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News Brief Openers give Kings XI a flying start Agency | Mohali
The third game of this year’s IPL will be between Suresh Raina-led Gujarat Lions and Kings XI Punjab at the I.S. Bindra stadium in Mohali. Both sides have plenty of firepower in their arsenal - David Miller, Glenn Maxwell, Shaun Marsh for the Punjab; Aaron Finch, Swayne Smith, Brendon McCullum and Raina and Ravindra Jadeja for the Lions. So we should be in for a cracker of a contest. Runs have dried up after Vohra’s dismissal and that’s got the better of Vijay (42 off 34 balls) .
SP appoints Shivpal Yadav as UP party incharge
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Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav today appointed his younger brother Shivpal Yadav as the party incharge of Uttar Pradesh. “Shivpal Yadav has been appointed as UP incharge of SP by party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav,” a release here said. Shivpal, who is a cabinet minister in Akhilesh Yadav government is also the party’s chief spokesperson.
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Three cars with ‘explosives’ found
Agency | Kollam A day after 109 people were killed and 380 injured in the tragic fire incident in Kollam district of Kerala, three cars with ‘explosives’ were reportedly found near the Puttingal temple on Monday. The devastating fire had engulfed the 100-year-old Puttingal Devi Temple complex
during an unauthorised display of fireworks early on Sunday morning. the bomb squad has reached the location and is verifying the nature of the explosives. , the owners of the cars have been identified as SS Thushara, Surendran KL & Stalin Almeda. This latest development has created an atmosphere
of fear among the locals. Meanwhile, amid growing clamour for a ban on temple fireworks display, the Travancore Devaswom Board which manages about 1,255 temples in the state, said it did not support a complete ban on such displays. Prayar Goapalakrishnan, President of TDB, said the board was against banning the pyrotechnics during temple festivals as they are part of rituals. Meanwhile, police has registered a case against six persons, including members of the temple managing committee and associates of firework contractors, on attempt to murder and
other charges in connection with the Putttingal Devi temple fire tragedy. Five persons have also been held for questioning, but the police did not the reveal the identity of those booked and detained. The accused were charged under Section 307 (attempt to murder) and 308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide) of IPC and Section four of the Explosives Substances Act, police said. The Kerala government had ordered a judicial probe by a retired High Court Judge as also a probe by the Crime Branch. While the prime minister appeared on the accident
Women’s entry in Shani Shingapur temple will lead to rise in rapes: Swaroopanand Agency | Dehradun
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Shankaracharya Swami Swaroopanand Saraswati has waded into a controversy by saying that entry of women in the Shani Shingnapur temple will lead to rise in crimes against them like rape. “Women should not feel triumphant about visiting the sanctum sanctorum of Shani Shingnapur temple in Maharashtra. They should stop all the drum beating about what they have done. Worshipping
Shani will bring ill luck to them and give rise to crimes against them like rape,” he told reporters in Haridwar yesterday. A 400-year-old ban on entry of women into the
shrine’s core area was lifted by the temple trust last week following advocacy group Bhoomata Brigade’s agitation against gender bias and the Bombay High Court
Suicide bombers target police station in south Russia, all killed Agency | Moscow
Three suicide bombers blew themselves on Monday up as they tried to storm a police station in the usually peaceful region of southern Russia, police said. No other casualties were reported in the incident which took place in Novoselitskoye village in the southern Stavropol region. “We were holding a meeting in the morning when five explosions went off,” Sergei Karamyshev, a senior local police official, said. ”Three people blew themselves up after an officer on duty at the entrance blocked the door to the building,” he said. He said three of the explo-
order upholding the equal rights to worship. Noting that worshipping shani is not good for women, Swaroopanand said instead of exulting over visiting the sanctum sanctorum of Shani Shinganapur temple, they should have done something about stopping men from consuming intoxicating substances under whose influence they commit crimes against them like rape. Swaroopanand, who is the Shankaracharya of the Dwarka-Shardapeeth, is on a fortnight long visit to Haridwar.
spot in the afternoon, the peared soon after the fire temple authorities disap- tragedy. Late on Sunday,
police detained five people and filed cases against KrishnankutSC recalls its controversial 2013 Varkala ty and Kazhakoottam Surendran, the contracverdict on medical entrance tors entrusted with the Agency | New Delhi fireworks by the temple Recalling its earlier orauthorities. Krishnankutder, the Supreme Court on ty is absconding while Monday said admission to Surendran was critically private medical colleges injured in the blaze. There will be on the basis of enwere around 15,000 peotrance tests conducted unple in the temple maidan der the National Eligibili- NEET and they could ad- and surroundings at the ty-Entrance Test (NEET). mit students in undergrad- time of the incident, and In its earlier order, the uate and post-graduate temple authorities were apex court had ruled that courses on the basis of prima facie guilty of vioadmissions to private tests conducted. Allowing lating the district adminmedical colleges did not the plea for review of its istration’s order against need to be routed through July 18, 2013 order. holding a fireworks show.
Assam: Live wire falls on protesters after police firing, 11 dead
Agency | Assam At least 11 people were killed and 20 injured in Assam on Monday after a high-voltage wire hit by police firing fell on demonstrators protesting over a murder case. Police said a large number of protesters --- armed with matchets and sticks -- pelted stones at Pan-
of them died on the spot and one died at Tinsukia Civil Hospital. Another person died on way to Assam Medical College Hospital in neighbouring Dibrugarh district. Senior district civil and police officials, along with central paramilitary forces and police reinforcements, geree police station in have rushed to the spot. Tinsukia district. They The officials were holding demanded that those ar- meetings with the protesrested for the murder of tors to pacify the situatwo people in the area tion, the police said. Three three days ago be handed days ago a man, his son over to them. Police fired and daughter-in-law were in the air to disperse the abducted by unidentified mob, and the bullets hit persons at Pangeree area. an overhead high-tension While the son escaped, the electric wire that fell on two others were killed, the demonstrators. Nine police said.
Two Indian students stabbed to death in Ukraine, one injured: MEA
the MEA spokesman said. Agency | New Delhi The BJP-led GovernHe said Indian Embasment in Maharashtra Two Indian students sy in Kiev was informed said. the legislative Asat a medical college in of the incident around 11 sembly that it would Ukraine were on Sunday AM yesterday and it has conduct in-depth instabbed to death while been trying to ascertain quiry into a `fixed another sustained injuries the facts from the police, deposit scam’ which in the attack. Those who the University authorities sions were caused by the in southern Russia are exdied in the Sunday attack allegedly took place and other local contacts. suicide bombers, while a tremely rare. A regional allegedly carried out by during the previous “The Embassy has spofourth was caused by a police spokeswoman, three Ukrainian nationals Congress-NCP regime. grenade while the source however, said only one have been identified as gorod Medical College college. “Based on his ken to the families of the Minister of State for of the fifth blast was not of the attackers had deto- Pranav Shaindilya from (Ukraine) were stabbed (Chauhan) statement, the two deceased students. All Home Ranjit Patil said immediately clear. There nated an explosive charge Muzaffarnagar and Ankur by three Ukrainian nation- police apprehended the necessary actions are bewhile replying to a callwas no immediate infor- while the other two as- Singh from Ghaziabad als at around 3 AM in the Ukrainian nationals who ing taken to complete the ing attention notice by mation on the identities sailants were killed by in Uttar Pradesh. Indra- morning of Sunday, April were trying to cross the formalities for sending the BJP MLA Atul Bhatof the bombers. Russia’s “return fire.” “They were jeet Singh Chauhan, hail- 10,” said External Affairs Ukrainian border. Pass- two bodies to India. The khalkar that an in-depth North Caucasus has been shooting at the building,” ing from Agra, was also Ministry Spokesperson ports/documents of the Embassy is also taking up probe will be initiated gripped by nearly daily Natalya Tyncherova said. stabbed and was recuper- Vikas Swarup. Shaindi- three Indian students and the matter related to safety against the officials inviolence for years due to adding that the exact ating in a hospital. “In an lya was a third year stu- blood-stained knife were of Indian students strongvolved in the scam. Fia simmering Islamist in- number of assailants was unfortunate event, three dent while Singh was a reportedly recovered from ly with the Foreign Office nance Minister Sudhir Indian students in Uzh- fourth year student at the the Ukrainian nationals,” of Ukraine,” said Swarup. surgency there but attacks still unclear. Mungantiwar said. Corpo. 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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Kollam tragedy: The right to pray in safety
India is a land of religions — and more religions mean more festivals and pilgrimages. Given the multitude of followers who flock to temples, shrines and churches across India every year, one would expect that festival organisers by now would have perfected the art of crowd management and adhere to safety measures expected to be observed at such events. Sadly, Sunday reminded us that that was not the case. In an accident during an unauthorised firecracker display at the Puttingal Devi temple, in Kollam, in Kerala, more than 110 people were killed and about 300 were injured. The accident adds to the long list of tragedies at religious gatherings India has witnessed over the years: 22 pilgrims were killed in a stampede in Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh in 2015, 89 at the Ratangarh temple in Madhya Pradesh in 2013, 105 at Sabarimala, Kerala, in 2011 are some of the recent ones. This shows that the safety of the believer is not factored in while organising such religious gatherings. This should not be the case. The State and the festival organisers have the responsibility to ensure the safety and security of people who attend such gatherings. There are existing laws but tragedies happen when they are bypassed — as was the case in Kollam. The tragedy also points to the fact that law enforcement agencies need to get proactive. Since 2003, Kerala has a law that bans the use and storage of certain types of locally-made firecrackers, the ones predominantly used for festivals. That the police raided and seized more than 150 kilogrammes of explosives — the legal limit is 15 kg — from various places in and around Kollam also shows that if officials had been on the job perhaps the tragedy could have been avoided. A Left leader attempted to pin the blame on the Oommen Chandy-led UDF government. Such politics will not help either the victims or in shaping a discussion that will lead to awareness among the people to avoid such accidents. To make religious gatherings and pilgrimages safe it is necessary to have the required infrastructure that can hold the volume of devotees. Adequate open spaces and wide roads play an important role. Crowd management, including regulating the number of devotees inside the temple/church, is crucial for this. Such places should also have a contingency or evacuation plan, in the unfortunate event of a tragedy. India is a land of religions — and more religions mean more festivals and pilgrimages. Given the multitude of followers who flock to temples, shrines and churches across India every year, one would expect that festival organisers by now would have perfected the art of crowd management and adhere to safety measures expected to be observed at such events.
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Suriya’s ‘24’ audio launched with AR Rahman!
Agency | New Delhi All roads led to Sathyam Cinemas on Monday morning for the audio launch of Suriya’s film 24. This movie, directed by Vikram Kumar, is a highly anticipated one and music maestro AR Rahman has done the score for the film. At the audio launch, the Oscar winner and his group of talented singers and musicians performed live for the invitees. Suriya’s father, renowned yesteryear actor Sivakumar, and his brother, actor Karthi were also present at the audio launch with a host of oth-
er celebrities. Sivakumar who spoke at the audio launch said that late director K Balachander had bestowed on him the title ‘Silent Sakalakala Vallavan’ but that the title suited Suriya better than him. He added that his astrologer had told him that his son would become a great actor and have a love marriage. “I didn’t believe in both, but my son has been successful and reached great heights,” stated Sivakumar. Suriya’s brother Karthi launched the trailer of 24 and then Suriya got on stage to speak at the event.
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Sunny Leone’s ultra oomph factor is on display Sunny Leone starrer One Night Stand trailer out, gears up for an April end release Agency | Mumbai Actress Sunny Leone and her ultra oomph quotient will be on display this summer as her next film titled One Night Stand gears up for an April end release. The movie has the usual bold elements that one would expect from a Sunny Leone film and may be more this time around given the title of film itself is ‘One Night Stand’. The newly released trailer shows us many glimpses of sizzling love making scenes between Sunny Leone
and Tanuj Virwani (Rati Agnihotri’s son). From bedroom to bathtub, the movie has packed itself with adequate dose of sex. Sunny Leone is her usual comfortable self in the film and thankfully One Night Stand isn’t as crude as Mastizaade that made many cringe owing to its double entendres. The love making scenes too seem to have been tastefully shot which will perhaps not trouble the scissor friendly Censor Board much this time. The movie revolves around a one night stand and how it wrecks havoc in the married life of Urvil (Tanuj) after a night’s no strings attached sexual encounter with Selina (Sunny). What began as a one night stand soon snowballs into an obsession for Urvil with him
unable to stop himself from further lusting after Selina. While Selina certainly has no designs in a harbouring a longer encounter and dismisses it as a one night stand, Urvil’s obsession destroys his marital life and brings him to the brink of disaster with Selina labeling him as a stalker. The movie will be Tanuj’s second Bollywood outing after a forgettable debut. The youngster would be looking to make it big this time and he can be rest assured of decent footfalls in theaters to watch the film courtesy Sunny Leone’s presence. For Sunny Leone, the movie will be a good platform to showcase her acting chops and change the perception about her being just a glamour face in films.
Pearl Raah not in Salman Khan’s ‘Dabangg New ‘Azhar’ poster captures the rise and 3’, goes TOPLESS for publicity? fall of Mohammad Azharuddin beautifully!
Agency | New Delhi Salman Khan’s “Dabangg 3” has been dragged into an unnecessary controversy. London-based model Pearl Raah has been sending out topless photos and scandalous pressers claiming to have been considered for the third installment. A friend of the superstar told BollywoodLife that none of what the model has to say is true and that putting out sleazy pictures only means she’s desperate for attention. The insider even said that contrary to Pearl’s statements, Salman has no idea who she is. This news comes after director-producer Arbaaz Khan announced that the cast and crew will begin with the film (“Dabangg 3”) sometime next year. “Next year we will start working for ‘Dabangg 3.’ Right now, Bhai (Salman Khan) is busy with some of his projects like Sultan and others. So ‘Dabangg 3’ is in queue. I cannot say the exact time, but next year for sure,” Catch News quoted him as saying. The idea of continuing the franchise was
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there all along. On the sidelines of “Dabangg 2” promotions, Salman had said that the next one will be a prequel and focus on Chulbul Pandey’s growing up years. “We have our third film ready and it will go back and show how Chulbul Pandey becomes Chulbul Pandey. If the second one becomes a hit, we can go to the third one, which is actually the first one. So Dabangg 3 will be a prequel,” he had
said. Meanwhile, Salman is busy with Ali Abbas Zafar’s “Sultan,” in which he plays a wrestler based out of Haryana. The 50-yearold actor has been training with professional fighters to master their body language well. Anushka Sharma plays his love interest. Randeep Hooda and Amit Sadh feature in key roles. Scheduled for an Eid release, it may clash with Shah Rukh Khan’s “Raees.”
So everyone’s looking forward to Emraan Hashmi’s Azhar this year. After all, it’s a promising biopic based on the controversial life of former Indian cricketer Mohammed Azharuddin who for all that we know was one of the most successful Indian cricket captains. However, his career was brought to a standstill thanks to his involvement in a match fixing scandal. From being the most revered cricketer, he became the most despised one within a matter of days. And it is this matter that will be the focal point of the film. Definitely a story that deserves to be brought to the audience. However, wait until you check out this latest poster of the film. It gives out the story in itself. Featuring Emraan as Azhar and Nargis Fakhri as his girlfriend Sangeeta Bijlani, the poster paints an intriguing picture of
Yet another dramatic poster of Azhar featuring Emraan Hashmi and Nargis Fakhri is out and we totally love it..
his troubled past. Especially if you see how his banner of “India’s Hero’ has been set on fire . This perhaps depicts the exact scenario of Azhar’s unfortunate fall. But the other side equally shows him walking with pride, along with his lady love which only proves his inspiring journey. This reminds us of Azhar’s interview talking about his affair with Sangeeta. He had said, “I fell in love
with Sangeeta when I saw her for the first time. I decided I would marry her.” Sources close to the yesteryear’s actress had said that “Sangeeta will never agree to the second wife status. Even during Salman Khan days, she always wanted marriage.” Ironically just before Sangeeta got involved with Azharuddin, she had experienced heartache similar to that of Azhar’s first wife, Naureen.”
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Artificial Comet May Help Decode Origin of Life on Earth
Agency | London Scientists have for that first time demonstrated that certain of genetic content in living organisms’ building blocks may have formed in ices, recommending that comets are actually a source of the natural compounds that produced existence possible On The Planet. To obtain this result, scientists in the National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Portugal, created an artificial comet and carried out a highly detailed examination. Element that is genetic They suggest the initial reasonable situation for this important compound, which had never been noticed in cometary ices or meteorites until now’s configuration. The genetic material of most living creatures On The Planet, as well as of viruses, is made up of RNA and nucleic acids. RNA, which will be considered more ancient, is considered to happen to be one of the life’s first molecules feature to look on Earth.
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Agency | New Delhi Chinese smartphone maker Huawei, in partnership with domestic e-commerce player Flipkart, on Monday launched its first wearable device, the Huawei Watch, for the India market priced at Rs 22,999 and said that it was targeted at premium consumers. The new watch, priced competitively, will rival Motorola’s second generation Moto 360, recently launched Samsung Gear S2, Asus Zenwatch 2, the older LG Urbane and the Apple Watch, most of which are priced in the same price range. However, the company said that it was not focussed on gaining quick market share and added that the device was a watch first device which essentially means that Huawei focussed on making a watch first and then putting technology onto it.
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Agency | Kolkata The first thing to notice about the ease with which Kolkata Knight Riders romped to victory is how the overs were distributed among the bowlers by Gautam Gambhir. Even Colin Munro chanced his arm for an over in which he was getting lateral movement. Six bowlers were used against Delhi Daredevils. And that didn’t even include Yusuf Pathan who at one point of his IPL career looked
a safer bet for four cheap overs than batting his team to safety. The depth in bowling always made Kolkata Knight Riders a team to look out for. That is in contrast with other teams who look to fill their team with batsmen. Consider this: KKR did without the services of Sunil Narine, Morne Morkel and Shakib Al Hasan on Sunday. When they return, KKR might have to bench John Hastings, Brad Hogg and Col-
in Munro but it is what captains prefer to term ‘a happy headache to have’. And not many IPL teams can boast of that headache in the bowling department. As it turned out on Sunday, even the second options gave a taste of what KKR promises at half-strength. Take the case of Hogg. If he is lucky, the 45-year-old spinner might play around six or seven matches. The match against Delhi Daredevils was one of those.
dium but she could not go beyond the quarterfinals. The Indian will look to cross that mark this time around when she starts her campaign against USA’s Beiwen Zhang on Wednesday. World No. 8 Saina, who had to go through a nagging injury since late last year, has reached the semifinals in the last three tournaments -- Swiss Grand Prix Gold, India Open Super Series and Malaysia Super Se-
ries Premier. The tournament will start with the qualifiers tomorrow while the main draw will commence only a day after when besides Saina, P V Sindhu, H S Prannoy, Ajay Jayaram and K Srikanth will take the court with an eye on the World ranking. Two-time bronze medallist at World Championship, Sindhu, who reached the quarterfinals in the last two events at India and Malaysia, will open her campaign against Thailand’s Busanan Ongbumrungphan. The 20-year-old from Hyderabad has beaten Busanan six times in the past, including a threegame victory recently in the second round of the India Open Super Series.
Singapore Open: Saina Nehwal set to relive feat achieved in 2010
Agency | Singapore Six summers ago, Saina Nehwal had stood at the podium here with the gold medal dangling around her neck and the Indian ace will hope to relive those moments by clinching the title once again when the Singapore Super Series begins here tomorrow. Saina has played only three times in the last five editions here at the Singapore Indoor Sta-
Star India batsman Virat Kohli has joined the recently-announced Premier Futsal football league as its brand ambassador. Premier Futsal was launched amid much fanfare last week and Kohli, who has been the face of Indian Cricket over the last few years, will now lend his name to Futsal, the newer, shorter 5-a-side variant of soccer. His announcement as brand ambassador follows the unveiling of soccer legend Luis Figo as Premier Futsal’s president last week, marking another major coup for the league as it heads
Premier Futsal is set to take place in India from July 15th to July 24th with each game split into two halves of 20 minutes each
into its inaugural season. Virat Kohli said, “We all grew up playing 5-a-side soccer. The combination of speed & flamboyance is what attracts so many people across the globe to watch & play the sport. Futsal is a fast and exciting sport. “Futsallers dis-
play a lot of flair, skill and swag on the field, which are all qualities I relate to. I am tremendously excited to be a part of Premier Futsal and motivated to positively contribute to the development of this wonderful new sport in India.”
2016 is set to witness three cricket related movies come to life with all being biopics based on Indian cricketers. The release date for movie on Sachin Tendulkar hasn’t been decided yet but the teaser will go live on April 14th. The flick captures Tendulkar’s cricket and personal life in great detail with Sachin himself featuring in the movie. The movie is directed by James Erskine, a London-based award-winning writer, director and producer. The film will also reveal a few aspects of his life which have
never been heard of or seen before. ‘Azhar’ is an upcoming film directed by Tony D’Souza based on certain well known and highly talked about incidents surrounding former India captain Mohammad Azharuddin. The film is scheduled for a worldwide release on 13 May 2016. The
third movie sees current limited overs captain MS Dhoni’s life be told through the direction of Neeraj Pandey with Sushant Singh Rajput playing ‘Dhoni’ in the film. The teaser of this movie was released on March 15, 2016 during India vs Pakistan at ICC World Twenty20.
Records and Suresh Raina go hand in hand in Indian Premier League (IPL). He’s not just destructive with the bat but has been the top-notch fielder in this cash-rich T20 spectacle. Recently named as the captain of the newcomers Gujarat Lions (GL), Raina will be keen to scale new heights with his leadership as well. In fact, captaincy is not new for the southpaw. He was the second youngest Indian to captain in shorter formats. To add to the fire, batting maestro Virat Kohli and wily off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin made their T20I debut under Raina’s captaincy. However, when it comes to IPL, he has captained Chennai Super Kings (CSK) for 3 matches in MS
Dhoni’s absence. Speaking of records, Raina has played 132 matches in IPL, which is the most by any player. What makes it even more captivating is, he is the only player to never miss a game. Moreover, Raina is the highest run-scorer in IPL. He has plundered 3,699 runs at an impressive average of 34.25 and blistering average of 139.84. He also holds the record for the second most half-centu-
ries (25) in IPL. Plus, he does not shy away when it comes to spanking maximums as well. His 150 sixes is the second most, with Chris Gayle at the top with record-breaking 230 sixes These records are evidence to the fact that Raina is either at the top or is the second best. To add to it, his 16-ball 50 against Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) is the joint second fastest half-century in IPL.
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Suresh Raina and IPL records: Tug of War: Canine attacks and man Two sides of the same coin Agency | Mohali killing dogs, no more stray incidents Agency | Chikago Scientists in Brazil have uncovered a new brain disorder associated with Zika infections in adults: an autoimmune syndrome called acute disseminated encephalomyelitis, or ADEM, that attacks the brain and spinal cord. Zika has already been linked with the autoimmune disorder Guillain-Barre syndrome, which attacks peripheral nerves outside the brain and spinal cord, causing temporary paralysis that can in some cases require patients to rely on respirators for breathing. The new discovery now shows Zika may provoke an immune attack on the central nervous system as well. The findings add to the growing list of neurological damage associated with Zika. According to the World Health Organization, there is a strong scientific consensus that, in addition to Guillain-Barre, Zika can cause the birth defect microcephaly, though conclusive proof may take months or years. Microcephaly is defined by unusually small heads that can result in developmental problems. Brazil said it has confirmed more than 940 cases to be related to Zika infections in the mothers. Brazil is investigating nearly 4,300 additional suspected cases of microcephaly.
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On March 31, fouryear-old Dharmesh was mauled by two stray dogs while playing outside his home in Umra area of Surat. After hearing his cries , neighbours rescued him, but the boy succumbed to injuries in the hospital. A few months ago in Surat’s Gopipura area, five dogs were given poison laced biscuits leading to their death. It has been
learnt that residents of the area were annoyed with a regular spate in dog attacks on bike riders and children playing on the streets. Animal activists had lodged a complaint in this regard with Athwalines police station, but Inspector D P Vaghela then said. that the case was against unknown persons who remained undetected. Due to lack or ineffectiveness of action plan to control
the stray dog, similar incidents have been reported from different parts of Gujarat over the last two years. Around 40 villagers of Dholai in Navsari district were attacked by three stray dogs on March 8 and March 9. Suspecting the dogs were rabid, the villagers killed them. In Vadodara, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Public School at Makarpura had discontinued its lunch facility after eight-yearold Mehnaz Jamali was mauled by the stray dogs inside the school compound in July 2014. She had sustained injuries to stomach, chest, arms, legs and pinna, besides a gash on her skull. The then principal, Hemant Kumar, had to resign after agitation by parents.
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