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News Brief NRHM scam: ED attaches Rs 23 cr assets of medical firm Agency | New Delhi The Enforcement Directorate has attached assets worth over Rs 23 crore in connection with its money laundering probe in the NRHM scam case. The agency said it has issued a provisional order attaching “Rs 23.54 crore assets of Ms Surgicoin Medequip Private Limited and others” under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The agency had registered a criminal case to probe alleged financial irregularities in the central government run National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scheme in 2012, based on a CBI FIR. ”Searches were conducted at different places which were under the control of the said.
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India has never used me against China: Dalai Lama
His remarks came after Chinese state media today said India is using the Dalai Lama as a diplomatic leverage to challenge China’s “bottom line” Agency | Beijing Amid protests by Beijing against his scheduled visit to Tawang, the Dalai Lama on Wednesday said India has never used him against China. “India has never used me against China. I am a messenger of the ancient Indian thought and I talk about ahimsa, peace, harmony and secular ethics wherever I go,” the Tibetan spiritual leader said while talking to the media here. His remarks came after Chinese state media today said India is using the Dalai Lama as a diplomatic leverage to challenge China’s “bottom line”. “I am a Buddhist. The entire Himalayan range had been traditionally following Bud-
dhist dharma and modern physics is based on Buddhist philosophy,” he said. On corruption, the Dalai Lama said graft is a big problem facing the world and it was increasing because of lack of moral principles. He spoke fondly of Arunachal Pradesh and said he had a special connection with the state as it served as his point of entry when he arrived in India in 1959. “When I got freedom, when I first reached India, I entered through Arunanchal Pradesh. I have an emotional connect with the state. It is a special place for me,” he said. The Dalai Lama thanked Indian government for letting him visit the frontier state. “I would like to thank the government of
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petitions are dismissed on merits,” a bench of justices PC Ghose and Amitava Roy said. The Karnataka government had on March 21 moved the apex court against its February 14 judgement contending that once the proceedings were abated, it would not be possible to recover the fine of Rs 100 crore imposed on the late leader which was part of the punishment awarded to her in the case. The apex court had on February 14 convict-
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Gujarat BJP announces committees for 2017 Assembly polls
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Gearing up for the 2017 Assembly polls in Gujarat, BJP on Wednesday formed its new state parliamentary board and various other committees. The state parliamentary board consists 14 members, including state BJP chief Jitubhai Vaghani, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and Deputy CM Nitin Patel, a party release said. Among others, former CM Anandiben Patel, Union Minister Parshottam Rupala, former state party chief R C Faldu and Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama were also inducted in (H.S.) | New Delhi
India. I have been here since 1959. India has taken great care of me. I am their longest staying guest. I am thankful to them,” he added. He gave a discourse at Buddha Park here this morning. The spriritual leader had arrived here last evening from Guwahati ed AIADMK chief VK accompanied by state Sasikala and two others Chief Minister Pema in the case, while abating proceedings against Jayalalithaa. The court had, however, made clear that the fine imposed on Agency | Jaipur her can be recovered. The apex court had re- Two days after he was stored the special trial allegedly attacked by a court verdict convicting group of gau rakshaks all the accused and set for transporting cows in aside the Karnataka high Alwar, Pehlu Khan, 55, a court judgment in the resident of Haryana, succase. The trial court had cumbed to his injuries found disproportionate on Monday night. Police assets valued at Rs 53.60 said Khan and at least crore, which Jayalalithaa four others were attacked and the three others could even as they produced not account for. The CBI documents to show that had alleged that the unac- they had purchased the counted wealth was to the cows. “Gau rakshaks affiliated with the Vishwa tune of Rs 66.65 crore. Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal stopped four
Khandu. Tomorrow, he would impart teachings at Dirang and confer the ‘Avalokiteshvara Permission’ at Thupsung Dhargyeling Monastery in the morning. From April 8 to 10, the Dalai Lama will deliver discourses in Tawang. Owing to the rescheduled visit, he would not be able to go to Itanagar.
There are no plans to demonetise the new Rs 2,000 currency notes, the government said on Wednesday, scotching “rumours” to this effect. “We are seizing fake currency. As far as rumours in the market are concerned, we should not go by such rumours,” Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said in the Rajya Sabha. He was re-
vehicles, near Jaguwas crossing on National Highway 8, on Saturday evening, alleging that they were illegally transporting bovines. These vehicles were coming from Jaipur, and were headed towards Nuh district in Haryana,” said Ramesh Chand Sinsinwar, SHO, Behror police station. While they
attacked the men in the vehicles, they reportedly allowed one of the drivers, Arjun, to leave. “Five of the victims had to be hospitalised,” said Sinsinwar. “Of these, Pehlu Khan died at a hospital in Alwar on Monday night. A post-mortem was conducted and his body was handed over to his relatives today,” he said. While purported videos of the incident are being circulated on social media, no arrests have been made so far.
Rajasthan: Five men assaulted by gau rakshaks in Alwar, 1 dead
Not right to connect attack on African students with racism: Sushma Swaraj in LS Jishnu Pranoy death: Hartal in Kerala Agency | New Delhi
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Wednesday said the attack on the four African men in Greater Noida last month should not be linked with racism before investigating the case. “Not right to connect with racism before probe ends. I said this in context of attacks in US too,” Swaraj said while speaking on the issue in Lok Sabha. She was referring to the incident where four Nigerian students were brutally assaulted
after a protest over the death of a 17-year-old spilled over to Ansal Plaza mall in Greater Noida. The boy died of suspected overdose and his family alleged that their Nigerian neighbours had kidnapped and murdered him. Addressing the concerns raised over the safety of foreigners in India, Swaraj said, “You can’t say our steps
are inadequate. We are committed to ensuring security of all foreigners in India.” Chiefs of missions of 43 African countries had earlier criticised India’s reaction to the incident, claiming that it took no “known, sufficient and visible” deterrent action. The envoys expressed deep concern and noted that these “reprehensible events, both outstanding and unresolved cases against Africans, were not sufficiently condemned by the Indian authorities”.
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the board to scrutinise and shortlist probable candidates for the polls. Senior BJP leader Kaushik Patel has been appointed as the in-charge of state BJP’s campaign committee. The party also announced formation of its discipline committee having three local BJP leaders as members, it added. BJP
also announced formation of its election manifesto committee having 14 members. Members of this committee include minister of state for Home Pradeepsinh Jadeja, health minister Shankar Chaudhary, BJP spokesperson Bharat Pandya and former cabinet minister Jaynarayan Vyas, said the release.
sponding to a question by Congress member Madhusudan Mistry during Question Hour seeking to know if the government will demonetise Rs 2,000 currency notes as there were “strong rumours” in the market. The Minister said fake currency has mostly been seized from Gujarat and West Bengal. “But it is not correct that fake currencies cannot be identi-
fied. It is not true,” he said. Counterfeit currency that came into the market after demonetisation were made of low quality paper which was easy to make out. But later fake currency notes with better quality paper started coming in, Rijiju said. Stating that the government has adopted many new security features in the new currency notes, Rijiju said.
No plans to demonetise Rs 2,000 notes
Supreme Court rejects Karnataka govt’s review plea in Jayalalithaa DA case
The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed the Karnataka government’s plea seeking review of its verdict by which it had abated the proceedings in a disproportionate assets case against late Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa. “Applications for personal hearing of review petitions before the court are rejected. “We have considered the review petitions filed by the State of Karnataka on merits. In our opinion, no case for review of our order dated February 14, 2017 is made out. Consequently, the review
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(H.S.) | New Delhi The Opposition United Democratic Front has called for a Hartal in Kerala on Thursday to protest against the manhandling and arrest of the mother of Jishnu Pranoy who was found dead at the Nehru College of Engineering in Thrissur. Jishnu’s mother Mahija was on a protest outside the DGP office in Thiruvananthapuram demanding the arrest of those responsible for the teenager’s death. The
police had warned the protesters of arrest even before they assembled at the venue in the morning. The way Mahija was manhandled before her arrest has left to widespread protests across the state and triggered the hartal call by UDF, BJP and RMP. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Pinarayi
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Vijayan came out in support of the police action saying the trouble was caused by some outsiders who became part of the protest. He said the police were trying to prevent them from creating trouble. The CM said the DGP had agreed to meet six persons from the family, but they were accompanied by others who created trouble. The CM has sought a report from the IG and promised action.
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Gujarat: History-sheeter shot dead by four men in Morbi
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H I STO RY- SH E E T E R Mustak Mir of Morbi, who was allegedly associated with the gang of land-mafia Baldev Dangar alias Bali of Rajkot was allegedly shot dead by four scooter-brone men on Sanala road of Morbi town on Tuesday evening. Morbi police said that the four men on two scooters intercepted Mir near Umiya Steel on Sanala Road of Morbi at around 8 pm on Tuesday while he was on his way home from office on his scooter. The assailants fired around 10 rounds from a revolver on 36-year-old Mir from close range and then managed to speed away on their vehicles. An injured Mir was first taken to a hospital in Morbi town and from there, he was referred to civil hospital in Rajkot for further treatment. However, he succumbed to his inju-
ries while on being taken to Rajkot, police said. “Mir had sustained bullet wounds on his head, back and groin. He died while being taken to a hospital in Rajkot,” said Vijay Odedra, police inspector of A Division police in Morbi. Police said that Mir was a history-sheeter who had been facing cases of murders, attempt to murder, assaulting policemen, rioting, land-grabbing etc. He was also arrested by Detection of Crime Branch of Rajkot city police a few months ago for allegedly sheltering Bali and the latter’s other accomplices while they were on the run last year. However, he was released on bail later on. In his complaint filed with A Division police of Morbi, Mir’s younger brother Arif named Hitendrasinh Zala, his younger brother Dharmendrasinh Zala and two unidentified men as accused. Based on the complaint, A Division police have booked the Zala brothers, who are residents of Morbi and the two unidentified men for murder, criminal conspiracy and under Arms Act.
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2 / Dt. 06-04-2017, Thursday Editors’ Picks THURSDAY, APRIL 06, 2017 The Supreme Court liquor ban may be a case of judicial overreach Article 47 of Indian constitution says that the state shall endeavour to bring about prohibition of consumption of intoxicating drinks, except for medicinal purposes . It may be noted that this ‘directive principle’ is talking about total prohibition and not just prohibition on national highways. Moreover the words used are ‘shall endeavour’; the same words that have been used in Article 44 about the Uniform Civil Code (UCC). How many states have implemented prohibition? Why did the BJP in 2014 not promise to implement the Gujrat model of prohibition across the country? Why is the media opposing the Supreme Court’s directive on limited prohibition that is applicable only on national and state highways. The court was right in saying that India, which is on the cusp of becoming an economic superpower, should not become the accident capital of the world. It is crystal clear that the media has double standards and its sympathies are with the powerful liquor lobby. The apex court order of December 15, 2016 in K. Balu’s case came in for review as all states and the Centre are sympathetic to the cause of liquor vendors on highways. The court modified its order on March 31 to give some relief; and has now prohibited the sale of liquor within 220 metres instead of 500 metres of national and state highways in towns with a population less than 20,000. Himachal Pradesh, Sikkim and Meghalaya have been exempted. In 2014, as many as 87,264 people died in accidents on national and state highways in some 2.37 lakh accidents injuring 2.59 lakh people. Accurate statistics of deaths due to liquor consumption, break up of marriages and even divorces including triple divorce are not available; and yet no one argues for prohibition with the same vehemence as for UCC. The court was right in at least taking the first step in the direction of implementing Article 47. But there is some merit in the criticism of this historic order. The order will not be able to prevent drunken driving and the apex court did acknowledge that people may now start their journey after stocking up enough intoxicating drinks. In fact those driving long distances would not mind covering an additional distance of 500 metres to purchase liquor. Some states are even denotifying state highways as municipal roads All directive principles of state policy are ‘policy issues’ which should be left to the government. It is not the job of the court to force the government to implement them. In fact at times such orders are against the spirit of ‘separation of powers’. This was certainly not a fit case to invoke the extraordinary powers of the court to do ‘complete justice’ under Article 142. But then, governmental intent (at least on paper) in this matter is clear from the 2004 directive of the National Road Safety Council established under the Motor Vehicle Act,1988 in which states have been repeatedly advised ‘not only to remove liquor shops from the national highways but also to immediately stop issuance of fresh licences to liquor vendors along with national highways’.
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“I want to tell the Prime Minister that tourism is our life, but the one who is pelting stones is not bothered about tourism. He is ready to starve and die,” - National Conference patriarch Farooq Abdullah has triggered a debate, claiming young men who were on the streets pelting stones, were doing so “for the nation”. The young men throwing stones, “were sacrificing their life for the resolution of Kashmir (issue)”.
Kareena Kapoor Khan on Taimur Ali Khan: How is my baby’s name anyone’s business? Agency | New Delhi
pressure of being judged, no matter what you do. It’s about how you deal with it.” Talking about how people questioned her being back within days of becoming Taimur’s mommy, she said, “Yes, I was on my feet a few days after the delivery, but it’s upsetting to have people judge you for it. No one has the right to comment on how I conduct myself or what sort of a mother I am. Everyone seems to have an opinion. Postpartum depression is not a must, right? It’s whimsical to generalise that every woman goes through that phase, almost making it sound like a norm. Every pregnancy and every mother’s journey with her child during those nine months and afterwards is different.”
Kareena Kapoor Khan talks about being a newsmaker despite being away from social media
Kareena Kapoor Khan believes in making choices that make sense to her, not what the public opinion dictates. The actor owned her pregnancy like a boss and is bringing the same attitude to motherhood. Always on her toes, super active, and yet always ready with a smile for the camera, that’s how Kareena Kapoor Khan is going through the special moments with elan. In fact, she shuts the ‘what kind of a mother she will be’ like a boss. In an interview to Bombay Times, Kareena says she is annoyed with stories about her, Saif Ali Khan and son Taimur. “Just because I’m elusive and my husband and I are not on social media talking about our emotions on an hourly basis, people take the liberty to put out stories about my child and me.” She continues how “it was annoying to read reports about my fitness regimen and the way I’m losing weight.” The actor says that she has no responsibility to put her personal life out there. Hence, she would “not clarify how I plan to lose weight or what I do with my baby. I will not scream from rooftops about experiencing motherhood or how much I love Taimur. There’s always the
Anushka Sharma Says She Wants To Be A ‘Better Human Being’
Anushka said she prefers working with ‘newer faces’ in her films Agency | Mumbai
Actress Anushka Sharma is currently busy shooting for Imtiaz Ali’s next project opposite Shah Rukh Khan. Anushka Sharma, who has been a part of the film industry for nine years,said. that she wants to be a ‘better human being’. “I just want to become a better human being. I think there is always scope of finding the best in yourself and the shortcomings you have in person which might affect other people’s lives, which might hurt other people. I am constantly very introspective as a person. I want to become a person (who) can be (of) help to others, not just myself, where I can just make people happy and comfortable in my presence. Ultimately, growing in my career is important, but growing as a human being is equally important,” the 28-year-old actress said. She added: “I think everything happens for a reason. I also believe that if God is throwing something difficult at me, he is also making me equipped to be able to handle it. That’s the beauty of living this life. It’s about overcoming difficulties and having faith, and time reinforces that.” Speaking about her film Phillauri, in which she portrays the role of a ghost bride, the Sultan actress said. “There is absolutely no element of trying to break superstitions. It’s just an observation that we are making of superstitions. The film is about a place from where the story starts and from where we introduce the ghost in a logical way. I feel it’s a funny take. The film is a love story at the heart of it. It’s a love story of a ghost.”
Arjun Kapoor asks ‘what is Half Girlfriend’. We have 6 answers and they’re all hilarious Agency | New Delhi
Years ago when Chetan Bhagat revealed the title of his novel, Half Girlfriend, Twitter went ROFL. Now as the characters of the book are becoming real, thanks to Mohit Suri’s upcoming directorial with the same title, Arjun Kapoor has the same question: What is Half Girlfriend. The book speaks about the love story of a lower middle-class boy Madhav Jha from Bihar and a big city girl Riya Somani from Delhi. The character of Madhav is being played by Arjun Kapoor while it is Shraddha Kapoor who plays Riya. In a short video released by the makers of the film, we are introduced to the character of Arjun, who seems convincing as Madhav with his Hindi laced with Bhojpuri. But he has a question to ask, which only the audience would be able to answer. Or Twitter. In the video, Arjun is holding Chetan’s book and reading out an excerpt in Hindi. He says, “The moment I come in front of Riya, I get so nervous. She speaks such fluent English, so beautiful. Even plays basketball. The best girl in St. Stephen. Not girl, she was a storm. Riya Somani, my life’s destiny but she wants to be my Half Girlfriend. But what is Half Girlfriend?” So if you marry a HalfGirlfriend, she becomes your better quarter, right? Dear Flipkart, I’m trying to imagine half girlfriend added to a cart and trust me, the sight is terribly amusing. Madhav wanted a girlfriend. Riya wanted a friend. So she became his half-girlfriend… a.k.a friend. This is how women trick you Chetan. I once met a girl. We had a few pegs of whisky together. She became my Quarter Girlfriend.
3 / Dt. 06-04-2017, Thursday TimesPro Announces Partnership with SAP Education Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
TimesPro today announced its partnership with SAP India to offer SAP training programs and upscale the employment abilities of its students. As part of the collaboration, TimesPro will provide certified SAP training courses to both fresh graduates and experienced business professionals, with an objective to fasttrack their career growth. The PAN India program will be delivered through the best in class infrastructure, through either hands-on or e-learning approaches from industry experts, as per participants’ choice. Modules under the program are offered for all fields of expertise such as Advanced Business Ap-
plication Programming (ABAP), Financial Accounting (FI) and Controlling (CO), Material Management (MM), Production Planning (PP), Plant Maintenance (PM), Project Systems (PS), Sales & Distribution (SD) & Human Capital Management (HCM). The registration of the program begins on 01st April 2017, and will be open across 19 centresin India. To enrol, candidates can logon to www.timespro.com/SAP or contact 1800-102-3353. “In the current wave of digitization, the industry needs skilled technology professionals who can now take it to the next level,” said Manoj Banthia, Head of SAP Education at SAP India.
Spykar Lifestyle gears up for IPL season 10 as the style partner for Rising Pune Supergiants
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
India’s leading fashion denim brand, Spykar Lifestyle gears up for the most-awaited cricket event in the country, as an Associate Sponsor of RISING PUNE SUPERGIANT owned by SanjivGoenka, for the 10th season of IPL. The team’s jersey will sport the brands logo on the back. The association is a strategic win for both Spykar and RPSG. Spykar personifies
youth, exuberance and fashion, has had a long standing associationwiththeyouth and thatwouldcontinueto be thecompany’s target audience.And IPL is all about exhibiting talent and reaching out to the enthusiastic audience, which is where the root of the association lies. “IPL is one of the few sporting events, which cuts across the entire spectrum of towns & cities, hence what better association! It is one of the few properties which engages, unites the audiences like no other.We are quite excited about the new season, It will be as much fun and as much nail biting as it should be”,says Mr. Sanjay Vakharia, COO Spykar Lifestyle Pvt Ltd.
Nokia 150 now available in India
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
HMD Global Oy (“HMD”) today announced the availability of Nokia 150 Dual SIM phones in India. With the launch of Nokia 150, HMD Global will further strengthen the Nokia feature phones portfolio comprising of best-sellers like Nokia 105, Nokia
216 and Nokia 230. The Nokia 150 will be available across the country at a recommended best buy price is Rs. 1950 Nokia 150 – the first Nokia feature phones to be released by HMD – combines beautiful craftsmanship with hallmark Nokia durability. Featuring hard-wearing polycarbonate shells and scratch-resistant color, the Nokia 150 is built to last. Ajey Mehta, Vice President India, HMD Global, said “India is one of the largest feature phone marketsglobally – consumers are looking for devices that offer ease of use, great battery life and are reliable. Nokia 150 delivers on all these parameters by combiningbeautiful craftsmanship with hallmark of Nokia durabilityand experience.“ With the Nokia 150 Dual SIM, users have entertainment wherever they go.
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Virat Kohli named Leading Cricketer in the World for 2016 by Wisden Agency | New Delhi
Indian skipper Virat Kohli has reached yet another milestone after the flamboyant right-hand batsman was named as the cricketer of the year for 2016. Kohli featured on the cover of 2017 edition of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack. “Virat Kohli, who features on the cover of the 2017 edition of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack, is also the Leading Cricketer in the World for 2016, an accolade put in place in 2003 when Ricky Ponting became the first honouree,” Wisden announced. Kohli smashed a total of four double hundreds in consecutive Test series and led India to series wins against New Zealand, England, West Indies, Australia and a oneoff Test victory against Bangladesh. The cover picture shows the skipper
The cover picture shows the skipper going for a reverse sweep shot from one Test match
going for a reverse sweep shot from one Test match and this is the second time that Kohli has been named the cricketer of the year in their 2017 edition. Virat scored over 1200 runs in this Test season during the course of his team’s glorious runs in the longest format of the game while was handed over the captaincy reigns from MS Dhoni in the limited overs
format too. Though, he had a superb run with the bat, the Indian skipper’s run-flow was brought to a halt during India’s fourmatch Test series against Australia. In three matches that he played, Virat only managed to score 46 runs while sustained a shoulder injury during India’s third match in Ranchi after which he opted to be out of the fourth and final clash. Presently, he has also been ruled out of the cash-rich Indian Premier League due to injury. While Virat Kohli is named the leading Cricketer in the World, Ellyse Perry was named leading Woman Cricketer in the World. Misbah-ul-Haq, Younis Khan, Ben Duckett, Toby Roland-Jones, Chris Woakes were named the cricketres of the year.
nally Rising Pune Supergiant. However, found no buyers during the IPL 2017 auction. After the completion of formalities, Sehwag had a brilliant welcome message for Ishant. After being picked up by Kings XI, Ishant admitted that he had received a call from Sehwag asking him about his availability. “A couple of days back, Viru bhai called up and asked if I am free. That’s how it worked out,” Is-
hant said. after his first training session with the team. Ishant said that he is fresher than some of the other pacers as he played only 5 of 13 home Tests this season. In fact after the IPL snub, Ishant was looking for a county contract. The 28-year-old has 88 wickets from the 107 Twenty20 matches he has played and has an economy rate of 7.75 with a best bowling figures of 5 for 12.
Virender Sehwag Welcomes Ishant Sharma To Kings XI Punjab With Hilarious Message Agency | New Delhi
When it seemed we had heard the last of Ishant Sharma, at least till the conclusion of IPL 2017, Kings XI Punjab brought the lanky pacer back from the dead and made him a part of the 10th edition of the Twenty20 tournament. He was picked up in a last-minute swoop by Kings XI Punjab to bolster their bowling attack. Ishant, who had set a base price of Rs. 2 crore for himself in the IPL 2017 Auction held in February, went unsold. It seems Punjab coach Virender Sehwag played a massive role in roping Ishant into team, but that didn’t stop the former India opener from having fun at Ishant’s expense. Currently, India’s senior-most pacer in the Test squad (77 matches), Ishant has, over the years, played for a number of franchises, starting from Kolkata Knight Riders, Deccan Chargers, Sunrisers Hyderabad and fi-
Jos Buttler, Parthiv Patel engage in Twitter banter over wicket-keeping Agency | New Delhi
Just a day before the IPL, Mumbai Indian teammates – Parthiv Patel and Jos Buttler decided to engage in some banter. Aggresive England batsman Jos Buttler and India’s evergreen keeper-batsman Parthiv Patel have been team-mates at MI for a few years now. Recently they shared a video on social media where one could see the two players involved in a wicket-keeping drill. While Buttler was trying to hit the deliveries being thrown at him with the edge of his bat, Parthiv
was giving it his all to try and grasp the ball behind the stump. Reacting to the video on twitter, Buttler said,”@parthiv9 appealing for everything as usual,” However quite unexpectedly Parthiv Patel reacted to Buttler’s dig, and went on to say, “And u were keep hit-
ting the edge of the bat as usual.” This funny banter between Parthiv and Buttler will surely leave fans in a split. But what is good to see is the healthy relationship that the players in different teams are enjoying despite playing an aggressive brand of cricket.
Mumbai Indians players Parthiv Patel and Jos Buttler will look to take the attack to the bowlers
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SPORTS ROUNDUP Malaysia Open 2017: PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal carry India’s hopes as usual as bench flops yet again Agency | New Delhi
India has, in recent years, been making waves at the international gles badminton categories level in both the women’s and men’s sinof the prestigious Super Series and Super Series Premier tournaments. Players like Saina Nehwal, PV Sindhu and Kidambi Srikanth have won Super Series titles in China, India, Indonesia and Malaysia petition from the world’s best, while their lowin the face of comer-ranked compatriots like Ajay Jayaram, Parupalli Kashyap, meer Verma, Sourabh Verma and B Sai Praneeth HS Prannoy, Sahave bagged titles in the lesser Grand Prix Gold competitions. Almost a l l these players now have sufficient ranking points to make it to the main draws of most Super Series events. However, India’s inadequate bench strength in the singles events and lack of tise in the doubles could be international-standard experseen from the fact that a fairly large Indian contingent that ing rounds of the Celcom had to compete in the qualifyawak failed to secure Axiata Malaysia Open in Sareven a single berth in the main draws. In the opening round of the women’s singles qualifiers at the Stadium Perpaduan, PC Thulasi, who had played the third singles for India in their last Uber Cup campaign in 2015, had few problems against Indonesia’s Purwaningtyas Elyzabeth, who appeared to enter the match with a leg injury, since she could barely move around the court. At 1-18 down, she finally appeared to realise that it was futile to continue, and dragged herself to the net to shake hands with her rival as a sign of retirement. But the joy of ing round proved short-lived, as moving into the final qualifysian, the fourth-seeded Susanto Thulasi found another IndoneYulia Yosephin, standing in her way like the proverbial Rock of gaged each other in lengthy Gibraltar. The antagonists enrallies, particularly in the second game, but Yosephin proved the steadier and slightly quicker of the two, and ensured her spot in the main draw with a workman-like 21-11, 21-16 victory. nappa were put o n B Sumeeth Reddy and Ashwini Pontheir mettle in the first game of their opening mixed sians Afiat doubles encounter against IndoneYuris Wirawan and Nadya Melati, but simply ran away with the second game against the inexperienced Indonesians, for a 23-21, 21-5 win in two minutes under the half-hour mark.
PM Modi to visit Gujarat on April 17 to inaugurate multiple projects
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi would visit Gujarat on April 17 to inaugurate several projects, including a hospital in Surat and Sumul Dairy’s cattle feed plant in Tapi district, officials said. The PM is also scheduled to inaugurate Phase-I of the SAUNI (Saurashtra Narmada Avataran Irrigation) project. Providing details of Modi’s scheduled visit, BJP MP from Surat C R Patil said, “Modi would land at Surat airport in the evening of April 16, where we will give him a grand welcome. Next morning, he will inaugurate Kiran Hospital in Katargam area of Surat.” The hospital has been built at a cost of Rs 400 crore by a trust, he said. PM Modi would then head to Bajipura village in the neighbouring Tapi district to inaugurate a cattle feed plant and an ice-cream plant of Surat District Co-operative Milk Producers’ Union, popularly known as Sumul Dairy. “He will also address a large gathering at Bajipura. We
The PM is also scheduled to inaugurate Phase-I of the SAUNI (Saurashtra Narmada Avataran Irrigation) project
expect that over 3 lakh women would turn up for this mega event,” Sumul chairman Rajubhai Pathak said. According to him, the PM had performed the ground-breaking ceremony of the project in 2014 during his tenure as the Gujarat Chief Minister. Sumul CEO S V Chaudhary said apart from the cattle feed plant, the PM would also lay foundation stone for Sumul’s other projects coming up in nearby Nava Pardi. “However, instead of visiting Nava Pardi, Modi would lay foundation stone for these projects from Bajipura. These projects include a
bakery plant, honey project and a milk powder facility,” Chaudhary said. Later in the day, the PM would reach Botad district in Saurashtra region to inaugurate Phase-1 of SAUNI project for Botad and surrounding districts. There, he would also lay foundation stone for phase II of the project, District Development Officer of Botad H K Koya said. “On April 17, Modi would inaugurate the phase-I of the project, wherein some of the dams in our region would be filled. In addition, he will lay foundation stone for the second phase.
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Rs 22.6 lakh in scrapped currency notes seized in Gujarat Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
At least Rs 22.62 lakh in demonetised currency notes were seized from a person in Sola locality in Ahmedabad in the wee hours on Wednesday, police said. During a routine checking of vehicles on SG Road near Sola Bhagwat Mandir, the police found the scrapped currency notes of Rs 500
and Rs 1,000 denominations being carried by a man in a car, an officer at Sola police station said. The notes were hidden in a bag in the car, he said. The man, who hails from Wadhwan town in Sabar-
Tata Nano project relocation: Charge that Radia negotiated deal is difficult to accept, says Shah panel
Only 13pc Hindus think Muslims ‘highly patriotic’, just 33pc have them as close friends: Survey
Agency | New Delhi
A survey conducted by the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) revealed that only 33 per cent Hindus count a Muslim among their close friends, whereas 74 per cent Muslims have a close friend from the Hindu community, the Times of India reported on Wednesday. Insights from the study, titled “society and politics between elections”, show that Indians primarily cultivate friendships with members from their own community. In states
such as Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka and Odisha, an in depth analysis of the respondents to the survey highlights an “isolation of Muslims”. Similarly, only 13 per cent Hindus think that Muslims are “highly patriotic”, 20 per cent of them favoured Christians and 47 per cent for Sikhs. In contrast, at least 77 per cent Muslims consider themselves as “highly patriotic”. While just 26 per cent Christians have put Muslims in the same category. And, at 11 per cent, the Sikhs don’t rate Muslims highly. Surpris-
ingly, only 66 per cent Sikhs consider Hindus as “highly patriotic”. The responses to the questions such as “should the government punish those who don’t respect the cow; don’t say ‘bharat mata ki jai’ at public functions; eat beef or cow meat; do not stand up for national anthem; or engage in religious conversions?” were equally interesting. Based on the answers received, around 72 per cent were found to hold an “majoritarian” view, 17 per cent “weak liberal” and 6 per cent “liberal”.
verify the names of voters on the electoral roll of the state. “The EC has readied 11 teams who will be coming to Gujarat. These teams from Delhi are expected to come to Gujarat by the third week of this month. The audit will help the EC evaluate the quality of electoral roll,” said a senior state government official who did not wish to be quoted. These teams will be selecting random districts where they will conduct field surveys and compare the
names of the electoral rolls with those of voters on the ground. This audit is being conducted after the EC added 11.34 lakh voters to the electoral rolls in Gujarat in the last six months. The districts of Ahmedabad (93,900 voters), Surat (68,700), Rajkot (43,277) and Vadodara (33,653) saw the highest net addition of voters. The lowest additions were seen in the Dangs (5,058 voters), Porbandar (7,069), Narmada (7,873) and Tapi (8,992) districts.
bourers, revealed. Khan, from Santacruz, and his two aides were able to persuade so many people in such less time by starting a referral system: anyone who brought in a new willing donor was given a fee of Rs 25,000. This Mirror correspondent interviewed several village residents, including those who sold their organs for Rs 1.5 lakh to Rs 2.5 lakh. Pandoli is just a 30-minute drive from Piplav village, another struggling community from where arrested suspect Shobhana Thakur hails. Thakur,
42, who earned Rs 50 a day cleaning houses, offered her kidney to an ailing man for Rs 2 lakh and agreed to pose as his wife. The two were about to be operated upon at Powai’s LH Hiranandani Hospital on July 14 when authorities stopped the illegal transplant. The Mumbai police have arrested seven people — including Brijendra Bisen who was linked to a massive kidney racket in 2007 — in the case. The hopeful recipient, Brijkumar Jaiswal from Surat, is currently out on interim bail.
Eleven teams from Election Commission to visit Gujarat for audit of electoral rolls
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
In preparation for the Gujarat Assembly polls, the Election Commission (EC) will be sending 11 teams to Gujarat in the next two weeks to conduct an “electoral roll audit.” These teams, consisting of a total of 33 EC officials in Delhi, will be conducting random field surveys to physically
People in this Gujarat village sell their kidneys for a living
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Over the past one year, at least 11 people in Pandoli village, 32 km from Anand, have sold their kidneys to a syndicate that performs illegal surgeries in the National Capital Region (NCR) and even Sri Lanka, the Gujarat police have learned. The 11 donors signed up for the cash-for-kidney programme after being approached by a Mumbai agent identified as Javed Khan, who is on the run, Mirror’s independent inquiries in Pandoli, a poor community of mainly la-
kantha district, was also carrying a note counting machine. He was looking to exchange the scrapped notes, the officer said. “We detained him briefly but let him off after informing the Income Tax department about the seizure,” he said. The Centre had in November last year demonetised the Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes.
Sunvilla News | Gandhinagar
The Justice (retired) M B Shah Commission, probing corruption charges against the Gujarat government, has given a clean chit to the then Narendra Modi-led regime on most of the 15 allegations of corruption in various projects, including relocation of Tata Motors Limited’s Nano project. The panel has found the allegation that the whole project was negotiated by controversial corporate
lobbyist Niira Radia “difficult to accept”. This has been recorded by the commission in its 20-volume report, which was tabled in the Gujarat Assembly last week after five years of its submission. Congress leaders Shaktisinh Gohil and Arjun Modhwadia had submitted a memorandum to the then President Pratibha Patil, levelling 17 allegations against the state government. The commission was formed to probe 15 of these allegations.
Opposition questions preparedness on new tax regime
Agency | New Delhi The Rajya Sabha today took up the four bills related to the GST, with the Opposition questioning the government’s preparedness to implement the indirect tax regime and urging for a mechanism to insulate taxpayers from harassment by tax authorities. Initiating a debate on the bills, Deputy Leader of Congress Anand Sharma said, “It is important that as you go for implementation, both the Centre and the state governments should create an institutional mechanism which protects or insulates the taxpayers from harassment.” He said the government should not create multiple windows of tax harassment, search, seizure and arrests which is “already happening”. “If it leads to that situation, then surely you will not be helping the economy and the industry nor the consumers,” the former Union Minister said
while speaking on the debate on The Central GST Bill, 2017; The Integrated GST Bill, 2017; The GST (Compensation to States) Bill, 2017; and The Union Territory GST Bill, 2017 which were passed by the Lok Sabha last week. Sharma urged Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and the GST Council to keep most of the goods, which are used by the common man, at the tax rate of 5 per cent. He said the government should “resist the temptation” to bring maximum goods and services under the rate of 18 per cent, cautioning that such a move will be inflationary. A moderate rate would facilitate compliance, he said. “Are we actually going to create an efficient tax structure, reduce the burden of compliance, ensuring that the final GST rate will not be too high? I have my doubts. It is because multiple GST rates have been introduced,” he said.
The Gujarat government had filed a detailed reply on the allegations before the commission, in which it stated that Tata Motors was invited by it to relocate the plant from West Bengal to Gujarat. It stated that many states were “wooing” the company, but Tata Motors eventually narrowed its list to Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Gujarat. The government stated that it had formed a committee of chief secretary and senior secretaries to deal with Tata Motors. “It is absolutely baseless to allege that the whole project was negotiated by Ms Neera (sic) Radia because the state government officers…carried out discussions about the issue of relocation of the project with the Tata Motors Ltd (TML) team and the state government support to be offered to the company. During such discussions, the officials of the company and senior officers of government of Gujarat participated in the discussion,” the government stated. The commission has stated, “Hence, considering the aforesaid facts, it will be difficult to accept the contention that there was any clandestine understanding between Tata Motors Ltd and the CM of Gujarat…” The panel has also given the Gujarat government a clean chit on other allegations related to the Nano project relocation.
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In-service Doctors left out from the benefits of the third phase-Tiku Commission
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
: Doctors of all the primary healthcare centers of the state, referral hospitals, sub-district hospitals, civil hospitals are upset with the unavailability of the benefits of third phase of the Tiku Commission. “It has been an year since the doctors were peacefully putting forward their requests to the authorities and the government, but without any positive response from the government. Therefore, all the doctors of the in-service doctors association will go on a mass CL on the upcoming 7th of the month. An estimated more than
5,000 doctors are expected to join the mass CL.” Shares Dr. D.K. Helaiya-Secretary GIDA The pension plans are not in accordance with the government schemes and that is unfair. The medical officers were asked to take admissions in the post graduate courses by the Gujarat In-service Doctors Association. 15% of the PG seats are reserved for in-service medical officers. Dr. B. P. Itare – President GIDA said “It has been declared that despite of the mass CL, if the requirements are not met, all the doctors will give mass resignation on May 1-2017.”
Increasing incidence of obesity and its implications on Mental Health Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Even as India battles malnutrition, the country has developed another nutritional problem — obesity. The WHO defines obesity as abnormal or excessive fat accumulation that impairs a person’s health. On the occasion of World Health Day, doctors at Columbia Asia Hospital, Ahmedabad are drawing attention to the growing incidence of obesity in this country and its implications on mental well-being. In people with normal weight, fat tissue contains fat cells, but in obese people, fat tissue is loaded with macrophages, cells that ingest pathogens and other foreign materials and release inflammatory hormones such as TNF-alpha and interleukin-6 that constantly activate the immune system at a low level, therefore contributing to a chronic depressive state. People with obesity are ore likely to experience a mood disorder like depression as compared to people
who are not obese. Obesity also affects a person’s self-image, lower their self-esteem, and cause social isolation, all known contributors to depression. Those who are obese can also find themselves ostracized, stereotyped, and discriminated against. The extra weight carried around by obese people can result in chronic joint pain making individuals less able to get around, enjoy life or exercise. Serious diseases like diabetes and hypertension that are often a byproduct of obesity are also linked to depression. “It is important to note that people who are borderline obese and depressed become substantially obese in the years to follow.Many people have tendency to use food to curb their negative emotions which is called EMOTIONAL EATING.Depressed people are more likely to overeat and make poor food choices, avoid exercising and lead sedentary lifestyles.
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