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Over 1,18,000 employees to benefit with the move
Guj govt announces pay hike for fixed-pay employees Sunvilla News | Himmatnagar
The Gujarat government announced a steep hike in the salaries of its employees falling in the fixed-pay category, ranging between 63-124 per cent hike under the Seventh Pay Commission recommendations. The new salary structure, to be made effective February 1, will put additional burden of Rs. 1,300 crore on the state exchequer. The move, which followed the Supreme Court’ harsh remarks about the State government’s fixed-pay policy, will benefit over 1,18,700 state government employees of in the different cadres. Deputy chief minister of Gujarat,
Nitin Patel announced the decision terming it a step directed at the well-being of the youth and government employees. “The state government has decided to hike salaries of fixed pay employees from February this year. There are 118,738 government employees working as fixed pay employees in various departments of Gujarat,” Patel said. The salaries of the officials having similar cadre that of deputy education officer, deputy mamlatdar, office superintendent will get the highest - 124 per cent hike in the monthly salaries, which will now be Rs. 38,090. The employees in the cadre that of staff nurse, deputy ac-
cy, where employees in the various positions in police, education, revenue departments and other clerical
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countant are given 90 per cent hike with their salary touching Rs. 31,340, followed by 73 per cent hike for the employees in the cadre of talati, peons, office assistant, vidya sahayak, constable etc.
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Their salary will increase to Rs. 19,950. The lower cadre of the government employees are given 63 per cent hike with revised salary touching Rs. 16,224. The fixed pay employees have been demanding increase in the salary and other benefits under the state appointments. “The government has accepted most of the demands of the fixed-pay employees including con-
A court here today sentenced a man to life imprisonment for killing his wife in 2013. Additional Judge of District Court-1 Ajanta Sadangi also imposed on Shyamsundar Panda a penalty of Rs 15,000. According to prosecution, Shyamsunder, a resident of Dolapur village under Khantapada police station area, killed his wife and tried to pass it off as a case of suicide in 2013.
sidering them on regular job from first day of their joining rather than the current practice of five-year compulsory fixed pay job. Also the government has decided to provide them benefits such as house rent allowance (HRA), transport allowance etc,” Patel said. Under the rule of then chief minister Narendra Modi, the Gujarat government came out with the fixed-pay recruitment poli-
In politics, a week is an eternity and Akhilesh Yadav will certainly vouch for that. The Samajwadi Party which was on the brink of a vertical split, has got a new lease of life thanks to the Election Commission’s pragmatic decision. By giving the ‘Cycle’ to Akhilesh and virtually asking Mulayam to take a walk, the EC has respected the popular sentiment within the UP’s ruling party. The ageing patriarch has the limited choice of either falling in line or facing an ignominious end to an illustrious political career. Akhilesh may have won the internal battle, but the real war in
Uttar Pradesh is far from over. Here are some of the challenges Akhilesh is likely to face. The elections are less than a month away and the SP has just begun talks with Congress and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD). While Congress will help in consolidating the upper-caste votes and RLD with pockets of influence in western UP can give the ruling party an edge, there will cer-
tainly be bickering on the streets within the parties. The SP and the Congress have many mutual strong seats where both parties will fancy their chances. Hence there will be hectic parleys for those specific seats. The teething problems such a nascent alliance will face might make it hard to get the required votes even after accumulating a large social base under one umbrella.
ed to begin next month. The 12 per cent reservation to Muslims was a key election promise of the ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS). The state government had appointed a Commission for con-
Classes Commission for its opinion. The BC Commission is gathering views of different groups in the matter for expressing its opinion, Rao said. “In order to provide 12 per cent reservation to Muslims, a relaxation should be given to the stipulation that the reservations should not ducting a study of social exceed 50 per cent. “The and economic status of Government of TamMuslims and the panel il Nadu introduced Act has submitted its report, 45/94 and with the conRao said in a statement on sent of Indian Parliament the issue. The state gov- got incorporated the issue ernment has forwarded of enhancement of reserthe report to the Backward vation in the 9th Schedule
of the Indian Constitution. We will follow the same policy in our state also,” Rao said in his statement. Expressing confidence that the Centre would act favourably on the state’s move to provide 12 per cent quota, he, however, said the state government would also take a legal recourse on the issue if the Centre does not respond positively. BJP floor leader G Kishan Reddy said the high court had already held that reservations on the basis of religion is against the Constitution.
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you to know we are all with you.” Zaira had deleted her original post, only to post another explanation. She later deleted that too. Zaira, who essayed the role of a young Geeta Phogat in the film, was reportedly threatened and bullied on social media after acting in Dangal and meeting Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti. BJP members of the panel,
headed by Congress leader Veerappa Moily, however, chose not to raise much questions during the meeting, they added. The questions put up by the panel ranged from the total amount of money that came back during the demonetisation period to the total amount of new bills of Rs 500 and Rs 2,000 that were printed and sent to the banks.
The Telangana government would bring a bill for providing 12 per cent reservation to backward sections among Muslims in the Budget session of Legislative Assembly, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said on Wednesday. “We will put up the Muslim Reservation Bill in the coming Budget session itself,” he said in the Assembly during a debate on welfare of minorities. The budget session is expect-
CCEA clears proposal for listing five PSU Amid Jallikattu protests, TN CM urges youths general insurers in stock exchanges
to call off stir: What has happened so far
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icy was widely criticised by the employees and termed as exploitation of the workers.
UP Elections 2017: Akhilesh may have won the pari’war’ but the real war is far from over
RBI and govt initiated plans for demonetisation early last year: Urjit Patel
A day after Dangal actor Zaira Wasim took to social media to post an ‘apology/ confession’ and said she is nobody’s role model, her co-star and mentor Aamir Khan has posted his reaction to the post. Aamir wrote on social media, “I want you to know we are all with you… kids like you are a role model for kids not only in India, but across the world. You certainly are a role model for me.” He also wrote on social media, “Zaira, I want
positions were recruited through state public service commissions on fixed pay for five years. The pol-
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley along with Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad gave its nod on Wednesday to the listing of five government-owned insurance companies in stock exchanges. The companies are New India Assurance,United India Insurance, Oriental Insurance, National Insurance and General Insurance. Jaitley also said that the credit guarantee trust’s assets will be increased to Rs 7,500 crores by gov-
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ernment. Aside from this, the Cabinet has given approval for establishment of Indian Agricultural Research Institute (lARI) in Jharkhand with an outlay of Rs 200 crore and for the introduction of Repealing & Amending Bill, 2017 to repeal 105 Acts. Speaking at the press conference,
Prasad said, “Out of 1824 redundant laws till now 1175 have been repealed. Today, we’ve decided to repeal 105 more old laws.” The cabinet has also given its approval for the amendment in Modified Special Incentive Package Scheme to further incentivise Electronic Sector.
Amid clamouring protests, thousands of people descended on Marina beach on Wednesday as they vehemently demanded lifting of the ban on bull-taming sport Jallikattu. Faced with mounting pressure, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam today got into a huddle with the state authorities and decided to meet with Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking an ordinance to allow the age-old sport. The chief minister will be reportedly accompanied by 51 MPs of the AIADMK. Mean-
while, the Madras High Court has refused to ‘interfere’ on the issue, holding that the Supreme Court was apprised of the matter. The court made this observation when a mention was made by an advocate K Balu in the open court about the protests at the Marina on
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Chief Justice S K Kaul and Justice M Sundar, declined to “interfere in the matter at this stage.” The epicentre of protests seemed to have shifted to the state’s capital with thousands of youths assembling on Marina beach arguing that the age-old sport symbolised the Jallikattu issue. He Tamil culture. Although ‘jallikattu’ brought to the court’s no- sporadically, tice disconnection of pow- events were reported from er supply in the area when Sivaganga, Madurai, and a “peaceful demonstration” Pattukottai. Meanwhile, was going on Tuesday eve- crowds continued to swell ning. Besides, drinking at Alanganallur and Tawater was not provided to mukkam grounds in Maduprotesters, he complained. rai. The police has arrested The first bench, comprising over 200 protesters so far.
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BJP’s Uttar Pradesh poll manifesto will cover all aspects of life..! The BJP is all set to dial into the Uttar Pradesh elections with a 4G plan. The new mantra is ‘Gaon, Gau, Ganga and Gita (village, cow, river Ganga and Hindu scripture Gita)’ while farmers are at the heart of the agenda. In an exclusive interview with Mail Today, BJP Kisan Morcha’s newly appointed head Virendra Singh ‘Mast’ outlined the move with the party aiming for a repeat of its 2014 Lok Sabha election performance when it swept the state. The Member of Parliament from UP also indicated that the BJP’s poll manifesto, or ‘vision document’, would be farmer-centric and the general budget too may contain a flurry of sops for the agricultural community after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced several in his address to the nation on December 31. The 4G strategy, Singh said, encompasses all aspects of life of India’s peasantry. ‘Villages are the pivot to growth. The cow, indubitably, is the centre of the lives of the village folk, especially the farmers. ‘Ganga is the lifeline of villages as it irrigates vast swathes of the Gangetic plains which are the most fertile in India. ‘And the centrality of Gita as a marker of our culture and spirituality cannot be denied by anyone, especially as the culture of villages hovers around collective bhajan-kirtan mandalis (groups singing religious and spiritual songs) at the end of the day,’ he said. The party realises the significance of the UP polls that have been made even more interesting and equally difficult for the saffron outfit after chief minister Akhilesh Yadav led a coup against his father and SP patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav and came out on top, capturing the ‘cycle’ election symbol too. The BJP has been out of power in UP since 2002. Adding further to the party’s woes, the SP and Congress are going into the polls as allies. While the 4G formula devised by Singh has the potential to rally farmers, cutting across caste lines, towards the saffron banner, it has also been customised to the political needs of the 2019 general elections. An MP from UP’s Bhadohi district, Singh’s elevation to the position of Kisan Morcha chief recently is also seen as a political ploy to appeal to peasants. ‘We need to associate the identity of India with that of farmers. Therefore, we have envisioned not just economic well-being of the farmers of the country, but a comprehensive development and overall advancement. ‘The PM has unequivocally stressed that India’s rise and well-being are intrinsically entwined with the rise and prosperity of the country’s farmers: without them there is no sustainable growth. The lives of the farmers of the country are to be lifted not just economically, but socially, culturally and politically,’ Singh told Mail Today. Politically, Singh has recommended to the government that grassroots level elections such as panchayats and blocks must be made corruption-free. ‘Farmers will have to be given more visibility in Indian politics,’ he said. ‘I have recommended to the government that we can do so by nominating farmers as MLCs and Rajya Sabha MPs. If farmers have to be represented, let them be represented by one of their own, rather than by outsiders who just enter the fray and throw money to win elections.’ The ideas of Ganga, Gau and Gita are all supported and conserved through villages and the farming societies of India, he added.
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Kaabil vs Raees: Hrithik Roshan film to release on January 25 morning
From Arms Act to hit-and run case, Salman many run-ins with the law A look at the legal battles Salman Khan has been involved in (H.S.) | New Delhi
Agency | New Delhi The Raees vs Kaabil clash is happening in right earnest. After Hrithik Roshan’s film brought forward its release date to January 25’s evening shows, Shah Rukh Khan’s Raees followed suit and ensured it would release on the morning of January 25. Now, it has been announced that Kaabil will also come out on Wednesday morning as well. Till yesterday, the film was to release on 25th evening, starting at 6 pm. But now, Hrithik will be seen
much earlier in the theaters as the show of the film will begin since the morning. Trade analyst Taran Adarsh announced this news on Twitter. He wrote, “Earlier, Kaabil was to release from 6 pm onwards… Decision changed… Kaabil shows will now commence from morning itself on 25 Jan.” Well, will Raees’ team have a strategy to counter attack this move? Only Shah Rukh has the answer to it. It is interesting how both the actors have geared up to promote their films on dif-
ferent sets as well as on the social media. In fact, the two recently released a dialogue promo on the same day as if they are keeping a tab on what the other is planning to do. With both the films releasing on the same day, we are super eager to know which film will have an upper hand on the very first day of their release. Shah Rukh in and as Raees is winning hearts with his dialogues, dance moves, and looks but Hrithik’s character of Rohan Bhatnagar is looking strong too.
Aditi Rao Hydari to play Bhoomi in Sanjay Dutt’s comeback film
For all the Bollywood hits that he has provided over the years, actor Salman Khan’s legal troubles have been a constant over the last 20 years and have kept him in the news for all the wrong reasons. With a Jodhpur court on Wednesday acquitting him under the Arms Act in the blackbuck poaching case, a look into the history of the Bollywood superstar’s battles in the courthouse: On September 28, 2002, Salman Khan’s white-colour Toyota Land Cruiser crashes into American Express Bakery at Hill Road at Bandra killing one person and injuring four others. He was later arrested, but released on bail. In October the same year, Mumbai Police invoke Section 304-II of the IPC (culpable homicide not amounting to murder)
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Bollywood actress Aditi Rao Hydari has been shortlisted to play Sanjay Dutt’s daughter in Omung Kumar’s Bhoomi. Earlier, Alia Bhatt was offered the role but she turned it down as the actress has reportedly become a bit choosy about her projects. “We shortlisted Aditi because she’s in a good space right now. I love the way she emotes. This, unlike her other projects, will be her film. She’s a relatively untapped actress. The father-daughter relationship is an important aspect of the narrative in this revenge drama. Aditi’s face perfectly blends softness with a lot of strength. Besides, I like to team up people, who seem unlikely to be cast together, in my movies,” Bollywood Life quoted Omung as saying. Bhoomi is about a revenge drama that centres around the father-daughter relationship. Sanjay has earlier delivered an amazing performance as a father in the 2002 release Pitaah. After coming out of the jail, the actor has projects lined up and currently, he is busy with Bhoomi. The Sarbjit director talked about the characters of Sanjay and Aditi in the film. “Aditi’s role goes hand-inhand with Dutt’s track in the film. His journey is physically demanding while her role will display an array of emotions. So, it’s important that they get along well. They are in fact being trained by a diction expert for the dialect common in Agra,” Omung said. Slated to be released on August 4, Bhoomi will be clashing with Aamir Khan’s Secret Superstar. Sanjay was last seen in Aamir’s film PK. This year, Sanjay’s biopic will also hit the screens. The actor’s part will be played by Ranbir Kapoor and it will be clashing with Salman Khan-Katrina Kaif’s Tiger Zinda Hai.
following which Salman Khan surrenders and is arrested. But less than three weeks later, the superstar is out on bail. In March 2003, Salman Khan, in a sessions court, challenges the application of Section 304-II. The court rejects Salman’s plea following which he moves Bombay High Court that June. Much to his relief, the high court says Section 304-II us not applicable in the case. That October, the Maharashtra government moves Supreme Court which, two months later, says the magistrate court shall decide wheth-
er the relevant section could be applied or not. Nine years after Supreme Court’s decision in the case, the magistrate court adds Section 304-II, and sends the case to a sessions court. The sessions court in July 2013, frames charges against him for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, following which he pleads for a fresh trial. In December the same year, a fresh trial is ordered. Following the trial, Salman Khan is found guilty by a trial court in May 2016 and sentenced to five years’ imprisonment.
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Days when butter chicken, mutton rolls were Virat Kohli’s staple diet
Rajkumar Sharma recollects the days when Virat Kohli use to gorge butter chicken, mutton rolls and all sorts of fast food
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A special court will pronounce on Tuesday next its order on framing charge against former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran, his brother Kalanithi Maran and others in the Aircel-Maxis deal case lodged by CBI and the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Special Judge O P Saini, who was scheduled to pass the order today on framing of charge as well as on bail applications of the Maran brothers and other accused persons, deferred it to January 24, saying the order is yet to be prepared. All the accused have denied the allegations against them made by the investigating agencies and have moved bail pleas. During the arguments on the framing of charge, Special Public Prosecutor Anand Grover had claimed that Dayanidhi had “pressurised” Chennai-based telecom promoter C Sivasankaran to sell his stakes in Aircel and two subsidiary firms to Malaysian firm Maxis Group in 2006.
Two Dead in Bhangar Violence, Mamata Government Blames ‘Outsiders’
The Congress on Wednesday demanded a judicial inquiry and CBI probe into the clash between protesting villagers and police in Bhangar that left two persons dead, while the Left parties condemned the “police firing on farmers”. The ruling Trinamool Congress claims “outsiders” had fired at the villagers. West Bengal pradesh Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, who visited the homes of the two persons killed, said: “We demand judicial inquiry and CBI probe into the killing of innocent villagers. I strongly condemn and criticise the incident.” He also appealed to state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to come to the South 24 Parganas district’s Bhangar area immediately. “I appeal to the Chief Minister to come to Bhangar and inspect the situation herself. She frequently visited Singur and Nandigram during the land movement (against the erstwhile Left Front’s efforts to acquire farmland in 2006-08).
world admire Kohli’s fitness regime and work ethics, he just admires the sacrifices that his student has gone through to reach the peak. Sharma said “Kohli once told me, if I don’t set the benchmark as captain, who else will? Even as the world looks on in wonder, I know the boy behind the man. He used to gorge on butter chicken, rolls and all sorts of fast food. But today, it finds no place in his diet.” The Delhi lad has transformed himself to another level where the opponents find it difficult to get rid of the Indian captain. “In fact, he
is so particular about his diet, that even when he comes over to my place, he won’t have packaged fruit juices. You either give him fresh juice or you don’t. Carbohydrates are a strict no-no and there are no off days in his routine anymore,” Sharma added. The 27year old cricketer made his international debut in 2008 in the five match ODI series against Sri Lanka. For Rajkumar, more than the fitness regime, it is Kohli’s dedication that he sticks to the routine that that makes the coach proud of him.
Venus Williams advanced to the third round at Melbourne Park on Wednesday with a 6-3 6-2 win over Stefanie Voegele Agency | Melbourne
Seven-times grand slam champion Venus Williams advanced to the third round at Melbourne Park on Wednesday with a 6-3 6-2 win over Stefanie Voegele but conceded she was still troubled by an elbow injury that forced her to pull out of the women’s doubles. The 13th-seeded American, who had been sched-
uled to team up with sister Serena, was close to tears as she talked about the injury that also saw her skip her only warm-up tournament in Auckland two weeks ago. Her win over Swiss 26-year-old Voegele, ranked 112th in the world, was achieved in one hour and 23 minutes and set up a third round meeting with Duan Yingying. “I’m managing it,” Venus told reporters of the elbow problem. “I was really disappointed not to be able to play in New Zealand. “I was hoping to have the capacity to play both events here, but at this point I just need to utes at Melbourne Park. be careful and just try to The top-seeded will now maintain myself.” Willock horns with Czech’s liams is making her 17th appearance at the AusKristyna Pliskova.
Australian Open 2017: Sania Mirza and Barbora Strycova enter the second round of women’s doubles Agency | Melbourne
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SPORTS ROUNDUP Australian Open: True love keeps Venus Williams coming back for more
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Indian skipper Virat Kohli, who has taken his game to another level, has also set new benchmarks for other players in terms of fitness. His ability to steel singles or convert singles into doubles has made the world look in awe for Kohli’s endurance. And that led his childhood coach Rajkumar Sharma heap praise for Kohli for his efforts. Rajkumar recollected the days when he use to gorge butter chicken, mutton rolls and all sorts of fast food. In a recent interview with CricketNext, Rajkumar said that while players and experts across the
Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her partner Barbora Strycova of Czech Republic produced a solid performance to storm into the second round of the women’s doubles event at the Australian Open here on Wednesday. The fourthseed Indo-Czech pair registered a comfortable 6-3, 6-1 win over Jocelyn Rae and Anna Smith of Great Britain in a one-sided opening round contest that lasted exactly an hour. Sania and Strycova will next play against the winners of the first round match between the Australian pair of Kimberly Birrell-Priscilla Hon and Australian-Chinese duo
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The pair beat the British pair of Jocelyn Rae and Anna Smith
of Samantha Stosur-Shuai Zhang. Mirza is looking to clinch her second consecutive Australian Open women’s doubles title this year. She lifted the crown last year with Switzerland’s Martina Hingis. Earlier in the day, world number one Angelique Kerber survived an early scare from Germany’s Carina Witthoft to book her place in the third of the first major of the
season. It was the second consecutive three-set affair for Kerber, who was also pushed to the limit by Lesia Tsurenko in the first round. After comfortably winning the first set, Kerber went down in the second one before bouncing back in style to claim a 6-2 , 6-7 (3-7), 6-2 win over her German opponent in the second round contest that lasted two hour and eight min-
tralia Open, where she reached the final in 2003. She was knocked out in the first round in 2016 by Britain’s Johanna Konta. The world number 17 will have disappointed fans who had hoped to see a repeat of the sisters’ winning performance at Wimbledon last year. The duo have taken home the Australian Open doubles title four times but the last one came in 2010. The 36-year-old, the oldest player in the women’s draw, was asked in a courtside interview about the changes she has seen in tennis over the last two decades. “I have to talk about this every interview,” she joked. “I’ve played against some of the greats, Steffi Graf.
Kedar Jadhav: Tennis ball legend who hit an ace
Saina Nehwal, Ajay Jayaram make winning start in Malaysia Masters badminton
KushalTradelinkto handsomely reward shareholders by issuing Bonus shares and Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad-headquartered KushalTradelink Ltd (BSE Scrip code: 536170) has planned to handsomely reward shareholders by issuing bonus shares. And to execute this initiative, a meeting of the Board of Directors of KushalTradelink Ltd has been scheduled to be held on 20 January 2017. Come Friday and the company will seek its board’s approval to increase its Authorised Share Capital (so as to issue bonus shares to existing shareholders) and to consider and declare Bonus on Equity Shares.Trading Window shall remain close from January 12, 2017 to January 22, 2017 (both days inclusive) on account of above Board Meeting.. Bonus shares are additional shares given to the current shareholders without any additional cost, based upon the number of shares that a shareholder owns. These are company’s accumulated earnings which are not given out in the form of dividends, but are converted into free shares. Mr.SandeepAgrawal, Chairman and Managing Director of KushalTradelink Ltd said: “Usually, companies issue bonus shares to encourage retail participation and increase their equity base.
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(H.S.) | New Delhi Saina Nehwal and Ajay Jayaram reached the last 16 of the season-opening Malaysia Masters Grand Prix Gold badminton tournament after notching up contrasting wins in the women’s and men’s section respectively on Wednesday. Top-seed Saina defeated Thailand’s
Chasinee Korepap 21-9 21-8 in the first round. The 26-year-old, who made a first-round exit in the Rio Olympics in August due to a knee injury which required surgery, is looking for a title win to regain her confidence after a lowkey return to playing. Saina Nehwal, a former world No 1, has slipped to No 10 in the rankings,
and behind younger compatriot, PV Sidhu. The Rio Olympics silver medallist is ranked No 6 in the world. Saina had won the Australian Open last year, but the injury dashed her hopes of adding to the bronze medal she won at the 2012 London Games. Saina Nehwal will next face Indonesia’s Hanna Ramadini.
THE TARGET is massive. The required run rate is soaring. And his team has just lost two key wickets. As Kedar Jadhav joins his captain, the game already seems like a lost cause. Not much is expected of him. He’s yet to make a name at this level after all. No, we’re not at the Maharashtra Cricket Stadium (MCA) Stadium in Gahunje. We’re instead in a town called Nagar in Ahmednagar District. The year is 1997, and Jadhav’s team, Rainbow Cricket Club, is playing the final of a high-profile
tennis-ball cricket tournament carrying a cash prize of Rs 51,000. The opposition has racked up a total of 100 in their quota of eight overs. In pursuit, Rainbow CC have lost their openers in the very first over. They need to get over 90 in 42 balls when a 12-year-old Jadhav walks up to his captain Nandan Thakur in the middle and says, “I think I can handle this.” The floodlights are burning brightly and about a thousand spectators are lining the boundary rope. Thakur is stunned by the diminutive kid’s confidence. But as he recalls now, Jadhav would leave
everyone at the ground spellbound. Thakur was in the stands at the MCA Stadium on Sunday. And he couldn’t help but feel a sense of deja vu. He’d seen Jadhav pull off remarkable feats with the bat on many occasions from the time the two joined forces in Pune’s highly competitive tennis-ball circuit two decades ago. This was, however, his first ODI at home and India were 63/4 in pursuit of 351. But as he saw Jadhav go about orchestrating his breathtaking assault on the English bowlers, Thakur suddenly reveals having had numerous flashbacks.
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Gujarat class I admissions: High Court issues notice to government on RTE rule
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday issued a notice to the state government over a petition challenging the validity of a right to education rule which allows fiveyear-old children to seek admission in Class I. A division bench of Chief Justice R Subhash Reddy
and Justice V M Pancholi issued the notice and will hear the matter within three weeks. The petition, filed by city-based Udgam School of Children, challenged the validity of rule 3(1) of the Gujarat Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Rule, which enables children who have completed five years of
11 held for consuming liquor at Anand party
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Anklav police in Anand district early on Tuesday raided a private party and arrested 11 persons, including five women, under the prohibition law. The accused have been identified as Nikhil Shah, Akram Ali Saiyed, Deepak Panchal, Nilesh Patel, Sanjay Patel, Manish Prajapati, all residents of Anklav village, Janaki Patel, Sonal Dati, Shahin Banu Sheikh, Chandrika Tadvi, all residents of Vadodara, and Aasha Parmar of
Ahmedabad. Acting on a tip-off police, conducted the raid around 1 am on Tuesday night at private farm house on AnklavPetlad road where Nikhil Shah and his friends organised a party. Blood samples of the accused were collected at Ankalv Health Centre to check the level of alcohol in their blood. “All the accused men are from Anklav and they invited their female friends from Vadodara and Ahmedabad for a party,” said sub-inspector Paresh Khambla.
age to get admission in Class I. The rules framed by the state are based on the Central RTE Act. According to the petition, the Centre’s RTE Act says that children, who have completed six years of age, can seek admissions in Class I, but the state’s rule says that a child, who has completed five years on June 1, can apply. The school challenged it saying that it makes parents put “underage” children get admitted in schools. The petitioner said that when
the Act is clear about the age limit, a state government rule cannot provide for anything beyond the scope of the Act. The school has further said that every school should have the right to determine the policy as to how it should function, more particularly, at what age it should provide admission and in which standard. The petitioner said that it has received application for admission under the RTE for five children, who are below six years of age. It also said
that the flexibility on age in the RTE Rule will encourage parents to seek admission for children “below the right age”. The rule 3(1) of Gujarat RTE Rule states, “No elementary school shall normally admit a child, who has not completed 6 years of age on the date of admission. However, if a child is desirous to be admitted on completion of 5 years of age, he shall be admitted, provided he has completed 5 years of age as on June 1 of that year.”
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categories. Of 34,239 government schools evaluated in the last edition of Gunotsav, 15,726 schools were in Grade B, while 8,709 schools in Grade C. The government release on Chief Minister Vijay Rupani’s visit to Aafva Primary School at Bardoli in south Gujarat on the second day of the three-day Gunotsav stated, “Speaking on the occasion…. He (Rupani) recalled that the campaign was initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi when he was the chief minister. It has now resulted in the rise
of educational standard as well as in physical infrastructure like drinking water in government schools. The number of A-grade schools in on the rise, and there are now no D- or E-grade schools in the state, while attempt is on the raise C-grade into B-grade.” When contacted , Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama said, “There are ‘D’ grade schools in the state. He might have meant that after Gunotsav VII, there would not be any ‘D’ grade school. This is what he also mentioned during the Gunotsav meeting.”
Gujarat Gunotsav: 1,800 last year, govt claims no Grade D school now
The Gujarat government on Tuesday in an official release claimed that there was no school in the state in Grade D, a day after the seventh edition of annual evaluation exercise Gunotsav was launched. As per the Gunotsav VI results, however, there were as many as 1,800 schools in Grade D — the lowest grade — securing scores below 4.8 in the annual evaluation. The results had revealed that most schools, including both lower and upper primary, were in B (score 6.1-7.4) and C (4.8-6.1)
Patels gather in big numbers as events for consecration of Khodaldham begin Correspondent | Rajkot
THE FIVE-DAY pranpratishtha mahotsav or the inauguration festival of a goddess Khodiyar shrine, built by Leuva Patel community in Kagvad village of Rajkot, began Tuesday as community members took out processions of idols of deities from various districts of Saurashtra. The processions coincided with Patidar quota stir leader Hardik Patel’s return to the state and his reception, but the organisers of both events claimed the two had no on impact each of the top 30 cities are other. The main procession from India, hinting that of idol of goddess Khodithe country’s urbanisa- yar, the patron deity of the tion rate is exponential. In JLL’s 2017 City Momentum Index, Bengaluru secures the pole posiAgency | Meerut tion, followed by Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, An FIR was registered while Silicon Valley in on Wednesday against the US comes in at third. controversial BJP leadAfter Bengaluru, the next er Sangeet Som and two Indian city to be in the others for violating the top ranks is Hyderabad poll code by screening a - securing the fifth spot, documentary containing lagging behind Shanghai. parts of his speech relatThis also makes India the ed to the Dadri lynching only country in the world case and his arrest during to have two cities in the the Muzaffarnagar riots. “Som, Virendra Kumar top five.
In a proud new development, Bengaluru has been crowned the most dynamic city in the world. At the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting being held in Davos, Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) has published its list of world’s most dynamic cities - the main ranking factors being rapid adoption of technology and innovation and Bengaluru has taken the top spot, leaving behind global tech hub Silicon Valley. In fact, six
Hardik Patel returns to a different Gujarat, but he still wants to awaken people
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Six months after his ‘banishment’ to effect a bail condition in the sedition cases against him, Patidar quota stir leader Hardik Patel has returned to a Gujarat which no longer has a chief minister from his community, and to a government as old as his absence from the state that is bending over backwards to please social sections that matter to en-
sure a comeback for the BJP in the Assembly elections later this year. As for Hardik, the reception he got at Ratanpur, on the Rajasthan-Gujarat border on Tuesday was grand, with supporters perched on top of a long line of cars, and circulating his photos tagged with a message “Gabbar’s entry in Gujarat”, and turning into a responsive crowd at the ‘hunkar rally’ in Him-
matnagar. But it was no match to the crowds that had gathered to receive him on his release from Lajpore Jail in Surat on July 15, some following him till he exited the state. With his warcry, calling for a dangal (wrestling duel) with BJP-ruled Gujarat government, the selfstyled convenor of the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) declared that his 18-month struggle for quota has only made him stronger. Hardik’s attack, though continued to remain silent about who PAAS’s alleged “General Dyer” was, responsible for the killing of the Patidars in police action following the August 2015 rally in Ahmedabad.
had registered two different complaints against unknown persons into the deaths of Kirit Vaghela and Pradeep Vaid under the Prohibition Act Sections 65 (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (F), and 66 (1) (B). This is the second time Surat police have used the Bombay Prohibition (Gujarat Amendment) Act, which entails death penalty or life imprisonment on conviction of the accused. The police also carried out checkings in the government hospi-
tal and till Tuesday afternoon, reported four more deaths due to suspected consumption of spurious liquor. The deceased have been identified as Sagar Vagh (24), resident of Limbayat, Shivchandra Kapad (23), a resident of Dindoli, Ashok Vaghela (24), a resident of Katargam and Hitesh Gondalia (28), a resident of Varachha area. One Parkash Rathod (25), a resident of Katargam, is undergoing treatment at the ICU ward of New Civil hospital.
open once again just days after Information Commissioner MS Acharyulu’s removal from the charge of HRD Ministry. Acharyulu’s order allowing inspection of Delhi University’s 1978 BA degree records was made public last week. He had on December 21 last year ordered inspection of DU degree records of 1978. This is the same year Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to DU, had got his degree. In the latest direction to the CBSE, the office of
Union Minister of Textiles and the Holy Child Auxilium School, Delhi, from where she claimed to have passed out, have also been directed by the Commission to provide the roll number or reference number of Smriti Zubin Irani to CBSE, Ajmer, which possesses the records for the years 1991 and 1993 “to facilitate search from huge records which is yet to be digitised.” Similar to DU’s explanation regarding provision of information, CBSE had argued that the information was “personal” and thus cannot be disclosed. The Commission, however, rejected the argument and directed the CBSE to “facilitate inspection of relevant records and provide certified copies of documents selected by the appellant free of cost”.
Surat: Death toll in suspected hooch tragedy rises to 6 Correspondent | Surat
Suspected hooch tragedy in Surat has claimed six lives, so far, in two days. While forensic tests have confirmed presence of toxic methanol in the blood of two deceased, reports of the others were still awaited. The city police have asked doctors to report to them any suspected case of methanol or any other form of alcohol poisoning.The first three deaths were reported on Monday evening. While forensic tests confirmed the deaths of Kirit Sinh Vaghela (28) and Pradeep Vaidh (30) due to consumption of spurious liquor, the report of Tenaji Thakor (30), who was suffering from lung cancer, was awaited. All the three were residents of Katargam area, and had consumed liquor Sunday evening. Katargam police
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Leuva Patel community, began at 6 am from Race Course ground in Rajkot city. Former chief minister Keshubhai Patel, former Gujarat Congress chief Siddharth Patel, Gujarat Municipal Finance Board chairman and BJP leader Dhansukh Bhanderi and Congress MLA Raghavji Patel — all belonging to
the Patidar community— were present when the procession was flagged off. Naresh Patel, president of Shree Khodaldham Trust (SKT), an organisation of Leuva Patels that has built the temple, also joined the procession. Local Patidar leaders of BJP and Congress also joined the long procession in their cars.
and Chandrshekhar Singh have been booked for violating the poll code under Section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) of IPC and Section 125 of the Representation of the
People Act. “Kumar and Singh while campaigning screened a documentary on Muzaffarnagar riots, Kawal killings, mahapanchayat in Khera village and Som’s arrest during the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots,” SSP J Ravindra Kumar said. The vehicle used for canvassing and the CD of the documentary has been seized by police.
FIR lodged against Sangeet Som for stirring up ‘Dadri lynching’ in poll campaign
(H.S.) | New Delhi The Central Information Commission (CIC) on Tuesday had directed the Central Board of Secondary Examination (CBSE) to allow inspection of class 10th and 12th school records of Union Minister Smriti Irani, rejecting CBSE’s contention that it constituted “personal information”. The latest development in the issue, that has been repeatedly brought up, has put the controversy out in the
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