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News Brief India play Korea in Kabaddi WC opener
(H.S.) | New Delhi Seven-time champions and favourites India will face South Korea in the opening match of the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup, to be held in Ahmedabad from October 7 to 22. Besides hosts India, other participating nations in the tournament are USA, England, Australia, Iran, Poland, Thailand, Bangladesh, South Korea, Japan, Argentina and Kenya The 12 teams have been divide in two groups of six each.
Gold, silver recover on fresh demand, global cues
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Snapping a three-day losing streak, gold prices recovered by Rs 10 at the domestic bullion market here today on fresh demand from jewellery stockists amid subdued local buying interest. Silver also rose by Rs 450 per kg on good speculative offtake and industrial demand. Standard gold (99.5 purity) moved up by Rs 10 to end at Rs 31,170 per 10 grams from its previous level of Rs 31,160.
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Delhi battles chikungunya: Five more die, toll rises to 10; AAP says ‘let’s rise above politics’
Singh from Ghaziabad died of chikungunya comRCom and Aircel will hold 50 per cent each in the new company. The board of plications yesterday afterthe new company will have equal representation from the two sides noon,” hospital authorities said. “He was diagnosed (H.S.) | New Delhi with almost 110 million crore (or 40 per cent of the (H.S.) | New Delhi positive for chikungunya total debt on its books). customers, while Aircel Five more deaths from chithrough RT-PCR test. He Anil Ambani-led Reli“RCom will continue to ranks fifth with 84 milkungunya complications died of multi-organ failance Communications own and operate its high lion subscribers. RCom were reported on Wednesure triggered by compliWednesday agreed to growth businesses in the had 9.8 per cent market day at a private hospital cations from the disease,” merge its wireless teledomestic and global enshare while Aircel had in Delhi, taking to 10 the they said. Chikungunya is com business with smallterprise space, Data Cen- number of fatalities due taking its toll in the nation8.5 per cent share. Sisteer rival Aircel to create ma, which RCom earli- tres, optic fibre and relat- to the vector-borne dis- al capital where the numthe country’s 4th-biggest er merged with, had 0.7 ed telecom infrastructure, ease in the national capital ber of cases have climbed mobile phone operator per cent share. Both the besides owning valuable that is grappling with a se- to over 1,000 this season with asset base of more companies will transfer real estate,” the statement vere health crisis. All five and fever clinics are getthan Rs 65,000 crore. In an wireless businesses. ranked amongst India’s Rs 14,000 crore of debt said. It will hold 19.3 per deaths have taken place at ting swamped with rush the largest consolidation RCom and Aircel will top 4 telcos by customer each to the joint venture, cent of total spectrum – Apollo Hospital and most of patients. “Most of them in the country’s telecom hold 50 per cent each in base and revenues, also taking the total debt of highest in the sector. It of the victims were aged had associated co-morsector, RCom and Air- the new company. The ranking amongst the top the new company to Rs will have a unique com- 80 or above. “We have bid disease conditions and cel’s majority owner, Ma- board of the new compa- three operators by rev28,000 crore, excluding bination of spectrum in had five deaths in the past complications like chronic laysia’s Maxis Commu- ny will have equal rep- enues in 12 important Rs 6,000 crore of spec- 800, 900, 1800 and 2100 three weeks of patients kidney disease, coronary nications Berhad (MCB), resentation from the two circles,” both the firms trum payment liability. MHz band, helping it of- with chikungunya fever, artery disease, which affect announced signing of sides. “The RCom-Aircel said in a joint statement. The deal will help RCom fer 2G, 3G and 4G ser- most of whom were elder- the course of recovery,” definitive documents for combination will create RCom is India’s 4th-bigpare its debt by Rs 20,000 vices nationwide. ly. 80-year-old Mahendra the hospital said. the merger of their Indi- a strong operator clearly gest telecom operator
Surat ‘hooch’ deaths: IGP, SP transferred Navjot Singh Sidhu officially resigns from BJP Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Assembly polls next year, but his bitter attack against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has ruled it out. He had not resigned from BJP despite floating Awaaz-ePunjab forum earlier this month. The 52-year-old former cricketer had represented Amritsar in the Lok Sabha between 2004 and 2014.
The Gujarat government on Tuesday transferred Inspector General of Police (IGP), Surat Range, Narsimha Komar and Superintendent of Police (SP) Mayursinh Chavda, days after a suspected hooch tragedy claimed 20 lives at Vareli village in the district. Also, a three-member committee formed by the government to probe the suspected hooch deaths submitted its report to the Home Department. “The report carries our observations about the suspected hooch tragedy in Surat,” said ADGP (police reforms) V M Pargi, who led the panel, said. He, however, refused to divulge details about the contents of the report.
Cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday formally resigned from BJP, days after he announced floating of a new “non-political” platform in pollbound Punjab. Sidhu, who quit his Rajya Sabha membership on July 18, sent his resignation from BJP to party chief Amit Shah. “I hereby resign from the primary membership of BJP. Long association (with BJP), painful decision…my wife, children and party not, Punjab alone (comes) first. Punjab, Punjabiat and every Punjabi must win (sic),” Sidhu said in
his letter. However, Sidhu’s wife, the BJP MLA from Amritsar (East), has not resigned from the party yet. “Dr Navjot Kaur has not yet resigned from BJP,” a close associate of her said. Sidhu’s political future has been a subject of speculation. Intially, there was a talk of his joining AAP and becoming its face in the
adding that he had video footage of Congress leaders meeting members of Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) secretly. Reacting on the Bhavnagar incident where seven police men were booked in the alleged case of attacking
on four Patidar youth at his felicitation function, Jitu Vaghani said, “Even I saw Congress corporator’s son, Congress district president, and members of the AAP trying to disturb the function. If they want to protest, they have right to do but this is not the right way.” About the state visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his birthday, Vaghani said that state BJP has decided to give him “a unique gift” by ensuring that “at least 5 lakh people downloaded the “Namo App”.
Earlier in the day, a Home Department notification stated that Komar was transferred to Jamnagar as IG, Marine Task Force, relieving Nirja Gotru Rao (IG, Coastal Security) from the additional charge. Komar will be replaced by 1991-batch IPS officer Shamsher
Singh, currently serving as additional director with the State Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in Ahmedabad. Chavda, who was appointed as Surat SP only a few months ago, was shifted to the State Intelligence Bureau (SIB) in Gandhinagar as SP. Ahmedabad
District SP Nirlipt Rai would be the new Surat SP. Senior IPS officer Keshav Kumar, who has returned to the state after a long stint with the CBI, has been appointed in the ACB as special Director. As per the notification, all the officials have been directed to take charge of their respective office by Wednesday morning. Meanwhile, a team of Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) which was roped in by the state government to probe the alleged hooch deaths took over the investigation Tuesday.
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State BJP president Jitu Vaghani blamed the Congress of fomenting troubles at BJP events in Surat on September 8 and Bhavnagar on Sunday. Speaking to mediapersons on Tuesday after a meeting with district BJP members in Karjan town of Vadodara district, Vaghani said, “The protest by the Patidar youth in our function at Surat and Bhavnagar is backed by the Congress and they are misleading the Patidar youth.” Vaghani said that the Patidar commu-
Two women died after being trapped under the debris of a century-old three-storied residential building which collapsed at Pathuriaghata in the city, police said today. The two women reentered the collapsing building to fetch some valuables left inside after they, along with other occupants, vacated it when another portion of the building crashed down on them yesterday. Sub Editor: Dhruvil Makani
nity was one of the most exploited during the Congress rule in Gujarat. “How many chief ministers and leaders were from Patidar community in Congress rule? This is the agenda of the Congress to misguide Patidar youth,” he said,
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“Personally pained at the developments. In a democracy, solutions are found through restraint and mutual dialogue, Whenever the country has faced adverse circumstances, the people of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, just like people across the country have always handled the situation with - PM Modi on Tuesday appealed sensitivity.”
to the people of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to “display sensitivity” and “keep in mind their Lessons from Tata Nano civic responsibilities” while urging for solutions to the conflict arising out of the Cauvery water dispute. for Reliance Jio Tiger Zinda Hai first look: Salman Khan, Why Varun Dhawan had a few ‘neat’ whisky In April, about three months prior to its launch, Tata Motors started taking pre-launch orders for its muchhyped Nano, the world’s cheapest car that was priced at Rs 1 lakh. Some people booked the car thinking that they would sell it in the black market for a premium, expecting a huge demand-supply mismatch in the months after the launch. But that never happened. A similar story seems to be playing out in the telecom sector, where Reliance Jio has taken the country by storm. There are long queues at Reliance Digital stores to buy new connections. The waiting period is long because there are fewer SIM cards on sale than the demand from users. Those who cannot wait are buying SIMs in the black market for Rs 5001,000. The pull, of course, is the world’s cheapest data plans and free voice calling for lifetime. Soon after its launch, Nano ran into a series of problems, including incidents of the car catching fire on more than one occasion. The experience with Jio is also far from seamless till now. People who are given connections are facing issues with activating them. Those who have got it activated are not able to make calls because of major connectivity issues. The only saving grace seems to be data, which is working fine in most locations. In his launch speech, Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani had grudged the lack of support from incumbent telecom operators. He mentioned that Jio customers suffered from 5 crore call failures to other networks in just one week due to insufficient interconnectivity capacity. If this continues for long, it would lead to irreversible damage to the users’ perception. Over the years, Nano’s sales have gone through several dips and surges. At its peak, the previous version of Nano - the current version is GenX Nano - hit sales of 10,475 units in March 2012. In recent years, sales have been going only southwards. For instance, the sales in July 2016 stood at a dismal 701 units compared to 2,120 units in July 2015 even though the base variant of the car still costs Rs 2.06 lakh, the lowest ex-showroom price for any car in the country. The slightly-higher priced Renault Kwid had sold 9,897 units in July this year. Reliance Jio has set for itself a target of 100 million customers in the shortest possible time. Earlier, there were reports that it targets to reach 100 million subscribers in one year. Let’s assume that the shortest possible time is one year. That translates into selling a whopping 273,000 connections every day, or about 8.22 million connections a month. That looks daunting because with their established retail and distribution network, the top six telcos - Bharti Airtel, Vodafone India, Idea Cellular, Aircel, Telenor and MTNL - could add just 2.1 million subscribers this July. Bharti Airtel alone could add just 1.07 million in July, which is roughly one-eighth of Jio’s target. In the case of Nano, only 100,000 cars were sold at Rs 1 lakh, the price at which the car was supposed to be sold, as was thought by its Tata Sons’ chairman emeritus Ratan Tata. The later models were priced much higher. The consumers don’t have to pay anything to use Jio’s services for now. Its welcome offer gives unlimited access to its bouquet of services till December 31, 2016.
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It is confirmed. The superhit jodi of Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif is all set to do wonders on the big screen once again. The sizzling duo will be teaming up for Yash Raj Films’ upcoming film, Tiger Zinda Hai. The movie, which is the sequel of Ek Tha Tiger directed by Kabir Khan, will be directed by Ali Abbas Zafar this time. Zafar’s last directorial Sultan, starring Salman Khan, broke records at the box office. Tiger Zinda Hai is scheduled to release during Christmas on December 22, 2017. Salman will be back as Tiger in the sequel while Katrina will reprise her character Zoya. On Eid al-Adha or Bakrid, the official Twitter handle of Yash Raj
Several actors have resorted to method acting over the years. On Sunday, Varun Dhawan decided to do the same. For an emotional scene in his upcoming film, Badrinath Ki Dulhania, the Bollywood actor was supposed to act intoxicated. To do an authentic job of the scene, he decided to have a few pegs of whisky. “Varun had a few drinks, that too neat, to prepare for the scene. The idea worked, as the scene went off well. Even the director (Shashank Khaitan) praised his performance. Varun knew that he could not have managed such a natural performance without those drinks,” says an insider. In real life, Varun is an “occasional drink-
Films unveiled the first look of Tiger Zinda Hai, which read, “Announcing @BeingSalmanKhan and #KatrinaKaif in #TigerZindaHai Directed by @ aliabbaszafar Releasing Christmas 2017.” The big announcement came as a special treat for Salman Khan and Katrina Kaif fans on Eid and gave them a reason to rejoice once again. Director Kabir Khan’s 2012 action-adventure film Ek Tha Tiger made box office history. It was the first time
that Salman Khan and Kabir Khan came together, a jodi which went on to give us superhit film like Bajrangi Bhaijaan and is currently shooting for their upcoming film Tubelight in Manali. The film has completed its Ladakh schedule. Ek Tha Tiger also gave Bollywood the sizzling pair of Katrina Kaif and Salman, which was loved by all. The movie went on to become one of the highest grossing movies of that year.
actor Anil Kapoor’s son Harshvardhan Kapoor. Shankar Mahadevan, who was more than happy to work with Gulzar, says one gets to learn something new everyday from him. “He (Gulzar) always gets something new… everyday is a new experience, everyday is like a new surprise. We get to learn something new from him everyday. We consider ourselves very lucky to work with Gulzar saab,” he told reporters at the event. The title track
“Mirzya” is beautifully helmed by Daler Mehendi, who has sung a lot of title tracks for Mehra, including “Rang De Basanti”. “I am grateful to Mehraji that he believes in me and loves my voice. Last 4 to 5 years, I was doing shows but in films, I was not getting anything and I also couldn’t sing because with the kind of songs were being made these days. The songs you will listen in this film are pure Indian music,” he said. Anil Kapoor, Sanjay Kapoor, Sonam Kapoor, Boney Kapoor, Sridevi, Javed Akhtar, Tanvi Azim were among those present. “Mirzya”, pairing Harshvardhan opposite newcomer Saiyami Kher, is penned by Gulzar and is a take on the tragic love story of Mirza-Sahiban.
er”. He doesn’t drink too often because he is a fitness freak. “If there’s a party or a special occasion, he may have one drink. But he knew that it was important for the scene,” adds the insider. After shooting for the scene, Varun was still feeling the effect of the alcohol, and hence, he slept for an hour before shooting for the rest of the scenes scheduled for the day. Interestingly, in
2014, too, when Varun was shooting for Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania, he got drunk while performing an emotional scene. When contacted, the Bollywood actor, who has been shooting for this film in Jaipur and Kota (in Rajasthan) and Jhansi (Uttar Pradesh), says, “I had a few drinks as the scene required that kind of an effect. I was high for a while, but everything was okay.”
Mirzya music launched at grand event Pink celeb movie review: Amitabh
(H.S.) | Mumbai The music launch of Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s, “Mirzya” here on Tuesday turned out to be one of the biggest events of the year with Bollywood’s who’s who attending the event where veteran Gulzar recited few poems. Singer Daler Mehndi and music composers Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy performed live on a few songs from the album. Gulzar is also the lyricist and writer of the film which is the debut of
Bachchan film is unmissable
(H.S.) | New Delhi Pink starring Amitabh Bachchan and Taapsee Pannu is releasing on September 16 but a few Bollywood stars got to it a few days before the rest of us. Stars like Kangana Ranaut, Preity Zinta, Dia Mirza, Yami Gautam and Kriti Sanon, among others, watched the film and going by their reactions, we are sure an interesting Friday awaits us. The film is about three girls — Taapsee Pannu, Andrea Tariang and Kir-
ti Kulhari — and how their lives change after coming face-to-face with gender violence. Pink is a courtroom drama where the three and their lawyer (Amitabh Bachchan) are forced to face up to how Indian percieves its women. An overwhelmed Kangana Ranaut actually left the screening before meeting the cast and sent a Whatsapp message to Pink actress Andrea Tariang. She wrote, “I wish I wasn’t so emotionally fragile and could say
this in person but I loved your work – so honest and so natural. Congratulations and I feel this will be a big success, so be ready for it.” Baahubali star Rana Daggubati called the film “important for India.” He wrote on Twitter, “Just saw an outstanding and by far the most important film for this country!! #Pink.” Trade analyst Taran Adarsh agreed with him as he wrote, “Watched #Pink… Shocked. Stunned. Speechless… An OUTSTANDING movie in every respect… Taut writing and exemplary direction…” Preity Zinta has already given Pink a five-star rating and wrote this on Twitter, Preity Zinta Wow Just saw PINK ! The most RELEVANT film of this year.
a direction to the police to register an FIR against him. On Monday, Singh issued a notice on behalf of activist Santosh Daundkar, under Section 154 (3) of the Code of Criminal Procedure, to the police requesting to lodge an FIR against Sharma under sections of the Indian Penal Code, the Maharashtra Regional and Town
Planning Act and the Environment Protection Act. “A complaint was filed on Saturday with the local police station. Still, no FIR has been registered despite the fact that Sharma has committed a cognisable offence. So, we will move the Metropolitan court on Wednesday,” said Singh. Daundkar, in his complaints to the police, has said Sharma did not provide the name of the BMC officials who allegedly sought a bribe of Rs 5 lakh, as alleged by the latter in a tweet last Friday, and had also destroyed mangroves behind his bungalow in Versova.
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Global icon Priyanka Chopra, whose name sells like hot cake, recently opened up about her tomboy-ish days and scarred legs. Speaking on the same in an interview with W magazine, the 34-year-old Desi girl said that she learnt to take care of herself and as a result, her legs now sell almost ‘12 or 15 products’ in India. “When I was a teenager, I was a tomboy. So I had scars, I was always falling on my knees. They were not the prettiest legs in the world, and then I taught myself how to take care of my body. Anybody can do it if I can. And today my legs
sell like 12 or 15 products in my part of the world. Yeah they do,” she said. urther speaking about her growing up days, the ‘Bajirao Mastani’ actress said that with years, she has found ‘how to be the best version’ of herself. When PeeCee was further quizzed about her first audition, she said that popular American TV series ‘Quantico’ was her first one. “I just think
I’ve found how to be the best version of myself, and that took a lot of years. When I was a kid, especially at like 16, it blew my mind that I won Miss India because I was like the gawkiest teenager. I had no self-esteem. I got really bullied when I was in school in America [for three years], so that crushed my spirit a little bit more,” Priyanka explained in the interview.
(H.S.) | Mumbai TWO DAYS after urging the Mumbai Police to book stand-up comedian Kapil Sharma for allegedly violating construction norms at his bungalow, social activist and lawyer Abha Singh has decided to move the metropolitan magistrate’s court on Wednesday, demanding
3 / Dt. 15-09-2016, Thursday Bayer signs deal worth close to $66 billion to buy Monsanto: Source
Agency | New York German drugs and crop chemicals company Bayer has won over US seeds firm Monsanto with a takeover offer of around $66 billion, a source close to the matter said, ending months of wrangling after increasing its bid for a third time. The source said on Wednesday an agreement had been signed for Bayer to pay $128 per share, up from its previous offer of $127.50 a share. That would be the biggest takeover deal of the year so far and the largest cash bid on record. Bayer and Monsanto were not immediately available to comment. deal would create a company commanding more than a quarter of the combined world market for seeds and pesticides in the fast-consolidating farm supplies industry.
Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Recall: Small Battery Flaw Blamed
Agency | New Delhi Samsung Electronics Co. blamed a minor battery manufacturing flaw for prompting a global recall of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphones and is seeking more time to investigate the cause behind its deepest crisis in years. The South Korean company outlined the preliminary findings in a report to the country’s technology standards agency that hasn’t previously been released. Initial conclusions indicate an error in production that placed pressure on plates contained within battery cells. That in turn brought negative and positive poles into contact, triggering excessive heat. Samsung however stressed that it needed to carry out a more thorough analysis to determine “the exact cause” of battery damage. While executives have referred publicly to manufacturing slip-ups, Samsung’s report went into more detail about the potential flaws in battery design.
August 2016 hottest month ever recorded: NASA
Agency | Washington August 2016 is the warmest month in 136 years of modern record-keeping, continuing a streak of 11 consecutive months dating back to October last year that broke high-temperature records, according to NASA. Although the seasonal temperature cycle typically peaks in July, August 2016 wound up tied with July 2016 for the warmest month ever recorded. According to a monthly analysis of global temperatures by scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in the US, last month’s temperature was 0.16 degrees Celsius warmer than the previous warmest August in 2014. Last month also was 0.98 degrees Celsius warmer than the mean August temperature from 1951-1980. “Monthly rankings, which vary by only a few hundredths of a degree, are inherently fragile,” said GISS Director Gavin Schmidt. “We stress that the long-term trends are the most important for understanding the ongoing changes that are affecting our planet,” said Schmidt. The record warm August continued a streak of 11 consecutive months dating back to October 2015 that have set new monthly high-temperature records.
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Javelin thrower Devendra Jhajharia became the first Indian to clinch two gold medals at the Paralympics after he broke his own world record to clinch the top honours at the Rio Games. Devendra won gold in the javelin event at the 2004 Athens Paralympics with a record throw of 62.15 metres, becoming only the second gold medallist at the Paralympics for his country, and improved upon it with an attempt of 63.97 metres at the Olympic Stadium (Engenhao) in Rio on Tuesday. The 36-year-old is currently ranked third in the world. Devendra competed in the event alongside fellow Indians Rinku Hooda and Sundar Singh Gurjar. Rinku finished fifth with a personal best of 54.39 metres in six attempts, while Sundar Singh Gurjar didn’t start the event. Devendra took India’s tally at this edition of the Paralympics to four medals – two golds, one silver and a bronze. The Rajas-
Davis Cup: I don’t have a Grand Slam because I don’t deserve it, says David Ferrer than born athlete, with an amputated left hand, was awarded the Arjuna award in 2004 and the Padma Shri in 2012, becoming the first Paralympian to receive the honour. He was electrocuted while climbing a tree when he was eight years old and his left hand had to be amputated. But that didn’t deter him from pursuing his dreams. The track and field star won gold at the International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) Athletics World Championships in Lyon in 2013. He last participated in the Paralympics 12 years ago. The F46 event did not feature in the 2008 and the 2012 editions. Earlier on Tues-
day, Ankur Dhama failed to qualify from the men’s 1,500 m - T11 Round 1 event securing the 11th spot among 17 athletes, five among them getting disqualified. He took a time of 4:37.61 to finish his race but it wasn’t enough as the first six qualified for the next round. Swimmer Suyash Jadhav couldn’t qualify for the final round of the men’s 200 metre Individual Medley competition. Jadhav trailed from the start and finished his heat sixth among as many swimmers with a time of 3 minute 1.05 seconds. The 22-year-old Maharashtrian was 10th in the overall standings among 12 swimmers.
prepared to travel to the United Arab Emirates, where they are to face Pakistan in a T20 series. “Effectively immediately, the WICB today announced it has separated from the Head Coach Phil Simmons,” the WICB said in a statement. It said the decision had been taken because of “differences in culture and strategic approach” between the board and Simmons. “The WICB would therefore like to thank the coach for his contribution and
mons departure leaves Joel Garner as manager of the upcoming series against Pakistan, with Henderson Springer and Roddy Estwick coaches. Simmons was appointed on a threeyear contract in March 2015. His reign encompassed the West Indies’ remarkable T20 World Cup triumph. However despite that high point, strains between Simmons and the WICB often bubbled beneath the surface, most notably in 2015, when he complained about the selection of the squad for a one-day series against Sri Lanka. He was suspended after complaining of “interference” in the selection process, before eventually being reinstated after a reprimand.
(H.S.) | New Delhi David Ferrer is brutally honest with himself, no pretence and no air. He has a staggering 685 singles wins, 13th in all time victory list, in a successful 16-year career but Grand Slam success has eluded him. Only three active players — Novak Djokovic (1080), Nadal (804) and Roger Federer (742) — have more singles wins than him in world tennis. All this means that he has won the most number of matches on the ATP tour
without a Grand Slam title. Before him, American Brian Gottfried held this record for 22 years with 680 wins. The best Ferrer came close to winning a Major was when he reached the 2013 French Open final but lost that summit clash to Davis Cup teammate Rafael Nadal. Ask him if he sees himself breaking that jinx and with all honesty he says it’s “difficult”. But he startled you when he stated that he does not deserve it. “I don’t have a Grand Slam but
tennis is very justice (he meant leveller and fair). I don’t have it because I don’t deserve it,” Ferrer told PTI in an interaction after slugging it out in a training session ahead of the Davis Cup tie against India. The 34-year-old though does not feel that his career would be any less if that elusive Major remains elusive. “Anyway I am proud of my career. I have tried to do best and I am happy for that,” he said. The Spaniard world number 13 had enjoyed one of the best seasons of his career in 2015 in which he won five titles, including three ATP 500 titles – Vienna, Acapulco and Rio de Janeiro. However, he has struggled this season where he did not reach a single final and had three semifinal exits at ATP 250 level.
Play had to be aborted barely 30 minutes after it finally resumed at 7pm. The reason: A deep crevice was formed at the City Park End of the ground, where huge chunks of grass had come out from the bowler’s run-up area because of dampness. As the groundstaff were busy at work trying to fill the dent with sand, all the players had left the field, except India Red’s captain Yuvraj Singh and Shikhar Dhawan, who
were involved in an animated conversation at the far end of the ground. At this stage, Gautam Gambhir’s India Blue were comfortably ahead with a cushion of 370 runs. The soggy outfield and patches in the bowler’s run-up area had turned the penultimate day into a dull, listless affair. For the second time in three games, the ground’s below par drainage system had halted proceedings. After a 75-minute disruption, the dent was fixed, and play finally resumed. Gambhir and Mayank brought up their 5th consecutive 50-run opening stand of the series. India Blue’s have prospered due to their robust stands at the top of the order. Tonight, their captain was the prolific of the two.
since the age of seven when she was detected with spinal tumour and started treatment for it at Pune’s Command hospital. “Even then, I was determined to complete the entire six months of physiotherapy till I got back on feet. It has been a lot of hard work and the feeling of having won a
medal has yet to sink in,” she said. Her husband Colonel Bikram Malik (retd), who is in Rio with Deepa, said she had always been a fighter. “There were 160 countries and seven made it to the final at the shot put event. She was extremely focussed and I knew she would make it,” he said.
West Indies cricket board sack Phil Simmons from head coach position Duleep Trophy 2016 Final: Soggy wishes him the best in his future endeavours,” the field robs final of full day’s play statement added. Sim-
(H.S.) | Kingston West Indies head coach Phil Simmons has been fired, the West Indies Cricket Board confirmed, drawing a line under a stormy tenure marked by tensions with his paymasters. A brief statement from the WICB said a decision to dispense with Simmons was taken after a meeting of the body’s board of directors on Saturday. The 53-yearold former Test opener was informed of the decision as the West Indies
Barcelona’s MSN run riot as the UEFA Champions League starts
(H.S.) | Paris Barcelona’s lethal MSN – Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez and Neymar – dissected Celtic 7-0 while a deluge washed out Pep Guardiola’s eagerly awaited first Champions League game in charge of Manchester City. There was no rain but there was a flood of goals at the Camp Nou,
where a sparkling Messi hat-trick with four assists and a goal from Neymar, Andres Iniesta and a Suarez brace humiliated Celtic yesterday. “There can be no embarrassment because they do that to better teams than ourselves,” said Celtic boss Brendan Rodgers, “They are special players. It is a front three that can occu-
py as many players as you want.” Suarez, reunited with Messi and Neymar for the first time this season, told TV3: “It has been many games since we have been able to enjoy being on the pitch together and today we did.” Celtic will have to shrug off this worst ever European defeat as their next Group C outing is at home to City. The first goal of the 2016/2017 Champions League group stages came after a mere 42 seconds from the head of Paris Saint Germain striker Edinson Cavani at the Parc des Princes against Arsenal.
(H.S.) | Greater Noida THE FLOODLIGHTS were fully lit and the crowd of over 5,000, who had descended upon the grass banks to witness the fourth day’s play of the Duleep Trophy final between India Red and India Blue here at the Greater Noida Stadium, were getting boisterous. A soggy outfield caused by a heavy downpour in the morning had washed out close to two sessions.
After silver at Rio Paralympics, Deepa Malik vows to help physically challenged into sports (H.S.) | Pune
On September 30, Deepa Malik turns 46 and a silver medal at Rio Paralympics in the shot put event is the best gift she could have ever dreamed of. “What more can I ask,” Deepa said, speaking about how overwhelmed she felt with all the congratulatory messages. “I am so surprised with this applause that I am now determined to use this medal for training severely challenged people,” Deepa told The Indian Express from Rio on phone. For Deepa, it has been a struggle
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All villages electrified, but darkness pervades Correspondent | New Delhi
If government data is anything to go by, nearly all villages in the country — or 98.7 per cent of them, to be precise — have been electrified. A closer look at the electrification data from the hinterland — especially from states such as Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Assam, Jharkhand and Odisha — shows that a sizeable number of the households
in villages across most states are still in the dark, without access to electricity. For instance, the 97.9 per cent, 99.5 per cent and 95.3 per cent of the villages in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Assam, respectively, have been deemed ‘electrified’, as per the Central government data. Yet, as per the data provided by the governments of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Assam, 82.84 per cent, 72.97 per cent and 62.93 per cent of their rural households, respectively, are still without any access to electricity.
www.sunvillasamachar.com Pakistan Marines captures 6 Indian boats and 36 fishermen off Gujarat coast
Correspondent | Porbandar
Pakistan Marine Security Agency (PMSA) today reportedly captured 6 Indian boats off the Gujarat coast with around 36 fishermen aboard. Though we are trying to confirm the exact number of the boats and the fishermen captured by Pakistan ma-
rines as yet. Prima faice it seems that a total of 6 boats with 36 fishermen on board were captured by the Pak marines today near International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL) in the Arabian sea off the Jakhau coast, National Fish Workers Forum Secretary Manish Lodhari said. This is the second such incident since last month. On August 15 the Pak Marines had caputred on fishing boat with 6 fishermen aboard.
Major disaster relief exercise kicks off at SWAC, mock drill on major earthquake in Bhuj to follow A three day Disaster Relief Exercise ‘SAHAYATA’ was today inaugurated by Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, South Western Air Command, Air Marshal R K Dhir at Vayu Shakti Nagar here. The aim of the exercise is to identify weaknesses in existing relief procedures during various disasters and calamities and enhance synergy amongst various agencies, to improve disaster prevention, mitigation and response.
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ters from more than two and half dozen countries. With the theme of ‘Connecting India to the World’, the Government of Gujarat has invited all Chief Ministers so that other states could benefit from the presence of hundreds of top business executives from across the world, who are keen on investing in India. “This summit is not focused only on Gujarat. This is focused on all India,” he said. Delegates from 110 to 120 countries are expected to attend the eight edition of the Vibrant Gujarat Summit. Based on initial feedback, Lal said a number of Governors from the United States are likely to attend the event. “It is open to every State. They can
Government to allow two-wheeler taxis in state
This will be for the first time that twowheelers will be given taxi passing by the Transport Department. Sunvilla News | Gandhinagar
To ease traffic congestion in cities, Gujarat government has in principle decided to allow two-wheeler taxis across the state soon. Minister of State for Transport (Independent Charge) Vallabh Kakadiya said that the decision in this regard would be taken soon and private taxi companies would be allowed to ply two-wheeler taxis in the state. So far, the state transport department has been allowing taxi pass-
ing only for three-wheelers and four-wheelers. This will be for the first time that two-wheelers will be given taxi passing by the Transport Department. Kakadiya said, “We want to do this to address issues like easing traffic congestion in cities and it will be done soon. If a person from Vadaj area wants to go to Kalupur Railway Station to catch a train, why should he take his own vehicle there? Two-wheeler taxi will be very convenient to him and it will cause much less congestion on road.” “Some three companies have approached us for a permission to run two-wheeler taxi service in Gujarat. We are preparing rules for it and whoever fits into those rules will be given permission,” he added.
do their business there,” he said. “We expect that various union ministers, ministries would be present,” he said. For the first time about 10 prominent Nobel Laureate have been invited to attend the Vibrant Gujarat Summit. “Idea is the Nobel Laureates who have done great work in innovation, science, physics, chemistry and medicine and their discoveries have led to invention, if they come to Vibrant Gujarat, they speak and conduct seminars they would be beneficial to India,” he observed. Ahead of the January event, officials from Gujarat are travelling to 23 countries, from where they expect foreign direct investment to flow into the country.
A teacher has written to the Gujarat State School Textbook Board (GSSTB) and the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB), pointing out “errors” in the Class IX Hindi textbook, including mistakes in a verse by poet Tulsidas, and its interpretation which has “disturbed” his Muslim students. Devendra Kandolkar, who runs informal classes for children residing in the coastal areas of Kutch, in his letter listed errors in the book regarding grammar and punctuation, and to a particular interpretation of a verse by Tulsidas from Vinay Patrika. Chapter 17 — ‘Tulsi ke pad’ — has sampled a famous verse titled ‘Jau kahan taji charan tumhare’, which wrongly quotes the line “Khag, mrug, vyadh , pashaan, vitap jadyavan kavan sur taarey” as “Khag, mrug, byadh, pashaan, bitap jad, javan kavan sur ta-
arey”. The interpretation of the line at the end of the chapter explained the word ‘javan’’: “A young man; it is said that a Muslim died after being attacked by a boar and in his last breath he uttered the word ‘haram’. The utterance, of the word ‘Ram’ even if inadvertently, gave him salvation.” “Not only there are factual errors in the chapters, but also several mistakes in the 26-line foreword by the GSSTB. What has been bothering the students and teachers is the explanation of ‘javan’. A student stood up in my class and asked why such an explanation is used when our religion and the Quran does not allow to believe in any other form of God other than Allah? How can this chapter preach such a thing?,”
Centre committed to develop road network in Arunachal: Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya
Correspondent | Itanagar
The Centre is committed to develop road infrastructure in Arunachal Pradesh and attaching priority to it, Union Minister Mansukh L Mandaviya said in Itanagar on September 13. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi is clear that East and West should develop equally without discrimination and accordingly being a minister, who hails from extreme western part of the country (Gujarat), I am here in the extreme eastern part to assess the progress of road development,” he told reporters. The Minister of State for Chemical & Fertilizers, Road Transport & Highways and Shipping has arrived in Itanagar on September 12 to launch the ambitious ‘Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Yojana’. He launched anoth-
jarat Police, State Fire Department, R&B, AAI, IIT, Media, State Medical Department, Adani Infra Institute besides Indian Army, Indian Navy, Indian Air Force, Indian Coast Guard, NCC along with other disaster relief agencies are participating in the exercise. This is the first such exercise bringing together Central and State Government agencies, Armed Forces, private companies, prime educational & research institutes and media, he said Disaster relief agencies demonstrated assets
and their use in a static and aerial display at the Vayu Shakti Nagar Helipad after the table top exercise. The demonstration held in the afternoon comprised of showcasing capabilities of various agencies like the Indian Army, Indian Air Force, Gujarat Medical Authority, NDRF and BSNL. The Table Top Exercise saw active participation by all the agencies involved, including media. It was seen that although organizations already have individual SOPs / broad outlines to deal with such natural disasters, there is a need to coordinate / synergise those in a way so as to be able to utilize all available resources in the most effective manner. This would enable the rescue / relief effort to reach the disaster victims by the most expeditious means, in turn alleviating the sufferings of the affected populace, Mr Matiman said.
Kumar, who was physically present before the court, to take action against these buildings within two week. It also did not buy the argument of the AMC counsel that the body needs more teeth to take action against those who don’t comply with its rules. On the last date of the hearing last week the court had ordered Mr Kumar to to remain present before it
on September 14 (today), as it was was not satisfied with the affidavit sought over the issue of fire safety in highrise buildings and schools. The court had even termed the affidavit filed by the municipal commissioner, a “cleverly drafted affidavit”. The affidavit said that in over 2,400 highrise buildings in the city, 972 buildings do not have the no objection certificate (NOC) of the AMC with regard to fire safety ie fire NOC. Of these 3 buildings were without any fire safety equipment. The list of such non-compliers include well know buildings like Acropolis Mall, Gulmohar Mall, LIC buildings, Rajasthan Hospital, May Flower Hospital among others..
for transparency, decisiveness, sensitiveness and development in the administration. With respect to CM’s vision, a campaign was launched in all 33 districts to take strict action against “erring” government officials. The government has given strict instructions to ensure common
man gets “corruption free” administration, the release said. Following the campaign, 14 police officials were suspended and 725 transferred. As many as 23 ASI and 151 head constables faced punitive actions. In the Revenue and the Panchayat departments, 20 officials have been suspended.
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Vibrant Gujarat Summit to showcase Interpretation of verse in Hindi textbook ‘disturbs’ GST related issues:Official Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad Muslim students: Teacher The Vibrant Gujarat Summit in January could be the first occasion to showcase to the international community the issues related to Goods and Services Tax (GST) and its implementation, a senior state official has said. “In January Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit is one occasion that basically all these issues (related to GST) could be discussed and showcased,” Bharat Lal, Resident Commissioner, Gujarat told Indian reporters here. Leading a high-level Gujarat delegation, Lal is currently on a week-long trip to North America – the US and Canada holding road shows and meeting business leaders and officials on the next edition of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit from January 11 to January 13. Scheduled to be inaugurated by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 10, the mega event is likely to be attended by several heads of States and Cabinet ranking minis-
Ahmedabad
Chief Secretary of Gujarat J N Singh in his key note address, emphasized upon better co-ordination, synergy and interface among different services and organizations providing disaster relief. Defence Spokesperson Wing Commander Abhishek Matiman said that the three day exercise started with a table top discussion today which shall be followed by a mock drill simulating an earthquake in the Bhuj region on September 15 & 16. NDMA, GSDMA, NDRF, Gu-
Take action against 972 high-rise buildings with no fire safety NOC:HC to AMC
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
The Gujarat High Court today instructed Ahmedabad municipal commissioner, Mukesh Kumar to take appropriate action against the 972 highrise buildings in the city which allegedly don’t comply with the fire safety norms. The division bench comprising Justic M R Shah and Justice A S Supehia instructed Mr.
Gujarat: 3,464 ‘erring’ staffers face punitive actions Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
er ‘Jan Aushadhi Store’ at Ziro in Lower Subansiri district and inspected the Pappu-Yupia-Hoj-Potin stretch of NH 713A which had severely been damaged by landslides. The stretch of the highway has been widened to two lane by the Road Transport & Highways and Shipping Ministry at a cost of Rs 450 crore. The work was substantially completed in March last but due to heavy rain since April this year that triggered landslides,the road was dam-
aged at about 30 to 35 spots. Expressing serious concern over the condition of the road,he suggested that long term measures, hill side protection measures need to be undertaken with the input and guidance of expert agencies so that road damages could be minimised. “I have directed the state PWD officials to prepare estimate and submit to the ministry in a week’s time for necessary repair and maintenance of the 50-km stretch of NH13 between Potin and Ziro.”
To ensure transparency, decisiveness, sensitiveness and development in Gujarat, as part of instructions given by Vijay Rupani after he took over as Chief Minister, 3,464 staffers of Revenue, Panchayat and Police departments have faced punitive actions, including suspension and transfer, for “lapses”. In a release, the government said that after taking charge as CM, Rupani had in his first meeting with top bureaucrats, district collectors and senior police officials laid down his priorities
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