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News Brief Gang involved in extortion cases busted in Rajasthan (H.S.) | Jaipur An inter-state gang which allegedly extorted over Rs 15 crore from people by filming their obscene videos has been busted by Special Operations Group of Rajasthan Police with the arrest of two of its members. The gang members, Akshat Sharma (31) and Sonu Sharma (30) have been arrested whereas the alleged kingpin, Navin Devani and other gang members Nitesh Bandu, Akshat Paota and others are absconding, IG SOG Dinesh MN said.
Plea in HC for effective biomedical waste disposal Agency | Chennai A PIL has been filed in Madras High Court seeking a direction to Tamil Nadu government for effective implementation of bio-medical waste management rules, saying the present situation posed health hazards to the public. The bench comprising justices S K Kaul and M Sundar, before whom the PIL came up for hearing recently, issued notice to the state government.
Gunman of SP candidate attempts suicide
Agency | Noida Gunman of Samajwadi Party candidate from Jevar Bevan Naagar allegedly attempted suicide by shooting himself here, police said today. The victim, Manuj Malik, a resident of Muzaffarnagar Janpad, has been admitted to the hospital in critical condition, they said. “Manuj was under constant stress since his father was killed in Muzaffarnagar and this might have triggered suicidal tendencies in him. He continues to be in critical condition,” SP Sujata Singh said.
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Note ban: ‘Time has come for ruin of dishonest people,’ warns Modi Philippines evacuates “Dishonest people, you should not underestimate the mood of 125 thousands ahead of crore people. You will have to be afraid of it... Time has come for ruin typhoon on Christmas Day of dishonest people. This is a cleanliness campaign,” Modi said coastlines have started (H.S.) | Mumbai “Even in the midst of struggle, Shivaji Maharaj remained a torchbearer of good governance,” said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, after he laid the Foundation for a Rs 3,600-crore grand memorial for Shivaji Maharaj off the city coast. “Shivaji Maharaj was a multifaceted personality. So many aspects of his personality inspire us,” Modi said, while paying glowing tributes to the 17th century warrior king. Modi soon started speaking about demonetisation and said
his government had taken a historic step on November 8, by demonetising Rs 500, 1000 notes, to fight the scourge of fake notes, black money and corruption. “There were efforts to mislead and even intimidate people but they supported us in the battle against cor-
ruption & black money,” Modi said. “The people of India will not accept corruption and black money,” Modi added, vowing that his government would continue its fight against black money till they won the battle. “After 50 days (from November 8), the
firm operating from a Noida-based SEZ. Sleuths of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence’s zonal unit in Lucknow carried out the searches for two days on the premises of M/s Shri Lal Mahal Limited and the residences of company officials as part of its anti-black money
operations after demonetisation, the agency said in a statement. “It is found that the unit has illegally diverted and sold 430kg (valued at about Rs 140 crore) of duty free gold in the market. “Cash amounting to Rs 2.60 crore (Rs 2.48 crore in old currency notes and Rs 12 lakh in new notes) has been seized. Unaccounted 80kg of silver found in the factory has also been recovered. Further, 15 kg of gold jewellery has been seized from the premises of the firm,” the statement added.
troubles of honest people will start to reduce and the problems of dishonest people will begin to increase,” Modi said. The Prime Minister was addressing a gathering at MMRDA ground in the Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) here after laying foundation of various big ticket infrastructure projects. “We took a big decision against black money and corruption on November 8 and 125 crore Indians endured pain but did not stop supporting me. I want to assure people of the country that this battle won’t end till we win it,” he said. Hitting out at parties oppos-
ing demonetisation, he said, “this is not a simple battle. Those who have consumed malai (cream) did not leave any stone unturned to foil this (demonetisation).” “The corrupt have made all efforts to defeat the decision (demonetisation). They even thought of managing bank officials to get their black money converted into white. And that’s how many of them got caught,” he said. “I said there will be pain for 50 days (after demonetisation announcement),” he said, adding people are ready to bear the pain in the country’s interest.
fleeing to safer and higher grounds,” Mina Marasigan, a spokeswoman for the national disaster agency, told (H.S.) | Tabaco reporters, adding coastal Philippine authorities on villagers in both Camarines Saturday evacuated thou- Sur and Camarines Norte sands in coastal villages in provinces were also told to the country’s central region move to temporary shelters. where a category 4 typhoon Albay is a province south is expected to make landfall of Camarines Sur. Storm later this weekend, bring- surges and flooding were ing strong winds and heavy also expected in low-lyrains. The weather bureau ing and coastal areas and said typhoon Nock-ten, lo- landslides were feared in cally known as Nina, had mountain slopes, the disasearlier packed winds of 130 ter agency said. Marasigan kmh (93 mph) but has since said authorities have raised slowed to 15 kmh, moving typhoon alert levels in nine west-northwest and was on provinces along the eastern target to hit Camarines Sur seaboard, suspending land, province in the Bicol pen- sea and air travel until after insula. “Families in Albay’s Sunday to avoid accidents.
Noida SEZ: DRI seizes Rs 2.6 cr in cash, 95 kg gold, silver Land belonging to religious body can be acquired for ‘public purpose’: HC
(H.S.) | New Delhi The DRI has seized Rs 2.60 crore cash, including Rs 12 lakh in new notes, and 95 kg of gold and silver in connection with its probe into alleged diversion of duty free gold worth about Rs 140 crore, imported under a special concession scheme, by a
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The Allahabad High Court has ruled that a land belonging to a religious body can be acquired for a “public purpose” while asking the Church of North India Association and NHAI to “work out modality” for “demolition or shifting” of a church for construction of a six-lane road. “Once there is public purpose for which land in question has been acquired, invoking provision of National Highways Act, 1956, then no relief can be accorded
Delhi Metro clarifies on 10 stations: ‘Cash counter available, other e-wallets coming’ (H.S.) | New Delhi
In an effort to allay commuters’ apprehension after it announced cashless transactions for 10 metro stations on Friday, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation on Saturday issued a clarification saying Paytm is only one of the methods available and not the only one for transactions. It further said that other e-wallets are coming soon, adding that cash counters will be available at these stations. Delhi Metro’s
clarification comes a day after On Friday, the Delhi Metro said it will be going completely cashless in 10 metro stations starting January 1, 2017. The payment was purportedly
only to be done using the mobile wallet application Paytm. The ten metro stations in the national capital included Rohini East, Rohini West, Mayur Vihar Phase-1, Tilak Nagar,
Noida Sector-15 and Nehru Place. These stations will be opting for digital payment app Paytm for purchase of tokens and recharge of smart cards. There will now be other e-wallets and an option of a single cash counter. In a clarification today, DMRC said, “Following facts are re-presented to allay misgivings circulating in social media/certain section of media regarding why only PayTm or why no other choice for cashless transaction by DMRC.”
to the petitioner,” the court said, disposing of the plea of the Church of North India Association which had challenged a August 17, 2012 notification by which four plots of land were acquired in Firozabad district for construction of a bypass connecting Agra with
Etawah. A division bench comprising Justices V K Shukla and M C Tripathi, however, in its December 19 order said that in view of Christmas festivities, the structures should not be demolished “for the period of one month” but thereafter the aggrieved party
and the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) should “work out modality” for “demolition or shifting” of the same. The association had moved the court contending that the impugned notification “hurts the sentiments and religious conscience of the Christian community” which violated the “right to freedom of religion” and the “freedom to manage religious affairs” guaranteed under Articles 25 and 26 of the Constitution.
is in the form of gold, real estate and deposits in foreign banks.” Gandhi and the Congress party have heavily criticised the implementation of the government’s demonetisation move ever since it was announced on November 8. The Congress leader also hurled corruption allegations against prime
minister Narendra Modi at a rally in Mehsana last week. But the BJP has termed the allegations ‘baseless’ and the re-affirmed the long-term gains of demonetisation. “When I ask questions, he mocks me. Mock me all you want but answer my questions,” Gandhi said in a reference to PM Modi. The Congress leader also accused the prime minister of breaking the backbone of cities like Shimla and Dharamshala with the demonetisation move.
Demonetisation is a firebomb on India’s cash economy: Rahul Gandhi Agency | New Delhi
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi said the government’s decision to demonetise high-value currency notes was akin to ‘firebombing the Indian cash economy.’ “Modi-ji, you have divided India into two parts. On one side is the 1 per cent rich and on the other side stand the middle class and the poor,” said Gandhi at a public rally in Dharamsala in Himachal Pradesh. “In India, black money in the form of cash is only about 6 per cent. The rest
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The next big climate change battle starts in India
Some climate activists worry that Donald Trump’s presidential election will be the death knell for the global environment. That’s almost certainly untrue. Whatever Trump’s attitude toward climate change and energy policy, two big outside factors will be much more important—technological progress and policy in developing nations. First, the good news. Renewable energy technology is already unstoppable. No longer does solar power depend on government subsidies for survival—it’s increasingly beating fossil fuels on pure raw economics. A new report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) lays out the numbers. Solar is getting so cheap, so fast, that it will quickly come to represent the lion’s share of new electric-power generation. Assuming battery technology continues to improve, BNEF predicts that a decade from now, solar will start to replace some fossil-fuel plants. In other words, in many places it will be cheaper to simply scrap coal plants and build new solar plants in their place. All of this is great news for the climate. It means that we don’t have to halt economic growth or radically change the way that capitalism works in order to save the planet, as some more climate activists had assumed. Once again, human ingenuity will let us escape the trap of natural limitations. But here’s the bad news: technology will only get us part of the way there. BNEF predicts that even with solar racing ahead, carbon emissions will continue at or slightly above current levels for the next three decades. That’s new carbon that’s getting pumped into the air every year, to add to the giant stockpile that already exists. Since averting climate change requires dramatic reductions in emissions, this means more needs to be done. In the short term, technology’s amazing progress is getting cancelled out by rapid emissions increases in developing countries. China is the problem everyone knows about. The country already releases about twice as much carbon as the US each year. Recently, however, China has made a dramatic effort to reduce emissions, and it seems to be working. Much more needs to be done, but the leadership in that country is taking the problem seriously—possibly more seriously than the US. More worrying is India. This country, almost as big as China in terms of population, is still desperately poor and is understandably determined to develop. The easiest way to get richer is to industrialize and dig up a bunch of coal and burn it—and India is endowed with a very large coal deposits. According to the BNEF report, Indian emissions are set to soar.
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QUOTE “BJP’s parivartan rally has laid the foundation of change OF THE in Uttar Pradesh and people of the state also believe that change is certain” - Home Minister Rajnath Singh speaking in Lucknow on Saturday said.... DAY Aamir Khan is not a pretentious Dangal box office collection day 2: Will Aamir Khan film earn actor: Girish Kulkarni human being, so he never hides anything. If he over Rs 100 cr in first weekend? is scared, he will say ‘Oh
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of his daughters Geeta Well known Marathi ac- and Babita Phogat. The tor Girish Kulkarni had film stars Aamir in the a fantastic experience role of Phogat and feaworking with Aamir tures Girish as the sports Khan in Dangal, and coach who trains his elder feels the superstar’s best daughter, Geeta. Girish quality is he acts without says what he observed any pretence. Dangal is while working with the based on the life of ace 51-year-old actor was wrestler Mahavir Singh his no-pretence attitude. Phogat and the journey “Aamir is a very good
I am a little scared to do this’. I found that very good, real and relatable. I find it weird when you do something out of pretence,” Girish said. The National Award winning actor says that on sets, Aamir never brought his star presence. “It is the speciality of Aamir that he doesn’t pretend anything. There is a star aura always but then you have to face the camera and be yourself. He brings in his genuiness and integrity, which is a great quality of an actor.”
Agency | New Delhi With a first day debut of Rs 29.78 crore, Aamir Khan-starrer Dangal has fuelled speculation of
‘I am sure it will do very well’: Sussanne Khan on Hrithik’s Kaabil
Celebrities from the film fraternity have been conveying their appreciation for the film Agency | Mumbai
Hrithik Roshan’s much anticipated film ‘Kaabil’ has been generating significant amount of buzz with its trailers and songs and will be releasing on 25 January. Celebrities from the film fraternity have been conveying their appreciation for the film, with even megastar Rajinikanth praising the film. Even Hrithik Roshan’s estranged wife
Sussanne Khan is extremely positive about the success of the film. At a recent event, where Sussanne was asked about ‘Kaabil’, she said, “All the best. I am sure it will do very well.” Despite
Hrithik and Sussanne being divorced now, the couple has still continued to maintain cordial relations. They have ensured that their parenting duties of their sons Hrehaan and Hridhaan are not ham-
pered and the family was recently spotted together as they stepped out for dinner together. Pictures of the kids with both the parents also make their way to social media frequently.
Dangal box office collection day 2: Aamir Khan film was expected to collect Rs 30 crore on the first day. However, it fell short by a small amount becoming the highest know whether Dangal grosser at the box office will break Sultan’s rethis year. The film was cord, the film has gone on expected to collect Rs to create a different kind 30 crore on the first day. of history. Dangal has alHowever, it fell short by ready received the higha small amount. How- est ever advance opening ever, given the positive on online entertainment word-of-mouth, the film ticketing platform. The is expected to do much online platform has hit better in the coming days. its fastest 1 million ticket The prevailing festive milestone for an individmood of Christmas and ual movie with Dangal. New Year will help en- The film has witnessed sure that Dangal cross- approximately 40% more es Rs 100-crore mark in advance bookings on the first weekend. The online platform for the film is also doing well opening week as comin the overseas market. pared with other blockIt has collected Rs 5.49 busters which released crore, Rs 4.62 crores and this year. However, DanRs 1.22 crores in North gal’s first-day collection America, Middle East has ensured that the film and Australia respective- is already among the top ly. Dangal has opened at ten openers of all times. No 5 on Australia charts. The list of top ten opening The film was released on collections sees a heavy 5300 screens worldwide. dominance from the three While there is still some Khans – Salman, Shah time before we come to Rukh and Aamir.
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Priyanka Chopra is one of those unstoppable actresses who has travelled from Bollywood to Hollywood in just few actresses. Now she also wants to capture rest of the globe with her acting talents! She just took an off from her Hollywood schedule and returned to India a few days ago. Since then, she is already busy with the shows here that include Comedy nights with Kapil Sharma and Karan Johar’s Koffee with Karan season 5. This season of Koffee With Karan until now has been hilarious and brought out some really interesting details about the stars from Bollywood. But now, Priyanka Chopra will be seen in this chat show and will give us some shocking deets about the treatment she got in Hollywood! The Bajirao Mastani actress came after a long break back in India and everybody including KJo had curiosity about how she managed in Hollywood?
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Preetham Gubbi’s latest, Naanu Mattu Varalakshmi, seems to be a result of the director allowing himself to be influenced by his fears, that of sticking on to his passion for love. And knowing his knack with romantic subjects, he seems to have been too absorbed to give romance an elongated presence in his film. The result is a first half which is tediously slow, using the entire time to engrave his prowess with romance. The appealing segment is the next half, when Gubbi lets go of his adamancy with love and embraces some brisk paced bike racing. In short, Munna (Prithvi) is a mechanic’s son who is passionate about bike racing. There comes a time when he needs to win the Chengappa Cup and to win over his love, Varalakshmi. Being an in-
ternational race, he needs money and good training, for which he reaches out to Chengappa himself.
Will Chenngappa help him and will he win his love forms the rest of the story.
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Agency | Mumbai he BSE benchmark Sensex marked biggest loss not seen since five weeks, dropping 448.86 points to finish at 26,040.70, while the broader Nifty dipped below the psychological 8,000-level. Bearishness tagged the trading momentum from day-one of the week, borne by cascading effect of demonitization, it was further restricted by mute sentiment across the globe due to long Christmas and New Year holidays. While, foreign institutional investors (FIIs) pursued selling of Indian equities amid US outlook over rate-hike next year, while local delay over GST implementation led investors fret. Investor sentiment, void of any triggers opted mostly to stay sidelines or cashed in profits on opportunity during the week, while it led the key indices to mark onemonth lows and revist 25K-level.
Wipro reaches agreement with US SEC, will pay $ 5 million
Among the top six teams that played the Asian Cricket Council Youth Asia Cup 2016 in Sri Lanka, only India and Pakistan did not feature a player who had played in the Under-19 World Cup before. Perhaps, as a result, Pakistan were ousted in the league phase, losing to Afghanistan and missing out on the semi-final spot by a narrow margin. India, on the other hand, had no such problems. They enjoyed an unbeaten run on their way to defending the crown. They have now been champions since 2012, when the tournament was opened to the full members’ Under 19 teams (they were joint champions alongside Pakistan during the first edition). The result
Greater Noida cricket stadium gets nod from ICC to host international matches outlines the neat structure India have in place now, with Rahul Dravid leading the boys as their head coach. The results are vindication to what India have in place, as it is to the talent that’s coming through. The Youth Asia Cup offers a neat glimpse at the future of cricket in Asia. Nepal showed they weren’t mere pushovers. Afghanistan went one better and ousted twotime finalists Pakistan. Sri Lanka made it to the finals
for the very first time and Bangladesh proved their mettle with a semi-final spot. Amongst the players, too, there will always be new jewels uncovered. Hasitha Boyagoda and Kamindu Mendis, the ambidextrous Sri Lankan captain, did will for the hosts. Nepal saw Dipendra Singh Airee play a blinder in their opening game. India found stars in Prithvi Shaw, Himanshu Rana and Abhishek Sharma, among others.
bronze - at 2012 London Olympics, Sindhu did one better by winning a historic silver at the Rio Games this year. “Definitely, Sindhu is capable of reaching the number one place,” Padukone told reporters at the Olympic Gold Quest workshop for junior athletes here. However, Vimal had a different view. “I cannot comment on that (whether Sindhu can race past
Saina en route the number one position). Yes, Sindhu would be a good competition for Saina. In the next five to six years, they are both likely to dominate the world badminton.” Vimal is happy that Saina’s leg is holding up. “If she can continue that then she can be back to her winning ways. She can look at winning big tournaments again. That is what I am looking at now,” he said. Speaking about PV Sindhu, Padukone said that if the shuttler and her coach Pullela Gopichand keep enough gap between tournaments, the Hyderabad-based player could reach number one position.
Saina Nehwal’s coach Vimal Kumar and Prakash Padukone differ on PV Sindhu
Agency | New Delhi Country’s third largest software services firm Wipro said it has reached an agreement with US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to formally resolve a six-year old investigation and will pay USD 5 million in civil money penalty.In a filing to the BSE, Wipro said it “neither admits nor denies the SEC allegations that the company violated certain provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange Act).” “Under the terms of the settlement, the company consents to pay a civil money penalty of USD 5 million, to cease and desist from committing or causing violations of the Exchange Act, and to undertake certain follow through actions,” it added. The SEC has credited Wipro’s cooperation and remedial measures in arriving at the settlement, it said. It added that the settlement is in the “best interests” of the company and its investors to avoid the cost associated with a prolonged litigation.
Roopa Ganguly in hospital with brain blood clot, stable
(H.S.)| Bengaluru Former All England champion Prakash Padukone on Saturday tipped PV Sindhu to be the world number one in the near future, but Saina Nehwal’s coach Vimal Kumar was of the view that both the Olympic medallists could dominate world badminton in the next 5-7 years. While Saina became the first Indian shuttler to win an Olympic medal - a
PankajAdvani wins National 6-red Snooker title to end year on a high defended it the following year. Earlier this year, he annexed his maiden Asian Snooker title, which also came in the shorter version of the sport.
The Shaheed Vijay Singh Pathik (SVSP) cricket stadium in Greater Noida gets approval from the International Cricket Council (ICC) to host international matches bewtween its full members teams. The Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) has con-
firmed on Friday that they finally got the approval from the intenational body. A team consisting of former New Zealand and currently ICC match refree Jeff Crowe, along with MV Sridhar, general manager for cricket operations for BCCI, and Niranjan Singh
life, I won’t mind but I have no actress in mind who can portray my role. That’s not my job,” she said. With her sights firmly set for the 2018 Commonwealth and Asian Games, Olympic bronze medallist Sakshi feels that quality preparation can only happen if there are at least two extended camps in foreign countries every year. “Before Olympics, we went to Spain for a training camp and we got to practise
with a lot of quality wrestlers. I believe for better performances we need more foreign exposure where we compete with the top wrestlers from other countries,” Sakshi, who is face of Delhi Sultans franchise in the Pro Wrestling League (PWL) said. While she has been preparing for the upcoming PWL, her next target is to do well in Asian Games in Jakarta and Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast. “Commonwealth Games and Asian Games are obviously my main target. I have started training two months back and it’s been good so far. I don’t intend to change my weight category (58 kg),” said Sakshi, who was present along with teammates Bajrang, Praveen Rana and Satyawart Kadian, who is also her fiance, at the logo launch of the Delhi Sultans.
After Sultan and Dangal, Olympic bronze medallist Sakshi Malik says she is ready for her own biopic
Agency | New Delhi With a biopic ‘Dangal’ based on life of noted coach Mahavir Phogat and his daughters Geeta and Babita releasing on Friday, Sakshi Malik said that such movies will only help the sport of wrestling attain heady popularity. “Sultan released earlier and now Dangal has released. It’s good that two films have been made on wrestling. If someone wants to make a biopic on my
Ranji Trophy 2016-17: Jharkhand off to solid start against Haryana
Agency | New Delhi BJP MP in the Rajya Sabha, Roopa Ganguly, was on Friday admitted to AMRI Hospital in Salt Lake with a small brain haematoma (blood clot). A statement by the hospital said she was “stable and under observation”.The BJP, however, alleged that her condition was a fallout of an incident on May 22, when Ganguly was allegedly assaulted by Trinamool Congress supporters at Ishwaripur village in Kakdwip while returning to Kolkata. “She was admitted in the district hospital with head injuries and diagnosed with multiple blood clots in her brain,” said a BJP leader. Sources said Ganguly’s family members took her to hospital after she complained of partially disturbed vision. She is in the ICU, they added. The BJP leader was nominated to the Rajya Sabha in October after cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu resigned. She is also chief of the BJP women’s wing in the state.
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Virk, ICC’s anti-corruption manager, visited the stadium on December 13. They inspected the ground and were satisfied with the facilities. BCCI president Anurag Thakur expressed his happiness over this decision and said, “I’m pleased to announce that the SVSP Cricket Stadium, Greater Noida is now fully compliant to host international matches with full members. BCCI had organised Duleep PaytmTrophy for the first time in Day/ Night format using the pink ball from August 23 to September 14, 2016 that tested the venue’s infrastructure and facility.”
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(H.S.) | Mumbai Sixteen-time world champion Pankaj Advani ended the year on a high by bagging the National title in 6-red Snooker, the shorter format of the game. With only a few days to switch to snooker after winning the IBSF World Billiards Championship (point format) in Bangalore last week, Advani proved once again why he is the absolute authority in cue sports. Starting
off as the favourite for the national-level tournament, Advani lived up to expectations and reclaimed the title, which he had won during the inaugural edition in Bangalore in 2010. Advani is the only player in the world to win all titles -- National, Continental and World -- in 6-red Snooker. On his debut, the ace cueist won the IBSF World 6-red Snooker Championship in Egypt in 2014 and successfully
Virat Singh (81) and Ishank Jaggi (77) slammed unbeaten fifties as Jharkhand reached 228-3 in their first innings after dismissing Haryana for 258 on the second day of the Ranji Trophy quarterfinal match. Virat blasted 10 boundaries and a six in his 240-ball innings, while Jaggi hit 11 fours in his 149-ball stay at the Moti Bagh Stadium . At stumps, Jharkhand were trailing by 30 runs with seven wickets in hand
Ishank Jaggi hit 11 fours in his 149-ball stay at the Moti Bagh Stadium
with two more days to go. For Haryana, Harshal Patel (1/24), Yuzvendra Chahal (1/67) and Amit Mishra (1/62) were among wickets. Resuming at 251-7, Haryana’s first innings folded for
258 in 95.3 overs with S Nadeem returning with a seven-wicket haul, which included the wickets of overnight batsmen Sanjay Pahal (39) and Harshal Patel (22) this morning. In reply to Haryana’s first
innings total, Jharkhand were dealt an early blow when opener Anand Singh was caught and bowled by Chahal in the 4th over. Sumit Kumar (19) and Virat then tried to steady the innings and added 37 runs before the opener was dismissed by Mishra with wicket-keeper Nitin Saini doing a good work behind the stumps. Skipper SS Tiwary (23) then joined Virat and the duo added another 36 runs when the left-handed batsman was caught by Rajat Paliwal off Patel’s bowling.
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The CBI has filed an FIR against Surat based ‘financier’ Kishor Bhajiaywala, his two sons and a senior manager of a co-operative bank in connection with the recovery of over Rs one crore in new currency during the recent raids conducted on his residence, office and bank lockers. A CBI
official today said that the FIR has been lodged against Kishor, his two sons Jignesh and Vishal and the senior manager of the Surat People’s Cooperative Bank, Pankaj Bhatt. The CBI in its FIR has also mentioned about the involvement of some unknown people in the matter. Appropriate action will be initi-
a dozen bank lockers of Bhajiyawala, who once used to be a road side tea and snacks vendor,
ated after completion of investigation. Notalbly, during the IT raids conducted recently, Rs 2000 notes worth over Rs one crore, large ammount of gold, silver and diamond jewelry worth over Rs 10 crore and documents of various properties were found. The CBI has also conducted raids in this connection. Over
Facing cash crunch after the cancellation of FCRA licence, Gujarat-based NGO Navsarjan Trust, which was working for the last 27 years, has sought resignation of its 80-odd employees and said that the three schools run by it shall be closed. According to the MHA officials quoted in a report, Navsarjan Trust was under the scanner following adverse field reports from the intelligence agencies. The FCRA licence, however, was “inadvertently” renewed in August this year, before it was cancelled on December 15 when the error
in this connection. Rs 276200 of this was in Rs 2000 denominations (1361 notes) while the remaining 82 notes were of Rs 100. In yet another incident the police nabbed three persons including a grocery shop owner from his shop in raiya road area of Rajkot
with Rs 24 lakh in cash. Police has recovered Rs 16 lakh in cash during a raid on a flat in science city road of Ahmedabad. The raid was conducted on a tip off about the illicit liquor sale from this residential locality. Indian Made Foreign Liquour worth around Rs 2.5 lakh has also been recovered from the spot. Two people have been arrested while another one was being searched in this connection. In Ahmedabad police has also seized liquor worth over Rs 91940 from one Aranya farm house in Shilaj area and nabbed its guard.
along with operatorship rights, at a purchase consideration of $995.26 million for Deen Dayal West Field in the Block.” “The acquisition of PI and operatorship rights in the Block fits well with the strategy of ONGC to enhance natural gas production from domestic fields on a faster pace, more so with a goal to reduce import dependency of hydrocarbons by the 10% by 2021-22. The trial gas production from Deen Dayal West Field has already begun. Upon successful completion of
the transaction, ONGC shall endeavour to bring the field on commercial production along with the existing partners in the Block,” the statement added. According to ONGC, the Deen Dayal Field will act as a pivot in developing nearby discoveries in Yanam and Godavari PML areas of ONGC, simultaneously. Through the utilisation of infrastructure of Deen Dayal West Field, ONGC will be able to bring the gas discoveries of KGDWN-98/2 NELP Block and adjacent nomination blocks to production on a fast track. GSPC has already built production facilities like well head platforms, process cum living quarter platform, onshore gas terminal and export pipeline for transporting treated well fluid from process platform to onshore terminal in the area.
Cash worth around Rs 67 lakhs has been recovered from three different places in Bhuj, Ahmedabad and Rajkot cities of Gujarat, police said today. A
tender their resignations,” Macwan Said. According to him, the NGO needs around Rs 2.75 crore annually to meet various expenses. “We are largely dependent on the funds from foreign sources to meet our expenses, which runs into Rs 2.75 crore per annum. About 85 per cent of that comes from foreign countries. Now, as our FCRA licence has been cancelled, it is impossible to run our operations or to pay salaries from what we get from local sources,” said.
total of six people have been nabbed in this connection. The local crime branch of Kutch West police recovered Rs 2770200 from a car near Madhapar police post under B division police station in Bhuj. One Irfan Mistry , a local resident, has been nabbed
ONGC to buy 80% stake of GSPC with operatorship rights in KG gas block for $995 million
Gujarat: 3 detained with Rs 27.6 lakh in new notes
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around two months ago and is pending. “Two days ago, the Ishrat Jahan case was transferred to the court of special CBI judge J K Pandya who is likely to hear Pandey’s pending discharge application on January 12,” Pandey’s lawyer Paresh Nayak said. In his application, DGP Pandey has said that he should be discharged as he does not have any “direct or
Three persons were on Saturday detained after Rs 27.62 lakh in new Rs 2,000 denomination notes were allegedly recovered from them at Bhuj here, police said. The cash was seized and the matter referred to the the Income Tax Department, an official said. Acting on a tipoff that the trio was trying to exchange demonetised currency notes with new bills for a commission, the police detained them when they arrived near a hotel on Madhpar highway in a car. “We detained three persons indirect involvement in who arrived in a car and the case.” Pandey has said that since his involvement has not been established, he should not be considered as an accused. He has also argued that he was reinstated in state police and was even promoted by the Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad state government to the post of in-charge DGP Facing cash crunch after after he was let out on the cancellation of FCRA Gujarat-based bail in connection with licence, NGO Navsarjan Trust, the same case. which was working for Dalit rights for the last 27 years, has sought resignation of its 80-odd employno influential person will ees and said that the three be spared and everyone schools run by it shall be will be punished under the closed. Managing Trustnew amended prohibition ee of Navsarjan Trust, law. Acting on a tip-off, Martin Macwan said the Vadodara district police NGO was unable to pay busted a pre-wedding party organized by city-based for the salaries of its staff industrialist Jitendra Shah after the Centre revoked at his farmhouse on Seva- its licence to get foreign si road in Ampad village funds under the Foreign Contribution Regulation near here on Thursday.
Vadodara liquor party: Ex-IPL chairman Chirayu Amin among 261 booked Correspondent | Vadodara
A high profile pre-marriage liquor party at a farmhouse on the city outskirts was raided late on Thursday night and 261 people, including former IPL Chairman and Managing Director of the Alembic Pharmaceutical Ltd Chirayu Amin, were booked in this connection.
ly CBI in-charge director Rakesh Asthana was police commissioner of Surat some time ago.
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groups, castes or communities Managing Trustee of Navsarjan Trust, Martin Macwan said the NGO was unable to pay for the salaries of its staff after the Centre revoked its licence to get foreign funds under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA). “It is impossible for us to pay salaries of our employees after the Centre cancelled our FCRA licence. We are facing acute cash crunch due to that move. was discovered during a order stated: “Navsarjan Thus, we have asked all scrutiny. The FCRA reg- Trust has come to adverse our 80-odd employees to istrations of a few other notice for its undesirable NGOs were also can- activities aimed to affect celled. Cancelling the prejudicially harmony FCRA licence of Navsar- between religious, racial, Agency | Katch jan Trust, the MHA in its social, linguistic, regional
Incharge Gujarat DGP Pandey files discharge plea in Ishrat case
Gujarat’s incharge DGP P P Pandey, an accused in the Ishrat Jahan alleged fake encounter case, has filed a discharge application, which is likely to come up for hearing at the special CBI court on January 12. Pandey, an accused in the case and currently out on bail, has cited his reinstatement and promotion as incharge DGP as one of the grounds, besides claiming that none of the 105 witnesses examined by the court have named him in the case. The officer moved the application that he be discharged from the case when the matter was being heard in the court of special CBI judge S J Raje. The matter could not come up for hearing after judge Raje recused himself
ey at exorbitant rates and usurping properties and other valuables on failing to repay. Interesting-
Cash worth 67 lakh seized, 6 nabbed
FCRA cancellation forces Navsarjan NGO to lay off its 80-odd staff
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were thoroughly checked during the IT raids. He is said to have made his empire by lending mon-
However, they were later released on bail, police said on Friday. Minister of State for Home Pradeepsinh Jadeja issued a press release here Friday in this connection and said that
were waiting for a customer who had contacted them to exchange their demonetised currency notes,” said J M Ala, Inspector, Local Crime Branch (LCB) Kutch (West). Police recovered 1,381 notes in Rs 2,000 denomination from their possession, totalling Rs 27.62 lakh, and 82 bills of Rs 100 (Rs 8,200). “They did not furnish any documents to support the possession of money. We detained them and seized the money. The Income Tax Department has been informed and it will further investigate the matter,” said Ala.
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The board of state-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC) on Friday approved the plan to acquire the entire 80% participating interest of Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Ltd’s (GSPC) block in Krishna Godavari basin for $995.26 million. In a statement to the media, ONGC said, “ONGC Board today considered the proposal and approved acquisition of the entire 80% Participating Interest (PI) of GSPC
FCRA cancellation forces NGO to lay off its 80-odd staff, close 3 schools Act (FCRA). “It is impossible for us to pay salaries of our employees after the Centre cancelled our FCRA licence. We are facing acute cash crunch due to that move. Thus, we have asked all our 80-odd employees to tender their resignations,” Macwan told PTI. Macwan founded this NGO in 1989 to fight for the rights of Dalits and to take up issues concerning them, such as manual scavenging and social boycott. According to him, the NGO needs around Rs 2.75 crore annually to meet various expenses. “We are largely
dependent on the funds from foreign sources to meet our expenses, which runs into Rs 2.75 crore per annum. About 85 per cent of that comes from foreign countries. Now, as our FCRA licence has been cancelled, it is impossible to run our operations or to pay salaries from what we get from local sources,” said Macwan. Apart from running various awareness programs for the upliftment of Dalits across the state, the NGO also runs three schools, one each in Ahmedabad, Surendranagar and Patan district.
The K Brands to extend its wings inAhmedabad with Business Bazaar
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The K Brands, a brand footprint expansion company that already has a slew of international brands and concepts in every form including representation, tie-ups and associations under its belt, has organised its coveted business Bazaar event in Ahmedabad.In a short span of time, the K Brands has proven itself a force to be reckoned with, in the area of brand expansion
and proliferation. Headed byKashiffKhan, The K Group is handled by a team that has been highly instrumental in the incubation of the brands associated with us. The K Group has managed to bring over 50brands under its umbrella with300 plus centres across the globe in less than a decade. Business Bazaaris India’s leading business franchise platform that introduces and showcases top notch lifestyle brands to the entrepreneurs in the city, who have been looking forward to franchise opportunities.The idea behind conducting Business Bazaar in Ahmedabad.
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