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“Hardik Patel Effect” f e i r B s w e N Five killed in two road mishaps in Rajasthan Agency | Jaipur
Five persons, including a toddler, were killed today in two separate road accidents in Sikar and Bikaner districts of Rajasthan, police said. In the first incident, Girdhari (25), his wife Payal (22) and their 1-yearold son Rishabh and their relative Poonam (22), were killed when the car they were travelling in, from Shahpura to Gurara, collided with an ambulance today at Khandela in Sikar district, they said. Ambulance driver managed to flee the spot, police said.
Lalu will be Nitish’s Supreme Court very soon: Naidu Agency | New Delhi
Hitting back at Nitish Kumar who described RSS as “the Supreme Court” of BJP, Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu today said Modi government is not “guided or dictated” by anyone and claimed that very soon the JD(U) leader will be following Lalu Prasad’s directions. “Very soon you will have Laluji as Supreme Court of him (Kumar). He (Lalu) has already declared that his children are going to be ministers before the government is formed. Cabinet formation is CM’s prerogative,” he said.
Govt announces Rs.1,000 cr package Gujarat CM announces package for economically backward upper cast, scheme for students across castes
ment has also announced five year age relaxation for all castes for applying for government jobs. The government’s announcement came this after-
noon after Chief Minister Anandiben Patel and her ministers held a meeting with representatives of more than 200 organisations that represent all
sections except the backward castes. Even some organisations representing the Patels participated. Hardik Patel-led Patidar Anamat Andolan Sangathan, however, stayed away from the meeting. A release from the organisation said, “This is like a lollypop which is nothing but extension of earlier schemes meant for Economically Backward Classes.” Soon after the announcement, fire crackers were burst at the BJP headquarters in Ahmedabad, with the party trying to pull back some of the control over its cadre it had lost following the Patel agitation for quota.
sunbaked street. Survivors assessed the scene
from the top of roadside stalls near white tents as rescue workers in orange and yellow vests combed the area. International media covering the haj, including Associated Press journalists in Mina, were restricted from visiting the site of the accident for several hours and from immediately leaving an Infor-
mation Ministry complex where the press is housed during the final three days of the pilgrimage per government rules. Photos released by the directorate on its official Twitter account showed rescue workers helping the wounded onto stretchers and loading them onto ambulances near some of the tents.
would then fly to the West Coast for his visit to California from September 26-27. “A packed schedule awaits in the BIg Apple. PM @narendramodi arrives in New York on the first part of his US visit,” Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Vikas Swarup tweeted soon after Modi’s plane touched down at the JFK International Airport. The Prime Minister was received at the airport by Indian Am-
bassador Arun K Singh, India’s envoy to the UN Asoke Mukerji, Consul General Dnyaneshwar Mulay and their spouses. Modi later arrived at the Waldorf Astoria hotel here to a grand welcome by his supporters. He will return to New York on September 28 for a bilateral meeting with President Barack Obama as well as to attend a high-level peacekeeping summit at the United Nations.
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Under pressure from the protesting Patels, the Gujarat government today announced a Rs. 1000-crore special package for students that will be applicable to all castes. The only qualifying factors for the students will be merit and a low income. The government’s gesture is seen as an affirmative action that bypasses Hardik Patel’s demand for quota for the influential Patels similar to the backward castes, or no quota for anyone at all. “We want to provide a level playing field for meritorious students who feel marginalised,” said government spokesman
Nitin Patel. “This will also cover students who get admissions in engineering and medical streams... either 50 per cent of the course fee or maximum of 2 lakh per year assistance will be provided to them.” The package - which will be implemented from this year -- will cov-
er every bright student whose parents have an annual income of less than Rs. 4.5 lakh. The money will be spent on scholarships, uniforms and free books, infrastructure and resources like hostel facilities and creation of additional seats in professional colleges. The govern-
Stampede at haj kills 717 pilgrims in Saudi Arabia
15-year-old girl raped by local Cong worker in Raj Agency | Bundi
A local Congress worker has been booked for allegedly raping his 15-year-old neighbour repeatedly in the district, a senior police official said today. The victim’s brother filed a complaint yesterday against 45-year-old Abdul Salaam, an ex-ward member of Lakheri municipality board in this district, SHO Bhagwati Prashad Suman said. The minor, a school dropout, has alleged that Salaam had raped her couple of times when she was alone at home, the SHO said.
Amid Patels’ Agitation, Gujarat Announces Scheme for General Category
Agency | Mina A horrific stampede killed at least 717 pilgrims and injured hundreds more on Thursday on the outskirts of the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, the deadliest tragedy to strike the annual haj pilgrimage in more than two decades. At least 863 pilgrims were injured in the crush, said the Saudi civil defence directorate, which provided the death toll. The tragedy struck as Muslims around the world marked the start of
ly. But the haj poses an immense logistical and security challenge for the kingdom given the sheer number of hundreds of thousands of people — from differing linguistic and cultural backgrounds, many of whom have saved for years for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity — intent on following the same set of rituals at about the the Eid-ul-Zuha holiday. same time. Thursday’s It was the second ma- crush happened in Mina, jor disaster during this a large valley about 5 kiyear’s haj season, raising lometers (3 miles) from questions about the ade- Mecca that has been the quacy of measures put in site of haj stampedes place by Saudi authori- in years past. Mina is ties to ensure the safety where pilgrims carry out of the roughly 2 million a symbolic stoning of the Muslims taking part. A devil by throwing pebcrane collapse in Mecca bles against three stone nearly two weeks earli- columns. It also houses er left 111 people dead. more than 160,000 tents Saudi Arabia takes great where pilgrims spend the pride in its role as the night during the pilgrimcaretaker of Islam’s holi- age. Thursday’s tragedy est sites and host to mil- struck during a morning lions of pilgrims annual- surge of pilgrims at the
intersection of streets 204 and 223 as the faithful were making their way toward a large structure overlooking the columns, according to the Saudi civil defense directorate. The multi-story structure, known as Jamarat Bridge, is designed to ease the pressure of the crowds and prevent pilgrims from being trampled. Ambulance sirens blared as rescue crews rushed the injured to nearby hospitals. More than 220 rescue vehicles and some 4,000 members of the emergency services were deployed soon after the stampede to try to ease the congestion and provide alternative exit routes, according to the directorate. Amateur video shared on social media showed a horrific scene, with scores of bodies — the men dressed in the simple terry cloth garments worn during haj — lying amid crushed wheelchairs and water bottles along a
Narendra Modi arrives in US, packed schedule ahead of him Agency | New York Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who arrived in New York on Thursday on his second visit to the US, has a packed schedule ahead of him, during which he will address world leaders at a landmark UN sustainable development summit and interact with top CEOs and the Indian diaspora in the Silicon Valley. During his stay in the financial capital of the country for next two days, Modi will attend a roundtable on the financial sector, an important meeting with FIIs keen to invest in India. He will also headline a roundtable on media and communications hosted by News Corp’s Rupert Murdoch and attend a dinner with Fortune 500 company CEOs. He
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Why it’s time to do a serious rethink on how we handle reservations
The Rajasthan assembly’s decision to up its quota ceiling in jobs and educational institutions by 19%--taking the overall quota to 68%-- militates against the Supreme Court order of 1992, which had said that reservations should on no account breach the 50% limit. However, there is a precedent to this decision to cross the 50% barrier. In 1994 the Tamil Nadu government had announced about 68% reservation in government jobs and educational institutions. When the matter went up for judicial hearing, the 76th Amendment to the Constitution was passed by Parliament and the decision of the Tamil Nadu government was put on the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution, making it exempt from judicial review. But the litigation did take a circuitous path and the matter is with the Supreme Court still. One noticeable element in Tuesday’s decision has been that it has set aside 14% reservation for the ‘extremely backward classes’ among the ‘forward castes’ (read upper castes), apart from the 5% for the special backward classes, including the Gujjars. This is no doubt caste-based reservation but has an economic component to it. And the reservation for the Gujjars has been in response to the community’s agitation for eight years. The opposition party, the Congress, is unlikely to oppose this decision because it got the support of Gujjar leader Kirori Singh Bainsla in the assembly elections of 2013. This decision will no doubt lead to similar demands from other parts of the country. And with the Tamil Nadu precedent being there, the 50% limit will virtually cease to matter. Since many political parties in India are caste-based, there is every possibility that the principle of administrative neutrality will be diluted as officials who have got the benefit of quotas are bound to get caught up in caste tangles. The rationale of reservation was the economic backwardness of the masses and the oppression by upper castes. However, the Constitution does neither list the backward castes nor define the term ‘backward’. The same goes for ‘scheduled tribes’ or ‘scheduled castes’. However, it does leave provisions for all the three. Which categories are to be included in which group is entirely the decision of the executive. If reservation is to be given in accordance with a backward community’s population proportion, then clearly the extent of the quotas has to be restructured from time to time because the proportions of various communities in India’s population will vary. Another point could be taken into account.
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soon you will have Laluji as Supreme Court of him (Nitish Kumar). He QUOTE “Very (Lalu) has already declared that his children are going to be ministers before the OF THE government is formed. Cabinet formation is CM’s prerogative,” - Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday said DAY Modi government is not “guided or dictated” by anyone...
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, daughter Ajith’s ‘Thala 56’ title is ‘Vedhalam’ Agency | Chennai Aaradhya at Siddhivinayak temple The title of Ajith’s upAgency | Mumbai
Of all the avatars that Bollywood actress and former beauty queen Aishwarya Rai Bachchan has donned in the past years, the doting mother one is the most adorable. The actress, who is all set to make a comeback to the silver screen with Sanjay Gupta’s ‘Jazbaa’, is often seen to be a hands-on mother. She carries Aaradhya around with her arms forming the cradle. After being spotted at the Ganpati Mandal during the ongoing Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations, Aishwarya Rai, with his daughter Aaradhya, was again seen offering prayers at the Siddhivinayak temple in Mumbai last night (September 23). Aishwarya and Aaradhya were ac-
companied by Aishwarya’s parents Vrinda and Krishnaraj Rai. Also seen at the temple was Aishwarya’s cousin Sagar Shetty. The cynosure of her family’s eyes and fans and followers
coming movie, which was tentatively named ‘Thala 56’ by his fans and the media, is announced as ‘Vedhalam’. The first look poster of the film was also released along with the title yesterday at midnight. Directed by Siruthai Siva, the film has music by Anirudh and has Shruti Haasan playing the female lead. The title ‘Vedhalam’ means ghost and the term is probably used to mention the quality of the character that Ajith plays in the movie. Produced by AM Rathnam, Santhanam plays a crucial role in the film. across the world, AaradWhile Lakshmi Mehya was an adorable little muchkin, dressed in a saffron suit, in her mother’s arms. Dressed in a pink Abu Jani outfit, Aishwarya looked gorgeous as usual.
non plays Ajith’s sister in the film, Vidyu Raman of Neethane En Ponvasantham fame who was
also a part of Ajith-Siva’s Veeram will be playing Lakshmi Menon’s neighbour and friend in this film.
actor posted a picture of himself along with his wife Mira Rajput and actor-father Pankaj Kapur on social networking sites. In the picture, which
was captioned sunshine, Pankaj Kapur was sandwiched between Shahid and Mira and he looked as happy as the people on his either side.
aspect. I want to propagate the idea of being yourself, having faith and never giving up on your dreams,” Neha said in a statement. Meanwhile,
Esha’s mother Hema Malini thanked the channel for giving her daughter a chance to judge the reality show on microblogging site Twitter.
Shahid Kapoor shares a photos of his happy family!
Sunny Leone and Aamir Khan are exchanging LOVE on Twitter!
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Actor Shahid Kapoor recently gave his fans an insight into his personal life. The 34-year-old
Kailash Kher to Perform at PM Modi’s Reception in Silicon Valley
Neha Dhupia Replaces Esha Deol as New Judge of Roadies X3
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Agency | washington Popular Indian singer Kailash Kher is all set to enthral thousands at jampacked SAP Center in California, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend community reception hosted in his honour. “Hi Bay Area-Silicon Valley... This is Kailash Kher, once again, amongst you. And I’m coming with my band for the Community Reception!” said the popular Indian pop-rock singer with
a music style influenced by Indian folk music, in a video message ahead of his live performance on September 27 in San Jose. The sufi singer, 42, was one of the brand ambassadors nominated by PM Modi for his Clean India campaign. Having sung over 5,000 songs for Bollywood, the “Teri Dewani” hitmaker and has his band Kailasa have performed in more than 1000 concerts globally over the past ten years.
B-town never fails to surprise us be it their ever changing relationships, love affairs, films, rivalry or anything under the sun! But never did we expect this kinda love to happen between a perfectionist like Aamir Khan and bombshell like Sunny Leone! Yes! I logged in to Twitter this morning, hoping to see something interesting and then I happen to find this- Pure Gold! Okay, let me break it up for you.. Sunny came across Aamir’s latest promo for an online brand last night and she found it really adorable. She couldn’t hold back her love and decided to tweet the same to Aamir
Agency | Mumbai on Twitter. So she wrote, “Hey @aamir_khan saw you in the Snapdeal Ad. Motte or not, you still look hot! Love you.” The tweet only speaks volumes of how much Ms Leone adores Aamir. But given that Aamir is not a frequent on Twitter and only logs in to promote his films or let’s say Dangal for now, we didn’t really expect a reply from him. I don’t think even Sunny would have
seen this coming. But Mr. Perfectionist proved all of us wrong. He replied with all his heart and wrote, “Thank you @SunnyLeone, you are too kind. Love. a.” This unexpected exchange of ‘love’ is enough to make our day. How about you guys? Well, maybe you too could check out the promo on which Sunny is crushing on and do come back to us for more updates!
Actress Neha Dhupia has replaced Esha Deol to become the new judge of reality show Roadies X3 amid reports that the Dhoom actress opted out of the show due to monetary issues. Neha, 35, said she is excited to be a part of the show. “To influence youth and to be influenced by them is what excited me to take up the show. And coming from an army background, I think I’ve got a thing or two to add to its action
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Suresh Raina: MS Dhoni SPORTS ROUNDUP knows my game inside out Sourav Ganguly set to become CAB president
Agency | New Delhi Idea Cellular has shifted its 1.5 million pre-paid customers who were on per minute billing (PMB) plan to per second billing (PSB), thus ensuring all its pre-paid users pay only for the time they use the network. Apart from the 1.5 million, who will be shifted over the next 30 days, the rest of its prepaid users are already on per second billing. The company said that out of its total customer base of over 166 million, nearly 157 million are pre-paid. Bharti Airtel too announced earlier this week that allits pre-paid customers will be put on per second billing. The move by mobile operators comes amid regulator TRAI’s scrutiny whether there are any tariff plans by service providers wherein call drops actually incentivise or benefit the companies.
Flipkart founders debut on Forbes billionaire list
Agency | New Delhi If there’s one indicator India’s e-commerce sector is on fire – here it is. Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal, the co-founders of India’s largest e-commerce firm Flipkart debuted on Forbes billionaire list on Wednesday, each boasting a personal fortune of USD 1.3 billion. Taking the 86th spot, the Bansal duo are the first billionaires to be minted in India’s e-commerce boom, according to Forbes. While they share the same last name, Sachin and Binny are not brothers. The business partners met while studying at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and later became colleagues at Amazon before launching their e-commerce venture in 2007. Flipkart, which is reportedly preparing for an initial public offering (IPO), is valued at USD 15.2 billion, according to Business Standard. “This year’s list reflects the churn in the global economy and the growing clout of emerging sectors like e-commerce in India,” said Sourav Majumdar, editor at Forbes India.
Pfizer withdraws notice to close Thane plant
Agency | Chennai Suresh Raina suggested that Indian One-Day International (ODI) skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni knows the former’s game inside out and he is ready to bat at whichever position Dhoni asks him to. The bond with both the cricketers is not hidden especially since the inception of the Indian Premier League in 2008 where Dhoni and Raina have been a part of the Chennai Super Kings franchise; they have stuck to each other and no two players in the current squad
understands each other’s game as well as these two. “If MS decides to bat at 4 regularly, it will only benefit the team. It will make life easier for the batsmen to follow. He can build the innings with the top-order and accelerate with the lower-middle order,” Raina said. According to BCCI.tv, the all-rounder further added, “No 5 and No 6 are not easy positions to bat at. You go out there and have to score 15 runs in five balls or 50 in 20 balls. It is a position that comes with a lot of pressure. You don’t
get regular chances to bat long and even then if you don’t score big in three games, there is pressure from everywhere. I know how it feels. At the beginning of my career, I did more fielding than batting.” “You should learn how to cope with that and at the same time go and hit sixes when your chance finally comes. There is a lot of risk management involved in this role. Whoever we groom for the role from now on, I will do my best to help him cope with these aspects,” the 28-year-old said.
PCB responsible to take call on Mohammad Aamer, Mohammad Asif, Salman Butt: Ronnie Flanagan Agency | Karachi
The International Cricket Council (ICC) Anti-corruption Unit chief Ronnie Flanagan has said that the tainted trio of Mohammad Aamer, Mohammad Asif and Salman Butt is now the responsibility of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). Flanagan said that he had completed his responsibility by providing justice to the disgraced trio, who became eligible to represent their nation after completing their five-year ban. Flanagan revealed that although PCB will look after the spot-fixing trio, he would monitor their rigorous rehabilitation
programme very keenly, the Express Tribune reported. The 66-year-old added that the decision to bring these players back to international cricket was based not only on their ability but also on other factors like the realization of their wrongdoings and their willingness to use their negative experience in education
programme. The trio were found guilty of various offences of corrupt behavior relating to the Lord’s Test between England and Pakistan in 2010. Meanwhile, a PCB official had earlier said that the tainted trio will only be allowed to play controlled cricket and can start with club cricket for now.
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Agency | New Delhi Drug firm Pfizer has withdrawn its notice to close its Thane plant as it has entered into an agreement to sell the facility as a going concern to Vidhi Research and Development LLP. “The company has intimated the concerned authorities that it has withdrawn its notice dated July 15, 2015, whereby it had intended to effect closure of its plant situated at Thane Belapur Road...Navi Mumbai...,” Pfizer said in a filing to the BSE on Thursday. This was done as the company has entered into a business transfer agreement to sell the plant as a going concern to Vidhi Research & Development LLP, it added. In a regulatory filing on Wednesday, Pfizer had said that it has entered into a business transfer agreement to sell its Thane plant for a consideration of Rs 178 crore. “Upon the conclusion of the BTA, all current workmen at the Thane Plant shall be transferred to the buyer so as to facilitate manufacturing operations,” it had added. The plant, which employed 212 workers, had earlier offered a voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) last year.
The former India captain Sourav Ganguly is all set to become Cricket Association of Bengal’s (CAB) president and in all probability the official announcement will be made in a week’s time. According to India Today television, the former BCCI and CAB president Jagmohan Dalmiya’s son Abhishek will also be inducted into the Bengal board as an
official. Ganguly, who is presently a joint-secretary at the CAB is beleived to succeed Dalmiya with the full support of West Bengal government. On Wednesday, Ganguly and Abhishek had met state’s chief minister Mamata Banerjee. However, Ganguly after meeting the CM declined to comment on this matter. “To discuss something like this (three days after his death)
is not right. Speculation will be on, someone will run CAB. It’s too early to comment because it has just been three days... It’s very early to say,” Ganguly had said on Wednesday. “I’ve lost someone very dear. I’ve grown up before him since childhood. I had a very personal relation with Dalmiya... He was very special to me, I’ve lost a very important person,” he had added.
Cricket Association (ACA) and a member of Information technology subcommittee of BCCI. Mr. Reddy said working with the team and coach Dravid was ’once in a life time’ experience. “Associating with Indian team and working with coach
Rahul Dravid is fantastic and both the players and coach were very cooperative throughout the series,” he told. Talking about the series, Mr. Reddy said he was quite upset with the result of second one-day match, which his team lost.
2007 was unprecedented; from fickle, this average guy now turned militant. MS Dhoni’s new house, which was under construction, then was demolished brick by brick by a hate mob. Stones were pelted at Dravid and Yuvraj Singh’s houses. India bounced back through victorious tours
of Bangladesh and England. With Twenty 20 (T20) cricket rising in popularity, a World Cup was announced in South Africa. Most big teams went in with full strength lineups but India decided to do things differently. It necessity more than consciously treading on a road less travelled.
Dravid’s guiding ability boon for youngsters: India A manager Agency | Bengaluru
Srinivasan, Pawar meet as BCCI presidential race heats up
International Cricket Council (ICC) chairman N Srinivasan and Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) president Sharad Pawar met in Nagpur and it has been learnt that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) presidency was the primary topic of discussion between the duo. Former ICC and BCCI chief Pawar is currently on a tour of drought-hit Maharashtra and Srinivasan flew to Nagpur on a special flight to meet Pawar on Wednesday night. The duo had a two-hour discussion, but what exactly was discussed in the meeting is not known. However, it can be as-
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Manager of India A team M.V. Siva Reddy heaped praise on Rahul Dravid, saying that the former India skipper’s vast professional experience and guiding ability proved to be a boon for the youngsters. “We can find a keen observer and adviser in Dravid, who can do a lot of good to the Indian cricket in the years to come. This experience is helpful for me to guide youngsters, who are learning cricket in Academies of Andhra Cricket Association,” he said. Hailing from Kadapa, Mr. Reddy is the vice president of Andhra
8th Anniversary of 2007 World T20 World Cup win: MS Dhoni’s men change landscape of Indian cricket Agency | Kolkata
sumed that post the death of BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya on Sunday, the talks were around the filling up of the vacant post. Srinivasan is also likely to meet his group in Bangalore later on Thursday. A day after Dalmiya’s death, Pawar attended his funeral, and then rushed to Mumbai to hold parleys with his loyalists to gauge the emerging situa-
tion. Though he was now touring rural Maharashtra, it could well be that the shrewd former BCCI and ICC chief was playing a wait and watch game before taking the plunge. However, Pawar could face difficulties in getting a proposer from East Zone, with Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) and National Cricket Club (NCC) strongly opposed to him.
For an Indian cricket fan, the team had plummeted to new depths in 2007. The steely yet shattered look on the faces of Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid and co as the team was heading for an embarrassing first round exit made the average guy on the street lose hope in the game. The icons that he grew up revering were not getting any younger. The team had just lost to Bangladesh. Players’ houses have been targeted in the past but the scenes that were witnessed after the ICC World Cup
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Modi Government clears Gujarat Gujarat HC slams Hardik Patel, his Anti-Terror Bill GCTOC 2015 lawyer for taking ‘court for a ride’
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The Narendra Modi Government has finally cleared the controversial anti-terror legislation, Gujarat Control of Terrorism and Organised Crime (GCTOC) Bill, 2015, which was rejected by the UPA Government at least thrice. The bill was first introduced in 2001 by Narendra Modi, when he was the Gujarat Chief Minister. Although it was passed by the Assembly, the UPA Government never accepted it due to some controversial clauses. Union Home Ministry led by Rajnath Singh, cleared
the bill and sent it to the President’s Secretariat. It will become a law once the bill receives President Pranab Mukherjee’s assent. It would be inter-
esting to see whether the President would approve the bill or seek any clarifications. While GCTOC Bill 2015 is a strong anti-terror law and a similar
IPL ‘bribery’ case: CBI net traps top ED officer in Gujarat Agency | New Delhi
The CBI on Wednesday raided the office of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Ahmedabad and searched the residence of its joint director, Jitendra Pratap Singh, after registering a case of corruption against him and some of his colleagues. According to the CBI, the officer and his colleagues “allegedly demanded and accepted huge illegal gratification from the accused in a case of money laundering related to cricket betting that they were investigating”. The agency said “huge bribe amount was allegedly taken by these officers as quid pro quo for various acts of omission and commission”. It is alleged that crores of rupees were handed over as bribe to Singh’s father-
in-law, S K S Somvanshi, a retired IRS officer of 1978 batch, by hawala dealers and tax consultants for extending favours to suspects in two cases being probed by ED. According to ED sources, Singh, an IRS officer, had been demanding and accepting bribes from the accused in two important cases — a Rs 5,000 crore money laundering case against alleged hawala operator from Surat, Afroz Fatta, and a Rs 2,000 crore IPL betting racket which was busted
recently by the agency in Gujarat. Besides carrying out searches at the residences of Singh and additional directors Sanjay Kumar and P S Srinivas, both ED cadre officers, in Ahmedabad, the CBI also raided Somvanshi’s residence in Delhi. A team was also sent to Surat to search Srinivas’s residence there. The CBI registered the corruption case based on a complaint filed by the ED, which earlier carried out an internal investigation against these officers.
a complaint under the above-mentioned sections of the IPC and IT Acts. “During investigation, we got three audio clips and two video clips that were downloaded from YouTube. We found their contents sufficiently provocative to cause caste confrontation and widespread violence. We also came to know by tracing the IP address of the device from which the audio and videos were circulated that it was done by Nilesh, a resident of Morbi,” said ACP Patel. Police further said that the uploaded clips contained messages asking people to uproot railway tracks, torch buses and dig up the national highway if Hardik Patel was arrested at the GMDC ground on August 25 after the Patidar reservation rally.
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Nilesh taken for voice test after arrest
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Nilesh Ervadia, a commission agent in ceramic trading, and convenor of PAAS in Morbi, was arrested by the cyber cell of Ahmedabad crime branch late on Tuesday night in connection with an FIR lodged for alleged misuse of social media on August 26. Police said they had lodged an FIR under Sections 153, 153(a) of the IPC for making inflammatory statements that could lead to caste conflict in society; and also under Sections 65 and 66(c) of the IT act for misusing internet-based social media platforms to spread violence. Assistant commissioner of police, cyber cell, Rahul Patel, said that after the detention of PAAS convenor Hardik Patel at GMDC ground on August 25, the cyber cell had registered
legislation was already enacted in Maharashtra (MCOCOA), the following clauses had become a bone of contention between the state government and centre as well as the civil society groups: The bill seeks to arm the state police with sweeping powers, including allowing use of police intercepts of phone calls as evidence in court, seizure of accused’s property and extended 180-day deadline to file chargesheet. Confessions before a Police Officer of SP Rank or above will be admissible in court.
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The Gujarat High Court (HC) on Thursday severely criticized Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) leader Hardik Patel and his lawyer BM Mangukia while saying that both of them “took the court for a ride” by filing a habeas corpus petition past midnight on September 22. The petition was been filed alleging that Hardik was kidnapped by police and his life was under threat. Coming down heavily on Mangukia, the division bench of justices M R Shah and KJ Thaker said that despite the fact
Asaram case: Sadhak couple behind 2 murders, 6 assaults Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Asaram Bapu’s ardent devotees — Basav Raju,28, and his wife Sejal Prajapati, 26, — have made the sensational revelation that they were involved in two murders (out of three) and all the six assaults made on witnesses in rape cases lodged against their guru and his son across India. What’s more, the couple, who cops say are proving tough nuts to crack, has conceded that they planned fresh attacks on three witnesses who had survived earlier assaults, to silence them forever. Basav and Sejal have also disclosed the names of the shooters — Ankit and Kartik— both sadhaks who used to stay in Asaram’s ashrams in Ahmedabad and Surat, and carried out attacks. Three witnesses were
killed and at least six witnesses and Asaram baiters assaulted in Gujarat, UP, Rajasthan and Haryana. Asaram was arrested for the alleged sexual assault on a 16-year-old girl in Jodhpur in September 2013, and in the rape case filed by two sisters against him and his son, Narayan Sai. Asaram and his son are currently both behind bars. “The couple, Basav and Sejal, have confessed to involvement in assaults on witnesses across India and also in the murder of Amrut Prajapati and Akhil Gupta. The only murder in which they have not confessed their involvement is that of the witness Kripal Singh in UP. We are interrogating them about that murder,” said deputy commissioner of police, Deepan Bhadran.
Hours before PM Modi’s US tour, govt acts: crackdown on Patidars, EWS ‘package’
Hours before Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on two-nation tour, including the US that is likely to see protest by Patidars, the Gujarat government began to curb the Patidar agitation for OBC status by launching an aggressive crackdown on its leaders and preparing educational package for socially and economically weaker sections. However, the government maintained that the crackdown was not related to the PM’s visit to the US where the Patidars are likely to take out a rally near UN office. While the drama over Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) convener Hardik Patel’s disappearance and resurfacing continued Wednesday, the police have taken his three aides in custody
even as another aide in Morbi was booked under sedition charges. “The crackdown was done as they (PAAS leaders) had violated public notification and held public meeting without permission,” said minister of state for Home Rajnikant Patel. Rajnikant has dismissed Hardik Patel’s claim that the police held him hostage for the whole night in a car before releasing him near Dhrangadhra in Surendranagar district. “The police have not taken him into custody. He had disappeared from a public meeting in Aravalli district,” Rajnikant said. He added, “Hardik
has been trying to mislead the people of Gujarat by levelling false allegations that police held him hostage.” He added, “Anyone can represent their demand within the limits of law. But in doing so, the law and order should not be threatened and people should not suffer damage. Or the police will take action.” On the other hand, Chief Minister Anandiben Patel held a series of meetings Wednesday to asses law and order situation as well as prepare draft for educational package to address the issues of education that upper castes face in the wake of the reservation system.
that a petition was filed showing urgency, neither the corpus (Hardik) nor Mangukia bothered to inform the court a day later (Wednesday) after the corpus was found at 11:30 AM. The court told Mangukia to tender unconditional apologies. The bench directed Mangukia to substantiate the allegations levelled in the petition on September 29 and ordered him to re-
main present on that day. The court also clarified that the pendency of this petition will have no impact in case the law takes its course against Hardik who appeared before the court and gave his statement in writing. “We are pained to say that you took the court for a ride. We were reluctant to take up the petition on that night but when you demonstrated how urgent
the petition was we took it up since it was pertaining to life of a citizen. However, prima facie we find that the whole purpose of the petition was mere publicity. Even before the hearing you gave interviews to the media about the petition and despite our request you further gave interviews in the night,” justice Shah told Mangukia in the packed court.
density and dengue cases. Prof Jolad also looked at spatial patterns of dengue in different wards. In 2012, there were 68 confirmed cases out of 365 samples tested in Ahmedabad district (excluding areas under Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation) and 1,233 positive cases out of 7,323 samples tested in AMC areas. In 2013, 121 cases were confirmed out of 582 samples in Ahmedabad district and 1,458 out of 10,188 samples in AMC areas. The study found that trans-
mission primarily arises due to mobility of vectors (mosquitoes) and humans. “Mosquitoes typically travel short distances during their lifespan. Based on statistical analysis, we’ve found in case of vector-borne diseases, human mobility can give early rise of epidemic and suppression of the epidemic when the infected person recovers. This is primary because people exposed to dengue virus move to areas where dengue patients have already recovered.”
Kumar, the vice-president and managing director of GSRTC, said that tenders for installing GPS have been allotted. “In the first phase, all express buses will have GPS which will help to monitor movement and keep track on the buses.” Kumar said that this will also help the GSRTC in giving real time information to the passengers. He further said that the GPS will help the officials in getting updates every 20 seconds and monitor if the bus is taking a detour or was stopping at unauthorized spots. A senior officer of the GSRTC said that
for the first 2,400 buses, GSRTC will pay Rs 999 per bus per month, while in the second phase, the GSRTC will pay Rs 875 for each bus per month, while in the final phase, the GSRTC will pay Rs 670 per bus per month to the agency which has been allotted the tender. Officials further said that the GSRTC will have 50 CCTV cameras installed at the stations of which 20 are already functioning. He said that these cameras will not only help the officials to keep an eye on the thefts which are being reported from the stations.
Dengue cases under-reported in Gujarat: IIT-Gandhinagar study Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Out of 7,200 suspected cases, only 730 were confirmed as dengue across the state in August this year. In Ahmedabad, out of 327 suspected cases, 200 were confirmed by the civic body. So, are dengue cases under-reported? A study conducted by IIT Gandhinagar (IITGn) in different wards has claimed that dengue cases in the city reflect under-reporting and do not represent population-based incidence of the fatal disease. The study titled ‘Modelling spread of dengue epidemic in urban areas from a spatial interacting networks perspective’, was carried out between 2006 and 2012 by Prof Shivakumar Jolad at city and ward levels. He studied the correlation of rainfall patterns with mosquito
GSRTC buses to be GPS-enabled Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Next time if you happen to travel in an express bus of the Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC), be sure the corporation will give you the exact boarding and destination timings as it has begun the process of installing global positioning system (GPS) in its buses. The GSRTC has already allocated the work order for installing GPS in the 2,400 express buses in the state in the first phase and the plan is to have GPS in all 10,000 buses. The corporation has already installed GPS in Volvo buses. Pankaj
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