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News Brief Teenage girl stabbed to death by step-father Agency | New Delhi
A 16-year-old girl was killed and her mother and brother sustained knife injuries after being attacked by her step-father at Chanakyapuri area here today. The incident was reported around 7.20 am from the servant quarters of a bungalow, rented by a Japan embassy official, at New Delhi’s Malcha Marg, said a police official.
Thousands throng Delhi Zoo’s Wildlife Week Agency | New Delhi
Delhi Zoo saw a good footfall of visitors during the ‘National Wildlife Week’ with thousands of students, parents, teachers, green activists and animal enthusiasts participating in the recently concluded event. The programme at the National Zoological park here, which began in the first week of October, witnessed a wide range of activities with an emphasis on the importance of wildlife and its preservation. “We have been organising the National Wildlife Week annually since Delhi Zoo’s inception in 1957. The motive is to generate an interest among children and the adult alike, regarding the importance of wildlife,” Riyaz Khan, Zoo curator said.
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India beat South Africa by 22 runs India beat South Africa by 22 runs in the second ODI in Indore on Wednesday, level series 1-1 Agency | Indore MS Dhoni delivered a timely reminder of his worth as an ODI batsman and Axar Patel led the way for a fresh bowling line-up as India managed to overcome a jittery batting effort by shutting out South Africa to level the series at 1-1 in Indore. With their best bowler in R Ashwin injured and Stuart Binny and Amit Mishra dropped, India opted to bring in Axar, Harbhajan
Singh and Mohit Sharma for the second ODI and each played a role in stifling the South Africans after Dhoni’s unbeaten 92 from 86 balls had set up their 247/9 from the depths of 104/5. Axar had the biggest impact, prizing out three huge wickets to finish with 3/39, his best figures in ODIs. With a 22-run win, India have maintained their 100% record at the Holkar Stadium in their fourth trip. In Ashwin’s ab-
sence, getting optimum out of the spinners was always going to be critical. Axar and Harbhajan delivered early blows to lift India’s mood. A wild dash at Axar did for Hashim Amla (17) while Quinton de Kock (34) danced down to Harbhajan and found long-off. With these blows, South Africa slipped to 52/2. Suddenly, with the ball gripping and turning and two close catchers in for two new batsmen,
Violence in Punjab town after ‘desecration’ of holy book, 15 injured Agency | Faridkot
Members of several Sikh groups protesting against the alleged desecration of their holy book, Guru Granth Sahib, clashed with police in Faridkot district of Punjab on Wednesday, leaving at least 15 people injured. 12 cops, including Bathinda inspector general of police Jitendra Jain, were among those injured. Police used batons and water cannons and fired in the air to disperse members of the Sikh groups who gathered in Kotkapura of Faridkot district early on Wednesday to protest the act of sacrilege in Bargari village. Several policemen
were among the injured. The clash erupted in the main square of Kotkapura when police tried to arrest the leaders of the protestors. The protestors also tried to block highways leading to Moga and Bathinda towns.he situation in Faridkot district is tense but under control, officials said. A strong
police contingent has been deployed in the area to maintain law and order. Punjab chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and his deputy Sukhbir Singh Badal appealed to the people to maintain calm. The chief minister said those found guilty would not be spared. Kotkapura has been tense since more
than 100 pages of the Guru Granth Sahib were found scattered in a street leading to a gurdwara in Bargari on Monday. The pages were allegedly torn from a ‘bir’ or copy of the Guru Granth Sahib that was stolen from Burj Jawahar Singh Wala village, located 5 km from Bargari, in June.
the match was buzzing. Harbhajan flighted it, Axar varied his pace excellently while landing the ball in teasing areas. JP Duminy and Faf du Plessis pushed the ball around, sometimes excellently, sometimes fortuitously. The pair defied India for almost 15 overs, adding 82 in the process, until Duminy, on 36, missed a sweep at Axar whose nagging lines produced the fatal shot. An opening had been created. Twelve deliveries later, du Plessis (51) made room to drive at a flighted delivery from Axar and picked out an alert Kohli at catching cover. Enter David Miller, struggling for form, who nibbled at his first delivery faced and was well
taken by a diving Dhoni. Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s strike left South Africa at 142/5. The big wicket of AB de Villiers came soon enough, after the South African captain gave a glimpse of his threat with four and six off Bhuvneshwar, when a full blooded slap was intercepted at extra cover by Kohli. Such reflex work in the field was a highlight of India’s fielding, as further embellished by another Kohli beauty to get Dale Steyn first ball of the 37th over bowled by Mohit. This left South Africa to get 62 runs in 13.5 overs with three wickets remaining, but it proved too much. India’s bowlers mounted the pressure and, with some help from Vineet
Kulkarni who incorrectly ruled Farhaan Behardien caught down the leg side off Harbhajan, the chase petered out. Bhuvneshwar snuffed out two wickets in the 43rd over to end with 3/41. As good as that effort in the field was, India’s victory was not possible without Dhoni’s innings earlier in the day. Winning the toss on another good batting surface was a good opportunity for India to push for their first win in four matches against South Africa, but a slew of rash dismissals to pace and spin left the skipper with plenty to do. He delivered, adding 143 to the total while batting with the bowlers after India lost half their side in 24 overs.
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what is the principal agenda driving the Bihar election? All eyes are on Bihar. The reform agenda of the Narendra Modi government will depend on the outcome of this closely fought election. Since the success of the JP movement in the 1970s, the political and electoral complexion of Bihar has had national resonance. It is likely that the Bihar poll outcome will have a domino effect in the Hindi heartland, particularly in Uttar Pradesh, where elections are scheduled in 2017. So, what is the principal agenda driving the Bihar election? Some maintain that the political formation led by Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad is raking up caste in the name of Mandal part two. A couple of months earlier, this formation, they say, vitiated the provincial political discourse by insisting that the Union government reveal caste-wise details of the socio-economic census. Prime Minister Modi maintains that Mandal represented the collapse of the state and the lawlessness resulting in “jungle raj”. He argues that Mandal 2 will entail “rojana jungle raj ka darr”. This implies that the development agenda will be replaced by caste-centric lawlessness if the RJD-JD(U)-Congress combine wins. What is unsaid is that Mandal in Bihar was co-scripted by Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar, the poster boys of the Mandal Commission and development respectively. When Nitish crafted the “coalition of extremes” with the BJP for the 2005 assembly election and persisted with it in 2010, it was described as a pro-development platform. The coalition was fractured when Nitish broke with the BJP. Later, when Nitish wanted to build a “coalition of the poor and marginalised”, it was referred to as a configuration of chosen castes. With Lalu as a significant part of the coalition, the maha gathbandhan is seen as an “out-and-out caste coalition”. Since the 2014 general election, the BJP has been active in co-opting different marginal and subaltern castes in UP and Bihar. After Kalyan Singh, a powerful backward caste leader, was marginalised in UP, the BJP declined to the fourth position in the state’s electoral map. That led to the BJP crafting its political strategy of co-opting the backward castes in the Hindi heartland, executed with precision by BJP chief Amit Shah. A historical figure like Mauryan emperor Ashok was identified as hailing from the Kushwaha caste. The BJP government issued a stamp on him and his caste antecedents were highlighted at functions in Patna. Yet, the BJP is absolved of caste-centric mobilisation.
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QUOTE “Process of declassification of files relating to Netaji will begin OF THE on 23rd January 2016, Subhas Babu’s birth anniversary,” - Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Wednesday as he met Netaji’s family members and declared “there is no need to strangle history” DAY Priyanka Chopra Listed For Favourite Ajay Devgn: Didn’t expect TV Actress at Top Hollywood Awards overwhelming turnout at Bihar rallies Agency | New Delhi
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Priyanka Chopra has been nominated by the People’s Choice Awards for the category of ‘Favourite Actress in a New TV Series’ for her role in the American show Quantico. The annual Hollywood event rewards the past year’s films, TV shows and music artists in a huge number of categories, with the winners all voted for by members of the public. The top five nominees in various categories will be unveiled during a press conference on November 3. Voting has opened on peopleschoice.com as well as on Facebook and twitter until October 22. The winners will be announced on January 6. Priyanka’s performance as Alex Parrish, an FBI recruit who finds herself labeled a co-conspirator in one the big-
After missing a chance to address a rally in Bihar due to an “overwhelming turnout” because of which his chopper couldn’t land, actor Ajay Devgn feels the organisers were not prepared for such a large meeting and urged better arrangements in future. Ajay, who was supposed to address a meeting in Bihar sharif on support of BJP candidate Sunil Kumar earlier this week, just waved at the crowd from his helicopter which was reportedly not allowed to land on security grounds. “Didn’t expect such an overwhelming turnout at Bihar rallies yesterday (October 13), my request to administration for better arrangements next time,” Ajay tweeted on Wednesday. In fact, things went out of hand when Ajay’s admirers resorted to violence and started hurling chairs and
gest terrorist attacks on American soil since 9/11, has been warmly welcomed in most reviews and also by some of the 33-year-old actress’ colleagues from Bollywood as well as Bollywood. In its review of the first episode of Quantico, the New York Times review said: “The strongest human asset in Quantico is (Priyanka) Chopra, a Bollywood superstar and former Miss World who is
immediately charismatic and commanding amid the otherwise generic ensemble. If there’s a problem with her casting, it’s that she may come across as too seasoned and assured to be persuasive as a shaky, neophyte recruit.” The show also stars Jake McLaughlin, Aunjanue Ellis, Yasmine Al Masri, Johanna Braddy, Tate Ellington, Graham Rogers, Anabelle Acosta and Josh Hopkins in pivotal roles.
Agency | Mumbai Superstar Salman Khan is reuniting with director Sooraj Barjatya after almost 16 years. Their last movie together was ‘Hum Saath Saath hain’ in the year 1999. The duo has always created magic with films like, ‘Maine Pyar Kiya’ and ‘Hum Apke Hain Koun!’, and this time again they are all geared up to deliver another superhit with ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’. Starring Sonam Kapoor opposite Salman Khan, the title track of the movie is something that the director is looking forward to as it treats you
with the royal grandeur along with the magic of Rajshri Productions. Sonam Kapoor is seen beautifully decked up in colourful lehengas and dancing to the tunes of the song, while Salman Khan’s character ‘Prem’ has everyone waiting. Talking about how special the title track of ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’ is to him, director Sooraj Barjatya said: “This song is very precious to me as it has the title in it – it’s beautifully written by Irshadji and melodiously composed by Himeshji. It is our homage to meerabhai bhajan ram rattan dhan payo.”
pelting stones. According to reports, around 15 people were injured as police had to lathi charge the crowd. Later, Ajay took to Twitter to apologies to the people of Bihar sharif and Nalanda for
not addressing the rallies. “Apologies for not being able to reach the rallies at Biharsharif and Nalanda since the administration did not give permission because of the unmanageable crowds,” he tweeted.
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Agency | Mumbai Sidharth Malhotra, who was recently appointed as Tourism New Zealand’s Indian Ambassador, is enjoying himself as he visits the country. However, the actor has been regularly updating his fans about his antics while on holiday, whether its jumping off a 300-meter building in an orange jumpsuit or taking selfies with NZ Prime Minister John Key. Sir Richard Taylor, who is famous for
his work in ‘The Lord of the Ring’ movies, shared his views on filmmaking, prosthetics and visual effects, during their meeting on Monday. “Will you redo my face for my next film?” Sidharth requested the British artist. But, it didn’t just stop there as the Weta artists transformed Sidharth into an elf, with pointed ears like Orlando Bloom’s in ‘The Lord Of The Rings’ movies. The ‘EK Villain’ actor revealed
that he would love to play Aragorn in the Hindi remake of the popular trilogy. “I was stunned when I looked at myself in the mirror. It was my best makeover till date,“ he admitted. “Now, I’m ready for a battle to save Middle-earth with my armour in place,” said Sidharth. During his trip Sidharth also attended a special screening of his last release, ‘Brothers’ along with his New Zealand fans.
social issues, also felt that the motive behind writers returning award is to show Prime Minister Narendra Modi in poor light. “I think this is mostly to discredit the PM. If they want to
return why not return everything?” he said. “Many say my wife is in BJP so I am critical about academics returning awards, I’m independent in my views,” he stressed. On the opposition to Ghulam Ali, Kher said, “I have not been allowed to perform my play in Pakistan, I applied too many times and visa wasn’t granted... Which is fine, I can deal with it.”
Writers returning award to discredit PM, move politically motivated: Anupam Kher Agency | Mumbai Bollywood actor Anupam Kher has hit out at writers who have returned their award alleging attack on freedom of speech and to protest alleged against communal attacks in the country. “This is politically motivated, it’s not like violent incidents are happening in nation for the first time,” Kher said. The noted actor, who is know to have string views on
Here is some good news for Leonardo DiCaprio’s fans! The Hollywood actor, who is famously passionate about environmental conversation, is reportedly coming to Delhi this month to profile renowned environmentalist and political activist Sunita Narain of Centre for Science and Environment, for an untitled, yet-to-be-announced documentary film on climate change. DiCaprio and his crew are expected
in Delhi on 29th October for four days. According to reports, the Ministry of External Affairs has cleared the application for filming. It is being reported that Insurgent Me-
dia (of Woody Allen: A Documentary fame) will make the film in association with Diamond Docs (The Cove) and Appian Way (The Wolf of Wall Street).
done anything like this before so I’m very very nervous but very excited. I’m going to be taking dance lessons so that my dancing is up to the mark and also I will be going through fittings to make
sure my dresses are fine. I’ll also walk around on heels in my bedroom to make sure that I don’t fall over.” Navya will be participating in the prestigious ball with 24 other young girls.
Amitabh Bachchan’s granddaughter Navya to debut at high-society Paris ball! Agency | Mumbai
French high society’s ‘Debutante Le Bal’ is the best place to have your initiation done in the world of elites. Amitabh Bachchan’s granddaughter Navya Naveli will attend this year’s ball on November 28 in Paris. Navya comes from Bollywood royalty. She is the daughter of Shweta Bachchan, daughter of Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan, and Nikhil Nanda, grandson of legendary actor Raj Kapoor. Navya is preparing for the A-list event in Paris. There are certain criteria she has to be perfect in. In the video posted by AFP, Navya says she is nervous about the ball. “I have never
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Still in negative, India’s inflation rate firms up
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Agency | New Delhi India’s annual wholesale inflation for September firmed up slightly at (-) 4.54 percent from (-)4.95 percent for the previous month, official data released on Wednesday showed. The annual inflation rate, based on the official wholesale price index (WPI), was ruling at 2.38 percent in September, last year. The slight firmness was attributed to rising prices of onions, pulses, milk, egg, meat and fish, which have continued to hit household budgets. On a month-on-month basis, the annual rate of inflation has been in the negative territory since November last year. The data furnished by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, revealed a revised rate of the headline inflation for July. The WPI inflation was revised lower to (-) 4.00 percent from (-) 4.05 percent which was reported on August 14, this year. For the last six months, the revised WPI data has been (-)0.95 percent in January, (-)2.06 percent in February to (-)2.33 percent in March to (-)2.43 percent in April, (-)2.20 percent in May, (-)2.13 percent in June and (-)4.00 percent in July.
Volkswagen scandal not a question mark over diesel engine tech: Mercedes
Agency | New Delhi German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz today said the emission scandal involving compatriot Volkswagen cannot be a reason to question capabilities and technical advances of diesel engine technology. The company, which reported 34 per cent increase in sales in January-September this year, also said the scandal has not affected sales of its diesel vehicles in India. “This scandal has nothing to do with the performance (of diesel car sales)... I don’t believe that (scandal) is a reason to question capabilities and technical advances of what you can do with diesel,” Mercedes-Benz India MD and CEO Roland Folger told reporters here. Volkswagen had admitted to employing a ‘defeat device’ in over 11 million diesel vehicles sold in the US, Europe and other markets which led to manipulation of emission tests. The company is facing fines of up to USD 18 billion in the US. When asked if sales have been affected by the scandal, he said: “We at Mercedes have not seen any impact on our diesel sales at all.”
Agency | Paris Croatia and Turkey took the final automatic qualifying spots for Euro 2016 as the Netherlands, semi-finalists at last year’s World Cup, were eliminated. The Dutch needed to beat the already-qualified Czech Republic in Amsterdam and hope Turkey lost at home to already-qualified
Iceland in Konya to salvage third place in Group A and a spot in next month’s play-offs. But in the end neither happened, with the 1988 European champions going down 3-2 to the Czechs, their third loss in four qualifiers under Danny Blind, while Turkey beat Iceland 1-0. Pavel Kaderabek of Hoffenheim put the Czechs ahead and
Josef Sural doubled their lead, before the away side had Marek Suchy sent off for chopping down Memphis Depay as he raced through on goal two minutes prior to half-time. However, Robin van Persie, who had come off the bench in the first half to Agency | New Delhi win his 101st cap, inexplicably headed into his Indian squash player own net in the 66th min- Dipika Pallikal returned ute to make it 3-0. to top form after two forgettable tournaments as she notched one of the best wins of her career, outplaying fourth-seeded Alison Waters of England in five games to enter the quarterfinals of the US Open squash in Philadelphia. The Indian posted a 9-11, 11-5, 3-11, 11-1, 11-6 victory
Srinivasan is the BCCI representative to ICC: Richardson Agency | Mumbai
International Cricket Council CEO David Richardson says N Srinivasan at the ICC helms and Shashank Manohar being the BCCI president will not affect the relationship between the board and the world governing body. Asked whether Srinivasan as ICC head and Manohar as BCCI chief will affect the relations between the two organisations, Richardson replied in negative. “No at the moment Mr Srinivasan is the BCCI representative to the ICC and we have no issues
another Indian, Joshna Chinappa had little answer to the brilliance of hard-hitting Egyptian Omneya Abdel Kawy, the sixth seed. Winning three straight games, the Egyptian completed the job inside half an hour. Attacking shots and winning drops were the feature of Kawy’s play and Chinappa could not match up to that. The Egyptian won 12-10, 116, 11-5.
ra and all-rounder Stuart Binny. The one-day series will be followed by four Test matches. India - Mahendra Singh Dhoni (capt), Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina, Rohit Sharma, Umesh Yadav,
Axar Patel, Harbhajan Singh, Mohit Sharma. South Africa - AB de Villiers (capt), Hashim Amla, Farhaan Behardien, Quinton de Kock, JP Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Imran Tahir, David Miller, Morne Morkel, Kagiso Rabada, Dale Steyn.
who hails from the small town of Mardan in the northwest of Pakistan. “I have climbed the wall but still want to go on as I am never satisfied with my achievements. When I look back on my career I came to Karachi to play
for Pakistan and had to struggle a lot.” Younis said his motivation came from his late father. “My father was the greatest motivation for me,” he said. “He was a hard worker to the core and instilled in me that knack.”
2nd ODI: India Opt to Bat, Harbhajan Singh Replaces Injured R Ashwin Agency | Indore
with that,” the former South African player said on sidelines of a function here. Manohar was critical of Srinivasan during
the IPL spot-fixing scandal and asked the Tamil Nadu strongman to step down from the post of then BCCI president.
Axar Patel’s Surprise Selection Linked to Hardik Patel’s Demand For ‘Special Status’
OnePlus X aka OnePlus Mini Set to Launch on October 29
India’s captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni won the toss and elected to bat in the second one-day international against South Africa in Indore on Sunday. The tourists lead the fivematch series 1-0 after winning a high-scoring thriller in Kanpur by five runs on Sunday. South Africa retained the winning combination, while India made three changes, bringing in left-arm slow bowler Axar Patel, seamer Mohit Sharma and veteran off-spinner Harbhajan Singh. The trio replaced the injured Ravichandran Ashwin, leg-spinner Amit Mish-
Younis Khan Says There is More to Come From him
Agency | New Delhi OnePlus has announced a launch event on October 29, where the company can be expected to reveal the long-rumoured OnePlus Mini aka OnePlus X. The Chinese company is set to hold events in London, India, Beijing, and Jakarta among others. The simultaneous events were confirmed by specific social handles of OnePlus in countries including India (Twitter), China (Weibo), Indonesia (Twitter), and global (Twitter). OnePlus on its official Chinese site also said it will start taking reservations for attendees for the October 29 event, which is scheduled to kick off at 4:30pm local time. The official teaser image includes image of a letter ‘X’ lit with a dark background clearly hinting at the arrival of OnePlus X. Recently, OnePlus CEO Pete Lau had teased the ‘X’ name for the next smartphone in a Weibo post. The yet-to-be-announced OnePlus X was recently spotted at Tenaa with images sporting slightly different design than the current OnePlus One and OnePlus 2. Three capacitive buttons were seen placed below the display and the side bezels were said to sport a metal build, according to Tenaa leaked images.
over her English rival. Pallikal began well and maintained a handy lead in the opening game until at 9-6, Waters, with a streak of five points in a row, managed to snatch the first game. The swing in fortunes continued with each taking turns to dominate from there on. But Waters, who had a sore back, began to show signs of pain and struggle, even as Dipika made the most of it. However,
Agency | Abu Dhabi Agency | New Delhi The left-arm spinner, who had leaked 62 runs in the recently-concluded Twenty20 series against the Proteas, replaced the in-form leg-spinner Amit Mishra in the team. Axar’s selection has been mocked by Twitterati who linked this move to Hardik Patel’s reservation campaign. Hardik Patel is a 22-year-old politician and face of a massive agitation by Gujarat’s powerful Patidar or
Patel community for reservation in jobs and colleges. He has threatened to stage a protest at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, where the Rajkot ODI will be played this Sunday. The Patidaars have reportedly bought a 1000 tickets at the 27,000-seat stadium for the match. On Twitter, cricket fans wanted to know if Axar had been included as part of a “quota” for India’s next game. Mishra’s exclusion
took cricket experts by surprise. Former South African skipper Graeme Smith criticised Mahendera Singh Dhoni’s choice by saying: “Indian captain is clearly nervous when it comes to selecting his bowlers.” Former India leg-spinner, Anil Kumble also echoed the same sentiments by saying: “The South Africans were never in control of Mishra in the Kanpur ODI. He deserves to be India’s fifth bowler.”
Younis Khan has come a long way to be Pakistan’s highest run-getter in Test cricket, but he says he is still not satisfied. The 37-year-old overhauled Javed Miandad’s aggregate of 8832 runs on Tuesday during his knock of 38 against England in the first Test in Abu Dhabi, adding to his already achieved Pakistan record of 30 centuries. He achieved the milestone in his 102nd Test, 22 less than Miandad. He compared the achievement to “climbing a wall” for someone
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Eight try to give memo to CM Gujarat govt’s neglect behind severe water crisis: Shankersinh Vaghela Anandiben Patel, detained
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Eight members of a a little-known group, Gujarat Against System, were detained when they tried to approach Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel to give her a memorandum in the Panchmahals district on Tuesday. The members of the group are agitating against the government’s policy to offer fixed salary to newly-recruited government employees for the first five years after clearing the recruitment test. The
CM was in the district to unveil Rs 106-crore plan to improve facilities at Pavagadh, a pilgrimage site. She launched the first phase of the plan to four-lane the existing
road connecting Halol and Pavagadh and widen the route that leads up to the temple situated on the hilltop. The event was held at Pavagadh amidst initial threat from the members
of the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) to disrupt the event, which kept the police on their toes. Police, however, said that the PAAS members had finally agreed to stay away from it. Speaking at the event, Anandiben Patel stressed upon the government’s commitment to provide facilities to the youths, including training and scholarship, even waiver fees for medical and engineering colleges for students coming from the economically weaker section of society.
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The Leader of the Opposition in the assembly, Shankersinh Vaghela, Tuesday said that despite the BJP being in power in the state, Saruashtra region and most of the districts in the state were facing acute water crisis. He blamed it on the “negligence” of the state government. In a state-
ment here, Vaghela said that the people in Rajkot, Jamnagar and Junagadh and other areas of Saurashtra depended on private water suppliers and had to pay huge amount every month to them to meet their requirement
Gujarat: VHP asks non-Hindus Ex-Gujarat cop gets SC stick for to stay away from garba ‘tutored’ riots remarks Agency | New Delhi
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The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has put up banners at many garba venues across Gujarat asking non-Hindus to stay away from the dance programmes. “Navratri is a sacred Hindu festival.People who don’t believe in idol worship should stay away. This festival is for Hindus only,” says the banner put up at over 100 venues. This comes a week after the VHP said it
would take “necessary steps” to stop non-Hindus from entering garba venues, including ones at residential colonies. The right-wing Hindu organisation justified the ban saying, “Such steps are necessary to stop incidents of love jihad, in which Muslim boys lure and marry Hindu girls”. Garba events which are part of the Navaratri celebrations began in Gujarat on Tuesday and will be held every night till October 21. “We
PlexpoIndia 2016 to be held in Gandhinagar Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
The 7th edition of PlexpoIndia 2016, an international plastics exhibition organized by the Gujarat State Plastic Manufacturers Association (GSPMA) will be held from January 7—11, 2016 at the exhibition centre in Gandhinagar. More than 500 exhibitors and 50,000 visitors from different states and 20 countries are expected to assemble for the 5-day exhibition. The plastic processing sector in India comprises about 55,000 units with close to 3.6 million people employed both directly and indirectly. Gujarat alone has one-fifth of the total number of units in the country. “Statistics reveal that the plastic industry in the state of Gujarat is wit-
nessing an annual growth of over 12% annually. It accounts for about 15% in the overall national exports of plastics and Gujarat also has one of the highest plastic machinery manufacturers,” said Nitin Shah, president, GSPMA. “The plastic industry’s contribution to India’s manufacturing GDP stood at around 10% in 2013-14. About 70% polymers are produced in Gujarat alone,” said Tushar Parikh, chairman, PlexpoIndia. PlexpoIndia will be supported by Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Government of India along with Plastindia Foundation and other leading associations and institutions of the plastics industry.
will cover all venues in the city, which are hosting garba events,” state VHP media coordinator Jay Shah said. Earlier reports had quoted VHP leaders as saying that if non-Hindus were caught at garba venues during Navratri, they would be purified the “Hindu way” using Ganga jal, gau mutra and tilak. They also said VHP activists would “patrol” outside and inside the venues to “identify and remove non-Hindus”.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday upbraided sacked Gujarat IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt for giving a “tutored” statement to a court-appointed special investigation team probing the 2002 post-Godhra riots and attempting to implicate Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the case. A twojudge bench of Chief Justice HL Dattu and Justice Arun Misra said Bhatt acted in “deliberation and consultation with” the leaders of the opposition political party, NGO activists and mediapersons to furnish false evidence to prove he was present at the February 27, 2002, meeting chaired by Modi, who was then Gujarat chief minister. “Exchange of e-mails which are self-explanatory indicates that the petitioner was in active touch with leaders of rival political party, NGOs; their law-
yers tried to play media card and he was being tutored by NGOs,” the bench said, without naming any political party. The Congress was in opposition in Gujarat then. Questioning Bhatt for making allegations against the state nine years after the alleged incident, the top court chided him for approaching it with “unclean hands”. The bench said evidence placed before the court by the Gujarat government revealed Bhatt was making attempts to know who were present at the meeting, thereby suggesting that the IPS officer didn’t attend it. The
may become a health risk. Hospital authorities are being kept informed of these,” says a senior AMC health official. As the city continues to grapple with dengue, 10 people — including a one-year-old boy — were admitted to a private hospital with the deadly disease late on Tuesday night. The boy, a resident of Devam Apartments in Motera, had a high-grade fever and cold for the last four days. Senior consultant Dr Manoj
Vithlani said: “Children, especially infants and toddlers, are more vulnerable as they lose body fluids quickly. Any kid with dengue symptoms should be given plenty of water.” He said: “Any child who has a fever should be monitored for at least 3 or 4 days. Parents should not give children any medication without consulting a doctor. Paracetamol, aspirin, brufen-based medicines are strongly advised against.”
Ahmedabad’s dengue cases cross 1,000-mark in 2015
court’s scathing remarks against Bhatt came while it dismissed his petition for a court-monitored SIT probe into the two cases lodged against him by Gujarat police — one for allegedly coercing his junior officer KD Panth to submit an affidavit against then chief minister Modi before the court’s probe panel into the Godhra riots and the other for allegedly hacking the account of the state’s then additional advocate general Tushar Mehta, now an additional solicitor general. The court ordered expeditious trial in the two cases.
while the government looked the other way. Stating that the BJP specialised in making announcements of projects but was weak in their implementation, the Congress leader said that the state government had al-
located a sum of Rs 2,200 crore to fill up 87 big and small dams of Saurahstra to improve drinking water supply in the region. But despite spending over Rs 2,260 crore, the water supply situation had remained the same and people were facing severe water crisis. He said that the same was the situation with regard to Sujlam-Suflam water supply scheme in north Gujarat. Despite spending Rs 11,000 crore on the project, the area was facing water shortage.
Over 3000 cars delivered in Gujarat on 1st day of Navratri
After almost no sale in the first half of the month, car dealers delivered a record number of vehicles on first day of Navratri. On the auspicious occasion, people lined up outside car and bike showrooms to take deliveries on the first day of Navaratri on Tuesday across the state. According to rough estimates, more than 3,000 cars and over 7000 two-wheelers were delivered in the state on the first day of Navratri with Ahmedabad accounting for over 30% of the deliveries. “We delivered 250 cars and 500 two-wheelers on the first day of Navaratri across our counters in Gujarat - mostly in Ahmedabad,” said Sukhbir Bagga, director of a dealership group which has showrooms across the state. “We recorded deliveries of 527 cars across the state, of which over 150 cars were delivered
in Ahmedabad followed by about 70 in Vadodara,” said Rupen Chhaya, general manager of another car dealership group. However, auto dealers claimed that there was minimal rise in sales compared to last year. After a slowdown in last three years, the dealers registered 20% growth in the sales of cars and two-wheelers in 2014. With the beginning of festive season sales are expected to increase by 5%-10%. “We expect good deliveries during all the nine days of Navratri and better numbers on Dusshera, at least 150 units more than those delivered on Tuesday,” said an auto dealer. Small cars and scooters accounted for most of the deliveries on Tuesday. “As for cars, hatchbacks dominated the deliveries. Among two-wheelers, scooters and 150cc bikes constituted the maximum deliveries,” said a citybased dealer.
tranquility, individuality and joy with others. It ́s not about performance, it ́s about fun. It ́s a five kilometer run without time measurement, where on each kilometer thousands of participants are showered with colors from head to toe. On 13th December 2015 The Color Run India 5K Marathon will be held in Sa-
barmati River Front. The Color Run India 5K marathon is aimed at spreading awareness of Cardiac diseases in Children and raise funds for treating disadvantaged children suffering from Cardiac Diseases. The Color Run India 5k event celebrates active lifestyles, helping kids while having fun and all for a good cause.
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RED CARPET CONCEPTS will host the 1st Edition of annual The Color Run India 5K Marathon in Ahmedabad
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Ahmedabad’s public hospitals are just short of earning the dubious distinction of being the harbinger of dengue haemorrhagic fever. The death of a 25-year-old doctor at VS Hospital has left state and municipal health authorities questioning hygiene levels at public hospitals. On Tuesday, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) health authorities carried out fogging and vector-control measures within the VS Hospital premises, and also asked Sola Civil Hospital and Asarwa Civil Hospital to review their vector control measures. “In certain parts of Asarwa civil hospital, there are problems of mosquito infestation. It
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
India’s well known event management company RED CARPET CONCEPT will host the 1st Edition of annual The Color Run India 5K marathon in Ahmedabad. The Color Run IndiaTM, also known as the 5K happiest kilometers on Earth, it is a unique color race celebrating health,
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