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“Kiran wanted to move of India, she fears for kids” - Aamir Khan
Police complaint against Aamir Khan Aamir Khan joined the intolerance debate and expressed “alarm” and despondency over the rise in such cases “in the last six to eight months”
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Private lender Axis Bank today said it has joined hands with Tata-SIA joint venture airline Vistara to launch a travel credit card next year under a strategic partnership. The co-branded travel credit card, to be unveiled early next year, will offer a host of privileges and benefits to the business and leisure travellers of Vistara, Axis Bank said in a release today.
Imtiaz Ali is a true friend: Ranbir Kapoor
Agency | New Delhi Amid reactions from various fronts on Bollywood star Aamir Khan’s remarks over the “growing intolerance” in the country, short filmmaker Ullhas PR on Tuesday filed a police complaint against him at the New Ashok Nagar police station in the Capital. Ullhas said : “We have certain fundamental duties...which says that we should maintain harmony in the nation. So when celebrities give such type of statements, they should first mention which society are they talking about where people are living in scared
shouldn’t scare people by speaking about intolerance and other issues”. Aamir at an awards event in the capital on Monday said that India is
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Imtiaz Ali is one of the most sought after filmmakers in Bollywood today, but for actor Ranbir Kapoor he is a true friend first. Ranbir and Imtiaz have collaborated for their upcoming romantic-drama “Tamasha” after the 2011 musical love story “Rockstar”. The duo is always seen speaking highly of each other publicly.
Almost a year after Sheena’s murder, Indrani Mukerjea, on March 14, 2013, sent an email to her husband Peter, from a fake account created in Sheena’s name, part of the charge sheet which HT has accessed, apologising for how she had tried to “disrupt his and Indrani’s family life”. The 24-yearold Sheena was killed in April 2012, allegedly by
feels scared to open the newspapers every day”. His comments have been criticised by the BJP as well as some film fraternity members like
Anupam Kher, Paresh Rawal and Ashoke Pandit. However, Congress and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal have supported Aamir.
ly escalate into a major diplomatic and military crisis. With a major diplomatic crisis looming between two states on opposing sides in the Syria conflict, Russia angrily insisted its jet never had entered Turkish airspace. The shooting down of the plane was “a stab in the back committed by accomplices of terrorists,”
Putin said at a meeting with Jordanian King Abdullah II in Moscow. Putin said the plane fell in Syrian territory four kilometres from the border with Turkey and “did not in any way threaten Turkey”. “Today’s tragic event will have serious consequences for Russian-Turkish relations,” he warned. The Turkish army said the downing took place over the Yayladagi district of Turkey’s Hatay province on the border with Syria. “The plane violated Turkish air space 10 times in five minutes despite warnings,” the army said in a statement, adding it was shot down at 1234 IST “according to the rules of engagement”.
Putin warns of ‘serious consequences’ after Turkey shoots down Russian plane Agency | Ankara
conditions?” The filmmaker had earlier lodged a complaint against the actor-producer following the release of his “PK”, in which he referred to policemen as “thulla”.
Ullhas added that “celebrities should think about their status and duties before making such statements. If they can’t help bring peace and prosperity in the nation, they
Year after murder, an apology email from Sheena’s account to Peter Agency | Mumbai
going through a state of “growing despondency”, where his wife Kiran Rao “fears for her child, she fears for the atmosphere around us, she
Indrani and her former husband Sanjeev Khanna with the help of her driver Shyam Rai. Her body was burnt and dumped at a forest in Raigad, about 84km from Mumbai. All of them have been arrested. Sheena’s purported remains were found a month later and buried by the police, which treated the body as unclaimed. The email stated: “I received an angry and at the same time a very sad e-mail from In-
drani today. I have seen it only a couple of hours ago and have come to the conclusion I have been very much a part of causing this pain to her. It is very important for my own peace of mind that I make a genuine effort to clean up my bad karma...” The email then talks about Indrani’s childhood, upbringing, Sheena and Mikhail’s birth and how Siddhartha Das was thrown out by Indrani’s parents.
NATO member Turkey on Tuesday shot down a Russian war plane on the Syrian border, an act President Vladimir Putin said would have “serious consequences” for ties between two key protagonists in the Syria war. The Turkish army said the plane was shot down by two F-16s after violating Turkish airspace 10 times within a five- minute period, an account challenged by Moscow which said it was over Syria. Turkish television pictures showed the jet exploding and crashing in a ball of flames into a Syrian mountain. Turkish media said one pilot had been captured by rebel forces in Syria after both ejected by parachute while Syrian opposition sources said one was dead and another missing. NATO has called
Rupee bonds to fund infrastructure projects to be launched in Singapore: PM Modi
an emergency meeting over the incident, the first of its kind since Russia launched air strikes in Syria in September, to the consternation of the West. The presence of military aircraft from Russia, the United States, France, Turkey and a clutch of Gulf states in Syrian skies had long raised fears of an incident that could quick-
Dec 16 braveheart’s parents think juvenile convict still a threat Agency | New Delhi
The parents of the December 16 braveheart fear Three RAC cops that a juvenile offender injured as jeep convicted of raping and turns turtle Agency | Singapore term finance for infra- killing their daughter in structure,” he said. “For 2012 is not truly reformed Agency | Jaipur Keen to scale up investinfrastructure, we have and still poses a threat to Three personnel of Ra- ments in infrastructure, also decided to launch Ru- the society. The juvenile jasthan Armed Constab- Prime Minister Narendra pee Bonds in some coun- was sent to a shelter home ulary (RAC) were today Modi on Tuesday said tries. Singapore could after being convicted in injured when a jeep rupee bonds to fund inbe among them. We are the rape and murder of a which they were trav- frastructure projects will quite eager to work with 23-year-old woman in a elling in turned turtle at be launched in countries Singapore in this regard.” moving bus on the night decision on their appeal doubt that the complainLudbai Toll plaza near like Singapore. Speaking During the 18-month BJP of December 16, 2012 — against death penalty giv- ants have undergone exat the India-Singapore Bharatpur, police said. en to them. The brave- treme agony and pain afrule, “reforms are happena case that triggered na- heart’s parents have filed ter the incident of rape and The incident occurred Economic Convention, ing in a big way. They are tion-wide protests and led a complaint before the murder of their daughter. when the trio was on Modi said reforms in Innow reaching to the last to tougher laws for crime National Human Rights The fears expressed by their way to Bharatpur dia are happening in a big mile. Reform is to Transagainst woman. Five oth- Commission, asking for them need to be looked from Police Training way and will transform form the systems so that School and the jeep the systems so that they they Perform”, he said. er adults convicted for the a detailed plan to monitor into,” the NHRC notice turned turtle probably perform. “We are keen Reforms are aimed at en- crime were sentenced to the now 21-year-old. With read. The commission has due to some mechani- to scale up investments abling the people to re- death. Of them, one was the parents stating that the asked the secretary, Govin next generation infracal problem, they said. alise their potentials and found dead in his Tihar young man was “largely ernment of National Capbetter income and quality Infrastructure Fund is beInjured head consta- structure including digital dreams. In addition, new Jail cell in a suspected responsible” for the death ital Territory of Delhi, the of life to our people.” With ing set up to leverage this, ble Girdhari Lal, driv- networks and clean enerfrontiers and deeper foun- suicide. The lone juvenile of their daughter and was commissioner of police, er Shyam Bihari, and gy,” he said. “In addition tight control over expen- while tax-free Infrastruc- dations for financial mar- convict is all set to be re- the “most brutal” amongst Delhi and the secretary, constable Rajveer Singh to the core infrastructure, diture, capital investment ture Bonds with broaden kets have been laid. “All leased soon after being the offenders, the NHRC ministry of home affairs, were rushed to RBM we are keen to invest in by the public sector has the corporate bond market together, runways for take “reformed” even as his has issued notices to the Government of India to Hospital in Bharatpur, our social, industrial and been greatly increased. A will be issued soon. “This off of the economy have four adult accomplices Centre and the Delhi gov- submit their reports in the agri-infrastructure to give National Investment and will also provide long been made,” he said. they said. await the Supreme Court’s ernment. “There is no matter within two weeks. 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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How ISIS mistreats Indian jihadis..?
Indians who joined the terror outfit Islamic State, also known as ISIS, have been subjected to discrimination, used as foot soldiers ready to be sacrificed at any given point and always viewed with distrust by the top brass who are mostly Arabs. A report submitted to the union home ministry by central intelligence agencies said recruits from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh are considered inferior and the practice of Islam in these countries is thought to be apostate. South Asians are also more likely to be killed in battle since they are used as foot soldiers while Arabs are preferred for the officer grade and given better salaries and accommodation, the report said. According to the report, second-class treatment to Indians and South Asians is apparent in every aspect of life as a jihadi and even the lure of “jihadi brides” to attract fighters from all over the world is a privilege reserved for a select few. “There is a priority list wherein the senior commanders and ethnic Arab fighters get the first preference. The foreign terrorist fighters from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nigeria and Sudan are mostly denied jihadi brides since they are considered ethnically inferior to breed the next generation of jihadi fighters in ISIS territory.” After getting inputs from their counterparts in countries neighbouring Iraq and Syria, a detailed analysis of Indians who joined ISIS has been done by Indian intelligence agencies. It is now known that six of the 23 Indians who joined the terror group were killed. While two have returned, 15 are still part of the ISIS. Kalyan-based youth Areeb Majeed and a young girl living in Qatar are two Indian recruits who succeeded in returning from the battlefronts of ISIS after facing tough times there. The report attributed the high casualty among Indians and South Asians to the fact that they are tricked into suicide attacks. “Usually they are given a vehicle loaded with explosives and asked to go near a targeted destination and call a person on a certain number, who would purportedly come and meet them to explain the mission. However, as soon as the number is dialled, the car explodes due to a pre-set mechanism aimed at destroying a specific target.” The intelligence report also suggests that there is a disproportionately high level of casualties among the South Asian and African foreign terrorist fighters. “The Arab fighters with better battle experience are mostly positioned behind these fighters and hence their casualties are proportionally less in terms of their total numbers. This explains why so many Indians from a small Indian contingent have died,” it said.
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completely reject the comment of Aamir Khan. He is not scared but he is trying to QUOTE “We scare people. Aamir Khan makes a comment and Rahul Gandhi supports it. It becomes OF THE clear from Gandhi’s comment that there is a conspiracy going on in the country to defame the nation,” - BJP spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain told media persons in New Delhi. DAY
First look posters of Suriya’s ’24’ released Agency | Chennai
The first look posters of Suriya-starrer Tamil film “24”, which were released online on Tuesday, have piqued a lot of curiosity among the actor’s fans and film lovers with regards to its genre. Going by the two posters, Suriya dons extremely distinct avatars of an assassin and a scientist. Rumoured to be based on the concept of time-trav-
el, the film also stars Samantha Ruth Prabhu and Nithya Menen. Jointly produced by Studio Green and 2D Entertain-
ment, the film is directed by Vikram Kumar and is slated for a summer 2016 release. The film has music by A.R. Rahman.
been a part of many comedy fests in Adelaide and Melbourne where she has created waves with her incredible comic streak. During her stay in the Big Brother house, Priya was famous for pulling various stunts when put in a tough situation including one where she sacrificed every contestants’ food
for an entire week for her own benefits. It is no doubt then that this ‘Posh Spice’ has not only some ardent fans, but also some vengeful haters. While on Big Brother Australia last year, Priya faced severe racial backlash which even escalated to death threats long after getting evicted from the show.
Tamil superstar Rajinikanth will soon be undergoing a special make-up test for his upcoming film Enthiran 2, a sequel to his Tamil blockbuster Enthiran next month. The actor is currently in Bangkok shooting for his next film Kabali. “In the first week of December, Rajinikanth will be in the city for special make-up test for Enthiran 2. International make-up artist Sean Foot, who had worked in films such as
I and Avatar, will take care of the look of the superstar,” said a source from the film’s unit. To be directed by S Shankar, the film will also feature Amy Jackson, while discussions are still being held with international star Arnold Schwarzenegger to play the antagonist’s role. The film, which is expected go on floors in 2016, will have music by AR Rahman and visual effects by Srinivas Mohan, who had worked on Baahubali.
Dayaben of ‘Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah’ aka Disha Vakani ties the knot Agency | Mumbai
Television actress Disha Vakani from the popular show Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah tied the knot on November 24, 2015. The 37-yearold film actress married the Mumbai-based chartered accountant Mayur and the reception will be held on November 26. According to the sources, the entire team from her show attended the wedding ceremony. Disha was wearing traditional Gujarati attire adorned with heavy Kundan jewellery. Disha who started Gujarati theatre had ap- Devdas (2002) and Jodha her acting career with peared in films such as Akbar.
Bigg Boss 9: Why Priya Malik might be the game changer! Was intimidated by Akshay in ‘Airlift’: Nimrat Kaur Agency | Mumbai
Do something good and enjoy its fruits. That’s how it usually is! But for Big Brother Australia’s Priya Malik, being a part of the show not only won her some fans, but also loads of critics! And now, after fighting for what’s rightfully hers…her honour, Priya Malik is set to add another milestone to her tumultuous life as she returns to the motherland to be a part of Bigg Boss Double Trouble. Popularly known as the Posh Spice of Australian television, Priya will be the first Big Brother contestant to step foot into the Bigg Boss house this year. A high school teacher by profession residing in Adelaide with her roots in Dehradun, India, Priya Malik is not just a homebody but also a budding stand-up comedy artist who has
Daniel Craig’s ‘Spectre’ box office collections at Rs 31.9 crore Agency | New Delhi
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Daniel Craig-starrer “Spectre”, the highly anticipated 24th James Bond film, has grossed Rs 31.9 crore in its opening weekend. Sony Pictures India released the film exclusively in high-quality 2K digital format in 1250 screens in four languages – English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu – and in 2D and IMAX formats. “We are very happy that Spectre’s opening in India is mirroring its global success. The film was hugely anticipated and the ‘masala’ action film has connected with audiences across India. The weekend box office numbers are proof of that and we are sure that James Bond will continue entertaining audiences in weeks
Agency | Mumbai “Lunchbox” actress Nimrat Kaur, who will be next in “Airlift”, says she was very intimidated to work with a star like Akshay Kumar in her second film itself. “... I was very intimidated initially before meeting him (Akshay), as I thought he is a huge star. He makes the opposite person comfortable. He is the most wonderful and easiest of people I have met. I have been lucky. It is all the more pleasurable. I have had the most
amazing time with him,” she said. “Airlift” tells the story of a man Ranjit Katyal (played by Akshay), a wealthy and powerful Indian businessman who with the help of the Indian government safely evacuated 170,000 Indians back home. “It is a dramatic film. It is about the trial and tribulations these people had to face. It is not in one go that this man came up with a plan there were a lot of disappointments so it is constant back and forth,” the 33-year-old actress said.
“People are rendered homeless, jobless, don’t have money... Their identity was lost overnight. Getting basic necessities like food, clothes was a challenge for them. It was mayhem,” she added. The actress wasn’t aware about this evacuation of Indians based in Kuwait during 1990. “It is amazing that how I did not know about such a big event either. One is fairly aware about what has happened 20 years ago... It is not that long back,” she said.
Did ‘Modern Family’ star Reid Ewing confirm being gay? Agency | Melbourne
to come,” Vivek Krishnani, Managing Director, Sony Pictures India, said in a statement. Directed by Sam Mendes, the film features James Bond’s first encounter with the global criminal organisation Spectre, marking the group’s first appearance in an Eon Productions film since 1971’s “Diamonds Are Forever”. “Spectre”
is produced by Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli. The screenplay is by John Logan, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and Jez Butterworth, with a story by John Logan and Neal Purvis and Robert Wade. Daniel Craig-starrer “Spectre”, the highly anticipated 24th James Bond film, has grossed Rs 31.9 crore in its opening weekend.
Did the Modern Family star Reid Ewing just confirmed being gay on social media? The 27-year-old actor’s confirmation came in the wake of his tweet which read ,”Saw Eugene Bata on @GMA in the Body Dysmorphia segment connected to my article and I just want to say he is hot af”, News.com.au reports. When a fan responded by asking him on Twitter, if he’d just never in”. Reid, who lier made headlines for ‘outed himself,’ the ac- plays Dylan in the pop- opening up about his tor tweeted back: “I was ular ABC sitcom, ear- body dysmorphia battle.
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Agency | New Delhi Xiaomi has unveiled its Redmi Note 3 smartphone, the successor to last year’s Redmi Note 4G handset. One of the unique features of the new smartphone is the addition of a fingerprint sensor (located on the back), which is still a rarity in the budget segment. The all-new Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 has a 5.5-inch display with Full HD (1080x1920p) resolution and runs on MIUI 7 software, based on Android Lollipop OS. Powering the device is a 2GHz octa-core Mediatek Helio X10 chipset, which is usually found in much more expensive handsets. The smartphone comes in two variants; 16GB internal storage and 2GB RAM; and 32GB internal storage and 3GB RAM. For imaging, Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 packs a 13MP camera with phase detection autofocus and two-tone LED flash on the back as well as a 5MP camera for selfies. Connectivity suite of the smartphone consists of the usual: 2G, 3G, 4G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and dual-sim functionality.
Mercedes-AMG GT S launched in India; priced at Rs 2.40 crore
Agency | Nagpur Off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin’s stupendous performances over the past year is a result of getting “back to basics without trying too much”, feels his Test captain Virat Kohli. Ashwin was instrumental in India winning the Test series in Sri Lanka and is also jointly leading the wicket-takers’ list with 12 victims to his credit. “If you see
his bowling in the last six months he has got back to basics, he has not tried too much with the ball. You hardly see the carrom ball which means he is relying on his natural bowling action and his stock ball,” Kohli said at the pre-match press conference ahead of the third Test. “He (Ashwin) is flighting the ball and is giving more revs (revolutions) to the ball. He has
got stronger fitness-wise as well, which is helping his bowling big time because he is able to put the force behind the ball and get more turn and bounce off the pitches which other bowlers are finding difficult,” Kohli waxed eloquent about the Tamil Nadu tweaker. “Obviously he is using his skill combined with fitness and he is just becoming a better bowler every day.
Chennaiyin FC take on Delhi Dynamos FC in must-win ISL match Agency | Chennai
Agency | New Delhi Mercedes-Benz India finally launched the much-anticipated Mercedes-AMG GT S in the country today at Rs 2.40 crore (ex-showroom, Delhi). The AMG GT S, a more powerful version of the AMG GT, was launched in the presence of Bernd Schneider – the most successful DTM driver of all time with a total of 43 victories. The Mercedes-AMG GT S has come as a replacement for the SLS AMG. Set to take on the likes of Jaguar F-Type, Porsche 911, Audi R8 and other cars in the performance category, the Mercedes-AMG GT S is built on the smaller version of the SLS AMG’s platform. This platform is claimed to be lighter and stiffer than the one that used to underpin the SLS AMG.
Google Made A Star Trek Communicator
Having lost thrice in their last four matches and the chances of advancing to the play-offs hanging by a thread, Chennaiyin FC take on a confident Delhi Dynamos in their mustwin game of the Indian Super League football on Tuesday. Chennaiyin are sixth on the table with 13 points from 11 matches and with just three matches left to be played, Marco Materazzi’s side now face an uphill task to qualify for the final-four. Delhi are comfortably placed at third with 18 points from 10 matches and a win tomorrow will assure them of a place in the play-offs. Chennaiyin lost three matches on the trot in the second phase before a
convincing 4-1 win over Kerala Blasters in their last match. Chennaiyin have Stiven Mendoza as the leading goal-scorer in the tournament with nine goals, which includes two hat-tricks. Yet, last year’s semi-finalists Chennaiyin have blown hot and cold this season and they have a lot of ground to cover in the remaining matches. The home side will also be without two
foreign players as Manuele Blasi and Alessandro Potenza have picked up their fourth yellow cards in the last match and will remain suspended for tomorrow’s game. Delhi, on the other hand, are among the more consistent teams this season and they would go into the match with a lot of confidence as they have remained unbeaten in the last five matches.
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Agency | New Delhi Google employees have a real love for Star Trek, so much so they ended up building a voice search device inspired by the sic-fi franchise, but it’s never left Google’s labs. It doesn’t connect to any starships, though. As a product, the pin was created to test how users would interact with search in new ways. The answers to questions posed would be broadcast through its own speaker, or a set of connected headphones. Google loves itself a few Star Trek, and a report from Time says that the company-wide fandom led it to prototype a version of the Star Trek combadge. “I always wanted that pin, You just ask it anything and it works. That’s why we were like, “Let’s go prototype that and see how it feels.’” In short, you could have called it a ‘Google Now button”. Google did not immediately respond to a request for further comment.
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 on Monday ahead of the third match of the four-Test rubber commencing on November 25. “It is the pure pressure we put on 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 rain-hit, drawn second game at Bengaluru.
for his express pace, ferocious bounce and capacity to intimidate, the 34-year-old announced last week he was calling it quits from all forms of international cricket, saying he had lost the hunger. Lehmann said he, and Smith, well aware of Australia’s inexperienced
pace stocks, wanted Johnson to extend his international career but he was not interested. “His mind was made up as soon as he spoke to Steven and myself,” Lehmann was cited as saying by Australian Associated Press on Tuesday. “He’d been thinking about it for a while, been talking about it in the media. We spoke to him about maybe playing the one-dayers, we think that was a really good option for us to have that experience there. But he’s not into it. He’s not into the training anymore. He’s had enough and he just wants to sit at home and watch us play.” In announcing his retirement after the second Test against New Zealand in Perth, Johnson said he had been contemplating it for around 12 months.
Darren Lehmann, Steve Smith wanted Mitchell Johnson to play on in ODIs
Roger Federer just poured cold water on all retirement talks
World number three Roger Federer will not retire at least till 2017 as the Swiss maestro has signed a two-year deal to play at the Stuttgart grass-court tournament, which will be played on grass.Expressing his happiness, the 34-year-old said that he always wanted to play Stuttgart and is eagerly looking forward to it, Sport24 reported. The 17time Grand Slam champion admitted he loves playing on grass, adding that his aim will be to clinch the title.Federer said that although Wimbledon and Rio are big event, Australian Open is his number one priority at a moment. Earlier, Federer became world number one Novak Djokovic’s
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Agency | Adelaide Australia coach Darren Lehmann says he and captain Steve Smith both wanted Mitchell Johnson to play on, at least in one-dayers, but were unable to convince the fiery fast bowler to reconsider retirement. Renowned
Marcos Baghdatis marshals Punjab to come-from-behind win over Mumbai Agency | Mumbai
last victim of the year as the Serbian claimed a 6-3, 6-4 victory in the finals of the ATP World Tour Finals.But Federer, who has recently been
awarded with the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award, managed to bring Djokovic?s 23-winning streak to an end in the robin-round group clash.
Mumbai Tennis Masters suffered a dramatic late collapse as they surrendered a 10-6 lead to go down 19-21 to Punjab Marshalls in the inaugural game of the Champions Tennis League at the Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) stadium, Churchgate, on Monday. With not many turning up to cheer either side in tis, who was the star of Cypriot playing a winthe evening, it was Mar- the night for the away ning role in each of the shalls’ Marcos Baghda- side. The 30-year-old three sets he played.
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In a day, election commission ‘brings down’ number of voters by 53,300 Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
The data of registered voters shared by the State Election Commission on two consecutive days show a variation of 53,312 voters in the six municipal corporations that went to polls on Sunday. On the eve of the elections, i.e. on Saturday, the data shared by the SEC showed there were 95,90,552 registered voters in the six municipal corporations going to polls on Sunday. After the polls, the Commission issued another release late Sunday night putting the total number of voters at 95,37,240. The biggest discrepancy in data was seen in the voting figures of Ahmedabad where 1,03,818 voters were less than the earlier figure. On Saturday, the SEC stated
Big boost for BJP: 71 Patel stir leaders from Vijapur join party
increased in the range of 1,495 (in Rajkot) to 27,173 voters (in Surat). Explaining this, the SEC officials in Gandhinagar said the data of registered voters released by SEC on Saturday had “not incorporated the addition and deletions of voters” in the electoral roll, which has been revised about five times after the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Talking
about registered voters’ list for the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), District Collector Rajkumar Beniwal said, “The last date for freezing voters’ list was September 28, 2015 after which the electoral roll was shared with all political parties… which was 38,79.771 voters… Any clarification in the SEC data will be given from Gandhinagar.”
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again coming back to the BJP fold. Addressing the meeting in Radhanpur of Patan district, the Chief Minister, who was facing ire of the Patidar reservation stir supporters for her stand on the issue, with a sentimental tone said, ‘ my own community has turned against me on the issue of reservation. But as per constitutional provisions no government can increase of decrease the percentage of reservation to those who were getting it. Only the High Court or the Supreme
Court can do it. If I try to make a change in the prevailing reservation system then It would be my turn to get in to jail. In fact the frustrated congress as part of a conspiracy, has made people of my community agitate for reservation. But now the Patidars have understood it and they were returning to our fold again.’ Mrs. Patel alleged that the opposition party had earlier spread rumours of outsider thieves coming in various areas of the state like Kheda, Anand and rural Gandhinagar. ‘Fearful people had to remain wake up several nights but later they understood the whole scheme of the desperate congress to malign the image of the ruling BJP,’ she said.
Equations changed swiftly a day after the municipal corporation elections, with a section of the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti calling a truce with Chief Minister Anandiben Patel on Monday evening and announcing support for BJP. As many as 71 Samiti leaders met the Chief Minister at the Gujarat BJP headquarters, Shree Kamalam, in Gandhinagar, and joined the party. They also alleged that the Patidar reservation stir was backed by Congress. The development comes ahead of the crucial elections to municipalities, district panchayats and taluka panchayats on November 29. These elections are being
Anandiben says Congress conspiracy Ahmedabad helping Jammu turned her own people against her for Tawi beautification project
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Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel today held roadshows in her home town of Patan and neighbouring Mahesana, a stronghold of Patidar or Patel community, as part of her election campaign for the ruling BJP for the second phase of the local body polls.Later in a public meeting she claimed that the people of her own community (Patidars) who had turned against her owing to the ‘reservation conspiracy’ of Congress party were now
Maruti hits back at IiAS, says will have control over Gujarat plant
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Asserting that it will have full control over upcoming plant in Gujarat despite letting parent Suzuki own and invest there, Maruti Suzuki India has hit back at proxy advisory firm IiAS, which asked minority shareholders to vote against the move, saying the “conclusions” are not based on “any facts or logic”. The company said all profits from the project will come to it and rebutted IiAS’ claims that Suzuki Japan owning the facilities in the state would shift the balance of power in favour of Suzuki and ‘Maruti will lose control over its destiny’. “Maruti will have full control over what happens in Gujarat, and all the profits from the Gujarat produc-
the Samiti members with Anandiben, announcing patch up with at least a section of the influential Patidar group. The development also comes a day before the Chief Minster is scheduled to campaign in north Gujarat districts of Mehsana and Patan. Mehsana is the cradle of
the entire agitation and has witnessed most incidents of violence after the massive rally by the Samiti in Ahmedabad on August 25. Vijapur taluka of Mehsana district is a Patidar stronghold. Raman Patel, a BJP leader from Vijapur, said the local unit was pursuing the Samiti members for a few days to convince them to join BJP. “And eventually, they got convinced and around 70 of them got into the party after meeting the Chief Minister. They vowed to work for BJP from now on,’’ he added.
his constituency when polling for Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation was going on last Sunday. On polling day, a tweetr handle Ujjaval Shah had tweeted, “Sir Amit Shah, instead of mobilising voters for municipal elections, Paresh Rawal, MP,
performing his solo act in Vadodara today.’ Debate didn’t stop with Rawal’s tweet. One tweet asked ‘Does this (mentioned 70 days count) includes your stage shows, how many days you have redressed public grievance and how many meeting workers?’
Ahmedabad faces threat from birds and monkeys, Rajkot airport has dog menace to handle. Earlier in August, Delhi-bound IndiGo flight had to make emergency landing and was later grounded at Ahmedabad airport following bird-hit. In a major incident last year in November, about 170 passengers on a Delhi-bound SpiceJet flight had a miraculous escape at Surat airport when the aircraft hit a buffalo that had strayed into the runway. The plane had hit the animal a few hundred metres into take-off. “The most vulnerable period for bird-hit is monsoon
season. However, we put measures for all round the year to prevent any incident of bird-hit,” said A K Sharma, airport director, Ahmedabad. Ninteen bird-hit incidents were reported in the year 2010, while 18 in 2011, 13 in 2012, 13 in 2013 and 10 in 2014 at Ahmedabad airport. However, this year only 1 incident has been reported. Dilip Sajnani, airport director of Rajkot said, “Generally there is an issue of dogs at here. However we have our boundaries secured to prevent entry of animals. Also we carry out inspection every day before take-off.”
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that there were 39,83,589 voters in Ahmedabad, but the number fall, released along with the data for polling percentage, to 38,79,771 on Sunday. Similarly, Jamnagar also saw a reduction of 2,459 voters in the two sets of the SEC data. In rest of the five municipalities — Surat, Vadodara, Jamnagar, Rajkot and Bhavnagar — the number of voters
tion will come to Maruti. In addition, Maruti will earn treasury income from the money not invested in Gujarat,” MSI said. In a report last week, Institutional Investor Advisory Services (IiAS) had said, “If the transaction is approved, Maruti will lose all control over its own destiny, and Maruti’s shareholders will always remain subservient to the interest of Suzuki’s shareholders. This is a zero sum game, what Suzuki shareholders will gain and given the loaded dice, they will, Maruti’s shareholders will lose.” The Gujarat plant is envisaged to have an installed capacity of 7.5 lakh units annually. MSI’s two units at Gurgaon and Manesar have a total production capacity of 1.5 million units annually.
A two-member team of Amdavad Municipal Corporation(AMC) visited Jammu to provide guidance on beautification of Rier Tawai on request of Jammu & Kashmir government. Following decision about beautification of River Tawi and its bank on the pattern of Sabarmati river in Gujarat taken in the review meeting of the Jammu District Development Board chaired by Deputy Chief Minister, Dr Nirmal Singh on September 30 this year, the State Government formally approached Amdavad Municipal Corporation with the request to depute team to Jammu. In response to this, the experts from
Ahmedabad conducted the field survey of river Tawi from Sidhra to 4th Bridge near Ware House and taking all necessary data from the concerned authorities of Jammu and Kashmir. Hydraulic data, information about strata of soil on both banks of river Tawi and vital information with regard to flooding pattern are submitted to the team of Amdavad Municipal Corporation. On the receipt of detailed report from the Amdavad Municipal Corporation team, the J&K State would take decision about engagement of agency for preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR) and select the agency for execution of this ambitious project.
2002 Gujarat riots-convict Maya Kodnani’s selfie goes viral, sparks angry reactions Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
The former Gujarat minister Maya Kodnani who was convicted in the 2002 Gujarat riots case was granted bail on health grounds in 2014. Kodnani was recently photographed at a meditation camp that was organised on Saturday by a private group on the outskirts of Ahmedabad. The incident at Naroda Patya in 2002 for which she was convicted, is considered to be the worst massacre during the Gujarat riots. It resulted in the murder of 97 people at the hands of a mob led by the former education minister of Gujarat. “Meditating together with former education minister of Gujarat - Mayaben Kodnani,” wrote the unidenti-
fied woman in her photo on Facebook. In August 2012, a special court, which had described Kodnani as the “kingpin” in the Naroda
Ahmedabad
Patiya massacre, had sentenced her to 28 years of imprisonment. Musician Vishal Dadlani was one of the first to speak out.
considered a bigger challenge for BJP than the urban local body polls. Manoj Patel, convener of the Samiti’s Vijapur taluka unit in Mehsana district, and 70 other Samiti members greeted Anandiben and joined BJP. The party’s state unit sent out pictures of the meeting of
Have visited Ahmedabad for more than 70 days: MP Paresh Rawal tweets Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad East Lok Sabha MP and actor Paresh Rawal today clarified on his official twitter account that he has been in Ahmedabad for more than almost 70 days till date(after elected as Lok Sabha MP from this city). Rawal who lives in Mumbai, but elected from Ahmedabad city as MP said, ‘To all my well wishes, I want to put on record that I have visited Ahmedabad for more than almost 70 days till the date!’ Rawal had to make this clarification perhaps after debate on social media platforms online about that fact that Rawal was not present in
Wildlife intrusion threat: DGCA puts 4 Gujarat airports under surveillance Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Following major security breach at Nagpur airport in September, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has ordered surveillance of 20 airports in the country after they were found prone to ‘wildlife intrusion and bird-hits’. The four major airports of the state including Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat and Rajkot are on the list. This move by the aviation regulator comes after a herd of pigs were found scuttled on the runway as President Pranab Mukherjee’s Boeing-737 aircraft was taxiing towards the terminal building after landing in Nagpur. The surveillance order is to check the problem of wildlife intrusion and bird strikes as part of a safety programme by DGCA. As part of the State Safety Programme, preventing wildlife (bird/ animal) strikes to aircraft was identified by DGCA as one of the most important safety priorities. While Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in
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