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Markets came off 17-month highs after benchmark BSE Sensex plunged 248 points to 28,797.25, tracking weakness in global peers after North Korea tested a nuclear warhead, while domestic investors remained on the sidelines ahead of key macroeconomic data. Sentiment also remained subdued amid uncertainty over the European Central Bank’s (ECB) failure to deliver on new stimulus measures. Pak should end ‘atrocities’ in Balochistan: Jitendra (H.S.) | Jammu Asserting that Balochistan is a very important security concern for India, Union Minister Jitendra Singh today said Pakistan should put an end to “operational atrocities” unleashed by Islamabad in the region. “Balochistan is a very important security concern for India”, Singh told reporters here. Singh was replying to a question about India’s reaction to the atrocities and operational terror by Pakistan on the people of Balochistan. Sub-inspector booked for rape
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The Supreme Court today directed the Gujarat government not to disturb the admissions already granted in educational institutions under the controversial ordinance providing a quota for the economically backward among the unreserved category including the agitating Patel community, which has been quashed by the High Court. The apex court also made it clear to the state government that since Gujarat High Court has quashed the notification pertaining to the implementation of the ordinance, no further
action can be taken for implementing the quota policy aimed at providing 10 per cent seats in educational institutions and services to economically weaker sections from the general category, during the pendency of the matter before it. A bench, comprising Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud, admitted the appeal filed by the Gujarat government against the August 4 order of the High Court quashing the May 1 ordinance providing 10 per cent quota, terming it as “inappropriate and unconstitution-
al”. The bench, which sought the response of the parties which had contested the ordinance, said the matter would be first listed before a threejudge bench, and if required, that bench can refer it to a larger bench of five-judges. “Pending
tion would be taken towards implementation of the said notification, qua education and services,” the bench said after a brief hearing. Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Gujarat government, submitted that the ordinance was effectively challenged with regard to medical colleges and the state has further order, we direct decided not to give effect that the admissions made to the implementation of prior to the judgement of the ordinance for admisthe High Court will not be disturbed during the pendency of the matter here. “Since the High Court has quashed the notification, we make it clear that no further ac-
yl (alcohol),” the Collector said. “To find out the exact cause, we have sent viscera samples of the deceased for forensic
examination. Meanwhile, our DDO, Mamlatdar and a team of health officials have been rushed to Vareli to take precautionary steps,” Patel added. Surat SP Mayursinh Chavda along with his team has also reached the spot on Friday and started the probe. Chavda said a massive search operation of the area has been launched to find out illegal hooch selling dens. The SP said the picture will be clear by Saturday. We have lodged a case of accidental death. The probe is being done by a police inspector.
sions in medical colleges. He said the real objective was to give opportunities to economically backward sections from the general category in services and medical colleges but since the ordinance has been quashed, it is non-operational. The Attorney General said the 10 per cent quota policy would have been beneficial in engineering colleges as even now 5,000 seats are vacant. The apex court had
on September 2 agreed to advance the date of hearing on Gujarat’s plea challenging quashing of its ordinance on the ground that counselling for MBBS admission would end soon. Gujarat government had earlier urged preponement of hearing on its appeal, saying the fate of poor students of unreserved category needed to be decided so that they know whether they can avail the benefits of reservation or not.
Minister Narendra Modi saying, “Yeh hain aapke achhe din ? @narendramodi (sic)” and “I am paying 15 cr income tax from last 5 year n still i have to pay 5 lacs bribe to BMC office for making my office @narendramodi (sic).” It was reported that Kapil Sharma was accused of misbehaving with his female co-stars during an event celebrating International Marathi Film Festival Awards
2015. He allegedly behaved inappropriately with Monali Thakur, Tanishaa Mukherjee and other female stars. Kapil had refused to comment on the incident, however, he later tweeted saying, “I fall, I rise, I make mistakes, I live, I learn, I’ve been hurt but I am alive. I am human, I am not perfect but I am thankful :) (sic)” Kapil Sharma was recently in news because of the backlash he received from a group of nurses from various medical colleges and hospitals in Amritsar. They planned to file a defamation case against him and had staged a protest against the comedy star as they took offence with the way their profession was represented on The Kapil Sharma Show.
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Gujarat: 9 dead after consuming suspected hooch; probe ordered Correspondent | Surat
At least nine persons have died in the last three days after allegedly consuming hooch at Vareli village in Surat following which both the district administration and police have launched a probe. Following the deaths, Surat Collector Mahendra Patel has asked the District Development Officer (DDO) and his staff, including a team of health officials, to visit the village. “At least nine persons of Vareli have died during last three days. It is still a suspected case of hooch con-
sumption, as the primary medical reports only suggested that they died due to some kind of poisonous substance, like meth-
Gujarat CM hands over appointment letters to 2,343 revenue talatis
(H.S.) | Mumbai Kapil Sharma has landed himself in quite a few controversies in a successful career spanning almost a decade now. His latest brawl is with the government of Maharashtra. He recently tweeted, calling out Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials who demanded a bribe of 5 lakh from him to build an office. He tweeted Prime
Cauvery water dispute: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah asks PM Modi to intervene, end impasse
(H.S.) | Bengaluru ing with the apex court’s appointments since 1985, order, Karnataka governleaving a huge backlog of With the “extreme unment has been releasing (H.S.) | Nagpur vacant posts. It was the rest” in Karnataka over 15,000 cusecs of water to A police sub-inspector then Chief Minister Na- release of Cauvery waTamil Nadu since Tueshere has been booked rendra Modi who broke ter to Tamil Nadu, Chief day, triggering a wave of Minister Siddaramaiah for allegedly raping a the impasse after 2001 protests particularly in the 23-year-old woman afthrough proper manpow- Friday requested Prime Cauvery basin districts Minister Narendra Modi ter promising to marry er planning, which in turn with Mandya being the her, police said today. resulted in change in the to call forthwith “on a enormous revenue and precedent of December epicentre of the stir. While Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad enue talatis, including work culture. Earlier, he few hours notice” a meet- foreign exchange to the 1995, where under simi- maintaining that the reAccording to city police, PSI Sachin Waman Gujarat Chief Minister 845 women talatis, at said that each talati was ing of chief ministers of country. “By this com- lar circumstances of defi- lease was “inevitable”, Matte (30), attached to Vijay Rupani today ex- Mahatma Mandir here, he given several villages. the two states to end the munication, I earnestly cit flows, the Supreme Karnataka government Gittikhadan police sta- horted revenue talatis to said the post of the tala- Now on it has been re- impasse. As the Cauv- request you not only as Court had requested the has said it would seek ti is the first step to join ery row hotted up with Prime Minister, but as Prime Minister to resolve modification of the apex tion in West Nagpur lowork as the first proactive as government servant. stricted to maximum five cality had been allegedly villages. He asked the ta- the state observing a 12- Head of the entire Feder- the issue. “The Supreme court’s September five orlink between the gov- He asked them to adopt latis to step into the shoes hour bandh today, Sid- al system, to call a meet- Court by order dated 28 der to spare water for 10 sexually exploiting the ernment and the people, a compassionate attitude of the applicants coming daramaiah dashed off a ing of the Chief Ministers December, 1995 request- days because of the diffiyoung woman on the implementing the state to serve the needy, poor to them. He said that the missive to Modi saying of the States (forthwith ed the Prime Minister to culties in implementing it pretext of marrying her. government’s various and the last man in the state government is con- that the “unrest”, if con- on a few hours notice) resolve the issue of im- given that the live storage When the woman insistwelfare schemes. Speaklast mile. The Chief Min- sidering ways to create tinued, would have a seri- to resolve the impasse,” plementation of its order, in four reservoirs in the ed on marriage a couple ing at a function to mark ister recalled that the pre- opportunity to promote ous impact on the state’s Siddaramaiah said in the which was then duly done Cauvery basin now was of days ago, he allegedly abused and assaulted distribution of appoint- vious Congress govern- bright talatis to higher economy and, also, the IT letter released to the me- to the satisfaction of all 46.7 TMCFT against their economy, which brings dia here. He pointed to a parties,” he said. Comply- capacity of 104 TMCFT. ment letters to 2,343 rev- ments had banned fresh posts. her, the complaint 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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Punjab 2017 Assembly Election: campaign promises comic relief
Life in contemporary Punjab is no laughing matter. The decades-long bhangra rap of the Green Revolution is playing to a less insistent beat as production and growth taper off. An indifferent appetite for capital investment, seen in various parts of the country over the last two years, has taken its toll on industry. And the land that gloried in the Patiala peg now battles the deadly social problem of hard drugs, allegedly promoted to an industrial scale by the well-connected. Such are the grim issues which will face the electorate early next year, when the state goes to polls. But the Punjabi spirit laughs in the face of adversity. Quite literally.Traditionally, Punjab elections are straight contests. The Congress and the Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP combine come out of their corners fighting, and whoever is on their feet in the end, wins. But this time, there’s a third corner in the fray, and it’s a barrel of laughs. Aam Aadmi Party comedian Bhagwant Mann, MP from Sangrur, invited startled laughter by videographing access to Parliament, and derision by getting physical with the media. Fellow comedian Gurpreet Singh Ghuggi has taken over as convenor of the state unit of AAP, and the nation awaits his performances. And there is Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose television career upholds the validity of the controversial adage: “Laugh, and the world laughs at you.” Sidhu has just opened the innings of the Awaaz-e-Punjab front, from which much entertainment may be expected. With Awaaze-Punjab founder and former BJP leader Navjot Singh Sidhu accusing Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of “behaving like the East India Company”, suspended Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Dharamvira Gandhi on Friday said the way AAP national convener and his associates are working, it would indeed not be wrong to compare them with the East India Company. When asked would AAP MP Dharamvira Gandhi like to join the new front opened by Sidhu, he said, “Punjab is surrounded by so many problems today, like agriculture, unemployment, addiction environment, industry etc, and its position among the states of India has been falling constantly. And, if any party or a person, who talks about the wellbeing of Punjab, we welcome them. We will have to see what is their perspective of the state and how will they solve the state’s problem. If that party is addressing the problems of Punjab correctly, we will definitely seek help from them and also extend our help to them.”Sidhu on Thursday formally launched a new political front ‘Awaaz-e-Punjab’, which will contest the Punjab assembly elections next year.In January or February, when there’s a nip in the air (and another in the hip flask, perchance) these disruptive electoral forces will be at play in Punjab. As voters confront dreadfully serious issues on which lives and livelihoods depend, they will welcome the occasional excuse to laugh out loud. Taking a dig at the BJP- SAD government in Punjab, he said, “A government should be for the people, but in Punjab it is all about one family (the Badals). The people of the state say the ‘black clouds’ (Badals) should pave way to the bright sun.”Explaining the reason behind his resignation to the Rajya Sabha, Sidhu said it had nothing to do with Kejriwal.
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Freaky Ali review: Nawazuddin Siddiqui scores a sixer, not an albatross
(H.S.) | New Delhi In the game of golf, albatross is a score where the player sinks his ball into the cup ‘three strokes below the par’ (meaning three strokes less than the par score of the hole). But have you ever seen crowds go crazy with dhol and dance on a golf course? No. That only happens on a cricket ground. Before making the final strike in Freaky Ali, Nawazuddin Siddiqui says he will make the final strike with a sixer and that is exactly what he does - both in and for the film. Sohail Khan’s latest directorial venture brings out an unseen side of the actor we would
love to see more. Freaky Ali is the story of Ali (Siddiqui) who is a salesman at a small undergarments shop and is kicked out of his job just 10 minutes into the film. He takes to extortion before his talent as a golfer is discovered. The journey from a small ‘basti’ to playing in a golf championship is what Khan narrates through his film. It marks several firsts for Siddiqui - playing the main lead in a ‘commercial’ film, his first dance number and his first comedy. With an actor as versatile as Siddiqui headlining the film, expectations are certainly high. How well does the movie match them?
Freaky Ali opens with Siddiqui’s now legendary ‘chaddi-chaddi’ as we see him trying his best to sell underwears on the street. For the next 30 minutes, we kept wondering what made Siddiqui sign the film. From a very Amitabh-Bachchan-from-the 70’s-style introduction (a short monologue in front of God. *Yawn*) to being the neighbourhood cricket star and claiming to be the fighter against destiny - the film moves in a cliched, rushed manner that gets on the nerves and fails to establish the numerous characters that keep entering the frame. Thankfully, Siddiqui, the actor, soon overcomes the banal storyline and right from the moment he starts his training to become a golfer, we start enjoying his presence. Co-writers Khan and Raj Shaandilya have come up with a modern, fun-filled screenplay that makes the cliched plot not just bearable but enjoyable.
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The picture which was shared by one of Aamir’s fanclubs on social media has gone viral giving rise to speculations that this is the secret look of Aamir from his next, Secret Superstar. New look of Aamir Khan has emerged on social media where the perfectionist actor is seen sporting a handlebar moustache and balbo style beard. But what catches maximum attention are the huge clips on his forehead much like the ones we usually see in the Mad Max series. The picture which was shared by one of Aamir’s fanclubs on social media has gone viral giving rise to speculations that this is the secret look of Aamir
from his next, Secret Superstar. If at all Aamir deserves admiration among many other things it is for his physical transformation for every role that he opts for. Aamir Khan kickstarted work on Secret Superstar at the beginning of this month. The movie marks the directorial debut of Aamir Khan’s former manager Advait Chandan and is based on the life of a child who aspires to be a
singer. Aamir interestingly will neither be playing the lead in the movie nor a cameo. It’s being billed as an extended guest appearance for which the actor has been busy shooting all this while. Aamir will play the role of a music mentor in the film. In the meanwhile, On Wednesday, Aamir Khan confirmed his next project with Amitabh Bachchan titled Thugs of Hindostan.
Oppam movie review: Mohanlal plays a blind man in this cat-and-mouse thriller
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focus and concentration, There is a point in the suddenly turns into the movie Oppam where the familiar superhero who blind protagonist Jayara- beats up a group of poman (Mohanlal), who has licemen with ridiculous managed to outplay his ease. That is the moment adversaries through sheer this Priyadarshan movie
begins to drag towards the inevitable yet expected end. But take away that moment of senselessness and this is an engaging film which offers the vintage Mohanlal-Priyadarshan combo and a relatively interesting plot. Watching Mohanlal as Jayaraman, one is reminded of the skill set this actor possesses. He seamlessly becomes his character and so smooth is the transition that you forget the effort that must have gone into it.
Love stories are not my comfort zone, says Sidharth Malhotra
(H.S.) | New Delhi He may have gained popularity with his lover boy image but actor Sidharth Malhotra does not believe that love stories are his comfort zone. The 31-year-old star, who will next be seen in a romantic drama Baar Baar Dekho, says for him it is more about the story than how easily he can play his part. “Love stories are not my comfort zone. I have only done two of them. I have also done one action film. I haven’t found my comfort zone. It’s more about stories for me. If I have a new story to tell and to be a part of, I would do
that,” Sidharth said in an interview. “Like Kapoor & Sons, it was a family drama done in a new way. Similarly, I’ve done Baar Baar Dekho which is again very unique with a concept of time. Trying something new is my comfort zone.” Sidharth, who made his Bollywood debut with Karan Johar’s Student of The Year, is often called Dharma production’s blue-eyed boy. When asked about it, he said, “There is no pressure. Dharma is one of the best production houses. “At the most Dharma has co-produced my films. But people will not understand that technical-
ity which is fine and I feel happy that I have got this chance as people are dying to work with them.” The actor also revealed that he has a huge crush on his Baar Baar Dekho co-star, Katrina, saying working with her in the movie was a dream come true. “Our chemistry is very good in the film because once you work with a girl that you have a crush on and you are actually doing a romantic film with her so all your fantasies come true in some way as you could say romantic lines to her, dance with her and that is what exactly happened. “I also got to learn a lot from her as being at this position and the kind of experience she has, she never takes it for granted. She is really hard working as she starts from zero in every scene and every project. It’s a very committed quality that she has,” he said.
port Aditya Chopra’s love slogan: kiss carefree, love carefree and live care free, we are not sure how the censor board would take this given kisses in Daniel Craig-starrer Spectre were snipped for way too long. They actually gave James Bond permission to kiss within this much time and now there is a whole song of just people kissing! “Befikre shooting was mindblowing. Aditya sir is just amazing,” Ran-
veer Singh had said in a previous interview. The film has already created quite a stir among the audience as Ranveer and actress Vaani Kapoor are seen lip-locking passionately in every poster released so far. When the actor was asked about the excessive lip-locking scenes in Befikre, Ranveer quipped: “Yes, there are a lot of kissing scenes. What should I say! They made me kiss so many times!”
game, he has a sixth sense when it comes to picking up his scripts and films. He mixes up slapstick (Housefull 3) with substance (Airlift) and then gives it a real life-meetsreel tadka (Rustom). And he has been doing it year after year, minus the awards but very much the box office numbers to
show for his efforts. The last time we saw this superstar dominating the box office this well was probably in the year 2007 when he delivered four hits — Namastey London, Heyy Babyy, Bhul Bhulaiya and Welcome. That was the year Akshay Kumar emerged as a force to reckon with, the only man who could battle it out with the Khans. Just like Shah Rukh Khan, he is another ordinary boy from Delhi who made it big in Bollywood on the basis of his own talent and sheer hard work.
Befikre first song: Like Ranveer Singh and Vaani Kapoor, people can’t stop kissing (H.S.) | New Delhi
Ranveer Singh and Vaani Kapoor are not the stars of Befikre. The Aditya Chopra film’s real star is kissing. On Friday, as the first song of Befikre arrived, it was high on one element — kissing. If the posters of Befikre had done one thing, it had prepared us for the first song titled Labon Ka Karobaar. Taking a cue from Ranveer Singh and Vaani Kapoor’s carefree kissing in the posters, people of all nationalities can be seen kissing on what we take are France’s streets. And this will disappoint you — there is no Ranveer or Vaani in sight. As people express their love, the song unfolds in the silken tones of Papon. While we absolutely sup-
Akshay Kumar birthday: As Akshay Kumar turns 49, decoding his rise and rise in Bollywood
(H.S.) | New Delhi There’s no stopping the khiladi of Bollywood, Akshay Kumar. Especially not in 2016: The year of Akshay Kumar. After delivering back-to-back hits Airlift, Housefull 3, and Rustom, the actor has proved that he is not only the master of box office
3 / Dt. 10-09-2016, Saturday Want to come to India but passport suspended: Mallya to court
Agency | New Delhi Liquor baron Vijay Mallya today informed a Delhi court that he wants to come to India but is unable to travel back as his passport has been suspended by Indian authorities. Mallya made the submission through his counsel before the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sumit Dass in a case lodged for allegedly evading summons in connection with a FERA violation matter. On July 9, the court had cancelled the exemption from personal appearance granted to him and had directed him to appear before it. In his application moved through senior advocate Ramesh Gupta, Mallya requested the court that some time be given so that his appearance can be secured. The counsel submitted the copy of an e-mail sent by Mallya, stating that his passport was suspended on April 23, 2016, without giving him any opportunity of being heard.
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www.sunvillasamachar.com Serena Williams stunned by Karolina Pliskova in US Open semis, loses No.1 ranking
(H.S.) | New York For the second straight year Serena Williams saw her bid for a seventh U.S. Open title halted in the semi-finals with a 6-2 7-6(5) loss to Karolina Pliskova on Thursday that also ended her long reign as world number one. A year ago Williams went into the semi-finals on the cusp of a rare calendar-year grand slam but was the victim of one of the biggest upsets in tennis history when Roberta Vinci, a 300-to-1 longshot, prevailed. This year it was Czech 10th seed Pliskova, who until this week had never played beyond the third round of a grand slam, delivering the upset as she swept
Williams off an Arthur Ashe Stadium court she claims as her own in one hour, 26 minutes. “I don’t believe it. Actually, I do believe it,” Pliskova said in a courtside interview. “I always knew I have a chance to beat anybody if I’m playing my game. “But this is something amazing. “Serena, she’s a champion so it’s never easy to play her. You saw even when she was down a break she’s still fighting so it’s very hard.” There was no calendar-year grand slam up for grabs this year but history continued to beckon Williams, who would have stood alone as greatest grand slam champion in the professional era if
she had claimed a 23rd title and moved past Steffi Graf. And while there was no title to win on this day Williams stepped onto the court with something to lose. After 186 consecutive weeks as the world’s top-ranked player, Williams, who needed to reach the final to have any chance of retaining top spot, will relinquish the ranking to Germany’s Angelique Kerber. After a punishing three-set quarter-final against Simona Halep on the same court 24 hours early, Williams appeared sluggish against the towering Czech. But a clearly annoyed Williams refused to use fatigue as an excuse for her loss and instead blamed her sluggishness more on left knee problems that limited her mobility. “OK, I’m not going to repeat myself. I wasn’t tired from yesterday’s match,” said Williams. If I can’t turn around after 24 hours and play again then I shouldn’t be on tour.
Rio 2016 Paralympics highlights to be telecast (H.S.) | Kolkata
Agency | Beijing After launching the world’s first hack-free satellite, China has tested its first quantum radar which could detect objects, including stealth aircraft, within the range of 100 kilometres. The first Chinese quantum radar was developed by the Intelligent Perception Technology Laboratory of the 14th Institute of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC), Russian media quoted Chinese media reports. The radar was tested in mid-August, Russia Today quoted Chinese state-run Xinhua news agency as saying. The system was able to detect a target at a range of 100 kms in a real-world environment, the report said. The device employs single photon detection technology. Quantum radar is a device that uses quantum entanglement photons to provide better detection capabilities than conventional radar systems.
Chikungunya on rise, AIIMS tests 885 blood samples positive
Agency | New Delhi Chikungunya is refusing to let go of its grip on Delhi with patients swamping the hospitals including AIIMS which itself has tested nearly 890 blood test samples positive for the vector-borne disease in the last two months. Several hospitals in the national capital are reporting increasing cases of chikungunya, including at Safdarjung Hospital where three deaths due to dengue and one due to malaria have taken place this season. Cases are likely to rise further as the season peaks in September. At AIIMS here, which gets blood test samples from several cities, including from Delhi and neighbouring regions, hundreds of chikungunya samples have been tested positive. “At our AIIMS laboratories, 885 chikungunya blood test samples have tested positive in the last two months (July-August). Cases are rising and more and more people are getting affected,” Lalit Dar of Department of Microbiology at AIIMS said. The sudden spike in chikungunya cases in Delhi and other parts of north India has come nearly ten years after a big outbreak of this mosquito-borne disease across the country.
Indian viewers will finally be able to watch the ongoing Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. It will, however, not be live as Sony will show Paralympics highlights through its two sports channels — SIX and ESPN — in two sessions of one hour each daily. “It will be completely non-live and coverage will comprise of daily one hour highlights. There will be two separate highlight episodes – Day session and Night session highlights scheduled on different times on SIX and SONY ESPN respectively,” said a release. India have sent their biggest ever contingent of 19 including Athens gold medallist Devendra Jhajharia but
Indian Super League (ISL) side Delhi Dynamos Football Club came from behind to hold B K hacken 2-2, riding on skipper Florent Malouda’s brace at the Bravida Arena here. At one point it looked like, the Lions will crash to their
SPORTS ROUNDUP ‘My job is to look after ICC’s interests’: Shashank Manohar distances himself from BCCI
(H.S.) | Kolkata When Shashank Manohar took charge as International Cricket Council (ICC) chairman earlier this year, many experts and cricket fans might have been excused for thinking the cosy relationship between the apex body and BCCI would become cosier still. But barely five months into his tenure, things have not quite panned out the way one might have expected. The Board of Control for Cricket in India and ICC have found themselves on opposite sides of sev-
eral disputes in recent times, the latest being the two-tier Test system, the DRS ruling and the budgetary allocations made for the 2017 Champions Trophy. In fact, so fractious have these issues become, that the BCCI has threatened to pull out of next summer’s “mini world cup”. So while critics claim Manohar has let BCCI down by ignoring India’s interests despite being at the helm of international cricket, the Nagpur-based lawyer has said his loyalties and responsibilities are
towards the ICC alone, and he will do whatever it takes to ensure he protects its interests. When I was the BCCI president, it was my duty to look after the BCCI’s interests. Today I’m unconnected with any particular member of the ICC. I’m the independent ICC chairman, so I have to look at the best interests of the ICC. It’s for the BCCI representative to look after the best interests of the BCCI,” he told The Indian Express in an interview. For the BCCI, which contributes over 70 percent to international cricket’s revenue to be short-sighted in this manner was a particularly hard blow to absorb, and board functionaries are reportedly upset with the ICC for not giving it a greater say in the running of the sport globally.
in the U.S. Open semifinals for the 10th consecutive year. “I never experienced something like this – to have three retirements on the road to the semifinals.” No one has. According to the ATP, it’s the first time in the Open era, which began in 1968, that a man only needed to win two match points to get this far at any of tennis’ four major tournaments. “I can only wish all of my opponents a speedy recovery,” Djokovic said. “That’s all I can do on my end.” True. It’s not his fault.
Still, there certainly could be an advantage to only having to play a total of 84 games across a tad less than 6 hours so far. Djokovic won a four-setter in the first round. But the player Djokovic was supposed to face in the second round, Jiri Vesely, pulled out of the U.S. Open a couple of hours before the match, citing a bad left arm. The man Djokovic met in the third round, Mikhail Youzhny, stopped after six games that took 31 minutes because of a strained left hamstring.
are talking about what he (Mourinho) wants to win. The few games we’ve had so far you can see the fear factor returning and that’s what Manchester United is all about,” said the forward who made 275 appearances
for United from 1995 to 2001, before joining City late in his career. “These past few years teams have gone to Old Trafford believing they can win. When you played under Sir Alex Ferguson teams would just hope they wouldn’t get beat by five. “Mourinho is bringing that back now and they’re starting to look like the old United,” Cole said in a column for online bookmaker. United, who finished last season in fifth place, won the last of their record 20 English league titles in 2013.
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no broadcaster, including the national network Doordarshan, showed any interest to buy rights of the Paralympics. A Kolkata-based NGO and disability rights activist Suchandra Ganguly took up the issue along with official chaplain of Rio Olympics and Paralympics Zenji Nio in two media conferences earlier this week. “Paralympics have never been telecast. But this year was a very crucial year. The cost of rights didn’t rise nearly as much from London to
Rio as it did from Beijing to London so even modest revenue growth should drive margins. Also, there are benefits of Rio time zone. “So we don’t understand why it cannot be broadcast. We saw a tweet from the Prime Minister wishing luck the para athletes participating in the Games. But how can we cheer for them till we can see them,” Suchandra said. Indian-origin Nio who will be at the Games Village said he’s ready to provide coverage.
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second defeat against the Swedish side, but Malouda saved the day much to the delight of their head coach Gianluca Zambrotta. The hosts started off well and took the attack right to Delhi Dynamos from the onset and drew first blood in the match through Alhassan Kamara, who scored
as early as three minutes into the game. Dynamos regrouped immediately and almost snatched the equaliser in the fifth minute with Kean Lewis hitting a stinging shot, but unfortunately it landed wide. After the early shock, Delhi came close to scoring in the 18th minute when Milan Singh attempted to hit one from a distance. Hacken conjured up a counterattack much against the run of play and nearly scored their second goal of the night in the 25th minute, but it was Toni Doblas’ fine save that averted the danger.
Novak Djokovic’s opponent in the US Open semifinals, Gael Monfils, might just want to hole up somewhere safe until it’s time to walk out on the court in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Friday afternoon. Don’t practice too strenuously. Let someone else carry the racket bag. Be extra careful crossing busy streets in Manhattan. It’s been hazardous to one’s health to get drawn to face Djokovic during this tournament: The defending champion and No. 1 seed has enjoyed an unprecedentedly easy path to the final four at Flushing Meadows, needing to complete only two of five matches because of injuries to three foes. “This Grand Slam is very unique for me,” acknowledged Djokovic, who is
Swagger is back for fearsome Manchester United, says Andy Cole
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Ambaji Bhadarvi Punam fair to begin
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Annual Bhadarvi Punam fair at Ambaji will begin on 10 September and continue till 16 September. According to district collector of Banaskantha as many as 20-25 lakh pilgrims will visit this northern most town of Gujarat during the period. The collector has formed 18 different committees for health, sanitation, road repair, water supply, power supply, traffic manage-
ment, parking, food distribution, checking, hotel, guest house dharmashala checking, Gabbar administration, cultural programmes, emergency response, checking of vehicles and pass distribution etc activities. Daily 29 lakh litre water will be available with facility of water tanks at 27 places, tap water tanker at 15 places, machine tanker at 13 places and handpups at 141 places.
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Doctor-sweeper duo arrested in Ahmedabad for raping dengue patient in ICU Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
A doctor and a sweeper of Apollo hospital in Gandhinagar district of Gujarat have been arrested in connection with the rape of a 19-year-old dengue patient who was admitted in the ICU for treatment, police said today. Both the accused –Dr Ramesh Chauhan and sweeper Chandrakant Vankar– from Apollo Hospital, located at Bhat village in Gandhinagar were arrested yesterday. “We have arrested Chauhan and Vankar on the charges of rape. The girl alleged that both of them took turns to rape her on the night of Saturday and Sunday at the hospital where she was undergoing treatment for dengue,” said Adalaj police inspector A K Pandya. The duo has been re-
manded to police custody by a local court till tomorrow. The girl was raped in the ICU unit of the hospital, where authorities do not allow relatives of the patient to stay back in the night. On September 7, the girl had lodged a complaint with Adalaj police alleging that she was raped by the hospital sweeper, whom she identified as Chandu, besides a doctor, whom she could recognise by his face. Based on the complaint, police had lodged a case under section 376 (C)(D)
In a serious attack on state party leadership, former Congress MP Jagdish Thakor alleged Wednesday that “the grip of Congress leaders, who have sympathy with the BJP and are doing business with the help of the BJP leaders and ministers, has strengthened over the party apparatus”. He said, “They are the very same
people who don’t want the Congress to come to power in the state. They are doing everything at their command to prevent the Congress from capturing power from the BJP”. The Congress has been out of power in the state since 1995. Demanding that the party be “freed from such people by throwing them out of the party”, Thakor said that “Congress can never re-
gain power in the state till some people are thrown out”. However, he refused to name them, saying that everybody in the party and outside knew about these elements. He said, “Such elements are not only in Gujarat, but also in Delhi.” “I will not allow those to live in peace who are disturbing the sleep of Congress supremo Sonia Gandhi and vice-president Rahul Gandhi,” he said. Asked if he planned to quit Congress, Thakor said: “I will be in the Congress and work for the party till the last breath of my life. There is no question of quitting the Congress. Sonia Gandhi is like mother to me and Rahul Gandhi as a brother.”
area of Mota Varachha, a Patidar neighbourhood, was in stark contrast to Shah’s earlier speech at a meeting of booth karyakartas in Tapi some 80 km away where he spoke about the BJP’s “model” of uprooting the Congress in every state. Amid the chaos, Patidar businessman Lalji Patel, who bought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s monogrammed suit for Rs 4.31 crore, and his friends Sanjay Movalia, Manhar Kakadia, Mahesh Sawani and Mukesh Patel felicitated Shah, Rupani, Anandiben, Vaghani, and Rupala.
THREE DOCTORS, including two from Dr L H Hiranandani Hospital and one representing the state government, have been held responsible under two rules of the Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994, that shows medical negligence on their part in the illegal kidney transplant attempted at the hospital on July 14. The Directorate of Health Services (DHS), in its final report, has said that under Rule 18 and Rule 22 of the Act, the three doctors played a role in approving the transplant procedure. A three-member committee formed by the state government submitted its report to the DHS director recently on the kidney racket. According to Dr Mohan Jadhav, director at DHS, the report will be given to the Powai police to finalise the chargesheet.
The entire area of fair has been distributed in 22 zones and 9 sectors. 19 DySP, 236 PSI and other cops will be involved in bandobast. 7 control rooms, 27 watch towers, 101 CCTV cameras and 17 PTZ cameras will be used to keep vigil. Aarti will take plaec at 6.15 am. Mandir will remain open till 1.30 am. Free meal will be available at Divaliba Gurubhavan Dharmshala compound, Ambika bhojanalay and Gabbar. Separate twin railing facility has been created for quickly moving queues for darshan. Emergency light invertor are placed at 13 places, generators at 14 places and solar lights are placed at 14 places.
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Four cattle owners detained by Vadodara Police
The Vadodara police Thursday detained four cattle owners under Gujarat Prevention of Anti-social Activities Act (PASA), 1985. Correspondent | Vadodara The Vadodara police Thursday detained four cattle owners under Gujarat Prevention of Anti-social Activities Act (PASA), 1985. They had allegedly let their cattle free on the street and threatened the officials of
the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) who were impounding their cattle from the road. The four — identified as Kalu Bharvad, Arjun Bharwad, Vikram Desai, Jayesh Rabari — have been sent to Rajkot, Porbandar, Bhuj and Jamnagar jails respectively. According to the police, to prevent accidents due to stray cattle on city roads, strict action has been taken. The police have prepared the list of the accused who have been booked for various charges in connection with leaving their cattle on the streets and detained four persons.
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BJP chief Amit Shah on stage, Patidars Hiranandani kidney racket: Final names three more doctors chant ‘Hardik’, disrupt function in Surat report Correspondent | Mumbai Correspondent | Surat
PANDEMONIUM broke out after protesting Patidars stormed the venue of a programme organised here Thursday by the businessmen-led Patidar Abhivadan Samiti (PAS) to felicitate prominent Patidar BJP leaders and party president Amit Shah as part of the party’s run-up to state elections next year. Shouting “Hardik, Hardik,” — a reference to Hardik Patel who is in Udaipur serving a bail condition — and “Jai Sardar, Jai Patidar,” they disrupted proceedings and countered the “Bharat Mata Ki Jai” slogans from the stage. Besides Shah, those on the dais included Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, his predecessor Anandiben Patel, BJP state president Jitu Vaghani, Union Ministers Parshottam Rupala and Mansukh Mandaviya and
44 Patidar MLAs of the BJP. Chairs were thrown at the police who tried to stop them as members of the Hardik Patel-founded Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) shouted anti-BJP slogans and rooted for Hardik. People began leaving the venue after clashes broke out between PAAS and police which had staked out the venue since Wednesday. The three to five-minute speeches of Rupani and Shah at the event held in the P P Sawani school run by PAS leader Mahesh Sawani, a diamond businessman, in the Abrahma
DRI arrests two with smuggled gold worth Rs 2.5 crore in Gujarat Smuggled gold bars worth Rs 2.5 crore were today seized from two persons travelling in a car near here, the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) said. The duo – Krunal Soni and Nalin Soni – was arrested from near a toll plaza on the Ahmedabad-Vadodara expressway, DRI said in a release here. DRI sleuths recovered eight gold bars weighing 1 kg each from their possession, it said. Acting on a tip-off, the sleuths intercepted the Maruti car in which three persons were travelling. “The three persons and the vehicle were searched. During the search of Krunal Soni
and Nalin Soni, eight gold bars weighing 1kg were recovered from them. The officers asked them to produce bills/ invoices/bill of entry in support of the gold they were carrying but they failed to provide any such document,” the release said. “Therefore, the said eight gold bars weighing 8kg and valued at Rs 2.5 crore approximately were seized under the reasonable belief the same were smuggled as they had foreign markings engraved on them,” it said. The DRI arrested the duo and seized the car used for transporting the smuggled gold, the release said, adding further investigation was on.
ipate as a partner country this time. It is however their call,” said an official of iNDEXTb (Industrial Extension Bureau) — an arm of the Gujarat government that has been organising the event — while talking to agency. In 2015, the US joined the Vibrant Gujarat Summit as a partner country when US Secretary of State John Kerry visited Gandhinagar and spoke at the forum. “The United States was honoured to be a partner country in 2015 when Secretary Kerry led a large delegation… The
one thing that I pointed to the (Gujarat) CM and his staff is that the event takes place roughly one week before the inauguration of the new US president. So we are right at the tail-end of one administration and right before a new one takes office. The timing is a little bit challenging, but we will give it a very serious consideration. Regardless of the US government representation because of the timing issue, we will expect a large and active business delegation. There is an increasing interest among US businesses in India for various reasons and Vibrant Gujarat is a great platform for them to have B2G (business-to-government) and B2B (business-to-business) meetings,” said US Consul General Thomas Vajda during a media interaction Thursday.
Shah, Rupani, Vaghani and local party leaders, but Anandiben, who resigned as CM last month, was missing from all of them. Addressing party workers, Shah said Gujarat was “the model state for removing the roots of Congress across the country”. “BJP has been known as a model organisation across the country. BJP is not a one-leader party; it is a party of ide-
ology and run by workers at the grassroots. They (Congress) are dreaming of coming to power in Gujarat, but they should know that since 1995 the people of Gujarat have not supported them and will not support them in the future,” he further said. Noting the achievements of the Narendra Modi government at the Centre, the BJP president said:
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In the preliminary report, five doctors, including hospital CEO Dr Sujit Chatterjee and medical director Dr Anurag Naik, were accused of medical negligence in authorising and conducting the kidney transplant. In the final report, the DHS has added the names of three more doctors: pathologist Dr Suwin Shetty, surgeon Dr Veena Sewlikar and Dr B K Kadam. The three doctors were part of the local authorisation committee which approved the transplant between deceased recipient Brijkishore Jaiswal and donor Shobha Thakur on July 12, two days before the transplant was stopped by the police. The hospital’s medical director, Naik, was also part of the committee.
of the Indian Penal Code for rape and subsequently arrested Vankar and Chauhan, said Pandya. Apollo Hospital said that they are cooperating fully with the police in investigation. “The ward where the incident took place has 14 staff working roundthe-clock, and is equipped with CCTV cameras. We are co-operating fully with the police which is examining CCTV footages and carrying out the investigations,” said a statement issued by the hospital.
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US unlikely to continue as partner for Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2017
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It is highly unlikely that the United States will continue to be a partner for the upcoming 8th edition of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit, expected to be held in January 2017. The US was among the 12 countries to whom Gujarat government sent formal invitations. Of them, six nations have agreed to partner Gujarat for the biennial event that has been held since 2003. “It is a political decision and with elections in the United States, we are not sure if the US will partic-
Anandiben Patel missing from posters for BJP workers’ meeting in Tapi Correspondent | Surat
Former Gujarat chief minister Anandiben Patel was missing from the posters and banners for a BJP booth-level workers meeting, which was held in Vyara taluka of Tapi district on Thursday afternoon. The meeting was attended by BJP president Amit Shah, Chief Minster Vijay Rupani, state party chief Jitu Vaghani and other senior state leaders, besides over 1,000 party workers from Bharuch, Narmada, Surat, Tapi, Navsari, Valsad and Dangs districts. The banners and posters that were put up at different locations at the meeting venue had photographs of Prime Minster Narendra Modi,
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