gujarat government has objected to the proposed formula for sharing with states the revenue that would be earned as Goods and Services Tax (GST). The central government has already announced that it will implement GST from April 2016. Gujarat’s main objection is that as it is a manufacturing state, it will suffer major loss of revenue under the proposed formula which follows a destination-based consumption tax model. The state has said that it will directly lose 2%
Resident doctors at Vadilal Sarabhai Hospital went on an indefinite strike on Thursday morning, in protest against an attack on one doctor the previous night by relatives of a female patient admitted in the trauma ward. An FIR was registered following the incident and one of the relatives was held while the police are searching for the other two, said hospital superintendent Dr S T Malhan. The patient, Saira Banu, was brought to the hospital with complaint of epilepsy on Wednesday.
According to Dr Malhan, the patient was undergoing various tests before the start of the treatment. “In between, the patient suffered a bout of epilepsy even as doctors were taking CT scan etc… Seeing her in a fit of seizure, patients panicked and called for doctor but by the time the doctor came, she passed away,” said Dr Malhan. He added that following this, some relatives of the patient became agitated and attacked a neuro unit doctor out of anger. This led to ruckus at night and by morning, all resident doctors went on strike, leav-
ing all work unfinished. Dr Malhan claimed that the strike did not affect routine procedures and all professors and senior doctors were deployed as an emergency measure. The hospital seniors were given eight hour duty schedules. According to Dr Malhan, the demands of the striking doctors include provision of adequate security for doctors on duty, police protection for doctors, deployment of bouncers in wards and reduction in duty hours, among others. He added that so far three rounds of meetings were held with the striking doctors.
E-challans, 6,000 CCTVs to improve traffic flow: Maria
Agency | Mumbai On Thursday, the Mumbai Police Commissioner, a rare visitor, was seen at the conference hall of the third floor of the High Court, after the Mumbai police was summoned by
the judiciary to discuss ways to tackle Mumbai’s rising traffic mess. Police Commissioner Rakesh Maria and Milind Bharambe, Joint Commissioner of Police, were summoned by the High
Court on June 10. In an attempt to control the heavy traffic flow in city, the HC has stressed on scrutiny to establish basic driving sense during issuance of licences. Maria brought a presentation to show what the city traffic police needed. He said that the city’s traffic management was dependent on funds from the government. Maria, seated next to joint commissioner of traffic police Milind Bharambe, also said that the department was set to roll out the “e-challan” pilot project in the next one month.
The notification issued by the Government of Gujarat notification to regulate illegal construction around the Gir, Girnar, Matiyala and Paniya sanctuaries has also banned erecting tents or tent shaped structures without the permission of the Chief Wildlife warden. Every year, in order to meet the tourist rush during the summer and Diwali vacations farmers construct tents to provide them accommodation, even for these prior permission will have to be taken. The notification was tabled in the Gujarat high court on Thursday and a further hearing will be held in August. A bench headed by Justice Jayant Patel had on June 25, refused to grant more time
MPHIl and PHD examination of August 1
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Entrance test for the MPHil and PHD course for the Gujarat University will be held on August 1. This was announced by the Gujarat University here on Thursday. According to officials the result for the entrance test will be declared on August 7. The officials said that the group discussion
round will be held between Augsut 17 and August 28 and the entire admission procedure would come to an end on August 31. The officials said that the entrance examination for MPHil will be held between 10 am and 1 pm, while the same for PHD will be held between 2 pm and 5 pm on the same day.
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