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News Brief Ex-NMCE chief denied bail after son fails to return Agency | Ahmedabad
Gujarat high court refused bail to former chairman of National Multicommodity Exchange of India Ltd (NMCE), Kailash Gupta because his son living in the US did not turn up to cooperate with investigators. Gupta is accused of committing fraud of Rs 28 crore on the company by involving his family members. His son, Amit, is also facing charges in the case and investigators, including Enforcement Directorate (ED), wanted to question him.
Patel leader claims he is seeking truce between PAAS, govt
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The 2002 hit-and-run case is coming back to haunt Salman Khan
Salman acquittal may be challenged Mumbai police likely to move SC, questioning Bombay HC verdict in the 2002 Bandra hit-and-run case Agency | New Delhi The Mumbai police are all set to question the Bombay High Court’s (HC) acquittal of the actor before the Supreme Court (SC). The Mumbai police feel that the HC’s findings are “contradictory”. The draft Special Leave Petition (SLP) is now with the Maharashtra government for its nod. Sources told dna that the HC’s adverse inference over non- examination of Salman’s friend Kamal Khan, who was present in the vehicle at the time of the incident, would be
days before the verdict. “How can the HC now draw an adverse inference about the trial court’s decision to go ahead with the trial without the testimony of Kamal Khan?” sources said. Although Kamal Khan’s statement was recorded, the trial court recorded that summons were not served on his Mumbai address. The police the “impeccable ground in the appeal.” “It is a strange situation. It was the HC which did not allow Kamal Khan to be summoned during the pendency of his appeal. But in its judgment, the HC asks why Kamal Khan was not brought in as witness. We will also
raise pertinent points like whether Salman was drunk while driving, collection of his blood samples, hotel bills of JW Marriott etc,” said sources. The HC had disallowed Salman Khan’s application for summoning Kamal Khan on November 30, 2015, a few
paise in diesel. This was followed by a 50 paise a litre reduction in price of petrol from December 16 and 46 paise in case of diesel. Petrol price, on January 1, was cut by 63 paise per litre and diesel’s by Rs 1.06 a litre. The reduction would have been more but for government raising excise duty on the two auto fuel to take away
some of the gains from the crude oil prices slumping to 12-year low of under USD 30 per barrel. The government had on December 17 raised excise duty on petrol by 30 paise and that on diesel by Rs 1.17 per litre. This was followed by a 37 paise increase in the levy on petrol from January 3 and Rs 2 per litre on diesel.
Petrol becomes cheaper by 32 paise, diesel by 85 paise/litre
had claimed that Kamal Khan is a British citizen and resides in the UK. The Maharashtra government is yet to take a final call on the draft SLP. But it has to file the appeal in 90 days from the date of judgment. On May 6 last year, the trial court had convicted and sentenced the 49-year-old actor to five years in jail in the 2002 hit-and-run case.
While reversing the trial court’s conviction order, the HC said that after the incident, the police had recorded the statements of Patil and Kamal. During the trial, Patil’s statement, which was recorded before the magistrate, was used by the trial court to convict Salman. Patil died of TB during in October 2007 while the trial was going on.
`Cow slaughter’ being used to target us: Pacer Shami’s father Agency | Meerut
A day after Indian pacer Mohammad Shami’s brother Mohammad Haseeb was booked he was later released on bail for allegedly assaulting a police officer and “pressuring cops“ to release a few men arrested on charges of cow slaughter, the cricketer’s father said his family was in “danger“ and that
the emotive issue of “gau hatya“ was being used to target them. “My son was not even present there at the time of the incident and had reached the site only much later,“ Tauseef Ahmad told TOI on Friday. “He (Haseeb) was just an onlooker like so many others who had gathered troversy. It is just that a cause of the publicity we there. He was unnecessar- few persons are nurturing have got after Shami startily dragged into the con- enmity with our family be- ed playing for team India.
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After six months of agitation, there are indications that the agitating Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) leaders and the state government may come to the negotiating table. Amid conflicting reports that Hardik was ready for a truce, a prominent Kadva Patel leader from Morbi said that he was in talks with the quota stir leader for a compromise with the government.
Petrol price was on Friday cut by 32 paise a litre and diesel’s by 85 paise a litre, the fourth reduction in rates in six weeks on the back of softening global oil prices. Petrol in Delhi will cost Rs 59.03 per litre with effect from midnight tonight as against Rs 59.35 per litre currently. A litre of diesel will cost Rs 44.18 as opposed to Rs 45.03 presently, said Indian Oil Corp (IOC), the nation’s biggest fuel retailer. This the fourth reduction in rates since December 1. Rates were on that day cut by 58 paise a litre in case of petrol and by 25
DGCA warns airports over animal incursions Agency | New Delhi
With animal incursions endangering the lives of travellers at some airports, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has belatedly cracked the whip. After completing an audit of 20 airports that were identified as being most vulnerable to such incursions, the regulator has asked the Airports Authority of India (AAI) and the states concerned to take remedial steps for augmenting safety measures and submit an action-taken report for each place. Corpo. Office: A/41, Madhav Chamber’s, Shaktidhara Colony, Opp-Sayona Arcade, L.B.S. Road, Toll Naka, Bapunagar, Ahmedababad - 380024
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Arrest of a comedian: A law prone to misuse
The episode of the arrest of Kiku Sharda, actor-comedian, under Section 295 (A) of the IPC, for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of followers of the Dera Sacha Sauda, borders on the absurd. It also raises questions about the mindless manner in which the police invoke this section. It was introduced in the IPC in 1927 in controversial circumstances and later, the judiciary had clarified that it only punishes “the aggravated form of insult to religion perpetrated with deliberate and malicious intention”. The indiscriminate way in which this section is used to intimidate authors and artistes calls for a serious deliberation about its use and misuse. Sharda, who allegedly mimicked the Dera head Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, had apologised after followers of the sect complained and thereafter, the leader himself tweeted his willingness to forgive. Yet, the urgency shown by Haryana Police in flying down to Mumbai and arresting the actor at midnight from his shooting location was remarkable. Ironically, the dera head himself has been under attack in the past from the Sikh clergy for allegedly violating tenets of the religion. The Sirsa-based Dera Sacha Sauda started in 1948 as a social and spiritual organisation and under the flamboyant Ram Rahim Singh acquired a profile that annoyed conservatives among the Sikh clergy — and its following has invited the attention of the political class in Punjab and Haryana. Orginally emerging as spiritual platforms for castes excluded from a religion that appeared to be drawing harder lines, Dera Sacha Sauda and many similar sects are now replicating the very same structures and practices that led to their birth and popularity. The dera phenomenon is also a reflection of the growing social and political crisis in Punjab. The agrarian crisis and militancy in the 1980s damaged the state’s economy and social fabric, giving rise to deindustrialisation and a serious drug problem. The failure of the political leadership to address these issues gave the deras the opportunity to deliver services that ought to have been provided by the state. Instead of a course correction, however, political parties appease the deras in the hope of riding their influence to power. With the state headed for elections in 2017, the incentive to bend before influential social organisations, irrespective of their conservative agendas, is high. In other words, a law prone to misuse and a political executive unsure of its own footing has led to the bizarre arrest of a comedian.
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Kiran and I have lived all our lives in India. For the first time, she said, should we move out QUOTE “(Wife) of India? That’s a disastrous and big statement for Kiran to make to me. She fears for her child. OF THE She fears about what the atmosphere around us will be. She feels scared to open the newspapers everyday. That does indicate that there is a sense of growing disquiet,” - A day after BJP leader Ram Madhav advised Aamir Khan to preach his wife about India’s prestige ... DAY ‘Chalk N Duster’ made tax-free I am very proud of ‘Oculus’ in Bihar Delhi, Rajasthan, UP remake: Saqib Saleem Agency | Mumbai
“Chalk N Duster”, a film based on the commercialisation of education in India, has been made tax-free in Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, says actress Juhi Chawla, who plays a pivotal role in the movie. “Impressed by the film, states of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar have confirmed tax exemption for ‘Chalk N Duster’,” Juhi posted on Twitter.
The movie also stars Shabana Azmi and Divya Dutta. Shabana shared: “Tax exemption for @ CNDtheMovie in Delhi also! Four governments
cutting across party lines vote for ‘Chalk N Duster’. Your vote matters the most.” Directed by Jayant Gilatar, the film released on Friday.
Hate any kind of nation-bashing in films: Akshay Kumar Agency | Kolkata
Actor Akshay Kumar says he detests nation-bashing in films. “It’s (Airlift) not about a nation, it’s about saving people. I hate any kind of nation-bashing in films. I don’t like it,” the actor told the media here on Thursday while promoting his forthcoming film “Airlift”. Directed by Raja Krishna Menon, “Airlift” also stars “The Lunchbox” fame actress Nimrat Kaur. Akshay plays a character who had a crucial role in the evacuation of Kuwait-based Indians during the Iraq-Kuwait war in 1990. The story of the film is from the point of view of Akshay’s character who helped Indians get airlifted from Kuwait. As the poster of the film suggests – 1,70,00 refugees,
Agency | Mumbai Actor Saqib Saleem says he is extremely proud that his next, Bollywood adaptation of Hollywood supernatural film “Oculus”, has shaped up well. The 27-year-old “Mere Dad Ki Maruti” star will be sharing screen space with his sister Huma Qureshi for the first time in the Prawaal Raman-directed movie. “We have finished the film about 90 per cent with only eight to ten days of shooting left, which we will finish
in a couple of months. We are looking at a MayJune release right now. It has shaped up really well, I am very excited… I just saw it two days back and I was very proud of it,” Saqib said. The remake, like the 2013 original film, focuses on the story of a brother-sister duo, who get separated at a young age due to an antique mirror. Saqib says the makers have a few names in mind for the yet-untitled project and will reveal it soon. “When the film is slight-
ly in the thriller-horror space, we don’t have a vocabulary in Hindi for it. What will we call it, ‘Shaapit Sheesha’? So that way it is difficult to come with a name which justifies the film… But in all honesty, we have a couple of titles, so we will be revealing the name soon.” Meanwhile, the actor will be seen in the upcoming season six of Celebrity Cricket League where he is playing for actor Sohail Khan’s team, “Mumbai Heroes”.
actor was arrested on January 14 on a felony complaint of murder, reported Aceshowbiz. If convicted, Ricardo actor will face up to 26 years to life in prison. Los Angeles District Attor-
ney’s office mentioned in a press release that prosecutors demanded that Ricardo’s bail be set at USD 1 million. He is scheduled to be arraigned on Tuesday, January 19.
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about an ordinary woman who does extraordinary things,” Lawrence said in a statement. “For me, working with David O Russell has been nothing short of extraordinary, and I share this nomination with him as well as our incredible supporting cast. I could not be more proud to be a part of this film and thankful to the producers and Fox for their unyielding support,” she added.
‘Power Rangers’ alum Ricardo Medina Jr charged with murder Agency | Los Angeles
488 flights, 59 days and one man. Air India entered into Guinness Book of World Records for the civil airline that had evac-
uated the most people till date. Akshay said the pilots of Air India were the biggest heroes. “Hats off to them,” he added.
Former “Power Rangers Samurai” actor Ricardo Medina Jr is charged with the 2015 murder of his roommate Josh Sutter, nearly a year after it was announced that he would not face any charges for the same case. The 36-year-old
Humbled by Oscars nomination: Jennifer Lawrence
Jennifer Lawrence, who is nominated at the Oscars for her role in “Joy”, says it is great to be recognised along side other amazing women in the best actress category. “I am beyond grateful and humbled by this nomination. I feel incredibly honored to be recognized among the other amazing women in this category. Joy is an incredibly inspiring story
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Unmukt Chand ton in vain Shakib-al-Hasan lifts Bangladesh to fouras Gujarat outplay Delhi wicket win over Zimbabwe in 1st T20I
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Agency | Khulna Opener Unmukt Chand’s 58-ball 103 went in vain as Priyank Kirit Panchal’s unbeaten fifty helped Gujarat outplay Delhi by eight wickets in the Super League phase of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Twenty20 Group B cricket match. Put into bat at the Bandra Kurla Complex, Delhi lost a couple of quick wickets including skipper Gautam Gambhir for a duck only to see Un-
mukt and Aditya Kaushik (23) stitch a 54-run third wicket stand to help the side post a competitive 170 for five, which was later chased down by Gujarat in 17.3 overs. Brief Scores: Delhi 170/5 in 20 overs (Unmukt Chand 103, Aditya Kaushik 23; Hardik Patel 1-27, R P Singh 1-29) lose to Gujarat 171/2 in 17.3 overs (Priyank Panchal 68 not out, Parthiv Patel 42; Parvinder Awana 1-23, S Bhati 1-43).
Bangladesh made a winning start to 2016, cruising past Zimbabwe by four wickets in the first of their four Twenty20 internationals on Friday. Zimbabwe rode a 101run partnership between Hamilton Masakadza and Vusi Sibanda, their highest opening stand in T20s, to pile up 163-7. Bangladesh eclipsed it with 166-6 and eight balls to spare. “We could have finished the game in 17 or 18 overs had we not lost the wickets at the start, and then Mushfiqur and Sabbir in quick succession, but Shakib played his part nicely,” Bangladesh captain Mashrafe bin Mortaza said. Bangladesh had 31 up in the fourth over when
Soumya Sarkar, back in after missing the last series against the same opponent, was run out after a mix-up with Tamim Iqbal. Tamim shook it off and plundered the bowlers with 29 off 24 balls before he was out in seventh over. Sabbir Rahman then took the anchor role, and was supported by Mushfiqur Rahim, who made 26 off 19, sending the ball across the rope three times. Zimbabwe raised hopes
of clawing back, dismissing Sabbir after he hit 46 off 34, with four boundaries and one maximum, at 118-4. But Shakib Al Hasan held his nerve to seal the victory with an unbeaten 20 off 13, with two fours. Legspinner Graeme Cremer returned 2-32. Zimbabwe put up a decent total thanks to Masakadza, who smashed 79, equaling his highest score in T20s. He clobbered two sixes and nine fours. Sibanda added 46.
Joe Root century, Ben Stokes turn third Test in England’s favour
Agency | Johannesburg Joe Root hit a thrilling century for England as he and Ben Stokes transformed the third Test against South Africa at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on Friday. England were 238 for five when the threat of lightning brought an early close on the second day, 75 runs behind South Africa’s first innings total of 313. Root was on 106 not out, his ninth Test century. A fifth-wicket partnership of 111 in 78 minutes off 97 balls with Stokes (58) swung the match dramatically in England’s favour after a four-pronged South African pace attack had reduced the tourists to 91 for four. Root and Stokes counter-attacked,
posting a fifty partnership off only 35 balls in a match where the average scoring rate had hovered at around three an over on a pitch offering help to the fast bowlers. “He takes the pressure off you,” Root said of Stokes. “He comes in and plays aggressively, the slips come out and there are men on the boundary. You can run well between wickets because there all those gaps. Hopefully he can continue in the form he is in for the rest of the trip.” Root reached the first half-century of the match off 77 balls with nine fours. He admitted that he struggled in the early stages of his innings against some high-quality pace bowling.
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Profile of the Shree Somnath Trust Correspondent | Rajkot
The Shree Somnath Trust (SST) is a religious charitable trust registered under the Gujarat Public Trust Act, 1950. The Trust is governed by a deed that lays down the terms of its settlement with the then government of Saurashtra state. The Trust is the sole authority to manage and maintain the Somnath temple and 64 other temples in Prabhas Patan, its guesthouses, and the 2,000 acres of land it owns. The SST is different from the committees that manage other major temples like the Dwark-
The Army today said that number of youths from Gujarat joining the armed forces has seen consistent rise off late. A statement issued by the defence spokesperson wing commander Abhishek Matiman on the occasion of the 68 th Army day here today said, the major publicity initiatives comprising of ‘Know your Army’ and ‘Southern Star Info Campaigns’ have borne fruits in the state in the recent times. There has been a consistent increase in the number of youth recruited from the state in the past year and a half. The last four Army recruitment
Govt to rope in private agency for agri procurement: Minister at IIMA
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adhish temple, in that governments do not get any share of the temple revenue. The SST claims the right to regulate entry to the temple, and had issued public notices last
Army sees consistent increase in recruitment from Gujarat Sunvilla News | Gandhinagar
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rallies starting with the one at Patan in February 2014 where approximately 400 candidates were finally selected at a recruitment percentage of 0.98%, has consistently grown with the September 2014 Rally at Palanpur seeing approximately 500 selections at a selection rate of 1.31%, followed by Himmatnagar Recruitment Rally in March 2015 which saw the number of selections surging to around 725 at doubled selection rate of 2.5% The data bears testimony to the success of the sustained efforts of the Gujarat based Golden Katar Division of the army, the statement said.
year asking non-Hindus to seek permission from the general manager of the temple before entering the main structure. The Trust is governed by an eight-member Board
of Trustees, including a chairman and a secretary. Member Trustees vote in elections to the post of chairman every year. The secretary’s tenure is not fixed.
Kite string claims two lives in Vadodara
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Two persons, including a senior citizen, lost their lives after their throats were slit by kite strings laced with glass powder on the first day of Uttarayan festival, police said today. The two, who were riding motorcycles, died last evening in separate incidents,
they said. Bhupendra Govardhanbhai (63) and Mayur Anil Patel (16) bled to death in Karelibagh and Bhayli areas, respectively, after their throats were slashed by deadly ‘manjha’ (razor sharp kite threads), police added. Their bodies were sent to Gujarat Government-run SSG Hospital for post-mortem. Uttarayan (Makar Sakranti) is the day when the Sun starts to travel northwards marking the decline of winter. Kite flying is an integral part of Utarayan, the two-day festival, which is a major event in Gujarat.
Acknowledging that farmers are not getting minimum support price (MSP) for their produce in many parts of the country, Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh today said a private agency will be roped in for procuring various crops. “Farmers in many parts are not getting the MSP decided by the Centre for various agri-commodities. In the eastern part of India, farmers are not getting the MSP of paddy despite our best efforts,” Singh said here. The minister added that the government has decided to rope in a private agency for procurement of various crops.
Singh was speaking at ‘AMAETHON-2016’, a three-day international food, agri-business and rural development summit organised by the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIMA). He further said the Centre’s existing efforts to boost agriculture sector will succeed only
when entrepreneurs and state governments work effectively alongside farmers. Singh called for more discussion and coordination among key stakeholders for achieving the targets of farm development amid the challenges of rising population, climate change and limited natural resources.
Stating that the government has made concerted efforts for the farm sector’s development, Singh said the focus is on making agriculture a “more sustainable and profitable occupation by raising production and encouraging entrepreneurship, cooperativeness and crop innovations.”
N V Anjaria termed the SSNNL (Conferment of Power to Redeem Bonds) Act, passed in March 2008, as “ultra-vires” and “void”. However, the court also said that its order would come into effect after two months. The court further directed the petitioners as well as investors, who have already redeemed their bonds, to approach the
civil court to collect the amount of loss they have incurred due to the Act. The matter had reached the high courts of Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka after the Gujarat government passed the Act in March 2008, which empowered SSNNL, a government company, to redeem the deep discount bonds (DDB) issued to investors be-
fore maturity, which was ending in January 2014. These bonds were issued in 1994 to raise funds for the Sardar Sarovar project, comprising the dam and canal network. Through these bonds, which had a 20-year tenure, government raised Rs 257 crore in 1994. The bonds offered a lucrative 18.9 per cent interest.
Act allowing premature redemption of SSNNL bonds illegal:Gujarat HC Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
In a setback to the Gujarat government, the high court today ruled that an act passed by the state assembly in 2008 to empower Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Ltd (SSNNL) to redeem its bonds before maturity was illegal. A bench of acting Chief Justice Jayant Patel and Justice
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