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Woman pilot among 7 dead in Vaishnodevi Shrine chopper tragedy
Seven killed as chopper crashes in Katra The 2010-make chopper of private airliner Himalayan Heli service, which was carrying six pilgrims from Sanjichat helipad in Trikuta hills, crashed at the new bus stand area in Katra
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Deepika Padukone, Ranbir Kapoor and Imtiaz Ali were on a promotional train trip from Mumbai to Delhi for their film “Tamasha” and the actress had a lot of fun as she finds such very journeys very “romantic”. The 29-yearold “Piku” star, who hopped on the Suvidha Express from Mumbai Central yesterday, says love for travel, food and trains, is a common factor that binds her, Ranbir, and the “Highway” filmmaker together.
Scuffle over land dispute injures two Agency | Etah
Two persons, including a girl, were injured in a scuffle over a piece of land in Kasimpur village here, police said today. A heated exchange broke out between Pramod and Shabbir during which the two attacked each other with batons. According to police, Shabbir along with his family members allegedly assaulted Pramod and Sheetal. The two injured were admitted to a hospital.
Base metals drops on reduced demand, global cues
Agency | Katara Seven people including the pilot and a newly-wed couple were killed when a chopper ferrying them back from the over 700-year-old Vaishnodevi Shrine crashed in Katra after catching fire following a suspected bird hit, in the first fatal plane accident in this holy town. The 2010-make chopper of private airliner Himalayan Heli service, which was carrying six pilgrims from Sanjichat helipad in Trikuta hills, crashed at
the new bus stand area in Katra, IGP Jammu, Danish Rana. In the crash, seven persons including a woman pilot were killed, DIG Udhampur-Reasi Range, Surinder Gupta said. Governor N N
Vohra said according to preliminary investigation, “a vulture had hit the chopper”. He said DGCA has instituted an inquiry which will probe reasons for the crash. Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief
Abdul Kalam’s grand nephew quits BJP over bungalow row Agency | Rameswaram
Upset over Modi government’s ‘failure’ to convert the residence occupied by APJ Abdul Kalam into a knowledge centre, the grand nephew of the former president on Monday resigned from the BJP. APJ Syed Haja Ibrahim, who had joined BJP in 2012, resigned as Vice President of the minority wing of Tamil Nadu unit of BJP and the party’s primary membership. “It (setting up a knowledge centre) was the wish of not only the former Pres-
ident, but the entire nation. I am resigning my post as this centre has not been set up despite repeated requests. I am also resigning from the primary membership of BJP,” he said. The No 10 Rajaji Marg bungalow in Delhi,
occupied by Kalam till his death in July, has been allotted to Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma, a move which had drawn flak from various quarters. Delhi’s ruling AAP had also criticised the government decision.
Minister Nirmal Singh, who rushed to the accident site, said,”As per initial information, a bird got caught in the tail rotor as a result of which it stopped functioning. Finding the area below populated, the woman pilot chose a safe landing area at the new bus stand to avoid casualties on the ground. “As the plane was descending, its rotors got entwined in electrical wires and caught fire,” he said. Those killed included a newly wedded couple. The deceased have been identified as Pilot Sumita Vijayn from Hyderabad, Arjun Singh, Mahesh and Vandana from Jammu, Sachin, Akshita (5) and Aaryanjeet from Delhi. He said arrangements are being made to send the bodies to Jammu and Delhi. The Aircraft Accident Investigating Bureau is probingthe accident and a two-member team has been sent to the accident site. The shrine is located at a height of 5,300 feet on the Trikuta Hills. Katra town is 50 Kms away from Jammu. Nearly one crore visit the shrine every year, most of the trek the 13 km distance. There are 100 two-way flights a
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day to Katara to a place near the shrine and back and about 1000 people use the chooper service daily. Two planes of the Himalayan Heli service and
choppers of Global Victra operate on this route, Additional CEO of Shri Mata Vaishnodevi Shrine Board Ajit Kumar Sahu said. He said the passen-
gers have a 25 lakh insurance cover. In addition the Shrine Board has announced ex-gratia of Rs 3 lakh for each of those killed including the pilot.
“When we took assessment of certain sectors which had a higher level of NPAs, some particular defaulters which are common thread running across several banks did crop up for discussion,” he told reporters after the meeting. The public sector banks, he said, “have all the powers... Banks today have full authority and autonomy to take action against them (defaulters)”. He asked the bankers to get rid of their
past scars of Non Performing Assets (NPAs) and clean-up their balance sheet at the earliest. The issue of asset quality was discussed in detail and banks described measures being taken to improve asset quality and profitability with special focus on non interest income. Committing full support, he said that the Government will take necessary policy corrective measures wherever required.
Jaitley asks banks to clean up balance sheets at the earliest Agency | New Delhi
Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Monday asked state-owned banks to clean up their balance sheets at the earliest, stressing that they have all the powers to deal with wilful defaulters. The minister during his meeting with heads of public sector banks (PSBs) also reviewed interest rate in the light of key policy rate reduction by RBI in September. Institutional measures being taken to assist banks in reducing NPAs were also discussed in the second quarterly performance review in six months. The gross Non-Performing Assets (NPAs) of public sector banks rose to 6.03% at the end of June, as against 5.20% in March this year.
IS looks down on Indian fighters, uses them for suicide attacks Agency | New Delhi
In the hierarchical world of ISIS fighters, Arabs are preferred for officer cadAgency | Mumbai res while South Asians, including Indians, are not Most of the base metals considered good enough dropped at the non-ferAgency | Mumbai er not her sister,” he wrote. fighters, says an assessrous metal market here However, Peter, in his re- ment prepared by foreign today on reduced de- Peter Mukerjea wanted ply, wrote that he wanted intelligence agencies that mand from stockists and his son Rahul to move Rahul to move on because was shared with their In- are given explosive-lad- ter battle experience are industrial users on the on after Sheena Bora had “I’m more interested in dian counterparts. While den vehicles and asked to mostly positioned behind back of bearish global disappeared, claiming you and your long term Arab fighters are pro- proceed to target destina- these fighters and hence cues. Globally, industri- that she had “played him” well being & happiness vided better arms and tions and then call a cer- their casualties are proal metal copper slipped and wanted to “get to than in Sheena’s personal- ammunition, equipment, tain number upon which portionally less in terms to a fresh six-and-a-half something else”. In a sely”. He also claimed that accommodation and sal- someone would come of their total numbers. year low in early trade, as ries of emails exchanged Sheena’s family in Guwa- aries, jihadi recruits from and meet them to detail Only Tunisian, Palestintraders bet metals prices between father and son, had further to fall given which have been accessed him “dodgy (contradic- that he didn’t think that hati subscribed to the the- India, Bangladesh and the mission. But the ve- ian, Saudi Arabian, Iraqi China’s slowing facto- by Hindustan Times, Ra- tory) texts”, Peter wrote “my feelings are unjusti- ory that she had “fled with Pakistan are used as fod- hicle would explode due and Syrian are allowed ry demand. Nickel slid hul consistently held to that “sheena is fine” and fied or unreasonable. I’m some rich fellow” and that der by pushing them to to a pre-set mechanism as to be in the ISIS Police by Rs 20 per kg to Rs the thought that some- warned him that he was feeling like I have very he, Rahul was “sweating it mount suicide attacks. soon as the call is made. force, which is barred for 710 from last Saturday’s thing untoward had hap- “wasting your time and few options left with re- out like a tennager (sic) in “The fighters from South The report suggests that fighters of all other naclose of Rs 730. Copper pened to Sheena, while breath in worrying about gards to getting answers.” love”. Later, when Rahul Asia are usually housed since South Asian and tionalities. A total of 23 utensils scrap, copper Peter was insistent that her”. Peter further wrote He also claimed that Peter gave his father an explicit in groups in small bar- African foreign terrorist Indians have so far joined sheet cuttings and tin fell she was fine, adding that that Sheena “...played you was in denial in his refusal reply, Peter wrote back to racks and are paid less fighters are forced to the the ISIS of which six reby Rs 10 per kg each to anyone who was worried and now gone to some- to believe that Indrani was say that he was upset be- than the Arab fighters front lines as foot sol- portedly killed in differRs 335, Rs 350 and Rs could speak to Indrani to thing else... Why drive Sheena’s mother. “His cause “I’ve really not be and are provided inferior diers, the level of casual- ent incidents while the 1,120 from overnight be reassured. After Rahul, yourself in futility?” In a name is Siddarth Das, and able to impart anything on equipment,” the report ty among them is “dispro- number of recruits from closing level of Rs 345, in a May 27, 2012 email, subsequent email on the he is her biological dad... you, off and on over the says. According to the re- portionately high”. The Bangladesh and Pakistan Rs 360 and Rs 1,130. said that Sheena had sent same day, Rahul wrote Just as indrani is her moth- years. Its my failing”. port, south Asian fighters Arab fighters with bet- is significantly higher. Corpo. Office: A/41, Madhav Chamber’s, Shaktidhara Colony, Opp-Sayona Arcade, L.B.S. Road, Toll Naka, Bapunagar, Ahmedababad - 380024 Email: ssdaily2013@gmail.com Mo : 98250 98053
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PM Narendra Modi: Slogans, strategies, showbiz Slogans are pet political tools. They also reveal the direction in which the political masters of the day want the country to move. But unless slogans are backed with appropriate strategies and perseverance, they often fizzle out without delivery, remaining only as showbiz. Late Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri raised the slogan “Jai jawan, jai kisan” in the mid-1960s, highlighting the importance of the armed forces in securing our borders and farmers in ensuring our food security. After all, armies can’t march on empty stomachs. Even today, that slogan resonates and inspires. Late PM Indira Gandhi’s most famous slogan was “Garibi hatao”, in the early 1970s. She took several socialist steps to eliminate poverty, including the takeover of wholesale trade in wheat and rice, only to be given up after a major fiasco. Has garibi vanished over all these years? UPA 2, on its last legs, was still counting whether the poor constituted 21 per cent, 30 per cent or 67 per cent of the population — the poor they wanted to provide highly subsidised food through the National Food Security Act, 2013. But no past political master can match our present PM, Narendra Modi, in coining new slogans and catching the imagination of the masses. Who won’t like slogans like “Sabka saath, sabka vikas”, “Swachh Bharat”, “Make in India”, “Per drop, more crop”, JAM (Jan Dhan-Aadhaar-Mobile), and so on? Each is well intentioned, with a lot of showmanship. The lion of Make in India is now widely visible in every effort to woo investors. But in a number of recent meetings I’ve had with India’s top investors, one question that most had on their lips was, “Slogans are fine, but where is the commensurate strategy to turn it into reality?” And that’s worrying. Let me dig a little deeper into at least one slogan I think can be the most fruitful. If implemented through a solid strategy, it can bring rich dividends, political and economic. And that’s “Sabka saath, sabka vikas”. It was meant to work across the spectrum of parties, states, socio-economic and religious groups. But where’s the strategy to make it a reality? I’m not an expert on how to get “sabka saath” to get work done in the Rajya Sabha, or how to promote harmony and tolerance, although I feel that India, in general, is quite tolerant. But I’m definitely concerned with “sabka vikas”, and it’s here that I feel the government’s strategy is getting increasingly skewed in favour of those who are already better-off. We hear a lot about FDI, Make in India, smart cities, bullet trains, etc, which are going to benefit the middle and upper-middle classes.
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QUOTE “Oceans, space and cyberworld should not become “new theatres contests” but be the avenues of “shared prosperity” and offered OF THE of to work in this direction.” - Delivering a lecture in Singapore, Modi talked about how India and China have kept their border region peaceful and stable despite the “unresolved issues” DAY
Shah Rukh Khan tweets about new ‘Dilwale’ song
Agency | Mumbai Fans of Shah Rukh Khan are going gaga on seeing their favourite superstar romancing Kajol once again in Rohit Shetty’s ‘Dilwale’ trailer, a film that also stars Varun Dhawan and Kriti Sanon. The first song from the film ti-
tle ‘Gerua’ has become an instant hit. The song that has been shot in the picturesque locales of Iceland, remind us of SRK-Kajol’s ‘Suraj Hua Maddam’. SRK took to Twitter Monday morning to share the first few lines from another ‘Dilwale’ song. The
Badshah of Bollywood is super excited and so are his fans. ‘Dilwale’ is slated to release on December 18 and will clash with Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Bajirao Mastani’ starring Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra, at the Box Office.
Casting was the difficult part of ‘Bajirao Mastani’: Prakash Kapadia
Agency | New Delhi
Mastani and Priyanka Chopra as Kashi Bai hits As Sanjay Leela Bhansali the screens on Decemgets ready for the release ber 18. Earlier, the “Ram of “Bajirao Mastani”, its Leela” director wanted scriptwriter Prakash Ka- to make this historical padia says casting for saga with his “Hum Dil the magnum opus was De Chuke Sanam” stars the most difficult thing Salman Khan and Aishas it went through many warya Rai Bachchan. But changes. The period ro- after they broke up things mance drama with Ran- did not work and then veer Singh as Bajirao, names of several actors Deepika Padukone as like Shah Rukh Khan and
Did Deepika Padukone just confess her love for Ranveer Singh? Agency | Mumbai
Deepika Padukone’s entry in the reality show Bigg Boss 9 was much awaited of course. However, the Tamasha girl seems to have accidentally admitted that she is in love with her Bajirao Mastani co-star Ranveer Singh while doing some ‘Matargashti’ with host Salman Khan. The trailer of the film Tamasha shows how Rabir Kapoor’s character Ved and Deepika Padukone’s character Taara play a game in which they have to lie to each other for every question asked. However,Padukone, in an example, to make Salman understand the game said she really hates Ranveer Singh. This finally gives the viewers some revelation of how this Mas-
tani has strong affection for her Bajirao (Ranveer Singh). Salman Khan also played along and said that even he detests Ranveer Singh. Deepika was then seen talking to the housemates and playing dif-
ferent games. Padukone had made an entry in the Bigg Boss house for the first time to promote her film Tamasha. Ranbir Kapooor’s absence from promoting the show raised some eyebrows though!
of actors and directors reflect the kind of work they do. Anand (L Rai) can make ‘Tanu Weds Manu’, Vikas (Bahl) can do ‘Queen’. But someone like Rohit Shetty cannot do ‘Queen’. It depends up on the kind of person you are and the way you see women. For example, Salman says some
dialogues which Shah Rukh will never say,” Basu said. The director dismissed the discussion about the growing trend of women-oriented films being made in Bollywood, saying it is still too soon to say that makers have become absolutely comfortable backing female-led projects.
face. They looked oh-soadorbs with each other! Virat and Anushka were reportedly accompanied by cricketer Shikhar Dhawan and his wife Ayesha. Anushka and Virat’s vacation will last for more couple of days and then both of them will get busy with their professional lives. Anushka was last seen Dil Dhadakne Do, which fairly impressed
masses. The actress was busy with the shooting of her upcoming movie Ae Dil Hai Mushkil which also stars Ranbir Kapoor and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. The film is directed by Karan Johar and the first schedule of shooting for Ae Dil Hai Mushkil has been completed and the team will soon head to London for the shooting of its second schedule.
Rohit Shetty can’t direct film like ‘Queen’: Anurag Basu
Agency | Mumbai
Filmmaker Anurag Basu feels that films reflects the thinking of a director and according to him someone like Rohit Shetty cannot make a female-centric movie like last year’s sleeper hit “Queen”. Speaking at a session tilted “Female protagonists in Bollywood Today- How Real is the Discourse” at the ongoing NFDC Film Bazaar, the “Barfi!” helmer said a director’s perception of women is often visible from the way he treats his heroine’s character in a film. “Personalities
Ajay Devgn among others cropped up. “Casting was definitely the difficult part for this film as it’s a grand one. It (film) required a lot of hard work, dedication and time. Sanjay himself managed the casting… he did speak to a lot of actors but things were not working out earlier. Finally, we got Agency | Mumbai our casting as it was their So, alls well between destiny,” Kapadia. Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli. Though grapevine was buzzing with speculation after Anushka stated recently that she is in no hurry to get married, she is very much in love and in a stable relationship with her beau Virat Kohli. The two have come back from Goa from their short trip. The two went to the party city to spend some quality time with each othclose to Zinta as saying. er. These two love birds But there is certainly a were spotted at the Mumvery strong buzz that bai airport recently and suggests that the actress were in high spirits, we in actually ready to walk know why! While Anushdown the aisle. After ka was genially smilHarbhajan Singh, prob- ing at the shutterbugs, ably it’s time for Preity Virat playfully held his Zinta to get hitched! bag high up to cover his
Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli get GOOFY at airport
Preity Zinta to tie the knot with American boyfriend in Jan 2016? Agency | Mumbai
Agency | London Actress-filmmaker Angelina Jolie says she is happy to be getting older as she feels more “settled”. The 40-year-old “By The Sea” star does not wish to revisit her youth, reported Female First. “I feel older, and I feel settled being older. I feel happy that I’ve grown up. I don’t want to be young again,” Jolie said.She previously admitted she is proud to have reached the milestone birthday as
a lot of the women in her family have died young. The story was inspired by her mother’s death, says Angelina, and was a way of processing her own grief as well as questioning how we move on when our body has failed us. “I went to the hospital to visit my mum when she was about to have her ovaries removed. She was very upset, feeling like they were taking out the parts of her that were female,” she recalled.
The wedding season has certainly set in. And if the latest buzz is anything to go by, then Bollywood’s dimpled beauty Preity Zinta is all set to enter matrimony with her American boyfriend. Buzz has it that Zinta, will be flying to the US to join her beau Gene Goodenough for an intimate wedding ceremony attended by close friends and family. However, according to a Bollywoodlife.com report, Gene is not Zinta’s boyfriend. “Gene is
NOT Preity’s boyfriend. He is a very good friend. Preity’s brother and little niece live in the US and she visits them regularly. She therefore has a lot of very good friends in America,” Bollywoodlife quoted the source
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India vs SA, 3rd Test: Hashim Amla key as Proteas eye series comeback
Samsung’s new Gear VR ad makes you literally want to put one on
Agency | Nagpur Hashim Amla returns to the scene of a personal triumph looking to revive both his and South Africa’s fortunes when the third Test against India starts in Nagpur on Wednesday. The Proteas captain hit an unbeaten 253, the second highest of his 23 three-figure knocks in Test cricket, at the same VCA stadium on the outskirts in Nagpur
in 2010. Fiery pace bowler Dale Steyn then picked up a 10-wicket haul in the same match, including a career-best 7-51 in the first innings, to fashion South Africa’s emphatic win by an innings and six runs. The top-ranked tourists, down 1-0 in the current four-match series, will hope to recreate the same magic as they battle to preserve their nine-year unbeaten series record on
foreign soil. The usually prolific Amla has endured a lean series so far, making 43 and 0 in the first Test in Mohali and seven in the rain-ruined second match in Bangalore. The scores are a far cry from Amla’s amazing record in India where in six previous Tests before the current series he had scored 823 runs at an average of 102.87 with four centuries.
India colts romp home against Pakistan, clinch Asia Cup Agency | New Delhi
Agency | New Delhi With ever so many iterations of bulky (and expensive) prototypes over the past several years, Virtual Reality is finally ready for the store shelves and en mass consumption. And Samsung appears to be one of the first off the block with their newly-launched Gear VR headset. Launched that a decidedly alluring price of $99, it’s no surprise the initial batch of units were swiftly sold out in the US on Amazon and BestBuy.com. Of course, this price is only the headset--users will still need to spring for a Samsung Galaxy S6 or Note 4 smartphone to use with the headgear (with support for other Samsung phones coming up later.) But if this ad is anything to go by, it is clear that Samsung is pushing way more than just the gaming and entertainment aspect of virtual reality--from education to commercial 3D visualization and more, this device could just mark the start of a floodgate of VR in the year ahead.
ASUS boosts gaming experience with the launch of its new notebook
Young drag-flicker Harmanpreet Singh enhanced his reputation by scoring four goals in the final of the junior Asia Cup, which helped India record a emphatic 6-2 win and clinch the title. India started the match on a positive note by pressing hard since the opening minute of the first half. They were soon awarded with a penalty corner, which Harmanpreet converted the penalty corner to take his tally to 12 goals in the tournament and give India an early advantage of 1-0. India were again awarded with back-to-back penalty corners in the 13th and 14th minute. Harmanpreet scored from one of them
to take double India’s tally within 15 minutes of the game. Pakistan regrouped and started to keep the possession. They were rewarded in the 28th minute when they successfully converted a penalty corner taken by Yaqoob Muhammad. However, their mini-revival was put to rest by Harmanpreet two minutes later, who scored his 14th of the tournament with another
powerful drag-flick. Harmanpreet has been one of the standout performers in the junior team, finding the target consistently from penalty corners. While his finishing abilities ensured India had a two-goal cushion going into half time, skipper Harjeet Singh was inspiration in his role. He dictated play with his precise passing and movements, creating majority of India’s chances.
Agency | Nagpur
Expanding their gaming portfolio to the entry level gaming arena, ASUS today announced the launch of its gaming notebook R510JX. The notebook comes with a spun finish design of Black and Red theme and a detailed FHD Antiglare display. Peter Chang, Regional Head of South Asia and Managing Director for Asus India said “Gaming is on the rise among the Indian consumers and with R510, even the entry level gaming enthusiasts will get an opportunity to test their skills on the high end games. It’s the perfect blend of hardware, performance and gaming with its black and red theme styled with FHD antiglare display. It is one of the most affordable products in the gaming category which makes it a must-buy for all the aficionados.”
In-form opener Murali Vijay feels the intense pressure put on the visiting South African batsmen by India’s spin bowlers has paved the way for the home team’s domination of the four-match Test series so far. “To be honest, the pressure we have put on the batsman, it was incredible to watch from the close-in. It is a cat mouse game, everybody trying to come one up and the bowler trying to come up on the batsman and it has been going well for us,” Vijay told reporters at the VCA Stadium in Jamtha today ahead of the third match of the four-Test rubber commencing on November 25. “It is the pure pressure we put on
Agency | London Novak Djokovic put the finishing touch to a magnificent season by beating Roger Federer 6-3 6-4 to win the ATP World Tour Finals on Sunday for the fifth time in his career. The Serbian underlined his complete dominance of men’s tennis with another immaculate display to become the first player in the year-ending tournament’s 46-year history
to triumph four times in a row. Federer brought the tournament to a close in anti-climactic fashion with a double-fault, although not as much as a year ago when he pulled out of the final with back injury. After a modest celebration, Djokovic walked back to his chair and wrote “And now for vacation” in Serbian on a camera lens. How he deserves one. The 28-year-old has stomped through the season to
leave his rivals trailing in his wake — securing the year-end world number one ranking weeks before the London finale. He won three of the year’s four grand slams, beating the evergreen Federer in the Wimbledon and U.S. Open finals to take his career haul to 10, and would have celebrated the rarest of ‘calendar year slams’ had it not been for an inspired Stanislas Wawrinka in the French Open final.
“PCB & BCCI officials had a fruitful discussion in ICC office Dubai facilitated by ECB’s Giles Clarke who will field all questions in matter,” Sethi later tweeted. While the outcome of the meeting has not been known, the PCB chair-
man also termed it as a “fruitful” meeting. “We had a fruitful meeting in which Sethi was there, Clarke was there as facilitator, it was a fruitful meeting and the decision is that Clarke will brief the media tomorrow,” Khan told mediapersons.
of the IOC accepting cricket because there are a lot of other sports that want inclusion in the 2024 Olympics. Cricket’s shortest format,
Twenty20, was a part of the last two editions of Asian Games in Guangzhou (China 2010) and Incheon (South Korea 2014).
BCCI game to play Pakistan in Bangladesh or Sri Lanka
South Africa have buckled under pressure put by us: Murali Vijay
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SPORTS ROUNDUP Novak Djokovic ends spectacular year with record ATP World Tour Finals title
Agency | New Delhi Taking weak cues from the global market and slack demand from jewellers, gold extended its slide for the second straight day as prices plunged Rs 100 to Rs 25,650 per 10 grams. Silver slipped below the Rs 34,000-mark by falling Rs 225 to Rs 33,800 per kg on reduced offtake by industrial units and coin makers. Bullion traders said a weakening trend in the global market amid growing confidence in the US Fed to raise interest next month helped the dollar cement gains, eroding demand for the precious metals. Furthermore, a muted demand from jewellers and retailers pulled down gold prices, they said. Globally, gold retreated as much as one per cent to $1,067.58 an ounce in Singapore today while it ended 0.43 per cent down at $1,077.20 in New York yesterday.
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BCCI president Shashank Manohar, who is also chairman of the International Cricket Council on Sunday met his PCB counterpart Shaharyar Khan at the ICC headquarters to discuss on the proposed series between India and Pakistan scheduled to be held in December. England and Wales Cricket Board chairman Giles Clarke, who is also the ‘Pakistan Task Force’ Chairman, along with senior PCB official Najam Sethi was present at the meeting.
ICC continue to explore cricket’s inclusion in Olympics, confirms David Richardson Agency | Johannesburg
them and obviously the same vice versa. When we go out to bat we have our plans and they are also putting immense pressure. So it is a good contest to be a part of,” the opener remarked further about the series in which India are 1-0 up after winning the opener at Mohali that was followed by the rainhit, drawn second game at Bengaluru. The Proteas’ batting line-up folded up for scores of 184 and 109 at Mohali, which India won by 109 runs, and 214
in the first innings of the Bengaluru Test to which the hosts replied with 80 for no loss on day one after which no play was possible because of rain and wet ground. The visitors collapsed in a heap against the home team’s triple spin attack in the two innings at Mohali and were equally clueless in Bengaluru too - barring A B de Villiers - against Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja (Mishra was left out) in the only completed innings.
David Richardson, the chief executive of the International Cricket Council (ICC), has confirmed that possibilities of including cricket in the summer Olympics are being explored following a positive meeting with the officials of the International Olympic Committee. Richardson said that they had met the IOC president Thomas Bach, adding that they were open to the opportunity if it was worthwhile to include cricket in Olympics, Sport24 reported. However, the ICC chief admitted that they need to overcome the hurdle
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Congress polling agent asked to leave booth for wearing ‘Jay Patidar’ T-shirt Correspondent | Surat
A polling agent of Congress candidate Devji Gopani was asked to leave a booth in Varachha area by DCP Markand Chauhan on Sunday for wearing the Patidar agitation logo and slogan —-”Jay Sardar Jay Patidar” — on his T-shirt. The polling agent was Vipul Desai, a Patidar youth who had handed over a “suicide note” to Varachha police station in September saying that he wanted to commit suicide in support of the quota stir. When Desai entered the polling booth no. 133 in Ward no. 2 (Varachha) as polling agent of the Congress candidate, the presiding officer, Nehal-
the T-shirt, he was asked to change it. Desai protested, but the DCP remained firm and asked policemen to take him out of the polling booth. Desai returned after changing his clothes. When contacted, Chauhan said, “The poll-
ing agent, Vipul Desai, had put on T-shirt with the logo of ‘Jay Patidar Jay Sardar’, and I told him to go home and change. I have not done anything wrong.” Asked how that was an offence, he said, “you know better”.
Gujarat civic polls: For some people, voting is akin to charity, helps country’s progress Correspondent | Rajkot
Even as polling for Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC) remained low as compared to recent other elections, those who did turn out enlisted a variety of reasons ranging from ‘making a donation’ to ‘exercising the right otherwise someone else may do it,’ as motivation. ”Casting vote is like making a donation. And this donation is for the progress of our country. Therefore, I generally never miss to exercise my franchise,” Sudha Pansuriya, a homemaker, said after casting her vote at a polling station in Ravindranath Tagore Civic Centre of RMC on Amin Marg. But Pansuriya’s son Vishal (28), who runs a pipe manu-
Gujarat civic polls: Missing names dampen voters’ spirit
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bhai, noticed the slogan on T-shirt and asked him to leave the booth. Desai explained that the slogan has nothing to do with any political party and he was allowed to sit in the booth for a while. However, after DCP Chauhan noticed
facturing unit seemed to have deeper understanding of the importance of his vote. “I want the city to progress and for that I want a good city administration. Franchise is my right and I know I have to exercise it to ensure that we get good administration,” he says. Vishal’s 75-year-old grandmother also accompanied the family to the polling station in Ward 8 of RMC to cast her vote. But Krishnaba Zala, a homemaker
As complaints of largescale deletion from the voters’ list pour in from Ahmedabad and Vadodara,visit a few wards and talk to affected voters. Chandrakant Patel (51) from CP Nagar Colony, Ghatlodiya, says his wife could cast her vote, but his name was found deleted. “I belong to a 100 per cent Patel residential society. And many people from my society are facing the same issue.” At around 3:30 pm, he is told by someone that the Ahmedabad Collector has issued fresh orders to let the voters whose names have been deleted to vote, he takes another shot at the booth only to be directed to the speak to the ward zonal officer who tells him on phone that if his name is deleted then he cannot vote.
Just a few metres away, outside the MB Patel Gyanjyot High School, a ruckus ensues as the police had to intervene and disperse clashes between Patidars who sported white ‘Hoon Chhu Patidar’ (I am a Patidar) caps sitting at the Congress poll booth and BJP workers who had set up their poll booths nearby to assist voters. At the Tripada International School in KK Nagar, Kapilaben Patel (73), a resident of Madhuvrund Row Houses is angry at not having been able to vote. “I have worked for 40 years in the AMC until my retirement in 2001 and voted in all the elections before. Nobody even came to campaign in our area this time. Earlier they (political parties) used to leave pamphlets, but there were none this time
allowed time to go to a polling station. “I am a diamond-polisher and we are on Diwali vacation. I hope my vote helps in making our country better and for betterment of labourers like us,” Busa, who cast his vote at Shardamani Vidyalaya and a resident of Dha- on Pedak Road in Ward ramanagar-2 in Mavadi 6 along with his wife area had more practical Sharda, says. reasons. “I never miss For The First Time, Gujarat CM Categorically the day of voting because Rules Out Quota For Patel Community people whom we have elected have worked for a poll campaign for the us. I go to them some Bharatiya Janata Party in time with complaints Rajula town of Amreli where district and taluka of not getting enough panchayat elections will be drinking water and they held on November 29. Pahave try to solve them,” tel’s overnight emergence says the 46-year-old after and audacious criticism of casting her vote at polling Prime Minister Narendra booth No. 49 in Ward 11. Modi on his own turf has For someone like Bhikha stunned the BJP-led state Busa (42), the vacation Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad Patels are agitating and government in Gujarat as demanding reservation. well as the NDA governFor the first time since There is no question of ment at the centre. HarHardik Patel’s agitation giving them quota. Will dik also warned the BJP to get quotas for the Patel not let other communities government in Gujarat of community took Gujarat suffer,” Anandiben said on defeat in the 2017 polls if lowest of 39.64 per cent by storm, Chief Minister Sunday. The chief minis- his demands were not met. was recorded in Surat. Anandiben Patel has cat- ter’s remarks came on the Over the past four months, Trends showed turnouts egorically ruled out their same day that Gujarat was the state government made at or above 50 per cent in inclusion in the Other holding elections for six some efforts to engage Ahmedabad areas domi- Backward Class (catego- municipal corporations. with the Patel community nated by minorities, Pa- ry). “Only five percent of She was speaking during over its quota demand. tidars, OBCs and SCs like Ghatlodiya, Gota, Chandlodiya, Odhav, Correspondent | Rajkot Dani Limda and Asarwa. A delegation of the Con- Senior leader and former gress made an aggres- Chief Minister Keshubhai sive representation at Patel is angry. He is angry the Ahmedabad Collec- against the State Election tor’s office in the after- Commission(SEC) for its noon, accusing the State failure in implementing Election Commission of e-voting system effectivemalafide intention at the ly. Keshubhai is registered behest of ruling BJP. Col- as voter in Rajkot. He lives lector Rajkumar Beniw- in Gandhinagar. He wanted told that he would not be ited Rajkot and told Depual, however, maintained to cast his vote online sit- able to cast his vote online. ty Collector about my wish that they were following ting at his home in Gandhi- Due to this Keshubhai had to cast my vote online from a completely transparent nagar and therefore he had to travel to Rajkot to cast Gandhinagar. He extended procedure, but issued a applied for e-voting, how- his vote. Keshubhai said, help and sent persons to my “circular” allowing vot- ever just 48 hours before “I have to come to Rajkot place. My finger print and ers whose names were on polling, like thousands of to cast my vote. I wanted to signature were taken, and the final electoral rolls, others who had applied for cast my vote online as per form was filled 8 days ago. e-voting, Keshubhai was the rules. A week ago I vis- Later the remaining proto cast their votes.
Gujarat civic body polls: Highest turnout in a decade
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at my house. My vote has been wasted today. My two sons and their wives have offered their vote. This has been done by the BJP, why did they put Hardik Patel behind bars?” Many like Mayur Patel and Gautam Patel who used to reside nearby and have migrated elsewhere also find their names deleted. Mayur who works in Naroda
GIDC says, “As I used to live at Madhuvrund on rent, I got my election card on this address. I recently moved to another apartment nearby. While my name appears in the voters list, it has a ‘deleted’ stamp.” Many of the voters who found their names “deleted” said they had cast their votes last year, in the Lok Sabha elections.
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
More than 800 people across six municipal corporations in Gujarat, polling for which took place today, used the online method to cast their votes, the State Election Commission (SEC) said. “Out of the 1,310, who had registered themselves for online voting, 806 people voted online today,” SEC officials said. With 305,
the number of people who used the e-voting mode were the highest in Vadodara, followed by 231 in Surat, 79 in Ahmedabad, 76 in Rajkot, 61 in Bhavnagar and 54 in Jamnagar, officials said. After 2010, this is for the second time that the SEC had made the online voting option available to voters in the six municipal corporations.
cedures were to be completed by the state election commission in their office. A day before yesterday I was communicated that I would not be able to cast my vote online. Who is responsible for this? I had completed all the procedure. They were talking big, I was not in capacity to come to vote here in Rajkot. I criticize them. I have conveyed my displeasure to SEC chief. If it was not possible, they could convey me earlier. I could then arrange my programme accordingly.
I told SEC chief that this was wrong. I can’t react to other complains coming from section of voters without going into details, but I am Patidar too, and I am speaking about my experience.” It should be mentioned that over 20,000 voters had registered for e-voting in six municipal corporations, but day before yesterday, the State Election Commission declared that only 1300 odd would be able to cast their vote online due to lack of physical verification of others.
Gujarat civic polls: Over 800 people cast votes online
On polling day, why Keshubhai Patel is angry and on whom
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
The six municipal corporations of Gujarat that went to polls Sunday recorded the highest turnout since 2005 as an estimated 48 per cent came out to vote. This despite the initial chaos, especially in Ahmedabad, after several voters found their names marked as “deleted” from the electoral roll. The elections took place under the cloud of the Patidar unrest, and in the newly-drawn out
wards which, for the first time, will have four corporators per ward with two seats reserved for women. This is the first elections under the leadership of Chief Minister Anandiben Patel. The six municipal corporations that went to polls on Sunday were Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Rajkot, Jamnagar and Bhavnagar. The highest turnout of 56.96 per cent was recorded in Jamnagar, while the
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