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(8 : 00PM) Nifty regains 9,200-level, Sensex
Agency | Mumbai NSE Nifty reclaims the psychological 9,200mark and BSE benchmark Sensex soared about 267 points in early trade on Tuesday, triggered by across-the-board buying amid mixed overseas cues. The 30-share index was trading higher by 266.97 points, or 0.90 per cent, to 29,680.63 with all the sectoral indices led by metal, oil & gas and capital goods leading the recovery.The gauge had lost 374.69 points in the previous three sessions largely on weak global cues on rising geo-political concerns. The NSE Nifty was up 66.10 points, or 0.72 per cent, at 9,205.40 in early trade.
Agency | New Delhi Vijay Mallya had fled the country and sought refuge in the United Kingdom, after a lookout notice was issued against him. In a major breakthrough for the Indian law enforcement authorities, the Scotland Yard on Tuesday arrested absconding liquor baron Vijay Mallya in London. He was produced before the Westminster Magistrates’ Court today and was later granted bail. The court proceedings, however, will continue in the extradition case. Confirming his arrest, the Metropolitan Police issued a statement that Mallya, 61, was arrested on “behalf of the Indian authorities in relation to accusations of fraud”. The statement added that he was taken into custody after attending a central London police station. The Ministry of Home Affairs immediately directed the CBI and ED to apply for his extradition in IDBI bank loan fraud case. Soon after his release Mallya mocked the Indian media for hyping his arrest. “Usual Indian media hype. Extradition hearing in Court started today as expected,” he tweeted. Speaking to reporters in India, Santosh Gangwar, MoS Finance, asserted that Mallya would be brought back to the country. “Vijay Mallya will be brought back to India, due process of law will be followed,” he said. Soon after his release Mallya mocked the Indian media for hyping his arrest. “Usual Indian media hype. Extradition hearing in Court started today as expected,” he tweeted. Speaking to reporters in India, Santosh Gangwar, MoS Finance, asserted that Mallya would be brought back to the country. “Vijay Mallya will be brought back to India, due process of law will be followed,” he said. Mallya is wanted in
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cases related to several economic offences, including defaulting on bank loans worth crores of rupees. His now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines owes over Rs 9,000 crore to state-owned and private banks. Earlier, the Indian government requested the Theresa May government to extradite Mallya. The request came when Finance Minister Arun Jaitley met the UK Chancellor earlier this year. On February 21, the UK authorities conveyed to their Indian counterparts that the Secretary of State had certified their extradition request. “The UK Home department on February 21 conveyed that the request of India for extradition of Mallya has been certified by the secretary of state and sent to the Westminster Magistrates’ Court for a district judge to consider the issue of releasing of warrant,” External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Gopal Baglay said. In the same month, a special court allowed the Enforcement Directorate to invoke the India-UK Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) and launch probe in a money laundering case against Mallya. Despite its efforts the ED failed to corner Mallya. In the past they had obtained a non-bailable warrant, revoked his passport and, also, unsuccessfully sought an Interpol warrant. Subsequently the ED attached his properties worth Rs 9,661 crore after he failed to appear before it, despite being issued several summons and asked to join the probe. The CBI is also investigating Mallya under the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption for allegedly defaulting on loans. Mallya had fled from the country March 2, 2016 and sought refuge in the United Kingdom, after a lookout notice was issued against him. In November 2016, the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court declared him as an “absconder” after he ignored several warrants and summons. In June, he was declared as a “proclaimed offender” by a special court. His arrest incidentally comes on the same day British Prime Minister Theresa May called for fresh polls in the country.
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US won’t rest until North Korea gives up nuclear weapons, Mike Pence says
Agency | Tokyo The US will not relent until it achieves its objective of ensuring the Korean Peninsula is free of nuclear weapons, Vice President Mike Pence said Tuesday while visiting Japan. After meetings with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and other leaders, Pence told reporters that President Donald Trump was confident that economic and diplomatic pressure has a chance of compelling North Korea to cooperate. ”It is our belief by bringing together the family of nations with diplomatic and economic pressure we have a chance of achieving a freeze on the Korean Peninsula,” Pence said. ”We will not rest and will not relent until we obtain the objective of a denuclearized Korean Peninsula,” he said. The Trump administration has signaled a more forceful US stance toward North Korea’s recent missile tests and threats, including a warning from Trump that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has “gotta behave.” So Pence struck a stern tone after arriving at a US naval base from South Korea. ”We appreciate the challenging times in which the people of Japan live with increasing provocations from across the Sea of Japan,” he
said. “We are with you 100 percent.” On Monday, Pence traveled to the tense Demilitarized Zone dividing North and South Korea, where he warned North Korea’s leaders that after years of testing the US and South Korea with its nuclear ambitions, “the era of strategic patience is over.” A senior North Korean official then accused the United States of bringing the countries to the brink of thermonuclear war. Pence, on a 10-day Asia trip that will also take him to Indonesia and Australia, said Trump hopes China will use its leverage to get its longtime ally North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons program and ballistic missiles. In Beijing, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi made a fresh appeal for calm. Wang told reporters that although US officials have made clear that a military strike remains a possibility, he believes that Washington would still prefer to de-escalate tensions through multi-sided talks. Abe said Japan likewise hopes for peaceful dialogue with Pyongyang, “but at the same time, dialogue for the sake of dialogue is valueless.” Pressure on North Korea is crucial, the prime minister said. After meeting with Abe, Pence held talks with Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso on a new US-Japan “economic dialogue” to be led by the two. The new forum for trade talks was launched by Trump and Abe during the Japanese leader’s visit to the US in February. In part, it is meant to take the place of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the regional trade pact that Trump withdrew from shortly after taking office. Pence and Aso said they believed the dialogue could yield opportunities to create new jobs on both sides and to fortify the economic aspects of the alliance. ”We would like to seek the best shape and forum for our bilateral relationship,” Pence said. “The TPP is a thing of the past for the United States of America.”
O Panneerselvam: AIADMK should not be controlled by one family, Jayalalithaa’s death must be probed
er and the Election Commission,” he said. OPS also sought a judicial probe into the death of former party supremo Jayalalithaa. “Want the world to know what kind of medical treatment given to Amma,” he said. On Monday night, over 20 ministers held an emergency meeting at the residence of Minister for Industries, P Thangamani after Delhi Police booked Dinakaran for allegedly trying to influence two poll panel officials to rule in his favour in the party’s election symbol case. The police arrested an alleged middleman, Sukesh Chandrashekar, from a five star hotel and recovered over Rs 1 crore from him. Dinakaran, however, denied having any links with Chandrashekar and claimed the charges against him were politically motivated. He is expected to travel to Bengaluru and visit Sasikala in prison.After last night’s meeting, Finance Minister D Jayakumar welcomed OPS statement over the possible merger. The Sasikala faction is likely to constitute a committee of 12 senior ministers and hold talks with the OPS faction. He accused AIADMK (Amma) deputy general secretary T T V Dhinakaran of bribing the voters in R K Nagar as well as trying to bribe Election Commission officials to get the party symbol (leave leaves).
Planning and Housing Department, In a major bureaucrat- Housing RJ Chowdhary directed ic reshuffle in Uttar the vice-chairman of the Agency | Chennai ficials, has sought immediate corrective Pradesh, the Yogi AdiLucknow Development measures to obviate the problems. The tyanath government on Authority to submit a The punctuality rate has deteriorated Agency | Chennai Tuesday transferred 41 punctuality rate has deteriorated further detailed report within further to 79 per cent during April 1-16 IAS officers, including three days after probing period, as compared to 84 per cent in to 79 per cent during April 1-16 period, “We have sent a special petition to the the vice-chairman of the the alleged irregularities the corresponding period last year, a as compared to 84 per cent in the corre- EC to declare Sasikala’s appointment Lucknow Development in the projects. Those decrease of 4 per cent. With a number sponding period last year, a decrease of as GS as illegal,” he said. A day afAuthority, Satyendra transferred included of complaints being received over late 4 per cent. Analysis of performance of ter Tamil Nadu ministers belonging Singh. This was the sec- Rakesh Kumar Singh I, running of trains, Railway Minister zonal railways reveals that punctuality to the Sasikala faction welcomed the ond major administrative who has been named the Suresh Prabhu has cracked the whip on has registered a sharp drop over Eastern idea of holding talks over merging reshuffle undertaken by new District Magistrate officials concerned, asking them to imRailway (-8.9 per cent), North Eastern with the breakaway O Panneerselvam the BJP government in of Kanpur rural; Nar- prove punctuality rate or “face action”. Railway (-11 per cent), East Central faction, the former state chief minisUP. Earlier this month, endra Shankar Pandey Zonal heads have been asked to deploy ter, addressing a press conference in Railway (-10 per cent), South East Cen20 IAS officers were is- (DM Jalaun); Narendra a senior-level officer in the night shift Chennai, spelled out his demands on tral Railway (- 11 per cent), West Censued similar orders and Kumar Singh (DM Shah- between 10 PM and 7 AM immediateTuesday. “We have sent a special peeight officers have been jahanpur) and Vimal ly to monitor the situation and address tral Railway (-8 per cent) and Konkan tition to the EC to declare Sasikala’s put on the waitlist. Days Kumar Dubey, who has the problems, if any, to prevent delay in Railway (-6.9 per cent). Division-wise appointment as general secretary as after he was sworn in been posted as District train running. Besides, Prabhu has also analysis of punctuality reveals that the illegal,” Panneerselvam said. He also as chief minister, Adi- Magistrate of Mirzapur. taken note of discrepancies between performance of 11 divisions including targetted deputy general secretary tyanath sought a review Himanshu Kumar has train timings data available on national Varanasi, Mumbai, Sambalpur, Dana- TTV Dinakaran in his address, saying of four major projects been made the new DC train enquiry system (NTES), the of- pur, Samastipur, Jhansi, Jabalpur leaves he tarnished the image of the party. green lit during the of Devipatan, and Pra- ficial website of Indian Railways, and much to be desired, according to the let- “The fact that they gave Rs 4000 per Akhilesh Yadav regime. manshu is the new Pan- actual train timings being experienced ter written by Railway Minister office voter and subsequent IT raids. You Special Secretary Urban chayati Raj Secretary. by passengers. He, in a letter to the of- to all zonal heads. have seen how he tried to bribe the votCorp. Office: 36 - Shrinath Sarthak Ind Park, Nr. Torrent Power, Ring Road, Nikol, A’bad - 380049 Email: ssdaily2013@gmail.com www.sunvillasamachar.com/en
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Under what conditions would Modi, yogi to head a UP government?
The results raise two larger questions: Can the Muslim vote be rendered electorally irrelevant in India’s democracy? And, under what conditions would Narendra Modi, or the BJP, pick a non-RSS man to head a BJP government? The first question is connected to the idea of Hindu consolidation. The second is significant because Yogi Adityanath, UP’s new chief minister, has never been in the RSS, the mother organisation of Hindu nationalism. BJP leaders with an RSS background have been the party’s default choice for heading governments.The BJP’s UP strategy acquires tremendous clarity in retrospect — it calculated that if it ignored Muslims, Yadav OBCs and Jatav Dalits, it would still be left with roughly 60 per cent of UP’s electorate, consisting of upper castes, non-Yadav OBCs and non-Jatav Dalits. In a three-cornered contest, roughly 70 per cent of this 60 per cent — yielding 40-42 per cent of the total vote — was all that the BJP needed to win. Votes from other communities, if any, would be a bonus. That is why it did not pick a single Muslim candidate to contest the elections.Since the BJP’s UP vote was roughly similar in the 2014 parliamentary elections, we need to ask whether the pattern will be repeated in the 2019 general election. Can the BJP’s vote stabilise around 40 per cent in UP? Unless a Bihar-style grand alliance of the SP, BSP and Congress can come about, turning the UP contest bi-polar and requiring nearly 50 per cent of the state’s vote for victory, the BJP’s vote stabilising at 40 per cent may well inaugurate a Gujarat 2.0, meaning a repeat of what happened in Gujarat, though on a vastly bigger scale. UP is more than three times larger than Gujarat. The BJP has been in power in Gujarat for nearly two decades. Should that happen in UP, it could transform Indian politics. Comprising only 10 per cent of Gujarat’s population, Muslims can, with relative ease, be made electorally irrelevant there. But Muslims are 20 per cent of UP’s population; if they became politically inconsequential, it would be an unprecedented electoral development — it has never happened before. Several BJP state units would start thinking about how to make Muslim votes entirely peripheral via Hindu consolidation. Of course, a Gujarat 2.0 may not happen in UP. Gujarat 1.0 (Gujarat after 2002) was not only about Hindu nationalism, but also high economic growth. An economic backwater, UP’s massive growth elevation cannot be assumed. It is the Hindu domination of Gujarat that might be replicated in UP, not economic growth. That is exactly why Yogi Adityanath’s appointment acquires enormous significance. Like Modi, Hindu nationalism is his ideological pivot, but unlike Modi, the Yogi was never in the RSS, which has produced virtually all the BJP chief ministers of recent years. He is a Hindu cleric, a monk, a sadhu, with a private vigilante group. He heads a religious order in Gorakhpur, UP.
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“There are schemes being launched for backward classes and that does not mean Muslims would not avail the benefits of the programmes because more than 50 per cent of the backward population consists of Muslims,” - Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Tuesday condemned the opposition parties for terming the BJP as “anti-Muslims”, while rejecting doling out more reservation to the community saying the demand has no “constitutional” merit...
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vocals by Arijit Singh and composed by Mithoon, the soulful number talks about the deep love between Madhav Jha (Arjun’s character) and Riya Somani (Shraddha’s character). Talking about the anticipation that surrounded the track prior to its release, director Mohit Suri shared, “I’m taken aback by the quantum of love and the amount of Agency | Mumbai anticipation around the song. As my reThe trailer of Arjun Kapoor and Shradciprocation, I’d like to present the song dha Kapoor-starrer ‘Half Girlfriend’ to my audiences sooner than scheduled. garnered much appreciation when it Mithoon, Arijit and me are overwhelmed was released. Now, the makers dropped by all the love.” ’Half Girlfriend’ is an a new song, titled ‘Phir bhi tumko chaa- adaptation of Chetan Bhagat’s popular Agency | Bengaluru hunga’, on Tuesday morning and it is novel by the same name. The film is bound to tug at your heartstrings. With scheduled to hit theatres on May 19. Director SS Rajamouli got emotional on the last day of work on the Baahubali franchise on Tuesday. The director said he was experiencing a mixed emotion on the day that officially marks the culmination of a journey that he started about four years ago. “Last working day……hope fully..What a journey.. what an experience.. I am both smiling with joy and wincing with pain.. (sic),” he tweeted. In 2013, the director began shooting the first part of the epic franchise, Baahubali: The Beginning, which released in theatres in 2015. The filmmakers had announced that Baahubali: The Conclusion would open in theatres in 2016. However, it didn’t happen. The fans have been eagerly waiting with several unanswered questions since Baahubali 1 ended on Agency | New Delhis Show’ in Soni entertainment televi- a massive cliffhanger. Speaking on beBollywood actor Rishi Kapoor has to- sion channel. Rishi Kapoor took to his Twitter account saying, “IPL. There is a day urged actors Kapil Sharma and look-alike of @KapilSharmaK9 in the Sunil Grower to sort out their differencteam of Sun Risers Hyderabad. Anyes. Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor has one finding @WhoSunilGrover in any Agency | Mumbai today urged actors Kapil Sharma and team?Mil jao yaaron!”. Last month, Sunil Grower to sort out their differencKapil Sharma grabbed headlines for al- Jacqueline Fernandez is excited to work es, A report by ‘The Times of India’ has legedly having a fight with his co-actor with David Dhawan in Judwaa 2 who said. Both actors allegedly had a fight Sunil Grover in a flight while returning was also the director of Salman Khan while on their way from Australia to from Australia to Mumbai. The incident starrer Judwaa. Actress Jacqueline FerIndia recently. Since then Sunil Grover reportedly took place when actors were nandez, who is playing Varun Dhawan’s is not seen in the weekend show ‘The returning back to India. As per a report love interest in Judwaa 2, says that they Kapil Sharma Show’ in Soni entertain- by ‘The Indian Express, Kapil Shama are trying to recreate the same magic as ment television channel. Bollywood was in a drunken state when he misbe- the 1997 Salman Khan starrer did. “We actor Rishi Kapoor has today urged ac- haved with Sunil. During the flight, he are hoping to recreate the magic (of tors Kapil Sharma and Sunil Grower to had allegedly abused at Sunil Grover ‘Judwaa’) in Judwaa 2. We are gonna sort out their differences, A report by loudly and even physically assaulted try and do as much justice to the 1997 ‘The Times of India’ has said. Both ac- him. The situation was brought under ‘Judwaa’ as possible. Its 20 years down tors allegedly had a fight while on their control by the cabin crew who had to the line but we have the same director, it way from Australia to India recently. intervene between them. Later, Sunil will be exciting,” said Jacqueline, who Since then Sunil Grover is not seen in apologised to everyone in the light for was present on Monday at the launch of Raw Raspberry beverages where she the weekend show ‘The Kapil Sharma the misbehaviour of his friend.
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half of the fans of the franchise across the world, Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar tweeted, “Sir…the country awaits your incredible vision….” The hit filmmaker is a self-proclaimed admirer of Rajamouli. During the pre-release event of the film in Hyderabad, Karan said that Baahubali has become a unifying force in the film fraternity in the country and it has beaten the cinematic experience of Mughal-E-Azam.The hit filmmaker is a self-proclaimed admirer of Rajamouli. During the pre-release event of the film in Hyderabad, Karan said that Baahubali has become a unifying force in the film fraternity in the country and it has beaten the cinematic experience of Mughal-E-Azam. While the film releases in India on last Friday of the month on 6,500 screens across the country, it will have its premiere in the UK as part of the India-UK Year of Culture events.
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Sonu Nigam row: Tweet strikes chord, but wary police refuse to lower volume Agency | Mumbai
While a series of controversial tweets from singer Sonu Nigam on Monday, questioning the need for mosques to use loudspeakers for Azaan (a call to prayer), sparked a furore on social media, it brought into focus the dismal record of the police in dealing with complaints of violations of decibel level rules by unauthorised loudspeakers at religious places or political rallies. ”God bless everyone. I’m not a Muslim and I have to be woken up by the Azaan in the morning. When will this forced religiousness end in India,” Nigam tweeted on Monday morning. This was followed by another: “And by the way Mohammed did not have electricity when he made Islam.. Why do I have to have this cacophony after Edison?” ”I don’t believe in any temple or gurudwara using electricity to wake up people who don’t follow the religion. Why then..? Honest? True?” he added. In Octo-
ber 2014, the Bombay High Court (HC) had ordered the Mumbai Police to act against illegal loudspeakers at religious structures. However, in response to Right to Information (RTI) applications by Kurla resident Sagar Deore, the police owned up its reluctance to take any effective action. Through an RTI application on December 30, 2016, Deore sought details of the action taken by the police on a complaint by residents in Kurla against unauthorised loudspeakers at mosques. The police replied that it was unable act as it could lead to law-and-order problems. The appli-
cant also asked the police to provide a date by which illegal loudspeakers would be removed if not already removed. The answer was: “As it can create a law-and-order situation, no action has been taken.” Speaking to DNA, Deore claimed: “We have filed RTIs in several police stations. Most have replied in a similar manner; some did not even reply. Some of them have replied verbally that no action has been taken.” Sumaira Abdulali, Convenor of Awaaz Foundation, said: “The Supreme Court as well as the Bombay High Court, through several orders, have directed noise pollution rules to be strictly followed and emphasised that religion should not be the reason to break the provisions of noise pollution rules.” She added that in its final order in August 2016, the HC specifically directed that noise pollution in religious places should be controlled in accordance with silence zone norms.
was also made its brand ambassador. She was responding to a query about the pressure she is feeling for Judwaa 2, an upcoming action-comedy film directed by David Dhawan, starring Varun Dhawan in a double role as estranged twins opposite Jacqueline and Taapsee Pannu. “It’s such a great team… The concept revolves around great cars, and robberies. It’s interesting and quite glamorous and that’s fun too” said Jacqueline. Recently, Jacqueline also commented on the fairness cream debate. In her opinion, discrimination on the basis of colour is unjustified and as a star, she will always stand against it. Jacqueline featured in a skin whitening cream advertisement last year. Anu Malik will recreate the two super hit tracks from the older movie – “Oochi hai building” and “Tan tana tan” on which Varun will be seen dancing. Jacqueline was last seen in “The Flying Jatt” opposite Tiger Shroff. Other than Judwaa 2, her upcoming projects include Reload, Drive and According to Mathew. “It’s such a great team... The concept revolves around great cars, and robberies. It’s interesting and quite glamorous and that’s fun too,” she said. Anu Malik will recreate the two hit tracks from the older movi Oochi Hai Building and Tan Tana Tan.
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Agency | Sydeny The 457 visa was introduced in the 1990s to expedite the entry of business professionals and highly skilled migrants but over time it was opened up to include a broad suite of workers. Australia will abolish a temporary work visa popular with foreigners and replace it with a new programme requiring better English-language and job skills, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Tuesday. Mr Turnbull, struggling with poor voter approval ratings, rejected suggestions the visa policy change was in response to far-right wing political parties, such as One Nation demanding more nationalistic policies. But in a Facebook announcement, Mr Turnbull said: “Our reforms will have a simple focus: Australian jobs and Australian values.” He said the visa change would attract better skilled workers and see Australians employed over cheap foreign workers brought in under the old 457 visa programme. ”We are an immigration nation, but the fact remains - Australian workers must have priority for Australian jobs,” he said. “We’ll no longer allow 457 visas to be passports to jobs that could and should go to Australians.” The 457 visa was introduced in the 1990s to expedite the entry of business professionals and highly skilled migrants but over time it was opened up to include a broad suite of workers. The programme has become mired in controversy with allegations the visa was being misused by employers to import workers on the cheap, not to fill genuine skill shortage. Some experts said the government should focus on boosting education and training systems to address Australia’s skills needs. The opposition was not impressed though. Labor leader Bill Shorten tweeted: “The only job Malcolm Turnbull cares about saving is his own.”
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AB de Villiers, the Royal Challengers Bangalore batsman, will miss Tuesday’s (April 18) clash against Gujarat Lions in Rajkot due to an injury. De Villiers revealed the news on Twitter a few hours ahead of the match. The South African batsman had already missed the first two matches of the season with a back injury but came back to score a stunning unbeaten 89 in the third match, in a losing cause, against Kings XI Punjab.
India U-17 World Cup team lost 1 -2 to Portugal’s Vitoria de Setubal U-17 in their first practice match of the exposure trip at the Jose Mourinho Training Center in Troia, Lisbon on Tuesday. In a closely-fought match, the Indian colts
matched their opponents, but the chances created were seldom converted into goals. Though the Indian team dominated possession in the opening minutes of the match, Setubal U-17 created the first goal scoring chance of the match in the 16th minute when they rattled the Indian crossbar. However, they could take the lead only in the 38th minute after Bruno Ventura scored from a penalty kick that was awarded for a reckless Indian tackle inside the box. The half-time scoreline read 1-0 in favour of Setubal U- 17. After the break, the Indian colts upped the ante and pressed for the equaliser.
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Champions League: Robert Lewandowski’s return boosts Bayern Munich’s comeback against Real Madrid
Real Madrid’s struggling defence will probably have to keep Bayern Munich’s deadly striker Robert Lewandowski at bay in the Bernabeu to reach the Champions League semi-finals.Real will be defending a 2-1 lead from the first leg of the quarter-final, which the Polish hitman missed with the shoulder injury that also kept him out of the German side’s 0-0 draw at Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga on Saturday. However, Lewandowski trained on Sunday and is poised to return as Bayern look for
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SBI Card has started charging Rs100 for payment through cheque if the amount is up to Rs2,000 and anything above will attract no fee. The fee kicks in from 1 April. The move, SBI Card said, is aimed at encouraging digital payments in line with the government’s policy. “A fee of Rs100 will be charged for payments made by cheque for an amount less than or equal to Rs2,000 w.e.f 1 April 2017,” it said. The credit card company, however, said there will be no additional fee for cheque payments greater than Rs2,000. CEO of SBI Card Vijay Jasuja said that over 90% of its customers make payments through non-cheque mode. “We have observed a trend of payment related disputes arising in small cheque payments, causing inconvenience to customers as well. We offer several seamless digital modes of payment which we are seeking to encourage, in line with the government’s focus towards digital payments and this step will facilitate the same,” the CEO said. Jasuja added that there will be no charge on cheque payments on holders of SBI Card Unnati which is targeted at first-time credit card users and aimed at inclusion of people into the organised financial stream. With a customer base of over 4 million, SBI Card operates through a footprint of more than 90 locations in India. SBI Card is a joint venture between State Bank of India and GE Capital. The joint venture operates through two companies. GE Capital Business Processes Management Services (GECBPMSL) takes care of the technology and processing needs of SBI Card while SBI Cards and Payments Services (SBICPSL) focuses on customer acquisition, marketing and risk management of SBI Card. Last month, SBI had said it would increase its stake in SBI Card to 74% by June-end.
Manan Vohra played the best knock of his Indian Premier League career as he blasted 95 off just 50 deliveries but still finished second best on the night as Bhuvneshwar Kumar returned with his career best T20 figures of 5/19 to help Sunrisers Hyderabad edge out Kings XI Punjab by 5 runs. Chasing a below par total of 160 to win the match, the Kings XI Punjab had a terrible start as they lost opener Hashim Amla on the first ball of the innings, Bhuvneshwar
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The news comes as a massive blow for the Bangalore-based franchise who are languishing at the bottom of the table after losing four out of their five matches. RCB’s batting has already looked shaky this season with the likes of Chris Gayle and Shane Watson not striking form. Earlier this season, they lost KL Rahul and Sarfaraz Khan for the entire tournament because of injuries and had also missed the services of regular skipper Virat Kohli for the first three matches.
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With nine runs needed from the last over, and with five wickets in hand, nine times out of ten, you would favour the batting team. But Delhi Daredevils’ captain Zaheer Khan made a bold move. When you were thinking Mohammad Shami would get the ball in the crunch last over, in came leg-spinner Amit Mishra. And Mishra – who has three hat-tricks in his IPL career – brought all his craft and guile to bear. The first ball was a wrong ‘un. There was not much the batsman Chris Woakes could do, but hit it back to the bowler. A priceless dot ball. The second ball had Woakes beaten all ends up, as he took an almighty swing at a well-flighted and sharply away-spinning leg-break. The momentum of that swing carried Woakes’ feet just inches out of the crease and Rishabh Pant whipped the bails off in a flash. A wicket and what was worse for the Kolkata Knight
Kumar trapping the South African in front of the wicket. And then came the innings’ biggest over, Vohra became the first batsman to solve the Rashid Khan ‘mystery’ as he hit the Afghan leg-spinner for 20 runs in five deliveries to bring the target within reach as Punjab now needed 35 runs to win off the last four overs. Bhuvneshwar Kumar though had other ideas as he came back into the attack to remove Mohit Sharma, who was giving good company to Vohra. Bhuvneshwar would have sealed the deal on the next delivery but Vohra’s lofted drive was dropped in the deep by Shikhar Dhawan. But Bhuvneshwar Kumar would have the last laugh as he first dismissed KC Cariappa and then trapped Vohra in front with a perfect yorker to claim his fifth wicket of the innings.
the 2011 World Cup for India with a six. And on Monday, Pandey did a Dhoni, keeping ice cool under extreme pressure to guide his team to victory in a thrilling chase. And he hit a six when he just had to. More shades of Dhoni there. And he had got rid of the helmet in favour of a cap before going big in the last over. Even more shades of Dhoni there. The stylish KKR batsman had first caught the eye for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the second season of the IPL in 2009, with a magnificent unbeaten 114 against the eventual winners Deccan Chargers. It was the first century by an Indian in the IPL. He has been one of the main batsmen for KKR, with aggregate scores Riders, a dot ball again. Mishra was of 401, 225 and 248 in three seaclearly vindicating Zaheer’s choice sons since joining the side in 2014. of bowler for the last over. The new He further cemented his credentials batsman Sunil Narine took a single with a spectacular match-winning off the next ball to make it eight ton Down Under in early 2016, to needed off three balls. It was that prevent the ignominy of a whitewash stage of the game when you knew as in the ODI series against Australia. a batting team that you simply need- Pandey already has 221 runs in the ed a boundary. With pressure inch- IPL this year, in only four matches. ing towards tipping point, Manish On Monday, he became the first batsPandey shuffled across the stumps man this season to get to 200 runs, and lofted Mishra straight. The ball and held the Orange Cap for somejust cleared Pat Cummins at long on. time. Those are the stats, but what SIX! And KKR were almost there. A they may not tell you in adequate push towards extra cover helped the measure is the assurance Pandey ofKKR batsmen to run the two runs fers to the team - the assurance that needed for victory. Often a shot or they can still bounce back after losa delivery or indeed a piece of field- ing three wickets for 21, as they did ing can get associated with a player on Monday, the assurance that there forever, haunting him, as it would is still somebody to hold the innings haunt Chetan Sharma for having together and steer the team to shore conceded that famous last-ball six even if Gautam Gambhir falls cheapto Javed Miandad in 1986, or offer ly. Pandey’s worth in this team is infond memories, as it would to Ma- estimable. The Coulter-Nile story is hendra Singh Dhoni for having won more endearing.
goals on Tuesday against a Real side that have kept only one clean sheet in their last 12 games. Javi Martinez is banned after his first-leg red card, while Bayern may also be without the injured Mats Hummels and Jerome Boateng, who both missed the Leverkusen clash.
MS Dhoni Does Not Need To Prove Anything To Anyone: Shane Warne
Agency | Hyderabad
Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s poor form with the bat in the Indian Premier League (IPL) is temporary, says Warne. Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni found support in the form of Shane Warne who took to Twitter and backed Dhoni to come good after some poor outings in the Indian Premier League (IPL). The Australian leg-spinning great feels that former India captain doesn’t need to “prove anything to anyone”. Dhoni has been in the headlines for the rather uncharitable comments and observations from family members of the owner of his franchise, Rising Pune Supergiant, which have brought howls of protest from his supporters. Warne on Tuesday took to Twitter to back Dhoni, who has been a phenomenal limited-overs cricketer. ”@msdhoni does not have to prove
anything to anyone, he’s class & a wonderful player in all formats. MS is also a great captain & inspires!,” Warne wrote on his Twitter page. Dhoni’s strike-rate in the 10th IPL has been a dismal 87.14 with an average of shade over 15. He has managed to hit only two sixes in five games. While he is still the undisputed No.1 keeper-batsman in the limited-overs format but inconsistent form over the past year has led to debates if he is still a potent match-winner. His glove work behind the stumps has been sensational even in IPL 10. Dhoni has been the talking point for the last couple of weeks, owing to his lack of runs in the IPL. So much so that former India captain Sourav Ganguly went on to say that he doubts whether Dhoni is a good T20 player, having scored just one fifty in the last 10 years. ”I am not too sure if Dhoni is a good T20 player.
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Gujarat politics: Modi, Vaghela enthrall their supporters
Agency | Ahmedabad Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his one-time mentor Shankarsinh Vaghela, currently leader of the Opposition in the Gujarat Vidhan Sabha, share some things in common: both are pre-planners and indefatigable, high-profile and colourful, orators and great event managers, and know how to generate news. If Modi’s just-concluded two-day visit to Gujarat demonstrated that he raised issues more as a state leader than as the PM, Vaghela’s googly left the Congress Party awe-struck: as many as 36 Congress legislators out of a total of 57, on Monday, urged the party high command to make Vaghela the Chief Ministerial candidate for the coming Assembly elections, due by December 2017. This, when Vaghela himself had announced “withdrawal” from the CM’s race on March 20 in the presence of AICC General Secretary in-charge Gurudas Kamat and others. On March 30, BJP President Amit Shah and CM Vijay Rupani met him in his Vidhan Sabha office. Meanwhile, Vaghela’s supporters were already running a sponsored campaign on Facebook complete with his photographs and videos: “#Bapu For Gujarat CM: Gujarat Needs Shankarsinh Vaghela, Simhasan Khali Karo, Gujarat Ka Sher Aa Raha Hai. He even told reporters on the Hindu New Year’s Day that he would meet them in the “CM’s Chambers” on Gudi Padwa next year! On Monday, while Modi was engaged in a whirlwind tour of Gujarat, Vaghela sprung another surprise. Reports here suggested that, in the absence of Gujarat Congress chief Bharatsinh Solanki, and the presence of Kamat, the Congress MLAs and other leaders met at Vaghela’s Gandhinagar residence. Around 36 legislators urged the party leadership to make Vaghela the Congress Party’s Chief Ministerial candidate for the coming polls. On their part, some Solanki supporters met separately. Party sources said Vaghela was
trying to extract the best deal in both the Congress and the BJP. While the Congress Party is facing intense factionalism, the ruling BJP appears comfortably placed now as the multiple agitations — successively launched by the Patidars, the OBCs, the SC-STs, and the Dalits on overlapping issues — seem to have lost steam. The PM and BJP chief Amit Shah have been touring the state, almost on a fortnightly basis, alternately, to tie up loose ends in poll strategy in a bid to reach the target of winning at least 150 Vidhan Sabha seats out of 182 set by Modi. Earlier, the Congress had won 149 seats under the leadership of then CM Madhavsinh Solanki in 1985.Modi’s latest visit is aimed at reclaiming the powerful Patidar community which has been the backbone of the BJP in the saffron state since 1995. He participated in two Patidar-led high-profile events in Surat and described the community as his family. Besides, he also targeted voters among women, youth, diamond workers, farmers, milk unions and tribals, among others, whom he tried to woo in his speeches. His mega road-show in Surat was a show of strength for the BJP in Gujarat. Interestingly, while a section of Congress MLAs is trying to project Vaghela as the party’s CM candidate, the BJP is sitting pretty. As in UP and other states, Modi himself seems to be the party’s face in the next Assembly polls and is unlikely to project any BJP leader as the CM candidate, as he did in UP and other states in the March elections. It was, perhaps, with this aim that he turned ‘Santa Claus’ on Monday -- showering gifts of various schemes even as CM Vijay Rupani, his Deputy Nitin Patel and former CM Anandiben Patel looked on silently. Modi also generated news when he stopped his cavalcade to receive a three-year-old girl, Nancy, who had run towards him from amid the crowd lined up on a road.
www.sunvillasamachar.com Ahmedabad man gets defective Rs 500 note from ATM Agency | Ahmedabad Demonetization blues continued to affect the quality and quantity of currency notes in circulation. A city man was recent dispensed a defective Rs 500 note from an ICICI bank ATM in the Maninagar area here on Monday. Vivek Panchal, a professional who lives at Radhe Bungalows Society in the Khokhra area, got a note which is printed improperly and has an irregular cut on one side. Panchal, the son of BJP municipal councillor from the area Jagruti Panchal, said, “I went to the ICICI Bank ATM which dispensed a defective Rs 500 note. When I told the bank customer service staff about this, they told me to meet the branch manager who sent me to deputy manager. When I presented my case, he told me it is not their fault that defective notes are dispensed from ATMs. He said the Reserve Bank
of India (RBI) is at fault and advised me to approach them to change the defective note.” Alpana Killawala, chief general manager of the RBI’s department of communication, said it was the responsibility of banks to change the note. She also said that if defective notes are not changed at banks, the customer can always approach the RBI. ”The bank may not have been sure of the genuineness of that note and that may be why they told the man to approach the RBI. They can always get such notes changed at the RBI,” Killawala said. This is the second case of defective notes reported in the city. Earlier, a paan shop owner from the Bodakdev area, Vansh Barot, was dispensed a defective Rs 2,000 note in November. The demonetization of all existing Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes was announced on November 8 by PM Narendra Modi.
UP to adopt Gujarat model, plans dedicated police stations to tackle power theft
Agency | New Delhi Messing with power will invite jail term in Uttar Pradesh, literally. Borrowing a model from Gujarat –– a legislation that envisages jail for power theft ––UP’s power minister Shrikant Sharma said he plans to replicate the model in his state and even bring in a law that will provide for the creation of dedicated police stations to deal with power theft cases. “We will bring a law similar to that in Gujarat against power thefts. It will provide for jail term for power thefts. It will have provision for dedicated police stations to deal with cases of power thefts,” Sharma told ET in Delhi on Monday. This is part of the state’s efforts to provide power 24X7 for all by the beginning of 2019. The minister indicated that the proposed legislation is likely to be in place in three months. “The legislation will be put in place
Gujarat Bill to cap school fee has thrilled the Centre, but parents and lawyers point to loopholes
Agency | Ahmedabad After the Gujarat government on March 30 passed a Bill to regulate the fees charged by private unaided schools, the Centre is looking at adopting a similar policy at the national level. However, parents and activists who have been fighting against increasing private school fees for years said the Gujarat Self-Financed Schools (Regulation of Fees) Bill 2017, signed by state Governor OP Kohli last week, has several loopholes. Some lawyers fear that the legislation may get stuck in litigation for years because of a provision that seeks to impose limits on the annual fee that schools can charge, while others feel the Bill should have better protected the interests of parents and students. The Gujarat Bill empowers the state government to establish four fee regulatory committees – spread over four zones – to regulate fees charged by self-financed, or private unaided, schools in the state. According to media reports, the government has a proposed an annual fee structure of Rs 15,000 for primary classes, Rs 25,000 for secondary ones and and Rs 27,000 for higher-secondary classes. If
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a school wants to charge more than the specified limit, it will have to approach the committee for permission. The Gujarat Bill, however, has elements of both categories. For instance, the most widely reported aspect of the Bill is that it seeks to impose limits on school fees, which would fall into the first category. However, it also has a clause stating that schools who want to charge more than the specified amount can approach a fee-regulatory committee. Pooja Prajapati, a lawyer from Ahmedabad who also heads the association Parents Ekta Manch of Gujarat, was disappointed that the state’s lawmakers introduced “caps on fees” but, at the same time, permitted schools to breach them. However, several lawyers and parents who have been fighting fee increases in other states said the limits imposed in the Bill were a problem and could invite lawsuits. “We have been asking the Centre to introduce a Central law and body to regulate fees,” said Sahay. “But it would have to be one that cannot be challenged. Trying to adopt the Gujarat model nationally could do more harm than good.”
within a month after the completion of the drive to clear old dues,” Sharma said. The UP government had on Friday (April 14) launched a two-month ‘amnesty drive’ for customers with pending power dues. The state government estimates that there is about Rs 15,000 crore worth of dues from customers which include surcharge over delayed payments. The amnesty drive not only waives surcharges but also offers customers sufficient time –– two months for rural customers, 45 days for urban customers and 30 days for small scale industries –– to repay their principal amount. Sharma’s proposed move is similar to Narendra Modi’s model to provide power 24X7 when he was chief minister of Gujarat. Modi had brought a legislation which ensured strict penalty for power theft and dedicated police stations to deal with such cases. This helped Gujarat pave the way to provide power 24X7 across the state. The UP minister justified the proposed move by saying that “dishonesty through power thefts must be discouraged” as part of the new BJP government’s promise to provide power for all. “Why should the honest suffer? The amnesty drive is an opportunity to make a fresh beginning,” he said. The minister also envisaged the separation of agricultural feeders to ensure reliable power supply for agricultural operations in the state.
Heatwave to weaken over next two days
Correspondent | Ahmedabad
As the winds over the state changed to northwesterly from northeasterly, which brings moisture, there was no respite from the extreme heat of the last ten days. According to IMD, 13 towns in the state where hotter than 40°C on Monday, with Bhavnagar being the hottest at 44.2°C. Mahuva in Bhavnagar district was the next hottest, at 42.8°C.According to the IMD, heatwave conditions prevailed at isolated spots in the Gujarat region. The state forecast from the IMD said there is no heatwave warning in effect for Tuesday and Wednesday.In Ahmedabad, the maximum temperature was 42°C , two degrees above normal and half a degree lower than Sunday’s maximum temperature. The minimum temperature was 24.7°C, 0.7 degrees above normal. Relative humidity in the city ranged from 54% to 11% on Monday. The state capital Gandhinagar recorded a 42.2°C.
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