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News Brief Govt to raise one battalion of Ganga Task Force Agency | New Delhi
The Defence Ministry has agreed to raise one battalion of Ganga Task Force initially, comprising ex-servicemen who will be residing along the river for monitoring pollution, Lok Sabha was informed today. In his reply to a question, Union Minister of State for Water Resources Sanwar Lal Jat said that the Ministry of Defence has agreed to raise one battalion of Ganga Task Force initially for monitoring the pollution through ex-servicemen living along River Ganga.
Man sentenced to 8 months in jail under NDPS Act Agency | Etah
A man has been sentenced to eight months imprisonment by a local court here for possessing 50 grams of diazepam drug in 2014. Mohan alias Amar Singh was yesterday convicted under various sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act by Additional Sessions Judge Ajay Tyagi who also imposed a fine of Rs 2000. The court sentenced him to eight months imprisonment, which he has already undergone in jail, and considered his plea that he be released.
Refined palmolein declines on reduced demand Agency | Mumbai
Refined palmolein prices continued its downtrend at the Vashi oils and oilseeds wholesale market here today due to reduced demand from retailers. While, groundnut oil, Castorseeds bold, castoroil commercial and linseed oil all maintained a stable trend in the absence of any largescale buying activity. In the edible segment, refined palmolein fell by Rs 3 per 10 kg to Rs 462 from Wednesday’s closing level of Rs 465, However, groundnut oil closed unchanged at Rs 1,000 per 10kg.
Udhampur attackers backed by ISI, says JK Police
“First Kasab, now ‘Kasab II’”
‘ISI sending militants to hinterlands “During the course of preliminary investigation, it transpired that the terrorists involved in the attack are trained ‘fidayeens’ and backed by Pakistan’s ISI in order to wage war against the government of India,” police said.
Agency | Jammu The police force in Jammu and Kashmir claimed on Thursday that terrorists involved in the Udhampur attack were backed by Pakistan’s spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). “During the course of preliminary investiga-
tion, it transpired that the terrorists involved in the attack are trained ‘fidayeens’ and backed by Pakistan’s ISI in order to wage war against the government of India,” quoted police sources as saying. Police also mentioned the ISI angle in a preliminary report
submitted to Udhampur district magistrate Shahid Iqbal Choudhary. Police said an FIR was registered under various sections of Ranbir Penal Code, Arms Act and Unlawful Activities Prevention Act. A Pakistani militant was captured on Wednesday,
by floods. “There were 12 people on board, all military men. There were doctors, paramedic and aviation people in the chopper,” a senior military official said. He said the helicopter crashed over the mountains in the Mohar area of northern Mansehra district. “We are on the way to the spot of the chopper crash and I am afraid no one has survived but it’s not confirmed yet,” he said. He said it appeared the heli-
militant from Pakistan’s Faisalabad, identified as Mohammed Naved, had sneaked into Jammu and Kashmir about 12 days ago along with Noman alias Momin, who was killed in retaliatory fire by BSF personnel. The slain militant was from Bhawalpur in Pakistan. ISI has intensified its attempts to push terrorists into India to carry out terror strike in hinterland, similar to last week’s copter may have crashed ters this year. In May, a Gurdaspur attack, quoted due to bad weather. The helicopter crash killed official sources as saying incident is the second seven people, including but did not name them. fatal crash involving Pa- three ambassadors. Intelligence inputs sugkistani military helicop-
only the second since the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, shortly after he and an accomplice killed two BSF men and wounded nearly a dozen soldiers by ambushing a convoy on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway in Udhampur. Police officers said the
Twelve feared killed in Pakistani air ambulance helicopter crash Agency | Peshawar
A Pakistani military helicopter being used as an air ambulance crashed near the northern district of Mansehra on Thursday, and the 12 people on board were feared dead, military officials said. Two security officials said there appeared to be no link to militant activity. The helicopter was flying from the city of Rawalpindi, near Islamabad, to the northern area of Gilgit, which has been hit
gested that a new strategy was hatched by ISI to expand the area of terror strike from Jammu and Kashmir and militants were being trained for the purpose, they said. Home minister Rajnath Singh said in Lok Sabha on Thursday that there were five infiltration attempts from across the border in the last month. Four of them were foiled and eight militants were neutralised by the security forces . On 27 July, three terrorists in army uniforms opened fire on a bus and then attacked the
Dina Nagar police station in Gurdaspur district of Punjab. The terrorists had sneaked into India from across the border taking advantage of an unfenced rivulet. Three civilians and four policemen, including a superintendent of police, were killed and 15 others were injured in the attack. Asked about the route used by the Udhampur militants to cross over to J-K from Pakistan, Rakesh Sharma, inspector general of BSF (Jammu region), said: “Interrogation is being done by J-K Police.
police and the education department for safety of children at school. Because of which the officials have been taken into custody.” The school had claimed that the incident did not take place in their campus. They had told media that the entire
school was covered with CCTV cameras and they did not register any incident. These statements were made even after the security guard confessing to the crime to the investigators. The security guard is currently in judicial custody.
School principal, secretary arrested in sexual Gujarat State Transport buses assault case of 3-year-old in Bengaluru
to be made GPS-enabled
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Gujarat State Regional Transport Corporation will install GPS system in its express buses to provide real time updates to its passengers as part of its move to modernise the public transport facility. “We will install our 2,200 express buses with Global Positioning System (GPS) system by the end of this December,” State Transport Minister Vijay Rupani said here today after inaugurating a bus depot of Gujarat State Regional Transport Corporation (GSRTC) - ‘Shreshtha Geeta Port’ along with Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel at Geeta Mandir area. Rupani said the passengers will be able to know about the real time location of the buses as constant announcement and their positio will be displayed through the GPS. He said
tender has already been floated to invite potential bidders for the GPS project. GSRTC Vice Chairman and Managing Director Pankaj Kumar said the system is likely to be installed on other buses after considering the experience of express busses. “It will be based on our experience of the express buses and we will decide further upon that,” he said on a query on whether the GPS system will be installed in other buses. When asked if the GPS will be utilised for nav-
igation purpose by the GSRTC drivers, Kumar said, “the facility (of navigation) will be there and if the need arises, we will certainly use it.” Interestingly, Patel today flagged off a bus from the city to Rajkot while showing a saffron flag instead of showing a green flag, a fact that Rupani also mentioned during his speech. While the Chief Minister in her speech said that ‘Geeta Bus Port’ is Gujarat’s gift to the country which was envisioned by the Prime Minister.
Agency | Bengaluru
Bengaluru police have arrested the principal and chairman on East Bengaluru school, where a 3-year-old was sexually harassed on Monday. The arrest comes a day after the experts’ committee to prevent crimes on women and children, found the security guard, who allegedly sexually harassed the girl, was hired without any background checks. On Thursday Indiranagar police arrested the secretary and the head mistress of the school (names withheld) under section 188 (Dis-
obedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) and 336 (An act endangering life or personal safety of others), of the Indian Penal Code, apart from various sections of POCSO act. Committee had reported that apart from failing to do background check, the school management had not maintained any documents pertaining to the guard’s attendance and details of salary and other documents. Additional commissioner of police (East) P Harishekaran said: “The school failed to follow guidelines issued by both the
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Indian Railways: Safety must be a work in progress Any railway accident is lamentable, but more so when it could have been prevented with a little foresight and proper communication. The two trains that derailed on a rickety bridge which was flooded in Madhya Pradesh fall into this category. As usual, we see arguments, even from former railway ministers about why India should not focus on bullet trains when it has not done enough about the upgrade and safety of the existing system. This is not an either-or situation. While bullet trains should be introduced where feasible, the existing network should be constantly upgraded and monitored. Around 23 million people use the railway network each day and this makes it imperative that modernisation is an ongoing process. Lack of sufficient budget is a valid reason, but this can be remedied if the government is ready to bite the political bullet. The answer lies in raising passenger fares at periodic intervals and not just freight charges. But passenger fare is a political hot potato and one which is perceived as having the potential to alienate voters if hiked now and again. It is no secret that vast tracts of tracks are outdated and pose a danger to traffic. Level-crossings are often not manned and coaches lack fire safety measures. The skills of the huge workforce, which run the railways, too must be upgraded along with the infrastructure. The railways has, by the admission of successive ministers, large reserves of real estate. These have to be put to productive use or disposed off to raise revenues. In keeping with the government’s push for Digital India, what the railways urgently need is better technology. This can prevent so many man-made errors. This can be used for early warning about dangers on the tracks, oncoming rail traffic and smoother coordination in the huge and sprawling network. It is true that in recent years, ticketing has improved by leaps and bounds, thanks to technology. But alongside, there have been allegations of the tracks being damaged due to reckless overloading of freight. A thorough overhaul of the tracks should be the first priority now that two accidents have happened, and so many lives lost, simply because of poor maintenance. The on-again, off-again proposal to privatise sections of the railways should be examined afresh as this might relieve some of the load on the government and improve services. Unlike in previous mishaps, this time around, the authorities have launched rescue and relief operations promptly. But once this incident has ceased to be news, plans to minimise such mishaps should not get derailed as has happened in the past.
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Agency | Mumbai Irrfan Khan’s latest video, in collaboration with AIB, has made the right kind of noise, and now Akshay Kumar, whose songs have been spoofed in the video, has reacted to it. Akshay says he enjoyed the spoof Irrfan Khan did on one of his songs - Party All Night (Boss)- in the All India Bakchod (AIB) video. Irrfan, known for his intense performances, recently showed his quirky
side in Every Bollywood Party Song video for the standup comedy group AIB. In the video, Irrfan is seen explaining why he does not do party songs. Reacting to the video, Akshay said, “It was in good humour and I enjoyed the song. It was very funny. That is ok as even Irrfan was making fun of him. He did one song with me only in Thank You.” Akshay spoke about the same on the sidelines of a game launch event of film Brothers.
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fight against depression is a cause very close to my heart and is one of the largest QUOTE “The health issues facing the country today. Having experienced depression in the recent past, OF THE I realise how difficult it is to recognise the problem, find information and get the right - Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone, who faced depression in the past, kind of professional help,” feels it is a major health issue in the country today which needs to be addressed DAY
Deepika reveals logo of her foundation against depression
Jacqueline Denies Rumors About Her Link-Ups With Arjun Kapoor
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Actress Deepika Padukone, who faced depression in the past, feels it is a major health issue in the country today, which needs to be addressed. “The fight against depression is a cause very close to my heart and is one of the largest health issues facing the country today. Having experienced depression in the recent past, I realise how difficult it is to recognize the problem, find information and get the right kind of professional help,” Deepika said in a statement. The actress launched on Twitter the logo of her ’The Live Love Laugh’ Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation, dedicated to addressing the issue of mental health in India. The foundation’s logo is based on the idea of hope and freedom. “I was fortunate to get the kind of support and through this platform I hope others get the same kind of help.
Agency | Mumbai My team and I are working hard to set up the foundation and the logo launch is a small step in that direction.” The flying birds in the logo signify this very essence of the foundation. The logo also has a baseline ‘Foundation against Depression’ that represents its mission. Deepika had first spoken about her plans to set up the foundation in an interview with a news channel. She talked about how she had
experienced depression and took professional help to overcome it. The actress then decided to start a not-for-profit organisation that would focus on increasing awareness about mental health as an issue, reduce the stigma around it and enable support to people affected by mental health issues. The foundation will engage with institutions, professionals and other organisations in the field of mental health.
Poonam Pandey back with a bang on sets of Helen post back injury Agency | Mumbai Twitter queen, Poonam Pandey, who was out of the scene for quite sometime now after her back injury and sprain in her neck, is all back with a bang and has resumed shooting for her upcoming film ‘Helen’. Poonam suffered a sprain while taking belly dance training to fit in the titular character of the film. It was over enthusiasm that also resulted in her twisting her back. As a result, the shooting came to standstill. Talking on the same, producer Suresh Nakum in his statement to a daily said, “We had set up a Rs 1 crore set at a Mumbai studio but we had to eventually dismantle it because Poonam was advised not to dance for a while. But now she is fine and we have planned another schedule this month.” He added, “The film is an expensive one and we did not want to harm the film or take any risk which would have disturbed the star actress. Now as Poonam is back, the shoot will continue through August and September.” The film has been written and will be directed by Ajit Rajpal.
Rumour went abuzz about Jacqueline’s growing closeness with Arjun Kapoor after the duo was spotted spending quality time with each other during their Malaysia trip for IFFA awards. The Roy actress was also spotted at the Gunday actor’s birthday, where she was seen bonding with Arjun’s sister Anshula as well. When Jacqueline was asked
about her link-ups with Arjun, she told “I and Arjun are very good friends and that’s it. I understand it all comes with the territory where people will link us up because we are seen together a couple of times. But there’s nothing more to it”. “I just listen to all of it and giggle at the news. I don’t read newspapers nowadays so I don’t read most of the things written about me.
It’s the people around me who keep informing me. But it’s all fine. People talk about me and Arjun having an affair, me and Salman (Khan) have a fallout. But I don’t need to resolve things on paper. If need be, I will talk to my people directly”, she added. Jacqueline will be seen opposite Akshay Kumar in her next movie ‘Brothers’, which is slated to release next week..
believe that this could have been ruse to cover up a wedding. In the slightly blurry pic, Kapil is seen sitting in what looks like a mandap in a white sherwani and sehra holding a small electric fan. Naysayers believe it is a promotional stunt for his upcoming film Kis Kis-
ko Pyaar Karu with Supriya Pathak and Arbaaz Khan, directed by Abbas Mustan. In the meantime, Colors channel released a short promo video of this week’s Comedy Nights and Kapil will be back for the episodes. He will be seen doing what he does best, again.
has said that he is excited about it because he wants to explore another side of life. Yadireddy said Sreesanth is not only a good
cricketer, but he is a superb dancer and actor. “I have seen him performing at many events and always wanted to work with him.
Did Kapil Sharma fake sickness to get married? Agency | Mumbai
Kapil Sharma fans won’t be amused with this joke. That is, only if it is a rumour. Reports suggest that TV’s favourite comedian Kapil Sharma faked illness to take a break from his show Comedy Nights With Kapil Sharma to get married secretly! A picture of him, dressed in full groom attire, has surfaced on the social media and is spreading like wildfire. The official version is that the 34-year-old actor took a break from hosting his show to take care of his deteriorating health. But now, we have reasons to
Sreesanth set to play hero in multi-lingual South Indian film Agency | Mumbai
Sreesanth is set to play the lead in a multi-lingual South Indian film. The cricketer was recently cleared by the court on all match-fixing charges and couldn’t be a happier man. “This is my debut film in South and I am going to work with a big filmmaker like Sana Yadireddy. I can’t ask for more. I am looking forward for a good acting career in South,” Sreesanth said. The film will be directed by Sana Yadireddy and will be made in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. It will also be dubbed in 14 languages. Sreesanth
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Indians come home with 173 SPORTS ROUNDUP medals at Special Olympics Younis Khan recalls how Rahul Dravid helped him to develop as a batsman
stages of the my career helped me develop into a top batsman who was comfortable at the number three position,” Younis said when asked about reports that the former Indian captain had helped him out in the past. Younis said he spoke to Dravid on a tour and later on a couple of occasions about his batting technique and
got some very good advice which helped him improve his batting skills. “Dravid was a top class professional and one of the greats of the modern era and I learnt from him,” he said. The outspoken Pakistani senior also admitted for the first time that his decision to quit as captain in 2009 was a mistake. “When I was made captain in 2009 I had told the then Chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board Ijaz Butt that if I didn’t deliver I would resign from the captaincy myself. “I decided to resign as captain when we were in Abu Dhabi playing against New Zealand in late 2009 because I felt I couldn’t deliver as I couldn t unite the team,” Younis said about the incident where he went to Butt and offered his resignation which was accepted.
Samson, Karun Nair and Karn Sharma to impress the selectors and stake their claim in the national side. Top-order batsman Karun Nair, from Karnataka, is the lone player who was part of the squad in the two-Test series that concluded last week. The Indian pace attack would revolve around Sandeep Sharma, Rush Kalaria, Ri-
shi Dhawan and Dhawal Kulkarni but the Chennai wickets are on the slower side and look spin-friendly. The Australians have more or less mastered the conditions. They have proved themselves in both bowling and batting. Especially, captain Usman Khawaja’s planning and strategies have worked wonders so far.
of approximately Rs 10 lakh. Each team will consist of six players, which include A-Category players with handicap of over -190. Leading players participating, include recently crowned Asian Billiards champ Dhruv Sitvala (handicap -240) who has been roped in
by Ottomans, while Siddharth Parikh, also with the same handicap, will represent Adamo Potters. Except for Dhvaj Haria from Ahmedabad, all the other top grade players are from Maharashtra. Each team will consist of a minimum and a maximum of six players.
Agency | New Delhi Continuing its slide for the fourth consecutive day, gold prices on Thursday dipped below Rs 25,000 by losing Rs 40 to trade at over four-year lows of Rs 24,980 per 10 grams at the domestic bullion market. Moreover, the precious metal was trading at five-year lows in the global market. Besides, there was an easing demand from jewellers as retailers deferred their buying plans on hopes of further dip in the yellow metal prices. On the other hand, silver managed to recover some grounds on the back of scattered demand from consuming industries and rose by Rs 100 to Rs 33,800 per kg. Bullion traders saw a weak trend in gold where it traded at nearly five-year lows in global markets in anticipation of a possible rate hike by the US Federal Reserve in coming months.
WhatsApp rolls out massive iOS upgrade, now backs up your videos
Agency | New Delhi Instant messaging app WhatsApp has released an update for its iOS app. According to The Next Web, the app now allows the users include video in their chat backups. The update also has an improved design for cropping pictures and videos and location sharing via Apple Maps. The users can reduce their data usage when WhatsApp is used for making calls in settings > chats and calls. When the users scroll through their chats, old messages will load automatically. The users can customize notifications for individual chats and mute the noisier ones. The users can mark chats as read or unread by swiping to the right. The users can also share contacts from the Contacts app and share locations in Apple Maps directly to people in WhatsApp. When they are sharing a location, it will appear as a large thumbnail. The features is releasing on iOS.
Xiaomi, Huawei tops Chinese mobile market, Apple third
Agency | New Delhi China’s domestic smartphone makers Xiaomi and Huawei have regained top positions in the second quarter, pushing iPhone to the third position in the world’s biggest smartphone market, according to figures released today. Xiaomi, a late entrant to the Chinese smartphone market which effectively used social channels for marketing, achieved new records for sales volume during the second quarter and retained top spot with a 18 per cent market share. Huawei climbed up to second place, securing for itself a market share of 16 per cent. Apple retained third spot with a market share of 12 per cent, while Vivo bagged the fourth spot maintaining a market share of 10 per cent, state-run People’s Daily reported. Korean electronics giant Samsung, once the top smartphone vendor in China, fell to fifth position with a market share of 9 per cent only, despite launching its flagship phone, the Galaxy S6. In 2010, CMNet market revenue was 17.2 billion yuan (USD 2.8 billion), it is estimated to expand to 251 billion Yuan (USD 41.8 billion) in five years, the report added.
Agency | New Delhi The 275-member strong Indian contingent made the country proud by pocketing 173 medals at the Special Olympic World Summer Games 2015 in Los Angeles. The athletes, who competed under the banner of Special Olympics Bharat, bagged 47 gold medals, 54 silver and 72 bronze pieces 14 disciplines during the nine-day event that ended August 2. The country was most successful in athletics where Indians collected a total of 47 medals which included three gold medals in various categories of the 100-metre race.
They also clinched the soft ball gold on debut. Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the Indian contingent for its great outing in the American city. “Achievements of Indian contingent at @LA2015 @SpecialOlympics are truly gladdening. They are India’s pride,” Modi wrote on his Twitter page. “The @ LA2015 @SpecialOlympics were a triumph of determination, hardwork & sportsman spirit. Congratulations to all athletes who participated,” he tweeted. Mukta Narain Thind, Special Olympics Bharat’s national director (organisation develop-
ment), said it was an improvement from last year. “They shine every time, and they have shone this year too. We are pleased with the performance, the medal tally has improved. They have bagged 173 from 150 something last time around, so we are extremely proud of what they have achieved,” Mukta. “Next is the winter Olympics in Austria in 2017 which will be our main focus. The athletes will start training from October this year,” she said. India had won 156 medals - 56 gold, 48 silver and 52 bronze - in the last edition of the games held in Athens, Greece.
India hopes for a rain-free warm-up match Agency | Colombo
It is Kohli’s first fullfledged assignment as Test captain and the ace bastman is keen to make to it count for himself and the team. Looking for a proper tune-up before the three-match cricket Test series against hosts Sri Lanka gets underway, India would be hoping that rain stays away from their one and only threeday practice game beginning at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Thursday. India’s first practice session was moved indoors at the National Cricket Club after rain played spoilsport yesterday and with thundershowers predicted for tomorrow, Virat Kohli’s side will only pray for some play against Sri Lanka Board President’s XI. It is Kohli’s first full-fledged assignment as Test captain after the
rain-affected one-off Test in Bangladesh and the ace bastman is keen to make to it count for himself and the team. If the batting looks good with Shikhar Dhawan and Murali Vijay doing well at the top then the bowling, especially the spin department, promises results as well. The experience of Harbhajan Singh and Amit Mishra has certainly added value to the Indian spin force and they are expected to make full use of Sri Lankan wick-
ets. Kohli though may be going through a lull in his batting form but the Delhi player has always defied his critics when the chips are down. The young captain has himself admitted that even though it’s a young Indian Test side, it promises to live up to the expectations of millions of fans. At the onset though, Kohli and company will face the Board President’s XI, which is led by young Sri Lankan batsman Lahiru Thirimanne.
not clarify whether Ravi Shastri would remain BCCI secretary Anuthe team’s director of rag Thakur on May 20 cricket for India’s tour to said that a committee Bangladesh. “Regarding will be convened shortly the coach, I would say to look into the appoint- that good things come to ment of the new India those who wait. We are in coach. However, he did the process of finalising
the coach of the team. It may take some time, but we want to pick the right person who can deliver for the Indian team in the coming years,” said Thakur. “We are in the process of finalising the cricket advisory committee and also shortlisting the name of the coaches who are available for India. Once that process is complete we will be in a position to take a final call.We are looking at all the positions whether it is that of the main coach or the support staff,” he added.
No Clarity On Ravi Shastri, New Team India Coach
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Agency | Mumbai Seasoned Pakistan batsman Younis Khan says Indian great Rahul Dravid played a huge role in his development as a top class Test batsman. Younis said if he could become a solid number three batsman in Pakistan side, he owes it to Dravid. “The tips and advice I got from Dravid at the early
India ‘A’ faces acid test against Australia ‘A’ Agency | Chennai
Australia A have been dominant on this tour so far as they humbled the hosts (unofficial Tests) and also South Africa A (ODI match). Outplayed in the four-day games, a new-look India A will have to play out of their skins to stop a rampaging Australia A when they clash in a tri-series One-day cricket match, in Chennai on Friday. Australia A have been dominant on this tour so far as they humbled the hosts in the unofficial two-match Test series and hammered South African by 9 wickets in the tri-series opener on Wednesday. The series is an opportunity for players like Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Sanju
Sitwala leads Billiards Premier League starcast
Agency | Mumbai
Maharashtra’s top billiards players will be seen in action at the BSAM (Billiards & Snooker Association of Maharashtra) organised 2nd Billiards Premier League, to be held in the city at various venues from August 19-27. The league is being hosted by Bombay Gymkhana while NSCI, Garware Club, PJ Hindu Gymkhana and CCI are venue partners. Eight teams comprising leading billiards professionals will fight for top honors in the league, which offers a prize-money pool
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Fight is ‘against the system’, says the 21-year-old leading Patidar stir Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
The architect of Patidars’ agitation for OBC status, which is snowballing into a movement, is a 21-year-old. Meet Hardik Patel, convener of Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS), who has engineered the stir, pushing the Anandiben Patel government to a corner. On Tuesday, as Hardik addresses the gathering at a Patel community hall in Vadodara, he shows streaks of a rebel with a cause. “Patels make the government. If Patels can make a chief minister reach the post of the prime minister, then we also possess the strength to overturn this government,” he thunders, to whoops of applause from the motley crowd comprising people between
20-60 years. The hall resounds with slogans of solidarity, promising to make the upcoming rally in Vadodara on August 21 a huge success. Hardik took on the leadership of the movement, mobilizing mainly youth under the banner of (PAAS) after abandoning his business of supplying water to commercial establishments. Youngsters, led by Hardik, have oragnised successful rallies, jointly conducted by the Leuva and Kadva Patidars in Visnagar in Mehsana to Dwarka in Saurashtra and recently in Gandhinagar. Interestingly, the CM and six of her ministers are from the same community. On Wednesday, government spokesperson and health minister Nitin Patel, who
also hails from Mehsana, said, “Hardik Patel is a Congress worker. He is closely working with Viramgam MLA (Tejshree Patel).” Hardik also belongs to Viramgam and claims his father, Bharatbhai, is a staunch BJP supporter and reportedly drove Anandiben Patel in his jeep during her maiden Assembly elections in
1998. The people, however, have a different take. “What he is saying and doing should have come from senior leaders from the BJP and Congress,” says 64-year-old Chagganbhai Patel from Gandhinagar, justifying why he and several Patidars like him responded to the call given by PAAS. The serial agita-
will be taken against those trying to disturb peace.” The BJP government’s spokesperson also accused Opposition Congress of resorting to “cheap tactics” of instigating and misguiding the Patidar or Patel community. “Congress has resorted to cheap tactics of divide and rule. On one hand, it is misguiding the Patidar youths, and
on the other, it is working with the reserved-category communities, making them apprehensive of the scenario if the Patidars granted OBC status,” the minister said. “Instead of playing divide and rule, and disturbing peace and harmony, Congress should come clear on its stand whether it supports their demand.” The government further alleged
that a large number of Congress leaders and workers were involved in the agitation. “If Vijapur Congress MLA Prahlad Patel has written to Chief Minister Anandiben Patel with a request to consider the demand of the Patidars, convener of Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti Hardik Patel is a Congress worker,” said the minister.
Gujarat govt finally invites Patels to discuss OBC status demand Sunvilla News | Gandhinagar
Asserting that the government was following constitutional provisions over the issue, its spokesperson and Health Minister Nitin Patel said: “We invite them (the agitators), including proper social groups and their leaders, to discuss the issue with the government.” However, he warned: “Steps
No new material furnished by Zakia to support further probe: SIT to HC
few and bringing Army on time among others, should also be considered as part of larger conspiracy. The hearing will resume next Thursday.
Sunvilla News | Gandhinagar
The Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Wednesday defended its closure report that gave a clean chit to the then Gujarat chief minister, now Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and others in the 2002-post Godhra riots, and said no new material produced by the complainant, seeking further investigation, warranted a consideration. Appearing for the SIT, senior counsel C S Vaidyanathan said this in response to a query raised by Justice Sonika Gokani-led single judge bench of the Gujarat High Court. She had asked the SIT to ascertain whether the complaint of Zakia Jafri, whose husband ex-Congress MP Ahsan Jafri was among the 69 people killed in the Gulberg Society massacre, is part of the case or an independent complaint. Vaidy-
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Kidney patients live day to day awaiting suitable donor
and Congress level allegations that the agitation is motivated by the other. As images of the Patidars — basically a community of agrarians and industrialists —emerge from various urban and rural centres in Gujarat to press for inclusion in the socially and economically backward class quota, Hardik claims he is apolitical. “Even today my father is staunch supporter of the BJP. That does not however, make me a political person. At the same time, our agitation is not against Anandiben,” said Hardik. “It is against the system,” he adds. In 2004, Sardar Patel Sevadal (SPS), a group of the Patidars, was founded in Mehsana, which is a stronghold of the BJP.
Life looked good for Jayesh Thakkar (28). With a well-paying job at a surgical equipment store, he was optimistic he would be able to take care of his father, mother and sister. He also planned to marry . But he was diabetic and, unknown to him, the disease was damaging his kidneys. “It all started in February last year,” said Thakkar. “Both my kidneys failed because of acute diabetes.” Doctors initially said the condition could be treated with medicines.”But after three months, they said I needed a new kidney and, till I got one, I would have to undergo dialysis at regular intervals,” said Thakkar. The family’s only hope is a donor. “My parents wanted to donate their kidneys but they were found unsuitable on medical grounds,” said Thakkar. “In Jivraj Mehta Hospital, there is a
waiting list of 3-4 years. At Civil Hospital, it is two years.” For almost all renal failure patients in Ahmedabad, the problem is the same -long queues for donors’ kidneys.The waiting list at the Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre (IKDRC) has currently over 400 patients. (IKDRC is attached to Civil Hospital.) “Cadaver donation at our institute has increased from 10% to 30% in recent years,” said Dr HL Trivedi, director of IKDRC. “But in Gujarat, donation rate hovers at 10% of total deaths.” He further said that according to recent figures, over 7,800 people lost their lives in road accidents alone. “Hence, there is scope for more donations,” he said. Many patients are not hopeful they will live long enough to get a transplant.Kamal Pandit, 52, lost the use of his kidneys because of high blood pressure.
With three villages in Banaskantha district almost washed out and over 80,000 animals dead, the state government has put primary damage figures for the last week’s flood that affected north Gujarat and Kutch region in the range of Rs 1,500 to 2,000 crore. While state government has not made clear if aid from the Union government is required, it will submit, within the next three days, a primary memorandum to the central government about the situation. This will be followed by a detailed report. Along with a total of 72 deaths in four districts — Banaskantha, Patan, Mehsana and Kutch — a huge number of cattle
deaths have been recorded. “A total of 81,480 cattle deahts have been reported from the affected districts,’’ said government spokesperson and Health Minister Patel. “Three villages in Dhaner belt of Banaskantha district, have been totally washed out. Rivers here have reported a change in stream direction,’’ said Patel adding, that the government has been considering allotment of new land for relocation of these villages. When contacted Banaskantha additional collector M Mistry said, “ We need to check files for 3 villages that have been badly washed out”. Urban Housing Development minister Shanker Chaudhary, who
has been put in-charge of relief operations in Banaskantha said, “Shortage of milk for the dairies for short-term operation in the region is likely to be felt due to deaths of cattle’’. One of the biggest milk cooperatives Banas Dairy operates from the region. “Arrangements for proper burial of the animals have been made
to avoid outbreak of any disease,’’ said Patel. Senior cabinet ministers will visit affected districts later this week to prepare the full and final report. So far, the state government has issued aid to the tune of Rs 1.24 crore towards 41 deaths of a total 72 reported cases. More than Rs 1,317 crore has been doled out in cash.
A huge hoarding of ‘Chai Pe Charcha’ has been put up at the place where the old canteen existed, also a big poster of Narendra Modi has been put right at the entrance. Apart from Modi, the depot has a statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and a mural of Mahatma Gandhi. Chief minister Anandiben Patel while inaugurating a new
Central Bus Depot said that it was from this place, the Modi while selling tea at the canteen got the idea about the hardships faced by the passengers. “As soon as he became the chief minister, he decided to upgrade the bus station at par with the airport and Vadoda-
ra station was the first in the series to be completed and Ahmedabad Depot where he was selling tea is the second in the series.” She further said that while selling tea, that he came in contact with the political leaders and then he joined the RSS and went on to become
the chief minister of the state and later the prime minister. The new bus station has a shopping complex and all modern infrastructure including display board. The depot also has different areas for dropping passengers and another area for boarding the buses.
tions have seen nearly a dozen episodes covering major cities, with two of the rallies turning violent. But through all this, Hardik has matured as the face of the Patidar agitation. Three years ago, Hardik graduated with a B.Com from Sahjanand College in Ahmedabad. Now, he is walking the tightrope as both the BJP
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CM describes bus depot as PM Modi’s Karmabhoomi anathan argued that this aspect of the case is not going to make any difference. “This is a case where a complaint was filed in the Supreme Court (SC) and the SIT was asked to look into it. It was monitored by the SC at all relevant time. The amicus curiae suggested certain further investigations and SIT did it. The reports (by SIT) were looked into again by the amicus curiae and by the SC,” Vaidyanathan said, adding that when the report was sent to the magisterial court, it upheld the closure report. He said that the
petition doesn’t restrict to the Gulberg Society massacre, rather it focuses on a larger conspiracy behind the riots. A day before explaining the larger conspiracy, Desai had claimed events prior to the Godhra train case had to be taken into consideration. “Since Zakia Jafri was residing at Gulberg Society, her complaint doesn’t restrict to the FIR lodged at Meghaninagar police station (Gulberg Society falls under this station),” Desai said, while alleging that failure of authorities in taking preventive measures, imposing cur-
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Gujarat chief minister Anandiben Patel and transport minister Vijay Rupani described Central Bus depot at Geeta Mandir in the city, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘karmabhoomi’. The two stated that it was this very place where he began his political career selling tea at the canteen.
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