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News Brief Punjabi version of PM’s website launched
(H.S.) | Chandigarh The Punjabi version of the official website of Prime Minister Narendra Modi was launched today, an official statement said. “People can now visit the PM website in Punjabi language at the URL www.pmindia.gov.in/pa,” the statement said. The website which was initially started in English and Hindi, is now accessible in nine regional languages -- Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Tamil, Telugu and Punjabi.
Mother of slain soldier demands justice (H.S.) | Kolkata
The mother of a soldier killed in the attack at the army camp in Uri today demanded justice and strict punishment for the perpetrators as a pall of gloom descended on his village in West Bengal’s Howrah district. “I demand justice and strict punishment for those who killed my son,” mother of Gangadhar Dolui said. “My son rang me up a few days ago. He said he is alright. I don’t belive that he is no more,” the grieving mother said.
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Uri terror attack: Death toll touches 18, India decides to isolate Pakistan on the global stage Congress trains gun on PM Narendra Modi, dares him to act against defence minister Manohar Parrikar
(H.S.) | New Delhi In one of the deadliest attacks on the Army in recent years, 17 jawans were killed and 19 others injured as heavily armed militants stormed a battalion headquarters of the force in North Kashmir’s Uri town early on Sunday. The death toll climbed to 18 as another soldier succumbed to his injuries on Monday. Four terrorists were killed by the Army in the ensuing encounter. “All four killed were foreign terrorists and had carried with them items which had Pakistani markings.
the country and Prime Minister Modi is under pressure to live up to his 2014 election campaign rhetoric of showing Pa-
kistan that India is not a “soft power” and would give a “befitting reply” to any attacks on the country.
Bihar: 35 killed as bus falls into roadside pond in Madhubani
Initial reports indicate that the slain terrorists belong to Jaish-E-Mohammed tanzeem,” Lt Gen Singh had said in a statement on Sunday. He added that since “the terrorists had some items with Pakistani markings, I have spoken to Pakistan
DGMO and conveyed our serious concern on the same”. On Monday, Modi chaired a high-level meeting attended by top ministers and other officials over the deadly terror attack in Uri. Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Defence Minister Mano-
Fire Safety Issue: AMC seals over 400 units including National Handloom mart
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In the wake of the recent stricture of the Gujarat High Court in the presence of its Municipal Commissioner Mukesh Kumar, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has started action against buildings with no fire safety clearance in the city and sealed over 400 units in five buildings including the National Handloom mart building in Nava Vadaj. The teams of AMC in the operation starting early today morning, has also sealed the 127 units of highrise Safal Prelude building on Corporate road in Prahaladnagar, 139 of Sakar-5 building in Ellisbridge area and over 50 in Ashoka Chambers
PM Modi meets President to brief him on developments
har Parrikar, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag besides other senior officials attended the meeting. The top security brass briefed the prime minister on the prevailing ground situation in Kash-
mir Valley in the wake of the terror attack at a Brigade Headquarters in Uri in which 17 soldiers were killed, official sources said. The defence minister and the Army chief had visited Kashmir after the terror attack on Sunday. The attack has led to widespread furore across
(H.S.) | Madhubani At least 35 passengers were killed when a bus fell into a roadside pond in Bihar’s Madhubani district today. The accident took place at Basaitha chowk under Bennipatti police station in Madhubani, about 50 km from the dis-
trict headquarters. Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Benipatti Nirmala Kumari said four bodies have been fished out so far and search is on for others. About 65 passengers were on board the bus. Some of them swam to safety while over a dozen are feared to have been killed. The private bus was on way to Sitamarhi from Madhubani when the mishap took place on the state highway.
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in Mithakali. Apart from these three buildings in Western Zone, the AMC team has also sealed 133 units in the Nahar Commercial center situated in Mirzapur in its Central zone. Notices have been slapped on all the sealed units. The High Court had on September 14 instructed municipal commissioner, Mukesh Kumar to take appropriate action against the 972 highrise buildings in the city which allegedly don’t
comply with the fire safety norms. The court had given two weeks time to him in this regard and the matter is likely to come up for hearing again on September 22. Many other well known buildings in the city including the Acropolis Mall, Gujarat Housing Board building, GMDC building, Tradmark Registry building, May flower hospital etc have also been served notices by the AMC in this regard.
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has sealed Dinnerbell restaurant in Memnagar area after stapler pin was in food dish catered to a woman customer caused her mouth injury. The incident took place on Saturday afternoon. After collecting samples, AMC team The officers had ordered is located near the AMC sealed the restaurant at sandwich dhokla from headquarters. Cockmidnight on Saturday. Das Khaman outlet which roaches were found in 4 In another development, Das Khaman outlet has been slapped with fine of Rs 50,000 after cockroaches were found out in one of the dish catered during the meeting of health officers at Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation(AMC) premises.
out of 25 dishes of sandwich dhokla catered. The outlet was immediately sealed. AMC official later permitted to open the seal for pest control treatment. The outlet will be sealed again after pest control treatment is over.
Uri attack: No knee-jerk reaction; at high-level meet, PM Modi asks for evidence to isolate Pakistan at global fora
(H.S.) | New Delhi is believed to have also In a major administraconsidered several other tive re-shuffle, the Hary- The government at the options, the sources said, ana government today highest level mulled its but these were likely to transferred 27 senior IAS options in the wake of the be measured and well officers with immedi- Uri terror attack, with inthought-out. At the meetate effect. Rajan Kumar formed sources indicating ing, the prime minister Gupta, Additional Chief that Prime Minister Nawas also briefed about the Secretary, Power Depart- rendra Modi has sought ment has been posted as a concerted global effort to his injuries in Delhi — Finance Minister Arun use of “incendiary” amAdditional Chief Secre- to diplomatically isolate wants clear evidence of Jaitley, Defence Minster munition by the terrorists, tary, Health Department Pakistan as an immediate Pakistan’s complicity to Manohar Parrikar, Na- though such ammunition in place of Prasanta Ku- step. Modi, who chaired a be presented to all major tional Security Adviser can be found only with mar Mahapatra, who meeting on Monday to re- global fora, including the Ajit Doval, Army Chief army establishments, a will be new Additional view the situation in Jam- upcoming UN General Gen. Dalbir Singh Su- source said. Such ammuChief Secretary, Women mu and Kashmir in the Assembly, the sources hag and other senior offi- nition, experts believe, and Child Development wake of the attack that left indicated. The meeting cials in the PMO, Defence points to the backing the Department, an official 18 soldiers dead — one was attended by Home Ministry and the Home terrorists received from more soldier succumbed Minister Rajnath Singh, Ministry. The meeting the Pakistan Army. spokesman said here. Sub Editor: Dhruvil Makani Office: B/14, Madhav Chamber’s, India Colony, Opp-Vidhyanagar School, Bapunagar, Ahmedababad - 380024
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Uri attack: Is JeM-Pak combine provoking Modi government?
Uri attack: PM Narendra Modi’s image as a strong leader is at risk if he doesn’t offer an effective response. India has blamed Sunday’s deadly attack on the 12th brigade headquarters at Uri in Kashmir, which claimed the lives of 17 Indian soldiers, on the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM). Indeed, in the manner of its execution, the attack bears some resemblance to the attack on the Pathankot Air Base in January, for which India provided evidence of Jaish’s hand, and Pakistan even took the JeM leader Masood Azhar into “protective custody”. The number of fidayeen was four as in Pathankot, they scaled an ill-guarded wall and the first thing they did was to start a fire — just as they had done at Pathankot. Provoking the Modi government to hit back with a military response is perhaps the larger goal behind the attack, with the more immediate objective of attracting international attention to Kashmir. Indeed, sections of the Indian security establishment clearly want military retaliation, even a limited strike, maybe imagining that this will be as surgical and clean as the two hot pursuits by the Indian Army’s special forces across the Myanmar border. Last year, they chased down Naga militants of the Khaplang group of NSCN in retaliation of the ambush and killings of 18 soldiers in Manipur, eliciting some criticism in Myanmar. Another hot pursuit took place last month, and this time there were no complaints. Pakistan is different, but right now, those asking for revenge are not particularly concerned about that. Nothing gives the international community a bigger fright than the prospect of war between the two nuclear-armed neighbours in South Asia, and even without any response from New Delhi, there is bound to be greater world attention on India and Pakistan in the coming days, perhaps even a global push for restarting diplomatic initiatives between the two sides. Meaanwhile, Jaish has achieved at least one tactical objective: it may not speak for all of Pakistan, and it may deny its involvement in the attack, but in Kashmir, where the group’s origins are well known, the attack has served to signal that the Pakistani state is no mere bystander to events in Kashmir during the last two months. For the same reason, in Pakistan, it gives Army chief General Raheel Sharif a shot in the arm. The Pakistan Army may or may not be behind the Jaish attack, but its long, if somewhat troubled association with a group that it parented is well known. The attack is bound to reinforce the view that the Pakistan Army is the better guardian of the interests of the Kashmiri people than Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. Modi’s warnings that the perpetrators of the attack will be punished is bound to rally the public behind their army even strengthening that institution, just as it did in the aftermath of the Mumbai attacks. As India mourns the loss of 17 soldiers, both Kashmir and Pakistan see Sunday’s attack as a response for the two months of trauma, the 76 deaths, the hundreds maimed by the use of pellet guns and the thousands injured in security operations. For more than two months, Nawaz Sharif’s government had been asked again and again by his critics and security and foreign policy hawks — what are you doing about developments in Kashmir?
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“Pakistan is trying to cause instability in India by constantly trying to lend support to terrorism and terrorist outfits. India has been constantly fighting against terrorism and this fight is now in a decisive stage,”
- Virtually blaming Pakistan for the Uri terrorist attack, BJP President Amit Shah today said India’s fight against terrorism has reached a decisive stage and the Modi Government is moving in the right direction to ensure that the sacrifices of soldiers does not go waste.
Amitabh Bachchan sports white dreadlocks for Emmy Awards 2016: Priyanka Chopra slays the TV commercial and it is a look you better not miss red carpet, Game of Thrones wins 12 awards
(H.S.) | New Delhi Amitabh Bachchan’s latest film Pink, a courtroom drama, is getting incredible attention and immense praise. Pink, co-produced by Shoojit Sircar and directed by Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury, is a message-based drama on sexual crimes against women. Post all
this, the actor has chosen a new style statement complete with dreadlocks and beads for an upcoming TV commercial. The megastar shared his new look on Twitter. Along with the image, he wrote, “My new look. Shuru Kare Program. Family Jingalala. Tata Sky 7 Days To Go…Badumba.” The 73-year-old doesn’t mind
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experimenting with his looks if his work demands it. Be it his look in film Jhoom Barabar Jhoom or Paa, we have witnessed Big B in various avatars. The image featuring him in the new avatar is exciting and innovative. On the film front, Amitabh has been lauded for his effortless portraying of a lawyer in the latest social thriller Pink. The film also stars Taapsee Pannu, Angad Bedi, Kirti Kulhari, Andrea Tariang and Piyush Mishra in major roles. The film is getting great word of mouth and its box office collection is showing an upward arc with each passing day.
Kriti Sanon and Tiger Shroff team up again for a project
Kriti Sanon will be working with her Heropanti costar Tiger Shroff on another project, which will be directed by filmmaker Anand L. Rai. (H.S.) | Varanasi
Kriti Sanon will be working with her Heropanti co-star Tiger Shroff on another project, which will be directed by filmmaker Anand L. Rai. According to reports, Kriti and Tiger, who made their Bollywood debut in 2014 with the Sabbir Khan directorial, will next be seen in an advertisement. Kriti took to Twitter on Sunday to share a photograph with Tiger and Rai from the set here. “Shooting with Tiger and Anand sir
As we head towards the season of big box office clashes, here is some good news. Rakesh Roshan has called off the clash between Shah Rukh Khan’s upcoming film with Aanand L Rai and his next production, Krrish 4 starring Hrithik Roshan. The filmmaker said that he decided to pull back his superhero film as SRK’s Red Chillies announced their film first. Both films were supposed to come out in December
Our very own Priyanka Chopra — carrying her red-blooded woman persona to the red carpet in a flowy scarlet gown — presented an award at the 68th Emmy Awards, even as Game of Thrones again proved that it owns the show with 12 trophies to its name. Priyanka presented the award to Susanne Bier along with Tom Hiddleston. Bier was awarded for directing a limited series, movie or a dramatic special for The Night Manager. The Quantico star looked re-
splendent in a one-shouldered Jason Wu gown, finishing it out with a sleek side-parted ponytail. Fantasy drama series “Game of Thrones” and comedy “Veep” won the top Emmys for a second straight year on Sunday, fending off challenges from newcomers. On a night when politics played large in the midst of an extraordinary 2016 U.S. election campaign, “Veep” star Julia Louis-Dreyfus also won her fifth straight Emmy for her role in the satirical White House comedy.
short to express our happiness. Thank you for all your wishes.” Earlier, Rani Mukherji and Aditya Chopra named their daughter Adira, a mix of both their names. There was news that Shahid and Mira, who are both followers of the Radha Soami Satsang Beas, had gone to seek the blessings of their guru in August. Speculation said that they also wanted their guru to name their child. We got in touch with
Shahid’s mother Neelima Azim for a confirmation. However, the newly turned grandmother was extremely tight-lipped refusing to either confirm or deny the news. Said Neelima, “I can’t be overstepping the line and divulging any information. It’s the prerogative of the parents and when the time is right Shahid and Mira will make it official.” It was left to Shahid’s tweets to give us the news.
ven’t signed as many films as I’d like too only and only because there are no good roles. As disheartening as it is to say,” Samantha posted. Well, she also said it’s a tough job to get good roles in movies down south. “Realising just how hard it is to get a meaningful role for a heroine in the south. #timeforchange #nowornever,” she added. Last week, riding high
on the success of her four back-to-back hits, Samantha laid all the rumours to rest that she is won’t sign any new film due to her wedding. “#Theri, #24TheMovie, #AAa and #JanathaGarage. My filmography got its gold stars. Thank you for an amazing year. To many more great films,” she had tweeted. Samantha is rumoured of not taking up any movies after her wedding, which is likely to happen this year. In a press conference, a few days back, Chaitanya’s father Akkineni Nagarjuna had also said that the dates for their marriage will be finalized after they find an ‘auspicious’ time for the nuptials.
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in Banaras. Surprise surprise,” Kriti captioned the image.After Heropanti, Kriti and Tiger featured in the video of the song Chal wahan jaate hain, which released last year. Director Anand L Rai was all praise for Kriti and Tiger. He wrote on Twitter, “Superb experience working with this young talented generation. It’s so much fun.Thank you @kritisanon @iTIGERSHROFF.” On the other hand, Tiger took a dig at the height of Kriti who
is quite tall. Tiger shared on Twitter, “Looking at you before every shot… crazy nostalgia! Keep growing (not taller).” Rai has directed films like Tanu Weds Manu, Raanjhanaa, Tanu Weds Manu: Returns. Kriti is currently shooting for Raabta co-starring Sushant Singh Rajput. The rumours of two dating each other are rife for a while now. However, bot Kriti and Sushant keep denying the fact that they are dating each other.
next year. By the same thought process, he has refused to move Hrithik’s Kaabil for SRK’s Raees as the Roshans had announced the date for their film first. Shah Rukh had pulled out Raees which was supposed to clash with Salman Khan’s Sultan at the BO in July. He had then zeroes in on Republic Day in 2017 as the release date. Talking to Bombay Times, Rakesh said, “It is unethical for me to release my film on this date as Shah Rukh has already announced
his movie… I had announced the date for Kaabil earlier. If they are coming on the same date, then I can’t do anything about it.” He said, “I don’t know what they will eventually decide. We’re here to make films, not create controversies. As far as Shah Rukh is concerned, he’s like a younger brother to me. I gave him a break in King Uncle, and then worked with him in Karan Arjun and Koyla.” Shah Rukh had paid a latenight visit to the Roshan home to work out modalities of Raees vs Kaabil clash but to no avail. “Met friend/mentor/family after many a days. Mr. R.Roshan reminded me…it’s not important to do 2 much, it’s important to get 1 right. Thx sir,” SRK had tweeted.
Rakesh Roshan calls off Krrish 4 clash with Aanand L Rai’s next for ‘younger brother’ Shah Rukh Khan
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Egyptian-American Rami Malek took home his first Emmy for best drama actor for playing a socially inept computer hacker in “Mr. Robot,” while Canadian Tatiana Maslany was a surprise winner for playing a woman with multiple cloned personalities in “Orphan Black.” “Game of Thrones,” which went into Sunday’s show with a leading 23 nominations, won a total of 12 Emmys, including for directing and writing. True crime also made its mark. “The People v. O.J. Simpson,” FX’s 10hour dramatization of the former football player’s 1995 double murder trial and sensational acquittal won nine Emmys, including for best limited series, writing, for lead actors Sarah Paulson and Courtney B. Vance and supporting actor Sterling K. Brown.
Shahid Kapoor, Mira Rajput name daughter Misha Kapoor for an adorable reason
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ctor Shahid Kapoor and wife Mira have named their newborn daughter Misha. Sources in the know suggest that the name Misha was chosen as it is a mix of both their names, Shahid and Mira. Misha also means god-like. Tweeting about the name, Shahid wrote, “Misha Kapoor makes it impossible for daddy to go anywhere.#obsesseddaddylife.” Mixing (Mi) ra and (Sha)hid, the name indeed is adorable and daddy dearest sounds obsessed with his bundle of joy. Shahid and Mira welcomed their first child on August 26 and the ecstatic actor announced his daughter’s arrival by tweeting, “She has arrived and words fall
It’s hard to get meaningful roles for a heroine in the south: Samantha
(H.S.) | Hyderabad It’s confirmed now. Popular south Indian actress Samantha Ruth Prabhu is not taking up projects. And the reason isn’t because of her wedding with Naga Chaitanya early next year. It is because no good roles are coming her way. The actress on Saturday took to Twitter to share her disappointment. “I ha-
3 / Dt. 20-09-2016, Tuesday Sensex ends higher by 35 points; central bank meetings eyed
Agency | Mumbai The Sensex and Nifty ended higher on Monday, posting their fourth straight session of gains, as investors awaited key central bank meetings in the United States and Japan this week for clues on global monetary policies. The broader NSE index ended 28.55 points or 0.33 per cent higher at 8,808.40, after rising as much as 0.51 per cent earlier in the session, while the benchmark BSE index closed up 35.47 points or 0.12 per cent at 28,634.50, after gaining up to 0.40 per cent earlier in the day. The Nifty IT index ended up 0.62 per cent led by Tata Consultancy Services, which gained as much as 2.76 per cent to record its biggest intraday percentage jump in over a month. Barring FMCG, all other BSE sectoral indices ended in the positive zone.
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Few underachievers want to tarnish my reputation: Leander Paes
(H.S.) | New Delhi His monumental achievements notwithstanding, controversies keep chasing Leander Paes but the marathon man of Indian tennis says they are nothing more than false propaganda initiated by a few of his “highly jealous” competitors. Paes did not take any names but said the negativity that is being built around his name in recent times, is a result of a few underachievers’ sinister design. Whenever it comes to playing for nation in the Indian team at the big stage, be it Olympics, Asian Games or in Davis Cup, tennis has found itself mired in
controversies. He said he does not care what people say or think about him since he’s busy writing his name in the history books, that no one can change. “In this part of my career, most of my competitors are highly jealous. They might not understand what it takes to win 18 Grand Slams and play seven Olympics. Some competitors, you give them 10 life times, they will still not be able to achieve that. Instead of working hard, they want to knock me down,” Paes said in an interview during the just concluded Davis Cup tie against Spain. “They want to ruin my reputation by doing
ulterior things, so that the perception of the public is that Leander is a bad man. It takes a whole lifetime to build a reputation and it takes one second to ruin it,” he said. Is he tired of this negativity? Does he get frustrated? “I am a human being. But I don’t deal with it now,” he said in a nonchalant way. “In this modern age of social media, I understand there will be some negativity. The people who are true and honest, whether they are good with me or not, I respect them. “Few people are always trying to tarnish my reputation. There are some competitors out there, who are highly jealous of what I have achieved. Instead of working hard, to achieve it themselves, they realise, they can’t to that quantum, so hence, let’s ruin his reputation. One person will put one story here, one there and build perception,” he said with disgust.
ICC can’t run world without India, says BCCI president Anurag Thakur (H.S.) | New Delhi
Agency | New Delhi Google, Yahoo and Microsoft have agreed to block ads for Indian services that help determine a baby’s sex before birth, adhering to laws intended to address one of the world’s worst gender imbalances. All three companies pledged to honour bans on the promotion of sexual-determination tests and related products, the health ministry told India’s Supreme Court on Monday. The court was hearing a case that sought the abolition of all content on search engines that promote such services. India’s highest court this year reproached the search giants for disregarding domestic regulations, and warned them to abide by the law or cease operations in the country. But the trio of companies had said sweeping bans on offending key-words would also block non-promotional content such as research reports and news articles.
Unable to quit smoking? Go talk to a nurse!
Agency | New York Many smokers who want to quit the habit often complain of their inability to do so. They say they want to quit, but their habit is so deep-rooted, that they find it hard to give up. Of course, there are many ways in which can aid you in kicking the habit like, nicotine patches, chewing gums, inhalers, sprays, replacement therapies, et al, but they don’t always work. However, a study has an interesting suggestion for those who want to kick the butt – a conversation with a trained nurse! Yes, it may sound strange, but that’s what the researchers found helpful, when they looked at the quit rates of 1,528 patients, who were discharged from the hospital after six months. The research shows that self-reported quit rates increased when nurses and other staff members were trained to coach patients on how to stop smoking. “Hospitalisation is the perfect time to help people quit. They are more motivated and nurses can explain how smoking harms their health, including slowing healing,” said Sonia Duffy, Professor at The Ohio State University in the study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
The media session with the BCCI president Anurag Thakur and CEO Rahul Johri was unusually lengthy, lasting nearly 40 minutes including a neat power-point presentation of the new bidding process by Johri. Theoretically, the interaction intended to brief the new bidding procedure for the IPL broadcast and digital rights, but in essence, it turned out to be another dais for Thakur to defend and justify the recent spate of outbursts at the ICC, and specifically its chairman Shashank Manohar. Going by the recent tirades between them, it was hardly unanticipated that Manohar’s name would pop up some time in the briefing. For the record, not once did Thakur address Manohar by his name, but the latter’s
shadow lurked around uneasily in the room and several of his answers and observations were clearly directed at him. It seemed Thakur was comfortable speaking on the perceptible BCCI-ICC standoff rather than explaining the mundane intricacies of the bidding process, which was mostly left to Johri. The ICC topic, in fact, seemed to banish all the jet lag he had accumulated in the 16-hour flight from Washington, where he was part of a delegation of Indian MPs who had gone to meet
their American counterparts. For the first time in the session, he broke into peels of laughter when someone asked him whether he wanted to helm the ICC. “I have no interest. Jisko ICC jana tha woh bahut pehli hi gaye,” he said, grinning, and not making any effort to hold back the sarcasm. The entire room echoed with laughter, before he repeated that oft-repeated line. “I’m more than happy serving Indian cricket. For me, serving the nation and Indian cricket comes first and foremost.”
sixes off Stuart Broad in the 19th over of the first innings. As a result of his 36 runs off six balls, Yuvraj reached his fifty in just 12 balls, still a world record in T20Is. It was the first time in T20Is that a player had hit six sixes and fourth in the history of the game. Batting first, India were off to a brilliant start with Virender Sehwag and Gautam
Gambhir both scoring fifties. With MS Dhoni, Yuvraj eyed a big finish and that is what he did. After the end of the 18th over , a small banter with Andrew Flintoff charged Yuvraj for which Broad had to pay the price. Yuvraj began the over with a huge six over midwicket which went out of the stadium. He followed that with a flick over squareleg that also cleared the ropes. Broad aimed the third ball on the off-side but Yuvraj backed away and sent it over covers for a third six. Looking out of sorts, Broad had an onfield meeting with then captain Paul Collingwood and decided to come round the wicket.
On this day: Yuvraj Singh hit six sixes in an over in 2007 World T20
(H.S.) | New Delhi There have been various contributions from Yuvraj Singh to Indian cricket over the years since he made his debut back in 1999. But what will forever remain the top most is the six sixes he hit on September 19 nine years back at Kingsmead against England. Playing in the 2007 World T20, Yuvraj smashed six
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SPORTS ROUNDUP India vs New Zealand: Corey Anderson returns to New Zealand squad for India ODI series
(H.S.) | Wellington All-rounder Corey Anderson has been recalled to the New Zealand cricket team for its one-day matches against India next month. Anderson hasn’t played for New Zealand since February because of a back
injury, but demonstrated his fitness in three matches for a New Zealand XI against an Emerging XI at Christchurch last week. Batsman Anton Devcich, allrounder Jimmy Neesham and wicketkeeper B.J. Watling have also been recalled
to the 15-man squad for the five-match series that begins at Dharamsala on October 16. Chief selector Gavin Larsen said Anderson’s “superb professionalism throughout his rehab process has led to this point and it’s a credit to him and the hard work he’s put in.” SQUAD: Kane Williamson (c), Corey Anderson, Trent Boult, Doug Bracewell, Anton Devcich, Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, James Neesham, Luke Ronchi, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, BJ Watling
Chatterjee gave Dipa a gold crown as promised by the organisers earlier this week. Among others present were former East Bengal coach Biswajit Bhattacharya and Bengal’s Ranji Trophy winning captain Sambaran Banerjee. “I was happy with my finish until I came to my room. When I got to know the reaction of the entire country, the feeling of disappointment set in. If only I could win a medal, I could have gifted the country and all my fellow Bengalis something,” added the 23-year old Tripura girl. Dipa met Bolly-
wood superstar Amitabh Bachchan in New Delhi at a function on Saturday. On asking the ‘Pink’ actor for a photograph, Big B’s reply pleased her no bounds. “He said ‘I will wait for you half an hour. You click 10 pictures with me. Don’t be disheartened. You will achieve more success. This is just the beginning’.” At a press gathering later, Dipa said Indian coaches are better than foreign counterparts citing the example of Pullela Gopichand who coached P.V. Sindhu to a silver medal in badminton at Rio.
used tactic is beginning to boomerang on the side. With India starting their long home season of 13 Tests with a threematch series against New Zealand, the ‘Turbanator’ opined that designer pitches could backfire on the team. “Over past four-five years, the pre-
vious team managements preferred pitches where Test matches would end inside three days. But I believe both Anil bhai and Virat are positive people, who would like play on good Test pitches, where the results are decided on fourth evening or by fifth day post lunch session,” Harbhajan said in an interaction. “We should look at the bigger picture. Are we gaining anything by winning inside two and half to three days? Are we also being fair to our batsmen who struggled against South African spinners during last home series?”
My aim is to beat Simone Biles: Dipa Karmakar (H.S.) | Kolkata
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4 / Dt. 20-09-2016, Tuesday President Pranab Mukherjee to visit Bharuch next month
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Correspondent | Bharuch
President of India Dr Pranab Mukherjee will inaugurate Sevashram hospital in Rajya Sabha member Ahmed Patel’s native place Bharuch in central Gujarat on October 23. Ahmed Patel visited Bharuch in order to review the progress of the hospital project and preparations pertaining to its inauguration by President of India next month. The hospital belongs to independence era of last century. It is being revamped under supervi-
sion of Ahmed Patel. A 120-bed hospital will be inaugurated by President in the afternoon of 23 October. The President will arrive in Gujarat in the evening of 22 October. He will be reaching Bharuch at 11.00 am on 23 October and leave for Delhi at 3.00 pm. Ahmed Patel is senior Congress leader and political secretary of national president of Congress party Smt Sonia Gandhi. He belongs to Bharuch and has been served as Lok Sabha MP of Bharuch in the past.
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Ventura Airconnect, Gujarat’s intra-state airline operator, will fly to two new destinations in a month, an official of the company said today. The airline, which launched its service in 2013 by offering connectivity between Surat, Ahmedabad, Rajkot and Bhavnagar, will add Amreli and Bhuj to its list of destinations soon, its director Ishwar Dholakiya said today. The company will also offer special service to Bhuj to cater to the Ranotsava festival that is organised in the Rann of Kutchh by the state tourism department, Dholakiya said. A special service connecting Surat, Ahmedabad and Rajkot to Shirdi–a pilgrimage destination–will be launched soon, especially to cater to the devotees of Sai Baba, he said. “We
have received encouraging response from fliers in the state and now plan to add new cities to our list of destinations,” Dholakiya told reporters. He said the company has received on an average 70 per cent occupancy on flights that can accommodate nine passengers apart from two pilots. The company currently provides connectivity from Surat to Bhavnagar, Ahmedabad, Rajkot and Kandla. “New Amid onset of withdrawal of monsoon and fading hope, added routes will facilitate people to plan their Gujarat receives 3.14 % of season’s rain in 24 hours foreign travel through has given a much need- Ahmedabad. Passengers ed respite to the farmers will save time spent on especially the groundnut growers in the state.. so far this season, 17 of the total 33 districts have received normal to above normal rains while remaining 16 were still deficient by various degrees. Region wise Kutch has received 66.10%, East Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad South Gujarat region, Central Gujarat 68.73%, Saurashtra and Diu, Da- North Gujarat 74.58% Amid the onset of the man Dadra Nagar Haveli South Gujarat 76.80 and withdrawal of South in the next 24 hours. In Saurashtra 83.39% so far. Western Monsoon, Guthe last 24 hours a total of Valsad distirct in Gujarat jarat received over 3% 184 talukas of 30 districts has maintained its top poof its season average in received some amount of sition both in percentage Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad the last 24 hours giving a rain while many talukas as well as actual amount Gujarat Chief Minisbig respite to the farmers got heavy downpour with of rain with 104.54% and ter Vijay Rupani laid a lessening the gap of rain Palsana in Surat record- 2250 mm. Kutch with 259 stone today for proposed deficiency further. Mean- ing maximum of 139 mm mm was lowest recipilocal head office of leadwhile the Met Department (around 5.5 inches). The ent of rain quantitatively ing public sector bank has again issued heavy state which is still around while Vadodara at 46.84 the State Bank of Inrain warning for next 24 20 % rain deficient this % was lowest percentdia(SBI) in presence of hours. It has attributed monsoon received 3.16 age-wise across the state SBI Chairman Arundhati the upper air cyclonic % of the season’s rain in though its actual amount circulation over South the last 24 hours at a time of rain was 421 mm. Jam- Bhattacharya and Chief West Madhya Pradesh when hopes of rain were nagar (104.04%), Araval- Secretary Dr JN Singha and South Gujarat for fading. The state average li (102.55%), Gir Som- at GIFT city in Gandhithis The met bulletin says has jumped to 78.17% nath (101.11%) are the nagar. On this occasion, heavy rains are very like- from yesterday morning’s other three district with Regional Chief Manager Mr. Nautiyal of SBI said ly at isolated places over figure of 75.01% This over 100% rain figures. the bank has decided to shift its local head office from Ahmedabad to Gandhinagar, work for
road and rail connectivity,” he said. The company has also signed an agreement with the state government to cover more cities in near future. “Gujarat has the largest number of air strips in the country and therefore, it has a good infrastructure for intra-state flight service. We will add more cities to our destinations in the near future,” he said. The company is promoted by four industrialists — Govind Dholakiya, Lalji Patel, Savji Dholakiya, and Lavji Daliya — who are into diamond and export business.
The Supreme Court today granted six more months to a lower court in Gujarat to conclude trial in the 2002 Naroda Gam riots case, one of the nine post-Godhra riots matters probed by the apex court-appointed SIT pertaining to the killing of eleven members of a community. “The City Civil & Sessions Court (at Ahmedabad in Gujarat) is granted six months more time to conclude trial and pronounce the judgement (in the Naroda Gam case),” a bench of Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justice A M Khanwilkar said. The court considered the submission of amicus curiae and senior advocate Harish Salve and SIT chief R K Raghavan, who is a former CBI chief, that the trial court should be granted more time as it has to examine nearly 300 witnesses. “So far as other eight cases are concerned, investigations have been completed. The charge sheets have been
filed and the trial courts have pronounced the judgements and now the cases are at stage of appeal in the High Court,” Salve said. He said a time limit can be fixed for the lower court to conclude the trial. Eleven persons belonging to the minority community were killed at Naroda Gam in 2002 riots during a bandh called in protest of the Godhra train burning incident. A total of 82 persons are facing trial in the case. In June, a special court had convicted 24 persons in the Gulberg society riots case in which 68 people, in-
cluding former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, were killed. he apex court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been probing nine major riots cases including the Gulberg society riots case and the Naroda Gam matter. The apex court, on February 22 this year, had paved the way for pronouncement of judgement by Ahmedabad trial court in various cases including the Gulberg Society massacre case. It had said there was no restraint on the trial judge to pronounce the verdict and granted him three months for it.
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Around 10 protesters of PAAS were today detained by police in Pilaji Ganj area of Mahesana city in North Gujarat while they were trying to disrupt an event of the ruling BJP in presence of its state president Jeetu Vaghani at its district headquarters here. The 10 protesters, all said to be residents of Visnagar, started shouting slogan as soon as Mr Vaghani reached the office at around 10 am. Police detained all of them immediately. PAAS convener of North Gujarat Narendra Patel has an-
nounced to protest against Mr Vaghani’s visit to Mahesana to oppose the police action against its activist in Bhavnagar. Mr Vaghani is in Mahesana today in connection with a workers meet there. He first held a meeting in the party’s district head office and is scheduled to attend the district workers meet at Doodh Sagar Dairy Auditorium. Meanwhile the pre-planned bike rally of the BJP here was cancelled owing to late arrival of Mr Vaghani in the wake of a sudden engagement in capital Gandhinagar.
the state government must prohibit all gau rakshak committees in the state which take law into their own hands in the name of cow protection. He also gave a call of Dalit-Muslim Unity and declared a public func-
tion in Bapunagar area of Ahmedabad Monday night in that regard. Issuing a press release in this connection, Mevani said that Dalits will come in support of Muslims in the case of Ayyub in the same manner in which Muslims had come in support of Dalits in Una flogging case. Mevani has already announced to launch a Rail Roko Andolan from October 1 in Maninagar area of Ahmedabad as part of the Dalit agitation in Gujarat.
SBI to shift Gujarat head office to GIFT 10 PAAS activists detained in Mahesana near BJP office city by 2019, foundation stone laid
Woman among 4 held for murder of Anand businessman’s son
Correspondent | Vadodara
Local Crime Branch (LCB) of Anand district, late Saturday night, arrested 4 persons – including a woman – in connection with the alleged kidnapping and murder of a local business man’s 30-yearold son. The deceased has been identified as Jaimin Patel (30), a resident of Aasodar village. Jaimin’s father, Aklavya, is a real estate developer and marble, tiles dealer in Anand. The incident occurred on September 16 when four persons kidnapped Patel from Anand, and made a
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ransom call to Aklavya demanding Rs 2 crore. Later, they killed Patel by strangulating him and burnt his body with petrol near Vansda in Navsari district of South Gujarat. The four arrested have been identified as Jitendra Jadeja, Hiral Jadeja, Harshad Gadhadra and
Ajay Vaghela. According to police, Jitendra and Hiral run a saree shop near Jaimin’s father’s showroom and were facing financial crunch due to loss in business. To earn quick money, Jitendra and Hiral along with Gadhadra and Vaghela conspired to kidnap Jaimin, police added.
which will be completed by year 2019. Speaking on this occasion Sudhir Mankad who heads GIFT city project said, “in every country business district is the place that has iconic buildings. And the most iconic building is bank. I had visited Ahmedabad headquarters of State Bank in Lal Darwaja area 6 years ago to meet the Chief General Manager in order to propose that SBI should be the first bank to come to GIFT city. I wish SBI puts this project of building office tower and residential tower on the
During his trip to the national capital for the Goods and Services Tax (GST) council meeting on September 22, state Finance Minister Amit Mitra is also likely to take up the issue of the Centre’s “delayed clearance” to a Rs 2,000 crore loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). This amount is the second installment of the loan granted to West Bengal. This, Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee said is “vital” to Bengal’s development and alleged continued “negligence” on behalf of the Centre. The issue threatens to become the next flash point between the two governments. The loan was approved by ADB’s board almost 11 months ago, said the state government, after the successful completion of the first phase in which Bengal carried out a slew of “people-centric”, “fundamental”, “reforms” aimed at “transparency”.
fast track so that we can have its inauguration in year 2019 Vibrant Gujarat Summit. This is only beginning. State Bank is too bigger bank in this country to have just office and residential tower. This is a technology drive project. There’s immense opportunity for back-office operations, IT hub and developing international business for GIFT city. What State Bank will do, other banks in the country would follow.
Ban gau rakshak panels, Jignesh Mevani tells government
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Condemning the murder of a Muslim youth, Mohammed Ayyub, in Ahmedabad allegedly by cow vigilantes, Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani Sunday demanded that
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