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“Andolan leader PC Patel” ‘Reservation is not an issue restricted to Gujarat. It is a national issue’ f e i r B s w Ne Police officer killed in militant attack Agency | Srinagar
A police officer was today killed when militants opened fire on a car in Bandipora district of north Kashmir, police said. Sub-Inspector Altaf was travelling in a car when the attack took place at village Gund Dachina in Aragam area around 1230 hours, causing critical injuries to him, a police officer said. The ultras were travelling in a load carrier and fled the scene after firing at the police officer.
A historical fiction on Mughal emperor Babur Agency | New Delhi
Conceived as the first book of a trilogy on Mughal fathers and sons, a historical fiction “Babur: The Conqueror of Hidnustan” has been launched by author Royina Grewal. Beginning in the battlefields of Panipat where the forces of Zahiruddin Muhammad Babur wait to fight the troops of Ibrahim Lodi, Grewal’s book talks about the life and reign of Babur, who following a series of setbacks, finally laid the foundation of the Mughal dynasty in what was then known as Hindustan.
Quota agiation of Patidar to be widened PC Patel on Wednesday said their stir was not against any caste or religion but to rectify the ‘injustice’ done to forward community in the name of reservation
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Gujarat based Patidar Andolan leader PC Patel on Wednesday said their stir was not against any caste or religion but to rectify the ‘injustice’ done to forward community in the name of reservation. He was addressing a hunger strike in front of the Secretariat by leaders of Samstha Nair Samajam, an outfit of forward Nair commu- nity in the state, against government’s “neglect” towards the issues faced
Nitish, Lalu keeping Bihar away from development: Shah With five days remaining before the first vote is cast, we look at the some of the things that can shape the outcome of Bihar Assembly Elections Agency | New Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah on Wednesday asked Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi why they are “silent” on Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad’s views on beef and asked them to come out openly whether they endorse it or not. “Why are Nitish Kumar and Rahul Gand-
The BJP chief also asked why the Bihar CM and Rahul Gandhi are “silent” on RJD chief chief Lalu Prasad’s views on beef hi silent on Lalu Prasad’s addressing an election comment that there is no meeting backing BJP candifference between beef didate Prem Ranjan Patel and goat meat ... Silence at Suryagraha in Lakhwill not do. They have to isarai district, about 125 make public whether they km from Patna. The BJP agree with Prasad’s view chief came down heavor not,” Mr. Shah said ily on Nitish Kumar and
Lalu Prasad, accusing them of keeping Bihar away from development in the last 25 years. Mr. Prasad had also courted controversy with his remarks that some Hindus too eat beef. He blasted Mr. Kumar and Mr. Prasad for spreading “delusion” on the reservation issue in the wake of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s comment on the need to review reservation. “As a BJP President who will know RSS better — me or Lalu Prasad or Nitish Kumar ? ... I have stated clearly that BJP does not belief in any kind of change in reservation in jobs,” Mr. Shah said.
by the community. Blaming political parties for the present system of reservation, he said reservation policy has not been amended by political parties due to vote bank politics. Stating that Andolan was not against reservation, he said ‘we demand that reserva-
tion policy should be relooked. The economic backwardness should be the cretaria for reservation he said. ‘The system has to be changed’,he said. ‘All poor people in the country should get reservation benefits irrespective of religion and caste’, he said add-
ing “the agitation is for getting justice to all”. All forward community have united in the fight against this reservation policy, he said adding the agitation would be taken to other parts of the country. ‘Reservation is not an issue restricted to Gujarat. It is a national issue’, he said.
Parrikar had told the air force that there weren’t enough funds to expand the Rafale acquisition and that it must induct an improved version of the indigenous Tejas-Mark 1A. “The IAF (air force) needs to have a minimum number of aircraft at all times. The LCA is our best option at this stage, given our resource constraints,” the defence of-
ficial said. “The Rafale is our most expensive acquisition. The LCA is our cheapest in the combat category.” Modi’s decision, in line with his Make-in-India policy to encourage domestic industry, is a blow for not only the French manufacturer but also others circling over the Indian military aviation market worth billions of dollars.
Modi govt pushes ‘obsolete’ madein-India plane on reluctant military Agency | New Delhi
India’s government has turned down the military’s request to expand the acquisition of 36 fighter planes from Dassault Aviation SA to plug vital gaps, officials said, nudging it to accept an indigenous combat plane 32 years in the making. The air force wanted the government to clear an additional 44 Rafale medium multirole aircraft on top of the 36 that Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced during a visit to Paris this year that are to be bought off-the-shelf to meet its urgent requirements. But a defence ministry official said that Defence Minister Manohar
Coal scam: Ex-PM Manmohan’s plea Rupee gains vs dollar, to be heard by special bench, says SC
Sibal said. “We will refer this to the coal bench and you go before that bench Agency | Mumbai and convince them that this is not a coal matter,” Rupee firmed up by the bench said. The bench, 14 paise to quote at Agency | New Delhi also comprising justice 65.27 against the US currency in late morn- The Supreme Court on Arun Mishra, said that ing deals on sustained Wednesday made it clear this matter will be listed bouts of dollar selling that the appeal of former next week. Minutes after by banks and exporters Prime Minister Man- the development, senior amid weakness in dollar mohan Singh, challeng- advocate Harish Salve overseas. “Continued ing the trial court order appearing for Hindalco, capital inflows and rally summoning him as an mentioned the plea bein domestic equities in- accused in a coal scam fore the bench and sought fluenced the rupee sen- case, would be heard by the hearing after Diwali timent,” a forex dealer a special bench which has vacation. The plea was said. Earlier, the rupee been hearing such cas- resisted by Sibal. “These opened higher at 65.29 es. The observation was all are that matter. They per dollar as against made by a bench headed should be heard together,” yesterday’s level of by Chief Justice H L Dat- Salve said. The submis65.41 per dollar at the tu when senior advocate sions of Salve were supInterbank Foreign Ex- Kapil Sibal, appearing ported by another senior change (Forex) market. for Singh, sought an early advocate K K Venugopal It hovered in the range hearing of the appeal filed who appeared for former of 65.36 to 65.26 per by former Prime Minister. minister of state for coal dollar during the morn- “This is the matter which Santosh Bagrodia, also an ing deals before quoting is not entirely related to accused in another coal the coal allocation case,” scam case. 65.27 at 1030 hrs. Corpo. Office: A/41, Madhav Chamber’s, Shaktidhara Colony, Opp-Sayona Arcade, L.B.S. Road, Toll Naka, Bapunagar, Ahmedababad - 380024
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Worshipping cow: Killing Humanity Just over a decade ago (2002) in Dulina village of Jhajjar in Haryana, a mob of over a thousand people lynched five Dalits who were skinning a dead cow to sell the hide. A few months ago in Malegaon, Mahahrashtra, police arrested three Muslims on the charge of storing beef. On the back of this comes the news from Bisara that a Muslim was killed and his son injured seriously on charges of storing and eating beef. In the context of the Dulina lynching, VHP’s Acharya Giriraj Kishore at a press conference stated that “the life of a cow is more precious than that of a human being.” The recent incidents may be a sample of what is happening, this is becoming a ‘new normal’ after the new Government at the Centre has taken charge. BJP-ruled states beginning with Maharashtra have been bringing in legislation to ban the storage of beef. For Hindu nationalist politics, identity issues have been the hallmark and they pursue it to divide society and polarize communities along religious lines. Today the insecurity amongst minorities is growing every day, making their lives very difficult. Thus far, the Ram temple issue was the core one. Now the Holy cow, ‘cow as mother’ is the major tool. As such ‘cow as mother’ was the ploy used by Hindu communalism all through from late nineteenth century. At that time, there was a matching slogan of ‘pig as an object of hate’ from Muslim communalism. The TV serial Tamas (Bhism Sanhi) showed a pig being thrown into a mosque to instigate the riots, a parallel to beef in the temple and such incidents leading to communal violence. After independence, the ‘pig in the mosque’ is heard of less often. Occasionally one did hear of beef in the temple being put in by Bajrang Dal elements. At a subconscious level, the issue of beef has been kept very much alive and now this issue has become more important as far as communal polarization is concerned keeping in mind the electoral arithmetic. It has added to the worsening scenario as far as communal harmony is concerned. It is remarkable that in our country to begin with, cow could be presented as ‘mother’ and then used as a tool of communal propaganda and action. Talking at an economic level, cow has been an important part of the agricultural economy. The old bullocks and cows being used for food by large sections of society has been the norm. Apart from Adivasis, large sections of Dalits, Muslims, Christians and even upper caste Hindus consumed beef, as a cheap and rich source of protein.
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QUOTE “I firmly believe that we cannot allow the core values of our civilisation to be wasted and the core values are what over the years the civilisation celebrated diversity, promoted and advocated OF THE tolerance, endurance and plurality. And if we keep those core values in mind, nothing can prevent - President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday said... DAY our democracy from moving forward,”
Shah Rukh Khan shoots with ‘stunning’ Kajol for Dilwale
Agency | New Delhi Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who is currently in Hyderabad shooting for Rohit Shetty’s ‘Dilwale’, has been
regularly keeping his followers updated with happening from the sets. The actor, who is reuniting with his ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ co-star Kajol for the film, was happy
to have the entire cast on set recently. The team had a night shoot and Shah Rukh took to Twitter to praise his ‘stunning’ co-actor and friend Kajol.
Puli Actor Vijay Says He’s Been Paying Tax ‘Religiously’
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the actor had been parTamil actor Vijay claims tially evading tax for the that, contrary to re- last five years. “They (IT ports filed by Income officials) raided my ofTax sleuths, he has nev- fice and home last week er evaded paying taxes. to probe whether I have Following searches at evaded tax or not. My his residence in Chennai family and staff offered last week, Income Tax full cooperation to the officials had claimed that officials and presented
all the documents of my income tax returns with evidence,” Vijay said in a statement. “I have been religiously paying income tax, wealth tax and professional tax for all my assets and income till this very financial year,” he added. Vijay also claimed that there was no truth in reports which stated that he hasn’t been paying taxes regularly. Besides Vijay, the homes and offices of actresses Nayanthara, Samantha Ruth Prabhu and producers of latest Tamil film Puli were also searched last week. In their report, Income Tax officials revealed that all of them had evaded tax to the tune of Rs 25 crores.
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Director Rajesh M Selva said on October 7 that the musical number from upcoming Tamil thriller Thoongaavanam is an advance birthday gift from the film’s team to its lead actor Kamal Haasan. Mr Haasan turns 61 on November 7. “We are releasing the single track from our film exactly a month before Kamal sir’s birthday. This is our birthday gift to him,” Rajesh told reporters in Chennai. Sun by Mr Haasan himself,
the single Neeye Unakku Raja was released at a star-studded event in Chennai. In attendance were Tamil stars such as Dhanush, Vishal Krishna Reddy and Gautham Vasudev Menon. Speaking at the event, actor-filmmaker Sripriya Sethupathi said: “It’s so raw and stylish, I doubt if it’s a Tamil film.” Dhanush said that his dream is to receive an award from Kamal Haasan and also admitted that he’s one of his biggest admirers.
Watch: Salman Khan makes his regular grand entry in ‘Prem Leela’ from Prem Ratan Dhan Payo Agency | New Delhi
There’s a famous song sequence in every Sooraj Barjatya film; one in which the whole extended family gets together to sing, dance and celebrate their togetherness. You’d think that’s pretty much the plot of any Barjatya film, but this special song/scene is marked usually by loud, garish clothes, lots of flowers, a stage and the entire parivaar. (The scene before Maiye Ni Maiye in Hum Aapke Hai Kaun, Sunoji Dulhan from Hum Hum Saath Hai, to name a few) In Prem Ratan Dhan Payo, the family celebratory song marks Salman Khan’s arrival in the film. Now from Hud Hud Dabang to Selfie Le le re, we all know Sal-
man always has an entry song in his more recent films. So when you fuse the two together, you get Prem Leela: Salman’s introductory song in Prem Ratan Dhan Payo and the family celebration song as well. It’s only the cherry on the cake that the song has been picturised during Ram Leela celebrations as well. In Prem Leela, there’s an
overt display of love towards family, snippets of Sonam Kapoor, Sanjay Mishra and other actors in the film, but predominantly Salman Khan in every frame. The song itself could be any Salman Khan song. It has the characteristic dance beat, some whistles thrown in here and there, and Bhai’s famously incoherent choreography.
love story woven by Imtiaz (Ali) and the chemistry between Ranbir and Deepika is amazing. They look simply electrifying when they come together on screen! Deepika has evolved into an amazing actress.” And when quizzed about who she
thinks forms a better pair with her son Ranbir – his ex girlfriend Deepika or current girlfriend Katrina Kaif, the veteran actress was diplomatic enough to reply, “I think Rishi and Neetu are the best alltime ever pair on screen.” Well said, Neetu Kapoor.
have been in Mumbai for 65 years. But the safari showed me images that I have never seen before. And these are the things that makes me work for it. What makes me proud is that in the middle of the city, there is a national park which is a miracle and we have to save it.” Bachchan revealed Maharashtra is home to the largest number of tigers in India. ”When we were moving from 19th
to 20th century, the tiger count was 40,000. In 2008, it reduced to 1411. The movement that started after that has made it reach 2226 in number,” he said. On the occasion, Big B launched two Safari buses at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park. The event has been organised as a part of ‘Wildlife Week’ celebrations and it was attended by Forest Minister Sudhir Mungantiwar.
Deepika has evolved into an amazing actress: Ranbir Kapoor’s mother Neetu Kapoor Agency | New Delhi
Rumour had it that when Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone were dating, Ranbir’s mother and veteran actress Neetu Kapoor didn’t approve of the star ‘jodi’. But now she seems to have developed a fondness for the duo. According to a report published in BollywoodLife.com, when asked about Deepika and Ranbir’s upcoming movie ‘Tamasha’s trailer, Neetu Kapoor said, “I loved the Tamasha trailer and am looking forward to its release. It looks like a very beautiful, sensitive
Here’s what Amitabh Bachchan has Kangana Ranaut, Irrfan Khan to to say in his appeal to save tigers!
work in Begum Akhtar biopic?
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Biopics are definitely ruling Bollywood trends these days. After releasing his biopic on painter Raja Ravi Varma (Rang Rasiya), Ketan Mehta has now announced a film on renowned ghazal and thumri singer Begum Akhtar, Ae Mohabbat. While Irrfan Khan has been roped in for the film, the female lead is yet to be finalised. Kangana Ranaut is one of the top contenders for the role. Shri Anup Jalota Productions and Ae Mohabbat Productions on Tuesday announced the film on the life and times of Begum Akhtar, also the recipient of Padmabhushan and an icon of Indian classical music. Directed by noted filmmaker
Ketan Mehta, the film will have actor Irrfan Khan in the main lead with Oscar winner AR Rahman giving the music of the film. Although the female lead if yet to be finalised but Kangana might end up doing the project.“We are trying to get Kangana Ranaut to play one of the stages of Begum Akhatar in the film. We have grown up listening to and idolising Begum Akhtar. I have been wanting to ini-
tiate such project and a tie up with Ae Mohabbat Productions and associating with Rita Ganguly who knew her personally, is a real blessing,” he added. Ganguly, who used to be student of Begum Akhtar and calls her “Ammi” says that noted singer’s life, the highs and lows, the times she lived in, her personality and professional life had a cinematic quality which can be made into full-length feature film.
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Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who has been appointed as Maharashtra’s brand ambassador for tigers, has appealed people to save the big cat’s rapidly dwindling population. Beginning the endeavor, the 72-yearold actor took a jungle safari in Sanjay Gandhi National Park in suburban Mumbai last evening along with ministers and politicians. ”I will consider myself worthy as a brand ambassador when tiger preservation and securing their safety becomes successful. If my voice or face can provide anything good to this initiative, I will pledge myself for it,” Bachchan told reporters here at the event. The “Piku” star took jungle safari and he had a great time. ”I
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Agency | New Delhi Gold soared to hit over one-month high at Rs 26,850 per ten grams by climbing Rs 200 at the bullion market on Wednesday amid a firming global trend and increased buying by jewellers to meet wedding season demand. Silver extended its gains for the third day by advancing Rs 550 to Rs 37,250 per kg on continued buying by industrial units and coin makers. Sentiments remained upbeat largely in tandem with a firming trend overseas where it traded at over one-week high on speculation that the Federal Reserve will refrain from increasing US interest rates this year on further signs of slowing global economic growth, bullion traders said. Globally, gold gained 0.12 per cent to trade at $1,149.00 an ounce in London today. In the national capital, gold of 99.9 and 99.5 per cent purity spurted by Rs 200 each to trade at over one-month high of Rs 26,850 and Rs 26,700 per ten grams, respectively, a level last seen on September 2.
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Agency | New Delhi Following reports that Google was set to launch its new Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P smartphones in India as early as Tuesday, the search giant has sent invites for an event on the same day in New Delhi at 11am IST. Featuring an Android symbol, the Google invite leaves little doubt the company will be launching the new Android 6.0 Marshmallow platform lead devices in India. The event will be attended by Rajan Anandan, Vice President & Managing Director, Google, South Asia & India. The Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P smartphones, made by LG and Huawei respectively, already had their India prices revealed on the Google Store. The Nexus 5X is priced at Rs. 31,900 for the 16GB internal storage variant, while the 32GB variant will be priced at Rs. 35,900. The Nexus 6P is priced at Rs. 39,999 for the 32GB internal storage variant, and Rs. 42,999 for the 64GB variant.
Volkswagen scandal: recall to start in January; complete fix by 2016-end
Agency | Berlin Volkswagen Chief Executive Matthias Mueller said in an interview with a German newspaper that the company would launch a recall for cars affected by its diesel emissions crisis in January and complete the fix by the end of next year. “If all goes according to plan, we can start the recall in January. All the cars should be fixed by the end of 2016,” Mueller told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ). The newspaper provided a copy of the interview prior to publication on Wednesday. For the US market, a company spokeswoman said later, the remedy will first have to be agreed upon with Environmental Protection Agency, but she offered no timing for that.
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A day after unruly crowd scenes were witnessed during the second game of the ongoing India versus South Africa T20 internationals, security was being intensified at the Eden Gardens, the venue for the upcoming final fixture of the threematch series, to prevent any recurrence, the authorities said on Tuesday. The top brass of the Kolkata Police, including city commissioner Surojit Kar Purokayasta, held a meeting with the local organisers Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) during the day to discuss ways and means of preventing any breach of peace. A four-tier security checking will be in place near the gates
India’s loss to South Africa in T20 series starts with the BCCI’s money-first approach from where the spectators enter the ground. As part of enhancing security, it was decided to deploy more number of police personnel in the galleries and other strategic points to monitor crowd movement. “We had a meeting with the top brass of Kolkata Police. There will be a lot more police officers on duty in the galleries and near the ground so as to avoid any such occurrences,” CAB treasurer Biswaroop Dey told me-
dia persons. “It will be a fool-proof security system,” Dey said. On Monday at the Barabati stadium in Cuttack, spectators threw bottles and other missiles on the ground when India were on the verge of losing the contest. The match was held up twice due to the disturbances and finally the police emptied a part of the gallery so as to resume the tie. India have already lost the three-match T20 series 0-2.
World Championships: Shiva Thapa, Vikas Krishan progress, two others bow out Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P India Launch Agency | New Delhi on Tuesday as Google Sends Invites
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Before the team left for the World Championships in Doha, Devendro Singh had insisted Indian boxers had it in them to at least reach the semifinals if they got a favourable draw. As it turned out, the 23-year-old Manipuri got the worst deal of the lot and it resulted in a premature firstround exit for him on the opening day of the World Championships on Tuesday. Devendro lost 2-1 to European Championships silver-medallist Harvey Horn of England in a closely-contested bout. From England’s perspective, the draw was seen as a tough one for Horn, who lacks in experience compared to
Devendro. However, the 20-year-old from London has risen rapidly in the last one year and further enhanced his reputation by finishing on the podium at the European Championships.He showed his class in the first round of the light flyweight encounter, surprising Devendro with his counter-punches. The Indian, one of the best medal hopes, tried to stage a comeback but lost
the bout by split points decision. Other Indian contenders, however, progressed to the second round with easy wins in their respective bouts. Shiva Thapa, a former Asian champion, started the proceedings on a perfect note as he outpunched Algeria’s Khalil Litim 3-0 in the 56kg category. The 21-year-old will next face Morocco’s Mohamed Hamout, who got a first-round bye.
Agency | Cuttack Spot the odd one out: Over the last two years, India has played 19 Tests, 54 one-day internationals and 12 T20 Internationals, including the first two of the ongoing series against South Africa. That means prior to the South Africa series, India would have played at most 45 days of Test cricket (since not all those Tests lasted five days), 54 days of one-day cricket and assuming a T20 is half a day’s worth, five days of T20 cricket. This, then, is the flaw in the BCCI’s money-first
approach to T20s. They are attempting to prepare for a World Cup on the back of five days of T20 cricket over 24 months and hoping that cramming a bunch of games (nine scheduled currently) over the next six months will solve all their problems. The Indian Premier League is the golden goose and the board has protected its USP – India stars playing T20 cricket – from the start. It’s the reason no Indian player has been allowed to play in a T20 league in any other country, and why India has played just two hand-
fuls worth of internationals over two years. But when a team rarely takes the field, the result is India has a limited idea of its best T20 combination or how the team is going toperform when it does take the field. That’s why we ended up with MS Dhoni, India’s most instinctive cricket and one who has played over 100 IPL games, saying something as ridiculous as he thinks too much in T20 cricket. Dhoni has been accused of many things over of the course of his career but over-thinking has never been one of them.
five ODIs followed by four Tests in a long 72day Freedom Series. Citing example of the recently-concluded Test series in Sri Lanka where India bounced back to win the series after losing the first match, Harbhajan said: “It was because of the belief that we had. “Every game is a challenge for us from here on. Yes we have lost the series and we didn’t play as well as we should have but Eden is always
a very special ground for all of us. “Obviously winning here will mean a lot to us. We will go out there and give it our best shot. If we win here, we will take that confidence into the ODI series,” he said. India failed to defend 200 in the first T20I Dharamsala, while in the last match they were skittled out for their second lowest total of 92 to concede a decisive 0-2 lead to the visitors.
Once we start winning we will be a difficult side to beat, says Harbhajan Singh
EPL 2015: Klopp to land in Anfield on Thursday, likely to be new coach of Liverpool Agency | New Delhi
Former Borussia Dortmund manager Juergen Klopp is expected at Anfield on Thursday as the German edges closer to becoming Brendan Rodgers’ successor at Liverpool, while Carlo Ancelotti has ruled himself out of contention, British media reported. Klopp is reportedly in advanced talks with Fenway Sports Group President Mike Gordon and Liverpool Chief Executive Ian Ayre and is planning to fly to England to complete negotiations ahead of his highly anticipated move, the reports said. Former Real Madrid and Chelsea manager Ancelotti, who was also linked with the job, has told reporters he would return to management, but only next season. “I enjoy my time now but, of course, I want to come back to manage -- to work -- because it is my passion,” the 56-year-
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old Italian said at a press event in London. “I want to take my time to rest, but next season I am ready.” The fiery Klopp, twice a Bundesliga champion with Dortmund, who he also steered to the Champions League final in 2013, has made no secret of his desire to work in England. The charismatic German, who forged his reputation by turning 1997 Champions League winners Dortmund, who were relegation candidates under predecessor Thomas Doll, into
one of the most exciting brands in world football. He left the Ruhr valley club in 2015 after seven years to take a break from football after finishing seventh in the Bundesliga. Known for his wit and exuberance as much as for his high pressing, quick counter-attacking and never-say-die brand of football, Klopp is reportedly willing to curtail his sabbatical to revive Liverpool’s fortunes and is on the verge of committing to a three-year contract.
They might have lost the T20I cricket series to South Africa but India ace spinner Harbhajan Singh said it’s too early to write them off as the hosts are keen to turn around their fortunes in the last and final match on Thursday. “We have lost the series but we still have a lot to play in the final game. Hopefully we will win and from there onward it could be a different story,” Harbhajan told reporters on the eve of the match. “The ODIs are coming up and then the Tests. We want to play our best game and we want to put up our best show. Once we start winning we will be a difficult side to beat.” After the T20I series, India and South Africa play
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Gujarat HC rejects Teesta Setalvad’s Anandiben Book: ‘Taught Majnu a plea for defreezing bank accounts lesson, sacked teacher over love affair’
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The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday rejected the pleas of social activist Teesta Setalvad and her husband Javed Anand for defreezing their personal bank accounts and those of their two NGOs in an alleged embezzlement case. Upholding the verdict of a lower court in this regard, the high court observed that the probe is at a serious point in the alleged case of Gulberg society fund embezzlement. “What is important is not the money but the alleged criminal act related to the money. In this case execution of bond is not a justifiable solution
when the investigation is at a serious point,” Justice GR Udhvani of the Gujarat High Court said in the order. “This court records its inability to find any substance in the application (of Setalvad and others) and therefore the decision of a lower
court is just and proper and requires no interference (by the high court). Hence, the petitions are dismissed,” the HC said. “According to the court, it is premature to consider as to whether the accounts are to be defreezed at this stage and
Gujarat ATS nabs drug peddler with ‘terror links’ Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Sleuths of the Gujarat anti-terrorist squad (ATS) on Monday arrested the kingpin of a drug-trafficking racket from Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). Gul Mohammad Jargar alias Gul Jamadar, 65, a resident of Bijbehara town near Anantnag, was caught from near his residence with the help of J&K police. ATS sleuths alleged that Jamadar was actively involved in “narco-terrorism” and was associated with Ahmedabad-based underworld dons, including Abdul Wahab and the slain Abdul Latif, for peddling charas in Gujarat. Police further claimed that Gul is believed to have sold charas worth over Rs 5 crore over several decades. He is also suspected to be
therefore no question of Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad execution of bond arises A book penned by Gujarat at this stage,” it said. Chief Minister Anandiben The bank accounts of Se- Patel, capturing anecdotes talvad, Anand and their from her life as a teacher two NGOs - Sabrang and a minister, was reTrust and Citizens for leased Tuesday. The reJustice and Peace - had lease was preceded by a been frozen by Crime short film which projected Branch of Ahmedabad her as a woman who made Police last year. The ac- it big in a man’s world. tion came soon after Titled Ae Mane HameCrime Branch started sha Yaad Raheshe (I will probing a case in which remember this forever), Setalvad and others are the book projects Anandiaccused of embezzling ben as a fierce conformist, Rs 1.51 crore collected upholding family values to convert Gulberg So- through most of the 35 ciety - where 69 people episodes recounted by were killed during the her in the book. Published post-Godhra riots - into by Ahmedabad-based a 2002 riots museum. Rannade Publication, the A lower court had last book was released by November rejected their Gujarati writer Dr Chanpleas seeking defreezing drakant Mehta and spiriof the bank accounts, ob- tual Guru Swami Aadhyserving that the accused atmanandji. In the book, had not cooperated with Anandiben — who served the investigation. as a teacher before joining
DRI raids company that allegedly evaded Rs 2 crore in customs duty Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
part of a larger network that supplied arms to Gujarat-based criminals. Talking to journalists, ATS officials on Tuesday said their operation to nab Jamadar had been going on for the past six months. “However, due to volatile situation in Bijbehara town where policemen and armed forces were frequently attacked, we decided to wait for the right opportunity,” said JK Bhatt, in-charge IGP of ATS. “A team led by DySP, KK
Patel, and inspector RR Sarvaiya camped in Jammu and Kashmir while superintendent of police, ATS, Himanshu Shukla, coordinated with senior police officials for necessary support.” Police said Gul is wanted in cases registered with state ATS; Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB); and Bharuch, Anand and Ahmedabad police. Gul’s name cropped up as a supplier after 16.5 kg charas was seized in Ahmedabad in 2005.
The Ahmedabad zonal unit of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) raided a company that imports food supplements and seized documents that indicated alleged customs duty evasion of about Rs 2 crore. The DRI raided the office and godown of Kyani Wordwide Pvt Ltd (KWPL), on the basis of intelliegence inputs. Many documents, allegedly of an incriminating nature, were seized in the raid. The DRI also detained imported goods worth Rs 6 crore. The Ahmedabad-based company had allegedly evaded duty on products such as Nitro FX 56 MI, Sunrise- 30 and Sunset (Omega) Fatty acid capsules
by misclassifying them. These products being food supplement attract higher duties. According to sources, the company had grossly undervalued the products to lower the customs duty payable on them. Sources said the company had imported the products by air through Ahmedabad, Mumbai and Delhi, and through courier cells in Mumbai and Delhi. The goods brought in through air cargo had been cleared either by wrongly declaring the cclassification of the goods or by declaring lower values. The goods that came through the courier cells had been declared as samples and then sold commercially later on. Further investigation is underway.
Moderation in diet Professor found killed at Gandhinagar college campus must for yoga
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On Tuesday, the second day of the weeklong lecture series on Yoga at AMA building in Ahmedabad, the speaker was Swami Adhyatmananda of Shivananda Ashram. He spoke on the value of ‘Yoga for maintaining health and wellness’. Swami Adhyatmananda said that Yoga helps ensure that the mind, body and spirit are in harmony and a state of equilibrium. “For this to happen, it is important to embrace vegetarianism as it is the key to maintaining wellness and health through yoga.” He further said that one can practice Yoga only when one is “perfectly fit”. This fitness greatly depends on one’s diet. It is now firmly established that by being
a vegetarian, one ensures faster digestion of food and biochemical activity in a proper manner. Swami Adhyatmananda said that, worldwide, people are switching over to vegetarianism. “A well-balanced diet helps a person grow, build his stamina and maintain vigour. You are what you eat,” he said. He later added that compulsive eaters cannot gain from yoga. He who eats in moderation and has regulated his diet can become a yogi. “Lord Krishna in Bhagwad Gita has said ‘Verily, Yoga is not for him who does not eat too much nor who consumes in excess. It is also not for those who are addicted to sleep or even to wakefulness,” said Swami Adhyatmananda quoting for the religious text.
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The body of a 72-yearold professor was found at his quarters on an educational campus in Gandhinagar late on Monday night. His grandson registered a complaint with Sector 7 police station. As police have not found any apparent reason for murder so far, they have roped in forensic science experts who collected various samples from the crime scene. According to Sector 7 police, the body of Maheshchandra Sharma, 72, was found at his quarters on the campus of K B Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research, Kadi Sarva Vishwavidyalaya at 11.30 pm when his daughter’s son returned
from Ahmedabad. Sharma was found in a pool of blood with multiple stab wounds. L B Monpara, inspector of Sector 7 police station, G P Darbar, scientific officer at FSL and other senior officials visited the spot. Monpara said Sharma was the head of the department of pharmacy at the institute and lived alone until his grandson came to seek employment in the state a few weeks ago.
His daughter is settled in Dubai. “The body bears around seven deep stab wounds. It seems he was attacked as soon as he opened the door. There are signs of a scuffle at the scene. The motive was not robbery as the house had cash, laptops and mobile phones but the assailant did not touch them. We are going through his records to get more information on his life,” he said.
politics — touches upon various social issues, mainly related to women and children, as experienced by her. A chapter titled “Aavi Ghatnao Pan Samaaj Ma Jova Male Te Kevu Vichitra” ( Strange
that such incidents are also found in society) talks about a young unmarried teacher being sacked by Anandiben, then Gujarat’s education minister, for having a relationship with a married
man who had two children. The CM recounts how she agreed to the family’s demand to terminate her service so she could return home from an outstation posting. The book avoids details.
her maintenance on account of her extra-marital relationship. In its order, the sessions court said, “One or two lapses or an occasional incident may be condoned, provided that they are unwitting. Sometimes, a situation arise whereupon, even without design or thought in mind, a young person may indulge in an intimate act. But an act of sexual intercourse by a spouse with another person, predetermined or preconceptualized, even if it is a singular act, would be adultery.” The court was not ready to pardon the
woman for her continuous relations with a man other than her husband. Describing the relationship, the court wrote, “Had it been a one-night stand and if it arose out of an excusable situation, it would be a lapse. But in this case, the woman has voluntarily indulged in sexual intercourse with predetermination and clear mindset with a person other than her husband and that too during her pregnancy. Such relationships cannot be termed as one or two lapses. Conspicuously exhibiting such an act is adultery.”
itive for Den 4, while two samples confirmed Den 3 virus. While GSBTM confirmed 14 of the 25 samples to be Den 3 while 10 samples confirmed the Den 2 viral strain. However, state health authorities have claimed that dengue is less fatal when compared to 2013, even as prevalence of the virus is high this year. “To confirm dengue, haematocrit test is the most appropriate test and not platelet count as there are errors ranging from 50,000 to 30,000 when it comes
to platelet count tests. Most dengue cases can be managed now by only measuring difference between upper and lower blood pressure. The lower pressure should not go below 40Hg,” says a senior state health authority. The official also added that the possibility of prevalence of all four dengue strains is also not ruled out at the moment. The Gujarat chapter of the IMA has appealed to the public not to panic and not to force doctors to admit unless it is important.
Few unwitting lapses not adultery: HC Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Gujarat high court has upheld a lower court’s definition of adultery, where it said that a couple of lapses in behaviour, if they are unwitting, cannot be called adultery. However, a singular premeditated act of sexual intercourse by one spouse with another person would be adultery. The HC upheld these observations while refusing maintenance to a wife, who admittedly was found living an adulterous life. The court also upheld the payment of maintenance to a minor child by his father, but not to the wife because she was in a relationship with a third person. This case is from Patan district. The woman unsuccessfully moved a magisterial court for alimony according to the provisions of section 125 of CrPC. She then approached a sessions court, which also denied
Gujarat: National Institute of Virology zeroes in on 3 dengue serotypes
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As the city continues to reel under the dengue onslaught, the National Institute of Virology (NIV) has zeroed in on three dengue virus serotypes responsible for wide prevalence. When 25 blood samples were sent to the Gujarat State Biotech Mission (GSBTM) two weeks back, the institute confirmed prevalence of Den 2, Den 3 and Den 4 virus strains. In all, dengue is caused by four viral strains Den 1, 2, 3 and 4. Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) is now awaiting NIV results on Aedes Aegypti mosquito samples that were sent to Pune institute to confirm the dengue viral strains. Out of the seven blood samples sent to NIV, five have tested pos-
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