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Hardik is likely to be the CM face of Shiv Sena in Gujarat election later this year
Hardik Patel will be face of Shiv Sena The state’s 182 constituencies will go to polls later this year, with the Bharatiya Janata Party fighting anti-incumbency
Agency | New Delhi With an eye on the Gujarati vote, Uddhav Thackeray and Hardik Patel put up a joint show on Tuesday, with the Patidar leader endorsing the Shiv Sena’s work in Mumbai and calling himself a fan of the late Bal Thackeray. The leader of Gujarat’s Patel quota movement, who is a major critic of the Narendra Modi-led government, said the Sena is capable of heading into the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections by itself and does not need anyone’s support. “A tiger is a tiger whether in a cage or on the loose. He has the same qualities and capa-
bilities. The Shiv Sena is capable of contesting in Mumbai on its own strength,” said Patel at a joint press conference. Uddhav hinted at the possibility of a tie-up with Patel for the Gujarat assembly polls later this year. “Why can’t he (Patel) be Shiv Sena’s face for the polls? But
nothing has been decided or discussed yet. This was just our first meeting and everything cannot be discussed in one meeting,” he said. Though Patel denied he would campaign for the Sena, the Patidar agitation leader said he would support the party whenever required. The
Sena, which has been in an alliance with the BJP in Maharashtra since 1995, recently split from its partner. Although the tie-up will remain at the state level, the parties are gunning for each other in the election to the BMC, the country’s richest municipal body. This is the first time that the two parties are contesting the civic polls independently, and the Gujarati vote is a key factor in at least 40 of the 227 seats. The Gujarat leader’s support is expected to be a shot in the arm for the Sena, which has been trying to woo the community by inducting influential leaders, poaching from the BJP and attempting
a-half hours, comes a day after Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge hit out at the ruling NDA, saying that Mahatma and Indira Gandhi sacrificed their lives for the nation but the BJP is diving the nation on religious lines. PM Modi also recalled the time during
Emergency when opposition leaders were jailed and freedom of expression was curtailed. In a direct reference to the UPA dispensation at the Centre, PM Modi drew parallels between the working style of the Congress and the BJP. “In 2014 elections, one party was campaigning on whether they would give 9 or 12 cylinders. But after coming to power, we asked people whether they were willing to give up subsidy. So many people gave up subsidy,” he said. He, however, added that every government has made a contribution to the coun-
to discharge their duties to pay up their creditors,” Justice Vineet Kothari said in his order allowing petitions by banks and aircaft lessors. Justice Kothari of the Dharwad Bench of the
High Court pronounced the order through video conferencing. The creditors including BNP Paribas, the lead petitioner, State Bank of India and aircraft lessors.
to project a cosmopolitan image rather than a strictly pro-Marathi one. Earlier in the day, Patel
In his reply to the discussion on motion of thanks to the President’s address on February 1, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Tuesday said that not many were lucky to join the freedom struggle before the country gained independence, but they are living and working towards the betterment of India. “There are many people here like me who were born after independence, Assam Bud focuses we were not lucky to fight in the freedom struggle, but on tea garden we are living and working workers, farmers for India,” said PM Modi. The prime minister’s reply, that lasted at least one-and-
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Agency | Guwahati The Assam government today announced interest-free crop loans to farmers and Rs 5,000 incentive to all tea garden workers opening bank account to receive their wages following the demonetisation decision. Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, whose budget speech was one of the longest and lasted for four hours, emphasised on financial inclusion of all sections, including farmers.
dhav ji discussed their respective views on fight against social injustice and the way forward,”
tweeted Uddhav’s son Aaditya Thackeray, who heads the Shiv Sena’s youth wing.
trajan’s Swearing In As Tamil Nadu CM Depends On Governor Vidyasagar Rao’s Travel Plans Rao, who is in Mumbai, has no plans to go to Chennai as of now, Raj Bhavan sourc-
es in Mumbai said, indicating that he could take a decision tomorrow. Rao, who is Maharashtra governor, is holding additional charge of Tamil Nadu. With the Supreme Court expected to deliver its verdict in the disproportionate assets case against Sasikala and others next week, political uncertainty grew as opposition parties attacked the move to elevate her as chief minister and
the AIADMK coming out in strong defence of her. On a day of hectic activities, P H Pandian, a former Speaker of state Assembly, and his son Manoj, a party functionary, stoutly opposed Sasikala being made the chief minister and alleged foul play in the death of Jayalalithaa who was “pushed” at her Poes Garden home during a quarrel that led to her hospitalisation on September 22.
it has only added to corruption. He said that the government is presenting a wrong picture of the economy to the people as the RBI itself has stated that no positive impact has taken place after demonetisation. He also accused the government of shifting goalposts by first
talking about ending corruption and flushing out black money by demonetisation, and then talking about cashless economy and digitisation. Reacting to Modi’s speech, Tharoor said a good speech will not bring good days, as for that, there is a need to do some work.
Suspense mounts over swearing-in of Sasikala, row over Jayalalithaa’s death escalates (H.S.) | Chennai
Suspense mounted on Tuesday over the swearing-in of V K Sasikala as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu with the Governor deferring his plans to go to Chennai, as charges and counter-charges flew thick and fast between AIADMK and rebel leaders over the death of J Jayalalithaa. In the wake of uncertainty over Governor Vidyasagar Rao’s plans, the AIADMK asserted it was the constitutional obligation of the Governor to swear in Sasikala as Chief Minister and that there is no ground for stopping it. Sasikala Na-
PM Narendra Modi’s marathon speech in Lok Sabha: Fight is for poor, interests of nation supreme (H.S.) | New Delhi
called on Uddhav at his residence, where the two had an hour-long chat. “Hardikbhai and Ud-
try. Expressing surprise over the Swachh Bharat mission being turned into a political issue, PM Modi asked the Opposition to join hands and work with the government for a cleaner India. “I was surprised that there were some who made cleanliness also a political issue. Why can’t we work together on ushering a Swachh Bharat.
Shashi Tharoor in Lok Sabha: No positive impact of demonetisation on economy Agency | New Delhi
Attacking the government over demonetisation, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor Tuesday said there has been no positive impact on the economy due to note ban. Speaking in Lok Sabha after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s fiery speech earlier in the day in the House, Tharoor said, “Even the RBI has said that demonetisation did not bring the change as promised by the government”. Questioning the government’s move to replace Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes with new ones, Tharoor said
Big blow to Vijay Mallya, Karnataka HC orders winding up of UBHL Agency | Bengaluru
In a big blow to liquor baron Vijay Mallya, the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday ordered the winding up of United Breweries (Holdings) Ltd (UBHL), the parent company of UB Group, for recovering dues payable by the UBHL-promoted defunct Kingfisher Airlines Limited. “This court has come to a conclusion that the respondent company UBHL deserves to be wound up for failure
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On Tuesday, stocks of Indian IT majors such as Infosys, Wipro, HCL and TCS took a beating at the Mumbai Stock Exchange following the introduction of a new bill in the US House of Representatives. Introduced by the Californian Democrat, Zoe Lofgren, the bill seeks to more than double the minimum salary of H-1B visa holders from $ 60,000 to $ 1,30,000. While there have been earlier attempts at legislation to amend the rules pertaining to the H-1B visa programme, the bill introduced by Lofgren rang alarm bells in the Indian IT sector because it was accompanied by news that US President Donald Trump has drafted an executive order to overhaul the visa programme software services firms use to send skilled workers to the US. Reportedly, Trump’s senior policy adviser Stephen Miller has proposed scrapping the existing lottery system used to award the visas and replacing it with a system that favours visa petitions for jobs that pay the highest salaries. For the Indian IT sector that has been facing a loss in profitability, the proposed amendments to the H-1B visa programme could not have come at a worse time. The restrictions could have a negative spinoff on the US economy as well. The US Citizenship and Immigration Services rules stipulate that 65,000 H-1B visas be awarded every year to foreign nationals working in “specialty” areas including computer programmers, scientists and engineers (another 20,000 such visas are awarded to foreign nationals working in the US). About 65 per cent of them go to the technology sector. The former US ambassador to India, Richard Verma, estimated last year, that around 70 per cent of the H-1B visas are given to Indian workers annually. Many tech companies in Silicon Valley tend to hire Indians in technical roles directly or use their services through Indian software companies such as TCS, Wipro and Infosys. There has been criticism that these companies use the H-1B visas to fill entry-level IT jobs. Donald Trump and other protectionists in the US establishment would want these jobs to go to Americans. But representatives of Silicon Valley majors like Microsoft and Google have reiterated that the H-1B visas are critical for recruiting specialised workers for jobs they can’t fill with US citizens — writing code, for example, is a dying pursuit amongst Americans. Having said that, Indian software companies need to de-risk their business methods. They must leverage technological breakthroughs — in robotics and artificial intelligence, for example. Trump’s “America First” goal could be the spur for India’s badly-delayed participation in the automation revolution — the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
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“Further, about Rs. 8,000 crore of credits in the undisclosed foreign accounts of Indians, whose names were disclosed by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), have been detected,” - Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.
Kangana Ranaut visits BSF headquarters Jolly LLB’s Actor Huma in Jammu; shakes a leg with jawans! Qureshi’s Diet and Fitness Secret Agency | Mumbai (H.S.) | New Delhi
National Award winning actress Kangana Ranaut will felicitate and interact with jawans at an Army camp in Jammu on Tuesday. She will also pay tributes at the martyrs’ memorial. Kangana will be next seen as ‘fearless Julia’, a leading actress who travels, performs and entertains soldiers of the Indian British Army, in Vishal Bhardwaj’s period drama “Rangoon”. While shooting for “Rangoon”, Kangana got a chance to understand the life of a soldier and hence decided to appreciate and honour their courage, read a statement issued on behalf of the filmmakers. Apart from Kangana, the film features Shahid Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan. Co-produced by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures and Sajid Nadiadwala under his banner Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment, Rangoon is slated for release on February 24. Recently, she made some interesting statements about what would have happened if she had not bagged Gangster. While talking about the turning points in her career, Kangana said on a TV show, Vh1 Inside Access: “I think the first ever would be the break that I got from my film ‘Gangster’… Because I remember getting a very shady offer, I think it was not a right movie. But I was like, ‘Okay, fine, I’ll do it’.” She added.
uma Qureshi seems to be extremely busy promoting her new film Jolly LLB with Akshay Kumar, where she looks prettier than ever. Huma plays the role of Pushpa Pandey in this courtroom drama, where lawyer Jagdishwar Mishra (Akshay), fights a case against the ruthless and powerful lawyer Sachin Mathur (Annu Kapoor). Expectations are quite high for this Bollywood feature with the ace star cast, and it is slated to release this Friday. Huma’s new look is garnering attention as well, as she seems to have transformed into a fitter and better version of herself. Many of our Bollywood actors and actresses have gone through huge transformations as far as their fitness and diet are concerned. The list includes names like Parineeti Chopra, Arjun Kapoor,Sonakshi Sinha, Alia Bhatt and now, Huma Qureshi. Huma won many hearts with her power performance in her debut film Gangs of Wasseypur. Though the actress says that she is not apologetic about how she looks, in the recent months, she has shown some remarkable changes, especially for her movie Badlapur. Huma’s fitness strategy seems more like a means to remain fit rather than undergo drastic weight loss. Huma has always managed to carry herself well, be it on camera or off camera. She looks immensely gorgeous in her movies and in all the other shows. Huma focuses on living a healthy life and be a better version of herself.
Kareena Kapoor Khan Will Advise Son Taimur To “Be Humble, Ignore Everything Else” Agency | New Delhi
Kareena Kapoor Khan, who walked the ramp at the Lakme Fashion Week grand finale over the weekend, talked about her son Taimur Ali Khan Patudi, who was born just 45 days earlier on December 20 and said that her advice to her son would be to be humble, reported news agency. Soon after Kareena and Saif announced the name of their son, social media erupted with angry comments as many users thought Taimur’s name resembled that of a 14th century Mongol invader. Many friends and relatives asked the social media trolls to back off and mind their business and now, Kareena, 36, said that she’ll raise her son to “do what he wants to do and ignore everything else.” She said. “It is tough in today’s times with social media. But it is the environment that he will be brought up in and we are going to teach him exactly what we believe in.” “I want to look at it like he is going to get the best of his parents. I was born in a famous film family and so was Saif, yet we are very grounded. The advice I will give to my child is to have his head down, be humble, do what he wants to do and ignore everything else,” said Kareena on how she wants to raise her son. Kareena Kapoor married ac-
tor Saif Ali Khan in 2012 and Taimur is their first child together. Saif, who is divorced from actress Amrita Singh, has two children - daughter Sara, 23, and son Ibrahim, 15 - from his first marriage. Kareena that Saif is a “hands-on father” to their son Taimur. “He has experienced it before, he knows it a lot more. It is a personal experience for us. You grow each day, you learn something each day and that is the most beautiful thing. I am taking each day as it comes. It is the most beautiful phase of my life,” Kareena said. Kareena Kapoor’s maternity leave was short lived as she returned to the ramp days after giving borth to her son and now she will soon start filming Veere Di Wedding. Of leaving Taimur behind for her work assignments, Kareena said. “It is difficult to leave him at home but that’s fine as he can spend some time with his father.” Veere Di Wedding also stars Sonam Kapoor and Swara Bhaskar and is directed by Shashanka Ghosh. The film is directed by Rhea Kapoor.
Mahira Khan talks about Raees, love for Bollywood and being a single mom! Agency | New Delhi
Mahira Khan made her debut opposite Shah Rukh Khan in Raees. But she could not be a part of the film’s publicity and promotional campaigns, especially after there was a huge political furore over her inclusion in the film post the Uri attack. But once the film crossed the 100 crore mark at the box office, the film team got Mahira to promote the film through Skype. A few media personnels were invited for a special group chat with Mahira, who spoke and chatted with everyone from Pakistan. Now, this is for the first time that Mahira has given out a full fledged interview to an Indian publication, ever since the fiasco happened. You know, I was telling a friend that very few a ctorshere in Pakistan havegot an opportunity like this. And it fell in my lap, due to whatever hard work that I may have done earlier. I didn’t have to look for it. I feel blessed. But at the same time, I feel like that marathon runner who, during the last lap just before the finishing line , is dropped out of the race. There was this feeling when it happened ‘Oh Man, not right now. Now just before the release!’ Something like that. I so want to sit with the audience and watch the film. But that doesn’t seem possible so far. But after the release, I feel a certain sense of closure because of the love I’ve been receiving from the people. The stuff that I read online is heartwarming. So maybe, okay, this circumstance that happened is something I couldn’t control. I am going to let go of it.
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HDFC Bank goes live with Bharat Bill Payment System
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HDFC Bank has become one of the first banks in the country to offer Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS). The national level interoperable bill payment system is now live on HDFC Bank’s Net Banking for customers. BBPS is a centralized system created by NPCI involving Banks and nonBanks, which allows agents to access bill payments services in an interoperable manner. Customers can now pay their utility bills like electricity, gas and water bills instantly without registering the biller. HDFC Bank customers can avail of BBPS after logging onto the Net Banking page. Going forward, the Bank plans to make this service available for non-customers as well. Furthermore, BBPS will also be incorporated into HDFC Bank’s Mobile Banking shortly. “BBPS introduced by NPCI is a seamless payment platform that offers speed and convenience to pay all types of bills. We are happy to introduce this service to our customers and soon will be available for non-customers as well.
VIP Bags announces upto 50% discount and cashback offers in its End of Season Sale Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
VIP Bags the superior value homegrown brand of V.I.P Industries endorsed by Bollywood superstar Hrithik Roshan announced its offer packed End of Season Sale. Encompassing of a wide variety of bags across categories like light weight duffles, trendy laptop satchels, durable strollys, chicbackpacks and travel accessories; this sale has a an exciting cashback offer on all products and upto 50% off on popular products. The shopping extravaganza starts with Unicorn–the stylish water resistant premium 4 wheelsstrolly, specially designed to ensure a monsoon proof travel at a50% off. Offering premium light weight push button trolleys and organized interiors for easy packing the Cyprus strolly is also available at a 50% off. Offering foolproof security with TSA lock, extra spacious interiors and durable exterior Optimastrollys are available at an attractive 40% off. Stylish laptop satchels like Protect, Esteem and Energy are all available in vibrant colors at a 40% off. One of the bestsellers Norway duffle bags and Trent,laptop compatible bags come at a 30% offwith 3 years warranty.
(H.S.) | Hyderabad Amit Mishra is ruled out of the one-off Test match between India and Bangladesh, scheduled for this Thursday in Hyderabad. Kuldeep Yadav has been roped in as a replacement, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced on Tuesday. “The All-India Senior Selection Committee have named Kuldeep Yadav in the Indian squad
as the replacement for Amit Mishra, who is injured, for the one-off Test match against Bangladesh to be played from Feb 9th at Hyderabad,” the BCCI statement read. “Mishra has been ruled out of the match after he sustained a knee injury while fielding in the Bengaluru T20I match against England. He has been advised rest and will undergo further medical examination.”
The 22-year-old left arm chinaman bowler from Kanpur has received his maiden Test call-up now. Kuldeep has played for Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPL. He has never played any international match with the India cricket team in any format of the game. Kuldeep featured in the practice match for India A against Bangladesh on February 5-6. He took a wicket from 10 overs, giving away 32 runs in the first innings. In the second innings, Kuldeep took two wickets from two overs, giving away two runs. Kuldeep started out as a fast bowler but his childhood coach asked him to transition into spin bowling.
Kumble not willing to take Bangladesh lightly ahead of the one-off Test Agency | New Delhi
Indian head coach Anil Kumble has said that Bangladesh will pose the hosts with a good challenge and added that the Mushfiqur Rahim-led side were an improved side.Speaking to the media on Tuesday, the 46-year-old said that the visitors had some quality players and expected an interesting contest when the two teams step on the field in Hyderabad on Thursday.“We would like to take every team the same way, in terms of what they bring to the table. Its a very improved side, they have had a good outing in New Zealand, although the results are different. But Bangladesh going there and doing what they did, we certainly respect the opposition,” Kumble said. India are coming off a
limited-overs series win against England and last played a test in Chennai in mid-December and the former leg-spinner hoped to carry the momentum they had gained in the Test series against England.“I think we would like to just look at it as a continuation from we have left off against England. It’s been a good home season so far and we would like take confidence from that and build on it. We still have a few Test matches after
SPORTS ROUNDUP Sachin Tendulkar Still Far Ahead Of Virat Kohli, Says Ricky Ponting Agency | Mumbai
Virat Kohli dominated world cricket in 2016 like no other player. In doing so, the Indian captain pulled ahead of AB de Villiers, Joe Root, Kane Williamson and David Warner in the race to be termed the world’s best batsman. The 28-yearold is now widely regarded as the leading batsman in international cricket on current form. If the right-hander’s form at this stage is anything to go by, then bowlers are bound to have a tough year in trying to contain him. Kohli sits at the top of the batting rankings in limited-overs cricket and is second in Tests. His next big test is the home series against Australia. The Border-Gavaskar Trophy has produced some memorable moments through the years. Former Australian skip-
At the end of last week, the Chief Executives Committee of the ICC met up in Dubai. At the end of their two day meeting, they came up with a radical proposal to change the framework of the international calendar. Of course, it wasn’t the big ticket item of discussion which dominated the headlines; that would be the dismantling of the “Big Three” proposal. This piece of news didn’t may not have been covered as extensively, but has wide ranging ramifications for the way the game will be played once the new schedule comes into effect. One of the topmost items on every cricket fan and players’ wishlists was a fix-
per Ricky Ponting, who played has played a key role in helping take the India-Australia rivalry to a new level, feels the Aussies will struggle in India. Punter highlighted Kohli as the danger man and said that Australia will have to take boundary-scoring areas away to keep him quiet. Ponting described Kohli as the best batsman in the world at the moment. “Is he the best batsman in the world? Yeah, he probably
is. I thought he was six or seven months ago and he’s probably taken it to another level since then,” he told Gulf News on Monday. The 42-year-old also pointed to Kohli’s poor record in England. “He’s not the complete, all-round package yet.” Ponting also added that Kohli cannot be termed as the best-ever player at this stage in his career and it was too early to compare him to the likes of Sachin Tendulkar.
much from the modern day cricketer, since busy schedules and rapidly changing scenarios may not provide them enough space to work on their individual games. But there are areas which players can harness to bring the best out of themselves, and turn into a formidable unit in specific conditions and situations (which in reality has become a
trend). Ahead of the oneoff Test against India, if there is one aspect where Bangladesh can focus to threaten the world No. 1 India, it is their spin bowling attack. Bangladesh are set to take on India in a one-off Test in a couple of day’s time. The match at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Uppal, Hyderabad, is going to be a historic clash since it will be the first instance of Bangladesh playing Test cricket against India in their backyard. Indeed, such a big moment will have developed nervousness around the Bangladeshi camp, especially after their poor outing in New Zealand.
India vs Bangladesh, one-off Test: Visitors’ spin threat presents a stern challenge
this as well and it’s important we take the momentum from where we left off and look at Bangladesh and we would like to look at what we can do and continue to measure what we can achieve, “ he added.The one-off Test against Bangladesh will be India’s first-ever against the team on their home soil and it would mean that Agency | New Delhi the former would have now played against ev- It is a rarity for teams ery international side in to develop and sustain all-round abilities over a their backyard. long period of time, but their jobs become easier if they concentrate on that one specific area which provides them assurance of success. After all, to expect a team to win across the world in all kind of conditions will be asking a little too
ICC’s proposed 32-Test league: Implementation model raises more questions than answers (H.S.) | Dubai
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DP WORLD REPORTS 3.2% VOLUME GROWTH IN 2016 AND 6.0% VOLUME GROWTH IN 4Q2016 Agency | Dubai
ture list which provided “context”. Take football for instance. Barring the Olympic Games, there are mainly three types of fixtures on the international scene — the friendly, the qualifying tournament, and the big tournaments. Nowadays, the handful international friendlies are often viewed as an annoying moratorium on club matches. They only serve the purpose of try-
ing out new players, and raking in the moolah in the case of a marquee fixture in a foreign land (say, Brazil vs Argentina in America). Each of the other games have a relevance in terms of the big prize — the World Cup, Euro and their ilk (although they have lost their sheen to the Champions league recently, but that is another discussion altogether).
United Arab Emirates, 7 February 2017: DP World Limited handled 63.7 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) across its global portfolio of container terminals in the full year of 2016, with gross container volumes growing by 3.2% year-on-year on a reported basis, and 2.2% on a like-for-like basis, which compares favourably to the industry estimated growth of 1.3% for 2016. In the fourth quarter, gross reported volumes grew by 6.0% year-onyear driven by strong
growth in Asia Pacific and Europe. UAE handled 3.7 million TEU in 4Q2016 down marginally by 0.7% year-on-year. The Americas and Australia region delivered a broadly stable volume performance during this period. At a consolidated level, our terminals handled 29.2 million TEU during 2016, a 0.4% improvement in performance on a reported basis and down 1.6% year-on-year on a likefor-like basis. Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem
commented:“Despite the challenging market conditions, particularly at our flagship Jebel Ali Port, our portfolio continues to deliver ahead-of-market growth, which once again demonstrates the benefits of operating a globally diversified portfolio. “We are pleased to see volumes stabilising in the UAE and as we look ahead into 2017, we expect our new developments in Rotterdam (Netherlands), Nhava Sheva (India), London Gateway (United Kingdom) and Yarimca (Turkey) to drive growth in our portfolio.
4 / Dt. 08 -02-2017,Wednesday Gujarat: Students of private varsity run by ex-BJP minister want removal of quota policy Sunvilla News | Gandhinagar
As many as 142 students of a private university, run by former BJP minister Anil Patel, have submitted a memorandum to the Mehsana district collector demanding scrapping of reservation in educational institutions and government jobs. The students’ group — Bharatiya Yuva Vidhyarthi Sangharsh Samiti (BYVSS) — has also announced to hold public progammes later this month in this regard. While the students are from Ganpat University, run by former Gujarat industries minister
Anil Patel, the group is led by undergraduate science student Mihir Patel. According to the memorandum, submitted on Saturday, “The reservation policy is being implemented in India for the past many years. But, it seems that due to the reservation policy, future of meritorious and qualified students gets caged. Because of reservation, youths are jobless.” It listed three demands before the Gujarat government: removal of the reservation policy in education and government jobs; no lifetime benefit of reservation to a person
who gets government job under the policy; and no lifetime benefit of reservation to a politician after he/she wins an election. “We have given the memorandum today and will also hold public events in that regard later this month,” said Mihir. This is for the first time that a formal representation to remove reservation in education and government jobs has been made after the Patidar reservation agitation was launched in July 2015, seeking OBC status for the community. Mehsana was the hotbed of the Patidar quota movement.
Gujarat: Welfare Party of India, new player in state politics
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The Welfare Party of India (WPI) that has grown out of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind(JIH) will be testing the political waters in Gujarat for the first time in the December 2017 Assembly polls. The party, which has set up its networks in Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, West Bengal, Delhi and Assam, will be formally launched in Gujarat during a function on
February 12 at Ambedkar Hall in Saraspur. The function will be attended by party’s vice-president Lalita Naik, national general secretary P C Hamza and local political activists, including Raghunath Chhara, Surendrapal Gautam and Rajubhai Solanki. Speaking to The Indian Express over phone, its national president S Q R Ilyas said: “The WPI will certainly contest the 2017 Assembly polls.” However, he
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Naroda Gam massacre case: Maya Kodnani to appear as accused in court today Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Former BJP minister Maya Kodnani, sentenced to life imprisonment for her role in the Naroda Patiya massacre, will appear before a special designated court on Tuesday to record her statement in connection with the Naroda Gam riots case of 2002. She is one of the 82 accused facing trial in the riots case. As many as 11 people from the Muslim community were killed on February 28, 2002, in the aftermath of the Godhra train carnage. Kodnani, out on bail since July 2014 by the order of the Gujarat
High Court, had been exempted from regular appearance in this case. On Monday, the designated special court completed the formality of recording statements of 48 accused under Section 313 of the CrPC and ordered to record statement of nine more accused — from accused number 49 to 58.
also the ninth case which was investigated by the Supreme Court appointed-Special Investigation Team (SIT), headed by former CBI director R K Raghavan. The SIT-investigated eight other cases have been decided by the trial court and a large number of acKodnani is accused num- cused were convicted. ber 56. Among the other “Recording of statement accused are former Bajrang Dal leader Babubhai Patel alias Babu Bajrangi, former VHP leader Jaydipbhai Patel. Kodnani and Bajrangi were found guilty in the Naroda Patiya riots case and were convicted to life impris(H.S.) | Mumbai onment. Naroda Gam is PROPOSED IN 2006 and approved by the Maharashtra government soon after the 26/11 terror attack, the Indian that it is younger brother Coast Guard (ICG) Ratto Sena in Maharashtra, nagiri airbase will be fibut has been behaving like nally functional by the the elder brother after win- year-end. The airfield ning more seats in the last is expected to provide Assembly elections. “If key logistic support for the younger brother has the Coast Guard on the four children and the el- western coastal areas der has only two, does the covering 3,500 km. The younger brother become Coast Guard, which now elder,” he asked. Refer- has bases in Daman and ring to demonetisation, Kochi, plans to station he said the Sena initially its Dornier planes and supported the decision but helicopters at Ratnagiri, later found that the Cen- sources said. “So far the tre did not have a proper Coast Guard has a fixed plan of action to replace and a rotary wing squadbanned currency. Opposi- ron at Daman and a rotary tion MPs, mainly from the wing squadron in MumCongress, tore into several bai. Ratnagiri, being the government initiatives. only air station south of
Mumbai before Goa, will be crucial for the maritime security,” a senior official privy to the development said. According to sources, the state government has leased out 41,000 square metre of airstrip plot and two plots adjacent to the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) in Ratnagiri to the CG for 99 years. The work on the airstrip is in its final leg and sources indicated that by December this year the CG can accommodate as many of 40 aircraft from the Ratnagiri base. The proposal to moot CG Ratnagiri airfield was first mooted in 2006. However, it was sanctioned by the state in the aftermath of the November 2008 attack.
ter arresting the two men, the police tracked down Mrutyunjay Das (34), who allegedly accompanied a wanted accused to the restaurant last year and fired the shot. Vinaykumar Rathod, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime), said that Suresh and Ramesh Poojari met another wanted accused in a Gujarat jail and were instructed by Ravi Poojari to commit the crime. They then roped in Das
and the other wanted man to commit the shooting, while Suresh and Ramesh Poojari conducted a recce of the area, police sources said. Rathod said that Suresh Poojari had previously served convictions for drug possession and murder, while Ramesh Poojari, a driver by profession, was previously arrested by the police in Gujarat for robbing diamonds.
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Affairs said, “Informed of this development and matter has been taken up with Chinese Government.” India has consistently pitched for the listing of Azhar as a global designated terrorist at the United Nations, where it has initiated discussions with several member countries of the UN Security Council on the issue. Meanwhile, China has repeatedly thwarted India’s attempts to shore up support for its stand, while dismissing India’s criticism, saying it had adopted a “just, objective.
Eight years after 26/11, Coast Guard gets its airfield
In Lok Sabha, Sena MP takes on govt, gets Opposition support
did not say how many seats his party plans to contest. “We will discuss it with our local party unit and decide seats from where the party will field its candidates,” he said. The party, set up in 2011, has contested Assembly elections in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala. Though it polled sufficient number of votes, Agency | Mumbai it failed to win any seat. However, it won sever- THE BLOW-HOT, blowal seats in the local body cold relationship between the two NDA partners elections in Kerala. took centre stage in Lok Sabha on Monday as the Shiv Sena attacked the BJP-led Central governthe city to lay foundation ment over issues ranging stone for several rail proj- from demonetisation, the ects in the state. After the Ram temple construction incident, Prabhu went on and “dictatorial attitude”. to attend the lined-up programmes. He addressed a gathering at the Digi-dhan (H.S.) | New Delhi Mela in the city and spread awareness about Three members of the digital payments. He also Ravi Poojari gang were addressed the members arrested by the Mumbai of the Southern Gujarat Police Crime Branch for Chamber of Commerce allegedly firing inside a and Industry (SGCCI). restaurant in Vile Parle Prabhu later, in a series of East and intimidating the tweets, said he ‘laid foun- owner in October 2016. dation stone and dedicated Of the three men arrestto nation a host of rail in- ed, two had driven to the frastructure and passenger restaurant on October 21, amenities across Guja- 2016 and told an employrat at Surat’. He also laid ee, who was manning the the foundation stone for ice cream counter out’35 Road Under Bridges side, to inform the ownacross Gujarat’. er to call fugitive gang-
Twelve Youth Congress workers arrested for showing black flags to Suresh Prabhu
Shiv Sena MP Anandrao Adsul said Sena founder Bal Thackeray had stopped then PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee from sacking then Gujarat CM Narendra Modi after the 2002 riots. “Had Balasaheb not stopped Vajpayeeji then, and had Modiji not been the chief minister, who knows…may be he would not have become the Prime Minister today,” Adsul said as members from Opposition parties thumped desks. Adsul was participating in the motion of thanks to the President’s speech. Adsul said the BJP had said all along
of 48 accused was completed today following which the court asked to record statements of nine more accused in a week. The accused are told by the prosecution about the charges and evidence against them and they have to put their defence against the charges,” said a lawyer representing the SIT in the court.
Three members of Ravi Poojari gang arrested
Correspondent | Surat
At least 12 Youth Congress workers on Sunday were arrested for showing black flags to Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu and garlanding him with black cloth as soon he stepped out of his vehicle in Nanpura. Alleging the Centre of negligence towards Gujarat as far as the Railway Budget
is concerned, the workers staged a protest and also offered a lollipop to the minister. The party workers had reportedly posed as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters and approached Prabhu. A case has been registered under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 143, 145, 147, 149, 151, 353 and 120B. The BJP leader was in
Gujarat universities top in caste discrimination
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Gujarat had shaken the nation’s conscience following the Una dalit flogging incident in 2016. Figures from the ministry of human resource development (MHRD) now reveal that universities in Gujarat received the most (46) complaints of castebased discrimination in 2015-16 among all universities in the country. Indian varsities altogether received 142 such cases. The state thus accounted
for 32.39% of complaints of caste-based discrimination faced by teachers or students from scheduled caste (SC) or scheduled tribe (ST) communities. In all, 18 universities — four from Gujarat, three from UP, two each from Delhi and Haryana and one each from HP, J&K, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu — registered complaints of discrimination against members of scheduled castes (SCs).
The MHRD figures said 32 complaints of caste discrimination were registered by dalits (members of SCs) in Gujarat. The state thus accounted for 31.37% of the 102 complaints by members of SCs in the 18 universities mentioned above. Gujarat varsities also topped in caste discrimination against tribals. Nine universities — three from Gujarat and one varsity each in Delhi, J&K, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu.
ster Ravi Poojari, police sources said. The men allegedly fired a shot before driving away, police sources said. The owner of the restaurant registered a complaint with the local police after claiming to have received threaten-
ing phone calls from Poojari. The Anti Extortion Cell of the crime branch analysed the CCTV footage of the incident before being tipped off that Suresh Poojari (54) and Ramesh Poojari (49) were involved in the crime. Af-
HRD ministry registers 142 SC, ST discrimination complaints in 2015-16 Agency | New Delhi
The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry announced on Monday, the UGC has received 142 complaints on discrimination by the University Grants Commission (UGC). Only 81 of these cases regarding Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) students have been settled. “The UGC has intimated that it has compiled information on cases related to caste discrimination in
universities only for the year 2015-16,” said Minister of State for HRD Mahendra Nath Pandey at the question hour during the Lok Sabha session. There are 102 complaints raised by the SC and around 40 such complaints from the
ST. According to UGC data, 81 SC cases and 33 ST ones have been settled. The HRD Ministry said that the settled cases include 19 complaints of discrimination against SCs from the Banaras Hindu University.
US moves UN for banning JeM chief Masood Azhar, China opposes move
Amid opposition from China, the United States of America on Tuesday moved the United Nations for banning Pathankot terrorist attack mastermind and Pakistan-based JeM chief Masood Azhar. Meanwhile, China has blocked US’ move to ban Azhar. The American proposal came barely weeks after India’s efforts to get Azhar banned by the UN were blocked by China in December last. In a statement to the media today, the Ministry of External
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