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“7th Pay Commission” f e i r B s w e N 3 stray dogs shot dead in Hyderabad
Three stray dogs were shot dead by unidentified persons near a farmhouse in Gudimalkapur area here, police said today. Locals who heard the shots and noticed the dogs dead informed the matter to police, they said. Following a complaint lodged by a resident of the area, a case under section 429 (mischief by killing or maiming cattle etc) of IPC has been registered against unknown persons, Tappachabutra Police Station Inspector B Ravinder said.
The Gujarat Government today approved the implementation of the recommendations of 7th pay commission in the state with the retrospective effect of January 1, 2016 according to which over eight lakh employees and pensioners of the state government, panchayats and grant in aid institutions will get benefits from the month of August and the seven months arrears (since January) will
be paid later. The recommendation would put an additional annual burden in excess of Rs 8500 crore on the state exchequer. Deputy Chief Minister cum Finance Minister of the state Nitin Patel today said that in the cabinet meeting led by Chief Minister Vijay Rupani today the implementation of the 7 the pay commission from the retrospective effect of January 1, 2016 has got approval. The payment benefits
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committee made for the purpose. Also the seven allowances on which the central government has also not taken any decision so far would be studied by the committee of secretaries led by chief secretary once the union government finalizes it. It would later be put befor the state government, paid in phased manner fore the cabinet after due panchayat and grant in aid based on the recommen- procedure and a decision institutions would start dations of the secretaries on the allowances would from the effect of August 1 while the arrears for the seven months would be
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632 doctors working in various positions across the national capital were today promoted by the Delhi government. The AAP dispensation issued the promotion orders of these doctors, saying the final orders have been issued following the approval of the competent authority. “265 Medical Officers have been promoted to (the post of) Senior Medical Officers (Ist DACP). These promotions were pending since 23.12.2013.
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(H.S.) | New Delhi Amid media reports from Pakistan that the country was planning to give him a “warm welcome”, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Tuesday, decided not to attend the SAARC Finance Ministers’ con-
ference scheduled to take place in Islamabad from August 25-26. News agency quoted government sources as saying that Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das will represent India at the two-day event. The
conference is taking place weeks after the SAARC Home Ministers’ conference that was held last month. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh had taken part in the conference where he called for tough action against terrorism and countries supporting it, saying terrorists should not be glorified as “martyrs”. Pakistan had blocked news media organisations from covering Rajnath Singh’s speech which received bipartisan condemnation in Parliament.
seventh pay commission would be implemented in the state from August 1, however it could not till she was formally resigned on August 3. Later Vijay Rupani took oath as the new CM on August 7. The Centre had on July 25 notified the implementation of 7th Pay Commission for Central Government employees from January 1.
Bhaiyaji Joshi, HP Swami, other dignitaries visit BAPS Sarangpur, Morari Bapu, Shah, Advani coming today (H.S.) | Sarangpur
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh(RSS) Sarkaryavah who is second to Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat Shri Suresh Bhaiyyaji Joshi today visited Sarangpur in Gujarat to pay last respect to Pramukh Swami Maharaj. He along with Rajya Sabha MP Shambhuprasad Tundiya interacted with BAPS president Mahant Swamy, Ishwarcharan Swami, Aksharvatsal Swami and other sants after paying respect to Pramukh Swami. Among others who visited Sarangpur to pay last re-
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be taken later accordingly. Mr Patel said that the decision was taken by the state government taking in to consideration the old tradition of implementing of a pay commission after its implementation by the central government. Notably, the then Chief Minister Mrs Anandiben Patel on July 31, days before quitting her post had announced that the
spect to Pramukh Swami were Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala, former Chief Minister Anandiben Patel joined by former minister Vasuben Trivedi, IPS cop Abhay Chudasama, former Gujarat BJP chief RC Faldu, former Deputy Chief Minister Narhari Amin,
mukh Swami’s passing away and left Toronto in Canada to fly to India in order to pay last respect. Shri Hari Prasad Swami performed aarti of Pramukh Swami and had satsang with sants. Hariprasad Swami is from same parampara of Gunatinand Swami, Shastriji Maharaj and Yogiji Maharaj. He was emotional while speaking about MP Shambhu Prasad Pramukh Swami. Earlier Tundiya, Gujarat BJP PP Swami of Maninagar general secretary Bharat- Gaadi branch of Swamisinhji Parmar, MP Man- narayan sect had sent his sukh Vasava and MLA tribute in writing with his Ketan Inamdar and Delhi Bhagvadpriyadasji and CM Kejriwal. Hariprasad other saints to Sarangpur Swami of Haridham which was handed over Sokhda today reached to Mahant Swami. PP Sarangpur by helicopter. Swami is in England at He heard the news of Pra- present.
Pakistan ‘unmutes’ Hafiz Saeed: 26/11 mastermind back on TV, advocating Kashmir cause
the ramparts of the Red Hafiz Saeed is back on Fort on Monday, Modi had Prime Minister Narendra private TV channels, talked about the situation Modi was not the first to advocating for the in PoK, Gilgit and Balochraise concern over the Kashmiris and bashing istan and said people from situation in Balochistan, the Narendra Modi there have thanked him for Congress said on Tuesday, government for its raising their issues. Notinsisting that the party-led role in the killing of ing that Modi must real‘innocent’ Kashmiris. UPA government had con(H.S.) | New Delhi ise the “folly” of BJP and (H.S.) | Lahore sistently spoken about the its leadership in opposing A three-year-old girl died “spiralling violence” and ry question on March, 2, to peaceful discussions Congress and UPA earlier, Amid a war of words beand a Delhi Police sub-inspector was injured after “heavy Pakistani military 2006, categorically con- to address the grievances Surjewala said the Prime tween India and Pakistan nocent’ Kashmiris. He getting electronic media their necks got entan- action”. “Congress and demned the spiralling vi- of the people of Baloch- Minister instead of in- over Kashmir, the gov- has appeared on a cou- coverage for its activgled in metal-coated kite UPA government have olence in Balochistan and istan, Surjewala said. His dulging in self-praise and ernment here has appar- ple of news channels talk ities. The PEMRA has thread (manjha) in sep- condemned the human heavy military action, in- statement came a day af- self-promotion as he did ently ‘relaxed’ the media shows mostly Neo TV taken no notice of vioauthorities’ during the last one week lation of its order by the arate incidents in Delhi, rights violations in Ba- cluding use of helicopter ter the Congress appeared in the Independence Day regulatory lochistan as also in PoK gunships and fighter jets to be speaking in different address, needs to have a ban on Mumbai attack or so. The Pakistan Elec- private TV channels with police said today. The first by Pakistani forces and by the government of Pa- voices on the issue and sense of history and must mastermind Hafiz Saeed, tronic Media Regulato- regard to Saeed, sugincident took place around 6.30 PM yesterday when establishment on multi- kistan to suppress the peo- the AICC even distancing thank his predecessor allowing him to appear ry Authority (PEMRA) gesting that the Nawaz the girl, Saanchi Goyal, ple occasions in the past,” ple of Balochistan. Earli- itself from the remarks Singh. “Rhetoric from Red on private TV channels in November last year Sharif government has was returning home with party’s chief spokesman er, in the wake of reported of senior leader Salman Fort and headline manage- to advocate the cause of had restrained all Paki- ‘silently’ lifted ban on her parents after watch- Randeep Surjewala said, killing of 50 Baloch peo- Khurshid on Prime Min- ment by PM Modi is fine Kashmir. Since the vio- stani television channels Saeed and his organiing a movie in Naraina. noting that the first time ple in the Pakistani army ister Narendra Modi’s but he needs to tell the na- lence erupted in Kashmir, from “all kinds of cover- sations to appear on the The girl was looking out the UPA did so was on action, a spokesman for reference to Balochistan tion about the BJP govern- Saeed is back on private age of the JuD, its front Pakistani TV channels. of open sunroof in the car and suddenly her neck got December 27, 2005. Be- the External Affairs Min- in his Independence Day ment’s actual ‘Pak Policy’ TV channels, advocating Falah-e-Insaniat Foun- A source in PEMRA said slit by a ‘manjha’ when sides, he said, none less istry had expressed hope address. Congress had that leaves even the most for the Kashmiris and dation (FIF) and about that it had received comthey were passing through than the then Prime Min- that the government of termed Khurshid’s re- vocal supporters of Modi bashing the Narendra 60 other proscribed or- plaints about Saeed’s apRani Bagh area, a police ister Manmohan Singh, Pakistan would exercise marks as “his personal completely confused and Modi government for its ganisations and their pearance in the TV talk in reply to a parliamenta- restraint and take recourse view”. In his address from bewildered,” he said. officer said. role in the killing of ‘in- leaders”. The FIF is also shows despite the ban. Sub Editor: Dhruvil Makani Office: B/14, Madhav Chamber’s, India Colony, Opp-Vidhyanagar School, Bapunagar, Ahmedababad - 380024 Email: ssdaily2013@gmail.com Mo : 98250 98053
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The orderly Patidars and disorderly Dalits: how worried should BJP be about protests in Gujarat?
The landed Patidars in Gujarat are seeking a quota for education and jobs; the Dalits who have quota, are seeking land from the Gujarat government. The demands of the two communities have left the progressive Gujarat model at the crossroads with the potential to explode into a divide just before the elections if both caste groups to take their agitations to their logical conclusions. The Patidar agitation has stood on much firmer ground given that it had the tacit support of certain influential business leaders from the community. The Dalit agitation has no such support. Although it was quickly appropriated by sections of civil society and political interest groups, it continues to lack a clear purpose and leadership. Differences had started to surface on July 31 when the ‘sammellan’ was held in Ahmedabad and the Dalit Asmita kooch for Una was announced, in protest of the flogging of skinners at Una on July 11. Various NGOs who have been working for Dalit rights in Gujarat for years, felt “left out” of the sammellan where the speakers included former IPS officer Rahul Sharma who has been hounded by the Gujarat government for his testimony on the 2002 riots, and Nirjhari Sinha, wife of the late lawyer Mukul Sinha who founded the Jan Sangharsh Manch and fought for victims of the 2002 riots. As the rally led by Sharma, Sinha and others progressed and spread on social media, many others joined it, like CPI-ML MLA Sudama Prasad. At the finale on Monday Rohith Vemula’s mother Radhika and JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar were also present. Much could have been achieved over the 350 kilometres that the rally covered, given the experience of the people who participated. However, it became a war of egos and there was animosity against Jignesh Mevani, the 35-year old who was fast becoming the face of the agitation and who had given a call for `rail roko’ if Dalit families did not receive five acres of land each in a month’s time. His affiliations with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) were also held against his leadership of the Dalit uprising. To meet the ultimatum, the government would have to spare at least 42 lakh acres of land given the 7.1 per cent Dalit population of the state. That is not all: it would have to ensure that what is reaped on that land is accepted by the savarnas (the upper castes and OBCs). Dalits in certain parts of Gujarat assume surnames which do not reveal their caste just to get on with businesses. To this day, if a Dalit opens a hotel or even a wayside tea stall, the upper castes are reluctant to be his clients. The Patidars don’t have to deal with such untouchability. They did not need a leader to exhort them to come out on the streets, clanking rolling pins on steel plates to drive away netas from political meetings. Many withdrew bank deposits in support of the agitation without a whisper. The feeling of anger in the community was all pervasive. Contrarily, an activist from Haryana – Manisha Mashaal, who spoke at the Dalit Asmita yatra — questioned the leadership of the yatra by the upper caste, a meaningless debate when the ultimate aim of the fight for Dalit rights is to do away with untouchability and walk shoulder to shoulder with others. The BJP knows that the Dalits are not as united as the Patidars, and neither are they large enough to be counted as a vote bank in Gujarat.
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“The middle management ranks of public sector banks are being thinned by retirements. In addition, they need experts in specific areas like project evaluation and risk management. All public sector entities across the world tend to pay more than the private sector to lower level employees, and less than the private sector to higher level employees,” - According to outgoing RBI governor Raghuram Rajan, it pays to be lower-rung babu than a top official in public sector entities. Rajan, at a bankers’ conference in Mumbai
My parents had apprehension going Raaz Reboot trailer has everything public with IVF, says Tusshar Kapoor we’ve already seen in horror films accepting. That was a bit
(H.S.) | Mumbai Bollywood actor Tusshar Kapoor says his parents were a bit apprehensive about announcing that he had a child through IVF and surrogacy as they did not know how it would be perceived. The 39-yearold actor became a single father to a baby boy, who was born through in vitro fertilization (IVF) and surrogacy, in June this year. The 39-year-old Mastizaade actor named the boy Laksshya. “Initially my parents were a little bit apprehensive whether I should announce the child to be one born through IVF and surrogacy or not. “Because
they were like ‘You don’t know how it is going to be taken in India, why even announce it, why don’t you just tell friends, then the friends will tell more friends…’,” Tusshar told reporters here. The actor, son of noted star Jitendra and Shobha Kapoor, was speaking at a special event of Jaslok Hospital to spread awareness about In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) and surrogacy. Tusshar said he was happy the way people accepted that he got a child through IVF and surrogacy without sparking several debates on the issue. “Everybody in the country has been very
surprise for me because I thought there would be diverse views, some kind of ‘oohs and ahas’ about it, all kinds of opinion… “But nothing of that sort happened. Especially the media has been so supportive of Laksshya and my choice of having a family in this manner.” When asked if he has any plans to tie the knot, the Kyaa Kool Hain Hum star said his immediate dream was to have a child and not get married. “I never plan anything in my life. I do believe in the institution of marriage but in today’s day and age, I don’t think it is a big deal. If it is in my destiny, I will get married but I wanted to be a father first. “I am turning 40, the clock is ticking, I didn’t want to delay it anymore. This was my dream which was fulfilled and I don’t want to think about anything now,” he said.
Shruti has no tiff with Kamal Hassan’s partner Gautami Tadimalla, says her representative (H.S.) | Chennai
Actress Shruti Haasan’s representative has denied reports that she had a showdown with her father Kamal Haasan’s partner Gautami Tadimalla, who is the stylist on their film Sabaash Naidu. There were reports that Shruti, 30, wasn’t happy with Gautami’s choice of clothes for her character in the movie and brought in her own outfits. The film will see the actress share screen space with her father for the first time. Her spokesperson said the actress along with the movie’s core team felt there was a need to add more to the clothes suggested by Gautami and it was a collective decision to redo the look. “Shruti’s role in her father’s film is that of a young, feisty gal who’s
grown up in Los Angeles, who uses fashion as an expression of her quirky and devil may care attitude. Keeping this brief in mind, Gautami brought in a set of clothes for Shruti when the look test was happening in the pre production stage. “Styling being a collaborative and subjective effort, needs inputs from the producer, director and the actor and giving the stylist feedback, redoing looks is the standard procedure. The core team mutually
felt the look needed more to be added and specific feedback was shared with Gautami,” the spokesperson said in a statement. The representative said Shruti added “elements” from her closet to “help” Gautami in her work. “Being a thorough professional herself, Gautami understood and brought in a new lot of clothes which seemed to work better. Shruti in fact, added in elements from her own closet to help Gautami.”
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The trailer of Raaz Reboot came out on Tuesday. Starring Emraan Hashmi, Kriti Kharbanda and Gaurav Arora in lead roles, the film is an Indian supernatural thriller, written and directed by Vikram Bhatt and intended to scare the bejesus out of the audience. But going by Raaz Reboot’s trailer, it may be mission unaccomplished. So, if you are a horror buff who swears by The Grudge, The Conjuring or Paranormal Activity (before they became unappetising franchises), Raaz Reboot won’t chill your spine, it will come as a comic relief. The trailer begins with Kriti Kharbanda approaching Gaurav Arora to kill him. Cut to the chase and we find Gaurav
Arora and Kriti Kharbanda at a beautiful but secluded house in Romania. The only trouble is that it seems to be haunted and the couple cannot move because the company has already paid six months security for the eerie place. With the glimpse of a dead raven, the trailer hints at the existence of a vampire in the film who may or may not be Bollywood’s fave serial kisser Emraan Hashmi. From his dialogue,
we can say he’s either a vegetarian vampire (the type who feeds on animal blood and wish well for humans) or someone who practices exorcism and desperately wants to help because he is in love with Kriti’s character. With spooky background music, fast-moving shadows and several sound effects, the trailer tries its best to be spooky but only ends up being hilariously melodramatic because it’s 2016.
it.” Would he like to make one? “It will depend on the script. I don’t have any fixed opinion of what kind of film I should make,” he replied. Aamir’s third child and first with second wife Kiran Rao named
Azad was born through the procedure in 2011. About the stigma associated with the procedure, Aamir said: “Every person has difficulties and weaknesses. We should not hesitate about it.
The change is Definitely inevitable. It needs to be there, you need to grow. So that’s why I am looking forward to a lot more challenging roles today than ever before,” Jacqueline Said. The 31-yearold actress has worked in big films like “Race 2”, “Brothers”, “Housefull 3” and the Salman Khan starrer “Kick”. Asked if directors have not tapped her full potential as an actress, Jacqueline said, “Possibly yes. I don’t
know if directors haven’t tapped into it but maybe, I wasn’t ready before. Now I do feel ready to take on more challenging stuff. Earlier, I think I probably had not given enough (in my roles) because I wasn’t ready for them.” The actress, who recently starred in “Dishoom” is set for her next, “A Flying Jatt”. Jacqueline feels her perspective towards the craft of acting has changed and she is willing to contribute a lot more than what she used to earlier. “Now, the kind of roles I do and the films I take on, I look at them in a different way. The perspective has definitely changed. I am enjoying the process. So from now on, I will give them a lot more so then it helps even the directors a lot.”
Aamir Khan ready to back film on surrogacy (H.S.) | Mumbai
Actor-filmmaker Aamir Khan, whose youngest son was born through surrogacy using the IVF (in-vitro fertilization) technique, says that a film on the topic of the medical procedure can be made. He is also ready to back such a film provided the script is feasible. At the launch of a new fertility wing of Jaslok Hospital here, Aamir was asked if a film can be made on the topic of IVF, surrogacy to raise awareness about the issue. He said: “Certainly, why not? If a nice story comes out, you can certainly make a film on
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Radhika Apte ‘sex tape’ proves India can’t make its peace with sex in cinema (H.S.) | New Delhi
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Radhika Apte is in the news again, because apparently a ‘sex scene’ starring her from an upcoming film called Parched has leaked online and gone viral. Now I’ve never actually watch a Radhika Apte film in the theatre (yes, yes you can gasp about that later), but I’ve come to know her name thanks to the alleged leaks of sex scenes and nude photos. Last year, it was a nude video of the actress from a short film directed by Anurag Kashyap, and now
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this year it’s a leaked sex scene. Cue the outrage, the gasp, the sensational headlines with words bold, sex, and nude all being present. And there we were, thinking this is the 21st century, an age where perhaps we’ve finally made our peace with sex
in cinema. But as Apte’s co-star in the film Adil Hussain rightly asks, why call it a “Radhika Apte sex scene?” Because when it comes to sex, India and Bollywood remain as hypocritical as ever, and the gaze remains firmly on the female body.
She made her big screen debut seven years ago and Jacqueline Fernandez says she is a much more confident actress today and feels ready to take up challenging roles. The actress first appeared in Sujoy Ghosh’s fantasy drama “Aladin” before bagging her breakthrough role in Mohit Suri’s psychological thriller “Murder 2”. “I am a more confident actress today.
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Agency | Bejing China’s launch of the first quantum satellite Tuesday will push forward efforts to develop the ability to send communications that can’t be penetrated by hackers, experts said. The satellite launched into space from the Jiuquan launch base in northwestern China’s Gobi desert will allow Chinese researchers to transmit test messages between Beijing and northwestern China as well as other locations around the world. If the tests are successful, China will take a major step toward building a worldwide network that can send messages that can’t be wiretapped or cracked through conventional methods. “It moves the challenge for an eavesdropper to a different domain,” said Alexander Ling, principal investigator at the Centre for Quantum Technologies in Singapore. “Lots of people around the world think having secure communications at a quantum level is important. The Europeans, the Americans had the lead, but now the Chinese are showing the way forward.”
Sit less, move more to cut heart risk
Agency | New York The findings showed that sedentary behaviour may be also associated with an increased risk of developing diabetes, impaired insulin sensitivity (linked to diabetes) and an overall higher risk of death from any cause. Sedentary behaviour includes sitting, reclining, or laying down while awake as well as reading, watching television or working on the computer. These ‘inactive activities’ mean energy expenditure is less than or equal to 1.5 metabolic equivalents, or METs. Light housework or slow, leisurely walking uses about 2.5 METs, moderate to vigorous physical activity usually requires 3.0 or more METs. Moreover, moderate to vigorous physical activity does not cancel out the impact of sedentary time.
The iPhone 7 could charge up in a flash
Agency | James Rogerson So far it’s been looking like the iPhone 7 could be light on new features, but one more might have just been added to the list. According to Twitter tipster @the_malignant, quoting Chinese sources, the iPhone 7 will support fast charging of at least 5 volts/2 amps. That’s up from 5 watts/1 amp on the iPhone 6S and would bring the iPhone 7 more in line with fast-charging phones like the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge. Of course for now this is just a rumor, and while it’s backed up by an image of two different logic boards - one taken from the iPhone 6S and the other apparently from the iPhone 7 - the shot doesn’t make it clear that the iPhone 7 will be able to charge faster. It’s a feature that would make sense though, as many Android phones now support fast charging of one form or another, and Apple is increasingly being left behind. Earlier rumors have pointed to the possibility of a bigger battery in the iPhone 7, so if it gets both that and fast charging it could be in a very healthy position when it comes to battery life. We should have a better idea of how large and fast its juice pack is soon, as Apple is expected to unveil the iPhone 7 on September 7, though the company doesn’t always reveal battery details.
(H.S.) | Rio de Janeiro Woman shuttler P V Sindhu carries India’s medal hope on day 11 of the Olympic Games here when she faces a daunting task against China’s Wang Yihan, silver-medallist four years ago in London, in the quarterfinals. The lanky player from Hyderabad and Kidambi Srikanth, who made it to the men’s singles quarters, are the only two medal contenders left in the competition after the shock elimination of last Games bronze medallist and former World No. 1 Saina Nehwal two days ago. Two-time World Championship
bronze-medallist Sindhu advanced to the last eight of women’s singles by notching up a dominating 21-13 21-15 win in 40 minutes over Chinese Taipei’s Tai Tzu Ying on Monday which should serve as a good morale boost against the formidable Yihan. The 21-yearold from Hyderabad outclassed eighth seed Tai 21-13 21-15 in a 40-minute pre-quarterfinals clash here Srikanth also showed his class when he upset higher ranked Danish rival to become the second man from India to enter the last eight in badminton after Parupalli Kashyap in the 2012 London Games. He too faces
an arduous task in the quarters on Wednesday against two-time Olympic champion Lin Dan of China, who is defending the title which he won in London. Greco-Roman wrestler Hardeep Singh is the other Indian in action on Tuesday in the 98kg section. Barring the encouraging display of Sindhu and Srikanth it was yet another extremely disappointing day for India here on day 10. There was disappointment in the boxing arena as well with former Asian Games gold-medallist Vikas (75kg) taking a pounding from second seed Bektemir Melikuziev in the quarterfinals to bow out of the Games, ending India’s boxing challenge without a medal for the first time in eight years. With Shiva Thapa (56kg) and Manoj Kumar (64kg) already out of contention, Vikas’ loss drew the curtains on the Indian boxing challenge in the Games.
Misbah-ul-Haq keen to leave a Pakistan legacy (H.S.) | London
Pakistan captain Misbahul-Haq has vowed to leave a Test legacy after a series-levelling win against England at The Oval. Pakistan marked the nation’s Independence Day on Sunday with a 10-wicket victory over England in the fourth Test at The Oval in south London that saw them end the four-match series all square at 2-2. “The Oval win is not only pleasing as it is achieved on the Independence Day but it will also help us form a legacy for our future Test teams,” Misbah told AFP. “When I took over as captain that was my aim, so this win will help me leave a legacy for future Test teams,” the 42-yearold veteran skipper added. Misbah was recalled to the side and given the captain-
cy following the fall-out from Pakistan’s infamous tour of England in 2010. That saw then Pakistan captain Salman Butt and pace bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir given five-year bans and jail terms for deliberately bowling no-balls as a part of a spot-fixing sting in the 2010 Lord’s Test against England. But the past six years have not only seen Misbah unite the team but also keep it scandal-free. “It has been important for
me to unite the team and unity always brings good results, even in challenging situations like in England,” said Misbah. “This series-levelling win will go a long way in establishing this team because in the next six months we have series against the West Indies, New Zealand and Australia,” added the top-order batsman, who made a hundred in Pakistan’s win over England in the first Test of this year’s series at Lord’s.
Seema began with 57.58m in her first attempt and then fouled here second try before hurling the disc to a distance of 56.78m to finish ninth in Group B qualification round and 20th overall as wind and heavy rain played havoc, affecting the performance of the athletes. She was way behind her person-
al best mark of 62.62m. The final round qualifying mark was set at 62m or the best 12 performers and the tough conditions made it difficult for all participants to produce their best. Yaime Perez of Cuba topped the qualification round with 65.38m, followed by Su Xinyue of China with 65.14m. Preevent favourite and 2012 London gold medallist Sandra Perkovic of Croatia was third in the qualification round with 64.81m. 2014 Asian Games gold winner Seema, who had training stints in United States and Russia in her build-up to the Olympics, thus failed to get past the qualification round in all her three Olympics appearances.
Rio Olympics 2016: Seema Punia out of contention after finishing 20th in discus throw qualification
(H.S.) | Rio De Janeiro India’s Seema Antil Punia failed to qualify for the final round of women’s discus throw competition at the Rio Olympic Games after finishing 20th with a modest throw of 57.58m under tough playing conditions at the Olympic Stadium at Rio de Janeiro on Monday. The 33-year-old
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SPORTS ROUNDUP Sports Minister Vijay Goel confuses Indian Olympic athletes in tweet; gets trolled
(H.S.) | Rio De Janeiro India’s Sports Minister has been in news for all the wrong reasons during Rio Olympics 2016. Recently, he got athlete Dipa Karmakar’s name wrong while congratulating her on Twitter. He called her Dipa Karmanakar and drew a lot of flak on so-
cial media for goofing up with the name of an athlete who’s won hearts over in the country. “Best of luck Dipa Karmanakar, Indian Artistic Gymnastic, Women’s vault #KheloIndia #JeetoRio” he tweeted. Could it be a typo? Well, it still didn’t go down well with many.
But this time, he apparently got confused between the athletes Dutee Chand and Srabani Nanda. He tweeted his best wishes to Nanda with an image of Chand. “Best wishes to #IND #athlete Srabani Nanda, Women’s 200m #JeetoRio #KheloIndia,” he tweeted. And just like last time, people were quick to notice the problem of mistaken identity, but the fact that a mistake like this coming was made by sports minister himself raised quite a few red flags, and Netizens were quick to not only spot the problem but also leave no stone unturned to make their thoughts known to Goel.
ra does that by staying in a zone of his own where sometimes he isn’t scoring too much. If there had been a game of who bats the longest without giving any chance, Pujara would have topped every time. But cricket is also about scoring runs and Pujara has hit a roadblock there. Occupying the crease is his forte but not his only strength though. His foot movement to spinners, along with his pull, can be compared with the best. Pujara’s scoring method however is a throwback to older times when batsmen preferred to wear out the new ball and the bowlers before starting to score freely. From that perspective, Pujara has shown only
half of what is he is capable of in this series. But India couldn’t have done without the other half, either. The visitors would have started really shaky in the first Test had Pujara not buckled down at one end of the crease as Shikhar Dhawan blew away from the other to take the visitors from 14/1 to 74/1. Similarly, in the second Test, he played the anchor role as KL Rahul made hay and took India from 87/1 to 208/1. Both times, Pujara couldn’t build on his starts but there is no denying India gained from his solidity. Having done that bit at least, Pujara might feel abandoned at being dropped for the third Test.
her home and often cried nights on end and ruckused about wanting to run away home from training. Hong was mighty talented – and would go onto win the 2008 Beijing Games vault gold medal, before being suspended for a controversy
involving her sister of age fudging by her country, missing from the London Olympics. At Rio, her selfie with a South Korean athlete went viral. And murmurs had started that should Hong not end up winning a medal, she would be packed off to the coal mines by the miffed North Korean leader – South Koreans obviously taking to social media to spice up the intrigue.
Pujara must adapt to all scenarios as Kohli’s India ramp up game (H.S.) | Port of Spain
Among all the batsmen to have faced 50 balls or more in the ongoing India-West Indies Test series, Cheteshwar Pujara has the lowest strike rate --- 27.43. He has struck just four boundaries in two innings, three less than Amit Mishra and one more than Rohit Sharma even though Sharma has faced just 82 balls on this tour so far. Pujara’s last century came in the form of an unbeaten 145 when he opened against Sri Lanka almost a year back. Since then he has scored just one fifty --- 77 against South Africa --- in November last year. He isn’t picked for ODIs and has gone unsold at the IPL, leaving Pujara barely 10 or 12 Tests per year to show he matters. By preferring Sharma over him in the St Lucia Test and achieving the desired win, Virat Kohli might have just showed India could do without Pujara. It’s a tricky situation. Time and again Kohli and other teammates have emphasised on the need to play Tests with patience. Puja-
Rio 2016 Olympics: Gymnastics’ vault full of stories (H.S.) | Rio De Janeiro
Tanchon is a tiny corner of a port city. Hong un-Jong was born in that non-descript part of the oft-dreaded enigma that is North Korea into a low income family. Kim Chun-Pil, a famous male gymnast from DPRK cooked chicken and rabbit soup so that he could quieten a rather homesick Hong, who was coached by him far away from
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70th Independent Festival celebrated in Morbi
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Gujarat Chief Minister Mr. Vijay Rupani while celebrating 70th Independence Celebration and during flag saluting at Morbi Decided that their newly appointed State Government will be a dedicated Government with transparency, decision making, sensitivity and vibrant development. He also made some important announcements in public interest like slashing of PNG rate by Rs. 2.07 per unit used for Industrial Units and Rajkot Morbi Highway will be made four lanes. During Independence Festival celebration from Morbi, CM Mr Rupani also ex-
pressed confidence that Gujarat will take leadership of good governance as a fight of Swarajya in line with collective efforts, inclusive growth. Gujarat will give new direction of harmony and peacefully development without discriminating race & creed, religions. He said that Gujarat Government is committed for people welfare. For this poor have been benefitted by implementing beneficial schemes. Gujarat has become polio free. To provide these facilities free of cost schemes like Mukhyamantri Amrutam Yojna, Maa Vatslya Card have been implemented. Youth contribution is important
for development of State and Nation. Skill Development centre have been opened to make youth more enable and strengthen. Under youth independence scheme direct economical support is given in studies and constructed abundant opportunities in employment through other schemes like Make in India and Start up India. State Government will recruit on 66 thousand posts. Size of waiting list for such recruitment have been decided to make 20% instead of 10%. State Government took many initiatives for regeneration of villages to realize the dreams of Gandhi. Provision of worth Rs.4500 crore has been made for development of roads. Agricultural revolution has been created with the efforts of Gujarat farmers. States agriculture production was 9 thousand crore earlier, which has now increased and reached till Worth Rs.111000 Crore. 18000 villages of State will be benefited through Narmada canal.
Rotary Club Kankaria celebrates free India; walked for love, equality and unity
Not just a rally. 7 decades of Indian Independence. 7 events celebrating the 7 qualities of youth. Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
With Independence Day just round the corner, Ahmedabad city is full of the spirit of free India and celebrations have already begun. What better way to celebrate the Indian Independence other than the rally that symbolizes love, equality and unity at one of the most loved and favourite location of the Amdavadis? Rotary Club of Kankaria, continuing with its legacy of celebrating India’s Independence every year, celebrated the spirit of freedom this Sunday at Kankaria Lake. 400
students from different colleges and Rotary club members and total more than 550 people took part in this Mashaal rally. The flag off of the rally was done by Mr. Ashish Bhai Desai- Dean-Nirma University, S. B. Singh Thakur- Past President- Rotary Club of Kankaria and Vipul Shukla- PresidentRotary Club of Kankaria. “It is a moment of pride for all of us here at Rotary Club of Kankaria. We look forward to this free-
dom celebration whole year and I’m very thankful to each and every participant in the rally for making it grand”, says Vipul Shukla- President- Rotary Club of Kankaria. Rotary Club, Kankaria has been celebrating India’s freedom in this unique style since many days and the enthusiasm of all the participants in the rally was commendable and worth watching. Celebration of India’s rich culture was never so much fun before.
Agriculture ministry demands Rs 11,000 crore more to implement Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana
Correspondent | New Delhi
The Agriculture Ministry has demanded an additional Rs 11,000 crore to settle crop insurance claims this fiscal under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana. The new scheme, PMFBY, was launched in January and is being implemented in the
ongoing kharif (summer) season. The Centre aims to bring 4 crore farmers under the scheme. “This year’s Budget allocation was Rs 5,500 crore for PMFBY. We have demanded from the Finance Ministry to provide an additional budget of Rs 11,000 crore for the new scheme,” a senior gov-
ernment official Said. More funds are being sought as the burden is expected to rise with the extension of the deadline to register under the PMFBY and claims of about Rs 7,500 crore are pending from last year under the old scheme NAIS, he said. “Out of Rs 5,500 crore budget allocated for PMFBY for the 201617 fiscal, Rs 5,000 crore has already been used for clearing part of last year’s claims under the National Agricultural Insurance Scheme (NAIS),” the official noted.
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Central United Hospital finds a new way to celebrate India’s freedom
New initiatives that encourage’women health issues’, ‘girl child births’, ‘adopting a girl child’ and ‘special services to the senior citizens’ announced
hospital. First 70 patients who come to visit the hospitals who are of above the age of 70 will be given a free initial check up at the hospital. The hospital is proud to announce that it has adopted 70 girls from the slums of Ahmedabad for an entire year and shall take care of all their needs. This is indeed a very brave step taken on behalf of the hospital and the management was very proud to announce this fact. Moreover, it has also been announced that any woman coming to the hospital on
Psychotropic drugs worth Rs 60 crore seized by NCB
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
In two separate raids in Vadodara and Mumbai, the Ahmedabad Zonal Unit of Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has seized psychotropic substances priced at around Rs 60 crore in international market. The raids were carried out last week at the premises of Dolphin Pharama in Vadodara and at KC Pharma in Andheri in Mumbai, Ahmedabad-NCB director Hari Om Gandhi said on Tuesday. “Our team first raided office and residential premises of Dolphin Pharma in Vadodara on August 9. We have recovered 9 lakh tablets of various psychotropic substance, having street value of Rs 50 crore in international market. We had arrested company’s director Anil Luhar and manager Zahid Shaikh for the illegal possession of the drug,” Gandhi told reporters. As per officials, these psychotropic substanc-
Mission Y.A.R.O BhiMaa Banega Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
As the country steps into the 70th independent year, Ahmedabad is full of festive cheer and colours of the tricolour are seen everywhere. The Central United Hospital, situated at Odhav in Ahmedabad looks forward to celebrate the spirit of a free India in a unique way. The hospital has been known for giving back to the society in many different ways and on the occasion of 15th August, Dr. Parthiv Mehta-Pulmonologist and Dr. Mohil Patel-Gynaecologist announced various new initiatives undertaken by the
es include Oxycodone, which is used as painkiller; Zolpidem, used for insomnia, and Alprazolam, a prescription drug to treat anxiety disorder. The company had not taken any licence for manufacture, storage of sale of the such drugs, he said. Since these drug formulations are also abused as psychotropic drugs; the manufacturing, sale and possession of these substances are regulated under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, said Gandhi. “During interrogation of Luhar and Shaikh, we have learned that the company have acquired some of the substances illegally purchased from Mumbai based KC Pharma. Based on this information, we along with Mumbai NCB raided the company premises in Andheri and recovered another cache worth Rs 10 crore,” Gandhi added.
the 9th of every month shall be given free diagnosis, consultation and treatment. The step has been taken to encourage women health and safety issues in the city. Also, the delivery of every girl child born in the hospital from today onwards will be totally complimentary. Today, as more and more people only think about India on Independence day, it is finally good to see someone worried about Indians and doing something about it that will last more than just one day.
Y.A.R.O (Anirudh Dave) in his quest to fit in to the human society is out on a new mission. The humanoid who has a artificial heart that helps him understand and feel human emotions has decided to embrace motherhood. The affable Y.A.R.O asks his human mother Beena (Malini Kapoor) about the meaning of the word ‘Maa’ who explains to him about the concept of a mother’s undying love. Y.A.R.O who registers all the information on mother’s love and sets a new target ‘Y.A.R.O bhiMaabanega’. He asks Amar, Prem and Shilpi to help him achieve his target, but they are stumped. Looking at their reactions Y.A.R.O leaves the place silently. However
soon Beena and Professor Aggrawal (Rakesh Bedi) learn about his latest mission and let shell shocked. They immediately set out to stop him and go looking out, but are unable to find him. Aggrawal who has fixed a tracking device on Y.A.R.O is unable to track him which leaves all of them worried. On the other hand which trying to accomplish his latest task Y.A.R.O finds a little baby in an abandoned Pram.
ly significant being located in the centre point of India, complete with five hubs from textile centres to defence sectors. The scope of work in phase 1 for L&T’s smart world communications business vertical, which is a part of L&TConstruction, will cover laying of 1200 km of optical fibre network backbone, creating 136 City Wi-Fi hotspots at key locations, establishing 100 digital interactive kiosks and developing city surveillance systems with 3800
IP based cameras. Further, as an avant-garde endeavour, the city has identified a strip of approximately 6 km (from Japanese Garden Square to Orange City Hospital Square) to be developed as a ‘Smart Strip’ with state-of-theart systems powered by smart ICT interventions like smart transport, solid waste management, smart lighting, etc. which can be leveraged in a phased manner to ultimately cover the entire city.
of them. He dedicated his entire life for the service of humanity and promotion of Hindu culture,” Kejriwal told mediapersons. Swamiji’s ‘selfless dedication for the service of humanity’ through numerous temples and hospitals he built across the world ‘will stay with humanity for times to come’, the Delhi Chief Minister said. “His passing away has shocked not just Gu-
jarat or India, but the entire world. He may have left his body, but his soul, his consciousness and his message will stay with the humanity for times to come,” Kejriwal said. The AAP national convener said it is “hard” for him to believe the news of Pramukh Swami’s demise, and had to “confirm this several times” with others. Kejriwal said that while he never met Pramukh Swami, he learnt about him and his works through several persons and was “strongly drawn” to pay his last respect. The head of Bochasanvasi Akshar Purushottam Sansthan (BAPS) Swaminarayan Sanstha, Pramukh Swami Maharaj, died last Saturday.
Maharashtra govt appoints L&T to make Nagpur a smart city Sunvilla News | Mumbai
Maharashtra government has handed the letter of intent to Larsen & Toubro (L&T) appointing it as the implementation partner to make Nagpur India’s first large-scale integrated smart city. The Maharashtra government has adopted an independent model for all the ten cities listed to be developed as smart cities. The ten cities are Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur, Amravati, Solapur, Nashik, Aurangabad, Kalyan-Dombivali, Thane,Pimpri-Chinchwad. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has already rolled out the project with specifications and a timeline for Nagpur, which also happens to be his hometown. The state government has also decided to develop Nagpur, which is logistical-
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal pays homage to Pramukh Swami
Diamond unit manager kidnapped Correspondent | Surat
Two persons were booked at Kapodara police station here on Saturday for allegedly kidnapping 36-year-old manager of a diamond unit to recover their money from a businessman in Bhavnagar. The victim was kidnapped from Dharam Nagar and kept in confinement for 24 hours until Saturday morning. Police booked Raju Mori and Prakash, both residents of Bhavnagar, for allegedly kidnapping Ghanshyam Nakrani. The accused arrived in a car and kidnapped Nakrani
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in their car from near the Fruit Market at Kalakunj Temple area of the city on Friday. They inquired Nakrani about Ghanshyam, a resident of Talaja in Bhavnangar, and his acquaintance, who has disappeared after encountering financial troubles in electronics business without making payment to the accused. Nakrani was taken to Bardoli by the accused and kept there in confinement till Saturday and was also thrashed. On being released, Nakrani went to a hospital for treatment of his injuries and later contacted the police.
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday visited Sarangpur to pay homage to Pramukh Swami, the spiritual head of the Swaminarayan sect, who passed away last week in Botad district. “I believe there are some souls who take birth once in ages for the greater good of humanity. Pramukh Swami was one
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