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A couple and their daughter died while their son was in a critical condition after the family allegedly consumed a poisonous substance in a bid to end their lives owing to financial crisis, police said today. The deceased include Praful Nariya (38), his wife Rasila (35) and their daughter Shivani (13). Nariya’s son Dhruv (9) is in a critical condition and receiving treatment at a private hospital here.
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A 20-year-old girl was raped by a man allegedly at her house in Juri village near Malawan town here while she was alone, police said today. The accused, Ajab Singh entered the girl’s house last Tuesday and raped her. When she tried to resist, he threatened to kill her. The family members rushed to the spot hearing her cries but Singh managed to escape. An FIR was yesterday registered with the police in this connection, they said. No arrest has been made so far, they said, adding efforts are on to nab the absconding accused.
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Gujarat: Sardarpura riot case: acquits 14
HC upholds life sentence of 17 It was the first post Godhra riots case in Gujarat out of nine cases which were probed by SIT on which the verdict was pronounced
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The Gujarat High Court today acquitted 14 persons out of 31 convicted by a lower court and confirmed life sentence of 17 others, in the 2002 postGodhra Sardarpura massacre case in which 33 people were burnt alive. A division bench of Justices Harsha Devani and Biren Vaishnav confirmed the life imprisonment of 17 persons. However, 14 of the 31 convicted by the lower court were acquitted by the high court due to lack
of evidence and contradiction in witnesses account. In all, 76 accused were arrested in Sardarpur case by police, out of whom two died during pendency of trial, while one was a juvenile. The court had framed charges
against 73 accused in June 2009 and initiated trial in the case. Besides the conviction of 31, the lower court had acquitted 42 others. The SIT later challenged in high court the acquittal of 31 persons out of these 42.
However, the HC today upheld the Mehsana district court order acquitting 31 out of these 42. Meanwhile, the 17 were convicted by high court for murder, attempt to murder, rioting and other sections of IPC. The HC also upheld the decision of lower court to not accept the “conspira-
point of sale services (POS), emerging payments services and banking channel products like cash recycling ATMs and auto passbook entry machines. In light of the incident, Yes Bank’s managing director and chief executive Rana Kapoor underlined the need for a greater vigilance on outsourced work.
BJP MP Varun Gandhi on Thursday denied that he leaked defence secrets to arms dealer Abhishek Verma, who had allegedly blackmailed and ‘honey-trapped’ him. Gandhi was earlier on the defence consultative committee of Parliament. His denial came after the contents of a letter to the Prime Minister’s Office by former escrow fund manager C Edmonds Allen were reported in the media. Speaking to agency today, Gandhi said: “I met Abhishek Verma when I used to study in London at the age of 22; haven’t met him since. “Defence committee mei member tha lekin wahan jab koi
ing with artistes, and not whether they belong to Pakistan, China or Africa,” Bhatt told the media after meeting Singh. MNS had refused to change its stance despite Johar saying in a video message that he will not work with talent from Pakistan in the future. As the head honcho of the
producers’ guild, Bhatt had earlier met a Mumbai police representative to appeal for police protection to ensure that the city’s theatres which will screen Ae Dil Hai Mushkil remain safe. Asked if they didn’t have full faith in the Mumbai Police, he said: “I will give them 200 per cent marks to Mumbai police. But the film isn’t releasing just in Mumbai. We want to safeguard ourselves, so who better than the home minister? It is his domain.” Before his meeting with Singh, Bhatt said that it is, as a citizen, that he feels it’s his “right to feel safe”.
cy theory” put up by the prosecution, which had alleged that the attack on minority community was pre-planned and a conspiracy was hatched following the Godhra train burning incident. Thirty one persons were earlier awarded life sentence along with a fine of Rs 50,000 each in the
verdict passed by special SIT court judge S C Srivastava while hearing the matter on November 9, 2011. As many as 73 people were made accused in the case, in which 33 people of minority community were burnt to death at Sardarpura in Vijapur taluka of Mehsana district on
the night of February 28, 2002, to avenge the Godhra train burning incident in which 59 people, mainly karsevaks, were burnt to death on February 27, 2002. This was one of the nine postGodhra riot cases probed by Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT).
Prime Minister’s Office on September 16 alleged that Verma was blackmailing Gandhi. Verma, who was earlier arrested by the CBI for allegedly trying to bribe defence officials, is an accused in the Navy War Room leak case. Allen has reportedly sent a CD with photo-
to the PMO. He was Verma’s US-based former business associate being they had a public fall out in 2012. Earlier today, Swaraj Abhiyan leaders Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav released Allen’s letter to the PMO at a press conference. Gandhi, in turn, threatened to file a defamation suit against the two. “The entire information presented does not contain an iota of proof that either I had access or shared any communication regarding sensitive information to Verma,” Gandhi said.
Shah at the party headquarters on Ashok Road, Joshi said: “BJP has no agenda but development, no myopic view… I was hurt when Congress questioned the surgical strikes, I had made my displeasure known on Twitter.” She said th Congress has a problem of leadership with Rahul Gandhi “not being acceptable to the people of the country and unwilling to listen to people in the party. Mrs (Sonia) Gandhi whether she agreed with
you or not, at least heard you out.”Legislator from Lucknow Cantonment, Joshi has sent her resignation from the UP assembly to the Speaker. Daughter of the late Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna, Joshi also slammed Congress for its reliance on poll strategist Prashant Kishore saying it is a statement about the party that a “poll manager” is striving to be its leader. The Congress hit back, calling her an “opportunist” and a “betrayer.” Ghulam Nabi Azad, AICC general secretary in charge of UP, said Joshi was looking for a “safe seat” ever since the SP announced that Mulayam Singh Yadav’s daughterin-law Aparna Yadav will be its candidate from Lucknow Cantonment.
Banks recall over 32 lakh debit BJP MP Varun Gandhi denies he was ‘honeytrapped’ by arms dealer Abhishek Verma cards due to security breach graphs of Varun Gandhi (H.S.) | New Delhi (H.S.) | Mumbai
More than 32 lakh debit cards of customers have been blocked or recalled by banks to prevent them from falling prey to any financial fraud after a major security breach at a payment services provider that manages ATM network of a private sector bank. While some of the banks like SBI have recalled around six lakh cards, others like Bank of Baroda, IDBI Bank, Central Bank and Andhra Bank have already replaced their debit cards, which are effected as a pre-emptive measure. Some of the lenders like ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and Yes Bank have asked customers to change
their ATM pin numbers. HDFC Bank also advised its customers to use its own ATMs for carrying out any transaction. The suspected security breach happened through a malware in the systems of Hitachi Payments Services, which serves Yes Bank. Hitachi provides payment services through ATM services,
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil release: Rajnath Singh promises ‘a great Diwali’ for Karan Johar film (H.S.) | New Delhi
After days of uncertainty over the release of Karan Johar’s Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, the Bollywood fraternity has been promised a “great Diwali” by Union home minister Rajnath Singh with a safe and secure release of the film. Mukesh Bhatt, President of the Film and Television Producers Guild of India, on Thursday met Singh who assured a safe release of the film on October 28 — two days before the festival of lights. Johar skipped the meeting as he is busy with the post-production of the film in Mumbai, sources
Seven children sustained minor injuries as their school van rammed into a verge and overturned on National Highway 1 in Alipur area of outer Delhi this morning.Police said the accident occurred at the red light on the NH 1 near Khampur village when the school van carrying students of Jain Bharti Senior Secondary School at Budhpur, hit the central verge on the road around 7.30 AM. Sub Editor: Dhruvil Makani
added. Bhatt, along with singer-politician Babul Supriyo, met Singh to appeal for security amid vandalism threats from the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), which is against the movie’s release as it features Pakistani actor Fawad Khan. “We are entertainers. We are interested in work-
secret baatein hume batayi nahi jati to phir kise leak karenge? (I was a member of the defence committe, but we weren’t privy to any classified information. So there is no question of leaking any information),” he added. The letter which was reportedly sent to the
Slamming Rahul for his ‘failures,’ Rita Bahuguna crosses over to BJP
(H.S.) | New Delhi Former Uttar Pradesh Congress president Rita Bahuguna Joshi joined the BJP Thursday and slammed Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi for being “unresponsive”. She said his comments about the Prime Minister doing “khoon ki dalali” on the sacrifice of soldiers was the final trigger for her exit from the Congress. Welcomed into the party by BJP president Amit
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Linking Kerosene subsidy to LPG/ electricity right policy
A sharp 10% fall in the consumption of kerosene across the country from April to August this year, combined with a policy to cut per litre subsidies by 25 paise per fortnight from July 2016 to April 2017, is perhaps the most sensible subsidy-reduction strategies followed by the government. Indeed, if a news report in The Economic Times is to be believed, the government may be looking at an even sharper cut, of as much as 5% per quarter. If that is achieved, it will make it one of the sharpest reductions ever seen in subsidies—and in case this is used to whip up sentiment against the subsidy cuts, it has to be kept in mind more than half the subsidies do not even reach the target population; to that extent, the government can cut kerosene supplies without affecting those who get subsidies. And, to the extent the stolen kerosene is used to adulterate petrol and diesel, eliminating this will also mean a substantial reduction in the levels of pollution in the country. Kerosene supplies, to give previous governments their due, have been cut quite sharply in the past as well, but this has been erratic and not part of a well thought out strategy. In FY11, kerosene supplies were cut from 9.3 million tonnes the previous year, representing a 4% cut; the very next year, supplies were reduced another 7.8% to 8.2 million tonnes. The year after, in FY13, the cuts were even more radical, around 8.8%, and this took kerosene supplies in that year to 7.5 million tonnes. Thereafter, however, the momentum seemed to have been lost, and while FY14 still saw a cut of 4.5% in volume terms, FY15 saw a mere 1.1%—there was a pickup to 3.7%, however, in FY17, signalling the BJP is finally getting together its subsidy-reduction strategy. The government’s success in LPG has been stupendous with over 4.5 crore people being moved off the list of subscribers through a process of linking the LPG database with Aadhaar numbers—this cut around 3 crore duplicate users from the list—and the prime minister’s well-publicised #GiveItUp campaign. But it cannot be denied that doing this is easier when there are just three government-owned public sector units that are distributing LPG across the country—when kerosene is distributed across state-government-run ration shops on the basis of lists provided by the states, the task is that much more complicated. This is where the government’s strategy of working with the state governments appears to be paying off. Petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan has explained to the states that, with 50% of PDS kerosene being used to adulterate petrol/diesel, they are losing out on Rs 3,5004,000 crore of annual VAT revenues on these two fuels. As a result, it is the state governments that are pruning the list of beneficiaries that is allowing the centre to reduce its kerosene supplies. If, for the sake of argument, the government is able to reduce the supply of kerosene by 20%—based on the 5% per quarter target—based on this year’s likely subsidy, that will add to around Rs 2,000 crore of savings. Since cutting the subsidy by Rs 3 per litre (on average for the year) will also give a similar saving, the twin-pronged attack is well conceived.
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“BJP has no agenda but development, no myopic view… I was hurt when Congress questioned the surgical strikes, I had made my displeasure known on Twitter.” - Welcomed into the party by BJP president Amit Shah at the party headquarters on Ashok Road, Rita Bahuguna Joshi said..
Aamir in Dangal vs Salman in Sultan: Who did what better
(H.S.) | New Delhi Aamir Khan has made his way to the top of social-media trends today, thanks to the trailer of his upcoming film Dangal. All of us got a slice of the Nitesh Tiwari-directed film today after the trailer was released on the internet. Aamir plays wrestler Mahavir Singh Phogat in Dangal. The film traces Phogat’s journey of readying his daughters Babita Kumari and Geeta Phogat
for the Olympics. We’ve seen Aamir take his body through an entire range of physical transformation, gaining about 25kg first to play the older Mahavir Singh Phogat, and then going back to shedding all those kilos for a leaner, fitter, younger version of the wrestler. Aamir’s weight gain and loss for Dangal have made people sit up and take notice of the actor’s efforts for Dangal. While most people DO know that Aamir believes in perfecting
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dy film will have Anil Kapoor in the lead role. Priyanka is said to have expressed her keenness to do the film, but hasn’t signed on the dotted line yet. If the reports are true, Priyanka will team up with Anil Kapoor for
the second time, after Dil Dhadakne Do. She was last seen in Bajirao Mastani (2015). Indian actress Priyanka Chopra says she loves to shoot in New York, adding the energy of the city is amazing.
Pink, is busy with shooting of Sarkar 3, the Telugu star, who has never worked with Ram Gopal Varma before, is gearing up for his 100th film Gautamiputra Satakarni. RGV posted pictures of the duo with ‘Balayya’ keenly observing the shots and scenes of the Sarkar. “The legend is checking how Sarkar is performing,” the director shared. The actor was also seen giving some quick directions to RGV. Meanwhile, the ru-
mours are rife in both the ‘woods’ that Balakrishna flew to Mumbai after a request from RGV. And reports suggest that Balakrishna asked Bachchan to play a role in his next Telugu title Raithu, though nothing is confirmed. However, the sudden visit triggers curiosity and speculations about Balakrishna probably playing a cameo in Sarkar 3. Sarkar 3, a gritty political thriller set in the world of Maharashtra politics and crime, also features other popular actors including Jackie Shroff, Manoj Bajpayee and Yami Gautam. Ram Gopal Varma has written the script and is directing and producing the film. Meanwhile, NBK’s Gautamiputra Satakarni is slated for a Sankranti release next year.
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himself for his films, and ends up doing only about one film a year, Dangal has beaten all of that by a light year. Salman Khan’s Sultan, the other film on wrestling which hit the screens earlier this year, seems pretty dull in comparison to Dangal. In this battle between Khans, from their Haryanvi accents to their dhobi-pachhads, we take a look at who did what better. Salman’s beefed up body was the subject of much discussion back when Sultan was being shot. Sure, Salman had gone through rigorous training schedules to perfect himself as a wrestler. But with the Dangal trailer out now, Aamir looks better than Salman’s Sultan both as the old Mahavir Singh Phogat and his younger self.
Has Priyanka Chopra signed her next Bollywood film?
Priyanka Chopra, who has been receiving rave reviews for the second season of Quantico, is planning to announce her next Bollywood project this December. According to a report in DNA, the actress, who will be the first Bollywood celebrity to appear on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, is in talks with Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra for his next, Fanney Khan. Fanney Khan is a remake of the 2000 Belgian hit Everybody’s Famous and will be directed by Atul Manjrekar. The come-
(H.S.) | Hyderabad Wait! What? Yes, you heard it right. The Tollywood star Balakrishna was spotted on Sarkar 3 sets, sharing a frame with Bollywood biggie Amitabh Bachchan. The third part of the Sarkar franchise is currently being shot under Ram Gopal Varma’s (RGV) direction and the two actors were seen shaking hands and later had a long discussion on the shooting sets. While Bachchan, after his box office hit
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Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt celebrate 4 years of Student Of The Year
(H.S.) | New Delhi Varun Dhawan and Alia Bhatt, who stepped into Bollywood with Karan Johar’s Student of the Year, sent a special message thanking the director “from the bottom of our hearts” as the movie completed four years yesterday. The 29-year-old actor took to his Twitter handle to share a 46-second video of him and Alia giving an informal and short thank you speech from Singapore, where
they are currently shooting for their upcoming Badrinath Ki Dulhania. The Dishoom star is seen saying, “Guys it has been four years since the release of SOTY.” when Alia cuts in to say, “. and we’re really, really excited. We can’t believe it has been four years. All we want to do is say.” and together the duo loudly chant “Thank you!” “We have one man to thankKaran Johar. Thank you Karan from the bottom
of our hearts. We are who we are, because of you. Thank you for bringing us to this day,” they expressed in the video. New debutants like Alia, Varun and Sidharth Malhotra rose to fame in 2012 following the release of Student of the Year, which garnered critical as well as commercial success and gained good box office collections. The young Bhatt continues in the video addressing Sidharth, “Sid, we are really missing you. Please make a nice video for us and send it immediately.” “We are currently shooting for Badrinath which is from Dharma productions as well. So Karan Johar, Ae Dil Hai Mushkil,” they added together and signed off.
moment, media hasn’t exhaled. After stepping into the house, the contestant has been quite vocal about her married life. During a discussion with TV actor and Bigg Boss 10 housemate Gaurav Chopra, Akanksha revealed how she and Zorawar went for their honeymoon but the family intruded the couple’s privacy by accompanying them just to keep a close eye on them. She also said that her mother-in-law forced her to conceive and start
her family. This conversation between Gaurav and Akanksha happened during the on-going task of guessing Indiawale’s secrets. While Akanksha was blamed by her housemates for giving away the point so easily, Gaurav seemed impressed with her. In the recent episode, we saw Gaurav apologising her and telling her that he is proud that being a woman she has faced all of it so strongly and is even vocal about it.
500. “Mehendi isn’t expensive, but the workers charge high… the ones who work on salary or even commission basis, they leave their jobs and go for package deals… If there is an increase in requirement of the person… the charge will also go up,” mehendi artist from Kundan Mehandi Art said. Riya Malhotra, a college student, who
accompanied her mother Madhu Malhotra for mehendi, was shocked by the rocketing prices. “I saw people bargaining as the artists were demanding sky-high amounts and to my utter shock the prices went from Rs 1,500 to 2,500 in a matter of hours. By 12 noon, the price for one hand was Rs 2,500 (for simple design), and if one wanted the design to be more beautiful and intricate, then get ready to shell out over Rs 3,000,” Riya said. But Rahul, a mehendi artist at VK Bombay Mehandi Art from Saket, justifed the high prices. He said the artists literally don’t have work the entire year.
Bigg Boss 10: Akanksha Sharma’s shocking revelations about her marriage to Yuvraj Singh’s brother (H.S.) | New Delhi
The premiere episode of Bigg Boss 10 kicked off on a very controversial note. The moment one of the Indiawale contestant, Akanksha Sharma walked in, she revealed that she had come out of a bad marriage two years back and her husband was ace cricketer Yuvraj Singh’s brother Zoravar. Talking about her marriage to Bigg Boss 10 host Salman Khan, Akanksha referred to her marriage as a time which she thought she would not survive. She added, “My family could not understand what I was going through,” and said she was not even treated like a human by her motherin-law, Shabnam. Akanksha is estranged from her husband. And since that
On Karva Chauth, applying mehendi goes sky high
(H.S.) | New Delhi Getting mehendi applied on Karva Chauth festival can be a pricey affair — It can cost up to Rs 3,000 depending on the designs that you select. Kundan Mehandi Art, a mehendi store at Tagore Garden in west Delhi, was charging up to Rs 2,100 and above on Karva Chauth. But on any other day, they charge just Rs
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Agency | New Delhi Internet search giant Google on Wednesday said that consumers can now book an Ola or an Uber directly via Google Search. According to the company, the new feature will help commuters across the country can ask Google for directions, and book ride services directly from Google Search. “They will get to see a tab for ride services, both Uber and Ola, with fare estimates and pick up times if a car is available near their location,” Sanket Gupta, program manager at Google, said. “Choosing the best transit option can be a task at times, our aim is to help users simplify their everyday travel. With this, users will be able to order, explore and make quick comparisons about the best estimated taxi fare directly from Google Search results on their mobile,” he added.
Rio Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu made a resounding start to her campaign at Denmark Open, defeating China’s He Bingjiao in straight games in the women’s singles competition of the USD 700,000 Premier Super Series badminton event in Odense. Sixth seed Sindhu, who is playing her first event after the Rio Olympics, notched up a 21-14 21-19 victory over Bingjiao in the match. This is the fourth
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meeting between Sindhu and Bingjiao as the Indian had lost twice to the Chinese with the only victory coming in the Malaysia Open in April. After this win, Sindhu will improve her head-to-head record
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NASA Probe Spots Possible Clouds On Pluto
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Agency | Washington NASA’s New Horizons space probe has spotted possible clouds hovering over Pluto, indicating that the weather on the icy dwarf planet is more complex than thought.“We’re excited about the explo ration ahead for New Horizons, and also about what we are still discovering from Pluto flyby data,” said Alan Stern, principal investigator from Southwest Research Institute in the US. “Now, with our spacecraft transmitting the last of its data from last summer’s flight through the Pluto system, we know that the next great exploration of Pluto will require another mission to be sent there,” said Stern. Stern said that Pluto’s complex, layered atmosphere is hazy and appears to be mostly free of clouds, but the team has spied a handful of potential clouds in images taken with New Horizons’ cameras during its historic Pluto flyby of in July last year. “If there are clouds, it would mean the weather on Pluto is even more complex than we imagined,” Stern said.
Running can help improve studying for exams
Former India batsman Virender Sehwag turned 38 on Thursday and in typical ‘Viru’ style, he received and thanked fellow cricketers on wishing him birthday. The swashbuckling former opener has built a reputation for being a laugh riot on Twitter as has been visible in his banter with Piers Morgan, unique way in wishing people and jovial way of doing commentary. Prior to this second inning, Sehwag had set the mark with his incredible batting style
If you feel like you are forgetting all that you’ve crammed in during a study session, then go for a run. A new study says that a student’s choice of activity after a period of learning, such as studying for an exam, has a direct effect on their ability to remember information. Researchers behind the new study, from the University of Applied Sciences, Upper Austria, say that students should do moderate exercise, such as running, rather than taking part in a passive activity such as playing computer games if they want to make sure they remember what they learned. “I had kids in an age where computer games started to be of high interest. I wanted to find out how this and hence the increasing lack of exercise in fresh air — impacts their ability to memorize facts for school,” said lead author Harald Kindermann. In the study, the researcher and his colleagues asked 60 men aged 16-29 to memorize a range of information, from learning a route on a city map to memorizing German-Turkish word pairs. They were then split into three groups: one group played a violent computer game.
where the Haryana batsman played in his own fashion and style without paying heed to the format of the game – Test, one day or T20. Sehwag holds the record of being the only Indian to have scored a 300 in a Test inning – not just once but twice. He scored 319 against South Africa in 2008 and 309 against Pakistan in Multan which earned him the tag of ‘Sultan of Multan’. Sehwag also goes by the nickname ‘Nawab of Najafgarh’ owing to name of his birthplace. As the big-hitting batsman turns
38, former and current cricketers took to Twitter to wish Sehwag. It was led by one of Sehwag’s most prolific partner in the middle – Sachin Tendulkar. “He’s the sweetest man who has caused so much destruction! Happy Birthday Lala!,” wrote Tendulkar on the microblogging website. Sehwag also received wishes from across oceans with Shane Warne – one of the bowlers to be handed a treatment by the Indian batsmen – sending in his best. “Happy birthday my friend, the game of cricket misses your exciting batting and all round entertainment!,” wrote the former Aussie leg-spinner. Current India coach Anil Kumble also wished Sehwag in his typical calm and composed demeanour. “Happy birthday Viru. Enjoy the day and the year ahead. God bless!,” wrote ‘Jumbo’.
Lionel Messi played like a kid in the school playground: Barcelona coach Luis Enrique Lionel Messi set the tone for another virtuoso performance with a hat-trick for Barcelona on return after injury (H.S.) | Barcelona
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against Bingjiao to 2-3. The 21-year-old from Hyderabad will next take on World No. 12 Sayaka Sato of Japan. Sindhu had reached the finals of the Denmark Open in the last edition.
Lionel Messi was like a “child playing in the playground” as he scored a hat-trick to inspire Barcelona’s 4-0 thrashing of Manchester City in the Champions League on Wednesday, his coach Luis Enrique said. Making his first start in a month after recovering from a groin injury, Messi set the tone for another virtuoso performance with a storming run through the middle of City’s half before calmly dribbling past Claudio Bravo to score. The floodgates opened once former Barca goalkeeper Bravo was sent off for handling outside the area and Messi toyed with City’s defence to smash the ball past compatri-
The Indian football team achieved its best FIFA ranking in over six years when the side jumped 11 places to be 137th in the latest list released on Thursday. India, who defeated 114th ranked Puerto Rico in an international friendly in Mumbai in September, garnered 230 points for the month. In August 2010, India were ranked 137th which stayed India’s best ever FIFA Ranking since then. National Coach Stephen Constantine sounded delighted but wasn’t willing to read too much into it. “When I came over for my second stint, one of my tasks was to improve our FIFA Rankings. With the results which we have had so far, it is clear that we have succeeded,” he told www.the-aiff.com. “It’s been a total Team effort. Unless Mr. Patel
(AIFF President Praful Patel) and Mr. Das (AIFF General Secretary Kushal Das) allowed me to do the things and the manner I wanted it to be done, this won’t have been possible ever,” he stressed. “But this is just the beginning of the long-term plan which we envisage for Indian Football. I am certainly not over the moon as I feel my Team can achieve much more,” he stated. India were ranked 171st when Constantine took over as national coach for the second time
in February last year and slipped to 173rd in March even before Constantine could have his first game in-charge against Nepal, which India eventually won 2-0 on aggregate. Constantine mentioned about the impact the national team has made after reducing the average age from around 32 to 24. “We have been able to reduce the average age of the team from around 32 to 24 which is very significant indeed,” he quipped.
stadium, run by the state government. Her family said Poonam complained of fever on Saturday, and after reports confirmed dengue, she was admitted to a private hospital on Monday. The death certificate issued from the private hospital stated that Poonam was suffering
from dengue, thrombocytopenia and severe anaemia, causing cardiorespiratory arrest. Poonam’s younger sister, Sandhya said she had represented India in South Asian Federation (SAF) Games in Bangladesh and Malaysia in 2006 and 2010, respectively. A resident of Shivpur area of Varanasi, Poonam had completed her BPEd and MPEd from BHU. She also had a diploma from National Institute of Sports, Patiala. Poonam’s father Munna Lal Chauhan runs a stationary shop in Shivpur. She was the eldest of five siblings.
ets at regular intervals. It was Kane Williamson’s crafty century in the first innings that helped them post a fighting total on board. The middle order collapsed for them but the bowler stepped up and put in a superb effort to keep their team alive in the series. Trent Boult finished with figures of 2/25. He along with Tim Southee who took 3/52 were the destroyers-in-chief. What a
game! Once again we see how low scoring games can be thrilling ones! New Zealand have put in a fine, fine performance here to register their first win on the tour. They have bowled superbly as a team and they will be buoyed with their performance today. The ODI series is tied 1-1 with three games to go. After scoring 242 for nine, New Zealand bowled out India for 49.3 in overs.
National-level footballer Poonam Chauhan dies of dengue in Varanasi
(H.S.) | Lucknow Undergoing treatment for dengue for the last four days at a private hospital in Varanasi, a footballer who represented India at international events succumbed on Tuesday evening. Poonam Chauhan, 29, worked as an adhoc coach at Varanasi’s Sigra
New Zealand defeat India by 6 runs to level series 1-1
ot Willy Caballero. The five-times world player of the year sealed a second hat-trick of the season by tucking home a Luis Suarez cutback and was tripped by Aleksandar Kolarov in the dying minutes, although Brazilian forward Neymar missed the resulting penalty. “We saw Messi play like a kid in the school playground today,” Luis Enrique told a news conference. “Any other player would be shaking (after coming back from injury) but if we have come to expect anything from Messi, it’s that. “It doesn’t matter how long he’s been out for or how many games he’s missed, he has a total understanding of football. Anyone who ever doubts
Messi is naive. “Those of us lucky enough to see him train every day know what he does. He helps in every sense and he is a reference point for us, without a doubt.” Messi’s latest exhibition following a two-goal masterpiece against Bayern Munich, managed by Guardiola, in a Champions League semi-final first leg in 2015. “Since I’ve known him he’s always done things like that and he keeps doing it,” said Guardiola. “This is not the first time he’s done this, I’ve seen him do it many times live before, but you have to congratulate him.” Barcelona lead Manchester City by five points after three matches in Group C.
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Hardik Pandya and Umesh Yadav’s 49-run stand then gave India hope but once again the hosts failed to close the game out and lost the game by 6 runs. India will rue the fact they it was their game to lose and they had far too many soft dismissals. They will want to address that issue. Chasing 243, India were rocked early when they were 73 for 4 with two of their best ODI players in Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli back in the hut. MS Dhoni and Kedar Jadhav stitched a 66-run stand to get India back in the game. Once Kedar fell though, India were always losing momentum as they kept losing wick-
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Absconding 2002 Gujarat riots Brave girls living Meghani’s Charan Astrophysicist, LIGO researcher Karan Jani proposes space research center at MSU accused extradited from UK Kanya in real life felicitated
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Astrophysicist and Vadodara boy Karan Jani – one of the key researchers in the US-based LIGO team that detected gravitational waves envisaged by Albert Einstein a century ago has recently submitted a proposal to flag off a ‘Center for space related research’ to the Vice chancellor of his alma mater- MS University, Vadodara. Speaking on the ‘Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory(LIGO) project’ that proved the predictions of Einstein’s general theory of relativity on gravitational waves right last year to budding
engineers and researchers at the Vishwakarma Government Engineering College (VGEC) at Ahmedabad on Wednesday, Jani said, “I have submitted a proposal of having a Center at MSU where we can develop not just ‘LIGO kind of research’ but all space related research. The hope is to start a center where we can do astrophysics at the level of the entire state or have a university- whichever pans out. In my proposal, I have outlined plans of how we can go about in a 10 year timespan. As Gujarat has a legacy of having famous astrophysicists like PC Vaidya, it would be
Surat: Raids at 3 firms for ‘tax evasion’ after they declared blackmoney
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At least three Surat-based real estate firms, which recently declared blackmoney under the Income Disclosure Scheme (IDS), have been raided by the central excise officials for alleged evasion of service tax. Office premises of a realtor in Begampura area of Surat was searched Tuesday evening and the raid continued till midnight. While the excise officials seized several documents related to the builder’s upcoming projects, they slapped a penalty of Rs 13 lakh on the firm for evasion of service tax, sources said. The owner of the firm
fitting that we start astrophysics research not just in the institutes but also in universities. That can happen only if not just a center but a set of universities understand the need of investing in this space.” Jani spoke about MSU’s student body which started a Space Club of 70 members recently which was inaugurated by him. We started a ‘space club’ and they recently celebrated the international space week in first week of October and the response was huge. If a club has enough student critical mass limit then it makes sense where we can also have a center. The university system as of now does not have a way on how a Bachelors or Masters level student can do research, so, that is why having a center is an advantage. My aim is to have every major university in Gujarat to have students working in this field.
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Holding Bhagavad Gita in his hand, 40-year-old Samir Patel, an accused in a 2002 riots case, reached Ahmedabad on Wednesday, a day after being extradited from the UK — the first such instance since the signing of an extradition treaty between the two nations in 1992. A team of SIT officials brought Patel to Ahmedabad, from where he was taken to a court in Anand and later sent to jail to face trial for his alleged role in an incident of rioting at Ode village where 23 Muslims were burnt alive on March 1, 2002. Patel had fled to London after he was granted bail in the case in
Several decades ago, legendary poet and story writer Jhaverchand Meghani wrote a poem ‘Charan Kanya’ hailing bravery of a 14 year old girl of Gir who saved her calf from a lion using a stick. More than 70 years later, Santok Rabari(19) and her younger sister Maiya(18) who live in Mendhawas in the Gir sanctuary near Tulsishyam on October 9 lived Charankanya poem in real life. When a lion approached their herd, Santik and Maiya stood up firmly between the lion and herd with sticks in hands looking squarely into the lion’s eyes. When the lion stepped back, the sisters took forward step, forcing the lion to leave
2006. According to police officials, after the formation of the SIT on the Supreme Court’s order in 2008, it was found that six accused, including Patel, have been absconding. The SIT officials later issued a Red Corner Notice to several countries and in 2010, Patel was traced in London. Patel had arrived in the UK on visitor visa, valid for six months, but he overstayed and later his passport was also ceased. According to Assistant Commissioner of Police B C Solanki, a member of SIT who went to London for the extradition process, Patel used to work at a liquor shop and Sunvilla News | Rajkot he was arrested by LonLate on Monday night, don police in August. Parbat Parmar, a 50-yearold Dalit, committed suicide during a protest outside the Junagadh District Collector’s office. While the protest began just days ago, Parmar’s struggle dated back to 1991, when he was reportedly forced out of his village, Sandha, in Junagadh district of Gujarat, after he and some other Dalit families tried to cultivate tracts of land. The ongoHeadquarters, Western ing dharna for farm land Railway, Vadodara, on a was launched by nearly year’s contract on Octo- 200 Dalits from Sandha ber 13, while NK Amin, village on October 12. On who was slated to retire on Monday evening, Parmar August 31, was awarded a and two others, Jignesh year extension on contrac- Rathod and Chandu Partual basis on the same post mar, consumed poison. as Mahisagar district SP. Parmar died hours later, While both the officials while the other two were are co-accused in the Ish- discharged from hospital rat Jahan encounter case, late on Tuesday. InspecBarot is also char-gesheet- tor Bahadursinh Jadeja ed in the Sadiq Jamal Me- of C Division police in htar encounter case. Junagadh said they were
The four semi-finalist countries of the tournament, India, Iran, Republic of Korea and Thailand are all set to put up a big fight to win the 2016 Kabaddi World Cup. Over the last 13 days, the tournament saw some powerful performances by over 150 athletes from India, the United States
girls for their bravery through his Jal Kranti organization. For Santok, the simple idea is: If you show a lion your back, it may attack you, but if you stand firm, it will leave you alone. Range Forest Officer of Liliya PA Vithlani confirms that he has documented at least five incidents in which Santok showed away a lion.
taken by surprise. “Their protest was symbolic, so they did not require permission,” Jadeja said. “We have registered a case of accidental death and a probe in under way.” Parmar’s son Manoj, 19, said they, too, were shocked by the turn of events. “We were sitting on dharna for days, and the authorities did not listen to us. All of a sudden, my father and two others took the extreme step,” he said. Besides his son, Parmar is survived by his wife and five daughters. While Ju-
nagadh Collector Rahul Gupta could not be contacted, sources said he has assured the protesters that their demands would be addressed. For Parmar’s relatives and other Dalit families of Sandha, however, the issue that began 25 years ago may not be that easily resolved. These families were reportedly forced to flee the village when people from other communities took umbrage as they sought to cultivate tracts of land. Parmar was allegedly assaulted by seven people.
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Ltd and Bombay International Clearing Corporation IFSC Ltd, along with IFSC share brokers and global financial intermediaries on the first floor. The building named “Signature” is expected to be ready by end of 2016. On Wednesday, Niranjan Hiranandani, MD of Hiranandani Group of Companies met CM Vijay Rupani at Gandhinagar and appraised him about the status of construction of this structure at GIFT City — a pet project of PM Modi.
Gujarat Dalit who killed himself was forced out of his village in 1991
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said, “The reason for our active participation in the IDS was the belief that we will not face such raids. But now, service tax officials have started harassing us. We have made a great mistake by taking part in the IDS.” Two other real estate firms raided Wednesday morning were in Parle Point and Ghod Dod Road areas of Surat. Even as the raids continued till late in the evening, further details were awaited. Names of the three firms have been withheld because of the confidentiality clause under the Income Tax Disclosure Scheme. At Rs 2,500 crore in disclosures of unaccounted income, Surat had topped the list of cities in Gujarat where the statewide corpus was Rs 4,200 crore.
The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday sought response from the government on a public interest litigation (PIL) moved by ex-IPS officer Rahul Sharma, challenging the contractual appointment of two retired police officers — N K Amin and Tarun Barot — who are accused in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case. Seeking quashing of the appointment orders, the PIL said that “such appointments orders send visibly wrong signals as they encourage police officers to break the law and expect a reward for the same. The rule of law becomes ineffective and the officers feel emboldened to break the law in anticipation of
of America, England, Australia, Iran, Kenya, Poland, Thailand, Bangladesh, Republic of Korea, Japan, and Argentina. We saw a lot of memorable performances, great comebacks, big upsets, and emergence of new talent in the group stage of the tournament. Now the intensity of competition is expected to reach
unprecedented levels as the final four – India, Iran, Republic of Korea and Thailand - clash for the ultimate prize at The Arena by TransStadia in the city of Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The four teams playing the semifinals on 21st of October, will each come to the big matches with their own unique approach. India, with an experienced raid team and solid defense to back them, will look to dominate Thailand when they face off in their semi-final match. India recovered very well from their last minute loss to Republic of Korea in the opening match and has won all its four remaining group stage matches easily.
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political patronage. Such reappointments set a bad precedent…” Following a brief hearing, a division bench led by Chief Justice R Subhash Reddy asked government pleader Manisha Luvkumar to seek instructions from the government, while refusing to entertain request of the petitioner to grant interim stay on the appointments. Tarun Barot was appointed as DySP,
Best four teams of 2016 Kabaddi L&T inks pact with Maharashtra project World Cup ready for the final raid! govt for Nagpur Smart City city surveillance systems
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his idea of attacking cattle. When Mansukh Suvagia who is associated to water conservation and gir breed cow conservation campaigns came to know about this incident of bravery from forest beat guards and locals, he joined them for five days and noted confident in their body language. Suvagia felicitated both
(H.S.) | New Delhi Infrastructure major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has signed a pact with the Maharashtra government for converting Nagpur into a smart city. “L&T Construction’s Smart World & Communications Business Unit announced today the signing of the formal contract with the Department of Information & Technol-
ogy, Maharashtra Government, under which Nagpur will be converted into the country’s first large-scale integrated Smart City,” L&T said in a statement today. The scope of work will cover laying of 1,200 km of optical fibre network backbone, creating 136 city wifi hotspots at key locations, establishing 100 digital interactive kiosks and developing
with 3800 IP-based cameras, it said. Further, as an avant-garde endeavor, the city has identified a strip of approximately 6 km from Japanese Garden Square to Orange City Hospital Square to be developed as a ‘Smart Strip’ with smart ICT interventions & IOT (Internet of Things) solutions like smart lighting, smart transport, smart parking, smart bins, etc. “We are proud for having bagged this prestigious order which is a significant step forward towards achieving the smart city mission,” S N Subrahmanyan, Deputy Managing Director & President, Larsen & Toubro, said.
PM Modi to unveil tower that will house entrants to GIFT IFSC
During the Vibrant Gujarat Global Investor’s Summit in January 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to unveil a multi-storey tower that will house the initial entrants to the country’s first IFSC at GIFT City in Gandhinagar. A 16-storey structure with four lakh square feet of built up area, this building developed by Mumbai-based Hiranandani Group is expected to house the newly incorporated Bombay Stock Exchange IFSC
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