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(H.S.) | Mumbai Persistent selling pressure mainly in banking, pharma, realty, finance and media sectors pulled down market benchmark Nifty by another 34 points to 8,709.55. The NSE 50-share index opened higher at 8,768.70 and hovered in a range of 8,781.15 and 8,684.65 before finishing at 8,709.55, showing a loss of 34.40 points of 0.39 per cent. Among the major sectoral indices, PSU Bank fell by 1.80 per cent, Media 1.54 per cent, Realty 1.50 per cent, Pharma 1.05 per cent.
Goa police unable to provide security to Oct 8 ISL match (H.S.) | Panaji
Goa Police will not be able to provide security for the ISL match between FC Goa and FC Pune City, which is scheduled to be held on October 8 at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium at Fatorda in South Goa. “We have conveyed to the ISL organisers that we won’t be able to provide security for the match as we are pre-engaged with the preparations for the BRICS summit,” Superintendent of Police (South) Shekhar Prabhudesai.
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(H.S.) | New Delhi Suresh Raina and Amit Mishra have been included in India’s MS Dhoni-led ODI squad for the first three ODIs of the five-match series against New Zealand starting October 16. Both cricketers last featured in ODIs in October 2015, during the South Africa series at home. They were not lia or Zimbabwe tours selected for the Austra- this year, but now have a
ODI squad: MS Dhoni (capt/wk), Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Mandeep Singh, Pandey, Suresh Raina, Kedar Jadhav, Jayant Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Umesh Yadav, Dhawal Kulkarni, Amit Mishra Dhawan sidelined for at least another two weeks with a broken thumb and KL Rahul not recovered from his hamstring pull, chance to push for further the newly formed seselection. With Shikhar nior selection committee chose Mandeep Singh as opening partner to Rohit
Terror threat: entry to 22 uninhabited islands prohibited Correspondent | Dwarka
Amid the terror threat perception post the surgical strike by the Indian army in PoK and heightened security along Gujarat coast, the Devbhoomi Dwarka district administration has prohibited entry of anybody on the 22 uninhabited islands off the district coast without proper police permission. District Collector H K Patel has issued a notification under the section 144 of the CRPC prohibiting the entry of anybody on the 22 uninhabited islands spread off the coast in three talukas Khambhaliya, Kalyanpur and Okha Mandal. ‘There are a total of 24 islands
Sharma. Hardik Pandya, the Baroda allrounder, was also recalled. R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Shami have been rested keeping an eye on home Test series against England, Bangladesh and Australia in the
next five months. With Bhuvneshwar Kumar ruled out of the Indore Test against New Zealand starting this weekend, the selectors have opted for a slew of Dhawal Kulkarni as the third fast bowler in the 15-man
During a press brief later, Commanding Officer, Colonel Rajiv Sharang said that the arms, maps, medicines and, food items were recovered from the militants that were killed.
he said. “Three terrorists were seen near the perimeter fencing of our camp. Our sentries challenged the terrorists who fired heavily on our sentry posts. We also retaliated and then a quick reaction team was activated so that the terrorists do not flee The medicines had “Paki- the area where they were stani markings” on them, spotted … We used illusuggesting that the mil- mination rounds to illumiitants came from across nate the area and killed all the border. Other items the three terrorists,” Col recovered from the bodies Sharang told reporters at are still being inspected, Langate.
Kashmir: 3 militants dead after attack at army camp in Handwara, medicines with Pak marking recovered (H.S.) | New Delhi
(bet) under the district administration of which only two bet Dwarka and Ajar are inhabited. The step has been taken to foil any attempt by anti national elements to misuse such secluded places for nefarious designs. Meanwhile the Police has also
heightened the security in and around world famous Jagat temple in the Dwarka. The SRP jawans in the security of the temple have been provided with bullet proof jackets and the number of security personnel has also been increased.
Three militants were killed early Thursday when army foiled an attack on the battalion headquarters of 30 Rashtriya Rifles in North Kashmir’s Langate area. Army said that militants opened fire on the sentry posts of the RR camp in Langate at two places. The militants then tried to flee, however army and Special Operation Group of Police chased them and engaged in an encounter. The search operation is still in progress. “Three militants have been killed and three AK rifles were recovered from the militants,’’ Defense spokesman said.
which was announced by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu in the Railway Budget 2016-17, allows a travelling passenger to get an insurance cover of up to Rs 10 lakh on booking a train ticket on the IRCTC’s portal. It offers travellers or their families compensation of up to Rs 10 lakh in the event of death or permanent total disability, Rs 7.5 lakh for permanent partial disabili-
ty, up to Rs 2 lakh for hospitalisation expenses and Rs 10,000 for transportation of mortal remains in the event of death or injury from a train accident or other ‘untoward incidents’, including terrorist attacks, dacoity, rioting, shoot-out or arson, as well as for short termination, diverted route and Vikalp trains. The passenger is given the option of insurance cover at the time of booking the ticket on the IRCTC website. If the passenger decides to opt for it, then the premium amount is added to the ticket cost. The insurance company then sends an SMS or e-mail to confirm the policy number along with a link to update nomination details.
Gujarat CM, union minister open Hindustan Copper plant in Gujarat
Indian Railways brings Diwali bonanza for passengers! IRCTC offers Rs 10 lakh rail travel insurance for just 1 paisa (H.S.) | New Delhi
Suresh Prabhu-led Indian Railways has come up with a Diwali bonanza for passengers! Indian Railways’ IRCTC is offering travel insurance up to Rs 10 lakh for a premium of just 1 paisa! For the uninitiated IRCTC had started offering rail travel insurance for those who book tickets using its platforms. The insurance scheme, which started in September this year, came at a cost of 92 paise. But now, as a festive season discount, IRCTC is offering the insurance at a premium of 1 paise for tickets booked up till October 31, 2016. The offer will be effective from, October 7. Over 1 crore railway passengers have
A local BJP leader’s son has been booked for allegedly raping his 25-year-old woman colleague, police said today. Lidhora Tehsil BJP Mandal Vice President Mahesh Sahu’s son Ajay Singh (35) was booked yesterday for raping the woman, Kotwali police station Inspector RP Choudhary said. He said Ajay and the victim, who hailed from Tikamgarh town, worked at a private establishment. Sub Editor: Dhruvil Makani
already opted for the insurance scheme till date. IRCTC Chairman and Managing Director Dr. A K Manocha said, “We have decided to implement the reduced price for the optional travel insurance scheme with immediate effect. It is a special promotional measure and the idea is to facilitate more and more rail travellers avail this scheme.” The facility,
squad. From India’s previous ODI series - a tour of Zimbabwe in June, featuring five uncapped players - seven players have been dropped: Ambati Rayudu, Faiz Fazal, Rishi Dhawan, Barinder Sran, Jaydev Unadkat, Yuzvendra Chahal and Karun Nair. From that squad, Kedar Jadhav, Manish Pandey, Axar Patel, Jayant Yadav, Dhawal Kulkarni and Jasprit Bumrah have been retained.
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Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and union minister Piyush Goyal today opened State-run Hindustan Copper(HCL) unit at Jhagadia in central Gujarat. HCL is going to invest nearly Rs 100 crore to achieve full capacity at Jhagadia Copper Ltd (JCL) in Gujarat, a company it acquired from Asset Reconstruction Company of India (ARCIL) for Rs 210 crore. The newly acquired unit, now renamed
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Gujarat Copper Project, has been revived and has started commercial production. HCL hopes to have installed copper cathode capacity of 50,000 tonnes next year. Speaking on this occasion Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said, “generally what is talked about is disinvestment and privatization of government run company, but here is the example where government company has taken over a private firm. Investment already done
for the plant has been rescued and employees have regained employment.” Rupani said copper is considered auspicious metal and wished all success of new plant. In reference to upcoming Vibrant Gujarat summit, Rupani said the government aims not just new investment in industrial sector but also believes in taking care of existing investors and issues they face, and today’s reopening of Hindustan Copper is an example of it. Speaking on this occasion union minister Piyush Goyal said the plant in the past never function properly. Now thanks to the government is is reopened and it will definitely benefit the entire area. He said Rs 8 lakh crore worth projects that were in danger are back on the track due to Prime Minister’s intervention.
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Income Declaration Scheme 2016 (IDS) was a onetime opportunity to all persons, who had not declared income correctly in earlier years, to come forward and declare such undisclosed income. The scheme closed on September 30, after remaining open since June 1. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on October 1 announced that according to tabulated data, a total of 64,274 citizens have declared income tax under the Income Declaration Scheme and the amount that they have disclosed is Rs 65,250 crore. Naturally, the government claims this to be a big achievement, more so since the response in the first three months was tepid. This is the largest amount declared as black money in the history of Indian taxation. Naturally, the government claims this to be a big achievement, more so since the response in the first three months was tepid. Income tax officers, reportedly, pressurized people under their charge to make declarations in the last three weeks which implies they coerced the small fries, or the big fellows declared a minuscule amount. Also, many of the black income earners do not pay any tax. So they do not come under any income tax circle and, therefore, would not have been under any pressure. He further says that the last disclosure scheme was announced in 1997 — the Voluntary Disclosure of Income Scheme. Under it Rs 33,000 crore was declared and tax of about Rs 10,000 crore was collected. The 2016 scheme is also a “voluntary” programmed, even though it is not called that. “The 1997 scheme was called an amnesty scheme because of the low tax that had to be paid. But this time, it is not referred to as an amnesty because a higher rate of tax is being charged. The government had also given an undertaking to the Supreme Court in 1997 that it would not initiate any more amnesty schemes. The reason being that an amnesty scheme is unfair to the honest tax payers while those evading taxation get a concession for declaring their past income.” But the IDS is also an amnesty scheme because the penalty charged under it is less than what was being charged for tax evasion before the scheme was launched. Later in the article, he says that the decision of the government of not revealing any of the data collected through the scheme to any agency; not even the CAG is very strange. He writes, “CAG is a statutory body with powers to audit the accounts of the government. It is the CAG that pointed to the various infirmities in the 1997 scheme. Giving data to the CAG does not violate any confidentiality.” He further argues that IDS has garnered much less than it should have. He says, “If “round tripping” can be done at five per cent to 10 per cent of the amount of the funds, why pay 45 per cent under the IDS? Further, if the government, promises not to resort to vigorous pursuit of businessmen — under “ease of doing business” — they may be under no pressure to come clean. A person who has hoarded black wealth can only be caught in a raid; such a person will not declare black wealth voluntarily unless there is a cost to not declaring.” He further adds that if income tax department applies pressure, black money can be unearthed. The government seems to be trapped between unearthing black money and not applying pressure on businesses.
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Bigg Boss 10 is all set to land on our TV screens on October 16 and we can’t be more excited. Other than the usual but winning mix of celeb participants, Salman Khan and controversies, we also have common people in the show this year. And then there are the star guests. We see the big stars attending the show to promote their films and Salman Khan giving them the Salman Khan treatment. We all remember how Bigg Boss 9 ended with Katrina Kaif appearing on the show to promote her film Fitoor. There was a lot of buzz regarding whether Ae Dil Hai Mushkil and Shivaay stars will appear on Bigg Boss 10 to promote their films. Speculation said that there was no way Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
or Ranbir Kapoor will be seen on the show — given the history with Salman — to promote ADHM. However, director Karan Johar and Salman’s Sultan heroine Anushka Sharma were safe bets. On the other hand, Ajay Devgn and Salman are on great terms and the actor may promote his Shivaay on the show. While none of those involved has come out and spoken about the rumours, a tabloid has now reported that Salman’s first guest on Bigg Boss 10 is Deepika Padukone. The ac-
tress will be seen promoting her xXx: The Return of Xander Cage on the show. The film will see Deepika Padukone making her Hollywood debut opposite Vin Diesel. It also stars Samuel L Jackson and Nina Dobrev. Salman will be seen teasing Deepika throughout the show. After congratulating Deepika on making her Hollywood debut, he would be seen telling her: “Ab toh humare saath bhi act kar lo.” Deepika and Salman have considered a lot of films together but nothing ever materialised.
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the film’s two debutantes — Harshvardhan and Saiyami. This is what Sehwag wrote: “I was invited for the premiere of Mirzya yesterday by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and it was magic to the eyes. Probably nobody can portray a love story as beautifully and impactfully as Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra does. Harshvardhan Kapoor and Saiyami Kher are wonderful and it’s difficult to believe that these are two actors making their debut. There is no
usage of any gadgets in the movie, no mobile phone, no laptops , just pure love is showcased and quite remarkably. It shows that in love, the end result is not always important , the process and the involvement of being in love is far more important. I haven’t seen Romeo and Juliet nor Heer Ranjha but can proudly say that I have seen Mirzya. Truly, bowling me Nehra ji ka aur Love stories mein Mehra ji ka koi Jawaab nahi.A definite watch.”
Be it her revenge body or her break-up with Ranbir Kapoor or her shooting schedule with ex on the sets of Jagga Jasoos, Katrina Kaif has been the talk of the town this year. From her personal life to her professional choices, every single move made by the Baar Baar Dekho actor is inspected with a magnifying glass. And now her growing friendship with Fitoor actor Aditya Roy Kapur has been misunderstood as something more by many. And Katrina isn’t too pleased with his piece of news. According to a report in Bollywoodlife.com, the 33-year-old actor has expressed her displeasure over these constant linkup rumours. The report further suggests that the
Phantom actor is irked that she is linked to every man that she steps out with and call it ‘unfair’. Especially her outings with Aditya Roy Kapur have caught the fancy of many. There are rumours that there is more than just friendship between the co-actors. A source close to the actor was quoted as telling the website, “Katrina has laughed off the rumours of dating Aditya Roy Kapur. She has al-
ways looked up to Adi as one of her close buddies. She has known him for more than two years and there is NO truth to any of these rumours. In fact she has been friends with Aditya even when she was dating Ranbir Kapoor.” On the work front, Katrina Kaif is currently busy shooting for Anurag Basu’s Jagga Jasoos along with ex-boyfriend Ranbir Kapoor. The film is set to hit the screens next year.
yet another comedy with a social message, Jolly LLB 2. The actor, who had earlier posted many stills from his Varanasi and Lucknow shoot schedule of the film, has now shared a picture from Manali, where he is working on the last segment of his film. Akshay
shared a picture as soon as he reached Manali, and also expressed how he will miss the cast and crew after the wrap of the schedule. The Khiladi Kumar took to his official Instagram account to post a picture, along with which he also wrote a caption that read, “It’s a Jolly good morning here in Manali Just arrived and already afraid of missing it when I leave…the crew & the film. #lastschedule.” Known for his quirks, the actor does not only make news for his movies but also for what he does to promote films of his contemporaries.
Katrina Kaif isn’t happy about linkrumours with Aditya Roy Kapur You won’t believe Nargis Fakhri auditioned up (H.S.) | New Delhi for America’s Next Top Model in 2004
(H.S.) | New Delhi We all know Nargis Fakhri holds the tag of being the Kingfisher Calendar Girl. Her slender body and pleasing personality has won several hearts over the years. Ofcourse, we are talking about the model Nargis, and not the actor Nargis because in the acting department she has miles to go. Nevertheless, she has all the features perfectly matched to ‘top model’. Well, hold! She did try
to be a top model many moons back. We stumbled upon a video where a 24-year-old Nargis is auditioning for America’s Next Top Model. And she looks so naive, that we are loving her. The model-turned-actor might have become an integral part of Bollywood today, but she has a background. Nargis belongs to New York. One look at her, and we know she has the perfect model figure and carries herself like a
diva. She is a total ramp girl and this was further confirmed when we came across a throwback video of Nargis auditioning for America’s Next Top Model, where she participated. The 2004 video which surfaced shows a young Nargis trying to impress the judges with her confidence, despite fumbling with her words in the beginning. Though her reply when asked why she wanted to be a model, calling it ‘just a job’, didn’t impress the judges, they did find her body great. Nargis did manage to enter the show but eventually got eliminated in Cycle 3. In the video, she even revealed that she had participated in the hit reality show before, but got evicted in the semi-final round.
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Virender Sehwag is not just a batsmen who likes to hit it outside the ground, his limericks have also happily striking boundaries ever since he started his new stint as Twitter wit-in-charge. After his Twitter chatter had us all agog, the cricketer is now a movie reviewer too. Sehwag watched a special screening of Mirzya, starring Harshvardhan Kapoor and Saiyami Kher, recently. The screening was organised by film’s director Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. The cricketer then took to his blog to write a special review of the film. He described Mirzya as “magic to the eyes”, he also said nobody could portray love stories as “beautifully and impactfully” as Mehra. He also prised
MS Dhoni The Untold Story starring Sushant Singh Rajput has now entered its sixth day. And by every passing-day, the film continues to perform well at the box office. MS Dhoni biopic has thus made a total of Rs 88.63 crore. It’s relatively good collection on the weekdays suggest that the movie could enter Bollywood’s much-coveted Rs 100 crore club. Trade analyst Taran Adarsh tweeted, “#MSDhoniTheUntoldStory Fri 21.3 cr, Sat 20.6 cr, Sun 24.1 cr, Mon 8.51 cr, Tue 7.52 cr, Wed 6.6 cr. Total: 88.63
cr [Hindi+Tamil+Telugu].” The movie collected Rs 8.51 crore and Rs 7.52 crore on Monday and Tuesday respectively, while its Wednesday collection was of Rs 6.6 crore. MS Dhoni The Untold Story is expected to have the same momentum throughout the week until Mirzya and Tutak Tutak Tuti-
ya releases this Friday. The fans have greeted the biopic of MS Dhoni with open hearts. The popularity of Dhoni has helped in attracting the crowd to the theatres. Sushant Singh is getting huge praise from all corners. Recently, Rishi Kapoor and Suriya praised the actor for his wonderful performance.
Akshay Kumar is in Manali and is feeling quite Jolly
(H.S.) | New Delhi Akshay Kumar is one celebrity who irrespective of time and year has his hands full with different projects. The actor’s year started with a serious film such as Airlift and then he went on to deliver a dramatic biopic, Rustom, he is now gearing up for
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Agency | Mumbai The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said banks will need to review the implementation of the Marginal Cost of Funds based Lending Rate (MCLR) to facilitate effective transmission of rate cuts. Structural and cyclical factors impeding transmission to bank lending rates, particularly stressed balance sheets of banks and sluggish credit growth, may require a review of the MCLR implementation by banks, in the context of significant softening of long-term yields, the RBI has said in its Monetary Policy Report-October 2016, released ahead of the 4th bi-monthly policy statement on Tuesday. The MCLR system introduced on April 1, 2016 was designed taking into account limitations of both the BPLR (benchmark prime lending rate) and the base rate regimes.
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Warning that there will be no domestic cricket matches if BCCI and its members do not fall in line with Lodha reforms, the Supreme Court on Thursday threatened to pass an order within 24 hours to stop all BCCI payments to State cricket associations for hosting domestic matches, including the Ranji Trophy. The apex court indicated that it may also direct the reimbursement of Rs. 400 crore disbursed by BCCI to State cricket associations on September 30 in a Special General Meeting (SGM). The court was hearing a plea by the Supreme Court-appointed Justice R.M. Lodha committee’s plea to replace the current BCCI top brass for impeding the panel’s work to usher in transparency and accountability in Indian cricket administration. A Bench led by Chief Justice of India T.S. Thakur gave an ultimatum to the
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BCCI to to give an undertaking by October 7 to “unconditionally” comply with the reforms of the Justice Lodha Committee upheld by the Supreme Court. “What do you want? Either we pass orders tomorrow or you give us a statement that you will abide unconditionally by the recommendations and directions of the Lodha Committee,” Chief Justice Thakur addressed BCCI. To this, BCCI, represented by senior advocate Kapil Sibal, responded “it was not possible” for the Board to persuade all the member State associa-
tions to fall in line within the next few hours. BCCI submitted that it had no powers to force compliance from its member State associations as they had a mind of their own. “If the associations are reluctant to reform, why do you continue to give them money? You are giving crores of money to them even as they refuse to reform?” Chief Justice Thakur asked. The court learnt that BCCI had in a Special General Meeting held on September 30 disbursed Rs. 400 crore to various State associations despite an embargo issued by the Lodha panel.
fend the title but also play hosts. Rahul, who would be eager to add a fairytale moment to his young kabaddi career, spoke about Anup Kumar and called the Indian captain as ‘captain cool’. The young sensation said,”I’m lucky to play with Anup who is a great captain with tremendous talent and composure. He always backs the team, be it senior players, youngsters or staff members.” With India boasting of an even squad comprising a mix of experience and youngsters,
Rahul showed his belief in the team and expects the country to lift the trophy for the third time. But he believes the arrival of the PKL has increased the level of competition to a great extent, and seen the rise in talent for countries such as South Korea and Iran. “I’m sure that India can lift the trophy and make the country proud. Nonetheless, it will be interesting to see how Iran and South Korea play. Scoring through raids, will be a crucial factor to win the matches.” It will be difficult for the selection panel, to select the starting seven for India’s opener against South Korea, especially after having Rahul Chaudhari, Pardeep Narwal, Ajay Thakur and experienced player Jasvir Singh available as raiders.
Kabaddi World Cup 2016: Anup Kumar is ‘captain cool’ of Indian kabaddi, says Rahul Chaudhari
Agency | Louisville A replacement model of the fire-prone Samsung Note 7 smartphone began smoking inside a US plane on Wednesday, the family that owns it said, prompting fresh investigations by the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the Federal Aviation Administration. A problem with the replacement for the Note 7 model would create a new, embarrassing and potentially costly chapter to a global scandal which has hurt Samsung’s reputation. It also could add new dangers for consumers. Indiana passenger Brian Green’s phone began emitting smoke inside a Southwest Airlines Co flight to Baltimore from Louisville, Kentucky, his wife Sarah told Reuters after speaking with her husband. She said that Green had replaced the original phone about two weeks ago after getting a text message from Samsung. Samsung Electronics Co said in a statement it was working to recover the device and to understand the cause.
Scientists find novel way to ease depression
(H.S.) | Ahmedabad With just two days to go for the Kabaddi World Cup to commence in Ahmedabad, Team India braces itself for the game it has dominated since the 1990’s – winning seven gold medals at the Asian Games as well as lifting the previous two World Cups- 2004, 2007. Pro Kabaddi League side Telugu Titans’ captain and ‘poster boy’ of the competition, Rahul Chaudhari spoke to Indian Express, as Team India get ready to not only de-
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Agency | Washington The Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered a new pathway in brain that can be manipulated to alleviate depression. The pathway offers a promising new target for developing a drug that would be effective in individuals for whom other antidepressants have failed. New antidepressant options are important because a significant number of patients don’t adequately improve with currently available anti-depressant drugs. The lifetime prevalence of major depressive disorder is between 10 to 20 per cent of the population. The first author of the study Sarah Brooker said, “Identifying new pathways that can be targeted for drug design is an important step forward in improving the treatment of depressive disorders.” The aim of the study was to better understand how current anti-depressants work in the brain. The ultimate goal is to find new ones that are more effective for people not currently getting relief from existing drugs.
Pacer Mohammed Shami might have looked in full flow during the second Test against New Zealand but it wasn’t proving easy for the father. With his 14-month old daughter admitted to hospital due to high fever from the second day of the Kolkata Test, Shami was an anxious dad. After the end of each day’s play, the India pacer used to visit his daughter at hospital before returning to the team hotel. Shami’s daughter, Aira, was apparently suffering from breathing problems as well when she was admitted to hospital on Sunday. She was released on the last day of the Test, say people close to Shami. But for the few
Virat Kohli boasts of an impressive record as captain since taking over the reigns of Indian Test team two years ago and the right-hander feels the essence of being a leader lies in taking bold decisions and backing it to the hilt without thinking about consequences. Under Kohli’s leadership, India has won nine Tests out of 16 matches and lost only two with other five ending in draws. As a skipper, the aggressive Delhi batsman is yet to lose a Test at home. By his own admission, Kohli has been an admirer of his predecessor Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s leadership abilities. “Decision making is very hard at times and it takes a lot of courage to do that. I learned a lot from Dhoni seeing the way he made deci-
sions. They might have been right or wrong but to convince yourself to make one decision and go forward with it; I think that is the essence of being a captain,” Kohli told BCCI.TV. Kohli takes pride in donning the whites and feels that the leadership responsibility has made him a much better cricketer. “It is an honour to be leading the Test team for the country. It is something that I take a lot of pride in. To be a Test cricketer for starters and then to lead a Test side; for
me it is paramount,” he said. “That extra responsibility helped me play even better than I probably would have been. For me it is an honour to be able to wear whites and step onto that field for India. The way Test cricket tests you, nothing else can,” Kohli said. At 27, Kohli captained India to the numero uno position in Test cricket and his hunger for success can be gauged from the fact that he and his teammates share a common goal — sustained excellence.
which 19 Indian soldiers were martyred. Echoing similar sentiments, wicket-keeper batsman Patel said, “BCCI president has clearly said that there is no question of cricket with Pakistan. So, we support it and also our government’s stand.” In the backdrop of the Uri terror attack, BCCI president Anurag Thakur had last month ruled out any cricketing ties with Pakistan, saying even considering such a thought is not appropriate. “There are no tests or bilateral
matches scheduled for this year with Pakistan and the question of playing against Pakistan today does not arise,” he had said. “We have defeated Pakistan in three wars and all the world cup cricket matches. We can still maul Pakistan. But it is important to isolate it globally,” he reiterated. Thakur’s statement was ridiculed by former Pakistan cricketers, who feel India have avoided playing cricket with Pakistan even when the ties between the countries were better. Former Pakistan skipperMohammad Yousuf had urged the International Cricket Council (ICC) to take notice of Thakur ‘political’ statement, asking him to speak like a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader or as a cricket board head.
City in the close season and has shed almost four kilos as he returned to fitness, missed the 2014 World Cup as well as Euro 2016 through injury. “It is great to be here again. I did not realise it was actually such a long time since my last game.
But I know the feeling of a comeback well from the past few years,” he told reporters on Thursday. “I just want to enjoy the moment and if I am needed I will be there. I will give it all I can and I cannot ask for more at the moment.”
Irfan Pathan, Parthiv Patel back BCCI’s decision of having ‘no cricketing ties’ with Pakistan
(H.S.) | Jaipur Expressing their solidarity with the nation and the Indian Army, out of favour cricketers Irfan Pathan and Parthiv Patel have come out in support of BCCI’s decision to not play cricket with Pakistan, saying it is not the right time to play cricket with the arch-rival. “For me country comes first. We must support whatever the government decides in such situations,” Pathan said in the backdrop of Uri terror attack in
Fit again Ilkay Gundogan hopes for Germany comeback (H.S.) | Hamburg
days she was at the hospital, Shami wasn’t at peace. He however didn’t let that affect his performance and picked three wickets in each innings after scoring a timely knock of 14 runs that allowed India to get past 300 runs in their first innings. hami had the backing of his team throughout the difficult period,
especially that of captain Virat Kohli. “My captain had given me huge inspiration every night after I returned from the hospital. So, I am extremely thankful to him and also thankful to the mates who also gave me belief that my daughter must get cured by the time Test ends,” Shami was quoted as saying about Kohli.
Germany midfielder Ilkay Gundogan is looking forward to making his international comeback after missing almost a year due to a string of injuries, but he is not yet thinking about the 2018 World Cup. World champions Germany take on the Czech Republic on Oct. 8 and host Northern Ireland three days later in World Cup qualifiers, with Gundogan hoping to win his first cap since November 2015. The talented 25-year-old, who signed for Manchester
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2016 Kabaddi World Cup kicks off in Ahmedabad; 12 nations, 12 teams, 1 grand global title!
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The International Kabaddi Federation today officially kicked off the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup in the presence of captains of the 12 competing nations. This is the first time that the 12 captains from across Olympic geographies have gathered in their national jerseys in Ahmedabad, the host city of 2016 Kabaddi World Cup. The teams from India, USA, England, Australia, Iran, Poland, Thailand, Bangladesh, South Korea, Japan, Argentina and Kenya made their intentions clear for the ultimate showdown of strength, skill and
technique. 2016 Kabaddi World Cup is going to be the biggest Kabaddi extravaganza with representation from all Olympic geographies. All the matches will be held at the brand new stateof-the-art stadium, The Arena by TransStadia in the city. Commenting on the occasion, Janardan Singh Gehlot, President, International Kabaddi Federation said, “This is the watershed moment for the sport of Kabaddi globally. The International Kabaddi Federation has been working to develop Kabaddi as a competitive discipline. With 2016 Kabaddi World Cup, the sport is all set to
breakthrough on a global stage. There is a lot of excitement among all participants and we are sure that the same energy will be transferred to the fans watching it in stands and screens across the world. It gives me immense pleasure to see such diversity in the participation. I am sure the teams will inspire many more people in their countries to take up the sport.” The 12 captains echoed the same sentiment that participating at an international event of this stature will help garner more following in their countries. 2016 Kabaddi World Cup will be played in a round robin league round format, followed by semi-finals and an exciting final on Oct 22, 2016. The 12 teams will be divided into 2 pools of 6 teams each. The round robin league round format will take narrow down the number of contenders in the next two weeks.
Gujarat completes nearly 90% rainfall of monsoon, rain in October higher than June
With the latest round of showers across Gujarat, the state has completed 89.60% (nearly 90%) of average monsoon rain(last 10 years average rain). The figure is upto 8.00 am today(October 6, 2016). During last 24 hours, the state had 12.71 mm rain
across 33 districts and 182 talukas. Maximum rainfall was witnessed in Visavdar taluka of Junagadh district which was 96 mm. In just the month of October, Gujarat has received 61.58 mm rainfall which is higher than June in which there was 36.76 mm rainfall.
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At the launch of the first statewide “suicide prevention programme”, organised Wednesday by the state education department to address the rise in the number of suicides among students, the expert panel ended up fielding more questions on the sexual issues faced by schoolchildren than their suicidal tendencies. The expert panel addressed the programme via satel-
lite network which aimed at covering as many government schools across the state as possible. The panel comprised psychologists Dr Nischal Bhatt and Dr Kiran Shinglot, IPS officer Hasmukh Patel, who is director of Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Ahmedabad, and Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) deputy chairman R R Thakkar. Incidentally, sex
MoS Home visits martyred PSI’s house, hands over Rs 6 lakh relief cheque
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Parts of Gujarat, especially Saurashtra and Kutch, received heavy showers for the fourth consecutive day on Wednesday, narrowing the rainfall deficit at the end of the monsoon season. At least eight dams overflowed and more than a dozen registered significant fresh inflow in Saurashtra following heavy rainfall under the influence of a cyclonic circulation over Marathwada and adjoining areas. In a rain-related incident, a two-and-a half-month old girl died following a wall collapse at Santalpur Dhar village in Vanthali taluka of Junagadh district. The India Meteorological Depart-
Minister of State, Government of Gujarat Pradipsinh Jadeja today visited the family of later police sub inspector Arjunsinh Vala who gave his life when on duty in April last year near Shamlaji in north Gujarat. Vala was hit by a car of bootleggers when he tried to stop it on 22 March last year. He died in private hospi-
tal in Ahmedabad on 10 April. Gujarat government had in special case approved entire cost of his treatment in Apollo hospital which was close to Rs 7.7 lakh. Shri Jadeja today handed over a relief cheque of Rs 6 lakh to Arjunsinh’s widow. Local MLA, MP, Mayor, Police Commissioner among others joined the minister during this visit.
south Gujarat regions, the state’s average rainfall this monsoon season has reached 88 per cent. Saurashtra has recorded 95.26 per cent rain this season, followed by south Gujarat (88.10 per cent), north Gujarat (81.27 per cent), Kutch (76.45 per cent) and north central region (77.11 per cent). With the start of monsoon retreat in the mid-September, Gujarat was staring at a rainfall deficit of 23 per cent against the national shortfall of 5 per cent. Following four days of good rainfall, Saurashtra dams, which were otherwise dried, started overflowing on Wednesday. At least eight dams were brimming and overflowing, control-rooms of irrigation circles of Rajkot and Bhavnagar said.
ment (IMD) has issued a heavy to very heavy rainfall warning across the state for Thursday and Friday. This would be followed by light to moderate rainfall till early next week. “Monsoon was vigorous over Gujarat region, Saurashtra, Kutch, Diu, Daman and Dadra Nagar Haveli,” the IMD’s release stated. As many as 79 talukas in the state received rainfall in the last 24 hours. Bhachau in Kutch received 175 mm rainfall, the highest in the state. It was followed by Lodhika in Rajkot and Lalpur in Jamnagar — both received 152 mm Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad rainfall. With this recent Chief Minister Vijay spell of rain concentrat- Rupani said today that ing on Saurashtra and Gujarat has attained self-reliance in power sector and has become a surplus state with 25,303 MW power generation capacity. The state government has switched its priority to long-term plans to harness non-conventional sources of energy like solar, wind and atomic energy, in addition to coal and gas. He said exuded confidence that Gujarat would ‘Fair and Lovely scheme’ remain in the forefront in for turning the black- the fields of research and money of the country’s development, adopting thieves into white. “The modern technology and money has not come into skill development in makthe pockets of farmers, la- ing India self-reliant in bour and small shopkeep- power sector. The Chief ers, but went into those of Minister was inaugurat15 top businessmen. Only ing the five-day Switch Modiji and his friends are Global Expo-2016 at Vahappy,” he said. Gandhi’s dodara with Union Miniscomment came two days ter of State (Independent after another Congress Charge) for Power, Releader Sanjay Nirupam newable Energy, Coal and had called the surgical Mines Piyush Goyal as strikes by Indian Army as the Chief Guest. He said fake asking for the proof that Gujarat has become a model state in the energy of the action by forces.
Anand district, and seven of his supporters were booked for assaulting public servants, rioting, unlawful assembly, trespassing and damaging public property. Some of the accused including some local journos were already nabbed from a hospital in Nadiad while Mr Patel was arrested this noon. To a query the SP said that the speaker of the assembly has been
informed about the arrest of Mr Patel as per the rule. (Prior permission from the speaker is taken before the arrest while the house remains in session and he is informed about the arrest later if the house is not in session.) According to police, the incident took place yesterday at a science fair organised by the Gujarat Education Department at Ratanpura village in Umreth Taluka. Patel and his supporters allegedly stormed into the venue and started arguing with Rakesh Khira, who works at the District Education and Training Centre here, for not mentioning his name on the event’s invitation card, according to the complaint.
In the Gujarat High Court: Govt objects to CBI investigation into Una flogging incident
The Gujarat government on Wednesday objected to a plea in the High Court for a CBI investigation into the Una flogging incident, saying the CID (Crime) has already filed a chargesheet after a thorough probe. The CID had filed the chargesheet in September, within two months of the assault by “gau rakshaks” on seven Dalits on July 11. In its reply, the government also objected to the petitioner’s submission that the CID
was not trustworthy as it allegedly botched up the probe into the 2012 Thangadh police firing, which had three Dalit lives. The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday asked the state government if it can prohibit downloading pirated version of location based-augmented reality game Pokemon Go, since the game is yet be officialy launched in the country. The court was hearing a set of PILs seeking a ban on the game alleging that it poses threat to public safety and also hurts religious sentiments of certain communities by showing images of eggs at places of worship. The court has kept the matter for further hearing after two weeks.
sector under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendrea Modi during his tenure as the Chief Minister. His concept of Panchshakti – including Urjashakti, Jalshakti, Janshakti, Rakshakti and Gyanshakti — has catapulted the state into the global map. Mr. Rupani listed the 3-phase 24×7 uninterrupted electricity to 18,000 villages under Jyoti Gram Yojna in the state, setting up separate transformers for 5.24 lakh domestic and agricultural consumers, providing electricity connections to one lakh farmers in the dark zone during the last fouir years, upgrading electricity network in the tribal areas at a cost
of Rs. 320-crore and in the coastal areas at a cost of Rs.200-crore, 1,000 MW solar power plant at Chanasma, canal-top solar power panels, rooftop solar panels in the state capital at Gandhinagar and canal-based micro-hydro turbines are some of the highlights. Even as Gujarat had become a petrochemical hub earlier, he said that Vadodara now produced about 23 per cent of electrical equipment in the country. Power Ministers from 42 countries, Power Ministers from 29 states and Mines Ministers in India are participating in the exhibition jointly organized by Government of India,
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PM Modi doing ‘dalali’ on the bodies of jawans: Rahul Gandhi (H.S.) | New Delhi
Correspondent | Vadodara
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Gujarat State President and its MLA Jayant Patel was today arrested by Umreth police in his home district of Anand where he and and his supporters had allegedly created a ruckus at a science fair in Ratanpura yesterday and assaulted an official and two teachers for not mentioning his name in the invitation of the government programme, S P Anand Saruabh Singh said today. Mr Singh said that a total of eight accused including Mr Patel alias Jayant Bosky, the MLA from Umreth in
Gujarat: Heavy rainfall fills up dams in Saurashtra, narrows deficit
Suicide prevention programme: Panel fields fewer questions on suicides, more on sexual issues
education has been an uncomfortable subject for Gujarat which shunned the first attempt at formalising it in 2009, when the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) launched an adult education programme in the country. The booklets that were prepared and distributed in schools were withdrawn and there was a virtual ban on such education in government schools. While private schools, prodded by NGOs, invariably get to introduce sex education as part of their teaching module, in government schools it largely remains a no-go zone, primarily because teachers find it “uncomfortable”.
Gujarat NCP MLA Jayant Patel alias Bosky arrested over Science Fair ruckus Correspondent | Anand
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Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi’s latest statement against Prime Minister Narendra Modi may trigger a major controversy as he accused him of doing business on the dead bodies of Army jawans. “Humare jawan hain jinho ne khoon diya hai,jinho ne surgical strike kiya, unke khoon ke peeche aap(PM) chhupe huye ho. Unki(jawans) aap(PM) dalali kar rahe ho. (Our jawans who sacrificed their lives, who did surgical strikes, you are hiding behind them. Encashing their sacrifice),” said Gandhi at an event on Thursday. He also accused Modi of making false promises to the people of the coun-
try. “Modi ji promised bank accounts to everyone, but there is no money in those accounts. All his promises were fake,” said Gandhi. Lashing out at Modi government, he said only the Prime Minister and his friends were “happy” as money has come into the pockets of 15 top businessmen and not the farmers, labour and small shopkeepers. “Modiji had said he has a 56-inch chest and will fight out corruption, but he instead brought out a
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