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News Brief “Against Kejri & Azad” No communal tension in Bengal: Mamata
Agency | Kolkata
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said there is no communal tension in the state and described the recent violence in Kaliachak in Malda district as a result of scuffle between BSF and local people. “What happened there is a different issue. It was an issue between BSF and the local people. You should not ask such questions here because it is distorted and what happened there is disinformation.
Trying to bring ‘Adaalat’ back: Ronit Roy
Agency | Mumbai
Actor Ronit Roy says the makers are trying to bring a new season of his popular TV courtroom drama series “Adaalat”. The show went on a season break last year. The 50-year-old actor, who played criminal lawyer Advocate Karan Divakar Pathak on the series, posted on Twitter, “To all those who are asking. Yes. We are working towards bringing Adaalat back. @SonyTV.”
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DDCA’s move comes after suspended BJP MP Kirti Azad
DDCA files defamation suits in HC Agency | New Delhi
DDCA on Saturday filed defamation suits in Delhi High Court against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and BJP MP Kirti Azad for allegedly making defamatory remarks against it regarding its functioning and finances. “We (DDCA) have filed civil defamation suits against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Kirti Azad seeking Rs 2.5
crore as damages from each of them for their defamatory remarks against us,” DDCA treasurer Ravinder Manchanda said. Advocate Sangram Patnaik also confirmed that the defamation suits have been filed seeking Rs 2.5 crore damages against both of them. He financial irregularities were “maligning the imfurther said that the alleand corruption in selec- age” of the cricket body. gations against Delhi and tions at the junior level Kejriwal and five others District Cricket Association (DDCA) regarding
Newly formed Bahujan Republican Socialist Party sets up its state unit
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Launched in the state on Saturday, the newly formed Bahujan Republican Socialist Party (BRSP) has announced to contest 2017 assembly elections. its national president Suresh Mane said, “We will certainly contest assembly elections in 2017. But whether we will go alone or with some other party, will be decided when the elections approach”. Former head of the Law Department at the University of Bombay, Mane
was one of the founding members of the Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP) in 1984. However, he was expelled from BSP by Mayawati owing to some differences. He had also worked with Dalit Soshit Samaj Sangharsh Samiti (DS4) and BAMCEF. Stating that the main aim of his party was the “liberation and empowerment” of SCs, STs, and OBCs, Mane asked Gujarat government to conduct OBC census in the state and extend the creamy layer up to an annual income of Rs 10 lakh.
of his party have already been dragged to the high court by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for issuing allegedly false and defamatory statements against him and his family members. Jaitley has
Gujarat Cabinet reshuffle on the cards
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel is likely to reshuffle her Ministry after ongoing rejig of the state BJP is over. The putative reshuffle of the State Cabinet will involve induction of new faces having rural connect and background while some prominent members of the Cabinet may find themselves axed in the process. The organisational restructuring of the party unit and the Cabinet has apparently been necessitated by the party’s rout in the recently held pan-
Reports of extension of odd-even scheme beyond Jan 15 are false: Gopal Rai Agency | New Delhi
Advocate Sangram Patnaik also confirmed that the defamation suits have been filed seeking Rs 2.5 crore damages against both of them
chayat polls in which the ruling party has suffered heavily in Saurashtra and north Gujarat regions, both politically crucial for the saffron party, which will face the assembly polls in December next year. Another push factor is the Patel quota agitation, which is resurfacing after a brief hiatus. “After the appointments of new party president and other office bearers, there will be reshuffle in the cabinet. The CM has already consulted the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the party president Amit Shah,” said a top source in the government. In the proposed exercise, Ms.
Patel will seemingly give importance to MLAs belonging to the Saurashtra region. The heavyweight Minister Saurabh Patel, who holds powerful portfolios like Finance, Energy and Petrochemicals, Mining and Tourism will be stripped of couple of Ministries.
sought damages of Rs 10 crore from them. Apart from this, the six Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) lead-
ers are also facing a criminal defamation case filed against them in the trial court by the minister.
Agency | Etawah
A lioness today died in Etawah district’s ‘Lion Safari’, prompting Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav to remove the Chief Forest Conservator. Tapasya, a three-and-a-half-yearold lioness brought from Gujarat on December 28, died early this morning, director of the safari, Sanjay Srivastava said.
Tapasya, who came along with another lioness Jessica and a lion Pataudi, was taken ill soon after her arrival and was being treated by local as well as doctors from Bareilly, he said. The post-mortem was performed by a team of doctors from Bareilly, Srivastava added. The ‘Lion Safari’ is the pet project of the Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh.
jured have been shifted to a civil hospital, Raju said. The powerful improvised explosive device (IED) went off at around 12:45 pm at the weekly market destroying portions of a liquor shop and its adjacent rooms and injuring the nine persons, he said. According to po-
lice, proscribed Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) militants planted the IED in the crowded market targetting civilians. Raju said police will intensify counter insurgency operations in the coming days to flush out GNLA militants from this area. The GNLA is an outlawed armed militant organisation active in the Garo Hills region since 2010 and is involved in kidnapping, extortion and killing of both civilians and security forces.
Lioness dies in Etawah, Akhilesh orders removal of CFC
IED blast in Meghalaya’s East Garo Hills leaves injures seven Agency | Shillong
Nine persons, including a woman, were injured when militants triggered an IED blast at a busy market place in Meghalaya’s East Garo Hills district on Saturday, police said. The police have evacuated the area as precautionary measure and an intensive operation was launched to search the market place to detect presence of any other explosive, IGP (Operations) G H P Raju said. The in-
PM Modi in Pathankot: Voices satisfaction with counteroffensive during attacks
Amid reports that the odd-even scheme may be the bodies of the terrorAgency | New Delhi Leopard found extended, Delhi Transists and from the crime port Minister Gopal Rai dead in Pench PM Narendra Modi has scene that further confirm on Saturday asserted reached Pathankot, where national park their Pakistan link. The that the government has suspected Jaish-e-MoAgency | Seoni investigation agencies no intention to take the hammad terrorists carhave reportedly found A leopard was found road-rationing experiried out an attack this wrappers and packets of dead with its body mu- ment beyond January 15. week. The Prime Minismedicines and syringes tilated in the Indira The pilot plan for cut- neither going to extend be able to take a final ter reached the Pathankot bearing name of KaraGandhi Pench National ting vehicular emission odd-even scheme beyond decision. Rai, who today air base at around 11:30 chi and Pakistan from a Park’s core area, for- was launched on Janu- January 15 nor finish it at his residence held a am. He will be assessbuilding at the Pathanest officials said today. ary 1. Rai said that some before the 15-day trial meeting of Coordination ing the situation at the day put the ball in Paki- the terrorist attack and kot Air base, where terThe leopard was found confusion is also being period,” Rai said here, Committee with officials air base after the comb- stan’s court, saying the the actionable intellirorists had taken shelter dead by the beat staff in spread that the plan was terming some of media concerned on the scheme, ing operation finished on future course of action gence that has been pro- during the attack. GurKarmajhiri range of the illegally imposed by the reports of extending the said from January 1-8, Friday. The visit holds would be decided after vided to it,” said MEA daspur Superintendent of national park yesterday government, and claimed car-rationing scheme as traffic police, transport significance in the midst Islamabad’s response to official spokesperson Vi- Police Salwinder Singh after which the carcass that under Section 115 of “false”. He further said and revenue departments speculations that the actionable intelligence kas Swarup, adding that has been summoned to was seized and sent for the Motor Vehicle Act, the traffic-restriction is have issued 5,893 chal- Foreign Secretary-level provided with regard to the government’s policy the NIA headquarters on autopsy. Last rites were they have power to im- just only for 15 days and lans for the violation of talks between India and the fidayeen strike. “As towards Pakistan is clear Monday for questioning. conducted after the plement this scheme as after the trial period, gov- odd-even rules so far. Pakistan could be called far as we are concerned, and consistent. In the Singh and his jeweller post-mortem, said Pench such provisions were also ernment will study the “Out of these numbers, off by New Delhi in the the ball is now in Paki- course of investigation, friend Rajesh Verma said Tiger Reserve’s Field made during the Com- data collected through it 2,912 challans were is- wake of the attack. The stan’s court. The imme- the National Investiga- to have been abducted by Director, Shubhranjan monwealth Games as per and will do a proper anal- sued by SDMs and 2,260 Ministry of External Af- diate issue in front of us tion Agency (NIA) has the terrorists on the night this law. “Government is ysis, adding, it will then by traffic police. Sen. fairs (MEA) on Thurs- is Pakistan’s response to found several articles on of December 31. 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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Horrible films likes ‘Kyaa Kool Hai Hum 3’ and ‘Mastizaade’
If you thought the days of “Sarkailo Khatiya” and “Gutur Gutur” and “Dhak Dhak Karne Laga” are behind us, think again. Something far worse is going to be unleashed on Indian cinemas soon. It seems to be the age of sex comedies. No this is nothing like the Carry On series, although I have managed to find some commonalities between the two. Just so you know exactly what Hindi cinema’s answer to sex comedies entails. On Tuesday, Pritish Nandy—erstwhile journalist and editor of repute and current day Bergman—tweeted about a song from his new magnum opus, Mastizaade. The song’s name was “Hor Naach”! Yes, read that out loudly and you’ll realize why the exclamation mark is justified. Mastizaade’s trailer has been released at the same time as that of another film from the same genre (if you can call it that). The second film is from the house of Ekta Kapoor and is called Kyaa Kool Hai Hum 3. Yes, it’s part of a trilogy. Just like Lord Of The Rings, only instead of Tolkien, someone called Milap Zaveri is writing it. Now I’m not easily shocked. After all, I watch reality TV for a living and have lived through the films of the 1980s and 1990s which had actors like Aamir Khan pretending to rape Madhuri Dixit in Dil, thereby making her fall in love with him. Or Amitabh Bachchan warming up a frozen and unconscious Meenakshi Sheshadri in Gangaa Jamuna Saraswati by indulging in what can only be called rape—because he has sex with her while she’s unconscious. Through the 1990s, I also saw various actors and actresses thrust their groins and heaving bosoms into each other’s faces as cinematic courtship rituals. But none of this prepared me for what was unleashed on my senses by the trailers of Mastizaade and Kyaa Kool Hai Hum 3. Since I refuse to share the links for the trailers on aesthetic grounds—let me synopsize. Comedian Vir Das (who it seems will do anything to get his foot in the door of Bollywood) and thespian Tusshar Kapoor play Sunny Lele and Aditya Chotia who are sex addicts. Riteish Deshmukh is a Love Guru and Sunny Leone is in a double role playing “twin sex bombs”. There are various scenes of thrusting breasts, masturbation and enactments of the most puerile sex jokes from Whatsapp groups. Most memorably, there’s a scene in which the two main “actors” seem to be sodomising a donkey. In Kyaa Kool Hai Hum 3, “India’s first porn-com”, Aftab Shivadasani and Tusshar Kapoor (yes, he’s acting in both films) play pornstars. There’re a bevy of actors and actresses with them, in various states of undress who make far from funny sexual jokes and gesticulate with their body parts through the trailer.
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QUOTE “Construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya is ‘mandatory’ for revival of our culture. We have started and we will not give up until it is made but nothing will be done forcibly and against OF THE the law. We have full faith that we will win in the court,” DAY - Amid protests outside the Delhi University, senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy went ahead with a seminar on the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya...
Our Brand is Crisis review: Battle of the ballot
Agency | Mumbai Combining sociopolitical satire with a personal redemption drama, here’s a fictionalised account of the 2002 Bolivian presidential election. Our Brand Is Crisis strives to provide a fresh look at the US overseen-South American election campaign. The Oscar-winning actress Sandra Bullock portrays an American political strategist lured
out of self-imposed retirement to help revive the flagging fortunes of a former Bolivian president. Employing less-than-honourable tactics, the spin doctor and her team of pollsters, researchers and media mavens are determined to lead their unfancied candidate to victory. Nicknamed “Calamity Jane” because of her troubled past, the recovering al-
coholic, who has lost all her recent ballot-box battles, desperately needs to score a win over her longtime opponent (Thornton) who has been hired to manage the campaign of the rival contender. The screenplay is peppered with zany incidents such as a cliffhanger bus chase, a drunken night out on the town and the unscrupulous manoeuvre involving the campaign mascot Llama. There’s plenty of sharp talking political banter too. Unfortunately, the film never reaches the same delirious comic heights of Dr Strangelove (1964) or Wag The Dog (1997) which remain the gold standards for Hollywood political satires. Despite its cloying, cop-out of a climax, Our Brand Is Crisis merits a look-see.
Bigg Boss 9: After taking 15 lakh, Kishwar says the game was unfair Agency | Mumbai
Actor-filmmaker Sunny Mere hours after walking out of Bigg Boss Season 9 with Rs 15 lakh, Kishwar Merchant termed her elimination as an “unfair task” and “forced”. Kishwar, who was in a neckto-neck battle with Prince Narula in the Ticket to Finale task, gave it up in its last leg and walked out of the house with a good sum of money. “It was totally an unfair task. Either of us had to go home despite being
the strong contenders. Of course, I got the money, but I would not have felt this bad had I been eliminated through a normal procedure,” she said. “... this was forceful. It was a very difficult decision
for me to take.” “We both were strong... But I know Prince has a huge fan following. So, if we had gone to the finale, his winning probability was five percent more than me,” Kishwar said.
Actress Katrina Kaif neither denied nor confirmed if she’ll be opposite Shah Rukh Khan in “Don 3” or Hrithik Roshan in Kabir Khan’s film but only said she “prays” that films are “happening with her”. Asked if she was part of “Don 3”, she said: “That’s incredible if that’s true. This is all good news to me.” To queries if she will be seen in Kabir Khan’s next project with Hrithik, to be produced by Sajid Nadiadwala, she laughingly said: “These are both amazing films, I pray that they’re happening and that they’re happening with me.” Katrina
was speaking to reporters at a radio station where she came as part of promotions for “Fitoor”. She has previously worked with “Don” Shah Rukh in Yash Chopra’s “Jab Tak Hai Jaan” and has worked with Hrithik in “Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara”. There were initially reports which claimed that Priyanka Chopra, who was part of the earlier two films, would be dropped from the “Don” franchise. But Farhan had claimed in November last year that except for Shah Rukh reprising the character, nothing had been finalized, not even the script.
Khan #3 check: Anushka Sharma to star opposite Salman Khan in Sultan
Agency | Mumbai Anushka Sharma can finally check out the third big Khan from her list as she has been finalised as the female lead opposite superstar Salman Khan for the upcoming film Sultan. A statement from
Yash Raj Films said on Friday that they have cast the Band Baaja Baraat star for the movie. Produced by Aditya Chopra and written-directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, Sultan,which has been shot in Karjat, is reportedly based on the life of a
wrestler. One of the fittest stars of Bollywood, Salman has gone through intensive training for wrestling and mixed martial arts for Zafar’s directorial with international action director Larnell Stovall. Sultan is slated to release on Eid 2016.
that I wasn’t putting up the film in extreme hurry,” he further added. From January 15, the new release date of the film has been shifted to February 5 and it is now set to clash with slew of films such as “Sanam Teri Kasam”,”BHK Bhalla@Halla.Kom”, “LoveShhudaa” and “Direct Ishq”. Sunny had said in an interview before that several production houses had backed out of
the project forcing him to produce it himself. But he said: “We’re in talks with couple of production banners, let’s see which ones we shake hands with.” Directed by Sunny, “Ghayal Once Again” will continue from where the first version left off. The film is reportedly based on a real-life event in the life of a Mumbai police officer and also stars Soha Ali Khan.
Wasn’t happy with special effects in ‘Ghayal Once Again’: Sunny Deol Agency | Mumbai
Actor-filmmaker Sunny Deol says that his dissatisfaction with the special effects of his upcoming film, “Ghayal Once Again”. was the reason behind pushing its release date. “I was not completely happy with everything I’m doing right now especially my special effects. So I could not see myself investing two years in the film and then releasing it hurriedly without having the special effects in place. So for me, that was the main reason.” said Sunny at the episode shoot of the television series, “CID” as part of promotions of the film. “But now I’m happy that I can take a sigh of relief and
Wazir movie review: Amitabh, Farhan rise above film’s flaws s Cuba the new shooting destination for ‘Fast and Furious 8’?
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Bollywood has begun the year on a thrilling note with the first big release Wazir promising a power-packed ride. With writers Abhijat Joshi and Vidhu Vinod Chopra, and flaunting actors such as Amitabh Bachchan, Farhan Akhtar and Manav Kaul, expectations are high from the thriller revenge saga. Does it deliver? The film narrates the story of a cop (Farhan), a disabled man (Amitabh) and the unusual circumstances that lead to a friendship between the two. Wazir opens on a disengaging note - a slow, romantic song (Tere Bin) plays in the background as the love story of Danish (Farhan) and Ruhana (Aditi) comes to the fore. By the time the song ends,
a tragic turn of events leaves the couple grieving and depressed. The movie then traces Pandit Omkarnath Dhar (Amitabh), his entry in Danish’s life and their friendship. But within moments of the slow song, a well-written script ensures you are on the edge of your seats. From a well shot and perfectly edited shoot-out to the build up to an innocent friendship, the director keeps
us on the tenterhooks as the story unfolds. Not that there aren’t roadblocks choking the journey Wazir wants to take you on. Danish, the protagonist, is not your regular Bollywood hero. He is a police officer who you’d want to slap for his stupidity: The moment he turns his car around for the first chase of the movie, his naiveté is annoying and predictably dangerous.
Agency | Los Angeles Filmmaker F Gray Gray is planning to shoot a scene from upcoming Fast and Furious 8 in Cuba. The director of the eighth installment of the Fast and Furious movie series, thought of filming in the previously embargoed nation, after he re-
turned from a scouting trip across the area, said The Hollywood Reporter. “Universal Pictures is currently in the process seeking approval from the United States and Cuban governments to explore shooting a portion of the next installment of the ‘Fast & Furious’ series in Cuba,”
read a statement from the studio. Furious 8 will see Vin Diesel returning as the lead. He will be joined by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Ludacris, with Tyrese Gibson, Jason Statham and Kurt Russell expected to return. The film will be released in North America on April 14, 2017.
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New Zealand tour to be a ‘tough’ challenge for Aussies, admits Steve Smith
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Agency | New Delhi Google’s Project Tango was first announced two years ago and has been in the experimental phase since. But on 7 January at CES, Lenovo announced that it will release the first consumer smartphone with Google’s Project Tango hardware and software inside it, by June-July this year. Project Tango lets you map the 3D space around you by using a combination of cameras such as a regular camera, an integrated depth sensing camera and a motion tracking camera. The 3D space mapping is done in real time and can help out with navigating within shopping malls and other internal locations. It also lets you interact with your real surroundings thereby adding a layer of augmented reality to the mix. You can read our complete lowdown on Project Tango.
Ahead of Australia’s upcoming tour to New Zealand, skipper Steve Smith has admitted that it will be a real challenge for his side to win the series in abroad. The 26-yearold insisted that his side played quite well at home, and hopes that they would be able to adapt to the conditions in New Zealand as well Smith also urged his pacers to work on their ‘swing’ if they want to win the forthcoming series. Smith further called on his side to per-
form better than they had performed during their recent Test series against West Indies. Australia clinched the recently-concluded three-match Test series against the Windies 2-0, following the final match between the two
sides ended in a draw. The world champions will now aim to continue their winning momentum when they visit New Zealand for the three-match ODI series and two-match Test series, starting from February 3.
Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo named in UEFA 2015 Team of the Year
India set to re-open commercial coal mining to private firms
Agency | New Delhi India is getting ready to open up commercial coal mining to private companies for the first time in four decades, with the aim of shifting the world’s third-biggest coal importer towards energy self-sufficiency. Anil Swarup, the country’s top coal bureaucrat, told Reuters on Friday the government has identified mines it plans to auction, and is now finalising other terms such as eligibility criteria for companies to take part and whether and how to set up revenue sharing. He said a plan should be ready in the 2-3 months, setting a clear timeline on a plan that has previously only been vaguely marked out. India has an ambitious plan to double its coal production to 1.5 billion tonnes a year by 2020, as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s push to bring power to 300 million people who live without electricity, and give a boost to manufacturing.
Agency | London
Friday, while Cristiano Ronaldo made the lineup Players from European for a record 10th time. champions Barcelona Eight players from La made up nearly half of Liga were included in the UEFA’s Team of the Year final XI, voted for by 7.2 which was revealed on million UEFA.com users
Chennai Open: Ramkumar Ramanathan shows heart, needs legs
Panic-stricken markets eye Q3 earnings, macro data
Agency | Chennai
Agency | Mumbai The first complete trading week in calendar year 2016 was disastrous for Indian stocks with the Sensex and Nifty logging their worst weekly performance since November 2011. The plunge was in tandem with sell-off in global stocks after further depreciation of the Chinese Yuan rekindled fears that the world’s second largest economy is slowing more than expected. Further, weakening crude oil prices and the geopolitical tensions in the Middle-East also dampened investor sentiment. The S&P BSE Sensex tanked 1,227 points or 4.7% to finish at 24,934 after hitting a 52-week low of 24,825.70 intra-week and the Nifty50 tumbled 362 points or 4.5% to settle at 7,602. Meanwhile, the BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices fell over 2% each. “Nifty50 hit the resistance level of 8,000 and reversed its up move in the short term. Till the time market finds its levels, it can be safe to stay on the side lines as it continued to make lower tops and lower bottoms and on the last count a double bottom. If 7,550 levels are broken, Nifty can go lower for some more time. Therefore, traders are advised to wait and watch where as investors should commit purchases,” said Jimeet Modi, CEO, SAMCO Securities.
Tennis, they say, is a mental sport. Brute strength won’t get you anywhere. Paradoxically enough, lack of it also won’t. The best bit about Ramkumar Ramanathan is that the fellow was not overcome by the shivers. Yes, this shivering has been quite the bane for players. This correspondent has time and again cringed in his seat while watching another “next big hope” dream crumble to just another bit of wishful fantasy in the wind. Poof, there went that bit of potential. Ramkumar, on the other hand, is not cut from the same cloth as those flaky ones. Though he went down 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3 after two hours and 18 minutes there was one thing that was certain: this is a man with heart. This is also a 21-year-old
young man with the ability to soak pressure in front of his home crowd and keep his head enough to try change of pace, gamesmanship and even feints to try and put his opponent under pressure even as Ramkumar himself is barely clinging on to keeping himself in the match. “It was an excellent outing and he made it a winnable match. Losing two service games in a row (in the third set) was his undoing but he has certainly improved a lot,” says Ramesh Krishnan, one of the most astute observers in the Indian tennis fraternity. That was the good bit. The not so good bit is that Ramkumar still does not seem to have a solid training programme away from the court. His coach Juan Balcells felt that the man from Chennai has come a long way.
from a 40-strong shortlist. Lionel Messi, Dani Alves, Gerard Pique, Andres Iniesta and Neymar were the Barcelona players included, while Real Madrid provided Ronaldo, Sergio Ramos and James Rodriguez. Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich had goalkeeper Manuel Neuer and David Alaba while the only player to make the cut from Italy’s Serie A was Juventus’s Paul Pogba, one of three players selected for the first time along with Neymar and Rodriguez. England’s Premier League was not represented, despite its enormous financial clout and stellar names such as Manchester City’s Sergio Aguero and Yaya Toure, Arsenal’s Alexis Sanchez and Chelsea’s Eden Hazard and Diego Costa.
Shami ruled out of Oz tour, Bhuvneshwar to replace him Agency | Perth
Fast bowler Mohammed Shami was ruled out of India’s limited-overs cricket series against Australia on Saturday due to a hamstring injury and Bhuvneshwar Kumar will replace him for the ODIs and Twenty20s starting in Perth on January 12. “The BCCI medical team confirms that Mohammed Shami has been ruled out of India’s tour of Australia due to injury. He sustained a Grade II injury to his left hamstring, which will restrict him from playing active cricket for about 4 to 6 weeks,” BCCI Secretary Anurag Thakur said in a statement. “The All-India Senior Selection Com-
mittee has named Bhuvneshwar Kumar as the replacement, who will join the team tomorrow,” he added. Shami sustained the injury during a training session before the warm-up Twenty20 game against Western Australia, which the Indians yesterday. The latest breakdown is a massive setback for Shami, who had returned to the side after being sidelined for
nine months owing to injuries. It can be considered a lucky break for Bhuvneshwar, who was dropped following a poor home series against South Africa last year. The 25-yearold had claimed his seven wickets from five matches at an average of 49.57 and an economy rate of 7.13. India will play five ODIs and three Twenty20s against the Steve Smithled Australia.
was increased from 12 to 15 players, are leftarm spinner Sulieman Benn and senior batsman Shivnarine Chanderpaul. Controversial big-hitting batsman Chris Gayle, who had turned down WICB contracts more than once including last year, also doesn’t feature in the list. Mystery spinner Sunil Narine, who had also turned down the offer last year, also missed out. He is currently suspended from bowling in international cricket due to an illegal action. The newly-con-
tracted list has several new players including Jermaine Blackwood, Leon Johnson, Shane Dowrich, Shai Hope and Rajendra Chandrika. Leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo and fast bowlers Shannon Gabriel and Sheldon Cottrell also found places in the new list. The contracts have been issued for the period from October 1, 2015 to September 30, 2016. Contracted players list for 2015-2016: Jason Holder, Kraigg Brathwaite, Rajendra Chandrika, Darren Bravo, Marlon Samuels, Denesh Ramdin, Devendra Bishoo, Shannon Gabriel, Jermaine Blackwood, Jerome Taylor, Sheldon Cottrell, Shai Hope, Shane Dowrich, Leon Johnson, Kemar Roach.
to push Australia but I don’t see them beating the home side, as both teams ramp up their quest for another world title (World T20 in MarchApril in India),” he said. “Australia will have a psychological advantage in the first two contests,” he added. Chappell, however, questioned the
non-inclusion of fast bowler James Pattinson in the Australian squad for the first two ODIs to be played at the WACA in Perth and the Gabba in Brisbane on January 12 and January 15 respectively. “If Australia is looking to inflict serious psychological damage on India prior to World T20, then why not unleash aggressive Pattinson on the bouncy WACA and Gabba? Especially as India’s batting line-up, while talented, is one specialist short,” said 72-year-old Chappell who played for Australia in 75 Tests and 16 ODIs between 1964 and 1980.
Darren Sammy, Andre Russell, Dwayne Bravo dropped from WICB contracts
Agency | Antigua West Indies’ Twenty20 captain Darren Sammy and all-rounders Dwayne Bravo and Andre Russell have been dropped from the list of centrally contracted players by the WICB for the season 2015-2016. Sammy last played for West Indies in the T20s against Sri Lanka in November last year. Globe trotting T20 specialist Russell had played both the ODIs and T20s against Sri Lanka. Also to miss out in the newly-contracted list, which
India have talent to push Australia but don’t see them beating hosts, says Ian Chappell Agency | Melbourne
Former captain Ian Chappell feels the Indian team will be quite a handful for world champions Australia in the upcoming ODIs but the hosts will still be the favourites to win the five-game series as the visitors are short of one specialist batsman. Chappell, in his column for ‘The Daily Telegraph’, said India are short of a specialist batsman in the touring squad and their fast bowlers are likely to be tested quite a bit by the Australian batsmen on the bouncy conditions here. “Following a lacklustre Test season,
the public is thirsty for some meaningful contests. What looms is a battle between the current (Australia) and previous (India) ODI World Cup holders. MS Dhoni will provide a true test for Australia and Steve Smith,” Chappell wrote. “India have the big names and the talent
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Hazardous waste disposal: After protest, Patel outfit to back JD(U) in 2017 elections Mahisagar collector puts off hearing
port any organisation that supports our movement for release of Hardik Patel and reservation for Patels in Gujarat. JD(U) has assured support to our movement from road to Parliament,” he said, adding that ABPNS will not contest UP election. Kashyap said a delega-
tion of ABPNS will meet Nitish in Patna soon to invite him formally for the March 6 mahapanchayat. Kashyap said Hardik may also attend the mahapanchayat, if he is released before that. Kashyap said ABPNS workers from Gujarat will also be invited to campaign for JD(U) in UP. The ABPNS campaign for reservation for Patidars may help JD (U) in eastern UP as a significant number of Patels are based in the region, especially in and around Varanasi. JD(U) would like to ensure BJP’s defeat in the UP polls, particularly in Varanasi, to target Modi.
ernment also expects that through the new dairy it will achieve self sufficiency in milk production and will increase number of progressive dairy farmers in the state. They (SUMUL) shall work for the Dairy business in Goa alongwith other similar agencies, as notified by the Government of Goa. They shall directly procure milk from the milk producers and shall assist the milk producers to get the incentives being provided by the State Government, says the notifi-
cation. The rate of milk to be charged shall be determined by SUMUL under intimation to the State Government. They are authorized to set up self help groups with the help of NGOs. They shall provide veterinary services to Sanguem, Quepem, Canacona and Satari Talukas. The regular cattle feed shall be provided to the local farmers at the reasonable rate, the cost of which could be deducted from the milk proceeds payable to the farmers.
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to release its trailer. Release date is 12 February. Before these two films, in mid January, another Gujarati film Romance Complicated (RomCom) will be in theaters. This movie has been filmed in India and America. It’s a story about love on Facebook. Some songs of this film have evoked overwhelming response on Youtube. Sonu Nigam, Darshan Raval, Aishwarya Majmudar, Shreya Ghoshal are some of the singers who have given voice for the songs of this film.
Correspondent | Lucknow
Correspondent | Rozav
Mahisagar Collector Friday postponed the public hearing related to proposed Common Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facility (TSDF) of a private company on around 2.60 lakh sqmt land covering Mahisagar and Aravalli districts. He was forced to postpone the hearing after the villagers, during hearing, argued that their gram panchayats were not intimated about the public hearing 30 days in advance and no wide publicity of the project was done by the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) in their villages which was mandatory. Under statutory mandato-
ry provisions, GPCB had organised the public hearing for the project to give and record objections of the project-affected people. The project is meant for the disposal of 750 metric tonne solid waste of industries associated with Green Environment Services Co-operative Society Limited, led by Shanker Patel, former president of Gujarat Chamber of Commerce & Industry (GCCI). Accord-
ing to Gujarat Lok Samiti, a voluntary group led by Nita Vidrohi, daughter of noted Gandhian late Chunibhai Vaidya, which has been creating awareness about the project among villagers, 94 villages situated within the 10-km radius of the proposed project site are going to be affected by the project. he public hearing was organised at the project site under heavy police security in the presence of
Vibrant Saurashtra Expo & Summit 2016 kicks off, 8 B2B MoUs signed
senior police officers of the district, including the District Superintendent of Police Usha Rada. And around 4,000 villagers from the region with significant number of women and children among them participated in the hearing. The opposition to the project could be seen even before the hearing began as people were shouting slogans against it while wearing black bands on their sleeves.
The Akhil Bharatiya Patel Navnirman Sena (ABPNS), headed by Hardik Patel, announced on Friday that it would support JD (U) in the 2017 Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh. This comes after JD (U) backed the ABPNS movement for Hardik’s release from jail and reservation for Patidars in Gujarat. JD (U), on its part, announced that it may launch its campaign against BJP from Varanasi, with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar addressing a public meeting organised by ABPNS on March 6. The announcements came during a conference on “Significance of thoughts of Sardar Patel in current political scenario” in Varanasi, which is PM Narendra Modi’s Lok Sabha constituency. JD
Vadodara girl with 99.87 percentile among CAT toppers
Correspondent | Rajkot
Vibrant Saurashtra Expo and Summit 2016 was inaugurated today by Gujarat Chief Minister in Rajkot. The summit/expo has been organized jointly by Rajkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry. According to Jagat Shah, key organizers of this summit/expo, on the first day of this summit 8 business to business(B2B) MoUs were signed. “Memorandum of Undestanding(MoU) are signed today include India’s first LED screen manufacturing project. So far we import LED screens from china only, but now LED screens will be manufactured in Gujarat also. Gujarat based Global Communication
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which has one LED manufacturing unit in China already will now make LED screens here at home turf. The other MoU has been signed for setting up colleges of Architecture, Ayurved and Homeopathy in Junagadh. Third MoU has been singed for setting up state-of-the-art club with foreign partnership in Rajkot under the leadership of Mr. Abhay Suchak. Another MoU is signed for manufacturing of watches with some patented technologies.
Representation of French partner firm is here for that. Rs 20 crore Kitchen wear company ‘Action Wear’, patented technology oriented label printing machinery firm, agriculture processing factory are some of the other MoUs,” he said. The summit/expo will also see MoUs other than B2B, Shah said adding that Rajkot Chamber of Commerce and Dubai Chamber of Commerce have signed MoUs for each other’s desks at their premises.
IIM AHMEDABAD to represent India in DUBAI
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
– Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad hosted “Hult Prize 2016,” a Pan-India event on the 9th of January 2016 addressing the start-up ecosystem. This event showcased the top 30 shortlisted business ideas, coming from top notch brains from India from colleges like IIM
Ahmedabad, ISB Hyderabad, Sri Ram College of Commerce, IIM Calcutta, IIT Kharagpur, and many others. The event witnessed veterans from industry with expertise in different domains, like Sushma Rajagopalan - MD & CEO ITC Infotech, Rahul Singh - President HCL financial services, Anshu Gupta - Ramon Magsay-
say awardee 2015, Bawa Grover - Head Indian Customer satisfaction index, etc. as Jury members. Top 5 teams from these 30 will proceed to compete at international level with regional finals slated to happen in March 2016 @ Dubai, Shanghai, London, San Francisco, and Boston, respectively.
A Vadodara girl, a final-year student of computer engineering in a Ahmedabad-based university, figures amongst the toppers of Common Admission Test (CAT) 2015 with 99.87 percentile. Bhavisha Nankani (21), among around 45 students from Gujarat has achieved more than 99 percentile in CAT-2015, said that she did expect good result as she analysed her performance in the exam. Nankani moved to Ahmedabad
three years back to study in a city-based university, while her parents still stay at Vadodara. “After appearing for CAT, I had cross checked my answers online and I was quite sure that my results will be good,” she said. Nankani said that while preparing for the test, she had focussed completely on CAT and for this she had enrolled in a private tuition class. However, IIM-A did not release the final figures of CAT toppers, which the institute is likely to release on Saturday or Monday.
(U) secretary general and Rajya Sabha member K C Tyagi and another party MP in the Upper House R C P Singh were chief guests at the event. ABPNS national executive member Sushil Kashyap said his organisation will support JD(U) in UP polls. “ABPNS will sup-
Gujarat based SUMUL to establish largescale dairy farms in Goa Correspondent | Panaji
Years after incepting Goa Dairy, the state government has now allowed Gujarat-based Surat District Cooperative Milk Producers Union Limited (SUMUL) to implement its schemes meant for dairy sector. SUMUL would be parallel to Goa Milk Producers Union (Goa Dairy) which has been already operating in the state, a senior official from department of Animal Husbandry said. Laxmikant Parsekar-led government in its notification issued has said SUMUL will also establish large scale dairy farms in Goa on line with Anand Milk Union Limited (AMUL). The SUMUL will enhance productivity, profitability, stability and sustainability of animals and create self employment for educated and unemployed rural youth in Goa. Goa gov-
Video Of Cop Molesting Girls At Gujarat Cultural Fest Goes Viral; Probe Ordered
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
A video clip purportedly showing a policeman molesting women visitors at Ahmedabad’s Kankaria Carnival has gone viral, following which the city police has ordered an inquiry into the incident. Around a minute-long video clip captured by an unidentified person shows the accused policeman
molesting women while walking at the Kankaria Carnival held in the last week of December. The week-long festival is held around Kankaria lake premises in the city, where cultural, art and social events are organised. Hundreds of police personnel are deployed at the Carnival for security purposes. However, the identity of the culprit is
yet to be established as his face is not visible in the video. “Police have ordered an inquiry, which is going on at present to identify the accused policeman from hundreds, who were posted there,” Senior police inspector of Maninagar police station NS Desai said. “We are also yet to identify who shot the video clip,” Mr Desai added.
Two more urban Gujarati films ready for release in February 2016
Two more ‘urban’ Gujarati films are going to release in upcoming February. Both are to be released around Valentine day. The films are ‘Fillam’ and ‘Polampol’. Trailer of V3 Production’s movie ‘Fillam’ has been released on 6 January on Youtube which is embedded above. The film has actors like Asrani and Shakti Kapoor. The film is going to release around Valentine Day which is February 14. Lemon Grass Production’s Polampol is yet
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