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Missing villager found dead in Chenab river Agency | Bhaderwah
A 45-year-old man, who went missing from his village two months ago, was found dead in Chenab river in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said today. “The body of Rumal Singh, who was missing from his village Jodhpur Ghat since January 14, was fished out from Chenab near Pul Doda yesterday afternoon,” Doda SSP Naseem Manhas said. A passerby noticed Singh’s body floating in the river and informed the police, he said.
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Bihar: PM Modi slams Congress, lauds Nitish Kumar
Modi and Nitish share stage, smiles
Agency | Mumbai Bollywood actress Raveena Tandon says she cannot sign any movie just for sake of doing it and instead focuses on choosing her roles with grace. Raveena, who made an appearance in last year’s “Bombay Velvet”, feels there are certain roles she cannot pull off and wants to do films which touch her heart. “I can’t sign any movie just for the sake of doing it. I want to take up roles with grace, dignity and respect. One needs to grow with time and there are roles which I can’t pull off now,” she said in a statement.
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Agency | Patna Narendra Modi and Nitish Kumar last year attacked and criticised each during Bihar elections. Saturday was different: they appeared to go out of their way to be nice to each other. The Prime Minister and Bihar chief minister’s show of warmth for each other became a talking point during Modi’s visit to the state on Saturday, belying the acrimony that marked their relations during the assembly polls
campaign. The two leaders appeared to go out of their way to be nice to each other during two programmes at which they shared the stage. On his first visit to Bihar after the formation of the Grand Alliance government, the PM exuded warmth towards the Bihar CM who responded in the same vein. Not only were the two leaders cautious in their use of words so as to avoid upsetting the sensibilities of each other, they extended warm gestures towards each other.
When the two first shared the stage at the closing ceremony of the year-long centenary celebrations of the Patna high court, Nitish sounded uncharacteristically effusive in what sounded like an indirect compliment to Modi. “India is now more capable. Its internal strength has increased. Its democracy is now stronger,” Nitish said, at a time when Modi’s critics have been accusing him of promoting intolerance and of trying to undermine democracy.
Mallya ‘son of soil’, ‘mistakes’ happen in business: Ex-PM Deve Gowda Agency | Bengaluru
Former prime minister HD Deve Gowda on Saturday tried to downplay the controversy surrounding business tycoon Vijay Mallya, describing him as a “son of soil” and said that “mistakes” happen in business. Appearing to defend the beleagured liquor baron, Deve Gowda also said that mistakes happen in business. “Vijay Mallya was born in Karnataka and is from a reputed family. Subsequently in business there may be some areas of mistakes and the matter has been subsequently discussed in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha,” Gowda told the media persons in Bengaluru. “There was no reason to target an international businessman
like Mallya,” he added. The former PM also questioned why money was not being recovered from other big defaulters. “There are 60 other major people who have defaulted and only Mallya’s case is hogging headlines in the media. Why? The media is bothered about Mallya because he is a Rajya Sabha member. Otherwise who is bothered about him and his case,” Gowda said. However, he said it
was up to the government to take action against Mallya. JDS’s backing had helped Mallya become a Rajya Sabha member for two terms from Karnataka in 2002 and 2010. Asked whether it was right to say that Mallya has fled the country, Gowda said, “As per the tweets which he posted, he is willing to cooperate with various wings of the government and judiciary to solve the problem.”
a free and independent judiciary.” Modi, for his part, talked of development of Bihar and eastern India. Earlier, Kumar was present at the Patna airport to receive the PM, who was the face of the BJP’s election campaign in Bihar last year. When the high court programme concluded, they posed for the cameras as Modi walked up to Nitish’s side and appeared to say something that had everyone on the stage smil“The Centre and the state government will together help accelerate growth,” ing. Nitish was the chief Nitish said. He hoped the Centre would continue to provide assistance to Bihar ministerial candidate and At a subsequent function ing his name when Nitish nor Ram Nath Kovind face of the JD(U)-RJDin Hajipur, organised to was delivering his speech. was seated next to the PM. Congress Grand Alliance, launch and inaugurate dif- The two were seated next Nitish spoke of mutual co- which won 178 of the 243 ferent railway projects, the to each other at Hajipur, operation. “The centre and seats in the state whereas PM got up from his seat to unlike at the Patna high state should work together the BJP-led NDA finished ask people to stop chant- court where state gover- and we are committed for with 58.
Pakistan team finally arrives in India ICC World Twenty20 Agency | New Delhi Pakistan cricket team finally arrived in Kolkata, amid tight security on Saturday for the ICC World Twenty20. Pakistan side on Friday got government clearance to participate in the ICC World Twenty20 after security assurances from the host nation. Due to the delay in travel clearance, Pakistan’s first warm-up match against Bengal on Saturday has been cancelled but the team will take on Sri Lanka on Sunday in its second practice game. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee too guaranteed foolproof security arrangements for the much-awaited India-Pakistan match on March 19 at the Eden Gardens. “Whenever guests come to our state, we
extend all help and cooperation. Law and order is a state subject. BCCI has told us (about the match) and we have said we will extend all kinds of help,”
the Chief Minister said. In a letter to CAB President Sourav Ganguly on Friday, Banerjee said the state government would make all security-related
arrangement for hosting the match and asked him to communicate it to the ICC and BCCI. The Chief Minister has also given necessary instructions to the law enforcement authorities for smooth conduct of the match at the Eden Gardens, officials said. Right through the week, there were reports suggesting the Pakistan team could refrain from participating in the mega event.
Ayush minister rejects RTI response of no-Muslim hire policy Agency | New Delhi
The BJP-led government at the Centre does not re“Ramayana” to be cruit Muslims in the Ayush made in English ministry as a policy, a news Agency | Mumbai report said quoting an official RTI reply. The report The story of “Ramayana” by the Milli Gazette, an inhas been told and retold fluential fortnightly newsthrough TV series, movpaper highlighting issues ma who had sought the none was selected. A list ies, cartoons and animaof the minority community, number of Muslim yoga of 26 selected trainers, all tion films multiple times could give the Opposition teachers and trainers hired Hindus, was also providbut now three young more ammo to target the for foreign assignments ed by the ministry. The filmmakers are adapting Agency | Chennai Tamil Nadu’s Thanjavur Narendra Modi-led gov- during the first World Yoga ministry also rejected till the classic in English to district. The whole act ernment which it accuses Day on June 21, 2015. October, 2015 the applicacater to the global audi- Seems, the tentacles of was caught on camera. of running an agenda of “As per government poli- tions of 3,841 Muslim canence. Directors Vineet law choose to torment The video showed the turning India into a “Hin- cy - No Muslim candidate didates who had applied Sinha and Sean Graham the downtrodden over farmer, G Balan, being du rashtra”. Sripad Naik, was invited, selected or to be yoga trainers, apart with Creative Director the mighty. At a time assaulted. “We borrowed the minister in charge of sent abroad,” the ministry from the yoga day assignRonnie Allman from when business tycoon Rs. 3.4 lakh in 2011 and Ayush, condemned the re- was quoted as saying. The ments outside the country. the US want to recre- Vijay Mallya, who owes have already paid Rs. 4.1 port as being “false”, and online version of the Milli After the United Nations ate “Ramayana” as they nearly a billion dollars to lakhs including interest. said that it was “an attempt Gazette report also carried declared June 21 as the feel Indian mythological banks, fled the country to Due to a failed crop we to defame us.” The ad- images of the RTI replies. World Yoga Day, Modi stories need to be told to evade the law of the land, the world. With the help a poor farmer in Tamil was impounded by a pri- agriculture sector in India. couldn’t pay the pending mission by the ministry – HT could not independent- said that the recognition of latest technology, the Nadu was compelled to vate financing agency for A few days back, a farmer, last two instalments. Vijay formed to promote ayurve- ly verify the authenticity of was proof that “the world makers claim the film is end his life over non-pay- non-payment of dues. It is who owes Rs 1.3 lakh to a Mallaya owes hundreds of da, yoga, naturopathy, the documents. The minis- is curious to know about going to be at par with ment of dues. a farmer in nothing new that a farmer bank for a loan he took for crore, he’s let off. We poor unani, siddha and homeop- try said that 711 Muslims India and we must tell the Hollywood movies like Ariyalur district of Tamil has committed suicide for a tractor, was beaten black farmers are harassed,” his athy – came in response to had applied for the short- world about our culture, “Lord of the Rings” and Nadu committed suicide failing to pay his debts. and blue by the police and wife, B Keerthana was a series of RTI applications term overseas assignment we have to be proud of our “Planet of the Apes.” by journalist Pushp Shar- as yoga trainers though culture.” on Friday after his tractor This is the grim reality of loan recovery agents in quoted as 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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Aadhaar bill: For ‘one citizen, one identity’ reality
The Lok Sabha passed the Aadhaar bill on Friday to make sure its subsidies and services reach the people directly, thereby going beyond the scheme’s current mandate of assigning a unique identity to residents. First mooted by Nandan Nilekani in 2009, the concept of using a citizen-centric unique identification mechanism was embraced by the UPA government via an executive notification. However, as the gamut of citizen’s personal information collected by the government began increasing, there were demands to make this process more accountable and transparent in its operations. After two failed attempts in 2010 and 2013 to establish the National Identification Authority of India (NIAI) by the UPA Government, the Aadhaar (Targeted delivery of financial and other subsidies, benefits and services) Bill, 2016 provides for establishment of a Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). Coming on the back of a pending Supreme Court case to address the apprehensions about the lack of adequate provisions to protect the privacy of citizens, this bill is expected to have far reaching impacts on the way citizen’s data is collected, used, shared and protected from misuse by government agencies. The bill, while defining a subsidy as any form of aid, support, grant, subvention, or appropriation, in cash or kind, to an individual or a group of individuals provided by the central government, mandates that the beneficiary furnish or enroll for an Aadhaar number while seeking benefits. However, it goes on to inform that if an Aadhaar number is not assigned to an individual, the individual shall be offered alternate and viable means of identification for delivery of the subsidy or service by the government. The bill draws heavily from the National Identification Authority of India (NIAI) Bill (2010) in nature and scope, but has some significant additions, primarily focused on bringing in more clarity in definitions, incorporating provisions protecting citizen data privacy and widening the scope of penal provisions for unauthorized access to citizen’s personal information. It categorises the personal information collected from citizens in four main categories. The government should also look at introducing amendments to other acts that permit for collection of information such as the Census Tax Act (1948), Income Tax Act (1961), Passport Act (1967) etc. and align them with the strong penal provisions in this bill.
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QUOTE “If you start investigating every loan gone bad, I think it OF THE will kill industry. Need to go after malfeasance,” - RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan Saturday said that large scale debt write-offs are difficult in the current economic climate at the inaugural Ramnath Goenka Lecture series in New Delhi. DAY Such hot, much wow! xXx stars Ruby Role Reversal:Akshay Kumar did ‘baby Rose, Deepika Padukone are BFFs now sitting’ while wife Twinkle goes to shoot Agency | Los Angeles
Orange is the New Black star and now one of the members of the big xXx star cast, Ruby Rose cannot stop woman crushing on her co-star and Bollywood star Deepika Padukone. The 29-year-old was asked by Deepika’s fan about what she feels for the Indian beauty, who is playing Serena in the Vin Diesel-starrer. “Where do I start... She’s so humble, so beautiful. A talented actor and I adore her. You are a fan of a Wonder Woman,” Rose wrote in reply. Deepika, 30, has received endless praise from her co-star Diesel and the film’s director DJ Caruso as well. Ruby, however, didn’t seem too kind on Priyanka Chopra though. She
said that Quantico’s TV promo looks like a Pantene ad. Did she mean it as a compliment or wanted to make a joke, we don’t really know. But the way Priyanka replied to her was commendable: Rose essays
the role of Adele Wolff in the third instalment of the xXx franchise. The film also stars Samuel L Jackson, Conor McGregor, Jet Li, Tony Jaa and Nina Dobrev. The movie is slated for January 20, 2017 release.
Anushka Sharma swings into action as Sultan’s ‘dhobi pachad master’
Agency | New Delhi Bollywood star Akshay Kumar is known for being a family man. Someone who gives adequate time to his children and treats his wife as princess. On Friday, the ‘Airlift’ actor once again proved that this perception of about him is not at all wrong. Akshay, who had a free day on Friday, decided to sit at home while wife
Twinkle Khanna had to go out for a shoot. Later in the day, being a loving and caring husband, Akshay droped at Twinkle’s shoot schedule with a lunchbox. He was also accompanied by his ‘Desi Boyz’ co-star John Abraham. Akshay took it to Twitter to share the image of the day and expressed that he felt ‘domesticated’. Twinkle, on the other hand, too posted
about the ‘role reversal’ on her Twitter account along with a picture of hers from the sets. While Akshay Kumar did an amazing role reversal, he delighted the female fans too. With two hotties Akshay and John on the sets, the temperature was set to rise. Twinkle aka Mrs. Funnybones, shared the amazing reaction of the girls from the sets.
er and is amazed to see Ranveer. SRK Stares at him for a moment, gives a who cares gesture and passes by. Starstruck fanboy Ranveer falls on the ground after seeing Shah Rukh Khan. Well, there is so much more than just movies in Bollywood. The two big actors coming to-
gether in a dubsmash is a sure-shot treat for the fans. Ranveer Singh shared the dubsmash on Twitter and wrote, “The Father of all … ‘Motion Posters’.” To his reply SRK wrote, “Maneesh bhi kaise kaise heroes ko chance deta hai…Jabra Band Baaja Wale ! ”
news to a daily saying, “Yes, she passed away this afternoon. She had cancer”. We would like
to offer our condolences to Emraan and his family so that they can tied over this tough time.
Ranveer Singh’s Jabra Fan Dubsmash With Shah Rukh Khan is E.P.I.C Agency | New Delhi
Agency | New Delhi Anushka Sharma finally got to put her wrestling skills to the test on the sets of Ali Abbhas Zafar’s ‘Sultan’. The actress, who has been training hard to perfect her moves, shot an intense fight scene for the film, and her director felt the need to share it with the fans. Director Ali shared the first picture of Anushka in action, and
introduced her as Haryane ki Sherni “dhobi pachad master”. On sharing the picture Anushka admitted that she couldn’t imagine herself doing this 2 months ago. In the film that stars Salman Khan in the lead, Anushka will also be seen playing a wrestler and Salu’s love interest. Anushka religiously practiced different wrestling techniques,
thanked her trainers for patiently teaching her the art in six months. The story revolves around Salman, called Haryana Ka Sher, who falls heads over heels in love with Haryana Ki Sherni, Anushka. Unlike other love stories, this Bollywood flick promises to have unusual and interesting story. Sultan is all set to release on July 6, on the occasion of Eid.
Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Jabra Fan’ Ranveer Singh posted a dubsmash on the superstar’s song on Twitter. Expecting anything and everything, Ranveer Singh is once again charged up to dance to the tunes of this promotional track from the upcoming film Fan. While standing in front of a poster of Fan, Ranveer first glares at it, later starts tapping his feet to showcase his crazy yet appealing dance moves. He mimics SRK’s steps and that is when King Khan turns up from behind the post-
Emraan Hashmi’s mother Heavy rains fail to mar World Culture festival, wash away controversy Maherahh Hashmi is NO MORE!
Agency | Mumbai The rumours may just be true on this one. Looks like Malaika Arora Khan has indeed filed for divorce from her husband of 17 years, producer-actor Arbaaz Khan. Malaika is not ready to reconsider her decision even on brother-in-law and superstar Salman Khan’s request, suggests a report in Mumbai Mirror. The two recently hosted a TV reality show, Power Couple on Sony Entertainment Television, together. However, Arbaaz was often left on his own
as Malaika would repeatedly leave to tend to other commitments. They appeared together in just three episodes but after much persuasion, agreed to shoot together. However, they would always reach the sets or leave for home in seperate cars and stay in separate hotel rooms. Malaika moved out of their Bandra home recently and shifted to an apartment in Khar, along with her 14-year-old son Arhaan. This apartment is in the same building in which her sister actor Amrita Arora Ladak’s inlaws stay.
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From a fan’s point of view, a rain-soaked start to the Art of Living Foundation’s World Cultural Festival was a spoiler. Or was it? Multitudes from around the world had taken their seats in huge stands, settling down for a lavish evening. But few took notice of the gathering storm until the drops fell. On the ground, there was no trace of the raging controversy over the clearing of 1,000 acres of a no-construction ecologically-fragile floodplain for the venue. What mattered was an explosion of India’s soft power, colour and glitz. Asked about the contro-
Emraan Hashmi who will soon be seen in Azhar, has been left bereaved. We have just been informed that his mother Maherahh Hashmi has expired. She was producer-director Mahesh Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt’s sister-in-law. Emraan was shooting Raaz Reboot in Romania when she received the news. He is on his way to Mumbai. His mother Maherahh was a Roman Catholic. She passed away this afternoon at Hinduja Healthcare surgical. The actor immediately left for Mumbai the moment he heard the news. Mukesh Bhatt confirmed the
versy, Rohit Gurukella, a coffee supplier to Bangalore-based Amalgamated Beans and Coffee Ltd said: “This is no permanent structure. So, what’s the problem?” The problem was weather. People ran for cover. Artists still rehearsing made a helter-skelter dash. Someone threw a black tarpaulin sheet over a flower-bedecked spot.
A painted dancer buried his face in the hollow of his palms. Flags of 155 nations, flapping high in the wind atop a sweeping gilded stage, froze. This was only a momentary low. The rains stopped. A magnificent rainbow arched over the venue. The spirits soared again, as opening notes from 8,500 musicians hit a crescendo.
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ICC World T20: We can give this tournament a real shake, says Steve Smith Agency | Kolkata
Agency | Washington Instead of logging into your smartphone with sweeping gestures, doodling with one or more fingers might be an option soon. Researchers from Rutgers University in the US have performed the first study of free-form gesture passwords for smartphones in the field. Free-form gesture passwords allow people to draw a password of any shape with any number of fingers, researchers said. The results, combined with previous studies, show that free-form gesture passwords are a serious alternative to text or other login methods, especially for mobile devices, they said. Free-form gesture passwords are very suitable for touchscreens, faster to use, easy to remember and hard to guess. “Preventing people from hacking into your smartphone is a major issue, and it becomes even more important because people carry their smartphones everywhere,” said Janne Lindqvist from Rutgers University.
Australia skipper Steve Smith on Saturday stressed on the importance of winning the ICC World Twenty20, the one trophy missing from the glittering cabinet of the record five-time world champions who’re no 1 in Test and ODI format. “It’s the one trophy that eluded us. We want to win every tournament and series that we play in. We are pretty settled. We have got 15 guys who can give this tournament a real shake,” Smith said about the fifth ranked side. “We played good in South Africa to win that series there. Guys
have stepped up and we’re in good form. It’s going to take us squad mentality to do well in this tournament,” the Aussie skipper said about the team who won in South Africa 3-1 before landing here.” Australia lost in New Zealand 1-2 in an ODI series before winning the Tests 2-0 and they trav-
elled for the World T20 build-up to South Africa where they won 2-1. “It’s just about being positive. We’ve got a good squad together. We know what to expect. It’s about going out there and making sure we can execute our skills. If we do that well hopefully we will win a lot of other games.”
Sania Mirza, Martina Hingis make winning start in the Californian desert
Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza first drive review
Agency | New Delhi I think the term ‘SUV’ has been overly abused not just by the industry and manufacturers, but also by consumers. It doesn’t take anything more than a broad similarity to a ‘typical’ SUV body shape for a vehicle — product characteristics notwithstanding — to get bejewelled with many SUV mentions in marketing gabber, and that makes an impressionable impact in the minds of commoners too. It’s perhaps the lack of being able to come up with an official term for such cars that we still use the term ‘SUV’ with some sort of an accompanying word like ‘compact’ or ‘lifestyle’ with it for such pretentious cars. I’ve driven everything that this segment offers — Ford EcoSport to the latest Mahindra KUV100 — and they’re really not SUVs. Not one bit. There’s the TUV300 by Mahindra which is a ladder frame construction and sounds truest to what an SUV is in its traditional sense, so I won’t condemn it yet — especially because I’ve not driven it in any, even slightly, off-road condition, to be honest.
Agency | California Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis saw off the challenge of Australian team of Casey Dellacqua and Samantha Stosur to move to the second round of the BNP Paribas Open. The top seeded Indo-Swiss pair defeated their rivals 6-3, 7-5 in
Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis brushed off the challenge of Australian pair of Casey Dellacqua and Samantha Stosur to win in Indian Wells just 68 minutes in their Germany’s Anna-Lena opening round of the Groenefeld and Czech $6,844,139 hard court Republic’s Barbora Stryevent. Sania and Marti- cova 4-6, 6-3, 10-5. In na saved four of the six the men’s event, Rohan breakpoints they faced Bopanna and his Romain the match and broke nian partner Florin Mertheir rivals five times in gea, seeded fifth, are up the tight contest. They against Spanish team next face local girl Vania of Feliciano Lopez and King and Russia’s Alla Marc López in their first Kudryavtseva, who beat round.
Viswanathan Anand takes a head start at Candidates tournament
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SPORTS ROUNDUP South Africa’s Du Plessis bats for in-form Amla to open innings Agency | Mumbai
The South African squad that will face India in the first of their two warm-up ties on Saturday is packed with players who play in the IPL. In the list of teams most familiar with Indian conditions, South Africa rank quite high. Considering all factors, in the lead up to the World T20, their playing XI seemed well-balanced. However, on the eve of their arrival, Hashim Amla, snubbed in the last two IPL auctions has changed the narrative and is poised to make the playing XI. The 32-yearold, known more for his prowess in the longer form, smashed his highest T20 score against Australia in the just-concluded
bilateral series between the two sides. Amla got a chance to play in the third T20I against Australia in Newlands after regular opener AB de Villiers was rested owing to a shoulder strain. Amla scored an aggressive 62ball 97 that also saw him partner Quinton de Kock to put on 47 runs in four overs. The uncharacteristic innings included eight boundaries and four
sixes. While, the knock did not hand the Proteas a win, it did manage to push his case. “In World T20, form is important. You pick the players who are in form first. Hashim batted really well and is on top in the list to play in the XI,” skipper Faf du Plessis said. This has put pressure on middle-order batsmen JP Duminy, Farhaan Behardien and Rilee Rossouw.
would make the top four, but after that, it’s just a question of who has a better day in the semifinal and final… There’s a good crop of players coming through. I think it’s going to be an exciting 24 months for the Indian team. I think the good thing about this Indian team and this T20 World
Cup is they have good depth, they have good all round depth at the moment,” Dravid said. “Players like Hardik Pandya and Pawan Negi, it just shows that they have got sort of batting right down to No. 8, 9. They have got six or seven bowlers to call upon in Indian conditions that they can use.
leaving Real Madrid in January, will be immediately thrust into action at league leaders Leicester City on Monday and has just 10 matches remaining to secure Newcastle’s Premier League survival. The club are second from bottom in the table having lost three successive games and five of the last six with the possibility of a return to the second tier for the first time since 2010 prompting Friday’s managerial change. The risk of falling out of the top flight has been magnified by a record-breaking three-year 5.1 billion
pound ($7.33 billion) broadcast deal that offers Premier League clubs more television revenue than ever from next season. McClaren’s position had been under threat for weeks and a fog of uncertainty surrounded his job as Newcastle took days to confirm his widely-trailed departure. The writing had been on the wall for McClaren with Newcastle seemingly anchored in the relegation zone after a January spending splurge failed to spark a revival. The club faced widespread criticism for seeming to drag out their decision and keep McClaren on tenterhooks as they thrashed out a deal with Benitez. “However we felt that this time was necessary to ensure the right decisions were reached with the best interests of the club at heart.”
ICC World T20: India would definitely be in semis, says Rahul Dravid Agency | Mumbai
The all-round ability of the current Indian cricket team excites former captain Rahul Dravid, who feels Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s men are a certainty for at least the semifinals of the World Twenty20 Championships. Dravid, who was in Mumbai for the Laureus Sport for Good programme ‘Magic Bus’ in his capacity as a member of its World Sports Academy, said India looks to be the most “formidable” team of the tournament, the main draw of which gets underway from March 15. “I think India
Newcastle United give Steve McClaren the sack, Rafa Benitez takes over
Agency | Moscow Agency | New Delhi In a significant step, the Indian Health Ministry has banned around 350 fixed dose combination (FDC) drugs that are widely available in the market over safety concerns. These medicines are also incorporated FDCs based on codine, used in popular cough syrups like Phensedyl and Corex. The Health Ministry has already approved the ban order with immediate effect from Friday, although the gazette notification is likely to be printed by Monday. It is said that these drugs contain codeine which cause lethal damage to brain and psyche, prompting the government to restrict manufacturing and sale of these medicines. These drugs were found to be “irrational” without any therapeutic efficacy and use. Also, there were concerns about the misuse of these medicines as they were considered unsafe for mass consumption. The Health Ministry has also reportedly issued a show cause notices to companies manufacturing and selling these drugs.
He may struggle to get winning positions in tournaments but when it comes to World Championships and Candidates Tournaments, Viswanathan Anand is a different player altogether. Not a lot of people had given him much importance in the 2016 Candidates Tournament that started in Moscow on Friday following some indifferent results in 2015, but the 26-year-old Indian GM showed that he is still a force to reckon with in this format. On Friday, Anand defeated former World Champion Veselin Topalov in the
first round of the 8-player double round-robin tournament in Moscow to start the 2016 Candidates Championship on a rousing note. Anand’s victory is very significant because the games on the other two boards on the opening day ended in draw. Young Anish Giri of Netherlands was still engaged in a marathon battle with Armenia’s Levon Aronian at the time of going to press. So while the top two favourites for winning the candidates here – Fabiano Caruana and Hikaru Nakamura of the United States – played out a draw, Anand made a strong start by overcoming
Topalov, the man he beat in a World Championship Final match in Sofia in 2010. In a clash between the two oldest players in the tournament, the 46-year-old Anand got a slight advantage going into the middle game after Topalov opted for Anti-Berlin attack in Ruy Lopez opening. Anand, playing with white pieces, captured a pawn offered by Topalov but the Bulgarian had enough counterplay to compensate for the loss. He did develop his pieces well but Anand maintained his slight advantage and slowly build on that.
Agency | London Rafa Benitez took over as manager at Newcastle United on Friday as the Premier League strugglers sacked Steve McClaren and gambled their topflight survival on the experienced and wily Spaniard. Hours after Newcastle ended McClaren’s ninemonth spell in charge, the north-east club confirmed the former Liverpool and Chelsea manager Benitez would be returning to the Premier League having signed a three-year contract. The Spaniard, who has been out of a job since
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What Ishrat couldn’t do with a After 14 years, Gujarat court acquits gun, Sonia did: Anurag Thakur 118 people accused in 2002 riots case On Friday Additional Sessions Judge NT Solanki acquitted the accused due to “lack of evidence” as communities living in the neighborhood refrained from deposing against each other
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As the debate over the alleged fake encounter of suspected LeT operative Ishrat Jahan raged in the Lok Sabha on Friday, BJP MP Anurag Thakur lashed out at Congress leaders Sonia and Rahul Gandhi for carrying out a “political vendetta” against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and “siding with Maoists”. Speaking to reporters in Ahmedabad, the Hamirpur MP said, “Congress tried to kill two birds with one stone… by slowly killing the Intelligence agencies and terminating their political opponents. What Ishrat Jahan could not do with a gun, and those with her could not accomplish, the same task was taken up by Sonia Gandhi who tried to finish Modi politically by
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implicating him in false cases…” Alleging that the Congress misused the country’s intelligence agencies, Thakur said that an affidavit claiming that Ishrat Jahan was a terrorist was made on August 6, 2009, only to be changed in September that year. Congress leaders have repeatedly shied away from discussing this issue in TV debates and
in the Parliament, alleged Thakur, who was here to launch the Yuva Morcha’s ‘India First’ campaign. “Which Congress leader tried to make changes in the (Ishrat) affidavit ? In 2004, LeT had itself claimed that she was their first female martyr and today Congress leaders are supporting those who are calling a terrorist a martyr. Is this Congress
ideology? NIA, then NSA M K Narayanan… he accepted that she was a terrorist… even IB-RAW officials… if all these agencies believed Ishrat was a terrorist then why don’t Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi accept that she was a terrorist? Why are they wanting to give her a clean chit? Is the Congress seeing a political gain in this?”
A Nadiad sessions court on Friday acquitted 118 Hindus and Muslims, accused of rioting and arson in the 2002 Gujarat riots, citing lack of evidence. The judgement that came 14 years after the incident saw the accused leave the court jubilantly and in harmony, after refraining from deposing against each other, prosecution said. The case dates back to the aftermath of the 2002 Sabarmati train carnage in Godhra when 118 persons from Nadiad were arrested in four separate incidents of rioting and arson in the areas of Qabrastan chowk, Mill
Tractor-Trolley falls in to open well Gujarat Tata Motors plant strike: 22 trade unions support suspended workers in Gujarat, 10 die, over 25 injured
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After 19 days of a standoff between 422 striking workers of the Tata Motors Sanand plant and the company officials, on Saturday around 22 central and city-based trade unions pledged support to the strike. The workers however, unequivocally demanded that they are willing to resume work provided the company takes back the suspended workers and gives them a fair trial. The workers who are on strike for last 19 days, announced that they will sit on a dharna outside Ahmedabad collector’s office in the morning hours of March 14 and will be joined by representatives from 22 trade unions. At a press meet on Saturday, the workers said that they may call on JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar and Patidar agitation leader Hardik Patel to help them
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appeal for their labour rights in forming a union. They also said that a trade union Sammelan uniting various trade unions in the state to highlight their plight is also on the cards and are now calling their new union Bhartiya Kamdar Ekta Sangh of Sanand. Among the 22 trade unions which have declared support for the 423 Tata Motors workers includ, AITUC (All India Trade Union Congress), CITU (Centre of Indian Trade Unions), Maha Gujarat Bank Employees Union, HMS (Hind Mazdoor Sabha), NTUI (New Trade Union Initiative),
TUCI (Trade Union Centre of India), All India United Trade Union Center(AIUTUC), GMP(Gujarat Mazdoor Panchayat), AIBEA (All India Bank Employees Association), GFTU (Gujarat Federation of Trade Unions), Jan Sangharsh Manch, Dalit Adhikar Sangh, Jana Natya Manch and the LIC trade union among others. The unions also resolved to hold demonstration before the Ahmedabad Collector on Monday and then in Sanand GIDC along with farmers organisation and other civil society activists.
At least 10 people died and over 25 injured in a tragic mishap near Bhotwa-Gadh village under Kotamba police station area of Mahisagar district in central Gujarat today when a tractor-trolley taking a dead body for cremation fell in to an open well. S P Mahisagar M K Amin said that the tractor-trolley carrying 39 people (all men) from
adjoining areas to the cremation ground in Gadh suddenly lost control and slipped from a slope in to an open well. The dead body was also on the same trolley. 10 people have died and over 25 injured have been sent to the two nearby hospitals in adjoining Panchmahal district, the SP said. He did not rule out the possibility of death figure going further up.
Road, Kanipura and outside Amdavadi darwaza. According to Public Prosecutor Advocate Paresh Dhora, the accused were arrested from neighbouring areas in a continuing FIR of the incidents of violence between March 1 and March 2, 2002. On Friday Additional Sessions Judge NT Solanki acquitted the accused due to “lack of evidence” as communities living in the neighborhood refrained from deposing against each other. Prosecutor Dhora said, “The two communities do not
A day after one of the units of Kakrapar Atomic Power Station (KAPS) near Surat in Gujarat was shut down after heavy water leakage, a team of experts today began a probe to identify the cause of the leak even as officials reaffirmed that there was no radioactive release at the site. Two experts from the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) are at the site to assist KAPS officials in the probe. The experts have been deputed for an independent assessment of the situation at the affected plant, which continues to remain shut for the second day today after the leakage. One of the two 220 MW units of KAPS was shut down after leakage of heavy
as of today. There is no increase in radiation level. This confirms no radioactive release,” site director KAPS, Lalit K jain, said. “Now that we are assured on the front of containing the leakage, our focus will be on identifying the cause of the leakage. The plant remains totally shut down, and further normalisation of the plant is currently being carried out, with two experts from AERB assisting us,” Jain said.
Indian Coast Guard Ship C- 156 Gujarat’s eight brands most trusted in India commissioned at Porbandar Wildstone and Engage Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
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loan melas were organized for the guidance to the beneficiaries of loan assistance under various schemes executed by the state government. With a view to forthcoming Holi festival and to make malnutrition-free Gujarat, dates and popcorn have been distributed by GUDA for the children of 101 anganwadis.
water, which is used for cooling off the nuclear reactor core, reported around 9 AM yesterday. A temporary site emergency was also declared as a measure of safety, although the officials said that there was no radioactive leak and all the workers were safe. “We have carried out a thorough radiation survey and there is no change in radiation level at the plant and into public domain (outside the plant)
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mantri Aawas Gruh Yojna. On the occasion Mrs. Patel has dedicated various developmental works worth Rs. 67.61 crore along with drainage pumping station and 640 LIG houses situated in Raisan of Mrs. Patel has unveiled a plaque of anganwadi centers and 14 shops constructed in the city. On the occasion
cident that occurred, the two communities had come face-to-face, pelting stones at each other and setting vehicles on fire. The accused were arrested in 2005 after police probe and tried also for possessing life threatening weapons like swords, bricks, hockey sticks, pipes, choppers and stones. During the trial, 11 of the 118 persons died due to natural causes.
Probe begins to find cause of heavy water leak at Kakrapar
CM dedicates development works worth Rs. 67.61 crore in Gandhinagar
On the occasion of the 21st formation day of the Gandhinagar Urban Development Authority, Gujarat Chief Minister Mrs. Anandiben Patel has today dedicated various developmental works here in Gandhinagar. She expressed her commitment to provide home to the poor and middle class families living in cities and villages of the state. She said that we have provided pucca homes with complete facilities to the beneficiaries of affordable housing, slum habilitation and Mukhya-
have any bitterness although the riots occurred spontaneously in many areas. The court could not hold the accused guilty as the witnesses belonging to both communities did not make any statements against each other during deposition before the sessions judge. They would even come together during the trial.” Although no person was reported injured or killed in the in-
Indian Coast Guard Ship C-156 was commissioned today at Porbandar. The induction is part of ongoing effort by the Coast Guard to strengthen coastal security. It will strengthen the security umbrella over 1600 km long coast of Gujarat and also help augment patrolling and prevent illicit activities such as infiltration, smuggling and illegal fishing. ICGS C-156 shall be based at Pipavav under the administrative and operational control of the Commander Coast Guard Region (North -West).
Gujarat Chief Secretary GR Aloria commissioned the-state-of-the-art patrol ship built by M/s Bharti Ship Yard, Goa, in presence of Inspector General VS Pathania, Coast Guard Commander (North West) and other distinguished guests from various Central and State agencies. Defence Spokesperson Wing Commander Abhishek Matiman said that the 27.65 meters long ship with 107 tones can achieve a maximum speed of 35 knots. The vessel is fitted with cutting edge navigation and communication equipment.
As many as eight brands from Gujarat are the most trusted by Indian consumers in the respective business categories they operate in. These home grown brands include names like Amul, Balaji, Fogg, Vadilal, Sintex, Astral, Ajanta and Symphony. Interestingly, Fogg, Balaji and Vadilal have gained the leadership position in 2016 in their categories by moving up in the Brand Trust Report-India Study 2016 rankings, prepared by Mumbai-based brand intelligence company TRA (formerly known as Trust Research Advisory). Former Paras Pharma promoter Darshan Patel’s Fogg has clinched the top slot in deo and perfumes segment leaving behind the likes of Axe,
to name a few . The Vini Consmetics brand also jumped in all India ranking from 109 in 2015 to 67 in 2016. The Rajkot-based Balaji wafers has become number one in packaged snacks category improving its rank to 124 from 179 last year. Vadilal Industries Ltd’s ice cream brand-Vadilaljumped in the ranks from 504 in 2015 to 277 this year taking the top slot in ice-cream segment. It is followed by another Ahmed abad-based brand Havmor. The Taste of India — Amul — continues to be the leader in dairy diversified category of Food & Beverages (F&B) business.Amul is the only reigning brand in the butter sub-category and its Amulya tops the dairy whitener segment.
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