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Investors lose Rs 3.47 lakh crore in 2016 amid global market crash “Markets at 19-mth low” f e i r B s w Ne School lecturer rapes teenage student in Rajasthan
Sensex crashes 555 pts on China woes Domestic markets plunged to four-month lows in late morning deals as the benchmark BSE Sensex fell by more than 400 points to crack below the 25,000-level Agency | Mumbai
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A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her school lecturer for about five months in Lakshmipura village here, police said today.The lecturer, Ramesh Kumar Nayak, about five months ago, had threatened the victim, a class XI student, that he will upload her photos on the internet and on this pretext has raped her five-six times in a nearby jungle, Talera police station SHO, Jitendra Singh said.
Umang fires UP to four-wicket win against Mumbai Agency | Cuttack
Middle-order batsman Umang Sharma struck an unbeaten 47 to help Uttar Pradesh steal a tense four-wicket win against big guns Mumbai in the Group D Twenty20 cricket match of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy here today. Chasing 165 for a win at the Barabati Stadium, UP top-order batsmen squandered away good starts only to see Umang stay on with his 32-ball blitz and help the side achieve the target with two balls to spare.
Kapoor to be India’s ambassador to Israel Agency | New Delhi
In the worst crash this year, the benchmark Sensex on Thursday broke below the 25,000-level by tanking about 555 points to close at 24,851.83, a 19-month low, as global stock and currency markets reeled after China let the yuan fall faster to battle a slowing economy. The NSE Nifty too plunged headlong as it went below the 7,600-mark by falling 172.70 points, or 2.23 per cent, on massive selling across sectors. Realty, infra-
structure, auto, metal and capital goods were among the worst hit as investors got anxious amid a global sell-off. Power, PSU, oil and gas and banking shares also came under pressure. The 30-share BSE index resumed the day sharply lower in line with the global sell-off and remained weak throughout as selling intensified. The gauge ended with a steep fall of 554.50 points, or 2.18 per cent, at 24,851.83, its lowest closing since June tra-day, it hit a session’s 4, 2014, when it closed at 24,805.83. In- low of 24,825.70. The Sensex has now lost 1,309.07 points in four straight sessions. Asian markets were in deep red, with Shanghai shares crashing 7.32 per cent, forcing authorities to suspend trading less than half an hour after opening as the new circuit-breaker tripped for the second time
India identifies Jaish chief, 3 others as Pathankot attack handlers Agency | New Delhi
Pakistan-based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed’s chief Maulana Masood Azhar and his brother Abdul Rauf Asghar -mastermind of the IC-814 hijack case -- are among four people identified by Indian intelligence agencies as ‘handlers’ in the Pathankot airbase attack. The Indian agencies have found evidence that the attack “conspiracy” was hatched near Lahore, according to government sources. The details of the four people have been shared with Pakistan “through proper channel” and India has pressed for stern action against them as a condition for any future talks with Pakistan, the sources said. National Security Adviser Ajit Doval is understood to have spoken to his Paki-
March 2011. After getting below the 7,600-mark, the NSE Nifty touched the day’s low of 7,556.60 before settling at 7,568.30, a sharp fall of 172.70 points,
or 2.23 per cent. All the 30-Sensex constituents led by BHEL (6.98%), Tata Steel (6.85%) and Tata Motors (6.15%) ended in the negative territory.
Agency | Tripoli
15 people had been killed and 30 wounded. A rival news agency loyal to authorities in Tripoli, who are in control of Zliten, said at least 50 people had been killed and 127 wounded. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack. Libya has been beset by chaos since the 2011 overthrow of longtime dictator Moamer Kadhafi and the Islamic State group has been gaining increasing influence. The UN envoy to Libya, Martin Kobler, said on Twitter that the blast was a suicide attack. “I condemn in the strongest terms today’s deadly suicide attack in Zliten, call on all Libyans to urgently unite in fight against terrorism,” he wrote. Libya has had rival administrations since August 2014, when an Islamist-backed militia alliance overran Tripoli, forcing the government to take refuge in the east. The United Nations is pressing both sides to accept a power-sharing deal agreed in December.
Libya: Truck bomb kills at least 60 policemen, wounds 200
in a week. The fall came amid worries over a slowing growth in the world’s second-largest economy, which has roiled investors worldwide, and pressure on its currency from capital outflows. China’s central bank today lowered the yuan against the US dollar by 0.51 per cent to 6.5646, the lowest since
A truck bomb attack on a police training centre in Libya’s western city of Zliten has killed and wounded dozens of people, local media reports said on Wednesday. A report from the LANA national news agency under the control of Libya’s internationally recognised government said at least
structure across the states -- is struck in the Rajya Sabha due to continued opposition of the Congress and some other parties. The ruling alliance is in a minority in the upper House. Prime Minister Narendra Modi too had called on Gandhi -- their
first ever meeting -- last year to hammer out a deal on the GST bill. However, the talks did not yield any result. The Congress, however, said that the government should get serious about the GST and not limit itself to just the “optics of meetings.”
Naidu meets Sonia, Manmohan as govt reaches out to Cong on GST
stani counterpart Naseer Khan Janjua and shared all relevant evidence including voice data, they said. The evidence alleging JeM’s involvement in the recent attack may put a question mark on the scheduled foreign secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan in Islamabad on January 15. Those identified by the Indian agencies are Azhar, Rauf, Ashfaq and Kashim, the sources said. Rauf was the mastermind of the hijack of an Air India plane in
Kathmandu in 1999. The aircraft was later taken to Kandahar in Afghanistan. The eight-day hijack crisis had ended after the release of three hardcore militants including Azhar in exchange for the freedom of passengers and crew members who were held hostage. Asked as to what action India wants Pakistan to take against these four, the sources said they have to be arrested and handed to New Delhi so they can be questioned in the ongoing investigation.
Whether I am brand ambassador or not, India will remain Incredible: Aamir Khan
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Parliamentary affairs minister Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday drove down to meet Congress president Sonia Gandhi at her residence, intensifying the BJP-led government’s efforts to secure the main opposition party’s support for passage of the long-pending GST bill. Naidu also met former prime minister Manmohan Singh as part of the confidence-building exercise. The ambitious tax reform bill – which envisages a uniform tax
PDP writes to Governor, backs Mehbooba Mufti as next Jammu and Kashmir CM
Agency | Mumbai Senior diplomat Pavan ocratic Party (PDP) in Agency | Srinagar Kapoor has been ap- Superstar Aamir Khan, 1999. In 2002 Assembly People’s Democratic pointed India’s ambas- who has ceased to be the elections, PDP bagged 16 Party (PDP) has written sador to strategically mascot for the ‘Incrediseats and Sayeed for the to the Governor backing important Israel, where ble India’ campaign affirst time became Chief Mehbooba Mufti as the he will succeed Jaideep ter 10 years, today said Minister with the support next Jammu and KashSarkar. Kapoor, a 1990 he respects the governof Congress and some mir Chief Minister. “As batch Indian Foreign ment’s decision to “disindependent MLAs. In far as PDP is concerned, Service Officer, is cur- continue” his services 2004, Mehbooba conrently India’s High Com- while making it clear to do what is best for the ways be available for it. we are unanimous that tested and won her first missioner in Mozam- that he never charged country,” Aamir said in a I would like to clarify that Mehbooba shall succeed bique capital Maputo. anything for the task. statement, a day after the all public service films I Mufti Sahib,” senior PDP ba, who has assumed an of Bijbehara. Mehbooba Lok Sabha election, from “He is expected to take “It is the prerogative of Tourism Ministry said his have done till date have leader and Lok Sabha image of a fiery leader, played a key role in her south Kashmir. In 2008, up his assignment short- the government to de- contract for the campaign all been free of any cost member Muzaffar Hus- started her political ca- father’s victory as Con- she contested and was rely,” the External Affairs cide whether they need a was over. Aamir said it to me. It is always an hon- sain Baig told reporters. reer in 1996 by joining gress candidate in Lok turned as MLA from WaMinistry said in a state- brand ambassador for any had been an “honour and our for me to be of service Unlike the long delay Congress along with her Sabha elections of 1998 chi segment of Shopian in ment. The appointment campaign, and if so, who a pleasure” for him to to my country, and this is in stitching the alliance father. The 56-year-old when Sayeed defeated south Kashmir when PDP assumes significance as that ambassador should be the “Brand Ambas- how it will always be. “… with PDP last year, the mother of two daugh- NC’s Mohammad Yousuf bagged 21 seats but lost Israeli Prime Minister be. “I respect the deci- sador for the Incredible Whether I am brand am- BJP will have to make ters is also president of Taing from south Kash- power to NC-Congress Benjamin Netanyahu is sion of the government to India campaign for the bassador or not, India will up its mind quickly with the PDP. She won her mir. The Muftis, along coalition. In 2014, she likely to visit India this discontinue with my ser- past 10 years.” “I was remain Incredible, and the Budget Session of the first Assembly election with some key associates, was yet again returned as year. Modi may also pay vices. I am sure they will happy to be of service to that’s the way it should Assembly slated to begin as Congress candidate floated their own region- Lok Sabha member from on January 18. Mehboo- from her home segment al party, Peoples Dem- south Kashmir. a return visit to Tel Aviv. take all appropriate steps my country, and will al- be,” he said. Corpo. Office: A/41, Madhav Chamber’s, Shaktidhara Colony, Opp-Sayona Arcade, L.B.S. Road, Toll Naka, Bapunagar, Ahmedababad - 380024 Email: ssdaily2013@gmail.com Mo : 98250 98053
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Time for questions on Pathankot There is much relief as quiet finally returns to Pathankot. However, the immediate questions that need to be asked are about the way the security operation was carried out from the moment a specific intelligence alert came to the Centre about the possible targeting of the Pathankot airbase. This newspaper has already reported that by Christmas, a foreign intelligence agency had passed on a tip-off about terrorists planning to attack the base. Was that not treated with seriousness because most intelligence alerts do not mean anything? Is the response a reflection of the poor quality of general intelligence alerts? On January 1, early morning, the abducted Superintendent of Police, Salwinder Singh, reported to the local police that his vehicle had been snatched. By afternoon, the government at the Centre had confirmation about the presence of terrorists in Pathankot. What the security establishment did from that moment raises several questions. A meeting chaired by the National Security Adviser and attended by, among others, the chiefs of the Army and the Air Force, decided to rush NSG commandos from Delhi. How did they take that decision, when it was clear that an airbase had to be protected and terrorists could be anywhere in the district? Does this reflect the poor thinking of senior members of the security establishment? Or does it hint at autocratic decision-making in New Delhi without professional participation? Over the last few days, the government has been making a desperate effort to defend the course of action that was followed in fighting terrorists. From informal briefings in New Delhi to the formal briefing on Wednesday evening by Lt. Gen. K.J. Singh, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Command, the government has been putting up a spirited defence of the operations. Gen. Singh admitted that the first to react to the terrorists were the DSC (Defence Security Corps) and Garuds, but added that the second contact was the Army columns. As Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar did on Tuesday, Gen. Singh claimed that there was total operational synergy, and he justified the time taken by saying that forces had to be applied sequentially, and not simultaneously, and they were also careful to avoid a hostage situation and other eventualities. Despite the Pathankot airbase being at shouting distance from thousands of Army soldiers trained to deal with terrorists, why were they not even called in to provide perimeter security to the base? What was the need to send the NSG into a military installation where the Army’s para commandos and quick reaction teams would have been more familiar with the terrain? Why was the operational command not handed over to the senior-most Army commander on the ground?
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Sunny Deol hopeful of screening ‘Mohalla Assi’
Agency | Mumbai Actor Sunny Deol is hopeful that his film Mohalla Assi will be screened. The movie, starring Sunny Deol, is loosely based on Kashinath Singh’s popular Hindi novel Kashi Ka Assi, a satire on the commercialisation of the pilgrimage city and fake gurus who lure foreign tourists. In June last year, the film’s release was stayed by the court for allegedly hurting religious sentiments. Also, Mohalla Assi was leaked online in August 2015. “It is not in my hands, I can’t say anything. It is
sad. It’s a good film, those who have seen it have raved about it. Once Ghayal Once Again releases and becomes a success, Mohalla Assi will be screened 100%,” Sunny said in an interview here. However, he did not elaborate on how he plans to get the film across to the audience. The film has a lot of expletives, which did not go down well with certain people. “The film is based on a novel...it (expletives) is not brought into the film for commercial reasons. It is there because it is part of the script.
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QUOTE “ISIS, Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan and other like groups does not represent Islam. Daesh (alternate name of ISIS) is a terrorist organisation which is killing innocent OF THE people and the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan is weakening Pakistan internally,” - Hardline Hurriyat Conference & Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani has said... DAY
Sanjay Dutt set to walk free in Feb-end, says lawyer Agency | Pune
It is now certain that 56-year-old actor Sanjay Dutt, currently lodged in Yerawada Central Jail, will be a free man by the end of February, according to his lawyer. Dutt’s lawyer Hitesh Jain said, “Based on the remission that he is entitled to, he will be released in February. The exact date will be decided by the jail authorities.” The jail administration is now waiting for a state government order regarding an inquiry about Dutt reporting to jail two days late after a furlough. Since May 2013, Dutt has been serving the remaining 42 months of his fiveyear prison term in the Yerawada Central Prison following his conviction
in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case. His full sentence period ends in November this year, but if the remission of seven days per month he is entitled to is considered, he will be a free man by February-end. The remission is granted based on one’s behaviour in the jail and good work
he has done. In Dutt’s case, it would include his working for the jail radio station Radio YCP. Dutt had stayed out of jail for 118 days on paroles and furloughs in the first one year of his term at Yerawada, prompting many to raise questions whether the government was granting favours to him.
Bipasha Basu turns 37, shares a childhood pic to celebrate her birthday Agency | New Delhi
Bollywood’s sultry beauty Bipasha Basu turned 37 today (January 7) and she celebrated her birthday by sharing a collage of her childhood pics on Instagram. The actress, who is known to be a fitness freak, is on an extended vacation in Maldives with her rumoured boyfriend Karan Singh Grover. Bipasha, who was last seen onscreen in a horror movie ‘ Alone’, was hosting
a TV show ‘Darr Sabko Lagta Hai.’ In the shared picture, the actress looks pretty in two ponytails. She also shared a picture of her celebrating
her birthday over dinner. Sharing her pictureshe wrote, “Thank you all my sweethearts for all your love and beautiful birthday wishes.”
Suriya’s ‘Singam 3’ is now ‘S3’
Priyanka Chopra bags People’s Choice Award for Quantico, thanks fans Agency | Los Angeles
Bollywood actor Priyanka Chopra after she won the Favourite Actress in a New TV series award at the People’s Choice Awards (PCA) 2016 for her lead role in American TV thriller series Quantico. The former Miss World , who plays the role of an FBI agent named Alex Parish in the show, was competing against actresses like Emma Roberts, Jamie Lee Curtis, Lea Michele and Marcia Gay Harden in the category. Hollywood actor Vin Diesel presented her the award on Wednesday
evening. Priyanka is said to be the first South Asian actress to win a People’s Choice award. After winning the award, Priyanka took to Twitter to thank all for supporting her in her debut TV series. “I
am so fortunate! Thank you to everyone who voted for me at the #PCAs! My #PCManiacs- I am nothing without you! Big love,” she tweeted alongside a photograph of herself with the trophy.
on his blog. The Piku star has been shooting the film with Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Vidya Balan for sometime now. Despite the injury, the actor will be taking his
friends and fans to watch Wazir, which releases on Friday. “Hurt rib from shoot .. but ok .. taking friends Ef to WAZIR at South City Mall, Kolkata this evening !! YEA.”
film.” The director said he had first gone to the examining committee but the members there had a difference of opinion then we moved to the revising committee, which was presided by Nihalani himself. Jha said Nihalani could have discussed and a solution could have been found but instead he handed over many cuts to him. He has suggested 11 cuts and told me to beep the word ‘saala’. If I be-
gin to do that then I have to beep it in 50 places.” Nihalani, however, said that Jha was not telling the whole truth. “I can’t talk about each and every movie that comes for certification. Prakash Jha had come to us and we had agreed to give him ‘A’ certificate without any cuts but he wanted an U/A certificate. We did not agree to it. He is not telling the entire truth,” he said.
Amitabh Bachchan injures rib cage during ‘TE3N’ shoot Agency | Kolkata
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan injured his rib cage while shooting for his upcoming drama TE3N here but assured fans not to worry. The 73-yearold actor said he suffered the injury last night and is taking pain killers. “No nothing to worry... I have injured my rib cage, it pains and so when I breathe it hurts. Am doing ice-pack and pain-killers, spoken to my doctor... should take 48 hours to heal, he says. Else we do X-Ray or MRI or whatever he decides,” Bachchan posted
Prakash Jha criticises Pahlaj Nihalani for demanding cuts in ‘Jai Gangaajal’ Agency | New Delhi
Agency | Chennai The first look posters and the movie name were revealed at 12 am. All these while it was unofficially called as “Singam 3” as it is the third film made by the same team mainly featuring Hari and Suriya. The makers’s decision to have a new name has come as a surprise to the audience. Singam 3 Movie First Look to be released today Makers are planning to unveil the poster of the movie at 12 PM on January
7. Also, it was said that they will be launching six new stylish avatars of Suriya. Buzz is saying that makers will be conducting a debate on the title change in twitter. The are tweeting with hashtag #SuriyaHariCombo. Actually, movie should commence for a shoot in December but due to unpredicted rains in Chennai, makers planning to begin the shoot from 7th January 2016 in Vizag. Suriya and Hari’s movie title might go for a change if they are collaborating
for a fresh subject, say reports. Meanwhile, the fans are ready to welcome the first look. They are using a few hashtags to create trends on social networking sites. The official hashtag used to generate buzz is #SuriyaHariCombo. Coming back to “Singam”, the first instalment redefined Suriya’s mass avatar and his character of cop Durai Singam was highly successful. He sported handlebar moustache in the two instalments, which had Anushka Shetty in the female lead role.
Filmmaker Prakash Jha has accused censor board chief Pahlaj Nihalani of asking for bizarre cuts in his upcoming Priyanka Chopra-starrer ‘Jai Gangaajal’, including the removal of word ‘saala’. Jha said the cuts suggested by the Nihalani will ruin the texture of the movie and he has moved to the tribunal against the decision of the revising committee of the board. “What can I say? He wanted to give ‘A’ certificate. When I asked why, he said, ‘There are many abusive words in your movie. There is word saala’. He wanted us to remove word and certain scenes but I don’t think it is an abuse. It is used regularly by people. It is important to the texture of the movie,” Jha said. “There is nothing explicit in the movie. My films deal with social issues and making those changes will be an injustice to my
3 / Dt. 08-01-2016, Friday Govt likely to give oil cess relief to domestic producers
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Apurvi Chandela smashes world record, wins gold at Swedish Cup Grand Prix
Agency | New Delhi For the first time in over four decades, the Government is likely to convert a cess on domestically produced crude oil into an ad-valorem rate from a fixed per tonne levy, at present. The Budget for 2016-17, the second full year Budget by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is likely to make changes in the way Oil Industry Development Cess is levied to provide relief to companies like ONGC and Cairn India that are being battered by oil prices plunging to 11-year low. “There are indications the Budget may announce an ad valorem rate of cess instead of Rs 4,500 per tonne fixed levy currently,” a senior government official said. The ad valorem rate of cess will results in higher payouts when prices are high and lower when rates fall. Currently, stateowned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) and Oil India Ltd (OIL) pay a cess of Rs 4,500 per tonne on crude oil they produce from their allotted fields on a nomination basis. Cairn has to pay the same cess for oil from the Rajasthan block. With oil prices dropping to an 11-year low of under USD 35 per barrel, the cess translates into one-third of the realisation going away in just one levy.
Call drops: TRAI to conduct test in seven cities to assess the quality of service
Agency | New Delhi With the government and operators claiming improvement on call drop front, telecom regulator Trai is conducting tests in seven cities, including Delhi and Mumbai, to find whether quality of service has improved. A Trai official said that drive tests in seven cities across the country started on December 21 and are likely to end by January 8. The cities are — Delhi, Mumbai, Surat, Kolkata, Pune, Bhubaneswar and Indore. Drive tests are conducted to assess coverage and quality of service of mobile networks. Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has said that call drop problem is improving and operators are putting up more tower sites. The Minister last month said a total of 29,000 new telecom towers were installed by private telecom operators across the country after government took strong exception to the problem of call drops. Operators have also said that they have taken steps to rein in call drops.
Xiaomi Redmi 3 Expected to Launch on Tuesday
Agency | New Delhi Xiaomi, soon after confirming Mi 5 launch details, has now confirmed that the Redmi 3 smartphone will be launching on Tuesday. The company teased the smartphone with launch details on Weibo, which is the Chinese equivalent of Twitter. The teaser image also included an image that showed the rear of the handset featuring a textured back panel. We can expect to hear more about the new rear panel design from Xiaomi at launch. The teaser image also spilled some of the details of the handset such as the screen size to be 5-inch and a metal unibody chassis.
Agency | New Delhi Indian shooter Apurvi Chandela broke the world record on way to winning gold in the women’s 10 metre air rifle event at the Swedish Cup Grand Prix. Chandela shot 211.2 in the event held on Tuesday to surpass the feat of
Chinese Olympic gold medallist Yi Siling, who held the record with 211. The result marked a positive start for Chandela, who has already qualified for the Rio Olympics. The silver and bronze went to Swedish shooters Astrid Steffensen (207.6) and
Stine Nielsen (185.0). An elated Chandela said: “This gold at Sweden has further strengthened my resolve to bag a medal at the Rio Olympics this year. The support, encouragement and wishes received from my well wishers from Rajasthan has stood me in good stead in various international tournaments.” Chandela had won the gold in the National Championships held last month. She had won an Olympic quota place for India after winning a bronze in the ISSF World Cup in Changwon, Korea in April last year.
SPORTS ROUNDUP Hashim Amla resigns as SA Test captain, de Villiers to take over Agency | Cape Town
Hashim Amla announced a shock decision to resign as South African captain after leading his team to a draw in the second Test at Newlands on Wednesday. “I felt someone else could do a better job,” Amla told journalists. “The decision was not made over the last couple of days. It was made at least two weeks ago.” AB de Villiers will lead South Africa in the remaining two matches of a series which England lead 1-0. “I had chatted to a few of the guys before this so this did not come as a massive shock to them,” said Amla. “We have a very tight leadership team -- myself, AB, billed by New Zealand Faf (du Plessis), quite a coach Mike Hesson as the few of the senior guys. start of an extended run of selection matches ahead of the World Twenty20 in India with limited overs specialist Colin Munro brought back into the side. Munro did his chances no harm with the bat, scoring 36 while batting at number three, but his medium pace bowling was too full and did not put pressure on the Sri Lankan batsmen as he conceded 17 runs in Agency | Sydney two overs. Australia’s David Warner lit up the fifth day of the weather-ravaged third Test against West Indies with an 82-ball century before the dead rubber contest petered out in a draw at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) on Thursday. A draw and a 2-0 series victory for the
Trent Boult, Grant Elliott bowl New Zealand to tense T20 win over Sri Lanka Agency | Wellington
Trent Boult produced an economical spell of bowling to take three wickets and help New Zealand to a tense three-run win over Sri Lanka in their first Twenty20 international on Thursday. Boult combined his speed with strict line and length to finish with 3-21 off four overs and had the dangerous Milinda Siriwardana caught in the deep for 42 to leave the visitors needing 30 runs off the final three overs. The left-armer then took a vital catch to dismiss Nuwan Kulasekara for 14 in the final over bowled by Grant Elliott, before Chamara Kapugedera was brilliantly run out by Martin Guptill with a bullet throw for 17. The
visitors needed 13 runs off the final over but fell short as Elliott, back after a broken hand, sent down composed six deliveries that restricted them to 179-9 chasing New Zealand’s 182-4 in their 20 overs. Siriwardana and Thisara Perera (28) had got their side back into the game with 49 runs in 32 balls after Boult, Matt Henry and leg spinner Ish Sodhi had reduced the visitors to 84-5 in the 10th over. The match had been
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) regime, under Shashank Manohar, has started making wholesome changes in the way cricket is run in the country. However, if the Supreme Court-appointed Justice RM Lodha-panel’s recommendations could take it to different level, if implemented in toto. It has not been long when national selector Roger Binny was shown the door for his apparent ‘conflict of interest’, given that his son Stuart Binny was part of Team India, or former India selector Narendra Hirwani was orders to withdraw from the Madhya Pradesh state selection committee for the reason that his son Mihir has been part of state’s agegroup team. However, Justice Lodha panel has not stopped there. The panel has taken the contentious ‘conflict of interest’ issue a wider reach where no one in the BCCI or in state associations would have to choose between “his job or his son”. In simpler words, for example Sachin Tendulkar, even if approached
AB is very able and a brilliant captain himself.” On what had been expected to be aHashim Amla low-key final day after high scoring in the first innings, Amla’s captaincy ended on a high. After scoring 201 in a South African fightback following a battering by a Ben Stokes-inspired England in the first innings of the match, Amla had one of his better days in the field as England lost six
second innings wickets by mid-afternoon. Jonny Bairstow and Moeen Ali negotiated the rest of the afternoon and England were on 159 for six, leading by 161 runs, when play was called off. Amla had explained in a statement: “After careful consideration and considerable thought, I wish to announce I will be stepping down as captain of the Proteas Test team with immediate effect.
hosts was always the most likely result after all but 11 overs of day two and the entirety of days three and four were washed out. Australia dismissed West Indies for 330 to bring up lunch before Man of the Match Warner launched his assault on the visiting bowlers. A few thousand fans attracted by free entry were treated to a typi-
cally aggressive display of batting by the left-hander, who had notched up 122 not out to help Australia to 176 for two when the players shook hands on the draw. The 29-year-old hit two sixes, including one over cow corner to bring up his half century, and 14 fours in his 103ball knock, heaping more indignity onto a West Indies bowling attack which took just 12 wickets over the series. He reached his 16th Test century when he swept the ball down leg side for three runs before leaping into the air in his now traditional celebration of the milestone.
off 15 balls on Monday. Gayle said he was happy to be interviewed “just to see your eyes for the first time”, before adding, “Don’t blush, baby”. “Chris Gayle has strongly denied allegations first published by Fairfax Media that he indecently exposed himself to a woman during last year’s World Cup in Sydney,” Gayle’s manager Simon Auteri said in a statement. “Despite such denials Fairfax Media continues to pub-
lish the false and defamatory allegations which have received widespread re-publication in media throughout the world. “As a result Chris Gayle has retained Mark O’Brien, a leading Australian media lawyer to immediately commence defamation proceedings against Fairfax Media.” The storm surrounding the star Jamaican cricketer intensified yesterday as new allegations about his behaviour towards women emerged.
Australia lift Frank Worrell trophy as Sydney Test ends in draw
Justice Lodha panel seeks to give ‘conflict of interest’ clause a wider ambit Agency | New Delhi
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Chris Gayle to file defamation case against Fairfax Media Agency | Melbourne
by BCCI or Mumbai Cricket Association, will not be able to take up any administrative job if his son Arjun is part of any state team. Tendulkar is currently part of the BCCI-appointed Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) along with Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman. The three-member Lodha panel has talked about the ‘conflict of interest’ in the BCCI and at the state association level in detail, widening its ambit by bringing in office-bearers and representative of full member under its purview. Earlier, the debatable is-
sue was merely confined to the role of selectors but the panel has suggested that the ‘conflict of interest’ can’t just include the selectors. Similarly, Shah is serving as the honorary secretary of the Saurashtra Cricket Association (SCA) since 1972, and his son, Jaydev Shah, leads the state Ranji Trophy team. He has played 102 first class matches since making debut in 2002-03 season. On the issue of former players and administrators running cricket academies, this could well cause more wrinkles on the forehead of some former players.
Under-fire Chris Gayle has sought the services of a leading Australian lawyer to start defamation proceedings against Fairfax Media over allegations that the West Indian cricketer indecently exposed himself to a woman in Sydney during the World Cup last year. The allegations came to the fore following Gayle’s widely-criticised live interview with Ten Sports’ female presenter Mel McLaughlin while playing for Melbourne Renegades in the Big Bash League. The Renegades slapped a fine of USD 10,000 for making controversial remarks to McLaughlin, who found herself being asked out for a drink after Gayle blasted 41 runs
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Gujarat HC rejects petition of judicial Gujarat: Man robbed of Rs 4.5 lakh, officer for reinstatement, quashing probe suspects caught on CCTV Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
The Gujarat High Court has dismissed the petition of a suspended principal civil judge who had sought reinstatement and quashing of the departmental inquiry against him. The judicial officer was suspended following allegations of sexual advancements, seeking sexual favours from women and corruption. A chargesheet was filed against him in June 2012. The division bench of Justices Akil Kureshi and Mohinder Pal last month dismissed the petition moved by Dipak
N Tapodhan, who was working as principal civil judge when allegations cropped up against him. After the order dismissing his reinstatement petition was passed on December 10, the suspended judicial officer filed another plea seeking to modify the earlier petition, but it was too re-
jected on December 23. Tapodhan sought quashing of the inquiry against him on the ground that it was initiated upon by an “anonymous and pseudonymous complaint”. He argued that such complaints should not have been entertained by the High Court administration. The petitioner men-
Gujarat Govt cuts rates of piped natural gas by Rs 5
Sunvilla News | Gandhinagar
A day after announcing a hike in the rates of petrol and diesel by increasing the VAT and cess on the fuel, the state government Wednesday announced a reduction in rates of Piped Natural Gas (PNG ) by Rs 5 per cubic metre. State Energy Minister Saurabh Patel said the reduced rates would benefit around 2,800 small and medium industrial units of the state. He added that from January 1, reduction of Rs 3 per cubic metre of PNG will be implemented, while from April 1, the rates would be cut
by further Rs 2 per cubic metre. With this reduction in price, small and medium industries will save Rs 623 crore on their PNG consumption bill every year, the government said. Patel said the reduction in PNG prices is a result of the efforts of the state government and officials
of Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation (GSPC) during the signing of contract between India’s Petronet LNG Limited and Qatar’s RasGas Company. Gujarat Gas Limited buys imported Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) and provides the same to its industrial units.
Civil Airport Harni to get Netherlands-imported fire tenders
tioned that action of the High Court and subsequent chargesheet were “illegal”, as being a judicial officer he should have been protected by the High Court against “frivolous complaints”. While dismissing the petition, the division bench brushed aside this contention, stating, “…Unless it is pointed out that the allegations are ex-facie (on the face of it) baseless and not supported by any material on record, chargesheet cannot be quashed. This was not even the contention of the advocate of the petitioner.”
Correspondent | Vadodara
A man was robbed of Rs 4.5 lakh by two motorcycle-borned assailants on Wednesday at Vadodara’s busy Sursagar Lake Road, police said. The incident occurred at around 6 pm, when one Rakesh Goswami, was travelling with a bag of cash amounting to Rs 4.5 lakh entrusted to him by a city angadia, police said. “In his police complaint, Goswami said he was walking towards his car which was parked his car near the music college at Sursagar Lake Road, when the motorcy-
cle came from behind him. One of the men snatched the bag and they sped away,” Inspector P G Patel of Raopura police station said. With the help of
Goswami’s inputs and CCTV footage, the police have narrowed down to two suspects in the case. A manhunt is on to nab them.
Gujarat: No foul play in death of BJP leader Praffulgiri Goswami, say police
Centre mulling to relieve teachers from poll duties: MoS HRD
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Union Minister of State (MoS) for HRD Ram Shankar Katheria today said the Centre was mulling to relieve government school teachers from non-academic assignments such as election duty etc, in order to improve the quality of education. According to Katheria, deliberations are on to find out a solution so that teachers are not occupied in such non-academic work which adversely affects the education of children. “These school teachers are given election and Census data collection duties. They are also given assignments for implementing various schemes. Our government has taken up this issue. We are doing deliberations to find out a solution,” said Kathe-
Ruling out foul play as the cause of the sudden death of BJP leader Praffulgiri Goswami on December 24, Vadodra Police said on Wednesday that he died due to myocardial heart failure according to the viscera report submitted by the the SSG Hospital. “We have received the report from doctors at SSG hospital regarding the examination of the viscera. It states that Goswami suffered a myocardial heart failure due to excessive consumption of alcohol. This has ruled out any angle of suspicion of foul play,” Commissioner of Police, Vadodara, E Radhakrishana said. Doctors of the SSG hospital submitted a concluding medical report
to the Vadodara police on Wednesday evening, after drawing conclusions from the findings of the Gandhinagar Forensic Laboratory. According to the report, Goswami died due to myocardial heart failure, arising out of excessive consumption of ethyl alcohol, the compound found in liquor. An expert from SSG hospital said
heart failure is a common result of excessive alcohol consumption. The doctor said, “Alcohol consumption can cause sudden cardiovascular changes that can lead to unexpected death. When consumed in excessive amounts, alcohol can cause cardiac enlargement, which was evident in the autopsy conducted on Goswami.”
Sunvilla News | Gandhinagar
ria, who was here for the 19th Nirma International Conference on Management held at Nirma University. He further stated that the government also wanted to make sure that the teachers focused only on imparting education. The issue of putting teachers for election as well as Census duties has been a widely debated issue in India, as directives also came from Supreme Court in this regard in the past, where it asked the government not to assign such duties to teachers during working hours. Time and again, various teachers’ associations as well as schools across India have raised objections on the practice, claiming such non-academic tasks given to the teachers was hampering the education of children.
Traffic fines may go up 10 times 13th Traditional Food Festival ‘Sattvik’
this weekend at IIMA new campus
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Correspondent | Vadodara
The state-run Harni civil airport here would soon get two crash fire tenders imported from Netherlands, an official said today. The new fire tenders are expected to arrive in the city within a month and would replace three BEML-Tatra crash fire tenders currently in use, fire services department in charge M M Chandanshiye said today. “An airport crash fire tender, known in some countries as airport fire appliance, is a specialised fire engine designed for use in aircraft rescue and fire-
fighting at aerodromes,” he said. The old fire tenders may be sent to the airports in Kandla, Bhuj or Diu, Chandanshiyehe added. The Airport Authority of India’s professionally-trained staff provides high-tech fire fighting services of different categories at its airports, depending on criticality. It also works in close co-ordination with the city Fire Brigade through hotlines, in the event of a fire incident, he said. Last August, officials of the AAI’s local office here had written to the Vadodara Municipal Commissioner H S
Patel to renew the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the airport and the city’s fire service. The MoU expired on September 18, 2015, and renewal is awaited, he said. As many as 16 flights operate daily from the Harni airport, which is located on the outskirts of the city, the official said. The flyers include foreigners, MNC executives and officials of organisations such as Bombardier, Alstom, TBEA, Reliance Industries Limited, Gujarat Refinery, GSFC, L&T, ONGC, among others, he added.
Sunvilla News | Gandhinagar
The state government is mulling five to 10 times hike in fine charged for traffic rules violations. The minimum fine which is now a paltry Rs 50 and Rs 100 is likely to be raised to between Rs 250 and Rs 500. The move, which is under consideration since two years now, is likely to be expedited in the wake of alarming rise in number of accidental deaths and traffic snarls plaguing major cities of Gujarat. State transport minister Vijay Rupani said the transport department has prepared a draft proposal for various mea-
sures to improve traffic management in the state including a substantial hike penalty to curb violations. “Present penalty rates are very less. It has been observed that people do not mind paying a fine than adhere to road traffic and safety regulations. We are awaiting central government guidelines while announcing more measures to improve traffic enforcement.” Top sources in the depart ment said, “The mini mum fine is likely to be increased to Rs 250 to Rs 500 per offence. Repeat offenders who have been fined for thrice risk losing their driving licence.”
Society for Research and Initiatives for Sustainable Technologies and Institutions (SRISTI) will host the Sattvik – 13th Traditional Food Festival during January 9 to 11, 2016. The unique food festival will be organized at IIM Ahmedabad’s new campus. Shri O P Kohli, Governor of Gujarat, will inaugurate the festival on Saturday, January 9, 2016. The festival aims to take people back to their roots and renew their interest in forgotten, traditional recipes, lesser known grains, vegetables and minor millets. SRISTI has ensured that only healthy, maidafree recipes are allowed to participate in the festival. All the recipes have been tested and verified by SRISTI and those that did not meet the standards, have been disqualified by SRISTI. The festival will host unique and interest-
ing recipes such as Israeli Ghughra and Yam Tikki (Jewish recipes), Manipuri Black Rice Kheer, Singju (salad) and Umorok (King Chilli Pickle), Uttarakhand’s Ramdana Kheer, Ghughani and Paan Milkshake from West Bengal, Barra Gulla, Ragi Tea and Arissa from Odisha, Pongal from Tamil Nadu, Kaang Sheera from Himachal Pradesh, Gundali Kheer from Jharkhand, Saati Ki Kadhi and Paratha from Haryana, Sindhi Kadhi besides Gujarati recipes like Cactus ice-cream made using stevia, Surti Ponk, among others. For
the first time, a Maldhari association will participate in Sattvik to sell camel milk and sheep milk. “We have ensured that only quality produce and recipes that use traditional grains, millets or vegetables from respective states are allowed at the food festival. Cotton seed oil, for example, has not been allowed in cooking to prevent the harmful effects of BT Cotton. There are very few dishes that are deep fried and some recipes have been modified to make them healthier,” said Ramesh Patel, secretary of SRISTI.
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