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Anita Dongre to present Indian wear at LFW
Agency | Mumbai Noted designer Anita Dongre will be presenting her Indian line this season at the upcoming Lakme Fashion Week here. The Lakme Fashion Week is set to kick start its Summer/Resort edition from March 30-April 3. “I am showing my new Indian collection called ‘Love Notes’. My collection is inspired by Rajasthan. We will show both women’s and men’s wear,” Anita said.
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he has committed treason. Now who will ensure that Pakistani team will play against India in Kolkata in T20 match to win,” said Saddique. At a press conference in Kolkata, Afridi had said, “I’ve not enjoyed playing anywhere as much as I have in India. I am in the last stage of my career and I can say that the love I have got in India is something that I will always remember. We have not got this much love even from Pakistan. There are cricket-loving people here, much like in Pakistan. Overall, I’ve enjoyed a lot playing in India in my cricketing career”. Saddique said Afridi’s insensitive statement has not only hurt
“Shocked and hurt” by Shahid Afridi’s comments that Pakistan’s cricketers were loved more by Indians than the fans here, former captain Javed Miandad has said that players making such statements should be “ashamed” of themselves. “These cricketers should be ashamed of themselves for saying such a thing. Shame on you,” Miandad said on the ‘Aaj TV’ channel. Afridi and senior player Shoaib Malik had praised India after landing there for the World Twenty20, insisting that they have never felt threatened in the country even though their departure was delayed due to security concerns. “We have always
AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi has become the centre of controversy again after saying that he will not chant ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai.’ After facing attacks from the Bharatiya Janata Party, Owaisi said, “What law has been violated by what I said? No one can impose their ideology on us. I don’t need to prove my loyalties. So yes, I totally stand by what I said,” Owaisi on his statement. AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi has said he will not chant ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai,’ comments that came against the backdrop of
Agency | Mumbai Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan today dismissed reports that his upcoming film “Dangal” will release on Independence day. There were reports that Aamir was considering to release the sports-biopic ahead of its originally scheduled release on Christmas this year. The actor said he had also heard the rumours, but clarified that the film will not release on August 15.
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Agency | Kolkata Shahid Afridi was dragged to court for “committing treason” and “hurting sentiments” of Pakistanis, a day after his statement that the national cricket team was “loved more in India” than in Pakistan. A senior lawyer served a legal notice on the 36-year-
old Pakistan cricket captain for his statement in India ahead of the World T20 tournament. “I have served a legal notice on Shahid Afridi and ‘de facto’ chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board Najam Sethi for their love for India over Pakistan. I have also written to PCB
enjoyed playing in India and have been loved by Indian crowds more than crowds back home in Pakistan,” Afridi had said. Miandad said Pakistan had gone to India to play in the World T20 but it didn’t mean that the players should pander to the hosts. “What have the Indians given us? Speak the truth even while in India. For the last five years what have they given us or done with Pakistan crick-
Chairman Shahryar Khan to launch an inquiry into the statement of Afridi in India,” said advocate Azhar Saddique said while sharing the contents of the legal notice. “Afridi has let down the whole Pakistani nation for expressing more love for India than Pakistan. In fact
et. Having served Pakistan cricket for so many years I am shocked and hurt to hear such comments from our players,” Miandad said. The veteran of 124 Tests said the Pakistan cricket authorities must look into this matter and there should be a proper media classes for the players when they go abroad. “The job of this team is to go and play well in India not make such unnecessary comments,” he said.
he said. The notices have been sent to the residences of Afridi and Sethi.
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the sentiments of Pakistanis but also made his (Afridi) life vulnerable. “God forbid if Pakistan loses match against India, Afridi keeping in view his ‘pro-India’ statement nobody here will forgive him ever,” he said, adding Afridi is neither an am-
bassador nor a diplomat and he made “uncalled for comments” which he should take back. “The PCB should investigate the role of Najam Sethi as he might have pushed Afridi to speak in favour of India. Sethi always advocates Indian cause,”
Investigation into a case of suspected honour killing in Tamil Nadu gathered pace on Monday following the surrender of the fatherin-law of a Dalit man, who was murdered allegedly by his upper-caste in-laws in Tirupur district. A gang of unidentified men armed with hatchets and sickles rode into Udumalaipettai town in Tirupur district and hacked 22-year-old Shankar to death in broad daylight. He died en route to hospital.
Bhagwat sahab,” Owaisi said, at a public rally in Udgir tehsil of Latur district yesterday. “I won’t utter that (slogan) even if you put a knife to my throat,” Owaisi said,
the crowd. “Nowhere in the Constitution it says that one should say: Bharat Mata ki Jai,” he said. The RSS chief had earlier said the new generation needs to be taught to chant slogans hailing mother India. Bhagwat’s comments came against the backdrop of the row over alleged anti-India sloganeering in the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus on February 9.
Stand by my comments on not saying ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’, says Asaduddin Owaisi Agency | New Delhi amid loud applause by
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RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s suggestion that the new generation needs to be taught to chant slogans hailing mother India. “I don’t chant that slogan. What are you going to do,
Govt sets up probe panel on missing files of Ishrat Jahan case Agency | New Delhi
A one-man inquiry committee of additional secretary BK Prasad will probe the issue of missing Agency | Ankara Agency | Kochi files related to the case of alleged fake encounter of Kerala High Court today A female member of Ishrat Jahan, government quashed the order of As- the outlawed Kurdistan on Monday said. Prasad, sembly Speaker disqual- Workers Party (PKK) was additional secretary in ifying former rebel Ker- one of two suspected perthe home ministry, will ala Congress (M) leader petrators of a car bombing inquire into the circumP C George as a member that killed 37 people in stances in which the files of the House in Novem- the Turkish capital Anrelated to the case of Ish- general and submitted in in Parliament on March ber last year. Justice V kara, security officials rat Jahan, who was killed the Gujarat high court in 10 that the files were Chitambaresh cited rules said on Monday. The atin an alleged fake encoun- 2009 and the draft of the missing. The first affidaand directed Speaker tack, which tore through ter in Gujarat in 2004, second affidavit vetted by vit was filed on the basis N Sakthan to reconsid- a crowded transport hub went missing. The panel the AG on which changes of inputs from Maharasher George’s application a few hundred metres will find out the person were made. Two letters tra and Gujarat Police befor resignation after (yards) from the Justice responsible for keeping written by the then Home sides the Intelligence Buhearing him. The Judge and Interior Ministries found that the Speaker on Sunday evening, was male member of the PKK The government has said struck directly at the secu- the files and relevant is- Secretary G K Pillai to reau where it was said that took the decision to dis- the second such bomb- who joined the militant it expects to officially rity forces and says it does sues, a home ministry the then attorney general the 19-year-old girl from qualify George without ing in the administrative group in 2013, the secu- identify the organisation not target civilians. A di- official said. The papers late GE Vahanvati and the Mumbai outskirts was a considering the resigna- heart of the city in under rity officials told Reuters. behind the attack later rect claim of responsibil- which went missing from copy of the draft affidavit Lashkar-e-Taiba activist tion letter submitted by a month. Evidence has She was born in 1992 and on Monday. In its armed ity for Sunday’s bombing the home ministry include have so far been untrace- but it was ignored in the him while the issue was been obtained that one from the eastern Turkish campaign in Turkey, the would indicate a major the copy of an affidavit able. Home minister Ra- second affidavit, Home pending before him. vetted by the attorney jnath Singh had disclosed Ministry officials said. of the bombers was a fe- city of Kars, they said. PKK has historically tactical shift. 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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Politics divides, sport unites..!
If the Pakistan cricket team, now in India for the T20 World Cup, browses through this morning’s newspapers, they will find a major surprise awaiting them: Pakistani and Indian national flags being waved together at the “World Cultural Festival” that was organised by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, whom most nationalists call the Indian “spiritual guru”. In the context of what is happening in India today, where any support for Pakistan is seen as seditious and anti-national, should this act of camaraderie, without drawing the ire of “patriotic” Indians, be seen as a sudden change of heart or a genuine desire of many not to mix politics with cultural events, that should include sports as well? Cultural events, in any case, challenge the boundaries of nationalism, but flag waving at the sports arenas is a phenomenon unparalleled in its display of nationalism. The Indian cricket fan the world over is recognised for his astonishing display of lung power and flag waving to support his team. The Tricolour must be the most recognised Indian product in cricket playing nations and in places like England it overshadows the Union Jack as well. In fact, in the last series played in England, the predominantly “Indian” crowd at the ground booed and jeered paceman James Anderson, giving the impression that the match was being played in India. This “Indian” crowd, most of them second or third-generation British Indians, holding British passports and for all practical purposes nationals of that country, don’t think that this act could be construed as “anti-national” in the country of their adoption. That they are allowed to do so without falling foul with the “law” is obviously a sign of the British being a tolerant nation that does not see in this harmless act signs of “treason”. The same holds true for the British Pakistani youth, who fill the ground with a sea of green flags and taunt the English on the cricket ground. What is very surprising though is that majority of these flag-waving fans condemn such acts if they take place in the country of their roots. In many interactions with them, I have realised that what they consider their fundamental right in the country they live in, is a right they would want to deny an Indian or Pakistani citizen, if he does that in his own country. An Indian waving a Pakistani flag or a Pakistani waving an Indian flag will be seen as a traitor. The rights and freedom of speech end when it comes to the citizens of the two nations, and any flag, other than their own, won’t be tolerated by these very freedom loving foreign “nationalists”. Is it that partition, religious strife, terrorism and the two countries’ constant war posturing, have scarred their psyche beyond repair? Not everyone, though, is infected with this xenophobia, as I witnessed in the 1999 India-Pakistan World Cup match in Manchester, which was played in the backdrop of the Kargil war.
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QUOTE “It is the stated policy of the government that present OF THE arrangement of reservation will be maintained,” - Leader of the House in the Rajya Sabha and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said there was no rethink on the present social and caste-based reservation policy and it would continue. DAY Aamir’s Birthday Wish: Want to Buy Mother’s Childhood Home in Varanasi Agency | New Delhi
Actor Aamir Khan, newly returned from the US, celebrated his 51st birthday on Monday in what has become a tradition of sorts over the past few years - by addressing the media in a mid-day conference at his Mumbai home. Mr Khan, quizzed about his birthday wishlist, revealed that instead of receiving a gift, he’d like to make a present of a house to his mother, Zeenat Hussain. But not just any house. “This year, I would like to buy my mother her childhood home in Varanasi,” said Mr Khan. “My mother is over 80 now and I have been thinking about this for some time. I want to speak to the people who live in the house now and buy it from them,” he
said, looking considerably lighter and fitter than he has in the last year. Aamir Khan put on 25-odd kilos for his new movie Dangal and is now losing the extra weight to play the younger version of his character. For himself, the actor would be happy with the gift of sleep, having flown into Mumbai early Monday morning after a 32-hour journey. His first birthday wishes were
from his wife and son, Kiran Rao and four-yearold Azad, who greeted him at the airport. At the press conference, Aamir Khan wore a T-shirt printed with a picture drawn by Azad. His American sojourn involved a strict regime of exercise. “I was in the US for three weeks, just sleeping, eating and working out. I was exercising almost six hours a day,” he said.
Harbhajan Singh celebrates wife Geeta Basra’s 32nd birthday with Indian cricket team Agency | New Delhi
Bollywood actress and Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh’s wife Geeta Basra celebrated her 32nd birthday with the entire Indian cricket team. Actress celebrated her first birthday after entering wedlock with hubby Harbhajan Singh on March 13, 2016. Harbhajan Singh expressed his happiness and wrote on twitter saying, “HAPPY BDAY TO U HAPPY BDAY TO U HAPPY BDAY TO U HAPPY BDAY MY LOVELY WIFEY. SHOULD HV PUT MORE CAKE ON UR FACE”. Bhajji captioned the picture saying, “should have put more cake” on the birthday girl’s face” and also shared many pictures of his wifey while she was
busy cutting the cake. Further Bhajji’s team mate, Hardik Pandya also wished his ‘bhabhiji’, Geeta on Twitter and posting a special message saying, “Happy birthday bhabhiji God bless @ harbhajan_singh @Geeta_Basra @ImRaina”. Other players also wished their Geeta on her special day. Actress Geeta Basra was the color coordinated with the rest of the Men in Blue. Bhajji’s team mates including Mahendra
Singh Dhoni, Rohit Sharma, Ashish Nehra, Ravindra Jadeja, Shikhar Dhawan and current Indian cricket team director Ravi Shastri were spotted in the celebration. Geeta Basra tied the nuptial knot with cricketer Harbhajan Singh on 29 October 2015 in Punjab. The couple were dating for almost five years and later, decided to take their relationship to the next level. Geeta and Harbhajan had a star-studded, lavish wedding.
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Harshali Malhotra, who became famous after her role in Salman Khan’s ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’, is much talked about for her cuteness. The li’l actress, who played the role of Munni in the film, has won many hearts. Harshaali was busy shooting for a brand with ‘Dilwale’ actress Kriti Sanon on Sunday (March 14) and looks like the two had a good time on and off sets. Kriti shared a video of the two enjoying a pillow fight in between their shoot. Kri-
ti, 25, has been shooting for a brand with sevenyear-old Harshaali. In between takes, both of them had a lot of fun posing for pictures as well. The ‘Heropanti’ actress, who will be next seen alongside Sushant Singh Rajput in ‘Raabta’, has have been sharing many beautiful pictures with her young partner. The two were also seen pouting in one of the clicks, which the actress captioned as: ‘I taught her how to pout and she did it better than me!!’
With her childhood memories attached to Rudyard Kipling’s timeless classic, actress Freida Pinto, who found popularity in the West with Slumdog Millionaire, is excited to be a part of Jungle Book: Origins. She said that her life has come full circle with the Hollywood project. Freida is voicing Mowgli’s adoptive mother in the Warner Brothers’ motion capture live-action adventure adaptation of The Jungle Book, based on the novel by Mr Kipling. And the actress asserts that the film is worth the wait. “It’s going to be a while
Shraddha Kapoor, Tiger Shroff starrer ‘Baaghi’ trailer to have 30 flying kicks Agency | Mumbai
The trailer of “Baaghi”, packed with as many as 30 flying kicks, will give Bollywood fans a glimpse into the extent of action the film will offer. Director Sabbir Khan says actor Tiger Shroff has pulled off the stunts in a way that action has been taken to “the next level” after “Heropanti”. “Baaghi” stars Tiger and Shraddha Kapoor, and the former will surprise the audience by taking the action scenes to another level, said the director. “After ‘Heropanti’, I knew I had to take action to the next level with ‘Baaghi’ what with having a hero like Tiger who could pull off what I imagined. I took a year to design the entire action of the film and I was meeting and choreographing the action with my team over a year before we even start-
ed filming,” Khan said in a statement. Tiger trained in Kalaripayattu, a martial art form which originated in Kerala. Coupled with that, he has also attempted Bollywood-style action scenes for the movie, in which Shrad-
dha will also be showing her rough and tough side. “Even Shraddha will be seen doing action for the very first time. We are a little nervous and at the same time super excited to launch our trailer,” Khan said in a statement.
leading Bollywood actresses and how they can help in “swaying the bankers”. “And am sure that the bikini beauties of Vijay Mallya were a huge part of the security for the banks and hence the bankers can’t complain. I think Mallya’s calendar girls Deepika Padu-
kone, Nargis Faqri (sic), Esha Gupta, Katrina Kaif etc etc contributed to the bankers being swayed,” he tweeted. He went on to say, “I think Vijay Mallya should dip into his personal bank and give one bikini beauty each to every bank he owes and square off all his debts.”
currently enjoying her stint in the western entertainment industry, says working on international projects was not a “planned move” for her. “However, I was keen on it, and I’m glad it worked out. My music stint helped me meet people in America, and
then my TV show happened,” says Priyanka. She also reveals that before Baywatch, a lot of Hollywood film offers came her way, but she “wanted to do something different”. “I’m playing a powerful part in this film; something I just couldn’t say no to,” she adds.
Ram Gopal Varma attacks Mallya, targets ‘bikini babe’ Deepika Padukone Agency | New Delhi
For Freida Pinto, Life Comes ‘Full Circle’ With The Jungle Book
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for The Jungle Book. It will release in 2017. I am pretty excited about it because we all used to watch it on Doordarshan every Sunday. We loved watching it. Life kind of becomes full circle to participate in a project like that,” Freida said over
phone from Los Angeles. Directed by Andy Serkis, who also gives voice to friendly bear Baloo, the cast includes names like Benedict Cumberbatch, Christian Bale, Cate Blanchett, and Indian-American child actor Rohan Chand as Mowgli.
Creating controversy for controversy’s sake is Ram Gopal Varma’s speciality. He crossed the line, once again, while sharing his views on Vijay Mallya and his unpaid debts. Taking an offensive line as usual, he had some suggestions on how Mallya can pay off Rs 9,000 crore that he owes to various Indian banks. RGV wrote about the man known as King of Good Times and his Kingfisher calendar, “If the money he borrowed is what created properties of his bikini clad girls (sic), wouldn’t they be enough payback for the bankers? Just asking.” He then went ahead and named
Priyanka Chopra: I won’t play exotic girl, Baywatch a powerful role Agency | Mumbai
Priyanka Chopra has been making waves globally. Her television show is doing well, her red-carpet appearances have been impressing fashion critics, and now, she is working on her first Hollywood film, a big-screen adaptation of the famous TV show, Baywatch. Naturally, there’s a lot on her plate, but the actor is determined to give her best to all her commitments. “My work ethic is very strong. When you do so much, and make the choices that you do, you have to stand by them,” says Priyanka. The 32-year-old, who is
3 / Dt. 15-03-2016, Tuesday Corex, Popular Cough Syrup, Not Banned For Now, Says Court
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We are obviously World T20 favourites in our own minds: Virat Kohli
Yuvraj Singh and Rohit Sharma - and with a fine blend of experience, youth and panache, this is a team to follow. These factors, according to Virat Kohli, puts the team in a very good space going into their opening match against New Zealand in Nagpur on Tuesday, though he is aware of the difference in opposition over the next couple of weeks. “We are very confident with the way we have been playing. We have won 10 out
of the 11 last games we have played, taking some good momentum in to the World Cup,” said the batsman at a media briefing on match eve. “The Asia Cup was a good preparation for us for a big tournament; getting the feel of playing against the big teams. But this is going to be far more challenging because you teams from all over the world competing here.” India’s group is the tougher of the two, with Australia, New Zealand, Pakistan and Bangladesh to conquer in order to gain passage to the semi-finals. In 2016, India have beaten Australia 3-0, Bangladesh twice - including in the Asia Cup final - and Pakistan once. For Kohli, and equally the rest of the squad, the confidence gained from such a strong run of form mattered but more important was consistency.
regular choice in the Indian playing XI. Rahane has been in and out of not just the T20I but also in the One-Day International (ODI) side of late, and thus has not been able to make most of the limited opportunities he has got so far. And when the opportunities came knocking his door, Rahane did not answer. He was included in place of Shikhar Dhawan in Asia Cup T20 2016 match versus Paki-
stan, but his first-ball duck ended hopes of another chance. When there is stiff competition between batsmen of same age group, it becomes necessary for those who have been on the fringes to make them count. Rahane might have missed out on doing so against Pakistan, but his failure against South Africa — one of the rare T20 defeats for India of late — may prove too costly. In the warm-up match against South Africa, Rahane was yet again presented with an opportunity to take India to a comfortable position after they were two down for 16, chasing 197. But he fell for 9-ball 11 after getting a promotion to bat at No. 4, ahead of the in-form Yuvraj Singh and MS Dhoni.
Agency | New Delhi Corex, a popular cough syrup, is not banned for now, the Delhi High Court said, after regulators ordered for it to be removed from shops alleging it poses a “risk for humans”. Pfizer’s stock closed 9 per cent lower on the National Stock Exchange today. The High Court will hear the case in a week. The ban on Pfizer’s cough syrup was part of a wider notice issued by the government over the weekend prohibiting the sale and manufacture of 344 combination drugs blacklisted by a panel of experts.But Pfizer’s lawyer, Kapil Sibal, argued in court that Corex is a prescription drug, that it is sold in other countries, and that the government’s expert committee banned it without an inquiry. ”How can the company, which is in the market for 25 years, be banned without opportunity? Did the expert committee give any reason?” responded the judge.
13% schoolchildren myopic in India: AIIMS
Agency | Mumbai A superb record of 10-1 in 2016 puts India as one of the sides to back throughout the tournament, additionally so because of familiarity with conditions and a trump card in R Ashwin, the second-highest ranked bowler in T2OIs. More than eight years on from their title triumph in the first World Twenty20, India have three players who have featured in all five editions - MS Dhoni,
ICC World T20 2016: A class apart, Ajinkya Rahane reduced to playing second fiddle
Agency | Chicago Over 13 per cent of school-going children in India have turned myopic, an AIIMS study shows, adding that the number has doubled in the last decade due to excess usage of electronic gadgets. According to the Rajendra Prasad Center for Ophthalmic Sciences at AIIMS, the statistics for the disorder a decade ago was only 7 per cent. Among the other nations which follow the increase in the problem among its children are China, Singapore and Thailand. Myopia — also known as nearsightedness and shortsightedness — is a condition of the eye where the light that enters the eye does not directly focus on the retina, but in front of it. This causes the image that one sees — when looking at a distant object — to be out of focus. It does not affect focus when looking at a close object. “Very few studies have been done in India on eye-related problems and the myopia one is one of them. We are also conducting a national survey to find out other eye-related problems among children,” said Atul Kumar, head of RP center, the apex eye center of India.
Not so bad after all: Beer might help cure cancer
Agency | Nagpur Ajinkya rahane is an excellent T20 player and he has proved his worth in the Indian Premier League (IPL) in the past several times. In the Rajasthan Royals (RR) side, he has been one of their pillars in batting. Even in the international circuit, he has been able to make a strong impression in the Test and ODI area, but it is in T20 Internationals where he has not been a
World T20: Semi-finals a possibility if Bangladesh manage to control the controllables
Agency | San Diego Now all you guys and girls have one more reason to not be guilty about drinking beer. Turns out, it contains a key ingredient that could be used in treating cancer, claim researchers. Hops, which give the tipple its distinctive bitter taste, pack a surprisingly healthful punch with their ability to halt bacterial growth and disease. They contain acids called humulones and lupulones which scientists hope to be able to turn into drugs. Researchers from the University of Idaho are working to extract the compounds and also find a way of creating them in the lab. Kristopher Waynant said that they were “very close” to achieving this after a lot of “trial and error”. He is planning to collaborate with biologists and medical researchers to develop active agents for pharmaceuticals to treat cancers or inflammatory diseases from the beer-inspired compounds. The study is due to be presented at the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society.
Agency | Dhaka The Asian juggernaut in the farcical ‘first round’ of the ICC World T20 has rolled into the ten pin game. After Afghanistan won all their games, Bangladesh have done the same and booked their rightful place in the WT20 Super 10s. And on current form, they should win one or two more as well. Having to play the qualifiers despite making the final of the Asia Cup could actually be a good
thing for Bangladesh. It helped them quickly shake off the loss to India in the final and get back to winning ways. The victory against the Netherlands did just that, and they continue to ride the wave of momentum that they gained in Dhaka. But do they have the wherewithal to progress to the semi-finals? I analyse them closely using the SWOT matrix. Bangladesh pace bowlers have gone from strength
to strength. Young Taskin Ahmed and Al-Amin Hossain made sure that nobody is missing Rubel Hossain, Bangladesh’s 2015 World Cup hero. They have taken wickets in the first six overs in four out of five matches in the Asia Cup. Along with Mustafizur Rahman, the trio has good control over yorkers, and is difficult to get away in the death overs. Mashrafe Mortaza’s medium pace in the middle is more than handy as well. With the return of Tamim Iqbal (from paternity leave), and the return of Soumya Sarkar’s form (from wherever it had gone), Bangladesh look a different batting unit. Both openers have given Bangladesh flying starts in first round, and the Tigers would want Sarkar to emulate his senior partner and bat deeper into the game.
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SPORTS ROUNDUP ICC World T20 2016: Josh Hazlewood believes bowlers with tricks can dominate T20 cricket Agency | Kolkata
Australian pacer Josh Hazlewood says a bowler with a bagful of tricks can dominate Twenty20 cricket easily and major tournaments in the shortest version of the game like ICC World T20 2016. He added that spinners have been successful for the same reason. “If you are a bowler and you have a lot of tricks you can dominate the game. Certainly, spinners do it over here but as a quick it is quite tough. Upfront you have to take wickets and put the batting team on the backfoot otherwise they will have plenty of freedom for the rest of their innings,”
Hazlewood told reporters here on Sunday after a Australia-West Indies World Twenty 20 warmup game. The 25-yearold grabbed a hat-trick in the game getting rid of Jason Holder (6), Marlon Samuels (0) and Dwayne Bravo (0) early. However, his efforts went in vain as the West Indies chased down Australia’s total with three wick-
ets to spare. Speaking about the hat-trick he said: ”On that wicket we were just told to bowl good length with the new ball. I just tried to hit the top of the wicket. I was lucky enough to get a couple straight on and they missed them. Pretty happy with the effort. There’s a few things to work on, but we are improving with time.”
come up and tell me that they want their daughters to play cricket,” Sana said. Mir did let out a little secret that Kohli is the most popular cricketer in their women’s team, although her personal favourite is Dhoni. “There are couple of names. If I
just talk about my players, I think Virat Kohli is the favourite cricketer. Personally, Dhoni is my favourite player. He has handled himself well on and off the field. He has transformed a team of juniors into an effective unit,” Sana said.
spot,” he said as the Aussie rested James Faulkner and Nathan Coulter-Nile for the warm-up match alongside the big-hitting David Warner. “The one-day World Cup got a little bit longer but here we have got four games in pretty quick time. I don’t think there would be as much chopping and changing. We will have to choose according to the conditions,” he added. Hazlewood’s hat-trick was not enough as from 72/6, the Windies rode an unbeaten half-century
by Darren Sammy and a quick-fire 33 by Carlos Brathwaite to overhaul the victory target of 162 with a ball to spare.Not ready to read too much into their surprise loss, Hazlewood said they would have gone about their job differently if it were a proper match. “Probably we would have gone a little bit differently if we really tried to win the game. If it was a game in the tournament it would have been different. We tried a few different things,” Hazlewood said.
Pakistan woman skipper Sana Mir admits to being a fan of MS Dhoni Agency | Chennai
In the past 11 years, Sana Mir has done her bit to change the perception about women’s cricket in Pakistan. And as she prepares to hand over the leadership baton after the World T20, she reveals that Virat Kohli and Mahendra Singh Dhoni are the most popular cricketers in her team. “We have come a long way. It (cricket) is considered as a medium for women’s empowerment in Pakistan. Now girls want to take up cricket. This team has done a lot to change the perception. There were times it was difficult for women’s cricket in Pakistan but now parents
ICC World T20: Josh Hazlewood hat-trick may not be enough to make Australia XI Agency | Kolkata
He might have grabbed a hat-trick against West Indies in the World T20 warm-up but Australia pacer Josh Hazlewood has hinted it would not be enough to get a place in the playing XI, saying there is lot of competition for every spot and he is just trying to grab every opportunity to perform with both hands. “They’ve probably got their XI in the back of their mind. Every time you get an opportunity to perform you try to take it with both hands,” said Hazlewood, who had reduced West Indies to 18/3 with his hat-trick in the fourth over. “A couple of the quickies who did quite well in South Africa did not bowl in this match. There’s a plenty of competition for every
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Gujarat University’s 64th convocation – Talk of dharma and you’ll be termed communal: Governor
Gujarat Governor O P Kohli says education is incomplete without ‘dharma shiksha’ Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Speaking On the importance of value education in universities, Gujarat Governor O P Kohli during his Gujarat University convocation address on Sunday invoked dharma and stated that speaking the word today was stamped as being
communal. “We are using the word value these days without understanding it…Value education is also called dharma shiksha, but the word dharma has been so dishonoured that the moment you utter it, you’re instantly stamped as communal. The word dharma is now in the category of un-
touchables. But this has never been the definition of dharma in our culture,” Kohli said. He referred to dharma to define value education as it encapsulates values, including truth, mercy, compassion, charity and purity. “All these are characterised by dharma and bringing these into one’s life is called dharma palan. This dharma palan should be a part of education, either formal or non-formal. Our education is incomplete if we get only academic education and lack value education, dharma shiksha,” he added. Drawing a parallel between the imbalance that has been created by the
Urdu Academy picks 4 names for Gaurav awards
and Congress leader Nisar Ansari, Palanpur-based poet Musafir Palanpuri and Surat-based poet and former Surat Municipal councillor Vaseem Malik have been nominated for academy award for different years The announcement has been received in literary circles with applause, but there are many who are not amused because some senior writers have been “sidelined” by the academy. One such
person is Qayyum Kanwal Fatehpuri, a former member of the Academy in its early years. He has authored four poetry collections, besides having edited the Academy’s journal Sabarnama. He was also a close associate of former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri. “The academy has overlooked senior writers like me for some unknown reason for a long time now,” said Fatehpuri whose first collection Sang-oGul was published in the early 1980s. To him, it is hard to establish the credentials of some people who have been named for awards. “Something is seriously lacking in the functioning of the academy and something should be done if the credibility of its awards has to be saved,” said Fatehpuri, who had published an Urdu monthly magazine for some time.
tine procedure. This, he said, was being done by the jail authorities despite the court of Judicial Magistrate First Class having allowed him to send letters some three and a half months ago, Hardik’s lawyer Yaswantsinh Vala said. Vala also said that Hardik has complained that he was not allowed to wear slippers by jail authorities and was brought bare foot to the court today. Hardik’s complaint (on the letters) come fives days after police seized a letter along with a mobile charger and battery
from his possession when he was being escorted out of the jail to be taken to a Visnagar court in connection with another case. Police have filed two FIRs against Hardik for receiving, bringing or removing “prohibited articles” under sections 43, 44 and 45 (12) of the Prison Act. Meanwhile, in an additional affidavit filed by the Surat DCB PI J H Dahiya before the court of Geeta Gopi on March 11, police had opposed the bail plea of Hardik. Police stated in the affidavit that members of Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) to which Hardik is associated were behind the incident of February 18 in which a mob of 40-odd people put on fire a state transport bus following which an FIR was filed at Sarthana police station under various sections of IPC.
After pondering over it for long, Gujarat Urdu Sahitya Academy has announced Gaurav awards to poets and authors of Urdu language Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
After pondering over it for long, Gujarat Urdu Sahitya Academy has announced Gaurav awards to poets and authors of Urdu language. Names of four persons have been announced and they have been conveyed individually about the academy’s decision. The awards are likely to be given in April. According to sources, Urdu poet Shakil Azmi, academic
Gujarat: Court serves notice to Surat jail on Hardik Patel’s complaint
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
A sessions court on Monday served notice to Lajpore Jail authorities here, asking them why letters written by quota agitation leader Hardik Patel, who is lodged there on sedition charges, were not allowed to be sent outside. The notice was served by Principal Sessions Judge Geeta Gopi after Hardik’s complaint before the court that jail authorities were not letting pass letters written by him outside the jail premises, when he was being produced before the court as a rou-
dominance of science and technology over humanities and social sciences and lack of dharma shiksha in education, he said, “The debate is going on in the nation whether this dharma palan, which is value education, should be an integral part of formal education or not. Even if we consider that it is not a part of formal education, it should at least be a part of education. Without this, education is incomplete,” he said. Commenting on the large percentage of dropouts, he said, “Even today, we have a large proportion of population that fails to enter the gates of a university.
Bring Nachiketa & Mundaka Upnishada lessons in MBA: German expert advises
Dr. Charles M. Savage, President, Knowledge Era Enterprising International from Germany advised Gujarat Technological University (GTU) to bring lessons of Nachiketa and Mundaka Upnishada in
MBA program. He said that students should be made free from greed and self-interest. Although corruption is a huge challenge world over, but we are facing urgency (30 year window) on the front of Low Carbon Global Economy.
and is expected to be completed within a month or so from now. Senior government officials sounded hopeful of resolving the issue within a week or so. M S Patel, assistant labour commissioner of Ahmedabad confirmed that the state government had indeed expedited the process of recognising a workers’ union at the Tata Motors plant. “It should be ideally completed within 30 days or so,” Patel said. Around 384 workers including around 12 trade union leaders were detained by
they were staging a protest outside the Ahmedabad district Collector’s office. They were later released. Umesh Rathod, a Tata Motors worker informed that while they had sought permission to hold a demonstration outside the Collector’s office from the police on March 10, the request was turned down and they were not given permission. The situation, however, did not heat up even as workers were detained by the police. Shouts of ‘Inquilab Zindabaad’ filled up the air. As for the formation of the labour union, it has been learnt that the company has requested that it be an internal union without representation from outside political parties as such. Patel said that so far the union comprises workers of the Tata Motors plant, however, if the workers want to seek outside support, it would be within their legal rights.
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Gujarat govt soon to recognise union at Tata MotorstheSanand police here today as
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
With the workers’ unrest against suspension of 28 workers at Tata Motors Sanand plant gaining ground with around 22 trade unions across the state coming out in support of the Tata workers here, the state government has pulled up its socks to find out an amicable solution to the current issue. Labour department officials today said the process of recognising a workers’ union at the Tata plant (a key demand of the striking workers) is on its way,
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Focus on this topic is need of the hour. He was speaking at International seminar on ‘Designing a New MBA Program for GTU’ at Chandkheda campus of GTU on 14th March, 2016. He said that Automation Technology i 4.0 is changing scenario of industries. Internet of Things can change business dynamics. We must think over how we can reconstruct our life, bring Digitization, Sustainability and Wisdom into active dialogue, turn MBA education into an Eco-preneurial Business. Learning community must be actively engaged in co-creating Low Car-
bon economy. Instead of ‘Make in India’ implement ‘WISDOM in India’. He advised to make MBA program SMARTWIZATION i.e. SMART, WISE and DIGITIZATION. The world is moving in the direction of STEM i.e. Science, Technology, Engineering & Management. Earlier GTU had 130 MBA institutes, but within last 5 years the numbers has been decreased to 81 because of non-availability of students. The Seminar was organised by GTU for discussing how to create balance between demand and supply of MBA students in industry, said.
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islator Shailesh Parmar alongwith three other party legislators--Balwantisinh Rajput, Amit Chavda and Tejashreeben Patel. It is named as “the Gujarat EBC (Reservation of Seats in Educational Institutions in the State and of Appointments and Posts in Services under the State) Bill-2016.” The Bill has been introduced in the wake of ongoing quota agitation by Patel community in Gujarat, which has helped Gujarat Congress to a great extent in winning Panchayat body polls held in November last year.
Despite Hurdles, Congress Hopes To Pass Reservation Bill in Gujarat
Notwithstanding the hurdles it may face, Gujarat Congress is hoping to pass the ambitious private member Bill demanding a separate 20 per cent reservation for Economically Backward Classes (EBCs) in the ongoing assembly session by engaging in on the floor as well as off the floor strategies. The private Bill by Congress demanding separate reservation quota for EBC members of ‘unreserved’ category in the state was introduced in the Gujarat Assembly on March 10 by senior Congress leg-
Well-off castes seeking quotas not right, says RSS
German academician advises GTU to include lessons from Upnishada into MBA programme
He made these comments while speaking at an international seminar on “Designing a New MBA Program for GTU” held at GTU’s campus at Chandkheda
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Knowledge Era Enterprising International (KEEI) president Charles M Savage from Germany on Monday advised the Gujarat Technological University (GTU) to bring lessons of Nachiketa and Mundaka Upnishada in its MBA programme. He made these comments while
speaking at an international seminar on “Designing a New MBA Program for GTU” held at GTU’s campus at Chandkheda. The German academcian philosophised that students should be free of greed and self-interest. He suggested that “instead of ‘Make in India’, India should implement ‘WISDOM in
India’’. Savage advised to make MBA program ‘SMARTWIZATION’, meaning, Smart, Wise and Digitization. “Bring digitization, sustainability and wisdom into active dialogue”, he suggested. Dr Rajesh Khajuria, director of SMJV’s CKSV Institute of Management and Chairman, Global MBA Program at GTU focussed on the importance of improving communication skills and teaching business etiquettes to management students. GTU vice-chancellor Akshai Aggarwal said that the university should a syllabus that took care of all the issues concerning industries. He also wanted students also tobe consulted while preapring the new syllabus for management courses.
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
It is most essential to pursue healthy and hygienic life style and provide access to medical facilities to the common people, for ensuring healthy and disease free life for all the citizens. Today, when the diseases arising out of unhealthy life styles are growing fast, medical services are becoming out of access for common citizens due to forbidding cost. Consequently, innumerable families are either getting indebted or large number of families are even deprived of their means of subsistence for want of treatment of the earning members of the
family. Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha expresses its deep concern over this state. For the sound health, it is most necessary to accord significance to healthy diet, way of -living and lifestyle along with virtuousness, spirituality, yog, daily exercise and cleanliness. RESERVATION for SC/STs is “just” but prosperous sections of society demanding quotas is “not a step in the right direction”, said RSS general secretary Suresh Bhaiyyaji Joshi, as the three-day Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha, the Sangh’s highest decision making forum, ended Sunday.
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