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As per the guidelines, the column of service charge in a bill will be left blank to customers to fill up before making the final payment Agency | New Delhi
(4 : 00PM) Mumbai Vs Delhi Mumbai, (8 : 00PM) PM expresses pain over loss of lives in AP accident Agency | New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi today expressed pain over the loss of lives in a road mishap in Andhra Pradesh. “Pained by the loss of lives due to an accident in AP s Chittoor dist. Condolences to families of the deceased & prayers with the injured,” he tweeted. A truck rammed into a group of protesters outside a police station in Chittoor this afternoon, resulting in the death of 13 people and injuries to 18, who included some police officers. The injured persons were taken to Ruia Hospital in Tirupati.
Dining in hotels and restaurants will be less expensive now as the government has made service charge on hotel and restaurant bills ‘totally voluntary’. In a series of tweet, Union Minister for Consumer Affairs Ram Vilas Paswan on Friday said that service charge on hotel and restaurant bills is “totally voluntary” and not mandatory after the government approved guidelines on service charge. “Hotels/Restaurants should not decide how much service charge is to be paid by customer and it should be left to discretion of customer. Government has approved guidelines on Service Charge. Service Charge is totally voluntary and not mandatory now,” tweeted Paswan. The minister also said that the guidelines are being sent to states for necessary action at their ends. As per the guidelines, the column of service charge in a bill will be left blank to customers to fill up before making
SC questions Centre for making Aadhaar mandatory for PAN
Agency | New Delhi The Centre today faced searching questions from the Supreme Court for making Aadhaar mandatory for PAN cards, despite its order that it should be optional. The government tried to justify its stand saying that fake permanent account number (PAN) cards were being used to “divert funds” to shell firms. Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi made the submission as a bench comprising Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan asked him why Aadhaar has been made mandatory for applying for PAN when the apex court had earlier said it should be made optional. Responding to the court’s query, Rohatgi said the government has found that lots of fake PAN cards have been procured on the basis of fake ration cards
and other documents and these were used to divert funds to shell companies. He said there were instances were a person was found to be having several PAN cards and to stop such situation, it has been decided to make Aadhaar mandatory while applying for PAN. “There is a legislative mandate now. Section 139AA of the Income Tax Act says so. It is the only option as we have found that people were getting PAN cards on fake ration cards and such PANs were used to divert fund to shell companies,” the Attorney General told the bench. To this, the bench observed “is this the remedy that you need to have Aadhaar for having PAN? Why has it been made mandatory despite this court’s order?” Section 139AA of the Income Tax Act, introduced by the Finance Act 2017, provides for mandatory quoting of Aadhaar or enrolment ID of Aadhaar application form for filing of income tax returns.
the final payment. “If there is mandatory levy of service charge, customers can file a complaint in the Consumer Court,” a senior Consumer Affairs Ministry official said. Hefty fines and stringent
action against violation cannot be taken at present as the current Consumer Protection Law does not empower the ministry to do so, the official said. However, the new Consumer Protection Bill
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third-largest information technology service provider has sacked 300-600 employees to “align its workforce with business objectives, strategic priorities of the organisation and requirement of its clients”. The incident is emblematic of the quagmire of slowing growth and environmental difficulties that lay ahead of the Indian information technology companies.
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The multiple challenges being faced by India’s information technology companies have begun taking a toll on the employment prospects, with one of the largest organised employment sector cutting back on hiring or even undertaking retrenchment. The most recent case in point being Wipro. Yesterday, news reports said that India’s
under which an authority will be set up will have powers to take action, the official added. Last week, Paswan had said that the ministry has prepared an advisory on the service charge issue and the same was sent to the PMO for approval. “Service charge does not exist. It is being wrongly charged. We have prepared an advisory on this issue. We have sent it to the PMO for approval,” Paswan had said. A number of complaints from consumers have been received that hotels and restaurants were charging ‘service charge’ in the range of 5-20 per cent, in lieu of tips, the ministry had said earlier. Earlier too, on several occasions, Paswan spoke against unfair imposition of service charge on food bill and had even sought explanation from hotels and restaurants’ bodies. In January, the department of consumer affairs stated that service charge on food bills is not compulsory and a customer can choose to have it waived if not satisfied with experience.
Use social media for public welfare, not for self-praise: PM Modi
Agency | New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asked bureaucrats to become an enabling entity from being a regulator. Speaking at a function in New Delhi on the 11th Civil Servants Day, PM Modi said, “Our experience should not become a burden. Hierarchy remains an issue, a legacy from the British which we did not leave behind.” He said no reforms commission can replace the suggestions coming from the serving officers. “To reform, political will is needed. I do not lack it,” he said. The prime minister, in his speech, said that there is a need to bring a
public participation transforms. We have to bring them in one wavelength.”Modi asked bureaucrats to learn to take advice and ideas from junior-most person and asked them to take ownership. “A spirit of ownership is essential. Let us believe that through this set up we can qualitative change in the bring a positive change in functioning of civil ser- people’s lives.” vices. “Changing trends in the last 15-20 years have altered the dynamics. Competition can play a big role in bringing a qualitative change,” Modi Agency | New Delhi said. The prime minister also said that there is a A special SEBI court in need to change the work- Mumbai quashed a non ing style with changing bailable warrant issued times. “With quantum against Sahara chief Subjump in work must also rata Roy as he appeared come a qualitative change. before the court on FriWith changing times, a day. The warrant was need may arise that we also quashed on grounds may have to change our that Roy will appear in working style.,” he said. all hearings now as the Speaking about political court asked him to subwill in bringing reforms, mit an undertaking for the PM Modi said, “Political same. The next hearing will can reform but bu- in this matter will take reaucracy performs and place on May 18th when
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang said China’s position on the eastern section of the India- China boundary is clear and consistent Agency | New Delhi
China on Friday dismissed India’s charge of inventing names for six places in Arunachal Pradesh, saying it is its ‘lawful right’ to do so,said. China was responding to the Ministry of External Affairs’ statement on Thursday where it told a group of journalists in New Delhi that inventing names of states of a neighbour does not make illegal occupation legal. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lu Kang said China’s position on the eastern section of the India- China boundary is clear and consistent, referring to Arunachal Pradesh. “Relevant names have been used by ethnic Momba and Tibetan Chinese who have lived here for generations. So it is a fact that cannot be changed. To standardise these names
and publicise them is a legitimate measure based on our lawful right,” he was quoted as saying by said. The renaming controversy made headlines on Thursday when China had announced it has ‘standardised’ official names for six places in the Northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh and termed the provocative move as ‘legitimate action’. In response, India reiterated that Arunachal Pradesh is an integral part of India. In a statement to the media yesterday, MEA spokesperson Gopal Baglay had said “renaming or in-
venting names of states of your neighbour do not make illegal occupation as legal”. The six names renamed by China are as follows: Wo’gyainling, Mila Ri, Qoidengarbo Ri, Mainquka, Bumo La and Namkapub Ri. The corresponding names with their latitude and longitude taken into account list these places as Tawang, Kra Daadi, West Siang, Siang, Anjaw and Subansiri respectively. While some experts have viewed China’s latest move as a way to underscore its territorial sovereignty, China has said.
Home delivery of petrol, diesel likely as Oil ministry considers idea Agency | New Delhi
In a bid to cut long queues outside fuel pumps, the government is likely considering home delivery of petrol and diesel to consumers if they pre-book, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas tweeted on Friday. At least 3.5 crore people come to fuel station every day, the oil ministry said, adding that nearly Rs 2,500 crore worth of transactions take place every year. The ministry also sought to draw attention towards an increase in digital transactions for fuel purchase, when it said about
40,000 retail outlets are with POS (point of sale), more than 86 per cent of retail outlets with digital infrastructure today. “Over 35,000 consumer awareness campaigns organized in country; OMCs giving 0.75 per cent discount on fuel purchase via cashless mode.
Daily cashless transactions increased from Rs 150 Cr per day to Rs 400 Cr per day,” the ministry said in a series of tweets. Meanwhile, Indian oil companies will soon introduce daily price revision of diesel and petrol in five cities from May 1 onward.
At least 3.5 crore people come to fuel station every day, the oil ministry said
SEBI court quashes non bailable warrant against Sahara chief Subrata Roy
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the argument on framing of charges will begin. The Supreme Court had in February issued a non bailable arrest warrant against Roy for his failure to appear before it in connection with the case in which his two companies have been directed to refund Rs 20,000 crore to investors. The court had come down heavily on the Sahara group for not refunding Rs 20,000 crore of investors money
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and Sahara India Housing Investment Corp Ltd (SHIC) to be personally present before it. The court had rejected Roy’s plea seeking exemption from personal appearance.
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2 / Dt. 22-04-2017, Saturday Editors’ Picks Saturday, APRIL 22, 2017 Sonu Nigam’s azaan tweet row: Noise Pollution And Forced Religiousness Oh god, I couldn’t agree more. Come on, admit it. Do you like waking up to loud Jagrata or bhajan or azaan or movie song, or noise from the kitchen mixer or even your mum’s high decibel voice so damn early in the morning? No! I remember having a fight with an elderly co-passenger on a train once. He was speaking about his blood sugar levels and vegetables to cure constipation to another passenger at the top of his voice at 6 am! And when I told him to speak a bit softly, he said: “This is the problem with youngsters! It’s 6 am. Why don’t you wake up?” He had absolutely no idea that I was awake till 3 am writing a story on my mobile phone. I just had 8 hours in 24 hours to write my story, eat, sleep, shit, talk to my parents (you know call from mums can never be short), and this man was sermonising me at 5 am. That is how being ‘forced’ feels! When an individual is ‘forced’ or ‘pressurised’ to follow religious discourse or music or way of life, it called ‘forced religiousness’. So, there is absolutely nothing wrong with what Sonu Nigam said. I don’t know whether it had anything to do with Hinduism or Islam but forcing people to listen to bhajans and azaan is definitely forced religiousness. A theatre of the absurd has been underway since singer Sonu Nigam tweeted up a storm Monday morning protesting against the use of loudspeakers for the call to Azaan, referring to the practice as “gundagardi”. For this, he was criticised, praised and trolled all day, which led him to attempt a clarification stating that his opposition was solely anti-loudspeaker. That however only stoked the non-event further, earning a smattering of jibes from within the Bollywood fraternity too. As if that wasn’t enough, a Kolkata-based cleric jumped right in on Tuesday with an award of Rs 10 lakh for shaving Nigam’s head. Syed Sha Atef Ali Al Quaderi, vice president of the West Bengal Minority United Council, stated: “If anyone can shave his [Nigam’s] hair, put a garland of old torn shoes around his neck and tour him around the country, I personally announce an award of Rs 10 lakh for that person.” As per a DNA report, Quaderi claimed that he would have done the same if “one had talked ill about the sound of bells coming from a temple as well … People like Nigam should be driven out of the country.” A happily provoked, unfazed Nigam tweet-announced on Wednesday, February 19, “Today at 2pm Aalim will come to my place, and shave my head. Keep your 10 lakhs ready Maulavi” and recently followed through on that, putting the Quaderi and his brazenly comic fatwa in a rather absurd position. Nigam is now steadfastly claiming his earned reward. Most recently, the cleric has only emphasised his nonsensical demands instead of taking them back, by asking Nigam to carry through the shoe-garland and the parading too, in order the claim the reward. It is certainly worth wondering whether this whole ensemble isn’t a bit too much drama, especially in the way a slumbering celebrity went about making it a personal issue out of the blue.
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“You do not care about the widows of India. You file an affidavit and say you are not concerned with the widows of India. You have done nothing… This is complete helplessness. Government does not want to do anything,” - The Supreme Court on Friday said when it passes some directions, it is claimed that the courts are “trying to run the government”, which does not want to act. “You (government) do not want to do it and when we say anything, you say that court is trying to run the government,”
Brad Pitt reunites In Kerala, Baahubali, Vikram’s I widened market for nonwith children for first time post split Malayalam films: Prem Menon with Angelina Jolie Agency | Chennai
Agency | Los Angeles Brad Pitt spent some quality time with all six children for the first time since his divorce with Angelina Jolie. Brad Pitt met all his six kids at his house in Los Feliz, California. Brad and Angelina have been in a legal custody battle over their six children since their split in October last year. “His kids visited him at his Los Feliz home on the evening of April 2,” a source told Entertainment Tonight. Brad and Angelia have six children: Maddox, 15, Pax, 13, Zahara, 12, Shiloh, 10, and twins Vivienne and Knox, 8. According to media reports, it was for the first time that the actor spends time with all his six kids post his divorce with Angelina. Meanwhile, Brad Pitt was spotted during a rare public sight in California and actor looked shockingly thin. Earlier, Angelina opened up about her split with Brad and said that they will always be a family. “I don’t want to say very much about that, except to say it was a very difficult time… And we are a family and we will always be a family, and we will get through this time and hopefully be a stronger family for it. Many, many people find themselves in this situation. My whole, my family… We’ve all being through a difficult time. My focus is my children, our children… And my focus is finding this way through.We are and forever will be a family. I am coping with finding a way through to make sure that this somehow makes us stronger and closer, ” Jolie told BBC World News’ Yalda Hakim in Cambodia.
Priyanka Chopra on Tribeca jury duty with Robert DeNiro, Whoopi Goldberg Agency | New Delhi
Our Priyanka Chopra is a girl on a mission. Days after she said she is finally moving out of New York having finished Quantico season 2, she is doing jury duty for the 16th Tribeca Festival. And guess who are there with her? The greats, as Priyanka describes the, Whoopi Goldberg and Robert DeNiro. Sharing a picture with Hollywood stalwarts o n h e r Twitter account, Priyanka wrote, “An afternoon with the greats. Congrats whoopigoldberg janetribeca RobertDeNiro on 16 yrs! Thanks for including me! Tribeca2017 JuryDuty.” According to an announcement made earlier, Priyanka was announced as one of the jury members along with filmmaker Amy Berg, actors Zachary Quinto and Willem Dafoe, and TV producer Sheila Nevins, among others. Priyanka will be judging the 2017 Documentary and Student Visionary Competitions alongside Olivia Thirlby, Ryan Eggold, Brendan Fraser and Ileen Gallagher, according to reports. Robert De Niro is the co-founder of the annual film festival.
Well-known producer Prem Menon, who successfully distributed Vikram-starrer I and Baahubali: The Beginning among other films in Kerala, believes the phenomenal success of these movies has widened the market for non-Malayalam films in the state. Both I and Baahubali were high earners in Kerala, with a combined gross of over Rs 20 crore. “The success of Baahubali and I opened the eyes of distributors and theatre owners. It even widened the market for non-Malayalam films in Kerala. While Baahubali grossed over Rs 11 crore in its entire run, I grossed around Rs 10 crore,” said Menon, managing director, Global United Media (GUM). It’s with Shankar-directed Tamil revenge drama
I, the company began its distribution journey. Since then, there’s been no looking back for GUM which is gearing up for the release of Baahubali 2: The Conclusion on April 28. Asked about the secret formula behind the successful distribution model, he said “carpet bombing of screens”. “When we bought I and were planning to release in 225 screens, a lot of people thought we were doing a mistake. One
needs to understand that a shelf life of a film today is the first three days. Then, the content and word-ofmouth decides the fate of a film,” he said. “But if you could draw maximum audiences in the first three days, you’re at least guaranteed very good opening. We give prime importance to marketing,” Menon, whose company is credited for creating the world’s largest poster of Baahubali first part during its release, said.
Soha Ali Khan and Kunal Khemu expecting first child, say happy to announce joint production Agency | New Delhi
Soha Ali Khan and Kunal Khemu tied the knot on January 25, 2015, in Delhi and celebrated their anniversary this year at an intimate gathering. The couple who were in a live-in relationship before their marriage finds that it has worked really well for them. In interviews, Soha has mentioned how this is the reason why she doesn’t find life after marriage to be different. But now, with a new member of the family, things might change. The lovely couple is expecting their first child. According to reports Soha is pregnant and hadn’t announced it officially till now. But Kunal Khemu, who seems to be on cloud nine, confirmed the news. He said, “Soha and I are very happy to announce a joint production coming later this year — our first child! We feel blessed and thank you all for your good wishes.” Taimur Ali Khan, Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan’s son, will have a cousin to play with. Soha was recently in Pune visiting the Symbiosis college with cricketer Stephen Fleming for a promotional event for New Zealand tourism. Kunal Khemu, on the other hand, is currently working with Ajay Devgn and Parineeti Chopra on Golmaal Again. He will also lend his voice for the role of Indra in the animated series Hanuman Da Damdaar. Will Soha Ali Khan follow in the footsteps of her sister-in-law Kareena Kapoor Khan and flaunt this phase of her life for the camera?
Soha Ali Khan is pregnant with her first child with husband Kunal Khemu
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The theme of this year’s National PR Day was ‘Salutation to Indian Armed Forces’ and in accordance to the same, PRSI Ahmedabad Chapter in association with NCC Cadets and Law Garden Walkers Club organised march. National Vice President, PRSI West, Shri Unmesh Dixit informs that, “The armed forces of our country risk
their lives for us so we as responsible citizens should appreciate their acts”. Chairman, PRSI Ahmedabad Chapter, Shri R.K Singh reports, “Being communication experts, it is our responsibility that we smoothen the communication process between the armed forces and the public. It is important that the public remains aware of all the tasks of the armed forces.”
TECNO Mobile sets foot in India; unveils #SmartestNightPhone powered by PIXELEX engine emerging markets has garnered tremendous success in African countries,becoming one of the top three mobile phone brands.Fuelled by the same ambition, TECNO Mobile promises to delight Indian consumers by launchingi-series of Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad smartphones equipped with innovative camTranssion Holdings, a global company dedi- era features identified in cated to providingmost the ‘Indian photography favoured mobile com- preference’ survey conducted with a sample municationproducts and size of 2000 Indians in 4 mobile internet services states. As part of its ‘Do in over 50+ countries, The Undoable’product today announced theDNAin India, all TEClaunch of its smartphone NO products come with brand - TECNO Mobile a unique, image processin India. TECNO Mobile ing PIXELEX engine is a premium smartphone that enables consumers brand that promises to to capture images truoffer superior products, er to Indian skin tones quality service and an even in low light condiunmatched value propo- tions. To further boost sition to its consumers. the confidence of conRedefining the night pho- sumers, TECNO smarttography with its PIX- phonescomes with ‘151’ ELEX image processing promise which offers 100 engine and unique ‘151’ days’ replacement warpromise, the company ranty, 50% buyback and unveiled its ‘Made for 1-year one-time screen India’‘i’ series. TECNO replacement as an initial Mobile, as part of its ex- offering for a limited pepansion strategy in the riod.
BJP Says I Eat Beef, None Of Their Business, Says Mamata Banerjee Agency | Kolkata
As the ruling Trinamool Congress confirmed founder Mamata Banerjee as its chief for another six-year term, the West Bengal chief minister called on regional parties to come together to defeat the BJP, against which she launched her strongest attack in recent times. Addressing thousands of her party’s workers and leaders at the Netaji Indoor Stadium in Kolkata, Ms Banerjee lashed out against what she called the BJP’s alleged attempt to label her anti-Hindu. “Hum bebakuf nahi hai (I am no fool),” she thundered. “They tried to stop me from entering Jagannath Temple but they cannot decide who is a big Hindu and who is a small Hindu. Or which Hindu is Muslim.” At Puri in Odisha where the famous Jagannath temple is, a handful of people had raised “go back Mamata” slogans, alleging that Ms Banerjee supports the consumption of beef. “The BJP is spending crores. They are putting my photo on social media and putting words in my mouth. They say I ate beef,” she said, adding, “What I eat is my business but they have captured social media and saying all kinds of things and if anyone objects, they are threatening them with murder.” The chief minister, accused by the BJP of minority appeasement, alleged that the rival party is “maligning Hinduism,” saying, “Hinduism is not the BJP’s religion.
Having been pulled out of Australia’s one-day team to prepare for India, then ignored by selectors for every match in the subcontinent, batsman Usman Khawaja is guarded about his chances of winning a Test recall for the Ashes. The stylish number three suffered a further blow on Thursday when he was left out of Australia’s one-day squad for next month’s Champions Trophy in England and Wales. Being excluded from the nation’s formidable one-day team is nothing to be ashamed about given the batting riches at selectors’ disposal. However, the India snub was a bitter pill to swallow for a player who had averaged 66.75 in the preceding Test series against Pakistan after topping the runs list in a losing cause against South Africa. Rubbing salt into the wounds, Khawaja was left to carry the drinks
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during the four-Test series in India and watch his replacement Shaun Marsh manage only 151 runs at an average of 18.87 from his eight innings. “The most frustrating thing for me was not to play those three ODIs in New Zealand,” Khawaja told Fox Sports. “I got pulled out of that series to prepare for India and then not playing was a bit hard.” The plain-spoken Khawaja has had a frosty relationship with selectors in the past. As Australia lurched to an emphatic defeat in Sri Lanka last year, he was
axed, somewhat harshly, for the third and final Test along with opener Joe Burns. He made his displeasure with selectors clear. Still stinging from the omission, Khawaja told local media he and Burns were “scapegoats” for the team’s wider failures, an indiscretion that earned him a quiet “chat” with coach Darren Lehmann. Former players and media pundits have repeatedly accused Australia’s selectors of being poor communicators and particularly ham-fisted in their handling of dropped players.
paign and would be hoping to get any one other than defensively solid Juventus in the semi-final. Italian champions Juventus, swept aside Barcelona and didn’t look troubled in any of the two legs against a fearsome attacking unit of Lionel Messi, Luis
Suarez and Neymar. The draw coverage will start at 3:30 pm IST at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. The first-leg matches will be held on May 2 and 3 respectively, while the return leg of the similar, will be held a week later on May 9 and 10, while the Champions League final will be played on June 3 at Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales.
Champions League draw: Juventus face Monaco, Real Madrid face city rivals Atletico Agency | Manchester
A fiercely attacking Monaco set to lock horns against defensively resolute Juventus, while Real Madrid face familiar threat of neighbors Atletico en route to the final in Wales. The draw for penultimate round of the UCL season is upon us and while Real Madrid, Juventus and Atletico Madrid are the familiar names, AS Monaco’s journey did leave quite a few surprised. The Madrid neighbours have had their fair amount of struggle while progressing to this stage of the tournament. While Zinedine Zidane’s Real Madrid go themselves through after a controversy quarter final against Bayern Munich, Diego Simione’s Atletico Madrid edged past English champions Leicester City to book their berth in the last 4. As Monaco, eased past Borussia Dortmund, a team that went through the trauma of blast near their team bus during the first leg, are considered as dark horses of the cam-
HDFC Bank Q4 net rises 18% to Rs 3,990 cr Agency | New Delhi
HDFC Bank, the country’s second largest in the private sector in terms of assets, reported an 18.3 per cent rise in both its fourth quarter as well as yearly net profit. This was so even as provisioning increased, mainly on the asset classification leeway given in the third quarter by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and due to aggressive expansion of the loan book in the fourth quarter. Profit for the financial year’s fourth
quarter ended March was Rs 3,990 crore; for all of 2016-17, it was 14,549.7 crore. This is the second quarter in a row that the bank reported quarterly profit growth below 20 per cent; it is also the first time in its history that yearly profit growth has dipped below 20 per cent. Analysts were expecting quarterly net profit of Rs 3,956 crore. The bank’s shares rose 2.4 per cent to close at Rs 1,496.75 a share, having hit a lifetime high of Rs 1,499 in the trading session.
Gareth Bale faces a race against time to be fit for Sunday’s potentially title-deciding La Liga clash between Real Madrid and Barcelona. However, many Madrid fans won’t be losing any sleep should the Welshman miss out as Real have thrived despite another injury-ravaged season for the world’s and a deadly left foot. Insecond most expensive deed, his role in winning player. “There has been two Champions Leagues no Real Madrid fan seen in the past three seasons crying over Bale’s inju- was rewarded with a masry,” said an editorial in Gareth Madrid sports daily Marca this week. “Bale’s Bale faces a absence is a solution race against time to for Real Madrid, not a problem.” Some be fit for title-deciding of Bale’s obvious individual qualities La Liga clash between have shone through Real Madrid in his four seasons since moving to Madrid sive for a then world record fee of just over 100 mil- n e w five-year conlion euros ($107 million). tract reportedly worth He scored more head- £600,000 a week back ed goals than anyone in in October. However, the Europe last season, still statistics show Madrid possesses electric pace have benefited far more
when coach Zinedine Zidane has balanced his side with less glamorous names to work within a more solid structure. Bale’s injuries have limited him to just 18 of Madrid’s 31 La Liga games this season, in which the European champions have won 12, drawn five and lost once at Valencia. By contrast, Lucas Vazquez — who cost Madrid a meagre one million euros in 2015 — has thrived in Bale’s absence, winning in 22 of his 28 La Liga appearances this season. In 13 games without Bale, Madrid’s win percentage jumps from 67 to 85 percent. Madrid go into the Clasico well set to deliver their first league title in five seasons and the first of Bale’s career. Real are three points clear of Barca and have a game in hand. The massive difference between the sides so far this season has been the depth of Madrid’s squad.
Gujarat cop caught on tape with beer can, probe ordered Correspondent | Rajkot
THE RAJKOT Rural police launched an inquiry after a video showing policemen purportedly ‘consuming liquor inside a police van’ in the Union Territory of Diu went viral on Thursday. The video shows a man allegedly holding a “beer supposed to go there. Af- to bring the van back. can” inside a Rajkot Ru- ter the reported incident, We shall take action in ral police vehicle parked we asked ST/SC cell accordance with law,” opposite Hotel Alishan, DySP to conduct an in- Sood added. The incident which houses a bar and a quiry,” Sood told The In- comes around a year afrestaurant. After the vid- dian Express. The SP said ter 11 engineers and staff eo started circulating on how many policemen had members of Paschim social media on Thurs- gone to Diu was a mat- Gujarat Vij Company day, Rajkot Rural super- ter of inquiry. “We shall Limited (PGVCL), the intendent of police (SP) check the vehicle log- state-owned power disAntrip Sood ordered an book to know what route tribution company, were inquiry. “A team of 14 were they supposed to photographed consumtrainee drivers were to take. This is a case of ing liquor in Diu while undergo training today. indiscipline. We have officially they were on But, the video shows the sent a team of our mo- duty at Gir Somnath disvan in Diu. They were not tor transport department trict. After the video started circulating on social media on Thursday, Rajkot Rural superintendent of police (SP) Antrip Sood ordered an inquiry
Virat Kohli glancing at Vijaya Archana’s ripped jeans is unlikely to please Anushka Sharma Agency | New Delhi
Virat Kohli’s Instagram profile picture is one with his lady love Bollywood actress, Anushka Sharma. But this time a photo has surfaced in social media which will not please Anushka for sure. Virat known for his timing of shots on the field, has now become victim of a badly-timed photo.
In this photo he is seen gazing at IPL anchor Archana Vijaya’s ripped jeans. We wouldn’t want to be in Virat Kohi’s shoes when he explains this one to Anushka. The Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) captain Virat Kohli played a pivotal knock against the Gujarat Lions on Tuesday in their Indian Premier League (IPL)
match at Rajkot. Put into bat by the home captain Suresh Raina, Kohli opened the RCB innings with Chris Gayle. The destructive pair post a 122-run opening stand to the foundation for a late onslaught, which materialized with Travis Head and Kedar Yadhav playing blistering knocks. But Kohli’s knock was his best of the sea-
son so far, in three matches. Coming from an injury layoff, the 28-year-old started the tournament with a fluent 62 against Mumbai Indians, then managed 28 against Rising Pune Supergiant.
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Bribery Case: CBI files chargesheet against two ex-ED officials in Gujarat Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
The CBI has filed chargesheet against former joint director of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Ahmedabad J P Singh, his the then subordinate assistant director Sanjay Kumar and eight others in connection with a bribery case. The chargesheet was filed before a special CBI court on Wednesday, said CBI spokesperson R K Gaur. He said that the accused have been “charged with
criminal conspiracy under the IPC and under relevant provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act”. Besides Singh and Kumar, the chargesheet named alleged bookies Bimal Aggarwal and Chandresh Patel, Sonu Jalan, J K Arora, Dhruv Kumar Singh, Jayesh Thakkar, Paresh Patel and Surinder Mandi. Jalan, Arora and Thakkar were granted default bail as the CBI had failed to file the chargesheet against them in the stipulated 90-day
period. Singh and Kumar are currently lodged at Sabarmati Central jail. They recently withdrew their bail pleas after the CBI informed the Gujarat High Court court that it was going to file the chargesheet. The CBI has accused Singh of collecting “huge bribe” from bookies and hawala op-
years. GPYC president Parthivraj Kathwadia submitted a memorandum in this regard to the university on Thursday, claiming that running the food joints on the GU grounds was in violation
of the terms of contract. “The ground has been given to the contractor for parking vehicles of visitors during events held in the convention centre,” Kathwadia said in the memorandum. V-C Himanshu Pandya, when contacted, said: “I am not aware of the contractor misusing the ground. But I will certainly look into the complaint.”
Youth Congress seeks removal of ‘illegal’ food joints on Gujarat University grounds Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Gujarat Pradesh Youth Congress (GPYC) on Thursday demanded the removal of food joints, being “illegally” run by Gandhi Associates, on the premises of Gujarat University. The varsity authorities have given a contract to the Gandhi Associates to run Gujarat University Convention Centre for a period of five
Maharashtra farmers rally stopped at Gujarat border, 114 detained Correspondent | Surat
A protest march of Maharashtra farmers from Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’s Assembly constituency in Nagpur to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s native place Vadnagar was stopped by the Gujarat police in Tapi district at the state border on Thursday. As many as 114 farmers, including Independent MLA from Maharashtra’s Achalpur Bachu Kadu, were detained and later forced to go back to their home state by the Gujarat police. The rally, led by Kadu under the banner of his political outfit Prahar, had started from Nagpur on April 11 on the birth anniversary of social reformer Jyoti-
ba Phule and on April 21 was slated to reach Vadnagar in Mehsana, where the farmers had planned a public meeting and a blood donation camp. The farmers were demanding a rise in the minimum support price and farm loan waiver. The Gujarat Khedut Samaj had made arrangement to receive the Maharashtra farmers in Surat in the afternoon, and a few members of
the outfit were already present at Shedkari village in Uchhal Taluka of Tapi district on the state border to meet the protesters. At the state border, the police intercepted the rally and asked the farmers to produce the necessary letter of permission to carry out the march further. The farmers, however, failed to produce necessary documents.
erators for not arresting them during the investigation into the Surat hawala racket and the IPL betting cases, which he had supervised. It has alleged bookie Manoj Jain paid Rs 2.75 crore to two other bookies — Agarwal and Sonu Jalan — on behalf of Singh. Agrawal and Jalan are alleged to have worked as “conduits” of Singh. Jain’s name had surfaced during the IPL betting case investigation under the supervision of Singh.
14 killed as truck ploughs into villagers in Andhra Agency | Hyderabad
At least 13 people have died after a truck hit an electric pole and then ran into a group of demonstrators gathered outside a police station in the temple town of Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh. 11 of those killed were electrocuted, said a senior police official. 24 people were also injured in the accident that took place. Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted this evening, “Pained by the loss of lives due to an accident in AP’s Chittoor dist. Condolences to families of the deceased & prayers with the injured.” There are unconfirmed reports that the driver was drunk. The truck crushed 10 two-wheelers, two auto rickshaws and a police vehicle before hitting an electric pole and shops. Both the driver and his assistant escaped after the crash. The speeding truck, which was headed from Hyderabad to Chennai, was carrying crushed stone.
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AMC: Gujarat Gaurav Gujarat: Saurabh Patel Diwas to be marked ‘reaches out to Akota’ ing competition from Ambedkar Bridge to Nehwith twin events THE Ahmedabad Municru Bridge will be organSunvilla News | Ahmedabad
ipal Corporation (AMC) has worked out a weeklong celebration of Gujarat Gaurav Divas, beginning April 24 to May 1 in the city, Mayor Gautam Shah, Standing Committee chairman Pravin Patel and Municipal Commissioner Mukesh Kumar told reporters Thursday. For the first time, a boat-
ised on April 30 evening behind NID. A Gujarat Gaurav race will be held from Vallabh Sadan to Usmanpura and back on Ashram Road with 3,000 participants wearing neon T shirts on April 30 evening. A laser show at Vallabh Sadan, a LED kite flying event, a fire cracker Correspondent | Vadodara show will also be held. BJP MLA from Akota in Vadodara Saurabh Patel, who was left out of the Vijay Rupani cabinet in August last year and thereafter from the party’s recently announced poll panels, has turned retrial. The CBI defended his attention to his itself by saying that when- constituency with miever it got any complaint cro-level activities. The from the witnesses, it for- move —a micro-levwarded it to the Director el cricket tournament General of Police, Gujarat and sangeet sandhya — and also informed the tri- comes amid much talk al court about it. The CBI within the party around lawyer said one of the wit- his candidature in the nesses who complained of coming Assembly polls, threats was offered securi- but Patel says “it has ty cover which he refused. nothing to do with the Senior lawyer SV Raju polls”. “This is the first opposed the petition and time, I have found time reiterated that the petition to organise such an event is nothing but a “political (cricket tournament) as battle.” He said, there is I have been busy. It has no substance in the alle- got nothing to do with the elections as it is gations.
only a means to promote sports, and cricket is one of the most-loved games in India.” Patel maintains that he is reaching out to the people of his constituency “as usual” even as an open factional war continues within the party. According to the sources, many in BJP’s Vadodara unit have been displeased ever since Patel was fielded from Akota in 2012. Party sources say as many as three lobbies have made separate representations before the state executive to shift Patel out of his current constituency in the upcoming polls. Stating that he is unaffected by the hostility, Patel says, “When there are a thousand people, it is not possible that all of them will be happy with you.”
against Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore, their bowlers failing to live up to the ocassion on both counts. Jadeja went wicketless, leaking 57 runs against RCB in his quota of four overs. Chris Gayle was at his lethal best as he plundered a 38-ball 77 to help Virat Kohli’s team post a mammoth 213. Gujarat batsmen fought hard with Brendon McCullum smashing a 44ball 72 but in the end fell 21 runs short. The good part for Friday’s visitors is McCullum’s form with the willow. The dashing Kiwi batsman has scored scored 225 runs
in five games at an average of 45. Coming to the home team, the twice IPL champions showed exemplary character during their nail-biting four-wicket win against Delhi Daredevils with one ball remaining. Being in the dumps while chasing 169 to win, Manish Pandey (69 not out) and Yusuf Pathan (59) stemmed the rot doggedly with a 110run stand for the fourth wicket. Pathan getting among runs should also be a cause of joy for KKR. What remains to be seen is who opens the batting with Gambhir. After Lynn got injured, Sunil Narine
Threat to witnesses: Gujarat HC pulls up CBI, police Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
The Gujarat High Court on Thursday pulled up the CBI and the state police for not inquiring into the complaints of threats on witnesses of RTI activist Amit Jethva murder case. The court said that state police and the CBI did nothing to probe the reasons behind witnesses turning hostile. The court’s remarks came during the hearing of a petition moved by Bhikhabhai Jethva, father of Amit Jethva, seeking a
Desperate Gujarat Lock Horns Against In-form Kolkata
Agency | Kolkata Revenge will be on their minds when wooden spooners Gujarat Lions take on table toppers Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in a return Indian Premier League (IPL) fixture here at the Eden Gardens on Friday. The Suresh-Raina led franchise -- in both the outfit’s first games of the season -- suffered a 10-wicket defeat in their own den on April 7. KKR openers
Gautam Gambhir (76 off 48) and Chris Lynn (93 off 41) made short work of Gujarat’s 183 where Raina top-scored with an unbeaten 68. Against Rising Pune Supergiant, Australian medium pacer Andrew Tye bagged a hattrick an returned best figures of (5/17) as Gujarat won by seven wickets with two overs to spare. Ace India left-arm orthodox spinner Ravindra Jadeja played for the first time in that match but could not reap much dividends picking up just one wicket and going for 40 runs too. Since then, the side formed in 2016 finished second best
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