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News Brief We will honour and respect the verdict: BCCI Agency | New Delhi

Welcoming the Justice R S Lodha committee verdict on the IPL spot-fixing and betting scandal, BCCI President Jagmohan Dalmiya today said the Board is “committed to honour and respect judicial decisions” but will go through the contents of the panel’s report before reacting to it. “BCCI is committed to honour and respect judicial decisions and it would give its observations after the entire report is read and a collective decision is taken,” Dalmiya was quoted as saying in a BCCI media release.

14 school girls fall sick Agency | Bankura

A total of 14 girls of a prominent girls’ school in the district headquarters town here were hospitalised after falling sick today. Headmistress of Bankura Town Girls’ School Krishna Banerjee said the girls, of class IX, X and VII, complained of dizziness and some of them fainted after tiffin hour. hey were rushed to Bankura Sammilani Medical College and Hospital by the school and were stated to be in stable condition after they administered saline drip.

Two gangs of robbers busted; 6 held Agency | Faridabad

Two gangs of robbers were busted in separate raids conducted by Crime Branch of Faridabad police here and six persons arrested in this connection. On a tipoff, the Crime Branch team nabbed three men from Surajkund-Faridabad road yesterday while they were making plans to rob commuters, police said. The accused have been identified as Sunil, resident of New Delhi, Shankar, a native Uttar Pradesh and Rahul, native of Faridabad. Live cartridges, a country-made pistol and two iron rods have been recovered from their possession, Kailash Chand, Deputed in Crime Branch, said.

“IPL Spot Fixing Verdict”

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CSK, RR franchises suspended for two years IPL Spot Fixing Verdict: The RM Lodha-led committee, which also includes former judges Ashok Bhan and RV Raveendran, declared the ‘quantum of punishment’ on Gurunath Meiyappan and Raj Kundra as well as their respective IPL franchises, CSK and RR, with regards to the spot-fixing scandal on Tuesday Agency | New Delhi The Indian Premier League had turned into a rich, pompous and spoilt brat, much like the board that mothers it. It was a bubble waiting to burst. And unsurprisingly, it was laid bare on Tuesday by the Justice Lodha committee constituted by the Supreme Court. Officials with vested motives and conflict of interests made merry while the cricket circus was in its pomp. They threw the IPL’s then-chief Lalit Modi out in 2010 on the pretext misconduct, indiscipline and financial irregularities. But matters only worsened in the next couple of years. Three Rajasthan Royals players were arrested in the 2012 edition, charges of betting and corruption were levied against Raj Kundra, the then-co-owner of the Royals, and Gurunath Meiyappan, the then-official of the Chennai Super Kings. The misdoings of

Kundra and Meiyappan were thought to have brought the game to disrepute by the SC committee. The two teams were suspended for two years and the officials banned for life. But what were we expecting when N Srinivasan, at one point, headed the BCCI and the India Cements - that owns the Chennai Super Kings - at the same time. Little wonder then that his son-in-law, Meiyappan, took the leeway to bet on games, pass on team information to bookies, etc. On the face of it, the suspension of the two teams does look ominous. But the genuine cricket supporter out there need not worry. For it will not be a six-team IPL. There is too much money involved for the BCCI to go ahead with reduced teams, even the sponsors and the broadcasters would not agree. But the BCCI should not fight odds to reinstate the guilty teams.

The message should be clear - corrupt teams have no business of being a part of the IPL. It is a step in the right direction, let us embrace it leaving our emotional connects locked away. So in such a case, while it will be dif-

The Andhra stampede is a loss of face for Chandrababu Naidu, here’s why Agency | Hyderabad

Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. Thus goes the famous Murphy’s Law. Everything indeed went wrong at the Pushkar ghat-1 in Rajahmundry when a stampede at the ritual Pushkaram bath site, on Tuesday morning, left at least 27 persons dead at last count, and thrice that number injured. This should be a strong indictment of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu’s self-trumpeted management skills. The grandiose arrangements — spectacular laser show and the extravagant publicity blitzkrieg — have all

ficult for CSK and RR to challenge the verdict of a SC appointed committee, the IPL next year will in all likelihood see eight teams. The BCCI could either call in for new teams, ask for a complete change in ownership of the suspended sides or bring in the old franchises - Pune Warriors India and Kochi Tuskers Kerala. There have even been

reports of the latter’s desire to return to the fold. One question that remains is whether the punishment could have been harsher. When the committee was constituted in January, there were talks of the teams being banned from the IPL. Would that set a better example and debar officials of any other teams from indulging in such wrongdoings, we will not know. While the delayed verdict on IPL COO Sundar Raman is concerning, what is equally worrying is that there was no word on the names of the players mentioned in a sealed envelope submitted to the SC earlier.

Greek Reforms Would Face Political, Legal Backlash in Germany Agency | berlin

gone for a toss with the stampede at the very main entrance, the threshold for the holy bath on the first day of the Godavari Pushakaram. The basics of handling large crowds was found missing when devotees suddenly gushed towards a wall to climb it and gain entry into the

Pushkar ghat for the bath. All hell broke lose resulting in a stampede. The chief minister may not be responsible for the disaster directly, but he has been personally overseeing the arrangements for the ‘Maha Pushkarams’, as claimed by a section of the press.

If Greece implements the measures agreed with its creditors early Monday, the embattled country could end up a more flexible economy than Germany—at least on paper. Many of the overhauls on Athens’ todo list are inspired by the labor market, welfare state and fiscal policy reforms that Germany, then a struggling, unemployment-riddled economy, enacted in 2003

and 2004. But others go much further and would face a political and legal backlash if implemented here. While most economists agree that Germany’s purring economic engine is in no urgent need of fixing, politically, the fact that Berlin has balked at some of the measures it is prescribing others could add to the populist narrative gaining ground across the continent—that a German-led Europe is bent

not on repairing but on punishing weaker neighbors for their past sins. “The attitude in Germany…is that we have the lowest unemployment so ‘what do you have to tell us?’,” said Christian Odendahl, chief economist at the Centre for European Reform, a nonpartisan think tank in London. Germany has the European Union’s lowest jobless rate at under 5%, compared with nearly 26% in Greece,

the highest in the bloc. It boasts a sizable budget surplus, strong exports and a well-financed welfare state. But economists have also slammed it for its rigid labor laws, antiquated rules that encourage rent-seeking in many professions, and a recent rollback of past overhauls. In the deal struck by eurozone leaders on Monday, Greece could get up to €86 billion ($96 billion) in fresh loans, provided it enacts several bills in a matter of days. Creditors want pension reform, higher taxes, and promises to cut spending this week, followed by judicial reform and rules on winding down broken banks. Many go further than what even a struggling Germany could stomach a decade ago.


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great anxiety about the future of higher education in India A combination of half-baked schemes, anti-intellectualism, institutional rot and privileging ideology over pedagogy is putting universities at risk. Now Amartya Sen has made his own experience at Nalanda into an occasion to turn the international spotlight on the growing political assault on higher education, publishing on this subject in the venerable New York Review of Books, which has always acted as if there were no intellectual life if not mediated by the eastern seaboard of the US. In India, the response to Sen’s warnings about education have been distasteful in the extreme, exemplifying the pathologies of our intellectual life. We should take his warnings seriously. But there is also a danger that Sen’s luminosity can blind us to the deeper forces that have brought us to this pass. Confining our gaze on one or two individuals, or the present moment, will lead to a misleading diagnosis. Academics are good at deconstructing everyone’s privileges but their own. Contrary to arguments being made in India at the moment, there is nothing unprecedented in the interference of this government, even in scope and scale. Every single political transformation in India has led to more interference in universities. The first waves of linguistic politics in the 1960s licensed interference and destroyed the regional universities, making them dens of parochial politics. The big movements of the 1970s made many universities ungovernable. The Left Front government in West Bengal probably produced the single-most systematic assault on an established system of higher education, creating an unimaginable degree of party control. The destruction of Calcutta University was a far more watershed event for higher education than the travails of Nalanda; West Bengal now has a gross enrolment ratio in higher education lower than that of UP. But our muted protests then have cast a long shadow over our credibility now. There is almost no chief minister in India who has a half-decent record on higher education; even as Nitish Kumar was building Nalanda, he was ensuring that the rest of Bihar’s universities remained basket cases. Even at the Centre the rot set in a long time ago. There is convenient historical amnesia about Arjun Singh appointing a clutch of vice chancellors in the middle of the night. Kapil Sibal acted as if everything from course structure to the mode of exams to the de-recognition of dozens of universities was the minister’s personal prerogative. All the institutional contrivances that are now leading to the destruction of Delhi University were perfected under the previous regime. It is always distasteful to pick on individual offices, but one needs to look only at the appointment of the chairman of the University Grants Commission, and the condition of that organisation under the UPA. When the bulk of the public higher education system was laid to waste, we hid behind the convenient garb of progressivism. The result was not public consternation at the political class, but an utter lack of faith in the intellectual class.

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of 662 inmates in central jail No.6 of Tihar, there are 47 inmates who are entitled to QUOTE “Out benefit under section 436A of the CrPC immediately. We are surprised why the jail authorities OF THE are not taking necessary steps. Direction of this court is not needed. It is not necessary as it comes under the order of Supreme Court,” - A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath said DAY

‘Amy’ wins raves from peers, angers family

I said to suggest that me and my family were against her getting any kind of treatment,” but it has left her family Mitch Winehouse told Agency | London hurt and angry. The The Associated Press. In “Amy,” performers singer’s father, Mitch “We took her dozens as diverse as Yasiin Bey Winehouse, has branded of times to detox and and Tony Bennett sing the film inaccurate and rehab over the years.” the praises of the late misleading. He claims Amy Winehouse died at Amy Winehouse, and director Asif Kapadia 27 of accidental alcohol the documentary helps depicts the family as reclaim the talented, doing too little to help troubled singer as a the singer overcome musician, rather than a addiction. “They have mess. Critics love it — selectively edited what Agency | New Delhi

Sonakshi Sinha reveals her role in ‘Force 2’

Veteran musician M.S. Viswanathan passes away

Agency | Mumbai

M.S. Viswanathan, whose film compositions transcended every known category of music and refused to be pinned down to musical traditions, died here on Tuesday. He was 88 and is survived by four sons and three daughters. It is not just for many of his ever green songs, but also for the anthem — Neera-

rum Kadalodutha — MSV will ever be part of the Tamil psyche. In the Tamil film music world, no other composer was as diverse as MSV was and he had composed music for over 1,700 films in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada and worked with four Chief Ministers — N.T. Rama Rao, M.G. Ramachandran, M. Karunanidhi and Jayalalithaa.

poisoning in July 2011, after a battle with drink and drugs that played out in front of the cameras and on tabloid front pages. Kapadia, the British director of the acclaimed Formula 1 documentary “Senna,” defends his film as a rounded portrait of the artist, built from

more than 100 interviews with people who knew Winehouse. Childhood friends of Winehouse and first manager Nick Shymansky opened up to him. So did the singer’s drug-troubled ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil and musical collaborators including producers

Mark Ronson and Salaam Remi, musician Bey (the former Mos Def) and Bennett, who calls Winehouse “the truest jazz singer I ever heard.” Kapadia said the range of Winehouse’s famous fans is a sign of her musical stature and ability to feel at home in many worlds.

capability of Baahubali, the movie is expected to break all previous records of Indian Cinema. Today is its fifth day of release at box office and it has started good with

morning shows. In its last four days Baahubali has made approx. 195 Cr+ from Indian screens only including all four versions (Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam & Hindi). As

per the early report and bookings, the fifth day collection of this biggest epic movie is estimated as around 29 crores* total & approx. 5.40 crores* with its Hindi version.

The monster hit: Baahubali creates box office history with over Rs 160 cr worldwide

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A few days ago, Sooraj Pancholi and Athiya Shetty’s first look from Hero was unveiled and it was impressive. After this, we get to see the two young actors together in one frame. And we have to say that the two do look smashing together. The film is a remake of Subhash Ghai’s 1983 film of the same name and marks the debut of Aditya Pancholi’s son Sooraj and Suniel Shetty’s daughter Athiya. Directed by Nikh-

il Advani and produced by Salman Khan, the trailer of Hero will be out July 15. Salman and Ghai are all set to launch the trailer of Hero on July 15 at a grand event where they will introduce Sooraj and Athiya to the world. Apart from the two newcomers, the film also stars Govinda and Vinod Khanna. Also there are reports that Salman who is launching these two actors will make a special appearance in the film. Hero is all set to release on September 4 this year.

The most successful movie of year 2015 so far, Baahubali is flying with great pace at box office. The movie was released on Friday, minted approx. 50 crores and become the highest opener movie of Indian cinema ever. Till the end of its first weekend the movie has crossed the mark of 160 crores and become the highest grosser movie of 2015 so far. Baahubali is creating new records daily from its first day at box office. In India as well as in overseas the movie is getting wonderful response and reviews from audience as well as critics. Bollywood celebs are also appreciating the work of movie’s star cast, especially they are praising the vision of director S.S. Rajamouli. Baahubali is really a pride of Indian Cinema which has increased its level. From Monday, the movie was expected to face high drop in its income as all others movies usually faces. But the movie has performed so well on the day. It has managed to collect 34.5 crores with only 30% drop, with its Hindi version it raked 6.10 crores. This shows the


3 / Dt. 15-07-2015, Wednesday Facebook working on virtual assistant to make your purchases

Agency | New Delhi Facebook may soon introduce its own version of virtual assistant that would help users complete tasks like buying products and services online, according to media reports. Called Moneypenny, the feature is being tested internally. It derives its name from the James Bond franchise character who serves as M`s secretary, and is said to bring a human touch to modern digital assistants, AppleInsider reported. For example, you might ask Moneypenny to research and purchase an high-defini-

tion television (HDTV) for you. Apple, Google and Microsoft all have first-party virtual assistants in Siri, Google Now and Cortana respectively. But none is backed by live human assistance. According to reports, Moneypenny could look something like a mix between Siri and Amazon’s Echo virtual assistant hardware platform. Moneypenny is part of the Messenger that Facebook recently bolstered with person-to-person money transfers. Facebook would presumably offer the service on all major smartphone platforms and the web.

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Sania Mirza Says She is Honoured to Share Wimbledon Triumph With India

Agency | London Sania Mirza cliched her first-ever women’s doubles Grand Slam title as she and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis made a stunning comeback in the final set to win the Wimbledon 2015 crown on Saturday. After returning home, a beaming Sania dedicated the win to India and all her supporters here. Speaking

to reporters at her residence, Sania admitted that it was a dream come true to win her maiden Wimbledon title. “ As a child, I always wanted to play in Wimbledon. I am fortunate enough to win four Grand Slams,” Sania said, adding that she owes a lot to her well-wishers in the country. “I am honoured to come from a country which has such a passion

for sport. This win is for India and all the people who supported me.” Sania though also admitted that India still has some way to go before becoming a tennis-friendly nation. “This is a great time for Indian tennis - we’ve returned with three Wimbledon titles. (But) We are not the most tennis-friendly nation. We lack a system. I think we need that,” said Sania.

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Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), in addition to preparing Windows 10, has also been working on marketing for its latest OS. Today the tech firm is starting its marketing efforts for Windows 10, which will be launched by the end of this month. The tech firm hopes that its marketing efforts will help it hit its target of making the new OS available on 1 billion devices within three years. In its marketing efforts, the company will fo-

cus on fans. The tech firm has already collected millions of fans. Just weeks before the launch, the tech firm has 5 million Windows 10 testers. The number is impressive by any count. “We wanted to really focus on the fans of Windows,” says Yusuf Mehdi, head of marketing for Microsoft’s Windows and devices. Mehdi has also headed up Xbox marketing, so there are good chances he will make use of Microsoft’s Xbox fan celebrations for Windows marketing.

Business activity in India showing recovery: Goldman Sachs

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Business activity picked up in the second quarter of 2015, largely on the back of better investment demand and improvements in commercial vehicle sales, Goldman Sachs said on Tuesday. The global financial giant said its composite gauge of business activities is showing a gradual recovery after a “surprising slowdown since the last quarter of 2014”, but it cautioned that there is not yet a broad-based recovery. “While on balance activity data seem to be turning more positive, we would caution that there is not yet a broad-based recovery,” Goldman Sachs said in its Global Macro Research Report

authored by Tushar Poddar and Vishal Vaibhaw. The Goldman Sachs India Current Activity Indicator (CAI) increased to 5.6 percent in May from 4.3 percent in April and 4.4 percent in the first quarter of this year. CAI is an activity index that maps monthly and sequential real activity from 14 data indicators into one series. The key drivers of this improvement include industrial production, commercial vehicles sales, total traffic in ships, air cargo, visitor arrivals, and trade, the report said. Despite the official May industrial production data coming in weaker than expected, there is still an improvement on a qoq basis, it added.

SPORTS ROUNDUP India sweep series after 83-run win over Zimbabwe in third ODI

AIFF launches pilot project for seven state associations Agency | Mumbai

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In a bid to revamp footballing structure in the country keeping in mind the under-17 World Cup, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) on Monday said it would along with FIFA empower the six selected state associations further. The big event is slated to be staged in six venues -- Kochi, Delhi, Mumbai, Guwahati, Goa and Kolkata. Called the “Pilot Project for the Development of State Associations”, the initiative involves improving the infrastructure and development of the game in various parts of India so that the country is ready for the under-17 FIFA World Cup in 2017. “Development of the game is not possible without developing it in the states. The important initiative will also help enhance the capacity of World

Young Kedar Jadhav struck his maiden international century as India thrashed Zimbabwe by 83 runs in the third and final cricket ODI to complete a 3-0 series whitewash, in Harare on Tuesday. Jadhav smashed a career-best 105 not out off just 87 balls to enable India recover from a top-order collapse and post a competitive 276 for five after being asked to bat at the Harare Sports Club. Jadhav, in the able company of Manish Pandey (71), put on a crucial 144-run stand for the fifth wicket to re-

vive India after a sloppy start. Chasing the target, Chamu Chibhabha kept Zimbabwe in the hunt with an 82-run knock but the hosts kept on losing wickets from the other end to be eventually bowled out for 193 in 42.4 overs. Chibhabha, the most successful batsman for the hosts in the series with two consecutive half centuries, played a gritty knock that came off 109 balls with the help of seven boundaries. Zimbabwe’s chase never got going after the early dismissal of Hamilton Masakadza (7), who fell LBW to Mohit Sharma (2/33) in

the sixth over. Chibhabha and Regis Chakabva (27) then put on a 70-run second wicket stand to keep Zimbabwe afloat before Indian bowlers picked up two wickets in quick succession to derail the hosts’ chase. Chakabva was cleaned up by leftarm spinner Axar Patel (2/39) in the 23rd over before skipper Elton Chigumbura (10) fell LBW to part-time spinner Murali Vijay (1/19). Wicketkeeper Richmond Mutumbami (22) played a good hand and shared a 53-run fourth-wicket stand with Chibhabha before he departed LBW by Stuart Binny (3/55).

first to get out, followed by his opening partner Murali Vijay (13). Manoj Tiwary (10)and Robin Uthappa (31) put on a 35-run third wicket partnership before perishing in quick succession to leave India in trouble at 82/4 in the 22nd over. But Manish Pandey and Jadhav took this in their stride and weaved a useful partnership. The Pandey-Jadav

pair went along without much struggle with Pandey being the aggressor. Both batsmen took a liking for legspinner Graeme Cremer belting him for 10 runs in the 36th over. They reached the 200-run mark in the 44th over. Pandey fell thereafter holding out in the deep but his partner continued the onslaught hammering 15 runs off the 48th over.

at the Sultan of Johor Cup, the Indian team will be looking at continuing their good form in the upcoming tournament. Speaking post a practice session, defender Harmanpreet Singh said: “It’s a very important tournament for us as post this we will be playing the Men’s Junior Asia Cup 2015 in November this year and hence we have to

be sure that we are in line with our strategies by that time. “The team is very confident of a winning start and it will be about getting the penalty corners and convert them.” Speaking on Dipsan Tirkey, he added: “He is a huge morale boost in the defence chain and I look at him to be the key member here for the tournament.

3rd ODI: Kedar Jadhav and Manish Pandey Fire India to 276/5 vs Zimbabwe

Cup venues and FIFA has come forward to help us,” AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das said in a press conference here. “For each state, we will appoint a technical director and director of operations and marketing to help develop the game,” he said. Das confirmed that AIFF will hand-pick candidates for the posts and the salaries will be jointly paid by FIFA and the national body.

New Kerala skipper Sanju Samson delighted with India call-up Agency | New Delhi

It was a double delight for Sanju Samson as one good news was followed by the other on Monday morning. Sanju was at the Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium here to undergo a fitness test before the Kerala team left for the KSCA trophy in Mysuru. No sooner had he arrived than, Kerala Cricket Association president TC Mathew conveyed to him the decision to appoint him as the skipper of the Kerala side for the KSCA Trophy which makes him the youngest captain in state’s cricket history. Sanju was caught off guard but his joy knew no bounds. Little did he know a bigger surprise was to follow. Soon Mathew informed the youngster that he had

Agency | Harare

received a call from the chairman of national selection committee, Sandeep Patil, informing him of the decision to replace an injured Ambati Rayudu with Sanju for the remainder of the Zimbabwe tour. “I didn’t expect it. I was just looking at playing well for Kerala in the KSCA trophy. This is a big surprise,” the 20-year old said. This is the second time Sanju is earning a call-up to the Indian team. In August last year, he was included the Indian team for the fivematch ODI series and

the lone T20 against England. But all he could do in England was warm the bench. Sanju didn’t have the best of seasons in domestic cricket last year and seemed to have fallen off selectors’ radar. In IPL, Sanju had a modest run in 2015 scoring 204 runs from 14 innings with a highest score of 76. Though he was the highest run-getter for Kerala in Ranji Trophy last year with 475 runs from eight matches, which included a double hundred, Sanju couldn’t pile up big runs consistently.

Agency | Harare

An unbeaten century (105 not out) by Kedar Jadhav and a flamboyant innings from Manish Pandey (71) made sure that India had a challenging total of 276/5 in the third and final OneDay International (ODI) against Zimbabwe at the Harare Sports Club here on Tuesday. The duo put on 144 runs after coming together at 82/4. Pandey finished with 71 off 86 deliveries, while his partner Jadhav top-scored with an unbeaten 105 off 87 balls. For Zimbabwe, Neville Madzive was the pick of the bowlers, claiming 2/59 in nine overs. The hosts picked up early wickets bowling a tight line and length. Indian skipper Ajinkya Rahane (15) was the

Indian junior hockey team to take on Germany in opening tie Agency | New Delhi

The Indian junior men’s hockey team will clash against Germany in their opening match of the Volvo International U-21 tournament which will get underway on July 18 with six teams competing against each other in a round-robin format. High on confidence after their title win


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BMW Hit-And-Run Case: My son’s soul Army recruitment racket: Probe points to will now rest in peace, says Rahul’s father role of agents, schools, government employees Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

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After a local court on Monday sentenced Vismay Shah to five years imprisonment in the BMW hit-and-run case, Ghanshyam Patel, father of one of the victims Rahul Patel, broke down and said “now my son’s soul will get peace”. “After two-and-a-half years, we got some peace. Although my loss is irreparable, I am happy that the lesson was taught. After such a long trial, people lose faith, but I never gave up and had faith in the judiciary. I want the people in this city (Ahmedabad), Gujarat and the entire country to see that if innocent and weaker people are tortured or killed, there is God to do justice. After two years, I smiled with content that now my son’s soul will get peace,” said Ghanshyam Patel,

who has a real estate business. The relatives of Rahul’s family hugged his father to console him as he broke down before entering the courtroom and also after the judgment. Premshaknar Dave, father of the second victim Shivam Dave, said: “We are satisfied with the judgment. We cannot comment whether the quantum of punishment was less, because we don’t want to

Gujarat govt announces Rs 300 cr package for flood-hit regions Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

The Gujarat government on Tuesday announced a relief package of Rs 300 crore for the flood affected regions in Saurashtra and south Gujarat, including worst-hit Amreli district. Gujarat government Spokesperson and minister Nitin Patel told reporters in Gandhinagar that out of Rs 300 crore, Centre will contribute Rs 150 crore through Calamity Relief Fund(CRF). “At present, we are announcing a relief package of Rs 300 crore for affected regions. Out of Rs 300 crore, Rs 150 crore will come from CRF while state government will contribute the remaining Rs 150 crore,” he said. “The package amount may go up, as we are still doing the survey of loss and pay accordingly in days to come” the minister said. Heavy rains had lashed parts of Gujarat causing flooding in Amreli district and Gondal tehsil of Rajkot district on June 24, in which 70 people had died. Several domestic as well as

question the judiciary. My family has struggled all this while to see this judgment and now we are at peace.” Shivam sister, who could not stop crying in the court, said: “My brother died a horrible death. There is not a single festival or occasion where we do not miss him. Every time we feel there will be a miracle and he will come back.” Mitesh Shah, one of the key witnesses

Delayed monsoon spikes power demand in Gujarat Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

wild animals including 10 Asiatic lions had also lost their life. Apart from Amreli and Rajkot, several villages of adjoining Bhavnagar district were also affected. Strong winds and incessant rain caused considerable damage in some parts of South and central Gujarat, including Vadodara, Bharuch and Valsad. According to Patel, around 300 villages in Gujarat were affected due to heavy rains and floods, which washed away around 50,000 hectares of agriculture land and caused heavy losses to more than one lakh farmers. “Floods in Shetrunji and Bhadar river caused maximum damage to farmlands in Amreli and Rajkot district. Under this relief package, we have decided to give a compensation of Rs 25,000 per hectare to the farmers.

The delayed monsoon and a prolonged dry spell has shot up the electricity demand, which has touched a new peak, in Gujarat. The power demand touched an all-time high of 14,556 MW on Monday. It was on October 11, 2014 when the demand had surged to 14,556 MW. Sources in the state-run Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd (GUVNL) believe that if the state remains rain less for the next 10-15 days, the peak power demand may well cross 15,000 MW.

The Ahmedabad unit of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has detected Rs 25 crore of duty evasion by a Uttar Pradesh based firm. DRI on Thursday had detained a consignment worth Rs 4 crore at Mundra port belonging to Kanpur based K K Milk Fresh India Ltd and was imported under Export Promotion Capital

Good (EPCG) scheme. During investigation DRI found that in the 2015 the dairy firm had imported old and used machinery worth Rs 104 crore under the EPCG scheme by mis-declaring the same as new machinery to be eligible for exemption from payment of customs duty. The imports were made through Mundra Port and ICD Tughlakabad, New

Officials of the State Load Dispatch Centre (SLDC), the nodal agency to track real-time power generation and distribution, the demand from the industrial sector has remained the samebut there has been a significant increase in power for farming. “The main reason for power demand peaking is the additional two hours of electricity being supplied to farmers for irrigation,” said an SLDC officer. Electricity consumption in households has also shot up because of delayed rains.

used unfair means to get into the force. The case is being investigated by the State Monitoring Cell that works directly under DGP P C Thakur. The “forged” papers have been handed over to the DGP by Army Recruitment Board’s director (recruitment) Colonel Prithvisingh Saha. State Monitoring Cell incharge DSP D S Chauhan told The Indian Express: “We have requested the

Army to get their (those already in the force) certificates checked again. Those boys will be arrested as well as middlemen, agents and staffers from schools who aided them.” The Army had held two recruitment rallies — one in April 2014 at Palanpur in Banaskantha where 8,500 candidates participated, and the other in March this year at Himmatnagar in Sabarkantha

where 29,150 aspirants appeared. The certificates which are currently under the scanner belong to 50 aspirants from Palanpur camp who claimed to be domicile of Ahmedabad and 58 from Himmatnagar camp who claimed domicile of Rajkot and Kutch (49), and Sabarkantha (9). Palanpur and Himmatnagar camps had sent 497 and 722 aspirants to the Army, respectively.

(ED) Ahmedabad, moved an application before the special designation court under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) seeking issuance of NBW against Kothari after he reportedly failed to appear before the agency. Lawyers who represented Kothari opposed the move and following a brief argument the court allowed ED’s application and issued NBW against Kothari. The move has its significance since Kothari is said to be the key link of hawala racket which was busted last year in Surat. A total of

90 persons have been booked in the case so far. Recently the ED investigation revealed that the case has its link with the 2G scam with money in the scam was sent abroad the through the racket in Surat. Sources said that Fatta was working at the behest of Kothari and

his nephew was the one who used to send money to Fatta which would go mostly to Dubai and Hong Kong. The role of Fatta was to submit forged import documents or bills of entry of diamonds in ICICI Bank in Surat and send money against it to Dubai and Hong Kong.

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

being supplied to farmers for irrigation,” said an SLDC officer. Electricity consumption in households has also shot up because of delayed rains. The Gujarat State Commission for Women, which has the powers of a civil court, is being approached by an increasing number of highly educated estranged couples seeking separation. A case in point is that of a woman doctor from Nadiad, based in Ahmedabad, who married a Jaipur super-specialist. After three months of marriage, the couple diagnosed their incompatibility and the woman applied for separation to the women’s commission. In another case, a dentist couple from Anand opened a dispensary but separated within a year of marriage. The woman alleged that her husband did not attend to patients and often beat her.

NBW against bullion trader in hawala case Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

A special designated court on Monday issued non bailable warrant (NBW) against Mumbai-based bullion trader Prithviraj Kothari in connection with the Rs10,000-crore hawala scam that has its base in Surat. Kothari runs Ridhi Sidhi bullions. His nephew is already in judicial custody at Sabarmati Central Jail in Ahmedabad. Since ED busted the racket last year the case has emerged as the biggest case of money laundering in the country. The Enforcement Directorate

couples Nashik set for Kumbh Mela Highly-educated are quickly parting ways Agency | Nashik

F o r t y - t h r e e - y e a r- o l d Pramila Buwa has been rehearsing her lines all week and can now say them without having to refer to her notes. Pramila is, however, not an actor, and neither is she preparing to act in any play. She is is a woman constable with the Maharashtra Police assigned the duty of making announcements for pil- grims during the Kumbh Mela that gets under way in Nashik Tuesday. At a specially designed police control room, 12 other policemen and womDelhi. The total customs en have been trained to duty evaded by the im- make announcements porter by such misuse of to be played over 250 EPCG scheme has been speakers at vantage found to be around Rs 25 points in Nashik. They crores. Further investiga- get their instructions on tion in the case is going what to announce from on. EPCG Scheme un- personnel monitoring der Import Export Policy the feed from 348 CCTV allows import of capital cameras at various logoods for pre-production, cations across the city. production and post-pro- Seated in the state-ofduction at Zero customs the-art control room at the Nashik police headduty.

DRI detects Rs 25 crore duty evasion by UP based firm Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

in the case, said: “I was the only one who stuck to the statement given to the police and stood by to support the youths’ families, even as their friends, who were key witnesses, turned hostile. Till today, I didn’t repair my Hyundai Accent car that Vismay had first rammed into before hitting the two boys. I am happy that their families have got justice today.”

Investigations into the Army recruitment racket have pointed towards the involvement of agents, schools and government employees in aiding aspirants to get forged certificates to qualify for jobs in the defence forces. Even as Gujarat showed an impressive participation of over 40,000 aspirants in the recruitment camps held by the Army in Banaskantha and Sabarkantha districts, the probe has revealed that 108 participants, who actually belonged to Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Rajasthan, tried to get into the force by producing domicile certificates of Gujarat that were secured through unfair means. Gujarat police do not rule out the possibility of those already training in the Army having

quarters, those monitoring the CCTV feeds also give policemen deployed on the ground directions based on the traffic situation at specific locations. For instance, says Pramila, “If the footfall at Ramkund is more than 1/10th of the area’s capacity, we have to instruct the pilgrims not to enter it until further instructions. We have to, however, greet the visitors first, saying ‘Nashik Kumbh Mela main sabhi bhaviko ka swagat hai (We welcome all pilgrims to the Nashik Kumbh Mela)’,

and follow it up with the directives.” “The same instructions must be given in three languages — English, Hindi and Marathi,” she adds. The entire exercise is monitored by a senior police officer. The 2003 Nashik Kumbh was marred by a stampede. To avoid a repeat of such an incident, the state government has constructed seven new ghats to accommodate the lakhs of pilgrims who have already started descending on the city from all over the country and abroad.

The delayed monsoon and a prolonged dry spell has shot up the electricity demand, which has touched a new peak, in Gujarat. The power demand touched an all-time high of 14,556 MW on Monday. It was on October 11, 2014 when the demand had surged to 14,556 MW. Sources in the state-run Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Ltd (GUVNL) believe that if the state remains rain less for the next 1015 days, the peak power demand may well cross 15,000 MW. Officials of the State Load Dispatch Centre (SLDC), the nodal agency to track real-time power generation and distribution, the demand from the industrial sector has remained the samebut there has been a significant increase in power for farming. “The main reason for power demand peaking is the additional two hours of electricity

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