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Over 100 injured as strong quake hits North-East
9 killed in Northeast earthquake The earthquake, measuring 6.7 on the Richter Scale, occurred at 4.37 a.m and had its epicentre in Manipur’s Tamenglong district bordering. Bangladesh, Myanmar and Bhutan felt the quake too Agency | New Delhi
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Shah Rukh Khan and Juhi Chawla have given memorable films like “Yess Boss”, “Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman” and “Darr” and the actress says she cannot wait to pair up with her close friend again. The duo, whose on screen chemistry and real-life friendship is adored by many, last worked together in 2005 “Paheli”.
Bajwa flays BJP, Akalis over attack Agency | Chandigarh
Former Punjab Congress chief Partap Singh Bajwa today launched a frontal attack on BJP-led NDA government over alleged lapses in national security, leading to the terrorist attack on Pathankot airbase. Bajwa targeted Home Minister Rajnath Singh over the “confusion and contradiction” in the Pathankot operation, saying it was exemplified by his tweet, “The (Pathankot) operation is over. We have won a great victory. Five terrorists have been killed”, even though the operation to flush out the militants was still on.
At least nine persons were killed and over 100 injured as a strong 6.8 magnitude earthquake epicentred in Manipur on Monday struck the northeastern and eastern regions, damaging buildings and sparking panic that sent people scampering out of their homes. A team of National Disaster Relief Force (NDRF) has reached here with relief materials this morning and another team is expected soon, official sources said. Manipur bore the brunt of the temblor which struck at 4.35 AM, jolting the people out of their sleep. Many buildings collapsed or developed cracks in Tamenglong, where the earthquake was epicetred at a depth of 17 km. Army and Air Force have joined the relief operations and two teams of National Disaster Response Force have been rushed to Imphal while one was being sent to Assam where
at least 20 people were injured. Of the six deaths in Manipur, three were killed in Imphal West district, one at Jiribam in Imphal East district and
Won’t hesitate to shoot rapists if law permits: Delhi Police chief Agency | New Delhi
Delhi police commissioner BS Bassi on Monday said he would choose to “shoot or hang” the perpetrators of crime against women on the spot if the Constitution of India allowed. He, immediately however, added that since the Constitution didn’t allow any such thing, the police was bound to uphold human right of every individual and works in accordance to that. “If the constitution
growing crimes against women in the capital is the poor sex ratio. “The sex ratio at present is 600 women to every 1,000 males. “There are men roaming around who do not look at women as their mother, daughter, sister or wife but as a commodity. This is the why we see cases where a 21-year-old rapes an 80-year-old woman or a two-month-old baby girl is sexually assaulted,” he said.
two in Senapati districts, officilas said. “Damage to a few buildings, residential units and Government offices have been reported, including damage to a six storey building in Imphal,” according to National Disaster Management Authority
(NDMA). Power supply to Imphal city has been disrupted and some power installations have suffered damage, an official statement said after Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha held a meeting of the National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) this
morning. Several building in Imphal, including the market complex, and roads developed cracks while walls of some school buildings have collapsed, officils said. Nearly 20 persons were injured in Guwahati and other areas in Assam due to the
earthquake, Assam Commissioner and Secretary (Disaster Management) Pramod Kumar Tiwari said. Officials said at least 30 buildings have developed cracks. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he had spoken to Home Minister Rajnath Singh, who is in Assam, and asked him to oversee the situation arising due to the earthquake. The PM also spoke to Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh and other chief ministers in the region to take stock of the situation. Chief Minister Ibobi Singh said that they were trying to assess the extent of the damage. “The Prime Minister and Home Minister have assured all possible help,” he said.
Working on leads provided by India on Pathankot attack: Pakistan Agency | New Delhi
the first of which was intercepted on Friday afof India permits, then the Pakistan said on Monternoon, the sources said. Delhi Police personnel day it is working on leads While about half a dozen will not mind exercisprovided by India regardcalls were brief and of liting the authority to hang ing the attack on Pathantle consequence, the rest or shoot perpetrators of kot airbase, which has were “significantly long”, crime against women on been blamed on the Pathe sources said. The the spot. However we kistan-based Jaish-e-Moleads were provided by hammed. A brief stateare committed to human ment issued by Pakistan’s the government is in touch of calls made to Paki- the Indian national securirights and respect them,” Foreign Office late on with the Indian govern- stan-based handlers by the ty adviser to his Pakistani he said. Bassi said that Monday night said the ment and is working on terrorists who attacked the counterpart, the sources the main reason behind two countries continue the leads provided by it,” Pathankot airbase. Sourc- added. Sources in Islamwith a “sustained dialogue the Foreign Office spokes- es said details of the Paki- abad said Indian authoriprocess” and adopt a co- person said. The statement stani numbers which the ties had provided details operative approach for did not give details of the attackers had called have of the phone intercepts tackling terrorism. “In line leads provided by India also been shared with Pa- and locations where calls with Pakistan’s commit- though New Delhi is be- kistani authorities. The were made. Top Punjab Agency | New Delhi ment to effectively count- lieved to have shared with attackers made about a Police officials earlier told The Supreme Court today er and eradicate terrorism, Islamabad the intercepts dozen calls to Pakistan, HT that the JeM tag was directed the Gujarat govidentified from the interernment to make funcMali helps cepted mobile phone calls tional the Gujarat State made by the terrorists to Railways beat Cooperative Tribunal by their handlers in Pakistan Andhra by 7 runs filling up the vacant posts before they launched the Agency | Vadodara Agency | Jammu including that of judicial attack. The Foreign Ofmembers, which is the Medium pacer Ranjit fice’s statement reiterated Four soldiers of 3 LaMali returned with im- bone of contention. The bench headed by Chief argued that although the dakh Scouts died when Pakistan’s condemnation pressive figures of four apex court said the tri- Justice T S Thakur said. state government took a their patrol party was hit of the attack in Pathankot, bunal cannot be allowed for 26 to help Railways saying: “We understand The High Court had asked policy decision to appoint by a massive avalanche beat Andhra by sev- to be non-functional and the state government to the Board of Nominees in Ladkah region of Jamthe pain of many families en runs in a low-scor- state government’s pe- appoint president of the consisting of retired judg- mu and Kashmir, a dewho have lost their dear tition challenging the ing Group C match of ones in this tragedy, as Patribunal after consulta- es for resolving disputes fence spokesman said on the Syed Mushtaq Ali Gujarat High Court di- tion with the high court’s referred by the regis- Monday. “Four jawans kistan itself is a major vicTwenty20 cricket tour- rective to fill the position chief justice. The High trar, the government had of 3 Ladakh Scouts were tim of terrorism.” “Living of the President of the nament, here today. DeCourt order was passed failed to implement such killed when their patrol but the lives of four sol- dar Tsewang Nurbu, Ha- in the same region and fending a modest score tribunal and members of on the petition filed by a policy. The Association party was hit by a snow diers could not be saved. valdar Dorjay Gyaltsan, with a common history, of 122 for nine, Mali the Board of Nominees Gujarat Cooperative Bar had alleged that instead avalanche at the South- The bodies of four sol- Rifleman Mohammad the two countries should can be examined in due starred for Railways Association and others of appointing retired civil ern Glacier in Ladkah diers were retrieved from Yousuf and Rifleman Jig- remain committed to a knocking off the first course. “We will examine complaining about the judges as members of the at 4:30 PM on Sunday,” the avalanche site and maid Chosdup. He said sustained dialogue prothree wickets of open- the state government’s absence of a transparent board, the state govern- Udhampur-based de- were sent for postmor- the mortal remains of the cess. The challenge of terers Prasanth Kumar, KS appeal but all positions of mechanism for resolution ment appointed retired fence spokesman Col SD tem at Hundar Hospital, soldiers would be handed rorism calls for strengthBharath and Koripalli President, judicial mem- of disputes by the reg- and serving government Goswami said. Soon after Col Goswami added. over to their next of kins ening our resolve to a Sreekanth to unstelle bers and members of tri- istrar’s nominee as well officers as registrar’s the avalanche, a rescue The four deceased have after conducting all the cooperative approach,” bunals must be filled,” a as the tribunal. It was nominee. the statement added. operation was launched been identified as Haval- medical formalities. Andhra’s chase. Corpo. Office: A/41, Madhav Chamber’s, Shaktidhara Colony, Opp-Sayona Arcade, L.B.S. Road, Toll Naka, Bapunagar, Ahmedababad - 380024 Email: ssdaily2013@gmail.com Mo : 98250 98053
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Four soldiers killed after being hit by avalanche in Ladakh
2 / Dt. 05-01-2016, Tuesday Editors’ Picks tuesday, JANUARY 05, 2016 Laws of defamation and contempt must be seen as lingering anachronisms December has been a cruel month for free speech. Law is imperfect, often used for the wrong reasons to exacerbate the very publicity it claimed to want to suppress. A quick retrospective will remind us of Salman Rushdie’s Satanic Verses under the Customs Act, Khushboo indicted for criminal defamation and later absolved in the Supreme Court, James W. Laine’s work on Shivaji, banned under the Criminal Procedure Code, liberated by the Supreme Court, the ban on Sahmat’s posters lifted by the Delhi High Court, Khushwant Singh’s biography injuncted by Maneka Gandhi until the ban was lifted by the Delhi High Court. M.F. Husain was pilloried by criminal offences till he left the country to die abroad. The stories are endless as India’s increasingly intolerant society allows Hindu fundamentalists to threaten those they don’t like with impunity. Recently Kirti Azad, a BJP MP, seemed to want an investigation into the contracts for re-doing the Feroz Shah Kotla ground when Arun Jaitley was in charge of the Delhi & District Cricket Association. He was suspended from the party. Kejriwal entered the fray. The controversy spiralled. The Delhi government set up a probe committee. On December 21, 2015, Jaitley filed both civil and criminal cases against Kejriwal and five others. Kirti Azad was saved Jaitley’s ire. The civil case demanded Rs 10 crore as damages. What was impressive was not the initiation of cases but the fanfare that went with them. Jaitley was accompanied by ministers Smriti Irani, Piyush Goyal, J.P. Nadda, Venkaiah Naidu, R.S. Rathore. The case seemed less important than the fanfare. Jaitley, a lawyer of distinction, has been wrongly advised. After the Auto Shankar case (1994), India has adopted the NY Times formula that public figures must expect criticism on public issues in due diligence publications, even if found to be untrue. Thus, Morarji Desai lost his case against the duly diligent Seymour Hersh alleging that Morarji was a CIA agent. Criminal defamation can also provide such protection (Section 499, Exception 1 and 9). What was the purpose of Jaitley’s cases? Declaration of innocence. But mostly tamasha. The only thing missing was the drums and the dance of triumph by BJP followers. Arundhati Roy has been a champion of many causes for justice to the disempowered. The Bombay High Court denied bail to 90 per cent disabled Professor G.N. Saibaba, arrested for speciously alleged Maoist links. Roy published an article, “Professor POW”, in Outlook magazine of May 18, 2015. Saibaba’s bail was extended in July because of his disability.
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QUOTE “I can tell you that people of Delhi are fortunate to have the police not OF THE under the Delhi government...otherwise there would be a lot of local - Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi said on Monday, pressure,” he was addressing the Delhi Police Annual Conference in New Delhi. DAY Bhumi Pednekar to take Punjabi Sonakshi Sinha in swimwear diction classes for next film - her first 2016 selfie!
Agency | Mumbai She is a perfectionist. All of us know how Bhumi Pednekar gained 15 kgs for her role of Sandhya in the lovable sleeper hit of the year, Dum Laga Ke Haisha. The actress who is known to stretch her limits to get into the character is going to play
a Punjabi in her next film, Manmarziyan. The film also stars her Dum Laga Ke Haisha co-star, Ayushmann Khurrana and Vicky Kaushal. The latter was a part of Neeraj Ghaywan’s much-acclaimed film Masaan where he played the role of a boy from lower strata of so-
ciety. The advantage the two boys have is that they come from Punjabi families and are well-versed with the lingo. In fact, Ayushmann is brought up in Chandigarh and speaks the language quite well. However, Punjabi diction was going to be an issue for Bhumi, who is a Maharashtrian belong to Mumbai. So solve this problem, director Sameer Sharma and Aanand L Rai have decided to hire a diction coach. People are eager for the film as the chemistry between Bhumi and Ayushmann was much loved in their first film together. This film is the first production of Rai in which he is not directing the project. Bhumi has lost a lot of weight and is looking svelte as ever in the first look of the film. We are sure that with her dedication she’ll turn into a Punjabi kudi in no time.
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Sonakshi Sinha felt blissful as she was holidaying to unwind and relax. The ‘Dabangg’ hottie took to her Instagram account to post her first 2016 selfie. “My first sunny #selfie of the year (can you believe i waited 3 days to post it) Hope everyday is as bright and happy as this one, for ALL of us (not possible in monsoon, but u get the drift)! Sonakshi looks hot in the picture where she is seen sporting aviators and looks quite stunning in black halter-neck swimwear as she relaxes near a pool.
Ajay Devgn used over 2000 toys for one scene in ‘Shivaay’
Hrithik Roshan, sons Hrehaan and Hridhaan take auto ride home
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Akshay Kumar’s Airlift: New Trailer is Packed With Action and Patriotism
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Agency | Mumbai Hrithik Roshan, who had taken his sons Hridhaan and Hrehaan for a movie treat on Sunday (January 3), took an auto ride home. The Dhoom actor, who had taken his kids for a Christmas break to Switzerland earlier, has often been spotted on various outings with his sons post
his split with wife Sussanne Roshan. Tweeting a picture from their auto ride, Hrithik wrote: “Took an auto home. What was normal pocket money travel 4 daddy becomes an adventure trip 4 us boys. Lovely” Hrithik said during his early days in the industry it was normal for him to take such rides but it has become an adevnture for him and his boys.
Priyanka Chopra’s Jai Gangaajal runs into trouble with Censor Board
Ajay Devgn is said to have put to use over 2000 custom-made stuff toys for a particular scene in his directorial “Shivaay”. Abigail Eames, who is making her Bollywood debut, plays Ajay’s daughter in the film. So, it is to ensure that her room looks extreme-
ly pretty, Ajay got these toys. “Ajay is putting renowned expertise and his entire heart and soul into making this movie as he plans every detail to the T. Hence, recently when we had to shoot in the girl’s room (Abigail), he called for more than 2000 custom-made stuff toys so that the room looks extravagant,” said a source
close from the film’s production team. “Shivaay” is Ajay’s second venture as a director, after his 2008 movie “U Me Aur Hum”. Sayesha Saigal, who is the grand niece of legendary actor Dilip Kumar and Saira Banu, has been roped in to play the female lead in the film, which will hit the screens on Diwali this year.
announcement on Twitter. “Happy New Year, everyone. Here’s the video for ‘Birds’,” the band tweeted. The video, directed by Marcus Haney, is grainy and psychedelic in its concept. It was filmed at the mas-
sive Salvation Mountain art monument outside of Slab City, California, in the Southern California desert in the US. It shows the band visiting the site and features visual effects like kaleidoscope imagery.
Coldplay comes out with new music video for their single Birds
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Agency | Mumbai It was a moment of brief touchdown for Akshay Kumar’s Airlift with the release of the second trailer, weaving a story around one man’s mission to evacuate Indians from foreign shores during troubled times along with hints of politics, diplomacy, bureaucracy, love and patriotism. Bringing an end to the wait, the trailer of Raja Krishna Menon-directed movie was released on Saturday. And it was all about action and emotion. The 48-year-old Khiladi actor is seen as an influ-
ential businessman, Ranjit Katyal, who has made many enemies owing to his power. He decided to save Indians first upon himself and his family in a war torn Kuwait. The trailer gives a sneak peek of the time when Iraq invaded Kuwait and Indians had to be evacuated in 1990. The film also stars Nimrat Kaur and Purab Kohli. The trailer focuses on Akshay’s character planning an escape from Kuwait. The film is based on true events and on how one man risks his family’s life and his life to do the right thing.
Filmmaker Prakash Jha has denied reports that he made voluntary cuts to his upcoming cop drama Jai Gangaajal to avoid getting an ‘A’ certificate from the Central Board Of Film Certification (CBFC). It was earlier reported that the CBFC wanted to give the film an ‘A’ certificate due to a few violent and abusive scenes, but Jha did not agree and wanted a ‘UA’ certificate. While Rajkumar Hirani was allowed to retain the word ‘saala’ in the title of his next, Saala Khadoos, Prakash Jha has been
asked not to use the same word in his upcoming film, Jai Gangaajal. “Saala is a word we use in everyday conversation. My cop drama is set in the hinterlands. I’m not saying anything anti-national or anti-religion. I’m a responsible maker who
would never hurt anyone’s sentiments. There’s a need to look at the context in which a particular word or phrase is used. If a villain is saying something and is immediately taken to task for it and not glorified, they should let it go,” Jha said.
Agency | London As a New Year’s gift to their fans, British rock band Coldplay released a new music video for their single Birds. According to aceshowbiz. com, the band made the
3 / Dt. 05-01-2016, Tuesday Telecom stocks fall after Trai’s reminder on call drops
Agency | Mumbai Shares of telecom companies retreated on Monday after that Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) had written to all operators, reminding them to start compensating subscribers for call drops. Shares of Bharti Airtel Ltd lost 4.10% to Rs.326.60, Idea Cellular Ltd fell 5.01% to Rs.135.70 and Reliance Communications Ltd dropped 6.52% to Rs.84.65. The BSE Telecom index fell 3.20% to 1,383.33 points and the benchmark Sensex fell 2.05% to 25,623.35 points. According to the latest amendment to the Telecom Consumer Protection Regulations notified by Trai on 16 October, telcos will have to credit Rs.1 to a user for every call drop, with a cap of Rs.3 per day. The Cellular Operators’ Association of India, a lobby group, had moved court against the Trai order. The Delhi high court has asked the regulator not to take any coercive action till 6 January.
Sensex Slumps 538 Points as China Selloff Spooks Global Markets
Agency | New Delhi Sensex, Nifty fell over 2 per cent on Monday spooked by a selloff in China shares. The BSE Sensex ends 537.55 points lower at 25,623.35 and the 50-share Nifty closes at 7,791, down 171.90 points. Selling pressure was visible across the sectors. Banking, infrastructure, IT, realty and Pharma sector were the worst hit. Tata Motors was the biggest loser in the Nifty-50 basket, down 6.18 per cent on China worries and weak December sales. Telecom stocks Idea Cellular and Bharti Airtel closed 5.3 per cent and 4 per cent lower respectively after the telecom regulator TRAI asked telecom operators to adhere to the call drop regulation with effect from January 1. PNB, Hindalco, Bank of Baroda, Yes Bank, HDFC, Bhel were the other big losers in the Nifty falling between 3.2-6 per cent each.
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www.sunvillasamachar.com After Justice Lodha recommendations, BCCI to take decision on Chandila, Hiken Shah tomorrow Agency | Mumbai
The BCCI’s three-member Disciplinary Committee, headed by President Shashank Manohar, is set to decide on the fate of tainted cricketers, Ajit Chandila and Hiken Shah, here tomorrow. The two players had met the committee members in person here to answer questions put to them on December 24 before the three-man panel deferred taking a decision by giving them time till today to file a written response to the charges of spot-fixing against them. The three-member disciplinary committee comprises Manohar, Jy-
SPORTS ROUNDUP Virat Kohli congratulates Indian football team for beating Afghanistan in SAFF Cup final
otiraditya Scindia and Niranjan Shah. Chandila was arrested by the police for trying to spot-fix IPL games in 2013 along with Rajasthan Royals teammates Sreesanth and Ankit Chavan, both of whom have been banned for life by the BCCI. Shah approached one of his colleagues from first-
class cricket, who was also a member of one of the IPL teams. The “inappropriately approached” player had reported it to his franchise team, which passed on the information to Anti Corruption Unit of the BCCI. ACU head Ravi Sawani was also present during the December 24 meeting.
Lodha panel proposes sweeping reforms for BCCI
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Indian batsman Virat Kohli has congratulated The Supreme Court-apthe Indian football team pointed Lodha Comfor lifting the SAFF Cup mittee on Monday recfor the seventh time. On ommended sweeping Sunday, India defeated reforms and an adminisAfghanistan 2-1 to win trative shake-up for the the SAFF Cup final. Introubled BCCI by sugdia, who had lost to Afgesting that ministers be ghanistan 0-2 in the final barred from occupying of 2013 edition in Kathpositions, a cap put on the mandu, were clearly the age and tenure of the office-bearers and legalisabetter side in the final tion of betting. In a series to a nine-member apex of these members do not match between the two of drastic recommenda- council. Addressing a have any territory like best teams of the regional tions, the three-member crowded press confer- Services, Railways etc. panel, headed by Jus- ence after submitting a Some of them do not play Agency | Sydney tice (Retd) R M Lodha, 159-page report to the tournaments. Some of also suggested one unit Supreme Court, which the states have multiple Shane Watson’s intershould represent only one will decide whether these members like Maharash- national future looked state, while taking away recommendations would tra has three, Gujarat has bleak on Monday after the voting rights of insti- be binding on the BCCI, 3. With the interactions the all-rounder was left tutional and city-based Lodha said he held 38 we had, except few it was out of Australia’s 13-man units. The committee also meetings with Board offi- broadly represented to us squad for this month’s suggested the restructur- cials, cricketers and other that one state as a unit of one-day series against ing of the BCCI’s admin- stakeholders. “First thing representation in BCCI is India on Monday. The istrative set-up, propos- is about the structure and a very fair idea,” Lodha 34-year-old, veteran of ing the position of a CEO the constitution. As you said as he gave detailed 190 ODIs and part of the to run the daily affairs of know, presently the BCCI explanations for the rec- side that won the World Cup last year, retired the Board accountable has 34 members. Some ommendations. Test cricket last Premier Badminton League: Chennai’s Sindhu, from September but had hoped Santoso ‘smash’ Mumbai Rockets out in five ties to continue playing for his country in the shorter formats. James Faulkner, recalled after missing Australia’s last one-day series in England because of a drink-driving conviction, Mitchell Marsh
tournament though they had to come back from one goal deficit and had to settle the match in the extra time. Virat Kohli was all praise for the magnificent performance of the team. The home side under Stephen Constantine could have won by a bigger margin had the woodwork not denied them twice in the match. But at the end, India ran away victors in the third straight summit clash of the SAFF Cup between the two sides and regained
the title they had won in 2011. Jeje Lalpekhlua (72nd minute) and Sunil Chhettri (101th) scored for India after Zubayr Amiri had given Afghanistan the lead in the 69th minute at the Greenfield Stadium here. The victory for 166th ranked India over higher ranked Afghanistan (150th) today gave Constantine his first win of an international tournament after taking charge early last year for his second stint at the helm of affairs in India.
and Glenn Maxwell were the three all-rounders named in the squad, however. In the absence of the injured Mitchell Starc, Peter Siddle and Nathan Coulter-Nile, the world champions also included two uncapped quicks in Scott Boland and Joel Paris. “Scott has continued to impress the selection panel, hav-
ing bowled very well for Victoria this year. He certainly deserves this chance at the top level,” head selector Rod Marsh said in a Cricket Australia (CA) statement. “Joel is an exciting young leftarm bowler who swings the ball well and has bowled beautifully in the Big Bash League for the Perth Scorchers.
defiant at the close as South Africa cut back the deficit to 488 runs. On a day like few others in Test history, England set about the home bowling with abandon, approaching the first session as if it was a Twenty20 game with relentless attacking that never waned.
England resumed on 317-5 but raced to 5135 at lunch in a morning session of 196 runs before declaring some 30 minutes before tea after amassing the highest first-innings total in a Test at the picturesque Cape Town ground at a rate of some eight runs per over.
Australia drop Shane Watson for India ODIs
2nd Test: England bludgeon South Africa bowlers on day of records
Agency | New Delhi Motorola has given a New Year’s treat to its Moto G3 users in India as the phones will now be get an Android 6.0 Marshmallow update. “Here is something new and amazing for your Moto G (3rd Gen.), the Android 6.0 Marshmallow!” Motorola India announced on its Twitter account. The third-generation phone of the Moto G series will now be upgraded from Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop) to Android 6.0. The 2 GB update will add features like “Doze Mode” to extend the battery life, Google Now on Tap and simpler volume control and would remove the “Migrate” and “Assist” apps. How to check for the update: Generally, the phone would notify you about the update. If, however, one does not receive the notification, one can manually check for the update by going to Settings > About Phone > System Update. The Moto G comes with a 5-inch HD display with a layer of Corning Gorilla Glass 3. It will sport the Android 5.1.1 OS along with proprietary Motorola features such as Moto Display, Quick Capture and Chop Twice. The phone will house a Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 SoC with a 1.4GHz quad-core processor.
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Agency | Mumbai After the first two fixtures (one on Saturday and the other on Sunday) of Premier Badminton League (PBL) were decided even before the fifth ties, it boiled down to the last tie between Simon Santoso (Chennai Smashers) and Gurusai Dutt (Mumbai Rockets), after which the audience got to know about the winner of the third and last match of the Mumbai leg. Santoso won the encounter, thus sealing the fixture 4-3 on points in Chennai’s favour, resulting in vociferous celebra-
tions amongst the Chennai supporters at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Indoor Stadium in Mumbai. The men’s doubles match between Mathias Boe/ Vladimir Ivanov (Mumbai) and Chris Adcock/Pranav Chopra (Chennai) was the hosts’ ‘Trump Match’ while the men’s singles tie between Santoso and Dutt was Chennai’s ‘Trump” game. A victory in the ‘Trump Match’ results in gain of two points whereas a loss tantamounts to loss of one point. Kamilla Rytter Juhl and Vladimir Ivanov of Mumbai took
on Chris Adcock and Pia Zebadiah of Chennai Smashers in the mixed doubled tie. The visitors hardly broke a sweat and won the first game 15-10 but conceded the second 7-15 to set up thrilling final game which they won 15-11. HS Prannoy who endured a heart-breaking defeat on Saturday was brimming with joy on Sunday as he edged out Brice Leverdez of France in straight games. The Indian was thoroughly dominating from the start as he went into the mini break with a 8-2 lead.
Brutal batting from Ben Stokes and Jonny Bairstow broke a host of records as England declared on 629 for six before South Africa replied with 141 for two at the close of play on the second day of the second Test at Newlands on Sunday. Stokes bludgeoned the fastest 250 in test cricket in a 399-run world-record partnership for the sixth wicket with Bairstow, who was 150 not out after scoring a maiden Test century. Hashim Amla (64 not out) and AB de Villiers (25 not out) were
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Gujarat to get its first solar, stellar observatories Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Gujarat is all set to get its first-ever solar as well stellar observatories, with government-recognised Indian Planetary Society (IPS) selecting Kutch district for embarking on this project at a cumulative cost of Rs 12 crore. The Solar Observatory would be utilised to study the Sun as well as the Solar System, while the Stellar Observatory will collect crucial information by studying various galaxies, planets and stars, said IPS CEO Akshay Malhotra, who is at present in Kutch for a detailed study of possible locations in that area. “This is for the first time when IPS is embarking on a project to set
up its first solar as well as stellar observatories. We have decided to set up these observatories in Kutch, as the sky is very clear here, which is very essential for accurate results,” he said. “There are such observatories in different parts of India being run by the government, while we are an independent NGO recognised by the government. This is for the first time when
Gujarat will get such observatories, as there are none at present here,” said Malhotra. Apart from having a clear sky, which is necessary for night observation of galaxies, the Tropic of Cancer passes from here, which gives ample sunlight necessary for solar observation, he said. “The Tropic of Cancer passes from near Bhuj, which makes this place ideal for solar ob-
Gujarat CM launches 300th book of Jain monk Ratnasagar Rajendra Surishwarji Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Gujarat Chief Minister Mrs. Anandiben Patel today launched 300th book ‘Hasya Ni Sathe Param Rahasya’ written by Ratnasagar Rajendra Surishwarji at K.J. Somaiya ground in Mumbai and took blessings of Jain saints. On the occasion, Mrs. Patel praised role of Jain literature to protect traditions and social values. Talking about Jainism, CM stated that Jainism explains the philosophy of life. She adeed that this must be the only religion in the world that simultaneously talks about non-violence and bravery.
About 20 doctors from France and Switzerland have come to Gujarat to study the secret of health of Jain Munis. They are gathering information from Ahmedabad, Junagadh and Palitana, Mrs. Patel said. While talking about the importance of books in overall development of children, Mrs. Patel shared that
the state government is encouraging school children to read books containing national pride, essence of life and social conscience. She said that books on the life and works of our great people are distributed among children. Large number of people from Jain community was present on the occasion.
servation. As of now, we have zeroed-in on two locations, one is Lakhpat and another is Loriya village near Khavda, which is around 80 kms from Bhuj” he said. According to him, high-efficiency telescopes, along with other high-end equipments, would be installed at these observatories under PPP (public-private-partnership project) model.
Gujarat High Court rejects bail pleas of three top Patidar agitators Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Gujarat High Court today refused to grant regular bail to three jailed PAAS leaders in connection with a case lodged under charges of sedition. The single bench of Justice A J Desai pronouncing his verdict dismissed the bail pleas of Dinesh Bambhaniya, Chirag Patel and Ketan Patel saying that the bail cannot be granted at this juncture when
No mobile services in 1,275 villages of Gujarat
viding mobile services in rural areas under the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) scheme.
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
As many as 1,275 villages in Gujarat still do not have mobile services. According to the data made available from ministry of communications and technology, out of 17,843 villages in state, a little over 7% of them are still uncovered by mobile services. According to the ministry, nationally 5.42 lakh villages out of total 5.97 lakh villages in the country are covered by mobile service providers, leaving only 55,669 villages, around 9.31% without coverage. Neither the state nor central government has allocated funds for expansion of telecom services in Gujarat from April 2014 to October 2015. In 201213 and 2013-14, around Rs 1.51 crore and Rs 0.20 crore was allotted for pro-
Ahmedabad
The maximum number of villages in the country without mobile services are in Odisha with 10,398, followed by 5,949 in Jharkhand and 5,926 in Madhya Pradesh. In 2007, the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) scheme was launched to provide subsidy support for setting up and managing infrastructure sites (telecom towers) in 500 districts in specified rural and remote areas in the country. Telecom companies Bharti Airtel, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, Aircel, Idea Cellular, Reliance and Vodafone were the service providers under the scheme. However, the companies are yet to attain 100% coverage. Meanwhile, the tele-density in Gujarat stands at 95.34% with 141.06% in urban areas and 62.1% in rural areas.
the investigation was still on. The court however said that they were free to file fresh bail petition after filing of the charge sheet in the case. The trio is lodged in Sabarmati jail here. The case was lodged by the crime branch here on October 21. A total of six leaders of Patidar Anamat Aandolan Samiti (PAAS), including its convener Hardik Patel were made accused in the case based on their telephonic intercept. The intercepts were recorded since days before the outfit’s pro reservation rally in GMDC ground of Ahmedabad on August 25 following which a state wide violence erupted claiming
10 lives and a large scale damage of government property. Two other accused in the case were PAAS leaders Amul Patel and Alpesh Kathiria. Hardik, who is accused in yet another case of sedi-
tion, had filed his bail petition in the Ahmedabad sedition case on December 21 on which the high court has issued notice to the state government. He is lodged in Lajpore central jail of Surat.
darth Patel would lead the rally which would be attended by party supporters of the areas in the radius of around 100 km from Ahmedabad. Leader of opposition Shankarsinh Vaghela, who has
undergone knee surgery recently, will participate if his doctors allow,’ he said. ‘Our rally is mainly for the demand of withdrawal of Patel agitation cases and release of its jailed leaders,’ he said.
and processing among other parameters,” he said. “While Vadodara has made significant progress in sanitation and solid waste management, it does face its fair share of challenges, such as lack of disposal sites for construction rubble,” he said. “We have planned measures for the collection of construction rubble and its disposal at a designated site in Atladara on the outskirts of the city,” he said. “We have developed a site at Jambuva locality to resolve the problem of unsegregated garbage,” Shailesh Mistry, city’s Deputy Municipal Commission-
er and in-charge of its solid waste management, said. The Central government’s ‘Smart City’ programme, under which 98 cities have been chosen, also features Vadodara. Patel said he is hopeful of Vadodara faring well in the survey, adding it would help the city to be included in the list of the 20 cities which would be developed in the first phase of the (Smart City) programme. He urged the citizens to participate in the survey by giving a missed call on toll-free number 18002672777, and give an account of the sanitation problems they face.
No permission for Gujarat Congress Daman Pratikar rally as yet Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Main Opposition Congress today said that it has yet not got the official permission for its “Daman Pratikar Rally” slated to be held tomorrow from Sabarmati Gandhi Ashram to Collector office in the city demanding withdrawal of all cases against supporters of Patidar reservation stir and release of its jailed leaders including PAAS convener Hardik Patel. State Spokesperson of the party Manish Doshi said that the rally would be taken out even if the permission was denied. ‘Our state president Bharatsinh Solanki, senior leader Sid-
Swachh Bharat mission: Vadodara readies for cleanliness survey Bouncers guard trauma Coming up, USD one billion China Vadodara Vadodara is all set to Industrial Park near Sanand centre at Civil Hospital take part in the ‘Swachh Correspondent |
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
You would have seen bouncers for security of VIPs, high-profile parties to control the havoc of miscreants. But Civil Hospital of Ahmedabad have called for their services to protect the newly-built trauma centre. Last month, chief minister Anandiben Patel while inaugurating the trauma centre stated that new facility has been built at a cost of Rs 125 crore to provide health benefits to the down trodden people. Now, bouncers
stand guard at the centre. Hospital staff feel that the presence of these security men may scare patients and their relatives. When Contacted, M M Prabhakar, superintendent of Civil Hospital, refused to term them as bouncers.”They are well-built men posted for security purposes. We have deployed them to provide better facilities to people. Sometimes too many people enter with a patient and they need to be prevented from creating a ruckus,” he said.
Sunvilla News | Gandhinagar
Vice Managing Director of China Development Bank Mr. Xiao Ming Zhen today called on Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel and discussed upcoming China Industrial Park near Sanand which shall be developed at a cost of one billion USD. The Chief Minister was
briefed on the progress of this project so far after signing of MoU in the Vibrant Gujarat Summit – 2015. According to a statement issued by Gujarat government on today’s meeting between Chinese delegation and Gujarat Chief Minister, a high power committee led by Additional Chief Secretary (Industry) has been formed to set up
this park. Result oriented efforts are going on for ground breaking of this project in next 2-3 months, the statement issued by government further said. Government officials Kailashnathan, Mamta Verma, Ajay Bhadoo and China Association of Small and Midium Enterprise’s country head Kamlesh Bhadani attended this meeting.
Sarvekshan’, a cleanliness survey of 75 major cities to begin tomorrow, senior civic officials said today. “The Union Ministry of Urban Development has commissioned the ‘Swachh Sarvekshan’ to ensure cleanliness in urban areas, as part of the ‘Swachh Bharat’ mission,” Vadodara Municipal Commissioner H S Patel said. The survey would cover the state capitals and other cities with a population of over 10 lakh, and assess the cleanliness situation therein, through collection of data from urban local bodies, direct observation and the citizens’ feedback, he said. “The survey would collect the data on work done on the construction of household toilets and community toilets, solid waste management, garbage collection, its disposal
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