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News Brief Debt-ridden farmer commits suicide Agency | Nashik
A 68-year-old debt-ridden farmer from Palkhed village here allegedly committed suicide after he failed to repay his loan, police said today. The victim, identified as Shivaji Shankar Kale, consumed poison on Saturday following which he was rushed to the Nashik Civil Hospital, where he passed away yesterday, they said.
This is a special win as we had to work harder: Kohli
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“Ind vs SA, 4th Test”
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India captain Virat Kohli today described their 337-run win at Ferozshah Kotla here as the most special of the four-Test series against South Africa, saying his team had to work harder to achieve the result as compared to the previous matches. India won the four-Test series 3-0, with the second match at Bangalore being washed out. While India won the first and third matches within three days, the last Test here went on till the fifth day with South Africa putting up a massive resistance for the major part of the match.
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India seal win after Proteas crumble The win was the biggest in terms of runs and pushed India to second rank in ICC Test rankings
Agency | New Delhi Hosts India overcame South Africa’s dogged resistance in the final session to beat the visitors by 337 runs in the final Test at the Ferozeshah Kotla stadium on Monday and complete a 3-0 win in the four-match series. AB de Villiers batted for about six hours, much of it with a swollen thumb, for his 43 to fuel South Africa’s faint hopes of salvaging nary stonewalling from the visitors in India struck back in the final session, a draw after extraordi- their remarkably dour second innings. claiming five wickets to bowl out South
National Herald case: HC dismisses Sonia, Rahul’s pleas against summons; BJP hails decision Agency | New Delhi
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Observing that the conduct of Congress office-bearers named in the National Herald case “smacks of criminality”, the Delhi High Court dismissed Monday appeals filed by Congress president Sonia Gandhi, vice president Rahul Gandhi and five others against summons to face trial. Hours after the bench of Justice Sunil Gaur turned down the pleas for exemption from personal appearance in the case in the trial court, where it is listed Tuesday, a stunned Congress said it will approach the Supreme Court Tuesday morning against the High Court order. The
trial court is likely to issue a date for personal appearances of all accused. The Gandhis and five others — Suman Dubey, Moti Lal Vohra, Oscar Fernandes, Sam Pitroda and Young India Ltd (YI) — had challenged the trial court summons on a complaint by BJP’s Subramanian Swamy against them for alleged cheating and misappropriation of
funds in taking control of the now-defunct National Herald newspaper. Dismissing their appeals, the High Court bench, in a 27-page judgment, noted that YI was a “special purpose vehicle” created by the Congress leaders and the “questionable conduct of the petitioners needs to be properly examined… to find out the truth”. The bench ques-
tioned the need for shifting the interest-free loan of Rs 90.25 crore extended to Associated Journals Limited (AJL), publisher of National Herald, to Young India Limited (YI) for Rs 50 lakh. The court observed that the modus operandi depicted “criminal intent”. “… where was the need of extending interest-free loans to a public limited company engaged in a commercial venture of publishing newspapers,” the judge said, adding that allegations raised by complainant Swamy would need to be examined in detail at the stage of framing of charges against the accused.
China: Beijing issues first smog red alert, urging schools to close
Africa for 143 runs in 143.1 overs to seal victory and vault into the second place in world Test rankings. Resuming on 72-2 on a hazy morning, South Africa employed the same ultra-defensive strategy that marked their batting on Sunday. Determined to eke out a draw, captain Hashim Amla and de Villiers continued frustrating the Indian bowlers with resolute stonewalling. The number of bowlers Virat Kohli employed rose to eight, including the India skipper himself, as he grew desperate to try and separate Amla and de Villiers. Kohli surrounded the batsmen with
up to six close-in fielders for his spinners but success eluded the hosts until the 13th over of the day. Left-arm spinner Ravindra Jadeja earned the breakthrough in the fifth over after the hosts had taken the new ball, spinning one past Amla’s tentative bat to hit the top of the off-stump before embarking on a celebratory run. Amla departed after nearly five hours of dour defending, scoring 25 painstaking runs from 244 balls in what was the slowest ever Test inning of 200 or more balls. The 27 runs he added with de Villiers in 253 balls was also the slowest Test
partnership of 175 balls or more. New man in Faf du Plessis displayed the same obduracy with the bat and took 53 balls — seven more than skipper Amla — to get off the mark. Jadeja, who sent down 17 consecutive maiden overs in the second innings, struck again after the lunch break, trapping du Plessis leg before for 10, ending the batsman’s two-hour vigil. Ravichandran Ashwin (5-61) dismissed the scoreless JP Duminy but de Villiers and Dane Vilas (13) joined hands to thwart the Indians to ensure the test spills into its final session.
Fire destroys around 1,000 slum homes in Mumbai, one killed Agency | Mumbai
A massive fire triggered by a gas cylinder explosions swept through the packed Damu Nagar slum It’s the second time this in Mumbai’s Kandivali Agency | New Delhi Agency | Beijing month that notoriously on Monday, killing one The Delhi High Court Beijing issued its first-evpolluted Beijing has expe- person and destroying order dismissing pleas er red alert for smog on rienced a prolonged bout around 1,000 homes, offiagainst summons is- Monday, urging schools of smog, sending PM2.5 cials said. “The body was sued to Sonia and Ra- to close and invoking relevels in the suburbs as burnt beyond recognition. hul Gandhi in the Na- strictions on factories and high as 976 micrograms. It was difficult to say by tional Herald case will traffic that will keep half Beijing was also shroud- looking whether it was a cylinder burst in a slum succession after the first be challenged in the of the city’s vehicles off ed in persistent smog for boy’s or a girl’s body,” hutment due to which a blast. People living a kiSupreme Court tomor- the roads.The red alert most of November, when a police constable, who big fire broke out. Ap- lometre away from the row, the Congress said – the most serious warntoday claiming “sever- ing on a four-tier system Readings of PM2.5 parti- ing cars to driving every power demand soared due was present at the spot, proximately 1,000 hut- accident site heard loud al legal deficiencies” adopted a little over two cles climbed toward 300 other day depending on to unusually cold weather. said. One of the women ments are burnt. Present- explosions. The fire in the in the verdict. Party years ago – means au- micrograms per cubic the last number of their While pollution in the cap- has sustained severe burn ly fire is under control,” slum, which is on collecspokesman Abhishek thorities have forecast meter on Monday and are license plate, a raft of oth- ital improved slightly in injuries, police said. The Fatehsingh Patil, addi- tor land and shares one Singhvi, who is the more than three consecu- expected to continue ris- er restrictions will seek the first 10 months of the fire brigade control room, tional commissioner of of its boundaries with a senior advocate repre- tive days of severe smog. ing before the air begins to to reduce the amount of year, heavy smog that can which said the fire start- police, north region, said. godown, is suspected to senting the Vice Pres- An online notice from the improve with the arrival dust and other particulate be seen from outer space ed around 12.30pm, sent Dramatic video foot- have spread after a gas ident, brushed aside Beijing Municipal En- of a cold front on Thurs- matter in the city of 22.5 regularly forces Beijing 16 fire tenders and nine age and pictures posted leak, fire brigade sourcsuggestions that it was vironmental Protection day. The World Health million people. Officials schools to suspend out- water tankers to control on Twitter showed thick es said. Members of the a major setback for Bureau said it issued the Organization designates said extra subway trains door activities and can the fire. Fire officials had black smoke billow- NSS and civil defence them in the case filed alert to “protect public the safe level for PM2.5 and buses would be add- even prompt highway to struggle to contain the ing above the slum after struggled to control the by BJP leader Subra- health and reduce levels particles at 25. Along with ed to handle the additional closures because of re- fire and could douse it more than a dozen cyl- crowd as panic gripped only at 3.10pm. “A gas inders exploded in quick the locality. of heavy air pollution.” school closures and limit- strain on public transport. duced visibility. manian Swamy. 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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How is AAP planning to implement the alternate car day rule?
People are outraged. They will not tolerate this. How will they manage for two whole weeks—actually seven days—without their cars? Oh actually, most of them have one car per member of the family, so they may just be able to do so. But let’s not ruin the outrage. In all honesty, while I’m not outraged, I am cocking my eyebrow at this new anti-pollution measure by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and by extension, Arvind Kejriwal—and I’ll get to why later. Now if anyone is a walking-coughing example of the ill-effects of Delhi’s pollution, it is Arvind Kejriwal with his perennial cough. For the record, Delhi’s pollution levels are indeed scary. Delhi’s air quality, according to Gufran Beig, chief project scientist of System Of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR), is swinging between “very poor” and “poor” and we also have some areas where the PM level is “severe”. “Very poor” signifies PM 10 and PM 2.5 levels between 351 and 420, and 211 to 252 micro gram per cubic metre, respectively. “Severe” is declared when PM 2.5 and PM 10 cross 253, 421 micro gram per cubic metres, respectively. When I checked Delhi’s pollution rate on IndiaSpend’s #Breathe at 9.32am today, the PM 2.5 level was 453 and the PM 10 level 733. This was at Civil Lines. If you want to petrify yourself, keep clicking on this link every 30 minutes. There’s no doubt that we need to get a grip on the pollution levels, before we are all gassed to death. Which is why Kejriwal should be complimented for announcing a bunch of measures to curb pollution such as shutting down two power plants in the city, changing the timings of trucks entering the city and ensuring garbage doesn’t get burnt in the open. But all this has been overshadowed by the unkindest cut of them all. We have been informed that from the new year, cars with odd-numbered licence plates will be allowed to ply on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, while cars with even-numbered plates will run on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. On the Sabbath, we will travel the way the lord God meant us to —in our even and odd numbered cars without discrimination. A worthy plan, but is it well thought out? I am thinking not. Here’s why. First of all, this is Delhi, where being ill-informed and rich is a virtue. Most people have multiple cars and will just take out their second or third or fourth car—or buy a new one if required— to get around this rule. The latter is what happened in Mexico City after this rule was implemented. Take for example the tweet by the complete man, Gautam Singhania, “Ridiculous rule in Delhi to have odd even number cars on alternate days.
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Salman Khan hit-and-run case: HC to deliver verdict on actor’s appeal this week
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QUOTE “The government has reduced OROP to writing. I am ashamed to say after having committed to give OROP, the prime minister says OF THE that that he has not understood the issue,” - The noted lawyer said at a press conference organised by ex-servicemen at Jantar Mantar DAY Dishoom first look: Varun Dhawan, John Abraham are the new action boys
Agency | Mumbai After making headlines, all thanks to his promotions for ‘Dilwale’ we get to see another side to Varun Dhawan in the first look of action film, ‘Dishoom’. Directed by Rohit Dhawan, the first look features John Abraham and Varun Dhawan in a high-octave action scene
The Bombay High Court is slated to deliver its verdict this week on an appeal filed by actor Salman Khan against the five year sentence awarded to him in the 2002 hit-and-run case. The arguments in the case concluded yesterday and Judge A R Joshi said he would begin dictation of judgement on the appeal from tomorrow. A sessions court had on May 6 convicted the 49-yearold actor on the charge of culpable homicide
not amounting to murder under IPC and other offences. An aggrieved Salman filed an appeal in the High Court which granted him bail before hearing arguments in the case. It is the case of the prosecution that Salman had consumed liquor at ‘Rain Bar and Restaurant’ at Vile Parle before ramming his Toyota lexus car into a shop at suburban Bandra on September 28, 2002. One person died in the mishap and four others were injured.
with John riding a bike and Varun in the carriage. Both hunks look like they’re on a high-speed chase through the desert as we glimpse camels and dust in the background. Set in the Middle East, ‘Dishoom’ has been shot in Morocco and Abu Dhabi. This is the first time that Varun Dhawan will be working with his
brother, Rohit and we are hoping that the family equation adds to the excitement of the film. ‘Dishoom’ also marks the return of Akshay Khanna to the silver screen after a gap of four years. Produced by Sajid Nadiadwala, ‘Dishoom’ also stars Jacqueline Fernandez, Kabir Bedi and Ram Kapoor.
Manish Malhotra celebrates birthday with Bollywood pals Agency | Mumbai
It was Bollywood’s favourite celebrity designer’s birthday and it looks like Manish Malhotra had a bash with his pals. The 50-year-old designer took to his Instagram and posted several pics from his birthday bash. Manish posted a group picture with his gal-pals, including Karisma Kapoor, Sridevi, Kareena Kapoor and Shilpa Shetty with since years.” Urmila Ma- Raveena Tandon also atthe caption, “Friends tondkar, Alia Bhatt and tended the celebrations.
Confirmed! Deepika Padukone will work with Vin Diesel in the new XXX film Agency | Los Angeles
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Vin Diesel has teased fans about his leading lady Deepika Padukone in “Xander Cage Returns”, the upcoming sequel of XXX franchise, by sharing a picture with the Indian beauty on his Instagram. Deepika, 29, had first fuelled speculation about her possible Hollywood debut by sharing a picture with Diesel where she is seen hugging the Hollywood hunk while looking at the camera mysteriously. Though Diesel, 48, has left the fans guessing by keeping the picture caption-less, Deepika’s “Piku” co-star Irrfan Khan confirmed the news by congratulating the actress. “A big congratulations to our favourite #Piku for her smashing #Hollywooddebut with #Vindiesel @DeepikaPadukone,” he posted on Facebook. “XXX”, a 2002 American action film di-
Finally! Parineeti Chopra opens up on working with Salman Khan in ‘Sultan’
Agency | New Delhi Bollywood superstar Salman Khan’s upcoming film ‘Sultan’ has bagged a lot of attention ever since it was announced. Everything about the film – be it Salman’s role, his look or the location of shooting, everything attracted eyeballs. But what made people go more curious about ‘Sultan’ was the leading lady of the film. So far several names have been doing the rounds for the film from Deeepika Padu-
kone to Katrina Kaif and from Parineeti Chopra to Kangana Ranaut. Recently, the speculations about Parineeti being finalised for ‘Sultan’ were rife. Though, there was no official confirmation or denial about the rumours so far, but now the ‘Ishaqzaade’ actress herself decided to clear the air about ‘Sultan’. The actress took it to micro-blogging site Twitter to make the clarification as she tweeted, “Guys,
I am not doing Sultan, please put all rumours and speculations to rest and let me announce my next film when the time is right.” Yes! Parineeti won’t be seen in Salman Khan’s ‘Sultan’. While the actress has put the rumours on rest, we still wonder who will be the leading lady of Salman in the film. ‘Sultan’ which will see Salman Khan playing the role of a wrestler, is expected to hit the theatres on Eid 2016.
ny is seen wooing a geek, who assembles a mannequin that eventually transforms into a superwoman. It’s been about
4 years since Sunny has made her presence felt in Bollywood after participating in reality show ‘Bigg Boss’.
Sunny Leone as ‘Super girl from China’ Agency | Mumbai
After admiring Sunny Leone as ‘Laila’ and ‘Leela’, it’s time to see her in a super girl’s avatar. The ‘Mastizaade’ star plays ‘Super girl from China’ in a new song sung by Kanika Kapoor and Mika Singh. The track presented by T-Series has been penned by Shabbir Ahmed and composed by Kanika and the video has been directed by Ahmed Khan. In the video, Sun-
Rachel Weisz ‘very happy’ in marriage with Daniel Craig
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Actress Rachel Weisz is thankful to be married to “Spectre” star Daniel Craig and has “no complaints” about life. The 45-year-old “Youth” actress said she has a wonderful family and she is at a great place in her life, reported Female First. Asked what it’s like living with Craig, she said, “Let’s just say I’ve got no complaints. Life is good and I’m very, very happy. I have a wonderful family and my career seems to be going well, touch wood. “I’m quite superstitious though, so I don’t want to say too many things about rected by Rob Cohen, stuntman and rebellious it in case I jinx it.” Weisz starred Diesel as Xander athlete-turned- reluctant also thinks her husband, Cage, a thrill seeking ex- spy for the national secu- who is best known for playing James Bond, is treme sports enthusiast, rity agency.
Rachel Weisz is thankful to be married to “Spectre” star Daniel Craig and has “no complaints” about life a “brilliant” actor. When tor that he has convinced quizzed on life with everyone else that that is James Bond, she replied, who he is. “I don’t know “I don’t live with James James Bond personally Bond, I live with an ac- and as far as I understand, tor called Daniel Craig, he doesn’t really get marwho is such a brilliant ac- ried, does he?”
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Vijender faces experienced Bulgarian Samet in his third pro fight
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Agency | Mumbai Ford has announced that it will offer support for Apple’s Siri Eyes-free feature for about 5 million of their cars. Siri can be activated in a Ford car with the help of a hardware button which is usually located on its steering wheel to issue commands. These commands include everything that you will probably want to do with your iPhone without having to touch it. Sending text messages, making phone calls, getting directions, playing music, setting reminders and checking the weather are some of the commands that can be used. Although it is useful and less distracting than the traditional way of operating you iPhone, it is not as advanced as Apples’s CarPlay.
Microsoft to Fix Surface Pro 4, Surface Book ‘Sleep’ Issue by Next Year
Indian boxer Vijender Singh will be looking to continue his great run of form after when he face his most experienced opponent so far in Bulgarian Samet Hyuseinov in his third professional bout at the Manchester Arena on December 19. Vijender has sailed through his first two professional opponents, beating Sonny Whiting in his debut in October and followed that up with a one-round demolition of Dean Gillen in Dublin last month. The 30-year-old middleweight boxer now takes on Hyuseinov in his quest to become India’s first ever professional world champion and end the year undefeated. Where-
Dhammika Prasad ruled out of Sri Lanka’s New Zealand tour as Whiting and Gillen had a combined record of five fights, Hyuseinov has 14 fights under his belt, winning seven and losing the rest. “This is another important fight for me that I must win so the pressure is on,” said Vijender. “I’m unbeaten and intend to stay that way going into next year where I am looking at my first title fight so I’m not letting Hyuseinov mess up my plans to get my
first championship belt,” he added. Vijender said his approach will continue to be aggressive even though he would be up against an experienced fighter this time. “While I got rid of Whiting and Gillen early, I’ll have to see what Hyuseinov brings to the ring on the night. If I feel that I can take him out early I will go in for the early knockout and get the job done nice and quick,” he said.
The way South Africa are defending is a surprise, says Umesh Yadav Agency | New Delhi
Agency | New Delhi Microsoft Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book are facing an issue where the devices go in to standby mode (low power mode) but not to a sufficient level, resulting in unforeseen battery drain. Microsoft has addressed the issue, and said the the fix will arrive “sometime soon in the new year.” The problem is reportedly due to the “new silicon” on the laptops and tablets, specifically the Intel Skylake chipset, reports Windows Central. Microsoft in a forum post explains that even when the Surface device goes into standby, the CPU stays active, which leads to the heating of device with continuous battery drain. The problem is reportedly not only limited to these two devices but also to those Skylake-based devices made by non-Microsoft PC manufacturers. Fortunately, Microsoft has addressed the issue and has said it is working on it. However, the company says users would have to wait for the fix until next year. “Yes, The ‘standby’ battery life is an issue we are working on and have been working on.
Godrej Properties Sells 300 Flats for Rs 700 Crore in Mumbai
Indian speedster Umesh Yadav expressed his surprise at the ultra-defensive strategy employed by the South African batsmen in the fourth and final cricket Test here but reminded them that one cannot last an entire fifth day by “just blocking” deliveries. Asked if 72 runs scored by the South Africans in 72 overs came as a shocker, Yadav admitted that it was indeed so. “Yes it’s a surprise as we did not think that they would play like this. The way they are defending is a surprise and they are not even trying to play a shot. Even deliveries they can score are being defended,” Yadav told mediapersons at the dayend conference. Yadav admitted that it can be-
Agency | Wellington A back injury has forced leading fast bowler Dhammika Prasad out of Sri Lanka’s cricket tour to New Zealand, days before the first of two Tests. Prasad was due to lead the Sri Lanka in the attack in
the first Test, which starts at the University Oval in Dunedin on Thursday. But a back injury suffered in a warm-up match against a President’s XI, which ended in Queenstown on Saturday, has ruled Prasad out of the test and subsequent five-
match one-day series. Prasad will be replaced in both the Test and oneday squads by uncapped paceman Vishwa Fernando, who joins Dushmantha Chameera, Nuwan Pradeep and Suranga Lakmal among the tourists pace options.
ey event, excluding continental tournaments. The last time India finished on the podium in a FIH tournament was in 1982, when they won a bronze medal. On a mental Sunday evening, they finally ended the hoodoo. The match began with Holland dominating the hosts in the first three quarters before it lost shape, order and discipline. By the end of it all, they had
lost the count of goals. For the longest time, it looked like Holland would steamroll India. They scored twice in the opening two quarters and had at least half-a-dozen other chances, which either went wide or were saved by PR Sreejesh. Ramandeep Singh pulled one back for India in the 39th minute. However, Holland still looked in complete control.
and Pakistan in Bangkok yesterday, a week after Prime Ministers of the two countries met in Paris. “When Prime Ministers are meeting, Foreign ministers are meeting, foreign secretaries and NSAs are meeting, only the cricketers are not being allowed to play. Everyone is creating a problem on that. When mangoes and sarees are being exchanged and their trade is taking place and everyone between two countries are meeting, only cricketers are not allowed to meet and play. When everything is happening, why not allow the cricket teams to play also. Government
should explain and come out with a statement,” he said. Seeking to support it, Deputy Chairman P J Kurien said, “I think that it is a suggestion on which government should have a positive reaction. Why not government should look into it?” Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said, “Government will work in national interest. It is equally concerned about the national interest as Rajiv Shukla is.” The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has already written to the External Affairs Ministry seeking a nod for holding a cricket series in Sri Lanka.
HWL 2015: India’s rollercoaster ride ends in bronze high
Agency | Raipur come a challenge for the bowling side when the batsmen are not ready to attack. “Yes it becomes a challenge when batsman does not play a shot as chances of getting a player out decreases. When a batsman does not take any initiative then even if you bowl a good delivery, he will just block it out. I can tell you this kind of cricket can be very boring, because you just are
bowling over after over and nothing is happening,” he said. “It becomes so boring that you start thinking as to whether something will happen or not,” Yadav said in reference to Hashim Amla’s unbeaten 23 off 207 balls. Amla’s effort is the second least number of runs scored in the history of Test cricket for any batsman who have faced 200 deliveries.
India to kick off U-19 World Cup campaign against Australia
It was Indian hockey at its best and worst, all in the space of 13 bizarre, breathless minutes. Till the 47th minute, they were being outplayed by the World’s No.2 side Holland. They were losing 2-1. Until they equalised, went ahead, then doubled their lead with just four minutes to play only to concede twice in the last two minutes. With scores level 5-5 after four quarters, the match went into penalty shootouts where goalkeeper PR Sreejesh once again stood like a rock to help guide India to a remarkable 3-2 win and end a 33-year wait to win a medal at a major international hock-
Winter Session: Demand in Rajya Sabha for cricket ties with Pakistan
Agency | New Delhi Realty firm Godrej Properties has sold 300 flats worth over Rs 700 crore in just one week in its project at Vikhroli, Mumbai, even as the housing segment is facing a huge demand slowdown. Godrej Properties, the real estate development arm of the Godrej group, on Monday informed the BSE that “it has sold 300 apartments within one week at ‘The Trees’, its flagship project in Vikhroli, Mumbai”. “The value of the apartments sold is in excess of Rs 700 crore making this Godrej Properties’ most successful launch ever in terms of value of real estate sold. This is also one of the country’s most successful recent launches,” it added. Godrej Properties has launched 374 apartments in the first phase of the project. “We are thrilled with the customer response to the launch of The Trees in Vikhroli. We will do everything possible to ensure we deliver our customers an outstanding and innovative project,” Godrej Properties MD and CEO Pirojsha Godrej said.
Agency | Dubai India will take on Australia on January 28 at Mirpur in their opening match of the 2016 ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup to be held in Bangladesh from January 27 to February 14. The tournament will be held across eight venues in four Bangladesh cities with 48 matches to be played and ICC to produce live broadcast coverage of 20 matches. India, the winners of the 2000, 2008 and 2012 editions, have been placed in Group D along with Aus-
tralia, New Zealand and Nepal. Chittagong, Cox’s Bazar, Dhaka and Sylhet will share the 48 matches between them during the 19-day tournament, which will open with the match between defending champion South Africa and host Bangladesh at Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium (ZACS) in Chittagong. The tournament will culminate with the final at the iconic Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur. All matches will be day fixtures and will start at 0930
local time. The Super League semi-finals and final will have reserve days, the ICC said on Monday in a statement, announcing the schedule of the tournament. For the first time in the history of this competition, ICC will produce live broadcast coverage of an unprecedented 20 matches. The matches which will be shown around the world by ICC broadcast partner, Star Sports and its licensees, include four from Chittagong, nine from Mirpur and seven from Fatullah.
Agency | Malang Demand for resumption of cricketing ties between India and Pakistan had an echo in Rajya Sabha on Monday with a Congress member questioning why the government was not giving its nod to it. Rajiv Shukla, who is also IPL Commissioner, raised the issue in the context of a meeting between National Security Advisors of India
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7 booked for ‘offensive’ FB posts Eye on Assembly polls, AAP to against Dilip Sanghani hold 50 rallies in next 6 months
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Police in Amreli have booked seven persons for allegedly making offensive remarks against former Gujarat minister Dilip Sanghani on Facebook, a day after BJP suffered massive defeat in the local body polls in Rajkot. An FIR was registered against the seven persons after Kamlesh Sanghani, nephew of the former agriculture minister, filed a complaint with the city police Saturday evening. Hitu Patel, Hitesh Dudhat, Feroz Bhatti, Nikunj Dobariya, H P Sanghani, Sanjay Rupapara and Jitu Nasit, all named in the complaint, have been booked under Section 66 (A) (b) of the Information Technology Act, 2003,
and Section 504 of the IPC for intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace. “We have registered an offence in this connection under the IT Act. We are looking for IP (internet protocol) addresses of the seven accused who made objectionable comments against Sang-
hani and also abused him,” Inspector P P Chaudhari said on Sunday. No arrest has been made so far. The alleged offensive comments, according to the complainant, were posted on Facebook on December 3, a day after BJP lost elections to Amreli and Bagasara Municipalities
Board covers up its goofup with grace marks
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) had to award grace marks to students in the semester exams in at least four subjects to cover up for the errors in the objective question papers. The board awarded the highest grace mark of 21 in the objective question paper of Biology alone in the last Class XI and XII board examinations. The case indicates that the board goofed up in 21 objective questions in the subject. The English version of this paper had seven errors leading to a grace mark of 7m while the Hindi and the Gujarati medium of the paper had four mistakes, so a grace mark of four each. A total of nearly 30 incorrect questions or options provided, has resulted in an equal number of
grace marks, probably the first instance of awarding such high grace marks. After parents complained the GSHSEB in person, emails or by post, the board has decided to make up for its mistakes even in chemistry, physics and mathematics papers, which have a comparatively lower error rate. “In such a rigorous
competitive environment when students fail to get admission in medical colleges by fraction of marks, such gross errors will really affect their future,” said Umang Shah, one of the parents from Ahmedabad who personally went to the board’s headquarters in Gandhinagar to submit his representation.
and also all but one taluka panchayat in the Patidar-dominated district. Nalin Kotadiya, BJP MLA from Dhari Assembly seat in the district, had openly supported the Patidar agitation for quota benefits, and appealed people to defeat his own party in the local body polls.
With an eye on the 2017 assembly elections, Aam Admi Party (AAP) is planning to hold as many as 50 rallies and strengthen the party in the state in the next six months. This was announced by senior party leaders at a convention of its workers in Naroda here on Sunday. They also said that Congress was a choice of compulsion for voters of rural Gujarat and that AAP would try to provide an alternative to BJP in the state. The party organised a press meet in this regard which was attended by senior party leaders Sanjay Singh, Ashutosh, Kanu Kalsaria, Gulabsingh Yadav and Dilip Pandey. Speaking on the occasion, Sanjay Singh said, “The results
Bapu, Sardar began political careers in India 100 yrs back Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
The year 2015 doesn’t only mark the centenary year of Mahatma Gandhi making Ahmedabad his home in 1915, but on Monday, both Bapu and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel will complete 100 years of beginning their political careers in India. Back in December 7, 1915, Bapu and Sardar were chosen from Ahmedabad as delegates to the ‘Hindi Rashtriya Mahasabha’ which was being held in Bombay that year. Both these stalwarts were recommended by Gujarat’s socio-political organization, ‘Gujarat Sabha’, of which both were members. Gujarat Sabha was among two most powerful bodies of opinion makers for med in the 1880s in Gujarat along with the Surat-based ‘Praja Hithvardhak Sabha’. But since 1913, even before
Bapu made Ahmedabad his home in 1915, Sardar was practising as a lawyer in the Bhadra court. “On December 8, 1915 edition of the Prajabandhu journal one finds that a consensus of choosing delegates for the Bombay meet was organized by Gujarat Sabha in Sansarsudhara hall at Bhadra. While Sardar’s name ranked 25 on the list, Gandhiji figured at number 70,” says city based historian Rizwan Kadri. Though it is well known in history that Sardar joined Bapu after the Champaran Satyagraha of 1917, few know about this earlier association of the two as Gujarat Sabha members. After being chosen as delegates, both Bapu and Sardar had to pay Rs40 towards membership and registration fees.The delegation from Gujarat included almost 100 representatives..
Wedding of Jaitley’s daughter: Change in Gujarat BJP parliamentary board meeting schedule
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
The schedule of the parliamentary board meeting of the ruling BJP in Gujarat to select the mayors of the six municipal corporations and other office bearers of the local bodies won by it during the recently held elections has been slightly changed. The meeting slated to be held on December 9 and 10 would now be held on December 8 and 10 instead. BJP state media convener Harshad Patel today confirmed the change in schedule and said that many of the senior party leaders from
has gone to Congress. Congress is an alternative for people of Gujarat out of compulsion.” Singh added that their aim was to have a strong organisation in Gujarat before the 2017 Assem-
bly elections. Singh said that the party would start its work in Gujarat on two fronts; one, to strengthen its organisation and two, to protest on the issues of the people. AAP incharge for Gujarat and Delhi MLA, Gulabsingh Yadav, said that the work to strengthen the organisation has already begun and that this was his fourth visit to the state in recent times. Yadav said that they were planning to hold 50 rallies in Gujarat in the next six-eightmonths on various issues.
local police as granted by the district court. “We have almost solved the case as far as the Bharuch incident is concerned. But, it has a national ramification as similar methods have been used elsewhere. We have established that underworld gangsters, assisted by anti-nationals on foreign soil, are targeting politicians belonging to a particular ideology in order
to create communal hatred in the country,” said an official involved in the investigation. Shirish Bangali, former Bharuch district BJP president, and Pragnesh Mistry, general secretary of the Bharuch BJP youth wing, were shot dead at the former’s Surya printing press in Panchbatti area of the town by masked assailants on the evening of November 2.
we will win over rural areas by our pro-people decisions and developmental works before the 2017 polls,” state BJP minister Raman Vora said.Out of power for 20 years, the Congress recently won 21 of the 31 district panchayats and 124 of the 230 taluka panchayats, while the BJP retained its hold over all six municipal corporations and 40 of 56 municipalities. After its battering in Bihar, BJP’s loss in rural local bodies in Gujarat comes more than a year after Narendra Modi, who ruled the state for 12 years, shifted to Delhi. An upbeat Congress sees its win in district and ta-
luka panchayats as a big opportunity to return to power in the next Assembly polls. “This result is a stepping stone for the party for the 2017 polls,” Congress leader Ahmed Patel said.Two years of agrarian distress due to insufficient rains coupled with flood-like situation in some districts and the alleged poor response to it by state government is considered as the main reasons for BJP’s bad performance in rural areas.On top of it, the Patel quota agitation erased the support base of BJP in rural areas which allowed Congress to make a big comeback in the countryside of Gujarat.
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the state would be participating in the reception ceremony of the marriage of Sonali Jaitley, daughter of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on December 9. Mr. Patel said that the names of the Mayors and other office bearers of the six corporations in Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Rajkot, Surat, Bhavnagar and Jamnagar would be discussed on December 8. However the names won’t be announced that day and would be declared in the respective municipal bodies later. He said that on
December 10 the presidents and other office berares of the 40 muncipalities, 6 district and 77 taluka panchayats would be finalized and declared in the respective local bodies later. The meeting will be attended by chief minister Anandiben Patel and other senior leaders.Elections for the six municipal corporation was held on November 22 while that for 56 municipalites, 31 district and 230 taluka panchayats took place on November 29. The counting was done on December 2.
of local polls in Gujarat have sounded alarm bells for the Gujarat government. The voters of rural areas have rejected BJP, but since there is no political alternative in the state, the benefit
Bharuch murders: NIA takes over investigation
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) lodged a fresh FIR on Sunday in connection with the murder of two BJP leaders in Bharuch, formally taking over the case. The FIR was lodged at NIA’s Mumbai office, which has jurisdiction in Gujarat. A team of NIA officials also reached Bharuch Sunday. According to Bharuch police, ASP Namrata Patil and others were handed over the case papers and also the custody of nine accused. The custody of two remaining accused Abid Dawood Patel and his close aide Salim Ghanchi will be given after December 11 since they are in the custody of
Gujarat Assembly polls: Congress sees win in rural areas as stepping stone
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Congress is hoping to build on the gains in rural local bodies election, dubbed as the “semi- final”, to end BJP’s 20year in the 2017 Gujarat Assembly polls, while the result has come as a wakeup call for the ruling party.A rattled state BJP government announced many pro-farmer decisions in just three days after the local bodies elections, including giving land on concessional rates to APMCs and farmers’ groups, release of Narmada water for farmers and setting up food parks in five rural areas. “Results in rural areas of Gujarat are not as per our expectations. But
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