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News Brief R R Patil’s wife, daughter survive accident Agency | Mumbai
Suman Patil, NCP MLA and wife of former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister late R R Patil, and daughter Smita today survived a road accident in Satara district, police said. “Both were going to Tasgaon in Sangli from Mumbai when a tempo dashed their Innova from behind. Smita has sustained minor injuries and both of them are fine,” NCP sources said. Rupee steady against dollar at 68.57 Agency | Mumbai
The rupee today ended almost flat as it gained one paisa to 68.57 against the US dollar on fag-end selling of American currency by banks and exporters. The domestic unit resumed lower at 68.65 per dollar as against the yesterday’s closing level of 68.58 at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market and moved down further to 68.66 on initial dollar demand from banks and importers in view of foreign capital outflows amidst fall in equities. Ravinder Singh Brahmpura takes oath as MLA Agency | Chandigarh
Punjab Vidhan Sabha Speaker Charanjit Singh Atwal today administered the oath of office and secrecy to Ravinder Singh Brahmpura, the newly-elected SAD legislator from Khadoor Sahib Assembly constituency. Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal who was present, congratulated Brahmpura for his landslide victory in the bypoll which he won by a huge margin of 65,664 votes, a spokesperson for the CMO said.
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SC to lay down guidelines to deal with agitators who damage public property
SC against damage to public property The Supreme Court today said that it will lay down guidelines regarding action to be taken against persons damaging public property during protests and agitations
Agency | New Delhi The Supreme Court on Wednesday voiced concern over the damage to public property during agitations, saying the country cannot be held to ransom and that it will lay down parameters for fixing accountability for the losses. This observation was made by the bench while hearing a plea of Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel seeking to quash the FIR lodged against him. Attorney Gen-
eral Mukul Rohatgi said, “Now after FIR, the charge sheet has been filed and it cannot be tested in the Supreme Court.” The bench said that the petitioner was more concerned about bail and not the charge sheet. To this, Rohatgi replied that his bail
applications are already pending before the sessions court. The bench then added that it had decided to look into the larger issue of damage to public properties during agitations and posted the matter for hearing on Thursday. The apex court had
Kanhaiya Kumar ‘organised’ Afzal Guru event in JNU, Delhi Police tell HC
Agency | New Delhi JNUSU President Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested on sedition charge, had not only participated in the event where anti-national slogans were allegedly raised in the JNU campus but had “actually organised” the programme, Delhi Police today told the Delhi High Court. In its 13-page status report filed before Justice Pratibha Rani, the police claimed that besides Kanahiya and other accused persons, some “foreign elements” were also present during the event on February 9
The status report said that the unedited video footage of the incident was “not the footage which is being debated as ‘doctored’ in various sections including petitioner as alleged by the media”
in JNU and they had covered their faces to hide their identity. “During the course of the investigation, statements of various eye-witnesses, who were found present on the spot, were recorded. It has come during the course of
investigation that accused Kanhaiya, the petitioner herein (for bail), not only participated in the said event but actually organised the same in connivance with other accused persons,” the police said in its status report.
on 14 January asked the AG to assist it in dealing with cases where public property has been damaged on a large scale. Earlier, the court had allowed the Gujarat Police to file a charge sheet in the case in which it was alleged that Hardik Patel had instigated the community members to kill policemen and adopted violent ways to “wage war against Gujarat government”. Besides the present case, the apex court will also hear another plea filed by Hardik challenging the High Court’s decision declining to quash the sedition charge invoked against him and others for allegedly attacking police stations in the state. In his plea, Hardik has claimed that the charges have
vice-chancellor of University of Hyderabad and inclusion of a Dalit member in the judicial committee probing the suicide. Mayawati said Vemula’s suicide was a matter of grave concern. “Since the time BJP came to power at the Centre, nefarious means are being used to impose RSS ideology,” she said. “Since
the time, BJP came to power at the Centre, nefarious means are being used to impose RSS ideology,” said the BSP chief Though the government said it was ready for an immediate discussion followed by a reply by the concerned minister, the BSP members remained unsatisfied and shouted slogans after trooping into the
had lodged the case in October against 22-year-old Hardik and five of his close aides on the charge of sedition and waging war against the government – all were arrested and are currently behind bars. The High Court had ordered the removal
of three IPC sections in the FIR – sections 121 (waging war against government), 153-A (promoting enmity between different communities) and 153-B (assertions prejudicial to national integrity) against Hardik and five of his aides.
Bhakts and party cadres kick started the week-long celebrations of Tamil Nadu’s chief minister J Jayalalithaa birthday at the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) headquarters in Chennai on Wednesday. Referred to as ‘Puratchi Thalaivi’ (revolutionary leader), the AIADMK chief turned 68 amid party members of-
fering prayers, staterun Amma canteen offering free food and supporters getting ‘Amma’ tattoos. Towns and cities across the state were draped in the AIADMK colours of red and black while post-
ers and life size cutouts of the chief minister spotted the roads. Songs from old Tamil films which featured party founder and former chief minister MG Ramachandran and Jayalalithaa also blared in the streets.
passenger services demand hiking up fares, a section in Railway Ministry does not favour any such move, saying an increase at this juncture will not be a very good idea as elections are round
the corner in four states and diesel price is on the downslide. “Diesel price is on the decline. Passenger bookings and goods loadings are also on downslide. So at this moment hik-
ing freight rate and passenger fares will affect the Railways adversely,” sources in railways said, adding “fare hike can be effected anytime after budget also, if required and it is not necessary that it has to be done only in the budget.” Besides, Prabhu will also have to take a call on whether to impose safety cess for strengthening safety measures to prevent accidents.
Agency | Kathmandu All 23 people on board a small plane were killed when it crashed into a forest in central Nepal on Wednesday, the country’s second air disaster in as many years. The Twin Otter aircraft operated by the private Tara Air was reported missing at 8.10 am, 20 minutes after it took off from Pokhara, 200 km northwest of the capital Kathmandu. The plane, bound for Jomsom in Mustang district bordering China, crashed into a hill in Myagdi district. The dead included a Chinese and
a Kuwaiti national, two infants and three crew members. Authorities launched an operation to bring the bodies from the crash site at Tirkhe Dhunga to Pokhara. It takes four hours to trek to the crash site from the nearest village. “It appears the aircraft broke into several pieces and burst into flames immediately after the
crash. All the bodies are burnt beyond recognition,” Bishwa Raj Khadka, police chief of Myagdi, told the media. The pilots last contacted Pokhara airport at 8.10 am, when there was no indication of anything wrong with the aircraft. According to a Tara Air statement, the weather at Pokhara and Jomsom was “favourable’.
Giant cake, tattoos, free food: TN celebrates Amma’s 68th birthday Agency | Chennai
Rail Budget: Prabhu on tightrope walk to balance finance and aspirations
Agency | New Delhi Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu faces a stiff dilemma on whether to raise fares and freight rates in his second Rail Budget on Thursday as railway finances come under tremendous strain. While the falling revenue collection and increasing demand for funding various capacity augmentation projects as well as the requirement for improving
Smriti Irani vs Mayawati in Rajya Sabha over Rohith Vemula suicide
Agency | New Delhi The second day of the budget session in Parliament witnessed a verbal war between BSP chief Mayawati and HRD Minister Smriti Irani over the suicide of Hyderabad University student Rohith Vemula. Even though a discussion on the issue was listed, Mayawati, as the Rajya Sabha session began, wanted a response from the government to her demand for resignation of the union ministers allegedly linked to the suicide, sacking of the
wrongly been invoked against him as there was no conspiracy to wage war against the government and, at best, it is the case of using “intemperate language” which can be tried under some other penal provisions. The state police
Well of the House, forcing Deputy Chairman P J Kurien to first adjourn the House for 10 minutes and then till noon. When the House reassembled at 2 PM, BSP members again trooped into the Well and continued slogan shouting, even as Mayawati insisted that the government should reply on whether a Dalit member would be included in the judicial panel probing Rohit Vemula’s suicide case and sought a separate debate on both issues.
23 passengers, including 2 foreigners, killed in Nepal air crash
2 / Dt. 25-02-2016, Thursday Editors’ Picks thursday, FEBRUARY 25, 2016 Hoisting the national flag in Central universities is a great idea...?
In any case, once the proposal to hoist our flag in all campuses is put into effect, the surge of patriotism that will manifest itself in students, faculty and staff will surely propel our desi universities into the front row of even the most motivated foreign rankings. I was also pleased with the proposal to place the flag in a prominent central place, to have it hoisted at a high level, and for it to be illuminated at night. For it is important for students to be reminded at all times of their primary commitment to Mother India, and surely the best way to achieve that would be to make the tiranga visible to them as they walk to and from class, to and from the library or laboratory, and, not least, at night, which (as so much scientific research has demonstrated) is precisely the time when dark, dangerous, in sum anti-patriotic, thoughts enter the minds of the insufficiently enlightened young. I was therefore delighted when I heard of the HRD ministry’s proposal — delighted as a former student of a Central university, as a former teacher at a Central university, and, above all, as a proudly patriotic Indian increasingly nervous about the declining desh bhakti of first- and second-time voters. But there was one aspect of the proposal that disturbed me. Why had the ministry specified that the flag should be hoisted on a pole 207-feet high? That the tiranga had to be high was self-evident. Students had to watch it all the time; and the flag needed to watch them all the time, too. But why 207 feet? Why not 200? To hoist the flag at precisely 200 feet would, in fact, further deepen their sense of patriotism. For it is well known that we Indians invented the number zero, and in effect the decimal system itself. (Notably, the official flag code of the government of India, where it offers specification, of sizes for example, does it all in patriotic zeroes). The number 200 has another, and scarcely less patriotic, meaning. For it is the number of Test matches that Sachin Tendulkar played. Cricket, as Ashis Nandy once reminded us, is an Indian game accidentally invented in the West. And Tendulkar is the one Indian whose patriotism is widely and unreservedly admired across the political spectrum. If the flag is hoisted at 200 rather than 207 feet, the students would be reminded of our great scientific invention, the zero, and of the stirring patriotic deeds of Bharat Ratna Sachin Tendulkar, MP, the boy who proudly placed the tricolour on his helmet before anyone else had done so, the young man who, off his own bat, was winning Tests and tournaments against Pakistan at an age when students of Central universities are coping so uncertainly with their personal and their national identity.
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QUOTE “I specially want to ask Congress and its workers whether those raising slogans like ‘Afzal Guru tere hatrayre zinda hain’ and OF THE ‘Bharat ke tukde honge’ were traitors or not,” - Shah said at a public meeting at the unveiling of DAY the statue of 11th century king of Shravasti, Raja Suheldeo. ‘Bolna’ from ‘Kapoor And Sons’: This Manoj Bajpayee, Rajkummar Rao might just be the love song of the season! happy at Sanjay Dutt’s release
Agency | Mumbai Kapoor And Sons trailer created quite a stir on the digital platform and then came the peppy, urban Chull track which got everyone grooving. But after the dance number, Karan Johar and Co. have
launched the first romantic track from the film and we can’t stop raving about it. Soulful, melodious and very beautiful, the Bolna track tugs at your heart strings in the best manner possible. Arijit Singh has another winner at
hand while this time, he’s joined by Asees Kaur who’s sung the lines for Alia Bhatt. The video too shows some lovely montage shots featuring the trio- Alia Bhatt, Sidharth Malhotra and Fawad Khan. Kapoor And Sons is about a dysfunctional family where two brothers fall in love with the same girl and how they come back together. But for now, Bolna might as well be the love song for this season!
save her father from getting destroyed at the hands of alcoholism with help of her unconditional love an care. Pooja said the new film will be “reverse” of “Daddy”. “I am acting in a film. It is like ‘Daddy’, but we are doing a reverse version of it. It’s about an ambitious woman, who gets busy chasing her career
and in-turn leaves her daughter to earn money and fame,” Pooja said “She is seen depressed and drunk, before realising that she needs to make amends for her acts,” she said. Post her debut, the actress went on to do films like “Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin”, “Sadak” and “Phir Teri Kahani Yaad Aayee”. Pooja, who was last seen on the big screen in the 1998 Mahesh Bhat-directed drama “Zakhm”, has no qualms in not doing many films as she refused to simply be an “arm-candy”.
Pooja Bhatt to make acting comeback in film written by father
Agency | Mumbai Bollywood filmmaker-actress Pooja Bhatt is all set to make her acting comeback after a gap of 18 years in a film, written by her father Mahesh Bhatt. The 43-old-actress had made her acting debut in 1989 with “Daddy”, directed by Mahesh. The film was about a young daughter who decides to
Alok Nath on Sunny Leone: What do actors have to do with co-star’s past
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Agency | Mumbai Bollywood actors Manoj Bajpayee and Rajkummar Rao say they are happy that Sanjay Dutt will walk out as a free man tomorrow after having spent close to three years in Yerwada Central Prison. Bajpayee, who has worked with Dutt in films like “Daud” and “Dus Kahaniyaan”, says he has always been praying for his
safety and is delighted on his return. “I know Sanju (Dutt) on a personal level, and I’m delighted that he will finally return home in one-two days to his family and friends… We’ve been waiting eagerly for the day, and we have always been praying for his safety,” Manoj said at a promotional event for “Aligarh” here last evening. Dutt is slated to walk out of Yerawada prison near
Pune tomorrow after getting remission (reduction) of sentence. The “Munna Bhai” star was sentenced to six years for illegal possession and destruction of an AK-56 rifle. The term was later reduced to five years by the Supreme Court. Rajkummar Rao says he is happy with Dutt’s release as he has “respectfully” completed his jail term.
der fire. Neerja was the first civilian and the youngest person to be bestowed with the Ashok Chakra. The valiant national hero, who saved 359 lives, helped evacuate everyone on board but was shot while leading a group of children to safety. Her loyalties to the
passengers of the aircraft in distress will forever be a lasting tribute to the lasting qualities of human spirit. She thus displayed the most conspicuous bravery in the face of grave adversities and tried to save the life of passengers at the cost of her own life.”
ry, though he chose the virtual platform! And he chose to create his own day of love, rather than fall back on old St Valentine!. Durjoy insteadbrought the entire world (virtually) to advocate his proposal to Avantikka. Meanwhile, the heroine of this tale was unaware as she
was in a flight due to land in two hours. The 28-year-old writer, who’s co-authored romance novels like Of Course I Love You ..! Till I Find Someone Better, Now That You’re Rich... Let’s Fall in Love! etc, is also our Write India Author of the Month for February.
Neerja Bhanot’s Ashok Chakra Citation Salutes Her Courage Under Fire
Agency | New Delhi
As the country celebrates national hero Neerja Bhanot, thanks to the success of the film Neerja, the citation of her Ashok Chakra, India’s highest peacetime gallantry award, has now been made available online which details the heroic exploits of the 23-year-old stewardess who was killed while saving the lives of passengers during the 1986 hijacking of a Pan Am flight. Released by Fox Star Studios, producers of Neerja, the citation describes Neerja’s gallantry and her courage un-
I’ll remember this when we have a dozen kids: Durjoy Datta
Vidyut Jamwal replaces Pulkit Samrat in Ajay-Kareena’s ‘Baadshaho’!
Agency | New Delhi
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Ever since Baadshaho was announced, anticipation had sky=rocketed about the probable pairing in the film. First, it was Ajay Devgn opposite Shruti Haasan and Lisa Haydon but then they were replaced with Kareena Kapoor and the script underwent a massive change. Then, we heard that Milan is looking for another hero to play parallel lead to Ajay and Kareena. Pulkit
Samrat’s name was in the loop but it can now be confirmed that he won’t be doing the film. Instead, Vidyut Jamwal will be stepping into his shoes. Vidyut confirms the news, “My next film is Baadshaho with Ajay and Kareena. We start shooting for the film in April.” Now all other speculations can be straight away thrown out of the window! And we are sure Vidyut’s a better choice than Pulkit for sure.
Alok Nath and Sunny Leone have shared screen space for a short film ‘11 minutes’ as a part of an anti-smoking campaign. The actors, who belong to different genres, are one of the major attractions of the film. Alok Nath, Sunny Leone and Deepak Dobriyal and the way they steal the show while they come in the same frame is praiseworthy. Alok Nath spoke about his
reasons behind supporting the campaign and said, “It’s amazing to do any creative work if presented in a new way which people should also not find vulgar yet the message should be clear. Initially, the concept was different so I suggested them don’t make it that way and let’s make it in a different way. We did this campaign for free and for a social cause.” The sensuous Sunny Leone is seen playing a Haryanvi while comedian
Deepak Dobriyal is playing a man on his death bed. The legendary Alok Nath is a key character causing a twist in the plot. Fans might have not expected sexy Sunny Leone and the ‘sanskaari’ Babuji to share the screen space. Alok Nath also revealed about his initial hesitation to be part of it. “People are telling me that it’s looking great. First I thought whether I should do this or not but then thought why not.
Trust a drooly romance writer to choose a rather unusual way to propose to his gorgeous lady love! Just a week before they are scheduled to marry, Write India author Durjoy Datta, realised he had never actually properly proposed to Avantikka, the lady who by his own admission has inspired “almost every woman character” of his romances! How could a romance author get away with such a miss?! So Durjoy decided to create some embellishments for his real life love-sto-
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www.sunvillasamachar.com India’s homework might not work against Mustafizur, warns Bangladesh skipper Mortaza
“Mustafiz (that’s how Mashrafe refers to him) has many variations of his slow cutters. It is only important as to how confident he is about the execution part. He does he not focus on opposition batsmen and only concentrates on what he knows best. You can do your homework against Mustafiz but it might not work,” Mashrafe told mediapersons on Tuesday. Since his mindblowing debut against India last year, the frail left-arm seamer attracted a lot of attention, but his
skipper assured that his feet are rooted to the ground firmly. ”Mustafiz doesn’t think about all things like what all is said about him. So, as a captain, it is easier for me to guide a boy who has no inclination towards all these external factors. And since he does not really care, it does not put him under any sort of pressure. I think Mustafiz is diametrically opposite of what people perceive him to be as he has got so much success so early in his career. What he does is to go out there and play and come back. “But, at the same time, what he is capable of is something others may not be capable of. He is scared of only one thing – when I am bowling from the opposite end,” the skipper said bursting into laughter.
day. The top seeded Indo-Swiss pair toiled for one hour and 24 minutes to prevail 6-4 4-6 10-4 over the unseeded Chinese duo to enter the quarterfinals. They got a bye in the first round in the hard court $ 2,818,000 prize money tournament. Sania and Hingis have together won four
titles this year out of an overall trophy count of 13. They started the year with wins in Brisbane and Sydney before completing a hat-trick of Grand Slam titles at the Australian Open. The duo had won the St Petersburg Ladies title earlier this month. Just before the tournament started, Sania took some time out to visit the DPS-Modern Indian School here and she interacted with the children. She regaled the school children with stories from her career so far in the presence of the teaching staff and officials.
four wickets for just 30 runs and put his side in command against Saurashtra. Kulkarni had missed the semi-final against Madhya Pradesh with an injury, but on his return he showed how much he adds to the team. Opting to bowl first, Mumbai saw Kulkarni at his best, as he bowled with great control and discipline to be a threat throughout the
day’s play. He picked up the wickets of Avi Barot, Cheteshwar Pujara, Jaydev Shah and Aarpit Vasavada (off the last ball of the day) to cap a superb display of seam bowling. “It’s always difficult to get back from an injury. I went to National Cricket Academy after the quarter-finals. It helped, with the physios and training facilities over there,” Kulkarni said, about how he worked himself back to form after missing the last game through injury. There (has always been) responsibility on my shoulders since I started playing for Mumbai.
Agency | New Delhi Homegrown niche bike maker Royal Enfield has launched retail operations in Thailand with the opening of its first store in the country. The company will sell its complete range of motorcycles, apparel and accessories in its first exclusive store in Thonglor, Bangkok, Royal Enfield said in a statement. Besides the opening of the showroom, the company also announced prices of its models to be sold in Thailand, ranging from THB 1,79,800 for the Bullet 500 to THB 2,19,800 for the Royal Enfield Continental GT 535cc cafe racer. Royal Enfield International Business Head Arun Gopal said: “We believe that our future growth will come from our international markets such as Thailand where motorcycles are a popular medium of commuting.”
Facebook’s ‘Like’ Button Gets ‘Angry’ And ‘Sad’ As Friends
Agency | New York acebook’s “like” button isn’t going away, but it’s about to get some company. Facebook has been testing alternatives to “like” in about a half-dozen countries, including Ireland, Spain and Japan. Today, it will start making “haha,” ‘’angry” and three other responses available in the US and the rest of the world. In changing a core part of Facebook - the 7-year-old “like” button has become synonymous with the social network - the company said it tried to keep things familiar. The thumbs-up “like” button will look just as it long has, without the other choices cluttering the screen or confusing people. You have to hold that button for a second or two for the alternatives to pop up.
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Agency | Mirpur Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza termed the Indian batting line-up as one of the best in the world but said his highly skilled pacer Mustafizur Rahaman can upset any kind of homework done by the visiting batsmen. On the eve of the Asia Cup T20 opener against India, the Bangladesh skipper had to field various questions on the 20-year-old left-arm fast medium bowler, whom he feels “can do things which others in his team can’t”.
Sania Mirza, Martina Hingis extend unbeaten run to 41 in Qatar Open
Agency | Doha Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis survived a scare before pulling off a three-set win over the Chinese pair of Yi-Fan Xu and Saisai Zheng in the WTA Qatar Open to extend their unbeaten streak to 41 matches in Doha on Wednes-
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SPORTS ROUNDUP Steve Smith refers his mates as ‘nice guys’ despite being fined for showing dissent
Agency | Chrischurch Australian captain Steve Smith defended his side on Wednesday as “nice guys” after he was slapped with a dissent charge amid continuing fallout over umpire abuse during the second Test against New Zealand. Australia won the Test by seven wickets to move to the top of the world rankings, but celebrations were marred by Smith being hauled before the International Cricket Council match referee to explain
his actions. He was charged with dissent in connection with the same obscenity-laden rant that cost Josh Hazlewood 15 percent of his match fee. The ICC was expected to announce Smith’s penalty later Wednesday. But Smith talked up the Australians as “nice
guys” who play the game hard and push the boundaries but don’t mean to offend. The abuse levelled at the umpires during their seven wicket win in Christchurch to sweep the series against New Zealand was the latest in a string of incidents involving Australia.
Agency | Yokohama In a bid to strengthen their global sponsorship deal with the International Cricket Council (ICC), Nissan has named Indian opening batsman Rohit Sharma as their new brand ambassador. The decision was taken with an aim to support a new line-up of cricket talent for the upcoming ICC World Twenty20. Besides Rohit, West Indian all-rounder Andre Russell and New Zealand skip-
per Suzie Bates will help the Japanese car manufacturer to bring cricketing excitement among the fans worldwide, starting with the ICC World Twenty20 in India from March 8. The trio have joined South African bowling legend Dale Steyn and rising star Kagiso Rabada in the Nissan cricket family, who were recently announced as Nissan cricket ambassadors in their home country for 2017. Reflecting on his deal, the 28-year-
old right-hander said that he was excited to work with Nissan, adding that he was looking forward to perform well in the next month’s T20 pinnacle event. “The ICC World T20 is very special to me and takes a tremendous amount of hard work and innovation to win. It remains one of the most exciting cricket competitions in the world and I’m looking forward to sharing that with the fans,” he said.
Pakistan’s flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi is reconsidering his decision to retire from international cricket at the end of ICC World T20 as he is facing “huge pressure” from family members and friends. On the threshold of his 36th birthday, Afridi is leading Pakistan in the five-nation Asia Cup T20 in Bangladesh and had announced earlier that he would retire from the shortest format at the end the World T20 in India. The mega event begins on March 8 and concludes on April 3. Afridi had retired
from one-day cricket last year, following his departure from the Test arena in 2010. “For a while now there is a lot of pressure from my family, a lot of pressure from my friends, including my elders, who say there is no need for me to retire from Twenty20. That is a huge pressure. Pakistan play India in their first match on Saturday in the Asia Cup. Afridi is the highest wicket-taker
in the shortest format of the game with 91 in 90 matches. He said his final decision on retirement from all international cricket will also depend on performance in the Asia Cup and World T20. Pakistan lost 0-3 to England in the United Arab Emirates in November last year and 1-2 in New Zealand last month a performance which left them in sixth position in the Twenty20 rankings.
Rohit Sharma named brand ambassador for Nissan India
Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi Not hard to motivate myself reconsidering T20I retirement despite injuries: Dhawal Kulkarni Agency | Dubai
Agency | Mumbai Swedish researchers have developed a new magnetic imaging technique that utilises sugar to assess the malignancy of tumours in cancer patients. The new imaging technique has been combined with the testing of natural sugar as a replacement for metal in contrast agents. The results showed that malignant tumours (cancerous cells) show higher sugar consumption than surrounding tissue. “If sugar replaces metal as a contrast agent in the body, it can also have a positive psychological effect and make patients calmer,” said Linda Knutsson, lecturer at the Lund University in Sweden. Further, sugar-based contrast agents are cheaper than metal-based agents, leading to a reduction in medical care costs. However, sugar-based contrast agents cannot be used in examinations of diabetic patients who may have cancer, the researchers explained in the study published in the journal Tomography. The tests were carried out on three people with a brain tumour and four healthy people. The more sugar the tumour consumes, the more malignant it is, they noticed.
Agency | Dubai Ahead of the final at the Maharastra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune, Aditya Tare, Mumbai captain, had stressed how important a player like Dhawal Kulkarni is to the team, and that his return adds a lot of value to the side. The pace bowler proved that on the opening day of the Ranji final as he picked up
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Jat stir finds echo in Gujarat: BJP MP talks with Hardik Patel seeking compromise
Correspondent | Surat
The violent Jat stir seems to have set the alarm bells ringing in Gujarat government. On Tuesday they sent an emissary to meet the jailed Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel to explore a compromise on the vexed issue. Prominent Patel leader and BJP MP Vitthal Radadia, who met Hardik in Lajpore jail, claimed that if a deal is struck, the government may consider withdrawal of cases registered against Patel leaders, including that of sedition against Hardik and the others. The cases were registered in the wake of large scale violence last year during the Patel quota
agitation in the state. “Vitthalbhai Radadia is the respected leader of our community. I had a detailed discussion with him on the (Patel quota) issue. I will accept the compromise formula if it is for the benefit of my community,” said Hardik, who was taken out of the jail for production in a court in Visnagar. Radadia and Hardik held a detailed discussion related to issues raised
by the ‘Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti’ (PAAS) which is leading the agitation for reservation for Patels under OBC category. “Anandiben Patel (Gujarat chief minister) had asked me to meet Hardik on behalf of the state government to find out a possible solution to the ongoing Patel quota agitation,” Radadia said. He met Hardik inside the jail for over
Strike at Tata Motors’ Nano plant in Sanand enters second day
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Strike by a section of workers at Tata Motors plant here entered the second day as the company’s management and protesting employees remained adamant on their stand, a Labour Department official said. “Both the management and the workers, who are on strike, are adamant on their stand. The workers are demanding that suspension of all the 28 colleagues be immediately revoked while the company management is saying that they will take a decision on it only after an inquiry,” Assistant Labour Commission-
er M S Patel said today. Striking workers are protesting at the plant site in Sanand. When contacted, a company spokesperson said there has been no significant impact on production due to the strike. Explaining the issue, Patel said the company had two months ago suspended two workers for indiscipline.
“As the company had not taken any decision on revoking their suspension for two months, other workers on Monday went on a flash strike. They also scratched some new vehicles inside the plant,” Patel said. “The company on Monday suspended another 26 workers after the flash strike,” he added.
an hour. “I had a very detailed discussion with Hardik on all the issues raised by his Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti. I will carry his message to the chief minister and I hope a solution to the problem will be soon arrived at,” Radadia said. He added that his community is hopeful that the government will find out some way to provide the reservation benefits to Patels. “If Haryana Government can fulfill the demands of Jat community for reservation after five days of agitation, Central government and state (Gujarat) governments should also do something for the Patel community,” he said.
Gujarat Budget 2016-17: Spotlight on youth, farmers
Around 700 dolls gifted by the rotary clubs of various countries have allegedly been stolen from the go-down of the Rotary dolls museum in the city, police said today. The trustees of the club, which had a collection of around 1700 such dolls (including the stolen ones) from around 110 countries, have lodged a complaint in the Bhaktinagar police station. The museum has 1000 dolls on display in its main building in Yagnik road while the remaining 700 were kept in the go-down in a private building
Minister Saurabh Patel said, was being done “for the first time since the foundation of the state (in 1960)”. In the recently-concluded local body elections, Gujarat BJP faced a severe setback mainly in district panchayats and taluka pancha-
yats, which is seen as a fallout of the Patidar quota stir. To calm the community, seen as wealthy and progressive in Gujarat, the state government had announced MYSY, offering financial assistance to the economically weaker sections of the society. The annual family income cap to avail the scheme has been increased from Rs 4.5 lakh to Rs 6 lakh. Also, the qualification percentile to avail the benefit of the scheme has been decreased from 90 to 80.
100X insurance cover will be provided to him up to a maximum of Rs 50,000. For customers availing this offer, there is no separate documentation required. Industry estimates show that currently less than 4% of India’s population has an insurance cover of any type. The primary reasons for the low penetration are issues like lack of awareness, cumbersome enrolment process, cost of insurance and lack of trust. Lack of distribution network
has also restricted insurance products becoming popular and pervasive. Rituraj Kalita, Circle Business Head – Gujarat, Telenor India said, “We have simplified the enrollment process and also smoothened the process of settling claims in less than seven days.” A cheque of Rs 14,100 was handed over to Mr Hitesh Tarsariya. His father, Lalji Bhai Tarsariya from Surat, was insured under Telenor Suraksha and passed away recently.
ment whenSajans mind takes him on a journey fulfilling his fantasies and desires for Sanjana. Sajan, may be assuming all is well as long as these harmless fantasies are only a part of his dimaag, but
what happens when these fantasiescatch up with reality?An absolute laughter riot, audiences are in for their daily dose of comedy by appointment starting 7th March, Monday to Friday at 9:30pm.
Sunvilla News | Gandhinagar
The Gujarat government on Tuesday presented its annual Budget for the financial year 201617 with the overall size of Rs 1,51,852 crore. With an annual plan outlay of Rs 85,557.78 crore, the proposed Budget has a clear focus on two disgruntled sections of the BJP’s political vote bank — youth and farmers. The Budget’s priorities seem to be defined looking at the 2017 Assembly elections as it emphasises on wooing these two sections. The proposed Budget enlarges the scope of Mukhyamantri Yuva
700 dolls stolen from go-down of Rajkot’s Rotary dolls museum
Correspondent | Rajkot
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in Bhaktinagar. The alleged theft was noticed this morning when the museum employees went to the go-down for the annual stock counting exercise. A net like window structure was found broken and all the 700 dolls kept in the go-down were missing though the boxes they were kept in were found intact, police said. Rotary clubs from around the world had gifted the dolls to the museum which was established in July 2005. Police were investigating the incident including any possibility of an insider’s hand in it.
Nepal PM visits Kutch to 47th Convocation Ceremony for 2014-15 Batch see quake rehab work Bhavan’s H. B. Institute of Communication and Management Celebrates
Swavalamban Yojana (MYSY), which was announced following Patidar reservation stir, allocating Rs 2,500 crore for roads mainly in rural areas. It also proposes opening up 66,000 government jobs in the current year, which Finance
Telenor users get free life insurance cover, first cheque issued in Gujarat Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Telenor India has launched ‘Telenor Suraksha’, free insurance cover for all its over 2.8 million users, 1.3 million of which have already got insured. Scheme is open for potential Telenor customers. Telenor settled the first insurance claim for Gujarat circle recently for a customer in Surat city. Across six circles, 18.2 million users have enrolled for insurance under Telenor Suraksha and 9.8 million customers are already insured. Telenor users can avail this service by calling customer service centres or dial the self-help menu *121# or optin for it by approaching any of the 48000 point of sale or 320 Retail Stores. For every recharge done by the customer, a
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Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Correspondent | Bhuj
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Harilal Bhagwati Institute of Communication & Management, popularly known as “Bhavan’s H.B. Institute” which was established in 1967 under the patrons of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Rajendra Prasad Institute, Mumbai, as H.B. Institute of Journalism and Printing today announced it’s 47th Convocation Ceremony and many exciting future plans aimed to
undergo a complete makeover of the glorious institute under the leadership of it’s young and dynamic Honorary Director - Dr. Paavan Pandit and his hardworking team of colleagues. As the chief Guest of the 47th Convocation Ceremony, Shree O. P. Kohli, the Honourable Governor Shree of Gujarat who was also the Key note Speaker of the convocation ceremony conferred diploma to around 150 Students.
16 ranker students from courses of Business Management, Industrial Relations and Personnel Management, International Trade (Import Export) Management, Materials Management, Financial Management, Journalism - English Medium, Journalism - Gujarati Medium and Mass communication were conferred the Gold medalist and Silver medalist by the Honourable Governor Shree of Gujarat.
Nepal Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli, who is in India as his first foreign visit, today arrived here to see this district bordering Pakistan which has seen excellent rehabilitation work after a devastating earthquake in 2001 quite similar to the one that hit his country last year. The Nepal Prime Minister accompanied by his wife Radhika Sakya, Deputy Prime Minister Kamal Thapa, Finance Minister Vishnuprasad Paudel, Home Minister Shakti Bahadur Bas-
net and several top bureaucrats and officials of the Nepal Government, was briefed about the rehabilitation efforts undertaken by the Gujarat government. The rehab work in Bhuj and other areas of the Kutch district following the mass destruction by the January 26, 2001 earthquake was also explained to the visiting team through an audio-visual presentation by officials of the Gujarat State Disaster Management Authority and Bhuj Area Development Authority.
Desire, Fantasy, Fun are just a few leads into what goes on in a mans mind man. A mind that is highly imaginative and can go leaps and bounds as it explores various fantasies of the women that it desires, and in that sense a true mans man is Sajan Aggarwal our protagonist played by Sandeep Anand- A simple man who has simple dreams of a livelihood with his wife Kashmira played by SapnaSikarwartill he encounters his authoritative and attractive boss at workSanjana played by NehhaPendse. And that’s the mo-
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