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News Brief ‘Kabali’ earns Rs 250 crore in India
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Megastar Rajinikanth-starrer gangster drama “Kabali” has collected a record Rs 250 crore on its first day, producers have said. “In India, the film has earned Rs 250 crore, which includes Rs 100 crore from Tamil Nadu and Rs 150 crore from places outside the state in India,” read a statement from the makers.
Heavy rains lash Punjab, Haryana
(H.S.) | Chandigarh Heavy rains lashed Punjab and parts of Haryana overnight, bringing relief to people from the hot and sultry weather conditions. Chandigarh was lashed by heavy showers at 53.3 mm, a MeT department official said here. Heavy showers lashed most of Punjab, and parts of Haryana.
Two arrested for smuggling liquor
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80 Dead In Twin Blasts In Kabul The bombings, apparently aimed at sowing sectarian discord in a country well known for Shia-Sunni harmony, came as thousands of Hazaras gathered to protest over a multi-million-dollar power line
Islamic State group jihadists claimed responsibility for twin explosions on Friday that ripped through crowds of Shiite Hazaras in Kabul, killing at least 80 people and wounding 231 others in their first major attack in the Afghan capital.
and dismembered limbs littered the scene of the attack, with ambulances struggling to reach the site as authorities had overnight blocked key intersections with stacked The bombings, apparently known for Shia-Sunni ered to protest over a shipping containers to aimed at sowing sectarian harmony, came as thou- multi-million-dollar pow- control movement of the discord in a country well sands of Hazaras gath- er line. Charred bodies protesters. “As a result
Centred on ‘probable crash zone’, search operations for AN-32 intensifies (H.S.) | New Delhi
The search for the missing Antonov-32+ , which went missing with 29 people on board after a steep downward spiral over the Bay of Bengal on Friday morning, has been further intensified with warships, aircraft and a submarine hunting for the transport aircraft amid inclement weather and rough seas. The search and rescue operation+ is currently centred on the “probable crash zone”, roughly spanning 400 nautical miles by 200 nautical miles, around the last known radar contact with the ill-fated AN-32 aircraft about 151 nautical miles due east of Chennai. “But there has been no breakthrough till now. The area of operation will
be progressively expanded if nothing is found,” said an officer. Even as 19 warships, 17 aircraft and a submarine hunted for the AN-32, which went missing while on way to Port Blair, defence minister Manohar Parrikar also undertook a two-hour aerial survey+ of the “area of operation” on board a naval P-8I long-range maritime reconnaissance plane on Saturday morning.The last pickup by air traffic radars had ob-
served the aircraft, with the call sign AF-330, “carrying out a left turn with rapid loss of height from its flying altitude of 23,000-feet” at 9.12am. “The twin-engine aircraft seems to have gone on a downward spiral due to some major problem on board,” said another official. The endurance of the AN-32 was four hours and 15 minutes, and it was slated to land at Port Blair at 11.45 amafter taking off from
Rajnath Singh Should Announce More Measures For Kashmir, Says Congress
(H.S.) | Kanpur Two persons have been arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle liquor in Jajmau area of the district, police said today. According to police, a car was intercepted late last night during a routine check up in the area. When the duo in the vehicle tried to speed away, police laid a cordon and nabbed them, recovering 200 bottles of Haryana liquor. Accused Jaiprakash and Hemant Jha, both natives of Darbhanga in Bihar, said they used to get liquor from Haryana at cheap rates and sold it at an exorbitant price near the Bihar border. Police have seized the liquor consignment.
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(H.S.) | New Delhi Expressing serious concern over the situation in Kashmir, Congress today voiced hope that Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh during his visit to the Valley would announce confidence-building measures and that pellet guns would no longer be used on protesters. Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad also targeted Prime Minister
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Narendra Modi, alleging that he and his government are not “concerned” about people of Kashmir as he was not present either in the Lok Sabha or the Rajya Sabha when the issue was discussed. “Now after 16 days, the Home Minister has gone to Kashmir. I have full faith that he will announce it to people of Kashmir that there will be no more use of pellet guns from
now on in Kashmir. “I also hope that the Home Minister will start taking confidence building measures, so that the people of Kashmir once again show the same faith in the central and state governments,” he said. Mr Azad said the situation in Kashmir, which has been rocked by violence after the killing of Hizbul Mujahidin terrorist Burhan Wani, was a matter of “serious concern”. Training his guns on the Prime Minister, Mr Azad said, “There were discussions on Kashmir issue in Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha but Prime Minister did not attend any of those which shows how much concerned the government and the PM are about the people of Kashmir.”
Chennai at 8.30am. The four officers on board the AN-32 were the two pilots, Flight Lieutenant Pushpendra Badsara and Flying Officer Pankaj Kumar Nanda, navigator Flight Lieutenant Kunal Barpatte, and a passenger Flight Lieutenant Deepika Sheoran, who is married to a Coast Guard officer based at Port Blair. The plane was also carrying 17 other military personnel and eight civilians from the naval armament depot at Vizag, who were on way to Port Blair to repair a close-range naval gun (CRN-91) of a small warship at Port Blair.
of the attack 80 people were martyred and 231 others were wounded,” the interior ministry said in a statement. “Based on initial information, the attack was carried out by three suicide bombers… The third attacker was gunned down by security forces.” The wounded overwhelmed city hospitals, officials said, with reports emerging of blood shortages and urgent appeals for donors circulating on social media. The Taliban, who are in the middle of their annual summer offensive and are more powerful than IS, strongly denied any involvement in the attack.
IS claimed the bombings in a statement carried by its affiliated Amaq news agency, calling it an attack on Shiites. “Two fighters of the Islamic State detonated their explosive belts in a gathering of Shiites in… Kabul,” Amaq said. The attack represents a major escalation for the IS group, which so has largely been confined to the eastern province of Nangarhar. The National Directorate of Security, Afghanistan’s main intelligence agency, said the attack was masterminded by Abu Ali, an IS commander in Nangarhar’s volatile Achin district. The attack came as thousands of demonstra-
tors gathered to demand that a multi-million-dollar power line pass through their electricity-starved province of Bamiyan, one of the most deprived areas of Afghanistan with a large Hazara population. “The horrific attack on a group of peaceful protestors in Kabul demonstrates the utter disregard that armed groups have for human life,” Amnesty International said in a statement. “Such attacks are a reminder that the conflict in Afghanistan is not winding down, as some believe, but escalating, with consequences for the human rights situation in the country that should alarm us all.”
stirred a debate about immigration in Germany. All those killed were Munich residents, including seven teenagers, and the shooter was born in Germany, authorities said. Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said other information showed that the shooter, whom he identified only
as David, had researched a 2009 school shooting in Germany, and the bomb-and-gun attacks in Norway by Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people exactly five years ago Friday. “There was material found in the apartment of the suspect that showed a particular interest in shooting
sprees, (but) there is so far no indication of any connection to international terrorism,” de Maiziere said at a news conference Saturday. Authorities are still trying to determine a motive, and de Maiziere said they were investigating reports that the shooter had been bullied by his peers.
German-Iranian gunman kills nine in Munich, then himself (H.S.) | Munich
The 18-year-old gunman who opened fire at a crowded Munich shopping mall and fast-food restaurant, killing nine people and wounding more than two dozen others before killing himself, was obsessed with mass shootings, German authorities said Saturday. Investigators searched the German-Iranian man’s home overnight and found a considerable amount of literature about mass killings, including a book on school shooters, but no evidence that he was linked to extremists such as the Islamic State group. They believe he acted alone. They also say the attack wasn’t linked in any way to the recent influx of asylum-seekers that has
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Dalit lives have improved, conflict has increased in India
The Gujarat agitations are a canary in the mine: There is deep social conflict bubbling from below. The fact that the “Gujarat” model has left this social legacy should also be a wake-up call about how superficial our assumptions are about the relation between economic and social change. The continuing atrocities against Dalits are creating conditions for a new and explosive Dalit movement. There has been a long history of violence, humiliation and atrocities against Dalits, as there is a growing history of resistance. But that in itself produces a certain kind of complacency in certain sections: We have seen all of this before (recall Khairlanji) and after a little eruption, we will all settle back into that grindingly oppressive equilibrium that characterises Indian society. But it would be morally appalling and politically foolish to underestimate what is at stake at this moment. The violence in Gujarat or the misogyny against Mayawati has been analysed in two frames. One, there is the contingent political frame. The vigilantism that the cow protection movement has spawned and the general coarsening of language it has licensed will inevitably find their most hideous expression against the Dalits and the minorities. This is a reality which the ruling dispensation obtusely fails to understand, let alone acknowledge. While some BJP leaders have tried to work for Dalits on issues like temple entry and education, they are deeply discomforted by the thought that Dalits might want to define themselves rather than be defined. As much as they appropriate Ambedkar, they are also uncomfortable with his radicalism on the character of Hinduism. So the BJP will put up with Dalit assertion so long as it follows its script. The second frame is a long-term sociological story. These events are a reminder of the larger failure of the Indian state, its inability to create the conditions for what Ambedkar had called social endosmosis: A mixing of communities through education, marriage and economic mobility. There is a truth to both of these diagnoses; one speaks to an immediate trigger, the other to a long-term social process. But there is a risk that these miss out on the specificity of the current challenge. The specificity can be captured by the three paradoxes. On the one hand economic and social change has transformed Dalit lives in many contexts. But the one thing we know from comparative sociology is that conflict increases precisely at the moment where social conditions might be getting slightly better. Economic advancement alone will not diminish the psychic traumas of caste; it may actually create more conflict. Even as the experience of race in the US has shown, the psychic resistance to accept formerly subordinate groups as equal comes from depths and anxiety that is hard to fathom; indeed privileged groups fear those whom they have oppressed far more than other powerful competitors. The empowerment of these groups rather than becoming a celebration of justice becomes a sign of fatal concoction of guilt and loss of power, resulting in periodic attempts to “show them their place”. Some of the current atrocities against Dalits seem to be rooted in this sentiment. It will take a very imaginative politics to overcome this fear.
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“Look beyond the domestic market. Yes, it is (domestic market) big and lucrative, but look at the global market too,” - Addressing a programme of All India Gems and Jewellery Trade Federation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called upon them to we wanted to win you over and we have won over each other...
Producer: ‘Kabali’has created an all time history across globe Agency | Mumbai
Megastar Rajinikanth-starrer ‘Kabali’, which released amid much fan frenzy yesterday, has created history by becoming the biggest Indian opener of all time, according to producer Kalaipuli S Thanu. The film, directed by Pa Ranjith, is a gangster drama and also stars Radhika Apte, Dhanshika and Kalaiarasan in key roles. Thanu says the official collection figure is awaited but the film has easily collected Rs 100 crore on its opening day. “It is God’s blessing that the film is doing so well. The collection is amazing not only in India but all over the world. Language does not seem to be a barrier as everyone is coming to see the film. It has created history and an all time record all over the world. The collection figure is awaited but I am assum-
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ing it has easily made Rs 100 crore on the first day,” Thanu said. The producer said the film was released in approximately 8000-10000 screens all over the world, which includes 480 screens in the US, 490 in Malaysia and above 500 in Gulf countries. ”I am collaborating with him again after 32 years. We share am amazing connection, it is extraordinary.” When asked about Rajinikanth’s last two movies ‘Kochadaiiyaan’ and ‘Lingaa’ not having done well at the box office, Thanu says, ‘Kochadaiiyaan’ only featured his voice. It was not really a film in which he starred. And the collection of
‘Lingaa’ was good. There were all kinds of rumours but the film earned well. The film collected more than Rs 40 crores.” “It is the best collection an Indian actor has ever had. It shows that there is only one superstar and that is Rajinikanth.” Talking about tackling piracy, Thanu says, “It is a menace done by some anti-social elements. But the collection of the film is extraordinary.” Thanu first met Rajinikanth in 1978 when he was the distributor of the actor’s movie ‘Bairavi’. In 1984, when Thanu turned producer with Arjun starrer ‘Yaar’, Rajinikanth appeared in a cameo in the film.
HR Music announce plans on Himesh’s birthday Agency | Mumbai
Andy Singh (CEO, HR Musik) revealed that the company will be launching the biggest invasion in the music industry called ‘Himesh and the jewels of India’, which will have 730 milestone songs by the maestro composer Himesh who will be featuring with the best singers of India. Memorable compositions, outstanding singers, biggest videos and huge marketing plans are the going to be the strength of jewels of India. Himesh who has a track record of 650 super hit songs has always believed that content is king and Himesh is very excited to
bring this biggest music invasion ever in the music industry cause Jewels of India will take the level of every artist to another level in this country and that can only happen with great songs for which he has been composing since the last two years said an excited Andy Singh. Today success is only poss i ble if content is good and at the right cost.
Choreographer Salman Yusuf Khan’s When Aditya Chopra told entry in Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 9 upsets Ranveer Singh to act like himself contestant Nora Fatehi
Agency | Mumbai The much-awaited ninth season of Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa is all set to begin next weekend. While some of the participants are still struggling with the dance moves, it seems that choreographer Salman Yusuf Khan’s entry has already annoyed other contestants. According to reports, ex Bigg Boss contestant Nora Fatehi, who is taking part in this season of
the celebrity dance reality show, considers Salman’s entry unfair. She feels Salman as a contestant is way ahead of them and understands the game better. As per reports, Salman commented on the issue and said that he knows a lot of contestants feel it’s unfair to have him on board, but it is the call of the production team. He further added that he has never complained while choreographing celebs with mas-
sive fan following, so why should others. Naagin actor Arjun Bijlani chose to be diplomatic in his reply, but he did share that he knows Salman would raise the bar of the show. Karishma Tanna, another participant in the current season, however feels that one cannot say what’s fair and unfair. She feels that Salman is a contestant they should get inspired by. n the same season, Shamita Shetty hurt her nose and performed despite that. This year’s host Manish Paul has just undergone a shoulder surgery. We wish, there are no more injuries in this season. Get well soon guys. Like last year, Anita Hassanandani, who had almost reached finals, had to quit because of a fractured rib.
Hrithik Roshan’s kids Hrehaan and Hridhaan emulate daddy dearest and we are loving it! Agency | New Delhi
Bollywood Greek god Hrithik Roshan is a hands-on dad and we all have seen ample proof of it. The holiday pictures of Hrithik with his two kids—Hrehaan and Hridhaan have always been a happy one. So, the superstar, this time, posted an interesting picture yet again. He shared a click where the two little angels can be seen emulating daddy dearest as they do push-ups like a pro! Hrithik Roshan is one doting father who never misses a chance to be with his kids despite a crazy schedule. He makes it a point to spend time with his sons and loves to take them to different places. The Mohenjo Daro actor took his two sons Hrehaan and Hridhaan along to IIFA 2016 in Madrid, Spain,
and post the extravagant event, they went for a quick family holiday to Africa.
Agency | Mumbai Actor Ranveer Singh says that during the shoot of one of the sequences of his film ‘Befikre’, his director Aditya Chopra observed that he was acting like Anil Kapoor and told him to act like himself. “Befikre shoot was going on in Paris and Adi (Chopra) sir cut a shot, came from behind the monitor and said, ‘Yaar, you have started acting like Anil Kapoor. After ‘Dil Dhadakne Do’ there has been a deep impact of his on you. So now in the next take, you give Ranveer’s shot, and not Anil’s’,” Ranveer said at the screening of Anil’s television show ‘24’. Ranveer even imitated Anil’s expressions and mannerisms at the event
and posed in the ‘24’ look with Anil. “Actually he’s the biggest mastikhor of all, when I see him I get into masti mood or looking at me, he comes into masti mood; it’s just always a riot. How can I explain what happens after I see him? I really am in love, so infatuated by him,” he added. The duo are related as Anil’s wife Sunita is Ranveer’s aunt. Anil had previously said that he would want to see his daughter Sonam being paired opposite Ranveer and had even approved him as the choice for the role of his Lakhan in the remake of the film ‘Ram Lakhan’, a film not being made now. Ranveer added, “He is one of the reasons why I ever wanted to become an actor. He is a legend, an icon, he is
one of the most talented, most handsome men to grace our silver screen and now he is going to be in everyone’s homes. I am really thrilled for him and very happy for him.I am such a big fan of him that I am always excited when it’s anything related to him. I really wish him and his team the very best. I share a very special bond with Anil sir and I know how much his team has worked from the heart on this awesome series ‘24’. ”Actually he’s the biggest mastikhor of all, when I see him I get into masti mood or looking at me, he comes into masti mood; it’s just always a riot. How can I explain what happens after I see him? I really am in love,” added Ranveer.
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‘No helmet, no petrol policy hard to implement’
Agency | Kolhapur City-based petrol pump operators are up in arms against the state’s ‘No Helmet, No Petrol’ policy which was announced on Thursday. As per the new rule, the bikers riding without helmets will be denied fuel at petrol pumps across the state. The rule is inclusive of pillion riders as well. States transport minister Diwakar Raote had announced the decision in the state legislature’s ongoing session on Thursday. Petrol pump operators claim that the decision is very hard to implement and it’s not their duty to keep a watch on riders without helmets. The state by an order of December 2015, has made it compulsory for two-wheeler riders and pillion riders to wear helmets. However, the order received a poor response from citizens. In the Thursday’s notification, the regional transport office (RTO), petrol pump operators and traffic police have to ensure that the rule is being implemented.
Types of HIV carried by chimps can infect humans: Study
Agency | Washington A new study led by researchers have found the evidence that strains of chimpanzee-carried simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) and even the forms of HIV, can infect human cells. In the early 1900s, probably near a West African rain-forest, it was thought that a hunter or vendor of bush meat - a wild game that can include primates - acquired the first strain of a simian immunodeficiency virus that scientists consider the ancestor of HIV. The findings were conducted by the researchers from University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the US and supported this hypothesis by showing the first in vivo evidence that strains of chimpanzee-carried SIVs can infect human cells. They further discovered that the SIV ancestors of two HIV strains not identified in humans also managed to invade human cells after multiple exposures in the lab.
Facebook ditches plan to launch Snapchat-like feature
Agency | Mumbai Facebook have reportedly been testing a new feature called ‘Quick Updates’ which is reminiscent of a similar feature on Snapchat. The feature was tested with only a few users but unfortunately, the feature may never be commercially available. A spokesperson for Facebook told TechCrunch that there are no plans “to launch or move forward with Quick Updates.” The report by TechCrunch reads: “Facebook confirms that this was a product that it was testing with some users. The purpose was giving people tools to share with whom they want, as opposed to wider News Feed broadcasting. However, a spokesperson tells me Facebook doesn’t plan to launch or move forward with Quick Updates. So Quick Updates is basically a stillborn feature you won’t see more of.” Unlike ‘News Feeds’ which posts content on a user’s timeline permanently, Facebook’s Quick Updates would let users post videos and photos to a select few users that could see them for 24 hours before it disappears.
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Satisfied to score double ton after forgettable debut: Kohli
• Kohli became the first Indian captain to get a double hundred in Tests overseas. • Kohli said it was a very good feeling. • Kohli said he feels at peace when he is batting in the middle alone. Agency | Antigua
“Extremely satisfied” with his maiden Test double hundred, India skipper Virat Kohli+ says the feat has helped him wipe off the memories of his disappointing debut tour to the Caribbean in 2011 when he had struggled with the bat. Kohli returned to the Caribbean after five years and got down to business, scoring his maiden 200 in the very first innings of the opening Test match+ against the West Indies. “Yes, it is a very good feeling. I made my debut here and it wasn’t a memorable series for me. Coming back here and getting a
Joe Root and captain Alastair Cook hit comfortable centuries as England reached 314-4 at stumps on Friday to take an early advantage in the second test against Pakistan. Root made up for reckless dismissals in England’s first test defeat at Lord’s last week to remain unbeaten on 141 with 18 fours at the end of the first day, and Cook read the wicket well to make 105. Cook, leading England for the 50th test, and Root contributed 185 runs for the second wicket before the England captain
double hundred gives me a lot of satisfaction purely because of the fact that I have missed a couple of big scores in the past,” said Kohli, who had averaged just over 15 in the 2011 trip to the Caribbean. The 27-year-old became the first Indian captain to get a double hundred in Tests overseas and Kohli said it was a very good feeling. “I know I have the ability to get big hundreds. This is my first double hundred in first-class matches in general, so this is something I always wanted to do and I am feeling really grateful that I was able to cross the mark. “It is just a very good feeling. Test cricket is the most important format as far as I am concerned and the whole
of team is concerned, so when you do well in Test cricket, it gives you the job satisfaction like nothing else. I am really happy for this moment,” hesaid. Kohli said playing with just five specialist batsmen put added responsibility on him and he wanted to lead by example. “It is very important to understand the responsibility in front of you when you go in with a combination. Playing five batsmen is a bit of an added pressure on the batsman but that is what we want to take up as a challenge. The batsmen decided to take up the responsibility. As captain, I would never ask the players to do what I cannot do myself first and I have always believed in that,” he said.
was bowled by Mohammad Amir (2-63) in a rare delivery which kept low. The newly top-ranked test leg-spinner Yasir Shah had a day to forget, remaining wicketless after bowling 31 overs while conceding 111 runs. Shah had played a pivotal role in Pakistan’s 75-run victory in the first test by claiming a 10-wicket match haul and is also the quickest test bowler to reach 86 wickets in 13 test matches. Amir’s pace with the new ball had England in early trouble when the left-armer bowled Alex Hales (10) with a delivery
which nipped back into the right-hander. But Root and Cook saw off the new ball, batted resolutely on a true batting wicket, negated the spin threat of Shah and carried England to 95-1 by lunch. Root cut the slog sweeps which resulted in gifting his wickets at Lord’s and only once swept Shah to the mid-wicket boundary after he completed his half century off 86 balls. Shah couldn’t get enough turn despite bowling a long spell after lunch as Cook reached his half century with a straight driven boundary — out of 14 in all — off the leg-spinner. The England captain reached his 29th test century in 131 test matche when he drove Amir to mid-wicket for two runs. Amir provided Pakistan some hope at the stroke of tea when he dismissed Cook and came close to claiming James Vince (18) soon after the break but Younis Khan grassed a regulation catch at second slip.
BCCI president Anurag Thakur, secretary Ajay Shirke to meet Lodha Panel Agency | New Delhi
BCCI president Anurag Thakur and secretary Ajay Shirke will be meeting members of the Supreme Court-appointed Justice R M Lodha panel in the capital on August 9 after being compelled to bring in the reforms due to a clear directive from the apex court. ‘ESPNCricinfo’ reported
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that a meeting has been requested by the BCCI as a lot of state association officials are yet to get a hang of the SC order although the panel is expected to help the parent body of Indian cricket in implementing the reforms. The panel has already set the ball rolling as the Cricket Associa- sociation’s elections have tion of Bengal and Kar- been frozen as per the SC nataka State Cricket As- directive on July 18.
Agency | Europe Earlier this year, 23-yearold Chandimandir Cantonment golfer Amandeep Drall had to miss three tournaments in the Women’s Professional Golf Tour (WPGT) due to playing in the European Tour events. Skipping the events also meant that the golfer suffered in the Order of Merit. But Friday saw the youngster win her second title of the year in the form of the Hero KGA Women’s Pro Golf Championship in Bengaluru. Drall won the title with a margin of 11 shots and led the tournament in all the three rounds to return with an overall score of three-under 213.
“It’s a nice feeling to win my second title of the year. The course was playing tough and the greens were far. I was struggling with my putting earlier but some fine putting this week saw me lead in all the three rounds. The 11-shot win will boost my confidence a lot ahead of Prestige Golfshire leg which I won last year,” said Drall, who had turned professional last year. Drall won two titles at Prestige Golfshire, Bengaluru, and Clover Greens, Bengaluru, in the WPGT tour in her first year of turning professional and finished at the second spot in the Order of Merit last year with an earning of Rs 13,59,935.
This year has seen Drall win the title during the Oxford Club Pune leg apart from claiming four top-three positions. This has also meant that the golfer has now moved to the fourth spot with an earning of Rs 6,33,534 in the Order of Merit. The youngster is among the birdie leaders on the tour with a total of 64 birdies with 13 birdies coming during this week’s event. The greens were tricky and windy but I have to learn. Last year’s second spot finish in the final standings gave me exemption to play in those tournaments and I will be playing in Thailand and China later this year.
EPL: Sunderland snap up ‘first choice’ David Moyes as boss Agency | London
Sunderland have appointed former Manchester United manager David Moyes to replace Sam Allardyce as boss at the Stadium of Light, the perennial Premier League strugglers said on Saturday. Moyes -- the northeast England club’s ninth permanent boss in less than eight years -- signed a four-year contract with the Black Cats and was chairman Ellis Short’s “first choice” to take over after Allardyce was named the new England manager this week. Moyes, 53, who was sacked from Old Trafford in the immediate post-Alex Ferguson era and then had a n unsuccessful stint in Spain with Real Sociedad, will be tasked with keeping Sunderland in the Premier League for another season. The Scot started his managerial career with Preston in 1998 but really made a name for himself at Everton, before his ill-fated spell at Manchester United, where he was fired after less than a season in the 2013-2014 campaign. Moyes told the Sunderland website: “I am delighted to have joined Sunderland. I am relishing the challenge and excited by the opportunity. “I have taken over a big British club, with a great support, and I’m looking forward to working in the Premier League again. “I look forward to continuing the good work done by Sam.” Moyes had been the bookies’ favourite ever since Allardyce was linked to the England hot seat, and Sunderland moved swiftly to put him in place after the Allardyce appointment was confirmed on Friday. The Black Cats, who tried numerous times to lure Moyes before, are crying out for managerial sta-
bility and Short believes Moyes is the man to provide it. “We are absolutely delighted to welcome David Moyes to Sunderland, who was by far and away our first choice,” said Short.
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In Gujarat, 95 of 100 suspects in crimes against Dalits acquitted As violent protests continue in the Prime Minister’s home state of Gujarat over the flogging of Dalit youth by upper-caste Hindu vigilantes, an IndiaSpend analysis reveals a conviction rate six times..
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As violent protests continue in the Prime Minister’s home state of Gujarat over the flogging of Dalit youth by upper-caste Hindu vigilantes, an IndiaSpend analysis reveals a conviction rate six times lower than the Indian average — over 10 years — for crimes against scheduled castes (SCs) and scheduled tribes (STs). In 2014 (latest available data), 3.4 per cent of crimes against SCs in Gujarat ended in convictions, against a national rate of 28.8 per cent — one conviction for every eight across the coun-
try. Against STs, that conviction rate was 1.8 per cent, against the national average of 37.9 per cent — one conviction for every 21 cases. Dalit unrest began on July 11, 2016, when four Dalit youth were tied to a car and gau rakshaks, or cow protectors, took turns to flog them as a crowd watched. The crime: Skinning a dead cow. Later, the upper-caste vigilantes posted a video of the flogging on social media as a warning of sorts to others — Dalits and Muslims. The video of another attack in May has also now emerged. The Gujarat government has arrested
Karat questions PM’s ‘silence’ over assault on Gujarat Dalits
of crimes against SCs in Gujarat was five per cent; in crimes against STs, it was 4.3 per cent. The national average was 29.2 per cent and 25.6 per cent, according to NCRB data. This means that suspects in 95 of 100 cases are acquitted. Over 10 years, the lowest conviction rate in crimes against SCs in Gujarat was 2.1 per cent in 2011; against STs, it was 1.1 per cent in 2005.
A group of Dalit youths from the village were paraded and flogged last week for allegedly skinning a dead cow.
Criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his “deafening silence” over the issue of public thrashing of Dalits in a Gujarat village, CPI(M) leader Brinda Karat on Saturday said this shows his “support to criminal activities” of cow protection committees. Ms. Karat and CPI(M) MP P.K. Biju are in Gujarat to meet the victims of atrocities on Dalits and their family members at Mota Samadhiyala village under Una tehsil of Gir-Somnath district. A group of Dalit youths from the village were paraded and flogged last
week for allegedly skinning a dead cow. The July 11 assault, allegedly involving members of gau raksha samitis, caused a groundswell of outrage and triggered a spate of suicide attempts by Dalits in other parts of Gujarat as a mark of protest. Speaking to reporters at Rajkot airport where she arrived this morning, Karat said she is not politicising the issue and her visit is aimed at expressing solidarity with the victims. “While Dalits are immolating themselves out of anguish and protest and there is a national outrage, the Prime Min-
The Delhi Chief Minister urged his Gujarat counterpart to ensure that the culprits are arrested at the earliest and stringent action is taken against them.
ister’s deafening silence shows his support to the criminal activities of the so-called gau raksha samitis,” she said. “We are here not to politicise the issue but to express our solidarity with the Dalits of Mota Samadhiyala village,” Ms. Karat said. After returning from the village, the two leaders will meet the victims as well Dalit youths who attempted suicide during a protest and are being treated here. Mr. Biju said the condition of Dalits has deteriorated in Gujarat in the last 15 years of BJP rule. “It is a matter of great concern for all,” he said.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday hit out at his Gujarat counterpart Anandiben Patel while accusing the BJP-led government in the state of preaching anti-Dalit propaganda and creating divide between the police and people. Kejriwal yesterday met the families affected by anti-Dalit violence in Una’s Mota Samadhiyala village and inquired about their condition. The AAP supremo also visited the family of a policeman, who was killed during violent protests in Amreli earlier this week. “I met the victims and their fam-
ilies in Una. One thing is very clear that goons of the BJP and Shiv Sena brutally assaulted the Dalits and thrashed them even at the police station. The police also did not take any action as the BJP is in power,” Kejriwal told reporters. “After that when the Dalits sat in protest, Chief Minister Anandiben Patel stopped their protest and used police force to threaten them. The police registered fake cases against the Dalit youths and locked them inside the prison…It is not the first time that this has happened. Earlier also, Anandiben used the police force to threaten people during
the Patidar Andolan,” he added. The Delhi Chief Minister urged his Gujarat counterpart to ensure that the culprits are arrested at the earliest and stringent action is taken against them. “It seems that she doesn’t want to arrest the culprits as they are from her own party. I want to appeal to the entire police department
that they should not accept the wrong orders of the Chief Minister and should cooperate with the people and not register any fake cases,” he said. Kejriwal’s visit to Gujarat is being seen as preparing the ground for his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) ahead of the assembly polls in the state next year.
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Monsoon deficit impacts sowing, depletes water level in Gujarat
Violence against Dalits: There is a discernible pattern to this madness
Atrocities against Dalits haven’t stopped even after the July 11 incident, despite the ongoing pro-
tests. The violence continues in July — a 14-yearold minor girl visiting her grandparents was raped and mutilated in Ahmednagar in Maharashtra. On July 17, a college-going Dalit girl was gangraped again by the same men who were arrested for the crime in 2013. Not just violence, other means are also being employed to trample the rights of Dalits. Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula was driven to suicide by harassing him over non-payment of college fees. The UGC fellowship was cut down and so was the budget for the release and rehabilitation of manual scavengers. While the government and political parties paid rich tributes to Balasaheb on his 125th birth anniversary, his office in Dadar was razed without permission from his grandson.
While surrounding states have seen normal or above normal rains, Gujarat is still reeling under a monsoon deficit of about 47 per cent, thereby impacting water level in the state. According to India Meteorological Department (IMD) Ahmedabad centre data, as against normal rainfall of 289.8 millimetres (mm), the state has received only 156 mm rains during the 2016. IMD data shows that highest deficit of 71 per cent has been noted in Kutch. The region has received 47 mm rains during ongoing monsoon against normal fall of 160 mm. Districts like Ahmedabad,
Bharuch, Vadodara, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Devbhumi Dwarka and Banaskantha are facing more than 60 per cent monsoon deficit as on 23 July. The monsoon deficit has had an impact on water levels in the state where out of 203 dams; only Narmada dam has a healthy 88 per cent water level while rest 202 dams have just 31 per cent water storage as on July 22 this year. Situation is more critical in Saurashtra and Kutch as these regions have less than 10 per cent water for drinking purpose. Available water level in these 202 dams is 4877 million cubic meters (mcm) as on July 22.
Fever movie star cast “Rajeev Khandwa, Caterina Murino & Gohor Khan” visited Ahmedabad to promote their upcoming movie Fever. Fever which is shot at exquisite locations of Switzerland and has many glamorous outfits complementing the location, has in order to let its viewers not only watch the movie but also expe- rience the same, has tiedup with Bollywoo, which is an online e-commerce platform (www.bollywoo. ooo) to offer our movie’s collection for purchase to the general public. Khandelwal, who has been highly appreciated for his act in films like “Aamir” and “Shaitan”, said: “It
is the first time that I am playing a character that has layers. You will not be able to gauge what I am and what my intentions are. “I will probably leave you confused. All he remembers is his name and that he has committed some crime which is very scary. My character will
leave you ‘suspensed’. It may be wrong grammatically, but it will.” As quoted by Mr. Vinayak Kalani the CEO of Bollywoo, “Bollywood has always been a magical destination for many Indians, who are passionate about movies and their stars. The myriad elements of
Bollywood movies have inspired many and fashion remains one of the most sought after elements. We at Bollywoo are bridging these two worlds by bringing in the latest Bollywood fashion to our consumers through our tie ups with various production houses.”
Correspondent | Rajkot
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Anti-Dalit violence: Kejriwal takes on Gujarat CM for creating divide between police and people
Correspondent | Rajkot
suspects, but the gau rakshaks’ courage appears rooted in the failures of Gujarat’s criminal-justice system in addressing crimes against the lowest of Hindu castes and tribes. A similar failure is evident in Maharashtra and Karnataka. Over a decade, conviction rate of crimes against SCs is 5 per cent; against STs, 4.3 per cent Over the decade ending 2014, the average conviction rate in cases
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In Gujarat, Gau Rakshaks attacked seven Dalit youths with rods and knives on July 11, where they were stripped and beaten for almost two hours. The father of the youth intervened and he was beaten up, too . Further, they were tied to an SUV vehicle and paraded. Their crime – they were skinning a cow. The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) reports a 44 per cent increase in violence against Dalits, up from 32,712 in 2010
to 47,064 crimes in 2014. The heinous nature of these crimes is beyond imagination – a Dalit women was brutally raped and murdered in Kerala in April, another was raped and murdered, and dumped in a water tank in Rajasthan in March, two children were burnt to death in Faridabad in 2015 and two girls were raped, murdered and hung up on a tree in Badaun in 2014.
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