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Shah Rukh speaks the language of Hafiz Saeed: BJP MP Yogi Adityanath
BJP leader compares SRK with Hafiz Saeed Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan today received support from ruling ally Shiv Sena which said the superstar should not be targeted only because he is a Muslim and that the minority community in India is “tolerant”
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India Test captain Virat Kohli has lent his support to an initiative promoting responsible drinking and road safety. The initiative by USL-Diageo, a leading alcohol company in India, motivates the youth to be socially aware of harmful consumption of alcohol and its effects on society. “It’s irresponsible to put someone’s life in danger when you drink and drive,” the star batsman said.
Shilpa Shetty pens book on Indian diet
Agency | Mumbai
Actress Shilpa Shetty has now turned an author with a diet and nutrition book “The Great Indian Diet”. The actress, however, said she does not think of herself as a fitness expert. “People should have discipline towards life. I don’t know... I don’t think if I am an expert on fitness. When you are writing a book it cannot be subjective, it should be very overall. It was not easy to write a book. There were challenges. There were lot of beliefs that I had, but I couldn’t use it,” Shilpa.
Agency | New Delhi Controversial BJP MP Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday compared Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan to Pakistani terrorist Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind of Mumbai carnage, over his “extreme
intolerance” comment, in the second attack on the actor by a BJP leader in as many days, sparking condemnation. Hitting out at Shah Rukh two days after the actor added his voice to the protest by the intelligentsia against the ‘climate of intolerance’,
Adityanath also suggested that he go to Pakistan. In another controversial remark, Adityanath, the MP from Gorakhpur, said Shah Rukh should remember that if a “huge mass” of people in the country would boycott his films then he would also have to wander on streets like a “normal Muslim”. Senior BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya yesterday in a series of tweets triggered a controversy when he painted Shah Rukh as an “anti-nationalist” and said that the actor’s “soul” is in Pakistan though
Chhota Rajan to be brought to Delhi, CBI to get initial custody Agency | New Delhi
Security agencies have decided to bring arrested gangster Chhota Rajan to Delhi with CBI keeping him in custody for initial period before any other police force is allowed to take him for their respective investigations. Sources said it has been decided that Rajan will not be taken directly to Mumbai from Indonesia, where he was arrested last week. Security arrangements are being beefed up at the agency headquarters where Rajan is likely to be kept with regular security drills being carried out to identify any possible loop hole in the security apparatus, they said.
Amitabh Bachchan. He, however, refused to apologise for his remarks. The attack against Shah Rukh by BJP leaders came notwithstanding the refrain of BJP’s top brass in the recent weeks that partymen avoid sensitive comments.
Bihar Polls: Angered by BJP’s cow advertisement, EC bans publishing ads on polling day Agency | Patna
The sources said the decision to bring Rajan was taken during meetings of various stakeholders including CBI, central security agencies and Delhi and Mumbai Police. On Tuesday also a meeting of senior officials of Delhi Police Special Cell and CBI took place, they said adding that that during the one-hour long meeting various aspects
related to transport and security of Rajan were discussed. They said the agency team is waiting for the first available window to bring back the ganglord as ash cloud arising of volcano eruptions near Bali have halted flight operations from there. The sources said as soon as the flight operations start the team will move out with Rajan.
Apparently taking exception to another “offending” advertisement by the BJP despite its advisory, the Election Commission on Wednesday ordered a ban on publishing ads by any party or candidate on Thursday, when Bihar goes to poll in the final phase, without being “pre-certified” by an empowered media panel. Noting that it had directed newspapers not to publish any advertisements which have the potential
IS again claims Egypt bombing even as experts probe Russian crash Agency | Cairo
he lives in India. Under fire for the remark, Vijayvargiya, a BJP General Secretary, today withdrew his controversial tweets but asserted that had there been intolerance in India, Shah Rukh would not have been the most popular actor after
of promoting ill-will, hatred or disharmony, EC in its fresh advisory said despite the direction certain advertisements of “offending nature” have
been brought to its notice which were published in today’s newspapers in Bihar. “In order that no such instance is repeated on the date of poll which
is to take place tomorrow, and no untoward incident takes place because of any inflammatory or hate advertisements, the Commission...directs that no political party or candidate or any other organisation or person shall publish any advertisement in the newspapers tomorrow unless the contents proposed to be published are got pre-certified by them from the Media Certification and Monitoring Committee (MCMC),” the EC said, invoking its Constitutional powers under Article 324.
Cops assault young couple at Andheri police station; FIR registered Agency | Mumbai
An FIR has been lodged The Islamic State group against the constables of on Wednesday insisted the Andheri Police stait brought down a Rustion after a video went ‘Game of Thrones’ sian plane that crashed viral in which the men in star Kristian Nairn in Egypt’s Sinai Peninuniform were seen abussula, providing no new to visit India ing and beating a young details but challenging couple. Ghulam MaqAgency | New Delhi sceptics to prove otherbool Sheikh, an eyewitActor Kristian Nairn, wise. The jihadist group ness to the brutality, said who got global fame had claimed on Saturday the woman was slapped by playing Hodor in that it downed the Airrepeatedly by the cops hit TV series “Game of bus in Sinai, where its ing a commotion which thrashed by the cops inuntil she was bleeding. Thrones”, is all set to Egypt affiliate is based, is when the cops started cluding the woman con“The couple was fightvisit India to atten the 5th but provided no details, slapping her. “She asked stable and were also iling outside the police edition of Comic Con. prompting scepticism on social media sites on age and search it, bring down on the 17th day of station when a constable her friend to help her and legally detained in the The event, taking place about its involvement. Wednesday, IS said it your black boxes and the month of Muharram asked the girl if she was when he came forward lock-up. They were also from December 4 to 6, All 224 people on board would announce the de- analyse them, and tell in the Muslim lunar being harassed. She said the police did not spare taken to the hospital for will see the 39-year-old the flight bound for Saint tails of the alleged attack us the results of your in- calendar, the first anni- it was a personal matter him as well and beat him an illegal medical examIrish actor and DJ taking up badly. The woman ination and we have the special sessions, signing Petersburg, mainly Rus- when it chooses. “We vestigation,” a man said versary of the Egyptian and did not want any inkept screaming for mercy certificate as proof,” Niposters and speaking to sian tourists, were killed. are under no obligation in the recording. “Prove affiliate’s pledge of alle- terference by the cops, fans at the event. Nairn, Experts say the probe to explain how it came that we didn’t bring it giance to IS. The IS affil- nevertheless they were but to no avail,” the eye- tin Satpute, the lawyer famous for his one-word into the crash will take down,” IS said in the down, and how it came iate in Egypt is conduct- taken inside the police witness added. Sheikh, of the complainant said. dialogue ‘Hodor’ in the time as they analyse re- statement, posted a day down. We will detail ing a bloody insurgency station,” Sheikh said. who works for an NGO, This is the second inseries, said, “I am real- covered black boxes and after it released a video how it came down at the in the north of the Sinai The boy and the girl were filmed the entire incident stance in a month where ly excited and looking wreckage that was strewn showing its fighters in time of our choosing.” Peninsula that has left made to sit separately on camera and demand- the Mumbai cops have forward to attend Indian across a wide area. In an Iraq celebrating the inci- The group claimed that hundreds of policemen and after a while she got ed action against the come under the scanner audio statement posted dent. “Bring the wreck- the plane was brought and soldiers dead. scared and started creat- cops. “The couple were for their brutality. Comic Con in Delhi. 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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The private sector expects that in 10 years’ time, Indian infrastructure will be much closer to being extensive and efficient. Photo: Reuters India’s huge infrastructure gap can be bridged by more public-private cooperation. That is one of the conclusions of respondents to a questionnaire that was distributed to India’s most prominent companies active in the infrastructure sector by the World Economic Forum and lobby group Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) during June-July. The performance of open, continuous dialogue ranks low and is an area that urgently requires attention and action. Current conditions for infrastructure development may be presently difficult. However, the private sector expects that in 10 years’ time, Indian infrastructure will be much closer to being extensive and efficient. Interestingly enough, the top major constraints in infrastructure development over the next three years are thought to be corruption, political and regulatory risk, access to financing and macroeconomic instability. Macroeconomic stability is a shared concern troubling emerging market economies. Political and regulatory risk has many facets extending from community opposition on an investment to changes to asset-specific regulations up to breach of contract’s terms. In the case of India, denial of payments from the government that go against contractual agreements seem to be perceived as highly likely to influence future investment decisions. One of the other constraints, access to financing, touches upon the core feature of infrastructure—its long-term payback period. This closes the eye to financiers and investors that look for long term and steady returns. After the global financial crisis though, long-term lending is not easy to get, India not being an exception. Respondents of the questionnaire say there is not enough desire from the government to take on more risk in privately financed infrastructure projects leaving the private sector exposed to many risks. Other factors constraining infrastructure development are the delayed approvals and land acquisition processes that put a strain in the long and sometimes opaque tendering processes. Large roads and energy projects can take several months to be awarded and if processes are not clear and impartial enough investors hardly mobilize resources to bid. A common issue hindering private participation in infrastructure in most countries, known as public-private partnerships, is the lack of sufficient pipeline of bankable infrastructure projects, a feature also observed in India. Two interlinked causes for this are the lack of sustainable non-depletable financing of the early stages of structuring and lack of efficient project preparation according to standards.
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British film on Ramanujam to kick off film fest in Goa
Agency | Mumbai A British film on Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan’s life,’The Man Who Knew Infinity’ will open the 46th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) on November 20. Actor Anil Kapoor will be chief guest for the 11day film carnival in Goa. The Matthew Brown-directed film sees Indian-origin British star Dev Patel in the titular role along side British star Jeremy Irons as professor G H Hardy. Set against the backdrop of Cambridge, the film explores their unusual friendship that changed mathematics. “The festi-
val will present the best of the domestic and international talent. This year the festival will showcase 187 films from 89 countries in World Cinema section along with 26 Feature and 21 Non-Feature films in Indian Panorama section,” I&B minister Arun Jaitley said. Announcing the Indian Panorama, Jaitley stated that the section will have a confluence of remarkable films from different languages and states. Salman Khan’s ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’, Cannes FIPRESCI winner ‘Masaan’, India’s Oscar entry ‘Court’ are some of the films in the Indian Panorama section (feature).
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QUOTE “Shah Rukh Khan should remember that if a huge mass in society would boycot his films, he will also have to wander on streets like a normal Muslim….I am saying these people are OF THE speaking in a terrorist’ language. I think there is no difference between the language of Shah - BJP leader Yogi Adityanath’s statement on Shah Rukh Khan DAY Rukh Khan and Hafiz Saeed,”
Demi Lovato accused of ripping off Sleigh Bell’s songs Agency | Los Angeles
Singer Demi Lovato has been accused of stealing one of her new songs from Sleigh Bells. The duo openly called out the pop diva on Twitter as they pointed out that their “Infinity Guitars” and “Riot Rhythm” might have been illegally sampled on her “Confident” track called “Stars”, reported Ace Showbiz. “Demi Lovato flattered you guys sampled Infinity Guitars & Riot Rhythm for ‘Stars’ but we were not contacted. Gotta clear those (sic),” the New York-based group wrote. While Lovato hasn’t responded to
the tweet, some of her fans have and they’re clearly not having it. The fans claim the group just wants some attention. “The least you could do is attempt to be professional. Don’t air your dirty laundry on the internet,” one fan tweeted. Another agreed, “Please contact demi or her team instead of tweeting her on social media.” “Stars” was co-penned by Savan Kotecha as bonus track off Lovato’s latest album, which debuted and peaked at No. 2 on Billboard 200. “Infinity Guitars” and “Riot Rhythm”, meanwhile, are both featured on Sleigh Bells’ 2010 set “Treats”.
Agency | Mumbai
After Prem Ratan, Neil Nitin Mukesh to play a royal in GoT
Agency | Mumbai Prem Ratan Dhan Payo is yet to create magic at the box office but actor Neil Nitin Mukesh is already reaping benefits off it. The actor disclosed to Mumbai Mirror that he has been offered a role in the Emmy-winning hit series, Game of Thrones. The offer came
via Hollywood action director George Powell who is also the stunt director on the Salman Khan starrer, which is being directed by Sooraj Barjatya. Powell has earlier worked on such high profile projects such as Avengers: Age of Ultron, Fast and Furious 6 and Harry Potter. “Greg has directed two
sword-fighting sequences in PRDP for which I had to train for over a month in order to get the stance and wrist movements right. He seemed pretty impressed with all the hard work I put in and made the offer when we were shooting for the climax scene a few months ago,” Neil told the Mumbai-based tabloid.
Tiger Shroff: Would be flattering if I could match up to Hrithik Roshan
Agency | Mumbai Actor Tiger Shroff, who is essaying a superhero in A Flying Jatt, says it was inspiring to watch Hrithik Roshan’s Krrish act, and the Heropanti actor hopes
he’s able to match up to that level. “As I am essaying a superhero in A Flying Jatt, I hope that I could do justice to the role. Though I don’t even think about competing with Hrithik Roashan and
Priyanka Chopra bags People’s Choice Awards nomination
what he did in Krrish, but I will not let down the makers of A Flying Jatt,” Tiger said here. “It would be flattering if I could match up the level of Hrithik Roshan. Hrithik sir has given such a beautiful film... only watching it inspires me and somehow I hope to get there,” he added. A die-hard fan of Hrithik, Tiger is a wonderful dancer and a fitness freak, much like his idol. “Hrithik is my role model. I wanted to be a good dancer like Hrithik in my childhood. I used to watch all his films, and Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai blew me away.
Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra has made it to the final nomination in the Favourite Actress in a New TV Series category of People’s Choice Awards 2016. The 33-year-old Mary Kom actress, who has made it to the top five, will be competing
with big names like Jamie Lee Curtis, Emma Roberts, Marcia Gay Harden and Lia Michele. “Wow my first nomination for #Quantico... Feel like a true debutante again. Thank u @peopleschoice http://goo.gl/xibY9Z fingers crossed,” Priyanka tweeted the voting link.
centric films but about the character one plays on screen. The characters are remembered,” she said. The two actresses were speaking at a session on ‘Women in Films’ at MAMI festival, where veteran actress Shabana Azmi and director Kiran Rao were also present. Complimenting the work done by Vidya and
Kangana, Shabana said, “There were lot of women-centric films with Nutan, Meena Kumari, Mala Sinha, then there came a phase where women were shown as a forgiving wife, sacrificing sister, loving mother...It was all stereotypical.” “It is a happy time as women are playing protagonist in films,” she said.
shooting with the “Kuch Kuch Hota Hai” director in London for “Ae Dil Hai Mushkil”, earlier this week, joined Deepika via video conference to celebrate the success of the music of the film. However, what came as a surprise was a spontaneous ap-
pearance by Karan on the frame, who joined Ranbir and addressed the “Tamasha” team virtually. The trio previously worked together in 2013 film “Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani”, which Karan had produced under his banner Dharma Productions.
Vidya Balan: No harm in pronouncing films as ‘women-centric’ Agency | New Delhi
Applauded for doing movies centred around the fairer sex, like Kahaani and The Dirty Picture, actress Vidya Balan feels there is no harm in pronouncing films as ‘women-centric’. “It’s been the norm, every film is male-centric... The identity of the character is missing, vague. When we see film with woman in the lead, it is a woman-centric film. I think there is no harm in pronouncing films as women-centric. “At this point of time we need it, may be after sometime we won’t need it,” Vidya said on the sidelines of MAMI Mumbai International Film Festival here. Actress Kangana Ranaut, however, thinks it is not about male or female centric films, it is about characters. “I think it is not about male or female
Will watch ‘Tamasha’ for Imtiaz Ali: Karan Johar
Agency | Mumbai
While fans wait to see actors Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone return together onscreen with “Tamasha”, filmmaker Karan Johar says he will watch the forthcoming romantic drama film because of its director Imtiaz Ali. “‘Tamasha’ looks absolutely amazing. I can’t wait to watch Imtiaz’s movie. I am not watching it for Deepika and Ranbir, I am watching it for Imtiaz Ali,” Karan said in a statement. Ranbir, who is currently
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Agency | New Delhi Two new Micromax smartphones, the Canvas Mega and Canvas Amaze, have been listed by the company. The Micromax Canvas Mega is also available via a third-party online retailer at Rs. 8,099. We can expect the company to start selling the Canvas Mega and Canvas Amaze in the Indian market soon. The Micromax Canvas Mega (E353) is a dual-SIM (GSM+GSM) device which runs Android 5.0 Lollipop out-of-the-box. It comes with a 5.5-inch HD (720x1280 pixels) IPS display and also comes with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 for protection. The smartphone is powered by a 1.4GHz octa-core processor coupled with 1GB of RAM. It comes with 4GB of inbuilt storage, which is further expandable via microSD card (up to 32GB). It sports a 13-megapixel rear autofocus camera with LED flash, while there is a secondary 5-megapixel front-facing camera also on board.
VW emissions-cheating scandal widens with new CO2 revelations
The upcoming Test series between Australia and New Zealand already is being scrutinised closely for a lot of reasons. The match is definitely going to play a significant role in both the side’s coming days in whites. While the hosts are stepping into the post-Michael Clarke era for the very first time under the leadership of the young Steven Smith, the Kiwis who have had a terrific run in the recent times will want to grab the opportunity to win their first-ever Test series win Down Under since 1985. During this crucial stage, the return of David Warner in the squad will be significant for the Australians. He
India v/s South Africa: R Ashwin among top 3 spinners in world, says Virat Kohli had sustained a thumb injury during the OneDay International (ODI) series against England in September and was ruled out of the remainder of the tour. Apart from Smith and Warner, the rest of the batsmen put together sums up to only a total of 29 Test appearances — Joe Burns (2), Usman Khawaja (9), Adam Voges (7), Peter Nevill (4) and Mitchell Marsh (7) — which is
Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne sell cricket to New Yorkers
Agency | New Delhi Germany’s Volkswagen said today an internal probe had found that 800,000 more vehicles showed “inconsistencies” on carbon emissions, including the first petrol engines, as the auto giant sank deeper into a massive pollution cheating scandal. The company said initial estimates suggested the latest revelation could cost it 2 billion euros (USD 2.2 billion), but “a reliable assessment of the scale of these irregularities is not yet possible”. Among engines hit are 1.4, 1.6 and 2.0 litre motors of VW, Skoda, Audi and Seat vehicles, said a VW spokesman, adding that CO2 levels indicated for these cars had been lower than actual emissions. At least one petrol (US: gasoline) engine is concerned, the company said, while up to now only its diesel engines had been concerned. Volkswagen’s admission in September that it had fitted 11 million of its diesel vehicles with devices designed to cheat official pollution tests — revelations that have sparked global outrage and investigations across the globe.
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why Warner’s absence in the opening spot could have ended up as a bane for his side. Warner had a decent Ashes outing in England recently, finishing as fourth-highest run-scorer with 418 runs from 5 innings, but had failed to generate the impact he creates with his knocks. He did not score a century in the series, which is unlike of his usual contribution to the team.
Agency | New York When Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne walk the streets of New York, they create an odd phenomenon. About 95 percent of pedestrians pass them by without a second look. The other 5 percent go absolutely bonkers. Tendulkar and Warne are two of the world’s best cricket players, which
means little to the bulk of Americans. But to those with roots in India, Australia or other cricket-loving lands, spotting them on the street is like a serendipitous encounter with Michael Jordan, Pope Francis and Taylor Swift. “Wherever Sachin goes, you’ve got a billion people who love him,” said Warne, who is in the
United States with Tendulkar for three exhibition matches, beginning Saturday at Citi Field. “That’s just in India, let alone around the world. Coming to America you really only have cricket lovers, but there’s still so many of those, especially from India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.” There are few sportsmen with the credentials of Tendulkar, 42, who has a good case for being the greatest cricket batsman. He began playing on the Indian national team at 16, and by the time he retired at 40 he had scored 15,921 runs in Test matches, the top level of the game, more than 2,000 ahead of his nearest rival.
Calling off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin the team’s go-to man ahead of the four-match Test series against South Africa, skipper Virat Kohli on Wednesday said bowlers have always been more crucial than batsmen in cricket’s longer format. Having lost the T20 and the ODI series, India are looking to turn it around in the four-match Test series, starting on Thursday. Kohli hinted that he would go in with five bowlers in the game. “... if we have six batsmen and one wicketkeeper then even if you score 500 runs, but are a bowler short, then more often than not there will come a session when you will give away too many runs and will not get a wicket,”
Kohli told reporters in the pre-match press conference. “So, I think the top-five batsmen should take more responsibility of scoring runs. Along with the wicketkeeper, it becomes six batsmen and your all-rounders
also contribute,” he said. Stressing on the role of bowlers, Kohli said getting a result is almost always dependent on the bowlers’ performance in Test matches.”I certainly believe that a bowler wins you a Test match.
the likes of either Sachin Dale Steyn has given Tendulkar or Virender nightmares to batsmen Sehwag while touring the world over. On Tues- India. Tendulkar first day, he admitted that he played Test cricket in Inwas relieved that for the dia in November 1990, first time in his career he 25 years ago. So, it would would not be bowling to be India’s first home Test
series without Tendulkar since November 1988 when India take on South Africa here at the IS Bindra Stadium here from Thursday. Steyn took a swipe at Indian batting line up by suggesting that the men who’ve replaced Tendulkar and Sehwag in the Indian team are easy meat, relatively. “In the past when I have played here, I have bowled against guys like Virender Sehwag, that guy was a nightmare,” Steyn said. “He scored 300 in Chennai and if you missed him by that much (gesture with hand), he would smoke you.” Known for his hostile bowling, Steyn feels that current Indian batting line-up now is “slightly different”.
Current Indian openers are not like Sehwag: Dale Steyn
Paes, Nadal team fail to live up to billing, ousted in 1st round
Agency | New Delhi
Agency | New Delhi Indian e-commerce major Flipkart has appointed former Google head of mobile search advertising Surojit Chatterjee as Head of Consumer Experience and Growth. Chatterjee will also be a part of the company’s increasingly star studded leadership team, as it looks to build out a robust technology platform. In his role at Flipkart, Chatterjee will be responsible for all consumer experience across mobile and desktop. News of his appointment comes just a day after the company said it hired ex-MakemyTrip CTO Sharat Singh and Microsoft cloud head Ravi Krishnaswamy in senior engineering positions. Chatterjee, a former Googler, headed the company’s global Mobile Search Advertising and AdSense for Search product streams. He helped build Google’s mobile search ads platform, which today contributes to a significant portion of the company’s revenues. “His (Chatterjee’s) experience helping build and scale a multi-billion dollar business from scratch, deep knowledge of product management, global ecommerce and tremendous expertise in mobile advertising will help Flipkart continue to deliver ever-greater customer experiences even as we rapidly expand,” said Mukesh Bansal
Agency | Mohali
French police questions Karim Benzema in soccer sextape inquiry Agency | Paris
Agency | Paris Indian tennis ace Leander Paes’ much touted partnership with Spanish great Rafael Nadal did not deliver the expected result as they suffered a shock men’s doubles first round loss, that too in straight sets, at the Paris Masters. Experienced British-Swedish pairing of Dominic Inglot and Robert Lindstedt took just an hour and three minutes to beat Paes and Nadal 6-3, 6-4 at the Pal-
ais Omnisports on Tuesday. Though Paes and Nadal got a break of serve in the opening set, they were themselves broken twice by Inglot and Lindstedt which was enough to seal the set for the latter pair. The second set was another straight one for the winning pair who broke Paes and Nadal once -- enough to bag the set and match and enter the second round. An important factor that turned the match in favour of
Inglot and Lindstedt was the number of aces (9) fired down the throat of Nadal and Paes, who in turn could not conjure up even a single one. Indo-Romanian eighth seeds Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea will take on the Colombian pairing of Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah in the second round of the 3,288,530-euro ($ 3.5 million) tournament on Wednesday after receiving a first round bye.
French police questioned Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema on Wednesday in connection with an inquiry into an alleged attempt to blackmail fellow-France soccer international Mathieu Valbuena, a police source said. Investigators are looking into allegations of attempts to blackmail Valbuena using sex video footage and took several others including former Liverpool striker Djibril Cisse in for questioning in mid-October Benzema’s name came up during phone taps in
Karim Benzema’s name came up during phone taps in relation to the inquiry opened last July
relation to the inquiry opened last July, said the police source, speaking on condition of anonymity as is standard practice in France for police
officers without official communications roles. The Real and France player’s lawyer was not immediately available for comment.
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Gujarat BJP leaders killed: Police suspect contract killing, say shooters from outside Bharuch Sunvilla News | Surat
A day after two BJP leaders were shot dead by masked gunmen, officials of the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) arrived in Bharuch on Tuesday to assist the local police in its investigation. State DGP P C Thakur also reached Bharuch. Former president of BJP’s Bharuch unit, Shirish Bangali, and a general secretary of the BJP youth wing, Pragnesh Mistry, had returned from a party meeting on Monday evening and were chatting at a printing press when they were shot dead. The murders primarily look like a contract killing, said the police. The ballistic reports of the bullets recovered from Surya printing press, where the two leaders were shot, sug-
gest that a country-made weapon was used by the assailants. In 1993, Bangali had been attacked by a group of people and the police had arrested all the assaulters. However, the police ruled out any link between the murder and that incident, saying that the earlier assault was over a “trivial issue”. “We
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are carrying out investigations in all directions. We have deputed local crime branch officials, Special Operation Group sleuths, along with local police teams, in this case. We are also analysing the CCTV footage to trace the suspects. At present, we don’t know the reason for the murder, but we are
sure that the sharpshooters were not from Bharuch. We are sure that we will arrest the sharpshooters soon and also find out the motive behind the incident,” said Bhutada. Meanwhile, several leaders of the BJP, Congress, RSS and VHP attended the funeral of Bangali and Mistry. Bangali was made BJP observer for the local elections in Tapi, scheduled to take place at the end of this month.“We strictly condemn the incident. Bangali was termed as the backbone of the party in Bharuch district,” said Bharuch BJP chief Yogesh Patel. Bharuch MLA Dushyant Patel said, “Bangali was running a printing press and a weekly newspaper. He had no enemies in entire Bharuch.”
Sedition case: Hardik Patel sent back to Surat jail
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
A Gujarat court on Tuesday sent back Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) leader Hardik Patel to Lajpore Central Jail, Surat in judicial custody. Patel was produced before a metropolitan court after his police remand ended and was ordered to be sent back to Surat. He had been brought to Ahmedabad by the Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) in the second case of sedition and “waging war against the government” on October 23 and since then he was in police custody. The DCB officials produced Hardik before the court of metropolitan magistrate after the period of police remand ended.
Women shelter homes: Gujarat HC sets up probe panel Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
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Solar solutions provider Rays Power Experts today said it has bagged a contract worth Rs 28 crore from state-run SJVN to set up a 5 MW solar plant in Gujarat. “Rays Power Experts has won turnkey EPC project worth Rs 28 crore from SJVN to execute a 5 MW solar plant at Gujarat solar park,” the company said in a statement. Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) is a Mini Ratna company under Ministry of Power and a Joint Venture of
the Centre and Himachal Pradesh government. Rays Power is expected to commission the plant by March 31 next year. It would also carry out operations and maintenance of the project for five years. The company recently bagged a 50 MW solar power project in Tamil Nadu from National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC). The company already has presence in states like Delhi, Rajasthan, Haryana, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday appointed an inquiry committee comprising four persons, including two from NGOs, to find out the status of Nari Sanrakshan Gruh or women’s shelter homes in the state. The move comes in response to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) which has sought court’s intervention in the state of such shelter homes. The division bench, led by Acting Chief Justice Jayant Patel, set up the committee which will have four members, including an additional district judge, who will be appointed by the principal judge of the concerned district, Commissioner, women and child development, Jhan-
The 24-acre Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA) campus in Delhi has come alive of late, with 150 art forms, 1,500 artistes, food, shopping and hundreds of visitors. The first edition of the Rashtriya Sanskriti Mahotsav is underway with an aim “to promote, preserve and popularise India’s rich heritage” over the next one week. While the mornings are devoted to shopping, food, quizzes and competitions for children, the evenings will see dance performances by artistes from each of India’s seven Zonal Cultural Centres — Patiala, Udaipur, Thanjavur, Kolkata, Nagpur, Dimapur
and Allahabad. There will be vocal acts by Sharda Sinha, Roopkumar Rathod, Toufiq Qureshi, Malini Awasthi and Pandit Sandeep Mahavir. Dhal Talwar Raas (dance using real swords and shields) from Udaipur, Lai Haroba (traditional dance for the gods) from Manipur, Godambaza (tribal dance from Madhya Pradesh) and Rikampana from Arunachal Pradesh are
part of the event. In the food court, the menu includes Kashmiri wazwan, Amritsari kulcha, litti-chokha, jhunka-bhakar, shahi kulfi, mawa kachori and pork bamboo shoots. The Aangan area is a shopping destination for traditional keepsakes like Haveli paintings from Punjab, Rogan artworks from Gujarat, Benarasi silk and Tanjore paintings.
When the court asked him if he had any complaints of ill treatment against the police officials, Hardik said, “For the past three days I wasn’t questioned even once by the DCB.” He said he doesn’t have any complaints with the police but “there should not be any politics in judiciary.” Hardik will be sent to Surat jail since he was brought to Ahmedabad on transfer warrant by the order of Surat district court. Therefore, technically, he is still under the custody of Surat court. The 22-year-old Patidar leader was first arrested by Rajkot police a day after India-South Africa ODI match for allegedly insulting the national flag on October 19. He was arrested again the next day by Surat police in a sedition case. However, he is likely to face a big setback in the Gujarat High Court where a habeas corpus petition is pending. On September 22, his two key associates had moved the court past midnight with
a petition alleging “Hardik was abducted from Tenpur village in Aravalli district by policemen.” The court had asked the petitioners to file an affidavit substantiating the allegations. However, Hardik appeared dramatically on a highway in Dhrangadhra, Surendranagar district the next day. The state government claimed that “Hardik was never abduct-
ed” and the petitioners had forged the kidnapping drama.” The state has claimed that he was taken away by one of his own associates on a bike and filed the habeas corpus petition where the petitioners faked the abduction theory. The state government is in no mood to let the petitioners withdraw the petition without taking the case to a logical end.
to 18 MMT per year from the existing 13.7 MMT per year, IOC Gujarat Refinery Executive Director S K Dhar Gupta said. The refinery located at Koyali village on the outskirts of Vadodara city needs a total of 130 acre land for its expansion projects, of which 55 acre have been acquired, he said. The proposal was lying before the state government for over past two years and was cleared recently. The refinery authorities had sought clearance for purchasing the land needed for the expansion proj-
ect vital for meeting the norms of government’s Auto Fuel Vision Policy- 2025, he said. Spread over 1,950 acre, the Gujarat refinery facility includes Asoj and Dumal terminal operations and five primary Atmospheric Distillations Units. “We need 130 acre if we want to achieve the target of 18 MMT per year and we are confident on acquiring it. We have started holding talks with locals in the villages and their response is good and process is on to acquire the land,” Dhar Gupta said.
“we will send it to another bench” but did not assign any reason. The decision was taken after both the judges discussed with each other for nearly 2-3 minutes after Sibal concluded his arguments that the charge of sedition was not made out against his 22-year-old client. At the outset, the senior lawyer referred to the content of the FIR lodged against Hardik Patel on October 18 under various IPC pro-
visions relating to the offence of sedition, abetment of an offence, spreading rumour or false statement and criminal intimidation. Sibal further said that some of the charges have been quashed by the Gujarat High Court and the charges under sections 124A (sedition), 115 (abetment of an offence) of IPC have not been done away with. “We are not challenging the vires of the penal law. This is a valid law. The question is what is the test to be applied in the offence of sedition,” he said and referred to the factual aspects of the case when Hardik had visited the residence of a pro-quota activist on October 3.
Gujarat okays IOC’s proposal to acquire land for expansion
vi Andharia, co-founder of NGO Area Networking and Development Initiatives (Anandi) and Manjula Pradeep, who runs Navsarjan, an NGO. The court has asked the committee to visit eight shelter homes based in Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Bhuj, Surendranagar, Vansda, Palitana and Rajkot and prepare a report and submit it before the court by January 20, 2016. The PIL was filed
by Prita Jha, of Peace and Equality Cell, along with other NGO and activist in November last year, after nine inmates of a shelter home in Odhav, Ahmedabad, had run away. This paper had reported on the condition of the inmates who were living in inhuman conditions. Jha alleged in the petition that mental patients and HIV patients were living together with other inmates with no medical facilities.
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
dent Dhanrajsinh Vaghela, vice president Vishalsinh Gurjar, University senate welfare members Pravin Nakum, Mahavirsinh Rathod, Azhar Rathod are among those who have sent resignation to national president of NSUI via email. According to Adityarajsinh Gohil who heads NSUI in Gujarat there are total 8,000 seats that are going for election, of which NSUI had demanded only 30 seats for its workers, but even that demand has not been granted. National delegate Vishwanathsinh Vaghela, state generals secretary Rahul Parikh, vice president Ketan Makwana, state secretary Virendrasinh Vaghela are among those who stayed away from submitting resignations.
At first Sanskriti Mahotsav, Revolt in Gujarat unit of a glimpse of 150 art forms NSUI, top leaders resign
Correspondent | New Delhi
Ahmedabad
More than 300 office bearers of the Gujarat unit of National Students Union of India(NSUI), a students wing of Indian National Congress have submitted their resignations to put pressure on party ahead of upcoming polls of 6 municipal corporations, municipalities and panchayats. They have resigned protesting neglect of NSUI workers in selection of candidates for local body polls by Congress party in Gujarat. State president of NSUI Adityarajsinh Gohil, two national general secretaries Gulabsinh Rajput and Shahnawaz Sheikh, state vice president, state secretary Subhan Saiyad and Yashwantsinh Vaghela, Ahmdabad city presi-
Correspondent | Vadodara
The Gujarat government has approved a proposal of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOC) Gujarat Refinery seeking acquisition of 75 acre land for its expansion projects, a top company executive said. The expansion plans are for raising its crude refining process
Sibal argues for half an hour for Hardik, SC sends plea to another bench Correspondent | New Delhi
The plea of Patel agitation leader Hardik Patel challenging the invocation of sedition charge against him for allegedly inciting a fellow activist to ‘kill two or five cops’ instead of committing suicide was referred by a Supreme Court bench to another bench today. Hardik’s father had challenged the sedition charge earlier in the Gujarat High Court, but the plea was rejected as the court had observed there was a prima facie case of sedition. A Supreme Court bench of Justices V Gopala Gowda and Amitava Roy, which heard Patel’s lawyer Kapil Sibal for over halfan-hour today, merely said
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