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December 15, 2015, Tuesday
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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today apprehended a “wash out” of the current Winter session and invoked Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru to remind Congress of the responsibility of MPs for governance of the country through Parliament. “The last session of the Parliament did not function.The current session of the Parliament is also threatened with a wash out. The reasons for the wash out of the current session keep changing by the hour.
Air India’s first direct daily flight service between Ahmedabad and London will take off from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport here early tomorrow, airline officials said today. The announcement comes a month after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced during his London visit that there will be a direct flight between Ahmedabad and London.
This will be a daily service from tomorrow. The inaugural flight ‘AI-131’ will take off from Ahmedabad at 4.30 am tomorrow and will arrive at Mumbai at 5.45am. From Mumbai it will
take off at 7.05 am and land at London at 11.30 am on that day,” Air India Executive Director, Corporate Affairs, Anil Mehta said. The flight will operate with a B-787 Dreamliner aircraft on
Rohit Sharma weds Ritika Sajdeh; Sachin Tendulkar, Team India stars present
Talks with Pak beginning with trust, says Swaraj
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Rejecting any “flip flop”, India today asserted that the decision to re-start talks with Pakistan was based on “trust” and said the intent would be to have an “uninterrupted” dialogue process despite provocations by the “saboteurs”, an apparent reference to terror groups.
Agency | New Delhi Team India’s batting star Rohit Sharma on Sunday married long-time girlfriend Ritika Sajdeh in a grand ceremony in Mumbai. The wedding was solemnised at Poolside in Hotel Taj Lands, followed by a reception. The stylish right-hander sported a Raghavendra Rathore outfit for the wedding and a Troy Costa suit for the reception. Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar and wife, as well as Rohit’s Team India colleagues graced the occasion.
the Ahmedabad-Mumbai-London-Mumbai-Ahmedabad route, he said adding that the passengers will not need to change the flight at Mumbai during the halt, he added. On the return leg, flight AI-130 will leave London at 13.30 pm, arrive at Mumbai at 4.00 am the next day, and depart from Mumbai at 5.30 am to land in Ahmedabad at 6.45 am, Mehta added. “The entire journey would last around eight hours. Though there is a halt at Mumbai for one hour, passengers need not alight for security checks or to change aircraft. At
present, 70 per cent of the seats are booked for the inaugural flight from here tomorrow, which is a good sign,” Mehta said. According to another top official of Air India, return fare for the economy class is around Rs 45,000, while people wanting to travel in executive class need to shell out Rs 1.5 lakh for two-way journey. “The Dreamliner aircraft is very spacious with 238 seats in economy class and 18 seats in executive class. We are introducing this direct flight service after two years of extensive research and deliberations. We are confident of getting very good response,” said Mukesh Bhatia, General Manager-Commercial (Western Region). This flight ser-
vice is “direct” and not “non-stop” at present, Mehta announced that it will become non-stop in the mid of January. “The halt at Mumbai will not be there in near future, as we are planning to turn the service into a nonstop one during the mid of January,” announced Mehta. This direct flight service between the two cities is being resumed after a gap of almost seven years, as it was stopped in 2008 after it proved “commercially unviable”. According to an official statement of the airline, this flight will be a boon to the 1.5 million-strong Indian diaspora living in Britain, catering to the strong demand of more than six lakh Indians from Gujarat.
Coast guard dismisses Loshali Delhi: Has Kejriwal govt jumped the gun for ‘Pak boat blown up’remark by blaming girl’s death on demolition?
Ranveer is emotionally Agency | New Delhi vulnerable: Deepika A political row has erupt-
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Coast guard DIG BK to police sources, the girl Loshali has been sacked following a board of inwas asleep on the bed inquiry over his comments side shanty umber 488 loAgency | Mumbai ed over the death of a that contradicted the govcated at the end of the JJ six-month-old girl during ernment’s stand on the Fans might swoon cluster. At about 8 am on the Railways demolition sinking of a Pakistan boat over Ranveer Singh’s Sunday, the residents were drive at Shakurbasti Celast year. “He was discheeky, flirtatious nainformed of the proposed ment Siding, Delhi with missed from services afture but “Bajirao Masdemolition drive. The the AAP government ter the Board of Inquiry Defence minister Mano- While the government has tani” co-star Deepika railway officials pasted found him guilty of all the blaming the tragedy on the har Parrikar had said the claimed that the Pakistani Padukone says the acnotices on walls of some charges on Saturday. The demolition. However, the “circumstantial evidence” boat had been set on fire tor’s emotional side is had been declared dead mence the encroachment shanties as well, sources inquiry was conducted indicated that the Paki- by its crew, Loshali told an sequence of events leadwhat she connects with on Sunday, death was removal activity was giv- said. The girl’s parents by a panel of senior DIG stani boat had suspected audience of Coast Guard more. Deepika, who ing to the tragedy suggest claimed that they left their (deputy inspector gener- terror links. Dismissing and Larsen & Toubro ofhas also worked with that the girl died before due to shock as result of en at 11.50 am, therefore Ranveer in “Ram Lee- the demolition work be- chest and head injury by the death of the child has daughter asleep inside the al) rank officers for over claims that the occupants ficials on February 15 that la”, said she finds his gan. Sources said, Rukai- blunt force impact. All no connection with the house and went outside three months,” said a se- of boat were smugglers, he had ordered to blow hidden side more relat- ya Khatoon, the youngest injuries are ante-mortem activity of encroachment to talk with the neigh- nior Coast Guard official. the minister had said he off the boat, which was a able. “From the little of three children, died at in nature and possible removal which started at bours about the demoli- On eve the of New Year would classify them as major embarrassment for bit I know him, he is a least three hours before in manner as alleged. about 12.00 hours and tion drive. When they re- last year, a Pakistani boat “suspected or possible the government as well as different person when demolition work began As per the post mortem concluded at 6pm.’ Rail- turned at about 9.15 am, said to be carrying explo- terrorists” since they had the Coast Guard. On “31st he is with him family after being buried under report the deceased was ways Minister Suresh they found their daughter sives was intercepted by committed suicide af- December night. I was and friends than what he the heap of clothes inside taken to SGM Hospital at Prabhu also said on Mon- under a heap of clothes the Indian Coast Guard off ter being intercepted and there at Gandhinagar, and is out there in public. I her house. According 11.35am where she was day in Parliament that the which had been kept on the coast of Gujarat, but added that they were in I told at night, blow the feel the public does not to the post mortem re- declared dead. According 6-month-old girl died be- a wooden table. The heap the vessel exploded and touch with Pakistani mar- boat off. We don’t want get to see a certain side port from Sanjay Gandhi to a railway release, the fore the Delhi slum dem- of clothes had apparently caught fire before sinking itime officials, “army and to serve them biryani,” of him. Hospital where the girl ‘police clearance to com- olition began. According fallen on her. along with four occupants. international contacts”. Loshali had said. Corpo. Office: A/41, Madhav Chamber’s, Shaktidhara Colony, Opp-Sayona Arcade, L.B.S. Road, Toll Naka, Bapunagar, Ahmedababad - 380024 Email: ssdaily2013@gmail.com Mo : 98250 98053
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Resumed India-Pakistan dialogue is welcome
The good news that India and Pakistan will resume their “comprehensive bilateral dialogue” should be greeted with careful expectations about the road ahead. The revival of the dialogue, which covers a multitude of issues, including counter-terrorism, economic and commercial cooperation, humanitarian issues, border arguments and the future of Kashmir, was made in Islamabad on December 9, after a two- year hiatus. The announcement followed a series of quiet meetings between the leadership of the two countries in the last month. The key to the breakthrough appears to be a Pakistani commitment to move forward with bringing to justice the perpetrators of the November 26, 2008 attack on Mumbai. Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had promised Washington during his visit last month that Pakistan would take action against the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), the group responsible for the attack. Since the head of the LeT, Hafiz Saeed, operates openly in Pakistan and enjoys the strong support of Pakistani intelligence, many in India are understandably sceptical that Nawaz can deliver. Let us see if he can. If Pakistan does take concrete and verifiable actions against the LeT, the burden will quickly move to trying to find some movement on the most contentious issue of them all, the future of Jammu and Kashmir. No one expects an early breakthrough on that score, but there are useful lessons to be learned by reviewing the one previous intensive eff-ort to resolve the conflict. That was in the wake of the 1962 Chinese invasion of India. In 1962, one of US President John F. Kennedy’s most serious challenges during the Sino-Indian war was to keep Pakistan from opening a second front against India. Then Pakistan President Ayub Khan told Kennedy that he wanted “compensation” from India in Kashmir for Pakistan’s neutrality during the war. Kennedy made clear to Ayub that no such compensation would be tolerated, and that Pakistani intervention in the war in the Himalayas would be seen by Washington as a hostile act. After the war ended in November, Kennedy did encourage India-Pakistan talks on Kashmir that went on for six rounds through 1963. The lessons of this history are still relevant today. A territorial settlement between India and Pakistan remains a bridge too far. The focus should be on much more tangible achievements aimed at improving the life of Kashmiris on both sides of the border, and de-escalating tensions. Here again, tangible action by Pakistan against the LeT and other terrorists should be a priority.
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QUOTE “Nothing has changed on the ground. Because we had said that terror and talks cannot go together, Whenever talks happen, that is based on trust….There is a OF THE need to bridge the gulf (with Pakistan),” - External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, while briefing Parliament on her recent visit to Pakistan.. DAY Sushmita Sen andAishwarya Sunny Leone planning for a baby
Rai Bachchan pose together Agency | New Delhi
Sushmita Sen posted a picture of her posing with her one-time rival and beauty queen Aishwarya Rai Bachchan on Twitter from the recent party hosted by Mukesh Ambani and his wife. Both Sushmita and Aishwarya, who have often been pitted against each other, look cheerful as they pose. This epic picture has put all the rumours to rest. Posting the picture on Twitter, Sushmita wrote, “2 decades of a fairytale,V celebrate it all!!! Beauty has no rivalry..it gives, glows n grows cheers b’ful.” Sushmita and Aishwarya represented Indian at a beauty pageant where Aishwarya was the first runner up. Ever since the two have allegedly shared a rivalry, but with this picture,
Sushmita seems to have made it clear that there is nothing to be worried about between them and the beauties are good to-
Sunny Leone is planning to become a mother soon. Husband Daniel Weber and she have been thinking of becoming parents for a long time, but have not been able to find the right time for Sunny to take that break amidst her hectic schedule. But now, there’s pressure for parenthood. Says Sunny, “We both want a child. We’re just trying to figure out the best time for that. I do know my mother-in-law was complaining last week. She wants a grandchild and we are taking too long.” Sharing her recipe for a long-lasting marriage Sunny says, “Daniel is my best friend. We’ve seen the best of times and the worst of times together. gether. The same year, I can consult him about both Sushmita and Aishwarya won Miss Universe and Miss World pageants respectively.
Hrithik Roshan excited to see Farhan Akhtar perform stunts in ‘Wazir’ Agency | New Delhi
Actor Hrithik Roshan, who has worked with Farhan Akhtar recently saw the trailer of ‘Wazir’ and is gung ho about it. Watching Farhan perform stunts for the first time in a movie alongside megastar Amitabh Bachchan is like a treat for his friends in the industry. The trailer of ‘Wazir; recently hit screens and Farhan has been garnered with words of appreciation from all over. Looking at the trailer it has become hard for his friends and fans to be-
lieve that he will be seen doing stunts on screen. Hrithik Roshan took to Twitter to share about what he feels about his ‘buoy’ after watching him in the trailer. Hrithik wrote, “My buoy @FarOutAkhtar u r killing it!! #Wazirtrailerrocks! @
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SrBachchan how do u do it!@aditiraohydari can’t stop stunning! Congrats 2 d team.” Hrithik and Farhan have worked together in ‘Lakshya’ and ‘Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara’. Directed by Bejoy Nambiar ‘Wazir’ is set to release on 8th January 2016.
anything, any problem. He is always there for me. I can lean on him for anything, no matter how silly.” Sunny is happy to let Daniel (also her manager) take control of her life. “I believe I have been given that chance that every actor wants
in life. My husband and I work together on every deal in what I want to do and what I don’t. I make the final decision in my life and its probably me who wants things water-tight.” With her husband around, Sunny’s life is stress-free.
Kumar’s reaction at receiving the award, Saira later told reporters that, “He has always been quiet about himself. He is happy, he smiled and there were tears in his eyes. He is an emotional and sensitive person. For him material things do not matter. He is a simple man, down to earth.” Rajnath Singh had tweeted about
his arrival in Mumbai on Sunday morning for the event. Maharashtra Governor C Vidyasagar Rao, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, were among other dignitaries present at the actor’s home when he received the award. “Dilip Kumar will be honoured with Padma Vibhushan on December 13 at his residence here.
- Romanian TV personality Iulia Vantur. However, back then, Salman’s sister Arpita Khan Sharma had trashed all rumours of her brother having exchanged rings with Iulia Vantur. Salman too, said how he loved the rumour about his engagement. That Salman Khan has stayed a bachelor all these years
hasn’t escaped the prying eyes of anybody who is even remotely clued in into the happenings of Bollywood. In interviews over the years, both Salman and people close to him have pointed out how Salman’s court cases were the reason the actor hadn’t tied the knot all these years.
Honoured with Padma Vibhushan, Dilip Kumar tears up Agency | New Delhi
Home minister Rajnath Singh honoured veteran actor Dilip Kumar with the Padma Vibhushan— India’s second highest civilian award — on Sunday, two days after his 93rd birthday. Famously known as the tragedy king, the veteran actor has immortalised films like Devdas, Mughal-e-Azam, Naya Daur, Madhumati, Ram Aur Shyam and Saudagar with his brilliant performance. Legendary actor Dilip Kumar was presented the Padma Vibhushan at his residence in suburban Bandra. The 93-year-old legend was presented a medal, a certificate and a shawl by Singh, in the presence of the actor’s wife Saira Bano. When asked about
Dulquer Salman and Parvathy shine in ‘Charlie’ trailer Salman Khan and Iulia Vantur his latest film Charlie, co-starring Parvathy. The getting married in 2016? film is directed by Mar-
Agency | Mumbai Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor remembered his father Raj Kapoor on his 91st birth anniversary today. A noted actor of his time, Raj Kapoor is often referred to as ‘The Show Man’. Rishi took it to micro-blogging site Twitter to share a pic of ‘Showman of the Millenium’ Raj Kapoor. He tweeted, ““Happy Birthday”,papa. He would have been 91!” Raj Ka-
poor, is known for his amazing performances in movies like ‘Mera Naam Joker’, ‘Shree 420’, ‘Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai’, ‘Awara’, etc. He was honoured with the Padma Bhushan in 1971 followed by Dada Saheb Phalke award in 1987. In 2001, Indian Postal Services also released a postal stamp with his picture in order to honour the thespian. Here’s wishing the legend a very Happy Birthday.
tin Prakkat of ABCD fame, which also starred Dulquer. Though the 1 minute 53 seconds trailer does not reveal much, it does promise powerful performances by Dulquer and Parvathy. Actors Nedumudi Venu, Aparna Gopinath, Neeraj Madhav, Radhakrishnan Chekyat, Chemban Vinod Jose also star in the movie. The soothing music is composed by National Award winning Gopi Sundar. The fiilm is produced by Shebin Backer, Joju George and Martin Prakkat himself. The film will be released on comAgency | Mumbai yalam cinema’s current ing Friday, December 15, Dulquer Salman, Mala- heartthrob, is back with 2015.
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Salman Khan’s marriage is a topic that has kept many a Bollywood lover occupied for several years now. Every single time Salman is spotted with some lady or the other, be it a Bollywood actor or someone else, the grapevine works itself into a tizzy over Salman Khan’s ‘mystery woman’. As recently as a few months ago too, yet another tsunami of rumours drowned the internet. This time around, it was said that Salman Khan might have gotten engaged to the woman he is supposedly in a relationship with
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www.sunvillasamachar.com A playful rhino as mascot, a Bhupen Hazarika song as theme for 12th South Asian Games Agency | Guwahati
Agency | New Delhi Have you felt like walking away from Facebook or to shut down your account swearing never to return, only to meekly log back in a week later? You are not alone. Researchers from Cornell University have found four key reasons why people make the pledge not to log in to Facebook but ultimately could not resist the allure of Facebook’s social network. “The first reason is perceived addiction. Those who feel that Facebook is addictive or habitual were more likely to return,” said lead researcher Eric Baumer. One participant described this habitual aspect by saying, “In the first 10 days, whenever I opened up an internet browser, my fingers would automatically go to ‘f.’” Another reason is privacy and surveillance. Users who felt their Facebook activity was being monitored were less likely to revert, while those who use Facebook largely to manage how other people think of them are more likely to log back in.
Twitter warning users against state-sponsored cyber attacks
Agency | New Delhi Twitter Inc has alerted some users that state-sponsored hackers may have tried to obtain sensitive data from their accounts, the first such warning by the micro blogging site. The notice said there was no indication the hackers obtained sensitive information from what it said were a “small group of accounts” targeted. It did not provide additional information about the attack or possible suspects in its investigation. Twitter’s notice is the latest amid concern about cyber attacks by state-sponsored organisations. Government agencies, businesses and media have all been hacked. Recently, Google and Facebook also started issuing warnings to users possibly targeted by state-sponsored attacks. A story in New York Times had indicated that the federal department found out about those attacks because of the alert system.
Sensex ends 106 points up at 25,150 in a volatile trade; Nifty settles at 7,650 Agency | New Delhi The BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty rose on Monday after touching a more than three-month low earlier in the session as buying at lower levels supported market ahead of the US Federal Reserve meeting later this week. Investors were also somewhat comforted after data released late on Friday showed industrial output grew a much stronger-than-expected 9.8 per cent in October from a year earlier, its fastest pace in five years. Sensex closed 105.92 points up at 25150.35, while Nifty 50 index settled 39.60 points up at 7650.05. In the 50-share index, Adani Ports, Hindalco, Coal India, ZEEL and Ambuja Cements gained between 2.50 per cent and 5.80 per cent. On the other hand, Axis Bank, Tata Motors, Bharti Airtel, ONGC and State Bank of India fell between 0.70 per cent and 2.15 per cent. Shreyash Devalkar, fund manager, equities, BNP Paribas Mutual Fund, said, “Key benchmark indices started the week on a positive note after touching more than a three month low earlier in the session. While investors resorted to some value buying, there seems to widespread caution ahead of the Fed’s meeting on the 16th of this month.” Among the sectoral indices on the BSE, the BSE Metal index gained the most — 2.40 per cent, followed by BSE IT index (up 0.83 per cent), BSE TECk index (up 0.79 per cent) and BSE Healthcare index (up 0.71 per cent.) The BSE Realty, BSE Capital Goods, BSE Oil & Gas and BSE Bankex slid 0.19 per cent, 0.15 per cent, 0.14 per cent and 0.01 per cent, respectively.
Tikhor, a rhino calf as a sharp, naughty, sporty, and modern boy, was on Sunday here declared as the mascot for the upcoming 12th South Asian Games that will be held simultaneously in Guwahati and Shillong from February 6 to 16, 2016. A Bhupen Hazarika song on the other hand has been chosen as the theme song of the event. Unveiling the mascot Tikhor, along with the logo of the event – a flower with eight petals representing the eight participating nations – jointly with Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi, union sports minister Sarbananda said Tikhor not only represented an energetic all-rounder, but would also focus on the
natural heritage of the Northeast in the form of a rhino calf. “With traditional and sporty costumes, Tikhor would be playing all games and welcoming every new idea in sports,”he said. The highly endangered one-horned rhinoceros is also the state animal of Assam. Tikhor incidentally is a popular character in Assamese folk literature, who figures in a story called “Tikhor aru Chutibai”immortalized
by Sahityarathi Lakshminath Bezbaroa, the doyen of modern Assamese literature in“Burhi Aair Sadhu” – the first collection of Assamese folk stories published more than 100 years ago. Tikhor, a naughty, energetic orphan boy, not only plays various pranks in the story, but by dint of his presence of mind also helps his sister Chutibai survive all odds including fighting a tiger that had plotted to eat them.
Wasim Akram warns Pakistan Cricket Board not to boycott T20 World Cup in India Agency | Karachi
Former Pakistan skipper Wasim Akram has warned the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) of not boycotting the 2016 World Twenty20 in India, saying that non-participation of his country will affect the team in the long run. The former pace spearhead urged Pakistan to participate in the ICC event at any cost. Reflecting on the stalled India-Pakistan bilateral series, the 49-year-old left-hander insisted that his country’s cricket can survive without playing against India. Akram admitted that the Indian Government had taken a lot of time to decide on the series but added that he still remains hopeful about the series taking place in the near future.
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SPORTS ROUNDUP West Indies’ Marlon Samuels banned from bowling for 12 months Agency | New Delhi
West Indies batsman Marlon Samuels has been banned from bowling for 12 months by the International Cricket Council after undergoing testing on his action. It is the second ban for the 34-year-old, whose off-spin bowling is only used on a part-time basis by West Indies. He was reported for an illegal action following the first test defeat against Sri Lanka in October and had testing at the ICC accredited testing centre in Brisbane earlier this month. “The assessment revealed that Samuels’ elbow extension exceeded 15 degrees while bowling and, thus, he employed an illegal bowling action,” the world governing body said in a statement. “As this report constitutes the play-
er’s second suspension within a two-year period, he is now automatically suspended from bowling in international cricket for a 12-month period.” Samuels has already served a near four-year bowling ban from 2008 over concerns with his action but was allowed to resume in 2011 after
remedial work. He was reported again following a test in India in 2013 and subsequently banned from bowling his quicker deliveries but had been allowed to continue with his standard off-break. He will not be allowed to apply to have his action re-assessed until the ban ends, the ICC added.
available for picking by the Twenty20 League’s two new franchises are other top international stars such as New Zealander Brendon McCullum, Australia’s Shane Watson, now retired from international cricket, and current captain Steven Smith, and West Indian all-rounder Dwayne Bravo from a total of 50 cricketers, who played
for suspended IPL teams CSK and RR in the last edition earlier this year. Pune will be given the choice to pick the players first because they were the lowest bidders (negative bids) to buy the new team for two years in the draft to be held at the Mumbai Cricket Association’s recereation centre at the Bandra Kurla Complex.
Indian Premier League: MS Dhoni, Ajinkya Rahane up for grabs in Players’ draft Agency | Mumbai
Earlier, PCB chief Shaharyar Khan had said that they had decided to give up on the series after failing to receive a necessary reply from the BCCI and is likely to make the announcement about the same on Monday. A memorandum of understanding (MoU)
signed between the PCB and BCCI, both countries are scheduled to play six series between 2015 and 2023 after a clearance from the Indian Government. India have not played a full bilateral Test series with Pakistan after the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks.
Anirban Lahiri savours winning Asian Tour’s Order of Merit
India’s limited-overs skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, along with his teammates Ravindra Jadeja, Ajinkya Rahane, Suresh Raina and Ravichandran Ashwin, among others, will be up for grabs for the two new IPL teams in the draft to be held here on Tuesday. Sanjeev Goenka’s New Rising won the bid for the Pune franchise while Intex won the bid for Rajkot after a reverse bidding process held in Delhi on Decmber 8 to replace suspended teams Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals for the next two editions to be held in 2016 and 2017. Also
Peshawar signs Andy Flower as mentor for Pakistan Super League Agency | Karachi
Agency | Sentosa India’s Anirban Lahiri has described lifting the coveted 2015 Asian Tour’s Order of Merit crown as “really special” as he reset his goals to winning in America and becoming a Major champion in the near future. The 28-year-old enjoyed a stellar campaign this season where he won twice on the region s premier Tour, broke into the world s top-50, posted a top-five finish in a Major, qualified for his maiden Presidents Cup and earned his PGA Tour card. As he savoured the rewards, Lahiri said he was honoured to join Asian golf legends such as Thong-
chai Jaidee and Thaworn Wiratchant of Thailand and countrymen Jeev Milkha Singh, Arjun Atwal and Jyoti Randhawa as Asia s number one golfer. “It’s something that I’ve always wanted to win,” said Lahiri, who finished third and second on the Merit list in 2013 and 2014 respectively. “I feel really happy and it makes me really proud to be in the same league of players like Thongchai, Jeev, Arjun, Thaworn and Jyoti as they are all legends of the game and have won the Order of Merit. It s nice to be in the same bracket and have something in common. It s something that is really special.”
Former England coach Andy Flower has been signed on as the batting consultant and mentor of the Peshawar franchise in the upcoming Pakistan Super League. And if the Peshawar franchise gun for England’s discarded batsman Kevin Pietersen in the players draft, on December, it could be the first reunion between the two since Flower had to step down as head coach after the Ashes 2013-14. Pietersen has already made his intention of participation in the PSL clear via a video message and is said to be among a top favourite for the five franchises in the T20 competition. The PSL is due to be held in Dubai and Sharjah in February and the Peshawar franchise has announced former Pakistan bowling coach Muhammad Akram as their head coach and Flower as their batting consultant and mentor. Pietersen was unceremoniously dumped by the England and Wales Cricket Board and
team management, after the Ashes post a public fallout particularly with Flower and has since said that: “Flower had it in for me since he took over.” The discarded England batsman alongside West Indian Chris Gayle and Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi are among the top draw in the PSL players draft due to be held later this December.
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Hardik still in jail, kisan Gujarat polls: Congress makes inroads, dent in BJP’s vote share mahapanchayat cancelled in Varanasi
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Not just the number of seats, even the vote share in the recent Gujarat civic polls says so -- the Congress is well ahead of the BJP in the villages, while making marginal gains in the cities. The data released by the state election commission on Monday, twelve days after the results were announced, showed that Congress has a 3% lead over BJP in the rural areas. In cities, BJP’s vote share has gone down marginally compared to the 2010 elections, though it still came out on top. In the 31 district panchayats, the Congress’s vote share has gone up to 47.85%, from 44% in 2010. The
Patel Navnirman Sena (ABPNS) has indefinitely deferred the proposed kisan mahapanchayat of its leader Hardik Patel, which was scheduled to be held on Tuesday in Varanasi. As December 15 is the death anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Hardik had chosen the date to target the Modi government on the farmers’ issues. Varanasi is the Lok Sabha constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. ABPNS took the decision to postpone the mahapanchayat after the bail plea of Hardik, the Patidar quota agitation leader, was rejected by a court in Surat recent-
BJP’s percentage of votes has dipped to 43.97 from 50.26 in the 2010 elections. There is a similar role reversal in the 230 taluka panchayats, where Congress’s vote share of 46% is higher than BJP’s
2 from West Bengal arrested with fake currency worth 8 lakh Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
The Special Operation Group (SOG) of city crime branch arrested two brothers, Mofizul Shaikh, 20 and Shabudding Shaikh, 25, residents of Murshidabad in West Bengal, with fake currency notes worth Rs 8 lakh. In a span of 10 days this is the second seizure of duplicate currency by SOG. Top cops said that Rs 1.5 crore worth of duplicate notes have been pumped into Delhi, Gujarat and Maharashtra. Earlier, SOG had arrested Babu Mulla of Fatehwadi and Mohammed Ishrar of Uttar Pradesh with a consignment of Rs 10 lakh worth of fake currency notes. “Mulla and Ishrar
had confessed that in November they had pumped in Rs 15 lakh worth of fake notes in Ahmedabad market alone. A week after that SOG officials nabbed the kingpin of the scam, Raees Syed from Uttar Pradesh,” said a senior crime branch official. Following the same lead, assistant commissioner of police, SOG, BC Solanki arrested the brothers from near Astodia Darwaja on Sunday morning. SOG officials said, “Mofizul has confessed that he stored fake notes at his house in Thane near Mumbai. During interrogation the duo claimed that they have been pumping fake notes in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Delhi since the two years. “
42.32%. In 2010, it was 42.42 and 48.51% respectively for the Congress and the BJP. In the 56 municipalities, the BJP’s share of votes is down to 44.67% from 47.77%. With 39.59% of the votes,
the Congress has recorded a 10% jump from last time. In the cities, where the BJP has maintained a decent 10% lead over the Congress, it barely managed to keep its votebank intact.
Fire at Diu harbour engulfs 4 trawlers, 30 huts Correspondent | Rajkot
A major fire at Vanakbara harbour in Diu gutted at least four fishing trawlers, 30 huts and scores of vehicles on Sunday. No death or injury was reported in the incident. According to officials, fire started at one of the huts lining the jetty at 7.55 am and soon spread to other parts of the harbour. The blaze was doused by 4.30 pm after firefighters from Diu (UT), Veraval, Kodinar and Una towns of Gujarat as well as Gujarat Ambuja Cement Limited plant in Kodinar were pressed into service. In the shanties, many fishermen store barrels of diesel, cooking gas cylinders
Deputy Collector killed with family members in accident near Bhavnagar
A Deputy Collector rank official and three of his family members including wife, son and daughter died a tragic death in a road mishap near Bhavnagar today, SP Deepankar Trivedi said. Pradip Singh Jadeja (45), a deputy collector rank official associated with the Ahmedabad Metro rail project, was coming from Ahmedabad to participate in a marriage ceremony at his maternal
repair, restoration and renovation (RRR) of water bodies are meant for storage of water resources for providing water to farmers for irrigation. The central government has provided total Rs2928 crore to state of Gujarat under Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Flood Management Programme in last three financial years since 2012-13, said the minister. As per the statement tabled in the house, central government released grant of Rs1285.93
crore, Rs607.57 crore and Rs1033.94 crore in 201213, 2013-14 and 2014-15 respectively. Shri Parimal Nathwani wanted to know about different schemes for making adequate water available to the farmers for irrigation and expenditure incurred during the last three financial years. He also wanted to know about central assistance provided for repair and maintenance of dams and embankment meant for water harvesting to various states.
for foreign investors be it economic, political or social reforms. Also, the economies of India and Africa are very similar in nature. India’s major exports to South Africa include pharmaceuticals, chemicals, engineering
goods including electrical machinery and petroleum products. India’simports from South Africa consists of precious metals including gold, minerals including coal, iron and steel, mining equipment and industrial chemicals.
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and their catch. As the fire raged, several diesel drums and LPG cylinders exploded. “Around 30 huts have been gutted. A few fishing trawlers and around 10 auto-rickshaws and motorbikes have also been damaged in the fire. No injury or human casualty has been reported,” said Inspector Dhanji Jadav. According to Laksh-
man Solanki, former president of fishermen association of Vanakbara, “The fire has gutted three fishing trawlers anchored on the shore for repairs and one anchored near the dock. Two cranes owned by the fishermen association have also been damaged…. We estimated a damage of around Rs10 crore.”
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aunt’s (Mausi) place here. He was driving his car in which his wife Rajeshwariben (40), daughter Rishipiba (17) and son Harshraj (14) were also traveling. It collided head on with a private passenger bus (Bhavnagar based Rajdhani travels) near Nirma Patia of Vedavadar police post on Ahmedabad-Bhavnagar highway . While the deputy collector died on the spot his wife, son and daughter were declared brought dead by the doctors in a hospital here, the SP said.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar to address the mahapanchyayat along with Patel. ABPNS national executive member Sushil Kashyap said, “As the court is yet to grant bail to Hardik Patel, the party, in a meeting of its national executive in Delhi on December 10, had decided to postpone the mahapanchayat in Varanasi. A fresh date for the mahapanchayat will be decided only after Hardik is released. The mahapanchayat will definitely happen whenever Hardik comes out of the jail.” Kashyap belongs to Varanasi and was pre-
Gujarat gets Rs 2928 cr for irrigation, Rs 461 cr for watershed in 3 years
Gujarat readies to handle possible oil spill in sea
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ly. Hardik is currently lodged in a Gujarat jail connection with a sedition case. The members of the Patel community, led by 22-year-old Hardik, are demanding reservation under OBC category. Last month, Hardik had applied for bail before the court and his supporters had started preparations for the rally in Varanasi. ABPNS had also approached farmers’ leaders across the country, including those from Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, to attend the event. It had also invited
paring for the mahapanchayat there. He admitted that Varanasi was chosen as the venue for the mahapanchayat as it is the Lok Sabha constituency of the Prime Minister and “the best place to target him and give a message to the Centre on farmers’ issues”. “ABPNS workers had started to invite the masses and farmers in eastern UP for the mahapanchayat. But we had not formally applied for permission from the district administration for the mahapanchayat, as we were waiting for the court orders on Hardik’s bail plea,” Kashyap said. He added that ABPNS had invited Nitish Kumar “because he had challenged Modi’s Gujarat model and defeated BJP with his own development model in the Bihar polls”. “Hardik has to tell the masses that Gujarat was developed by Patidars but they were not given credit,” he claimed.
In view of the possibility of oil spill in the sea near coast of western Indian state of Gujarat due to heavy traffic of ships, the State Forest and Environment department has decided to prepare a risk mitigation and response plan to save the fragile eco-system and underwater habitat of marine species. According to officials, a high-level committee would be formed to study the risk potential of oil spill, which can be a major ecological disaster for sea-life, and come up with a comprehensive plan suggesting ways to avoid such disasters. “Our aim is to save the marine life and their habitat. If oil gets spilled in the sea near our coast, it will spell
doom for marine life. Thus, we have decided to chalk out a plan to stop such accidents from happening as well as to prepare a contingency plan if in case such a oil spill takes place,” said Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (Wildlife) S C Pant. More than 5000 ships loaded with various material, including crude oil, arrive at various ports in Gujarat every year. While some of the major ports, such as Kandla and Mundra, are situated in the Gulf of Kutch, others like Dahej and Hazira are situated in the Gulf of Khambhat.
The Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation has released Rs2928 crore to Gujarat under Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Flood Management Programme (AIBFMP) in last three financial years. Under Integrated Watershed Management Programme (IWMP), the government has released Rs461.58 crore to state of Gujarat. Minister of state for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Mr. Sanwar Lal Jat presented the details in Rajya Sabha on December 14, 2015 replying a question raised by Rajya Sabha MP Shri Parimal Nathwani. The minister said that all the water resources projects such as major and medium irrigation projects, surface minor irrigation projects,
Bilateral ties between South Africa and India Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
The bilateral trade between India and South Africa currently stands at US$15 billion and both the countries are trying to take it beyond US$20 billion by 2018. India and South Africa historically sharefriendly terms like Mahatma Gandhi and Nelson Mandela who are revered in both the countries. People of Indian origin account for almost 2.5 per cent of the country’s population with Durban havingthe highest concentration of the community. South Africa is also increasingly becoming an attractive hub
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