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“Nationalism in campus” f e i r B s w Ne Lata Mangeshkar wishes Khayyam on birthday
Melody queen Lata Mangeshkar extended best wishes to legendary music composer Khayyam, who turns 89 today. The 86-year-old singer took to Twitter to say happy birthday to the “Umrao Jaan” music director. “Namaskar. Today is the birthday of talented music composer Khayyam sahab. I give my best wishes to him,” she wrote. Lata also shared a link of song “Dikhayi Diye Yun Ke Bekhud Kiya”, composed by the veteran composer with her in the vocals.
Court attack: BJP MLA Sharma joins police probe Agency | New Delhi
BJP MLA O P Sharma who was caught on camera beating a CPI activist at Patiala House court on Monday, joined the probe into the assault case today, a day after he was served summons by Delhi Police. Sharma, a firsttime MLA, presented himself before the Tilak Marg police station today.
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Central uni. to hoist national flag Agency | Surajkund
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February 19, 2016, Friday
The national flag will fly atop a 207-ft tall flag mast on the campuses of all 46 Central Universities “prominently and proudly” to signify a “strong India”, a resolution adopted at a meeting of their Vice Chancellors with HRD Minister Smriti Irani said today. The first of such flags will be hoisted on the restive JNU campus, officials in the HRD Ministry said. “At a central place in every university, the national flag will be flown prominently and proudly,” the resolution passed at a meeting Irani had with the Vice Chancellors of Cen-
tral universities, said. The move drew a sharp reaction from the Congress which said nationalism doesn’t mean hoisting the flag and singing Vande Mataram and that it should be reflected in one’s belief in the Constitution. CPM leader Brinda Karat also slammed government for the decision. The decision came in the midst of raging row over the arrest of JNU students union president Kanhaiya Kumar on sedition charges for being present at an event on the campus where anti-India slogans were raised. Though the government is facing strident opposition criticism over the
issue, today’s move reflects its resolve to adopt an aggressive posture on it. The proposal for hoisting the national tricolour atop a 207-feet pole was put forward by Irani and unanimously endorsed by all the 46 Vice Chancellors, HRD officials said. She also put forth the proposal for hoisting the first
such flag at JNU, which too was backed by all the VCs, they said. Officials in HRD Ministry said as per the resolution all the central universities, including JNU, will have to fly the tricolor and the decision was taken to “symbolise a strong and united India” in the institutions of higher educa-
tion. Irani had called the meeting of VCs following widespread protest over suicide of dalit scholar of Hyderabad University Rohith Vemula. “Nationalism just doesn’t mean hoisting the flag and singing Vande Mataram. It is about showing your belief in the Constitution, it is about showing respect to the institutions which have made the country a democratic set up,” Congress’ R P N Singh said. The JNU row had become the subject of a massive political fight with opposition coming down hard on the government. The
protests have taken place in many universities including in Jadavpur University in West Bengal. At the meeting several important aspects related to higher education, includ-
ing the implementation of 2012 UGC regulations by varsities for promoting equity and addressing grievances of Scheduled Caste and Schedule Tribe students discussed.
Agency | Sehore
Taking a dig at his rivals for projecting him as anti-farmer, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a new crop insurance scheme named Prime Minister Crop Insurance Scheme in MP, which, he said, would effectively look into farm-
ers’ needs affected by natural calamities unlike the one that existed during the UPA government. The PM also announced launch of a national agriculture market on Dr BR Ambedkar’s birth anniversary on April 14 to help farmers get adequate prices for the agriculture produce.
ika who swam for 4 hours from Adrina beach in Gir Somnath district said she wants to be best swimmer of India. Government of Gujarat organizes Vir Savarkar Rashtriya Samutra Taran Spardha once every two years. Today’s was
29th edition of this competition in which boys had to swim between Chorvad and Veraval and girls between Adri and Veraval. Four girls had participated in this competition. Monika studies in standard 1th in Surat.
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Veer Savarkar inspires me, says coastal Freedom 251 makers explain the low price point, swimming champion from Gujarat
but there are just too many loopholes to ignore
Agency | New Delhi
The cliche that India is an extremely price conscious market seems to have been proved, yet again! With a smartphone selling at Rs 251 (nearly Rs 300 if you add in the Rs 40 shipping price included), an unknown phone company Ringing Bells has turned into the biggest news maker in the tech and business industry over the last couple of days, and how. From specs offered at an unbelievably low price point and iPhone-like icons to being a re-branded Adcom Ikon 4 smartphone and Make in India project, a lot has already been
said and written about the Freeedom 251. But what still seems baffling is how they will achieve the price point so low for a device that is well speced to be priced a little over a couple of thousands. You don’t even need to be a businessman to do the math. Last night, Ashok Chadha, President, Ringing Bells took to answer-
ing media questions post the launch event and also explained how the company plans to achieve this low price point, and ‘still’ manage to sustain. Firstly, he cleared the air about subsidy by saying there is no government subsidy involved, but the company plans to benefit from economies of scale. The Indian market is at 2 crore
units a month. If you take 30 percent of that, then you achieve economies of scale,” he had said. The Freedom 251 is priced around Rs 250, which means it could get them a cut of estimated Rs 500 on the Rs 2,500 bill of materials. However, selling Rs 2,500 device at Rs 251 would still incur losses in crores, and how does the company plan to tackle that. Somehow, it appears there’s more that needs to be explained.
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Hiten Patel from Surat who won 21 nautical mile Chorwad-Veraval Veer Savarkar national coastal swimming championship today said the secret of his victory is Veer Savarkar who inspires him when he is in sea. Hiten today won the championship for third year in row. In 16 nautical miles women’s section swimming championship, Surat based Monika Mukeshbhai Nagpure emerged as victorious. 15-year old Mon-
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2.75-lakh beneficiary in all the 233 talukas in the A 15-year-old girl was Gujarat Chief Minister state, including 16,700 strangulated to death alAnandiben Patel today farmers on the spot. Mrs. legedly by her father for said that pro-farmer polAgency | New Delhi Patel said that soil health having a relation with icies and multilateral cards issued to 90-lakh a local man at Laxmi The Supreme Court on planning of the last 15 farmers to choose the Narayanpur in this dis- Thursday cleared the years has turned this once right crop as per soil trict, police said today. decks for the revocaa drought-prone state and weather condition, The accused strangulat- tion of President’s Rule into an agriculturally adoptimum utilization of ed the girl to death while in Arunachal Pradesh as vanced state revolution she was asleep in her it vacated its own order and attain double-digit wide Krishi Mahotsav farm practices to farmers. seed, fertilizers and waroom and her body was of status quo passed on growth. Addressing the launched in 2004-05 by The state government ter from the Narmada cremated by her family Wednesday. The central national convention of Prime Minister Naren- held over 1,700 medi- canal-based and drip irrisecretly and charred re- government on WednesBharatiya Kisan Sangh dra Modi when he was cal camps and provided gation with the mantra of mains were thrown into day held back its deci- Singh Khehar, vacated MLAs, the apex court at Jaipur in Rajasthan, the Chief Minister which free treatment to 18-lakh ‘Per Drop; More Crop’, the nearby river, a po- sion to revoke President’s the status quo order after bench directed the high she spoke on how her was followed-up every cattle in this unique lab- three-phase 24×7 power lice officer said. Though Rule in the wake of the examining the original court to hear the disqual- state vigorously pursued year. Agricultural tools 2farm initiative, she said. supply and other meathe incident took place status quo order passed records wherein it found ification matter from Feb- a wide range of initia- and assistance worth While the Krishi Mahot- sures helped Green Revon Sunday, it came to by the apex court. The that 14 MLAs disqualified ruary 22 and conclude the tives to realize the fruits Rs.45-crore were distrib- sav is held just before the olution. As part of the disaster light after a woman of revocation of President’s by former speaker Nabam hearing in two weeks. The of Green Revolution. She uted to three-lakh farm- kharif season, she said government’s the village yesterday Rule will allow formation Rebia were not served no- court said that any action recalled how an army ers out of total eight lakh the government started assistance scheme, she reported the matter to of a new government in tice. Upholding the inter- taken in the meantime of agricultural scien- farmers who participated one for rabi season also said Rs.6,807-crore were policemen who arrested the border state. The apex im order of Gauhati high would be subject to the tists and officials fanned in the Krishi Mahotsav since 2014, distribut- disbursed to one lakh the father identified as court constitution bench, court, which had stayed outcome of the matter be- out to the doorsteps of in 2015 alone. The sci- ing tools and assistance farmers as compensation headed by Justice Jagdish disqualification of the 14 fore the high court. farmers during the state- entists explained the best worth Rs.61.33-crore to for unseasonal rains. Nakula Jena (45). 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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News Channels: Who is the patriot, and who the anti-national?
What the nation wants and what it gets are two very different things. Who represents the nation and who decides on behalf of over a billion people are entirely separate issues. However, who is an “anti-national” became quite clear in the last five days on Times Now, NewsX and Zee News on the question of the #JNUTraitorTapes, as NewsX called them. Whatever the truth and lies of the videotapes that allegedly show JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar and others indulging in seditious “anti-national” activity, coverage of the events on these channels is disturbing because it defined everything within the generalised tag of “anti-national”. That means, if you disagree or even question this narrative, you are also unpatriotic. TV news has become an accessory, wittingly or unwittingly, to the “patriot games”, now playing out in the country. NewsX, Times Now and Zee News repeatedly telecast the #TraitorTapes, which they claim show protests in favour of Afzal Guru at JNU. On NewsX, there were at least six such tapes. You hear slogans — many about J&K — but often the tapes are “inaudible” at critical moments, which NewsX pointed out. Most of the footage is at night, it’s often difficult to identify anyone or actually hear them speak or chant slogans — there is no lip synchronisation of words with individual mouths. For all we know, the soundtrack could be superimposed on the footage. Or it could be authentic. We don’t know. So you shouldn’t jump to conclusions. However, NewsX, Times Now and Zee News (first to report on the JNU protests that led the police to its campus) used the videos as proof of “anti-national” behaviour by Kanhaiya Kumar and others. The videos played out repeatedly under banner headlines of “treason, anti-national”, red circles identifying Kumar as the “traitor” and “anti-national”. Watching the JNU tapes, listening to incessant talk about the “anti-national” would strike an emotive chord. - In such an atmosphere, came the attacks on students and journalists at Delhi’s Patiala House court premises on Monday by lawyers and their supporters who wanted to get their hands on the “anti-nationals”. This attack received live coverage and condemnation on most news channels, but if NewsX and Times Now showed the Patiala House violence on Monday, no one saw it. Why? On Wednesday, “patriotic” lawyers once again attacked journalists, at least one student and even Kanhaiya Kumar at the same venue. Vikramjit Chauhan, one of the lawyers involved in Monday’s attacks, was there too. “People who said ‘Pakistan zindabad’ have been made heroes and we are being called ‘goondas’,” he said to the news agency ANI. Chauhan and others know they are on live TV and use the opportunity to portray themselves as the standard bearers of Indian nationalism. Times Now, however, had changed tack.
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Superstar Aamir Khan says the next season of his popular television show “Satyamev Jayate”, which focuses on social issues, will have an episode on the water crisis in Maharashtra and other areas. “The topic of water problems will be tackled in this season of ‘Satyamev Jayate’, especially the problems related to Maharashtra,” Aamir said at a press conference held to announce the ‘Satyamev Jayate Water Cup’. “The response to ‘Satyamev Jayate’ was so strong that we felt we will take one more step ahead and focus on one topic. We decided to work on water and Maharashtra. Water is important and Maharashtra is my birth
place. I feel if we respect water, water will respect us so we all need to come together for this,” Aamir said at the event. A competition will be organised where villages will be involved in water conservation activities, with the winning village bagging prize money of Rs.50 lakh. The contest will be held between April 15 and May 31. Aamir and Kiran Rao’s NGO Paani Foundation will also work in association with
Kapil Sharma tries to re-create Comedy Nights with similar characters on different Agency | Mumbai
Sources close to the former Comedy Nights With Kapil show say there is immense brainstorming going on at this very minute to relocate the show from Colors to Sony Entertainment without breach of contract. Says the source, “Kapil’s team can’t have the same characters because Colors owns the rights to the original show on television. The team is taking legal advice to bring back the original characters in avatars that won’t amount
the Maharashtra government towards solving the water crisis in the state. Previously, “Satyamev Jayate” had featured an episode on rainwater harvesting, which spoke about the various methods of conserving water, steps which could be tried even in housing societies. Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Agency | Sydney Aamir’s “3 Idiots” and “PK” director Rajkumar Retired Australia spin Hirani were also present bowling great Shane at the event. Warne suffered a snakebite after dipping his head into a box full of the reptiles for a reality show. A promo clip for the Network Ten show “I’m A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!” shows the 46-yearold former leg-spinner being nipped on his head by an anaconda. “The juvenile anaconda is the one that actually struck Shane,” a Network Ten spokesperson said. “It’s non-venomous but very aggressive. “Anacon-
to a breach of contract with Colors. Viewers want to see the same characters again. So they have to make sure viewers don’t feel cheated. At the same time, the truth is that the same characters can’t be relocated to
Sony. They have to be re-created.” Much brainstorming is also on about the new show’s title. Says a source from Kapil’s team, “We’ve 10-15 title options. The name ‘Kapil’ will definitely be part of the new show’s title.”
das have 100 rear-facing teeth. Being bitten by one is like getting 100 hypodermic needles at once.” “Shane has made no secret that snakes are one of his greatest fears so it’s amazing that after being bitten he bravely continued with the trial,” execu-
tive producer Stephen Tate told the Daily Telegraph. “When Shane puts his mind to a task, he won’t let anything stop him.” Warne, who took 708 test wickets and scored more than 3,000 runs, is considered one of the best spin bowlers of all time.
the Ashok Chakra award for her heroic act of saving 359 lives on the hijacked Pan Am Flight 73 aircraft in 1986 – but at the cost of her life. Though Madhvani has made a film “Let’s Talk”, he is primarily known for directing numerous acclaimed advertisements and even directing a song in actor Aamir Khan’s “Taare Zameen Par” as well as the theme song of his television show “Satyamev Jayate”. Popular photographer Kasbekar, who makes his debut as a producer with the film, was the brain behind getting Madhvani onto the project. “My friend Atul Kasbekar approached me
first, he asked me if I knew Neerja. Actually I’m one of the few people who didn’t know Neerja but knew about her. I knew the incidents on the flight and was aware that she had received the Ashok Chakra. Atul said that he had this concept and asked if I would make a film on it.. I immediately said yes because this is a story that needs to be told to everyone.” “The writer of ‘Mary Kom’ Saiwyn Quadras had approached Atul first – which I came to know later – then Atul approached me. We worked with Saiwyn for 2 years, Sanyuktha Chawla Shaikh has written the dialogues.
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Jacqueline Fernandez, Sooraj Pancholi wish to work together Agency | Mumbai
Actors Jacqueline Fernandez and Sooraj Pancholi, who recently featured in a music video, are eager to do a film with each other. About the possibility of doing a film together, Jacqueline said, “I hope so. We had a great time working together. It was amazing. He rehearsed a lot with me, so we used to go to Remo’s studio. It’s great because then you have someone prepared and ready when the shoot time comes, he worked really hard.” “GF BF” the song composed and sung by Gurinder Seagal, also has Jacqueline showcasing her vocals. The song, directed by Remo D’Souza sees
Sooraj trying to make Jacqueline his girlfriend with his dance moves. “It’s really important that the people you work with have a nice and positive vibe around them, and with whom you can have a good time. Especially, with a music video the atmosphere needs to be good. We were able to work till 6 in the morn-
ing and we didn’t even feel it towards the end of it. We were happy and taking pictures,” Jacqueline said. “He was able to bring that to the team. For the fact that he’s done just one movie, it was really commendable. Working with Remo is not easy. But he really brought his game on, brought his swag,” she added.
Neerja’s family refused rights to many, showed faith in us: Ram Madhvani
No more Bat-nipples? Here’s what Clooney and Bale told new Batman Ben Affleck
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Agency | Mumbai The Nadigar Sangam or South Indian Artistes’ Association is gearing up to raise funds for building their new office. Actor Vishal who is the General Secretary of the Nadigar Sangam told media that in order to raise funds they were planning to have a star cricket match. The cricket match will also see Superstar Rajinikanth and Ulaganayagan Kamal Haasan be part of the event, he stated. The cricket match has been set for April 10.
Vishal also stated that the Nadigar Sangam at this point had Rs 48 lakh cash and had raised about Rs 2 crore by way of loans to get back the land and settle the lease agreement with SPI Cinemas.They now want to conduct a star cricket match so that they can raise funds for the construction of the building. The actor added that the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa will be invited to lay the foundation stone for the building when they had finalised all aspects.
Agency | Los Angeles Ben Affleck said two legendary “Batmen” George Clooney and Christian Bale had offered their guidance. “I talked to Clooney and he gave me some advice which is not repeatable,” Affleck joked. “And I talked to Christian, who just told me to make sure I got a
zipper in the suit, which was valuable, practice advice as it turned out.” Clooney starred as the caped crusader in the regrettable “Batman & Robin” (1997), which featured the unforgettable nippled bat suit. And Bale, 43, starred as Batman in the Christopher Nolan’s acclaimed “Dark
Knight Trilogy: Batman Begins” (2005), “The Dark Knight” (2008), and “The Dark Knight Rises” (2012). Affleck also dished on the year long workout regimen he undertook to get into crime fighting shape, which he admits was spurred on by a little healthy competition with Cavill.
Film “Neerja” director Ram Madhvani said that air-hostess Neerja Bhanot’s family refused to give rights to make a film on her to numerous people, but had trust in them. “(Producer) Atul Kasbekar initially spoke with the family. Before us, different people have asked them the rights to make a film on Neerja. For some strange reason, they have said no to them, they said yes to us. That I think you should ask the family why they showed trust in us, or why they had faith in us,” said Madhvani. Neerja Bhanot, a 23-yearold flight attendant, was the youngest recipient of
3 / Dt. 19-02-2016, Friday Government to come out with new textiles policy by April
Agency | Mumbai The government is currently in the process to announce a new textiles policy by April 2016. Santosh Kumar Gangwar, minister of state, ministry of textiles (independent charge), Government of India, said on the sidelines of the “Make in India” summit here on Thursday that the new textiles policy would be announced before the closing of the next session of the Parliament. The policy is expected to accommodate a series of reforms to make India a truly manufacturing hub in textiles sectors so that Indian textiles players can take maximum advantages of the slowdown in Chinese textiles industry. To begin with, the industry will see amendment in the labour law to facilitate women workforce to work during night shift. As per existing norms, women are allowed to work only in the day shift. With the textiles sector being the second-largest employment provider with over 50% coming in from women segment in rural India, it is important to facilitate women workforce adequate policy support to work during the night shift.
Triumph Motorcycles to unveil new Bonneville range at India Bike Week
Agency | New Delhi British superbike maker Triumph Motorcycles will unveil its new range ‘Bonneville’ during the India Bike Week (IBW), which begins in North Goa’s Arpora from February 19. “We are having a rider meet during IBW. For the first time, we are showcasing the Bonneville range to our customers. We showcased it at the Auto Expo in Delhi, but that was only for media,” Vimal Sumbly, MD, Triumph Motorcycles (India) Pvt Ltd said. The two-wheeler major will also be putting on display its other range of superbikes at the two-day IBW event. Sumbly said that after the formal unveiling of the Bonneville bike for customers, dealers across the country will put the bike on display at their showrooms. The iconic Bonneville, he said, is now made on a completely new platform in terms of its design, style, engine and technology.
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Ravi Shastri, support staff has made a lot of difference to this Indian team: Rohit Sharma Agency | New Delhi
India’s limited-overs opener Rohit Sharma, who has been in sublime form since the start of this new year, has hailed current team director Ravi Shastri and the other support staff for the success of the Indian team. Rohit said, “The support staff and individuals like Ravi Shastri have made a lot of difference to this side.They’ve given us the space to go out there and express ourselves.A lot of credit goes to Sanjay Bangar as well. He’s been doing a lot of work behind the scenes, spending lot of time with batsmen, creating a positive environment.” Rohit is often hailed for his abil-
ity to dispatch short balls over the ropes. The righthander said that it even though it’s pleasing to the eyes of the viewers, a lot of effort goes into doing so. “Yeah, I know. That’s what they keep saying. But a lot of work goes into it. It’s a result of experience and a lot of effort that’s been put in to improve as a batsman. In any sport, nothing comes easy. No mat-
ter how tal ented you are or naturally gifted you are, there’s no substitute to hard work if you got to maintain standards,” the Mumbaikar said. The 28-year-old hit two centuries in what was a magnificent ODI series for him against Australia lately and followed it up with scores of 31, 60 and 52 in the three-match T20I series which India won 3-0.
Difficult to find a place for Ajinkya Rahane: MS Dhoni Agency | New Delhi
With a “no-vacancy” sign plastered on India’s top order and his utility in the middle questioned by his own captain, Ajinkya Rahane suddenly finds his consistency with the bat means very little. The 27-year-old Mumbai batsman has forced his way into the final 15 for next month’s World Twenty20 on home soil but is unlikely to play a major role in the hosts’ bid for a second 20-over World title under Mahendra Singh Dhoni. The left-right combination of Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma have locked up the opening slots, followed by batting mainstay Virat Kohli and limited overs specialist Suresh Raina. An industrious accumulator in a lineup teeming with swashbuckling
power-hitters, Rahane can only hope for a middle order slot but Dhoni, forthright as ever, has virtually dismissed the possibility. Dhoni insists Rahane, as evident from his consistent performance in the Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 competition, is at his best as an opener and lacks the muscle power to excel as a lower-order slogger. “When both the openers perform well, it makes life slightly difficult for the skipper,” the India captain told reporters on Tues-
day. “Rahane, at the end of the day, is a fantastic player but you also have to consider the fact that in Twenty20, he is somebody who has done really well when he is opening the batting. “If you look at the team we have got for the Twenty20 World Cup, you find it difficult to find a place for him.” An automatic selection in the Test team, Rahane has a strike rate of 114 in T20 Internationals and is among the rare batsmen who can score freely and still not offend the purists with his shot-making.
Michael Clarke makes return to club cricket with eyes on T20 Agency | Sydney
Agency | New Delhi Google last year started letting Yahoo, Outlook, Hotmail, and users of other email services link their non-Gmail accounts to Gmail. This gave users access to their non-Gmail mails within the Gmail client for Web and mobile. Google on Wednesday announced an expansion of this feature, with Gmailify. It brings two major additions, with the biggest being that users without a Google or Gmail account can now use the Gmail app for Android and Web client. The second, is that features previously limited to the Gmail account of the user will now be accessible even on non-Gmail accounts. To be more specific, users with Yahoo, Outlook, and Hotmail email accounts will get access to Gmail features like spam protection, Inbox organisation (e.g. Priority Inbox), faster search with advanced search operators, and better mail notifications on mobile. The expanded Gmailify access also includes Google Now cards, which means hotel and travel information from non-Gmail accounts will also show up as notifications for Android users.
Former Australia captain Michael Clarke makes his return to cricket this weekend in a Sydney club competition, but with his eyes on some unfinished business in the Twenty20 format. The 34-year-old, who bowed out of the game in August after the disastrous Ashes series in England, will return to his old team Western Suburbs to play Randwick-Petersham from Saturday. One of the outstanding batsmen of his generation, he said he “missed the game”, and now he is free of international demands he wants to have a crack at making his mark in T20s. “I spent the last 13 years staying away from T20 cricket so I could be the best Test and one-day player I could possibly be,” Clarke told Sky News on Thursday. “Now I probably have
more time and opportunity, if I do miss the game and love the game, to be able to focus on that and improve. “I didn’t perform in that format as well as I would have liked, so now I’ve got the time to work on my game in that format.” While Clarke played in 115 Tests and 245 oneday internationals, he only took part in 34 T20 internationals during his firstclass career. T20 cricket can be a big money-spinner for players, with Australian veteran Shane Watson netting a US$1.4 million contract at this month’s Indian
Premier League auction. This week Clarke is looking to help his old club -winless and in last place - take on their stronger neighbouring club Randwick-Petersham in a twoday match. “I know a lot of the boys and they are all good guys, so it’s great to be back here,” he told the Sydney Daily Telegraph. “Wests has always been a great club and we’ve got a lot of younger players coming through now, so like a lot of clubs it’s a bit about rebuilding now and then we’ll be back to our best for sure.
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SPORTS ROUNDUP HIL 2016: Rupinder Pal Singh hits form, Delhi make semis Agency | New Delhi
When Delhi Waveriders played their first home game a fortnight ago, coach Cedric de Souza had expressed his happiness about the crowd support at the Shivaji stadium, a change from the earlier home turf at the National stadium. However apart from the supportive crowd, Delhi have not had much to cheer about as, before Wednesday, they had lost three out of four games at home. Making matters worse was the home form of their ace drag flicker Rupinder Pal Singh. He had started the season strongly, scoring six goals in the first five matches. However he had a shocker in his first
home game against UP Wizards on February 1, missing six penalty corners as Delhi lost 4-6. This was followed by another off colour performance in a 5-2 loss against Punjab Warriors a day later. After those two losses, Delhi’s form went downhill as they lost an additional two games, leaving their semi-final hopes in the balance. And so, when Delhi played their last league game on
Wednesday, they were in a do-or-die battle against the Kalinga Lancers. And they needed Rupinder to step up. And step up he did. After some early circle penetrations, Delhi were looking strong to score the first goal but Kalinga’s defence defied them. But 18 minutes after the start of the game, Delhi were awarded a penalty corner and Rupinder was back at his usual position.
team is always a tough job. It doesn’t matter whether you do well or disappoint. It is a tough job and I knew about this when I accepted this challenge. I enjoy taking up tough challenges,” Waqar said. The former Pakistan captain said at present, he was only focusing on preparations
for the Asia Cup and World T20 events and not thinking about his contract. He said when the time came, he will think about it. Waqar was also candid about Pakistan’s chances in the two forthcoming events, pointing out that Pakistan will have to work very hard to do well.
al, who will join her for the mixed-doubles event is still a matter of conjecture. “Who knows who is going to be healthy and who won’t be healthy. The most important thing people should know is that the best team should be put forward. Now, I don’t think is the right time to take that call,” Sania told reporters. Ahead of the
2012 London Olympics, there was a controversy over selection of the Indian doubles team. Indian tennis team, specially in the mixed doubles will be a strong medal contender with Mirza being the world number in women’s doubles. Besides, both Paes and Bopanna are specialist in the doubles.
Focus on Asia Cup 2016 and World T20, not contract extension: Waqar Younis Agency | Lahore
Pakistan’s head coach Waqar Younis said he was focussing on preparations for the Asia Cup and World T20 events and not thinking about an extension of his coaching contract that expires in May. “I have still three to four months of my contract left and right now I haven’t given a thought to the future,” he told reporters. Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Shahryar Khan has said that the board had decided to extend the contract of Waqar for the tour to England which lasts from July to September. “Coaching of any
Sania Mirza wants best possible mixed doubles team for 2016 Rio Olympics
Agency | New Delhi Ace tennis player Sania Mirza gave her inputs on the ever contentious pairing of Indian mixed-doubles team ahead of 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Wednesday. The 29-year-old is expected to pair either with Leander Paes or Rohan Bopanna in the quadrennial event in this August. But as usu-
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Gujarat village bans mobile phones for unmarried women
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi may be promoting his Digital India drive across the world but a village in his native district of Mehsana in Gujarat has banned mobile phones for unmarried women. In a Khap panchayat-like diktat, Suraj village –100 km from the state’s financial capital of Ahmedabad – decided to fine women Rs 2,100 for using or possessing a mobile phone. The informer gets Rs 200 as reward. “Why do girls need cell phone? Internet is a waste of time and money for a middle-class community like us. Girls should better utilise their time for study and other works,” said Suraj village sarpnach
Devshi Vankar. The only exception to the rule is if a relative wants to talk to a girl, her parents can pass on their phones for conversation. Vankar said the “entire population of 2,500”, comprising various castes, “welcomed the decision”. Suraj village imposed the ban on February 12 but it may spread to other parts of north Gujarat as the politically influential Thakor community initiated
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a drive to extend the restriction, with support of other OBC communities such as the Rabari and Vankar. The motivation of the mobile phone ban for women can be traced to an alcohol de-addiction drive by the Thakors mainly aimed at men. As the drive progressed, the community came out with rules and regulations for women’s lifestyle. Community leaders felt just like liquor, the use
of cell phones by unmarried women created a nuisance in society. In January, Ludar in Banaskantha district was the first village to implement such a ban. The community vowed to intensify the drive against alcohol de-addiction as well as cell phones by passing resolutions during meetings being organised in rural parts of the state’s northern belt.’ “Alcohol consumption by men and cell phone use by women create a lot of disturbance in society. Young girls get misguided. It can break families and ruin relationship,” said Raikarnji Thakor, a community leader from north Gujarat. “It (the ban) is the villagers’ idea only,” he added.
50 countries and 20 states to Participate in Gujarat International Travel Mart Government of Gujarat and Tourism Corporation of Gujarat Limited in association with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) are organizing Vibrant Gujarat International Travel Mart (VGITM), a Global Travel Exposition. It will be held from 19 to 21 February, 2016, at Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar, Gujarat (India), to promote tourism in Gujarat. Delegates from more than 50 countries and 20 Indian states will participate in the International Travel Mart. Saurabh Patel, State Tourism and Finance Minister while announcing the event said that, “with rapidly growing state’s tourism sector due
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The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday asked the civil hospital in Sola to examine the medical condition of a teenage rape victim, who has sought to terminate her five-month pregnancy. This is yet another case of rape-induced pregnancy that has reached the court seeking permission for abortion. The girl’s condition has worsened since she “swallowed acid” after being raped. The victim reached the High Court along with her parents who are farm labourers from Junagadh
district. She was sitting outside the courtroom holding an intravenous drip. The parents said that they don’t want to talk about their daughter’s case, except that they want justice for her. According to the plea, “The petitioner-victim has crumbled physically and mentally on account of rape… she is survived after consuming solid liquid in form of acid and her condition is not sound that she may deliver the child inasmuch as her organs like Esophagus, Liver, Gastric etc are seriously damaged…(sic).”
walked the path before you.” He also said, “I had not met Keshubhai for long time, so today I met him to seek his guidance.” Keshubhai from his side offered sweets to Vijaybhai and congratulated him in advance. It should be mentioned that
Keshubhai in 1970s and 1980s played key role in mobilization of Patel community’s support in favor of BJP especially in Saurashtra region. In fact this is the task Vijaybhai has to achieve again in year 2017 assembly polls of Gujarat as party president.
Baba Ramdev donates Rs 25 lakh to Sanskrit Pathshala in north Gujarat
Giving Real Estate Sector a ‘REAL’ Advantage
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living. However, 70% of this whole growth is actually unorganized which often results in jeopardizing their credentials as a ‘dream home provider’. Daemon India, like a silent creator, turned this glaring problem into a rare opportunity by introducing DaeBuild, the Real Estate CRM Software, that acts as a one-
stop solution to pre and post customer management, including leads, quote, sales, document, brokers and staff management. In other words, it is poised to create a flutter in the Indian Real Estate sector as it provides them a single window to track every minute detail of a ‘unit’ spread across all projects and schemes.
to series of events like Navratri, Kite Festival, Rann Utsav and promotion of state’s best tourist destination the government has decided to give further major boost to tourism sector. Recently announced state tourism policy is getting wider response. The upcoming travel mart will give a big boost to market state as the tourist destination.
end his life in support of the quota stir. Hearing on their bail pleas was completed on February 15 and the court had reserved the verdict to be pronounced today. On February 15 Hardik’s bail application was also to be heard by the same court but owing to the absence of the Investigating Officer it was deferred till February 20. With the rejection of the bail pleas of the two co-accused today, chances of Hardik getting bail from the same court in the matter
looks bleak. The crime branch of Surat police had on January 8 filed a 370 page charge-sheet in the case. All the three accused are lodged in Lajpore central jail here. Another court in Ahmedabad will hear Hardik’s bail plea in yet another sedition case filed against him and his five aides on February 20. The crime branch of Ahmedabad police had on January 18 filed a 2700 page charge sheet in the case lodged for their role in the violent quota agitation.
will offer all existing services including domestic money remittance, rail and air reservation, mobile and TV DTH recharge, assisted e-commerce, and cash point. We however expect to treble the transaction volume from these outlets over the conventional Payworld retailer. ” Speaking at the press conference in Ahmedabad, Mr.Dhabhai said: “These signature outlets will be located in high footfall areas and serve as a onestop solutions shop.”Promoted by the Chennai based US $ 2 billion
group, Sugal and Damani Utility Services Private Ltd, Payworld puts offline consumers in a comfort zone by bringing in lots of conveniences for the non-tech savvy consumers with wide ranging services – from mobile recharge to DTH renewals, railway and air reservations, utility payments and most importantly sending money to any bank account in India through its retail touch points that number over 62,000 that could reach close to 3,00,000 in three years. Payworld has set an ambitious revenue target ofRs 10,000 crore plus(about US$ 1.538 billion at USD$ one to 65INR)as part of its plan to increase its retail foot print pan India to 3,00,000 outlets from the current level of 62,000 outlets including 10,000 signature outlets in a three year time period.
Bail pleas of two Hardik aides rejected in sedition case Correspondent | Surat
The Principal District and Session Judge of Surat Mrs Geetaben Gopi today rejected the bail pleas of two aides of Jailed Patidar quota stir leader Hardik Patel in a sedition case in which the Patidar Anamat Aandolan convener was also an accused and his bail application is to come up for hearing on February 20 in the same court. The court rejected the bail pleas of Chirag Desai and Vipul Desia in the sedition case lodged by crime branch in Amroli police station of the district for a ‘caught on-camera’ discussion between them and the PAAS leader who allegedly suggested Vipul to kill policemen rather than committing suicide. Vipul had threatened to
Payworld opens signature outlets in Gujarat
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Daemon India has launched, DaeBuildReal Estate CRM Software specifically tailored for Indian Real Estate Developers that offers a complete solution to the requirement of the Real Estate in India, for optimize operational support. It is the ‘first-of-its-kind’ software that will help both Real Estate Developers and their Customers! DaeBuild CRM software offers “interactions”, a tool to manage Inbound and Outbound post sales customer interactions. Its document designer enables builders to automate Sales Deed, Demand Letters, and Possession Letters etc as per one’s need. In the last five years, the Indian Real Estate sector has witnessed a meteoric rise in customers’ expectation of owning the finest elements of urban
More than Rs.4500 crore MOUs are also likely to be signed during the event.” The exposition is designed to facilitate business interactions among travel professionals from Gujarat and across the world, thereby unleashing significant business opportunities between Gujarat-based travel fraternity and international travel trade.
The focal components of the event will be the buyer-seller meet, B2C meetings and the travel exposition. With participation of travel professionals from states other than Gujarat, VGITM, as the Global Travel Exposition, will strive to reinforce the thrust provided by the successful “Incredible India” campaign of the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India. VGITM will specifically promote the vast bouquet of tourist destinations in Gujarat and complement the highly successful promotional campaign featuring Amitabh Bachchan, legendary bollywood actor and the brand ambassador of Gujarat Tourism.
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A day before his election as President of Gujarat BJP, Vijay Rupani visits Keshubhai
Vijay Rupani, the minister in state cabinet who is all set to be elected unopposed as president of the Gujarat unit of Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) tomorrow at 12.39 pm, today visited the residence of former Gujarat Chief Minister Shri Keshubhai Patel in Gandhinagar and sought his blessings. Though his name is not declared officially as party president, party leaders off the record covey media person that Vijaybhai is going to become the President tomorrow. Vijay Rupani after visiting Keshubhai said: I tool blessing of Keshubhai Patel this morning. It reminded saying ‘leader from the people who have
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Speaking at Mudeti Ved Sanskrit Mahavidyalaya in Sabarkantha district of north Gujarat, Yog Guru Baba Ramdev today announced donation of Rs 25 lakh to Sanskrit Pathshala. Further Rs 10 lakh amount was announced by other donors in this function. The Ved Sanskrit Gyan Gaurav function was attended by ministers Shri Ramanlal Vora and Bhupendrasinh Chudasama along with other dignitaries. Speak-
ing on this occasion minister Shri Ramanlal Vora said that government has made Sanskrit Pathshalas granted and Pathshalas in Kadiyadra and Mudeti are covered under this scheme. He said the state government has set up first Sanskrit University in Somnath which has been able to connect over one lakh youths to this language. Baba Ramdev in his address said what he has done for Yog, he intends to do same for Ved in future on global level.
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Payworld, a Payment facilitator, today launched its Signature Outlets in Gujarat as part of its campaign to open 1000 such retail outlets in a three year time span in the state to eventually raise its pan India revenues to over US$ 1.538 billion (about Rs 10,000 crore). Praveen Dhabhai, Chief Operating Officer, Payworld, an intelligent electronic transaction processing platform for mainly offline to online transactions, said: “These signature outlets
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