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‘Family with you’: Shatrughan Sinha, sons join Poonam on Lucknow roadshow
Lucknow : Samajwadi Party member Poonam Sinha undertook a road show ahead of filing her nomination papers at the collector’s office in Lucknow on Thursday. Poonam Sinha, who is Congress leader Shatrughan Sinha’s wife, is contesting the Lok Sabha elections from Lucknow against Union home minister and senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh. Poonam joined the Samajwadi Party on Tuesday in the presence of Dimple Yadav, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav’s wife. Poonam Sinha’s candidature from Lucknow was announced by Akhilesh Yadav a day later, on Wednesday. Shatrughan Sinha had earlier said that he would campaign for his wife, but not for any other non-Congress leader. As Poonam Sinha goes up against veteran BJP leader
Rajnath Singh, Congress’s candidate from Lucknow Acharya Pramod Krishnan has protested against Shatrughan campaigning for Poonam Sinha. Poonam Sinha’s road show began from the party office in Lucknow on Akhilesh Yadav’s ‘Kaam bolta hai rath’. Accompanying her were Shatrughan Sinha and Dimple Yadav. All three of them were raised via a hydraulic lift to the roof of the rath that the Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav had got made especially for the 2017 assembly elections. Known as the “Kaam Bolta Hai Rath”, a throwback to the Samajwadi Party’s slogan of “kaam bolta hai (My work speaks for itself)”, it has been taken out every time the Yadav family members have gone to file their nomination papers.
Chhattisgarh: Two Maoists killed in Dantewada, likely to be involved in BJP MLA’s killing
Raipur : Chhattisgarh Police on Thursday said that two Maoists were killed, and another was captured after he sustained injuries in an encounter with police in the Kuakonda area of Dantewada district, not far from where BJP MLA Bhima Mandavi and four others were killed in a Maoist attack on April 9. The police said that one of those killed, identified as Varghese, is a senior cadre of the Malangir Area Committee and carried a reward of 5 lakh. He was also likely to be involved in the killing of Mandavi and his security men. It was the Malangir Area Committee of the Maoists
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that had issued a press note and claimed responsibility for the attack. Senior police officials said that a team of the Dantewada District Reserve Guard team acted on specific intelligence input of a group of armed cadre being present at the Daulikarka jungles of Kuakonda late last night. “A team left last night and had cordoned off
the area where the Maoists were present. The team was led by Varghese who is an area committee member as well as the Malangir Area Committee Student Wing in charge. Given that is also an IED specialist for the Maoists, we believe they had plans to plant another IED,” said P Sundar Raj, DIG, Anti Naxal Operations.
New Delhi : An IED blast in Chhattisgarh, firing in West Bengal and Manipur, clashes in Karnataka and EVM glitches in Bihar and Tamil Nadu marred polling for 95 seats across 11 states and the Union Territory of Puducherry in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections on Thursday. Voting was also held in 35 Assembly constituencies in Odisha and in 18 Assembly bypolls in Tamil Nadu. In TN, polling was held in 38 of the 39 Lok Sabha seats. The election in Vellore seat was cancelled on Tuesday by the EC following recovery of cash allegedly from an associate of a DMK leader recently. Besides Tamil Nadu, polling was held in 14 seats in Karnataka, 10 in Maharashtra, eight in UP, five each in Assam, Bihar and Odisha, three each in Chhattisgarh and West Bengal, two in Jammu and Kashmir and one seat each in Manipur and Puducherry.
Jammu and Kashmir recorded nearly 30 per cent polling till 1 pm in Udhampur and Srinagar Lok Sabha constituencies. Polling in Chhattisgarh witnessed violence with an ITBP jawan suffering minor injuries after Naxals triggered an IED blast in Rajnandgaon district. Long queues were seen at polling booths in Tamil Nadu where 30.62 per cent voting was recorded till 11am in 38 Lok Sabha constituencies of the state, with Chief Minister K Palaniswami and DMK
chief MK Stalin among the early voters. Chief Electoral Officer Satyabrata Sahoo said polling has been peaceful until now and issues like technical glitches in some locations are being addressed. In Karnataka, an estimated 19.58 per cent of voters exercised their franchise till 11 am in 14 constituencies. Puducherry recorded 23 per cent voting till noon for the lone Lok Sabha, which is witnessing a battle between the ruling Congress and opposition
64 Killed, Scores Injured by Rain and Thunderstorm Across India
New Delhi : The death toll has risen to 64 with major impact in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. As many as 50 people were reportedly killed and scores others injured in thunderstorms, hail and dust-storm and rain that lashed Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan, Punjab and Haryana since Tuesday evening. The maximum number of deaths were reported from Rajasthan where 25 people were reported to have lost their lives in a severe thunderstorm that struck the state. Active western disturbance over eastern Iran and neighbourhood had been moving eastward since Monday, which caused cyclonic circulation over southwest Rajasthan and its neighbourhood at lower tropospheric levels said the Met department. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has
AINRC. Sporadic incidents of violence were reported in some areas of Bengal where around 51.6 per cent voters exercised their franchise till 1 PM in three Lok Sabha constituencies, officials said. A reporter and a camera person of a local news channel were allegedly manhandled when
they went to cover polling at Kataphulbari in the Raiganj constituency, they said. Voters in Uttar Dinajpur district’s Chopra under the Raiganj constituency reportedly put up a road blockade, complaining about the absence of central forces at the polling stations, the sources said.
New Delhi : Trade across the Line of Control with Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir will be suspended from midnight, the government has announced, saying there are intelligence reports that it is being misused on a very large scale by Pakistan-based elements for funneling illegal weapons, narcotics and fake currency. The cross trade is meant to enable exchange of goods of common use between local populations across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. Trade is allowed through two Trade Facilitation Centres located at Salambad in Baramulla district and Chakkan-da-Bagh in Poonch and takes place four days a week. It attracts zero duty and is based on the barter system. “The action has been taken as the Government of India has been receiving reports that the cross Line of Control trade routes are being misused by Pakistan based elements for funneling illegal weapons, narcotics and fake currency etc”, the Home Ministry said in a statement. According to a senior official in the Home Ministry, it was also brought to notice of the government that the trade has changed its character to mostly third party trade and products from other regions, including foreign countries,
are finding their way through this route. “Unscrupulous and anti-national elements are using the route as a conduit for Hawala money, drugs and weapons, under the garb of this trade,” he said. The Home Ministry has also has received inputs from the National Investigation Agency or NIA that many engaged in Line of Control trade are being operated by people closely associated with banned terrorist organizations involved in fuelling terrorism and separatism. “During ongoing probe of certain cases by NIA, it has been brought out that significant number of trading concerns engaged in LoC trade are operated by persons closely associated with banned terror organisations involved in fueling terrorism/separatism,” After the Pulwama terror attack in February in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed, the government has withdrawn the Most Favoured Nation or MFN status to Pakistan.
Trade Across Line Of Control With Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir Suspended
announced an ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh each from the Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund for the families of those killed in the natural calamity. Rajasthan Relief and Disaster Management Secretary Ashutosh A.T. Pednekar said five people died in Udaipur, four each in Jhalawad and Jaipur, two each in Bundi, Jalore and Rajsamand, and one each in Baran, Bhilwara, Alwar, Hanumangarh, Pali and Pratapgarh districts. Winds blowing at 60 kmph blew away roofs of many houses and uprooted trees and electric poles in many parts of the state, officials said. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has announced Rs 4 lakh ex gratia for the
PM Narendra Modi in Amreli speaks in length on his bonds with Gujarat and People of Gujarat
Amreli : Prime Minister Narendra Modi today in his address at Amreli in Saurashtra region spoke in great length about his boding with Gujarat and the people of Gujarat. ‘I stayed in power in Gujarat for the longest period to serve you, you extended me cooperation. This created homely relation with you. In the last two decades I witnessed every major political, social event in Amreli. I remember, five years ago when my departure from Gujarat was decided. In general if someone is there in power for such a long period, the agenda would be about his removal, but for me it was a happy experience that after I stayed in power here for such a long time, you saw me off with heavy heart. You all were feeling whether Narendra Modi will go away from us, and I had seen that feeling in your eyes.’ ‘Delhi is very big and I meet some of tallest leaders of the world, but at last I feel that I could do this because Gujarat taught it to me. Gujarat built me. Gujarat nurtured me.’ ‘You compelled India to think that a person who handled Gujarat for so long, if elected to power nationally, may serves India properly too and make it prosperous.’ ‘Your love, your trust has been useful to me during last five years. Whatever
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IED Blast, Police Firings, Mob Attacks and EVM Glitches Mark Chaotic Phase 2 Polling in 11 States
In Bengal, CPM MP Mohammad Salim was injured in an attack on his car, while Karnataka’s Mandya witnessed clashes between the supporters of Nikhil Gowda and Sumalatha Ambareesh.
Akhilesh Yadav files nomination from Azamgarh
Azamgarh : Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav Thursday filed his nomination papers for the Azamgarh Lok Sabha seat and exhorted the people of Purvanchal to remove the “dictatorial” BJP government in the state. The SP chief, accompanied by Bahujan Samaj Party national general secretary Satish Chandra Misra, arrived here this morning to a rousing reception by party workers who had gathered in large numbers. He later drove to the Collectorate to file his nomination papers as party supporters raised slogans outside. Coming out after filing his papers, the SP chief said Azamgarh is the ‘karmabhoomi’ of ‘samajwadis’ and exuded confidence that the people will continue to repose their faith in him by giving him blessings and support.
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today, I am because of you. Whatever decisions I have made, I have made thanks to your support and blessings. And therefore this is not an election meeting for me, this is a meeting to thank you, to bow down.’ ‘I remember it properly, our Kutch and Kathiawad would be in pain due to lack of water. During Congress governments, we would request for water. If Sardar Sarovar project had completed forty years ago, Gujarat would be a vibrant, colorful state long ago. We could spend budget to other things like hospitals, schools, roads, if Narmada I have done in last five years, the harsh decisions, dam project was completed on time. It was Congress taking care of poor, clashing with big powers.’ ‘In party’s political sin to halt the progress of Sardar last 55 years, we have seen parivarshahi (family Sarovar dam. Those who kept Gujarat thirsty can rule). A common citizen of India had not thought not be forgiven. When you gave me opportunity to about some brave person emerging to position of serve in Delhi, it tool just two weeks and I ordered power. We changed the definitions.’ ‘People would the increase in height of Narmada dam in merely 17 think, oh this Gujju, this chaiwala. I have shown the days. The dam work was then completed and today world that the land of Gujarat is Sardar Patel’s land.’ water is supplied. Was there some delegation from ‘This all success is due to complete faith and support Amreli visiting me to demand that? Was there some of countrmen. I have dared to take decisions, thanks fast agitation held here to demand it? Had you burnt to the trust that the countrymen will stand by me.’ buses demanding that? Why did it happen? Because ‘Today when I am in Amreli, the land of Jivraj it was your own person in power, realizing and well Mehta, I have come to thank you, whatever I am aware about your pain very well.’
families of the deceased. In Madhya Pradesh, 15 people died in the untimely rain and accompanying lightning on Tuesday evening. “Three persons each died in Indore, Dhar and Shajapur, two in Ratlam, and one each in Chhindwara, Rajgarh, Sehore and Alirajpur areas,” an official statement said. Officials said pouring rain damaged properties in Bhopal, Indore, Dhar, Shajapur, Sehore, Ujjain, Ratlam, Khargone, Badwani, Chhindwara, Alirajpur and Rajgarh areas.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Poll violence at several places in Bengal, BJP to meet EC in Delhi
Kolkata : Violence was reported from several places on Thursday in West Bengal, where polling is being held in three parliamentary constituencies during the second phase of the Lok Sabha election 2019. The car of CPI(M) candidate and sitting member of Parliament Md Salim, who is up against the Congress’ Deepa Dasmunsi in Raiganj, was attacked in Islampur. Salim said police did not do anything when his car was attacked. And his Communist Party of India (Marxist) accused workers of the ruling Trinamool Congress of the attack. In Chopra under Darjeeling c o n s t i t u e n c y, s e c u r i t y personnel fired tear gas shells and baton charged agitators, who accused workers of the ruling party in the state of obstructing them from casting their vote. Agitators, who were blocking National Highway 31, also hurled crude bombs at the personnel of the local police
Salim managed to escape and took shelter in the polling station, while his driver managed to escape with the car. “I got to know of rigging inside this booth.
and Rapid Action Force, officials said. Electronic voting machines were also smashed following a clash between the supporters of the Trinamool and the BJP in booth number 112 in Chopra. The Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress is facing its toughest challenge against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in this election. Lok Sabha seats of Jalpaiguri, Raiganj and Darjeeling – which is in the Bharatiya Janata Party’s
kitty – is witnessing a fierce Trinamool-BJP contest as the central party is keen to expand its footprint in West Bengal, the third-largest state in the country in terms of Lok Sabha seats. Though a part of the Darjeeling constituency, Chopra is in the plains. Darjeeling, which is known for its tea and Unesco World Heritage site of Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, is voting on Thursday in the second of the seven-phased Lok Sabha election 2019.
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The cost of flying on flawed assumptions
With compliant lenders as co-pilots, Jet Airways’ descent was a foregone conclusion. The pity is that the inevitable was delayed for so long that much of its market value has been wiped out. For months now, Jet Airways has been trapped in a vortex with seemingly no end in sight. On Wednesday night, its ordeal finally ended in complete capitulation. The obstinacy of its original promoter Naresh Goyal has made a once-proud carrier fold its wings, but he is not the only one to blame in this sordid saga of mismanagement and adventurism. Banks and regulators have had parts to play as well. Those trying to portray Goyal as a wronged hero (and that includes a certain Vijay Mallya), a businessman who created a worthy company only to be let down by circumstances beyond his control, would do well to recollect his many bad moves. In hindsight, it is clear that Jet flew into an air pocket that would send it spiralling down as far back as April 2007, when it acquired the loss-making Air Sahara for 1,450 crore. The deal itself, despite Goyal’s reputation as an adroit deal-maker, was almost forced upon him. Legal and regulatory issues had kept the acquisition in abeyance for over a year, and it was believed that Jet only saw it through till the end because it risked losing the 500 crore it had already paid for it. By the time the deal was finalized and a merger of the two mismatched airlines could even begin, Indigo had started operations as a rival carrier with a clear focus on operational efficiency. The low-cost model that Jet acquired Air Sahara for was Indigo’s raison d’etre from the get-go and it would reap huge rewards in the form of a whopping 42% market share in less than a decade. Coupled with a confused aircraft purchase strategy, all this knocked the bottom out of Jet’s finances. From a pre-tax profit of 681 crore in 2005-06, it plunged to a loss of 442 crore in 2007-08. Since then, apart from two profitable years—2015-16 and 2016-17—it has consistently lost money. By 2011-12, its net worth had started getting eroded. The airline’s death spiral had begun. Goyal, it seems, continued to believe that an ability to influence policy decisions to his advantage would keep Jet airborne. Thus, in 2013 when Etihad picked up a 24% stake in the company for $379 million (2,060 crore), it was the first beneficiary of an easing of rules by the government that allowed foreign airlines to buy up to 49% of a domestic carrier’s equity. Etihad paid a big premium for Jet’s shares, an indication of how keen it was to enter the Indian aviation market. For its part, Jet said it would use some of the proceeds from the sale to retire some of its $2.3 billion debt. The airline’s growth debt- fuelled growth has all along been facilitated by compliant bankers, among them the country’s top two public sector lenders, State Bank of India and Punjab National Bank. Even when Jet defaulted on its repayments at the end of 2018, Goyal’s interests seemed to prevail in efforts to work out a solution. It was last August, when Jet’s auditor raised questions over its survival, that its main creditors should have started looking for buyers. Instead, the banks convinced themselves that they could convert their debt into equity and keep it going. Those shares today are worth only - Kapilkumar M. Hirpara a fraction of their forEditor mer value.
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Bachchan spotted hand in hand with daughter Aaradhya
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan and their daughter Aaradhya were spotted at the Mumbai airport.
Mumbai : Aishwarya Rai Bachchan hasn’t been seen in a film since Fanney Khan. However, whenever the actor makes a public appearance, her fans are ready to share her pictures and videos. On Thursday, the actor was seen at Mumbai airport in company of Abhishek Bachchan and their daughter Aaradhya. Aishwarya and Abhishek were last in news for wishing Jaya Bachchan on her birthday on April 9. Sharing a picture with Jaya, Aaradhya and herself, Aishwarya wrote: “Happiness always.” The husband-wife duo were rumoured to star in Anurag Kashyap production Gulab Jamun. However, it was later reported that
Aishwarya has opted out of the film and signed a film with Mani Ratnam. She will be paired opposite her Raavan co-star, Tamil actor Vikram. Abhishek was last seen in Anurag Kashyap’s Manmarziyaan, in which he co-starred with Taapsee Pannu and Vicky Kaushal. He also lent his voice to Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle for its Hindi dubbed version too. The couple was
also in news when a viral picture of them walking on a beach emerged. Speculation was Aishwarya is expecting her second child, as the said picture showed her with a slight bulge. Her rep had dismissed the speculation later. The couple was last seen in public at the wedding and reception of Mukesh Ambani’s son Akash Ambani to Shloka Mehta in Mumbai.
1972 film Jawani Diwani starring Randhir Kapoor and Jaya Bachchan. In the poster of the song, we can see Tiger Shroff, Tara Sutaria, Ananya Panday and Aditya Seal dressed to the nines and acing their retro look. A few days back, Karan Johar took to Twitter and shared a video in which the lead cast is seen announcing the news while grooving on the original track and in the clip, while Tara is saying, “The most iconic song ever”, Tiger is heard saying that, “My dad’s favourite song and I got to dance to it”, and lastly, Ananya says, “It is such a privilege for us
to dance on this song.” Now that the song is finally out, we can easily say that this is going to be the next party anthem and while we know that Tiger is an amazing dancer, Tara and Ananya too have done their best to match up to Tiger. As soon as the song starts, we are instantly reminded of The Disco Song of Student of the Year, and soon after, we are transported to the world of The Jawaani Song wherein we see Tiger, Ananya, Tara and Aditya shaking a leg and doing their best to give us the retro vibes. Just like The Disco Song, The Jawaani Song looks like a competition in the Saint Teresa school wherein everyone is comepeting against each other to qualify for the next song. In the song, we have three different sequences and while in one sequence, we have all of them dressed in retro, the other two sequences have them slaying in casual and party outifts.
Student of the Year 2: Tiger Shroff, Ananya Panday & Tara’s The Jawaani Song is giving us old school vibes
Mumbai : Whenever we talk about sequels, Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan and Sidharth Malhotra starrer 2012 film Student of the Year’s sequel, SOTY 2 has been one of the most talked about films of the year and it was only a few days back that the makers of the film had launched the trailer of the film in Mumbai. After the trailer, today, the makers of Student of the Year 2 will launch the first song of the film titled The Jawaani Song and for all those who don’t know, the song is a remake of Kishore Kumar’s hit classic song, Ye Jawani Hai Diwani from the
Fardeen Khan on body shaming: Telugu TV actresses I have been bashed unnecessarily Bhargavi and Anusha killed in road accident Mumbai : Actor Fardeen Khan, who was trolled over his weight gain, says people need to get over the body shaming practice. The actor was interacting with the media during a book launch of his cousin Farah Khan Ali in Mumbai. On his body shaming experience, Fardeen said, “I have been bashed unnecessarily. I think we need to get over these damn things. I really don’t care about it. I am what I am and I can see myself in the mirror.’’ ‘’Whatever is deserved is deserved and what’s not is not. I just laugh it all off. I don’t read much about myself these days,’’ he added. In 2016, Fardeen Khan’s weight gain pictures went viral on internet and the actor was heavily trolled on social media. After that, Fardeen had taken to social media to give it back to the haters in a long post. Now, he looks fitter than before.
When asked if he will return to acting in the near future, No Entry actor said, “In different capacities, yes, I want to act. But collectively, I want to produce and direct things. We are planning on that, so I will make a formal
announcement regarding that soon.” Fardeen was last seen on-screen in Dulha Mil Gaya, which released in 2010. On the work front, he has appeared in the films like No Entry, Heyy Babyy, Fida, Khushi, Jungle.
Bengaluru : Two Telugu TV actresses died in a road accident that took place during the early hours of Wednesday in Telangana’s Vikarabad district. The deceased have been identified as Bhargavi, 20, and Anusha, 21. The victims were accompanied by car driver Chakri and another person named Vinay Kumar. While Bhargavi died on the spot, Anusha was rushed to government-run Osmania Hospital in Hyderabad,
where she succumbed to her wounds. Chakri and Vinay survived the crash with injuries. According to reports, Chakri was driving the actors back to Hyderabad from Vikarabad as there was a shoot in Ananthagiri forest. On the way back home, the driver rammed the car into a tree resulting in the death of the actresses. While Bhargavi was popular for her work in daily serial Mutyala Muggu, Anusha was a newcomer.
Inshallah will have Salman as a 40-yearold man, Alia Bhatt as a young actor New Delhi : Bollywood actors Salman Khan and Alia Bhatt have been roped in for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Inshallah and the pairing attracted some flak online given the age difference between the two. Rumours even suggested that Salman and Alia may play siblings, given the age difference. However, fresh reports now reveal that the duo will actually romance in the film. As per reports, Salman plays a 40-year-old businessman and Alia is an aspiring actor in her 20s. “Salman is a businessman in his mid-40s. The character is reminiscent of his turn in his 1997 romcom Jab Pyar Kisise Hota Hai. Alia plays a 20-something aspiring actress. All the factors, including age gap, have been taken into consideration. The story will justify the teaming up of two actors, from different generations, on a romantic journey.” Salman will also be seen as an old man in his upcoming
Contrary to reports, Alia Bhatt and Salman Khan are not playing siblings in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s next. Read on for details on the film.
film Bharat, new poster of the movie revealed recently. Directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, the film also stars Katrina Kaif. When the film was announced and fans speculated roles of the two
actors, Alia had reacted to the criticism over the age-gap, “I didn’t get any criticism. I think I got a lot of excitement. I think speculation is also a form of excitement in a way and why shouldn’t there be speculation. There should be and at least I am not bothered by that and I don’t think Salman or Bhansali sir are bothered. I think this is a filmmaker who has given us very good films, he is someone who we all are very fond of and I think we should just trust him with his vision.”
Sai Pallavi rejects fairness cream ad deal worth Rs 2 crore?
Mumbai : Sai Pallavi is riding high with her recent hits – Athiran and Maari 2. But more than her films, the actor is making news for a huge endorsement deal which she rejected. As per reports, the star has turned down a fairness cream brand that approached her for a commercial, offering a whopping Rs 2 crore. Sai, reportedly, refused to endorse the brand because she barely uses cosmetics. The actor is known for using minimum make-up on-screen and even flaunting her non-perfect skin unabashedly. Sai Pallavi had earlier said, “I don’t endorse beauty products. You need to be confident about who you are and your skin colour.” Sai, who made her acting debut with 2015 film Premam, has in her films kept her look real
Sai Pallavi, who was recently seen in Malayalam film Athiran opposite Fahadh Faasil, has reportedly turned down a fairness cream brand endorsement deal worth Rs 2 crore.
and natural, even if it meant showing off her pimples and acne. On the work front, Sai
Pallavi has NGK with Suriya and Virata Parvam alongside Rana Daggubati in her kitty.
oldest women sharpshooters of the world. Bhumi has to undergo three exhaustive hours of prosthetics to become Prakashi every single day and then she is shooting for more than eight hours in the heat of Uttar Pradesh. The heat and the dust and the long hours under the sun made prosthetics react differently on Bhumi and we noticed after shoot one day that her skin has been burning. Bhumi had not spoken about this at all and was continuing to
shoot because she knew that we are on a tight schedule.” “The only thing that I could do was use aloe vera to cool down my skin and face. I could not apply any medicated skin care products because I didn’t know which one would cause further reactions. As an artiste, this film has creatively pushed me and satisfied me to the fullest. In fact, I’m proudly treating my burns as battle marks from a project that I have given my everything to.’’
Bhumi Pednekar gets blisters on her face during Saand Ki Aankh shoot, calls them her ‘battle scars’
Mumbai : Bollywood actor Bhumi Pednekar, who was last seen in Akshay Kumar-starrer Toilet Ek Prem Katha, has got blisters on her face after shooting in north India’s searing heat and wearing prosthetic makeup. The actor is playing a 60-something woman in Anurag Kashyap’s Saand Ki Aankh. The actor, however, used nothing except aloe vera and has said that she is treating the burns as “battle scars”. Directed by Tushar Hiranandani, the film is being produced by Anurag. Saand Ki Aankh is based on the life of real-life shooters Chandro Tomar and her sister-in-law, Prakashi Tomar, from Uttar Pradesh, better known as ‘shooter dadis’.The first look poster of the film was recently released and grabbed appreciation for Taapsee Pannu and Bhumi’s look as old women. “Bhumi plays the character of Chandro Tomar, who along with her sister Prakashi (played by Taapsee Pannu), are the
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If you’re not going to the World Cup to win, then you shouldn’t go - Steyn
New Delhi : Dale Steyn, South Africa’s premium fast bowler, believes that the current International Cricket Council’s (ICC) One-Day International rankings will play no role in determining the winners of the upcoming Cricket World Cup, due to start in England, from May 30th. The veteran of two World Cups was speaking with the press in Kolkata after joining the Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) as a replacement player for Australia’s Nathan CoulterNile in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL). South
Africa are set to announce their preliminary 15-man World Cup squad on Wednesday (April 18) and the 35-year old pacer is widely expected to add to his two World Cup appearances. “I think you really need to take rankings and throw it out of the window. Rankings these days don’t mean anything. I don’t even know what ranking West Indies have, and they just beat England. Australia were losing, and then they’ve started winning again,” Steyn said at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata. “I think every team going to the World Cup has a massive
chance. England are playing in England, and they’re playing some good white-ball cricket. You just need to go there, figure out which teams are best adapting to the conditions
and then the team that hits the ground running first has the best chance,” he added. Speaking about his team’s chances, Steyn, who will turn 36 during the showpiece event,
felt that the four-time semifinalists had an even chance of claiming their first-ever silverware. “I don’t think South Africa have lost an ODI series in one and a half years but no one gives us a chance and then somebody does,” he said, speaking of his team’s recent high success rate in ODIs. (South Africa have lost 2 out of 13 series in this period) “If you’re not going to the World Cup expecting to win, then you probably shouldn’t go. But I’m not going to lie, we have some fantastic players,” Steyn added.
"Brothers For Life, No Matter IPL 2019: Injury scare for Delhi Capitals ahead of Mumbai Indians clash What", Promises Hardik Pandya
New Delhi : The Indian Premier League (IPL) is a long tournament and it is natural that a few of the players get injured. Even this season and is not an exception as some have been already ruled out while a few cricketers are recovering from the same. The Delhi Capitals (DC) have also been affected with injuries to the players even as they’ve managed to win most of the games this season. Harshal Patel has already been ruled out of the season in Mumbai Mirror, their skipper Shreyas Iyer suffered an injury scare during the training session. He was hit on the right arm in the nets and seemed to be in some pain. It is still unknown whether he will be available for the game against the Mumbai Indians (MI) in Delhi on Thursday.
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Meanwhile, if Iyer misses out in this game, Shikhar Dhawan might take up the
role of the stand-in captain being the senior member of the side.
Business RIL beats estimates, posts Q4 net profit of 10362 crore
New Delhi : Oil-to-retail-to-telecom conglomerate Reliance Industries (RIL) on Thursday posted a net profit 10,362 crore for the period ended 31 March 2019. Reliance posted a net profit growth of 9.8% to 10,362 crore for the quarter ended 31 March 2019 against 9,438 crore during the same quarter last year. Sales grew 19.4% to 1.54 trillion for the quarter ended 31 March 2019 against 1.29 trillion for the same quarter last year. This is second consecutive quarter when the Mukesh Ambani-led company has reported a quarterly net profit of above 10000 crore. For the quarter ended March 2018, RIL had reported a net profit of 9,435 crore on total revenue of 1.17 trillion at the consolidated level. According to a Bloomberg poll of 14 analysts, RIL’s consolidated net profit was estimated to come in at 9,796 crore. However, 12 analysts estimated RIL’s revenue at 1.48 trillion. Mukesh Ambani
said “During FY 2018-19, we achieved several milestones and made significant strides in building Reliance of the future. Reliance Retail crossed 100,000 crore revenue milestone, Jio now serves over 300 million consumers and our petrochemicals business delivered its highest ever earnings. I am proud of the entire Reliance team; their hard work and dedication has laid the foundation for these achievements and many more to come.
New Delhi : Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul have recovered well from the controversy over their objectionable comments on women during a TV chat show. After being put under a provisional suspension by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), both the players produced impressive shows on comeback and booked their place in the 15-man squad for the ICC World Cup 2019, starting on May 30 in the UK. As Rahul turned 27 on Thursday, Hardik Pandya posted a heartwarming birthday wish for the opening batsman, assuring him a lifetime bond. “Brothers for life!!!!! No matter what!!! Love u bro @rahulkl happy birthday. Let’s make it our year,” Pandya captioned a photograph with Rahul on Instagram. In the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL), Rahul has been in a great form for Kings XI Punjab. With 387 runs in nine matches and a century to his name, Rahul is currently the second leading run-scorer in the IPL 2019. Pandya, on the other hand, has amassed 186 runs in eight matches and
Why Jet Airways is a bigger nightmare for bankers and government than Kingfisher was
New Delhi : On the surface, there was nothing in common between the flamboyant Vijay Mallya and the highly reticent Naresh Goyal. Mallya loved living life “kingsized” and he threw spectacular parties with beautiful women and multiple celebrities in tow, owned some great houses, collected fast cars, owned a stud farm and dabbled in multiple businesses. He actively sought out publicity and flaunted his connections - getting himself elected to the Parliament through the Rajya Sabha route with the help of several friendly political parties. Naresh Goyal gave few interviews and stuck largely to travel (he started off by first working with his uncle in the latter’s travel agency and then started his own business which was an agent of several
foreign airlines). Jet was largely his entire life and he was known to be fairly parsimonious in his travels and business expenses. Both men though built airlines with wonderful flying experiences. Kingfisher, when it was flying, was one of the best airlines for passengers both in economy and business classes. Jet, of course, had set new standards when it first came in and its service quality during its heydays
was only matched (in my opinion actually excelled) by Kingfisher. Now that it has been grounded - the board and lenders are hoping temporarily - there is only Vistara left for passengers hoping for a not-too-uncomfortable travel experience. (The low cost airlines are efficient but not particularly passengerfriendly while Air India is too erratic and inconsistent in its experience). For bankers and vendors though, both men were bad businessmen when it came to running an airline. Kingfisher Airlines of course never made any money during the time it was flying and kept borrowing from bankers promising to turn around soon. But Jet, which at one time had a great market share (over 20 per cent) and made profits was not particularly well run as a business either.
picked up seven wickets, including a man of the match winning performance against Chennai Super Kings. India opener Shikhar Dhawan also joined the celebration as he said in a tweet: “Happy birthday Bro, @klrahul11 have a super successful year. Hoping for some big knocks and more good times ahead!”
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Unfortunate to see so many people going after MS Dhoni : Kohli He also expressed his disappointment over the people criticising Dhoni every now and then.
New Delhi : Virat Kohli admires MS Dhoni a lot and it is not an unknown fact. After taking over India’s leadership, he had stressed that Dhoni will forever be his captain and the trust and the mutual respect between them has been visible for the world since then. Every time, the former captain has come under the radar for his slow batting, Kohli has come out in support for him and has rather backed him to the hilt. Kohli is the happiest person of all whenever Dhoni performs in the middle and feels lucky to have a player like him in the team. Dhoni, more often than not, takes over the captaincy during the death overs as Kohli is in the outfield and also guides the spinners, Kuldeep Ya d a v a n d Yu z v e n d r a C h ah al. K ed ar J ad h av, rather blindly follows his advice and has reaped rich
rewards for the same as well. Speaking to India Today, in an exclusive interview, Virat Kohli expressed his disappointment over MS Dhoni being targetted every now and then. “After 30-35 overs, he knows that I will be in the outfield and its on auto mode. It’s just about the field placements and bowling changes and we say you know the angles, you know the pace of the pitch and that’s why there is so much trust and respect between the two of us. It’s unfortunate to see so many people going after him,” the 30-year-old said. Kohli also
pointed out how MS Dhoni understands the game from standing behind the stumps. He hailed Mahi for the same and is delighted to have a player like him. “He (MS Dhoni) is one person who knows the game inside out, who understands the game from ball 1 to ball 300 on the field. I won’t say it is a luxury to have him but I am fortunate to have a mind like that from behind the stumps. At the end of the day, I want to be involved in strategy with the team management with Mahi bhai and Rohit (Sharma),” he further added.
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Gang of four held for duping people in the name of Mudra loans
The arrested accused include two men and two women while the main accused is still absconding.
Ahmedabad : Four people were held from Delhi on Wednesday for allegedly running an illegal call centre and duping people by offering them Pradhanmantri Mudra Yojna. The arrested accused include two men and two women while the main accused is still absconding. The accused have been identified as Sagar Sharma (28), Sonu Singh (19), Kanchan Chauhan (22) and Suman Paul (19), all residents of Delhi. The call centre was owned by the main accused identified as, Anil Joshi, who is wanted in the matter. As per police, a complaint was lodged with the Ahmedabad Cyber cell by the victim, Sidharath Dabi,
a resident of Asarwa. He stated in his complaint that a couple of weeks ago, while he was applying for a Mudra loan, he ended up filling his details for Brij Capital website. After this, he got a call from one of the women accused, posing as a Bank of Baroda employee, who told him to send his documents on a particular e-mail id. A couple of days ago, the accused called Dabi again and told him that his loan has been sanctioned and he will have to pay processing
charges. Believing them, Dabi together paid Rs 1.06 lakh on different occasions in order to get the loan. “When we got the case, we tracked the location of the accused with the help of the technical team and they were nabbed from Delhi,” said an officer of the Ahmedabad Cyber cell. Primary investigations revealed that the accused have duped around more than 300 people until now, using the same modus operandi. Further investigation is on to nab the main accused.
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Cops’ burglar googly nets 10 cricket bookies
Rajkot : Ever since the IPL 2019 season began, a sprawling bungalow in Adipur town of Kutch has been the hub of cricket betting for Gujarat 10 big bookies. Huge cash was stashed here and there was no fear of police as the bungalow was at in isolated spot. On Tuesday night, when 10 bookies were busy taking bets, a stone suddenly came hurling on one of the windows. Soon, another window glass was shattered with a stick. The bookies thought burglars had attacked and some of them even saw a few men moving around wearing Kutchi lungi. They quickly decided to take on the burglars and opened the door. But to their utter shock, the 10 bookies found that cops had disguised as burglars to nab them. After getting specific information about the betting racket flourishing in Adipur, police narrowed down on this 700 sqm bungalow. “But instead of directly storming into the bungalow, we hit up on a plan to fox the bookies by disguising as
burglars so that they don’t get any whiff. Also, we did not want them to delete crucial information from their laptops or computers which could be a clinching evidence against them,” said DB Vaghela, inspector general of police (IGP), border range. “Since it was dark outside, the bookies couldn’t make out they were policemen and thought they were burglars,” said Vaghela, adding these 10 were the biggest
Gujarat: Video of lion pride being chased goes viral
Gujarat: Private firms got Rs 15 per unit of solar power, but farmers offered only Rs 7
Ahmedabad : The Gujarat government, which has promised to buy solar power from farmers at a maximum rate of Rs 7 per unit under Suryashakti Kisan Yojana (SKY) launched last June, purchased 52 per cent of solar power from private entities such as Adani and Tata firms at a much higher rate of Rs 15 per unit during 2013-18. Experts claim that though the price of solar power has fallen considerably, the government has continued to pay 2010 rates to the private firms. Gujarat produced over 8,275 million units of solar power between 2013 and 2018, as per data submitted in a written reply by Energy Minister Saurabh Patel to Gujarat Assembly in September 2018. During this period, 4,322 million units of power — which accounts for 52 per cent of the total production
Experts claim that though the price of solar power has fallen considerably, the government has continued to pay 2010 rates to the private firms.
in the state —was bought by the state government entity, Gujarat Urja Vikas Nigam Limited (GUVNL), at a rate of Rs 15 per unit from 42 different entities as per Power Purchase Agreement (PPAs) signed with them. The highest quantum of solar energy of 304 million units was bought from Adani Power Limited. The quantum of annual solar power purchased from the Gautam Adani-owned entity rose by 18 per cent, from 61 million units in 2013-14 to 72 million units in 2017-18.
Besides, the GUVNL bought 217 million units from Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited and 213 million units from Roha Dyechem Private Limited at similar rates. The GUVNL also bought 207 million units of power from Sunland Real Estates Pvt Ltd at a rate of Rs 13.59 per unit. During this five-year period, the lowest rate at which solar power was purchased was Rs 3.22 per unit in 2017-18 — 6 million units of power from SJVN Limited, a public sector unit under the Ministry of Power. The same year, 334 million units of power was bought at the rate of Rs 4.50 per unit from Solar Energy Corporation Of India Ltd, a company of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
Minister of External Affairs and senior woman leader of ruling BJP Sushma Swaraj today said that during Modi government not only surgical and aerial strikes have been conducted but Pakistan has also been completely isolated internationally.
Rajkot : Another video of a pride of lions being harassed by people went viral on the social media on Wednesday. In the video, family driving in a car is seen chasing the pride of about 1520, mostly cubs and lionesses along a kutchha narrow road. A voice is heard asking the driver to follow the pride and drive slowly, lest the wild cats disappear in the forest
the Zari village to catch the animal. Trap cages with baits inside them were placed in the area to capture the animal before it could attack other villagers. The Rangers caught a break in the early hours of Wednesday when the eight-year-old male leopard spotted the bait and tried to attack it. Once captured, the big cat was transported to
Rare lung surgery gives life to six-month-old
Anand : A six-monthold child suffering from a rare respiratory disorder has received a new lease of life after successfully undergoing hybrid lung isolation and thoracic surgery. According to doctors at Karamsad-based Shree Krishna Hospital, it is first such reported case in an infant in the country. The child - Burhanuddin Lokhandwala - from Khambhat taluka of Anand had the rare respiratory disorder in which air enters lungs but cannot escape, causing overinflation (hyperinflation) of the lobes of the lung. Burhanuddin was admitted in the paediatric department with complain of fever and cold. After paediatrician Dr Jigar Thacker examined the child, it was confirmed that the child was suffering
from congenital lobar emphysema. “We performed right middle lobectomy and the child’s right lung was expanded post-surgery. After the operation, there was no visible air leak. We planned ventilation strategy considering the child’s age. We performed left lung ventilation, mechanically separating the two lungs to allow ventilation of only one lung while the other lung was compressed. We also performed ventilation part of right upper lobe with right lower lung isolation,” said Dr Vishal Bhende, paediatric
Ahmedabad man killed by wife’s ex-husband
Ahmedabad : A 25-year-old man of Vasna was stabbed to death by his wife’s ex-husband late on Tuesday evening, said police officials on Wednesday. The deceased has been identified as Nilesh Ramesh Solanki, 22, a daily wager and resident of Ganeshnagar AUDA (Ahmedabad Urban Development Authority) housing in Bhata village. The accused, Sanjay Dabhi, 25, a resident of the same colony, was arrested on Wednesday evening. The FIR says that
Forest Rangers capture leopard who dragged toddler out of bed, mauled him to death in Gujarat
Vadodara : Less than 24 hours after a nine-month-old boy was killed by an adult leopard in the Chhota Udepur city of Gujarat, forest officials on Wednesday captured a leopard not far from where the boy’s decapitated body was found the day before. Rangers believe that the trapped animal is the same who might have attacked and killed Dhaval Rathwa while he was sleeping beside his mother on a cot outside their home in Zari village. Around 4 am on Tuesday, the big cat dragged the child out of his bed and fled away. The matter came to light only the next morning when locals discovered the child’s decapitated body in the forest area near the village. The Gujarat State Forest Department was alerted and rangers were sent to
nearby. The video is believed to be shot somewhere in Amreli district. DT Vasavada, chief conservator of forest, Junagadh wildlife, said, “We have seen the video and investigating the matter. There is a big pride of three lionesses and their cubs moving around in the area. We have also ordered night patrolling in the area to stop further harassment to the lions.”
bookies of Gujarat who used to take bets from other small-time bookies across the state. The Gandhidham police, which conducted the raid with rapid response cell and cyber cell sleuths, also seized material worth Rs 27.75 lakh that included a luxurious car and several mobile phones. The bookies had kept their place so secretive that they had not even disclosed it to their family members. “Had we knocked the
door from outside, they would have understood that its a police raid. They would have formatted the computer and mobile handsets before opening the door. So, one team disguised as burglars and another waited in civil dress outside the door,” Vaghela said. J P Jadeja, in-charge police inspector of cyber cell said, “The bookies were using a hardware called communicator. Around 18 phones can be connected to one machine. There were four such communicators and nearly 50-60 phones connected to them to take bets from all over the state. They were deciding the price of the bets and communicating to those 50-60 people in the state who were also bookies.” The accused arrested are identified as Abdul Chaniya, Bhavesh Pandya, Mahmood Hanif alias Babo Chaniya, Ismail Chaniya, Sokat Chaniya, Rahim Chaniya, Yunus Sindhi, Aasif Agham, Farooq Poptani and Mausami Majothi. The bungalow was rented out a person in Morbi who is yet to be arrested.
the forest departments’ rescue centre in Pavagadh, which is nearly 70 kilometres from Chhota Udepur. Meanwhile, the animal has been kept under observation. Deputy conservator of forest of the area, Nilesh Pandya told Times of India that a compensation of Rs 4 lakh has been given to the deceased child’s father as per the norm. In January of this year, a male leopard was rescued from Bandi village in Chhota Udepur after four repeated incidents of attacks on humans came to light from the area within a span of three days. As many as 150 forest officials along with a team of wildlife activists and veterinary doctors were deployed in the area to ensure the safe capture of the big cat. This leopard was also taken to the departments’ rescue centre in Pavagadh.
the murder occurred when Nilesh and his wife Sharmila were walking near their house. Suddenly, Nilesh’s father, Ramesh, heard cries of Sharmila seeking help and he rushed towards them. When
he reached the spot, he saw Sanjay holding a sharp-edged weapon from which blood was still dripping and Nilesh lying unconscious in a pool of blood. Residents rushed Nilesh to VS hospital near
Ellisbridge where he was declared dead. After which, police registered an offence of murder against Sanjay and charges of abetment against his brother Babu. “Sanjay was the first husband of Sharmila. They had separated a year-and-a-half ago,” said inspector C U Pareva of Vasna police station. “Sanjay resented her for marrying Nilesh and used to threaten him often.” According to the postmortem report, Nilesh died due to severe injuries to his head, chest and stomach.
Ahmedabad : Just a month after the Ahmedabad Metro train made its first run on the eastern tracks of the city, three computers installed in its cabin got s t o l e n o n We d n e s d a y night from Gomtipur. The Project manager has lodged a complaint in this regard with Gomtipur police station. Police sources said they are scanning CCTV footage of the New Cotton Mill station to identify the thieves. According to the FIR, the train was parked at the New Cotton Mill Metro Station on Wednesday night. When the
Metro supervisor inspected the train the next morning, he found that three computers were missing from the cabin. “He contacted his supervisors and it was ascertained that the computers were not sent
for repairs and then informed Gomtipur police station. We rushed to the station and scanned CCTV footage. We will be able to crack the case soon,” said a senior police official.
3 computers stolen from Ahmedabad Metro train
cardio-thoracic surgeon at the Bhanubhai and Madhuben Patel Cardiac Centre of the hospital. “The child also had congenital heart disease. He was earlier operated when he was three months old for a hole in the heart which led to extra blood being pumped from the body artery into the lung (pulmonary) arteries,” said Bhende. For this complex surgery, Ahmedabad-based airway expert Dr Amit Chitaliya, who is considered pioneer of bronchoscopy in Gujarat, especially in infants, was called. Chitaliya used an innovative method to pass thin fogarty catheter (specialized balloon catheter). “Looking at the child’s condition and his medical history, it was difficult and risky to pass scope without using any anaesthesia.
Cotton exports from Gujarat to hit decadal low
Ahmedabad : India’s cotton exports are estimated to decline to a decadal low in 2018-19 thanks to higher prices of Indian cotton in international market and lower production of the natural fibre within the country. Gujarat accounts for more than 45% of cotton exports from India. According the latest estimates by the apex trade body Cotton Association of India (CAI), cotton exports from the country are pegged at 47 lakh bales (one bale weighs 170kg) in 2018-19, which is the lowest since 2009-10. In 2008-09, cotton exports had touched a low of 35 lakh bales. “The reason for the slowdown in cotton exports is higher prices of Indian cotton, which have firmed up because the production of crop in 2018-19 was low,” said Atul Ganatra, the president of CAI. “The price of Shankar-6 variety of cotton in April touched Rs 46,500 to Rs 47,000 per candy (356 kg), which is higher at least by Rs 5,000 per candy quoted in the same month last year. Our cotton is very costly for international buyers.” Since February, Shankar-6 cotton prices in the international market have shot up to 9092 cents per pound, while the US cotton is available at 88-89 cents.
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