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Today Match (1) Hyderabad V/s Kolkata (Hyderabad) 04:00 PM (2) Mumbai V/s Gujarat (Mumbai) 08:00 PM Bomb scare on JalandharPathankot train
Agency | Jalandhar An abandoned bag sparked a bomb scare on a Pathankot-bound train after which it was halted at Kandrori station in Himachal Pradesh and passengers evacuated. Later it turned out to be a hoax as the bag was claimed by a woman hailing from Hoshiarpur district of Punjab. “Around 12 PM, an abandoned bag was spotted by a passenger in the DMU: 74901 Jalandhar-Pathankot train. Two wires were coming out from a packet inside the bag which made the passengers suspicious and they informed the railway authorities. Senior police officials from Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh and Pathankot in Punjab reached the spot,” Ferozpur Divisional Rail Manager Anuj Prakash said.
Attack on CBI officials: 5 surrender in court
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April 16, 2016, Saturday
Five persons wanted in connection with the April 8 attack on CBI officials surrendered before a court in Vadipatti here today. Kannan, Parthasathi, Subramani, Nagenthirakumar and Chellamuthu surrendered before a court in Vadipatti, police said. They were remanded to 15 days judicial custody and later taken to the central prison in Madurai, police said. The main accused in the case, Ashokraj, a central excise department Superintendent, had surrendered before a court in Chennai on April 13.
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Petrol price slashed by Rs 0.74, diesel by Rs 1.30 a litre
Petrol, diesel prices slashed Agency | Mumbai
Petrol price was on Friday cut by Rs 0.74 per litre and diesel by Rs 1.30, reversing the 2-month trend of rising rates. Petrol in Delhi will cost Rs 61.13 per litre from midnight tonight as against Rs 61.87 currently, said Indian Oil Corp (IOC), the nation’s largest fuel retailer. Similarly, a litre of diesel will cost Rs 48.01 compared to Rs 49.31 at present. The reduction comes on back of two straight increases in petrol prices - Rs 3.07 a litre on March 17 and Rs 2.19 per litre on April 4, and four straight hikes in diesel prices. Diesel price was last hiked on April 4 by Rs 0.98 a litre and three previous increases totaled
trends of the market will
be reflected in future price changes,” the com- pany added.
Bangalore likely to host IPL 2016 final Agency | Mumbai
Rs 3.65 per litre.“The current level of international product prices of petrol and diesel and Indian Rupee-US Dollar exchange rate warrant decrease in price of petrol and diesel, the impact of which is being passed on to the consumers with this price revision,” IOC said. State-owned fuel retailers IOC, Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL)
and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) revise rates of the fuel on 1st and 16th of every month based on the average oil price and the foreign exchange rate in the preceding fortnight. “The movement of prices in the international oil market and Rupee-USD exchange rate shall continue to be monitored closely and developing
Bangalore is likely to host the IPL final after the fixture had to be moved from Mumbai following the Bombay High Court’s ruling to shift all IPL matches after April 30 out of Maharashtra because of severe drought. Kolkata is in line to stage the Eliminator and the second Qualifier, both originally scheduled in Pune. The proposed changes were
arrived at after IPL chairman Rajiv Shukla met officials from the Mumbai Indians and Rising Pune Supergiants in Delhi and need to be ratified by the league’s governing council. Shukla said Supergiants had listed Visakhapatnam as their alternative
to Pune, though the franchise requested they play their May 1 match in Pune because of a short turnaround; Supergiants also play at home on April 29. Mumbai will decide their alternative venue on Sunday; their options are Jaipur, Raipur and Kanpur.
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At a time when several parts of Maharashtra are facing severe water crisis, thousands of litres of water were used for a makeshift helipad at a village, close to the airport, where Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse landed for reviewing drought situation in Latur district. Local officials used 10,000 litres water for the helipad at Belkund village where the minister paid a visit to review the drought
and water scarcity relief measures on Friday. Incidentally, Belkund is just around 40 km from Latur. When asked about this “wastage” when Latur is being supplied water through rail wagons,
Khadse, a senior BJP leader, said he wasn’t aware of the issue. Opposition NCP termed the use of water as “arrogance” of power” by the BJP-led government. the incident shows the government is
Why Odd-Even will be a roaring success : for Arvind Kejriwal
Delhi’s tryst with destiny is back with the oddeven scheme’s return and no matter what happens the scheme will be great for the man behind it— Arvind Kejriwal. The purpose of odd-even is iffy, the goalpost seemed to have shifted from curbing pollution to empty roads, and the AAP is still happy about it. Why wouldn’t it be? It keeps Arvind Kejriwal, the CM of a state the size of a municipality, with limited judicial powers, in the news. Politics in any democratic set-up, or one that needs to put up the appearance of being one, is based on per-
“non-serious” on drought and has become “arrogant” due to power. “The minister could have landed at Latur where there is a proper airport and then driven to the village in a few minutes. But Khadse wanted to insult people in the drought-affected area who are struggling for a single drop of water,” he said. Latur is one of the worst-affected districts in Marathwada region and of late two special trains carrying water were rushed to the parched city to tide over the crisis.
Shots were fired in an effort to disperse the crowd after a protest against the deaths of four persons in Handwara turned violent.
Agency | Srinagar A class 11 student was killed and three others were injured on Friday after Army opened fire on protesters at Natsuna village in Kupwara district, Jammu-Kashmir. Shots were fired in an effort to disperse the crowd after a protest against the deaths of four persons in Handwara turned violent. “A group of protesters were pelting stones
at the (army) camp but the soldiers exercised restraint. However, the situation started going out of hand as a large number of them tried to storm the camp from all directions,” a police official told reporters. Locals said that a protest was held at Natnusa village soon after the Friday prayers. During the protest, villagers clashed with Army personnel
that left one dead and three protesters injured. Arif Dar, a class 11 student, succumbed to his injuries and the three injured have been referred to Srinagar hospital for treatment. The Valley has been on the boil in the last couple of days over the alleged molestation of a Kashmiri girl by an Armyman in Handwara. Four civilians were killed and dozens injured so far during violent protests in Handwara and Kupwara.
respond within the stipulated time, it will be assumed that he has no response to offer and the MEA will go ahead with the revocation,” he added. The UB Group declined to comment. Last month, the ED registered a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act
to trace the suspected diversion of a Rs.950 crore loan granted to Mallya’s Kingfisher Airlines Ltd by IDBI Bank Ltd. The agency issued a third and final summons to Mallya, asking him to appear before it on 9 April. Mallya did not heed the summons and sought time until May for appearing personally before the agency. It is believed that Mallya left the country for the UK on 2 March using a diplomatic passport issued by the Delhi regional passport office to him by virtue of him being a sitting Rajya Sabha member of Parliament.
Vijay Mallya’s passport suspended; ED seeks non-bailable warrant against him
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ception. Most voters vote based on superficial characteristics like ideological belief, religion, skin colour, sexual orientation and even gender when they should only be based on administrative ability. In the day and age of 24/7 media, it has also become about staying in the news, a trick Arvind Kejriwal has mastered to the T.
Whether it’s abusing the Prime Minister, turning up to show his support for dissenting students (if the area of dissent falls under mainstream media’s purview) or retweeting people who attack the BJP/ RSS/ Centre/ Narendra Modi on social media, Arvind Kejriwal somehow manages to always stay in the news.
“After speaking to the franchises, we have given them four options: Raipur, Jaipur, Kanpur and Visakhapatnam. Mumbai Indians have asked for time till day after tomorrow,” Shukla said. Pune has given Visakhapatnam as its preference.
J&K: Army opens fire at protesters, one dead
In drought-hit Latur, 10000 litres of water for BJP minister’s helipad
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The government on Friday suspended UB Group chairman Vijay Mallya’s passport on the request of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) which is probing money laundering allegations against him. The ED had on Wednesday sought the revocation of Mallya’s passport. “On the advice of the Enforcement Directorate, the passport issuing authority in the ministry of external affairs (MEA) has today suspended the validity of Mr Vijay Mallya’s diplomatic passport with immediate effect for a period of 4 weeks,
under Section 10A of the Passports Act, 1967,” said MEA spokesperson Vikas Swarup. “Mr Mallya has been asked to respond within one week as to why his passport should not be impounded or revoked under Section 10(3)(c) of the Passports Act, 1967. If he fails to
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Mercury rising, but most Indian cities still in siesta mode
The rising Mercury has claimed the lives of 130 people in India, according to media reports. Temperatures broke records in several places, even as the heatwave continued to torment people. Central and peninsular India have experienced the hottest April yet, this year and temperatures are soaring above acceptable limits. Moreover, weather experts predict further rise in temperatures, particularly in western India, Telangana and Rayalseema. India’s signature long, dry and listless summer months have just begun and people are already dying. Last week, the heat wave claimed 66 people in Telangana and 45 in Andhra Pradesh. The vicious summer of 2015 had killed 2,300-plus people, mostly the poor and homeless. The weather forecast for this year is good and bad: While the first official projection of the India Meteorological Department (IMD) will be on April 20, other weather observers have said the rains will be normal. The bad news: The IMD has announced that temperatures will soar higher than normal between April and June and that the frequency of heat waves will be more than normal in central and north-west India. If last year’s summer was an indicator, this year, too, will see deaths. This may sound alarmist but unless city administrations come out with city-specific Heat Action Plans (HAP), deaths are a certainty. Despite the IMD’s advance warnings, only three Indian cities — Ahmedabad, Bhubaneshwar and Nagpur — have come up with robust action plans. The benefits of such an action plan were visible last year in Ahmedabad: There were very few deaths in the city though the temperatures where consistently high. The highlights of the three heat action plans include simple-but-effective measures: Initiating early warning systems and building public awareness through SMSes, building capacity of health professionals, reducing heat exposure and promoting adaptive measures such as cool shelter zones, avoiding power cuts during heat waves and also long-term mitigating plans such as expanding tree planting and gardens, cool roofs, rainwater harvesting, ensuring availability of drinking water and shelter during the hottest times of the day for outdoor labourers and encouraging the use of public transport. None of these are cumbersome and expensive measures but they need advance planning and coordination among different government agencies. Other Indian cities should take the cue from the three front-runners and devise their own city-specific plans because high temperatures are not going to be a one-off phenomenon, thanks to climate change, which increases the frequency and severity of heat waves. While 100 people have died in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, 30 people were killed in Odisha.
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“We’re looking at inflation. If it continues on a downward path, that would create room. We’re looking for signs of a good monsoon. Unfortunately, India is still somewhat sensitive to monsoons, though people find it hard to see a link between monsoon and - Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan said food prices,” more rate cut decisions by the apex bank will depend on the inflation and monsoon rains in the country.
Bipasha-Karan wedding: Exs have ‘No Entry’ Agency | Mumbai
Bipasha Basu weds Karan Singh Grover on April 29. All her exes — Dino Morea, Milind Soman, Harman Baweja and John Abraham — have been left out of her wedding guestlist. It makes sense. None of Shahid Kapoor’s exes — Kareena Kapoor Khan, Priyanka Chopra or Vidya Balan were invited to his wedding. It’s like the final goodbye to the past before moving towards a new beginning. Says an insider, “Bipasha is
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boyfriends, with the exception of John Abraham. However, she is keeping the wedding small and intimate, so it doesn’t look like any of them will make it to the
guest list.”The source continues, “John Abraham is the only one who surely wont be there. They aren’t even on talking terms. She wants close friends to attend and John is not one. She is the friendliest with Dino and Milind and has kept in touch with them. With Harman, she has maintained cordial relations. In fact, Dino was one of the f e w
Fan Movie Review
Agency | New Delhi
A double dose of a Bollywood superstar intent on pushing himself into new zones as an actor makes for a passably watchable spectacle in Maneesh Sharma’s Fan. The film might, however, have yielded decidedly more than just superficial who she told about the delights had the director wedding. And he is so not resorted to standard close to her, that he will go and wish her, even if he is not invited. They are buddies and he can take that liberty with her.”
means to wrap up his tale of an obsessed movie fan run amok. The besotted admirer of the title is Gaurav Chandna (Shah Rukh Khan, with protruding teeth and looking years younger than he is), a West Delhi boy who is a lookalike of a fictional matinee idol, Aryan Khanna (Khan again). Gaurav is unabashedly
obsessed with everything that Aryan Khanna does. The walls of his room are plastered with cutouts of the actor in his various movie roles. Even the cyber cafe that Gaurav runs is named after his favourite actor. The fact that he resembles the showbiz icon makes Gaurav a bit of a star in his own right in the neighbourhood. He impersonates Aryan Khanna at the annual Dussehra mela organized by Inder Vihar’s DDA Colony and walks away with the best performer trophy every year.Trouble is Gaurav takes his ardour beyond acceptable limits. When slighted by the object of his fantasies, he engineers a bitter confrontation between fan and idol that plays out in London, Dubrovnik (Croatia) and Mumbai.
group of friends and requested if she could have a word with him alone, which he rejected outright. And to add to the insult he also suggested that he had moved on an18d she does so too. Reports also claim that Kat was heartbroken. But hey, I guess RK made sense Katrina. The break up and your hot new single status is only going to be good for you. Here’s why… Firstly for any gal including a superstar there is always your Mr Perfect, may be this one did not work out but there are more fishes in the ocean. So Katrina go out there and may be you will find love again, right guys? Ranbir’s non committal status has been common
with all his ex-lovers. And from the very beginning of their relationship marriage talks were strangely only attributed to Katrina. There’s your cue, may be he never would commit. Guess you wanted different things in life. Marriage certainly doesn’t come on top of the Kapoor lad’s priority list, never has. Bollywood believes that single actress is more successful, so even if that is a stereotype look at the positive side. May be you’ve just become a more sought after lady. Also with no other baggage now you can focus on work. There’s Baar Baar Dekho and Jagga Jasoos in hand and possibly you can now better your craft and read more scripts.
5 reasons why Katrina Kaif’s split with Ranbir Kapoor is GOOD for the actress!
Kareena Kapoor’s look from Udta Punjab unveiled
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Alia Bhatt’s first look from Udta Punjab is out and it will shock you
Agency | New Delhi The makers of Udta Punjab revealed the first look of Alia Bhatt from the film on Friday. The actor, who plays a Bihari migrant worker in the drama, seems to be fleeing from danger in the picture. The film is a gritty, visceral take on the problem of substance abuse in Punjab and also stars Shahid Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor Khan and Diljit Dosanjh. The looks of the
other actors were shared earlier. All eyes are now on the trailer of the film which will give fans a more holistic picture. The film has been directed by Abhishek Chaubey and produced by Phantom Films and Balaji Motion Pictures. It releases on June 17. Earlier, Diljit Dosanjh took to Twitter to share the motion-picture of his look and wrote alongside, “Baat Apki Aur Meri Nhi Hai.
produced ‘Life of Pi’ Richa and has been an ExecChadha utive producer on films has been roped in like ‘The Hulk’, ‘G.I. for the lead role in Joe Rise of the Cobra’ David Womark’s Indo- is making a film that deAmerican production picts the brutal realties of human trafficking across “Love Sonia” the globe. The film is being directed by Tabrez Agency | Mumbai Noorani is set to go on Richa Chadda is no floors in May. The film stranger to being part of will be shot in Mumbai quality films. Her reputation to be a class act in front of the camera has earned her the opportunity to be part of some of the best film in the re- • Hirpara Kapil cent times.She now takes • Rudani Chirag this further with being roped in to easy a prom- • Patel Bharat inent lead role in David • Rudani Dixit Womark’s Indo-Amer• Makani Dhruvil ican production - Love Sonia.Womark who has • Patel Prakash
followed by a schedule in Los Angeles. After having captured the European market with her impeccable role of Devi in Masaan after earning rave reviews at Cannes, seems like Richa is now moving towards west with this massive international production. Confirming the project, Richa said
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Agency | New Delhi Katrina Kaif and her much talked about abs at the recently concluded Indian Premiere League opening ceremony is a thing of past. The latest buzz is that the actress at a recent party asked her ex-boyfriend Ranbir Kapoor if they could reconsider the break up. So basically it looked like Katrina wanted to give her relationship with RK Jr another try. It was also reported that Ranbir turned down the actress’ request quite bluntly and asked her to move on. A story in DNA revealed details of Ranbir-Katrina’s conversation at common friend Aarti Shetty’s birthday party. Katrina apparently went up to Ranbir who was chatting with a
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to have variety and think how the batsmen is going to play us and accordingly bowl.” Asked if he is looking to use the IPL as a platform to regain his place in the Indian Test side, Mishra said: “I don’t want to put pressure on myself. Now I want to The semifinal line-up is going to be intriguing record 10-times champijust focus on IPL. I am with Real Madrid facing Manchester City and ons, are unbeaten in their focused on the upcoming last eight games against Bayern Munich taking on Atletico Madrid. matches and not worried English clubs. Their only about what will happen previous game against one and a half month latCity came in 2012 when er. “Right now, I want to the Spanish side won 3-2 be in the top 10 wicket at home before drawing takers list this IPL season. 1-1 in Manchester. The Delhi didn’t do well in only time Atletico have the last two years and we met Bayern was in the want to finish in the top 4 1974 final, when the Gerand we are looking to start man side won 4-0 in a rethat journey from here in play after a 1-1 draw. For Manchester City, with Real’s Cristiano Ronaldo, Agency | London Delhi,” said Mishra, who last played in the Nagpur A repeat of the 2014 the first leg in north-west who scored a hat-trick Test against South Africa Champions League final England. Atletico, who to win the quarter-final in November last year. between Real Madrid and beat holders Barcelo- against Vfl Wolfsburg, Atletico Madrid is still na in the last eight, host it will be another return possible after Friday’s Bayern Munich in their to Manchester, where semi-final draw. Real, first leg. City will host he spent six years with who won that game 4-1 Real on April 26 and At- United before moving to after extra-time, will play letico face Bayern the Spain in 2009. The final make it to the final four first-time semi-finalists following evening. Real, is in Milan on May 28. last year and the task that awaits them is again easier said than done as KKR, champions in 2012 and 2014, are one bat. “Finch and McCulof the strongest outfits in lum are power-hitters the tournament. Though and they gave us a flying they suffered a reverse start by adding 85 runs in against Mumbai Indians, less then nine overs that KKR were at its dazeased the pressure on the zling best against Delhi middle-order batsmen,” Daredevils. The Knight Jadeja said. Finch and Riders will definitely get McCullum notched up a boost if they include 85 runs for the opening mystery spinner Sunil wicket. Finch made 50 I don’t think there would Correspondent | Rajkot Narine in the playing XI, off 36 balls with seven who was rested in the The purists might be be any negative impact on fours and two sixes while last game after making worried about the impact players because of limit- McCullum scored a 31the long journey back af- of Twenty20 on play- ed-overs cricket,” Jadeja ball 49 with three fours ter attending his father’s ers’ technique but Indi- said after his team Gu- and three sixes. Jadeja funeral. Narine would an all-rounder Ravindra jarat Lions’ seven-wick- said the openers made make a handy combina- Jadeja feels the format et win over Rising Pune sure that there was no tion with the chinaman has had no effect of the Super Giants. The Lions’ need to go for big shots. bowler Brad Hogg. Even cricketers’ skills as they chased down a compet- “After getting a flying in the absence of Narine, are well-trained to shift itive 164 with Brendon start from the openers, Hogg and Andre Russel gears whenever required. McCullum (49) and Aar- there was no need to go restricted Delhi Daredev- “Players adapt to the sit- on Finch (50) being the for a big shots,” Jadeja ils to a sub-100 total with uation very quickly and star performers with the said. their canny bowling. India lose 1-2 to New Zealand, need a win over
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Champions League semi-final draw: Real to face Man City, Bayern to meet Atletico
Agency | New Delhi The World Health Organisation has called for a step up in prevention and treatment methods for diabetes to reduce its prevalence. WHO says that the prevalence of the disease has almost quadrupled in the past three decades. In its first global report on diabetes - a chronic disease that occurs either when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or when the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces - the UN health agency warned that cases of diabetes had increased to 422 million in 2014 from 108 million in 1980. The report added that diabetes now affects almost one in 11 adults. ”Both the number of cases and the prevalence of diabetes have been steadily increasing over the past few decades,” states the report, released on World Health Day. It also indicates that among the major factors driving the dramatic rise are overweight and obesity, with one-in-three people being overweight.
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Agency | New Delhi Notwithstanding the dismal start to their campaign in IPL 2016, Delhi Daredevils leg-spinner Amit Mishra on Friday said that his team remains “positive” and will employ an “aggressive” approach when it takes on Kings XI Punjab in New Delhi. “We look to have a positive approach. The preparations are going on well. We have been working hard at the nets.
We’re confident and want to do well. A few matches may not go our way initially but we are going to go all out with an aggressive approach,” Mishra told reporters.“This team has a lot of good players. We have some big hitters in Carlos Brathwaite and Sanju Samson is also there in the middle order but we need to boost our middle order and click as a unit. “The pithes so far are conducive to batting and as a bowler you need
IPL: Chance for Sunrisers to register season’s first win
IPL 2016: Flying start eased pressure on the middle-order, says Ravindra Jadeja
Agency | New Delhi Micromax owned subsidiary Yu televentures could soon launch a new phone called the Yureka Note. The phone’s packaging was leaked on Twitter by AadeepSingh. The retail box of the phone has a listed price of Rs 14,999. The phone is said to not only launch on online platforms but also offline retail channels. The phone is said to sport a massive 6-inch screen with a fullHD 1080p resolution. According to the specifications on the box of the device, the phone may be powered by an octa-core processor clocked at 1.5GHz coupled with 3GB RAM and a Mali GPU. As far as the cameras are concerned on the device, it could have a 13-megapixel camera on the back with an LED flash and an 8-megapixel camera on the front.The phone is also said to have a massive 4,000mAh battery and could have 16GB of internal storage and a microSD card.Like most YU phones, the phone will be running Android 5.1 Lollipop-based CyanogenMod. The phone is said to have Yu6000 as it model number and this is a model number which has popped up before on leaked benchmarks.
Parasitic worms can help treat inflammatory bowel disease
Agency | London The findings provide important insights into how intestinal worms, or helminths, manipulate the gut microbiota in a way that is beneficial for its host.Researcher Deepshika Ramanan and colleagues found that mice deficient in the gene Nod2, which are used to model Crohn’s disease, develop abnormalities in their small intestines, including a compromised layer of mucus and changes to intestinal cell morphology. These alterations allowed for greater colonization by the bacteria Bacteroides vulgatus. The team found that chronic infection of these mice with the helminth Trichuris muris restored the mucus and cell morphology within the small intestines.
Agency | Hyderabad Eyeing their first win of the season, Sunrisers Hyderabad would be looking to put up an improved show in their home ground where they lock horns with Kolkata Knight Riders, who would also be keen to get back to winning ways in the Indian Premier League here tomorrow. Sunrisers suffered a 45-run loss to Royal Challengers Bangalore in their opening
game with RCB’s Virat Kohli, A B de Villiers and Shane Watson having a blast with the bat against the hapless Hyderabad bowlers. A victory against KKR, at the Rajiv Gandhi International cricket stadium, will go a long way in bringing Sunrisers’ campaign back on track. Two-time title winners KKR also lost their last match, having started the tournament with a victory. SRH could not
Gautam Gambhir breaks Suresh Raina’s record for most IPL fifties
In the 119 IPL matches that he has played so far, Gambhir has scored 3235 runs. Agency | New Delhi
Gautam Gambhir has always led his team from the front. Whether it is Delhi Daredevils or Kolkata Knight Riders, the diminutive opener has always believed in letting his bat do the talking. And the results have shown. The southpaw is amongst the three most successful captains
in the Indian Premier League alongwith Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Rohit Sharma, having led KKR to the IPL twice - in 2012 and 2014. Gambhir was the batting mainstay at Delhi Daredevils when he was bought by Shah Rukh Khan-owned Kolkata Knight Riders for a then record US $2.4 million in the 2011 auc-
tion.And in Wednesday’s match against the Mumbai Indians at the Eden Gardens, Gambhir again led by example scoring 64 from 52 balls (4x4, 1x6). Though the match ended in a defeat for KKR, there was some consolation for Gambhir as his 27 half-centuries are the most by any batsman in the IPL. Gambhir also crossed 1000-run mark at the Eden Gardens. In the 119 IPL matches that he has played so far, Gambhir has scored 3235 runs at an average of 30.23 with a strike rate of 123.99, with 93 being his highest score. But Gambhir will have to be on his toes as David Warner, Rohit Sharma and Suresh Raina have all scored 26 half-centuries each in the IPL and would be gunning for more.
Malaysia for final berth in Azlan Shah Cup
Agency | Ipoh India’s chances of advancing to the final suffered a blow after they went down 1-2 to defending champions New Zealand in their penultimate round-robin league match of the 25th Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament on Wednesday. Goals from Ken Russell (28th minute) and Nick Wilson (41st) clinched victory for defending champions New Zealand, who managed to
weather the hot and humid conditions better than the Indians, whose only goal came from Mandeep Singh in the 36th minute. Wilson’s match-winner resulted from a defensive error committed by the Indians as they failed to clear the ball properly in their own striking circle. New Zealand benefitted from the loose ball in the Indian circle in the 41st minute, when a reverse shot from the goal-line
was padded by the Indian goalkeeper and deflected to the middle. Defender Harmanpreet failed to connect in his reflex attempt to push the ball out and Wilson had the easiest task of shooting into the goal for what turned out to be the match-winner for the Black Sticks. An Indian victory on Wednesday would have put them in the final, while a draw would have still kept them ahead of New Zealand.
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Bhavsinh Rathod’s son kingpin of Rs 270 crore drug racket: Police
Tobacco farmers stare at unsold crop worth Rs 3000 cr, after closure by manufacturers on pictorial warning
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Kishorsinh Rathod, son of Congress leader and former MLA Bhavsinh Rathod has emerged main suspect of Rs 270 crore drug manufacturing racket. Police is in search of Kishorsinh and his aide Jay Mukhi. One Narendra Kacha is already arrested in this case. The announcement on Kishorsinh’s involvement was made by senior police officer J.K.Bhatt. He said Kishorsinh has history of crime. He had been arrested earlier in counterfeit currency case and sentenced five year imprisonment. Kishorsinh’s father and former MLA, Congress leader Bhavsinh Rathod alleged that his son was framed due to political reasons. He said his
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son was in Mumbai and out of contact. Bhavsinh has also criminal history. He was served behind bars in connection with narcotics smuggling charges under ‘the NDPS Act’ and also under Section 135A of the Customs Act. Involvement of Bhavsinh in this case can’t be denied. Ahmedabad Police Crime Branch and Anti Terrorist Squad(ATS) yesterday in a joint operation recovered 1300 Kg ephedrine
which is used to make narcotic drug methamphetamine. Ephedrine had arrived from Maharashtra and it was to be processed in an industrial unit in Vahelal area of Ahmedabad to make methamphetamine. MD Steel shade in Vahelal near Ahmedabad, the place used for drug racket was hired by MD Steel about fifteen days ago to Kishorsinh Rathod for Rs 31,000. Kishor and Jay had visited Dubai and
Gujarat polarisation panel held no hearing, wound up
Correspondent | Gandhinagar
A one-man judicial commission appointed by the Gujarat government in 2009 to conduct a detailed inquiry into “polarisation of population on the basis of different religions” in the state since independence was wound up last year because it made no headway, never held any public hearing and received only one affidavit in six years of existence. Headed by Justice (retired) B J Sethna, the commission, which was given four extensions and functioned from a house on Judges Bungalow Road in Bodakdev area of Ahmedabad, never submitted a report
and was wound up in August last year when its term ran out. K M Bhavsar, who was acting secretary of the commission in its last days, said Justice Sethna had sought an extension for the panel when its term ended but it was turned down by the state government. Bhavsar said the commission received only one affidavit and that
too after it published two public notices in newspapers — the affidavit came from Ankleshwar in Bharuch district. “The commission did not conduct a single public hearing since there was virtually nobody to depose,” he said. When said.sought his comments, Justice Sethna declined to speak on anything related to the commission.
held meeting with some drug mafias from Poland. The meeting was arranged by one NRI Gujarati. As per the details of this meeting, some party drug was made by Kishorsinh in Gujarat was to be sent to Amsterdam and European countries.
Staring at a loss of crop worth of Rs 3000 crores after bidi, cigarette, gutkha producers stopped production under new norms; the apex industry bodies representing close to 4.5 lakh Gujarat’s tobacco farmer and 1.5 lakh Gujarat micro retailers selling tobacco products came together on Friday
to demand the roll back of the 85 per cent of mandatory pictorial warning rule on tobacco products. Tobacco farmers in state claim to be staring at Rs 3000 crore of unsold crops lying at home which are in danger of being destroyed by the ensuing monsoons in Gujarat. Recalling PM Modi rolling back the 12.5 per cent VAT on raw
Gujarat: Bhavnagar man arrested in counterfeit notes racket dies in hospital Correspondent | Rajkot
A farmer who had been arrested last month by Special Operation Group (SOG) of Bhavagar after alleged counterfeit notes worth Rs 30,500 were recovered from him, died in a government hospital in Bhavnagar city following a paralysis attack. Bhagwan Chauhan (41), a resident of Tadhavad village in Talaja taluka of Bhavnagar was arrested by SOG on March 30 after 61 counterfeit notes of Rs 500 denomination were allegedly recovered from him. Based on the information provided by Bhagwan, police also raided residence of one Kalu Mori in Bhakhalka village also in Talaja and allegedly recovered 27 fake notes of Rs500 denomination each from his also. SOG
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tobacco in 2007 during his stint as CM, officials from the Gujarat Tobacco Merchants Association and Ahmedabad & Vadodara Paan Bidi Vikreta Association appealed to PM Modi to take a moderate and balanced stand on the issue by quashing the 85 per cent warning rule on all tobacco products levied by the Central government since April 1. “Around 8 years back, when Narendra Modi was CM, he had waived a VAT on raw tobacco after he heard our appeal and understood plight of tobacco farmers here. Tobacco farming in Gujarat is a 150 year old traditional crop and the government encourage us by flagging off the Central Tobacco Research Institute in 1947 to bring better
yield through research and we have benefitted from it. We have never been discouraged by the government to stop tobacco farming. But now bidi manufacturers have shut operations claiming the increase of pictorial warnings from 40 per cent on one side to 85 per cent across the packet leaves them with just 15 per cent space that is insufficient to mention their brand. This directly affects us our ready crop worth Rs 3000-3500 crores which is lying in farmer’s homes in Gujarat and may be destroyed as monsoon arrives, if the issue is not resolved by then,” said Gujarat Tobacco Merchant Association (GTMA) President Bhikhubhai N Patel.
Correspondent | Mahesana
of the community including the representatives of the Patidar Anamat Aandolan Samiti (PAAS) led by jailed quota stir leader Hardik Patel and Sardar Patel Group (SPG) of Lalji Patel, who has announced to start a jail bharo agitation from April 17 from Mahesana, would also participate in the meeting. The meeting is taking place close on heels to the symbolic fast of the Patidar Sangh in Surat in which several BJP leaders also participated. The talks of giving special status to the community for reservation benefits to end the stir are also doing the rounds.
Ministers committee on quota issues to hold meeting on April 18: Nitin Patel
said that Mori was manager of Shetrunji Dam branch Bhavnagar District Cooperative (BDC) Bank Limited. Police had subsequently arrested three other men also in this connection, including Bhagwan’s younger brother Dilip and the mastermind of the alleged racket, Sunil Dungraliya. After his police remanded ended on April 2, Bhagwan was sent to judicial custody and was lodged in Bhavnagar district jail since. However, he suffered an attack of pa-
ralysis on April 5 and was admitted to Sir Takhtasinji General Hospital in Bhavnagar city. “After the paralysis attack, he had lost control over his left limbs and had remained in intensive care unit for three days. His condition worsened in the wee hours of Friday as he started vomiting at 12:30 AM. Despite all efforts by doctors, he succumbed to the attack at 4 AM,” Nilambaug police sub-inspector Meghabhai Renuka said.
The seven ministers committee headed by health minister Nitin Patel will hold a meeting on April 18 in capital Gandhinagar to discuss the issues pertaining to resolution of the around nine month old Patidar reservation agitation. The committee was constituted by chief minister Mrs Anandiben Patel last year to hold talks with various community outfits demanding reservation for them. Mr. Patel told newsmen here today that the meeting will be held at 2 pm and take up various issues related to the resolution of the quota stir. The minister also said that various leaders
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