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Food samples fail AMC test The health department of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) on Tuesday declared that food samples collected from eight commercial stablishments were unsafe for consumption. These include samples of groundnut oil, red chilli powder, gulkand, and popped rice. The samples were collected from establishments in Paldi, Madhupura,Chandekheda, Ranip, Chandlodia and Kubernagar.
Parul rape case, Jayesh Patel’s bail plea rejected Vadodara : Jayesh Patel, founder and former president of Waghodiyabased Parul University, who is in jail for allegedly raping nursing student of the university, was denied bail by a sessions court here recently. Patel ad applied for bail on January 6 saying that he had not been keeping well and circumstances in the case have changed since the trial has progressed.
Parents move SC on fee regulation law
An association of parents has approached the Supreme Court, urging that it be made party to the litigation with regard to the challenge to Gujarat Government’s fee regulation law for private schools. The parents have been demanding a say in the fee fixing mechanism, in form of representation on fee regulatory committees.
Trinamool wrests Noapara, leads in Uluberia West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress wrested the Noapara Assembly seat from the Congress and was ahead of its rivals in the Uluberia Lok Sabha constituency in Thursday’s vote count, Election Commission sources said.The Bharatiya Janata Party continued to emerge as the Trinamool’s main hallenger by finishing.
Pravin Togadia seeks to patch up with PM Modi for ‘nation’
GANDHINAGAR: Pravin Togadia, the international working president of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), has sent a reconciliatory message to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to patch up their differences in the interests of the nation and Hindutva. The Gujarat government recently withdrew a two-decade-old attempt-to-murder case against Togadia, for which he thanked Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani.
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Budget 2018, Health Care For 10 Crore Families, Farmers Gain Too Budget 2018: Arun Jaitley said that the flagship National Health Protection Scheme announced will cover 10 crore poor and vulnerable families in the country, or about 50 crore beneficiaries, with a cover of 5 lakh per family per year for secondary and tertiary care hospitalisation. NEW DELHI: As Finance Minister Arun Jaitley rolled out a Budget focused on farmers and the rural poor today, while boosting jobs and private investment, he has pegged the fiscal deficit target for next year at 3.3 per cent,
higher than the earlier 3 per cent goal. Presenting the government’s last full-year budget before the 2019 general elections and ahead of eight state elections this year, Mr Jaitley announced what he called the world’s largest government-funded
No change in Income Tax slab, but some relief for salaried class NEW DELHI:Contrary to expectations,FinanceMinister Arun Jaitley announced that there will be no change in personal income tax slab for salaried employees in the current fiscal year. Noting that the number of those who filed Income Tax return in the last year has increased, Jaitley said: “the Government has made many positive changes in the personal income tax rates applicable to individuals in the last three years, therefore, I do not wish to make any changes to this.” However, in some relief for the salaried class, Jaitley announced thatthe standard deduction of Rs 40,000 has been increased in respect of transport allowance and reimbursement of miscellaneousmedical expenses. Presenting the Budget, the Finance Minister
said, “Standard deduction shall significantly benefit the pensioners also, who normallydo not enjoy any allowance on account of transport and medical expenses. The revenue cost of this decision is approximately Rs 8,000 crores. Thetotal number of salaried employees and pensioners who will benefit from this decision is around 2.5 crores.” The Finance Minister further said, “Apart from reducing paper work and compliance, this will help middle class employees even more in terms of reduction in their tax liability.” In his last Budget, Jaitleyhad proposed to reduce existing rate of taxation of those with income between Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 5 lakh from 10 percent to 5 percent in the Budget.
No violation by govt in allowing early release to Dutt: Bombay HC
healthcare scheme to cover 10 crore poor families. The government also said support prices for Kharif crops will be fixed at least 50 per cent higher than the cost of production and raised the farm credit target for the next year.
Budget 2018: Fellowships for 1,000 BTech students, 24 new medical colleges Fellowships for 1,000 top B.Tech students for pursuing a doctorate, 24 new medical colleges and a new funding mechanism for higher education institutes were among the key initiatives in the education sector announced in the 201819 budget. An outlay of Rs 85,010 crore was on Thursday made by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for the education budget for the next fiscal. While Rs 35,010 crore have been allocated for higher education, an amount of Rs 50,000 crore has been earmarked for school education. “We have managed to get children to school but quality of education is still a concern. Education will be treated holistically without segmentation from class nursery to 12th,” Jaitley said while presenting the
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Govt cuts excise duty on petrol, diesel but introduces road cess of Rs 8
In a rejig of excise duty on petroleum products, the union government on the Budget Day cut basic excise duty on petrol and diesel by Rs 2. The Modi government also abolished additional excise duty on fuel by Rs 6. While the government has cut excise duty, petrol prices are likely to remain the same as a new road cess of Rs 8 per litre has been introduced. This come at a time when the petrol price has crossed Rs 80 per litre in Mumbai. Petroleum Ministry had earlier moved a proposal to reduce excise duty on the two fuels as part of the pre-Budget memorandum submitted to the Finance Ministry. With crude oil price inching towards $70 a barrel, Oil Ministry had earlier Union Budget. The finance minister announced that the government will launch ‘Revitalising Infrastructure and Systems in Education’ by 2022. “By 2022, every block with more than 50% ST population and at least 20,000 tribal people will have ‘Ekalavya’ school at par with Navodaya Vidayalas,” Jaitley said. Jaitley proposed setting up of two new full-fledged schools of planning and architecture and also 18 schools of planning and architecture to be set up under the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and National Institutes of Technology (NITs) as autonomous schools. A ‘Prime Minister Fellowship Scheme’ was also announced for top 1,000 BTech students in the country to provide opportunity to the students to pursue a PhD in IITs and Indian Institute of Science (IISc).
sought the intervention of the finance ministry to cut down the excise duty on petrol and diesel in the budget. The cut in excise duty would have offset the hike in global crude prices ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Another excise duty cut would have put an additional burden on
records submitted by the state Home department and the explanation offered by the state. No violations or abuse of discretionary powers were detected,” the bench said.The court, however, said the state must devise a scheme to ensure that all applications made by convicts for parole and furlough henceforth, were decided upon expeditiously and in a transparent manner.“The public or the inmates themselves must not get the impression that the authorities granted favours in allowing parole and furlough,” the bench said.The PIL claimed that while there were several other inmates who displayed exemplary conduct, Dutt was the only one whom the prison authorities favoured. The state government.
President Donald Trump sparked alarm within the FBI on Wednesday by saying that he plans to make public a memo prepared by the Republican party detailing alleged abuses by the agency and the Department of Justice in the investigation into presumed Russian interference in the 2016 election.The FBI issued a statement saying that it has “grave concerns” about the White House’s plans to allow publication of the memo and warning that it contains “material omissions of fact” that
could compromise its “accuracy.” “The FBI was provided a limited opportunity to review this memo the day before the committee voted to release it,” the agency said in a statement. “As expressed during our initial review, we have grave concerns about material omissions of fact that fundamentally impact the memo’s accuracy,” the bureau added. The FBI was reacting to the statements Trump made at his State of the Union address on Tuesday evening, when he promised Republican
the fiscal deficit target as the government is already grappling with lower indirect tax revenues after the GST implementation. Centre had steadily increased excise duty on petrol and diesel when the global crude prices had plummeted below $30 a barrel. The government had in November 2015
and January 2016 raised excise duty on petrol and diesel five times to take away gains arising from plummeting international oil prices. Prior to that, the government had in four installments hiked the excise duty on petrol and diesel between November 2014 and January 2015 to buffer the gains from fall in global crude prices. Excise duty on petrol was hiked by Rs 11.77 per litre and that on diesel by 13.47 a litre ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modiled BJP government came to power in 2014. After moving to daily revision of fuel prices in June last year, the government had cut basic excise duty on petrol and diesel by Rs 2 per litre in October.
Focus on Passenger Safety, Bullet Train Means Big Year Ahead for Railways New Delhi: The Ministry of Railways, many believe, is jinxed. The fact that there have been eight ministers in the Rail Bhawan over the past eight years is testament to how difficult it is to hold the job. While some quit in the wake of devastating rail accidents, others were plagued by corruption scandals and a few exited while pursuing greater political goals. But the scale of work in the ministry is enough to overwhelm anybody. Five months into his tenure as the Railway Minister, the challenges for Piyush Goyal are immense and if sources in the ministry are to be believed, the focus of the 2018 Railway Budget will largely be on passenger safety. The spate of accidents under previous Railway Minister, Suresh Prabhu has put railway’s safety record under questioning.
Trump jolts FBI with plans to publish memo about Russia probe Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Thursday said it had not found any violation on part of the state in allowing actor Sanjay Dutt to walk out of jail eight months before the completion of his five-year sentence in the 1993 serial bomb blasts case.A bench of Justices SC Dharamadhikari and Bharati Dangre observed that the state government had succeeded in backing its claims of impartiality in the case with valid documents from the Home department. The court, thus, disposed of a Public Interest Litigation challenging the remission of Dutt’s sentence, and the “frequent parole and furlough” leaves granted to him while he was serving his sentence in the Yerwada prison in Pune.“We found nothing contrary in the
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Congressman Jeff Duncan that he would release the memo. “Don’t worry, 100 percent,” said Trump to Duncan on a hot mike after the congressman urged the president to release the memo, as reported Wednesday by several US television networks. When asked about the matter in an interview with CNN, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders repeated the government line that, for now, no plans exist to make the memo public and emphasizing that Trump had not been informed of the memo’s contents when he made his comments on Tuesday. But shortly thereafter, White House Chief of Staff John Kelly said in an interview with Fox News radio that the memo would be made public fairly quickly, as soon as the president’s national security attorneys finish reviewing it to know what it contains. .
While Prabhu initiated some changes such as replacing old coaches with new and safer ones, and hiring more trackmen to manually patrol railway tracks, a much larger exercise will be needed to restore full faith. Many maladies such as trackmen serving as domestic help in the houses of senior Railway officers still persist. While Prabhu had ordered the replacement of old ICF
coaches with newer LHCs, experts believe it will take anywhere between 25-40 years for them to replace the entire fleet. However, Goyal’s ministry in 2017 set an ambitious target to completely switch over to LHB coach production from 2018-19. The ministry has also set other ambitious targets such as elimination of all unmanned level crossings over the next 3-4 years.
Drinking in public places to become punishable offence in Goa: Parrikar Goa: Drinking in public places would soon become a punishable offence in Goa with a fine up to Rs. 5000, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said while warning people against such indulgence. “Soon, drinking in public places would be a punishable offence. We will impose a fine up to Rs. 5,000 on the violators. The state government will issue a necessary order in this regard after the budget session of the assembly,” Parrikar said while addressing a “Swachh Bharat Mission” programme organised by state panchayat department. The budget session is slated to begin later this month. Parrikar said a punitive measure was needed in view of the littering caused at public places in the form of empty liquor bottles that lie strewn on roads. “The state government would amend the Garbage Management Act which will prescribe fines for similar
offences, thus curtailing them to a large extent,” the chief minister said. The proposed amendment would prescribe stringent action against those who dump garbage along roads instead of disposing it off at the designated places. “With these two measures, almost 90 per cent of the issues related to garbage and the nuisance (caused by drunk people) will be resolved,” he said. Parrikar also said that his government would procure buses that run on biofuel generated from the state-run solid waste management plant. “Goa will become the first state in the country to run buses on biogas generated from the waste treated at its own solid waste treatment plant. The government will introduce 40-50 such biofuel buses in the next six months,” he said, adding that the first bus is expected to be launched somewhere by the next week.
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One-nation-one-poll flattens political diversities in a federal democracy, undermines accountability. Bad ideas seldom wither away — they can resurface and return to haunt in the President’s address to the joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament, or in the Prime Minister’s meeting with allies. The notion of simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies, in the public domain for long, has in the past been advocated by the Election Commission, examined by the parliamentary standing committee and the Niti Aayog, and promoted by senior politicians. Now, it seems to be acquiring a troubling new momentum. Frequent elections “adversely impact the economy and development” said President Ram Nath Kovind to Parliament this week, as he called for a “sustained debate” and “a consensus” on simultaneous polls. And PM Narendra Modi reportedly urged the BJP’s allies to create an atmosphere in its favour. Simultaneous polls is a bad idea not just because it is impractical and unworkable in the current constitutional framework, but more because it is anti-democratic and disrespectful of the spirit of federalism at its core. Elections were simultaneously held to the Lok Sabha and to state assemblies when independent India first began holding them, but the cycles diverged after 1967 due to premature dissolution of some assemblies and because general elections were called early in 1970. Ever since, and especially after the splintering of the Congress system, the rise of regional parties, the intensification of multi-party competition and onset of coalition politics, different states have evolved their own formats and electoral cycles that may or may not coincide with each other or with the Centre. Imposing an artificial uniformity and fixity on the several election calendars in the name of reducing expenses, or greater convenience or better governance — arguments for which no persuasive case has been made yet — will have costs that must be seen to be fundamental and intolerable in a diverse, federal democracy. Amendments will be required to the Constitution and to laws like the Representation of the People Act to fix the terms of legislatures and to ensure that a no-confidence motion should also propose an alternative governing arrangement. In effect, that will mean a dilution of the representativeness and accountability of governments. It will also potentially flatten out political diversities and smooth the way for a more presidential, more unitary system that would ill fit a country as plural as India. That different sets of issues and players are salient at different levels of a federal polity should be seen as a sign of the deepening of democracy. “One nation, one poll” may sound like a promise of more neatness and order, but its underlying threat of forcible homogenisation must be recognised and resisted. And then, in a country where accountability structures are still only weakly institutionalised, elections offer vital opportunities for the people to confront their elected representatives, demand answers from them and a hearing.
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Padmaavat box office collection day 8: Sanjay Leela Bhansali film shows no signs of slowing down Padmaavat box office collection day 8: There is no doubt that the film will soon cross a collection of Rs 200 crores. Padmaavat’s International box office collection too has been great.
Have you seen Padmaavat, starring Deepika Padukone, Shahid Kapoor and Ranveer Singh? If not, you are certainly missing out on a grand visual experience. Padmaavat reached theaters on January 25 after a few bumps in the road. But since then the film is showing no signs of slowing down. An extended weekend really helped the film’s business. Yes, Deepika’s prediction of Padmaavat having an “earth-shattering box office performance” is turning out to be true. This Sanjay Leela Bhansali directorial has earned Rs 155.50 crore till now. There is no doubt that the film will soon cross a collection of Rs 200 crores. Padmaavat’s International box office collection too has been great. While all the characters of the film are getting love from all quarters, director Sanjay Leela Bhansali is all praises for Shahid Kapoor. Sanjay Leela Bhansali, who worked with Shahid Kapoor for
the first time in Padmaavat, called him a talented and effortless actor. “Shahid was a new energy on set because I hadn’t worked with him before. It was interesting to see how a new actor works. He is a great-looking kid. He is extremely talented and so effortless. He is constantly wanting to become better. He would say, ‘I’m unhappy with that shot. Can I do this better?’ And I would tell him, ‘Can you stop pushing yourself.’” It was great working with him. He gave Maharawal Ratan Singh such dignity and silence. Deepika and Shahid look so good together. I wish they do more films with each other. Sanjay Leela Bhansali who has worked with Deepika Padukone in three films is not done with the actor yet. Speaking about her in a statement, the director says, “Deepika is so fabulous; she is such a jaan. I just love her. All her hard work and brilliance that she brings to the set is effortless.
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Bollywood-Hollywood Rani Mukerji starrer Hichki Social Media A Blessing If Used release date shifted to March 23 Responsibly: Richa Chadha Rani Mukerji’s comeback film Hichki’s release date has been shifted from February 23 to March 23. The decision has been taken by Yash Raj Films keeping in mind the audience that will come post exam period.
Mumbai: Hichki’s release date has been shifted from February 23 to March 23 and thus fans of Rani Mukerji will have to wait a little longer to watch her comeback film. Yash Raj Films (YRF) on Thursday announced the date change for the movie, which is about turning disadvantages into opportunities. The decision has been taken by Yash Raj Films keeping in mind the audience that will come post exam period. YRF head honcho Aditya Chopra is said to have been convinced by the marketing and distribution team at the banner that Hichki needs a release window that could bring in more audience. Producer Maneesh Sharma said in a statement: “The multiple screenings of ‘Hichki’ saw outstanding reactions. The audience in attendance have called it one of the best content driven and heartwarming movies to ever come out of YRF. So naturally, the reaction of the team is that does Hichki currently have the best release date to get an extended run in cinemas across India.” He described it as an “out and out family movie that will entertain audiences across all age groups”.
Dil Juunglee actor Taapsee Pannu on romancing onscreen: It’s tough for me to do all those things on camera
From portraying strong characters in films like Pink and Naam Shabana to doing glamorous roles in Judwaa 2, Taapsee Pannu has a diverse career graph and she would like to maintain that in future. Asked if she will do more glamorous roles like her character in Judwaa 2, Taapsee recently said, “I want to maintain that. I am an actor and versatility is the part of being an actor. I wouldn’t want to closet myself in one type of role.” On the opening day of Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) Spring/Summer 2018 here, the actor walked the runway in a glamorous free flowy gown for brand “Label by Ritu Kumar”. She enjoyed every bit of her walk. “I am an actor walking on the runway and not a model. I will be extremely bad if I walk as a model as I can’t keep a straight face.
Mumbai: Actress Richa Chadha, who features in Shibani Kashyap’s latest single Wanna be free -- about encouraging people to break free from the shackles of social media -- says the medium is a blessing if used responsibly. On the song’s message, Richa said here on Wednesday: “You don’t have to save yourself from social media. You just have to keep the usage in check. Social media is actually a blessing in most cases if you use it responsibly.” Asked how has it helped her to connect with her audience, Richa said: “In my case, people used to think that I am a certain kind of person because I do a certain kind of movies. So, that barrier created by the film image changes when people see you in your space on social media.” On trolls, the actor said, “They are not worth talking about. I don’t pay attention to them, and they are insignificant to me.” Wanna be Free, released by Zee Music Company, has been produced by Rajiv Roda and Shibani. The video featuring Richa is directed by Lloyd Baptisa.
Tere Liye Bro new episode: End of friendship for Vineet and Farhan?
Mumbai: Bindass’ Tere Liye Bro has reached its final stage and making the climax a memorable one, makers have planned some really interesting twists and turns for the audience. The show which depicts the tale of friendship and love will see its biggest confrontation scene leaving audience shocked. If falling in love with the same girl wasn’t enough for Vineet (Nikhil Khurana) and Farhan (Pranay Pachauri), the two will now have a major fall out bringing an end to their friendship. The two boys along with Anika (Malhaar
Rathod) have been trying hard to fulfill their deceased friend Aniket’s (Prabal Panjabi) bucket list. After a series of success, Farhan in the upcoming episode would suggest that they all go on a trip. But life wouldn’t be all rosy as the two will get into a scuffle. Shared a source, “On the trip, Farhan, who usually lets things go easily, will strangely be seen losing his calm time and again on Vineet. The latter being the aggressive one, will give it back to him in his own inimitable style, causing further damage. Their arguments and fights will heat up so much that Farhan will decide to walk out from the trip, leaving the trip mid-way.” If this wasn’t enough, Vineet will also face trouble with his book that he wanted to sell to the producer. Also, Anika would be left confused and guilty thinking that she caused a rift between the close friends.
Neil Nitin Mukesh on Saaho: Prepping up for action sequences Neil Nitin Mukesh will be seen as an antagonist in his debut Telugu film Saaho. Apart from that, Neil is also part of Firrkie, along with Kay Kay Menon, Karan Singh Grover and Sandeepa Dhar Actor Neil Nitin Mukesh, who played a negative role in Rohit Shetty’s Golmaal Again, says he is glad about carving a niche for himself in the negative zone. Neil, despite his chocolate boy looks, mostly features in negative characters in films. Talking about this inclination, Neil said: “I did negative roles from the beginning of my career. Be it in ‘Johnny Gaddaar’, ‘Saat Khoon Maaf’, ‘David’… I don’t look at roles as positive or negative. I just see that whether that character will create an impact on screen or not, irrespective of screen time of that character. “So it doesn’t make difference to me. As an actor, I feel you need to have conviction when you go
Richa was last seen on-screen in “Fukrey Returns”. Her future projects include “Daas Dev”, “Love Sonia”, “Cabaret” and “Ghoomketu”.
out there. At least, I am glad that in the aspect of negative roles, I have carved niche for myself.” Neil attended Atharva Foundation’s special initiative to pay tribute to the Indian armed forces, along with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, as well as Vikram Gokhale, Aftab Shivdasani, Kapil Dev, Madhur Bhandarkar and Rohini Hattangadi here on Wednesday. Neil also spoke about his upcoming film “Saaho”, a multi-lingual film starring Prabhas and Shraddha
Kapoor. Neil once again plays a negative character. “Saaho is shaping up really well. We are now preparing for action sequences of ‘Saaho’. Sujeeth is very good. He is only 26 years old but is a brilliant director. I gained weight for ‘Saaho’ but now I have to reduce that. I am finding it a bit difficult. But I think that transformation will be fun,” he said. Asked if he would like to play an army man in a film, Neil said: “Why not? It is not because the fact that I will get an opportunity to hold the gun or wear the uniform of an army officer, but if any filmmaker offers me role of an army man, then I would love to do it only to honour those people, who fought for us.”
Amitabh Bachchan to quit Twitter? Amitabh Bachchan, who is busy with Thugs of Hindostan and Jhund, has said he is quitting Twitter after his followers dropped, leaving many confused. Until now, Big B was the second most followed Indian on Twitter, after PM Narendra Modi. Dilhi: Amitabh Bachchan is a legend and we don’t need to explain why. For the megastar to remain one of the most followed celebrities on social media is also, but obvious. However now, the megastar has, reportedly, decided to quit Twitter after his fan following suddenly went from 33 million to 32.9 million.Amitabh on Wednesday tweeted, “Twitter! You reduced my number of followers. Haha! That’s a joke. Time to get off from you. Thank
you for the ride. There are many ‘other’ fish in the sea – and a lot more exciting!” Whether or not he is really quitting Twitter is yet to be known. Even if he does so, it would surely leave his fans shocked. Big B had touched 30 million followers on the micro-blogging site last year in October. As of December 2017, Bachchan senior was the second most followed Indian on Twitter, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi keeping his numero uno position. As of now, Amitabh Bachchan
is sharing the position with superstar Shah Rukh Khan, who too has 32.9 million followers. Before announcing tweeting that he was quitting Twitter, Amitabh tweeted that his film “Hum” clocked 27 years in Hindi filmdom. “27 years of ‘Hum’. Badumba! Amazing times and most importantly the creation of the song ‘Jumma chumma’ by me. Rajinikanth with me and Govinda and of course the Filmfare award! Good times, good vibrations, good all along,” he tweeted.
Unsane trailer: Claire Foy exercises her acting chops for Steven Soderbergh’s psychological drama The trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s latest movie Unsane has been released by the makers and it is a psychotic tale of a woman who thinks she is being stalked. It stars The Crown fame Claire Foy in the lead. Steven Soderbergh had announced his retirement from filmmaking in 2013 but he came back to the movies last year with car-racing comedy Logan Lucky and murder mystery Mosaic. For 2018, Steven has some different plans altogether. The trailer for his latest movie Unsane has been released by
the makers and it is a psychotic tale of a woman who thinks she is being stalked. It stars The Crown’s Claire Foy in the lead. And though the actress has already won a Golden Globe for her performance as Queen Elizabeth II in the show, she is yet to prove her mettle in full-blown feature film. And it looks like Unsane will do just that for her. Another interesting fact that has caught our attention about this horror flick is that Soderbergh has shot it completely on an iPhone. He even declares the device
as the future of filmmaking during interviews. While we are yet to see the film, the shots in the trailer look no less than the ones in the usual feature films. They do appear a little grainy but that could also be doing with the fact that it is the kind of mood that Soderbergh wants to set in the film. Unsane’s trailer also sets up the premise for this claustrophobic thriller. Foy who plays a victim of stalking by a man named David, is unable to decide whether she is imagining the things that she is seeing.
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India win as SA lose at home almost after 2 yrs Kohli & Co end Proteas’ 17-match unbeaten home run Durban: Skipper Virat
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Kohli led from the front as India ended South Africa’s 17-match unbeaten streak at home by winning the first of the six ODIs here at Kingsmead in Durban on Thursday. Kohli stitched together a 189-run partnership with Ajinkya Rahane for the third wickets to help India romp home with six wickets to spare. The win is also India’s first in Durban against the hosts. Earlier, captain Faf du Plessis anchored the team’s innings with an impressive 120 as he single-handedly took South Africa to 269 for 8. India’s leg-spin twins Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal shared five wickets among them in an impressive bowling show but Du Plessis ensured that the Proteas have a competitive total on board after opting to bat. 8th ODI ton for Du Plessis Du Plessis scored his eighth ODI hundred after a halfempty Kingsmead Stadium bore witness to South Africa’s top-order collapse. The hosts lost four wickets for 51 runs before Du Plessis and Chris Morris (37) rescued them with a 74-run partnership for the sixth wicket. The Protea skipper faced 112 balls from which he hit 11 fours and 2 sixes to score a century. For India, Yadav took 3/34 and Chahal returned 2/45 as the duo excelled in their first proper overseas outing.
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2018 is the year of astonishment already! Film on the life of Param Vir Chakra recipient Subedar Joginder Singh reveals its action-packed teaser! A power packed glimpse of upcoming war film inspired from the life of Param Vir Chakra recipient Subedar Joginder Singh!
Business No clarification on Angel Tax demon, consolation prize for startups only
The government announced relaxation of norms for start-ups to avail of tax incentives in a bid to promote budding entrepreneurs in the country. As per the proposed changes announced in the Union Budget 2018-19, income tax benefits would be extended to start-ups that get incorporated up to April
1, 2021. This provision was earlier available only up to April, 2019. Also, startups with turnover of under Rs 25 crore can avail the exemption over a period of seven previous years, commencing from the date of incorporation. Earlier, entrepreneurs involved in innovation, development or commercialisation of “new” products, processes
1. Finance minister said all crypto currencies, which include bitcoins, are illegal and the government will take all measures to eliminate their use. 2. The govt will explore use of blockchain technology proactively for ushering in the digital economy. Last year, Jaitley had said that there are no regulations governing virtual currencies in India
January 2018 transfer window: Every done deal across top European leagues The transfer window saw Premier League clubs spend a staggering £400million on new players.Virgil van Dijk, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Alexis Sanchez were the three big deals for English sides.But Barcelona spent £142m on Philippe Coutinho, showing the financial strength of the Spanish giants. Here, Express Sport presents every done deal from the majors leagues across Europe in the January 2018 transfer window.
9 countries wherein Kohli has scored an ODI ton. He has played in 9 and scored a century in all of them 5 consecutive 50+ scores for Rahane in ODIs including Thursday. Sachin and Kohli (twice) are the only ones to do it for India 142 was average margin of defeat for India in last 3 ODIs in Durban. They lost by 134 runs in 2013, 135 runs in 2011 & 157 runs in 2006 17 consecutive ODIs South Africa had won before the Thursday’s match. Their last defeat was against England in Feb 2016. The streak includes 5-0 whitewashes of Aus & Sri Lanka & 3-0 Vs Bangladesh
and services driven by technology or intellectual property were the ones who were allowed to claim the benefits. These changes “will take effect from April 1, 2018 and will accordingly apply in relation to the assessment year 201819 and subsequent assessment years.” ‘Crypto currencies not legal’
3. Virtual currencies (VCs) are stored in digital/electronic format, making them vulnerable to hacking, which may also result in loss of money Gold Monetisation Scheme to be revamped The government will revamp the ‘Gold Monetisation Scheme’ and come out with a comprehensive policy on the precious metal, finance minister Arun Jaitley said.
Seven Colors Motion Pictures in association with Saga Music and Unisys Infosolutions is releasing the teaser of the nation’s first ever biopic of the Param Vir Chakra recipient ‘Subedar Joginder Singh’.It’s a multi-starrer film featuring Gippy Grewal, Guggu Gill, Kulwinder Billa, Aditi Sharma,Rajvir Jawanda,
Two-Wheeler Sales January 2018: Honda Sales Grow 33 Per Cent Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI) has created a new sales record, selling over 50 lakh two-wheelers in the period from April 2017 till January 2018.
In the ten-month period from April 2017 to January 2018, sales of Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI) have crossed 50 lakh units. In all, Honda sold 51,63,559 units in the April 2017 January 2018 period. Scooter sales in the same period grew by 20 per cent to cross the 30 lakh mark, while motorcycle sales grew 23 per cent in the period. In all, Honda sold 32,31,297 scooters in the
will be organized in cities of Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Kolkata, Gurgaon, Delhi, Mumbai, Vadodara, Nagpur, Pune, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Vizag, Kochi, Coimbatore, Chennai, Jaipur and Indore. Over 350 students participated in today’s fair. Mr. Piyush Kumar Regional Director South Asia - IDP Education said, “IDP is world's leading student placement organization devoted to bring a change in the way student placement is perceived in India. The whole idea is to hand hold the aspiring candidates
April 2017 to January 2018. At the same time, Honda’s exports also grew by 27 per cent in the same period, cementing its position as India’s third largest exporter. two-wheeler
Flipkart buyer purchased iPhone 8, gets detergent bar
Mumbai: A 26-year-old software engineer in the city was in for a rude shock when the e-tailing major Flipkart delivered a detergent bar instead of an iPhone-8 which he had ordered and paid for. After he approached the Byculla police in central Mumbai,
IDP Education organized Australian Education Fair in Ahmedabad
IDP Education India, the leading student placement service provider organized the Australian education fair today in Ahmedabad at Hotel Pride for students aspiring to pursue higher education in Australia. The fair spread across 20 cities will bring together prominent universities and educational institutes from Australia under one roof. The fair kick started on 20 th January 2018 at Chandigarh and will conclude in Indore on 13 th February 2018. In addition to Chandigarh & Ahmedabad, the fair
Roshan Prince, Karamjit Anmol, Sardar Sohi, Charan Ahuja, Loveleen Kaur Sasan, Nirmal Rishi, Jordan Sandhu, Baninderjit Singh (Bunny), Harish Verma, Raghveer Boli, Jaggi Singh, Gursharan Maan, and other contemporary artists.This film is scheduled to release on April 6, 2018.
& provide them with an experience which is not just hassle free but also widens their horizon in terms of opportunities available. Every satisfied student is the perk we look forward to & these education fairs are a medium to achieve it." The Australian Education Fair is distinctive in terms of options it provides to each seeker, who can apply directly to the institution of his/her choice and get first-hand information on courses, scholarships right there. This time we have over 45 Australian institutions participating in the fair.
a case of cheating was registered against Flipkart. Tabrej Mehaboob Nagrali, the complainant, said he had ordered an iPhone-8 on the shopping portal and made the full payment of Rs55,000. On January 22, he alleges, the package delivered at his house in Panvel in neighbouring Navi Mumbai had a detergent bar inside instead of the premium mobile phone.
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SPORTS ROUNDUP
Saina, Sindhu in quarters, top seed Srikanth ousted New Delhi : Men’s singles top seed Kidambi Srikanth of India tumbled out of the second round, while the Indian mixed doubles pair of young Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Ashwini Ponnappa registered a stunning victory to join P. V. Sindhu and Saina Nehwal in the quarter-finals of the India Open BWF World Tour 500 here on Thursday. Srikanth lost 19-21, 1721 to Malaysian qualifier Iskandar Zulkarnain, who will face Sameer Verma on Friday. Sameer moved past Indonesian Tommy Sugiarto 21-18, 19-21, 21-17. The Indian pair of young Satwik and Ashwini stunned third seeds Tan Kian Menga and Lai Pei Jing of Malaysia 21-16, 1521, 23-21 in a humdinger that lasted more than an hour. Terming it as an “important victory” for their partnership, Ashwini
said that “it was a crazy finish. We really wanted to win this as we were leading (in the match). I’m really happy it went our way”. They will next take on Danish fifth seeds Mathias Christiansen and Christinna Pedersen, who downed the Indians Rohan Kapoor and Kuhoo Garg 21-10, 21-11. Among other upsets, Danish second seeds Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen lost to unseeded Chinese pair of Han Chengkai and Zhou Haodong, who won 12-21, 23-21, 21-14. In the
women’s singles, Sindhu eased past Bulgarian Linda Zetchiri 21-10, 21-14 in 33 minutes, while Saina had no problem in dismissing Denamrk’s Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt with a 21-12, 21-11 victory in 22 minutes. Olympic champion Carolina Marin overcame a scare from Chinese teenager Gao Fangjie 1521, 21-15, 21-11 to set-up a clash against Hong Kong sixth seed Cheung Ngan Yi, who handed a 21-4, 21-7 drubbing to Thailand’s Thamolwan Poopradubsil.
BCCI treasurer Eriksen strikes in 11 seconds in questions Spurs’ 2-0 win over horrid Utd The Tottenham playmaker netted one of the Edulji’s Onefastest goals in Premier League history at Time Benefit Wembley Stadium on Wednesday New Delhi: The BCCI treasurer Aniruddh Chaudhry has questioned CoA member Diana Edulji benefitting from a one-time ex-gratia payment given to women international cricketers, implying conflict of interest in the allocation. Incidentally, Diana Edulji’s sister Behroze, who played one ‘Test’ match for India in the mid 70’s has also been a beneficiary of the BCCI largesse, a policy decision that was taken once COA took over board administration. Chaudhry has raised objections categorically in a comprehensive letter. Chaudhry’s letter makes it clear that he had signed BCCI’s statement of accounts on protest as the powers of treasury has been allegedly taken away from him. He has questioned the manner in which the OneTime Benefit payment was made without ratification from the Special General Body (SGM) and an alleged case of Conflict of Interest as Edulji and her direct relative (own sister) were beneficiary to a policy decision taken by a body of which she is herself a part. CoA member Diana, her sister Behroze have been given ex-gratia payment
London: Tottenham’s Christian Eriksen scored within 11 seconds on Wednesday to overshadow Alexis Sanchez’s Premier League debut for Manchester United, while Chelsea crashed to a 3-0 defeat by Bournemouth at Stamford Bridge. Manchester City ignored the carnage around them to march serenely on, widening their lead to an enormous 15 points with a 3-0 victory at home to West Brom with just 13 games still to play. The build-up to Wednesday’s matches was dominated by late moves in the transfer window but Spurs ensured the focus switched back to the pitch immediately, stunning Jose Mourinho’s men with a performance full of attacking verve in a 2-0 win. Chelsea, who earlier announced the
signing of Olivier Giroud from Arsenal, conceded three second-half goals while Theo Walcott scored twice for his new club Everton in a 2-1 win against Leicester. “We always try to be aggressive from the beginning,” said delighted Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino. “Our aim is to be focused from the beginning. You can win a game if you’re ready to fight. It was massive to be up early in the game. Three more points puts us in a very good position to fight for the top four. I’m sure new signing Lucas Moura enjoyed that a lot,” he said. The painful defeat for United realistically ends any lingering hopes they may have harboured of catching runaway leaders City.Conte’s Chelsea crash to a 3-0 defeat by Bournemouth at Stamford Bridge
Music Festivals to look forward to in 2018
One of the best ways to explore a new tourist destination is through a festival or carnival. And what better than a music festival which has the perfect
combination of live music, lipsmacking food and enthusiastic festival-goers! Pick one or more of these festivals for an off-beat and heady holiday
experience, put on those flower crowns and get swinging. 1. SulaFest With a 100 artists from over 30 countries, this year’s band has Bollywood sensation Amit Trivedi, electro- swing front-runners Parov Stellar and the five-piece vocal groove collective, Bauchklang. What started off as a celebratory harvest festival has now grown to a fullfledged 2-day extravaganza with delectable wines and foot-tapping music against the resplendent vineyards. 2. VH1 Supersonic With Major Lazer, Incubus and Marshmello joining
in the eclectic mix of artists performing at Laxmi Lawns in Pune, this festival just got bigger and better by leaps and bounds! The festival is setting up a super flea market which will be a shopper’s paradise along with a beautiful beer garden. In its 5 th edition, VH1 Supersonic is definitely an enticing experience for travellers, music-lovers and shoppers! 3. Bacardi NH7 Weekender The Bacardi NH7 Weekender is notorious for it’s glorious mix of Indian and international artists all under one roof!
4 / Dt. 02/02/2018, Friday, Ahmedabad Edition
In Sanand, A Water Divide: Farmers Wait For Canal To Fill, Industries Have Brimming Tanks The highway, which cuts across Sanand, not only divides farmlands from the industrial clusters on its two sides but also the haves and have-nots of Narmada water. Following the Gujarat government’s decision to ration water from Narmada, farmers are getting water to irrigate their Rabi crops only once every four days. In sharp contrast, over 160 large and small manufacturing units, lying on the other side of the highway that links Viramgam and Ahmedabad, get round-the-clock supply of 8.3 million litres per day (MLD) of Narmada water.Struggling to irrigate his wheat crop, 56-year-old Hariji Thakor scales down to the base of an almost empty canal, which supplies water from the Narmada Main Canal to Sanand — located about 40 km from Ahmedabad city — and its surrounding areas. “We have not received a single drop of water for the last three days. I have to irrigate two bighas of wheat and I am trying to position my diesel pump in such a way that I can draw out whatever little water is left in the canal,” says Hariji, a resident of Sakalpura village who stands in ankle deep stagnant water, part of which is covered in muddy sludge. “I will be able to run this pump, only for a few minutes. But it will help moisten the soil till the water comes in a day or two,” he says. The desperation in his voice is palpable while he connects the pump to rubber pipes to channelise water, whatever is left, to his farmland located just few metres away from the canal. In its January 12 notification, the state-run Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited (SSNNL) had asked farmers in Gujarat to not sow summer crop as it was not in a position to supply Narmada water beyond March 15. And it’s only last week of January and water have almost disappeared from canals. The diesel pumps installed on top of these canals lie idle.
Uber driver, two others held for abducting, robbing passenger The passenger alleged the Uber driver along with two others robbed him of his laptop, mobile, ATM card and Rs 4,500 at knifepoint and took him towards Malviya Nagar.
Jaitpur : Three men, including an Uber driver, have been arrested for allegedly abducting and robbing a passenger, police said today. “Rehan Khan (23) is an Uber driver. The two other accused, Ranjan Singh (21) and Ravi Shankar Sharma (18), work at an apparel firm in Noida,” said Chinmoy Biswal, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southeast). The incident occurred on January 19. Kaushal Kumar Sharma, an accountant at an event production company in Jonapur, told police the three men offered him a ride in their car and later robbed him at knifepoint. He said he was waiting for an auto-rickshaw at Okhla
Phase-1 when the cab pulled up to him. The accountant accepted the offer for ride. He alleged the trio then robbed him of his laptop, mobile, ATM card and Rs 4,500 at knifepoint and took him towards Malviya Nagar, police said. They also tried to withdraw cash using his ATM card. The trio assaulted Sharma before dropping him at G-Block, Saket. During probe, it was found that the car belonged to Naveen Jha and was registered with Uber though it did not have a sticker of the company on it. Jha had hired Khan on January 1 to drive the cab. Police nabbed Khan from Okhla Mandi and the two others form Jaitpur.
Voting rights lost, nominated councillors want membership of key Chandigarh MC committees AFTER LOSING voting rights, nominated councillors now want at least membership of key committees of the Municipal Corporation, which has not been considered by the civic body this time. Till last year, one nominated member each was part of all committees, be it finance and contract committee, fire and emergency services committee, electricity committee, roads committee, water supply and sewerage disposal committee and others. This year, however, the BJP-led Municipal Corporation did not consider them even for the finance and contract committee membership and automatically removed the name of nominated
councillor Ajay Dutta. The nominated councillors, feeling sidelined, took up the issue with MC Commissioner Jitender Yadav and Mayor Davesh Moudgil during the general House meeting as well. Ajay Dutta, a nominated councillor, said, “This way our existence is in question. We are carying experience from different fields and what is the use when we cannot give our expert advice in those fields. This time, we have not even been considered for any of the committees, like the finance and contract committee.” Charanjiv Singh, another nominated councillor, said like last year Dutta was the nominated councillor in the finance and contract committee.
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Shiv Sena rules out joining Congress-led alliance A former chief minister of the Congress had already suggested that Sena, whose relations with BJP have gone sour, be roped in to join the Congress-led alliance.
Gujarat : Senior Shiv Sena leaders have ruled out the possibility of the party walking into the Congress-led alliance. They were reacting to a statement by former chief minister Prithviraj Chavan that the Congress might consider including Sena in its fold if the party withdraws support to the Fadnavis government. “There is no question of joining the Congress-led alliance at the
Super blue blood moon: Hundreds throng to get a glimpse of rare lunar eclipse Chandigarh: OVER A hundred people saw the lunar eclipse through a 4.5 inch reflector telescope at Rose Garden for around three hours on Wednesday. The Department of Science and Technology and Renewable Energy, Chandigarh Administration, in association with the Society for Promotion of Science and Technology in India (SPSTI), has made arrangements for the general public to observe the unique astronomical phenomenon of the rare lunar eclipse. The phenomenon, described as a three-in-one lunar eclipse with the super, blood and blue moon occurring at the same time, has not been observed in 150 years. The event was supervised by Professor Keya Dharamvir, a former professor of physics at Panjab University and the general secretary of SPSTI.
Maharashtra govt approves new wildlife sanctuary at Ghodazari The Maharashtra government has approved Ghodazari in Chandrapur district as a new wildlife sanctuary in the state. The decision was taken at the 13th meeting of the Maharashtra State Board for Wildlife, chaired by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis Wednesday. The sanctuary, in the North East of Tadoba, will include 159 sq km of Brahmapuri forest. “This will not only save the forest, but will also improve tourism in nearly 40 villages in the area,” said Dr Anish Andheria, president of the Wildlife Conservation Trust (WCT) and member of the board. The board also discussed various proposals for development work within the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) and wildlife sanctuaries in the state. The proposal for road widening and strengthening of National Highway 8 outside SGNP was also approved at the meeting. “We approved the widening project as it is not getting into the park and we asked them to do the widening on the seaward side,” added Andheria. The board also approved the drilling of nine boreholes by the Maharashtra State Road Development Corporation (MSRDC) in SGNP for Geotechnical Investigation for proposed highway tunnel between Thane and Borivali.
national level. At our national executive meeting, we have already decided to go solo in the coming elections and therefore is no question of joining any alliance,” Sena spokesperson Sanjay Raut told The Indian Express on Wednesday. Raut said the Congress in Maharashtra was on a weak footing. “It is at the third spot. The Sena was at the second spot but would finish top in the
coming elections. We will fight on our own and will display our might on the election terrain,” he said. Raut said it was Shiv Sena which had first given the call of Congress-mukt Bharat. “We have been fighting against the Congress over the years and will continue to do so,” he said. Another senior Sena leader Anil Desai also dismissed the possibility of his party joining hands with the Congress. “Our party chief has already declared that we would not tie up with any party and would contest the coming elections on our own,” said Desai. “As for the alliance decision, it is Uddhavji who takes the decision in such matters. And he has already declared that the party will go solo,” he said. Asked about the newfound softness of the Sena towards Congress and its president Rahul Gandhi.
Seven driving licences found to be fake, recommended for cancellation On December 26, Umesh was arrested for submitting a fake licence. An FIR against Umesh had been registered at the Industrial Area police station a day earlier.
Government has presented an election budget, says Shiv Sena Gujarat :Keeping in mind the Lok Sabha polls due next year, the Centre has presented an “election budget” and it had to take “desperate measures” following criticism over the GST, note ban and the Gujarat polls results, Shiv Sena leaders said on Thursday. “This is a budget for the election. Hence, the focus has been shifted from industries to farmers, healthcare and education,” Sena MP Arvind Sawant told PTI. He added that the Sena had aggressively been demanding that farmers, who had lost their produce due to climate change, be compensated and their loans waived. “I have personally been pursuing the cause of quality education and healthcare for the masses, which the government has realised only now,” Sawant said. Sena spokesperson Manisha Kayande claimed that the Centre had taken “desperate” measures, following criticism over the Goods and Services Tax (GST) rollout, demonetisation and the BJP’s reduced numbers in the Gujarat Assembly polls.
Sohrabuddin encounter case: 28th witness turns hostile
The witness, who owns a dhaba in Sahajpur area of Pune district, had earlier told the CBI that Gujarat policemen had brought a man to his dhaba, later identified as Tulsiram Prajapati.
Mumbai : Prosecution witness number 41 in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh alleged fake encounter case was declared ‘hostile’ by the special CBI court Wednesday after he did not support the prosecution’s case. The witness, who owns a dhaba in Sahajpur area of Pune district, had earlier told the CBI that Gujarat policemen had brought a man to his dhaba, later identified as Tulsiram Prajapati, an associate of Sohrabuddin, who was also killed in an alleged fake encounter case.The dhaba owner is the 28th witness in the case to turn hostile. On Wednesday, within 20 minutes of being examined by the prosecution, special public prosecutor B P Raju declared him hostile after he denied the incident the CBI says he had spoken about in his statement recorded in November 2011. According to the CBI, the witness had said in his statement that Gujarat police personnel
had come to his dhaba in two Tata Sumo vehicles “five or six years” ago. He had said that the policemen told him that they have picked up a criminal from Hyderabad and were going to Gujarat. The witness had also given a description of the man and identified a photograph — that of Prajapati. On Wednesday, the witness denied all this. He told the court that since his dhaba was on a highway, policemen from Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab also came there regularly – to eat as well as to freshen up. Asked by the prosecutor whether he remembers that a team of Gujarat police had gone there in 2005, the witness said that it was true that a team had come. He denied knowledge of the year this had happened. The witness also said that he could not say on how many occasions police personnel from Gujarat had come to his dhaba since policemen came there often. After declaring him hostile, Raju questioned the witness on his previous statement. Denying his earlier statement to the CBI, the witness told the court.
Vadodara, Chhota Udepur Districts: Congress leaders demand Narmada water for tribal pockets
Chandigarh: Crackdown on drunk driving: WHEN 23-YEAR-OLD Umesh Kumar, a resident of Mauli Jagran, was caught by traffic police in November 2017 for speeding on his motorcycle near IT Park, he handed over his licence to the police. On December 26, Umesh was arrested for submitting a fake licence. An FIR against Umesh had been registered at the Industrial Area police station a day earlier. Umesh was one of the seven people whose driving licences turned out to be fake of the hundreds challaned since last February for traffic offences such as speeding or drunk driving.“Seven cases were reported by the licensing authorities concerned about the fake licences. We had approached these authorities to recommend the cancellation of driving licences,” said a senior traffic police officer. From February 2017, UT Traffic Police have been recommending cancellation
of licence for six offences, including speeding, drunk driving, overloading, using mobile phones, jumping signals, ferrying persons in goods and carriage vehicles. Umesh claimed in his interrogation that even he was not aware that his licence was fake. In yet another case, the driving licence of a Kanpur resident, Ranjeev Yadav, challaned for drunk driving, was found to be fake when RLA, Kanpur, submitted a report in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM), Akash Deep Mahajan, that the licence was not issued by the authorities. An FIR against Yadav was lodged at PS 36 on January 29 and efforts were on to nab him. Police sources said findings of four fake driving licences out of seven were submitted by RLA, Chandigarh, one by RLA, Sonepat, in Haryana, and finding of two other licenses were submitted by RLA, Kanpur and Bulandshahr.
Gujarat : Days after the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited (SSNNL) forewarned the farmers in Saurashtra and north Gujarat regions that they would not be supplied water from Narmada for irrigation of rabi crops due to the unavailability of water in the Sardar Sarovar dam, tribal leaders in Vadodara and Chhota Udepur districts have demanded supply of irrigation water to the tribal pockets through which the Narmada Main Canal passes.Speaking to The Indian Express, Congress MLAs Mohansinh Rathwa (from Chhota Udepur), who is also former Leader of Opposition, and Sukhram Rathwa (from Pavi Jetpur), former Lok Sabha MP Naran Rathwa and former Congress MLA from Nasvadi Dhirubhai Bhil said the state government had been doing “great injustice to the tribal population by denying Narmada water for irrigation in tribal areas”. Former leader of Opposition Mohansinh Rathwa, 74, who won the Assembly elections for the 10th term in December 2017 and is the longest-serving MLA
in the state, said, “There is unrest among the tribal youths of Garudeshwar, Nasvadi, Chhota Udepur, Kwant, Bodelli and Pavi Jetpur talukas because the villages of these talukas are not getting Narmada water though the Narmada main canal either passes through some of these talukas or is located very close to these talukas.” “I took up the matter with the state government several times but the fact is that no one listens to tribals,” the veteran tribal politician said. He said, “It is strange that the farmers of Saurashtra, Kutch and other regions are benefiting from Narmada water but the tribal farmers close to the Narmada dam have been deprived of the benefits of its water. There
does not seem to be a political will on the part of the state government to give Narmada water to tribals.” He added, “The time is not far off when the tribal youths may come out and forcibly stop the supply of Narmada water to other areas. The government must understand it.” His party colleague and MLA Sukhram Rathwa said, “We are not against Kutch and Saurashtra farmers being given Narmada water. Our contention is that tribals are also citizens of India. Tribal farmers are like any other farmer in Gujarat. The tribal farmers deserve the same facilities that are being extended to other farmers. Our demands is that tribal farmers also be given Narmada water for irrigating their fields.”
AAP calls Budget ‘disappointing’, says Centre Doctors few and overworked as Govt treating people of Delhi as second-class citizens spending on health minimal: HC Delhi Finance Minister and deputy CM Manish Sisodia lamented the fact that not a single rupee had been increased in the capital’s share in central taxes since 2001-02 and has remained frozen at Rs 325 crore Calling the Budget “disappointing”, the Aam Aadmi Party government accused the Centre of continuing to “treat people of Delhi as second-class citizens”. Delhi Finance Minister and deputy CM Manish Sisodia lamented the fact that not a single rupee had been increased in the capital’s share in central taxes since 200102. “Not a single rupee has been increased in Delhi’s share in central taxes since 2001-02. Even this year it stays at Rs 325 crore. No other part of India gets such treatment,” Sisodia said. Chief Minister Arvind
Kejriwal reiterated the fact that the Centre continued its stepmotherly treatment to Delhi. “I had expected some financial assistance to important infrastructure projects for the national capital. I am disappointed that
the Centre continues its step-motherly treatment to Delhi,” the CM said. The Delhi government also raised issues with the lack of money given to local bodies, central assistance, disaster response fund and on electric buses.
Dilhi : As the Union government came out with its budget proposals today, the Delhi High Court remarked that investment on health care by the Centre was “minimal” leading to “overworked” and fewer doctors in staterun facilities. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar made the observations while hearing PILs on the issue of rise in violent attacks on doctors in government hospitals here. The court observed that due to their insufficient numbers, the doctors were “overworked”, as a result of which they were not able to provide equal attention to all their patients. “Only 0.3 per cent of the GDP (gross domestic product) was spent on health care. Government
investment on health and education is minimal,” the bench said and added that this is one of the reasons behind many doctors going abroad to practice. The court said it wants to assist the system “which is resisting” as the Centre has said that everything is fine and more doctors are not required. The bench said that if more doctors were recruited, then OPDs can be run 24 hours in shifts and the doctors will have more energy and time to deal with patients individually. “However, experience shows that doctors are being overworked without any increase in their capacity or numbers,” the court said. The bench asked the medical superintendent (MS) of Safdarjung Hospital, who was present in the court.
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