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News Brief Vietnam opens visa facilitation centre in Jaipur
“Independence Day - 2015 ”
This time no traditional ceremony that happens at the Wagah border gate
No exchange of sweets between Indo-Pak The development comes in the backdrop of Gurdaspur and Udhampur attacks where it is believed that militants crossed over to India side from across the border to perpetrate violence
BSF v/s Pakistan Rangers Agency | Jaipur
The Embassy of Vietnam opened visa facilitation centre here today in collaboration with Cox and Kings Global Services, in an attempt to increase tourist flow to the country from Rajasthan. The centre will collect the applications from the state which will later be assessed and processed by the Embassy in New Delhi.
Vani grabs early lead at Clover Greens Agency | Bengaluru
Delhi youngster Vani Kapoor fired five-under 66 to steal the show and grab an early lead on day one of the 14th leg of the Hero Women’s Professional Golf Tour 2015 here today. Trailing her by a two strokes is Bengaluru’s Sharmila Nicollet in second position at the INR 5,00,000 event, which will culminate on August 14. Vani started the pursuit of her fifth title of the season with a bang, carding three birdies in her front nine on the 1st, 2nd and 4th holes, while dropping a lone shot on the 9th.
Jacqueline Fernandez keen on doing action film
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Actress Jacqueline Fernandez, who will be next seen in action-drama film “Brothers”, says she is keen on doing a full fledged action role. Her co-stars in the Karan Malhotra movie, Akshay Kumar and Sidharth Malhotra, have done hard core action sequences in the film.
Agency | New Delhi No ceremonial exchange of sweets and gifts will take place between BSF and Pakistan Rangers during the Independence day celebrations on both the sides, in the wake of recent ceasefire violations and cross-border terror bids from the Pakistan side. The Border
Security Force headquarters here has communicated the decision in this regard to their formations in the western sector of the country where its troops guard the International Border (IB) with Pakistan along Gujarat, Rajasthan, Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir independently. At the Line of Control, the BSF
is deployed under the command of the Army. “Neither sweets nor gifts will be offered or taken on August 14, Pakistan’s Independence Day and on August 15, the day when India got freedom in 1947. The decision has been communicated to field formations,” a senior BSF officer said. The souring of ties and
PM Modi doesn’t have the guts to sit in the House: Rahul Gandhi Agency | New Delhi
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the ruling BJP’s allegations against his family in the Lok Sabha. “Today, the Prime Minister does not have the guts to sit in this House,” he said while replying to charges made against his family by external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj in the debate over tainted former IPL chief Lalit Modi “Mr Prime Minister, you need to speak. Lalit Modi is nothing but a symbol of black money,” Rahul said reminding the Prime Minister on his pre-election promise of getting back black money parked in foreign accounts. Even as BJP MPs raised a ruckus, Ra-
hul also repeated his allegations against Swaraj, saying the very fact that she was discreet about her help to Lalit Modi showed she had something to hide. “I want you to answer two questions: How much money did your family get from Lalit Modi? Two, why did you help him without even informing your own ministry?” he said. Rahul also alleged that Swaraj had tried to make peace with him before business hours, but he told her it
was a matter of propriety. Swaraj has been accused by opposition oparties of helping Lalit Modi get temporary travel papers in the UK, when he was wanted in India for cases of forex violations and money laundering. Rahul during his speech was visibly angry against Swaraj for alleging that his family had helped Bofors accused Ottavio Quattrocchi and Bhopal gas leak accused Warren Anderson flee from India.
customary courtesies between the two countries was recently seen when Pakistan refused a similar Indian gesture during Eid festivities last month. Border guarding forces of the two countries have been following a tradition of exchanging sweets on national festivals and other events at the IB in Jammu and along the Attari-Wagah border in Amritsar in Punjab and few other locations in Rajasthan and Gujarat. In the wake of repeated ceasefire violations by Pakistani Rangers, India has warned Pakistan of “effective
and forceful” response to unprovoked firing and cross-border terrorism.
Sparks fly in Lok Sabha as Sushma Swaraj takes on Rahul Gandhi Agency | New Delhi
Rajiv Gandhi and several other Congress politicians were implicated for allegedly receiving kickbacks. “This is called quid pro quo,” she said, straining to be heard over clamorous Congress lawmakers while she took a dig at the party’s vice-president, Rahul
Gandhi. “During one of his long sabbaticals, he (Rahul) should read the history of his family and then ask his mother how much money the family got from Anderson,” the minister added, referring to the late chairman and CEO of the Union Carbide Corporation who managed to leave India under Congress rule despite being charged with manslaughter in the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster.
group TRAFFIC say only seven of the cats died from natural causes, one was killed by authorities and the rest were illegally poached between Janu-
ary and August. In January, Indian environment authorities had claimed conservation efforts were working as the number of tigers in the country had
risen to 2,226 in 2014, up from 1,706 counted in 2010. Experts say the partial death toll proves India was not doing enough to protect the endangered predators, noting 66 tigers died during all of 2014. Of those which died naturally this year, two were killed in tiger battles, which experts say are becoming more frequent as the big cats vie for territory while their habitats shrink.
Congress General Secretary and in-charge of Bihar affairs C P Joshi at a joint press conference. As part of the tie-up, JD(U) and RJD would contest 100 seats each while Congress would fight in 40 seats. In the 243-member Bihar Assembly, the alliance was yet to announce who would contest in the rest three seats. Nitish Kumar told reporters that the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) has been with them in the recent election for Legislative Council 24 seats and they would like it to be with them in the Bihar poll. Kumar indicated the three seats would be given to Sharad Pawar’s NCP if they join the combine. In reply to a question that Samajwadi Party whose leader Mulayam Singh
Yadav is heading Janata Parivar, had not got any seat, Prasad answered “he is my Samdhi (relative) and if need be I will accommodate him.” Kumar said the grand secular alliance would have a Common Minimum Programme and all constituents would hold joint campaign for the crucial state election in September-October. “The first rally of the grand secular
alliance would be held in Patna on August 30,” Kumar and Lalu Prasad said. The RJD President indicated that the decision to fight on 100 seats only was a compromise for a cause. “Inspite of all difference his party has come to the conclusion that to keep the communal and fascist forces away, it has to move ahead by accommodating others,” Prasad told reporters.
Foreign minister Sushma Swaraj launched a searing attack on the Congress on Wednesday with piercing jibes at the Gandhi family that tore through a wall of opposition protest in the Lok Sabha. Swaraj insisted she had not misused her office to help former cricket magnate Lalit Modi and, in a biting retort, pointed to the Bofors scandal of the 1980s in which Prime Minister
41 tigers have died in India so far this year Agency | New Delhi
Six months after India boasted that its tiger population was growing fast, conservationists on Wednesday said 41 big cats had already died this year and worried that the country was not doing enough to save them. Despite awareness campaigns, India’s National Tiger Conservation Authority and the wildlife
Bihar polls: JD(U), RJD, Congress formally announce alliance Agency | Patna
Displaying a picture of unity, JD(U), RJD and Congress on Wednesday announced formation of a grand secular alliance and seat sharing among the three parties for the coming Bihar elections. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar announced coming into being of the grand secular alliance and seat sharing among the three parties in presence of RJD President Lalu Prasad and
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Mission impossible: Digital India is not doable by 2019
The defining characteristic of a string of initiatives announced by the government, including Digital India (DI), as noted in a Business Standard editorial, is overweening ambition. DI’s goals are noble. But can they be realised in the announced timeframe? DI is not all new. It is an amalgam of three ongoing programmes: the National Optical Fibre Network (NOFN), the National Knowledge Network and the e-governance initiative. What’s different is the ambition and how quickly it is slated to get done (by 2019). DI seeks to provide broadband access to all and deliver all manner of services to the citizen’s doorstep. Broadband refers to the high speeds at which users can access the internet. At present, India’s modest definition of broadband is any speed over 512 kbps. In contrast, broadband speeds in other countries currently range from 10 to 50 mbps. broadband delivery requires a national network (pipe) capable of carrying large quantities of bits at very fast speeds; hence the NOFN. However, broadband needs more than just the pipe. An illustrative list of infrastructure requirements includes adequate access spectrum (the basic ingredient of mobile communication) and backhaul spectrum (to haul communication from the fringe of the network to the main pipe), towers and network connectivity. These individual components have to be in sync. The element with the least capacity determines the overall capacity of the system to deliver broadband. Laying the network involves right of way (RoW) issues. The charges levied by municipal bodies for RoW are huge and clearances are cumbersome. In many cities, RoW charges are five to 20 times (if not more) of the cost of the fibre being laid. A good starting point to gauge DI’s ambition is to assess where we are. India ranks 125th in the world for wired broadband penetration, with 1.2 per 100 inhabitants having access; the global average is 9.4. In wireless broadband, India is ranked 113th, with a penetration of 3.2 per 100 inhabitants. India is among the 42 classified as least-connected countries. What is the current state of play of DI? The NOFN is well behind schedule. Three years after commencement, less than 3 per cent of the target had been achieved. Targets were scaled down so that 50,000 gram panchayats would be connected by March 31 this year. This has not been done. The availability of spectrum is a major constraint. On average, access spectrum in India is 40 per cent of that available elsewhere. On backhaul spectrum, the amount actually allotted is not even 40 per cent of the supply already available. Towers have become a big hurdle in most urban settings. Much of this is to do with ill-informed opinion about potential health hazards.
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QUOTE “Construction of big dams will adversely affect downstream areas of Assam and the north-east region and I fail to comprehend why the Centre is not taking the OF THE matter seriously despite knowing this fact.” - Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today expressed concern over construction of big dams on the Brahmaputra river by China... DAY Sidharth Malhotra asks his team to indulge in digital activities
Alia Bhatt Worked Hard to Make Bikini Scene Shaandaar
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Agency | Mumbai Actor Sidharth Malhotra, who has a lot of fan following on social media platforms, has asked his team of the upcoming movie ‘Brothers’ to indulge in digital activities. The actor seems to have been enjoying promoting his film digitally. Having a wonderful online presence, Sidharth thinks that digital platform is a
good medium for a film’s promotions. The actor is spending extra hours on the same. With his fan following increasing day by day, Sidharth has one of the highest fan following on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. The spokesperson said: “Sidharth has a wonderful online presence and he wants to explore this new innovative medium further
which would only benefit his fans and him in the longer run”. People of all generations have become quiet active on the social media sites. Celebrities have also started indulging in one on one chat on Twitter. Sidharth Malhotra’s film ‘Brothers’ also starring Akshay Kumar and Jacqueline Fernandez will release on the August 14.
Bollywood actress Alia Bhatt, who launched the first trailer of Shaandaar on Tuesday, said that she worked very hard for her bikini scene in the Vikas Bahl-directed movie which stars Shahid Kapoor in the lead role. Speaking at the trailer launch of Shaandaar, Alia said, “Shahid and I were both training. He was training just for his usu-
al self, as he likes to stay fit. I was training hard for that bikini shot. I was on diet, was focused about getting it right. It was not an elaborate shot, but I worked so hard.” Directed by Vikas Bahl, Shaandaar is a romantic-comedy featuring Shahid Kapoor and Alia Bhatt in the lead roles and at the end of the film’s trailer, Alia is seen in a pink bikini. Vikas Bahl disclosed that the bikini scene was
shot on the ‘coldest day’ and Alia was ready with a pair of pants to slip into soon after the shot. Alia revealed it was because of Shahid that she got to do two of her upcoming films - Shaandaar and Udta Punjab - with him. The Student of the Year actress was also thankful to her mentor, filmmaker Karan Johan, who launched her into Bollywood and is also producing Shaandaar. “Karan started this journey, he has an important role in it. I chose to do different kind of roles. I believe variety is the spice of life. I am grateful to everyone for giving me an opportunity to choose and do different characters on screen. It is a conscious decision,” Alia said.
Shahid Kapoor yet to confirm on Vikramaditya Motwane’s next ‘Singh is Bling’: Akshay Kumar Agency | Mumbai
stunned to see a 90 kgs turban
Agency | New Delhi Akshay Kumar’s introductory song ‘Tung Tung Baje’ from Singh is Bliing, will see him in his action- packed avatar. The song has been extensively shot in various parts of Punjab. Since the song had to be a larger than life introductory song, award winning bhangra and gid-
Actor Shahid Kapoor says he is yet to give his nod for director Vikramaditya Motwane’s next film, which revolves around a movie star’s tryst with stardom. There is a buzz that Motwane had approached actor Saif Ali Khan for his next but he kept him waiting and asked the director to alter the script. Later, Saif was dropped out of the project and Motwane approached Shahid for the same. Grapevine has it that the ‘Haider’ star liked the story and decided to come on board for the film but the formalities are being worked out. “My next films are “Shaandaar” and “Udta Punjab”. I am fortunate to have worked on these two films. I am ignoring it pyaar se,” Shahid told re- the film then why are you doing the film or not and porters here last evening. asking me. Let me con- then I will answer your “If you know I am doing firm first whether I am question,” he said.
da groups were called to give the punjabi tadka to the song. According to the sources from the sets, ”While shooting the song; AK came across a Nihang wearing the 90 kilo turban. This left all of us amazed. That’s when we decided to incorporate them in the song, which was a good add-on to the song.” Dhaval Jayantilal
Gada (Pen) & Grazing Goat pictures LLP Presents, produced by Ashvini Yardi and Co-produced by Akshay Jayantilal Gada, Kushal Kantilal Gada and Reshmaa Kadakia, starring Akshay Kumar and Amy Jackson in lead roles, Singh is Bliing is all set to release on 2nd October!!
worried about the fate of the film but project them in a way that they become stars... they have to be accepted and appreciated,” Salman told reporters here in an interview. “We did not think about the budget for this film. They need support... pray for them... that they become superstars. They have the potential, “ he said. “Hero” is a remake of Subhash Ghai’s 1983 film of the same name, which starred Jackie Shroff and Meenakshi Sheshadri in the lead roles. The remake version
directed by Nikhil Advani is scheduled to release on September 11. Salman has also sung a song in the film. “Not much takes had to be taken... but after that lot of work was there. I liked the song they asked me to sing and I sang it. I wanted to sing it as this was a good opportunity. Arman Malik was to sing the song... he also has sung it.” Salman, 49, will be seen next in Sooraj Barjatya’s “Prem Ratan Dhan Payo” “Prem Ratan Dhan Payo” to cry. I have a double role put on 15-20 kilos. It is a and Aditya Chopra ‘ home is about brother, sister... It in this film,” Salman said. different, difficult film,” production film “Sultan”. is a family film... get ready “For “Sultan” I have to he said.
Want to make stars out of Sooraj and Athiya: Salman Agency | Mumbai
Agency | Mumbai A R Rahman launches the first video of his band NAFS with intention to promote Indian talent internationally. Music composer A.R. Rahman has launched the first video of his new band NAFS. Mr. Rahman curated and instituted this band with an aim to promote Indian talent internationally. “The ultimate goal of NAFS is to spread joy.
The band will strive not only to entertain musically but will also be a visual treat for its audiences in India and abroad,” he said. This band has been groomed by award winning music director, arranger and conductor Arjun Chandy of Dallas Choir, and will be powered by an online multi-channel network ‘Qyuki’ founded by Mr. Rahman, Shekhar Kapur and Samir Bangara.
Superstar Salman Khan says he is not worried about the box office fate of his home production “Hero” as his focus is to make its lead actors Sooraj Pancholi and Athiya Shetty the next stars of Bollywood. Salman is launching Suniel Shetty’s daughter and Aditya Pancholi’s son in the upcoming film “Hero”. “I am sacred. Suniel and Aditya are good friends. I have the responsibility of these two kids on me. We are not
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Agency | New Delhi Ford India on Wednesday launched Figo Aspire priced between Rs 4.90 lakh and Rs 8.24 lakh (ex-showroom price Delhi) to take on the likes of Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai and Honda in the fast growing compact sedan segment. The Figo Aspire will be available in both petrol and diesel engine options. The petrol option has two variants, powered by 1.2 litre and 1.5 litre engines, available at a price range of Rs 4.90 lakh and Rs 7.80 lakh. While, the diesel option has a 1.5 litre engine and is tagged at a price range of Rs 5.90 lakh and Rs 8.24 lakh (all prices ex-showroom Delhi). “The year 2015 is the year of next stage of growth for Ford in India. We plan to launch three new products in next six months starting with the Figo Aspire today,” Ford India president and managing director Nigel Harris told reporters here.
India, US to hold key commercial dialogue next month
Sania Mirza today became only the second tennis player to be recommended for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, while star cricketer Rohit Sharma and ace shooter Jitu Rai were among the 17 sportspersons picked for this year’s Arjuna awards. Sania, currently ranked world number one in women’s doubles, scripted history by becoming the first Indian to clinch a women’s doubles Grand Slam when she partnered Swiss great Martina Hingis for the Wimbledon trophy earlier this year. Sania is only the second tennis player after Leander Paes to be named for the top award. Paes had been bestowed the honour way back in 1996
Inexperienced Sri Lanka faces an Indian side in transition Agency | Galle
after his bronze medal in the Atlanta Olympics. The 28-year-old, who has won three mixed doubles Grand Slams in her career, beat competition from squash player Deepika Pallikal, discus thrower Vikas Gowda, track and field star Tintu Luka, rising shuttler P V Sindhu, and hockey captain Sardar Singh for the coveted honour. Sania’s
name was recommended by a Sports Ministry- constituted awards committee headed by Justice V K Bali, the retired Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court. The committee included eminent athletes such as Dola Banerjee, M M Somayya and Bhogeshwar Baruah and sports journalists apart from top officials of the Sports Ministry.
2015 World Championships- Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa move into third round Agency | Chennai
Agency | New Delhi India and the US will hold first-ever high-level strategic and commercial dialogue next month in Washington focusing on areas such as ease of doing business and smart cities with an aim to boost investment and raise bilateral trade five-fold to US $ 500 billion annually. “The Strategic and Commercial Dialogue (S&CD) will be held in Washington DC in 6-7 weeks,” US under secretary of commerce for international trade Stefan M Selig told reporters here. He is in town to meet with commerce secretary Rita Teaotia for the preparatory talks. Selig said these dialogues will revolve around four areas -- ease of doing business; innovation and entrepreneurship; smart cities with a specific focus on renewable energy, and harmonisation of standards to increase trade. “The S&CD will be the signature, annual dialogue between our two governments. It will serve as a high-level meeting between our senior government and Cabinet officials as well as an ongoing, sustainable forum for policy discussions,” he added.
Uninor awards Rs 1,200-cr network contract to Huawei
The Indian Women’s Doubles pairing of Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa made a winning start to their 2015 World Championships campaign after beating Hsieh Pei Chen and Wu Tin Yung of Chinese Taipei 21-10 21-18 in the second round on Wednesday. The opening game proved to be fairly easy affair for the Indians as after racing away to an early 4-1 lead, they continued to chip away with the points not letting their opponents any chance to come into the contest and sealing the game 21-10. The same game proved to be a lot more even affair, but
rightly lauded. To be fair, a general contempt for everything defensive is a reflection of the prevailing culture in sports. But was the intent sustainable? In effect, the series will pit two teams struggling to negotiate their space in such a universe. And when one team is in transition and other is inexperienced, things are bound to be dicey. “We don’t mind losing playing in that fashion,” declared India
team director Ravi Shastri on Monday. “But it is the brand of cricket you want to play because if you get used to it, you will start winning more than you lose. The role I play is hammering that into their system.” “You don’t come to a cricket ground to draw a cricket match, so you play a brand of cricket where you take the game forward, and you look to take 20 wickets, which is paramount.”
King’s Cup titles before capping it off with victory over Juventus in the Champions League final. “Last season we got better as we went along and that is the way that it should be,” Iniesta told reporters in Tbilisi. “Tactical changes were made and also new players were assimilated into the team. This all went well and we arrived at the end of the season very strong. “It is difficult to compare one season to another but
we always have the same mentality of wanting to have the ball and building play from the goalkeeper forward. We need to keep growing and making changes and we have to build and evolve from here as well.” Barcelona became the first Spanish side to win the treble in 2009 and then went on to lift six trophies in a calendar year with successes in the Spanish Super Cup, European Super Cup and Club World Cup.
ing the PGA Championships, the fourth and final Major of the year. Lahiri, who had a good weekend with rounds of 67-71 at Akron, Ohio in the WGC-Bridgestone last week, hit the drive to 327 yards as Matt Dobyns and JB Holmes finished second and third on the par-5 593yard second hole, which
is also called “Big Country”. The ‘Long Drive’ competition requires the golfers not only to hit long but also find the fairway. Big hitters, Rory McIlroy, coming back after missing the British Open, Bubba Watson, Jason Day and Tony Finau, missed the fairway and their drives did not count.
Barca eye six-trophy haul in calendar year, says Iniesta
Gutta and Ponnappa began to assume control from the 8-8 mark and didn’t let that advantage slip, leading consistently by a minimum of 4 points throughout to eventually take the game 21-18 and progress through to the 3rd round. This win was much needed for India, considering that
the other doubles pair of Pradnya Gadre and Sikki reddy were knocked out earlier in the day. Gutta and Ponnappa will face Reika Kakiiwa and Miyuka Maeda of Japan in the pre-quarters. Final Scoreline- Jwala Gutta/ Ashwini Ponnappa beat Hsieh Pei Chen/Wu Ti Jung 21-10 21-18
Pankaj Advani bags 13th World Snooker Championship
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Agency | New Delhi Uninor today awarded a Rs 1,200 crore contract to Chinese firm Huawei for modernising and managing its network in the country. “We have extended our partnership with Huawei to modernise our network by making it future ready as well as manage it. We will be investing Rs 1,200 crore in this project,” Telewings Communications Services CEO Vivek Sood said. The contract is for a tenure of three years. Under the contract, Huawei India will modernise its entire telecom network across all six telecom circles which as of now has 24,000 base stations. The company operates in UP (West), UP (East), Bihar (including Jharkhand), Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat and has also bagged licenses in Assam. The deal also involves Huawei becoming the managed services partner of Uninor. “This is the largest deal of its kind in the Indian telecom industry and also within the Telenor Group. Our managed services function will move to Huawei by the end of this year. With this initiative, Uninor prepares for future to offer advanced internet services to the mass market customers,” Telewings COO Tanveer Mohammad said. He said the project is starting this year with modernisation of 5,000 sites and the rest 19,000 mobile tower sites will be modernised in 2016.
‘Aggression’, ‘inexperience’ and ‘transition’ seem to be the buzzwords ahead of the threeTest India-Sri Lanka series which starts here on Wednesday. The home side is short on experience while the visitors are in transition. However, both want to be aggressive. In reality, can these attributes come together and be at ease in each other’s company? When India played Australia at Adelaide last December under Virat Kohli’s captaincy, it fell short by 48 runs on the final day going in pursuit of 364. Against Pakistan at Pallekele recently, the young Sri Lanka side attacked from the word go but failed to keep its head at crucial moments and lost the Test and the series. In both instances the intentions were
Agency | Karachi Pankaj Advani outplayed Chinese Yan Bingtao 6-2 stamping his authority as he lifted the trophy. India’s poster boy of cue sports Pankaj Advani on Wednesday clinched his 13th world title after winning the World 6-Red Snooker Championship in a convincing manner. Defending champion Advani outplayed Chinese Yan Bingtao 6-2, stamping his authority on the green
baize in the final. The final started off with a bang with the Bangalore cueist racing to a rapid 3-0 lead in the best-of-11 final. But the Chinese found his form and ran away with the next two frames with the aid of a 66 break. In no mood to give anything away, Advani did not allow his opponent to score a single point in the next two. He fired in a massive 71 break in the seventh frame to be one frame away from defend-
Winning the treble last season has spurred Barcelona to try and win all six trophies up for grabs this year and replicate the feat they achieved in 2009, midfielder Andres Iniesta said on Monday. When the Catalan side take on Sevilla in Tuesday’s UEFA Super Cup, they will be eager to build on last season’s ing his title which he won success -- when they in Egypt last year. In the claimed La Liga and final frame, Bingtao took a healthy 28-5 lead before Agency | Kohler missing what was going to be his final shot of the Lahiri, 28, winner of tournament as Advani the Malaysian Open cleared the table with fi- and Hero Indian Open, nesse. A 35 break saw the which catapulted him Indian ace adding another into the Top-50 of the feather in his ever-glow- world was pleased with ing crown. Final: Pankaj the start. Indian golfer Advani (India) defeated Anirban Lahiri won the Yan Bingtao (China) 6-2: star-studded Long Drive at the 37-21, 57(30)-0, 32-29, Competition 0-66(66), 6-38(37), 48-0, Whistling Straits in the traditional event preced75(71)-0, 40(35)-28.
Lahiri wins Long Drive at Whistling Straits
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Jethabhai Patel re-elected chairman of GCMMF Correspondent | Vadodara
After serving for nearly a year as a stop-gap arrangement following the unceremonious ouster of former chairman Vipul Chaudhary, chief of Sabar Dairy Jethabhai Patel was on Wednesday re-elected as the chairman of the Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, Asia’s largest dairy cooperative marketing body with an annual turnover of Rs 20,733 crore, for another three-year term. Patel, a veteran dairy cooperative leader with strong connections with the ruling BJP in Gujarat, has served as the head of the Sabarkantha District Cooperative Milk Producers’ Union Limited, or Sabar Dairy, at
Himatnagar twice over, and was elevated to the post of the chairman of the GCMMF with the backing of the state government in August last year, to fill in the vacancy caused by the ouster of Chaudhary in January the same year. GCMMF sells milk and milk products under the “Amul” brand and has seventeen dairy cooperatives in the
state as its members on the board. With sixteen of the seventeen dairy cooperatives in the state under BJP control, the state government’s say in the matter of election of chairman remains strong. “Jetha Patel was unanimously elected as the chairman of the GCMMF by the board,” said GCMMF MD RS Sodhi, soon after the meeting of
the board that was attended by the heads of seventeen dairy cooperatives which are members of the GCMMF, along with a cooperative registrar and GCMMF managing director, who have the power to elect the chairman. Chaudhary, who had served as the board’s chairman before Patel’s election in August last year, was forced to resign from the post after a majority board members moved a no-confidence motion against him following charges of financial irregularities levied against him, in January last year. The matter was challenged in the High Court, and then the Supreme Court. Both the courts upheld the decision of the dairy’s board.
Dengue in Gujarat: AMC reports 730 confirmed cases, no deaths
continue for a few days. To educate the public about preventing dengue, he said the AMC had registered around 120 schools in its website and asked others to register to apprise themselves about the fever and the risks involved. The AMC will also inform schools of protective measures.
Dr B S Jesalpura, joint director of National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) told reporters that dengue was caused by aedis egypti mosquito which would bite only during the day and that it lived in clear stagnant water. “There is no specific treatment for dengue in the initial stage of about five days but once the warning signs like bleeding, fever, vomiting, haemorrhagic fever, high blood pressure, persistent headache,muscular and joints pain start showing up, one would have to be hospitalised at the earliest”, he said.
‘Nav Nirman Movement’ was launched in 1974 by students against 20% hike in food bill. Later joined by the middle class people against economic crisis and corruption, it was the only successful agitation in history of independent India that led to dissolution of an elected Chimanbhai Patel government. Estimates suggest Patel students comprise over 35% of Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad nearly four lakh students studying in GU and GTU In an incident that serves as a warning for social campuses. users, a man posed Man, woman held with fake passports media as a woman to befriend Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad migration filed a comthe heir of a prominent plaint with Sardarnagar religious sect and has Delhi-based man and police. The police have now resorted to publicly woman were held on detained the man and maligning him. Posing Tuesday at Sardar Valwoman and have started as a girl on Facebook labhbhai Patel Internafurther investigations. and WhatsApp, two tional Airport for trav“Anil Lamba lives in youths managed to get elling on fake passports. Germany and was taking ‘indecent’ photographs Anil Kumar Lamba and Rajveer Kaur were to go Rajveer Kaur with him,” of Vijendraprasad Pande to Germany via Dubai said V R Patel, senior alias Lalji, 19, the son of but they were detained police inspector, Sardar- Kaushalendraprasad Panby immigration officials nagar. “They both had de who is the acharya of at the airport’s interna- fake arrival and depar- Narnarayan Dev Gadi of tional terminal. After ture stamps of Bathinda Swaminarayan sect. Latquestioning the duo for airport on their pass- er, the youths who accessed the half-nude pichours, the bureau of im- ports.
tures of Vijendraprasad, submitted an application at Ghatlodia police station on Monday to file an FIR against him for obscenity. The cops initiated a primary inquiry to check the authenticity of the application. It is alleged that Vijendraprasad had posted semi-naked photographs in the chat box he shared with the Whatsapp user. The application sparked a controversy as he is slated to become the acharya of the Narnarayan Dev Gadi of Swaminarayan sect (Kalupur), once Kaushalendraprasad (the current Acharya) retired.
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Realising the seriousness of the spread of dengue fever, the state government on Monday admitted that out of 7,200 suspected cases, 730 were confirmed as dengue across the state. In Ahmedabad, out of 327 suspected cases, 200 were confirmed by the civic administration. They asserted no death had been reported in the state over dengue in the current year. These figures were revealed at a high-level meeting of health department officials at New Civil Hospital in the presence of Civil Hospital Superin-
tendent M M Prabhakar and in-charge Medical Officer Dr Bhavin Solanki on Tuesday. “On its part, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has sealed 10 construction sites. in the city on Tuesday over mosquito breeding,” he said adding that the sealing drive was going to
Patel power makes campus entry Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Patidars seem to be angling for a ‘Nav Nirman’ for the reservation stir as they make an entry into campuses. In a first, the young Patel leadership under the aegis of Sardar Patel Group has organized an opinion meet on Gujarat University campus on Thursday. On the agenda is to call Patel students to boycott classes and voluntarily effect a bandh in GU and GTU colleges on August 25.
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THE Gujarat High Court witnessed dramatic scenes Tuesday during the hearing of a PIL involving the allotment of government plots to 27 of its sitting and retired judges. Acting Chief Justice V M Sahai, who had a heated exchange with lawyers, said there were “several scams” in the court involving other judges. Late in the evening, Justice Sahai constituted a larger bench of three judges to hear the plea and listed its first hearing on Wednesday morning, the day he is scheduled to retire. At one stage of the hearing Tuesday, Justice Sahai said that before taking up the PIL he had sought the opinion of all judges of the court. “They didn’t talk to me. They believed that I had no guts. As far as guts are concerned, I am known to Mayawati and Mulayam (Singh Yadav),” Justice Sahai said. He did not elaborate. Earlier, Justice Sahai told a packed courtroom that “there are several scams”
Sect chief’s son ‘trapped’ in nudity scandal
Patels have given a clarion call for biggest ‘maharally’ in Ahmedabad for a show of strength. Ironically, brahmins and other higher caste communities announced parallel rallies seeking reservation. An umbrella forum uniting OBCs that come under reservation have also announced rallies against Patel’s demands. Rashmikant Patel, general secretary of SPG-led Sardar Patel Sevadal-Gandhi- dents and leaders to dis- August 25 to support the teen in GU — not very far nagar, said, “We called a cuss strategy for effecting maharally.” The venue of from the LD Engineering meeting of all Patidar stu- an educational bandh on the meet is near the can- canteen where the famed
Judges in HC scams… As for guts, I am known to Mayawati and Mulayam: CJ
in the High Court. As lawyers representing the judges listened, Justice Sahai said: “There is a computer scam in which the contract was given to the nephew of a sitting
judge… ekdum kharab 1,101 laptop diya gaya, karodon rupaye swindled (1,101 bad laptops were given, crores swindled)… the real nephew of a sitting judge was
given the contract and he supplied defective laptops worth Rs 2.79 crore. This was overruled by Justice Bhattacharya (former chief justice Bhaskar Bhattacharya).” His remarks came after Advocate General Kamal Trivedi, while opposing the move to constitute a larger bench, referred to an alleged scam in which dozens of people were directly recruited in the high court in the Class-III and Class IV categories.
Gova Rabari wanted to run an extortion racket from Jail Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Crime branch officials suspect that Gova Rabari, serving a life term in Vadadara jail had ordered for two pistols and live cartridges for his men outside jail to run a extortion racket. City crime branch sleuths on Sunday arrested Gaurav Tomar, native of Murena in Madhya Pradesh with two pistols and 16 live cartridges. Crime branch officials said Gova Rabari,
presently serving a life term at Vadodara Central Jail in the sensational Chetan Patel (Battery) murder case, which took place within the premises of Sabarmati Central Jail in August 2005 had asked Tomar to arrange for the weapons when the two met in Vadodara Jail. Tomar, a member of dreaded Vishal Goswami gang was held by city crime branch earlier this year for firing on
the car of the owners of Nand jewellers, which is located on CG Road. Tomar later was bailed out. However the city police detained him under the Prevention of Anti Social Activities act and was sent to Vadodara jail, where he and Gova met. Deputy commissioner of police, crime branch Deepan Bhadran sadi Gova in the jail had asked him to arrange for weapons for his men.
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Court orders FIR against college principal for seeking sexual favours from female teacher Correspondent | Vadodara
A Nadiad court on Wednesday ordered police to file an FIR within ten days against the principal of a college for seeking sexual favour from a female teacher for converting her job from contractual to permanent. The female victim had approached the Nadiad town police with complaint against the principal Hasit Mehta of city’s Mahila Arts College, affiliated to Gujarat university. However, the police allegedly refused to file any FIR against the accused. The
victim was recruited on August 10, 2010 on fiveyear probation as sports teacher by the Gujarat University Government Board. Accused Mehta promised to convert her contract into permanent
posting allegedly on condition that she returned the favour sexually. The victim stated in her complaint to the police that Mehta was behaving with her in a “weird manner that was
unbecoming of a principal” ever since she joined the office. When she approached the police with a complaint and intended to file an FIR against the accused, she was turned back.
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