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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will begin his two-day Gujarat visit by holding a roadshow in Surat after arriving there tomorrow evening, an official said. “The PM is scheduled to land at the Surat airport at 6:45 PM. From there, he will embark on a roadshow over an 11-kilometre stretch between Airport and Circuit House,” Surat Collector M S Patel Said. At Circuit House, the PM will meet BJP leaders and stay there for the night. On Monday, the PM will inaugurate Rs 400-crore Kiran Multi Super Specialty Hospital and Research Centre, built by a trust, Patel said. Modi will then go to Hira Bourse SEZ at Icchapur village in the district to inaugurate a diamond polishing unit of Hari Krishna Export Private Limited. From there, the Prime Minister will go to Bijapur village of Tapi district to inaugurate a cattle feed plant and ice- cream plant of Surat District Cooperative
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Milk Producers Union, popularly known as Sumul Dairy, and remotely lay foundation stones for dairy products plant at Nava Pardi. He will also address a gathering there, Sumul Dairy officials said. Modi will then visit Silvassa in the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli where also he will address a gathering apart from inaugurating new projects and distributing assistance to beneficiaries. Around 21,000
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has dismissed reports that he quit as the Defence Minister due to pressure of key issues, like Kashmir. “Reports attributed to me by some news agency regarding my speech at Ambedkar Jayanti is factually incorrect,” Mr Parrikar tweeted today. Mr Parrikar’s office too released a statement saying his remarks on return to Goa after quitting as Defence Minister were in no way linked to the pressure of some key issues like Kashmir. “The speech in
beneficiaries of different schemes of the Centre will be distributed help kits there. Modi will then head to Botad in Saurashtra to inaugurate phase-1 of Sauni project for Botad and surrounding districts. He will also lay foundation stone for phase-2 of the project. In August last year, Modi had inaugurated the first phase of ambitious Saurashtra Narmada Avtaran Irrigation (Sauni) Project from Jamnagar. Under this project, which
is divided in four phases, the Gujarat government plans to fill 115 dams of Saurashtra region with excess overflowing water of Sardar Sarovar Dam across river Narmada through a web of pipeline network. This is Modi’s second visit to his home state this year. He had earlier visited Gandhinagar on March 8 to address women sarpanchs from across the country on International Women’s Day.
to visit nation’s capital New Delhi on Sunday for a discussion regarding security of fishermen and rescue operations in the region. But the delegation was not given clearance to visit by the Ministry of Defence, according to Coast Guard sources cit-
ed said. Jadhav, 46, was given death sentence after a military court in Pakistan found him guilty of “spying” charges. India strongly retaliated against the judgment and said Jadhav’s hanging will be treated as a “premeditated murder”. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj also said if the execution takes place, the relations between the two nations will further deteriorate.
leader and former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Abdullah has won the Srinagar Lok Sabha by-poll beating principal opponent People’s Democratic Party’s Nazir Ahmed Khan comfortably. Abdullah defeated Nazir by over 10,700 votes. After winning the election, Abdullah requested the Centre and the president to dismiss the present government
were in the Wayri Beach area on a picnic. Around 30 of them ventured to take a swim in the sea. The police claimed that the students allegedly ignored warning of strong current by the locals and ventured into the sea. Fishermen managed to
rescue three of them and later retrieved the bodies of the other eight, which included three girls. Nineteen others swam to safety. “It was the time of high tide and some students had ventured into the deep sea. After some of them began drowning, others rushed to save them. But it was too late,” the police said. Sindhudurg police control official Ravindra Ghirkar said that one of the three stu-
dents rescued is in critical condition and undergoing treatment at a hospital in the nearby Malvan region. “Three students have been rescued and are under medical observation,” the police said. “Two of them are admitted in a Malvan hospital and one girl, who is in a serious condition, is being treated at a state-run hospital in Oros,” said Amogh Goankar, Superintendent of Police, Sindhudurg, said.
local language of chief minister (Parrikar) regarding Kashmir issue was in no way connected to his becoming chief minister of Goa which was under the necessity of situation due to coalition partners’ demand,” the chief minister’s office (CMO) said in a statement. “In the speech Honorable Chief Minister had indicated that Kashmir being a sensitive issue needs to be handled through long-term policy frame work,” it added. Mr Parrikar, who was sworn in as the Goa chief minister for the fourth time
last month, had spoken in Konkani while addressing a gathering in Panaji on Friday on the occasion of the 126th birth anniversary of Dr BR Ambedkar. Talking about Kashmir issue at the event, Mr Parrikar had said “It is not easy to resolve the Kashmir issue. There is a need for a long-term policy to resolve the Kashmir issue.” Later, in the same address, he had also said that New Delhi wasn’t a place he got habituated to. “Delhi is not my place. It is not the place I am habituated to,” Mr Parrikar said.
and impose governor’s rule and conduct fresh elections. “I Request government of India and President to dismiss present govt right away,” said. He added governor’s rule must be imposed & elections must be “conducted under governor’s rule”. He also thanked people of Srinagar for their support and said that the results showed people were in support of NC. “(I) thank people who supported (us). This was the bloodiest election ever. Results show that people are in favour of NC,” he said. Though there were nine candidates in the fray, it was, to be fair, a two-way contest between the NC and PDP candidates. Abdullah, 79, was defeated in 2014 General Election from the same constituency by Tariq Hameed Karra of the PDP. However, Kar-
ra resigned recently as a mark of protest against civilian killings in Kashmir. Abdullah has traditionally been strong in his homeground Srinagar. He was elected to the Lok Sabha for the first time in 1980 from Srinagar unopposed. He has a strong following in Srinagar, especially in some pockets held by minorities. The voting in Srinagar for the bypoll held on April 9 was abysmally low with just a little over 7 per cent turnout amid boycott call by separatists and militant and widespread clashes between violent mobs and security forces. At least eight people were killed in the violence The polls were held again on Thursday for 38 polling stations and the turnout was a record low for the state–2 per cent.
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Raising EVM tampering allegations against the Bharatiya Janata Party, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said, “Election Commission should answer on cases of EVM tampering. In future, elections must be held on ballot paper.” The former state chief minister was addressing a press conference. He also said the Samajwadi Party will play a major role in future politics of the country. “Aane wale samay mein desh mein jo bhi gathbandan banega, SP usme aham bhoomika nibhayegi (Samajwadi Party will play an important role in the coalition that will be formed in the country in the future),” he said. The Samajwadi Par-
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Amid ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan over the death sentence awarded to former Indian naval officer Kulbhushan Jadhav, India has ty leader also criticised reportedly called off marthe ruling state govern- itime security dialogue ment for doing politics in with Pakistan, which was the name of religion. “BJP scheduled to take place in wale to aise hain ki hume the coming week. A delHindu hi nahi samajhte, egation led by Pakistan’s Ab to aisa hai ki Mandir Maritime Security Agenjaon to pehle photo tweet cy (MSA) was scheduled kar doon (BJP does not even consider me Hindu anymore. The situation is such that I have to now tweet a photo every time I visit a temple to pray,” Agency | Mumbai Yadav said. Yadav also slammed the anti-romeo Eight engineering stusquads deployed by CM dents from Karnataka’s Yogi Adityanath’s gov- Belgaum district drowned ernment and said many in the sea today off Vayri innocent people are get- coast in Sindhudurg disting beaten up and insult- trict of Maharashtra. Aned by the squads. “Romeo other three students were ke chakkar mein kitne pit rescued and are undergorahe hain, Kitne apmaan ing treatment, police said. ho rahein hain (How According to the police, many people are getting the victims were part of a beaten up and insulted in group of 47 students from the state due to anti-Ro- Maratha Engineering Colmeo squad).” lege in Belgaum, who
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Powerful people can’t bring themselves to say sorry They say to err is human to forgive divine but conveniently skip over the critical intervening stage of the need to apologise. No doubt this is because saying sorry isn’t easy. It’s an admission of a mistake. More importantly, it would suggest contrition. An apology is, therefore, a humbling experience that few are capable of. Two recent events prove my point. One concerns an MP, a member of a category that considers itself very important. The other concerns the government. Ravindra Gaikwad, the Shiv Sena MP who boasted of beating an Air India manager with his slippers, couldn’t bring himself to apologise. The best he could manage was “to convey his regrets”, but to the civil aviation minister and not the victim of his assault. Even this expression of regret was hypocritical if not, actually, illogical. Speaking in Parliament Mr Gaikwad claimed he had only pushed the official and only after he himself had been pushed around. He also claimed the Air India official had taunted him. In other words he had been provoked. This account of what happened doesn’t suggest regret but an attempt to whitewash the incident and escape blame. To be honest, Mr Gaikwad’s regret was a ploy to get his travel-ban lifted. It’s a shame it was. In his case he didn’t admit to erring, refused to apologise but was, nonetheless, forgiven! I guess this is why the need to apologise isn’t necessary to link erring with forgiveness. The incident connected with the government is worse. It concerns the despicable attack on Africans in Greater Noida. Not once but repeatedly and at multiple levels the government refused to accept the attack was racist. Understandably that stand riled the African ambassadors. How different their response would have been if, instead, the government had said: “Whilst we’re investigating the incident we apologise for what happened. That this should have happened to our African guests at the hands of their Indian hosts shames us.” This simple apology would have defused the situation immediately. Worse, the spokesman of the external affairs ministry called the attack “a criminal act triggered following the untimely death of a young student under suspicious circumstances.” First, that suggested a link between the two and an explanation for the attack on the Africans. Far from apologising this was placing-in-context and, perhaps, justifying why it happened. Even more bizarrely, the spokesman failed to mention that the five Nigerian students initially arrested in connection with the Indian student’s death were released within 24 hours because the police found no evidence to link them to the alleged crime. He also suppressed the fact Abhinandan Singh, additional superintendent of police in Greater Noida, had said there is no evidence that any Africans were involved in the student’s death or, even, that he died of a drug overdose. The spokesman’s intention was to put the best gloss on what happened rather than express contrition leave aside apologise.
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QUOTE “As president of NC, I demand and I request the government of India and the President of India that this government should be dismissed right away so that the OF THE Governor’s Rule comes into play and people can have some peace,” DAY Fatima Sana Shaikh to play Srijit Mukherji says he wants to work with Aamir Khan’s heroine in next? Vidya Balan in every film that he makes - National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah today demanded the dismissal of PDP-BJP government and sought Governor’s Rule in Jammu and Kashmir claiming that the Mehbooba Mufti led regime had failed to conduct a peaceful election.
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Actor Vidya Balan has got another admirer in National award-winning filmmaker Srijit Mukherji. All praises for her, Srijit says it’s a director’s delight to work with an ace actor like Vidya. The filmmaker, who has directed Vidya in his debut Bollywood directorial, Begum Jaan, also adds that Vidya has given an award-winning performance in the film. “I want to work with Vidya in every film of mine [now]. The kind of intensity she brings to the screen with her performance, is extraordinary,” says Srijit. Talking about Vidya’s character in the film, Srijit shares that the nuances she brought to the character can’t go unnoticed. “There are many layers to her character. While she is a strong individual, there are times when she is attractive and feminine too. There is also a maternal side to her character. She has performed the role so brilliantly. I’d say she has definitely given an award-winning performance,” adds the National award-winning director.
Of late, rumour mills have been working overtime as far as Aamir Khan’s heroine in Thugs of Hindostan is concerned. As per rumours, several names such as Alia Bhatt, Shraddha Kapoor, Kriti Sanon, Fatima Sana Shaikh and Sara Ali Khan have been considered for the coveted role in the film that will see Aamir and Amitabh Bachchan working together for the first time ever in the Yash Raj Films’ production venture. But now, HT has got its hands on a leaked look test picture that Fatima, who played Geeta Phogat in Dangal (2016), gave for the Vijay Krishna Acharya-directed film. The actor, looking completely different from her wrestler look (from Dangal), stands out as a warrior. “Makers are still in the process of finalising the female lead,” says a source. “Fatima’s look test picture comes as a shock on several accounts. First, Fatima, who played Aamir’s daughter in their last film, is auditioning for the female lead opposite him.
Sonam Kapoor on attending National Sonakshi Sinha on beeping Awards: ‘My dad will be my date’ Barkha Dutt reference in Noor: 17 years on, it will be a reversal of roles as Sonam Kapoor receives her Special Mention CBFC needs to come to consensus at the National Awards next month Agency | Mumbai
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The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has recently asked Noor makers to edit a reference to journalist Barkha Dutt in the film. Some media reports suggest that CBFC asked to either entirely remove the reference or beep the word ‘Dutt’ in the film. Now, film’s leading lady Sonakshi Sinha says that censor board needs to have a uniform approach while censoring movies. Sonakshi said. “The censor board really needs to come to a consensus within themselves on what is right in one film… Is not right in another film.” Sonakshi Sinha plays the titular role ‘Noor’ apparently admires journalist Barkha Dutt in the film. When the actor was asked about editing the surname ‘Dutt’, Sonakshi said, “There is no consistency in what they censor or what they censor, so I think they first need to come to a consensus.” Sonakshi earlier said. “I really want people to stop calling it a ‘female or women-centric’ film. When a male actor does it nobody calls it a male-centric movie. A film is a film, you watch it as that, not based on the gender of the protagonist. These headlines that ‘Sonakshi is doing a female-centric film’, it makes no sense. I am an actor, I am doing a film and that’s it. Gender doesn’t have to come in here.” “We as an audience have very recently opened up to receiving a film with a female protagonist.
This picture of Lisa Haydon FLAUNTING her baby bump is BREAKING the internet! Agency | New Delhi
Lisa Haydon shows off her growing baby bump while in the bath tub.
Lisa Haydon is turning out to be one sexy mommy-tobe! Ever since announcing her pregnancy in January, Haydon has been posting one picture after the other of her baby bump, even into her professional photo shoots in the most classy way possible. And now, she has posted another picture that has gone viral on social media. Haydon shared a picture on her Instagram account of her lounging in her bath tub, taking a nice long soak.
The bubbles, strategically placed, do just enough to reveal her glistening baby bump as she lounges in the water reading a magazine and letting the light pour in through the window in front of the tub. Haydon is the picture of luxury and beauty in this post, despite us not being able to even see her face here. Haydon has constantly been sharing posts of her new figure, and proudly shows off her baby bump, beginning with the grand manner in which she announced it in January.
Sonam Kapoor has been awarded the Special Mention for Neerja (for A convincing performance of a real-life icon) in the National Film Awards. The awards is given for outstanding performance in the field of entertainment including films, acting, music or writing and the recipients are awarded with certificate of merit. Nine years ago, Sonam’s father Anil Kapoor was given the Special Jury award and the then 21-yearold Sonam had received it on his behalf. This year, it will be Anil escorting her. She talks about the special mention... My dad will accompany me as my date. I remember, for Gandhi My Father, we had to go a day before for the rehearsals and I had gone on stage with him. Dad got the best actor award for Pukar (2000). I remember that we all went as a family to collect that award. If I attend this year, I am obviously taking my family with me. I hope my Neerja director Ram (Madhvani) will be also there. All credit goes to him.
Rajinikanth: Bharathiraja doesn’t like me as an actor Agency | Bengaluru
Superstar Rajinikanth was at his witty best at the inaugural function of filmmaker Bharathiraja’s BRIIC, short for Bharathiraja International Institute of Cinema, in Chennai recently. He spoke about his ‘complicated’ relationship with the veteran filmmaker, who never accepted him as a good actor. “I like him (Bharathiraja) very much. He likes me as a good person but doesn’t like me as an actor,” he said. “In his old interviews, when journalists used to ask Bharathiraja’s opinion on
me as an actor, he would say, ‘He is a good human being.’ He never accepted me as a good actor,” said Rajinikanth, who enjoys a demi-god status among the fans in Tamil Nadu. “I could read his face and hear his mind voice. He always wondered how I become such a big actor,” he added. He said Bharathiraja asked for his ‘time’ only twice so far. Once for the shooting
of 1977 film 16 Vayathinile and the second time for inauguration event of his acting school. 16 Vayathinile was the directorial debut of Bharathiraja, which had Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan. While Kamal played the protagonist, Rajinikanth made a mark in the film as a villain. “I too was a film institute student. Although I learned more from my mentor late K Balachander and other directors on sets, I know how studying in a film school could be helpful in getting the right contacts.
3 / Dt. 16-04-2017, Sunday ‘Mashal Khan Was Intellectually Curious’, Say His Teachers, Friends Agency | Mardan The ransacked university hostel room of murdered Pakistani student Mashal Khan has posters of Karl Marx and Che Guevara still hanging on the walls, along with scribbled quotes including one that reads: “Be curious, crazy and mad.” The day before, a heated debate over religion with fellow students broke out at the dorm and led to people accusing Khan of blasphemy. That attracted a crowd that grew to several hundred people, according to witnesses. The mob kicked in the door, dragged Khan from his room and beat him to death, witnesses and police said. The death in the northwestern city of Mardan is the latest violence linked to accusations of blasphemy in Pakistan. Those who knew Khan described him as an intellectually curious student who openly professed devotion to Islam but asked many questions. “Whatever he had to say, he would say it openly, but he didn’t understand the environment he was living in,” said one of Khan’s teachers at Abdul Wali Khan University, who declined to be named for fear of retribution. Crimes related to blasphemy are a serious offence in Pakistan, and penalties range from small fines to the death sentence. At least 65 people have been murdered over blasphemy allegations since 1990, according to figures from a Center for Research.
‘We Are Giving A Bad Name To Our Country’: Malala Yousafzai On Pakistan Agency | New Delhi
Pro-education activist Malala Yousafzai has condemned the murder of Pakistani student Mashal Khan and said that the terrorising incident has brought disgrace to Pakistan. “Today I heard about the death of Mashal Khan. It is a very agonising incident... This incident alone has brought disgrace to our nation. I urge people to know your religion, values and culture. They have always professed peace and tolerance,” the youngest Nobel laureate said yesterday, in a video posted on Geo News and shared on social media. “We complain of Islamophobia and say that other nations are disgracing us. No one is doing that. It is us who are giving a bad name to our country,” Ms Yousafzai further stated. She also said that she spoke to Mashal Khan’s father, who gave her a message of peace. The activist also said that people have forgotten the true meaning of religion and values. “This wasn’t the funeral procession of just Mashal Khan, but the message of our religion, which is peace and tolerance. We have forgotten our values and are not representing our religion,” the activist said. “Islam does not tell us to be impatient and intolerant,” Ms Yousafzai added. Malala Yousafzai, who was shot at by Taliban terrorists for her pro-education advocacy, also urged institutions in Pakistan to condemn the incident.
Iraqi child with 8 limbs successfully operated by Indian doctors Agency | New Delhi
A team of doctors here has successfully operated upon a seven-month-old baby from Iraq who was suffering from polymelia — a birth defect involving limbs — to give him a new lease of life. Polymelia is a birth defect in which the affected individual has more than the usual number of limbs and, in this case, the boy, named Karam who was brought to the hospital in a very critical condition, had eight limbs. “Both the legs of the baby which were protruding out of the stomach were connected through his sternum (the breastbone) and there was no abdominal wall defect. His blood veins were also adjoined to his liver veins,” Ashish Rai, Senior Consultant, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Jaypee Hospital, told reporters here. With the help of complex microscopic technique, these veins were separated and then his legs protruding out of his stomach were removed from his body. When Karam was brought to the hospital he was just two-weeks-old. His limbs and the intestines were distorted along with situs inversus of the intestine with an extremely rare condition where a conjoined twin did not fully form and was partially absorbed. The team of doctors observed the baby and considering the risk factors, decided to perform the critical surgery in three stages. In the first stage, Karam’s clubfeet was treated and the two limbs which were protruding out of his stomach were removed. In the second stage, the doctors performed “PA Band” surgery so that his left ventricle can control his entire body’s blood circulation after the treatment and he can undergo a ‘Double Switch Surgery’ in future. In the third stage of the surgery, the other two limbs were also removed from his body.
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The 10th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is just 10 days old but it has already seen its ugly share of controversies. Mumbai Indians (MI) all-rounder Kieron Pollard expressed his anger to Sanjay Manjrekar’s comments during his side’s four-wicket thrilling win over Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on Sunday. Manjrekar had reportedly said, “Pollard does not have the brains to play early in the innings.” Chasing 180, Pollard had struggled to a run-a-ball 17 and Manjrekar opined that Pollard was not suited to bat higher in the order. MI still managed to pull off the thriller courtesy a brisk knocks from Nitish Rana and Hardik Pandya. Manjrekar on Saturday clarified his stance on the
Andre Russell, West Indies cricket star, wants Deepika, Priyanka in debut album entire issue with a tweet. “Said ” Does he have the range?” Using terms like ‘no brains’ or ‘brainless’ not my style. I can be critical but never insulting,” tweeted Manjrekar. The case of misreporting has led to a furore in social media. West Indies cricketer Tino Best had lambasted Manjrekar over his comments in a series of tweets. On a lighter note, in MI’s next game against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the same venue, Ravi Shastri shared a light moment
with Manjrekar on the same issue in the commentary box. “Oh, the big man is in the house. Sanjay, your buddy! [Did] You get a chance to speak to him when you went for the toss?” asked Shastri. In middle of the laughter around, Manjrekar replied, “Kept a safe distance. Couple of security guys outside the commentary box as well. That was a shocker, it came out of nowhere, the compliment that he paid me. It just came out of nowhere.”
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West Indies cricketer Andre Russell, who played for Kolkata Knight Riders in the Indian Premier League (IPL) last year, is busy making his name in another field: music. The Caribbean star all-rounder is serving a year-long ban for violating an anti-doping code. The 28-year-old Jamaican said, “It is true that I will be debuting as a singer this year. Since I’m not playing cricket currently, I thought it would make sense to utilise my time and resources more constructively. And that’s when I came up with the idea of putting together a single.” “Cricket has alBoth B Sai Praneeth and Kidambi Srikanth emerged victorious in ways been my first love, but I’m quite fond of their respective Singapore Open semi-finals in men’s singles and every centimetre of the court. Srikanth almost gave away the point with a misjudgement but got Agency | New Delhi back at the last second. Gujarat Lions bowler Kept the point going beetched his name in the refore Ginting missed at the cord books after the fast net Srikanth with a thunbowler scalped a hattrick dering smash cross court and Ginting can’t dive on his IPL debut in the last across and return it. Both over of the Rising Pune men throwing everything Supergiant innings in RaSai Praneeth will compete in it Ginting prevailing jkot. Tye removed Ankit Agency | New Delhi in respective semi-final and remaining alive with Sharma after Brendon For the past few months, matches. Catch live score some well McCullum took a stunning India’s challenge on badand updates Singapore Open p l a y e d catch at long-off while minton courts has been from semi-fidrop shots. sent Manoj Tiwary who Super Series: dominated by the womnals involvK e e p i n g was caught deep square en. PV Sindhu has been Kidambi Srikanth ing Kidambi them close leg by Ishan Kishan. Tye the cornerstone of In- Srikanth and (in picture) and B to the net then cleaned up Shardul dia’s challenge from Rio Bai Praneeth and hard Thakur with a knuckle ball Olympics last year to the at Singapore Sai Praneeth were to deci- to achieve the feat. This India Open Super Series Open Super in action in men’s pher. Fol- was the second hattrick of two weeks back. Mean- Series. 1616 singles semi-finals lows one the day as RCB’s Samuwhile the men have been hrs IST: Gintup with el Badree too bagged one hurt by injuries and dis- ing with a high return a thundering smash into against Mumbai Indians in appointing form. But at and Kidambi Srikanth Srikanth’s body. One the first game of the day. Singapore Open, two men smashes it. Match point more point to the Indo- The Australian also picked have stayed alive while 1614 hrs IST: What an nesian and the two com- up a five-wicket haul the women crashed out. incredible rally from both plexion of the match has during the course. While Kidambi Srikanth and B players. Moving to each changed. 16-14 now talking to IPL website, the
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singing and dancing, too, since we Jamaicans love music and it runs in our blood,” said Andre Russell. “I’ll also shoot the video of my next single. I’ve been taking lessons from (West Indies teammate Dwayne) Bravo in music.” Bravo is part of the Gujarat Lions squad in IPL 2017. The very colourful Andre Russell follows in the footsteps of Bravo, who launched
his career last year with the hit single Champion. Russell has been signed by the same record label that’s handling Bravo. “They’re based in Los Angeles, and they are the same (label) who were also the producers for (Justin) Bieber’s recent song, Sorry. In fact, I recorded in the same studio and mic (with which) Bieber recorded,” said Russell.
Western Australian bowler came up with some facts and how much he waited to get on to the field in the cash-rich league. “I think it was 34 matches now, I have waited to get my first game in the IPL. The way it came out today, I got a few wickets, it could have been better.” Praveen Kumar was clinical in removing Ajinkya Rahane in the very first over for a duck and it certainly provided Gujarat with the momentum. “We went out there
with certain attitude that we have to be energetic, we needed things to be done today because they hadn’t work for us in last couple of times. The way we started with Praveen Kumar in the first over and the catch Suresh took, energy float from there and that was a world class performance from whole team.” Tye’s first wicket came in the 6th over when he dismissed Tripathi for 33 who was looking good in the middle.
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intervals. The middle-order batsmen played too slow to cope up with the required run rate as it kept on climbing over by over. For Sunrisers Hyderabad, Warner and Yuvraj Singh scored the highest 26 and for Kolkata, Sunil Narine registered the best bowling figure 18/1 in four overs. Supporting Narine, Boult and Woakes chipped in with wickets regularly for KKR.
Ravindra Jadeja’s return in Gujarat Lions squad creates balance, says Andrew Tye
IPL should not be a platform to judge an experienced Kolkata Notch Another Win, player like MS Dhoni, says Virender Sehwag in defence Beat Hyderabad By 17 Runs
Virender Sehwag has come in support of MS Dhoni after Sourav Ganguly and Michael Clarke questioned former-India skipper’s batting form in T20s Agency | New Delhi
A number of debates have occurred with regard to MS Dhoni’s batting form recently. The former Indian skipper in the recent past hasn’t been able to perform with his bat. That saw social media abuzz with hashtag of “#Dhonidropped” where users showed opined on Jharkhand captain’s form. Earlier Brett Lee came in support of MS Dhoni and now it is the turn of Virender Sehwag. Dhoni in the four matches so far in the IPL has scored only 33 runs – 12*, 5, 11 and on Friday scored 5 runs again for Rising Pune Supergiant against Gujarat Lions in
Rajkot. Sehwag emphasised that the position at which Dhoni comes into bat is a difficult one and people need to be patient as he would return with authority. “The position at which he’s coming in to bat is very difficult. He is still the best at No. 5 or No. 6,” said Sehwag while talking to ABP News. “There’s no doubt that he will be back in form sooner rather than later. There’s a lot of time left in the IPL. One should not judge a player of Dhoni’s stature just by the outcome of three-four games.” Hailing Dhoni’s performance against England in ODI series, Sehwag added that the wicket-keeper batsman is
no way out of touch and added that an Indian side without Dhoni in Champions Trophy should not be expected at all. “He recently scored a match winning hundred against England. So I don’t think he’s out of touch. You can’t even imagine an Indian side going to Champion’s Trophy without Dhoni. Things like this can happen in a tourna-
ment like IPL,” he added. “IPL should not be a platform to judge an experienced player like Dhoni. It’s fine if you judge a youngster on the basis of IPL as it is difficult for a newcomer to showcase his talent in front of a huge crowd.” Earlier, MS Dhoni was removed from Rising Pune Supergiant’s captaincy with Steve Smith taking over.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) registered their second consecutive home win by beating Sunrisers Hyderabad by 17 runs in the match 14 of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Despite a solid start from the SRH openers -- David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan -- KKR bowlers fought their way back with wickets at regular
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Minorities to launch campaign seeking GNLU gets 12 new research separate ministry in Gujarat chairs, Rs 3 crore fellowship Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
A city-based group comprising members of different minority communities announced to launch a campaign to press for its demand of setting up ministry of minority affairs in Gujarat. As part of its campaign, the group plans to send one lakh post cards to Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani over the next one month. The group, Minority Co-ordination Committee, which was formed in Ahmedabad last year and which comprises members of Muslim, Christian, Jain and
schemes are implemented. There is no grievance redressal mechanism for minorities in Gujarat in the form of a commission,” Nafees claimed. “We will send one lakh postcards to the Chief Minister over the next one month to highlight the status of the Buddhist communities, mission, few government minorities and to demand said it would also demand schemes meant for the mi- the formation of a ministry setting up of a minority nority communities were of minority affairs and a commission in Gujarat to not being implemented. commission for the impleimprove the condition of “We have no ministry of mentation of schemes and the minorities. Group con- minority affairs in Gujarat. to address their issues,” he vener Mujahid Nafees told Neither any allocations are said. A memorandum about reporters in Ahmedabad made in the state budget the demands will also be that in the absence a sep- for the upliftment of mi- handed over to the CM arate ministry and a com- norities, nor any central separately, Nafees said.
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As many as 12 research chairs have been set up at Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) along with fellowships worth Rs 3 crore by global and national corporations, law firms, public sector undertakings and government departments. It is especially with recent establishment of two chairs by a public trust and leading law firm under GNLU-Navinchandra Desai Law Foundation, the varsity aims to forge a partnership with larger legal fraternity. GNLU will provide assistance to
lawyers and students designated policy making institutions by providing legal research and advise on contemporary issues. Other academic chairs at GNLU include Micto develop their skills and rosoft India (Intellectual continue legal and pub- Property Rights), ONGC lish research works and (International Contracts), undertake internship in Khaitan & Co. (Mergers inter-governmental organ- & Acquisitions), Gujaisations. Leading law firm rat Urja Vikas Nigam Cyril Amarchand Man- Limited (Energy Laws), galdas have established a Cube Construction Endedicated Chair that will gineering Limited (Real provide a forum for discus- Estates), Gujarat Council on Science and Technolsion and study of legal and ogy (Intellectual Property judicial ethics and values Rights), Gujarat Maritime to assist judiciary, bar, law Board (Maritime Laws), commission of India and Satluj Vidyut Nigam Limited (Sustainable Development), Ministry of Earth Sciences (Law of the Sea), and Department of Social Welfare and Justice, Gujarat (Social Laws).
Farmers’ body raises red flag Gir Somnath: MLA son, 2 others injured in scuffle over toll against textile park in Surat Correspondent | Surat
Stating that setting up of a mega textile park at Pinjarat village in Olpad taluka of Surat district will affect the environment and violate Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ), the Gujarat Khedut Samaj has on Thursday lodged its protest with the Southern Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SGCCI) to drop the latter’s move to set up the same. The chamber had submitted its draft proposal to develop a Mega
Textile Park on the government land to the state chief secretary last week. The Rs 2,000 crore project will come up on 2,000 acres of government land at Pinjarat village. The state government has decided to depute industries commissioner Mamta Verma to the site on April 17 to examine the viability. Gujarat Khedut Samaj president Jayesh Patel on Thursday met SGCCI president B S Agrawal and handed over a memorandum to him. In the memo-
randum, GKS has pointed out that that the project land falls near the coastal area and under inter-tidal zone area, as prescribed by Surat Urban Development Authority (SUDA) plan 2035. This would pose threat to the industries during high tides in the sea. Further, the project land falls within the 500 metre area of Coastal Regulatory Zone and that this would adversely affect hit the fishermen of Pinjarat village by snatching away their livelihood.
hours of power cuts every day. Kerala topped the list of states when it came to the average number of power cuts per month at 1.58 times in March. It was followed closely by Maharashtra at 1.69 times. Jharkhand had the worst numbers at 44.83 times, or more than once a day.Despite fewer outages, Maharashtra is a laggard when it comes to loss of power through thefts
and transmission and distribution inefficiencies. It lost 20.25% of power in March, much more than Andhra Pradesh, which reported a 11.69% loss. Uttar Pradesh was the worstranked at 40.29%. The government has launched this tracking service at a time when it has promised to ensure supply of 24X7 electricity to all Indians by 2019 and electrify all villages by 2018.
Least average power cuts in Maharashtra in March Agency | Mumbai
The state had an average power cut of 1:26 hours in March, the data shows. This was about half the average duration for second-placed Gujarat, which suffered power cuts for 2:56 hours on average. Among the 17 states that provided data, Haryana had the worst figure of 48:17 hours power cuts in March. That means it suffered an average 1:33
Correspondent | Rajkot
A scuffle broke out between Talala MLA Govind Parmar’s builder son Sursinh (36) and the collection staff at Dari toll plaza on National Highway 8D near Veraval, allegedly overpaying toll late on Thursday evening. Sursinh and his relative apart from a security guard of the plaza were injured in the incident. Parmar, in a television interview, accused the toll plaza staff of making Sursinh change three gates for passage and abusing him verbally while the latter alleged that the MLA’s son was not paying the levy. The security guard of the plaza also accused the MLA of threatening him with a firearm. Cross complaints have been filed by both the parties at Prabhas Patan police station. Police said
Upbeat after impressive wins in the recent assembly polls and inroads made in Odisha local polls, the BJP national executive will meet in Bhubaneswar over the weekend to chart the course for elections to the Lok Sabha and the state assembly in 2019. As Union Minister and senior state BJP leader Dharmendra Pradhan announced “Odisha will be the laboratory for Modi’s pro-poor policies and schemes”, party president Amit Shah arrived in Bhubaneswar Friday for the two-day meet and was greeted with a garland of 74 lotus flowers, symbolising the halfway mark in the 147-seat Odisha assembly. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to reach the
Drinking Iced Tea Can Up Risk of Cholera in Endemic Countries Agency | New Delhi
The World Health Organisation describes cholera as an “acute diarrheal disease that can kill within hours if left untreated.” Some of the most common triggers of cholera is indigestion of water or food that is infected by a bacteria called vibrio cholera. In a recently conducted study, experts from Vietnam suggest iced tea consumption and unboiled water to increase risk of cholera in endemic countries. A water source situated close to a toilet was also found to be a contributory factor.”After over a decade of declining cholera incidence, Vietnam faced an increase in cases of the diarrheal disease during 2007-2010.
Fire in Mt Abu forests, IAF chopper called in Agency | Jaipur
that the incident took place around 7.15 pm on Thursday when the BJP MLA’s son was going towards Junagadh from Veraval. “In his complaint, Sursinh, who runs a construction business in Surat, has accused around 10 men of beating him up with iron pipes and sticks. Two have been identified as Pradeepsinh Jadeja and Praful Solanki. A relative, who was travelling with him in his Bolero car, was also injured in the scuffle. The complainant further stated that the accused also broke his gold chain and robbed him of his gold ring,” an
Eye on Odisha, BJP greets Amit Shah with halfwaymark lotus garland
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city around 3 pm Saturday and a roadshow will follow. Over 300 delegates, including senior leader L K Advani, most cabinet ministers and 13 chief ministers, will sit with the Prime Minister and the party president at Janata Maidan, the meeting venue that has been named after 19th century Odia poet and philosopher Bhima Bhoi. The gathering will highlight “achievements” of the Modi government. “Modi’s credibility is highest in Odisha. By 2019, we will be the natural ruling party in Odisha,” Pradhan said. “The national executive meeting, the fourth in Odisha after the conclaves in 1982, 1992 and 1997, is an indicator that the party’s appetite for more victories has not come down,” another BJP leader, adding that the focus is on expanding the reach of the party in “non-traditional” areas.
officer said. Sursinh was taken to a hospital in Veraval where he was given first aid while his relative didn’t require any medical attention as the injury was minor. On the other hand, security guard Urvish Solanki was rushed to the local government hospital with internal injuries. From there, he was later referred to Junagadh. Based on Sursinh’s complaint, Prabhas Patan police have booked Pradeepsinh, Praful and seven-eight other unidentified men for robbery, voluntarily causing hurt and criminal intimidation.
A MAJOR forest fire broke out in the hills of Mount Abu, Rajasthan, on Friday morning and continued overnight, prompting the Indian Air Force to deploy a modified MI-17 V5 helicopter. The blaze is expected to be doused on Saturday. No one was reported injured, as the flames were limited to uninhabited areas, although they were closing in, given the wind speed and direction, a top official said. “We were informed about the forest fire at about 8 am and immediately deployed water tankers and fire ambulances. We then
sought the Indian Air Force’s (IAF) help,” Sirohi District Collector Abhimanyu Kumar said. He said the fire is in the forest areas, and “we haven’t had to evacuate anyone”. Mount Abu is Rajasthan’s only hill station in Sirohi district adjoining Gujarat. Defence spokesperson Lt Col Manish Ojha said that the South Western Air Command (SWAC) headquarters in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, received a call from the Rajasthan government around 12.30 pm for help in tackling the blaze, which was “fast progressing towards inhabited areas assisted by winds.”
hospital run by Patidar community, followed by a public rally. Surat houses a large population of Patidar community, a section of which has been demanding OBC quota under Hardik Patel’s leadership. Most Patidars are employed in the diamond industry, where the Prime Minister will inaugurate a privately owned diamond factory as an effort to reach out to the diamantaires. Later in the afternoon, Modi will inaugurate a cattle-feed plant, an
ice-cream facility of Surat District Co-operative Milk Producers Union (Sumul). Post noon, Modi will fly to Botad in Saurashtra, where he will inaugurate the Phase-I of the ambitious irrigaton project Saurashtra Narmada Avataran Irrigation (SAUNI). Around 115 dams of the region under this project would conserve water overflowing from the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Dam, brought to Saurashtra through a pipeline network.
PM to reach out to traders, farmers in poll-bound Gujarat Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Charged-up after a thumping victory in the recently concluded Assembly polls in five states, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is heading to his home state on Sunday wooing the key sections including diamond players in south Gujarat and farmers in Saurashtra as the state goes to polls later this year. During his two-day stay in the state, Modi is scheduled to inaugurate a slew of projects including inauguration of a hospital, a diamond manufacturing unit and a newly developed processing plants of the Surat Dairy. After attending the BJP’s National Executive in Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, Modi will fly to Surat on Sunday evening. A huge roadshow is planned to welcome the Prime Minister from Surat Airport to Circuit House, where he will have a night halt. On Monday, Modi will inaugurate a
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