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Ahmedabad: 29 NID students held after liquor party raid The liquor party was organised at one Pushkar Apartments located in Paldi area of the city near the NID campus.
Agency | Jaipur Three persons, including two women, were arrested today for allegedly extorting money from a businessman after threatening to implicate him in a false rape charge. The two women, Vandana Bhatt and Poonam Kanwar, who worked in massage parlour used to honey trap rich customers, and Mahesh Kumar Yadav threatened them to extort money, ADG of ATS and SOG Umesh Mishra said.
As many as 29 students of premier design institute National Institute of Design (NID), including 14 females and a foreign national, were arrested on Saturday in connec-
tion with a liquor party here, police said. “We arrested 29 students of National Institute of Design after conducting raid on a private apartment based on a complain to police control room late
ed gold are still missing. Police suspect the loot is with the fugitives. An unspecified amount of cash was found on the arrested men. “The accused were in the process of splitting their share and selling the booty. The gold was recovered in 829 sealed packets, so it will be easy to identify the owners,” Gurgaon police commissioner Sandep Khirwar said. Police are not ruling out the involvement of more people in the heist, though an eight-member
gang armed with weapons was caught on surveillance cameras. The men were not wearing masks — an audacious attempt as they contrived to take away the digital video recorder (DVR) in which the CCTV footage of the branch was stored, an officer said. DCP (Crime) Sumit Kuhar said the CCTV grabs provided a pile of clues. “We used social media, activated our informers and found leads from analysis of data to catch hold of the culprits. The photos of the accused helped.” Some of the suspects have a criminal record. Superimposition of their latest photos with those available with police and analysis of call records of their girlfriends, identified through social media, helped the investigators track them down.
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Gurgaon: Mannapuram Finance heist case solved; 4 held, 30kg gold recovered
Agency | Gargaon Police claimed on Saturday to have cracked in 48 hours the case of a daylight heist at Mannapuram Finance Ltd in Gurgaon, arresting four people and recovering 30kg of gold looted from a company office. Investigators are looking for the rest of the gang that robbed the gold-loan company’s New Railway Road branch of gold valued at Rs 10 crore and Rs 8 lakh in cash on Thursday. Around 2.5kg of loot-
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last night that a liquor party was being organised there,” said ACP (N Division) Kalpesh Chavda. Among the arrested students, 14 are women, he said, adding that one of the students is a
foreign national from Johannesburg in South Africa. The liquor party was organised at one Pushkar Apartments located in Paldi area of the city near the NID campus, following which police conducted raid at around 3 AM today, Chavda said. “Six bottles of liquor were also seized from the apartment. We have taken all students into custody and are investigating as to where they sourced liquor from, among other things,” he said. An FIR was lodged at Paldi police station under various sections Bombay Prohibition (Gujarat Amendment) Act, he said. Consumption of liquor is prohibited in Gujarat.
Agency | Etawah After staying away from campaigning till now, SP patriarch Mualyam Singh Yadav on Saturday addressed his first rally where he sought votes
had publicly opposed. In his 30-minute speech in Takha block of Jaswantnagar which he represented before he handed it over to his brother, the SP leader stressed that these elections were important, especially for him and Shivpal. Significantly, Mulayam also did not speak about any other
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UP polls: 64 per cent turnout in phase-1 amid stray incidents of violence (H.S.) | Lucknow
An estimated 64 per cent voter turnout was witnessed today in the first of the seven-phased Uttar Pradesh polls which passed off peacefully in 73 Assembly constituencies, barring some stray incidents of violence. Chief Electoral Officer T Venkatesh said at some places, there were reports of election slips being snatched, leading to pelting of stones and clashes. The turn out was estimated at around 64 per cent till the close of polling, he told a news conference here at the end of polling. The first phase witnessed a three per cent rise in voter turnout as in the same phase in 2012, covering these assembly constituencies, it was 61 per cent. Etah recorded 73 per cent turnout,
Muzaffarnagar 65 pc, Bulandshahr 64 pc, Noida 60 pc and Ghaziabad 57 pc, he said. A total of 2.60 crore voters, including over 1.17 crore women and 1,508 belonging to third gender category were eligible to cast their ballot to decide the fate of 839 candidates. A report from Baghpat said members of different communities clashed in Baghu colony in the city when one side tried stop the other from casting their votes. Ten persons were injured in the clash
and had to be admitted to hospital, police said. Another incident of violence was reported from Baghpat, where Ajit Singh-led Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) workers obstructed Dalit voters from casting their vote in Looyan village under Badaut area, leading to clash and FIR being lodged against three party workers. In Meerut, police detained Gagan Som, brother of controversial BJP leader Sangeet Som, for carrying a pistol inside a polling booth.
UP polls 2017: PM Narendra Modi seeks to puncture ‘kaam bolta hai’ slogan of Akhilesh Yadav
(H.S.) | Badaun Taking a dig at Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav’s “kaam bolta hai” slogan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said it was the SP leader’s “karnama” (misdeed) which spoke for him. Modi, who has stepped up his attack on Akhilesh in recent days, also said that the Chief Minister is to be blamed if people of the state which
he ruled for five years do not see ‘achche din’. “Akhileshji says ‘kaam bolta hai’ (work speaks for itself). Even a child here knows that it is your ‘karnama’ (misdeed) which is speaking for you,” Modi told an election rally here. “Akhilesh asks whether ‘achhe din’ have come,” Modi said referring to the SP leader’s frequent jibe at Modi over his 2014
UP polls 2017: Mulayam Singh addresses first rally in Etawah, seeks votes for Shivpal Yadav for brother Shivpal, saying the election is important for both of them. Mulayam, who was removed as party president with his son Akhilesh Yadav taking over the reins just before the polls following a bitter turf battle with Shivpal, also made no mention of the SP-Congress alliance which he
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political party and only concentrated on seeking votes for Shivpal by stating the works done by SP. “Youth are the real strength of SP and maximum youths are with SP and so our party never ages…,” Mulayam said, adding though unemployment was a national problem, maximum jobs
have been given in UP and those who had not got jobs were given allowance. “Earlier people used to mock our manifesto but we fulfilled all our promises…we made laws to see that farmers’ land was not auctioned because of debt and they will not have to pay lagaan (revenue),” he said.
poll slogan of “achhe din’ (good days). “He is the chief minister for the past five years and if people tell him that it has not come, he is responsible…it is BSP and Congress which
is responsible.” The Prime Minister, who has been targeting the SP-Congress alliance, charged that the “two families” have come together in the state to hide their failures. “Lohia was against Congress and his disciples who followed ideals of Lohia, came forward and embraced Congress…I have no problem who you embrace, but you tell people as to what you have done for them. “In state elections, why must the old government not give its report card…wherever they are going they have only one thing to say.
Ask what Modi has said or done…this will be decided by the people in 2019… you give your account first,” Modi said. He also asked why Akhilesh “who had branded Mayawati government as corrupt” and had promised to send to jail the guilty had not acted against them. “Officials close to Mayawati and facing serious corruption charges were given more important posts after a drama of two-three months and doors were opened for more corruption…. What kind of officials were posted in Noida?” Modi asked.
e-mails to 18 lakh assessees in the initial phase for suspicious cash deposits of Rs 5 lakh and above made during November 9-December 30, 2016. These people had to reply to these queries by logging onto the e-filing portal of the I-T department within 10 days of receipt of communication. Post demonetisation of 500 and
1,000 rupee notes on November 8, the government had asked holders of such notes to deposit them in bank accounts by December 30. The department has since garnered a large amount of data on deposits made in banks. It has also segregated the data for deposits between Rs 2 lakh and Rs 80 lakh and Rs 80 lakh and above.
Reply date for I-T queries on deposits extended till February 15 (H.S.) | New Delhi
Government on Saturday extended the window for assessees receiving SMS or e-mail queries from the income tax department on cash deposits post demonetisation by 5 days to February 15. “Time limit for filing of online response to cash deposit data extended! Now you can file your details by February 15, 2017, Operation Clean Money,” the I-T department said in a tweet. On January 31, the tax department had launched ‘Operation Clean Money’ under which it had sent SMS and
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UP Election: Akhilesh Yadav is both Karan and Arjun At the Nauchandi Maidan in the heart of Meerut City earlier this week, Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi smiled and dimpled, respectively, holding their hands aloft on stage. They were campaigning jointly in the heart of western UP, in preparation for the mother of all battles that will span the next few weeks over seven phases, 12 million people choosing 403 candidates for an assembly expected to have major impact on the ruling party at the Centre. In the good old days, election strategists would often wear as a badge the fact that India voted differently in the states, compared to general elections — perhaps a reflection of the romanticised notion that India still lives in the villages. While that is still true, at least statistically, the idea of separate impact is being slowly decimated. Fact is, a non-BJP party, either the Congress or AAP, is likely to win Punjab, while in UP the Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance has a good chance of preventing the BJP from reaching the stable door. Certainly, the stakes are high all around. But they are the highest for young Akhilesh, who must pull off the so-far unthinkable if he wants the people of UP — a state so large that it could be the world’s seventh largest country by population — to retain his confidence in him. Whatever the result, Akhilesh knows that both victory and defeat will be laid at his door. He has allowed himself to be swayed by the niceties of things — some say Priyanka Gandhi made that call that sealed the alliance and gave 105 seats to the Congress — but the truth is, there’s no such thing in politics. To his credit, Akhilesh has refused to go public with the complexities of the battle. He realises that a good general must make the best of an uneven situation. Rahul Gandhi may not be the perfect ally, but at least he’s a nice guy. Akhilesh is keenly aware that he will have to overcome the penchant of nice guys allowing themselves to come second, because in UP today the option doesn’t exist. It’s either all or nothing. Revolting against his father and his arbitrary ways, Akhilesh showed that his hail-fellow-well-met manner was stiffened with a bit of spine. Many young people have identified with him and would like to follow suit — after all, Indian families are among the most oppressive in the world. But Akhilesh must shed his good boy image as the election proceeds, phase-by-phase, and get tougher with the Congress. He knows that they are hanging on to him by his coat-tails. Both he and Rahul know the Congress can only improve as its alliance with the SP gets underway.
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Katrina Kaif to turn producer for sister Isabel
Agency | New Delhi After Priyanka Chopra and Anushka Sharma, who’ve successfully branched out into film production in the recent past, Katrina Kaif is gearing up to venture into the territory this year. Grapevine had been abuzz that Salman Khan was to launch one of Kat’s sisters, Isabel, in a project which would also feature Sonia, their other model sibling who
is based in the UK and often visits the 33-year old actress in India. But a close friend of the 51year old actor-producer has told Mirror that there are no plans of him producing a film with Isabel anytime soon. Instead, it’s the leading Bollywood actress who is now planning to turn producer. ”Katrina and Salman discuss films extensively and are like family to each other.
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Sonam Kapoor to release trailer of Swara Bhaskar’s next ‘Anaarkali of Arrah’ (H.S.) | New Delhi
The teaser of Swara Bhaskar‘s next “Anaarkali of Arrah” will be unveiled on Saturday by her good friend Sonam Kapoor.”Swara is a dear friend and someone I deeply respect as an actor. When I saw the teaser of ‘Anaarkali of Arrah”‘ I was so excited and happy to lend my support to her and the film,” Sonam said in a statement. The “Nil Battey Sannata” actress is happy and thankful that the “Neerja” actress is supporting her film.”Sonam is the most wonderful person I know in Bollywood. She is one of the most encouraging and enabling woman and friend anyone can ever have,”
Swara said. So I’ve seen this movie(obviously I get to see it first!) and I’ve howled and cried at how magnificent reallyswara is in it. To see female empowerment at its most entertaining and heart wrenching see the teaser at 3.00 pm IST on all my social media platforms! Both Sonam and Swara have worked together on films like “Raanjhanaa”, “Prem Ratan Dhan Payo” and they will team up again for “Veere Di Wedding”.”Anarkali of Arrah” revolves around an erotic singer (Swara) from Arrah in Bihar, who sings double meaning songs. Things take an ugly turn when Anaarkali has confrontation with a very powerful man who molested her and instead of bowing down she chooses to fight back. “‘Anaarkali…” is by far the most challenging role that I have played and I have really enjoyed living the character while shooting the film. It is a brave film, we have picked a difficult character to tell the story. I think its a hugely relevant film,” Swara said in a statement.
Anushka Sharma BLASTS rumours alleging Virat Kohli produced ‘Phillauri’! Agency | New Delhi
No, Virat Kohli is not the producer of Phillauri. The film is produced by Anushka Sharma’s Clean Slate Films along with Fox Star Studios, the 28-year-old actress-producer, who also stars in the film, said in a statement she posted on social media on Friday. Recently a report in Deccan Chronicle quoted a source as saying that Phillauri has been
produced by Anushka’s boyfriend, cricketer Virat Kohli. “By making such bogus claims and validating this rubbish by a so called ‘source,’ not only are you disrespecting me and the hard work I have put in over the years to be where I am, but also, all the people who have worked on this film,” Anushka said in the statement adding that Freedom of Press comes with accountability. Anushka, who is the youngest producer in Bollywood, has earlier made critically acclaimed film NH10, also starring herself. “I have always led my career with dignity and often chose to maintain a dignified silence on many untruthful stories, that doesn’t mean you can take my silence as my weakness and say anything without checking with me or my team! I’m more than capable of producing and promoting my own films,” Anushka said in the statement. Phillauri also stars Suraj Sharma, Mehreen Pirzada and Diljit Dosanjh and is the story of a ghost bride (played by Anushka) with an unfinished business; the subject may sound spooky but the spirit angle has been tackled with a touch of hilarity.
Vidya Balan Unveils The First Sonakshi Sinha to romance Poster Of Begum Jaan Vijay in Murugadoss’s film? | New Delhi Agency
Actress Vidya Balan announced the release date of her next film Begum Jaan on Friday. Sharing the first poster of her film on social media, the 38-year-old actress wrote: “14 April it is!”. Begum Jaan has been directed by Srijit Mukherji, it is produced by Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt with whom she recently worked in Humari Adhuri Kahani. The film, which is the Hindi adaptation of Bengali movie Rajkhani, will see The Dirty Picture actress portray the role of brothel’s madam during the partition of India. Begum Jaan also features Naseeruddin Shah and Gauahar Khan in key roles. Filmmaker Srijit Mukerji had earlier shared a photograph of Vidya Balan.
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Even as Ilayathalapathy Vijay has just started shooting for his movie with director Atlee, speculations are rife that he is in serious talks with director AR Murugadoss for his next film. The latest buzz in the industry is that the talks have made some progress, and Murugadoss has signed Bollywood actor Sonakshi Sinha as the female lead for the film, which is tentatively titled Vijay 62. If rumours come true, it will mark her second film in Kollywood. Sonakshi made her debut in Tamil in 2014 with Linga, which had superstar Rajinikanth in the lead role. Meanwhile, it will also be her second collaboration with Murugadoss as last year the actor-director duo worked together in a film titled Akira. The film was the remake of Tamil hit film Mouna Guru. Vijay 62 will mark Murugadoss’s third film with Vijay in the lead role. Previously, they both have delivered box office blockbusters like Thuppakki and Kaththi. Murugadoss is currently busy with his film with Mahesh Babu, which is said to be the 2.0 version of his 2012 blockbuster Thuppakki. The Tamil-Telugu bilingual film has SJ Suryah playing the antagonist and Rakul Preet Singh as the female lead. Actor Bharath will also be seen in a pivotal role. Harris Jayaraj is scoring the music for the film, while Santosh Sivan is handling the camera.
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Agency | Mumbai
Idea Cellular Ltd, India’s third-biggest telecommunications operator, reported its first quarterly loss after a new rival forced carriers to cut prices in the highly competitive market. Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd, controlled by India’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani, opened for business in September and has shaken the Indian telecoms market with its free voice and cut-price data plans spurring a flurry of similar offers from incumbents led by Bharti Airtel Ltd. That has increased costs, eroded margins and even forced Vodafone Group Plc’s Indian unit to talk to Idea about combining their businesses, potentially creating the market’s biggest carrier. Idea, part of the Aditya Birla Conglomerate, on Saturday said it had a consolidated net loss of Rs. 384 crore ($57.47 million) in its fiscal third quarter ended Dec. 31, compared with a net profit of Rs. 659 crore a year earlier.
Snapdeal tightens belt, plans to fire 30% staff in 2 months
Agency | New Delhi
E-commerce firm Snapdeal, operated by Jasper Infotech Pvt. Ltd, plans to lay off almost 1,000 employees, which comprises 30% of its workforce, as it looks to reduce mounting losses, a financial daily reported on Saturday citing four people aware of the development. About 5,000 contract and 3,000 on-roll employees from Snapdeal’s logistics subsidiary Vulcan Express will also be given the pink slip, a said. On our journey towards profitability, it is imperative that we continue to drive efficiency in our business, which enables us to pass on the value to our consumers and sellers. As in the past, and like all good companies do, we will continue to assess resource allocation in furtherance of our goals of enhancing customer and seller experience while driving high quality growth,” a spokesperson from Snapdeal said in response to an email query from Techcircle.
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www.sunvillasamachar.com India vs Bangladesh: Mushfiqur Rahim, Mehedi Hasan frustrate hosts at Hyderabad Agency | Hyderabad
Mushfiqur Rahim survived a controversial run out appeal when he was batting on 17 and went on to post a resolute 81 not out as Bangladesh successfully battled throughout the third day against India, in their bid to delay the inevitable. At stumps, Bangladesh were 322 for 6 as Rahim and the young Mehedi Hasan Miraz posted a stubborn 87–run stand for the seventh wicket to keep India at bay. Rahim was the star of the Bangladeshi innings, as he was involved in a crucial 107-run stand with Shakib Al Hasan to lead Bangladesh’s reply. However, the vis-
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itors have not averted dangers completely, as they still need to score 165 runs to avoid follow-on. Bangladesh trail by another 365 runs in the first innings. Nevertheless, Bangladesh can draw a lot of confidence from their performance on the third day, as they recovered from a top-order collapse to post their
fourth total in excess of 300 against India in Test cricket. During the third day’s play, Bangladesh lost only 5 wickets and added 281 runs to their total, which in hindsight should boost their confidence, keeping in mind there are two day’s left in the contest and the hosts need another 14 wickets to inflict a defeat.
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experience because we are playing against India. The best thing was that I bowled the way I wanted to. I bowled a bit short but yes I am happy. I tried bowling good areas but they even played the good deliveries well. I feel we bowled a bit short at times.” The pitch offered some turn but Miraz feels that it wasn’t a lot. “Wicket is good. There was a bit of turn but the wicket will remain good for batting.” Asked about the difference between
India and England series, Miraz said, “They (India) play spin very well and even more so on the flat surfaces. If there was turn, there was a bit of trouble but they always survived. They are used to playing like this.” Miraz didn’t want to blame the poor fielding of the team. “It is a part of game. Even I felt bad when I missed a catch in a practice match. I learnt a lot from it. You feel bad for a while but then you learn to move on.”
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admitted to Saifee Hospital
Agency | Mumbai The world’s heaviest woman, Eman Ahmed from Egypt, was admitted to Mumbai’s Saifee Hospital early on Saturday. She is in Mumbai to undergo weight-reduction bariatric surgery by Dr Muffazal Lakdwala, who petitioned union external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj two months back for permission for Eman to travel to Mumbai for treatment. Confirming Eman’s admission, a spokesperson for the doctor said that a thorough evaluation will be carried about before in the next two days. With her arrival in Mumbai, Eman, who weighs over 500 kg, thus completed her first trip outside her home in over 25 years. Dr Lakdawala had previously told TOI that his colleagues had began treating from December itself, tweaking her medicines to ensure that she could take the arduous air travel to Mumbai. In a press release on Friday.
SPORTS ROUNDUP Imran Tahir Becomes Number-One Ranked ODI Bowler In ICC Rankings
India vs Bangladesh: Mehedi Hasan Miraz hails bowling to Virat Kohli as a ‘good experience’
Mehedi Hasan Miraz is only five Test matches old and till date had watched Virat Kohli’s batting only on television. But after bowling 42 overs on a good batting surface and a lot of them to the Indian captain, Miraz feels that it has been like an education and he can apply the learnings from this match along the way. Obviously, this is a good experience and I watched his (Kohli) batting on TV. Bowling against such players, you learn how to bowl at this level. I want to play cricket for a long time. Hopefully, I can apply whatever I have learnt from here,” the former Bangladesh U-19 skipper said. He had put England on the mat on tailor-made tracks but bowling on shirtfronts is a new experience for the rookie tweaker. “Actually, for me this is a good
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Wrist-spinner Imran Tahir has jumped to the top of the ICC Player Rankings for ODI Bowlers after his recent performance against the touring Sri Lankans. Tahir surged to the top of the rankings after his exploits with the ball against the former world champions where he picked up 10 wickets in the just concluded fivematch ODI series. Tahir was ranked third with 712 points before the start of the series and he managed to earn 49 points in the series against Sri Lanka that helped him to move past New Zealand’s Trent Boult and Sunil Narine of the West Indies to take the top spot. The 37-year-old is already the number-one ranked bowler in the shortest format of the game and now the
South African has managed to do the same in the One-day Internationals as well. Along with Tahir, South African captain Faf du Plessis has managed to break into the top five for the first time in his career. Du Plessis scored 410 runs with two centuries and a half-century in the series that took him to the fourth spot in ICC Rankings. He leads teammates Quinton de Kock in fifth position and sixth-
ranked Hashim Amla by 10 and 25 points, respectively. The other players for South Africa to have climbed the rankings are Wayne Parnell and Chris Morris. Parnell was the highest wicket-taker of the series, picking up 11 wickets that put him in the 28th position. Shakib Al Hasan is the number-one ranked all-rounder in ODIs, followed by Afghanistan’s Mohammad Nabi and Angelo Mathews of Sri Lanka.
gins from Sunday at the Wankhede Stadium here. “I’m all geared up for this tournament. Actually I wasn’t well for the last few days (viral fever is in the air in Delhi these days, he says). However, I’m feeling much better today and will be ready for tomorrow’s game.” Four years back, Dhawan made a dream start to his Test career when he smashed a brilliant 187 off 174 balls against Australia at Mohali. It
had prompted Australian opener Ed Cowan to say that he had batted like Don Bradman. The blazing knock had put behind the years of toil that Dhawan had gone through in domestic cricket without any reward. In a few days from now, as the Aussies land in India for a fourTest series, they will discover that the man who put them to sword in that game, is now back to where he was - grinding it out in domestic cricket.
competitive. I really hope that we can bring out international talent from India that will go abroad and play in the best and biggest leagues,” he said here, during an event. The 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup will be the 17th edition of the FIFA U-17 World Cup, the biennial international men’s youth football championship contested by the U17 national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament will be hosted by India between
6 and 28 October 2017. This will be the first time that India hosts a FIFA tournament.
Am hurt, but fired up after being dropped: Shikhar Dhawan (H.S.) | Mumbai
There is a shamiana being erected for a wedding hardly a few metres away from where he is stroking the ball freely in the nets. When you can see Shikhar Dhawan timing each ball crisply in his signature style during practice, you wonder why can’t he do it more regularly in the middle. Almost a 1,000 kilometres away from Hyderabad, where the Indian Test team, of which he was a part of the past four years since he was dumped after a run of poor scores, is playing Bangladesh in a Test, the discarded opener is slogging away at the Parsee Gymkhana with the rest of the North Zone team, preparing for the Syed Mushtaq Ali zonal knockout which be-
Abhishek B. hopes U-17 Football WC will bring up talents of international level
(H.S.) | New Delhi India will take on Pakistan in the final of the T20 Cricket World Cup for the Blind after the latter defeated England by 147 runs in the second semifinal of the tournament at the KSCA Ground in Alur on Saturday. Put into bat first, Pakistan posted a total of 309 for the loss of just one wicket from the stipulated 20 overs, before bowling out England for 162 runs to book their place in the final. The ti-
tle clash between the two arch-rivals will be held at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Sunday. Earlier, Israr Hassan and Badar Munir scored centuries each with the help of 25 boundaries and 18 fours, respectively, to help Pakistan notch up a commanding total. While Hassan hit 143 not out off 69 balls, Munir scored 103 off 43 deliveries. The duo played with authority and showcased their talent to outplay the English
team. The bowlers then got the job done for Pakistan to set up a dream final against arch-rivals India. India had already booked their place in the final after beating Sri Lanka by 10 wickets in the first semifinal at the Lal Bahadur Stadium in Hyderabad on Sunday. J Prakash scored an unbeaten 115, while fellow opener Ajay Kumar Reddy was 51 not out as India chased down the target of 175 runs set by Sri Lanka in just 13 overs.
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A sports enthusiast Abhishek Bachchan, who has left no stone unturned to promote kabaddi and football in India, feels U-17 Football World Cup will help the Indian players showcase their talents on the world stage. “The Under-17 football is a huge platform for our boys to show their talent. I wish them all the best. It is a huge honour for India to host the Under-17 World Cup, which according to me, is very
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Valentine’s Day union: Women cell cops reunite eloped couple, parents
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
A couple who had eloped in 2014 and settled in Mumbai returned to their families four days ahead of Valentine’s Day. The couple submitted an application with the women’s cell of the city police, urging them to help their parents accept them. Responding to the request, women’s police counselled their parents and the couple is back in the city, in time to celebrate
Rajkot: Govt depts, banks, private firms among major property tax defaulters
Valentine’s Day with their families. According to women police officials, Mita and Minesh, residents of Ranip knew each other from college. “They fell in love and married with the help of a trust. The couple did not make their marriage public and went back to their families,” added a senior women police official. Six months later they eloped and settled in Dahisar area of Mumbai. “Minesh worked at a private factory even as the families of both were reluctant to accept their marriage,” added a
police source. Assistant commissioner of police, women’s cell, Panna Momaya said as Mita is expecting, the couple wanted to reunite with their families. ”Last week, the couple approached us with an application urging us to counsel their parents, who are very annoyed at them and were not ready to accept even after all these years,” added Momaya. Police officials said they summoned the parents of the couple and made them understand that what is done cannot not be undone.
After the Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) announced an amnesty scheme in a bid to recover Rs 494 crore tax dues, it has emerged that the major defaulters are central and state government departments, nationalised banks, big private companies, builders and clubs. RMC standing committee chairman Pushkar Patel had announced a scheme to partially waive off interest on accumulated property taxes owned by 1.39 lakh individuals and entities in the city. The
several representations by the Gujarat government. The notification also mentioned increase of seven IPS cadre posts in the state — DGP (director, ACB), additional DGP and five superintendent of police rank. A cadre post is given by the central government against which the state can create its own post that is called ex- or non-cadre post. With the addition
of one DGP cadre post, the state can appoint another DGP on non-cadre post on its own. The state, which currently has two cadre posts of DGP-rank and two non-cadre posts, will now have six DGPs — three cadre and three non-cadre. Sources said that the home department will soon issue a notification creating a non-cadre post against the cadre post of director, ACB. The move will promote two additional DGP rank officers. The sources said that if the government follows seniority list, additional DGPs Shivanand Jha and Vipul Vijoy will
be promoted to DGPs. They said that the home department will be announcing the promotion soon. They said that unlike other states, the number of officers holding DG ranks in Gujarat is far less. “This was necessary since Gujarat has less number of DGP rank posts compared to other states. This has also created inter-state disparity among other officers of the same batch. For example, my batchmates in UP and other others are already DGPs, however, I am still holding additional DGP post,” an officer said.
Correspondent | Rajkot
Gujarat gets seven IPS cadre posts
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
The Centre has upgraded the post of director, Gujarat Anti-Corruption Bureau, to a cadre post. The post is currently held by DGP P P Pandey, who is also in-charge police chief of the state. The upgradation of the post was notified by the Department of Personnel and Training, New Delhi, on February 1, following
waiver is 100 per cent if the interest on tax is up to Rs 25,000 and 15 per cent if the interest is Rs 2 lakh. Patel had said that the scheme was aimed reaching one-time settlement with the defaulters before
pended from the party. Three people have been arrested in the case. Addressing mediapersons, AAP women’s wing president Vandana Patel said that the formation of a
special investigation team (SIT) comprising police officials was not enough. “We want a judicial probe to dig out the truth and punish the accused,” she said.
PASA against call centre accused: Gujarat High Court hints ‘liberty’ requires to be ‘protected’, issues notice to state govt Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Days after Ahmedabad city police detained eight accused caught for running illegal call centres, under Prevention of Anti-Social Activities Act (PASA), a first-of-itskind move, the Gujarat High Court has hinted that “liberty” is required to be protected. In another petition moved by one of the accused detained under PASA, the court issued notice to the state. The HC, while issuing notice to the state government on Thursday, held, “Having considered
the allegations made in the FIRs and considering the provisions of IT Act and the PASA Act, the apprehension of the petitioner is well-founded. Therefore, liberty of the petitioner is required to be protected.” The observation came on a peti-
tion moved by one of the accused Thomas B Patel, one of the key accused, who moved the court anticipating detention under PASA. Patel moved the court saying that except FIRs “no material is available with the competent authority to detain
the petitioner under the provisions of the PASA Act”. The court issued rule to the respondent authorities, returnable on March 18. The court also directed the authority “not to detain the petitioner on account of registration of the offence/s as mentioned herein above till returnable date.” Patel is alleged to be one of the masterminds of illegal call centres. The Satellite police had lodged an FIR against him in 2015 and the Ahmedabad Detection of Crime Branch registered two separate FIRs last year.
banks, private companies such as Avenue Supermarts Ltd and a number of top builders were in the list of defaulters. According to the data, the Rajkot Division of WR owes Rs 12.23 crore in taxes to the RMC and tops the list of defaulters. Avenue Supermarts Ltd owes the civic body Rs 3.21 crore in taxes for its D-Mart store on Gondal Road. While the PWD, which owns and maintains the state government quarters in the city, has cumulative tax dues of Rs 4 crore, State Bank of Hyderabad has outstanding property tax dues of Rs 1.84 crore for its branch on Kalavad Road. The Gujarat State Road Transport
Corporation (GSRTC) had Rs 1.24 crore tax dues towards RMC for its central bus station in the city. Telecom company Bharati Celluar Limited has Rs 28.69 lakh tax overdue. Citybased builders Madhav Construction (Rs 17.22 lakh), Avrest Builders (Rs 16.31 lakh), Jalaram Developers (Rs 32.95 lakh) are also on the list of property owners whose taxes are overdue. Rajkot Gymkhana Club too owes more than Rs 1 crore to the RMC towards taxes for hoarding boards it has set up. A few of the defaulters have moved courts also. Some of the disputes have been settled, while others are pending.
Correspondent | Surat
A group of tribals backed by JD (U) and Adivasi Hit Rakshak Samiti on Friday held a protest against BJP’s Adivasi Vikas Gaurav Yatra in Surat’s Mangrol taluka, the Assembly constituency of forest minister Ganpat Vasawa. About 14 protesters, including a retired IAS officer, were detained by police. The yatra, which was flagged off by CM Vijay Rupani on February 7 at Unai in Navsari district, reached Wadi village of Mangrol on Friday afternoon. A public meeting was too organised there by local BJP leaders at Sahara
ground, near the house of Vasawa. When BJP leaders were addressing a gathering, around 25 tribals — all members of JD(U) and Adivasi Hit Rakshak Samithi — assembled outside the pandal with banners and demanding jobs and rights over forest land. Police reached the spot and detained some protesters. DySP A B Vataliya said, “We detained 14 people and they were freed in the evening. The situation is under control.” Founder of the Samiti ex-IAS officer Jagatsinh Vasawa said, “The forest land issue of tribals is still pending.”
per unit, translating into a mark-up of 18.12%. Eleven out of the 54 state electricity distribution companies in India charged a mark-up over 50% that year, the data shows. According to the minister’s reply, the gap between the cost price and selling price of electricity owes its existence to transmission charges,
transmission losses, distribution network charges, distribution losses and commercial losses. These numbers vary between states and explain the huge differences in mark-up. For instance, in states where there are huge distribution losses, the average consumer will have to share part of this burden.
Surat: Tribals protest BJP adivasi yatra
Agency | New Delhi The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has set the stage for a single national-level engineering entrance test. The government on Friday asked the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) to make an exam on the lines of National Eligibility cum En-
Agency | Mumbai
Police on Friday took custody of a suspected aide of fugitive underworld don Ravi Pujari and his accomplice from their Gujarat counterparts in connection with the firing on a hotel in suburban Vile Parle in Mumbai last year. Police revealed Pujari had given Rs 5 lakh for the operation, which was aimed at extorting money from the hotelier. Suresh Pillai (46) and
new tax calculation system based on carpet area is introduced in April 2018. Data accessed by that Western Railways (WR), Public Works Department (PWD) of the Gujarat government, nationalised
HRD sets stage for single engineering entrance test
Naliya gangrape: AAP to gherao CM Vijay Don Ravi Pujari aide Rupani house, seeks narco test on accused among 2 taken in custody Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Demanding judicial inquiry into Naliya sex scandal involving BJP leaders and the narco test on the accused involved in the crime, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Gujarat has threatened to gherao the residence of CM Vijay Rupani on Sunday. A 24-year-old woman from Mumbai has accused BJP leaders of gangrape several times during last year. Four accused belonging to the BJP have been sus-
Ahmedabad
Mohd Sabir Noor Mohd Momin (50) were brought to Mumbai from Gujarat by the Anti-Extortion Cell (AEC) of Mumbai Police, an official said. They were produced before a court, which remanded them in police custody till February 15. Gujarat Police had last month arrested Pillai and Momin in connection with a bid on the life of Pragnesh Patel, an independent councillor of Borsad municipality in Anand district. The Vile-Parle case pertains to firing of a round at the premises of Hotel Gajalee in October last year. According to the police, one of the two men had entered near the parcel counter and dropped a card with one of the waiters before fleeing on a bike waiting outside.The official said Momin was driving the bike and it was Mrityunjay Das who had allegedly fired the shot.
trance Test (NEET) mandatory for admissions to BTech course from 2018. The government has also issued AICTE similar directions for architecture courses. The AICTE has drafted National Entrance Examination for Admission of Students to Engineering Degree Programmes, 2017, for consideration at its next meeting. Sources said that the Joint Entrance Examination (Main) is likely to become the only test through which institutes will be able to admit engineering students. The Central Board of Secondary Education conducts the exam. It is unclear which agency will conduct the single national-level entrance test in its first year Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) may be the only exception and continue admitting students through Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced).
Difference between cost price and selling price of electricity in Maharashtra: 18.12% Agency | Mumbai
What’s the mark-up the average consumer pays to electricity distribution companies over their cost price? This number varies wildly across states from 6.34% in Gujarat to 134% in Sikkim, according to data released by Minister of State (independent charge) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines Piyush Goyal in the Lok Sabha on Thursday. For 201415, the purchase cost of electricity for Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Co Ltd was Rs 4.36 per unit while the average price paid by consumers in the state was Rs 5.15
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