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News Brief Dharma, Star India ink 9 films deal Agency | Mumbai, Jun 4
Star India and Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions have joined hands to co-produce and distribute nine films worldwide. Fox Star Studios, a joint venture between 20th Century Fox and Star India, and Johar’s production company will make these films in the course of three years. “The Indian film industry is an important market for us and this strategic partnership offers us an excellent opportunity to fundamentally change the content quality paradigm,” Uday Shankar, CEO, Star India said in a statement.
Ashram attack case: Maha CM orders inquiry
Agency | Mumbai, Jun 4
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today ordered an inquiry into the alleged ransacking of an ashram of a spiritual leader at Ingaon village by a mob led by an NCP corporator which also looted Rs 1 lakh. “I have ordered an inquiry,” Fadnavis. The incident took place on Tuesday night when the mob of around 2025 persons, led by NCP corporator Ashish Damle, attacked the ashram of Ratnakar Maharaj and damaged its property.
One army jawan killed, four injured in Manipur ambush Agency | Imphal, June 4
One army jawan was killed and four injured when an insurgent group ambushed an Army patrol in Chandel district of Manipur this morning, police said. A team of 6 Dogra Regiment was on a road opening patrol (ROP) as part of their daily routine along Tengnoupal-New Samtal road, about 80 km from here, when they were ambushed by the unidentified insurgent outfit with a powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED), a police official said. The ambush took place when the convoy reached a place between Paralong and Charong villages.
54.42% pass GSEB Std 10 exam, lowest in a decade th
According to reports, 10,12,581 students are said to have appeared for the board exams, out of which 5,35,662 were boys and 4,76,919 girls. Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSEB) declared the results of the Class 10 examinations in the state on Thursday. The pass percentage this year is 54.42%, which is the lowest in a decade and 9% less than 2014. “The results for the class 10 exams have been declared, the pass percentage is 54.42%,” said a senior official of the board. Predominantly tribal Chhota Udepur district has the worst pass percetage percentage of 74%. This while whopping 2,389 of just 20%, while Jun- year 303 schools in the schools had just 30% pass agadh has the best pass state had 100% pass rate, rate in the class 10 re-
sults. More than 10 lakh students had appeared in the examination which
was conducted in March 2015. The students can check their results on the state board’s website www.gseb.org. The students can access their results and also print the score card in PDF form from the website. However, the score card will be for the reference purpose only as the original mark
sheets is to be issued by the respective schools. The results are accessible using exam role number. Those who don’t have access to the internet facility can get the results through their mobile phones. Candidates can also contact the Examination Control Department of Gujarat Secondary Board. Mean-
while, as compared to the previous years, more students wrote the exam this year. “On an average, nine lakh students take the exam every year but this year the figure crossed 10 lakh,” said an official from the board. The exam was conducted in 335 centres spread over 30 districts in the state.
Feast. Samples of SK food Valsad have failed so far as lead and MSG presence is concerned, and it has also attracted ban. About Sun Feast noodles, the government will take more samples
and then will take decision. According to state Health Minister Nitinbhai Patel, state Food control department had taken 37 samples of three noodle brands. Results of 27 samples are out so far. Meanwhile, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation teams have collected more samples of various brands of noodles from different stores for laboratory tests.
The official said that one of the militants was also killed though his identity had yet to be established. A reinforcement party of security personnel was rushed to the spot for a combing operation to catch the militants, said sources. Defence minister Manohar Parrikar said those who committed this “cowardly act” will be brought to book. Parrikar
also conveyed his condolences to the bereaved families of the armymen who lost their lives, a defence ministry statement said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi termed the attack ‘mindless’. Minister of state for home Kiren Rijiju announced the Centre will not enter into peace talks with any emerging militant outfits in the northeast as the Narendra Modi government decided to take a “tough line” against the insurgents. He also said the contentious Armed Forces Special Powers Act (Afspa) will stay on in the north-eastern states other than Tripura where the law was repealed on May 27 by the state government after 18 years. Analysts say the attack may have been provoked by the reported killing of a woman by soldiers this week following which the district observed a complete shutdown on Wednesday.
Paswan condemns entry restriction One month ban on storage and sale of Maggi noodles in Gujarat for non-Hindus in Somnath temple Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
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The Union Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Thursday criticised the move by Shree Somnath Trust (SST) that restricted the entry for non-Hindus to the famous Shiva Temple - Somnath, one of the 12 Jyotirlingas. Reacting
to the news about SST discriminating between the devotees visiting Somnath temple, Paswan said, “It is wrong. You cannot prevent someone from entering temple on the basis of caste or religion. Irrespective of a temple or a Mosque, such discrimination should not take place.” The tem-
ple authorities had put up a notice at the gates of the temple asking the non-Hindu visitors to take permission from the Trust authorities before entering the temple, which is located near Veraval in the coastal district of Gir Somnath in Saurashtra region of Gujarat. The Trust, which has for-
Nitish worried about aam, not aam janata, says Sushil Modi Agency | Patna
BJP on Thursday hit out at Nitish Kumar for allegedly deploying personnel to guard fruits at 1, Anne Marg, the official Bihar CM bungalow occupied by Jitan Ram Manjhi, saying the episode has proved that the Chief Minister’s “Dalit love” was merely a “show piece”. “Nitish Kumar ko aam janata ki nahi, aam ki chinta hai (Nitish Kumar is worried about mangoes, and not about common people),” senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi said. “His love for Dalits is merely a show piece as reflected by the latest episode,” Sushil Modi said in a statement in Patna. Attacking Kumar for deploying 24 policemen, including 8 inspectors and 16 constables, to guard hordes of mango and litchi trees at 1, Anne Marg, presently occupied by Manjhi despite demitting the CM office, Sushil Modi said while the crime situation
mer Gujarat chief minister Keshubhai Patel as its chairman, and former deputy prime minister Lal Krishna Advani and Prime Minister Narendra Modi its trustees, wanted to regulate the flow of non-Hindu visitors.
The government of Gujarat has banned storage and sale of Maggi noodles for 30 days as proportion of lead has been found in range of 2.8 to 5.0 ppm against prescribed level of 2.5 ppm. Maggi noodles maker company Nestle will need to recall the stock from the markets. MSG has also been found in the samples of Maggi, SK Food and Sun
Manipur insurgent ambush: 20 army men killed, 11 injured; PM says ‘mindlesss attack very distressing’ Agency | New Delhi
was deteriorating, the state government’s priority was to guard fruits. “Nitish Kumar does not have policemen to check crimes but he has two dozen policemen to prevent a ‘Mahadalit’ to eat mangoes and litchis and send others to Delhi to join anti-corruption bureau there,” the senior BJP leader said. He alleged that initially to teach a lesson to Manjhi for going against him, Kumar deployed personnel to spy on Manjhi and later got the telephone and cable connections snapped at 1, Anne Marg bungalow which Man-
jhi continues to occupy. On Kumar sending policemen to Delhi, Sushil Modi said Kumar knows that Delhi does not have full-statehood status and in such a condition no official can be deployed there without permission of the Lt Governor. “Still in order to pick confrontation with the BJP-led NDA government at the centre, Kumar sent halfa-dozen policemen to join anti-corruption bureau on Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s request for political reasons,” Sushil Modi who played deputy to Kumar during NDA rule in Bihar, said.
Militants armed with advanced weapons ambushed an army convoy in Manipur’s Chandel district bordering Myanmar on Thursday morning, killing about 20 soldiers and wounding over a dozen others in one of the deadliest attacks in the restive region. Officials said a Dogra Regiment team was on a routine road opening patrol (ROP) along Moltuk village, around 110 kilometres south of state capital Imphal, when the guerrillas attacked the group with rocket-propelled grenades. A team of 6 Dogra Regiment was on the patrol as part of its daily routine along Tengnoupal-New Samtal road when it was attacked by an unidentified insurgent outfit first with a powerful Improvised Explosive Device (IED), a police official said in Imphal. After the IED blast, the insurgents resorted to heavy
firing at the convoy of four army vehicles with rocket-propelled grenadess and automatic weapons, army sources said in Delhi. “Twenty armymen were killed and 11 injured in the attack,” army spokeperson Col Rohan Anand said in Delhi. An Assam Rifles (South) spokesperson said, “All the victims have been evacuated to the military hospital at Leimakhong.”
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Prepare for the rainless day The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted that India will get deficient rains in 2015, likely to be 88 per cent of the long period average (LPA) of 89 cm, which is the average seasonal rain (June-September) received by the country in the 50 years between 1951 and 2000. The probability of getting below normal or deficient rainfall is 93 per cent, which is in contrast to the first forecast by the IMD, which pegged a less than 70 per cent probability on below normal or deficient rains (at 93 per cent of the LPA) for the upcoming monsoon season. But Skymet, a private sector forecaster, is still holding on to its first forecast of a normal monsoon, with rainfall likely to be 102 per cent of the LPA. It appears now that there is an open challenge and competition between Skymet and the IMD — and various stakeholders are keenly watching this contest. While one would wish that Skymet’s forecast came true, so that farmers would not suffer another year of increased distress, the government cannot take any chances and remain passive. In any case, the government will rely on its official agency, the IMD, rather than a private forecaster. Also, the IMD’s June forecast is taken very seriously due to its proximity to the monsoon season. The international weather agencies, especially the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the US federal agency monitoring El Niño developments in the Pacific Ocean, declared the onset of El Niño, with a 90 per cent chance of it continuing in the summer of 2015. This means that the Pacific Ocean waters are likely to continue heating and, thus, will be disrupting the Indian monsoons during the year. AccuWeather, another weather agency, says that “while there will be some rainfall in the region (India), the pattern could evolve into significant drought and negatively impact agriculture from central India to much of Pakistan”. But this agency also recognises the positive role of the Indian Ocean Dipole (IOD), the warming of the Indian Ocean that could counter the impact of El Niño, provided the IOD strengthens further, and India may even get normal rainfall. The IMD’s Australian counterpart, the Bureau of Meteorology, is also predicting drier-than-normal weather conditions in the ensuing months. So, overall, it seems that a tussle is going on between El Niño (Pacific warming) and the IOD (warming of the Indian Ocean), and the net result will depend upon which factor emerges stronger. Skymet seems to be relying more on the IOD, which currently is neutral to slightly positive, and the IMD is leaning towards the strengthening of El Niño. Needless to say, there are many other weather factors that go into their sophisticated modelling. But these, in brief, are the important factors for a layman to understand what is going on. It would be interesting to see what the historical relationship between El Niño and drought is.
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QUOTE “A day or two reaction in the market itself never indicates a trend... I don’t read too much on daily movements as far as markets are OF THE concerned,” - Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the slide does not indicate a trend as economy is on a recovery path. DAY IIFA 2015 Awards in Technical Fields, Main Awards on Sunday June 7; Schedule
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The International Indian Film Academy has announced the winners of the technical categories of India’s most prestigious international awards, the Internatuiional Indian Film Awards IIFA 2015 which will be handed over at Kuala Lumpur this weekend. This years’s Vidoecon D2H IIFA weekend celebrations are slated for the first weekend of June, From 5th to 7th starting with IIFA Rocks and Technical Awards in Kuala Lumpur. Haider takes over the list this year and walks away with 6 awards in the technical category which includes Costume designing, background score, sound mixing, sound de-
Yami Gautam, who made her debut on silver screen with ‘Vicky Donor’, draws inspiration from the Waheeda Rehman. Yami is intrigued by Waheeda’s journey and wanted to learn more about her, hence fetched an autobiography on the veteran actress. Waheeda Rehman is tagged as Bollywoods most beautiful actress of her time and Yami felt that there was a lot that she can learn from Waheedajis experiences in life and how she dealt with situations. Waheeda, who is considered to be one of the most beautiful
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Jacqueline Fernandez Has Been Kicked Out: Salman Khan Agency | Mumbai
sign, production design and make-up. Queen and Kick both bagged two awards each. Queen for screenplay and editing, while Kicked walked away with Choreograghy and special effects-visual. Besides Ek villian won an award for song recording, PK was honoured for Dialogue, 2 states for cinematography and Bang Bang took home a accolade prize for Action. The IIFA Weekend this year will also see a night exclu-
sively dedicated to fashion which will be hosted by friend of IIFA, Neha Dhupia. IIFA Rocks, music extravaganza will see a host of fantastic musical performances by Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Mika, Ankit Tiwari, Kanika Kapoor, Jawed Ali and the Nooran sisters. Superstars like Jacqueline, Aditi Rao Hydari, Lisa Hayden and Lauren Gotlieb will also take the IIFA Rocks stage for some incredible performances.
ABCD 2 song Naach Meri Jaan: Varun Dhawan and Shraddha Kapoor show you how to party in Vegas!
It seems that all is not well between Salman Khan and Jacqueline Fernandez. The actor recently talked about Kick’s sequel and said that Jacqueline Fernandez has been kicked out of the film. Salman Khan and Jacqueline Fernandez became very good friends on the sets of their film Kick. But according to rumours they are no longer on talking t e r m s . During A I B A awards in Dubai, Salman Khan talked
about Sajid Nadiadwala, who directed Kick, and will also direct Kick 2, “Sajid and I will work together
then... whenever it happens.” Salman Khan further added, “However, there will be no Jacqueline. She has been ‘Kick’ed out. Now we will find someone else.” Talking about the statement a source told Mid Day, “Salman Khan may have made this statement in his inimitable humorous style, but it is a tell-tale sign of things not being well between him and Jacky.” “Salman Khan is known to reveal what is on his mind through his trademark wisecracks.”
Kaaka Muttai review: A small film with a big heart
Agency | New Delhi If you are in Vegas, you party like the ABCD 2 crew or you don’t party at all! The latest song Naach Meri Jaan from the Varun DhawanShraddha Kapoor starrer is set in Vegas where the ABCD 2 team has arrived for the World Dance Competition in the movie. The song is composed by Sachin-Jigar and crooned by
Benny Dayal, Shalmali Kholgade, Siddharth Basrur and Rimi Nique. Varun and Shraddha’s crackling chemistry is the highlight of this song. But in some bits Varun is seen flirting with Lauren Gottlieb and we are looking forward to see how their chemistry in the film works out. The Naach Meri Jaan song looks like a lot of fun was had
Yami Gautam inspired by Waheeda Rehman, reads the actresses’ biography Agency | Mumbai
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acted in movies like ‘Guide’, ‘Sahie Biwi Aur Ghulam’, ‘Neel Kamal’, ‘Kaagaz Ke Phool’, ‘Ram Aur Shyam’ and many more. Yami Gautam is very fond of reading books and makes sure to have at least two books with her all the time, especially while she is traveling. Yami Gautam, who made her debut on silver screen with ‘Vicky Donor’, draws inspiration from the Waheeda Rehman.Apparently, she is reading about Waheeda Rehman as she feels that she can draw inspiration and learn a lot from her. She is absolutely enjoying the whole process of reading the biography and is looking for more books on Waheedaji. Yami said: “Waheedaji has always been a huge inspiration in my life. I was very intrigued by her journey and so I decided to pick up her biography. The process of reading her story was absolutely enriching. She is like a dream.” The actress is currently in midst of her shooting schedule for her upcoming film opposite Pulkit Samrat.
while shooting for it. Director Remo D’Souza told us EXCLUSIVELY that he had the most fun while shooting for this song as Varun and Shraddha super friendly with the crew and the entire team had a blast in Vegas. Check out the Naach Meri Jaan song right here and tell us if you like the way Varun and Shraddha tear the house down in Vegas!
All that Professor Higgins wanted in My Fair Lady was “a room somewhere”. All that two little boys in first-time director Manikandan’s Kaaka Muttai (Crow’s Egg) desire is a pizza. From
the slums of Chennai, the lads, who call themselves as Periya Kaaka Muttai (Vignesh, 14) and Chinna Kaaka Muttai (Ramesh, 12), go to the quirkiest of extent to earn that Rs 300 needed to buy themselves this Italian delicacy from an outlet which opens next
to their shanty. It is both novel and hilarious when the two get a makeshift pull-cart to transport sozzled men from the roadside bar to their homes. At other times, the children pick coal that drops from passing steam engines (but I thought they had been replaced with diesel and electric locomotives) to feed their family of a mother (played with extraordinary ease by Iyshwarya Rajesh) and a grandmother. The father is in jail, and the wife is struggling to get him out on bail -- grappling as she is with crooked lawyers.
voicing the tongue-twister in a villainous manner, “Lakdi ki kaati.. kaati pe ghoda..” We then see snappy visuals of what the film has to offer: Farhan’s serious mode coupled with a moustache and ripped biceps, there’s action, there’s a background score that would give Hans Zimmer a run
for his money, and Aditi Rao Hydari’s svelte presence that promises a back story. And there’s also Amitabh Bachchan towering presence that immediately grabs your attention. Also, don’t miss John Abraham’s cameo. Eye candy apart, every character in the trailer seems to be on
some mission and you are drawn into the drama. Amitabh Bachchan is in a wheelchair, presumably a Stephen Hawking type character who is a mastermind, Farhan’s a cop who is predictably facing several road blocks in his way. Thrown in are some masterful chess moves, and we’re intrigued.
Agency | Chennai
Wazir trailer: Amitabh, Farhan as mysterious and intriguing as a game of chess Agency | Mumbai
The trailer for Bejoy Nambiar’s upcoming film Wazir was released on Wednesday, and it stars Amitabh Bachchan, Farhan Akhtar and Aditi Rao Hydari, among others. Produced by the biggies, Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Rajkumar Hirani, Wazir’s trailer sets one thing straight. This is going to be a gripping film, possibly a political thriller too since the trailer hints at several mind games to keep you intrigued. The first look of the film was released with Aamir Khan’s PK last year in December, and since then, we’ve been waiting for an extended trailer of the film. The trailer starts off slow, with a Neil Nitin Mukesh playfully
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Volvo exits Eicher Motors
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De Villiers crowned South SPORTS ROUNDUP African cricketer of the year Agency | Johannesburg
Agency | New Delhi The divestment of shares has no effect on ownership or development of the long-standing joint venture, VE Commercial Vehicles. Swedish commercial vehicle major Volvo on Thursday exited Eicher Motors by selling its residual 3.7 per cent stake in the Indian firm for about Rs 1,695 crore. “The Volvo Group has sold its remaining holding in the listed Indian automotive manufacturer, Eicher Motors Limited. The sale corresponds to 10,05,610 shares with a total value of approximately SEK 2.2 billion (about Rs 1,695 crore),” Volvo said in a statement. The divestment of shares has no effect on ownership or development of the long-
standing joint venture, VE Commercial Vehicles (VECV), it clarified. The sale will have a positive impact on the Volvo Group’s cash flow after net investments and net financial debt in a corresponding amount in the second quarter of 2015, the company said. Volvo said the sale will also “generate a capital gain of approximately SEK 2.1 billion, which will impact operating income in the trucks segment in the second quarter of 2015“. Eicher Motors was trading at Rs 17,200 in the afternoon trade, down 5.55 per cent. Earlier in March, Volvo sold around 4.7 per cent stake in Eicher Motors for over Rs 1,920 crore by selling 12.7 lakh shares.
Can the Uber, Ola apps be blocked?
Agency | New Delhi The Delhi government is trying to block taxi hailing apps like Uber and Ola Cabs, but is it really possible? Taxi aggregators are in the firing line over passenger safety again after a 21-year-old Delhi woman alleged she was molested by a driver in an Uber cab near Gurgaon on Saturday morning. The allegation came just six months after a 25-year-old financial analyst was allegedly raped in an Uber cab in Delhi, over which the victim took the cab aggregator’s parent company to court in the US. Following an
order from the Delhi government, the Department of Telecommunication had issued an order to Internet Service Providers to block the websites and apps of taxi hailing aggregators like Uber, TaxiForSure and Ola Cabs. But Internet Service Providers (ISP) have apparently expressed inability to block Uber, Ola as the web services feature strong endto-end encryption. Most users book cabs from Ola or Uber using the company’s apps, which use strong encryption effectively making their data virtually undetectable to ISPs.
Airtel raises Rs 6,400 crore from global investors Agency | Mumbai
India’s largest telecom company Bharti Airtel has raised $1 billion, or around Rs 6,400 crore, by selling bonds to global investors. Those bonds have been priced at 210 basis points over and above the 10-year US Treasury bond yields, which would offer a final rate of 4.37%, two persons associated with the deal told ET. A basis point is 0.01%. “This has enabled Bharti Airtel to achieve the tightest ever price on its bond offer-
ings.” Last year the company obtained a spread or gap of 270 bps when they had sold 10-year bonds offering 5.35%. Bharti Airtel has approached investors for issuance of debt instruments in the form of dollar-denominated senior unsecured notes with 10-year maturities, the company said in a notice to the stock exchanges. It will use the bond proceeds for its capital expenditure.
AB de Villiers won as many as five awards, including the South African Cricketer of the Year for a second consecutive time at a gala function, hosted by Cricket South Africa (CSA) in Johannesburg. Besides being voted the Cricketer of the Year for the second successive season, the South African batting great on Wednesday night bagged four more accolades out of total nine major awards. The 27-year-old batsman was named the ODI Cricketer of the Year, Cricketers’ Cricketer of the Year, SA Fan’s Cricketer of the Year and also got the ‘So Good Award’ for scoring the fastest century in the history of ODI cricket against the West Indies in December 2014. Having won the South African Cricket-
Parupalli Kashyap in quarters, Kidambi Srikanth ousted from Indonesia Open
er of the Year for a second consecutive year, De Villiers has matched the performance of former paceman Makhaya Ntini, who had received the award in 2005 and 2006. Jacques Kallis (2004 and 2011) and Hashim Amla (2010 and 2013) are the other players to have been awarded the South African cricketer of the year twice, while previous winners were Shaun Pollock (2007), Dale Steyn (2008),
Graeme Smith (2009), and Vernon Philander (2012). The Test cricketer of the year award went to Hashim Amla, who is the only other South African player to have won five awards earlier in 2010. Other major awards were clinched by Morne van Wyk, who won the T20 Cricketer of the Year, Dale Steyn received the Delivery of the Year and Rilee Rossouw was named the SA Newcomer of the Year.
Parupalli Kashyap stunned World No.5 Son Wan Ho in straight games to enter the men’s singles quarterfinals but Kidambi Srikanth bowed out of the Indonesian Open Super Series badminton tournament after going down to a lower-ranked opponent in a hard-fought contest here on Wednesday. Kashyap posted an upset win over Wan Ho of Korea 21-11 21-14 in just 36 minutes, while Srikanth conceded one-game advantage to go down 2114 20-22 13-21 to Ginting Anthony of Indonesia in a battle that lasted 54 minutes. World no. 12, next best Indian at 12th, Kashyap came up with followed by H.S. Prannoy at 13th. In the women’s Agency | Singapore doubles list, Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnap- Sepp Blatter and his Once pa went up a place to be a football minnow, the Middle East has emerged ranked 17th. as one of the sport’s most powerful blocs during Sepp Blatter’s 17-year reign at FIFA, and is likely to have a big say in who will replace the 79-yearold Swiss, who is stepping down amid a deepening corruption scandal at the organisation. The Middle East holds power at the 46-member Asian Football Confederation (AFC), the third largest of FIFA’s six regional bodies but boasting the biggest and fastest growing population, a dream ticket for FIFA sponsors like Coca-Cola and Adidas. The region also boasts an abundance of sponsors willing to plough money arrested the accused, who into the sport, with Qaare mostly in their 20s. By tari finance behind Euthe time police reached ropean giants Barcelona the place, the men had al- and Paris St Germain, ready let the women go. while the emergence of The men have been iden- BeIn Sports in the TV tified as Ajaykumar Kush- rights market has helped waha (39), Jeevan Pawar the money flow in many (26), Nadeem Khan (28), other leagues. The power Trebor Joseph (27) and and oil wealth allowing Kamlesh Chaudhary (21). the Middle East to muscle They have been charged in among the king makwith gangrape, kidnap- ers at football’s top table, ping and robbery. Goa once monopolised by Eupolice were later able to rope and South America, reach the women and send helped Qatar surprisingly them for medical exam- land the right to host the ination, which confirmed 2022 World Cup, despite sexual assault. the small Gulf nation’s
Saina loses No. 1 spot; Srikanth climbs to No. 3 Agency | New Delhi
Indian ace Saina Nehwal was displaced from the top spot in badminton world rankings, slipping to third in the latest women’s singles list. Saina, the first Indian woman badminton player to be world number one, dropped two spots and is placed below Spaniard Carolina Marin (80752). Olympic champion Li Xuerui claimed the top spot, going up a place with 85217 points. In men’s singles, Kidambi Srikanth was the highest-placed Indian, climbing a position to
third with 67157 points. He is placed ahead of Chinese star Lin Dan, who has slipped a couple of positions. Commonwealth Games champion Parupalli Kashyap is the
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a clinical display against Wan Ho, winning a total of 42 points as compared to just 25 won by the Korean. The opening game turned out to be a cake walk for Kashyap. Having opened up a 4-0 lead, the shuttler from Hyderabad simply dominated the proceedings.Kashyap continued to surge ahead and the closest the Korean could reach was 4-7 at one stage in the first game. In the second game, Wan Ho bounced back with a 2-0 lead to begin with but Kashyap soon caught up with him at 3-3 and the battle continued till 6-6 before the Indian reeled off six points on the trot to make it 12-6. There
was no looking back for Kashyap thereafter and he eventually sealed the game and the match pretty comfortably. Kashyap will now take on top seed Chen Long in the quarterfinal. Srikanth, ranked fourth in the world, began with bang. Living up to his reputation, he quickly took the lead and easily wrapped up the opening game in his favour. But Anthony quickly got his act together and the second game was a closely fought affair, where both the players went neckand-neck till 20-20 before the unseeded Indonesian managed to earn two crucial points to take the match to the decider.
lack of success on the pitch. The power shift had been evident even before Mohamed Bin Hammam took charge of the AFC in 2002, but it was
under the Qatari’s watch that the gap widened on traditional Asian powers Japan and South Korea, who lost out on the 2022 World Cup.
Football: Central Asia to pick next FIFA chief
Two Delhi Women Abducted And Gangraped In Goa By Men Posing As Police Officers Agency | New Delhi
This would send a chill down any woman tourist’s spine. Two women, who recently went on a holiday to Goa, were abducted and gangraped by a group of five men who were posing as policemen. All five were arrested by police later after a taxi driver who was driving the women managed to escape. The incident was reported on Monday evening, when the two women aged 20 and 34 years were reportedly on their way to Anjuna beach. According to reports, five men posing as officers with the CID and narcotics cell of Goa police stopped their cab around 8.45 pm and abducted the women as well as the taxi driver. They allegedly confined them in two rooms at a studio apartment-style hotel in Calangute till Tuesday morning and assaulted them with wooden sticks, Sunil Garg, Inspector General of Goa Police. “The accused took turns to sexually abuse the victims,” Garg said, adding
that their cellphones were snatched from them and the taxi driver was asked to withdraw cash from an ATM nearby. The incident took place on Tuesday when the accused posed as policemen and locked them up in a resort in Calangute. They also allegedly demanded Rs 1.50 lakh from the two girls. However, the driver managed to escape and reach a local police station, where he lodged a complaint. Police raided the apartment where the women were held and
Football: India jump 6 spots to 141 in new FIFA rankings Agency | New Delhi
India today rose six places to occupy the 141st position in the latest world football rankings issued by the game’s governing body FIFA. India, who were placed 147th previously, are lying at the 22nd spot among the Asian countries. Iran (41) are the topranked Asian team in the latest FIFA rankings, followed by Japan (52) and South Korea (58). World champions Germany has managed to hold on to the top spot ahead while, at No. 2, Belgium reached
their highest position since the launch of FIFA rankings. World Cup runners-up Argentina are placed third, while fivetime world champions Brazil are fifth, a spot below Colombia. Brazil are followed by the Netherlands (6), Portugal (7), Uruguay (8), France (9) and 2010 World Cup champions Spain (10).
4 / Dt. 05-06-2015, Friday Over 40L covered under PM’s insurance schemes
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The ambitious insurance schemes launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month has found over 40 lakh takers in his home state with cities and towns in north Gujarat and Saurashtra racing ahead of the rest of the state to be covered. The PM had launched accidental insurance scheme Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) and life insurance scheme Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY). State Level Bankers’ Committee (SLBC) revealed that more than 40 lakh people have been covered in Gujarat under these two schemes. Until May 10, under PMSBY around 31 lakh people were covered in the state while under PMJJBY 9 lakh were covered. In PMSBY, with an annual premium of Rs 12, a person is insured of Rs 2 lakh while in PMJJBY the premium is Rs
330 per annum and insurance amount is Rs 2 lakh. There are around 60 lakh active bank accounts in the state and SLBC aims to meet the target soon after having covered almost 70% of the target. “It is a yearly scheme from June 1 to May 31 every year. Though it has been targeted only at the people who have bank accounts, it is to be seen how the scheme sustains. Most of the accounts opened under PM Jan Dhan Yojana are still zero balance,” said an SLBC official. State Bank of India is leading with 7.4 lakh insurances, followed by 6.6 lakh by Dena Bank, 6.2 lakh by Bank of Baroda and rest by others in PMSBY. “We have seen maximum insurances issued in Mehsana, Sabarkantha, Banaskantha, Rajkot and Jamnagar. Cities like Ahmedabad and Surat are slowly catching up,” said a Dena Bank official.
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in that direction,” he said. Jaitley was speaking at a conference on ‘Make in India - Indigenisation of Currency’ here. The minister said that the country needed to get rid of “obsolete methodologies” and catch up with the technologies of future to promote industrialisation
and create jobs. The plastic currency refers to the usage of credit and debit cards. It also reduces reliance on paper currency notes. Meanwhile, Jaitley said that development of paper manufacturing facilities at Hoshangabad and Mysore would help in printing currency notes on domestically produced paper and promote ‘Make In India’ initiative of the Modi government. “It’s about time that we start at least printing our own currency with our own ink and paper.
when courts reopen after vacation. His first case will be as a defence lawyer for IPS officer R S Yadav who has been denied several promotions and is still an SP. “After the summer vacation, I will begin my legal practice right away. IPS officer RS Yadav is my first client,” said Sharma. Sources said the former IPS officer will also be defending Yadav in six departmental inquiries and the cases related to them. Sources said this includes departmental proceeding over the kidnapping of a 7-year-old girl in the state capital when Yadav was SP, Gandhinagar from 1995 to 1997. It may be noted that Sharma, in November 2014, had given the State Home Department a three-month no-
tice while seeking premature retirement from the IPS. In February 2015, the state government approved his resignation. Later, Sharma, who is also a law graduate, submitted an application to the Bar Council of Gujarat (BCG) for registration as a lawyer. The BCG later registered Sharma as lawyer. During the 2002 riots, Rahul Sharma was posted as SP, Bhavnagar. Here he had saved about 400 children trapped in a local madrassa from a mob of rioters. After that, Sharma was transferred as deputy commissioner of police, Ahmedabad city control room, where he was also asked to assist the city crime branch in investigating the massacres that had occurred during the riots.
Nalsarovar, a fresh water body and the only Ramsar site in Gujarat, seems to be turning into an artificial lake. The wetland, which attracts lakhs of winged visitors from foreign shores and has been a haven for Greater and Lesser Flamingoes, turns into a six-ft-deep lake it. If this is not checked, it when excess water from is likely to discourage the Narmada canals flows into migratory birds that come here to spend winters in its shallow waters which are usually three feet deep. However, if the water levtion of new bridge due to el rises to anywhere near more arrival of produce six feet, the birds fly to from other side of the riv- other sites.An internal surer. With this bridge, the vey by the forest departdistance from Dholka and ment has confirmed what Asamali, Palla, Baroda, was suspected for some Nadhanpur, Khareti, Ka- time — water overflowlodara, Limbasi, Vastana ing into Nalsarovar from in Matar and Tarapur ta- Narmada distributary calukas will be shorter by nals from Surendranagar 50 kms. Vautha fair will is fast altering its ecology. attract more visitors from “Though none of the NarKheda side due to this mada canal branches pass bridge with additional in- anywhere near Nalsarovar come of Rs 8-10 lakh due or its catchment areas, our to this bridge. According study found that Narmato Dholka GIDC Asso- da water released in river ciation Secretary Shri Bhogavo and distributary Kiran Patel, the GIDC canals of Narmada overwill get skilled labourer flow into small rivulets and youths from Kheda, which empty into Nalsarovar. This leads to a rise Matar taluka.
in the water level in the lake,” said a senior official of the forest department. An official of the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited department said a fixed amount of water is released from the Narmada canal according to the requirement of farmers. “On several occasions, the farmers do not use their quota, leaving excess water to flow into Nalsarovar through a number of rivulets,” said the official. Officials woke up to the threat when the count of migratory birds dropped to half — from nearly three lakh birds in early 2000 to 1.5 lakh in 2014. Significantly, more than winged visitors from abroad, Nalsarovar had become home to locals birds of the swimmer and diver species that favour deep waters.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday made a case for greater use of plastic currency even as he stressed that development of new facilities at Hoshangabad and Mysore would help in reducing reliance on imports for printing of currency notes. “The developed world has moved substantially to plastic currency and payment gateways. I think there is need for India and our determination is there to gradually take steps to move
Rahul Sharma to defend IPS officer denied promotions
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Former IPS officer Rahul Sharma, who is now a lawyer, will be starting his legal practice as a defence advocate for 1988 batch IPS officer, R S Yadav, currently posted as commandant of Group-9, State Reserve Police, in Vadodara. Sharma will begin his legal practice
60% of school toilets not used: Survey
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
A recent study has revealed that in over 60% of the schools surveyed, students avoid using the school toilets. The main reason for this is lack of hygiene or (in the case of girls) privacy. This raises questions about Union finance minister Arun Jaitley’s statement on Tuesday that the central government hopes to have toilets in all schools by June as part of its ambitious Swachh Bharat campaign. What purpose will these toilets serve if students avoid using them due to lack of hygiene or privacy? For example, the primary school in Dudhala village in Jungadh district has
proper sanitation facilities and has separate toilets for girls and boys. Yet the girls rarely use these toilets as they are close to those for boys and, secondly, because they face the main road. These facts were highlighted during a study conducted by the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP) to know the status of sanitation in schools. For the study, 933 schools in 765 villages of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar were surveyed. The study further revealed that in several cases, the villagers used the urinals and toilets after school hours. Hence students had to lock these toilets. The primary school in Dudhala
is not the only one whose toilets are not used by its students. There are several schools in Gujarat, Bihar and Madhya Pradesh which have the necessary sanitation facilities but they are not used by the students, particularly the girls. In some cases, these toilets are either in the open or face playgrounds because of which girls don’t use them.
Narmada making Nalsarovar too deep for birds
A river bridge connecting two districts Kheda and Ahmedabad will be inaugurated by Gujarat Chief Minister on Friday near Dholka. The bridge is located at venue of famous Vautha fair over river Sabarmati. It is popularly called Vautha-Palla bridge. It has been constructed at a cost of Rs 43.42 crore in two years period. Foundation stone for its construction was laid by then Chief Minister Narendra Modi just ahead of the general elections of Gujarat assembly in year 2012. The
new bridge will open new horizons of prosperity for 3.10 lakh population of 106 villages in Dholka town/taluka and Kheda taluka. A 45 meter long bridge will cut road distance between Dholka and Kheda sides of river by 49 kms. Thousands of farmers of Dholka and Kheda taluka will be benefited with this new bridge as it will connect them easily to Dholka and Bavla APMC. According to Dholka APMC Chairman Merubhai Bharwad the revenue of market yard will go up from Rs 54.43 crore at present to Rs 7080 core with construc-
4,85,565 unsuccessful in Gujarat Board std 10th exam, 2,57,000 in std 12th!
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Recently standard 12th Gujarat Board exam results were announced. In total around 2,57,000 students were declared unsuccessful(popularly called failed). Today Gujarat Board standard 10th exam results are out and 4,85,565 students are declared unsuccessful. Thus in total more than 7,40,000 students are declared unsuccessful in board exams this year. This is a huge number. It is equal to almost 15 Sardar Patel Motera stadiums at their full capacity. The result of standard 10th is 54.42%. Among total 4,85,565 unsuccessful students, 4,70,920 are from Gujarati medium schools, 6,318 Hindi medium, 4947 English medium, 2981 Marathi medi-
um, 329 Urdu, 46 Sindhi, 22 Tamil and 4 Udiya medium. Overall 61.53% girls and 50.17% boys are successful. It means half of the boys who appeared in 10th board exam this year are unsuccessful. 16,182 students have been unsuccessful in one subject while 57,084 in two subjects. Ras in Anand
district has offered highest result of 97.83% while Gothimb(Mahisagar district) has witnessed only 5.68% result. Junagadh district has offered highest 74.61% result while tribal Chhota Udepur has 20.16% result. Only 303 schools from across the state have offered 100% result.
Gir Lion Sanctuary to be closed for four months from 15 June Correspondent | Junagadh
Gir Lion sanctuary will be closed for visitors from 16 June for four months of monsoon season considering breeding period for lions. This year, the total number of visitors has been up by 16.4% with 5.60 lakh headcount, through which the forest department has earned revenue of Rs 6 crore. Last year the total number of visitors was 4.81 lakh. According to Forest officer Dr. Sandeepkumar, breeding
season is just one of the reasons for which visitors are disallowed during the monsoon. The other reason is poor shape of jungle roads inside
the forests which makes journey unsafe. He said, Devalia Lion safari park will continue to remain open during the monsoon period for visitors.
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A river bridge connecting Kheda and Dholka to be opened tomorrow
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Got the opportunity to address children, teachers and parents, while dedicating new Engineering College in Amreli. Shared with them the importance of multifaceted education in upbringing of children, that can prepare our youth for instrumental role in nation-building.
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