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“Probe Swamy’s allegations”
Amitabh Bachchan may have achieved the greatest heights in his career, but the megastar still considers audience behind the immense success he has achieved. The 73-year-old “Piku” actor said even though the viewers always make the artist nervous, but at the same time give the boost when one is going through lows.
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Kajol’s on-screen chemistry with Shah Rukh Khan in “Dilwale” may be driving fans crazy, but for the actress her husband Ajay Devgn taking care of their kids while she was shooting is the most romantic thing that has happened to her. The 41-year-old Bollywood star, who was busy filming for her upcoming release since past few months was bowled over to see her actor husband perform the dotting father duties so well.
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Swamy’s Charges Against Rahul Gandhi a Bunch of Falsehood: Congress
Jail me if you find anything: Rahul dares Modi Breaking his silence on BJP leader Subrmanian Swamy’s allegations about his British nationality, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said he is not scared of the government and is ready to go to jail if found guilty.
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Hitting back over BJP leader Subramanian Swamy’s allegation questioning his nationality, Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of “throwing mud” on him through his “cronies” and dared the government to “jail” him if he is guilty. Addressing a Youth Congress gathering on the occasion of the 98th birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi, he also accused the RSS and the BJP of throwing mud on his family members ever since he was a
child, asserting that he is “not going to be scared” by such things and that he will continue to fight against BJP. “Ever since I was a child, I have been watching people from RSS and BJP throwing mud at my grand mother, my father and even my mother. I want to say one thing. Modi ji is now the Prime Minister of India. Different kinds of allegations are levelled against me. There is not even an iota of truth in them. “Modi ji, it is your government. You have the agencies. Get a probe
done against me and send me behind bars if you find something. Stop all this– the mud that you throw at
me and my family through your cronies. You are not in opposition, you are in government now,” Gandhi said amidst cheers from
apparently referring to his allegations on the basis of documents purportedly showing that Gandhi had claimed himself to be a British national before the company law authorities the youth Congress activ- in the UK for setting up ists adding he did not have a company. Swamy had an “iota of fear” on the demanded that Gandhi issue. He did not directly be stripped of Indian citrefer to Swamy but was izenship and Lok Sabha
membership. He had written to Modi and later to Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan. Rejecting the allegations, the Congress Vice President today said,” I have not even an iota of fear. I will not withdraw (from attacking Modi). I will continue to fight for the poor, the farmers.”
about the background of candidates since affidavits filed along with the nomination papers have not been uploaded on the SEC’s website. During a brief hearing, petitioner’s advocate K R Koshti told the court that affidavits, past and present, containing information about the candidates, their income, education, criminal record among others haven’t been uploaded. The
ens of candidates were declared winner uncontested. The petitioner alleged “horse trading” by the political parties and prayed for an inquiry.
Subramanian Swamy demands PIL in Gujarat HC for stay on local body polls CBI probe against Rahul Gandhi voters are kept the dark Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
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BJP leader Subramanian Swamy today demanded a CBI or ED probe alleging that there is a possibility that a shell company with Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi as Company Secretary and Director may have been formed in Britain. Swamy, who a couple of days ago alleged that Rahul has declared himself a British national in docu-
ments before the company law authorities in the UK, told reporters here that he has written a fresh letter to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the subject and demanded a CBI or ED probe into it. “While I do not have complete picture, the material enclosed are of sufficient prima facie value to order an investigation by the CBI/Enforcement Directorate with Mr Ra-
hul Gandhi as the principal accused,” Swami said in a letter to Modi. The Congress had however, rejected the allegations of nationality against Rahul saying that it is a “bunch of falsehood”. Reacting to gandhi’s challenge to the government to jail him, Swamy took a dig at him saying “whether he is right or not ….police will take him. He will not go (to jail) on his own will.”
A public interest litigation (PIL) was filed in the Gujarat High Court on Wednesday seeking stay on the local body polls on the grounds of gross mismanagement and regularities by the State Election Commission (SEC). The PIL, filed by Gujarat Nagrik Sangathan, is likely to be heard on Thursday by the vacation bench of Justice A G Uraizee. The petitioner claimed that
petitioner also alleged several regularities in manner in which some candidates have withdrawn their nominations because of which a doz-
Hindu Mahasabha leader, 2 PM Narendra Modi’s gold deposit scheme attracts only 400 grams so far others misbehave with airhostess Agency | New Delhi
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A Hindu Mahasabha leadA gold deposit scheme Agency | Panaji er along with two other launched amid fanfare lawyers, who were alCreating a benchmark of by Prime Minister Narlegedly in an inebriated showcasing exceptional endra Modi two weeks state, have been arrested films from the world cinago has so far attracted on charges of harassing the ema, International Film only 400 grammes, an crew and passengers of a Festival of India-2015 industry official said on Chennai-bound flight be(IFFI), starting here from Thursday, out of a nafore it was to take off from objected to by the wom- was delayed by one hour tomorrow, will screen a tional hoard estimated at here last night. The three, an. Other passengers also due to the incident. An stellar line-up of official 20,000 tonnes. Modi has Senthel Kumar, Raja, both protested against the be- FIR was filed in the wee Academy Award entries urged Indians to put gold from Perundurai, and Sub- haviour and later the pilot hours today against the from 26 countries. The stashed in homes and hash Swaminathan from stepped in and asked the three lawyers under IPC festival will also feature temples in the bank, of- Jewellery Export Promo- way to keep wealth away had agreed to increase the Trichy, who is vice presi- accused to behave. Af- Sections 354 (assault or 120 premieres in differing modest rates of in- tion Council. “Only 400 from the prying eyes number of testing centres dent of Akhil Bharat Hin- ter an argument, the pas- criminal force to woman ferent sections, which terest that earlier schemes grammes have been de- of tax collectors. That, and refineries involved du Mahasabha’s Tamil sengers threatened to get with intent to outrage her will represent spectacdown from the plane if the modesty) and 268 (pubular International films, have lacked. His govern- posited so far,” Sankhwal say experts, will make in the scheme. There are Nadu unit, were on Thursaccording to an IFFI ment has also launched told reporters after meet- it a challenge to wean 29 testing centres and day remanded in judicial lawyers were not deboard- lic nuisance) and under release. Argentina’s ‘paper’ gold in the form ing financial ministry of- them off the yellow met- four refineries current- custody for 14 days by a ed from the aircraft, they the Sexual Harassment Oscar entry and this of gold-backed bonds. ficials. “The government al and put the vast store ly accredited to it. The court, according to police. said. Finally, the matter of Women at Workplace year’s biggest Argen- A shortage of centres has agreed to review the of wealth to work in In- number of testing centres They boarded an IndiGo was reported to airport au- (Prevention, Prohibition tinean box office hit, to assay the gold being scheme and open more dia’s undersized financial would increase to 55, and flight at 10 pm last night. thorities who alerted the and Redressal) Act, po“The Clan” (“El Clan”) put on deposit is a prob- centres for gold testing system, funding invest- refineries to 20, by the The trouble started before police. The three lawyers lice said. The three acwill be the Closing Film lem that the government and depositing in banks.” ments that Modi hopes end of the year. Another the plane took off when were detained by CISF cused were produced of IFFI 2015. The film has agreed to address, Indians have a deep at- would promote economic scheme, to mint India’s one of the three lawyers personnel. They were today in VI Judicial maghas recently won Silver said Anil Sankhwal, the tachment to gold, which growth and create jobs. own series of gold coins, allegedly took photograph taken to a police station istrate court which reLion Award at the Ven- northern regional chair- they value not just as a A finance ministry offi- is going a bit better than of an airhostess from his and put under arrest after manded them in judicial mobile phone which was questioning. The flight custody for 14 days. ice Film festival. man of India’s Gem and wedding gift but also as a cial said the government the deposit scheme. Corpo. Office: A/41, Madhav Chamber’s, Shaktidhara Colony, Opp-Sayona Arcade, L.B.S. Road, Toll Naka, Bapunagar, Ahmedababad - 380024 Email: ssdaily2013@gmail.com Mo : 98250 98053
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Political speech: It is difficult to decide where to draw the line but it must be drawn
The invocation of sedition (Section 124A of the Indian Penal Code) against Hardik Patel, and his colleagues leading the Patidar movement, by the Gujarat government is a sign of the increasing intolerance of any political movement venting out people’s grievances. The offence of sedition involves the question of the relationship between a government and the people. In the past, when the government was the absolute ruler and people were the subjects, any opposition, however peaceful, was considered a challenge to political authority and, as such, was punishable as sedition. But with the arrival of democratic governments, recognition of sedition became controversial. The difficult question is: Where to draw line between permissible speech and justifiable limits in the interest of safeguarding the political authority of a democratic state? The Indian Penal Code, in chapter VI, titled “Of offences against the state” defines sedition in section 124A. It reads as: “Whoever by words, either spoken or written or by signs or visible representation, or otherwise, brings or attempts to bring into hatred or contempt or attempts to excite disaffection towards government established by law in India, shall be punished with imprisonment for life to which fee may be added, or with imprisonment which may extend to three years, to which fine may be added, or with fine.” It includes disloyalty and all feelings of enmity. It excludes comments expressing disapprobation of the measures of a government with a view to obtain their alteration by lawful means, or comments expressing disapprobation of the administrative or other action of the government without exciting or attempting to excite hatred, contempt or disaffection. Before Independence, many, including Lokmanya Tilak, were punished under this section. Even after Independence, the Supreme Court used the section in several cases in spite of the warning. An almost similar definition of sedition exists in the English common law. If strictly interpreted, it would cover almost all political speeches and oratory. But the common law definition has been liberalised in a number of ways by the judiciary. Mere speech, however inflammatory or inciting, is not sufficient; the speaker must intend to cause violence. The true test is, “was the language used calculated, or was it not, to promote public disorder or physical force or violence in a matter of state?” As a result of these dilutions, its use has become rare.
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QUOTE “While I do not have complete picture, the material enclosed are of sufficient prima facie value to order an investigation by the CBI/Enforcement Directorate with Mr OF THE Rahul Gandhi as the principal accused,” - BJP leader Subramanian Swamy today said in a letter to DAY the PM Modi on the subject and demanded a CBI or ED probe into it.
SRK,Kajolmakeadreamypairin‘Gerua’songfrom‘Dilwale’ Agency | Mumbai
When Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol come together, there’s nothing but pure romanticism that comes to life onscreen and that’s exactly what director Rohit Shetty has captured in ‘Gerua’, the first song from ‘Dilwale’. The romantic number is dreamy and beautiful, featuring the lead pair – Shah Rukh and Kajol. With embraces, caresses and intense gazes, they display their love and affection for each other. Shah Rukh Khan looks terrific for a man who just turned 50, while Kajol looks like the ethereal beauty in gorgeous chiffon saris, blowing in the wind. Mostly shot in Iceland,
the location makes for a stunning backdrop, while we also get glimpses of lush green mountains tops with waterfalls and rainbows. The couple is also pictured standing atop a wrecked plane. Talking about the track, Shah Rukh says, “Since Kajol and I are coming back together on-screen after years, Rohit felt that we should try and make Gerua stand out better than all the other songs we have done earlier. We have done many beautiful songs are really fortunate to have done those. But Rohit was very clear and precise about how he would like to shoot this one. He paid attention to every detail starting from choice of location,
costumes and every other technicality because it was essential to him.” Kajol on her part added, “We shot the song in a
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Sushant Singh played the antagonist in the second film of the popular erotic-thriller franchise “Hate Story”, but the actor is sad that he could not be a part of the third instalment. The 43-year-old actor, who has given some impactful performances both in films and television, says he would have loved to join the cast of “Hate Story 3” if his character would have survived in the previous film. “I do regret not being a part of ‘Hate Story 3’. I feel sad but when your part dies, it cannot be reincarnated and brought back for the
so good that we enjoyed performing. I am sure the audiences will also find it magical once they see it on-screen”. Shah
Rukh Khan also tweeted his gratitude to everyone involved in creating this track and explained the meaning on ‘Gerua’.
Pan Nalin’s internationally-acclaimed film Angry Indian Goddesses on female bonding and combating patriarchal tyranny, has encountered an expected snag. The Censor Board Of Film Certification (CBFC) has objected strongly to what they see as profane references to Hindu goddesses. Says a source, “Major portions of the film have been hacked off by the Examining Committee. The biggest sufferer is actress Tannishtha Chatterjee, whose role has been drastically reduced.” She confirms, “The film that fetched me so much acclaim abroad and the film that has been cut by the Censor are two
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different entities. Now, my role is almost nothing.” The film’s producer Gaurav Dhingra has now taken the film to the CBFC’s Revising Committee where hopefully some, if
not most of the cuts would be restored. Says a source close to the film, “Regrettably, we don’t have the time to put up fight as our release is just two weeks away.”
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next… Hopefully by the fourth instalment I can come back as a new character,” Sushant told P. Directed by Vishal Pandya, “Hate Story 3” stars Sharman Joshi, Karan Singh Grover, Zarine Khan and Daisy Shah. The “Baby” actor says there will be comparisons between the current and previous movies but hopes it becomes even a bigger hit. “I wish the team all the best. ‘Hate Story’ is a big, successful franchise, so comparisons will always be there. But when Vishal Pandya is at the helm, I don’t think there is any need to worry.
start to finish schedule of 7 days. We worked really hard and it was severe cold had a great time in all as the song itself is
‘Angry Indian Goddesses’ Priyanka Chopra To Play gagged by Censor Board Superwomen In Next?
My last three films haven’t worked, so there is pressure: Ranbir Kapoor Agency | Mumbai
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Actor Ranbir Kapoor, who is going through a lean patch in his career, says there is pressure on him to deliver a success with his romantic film “Tamasha”. “Of course, my last three films, ‘Besharam’, ‘Roy’ and ‘Bombay Velvet’ haven’t worked, so there is pressure because we don’t make films for ourselves, but make it for the audience,” Ranbir said. “That audience or my fans who had trusted me might have said that ‘Ranbir does good films’. But when they came to the theatre, perhaps I didn’t perform to make their money worth it,” he added here
There is no doubt that Priyanka Chopra is a superwoman in her own right. Rumours are rife that the Bollywood actress, who is riding high on success with her Hollywood debut in American thriller television series, Quantico, will be seen playing a superwoman on the big screen as well. However, nothing can be said to be confirmed as of now. If the speculations are to be believed, Abhinay Deo is planning for a superhero flick, for which he has approached Priyanka Chopra. Neither the rumours are confirmed, nor Priyanka’s approval for the flick. Only time will tell if the gossips turn out to be true. It is said that the discussions are on advanced stage as of now. Abhinay is currently busy with the shooting of Force 2 that stars John Abraham and Sonakshi Sinha in lead roles. Meanwhile, Priyanka is also busy shooting for Quantico.
Here’s why Aditi Rao Hydari and Arunoday Singh broke up! when asked if there was pressure on him to deliver a hit after his failures. Surprisingly, his three flops came after delivering the biggest hit of his career “Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani”. Ranbir had famously made his debut in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Saawariya” eight years ago. He terms the film as “the most important film of my life”, and accepts that it was a di-
saster. But he still maintains that he had a lot to learn from the film’s debacle. Talking about his selection of films, the “Barfi” actor said: “It is my aim with every film, that I do good films and good acting. My method of choosing the kind of films that I do is the same. It’s not that a year ago I was doing less acting and I will now do more acting.”
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Aditi Rao Hydari and Arunoday Singh, who began dating after working together in Yeh Saali Zindagi (2011), are no longer together. While the actress has moved on, Arunoday has moved in with his Canadian girlfriend Leigh in Goa. The couple just grew apart over a period of time and decided to call it quite mutually. Says an industry source, “Aditi wanted to have a commitment, but Arunoday refused to be tied down. She’d waited long enough and then decided it wasn’t working for her anymore. It was a cordial parting of ways. They still hang around with the same group of friends.”
However, a source close to Aditi sticks to the we-are-just-good-friends routine, “Where were they dating to break up now? He was just a friend.
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India vs South Africa, 2nd Test: Four days of rain, glass half full for Virat Kohli
A software engineer named Isis says Facebook auto-blocked her account
SPORTS ROUNDUP DDCA gets ‘conditional nod’ to host India-SA Test in Delhi
Agency | Mumbai Major banking transactions took a hit on Thursday as over 17,000 employees of RBI went on ‘one-day mass casual leave’, protesting against reform measures of the central government and seeking better retirement benefits. Among the services that were affected were cheque clearances, payments and settlements, and forex transactions. The protest -the first at the apex bank in six years -- was called by the United Forum of Reserve Bank Officers and Employees, the umbrella organisation of four recognised unions of officers and other employees at the central bank. The unions are opposing the government’s move to take away the public debt management from the Reserve Bank and curtail its powers on monetary policy. “The government, by various mechanisms, is taking away functions of RBI. They have proposed to form Public Debt Management Agency (PDMA).
Agency | Bangalore History was made at the Chinnaswamy Stadium over the last four days, by doing nothing. The second Test match between India and South Africa was the first ever to witness more than three washed-out days on Indian soil. You could frame the inclement weather as the major culprit for the complete lack of action in Bangalore, but funnily enough you never got to see the kind of apocalyptic rain that you would expect to have caused such catastrophic
damage to a Test match. It was eventually a drizzle that killed the second Test. It was also a highly billed contest owing to this being AB de Villiers’s 100th Test. Though the thousands who turned up at the Chinnaswamy Stadium on the first day did get to see the milestone man dish out a customarily special knock, 85 off 105 balls, the match itself will be remembered — as difficult a task as that seems — for statistics of a different kind. It was after all the second shortest Test ever
in India — Bangalore saw 81 overs being bowled as compared to the 71 that India and New Zealand competed over in Chennai 20 years ago in 1995 — and the 11th shortest in the history of the game. It also brought a watery end to India’s second-best run on home soil — they had won 7 straight Tests since Australia’s tour here in 2013. Moreover the rain reversal meant that South Africa have now seen 10 days out of a possible 20 being decided by rain in the last four Tests.
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The Delhi high court on Thursday asked the state government not to withhold the ‘no objection certificate (NOC)’ for the upcoming India-South Africa Test match, saying that the Delhi and District Cricket Association (DDCA) has agreed to deposit Rs one crore in connection with the administration’s extertainment tax demand. A bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva also directed the AAP government not to take any coercive measures against DDCA in connection with Rs 24-crore entertainment tax demand raised on the committee, told HT. Ties cricketing body by the between the two crickadministration’s Excise, et boards have soured in Entertainment and Luxrecent months over the BCCI’s dogged refusal to play in the UAE, which acts as the home venue for the Pakistan cricket team after a 2009 terror attack on the visiting Sri Lankan team.
Pak denies permission to its cricket team to play in India Agency | New Delhi
Agency | Mumbai A little earlier today a software engineer from San Francisco had her account blocked by Facebook. The reason? Her name makes people uncomfortable. Isis Anchalee is a programmer, most known for tackling sexism in the industry, when she launched the #ILookLikeAnEngineer campaign on Twitter in August,and now on the advisory board of Women Who Code. She says that she was blocked on Facebook today because of the unfortunate similarity between her first name and that of the extremist jihad group. She wasn’t alone in her indignation though, as thousands of people responded to her tweet with either sympathy or stories of friends with the same name who were also blocked. Thankfully, the social media platform was (relatively) quick to respond, though not before Anchalee had to send in her photo ID as verification three times over.
Govt sets ball rolling for e-auction of eight coal mines Agency | New Delhi
The government today kick-started the process of online auction for eight blocks in the fourth round for sectors like steel, cement and iron. The government has already mobilised over Rs 3 lakh crore in the first three rounds of coal auction and allotment. “It has been decided to auction eight Schedule III coal mines earmarked for non-regulated sectors like, iron and steel, cement and captive power plants in the fourth tranche. The e-auction for these mines will be held from January 18 to January 22, 2016,” Coal Secretary Anil Swarup said addressing the media here. Directions have been issued to the nominated authority for auctions, Joint Secretary, Coal, Vivek Bhardwaj, to conduct the auction, and the notice inviting tenders will be issued tomorrow, Swarup said. “Commencement of sale of tender document will start from December 31 while the vesting order by the nominated authority to successful bidders will be issued by March 10,” the Secretary said. These mines together have reserves totaling 1,143.42 million tonnes (MT) and their peak rated capacity stands at 12.86 mt.
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The chances of reviving one of sport’s greatest rivalries virtually ended on Thursday after Pakistan denied its cricket team the permission to play in India citing security concerns, scuttling plans for a proposed bilateral tournament in December. The two countries are also unlikely to play in the United Arab Emirates as proposed by Islamabad as the Indian government is not expected to give permission due to the presence of al Qaeda and the Islamic State in West Asia. “The Pakistani government po-
sition is that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) cannot play in India without the government’s permission which has not been given. The government raised security and safety issues for the PCB regarding playing in India,” Najam Sethi, the chief of the PCB’s executive
ury Tax department. The court asked DDCA to deposit Rs one crore in two instalments of Rs 50 lakh each with the department whose clearance is also required to host the India-South Africa Test match at Feroz Shah Kotla stadium from December 3 to December 7. The first instalment is to be paid within two weeks from Thursday and the remaining in two weeks thereafter, the bench said. “No coercive steps will be taken till further orders,” it said and listed the matter for further hearing on November 27. DDCA vice-president Chetan Chauhan said the state association is ready to put up a good show at the Feroz Shah Kotla. “We are thankful to the
judiciary for taking a positive step for the cricket lovers of the capital. We will now put all our energies towards hosting a successful game,” a jubilant Chauhan. “We have already started the work of the match. On behalf of the committee, I would like to thank everybody who worked hard to make this happen and we will organise a good game,” the former India cricketer said. The order came on DDCA’s plea challenging a recent Delhi government decision to slap a demand of Rs 24.45 crore as entertainment tax dues on the association. It also claimed that the government was trying to reassess its entertainment tax dues for the period from 2003 till 2005.
Iain Hume to score his fifth goal in the tournament. Atletico jumped to the second place behind leaders FC Goa with 17 points from 11 matches, while Chennayin were rooted to the bottom of the table with 10 points from as many matches. This was also the Kolkata outfit’s first win at home in three matches as they returned to winning ways after two successive defeats at the Vivekananda Yuva Bharati Krirangan. Raphael Augusto put Chennayin ahead in the 27th minute when the Brazilian took advantage
of some sloppy defending by Augustin Fernandes to make a clincial finish. Augusto played a little one-two with Fikru and made his way into the box after the Atletico left back made a failed diving attempt to clear the ball. Arnab Mondal too came in his way but once Augusto went past Fernandes there was no stopping him as the Brazilian calmly slotted the ball home. Having conceded the first goal in front of the home crowd, Atletico lifted their game in what was a lacklustre start for both the teams.
ISL: Atletico de Kolkata move to second spot after 2-1 win over Chennaiyin FC
EPL 2015: Manchester City’s Samir Nasri rules himself out for three months Agency | Karachi
Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri has ruled himself out of action for three months due to a hamstring injury but insists he will return “better than ever”. Nasri strained his hamstring in City’s 5-1 over Bournemouth on October 17 and has not played for the club since, though manager Manuel Pellegrini was hopeful he would recover in time for Saturday’s Premier League clash at home to Liverpool. In addition to the Liverpool game, Nasri is set to miss several other important league matches, including against Southampton on November 28 and Arsenal on December 21. “What doesn’t kill you see you in 3 months,” the a picture on his Instagram make you stronger. I will 28-year-old said on Twit- account showed him on be back better than ever ter on Wednesday, while crutches.
Agency | Kolkata Defending champions Atletico de Kolkata came from a goal down to beat Chennaiyin FC 2-1 and jump to the second spot in the Indian Super League football tournament, in Kolkata on Wednesday. Raphael Augusto put the visitors ahead in the 27th minute before Atletico produced the turnaround with a superb display by man-of-the-match Sameehg Doutie. The South African right winger brought in the equaliser before the interval and produced a fine assist in the 63rd minute for
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Veteran leader Dolat Desai quits BJP Anandiben assures cotton growers of relief Correspondent | Surat
Octogenarian BJP leader of south Gujarat Dolat Desai resigned from the party in protest against his “insult” and denial of tickets to four of his loyalists by the local party leaders Wednesday. Apart from Desai, former president of Valsad district panchayat Ganpat Patel also quit BJP and joined Congress. Desai (85), a five-time former MLA from Valsad town, said,
“I have resigned from primary membership of the party as I felt insulted. I will not join any political party but will support my loyalists who are contest-
ing as independent candidates.” Desai had submitted his resignation from the party to Valsad district BJP president Kanu Desai Wednesday afternoon.
She recalls how it took five years to convince authorities to register their cooperative as they were not selling any product but a service. Over the years, Saundarya Mandali has gone from strength to strength through several levels of training. From providing cleaning services in institutions of national repute to residential societies, they also offered services during Vibrant Gujarat summits in the past. The majority of the cleaning women are former paper pickers. Their gunny collection bags now replaced with modern equipment including road cleaners, vacuum cleaners, high-jet pressure, micro-fibre mops, floor cleaners, carpet shampooing machines, scrubbers and extractors, these women claim to do a mean cleaning job. It was a milestone hitting the Rs 1 crore turnover mark. The next target is to make illiterate women tech-savvy to ensure that they can crack the e-tendering process.
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Immediately after handing over the resignation letter, Desai called a press conference in Valsad and made announcement of his resignation from the party. Desai had contested from Valsad town assembly seat for five consecutive times since 1980 and turned out victorious. The last election he fought was in 2007. He had once been made minister of forest and environment in state cabinet.
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CM Anandiben Patel tried to woo farmers on Wednesday by telling them that the state government would see to it that cotton-cultivators of Saurashtra do not suffer due to ‘low’ cotton prices. Addressing an election rally in Khimrana village of Jamnagar taluka in Jamnagar district, Patel said that government was concerned over what she termed as ‘low’ pric-
Ex-rag picker’s cleaning Court acquits doctor accused of paying firm hits Rs 1cr turnover Chhota Rajan to abduct ex-Gujarat CM Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Until 1981, Manjula Vaghela, now 60, used to work as a paper picker on the city streets for a living, earning Rs 5 per day. On rainy and cold days, this measly income would also elude her. Today, Manjula heads a cleaners’ cooperative with 400 members that provide cleaning and housekeeping services to 45 institutions and societies in Ahmedabad raking in a turnover of Rs 1 crore per annum! Manjula recalls how Shri Saundarya Safai Utkarsh Mahila Sewa Sahkari Mandali Ltd (SSSUMSSML) consisting of 40 women offering commercial cleaning services was born after coming in contact with Elaben Bhatt-founded Self-Employed Women’s Association (Sewa). “National Institute of Design was the first institution to give business to us. Next, Physical Research Laboratory (PRL) hired our 15 women,” says Manjula, who was then the chief supervisor.
A city sessions court on Wednesday acquitted a Mumbai-based doctor accused of paying “supari” to gangster Chhota Rajan to abduct former Gujarat chief minister the late Amarsinh Chaudhary and ophthalmologist Amit Shah in 2000 in a bid to extort Rs 3 crore. Rajan, who was recently caught and deported from Indonesia, is a wanted accused in this case. Sessions judge N G Dave pronounced the order, releasing Dr Piyush Trikamlal Mehta, a resident of Villeparle West, Mumbai. Mehta has been acquitted from all the charges for want of evidence. The case saw sev-
Dino Morea, the much sought-after supermodel and actor who is currently seen in his most adventurous daredevil avatar on Zee TV’s big-ticket reality show ‘I Can Do That’ is in Ahmedabad today on the eve of the show’s exciting Grand Finale. The battleground is set, the drum rolls have begun and its time for the Top 4 finalists of Zee TV’s big-ticket reality show ‘I Can Do That’ - Rithvik Dhanjani, Gurmeet Choudhary, Gauahar Khan and Madhurima Tuli to take on one last challenge, perhaps the toughest. This festive 5 week rollercoaster ride of entertainment has had its 12 celebrity contestants step out of their comfort zones and undertake tasks and challenges which they, even in their wildest dreams, would never
have imagined themselves to perform. The finale episode to be aired on Sunday, 22nd November will see the extremely competitive finalists putting their best foot forward in an attempt to outdo each other and win
eral ups and down as most of the witnesses turned hostile, including the complainant Dr Amit Shah,” said advocate V D Gajjar, who represented Dr Mehta. Dr Shah is the father of Vismay, who was earlier this year convicted in a hit and run case and sentenced to five years imprisonment. The Detection of Crime Branch (DCB), Ahmedabad, had
booked Dr Mehta along with 18 others, including Rajan and members of Babbar Khalsa group, a terrorist group. Dr Mehta’s name was not there in the original FIR, but after Shah’s statement, a supplementary chargesheet was filed against him. Shah was one of the prime witness in the case, who turned hostile during the course of trial.
Bihar Chief Minister-designate Nitish Kumar on Wednesday invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the swearing-in ceremony of his new government on November 20. On Friday, Nitish will
Click by : Dixit Patel the audience’s hearts and votes. What’s more … viewers can look forward to the stars of Tamasha Deepika Padukone and Ranbir Kapoor having a ball with the contestants and host Farhan Akhtar at the Grand finale!
enrolled for higher education. The report cites that the reason for this is the level of education for women is poor among rural stretches of Gujarat since not many women were taking up education in the past. However, the trend is now changing as a result of increased awareness,
the report says. Another reason for the lower number of households with women graduates is the lack of academic infrastructure in the state. In addition, some of the families in rural areas are still unwilling to send their daughters to urban areas for further studies.
to India,” said Thakur. The two BJP leaders former party president of Bharuch district and senior RSS member Shirish Bangali and general secretary of Bharatiya Janta Yuva Morcha of Bharuch district Pragnesh Mistry - were shot dead by two unidentified gunmen in Bharuch on November 2. After taking over the probe and arresting nine persons from different parts of Gujarat, Rajasthan and Uttarakhand, Gujarat Anti Terrorist
Squad (ATS) claimed that the contract for killing the BJP leaders was allegedly given by absconding 1993 Mumbai serial blasts accused Javed Dawood Patel, also known as Javed Chikna, apparently to avenge riots in Mumbai during 1993 and in Gujarat during 2002. The contract killing assignment was allegedly given by Chikna to one of the arrested accused Imran Kadri, who then took help of eight others to carry out the murders.
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model code of conduct of election. Incidentally, Patel had also raised the issue of cotton prices with Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Mohan Kundariya last week. Gujarat is the largest cotton producer in the country. Saurashtra region, includ-
Women graduates the lowest in Gujarat at only 9.5% households
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Says Dino Morea to speak on his experience on Zee TV’s reality show ‘I Can Do That’
es of cotton. She further said that the government will take steps so that cotton-cultivators are not meted out injustice. The CM went on to add that the government had chalked out a plan to tackle the situation but it could not be announced immediately due to the
ing Jamnagar district, is the largest producer of the natural fibre in the state. On the smart city project, she said as soon as the elections were over, “I assure you that in the next one year, there will be wifi across Gujarat…you can work on your computer even on the road or and in your balcony. Our youth should be able to access college lectures online. Our youth should not think that I am left behind because my mobile does not have Internet”. The AMC will go to polls along with five other corporations on Sunday.
take oath for the fifth time as Bihar’s Chief Minister at Patna’s Gandhi Maidan. Ending speculation over the invite, Nitish spoke to the PM over telephone and extended his invitation. While PM Modi will not attend the event, the Union government will be represented at the function by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu and MoS (Independent Charge) Rajiv Pratap Rudy. JD (U) state president Bashistha Narayan Singh said it was part of protocol to invite the Prime Minister. The party’s national spokesperson KC Tyagi said: “It is a matter of standard protocol to invite the PM. Even Arvind Kejriwal invited him, but the PM did not attend… We are looking forward to good relationship with the Centre.” The JD(U), meanwhile, is working towards using the stage to send out a message about
a potential anti-BJP alliance at the national level through the presence of top leaders from non-BJP parties. On Wednesday evening, Nitish tweeted a list of important invitees who had confirmed their plans to attend Friday’s swearing-in. The list of 35 people included Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, DMK’s MK Stalin, former PM HD Deve Gowda, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, Assam CM Tarun Gogoi, Sikkim CM Pawan Kumar Chamling, UP CM Akhilesh Yadav, Himachal CM Virbhadra Singh, Arunachal Pradesh CM Nabam Tuki, and Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah. The Left, which is now eager to mend ties with the socialist bloc after fighting against the Grand Alliance in Bihar, will be represented by CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury and CPI’s D Raja.
The state of Gujarat has the lowest women graduates in the country revealed the 2011 census data. According to a report on TOI only 9.5% households in Gujarat have women graduates. This equals to only 10.90 lakh households with women graduates of the 1.14 crore households surveyed in total in Gujarat. The national average is higher at 9.75% of 22.46 crore households across the country. Even men in Gujarat have a lower percentage of literacy rate in comparison to the national average. The state has only 13.42% households with men graduates than when compared to the national average of 14.8%. The census data shows that teenagers in only 32.5% households in Gujarat have studied up to class 12 or have
Twin murders: Gujarat govt recommends NIA probe Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Gujarat government has decided to go for probe by National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the murder case of two BJP leaders in Bharuch as the key conspirators are suspected to be out of India and having links with terror modules. The proposal to hand over the probe to NIA has been signed by the Chief Minister Anandiben Patel, State Director General of Police (DGP) P C Thakur told reporters in a press conference here today. “In the proposal, sent to the Ministry of Home Affairs, we have requested the Centre to hand over the probe to NIA. As per the NIA Act, investigations are handed over to the national agency whenever the local police finds international linkages of local terror modules and perpetrators need to be brought
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