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News Brief SC to hear plea to destroy 550 tonnes of Maggi on Sep 30
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The Supreme Court would next week hear Nestle India’s plea seeking its nod to destroy about 550 tonnes of recalled stock of Maggi noodles which have passed shelf life. A bench of Justices Dipak Misra and C Nagappan today posted the matter for hearing on September 30, after Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) sought a week’s time to reply to the Nestle India plea.
New office bearers of News Broadcasters Association (H.S.) | New Delhi
The News Broadcasters Association (NBA) today announced new office bearers for the year 2016-17 with CEO of ABP News Network Pvt Ltd Ashok Venkatramani elected as President. Group CEO of India Today Group Ashish Bagga is the new Vice President of NBA, an apex body of private news broadcasters. M K Anand, MD and CEO of Times Network, has been appointed honorary Treasurer.
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India’s commercial capital was put on high alert on Thursday and search operations were launched over land and sea after school-going children spotted five suspicious-looking men close to a naval base in Navi Mumbai. The search operations involving Navy choppers and Coast Guard patrol boats came four days after suspected Pakistan-based militants attacked an army camp at Uri in Jammu and Kashmir, leaving 18 soldiers
Police said that two school children claimed that they saw men dressed in black carrying arms near the navy base
dead. “I am only confirming that Navy is at a high state of alert after getting this input regarding suspicious activity reported by some school children in Karanja near Mumbai,” said captain
DK Sharma, spokesperson of Indian Navy. The Navy base is located at Uran, about 50 km from Mumbai. Police said they closed down the schools in Uran before conducting searches. Mumbai
group of Lashkar-e-Taiba militants landed in the city and carried out one of the worst terror attacks in the India, leaving scores of people dead and many more injured. Police said security has been increased at sensitive locations along the coast, including the Gateway police’s port zone also The vulnerability of of India, Raj Bhawan, put the 91 landing points Mumbai’s coastline was the offshore drilling rig along the city’s coast on exposed in 2008 when a at Bombay High, Bhabha increased surveillance.
Atomic Research Centre and other establishments near the sea. “We have declared a state of alert in the city following the incident and requisite steps are being taken to secure it,” said Deven Bharti, joint commissioner of Mumbai police (law and order). Police put up barricades along sensitive roads, searched vehicles and frisked motorists.
ISRO to launch IIT-B Mukesh Ambani India’s richest for students’ satellite on Monday
9th year, Dilip Sanghvi at 2nd spot Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Industrialist Mukesh Ambani was on Thursday named India’s richest person for a ninth year in a row with a sharp increase in networth to USD 22.7 billion, while Sun Pharma’s Dilip Shanghvi was ranked a distant second with a wealth of USD 16.9 billion. The Hinduja Family moved up to the third position (USD 15.2 billion) on the annual Forbes list of India’s 100 Richest People. Wipro’s Azim Premji slipped one place to fourth with a networth of USD 15 billion. Patanjali Ayurved’s Acharya Balkrishna,
known as a close associate of yoga guru Ramdev, has made a surprise entry at the 48th position with a networth of USD 2.5 billion on the list compiled by the American business magazine known for its rich lists. Forbes said the combined networth of India’s 100 wealthiest is USD 381 billion (near-
ly Rs 25.5 lakh crore), a rise of 10 per cent from USD 345 billion in 2015. Mukesh Ambani’s wealth rose in the past one year from USD 18.9 billion to USD 22.7 billion (over Rs 1.5 lakh crore) on 21 per cent surge in share price of Reliance Industries, the flagship company of his group, which recently
Nawaz Sharif’s Kashmir speech: Frosty silence isn’t an Indian virtue
Pope because of its corruption. The point of the story is this: angry words might have unfortunate consequences at Gurgaon pubs on a Friday night but they have next to no impact on the tides of history. When External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj delivers her much-awaited speech to the United Nations General Assembly on September 26, she needs to remember the old adage about why it’s unwise to wrestle with a pig: you’ll get dirty, and the pig will like it. Though a fighting comeback on Kashmir might win her cheers at home, there’s no payoff from them for India.
launched 4G mobile services with much fanfare. He was ranked 36th in the global rich list. Younger brother Anil Ambani was ranked 32nd with a networth of USD 3.4 billion, down from 29th spot last year. Shanghvi also retained his second position, though his wealth fell by USD 1.1 billion due to plunge in share price of his group firm Sun Pharma, the world’s fifth largest generic drug maker, Forbes said. Hinduja brothers rose to the third spot by displacing Premji and saw their worth rising to USD 15.2 billion, from USD 14.8 a year ago.
(H.S.) | New Delhi Indian space agency ISRO will launch the “Pratham” satellite designed and built by students of the IIT-Bombay among the eight satellites (including its weather satellite) on Monday, an official said here. Conceptualised in 2008 with the aim of making IIT-B a centre for space science and technology research, the satellite weighs just 10 kg,
is designed to fit within a cube of 30 cms, and has a life span of around four months. “The objective of Pratham is to empower the students involved with the skill set required to develop a satellite through various stages of design, analysis, fabrication and testing,” said the official. The project will also kickstart a collaboration between IIT-B and other Indian universities
keen to contribute in the space sector and to share knowledge and facilities. This has led to completion of ground-stations for tracking the satellite in several college, including the Atharva College of Engineering here. The IIT-B has collaborated with some international universities like UCL, London and IPGP, Paris for the project. Pratham will transmit data when it passes over India and any university with a small ground station can detect its signals and measure the total electron counts (TEC) above the ground station as part of the education process to spread awareness among the students.
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India: Merging railway, Union budgets is a good idea..?
Over a decade and a half ago, the NDA government led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee ended the colonial era practice of announcing the Union budget in the evening. NDA 2 headed by Narendra Modi has decided to do away with an over 90-year-old tradition of a separate budget for the Indian Railways by merging it with the general budget from next year. The cabinet has also decided to advance the dates for the presentation of the budget to early February. Broadly, both decisions are welcome. That’s because even with a separate budget, the current system of accounting of the railways is non-transparent considering that it is difficult to make out the costing under various heads, including staff costs. More importantly, the trigger for the decision may well be the fiscal state of the Indian Railways — which with a wage bill that soaks almost 50 per cent of its working expenses, passenger earnings of just a little over 25 per cent of gross earnings, and a high operating ratio — is hardly in a position to carry out modernisation and upgradation of technology, or invest in new assets and focus on safety too. An expert committee headed by Bibek Debroy had in its report on restructuring of the railways made out a case for jettisoning a standalone railway budget. By subsuming it within the Union budget, the transport services provider may be better equipped to raise funds, including from external agencies, on the strength of the sovereign to invest in projects which yield good returns over time instead of being restricted to the Indian Railway Finance Corporation to mobilise money. Equally, however, it can also be argued that a merger of the two budgets may lead to fuzziness over accounting of items such as pension payments — a huge burden for the railways. What is important, therefore, is the direction of reform. If the merger leads to a structural transformation over the long haul in terms of accounting and operating on commercial principles like corporate bodies, higher revenues, productivity and internal generation of funds and better project implementation based on economic logic rather than political considerations, then this exercise may well be worth it. Much will depend on the operational autonomy provided to the railways and the political will to ensure that a department run commercial undertaking delivers more for the buck. The government’s decision to advance the budget should lead to better planning and spending outcomes, round the year, by ministries and departments. For, they will no longer be able to take refuge under the excuse that funds weren’t coming in early enough. The move follows a suggestion to the effect by Niti Aayog member Bibek Debroy in his report on restructuring the public transport behemoth. It suggested the railway budget should be phased out progressively and merged with the general budget. Jaitley said the cabinet has also in principle agreed to advance the date of presentation of the general budget to make sure the budget is passed by Parliament by 31 March, before the new financial year begins on 1 April. “A final call on the actual date of the budget presentation will be taken after consultations, depending on the calendar of state assembly elections next year.” Implicitly, it also means the budget session of the Parliament will be advanced.
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“Kejriwal is targeting so many others but he is not looking at his own people who are busy raping women, making fake degrees, going to prison and abusing women. He is probably the first man in the world whose tongue’s length has increased by saying lies and had to surgically cut it!,” - BJP leader O P Sharma told reporters that Kejriwal is habitual of making ludicrous charges, but managed to turn a blind eye to the misdeeds by the members of the Aam Aadmi Party...
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(H.S.) | New Delhi It’s been a while that Fawad Khan made a rocking entry into Indian cinema. Just days ago his debut Bollywood film Khoobsurat completed two years. His second film Kapoor And Sons is one of the biggest hits this year. And before we could blink our eyes, the Pakistani actor is ready to play a pivotal cameo in Karan Johar’s next directorial Ae Dil Hai Mushkil. Breathe! This man surely has everything going right for him. So now
if we give you certain details about his upcoming films including one under Salman Khan’s productions, will you thank us enough? Fawad has signed his next project titled Raat Baaki opposite Katrina Kaif. Well, he will also begin shooting for Salman’s production next year. Nitin Kakkar who will be directing the Salman Khan Production, reveled some important details about his next film. “We go on floors with Fawad sometime next year. He is locked
the process of getting an actress on board.” Ask him more about whether the film will have a social message like his previous directorial Filmistan, and he clears the air. “This is an urbane love story. But more than that, it’s an interesting take on relationships between a boy and a girl.” According to reports, Fawad was in talks for Salman’s film Jugalbandi. But director Nitin Kakkar’s film happened before that. Salman, who is currently busy wrapping Kabir Khan’s Tubelight, will take a call which film to begin producing — Juganbandi or Nitin Kakkar’s movie, only after his latest one nears the finishing line. We are holding on our excitement, until any further confirmation from Salman’s company.
Kareena Kapoor Khan, who turned 36 on Tuesday (September 21), had exactly the birthday bash she had planned and talked about. Soon-to-bemommy Kareena wanted to spend this “special” birthday of hers with family and close friends only. All thanks to Instagram posts of elder sister Karisma Kapoor and her bestie Amrita Arora, we can confirm Kareena got her heart’s wish. Kareena celebrated her birth-
day with husband Saif Ali Khan, sister Karisma, cousin Ranbir Kapoor, friends Amrita and Malaika Arora Khan, parents Randhir Kapoor and Babita. Saif’s daughter Sara Ali Khan was also a part of the celebrations. The rest of her family and close friends were also there and happily posed for images. Kareena had said earlier in an interview, “It is (birthday) special this time. But to be honest there are no special plans. I will celebrate my birthday with
family and close friends like every year. There is no party as such. I will eat lots of food and just relax.” And this is what the birthday girl did actually. Karisma Kapoor took to Instagram and shared some moments from the family celebrations. Kareena’s near and dear ones including Saif, Ranbir, Kunal Khemu, Malaika, Amrita, cousin Arman and her parents. Everyone who plays an important role in Kareena’s life, joined the party to make her day even more special. Karisma captioned the image: Family Love #togetherness#happiness. She also shared another picture where Ranbir and the beautiful girls present in the party are seen posing. “Hanging Out #family#friends#birthdayfun#cousins,” Karisma wrote along the image.
Kaar looks like a porcelain doll — those blueblue eyes and cherry lips are in stark contrast to the earthy Ajay Devgn. When this combination of fire and ice comes together and is set to soothing, romantic beats — magic happens. The makers are calling it Darkhaast, the second song from Ajay Devgn’s film Shivaay. In stark contrast to Bolo Har Har Har — Shivaay’s high-on-energy first song — Darkhaast is a romantic number which begins with a daring rescue, matures with attraction and comes to fruition in a camp suspended in air, in the middle of snowy mountains. It ends in heartbreak, making us curious about what went wrong. The film’s story is very much a secret and even the film’s trailer
didn’t give much away. What the trailer and Darkhaast do give away are the film’s breathtaking locales. The film has been shot beautifully and the song is the proof. While Khans, Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgn belong to a group which prefers to kiss only sparingly in their films, the actor has made an exception for the film. And the night of passion has been shot so beautifully, you understand Ajay’s reasons for kissing and telling. In fact, the news that the film will have a kiss leaked days before Darkhaast came out. A
source told media, “It’s not that Ajay had any policy as such. It just happened organically given that Shivaay binds this beautiful love story between Ajay and his co-star Erica Kaar that it was just obvious of him to go with the mood of the film and get the emotions right. The love story gets a crucial twist in the tale. In fact, whoever has watched this kiss sequence so far feels it is so aesthetically shot that you would want to sit up and take notice of Ajay and Erica’s romance.” We agree with you, unnamed source.
was in the news now and Thodari managed to cre- again with tentative reate a lot of interest among lease dates. It was also exthe moviegoers as it kept pected to clash with other them guessing over its big releases. But now, it release date. The film, set to hit the screens with which was initially ex- no major rival at the box pected to release in May, office. Thodari is just a
day away from its theatrical release and discussions for the film have already started. The film will also premiere in the US on Wednesday, which will give an idea for its makers about its box office fate back home. Needless to say, fans of Dhanush are super excited about the film. But just in case you are not a fan of the actor, but appreciate a good movie, here we give you five reasons to not to miss the film in theatres.
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Cheers for Shraddha Kapoor showered Shivaay’s song Darkhaast: You have never seen Ajay Devgn so passionate before after her rocking performance at the (H.S.) | New Delhi music launch of Rock On!! 2 Shivaay’s heroine Erica (H.S.) | New Delhi
Shraddha Kapoor, after her rocking live performance at the music launch of her upcoming flick Rock On!! 2 on September 18 at the NSCI ground in Mumbai, felt incredibly happy with all the congratulatory messages she received. Though she had her close ones to at the event to cheer for her, what she regrets is her parents’ missing her first live show where she sang the songs from Rock On!! and Rock On !! 2. Speaking in this regard, she said, “It was a very big day for me and for the people close to me. So I felt really nice to have my friends be there with me. The only peo-
ple I missed a lot were my parents. They would have loved to see me live my dream but they had to attend to something unavoidable.” “Both mom and dad have browsed through each and every picture and video of the concert that is available as of now and they have been beaming with pride which adds to my happiness,” the Baaghi actress added. On a related note, the 29-year-old star, who
has held singing as a passion for a long time, will also be seen crooning in the film along with Farhan Akhtar. The movie, along with the cast from its first installment- Farhan, Arjun Rampal, Purab Kohli and Prachi Desai, will have the ABCD 2 actress and Shashank Arora in it. Directed by Shujaat Saudagar, Rock On!! 2 is slated to release on November 11, this year.
was in Chennai on Thursday to officially announce his Tamil-Telugu bilingual film at a press meet. The film will be produced by Studio Green, which also celebrates its tenth anniversary this year. The new project will be its twelfth venture. The yetto-be titled film will be directed by Lingusamy, who has delivered sev-
eral commercial hits like Paiyaa, Sandakozhi, Vettai among others in the past. Speaking at the press meet, Allu said that Madras (now Chennai) has been an integral part of his life as he lived for about 20 years in the city and he was carefully planning his debut in Tamil. Producer K E Gnanavel Raja of Studio Green was also present at the event, where he said that he was very impressed by Lingusamy’s narration. He also added that he felt the subject of the film was as strong as 2007 super hit film Paruthiveeran, which was also a studio Green venture.
Allu Arjun announces his Tamil debut, film to begin next year
(H.S.) | Bengaluru Tollywood movie star Allu Arjun, after working in Telugu films for over 10 years and doing 16 films, will finally make his debut in Tamil cinema. The actor who grew up in Chennai has time and again expressed his desire to work in a Tamil film. And now his time has finally come. Allu Arjun
Dhanush’s Thodari: Six reasons to watch this thrilling train romance
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Agency | New Delhi Government has appointed three academics as members of a new monetary policy committee that will set interest rates, in a landmark change to how central bank decisions are made in the country, according to a finance ministry statement on Thursday. Allowed to select three members of the new six-member board, the government chose Chetan Ghate, a professor at Indian Statistical Institute; Pami Dua, a director at the Delhi School of Economics; and Ravindra Dholakia, a professor at the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad, in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s home state of Gujarat. Ghate was part of a five-member technical advisory committee that provided non-binding advice on interest rates to the RBI governor ahead of each policy review.
Lenovo Z2 Plus first impressions: Form factor is its biggest USP
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I was the one who staged the meet (to decide Sachin Tendulkar’s future): Sandeep Patil
(H.S.) | Mumbai ON A DAY the BCCI announced the new senior selection panel, outgoing chairman of selectors Sandeep Patil has revealed some of the circumstances that had led to Sachin Tendulkar’s ODI retirement in December 2012.In an interview to news channel, ABP News and Marathi channel ABP Majha, Patil recalled how he and his then colleague, Rajinder Singh Hans, had approached Tendulkar in Nagpur during the India-England Test which was on at the time to get a gist of his future plans in the game. “As long as I remember, it was 12th December 2012, Nagpur. Sachin got out and the
selectors decided to meet him and ask him about his wish. I was the one who staged the meet, being the chairman of selectors and it was purely to understand what was running in his mind. It was a good thing to do. It did not happen in one day or one month. Sachin retired in (November) 2013. The meeting in Nagpur was just to ask his plans,” Patil said. Back then while Tendulkar was a regular member of the Test squad, he wasn’t playing in the 50-format as regularly. And according to Patil, Tendulkar’s reaction to being asked about his future revealed that he was focused more on continuing to play Tests. “Sachin
wanted to concentrate more on Test cricket.. He called me and Sanjay Jagdale (then BCCI secretary). Then it was collectively decided that he will retire from ODI’s,” said Patil. It was just a week ago in his last press conference as chairman of selectors that Patil had spoken about how some matters between the selectors and BCCI should remain confidential and should never be revealed. He was slightly more revealing about the mystery surrounding Tendulkar’s eventual retirement from all formats a year after he bid adieu to the 50-over format but insisted that he hadn’t pressurized the senior player to take a call. Sandeep Patil is a man of low stature compared to Sachin Tendulkar. Do you really think I can ask someone who is called the ‘god of cricket’ to leave the game? It was not my decision, Sachin himself decided to bid good-bye. No doubt I was a part of that decision.
Government’s Niti Ayog for 50 medals at 2024 summer Olympics
Agency | New Delhi Lenovo has officially launched its Z2 smartphone in India. After teasing the device for a really long time on its Twitter account, Lenovo has launched the phones at a really attractive price point. Lenovo Z2 comes in two variants – 3GB RAM variant with 32GB storage and another with 4GB RAM model with 64GB storage. At Rs 17,999, Lenovo has brought some hardware elements available only on premium smartphones to a new price category. Lenovo says Z2 smartphones are for the tech savvy audience, but in my brief time testing the device, I felt it is for everyone out there who prefers a compact form factor. Here is our first impression for the new Z2 smartphone: The moment you hold the phone, it is evident that small phones are still a thing.
Prolonged sitting causes 4 per cent of deaths worldwide: Study
Agency | New York Nearly four per cent of all deaths – approximately 433,000 per year — are due to the fact that people worldwide spend more than three hours a day just sitting down, a study has found. Various studies over the last decade have demonstrated how the excessive amount of time we spend sitting down may increase the risk of death, regardless of whether or not we exercise. The new study, published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, now estimates the proportion of deaths attributable to that ‘chair effect’ in the population of 54 countries, using data from 2002 to 2011. “It is important to minimise sedentary behaviour in order to prevent premature deaths around the world,” said lead author of the study Leandro Rezende from University of Sao Paulo in Brazil. He also highlighted that “cutting down on the amount of time we sit could increase life expectancy by 0.20 years in the countries analysed.” The results revealed that over 60 per cent of people worldwide spend more than three hours a day sitting down – the average in adults is 4.7 hours/day — and this is the culprit behind 3.8 per cent of deaths.
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Disappointed with India’s performance at the Olympics, government’s think-tank Niti Aayog has devised an ambitious short-term and medium-to-long term action plan to help India achieve 50 medals in 2024 summer Olympics. Here are a few recommendations: The agency has recommended that 10 sports with high winning potential as well as those in which India has won medals in the past should be identified. The action play, it says, should include targets for the fouryear cycle along with training, coaching and drug testing schedules for all players of each sport. Review every four years. The commission has cited examples of countries like Kenya and Jamaica, who ‘participate in only two Olympics sports but have managed to get a
A first half goal, a red card and two penalties marked India’s 0-3 loss to Iran in the AFC under-16 football championship in Margao on Wednesday, the result confirming the hosts exit from the tournament. Having recorded just a point from the previous group matches, with a loss to UAE followed by
SPORTS ROUNDUP Proud Misbah receives Test mace for No 1 position (H.S.) | Karachi
Symbolically, it was a big day for Pakistan cricket on Wednesday when Misbah-ul-Haq proudly received the ICC Test Championship mace in Lahore. But Pakistan’s Test captain wasn’t carried away by the momentous occasion as instead of just basking in the glory he talked about the fact that getting to number one is always easier than staying there. “The next target we have set for ourselves is to finish as the number one ranked Test side at the April 1 cutoff date,” said Misbah after receiving the mace from ICC’s chief executive David Richardson. He was referring to annual cut-off date as the team that tops the ICC Test Team Rankings on April 1 will also receive a cash award of $1million, while the second placed side will col-
lect $500,000. The third and fourth placed sides will receive $200,000 and $100,000, respectively. More than the prize money, Misbah was interested in finding ways and means to keep Pakistan ahead of teams like old rivals India, whom they lead by a narrow margin in the ICC Test rankings. “It is not going to be easy as we have series against formidable sides like the West Indies, New Zealand and Australia. “But instead of getting overawed by our opponents, we need to trust in our
abilities, focus on our strengths and try to be as consistent as possible,” he stressed. Pakistan face a challenge to hold on to their No. 1 status. India, presently No. 2, will displace Pakistan if they beat New Zealand in the upcoming three-Test series on home soil. Pakistan’s next Test series is in October against West Indies in the UAE. Misbah underlined the sad fact that Pakistan have played all their matches on foreign soil in their successful campaign to the top of the rankings.
twice as hard,” he published on Instagram a week ago — a post that has been viewed nearly a million times. What this day-in, day-out routine allows is withstand any kind of conditions and go about his batting in a calm and unaffected manner. You know when he walks out to bat in the first Test match in Kanpur — where the air is stifling and standing even half an hour in the September sun is an ordeal — that he won’t
get out because his body couldn’t take it. By increasing his workload in the gym, he has put himself in a position where the chances of eliciting an error out of him on the field are minimal. To put it another way, the effortlessness that we come to expect of him has demanded a great deal of effort. Listening to Kohli talk about fitness is to listen to a monk on a metaphysical quest. Of finding the balance. The perfect harmony.
have the experience of 13 Tests and 31 ODIs, with two of them Paranjpe and Khoda without any Test experience. It’s not to say that international experience is a necessary attribute but does this panel
possess the stature necessary to take big decisions. That’s the question doing the rounds after the BCCI named the five selectors after their annual general body meeting on Wednesday.
Virat Kohli’s body of work: Behind the excellence, hard miles in the gym (H.S.) | Kanpur
medal tally of 100 and 78 respectively.’ Players, it has been recommended, should be divided in three categories. Group A should include athletes who are ranked in the top 50 of their discipline at the ‘Olympics and/or other international level sports events such as the Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, Paralympic Games, etc.’ Group B would be ‘young sportspersons’ ranked between 51-150 in international events while the third group would include athletes who have shown potential at the national, state and district
level championships. On funding of sportspersons, Niti Aayog said it has been observed that various sportspersons and/or sports academies receive erratic funding from one year to another. To overcome this and provide constant support, it is recommended by the Aayog that after each Olympics, a fixed 4-year contract is signed between SAI (Sports Authority of India) and sportspersons from Group A sportspersons, keeping in mind the funding required by them up to the next Olympics and other international events in between.
a draw with Saudi Arabia, India needed a win to stay afloat. A 23rd minute goal by Iran’s Mohammad Ghaderi, however, dimmed hopes. Things took a turn for worse in the 55th minute, with India’s Boris Thangjam showing his immaturity by falling into an Iran player after the latter had beat him with his close control. The foul
earned him the second yellow of the game, leaving India a player short. Iran expectedly upped their ante, consistently testing India’s defence. India received a further jolt when referee Yaqoob Said Abdullah Abdul Baqi pointed to a penalty in the 81st minute, though decision appeared harsh as the Iranian forward appeared to have lost control to fall,or simulated it, rather than being brought down by India defender inside the box. Iran’s designated penalty taker Mohammad Sharifi, though did not complain, beating India goalkeeper Dheeraj Singh with his power.
10-man India lose to Iran, out of under-16 AFC Cup
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Virat Kohli’s training videos, which have been a rage on social media of late, allow us a peek into his almost maddening workout regime. On Wednesday, a day before the first Test against New Zealand, Kohli made the media persons also see the logic behind it: he needs this body not to flaunt a six-pack but to obey his mind. His vision for his team and himself is grand, and he does not want to fail for wont of trying. “Fifteen minutes on the bike at level 3, maintaining an rpm of 120…then straight onto the treadmill for 10 strides of 20 seconds each at 19 km/hr and level 1 on incline. All of this using the altitude training mask which makes it
Five new India selectors with 13 Tests between them (H.S.) | Mumbai
Imagine the scenario. Virat Kohli, the Indian Test captain and its most popular star currently, and Anil Kumble, the greatest matchwinner of India, are sat on one side of the table. It’s just difficult to visualise the new panel of selectors, led by their chairman MSK Prasad, and the likes of Sarandeep Singh, Gagan Khoda, Jatin Paranjpe and Devang Gandhi, take brave decisions. As a unit, they
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GUJCET merit to be the criteria for admission on 105 surrendered management quota GMERS seats:High Court Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
In a significant decision, the Gujarat High Court today ordered that the 105 surrendered management quota seats of the medical colleges of the Gujarat Medical Education and Research Society (GMERS) would be filled through Gujarat Common Entrance Test (GUJCET) this year and not the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET). The Division bench of Chief Justice V Subhash Reddy and Justice V M Pancholi ordered that the 105 seats of management quota would be filled this year on the basis of GUJCET results and not on the basis of NEET merit list. The court passed the order on the basis of the submission by the state government. Meanwhile, Minister of State for Health and
Family Welfare, Medical Education Shanker Chaudhary welcomed the decision saying that the court had upheld the state government’s stand. The court during the hearing of the matter earlier this month had pulled up the state government for the last minute changes in its stand to convert the self financed college management quota seats into government quota and changing the criterion for eligibility on the basis GUJCET results in the middle of the admis-
sion process. It had also sought a reply from all seven colleges and their managements as well as to the Admission Committee for Professional and Medical Courses and the state government for changing the scheme of admission. It had also allowed the ACPC to go ahead with its mock round asking them to exercise refrain in finalizing their results. Three students had moved the high court against the decision of the state government to surrender 105
cases under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. These courts will be set up in 15 districts. Ahmedabad will get two different courts – Ahmedabad (Rural) and City Civil Court, Ahmedabad. Other districts which were alloted these special courts are: Anand, Banaskantha(at Palanpur), Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Gandhinagar, Jamna-
gar, Junagadh, Kutch (at Bhuj), Mehsana, Patan, Rajkot, Surat, Surendranagar and Vadodara. As per the notification, these courts are being established in consultation with the Chief Justice of Gujarat High Court. The development comes in the backdrop of ongoing stir by Dalits demanding justice for the community. Dalits have been staging protest across Gujarat after four Dalit youths were flogged in Una town of Gir Somnath district on July 11 for allegedly skinning a dead cow. At various protest rallies in recent times, Dalit activists have demanded the establishment of special designated courts to try atrocity related cases.
Gujarat to set up 16 special courts to handle SC/ST atrocity cases
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
In the wake of Dalit agitation in Gujarat, the state government has announced setting up of 16 special courts across the state for the speedy trial of cases under SC/ST atrocities Act. As per the notification issued by the Gujarat Legal Department on Thursday, these courts will start functioning from October 1 and will look after only
management quota seats in GMERS colleges and insisting on filling them through GUJCET. The petitioners demanded that the seats should be filled through NEET, claiming that this last minute change in admission criteria was a tactic to accommodate certain students. The petitioners had objected further stating no changes could be done once a admission practice was underway; calling it a direct breach of principles of natural justice and an attack on the doctrine of legitimate expectations of students who fared well in the NEET exam. The petitioners questioned the provisions of rule 3B (3) of the Gujarat Professional Medical Educational Courses (Regulation of Admission and Fixation of Fees) Rules stating that it is against the provisions of the Indian Medical Council Act, which governs admissions to management quota seats by the NEET exam only.
Savdhaan India now encourages people to combat crime ‘Darr ke nahi Dattkar’
Guntur district was battered by incessant rain, with Chilakaluripet, Gurazala, Narsaraopet, Piduguralla, Sattenapalli and Tenali towns and their surrounding areas reeling under downpour. Vehicular movement between Guntur and Hyderabad was interrupted due to flooding. Many parts of Palnadu area received heavy rain, which also caused flooding of the railway track at a few places. The Hyderabad-bound Palnadu Express was stopped at Reddygudem village in Rajupalem mandal. Similarly, the Falaknuma Express was held up at Bellamkonda and the Macherla passenger at Piduguralla. Basavannavagu and Yerravagu
Since its inception, Savdhaan India- Life OK’s highly rated and longest running crime fiction series has been cynosure of all eyes. Savdhaan India overnight became a force to be reckoned with because of its unique concept that struck a chord with the common Indian man. After 4 successful years of alerting the citizens against crime and giving them the boost to fight back, the show has advanced from not only showcasing real life incidents but also acknowledging brave hearts and celebrating the power of the common man with Samman Awards. As it steers ahead, the show is all set to start its 5th season in a more hard-hitting avatar. Savdhaan India is revamping its content to give its viewers an all new experience with the introduction of a new theme ‘darr ke nahi, datt
Pani new Municipal Commissioner of Rajkot, Patel as Bhavnagar Collector
streams have swollen, inundating the villages in their vicinity. A truck was caught in the swirling waters of river Naguleru near Dachepalli and efforts were on to rescue its driver and cleaner. Kurnool city, Mahanandi and other towns in the district received heavy rain during the last 24 hours. Paleruvagu near Koilakuntla village overflowed and low-lying areas in several villages were inundated. Traffic on the Nandyal-Ongole Highway was obstructed due to flooding.
kar’. The thought behind this is to empower the audiences and motivate them to stand up against crime at home, outside and even in the virtual world. Crime rate in India is growing at an alarming rate. The total number of reported kidnappings in India is around a whopping 82,999/year incidents whereas rape and assault against women grew from 607 to 712 and 1,626 to 2,008 respectively from 2014 to 2015 just in Mumbai. With the rocketing crime rates, today, almost every in-
The movie expertly talks of fun, entertainment and the serious elements of life in a very attractive and a loving way. Producer Mayur Kachhadiya informs that “The movie is based on the lifestyle of the youth of Gujarat. I have been wanting to be a part of such an exciting and full of energy movie since a long time so when director Rahu Thummar came to me with the script I was very
happy to go ahead with it.” The motion poster of this Grin film production and flying bird films was launched a few days back and the makers are soon to launch a mobile game application and a comic book series as well in the near. Lead actors of the movie is Rohan Patel, Dhriti Patel, Mandeep singh Basran, Harshida Pankhaniya, Sanjeet Dhuri and Aishvarya Dusane
seal such buildings and units. The court however directed the Municipal Commissioner to file another affidavit. The division bench comprising Justic M R Shah and Justice A S Supehia had on September 14 instructed Municipal Commission-
er Mukesh Kumar, who was physically present before the court, to take action against such 972 buildings within two weeks. The AMC later conducted an operation and sealed over 400 units in various high rise buildings in the city.
Trailerof Urban Gujarati Comedy Film on youth ‘Lavari’ launched Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Correspondent | Rajkot
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has picked up 2005 batch Gujarat cadre IAS Banchhanidhi Pani for the role of Municipal Commissioner of Rajkot. Rupani is elected MLA and resident of Rajkot, the city which is popularly considered as capital of Saurashtra region. Pani was earlier
Collector of Bhavnagar district of Saurashtra region. He will replace Vijay Nehra – the outgoing Municipal Commissioner who was transferred yesterday. Outgoing Municipal Commissioner of Jamnagar Municipal Corporation, 2005 batch IAS Harshad Patel will replace Pani as new Collector of Bhavnagar district. Patel was transferred yesterday.
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
The Gujarat State Finals of the Rural IT Quiz program conducted on 22nd September at the Town Hall, Gandhinagar saw an overwhelming response with students and teachers from 33 districts of Gujarat participating in the program. The Rural IT Quiz programme is conceptualized and organized by the Dept. of IT, BT and Science and Technology, Government of Karnataka in association with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) across the States of Gujarat, Maharashtra, Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Karnataka. The Gujarat Council on Science & Technology (GUJCOST), working under the aegis of the Department of Science & Technology, Government of Gujarat coor-
dividual has had a brush against some crime and have been in situations where-in they feared for their safety. Savdhaan India’s new and refreshed edition will sensitize people on such real life cases. The insight behind the motto of the new season is that as Indians, we live in constant fear of escalating a bad situation. We ignore eve-teasers, bullies, petty criminals with the attitude of “let it go”. These situations escalate into bigger crimes only because of this fear that stops us from step-
ping up at the right time. Hence, In order to empower people across the country, hosts of the show, Sushant Singh, DivyaDutta and Mohit Malik came to Ahmedabad to empower people and promote the new philosophy ‘darrkenahi, dattkar’. They interacted with the youthin HK College of Ahmedabad and encouraged them to become the change makers, to take a pledge to face their fears and educated them on how to be mindful of various situations that could put their security at risk. Sushant Singh who has been hosting the show since its inception said, Savdhaan India has become my identity as people associate me so strongly with the show. I feel honored to be a part of something so noble and this time the new season and its message is going to leave people feeling more encouraged than ever to take a step against crime rather than submitting to it.
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Heavy rains pound Boys from SihorTakuka to represent many parts of A.P. Gujarat at National Rural IT Quiz (H.S.) | Vijayawada
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As the craze and popularity of Gujarati movies is increasing with every passing day, it is the responsibility of every Gujarati director to make such movies that grab the attention of the audience and thus motivate the Gujarati movie industry. Rahu Thummar is one such director in Gujarati film industry who believes in coming up with quality Gujarati movies. Gujarati films today are being released under big production houses and keeping the taste of urban Gujarati Audience in mind, director Rahu Thummar has directed an upcoming film, Lavari. The film will capture the interests of the youth as well as the families residing in Gujarat.
Fire safety NOC issue:AMC claims to complete action against defaulters by Mid-December
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dinated the programme through its Community Science Centre network across the state. Over 600 students from Std. VIII to XII, from 33 districts of Gujarat were selected at district level competition to participate in the state level competitions held at Town Hall, Gandhinagar on 22nd September. In addition, Teachers and Coordinators of Community Science Centres were also invited to witness the program. The
quiz was based on the theme of Digital Marketing and its significance in present times. The animation based quiz format had the following five rounds – Landing Page, Search Engine Optimization, Higher Per Hit, Going Viral and Net Worth. Each of the rounds tested the student’s spectrum of knowledge in the IT sphere. After a preliminary written round, six teams qualified on stage for the final round.
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) today informed the Gujarat High Court about action taken against the high rise buildings in the city which have not obtained fire safety related NOC so far and gave assurance to the court to seal the other such buildings by Mid-December. In an affidavit filed by the Deputy Municipal Commissioner, the court was informed that the municipal body intends to take action against over 300 defaulters by mid December. It said that it will
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