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Did AAP’s parliamentary secretaries enjoy ‘office of profit’?
Kejriwal’s morally, legally wrong The legal and relevant definition of ‘office of profit’ and interpretation of ‘pecuniary benefit’ now remains at the core of the debate over the disqualification of the 21 parliamentary secretaries
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Agency | Bengaluru Fresh from her exploits in the Ladies Asian Tour, Vani Kapoor will look to keep the momentum going in the 8th leg of the Hero Women’s Professional Golf Tour, starting tomorrow. She finished tied 5th in the Hong Kong Ladies Master and will be eyeing the top position in the Hero Order of Merit as the Tour resumes after a gap of three months.
Real ‘Vikash Parv’ only by ordering liquor ban: Nitish
Agency | Patna Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today termed as “fake” the ‘Vikash Parv’ being celebrated by the NDA government on completion of two years in office, saying true celebrations will be if Prime Minister Narendra Modi gets the liquor ban imposed at least in BJPruled states.
All India Hindu conclave to be held at Goa
When it comes to appointment of parliamentary secretaries, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal does not have a valid moral argument. He is
ethically, constitutionally and legally wrong to insist his appointment of 21 parliamentary secretaries is justified. But, Kejriwal is not the only chief minister in the country
After lying low, food inflation raises ugly head with good monsoon round the corner
Agency | New Delhi The scourge is back. Or, so it seems. Consumer food price inflation, at 7.55 per cent yearon-year in May, has hit a 21-month-high. And what’s striking, and probably surprising, is how steep has been the climb – from an average of 2.7 per cent during July-September (when the monsoon rains had failed) to 5.2 per cent in March (when the drought was at its peak) and 7.5 per centplus now (when a good monsoon is supposedly round the corner). Nor is the timing of the increase particularly helpful. The Reserve Bank of India, of late, has not been averse
to cutting interest rates. The changed stance has been emboldened no less by the Centre’s “commendable commitment to fiscal consolidation” and its recent reform measures, including slashing of small savings rates. Even in his latest June 7 review, the central bank governor Raghuram Rajan made it clear that “the stance of monetary policy remains accommodative”. But with food inflation rising again, the possibility of further rate cuts – since January 2015, the RBI’s key short-term lending or repo rate has been reduced from 8 per cent to 6.5 per cent – is effectively ruled out.
to have made a mockery of the Constitution by resorting to such sleight of hand to reward his legislators. All parties, including those giving him sermons on propriety, are equally guilty of impropriety, illegality and hypocrisy. In almost every state, there is a long list of parliamentary secretaries appointed by chief ministers. Kejriwal may be politically right in following a precedence established by various state governments of all parties. But, his claim of be-
to 15 percent of the total strength of the Assembly. Since the Delhi Assembly has 70 members, Kejriwal’s cabinet could not have exceeded 10, a decent number considering the size of the state. Article 164 (A) was introduced in the Constitution
As monsoon lingers down south, IMD advises farmers to go slow on sowing Agency | New Delhi
With the progress of the monsoon slowing over Karnataka, the meteorological department has advised farmers in Maharashtra to refrain from sowing seeds until the monsoon reaches the region. “The Konkan region is getting pre-monsoon rains and will soon get monsoon too, but in interior Maharashtra, Marathwada and Vidarbha, farmers are advised not to begin sowing as the soil is heated and the seeds require rainfall when sown to grow into good crops,” said
Gopal Rai relieved of transport portfolio, Satyendar Jain given charge Agency | New Delhi
ing different from them, the boast of standing on a higher moral ground, stands demolished. Why is Kejriwal wrong? The 91st Amendment in the Constitution, which introduced Article 164 (1A), limits the number of ministers in the state cabinets
N. Chattopadhyay, deputy director general, agricultural meteorology division at the India Meteorological Department (IMD). The IMD official further explained that the south-west monsoon has two branches—the Bay of Bengal branch and the Arabian branch. “While the Bay of Bengal branch is relatively active, the Arabian (Sea)
branch is not progressing like that,” Chattopadhyay said. The monsoon has advanced into various parts of the Bay of Bengal, north-eastern states and some parts of sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim. On the other hand, it remains stuck in the southern states and will only advance into Maharashtra in the next four days.
in 2003 with the explicit purpose of stopping misuse of public money on politicians, who benefitted from over-sized cabinets. This was done on the basis of the rec-
ommendations of the National Commission for Review of the Working of the Constitution headed by former chief justice of India, MN Venkatachaliah.
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feet. Interlinking of rivers, retrieval of Katchatheevu island and inclusion of fishermen in the Scheduled Tribes list are also listed in the memorandum. In the memorandum, the state has also urged for the early commissioning of Unit 2 of Kudankulam nuclear power plant. Jayalalithaa, who arrived in the afternoon, met 50 of her party MPs, the largest regional group in Parliament, before she drove to Modi’s residence. Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker Thambidurai, Special Advisor Sheela Balakrishnan and Chief Secretary Rama Mohan Rao accompanied her.
Accept GST amendments, resume Jallikattu: Jayalalithaa to Modi
In her first visit to Delhi after winning the elections in Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Tuesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at 7, Race Course Road and submitted a 29-point memorandum listing down her demands for the state. Among the list of demands, AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa sought permanent exemption from NEET exam, resumption of the banned Jallikattu and acceptance of the suggested amendments made by her government to GST Bill. She demanded the restoration of water level at Mullaperiyar dam to 152
Vijay Mallya declared proclaimed offender in money laundering case
Senior minister Gopal Rai was relieved of the charge of the Transport Department as sought by Agency | Mumbai Laundering Act (PMLA). by him on health grounds Mallya left the country on Businessman Vijay Maland the portfolio has now 2 March for London on a lya was on Tuesday debeen given to his cabinet diplomatic passport, and clared a proclaimed ofcolleague Satyendar Jain. Agency | Mangaluru India’s initial effort get fender by a special court Last week, Rai requested him back went in vain. in Mumbai in a loan Hindu Janajagruti Sami- Chief Minister Arvind “He cannot be deported ti would hold its fifth all Kejriwal to relieve him ministration Department en care of the transport diversion case, a step till he is declared a proIndia Hindu conclave at from the responsibility (GAD), Development department for about 20 government officials beclaimed offender,” said Goa from June 19 to 25 of Transport Department and Employment. “The days when Rai had gone lieve will help in efforts an ED official requesting during which issues like on health grounds as he Lt Governor of National under a surgery to get a to bring the UB Group anonymity. The directorRam temple and cow had recently undergone a Capital Territory of Del- bullet removed from his chairman back to India. ate now plans to send the slaughter ban are likely major surgery. Jain, who hi with Chief Minister neck and then physio- The anti-money launderdiverted a Rs.430 crore Procedure Code (CrPC) court order to UK authorto be deliberated upon. is known to be close to of National Capital Ter- therapy treatment in Hy- ing court issued the order loan given by IDBI Bank and term Mallya a proities to start on the proThe meet was aimed at Kejriwal, already holds ritory of Delhi is pleased derabad. Rai yesterday after the Enforcement Dipositioning Hindus to key portfolios of PWD, to allocate portfolio of said he had requested the rectorate (ED), an inves- to his Kingfisher Airlines claimed offender, citing cess of deportation. The establish a “Hindu Rash- Health, Power and Home. Transport Department to Chief Minister to relieve tigation agency under the to purchase properties multiple arrest warrants court order will also help tra”, Samiti’s Karnataka The departments left with Satyendar Jain, Minis- him from the Transport finance ministry, on Fri- abroad. The directorate pending against Mallya when authorities try to coordinator Guruprasad Rai now include Labour, ter,” a notification issued Department portfolio as day filed a petition over a requested the court to is- including a non-bailable get a red corner notice issaid at a press confer- Irrigation and Flood by GAD yesterday said. it had a very heavy work- case where the business- sue an order under Sec- warrant (NBW) under sued against Mallya, said ence here today. man is suspected to have tion 82 of the Criminal the Prevention of Money a second ED official. Control, General Ad- Jain had temporarily tak- load. Sub Editor: Dhruvil Makani 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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Why women want prohibition, Liquor has become a political issue..?
Nitish Kumar’s support for prohibition as a gimmick to woo the women vote bank without bothering to ask why women demand prohibition in the first place. women demand prohibition as a political solution because liquor has become a political issue. States like Maharashtra dislike any interference in the assured, ever-increasing sale of liquor partly because of the revenue that it brings, and even more because of the close linkage between liquor and politics. Bigwig politicians in the state either own breweries or are closely linked to one. Licenses are handed out to party karyakartas, many of whom get tickets as well. There are no population norms or area norms to restrict the issue of licenses — tiny hamlets of populations less than 500 persons can land up with four liquor shops and bars. The bottomline — politicians whose political and/or business interests are served through increase in liquor sales would rather use their power to increase such sales rather than think about regulation. In this situation, the very talk of selfcare, counselling and de-addiction as alternatives to prohibition ends up depoliticising the issue and directly helps the liquor lobby’s agenda. Regulationists add to the cacophony that asks women and families to “handle” their drunken men and resolve their personal health issues rather than demand any kind of accountability regarding the over-supply of alcohol in their communities. Regulationists fear that banning good legal liquor will drive people towards the obnoxious illegal hooch. However, as the hooch tragedy of Mumbai which killed more than a hundred people shows, hooch and licensed liquor thrive side by side. In fact, licensed liquor is sold illegally as much as hooch and kills just as many people. The legal/illegal binary is blurred as licensed liquor shops set up well-knit networks to smuggle liquor outside their premises in blatant contravention of the law. They do not adhere to timings or dry day restrictions; they regularly sell to under-age persons and use minors for smuggling activities. The excise department has neither the will nor the way to act effectively against erring license holders. Apart from other things like a severe lack of humanpower and resources, the excise department has been drilled over decades to increase revenue by meeting sales targets. Police have been ordered not to act without first bringing erring license holders to the notice of the excise department. It is an explicit policy of the Maharashtra government that license-holders should be treated leniently and let off with a (minor) fine under the legal euphemism called “compounding of offences”. Therefore, if the politician-business-criminal triad can come together to protect their vested interests, why should the women not form a vote bank to break this nexus? Liquor is not a moral issue but a political one and therefore, more power to the women of Bihar who have shown the way, and hopefully, more politicians will take the cue from Nitish Kumar.
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“Virtually all states have supported the idea of GST today barring Tamil Nadu which has expressed some reservations. Tamil Nadu has offered a few suggestions which have been noted by the committee.” - Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, speaking to reporters after a meeting of the empowered committee of state finance ministers where 22 states were represented, said.
Salman Khan, Anushka Sharma’s Chitrangda Singh and director Kushan ugly fight is out in the open now electrifying chemistry in ‘440 Volt’ Nandy’s Agency | New Delhi Agency | New Delhi
The ‘Sultan’ storm is only getting more massive with time. After breaking the music charts with songs like ‘Baby Ko Bass Pasand Hai’ and ‘Jag Ghoomeya’, the Ali Abbas Zafar directorial is now taking the excitement a step ahead with its latest track ‘440 Volt’. The musical number has been sung by Mika Singh on the tunes of Vishal & Shekhar. Ace lyricist Irshad Kamil has lent
his words to ‘440 Volt’. But, more than anything else, you will enjoy the sparkling chemistry between Bollywood superstar Salman Khan and
diva Anushka Sharma. ‘Sultan’ also features Amit Sadh and Randeep Hooda in key roles. It is slated to hit the silver screens on Eid this year.
Will Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt Make Peace at Baba Siddiqui’s Iftar Bash? Agency | Mumbai
The apparent animosity between Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt has set the gossip mills buzzing overtime. While the exact reason behind their rumoured fallout remains unknown, talk about a ‘rift’ started doing the rounds when Salman refrained from catching up with his buddy after he walked out of prison as a free man in February. So, with the holy month of Ramzan having begun, industry folk have turned their attention to one of the most star-studded iftar parties of the season hosted by politician Baba Siddiqui where the two actors are likely to come face to face. It was at his 2013 iftar bash that Salman and Shah Rukh Khan
The blame-game has hit the roof with actor Chitrangda Singh and director Kushan Nandy slugging it out over the reality of what went down in the Lucknow leg of the Babumoshai Bandookbaaz shoot, following which Chitrangda quit the film. Kushan Nandy and his production partner Kiran Shroff got perturbed when the news of Chitrangda’s shocking confession sent Tinsel Town into a tizzy and decided to come on record with their side of the story. To put things in context, Chitrangda claimed that she left the film because of Nandy’s remarks during the shoot which she found off-putting. Apparently Nandy
said, “Tange ragdo and sex karo,” while directing Chitrangda in an intimate scene with Nawazuddin Siddiqui. Kiran Shroff told Spotboye.com that Chitrangda wanted changes in the film’s script. Chitrangda apparently said that her changes are non-negotiable. Chitrangda, later told the same website that she “did not demand any changes” but she did have “creative dis-
cussions” with the team. Kiran also told the website that Chitrangda also wanted changes in her costume on that fateful day when all hell broke loose. While Kushan wanted Chitrangda to wear only a petticoat and a blouse, Chitrangda insisted that “she wanted to wear a low-cut blouse” and that Nawaz’s character should have been “enamoured” by her look in the scene.
really excited to work on this project. The script is brilliant and it will be a new screen character for me,” Sidharth told agency. The Student of the
Year actor is currently shooting in Miami along with Jacqueline Fernandez for Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK’s action film which is yet to be titled.
the film now with the said changes and disclaimers to the censor board, so that we get the certificate and can release the film. If we have to release the movie on 17th then we have lots to do with very little time,” Kashyap said. When asked to react on reports of rising cries seeking CBFC chief Pahlaj Nihalani’s resignation over the furore, he said that his fight with the system will not stop, adding that it did not matter who was replaced at the job unless the attitude of the system or the system itself, did
not change. “This is a certification board, Benegal ji has given his report and now a second report will come out soon. Even Jaitley ji and Rathore ji have promised us change on twitter. We hope the change comes soon and it does not become a censoring board from a certification board,” he said. Earlier on Monday, Abhishek Chaubey, who is the director of this film, lauded the courage and hard work by the lawyers and producers and said that his team would now fight for the release on its scheduled date on June 17.
Sidharth Malhotra says impressed by Ittefaq remake script Agency | Mumbai
ended their long cold war with a warm hug. So, this Sunday, will Salman extend an olive branch to Sanjay Dutt too? A source says, “In the last few months, the two actors were supposed to attend quite a few common events, but they made sure not to cross each other’s paths. Salman is a regular at Baba’s iftar parties; so
has been Dutt. So, Baba might try and play the peacemaker between the two like he did in case of Salman and SRK.” Salman’s rumoured girlfriend Iulia Vantur will also possibly be part of the feasting. When we got in touch with Baba, he said, “As far as my knowledge is concerned, there is no fight between them.”
Jackie Chan dances to Daler Mehndi’s ‘Tunak Tunak Tun’ at Shanghai Festival
Bollywood actor Sidharth Malhotra said on Monday (June 13) that he will be a new screen character in the remake version of Ittefaq. He will be seen next in the remake version of the 1969 murder mystery movie in which actors Rajesh Khanna and actress Nanda had played the lead. The remake is being produced by Red Chillies, Dharma Productions and BR films. “I am
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Legendary actor Jackie Chan, in a rare frame, was seen shaking a leg with Indian actor Sonu Sood to the Punjabi song Tunak tunak tun at the 19th Shanghai International Film Festival. Sonu and Chan, who will be seen sharing screen space in the Sino-Indian project Kung Fu Yoga attended the red carpet for the Film Festival and performed an impromptu dance on the Daler Mehndi-crooned song on the
stage. Sonu shared a video snippet of their dance, which seemed to be a choreographed sequence. “Impromptu dance moves with my brother Jackie Chan. Shanghai Kung Fu Yoga,” read the caption. Chan seemed comfortable with the steps, and one conjectures he took Bollywood choreographer Farah Khan’s training in India for Kung Fu Yoga seriously. The Dabangg star also said Chan is the most humble man. Kung Fu Yoga is part of the three-film
agreement signed between the two countries during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to India. The film also stars actress Amyra Dastur. It is reported that the Hindi film stars have performed some adrenalin-pumping action sequences for the movie. Sonu also shared a photograph of the entire team of the film. “With the best team Jackie Chan, Renny harlin (Director of Cliffhanger, Die Hard) and Stanley Tong,” he captioned the black and white photograph.
Riding high on success of his appeal in the Bombay high court against the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) over the release of his production Udta Punjab, filmmaker Anurag Kashyap said that he is ecstatic but has lot of work in store for him if he wants the film to release on its scheduled date this Friday. Kashyap said that the verdict had indeed brought an incredible feeling, but there is a lot to do now and the team doesn’t have much time. “We have to deliver
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Copa America: Mexico draw 1-1 with Venezuela, claim first place in Group C
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Agency | Mumbai Amway India, the country’s leading direct selling FMCG Company, has expanded its deodorant portfolio by launching 5 new fragrances. The company has launched 3 new fragrances under brand Dynamite, targeted at men, and 2 new fragrances under the brand Attitude, targeted at women. Priced at Rs 260 each, all new Dynamite and Attitude Deodorants have been dermatologically tested and offer a refreshing fragrance. Speaking on the occasion, Sandeep Prakash, Vice President, West & South, Amway India, said, “The deodorants category has exploded in the past 5 years. The industry is expected to grow at a healthy double digit growth rate over the next few years riding on evolving consumer preferences, lifestyle changes and increase in disposable income. We launched two fragrances in 2014 and they have been well accepted by the consumers. With five new variants, we are targeting aggressive growth.”
PSU bank stocks surge upto 8% on RBI’s move on stressed assets
Agency | Mumbai Shares of PSU banks on Tuesday gained up to 8 percent after the RBI came out with a scheme for resolution of bad loans of large projects wherein a portion of the debt will be converted into equity or other instruments. The scrip of Punjab National Bank surged 7.90 percent and Bank of India gained 3.37 percent on the BSE. Shares of Allahabad Bank went up by 2.98 percent, SBI rose by 2.65 percent, Canara Bank (2.39 percent), Indian Overseas Bank (2.13 percent) and Bank of Baroda (1.99 percent). “The latest restructuring scheme is yet another attempt to provide additional tool to corporate lenders to address the continuing NPA problem,” said Dhananjay Sinha, Head Institutional Research, Economist & Strategist, Emkay Global Financial Services.
Mahanagar Gas looks to raise more than 10 billion rupees through IPO
Jesus Manuel “Tecatito” Corona’s goal in the 80th minute gave Mexico a 1-1 tie against Venezuela on Monday night and it also took them to the first place in Group C of the Copa America 2016. Corona had missed several opportunities to score before he took on five defenders before firing off a shot from 10 yards to tie it and thrill the overwhelmingly pro-Mexico crowd. By winning their group, El Tri avoids a quarterfinal match up with Lionel Messi and tournament favourite Argentina. They’re likely headed for an easier match up with Chile in the knockout round, leaving Venezuela to face mighty Argentina. Venezuela surprised Mex-
Test cricket is in danger, get your act together: BCCI writes to associations Agency | Mumbai
ico with an early goal. The Vinotinto used a free kick to get it in the box, and Jose Manuel Velazquez gave Venezuela the lead in the 10th minute after taking an assist on a header from Christian Santos and volleying it in for the goal. Venezuela had a chance to take the lead in the 84th minute, but goalkeeper Jose de Jesus Co-
Hungary gunning to prove their worth against Austria Agency | Bordeaux
Coach Bernd Storck says Hungary want to prove their first European Championship appearance in 44 years is no fluke when the former powerhouses meet neighbours Austria in their Group F opener on Tuesday. The Hungarians, World Cup runners-up in 1954 with their golden generation, last featured in the Euros in 1972 when the final stages were a four-team affair. They last played in the World Cup 30 years ago. Hungary are expected to struggle in Group F which also includes Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal and Iceland. “We want to show we are not
here by chance,” Storck told reporters. “We have worked hard ... and we want to show we deserve to be here.” Hungary’s last major tournament appearance was in the 1986 World Cup but their return to the big stage is in no way intimidating, said Storck, especially after they beat Norway twice in their qualifying playoff encounter. Historic game “For us it is
a historic game because we are again at a major tournament ... although the countries have played each other more than any two other nations in Europe,” the German added. Storck conceded Hungary are the underdogs but that is a role his players are comfortable with. “Nothing has changed,” he said. “Obviously we want to play at the same level against Austria.
Virat Kohli has worked immensely on his fitness, especially strength, and the results of that are quite visible Virat Kohli is arguably the fittest Indian cricketer around but that is not good enough for the champion batsman as he wants to become the best athlete in the world, reveals India and RCB fitness coach Shanker Basu. Kohli has worked immensely on his fitness, especially strength, and the results of that are quite visible. He now hits sixes with as much ease as he pierces the field for boundaries. “Virat has decided to become the best
spectators, numbering of the seats, to 10% ticket reservation for girls and underprivileged. “Needless, to say the matches are allotted subject to fulfilling BCCI conditions like compulsory numbering of seats, clean toilets, separate accessible areas for physically handicapped spectators, mandatory 10% ticket to underpivileged and girl child.”
ly, everyone couldn’t get a chance but I am happy with the way I am batting,” he said almost like he was sorry about not letting the others have a go at the Zimbabwe bowling. It was ironic that the man who made him wait his turn to face the media was Makhaya Ntini, the makeshift Zimbabwe coach, who not only defended his earlier comments about
sweeping the opposition under the carpet but also spoke about having wanted to hang himself off a tree following his team’s dramatic collapse before taking his own sweet time to relinquish his seat. Cricketers can come across in different ways, and not often akin to their personalities on the field, while attending press conferences.
of Lille, where Russia play Slovakia on Wednesday. The checks come after the English Football Association expressed concern that France was not doing enough to crack down on Russian hooligans following the mass fighting between English and Russian supporters in Marseille on Saturday. French prosecutors have said 150 Russian supporters who were “extremely well-prepared” and “extremely violent” evaded arrest in Marseille. Au-
thorities are concerned that Russian and English fans will come into contact again in Lille, because England play Wales in nearby Lens on Thursday.Amid mounting accusations against Russian fans and what appeared to be organised violence, UEFA is expected to announce punishments against Russian football authorities on Tuesday for their supporters` role in incidents in the Marseille stadium during Saturday`s England-Russia match.
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make a short presentation on their plan in the working committee meeting on June 24 in Dharamsala. The BCCI says that they can’t market the game alone, and need the support of these associations. The letter also points out the non-negotiable criteria for hosting the match, from clean toilets for the fans, accessible areas for physically handicapped
India vs Zimbabwe: Ambati Rayudu – first pick in second-choice team
Agency | Mumbai Mumbai-based cooking gas supplier Mahanagar Gas Ltd (MGAS.NS) plans to raise a maximum of 10.40 billion rupees ($154.65 million) through an initial pubic offering (IPO) on June 21, the company said on Tuesday. The price band for the IPO is 380 rupees per share to 420 rupees per share. At the lower end of the price band, the company could raise up to 93.80 billion rupees, a company statement showed. Mahanagar Gas is a joint venture of Indian gas transmission behemoth Gail (India) Ltd (GAIL.NS) and BG Asia, which is now owned by Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L). The western Maharashtra state government also holds 10 percent stake in the company. According to its IPO prospectus, the company will not issue any additional shares and proceeds from the IPO will directly go to the two holding companies that will be offloading 12.5 percent stake each. Mahanagar Gas is currently engaged in supplying cooking gas and compressed natural gas (CNG) for vehicles in Mumbai.
rona saved a bicycle kick shot by Josef Martinez. Mexico has a 22-game unbeaten streak, which is its longest unbeaten streak ever and has nine wins and a draw since Juan Carlos Osorio took over for interim coach Ricardo Ferretti last year. The team has scored 16 goals and allowed just two since he took over.
Get your act together, danger to Test cricket’s popularity is clear and present, is the message the BCCI has sent out to the seven traditional Test match centres in India. While six new venues are being tried out this season, seven established centres have also drawn a Test match each. The BCCI wants these seven associations — Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Chennai, Mumbai, Karnataka, Hyderabad and Bengal — to come up with preparation and promotion plans for the upcoming Test. BCCI secretary Ajay Shirke has sent a letter to these seven associations to
athlete in the world and sky is the limit. There a lot of role models ahead of him in terms of sheer athletic abilities and he will never shy away from competition. He will grab it with both hands,” Basu told ‘bcci.tv’. Basu, who has worked with Kohli at RCB and in the national team, feels the supremely fit batsman is set to raise the bar. “A lot of athletes will say that they are very lucky to find a coach, but I will instead say that Virat Kohli is an exceptional
person, so I was very lucky to have an athlete like him. My association with him dates back to eight years through IPL,” Basu said. He gave an insight to how Kohli approaches his fitness. “Virat will never challenge you once he is convinced about your methods. I found an athlete who was ready to go through the grind and work hard consistently whenever the need arose. He is very good with his nutrition plans and discipline factors.
It wasn’t a query that you would expect a cricketer to feel apologetic about or sound guilty while answering. But almost every bit of Ambati Rayudu’s disposition, be it his manner of answering or his smile during press conferences, tends to be apologetic. So when he was asked about how his two unbeaten knocks in the series so far had ensured that most of the middle-order hadn’t gotten much of a look-in, he almost sounded guilty about it. This despite having led his team to their first bilateral series win since November 2014 with another match-winning knock. “Unfortunate-
Euro 2016: Fearing more violence, Russian fans thrown out of France Agency | Paris
A group of Russian football supporters was being thrown out of France on Tuesday because authorities fear they will cause trouble at Euro 2016 matches, officials said. French officials were checking the identities of 29 supporters at a hotel in Mandelieu-La Napoule near Marseille and authorities have already decided to take some of them to a holding centre at the border, local authorities said. French police are trying to establish if any of the Russians are on a list of supporters “considered a risk”, said Francois-Xavier Lauch, a top local official in the Alpes-Maritimes area. It is believed the Russian supporters intended to travel to the northern city
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Gujarat-based Navjivan Trust to launch E-book tablet to popularise Mahatma’s books
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To popularise books on Mahatma Gandhi and cater to the ever-changing reading habits, a citybased trust has decided to come up with their own tablet, lending people the facility to read Gujarati and Hindi e-books published by them on the Father of the Nation. Kindle-like e-book tablet, which the Navjivan Trust is planning to bring, will have 170 books mostly on Mahatma Gandhi allowing people to read those in Hindi and Gujarati. This announcement was made by the managing trustee of Navjivan Trust Vivek Desai here today while launching 10 different editions, including 4 e-book versions, of “Hind Swaraj”, a book written by Gandhiji in 1909. Till now, the trust, established
in 1919 by Gandhiji himself, has sold around 10,500 online versions of around 170 of their books, converted into e-books, which according to Desai, is the key motivating factor for the trust to venture into the territory of an exclusive tablet parallel to online conglomerate Amazon’s “Kindle” e-book reader. “During last two years, around 10,500 e-books of 170 different titles published by them, mostly on Gandhiji, have been sold in the online
Gujarat Govt to cover 40 lakh women under menstrual hygiene project
market. Our English version e-books are sold on Amazon, while Gujarati e-books are sold through “e-Shabda” portal” said Desai. “We are seeing a paradigm shift in people’s reading habits, as a small tablet allows people to carry hundreds of books in it. Thus, we have decided to come up with our own tablet, like Amazon’s Kindle, so that more people can read Navjivan publications, mostly on Gandhiji, through our tablet,” said Desai.
Gujarat based Amul keen on Rs 400 crore project in Vidarbha: Gadkari
Correspondent | New Delhi
Gujarat based dairy major Amul is keen on setting up a Rs 400 crore project in drought-hit Vidarbha region of Maharashtra where farmers are committing suicides, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said today. “We have requested Amul to set up dairy projects in Vidarbha where farmers are committing suicide. They have shown interest in Rs 400 crore project. With their cooperation we will increase milk produc-
tion by four to five times. Farmers will get much relief,” Gadkari, who is an MP from Nagpur that is in the Vidarbha region, told agency. Vidarbha which houses 75 per cent of forests of Maharashtra has so far not been able to be successful in dairy business and west Maharashtra’s Kolhapur district has much better production, the Road, Transport, Highways and Shipping Minister said. The Gujarat Cooperative Milk Market-
The state health department has re-scheduled the launch of menstrual hygiene project, this time from across the state. Now, the revamped project will cover over 40 lakh women, including secondary school girls. This project will be inter-linked with recently launched ‘mission shakti’ programme, a senior health department official said. The environmental implications red-flagged by environmentalists predominantly over ‘dis-
posal issues’ of sanitary napkins has led to a delay in launching the menstrual hygiene project from selected high priority districts scheduled last year, the official added. However, the health department claims to have taken the delay into their stride as the focus of the health project that also covers education sector by aiming to bring down the drop-out rate among secondary school girls has been widened from a few lakh to 40 lakh women and also linked with ‘mission shakti’ project.
Gujarat-based Matrubharti raises Rs 20 lakh from Viridian Capital
ing Federation (GCMMF) markets the Amul brand of milk and dairy products and the Amul Model of dairy development is a three-tiered structure. Gadkari said Amul recently revived a dairy in Jalgaon and now it has evinced interest in Vidarbha. “They are ready to buy milk. Their rate is better than the market. Dairy has not been successful in Vidarbha now. … There are plans for Rs 400 crore projects,” he said and added that the Maharashtra government under a pact may transfer existing assets to them. Addressing a seminar on ‘Liberating the Farmers from Debt Trap’ earlier, the Minister said that he had recently been to Gujarat and talked to Amul, the biggest dairy cooperative in the country to come to Vidarbha.
Ahmedabad-based eBook publisher Matrubharti has raised a seed funding of Rs. 20 lakh from Viridian Capital. Matrubharti offers a publishing platform to new and aspiring writers in regional languages by taking content directly from authors and publishing it as an eBook. The seed funding amount will be used for investment in technology and expanding the team. Incubated at the Espark-Viridian Accelerator Centre at GIFT City (Gujarat International Finance TecCity), Matrubharti has more than 1,800 authors registered and have published 4,350 eBooks, so far. A recent survey by Nielsen India revealed that India’s book mar-
ket, currently the sixth largest in the world at Rs 26,100 crore, is likely to touch Rs. 73,900 crore by 2020. The survey says that more than 70% of the publishers in India have digitised their content to produce eBook versions thereby reaching the target customers through a digital medium. Commenting on the seed funding and future of digital content, Mr. Mahendra Sharma, co-founder, Matrubharti said, “Investment by Viridian Capital in our firm is a testimony that we have a business model which is likely to grow at a healthy rate. Matrubharti offers a digital platform to new and aspiring writers, which is our unique selling proposition among digital publishers.”
India announced making available 4G network to Gujarat soon. The company informed that 4G SIMS will be made available at all Vodafone Stores, Vodafone Mini Stores and 10,000+ multi brand outlets located across Gujarat. All Vodafone customers in Gujarat can exchange their existing SIM to a 4G ready SIM. To ensure a smooth and seamless exchange of a 4G ready SIMs, these are being made available in advance of the commercial launch of Vodafone’s 4G services in Gujarat, the company informed here. A formal announcement regarding the launch, which is expected soon, will be
made in due course. To avail the 4G services, customers will need to use their 4G ready SIM in a 4G enabled handset. Jayesh Gadia, Business Head – Gujarat, Vodafone India, said, “Our 19.3 million customers in Gujarat have a lot to look forward to. We want our customers to be 4G ready so that they can start experiencing the benefits
of high speed mobile internet services as soon as they are launched commercially. Hence, this facility to upgrade to 4G ready SIMs in advance. We are excited and fully geared up to launch our 4G services on the superior 1800 MHz band in Gujarat very soon.” Vodafone has successfully tested its 4G services on its network.
as education minister. At a press meet, Kalsaria said, “The foundation of the education sector in the state is rocky and exemplifies the deteriorating quality of government schools here. The ruination of education began under Anandiben’s stint as an education minister and I have been witness to that. I am sad that at that time I could not do much about it (Kalsaria was BJP MLA from Mahuva-Kalsaria). Today it is imperative and the responsibility of AAP to raise its voice.” He said the root of the Patidar agitation could be traced to
youngsters being disheartened with the poor state of education in Gujarat. He said many MPs and MLAS from BJP and Congress had entered politics, only to run huge academic institutions as businesses. Kalsaria echoed the views of Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal who recently called sedition charge against jailed PAAS leader Hardik Patel ‘unfair’ and said that party was making efforts to meet with Hardik. The AAP leader also said Kejriwal is expected to visit Surat on July 10 to address a gathering of industrialists from the city.
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Gujarat sets new Ujala record; offtake Vodafone set to launch 4G in Gujarat Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad of 3.36 lakh LED bulbs in a day Telecom player, Vodafone Correspondent | Rajkot
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Gujarat becomes the fastest state to distribute over 30 lakh LED bulbs under the Government of India’s Unnat Jyoti by Affordable LEDs for All (UJALA) scheme. This scheme was launched in Gujarat on May 26, 2016 and the milestone of distributing 30-Lakh LED bulbs has been achieved within a short span of only 19 days. With this, the state achieves the highest offtake in a very short period of time, setting a new benchmark altogether. On June 13, Gujarat logged an offtake of 3.36 lakh LED bulbs in one single day. This is the highest offtake in one day across all states in India. The scheme is being
implemented by Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a joint venture of leading PSUs under the administration of Ministry of Power, Government of India. Under this scheme EESL aims to distribute 12 crore 9 W LED bulbs in Gujarat and is presently distributing an average of 1.5 lakh LED bulbs daily in the state, which is yet another milestone for the UJALA scheme in India. The Gujarat Government is contributing Rs. 10 per LED bulb on behalf of every
domestic consumer for the purchase of first 10 bulbs. Post this contribution by the Government, the scheme allows residential consumers to avail up to 10 LED bulbs at an upfront price of Rs. 80 per bulb or they can choose to pay in EMI without any upfront payment. Consumers choosing to pay through EMI will have to pay Rs. 85 in total, where an amount of nearly Rs. 20 per LED bulb will be added to their Bi-monthly electricity bill for a period of 4 billing cycles.
reply to Hardik’s latest offer, saying that he would seek instruction from the Gujarat government. Earlier, public prosecutor Mitesh Amin concluded his argument, opposing
the bail petition mainly on the ground that if enlarged on bail Hardik may repeat the offence. He narrated the entire sequence of violence that had engulfed various parts of the state last year in August. Hardik is facing two sedition cases, lodged by Surat Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) and Ahmedabad DCB. He has been chargesheeted in both cases and lower courts have rejected his bail pleas. In the HC, the Patidar leader
filed bail plea in March. During the arguments, he had also given an undertaking, saying that if granted bail he would not disturb law and order, and continue agitation in a peaceful and democratic manner. However, the state opposed the undertaking, citing the conduct of the accused. In the past, the government accepted undertaking of co-accused and also core members of Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti.
AAP attacks Anandiben govt over Hardik offers to leave state for 6 months, if granted bail ‘deteriorating’ quality of education’ The public prosecutor, however, did not give any immediate reply to Hardik’s latest offer Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Lawyers of Hardik Patel on Monday in the Gujarat High Court offered that the incarcerated Patidar quota stir leader would stay away from Gujarat for six months if granted bail. The High Court reserved its verdict on the bail petition of Har-
dik, lodged in jail since October last year, after both prosecution and defence concluded their arguments. The public prosecutor, however, did not give any immediate
The root of the Patidar agitation could be traced to youngsters being disheartened with the poor state of education in Gujarat, said AAP Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Slamming Anandiben Patel government for “deteriorating” quality of education in government schools and their rampant privatisation, AAP leader Kanubhai Kalsaria on Monday said the education sector has been in decline since Patel’s earlier stint
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