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News Brief “Modi to US Congress ” Veteran journalist K K Katyal passes away
Veteran journalist and former Resident Editor of The Hindu in Delhi K K Katyal passed away here today after a brief illness. Katyal, 89, came to be known as the face of Delhi Bureau of The Hindu, which had launched its Delhi edition in 1986.
Kidney racket: One more arrested
Agency | New Delhi One more person was arrested today in connection with the kidney racket being busted at Apollo Hospital here last week, taking the total number of arrests in the case to ten. The tenth accused, Bhanu Pratap, was arrested from Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh. He was identified as one of the donors associated with the racket, a senior police official said.
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Terror incubated in India’s neighbourhood PM Narendra Modi also thanked the US for showing solidarity after terrorists struck Mumbai in 2008
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Claiming that terrorism is incubated in India’s neighbourhood, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his address to the US Congress on Wednesday, commended the leaders for sending a clear message to those “who preach and practice terrorism for political gains”. “Although its shadow is spreading across the world, terrorism is incubated in India’s neighbourhood. Humanity must speak in one voice. Terrorism must be delegitimized,” Modi said. Modi also thanked the US for showing solidarity after terrorists struck Mumbai
is to economically prosperity, and stability philosophy of hate, • For us in India, to live in harmony with empower our billion from Asia to Africa & murder and violence. mother earth is a part of • I commend the members citizens through many from Indian Ocean to our ancient belief. social and economic the Pacific. of US Congress for transformations. • Those who believe in sending a clear message • India’s strong economy humanity must come and growth rate of 7.6% • Connecting our two to those who preach and together as one and nations is also a unique per annum is creating practice terrorism for speak against this and dynamic bridge new opportunities for political gains. menace in one voice. • The effectiveness of of three million Indian our mutual prosperity. Terrorism must be Americans. our cooperation would • I see US as an delegitimised. in 2008. The prime min- can bring peace, prospericooperation indispensible partner. • Our increase if international ister also spelled out how ty, and stability from Asia • Although it’s shadow secures our cities and Many of you believe institutions were to a successful partnership to Africa and from Indian is spreading across citizens from terrorists that a stronger and reflect the realities between India and the US Ocean to the Pacific. the world, terrorism and protects our critical prosperous India is in of today. A strong is incubated in India’s infrastructure from America’s strategic India-US partnership Here are highlights of Modi’s speech: neighbourhood. cyber threats. interest. My dream can anchor peace, • Modi concludes his speech by quoting Walt Whitman terrorism as he says the India-US relationship is primed for a • Globally, remains the biggest momentous future. threat, going by • The constraints of the past are behind us and different names, but with the common foundations of the future are firmly in place. Agency | Patna
Long term desire to go back to academia, says RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan Agency | New Delhi
Refusing to comment on intense speculation over his tenure extension, on Wednesday RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan said he has very “cordial” relations with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and his long term desire is to go back to the academia. Rajan, who has been outspoken on various issues, also praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for ending government’s interference in public sector banks. Terming his relationship with the govern-
ment “extremely cordial,” the Governor said “there has never been a serious disagreement between me and Mr Arun Jaitley”. “Its extremely cordial. Whether its Mr (P) Chidambaram (former Finance Minister), whether its secretary
to government, whether Mr Jaitley whether it is any body else, all conversations are respectful of each other’s position and informative,” he told TV Channels. Refusing to talk about his extension, Rajan said: “I cannot confirm
or deny. As the Finance Minister has said, wait for the announcement. My tenure is till September 4. So between now and then the announcement will come.” “My long term desire is to go back to academia for teaching, for research and for thinking. This would be my best destination,” he added. On BJP MP Subramanian Swamy’s comment that he is “mentally not fully Indian”, Rajan said, “there are certain allegations which are fundamentally wrong and baseless and addressing them would amount to giving them legitimacy.”
Bihar Board toppers scandal force BSEB chairman to resign
Amid mounting pressure with regard to alleged irregularities in the 10+2 toppers’ scandal, Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) Chairman Lalkeshwar Prasad Singh today resigned from his post. “We have received the resignation letter of Board Chairman Lalkeshwar Prasad Singh,” said state Education Minister Ashok Choudhary. Earlier in the day, the department issued a show-cause notice to the BSEB Chairman on why he should not be removed from the post for the irregularities committed in +2 plus examination results. Singh was asked to give his reply within 24 hours to the department, Chaudhary said.
It may be noted that the probe team had questioned Singh for five hours yesterday. Besides, a team of state police and CID visited the Board yesterday and perused the results of the Intermediate examination. The team also took away Singh’s computer, laptop and smartphone with it. The state government had taken strong objection to Singh’s decision to constitute a four member committee headed by
a retired high court judge to probe the alleged irregularities in evaluation of marks in this year’s 10+2 examination. The government had on May 6 dissolved the committee. Meanwhile, Senior Superintendent of Police, Patna Manu Maharaaj, said that four persons have been detained by the police in the case lodged by the education department against seven persons on late Monday night.
Monsoon hits Kerala, it’s time BR Ambedkar did not write Constitution, to get your umbrellas out says BJP-appointed IGNCA chief Agency | New Delhi
The weather bureau on Wednesday declared the Agency | New Delhi Gautam condemning the onset of the monsoon over controversial comments, Recently appointed as Kerala -- the rain-bearing saying they amountchief of a premier govsystem’s first port of call ed to insulting AmbedAgency | New Delhi ernment-funded art cenon the Indian mainland kar and are a hurdle in tre here, Ram Bahadur Goa Chief Minister Lax- -- which marks the bePrime Minister Narendra Rai on Tuesday stoked a mikant Parsekar today ginning of a widely anticModi’s Dalit outreach. controversy by questiondismissed suggestions ipated wet season. It has When contacted, Rai dethat Aam Aadmi Party been raining in Kerala for higher than normal and Kerala, at least eight des- ing Dr B R Ambedkar’s nied giving any such in(AAP) has grown as a the past two days but the evenly spread, necessary ignated places received role in framing of the terview, claiming it was political force to reck- Met declares the mon- for good food output. The rainfall of 2.5 mm or Constitution and describa “breach of journalistic on with in the coastal soon’s arrival only when onset of the monsoon will more, a key criterion for ing it as a “myth”. A for- in April, was quoted by then ‘I will be first to do ethics”. Attacking Rai, state, saying it will not the rains fulfill a raft of bring cheer to the gov- the monsoon to be offi- mer general secretary of ‘Outlook’ as having said so,’” Rai said. Asked if Gautam said, Those who fetch any votes in the meteorological param- ernment and millions of cially declared as active. the ABVP, RSS affiliated that Ambedkar’s role was Ambedkar’s role was then are saying so are doing next year’s Assembly eters. “All these criteria farmers alike in a country Other parameters such student organisation, Rai limited and that whatever a myth, Rai replied, “Yes, it without any thinking polls. Parsekar claimed have been met,” a Met de- battling a severe drought. as wind conditions, the was quoted as saying in material B N Rau, a civ- myth hai, myth hai, myth and it seems they have that while the Arvind partment official in Kerala The rains are vital because monsoon’s location and an interview to a weekly il servant, gave to him , hai (yes, it is a myth, it is some malice and enmiKejriwal-led party has said over the phone. Last 49% of Indians depend on levels of infrared energy magazine that Ambedkar Ambedkar would cor- a myth, it is a myth). It is ty against the Scheduled been canvassing and week, the India meteoro- a farm-based income and bouncing backing from did not write the Consti- rect the language. “So, part of identity politics.” Castes and the concept holding rallies in Goa in logical department (IMD) nearly 60% of the coun- the Earth’s surface are tution. Rai, who was ap- Ambedkar did not write Rai immediately came of social justice. This is last 2-3 months, people updated the forecast, in try’s arable land doesn’t within the range required pointed as Chairman of the Constitution. In fact, under attack with BJP’s the reason otherwise such of the state were not im- which it said the monsoon have irrigation facilities. for the monsoon’s onset, Indira Gandhi National he said, if the Constitu- Scheduled Caste Morcha statements would not pressed with it. Centre for Arts (IGNCA) tion is ever to be set afire, chief Dushyant Kumar have been made. would mostly likely be Over the past 48 hours in an official said. Sub Editor: Dhruvil Makani 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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Cutting out the censor, The board is out of step with the times
With Udta Punjab, India’s tryst with censorship has reached a point where artistic and creative freedoms have to pass muster with both official and unofficial moral policing. The implications of this are far-reaching. The message that will go down to filmmakers, playwrights, artists, writers, and even ordinary citizens is that every word uttered, every sentence written, every scene painted, every film that is canned, or every book that is published, must be accompanied with extreme circumspection. Caution is, arguably, a reasonable attitude, but where free expression becomes hostage to fear, we have much to worry about. Today, filmmakers are complaining that movies cannot be made by anticipating what the censor board would ultimately clear. We also have the unofficial censors — religious, cultural and political groups — who take offence to creative expression, and prevent film screenings, vandalise art exhibitions, and issue physical and verbal threats. If, tomorrow, artists decide to shelve projects for fear of tripping under the censor’s subjective, and shifting, standards, the culprit is the political leadership. The ground has shifted from the fundamental right to free speech to the enforcement of the reasonable restrictions on free speech, both sanctioned by the Constitution. After the regional office of the Central Board for Film Certification (CBFC) sought 89 cuts in Udta Punjab, the revision committee has now reportedly sought that the “Punjab” in the title and all references to the state must be removed. For a film that claims to have realistically depicted Punjab’s drug problem, the charge that it will misguide young and impressionable minds is a strange and laughable proposition. Under Pahlaj Nihalani, the CBFC has taken upon itself the job of enforcing a social morality that attempts to arrest the onward drift towards greater political and cultural liberalism. With the internet emerging as the primary source of media distribution and with no scope for censoring internet content, such attempts at censorship are merely symbolic. With elections around the corner in Punjab, there is little doubt that political imperatives have governed the censoring of the film. It is no surprise that the Akali Dal has been vociferously protesting against the film, while its opponents, the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party, back the film’s release. The film’s co-producer, Anurag Kashyap, has not minced words by taking on the political establishment and the censor board. He said that those opposed to the film are “actually guilty of promoting drugs”, and equated the censor board’s dictatorial and oligarchic actions to the North Korean state.
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‘Sairat’ helmer Nagraj Manjule forced ex-wife to abort
Agency | New Delhi Film-maker Nagraj Manjule, who became talk of the town following the phenomenal success of his Marathi film ‘Sairat,’ recently came under negative light with his former wife Sunita’s shocking revelations. While the director has branded himself as a socially-sensitive person in several interviews, his former wife has a different story to tell, reports Quint. In an interview, while describing a marital life filled with strife, abuse,
and most of all, neglect and abandonment, she claimed that the director’s family once locked up her up in a room when they were going to New Delhi. Reportedly, she was married to the director when he was studying in the 12th standard and went to live with his family in Solapur. Highlighting her plight even further, Sunita added that following these developments she was forced to undergo a few abortions and even work as a maid in different houses in order to earn her livelihood.
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QUOTE “Pahlaj Nihlani’s statement makes it amply clear that he has stopped the film on BJP’s instructions, What else could one expect OF THE under Modi regime.” DAY Hrithik Roshan looks rustic, Punjab drugs: At Ground Zero, fierce in Mohenjo Daro poster behind each door, a broken home - Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s tweeted statement came after the CBFC chief Pahlaj Nihalani claimed that he has heard co-producer of Udta Punjab - Anurag Kashyap - took money from Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
instead is something that leaves them glaring at each other. ASI Tarsem Singh shakes his head, his hooded eyes revealing little. The voice of Lakhbir Singh, whose wife is a panchayat member, cuts through the rising buzz. “Some (expletive) addict has stolen the spark plug of their motorcycle,” he
said. What he leaves unsaid: the spark plug may be sold for the next fix. In this comic strip lies the tragedy of Boot — the “village of drug addicts”, with 47 FIRs registered under the NDPS Act in 2014, the most from a single village, according to records accessed by News agency under the RTI Act from 14 of 28 police districts in Punjab. On the edge of Kapurthala, 2 km off the highway to Pathankot, Boot is the grey that lies between the black-and-white police story of a crackdown that has “eradicated drugs from this village”.
jab. “We can’t turn into a Saudi Arabia where there is opulence but no free thought in society,” said Mahesh Bhatt, who was present along with daughter Alia. Bhatt also requested the I&B Ministry to remove CBFC chairman Pahlaj Nihalani from his post. Echoing similar views, Imitiaz Ali said that he hasn’t seen the film yet bub freedom of expression shouldn’t be curbed. The film’s lead actor Shahid Kapoor
said that the youth have a right to know about the ills of drugs and everyone should support the fight. Anurag Kashyap, along with other leading industry figures, also demanded an apology from Nihalani for accusing him of accepting money from the Aam Aadmi Party. Earlier, Nihalani said that the film has been passed, but with certain cuts. He said that there are no politics over censoring the film’s content.
dering where these rumours originated as there is no truth to it. Ranbir, who is shooting for Jagga Jasoos in Mumbai, since he has come back from Morocco, is in a state of shock over the spate of stories that have sprung out of nowhere in the last few months. He is upset that people are taking ad-
vantage of the fact that he doesn’t issue clarifications. There is no truth in the stories of Ranbir and Kangana’s affair, yet in a very systematic manner this is being spread in media. He knows who is behind these rumours and if this continues, he is considering issuing a strong denial this time.”
• The first poster of actor Hrithik Roshan’s muchawaited movie Mohenjo Daro is out Agency | Mumbai
The first poster of actor Hrithik Roshan’s much-awaited movie “Mohenjo Daro” is out, and it features him in a rustic and fierce look. Hrithik, in the poster of the upcoming film, is seen in a muscular avatar. The 42-year-old star can be seen holding a trident in what appears to be a battlefield. Hrithik tweeted: “Often the greatest of men have the smallest of beginnings. His name? Only the truly vulnerable can be truly powerful! Are u ready?” Later, he shared the poster with the caption: “The manifestation of love and power…SARMAN MohenjoDaro Poster. UTV Films. Pooja Hegde. A.R. Rahman.” Just before his look was shared from the upcoming film, Hrithik
Agency | Mumbai ON A burning afternoon, streaks of sweat staining their uniforms, four policemen stand around a motorcycle outside a faded wooden door in the middle of a narrow alley. Chasing a tip, they had hoped to find a cache of drugs in Kartar Singh’s house but what they find
also shared the movie’s motion poster, which did not reveal his look. “Before the British Raj, the Mughals, Christ, Alexander, Buddha and India as we know it, there was… Mohenjo Daro,” the motion poster reads. Written, produced and directed by
Ashutosh Gowariker, the epic adventure-romance is set in the prehistoric city of Mohenjo Daro in the era of the Indus Valley civilisation which dates back to 2600 BC. The movie also stars Pooja Hegde and is slated to hit the theatres on August 12.
John Abraham is my big brother: Varun Dhawan Varun Dhawan
has called his Dishoom co-star John Abraham his big brother Agency | New Delhi
Actor Varun Dhawan has called his “Dishoom” costar John Abraham his “big brother”. Since the trailer of “Dishoom” has passed 10 million views, the “Badlapur” star treated his fans and followers with a question and answer session on Twitter. When a user asked Varun about what he liked the most about John, Varun replied: “John Abraham is my big brother. He’s ‘Force’ one and two combined. Can’t wait for
him to come back and begin promoting ‘Dishoom’.” How would he describe actress Jacqueline Fernandez in three words, asked another user. “Jacqueline… She is sexy, energetic and happy… Oh sorry, very happy. Varun says,” he added. The “Main Tera Hero” star replied that his favourite actresses are Deepika Padukone, Katrina Kaif and Priyan-
Bollywood biggies back Udta Punjab, say don’t curb freedom of expression
“We can’t turn into a Saudi Arabia where there is opulence but no free thought in society,” said Mahesh Bhatt, who was present along with daughter Alia Agency | New Delhi
Bollywood heavyweights on Wednesday came out in support of producer-director Anurag Kashyap in his standoff with the Central Board of Film Certification over a high number of cuts for his upcoming movie Udta Punjab. Leading film directors such as Mahesh Bhatt and Imitiaz Ali were present ka Chopra, when he was during a press conference asked about his favourite held in Mumbai today by actress in tinsel town. the makers of Udta PunThe 29-year-old actor, who will be seen playing a rookie police officer in Rohit Dhawan’s directorial, shared with his fans that if he wakes up and finds out that he has turned into superstar Shah Rukh Khan, he would call Varun Dhawan over for a playstation session.
Ranbir Kapoor miffed with rumours of link-up with Kangana Ranaut!
Rahul Mahajan’s ex-wife Dimpy Ganguly flaunts baby bump on Instagram! Agency | New Delhi
Rahul Mahajan married Dimpy Ganguly in his swayamvar on a then popular channel. Soon trouble hit their marital paradise and they decided to head for divorce. A year back, Dimpy married her lover Rohit Roy in a private ceremony. Celebrating their first anniversary together, Dimpy surprised everyone with a special picture. She uploaded a picture on Instagram with
Agency | New Delhi Rohit Roy. What’s so special about it? Dimpy who is pregnant with their first child flaunts her baby bump with elan. Along with the picture, she also wrote a heartfelt message for her husband Rohit. A year back on this very day we decided to be a part of
each others life for the rest of our lives..Can’t believe how time flies! Feels like it was only yesterday that I thought I had lost everything when you came along to hold my hand and gave me everything that I had ever hoped for and so much more.
Ranbir Kapoor is miffed with multiple stories linking him to Kangana Ranaut. Last evening, their pairing was trending on Twitter, #nowranbirkangana. It was the top Twitter trend for a brief while. Says a source close to RK, “He is won-
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Indian stars Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Srikanth registered comprehensive wins to advance to the second round, while PV Sindhu suffered an opening round upset at the $750,000 Australian Badminton Open Superseries here on Wednesday. Apart from Srikanth, World No 37 Sameer Verma also advanced to the next round but qualifier RMV Gurusaidutt failed to cross the first round hurdle. Seventh seed Saina dominated the proceedings from the start as she thrashed local challenger Joy Lai 21-10, 21-14 in just 29 minutes. World No.8 Saina, who had won the Australian Open in 2014, will take on Malaysia’s Jin Wei Goh in the second
round. But it was curtains for World No.10 Sindhu, who lost to World No.40 Kim Hyo Min from South Korea 15-21, 1921 after a 55-minute battle. Youngster Tanvi Lad came back from a game down to sail into the second round. Tanvi set up a face-off with fourth-seeded Yihan Wang after registering a brilliant 18-21, 21-14, 21-11 come-back win over qualifier Tiffany Ho of Australia in 52 minutes. Other big names in the women’s
singles draw, Li Xuerui of China, Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand and Chinese Taipei’s Tai Yzu Ying also moved into the second round. In men’s singles, World No.12 Srikanth took just 32 minutes to register a 21-16, 21-12 comfortable win over World No. 11 NG Ka Long Angus of Hong Kong. But Verma had a tough contest against Indonesia’s Ihsan Maulana Mustofa before winning 22-20, 15-21 21-15 in a 53-minute contest.
Euro 2016: Portugal’s supporting cast needs to aid lead actor Ronaldo’s genius
Fullerton India launches 500 th branch in the country
Agency | Ahmedabad Fullerton India, a leading non-banking financial company in India, with a strong pan-India presence, today announced the launch of its 500 th branch. The new branch will be located in Dewas in the state of Madhya Pradesh and will serve customers through an array of rural financing products that include Livelihood Advancement Loans for Women’s Groups, Mortgage Loans, Two-wheeler Loans and Enterprise Loans. The launch of Fullerton India’s 500 th branch reinstates the company’s strategy to strengthen its footprint across the length and breadth of the country. With the addition of this new branch, the total number of rural branches of the company reaches 276. Commenting on the development, Mr. Shantanu Mitra, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Fullerton India said, “At Fullerton India, we strongly believe in driving progressive development across the country through financial inclusion. The setting up of our 500th branch is aligned with this goal. We will continue to expand our presence as a leading retail and rural financial solutions provider, by offering a wide range of products and services.” Fullerton India also has a strong urban presence in the country with 224 urban branches. These branches provide credit products like Personal Loans, Commercial Vehicle Loans, Loans Against Property and SME loans.
Agency | New Delhi Cricket South Africa (CSA) have overcome their initial hesitancy and confirmed on Wednesday that the third and final test of the tour of Australia will be a day-night fixture at Adelaide Oval starting on Nov. 24. The Proteas had been reluctant to be involved in a day-night match having
never played with a pink ball but with two warmup matches under lights planned for the October-November tour, CSA said they were now willing to play the fixture. “Following careful consideration and engagement with all our test players, and acknowledging the need to exploit the potential of playing daynight test match cricket,
I am pleased to announce that we have agreed with Cricket Australia to proceed with this fixture,” CSA chief executive Haroon Lorgat said in a statement on Wednesday. “Our Proteas were initially hesitant to play such a key test match without previous experience and adequate preparation but after working through all their concerns and the possible options to prepare sufficiently, there is new-found excitement for this novel test match.” South Africa captain AB de Villiers added that the major concern for the players was having adequate preparation with a pink ball.
then there are moments, when you are cursed. There have been major burning issues regarding team selection and captaincy in Indian cricket before as well. One can easily refer to the Sourav Ganguly-Greg Chappel tiff or to the time when Yuvraj Singh was not selected for the Indian World Cup squad back in 2015. Yuvraj was play-
er-of-the-tournament in the 2011 World Cup and scored three consecutive first-class centuries against Haryana, Maharashtra and Saurashtra weeks before the 2015 World Cup squad was announced. Yet, that did not earn him a place in the squad. But, neither can match up to the hype the Kohli-Dhoni captaincy issue is creating.
was suspended from all cricket during Sri Lanka’s tour of New Zealand last December, when a laboratory in Qatar, accredited by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), said he had produced a positive result in an out-of-competition test. Perera tested positive test for a banned anabolic steroid, but his
cerns the amounts were so low that they could have been produced naturally by the body or formed in the samples after they were submitted. And last month he was cleared to play again by the International Cricket Council (ICC) after the laboratory withdrew its “adverse original finding” and replaced it with an “atypical finding”, and said no further investigation was warranted. The wicket-keeper-batsman wasn’t allowed to take part in any formal cricket training during his suspension and missed this year’s World Twenty20, but an injury to seamer Dhammika Prasad created a space in Sri Lanka’s tour party.
Suresh Raina refuses to be drawn into MS Dhoni-Virat Kohli captaincy conundrum
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Agency | Paris Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal tower above their rivals and should ease into the knockout stages at Euro 2016, but the illustrious team cannot underestimate a blossoming Austria side. Ranked eighth in the world, Portugal cruised towards a sixth straight appearance at the finals -- in Group F against Austria, Hungary and Iceland -- by reeling
off seven straight qualifying wins after an opening defeat to Albania. But 12 years after the losing the final to Greece on home soil, Ronaldo’s hopes of landing an international title appear remote unless his supporting cast can deliver where they have failed in the past. Portugal lost on penalties to Spain in the semi-finals at Euro 2012 and then crashed out in the group stage of the World
Cup in Brazil. Ronaldo, slowed by a knee injury, was then a shadow of the player who won that year’s Ballon d’Or. “If he is so important in Madrid, just imagine he’s the same if not more so with Portugal,” coach Fernando Santos told Spanish sports daily Marca. “When you have a player who scores 50 or 60 goals a season, and can always score, they are vitally important.
Indian cricket has recently been flooded with one question. A question every Indian fan debates about, a question every media house around the world is asking, a question every possible person at the Board of Cricket Control Cricket (BCCI) is probably trying to avoid: Is it time for the most successful Indian captain in history, Mahendra Singh Dhoni to step aside and hand over the baton to Virat Kohli? The Indian captaincy is one of the most coveted and high-profile jobs in the cricketing world. There are moments when you are worshipped and
Kusal Perera Eager to Play at Lord’s Feedback from Kohli, AB de Charges Villiers has helped me: KL Rahul After Being Cleared of Dope lawyers later raised conAgency | Mumbai
A player is often typecast in cricket. Breaking that image isn’t easy for any individual. Ask KL Rahul and he will agree. Bracketed as a Test player before IPL-9, the Karnataka batsman turned out to be one of the biggest finds of the season in the shortest format of the game. Having impressed with his solidity in Test cricket, Rahul translated his success in T20 cricket by scoring 397 runs in 14 games in the IPL, which earned him a spot in the India limited-overs team for Zimbabwe. “I spent time with Virat (Kohli) and AB (de Villiers) and asked them questions about what they thought I should do to improve my
cricket and be successful in shortest format. Their ideas and feedback did help me in improving my batting,” Rahul said on Tuesday. Despite a long Test season ahead, Rahul said his sole aim is to do well in the ODIs in Zimbabwe. “I’m not going to worry about Test matches. This is my first ODI series with the Indian team, so I will focus on doing well there and figure out how I will be successful in
Zimbabwe. It will be definitely challenging for the opening batsman and it’s a responsibility that I have enjoyed to go out there and give a solid start to my team,” he said. Rahul said he has always believed in sticking to the basics and would be doing just that in Zimbabwe, much like he did during the IPL. I did not have time to prepare for this IPL because I was coming back from an injury.
Agency | London If all cricketers dream of playing at Lord’s, Sri Lanka’s Kusal Perera has more reason than most to hope he’s selected for Thursday’s third Test against England at the spiritual home of the game. The 25-yearold endured a potentially career-ending spell on the sidelines after he
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Idol of Lord Swaminarayan dressed up as RSS ‘swayamsevak’ sparks controversy
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The donning of the RSS uniform on a Swaminarayan idol in a school in Laskana village in Surat district has kicked up a row. The controversy started when the school opened Monday and students spread the word about the idol wearing the Sangh uniform. On Wednesday afternoon, several followers of Swaminarayan tried to enter the school premises, but they were stopped by the security guards as the school had called in secu-
Congress promotes just one surname, Released from Pakistan, Indian ignores others: Ram Madhav fishermen to reach Vadodara today
The fishermen, held for violating territorial waters, were freed from Karachi jail as a last day of the training goodwill gesture
The congress leaders question the agenda behind dressing up a god in RSS uniform
rity in view of the photo of the idol in Sangh uniform going viral. RSS had organized 20 educational and physical training camps for Its volunteers at Swaminaranyan Mission school, run by Swaminarayan Gurukul Vidyalaya at Laskana village in Surat district. The chief guest of event,
RSS Sangh Sanchalak Dr. Jayenti Bhadeshiya said, “RSS leaders had not changed the dress but the Swamiji who is taking care of the school had change the dress of lord Swaminarayan idol.” The uniform was reportedly given to the school by the RSS at the conclusion of the camp. Sunday was the
camp wherein over 600 students participated. On the last day of the event, the presiding sadhu of the Swami Vishwa Prakashji who runs the school reportedly got the idol to don the black cap, white shirt and the baggy khaki shorts and shoes of the RSS. It also held a tricolour. On Monday as the school reopened, students and teachers spotted the unusual attire of the idol of Lord Swaminarayan in the school premises and spread the word. Some circulated the photo on social media leading to a row among followers of Swaminarayan sect. Gujarat Congress president Bharatsinh Solanki demanded criminal action against “RSS and BJP” for the act.
Correspondent | Vadodara
Eighteen Indian fishermen, who were released by Pakistan on Sunday, will reach Vadodara on June 8, a senior Gujarat fisheries department officer said. The fishermen, held for violating the territorial waters of the neighbouring country, were freed from Malir jail in Karachi as a goodwill gesture. Fisheries Department Superintendent Ashok Patel said that one of the fishermen, identi-
Correspondent | Rajkot
The Gujarat government has derecognised 21 cattle camps in scarcity-hit Kutch district after it came to light that organisers of these camps were allegedly fudging the number of cattle to claim maintenance grant from the government. The state government had announced 359 villages spread over seven talukas of Kutch as partially scar-
Correspondent | Rajkot
city-hit in April-May this year. As part of the relief effort, the government had announced to pay Rs 25 maintenance grant per cattle per day to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) which accommodate cattle in camps. In all, the district administration had recognised 162 such cattle camps. But during verification, government officers reportedly found disparity in numbers of cattle that nine NGOs had claimed to be accommodating in their 21 camps and the
actual count of heads in the camps. Following this, the district collector derecognised these 21 camps. “We understand, the district has been hit by scarcity and therefore, we can be lenient. But there was disparity in the count of cattle head. The government approves grant on the number of cattle heads. This cannot be tolerated. Therefore, we have derecognised 21 camps where such irregularities were found,” said Kutch collector Mukul Gandhi said on Tuesday.
Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu will attend the ‘Vikas Parv’ convention here tomorrow as part of the mass outreach drive to commemorate the second anniversary of the Narendra Modi government. “Naidu will arrive here in morning and during his day-long stay he would attend various functions and also address party workers,” said BJP city unit president Kamlesh Mirani. The Minister will dedicate around 1542 houses constructed under the “Mukhyamantri Awas Yojna” on Morbi road. He will meet the party corporators of various civic bodies from Saurashtra region at Atal Bihari Vajpayee auditorium here before addressing a ‘karyakar-
finery, continuous cast copper wire rod plant, precious metal recovery plant, phosphoric acid plant, aluminium fluoride plant among others, according to Experts Appraisal Committee (EAC) under the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF). “The estimated project cost is Rs 10,000 crore and the estimated environment
protection cost is Rs 900 crore. Employment generation from proposed project will be direct employment of about 2,000 and indirect employment of about 5,000,” the EAC said in the minutes of the meeting held last month said. An email sent to the company’s spokesperson remained unanswered. The electricity load re-
Adani Enterprises is in the process of setting up a copper smelter project with a capacity of one million tonnes per annum at an investment of Rs 10,000 crore at Adani Port Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) in Gujarat. The project includes copper smelter, sulphuric acid plant, copper re-
quired is 300 MW. Out of this, 40 MW would be generated from internal process steam by waste heat recovery and the remaining 260 MW power would be sourced from Mundra Utility
fied as Ajit Bhagu who hails from Valsad district, was admitted in a Amritsar hospital tonight for treatment. “Bhagu’s condition is good. He was administered glucose. He will join 17 others who will leave Amritsar late tonight and reach Vadodara on Wednesday night,” Patel said. A team from Fisheries department, Gujarat had taken custody of the fishermen on June 6 after they were released at Wagah border by the Pakistani authorities.
BJP leader Ram Madhav said that the Congress promotes just one “surname” and ignores the contribution of other leaders in the party, and hence, it is continuing to lose power in one state after another. Asked about the resignations of two senior Congress leaders Gurudas Kamat and Ajit Jogi, Madhav said that as a BJP member, he cannot comment on internal affairs of the Opposition party. “However, in my individual
capacity, I criticise the Congress which considers only those with a particular surname (a reference to Gandhis) as their leader and does not recognise the contribution of other leaders in the party.” Congress has received severe drubbing in 2014 Lok Sabha polls. The BJP General Secretary said that the party is losing power in one state after another because of this. He talked to the reporters during a brief halt at Harni airport on the way to Mehsana city in North Gujarat.
toys, soap, nail-cutter, thread and needle, comb in the gift hampers to the students admitted. The villagers collectively donated Rs.21-lakh to the Mukhya Mantri Kanya Kelavani Nidhi for the cause of girls’ education. Speaking on the occasion, she said the campaign for
quantitative and qualitative improvement in education involving people’s participation over the last 15 years has resulted in reducing the school dropout rate from 37.2 to 6.4 per cent over the last 15 years. The goal is to make it zero. It will have its long term gains.
applications for SRIP has increased from 6,000 last year to 10,000 this year. The programme which began on May 2 will go on till July 8. A large number of students from leading engineering institutes in the country including IIT Delhi, IIT BHU, IIT Roorkee, NIT Trichy, NIT Karnataka, NIT Calicut,
Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani, Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER) at Bhopal, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) Bhubaneswar and such institutes are also seeking research experience at IITGN.
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Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel launched the statewide Kanya Kelavani and Shala Praveshotsav for rural areas by enrolling 91 toddlers at the Bhaat village school in Daskroii taluka in Ahmedabad district. Nearly 7,000 villages were covered on the first day of the three-day Shala Praveshotsav for rural areas. The Praveshotsav for urban areas will be held from June 15 to 17. Even as the parents of the students and villagers had started assembling at the school from early morning, she distributed textbooks, stationery,
ta sammelan (workers’ meet) which will be held at a high school. Naidu would be accompanied by Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha and party spokesperson Vijay Sanokar Shastri, Mirani said. Naidu will also launch a mobile application ‘Swacch Map’, developed jointly by Rajkot Municipal Corporation with the US-based MNC Intel. Public can use this app to register their complaints with the municipal corporation by sending photos of any area that needs to be cleaned, ac- Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad cording to a release by the An increasing number of civic body. students are seeking research experience at Indian Institute of Technology Pvt Ltd. Raw materials (IITGN). Copper concentrate and Gandhinagar The number of students Rock phosphate required for the project would be applying for the institute’s sourced by importing as Summer Research Internwell as from domestic ship Programme (SRIP) market, the EAC said. has increased by over 66 Adani was asked to con- percent from that of last duct a public hearing be- year. SRIP at IITGN offers fore proceeding further. an opportunity for students “The Public Hearing for to work along with the inthe project should be stitute’s faculty members conducted by Gujarat in the ongoing research Pollution Control Board. projects. The number of
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