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Maruti factory violence case: 31 convicted, f e i r B s w Ne Mother Dairy hikes milk prices by up to Rs 3/litre Agency | Bengaluru Leading milk supplier Mother Dairy today announced up to Rs 3 per litre increase in milk prices from tomorrow in Delhi-NCR and other cities, citing significant rise in procurement rates. Mother Dairy, a major player in Delhi-NCR with sales of about 30 lakh litres per day, had last increased the prices of poly pack in July 2016 and that of token milk in May 2014. As per the new rates, full cream milk will cost Rs 52 per litre against Rs 49 earlier, while toned milk is priced at Rs 42 compared with Rs 39 per litre.
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The factory workers allegedly set fire to the plant after getting into an argument with the management. They were later charged with conspiracy to commit murder, arson and rioting Agency | New Delhi After nearly five years of legal battle, 31 people were convicted Friday in Maruti Suzuki Manesar factory violence case and 117 were acquitted by Haryana court. They had been charged with conspiracy to commit murder, arson and rioting. The Gurgaon district was reportedly put on alert before the verdict. While nine of the accused workers are still behind bars, 139 are out on bail. Additional District and Sessions Judge R.P. Goel was expected to decide later on the quantum of punishment to the guilty — put in two categories
as per the charges proved against them. The incident of violence, which took place on July 18, 2012, began with an argument between workers and management. The matter soon got out of hand and the workers allegedly set fire to one of the floors. HR General Manager Awanish Kumar Dev was killed in the incident and several other executives were injured. The Maruti Suzuki plant suffered damage and the police later booked 147 workers in connection with the case. The factory workers allegedly set fire to the plant after getting into an
Supreme Court issues arrest warrant against Calcutta HC judge C S Karnan Agency | New Delhi
In an unprecedented order, the Supreme Court on Friday issued bailable warrants against serving Calcutta High Court judge C S Karnan to ensure his presence before it on March 31 in a contempt case. Justice Karnan goes down in the Indian judicial history as the first serving High Court judge against whom an arrest warrant has been issued by the apex court in a contempt case. A seven-judge bench headed by Chief Justice J S Khe-
har took strong note of Justice Karnan’s non-appearance despite being served with the contempt notice and asked the Director General of West Bengal Police to execute the warrants on the judge to ensure his presence at 10.30 AM on March 31. The court said it would “appreciate” if the bailable warrants are served on Justice Karnan by the DGP. “Notice of this
petition has been duly served. Despite service, wherein the personal presence of Shri Justice C S Karnan, in this Court, was imperative, he has neither entered appearance in person, nor through counsel,” the bench, also comprising Justices Dipak Misra, J Chelameswar, Ranjan Gogoi, M B Lokur, P C Ghose and Kurian Joseph, said. “In view of the above, there is no other alternative but to seek the presence of Shri Justice C S Karnan by issuing bailable warrants.
argument with the management. They were later charged with conspiracy to commit murder, arson and rioting. Booked by the police and sacked by the carmaker after the violence on July 18, 2012, none of the 148 jailed workers could secure bail for long. It was only
on February 23, 2015, that the Supreme Court granted bail to two of the 148 accused. Following the incident, the management of the plant terminated the services of 550 permanent and over 1,800 contract workers causing widespread outrage.
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son said. A Hungarian fighter jet then escorted it. The flight which took off from the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai at 0700 hours, landed safely at London’s Heathrow Airport at 11.05 hours, the spokesperson said. This comes less than a month after a Jet Airways aircraft with more than 300 people on board was escorted by German Air Force planes after it lost contact with Air Traffic Control during a flight from Mumbai to London. The incident took place on February 16 in German air space. Fighter jets escorted the Boeing 777 aircraft.
Air India Plane Goes Off Radar Over Hungary, Escorted By Fighter Jet
An Air India passenger aircraft flying to London went off the radar for a few frightening moments while flying over Hungary, the airline said on Friday. The aircraft, which flew from Mumbai in the morning with 231 passengers and 18 crew members, had to be escorted by fighter jets after it lost contact with the Air Traffic Control while flying over Hungary. The Air India flight AI 171 lost contact with the Air Traffic Control due to “frequency fluctuation”, an Air India spokesper-
Bill to declare countries as ‘sponsor of terrorism’ withdrawn from Rajya Sabha (H.S.) | Jammu
The government on Friday disfavoured in the Rajya Sabha passing of any law to declare countries as ‘Sponsor of Terrorism’ after which a private member’s bill brought with Pakistan in mind was withdrawn. The ‘Declaration of Countries as Sponsor of Terrorism Bill’, moved by Independent member Rajeev Chandrashekhar, got support from several members cutting across party lines but the government said there was no need for such a legislation. The bill provided for declaring any country as State sponsor of terrorism
and withdrawing of economic and trade relations with such a country. It also provided for creating legal, economic and travel sanctions for citizens of such a country and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. After a debate, Minister of State for Home Gangaram Ahir said the government has taken many steps to deal with terror. “The existing laws already have sufficient provisions for dealing with citizens of a
terrorist country,” he said. Ahir asked Chandrasekhar to withdraw the bill which the Independent member did. Earlier, participating in the debate on the bill, Congress member Ananda Bhaskar Rapolu raised the issue of recent killing of an IT engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla in the USA and said “The bereaved wife asked ‘whether I belong to this land?’ It has awaken the whole world.” Rapolu also mentioned a Kashmiri girl Insha Mushtaq who was blinded by pellets fired by security forces and still attended the school. Nominated member KTS Tulsi said,
“I am not opposed to the bill but I have my doubts. We need to examine the practical utility of declaring Pakistan as terror state.” Samajwadi Party member Javed Ali Khan said, “Though I support the Bill, it should also include Israel in the list as it is sponsoring terrorsim in the Middle East.” Supporting the Bill, YSRCP member Vijay Sai Reddy said Pakistan has dual policy on terrorism – bad terrorist and good terrorist. Those who attack Pakistani establishments are bad terrorists and those who attack Indians are good terrorists.
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Jaitley, RBI officials draw up plans to deal with top defaulters (H.S.) | New Delhi
With the banking sector reeling under the impact of Rs 8 lakh crore stressed assets, the government and Reserve Bank of India on Friday drew up a plan to act on top defaulters. Sources told HT, finance minister Arun Jaitley discussed with RBI officials various options to deal with the menace of non-performing assets (NPAs) which was plaguing the banking system and preventing lenders from lowering interest rates. One of the alternatives that the government and RBI was considering for some time now was to set up of a “bad bank” to deal with the problem of non-performing
loans, as it has been suggested by chief economic adviser Arvind Subramanian. Reserve Bank Deputy Governor Viral Acharya had floated the twin concept of Private Asset Management Company (PAMC) and National Asset Management Company (NAMC) for resolution of stressed assets. Gross NPAs of public sector banks rose to Rs 6.3 lakh crore as against Rs 5.5 lakh crore at the end of the June quarter. Last month, Subramanian had said the idea of setting up a state-
owned asset reconstruction company (ARC) or bad bank to deal with mounting NPAs is gaining traction and needs to be created quickly. The PAMC plan, as suggested by Acharya, could be for sectors such as metals, construction, telecom, and textiles, where the assets will have economic value in the short run. As per the plan, the banking sector may be asked to restructure about 50 large stressed exposures in these sectors by December 31, 2017. The NAMC plan could be viable for sectors where the problem is not just of excess capacity but of economically unviable assets in the near term.
‘Lost’ since 2009, India’s Chandrayaan-1 found orbiting Moon, says NASA (H.S.) | New Delhi
India’s first lunar probe – the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft – which was considered lost, is still orbiting the Moon, NASA scientists have found by using a new ground-based radar technique. Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) lost communication with Chandrayaan-1 on August 29, 2009, almost a year after it was launched on October 22, 2008. Now, scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California have successfully located the spacecraft still circling some 200 kilometres above the lunar surface. “We have been able
to detect NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and the Indian Space Research Organisation’s Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft in lunar orbit with ground-based radar,” said Marina Brozovic, a radar scientist at JPL and principal investigator for the test project. “Finding LRO was relatively easy, as we were working with the mission’s navigators and had precise orbit data where it was located. Finding India’s Chandrayaan-1 required a bit
more detective work because the last contact with the spacecraft was in August of 2009,” said Brozovic. The Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft is very small, a cube about 1.5 meters on each side – about half the size of a smart car. Although the interplanetary radar has been used to observe small asteroids several million miles from Earth, researchers were not certain that an object of this smaller size as far away as the Moon could be detected, even with the world’s most powerful radars. Chandrayaan-1 proved the perfect target for demonstrating the capability of this technique.
Reliance Jio, Paytm have apologised for using PM Modi’s picture in ads, says Govt A political slugfest had erupted after Reliance Jio used the prime minister’s photograph in fullpage advertisements in September last year Agency | New Delhi
Reliance Jio Infocomm and Paytm have tendered apologies for using Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s picture in their respective advertisements without permission, the Government said on Friday. This comes a month after both the companies were served with notices by the government, asking them whether they had taken prior permission before using the prime minister’s photographs on advertise-
ments of their products. The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public distribution had also earlier advised the ministry of information and broadcasting to sensitise the media on the need to obtain “prior permission” before commercial usage of specific emblems and names prohibited by the The Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use) Act, 1950. “Clarifications were sought by the Department of Con-
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Can Akhilesh Yadav buck Uttar Pradesh’s anti-incumbency trend? The animated poll narratives had a mix of divisive and development issues this time in Uttar Pradesh, which is eager to get rid of the ‘laggard state’ tag. But the debate on the recent trend of states returning incumbent chief ministers in the country for their good work was lost in the public spat over ‘shamshan’ and ‘kabaristan’. West Bengal and Tamil Nadu are recent examples where the Trinamool Congress and AIADMK were returned to power. Ever since the Congress lost its primacy over Uttar Pradesh, the state has not repeated the same party or chief minister in elections. But this time around, young chief minister Akhilesh Yadav has remained a major factor in the race, the other players being mighty Mayawati and popular Narendra Modi. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had been out of power for 14 years and was desperate to win UP - the adopted state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. But the regional forces - the SP and the BSP who had been alternately ruling the state -- posed major hurdles. The BJP high command and Amit Shah could corner the state governments headed by the SP and the BSP over their non-performance but he had to convince voters about his party’s sincerity to develop the state through good governance. As there was no visible work that the party could showcase in UP barring demonetisation, Shah flaunted states such as Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, which had returned their incumbent chief ministers Shivraj Singh Chauhan and Raman Singh. With pride, Shah described it as a reward for their good governance and promised to develop UP on the same lines. However, throwing a spanner in their efforts was Akhilesh Yadav, the young chief minister of the state, who had silenced his critics by executing big development projects over his five-year turbulent tenure. He often demanded to know if any other state in the country could show one project as big as the Metro Rail and Agra-Lucknow Expressway that they had completed in their tenure. While joining the debate, Akhilesh repeatedly told people about the prevailing trend of repeating chief ministers in the country. His one-liner was: “This election would prove if people voted for caste or for their aspirations.” He knew UP’s penchant for change rather than continuity in every election. The state has had 20 chief ministers since January 26, 1950 including political giants like Govind Ballabh Pant, Sampurnanad and CB Gupta. Of them, only five chief ministers could enjoy more than one term: Charan Singh, Narain Dutt Tiwari, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Mayawati and Kalyan Singh. Akhilesh’s concerns can be fathomed considering the fact that even the BJP national president was forced to showcase other BJP-ruled states than Uttar Pradesh.
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Katrina Kaif was supposed to perform at an upcoming awards show, but that doesn’t seem to be working out anymore. The Dhoom 3 star has hurt her spine badly and has pulled out of the show. Kat was in the middle of rehearsals for the Zee Cine Aw a r d s when she felt a shooting pain in her neck. While initially the actor tried to brush it off as nothing major, the pain only got worse, reports Spotboye.com. Katrina had to cancel the rehearsals and see a doctor, who told her that she had injured her spine. The website received a
confirmation regarding the same from Katrina. “Yup it was an accident. Tried to work through the pain but wasn’t possible. Very sad,” she said. Katrina’s injury dates back to a week ago, when she was shooting for Anurag Basu’s upcoming film Jagga Jasoos. Katrina was hurt when a heavy object landed behind her. While the injury didn’t seem anything worrisome back then, seems like it has taken a turn for the worse, leaving Kat out of action for a while. The Phantom star was supposed to perform at the awards show on March 11. After she informed the organisers that she won’t be able to perform, Deepika Padukone was being considered to step in. However, said. now says that Kareena Kapoor Khan will be performing at the show instead of Katrina. Kareena told the daily, “This is the best phase of my life and it feels great to be back on the stage. I am sure the viewers will enjoy the act as much as I did rehearsing and performing it.” Kareena welcomed her first child, Taimur Ali Khan Pataudi, with Saif Ali Khan in December last year. The actor was back to work in exactly 46 days after Taimur’s birth when she walked the ramp at a fashion show. While all Bollywood lovers are excited to see Bebo perform on the stage, here’s hoping Katrina Kaif is back on her feet in no time!
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Agency | New Delhi She might be just 22, but she is way too mature for her age. Shahid Kapoor’s wife Mira Rajput, who gave birth to a beautiful baby, last year, is back in shape post pregnancy and is looking like a million bucks. Recently, the star wife was spotted attending an event on Women’s Day where she gave the audience some insights into her pregnancy and losing weight the healthy way. ”I had a tough pregnancy and I went through those five months of a difficult time to bring my daughter into this world. So now I want to spend
Ram Gopal Varma Posts Apology Of Sorts For Sunny Leone Tweet Agency | New Delhi
Filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma has now apologized, kind of, for his tweets aimed at actress Sunny Leone on International Women’s Day. On Thursday night, RGV tweeted: “Was just expressing my feelings but I apologise to all who were offended due to my unintended insensitive tweets in context of women’s day.” He added a disclaimer that the apology was only for the ones who were “genuinely offended” and not for the ones “who ranted for publicity or threatened to take law into their hands.” On March 8, Ram Gopal Varma posted several tweets that were criticized as sexist. In particular, his tweets about Ms Leone provoked outrage and a police complaint. Sunny Leone, 35, has not addressed the matter or RGV directly. In
a video posted a video on Twitter, she says simply,”One must choose their words wisely.” A crescendo of tweets from Ram Gopal Varma on Women’s Day ended with this: “I wish all the women in the world give men as much happiness as Sunny Leone gives.” He was immediately inundated with angry responses. Social activist Vishakha Mhabrey filed a police complaint in Goa and demanded that the director’s Twitter account be blocked, said. Unperturbed, RGV tweeted that he would file a counter complaint against the activist. He also tweeted, “The negative noise towards my tweet on Sunny Leone arises from ultimate hypocrisy. She has more honesty and more self-respect than any women.”
Sonam Kapoor on Ram Gopal Varma’s tweet: Have better things to talk about Agency | Mumbai
Actress Sonam Kapoor prefers not to react to filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma’s tweet about Sunny Leone. “I can’t comment on Ram Gopal Varma. We have better things to talk about. I would not dignify that with an answer,” Sonam said at the opening of Raw Mango store here on Thursday. Adding to that, actress Konkona Sen Sharma, who was also present at the event, said though she isn’t aware of the tweet, she doesn’t appreciate any sexist comment.”I have not seen this particular tweet. But I don’t appreciate any-
body making any sexist remark,” Konkana said. Varma, who is not new to social media feuds, on International Women’s Day, tweeted: “I wish all the women in the world give men as much happiness as Sunny Leone gives.” After receiving flak, he said he was “just expressing my feelings”. In a series of tweets, he said, “Was just expressing my feelings but I apologise to all who were offended due to my unintended insensitive tweets in context of women’s day. My apology is only to those who genuinely got offended and not to those who ranted for publicity nd threatened to take law into their hands.” Meanwhile, Sunny Leone addressed the controversy that sparked after the filmmaker posted the controversial tweet. Without mentioning his name, Sunny, through a small video, conveyed her take on the controversy. “I read all news today. I believe change only happens when we have one voice. So, choose your words wisely,” the former adult star said.
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every moment that I can with her. I wouldn’t want to spend one hour a day with my child and rush off to work. Why did I have her? She’s not a puppy.” When quizzed about body shaming and how she shed those extra kilos, Mira said, “I think what’s important is to be a healthy mother. Your child is your responsibility. You can take your time to lose that weight. But you need to come to terms with the fact that your body is going to be different for a certain amount of time and it’s not permanent. After that you can set your goal and say I want to get fit.”
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Virat Kohli, pitch curator SB Singh has their say on the pitch for third Test The BorderGavaskar series presently stands level at 1-1 after the two Tests have been played between India and Australia
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Today, as we see a number of Gujarati movies coming up and performing quite well at the box office, a movie with an entirely unique name has launched its poster along with its star cast, director, and producer at Ahmedabad. Ahmedabad-based Vansh Shah and Aditya Soni and Preyanshi Kothari from Surat and Nilesh Amlani from Vadodara are among the primary star cast of the movie. “The story revolves around
five friends who plan a trip to Mumbai without their parents’ consent. The trip is full of disturbances and various issues. The story therefore beautifully depicts the amazing relation between parents and their children”, Kkalindi Dave, director, writer and producer of the movie informs. The film falls under thriller, suspense and comedy genres and highlights the fact that today’s generation is lost in drugs, drinks and cigarettes.
Netflix inks pact with Airtel, Videocon d2h, Vodafone to ramp up presence in Indian market
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With an aim to ramp up its presence in the Indian market, digital streaming service Netflix has said it has partnered with Airtel, Videocon d2h and Vodafone. The US-based firm, which is up against strong competition from rivals like Amazon Prime, HotStar and others in the Indian market, is investing aggressively in local content. ”India is one of the most important and we are delighted to be teaming up with three of India’s leading companies. The partnerships with Airtel and Videocon d2h is for set top boxes while the Vodafone partnership is for payment integration,” Netflix Co-founder and CEO Reed Hastings told reporters here. Adding that the growth in consumption has also been driven by free data offering from new-comer Reliance Jio, Hastings said Netflix is in discussion with many other players in India for partnerships. Hastings, on his maiden trip to India, said the company has seen strong adoption of its services since its launch in the country in January last year. “We have a strong growth here (India), stronger than all the other Asian nations (except China, where Netflix is not present)... We are investing heavily on content.
Pakistan Parliament passes landmark Hindu Marriage Bill Agency | Chennai
Pakistan’s Parliament has finally passed the much-awaited landmark bill to regulate marriages of minority Hindus in the country. Pakistan’s Hindus were set to get an exclusive personal law to regulate marriages after the National Assembly unanimously adopted the Hindu Marriage Bill, 2017, on Thursday. The law was passed after a lengthy process of enactment. It was the second time that the National Assembly passed the bill. It passed the bill in September last year but had to pass it again as its version of bill was changed by the Senate when it adopted the bill in February. As per rules, the same text should be passed by the two Houses of the Parliament before it is sent to the President for his signatures and promulgation for implementation. Dawn News reported that the Senate included an amendment to the draft approved by the National Assembly in September. The final text approved by both houses includes the Shadi Parath — a document similar to ‘Nikahnama’ in Muslims.
SPORTS ROUNDUP IPL 2017: Glenn Maxwell To Lead Kings XI Punjab, Replaces Murali Vijay Agency | New Delhi
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With what could be called an enthralling Test series, there is one factor which hasn’t appealed the cricket fraternity in an otherwise incredible encounter. That one reason is nothing else but the fact that none of the matches have lasted the entire 5 days. While the first match lasted only three days, the second match was concluded much before the end of Day 4. If Virat Kohli was asked to give his opinion on what he dislikes most about the ongoing series against Australia, the chances are India`s captain would bemoan the introduction of three new test venues across the four matches. The showdown between the world`s top two teams kicked off with a debut test at Pune`s Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, where
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Australia beat India`s spinners at their own game to end a 19-match unbeaten streak dating back to late 2015. On a pitch which subsequently earned a “poor rating” from the match referee, Steve O`Keefe and Nathan Lyon combined to punch holes in the popular perception that Indian batsmen were the masters of spin as Australia won by a whopping 333 runs. Back in the friendlier and familiar confines of the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru, Kohli`s men prevailed in a four-day slugfest marked by verbal volleys
and animated send-offs to level the series with a 75-run victory. Kohli has established a reputation as a man of many emotions and anxiety is likely to be the most dominant of them when he looks ahead to next week`s third test in Ranchi, another venue making its international debut in the longest format. “We can`t do much about the Ranchi pitch, you know how it`s always been,” the 28-year-old said after the victory in Bengaluru, effectively conceding any thoughts of a `home advantage` when the rivalry resumes.
Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has been named as the skipper of Kings XI Punjab for the upcoming season of Indian Premier League (IPL) season 10 starting April 5, the franchise announced on its official Twitter handle. The mercurial Aussie player has replaced Indian batsman Murali Vijay, who was appointed captain midway through the last season. Vijay had taken over the captain’s role last season after David Miller was sacked as skipper for the team’s dismal performance. However, that did not change the team’s fortune as it finished last for the second successive season. The management has preferred Maxwell over the likes of Eoin Morgan, who captained England to the 2016 World T20 final, and Darren Sammy, who led the West Indies to two
World T20 titles. Maxwell, who is currently in India with the Australian Test squad, had relatively quiet last two editions of the IPL, scoring 324 runs in 22 games. Maxwell, who has never captained in the 338 matches he has played across all formats, was instrumental in taking the team to its maiden IPL final in 2014. He had played two matches for Delhi Daredevils in 2012 and then three matches for Mumbai Indians in 2013. He then joined Kings XI
in the next season and had a breakthrough season with 552 runs at an average of 34.5 and a strike rate of 187.75. Kings XI will also have a new second home this season where they will play three matches at the Holkar Stadium in Indore while the Punjab Cricket Association (PCA) Stadium in Mohali will stage the remaining home games. Kings XI will start their campaign against Rising Pune Supergiants on April 8 in Indore.
Hockey India announces 33 core probables David Saker to replace Darren Lehmann as head for Senior men’s national camp Agency | New Delhi
Hockey India (HI) on Friday announced a 33-member core probables list for the national camp, which will commence at the Sports Authority of India in Bengaluru from March 14. The national camp under chief coach Roelant Oltmans includes as many as 11 players from the last year’s gold medal junior World Cup winning squad. The junior team players were also incredible at the recently-concluded Hockey India League (HIL), where they held their nerves against some of the world’s best hockey stars. While Mandeep Singh, Harjeet Singh, Harmanpreet Singh and Vikas Dahiya have been part of the se-
nior men’s camp earlier, defenders Dipsan Tirkey and Gurinder Singh, midfielders Sumit, Nilakanta Sharma, Manpreet and Simranjeet Singh, forward Gurjant Singh are the latest inclusions in the core group, which will be put through the grind ahead of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup in April, followed by the Men’s Hockey World League Semi-Final London 2017 in June. 20-year-old goalkeeper Suraj Karkera from Mumbai has also received a call-up for the senior men’s camp. He was a part of the junior India men’s team in the four-nation International Junior hockey tournament in Valencia last year. Amit Rohidas, who formed an
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integral part of the 2017 HIL winners Kalinga Lancers defence structure, too finds a place in the core probables list. The squad contains established stars likes PR Sreejesh, Sardar Singh, Rupinder Pal Singh, SV Sunil, Birendra Lakra, Kothajit Singh, SK Uthappa, Chinglensana Singh, Talwinder Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Akashdeep Singh, Surender Kumar, Manpreet Singh among others. “It
Ind vs Aus: Hardik Pandya released, India retain 15 for last 2 Tests Agency | Bengaluru
All-rounder Hardik Pandya, who did not feature in the playing XI in the first two Tests in Pune and Bangalore, was yesterday released from the Indian squad with the selectors retaining other 15 members for the remaining two games against Australia in Ranchi (March 16-20) and Dharamsala (March 2530). Pandya will play for Baroda in the quarter-finals of the Vijay Hazare Trophy, the domestic
one-day tournament. Pandya was released during the first Test also and he played three league games. With the Ranchi wicket expected to be on the slower side,
there is very little possibility of Pandya making the cut in the playing XI. Opener Murali Vijay, who has suffered a shoulder injury missing the second Test match has been kept in the squad of 15 and is expected to get fit before the start of the third Test. The BCCI selection committee named the 15-member unchanged India squad for remainder of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy
was a busy start to the new year with the HIL, where I feel some of the players did extremely well under pressure situations. Like I had mentioned earlier, the selection process for the core probables was based on the players’ performances in the year 2016 as well as the 2017 HIL.
Assistant coach David Saker will take charge of Australia for their oneday international tour of India later this year, allowing head coach Darren Lehmann to take a break. Australia’s coaching set-up has seen former cricketers take turns to fill in for Lehmann, who recovered from deep vein thrombosis last year after being hospitalised for the condition. “It’s a huge honour to be even considered to be a coach of an Aus-
tralian team, and to be given the opportunity is fantastic,” Saker, who has also worked as England’s bowling coach, was quoted as saying on Cricket Australia’s website. “I’m going to look forward to it a lot, and my ambition is to coach Australia.” The Australia test side are involved in an ongoing four-match series in India which is tied at 1-1 after two tests, while the final details of the one-day international tour, pencilled in for October, have yet to be confirmed.
nations. Rohit Patel said he is in favour of further restrictions on high value notes. He also made some more comments on the issue which were expunged. When Mr Patel was answering questions raised by other members, Nitin Patel, who handles the Finance portfolio, interrupted him and told the House that whatever his junior minister has said was his personal
opinion, not of that of the Gujarat government. “Whatever views expressed by Patel were his own, not of Gujarat Government. It is the prerogative of centre as well as Reserve Bank India to decide which currency notes should be banned. The state government does not have any say in it,” Nitin Patel said.Chief Minister Vijay Rupani asked Rohit Patel to stick to the point and give specific answer to the question instead of elaborating on the notes ban decision. Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel too disowned comments made by the junior minister.
Gujarat Minister’s Notes Ban Remarks Disowned By Seniors In Assembly
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The Gujarat government found itself in a spot on Thursday after a minister apparently strayed from its line on notes ban. Answering a question from a legislator of the ruling BJP, Minister of State for Finance and Industry Rohit Patel expressed his views about demonetisation, the centre’s ambitious drive announced last year to recall large value notes in an effort to curb corruption and tax evasion. Later, the comments were removed from the records by the Speaker and the state government forced to serve out multiple expla-
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Bharuch bridge: Ahmed Patel News website owner gets threat call from ‘gangster’ have received threat calls Pujari,” Sinha told The around 11.30 am on Tues- in the name of Pujari.” writes to Nitin Gadkari After several Congress allegedly from the gang- Indian Express. He said day by a caller claiming On Tuesday, the Navsaster suspected to be hid- that “the caller spoke in to be Ravi Pujari from ri district police had arSunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Patel’s letter then enlists a chronology of events pertaining to the construction of the bridge Correspondent | Vadodara
A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new cable bridge over the Narmada in Bharuch, senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Ahmed Patel on Wednesday shot a letter to Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways & Shipping Nitin Gadkari, pointing out to “a brazen attempt to mislead the people of Gujarat”, and urging Gadkari to “set the record straight” in the matter. Patel, referring to Gadkari’s speech at the inauguration of the cable bridge on March 7, said, “The speech claimed that after your appointment as the Union Surface Transport Minister in May 2014,
you terminated a previous contract to build this bridge due to non-performance and issued a fresh tender at a significantly lower price. I am sorry to state, this claim of yours is divorced from the truth.” Patel’s letter then enlists a chronology of events pertaining to the construction of the bridge. Patel’s letter refers to an earlier sequence of correspondence with Gadkari regarding the facts of the bridge and
says, “I have always held you in high esteem and hence, I am disappointed by your altering of facts to suit a political agenda. The Prime Minister’s rich track record of relying on half truths seems to have had a profound influence on you. We are guided by a sense of duty towards people, and this should not be distracted by any political agenda. I would be grateful if this record could be set straight.”
Exams on, Hardik Patel denied entry to college in Surat
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PAAS convenor Hardik Patel was denied the permission to meet students of J B Dharukawala college in Varachha area of Surat on Thursday. Patel was in Surat to mark his presence at city crime branch as per the bail conditions by Gujarat HC. Patel was accompanied by PAAS co-convenor Alpesh Katheria. As his convoy reached the main gate, some students told him that the college authorities had kept students inside classrooms and had warned them against meeting Patel. Upon thus, Patel and his supporters forcefully opened the main gate of the college
and entered inside. Seeing them, college trustee Babubhai Kotadia and principal Dilip Varsani approached Hardik and asked him to leave. Subsequently, Patel left the college with his supporters. College trustee Babubhai Kotadia said, “A cousin of PAAS co-con-
venor, Dharmik Malaviya, is a student of our college. He had invited Hardik to meet student in the college. We told Hardik that the university exams were on and and his entry in the college premises will disturb students.” No police complaint was lodged in the case.
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persons. The PIL also seeks compensation for the victims. However, during the hearings, the state government objected to the PIL, stating that the probe was handed over to Gujarat ATS which has already filed chargesheets against the accused. The state has also opposed compensation to victims stating that they died due to liquor which is prohibited in the state.
PIL on hooch tragedy: Gujarat High Court reserves order
The Gujarat High Court Thursday reserved its order on a PIL which has sought action against police officials for being negligent in the Surat hooch tragedy. The petition also alleged that there was a nexus between police and bootleggers which resulted into the tragedy in September last year, killing more than 30
and BJP leaders and businessmen, Pratik Sinha, son of noted lawyer and human rights activist the late Mukul Sinha, has received a threat call allegedly from fugitive underworld don Ravi Pujari. The caller claiming to be Pujari on Tuesday threatened Sinha — who runs two websites stated to be critical of the government — to “stop writing or else you would be shot dead”. Sinha wrote an application to the city police on Wednesday and informed them about the threat call. He is the latest in the series of businessmen and politicians to
ing in Australia. Earlier this week, Congress MLA from the Panchmahals C K Raulji had received threat text messages. “The call came on the phone number previously used by my father. After his demise, we have transferred the number on my mother’s name. On Tuesday, I received call on this number and the caller claimed himself to be don Ravi
Hindi and said ‘Ravi Pujari bol raha hoon. Suna hai ye naam (Ravi Pujari Speaking, have you heard this name)’. When I told him that I don’t recognise his name, he threatened ‘likhna band kar de nahi toh goli maar dunga (stop writing or else I would kill you)’.” Sinha currently runs two websites — Truth of Gujarat and a web-based news portal Alt News where his posts are critical of the government. Deputy Commissioner of Police Vidhi Chaudhari said: “He (Sinha) has said that he received the call at
Australia who threatened him to stop writing. We have forwarded the application to the Ahmedabad Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) which is investigating several such threat calls
rested one Akhtar Merchant from Mumbai for making extortion calls in the name of Pujari to BJP member of Navsari municipality Premchand Lalwani, in the name of Ravi Pujari.
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non medical (group A), Group B (medical) and both (group AB) streams will be conducted by GSHSEB for the session 2017-18 on May 11 from 10 am to 4 pm.The GUJCET will be based on third and fourth semester curriculum with multiple choice based questions in chemistry, physics, biology and mathematics. Each subject carries 40 marks and a time limit of 60 minutes.
GUJCET to be conducted on May 11
The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) announced Thursday that the Gujarat Common Entrance Test (GUJCET) will be conducted on May 11. As per the government’s notification issued on November 16,2016, the entrance examination for degree engineering and degree and diploma and Rs 1000 and added pharmacy courses for that after it the income under VAT has gone up significantly. Calling the demonetisation decision as “second surgical strike”, the minister said that it was welcomed by the youth and all the learned people who are not necessarily literate. He then said, “…I believe that we do not need even (new) currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 2000 denominations. The currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 2000 should also be withdrawn.”
Minister advocates withdrawal of Rs 500, Rs 2000 notes, govt calls it personal view Sunvilla News | Gandhinagar
Minister of State for Industries Rohit Patel in the Gujarat Assembly on Thursday advocated withdrawal of the new currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 2000, even as the state government downplayed the statement as his personal view. Rohit made the remark during the Question Hour when he was reply-
ing to a query from BJP’s Choryasi MLA Zankhana Patel, who sought to know VAT income from Valsad district from April 2016 to January 2017. In her subsequent question, the Choryasi MLA asked if the income under VAT has gone down due to demonetisation of currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 denominations. At this juncture, Rohit began to hail the “bold” decision by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to demonetise the currency notes of Rs 500
Gujarat: Army common entrance test cancelled
RTI reveals Vyapam-like scam in Gujarat medical colleges
The new admit cards for the exam will be issued to registered candidates on April 3
An RTI by Gujarat University and the Medical Council of India (MCI) revealed the possibility of a Vyapam-like scam in Gujarat’s medical colleges. The RTI revealed that government medical colleges in Gujarat has been awarding degrees to more than 100 students who have failed the examination. The complaint has been sent to chief minister Vijay Rupani’s office and to the PMO as well. In January 2015, entrance test for admission in PG medical colleges affiliated with Gujarat University were conduct-
The Common Entrance Examination for Indian Army for category/ trades of Soldier (General Duties), Soldier (Technical), Soldier (Clerk/ Store-keeper Technical) and Soldier Tradesman (10th and 8th pass) which was held on February 26,
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ed. Against 300 seats in B J Medical College and NHL college, 900 students appeared for the exam. Only 200 students could clear the exam, so 100 seats remained vacant. The RTI reveals that the doctors from Health Department and officials breached rules to give admission to the kids of their acquaintances. As per MCI guidelines, students absent or declared failed in entrance test
cannot get admission in PG medical courses. Breaching this rule, false mark sheets were sent to MCI to facilitate admission of star kids. RTI shows that there are some kids who have not even appeared for the exam, but still the records show that they have passed the exam. In addition to this, in some cases fake caste certificate were also produced in order to mislead MCI.
and counter negative propaganda, reported news agency Press Trust of India. He was addressing a meeting of the BJP’s social media team in Gujarat, which was also attended by Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, his deputy Nitin Patel and state BJP chief Jitu Vaghani. Assembly election in Gujarat, where the BJP has been in power for nearly
two decades, is set to take place later this year. The BJP chief is an incumbent legislator from Gujarat’s Naranpura constituency. In his address, Mr Shah talked about how party workers must remain alert and active on social media. He said that the party must reach out to people by spreading awareness about the benefits of various schemes.
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2017 stands cancelled, and has now been rescheduled for April 30 due to alleged leak of questions papers in Maharashtra and Goa, stated an official release here Monday. The new admit cards for the exam will be issued to registered candidates on April 3.
Stay Alert, Active On Social Media: BJP Chief Amit Shah’s Advice To Party In Gujarat Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
BJP president Amit Shah, in a bid to spread the good work of the Gujarat government, yesterday advised party leaders and workers to remain active on social media. Mr Shah, who is on a visit to his home state of Gujarat, further asked party workers to reach out on people using social media
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