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No to differential pricing: TRAI TRAI order: Telecom industry body says regulator ignored benefits of price differentiation, Facebook says it will continue efforts Agency | New Delhi
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Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui will reportedly play the lead in Sohail Khan’s upcoming film. Nawazuddin has played a villain in Sohail’s elder brother Salman Khan’s “Kick” and then a journalist in “Bajrangi Bhaijaan”. “He has given the nod for the film. He is doing it. They are still working on the script. He is playing the lead role.
‘Chaddi Baniyan’ gang members held
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Four suspected members of the notorious ‘Chaddi Baniyan’ gang were arrested in the wee hours today in a an encounter with police after they robbed an elderly couple in suburban Borivali. Three police personnel were injured in the encounter. According to police, the four robbed an elderly couple after assaulting them in Borivali.
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Monday ruled against differential pricing for Internet services, in a major setback to Facebook Inc’s plan to roll out free Internet to the masses in Asia’s third-largest economy. It ruled that no service provider shall offer or charge discriminatory tariffs for data services offered based on content. The TRAI added that a service provider may reduce tariff for providing emergency services or at times of any grave emergency. It remarked the same has to be reported to authority within seven working days. The TRAI says it will order service providers to withdraw such tariff and will penalise the service provider with Rs 50,000 for each day of contravention. The telecom industry expressed its disappointment at the order. Rajan Mathews, Director General, COAI said:”COAI had approached the regulator
with the reasons to allow price differentiation as the move would have taken us closer to connecting the one billion unconnected citizens of India. By opting to turn away from this opportunity, TRAI has ignored all the benefits of price differentiation that we had submitted as a part of the industry’s paper, including improv- increase in broadband response to its consulting ing economic efficiency, penetration, reduction in
Doubting India’s ‘fastest-growing’ GDP stats, experts devise their own Agency | New Delhi
From rural motorbike sales to rail freight, economists and even the RBI are devising their own ways to measure Indian growth. Their verdict? It’s a good deal weaker than official data showing India to be the world’s most dynamic big economy. Doubts about the accuracy of India’s gross domestic product (GDP) figures persist a year after its statisticians unveiled new readings
to move to increased economic growth and prosperity by harnessing the power of the Internet. “We believe that this measure will have an impact on the Government’s ambitious Digital India initiative.” In a statement, a Facebook spokesperson said: “Our goal with Free Ba-
of foreign conflicts.” “Its intelligence service has long acted as the manager of international mujahedeen forces, many of them Sunni extremists, and there is even speculation that it may have been involved in the rise of the Islamic State.” It said that though Pakistan denies harbouring the Taliban
and al Qaeda, and points out that it, too, is a victim of terrorism, “many analysts have detailed how the military has nurtured Islamist militant groups as an instrument to suppress nationalist movements, in particular among the Pashtun minority, at home and abroad.”
‘Pakistan’s ISI may be ‘manager’ of international jihadi forces’ Agency | New York
they say better capture value addition down the goods and services supply chain. Under the new methodology, economists expect India will report GDP growth of
Surat Police opposes Hardik’s bail plea in sedition case Correspondent | Surat
customer costs and provision of essential services among other things.” He said in the COAI’s opinion, TRAI’s regulation on prohibiting differential pricing constitutes a welfare-reducing measure of high concern by blocking a possible avenue for our less-advantaged citizens
sics is to bring more people online with an open, non-exclusive and free platform. While disappointed with the outcome, we will continue our efforts to eliminate barriers and give the unconnected an easier path to the internet and the opportunities it brings.” Facebook’s Free Basics plan, launched in around three dozen developing countries, offers pared-down web services on mobile phones, along with access to Facebook’s own social network and messaging services, without charge.
7.3% on Monday for the October-December quarter, according to a Reuters poll. That’s a touch slower than the previous quarter but comfortably surpasses the 6.8% growth posted by China. While that number appears strong, the lack of a historical series - still in the works - makes it hard to conclude that Asia’s third-largest economy is doing well at a time when firms report poor sales, bank lending is slow and investment is weak.
Pakistan’s powerful intelligence service has long acted as the ‘manager’ of international jihadi forces and it may have been involved in the rise of the Islamic State, a leading US daily said on Sunday, in a stinging commentary on Pakistan’s ‘intervention’ in a number of foreign conflicts. Underlining that experts have found “a lot of evidence” that Pakistan facilitated the Taliban offensive, an oped in the New York Times said, “This behaviour is not just an issue for Afghanistan. Pakistan is intervening in a number
Surat Police today opposed the bail plea of quota agitation leader Hardik Patel, who is facing sedition charges, sayWoman killed as ing that he may tamper with evidence and try to car falls into canal influence the witnesses, if Agency | Chandigarh released from prison. In A woman was killed response to Hardik’s plea while five others were seeking bail in the first Agency | Mumbai other crucial questions. missing after a car car- sedition case filed against Headley informed the rying seven persons, in- him in the city, Surat a couple of policemen. some of the key witnesses David Coleman Headcourt that two previous cluding three children, Crime Branch filed its Patels never commit sui- are yet to be taken. It op- ley’s testimony is a chillaffidavit before the court attempts by the terrorists cide,” Hardik had alleged- posed the bail plea, saying ing reminder of the three fell into a canal near – who finally reached Machhiwara in Punjab of Principal Sessions ly told one Vipul Desai, that considering Hardik’s days when Mumbai was Judge Geeta Gopi, who Mumbai by sea – were who had announced that past behaviour, there is under siege by ten terrortoday. Police rescued aborted. The first attempt one of the occupants listed the matter for fur- he would kill himself in a strong possibility that ists who came to the city failed because the boat of the vehicle. “The ther hearing on February support of the agitation. he may try to tamper by sea, took positions 12. 22-year-old Hardik, In the affidavit, filed today with evidence and influ- at key vantage points ISI’s meticulous plan- and nine other terrorists the attackers were travcar was carrying seven persons. While the car the Patel quota agitation by crime branch inspector ence witnesses to weaken and iconic buildings ning and the intelligence stormed the urban pen- elling in hit some rocks driver was saved, body leader, had on October J H Dahiya, police said the case. Apart from the in the financial capital, agency’s linkages with insula on November 26, and sank along with the of one woman has so 3, last year allegedly ad- a charge sheet was filed main charge sheet, filed and killed 166 people. terrorist groups like the 2008. This question was ammunition on board. far been fished out. The vised a Surat-based activ- against Hardik on January on January 8, police at- Headley— a US citizen Lashkar-e-Taiba. Impor- asked before and must Each of the three times, rest of the passengers ist from his community to 8 and further investiga- tached 600 pages of call of Pakistani descent and tantly, the testimony also be asked again: how did India’s intelligence agenwere still missing and kill policemen rather than tion is still on. The crime detail records (CDR) and one of the masterminds calls attention to how Headley come to India cies remained unaware of especially the expansive plan craftefforts were on to trace ending his life. On Octo- branch told the court that other documents with the of the deadly attacks— vulnerable India contin- undetected, them,” Khanna SSP, ber 18, the crime branch Hardik is facing the seri- charge sheet to implicate had travelled to the city ues to be to terror strikes. since he arrived in Mum- ed by the LeT and their Gurpreet Singh Gill lodged a case of sedition ous charge of sedition and Hardik under IPC sections several times before the Headley informed a bai directly from Paki- masters in the ISI, just said. Gill said the pas- and arrested Hardik, who sufficient evidence has 124(A) (sedition), 115 2008 terror strike. His Mumbai court that he stan at least six of the as they remained oblivisengers were on way to is now lodged in Surat been collected to impli- (abetment of offence) and deposition is also a re- had undertaken as many seven times? Only once ous to Headley’s detailed Ambala when the mis- jail. “If you have so much cate him. However, it also 201 (causing disappear- minder of the role of Pa- as seven trips to Mum- did he land in the city filming of several prime hap occurred. courage...then go and kill stated that statements of ance of evidence). kistan’s deep state, the bai before Ajmal Kasab from the UAE. There are targets in Mumbai. Corpo. Office: B/14, Madhav Chamber’s, India Colony, Opp-Vidhyanagar School, Bapunagar, Ahmedababad - 380024 Email: ssdaily2013@gmail.com Mo : 98250 98053
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2 / Dt. 09-02-2016, Tuesday Editors’ Picks tuesday, FEBRUARY 09, 2016 Existing regime of film censorship is unconstitutional and violative of the right to freedom of speech and expression
The appointment of Shyam Benegal as chairman of the committee appointed by the Union government to revamp the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) changes neither its uninspiring composition nor its limited remit. The existing regime of film censorship has, for nearly half a century, flouted a solemn assurance given by the government of India to the Supreme Court. It is palpably unconstitutional and violative of the fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression. The Cinematograph Act, 1952 vests in New Delhi overriding powers on censorship of films. All the authorities, from the chairman to the members of the CBFC to the judge who heads the appellate tribunal, hold office “during the pleasure of the Central Government” — daily wagers, all. “Advisory panels” are set up at each regional centre with a powerful regional officer (RO). Viewing a film is done by an examining committee appointed by the RO. It has an “examining officer”, who could be the RO himself, the CEO or even the chairman’s secretary. The chairman can further refer the case to a “revising committee”. Members of both committees are drawn from members of the panels. If the chairman disagrees with the latter body, the Board examines it or refers it to another revising committee. The Centre can impose “president’s rule” on the Board by vesting in its handpicked chairman or any other member the powers of the Board in relation to certification of films. The Centre wields uncontrolled revisional powers over everybody, including the appellate tribunal. It can uncertify a film already certified. Far from progressing, we have regressed. On March 28, 1968, the government of India set up an inquiry committee on film censorship. It was headed by Justice G.D. Khosla, former chief justice of the Punjab High Court, and comprised among its members, persons like R.K. Narayan, Umashankar Joshi, Romesh Thapar and Khwaja Ahmad Abbas. Nargis, Balraj Sahni and Nath Pai were too busy to serve on it. S.S. Vasan, Satyajit Ray, Pahari Sanyal, Kishore Sahu, Prithviraj Kapoor, Sohrab Modi, V. Shantaram, Rajinder Singh Bedi, Hrishikesh Mukerjee, and G.P. Sippy were among those who gave evidence. About 350 memoranda were received. The report submitted on July 26, 1969 was praised by the Supreme Court. It deserves a reprint. The report did not spare state nepotism. The Board was “a parking place” for officials. Members of the advisory panels are “appointed as a mark of patronage”, it said.
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Sunny Leone meets Aamir Khan in Delhi
Agency | Mumbai Aamir Khan is a true fan of former porn star-turned Bollywood actor Sunny Leone. The actor, who has publicly acknowledged his desire to work with Sunny Leone in movies, recently met the actress while he was shooting in Delhi. Sunny Leone, who was in the national capital for a promotional shoot, was delighted on receiving an invite from Aamir Khan and met the superstar along with her husband Daniel Weber. Informs a source, “Aamir was very warm and hosted a sumptuous lunch for Sunny and her husband.
The conversation veered around movies to the support she received from the industry recently. ”Did they talk about acting together in a movie? “Yes talks also centred around the possibility of them starring in a movie together but the same will only be possible if there is a script. For the moment, Sunny was delighted at having met Aamir,” says the source. When IndianExpress.com rang Daniel Weber to know about the meet-and-greet session with Aamir, the actress’ husband didn’t deny the incident but refused to comment on the same.
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QUOTE “The 10 terrorists, who struck at various places in Mumbai on November 26, 2008 killing 166 people, had planned to carry out the attack twice earlier — in September and October — but OF THE their attempts failed.” DAY - In the first case of deposition via video link from foreign land, Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley Monday told a court in Mumbai about how Lashkar-e-Taiba had planned and executed the 26/11 attacks and the role played by ISI officials, involving him too.
Sonu Sood’s father passes away, actor says he is ‘shattered’
Agency | Ludhiana Bollywood actor Sonu Sood’s father, Shakti Sagar Sood, 77, died on Sunday (February 7) at their residence in Moga, Punjab. Sonu’s father had been suffering from respiratory problems for the past four years, he died following a cardiac arrest. Sonu Sood was in a conversation with his father, when his father suddenly collapsed and fell down from the bed. The
actor rushed his father to hospital but doctors said he had died immediately after the attack. Sonu Sood, who lives in Mumbai, was in Punjab to participate in the Celebrity Cricket League (CCL) as his team Punjab De Sher had a match in Mohali. He had lost his mother Saroj Sood eight years ago. A source from family told Indian Express, “His father was suffering from respiratory problems
Urdu poet Nida Fazli dies at 78 Agency | New Delhi
Renowned Urdu and Hindi poet Nida Fazli, 78, died in Mumbai on Monday, reports Aak Tak. Born in Delhi on October 12, 1938 and raised in Gwalior, Mukhtda Hassan Nija Fazli, wrote under the pen name Nida Fazli. Nida loosely translates to voice while Fazli is a region in Kashmir where his ancestors hailed from before settling in Delhi. Nida completed his graduation from Gwalior College in since years now and that 1957 and began writing is why he never agreed to move with Sonu to Mumbai. He preferred staying in Punjab. Following the Agency | New Delhi death of Sonu’s mother almost eight years back, Deepika Padukone left he was living alone. Sonu everyone teary eyed at a visited him quite often. recent award event when Sonu’s sisters Monika she went onstage to reand Malvika are married. ceive the best actress One is in Punjab while award. As she accepted other is married abroad. the award for Piku, a faCremation will be held ther-daughter tale, she on Tuesday after the sis- read out aloud a letter from her father, badminters arrive.” ton ace Prakash Padukone. The actress, who is at present shooting her debut Hollywood film xXx: The Return of Xander Cage with Vin Diesel, kept was crying freely as she read the heart-touching letter. There were few eyes left dry in the audience when she was done. Deepika Padukone was left with teary eyes when she read the heart warming letter written the smooth-talking King to her by her father! Louie (voice of Christopher Walken). The all-star cast also includes Lupita Nyong’o as the voice Agency | Mumbai of the fiercely protective mother wolf Raksha, and Lashing out at the AkhGiancarlo Esposito as the ilesh Yadav government voice of wolf pack’s alpha over Pakistani ghazal male Akela. The live-ac- maestro Ghulam Ali’s tion wild adventure is all concert in Lucknow, the set to hit the theatres on Shiv Sena today branded Uttar Pradesh as an “IsApril 22. lamic state” and alleged that the state government has begun “anti-national business” for appeasement politics. The ruling ally also took a swipe at the BJP for being a “mute spectator” to the event, and demanded that those who allowed the concert to take place should be booked for anti-national activities. “The ‘Islamic Yadav’ government says that Ghulam Ali was ining false stories and by vited to perform to protalking about the issue mote Hindu-Muslim in public. Karisma was unity. But, to promote last seen in ‘Dangerous unity, why does one need Ishqa’, a film which was Pakistani artistes only? hyped as her comeback. There are fine Muslim arAbout hardly being spot- tistes in the country who ted nowadays, she said: are famous,” an editoI selectively leave the rial in Sena mouthpiece house. I think family is ‘Saamana’ said. “Keeping most important and my the upcoming Assembly kids are most important. polls in mind, the Yadav
from an early age. Fazli is famous for his collaboration with the late ghazal singer Jagjit Singh. Incidentally, today is also Singh’s birthday. Some of his popular ghazals include Hosh Walon Ko
(sung by Jagjit Singh), Tu Is Tarah Se Meri Zindagi Mein Shaamil Hai (sung by Manhar Udhas) and Kiska Chehra (sung by Jagjit Singh and Alka Yagnik). He has also written lyrics for films and TV.
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ka also posted the letter on Facebook with some throwback images from her childhood. Here’s the inspiring letter, from her father, that Deepika Padukone read at the award event.
government has started an anti-national business (of inviting Pakistani artistes) to play appeasement politics,” it alleged. Lashing out further at the UP government, it said, “Uttar Pradesh is a mine of fine artistes, but (Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh) Yadav is only interested in coal from Pakistan,” and added that tomorrow Yadav may invite Hafiz Saeed to appease the minority community. “People who feel that the Pathankot terror attack should be forgotten and Ghulam Ali should be allowed to perform are traitors of the country. If
Ghulam Ali is allowed to perform amidst the wails of the family of the martyred jawans, then people responsible (for giving permission to perform) should be booked for anti-national activities,” it said. Taking a jibe at the BJP, the Sena sought to know if the party bagged 71 seats in the UP Lok Sabha polls to remain mute spectator to Ghulam Ali’s performance. “This is bizarre. On one hand ISIS is troubling the Indian government, on the other the Yadavs have turned UP into an Islamic state and welcomed Ghulam Ali,” it said.
Deepika Padukone’s heartfelt reading of dad’s letter will make you weep
The Jungle Book trailer: Mowgli is back with his army of wild Agency | New Delhi
‘The Jungle Book’, a tale of a man-cub, who is raised by the family of wolves in the jungle, is the epic story that many of you have seen through different animated series in your childhood. Well, the classic animated story of Mowgli is back with a new live-action adventure directed by Jon Favreau, which is based on Rudyard Kipling’s timeless stories. ‘The Jungle Book’ trailer introducing 12-year-old Neel Sethi as Mowgli, shows the Indian-American boy running for his life while surviving among various species of animals in a
jungle. Well known Hollywood stars have lend their voices to the characters to make them come alive – the fearsome tiger Shere Khan (voice of Idris Elba), panther-turnedstern mentor Bagheera (voice of Ben Kingsley), the free-spirited bear Baloo (voice of Bill Murray), Kaa – a python (voice of Scarlett Johansson) and
Uttar Pradesh has been turned into ‘Islamic state’: Sena mouthpiece on Ghulam Ali concert
Karisma Kapoor avoids question on divorce, says not ready for films Agency | Mumbai
Actress Karisma Kapoor on Saturday avoided questions related to the controversy surrounding her divorce and also said that she wasn’t ready for films now. Present at the Nykaa.com Femina Beauty Awards, Karisma was asked about the ongoing reports related to her divorce, but before the question could be completed, she said: “No comments, thank you,” and walked away. According to reports, the divorce petition filed by her husband Sunjay Kapur claimed that she had married him for his
money and that she had failed not only as a wife and daughter-in-law but also as a mother. He also claimed that she didn’t allow their kids, whose custody battle is going on, to meet him. Karisma’s lawyer had said that they’ll tell the court he was causing great harm to the children by spread-
3 / Dt. 09-02-2016, Tuesday Ratan Tata invests in B2B industrial goods start-up Moglix
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Agency | New Delhi Moglilabs Pvt. Ltd which runs business-to-business (B2B) industrial products marketplace Moglix on Monday said it has raised an undisclosed amount from Ratan Tata, chairman emeritus of Tata Sons Ltd. The company in October raised a pre-series A round of $1.5 million from venture capital firms Accel Partners and Jungle Ventures. The funds will be used to enhance the technology platform, expand supplier base and increase marketing spends across Asia. The company currently specializes in B2B procurement of industrial products such as fasteners and industrial electricals and is partnering with manufacturers and distributors across these categories in India, China and other Asian countries.
The fact that it was a ‘mini-auction’ seemed to have helped keep prices down on Saturday. As teams looked more at finding the right combination than just splurging on big names, there were no bids of more than Rs 9.50 crore. Most franchises have already retained their premier choices and it was a matter of filling the gaps. While that was the intention, IPL auctions have been bereft of logic in quite a few cases. A few teams did follow this theory, but the majority kept economics
ahead of pomp. Defending champions Mumbai Indians were the most economical, spending the least among the bunch at Rs 52.95 crore. Mumbai, aided by the rich experience of Sundar Raman, who once was the man running the IPL, retained 19 players ahead of the
auction, the most by a team. Their focus was on filling the roles left vacant by those released. The wicketkeeper-batsman was one area where Mumbai remained under-strength, with an inconsistent Parthiv Patel and Aditya Tare their only options.
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IIM-Lucknow achieves 100% placement in 3 days
Agency | Mumbai The Indian Institute of Management-Lucknow today said it has achieved 100 per cent final placement for its 30th batch of 446 students in a record time of just over three days. The recruitment drive saw participation from over 160 domestic and international recruiters, a release by the institute said. The highlight of the placement season was participation of esteemed firms like Alvarez & Marsal, BlackRock, Advisors, MasterCard and o3 Capital which marked the ascent of IIM-L as a preferred recruitment destination for marketing, finance and consulting roles in the country, it said. The top four segments based on roles offered were sales and marketing (25 per cent), finance (22 per cent), consulting (21 per cent) and business development including some extremely sought after and niche profiles in the finance domain. The rest of the offers came from domains such as operations/ supply chain, general management (7 per cent), systems/IT (10 per cent), market research, analytics and HR.
A quick first impressions of the Lenovo Yoga 900 ultrabook
Agency | Mumbai Lenovo today announced two devices from their popular Yoga multi-mode product series, which were announced at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in early Jan this year: the Windows 10 based Yoga 900 ultrabook and the Yoga Tab 3 Pro 10.1inch tablet with inbuilt projector. We spent some time with these two devices earlier today and had a chance to examine them up close. The Yoga 900 is a 13.3-inch laptop that touts their famous ‘watch band’ hinge, enabling the device to be set up in various modes of use, including as a tent, a stand, a tablet and a conventional laptop. standout feature is undoubtedly the ultra-thin form factor--at just 0.59-inches--and feather weight 1.29Kg. Another distinctive feature is that intricate watch band hinge that keeps the device oriented in all manner of screen orientations: open it as a conventional laptop, rotate it farther back and it props on a tabletop with the lower half acting like a kickstand, rest it on its edges like a tent for desktop presentations using the touchscreen, or fold the screen entirely back on itself to use it as a tablet.
Agency | Dhaka Promising Bangladesh pacer Mustafizur Rahman can’t wait to play in the Indian Premier League after being bought for Rs 1.4 crore by Sunrisers Hyderabad in the players’ auction. Rahman had played a key role in Bangladesh’s famous home series win against India last year. “It feels good. I was hoping I would get the oppor-
tunity. Everybody was saying I may be drafted this time,” Mustafizur was quoted as saying by bdnews24.com on Sunday. He is hoping to match the performance of his seniors in the cashrich league. “Shakib (Al Hasan) is doing very well (in the IPL). Mashrafe (Mortaza) and the others have played too. It feels good that I will be playing there too.” Asked
about his price tag, the lanky left arm pacer said: “I have nothing to say about the price. I never thought about how much I could get. I just wanted to play – that would be a big experience. I’m just happy to get the opportunity.” Mustafizur will rub shoulders with the likes of Yuvraj Singh, Shikhar Dhawan, David Warner and Ashish Nehra in the Sunrisers unit.
Super Bowl 50 was an ugly game but for Peyton Manning the result couldn’t be more beautiful Agency | Santa Clara
A pack of Denver Broncos had just chased a beleaguered Cam Newton around his own end zone one more time, and Carolina Panthers coach Ron Rivera had seen enough. With 2:08 left in one of the ugliest Super Bowls ever, he threw in the towel. Actually, Rivera ordered a punt on fourth down. No reason to give Denver another easy score that would make future sports historians think this game was somehow worth watching. Super Bowl 50 was supposed to be a celebration of all things great about the NFL — focusing on the old star Peyton Manning and Newton, the exciting face of the future. But the only thing to celebrate at the end was a vicious Denver defense that made enough big plays to set up Manning for the second Super Bowl ring he so coveted in what was likely the final game of his career. At
India sweep cycling gold medals on third day again
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The teams won the women’s 40km time trial and men’s 70km time trial events to take their medal count to five gold, three silver and one bronze. Indian cyclists brushed aside competition for a third day on the trot to win both the gold medals on offer on Monday in the 12th South Asian Games here. The Indian teams won the women’s 40km time trial and men’s 70km time trial events to take their medal count to five gold, three silver and one bronze on the third and penultimate day of the cycling competitions here. In women’s 40km team time trial final, the Indian quartet of T Bidyaluxmi, Rutuja Satpute, G. Manisha and Chaoba Devi bagged the gold in
a time of 59:23.5 secs. Sri Lanka and Pakistan took the silver and bronze respectively. In men’s 70km team time trial final, the home team of Arvind Panwar, Manjeet Singh, Deepak Kumar Rahi and Manohar Lal Bishnoi took the gold in one hour 29 minutes and 37.840 seconds. Pakistan and Sri Lanka won the silver and bronze respec-
tively. For Bidyaluxmi and Arvind, today’s gold were their second overall. Bidyalaxmi had won the gold in the women’s 30km individual time trial event while men’s 40km individual time trial. On the first day on Saturday, India had won two gold and two silver while they won a gold, a silver and a bronze on Sunday, February 7.
claiming that the fourth Test in Manchester was fixed by none other than the skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni. This expose was done by Hindi daily Sun Star in a sting operation. It must be mentioned here that both the audio and video of the sting was audible and clear. “Given the conditions of the pitch
was wet due to long spell of rain, we have decided to bowl first in a team meeting,” Dev said in the sting made public on Sunday evening. He added: “But Dhoni surprised everyone by opting to bat first.” No surprises that India lost this match within three days by an innings and 54 runs.
also change the way they approach games in future. The right-hander’s rip, snort and bust approach with his superb eye and lightning bat speed that enabled him to hit through the line, particularly through, or over, the cover field or down the ground electrified crowds. When the mood took him, he could be so destructive that games were lost, or won, before
he was dismissed. One such game at Queenstown against Bangladesh in late 2007 was typical. Having dismissed the visitors for 93, McCullum then blasted 80 from 28 balls. New Zealand won the game in six overs and television commentators joked he had finished the game so quickly because he had booked a tee time at a nearby golf course during the change of innings.
MS Dhoni fixed Manchester Test in 2014? Yes, says then team manager Agency | New Delhi
At a time when the entire Indian cricket establishment is facing serious credibility issue post Indian Premiere League spot-fixing and the subsequent Justice Mukul Mudgal and Justice RM Lodha panel findings, a stunning match-fixing claim by Delhi & District Cricket Association sports secretary Sunil Dev could make life difficult for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in the coming days. Dev, who was the Indian team manager during the 2014 tour of England, was caught in a video sting
Kiwis hand McCullum perfect sendoff with ODI series win against Aussies Agency | Wellington
least let’s hope it was the final game of his career. It would be hard to watch him take the field again after a performance that exposed him as an aging quarterback hanging on for one final moment of glory. Manning wasn’t terrible, but for a lot of the game he was simply awful. If not for a late gift from the Panthers, Denver would have gone the entire game without an offensive touchdown. Not that it mattered. Not with Von Miller and the rest of a Denver defense that Wade Phillips unleashed on the Panthers. They scored when Manning couldn’t. They harassed Newton on every snap,
hitting him 10 times and sacking him six times. They kept getting the ball back, even if Manning and the offense didn’t seem to know what to do when they got it. They gave the Broncos their third Super Bowl win, and first in 17 years, despite the most anemic performance by an offense of any of the 49 Super Bowl winners before them. “This game was like this season has been,” Manning said. “It tested our toughness, our resilience, and our unselfishness. It’s only fitting it turned out that way. A great bunch of teammates, a great bunch of guys to play with. I feel very, very grateful.”
Brendon McCullum’s one-day international career ended on Monday with a 55-run win over Australia at Seddon Park, though the legacy of the aggressive right-hander is likely to have a much longer effect on the sport in New Zealand. The New Zealand captain, who made his debut against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground in January, 2002, is retiring from all internationals after the second test against Steve Smith’s side in Christchurch. His retirement will leave a hole at the top of New Zealand’s batting order in limited-overs matches, while it could
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Gujarat to get Rs 1,000 crore Indo- Pre-budget consultation: Gujarat UK hospital, pact signed by Govt demands SNZ for diamond industry Correspondent | New Delhi
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Health Minister Shri Nitin Patel today said that Gujarat will have 1000bed hospital by Indo-UK Healthcare Institute with latest facilities. A pact was signed in this connection in Gandhinagar between the state Health department and Indo-UK Healthcare Institute. Patel thanked Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi for selection of Gujarat for this global level hospital. He said Prime Minister Shri Modi and British Prime Minister David Cameroon had made announcement to set up 11 health institutes across India on 12 November 2015, as a result of which
Gujarat has got this institute. Indo-UK Healthcare Institute(IUIH) will set up 11 health institutes in India with an investment of 1 billion pounds. This will be the large project in the world. It will involve 11,000 bed, 25,000 nurses and 5,000 doctors serving lakhs of people at affordable rate with
latest health infrastructure. Each institute will have 1,000 bed hospital, medical college, nursing college, staff facilities, hostels, research unit etc infrastructure which shall have tie up with leading industrial partners. IUIH will invest Rs 1,000 crore and provide employment to 3,000 persons for
Patan shifts kids, no more separate caste anganwadis Correspondent | Hajipur
Three months after separate anganwadi for Dalit children in Gujarat’s Patan district, the state government has taken corrective steps. Nine children from anganwadi No. 159, which had only Dalit children, have been shifted to No. 160, while 19 children from the Thakore, Patel and Rawal communities in No. 160 have now gone to No. 159. The anganwadis house children between the ages of six months and six years. Three years after the anganwadi No. 159 had been set up in Hajipur village, the Patidars and Brahmins had demanded a separate anganwadi and moved into the premises of the adjoining primary school, giving rise to
the anganwadi No. 160. “Things are good now, we are happy. We do not have any complaint against anyone,” said the mother of a four-year-old Dalit child, who is among the children shifted from anganwadi No. 159 to No. 160. The grandmother of a three-yearold Dalit child, who has also been moved, nodded in agreement. Following the November 5 report, government officials who inspected anganwadi No. 159 had not-
ed in their observations that it was built under the state government’s Khaas Angbhoot Yojana — a Special Component Plan, now known as the Scheduled Caste Sub Plan — which was introduced for the welfare and development of Scheduled Castes. This, they said, explained why only Dalit children were admitted to this centre The children were exchanged between anganwadis “on the request of villagers”, they had added.
Leopard on Sunday entered school in Bengaluru, injures three Agency | Bengaluru
A leopard on Sunday entered a private school near Varthur here and attacked people, injuring three forest department personnel, including a veterinarian, officials said. The feline has been tranquilised after a day long operation, and the three injured persons, including a veterinarian, have been shifted to a nearby hospital, they said. It attacked a man trying to escape by climbing a gate. As he tried to ward it off, forest officials fired shots and the animal escaped. The feline was first spotted by CCTV cameras inside Vibgyor School at around 4:13 am. The school was shut today as it was Sunday. School authorities immediately informed forest officials
and police who rushed to the spot. The leopard had escaped from the school premises during the day and was hiding inside nearby bushes. As authorities were in the midst of operations to capture it, it re-entered the school building by scaling a compound wall, officials said, adding that it has now been tranquillised. The scene of the attack was captured by tele-
vision channels which had arrived at the spot to cover the operation. Police had a hard time controlling the crowd that had gathered at the spot. A forest department official said the tranquilised leopard was taken to Bannerghatta Biological Park. “It has been tranquilised and taken in a cage to Bannerghatta. After looking into its health condition, we will leave it in the forest,” he said.
Ahead of the Union budget, Gujarat has demanded establishment of a Special Notified Zone for diamond industry in Surat while Maharashtra has asked Rs 4,000 crore for various projects. At a health infrastructure in pre-budget consultative meeting, Gujarat’s Fi- nance Minister Saurabh Gujarat. Patel also requested the Gujarat CM to flag off Vadodara International Half Marathon tomorrow Centre to reduce the income tax on Milk Cooperative Societies. He said there is a need to consider the dairy sector at par with agriculture and banks should consider lending a priority. “The establishment of Special Notified Zone in Surat for diamond industries will give the industry a distinctively enhanced competitive edge against other diamond centres of the Correspondent | Vadodara person Tejal Amin said. Around 70,000 people Gujarat Chief Minister will take part along with Anandiben Patel will to80 athletes from Kenmorrow flag off the Vaya, Ethiopia and United Correspondent | New Delhi dodara International Half Kingdom, Amin added. Marathon (VIHM) here. The marathon also pledg- BJP today accused Con“The 5th edition of the es to support the cause gress and its “first famMarathon pledges to sup- of women empowerment ily” of levelling “false port Prime Minister Nar- through skill develop- and baseless” allegations endra Modi’s vision for ment initiatives. It will against Prime Minister ‘Swacch Bharat’ (clean be flagged off from the Narendra Modi over the India) by 2019. We have historical Lakshmi Vilace Gujarat land deal issue join hands with the Va- palace by Patel. Mean- to cover up its own cordodara municipal cor- while, security has been ruption and fraud. Callporation,” VIMH chair- stepped up for the event. ing Congress a “history-sheeter” in levelling false allegations, BJP said the opposition party has no moral right to talk of graft as its “top leaders are embroiled in corruption” and alleged that it is trying to again stall Parliament during the upcoming Budget session. BJP asserted land allotments made in Gujarat during Modi’s chief ministership were done as per law
world. This step would undoubtedly prove to further enable in making India the world’s largest rough diamond trading hub as well,” Patel said. He also raised issues of imposition of anti-dumping duty on ceramics. Speaking at the meeting, Deepak Kesarkar, Minister of State for Finance of Maharashtra, asked for Rs 400 crore to make Aurangabad a tourist spot and Rs 250 core for Mahatma Gandhi’s Seva-
gram Ashram. He said his state has lost over Rs 3,000 crore for non-implementation of GST. “Mahrashtra has always supported the introduction of GST. The state’s fiscal position is quite stressed on account of relief measures because of widespread drought. The government has substantially abolished local body tax levied by municipalities,” Kesarkar said and requested a compensatory grant of Rs 3,382 crores for the state this fiscal in order to make up for the loss in revenue. Noting that Maharashtra has seen a sharp decline of funds of Rs 12,970 crore centrally sponsored schemes under the new ration, he said the Centre should stick to the earlier ratio.
and through a transparent three-tier evaluation process. “Congress is a history-sheeter in making false charges as it has a policy of shoot and scoot and has not been able to prove any charges against this government. The anti-poor and anti-development Congress is, in fact, unable to digest the progress made by the NDA government led by Modi and is thus
trying to tarnish its image and stall the nation’s development,” BJP national secretary Shrikant Sharma alleged. “Land allotments done in Gujarat during Modi’s tenure as Chief Minister, over which Congress is making false and baseless charges, have been made as per law and after following a transparent three-tier evaluation process.
rule out involvement of some low cadre members of the JeM. Six gunmen attacked the airbase in Pathankot on 2 January, leading to a three-daylong standoff that killed seven soldiers. Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) after India shared the ‘leads’ with Pakistan. Subsequently, a crackdown was launched in
Punjab against the JeM, its headquarters were sealed and dozens of activists detained. The SIT has since been working on the Indian ‘leads’. It is also expected to visit India to study the evidence the Indians have. Meanwhile talks between India and Pakistan have been suspended till the former sees action by Pakistan against those responsible for the Pathankot attack.
Congress and its first family leveling false and baseless allegations:BJP
Pakistan boat seized off Jakhau coast, 11 arrested
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
The Indian Coast Guard on Friday night intercepted a Pakistani fishing boat about 30 nautical miles west of Jakhau coast and apprehended 11 fishermen for violating the Indian Maritime Zone. They also seized 300kg fish from the boat. The 11 crew members were brought to Jakhau coast and are being interrogated by state and central agencies. “They will be interrogated further at the joint interrogation centre in Kutch,” said a Coast Guard official. According to Coast Guard, their frontline ship C-411 on patrol duty near Indo-Pak International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) intercepted the Pakistani boat named AlShenaz that was fishing in Indian waters and warned them to stop. However, the members on board the boat removed its nets and
tried to flee towards Pakistan waters. This triggered a hot pursuit from Coast Guard ship that successfully intercepted it. Coast Guard sources said they carried out a thorough check inside the boat and found about 300kg of fresh fish. “We apprehended 11 crew members from the boat, all Pakistan nationals, including the master of the boat identified as Asgar Ali,” Coast Guard said. Earlier, in November 2015, two Pakistani boats were seized from Harami Nala in Kutch. However, the crew members managed to flee in other boats seeing the Border Security Force (BSF) patrol party. In April 2015, the Coast Guard had intercepted a Pakistani boat and seized about 232 packets of heroine worth more than Rs 600 crore in the international market. Eight Pakistanis sailors were arrested with the boat.
Pathankot attack: Pak team finds no evidence against JeM chief Azhar Agency | New Delhi
A team, constituted by Pakistan to investigate into the attack on Indian airbase in Pathankot last month, has concluded that there is no substantive evidence to suggest that Maulana Masood Azhar, the chief of the outlawed Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) militant group, masterminded the deadly assault. Pakistani authorities have conveyed to New Delhi that there was no substantial evidence that could prove the involvement of Maulana Azhar in the Pathankot assault.” Quoting sourcess, the Express Tribune said that the SIT informed the civil and military leadership in Pakistan in a last week meeting that the Indian evidence was insufficient to implicate Maulana Azhar. The team, however did not
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