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A whopping 4,000-plus cases of sexual offences against children are pending in trial courts in the national capital. This evoked sharp reaction from the Delhi High Court today which termed it as a “serious and important issue” that has to be considered in a time-bound manner. “We have to consider this as far as data (of Delhi State Legal Service Authority) is concerned. We have to look into it (pending cases),”
The government on Wednesday approved merger of the rail and general budgets from next year, ending a 92-yearold practice of a separate budget for the country’s largest transporter. The common budget may be announced in the first week of February as the government has also “approved in-principle” advancing the budget schedule. While the merger will help the cash-strapped In-
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A 20-year-old student allegedly committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling fan of her room in Mahaveer Nagar area here, police said today. Lovely Gupta, a native of Gopalganj area in Bihar, committed suicide by hanging herself from the ceiling fan of her rented accommodation late last night, Sub Inspector (SI), Mahaveer Nagar police station, Ramswroop Meena said.
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India to merge rail, general budgets
dian railways, an advance budget—in tandem with the targeted roll-out of the goods and services tax from April 1—will give the states and the Centre early access to funds for construction activities in
summer. Financial experts said it will also help people to do better tax planning. “While we are in favour of advancing the budget date and finishing the entire financial business before March 31, the actual
dates (for budget presentation) will be decided after consultations and depending on calendar of the state elections,” Union finance minister Jaitley said after a cabinet meeting. Five states, including Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Uttarakhand are scheduled to go to the polls early next
Uri attack: India gives Pakistan evidence, summons envoy Abdul Basit (H.S.) | New Delhi
ndia on Wednesday gave Pakistan evidence of involvement of Pak-based terrorists in the Uri attack and demanded that it refrain from supporting and sponsoring terrorism directed against this country. Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar summoned Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit and told him that latest terrorist attack in Uri only underlines that the infrastructure of terrorism in Pakistan remains active. Jaishankar provided Basit with the content of GPS recovered from the bodies of terrorists with coordinates that indicate
the point and time of infiltration across the LoC and the subsequent route to the terror attack site and grenades with Pakistani markings as evidence of Pakistan’s role in Uri attack in which 18 jawans were killed. “If the Government of Pakistan wishes to investigate these cross-border attacks, India is ready to
to refrain from supporting and sponsoring terrorism against India. He also reminded Basit that the Pakistan government had made a solemn commitment in January 2004 to not allow its soil or territory under its control to be used for terrorism against India. “The persistent and growing violation of this undertaking is a matter of very serious concern,” he told Basit.
provide fingerprints and DNA samples of terrorists killed in the Uri and Poonch incidents,” he told the Pakistan envoy. Asserting that the latest terrorist attack in Uri only underlines that the infrastructure of terrorism in Pakistan remains active, Jaishankar demanded Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad that Pakistan lives up to In the biggest of transfers its public commitment effected by the new Vijay Rupani government in Gujarat so far, a total of 23 officers have been shifted to different departments which includes Ajay Bhadoo, secretary to Chief Minister at the CMO. Bhadoo who was brought into the CMO by former chief minister Anandiben Patel is the third officer to be moved out after Rupani took charge at Gandhinagar. vote in Punjab’s interest. Ashwani Kumar, secreWe will not divide the tary (Housing & Nirmal anti-incumbency vote Gujarat), Urban Developbank which could bene- ment & Urban Housing fit the corroborative and Department will replace collusive Badal-Ama- Bhadoo. Apart from Bharinder nexus which has doo, new appointments plundered Punjab in the at the CMO announced last 15 years. This will late Tuesday night indefeat our purpose of clude DH Shah, Deputy bringing a change for the Municipal Commissioner of Ahmedabad Municibetterment of Punjab.”
year. The previous NDA government led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee had changed another British-era prac-
tice in 2001, advancing the time of presenting the budget to 11am from 5pm. The union cabinet also decided to do away with the demarcation of planned and nonplanned expenses to keep the government accounts simpler and more transparent. Even as a separate rail budget will cease to exist, the railway will continue to enjoy its functional autonomy, railway minister Suresh Prabhu said. The
common budget will allow a seamless national transportation policy, insulating the railways from political pressures. The idea was first floated by Niti Aayog member Bibek Debroy. The Indian railways ferries around 23 million people daily, equivalent to the population of Australia and New Zealand put together, on its network of tracks running up to more than 64,000 km.
from Surat. The blaze, which started at around 5.30 AM, was yet to be brought under control. “Around 15 fire-fighting vehicles from Surat fire department, nearby industrial areas and municipality have been pressed into action to control the fire which spread to a large part of the factory. Around 150 persons
working in the factory in night shift were rescued unhurt, but loss to the factory would run in crores,” he said. Acharya said the exact cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained, but suspected short circuit for the mishap. “The fire spread fast due to the presence of plastic raw materials in the factory,” he said.
Supply & Kalpsar Department (Water Supply). This is a post that he was earlier holding before being moved to Ports. MS Dagur, ACS, Home Department will hold the additional charge of ACS, Ports & Transport Department (Ports). Among other important officials who have been transferred include, the municipal commissioners of Rajkot, Junagadh, Jamnagar and Surat. Milind Torwane, the Surat Municipal Commissioner has been transferred as Secretary (Hous-
ing and Nirmal Gujarat), Urban Development & Urban Housing Department at Gandhinagar. He will hold the additional charge of MD, Gujarat Urban Development Company Ltd and the post of Additional Chief Executive Officer, Gujarat Urban Development Mission at Gandhinagar. M Thennarasan, Commissioner of Women and Child Development will be the new Surat Municipal Commissioner. The Rajkot Municipal Commissioner, Vijay Nehra has been transferred as vice-chairman and MD, Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation, Ahmedabad. Pankaj Kumar who held this post will now be Principal Secretary, Medical Services and Medical Education, Health and Family Welfare Department.
Fire in polyester yarn company in South Gujarat; none hurt Correspondent |
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A huge fire broke out at a textile factory located in an industrial area in Kim near Surat early this morning, though factory workers present inside were rescued unhurt, officials said. Saanika Industries, which is into manufacturing of polyester yarns and textile raw materials, reported fire early today morning when around 150 persons were working inside the factory, Surat Chief Fire Officer S K Acharya said. The company is located at an industrial area in Hariyal village of Kim, some 40 kms
Gujarat Government makes couple of changes in CMO as it transfers 23 IAS officers
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Navjot Singh Sidhu has hit a new stroke, a reverse sweep at that! Ending his latest silence over his political future, the former BJP MP declared that the forum ‘Awaaz-E-Punjab’ that he had launched earlier this month will not be a political party. And it’s open to allying with anyone to break the “Badal-Amarinder nexus”. While this rules out any alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) of chief minister Parkash Singh Badal and the Congress led by its state unit chief Capt Amarinder Singh, Sidhu’s wife and
Defying firm global trend, equities fell for a second straight session as the BSE Sensex gave up its early gains to end lower by 16 points at 28,507.42 amid caution ahead of the US Federal Reserve policy decision. Market was upbeat for major part of the session, largely in tandem with upbeat global markets after the Bank of Japan announced new monetary measures and as investors awaited the outcome of the Fed’s policy-setting meeting. Sub Editor: Dhruvil Makani
namesake, sitting BJP MLA Dr Navjot Kaur Sidhu also ruled out any truck with the BJP. The former cricketer, who recently resigned from the BJP, issued a statement that read, “We will not play spoilsport.... We shall not confuse the people of Punjab but give them clarity to
pal Corporation who has been transferred as Officer on Special Duty to the Chief Minister, Sachivalaya, Gandhinagar. Interestingly, a 1988-batch IAS officer Mukesh Puri who was last month appointed as the vice-chairman and chief executive officer of Gujarat Maritime Board and ex-officio Principal secretary, Ports and Transport Department (Ports) by the Rupani government, has be reappointed as Principal Secretary, Narmada, Water Resources, Water
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2 / Dt. 22-09-2016, Thursday Editors’ Picks thursday, september 22, 2016 The Uri challenge: military escalation against Pak cannot be an option
The gruesome death of 18 jawans in Uri is, arguably, a defining moment for PM Modi’s foreign policy. But India’s larger enduring strategic conundrum remains the same. How do you deal with a nuclear state that uses terror as an instrument and which is still bankrolled by major powers? How do you deal with a state where the army has incentives to maintain its centrality, whose identity is marked by resentment? There are no easy or comforting answers. India is well within its rights to take any action that it thinks appropriate. But this will be a game of many moves. There are not too many new ideas on the table. It bears repeating that whatever one may think of strategic restraint, it was not a doctrine of defeatism. It makes realistic assumptions about the nature of the Pakistani state. Remember, this is a state where defeat led to even more militarisation and radicalisation; this is a state that is willing to bear the cost of great internal violence, so a little more experience of internal violence will hardly dent it. It makes reasonable assumptions about the risks of escalation. New Delhi is formulating a reply to Sunday’s terror attack on an Army camp at Uri, Jammu and Kashmir, but it should do so with reason and resolve and not rage and inflamed passion. BJP general secretary Ram Madhav’s call for abandoning strategic restraint and asking for the ‘complete jaw’ in exchange of a ‘tooth’ is not the way forward. The government has to find a way of dealing with Pakistan but it must also analyse its limitations and strengths. While drafting its policy on Pakistan, New Delhi must also tighten security protocols and examine how the militants cross the Line of Control to attack military installations at Pathankot in January and Uri on Sunday. Successive Indian governments have not been able to articulate a consistent policy on how deal with terrorism. It has tried flexing its muscles and cajoling the militant groups but has not been successful. The Vajpayee government had raised the heat after the attack on Parliament but later Atal Bihari Vajpayee himself visited Pakistan. Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh too got back to talks even after the Mumbai attacks of 2008. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is treading the same path: First, he invited his counterpart for his swearing-in ceremony and then cancelled foreign secretary-level talks. Pakistan has always believed that it can get away with exporting terror through non-State actors. India must first understand the mindset of the Pakistani ‘deep State’ and then calibrate a response it can articulate and sustain. The response to Uri cannot — and must not be — shaped either by public anger, the rage of the BJP’s rank and file or even by pressure from the Army, which is itching to retaliate. Hot pursuit and surgical strikes are words that can hardly be taken against a nuclear neighbour. Strikes against terror camps — which keep shifting from place to place — will not remove the source of the problem. Similarly, covert operations will not help assuage public anger. As India looks towards revving up the engines of its economy, a military escalation of any kind cannot be an option. The Centre’s best bet lies in embarrassing Pakistan at international platforms and isolating it. India could start by laying out proof of attacks by Pakistan’s proxies at the UN General Assembly, where external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj is expected to speak.
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(H.S.) | New Delhi After studying screenwriting in Southern California, 25-year-old Harshvardhan Kapoor, Anil Kapoor’s youngest child, will debut in the upcoming film Mirzya. Releasing on October 7, it is an epic love story directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra and written by Gulzar. Harshvardhan says he doesn’t know how he will top the experience. Mirza-Sahiban is one of the greatest romantic tragedies in Indian folk history. It’s not about societal complications like other folktales are. It’s about the characters themselves
and how the dynamics between them determine their fate. Mirzya is written by Gulzar — his first in 15 years — and there’s a line that says the love of Mirza-Sahiban doesn’t die but rather lives on for generations. In the film, the story of Mirza-Sahiban echoes into the present and plays out through lovers Adil and Suchi. The idea is: if Mirza and Sahiban existed today, maybe their story would have panned out like this. Gulzar is, in my opinion, the greatest poet ever. He’s over 80 years old but still managed to write the most progressive and intelligent new-
It’s not fluff, or poetry for poetry’s sake. It’s beautiful and emotional. And the music, composed by S h a n k a r- E h s a a n - L o y and written by Gulzar, is breathtaking. It carries the viewer through the worlds of the story. I see myself in both warrior Mirzya and stable boy Adil. I can fit into the awe-inspiring physical landscape of Mirzya’s world and bring out his fierceness and flamboyance. I also relate to Adil, who, like me, spends a lot of time in isolation. Also, like me, he doesn’t say much but is very expressive with his eyes. He seems very intense on the outside, but is actually quite vulnerable on the inside. There were a lot of things I had to work on. If the actor does everything, rather than a double, it has a much greater visual impact. For 18 months, I practised horse riding and archery.
Kaan pakadke maafi maangta hoon: Vishal Dadlani apologises to Jain monk Tarun Sagar (H.S.) | New Delhi
Music composer Vishal Dadlani on Wednesday once again apologised to Jain monk Tarun Sagar, this time visiting his ashram in Chandigarh. The Jain monk asked Dadlani to hold his ears and ask for forgiveness, and he did as told, repeating after him: “Main kaan pakadke maafi maangta hoon”. The Haryana Police had earlier booked Dadlani for his tweets against the monk. This, after Tarun Sagar addressed the Haryana assembly where he spoke about dharma and politics, terrorism and female foeticide. Dadlani then took to Twitter, mocking the Jain leader, terming
Every once in a way you decide that enough is enough and go for a confrontation, however ugly it may be. Years ago in Delhi, as a greenhorn in journalism, I decided to take an auto driver with a faulty meter and uberrude ways to the Lodi Road police station. I should have sensed that something was amiss
In By the Sea, their second and perhaps last film as a couple, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie play Roland, an American writer and his wife Vanessa who find themselves in 1970s France, trying to manoeuvre their marriage out of the steady downhill path it is on. The movie bombed, perhaps because of the tedious silences and laboured dialogues such as this one. Roland: You resist happiness. Vanessa: Don’t quote some book and try to analyse my life. Roland: You don’t resist happiness? Vanessa: Are you trying to illustrate
your point by making me unhappy? And yet, in the wake of the news that Jolie has filed for divorce, citing “irreconcilable differences” and seeking full physical custody of their six children, By the Sea appears to be the last gasp in a union that became the biggest celebrity relationship of its time. It began as these things do — suddenly and then all at once. Pitt and Jolie’s on-screen romance in Mr and Mrs Smith (2005) became real, a bit too real for his wife at the time, actor Jennifer Aniston, who flicked back her straight, blonde hair and let the media do
kms ahead of Kullu town) down to Jhiri, a stretch of approximately 14 kms. The journey takes nearly one-and-a-half hours and consists of rapids ranging from grade II to III. Salman fans, who were there at the same location, clicked some pictures of the superstar and soon the pictures went
viral on social media platforms. Earlier, when Salman stepped his foot in the state of Himachal Pradesh, the images — which showed the actor in traditional Himachali attire– were shared on the social media. He had received a grand welcome by the people of the state.
erything is just too adorable to miss. The couple who tied the knot two years ago is now expecting their first child, and we can only expect their romance to soar to newer heights. Rannvijay made the big announcement in the most beautiful man-
ner on Instagram. Rannvijay’s name has become synonymous with MTV for a decade now. The VJ, who shot to fame with the channel’s flagship show Roadies, has now become the face of MTV’s numerous shows. And while his female fans kept drooling after his drooling good looks and tough attitude, he broke the news of marrying his sweetheart Prianka in a hush-hush ceremony in Kenya. Prianka, who is from London, had no idea about the star status of Rannvijay, which is exactly what clicked between the two.
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his address as ‘Monkery of Democracy.” Music composer Vishal Dadlani on Wednesday once again apologised to Jain monk Tarun Sagar, this time visiting his ashram in Chandigarh. The Jain monk asked Dadlani to hold his ears and ask for forgiveness, and he did as told, repeating after him: “Main kaan pakadke maafi maangta hoon”.
The Haryana Police had earlier booked Dadlani for his tweets against the monk. This, after Tarun Sagar addressed the Haryana assembly where he spoke about dharma and politics, terrorism and female foeticide. Dadlani then took to Twitter, mocking the Jain leader, terming his address as ‘Monkery of Democracy.”
when he willingly drove me there to file a complaint against him. The 10 minutes inside the station became a protracted nightmare with the cops, women included, ganging up with him against me, calling me names, playing mind games of the worst kind. I still can’t figure out how they manipulated, turned the tide against me and made
me into a wrongdoer out to harm a “poor” driver. I filed the complaint but found myself stepping out, trembling in both fear and rage, knowing they would all be laughing behind my back. Who knows, the auto might have been registered under a cop’s name, said close friends. Why start a film review by narrating what is clearly a personal story? The connection lies in drawing attention to what appeals the most about Pink: its compelling portrayal of a system complicit with the influential in badgering the innocent is something we would all have seen, heard of or experienced closely at some point in time and can empathise with.
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the work of calling Jolie a home-wrecker, a seductress and other words that are used for women who really couldn’t be bothered with what the world thinks of them. Jolie was already charting her course towards becoming more than a Hollywood actress: she’d been appointed a UN Goodwill Ambassador in 2001, she’d adopted a boy from Cambodia the same year, she’d been open about her past two marriages to actors Jonny Lee Miller and Billy Bob Thornton. It would seem that being with Pitt was part of putting herself and her new avatar together. He was a decent actor with chocolate boy looks who played very American characters in films that did well at the box-office, enough to get occasionally nominated for big awards such as the Oscars, but not good enough to win. She, on the other hand, already had one in the bag with her luminous performance in Girl, Interrupted (1999).
Salman Khan is one actor in Bollywood who knows how to keep a balance between his work and life and surely knows how to keep his film’s crew excited all the time. The Sultan actor, who is currently shooting for Kabir Khan’s upcoming movie Tubelight in Manali, took time off his busy schedule to enjoy some adventurous and exciting outdoor activities with his film’s crew. He went for river rafting in the beautiful Raison, a small village on the banks of river Beas, on Monday (September 19). River rafting is done on river Beas from Pirdi (4
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(H.S.) | New Delhi Rannvijay Singha is one of the most handsome faces we have on the small screen. He even makes one of the most good looking couples with wife Prianka. From their candle light dinners to vacation pictures, ev-
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India vs New Zealand: Spin will be a big part of the series, says Kane Williamson
Agency | Mumbai The Indian markets have been trading up mainly on the back of an increased probability that the US Federal Reserve which will meet later today, may not raise interest rates. At 11 AM, the sensex was up 0.4%, while the NSE Nifty was up 0.5%. International media reports based on a poll of economists say that tepid inflation and weak housing and jobs data imply that the US Fed will not increase rates, a situation that would have led foreign investors – still the mainstay for Indian stock markets – to pull out of the country. This was the reason that most investors had sold on Monday fearing a pullout by foreign funds. “I think that fear has more or less receded,” said Mayuresh Joshi, fund manager at Angel Broking. “Now any rate hike probability will happen probably in December or after that. That has given lot of confidence to the markets,” he added.
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(H.S.) | Kanpur With spin expected to have an impact on the outcome of the opening Test starting at Green Park, Kanpur on Thusday, New Zealand captain Kane Williamson is hoping that the lessons learnt during the World Twenty20 in India will help his side’s spinners counter the hosts. New Zealand had reached the semi-finals of World T20 and Mitchel Santner (4/11 in 4 overs) had recorded the best figures for a Kiwi spinner in Twenty20s en route to their knock out stage appearance. Those figures had come for a winning
cause against India in Nagpur and he was well supported by Ish Sodhi, who took three wickets in that match. These two spinners — Santner and Sodhi — will challenge the Indian batting lineup in this Test series. Asked if Kiwi spinners can match that of India’s, Williamson said he was quite optimistic. “They (India) have got very good spinners, naturally very experienced in these conditions. We have some exciting young talent. We showed that in the T20 World Cup. That was huge for us. Yes, the formats are different, but
I am hoping we can build on from those experiences,” Williamson said ahead of first Test. “A lot of learning experiences to be had. Certainly this is one of them, being exposed in these conditions. They are suited to spin bowling so we are hoping they can play a big part in the series.” Williamson did not make a big issue of having just one practice game under their belt in the build up to the series but said if Kotla track had offered more spin, it would have been better for them. “The wicket in the warm-up game was still slow, and it did deteriorate a little bit. So, there was some good practice there. Perhaps it would have been nicer if it had spun a little bit more. At the same time a lot of positives came out of it and practice wickets were good yesterday once the grass was shaved off,” he said.
India’s 500th Test: Reliving 1st, 100th, 200th, 300th and 400th match (H.S.) | New Delhi
Agency | New Delhi LeEco, the Chinese internet ecosystem company has announced the launch of its Le Pro 3 smartphone. The Le Pro 3 is the successor to Le 2 Pro, which was announced earlier this year in April. LeEco Le Pro 3 has been rumoured since the launch of Le 2 and Le Max 2. The smartphone has been constantly spotted on benchmarking platform like Geekbench. LeEco Le Pro 3 joins a very rare club of smartphones currently being powered by Snapdragon 821. However, this is not the first Snapdragon 821 powered smartphone from LeEco. LeEco had previously launched Le Max 2 Pro with Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 821 chipset. After taking a dig at Apple for ‘bigger’ batteries on the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, and its ‘AirPods’ wireless headphones, LeEco has today launched its latest smartphone, the Le Pro 3, in China.
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India will make their 500th Test appearance when they lock horns with New Zealand in the first match of the threematch Test series starting at Green Park, Kanpur on Thursday. India are set to become only the fourth nation after England, Australia and West Indies to play 500 matches in the longest format of the game. Before the coin for the historic Test goes for a toss, here’s a look at India’s 1st, 100th, 200th, 300th and 400th match. Debut under CK Nayudu: India made their Test debut way back in 1932 under the leadership of Colonel CK Nayudu against England. An Indian cricket team toured England under the title of the “All-India” team and played a three-day match that took place at the iconic Lord’s. The encounter saw L Amar Singh, SHM Colah, M Jahangir Khan, Lall Singh, Naoomal
Jaoomal, JG Navle, CK Nayudu, S Nazir Ali, M Nissar, PE Palia and S Wazir Ali making Test debuts for the visiting side. England won the toss and the home side chose to bat first. Douglas Jardine’s English side was bundled out for 259 runs in the first innings, courtesy Mohammad Nissar’s magical spell that gave India its first five-for on the biggest stage. India’s international batting journey began when Janardan Navle faced the first delivery of this Test match. Indian batsmen in reply, didn’t show much resistance as the British colony’s first ever Test innings wrapped up at a score of
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(H.S.) | New Delhi From creation of more sports academies for individual sports to identifying ten priority sports, NITI Aayog has prepared a 20 point draft action plan to improve India’s performance at the Olympics. The draft
SPORTS ROUNDUP MSK Prasad appointed chairman of selection committee, Ajay Shirke re-elected as BCCI secretary
(H.S.) | New Delhi Former India wicketkeeper MSK Prasad has been appointed chairman of the the selection committee at the BCCI AGM on Wednesday. On expected lines, Ajay Shirke has been re-elected as BCCI secretary. Devang Gandhi, Jatin Paranjpe, Sarandeep Singh, Gagan Khoda are other selectors in
Prasad-led panel. Aashish Kapoor is one of the junior selectors. The Indian cricket board interviewed more than 90 candidates for positions in the senior, junior and women’s national selection committees over the last two days. BCCI president Anurag Thakur will continue to be the Indian board’s representative to Inter-
national Cricket Council (ICC). All other decisions taken by the BCCI at the AGM will be sent to the Lodha committee. As far as the AGM is concerned, it has at least five items on the agenda that are in direct conflict with the Supreme Court-appointed Lodha Committee’s order. As per the Lodha Committee directive, the AGM should be restricted to “routine business concerning the past year (2015-2016)”, but the BCCI is set to go ahead with its proposed schedule, although there’s a possibility that ignoring the Committee’s directive might invite a contempt charge.
On the occasion, the national team’s head coach Balwan Singh, assistant coach K Bhaskaran, team captain Anup Kumar and Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India (AKFI) President Mridul Bhadauria were seated on the dais while Dev sat in the audience. Despite the question being directed towards the tournament officials, the 1983 World Cup winning skipper decided to answer. Rising from his chair, he turned to face and admonish the scribe. When clarified that the question is related to the World Cup itself and had nothing to do with the recent terrorist attack in Uri, Jammu and Kash-
mir, Dev further pressed, “Aap ko yeh question poochna nahi chahiye.” Subsequently, a further question, this time was directed at the 57-yearold, asking if India should continue playing against Pakistan in sports in light of the recent attacks. “Some things should be left to the government. We are sports-persons,” said Dev, who played 131 Tests and 225 ODI’s for the national team. “If the country asks us to play against someone, nobody will refuse. What the country wants, we will do. Agar desh chahega ke hum jaake kue main koodh jae, toh hum koodh jayenge,” he added.
United Arab Emirates in their opening match, India did well to hold Saudi Arabia to a draw in the second game. Just like their first game against UAE, India surrendered the first half lead to Saudi Arabia, who came back strongly in the second half to score two
quick goals in a span of two minutes to take the lead. But with more than 4,000 spectators backing the home team, India went all out in the dying minutes and earned a penalty deep into injury time that captain Suresh Wangjam converted to claim a 3-3 draw. With that draw, the hosts kept their hopes alive for a place in the quarterfinals. India now play their last match tomorrow against table toppers Iran and need nothing less than a win to advance in the knockout stage.
Kapil Dev pulls up scribe on Pakistan ‘absent’ question (H.S.) | Mumbai
189 runs. Skipper Nayudu top scored the chart with 40 runs while Naoomal Jaoomal and Wazir Ali had individual scores of 30+. England later took advantage of this first innings lead as they set India a target of 346 runs. The visiting team’s failure with the bat didn’t see any halt in the second innings as well. India’s second innings ended at a score of 187 runs. They lost the match by 158 runs. Though, none of the batsmen were able to live up to the expectation but it was a tail-end batsman Amar Singh who gave India its first Test half century. He scored 51 runs.
Niti Aayog releases draft action plan for improving India’s performance at Olympics As the World observes World Alzheimer’s Day on Wednesday, the statistics from India are alarming. A total of 3.7 million people in India are suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia, and related disorders, and the figure is likely to double by 2030, according to health experts. People over the age of 60 are becoming victim of Alzheimer’s, with women constituting 70 per cent of the total burden of the disorder. “Memory loss that accompanies aging doesn’t necessarily occur because you’re getting older, but because you’re not exercising your brain enough during your senior years. That’s why staying active by participating in activities that keep the mind and body sharp can ward off memory loss,” said Sumit Singh, Director and Head of Neurology at Artemis Hospital. According to medical experts, Alzheimer’s condition is also more likely to happen in a person suffering from diabetes, stroke and hypertension.
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action plan, which was released on Wednesday for public comments, is in line with the target set for the nation to be able to win 50 medals at the 2024 Summer Olympics. For the short-term, the government’s thinktank believes identifying
ten priority sports with high winning potential and developing an outcome-oriented action plan for each of these sports will be crucial. It has also suggested that sportspersons should be organised in accordance with the last four year performances for each of these priority sports. Harnessing the potential of national sports talent especially in tribal, rural and coastal areas, recruiting world-class coaches and grading them as per performance and scaling up the existing Sai Training Centres are among the other recommendations.
Shortly after unveiling the 14 players who will represent India at the upcoming Kabaddi World Cup, former India Test captain Kapil Dev launched a raid of his own after not taking kindly to a question from the media. The question posed was for the organisers of the tournament, asking for a reason for the absence of the Pakistan team. Instead, Dev shot back, “Agar aap Hindustani ho, to yeh prashan poochna he nahi chahiye. Aaj yeh prashan puchneka manch nahi hai.” (If you are a Hindustani, then this question should not be asked. This is not the forum to ask this question) Pakistan’s name had been confirmed at the time the third edition of the tournament’s staging was announced two months back. Yet just a week ago, the final schedule found the subcontinent nation missing from the roster.
India face Iran test as they eye berth in AFC U-16 knockouts
(H.S.) | Margao Facing the threat of an early elimination, hosts India will need to post a win to stay afloat in the AFC U-16 Championship when they take on formidable Iran in a must win Group A clash in Margao on Wednesday. After going down to
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Hyped Swabhiman Yatra of PAAS Supreme Court puts Maharashta govt proved to be a fiasco, over 20 arrested in dock over liquor ban in dance bars
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
The hyped Swabhiman Yatra of the Patidar Anamat Aandolan Samiti (PAAS) slated to be held between Vijapur town of Mahesana and capital Gandhinagar today despite the denial of official permission for it, proved to be a complete fiasco. Police arrested over 20 members and conveners of the outfit near Bhavsur crossing and Pilvai village in and around Vijapur. PAAS had claimed that more than 20 thou-
sand people of Patidar community will join the onfoot march which was to traverse a distance of around 50 kms, but in the morning the attendence near the beginning point of Bhavsur crossing was very thin. Police claimed that there were only a little over 20 people near the said beginning point and all of them were arrested for defiance of administrative order. There was no administrative permission for the march for security reasons and police detained Mahesana
PAAS convener Narendra Patel near Pilvai while he was on his way to Bhavsur crossing. Some other leaders and activists of the outfit including spokesperson Varun Patel and women member Reshma Patel were also detained near Bhavsur bus stand. Later a handful of supporters of the outfit with their faces covered tried to block Vijapur-Gandhinagar road near Govindpura gram panchayat office by putting bricks and stones on the road to protest the denial of permission to the march. Senior police and administrative officials including Mamlatdar and Prant officer reached the scene and cleared the blockade. Earlier, two days ago PAAS had claimed to vehemently protest BJP state president Jeetu Vaghani’s trip to Mahesana but it also proved to be a fiasco.
(H.S.) | New Delhi Even as it refrained from staying the operation of its new law to regulate dance bars, the Supreme Court Wednesday observed that the Maharashtra government’s norms prima facie appeared “absurd and arbitrary”. A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and C Nagappan took exceptions to the regulations that prohibited liquor in the dance performance area and also to have CCTV cameras there. “It is a paradoxical situation that there is a bar but no liquor is served. Why don’t you
bring law to prohibit liquor in the state? By putting conditions, you have taken out the effect of the judgment, which is violative of Article 19(1)(g),” observed the bench. Article 19(1)(g) relates to the fundamental right to practise any profession, or to carry on any occupation, trade or business. It also remarked that such prohibitions might be construed as “regressive” and that the state government should reconsider them. But the Maharshtra government stood its ground and said that it had an absolute right to ban liquor anywhere within the state
Dholka authorities begin land SMC completes Rs measurement at Saroda village
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
A day after Dalits of Dholka region threatened to take out a “naked march” in front of Ahmedabad Collectororate if the authorities did not take concrete move to ensure actual possession of land allocated to them under the provisions of the Agriculture Land Ceiling Act in 72 hours, the authorities Tuesday started land measurement in Saroda village. Total 115 landless Dalit families of Saroda village were allocated 222 bigha land by Gujarat government in 2006 under the provisions
of the ALC Act. However, they have been complaining that the possession has remained only on paper and it has been encroached upon. They also complained that the authorities had not been doing anything to resolve this problem despite repeated representations. The Dalits, led by Jignesh Mevani and his team, had launched a Rasta Roko Andolan in front of Ahmedabad Collectororate Monday. Around 150 of them were also detained by police. Meanwhile, late on Monday night, the local revenue
AAP moves Gujarat High Court seeking permission for Kejriwal rally in Surat
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
The Aam Aadmi Party Wednesday approached the Gujarat High Court seeking permission to hold a public rally in Surat, after being repeatedly turned down for permission by state authorities in the past. The petition was filed by Harshil Nayak, the official spokesperson and Media Coordinator of AAP Gujarat, through senior lawyer AJ Yagnik after uncertainty loomed over AAP’s plans of holding a public rally at Mahalaxmi Chowk in Surat on October 16, which will
be chaired and addressed by Delhi CM and AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal. AAP, which has a membership of over a lakh currently, will be looking to kick off its Gujarat 2017 poll campaign from Surat, and a footfall of 20,000 supporters is expected at the meet, according to party sources. The high court issued notices to ACS of Home Department, Surat Collector and District Magistrate and the state government seeking reply. The petition mentions that AAP filed an application before the police commissioner on August 19 seeking permission for the rally, and had sent several reminders but to no avail.
authorities in Dholka had given them an assurance that land measurement would begin Tuesday to give actual possession to the Dalit beneficiaries. Mevani said, “The Dholka mamlatdar has started land measurement in Saroda today. And we hope that this will pave the way for giving actual possession to the 115 beneficiaries of Saroda. The revenue authorities have also said that the possession will be given in next 15 days.” Resident Additional Collector Atul Gor said, “Yes, we have started land measurement in Saroda of Dholka today. And it is part of the procedure to ensure physical possession to the beneficiaries.”
In an early morning operation, Amreli police intercepted 13 trucks ferrying 103 buffaloes while they were crossing Lathi town and booked their drivers for subjecting the animals to cruelty on Tuesday. Acting on a tip-off, the Local Crime Branch (LCB) of Amreli district police and Lathi police intercepted the 13 trucks covered with tarpaulin
Smart City Project: Vadodara aims to become manufacturing hub
The Vadodara civic authority has expressed hope that the city will be developed as an “innovative manufacturing hub” under the smart city mission. Vadodara made it to the the third list of the smart city project announced by the Centre in New Delhi yesterday. Under the mission, the government aims to have 100 smart cities by 2022. 60 cities have been chosen so far. 20 were selected in January and 13 in May. The remaining will be picked by 2018. City Municipal Commissioner Dr Vinod Rao said, “Vadodara aspires to become an innovative hub for manufac-
turing by leveraging its economic strength and transforming itself into a cleaner and greener city by introducing a smarter way of living.” The final upgraded Smart City Proposal (SCP) submitted to the Urban Development Ministry has been developed keeping in view this objective, he said. “The city would be developed as a smart city at an estimated cost of Rs 2,010 crores. As per the smart city guideline, two types of project based on coverage of city shall be prepared. First, a PAN city project which covers entire Vadodara and second, Area Based Development (ABD) which covers specific area of the city,” he said. Rao informed that the civic body had prepared the revised proposal through audit firm PricewaterhouseCoopers India.
date of hearing on September 28. Government pleader Manisha L Shah on the other hand reiterated that there was no need to transfer the case to CBI when CID-crime was doing the job properly. She apprised the court of the action taken so far including the arrests of the culprits and some police personnel filing of charge-sheet in a designated court. The CIDCrime investigating the sensational Dalit flogging case of Mota Samdhiyana village in Una taluka of Gir-Somnath which draw nation-wide protest after its video surfacing in
July this year, has arrested a total of 43 accused in this connection including a minor and four police personnel. The then PI of Una Nirmalsinh and a lady ASI Kanchanben Parmar were also among the four arrested for police personnel for their alleged negligence in the incident of the public flogging of seven people of the Dalit family by said cow vigilantes for allegedly killing a cow. n September 7, the CIDcrime had filed an over 1500 page charge sheet in the designated court at Una. The then chief minister Mrs Anadiben Patel had ordered the probe by CID crime days after the incident came to fore. The incident had caused much uproar across the nation with violent protests by Dalit outfits all over Gujarat. Many leaders had visited Gujarat to meet the victims.
itation workers, the safai kamdaars have again started to obstruct the garbage removal. “Initially there were obstructions by the sanitation workers on strike but later it stopped after police intervention. But recently, it has started again with even physical assault of drivers of garbage collection vehicle. To stop this different teams with police and AMC officials
have been formed after a joint meeting of AMC and police department today,” said AMC commissioner Mukesh Kumar. The reason for night operations has been cited as to get rid of traffic issues as well as to minimise obstruction by the workers on strike. Another measure to put a check on this is recording of daily sanitation work. Each team formed has to ensure that a videographer is accompanying them. The orders issued by the municipal commissioner Tuesday also states that every team has to reach the police station latest by 12.30 am and contact the concerned police inspector.
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Una Dalit flogging incident: govt apprise High Court of the progress of investigation
389 crore projects Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad Correspondent | Surat
Surat Municipal Corporation(SMC) has completed some major development projects worth Rs 389 crore, inauguration of which is likely to take place soon in presence of Chief Minister. Among the projects that are nearly ready for opening are Rs 69 crore BRTS phase-2 routes from Magob busstop to Hirabag and Hirabag to Kansanagar lake garden, Rs 107 crore wind
power plant at Nakhatrana in Kutch, Rs 38 crore Bhestan level crossing number 143 railway over bridge, community hall, vegetable market, mutton market near Zampa bazar, affordable housing units at Katargam, Pal, Vesu, Magdalla. Ground breaking of over 5,000 affordable housing units under Pradhanmantri Aavas Yoajana and 3,000 housing units under Smart City Mission.
sheets at railway crossing in Lathi town at 3:30 am. During inspection, police found the trucks were transporting 100 buffaloes and three buffalo calves. “The truck drivers had permission from regional transport office (RTO) to ferry domestic animals. However, the drivers committed offence under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 by stuffing more buffaloes
in trucks than permitted, tied to them in a manner as would not allow the animals to move and by also not providing with water and fodder,” Lathi police sub-inspector Manoj Ausura said. After detaining the trucks, police ordered the drivers to drive their vehicles to a panjarapole (a charitable animal shelter) on Amreli-Kukavav road near Amreli and handed over the buffaloes to its management. The truck drivers said that they were transporting the buffaloes to Nandasan village of Kadi taluka in Mehsana district. They are claiming that they were taking the animals to Nandasan and intended to sell them at a fair which is organised there.
Gujarat: Thirteen buffaloladen trucks detained in Amreli
Correspondent | Rajkot
and that the government has power not just to regulate but also to prohibit it completely. “Serving and drinking liquor is not a fundamental right. I have an absolute right to say liquor cannot be served unless this court takes away my right through a judgment,” said senior advocate Shekhar Naphade, who represented Maharashtra. Assisted by state’s standing counsel Nishant R Katneshwarkar, Naphade also defended installation of CCTV cameras in the performance areas, saying it was meant to assist policing. When the bench raised the issue of right to privacy because of the cameras, the counsel argued that police powers of the State had to be respected since there could be some untoward incidents too.
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The Gujarat Government today apprised the High Court of the progress of the CID-crime investigation of the Una Dalit flogging case and reiterated that there was no need of a CBI inquiry in to it. The division bench of Chief Justice R Subhash Reddy and Justice V M Pancholi ordered that a copy of the charge-sheet be handed over to Mr Kanti Chavda, who had filed a PIL before it seeking transfer of the probe to CBI. The court asked the petitioner to go through the charge-sheet and then put his view. It fixed the next
Safai workers’ strike: Police inspectors to lead sanitation work Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has formed five teams that will undertake city’s sanitation after midnight till 6 in the morning. Each team will be headed by a police inspector under each police station in city’s New West Zone (NWZ). Till now, the AMC sanitation workers arranged from other zones along with machines were operational in daytime. But there were reports of obstruction from striking safai kamdaars who have been demanding to regularise their services. Despite AMC resorting to police help and registering FIRs against some san-
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