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“Hardik tells Patel youth” News Brief FC Goa seek positive start against Delhi Dynamos Agency | Margao
Brazilian flair will be on display in all its glory as World Cup winner Roberto Carlos’ Delhi Dynamos lock horns with FC Goa, coached by the legendary Zico, in the second edition of Indian Super League (ISL) football here tomorrow. Playing at home, FC Goa are seeking to make a positive start at the Nehru Stadium. After a poor start last year, FC Goa rose gradually to reach the semi-finals where they lost to eventual winners Atletico de Kolkata in a penalty shootout.
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Hardik Patel, the 22-year-old leader who is spearheading the Patel quota stir
Kill cops but don’t commit suicide: Hardik Later, Hardik Patel denied that he gave such an advice. “I have not given any advice to kill policemen. This is an attempt to misguide the people.”
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In a controversial remark, Hardik Patel, the 22-year-old leader of the Patel quota stir, today advised a youth from the community to rather kill policemen than commit suicide. “If you have so much courage…then go and kill a couple of policemen. Patels never commit suicide,” Hardik said in Surat, speaking to a local youth, Vipul Desai, who had announced
that he would commit suicide in support of the agitation. Hardik visited Desai’s house today, accompanied by team of a local news-channel,
Rahul Gandhi visits Bisada, meets family of man lynched
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Snapping a four-session downtrend, gold witnessed a smart rebound from its 1-1/2 month low and recaptured the significant Rs 26,000 barriers at the bullion market here today. Domestic sentiment turned highly buoyant following a reversal of the downtrend seen in global commodities after recent steep fall, triggering frantic bouts of buying spree from jewellery stockists and retailers as well as good festive seasonal support.
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which aired the conversation later. Desai told reporters later that Hardik advised him not to take his own life. “He gave me the advice that
we are sons of Patels and we should kill two to three policemen rather than thinking of suicide,” Desai said. Sardar Patel Group (SPG) convener Lalji Patel, who was the first to start the agitation for reservation for Patels in OBC quota, distanced himself from Hardik’s advice. “Our agitation is being run in Gandhian way, so we should not talk about killing anybody. That
was not a right statement by him. We must not make such statements which can spark off a class conflict in the society,” Lalji said. “He should make sensible statements. As he has been accepted as the leader of the Patel com-
munity, such statements can harm our cause,” Lalji added. Later, Hardik denied that he gave such an advice. “I have not given any advice to kill policemen. This is an attempt to misguide the people. If I am seen giving such a statement
in any video or audio, then action should be taken against me,” he said. The young leader has been hogging the limelight since the August 25 “mega-rally” of Patels here and the subsequent violence across Gujarat.
possibility of moving the family to an Air Force area. Asserting that such acts cannot be accepted, Raha said senior officers were in touch with Corporal Mohammad Sartaj and his family. “Unfortu-
nate incident or accident I would say. It is unfortunate that a serving air force personnel’s family has been affected resulting in death in the family. We are already in touch,” he said on Saturday, replying to questions at his annual press conference ahead of Air Force Day. “Whatever protection is required, we are giving it to him. We are trying to move (them) to some Air Force area. We are with him and our people are there to assist the family,” he said.
Dadri lynching: IAF planning to shift victim’s family to Air Force area
High levels of antidepressants found in Indrani Mukerjea’s urine, JJ Hospital says Agency | Mumbai
Diagnostic reports show that Indrani Mukerjea, who is accused of killing her daughter Sheena Bora, had high levels of antidepressants in her urine, doctors of JJ Hospital in city’s Byculla said on Saturday, where she was admitted on Friday. “The urine report by Hinduja Hospital laboratory in Mahim is positive for benzodiazepines (a class
of antidepressants) with a level of 2088 (normal report 200),” said Dr TP Lahane, who is the dean of JJ Hospital. Incidentally, JJ Hospital doctors said that the reports from the Forensic laboratory in Kalina didn’t show any trace of chemicals. Indrani was rushed to JJ Hospital on Friday afternoon on the suspicion that she had taken an overdose of antidepressants.
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Terming as “unfortunate” the lynching of a serving air warrior’s father over rumours of eating beef, IAF chief Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha said they are looking at the
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi visited Bisada village in Greater Noida on Saturday and met the family members of a man who was lynched for allegedly eating beef. “In Dadri to Illegal arms meet Mohammad Akhfactory busted in laq’s family,” he tweeted after meeting them. In an UP incident that drew nationAgency | Kanpur wide outrage, Mohammad A man has been arrest- Ikhlaq (also spelt Akhlaq) ed and a huge cache of was beaten to death and arms and ammunition his 22-year-old son Danrecovered after a raid ish critically injured when was conducted at an il- a mob broke into their legal arms factory here home in Bisada late on today. According to Monday night, accusing SSP Shalabh Mathur, them of butchering a calf acting on a tip-off, the and eating beef. “Congress police raided the fac- VP Rahul Gandhi in Dadri tory that was being meeting Mohammad Akhoperated in Telephone laq’s family,” the party colony during which Twitter handle INC India a person was arrest- said. The Congress Twited and several illegal ter handle also put out picarms and ammunition tures of Gandhi interacting recovered. So far, one with the family members Shalabh Mathur, has of the deceased. Gandhi been arrested for his also met other villagers alleged involvement in and asked them about the the trade while three incident.The Congress has others have fled, police asked Prime Minister Nasaid. The accused, who rendra Modi to break his has a history of crime “silence” and condemn the records. Dadri lynching incident. Corpo. Office: A/41, Madhav Chamber’s, Shaktidhara Colony, Opp-Sayona Arcade, L.B.S. Road, Toll Naka, Bapunagar, Ahmedababad - 380024
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“We do not need four points” - Sushma Swaraj Exactly 274 of the 2,995 words that made up External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s superbly crafted speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday dealt with Pakistan. Her message, delivered in response to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s fourpoint peace plan, was simple. “We do not need four points,” she said, “we need just one — give up terrorism and let us sit down and talk.” “Let us hold talks at the level of NSAs [national security advisors] on all issues connected to terrorism,” she went on. “If the response is serious and credible, India is prepared to address all outstanding issues through a bilateral dialogue.” This apparently reasonable formulation, as the world’s diplomats would have known, elided the real problem. The NSA-level talks India and Pakistan agreed to hold in September were called off, after all, not because Islamabad was unwilling to engage in discussion, but because New Delhi balked at the prospect of a meeting between Kashmiri separatists and the Pakistani PM’s special envoy, Sartaj Aziz. The external affairs minister’s speech points, in fact, to the deeper problem. Not talking is merely a posture, not a policy. Delhi is seeming to simply be digging in its heels and holding the line, rather than creatively forging a way forward. Nawaz’s four-point proposal was deeply disingenuous, for demilitarisation of the Line of Control without a commitment to end cross-border infiltration is meaningless. However, it at least gave world leaders the appearance of a leader willing to address the world’s concerns on the prospects of India and Pakistan lurching into a conflict through missteps or miscalculation. Swaraj’s speech, on the other hand, proposed no roadmap for action. For all practical purposes, India is appearing like a kindergarten student insisting on sulking until her demand for ice cream is met. Delhi can, and should, be more creative in pushing forward its counter-terrorism concerns. Clear and consistent articulation of the steps Delhi wishes Pakistan to take is a critical step forward. India has, in the past, laid down all sorts of demands — from action against Lashkar-e-Toiba military head Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi to the rendition of top terror fugitives — only to back down later. Learning from this experience, Islamabad has every reason to expect the same process to play out again. Instead of allowing Islamabad to take the lead, and eventually be dragged, kicking and screaming, to the table by the United States, Delhi would do well to seize the initiative, and spell out what it wants to talk about, and when.
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QUOTE “The BJP government in Gujarat should follow the example of the Tamil Nadu government and give monthly salary to all the temple OF THE priests in the state.” - An organization of brahmans in Gujarat has demanded reservation for community DAY members in government jobs and educational institutes in the state, its president Shailesh Joshi said.
Puli Movie Review
Agency | Chennai It could be argued by some that a fantasy epic is by definition infantile and it should, therefore, be treated purely as a fun outing. But even if one were accept that line of thinking and allow the film some leeway, Puli, directed by Chimbu Deven, is unconscionably puerile. The paucity of depth and genuine originality robs it of any possibility of being regarded as a success. Puli has numerous quirky creatures, including a talking bird, a wise tor-
toise, a shiny green frog with an uncanny sense of direction and an entire clan of invisible midgets straight from the isle of Lilliput. At one point, the dwarves capture the hero and tie up him up a la Gulliver only to realise that he is harmless. No sooner is he set free than he breaks into song and dance with his erstwhile captors. The size of the midgets in relation to the protagonist fluctuates all through the number but nobody seems to care. This is a fantasy after all! Much of the action
in the second half of Puli - this is the only passage of the film that is somewhat watchable - takes place on the CGI-generated grounds of a garish palace. The structure is complete with ornate thrones, watch towers, sprawling arenas for duels, and dark, dank garrets to hold prisoners. Comparisons with Baahubali are inevitable, but the Rajamouli film, for all its own share of flaws, was infinitely better mounted, told a more engaging story, and had much beefier actors.
A five-day royal wedding for Harbhajan Singh, Geeta Basra
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Singh Is Bliing review: It’s not a funny film Agency | New Delhi The best thing one can say about Singh is Bliing is that it is not a sequel of the 2008 Singh is Kinng. Little else in the film is worthy of praise. Reuniting with his Rowdy Rathore director, Prabhudheva, Akshay Kumar stars in yet another movie rife with the same sight gags, unfunny puns and gauche attempts at physical comedy that have become synonymous with the filmmaker. If a dog made up to look like a tiger isn’t funny to you, watch out, because that’s one of the finer moments in the film. Kumar plays Rafta-
ar Singh, a stereotypical caricature of a Punjabi, who whiles away his time break-dancing to bhangra music, drowning his face in lassi and emotionally manipulating his mom (Rati Agnihotri). So when he steals money from his father (Yograj Singh), Papaji gives Raftaar two choices — either marry a
fat Punjabi kudi or go to work in a floating casino off the coast of Goa. If you’re smarter than this film, you can probably guess what Raftaar picks. The ‘plot’ kicks in when a ‘kung-fu-karate expert’ and femme fatale, Sara (Amy Jackson), shows up and steals Raftaar’s heart.
cast of Pranitha Subhash, Jayasudha, Sayaji Shinde, Tanikella Bharani, Naresh and Krishna Bhagwan among others,” a source from the film’s unit. “Rs.3.5 crore was spent on the sets and other arrangements that were made for the song,” the source said. Young actor Chandini
Chowdary matches steps with Mahesh in the song. Many actors were taken into consideration for the song, but Chandini, who has acted only in shot films, was selected for the song. Directed by Srikanth Addala, the film also stars Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Kajal Aggarwal in important roles.
Brahmotsavam: Rs 3.5 crore for a single song from the Mahesh Babu film Agency | Chennai
Young actor Chandini Chowdary matches steps with Mahesh in the song. Many actors were taken into consideration for the song, but Chandini, who has acted only in shot films, was selected for the song. The makers of superstar Mahesh Babu-starrer Telugu drama Brahmotsavam, which is currently on the floors, are said to have spent a whopping Rs.3.5 crore on a sangeet number for the film. “It’s the introductory song featuring Mahesh and nearly 500 junior artists. Besides Mahesh, the song also features the ensemble
Shahid Kapoor, Alia Bhatt play insomniacs in ‘Shaandaar’
Amitabh Bachchan: Ultimate peak of success is unknown
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Agency | New Delhi Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who has been a part of the entertainment industry for over four decades, feels that success does not have any peak and those who consider to have achieved it do not know that the “ultimate peak is unknown.” Further talking to his official blog, Amitabh shared that to make performance look genuine one should feel the character as your own. “Live not the thought and feel of performance...live the thought
and feel as your own...that would be the greatest compliment for any art or artistic rendition...not all shall have the capacity to tune to notes that find expression... expressions that identify with feelings of my own creation. “Seldom would they depict the other... the other would be blessed if it did...for then they have linked themselves to the ultimate connect,” he wrote. Amitabh will next be seen in Wazir along with actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar.
Cricketer Harbhajan Singh and Bollywood actor Geeta Basra are all set to get married later this month in a glittering ceremony in Punjab. The couple has been dating for a few years but have chosen to stay mum about their relationship status. Social media is abuzz with their red-and-gold wedding invitation, embossed with the couple’s initials. The wedding will be solemnised on October 29 at Hotel Club Cabana on Phagwara Road, located about 20 km away from the spinner’s hometown Jalandhar. A senior official from Club Cabana confirmed “’We have been booked have been asked to mainthe booking made by for an event. We cannot tain confidentiality,” said the family for the event. disclose anything as we the club official.
‘Shaandaar’ starring Shahid Kapoor and Alia Bhatt is not just about a destination wedding, but is in fact a love story between two insomniacs Agency | Mumbai Not many are aware that Vikas Bahl’s forthcoming film, ‘Shaandaar’ starring Shahid Kapoor and Alia Bhatt is not just about a destination wedding, but is in fact a love story between two insomniacs. Shahid and Alia’s characters in the film are unable to sleep and so the makers of the film bought the rights of
the popular track from the 1958 film Post Box 999, Neend Na Mujhko Aaye (picturised on Sunil Dutt and Shakeela). For Shaandaar, the romantic number has been recreated by Mikey McCleary and picturised on Alia and Shahid. The song, originally sung by Hemant Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar fits perfectly in this film about insomniacs. Director Vikas
Bahl confirmed the news, saying, “Yes, it is true. Shahid and Alia are playing characters who are suffering from insomnia, which is, inability to get sleep. Insomnia is something most people have gone through at some point in their life which makes the film and their characters extremely relatable.” ‘Shaandaar’ is all set to release on 22nd October, 2015.
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Agency | New Delhi Adani Ports and Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Saturday said they have inked a pact to oversee operations of Kattupalli Port in Tamil Nadu. “Adani Ports (Adani) has entered into a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding with L&T Shipbuilding (L&T) for evaluating the operations of the port at Kattupalli, Tamil Nadu, with effect from October 2015 for one month,” Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) said in a filing to BSE. It said definitive agreements in this regard will be entered into later. “Adani shall be responsible for EBIDTA gains and losses arising from the port operation for this period,” the filing said. L&T, in a separate filing, said the shipyard will continue to be managed and operated by L&T Shipbuilding.
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www.sunvillasamachar.com ISL season preview: Central sponsorship doubles to Rs 100 cr as 2015 promises better football Agency | Chennai
Last year, a couple of months before the start of the inaugural Indian Super League, it was found out that there was only a six to eight inch gap between the grass and a cement foundation at the Balewadi Sports Complex, home of FC Pune City. That’s worse than astro-turf. The organisers had to overhaul the entire pitch. None of the stadiums had proper drainage in place either, leading to 250 workers sponging the Marina Arena pitch so that Chennai could play their first match. Dressing rooms were a different ballgame. The one at Salt Lake Stadium had to be renovated from scratch so that international players didn’t go back home and crib about their decision
South Africa make molehill out of mountain against India in first T20 to come to India. And to fix all this, you need money. Lots of it. And if the numbers are anything to go by for this season, Firstpost has learned the ISL has banked brilliantly on its first-year success to double it’s central sponsorship pool to Rs 100 crore as corporate bigwigs hop on to the football bandwagon. The central sponsorship system is pretty stream-
lined. Stakeholders Star and IMG-Reliance put together a marketing team that sells the ISL as a product and unlike last year, when there was apprehension whether football would work or not, this season has seen a phenomenal increase in investment. 20 percent of this money is used Agency | Dharamsala to organise the league. The rest of it is divided What is the point of havamong the clubs. ing a match in Dharamsala if you can’t take in the very settings that make this ground the prettiest international venue in the world? A 7 pm start to the first India-South Africa T20 meant that the snowcapped Himalayas stayed behind the veil of night. That said the 23,000 in attendance at the HPCA stadium and many millions watching on TV weren’t to be denied completely. With a special knock packed with effortless stroke-making,
reaching triple figures. At stumps, Railways were 14/0 in their first innings, trailing the hosts by 590 runs. Ashish Singh (12) and Saurabh Wakaskar (2) were holding fort at the crease. Punjab captain Yuvraj Singh however, missed out on the run feast
as he could only manage to score 23 before left arm spinner Karn Sharma sent him back to the pavilion with an excellent caught and bowled effort. Arnab Nandi (1/86), Karn Sahrma (1/115) and Ranjit Mali (1/149) took a wicket each for Railways.
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Agency | New Delhi Pornhub has released its latest data analysis which demonstrates the rise of smartphones as a method for watching porn. In 2010, iOS and Android mobile operating systems accounted for only 12% of the traffic share of Pornhub. Last month, they accounted for 63%. Android visitors spent longer than iOS users during each session, taking an average of 10 minutes and 6 seconds per visit to browse 10.9 pages, whereas iOS users took 8 minutes 40 seconds to browse 9.8 pages. The top three most searched for ‘porn stars’ for both operating systems were Lisa Ann, Mia Khalifa and Kim Kardashian. Ann placed first on Android, followed by Khalifa and Kardashian, while Kardashian was top for iOS users, followed by Khalifa and Ann. In the UK, all but 5% of mobile traffic came from Android or iOS devices; 64% from iOS and 31% from Android.
iPhone 6S, 6S Plus prebookings begin across India
Ajay Jadeja resigns as Delhi coach as DDCA turmoil continues Agency | Kolkata
Agency | New Delhi Retailers have started taking bookings for Apple’s latest iPhones and those waiting to get their hands on them should be prepared to shell out a minimum of Rs 62,000 for the lowest storage variant, 16GB, of the iPhone 6S, going up to Rs 92,000 for the 128GB variant of the iPhone 6S Plus. According to three trade sources, Apple has communicated the indicative prices and given the go-ahead to begin taking advance orders. Industry officials told ET the iPhone 6S 64GB would cost about Rs 72,000 and the 128GB version would be about Rs 82,000. The iPhone 6S Plus 16GB would be priced at Rs 72,000 and its larger storage model of 64GB would be priced at Rs 82,000. Apple is yet to declare official prices in India, the company said in response to an emailed query. Pre-bookings have started at major retail chains across the country. The MobileStore, India’s largest mobile phone retail chain, said it will begin taking orders from Friday.
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Ranji Trophy: Gurkeerat sparkles with 200, Jadeja takes six-for and Umesh slams ton Gurkeerat Singh struck an unbeaten double century as Punjab produced a power packed batting performance to pile on a massive first innings total of 604/5 (declared) on the second day of their Ranji Trophy Group B match here on Friday. Gurkeerat was unbeaten on 201, adorning his 207-ball innings with 25 boundaries and five sixes at the Punjab Cricket Association Stadium. The other Punjab batsmen also tormented the hapless Railways bowlers, with Uday Kaul (112), Mandeep Singh (109) and Gitansh Khera (102)
Even before stepping into the Delhi dressing room for the first Ranji Trophy match against Rajasthan, Ajay Jadeja has tendered his resignation from the Delhi chief coach’s post, leaving the executive committee and government nominees embarrassed. While Jadeja did not go to Jaipur citing his son’s illness, it was learnt that he was unhappy with a lot of decisions of the DDCA including how the team was run. While no one came on record, but the relationship between Jadeja and skipper Gautam Gambhir wasn’t exactly very warm. Firstly, there were reports that Jadeja was not happy with appointment of Amit Bhandari as bowling coach but he had said in some quarters that the reason is something else. The Sports committee was not in favour
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of Jadeja’s appointment, which was done a day prior to the results being announced. The head of Sports Committee Vinod Tihara said that they were never in favour of Jadeja even though they had no intentions of go-
ing into a conflict with the executive body. “We wanted the issue to be solved through dialogue and name of the coach being after the results of the Sports Committee elections being announced.
Rohit Sharma put beauty and elegance back in the heart of this contest. JP Duminy then led the South African reply with some fiercely violent hitting of his own, making it a complete package of aesthetics and high-octane entertainment. The arc that the sixes drew and the run-mountains they helped construct, made up for the absence of the Dhauladhars. In the end, Duminy’s unbeaten 34-ball 68 (7 sixes) helped South Africa chase down 199 in the last over, rendering Ro-
hit’s maiden T20I hundred futile in the context of the game. However, looking at the bigger picture, that knock was one big positive that India can carry forward to Cuttack. This match or the series shouldn’t be seen only in terms of results. India haven’t played too many T20Is in the last couple of a years. So for them, with the T20 World Cup early next year, this is an exercise in self-awareness: to know their strengths and weaknesses, and find out which composition serves the team best.
kept up the pressure on the Romanians with her quick reflexes and volleys. In the first set, Sania-Martina had taken a 2-0 lead beore Irina and Monica hit back by breaking Hingis’ serve in the third game. But the Indo-Swiss combination claimed a break in the very next game to go 3-1
up. Sania and Martina clinched another service break in the eigth game to take a one-set lead. Irina and Monica made a strong start in the second set by taking a 2-0 lead. But Sania and Martina bounced back by winning four consecutinve games to take control of the match.
Sania-Hingis outclass Irina-Niculescu to clinch Wuhan Open title Agency | Wuhan
The top seeded pair of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis defeated the Romanian duo of Irina-Camelia Begu and Monica Niculescu in straight sets to win the doubles title at the Wuhan Open tennis tournament here on Saturday. The Indo-Swiss combination -- which did not drop a single set through the tournament -- hardly broke sweat as they vanquished their opponents 6-2, 6-3 in one hour and nine minutes. This was the seventh title that the Sania-Martina combination have won this year. The top ranked pair have also won consecutive Grand Slam titles at Wimbledon and the US Open earlier in 2015. Sania’s partnership with Martina has helped her become the first Indian women’s player to take the top spot in the doubles rankings. This was also the Sania and Martina’s second win over the Romanian pair this year. They had earlier defeated them 6-4, 6-1 in the second round of the Italian Open in Rome last May. Sania hit winners from the baseline at regular intervals while Hingis
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Pakistan apprehends 12 boats, Congress leaders to urge President 65 fishermen off Gujarat coast not to clear Gujarat’s anti-terror bill Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
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Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) on Saturday apprehended around 65 fishermen along with their 12 boats off the Gujarat coast, officials of National Fishworkers Forum (NFF) said. This is the biggest and the fourth major incident of apprehending Indian fishermen by PMSA since January this year. “PMSA personnel have apprehended around 65 fishermen and their 12 boats off Gujarat coast,” Secretary of NFF Manish Lodhari. “Those fishermen from Okha and Porbandar town of the state sailed off the coast of Gujarat four to five days ago and today they were held captive,” Lodhari said. He said around 11 boats were from Porbandar and
one was from Okha. The NFF official said he got to know about the incident from the fishermen who were in contact with him through a wireless phone set. “All those 65 fishermen are still in the middle of the Arabian sea and surrounded by the PMSA personnel when one of the sailors gave me this information,” Lodhari
said. In April this year, PMSA had apprehended 47 fishermen along with their eight boats from Gujarat, while in March, the Pakistani security agency had captured 48 Indian fishermen and seized eight of their boats near Jakhau port off the Gujarat coast. Earlier in January, PMSA apprehended 38 Indian fishermen and seized
for Brahmin priests, its President Shailesh Joshi said. Briefing newspersons at the end of meeting, Joshi said “the BJP Government in Gujarat should follow the example of the Tamil Nadu Government and give monthly salary to all the temple priests in the State.” He said the government should set up a Brahmin Vikas Board to look after 55 lakh economically weaker Brahmins, whose population in Gujarat he put at 62 lakhs. Joshi said the Samaj wants the State to grant reservations solely on the basis of economic criterion.
Muslims in Mandvi taluka of Kutch have been banned from entering all garba venues this Navratri. However, this is just one of the several stringent bans imposed by the garba organizers and Hindu Sangathan Yuva Morcha, a local saffron outfit. Entry for Hindus too comes with a condition. Hindus entering the venue will have to sprinkle cow urine on themselves and apply tilak on their forehead. “We had banned the entry of people from other religions last year itself and framed these strict rules. But these are being more pronounced this year,” said Raghu-
seven of their boats near from International Maritime Boundary off Jakhau coast. ecurity concerns for the Indian fishermen were also raised last month, when a Gujarati fisherman identified as one Iqbal Bhatti was killed in firing near International Maritime Border Line (IMBL) in firing from some anonymous persons.
State Congress leaders, including state party president Bharatsinh Solanki, the leader of the opposition in the state assembly Shankersinh Vaghela and Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s political secretary Ahmed Patel will call on President Pranab Mukherjee Saturday and urge him not to give approval to the Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime (GCTOC) Bill-2015. Congress leaders have been maintaining that the provisions of the bill passed by the state BJP government were draconian. They also argue that the state had not been facing terror and hence such a law was not needed at all. The bill, which was first passed in 2003 and then
Brahmins in Gujarat demand Muslims banned from Mandvi garbas reservation, salary for priests Correspondent | Rajkot Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Amid the ongoing agitation by Patels for quota, an organisation of Brahmins in Gujarat has demanded reservation for community members in Government jobs and educational institutes in the State. All Gujarat Brahm Samaj also wants the Government to pay monthly salary to Brahmin priests serving in temples across the State. The Samaj officer-bearers held a day-long meeting here yesterday and passed a number of resolutions in support of their various demands, including reservation and salary
virsinh Jadeja. Justifying the ban, Jadeja. “Navratri is a religious festival in which devotees worship the deity of strength for nine days. We are also concerned over the rising number of cases of love jihad.” Even as the outfit and garba organizers are firm on imposing
the ban, it must be noted that the coastal town of Mandvi, which is famed for its centuries-old wooden boat-making industry, has never seen communal clashes. This despite the large population of Muslims, most of whom are engaged in the dhow-making business.
Over 6,000 foreigners in jail, NGT panel to frame most of them are Bangladeshis anti-pollution rules Agency | New Delhi
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There are over 6,000 foreign prisoners lodged in various jails across the country. About 50 per cent of them are imprisoned in West Bengal and belong to Bangladesh. Apart from them, nationals from Nigeria, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan populate Indian jails in significant numbers. The 2014 data released by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) has for the first time categorised foreigners incarcerated in jails across the country according to their nationality. The data states that 2,495 foreign convicts, comprising 2,308 men and 187 women, are lodged in various jails across the country. West Bengal jails lodge 1,113
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered formation of a three-member committee to frame guidelines to control pollution levels in ceramic industries at Morbi cluster by evolving parameters and standards for use of coal-gasifiers. The use of coal-based gasifiers has remained a major bone of contention between authorities and ceramic unit owners and after a lengthy legal battle in Gujarat high court, it was settled that installation of certain equipment converts such gasifiers into zero discharge unit. This exempted the units from switching over to gas-based gasifiers as earlier mandated by the Central Pollution
of them, the highest in the country. Bengal is followed by Andaman and Nicobar Island (624), Uttar Pradesh (135), Delhi (94), Maharashtra (72), Punjab (61), Himachal Pradesh (50) and Manipur (50). The highest number of convicted foreigners, about 54.4 per cent, fall in the age group of 30-50 years followed by 38.8 per cent of such convicts in the 1830 years age group. As many as 3,576 foreigners (3,063 men and 513
women) were lodged in various jails of the country as undertrial prisoners. The highest number of such undertrials were in West Bengal (1,822) followed by Maharashtra (513), Uttar Pradesh (235), Delhi (217), Gujarat (129), Tamil Nadu (78), Himachal Pradesh (66) and Karnataka (66). Most of these undertrials, about 48.5 per cent, fall in the 18 to 30 years agre group. About 42.1 per cent of them are in the 30-50 years age group.
Control Board (CPCB). As the issue of pollution reached the NGT, it ordered formation of the committee comprising chairmen of the CPCB, Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) and head of environment engineering department of MS University to evolve parameters and standards for use of coal-gasifiers in ceramic, frits, silicate products to bring pollution under control. The guidelines laid down by this committee will work as a model not only for Gujarat, but for all industrial clusters across the country. The committee has been asked to devise monitoring mechanism and fix the level of emission permissible to reduce pollution within a month.
amended drastically this year, was first rejected in 2004 by the then President APJ Abdul Kalam and Pratibha Patil in 2008. The GCTOC Bill of 2015 was passed by the Gujarat Assembly in March this year after Congress staged a walkout opposing it. Congress had said the provisions objected to by the previous Presidents had not been adhered to. The Bill was earlier named as Gu-
jarat Control of Organised Crime (GUJCOC) which was on the lines of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA). In July, the Modi government at the Centre had sent back the controversial Bill to the state government asking it to clarify on certain issues raised by the Ministry of Information and Technology (IT). The IT Ministry has objected to the provision in the Bill
which allows authorisation of interception of telephone conversations and their admissibility as evidence before a court of law. The Gujarat government had strongly rebutted the objections raised by the Ministry of IT.
will be properly recycled. “Around 25 lakh devotees go to Ambaji every year for Bhadarvi Poonam and Mehsana is the convergence point. The density of people is highest here, which is why we chose this location for clean-up,” said Hardik Shah, member secretary, Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB). The drive was carried out under the Mahatma Gandhi Swachhta Mission. “We plan
to make this drive an annual exercise and on a bigger scale,” said Shah. Regional officer, GPCB, Mehsana, RB Trivedi told TOI that next year onward they plan to collect and segregate all the waste at source. “Most of the garbage is generate outside the roadside kiosks set up for devotees. The waste will be collected and sent to some plastic recycling units located near-by,” he said.
of MSIL and regulatory approvals, if any,” MSIL said in a BSE filing. “The contract manufacturing agreement shall continue for a period of 15 years to be automatically extended for a further period of 15 years at the end of the initial period without any further action or documentation on the part of either party, unless terminated by the parties by mutual agreement”, as per the new proposed agreement. “After the
expiry of an aggregate period of 30 years from the commencement date, MSIL and SMG may mutually discuss and agree to extend the period of this agreement,” the contract agreement document said. MSIL is expected to soon go for the much-delayed minority shareholders’ voting on allowing parent Suzuki to own and invest in the Gujarat plant although it has not fixed a time for the same.
1,500kg garbage cleared in 3 hrs from Ambaji Road Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Close to 1,500kg of garbage, mostly plastic waste strewn along the highway to temple town Ambaji, was cleared within three hours in a massive cleanup drive launched by the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) and local volunteers on Friday. Around 30 ragpickers and an equal number of volunteers from industrial associations, Mehsana municipality and some local trusts hit the road with brooms for three hours to clean the trail of garbage left behind after the recently concluded Bhadarvi Poonam fair at Ambaji. They collected and disposed of nearly 800kg plastic, 300kg paper waste and 400kg of other garbage in three km stretch on Kheralu-Ambaji Road. All this waste
Maruti board approves pact with Suzuki arm for Gujarat plant Agency | New Delhi
The country’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India’s board has approved a contract manufacturing agreement for a period of up to 30 years proposed to be signed with an arm of parent Suzuki Motor Corp (SMC) for the upcoming plant in Gujarat. The agreement is proposed to be signed between Maruti Suzuki India (MSIL) and Suzuki Motor Gujarat (SMG), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SMC, which will implement the Gujarat project, subject to regulatory and minority shareholder approvals. “The board of directors of the company at its meeting held on October 1, 2015, has approved the contract manufacturing agreement and the lease deed proposed to be signed by the company with Suzuki Motor Gujarat (P) Ltd subject to this arrangement being approved by the minority shareholders
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