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Brave Shaktiman, police horse injured at BJP rally in Dehradun “Shaktiman’s Death” f e i r B s w Ne IPL 2016
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Kejriwal unlikely to campaign in the MCD by-polls
Agency | New Delhi With by-polls in 13 MCD wards scheduled next month, Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal is unlikely to campaign for the party in the elections. The AAP has fielded candidates in all 13 wards that are going to polls, in which the BJP, the Congress and Swaraj Abhiyan backed independent candidate are also in fray. “The Chief Minister is unlikely to campaign in the by-polls. He visits 22-30 constituencies every month on account of attending different functions and events.
Tejaswi backs Lalu’s support to Nitish as PM
Agency | Patna Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejaswi Yadav today supported RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s backing of Nitish Kumar as Prime Ministerial candidate but evaded a direct reply when asked who would be better choice for the post between Kumar and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi. Asked to comment that his father and RJD President Lalu Prasad has supported Nitish Kumar for the PM post, Tejaswi Yadav told reporters “Why not? He is honest and has a clean image.” Besides, being Chief Minister for five times he (Kumar) has been a minister at the Centre too, younger son of Prasad said.
Uttarakhand Police’s horse dies Agency | Dehradun
Shaktiman – the horse of Uttarakhand Police that had a leg amputated after being allegedly assaulted by a politician – died on Wednesday It was injured during a BJP protest in Dehradun. A couple of days ago, reports had stated that Shaktiman was recovering well and had started walking after a prosthetic leg was arranged for and fixed by Jamie Vaughan, an American animal lover who lives in Paro, Bhutan and runs an animal shelter there. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat expressed condolence over Shaktiman’s death and said, “I am shocked, can’t express
my feeling in words, we all thought Shaktimaan was recovering well.” Meanwhile, blaming the Congress government in the state, BJP leader Ajay Bhatt said, “An innocent animal died because of the state govt’s mistake and no proper treatment was given to it.” Contradicting Bhatt’s claims, doctor who was attend-
ing Shaktiman said, “We are very sad. Everybody did everything possible, what happened today is sad.” “It was unexpected as Shaktimaan was recovering well. A brave horse has died and we must respect it,” said Dr Khambatta. Demanding strict action against those responsible for Shaktiman’s death, Union Min-
ister Maneka Gandhi said, “Shaktimaan was a police officer on duty and went through so much pain which ultimately killed him. The culprits should be arrested for killing a police officer.” Shaktiman was part of the Uttarakhand Mounted Police. It had fallen down during the protest after BJP MLA Ganesh Joshi allegedly tried to pull it down. Joshi was seen trying to hit the horse with a stick and was also accused of breaking its leg. He has, however, maintained his innocence claiming he was just trying to scare the animal. Joshi, who was arrested on charges of attacking Shaktiman,
tion. They come to India say we don’t like Rajiv Gandhi’s policy and kill him, is it that simple’ Can we accept that’ It is the most unpatriotic thing if anyone says anything in this regard,” said
Swamy. ”Rajiv Gandhi did not die alone 18 policemen died. Jayalalithaa does not have a drop of patriotic blood in her, very selfish women she only thinks of herself. This is against the nation. Tamil people will reject this, they are all patriotic people they don’t want this. The punishment has been reduced from death sentence to lifetime imprisonment and now they want that the guilty should be freed, it cannot be done,” he added.
was later granted bail on March 22 by a local court here. District and Sessions Judge Ramdutt Paliwal had granted bail to Joshi on furnishing two bail bonds of Rs 25,000 each, his lawyer R S Raghav had said. He was sent to 14 days’ judicial custody in the case on March 18. His bail petition had been rejected just a day later by the court of Judicial Magistrate Akram Ali. Non-bailable offences under which Joshi was
charged include stopping from discharging their government officials duties.
AAP vs Jung again? Appointed by govt, Tihar prisons chief steps down
Rajiv Gandhi assassination case: Subramanian Swamy slams’ unpatriotic’ Jayalalithaa Agency | New Delhi
Slamming Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa for demanding the release of seven convicts in former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination case, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday dubbed the AIADMK chief as perfidious and accused her of being unpatriotic. Swamy said. that the request made by Jayalalithaa is against the nation as the convicts booked
for Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination were terrorists, who should not be spared. “Rajiv Gandhi was the prime minister of India and the LTTE is a foreign organisation, it’s a terrorist organisa-
Bombay High Court allows BCCI to hold May 1 IPL match in Pune
Agency | New Delhi Senior IPS officer JK Sharma stepped down as Tihar prisons chief, hours after being given the appointment order by the Delhi home department on Tuesday. Sharma, a 1982-batch IPS officer – presently posted as director general (Home Guard) – was given additional charge of prisons in the afternoon, an order which was reportedly passed without
consulting the lieutenant governor. In Delhi, the transfer and appointment of all gazette officers is approved by the lieutenant governor. However, Sharma’s appointment to Tihar was signed by an additional secretary of the home department. Taken by surprise, L-G Najeeb Jung is said to have nullified the order, a move that can become another flashpoint in the tussle between Delhi chief
minister Arvind Kejriwal and Jung. The two have been at loggerheads since the appointment of joint commissioner of police Mukesh Meena as the Anti Corruption Branch chief in June last year. By Tuesday evening, Sharma returned the charge to the earlier officer as the appointment was not approved by ‘competent authority’. Prison sources said Sharma took the decision when he learned that the home department passed the appointment without Jung’s approval. In a letter issued under the DG (Prison) credentials, Sharma further said he will be “happy to resume the above mentioned charge on approval of competent authority”.
Women denied entry, assaulted inside Nashik’s Trimbakeshwar temple
ing logistical and other difficulties in moving it ing prayers in the core over. When we resisted, to another venue. “As an area. The temple trust the local residents asexception, due to logistook the decision follow- saulted us right in front of tical reasons mentioned ing an agitation by Pune- the god,” a woman devoby BCCI in the applibased Swarajya Mahila tee said. The police have cation we are allowing Sanghatana, headed by booked some 150 persons the match to he held in Vanita Gutte. The wom- for assaulting the women Pune on May 1,” the oren activists, however, had seeking entry inside the der said. The application refused to follow the con- “garbha griha”. This the was filed after the high ditions. Members of the second time SanghataAgency | Mumbai Maharashtra. A division court passed the order on Sanghatana alleged that na activists have tried to bench of justices V M April 13 directing all IPL He Bombay High Court Kanade and M S Karnik matches from April 30 Correspondent | Pune shik district. The Trim- when they reached the enter the temple’s inner today permitted the BCCI granted the permission onwards to be shifted out bakeshwar Devasthan temple early on Wednes- sanctum. Last Thursday, A group of women devto hold the May 1 IPL Trust had decided last day, they were asked by Gutte and fellow camwhile hearing an appli- of Maharashtra to avoid otees was allegedly as- week to allow women officials of the temple paigners refused to enter match between Mumbai cation filed by BCCI’s use of huge quantities of Indians and Rising Pune general manager (games water for maintenance of saulted and denied entry into the Lord Shiva tem- trust to come in wet cot- the core area of the temSupergiants in Pune, a development) Ratnakar stadiums when the state inside the inner sanctum ple’s sanctum sanctorum ton cloths. “When we re- ple on Thursday morning week after it ordered Shetty urging the court was reeling under a grim of the Trimbakeshwar for an hour every day, turned to the temple after wearing wet clothes and shifting to other venues to allow the cricket body drought. By that order, temple on Wednesday by but with a rider that they having a bath, we were got into an argument with all post-April 30 match- to hold the May 1 match 13 matches were to be local residents of Trim- must wear wet cotton or told that the time to enter several local priests over bak in Maharashtra’s Na- silk clothes while offer- the inner sanctum is now the rule. es planned in drought-hit as scheduled in Pune, cit- shifted to other states. Corpo. Office: B/14, Madhav Chamber’s, India Colony, Opp-Vidhyanagar School, Bapunagar, Ahmedababad - 380024 Email: ssdaily2013@gmail.com Mo : 98250 98053
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No new sugar mills in Marathwada for 5 years, is what needs..?
In what can only be called a knee-jerk reaction, the Maharashtra government has decided to ban the setting up of new sugar mills in the drought-hit Marathwada region. The underlying logic behind the move is to discourage cultivation of an ostensibly water-guzzling crop. Now, there is no doubt that sugarcane requires over 2,000 mm of water through conventional flood irrigation methods. This is much more than the Marathwada region’s normal average annual rainfall of 821.6 mm, leave alone the 532.2 mm received in 2015 and 548.9 mm the year before. But it raises the question: How does a ban in sanctioning new mills, that too for five years, help? If, indeed, sugarcane is the main cause of Marathwada’s troubles, as some contend, why limit the ban to just five years? And what about the existing mills: Why allow them to crush at all? If the Devendra Fadnavis government’s latest decision is aimed at making Marathwada’s farmers grow crops that consume less water, the right way to do so is by ending the regime of subsidies on canal irrigation as well as electricity for pumpsets. It is these subsidies, besides payment of an assured price for their crop supplied to mills, that has led farmers to cultivate more sugarcane by overdrawing both canal and underground water. If water is properly metered and priced to reflect its scarcity value, they may well choose to reduce the area under cane and plant more pulses, oilseeds or cotton instead. Alternatively, they may continue to grow sugarcane, but by employing drip irrigation that will reduce the water requirement for sugarcane to below 1,000 mm. Those gunning for sugarcane fail to see that this is a crop that also produces green fodder, which farmers would otherwise have had to grow separately. Moreover, unlike other industries, sugar mills neither require water nor electricity from outside; these are present either directly in the cane or generated as a byproduct. Clearly, there is an element of exaggeration to the view that blames Marathwada’s water woes entirely on sugarcane, while ignoring the impact of monsoon failure itself in three out of the last four years. This view, perhaps, also underestimates the benefits sugar may have brought to the region’s farmers, including generating employment opportunities. While not permitting new mills may help the Fadnavis government to score political brownie points — the earlier Congress-NCP dispensation was, after all, synonymous with the state’s powerful “sugar lobby” — it does not address the core issue of rational water use. If canal water is made available to all crops on a uniform per-hectare basis sans any subsidies, farmers can be trusted to make the right planting decisions based on market signals. They don’t have to be told what to grow — and what not to grow.
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‘Premam’ actress Sai Pallavi clarifies about Mani Ratnam film Agency | Mumbai
She became a wellknown name after the stupendous success of Malayalam film Premam. Sai Pallavi, who played the role of Malar in the film starring Nivin Pauly, is now being approached by other south film industries. She was reportedly signed on for a Mani Ratnam film starring actor Karthi. The audience was excited about this as they would get to see her in a Mani Ratnam film. The
ace director is known for his strong portrayal of relationships on screen. However, now there are reports that she is no longer in the film and it was rumoured that she opted out. Sai Pallavi is currently shooting in Georgia but the rumours reached her as the media had been calling her mother. The talented actress took to social media to clarify what had happened as far as this film goes. She stated that the actress re-
quired for the role was someone more mature as there had been changes in the script. As a result, Mani Ratnam explained this to her and thus they would be getting someone else on board now. Sai Pallavi said she is excited about the film though she is no longer part
onscreen chemistry is intriguing! Mammootty, Huma Qureshi starrer Malayalam film ‘White’s trailer launched
There was a big buzz in Bollywood when this rumour came out. Sunny Deol was stated to have roped in none other than Baahubali director SS Rajamouli for his next film. The movie titled Mera Bharat Mahaan is one of Sunny Deol’s upcoming flicks. The story is reportedly being written by Vijayendra Prasad, director SS Rajamouli’s father. Vijayendra Prasad has been in great demand after the massive success of Salman Khan’s Bajrangi Bhaijaan and SS Ra-
‘Baahubali’ update: Heat wave forces director SS Rajamouli to stop shoot
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Sunny Deol teams up Baahubali director SS Rajamouli for his next
jamouli’s magnum opus Baahubali. Sunny Deol, who is looking to deliver a massive hit, has roped in Vijayendra Prasad to pen the story for Mera Bharat Mahaan. Then news spread that SS Rajamouli might come in to direct the film as well. However, director Rajamouli’s spokesperson said. that SS Rajamouli is tied up till April 2017 with Baahubali part 2. “He absolutely doesn’t have time for anything else at this point of time. He will decide on his next project only post April next year,” clarified the spokesperson.
of it. But then who knows, she might end up working with Mani Ratnam somet i m e in the future!
Sai Pallavi is excited about the film though she is no longer a part of it Mammootty and Huma Qureshi’s
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and Huma. Mammootty who is fondly called MammookThe upcoming Malayalam ka has played varied roles movie ‘White’ has become throughout his career. We doubt talk of Mollywood movie any star in Malayalam Cinema buffs. It is one of the most awaitcan match up to the 64-year-old ed films of the year as the fans superstar. In this upcoming film, would be seeing a fresh face Mammootty plays the role of on the silver screens opposite Prakash Roy who is a billionaire megastar Mammootty. It is none settled in London. He falls in love other than Bollywood beauty with a 25-year-old beauty named Huma Qureshi. Yes, the 29-year-old Roshni Menon, the character actress is making her debut in the played by Huma Qureshi. This is Malayalam film industry with Uday definitely one of the most unusual Ananthan directorial film ‘White’. The love tale in the Malayalam cinema. The first poster, bloopers teaser of ‘White’ trailer of the film looks very intriguing left everyone enthralled. And with the – one really can’t their eyes off from the trailer of the film that released yesterday sizzling chemistry between Mammoot(April 19), fans just can’t stop praising ty and Huma and off course the beautithe onscreen chemistry of Mammookka ful locations.
The high temperature in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana is wreaking havoc for people in the two states. Director SS Rajamouli who was shooting for Baahubali 2 at Ramoji Film City in Hyderabad was forced to stop shooting thanks to the soaring temperature. According to sources, the director was busy shooting the film but the heat started to adversely affect the people on set. Rajamouli was trying to finish certain portions quickly but the heat did not allow the team to work efficiently. In the end, the ace director was forced to give the entire team a month-long break from the shoot. The team will now relax during the peak summer and come back to sets when the temperature hopefully dips. Currently, the temperature there is around 45 degrees celsius. Ra-
jamouli was keen on spending more time on post-production but it looks like that may not be a possibility. to wrap the shoot Rajamouli Heas wants early as possible and release the film on April was keen 14, 2017. This monthto spend more long break is likely to have caused some time on postupheavals in his production but it shoot schedule. The film was rumoured looks like that to release in Decem2016 earlier, but may not be a thebershoot for the second part was delayed due to possible unknown factors.Several people in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have died of sunstroke because of the scorching heat. The state governments have advised people to keep themselves hydrated and remain indoors during the peak hours of the day.
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Agency | London The results which were followed up for three months showed a reduction of 0.61 percent in body fat in study participants. This was as a result of 71-minute shorter sitting time per day during working hours after one month. “A reduction in sitting time by 71 minutes per day could have positive effect in the long run as this could be associated with reduced risk of heart diseases, diabetes and all-cause mortality, especially among those who are inactive,” said professor Janne Tolstrup from National Institute of Public Health, Denmark. Researchers from University of Southern Denmark, the National Research Centre for Prevention and Health and the University of Sydney conducted a multi-component work-based intervention to reduce sitting time and prolonged sitting periods. The team analysed 317 office workers in 19 offices across Denmark and Greenland randomly put into the intervention or control groups. The intervention included environmental office changes and a lecture and workshop, where workers were encouraged to use their sitstand desks. By wearing an accelerometer device, the researchers were able to measure results across a five-day working week.
Bharti Airtel to Sell Over 5% Stake in Telecom Tower Unit
Agency | Mumbai Sunil Mittal’s Bharti Airtel is looking to monetise another tranche of its holding in the company’s tower arm Bharti Infratel. The telecom company will use funds for the upcoming spectrum auctions and to pare debt. The stake sale could be done via block deals in Infratel. Bharti has been cutting its stake in Infratel, which got listed a few years ago, and this time it could be pared by over 5 percent. At current market capitalisation, this will help the company raise over Rs 3,200 crore. As of now, Bharti holds around 71.7 percent in Infratel.
Google Study Reveals 760,935 Websites Were Breached Last Year
Agency | Mumbai A star-studded affair awaits us at Wankhede, with two heavyweight teams looking to gain momentum as the tournament begins to enter a phase that many believe is the most crucial one. While RCB have played only two games and won one of them, Mumbai Indians are languishing in the bottom half of the table, with one win in four matches. RCB’s top-heavy batting line-
ter of time before Gayle, who’s scored only 13 runs in his last five T20 outings, begins to stamp his authority on the proceedings. When asked about Gayle’s lacklustre performances, skipper Kohli reposed faith on the West Indian, saying he expects the him to come good at some stage in the tournament and that he’s not worried about up -- consisting of Virat his batting form. HowKohli, A.B. de Villiers ever, bowling remains a and Shane Watson -- has cause for concern. The done the bulk of the scor- absence of Mitchell Starc ing so far, accontinues to haunt RCB counting the Bangalore have played for nearteam. They’ve only two games ly 80% been served of the and won one of them, well by Wattotal son’s canny Mumbai Indians are r u n s off-cutters and languishing in the subtle changscored and have, es in pace in the bottom half. in many middle overs but the ways, made up for rest of the pack seemed Chris Gayle’s woeful not-so-effective and form. But it’s only a mat- non-threatening.
“Finally our own Nadia Comaneci”, SRK hails Dipa Karmakar for historic achievement Agency | New Delhi
Shah Rukh Khan, on Wednesday, shared his words of appreciation for Dipa Karmakar, who after creating history by becoming the first Indian woman gymnast to qualify for the Olympics, sealed a gold medal in the women’s vaults finals at the test event of the Rio Games. “Finally our own Nadia Comaneci. Dipa Karmakar u r the pride of our Nation.Ur achievements inspire us. Some other B-Town celebs too tweeted to congratulate the 22-year-old gymnast from Tripura. “Congratulations Dipakarmakar ! Super proud!!!,” wrote
Lara Dutta Bhupathi. ”Go DipaKarmakar! Make India proud! Jai Hind! WomanPower,” read Vishal Dadlani?s “Congrats Dipa Karmakar for Olympics qualification.The first ever Indian women gymnast who qualify for Olympics. TrueInspiration Girl_Power,” wrote Arijit Singh. Karmakar dis-
played her best efforts as she scored 14.833 points in her first attempt to become the first Indian woman to clinch gold in a global gymnastics event. Karmakar, who already created history by winning bronze at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, scored 14.566 in her second and last tries, respectively.
No proof against Lt Col Purohit in Samjhauta blast case: NIA chief
Google teamed up with UC Berkeley for a study that reveals as many as 760,935 websites were breached in just one year. The research was made with the help of Google’s Safe Browsing Alerts initiative that notifies network administrators of potential security breaches and doctored URLs on the websites. The study showed the data collected from July 2014 to June 2015 and the researchers add that continuous communication with webmasters is likely to make admins eliminate reported issues by 50 percent. Also mentioned was that the infection length of a website could be decreased by at least 62 percent by sending the Safe Browsing alerts initiative notifications to website admins. ”Based on appeal logs where webmasters alert Google that their site is no longer compromised, we find 80 percent of operators successfully clean up symptoms on their first appeal,” says the research. However, it was also revealed that over 12 percent sites fell victim to a new attack within 30 days as the site owners did not address the root cause of compromise.
NIA today said there was no proof against Lt Col Prasad Purohit in the Samjhauta blast case but investigation against him is underway in connection with the Malegaon blast case. “There is no proof against him in Samjhauta blast case. He was never an accused. I wonder why his name is being linked to Samjhauta blast case,” NIA Director General Sharad Kumar said. He said Purohit has been chargesheeted by ATS Mumbai in Malegaon blasts in 2008 and NIA was carrying out further investigations in the matter. The NIA has filed charge sheet against eight people in connection with Samjhauta blast case which includes Naba Kumar Sarkar alias Swami Asimanand, Late Sunil Joshi alias Sunilji, Ramchandra Kalsangra, Sand-
Ageing Gujarat Lions spinner Pravin Tambe racks up numbers that matter
Agency | Mumbai For Pravin Tambe, the Indian Premier League (IPL) is the only time of the year to showcase his talent on the big stage. After Rajasthan Royals were suspended from the IPL, the veteran spinner has found a new lease of life with Gujarat Li-
ons. He was brilliant in the two games he featured in, playing a decisive role in wins over Rising Pune Supergiants and Mumbai Indians. His wickets included that of Pune’s Ajinkya Rahane and Kevin Pietersen, and Parthiv Patel and Kieron Pollard of Mumbai. The four wickets have come
at an economy rate of 7.5. The Mumbai-based bowler said it’s about variations and out-thinking the batsmen in the shorter format. “If you vary your length and pace then spinners will survive in this tournament. Even pace bowlers are trying to bowl slower ones, or slow bouncers. It really helps if you bowl slower, if you mix it up, to contain the batsmen.”Tambe will turn 45 this year. He said age didn’t matter for players like him and Aussie spinner Brad Hogg (45). “It is just a number for me and I think that’s what Hogg also thinks. We are enjoying the game. The main thing is if you are enjoying, then you will keep playing.
of operations, stakeholder management and building robust strategies for further promoting the sport. Commenting on the appointment, BCCI President Shashank Manohar, said, “We are pleased to have Rahul with us and are sure his vast experience and knowledge will benefit the Board. His vision, guidance and support will
contribute towards the successful working of the BCCI.” BCCI Secretary Anurag Thakur said, “We welcome Rahul aboard and wish him luck for his new role at BCCI. In the past one year, BCCI has undertaken various initiatives aimed towards transforming the working of BCCI in order to make the functioning more robust.
ACU (without undue delay) full details of any approaches or invitations received by the Participant to engage in conduct that would amount to a breach of the Anti-Corruption Code.” Ahmed was provisionally suspended in November 2015 following an investigation by the ACU “relating in part to the activities of another individual known to the ACU and
suspected of making corrupt approaches to participants”. His period of ineligibility will take effect from the date of the provisional suspension (November 4, 2015) and will end on May 4, 2018. Ronnie Flanagan, chairman of the ACU, said the suspension should serve as a reminder to participants of the need to comply with the code.
Lodha panel reforms: BCCI appoint media veteran Rahul Johri as CEO Agency | New Delhi
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The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Wednesday appointed Rahul Johri as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Rahul, who was last serving as Discovery Networks Asia Pacific’s Executive Vice-President and General Manager for South Asia, will take on his new role starting from June 1 and will report to BCCI Secretary Anurag Thakur, a statement from the Board said. He will be based in the Board’s Mumbai office. Rahul brings immense experience and knowledge onboard and will be responsible for the smooth functioning
Hong Kong’s Irfan Ahmed suspended for two years and six months Agency | Dubai
eep Dange (both absconding), Lokesh Sharma, Kamal Chauhan, Amit and Rajender Choudhary. The case pertains to the criminal conspiracy which resulted in bomb blasts in the Attari Express (Samjhauta) train near Panipat, Haryana on February 18, 2007. This blast and the consequent fire in the train coaches resulted in the loss of 68 lives and injuries to 12 train passengers including women and children travelling in the train. The other case, in which Purohit is an accused, pertains to bombing in
Malegaon area of Maharashtra on September 29, 2008. A blast rocked the area in which four persons were killed while several others injured. The probe was initially conducted by the Maharashtra ATS and later handed over to the NIA. Besides Purohit, Pragya Singh Thakur, Shivnarayan Kalsangra, Shyam Sahu, Ramesh Upadhya, Sameer Kulkarni, Ajay, Rakesh Dhawade, Jagdish Mhatre, Sudhakar Dwivedi, Sudhakar Chaturvedi and Pravin Takalki have been arrested.
The ICC has suspended Hong Kong allrounder Irfan Ahmed for two years and six months after he admitted to breaching the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Code. Ahmed has accepted the suspension and waived his right to appeal. Ahmed has not been charged with any offence involving corruption. The ICC’s anti-corruption unit, however, established that he failed to disclose “full details of approaches or invitations to engage in corrupt conduct that had been made to him between January 2012 and January 2014”. The allrounder was charged under Article 2.4.2 of the ICC Anti-Corruption Code which states, “Failing to disclose to the
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Depleting water in Maharashtra’s Gujarat govt decides to continue Mahila Samakhya under education department reservoirs; falling steadily since January Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Even as the Centre is contemplating to merge the Mahila Samakhya programme (Education for Women’s Equality) with the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), the Gujarat government has decided to take over and continue the scheme under the state Education Department from April 1. Gujarat was the first state from where the women empowerment programme was launched in 1989. “Mahila Samakhya Society Gujarat, registered under Indian
Societies Registration Act, 1860, is the first in the nation to get approval from the state government. It will continue to function as the state government funding will be routed through state education department from April 1,” confirmed the state project director Apexa Bhatt. “The scheme has successfully mobilised marginalised women — nearly 90 per cent of the sangha membership is drawn from the disadvantaged sections of society. Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe con-
Ford shuts its Gujarat Operations for a week Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Dwindling sales of figo twins has forced Ford india to shut its sanand plant operations by a week. Ford launched its latest generation figo and sub 4-m compact sedan figo aspire in 2015 following the success of ecosport. However the figo twins failed to set the sales chart on fire. While sales of the Figo hatchback declined over 60% in the six-month period between Oct 2015 and March 2016, sales of the Figo Aspire declined by 74% between its launch and March 2016. Ford
has sold only 1396 units of Figo hatchback in march 2016 against the segment leader Maruti Swift sales of 14524 units. Given the poor sales of these cars, Ford has halved its monthly production targets for the Figo and Aspire at its sanand plant in Gujarat. The production of figo twins has come down from 20000 to 6500 units a month. Ford’s sanand plant was built at a cost of USD 1 billion on the hope of achieving more market share now continues to operate a single shift.
Ahmedabad – Mumbai JetAirways flight delayed due to bomb scare
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A Jet Airways flight carrying 125 passengers and six crew members from Ahmedabad to Mumbai was taken to the isolation bay on Wednesday morning due to a bomb scare. All the passengers who were already there in plane for 45 minutes were deplaned and extensive search of the passenger and their baggage, cargo and aircraft was carried out by the security agencies. A passenger said, “we reached airport at 4.00 pm and counters opened at 5.00 am. We boarded flight and were inside for 45 minutes after which we were deplaned.” DCP Zone-4 in Ahmedabad Mr. Gadhvi said, “cleaning staff in flight found a chit mentioning a word ‘bomb’ when plane was being made ready to fly back
to Mumbai. Security incharge informed CISF about this. As per the standard operative procedures(SOP) boarding was stopped and plane was taken to isolation way for checking.” “Aircraft was thoroughly inspected by security agencies and flight with 125 passengers and 6 crew has now been cleared for departure,” Jet Airways said in a statement. A Jet Airways spokesperson said the search yielded nothing and the plane has been cleared for further journey. Investigating further, Sardarnagar police found that one chartered accountant Mr. Subramaniam was lastly traveling on seat number 24A under which the chit mentioning ‘bomb’ was found out by cleaning staff before return journey of plane.
Cumulative storage in India’s 91 biggest reservoirs is currently about half of their January levels Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
stitute 56 per cent of the sangha membership at the national level,” says the report on ‘Third National Evaluation of Mahila Samakhya Programme’, carried out by the Ravi J Matthai Centre for Educational Innovation, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, in 2014. The scheme will continue to function in Gujarat. As per sources, after series of meetings and discussions with senior most officials of various departments, including finance and ed-
ucation, the proposal has been finally approved by the Chief Minister Anandiben Patel. Initially implemented in three districts — Sabarkantha, Vadodara and Rajkot — and later expanded to nine more districts — Banaskantha, Surendranagar, the Panchmahal, Dangs, Valsad, Narmada, Dahod, Bhavnagar and Patan — the state government has already approved a budget of Rs 70 crore and aims to expand to 19 districts in another five years.
Water from the already-depleted reservoirs in Maharashtra have been drawn at a faster pace than any other part of the country since the start of this year, one reason why the state is facing such a severe water crisis. The 17 big reservoirs in the state are left with just about 2 billion cubic metres (bcm) of water now, which is barely 14% of their total capacity. At least three of these reservoirs have run dry, and there is no water in them that can be released by opening the gates.
in Mehsana during the “jail bharo” programme of Patidars on April 17. Asserting that he was a member of the community first and a political leader later, Patel wrote in his letter, dated April 18, 2016, expressing profound unhappiness over police “excesses” on local Patidars and jail bharo participants and cases under section 307 of the Indian Penal Code. “This is a serious matter and causing immense damage to
our government. Because of this, the Patidars in the BJP have suffered a lot,” he wrote, asking the CM to “wake up” at a time when she was leading the state to an all-round development, and bring an amicable end to the stir. Patel wrote that if the Jat community in Haryana could be given reservation by the government there, why couldn’t it be given in Gujarat? “I personally support the reservation for all Patidars and high castes,” he wrote. He urged the CM to see to it that no such incident were repeated in the future. He made a fervent plea to Patel to ensure “sab ka vikas” by taking along all communities together and march forward on the path of development.
department said that 80 per cent invigilators on duty during the ongoing examinations for semester VI in BA, B.Com and B.Sc and semester IV for post-graduate examinations were from outside. GU vice-chancellor M N Patel said, “None of the colleges has enough staff to conduct examinations without hiring
people from outside. All colleges have a list of people to be hired for examination purposes.” Gopal Pathak, Principal, H K Commerce College in Ahmedabad, said, “We need a large number of invigilators but the staff available in our college is not adequate. Hence, we have to hire people on temporary basis from outside.” Bhikhabhai Chaudhary, principal, Navjivan Arts and Commerce College, in Dahod, said: “We have 70 examination halls and there are only 22 teachers. With this strength, it is not possible to conduct examinations without hiring staff from outside,” said Chaudhary. He added, “We have hired 45 invigilators from outside.”
The minimal water they have, below the height of the gates, needs to be pumped out to be supplied. Data from the Central Water Commission (CWC) show that water levels in Maharashtra’s reservoirs was just over 30% of full capacity in
the first week of January. Between then and now, water levels in all 91 big reservoirs in the country, including the ones in Maharashtra, almost halved from a cumulative 44% of capacity to 23%. The reservoirs now together hold about 36 bcm out
BJP targets Sonia Gandhi, says she ‘suppressed’ info on Ishrat Jahan The BJP attack came a day after Times Now cited an RTI response to report that Chidambaram had cleared the first affidavit.
had cleared the first affidavit. At a press conference on February 29, Chidambaram had said the first affidavit was filed without his approval. “As minister, when it was brought to my notice that the first affidavit was ambiguous — which was filed without my approval — and it was being misinterpreted, it was my duty to correct the first affidavit. So we filed a supplementary affidavit after consulting the home secretary, the director of Intelligence Bureau and other officers,” he had
said. On Monday, Chidambaram issued a statement saying that while he couldn’t comment without checking the files and notings, “my public statements on why the second affidavit was filed, after due and full consultation with the home secretary and the attorney general, are self-explanatory”. He said the “real issue is, even if a person is suspected to be a terrorist, can that person be killed — as alleged — in a fake encounter?” Today, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra asked Chidambaram to name the “culprit” who had asked him to change the affidavit. “Mr P Chidambaram, let the nation know. Who is she who wrote the conspiracy? Because we all know that in the Congress party, diktats come from a singular address. You know the address.
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Police ‘excesses’ on Patidars: BJP MP writes to Anandiben Patel
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Dinesh Patel, BJP legislator from Padra constituency of Vadodara, has shot off a letter to CM Anandiben Patel, expressing his displeasure at the turn of events in Mehsana during the “jail bharo” programme of Patidars on April 17. Dinesh Patel, BJP legislator from Padra constituency of Vadodara, has shot off a letter to CM Anandiben Patel, expressing his displeasure at the turn of events
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The war of words between the BJP and Congress over fresh developments in the Ishrat Jahan case escalated on Tuesday with the ruling party alleging that Congress president Sonia Gandhi had asked then Home Minister P Chidambaram to file a second affidavit in the case as the UPA could “tolerate terrorists but not Narendra Modi as Prime Minister”. The BJP attack came a day after Times Now cited an RTI response to report that Chidambaram
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Gujarat: Universities, colleges outsource invigilators due to staff shortage
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Most colleges and universities in the state are outsourcing invigilators for examination duty. While the main reason for this is the shortage of staff, there are several teachers who refuse to do invigilation duty, arguing that it is not a “part of their job”. Officials in the Gujarat Universty (GU) examination
of their total capacity of about 158 bcm. It is important to note that the reservoirs are not expected to be full at this time of the year. Normally, they should have been holding around 46 bcm of water at this time. Last year, unexpected rain in March had ensured that they had 53.5 bcm water around this time. Thanks to that rain, and then a short burst in June, the reservoirs had above normal storage levels till the first half of August 2015, before the bad monsoon started taking its toll.
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