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‘Leave as soon as possible’, EU chiefs tell Britain after Brexit vote
Britain votes to leave EU, PM quits Brexit won finally by a wafer-thin majority of 51.9 per cent in the referendum held on Thursday that also raised questions over the longevity of the Conservative Prime Minister who aggressively campaigned for Remain Agency | London
Agency | Bangalore Vani Kapoor continued their rampaging run, carding another subpar round to win the ninth Leg of the Hero Women’s Professional Golf Tour at the Clover Greens Golf Course here today.
Heroin worth Rs 40 crore seized
Agency | Chennai Officials of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) have seized heroin worth Rs 40 crore from two Colombo-bound passengers and detained them and an airline staffer for inquiry. According to DRI sources, the narcotic substance was seized from the duo’s suitcases in the intervening night of June 22 and 23.
Minor girl raped by neighbour
Agency | Ballia A 14 year-old girl was allegedly raped by her neighbour in Sahatwar area here, police said today. The girl, in an FIR filed yesterday, alleged that on June 17 she had gone to relieve herself when her neighbour Mukesh Paswan raped her, Sahatwar police station in-charge, Kunwar Kanchi Singh, said. Efforts were on to nab the culprit, he said.
Prime Minister David Cameron Friday announced his resignation in the wake of defeat in the crucial referendum after Britain voted to leave EU in a deadly blow to the 28-nation bloc that triggered a panic reac-
tion in world markets and raised questions over immigration and other issues in the UK after the divorce. Brexit won finally by a wafer-thin majority of 51.9 per cent in the referendum held on Thursday that also raised questions
Ahmedabad girl gives wings to her dreams, joins Air Force Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Dhrasti Vashistha from Vastrapur set an example for girls from the city when, earlier this month, she finally joined the Indian Air Force giving wings to her childhood dreams. Vashistha, along with Kevhana Shah from Vadodara are the only two young women from Gujarat to have joined the Air Force this year. She says she had been working towards her aim from the time she was a child and had joined NCC to groom herself. “I felt a lack of awareness among
Gujarati youths about armed forces, and hence not many cadets, especially girls wished to join them,” said Vashistha who is now a flying officer posted at Bangalore and tasked with aircraft maintenance. “I wanted to do something which is not considered mainstream, and is a challenging career,” she added. Her maternal grandfather, Nandlal Sharma, who was her guiding force. Nandlal, who was an IAS officer, inspired her to join the government sector, she said.
over the longevity of the Conservative Prime Minister who aggressively campaigned for Remain. Shortly after the official announcement, Cameron stepped out of 10 Downing Street to make a brief statement in which he announced his intention to resign, saying a
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Gold prices zoomed to 26-month high of Rs 30,885 per ten gram on Friday in the biggest single-day gain of Rs 1,215 since August 2013 as Britain voted to exit the European Union leading to bloodbath in global equity and currency markets. It was gold’s highest closing level of Rs 30,730 after April 28, 2014 in the bullion market. The rupee too hit a four-month low of 68.21
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It also expects an increase in the cost of doing business in Europe as Indian IT companies may need to establish separate headquarters and operations for EU which may also see some disinvestment by Indian companies in the UK. English as a language of doing business, linked to the historic ties between India and UK has until now served well in making London the gateway for Indian IT sector to the larger European market. “Nasscom urges policy makers in Brussels and London to provide greater clarity and guidance on the next steps as soon as
nations, that there will be no immediate changes in the way people will travel and services will be sold in Britain. “The country requires a fresh leadership to take this forward. While it is important that I stay on to steady the
Gold prices jump 6%, highest in last three years
Brexit: IT sector braces for short term pain, hopes for long term gain The Indian information technology exports that rides on a $30 billion (Rs 2 lakh crore) export to the European Union, half of which is in the United Kingdom, is bracing itself for short term increases in costs and a decline in value of British Pound even as it remains optimistic about the long term gains after Britons voted to leave the union after a national referendum was held on Thursday. Industry body Nasscom (National Association of Software and Services Companies) said that decline in the value of the British Pound, which could render many existing deals losing propositions unless they are renegotiated. Nasscom said that the protracted negotiations between Britain and EU on the terms of the exit could impact decision making for large projects.
new Prime Minister will take charge in October to launch the process to leave EU. Watched by his wife Samantha, the 49-year-old British leader, who has just completed a little over a year in his second five-year term, assured the world, more specifically the European
possible, so that our businesses have the certainty they need to continue to invest in UK and Europe”, said Nasscom President R Chandrashekhar. He said initial feedback from policy makers in UK indicates their commitment to minimize the possible negative impact of this referendum. Nasscom believes that movement of skilled labour across EU and UK could be impacted and changes in the financial system, banks and impact on currency could ensue. Today over 110,000 Indian IT professional from around 800 companies work in the UK.
ship, it is not right to be the captain. I will do everything I can to do to help,” Cameron said as his voice choked with emotion. Describing the referendum as a “giant democratic exercise”, the Premier said the “will of the people must
be respected” and their “instruction that must be delivered”. “There can be no doubt about the result…I would like to reassure markets and countries around the world that Britain’s economy remains fundamentally strong,” he said. “In my view I think we should have a new prime minister in place by the start of the Conservative conference in October,” Cameron said. The Cabinet will meet on Monday and a timetable for him stepping down will be drawn up.
Brexit fallout: Sensex crashes 605 points, Nifty takes 181-point hit Agency | Mumbai
against the US dollar, making the dollar-quoted gold expensive. Silver also registered a steep rise of Rs 1,000 to Rs 42,300 per kg, largely in tandem with global trend as money flew to safe-haven investments following trouble over Brexit – Britain’s exit from EU. “The bullion demand has got a boost as the rupee hit fresh low and equities tumbled, leaving no place for investors but to park their funds in gold as a safe-haven,” Vice President of All India Sarafa Association
Surender Kumar Jain told agency. He said the metal climbed to the highest level in more than two years after Britain voted to exit EU and the pound sterling crashed by over 10 per cent to its lowest since September 1985, spurring investors’ demand for a haven. Gold in London, which normally sets the price trend in the market, soared as much as 8.1 per cent to USD 1,358.54 an ounce — the highest since March 2014. The rally was the biggest daily jump since 2008.
In a bloody carnage on Dalal Street, market benchmark Sensex plunged by 604.51 points on Friday to 26,397.71, its biggest single-day fall in nearly four months, as a shock victory for ‘Leave’ camp in the UK referendum sent markets across the world into a tailspin. As a result, total investor wealth, measured in terms of cumulative market value of all listed stocks, tanked nearly Rs 1.79 lakh crore. The rupee also took a sharp plunge of 96 paise (intra-day) against the US dollar to crash below the 68-level, but RBI intervention to infuse liquidity helped the local currency recoup some early losses.
Britain voted to leave the EU on Friday in a deadly blow to the 28-nation bloc, forcing Prime Minister David Cameron to announce resignation in the wake of defeat in the referendum whose result triggered a panic reaction in world markets. Global markets went into a tizzy with Japan’s Nikkei tumbling 7.92 % while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng fell 2.92 %. European stocks was also trading lower with London Stock Exchange’s FTSE index down 5 % after crashing 9 % in early deals.
Diplomacy Needs DepthAnd Seriousness: Congress To PM Modi Over NSG Issue
done for the UN Security Council membership. Terming the developWhen there is no obstacle ments at the Nuclear Supwhen it comes to nuclepliers Group (NSG) meet ar trade within the NSG in Seoul as an “embarcountries, it was unnecesrassment” to India, Consary.” The plenary meetgress today said Prime ing of the 48-member Minister Narendra Modi Nuclear Suppliers Group needs to realise that diploended today without any macy needs “depth and decision on India’s memseriousness and not public tamasha”. “We do not rendra Modi realises that rassment unnecessarily,” bership bid as divisions know why India showed diplomacy requires gravi- Mr Sharma told reporters. persisted over admitting its desperation and al- tas, depth and serious- He said the intense lob- non-NPT members with lowed the country to be ness. PM Modi needs to bying by Modi govern- China leading the opequated with Pakistan on realise diplomacy needs ment was “unnecessary”. position to it. Ahead of the issue of NSG mem- depth not public tama- Mr Sharma said, “This the meeting, India had bership,” party’s senior sha,” he said. “The world kind of intense lobbying pushed its case with a spokesman Anand Shar- saw the PM make a spec- Prime Minister Modi and number of countries, with ma said. “It’s high time tacle of himself and India. his government, we can Prime Minister Narendra that Prime Minister Na- Now India faces embar- understand should have Modi leading the charge. Office: B/14, Madhav Chamber’s, India Colony, Opp-Vidhyanagar School, Bapunagar, Ahmedababad - 380024 Email: ssdaily2013@gmail.com Mo : 98250 98053 Agency | New Delhi
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Dominant castes resent reservations, backward groups haven’t fully benefited Marathas, Patels, Jats, Kapus and others are asking for reservations today, preferably through their recognition as Other Backward Classes. This demand reflects the challenges they are facing on the job market. Not only is the Indian economy not creating as many jobs as before (the number has declined from 7 lakh to 1.55 lakh from 2011-12 to 2014-15 in the eight sectors reviewed by the Labour Bureau), but wages in the private sector are much lower than in the public sector. On average, in 2011-12 daily earnings were almost 2.5 times higher in the public sector at Rs 945 against Rs 388 in the private sector. The gap will increase after the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission are implemented. Certainly, this assessment needs to be qualified because salaries of government jobs are mostly attractive at entry-level. But they are also perceived as less demanding, more stable and as providing many social benefits. However, one may wonder whether the inclusion of dominant castes in the OBC list is such a panacea. The first problem is that the public sector is shrinking: Government jobs which were 19.5 million in 1996-97 are about 17.6 million today. Certainly, the percentage of public jobs is higher in some states than in others — 16 per cent in Kerala to 1.2 per cent in Gujarat — but the national average is rather low at 4.5 per cent. It is also true that among government workers, groups A and B have continued to grow (24.1 and 27 per cent respectively between 2001-02 and 2011-12), but groups C and D have declined by 8.4 per cent over the same period, and these are the most numerous. According to the 7th pay commission, only slightly more than 1 lakh jobs were added every year in departments and ministries of the central government between 2006 and 2014. The stock of jobs of the state governments being 1.6 times that of the Centre in 2006, if they have recruited at the same rate, by and large, the public sector has been hiring 3 lakh people a year in 200614 — when about 8 lakh young Indians were entering the job market annually. Secondly, government jobs may not be the right solution for the dominant castes listed above because an increasingly large percentage of these jobs are occupied by contract workers who earn at least twice less than the directly employed ones. In 2014, a report prepared by the Indian Staffing Federation showed that at least 44 per cent of the government employees are now temporary — and their number is on the rise. Not only are their wages almost as low as those of the contract workers of the private sector, but they are deprived of social security benefits. If we return to the Patels, Marathas, Jats and Kapus, this state of things is particularly resented by such caste groups which used to enjoy a prestigious status in the village and whose expectations are still high. In fact, some studies show that their job problem has much to do with the hiatus between their expectations and their skills: They want good jobs but are not very qualified. In a way, their problem is one of employability — which explains that joblessness is particularly pervasive among those who have degrees, but no real skill.
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QUOTE “We understand that despite procedural hurdles persistently raised by one country, a three-hour-long discussion took place last night on the issue of future OF THE participation in the NSG,” - External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Vikas Swarup also asserted that India’s participation in the NSG would have further DAY strengthened nuclear non-proliferation regime and made global nuclear commerce more secure. ‘Junooniyat’, love in paradise Mirzya trailer finally released, Yami Gautam and and it’s visually stunning Pulkit Samrat
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of the intense chemistry that viewers can expect between the two actors. Inspired by the folk tale of “the legend of Mirza – Sahiban”, Mirzya is an epic action-romance set in contemporary times. The film unfolds filled with heightened drama and action-packed sequences in the visually rich terrain of Rajasthan, contrasted with flashes of the fantastical universe of the folklore set in the awe-inspiring land-
scape of Ladakh. What hits you first, as the trailer starts playing is the haunting music by Shankar, Ehsaan and Loy, coupled with singer Daler Mehndi’s piercing voice. The visually stunning trailer clearly defines the two timelines, setting the stage for a passionate love story that spans lifetimes/ages. While you get a sense of the modern Rajputana Rajasthan in the current timeline, the legend portays a very clannish, Dothraki-looking (Game of Thrones fans will relate to this) Harshvardhan Kapoor set against the stark, but gorgeous Ladakh landscape. There is even a scene that’s reminiscent of the Amitabh Bachchan-Sridevi starrer Khuda Gawah.
did not happen. Kushan is a decent soft-spoken person. He’s a gentleman, incapable of crass behaviour.” Adding to this, Kushan said, “Those who know me will know I never use filthy words like she has accused me of using. I don’t know people who use language like that. This is character assassination.” For the
uninitiated, Chitrangada walked out of the movie set claiming the director persuaded her to do an unbecoming love-making scene with Nawaz, urging her on with language that was objectionable. Chitrangada added that Kushan’s crass behaviour made her feel even more awkward as she was wearing only a petticoat.
cinema relished Anurag Kashyap’s latest offering. Right from the direction to the way the story was stitched to make it gripping and performances of all actors, everything about Raman Raghav wowed the ones with a liking for crime dramas. However, one man who stood and shone with his performance yet again was Nawazuddin Sid-
diqui who unanimously walked away with every viewer’s applause. Vickey Kaushal and debutant actress Sobhita Dhulipala too received accolades for their acting histrionics. With other six Hindi films proving to be non-starters at the box-office, the real competition for Raman Raghav 2.O will be from Independence Day: Resurgence.
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It’s a dramatic beginning to the interview. Asked what fuels the choices of his roles, “ Junooniyat [passion] towards work,” says Pulkit Samrat, rather grandly. He chortles at Yami Gautam’s longer response, but the two genially carry the discussion from the film to Gautam’s tag as ‘The Fair & Lovely girl’, and to Mumbai becoming their second home. Both actors debuted in Bollywood separately in 2012 with Vicky Donor and Bittoo Boss respectively, and star together for the second time, after Sanam Re . “For me it’s the zeal to surpass what you’ve already done before,” says Gautam about her roles in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Punjabi films. “I
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try to see what new I can offer to myself and to the audience… even if it may be of a genre I’ve worked in before. Versatility is a great virtue.” Junooniyat , a romantic film by director Vivek Agnihotri, releases this week almost back-to-back with his earlier project this year: the political satire, Buddha in a Traffic Jam . The film’s lead actors say they signed the film for its plot. For Gautam, it provided a great platform to debut in Bollywood with a love story, considering the actors signed the film before Sanam Re . She loved her spunky character
and was floored by the movie’s great music. On the other hand, Samrat got to portray an army officer and loved the chemistry between the protagonists. “I found the film’s conflict rather interesting with two really similar, selfless and strong-headed characters falling in love. Seeing a spark between them was contrary to the usual notion that opposites attract.” Being anchored in the relationships within a family, they were drawn to the fact that it was more than a straightforward love story with peppy numbers and a Holi song.
The word feminist has been bastardised: Priyanka Chopra
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Agency | Mumbai Be it Aamir Khan’s remarks on intolerance in the country, or Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor’s jokes during the AIB roast last year - there have been instances when Bollywood celebrities have come under the scanner for their words or actions. Claiming that she is ‘not afraid of having an opinion’, Priyanka Chopra asserts that she isn’t “necessarily being brash” just because
“she’s a feminist”. “I don’t say things just because I’m a feminist and I believe in woman power. That word (feminist) has been bastardized; there’s no respect to it anymore. I’m not berating men,” she says. Recently, in an interview, she stated that she would “beat the shit out of her man” if he ever cheats on her. While several people criticised her for being “violent”, some even called her “sexist” on social media. Reacting to the comments,
Priyanka says, “It was a joke. Obviously, I’m not going to be violent. But the way it was written, it made it seem like I was serious and that I’ll actually whip the person. It was an analogy of the passion that I would feel [if a man cheats on me], not physical violence.” In one of her past interviews, the actor had said that celebrities often become “soft targets” for the public and the media. Yet, she doesn’t refrain from speaking her mind whenever required. “I know I should be diplomatic, but I’m a girl with an opinion. I’m not afraid of having one,” says Priyanka, adding, “I’m told all the time by my team and my family to shut up and not always say what’s on the tip of my tongue.” The actor has been spending most of her time in the US, where she is shooting for her ongoing television series. Ask her if she feels scared at times, especially post the gruesome Orlando shootings, and the actor says, “No, I’m not scared because things can happen anywhere you go. It’s not just in India, America, Lebanon; it’s happening everywhere we go.
The much-awaited official trailer of Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra’s film Mirzya is out, and with fantastical locations, beautiful cinematography and soul-searing music, it leaves viewers mesmerised. The film launches two star kids – Anil Kapoor’s son Harshvardhan Kapoor and Tanvi Azmi’s niece Saiyami Kher – in the lead, and the official trailer gives a glimpse
Nawazuddin defends director who wanted Chitrangada to ‘lie on top of him’
Agency | New Delhi Nawazuddin Siddiqui finally broke his silence over Chitrangada Singh’s accusation against their Babumoshai Bandookbaaz director Kushan Nandy, saying there was nothing which was unacceptable about the shot. The actor was quoted as saying, “We did a normal scene. There was nothing unacceptable about what we shot. The incident being described
Raman Raghav 2.0 opens to mixed audience reaction on Day One
Anurag Kashyap directed Raman Raghav 2.0 received mixed reactions from cinegoers on day one of its release Agency | Mumbai
Anurag Kashyap directed Raman Raghav 2.0 received mixed reactions from cinegoers on day one of its release. A multiplex that indianexpress.com checked saw 25% occupancy for the first show. The A rated movie tells the story of a serial killer. For those who disliked it, it was the slow dragging pace of the movie that played spoilsport for them. One viewer even remarked how the movie proved to be a snoozefest for him. Nevertheless, those with a taste for dark
3 / Dt. 25-06-2016, Saturday Fashion Marketplace Voonik raises $20 million in Series-B funding Agency | New Delhi
Voonik, India’s largest fashion marketplace, has raised $20 million in Series-B round of funding. Sequoia India led the round with participation from Times Internet, Seed fund, Beenos, Beenext, Parkwood Bespin, Tancom Investments and Kunal Shah. Since its launch in August 2014, Voonik, has become the leader in the unbranded fashion category with 10 Millionregistered users, 8 Million app downloads, 100 Million Annual GMV and 13 Million annual revenue rate. Recently company has launched two other fashion platforms, Mr Voonik, an exclusive app for men fashion and Vilara, a market place for designers and boutiques. Voonik had raised $500K in seed, $ 6.5 Million in series A and$20 Million inseries B, making it a total of $27 Millionin funding. The funds will enable Voonik to enhance customer experience, strengthen their personalization engine, and to scale up Mr. Voonik and Vilara.
A story of India's bravest Heroes, Neerja, comes to your home! Agency | Ahmedabad
There are few films that shatter box office records and there are some that leave a lasting impact on your hearts and then there is Neerja that manages to do both with élan and ease. Star Gold, the Home of the biggest Blockbusters, brings to your home, this June, Neerja, the film that brought to life the story of one of India's true heroes who gave her life in the line of duty. Premiering on Star Gold on 26th June at 1:00 PM, the biopic brilliantly portrays the life of Neerja Bhanot, a flight attendant who gave her life saving passengers on the US-bound Pan Am Flight 73, hijacked by Palestinian terrorists in Karachi in September 1986. She was award-
ed India's highest peacetime award for bravery, the Ashok Chakra posthumously. Beautifully directed by Ram Madhvani, the film also traces the pain of a parent, effortlessly portrayed by legendary actress Shabana Azmi and Yogendra Tiku. Sonam Kapoor brought Neerja to life with her realistic and impactful performance, her best on-screen portrayal till date.
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Future tense for the English SPORTS ROUNDUP Premier League after Brexit
Agency | Kolkata Of all the unimportant things, football is the most important. This is a common saying in Brazil and was heard often in the aftermath of their 1-7 loss to Germany in the 2014 World Cup semi-final. In the light of Brexit, would it also echo through Britain, especially in the cocooned-with-cash bubble that the Premier League is? Reports in the British media have said that the Premiership, by its estimates, is broadcast to 730 million homes in 185 countries. That
is obviously because of the quality of the players involved and revenues could be hit should that be compromised. A BBC report on March 31, 2016, said 332 players in England and Scotland would be threatened by Brexit. More than 100 of them would be in the Premiership, the report said. Of the 180 non-British EU footballers in Britain, only 23 would have been eligible for the work permit. A report in The Guardian said Brexit would lead to Sunderland losing all goalkeepers,
Newcastle six midfielders and Swansea being down to just one attacking player. Decent, ordinary people have won, said Nigel Farage, one of the ‘Leave’ campaigners, on Friday morning. That could leave out the Premiership clubs because they wanted to ‘Remain’. The Premier League chairman, Richard Scudamore, had spoken about the need to ‘Remain’ as had David Beckham, who explained his decision by mentioning the help he got from European teammates as Manchester United made winning the Premiership a habit. As this was being written, the pound slumped to a 31-year low and given that football and business have been linked since the 1974 Fifa presidential election, this could affect the world’s most watched league.
Cricket board to organise mini-IPL tournament abroad in September Agency | Dharamsala
The Indian cricket board has decided to play a shorter Indian Premier League (IPL) tournament at an overseas venue in September to tap into the captive audience and revenue potential. All eight teams will participate in a trimmed, two-week affair. The tournament will not be on a home-and-away basis with the format to be decided soon, BCCI president Anurag Thakur told a news conference after its working committee meeting on Friday. The IPL franchises have been seeking permission from the board for such a tournament, particularly in the US, as they have struggled to make sizeable profits. The deliberations have been on
for almost a year and the BCCI has now given a go ahead. “In September, the BCCI is willing to host a mini-IPL overseas with all eight teams,” he said. Thakur said the modalities, including whether the current IPL broadcasters Sony will telecast the matches or the rights will be given to a fresh bidder, were to be decided. According to BCCI sources, they didn’t want
to delay the announcement because the window was very short and they did not want any other tournament to be slotted in. Thakur said: “We have to speak to the franchises, broadcasters and look at the revenue model. Many countries are willing to host. We have to look at the various time zone (and decide) where we can take it. It will be an annual affair.”
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Assured of an Olympic berth, Indian boxer Vikas Krishan (75kg) on Friday settled for a bronze medal in the International Boxing Association’s (AIBA) World Qualifying Tournament after he was ruled out of the semifinal clash owing to a cut on his forehead. He sustained the cut last night during his quarterfinal contest against Korea’s Lee Dongyun. The Indian triumphed 3-0 to make the semifinal and assure himself of an Olympic quota berth. However, the injury he sustained required stitches on his forehead, which forced him out of today’s semifinal clash against Turkmenistan’s Achilov Arslanbek, who got past Italian Cavallaro Salvatore in his quarterfinal
Indian cricket team needs Kumblelike character to steer them 16 years ago. The coach-
Agency | Kolkata Nobody has forgotten how Anil Kumble soldiered on with a broken jaw in the Antigua Test in 2002. Less than a month from now, he begins a different innings at the same place. What hasn’t changed between then and now is Kumble’s character – polite yet aggressive with leadership qualities that stand out in trying times. The Indian team, brimming with tal-
ent and the potential to become No.1 across all formats, needs this very character to steer them. Much has been written about Kumble’s lack of coaching experience and credentials. Kapil Dev was the last high profile former captain who was appointed India coach and the world knows how that ended. But things have changed. Indian cricket is far more professional than it was
ing setup has expanded with experts handling specific requirements. In case the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is keen on a complete overhaul, it will be exciting to see who replaces Sanjay Bangar and Bharat Arun. This India team could in fact resemble the elaborate star-studded coaching and advisory apparatus of the Mumbai Indians. Neither the BCCI nor fans would complain if good results come in. Kumble is expected to have his own set of batting and bowling coaches too, who will take care of much of the technical aspects for him. His big challenge though, is time.
at the French Open earlier this month and now holds all four majors. It was his 12th career major and made him the first man since Jim Courier in 1992 to win the Australian and French Opens in the same year. The 29-year-old Serb begins his Wimbledon campaign against British
wild card James Ward and could meet big-serving Canadian Milos Raonic in the last-eight. Murray takes on compatriot Liam Broady in the first round with a potential clash against Australia’s Nick Kyrgios in the fourth round. Frenchman Richard Gasquet is a possible quarter-final rival.
even more shots,” Buttler was quoted as saying by the British media. “That’s the way we want to play our cricket. We want to put teams under pressure and there’s no reason to change. “This style of cricket has been good fun to play in and has given us some success.” England have displayed freedom and exuberance in their approach
to the limited-overs formats since their humiliating group stage exit at last year’s 50-over World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. Joe Root has been talismanic with the bat for them but the right-hander has suffered a dip in form, scoring 89 in his last five international innings, 80 of which came in one knock.
Wimbledon 2016: Roger Federer, Novak Djokovic drawn to clash in semi-finals Agency | London
Rio-bound Vikas Krishan settles for bronze after injury rules him out of semi-final clash
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Defending champion Novak Djokovic and seven-time winner Roger Federer were on Friday drawn to meet in the semi-finals of this year’s Wimbledon which starts on Monday. World number one Djokovic, who is bidding to take another step closer to the first calendar Grand Slam since 1969, has defeated Federer in the last two finals at the All England Club. The draw means that second seed Andy Murray, the 2013 champion, was lined up for a semi-final against fourth seeded Stan Wawrinka. Threetime champion Djokovic completed the career Grand Slam with victory
England vs Sri Lanka: Jos Buttler backs hosts to stay aggressive Agency | Nottingham
contest. “Vikas Krishan can’t box today as he was declared medically unfit by the official doctors of the competition in the morning weigh in and medical examination because of stitches above his eyes,” an official of the Indian team said. Former Commonwealth Games gold-medallist Manoj Kumar (64kg) was the other Indian boxer to secure an Olympic ticket yesterday by winning in the quarterfinal. Manoj will be up against European champion Pat
McCormack of Britain in the semifinal today. McCormack had defeated Frenchman Amzile Hassan in his quarterfinal bout. Also in action today in the evening session would be Commonwealth Games silver-medallist L Devendro Singh (49kg), who will have to beat Spaniard Carmona Heredia Samuel in the semifinal to be assured of a berth in the Olympics as only two quota places are up for grabs in his weight category.
England’s batsmen should continue to be aggressive and play even more shots, wicketkeeper-batsman Jos Buttler has said even as the team’s top-order crumbled against Sri Lanka in the tied first one-day international on Tuesday. Chasing a target of 287, England were reduced to 30 for four and then 82 for six before Buttler made 93 and Chris Woakes 95 not out to give the hosts a chance of winning at Trent Bridge. Liam Plunkett then smashed the last ball of the match for six to earn his team a dramatic tie against the touring side. “If anything we should come out and play
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Maruti Baleno to Roll Out from Gujarat Plant in 2017 Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
The Maruti Suzuki Baleno will walk away with the honors of being the first model to roll out from the Suzuki Motor Corporation’s Mehsana Gujarat plant, beginning from January 2017. As much as 85,000 units will roll out from the new facility at Gujarat. 50% of them will be the 1.3-liter diesel engines and the rest of them will be petrol engines. These petrol powertrains will come mated to an automatic transmission. Similarly, the new Next-gen Swift DZire will also roll out from the Gujarat facility, from 2018. News reports point to a complete takeover of the Baleno by the Gujarat plant from the Manesar
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2002 Gujarat riots: Survivors In Gujarat, more have access to mobiles than toilets scarred but look to the future What is more important for the people of Gujarat: a toilet inside the house or a mobile phone? Far more people in Gujarat have access to a cellphone than to a toilet. According to the Sample Registration System-Baseline Survey (SRS) 2014, 98.3% of the people in the state have mobile connections, while only 69.8% have toilets in their homes. However, according to senior government officials, 73.98% households in the state have toilets. Officials said that of the 18,000-odd villages in Gujarat, only in 4,800 do all households have toilets. SRS reveals that of the 69.8% people
Jayesh Patel case: DGP constitutes 3 member team
August 25 last year, violence broke out in many parts of the state after police allegedly lathicharged a Patidar rally in Ahmedabad. Morbi too had witnessed large-scale violence, with mobs torching three dozen Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation buses and setting fire to the offices of local MLA Kanti Amrutiya and Union Agriculture Minister Mohan Kundariya. The army was deployed to control the
violence. In an attempt to maintain law and order, the administration invoked Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), 1973 and banned the assembly of more than four persons without prior permission on August 25 for two days. The notification issued under Section 144 also prohibited public meetings and processions without prior permission, but exempted religious and social gatherings.
among anganwadis run by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC). The incident was brought to the notice of the authorities by municipal coun- recklessness. “In a bid to cilor Iqbal Shaikh who provide maximum subsiaccused the authorities of dies to those liaising with
the government, they manufacture these supplements in excess.
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with toilet access, around 61.3% have toilets with water facilities; 5% have toilets but no water connections. The remaining 2.5% have access to community toilets. Interestingly, April 2016 figures released by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India reveals that the state has 6.18 crore mobile connections, against
the population of 6.04 crore as determined by the 2011 census. A senior officer, requesting anonymity, said: “Not many people are coming forward to construct toilets though the Government of India has been granting Rs 12,000 as incentive for constructing toilets.” He said many who construct toilets rarely use them.
Rajkot man among three held for getting son killed
Sunvilla News | Gandhinagar
In-charge DGP, P P Pandey has constituted a three member team including two women IPS officers to supervise and assist the Vadodara police and LCB there in the investigation of the sensational allegations of rape and lewd behavior levelled against founder chairman of Vadodara based Parul University Jayesh Patel. The team comprising Mahisagar SP N K Amin and two women police officers CID Crime SP Sujata Majumdar and SDPO Bhavna Patel today moved to Vaghodia where the FIR with allegations of rape against Patel was lodged by a second year nursing student of his institution. 66 year old Jayesh Patel was caught in the night of June 22 after four days of hiding by the LCB of Vadodara police from Asodar crossing on national highway 8 in neighbouring Anand district while he was on his way to Va-
in flames, sparking three days of rioting in cities across Gujarat. And in the two worst-affected areas -- the Ahmedabad suburb of Naroda Patiya and the Muslim-majority Gulberg housing society -- the scars are still visible. In Naroda, Muslim families still leave their homes before the annual Navratri and Rath Yatra festivals. “Whenever a large Hindu crowd gathers around our area, we leave with our valuables,” says college student Asif Mansuri, 20. “We go away and live with relatives. We return after the Hindu fes-
tivities end. We are all still scared.” Mansuri is one of five siblings born to an autorickshaw driver. He was six at the time of the riots. “I remember men with swords setting houses on fire,” he says. “We returned after two years of living in relief camps and relatives’ homes.” His two elder brothers had to drop out of school. “They had to earn for the family. It took us years to make back what we lost. If not for the riots, they too would have studied and had good jobs. Instead they work as labourers at a construction site,” Mansuri says. To set things right, Mansuri plans to pursue a degree in law. “There is no point getting upset about what happened. It’s in the past. I want to work hard and help my family,” he says. “With a degree, I will earn decent money and also fight for my community’s rights.”
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plant, which RC Bhargava, Chairman, Maruti Suzuki India denies. Speculations are that both the Haryana facilities, at Manesar and Gurgaon, will be freed to undertake production of Maruti’s new models. Currently, the construction work is taking place at the Gujarat facility, which will be ready to manufacture the Baleno by January or February 2017. The total production capacity of the Gujarat facility in its first phase will be 250,000 units.
Ahmedabad
The 2002 riots are a repressed memory for many of today’s Ahmedabad youngsters. They say they want to look to the future. Some are pursuing careers in law, others in education. A harmony of sorts has been restored between the Hindus and the Muslims, they add. Wedding invites are once again being extended and neither side wants a repeat of 2002. But in unspoken ways, the ghosts of the bloodshed remain. It’s been 14 years since a railway coach full of Hindu pilgrims erupted
Patidar leaders protest against prohibitory orders in Morbi
Correspondent | Rajkot
dodara in a vehicle from Rajasthan. His medical examination was done in Vaghodia yesterday and he was taken to the Parul University for investigation also. The In-charge DGP was himself monitoring the case and had instructed the police machinery to nab him at the earliest. The case and allegations of lewd behaviour by elderly Patel with some other girl students includ-
ing a model had created lot of anger against him. His effigies were burnt in the city and a bandh call was also given against the incident. Even the chief minister and education minister has instructed for strict action against him. His arrest happened on a day when a video purportedly showing him in conversation with the family members of the victim had emerged.
City police on Thursday arrested a retired senior accountant for allegedly giving contract to kill his own son and also nabbed two others who carried out the alleged murder a day ago for money. Dipesh Vasoya (33), a resident of Manhar Plot area here had gone missing since he went outside on Tuesday evening to meet a man who rang him up to inform that he had found the former’s lost mobile phone. But on Wednesday morning, Dipesh, elder son of Naran Vasoya
On August 25 last year, violence broke out in many parts of the state after police allegedly lathicharged a Patidar (63), a retired senior ac- rally in Ahmedabad countant of Accountants General of Gujarat, was found dead in a ditch in Raiyadhar area. Based on a tip-off, police intercepted one Mansukh Vadoliya and his nephew Ravi (23) in Gandhigram area while they were passing by there on their motor-bike on Thursday morning. Police questioned them about two mobile phones they were carrying but they couldn’t give any satisfactory answer. On further probe, Ravi and Mansukh confessed that the two mobile phones belonged to Dipesh.
Correspondent | Rajkot
Since the Patidar quota stir picked up momentum in August last year, Morbi district, which has emerged as the epicentre of the agitation in Saurashtra, has remained under prohibitory orders for four months now, especially with the state government organising a state-level Independence Day celebration there. However, the Patidars have objected to this clampdown as they too are gearing up for a big event in late August. On
for anganwadis found in dustbin Don’t feel threatened, acknowledge women’s Upma packetstomeant collect the garbage. 90 dietary supple- The upma pre-mix packpower, CM Anandiben Patel tells partymen Over ments packets meant for ets were to be distributed Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
the electoral plans of the party, the CM said, “We will have to bolster the strength of women. Even if there is an increase of two per cent voting, we can get 10-15 more seats. And women have that capability.” Referring to the
Correspondent | Mehsana
Chief Minister Anandiben Patel Thursday told BJP state executive committee members that the male members of the party should not feel threatened in sharing power with their women counterparts. The CM added that there was no alternative, but to acknowledge the power of women. Laughing off “threats”
50 per cent reservation for women in local institutes of self-governance introduced by the state government, Anandiben said that it could “naturally” cause a feeling of “insecurity” or “threat” among the men.
children, adolescents and pregnant women in anganwadis were found dumped in a dustbin in Gomtipur locality of Ahmedabad on Thursday. The packets were spotted by sanitation workers when they came
felt by male counterparts in the party, the CM said, “Whether they (women) are a threat or not, we have to acknowledge it (their power).” The CM was addressing party workers at the concluding day of the two-day Gujarat BJP executive meeting at Dudhsagar Dairy here. Emphasising the need to increase women’s participation in
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