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Agency | Jammu Two civilians were killed and three injured in heavy shelling by the Pakistan Army along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Saturday. It is the third incident of ceasefire violation by Pakistan since May 10 and so far three persons have died and six have been injured. Schools along the LoC in Rajouri were on Saturday shut for an indefinite period as a precautionary measure and steps have been taken to evacuate residents of border villages, officials said. The Indian Army was retaliating “strongly and effectively”, PRO Ministry of Defence (MoD), Jammu, Lt Col Manish Mehta said.
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‘Unprecedented’ cyberattacks wreak global havoc, India too hit hard Agency | London
Cyber security experts rushed to restore systems on Saturday after an unprecedented global wave of cyberattacks that struck targets ranging from Russia’s banks to British hospitals and a French carmaker’s factories. The hunt was on for the culprits behind the assault, which was being described as the biggest cyber ransom attack ever. Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at the Helsinki-based cyber security company F-Secure, told AFP that the attack was “the biggest ransomware outbreak in history”, saying that 130,000 systems in more than 100 countries had been affected. He said that Russia and India were hit particularly hard, in large part because
the older Windows XP operating software is still widely used in the countries. State agencies and major companies around the world were left reeling by the attacks which blocked access to files and demanded ransom money, forcing them to shut down their computer systems. ”The recent attack is at an unprecedented level and will require a complex international investigation to identify the culprits,” said Europol, Europe’s policing agency. The at-
tacks, which experts said affected dozens of countries, used a technique known as ransomware that locks users’ files unless they pay the attackers a designated sum in the virtual Bitcoin currency. The attacks apparently exploited a flaw exposed in documents leaked from the US National Security Agency (NSA). The attacks hit a whole range of organisations and businesses worldwide. French carmaker Renault was forced to stop production
at sites in France and Slovenia, saying the measure was aimed at stopping the virus from spreading. In the United States, package delivery group FedEx acknowledged it had been hit by malware and said it was “implementing remediation steps as quickly as possible.” Russia’s interior ministry said that some of its computers had been hit by a “virus attack” and that efforts were underway to destroy it. The country’s central bank said the banking system was hit, and the railway system also reported attempted breaches. The central bank’s IT attack monitoring centre “detected mass distribution of harmful software” but no “instances of compromise”, it said.
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Over 100 militants active in south Kashmir; operations on to neutralise them, says top army officer Agency | Kashmir
More than 100 militants are active in south Kashmir which has witnessed a spurt in terror activities recently and operations are underway to neutralise them, a top Army officer said here on Saturday. Major General B S Raju, General Officer Commanding (GoC) of Victor Force which is responsible for security in south Kashmir, also said that the Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police are trying to dissuade the local youth from joining militancy by engaging with their families. He said a full scale cordon-andsearch operation, like the one conducted in Shopian recently, will be carried out only in places where the army’s operations are hampered. “We get to listen that the situation is out of control. But it is very much in control,” said
Raju here after visiting the family of Lt Ummer Fayaz, who was abducted and killed by militants three days back while on leave. “I am aware of the presence of the militants in the area (south Kashmir) and I must tell you that because of the high vegetation that is there, they are having slight amount of freedom but we are doing operations in a way to restrict their movement and subsequently neutralize them,” the GoC told reporters. Several areas of south Kashmir, including
Pulwama, Kulgam and Shopian, have been witnessing repeated militant attacks on security forces in the recent months. There have also been a number of incidents of weapon-snatching and stone-pelting, including by college students. Responding to questions, Maj Gen Raju said there are more than 100 militants in south Kashmir and most of them are locals. “We are also ensuring that new recruitment is prevented and preventive operations.
towns across the country including the capital city Kathmandu. Local-level elections could not be held after 1997 largely as a result of the decade-long Maoist insurgency that claimed more than 16,000 lives. The elections will take place across Nepal after a gap of 20 years.
They should be held in every five years but due to political instability, they were halted since May 1997. Local bodies remained ignored during the long transitional period even after the peace deal signed between the government and the Maoists in November 2006.
Musa, in his early 20s, said he had not said anything against a particular person or Hurriyat Conference Chairman Syed Ali Shah
Geelani, “but I have spoken only against that individual who is against Islam and talks about freedom to establish a secular state”.
The Phone Call That Alerted Arvind Kejriwal To Kumar Viswas’ Intent Nepal to conduct first local polls in 20 years tomorrow Agency | Srinagar
With Arvind Kejriwal as witness, a legislator from his Aam Aadmi Party or AAP placed a call on the night of April 30 to Kumar Vishwas, among the party’s main crowd-pullers. Mr Kejriwal, who is the Chief Minister of Delhi, listened in as Mr Vishwas, a popular Hindi poet, disclosed that he was ready to take over as party chief.
With him, he said, was then minister Kapil Mishra and 33 other legislators - more than half the party’s law-makers. Mr Vishwas said he would replace Mr Kejriwal as the top boss of AAP. The 48-year-old Chief Minister now knew that the swirling rumours of a concerted effort by Mr Vishwas to leverage recent AAP debacles including its defeat in the Delhi lo-
Woman gang raped, body mutilated in Haryana
Hawala racket operating from Kolkata busted; 9 booked Agency | AndhraPradesh
he Visakhapatnam police in Andhra Pradesh today claimed to have unearthed a major hawala racket operating from Kolkata that illegally funnelled out money to the tune of Rs 569 crore overseas. According to Vizag Deputy Commissioner of Police, Navin Gulati, an FIR has been filed here against nine persons in the case but no arrests have been made so far. “We have discovered that the hawala racket received a sum of Rs 680 crore from abroad of which Rs 569 crore was sent outside the country.
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Agency | Sonipat A 23-year-old woman was gang raped and brutally murdered with her mutilated body being found in Rohtak district, police said on Saturday. Stray dogs had bitten away the victim’s face and lower portion of her body which was spotted by a passerby in the urban estate area of Rohtak on May 11, they said. “Two persons, Sumit and Vikas, have been arrested in this connection,” Sub-inspector Sonipat, Ajay Malik said. Sumit was an
acquaintance of the victim, he said. The woman, who was a divorcee, was allegedly kidnapped from Sonipat on May 9 and taken to Rohtak in a car, police said. The victim’s parents had lodged a missing complaint at Sonipat police station. Malik said the woman was first raped and the suspects then hit her with a brick and smashed her face against a stone, adding that the victim sustained grievous head injuries. The matter is being probed thoroughly, police added.
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cal elections were far from baseless. This version of events, as provided by AAP sources, has not been denied by the Chief Minister or his office so far. Sources said the party is likely to release a statement soon on the latest scandal that has emerged from its ranks. Mr Kejriwal sacked Mr Mishra as a minister 7 days later. But he did not act against Mr Vishwas reported-
ly because they have a long-standing family connect and the Chief Minister, regularly critiqued for brooking no dissent, did not want to be imaged as sacking a popular leader. His orchestration of the exit of Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav in 2015 who were among the handful of founders of the party, is still a sore point for the party and the men targeted.
Nepal is set to hold its first local-level polls in two decades on Sunday that are crucial for cementing democracy amid political turmoil in the country. Altogether 4.9 million voters are eligible to cast their votes in the first phase of elections. The first round of elections in provinces 3, 4 and 6 and the second round in provinces 1, 2, 5 and 7 will be held on May 14 and June 14 respectively. The absence of elected representatives in the local bodies for more than 15 years obstructed development in the villages and
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being spread in Kashmir. I stand by my speech and by my message,” Musa said in the latest audio clip released on social media. Musa on Friday said his organisation would chop off the heads of Hurriyat leaders and hang them in Srinagar’s Lal Chowk for calling the Kashmir issue “political in nature” and not an “Islamic struggle”. However, on Saturday, the Hizbul Mujahideen said the outfit does not subscribe to the statement issued by Musa. “Such a statement
(Musa’s) is unacceptable to us. It reflects the personal opinion of Zakir Musa,” Hizb spokesperson Saleem Hashmi said in a statement emailed to a local news agency in Kashmir. Reacting to the statement, Musa said in his audio message: “Hizbul Mujahideeen has said that we have nothing to do with the statement of Zakir Musa. So, if Hizbul Mujahideen doesn’t represent me then I too don’t represent them. From today onwards, I have no association with Hizbul Mujahideen.”
Hizbul commander Zakir Musa quits after outfit condemns his ‘beheading’ threat to separatists
Zakir Musa, who was heading the Hizbul Mujahideen, quit the terrorist outfit on Saturday after the group refused to back his statement warning that separatist leaders would be beheaded for calling the Kashmir issue “political”. Musa, who took over the outfit after the killing of Burhan Wani+ in July last year, announced he would not be associated with the terror outfit from Saturday onwards. “Following my last audio message, a lot of confusion is
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Sexual violence against women in riots and other mass crimes is being ‘normalised’ Bilkis Bano. The name and the face have been haunting me since the judgment was announced on her case by the Bombay High Court on May 4. In March 2002, our group of six women arrived in Ahmedabad to document what had happened to the Muslim women in course of the Gujarat carnage. We were Muslims, Christians and Hindus, although faith was not a factor in our selection. We were bound to one another by a bond that defies definition. It propelled us from camp to camp, from taluka to taluka. We divided ourselves in two groups so that we could cover more ground. We wanted to meet as many people and families as we could, to authenticate our account and try to seek justice for the people who had lost their families, homes and above all, hope. The report we drafted, pointed out compelling narratives of the most extreme forms of sexual violence during the 2002 riots. Testimonies of rape, gang rape, mass rape, stripping and molestation were cited. Many of the rape victims had been burnt alive so that there would be no evidence to trace back to the perpetrators. The pattern of sexual violence one sees during pogroms is a part of what Paul Brass would call the “institutionalised riot system” through which violence in produced and re-produced. One needs to pay attention to the spirit behind the transgressions that becomes the driving force in the hypermasculinity towards women. The framework of this spirit does not tolerate timidity, but instead, provokes men from majority communities to ‘act’. We live in a social regime where women are seen as an embodiment of men’s izzat (honour). Attacking ‘their women’ then becomes the undoing of the whole community. Over the years, we have not seen the media consistently report gory details of the sexual violence faced by Bilkis, Yasmin, Zarina, Kausar and the multitude of other Muslim women and children, being repeated or debated for getting them justice. We have not seen these dangerous mechanisms of provocation, through speeches and symbolic gestures, having any place in the passionate table-thumping prime time television debates. It is curious how the collective consciousness of the people is not aroused when there is not one but multiple crimes — murder, gang rape, burning alive, stripping in public —committed. What is the responsibility of print, electronic, digital and social media in influencing the mass opinion into selective consciousness? Does this consciousness vary if the location of violence is rural or urban? Does this consciousness lessen if the woman belongs to a minority or other marginalised community? While addressing the press conference, Bilkis said “mujhe insaaf chahiye, badla nahi” (I want justice, not revenge), reminding us of the indomitable Queen of Sheba, who in the Koran bears the name, Bilkis.
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“It’s a matter of who’s playing the better cricket. It will be a challenge to move from the Twenty20 to longer format. The guys here are exposed to some good cricket so the transition will be relatively easy,” -New Zealand Cricket Team’s fats bowler Trent boult said about Virat Kohli and Champions Trophy
Katrina Kaif to join Baahubali’s Prabhas in sci-fi action thriller Saaho? Agency | New Delhi
Baahubali has worked wonders for all who have been part of it, particularly its lead man, Prabhas. No wonder there is so much excitement about his next sci-fi action thriller, Saaho, to be helmed by Telugu writer-director Sujeeth. Now the latest report is that Bollywood star Katrina Kaif will be seen with him in Saaho. The makers of Saaho were keen on a Bollywood actor. After initiating talks with Deepika Padukone, Priyanka Chopra and Amy Jackson, they finally zeroed in on Katrina. The actor, who had hit a low patch post Fitoor, is raring to go again. Katrina, however, has four big films in her kitty at the moment Kabir Khan’s Tiger Zinda Hai with Salman Khan, Jagga Jasoos with Ranbir Kapoor, Shah Rukh Khan’s next with Anand L Rai and Thugs of Hindostan with Bollywood heavyweights Aamir Khan and Amitabh Bachchan, according to a report in Filmfare. Prabhas, who has been a Telugu superstar even before Baahubali, has been catapulted
into superstardom thanks to the film’s success. He is currently holidaying in the US and will resume work on Saaho in June. After playing father and son in SS Rajamouli’s magnum opus, Prabhas will be seen in a different role and in a very different setting, put together with a very different recipe: think fast-paced and high-tech action on a huge scale, with a healthy dose of romance, thrills and pinches of drama. As interesting as the title and lead actor is the rest of the intriguing cast, with some big names from all over Indian filmdom. The movie will be filmed at striking locations in, around and outside the country. Music is by the trio of
Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and lyrics will be written by Amitabh Bhattacharya. Needless to say that director of photography Madhie and production designer Sabu Cyril will do a spectacular job with the film. Saaho will be made in four Indian languages -- Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Hindi-on a budget of Rs 150 crore.
Vivek Oberoi’s company donates 25 flats to families of CRPF bravehearts Agency | Mumbai
Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi’s company Karrm Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd. has donated 25 flats to the families of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) martyrs in Thane, Maharashtra. According to reports, Vivek’s organistation has written a letter to the CRPF fraternity announcing the flats to
the kin of the martyrs who laid their lives for the nation in different operations. Reportedly, four flats have already been given to the families. The organisation has released a list of the families that have been allotted the flat, as the rest of the list will be released soon. Earlier, another celebrity Akshay Kumar has
donated Rs 1.08 crore to the families of twelve slain jawans of the (CRPF). The Jawans belonged to 219 battalion and they lost their lives in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district after a group of the Naxals’ armed militia ambushed a road opening party (ROP) in the area’s Bheji village on Saturday, March 11, 2017.
- Kapilkumar M. Hirpara Aamir Khan confirmed Katrina being a part of ‘Thugs of Editor Hindostan’. Here’s how Salman Khan reacted
Agency | New Delhi Yesterday, Aamir Khan slipped out the news that Katrina Kaif has been finalised for ‘Thugs of Hindostan’. People were waiting for Salman Khan’s reaction on the same. Here’s how the witty actor responded to the news. How Salman Khan has given his take on Katrina
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being on board for the project which will leave you in splits. The 51 yearold-actor took to Twitter and wrote, “I’m such a big Tubelight that I just got to know that Tiger’s tigress is a Thug.” The ‘Sultan’ star also posted a picture with the post. The film marks the reunion of Katrina, Aamir and Vijay Krishna Acharya, who is directing
the film as the trio has previously worked together in ‘Dhoom 3’. Recently, ‘Dangal’ girl Fatima Sana Sheikh also joined the star-studded cast of Yash Raj Films’ project. On the work front, Salman Khan will be next seen in Kabir Khan’s ‘Tubelight’ alongside Chinese actress ZhuZhu, Sohail Khan and late actor Om Puri.
Baywatch’s Priyanka Chopra and Adriana Lima show off bikini bodies in Miami Agency | Miami
Priyanka Chopra might not be running in slow-motion wearing a bikini in her first Hollywood movie Baywatch, but she gave a sneak peek of how it would look when she flaunted her bikini figure at Miami’s South Beach with her BFF and Victoria’s Secret Angel Adriana Lima on Friday. The two most beautiful women in the world looked flawless as they strutted their stuff in skimpy bikinis on Friday in Miami. The former Miss World could not keep her hands off her BFF Adriana during the girls outing at the beach. The photos of Priyanka with the Brazilian supermodel show PeeCee hugging and playing with Adriana. Priyanka and Adriana also flaunted their bikini bodies. Adriana looked gorgeous in a monochrome triangle string black bikini. Her ponytail, hoop earrings, red lipstick and Jackie O black framed cat-eye sunglasses completed her stunning look. On the oth-
er hand, Priyanka looked hot in a stylish strapless navy blue bikini. She covered herself most of the time in a khaki coat but looked gorgeous went she went to take a dip in the ocean with Adriana. Priyanka was in Miami for the promotion of her movie Baywatch. Earlier that day, she spent time with Baywatch cast Zac Efron, Alexandra Daddario, Kelly Rohrbach and Jon Bass, but Dwayne Johnson was missing from the promotional event. She also posted photos on Instagram with
her co-stars. “The #baywatch crew together at last. Missing a Certain @therock @zacefron @ ilfenator @alexandradaddario @kellyrohrbach @thejonbass,” she captioned one of the images. Directed by Seth Gord, the R-Rated comedy is an official adaptation of the iconic TV series. The film, which is set for a May 25 release, features Dwayne, Zac Efron, Alexandra, Kelly and Jon as lifeguards, while Priyanka plays the sexy villain Victoria Leeds.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan to present Devdas at Cannes film fest again Agency |Mumbai
Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, who first went to the Cannes Film Festival with Devdas back in 2002, will be presenting the Sanjay Leela Bhansali film again at the upcoming 70th edition of the fest. The actress will be going to the fest in the capacity of cosmetic brand L’Oreal Paris brand ambassador. She will be presenting the film on May 20 as part of L’Oréal Paris Open Air Cinema, read a statement from the brand. The first time Aishwarya presented Devdas at Cannes in 2002, the movie had received an overwhelming response. During a recent media interaction, she reminisced as to how she was a little apprehensive about the runtime of Devdas, as an audience. She also remembered how they had received a grand reception at the screening. “They made the reception so wonderful by actually creating this little ride up in a horse carriage…The three (Aishwarya, Shah Rukh and Bhansali) of us went up and we truly felt like we were represent-
ing us. It just felt glorious from the first step on the red carpet,” she gushed. We hope that the experience is the same for Aishwarya this time too. Devdas, inspired by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s 1901 novel, featured Shah Rukh Khan as Devdas,
Aishwarya as Paro and Madhuri Dixit as Chandramukhi. The Bhansali directorial was a cinematic marvel with the revelry of dance and music, and a tragic love story splashed with myriad emotions. The Cannes Film Festival is set to commence on May 17 and will conclude on May 28. This time, L’Oréal Paris will be celebrating the 70th anniversary of the film festival and its 20th anniversary as the official beauty brand with the L’Oréal Paris Open Air Cinema.Aishwarya will be walki n g the red
carpet as the b r a n d ambassador on May 19-20.
3 / Dt. 14-05-2017, Sunday Bull market is here to stay! TINA is driving the rise of Indian stock prices Agency | Mumbai With most market commentators highlighting the stretched valuations of equity indices, investors have become somewhat skeptical. What should the lay investor do? We believe in the saying ‘a bull market climbs a wall of worry’, and have a positive view about investing even at current levels. Our arguments can be summed up in one word – ‘TINA’, which is an acronym for ‘there is no alternative’. TINA is firmly in play, driving the rise of Indian stock prices. TINA is operating at three levels. First, from an international perspective, there is no other large emerging
economy that has better investment characteristics than India. Strong GDP growth, political stability, controlled inflation and negligible dependence on commodity prices make India an attractive emerging market among the BRICS. Second, political risk in India is at its lowest in the past couple of decades. This greatly helps in planning for long-term projects and will attract large amounts of overseas investments. Third and last, the average Indian can no longer invest confidently in real estate and Gold. Even a small diversion of savings from real estate to equity markets is enough to drive markets higher.
Five investment lessons you can pick from blockbuster Baahubali Agency | New Delhi
Just a week back, investors from all walks of life thronged the Century Link Centre, Omaha, to pick up a few pearls of wisdom from the ocean of investment ideas – Warren Buffett. Millions others, who could not be the part of the annual shareholders meeting of Berkshire Hathaway, remained glued to live stream of the event. The 86-year old investment guru is still a craze in the financial world, and his statements often become gospel truth for investors and solid stories for news media attracting millions of eyeballs. However, this time when Buffett and his partner Charlie Munger were sharing their success mantras
and money-making strategies, a new icon was making headlines back in India with its dazzling grandeur and extravagance, giving tough competition to the ‘Oracle of Omaha’. The project, which everyone is talking about, has not only gone a long way to script history in its domain but has also become an inspiration, a valuable lesson for different facets of life, including the investment world. Yes, you guessed it right! SS Rajamouli’s magnum opus ‘Baahubali’ has been an unstoppable, smashing box office records one after another and mauling every other movie that dared to hit the screen around the same time!
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Bajrang Punia and Sarita Mor enter finals at Asian Wrestling Championships after contrasting wins in semis. Agency | New Delhi Two months back, Bajrang Punia spearheaded the Indian team to the Wrestling World Cup in Iran. But the the tournament did not give a favourable result for India. Bajrang won only one out of five bouts. He even lost a bout against Mehim Nasiri of Iran by pin fall. Therefore, when the two wrestlers met each other in the quarter-final of the Asian Wrestling Championships in New Delhi on Saturday, Nasiri was the favourtie and Bajrang’s toughest test in the tournament. The Indian wrestler was coming off a tough win over Uzbekistan’s Sirojiddin Hasanov 4-3 in the qualification. Yogeshwar Dutt, the London Olympic bronze-medallist, is standing in Bajrang’s corner, shouting instructions to his prodigy. Chants of “India, India” have filled the KD Jadhav Indoor stadium. But Bajrang is
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trailing at the end of the first period. “At the World Cup, we were playing in their country. People were supporting them. That makes a huge difference. This is the second time I was wrestling with Nasiri but playing in front of the my home crowd boosted my confidence. And I forgot that I was pinned,” Bajrang says. Probably it did. Bajrang eked out a 7-5 win over Nasiri to advance to the semi-final and avenge his loss at the World Cup. He came up with a single leg attack after Nasiri had a push out. On the same attack, Bajrang rolled over Nasiri to lead by 5-3. The two wrestlers continued to
find an opening and Nasiri got hold of Bajrang’s ankle. But the Indian defended the move and turned it in his favour by exposing Nasiri. He held on to the lead despite a late attack gave Nasiri two points to eke out a 7-5 win. Bajrang then moved past Kukgwang Kim in the semifinal after a 3-2 win. He had the North Korean in many locks and chest wraps but wasn’t able to score. He trailed his opponent 2-1 at the break. Other Indian wrestler in the men’s freestyle had disappointing results as Jitender lost in quarters of 74kg and Satyawart Kadian lost in the 97kg repechage.
Shahryar Khan: BCCI not ready to let India play vs Pakistan even in India Agency | Karachi
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shahryar Khan has clarified his recent comment on agreeing to play series in India, saying that it was related to the contract signed between his board and the Board of control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2014. “Pakistan had agreed to host four series in Pakistan or any third country like the UAE or Sri Lanka with mutual consent while India was to host two series in India. The BCCI has failed to fulfill this contract as a result of which the PCB has sent a legal notice to the BCCI,” a PCB statement said while clarifying Shaharyar’s comment. “The chairman had stated that the PCB is ready to play in India despite security threats but only as part of the contract it has signed in 2014 with
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The rivalry between Steve Smith and Virat Kohli had sometimes threatened to boil over during the recent India vs Australia series, especially after the ‘brain fade’ controversy. However, the mutual respect the two captains share is quite obvious. Australia have always played their brand of cricket -- aggresively and with positive mindset and Smith acknowledged that India had adopted a similar approach under the captaincy of Kohli. The Australian skipper admitted that India’s style of playing cricket changed a bit from the time of Sourav Ganguly and MS Dhoni leading the team. “Australian cricket
hasn’t changed a great deal. We have always tried to play an up-tempo and positive brand of cricket. We were always trying to take the game on and be sort of entertainers and try and be as positive as possible,” Smith told NDTV. “India, I think, have adopted a similar mindset, they try to be very aggresive in how they go about things and that certainly seems to be Vi-
rat’s approach. I think it’s a great way to play cricket,” he added. “There has been a little bit of a shift in India’s approach. There is a lot more aggressiveness on the field and a bit of banter here and there, which is always fun.” ”Quality player, I’m sure he is going to be India’s leader for a very long time. But no advice just keep playing cricket and enjoying it,” he added.
Lynn: The Australian has been arguably the biggest impact player this season. Injury had sidelined him from much of the tournament after making a whirlwind start but he has returned just at the right time for KKR. Sunil Narine: Another ace up KKR’s sleeve is the West Indian spinner, who now should be categorised as an all-rounder. Before this season, one could
have bet a house on Narine getting the job done with the ball. Gautam Gambhir: The KKR captain is still in the running in the ‘Orange Cap’ competition and has been in wonderful form. Kieron Pollard: The big hitting West Indian might not have carried Mumbai to victory in their previous two matches but there is little doubt that he is well and truly back in form.
newing Kabaddi, and their relentless efforts to scale it even higher. ”The addition of 4 new teams to the ever-growing VIVO Pro Kabaddi League
signifies a promising road ahead for the sport in India as well as over the world.” This expansion adds to an already impressive line-up of 8 franchises based out of major metros in the country - Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Patna, Pune and Jaipur. Earlier this week, Star India announced a breakthrough deal with VIVO India, the global smartphone major -- as the title sponsor of the league for five years.
IPL Fantasy League 2017: Top 5 Picks For KKR Vs MI Contest Agency | Punjab
the BCCI, in which it is clearly noted that first India will play Pakistan in Pakistan’s home series, be it in Pakistan or a neutral venue,” the statement added. BCCI not willing to host Pakistan in India, says PCB. Earlier, Shahryar had stated despite security threats, they are ready to send their cricket team to play a series in India. “We are ready to play in India, but the Board of Control for Cricket in India is not ready to let the Indian team play against us even in their own country,” he had added. He had also main-
tained that even the International Cricket Council (ICC) accepts that a series between the two arch rivals is the most important series in the cricketing world as it generates “the most” revenue. On Thursday, the BCCI had rejected the PCB’s demand of compensation for not playing bilateral cricket series with the Asian neighbours. The PCB had earlier this month sent a legal notice to its Indian counterpart for failing to honour the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the two cricket boards in 2014.
organisation STAR India on Friday. The Chennai-based franchise is owned by a consortium – Iquest Enterprises Private Limited, which include Tendulkar and serial entrepreneur N Prasad. The JSW Group, Adani Group and GMR Group are the other three owners of the new Pro Kabaddi League teams. Uday Shankar, Chairman and CEO, Star India said, “I’m delighted to welcome some of India’s finest corporates to our Mission Kabaddi.
“We believe that with the support of existing and new partners we are well on our course to realising a socially transformative sports agenda. The interest shown by these corporates is evidence of the immense potential of Kabaddi.” With this, VIVO Pro Kabaddi is poised to surpass other Indian sports leagues in terms of geographical representation - 11 states, number of matches - 130+ matches and length of the tournament - 13 weeks. Ja-
Kolkata Knight Riders face Mumbai Indians in the battle of the top two teams in IPL 2017. KKR are currently second, trailing MI by two points in the Indian Premier League standings but a win at the Eden Gardens on Saturday night may see them leapfrog their opponents to top place albeit on net runrate. Rising Pune Supergiant, who lost to Delhi Daredevils on Friday, also have 16 points but their chances of finishing top seems now to be unlikely prospect courtesy a poor run-rate. Kolkata are coming at the back of a loss to Kings XI Punjab and will look to return to winning ways and get back some momentum. Mumbai too have lost their previous two games and ahead of the play-offs will look to get back into rhythm. Chris
Pro Kabaddi League: Sachin Tendulkar becomes coowner of Chennai franchise; JSW buy Haryana team Agency | Mumbai
Agency | Mumbai
Music, Food and Literature came together at Swarotsav in Ahmedabad. Padmshree Purshottam Upadhyay, Sadhna Sargam, Parth Oza, Bhumik Shah, Prahar Vora, Gargi Vora, Anal Vasavda, Nayan Sharma, Kosha Pandya, Gaurang Vyas made the evening all the more graceful with
their beautiful musical compositions along with the poems of Ankit Trivedi. The event was started with Swarotsav title song after that song related to brother and sister bonding by Avinash Nayar was sung by Anal Vasavda and Prahar Vora. Parth Oza sang ‘Hu Evo Gujarati’ of Vinod Joshi with the musical composition of Gaurang Vyas.
Sachin Tendulkar has joined the Kabaddi bandwagon, becoming a co-owner of the Chennai-based franchise which will be included with three other teams in the fifth season of VIVO Pro Kabaddi League. The announcement of the four new teams – names yet to be decided – from Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh and Haryana – was made by Mashal Sports, organiser and administrator of the league and its parent
nardan Singh Gehlot, President, International Kabaddi Federation, said, “We laud Star India and Mashal Sports for uniquely transforming and re-
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Amit Shah chalks out Gujarat poll strategy
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
BJP president Amit Shah held a series of meetings with Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and other leaders on Friday to discuss preparations for the Assembly polls to be held later this year. According to party sources, Mr. Shah discussed political issues, apart from preparations for the polls and new programmes and events to be launched by the State government and the party in order to galvanise the cadres. BJP sources said the party hopes to win 150 out of 182 seats in the State. Party insid-
ers said that Mr. Shah and his team have started assessing every seat and performance of the incumbent legislators. “Currently, seat-wise assessment is being carried out,” a senior party leader involved in the process told The Hindu. Meanwhile, BJP general secretary in-charge of Gujarat, Bhupendra Yadav, and organising secretary V. Satish will hold a daylong workshop with the State leaders and senior workers to discuss organisational issues related to the polls on Saturday. Subsequently, Mr. Shah will be coming back to
his home State for three days to oversee the poll preparations and also start the process of compiling a panel of names for each of the 182 seats. The ruling BJP is already in the campaign mode six months before the polls. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the party’s campaign while attending a series of events last month. He will be visiting the State on May 23 to attend the inauguration of the annual meeting of the African Development Bank in Gandhinagar and also attend another event in Kutch district.
lifestyle. Priyanshi, who also studied at Entrepreneurship Development of India (EDI), Ahmedabad started khadi cult to promote khadi among youths aged 18 to 30. “It is a challenge to make youngsters accept khadi, a hand woven fabric. I started making designs on Khadi which could appeal to younger generation and in one year I see that they have caught their imagination not only in the country but abroad too. Many didn’t know it is environmental friendly and zero carbon fabric,” Priyanshi, the 24-year-old
owner of a start-up, said. Priyanka deals with zero waste packaging business. She said, “Our city needs recycling plants and we should promote segregation of wet and dry waste collection at source. Packaging bags to visiting cards and letterheads to toilet rolls, everything can be made from recycled products. I provide these materials and show people ways to make them for the benefit of the community.”Entrepreneurs like them find the going tough in a tradition-bound city like Surat.
Two sisters seek to carve a niche in tradition-bound city Agency | Surat
Two sisters, who studied engineering, have chosen to spread khadi products, promote zero waste packaging and work for segregation of waste at source among the youths instead of joining their father’s jari business. Priyanshi Jariwala and Priyanka Jariwala are working to break traditional barriers to carve a niche for themselves as entrepreneurs despite opposition from within their family. Eldest sister Priyanka started her journey by joining Saahas, an organization which works for zero waste
Union minister Harsh Vardhan launches ‘Safar-Air’ Ahmedabad services
city as a whole, Navrangpura, Satellite, Bopal, Gift City, the airport, Lekhwada, Chandkheda, Raikhad, Rakhial and Pirana. Apart from setting up the air quality monitoring station, the Union ministry, in coordination with Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation and Indian Institute of Public Health, will provide real time data. Real-time air quality data will be given for Vastrapur, Sardar Patel Stadium, Satellite, the airport, Subhash Bridge, Gift City, Vishala, Danapith, Memco, Kalupur,
Kankaria and Viratnagar areas. At the time of the launch, only the air quality at Memco was found to be poor, while it was moderate at all the other places. Harsh Vardhan, while launching Safar, said his ministry has provided the details of the air quality in the city, but it is now the responsibility of the people of the city and its elected representatives to take up a campaign to improve the air quality. Giving details of Safar, Vardhan said the project will give exact details about weather and rainfall as well, which will help farmers. According to a ministry report, providing timely information to farmers had a positive impact worth Rs 50,000 crore on the GDP of the country.
hi tomorrow (Saturday) for a meeting with Ashok Gehlot to take a formal decision on this.” AICC General Secretary Gehlot is party’s Gujarat affairs incharge. PAAS members, who represented Hardik Patel at the meeting, are Dinesh Bhambhania, Varun Patel and Manoj Patel. Besides quota, their four demands include legal action against police officials who allegedly committed atrocities on Patels after a rally in Ahmedabad in August 2015. They also want to compensation to the next of kin of 14 youths who died
in the agitation as well as setting up of an autonomous commission for the Patidars. He said: “We are clear from the beginning that we are not with any political party. But, we will campaign against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party since it has not conceded our demands. If the Congress promises to take up our cause, we are with them.” In an open letter to Hardik Patel, she urged him to constitute “an extended committee with adequate women representation and more prominent people in it”
Correspondent | Ahmedabad
The Union ministry of earth sciences on Friday launched “Safar-Air”, the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting and Reaserch (SAFAR) for Ahmedabad city, fourth city in the country after Delhi, Mumbai and Pune to get Safar. Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union minister for science and technology and earth sciences launched Safar-Ahmedabad on Friday. Not only will Safar-Ahmedabad be available on the web, but an Android version was also launched. Safar-Ahmedabad will give day-to-day information about air quality at ten places in the Ahmedabad-Gandhinagar area. The app will give daily information for Ahmedabad
Congress, Hardik Patel to Join Hands in Gujarat Assembly Elections
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
The Gujarat Congress announced in Ahmedabad on Friday it will support the Patidar agitation of firebrand leader Hardik Patel even as the latter is learnt to have decided to campaign for the opposition party in the 2017-end assembly elections. Hardik Patel, 23, has been spearheading an agitation since July 2015 for reservation to the Patels (or Patidars) in government jobs and educational institutions. According to Solanki: “We are positive about all their demands. I am going to Del-
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Amid protest, fee regulation committee holds first meet Sunvilla News | Vadodara
Amidst chaos, protest and police protection, the zonal fee regulation committee formed by Gujarat government to decide fee structure of private schools under the Gujarat Self-Financed School (Regulation of Fees) Act 2017 held its first meeting for Vadodara zone at the district education officer (DEO) office here at Karelibaug on Friday. Ahead of the meeting, the Vadodara District Parents Association made an appeal to the committee to allow it make a representation before it. But before the meeting could start, members of the Vali Vedna Congress Samiti floated by the Congress staged a protest outside the premises demanding that parents’ representative should be included in the committee. Karelibaug police, however, detained 13 Congress leaders who were shouting slogans. “The entire process is an eyewash. The committee has been given 90 days time to decide on the application for revision form schools and another 90 days for an appeal at the state level fee regulatory committee. By this time parents would have paid fees for two more quarters. By the time 180 days or six months get over, state elections would be around the corner causing more delay,” said Congress leader Rutvij Joshi. Retired judge G N Rana, who heads the Vadodara zonal committee,
however said that the Act does not have provision to listen to representations made by group of parents or parents association. Ironically, the committee will also not share its proceedings with the media as Rana claimed that after the fee revisions are finalised, the schools will directly put the revised fees on their notice boards. The committee is also not certain whether the fees decided by them will be uploaded online or shared on any public forum. When questioned about the absence of parents’ representative from the committee and secrecy surrounding its proceedings, Rana said that the Act itself has been passed for the benefit of students and parents. He also stressed that the committee will be able to complete its task within the prescribed time frame. The committee includes retired professor and former vice-chancellor of Veer Narmad South Gujarat University R G Kothari, chartered accountant Lalit Mehta, Jagdish Shukla, a member of the executive body of the Vadodara Unaided Private School Association and civil engineer Rajnikant Shah. It is expected to meet again after May 24.
Class X student killed in hit-and-run of Ranasan village near Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
A 16-year-old died in a road accident on the SP Ring Road on Thursday night. Naroda police have registered a case of hit-and-run and have started searching for the absconding driver According to investigators, Haresh Zala, a resident
Ahmedabad, had come to his friend Dashrath Thakor’s residence in Naroda. They had set off on a bike when they were hit by a car. Haresh and Dashrath fell on the road and sustained injuries. Haresh died during treatment at a hospital, said investigators.
their lives and hence are never able to break free from the vicious circle of poverty.” He added, “We understand the important role of a mother in a child’s upbringing. Thus, our endeavor is to create awareness among mothers on the need to put their children for formal schooling to be able to uplift their quality of life.” To emphasize on the need
of mothers to stay healthy, a free health camp was organized across several locations. JFS will also be supporting children of participating mothers with stationaries and essential goods for their children’s school education. JFS’s celebration of Mother’s Day builds on the deep connect that the organization has in the communities they service.
Janalakshmi Financial Services Mother’s Day program · JFSaims to bring down the number of school drop-outs in India · Several thousand women across 17 cities pledge to educate their children
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
In India, about 8.31 million children drop out of school every year to support their families financially. Commemorating Mother’s Day, Janalakshmi Financial Services (JFS) has taken a step towards creating awareness among mothers from low-income group stressing the importance of formal education for their children.Thousands of mothers across 434 locations have come forward and pledged to educate their children. JFS firmly believes in helping every
individual realize their dreams and aspirations and formal school education is key to achieving this. The event, conducted across 17 cities,celebrates the spirit of motherhood and entrepreneurship. A ‘dreamwall’ in every location displays dreams of various mothers for their children. A selection of the Mother’s Day activities included: a JFS representative educating mothers on the significance of their children’s education, a panel discussion on how a mother is the President of the family, various ac-
tivities to unwind and a tete-a-tete with children on why they feel their mothers are the best. A speech byMr. Sidharth S , Regional Head, ofrising from grassroots and how education led him/ her towards making a successful career, was aimed to inspire mothers and reiterate on the importance of education and the opportunities it could open up for their children. Wishing all mothers, Ramesh Ramanathan, Chairman & Founder, Janalakshmi Financial Services, said, “In India, six out of tenchildren drop out of school every year to support their family financially. Due to this, they end up working as laborers, doing menial jobs for the rest of
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