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Jadeja, Ashwin spins India to 1-0 lead India spinners made most of the conditions on offer to wrap the first Test inside three days in Mohali on Saturday Agency | Mohali
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India may have wrapped up the first Test against South Africa in just under three days but skipper Virat Kohli today said that there were “no demons” in the wicket, though he admitted it was more of a bowlers’ game. Chasing a 218-run target on a turning track, the Proteas were bundled out for 109 runs in 39.5 overs in the final session as the match ended inside three days at the IS Bindra stadium here to give India a 1-0 lead in the four-Test series.
Manipuri woman found dead in Navi Mumbai Agency | Mumbai
A 34-year-old woman from Manipur fell to death from the balcony of a third floor flat in Kharghar in adjoining Navi Mumbai, under mysterious circumstances. The incident occurred at Siddhivinayak Darshan CHS in Sector-34 yesterday, police said today. Niang Ngaih Vung, who lived with her Nigerian partner in Sector 2 in Koparkhairane, had gone with him to Kharghar for the birthday party of his Nigerian friend.
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nary third day as South India’s Ravindra Jadeja Africa wobbled quickly and Ravichandran Ash- in their pursuit of a 218win thrived on a spin- run victory target before ners’ paradise in Mohali, being shot out for just bamboozling South Afri- 109 as India took a 1-0 ca’s batsmen in the first lead in the four-match seTest to secure a 108-run ries. Jadeja took five secvictory with more than ond innings wickets and two days to spare on Sat- his match haul of eight urday. Eighteen wickets wickets, to go with the 38 tumbled on an extraordi- crucial runs he had con-
tributed to India’s first innings, earned him the man-of-the-match award. The Proteas sprang a surprise by sending paceman Vernon Philander to open the innings, a ploy that bombed with Jadeja trapping the batsman leg before with his first ball. Left-arm spinner Jadeja returned to deal a big-
Excise duty on petrol hiked by Rs 1.6/ litre, diesel by 40 paisa Agency | New Delhi
The government, late on Friday night, hiked excise duty on petrol by Rs 1.60 per litre and the same on diesel by 40 paisa/ litre to mop up additional revenue to meet budgetary targets. The basic excise duty on unbranded or normal petrol was increased from Rs 5.46 per litre to Rs 7.06 a litre, according to a CBEC notification. After including additional and special excise duty, the total levy on petrol will be Rs 19.06 per litre as against present levy of Rs 17.46. Similarly on unbranded or normal diesel, excise duty has been increased from Rs 4.26 per litre to Rs 4.66 a litre. After including special excise duty, total incidence of excise duty
on diesel will be Rs 10.66 per litre as against the initial Rs 10.26. The excise duty on branded petrol has been hiked from Rs 6.64 to Rs 8.24 per lire. Special and additional excise duty of Rs 12 per litre will continue as before. On branded diesel, excise duty has been increased from Rs 6.62 to Rs 7.02 per litre. Additional excise duty of Rs 6 per litre will continue as
before. The government had previously, in four instalments, raised excise duty on petrol and diesel between November and January to take away the reduction in retail rates that was warranted from falling international oil prices. The four excise duty hikes between November and January totalled Rs 7.75 per litre on petrol and Rs 6.50 a litre on diesel.
ger blow when he castled Hashim Amla, the South Africa captain offering no shot to a ball that crashed onto his middle stump. Leg spinner Amit Mishra drove home the advantage by bowling AB de Villiers, for the second time in the Test, with a flighted delivery that sneaked through the South African talisman’s defence. Stiaan van Zyl (36) offered some resistance, but it was too little in the face of some aggressive spin bowling on a spiteful track by Jadeja and Ashwin, who
also finished with eight wickets from the match. South Africa had earlier roared back into contention with off-spinner Simon Harmer (461) and leggie Imran Tahir (4-48) tormenting India’s batsmen before the hosts folded for 200 in their second innings. Resuming on 1252 in a low-scoring match, India’s hopes of batting the visitors out of the contest received a boost when a groin injury prevented Proteas pace spearhead Dale Steyn from adding his considerable weight to the tour-
ists’ attack. The visitors, however, refused to throw in the towel and claimed an astonishing six wickets for 24 runs to peg back India, who were cruising along at 161-2 at one stage. Overnight batsmen Cheteshwar Pujara and Virat Kohli began well, looking largely untroubled in their 66-run stand. Part-timer Van Zyl claimed the vital breakthrough for South Africa when he induced an edge from Kohli (29) and Vilas, standing up, took a good catch behind the stumps.
Bihar polls: TV channel drops exit poll that predicted Alliance sweep Agency | New Delhi News channel CNN-IBN had announced the “biggest exit poll” for the Bihar election but did not telecast it at the announced time on Thurs-
Delhi HC quashes 60% quota for kids of top civil servants in Sanskriti School
Agency | New Delhi Unless on the principles Municipal corporator and of reverse discrimination Samajwadi Party lead- Observing that the Cona justification can be given day. The agency which Incidentally, Axis’s pre- channel, Gupta said, “We er Atul Yadav ‘Bunty’, stitutional Right to Eduto make available funds to conducted the poll, Ax- diction had been closest to did it our own.” He addwho was shot at outside cation includes the right (In- the Aam Aadmi’s Party’s ed, “We have not done it a private individual which is-Ad-Print-Media his residence in Hazrat- to “equality in education” dia) Limited, posted the final landslide tally of 67 for them (channel). We establishes a school for ganj area on November which is “perhaps only the underprivileged, there results on its website on seats in Delhi earlier this keep doing these things.” 1, today succumbed to possible through a Comcan be no state funding Friday and predicted 169- year. It had predicted 53 The channel’s CEO Rahis injuries at a hospital mon School System”, to a private individual in 183 seats for the Grand seats for the AAP. Axis hul Joshi was not availhere, police said. Yadav the field of education,” Alliance and 58-70 seats chairman and Managing able for comment. When (42), an SP corporator Delhi High Court Frifrom Narhi ward, was day quashed the 60 per the Indian Services dis- court, the government had said the bench. “As re- for the NDA. Channel Director Pradeep Gupta contacted, a CNN-IBN shot at by some uniden- cent quota for children of advantages children of also claimed there were gards Sanskriti School, sources said that the poll told The Indian Express insider said: “We were not tified motorcycle-borne Group A officials of Indian persons engaged in oth- not enough Kendriya we direct the Union Gov- was not telecast because that his exit poll will be convinced by the figures. ernment to take an appro- the agency had refused to proved “100 per cent cor- They looked too lop-sidassailants while he was Civil Services in Sanskriti er branches.” The bench Vidyalayas in the city to on his way to meet a School. The bench of Juspriate decision in light of share raw data with them rect.” He reminded that in ed to be real. There were observed the government accommodate all students. family, they said. He had tice Pradeep Nandrajog the present decision and and the channel had not 2014 Lok Sabha election micro-level issues that had justified the funding The bench commented the and Justice Mukta Gupta received bullet injuries in particular whether the been convinced enough too Axis had done the big- clearly had not been taken and reservation allowed to government could have in his leg and temple and in its judgment applied school can be made part by the projections to tele- gest pan-Indian survey. into account. For examthe school on the grounds set up another KV in the of the existing Kendriya cast it. The agency, on Gupta said: “You should ple, Bakhtiarpur is Nitish was on ventilator at the the legal concept of “comtrauma centre of King pelling reasons” for “seg- that there were “no good city. “The state cannot Vidyalaya Sangathan or the other hand, maintains ask the channel why are Kumar’s area and the surGeorge Medical Univer- regation” evolved by the schools” or “elite schools” provide funds to any pri- alternatively in what man- that it had shared only the they not showing the poll vey showed BJP winning sity where he succumbed US Supreme Court, ob- available for the children vate individual to estab- ner the wrong can be rec- pre-poll survey data with done by us.” When asked it. We asked them for the to the injuries in the wee serving, “Reserving seats of Group A services of- lish a school for an elite tified keeping in view the CNN-IBN and the exit was Axis commissioned raw data but they did not hours today, police said. for a particular branch of ficers. In its replies to the segment of the society. present decision.” poll data was confidential. to do the survey by the comply. 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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Bihar polls: Divisive politics dominated the Bihar campaign
The strangest things happen in politics, especially at election time and particularly in the state of Bihar where, in essence, the fight is between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. To the best of my knowledge and belief, no PM has ever spent so much time and energy on holding rallies during a state assembly election as Modi has done in Bihar. For his part, Nitish has entered into an alliance with his bitterest rival, Lalu Prasad, who cannot contest the election because of his conviction in the massive fodder scam case. He is busy, therefore, promoting his dynasty. In this context, it is surprising that the reservation of seats in legislatures and government jobs for Dalits, Adivasis and OBCs should have become such a big bone of contention between the two sides. In all fairness, it must be acknowledged that the starting point of the escalating dispute was a statement by Mohan Bhagwat, the chief of the Sangh Parivar, at the beginning of the election campaign. He blandly suggested that the time had come for the appointment of a committee to review the entire system of reservations. He added that economic plight, rather than caste, should be the deciding factor in this regard. From the RSS point of view, this makes sound sense. There can be no Hindu Rashtra if Hindu society is not solidly united. Caste will surely be an instrument to fragment it. But Bhagwat seems not to have realised that his plea would create a huge problem for Modi and his righthand man, Amit Shah. They moved fast to slam the jubilant cry of caste leaders that the BJP had served notice that it would abolish the existing reservations. They emphatically iterated that their party favoured caste-based reservations and would stick to them. At his next election rally, the PM spoke about a “quota conspiracy”. Lalu and Nitish, he declared, were “conspiring” to snatch away a proportion of reservations from the Dalits, Mahadalits, OBCs and EBCs to give these to “another community”. He must have had reasons not to name the community. But Shah removed all ambiguity on this subject. He proclaimed that if the BJP lost the election in Bihar for any reason, Pakistan would explode crackers. He explained that in order to placate his “vote bank”, Nitish never arrested terrorists, which endeared him to Pakistan. Even if Nitish and Lalu win by a landslide, they will not be able to amend the Constitution, which is Parliament’s job. In any case, why would they “snatch from the plates of Dalits and backwards and serve it to the minorities”?
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QUOTE “First time in the history of our country, a fascist organisation that is openly opposed to the ideology and values of the Indian Constitution has acquired decisive power OF THE over the Union of India.” - Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday DAY accused the RSS and BJP of destroying liberal and secular India. I want to experience Awkward growing up in front of everyone: Selena Gomez
real Indian food: Slash Agency | Mumbai
Grammy Award-winning musician Slash, a former guitarist of cult rock band Guns N’ Roses, is in India to enthrall his fans with a two-city tour. He says he wants to do “many things”, including digging into traditional Indian food. The rock icon is looking forward to his performances for MTV Indies Xtreme, organised by LIVE Viacom18, in Mumbai on Saturday, and in Bengaluru on November 14. “I’m really excited to be coming back to India! Fortunately, we’re going to be in two different locations, both of which are well known to me. But there are so many things that I’d want to do, so it’s really a matter of seeing how much we can do in the short time we have allotted. “If my memory serves me, the
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Indian food in India is extremely different than the westernised version in the US, so I’m interested to experience what traditional Indian food is like,” Slash, who landed here early Friday
morning. Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators will be headlining the rock music and adventure sports festival where they will also promote their new album “World on Fire”.
Supreme Court orders Aditya Pancholi and family to vacate the Mumbai bungalow Agency | Mumbai
Supreme Court has ordered actor Aditya Pancholi to vacate his Mumbai bungalow by the end of the year. “You are a big man. You can buy a flat. Your conduct is not acceptable,” said the apex court. The Pancholis have rented the bungalow near ISKCON temple in Juhu since 1960 for Rs 150 a month. The suit was filed by Tarabai Hate, owner of the bungalow, in July 1977 under the Bombay Rents, Hotel, Lodging House Rates Control Act, 1947 upon Pancholi’s failure to pay three months rent. Last month the Bombay High Court ruled against Pancholi and ordered them to move out and pay
Selena Gomez’s life has been constantly under scrutiny ever since she started her showbiz journey at the age of seven and the former Disney star says it is strange to grow up in the public eye. The 23-year-old singer, however, is keen to prove herself despite the constant focus on her personal life. “I have lived some life. I now get it. My goals have surpassed me. I just want to keep striving. There have been a lot of ups and downs. “It is really awkward growing up in front of everybody. I am just
trying to figure out how to do it,” Gomez said in an interview in Cancun, Mexico while promoting her latest film “Hotel Transylvania 2”. Her romance with pop star Justin Bieber was a constant fodder for paparazzi but Gomez says she does not regret it and her song ‘Heart Wants What It Wants’ was her way of talking about it. “It is obvious I have been in love. I don’t regret anything. I wholeheartedly loved someone and I don’t regret that at all. “The song was my way of talking about what everybody was talking about. It was not bashing. It was like
‘I don’t care what people say, this is what I felt, this is what I feel and this is how I am going to say it’. Then I left it alone.” Gomez says “Revival”, her latest album which released last month, has been a “big goal” for her. “This album has been a big goal of mine. I am executive producing it. I wrote more than half of the album. Now I can say ‘I have been through things because when I am 15, why am I singing about heartbreak? I don’t know what it is. I don’t think I have even remotely felt that’. But the kind of life I have lived, I have a lot to say.”
who is the spouse of BJP MP from Chandigarh Kirron Kher, told reporters. “We had a meeting with a lot of writers, artistes, filmmakers and they also believe that there is no intolerance in the country... This march is a symbolic gesture on part of a lot of people over here who say India is one and free of intolerance,” the 60-yearold said. Many filmmakers and artistes from the fraternity including Madhur Bhandarkar, Ashoke Pandit, Priyadarshan, Manoj Joshi, Abhijeet Bhattacharya and writer Madhu Kishwar joined
the march to hand over a memorandum signed by more than 40 personalities including actress Raveena Tandon. Bhandarkar, a National Award winner, alleged that those involved in the protest over intolerance had opposed Prime Minister Narendra Modi before he was elected, which raised questions about their intention. “The projection that is happening for the past few days is very sad. The people who were against Modiji during elections are the same people who are coming out right now.
Let’s tell the world India is one, India is tolerant: Anupam Kher
the arrears to the landlady. In the battle of over three decades, the court found that Pancholi did not de-
posit the money or pay the landlord in other means. On Friday, Supreme Court upheld the decision.
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Agency | Mumbai Actress Deepika Padukone has openly called her “Bajirao Mastani” co-star Ranveer Singh “hot” on micro-blogging site Twitter. Deepika, 29, who has always been tight-lipped about her alleged romace with Ranveer, finally reciprocated the fondness as she tweeted the actor’s solo poster along with heart-eyed emoticons. “Hello Hotness! #BajiraoMastani @RanveerOfficial,” she captioned the pic. The “Piku” star and
Ranveer, 30, who came close during the shoot of “Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela”, had earlier praised each others work on Twitter. In “Bajirao Mastani”, Ranveer plays the mighty Maratha warrior Peshwa Bajirao while Deepika will be seen donning the role of his second wife Mastani. Also starring Priyanka Chopra as Kashi Bai (Bajirao’s first wife), the Sanjay Leela Bhansali-directed film will hit theatres on December 18.
Love is blind. The process of falling in love does not have boundaries and restrictions. This understanding is shown beautifully in Yaara Silly Silly. The movie revolves around a sex worker, Mallika (Paoli Dam) and her one night with a client, Sammy (Parambrata Chatterjee) who was forcefully taken to her by two of his friends. Unlike her other clients, Sammy looks at Mallika as a woman and not as an object. He treats her with utmost respect and refuses to take advantage of
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her. Cut to five years later and the two meet again in a train. The movie shifts continuously to the present and that one night in the past; not making the movie a dry and dull encounter for the viewers. Sammy had given Mallika the night of her life complete with a lavish meal and a beautiful sari
for her to feel like a complete woman. Mallika is utterly charmed and falls in love with Sammy but as fate would have it, Sammy is still in love with his ex-girlfriend Akshara (Vidya Malvade). In the present time, Sammy and Mallika (now named Devanshi) connect like two soul mates would.
Bollywood actor Anupam Kher on Saturday led a march to Rashtrapati Bhavan alleging that the “award-wapsi” campaign over the ‘growing intolerance’ was to defame the country by projecting a “wrong” picture of the situation. “India is a very tolerant country. Some people have coined the term ‘growing intolerance’. They are very few. Not every Indian thinks like that. We are secular people. We do not believe in pseudo-secularism, selective outrage or selective patriotism,” Kher,
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Agency | New Delhi Arun Jaitley says it is a matter for the executive to decide. nion Finance Minister Arun Jaitley spoke out against the fact that the Supreme Court is deliberating on the issue of Aadhaar being universally implemented saying that it is up to the government to decide the methodology of governance, not the courts. “The need for this (Aadhaar) and the utility for this has been universally recognised across States. We are at a situation where there is a challenge pending in court and normally courts entertain a challenge which are judicially determinable. As to what should be the methodology adopted in governance is not a judicially determinable matter. It is a matter for the executive government to decide,” Mr. Jaitley said while summing up the day’s proceedings at the Delhi Economic Conclave on Friday.
Xiaomi sells over 1 mn handsets in July-Sept quarter
Agency | New Delhi Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has sold over a million units in the quarter ended September 30, growing about 45 percent sequentially. “We have had our best ever quarter (July-September) with sales of more than one million units. We have been witnessing about 45 percent sequential growth for the last three quarters,” Xiaomi India Head Manu Jain said. However, the sales numbers are in contrast to data shared by research firm Counterpoint Research which in a report said Xiaomi had seen a drop in shipments sequentially due to fierce competition from Lenovo and Micromax’s Yu. Jain said the sales were led by a strong demand for Redmi 2 Prime smartphones that are assembled at a plant run by Foxconn in Andhra Pradesh. He, however, declined to give specific shipment details. Mi.com site, which sells Xiaomi smartphones and other accessories to consumers through a marketplace model, was attracting millions of customers, he said. Xiaomi had started its own e-commerce portal in June this year.
Google looking at designing it’s own chips for Android smartphones
Agency | New Delhi Would the other, non-partner chipset makers be upset? One of the first things I’d hope Google includes in a chip design is more security at the hardware level; something BlackBerry has attempted to do with the Priv. So every flagship from every smartphone brand this year will sport a Snapdragon 810 chipset. So yeah, it actually makes a lot of sense for Google and its Android team to approach someone like Qualcomm and say, “Yo, guys, we think we have some really good ideas as to how your processors could run a hell of a lot better on Android, you know, the operating system we control”. If Google is working on its own processor project, then it’ll have to find a willing partner.
Shikhar Dhawan might have had a nightmarish time with the bat in the ongoing first cricket Test against South Africa, but former India captain Sunil Gavaskar on Friday came in support of the opener, saying going by his record the left-hander deserves another chance. Shikhar has been struggling for runs of late and was dismissed for ducks in both the innings of the Mohali Test. Asked whether he should be given a break, Gavaskar said, “It’s a tough call but when you look at his Test record in the previous two Test matches he got a
hundred.” “He struggled in the ODIs and then got a half-century in the final ODI and I think may be he deserves another Test because once again if you leave him you have two right-handers at the crease. I would certainly want to give Shikhar Dhawan another chance,” he said. Gavaskar feels going by the way the pitch
is behaving anything close to 300 would be a winning score for India. “I think ideally anything close to 300 but the way the pitch is behaving and the ball is turning anything like 200 would also be good enough. But I think closer to 300 would be pretty much difficult for the South Africans to chase,” he said.
India v/s South Africa 1st Test: How the host broadcaster almost influenced the umpire’s decisions Agency | Mohali
For any visiting cricket team, playing Test cricket in the sub-continent is always challenging. It becomes even more so when India object to Decision Review System (DRS), citing less than 100 per cent accuracy. Having taken such a hard stand against DRS, it has always been expected from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to ensure that the game is played in the fairest of manners on home grounds. However, when Ravindra Jadeja had AB de Villiers caught at slip in the 45th over of the South African innings on Friday, with the batsman on seven, the third umpire’s decision could have created a huge controversy, courtesy the callousness of the host broadcaster. The on-field umpire Kumar Dharmasena, after giving De Villiers
Agency | New York Former Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar heaved a sigh of relief when he was named in the team of his long-time rival Sachin Tendulkar for an inaugural three-match series in the US and said he’s done bowling against the Indian batting legend whom he considers a “brutal force” and the “greatest player history
out, checked with the third umpire, Vineet Kulkarni, to see where Jadeja’s front foot landed. It was a safety measure to check if the bowler had bowled a No Ball. But what happened in the next two minutes was just shocking. The third umpire was trying to check Jadeja’s front foot – whether it was within the legitimate limits – as the official broadcaster played
out replays to facilitate the TV umpire with different angle views. The first replay clearly showed that Jadeja bowled a No Ball, the first one of his 12-Test long career – and De Villiers was not walking back to the pavilion. The other angles were not clear till a slide was played to suggest that Jadeja’s front foot had landed well inside the front crease.
Heena Sidhu wins gold in 13th Asian Shooting Championship Agency | New Delhi
India’s Heena Sidhu made a grand return to form by winning the gold medal in the 10m air pistol women’s event at the 13th Asian Shooting Championship on Friday. Heena, who won a gold at the righth Asian Air Gun Championship at home recently, shot an excellent 198.2 in the finals to edge out Mongolian Gundegma Otreyad, who shot 198. Jangmi Kim of Korea won the bronze with a score of 176.2. In the 10m air pistol junior women’s event, Shri Nivetha too won a gold with a score of 195.8 in the finals. She edged out Shinemurun Nyamdorj of Mongolia (195.4) and Heesun Kim of Korea (174.4), who won the silver and bronze medals respectively. Shreya Gawande, Shri Nivetha and Oshin Tawani also com-
Shoaib Akhtar relieved to be playing alongside Sachin Tendulkar
has ever seen.” “Thank God for that, that I am playing for Sachin and Sachin is playing for me. I am done bowling against him. I have been bowling against him for last 15 years and I was not looking forward to bowling against him, to be honest,” a cheerful Akhtar. On why he did not want to play against Tendulkar, Akhtar said, “Tendulkar is a brutal force, he is the
greatest player history has ever seen. I also never wanted to have a kind of India-Pakistan thing once again.” He said he wanted to be on Tendulkar’s team and enjoy the series. Tendulkar and Australian cricket icon Shane Warne will captain 28 of the world’s greatest cricketers for the inaugural ‘Cricket All Stars’ series in New York, Houston and Los Angeles this month.
and fro action but saw little goal-scoring chances. After Friday’s draw, Delhi remained on second spot below FC Goa with both teams having collected 14 points from eight matches but the Zico-coached side is on top on the basis of better goal
difference. On the other hand, Mumbai jumped to fourth spot from previous sixth with 11 points from eight matches. They will have to still search for their elusive away win in the ISL as they have failed to register one in the first edition also.
ISL 2015: Robin Singh earns a draw for Delhi Dynamos FC thanks to Mumbai City FC’s defensive howler Agency | New Delhi
Local lad Robin Singh struck in the injury time to help Delhi Dynamos FC hold Mumbai City FC to a 1-1 draw in an eighth round match of the Indian Super League football tournament at New Delhi on Friday. India international striker Robin, who came in place of Seminlen Doungel in the 70th minute, scored in the third minute of the added time to snatch one point for Delhi after Fenchman Frederic Piquionne had put Mumbai ahead in the 70th minute at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. The goal, which came just a few seconds before the final whistle, gave the nearly 15,000 strong Delhi crowd something to cheer in the match which witnessed fast-paced to
ISL 2015: Good news for Atletico de Kolkata as marquee player Helder Postiga will be back soon
bined to win the team gold with a combined total of 1114. Mongoloia won the silver and Korea bagged the bronze Besides, the Indian trio of Nayani Bharadwaj (374), Harshada Nithave (374) and Malaika Goel (365) also won the a gold in the team event of the 10M air pistol uouth women’s event. In the 25m pistol men’s junior event, India’s Shivam Shukla won gold shooting a score of 576. Korea’s Jungwoo Park
(575) and Jaekyoon Lee (572) claimed the silver and bronze respectively. Shivam, Arjun Das and Achal Pratap Grewal also won the silver medal in the team event. Meanwhile in the junior skeet men’s competition, Angad Bajwa secured the individual gold. The team of Angad Bajwa (121), Anant Naruka (112) and Arjun Mann (114) shot a total of 347 to walk away with the team gold also in this category.
per Helder Postiga for their last four ISL matches, which they will play at home. Having scored a splendid debut for the Red and Whites with a brace in the ISL opener, Postiga is down with a hamstring injury and was sent back home. ATK coach Antonio Habas on Friday said he’s joining the squad next week. “He’s recovering well and is slated to join us on November 15,” Habas said. ATK are scheduled to play Chennaiyin FC on November 18. The defending champions are on a high after picking up a 4-1 win in Mumbai Agency | Kolkata and Habas said they’re looking to Defending champions Atletico de Kolkata continue their winning momentum. are hopeful of getting the services of their “We have to win against NorthEast marquee player and Portuguese World Cup- at home on Saturday.
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Patidar stir is Congress’ proxy war: BJP Sedition case: SC decides to wait, Correspondent | Rajkot
BJP intensified its campaigning for elections to the Rajkot Municipal Corporation with ministers Govind Patel and Vijay Rupani on Friday terming the Patidar agitation for quota benefits as a proxy war by Congress to overcome dominance of the saffron party in Gujarat politics. The party, however, fielded 20 Patidars, its biggest representation to any community the poll. Without taking names, MoS for Science and Technology Govind Patel said, “Congress has done nothing to show to
the public. Therefore, they have started a proxy war. They are trying to pitch one community against the other.” He was addressing a rally before BJP candidates filed nomination papers. Water Supply Minister Vijay Rupani took a dig at Congress and accused
it of using the reservation agitation as a front. “Congress doesn’t have issues to raise. This time they have used the reservation stir as a front. But, they have been exposed. They (quota stir leaders) had met Siddharth Patel. Their lawyer Mangukia is a Congress spokesperson,”
years old, said officials. Rajesh Bhatt, additional chief fire officer, said they are yet to establish the reason for he collapse but, on inspecting he debris, they had found that he iron bars had been reduced o powder and the RCC had become very brittle. “We have asked the authori ies of the apartment to imme diately start repairs as the building had become unsafe for living,” said Bhatt. “The local people also told us that vibrations from adjoining railway tracks might have weakened the structure.”
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said Rupani. He said BJP has given representation to 25 castes in the list of 72 candidates. However, Bhikha Vasoya, chief of BJP’s Rajkot city unit, said 20 Patidar candidates have been named by the party. The Ahirs, the Dalits and the Brahmins come second with seven candidates each. However, the outgoing general board had 23 Patidar corporators. “The number of Patidar candidates have gone down due to delimitation and 50 per cent reservation to women,” said Kashyap Shukla, general secretary of BJP’s Rajkot city unit.
Hardik Patel to stay in jail
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Patidar leader Hardik Patel will have to spend at least 45 days more in jail as the Supreme Court on Friday decided to wait till the investigation into a sedition case filed against him is completed. A bench of Justices J S Khehar and R Banumathi said his appeal, challenging invocation of sedition charge for allegedly inciting a mob during the quota stir for the Patel community, will be heard on merit on Janu-
Ranji Trophy 2015-16: Shreyas Iyer, Balcony on fourth-floor of building crashes, 11 rescued Rohit Sharma tons lead Mumbai to 407/4 Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
The balcony of on the fourth floor of a building near Vejalpur railway crossing came crashing down at 6:45 pm on Friday . A team of Ahmedabad Fire and Emergency Services (AFES) rescued 11 people who were present on the fourth floor at the time. No one was reported injured in the incident. AFES officials said a team with an expandable ladder and cutter had reached Omkareshwar Apartment near Vastrapur railway station after getting a call for help. The building is around 20
Youngster Shreyas Iyer slammed his third ton of the season, a strokeful 137, while senior batsman Rohit Sharma hit an unbeaten 110 as Mumbai made an imposing 407 for 4 on day one of their Group B Ranji Trophy match against Uttar Pradesh, in Mumbai on Saturday. Making full use of UP captain Suresh Raina’s decision to field after winning the toss, Mumbai rode on the two centuries plus useful contributions from captain Aditya Tare (30), fellow-opener Akh-
Indian Army successfully test-fires land attack missile ‘Brahmos’
Correspondent | Pokhran
Army on Saturday successfully test fired the nearly 300-km-range Brahmos supersonic land attack cruise missile here. “At 1000 hrs today, the Indian Army fired Brahmos land- attack cruise missile successfully against a designated target at Pokhran test range in Rajasthan, demonstrating the weapon’s supreme operational capability,” defence officials said. The missile was test launched by a Mobile Autonomous Launcher (MAL) deployed in full configuration. The test-fire, carried out in the user-deployment configuration by trained army personnel, met all the mission objectives, they said. “BRAHMOS missile system, the most lethal and potent weapon system for precision strike available with Indian Army, has proved again its effectiveness in today’s successful launch,” said Sudhir Mihra, Chief of BrahMos Aerospace. The Army has already inducted three regiments of Brahmos in its arsenal. All are equipped with Block-III version of missile, which was tested on May 8 and 9 this year. The land-at-
ary 5 after Gujarat Police completes its probe. The next 45 days are crucial for Gujarat government since municipal and panchayat polls are to be conducted in the state. The polls had to be delayed owing to the quota agitation led by Hardik, who will now remain in custody till completion of polls. During the hearing Friday, the bench
said it would adjourn the matter to enable police to conclude the probe and submit a report to the court. The police, it added, will not file a chargesheet or closure report in the case. Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Gujarat government, sought one-and-a-half month for state police to complete the probe. Senior advo-
cate Kapil Sibal, who appeared for Hardik, did not press for interim bail as the bench observed that investigation must be allowed to go on and that it is setting a deadline for the police to conclude it. The top court also refused to interfere with proceedings of Gujarat High Court, which is conducting an inquiry into a case in which Hardik has been accused of stage-managing his own abduction. Sibal pleaded that the other case should also be transferred to the apex court. Rohatgi opposed the plea, saying the High Court is seized of the matter and has been issuing orders.
education, governance, infrastructure, quality of life, business environment and exclusive development. Gujarat is receiving the two awards for ‘Best State for Investment’ as well as ‘Overall Performance’, there being two separate sets of awards for major states and smaller states. It may be noted here that Gujarat received the ‘Best State for Investment’ award for intentions worth
Rs.51,108-crore received between January-August in 2015, which amounts to 21.6 per cent of total such intentions received in the entire country. If the industrial investments were calculated from 2010 to 2015, Gujarat alone implemented proposals worth Rs.1,16,821crore, which amount to 36.5 per cent of total proposals of Rs.3,19,920crore received for the entire country.
Diksha. In his appeal for cancellation of a warrant issued against him to remain present during the proceedings, the monk had argued that since he is 2,200 kilometre away from city and he could not walk more than 1012 km per day due to his ill health, he should be granted eight months to report to the court. Justice J B Pardiwala of the high court, who called for abolition of the practice of Bal Diksha and refused to drop charges against the monk, expressed dismay at the proposal. He lamented the demand becau se it had hindered
court proceedings. “I am told that he has made a very unreaso nable and unprecedented request to the trial court to adjourn the case. Whoever may be the person, he should not forget that he is an accused in a criminal case. He is obliged in law to remain is obliged in law to remain present before the trial court. If the accused persons do not remain present, then it is open for the trial court to take appropriate steps in accordance with law to secure their pre sence by a bailable warrant or a non-bai lable warrant,” the court order reads.
CM in Delhi to receive India Today awards to Gujarat state
Correspondent | New
il Herwadkar (58) and Suryakumar Yadav (58) to dominate on a batting track at the Wankhede Stadium. While Iyer hit five sixes and 14 fours in his 110-knock that lasted three hours, Sharma – released from the first Test team after failing to make the eleven at Mohali – utilised the opportunity to occupy the crease for 194 minutes while striking one six and 13 fours in 128 balls. Both the batsmen played strokes all round the wicket and hardly looked in trouble against UP attack that was without left-arm spinner Saurabh Kumar, who took ten wickets in their previous game against Gujarat at Valsad. After the openers put on 55 for the first wicket, Iyer
got involved in a century stand worth 106 with left-handed Herwadkar for the second wicket and then put on 98 for the third wicket with Sharma who started slowly before opening up to notch his 14th Ranji ton. Iyer, who scored 173 against Baroda and 200 against Punjab, apart from an invaluable 83 against Tamil Nadu earlier, compiled his fifth first class hundred before edging Bhuvneshwar Kumar to wicket keeper Eklavya Dwivedi in the second over after tea. However, Sharma continued to punish the bowlers as he added 99 runs for the fourth wicket with Yadav to demoralise the UP attack. At stumps, Siddesh Lad (12) was with him.
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
er language.” Fr Valles’s book on mathematics is considered by students as something of a Bible on the subject. He said he felt his only achievement was the fact that he had been able to establish a unique relationship with his students at St Xaviers. During a two-hour-long chat with former colleagues, readers and current students of St Xaviers, Fr Valles said on an emotional note that his bonding with the renowned mathematician of Gujarat, P C Vaidya, was such that he cannot help but think of him whenever he thinks of his days in Ahmedabad. S P Nayak, retired profes sor of physics from the same college, was Fr Valles’s colleague. He remembered the day in 1958 when the Spandiard was introduced to the college staff.
Delhi
Gujarat state today bagged the India Today Group’s three prestigious awards for ‘Overall Performance’, ‘Best State for Investment’ and ‘Cleanliness Drive’ and at the ‘State of the States Enclave-2015’ in New Delhi today. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh presented the awards to the Chief Minister at the Conclave in presence of the chief ministers of different states and other dignitaries. The annual conclave is being held by the India Today Group since 2003 to present the awards to the states, selected by an experts’ panel, for their performance and achievement during the previous year under different categories. This year the awards were given for the states’ performance under the different categories like agriculture, health,
Gujarati closer to my heart than English, says Fr Valles Gujarat HC surprised over Jain monk’s request
tack version of Brahmos has been operationalised in the Army since 2007. The fire-and-forget Missile has the capability to take on surface-based targets by flying a combined high-low trajectory, thus evading enemy air defence systems. Inclusion of the powerful weapon system in Indian Army has given it a distinct operational advan-
tage to knock down any enemy target even in the most difficult and hidden terrains, the officials said. The missile, having a range of 290-km and a Mach 2.8 speed, is capable of being launched from land, sea, sub-sea and air against sea and land targets. BrahMos is a joint venture between DRDO of India and NPOM of Russia.
Father Carlos G Valles is Spanish by birth but his heart still beats for Ahmedabad. He celebrated his 90th birthday with his former colleagues and students at St Xaviers College through video-conferencing from Spain on Friday. Fr Valles had taught mathematics at St Xavier’s College for nearly three decades. He said during the video-conference that the love he had received from Amdavadis made him forget whether he was in Spain or Gujarat. “There is not a single day when I do not think of Ahmedabad,” said Fr Valles during the video-conference on Friday. “Somehow I find Gujarati much closer to my heart than English or any oth-
Correspondent | New
Delhi
Gujarat high court on Friday expressed surprise at a Jain monk’s plea to grant him eight months’ time to be able to appear in court because it would take a long time to walk from Kolkata to Ahmedabad because as per Jain traditions he could not travel in a vehicle. The court said that it was unprecedented request on part of the monk and he must not forget that he is an accused in a criminal case. The Jain monk Acharya Kirti Yashurishwarji Maharaj along with five others is facing criminal prosecution at a metropolitan court for allegedly pub lishing a forged government notification, which favoured the practice of luring children to renounce the world, Bal
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