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Lies are spread against govt on reservations: PM Modi
No change in reservation policy minded that Ambedkar as law minister had to resign from Jawaharlal Nehru’s Cabinet owing to lack of backing on the Hindu Code Bill that was a pro-
Agency | New Delhi Union Minister Arun Jaitley today lauded photographers for doing “not an easy” job and capturing “moments of history” as he referred to Dandi March saying many have forgotten the yatra, but it is the images of Mahatma Gandhi walking with stick which reminds all of the event. “There are indeed several visuals which we remember really by the photographic visual and not by deep content of what the event was. Have we not repeatedly seen Gandhiji with a stick in his hand walking?
Fire breaks out in Ludhiana hospital Agency | Ludhiana
A fire broke out at Mohan Dai Cancer Hospital in Sherpur locality here in the wee hours today. All the patients admitted to the hospital were immediately removed to safer places, he said. “Smoke was noticed at around 1.30 AM after which six fire tenders were rushed to the spot to contain the fire,” Fire Officer Raj Kumar said. It took about two hours to bring the fire under control, the officer said, adding that the cause is yet to be ascertained.
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Agency | New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday made it clear that there will be no change in the reservation policy for Dalits. He asserted that nobody can snatch their right, and accused his opponents of spreading “untruths” on the issue. The Prime Minister also compared Constitution architect Dr. B. R. Ambedkar to Martin
Luther King, who fought for the rights of blacks. Mr. Modi was delivering the Ambedkar Memorial Lecture here. He said, “Nothing has ever happened to reservation for Dalits and tribals when we are in power, but still lies are being spread to mislead people. “When Vajpayeeji became PM, a campaign was run saying reservation will be
abolished. He was the Prime Minister for two terms and nothing of that sort happened. “BJP has ruled in Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Punjab, and Haryana for many years and the quota policy never suffered a scratch. Yet untruths are being spread. People, who are only interested in doing politics, fail to come out of it. “As I had
Gujarat to spend Rs 25,000 cr to address climate change Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
In its attempt to address challenges of climate change, the Gujarat government has announced it will be spending Rs 25,000 crore in next 10 years. For this, the state government stated all its departments will contribute towards addressing climate change related issues. Minister of State for Energy and petrochemicals Govind Patel in his address in state assembly on Monday said the state government has proposed Rs 2,116 crore on climate change for the year 2016-17 and this amount will be spent by various departments including agriculture, forest and energy. “Climate change is the most discussed issue at this time across the world. Gujarat
Sensex takes gains further, soars 333 points on rate cut odds Agency | Mumbai
said earlier also that even if Ambedkar appears today, he cannot snatch this very right of yours. What are we before Baba Saheb.“ Laying the foundation stone for an Ambedkar National memorial, he targeted his political opponents, accusing them of “spreading confusion and lies” on the issue and rued that while its
“serves their politics”, such things “weaken” the social fabric of the nation. The Prime Minister’s renewed pitch on reservation comes ahead of Assembly polls in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala and Puducherry beginning in April. He repeatedly questioned “why it took 60 years” to do it and re-
Increased prospects of a lower policy rate and firm Asian shares rubbed off on markets as the Sensex ended in the positive zone for the second straight session by soaring 333 points to close at 25,285, a nearly 11-week high. The broader NSE Nifty again went past the 7,700 level. A cautious stance of the US Federal Reserve meaning more capital inflows and the government’s decision
to slash rates on small savings added to expectations that RBI will go the distance and lower rate at its first policy meet of 2016-17 on April 5. Additionally, a lower retail inflation at 5.18% in February provides more room for RBI to act, said traders.
‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ while fighting for the country’s independence. Comparing Kanhaiya Kumar with Bhagat Singh is an insult
to the freedom fighter and all the patriots. Shashi Tharoor should tell if Kanhaiya is Bhagat Singh, then what are Rahul and Sonia Gandhi,” BJP’s Shahnawaz Hussain said. BJP leader and actor Paresh Rawal also criticised Tharoor’s IQ for such statement. Rawal tweeted, “At the cost of repeating myself I must say @shashiTharoor IQ is lower than his shoe size !
Kanhaiya has qualities like Bhagat Singh, says Shashi Tharoor; BJP gets angry, Cong stays away Agency | New Delhi
government has formed climate change department that is working on various issues. But now other departments of the state government will also join this activity and the state will spend Rs 25,000 crore to address the various problems related to it,” Patel said. Informing the assembly Govind Patel stated the departments of agriculture and forest department
were working on issues like reduction in methane gas and water harvesting, which would help in addressing climate change. “Gujarat government will spend Rs 50 crore on rooftop solar project in housing in next financial year that will produce 80 million units of renewable power in the state and decrease use of coal by 60,000 tonnes,” Patel further said.
gressive move aimed to codify and reform Hindu personal law in India by giving the women equal rights in many spheres like property.
A controversy erupted on Monday over Congress leader Shashi Tharoor comparing JNU students’ union president Kanhaiya Kumar, facing sedition charges, with Bhagat Singh, drawing strong criticism from BJP, which accused the former Union Minister of insulting the freedom fighter. During his over 43-minute long speech at JNU campus on Sunday evening, Tharoor said, “Bhagat Singh was a young man in his 20s with Marxist beliefs who had great passion for motherland. Kanhaiya has same qualities in common.” The BJP took strong exception to Tharoor’s comment saying it
was an insult to the “great freedom fighter” as well as all patriots of the country. “Bhagat Singh went to the gallows chanting
Delhi HC stays ban on Corex, D’Cold and other drugs till next Monday Agency | New Delhi
The Delhi high court restrained the government from enforcing a ban on hundreds of drugs for anAgency | New Delhi other week on Monday Bollywood actor Emuntil it has heard petitions raan Hashmi says his from drugmakers chalSunvilla News | Amreli passengers of a bus and lenging the order, a lawsix-year-old son has several bikers saw the li- yer representing some of made him a better per- Some passengers of a bus oness walking along the the firms said. The health son and a responsible and several bikers saw bridge at Pipavav and department prohibited the the ban lifted. On Mon- given a chance to defend father, besides teaching the lioness walking along later crossing it, he said. manufacture and sale of day, judge Rajiv Sahai itself. Combination drugs him to “never give up”. the bridge at Pipavav and Two days back, a 62-year- 344 fixed-dose combi- Endlaw moved the hear- are used worldwide to “Ayaan has given birth later crossing it, he said. old man was reportedly nation drugs this month, ing into his chamber from improve patients’ complito a new me. He made Traffic came to a halt mauled to death by a lion citing experts as saying a courtroom packed with ance, as it is easier to get me a better person and after an Asiatic lioness when he was camping at there was no medical jus- lawyers and company ex- people to take one drug taught me that life will was spotted roaming on a Ambariya village in Am- tification to administer ecutives. Archana Sach- rather than several. But hit you, it will knock you bridge in Gujarat’s Amrereli. Gir houses about 523 them. Several companies, deva, a lawyer represent- inconsistent enforcement down on the floor but li district, forest officials Asiatic lions, as per the including Indian units of ing Cipla among other of drug laws in India has you have to get up, stum- said today. The lioness census conducted in May Abbott Laboratories and firms, said he had ordered led to hundreds of such ble, fall again and then was last night spotted get up but never give on the bridge at Pipavav 20 minutes. Later, the fe- Mohan Rahul said the li- last year. Out of the total, Pfizer Inc, and domestic the next hearing on March medicines entering the up,” Hashmi said while under Rajula taluka of line got down from the oness, who had possibly 268 lions are in Junagadh firms like Cipla Ltd and 28. Abbott is challenging market based on approval addressing a panel dis- Amreli, because of which bridge and disappeared. strayed from its habitat, district, 174 in Amreli, 44 Macleods Pharmaceuti- the ban on its popular co- from regulators in indicussion on “Parenthood” the traffic movement Deputy Conservator of did not hurt anybody be- in Gir-Somnath and 37 in cals, went to the Delhi deine-based cough syrup vidual states, rather than at Spring Fever 2016. High Court to try to get on the grounds it was not the central government. there stopped for about Forest, Amreli Range, fore it disappeared. Some Bhavnagar. Corpo. Office: B/14, Madhav Chamber’s, India Colony, Opp-Vidhyanagar School, Bapunagar, Ahmedababad - 380024 Email: ssdaily2013@gmail.com Mo : 98250 98053
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RSS has changed the uniform, not its views
It was the coffee- brown pants that replaced the billowing khaki shorts as the uniform of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) that grabbed headlines after the recently concluded annual meeting of the Sangh Parivar (RSS and its affiliates), held in Nagaur, Rajasthan, between March 11-13. A variation in the nonagenarian Sangh’s attire was seen as not just a sartorial change. It was examined for what it signalled, analysed for subliminal messages and eventually appraised as a touchstone of the Sangh’s willingness to change its image from that of an orthodox, archaic outfit. While the Parivar was amused by the attention its new attire fetched, it was comforted by the fact that its resolutions — passed after several amendments — pushing for accessible, affordable and quality healthcare and education, and social harmony and its declaration placing women at par with men did not go unnoticed. But should these announcements and the long-awaited change of uniform be read as indicators of the Sangh’s changing stance? Has the Sangh, which has periodically raised and consistently nurtured the idea of a ‘Hindu Rashtra’ stepped away from its core ideology? “The changes are cosmetic; they are essentially tokenism. The Sangh continues to be a religious, chauvinistic outfit that still believes that Indian Muslims and Christians are somehow inferior, and (live) in an imagined, glorified past where Hindus knew all and showed to the world everything from literature to mathematics and science…so the core of that ideology has not changed,” says Ramachandra Guha, historian and writer. To be truly modern, the Sangh will have to recognise every individual as equal irrespective of “gender, caste and sexuality” says Guha. For the RSS brass and its cadres too the new uniform, as also the stand on issues such as women’s rights and caste-based quotas, do not signal change. These are not attempts to stay relevant, but simply in line with the Sangh’s ideology of keeping up with the times, they say. “We are not rigid and take decisions according to the time,” RSS general secretary Suresh Bhaiyyaji Joshi emphatically stated, announcing the new ‘ganavesh’ (uniform) in Nagaur. He was reluctant to term these decisions as an attempt to woo the youth by raising contemporary issues. It is with complete sangfroid that J Nandakumar, in-charge of the publicity wing, dismisses the charge that the RSS has changed its stand on social issues like women’s right and the need to eradicate casteism, to stay relevant. “More than 20 years ago in Kerala, the Sangh campaigned for those not born in so-called high caste families to be allowed to become temple priests.
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Singh went to the gallows chanting ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ while fighting for the country’s QUOTE “Bhagat independence. Comparing Kanhaiya Kumar with Bhagat Singh is an insult to the freedom OF THE fighter and all the patriots. Shashi Tharoor should tell if Kanhaiya is Bhagat Singh, then what are Rahul and Sonia Gandhi,” - India’s former Cabinet minister and the most prominent Muslim DAY in the predominantly Hindu BJP’s spokesperson Syed Shahnawaz Hussain said Pawan Kalyan sets screen on Why is Malaika Arora Khan avoiding fire in ‘Sardaar Gabbar Singh’ questions of divorce with Arbaaz Khan? Agency | New Delhi
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The Power Star of Tollywood had a massive launch event for the audio of Sardaar Gabbar Singh. Pawan Kalyan and his brother Chiranjeevi were the cynosure of all eyes at the event which saw massive crowds. Chiranjeevi launched the audio officially. The trailer was also launched for the film which is up for release on April 8. Sardaar Gabbar Singh has been scripted by Pawan Kalyan which sees
him paired with Kajal Aggarwal. The music for the film is by Devi Sri Prasad. The audio launch took place in Hyderabad on Sunday. The two brothers came together after a long
time and even took a selfie that sent fans into a tizzy. Chiranjeevi and Pawan Kalyan were said to have had a strained relationship in recent years but it looks like that is behind them.
Actor Arjun Kapoor, who is gearing up for the promotion of his film “Ki and Ka”, says today looks have become important to everybody. “If you are a good actor, all these pressures doesn’t matter. I feel this society has created this pressure. Looks have become important to everybody. I think, for an actor, you should look the way your character needs you to look. It should not be more or less than that,”
Arjun said. Arjun will be seen playing an IIT graduate and a house husband in the R. Balki directorial. Asked about his comparison with his uncle and actor Anil Kapoor, he said: “When you start, you don’t have a reference point. Suddenly, I came as an actor. Comparisons with Anil stopped after one film.” “There was no similarity to my performance. I have got flashes of the Kapoors, but then thank God there was no comparison.”
Dancing diva Malaika Arora Khan remained tight-lipped when asked about the divorce reports from actor-producer husband Arbaaz Khan at an event here. The 42-yearold former VJ was in the capital to walk for designer Mandira Wirk at the ongoing Amazon India Fashion Week 2016. Dressed in black and beige gown, Malaika gracefully smiled and left without giving any details about her marital status. The “Munni Badnam Hui” star was in
high spirits and sashayed down the ramp with confidence. Over the last few months, the star couple has been the subject of fevered speculation about their marriage. They have not yet addressed the topic publicly. Even the family members, including
Arbaaz’s father and noted scriptwriter Salim Khan refused to comment on their relationship, saying he does not interfere in the personal lives of his children. Malaika and Arbaaz have been married for 18 years. They have a 13-year-old son Arhaan.
ter vigilante? Have you taken it upon your own two shoulders to take the trolls down? Are you the one who’s reminded, every day, that you haven’t lived up to your family name and your wife is way hotter than you? No. Because you aren’t Abhishek Bachchan. And when you’re a Twitter vigilante, people will go after your family. That’s
exactly what happened when someone attacked Abhishek Bachchan’s daughter online. What did you expect Abhishek Bachchan to do? Just sit around? Would you just sit around if someone cyberbullied your infant child? No, you’d find them, and beat them to a pulp. Or you might just tweet them back, like Abhishek Bachchan.
What Happened When Babumoshai Abhishek Bachchan, we know you’re Ranveer Met Taxi Driver Alia a Twitter superhero, but please stop Agency | New Delhi
Agency | New Delhi Remember those photos of actors Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt that went viral about a week ago in true picture abhi baaki hai mere dost style? Well, the poori picture is finally here and we couldn’t be more thrilled. The Highway girl and Bajirao man,
ambassadors for an online travel portal, offer not one, but two incredible commercials with four equally incredible characters that may just convince you to pack your suitcase just so you could meet the kind of people they play. You may also end up wishing for a full-fledged Bunty Aur Babli-type movie with
these two as the leads. Yep, they’re that good. Commercial one shows Alia the taxi driver being interrupted while sipping her cutting chai by a certain ‘babumoshai’ looking for a hotel. The chalu driver tries to take the seedha-saadha Ranveer for a ride, without him so much as stepping into a cab.
It’s not easy being Abhishek Bachchan. You think you have a difficult life? You have no idea the kind of hardships Abhishek Bachchan faces on pretty much a daily basis. There you are, grumpily waking up in the morning thanks to an annoying text informing you about your rapidly haemorrhaging bank account - your bed empty, as it has been for years. Sure, Abhishek Bachchan might have more money than you and yes, you suppose he is married to an ex Miss World, but you still don’t understand how messed up it is to be Abhishek Bachchan. Are you a Twit-
Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Jabra fan’ Adele’s Personal Photos Stolen from FAN recorded in Arabic in Latest Celebrity Hack
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Several personal photographs of the singer Adele were stolen and then distributed online by a hacker, leaving the 27-year old celebrity furious. The major security breach occurred after her boyfriend Simon Konecki’s email was allegedly hacked into. From here, photos of her five-month ultrasound scan, a selfie of the singer while pregnant, and an image of her then-newborn son Angelo swaddled in blankets are said to have been circulated on Facebook, reported Daily Telegraph. Adele is incredibly protective about her family, including her three-year-old son, which makes the leak of her personal photos even more upsetting for the star. A representative for Adele is yet to comment but it appears the leaked photos have since been taken
down from Facebook, the Daily Telegraph added. Aside from these photos, another image stolen is from Adele’s childhood, which shows her at the bottom of a slide, sticking her tongue out. There was also a more recent photo of the singer, lying on a bed with a cham-
pagne bottle and a cigarette. News of this latest celebrity hack attack emerged mere hours after One Direction singer Harry Styles, and model Kendall Jenner, had their intimate holiday photos leaked on Twitter, after Styles’ mother had her iCloud account hacked.
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The theme song “Jabra fan” for superstar Shah Rukh Khan starrer “Fan” has now been recorded in Arabic too. The “Fan” anthem has already been recorded in many Indian languages like Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Punjabi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi and Hindi. Titled as “Jabara fan”, Arabic version is sung by Abdelfettah Grini, a Moroccan singer. Shah Rukh, who was seen at the second edition of the Times Of India Film Awards (TOIFA) here, was one of the A-listers who perfomed on stage to songs from his films like “Chhaiya chhaiya”, “Lungi dance” and even the Hindi version of the “Fan” title song. After his performance, the “Chennai Express” star introduced Grini on stage and performed along with him, while he sang the Arabic version. Shah
The “Fan” anthem has already been recorded in many Indian languages like Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Punjabi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Marathi and Hindi
Rukh donned a black shirt and pants while performing with Grini, who was seen crooning the number in a black and orange sherwani. “Fan” revolves around a young boy from Delhi named Gaurav essayed by Shah Rukh, who embarks on a journey to the city of dreams, Mumbai, in or-
der to wish his favourite actor Aryan Khanna, played by the Bollywood Badshah again, on his birthday. Directed by Maneesh Sharma and produced by Aditya Chopra, “Fan” also features Shriya Pilgaonkar among others. The film is slated for release on April 15.
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Agency | New Delhi The four-day long weekend this week means people will not be able to conduct bank transactions from Thursday as even banks will remain closed. However, online transactions will be possible. For people in Uttar Pradesh, banks will shut down from Wednesday onwards. Banks will be closed for four days in row given the coming successive festivities. The holiday weekend begins with Holi on Thursday, followed by Good Friday and then the fourth Saturday of the month, a designated bank holiday. Lenders however assured that ATMs would be fully loaded to meet cash needs. Banks said they would try to ensure that all ATMs remained operational and loaded during these days so that people do not face a cash crunch during the extended weekend, a senior public sector bank official said, adding that higher denomination notes would be fed into the machines.
Jewellers get tax notices from excise dept despite govt assurance
West Indies star performer Andre Fletcher, who made an unbeaten 84 in their win over Sri Lanka, on Sunday said he is still unsure of getting picked for the next match in the ICC World Twenty20. “I cannot answer that (whether you are expecting to open for the team for good). I can’t even say whether I will play the next game. I am keeping my fingers crossed,” he said. Fletcher, filling in for injured Chris Gayle, played a career-defining unbeaten knock to help West Indies beat Sri Lanka by seven wickets in a Super 10 match. Asked about the side’s chances of lifting the cup for the second time, Fletcher said if they
continue with the winning streak, they would lift it again. “Before the World Cup, we knew what we are capable of. We know the strength of our team. We always back ourselves to win the World Cup. It was good to see two wins under our belt. So, once we get to the semifinal we take it from there into the final. For sure once we continue to play cricket we are accustomed playing, we would lift the cup
for the second time,” he said. Asked whom they fancy to meet in the final if they qualify, Fletcher said, “It doesn’t matter who comes. We have played everybody. Who so ever the opponent is, we would play them in our style.” Asked about the mood in the camp, Fletcher said it would be good if they win all the matches going into the knockout stage and were treating each match as final.
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Agency | Mumbai Gold jewellers and associations across the country called off their 18-day strike over the levy of 1% excise duty on gold jewellery, on late Saturday night after the government’s assurance that they will not be harassed by the tax officials. The government also assured the jewellers that they will form a three-member committee to address the concerns, which will submit a report in the next 60 days. However, despite this, some jewellers have already started receiving tax notices from the excise duty department, a report by Business Standard says. The tax notices demand jewellers to furbish details of their balance sheets, details of turnover over the last two years, expected turnover for March 2016, copies of income tax, value added tax and sales returns for 2014-15 and 2015-16. A jeweller who didn’t wish to be named has said in the report, “there’s a huge disconnect between policy makers and the tax officials. We do not want inspector raj to return to the sector”.
Apple, US govt to face off in court over iPhone privacy
The US government and Apple will face off in court on Tuesday in a closely-watched case that could have wide-reaching implications on digital security and privacy. The crucial hearing before a federal judge in Southern California focuses on the battle between the tech giant and federal investigators who want help from Apple to unlock an iPhone linked to one of the shooters in the December terror attack in San Bernardino, California. “It’s a fight over the future of high-tech surveillance, the trust infrastructure undergirding the global software ecosystem, and how far technology companies and software developers can be conscripted as unwilling suppliers of hacking tools for governments,” wrote Julian Sanchez, a surveillance law expert at the libertarian Cato Institute in Washington. “It’s also the public face of a conflict that will undoubtedly be continued in secret, and is likely already well underway.” Apple, backed by a broad coalition of technology giants like Google, Facebook and Yahoo, argues that the FBI is seeking a “back door” into all iPhones as part of the probe into the December 2 massacre that left 14 people dead.
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Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s media conference at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, after India beat Pakistan for the 11th time in the ICC tournaments, appeared more like he was addressing his own team-mates. Like a teacher telling his students which classmate of theirs they should emulate, pointing to the most scholarly in the class, India captain sang paeans of praise for Virat Kohli’s virtues as a cricketer and sincerely seemed to mean every word he uttered. He made sure the message went to his other team-mates. For instance, when Dhoni talks of how Kohli handles pressure,
he might as well be telling this to Rohit Sharma: When there is lot of pressure, often individuals go for big shots, thinking it to be the best option, but the best way to tackle pressure is to take a single and go to the other end. That will calm you down. That’s what Dhoni does as well, waiting for
the opportune moment to lash out. Dhoni makes no secret of his admiration for Kohli’s hunger to perform and his willingness to take up the challenge -- the qualities that make Kohli what he is, a special. These attributes don’t come easily and for that he prepares well, taking care of his fitness.
stan, Japan, Canada and Hockey India on Monday hosts Malaysia will be announced an 18-member taking part in the annual Indian team led by Sardar tournament. While Sardar Singh that will take part Singh will lead the team, in the 25th edition of the S Sunil will be supporting Sultan Azlan Shah Cup to him as the vice-captain. be held in Ipoh, Malaysia Besides two goalkeepers from April 6 to 16. Be- - Harjot Singh and Akash sides India, New Zealand, Anil Chikte, the squad 2012 Olympic bronze will have five defenders: medallist Australia, Paki- Rupinder Pal Singh, Jas-
jit Singh Kular, Kothajit Singh, Surender Singh, Harmanpreet Singh. But star goalkeeper PR Sreejesh and defenders VR Raghunath and Birendra Lakra have been left out from the team of 18 players for the silver jubilee tournament. The midfield will be under the leadership of skillful Sardar and he will be assisted by Danish Mujtaba, Chinglensana Singh, Manpreet Singh, S K Uthappa, Harjeet Singh. While Sunil, Talwinder Singh, Mandeep Singh, Ramandeep Singh, Nikkin Thimmaiah will form India’s forward line.
Hockey India announces squad for Azlan Shah Cup, star players missing from the line-up
said. “He will be badly missed.” Chhetri has been ruled out following a groin injury which he had picked up in the I-League. “The injury is such that it requires him to take necessary care and that requires him to stay back in India and get treated,” Constantine said. A disappointed Chhetri couldn’t recall as to when he last missed an international match due to injury. “I was sitting at
my room trying to recall as to when I last missed a national team match for injury. It’s so disappointing. It’s such an important match for us and I still can’t believe that I would be missing it,” Chhetri said. “The gaffer had a chat with Gigy sir (team physio Gigy George) and decided to leave me out of the squad to enable me time to get treated and get ready for the next game,” he said.
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Racing Championship seeks to change World T20: Bangladesh urge ICC undesirable image of trucking
to lift ban on pacer Taskin Ahmed
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Sunil Chhetri to miss India’s 2018 Fifa World Cup qualifier vs Iran
Influential skipper Sunil Chhetri has been ruled out of India’s Fifa 2018 World Cup qualifier against Iran owing to a groin injury, dealing a body blow to the beleaguered outfit’s prospects of putting up a fight. The match for the Russia 2018 World Cup Preliminary Joint Qualification Round 2 is slated to be played in Tehran on Thursday. A 22-member team on Monday left for the forthcoming game. Six players from the list of 28 probables, including injured striker Chhetri, didn’t travel with the squad. “We had to take some bold decisions and we have to travel to Tehran without our influential captain Sunil Chhetri,” national coach Stephen Constantine
Ahmedabad
A group of dedicated (read fanatic) gamers in India spend a better part of the day creating localised mods for the cult classic ‘Euro Truck Simulator 2’. Thanks to their efforts, it is now possible to spend 90 minutes ferrying a propane tank in a retro camion truck, on a “village” map with a heavily-mustachioed Indian driver. While the dedication is admirable, one wonders why not go for the real thing, with lifelike graphics and cold, hard cash instead of virtual points? “Zyaada log ye truck driving line mein nahi aana chahte. Public hum log ko thoda… low class mein dekhte hain,” said Mohd Parvez, a 39-year-old from Madhubani, Bihar. (Not many people want to get into truck driving. The public perceives us as being a little low class) “But we
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don’t take it to heart. This is a job of responsibility and we are trusted with shipment worth crores. That’s a lot of respect.” In a country whose economy depends a great deal on the large trucking network, a career as a driver is surprisingly undesirable. It’s the perception that the T1 Prima Truck Racing Championship — backed by the Federation of Motor Sport Clubs of India (FMSCI) and manufacturers Tata Motors — hoped to change when 12 Indian truck drivers took to the track at the Buddh International Circuit on Sunday. For the first time
in the event’s three-year history, the international ‘pro class’ drivers were joined by Indians competing in the ‘super class’ category. The finalists were whittled down from a pool of over 500 drivers who had to be less than 45, in good physical condition and should have driven a tractor-trailer for at least five years. The 132 shortlisted were taken to Chennai where they received training at the Sriperumbudur track. “The fundamental training has helped a lot, not just on the track but on the road too,” said Nagarjuna.
Bangladesh have appealed to cricket’s world governing body to lift the suspension on paceman Taskin Ahmed, who was ruled out of the ongoing World Twenty20 in India due to an illegal action. Taskin and left-arm spinner Arafat Sunny were suspended from bowling in international cricket on Saturday after being reported by match officials following Bangladesh’s qualifying match against the Netherlands in Dharamsala on March 9. While Sunny’s elbow extension for the majority of his deliveries exceeded the 15-degree limit, not all of Taskin’s balls were found to be legal, the International Cricket Council (ICC) said while announcing their suspensions. “We are not convinced about Taskin as of now.
We don’t have any reason to be satisfied with the report,” Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hassan told reporters. “And that’s disappointing, so we have appealed to the ICC. “They are going to sit down with a team of legal experts and will inform us of their decision as soon as possible.”
Bangladesh, who came through the qualifiers to reach the Super 10 stage, lost to Pakistan in their opening Group Two match last Wednesday and next face Australia in Bangalore on Monday. India and New Zealand are the other teams in the pool with the top two advancing to the semi-finals.
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Paswan links rising Naxalism to reservation in private sector Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
At a time when caste reservation is hotly debated across political and social circles in the country, Ram Vilas Paswan, the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Monday choose to link the need for reservations in the private sector to “rising naxalism” in the country. He asked the Modi government to take “affirmative action” and reserve jobs for SC/STs in the private sector. “What is the reason behind the increasing problem of naxalism (in the country)? The reason is that their lands are being snatched away. This land has gold and coal
beneath it. You dig it out and shoo them away. The youth then takes up the wrong path… So it is necessary to provide reservation in the private sector,” said Paswan who was in Ahmedabad to hold a review meeting of officials of Food Corporation of India (FCI) in Gujarat. “We want affirmative action to be taken in this regard. If a private com-
pany is taking funds from the government, then such companies should implement the SC/ST reservation in their firms,” Paswan added. “This was our demand earlier, it is our demand even now,” the minister said adding that jobs can be reserved for Class III and Class IV levels so as to provide equitable reservation to the backward sections of the
After scuffle and police assurance ‘Thakor Sena’ calls off blockade
society. These comments from the minister comes at a time when several voices from the RSS and leaders from the ruling NDA government have public spoken out about a “rethink” on the current caste-based reservation policy. Claiming that the “Modi government was giving top priority to Babasaheb Ambedkar, Ram Vilas Paswan said the current government is building memorials of the Ambedkar at Mhow in Madhya Pradesh where the leader was born, at Rajghat, Nagpur, at Mumbai where his last rites were performed and at London.
Cops issue ‘red alert’ on suspicious vehicle movement in Jamnagar district
Correspondent | Jamnagar
An alert was today issued in Gujarat’s Jamnagar district by police after they received information regarding suspicious movement of a SUV in the coastal town of Sikka near here. The red alert was issued across the district as the police did not want to take chance, after a recent IB alert regarding entry of 10 terrorists from Pakistan through Gujarat coastal route, Superintendent of Police, Jamnagar, Pradeep Sejul said. “A local informer told us that a SUV with four persons was moving suspiciously near Sikka
Anant Ambani gets slimmer, his latest Somnath visit attracts media attention
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the accused. Today scuffle between police and the blockaders also took place on Kalol Mahesana road. In another incident near Brahmadvada in Unjha taluka of Mahesana district in North Gujarat police lobbed tear gases to remove another set of blockaders when they pelted stone on them. Later, when Alpesh Thakor got assurance from police officers near National Highway 8 in Sidhpur regarding making police escort available to his outfit during its future
raids on illegal liquor dens and action against the policeman who allegedly misbehaved with him, he called off the blockade for now. Thakor said that the police accepted all our three demands including strict action against attackers, disciplinary action against three policemen who misbehaved with us and providing police protection to our raid teams. ‘Following which I called off the blockade after 45 minutes from its beginning,’ he said.
Anant Ambani, son of Mukesh Ambani was in news on Sunday for reportedly reducing 70 kg weight. A day before Anant had visited Shri Somnath Mandir in Gujarat. Photos clicked there were released to media by local scribes. Pictures showed Anant has re-
town. One person, who was holding a weapon, handed over some bag to a person in a highly sus-
picious manner. “Taking no chance given the recent terror alert issued by the central IB, we have
issued red alert so that we can put up check points and search vehicles,” Sejul said. Following the red alert, security check points were set up across the district, especially to monitor the entry and exit of vehicles and search them on ground of suspicion. Police patrolling was also enhanced, the SP said. Ahead of ‘Maha Shivratri’, a terror alert was issued in Gujarat which said 10 terrorists had entered the state and their likely target was Somnath temple.
the terrace of their home at around 12:30 am. The police said that the children died on the spot. Hearing the gunshots, his wife Daya (46) who was sleeping beside the children woke up and tried to wrestle away the weapon from Nakia. However, the former trooper shot his wife thrice in torso and once in head, killing
the woman on the spot as well. Later, Nakia tried to commit suicide by hitting himself with an axe on head. But neighbours prevented him and rushed him to a hospital in Chotila. From there, he was later referred to PDU General Hospital in Rajkot, where his condition was reported to be out of danger.
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squad in person. Haldar, arrested recently by Gujarat police from Raipur in Chhattisgarh, has allegedly confessed that K D Patel, another staunch follower of Asaram, had provided Rs1 lakh to purchase weapons, said a senior police official. According to crime branch sources, Sanju, a resident of Malegaon in Maharashtra, bought a pistol in 2009 for the same purpose. “Both then went to an isolated place near the Asaram ashram in Motera and fired a few shots to check out their skills with the weapons,” said a crime branch source.
Retired CRPF jawan kills wife, two children; attempts suicide later Correspondent | Rajkot
duced his weight significantly. Actually the story is little older. In first week of February early this year Anant had visited Dwarkadhish Mandir in Gujarat. At that time it was reported that he had reduced his weight from 208 kg to 98 kg which is reduction of over 100 kg. Photos of Anant were in circulation then also, but just locally.
Suspecting infidelity, a retired constable of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) allegedly shot dead his wife and two minor children and later attempted suicide, in Hirasar village of Surendranagar district in the wee hours of Monday. The Chotila police said that Bhupat Nakia (50), a CRPF constable who had taken voluntary retirement around two years ago, went on the killing spree past midnight at his residence in Hirasar village in Chotila taluka of Surendranagar. He first murdered his two children Simran (12) and son Nitin (10) by shooting them in head from point blank range from his licensed .32 revolver, while they were asleep on
The district-wise data has revealed that remote districts of Kutch and Banaskantha followed by tribal districts of Panchmahal and Dahod are the worst hit in terms of vacant posts of primary teachers. In Kutch, 2,724 posts are lying vacant while 1,741 posts are not filled up in Banaskantha. These districts were followed by Panchmahal, where 935 posts are vacant, and Dahod, where 912 teachers are not recruited yet. As per another set of data tabled in the Assembly by the BJP-led state government, there is a shortfall of more than 2,400 teachers of mathematics and science sub-
jects in upper primary schools (6 to 8 standard). The data suggested that the government is yet to recruit 2,413 teachers who can teach maths and science subjects in government-run upper primary schools across the state. Banaskantha once again topped the charts with a shortfall of 404 teachers for the above subjects, followed by Panchmahal (382), Ahmedabad (230) and Dahod (203). The issue of vacant posts of primary teachers has been raised several times by Congress in and outside the Assembly, as the Opposition alleged that the government was not doing enough in this regard.
Correspondent | Sidhpur
‘Kshatriya Thakor Sena’ led by Alpesh Thakor today postponed its blockade programme after assurance of action and provision of escort from police even though instances of stone pelting and mild police action was seen during the 45 minute blockade at some places earlier in the day before it being called off. Supporters of the caste based outfit sat on the Kalol Mahesana road in the morning as part of their pre-announced protest blockade of the National Highway 8 from Amirgarh to Kalol in North Gujarat against the attack on three members by bootleggers during their raid on an illicit liquor den last Friday. The outfit expressed displeasure over the police granting bail to
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Gujarat short of more than 13,000 primary teachers
Gunmen had practice yard near Motera ashram: Cops
Post Indo-Pak match tension continues, late night stone pelting in Vadodara
Correspondent | Vadodara
Police had to lob tear gas shells late last night to disperse a mob in Akota area of the city where tension continued on the second day following stone pelting by a group on people rejoicing the Team India win over arch rival Pakistan in a match of T 20 world cup played at Eden Gardens of Kolkata on March 19. Police today said that two auto-rickshaw were also partially damaged in the group clash with one person sustaining injury last night. On the late night of March 19, when people in Jay Bhavaninagar and communally sensitive Akota area were rejoicing the Team India win over Pakistan in the crucial encounter, a group of people had
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an altercation with another group. Police had controlled the situation on the first night. Again last night the situation became tense with stone pelting between two groups. Senior police of-
ficials including JCP D J Patel rushed to the spot. The situation was later controlled. Extra police force has been deployed in the area to check any possible repeat of the incident.
Amid frequent allegations by Congress about deteriorating quality of education in Gujarat due to lack of teachers, the state government has admitted a shortfall of more than 13,000 teachers in the state-run primary schools. As per the data tabled by the government in the Gujarat Assembly recently, a total of 1,67,461 primary school teachers are working against the total sanctioned strength of 1,80,601 teachers across the state. These figures indicate 13,140 posts of primary teachers are still lying vacant in the state.
The crime branch team probing the murderous assaults on Lala Thakore and Raju Chandak, has come to learn that gunmen Kartik Haldar and Sanjay alias Sanju had used an isolated place near Asaram’s ashram in Motera as a shooting range to check their skills and weapons. Soon after, they began to attack witnesses against Asaram and his son. Investigators said that in 2009, when the attacks on Chandak and Thakore were carried out, Asaram was not in jail, and hence they will verify whether he had instructed the killer
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