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News Brief Pooja Bhatt to attend ‘Jism’ special screening
“NO Compulsory voting”
Guj HC stays compulsory voting in local polls Last month, Gujarat became the first state to have compulsory voting with BJP government there putting out notification making it mandatory in local body elections
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The Gujarat high court on Friday stayed the implementation of a law that makes voting compulsory in the civic body elections in the state. The ‘right to vote’ itself provides right to refrain from voting and it cannot be turned into ‘duty of voting’, the high court said while Agency | Mumbai
Actress-filmmaker Pooja Bhatt is looking forward to the special screening of her 2003 film “Jism” at the Jagran Film Festival in Ranchi. The erotic thriller was directed by Amit Saxena and produced by Bhatt and it starred Bipasha Basu and John Abraham in lead roles.
Juhi Chawla visits school for ‘Chalk n Duster’ shoot
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Actress Juhi Chawla says she had a “lovely time” shooting in a school for her upcoming film “Chalk n Duster”. The “Gulaab Gang” actress, who was in an Aurangabad school, took to Twitter to share the news. “Fun day at the school shoot for Chalk N Duster... Had a lovely time chatting with the school kids in Aurangabad...,” the 47-year-old actress tweeted along with a picture.
Rupee trims initial losses, still down 21 paise at 65.75 Agency | Mumbai
The rupee trimmed initial losses but was still down by 20 paise to 65.75 per dollar after hitting fresh two-year low in the morning following continued dollar demand from importers and some banks amid steep fall in local equities on the back of weakening in greenback overseas.
High Court which observed that the ‘right to vote’ itself provided right to refrain from voting
acting on a petition challenging the Gujarat Local Authorities (Amendment) Act 2009, which makes voting mandatory in local body polls in the state. The division bench of acting Chief Justice Jayant Patel and Justice NV Anjariya stayed implementation of compulsory voting, admitting the plea filed by law-
India-Pak Talks Hang By a Thread, Both Reject ‘Preconditions’
Agency | New Delhi Talks between India and Pakistan, scheduled for Sunday, are precariously placed, with both sides virtually daring each other to call off the dialogue of their National Security Advisers (NSAs). India says Pakistan has sprung a surprise by invoking two last-minute conditions - adding Kashmir to the agenda of the discussion, and insisting that sepa-
ratists from the state will meet with, Sartaj Aziz, Pakistan’s NSA. Neither is acceptable to India, which says they were not sought last month when Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif agreed, in Ufa, to resume talks. The announcement that the NSAs would conference in Delhi on terrorism was a breakthrough after a year-long stand-
off, which began when Pakistan was adamant on a similar invite to Kashmiri separatists ahead of talks of Foreign Secretaries. The NSA talks are meant to be followed by meetings between other officials. Pakistan has flat-out refused to call off the invite to the separatists, who Indian government officials say, will be detained upon arrival in Delhi from Srinagar. “Pakistani leadership has always interacted with the Kashmir/Hurriyat leadership, during their visits to India. Pakistan regards them as genuine stakeholders in the efforts to find a lasting solution of the Kashmir Dispute,” said a statement from Islamabad.
yer KR Koshti against the Act. A bill making voting compulsory for all the citizens in civic bodies, mooted by then chief minister Narendra Modi, was passed by the state Assembly in 2009 and
became a law when governor OP Kohli signed it. Earlier this month, the government had notified the law saying those who fail to vote will have to pay a fine of Rs 100. Petitioner’s lawyer PS Cham-
paneri submitted before the HC earlier on Friday that right to vote is an expression of a citizen. The right to vote cannot be termed as the duty by the state and therefore, the provision of compulsory voting Act is violative of fundamental rights given to any citizen under the Indian Constitution, Champanderi submitted. He also argued that the state legislature does not have any legislative competence to enact a law regarding voting, as it comes under the purview of the
Constitution and any such law can only be amended or enacted by Parliament. The petitioner demanded in the plea to restrain the Gujarat government and the state election commission to implement the provisions of the Gujarat Local Authorities (Amendment) Act, 2009. The Gujarat Local Authorities (Amendment) Bill was first introduced in the state Assembly in December 2009 and passed by a majority vote when Modi was the chief minister.
“An agreement could be seen in about 10 days.” Modi had said the Rafale jets were being bought due to the “critical operational necessity” of the IAF. The 36 jets will be
delivered according to a timeframe compatible to the IAF’s requirements, and weapons, systems and aircraft would be of the same configuration as approved by the IAF and with a longer maintenance responsibility for France. India requires 45 combat squadrons to counter a two-front threat from China and Pakistan but has only 34 squadrons with about 18 aircraft each. The new jets will be adequate for two squadrons.
declared the launch of “start-up India, stand up India” to motivate youths for innovation and entrepreneurship to convert India into a manufacturing hub. Though the idea of start-ups first floated in the state by Gujarat Technological University Vice Chancellor Akshai Agarwal three years ago when he set up four clusters of engineering colleges directing them to motivate students to innovate and also tie up with the local industries to solve their problems. His effort suc-
ceeded to a large extent as several engineering and pharmacy colleges began innovation work and also filed patents. Some of the students also turned into entrepreneurs while still studying in third or four semesters of engineering. But PM’s August 15 speech focussing on “start-ups” has now motivated the government as also VCs of all universities that resulted in their assembly at GU premises today. Even State Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasma was also present at the conference. Chudasma in his speech suggested setting up international start-up hostels in Ahmedabad and other places in Gujarat to attract international students and provide them facilities for innovation and development.
France, India to conclude Rafale jets deal in 10 days Agency | Paris
The purchase of French Rafale fighter jets that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced during his last visit to the country could be concluded in about 10 days, a source with knowledge of the talks told Reuters on Friday. In April, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he had ordered 36 “readyto-fly” Rafale fighters to modernise his country’s warplane fleet, dealing directly with the French
India hold slight edge after Day 2 of second Test against Sri Lanka
government after three years of inconclusive negotiations with the plane’s manufacturer, Dassault. “Things are getting better with India,” the source said.
University VCs meet to act on PM Modi’s ‘start-up India, stand up India’ plan
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Retiring home hero Kumar Sangakkara featured in a brief rebuilding act in his final Test as Sri Lanka reached 140-3 in reply to India’s first innings total of 393 on day two of the second Test on Friday. Playing his 134th and final Test, Sangakkara made 32 as he and Kaushal Silva (51) added 74 runs to help Sri Lanka overcome the early loss of opener Dimuth Karunaratne. Lahiru Thirimanne was batting on 28 at the close with skipper Angelo Mathews on 19 at the other end with the hosts, who lead the threematch series 1-0, still trailing by 253 runs in the evenly poised Test. Sangakkara walked out to a guard-of-honour
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by the Indian team after Umesh Yadav had dismissed Karunaratne with his first delivery at the P Sara Oval. The first ball Sangakkara faced was a vicious inswinging yorker from Yadav which the lefthander barely managed to dig out. He also got a reprieve on 24 when Ajinkya Rahane failed to
take a catch at slip after Sangakkara had attempted a cut shot off Ravichandran Ashwin. The Indians soon combined again to dismiss Sangakkara, who got a standing ovation on his way back to the pavilion while his opponents clapped. Silva was caught behind off Stuart Binny when on 14 but it turned out
to be a no-ball and the opener went to notch up his ninth Test fifty before sweeping leg-spinner Amit Mishra to Ashwin at short fine leg. Earlier, Wriddhiman Saha (56) capitalised on a charmed life to hit his second successive Test fifty as India inched close to the 400mark before being all out soon after lunch.
Various speakers including vice-chancellors and representatives of about 40 universities from across the state stressed the need for framing a concrete start-up policy with provision for funding from the state government at a day-long round-table conference at the Gujarat University on Friday. The conference was organised by GU Vice-Chancellor M N Patel in response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day speech in which he
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Why Pakistani Army is Needling Modi There is no doubt the Modi government’s approach to Pakistan in the past 15 months has seen shifts. It has oscillated between no engagement and placing red lines that were difficult to defend, between agreeing to Foreign Secretary level talks prematurely (in May 2014 itself) and a strong and - in strictly military terms - disproportionate response to provocations by the Pakistani army on the border. Having said that, the current drama, and the questions about whether the Pakistani NSA will actually turn up, cannot really be blamed on the past year. For a few months now, and the Ufa (Russia) meeting of the two prime ministers reflected this, Modi has realised a certain degree of engagement is unavoidable and indeed to be recommended. If nothing else, it keeps communication lines open and reassures the international community and other SAARC countries that India is sufficiently engaged with its most challenging neighbourhood relationship. Of course, both Modi and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif acknowledge this is not the moment for blockbuster conversations, and that there is no domestic political capital on either side to discuss solutions to Kashmir and so on. Conditions are not what they were in the early 2000s. In Ufa, both Prime Ministers agreed to a limited engagement plan, with formal talks on terrorism in Delhi, even if other issues were mentioned in passing, as always happens when officials meet for hours. This would lead to a second meeting in a couple of months and start a series. Both sides were testing the waters. The problem really is the Pakistani side, particularly the army, has come to realise the Indians are keen to be seen as engaging. The Pakistanis are calculating they can provoke the Indians - by firing on the border, making statements about how Kashmir must and will be discussed, and sending out invitations to the Hurriyat leadership - but that the Modi government would not want to be perceived as the spoiler yet again, and would not want to call off talks. Essentially, the bet is the Indian side does not have the space to repeat what it did when it cancelled the Foreign Secretaries’ talks in 2014, on a similar issue of Pakistani officials meeting the Hurriyat. Why is the Pakistani army so needling Modi? It is not just about making him pay for the snubbing of a year ago. It is because conditions in Afghanistan have changed in the past year and increased Islamabad’s strategic comfort. Yes, there are minefields for Pakistan as well. The announcement of the death of Mullah Omar, who Inter-Services Intelligence was claiming was in agreement with its “peace plan” even when he was actually dead - has weakened the Pakistani hand.
- Kapilkumar M. Hirpara Editor I think 32 will be right age to taste the wedding pulav: Alia Bhatt
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QUOTE “To reach one trillion (USD) GDP mark, it took India 20 years, but it added next trillion in just six-seven years. Our economy can double in every OF THE the six to six-and-a-half years,” - Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu on Friday said he was optimistic about the Indian economy growing to USD 20 trillion in size over the next 20 years. DAY Manjhi - The Mountain Man review: Nawazuddin is the saving grace of this melodramatic film
Actress Alia Bhatt, who launched the trailer of her childhood friend Anushka Ranjan’s debut film Wedding Pulav, says 32 is the right age to get married. “I am just 22 and I think 32 will be right age to taste the wedding pulav. I have not tasted ‘shaadi ka ladoo’, so I hopefully will not regret,” Alia said at the launch. Speaking about the qualities she would look for in her groom, Alia said
she wants him to have a good sense of humour. “He must make me laugh, then obviously comes good looks, good looks and good looks,” she said. “I will not tell how to impress me, the person who loves me should know how to impress me,” she added. Asked about her emotional outburst after watching Karan Malhotra directorial Brothers, she said: “I did not cry but I am a very sensitive girl and, yes, sometimes I get emotional.
Anushka Sharma tries her hands at Adele’s song
Agency | New Delhi ‘Well meaning cinema’ is a genre in itself – films that have some sort of a social message, talk about the upliftment of spirit, about the ignominy of the human condition, that tell the story of a man going against all odds with nothing but his integrity to sustain him. The latter is the case with Ketan Mehta’s Manjhi — The Mountain Man. Unfortunately, it just so happens that most well meaning films are not very good. And that is exactly Manjhi’s drawback.On paper Manjhi sounds like a wonderful little story. Nawazuddin Siddiqui
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plays Dashrath Manjhi, a villager in rural Bihar who falls in love with Phaguniya (Radhika Apte). After she falls to her death on a hill, he decides to sculpt that entire hill out. There’s enough kitsch in the
plotline to drive home an interesting film, but Mehta injects far more melodrama than is necessary. There’s a big difference between crafting a scene to get real, raw emotion from the actors, and beating the audi-
ence over their heads with manipulative background score and overwrought performances. From beginning to end, Manjhi never really goes beyond catering to the lowest common denominator.
for the challenge.” Several actresses have taken to the microphone recently - Priyanka Chopra (who has a second career as a singer), Alia Bhatt and Shraddha Kapoor have showcased their vocal chops. Several male stars, including Asihwarya’s husband Abhishek, have also had varying degrees of success
at singing playback. azbaa, in which Aishwarya stars as a lawyer opposite Irrfan Khan, is the actress’ first film since 2010’s Guzaarish. A scene from the movie was showcased at the Cannes Film Festival this year to much fanfare. Jazbaa’s trailer comes up on August 25 and the film releases on October 9.
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Aishwarya Bachchan’s Jazbaa May Have This Extra-Special Bonus
She played the role of a jazz singer in Anurag Kashyap’s Bombay Velvet, and now she has done it in real life. Actor Anushka Sharma has treated her fans to her version of Oscar-winning singer Adele’s popular song Rolling In the Deep. The Bombay Velvet actor posted on Twitter the 30-second video, where she is crooning the number sitting on a chair as
the song is playing in her phone. “Found gold! Unabashed bad singing with no fear OR concern for the health of peeps around,” she captioned the clip. Sharma also quoted late scientist Thomas Edison’s famous saying - Many of life’s failures are people who did not realise how close they were to success when they gave up -- and said she will never give up on singing.
max of All Is Well, which centres on its Bangkok-returned singer-hero mending fences with his long estranged dad and his cruelly cold-shouldered girlfriend, is both overly contrived and cringingly preachy. The rest of the film, the more sluggish stretches included, is passably watchable. The protagonist of All Is Well is the perennially grouchy Inder Bhalla, a Himachal Pradesh baker’s son who has had a choppy
childhood and trusts nobody and nothing in this world. The young man has lived in Thailand for a decade now to pursue a career in the music industry but has yet to find his big break. Inder flies back to his hometown Kasol at the behest of Cheema (Zeeshan Mohammad Ayyub), a bumbling thug, to sort out a tangle related to the failed bakery run by his father, Bhajanlal Bhalla (Rishi Kapoor).
All Is Well Movie Review
Agency | New Delhi It appears that Amitabh Bachchan may not be the only singing star of Bollywood’s First Family. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, a media report claims, might be making her playback debut in comeback film Jazbaa. that Jazbaa director Sanjay Gupta may have persuaded Ash, 41, to sing. It quotes a source as having said, “Aishwarya has been sounded about it by Sanjay who feels she can do it. She has a very musical voice and is often known to hum tunes. Several music directors have contributed to the album and the director has a great number in mind for her. Ash seems to be up
Elli Avram: You connect more with the audience when you do TV
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Actress Elli Avram, who got noticed in India with her stint on reality tv show Big Boss, says that she is “open to do” something more on television as it helps in “connecting with the audience” even more than films. Asked if she would do something on the small screen again, Elli told. “I would love it. But (if) something interesting comes up on TV, of course I am open to that as well. I think TV is very big and doing very great… I think you connect even more with the audience when you do TV.” The Mickey Virus actress, who would be seen romancing comedian-actor Kapil Sharma in the forthcoming film Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon, however says her passion
All is far from well with All Is Well, but this road trip dramedy has just about enough impetus not to be thrown completely off its chosen track by its occasional inertia. Director Umesh Shukla switches frequently from breezy slapstick comedy to intense family drama and does so relatively smoothly until about the last quarter of the two-hour film. The cli-
Ravi Teja’s Kick 2 is Out, He’s Ready For Kick 3
is to do films.
ed it has an interesting story and a strong team. “I’d love to do Kick 3, but not just for the heck of extending the franchise. If someone comes up with an interesting story and a good team, I’d be happy to do it,” Ravi. “There’s scope for extending the franchise, but it needs to have a good story. I’ll leave it to the writers, and if they come Agency | Mumbai franchise released on up with something excitActor Ravi Teja, whose August 21, said that he’s ing, I’m game for it,” he second film in the Kick ready for Kick 3, provid- said.
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Djokovic beats Goffin to reach Cincinnati quarters
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Agency | Mumbai The rupee trimmed initial losses but was still down by 20 paise to 65.75 per dollar after hitting fresh two-year low in the morning following continued dollar demand from importers and some banks amid steep fall in local equities on the back of weakening in greenback overseas. The rupee resumed sharply lower at 65.73 per dollar as against yesterday’s level of 65.54 at the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex) market. It moved in a range of 65.81 and 65.69 per dollar during the morning deals before quoting 65.75 at 1030 hrs. The dollar index was down by 0.54 per cent at 95.46 as against a basket of six currencies in the early trade. “The rupee is expected to depreciate as overnight US equities traded weak and closed in red. Negative sentiment in the market also force local equity to open weak as Asian markets have already opened on a poor note. The range for rupee is seen between 65-66 per dollar today.” a dealer said.
Oxygen OS 2.0.1 OTA update rolls out for OnePlus 2 today
Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic found himself against the ropes against Belgium’s David Goffin but rallied in time to pull off a 6-4, 2-6, 6-3 victory to reach the quarterfinals of the Cincinnati Masters here. The 13th—seeded Goffin on Thursday afternoon won nine of 11 games to win the second set and take a 3-0 lead with two service breaks in the decider. But top seed Djokovic was able to get his game back on track just in time and take advantage of the 24-year-old Belgian’s inexperience to reel off the final six games of the one-hour, 46-minute contest, Efe reported. The 28-year-old world No.1, a four-time finalist here,
World No.1 shuttler Saina Nehwal signs Rs 25 crore deal
the only ATP World Tour Masters 1000 event that has eluded him thus far in his career, will next take on fifth-seeded Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka in one of Friday’s quarterfinal matches. Wawrinka squeaked past Croatia’s Ivo Karlovic 6-7(2), 7-6(5), 7-6(5) on Thursday in a match that was devoid of service breaks. Sixth-seeded Czech To-
mas Berdych, who routed Spain’s Tommy Robredo 6-0, 6-1, and Ukrainian Alexandr Dolgopolov, a 6-3, 3-6, 6-4 winner over Poland’s Jerzy Janowicz, will also square off on Friday. In women’s action Thursday, top-seeded American Serena Williams cruised into the quarterfinals with a 6-0, 6-2 victory over Italian Karin Knapp.
an squad for the athletics World Championships starting in Beijing on Saturday. The Championships will begin on August 22 and will continue till August 30. The Indian squad, which comprises ten women and seven male athletes, will be competing in nine events in the biennial event at the Bird’s Nest stadium
here. Shot putter Inderjeet is in good form having won gold medals at every event he has taken part in this year. The towering left-hander has won a staggering eight gold medals this year and has already qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics. He emerged champion at the Asian Championships and Asian Grand Prix in June before finishing at the top of the podium at the World University Games last month. Gowda, who won silver at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, is also one of India’s best bets for a medal in Beijing. But he needs to do much better than his season’s best of 65.14 metres in order to finish on the podium.
Indians set sight on athletics World Championships
Agency | New Delhi OnePlus is rolling out the very first update for Oxygen OS on its new OnePlus 2 smartphone. The 2.0.1 version will update OTA and fixes a few bugs in the new UI. First, and most importantly, the update is patching out the Stagefright security exploit that’s got Android users in knots these days. Aside from that, the new update will also improve battery performance, and fixes the bug in the Google Photos integration that sometimes messed up the “pinch to zoom” feature. You can find a short list of the changelog here. The OnePlus 2 packs a 1.8GHz 64-bit octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 with Adreno 430 GPUand 4GB RAM. It has a 5.5” full HD (1920x1080p) display with 401 ppi, a 13MP f/2.0 rear cam with laser auto focus and 5MP front cam. The phone is powered by a 3000mAh battery, has 64GB internal storage (not expandable) and runs on Oxygen OS over Android 5.1. The OnePlus 2 is priced at Rs 24,999.
NASA: Asteroid will not destroy Earth next month
Agency | Beijing India will also be hoping for a strong show from talented Tintu Luka in the women’s 800 metre race. Asian Athletics Championships shot put gold medallist Inderjeet Singh and discus thrower Vikas Gowda are among the most notable names in the 17-member Indi-
David Warner hails England `respect` after Michael Clarke honour guard Agency | London
Agency | Washington The world can breath easy. A giant asteroid is not hurtling towards Earth about to wipe out much of the Americas, NASA has felt compelled to explain following a swirl of online rumors. Blogs and off-beat news sites have claimed a major asteroid will impact earth in mid-to-late September near Puerto Rico, causing major destruction throughout the region. But that theory is entirely baseless, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory said in a post this week, trying to damp down the Doomsday predictions. “There is no scientific basis -- not one shred of evidence -- that an asteroid or any other celestial object will impact Earth on those dates,” said the manager of the Near-Earth Object office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Paul Chodas. The lab explained that all known hazardous asteroids have a less than .01 percent chance of impacting Earth in the next 100 years. “If there were any object large enough to do that type of destruction in September, we would have seen something of it by now,” he said.
David Warner praised England for the respect they`d shown towards Michael Clarke in marking the Australia captain`s final Test with a guard of honour during the Ashes finale at The Oval on Thursday. As Clarke walked out to bat he received a standing ovation from a packed crowd at the south London ground while the England players, led by captain Alastair Cook, formed a guard of honour as he approached the crease. Thousands of miles away in Colombo, Sri Lanka great Kumar Sangakkara received a similar tribute in his last Test against India. “I think that he deserved it,” said Warner of the reception Clarke received on the first day of the fifth Test on Thursday. “All the greats of the game deserve
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2016 Rio Olympics and World No.1 shuttler Saina her stability in the rankNehwal on Thursday ings. The announcement signed an exclusive man- comes just after Saina agement contract with won a silver medal at the leading management and World Championship in marketing company IOS Jakarta on Sunday. HereSports and Entertainment on, IOS will manage the for a period of two years. Olympic bronze medendorsements, IOS is targeting around allist’s Rs.25 crore over two appearances, brand proyears, depending upon filing, patents, licensing her performance in the and digital rights, imag-
es, visibility on social networking sites. “I have been performing well in the international circuit but at the same time I was looking for a sports management group that could manage my overall brand portfolio and logistics plus commercial activities in the best professional way,” said the 25-year-old. “I am really convinced in the manner in which IOS has built M.C. Mary Kom a big brand in the industry and that was the major reason I decided to join hands with IOS. I am confident that IOS, a company that is in the best possible position to help me achieve my business goals and maximise the value of my brand.”
Ashes: Australia top order did the job, says David Warner Agency | London
Australia profited from losing the toss as they piled up 287 for three on the first day of the final Ashes Test against England at The Oval on Thursday, opener David Warner said. Warner made 85, Chris Rogers 43 and Steve Smith 78 not out to put their touring side in a strong position to secure a consolation victory in a series they have already lot. “Very good day for us, a good toss to lose,” Warner told Sky Sports. “We knew it was going to be tough conditions, for us it was about leaving and respecting good deliveries. Me and Chris left well which put us in a great position. “The England bowlers bowled
well but I felt it was our day. To come out and show what we’re made of was fantastic from our top order.” England were happy with their performance in the field even though they only took three wickets as they bid to complete a 4-1 series victory. “Australia batted the best they’ve batted since Lord’s, but we put the balls in the areas we
wanted to,” all-rounder Ben Stokes told the BBC. “We thought the pitch might have had more pace but as a whole we bowled pretty well and might have had them five or six down on another day,” Stokes added. “The eye is still on the prize for 4-1. We bowled fantastic with the new ball so hopefully we can take three or four with the second one.”
ing to next Thursday. In its petition, city-based Indian Cements Ltd, owner of Chennai Super Kings (CSK), also sought a stay on the committee’s last month order. It contended that the committee’s order was against fundamental principles of natural justice and a fair hearing. Dhoni-led CSK and Rajasthan Royals were on July 14 suspended for two
years from the League following the 2013 betting scam involving their top officials Meiyappan and Raj Kundra. Son-in-law of the then BCCI chief N Srinivasan, Meiyappan, a former Team Principal of CSK, and Kundra, co-owner of Jaipur IPL that runs Rajasthan Royals (RR), were suspended for life from any matches conducted by BCCI.
HC issues notice to BCCI on CSK plea Agency | Chennai
that credit. We saw what India did for Sangakkara as well and he (Clarke) deserves that. “He`s been a fantastic captain, a fantastic leader and good team man for us, especially over the few years I`ve been part of his career,” added Warner. “He thoroughly deserved that today and it was great respect from the English cricket team.”For England all-rounder Ben Stokes the gesture was easy to make. “It`s
something we discussed, you`ve got to pay respect to someone who`s played as well as he has, so it was a no-brainer,” said Stokes. But while Warner made 85 in a much improved Australia batting display that saw the tourists, who`ve already lost the Ashes at 3-1 down in a five-match series, end the first day on 287 for three, all the tributes paid to Clarke could not end his miserable run of low scores.
The judges adjourned the case for further hearing to August 27. Madras High Court on Friday issued notice to BCCI on a petition by Chennai Super Kings challenging the order of Justice Lodha Committee suspending it from the Indian Premier League over the 2013 betting scam involving its top official Gurunath Meiyappan. A division bench, comprising Chief Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice T.S. Sivagnanam, also allowed Cricket Association of Bihar, on whose plea the Supreme Court had directed probe in IPL-6 betting and spot fixing scandal, to implead in the case. The court adjourned the hear-
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BhavnagarUniversity gets new Vice-Chancellor Correspondent | Rajkot
Professor Shaliesh Zala, presently Head of the Department, Chemistry at the MG Science Institute, Ahmedabad and incumbent national vice-president of ABVP, has been appointed as new Vice-Chancellor of Bhavnagar University (BU). The Gujarat government cleared Prof Zala’s name late on Thursday evening and the new V-C is likely to assume charge on Monday. Prof Zala will replace Prof HN Vaghela who was the V-C of BU since October 2014 when DR Korat’s term ended. Prof Zala who is associated with the chemistry department at MG Science Institute in
Ahmedabad holds a doctorate degree in organic chemistry. He had completed his doctoral research in the year 2005, also from BU. He is an alumnus of Ahmedabad Science College and has also served on various committees and bodies of Gujarat University, Ahmedabad. He also holds a degree in law.A native of Ahmedabad, the 51-year-old professor has been teaching chemistry since 1988 and has remained active in student politics. Presently, he is national vice-president of ABVP (Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad), the students wing of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was president of Guja-
The search panel was appointed earlier this year and it was head by Prof Indra Prasad Tripathi, pro-vice-chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidyalay in Madhya Pradesh. The panel had submitted the final three names to Gujarat Governor Om Prakash Kohli on August 7, when it met for the last time.
Ahead of Patidar rally, Gujarat government putsforwardlegalandconstitutionalarguments
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Shaken by ongoing intense Patidar agitation demanding OBC status, the Anandiben Patel government has put forward legal and constituional arguments through full page advertisements in Friday edition of most of the leading Gujarati newspapers. Advertisements, said top officials are part of damage control plan, ahead of scheduled rally by the Patidars on August 25 at Ahmedabad, which is expected to turn out to be a massive one. Show of strength by the Patidars, ahead of the civic polls is seen as the biggest challange for the Patel government from a community known as loyal to the BJP for decades now. Claiming
L&T scraps Gujarat port project citing environmental reasons Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
rat state unit of BJP for 2008-2013 term. “I am active in student politics for welfare of students,” Prfo Zala. Prof Zala’s name was cleared ahead of Mahipatsinh Chavda, principal of AL Arts College, Ahmedabad and incumbent V-C Prof Vaghela, who were shortlisted for a list submitted to Governor by a search panel.
that ‘at heart of this government is welfare of every Gujarati’ advertisment asserts that it is the duty of both the government and citizens to follow constitutional provisions. In five bullet points, it argues that Supreme Court’s 1992 verdict limits reservation quota only upto 50 per
cent in any state. And, that Gujarat with 27 per cent OBC quota, 15 for ST and 7 for SC has touched its limit. Highlighting that the state has formed OBC commission in 1994 under article 340 of the constitution, at present Gujarat has 146 caste included under OBC quota. And, based
magazines were allegedly recovered from his Bijnor residence when police raided his house in 1994 in connection with the seizure of a huge cache of arms and ammunition from Gosabara, a coastal town in Gujarat’s Jamnagar district, in 1993. According to investigators, these arms and ammunition were part of the 1993 Mumbai serial bombing plot. “During the raid, Ahmed had escaped from the back door. Following a tip off, we arrested him from his house on
Tuesday. He was found to be working as a real estate broker,” an ATS official said. According to the ATS, 43 accused so far have been arrested in connection with this case, while 17 were still absconding. The list of absconders includes Dawood Ibrahim, Mohammed Ahmed Dosa, Chhota Shakeel and Bukhari Jusbmiya Panjumiyan alias “Dadali Bapu”. The key arrested accused are Mamumiyan Panjumiyan, Ijju Sheikh, both deported from the UAE in 2004, and Mustufa Majnu. In 1993, Jamnagar police had lodged an FIR after recovery of five AK47, one AK-56, 43 hand grenades and 3,011 cartridges from Gosabara. Police said that these arms had landed from Karachi.
on survey and recommandation by the commission the state government can include any community in the list.
Ahmedabad
Larsen & Tourbo (L&T), India’ largest engineering and construction company, has scrapped a plan to develop a new port in Kacchigadh, near the temple town of Dwarka in Gujarat, owing to environmental reasons, according to two state government officials close to the development. “L&T has written to the government that it no longer intends to pursue the port project in Gujarat due to environmental reasons. L&T had appointed the Gujarat Ecology Commission to carry out en-
vironmental studies and found that the place was full of corals and mangroves. As a result they want to exit,” said an official of the Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB), the state regulator of ports and maritime activities. GMB has approved L&T’s request to scrap the project and has forwarded it to the project, said the one of state government for its the two people aforemenfinal consent. The company had also planned to set up a 2,000MW coalbased power project and was planning to use the multi-purpose port for shipping the coal. The government will soon permit L&T to drop the
Ahmedabad Police barricade entry to riverfront
‘Anti-Modi’ Hardik backed AAP in 2014
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Hardik Patel, convener of the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) who has emerged as the face of the Patels’ demand for OBC status, has always claimed that he is not linked to any political party. However, sources say that it is apparent from Hardik’s past political activities that he has been consistently op posed to Narendra Modi. In one of his tweets during the Lok Sabha polls of 2014 when he actively supported the AAP , Hardik had called Modi “the worst betrayer of the people.” Even his
Bhavnagar range of police carved out of Junagadh range
tioned. Both spoke on condition of anonymity.
close friend, Chirag Patel, who is a key member of PAAS, was anti-Modi in his political stand earlier. He contested the 2012 assembly elections from Ghatlodiyaconstituency against Anandiben Patel as a candidate of former CM Keshubhai Patel’s Gujarat Parivartan Party . Sources said Chirag had later joined AAP but Hardik claims that Chirag is currently in the BJP . During the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Hardik had worked for AAP . In a tweet on March 26, 2014, he called Modi a `dhokebaj (betrayer)’.
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Heavy police presence and barricades greeted people who tried to go to Sabarmati Riverfront on Thursday. The state government had also deployed armed policemen and jawans of the State Reserve Police Force at the riverfront. The police did not even give permission to some students. Right from Usmanpura to Ellisbridge, all entry points had been sealed and people were not allowed to use this stretch of the road. This led to a major traffic jam between Usmanpura and Income-Tax Circle. The police had fenced the en-
tire riverfront area with ropes and wires. At the Vallabh Sadhan, the city police had blocked entry to the riverfront with two buses. Also, women cops were stationed in case Patel leaders came to the venue with women. Incidentally, police officials said that while calling off their fast on Wednesday night, Patel leaders had announced that if the AMC or the state government fails to give them permission for use of the riverfront, they would stage a dharna after 4 pm on Thursday . Later, however, they agreed to hold a `mahasabha’ on the GMDC ground on August 25.
Clean chit to Narendra Modi: HC to resume hearing Zakia Jafri’s petition on Sept 2
1993 arms landing case: Man on the run for 21 years held in Bijnor
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
The Gujarat anti-terrorist squad (ATS) has arrested a man who was absconding since 1994 after a police raid on his house in connection with the Gosabara arms landing case involving underworld gangsters Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar and Chhota Shakeel. Acting on a tip-off, ATS officials arrested Ishtiaq Ahmed (45) from Kiratpur in Bijnor district of Uttar Pradesh on August 18. One AK-47 rifle, 90 cartridges and three
Correspondent | Rajkot
The Junagadh police range was divided into two as new office of deputy inspector general (DIG) of Bhavnagar became functional with Chief Minister Anandiben Patel inaugurating its office building on Friday. Patel inaugurated the new office of DIG, Bhavnagar range in the headquarters of Bhanagar police in Navapara area of Bhavnagar city. The DIG office has been set up in a building previously occupied by a couple of branches of the office of Bhavnagar superintendent of police (SP). With this, the six districts under the control of DIG, Junagadh have been divided into two. While Junagadh, Porbandar and Gir Somnath will continue to be under
the jurisdiction of Junagadh DIG, Bhavnagar, Botad and Amreli will now be under control of Bhanagar DIG. The state government had taken the decision to carve out the Bhavnagar range from Junagadh range early this year and a budgetary provision was made under New Service Scheme for police department. “After Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat and Rajkot, Bhavnagar is the fifth largest city in Gujarat. The previous four cities are police commissionerates and therefore, senior police officers are there. But in Bhavnagar, only an SP rank officer used to be in charge. Now, there will be a senior officer there and this will help in better policing,” Brajesh Kumar Jha.
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
The Acting Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court justice Jayant Patel has ordered to let the revision petition moved by Zakia Jafri challenging clean chit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and others to be heard by justice Sonia Gokani. The court will resume hearing on September 2. Last week lawyers representing Jafri had moved a note before the ACJ requesting to keep the petition before the single bench of justice Sonia Gokani. The move came after the ACJ changed the roster of the court and assigned the
cases to different benches. In the new roster, the criminal revision petitions have been assigned to the single bench of justice GR Udhwani. However, Jafri’s lawyers requested the ACJ to allow this case be continued before justice Gokani who has partly heard the matter. The move by Jafri’s lawyers was supported by the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT). Lawyers said that the ACJ granted the permission and allowed to let justice Gokani conclude the case. So far, Jafri’s lawyer seeking further investigation by an independent
probe agency has argued that the magisterial court, which upheld the SIT report, erred in rejecting the petition challenging the closure report. He said that the petition is not restricted to Gulberg Society Massacre alone but it is based on the larger conspiracy behind the riots. He argued the SIT didn’t consider the facts that the conspiracy was allegedly hatched even before Godhra train carnage case, and the incidents of rioting that followed, the manner in which the violence was handled among others should have been considered as part of larger conspiracy.
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