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33 partly manufactured pistols found in train
Agency | Bihar 33 partly manufactured pistols were seized from a train at Chapra station in Bihar, GRP said today. Deputy Superintendent of Government Railway Police (GRP) Akhileshwar Kumar said the unclaimed pistols packed in two sacks was found late last night from a general coach of Pawan Express which runs between Lok Manya Tilak Terminal in Mumbai to Muzaffarpur in Bihar.
5 arrested for carrying arms illegally Agency | Varanasi
Five persons were arrested on charges of illegally carrying arms and ammunition in Cholapur area here, police said today. During a vehicle checking drive last night, police stopped a Scorpio car in which five men were found carrying arms and ammunition with them. They had licences of some arms and ammunition but were carrying others without the same, a statement issued here by the SSP office said.
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Modi inaugurates India’s first international stock exchange at Gift city
New Gujarat Exchange Will Offer 22-Hour Trading The exchange has been created to spearhead India’s push to attract more foreign investment
Agency | Kolkata Urging President Pranab Mukherjee to intervene to “save” the people from the “brink of disaster” following demonetisation, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today alleged that the Narendra Modi government had turned the CBI into the “Conspiracy Bureau of India”.z ”They (Modi government) have turned the CBI into the Conspiracy Bureau of India,” she said.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated India’s first international exchange-India INX- on Monday at International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) in Gujarat International Financial Tech City (GIFT) located in Gandhinagar. India International Exchange (INX), the wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), through its global bourse, will start trading initially in equity derivatives, currency derivatives, commodity derivatives including Index and Stocks. Subsequently,
depository receipts and bonds would be offered once the required infrastructure for the same is in place. “The exchange will create new standards in quality of service and speed of transactions in different time zones,” Prime Minister Modi said while opening the global exchange. “I have been told that the international exchange would work for 22 hours a day. It will start when Japan exchanges begin and close when US markets end. The exchange will work from sunrise to sunset”, he added. ”My vision is that GIFT City should become a price setter in several financial instruments” he said. Although the international exchange was inaugurated on January 9, the trading operations are scheduled to begin on January 16. “India INX is
one of the world’s most advanced technology platforms with a turn-around time of 4 micro seconds. It will operate for 22 hours a day to allow international investors and Non Residents Indians to trade from anywhere across the globe,” the exchange said in a statement. ”BSE is a pioneer in the world of financial services and India INX will act as a gateway to raise capital for the country’s infrastructure and development needs. In parallel, it would provide cross-border opportunities of investment with a comparatively low cost of transaction in the world’s most technologi-
cally advanced platform,” said Sudhakar Rao, Chairman, BSE at the inauguration ceremony, which was also attended by Gujarat Chief Minister, Vijay Rupani. The international exchange inauguration was held as part of Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit2017, to be kicked off by PM Modi on Tuesday at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar. BSE is also going to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) at the Vibrant Summit proposing Rs 500 crore for its international exchange, clearing corporation and other activities.
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additional charges on digital transactions; the issue will be resolved,” Dharmendra Pradhan said. “Let me make it clear that customers will not be levied with any surcharge. Petrol Pumps were worried that the surcharge will be upon their heads, but let me assure them that it will not
befall on them as well. Oil Marketing companies and banks are in talks and the former has given an incentive to increase digital transactions,” Pradhan added. Further informing that the Centre has advised both the banks and the oil marketing companies that they need to come together and find out a solution, Pradhan asserted that all efforts are being made so that neither the customers nor the petrol pump owners are levied with any surcharge.
Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav Monday claimed there were no differences between him and his son and UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and sought to put the blame for the prevailing bitter feud on his cousin, Ramgopal Yadav. “There is no problem between me and my son (Akhilesh)… There is some problem in the party.
in (development of) railways and I need not say what they were interested in,” Modi said. The Prime Minister on Monday laid the foundation stone for redevelopment of Gandhinagar railway
station, which will get a face-lift at a cost of Rs 250 crore and will have a 300-room five star hotel built atop. “My government has given priority to railways… it should expand, it should be developed, get modernised and it should bring a qualitative change in the lives of common people. “We have tried to do this in the last two years and five months. We have increased the budget of railways to double of what it was,” he said. Modi listed various works done by his gov-
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Petrol outlets will accept card payments after Jan. 13 too, says Dharmendra (H.S.) | New Delhi
With petrol pumps across the nation deciding to postpone till January 13 their protest against the banks’ decision to levy extra charge on card transactions, the Centre has assured that negotiations are underway between banks and oil marketing companies, while assuring that surcharge will not be imposed on both customers and petrol pump owners. “Neither the customers nor petrol pumps will bear
Our vision is to ensure that our youth are employable: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday laid the foundation stone for the redevelopment of the Gandhinagar railway station. He also inaugurated the International Stock Exchange at GIFT City, as part of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2017. The summit runs between January 10 and 14 in Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad Mr. Modi will also open the first-ofits-kind conclave of Nobel laureates in Ahmed-
abad. The Nobel Media is holding the first Nobel Prize Series in India, coordinated by the Department of Biotechnology in Delhi. Nine Nobel laureates are expected to attend and meet Mr. Modi. The Nobel Prize Series, India 2017 will feature a 5-week long Science Exhibition being set up by the Nobel Foundation, with exhibits from the Nobel Museum, Stockholm, Sweden. ”My government has a clear vision of where we want India to be in the next 15 years. Our vision in science and technology is to ensure that our youth should be employable.” “Deep sea exploration and cyber systems is the future for
our students. Our scientists will link our labs in cities and share resources. India offers an enabling opportunity of large demographic dividend and the best teachers.” “There are three outcomes I’d like to see. Follow up with the students.. Don’t lose track of them. Second, stimulate local entrepreneurship. 2014 Nobel physics prize was for blue light LED. When combined with red and white LEDs, it saves millions.” “Scientists spend their lives in labs but their impact is lifelong. Third, the Nobel finds have influenced health and agriculture. We must strive to be leader in biotechnology.
CBSE exams 2017 to begin from March 9, postponed by a week due to elections
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will conduct the exams for Class 10 and 12 from March 9 in view of the state elections conducted in five states — Punjab, Goa, Manipur, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh. The CBSE exams for class 10 will continue till April
10, while class 12 will end on April 29. In a release, the Board has said that they have “made all possible efforts to maintain reasonable time gap between the major papers and also ensured that the students appearing for Joint Engineering Exam (JEE) and upcoming National Eligibility cum Entrance
Test (NEET) complete the CBSE examinations ahead of these entrance exams. The annual exam result will be declared on time as the board has adopted several IT initiatives which will aid in faster result processing. From Class 10, a total of 1667573 students have registered for the exam. Last year, 1491371 have applied to sit for the Board exam. As many as 16354 have registered in this year’s board exam. From Class 12, about 1098420 will appear for the exam which is slightly higher than last year (1065179).
ernment to develop railways and said the pace of doubling of railway tracks has increased, besides speeding up of gauge conversion and
electrification of lines. He said free WiFi has been provided at railway stations. The Central government is working to increase speed of
trains and also striving to bring in global technology to make railways safer, as “safety is of greatest concern”, Modi said.
No rift between me, Akhilesh: Mulayam Singh Yadav
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Railway ministry used as bargaining tool by earlier govts: PM Modi Sunvilla News | Gandhinagar
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said his government is focused on development of railways shedding earlier practices wherein the ministry was used as a “bargaining tool” by the main ruling party to “distribute trophies to its allies”. “The railway was left to its fate in earlier regimes. The allies of main political party used to demand the railway ministry to join the government. The party which came to power at Centre also used the rail-
way ministry as a bargaining tool to distribute trophies to its allies. This is a bitter truth,” he said. “Leaders from political parties who got the control of the railways were not interested
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Child marriage is a form of human trafficking
The world is fairly governed by reason and so are our institutions and laws. But, how can we permit the rape of a 16-year-old girl by a 40-year old man under the cover of marriage? Recently, the Supreme Court, in response to a PIL filed by the Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA), asked the government to protect children from sexual offences in marriage by addressing existing conflicts in the law. In India, where even today, 47% of children are married before the age of 18 years, this is a big step forward. Child marriage is an understood phenomenon but the effects of it on young girls and their lives are relatively unknown to the public and policy makers. In a meeting with Bal Sarpanchs (elected child leaders) of several Bal-mitra grams (child-friendly villages) of Rajasthan, I came across more girls than boys, which is a sign of good things to come. However, almost all had come to this position because of their refusal to get married before 18. Kavita, married at 5, fought mindsets and beliefs as she grew up and today at 16, she is in school. She has ensured all children in her village, regardless of caste and gender, are in school. Asked why she had decided to fight child marriage, she said: “My mind and body were not ready for it.” India has the fifth highest prevalence of child marriages in the world, with one in every three child brides being Indian. Moreover, 58% Indian women are married before they are 18, out of which 27% were married before they are 15. Child marriage perpetuates the exploitation of health, rights and body of adolescent girls. This treatment of young girls is viewed as separate from human trafficking but in reality, it is a form of trafficking. I say this because child brides have no say in the arrangement and become the property of the man they are married to, who more often than not, makes a trade out of the circumstance and innocence of the young girl. We also have the highest number of adolescent girls, worldwide, who give birth before they turn 18. Pregnancy remains a major contributor to maternal and child mortality, and to the cycle of ill-health and poverty. Whereas, the benefits of timely or in this case, delayed marriage and pregnancy are many, and come through lower health care cost of the family and more productivity in work. The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (Posco), 2012, is a special Act formulated to provide for protection of all children, who by definition, is anyone under 18 years, from the offences of sexual assault, sexual harassment, etc., and to enforce the rights of children to safety, security and protection from sexual abuse and exploitation. Section 5 of the Act provides that whoever in a shared household with the child commits penetrative sexual assault is said to have committed aggravated penetrative sexual assault or rape. However, Exception 2 under section 375 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) states that sexual intercourse or sexual acts by a man with his own wife, the wife not being under 15 years, is not rape. A conjoint reading of the above provisions makes it apparent that where a child is below 15, even if she is a wife and is subjected to sexual intercourse by her husband, the provisions of Posco will apply, and the same will constitute aggravated penetrative sexual assault or rape and accordingly the Exception 2 to Section 375 cannot be of any recourse to the husband.
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“My vision for GIFT City is larger. In next 10 years from now, I see GIFT City become a price setter for at least a few of the largest traded instruments in the world, whether in commodities, currencies, equities, interest rates derivatives or any other financial instruments. Over the next 10 years I expect this city to generate several lakhs of jobs,” - Sounding the inaugural bell of BSE’s first international exchange ‘India International Exchange (INX)’ at the country’s first International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) at the Gujarat International Finance-Tec (GIFT) City in Gandhinagar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said...
Disha Patani on Bangalore molestation: It frightens me to think how unsafe it is to stay out late (H.S.) | Mumbai
Everyone is currently enraged by the Bangalore molestation case. In fact, the video that has gone viral has further angered the nation to speak up against the filth of a society that we’re living in. The boys who sexually molested girls in the middle of a street that night were no hooligans, but are one of the shameless human race who know nothing about respecting women. While celebs like Akshay Kumar, Shah Rukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Anushka Sharma have already reacted against this disturbing issue by slamming boys who still see women as sex objects. Disha Patani has joined the brigade by citing her own fears of living alone in the city. Through this heartfelt Facebook post, Disha who is here in Mumbai away from her family wrote, “Saddened and hurt by the mass molestation incident that took place in Bengaluru. As a girl who stays away from her family and constantly traveling on work, it frightens me to think of how unsafe it is to stay out late or wear outfits that might be deemed inappropriate, by not only lawbreakers but lawmakers too.These episodes just re-instill my belief that we need to be our own heroes – We have a long way to go on educating our social system but at this point I strongly feel that self defense is an absolute must for every woman out there. As someone with a background in gymnastics and martial arts, I know how empowered , safe and secure knowing a few basic self-defense techniques can make a woman/girl feel. Let’s
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get moving!” Reminds us of Akshay’s video where had voiced a similar opinion saying, “Girls, please don’t see yourselves weaker than men. You are very capable of safeguarding yourselves. There are quite a few self defence techniques in martial arts to fight these men. Kisi ke baap mein dum nahi ki aapke marzi ke bina aapko haath bhi lagaye. You don’t have to worry or get scared, you are no less than anybody around. Just be alert, learn self defence and the next time someone tries to advice on what you are wearing, then just tell them to keep their advice to themselves and mind your own business.” You can see the intensity with which actors are reacting shows how much they are angered by this act. Not to mention, many celebs also lashed out at politician Abu Azmi’s comment on women’s dressing sense that causes molestation and rape in the country. While this incident occurred during New Years, the impact continues to haunt the country with women especially being terrified with the incident.
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After Akshay Kumar, Shah Rukh, Anushka, Disha Patani voices strongly against the Bangalore molestation case
Priyanka Chopra twins and twirls with Sofia Vergara, leaves Dwayne Johnson in love Agency | New Delhi
Don’t we all love DRAMA on the red carpet? Well, the Mastani of Bollywood promise to provide us with enough drama at the 74th Golden Globe Awards 2017 in Los Angeles. Deepika Padukone, who makes her Hollywood debut in xXx: The Return of Xander Cage opposite Vin Diesel, is all set to dazzle like sunshine in a yellow number at the Golden Globes 2017 after-party. With a sneak peek of her dress, she is making headlines even though her Bollywood bestie, Quantico star Priyanka Chopra was present at the Golden Globes awards ceremony. Pri-
yanka Chopra was one of the presenters at the Golden Globe Awards 2017 and fared fabulously with her glamorous golden Ralph Lauren golden gown on the red carpet. But Deepika Padukone is all set to steal her thunder. This year’s Golden Globes red carpet turnout was a melange of exciting colours, with yellow firmly ruling the roost! Yellow is not an easy colour to carry, especially on the red carpet where the surmounting pressure to shine renders the divas to choose safe colours like black, red and golden.
Shah Rukh Khan, Mahira Khan celebrate Sankranti in Bollywood way
Jodhpur court to pronounce verdict in Salman Khan case on January 18
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(H.S.) | New Delhi After getting acquitted for his Hit-and-Run, Salman Khan’s fate will again be put to test on January 17, as the Jodhpur District Sessions Court will finally be announcing its verdict on the case under the Arms
Act on illegal possession of arms and ammunition. The prosecution has stated that Khan was in possession of the arms with expired license in Jodhpur and used them in poaching of two blackbucks in Kankani village in 1998. Prosecution
A case against Khan had been registered under the Arms Act by police in October 1998 for alleged use and possession of arms with expired license counsel Bhawani Singh Bhati argued in the court that Khan was in possession of two firearms, .22 rifle and .32 revolver, which he had sent back to Mumbai after using them in poaching. Referring to the prosecution permission against Khan under Arms Act by the then district magistrate Rajat Kumar Mishra, which the defence had termed illegal, Bhati argued that the permission given by him was based on the investigation report and examination of all the facts and evidences.
Get ready to celebrate Sankranti with Raees and Shah Rukh Khan this year (H.S.) | New Delhi
You danced on Laila Main Laila and felt romantic with Zaalima, but now, Shah Rukh Khan has his garba mode on with the new song, Udi Udi. The song that’s pictured on Mahira Khan and Shah Rukh adds Bollywood flavour to the Sankranti festival. And it wouldn’t be wrong to say that this on-screen couple will set the screen on fire as they compliment each other really well. The team Raees
released this new song on Twitter. Called Udi Udi, the song has been composed by Ram Sampath, written by Javed Akhtar, and sung by Sukhwinder Singh, Bhoomi Trivedi and Karsan Sagathia. The music, the beats and the moves sink you in the right mood and make you want to relive your memories of kite flying, but this time with your lover. Meanwhile, Shah Rukh has begun the promotions of his film. He would also appear on Bigg Boss
10 with Salman Khan. The promo of this Raees special episode released yesterday, urging people to watch out for this episode. This marks the second time when Shah Rukh will come on the show. He earlier promoted Dilwale in Bigg Boss season 9. The film’s super active team has been releasing Shah Rukh’s look from the film every now and then, keeping the buzz about it’s release alive.
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www.sunvillasamachar.com India A vs England: MS Dhoni’s swansong as captain, Yuvraj Singh, Ashish Nehra in focus
MS Dhoni would be leading India A in the first of two warm-up games scheduled for the tourists at the Brabourne Stadium
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Agency | Mumbai His stellar reign as India’s national skipper is over but Mahendra Singh Dhoni will have captain written against his name one last time when the talismanic wicketkeeper-batsman leads out India ‘A’ against England in the first practice match here tomorrow. Dhoni took the cricketing world by surprise when he announced his decision to step down from leader-
ship last week, giving Virat Kohli the reins of captaincy in all three formats of the game. However, he would be leading India A in the first of two warm-up games scheduled for the tourists at the Brabourne Stadium. But the match itself is expected to be watched by just a handful of spectators as heavy police presence is expected to keep away the fans. The game is being held under
Ranji Trophy finals: History-chasing Gujarat face mighty Mumbai
Sensex extends slide in choppy trade; down 33 points
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Agency | Mumbai
The benchmark Sensex remained range-bound in choppy trade on Monday, ending about 33 points down as investors preferred to stay light ahead of earnings season and macroeconomic numbers amid estimates of slowdown in the country’s GDP growth. Caution prevailed on sustained outflows by foreign funds ahead of earnings season amid a weak trend at the European markets in their late morning trade. Moreover, a weaker rupee, which depreciated 27 paise to 68.23 against the dollar (intra-day), weighed on sentiments. The country’s GDP growth is estimated to slow down to 7.1 per cent in the current fiscal, from 7.6 per cent in 201516, mainly due to slump in manufacturing, mining and construction sectors, the government data released on Friday showed, although it did not factor in ‘volatile’ post-demonetisation figures. Sensex started off on a strong footing and advanced to a high of 26,860.88 on persistent buying by domestic institutional investors.
How Spain leads the world in organ donation
Agency | New Delhi Spain is known for having the world’s highest organ donation rate at nearly 36 per million population. That is, organs from 36 deceased persons are harvested for every one million population on an average. These organs are key to saving other lives. India, on the other hand, has one of the lowest organ donation rates at only 0.26 per million population. What is Spain doing that has pushed up its organ donation rate? A new study published in the American Journal of Transplantation reveals some of the important reasons for Spanish success. In 1989, the Spanish Ministry of Health created the Organizacion Nacional de Trasplantes (ONT), a technical agency in charge of the coordination and oversight of donation and transplantation activities in Spain.
A gritty Gujarat eyeing their maiden title will pose a stiff challenge for record champions Mumbai in the Ranji Trophy final, beginning at the Holkar Stadium on Monday. Both Mumbai and Gujarat go into the title clash in high spirits, having overcome a fighting Tamil Nadu and Jharkhand respectively in the semifinals. While 41 times champions Mumbai are expected to last the distance, it will be a stern test of character for Gujarat who are in their first final in 66 years with the baggage of never winning the prestigious domestic trophy. However, Gujarat
have given enough signs that they are a team improving gradually, having won the Vijay Hazare last season and Syed Mushtaq Ali in 2012-13. If Gujarat can display the same courage and determination that got them out out of the woods earlier in the tournament, they have a fair chance of stopping defending champions Mumbai from pocketing another title. The Parthiv Patel led side has already suffered a blow with their frontline pacer Jasprit Bumrah being unavailable for the big game due to national duty. The 23-year-old needs to be in Pune ahead of the first ODI against England on January 15.
the cloud of the Supreme Court’s sacking of the top BCCI President Anurag Thakur and Secretary Ajay Shirke, making most of the senior functionaries of the body ineligible to cling to their posts. While there have been reports of the disgruntled and ousted Board officials trying to persuade some BCCI-affiliated units from hosting games of the England tour, CCI has decided to go ahead and conduct both the warm-up games in right earnest. As such there is no immediate threat to tomorrow’s first day/night warm-up game as well as the second game featuring another India A squad to be led by Ajinkya Rahane on January 12 which is to be held as a day game.
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SPORTS ROUNDUP Mumbai can host U-19 games against England if TNCA can’t: Dilip Vengsarkar
al venues than any other city in India,” the ex-chief selector Said. TNCA has cited cyclone Vardah, its after-effects and its own domestic cricket schedule as reasons for it not having sufficient fit-enough grounds to host the games against England for a fortnight at the M A Chidambaram Stadium in Chepauk. Vengsarkar, who played 116 Tests for India and has the distinction of scoring three back-to-back
hundred as at Lord’s in England, also wanted Mumbai as the reserve venue if Hyderabad CA is unable to hold the one-off India-Bangladesh Test match, which is also scheduled in February, for any reason. “Besides, Mumbai also could be counted as the backup venue for the India – Bangladesh Test match if Hyderabad which is the original venue declines to host it,” said the former skipper. “I believe cricket should always be the priority. These matches are scheduled a long time ago and hosting them shouldn’t be a problem at all,” Vengsarkar added. Mumbai, in fact, is to host all five Oneday games in the U-19 series which is to be held before the two-game ‘Test’ rubber.
MS Dhoni’s decision in an interview with Wisden India, saying, “My salaam to a dada captain”. Furthermore, he said Mahendra Singh Dhoni was “easily India’s most successful captain” and named Kapil Dev, Ajit
Wadekar and Mansoor Ali Khan as the only other cricketers worth terming as successful Indians captains. This has given Virat (Kohli) time till the Champions Trophy to prepare for the title defence. MS (Dhoni) has won ev-
erything there is to win, he really has nothing to prove. Again, the reason I say he has nothing to prove is that he is easily India’s most successful captain, by a distance. There is no one even close to him in that regard,” Shastri said. “The names that follow in that list a fair distance behind are Kapil Dev, who led India to the World Cup title in 1983 and because of whom we won the Test series in England in 1986. And Ajit (Wadekar) in an era before there was oneday cricket, when we won successive Test series in the West Indies and then England in 1971.
in the third quarter. The Suns tied it late in the third and got within one in the fourth but never took the lead. Eric Bled-
soe scored 31 points and Devin Booker had 28 for the Suns. James sank consecutive 3-pointers, his only 3s of the game, to
give Cleveland a 115-109 lead with 2:46 to play and scored on a driving layup with 44 seconds left to make it 120-114.
the national team for last week’s final Test of the home summer against Pakistan. O’Keefe had been named in the Sydney Sixers squad to make his
return to BBL action in Monday’s match against the Melbourne Renegades at the SCG before Cricket Australia pulled him out.
(H.S.) | Mumbai With Tamil Nadu Cricket Association expressing its inability to host next month’s India Under-19 games against their England counterparts, former India captain feels these matches should be shifted and hosted in Mumbai. “As a former captain of India, I feel that if TNCA is unable to host the Under-19 games against England, Mumbai can host it as it has more internation-
Ravi Shastri axes Sourav Ganguly from his ‘best’ list, says Dhoni ‘dada captain’ Agency | New Delhi
While MS Dhoni may have been coerced to step down as limited overs captain of the Indian cricket team, the development has rekindled a recently dormant debate in the cricketing fraternity -- who the best Indian skipper of all time is. In hailing MS Dhoni, former player and team director, Ravi Shastri, has discreetly thrown a punch to add to his long exchange of verbal volleys with Sourav Ganguly. A day after the announcement by the Board for Cricket Control in India (BCCI), Ravi Shastri praised
Stephen Curry leads Golden State Warriors to win over Sacramento Kings; Cavaliers win Stephen Curry
scored 30 points in Golden State Warriors’ win over Sacramento Kings
Australia withdraw Steve O’Keefe from Big Bash ahead of India tour (H.S.) | Sydney
Agency | Sacramento
James Harden had 40 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds for his 10th triple-double of the season to help the Houston Rockets beat the Toronto Raptors 129-122 on Sunday night for their eighth straight NBA victory.Montrezl Harrell added 28 points on 12-of-13 shooting in 25 minutes, and fellow reserve Eric Gordon had 19 points to help Houston win consecutive road
games over the Raptors for the first time. DeMar DeRozan had 36 points for the Raptors, setting a career high with his 18th 30-plus-point game of the season. DeMarre Carroll tied a career high with 26 points and set a career high with six 3-pointers on 10 attempts. Down 99-95 entering the fourth quarter, the Rockets went on a 15-0 run to take an 11-point lead. DeRozan’s
run of 12 consecutive points for the Raptors cut into that advantage, but Toronto could get no closer than five points. LeBron James scored 12 of his 28 points in the fourth quarter as Cleveland fought off Phoenix down the stretch. Kyrie Irving added 27 points and Kevin Love 25 for the Cavaliers. They led by as many as 22 in the first half and 20 early
Steve O’Keefe’s hopes of joining the Australian slow-bowling attack in the four-Test series in India from next month have been boosted after the left-arm spinner was withdrawn from the remainder of the Big Bash League to prepare for the tour. The 32-year-old returned home injured after playing his third Test in Sri Lanka last July and was only recalled to
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Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit to witness ATS nabs ex-MLA’s son Kishorsinh Rathod on Rs 270-crore drug haul case signing of 157 education sector MoUs: Minister
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The Gujarat Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) on Monday arrested former Congress MLA Bhavsinh Rathod’s son Kishorsinh Rathod for his alleged involvement in a racket of supplying raw material worth Rs 270 crore to prepare party drug – methamphetamine. Kishorsinh was absconding ever since he was named as the kingpin of a drug racket unearthed in April 2016 when Gujarat police had seized 1364 kgs of Ephedrine, a raw material used to prepare party drug methamphetamine, during a raid at a factory nine months back. According to officials,
Kishorsinh was nabbed by a team of ATS in Chambal area on the border of Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. “A team of ATS nabbed Kishorsinh from Chambal area on the border of Rajasthan and MP this morning. He was hiding there since some time. He was on the run after we unearthed the
drug racket and found his involvement in it,” said Superintendent of Police, ATS, Himanshu Shukla. In one of biggest drug seizures of Gujarat, city crime branch and state ATS teams has seized 1364 kgs of Ephedrine worth Rs 270 crore after raiding a factory on the outskirts of a city in April
8th edition of Vibrant Gujarat Summit to commence today
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
The 8th edition of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit will be inaugurated tomorrow by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which will be held on a mega scale this time with many head of states, top global and Indian CEOs and several business houses expected to participate in it. This time the state government expects to receive investment proposals of more than Rs 25 lakh crore from the at Summit, which was
the brain child of Modi when he was the chief minister of Gujarat. In the seventh addition of the summit held in January 2015, Rs 25 lakh crore investment proposals were received by the state government. Around 20 heads of state and ministers representing different governments across the world would attend the 8th edition of Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit. Nisha Desai Biswal, an Indian-American serving as Assistant Secretary of
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State for South and Central Asian Affairs in the United States Department of State will remain present along with large US business delegation. Other prominent dignitaries are – President of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, Prime Minister of Portugal, Antonio Costa, PM of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, Deputy PM of Russia, Dmitry Rogozin, first Deputy PM and Minister of Culture and National Heritage, Poland, Poitr Glinski. PM Modi will interect with some of the top state heads ahead of the formal inauguration of the Summit tomorrow. This time, 12 nations have agreed to become partner countries for the event. They are – USA, UK, Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Japan, The Netherlands, Poland, Singapore, Sweden and UAE. Representatives of these countries will come with large business delegations.
this year. At that time, police had arrested the factory owner Narendra Kachha while a hunt was launched for Kishorsinh, as police found him to be the kingpin behind the racket. It was alleged that Kishorsinh along with his accomplice Jay Mukhi had procured this drug from Sholapur in Maharashtra and gave it to Kachha to convert it into crystal math (methamphetamine). Ephedrine is a drug used to prevent low blood pressure and also used for asthma, narcolepsy and obesity. It is a schedule A controlled substance and as per the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act section 9(1) its purchase, sale and possession and import, export are banned without license.
Correspondent | Vadodara
Days after the Gujarat government cleared an ordinance to toughen the prohibition law – proposing a ten-year imprisonment for possession of alcohol – the talking point has been a raid conducted by the Vadodara rural police at the privately-owned Akhand farmhouse in Sevasi, where prominent personalities were attending a pre-wedding party organised by two reputed business families. In the raid, the rural police whisked away close to 273 guests in police vans to Va-
dodara’s SSG hospital to gather blood samples for alcohol test and created a furore as citizens condemned the police action against affluent families. The party was organised on December 22 to celebrate the upcoming wedding of Ashna, the daughter of Abhay Shah and granddaughter of businessman Jitendra Shah of Silchar group – who is also the owner of Akhand farmhouse – to Uneet Patel, son of Jilthar Group of Industries owner Udyan Patel. The father-son duo were the only ones arrested and are now out on bail.
IN 1976, 100 residents of Sarangpur in Ahmedabad died and more than 200 were affected due to drinking spurious liquor, locally known as lattha. The following year, the government amended its existing liquor prohibition law and made it more stringent. In the next decade, a tragedy unfolded in Vadodara where 132 people died of hooch in 1989. A year later, 17 were killed after consuming spurious liquor in Junagadh. The 1990s remained relatively lucky, but in that decade, dreaded gangster Abdul Latif and his bootlegging activities were at its peak. Much later in 2009,
Sunvilla News | Gandhinagar
As many as 157 MoUs in the education sector will be signed during ‘Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit’, which include big ticket investments of Rs 1,000 crore each for setting up two private universities, Gujarat Education Minister Bhupendra Chudasama said on Sunday. The 157 investment intentions approved by the state include seven for setting up private universities, eight for start-ups and research institutes, 18 for skill de-
velopment and knowledge centres and 103 educational institutes, he said here. “Out of 185 proposals received by us, a record-breaking 157 MoUs will be signed during the ‘Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit’ this year, which is around 170 per cent more what was signed in 2015,” the minister said. “Of these, 16 MoUs are for investment intentions ranging between Rs 100 crore and Rs 1,500 crore, 6 MoUs for investments between Rs 50 crore and
Among the big ticket investments are Rs 1,000 crore for setting up of Amity University by Ritnand Baldev Education Foundation, and another Rs 1,000 crore for setting up Indrasheel University by Cadila Pharmaceuticals at Dholera SIR, said Chudasama. Other notable MoUs are Rs 600 crore investment by Asia Charitable Trust
Correspondent | Vadodara
Days after a pre-wedding party was raided in Vadodara, investigations by the police carried out on all those who were detained at the party have shown that at least 143 guests tested positive for alcohol consumption, with their blood samples showing Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) greater than 0.5 g. The list includes 64 women. While the police have charged those who have tested positive, guests present at the venue do not agree with the police action. The party was hosted by businessman Jitendra Shah and son Alay of Shilchar Technologies, a company that deals in power and electric transformers —ahead of the wedding of the latter’s daughter. The Shah father-son duo were taken
the “failure of prohibition law” was exposed when 156 people died due to spurious liquor in Ahmedabad. It again reminded the state government of its inability to control the menace. Like in the past, this time, too, the state government amended The Bombay Prohibition Act 1949, and brought new laws, inserting “life imprisonment or death sentence” to those found guilty of manufacturing and selling spurious liquor. This made Gujarat the only state to do so in the entire country. But again, in 2016, hooch tragedy struck Vareli village in Palsana taluka of Surat and killed 21 people, mostly migrant textile workers.
on remand and are now out on bail. The investigations were carried out at the Gujarat Forensic Science Laboratory. The police arrested 134 male guests on the night of the party and released them on bail. They will now book the 143 people who have tested positive in the BAC test under various sections of the prohibition law. Although the women were not arrested on the night of the raid, 64 have tested positive in the BAC test, paving the way for their arrest and subsequent legal process. Police officials said that they were now gathering “more evidence” to make a watertight case against the accused. During the raid, police recovered 103 liquor bottles — the FIR
for setting up a private university, and Rs 100 crore investment by G P Jain Charitable Trust and Arihant Seva Samiti for setting up engineering, pharmacy, ayurvedic, architecture, medical and start-up institutes, he said. Chudasama informed that out of 96 MoUs signed in education sector in 2015 Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit, 90 were realised, 26 were realised out of 54 MoU signed in 2013, 46 out of 92 inked in 2011 and 52 out of 94 signed in 2009.
Easier for outsiders to get liquor than locals in Gujarat Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
say residents. By New Year’s Eve, teams of a dozen policemen, some with PCR vans, were deployed at crossroads on Sarkhej-Gandhinagar highway leading towards Bopal. The government had put out a new law through an ordinance ratified nearly a week before Christmas that entailed up to 10-year imprisonment for drinking and possession of alcohol. Under this law, the first major case was made out in Vadodara, where 273 people were detained for allegedly drinking at a pre-wedding party at a farmhouse around midnight on December 22.
Ahead of Christmas and New Year’s Eve, the police sent out warnings to people about getting caught while drinking alcohol. A billboard campaign was launched, with Mahatma Gandhi as its icon, to dissuade them from drinking. One of the slogans quoted Gandhi as having said, “Addiction to alcohol is worse than stealing.” In neighbourhoods like Bopal in New West Ahmedabad, policemen met secretaries of residential societies to warn them about the crackdown that would “not even has names of every brand spare privacy of homes”, — and 116 bottles of beer worth Rs 1,28,000. Po- BJP’s Faridabad win evidence of lice also seized glasses approval for demonetisation and 90 luxury cars from said. “This historic win is a the farmhouse. The police victory of BJP’s ideology of have now begun returning ‘sabka saath, sabka vikas’ the cars to the owners, as and the pro-development per the order of the loagenda. In every election cal court. Until Saturday, (H.S.) | New Delhi following demonetisation, close to 45 cars had been Projecting BJP’s win in people of the country have returned to their respecFaridabad local polls as put their stamp of approval tive owners. According to a victory of the party’s on it,” Shah said in a statethe FIR, “the owners of “pro-development” ide- ment. Referring to his parthe farmhouse, Jitendra ology, its president Amit ty’s performance in various Chiman Shah and Alay Ji- Shah today said it was polls in states like Rajastendra Shah, illegally pos- yet another evidence of than, Madhya Pradesh, Gusessed foreign liquor, beer people’s approval of de- jarat and Maharashtra beand other alcohol without monetisation as the party sides the Union Territory of permit at the Akhand farm has won polls across states Chandigarn, he claimed it is owned by them. They in- since the decision was now clear that the opposivited their guests — men taken. In the Faridabad tion is merely doing politics and women — to join municipal corporation, the over notes ban while peothem in a party and were party has won 30 out of ple are supporting Prime caught breaching the law 40 seats with 10 going to Minister Narendra Modi in during a prohibition raid. independent candidates, it building an honest India.
143 guests test positive for alcohol consumption, to be booked: Police
Gujarat government acts tough, but road to prohibition in state replete with tougher challenges
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Rs 100 crore, and the rest below Rs 50 crore,” he said said but did not provide the total investment expected by these MoUs.
Two years after talks, 5-day Nobel dialogue to unfold today Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
THE NOBEL Foundation has been in talks with the Government of India to hold the ‘Science Impacts Lives – Nobel Prize Series India 2017’ for over two years, Executive Director of the Nobel Foundation Lars Heikensten said two days before the event is scheduled to be held along with the Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2017. Heikensten is here
for this Nobel dialogue to be presided over by Prime Minister Narendra Modi featuring nine laureates. Heikensten said that talks for this se-
ries began October 2014, which is a few months after the Modi government was sworn in. The event is being organised in partnership with Government
of Gujarat, Department of Science and Technology, Department of Biotechnology, Government of India. It will be preceded by inauguration of the Nobel Prize series exhibition to be inaugurated Monday evening. “In October 2014, we were here in Delhi, we had a dialogue with the government and wanted to find ways to come back and do these things.
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