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News Brief Court orders boy to maintain exgirlfriend
Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad, May 18
A metropolitan court has asked a youth to pay a maintenance amount of Rs 3,000 a month to his former girlfriend, who filed a case under the Domestic Violence Act after end of their live-in relationship one year ago. The girl, from Maninagar, was undergoing nurse’s training in Hyderabad and came in contact with the boy, from Bhumel village near Nadiad, through a common friend.He was not of marriageable age then. They decided to live together and also made a friendship contract, but a dispute arose after a year. As the girl opted out of the relationship, the boy began harassing, threatening and pressurizing her. The girl filed a complaint before the metropolitan court accusing her former boyfriend of torture and pressurizing her to rekindle the relationship.
Godmother’s sons move HC fearing PASA
Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad, May 18
Three sons of the late `Godmother’ Santokben Jadeja Kandhal, Karan and Kana have moved Gujarat high court apprehending that Porbandar district authorities are planning to detain them under Prevention of Anti-social Activities Act (PASA) to please the BJP and pressurize them into joining the party . They claimed that on the basis of an FIR lodged in March, police authorities are trying to brand them as dangerous persons and habitual offenders, which they are not. After claiming this, they cited complaints lodged against them during all these years the cases include a murder case, an arms case and a case related to the Terrorist And Disruptive Activ ities Act (TADA). They have also mentioned the status of these cases.
PSI recruitment: IPS officer among three cops suspended The cheating was caught in the CCTV cameras and a woman supervisor spotted them.
Correspondent, Rajkot
Three senior police officers, including an IPS officer, were suspended today by the Gujarat Home Department after they were found guilty in an alleged police subinspector recruitment scam. A senior Gujarat Home Department official confirmed the development stating
that they have put orders related to the same on the official website of the home department. “2007 batch IPS officer Manoj Ninama, who is currently posted as Commandant of State Reserve Police (SRP), Group-13, Rajkot, Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), Rajkot, A L Chaudhari, and Deputy Superintendent
of Police (DySP), Gondal, R D Desai have been suspended,” said orders signed by the Joint Secretary of the Home Department Nikhil Bhatt, which
S Korea pledges $10bn for infra projects in India
Agency : Bhubaneswar South Korea on Sunday pledged $10 billion for financing infrastructure projects, including smart cities and railways, in India. The announcement followed a summit meeting between PM Narendra Modi and South Korean President Park Geun-hye. The pledge comprises an “Economic Development Cooperation Fund ($1 billion) and export credits ($9 billion) for priority sectors, including smart cities, railways, power generation and transmission, and other sectors to be agreed“, said the statement. Modi’s Korea visit was aimed at getting Korean investment in sectors like shipbuild-
ing, which is lagging due to non-availability of technology in India. The statement further said President Park welcomed India’s `Make in India’ initiative as it provides new avenues to enrich and add substance to bilateral relations. Modi invited Korea to become a privileged partner in `Make in India’ “to which Park conveyed her appreciation“. The leaders
have been put up on the Home Department’s official website. All these officers were given various duties related to supervision of physical tests for recruitment of police sub- inspectors
place of Majumdar “void“ and making it clear that he was the final authority for appointment and transfer of senior bureaucrats. He said he was rejecting Kumar’s appointment as it was against the laid down rules and procedure. The
entered the race midway due to which they finished their test “on time”. It was alleged that though the act was caught on closed circuit television cameras and brought to the attention of junior officers, these police officials, who were deployed at the spot to supervise the test, ignored their misdeed and cleared these two women.
will be the second time for the force in the high-voltage, “network-centric’’ exercise. IAF chief Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha on Monday left for a fourday visit to the US, during which he is slated to receive a detailed briefing on the Red Flag combat manoeuvres at the Nellis US Air Force base in Nevada, north west of Las Vegas, among other consultations. It was in 2008 that the IAF had earlier
participated in Red Flag at the Nellis airbase, which is considered the “mother’’ of all air combat exercises since it comes closest to realistic air combat without actually going to war. It was also the first time that the Russian-origin Sukhoi-30MKI fighters had flown over the American mainland. Though not quite familiar with operating in an AWACS (airborne warning and control systems) environment
then, IAF fighter pilots had performed quite well in the demanding exercise. Since then, IAF has inducted and operationalized three Israeli Phalcon AWACS of its own. Apart from detecting incoming hostile fighters, cruise missiles and drones much before ground-based radars, AWACS play a crucial role in directing friendly fighters during combat operations with enemy jets.
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the busy Parel hospital campus as news of Aruna’s death spread among nurses. She had suffered a car diac arrest around 6.30am, following which her condi tion rapidly deteriorated.Doctors at the intensive care unit tried to revive her for the next two hours but she did not respond. She had been battling pneumonia since the previous Tuesday when she was rushed to the ICU and put on venti-
lator. This time, never to return to her small room outside Ward 4. The tiny room had been home to her since the brutal sexual assault of November 1973 by ward boy Sohanlal Valmiki. It had left her in a permanent vegetative state--she was conscious but unaware of her surroundings as the blood supply to her brain was lost for way too long during the assault.
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called upon the business community from India and Korea to leverage the enormous synergies between their economies for mutual prosperity . The statement further said the leaders welcomed the interest of companies of the two countries in co-operation in the area of shipbuilding, including the construction of Indian vessels such as LNG carriers.
LG conveyed his stand through letters to the deputy CM, chief secretary and principal secretary , services, as well. Later in the evening, according to sources, the chief minister’s office issued a general order that any or-
der from the LG’s office cannot be implemented straightaway and the CMO or the minister concerned has to be informed and consulted. The CM has asked all officers to follow the Transaction of Business Rules under which the state government has a say . With bureaucrats caught in the crossfire, governance has come to a standstill. The Delhi government is now heading for a direct fight with the Centre with the CM to seek clarity on powers from President Pranab Mukherjee at a meeting scheduled for Tuesday evening.
Babu locked out as Jung, Kejri turf war intensifies The turf war between chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and lieutenant-governor Najeeb Jung is getting bizarre with every twist and turn. When principal secretary Anindo Majumdar who was stripped of his charge by Kejriwal but reinstated by the LG on Saturday turned up for work at the Secretariat on Monday , he found his room locked. The AAP government had given his responsibilities to the CM’s principal secretary, Rajendra Kumar. Jung responded on Monday by writing to Kejriwal, declaring his posting of Rajendra Kumar in
training teacher. On February 16, a physical test was conducted at the city -based police headquarters as part of the police sub-inspector recruitment process. Candidates aspiring to become police subinspectors were required to run 1,600 metres within a stipulated time. However, it was alleged that two woman candidates allegedly
IAF fighter pilots may join mother of all air exercises Indian fighter pi lots are now planning to match their air combat skills with among the best in the world, first against their British counterparts this year and then against Ameri can top-guns next year. IAF pilots are gearing up to fly their Sukhoi-30MKI “air dominance“ fighters and IL-78 mid-air refuellers to the UK to take on the Royal Air Force during the `Indra Dha nush’ exercise, which is scheduled for July-August. But the real test of their skills will come if they take part in the famous `Red Flag exercise to be held in Alaska in the US in April next year. If the IAF does indeed get all the requisite clearances for the Red Flag exercise, it
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conducted in the city on February 16. It was alleged that two women candidates were favoured by these officers during the physical tests. After that, city Superintendent of Police Gagandeep Gambhir was asked to probe the matter by the Home Department. One of the women candidates was a constable with the SRP, while another candidate was a physical
Aruna Shanbaug is finally at peace after 42 years in coma
At 8.30am on Monday, Aruna Shanbaug, once a nurse at KEM Hospital and then a patient for 42 years, lost her agonizing battle with life -one she barely lived. he was a few weeks short of turning 68 and nurses were planning to celebrate her victory over yet another life-threatening lung infec tion and life in general. In stead, a pall of gloom de scended at
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Telescope: Here, there, everywhere in kurta-waistcoat tells the Indian diaspora that while they holiday on Sunday, he will work (their fault?). Mongolia: Modi in a hat stands beside the horse gifted to him. Seoul: Modi, in a casual jacket and scarf snaked about his neck, asks Korean CEOs to see “the change” in India. Here’s a striking feature of the Indian prime minister in the last year: even when he is far away from us, he is just a remote control button away. Or, to use the Delhi Police slogan— with you, for you, always. By stringing Doordarshan along, by going tweet-tweet all day long, Modi has been the overwhelming presence in our lives. We are unable to ignore him. He is always going places (literally and metaphorically), declaiming grandly on live broadcasts and cutting a fine figure. You may or may not approve of his fashion statements but he makes them all the time, and they say something about the man: He wants his presence known, felt. Can anyone forget his monogrammed suit? The previous prime minister had many sterling qualities, but addressing the public was not one of them. We barely heard him speak. He too travelled the world and the seven seas, but his media managers seldom exposed him to “live” broadcasts. We witnessed few hugs, warm handshakes with foreign leaders or heard their compliments. With Modi, it is quite the opposite. He is here, there and everywhere — on TV. A calculated strategy excludes the private-owned media from his entourage, but ensures All India Radio and Doordarshan capture and broadcast his best moments. Which is why, even when he addresses foreign audiences, he is addressing “the nation”, too. Wearing that hat and standing by the horse gifted to him in Mongolia, Modi was like India’s Marlboro Man in the American cigarette commercials: masculine, adventurous and always on the move. (Speaking of ads, noticed Dulcoflex and an Ayurvedic churan for constipation on air — inspired by the film Piku?) Watched J.P. Nadda interviewed on Doordarshan (Monday). Who? While we’ve been overexposed to the prime minister, his ministers have marked their presence by their absence from public view — barring a few, of course. Now, they are being pushed in front of the TV cameras and told to explain how they’ve earned their keep over the last 365 days. That irritating gadfly of the NDA government is back. The Delhi chief minister always finds ways to turn the cameras away from Modi and towards himself. Thus, the Arvind Kejriwal-Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung standoff assumed such gargantuan proportions in the media that the evening debates on Modi’s first year were drowned out by the “jung” (poor pun). You see so much of Kejriwal on TV, you sometimes wonder when he works. No matter how many times news channels broadcast the CCTV footage of the shootout-death of Manoj Vashisht, we couldn’t see what exactly happened. So why run it so often?
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the Metro project, Gujarat government selected those officers, who were QUOTE “For already facing several inquiries. By appointing such tainted officers, the BJP-led OF THE government has put the entire project in jeopardy. I doubt if Metro will ever reach - The Leader of Opposition in Gujarat Assembly Gandhinagar,” Shankersinh Vaghela sought a “free and fair probe” into it. DAY Seeking blessings from celebrity is wrong : Shikha Joshi Suicide: Cosmetic
Big B feels people should not seek a celebrity or ask them to name Agency | Mumbai
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan feels people should not seek blessings from a celebrity or ask them to name their newborn. Bachchan, 72, who meets his fans outside his house Jalsa every Sunday, said over the years he has discovered many unique “modus operandi” of meeting him. “Many seek blessings from celebrities, names for their children and on. This is disapproved. I am not worthy of blessings nor intelligent enough to give a name. Please do not put me through that ordeal! It would be horrible for a child to live through his entire life saddled with a name that was not his parents calling,” Bachchan posted on his blog. Sharing one of the interesting anecdotes of meeting a young fan recently, the “Piku” star said people often use their children to get his autograph.“A little fellow once came to me on a crowded occasion, and asked for my autograph, looking
completely puzzled and hassled. He was having problems pronouncing ‘autograph’…Photograph, auto car, and some other contortions were with effort struggling to form out of his chubby face. “He was precocious and honest. When I asked him his name, he promptly told me that. When I asked him what my name was he said : ‘I don’t know your name. My Father asked me to come to you, so I have come’!!. hahahaha.. cute!,” he said.
Kashmir is ready for film shootings now: Kabir Khan
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In her dying moments, model-turned-actor Shikha Joshi allegedly named well-known cosmetic surgeon Dr Vijay Sharma, among others, who she claimed had been troubling her, said a friend in her statement to the police on Sunday. Her words were recorded on a cellphone by the friend Joshi was living with. While the police said the authenticity of the audio recording would have to be verified, Joshi’s friend Madhubharti Pathan has told them that the actor was quite depressed in the past week because of her failure to secure employment. BA Pass Actor Shikha Joshi Commits Suicide Sharma, meanwhile, said, “The matter is sub judice, so I cannot make any comments. She was afraid of being convicted in court and so she has done this. This is a blackmailing racket and the truth will eventually prevail.” In October 2011, Joshi had accused Sharma of molesting her while performing a breast examination. He was then arrested by the Khar police. Later, in November 2013, Joshi and her brother were arrested for pelting stones at Sharma’s clinic in Andheri (West). The surgeon was charged with molestation in separate instances in 2008 too and got bail in both cases. The 2011 case is still being heard at a Bandra court. “We will speak with him (Sharma) and record his
statements in the coming days. We will make inquiries with everyone under suspicion,” said Samadhan Dhanedhar, Assistant Commissioner of Police, D N Nagar Division. He added that the voice recording would be sent to the Kalina Forensic Sciences Laboratory for verification. Joshi, 40, allegedly slit her throat with a kitchen knife Saturday evening at Pathan’s house in New Mhada Colony, Andheri (West). According to the police, before rushing Joshi to Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, where she was declared dead, Pathan had asked Joshi why did she try to take the extreme step. “She was conscious and able to speak for a while. She said the cosmetic surgeon and a few ‘married men’ had been troubling her. By then, my husband Riyaz arrived and we took her to the hospital. I recorded what she said on my cellphone because I did not want the police to suspect me of any wrongdoing. She then began to wave her arms and gesticulate,” Pathan said. On Monday, the police had also dusted Joshi’s fingerprints on the door of the bathroom and conducted a forensic examination of the apartment. Pathan, the only person present at home when Joshi allegedly killed herself, told the police that Joshi had been depressed for the last eight days.
Priyanka Chopra to honour talent at ArtistAloud MusicAwards 2014
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Supermodel Irina Shayk reportedly separated from longtime love Cristiano Ronaldo because he cheated on her.Shayk, 29, found messages on his phone from “dozens of women”, reported Ace Showbiz.“For so long she trusted him and stuck up for him but now she feels completely let down and betrayed. She immediately confronted Cristiano about it, but he initially
blessings from their newborn
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Irina Shayk dumped Cristiano Ronaldo for cheating on her
denied any knowledge. After she explained to him what she had found he eventually admitted to messaging the girls,” a source said.“He gave little excuse. She couldn’t believe it so immediately got out of the house. She ended the relationship there and then,” the source added. The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model reportedly told one source close to her and the soccer that she feels completely betrayed.
surgeon had been troubling her
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Director Kabir Khan feels Salman Khan‘s presence in Kashmir for “Bajrangi Bhaijaan” shooting will send out a strong message that the Valley is safe for movie shootings. “Of course, the place is ready (for Bollywood). There are problems… I am not saying there are no problems, but it is ready,” Khan told reporters here, 85 kms from Srinagar. The director said the place needs some infrastructural improvements but that is a countrywide problem and not unique to Kashmir. “Yes, there can be improvements. Sometimes, we feel that we lack internet
speed here as our work depends on that. Sometimes we feel the roads could be better. There is some infrastructure problem, but that is a problem all over the country,” Kabir said. The director is confident that the shooting of a big budget Bollywood movie is a sign of how things have improved after decades of violence. “The fact that Salman Khan comes to Kashmir and shoots for 40 days, this is a huge signal and message going out that things are normal. If Salman can shoot for forty days in Kashmir, then anybody in the industry can come and shoot in Kashmir,” he said. The film has been
shot in Pahalgam, Aru, Sonamarg, Thajwas and Zojila. The director, who previously made “Ek Tha Tiger” with Salman, said it was surprising to see no cinemas in the Valley where there are many fans of Bollywood. “We would love to release the movie here. (But) it is surprising that there is no theatre,” Kabir said, adding the government should do something to change that. “They (government) are definitely extending their vision to getting Bollywood to shoot in Kashmir. They have announced single window clearances. But along with that, definitely open cinema theatres.”
Priyanka will pose as the Celeb Presenter for Artist Aloud Music Awards 2014 Presenter for behind the digital music Artist Aloud awards is to felicitate the M u s i c best of talent and their A w a r d s independent content, 2 0 1 4 , released by Artist Aloud. India’s only The actress will present digital music the award for Best Single awards for (Jury). The awards, which independent came into inception in a r t i s t s . 2010, is a consumer voting T a l k i n g led activity to encourage about the global music talents while a w a r d s , involving music lovers and Chopra said, getting them to vote for “I think their favourite artists and its really this year, the jury category great that is also added. independent RELATED artists are Priyanka Chopra, Arijit coming Agency | Mumbai Singh Named Most out and being able to find Popular Artists Of 2014 A c t r e s s - s i n g e r a space for their voice. Priyanka Chopra is happy I think this is a great Priyanka Chopra: I Am that independent artists way of encouraging new Fortunate That Roles Are are coming out and are talent and giving people a Being Written For Me managing to find a space voice. I think that’s what for their voice.Priyanka Artist Aloud is doing and Priyanka Chopra Attends will pose as the Celeb that’s beautiful.”The idea Grammys In White Gown
3 / Dt. 19-05-2015, Tuesday Microsoft Lumia 540 comes with promise of Windows 10, to cost Rs 10,199
Agency : New Delhi Microsoft has introduced its Lumia 540 Dual SIM budget Windows Phone 8.1 smartphone at a price of Rs 10,199. The Lumia 540 Dual SIM runs on Windows Phone 8.1 (with Denim) operating system and will be upgradable to Windows 10 later this year. The new Windows smartphone sports a 5-inch 720p HD IPS LCD along with an 8MP A/F rear camera with LED Flash and a 5MP front camera. Powered by a 2,200 mAh battery, the device runs on a 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 proces-
sor with 1GB RAM. On the storage front, it offers 8GB of internal memory which can be expanded up to 128GB via microSD card. Microsoft is also offering 30GB of free OneDrive space. In terms of connectivity, the device offers dual SIM support including Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi and hotspot. The device is available for pre-bookings. Buyers in Hyderabad can prebook at LOT, in Chennai they can visit Poorvika, TMS in Kolkata, Sangeetha in Bangalore, Reliance in Mumbai and Spice in Delhi.
E-commerce firms up in arms over bilateral pacts to liberalise sector Agency : New Delhi
Homegrown e-commerce firms like Flipkart have strongly opposed what they perceive as the government’s willingness to employ bilateral pacts with some big trading partners to liberalise the sector while the policy stance outside such pacts, or in the most-favoured nation (MFN) space, is to tread warily on this front. Analysts see this as an attempt by these local firms to create a vast business space using their deep pockets to keep potential competition at bay. Local e-tailers are learnt to have “strongly” opposed Japan’s pitch for the sector’s liberalisation through the mega regional pact called the Regional Comprehensive
Economic Partnership (RECP) agreement, official sources said. India is participating in RCEP negotiations with 15 other countries.These players have also objected to something unnoticed so far — India agreeing for a separate e-commerce chapter in the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) with Singapore without adequate stakeholder consultation. These players have also objected to something unnoticed so far — India agreeing for a separate e-commerce chapter in the Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) with Singapore without adequate stakeholder consultation.
Govt contains FY15 fiscal deficit at 4%, beats target Agency : New Delhi
Despite an ambitious target, the Centre managed to contain its fiscal deficit at 4 per cent of the GDP or Rs 5,01,880 crore in 2014-15, overcoming a shortfall in tax collections. This is marginally better than the target of 4.1 per cent of the GDP for the fiscal deficit in 2014-15 and amounts to 98 per cent of the projected figure in revised estimate. The revenue deficit was also contained at 2.8 per cent of the GDP or Rs 3,58,306 crore, partially lower than the targetted 2.9 per cent of the GDP last fiscal. The finance ministry said this was possible through prudent fiscal policies adding, “The government is firmly committed to path of fiscal consolidation and this is a step forward.” The fiscal deficit
target was set at 4.1 per cent by the former UPA government, but finance minister Arun Jaitley had said he was taking it as a “challenge” to meet this ambitious and “daunting target” set up by his predecessor P Chidambaram. For 2015-16, Jaitley has aimed to contain the fiscal deficit at 3.9 per cent of the GDP and the revenue deficit at 2.8 per cent of the GDP in the current fiscal. According to the data release by the finance ministry on Sunday, gross tax collections grew 9 per cent in 2014-15 and stood at Rs 12,45,037 crore, partially lower than the revised estimate of Rs 12,51,391 crore.
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After rattling SRH, Mitchell McClenaghan ready for CSK test
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Bangladesh announce 23-member preliminary squad for India series Agency : Hyderabad PBuoyed by the comprehensive win over Sunrisers Hyderabad, Mumbai Indians’ star bowler Mitchell McClenaghan said his side is fully prepared for the IPL playoff match against heavyweights Chennai Super Kings on Tuesday. “We have got some fantastic players. We have got a fantastic support staff behind us. They do a fantastic job. I think the most important thing is that we
prepare every time we go out to play. As long as we prepare well and turn up, we will be able to win,” he told reporters after MI thrashed the Hyderabad side by nine wickets last night. He said it was important for the team to get the top order out soon to take an early advantage in the match. The Mumbai side broke the back of Hyderabad innings by getting its openers — captain David Warner and Shikhar Dhawan — out
in the first two overs of the innings. “I was bowling to the big boundary. David (Warner) is a great puller of the ball, great striker of the ball. I took a chance. It could have gone for a six. It could have taken a wicket. It’s just one of those things. In matches, you need to take a chance,” he said. McClenaghan expressed happiness at getting the opportunity to play a key role for the Mumbai Indians.
Australia’s Chris Rogers confirms international retirement after Ashes series
Agency : Dhaka tional Stadium in Mirpur The Bangladesh Cricket on May 20. The Indian Board (BCB) on Monday cricket team will arrive announced a 23-member here on June 7 to play one preliminary squad for the Test and three One-Day (ODI). series against India next Internationals month. Opening bats- Fatullah’s Khan Shaheb man Anamul Haque and Osman Ali Stadium will pacer Shafiul Islam have host the Test from June returned to the squad af- 10 while all three ODIs ter recovering from in- will be played on June juries. The players will 18, 21 and 24 in Mirpur. have to report to strength Anamul was in Banglaand conditioning coach desh’s World Cup squad Mario Villavarayan at but his tournament ended the Sher-e-Bangla Na- early when he suffered
a dislocated shoulder during the match against Scotland. Since he recovered only recently, he has been playing in domestic cricket and has now got the call to join the national team while Shafiul missed the series against Pakistan last month due to a leg injury. Pacer Mustafizur Rahman, who debuted in the only Twenty20 International against Pakistan, also got called up in the preliminary squad.
Agency : Madrid drid exactly a year after Spain’s biggest sell- last season’s champions ing sports daily Marca pipped Barca to the title summed it up in Mon- with a 1-1 draw at the day’s headline after Bar- Nou Camp on the final celona wrapped up a fifth day of the campaign. BarLa Liga title in seven ca’s latest triumph was the years and their 23rd over- first part of a possible treall on Sunday: “Messi’s ble of Champions League, League”. The Argentina domestic league and Cup forward scored a typical- crowns, which Barca bely brilliant goal to secure came the only Spanish a 1-0 win at Atletico Ma- club to achieve in 2008-
09 under Pep Guardiola. Messi’s goal was his 41st in 37 La Liga appearances this term, four behind top scorer Cristiano Ronaldo, whose Real Madrid side are four points adrift of their arch rivals with one game left. Messi has also made an incredible 17 assists and it has been his scintillating form since the turn of the year.
Spanish media hails Lionel Messi after Barcelona’s La Liga title win
Agency : Sydney Australia Test opener Chris Rogers appears set to retire from international cricket after the upcoming Ashes series in England. The 37-yearold’s first two Tests were separated by more than five years but he has been a fixture in Australia’s opening partnership with David Warner since a surprise selection for the 2013 Ashes tour. That call-up was based on the left-hander’s prolific batting over several years
in the English county game and Rogers said a final campaign in Britain would be an appropriate way to bring an end to his Test career. “I’m very happy, I’ve been pretty fortunate to have this second go at it and have loved every moment of it,” he told Fox Sports TV at Sydney airport on Monday. “But time calls on everyone and I think it’s nearly up for me. “I think to go out in the Ashes and in England, where I’ve played a lot of cricket is pretty fitting.” Despite
the efforts of Rogers, who scored 367 runs at an average of 40.77, Australia lost the 2013 Ashes series 3-0. They swept England 5-0 in the return series in Australia in 2013-14, however, raising hopes of a first series victory on English soil since 2001 in July and August this year. Rogers, who was leaving Australia for the tour of the West Indies which precedes the Ashes, has scored 1,535 runs at an average of 39.35 with four centuries in his 20 Tests to date.
Manchester United held 1-1 by Arsenal, Manchester City go past Swansea 4-2 Agency : London
Arsenal stayed ahead of Manchester United in the race to qualify directly for next season’s Champions League when they drew 1-1 at Old Trafford on Sunday while Manchester City made sure of their place in the group stage with a 4-2 win at Swansea City. United are now left hoping Arsenal slip up in their last two home games so they can catch them, finish third and avoid a playoff for a place in Europe’s top club competition. With the season ending next weekend and the title already Chelsea’s, the three behind them are still jockeying for the final positions. Chelsea have 84 points with two games to play, City
Meet Rahul Dravid’s sons Samit and Anvay
have 76 with one to play, Arsenal have 71 with two matches remaining while United have 69 with one to go. Chelsea and City have guaranteed their direct qualification to the Champions League group stage, while Arsenal just need a point from their last two games, at home to Sunderland and West Bromwich Albion to make sure they join them. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger told
Sky Sports after the game: “It was very important today not to let Manchester United get in front of us, even if we have a game in hand.” United manager Louis Van Gaal seemed to accept that United would most probably finish fourth and told Sky: “Then we will have to play a round to qualify because we have not qualified for the Champions League yet.
Agency : New Delhi
practicing with RR’s This question struck every Steve Smith. The elegant die-hard Rahul Dravid right-hander seemed to fan on Friday when enjoy the company of the the television beamed young kids. The younger live images of his two of the two, Anvay, was sons Samit and Anvay seen taking diving catches
at the Brabourne Stadium on Friday night. Rahul Dravid is currently the mentor of RR and has scored 13,288 runs in Tests and 10,889 in ODI cricket.
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Nyay Mandir office for Baroda top cops? Correspondent, Vadodara
The majestic Nyay Mandir that currently houses district courts may become a workplace for police officials in coming years. The city police department plans to write to the state government for taking possession of Nyay Mandir, a 19th century marvel, once the district courts move out of it. Facing a severe dearth of space for police stations, the police department is eyeing the spacious structure right in the middle of the city. Nyay Mandir currently houses district courts and also serves as workplace for hundreds of lawyers apart from typists. City police commissioner E Radhakrishana told TOI, “The courts will be shift-
ing to new premises soon and Nyay Mandir will be vacant then. It is a spacious structure and can serve as workplace for the police. I will write to the state government to give us the possession of Nyay Mandir. We will accommodate two police stations and offices of senior police officials there.“ If sanctioned, Nyay Mandir will house offices of DCP and DCB police station that is currently located near Panigate. “Having senior police officials stationed in Nyay Mandir will give us strategic advantage as it is close to communally sensitive areas. We will be able to control and monitor any unrest efficiently if cops are stationed close by ,“ Radhakrishana said.
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Handicrafts & Artisans SEZ in Kutch cancelled
Correspondent, Kutch
At a time when the state government is promoting small-scale industries, and especially the artisans involved in traditional art and craft, the board of approvals (BoA) of the special economic zone has cancelled approval to four Gujarat SEZs including a handicraft SEZ in Bhachau, Kutch. The BoA also cancelled the engineering SEZ being developed by Dish-
Gosa fishermen end five-day hunger strike
man Infrastructure Ltd, a subsidiary of Dishman Pharmaceuticals Ltd, agro chemical based SEZ by Biotor Industries Ltd, Bharuch in the IT SEZ set up by Biotor Industries Ltd. The Handicrafts and Artisans SEZ was proposed in 2007 by the state government through its company the Gujarat Growth Centres Development Corporation Ltd on 132 hectares of land in the village Moti Chiral, near Bhachau town in Kutch district. However, eight years later, the BoA
Correspondent, Porbandar
Fishermen of Gosa village in Porbandar district ended their five-day-long hunger strike in protest against restrictions on fishing in Karli-Gosabara reservoir after district collector assured them of looking into some of their demands late on Saturday. However, the fishermen said they would move court if fishing was not allowed in the reservoir. Around 100 families of Gosa who had gone on hunger-strike on May 11 ended their fast in the presence of Gujarat Congress minority cell convenor Gulabkhan
Rauma. The fishermen families called off their strike after Rauma met Porbandar district collector Dinesh Patel who assured to look into some of their demands. “So far as their main demand of removing restrictions on fishing in Karli-Gosabara reservoir is concerned, I told them I cannot give any commitment. The fishermen of Gosa village had gone on indefinite hunger-strike demanding ban on fishing in Karli-Gosabara reservoir imposed in November last year be removed as it was affecting their livelihood. However, the collector said only 60
persons of Gosa had pagadia licences for doing fishing in the reservoir by standing in water. The reservoir is an important wetland and destination of migratory birds which land there in lakhs for wintering, local forest officers and wildlife enthusiasts say. A bird census undertaken by the state forest department in year 2014 had estimated presence of 1.92 lakh birds of 112 species in the wetland. Threatened species like Dalmatian pelican, white-eyed pochard, peregrine falcon and greater spotted eagles were recorded at this scenic wetland during the census.
CID sends e-summons to Gupta’s aide Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
The CID (crime) has sent esummons to former IAS officer Sanjay Gupta’s associate Kapil Sharma, who is now in Russia with his Russian wife. Sharma, who was a director in one of the companies owned by Gupta, had flown to Russia after an FIR was lodged in the MEGA scam. Gupta was arrested by the CID (crime) on Thursday last.“He was handed over to police on a four-day remand by the court the next day ,“ said a CID (crime) source. CID (crime) officials said during the probe after filing of the FIR, it came to light that Sharma
was active associate of Gupta and is suspected to be involved in the scam. “We are waiting for him to respond to the summons. If he fails, we will then initiate the procedure for lookout notice and then for a red corner notice with the Union ministry of home affairs,“ added an official. According to CID (crime) officials, they conducted
searches at two hotels in Vejalpur and Sola area, owned by Gupta, to get hold of the laptop on which the bogus bills were made but did not get anything. CID writes to RoC, municipal authorities CID (crime) officials said they have written to the registrar of companies (RoC) for procuring details of companies owned by Gupta.
Can hoisting the tricolour on Independence Day be an offence? For cops in Visnagar town of north Gujarat, it was an offence when a former minister procured the national flag and unfurled it. However, eight years later, Gujarat high court has dropped the charges both criminal as well as for insulting the national flag, by saying that hoisting the national flag did not attract any of the charges levelled against the politician. According to the case details, Visnagar’s executive magistrate invited people at large to celebrate the 61st Independ ence Day . But neither the executive magistrate not the invitee deputy collector turned up for the flag-hoisting ceremony . Hundreds of people had gathered at
100 years of Kochrab Ashram: May 20 or 25? Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
While Gujarat Vidyapith is preparing to celebrate the centenary of the foundation day of Satyagraha Ashram, Kochrab, on May 25, city-based historian Rizwan Kadri has brought to light discrepancies regarding the actual date of its establishment. idyapith considers May 25, 1915, as the day when the ashram was founded. For its claim, it cites Mahatma Gandhi’s autobiography and Chandulal Bhagubhai Dalal’s `Gandhiji ni Dinwari’ (1970). “However, the Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi volume 13, page no 169, which is based on Gandhiji’s handwritten diary published by the Government of India in 1964, claims
May 20, 1915 as the ashram’s foundation day . `Gandhiji no Akshardeh’ published by Navajivan Prakashan Mandir also mentions May 20, 1915 as the ashram’s foundation day.Gandhiji had mistakenly mentioned May 25 as the date in his autobiography ,“ says Kadri. Kadri says that late veteran Gandhian Narayan Desai had pointed out a few errors in Gandhiji’s autobiography . “Narayanbhai
had pointed out one mistake on chapter no 6 of part-1 of Gandhi’s autobiography in which there is a description of poem by Navalram Pan dya. However, instead of Pandya, Gandhi credits the poem to Kavi Narmad. There are two places where he mentioned wrong dates,“ he says. However, more than Gandhi’s autobiography , it is `Gandhiji ni Dinwari’ which is replete with errors, says Kadri.
the venue since the morning and when the guest did not turn up, former minister Kirit Patel and a few others got a flag and they hoisted it on their own. Police booked Patel and five others for the flag-hoisting. They were booked on the ground that Patel could not have brought another flag and hoisted it on their own as it amounts to insult to the national flag according to the Preservation of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971. They were booked under section 2 of this law. Investigation took place and they were charged with insulting the national flag as well as for being members of unlawful assembly , obstructing public servant from performing his duty and for violation of public notification. The accused moved the HC.
A 22-year-old woman is battling for life at Vadodara’s SSG Hospital, two days after allegedly attempting suicide along with her lover and neighbour from Kuvediya village in Halol. The lovebirds, said to be separated due to family pressure allegedly consumed poison a day before the family arranged wedding of the girl. The man, Thakor Anupsinh Rathwa, 22, passed away on Saturday. The police are investigating the alleged attempted suicide of a young couple from Halol, separated by their families. The incident occurred on Wednesday after a pre-nuptial ceremony of the girl, Kalpana Nayak, with another suitor. Kalpana’s family had arranged her wedding for May 16. According to the police, Kalpana was unhappy about the wedding and eloped with Thakor after the ceremony. The
couple was found unconscious by villagers in a jungle on Friday. A police officer said, “The girl had made up her mind that she would not marry another man except her lover. We are investigating the matter to ascertain the facts of the case and whether it is an attempted suicide.” On Saturday, Thakor died at the SSG Hospital, where Kalpana is still fighting for her life. Police said Kalpana’s parents have,
in their statement, said her wedding was fixed with a suitor from Ravalia village in Pavagadh, two months ago, as per her wish. “Her parents maintain that she was happy with the marriage. Villagers have said that Thakor and Kalpana were together for several years and their families did not approve of the match. We will investigate the case thoroughly before arriving at a conclusion.”
Gujarat Council of Educational Research and Training (GCERT) for schools and Knowledge Consortium of Gujarat (KCG) for colleges — have been entrusted upon the responsibility of ensuring students reach Mahatma Mandir before 9 am on May 25. “The idea is to assess how much the students could grasp from the workshops which was the first of such initiatives by the education department. Also, it will give students a second and a bigger platform to
showcase their talent at the state-level,” revealed the education principal secretary Sudip Gulati. The event is said to coincide with the ‘bal kavi sammelan’ which is also scheduled to be organised on May 25 and 26 at Mahatma Mandir. The entries for which were invited in April which were further scrutinised by the district committees of poets and literature experts. These were further scrutinised and ranked by a state-level committee to shortlist total 132 entries from each district. Further, the shortlisted students have also been trained by experts before appearing for the sammelan.
a 53-year-old man was arrested in Dev-bhoomi Dwarka district for allegedly raping his minor daughter. The police said that the man had repeatedly raped the 14-yearold girl over a period of one-and-a-half year. A complaint was filed by the survivor’s mother at Dwarka town police station on Sunday night against her husband Laxman Vadher, a resident of TV Station area of the coastal town. “We have arrested Laxman Vadher Sunday night. He was produced before the local court on Monday and sent to jail,“ Sameer Sarda, police inspector of Dwarka. Police said that the in-
vor’s mother caught her husband raping her minor daughter. “The accused had threatened his daughter and wife that if they tell anyone about the incident, he would kill them. However, the woman approached the police and lodged a complaint,“ Sarda said. Survivor’s mother also handed over the survivor’s clothes to the police to help in investigation. The minor girl was sent to the civil hospital in Jamnagar for medical examination. Vadher is a mason by profession but was unemployed since the last few months. The couple has five children including two daughters, police said.
of SEZ decided to cancel the SEZ as the progress made by the developers for setting up the handicraft SEZ was not satisfactory . According to government sources, the formal approval for the SEZ was granted to the developer on June 25, 2007, which was last extended up to June 24, 2011. The BoA in its previous meeting had observed that though the matter with the developer was taken up several times they did not receive any communication.
Hoisting National Flag not an insult to it: HC Sunvilla News, Ahmedabad
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Couple attempts suicide, man dies Correspondent, Halol
held for raping daughter After 5-day camp, education department Man Correspondent, Janagar cident came to light two plans second round of painting contest In a gruesome incident, days ago when the surviSunvilla News, Ahmedabad
To assess the quality of training imparted through the five-day summer workshop to all the 616 winners of the painting competition titled ‘Mahatma Gandhi and cleanliness’ held on Gandhi’s death anniversary; January 30, across the state, the education department has planned to organise a second round of painting competition for these winners. This time, it would be organised at one venue — Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar — on May 25 and 26 unlike the first competition that was held at all the schools in each district. The nodal agencies — Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) and
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