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News Brief BSP leaders arrested for staging dharna Agency | Phagwara
Several BSP leaders were today arrested for staging dharna against the alleged non-implementation of Post-Matric Scholarship Scheme by some private colleges in Punjab. Following the arrests, BSP activists along with radical Sikh groups and SC girl students of colleges organised a dharna and blocked Phagwara-Nakodar road near National Highway 1.
Happy to work with Amitabh Bachchan: F. Akhtar
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Actor Farhan Akhtar says he had a great time working with megastar Amitabh Bachchan on their upcoming film “Wazir”. Farhan, 41, who earlier directed the “Piku” star in “Lakshaya”, will be seen working with Bachchan for the first time in the Bejoy Nambiar-directed film. “I was happy to spend time with him (Bachchan). We all are a huge fan of him and have grown up watching his films. I spoke to him a lot about the past, about him approaching other roles, about his association with Salim saab and my father (Javed Akhtar), how they worked together.
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Paris attack mastermind might have committed suicide during raid
Paris : two killed and seven arrested The operation aimed at the suspected mastermind of Friday’s deadly attacks in Paris, Belgian Abdelhamid Abaaoud, who has been active with the Islamic State group in Syria officers were injured. No hostages were being held. The Paris prosecutor’s office said SWAT teams arrested three people in the apartment. It said they haven’t been identified yet. Another man and woman were detained nearby, the office said in a statement.
French President Francois Hollande held an emergency meeting with senior ministers at the Elysee Palace to monitor the raid. Belgian jihadist Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the suspected Paris attacks mastermind, may have committed suicide during pre-dawn raids on
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Agency | Syria A woman wearing an explosive suicide vest blew herself up Wednesday as heavily armed police tried to storm a suburban Paris apartment where the suspected mastermind of last week’s gun and bomb rampage was believed to be holed up, police said. They said one man was also killed and seven people arrested in the standoff, which began before dawn and continued more than six hours later, when a loud bang rang out around the streets near the apartment building. Police said one person was thought to be still inside the apart-
ment, but it wasn’t clear who. A senior police official said he believed Abdelhamid Abaaoud, a Belgian Islamic State militant, was inside the apartment in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis with five other heavily armed people when the raid started. The official, who was not authorized to be publicly named according to police rules but is informed routinely about the operation, said scores of police stormed the building and were met with unexpectedly violent resistance. Another police official not authorized to be publicly named because of police rules said four police
Wednesday by French police at a suburban Paris apartment, according to French Ambassaador to India Francois Richier. Abaaoud, the 28-year-old Islamic State militant from Brussels of Moroccan origin, was believed to be inside the apartment in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis with five
other heavily armed people when the raids started, according to a French police official. The Ambassador was asked whether Abaaoud was arrested or killed during the seven-hour raids in the massive hunt for the suspected mastermind of the gun and bomb rampage last Friday in which at least
129 people were killed. “I have information which leads us to suspect that he committed suicide. I have nothing, no particular documents to say that. That is the first indication we have received,” Richier said. “We are waiting for final confirmation that Abdelhamid Abaaoud is dead,” he said.
dophiles. The cyber cell of state police registered an FIR after a Facebook page called Kochu Sundarikal surfaced carrying pictures of school girls. Among the arrested were a notorious gangster Ali Akbar, allegedly involved in many sex-trafficking cases, and two girls from Bengaluru (formerly
known as Bangalore). Pasupalan and his wife were in the forefront of ‘Kiss of love’ drive in Kochi last year. The campaign, which used kissing as a form of protest, was severely criticised by Hindu right-wing parties, including Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Shiv Sena, Bajrang Dal and Hindu Sena.
‘Kiss of Love’ leader, wife arrested for allegedly running sex racket
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Agency | New Delhi The November 13 Paris terror attack by Islamic State, popularly known as ISIS militants killing 129 people, has once again brought to light the threat ISIS poses. The barbaric act resulted in international outrage with people condemning the attacks on innocents. Security was beefed up in almost every country to avert terror attacks of the ISIS. Within few years of its inception ISIS suc-
ceeded in spreading its fear among people with its beheading and other brutal killing methods. Besides this, ISIS was able to reach and recruit people of outside Iraq and Syria. As far as India in concerned, no major terror attack took place in the country so far. But India seems no more safe from the threat of ISIS. Many Muslim youth, mainly radicalised on social media, tried to join the terror outfit, is raising serious concerns.
David Coleman Headley to be made an accused in 26/11 terror attacks case
‘Kiss of Love’ protest leader Rahul Pasupalan and his wife Reshmi R Nair were among eight arrested in Kochi late on Tuesday on charges of running an online sex racket. ‘Kiss of Love’ was a non-violent protest against moral policing which started in Kerala in November 2014 and later spread to other parts of India, including Delhi and Kolkata. The couple was arrested after the police received a tip off that they were helping a group involved in supplying minor children to pe-
As rains relent in Tamil Nadu, incessant downpour batters Andhra
Agency | Hyderabad also sought to know why the Mumbai Police did The northeast monsoon A Mumbai court on not launch an investiga- relented in flood-battered Wednesday allowed the tion after the US took Tamil Nadu on Wednescity police’s plea to make Tiger cub found Headley’s custody. Ear- day but unleashed its fury Pakistani-American lier, the Mumbai Police on Andhra Pradesh where dead in Kanha Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist had moved an applica- surging waters washed reserve David Coleman Headley tion before the sessions away part of a vital highan accused in 26/11 terAgency | Bhopal court seeking issuance of way in one of the heaviest cue teams in the affected highway occurred late on ror attack case. Issuing Letter of Request (LR) rainy spells in southern areas. The chief minister Tuesday at Manubolu in An eight-month-old summons to Headley, the against Headley for his India in a decade. Andhra also said that two heli- Nellore district and oftiger cub was found court directed that he be production through video Pradesh chief minister N copters of the National ficials said it could take dead in Kanhari beat of produced via video-conconference in connection Chandrababu Naidu rethe famous Kanha TiDisaster Response Force days before the road link ferencing on December with the 26/11 case. The viewed the flood situager Reserve (KTR) in (NDRF) have arrived was restored. The breach latest application said tion in the state where at Mandla district, an of- 10. The sessions court from Chennai to rescue also left hundreds of vethat Headley deserves to least six people have been ficial said today. “We had earlier this month people stranded in flooded hicles and people stranded found the male tiger reserved its order on the told the sessions court said Special Public Pros- be tried by the Mumbai killed in rain-related inciareas of worst-hit Nellore on the highway. While the cub dead on Novem- Mumbai Police’s plea. that Headley had not ecutor Ujjwal Nikam had court along with Jundal dents. Four of the victims ber 16 evening. The The police had filed the been tried under Indian said. The judge had then as both are conspirators are children who were and Chittoor districts, the river Swarnamukhi was cub was with (mother) application before the law for 26/11 conspira- said that the judgement and abettors. Headley, crushed to death when a officials added. Accord- flowing above dangerous tigress when it was ap- sessions judge GA Sanap cy. “An American court of a foreign court only accused of conducting wall collapsed in Kadapa ing to preliminary esti- levels along its course, the parently killed by an on October 8. The court is not competent to try has “persuasive value” a recce of targets before district on Tuesday. The mates, at least 500km of Telegu Ganga canal has adult tiger in the re- had earlier this month offences under Indian and it cannot be relied the Mumbai terror at- unofficial toll is, how- road network has been breached its embankment gion,” KTR deputy Di- framed charges against Penal Code. The charges upon as evidence. “He tack, was sentenced to ever, said to be around a damaged in this wave of at several places, the offirector O P Tiwari said. Sayed Zabiuddin Ansa- for which Headley has should have been made a 35 years’ imprisonment dozen. Officials said the floods. Several trains have cials added. Hundreds of He said that the adult ri alias Abu Jundal, one been convicted by the US wanted accused. You are by a court in the USA af- chief minister spoke to either been cancelled or people have been evacufeline killed the cub to of the key conspirators court and the charges we coming with evidence ter he entered into a plea district collectors through diverted due to flooding ated to relief camps from hasten mating with the of the Mumbai terror at- are pursuing against him collected by others,” he bargaining agreement teleconference and or- of tracks. The breach in around a dozen flood aftigress. tack. The prosecution had are entirely different,” added. The judge had with the US government. dered deployment of res- the vital Chennai-Kolkata fected villages. Corpo. Office: A/41, Madhav Chamber’s, Shaktidhara Colony, Opp-Sayona Arcade, L.B.S. Road, Toll Naka, Bapunagar, Ahmedababad - 380024 Email: ssdaily2013@gmail.com Mo : 98250 98053 Agency | Mumbai
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With five states polling soon, the great Indian election is set to continue without recess
To nobody’s surprise, the BJP’s resounding rout in the Bihar Assembly elections has led to deafening noise across the country. Those that the Narendra Modi wave had crushed 18 months ago are jumping with joy, and loudly mocking the prime minister and his right-hand man and party president, Amit Shah. Ironically, the furore within the ruling party that has often claimed to be a “party with a difference” is even more booming. So much so that four veterans, including two margdarshaks (guides to the right path), L.K. Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, have charged the BJP’s leadership with having “emasculated” the party. All this, however, is a current issue of the first order and could lead to inner-party warfare after Modi’s return from England and Turkey. Therefore, it should normally have no place in this column devoted to remembrance of things past. But even in the tremendous tumult over the drubbing received by Modi and Shah, some barely audible voices have raised a pertinent concern that cannot be brushed away with a flippant wave of the hand. The complaint is that, at any given time, some state or the other is having an election, which impedes both governance and policymaking, not only in the state concerned, but countrywide. For this, there are two main reasons. First, as soon as the model code of conduct comes into force, no matter which corner of the country is going to the polls, even the Union government cannot announce any new policy. Second, and more important, the battle of the ballot tends to be just short of an actual combat. Every party, whether in power or in search of it, mobilises all its resources, human and financial. Nothing could have demonstrated this better than Bihar, where the contest was between PM Modi and the state chief minister, Nitish Kumar. Modi addressed as many as 26 rallies during the five phases of voting. The number of Central ministers deployed to assist him was no fewer than 30. Eleven of them stayed in various parts of the state throughout the election campaign. How much work would have been done in the South and North Blocks, and countless bhavans housing the government in New Delhi, during this protracted period? It is in this context that those worried about the duration of the Bihar elections are shaken, because in the next 18 months or so, a large number of states, from Assam to Kerala, including such large states as West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and even Uttar Pradesh, will be electing their assemblies.
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QUOTE “Total of 91 persons had died in police custody in Gujarat between 2005 and 2012 and it was only behind Maharashtra with 159 custodial deaths and UP with 122 OF THE custodial deaths” - People’s Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL)’s state secretary Gautam Thakar quoted these figures DAY from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) and National Human Rights Commission (NHRC).
Zarine Khan’s Mother Encourages Her To Do Bold Scenes
Agency | New Delhi While people shy away from watching erotic thriller films such as Hate Story series with their families, Zarine Khan, who will be acting in the third chapter of the franchise, says that her mom convinced her to give a nod of consent to bold scenes. “My mom has a chilled out attitude”, she says. Hate Story 3 is all
set to hit the theatre on December 4. The Veer actress shared with Indian Express, “When I was having difficulties convincing myself, I told my mother about it. She is the only person whose opinions matter to me in my life. So, I told her that I have been offered this movie and there are these bold scenes and if I should do it? And she said
yeah, do it. What’s is the big deal?”. “It’s there in every movie these days. That gave me the push. And she is right. In every movie nowadays we see such scenes where people are kissing. May be the way we have shown in ‘Hate Story 3’ is a little bolder but it has nothing that is not happening in any other films”, she continued.
Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone to judge your chemistry now! Agency | Mumbai
Ranbir Kapoor and Deepika Padukone are here to judge your chemistry. Think we are joking? Think again! The two young actors who are now considered this decade’s golden jodi are launching a chemistry meter, a part of the innovative marketing strategy that the Tamasha team has incorporated for their film. Do you rock when you are together? Bollywood’s most loved couple with crackling chemistry is going to rate you on how your partner and you fare on the chemistry meter. What are the ratings? Not so hot, Hot, So hot, and Sizzling hot! Chemistry is something
First poster of Akshay Kumar’s ‘Airlift’ released
that two people either have it or don’t have it at all. It is not something that can be created. One pair that comes to your mind when you speak of strong chemistry is Ran-
bir – Deepika. We hear that the duo, who is gearing up for their upcoming release, Tamasha, is arranging a contest where they will judge the chemistry between couples.
Pregnant Rani Mukerji to have a baby shower soon! Agency | Mumbai
Agency | Los Angeles Singer Adele says she has body image problems but she never lets it rule her life. The 27-year-old British superstar, who is a week away from the release of her highly anticipated album 25, says she struggles with her share of insecurities, “I do have body image problems, for sure, but I don’t let them rule my life at all,” the mother of three-year-old baby Angelo told SiriusXM’s The Spectrum. “And there’s bigger issues going on in the world than how I might feel
about myself,” she added. When it comes to finding her confidence, Adele has a philosophy she lives by. “There’s only one of you, so why would you want to look like everyone else?” she asked. “Why would you want to have the same hairstyle as everyone else and have the same opinions as everybody else?” The singer, who won an Oscar in 2013 for her James Bond theme song “Skyfall,” just released her second single, “When We Were Young,” after the smash success of “Hello.”
It’s celebration time at the Chopras. They are welcoming a new member in the family after as long as 42 years. Yes, Rani Mukerji who’s heavily pregnant and is due in January 2016 will be giving the Chopra khandaan their first chirag! And the festivities have already begun in full swing in the Chopra household. Rani, who’s gearing up to welcome the baby in two months from now, along with hubby Aitya Chopra, has been shying away from prying eyes ever since the news of her pregnan-
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cy broke out. Recently, she was seen posing for pictures with Preity Zinta at a Diwali bash, following which she had to be hospitalised to be un-
der medical supervision. But there’s nothing to worry. She’s completely fine and is now gearing up for a grand baby shower celebration.
Superstar Akshay Kumar has shared the first poster of his upcoming film “Airlift”, based on the biggest evacuation of Indians based in Kuwait during the Iraq-Kuwait war (1990-91). The movie, directed by Raja Krishna Menon, also stars “The Lunchbox” actress Nimrat Kaur. The black-
and-white poster shows an aircraft flying above a runway, laden with smoke and fume. Written on the poster is, “1,70,000 Refugees, 488 Flights, 59 days, 1 man.” “Mark the date guys... @AirliftFilm releases on 22nd January, 2016. #AirliftTeaserOnWednesday,” Akshay captioned the poster. The 48-year-old actor further tweeted, “How many
people know about the Kuwait evacuation? I’m proud to be part of a film that brings this true story alive.” He also shared another black-and-white image, showing him sporting a serious look. “India airlifted over 1,70,000 people from Kuwait in the largest human evacuation in history,” he captioned the look. The film releases on January 22, 2016.
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Agency | New Delhi Dr Reddy ‘s has completed the purchase of worldwide exclusive Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) for Fondaparinux sodium, its generic anti-coagulant drug, from Australian partner Alchemia for USD 17.5 million (around Rs 115 crore). The company had earlier inked a term sheet for this transaction in September. Alchemia’s shareholders approved the sale of Fondaparinux at the company’s annual general meeting held on November 10, post which Dr Reddy’s and Alchemia have executed a purchase and sale agreement, together with various patent assignment deeds, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories said in a statement. “Alchemia has received USD 17.5 million from Dr Reddy’s as consideration for the sale. The agreement is effective July, 2015,” it added. Fondaparinux is a generic version of the anticoagulant drug Arixtra, which is approved in the US and Europe for the treatment of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and pulmonary embolism (PE).
Ola raises $500 million-funds from SoftBank, other investors
Roger Federer got one over on world number one Novak Djokovic to book his ATP World Tour Finals semifinals spot with a straight sets victory on Tuesday. Federer triumphed 7-5, 6-2 in their group stage clash in the packed 17,800-capacity O2 Arena in London, winning the key points at crucial moments to hand the Serb his first indoor defeat in 39 matches -a winning run stretching back to 2012. Triple defending champion Djokovic, on a 23-match winning streak, suffered his first defeat since losing to Federer in the Cincinnati final on August 23. But after becoming the first man through to
this year’s semifinals, world number three Federer insisted Djokovic was still the favourite to win the season-ending tournament, which is contested by the season’s top eight players on a hard court. Earlier in the same group of four, Japan’s Kei Nishikori gave his hopes of reaching the last four a major boost with a 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 victory over Tomas Berdych of the Czech Republic.
“I know it’s a big win. Could help me for what’s to come in this tournament,” Federer said. “It’s going to help me for next year. It’s always good beating Novak or any top player. “Still, to me, Novak is still the favourite of the tournament. “He should make his way to the semis somehow... and he’ll be the favourite in that probably, too, with the year he’s had. He’s far from gone.
Germany vs Netherlands football friendly called off over bomb threat Agency | Hanover
Agency | Bengaluru Ola, the app-based cab ride aggregator, said on Wednesday it has raised $500 million (Rs 3,300 crore) in the sixth round of fund-raising from investors -- including Baillie Gifford, Falcon Edge, Tiger Global, SoftBank Group and DST Global. “As we pursue our mission to build mobility for a billion people, we are excited about bringing onboard partners who can help us get there faster. We will continue to build for the local market through innovative solutions like Ola Share, Ola Prime and Ola Money, as we grow the mobile ecosystem in India,” Bhavish Aggarwal, Ola’s co-founder and CEO, said. Fresh funds will be utilised to fuel supply initiatives, capacity building and newer use cases (like shuttle services and car pool services like Ola Share) and venturing deeper into existing markets, Ola said in a statement. Among the new initiatives, the company has also started talks with state-owned oil marketing company Indian Oil to provide fuel cards to its driver partners.
Google Search can now handle more complex questions
Agency | New Delhi Anyone who relies on Google Search on a daily basis (and who doesn’t), would have become quite adept at using shorter and keyword-based phrases in order to generate accurate search results. Now, Google has updated its search capabilities to understand longer and more complex questions and phrases. “We can now break down a query to understand the semantics of each piece,” Satyajeet Salgar, Product Manager, Google Search said in an official blog post. “So now we can get at the intent behind the entire question. That lets us traverse the Knowledge Graph much more reliably to find the right facts and compose a useful answer. And we can build on this base to answer harder questions.” Google Search can now understand and provide responses for a variety of complex questions.
A soccer game between Germany and Netherlands which German Chancellor Angel Merkel was due to attend in Hanover was called off two hours before its scheduled start on Tuesday over fears of a planned bombing. The match was due to have been held four days after the deadly attacks in Paris on Friday, when suicide bombers targeted the soccer stadium where Germany were playing France. “We had received specific indications that an attack with explosives was planned,” Hanover Police President Volker Kluwe told NDR state broadcaster. “We took them seriously and that is why we took the measures.”
Agency | New Delhi The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to all accused in IPL-6 spot-fixing case on Delhi Police plea against their acquittal by a trial court. The special cell of Delhi Police on September 3 had moved to High Court
to appeal against a trial court’s order that let off all those accused by Delhi Police in the spot-fixing case of 2013. Earlier, on the basis of lack of evidence, the trial court on July 25 had acquitted all 42 chargesheeted in the case, including the three IPL players of Rajasthan
Royals – S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan. The trial court had also said that there was no prime facie case under Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), the law under which Delhi Police sought sentences against those accused.
al announcement, on the last day of the second Test against New Zealand with one game to go, came as a surprise. Australia are 1-0 up in the three-match series and the final game will be historic -- the first ever day-night Test, starting next week in Adelaide. Johnson has also retired from all forms of inter-
national cricket, rather than stepping away from Tests first and then limited-overs, as is often the protocol. “I’ve given the decision a lot of thought,” said Johnson. “Beyond this match, I’m just not sure that I can continue competing consistently at the level required to wear the baggy green.”
need to have wickets that give you result. So I am sure, people concerned (at the Maharashtra Cricket Association stadium), who will be preparing the wicket from the association, will relate to the fact to keep this format as exciting (as possible). You need to have wicket that gives you result. The basic idea of administrators is that every ground should
have an exciting game and a result. That’s the main goal of having a Test match,” Kohli said. Kohli said of the washed out second Test that he was quite disappointed. “It was very disappointing. The second and third day’s play being called off was very frustrating as we had a very good first day. Toughest part is to set up a Test match and build it from there on.
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“We do not know if these people, who had planned something for the stadium, had planned something else so we try to have a presence throughout the city,” he said Police vans with loudspeakers ordered fans to leave the Hanover stadium and heavily armed officers positioned themselves outside the arena. Police also evacuated Hanover’s
TUI multi-purpose arena where a concert was about to start while officers checked cars and pedestrians in the city centre and sniffer dogs were deployed. A train on its way to southern Germany was also stopped at Hanover station with police removing a suspicious package before giving the all-clear for the train to continue its journey.
Misbah-ul Haq, Younis Khan join Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Agency | Karachi
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shahryar Khan has revealed that Test skipper Misbah-ul Haq and veteran batsman Younis Khan have been added in the board’s cricket committee. As per the Dawn, it is for the first time that active players have been included in the committee. Reflecting on the decision, Shahryar said the Board of Governors has taken an extremely important decision as the two players would offer their important inputs on cricket related matters. The 81-year-old felt that the current players are well aware about the modern game and they would provide better ideas to the board. The two players have already retired from limited-over format while Misbah is also mulling retirement from Test cricket. Seam-
IPL 6 spot fixing case: Delhi HC issues notice to all accused
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Mitchell Johnson was a figure of fun before he became the most feared cricketer on the planet, in a roller coaster of a career that remained unpredictable to the end. The strapping fast bowler with the handlebar moustache was the butt of relentless teasing by English fans before he hit back in stunning style in the 2013-2014 Ashes. If his frightening form in that series, which traumatised English batsman and inspired a 5-0 win, was unexpected, so was his sudden departure from the Test scene. Johnson, 34, had signalled retirement was in his thoughts but his eventu-
Virat Kohli expects result-oriented wicket if India vs South Africa 4th Test is played in Pune Agency | Bengaluru
As per the Dawn, it is for the first time that active players like Misbahul Haq and Younis Khan have been included in the committee.
er Chris Woakes grabbed four wickets while James Tylor notched an unbeaten half century to anchor England’s six-wicket win over Pakistan in the third day-night international in Sharjah on Tuesday. Woakes’s 4-40 skittled Pakistan out for a below-par 208 in 49.5 overs before Taylor scored 67 for his seventh fifty to help England to the tar-
get in 41 overs for a 2-1 lead in the four-match series. Pakistan have one last chance to avoid their ninth series loss out of 11 in the United Arab Emirates (since 2009) when they play the final ODI in Dubai on Friday. Pakistan won the first match by six wickets while England won the second by 95 runs — both in Abu Dhabi.
Pune’s Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium is known for being one of the flattest decks in the country and if the fourth Test match is shifted from Delhi to Pune, the Indian captain Virat Kohli wants the curators to prepare a “result oriented track.” With most of the Ranji Trophy matches witnessing massive scores, including the ongoing tie between Bengal vs Maharashtra match at Pune, which has produced 934 first innings runs (528 by Bengal and 406 by Maharashtra), the bowlers would have very little in store if the current character of the wicket persists. “Test matches
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Patel stir eclipses Gujarat civic polls Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
The BJP is facing the fury of the Patidar community in the run-up to the municipal and panchayat polls in Gujarat. Top party leaders, including Chief Minister Anandiben Patel, are facing protests by Patels during rallies in various parts of the State. On Tuesday, Ms. Patel faced hundreds of men and women chanting Jay Sardar, Jay Patidar during a roadshow at Naroda, a Patel-dominated locality, in north Ahmedabad. “The BJP must explain why no reservation was given to the Patidars and why no action was taken against the policemen who committed atrocities on us,” asked Paresh Patel, 34, part of a protesting crowd. Ms. Patel faced
a similar protest by Patel youths in Bhavnagar district on Monday when she addressed a rally. Similarly, BJP national vice-president and former Gujarat party president Purushottam Rupala faced protests by Patidar women in north Gujarat. Hundreds of women gathered near the venue of Mr. Rupala’s rally in Becharaji town, chanting
Gujarat HC refuses to quash sexual harassment inquiry Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Gujarat high court has refused to stop a departmental inquiry against the former registrar of the city’s metropolitan court with regard to a sexual harassment complaint filed in 2010 by a female employee. A high court official who was appointed as metro court registrar, S M Jani was accused of sexual harassment by a fellow staff member. The chief metropolitan magistrate appointed a fivemember complaint committee, which conducted a preliminary inquiry and exonerated him by 3 against 2 votes.The two female members of the committee held him guilty. After this inquiry, the chief metropolitan magistrate wrote to the HC, proposing punishment for the officer by demoting him from the post of registrar to assistant superintendent. The CMM
ordered an inquiry and the HC appointed an inquiry officer in 2011. All witnesses were examined over four years. Even the registrar deposed before the inquiry officer and levelled accusations against two female members of the complaint committee. This led the probe panel to summon both the members, who initially refused to depose on the ground that they were members in the preliminary inquiry and hence cannot become witnesses. However, they changed their stand and one of them deposed in 2015. It was at this stage that Jani filed a petition in the HC and opposed the departmental inquiry on the grounds that it was violative of Gujarat Civil Services (Discipline & Appeal) Rules. He requested the HC to declare this second inquiry as void ab initio and over the principle of double jeopardy.
anti-BJP slogans. “The BJP government has refused to give us quota benefits; so we are asking the BJP leaders to not seek our votes,” Manguben Patel of the town said. In Surat, BJP leaders had to face such protests by Patidars who are on the warpath against the State government. Besides the quota issue, the Patidars are appar-
ently angry with the way the State government slapped sedition cases on Hardik Patel and his aides, who were spearheading a State-wide agitation demanding OBC status for the community. In Sabarkantha district, 2,000 Patidar members ditched BJP and joined hands with the Congress in the presence of former Union Minister Shankarsinh Vaghela, who had lost the parliamentary polls from Sabarkantha in 2014. “People are disillusioned with the BJP and are looking for a change starting with the local elections in Gujarat,” Mr. Vaghela, who is also Leader of the Opposition in the State Assembly, said while inducting the Patidar members into his party.
Paresh Rawal campaigns in east Ahmedabad Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
CAMPAIGNING FOR the first time for local body elections, actor and Member of Parliament Paresh Rawal addressed a Maldhari community gathering at Ramol-Hathijan ward, invoking the injustices done to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel by the Congress party. Rawal told the crowd, “Sardar Patel was awarded Bharat Ratna 41 years after his death unlike Rajiv Gandhi, who was awarded immediately after his death. He was accompanied by Law Minister Pradipsinh Jadeja.Referring to the ongoing Patidar agitation, he said, “The BJP has resolved the personal matter at home. Patidars should understand and not demean Sardar Patel by joining hands with
Hardik Patel to address Kisan Mahapanchayat in Varanasi
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PATEL quota agitation leader Hardik Patel will address a Kisan Mahapanchayat in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi on the death anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on December 15, leaders of his Akhil Bharatiya Patel Navnirman Sena (ABPNS) have said. Hardik, who is lodged in a Gujarat jail in connection with a sedition case, had Monday moved a bail plea. The ABPNS is hopeful that he will be released soon and address the Mahapanchayat. The party will be sending invitations to farmers’ leaders from across the country, including Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana along with UP and Bihar, to attend the
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Congress party that did so much injustice with him.” Addressing public gatherings to conclude his back-to-back daylong road shows in the East wards of Ahmedabad Tuesday, Rawal said that the BJP’s defeat in Bihar elections will not affect its victory in local body elections in Gujarat. “Gujaratis are well aware about development. Bihar defeat will have no impact here. We should also understand that in Bihar’s electoral results,
it is Lalu Prasad Yadav who won more seats than Nitish Kumar. Let us give a strong answer to Congress by making BJP win with a huge margin,” he added. Starting from Shahpur ward in the morning, Rawal travelled in an open jeep, along with BJP ward candidates, with his cavalcade across narrow lanes of the walled city area. Confident of the BJP winning in the Muslim-dominated Congress stronghold Gomtipur
ward, Rawal said, “The BJP will surely register a victory from this ward as well.” Asked about the ongoing Patidar agitation and the open protests against the BJP, he said, “Patidars should understand that Congress was never and will never be among its own people.” He campaigned in various Eastern wards, including Shahpur, Gomtipur, Rajpur, Ramol-Hathijan and concluded with a public gathering at Jantanagar.
early morning and burnt down three motorcycles and a Chhakada to protest against the attack. The
blockade was removed after assurance from police regarding arrest of the culprits within 24 hours.
Four vehicles torched, road blocked to protest attack on Sarpanch
Correspondent | Junagadh
event. ABPNS national executive member Sushil Kashyap claimed that he met Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in Patna last week and urged him to address the Mahapanchyayat along with Hardik. The party has begun the preparations and shortlisted two probable sites, said Kashyap, who belongs to Varanasi. Kashyap admitted that Varanasi was chosen for the Mahapanchayat because it is the Lok Sabha constituency of Prime Minister and the best suit-
able place to target him and give message to the central government on farmers’ issues. “We have invited Nitish ji because he challenged Modi’s Gujarat model and defeated BJP with his own development model in Bihar Assembly polls. Hardik ji will tell the masses that Gujarat was developed by Patidars but they were not given credit. Instead, Modi highlighted Gujarat development model for political gains in the Lok Sabha polls,” claimed Kashyap.
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
After day-long campaign on the roads of Ahmedabad, Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel delivered her last address of the day at a party plot in Naranpura area yesterday in presence of thousands of party workers and supporters. She promised Rs 15,000 crore development works in next five years in Ahmedabad. She also promised to make Ahmedabad smart city and wi-fi city. “In last five years, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation spent Rs 10,000 crore for development works. In next five years, we want to spend Rs 15,000 for development works in Ahmedabad city. Additionally there will be
A company dealing in security products operating from Ahmedabad has lodged a complaint with city crime branch that a man impersonating as a Nick Barefoot, an employee of its sister concern company in the United Kingdom, lured them into booking 37 flight tickets worth Rs 30.66 lakhs. Crime branch officials said as the officials of the Ahmedabad-based company grew suspicious about the booking, the canceled 21 out of the 37 tickets but still the fraudster managed to use 16 tickets worth Rs 11.82 lakhs. According to the complaint lodged by Athar Mir, working as assistant manager in the
travelling and hospitality department of the company, he received a call from the fraudster that as the travel system of the UK company is being upgraded he could not book tickets for him and his team from there. “The fraudster who identified himself as Nick Barefoot, urged Mir to book the tickets and gave four credit card numbers for purpose of booking tickets” said a crime branch official. Crime branch sources said however after the booking Mir got suspicious about the domain of the email used by the fraudster to supply information. “Mir managed to cancel 21 booking but by then 16 tickets were already used” said a crime branch official.
An irate mob of over 500 people today torched four vehicles and blocked Junagarh-Mendarana road to protest against the attack over a sarpanch of Ivnagar village of the district, police said. Sarpanch of Ivnagar, Arvindbhai was attacked by three people late last night and was admitted to hospital. Angry villagers also attacked the houses of the accused and tried to set it on fire. Later the mob blocked the road
Dr. Mukesh Batra presents Magic Moments Click by : Dixit Patel
Gujarat CM promises Rs 15,000 crore Impostor cheats development works, wi-fi inAhmedabad company of Rs 11 lakhs
Smart City initiative which will also bring wifi for you. Narendrabhai has selected 100 cities to convert them as Smart City, of which 6 are in Gujarat. Global companies are selected to plan smart cities. As soon as these elections are completed, works will begin.” “In next one year, Ahmedabad will have wi-fi in all its corners. One would be able to surf internet even on road and even on terrace. Internet will make videos available on computer and mobile. Our stu-
dents will have hear live lectures and speeches to upgrade themselves.” “In last one month, all those youths who applied for government’s new MYSY scheme, have already received the sum of Rs 2 lakh in case of medical education and Rs 50,000 or Rs 1,50,000 for engineering education.Money has been deposited in their bank accounts. We have fulfilled the promise given by us. Some people were saying that government would give just promise and will not deliver.
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
DrMukesh Batra, Padma Shri recipient,India’s most-renowned homeopath, Founder and Chairman of DrBatra’s®Group of Companies, unveiled his latest photographic collection at his 11th annual charity photo exhibition in Ahmedabad. This notable collection of photographs from France and Switzerland was aptly titled ‘Magic Moments’. After their display in Ahmedabad, the photo-
graphs will also be exhibited in Mumbai. Sharing his passion for photography,DrMukesh Batra said, “Medicine will always remain close to my heart and my first love, however my passion for photography completes me as a human being. For me, the lens brings out the creativity within me and allows me to share my story to the world. I am an avid traveller and photography helps me to capture my travel escapades.
The main source of inspiration stems from the charity work related to my photo exhibitions. Every year every penny earned from the exhibition is donated to a noble cause. This year the proceeds from the exhibition held in Ahmedabadgoto the Blind People Association. This is immensely gratifying for me.” The exhibition featured the scenic wonders and spectacular view of the lakes, rivers and mountains of France and Switzerland.
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