21st September, 2016 - Wednesday Year :02, Issue : 230 Pages: 04, Price : Rs. 1/Edition: Ahmedabad
RNI NO.: GUJENG/2014/59629
Kareena Kapoor is not playing a pregnant woman in Veere Di Wedding
ENGLISH DAILY MORNING REPUTED NEWS PAPER, AHMEDABAD Editor : Kapilkumar M. Hirpara
News Brief Pune records maximum cases of chikungunya in Maha
Deputy Editor : Chirag Rudani
September 21, 2016, Wednesday
Mo : 98250 98053
Over 90 per cent of the total 439 cases of chikungunya in Maharashtra since January this year have been reported from Pune district, according to a latest Health Department report. “So far, 439 cases of chikungunya have been recorded in the state. Out of these, 393 cases are detected in Pune district between January 1 and August 31,” Joint Director, health department, Kanchan Jagtap said.
Vasai marathon offers Rs 35 lakh in prize money (H.S.) | Mumbai
The 6th Vasai Virar Mayor’s Marathon, a national level event to be run on December 11, has offered a total prize fund of Rs 35 lakh across all categories. The winner of the men’s full race stands to gain Rs 2.5 lakh while the winners of the half marathon, among men and women, would each take home Rs 1.25 lakh each, it was announced by the Vashi Virar Municipal Corporation’s first woman Mayor, Pravina Thakur, at a media conference here today.
Kapil takes
exception over question on Pakistan
The Government is mulling various options on India’s response to
(H.S.) | New Delhi Barely two days after the terror attack in Uri, two infiltration bids were made from across the border in Kashmir on Tuesday but they were foiled by the Army in an encounter in which 10 terrorists and a jawan were killed even as Pakistani troops violated ceasefire and fired at Indian positions. As the Government mulled various options on India’s response to the cross-border terror attack on Sunday in which 18 jawans were killed, a crucial meeting of the Cabinet Committee on
Web: www.sunvillasamachar.com/en
A 22-year-old schoolteacher died after a man, whose marriage proposal she rejected, stabbed her more than 20 times on a busy road in north Delhi’s Burari on Tuesday morning, the latest in a string of stalker-related crimes
in Srinagar said the firing from across the LoC took place between 1.10 pm and 1.30 pm. However, there was no damage in the incident, he said.
“Pakistani troops resorted to unprovoked firing by small arms towards Indian positions in Uri sector this afternoon,” the official said in Srinagar.
the bus, carrying mostly from kindergarten students, lost control of the vehicle due rash driving. The accident happened in Muhawa village of Atari near the Indo-Pak border. According to the police, the driver, who
had joined the school just yesterday, was driving rashly. “35 students mostly from nursery and KG were on board when the accident took place. The bus belonged to DAV Public School and the driver is reported to have fled from the accident scene,” said the Deputy Commissioner of Police. “People in the vicinity heard the children screaming and rushed to their rescue,” he said. Eight children have been taken to a hospital in Amritsar. Rescue operations are still on.
8 Dead After School Bus Carrying 35 Children Falls In Large Drain Near Amritsar
man refused to comment on the number of militants killed in the ongoing operations so far, saying details will be made public in due course. He, however, said one soldier was killed in the operation in Nowgam sector. Army sources in Delhi, however, said that 10 terrorists were
in the city. A recording of the incident captured on closed-circuit television camera showed the woman, identified as Karuna by the police, walking on the side of a road when the suspected assailant, Surender Singh, approaches and stabs her.
As she falls to the ground and tries to get away from him, Singh is seen kicking and stabbing her multiple times and many people walking by with a few attempting to intervene but failing. Him breaking into a dance before being accosted by local residents and beaten up. Police said Singh claimed to be in love with Karuna for more than a year and had proposed marriage to her several times, but was turned down each time. The rejections enraged Singh, who began to stalk and even threatened to kill her.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Karnataka government to release 6000 cusecs of Cauvery River water every day to Tamil Nadu till September 27. A bench led by Justice Dipak Misra observed government to constitute, tional Cauvery Managethat the ground realities notify and make func- ment Board within four warranted directing the upper riparian state to release more water, starting tomorrow. The bench further directed the Central
mesters from a private college and decided to move to government-run AMP college, as the fee was cheaper there. Vadher was in-charge of that college for three years before the charge was withdrawn on September 2,” said police inspector with Rajkot ACB HP
Doshi. “When the student applied for admission in August, Jadav told him that he would get admission only after paying Rs 4,000 to Vadher as bribe. Since the youngster did not have money at that time, he requested Vadher to first confirm his admission and promised to pay the money later,” said Doshi. After the student got admission last month, Jadav allegedly started pressuring him to meet Vadher and pay the promised sum. Fed up by the constant harassment, the student then contacted ACB, said Doshi.
Stalker stabs 22-year-old Delhi woman over 20 times on busy street
(H.S.) | New Delhi
killed in the encounter with the army in the Uri sector. The bodies have not yet been recovered, they added. The sources said a group of 15 terrorists had attempted to infiltrate into Indian territory through the LoC. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh again reviewed the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir at a meeting in Delhi with top officials, including NSA Ajit Doval and Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar. Separately, Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said that any
action against terrorists based in Pakistan will be taken only after examining all relevant issues. On the ceasefire violation incident, an army official
Security(CCS) has been convened on Wednesday. “Two infiltration bids by militants from across the Line of Control(LoC) have been foiled in Uri and Nowgam sectors today. At both places the operations are in progress,” an army spokesman said in Srinagar. The spokes-
(H.S.) | Amritsar Eight children have died and 8 others are seriously injured after a bus carrying 35 school children fell into a large drain near Amritsar in Punjab. The police said the driver of
Cauvery dispute: SC asks Karnataka govt to release 6000 cusecs water to Tamil Nadu till Sept 27 (H.S.) | New Delhi
weeks. Taking note of the grievances of both the state governments regarding the order passed by the Cauvery Supervisory Committee a day ago, the court gave both the states three days to submit their objections to the report of the Supervisory Committee.
College Principal in Rajkot held for demanding bribe from law student Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
(H.S.) | Mumbai
Ph: 079-32452269
Days after Uri attack, Army foils infiltration bids; 10 terrorists, one jawan killed the cross-border terror attack on Sunday in which 18 jawans were killed
(H.S.) | Pune
Page No. 2
The Gujarat Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) today arrested the Principal of Dharmendrasinhji College in Rajkot for allegedly accepting Rs 2,500 from a law student for granting him admission. Along with Principal Chandrikaben Vadher(56), ACB officials also arrested college peon Arvind Jadav during a trap laid in his office today, said a statement by the ACB. The trap was laid after a third semester LLB student of AMP Law College in Rajkot complained that Vadher, who
Cricket legend Kapil Dev today lost his cool here at the Kabaddi World Cup media conference, where he was the chief guest, when a scribe asked why Pakistan had not been invited to take part in the tournament to be held from October 7 in Ahmedabad. “If you are a Hindustani you should not ask the question at all. Is it the time to ask this question?” he asked fuming, obviously referring to the deadly fidayeen attack. Sub Editor: Dhruvil Makani
was in-charge of the college till September 2, had been demanding Rs 4,000 through Jadav as bribe for granting him admission in third semester of LLB. The student’s identity has been withheld by ACB. “The student comes from a very humble family. He completed two se-
Office: B/14, Madhav Chamber’s, India Colony, Opp-Vidhyanagar School, Bapunagar, Ahmedababad - 380024
Email: ssdaily2013@gmail.com
Mo : 98250 98053
2 / Dt. 21-09-2016, Wednesday Editors’ Picks wednesday, september 21, 2016
PM Modi’s Uri choice: 5 options, He must take his time..!
Forty-eight hours after the 26/11 attacks, Mumbai still burning, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh chaired a meeting of grim-faced security officials to consider the most important decision leaders can make. The evidence that the Lashkar-e-Taiba was involved, National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan pointed out, was irrefutable. India, he argued, had to punish the perpetrators — or open itself up to further assault, time and again. Fali Homi Major, the then Air Force chief, told the prime minister he was prepared to strike inside Pakistan — but could not do so because the intelligence services could not provide adequate digital data on Lashkar camps. Army vice-chief Milan Naidu insisted on waiting for his boss, then out of the country, to return — and when General Deepak Kapoor was consulted, he flatly said the army could not wage a surgical strike. “They did nothing,” said the man who is now India’s Prime Minister, in a campaign speech centred on 26/11, “Indians died and they did — nothing”. “Talk to Pakistan in Pakistan’s language,” he said, “because it won’t learn lessons until then”. Prime Minister Narendra Modi now has the opportunity to deliver the message he advocated — but he’s still searching for the right words. Inside hours of Sunday’s terrorist attack in Uri, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval called top military and intelligence officials to prepare options for inflicting retaliation on jihadist groups in Pakistan. Those options will be refined, discussed, torn up, and redrawn many times in coming days; many, if not most, we will never learn of. Logic, though, tells us that the prime minister’s advisors have five basic options on the table. The first is the old-fashioned one: Retaliate along the Line of Control, using eye-for-a-tooth rules that both the Indian and Pakistani armies understand well. The Pakistan army posts that help infiltration — ideally, the same ones that aided Sunday’s attack — will be identified, and obliterated, using missiles or special forces. This is the option the army prefers, knowing that it serves its main purpose — deterrence — with the least risk of escalation. India has, indeed, sometimes staged unpublicised retaliatory actions across the LoC — for example, destroying Pakistani forward posts after the kidnapping and beheading of its soldiers in raids by that country’s special forces in 2011 and 2013. The Indian Army is also alleged to have avenged the torture and killing of Captain Saurabh Kalia, and five soldiers — sepoys Bhanwar Lal Bagaria, Arjun Ram, Bhika Ram, Moola Ram and Naresh Singh — during the Kargil war, by executing seven Pakistani soldiers captured in a raid on the Nadala enclave, on the Neelam river. From the point of view of the political leadership, though, this is the least attractive option, for the simple reason that it cannot be bragged about. Talk about raids, and the other side will be compelled to retaliate. Fighting along the LoC will hurt Pakistan — but it will hurt India even more, since it will let jihadists slip through counter-infiltration defences with relative ease, as they used to before a ceasefire went into force in 2002.The second option — the one most attractive to politicians — are air or missile strikes on jihadist targets across the LoC, which are highly visible but stop short of outright conflict. In the years since 26/11, India’s ability to conduct such strikes has been significantly enhanced.
- Kapilkumar M. Hirpara Editor
• Hirpara Kapil • Rudani Chirag • Rajput Manoj • Makani Dhruvil • Solanki Vijaysing • Kaswala Ajay • Jain Abhishek • Patel Sagar • Rudani Dixit • Bavishi Rashik • Sarkhedi Rakesh • Rudani Maulik • Patel Bharat • Kapadiya Nikhil
(Editor) (Asso. Editor) (Dy. Editor) (Sub Editor) (Sub Editor) (Sub Editor) (Sub Editor) (Reporter) (Reporter) (Reporter, Surat) (Reporter, Amreli) (Photographer) (Photographer) (Sales Manager)
www.sunvillasamachar.com
QUOTE OF THE DAY
Ahmedabad
“I condemn what Pakistan has done. However, the space for that has been created by politics that NDA has carried out in - Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday attacked Kashmir.” Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Uri Sector in which 18 Army soldiers were killed. While referring to Uri teror attack, Rahul said...
Kareena Kapoor is not playing a Remo trailer: Sivakarthikeyan as a Wedding female nurse will leave you awed pregnant woman in Veere asDiI have genuinely liked
(H.S.) | Bengaluru The trailer of Remo, starring TV anchor-turned-actor Sivakarthikeyan in the lead role, was released on Monday evening and it has everyone rooting for the film. Going by the trailer, the film is an out-and-out commercial entertainer with dialogues designed to draw applause and whistles from the youth. There is something interesting about male actors playing female roles onscreen for such roles challenge the actor in them. Understanding the mannerisms, attitude and body language of the opposite
gender is a difficult task in itself and portraying them flawlessly takes a lot of hard work and talent. While we have seen many cameos in drag of late, there have been no movies with a leading star portraying a female lead in Tamil films. Arguably, actor Kamal Haasan’s Avvai Shanmugi (1996) is the last film we can think of in this category. However, the trailer shows Sivakarthikeyan playing the role of a female nurse with ease and confidence. And it is, indeed, fun to watch him in action in this frantic comedy. The trailer be-
gins with Sivakarthikeyan sharing his ambition of becoming a film star and have his face on a big banner like superstar Rajinikanth’s at Satyam Theatre. He meets ace director K S Ravikumar to seek an acting chance, who in turn reveals that his next film’s hero will have to play a woman. Cut to the next scene, we are introduced to a drool-worthy nurse, winning hearts and fighting bad guys. Sivakarthikeyan impersonating iconic comedian Goundamani, even as Keerthy Suresh almost catches him in his lie, will leave you in splits. While we also get to see glimpses of other important characters in the film, it is Remo who leaves a mark on us. The trailer has been viewed more than one million times on YouTube in less than 24 hours and has ratcheted up the expectations of the audience.
Actress Kareena Kapoor Khan has rubbished reports that she would enact a pregnant woman in her forthcoming film Veere Di Wedding. “No (not playing pregnant woman). I am not having six pack abs, but I will have three pack abs,” Kareena said. The 35-year-old actress liked the idea of Veere Di Wedding and she cannot stop gushing about the project, which
also stars Sonam Kapoor, Swara Bhaskar and Shikha Talsania. “There has never been story of women, about four girls. It’s not about four sisters. It’s the story of four friends. It’s about wedding. It’s about my wedding in the film and my friends,” the Ki& Ka star said. “It’s an original film. It’s an emotional bond between friends…Is young and fresh. I have been talking about ‘Veere Di Wedding’ since nine months
the film and I am quite excited to start it,” she said. Directed by Shashanka Ghosh, Veere Di Wedding is a slice-of-life film exploring the spirit of modern day women. According to Kareena, it is going to be an amazing film. “Normally everyone wants to be part of a hero and heroine love story film in which the actors look great and locations look fab. After Ki and Ka and Udta Punjab, I wanted to do something slightly different,” she said. The actress will start shooting for the film next month. “We will start shooting in October and then there will be a break. We will start work on the film in March. We are shooting the film in Delhi, Greece and etc. I am very excited about the film,” she said.
in style. The legendary actor cheerfully accepted Justice Markandey Katju’s sharp criticism of him (Bachchan) having nothing inside his head. For the uninitiated, Justice Katju on September 17 wrote on his social media page, “Amitabh Bachchan is a man with nothing in his head, and since most mediapersons praise him, I doubt there is anything in their heads too”. Elaborating more on his opinion, Katju further wrote, “Amitabh Bachchan’s films, like those of Dev Anand, Shammi Kapoor, Rajesh Khanna, etc are like drugs, they take the people to a world of make believe, and they are therefore very useful to our rulers since they keep people pacified. Apart from being a good
actor, what is there in Amitabh Bachchan ? Has he any scientific ideas for solving the country’s massive problems ? There are none. From time to time he appears on some media channels giving sermons and homilies, and from time to time he is shown to be doing good deeds, but who can not do this with tons of money.” Responding to Justice Katju’s criticism, Amitabh told indianexpress.com, “Justice Katju is right. I really don’t have anything inside my head.” When asked if it’s an actor’s prerogative
to offer solutions to the problems of our country, Amitabh told us, “We can be a part of what is going on and work towards it. But he (Katju) is right. My head is khallas (finished).” Amitabh also revealed that Justice Katju went to the same school as he did in Allahabad. ” We both were in the same school in Allahabad.” When asked if there was any old rivalry between the two, Amitabh said, “There is no rivalry between us. I will have to fold my hands and stand before him. He is a judge.”
and a massive pay hike for Deepika, the film has been threatened protests by Hardik Patel-led Patidar Navnirman Sena (PNS). Padmavati is reportedly based on the life of Rani Padmini, wife of
King Ratansen of Chittor. The film will have Deepika as Padmavati while Shahid Kapoor will play her husband. Ranveer has apparently been cast in the role of Alauddin Khilji who was obsessed with Padmavati. However, before the film starts shooting in parts of Gujarat and Rajasthan’s Mewar, PNS wants assurance from Sanjay Leela Bhansali that the director will portray Rani Padmvati according to historical facts. Till then, they would not allow Bhansali to shoot the film in Gujarat.
(H.S.) | Mumbai
Amitabh Bachchan: Justice Katju right, my head is khallas I don’t fit into Bollywood formula (H.S.)is| Mumbai Amitabh Bachchan films, says filmmaker Leena Yadav Trust to answer his critics back (H.S.) | Mumbai
She took a five-year gap between Shabd and Teen Patti, and now she is ready to show the Indian audience her new project Parched. Director Leena Yadav says she takes long breaks after each film as she finds it difficult to fit into the typical Bollywood formula films. “I don’t take breaks. It’s just very difficult for me to make films because I don’t fit into the typical Bollywood formula films,” Yadav said. “It was later after I made ‘Shabd’ (2005) and ‘Teen Patti’ (2010) when people told me that the films were brilliant. Initially, my films were criticised and I was told that I had made shit,” she added.
She found it weird. “It was weird for me because, by the time I was making Teen Patti, people were calling Shabd a cult film. I was trying to find my audience and I think I’ve found them with ‘Parched’,” she said. Shabd, starring Aishwarya Rai and Sanjay Dutt, was about a writer who becomes schizophrenic, while the Amitabh Bachchan and Ben Kingsley starrer Teen Patti was about an eccentric mathema-
gician’s adventures. Her newest offering Parched traces the life of four women in a village which grapples with age-old traditions. Key roles have been essayed by a cast as talented as Tannishtha Chatterjee, Radhika Apte, Surveen Chawla, Adil Hussain, Lehar Khan and Sayani Gupta. Yadav, who premiered the movie at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) last year, says it is for the universal audience.
Munna Bhai 3 will be made after Sanjay Dutt biopic: Arshad Warsi
(H.S.) | Mumbai Arshad Warsi started his career with Tere Mere Sapne (1996). Over the years, he has worked on several notable films. As he completes 20 years in Bollywood in December, he talks about his journey so far, being con-
sidered a comedian, and more. If you are hinting at any possible regrets, then no, there are none. I don’t look back. I always look forward. Career-wise, I think it has been a great ride. From where I started to what I have achieved, I have
no complaints. It would be horrible if I complain. You always get what you want. I always wanted a good house, a peaceful family, a farm on a lake and some horses. I have all of that — well, almost. In my heart, I think I am a cowboy (smiles). This is the kind of life I have always wanted. I am a bit old-fashioned. For me, my values, my family and some other smaller things are far more important than material stuff. As for money, it is all about how much more do I want to earn.
Padmavati: Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh film threatened with protests by Hardik Patel
(H.S.) | New Delhi Padmavati starring Deepika Padukone, Ranveer Singh and Shahid Kapoor is yet to start shooting but is piling up controversies in the meanwhile. After alleged star tantrums
3 / Dt. 21-09-2016, Wednesday Nokia 216 Dual SIM with 2.4inch display launched at Rs 2,495
Agency | New Delhi Microsoft has announced the launch its new features phone Nokia 216 Dual SIM at Rs 2,495. Nokia 216 Dual SIM will be available in India starting October 24. The smartphone is available in black, grey, and blue colour variants. Nokia 216 Dual SIM has a 2.4-inch QVGA display (240×320 pixels). It sports a VGA camera both at the front and the back. The rear camera LED flash doubles as a built-in torchlight.The smartphone is backed by a 1,020 mAh battery which promises a talktime of up to 18 hours and standby time of up to 19 days. Nokia 216 Dual SIM runs Nokia Series 30+ and comes with a memory card support for up to 32GB memory.
Envy most common personality trait among humans: Study
www.sunvillasamachar.com Sourav Ganguly, Jagmohan Dalmiya may have stands named after them at Eden Gardens (H.S.) | Kolkata
The Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) is mulling naming seven Eden Gardens’ stands after eminent personalities involved with the game in the state like former India captain Sourav Ganguly and late cricket administrator Jagmohan Dalmiya, an official said at Kolkata on Monday. The other names proposed at the association’s working committee meeting held during the day are former cricketer Pankaj Roy and former CAB presidents BN Dutt, AN Ghosh, Snehasnshu Acharya and Sidhartha Shankar Ray. “This was discussed in the meeting. Nothing is finalised yet. The office bearers will take a call,” CAB Treasurer Biswa-
(H.S.) | New Delhi
roop Dey told reporters at Kolkata. “I proposed the name of Pankaj Roy and Sourav Ganguly. This was (Jagmohan) Dalmiya’s wish that stands are made on their names,” he added. CAB Joint Secretary Avishek Dalmiya proposed the names of Ghosh, Biswanath Dutta, and his father. Among the other decisions taken were
slashing of ticket prices from the previous maximum of Rs 1,500 for the Test. The new ticket denominations will be Rs 1,000, Rs 750 and Rs 500. Each of the CAB affiliated units will get 25 tickets. Counter ticket sales will start from Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Bengal Premier League is expected to start from February next year.
er and appear in a final match against the West Indies before announcing his retirement and going out gracefully,” the source said. He said that Inzamam had spoken to Afridi and reached the understanding he would announce his retirement after playing against the West Indies. But he confirmed that the plan was dropped after a senior member of the board, Najam Sethi, who heads the executive committee, objected to the method being followed to give Afridi a befitting farewell after a long career for Pakistan. “Sethi made the point that the board would be setting a wrong example by including Afridi as 16th player just to give him a chance to play
his farewell international match and it was also not befitting for such a senior player,” the source said. He said Sethi raised the question that if the selectors felt that Afridi was good enough to play for the country in T20 internationals why didn’t they just select him in the 15-member squad announced for the West Indies series. “Sethi’s argument is logical and he made it clear that he would speak to Afridi himself and settle the matter. Sethi will now meet Afridi in last week of September and offer him the chance to accept a proper farewell event and announce his retirement,” the source stated. “Afridi might have played his final match for Pakistan if the plan given by Sethi is followed to the letter,” he added. The allrounder, who appeared in 398 ODIs and 98 T20 internationals and also captained Pakistan in all three formats, stepped down as skipper after a poor show in the World T20 in India last April.
Shahid Afridi’s farewell match plans dropped by PCB
Children as young as five may be at suicide risk: Study
Agency | Washington Children as young as five may have the tendency to commit suicide, say researchers who found characteristics and circumstances that may be more prominent in children who die by suicide. It is the first study to exclusively focus on precipitating circumstances of suicide in children and early adolescents, defined as ages 5 to 14. “Children who died by suicide were more likely to have relationship problems with family members or friends whereas early adolescents were more likely to have boyfriend or girlfriend relationship problems,” said Arielle Sheftall, postdoctoral research fellow at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital in the US. “These differences tended to fall along developmental lines given elementary school-aged children are more likely to spend time with family and friends and less likely to engage in romantic relationships, which become more common during adolescence,” said Sheftall. Researchers used the US National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS) and analyses suicide deaths from 2003 to 2012 in 17 different states, segregating them by age group.
(H.S.) | Karachi Plans to allow allrounder Shahid Afridi to play in one final T20 series/ match for Pakistan before announcing his retirement from all international cricket have been dropped by the PCB. A well-informed source in the cricket board said that PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan, who is in London recuperating from a heart ailment and chief selector, Inzamam-ul-Haq had both given approval for Afridi to be picked in the T20 squad for the coming series against the West Indies. “Yes it is correct that a decision was taken and approved by Shaharyar and Inzamam that Afridi would travel to UAE as the 16th play-
My name is Mohammad Kaif, but I’m not a sharpshooter, says India cricketer (H.S.) | New Delhi
Last week, RJD parliamentarian and don Shahabuddin was released from prison after Patna High Court granted him bail in the case of a murder of a witness in the 2004 killing of two brothers in Siwan, Bihar. Apart from his supporters, wanted sharpshooter Mohammad Kaif, who also hails from Siwan, was spotted accompanying the leader after he walked out of prison. Kaif is one of the accused in the murder of Hindustan daily’s Siwan bureau chief Rajdev Ranjan. The presence of Kaif among the crowd and with the party leadership drew flak with some
SPORTS ROUNDUP India vs New Zealand: Ishant Sharma ruled out of Kanpur Test
Agency | London Envy is the most common basic personality trait shaping human behaviour — and is found among almost one-third of the human population, an interesting study has found. The study on human behaviour found that 90 per cent of the human population can be divided into four main basic personality traits — optimistic, pessimistic, trusting and envious. In the study, the researchers from Universidad de Zaragoza in Spain analysed the responses of 541 volunteers to hundreds of social dilemmas. Participants were put into pairs and given options that either led to collaboration or conflict with others. Based on the results, the researchers developed a computer programme to classify people according to their behaviour. The largest proportion of people (30 per cent) turned out to be “envious”. They did not mind what they achieved as long as they were better than everyone else.
Ahmedabad
tough questions for RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav. However, in a hilarious turn of events, Kaif’s sharing of same name as the cricketer Mohammad Kaif led to an awkward situation for the former India player. One of the protesters at the spot where his family and supporters were protesting his properties being attached by the police also had a bizarre yet funny sign ex-
hibiting the mix-up. The sign simply says “cricketer mo. kaif ko insaaf do (give justice to Mohammad Kaif).” And then a user on Twitter, including others, expressed disappointment and disbelief with Kaif – the cricketer – becoming a sharpshooter. Never expected this from @MohammadKaif ….. May Bihar Lallo had not done Chara ghotala & used money to educate
India seamer Ishant Sharma has been ruled out of the first Test between India and New Zealand that starts on Thursday in Kanpur. Team coach Anil Kumble confirmed the development by saying the Delhi bowler has failed to recover from chikungunya – a mosquito-borne viral infection. Kumble further added that no replacement has been announced to replace Ishant in the India squad and expects him to return for the remainder of the series. Ishant is a mainstay in the Indian Test squad having played 72 matches for the
country and picked up 209 wickets. He picked up eight wickets in the recently concluded West Indies tour. This is India’s first fitness issue heading into the three Test and five ODI series as against the Kiwis who have had bigger injury issues. On Monday, coach Mike Hesson announced that
allrounder James Neesham would miss the first Test due to a rib injury he had picked up during the nets. Last week, fast bowler Tim Southee was ruled out of the complete series because of an ankle ligament strain and returned home. However he is expected to return to India for the ODI series.
Davis Cup World Group Play-off tie here, Paes ahd said: “I can very, very clearly say that at the past two Olympics, we didn’t put the best teams forward. This Olympics, the mixed doubles was a huge opportunity.” The reference to the mixed doubles combination was a direct criticism of Sania and
Bopanna’s performance at the Rio Olympics. They had lost in the semifinals before going down in the bronze medal playoff as well. Paes had said that the All India Tennis Association (AITA) had selected the wrong mixed doubles team, insisting that it should have been him and Sania instead. India’s men’s doubles team at the 2016 Olympics comprised Paes and a reluctant Bopanna, whose original choice of partner was Saketh Myneni. His views, however, evoked stinging responses from Sania and Bopanna. “The ONLY way to win with a toxic person, is not to play!!! #karmaiswatching #zenmode,” Sania wrote on her Twitter handle.
ur 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.
Sania, Bopanna slam Paes for Olympic comments
(H.S.) | New Delhi The infighting among Indian tennis has flared up again with Sania Mirza and Rohan Bopanna lashing out at veteran Leander Paes for his remarks on the country’s doubles teams at the last two Olympics. Talking to the media following India’s 0-5 loss to Spain in their
ICC can’t run world without India, says BCCI president Anurag Thakur (H.S.) | New Delhi
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 Thak-
4 / Dt. 21-09-2016, Wednesday
www.sunvillasamachar.com
CBI court rejects bail pleas of 2 bookies who worked as conduits for ED officer in sensational bribery case
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
A special CBI court today rejected the bail pleas of two alleged bookies, who were arrested last month for working as ‘conduit’ for the former Enforcement Directorate officer J P Singh in taking bribe from the accused of the over Rs 2000 crore IPL betting and Rs 10000 crore hawala racket corruption case. The CBI had arrested Ahmedabad-based Jayesh Thakker and Mumbai-based Sonu Jalan and alleged that they had worked as “conduits” of Singh, the then ED Joint Director in Ahmedabad and “collected bribes” from accused
in the Afroz Fatta hawala racket case and the IPL betting case, which Singh had unearthed. The duo had filed bail pleas before a CBI court here which had reserved its verdict on September 14. Today the court rejected their pleas saying that the nature of allegations against them was grave. The court observed that they can’t be granted bail at this juncture. Advocate of Sonu Jalan during the hearing had questioned the CBI investigation, arguing that his client was arrested nearly a year after the FIR was lodged. He had argued that even if allegations were true, the CBI has only arrested
Eight die of drowning in two incidents in Mahesana and Rajkot
Correspondent | Rajkot
Five people of a family today drowned in the main Narmada canal near Kadi in Mahesana district while the bodies of a woman and her two children were fished out of a well in Moviya village in Gondal Taluka of Rajkot today. Police said that six of a family from Vav area of Banaskantha district of North Gujarat drowned in Narmada canal near Thol road at Kadi. One of them was somehow saved by local divers while five of them drowned. The body of one woman has been
fished out by the local divers while the search for other four was on. Police said that one member of the family somehow slipped in to deep waters of the canal and others drowned while trying to save him. In another incident in Moviya village under Gondal Taluka of Rajkot district in Saurashtra, the bodies of Bhanuben Dinesh Tota (44), her daughter Rupa (16) and son Jayesh (13) were fished out of a well this morning. The trio was missing since last three days, police said adding that it seems to be an incident of suicide owing to family quarrel. However the matter was being investigated from other angles also including that of murder.
accomplice and the main accused (Singh) remains at large. Almost a year after the CBI booked 3 officers of ED, Ahmedabad, including Singh, for demanding and accepting huge amount of bribe, the central agency last month arrested three bookies who worked as “middlemen” for the accused officers. It arrested Sonu Jalan from Mumbai, J K Arora from Delhi and Jayesh Thakkar from Ahmedabad. The special CBI court in Ahmedabad remanded Thakkar and Jalan in CBI custody for seven days. Arora was to be produced before the court separately. The trio were allegedly informers and front men of J P Singh. Cast worth more than Rs 1 crore and incriminating materials were recovered from them.It has been alleged that Sonu, a notorious bookie, and Arora acted as Singh’s informants. And based on their tipoffs, he would conduct raids on bookies.
Ducati launches Cruiser bike XDiavel in Gujarat Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
(H.S.) | Mumbai Cricket legend Kapil Dev today lost his cool here at the Kabaddi World Cup media conference, where he was the chief guest, when a scribe asked why Pakistan had not been invited to take part in the tournament to be held from October 7 in Ahmedabad. “If you are a Hindustani you should not ask the question at all. Is it the time to ask this question?” he asked fuming, obviously referring to the deadly fidayeen attack by militants suspected to be from Pakistan-based JeM
Italian superbike maker Ducati today announced to open three more dealerships across India by the end of 2017, starting from Kochi. Ducati India is at present operational in five major cities including Delhi-NCR, Mumbai, Bengaluru and Pune, besides the newly opened showroom-cum-service centre in Ahmedabad. “We will open our next dealership in Kochi. We have planned to add another three dealerships within the course of 2017,” Ducati India Managing Director Ravi Avalur told reporters during the launching ceremony of Ducati’s cruiser bike XDiavel at their dealership on the SG Highway here today. Avalur, however, maintained that compa-
on Sunday at Uri, which left 18 soldiers dead. Kapil, who had unveiled the Indian team’s jersey at the conference, also said, “Such things should be left to the government to decide. As sportsmen representing the country if we are told to jump into a pond, we will readily do it.” Twelve teams, including India, are to take part in the third edition of the tournament and the list does not include Pakistan. The tournament had been held in 2004 and 2007 prior to Correspondent | Vadodara the upcoming edition. Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu today announced the names of 27 cities including Vadodara selected for the Smart City project. As per the draft smart city proposal submitted by Vadodara Municipal Corporation(VMC) city’s Sayaji area has been slected for Bardoli 55 mm, Choryasi area based development. 57 mm, Mahuva 45 mm, The area covering 1540 Kamrej 30 mm, Mandvi acres is part of ward no. 40 mm, Mangrol 57 mm, 6,7 and 10. It includes Olpad 26 mm, Umar- city bus depot, Sayaji pada 15 mm and Surat baug, MSU, railway stacity 80 mm. The rainfall tion, town hall and busimeasured in different ness district. Introduction talukas of Navsari dis- of electric rickshaws, trict are Navsari town 70 charging point for solar e-rickshaws, mm, Jalalpore 60 mm, powered Gandevi and Vansda 10 pedestrian and cyclist mm, Chikhli and Kher- friendly streets, integratma 5 mm. Following the ed public space and parkheavy rains, Shetrunji ing management policy, dam of Bhavnagar, the smart dust bin/container largest reservoir in Sau- system, no overhead carashtra received fresh ble zone, heritage walk, inflow of water. Malan tourism information kidam in Mahuva taluka of osk, tourist bus, reuse of Bhavnagar overflew fol- heritage buildings, smart lowing very heavy rain LED street lighting, smart in its catchment area. water metering, solid
Correspondent | Rajkot
HEAVY RAINS continued in parts of Saurashtra and south Gujarat, including Surat city, for the second consecutive day on Monday, bringing cheers to farmers who otherwise were staring at low yields due to lack of rain and irrigation water. Following the heavy rains, some dams in Saurashtra and south Gujarat regions got fresh inflow. In Saurashtra, entire Bhavnagar district recorded average 127 mm or more rain in the last 36 hours, concluding at 8 pm Monday. Mahuva with 254 mm registered the highest rainfall in the district. Talaja and Vallabhipur each recorded 203.2 mm, while Bhavnagar city and talu-
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
a price tag of more than Rs 4 lakh, were sold last calender year. “Ducati’s growth is of course better than the market. Though we have just launched this dealership, we have out-sold all our initial stock here. Last year, our highest selling model was Diavel,” said Avalur. The newly launched XDiavel comes with a price tag of Rs 16.93 lakh (ex-showroom). Another variant of the bike XDiavel S is available at 19.70 lakh (ex-showroom).
waste solutions are some of the elements of area-based smart city projects planned by VMC. Among pan city project proposed by VMC are city command and control center with centralized call center for all services and GIS map-
ping of utility. Common service platform for online tax payment, GPRS based HHT, online complaint and grievance redressal, utility survey and GIS, city surveillance system(CCTV), total sewerage solution and E-medical services.
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
(Aravalli) and Bhikapur (Chhota Udepur). As reported by agency on June 30, the case pertains to the Mathematics exam in which 468 students from the three centres scored more than 90 per cent in the objective section, but 0 for subjective questions. When this anomaly was detected, the board conducted a hearing of all these students on June 29. During the hearing a test was conducted and many of these students could not tell a triangle from a circle. After a thorough probe, a report recently submitted to the education department by the GSHSEB, stated.
Vadodara selected as Smart City, here are the area-specific and pan city projects proposed
ka was lashed by 152.4 mm rain. Rajkot district also received heavy rain, with Dhoraji, Jetpur and Upleta talukas recording 127 mm precipitation. Moderate to heavy rains were also recorded in Junagadh, Gir-Somnath and Porbandar districts. Other districts like Botad, Devbhoomi-Dwarka, Jamnagar and Surendrangar received moderate rain showers. Morbi district, which is carrying 40 per cent rain deficit this season, also received good spell of rainfall towards the fag-end of monsoon. In south Gujarat, the rainfall in different talukas of Surat district are
Essar Power Gujarat turns profitable; Q1 EBITDA jumps 90 percent (H.S.) | Mumbai
to be filled are comparatively lower at 1,079. The Mains exams are scheduled to be held on December 3, 2016. The number of students passing out from SPIPA have been higher with each passing year, reflecting the benefits derived out of the course structure
ny does not plan to open too many dealerships to maintain quality of services. “Our plan is not to open too many dealerships because it will be difficult to maintain this quality and standard if we do so. We can’t have dealers everywhere. We will be relatively contained compared to some of the major players,” said Avalur. According to him, the cruiser market in India is growing at a healthy rate, as around 6,500 bikes, which are above 500cc and having
Heavy rains in Gujarat raise water level in dams and farmers’ hopes
144 SPIPA students clear the UPSC Prelims examinations held on August 7 Replicating the success of earlier years, 144 students of the Sardar Patel Institute of Public Administration (SPIPA) have cleared the Prelims examination 2016 held by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on August 7. The number is higher than last year. This year, among those successful, 16 are girls, 72 from general category and 24, 13, 24 from SC, ST and SEBC category respectively. In 2015, there were 1,129 vacancies in the civil services wherein 137 candidates of SPIPA cleared the prelims exam. In 2016, the seats
If you are a Hindustani you should not ask the question at all: Kapil Dev to journos
Ahmedabad
designed by the institute, expert faculty available, practical training and rigorous mock tests conducted. “We are proud of the achievement of our students. This is the first step taken to enter the corridors of power and let Gujarat shine in the administrative services.
Essar Power Gujarat Ltd (EPGL), which owns and operates a 1,200 MW imported coal-fired thermal power plant at Salaya in Gujarat’s Devbhumi Dwarka district today in a statement said it has recorded an impressive 90% growth in EBITDA for the quarter year ended 30 June 2016. This spike in performance can be attributed to significantly higher plant availability, a 32% increase in energy sales, and a 13% reduc-
tion in the coal cost per unit because of a widening coal basket, e-auction based procurement, falling coal prices and substantial efficiency improvements. The company in its statement said, in Q1 FY17, plant availability improved by 82%,
leading to a robust growth in sales, which stood at Rs 522 crore quarter-on-quarter—up from Rs 396 crore in Q1 FY16. Operational efficiencies, especially the heat rate, improved by about 1.5% following turbine overhaul in one of the units.
Gujarat teachers face action for ‘tutoring’ students during Class X Board exam
The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSHSEB) has suggested action against 79 teachers, mostly from government schools, for allegedly tutoring students and helping them cheat during the Class X examination in March. The decision was taken months after some students in a written confession revealed that they used to hear “voices from outside the window” of the examination hall, tutoring them answers. All these teachers were on examination duty at three centres — Lambadiya (Sabarkantha), Choila
Year : 02, Issue : 230 “Sunvilla Samachar” (English Daily) Printed at “Sunvilla Samachar, Daily Printing Press”, Survey No.: 1624-25-26, Final Plot No.F/P/537, Urmila Compound, Opp.Ambica Estate, G.D. School Road, Saijpur Bogha, Ahmedabad -382340 and Published at A-24, Sharddha Apartment, Thakkarnagar Road, Bapunagar, Ahmedabad-382350. Mo.: 9687612324, by Owner, Printer, & Publisher : Aksheshkumar S. Savaliya on Date 21-09-2016 (Wednesday), Editor : Kapilkumar M. Hirpara* (*Responsible for selection of News under the PRB act). RNI No. : GUJENG/2014/59629