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2 youths killed while trying to save stray animal Agency | Jaipur
Two youths were killed when a pick up van in which they were travelling rammed a roadside tree while trying to save a stray animal in Poogal area here, the police said today. The deceased were identified as Ramdhan (26) and Umedaram (20), the police said. The victims, who hailed from Bikaner, were going to Nada Village last night when the stray animal came in front of their vehicle while crossing the road, they said.
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Kanhaiya Kumar beaten up by lawyers at Patiala House Court
Kanhaiya sent to 14 days of custody lawyers violently clashed, attacking journalists and throwing stones at media vehicles. It also asked for reports on the violence from the Delhi high court registrar general and the city police. As Kumar stepped out of a police van, a group of lawyers lunged at him, landing kicks and punches, while officers quickly dragged him away. Al-
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A day after former DU lecturer SAR Gilani was arrested under sedition and other charges, Delhi Police today said that a few others “involved” in the same case are likely to be apprehended soon. “In SAR Gilani’s case, we are interrogating a few others and those involved will be arrested soon,” Delhi Police Commissioner B S Bassi told reporters. Gilani was arrested yesterday under charges of sedition, criminal conspiracy and being part of an unlawful assembly in connection with an event organised at Press Club of India here on February 10, in which a group had allegedly raised anti-India slogans.
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Agency | New Delhi JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested on sedition charges, was allegedly beaten up by lawyers on Wednesday while he was being produced at Patiala House court. Despite the Supreme Court putting restrictions on who can enter the court during his appearance, a group of lawyers assembled inside the complex shouting slogans. The lawyers have also allegedly beaten up a journalist and student. Taking note of fresh ‘violence’ at Patiala House, the apex court have appointed a
asked whether leader of agitation Hardik Patel agrees to this committee, Jayrambhai said, “he is like our son, we will convince him and we have faith that he would be positive.” Gujarat government spokesperson Shri Nitin Patel said, “the State government had already
proposed discussion between the leaders of community, representatives of agitators and representatives from government. A discussion on names of committee members was going on for last 15 days with leaders of agitators and mediator Jayrambhai. Names of members of committee are accepted to leaders of agitation. Discussion with other leaders of agitation will be smoother now. The committee has limited names, but we will keep all leaders of community with us and try to bring amicable solution soon.”
petrol and diesel and rupee-US dollar exchange rate warrant a decrease in prices, the impact of which is being passed on to the consumers with this price revision,” IndianOil said in a statement. “The movement
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five-member team to assess the ground situation and report back to it. The top Court on also asked Delhi Police commissioner BS Bassi to submit an explanation by tomorrow on his failure to ensure law and order at Patiala House today. The court asked Bassi to take
responsibility or else its would issue orders to stop the law and order situation at Patiala court from spiraling out of control. The Supreme Court asked authorities to evacuate Delhi’s Patiala House court and rushed six top advocates to assess the situation after two groups of
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Fathers of Patidar agitators Dinesh, Ketan and Chirag Patel who are in jail under sedition charge today met Gujarat Chief Minister with mediator Jayrambhai Patel(Vansjaliya) and another member of community Amul Patel. Dinesh, Ketan and Chirag have given in writing that a committee led by Jayrambhai will play mediator role between the agitators and government, and it is ac-
cepted to them. Dinesh, Ketan and Chirag are core members of Patidar agitation led by Hardik Patel. Hardik’s father was not part of today’s meeting. Jayrambhai said, “we handed over the letter(signed by Dinesh, Ketan The Adcom Ikon 4 has and Chirag Patel) today also got a similar design, to government”. When and has a 4-inch display, Android 5.1, a 1.3GHz quad-core processor, 5-megapixel rear camera, and 1.3-megapixel Agency | New Delhi front camera, with 8GB of storage, and 1GB of Public sector oil marRAM. What’s more, the keting companies anUI of the Freedom 251 nounced a cut in retail has been customised to selling price of petrol by look a lot like an iPhone. 32 paise a litre and inIn fact, many of the icons creased diesel prices by look identical to apps that 28 paise a litre in Delhi ship with Apple’s phone, on Wednesday. The price which makes us wonder cut is inclusive of state if it will attract some at- levies and will vary from tentions from lawyers at state to state and will be Cupertino. That’s not the effective midnight Febonly cause for concern ruary 17/February 18. though. All phones sold After the change petrol in India must be certified will cost 59.63 a litre in by the Bureau of Indian Delhi while diesel will Standards (BIS). Getting cost 44.96 a litre. “The this certification done is current level of internaboth time consuming and tional product prices of expensive.
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points for concern about the phone, as was noticed when we first got our Freedom 21 unit. For starters, the Freedom 251 unit we received bears the logo of Adcom, which has been covered with a sticker. Ad-
com is a Delhi-based importer of IT products that deals in smartphones and tablets. At first glance, the Freedom 251 appears similar to the Adcom Ikon 4 and has reasonably similar specifications as well.
MP: Shunning high-profile campaign pays off for BJP in Maihar Agency | Bhopal
the courtroom till 5pm by when the crowd outside dispersed. This is the second time in as many days that the same group of lawyers has turned violent and beaten up journalists for “supporting a traitor”. “We are shocked. There is an atmosphere of terror. Small stones were thrown on us,” the six-member advocates’ panel told the top court.
Jayram Patel led committee formed to resolve Patidar issue
Freedom 251 Smartphone: More Questions Than Answers The Freedom 251 smartphone will official be unveiled by manufacturer Ringing Bells in India shortly, and it seems to be the cheapest smartphone in the whole world. Running Android 5.1, it sounds on paper like a usable phone - it might not impress anyone, but at a price of just Rs. 251, it doesn’t exactly need to blow you away in terms of performance. However, there are some
though some 400 policemen were deployed at the court gates, Kumar was also slapped and abused by the lawyers shouting “Bharat Mata ki Jai”, leaving him seriously injured. A team of doctors was brought to the court to examine him after the hearing. Later, Metropolitan Magistrate Loveleen sent Kumar to Tihar Jail till March 2. But he was kept in
The BJP’s strategy of not turning the Maihar campaign into a high-profile one, unlike the Ratlam Agency | Coimbatore Lok Sabha bypoll in Over 2,500 students from November where it lost, 62 agricultural univer- seems to have paid off. state BJP insinuating who moved around in the sities across the country Narayan Tripathi of the that Chouhan’s popular- Ratlam campaign with will display their talent BJP won the by-elec- ity was on the wane, as all the trappings of powin sprint and games at the tion for Maihar assem- reflected in the party’s er, the party had alienatiah said. “No case has been Agency | Hyderabad 16th All India Inter-Agri- bly segment in Madhya defeat in the Ratlam Lok ed the local people. Only registered so far...the comcltural Unversities Sports Pradesh by 28,281 votes. Sabha by-election. The two ministers, Rajendra A city-based advocate has plaint has been forwarded and Games 2016 meet, Tripathi had earlier won BJP victory proved poll Shukla and Lal Singh filed a complaint against for legal opinion. We will beginning here from Feb- the Maihar seat in 2013 pundits wrong, who had Arya were permanently Delhi Chief Minister act accordingly based on ruary 22. Besides, 13 ath- assembly elections on a all along been giving the in Maihar in run up to Arvind Kejriwal, accusing the legal opinion,” the Inletic events, there will be Congress ticket but had Congress an upper hand the polls. Other ministers him of hurting religious spector said. Kejriwal had seven and five different resigned from the party in Maihar. Sources in the visited Maihar but did not sentiments of Hindus by posted a cartoon yesterday games in men and wom- to join the BJP, neces- BJP said a strategy was stay there long enough. posting a cartoon over JNU which depicted a Hanuen categories respectively sitating the bypoll. The worked out to not make “The Congress made the row on Twitter, police said man-esque figure assuring during the five-day meet, BJP’s victory at Maihar the campaign in Mai- same mistake in Maihar. on Wednesday. K Karuthe host Tamil Nadu is a shot in the arm for har a high-profile. In the All top leaders were in- na Sagar, in a complaint JNU row on Twitter which the sentiments of crores Prime Minister Narendra Agricultural University chief minister Shivraj post Ratlam defeat anal- vited in a show of unity lodged with Saroornagar was carried by an English of Hindus, and sought for Modi that public attention (TNAU) vice-chancellor, Singh Chouhan, since a ysis, the party felt that by but it did not serve any Police Station on Tuesday, daily. He alleged that the necessary action against has been diverted towards Dr K Ramasamy, told re- whisper campaign had sending a large number of purpose,” said political said that the Delhi CM had cartoon “hurt” his reli- Kejriwal by registering a JNU from other pressing porters here today. begun taking root in the ministers and top leaders analyst Girija Shankar. posted a cartoon over the gious sentiments and also case, Inspector S Linga- issues. Corpo. 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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JNU protesters ‘have a sadistic mindset and an anti-India agenda’ “A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear.” - Marcus Tullius Cicero What is now happening across India over the JNU ‘protests’ or so-called ‘unrest’ reminds me of the Cicero’s immortal statement. There can be no second opinion or view over what constitutes an anti-national act, if people support hanged terrorist Afzal Guru and openly shout that they will not rest till India is destroyed. It is the most heinous act on the part of a citizen to denounce his own country and back terrorists. The same thing has happened at the JNU campus in Delhi. The backers of these so-called protestors argue that it was a mere voice of dissent. But the reality speaks of a different situation. None of the protesting students were actually expressing a civilised voice of dissent over something. They were indulging in a clear case of anti-national act by raising slogans in favour of Pakistan. I agree that those who oppose the BJP or RSS have every right to do so under the Constitution of India. India is a true democracy and it allows a greater degree of dissent. But, these ‘protestors’ with a vested interest and a hidden anti-India agenda were not exercising their democratic right in a non-violent and Constitutional manner. They were actually calling for a bloodshed, worse toppling our cherished democratic institutions including the government. If it is not sedition, then nothing else is. The Left wing radicals have not been able to digest the fact that the people of India voted Prime Minister Narendra Modi to power in a historic election almost two years ago. Their hatred for the BJP has now turned into their hatred for Mother India. Out of frustration, these elements which have always been directly and indirectly backing anti-national forces have now become truly anti-India. They must realise that being anti-BJP is democratic, but being anti-India is not. These elements have been living in the same India, benefit from the same democratic institutions and invoke the same Constitution when in trouble. But, they work against all these cherished ideals and would not mind if India is destroyed.
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Agency | Mumbai Actor Manoj Bajpayee has addressed ignorance about and prejudice against homosexuality by saying he is ‘still straight’ after playing a gay character in the film Aligarh. Social activist Harish Iyer, who was present with the cast and crew of the film at a press meet on Tuesday, said, “I promise you that you will not become gay if you support this film.” Manoj Bajpayee, 46, replied, “He is right. 30 days of prepa-
ration, and 35 days of shooting for this role, I’m still straight.” “Gulzar sahib says that all characters, if you really play them seriously, leave a mark in your brain. Most of the actors who take their work very seriously and work in these kind of films, you’ll find them having mood swings. It creates a vacuum inside you, your mind is bruised after playing so many various characters from theatre days till now,” the actor said.
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State government had already proposed discussion between the leaders of QUOTE “The community, representatives of agitators. A discussion on names of committee members going on for last 15 days with leaders of agitators and mediator Jayrambhai. The OF THE was committee has limited names, but we will keep all leaders of community with us and try DAY to bring amicable solution soon.” - Gujarat government spokesperson Shri Nitin Patel said...
Priyanka Chopra is Baywatch’s very Aamir Khan likely to be brand ambassador for drought-free Maharashtra dangerous villain, says The Rock Agency | Mumbai Agency | New Delhi
“Meet the beautiful Priyanka Chopra, the biggest star out of India, one of the biggest stars in the world.” You know you have arrived in Hollywood when Dwayne Johnson, or The Rock, welcomes you onboard Baywatch Movie with these superlatives. Priyanka’s quantum, make it Quantico, leap in Hollywood was announced by Johnson via his Instagram account and the clip is going viral. He captioned it, “She’s one of the biggest stars in the world. Insanely talented, relentlessly smokin’ and extremely dangerous - perfect for #BAYWATCH. Welcome @PriyankaChopra to our bad ass and incredibly dysfunctional family. Cue RATED R slo-mo running on the beach. We start shooting next week. World.. #WelcomeToBaywatch.” Against
a stormy seascape, Johnson and Chopra exchange some interesting banter. As Johnson says that he has his hands full with the “beautiful Priyanka Chopra”, she replies he has no idea. “She is mean,” is Johnson’s retort, to which Chopra says, “I am really mean.” The Rock also wrote on Twitter that the actress plays bad roles “better” than the good ones. “She’s (Priyanka) cool, but does bad even better. Can’t wait. #Bay-
Less than three months after actor Aamir Khan found himself in the midst of an ‘intolerance debate’ earning the ire of the right wing, the BJPled state government has got the Bollywood star on board to partner with it for one of its flagship schemes. On Wednesday, Khan and chief minister Devendra Fadnavis are expected to make a joint announcement of the initiative at Sahyadri, the government guesthouse. While government sources are tightlipped about the ‘surprise announcement’, officials admitted that the project will see Khan proactively work with the government
watch,” Johnson posted on Twitter on Tuesday. People magazine had an exclusive picture of Chopra and The Rock, and confirmation that the actress will play the villain, Victoria Leeds, in the film. One of the most watched TV shows globally, Baywatch was about the Los Angeles county lifeguards who patrol the beaches of Los Angeles, California. It starred DaAgency | Chennai vid Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson among Actresses Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Nithya Meothers. nen will pair up with Junior NTR in upcoming Koratala Siva-directed Telugu family drama ‘Janatha Garage’, which is slated to go on the floors later this month. “Several actresses were under consideration but the makers have finally decided to go ahead with Samantha and Nithya. The regular shooting will start from next week in Saradhi Studios in Hyderabad,” a source from the film’s unit said.
for its Jal Yukt Shivar scheme, Fadnavis’ pet project that aims at making state villages drought free in five years through water conservation programmes. “It will probably be one of the biggest partnerships of such a kind in the country. He will work with us through a structured programme to aid Jal Yukt Shivar.
He will give us his time, focus and help in execution,” said a bureaucrat. Officials said they were in talks with Khan since May last year and the actor was keen on working with the state government. Khan had also contributed Rs 11 lakh to the chief minister’s relief fund as donation to the scheme in 2015.
Also starring Malayalam superstar Mohanlal, who will be playing NTR’s uncle, the film also stars Devayani and Unni Mukundan in important roles. NTR and Unni will
be seen as cousins in the film, which will revolve around the relationship between the lead characters within a family.Devi Sri Prasad has been roped in to compose the tunes.
is directed by Ram Madhvani. The film, which Agency | New Delhi stars Shabana Azmi and Shekhar Ravijiani in piv- Virat Kohli and Anushka otal roles, hits theatres on Sharma’s love affair and 19 February 2016. the recent break up has been talked about a lot. But India’s star cricketer is not ready to open up or reveal what went Gupta. The Chevalier de wrong between them. laA Legion d’Honneur is While Virat’s ladylove is France’s premier award busy filming Sultan with to recognise eminent ac- Salman Khan and has recomplishments of service frained from commenting to France. It is bestowed on her split, Virat too is on both citizens of France not willing to talk. Kohli as well as foreigners. Pin- was at a recent event for ning the insignia on the a luxury watch brand and celebrated designer, Rich- there were bound to be ier said: “Manish has a questions on his Bollylong-standing connection wood heroine girlfriend with France, which is like and his break up. Virat a second home for him. batted them all with style He is a pioneer in bring- and grace. Anushka’ ex ing the fashion culture of was in no mood for beatboth countries together ing around the bush and with his exuberant imag- literally shut the media ination. I am delighted to from invading his priconfer this high honour on vacy. Virat was asked if him.” In the past, eminent he would like to gift a personalities such as Pan- Bollywood celebrity the dit Ravi Shankar, Amitabh watch he was endorsing Bachchan and J.R.D Tata to which he answered, have been honoured with “I would gift it to someone in my family first. the prestigious award.
I don’t know why that question, what’s the connect? Could be a cricket team member as well.” Virat picked the cue and even slammed the journo, he added, “Let’s be professional and stick to what we’re here for, not try to be swinging things in the other direction.” The cricketer impressed the gathered crowd with his brazen yet honest attitude. Kohli was also quizzed about ‘relationship advice’ and his response to this generic
question was – “Relationship with who? Anyone? I am not a relationship counsellor. So that’s not a question you should be asking me. Ask the expert please.” Clearly, neither Virat nor Anushka want to indulge in any kind of mud slinging in the public. The cricketer was in fact recently spotted chilling and partying at Angad Bedi’s birthday bash with Yuvraj Singh. As for Anushka, she is busy with her film Sultan at the moment.
Samantha, Nithya to team up with Junior NTR in ‘Janatha Garage’
Listen to Neerja Bhanot’s last flight announcement before she was shot Agency | New Delhi
Sonam Kapoor’s eponymous biopic on flight stewardess Neerja Bhanot is days away from release and its latest promo material will leave you choked. A new sound clip released by the film’s producer, Fox Star India, has Neerja making the flight announcement reportedly on board the ill-fated PanAm Flight 73 on 5 September 1986. She was dead a few hours later after saving the lives of 359 passengers from four Abu Nidal terrorists
who hijacked the flight. She was 22. Neerja was the first civilian to be awarded Ashok Chakra, India’s highest peacetime gallantry award. The film
When Anushka Sharma’s ex-lover Virat Kohli SHUT the media for getting personal!
Veteran designer Manish Arora conferred France’s highest honour
Agency | New Delhi French Ambassador Francois Richier on Tuesday conferred the Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur, his country’s highest honour, on veteran designer Manish Arora in recognition for his renowned and critically-acclaimed contribution to the fashion world. “I’m thrilled and honoured by the recognition I have received from the country that I love with all my heart. France
has been an inspiration always. I now live between Paris and Delhi and for me France is literally my own country. I hope to keep getting inspired by France, the beauty and elegance of the French people,” said Arora at the investiture ceremony at the French embassy here. The event witnessed the attendance of socialites including Priya Paul, Ambika Pillai, Kalyani Saha, Rahul Mishra and Subodh
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Agency | New Delhi The income tax (I-T) department’s “pay-up or we seize your assets” kind of a notice to British telecom giant Vodafone have raised questions on whether the NDA government’s top functionaries and the bureaucracy are speaking in opposing languages. Only last month Prime Minister Narendra Modi had assured foreign investors that India’s controversial retrospective tax that had unnerved businesses at home and abroad was “a thing of the past”—a measure that would not be reintroduced by his or any other government. The assurance came as on the first day of French President Francois Hollande’s visit to India. “Many business representatives here raised the importance of a stable business environment and a predictable taxation system,” Modi said in his address to the meeting where Hollande, the chief guest at the 67th Republic Day celebrations, was also present.
Gold Rises by Rs 215, Snaps 3-Day Losing Streak
The stage is all set for the Asia Cup to begin from February 24. This year’s edition would be totally different as for the first time, the tournament will be played in the T20 format. Here are ten facts you must know about the tournament: The Asia Cup will be played in Bangladesh from February 24 to March 6. A qualifying round will begin on February 19, between Afghanistan, UAE, Hong Kong and Oman. The winner of the qualifying round will join the four Full Member teams in the region for the main draw which starts from February 24. For the first time in Asia Cup history, the tournament will be played in T20I format
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considering the upcoming ICC World Twenty20 to be held in India. Sri Lanka are the defending champions. Under Angelo Mathews’ captaincy, the Lankans defeated Pakistan by 5 wickets in the final of the previous edition. India and Sri Lanka are the two most successful teams in the tournament with five titles each. Pakistan have won the tournament on two occasions while Bangladesh’s best finish has been their
runner-up performance in the 2012 edition. All the matches will be played at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur. India have played 43 matches, winning 26, losing 16 and one ending in no result. Sanath Jayasuriya is the highest run-scorer in Asia Cup with 1220 runs followed by Kumar Sangakkara (1075) and Sachin Tendulkar (971). Dhoni has captained India in 13 Asia Cup matches.
Fifa satisfied with DY Patil Stadium facilities for U-17 World Cup
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Agency | New Delhi Snapping a three-day losing streak, gold prices firmed up by Rs 215 to Rs 28,850 per 10 grams at the bullion market on Wednesday, tracking a firm trend overseas and fresh buying by jewellers to meet the wedding season demand. Silver followed suit and reclaimed the Rs 37,000 mark by rising Rs 250 to close at Rs 37,100 per kg on increased offtake by industrial units and coin makers. Traders said a firming global trend as investors await the release of minutes from the last Federal Open Market Committee meeting for further clues on the outlook for US borrowing costs, mainly led to the recovery in the precious metal prices. Globally, gold advanced one per cent to $1,212.21 an ounce in Singapore, while at London it was up 0.42 per cent at $1,205.40 an ounce in early trade.
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A delegation led by Fifa head of events Jaime Yarza on Wednesday expressed satisfaction with the facilities at the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai, one of the venues which will host U-17 football World Cup matches in 2017. Navi Mumbai is one of the six provisional venues for hosting the 17th edition of the tournament that India will host next year in September-October. The other venues are Goa, Kochi, Kolkata, Guwahati and New Delhi. Besides Yarza, tournament director Javier Ceppi and Vijay Patil, owner of the stateof-the-art D.Y. Patil Stadium, were also present. “We think this is a fantastic stadium, as you can see it is high quality. One
Paris St Germain substitute Edinson Cavani, criticised by French media lacking composure in front of goal, responded in style to earn a 2-1 home win over Chelsea in their Champions League last16 first leg on Tuesday. The Uruguay forward, who has scored only once in Ligue 1 this year, fired a low angled shot past goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois in the 78th minute after John Obi Mikel had cancelled out Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s opener at the end of the first half. That did not surprise PSG coach Laurent Blanc, who brought Cavani on for Lucas four minutes before he got the winner. “I’m not just say-
ing it because he scored tonight, I always say it, Eddy is a player who can score,” Blanc told a news conference. “He was going through a tough period so I hope it will give him his confidence back.” PSG knocked Chelsea out on away goals at the same stage last year after the Blues had prevailed the previous season in the quarter-finals and have the edge going into the sec-
ond leg. It was Chelsea’s first defeat in 13 games since Dutchman Guus Hiddink took over from the sacked Jose Mourinho but they will fancy their chances at Stamford Bridge on March 9. With Chelsea’s inspirational captain John Terry ruled out with a hamstring injury, Branislav Ivanovic moved from full back to central defence and wore the skipper’s armband.
Indian athletes ran away with 188 gold, 90 silver and 30 bronze medals. The host country bagged more than three-fourth of the total 239 gold on offer in the February 5-16 showpiece. Sri Lanka were a distant second with 25 gold, 63 silver and 98
bronze while Pakistan finished at third with 12 gold, 37 silver and 57 bronze. The only edition in which India’s domination was near comparable was the 1995 Games in then Madras where India won 106 gold -- just less than threefourth -- out of 143.
ities at JNU. Anti-India slogans were allegedly raised at the event and the hanging of Guru, the 2001 Parliament attack convict, was also denounced by some participants. JNU students’ union president Kanhaiya Kumar was arrested on sedition charges, following complaints by BJP MP Maheish Girri and the ABVP. In his poem, Dutt compares the ‘anti-national elements’ to the Bollywood
movie character Ghajini and questions their right to expression as they choose to demean the country. He mentions Lance Naik Hanamanthappa Koppad, who died a week after being buried by an avalanche while patrolling in Siachen. Several other army men also died after they were buried in the snow. “If Afzal Guru was a martyr, then what should we call Lance Naik Hanamanthappa?” he writes.
South Asian Games REVIEW: India top medal charts with record-breaking tally of 308 medals Agency | Guwahati
colleague of mine was saying, with few amendments this could be a big World Cup level stadium. We are satisfied and happy to be here. Obviously and they know it very well. We need to do some construction work and renovations for dressing rooms, various areas, doping technical rooms and medical, all this is in the plans,” Yarza told reporters after the inspection. “We have come here today, did the review of the
plans and the facilities and suggested some changes to make it a high level standard from what we expect from a World Cup level stadium. They have agreed to all these changes and the whole planning was to 95 percent correct in the sense that there will be some minor adjustments. So we are very satisfied from this visit today and we think this is going to be one if not the best,” the Fifa head of events said.
Chile 6-3, 7-6 (3), and No 5 Dominic Thiem, who had a 6-3, 6-4 win over Pablo Andujar of Spain. Not much will faze Thiem in this week’s Rio Open. He beat Nadal — the king of clay — last week in the semifinals in Buenos Aires, and then won the event for his fourth career title, all of which have come on the red dirt. “Both things gave me a lot of confidence, but after the match with Nadal I wanted to give everything to win the tourna-
ment,” the 22-year-old Austrian said. “The win against Rafa would have been worth only half if I had lost the final.” No 3 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga had his match against Thiago Monteiro rained out . They will play on Wednesday. In first-round upsets, Federico Delbonis of Argentina beat sixth-seeded Jack Sock of the United States 7-5, 6-1 and Alexandr Dolgopolov upset No 8 seed Thomaz Bellucci 6-7 (3), 7-5, 6-2.
Nadal, Ferrer and Thiem off to winning start at Rio Open
For the 12th successive time, none could match up to India’s regional might but the host country’s record-breaking medal haul of 308 can hardly hide the fact that the standard of competition in the South Asian Games has failed to rise significantly. This was the best performance by any country in the Games’ 32-year history but what is worrying for the relevance of the event is that it has been reduced to an Indian show of dominance for most part. This time too, the
If Afzal Guru is martyr, who is Hanamanthappa: Yogeshwar Dutt
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Agency | Washington D.C Here’s one more reason to make mangoes your favourite fruit. Did you know they have numerous compounds that have antioxidant properties? These include vitamin C and beta carotene, as well as several polyphenolic compounds including gallic acid and their larger polymers gallotannins, which have been linked to anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory activities in previous in-vitro and in-vivo studies. The absorption, metabolism, and excretion of mango galloyl derivatives have not previously been investigated in humans. In this human pilot trial published in the journal of Molecular Nutrition & Food Research, 11 healthy volunteers between the ages of 21 and 38 years old consumed 400gm/day of mango-pulp for 10 days, with blood and urine samples taken on days one and 10 of the study following mango consumption. Participants refrained from consuming dietary supplements and foods which could be sources of gallic acid such as berries, grapes, and tea for one week prior to the beginning of the study and during the 10 days of mango consumption.
After an hour-long delay for rain, Rafael Nadal advanced to the second round at the Rio Open on Tuesday with a 6-1, 6-4 win over fellow Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta. Nadal won gold in the Beijing Olympics in 2008 but missed the 2012 London Olympics with an injury. Despite being asked about it repeatedly, he’s staying away from talking about the Rio Games that open in six months. “The Olympics is a very important event, a very special one, and I’m going to try my best when the Olympics arrive,” Nadal said. “But for now I’m playing the ATP tournament in Rio. That’s the most important thing for me.” Also advancing on Tuesday were No 2 David Ferrer, who beat Nicolas Jarry of
Agency | New Delhi Ace wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt’s poem about the controversy that erupted last week at Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) over the Afzal Guru event has gone viral on the internet. Dutt, who won a bronze at the Olympics in 2012, shared the 19-line poem on his official Facebook and Twitter accounts on February 13 urging protesters to stop their activ-
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Transport dept, RTO start Bid to woo investors: Gujarat training bus drivers in Gujarat plans desks in 5 global cities Correspondent | Surat
The state transport department, along with traffic police and Regional Transport Office, launched a training programme for bus drivers in order to avoid accidents like the ones in Navsari and Savarkundla in Amreli. If any bus driver is found talking on the phone while driving, he would be immediately suspended and strict action will be taken against him. On February 6, around 42 passengers were killed on the spot and few others escaped with major and minor injuries after a state transport bus from Navsari, on the way to Tapi district, plunged from Gurukul bridge into the Purna river, near Supa village, in Navsari. On February 13, around seven passengers were
Regional Transport Office, launched a training programme for bus drivers in order to avoid accidents like the ones in Navsari and Savarkundla in Amreli
killed on the spot and few others injured after state transport bus overturned near Savarkundla in Amreli district. Following the instruction from state transport department, a training camps for all bus drivers were held in Surat, Tapi, Navsari, Valsad and
Gujarat HC asks govt to follow CZA conditions while setting up Safari
the Dangs. The bus drivers’ training camps were organised in different bus depos in south Gujarat. Surat Region Divisional controller of traffic N M Rajyaguru said, “We have started the drive from February 14 onwards and till date we have given train-
ing to around 699 drivers. There are over 1,011 drivers in Surat and Tapi districts. The training will continue for a few more days till all the drivers are covered. The training is being given with the help of RTO officer and Traffic police.”
Correspondent | Mumbai
A day after Maharashtra pulled out all stops to position itself as the country’s most favourable industrial destination, its closest competitor Gujarat too wooed investors here highlighting top-notch infrastructure, vast industrial cities, and its lead in the ease of doing business index. Gujarat promised to set up desks in five global cities — Frankfurt, Dubai, New York, Tokyo and Wenzhou — to attract foreign investors to Gujarat, and to unveil more policies offering incentives to mega industrial projects as well as small and medium enterprises. “The Gujarati community is a global one. We have a large number of people from our state settled in other parts of the world. They are always
Mines auction in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan fails to find interested parties
Correspondent | New Delhi
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
The Gujarat High Court today directed the state Government to fulfil all the conditions laid down by the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) while setting up a Safari Park near the Gir Wildlife Sanctuary. With this directive, the bench of Chief Justice R Subhash Reddy and Justice Anant Dave disposed of a PIL seeking ban on the Safari Park project claiming it will hinder the movement of lions. Biren Pandya, the petitioner, had contended that the Park, to be set up
over 450 hectares of land near Ambaradi village in Amreli district, will have all kinds of animals except lions. The lions, forced out of the area, would stray into nearby villages in search of food and may attack humans. Also, fencing for Safari Park will block the corridors used by lions in that part of forest, Pandya said. The HC today noted that CZA had given a conditional permission to the government in 2008 for the Safari Park, and the government must adhere to all the conditions.
The mines auction in Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan has failed to find many interested parties, forcing the state governments to talk to the industry and working on re-auctioning the blocks. As of January 15, Gujarat has put 5 limestone blocks for auction, followed by Gujarat putting three limestone blocks, while Maharashtra has offered a block each of limestone, tungsten, iron ore and bauxite. “Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra are not getting adequate responses for the auction. Now, the state governments are talking to the industry on how to do it again,” Union Mines Secretary Balvinder Kumar told reporters here when asked about the response to the auctions. In total, states have so far put 46 blocks containing minerals such as iron ore,
National Record winner athlete from Nadiad to run in Khel Mahakumbh Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Even Kashvir would not have thought that the national record for 600 m for U-14 boys would be written in his name in golden words in the pages of history. Last year in Jharkhand, Kashvir Vasani, a young athlete from Sports Authority of Gujarat’s (SAG) athletics academy in Nadiad broke the record by crossing the finish line in 1:22:40s. Kashvir comes from a very simple family background; his father is a farmer and he is now receiving training to take part in
A Gujarati kid who’s breaking national level records and participating in Khel Mahakumbh, now wishes to win the Asian Games
the Khel Mahakumbh. “I have been passionate about running, ever since I remember. I am learning new techniques
and keeping myself fit so that I win all the future tournaments at Khel Mahakumbh”, he shares.
bauxite, limestone, gold and tungsten, for auction. Kumar added that two small blocks of limestone have been auctioned in Jharkhand, making it the first state to auction a mine. Besides, on March 18-19, one block of limestone will be put for auction by Chhattisgarh, he
added. “In the current ongoing auction 46 blocks have been offered and an additional 15-20 blocks are also there with states, but they are waiting to see the response of the blocks that are already on auction. In one or two months they will come,” Kumar said.
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
to 10,000 property papers were analyzed by the collector’s office. All these land parcels had be longed to the state government, with “Shri Sarkar’, or the government, as the owner. Beniwal said, “We will proceed with filing a police complaint in the issue. The investigations will reveal who all were involved in the scam,” says Beniwal. Explaining the scam, a senior revenue official said that the 120 acres of land was earmarked under the Refugee Resettlement Act, 1950. This Act had ceased to exist in 2005. “Only open parcels of land that were marked `Shri Sarkar’ under the RR Act were targeted by the land mafia. Fake property papers were generated with the help of officials in the city survey superintendent office. Based on these fake papers the municipal corporation, too, would pass building plans,” said the official.
Land sharks created fake papers for govt plots in Sardarnagar
The Iron man of India, Sardar Patel had set aside a huge parcel of land, almost 120 acres, to provide shelter to thou sands of refugees fleeing from Sindh in Pakistan during Partition. But today Sardaranagar reeks of corruption and a major land scam. The Ahmedabad collector on Tuesday declared that its preliminary investigations has revealed that nearly 350 land parcels that belonged to the revenue department in Sardaranagar has been swindled off by land sharks and construction mafia, by creating fake property papers and cards. Collector Rajkumar Beniwal has formed a special in vestigation team (SIT) to investigate the matter. The collectorate had to cancel 350 such property cards and withdrew property papers fearing that there may be more such cases in other parts of the city. Close
ready to help in bringing investments to the state. We have decided to start foreign desks at Frank-
furt, Dubai, New York, Tokyo and Wenzhou,” said Chief Minister Anandiben Patel while
speaking at ‘Gujarat Investor Summit’ during the ongoing Make in India week in Mumbai.
titioner, a retired banker who served as adviser to the central government, claimed that he “presented the concept and plan to develop International Financial Service Park to then chief minister (Narendra Modi) who approved it”. The petitioner said that despite an estimate that the project would cost around Rs70,000 crore and would be executed on a public private partnership (PPP) model, “no public bids were invited to identify private partner by the Government of Gujarat.”
The petition mentioned that “as the terms that have been finalised with respondent no-2 (Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Ltd or IL&FS) apart from 50 per cent share in the profits of respondent no-1 (GIFT city), 1per cent premium on Landed Project Cost that approximately translate to Rs 700 crore, the necessity to widely advertise public bids for identifying private partners to execute International Financial Service Park can’t be over-emphasized”.
Gujarat HC notice to GIFT city over PIL alleging irregularities Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday issued notice to Gujarat International Financial Tec-City Co Ltd, popularly known as GIFT city, coming up in Gandhinagar on a public interest litigation (PIL) alleging financial and administrative irregularities. The petitioner, 69-yearold Divyabhash Anjaria, former director of GIFT city, has sought court’s intervention to bring this project under the RTI Act and also under the purview of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG). Alleging financial irregularities, Anjaria also sought formation of a special investigation team (SIT) to investigate the financial transactions. The division bench of Chief Justice R Subhash Reddy and Justice Anant S Dave issued notice to GIFT city and kept the further hearing on March 15. The PIL was registered on December 18, last year. The pe-
Galaxy A7 (2016) and Galaxy A5 (2016) Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad, India, February 17th, 2016: Samsung Electronics today announced the launch of the 2016 edition of the highly successful Galaxy A smart phones showcasing a perfect blend of unmatched style and latest features. Equipped with sophisticated glass and metal design, an advanced camera and long-lasting battery; the dual-sim Galaxy A7 (2016) and Galaxy A5 (2016) have been designed keeping in mind the young consumers who wish to Mr. Manu Sharma, Director, Mobiles Business, Samsung India Electronics said, “At Samsung, we are committed to continued innovation, inspired by the deep understanding and insights from our wide range of consumers. Continuing the Galaxy A legacy in India, the Gal-
Samsung Reinvigorates Style quotient for Smartphones with the all new glass and metal design
axy A7 (2016) and the Galaxy A5 (2016) come with a stunning glass and metal design and Flagship like features such as enhanced camera, long lasting battery space with fast charging capability and a powerful Octa-Core processor that can tackle heavy usage.” The design of Galaxy A7 (2016) and the Galaxy A5 (2016) is a perfect fusion
of glass and metal. The seamless combination gives the smart phones a stylish look and feel that adds to the consumer’s style quotient. The smart phones provide an immersive viewing experience with a large Full HD sAMOLED screen while the narrow 2.7mm bezel ensures the overall size of the Smartphone is very comfortable to hold.
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