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“Relive Terror Nightmare” f e i r B s w Ne Congress fails to win back U’Khand rebels
A last-gasp effort by Congress to lure back its rebel MLAs in Uttarakhand has failed, leaving the survival of its government in the state critically dependent on Governor K K Paul. Party sources said the effort to bring back the rebels into the fold failed because their demands were “unreasonable“. “They wanted a Rajya Sabha seat, 3 ministerial berths for themselves and replacement of PCC chief.
For most it has been a nightmare they are just glad to survive.Emerging from the shock and debris of one of the worst terror attacks on European soil, Indian passengers evacuated from Brussels flew into Mumbai and Delhi on Thursday and Friday , some smiling, some teary , as they hugged their loved ones. Jet Airways flew 423 stranded passen-
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gers to Delhi, Mumbai and Toronto on Friday, and most of them had to leave their baggage
behind as the Brussels airport security officials had asked passengers to vacate the terminal
buildings immediately after the blast. However, Jet had to book 11 flyers into a hotel in Brussels as they refused to fly home Seeks Lower without their bags. But Interest for most passengers, returning home after the Rate From harrowing experience Lenders On was the only thought on their minds, even if Rs. 10,000Cr it meant leaving their Loans luggage behind. RecallAgency | New Delhi ing the attack, Venkat Narayan, who se flight Air India is looking for a from Mumbai landed restructuring of its loans at 7.15 am local time from banks to reduce the interest burden and become profitable. The national carrier -which has been in the red and has got several rounds of funding from the government -is looking to get the lenders to the cut the interest rate on loans of Rs 10,500 crore, on which it is paying 10.1%. “Debt restructuring is a must. Every year, Rs 4,000 crore goes towards debt servicing alone. But we will seek debt restructuring only after becoming operationally profitable either this fiscal or next. We have so far not begun the process of debt conbut the clients and event version,“ AI chairman management companies Ashwani Lohani said. give us business. If there Backed by the sovereign is a law banning use of guarantee, the loss-makwater for rain dance, most ing public sector airline private suppliers will sup- is able to access funds at port it,” added Minesh. “In last five years this water dance has become famous in societies and clubs,” he added. Agency | Mumbai
Rain dances in city wash away 20L litres of water on Dhuleti Amid reports of acute water shortage, and the impending dry disaster, across the world, Amadavad on the day of Dhuleti would have been a study in contrast. On that one day, 20 lakh litres of water were used by Amdavadis for their Dhuleti rain dance parties. These are figures from just water tanker suppliers. If water used for the revelry by individual households is taken into consideration, the figure could be much higher. Private water tanker owners claim that in the last five years the trend has gained so much momentum that they have cancelled their Holi and Dhuleti holidays as they have to cater to
dia to visit his family he had just stepped out of a , said washroom when he saw people running and shouting. “Before I could understand, airport loud-
speakers blared, `Evacuate, Evacuate’. I grabbed my phone and ran. It was a stampede,’’ said Dsouza, who arrived in Mumbai on Friday .
a much lower rate than other players. For instance, banks typically charge two percentage points higher than the base rate. Currently , SBI’s base rate is 9.3%. Air India has loans of Rs
48,400 crore, including working capital and term loans of Rs 22,000 crore, aircraft-related debt of Rs 19,000 crore and Rs 7,400 crore that it had raised via non-convertible debentures (NCDs).
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Earlier this week, jewellers had put protests on hold in view of the Holi break. However, they met this morning again and decided to continue the strike. “Nothing less than a complete rollback of the excise duty is acceptable to us. We are determined to continue the strike,” said Jhaveri. In New Delhi, All India Bullion Jewellers Swarankar Federation (AIBJSF) on Friday decided to continue the strike and announced plans to hand over keys of their shops to finance minister Arun Jaitley.
Air India wants banks to take fresh haircut to turn a profit
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There is a commonly thrown-about phrase in cricket these days -`the batsman has plenty of time’. It really refers to those batsmen who just pick the ball that fraction of a second earlier than others, but the ones who know what to do with that `extra time’ are the special ones.
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in Brussels on Tuesday said: “I was looking for breakfast when I heard a mild boom.’’ Francis Dsouza, who was travelling from the US to In
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demands of clubs, societies and farm houses in the city. “On Dhuleti we get an average of 7-8 clients each. These are clubs and farm houses. Each order is for 7 to 8 tankers of water. In fact for some clubs it increases to 10. Our tankers contain between 5,000-6,000 litres of wa-
ter,” said Minesh Patel, an owner of Poonam Water Suppliers. One tanker costs around Rs800. Most of the orders for water tankers come from farm houses near Bopal, Shilaj, Rancharda and from areas like Prahladnagar, Drive -in and Satellite. “I know this is waste of water and
Stir continues, jewellers to hand shop keys to FM Jewellers in the state and several other places have decided to continue their strike against levy of excise duty on jewellery. Jewellers say that their strike, which has completed 24 days now, would continue till the excise duty is rolled back. Industry associations met on Friday morning and have decided to continue the strike, Ashish Jhaveri, media cell in-charge of Gujarat Jewellers Association, which is spearheading the stir against excise duty in the state, said.
Donated 60-70 lakh Pakistan rupees to LeT, says David Headley
Roger Federer, not known for serious slipups in his flowing run Convicted American to a record 17 grand terrorist David Coleslam singles titles, has man Headley told a specome clean about the cial court Wednesday left knee injury that that he donated 60-70 sidelined him for nearly lakh Pakistani rupees to two months. The Swiss Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT). maestro, who will reHeadley, an approver in sume competition at the 26/11 attack case, was Miami Open on Friday being cross-questioned ey was used to fund the this to the US govern, revealed that he tore by the lawyer of accused Mumbai attack, Headley ment, he said, “I don’t the meniscus in his knee Maybe.” Syed Zabiuddin Ansari replied, “It was donated remember… when he slipped while alias Abu Jundal for the by me for many things, After having established running a bath for his first time. Appearing in different things.” When that Headley visited Pakitwin daughters in Melthe special TADA court Khan put the question to stan once for drug smugbourne. The 34-yearold via video conferencing him in other forms, he gling between 1992 and Federer said he felt a from an undisclosed lo- said: “That would be im- 1998, Khan asked him “click“ as he transferred cation in US, Headley possible because the last how he invested the prohis weight to his left leg, told defence advocate donation was made in ceeds of the criminal acbut did not realise the Abdul Wahab Khan that 2006 and the attacks had tivity. “I had purchased a seriousness of the injury he made the donation in not been planned then.” few shops in the UAE in at the time. 2006. Asked if the mon- Asked if he had disclosed 2004,” Headley said. Corpo. Office: B/14, Madhav Chamber’s, India Colony, Opp-Vidhyanagar School, Bapunagar, Ahmedababad - 380024 Email: ssdaily2013@gmail.com Mo : 98250 98053
2 / Dt. 26-03-2016, Saturday Editors’ Picks saturday, march 26, 2016 The number of arhtiya suicides may not be anywhere close to those by farmers, but they do suggest a certain trend
The ongoing agrarian crisis has spread beyond farmers to consume even arhtiyas or grain commission agents, as a report in this newspaper from Punjab has shown. The number of arhtiya suicides may not be anywhere close to those by farmers, but they do suggest a certain trend. When prices of commodities, be it basmati rice or cotton, were good, farmers planted with gusto. Equally, there were those willing to advance money to them to plant against delivery of the harvested crop. It is precisely this role that the arhtiyas performed — extending credit to farmers as well as aggregating their produce on behalf of processors, exporters and other large buyers in return for a commission fee charged on the purchase price. In many cases, even the money the arhtiyas lent was borrowed from bigger traders and financiers, who may, in turn, have sourced from banks. When the value of India’s basmati exports zoomed from $433.73 million to $4.87 billion between 200304 and 2013-14, everybody made money. The situation has, however, reversed in the last couple of years, with basmati paddy prices more than halving from their peaks. This, in combination with extreme weather events (especially the unseasonal rains and hail in March 2015, causing widespread damage to the standing rabi crops), has led to farmer distress. With farmers defaulting on their loans and millers, too, not paying for the crop taken on credit, citing falling export realisations, the arhtiyas are the ones feeling the heat. There are estimates of outstandings to commission agents in Punjab’s Khanna wholesale grain market alone totalling Rs 150 crore, with similar dues being reported from other mandis. But this is a story extending to a host of crops across the country. A common thread running through these is the expansion in credit that took place during the boom, with the arhtiyas and small retailers financing cultivation by farmers and using funds obtained from a chain of larger dealers, distributors and banks. It is this complex credit and crop buyback system, underpinned by strong export demand and high prices, which has now collapsed. The impact of all this will primarily be on farm credit. It is easy to condemn arhtiyas as middlemen prone to exploiting farmers, but the fact is they are an integral part of India’s agricultural trade ecosystem. Rather than wishing them away, a more sensible approach would be to recognise their key role as produce aggregators closest to the farmer — which makes them ideally suited for channelling credit. Currently, bank loans to arhtiyas are not treated as agricultural loans. There is no reason not to do so, when this may reduce their own borrowing costs that can, then, be passed on to farmers.
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Savarkar was a traitor, why did the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi issue a commemorative stamp QUOTE “If while praising Sarvarkar, The day is not too far when Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel will appear to them OF THE (Congress) as anti-national,” DAY - The BJP MP Ravindra Kushwaha from Salempur constituency in Uttar Pradesh accused the Congress of siding with anti-national elements. Yaqoob Memon and Afzal Guruhave become Congress’s “ideals,” while it considered Savarkar, who played an important role in freedom struggle, as anti-national, he alleged.
Karan Johar’s date with ‘Kung Fu Panda’ Agency | Mumbai
Filmmaker Karan Johar, who is roaring on the success of his latest production venture “Kapoor & Sons”, got a chance to meet famous fictional character Po from Hollywood film series “Kung Fu Panda”. Karan met Po during a press conference of his romantic comedy-drama film. Karan, who has produced the film ‘Kapoor & Sons’ under his banner Dharma Productions, took to Twitter on Friday to share a photograph in which he is seen hugging Po. “Po is our extended family member! Dropped by ‘Kapoor & Sons’ press
conference to celebrate with us ‘Kung Fu Panda 3’,” Karan tweeted. The film which stars Sidharth Malhotra, Fawad Khan and Alia Bhatt in the lead,
has collected Rs.46.93 crore in its opening week, according to trade analyst Taran Adarsh. “Kapoor & Sons” released on March 18.
Mira can do whatever she wants in her life, says Pankaj Kapur Agency | New Delhi
There have been speculations about Mira Rajput gearing up for her Bollywood debut since she got married to actor Shahid Kapoor. And Shahid’s father and noted actor Pankaj Kapur says he will “support” her choice regardless of what she opts for. “It is her life. She can do what she wants to do. Why should I have anything to do with that? It is between her and her husband. She is a child to me. Why would I have any objections? For me, she can do what she wants to do and I am there to support,” Pankaj said. Shahid got married to Mira
Cate Blanchett debuts pink hairdo Agency | Los Angeles Actress Cate Blanchett has gone for major hair makeover by colouring her tresses pink. The 46-year-old Oscar-winning actress enlisted London-based colorist Nicola Clarke for the light rinse, reported E! online. “We’ve been talking about doing it for a while but wanted to get all the award seasons out of the way to have a play and a bit of fun. It will last a couple of weeks, depending on how many washes it has,” Clarke told The Telegraph. Blanchett paired her new hairstyle with matching tinted aviator glasses, while out and about in London. The “Carol” star joins a growing list of actresses who have sported pink hair, which includes the likes of Kaley Cuoco, Katy Perry, Rihanna and Helen Mirren. Blanchett had debuted a short bob just before the 2016 Oscars, where she walked the red carpet in a teal, romantic, flower-adorned V-neck Armani gown.
in a closely guarded affair in Delhi last year. Since then speculations are rife about her venturing into Bollywood. In fact, Shahid’s spokesperson had to refute reports that Mira will do a cameo in film “AK vs SK” in September. Pankaj also confessed
that the mention of the word “daughter-in-law” makes him uncomfortable. The “Shaandaar” star added: “My children can do what they want to do. When it comes to this whole category of daughter-in-law, I get a little uncomfortable as I treat her like my daughter.”
Patralekha ‘annoyed’ with Censor Board Patralekha, who is busy promoting her erotic thriller film “Love Games”, is annoyed with the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC)
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Sushant Singh Rajput, Ankita Lokhande call it quits?
Cate Blanchett has gone for major hair makeover by colouring her tresses pink
Don’t have patience to be on fiction TV: Neha Dhupia Agency | New Delhi Agency | Mumbai Close on the heels of Ranbir Kapoor-Katrina Kaif and Farhan Akhtar-Adhuna Bhabani breakups, there is now speculation that much in love couple Sushant Singh Rajput and Ankita Lokhande have hit a rough patch. After dating for close to six years, reports of trouble in their relationship have started surfacing, though three months ago Sushant had announced he would tie the knot with the 31-year-old TV actress in December. Both Sushant and Ankita did not
respond to SMSes and phone calls. Sushant, 30 and Ankita began dating while shooting for Ekta Kapoor’s drama “Pavitra Rishta” in 2009. This is not the first time that such reports have come out. On earlier occasions, the duo made public appearances together to scotch the rumours but this time they haven’t done so, further fuelling speculation. Recently, there were reports that Arbaaz Khan and Malaika Arora Khan were heading for divorce, thus ending their 17-year-old marriage.
Actress Neha Dhupia, who stepped into the non-fiction space on TV through “MTV Roadies X4” this year, says she will maintain her distance from the fiction space of Indian television as it requires a lot of commitment and time. “I don’t think I have the patience to be on fiction TV. It is too much time, too much patience, too much commitment. I don’t have it in me,” Neha said. Neha has not entered the small screen space with the reality TV show as she was a part of a political drama “Rajdhani” in late 1990s. But the actress says she is not in a position to devote that much time to the fiction space now. She added: “I don’t like things that take me away from being myself. I have done a reality show ‘Roadies’. And it has been the most fantastic experience of my life it is more so because I have the liberty to be myself on TV. I get inspired by the Roadies every day . It makes me fearless. I have learned so much from them.” Neha has Neha replaced actress Esha Deol in “RoadDhupia says ies”, which is a format that has become popular over the years, and she will maintain has achieved a cult status of sorts her distance from the among youth who are keen on adventure. After multiple audi- fiction space of Indian tions in various cities across India, television as it requires shortlisted candidates compete with a lot of commitment one another in tough tasks to take and time home the winner’s title.
Agency | Mumbai Actress Patralekha, who is busy promoting her erotic thriller film “Love Games”, is annoyed with the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC). “I feel very annoyed about it because in our daily life we all use abusive words. Film is a fiction and writers write what they observe. So, please certify it as an ‘A’ film or ‘U/A’, but if you remove it from adult content also, what do we say,” Patralekha said. The 26-year-old actress, who made her debut in 2014 with director Hansal Mehta’s critically acclaimed film “CityLights” opposite ac-
tor Rajkummar Rao, will be seen in a bold avatar in “Love Games.” Was it a conscious effort to change her image with this film? “I didn’t choose it, it just happened… I am an urban girl, but for me, my first film ‘CityLights’ was a huge transformation as I played the role of a rural woman and a mother,” she said. “As an actor I want to be part of good scripts and good characters. I don’t think too much about genres,” Patralekha added. Directed by Vikram Bhatt, “Love Games” also features actors Gaurav Arora and Tara Alisha Berry. The film is scheduled to release on April 8.
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`Lion may have died due to poisoning’
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Another lion being found dead in a farm near Kodiya village of Khambha taluka of Amreli on Thursday has raised the questions about man-animal conflict in the abode of Asiatic lions as the forest officials suspect that the three-yearold sub-adult animal could have been poisoned. Though exact reason for the wild cat’s death will be known only after a panel postmortem, the forest officials are not ruling out the possibility of poisoning. A three-year-old lion was found dead in a farm owned by Bhupat Ramani in Kodiya village, which adjoins the Gir fo rests. According to forest officials they had spotted a pride of five lions roa ming in the area on March 23. However, on March 24 morning they were infor med that a body of a lion was found in Ramani’s farm.
Lunar tides beaching whales, dolphins in Mumbai
Agency | Mumbai While climate change is real and rising levels of manmade pollution continues to pose serious threats to marine life, the beaching of dead dolphins and whales every fortnight on the city’s seacoast might have the moon and its pull on the tides to blame for disorientating marine mammals and driving them to their deaths. A year-long study by Myvets Charitable Trust & Research Centre, to assess pathological, seasonal and anthropogenic causes, reveal that most of the strandings occurred during the new moon and full moon phase and during receding tides in the region. The finding of a humpback dolphin along the Worli seaface on Friday morning, too, was an occurrence three days ahead of a full moon. A total of 13 deaths have been reported in the past one year.
Mob drags Delhi dentist out of home, kills him in front of son
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England vs Sri Lanka: England have not played ‘best cricket’ so far, says Joe Root
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A win against Sri Lanka will put them firmly in contention for a semi-final berth but England’s best batsman Joe Root was forthright in his assessment that his team has not been able to play “best cricket” in the tournament so far. “If we’re being honest, we’ve not done one part of our game consistently well. Times we’ve bowled extremely well and when we’ve batted well. The exciting thing for me is, when that comes together we’ll be a very hard side to beat,” Root told media persons ahead of their final group league game against Sri Lanka
in New Delhi on Saurday. But he also admitted that finding ways to win is the key, which they have done in the last two matches. “We have not performed at our best throughout the competition, which in a way is quite exciting because we know that’s still to come. The really pleasing thing for me is we’re finding ways of winning
games of cricket. As long as we can continue to do that, all we can worry about is making sure we get that win on Saturday and give ourselves the best chance of qualifying,” said Root. Even if England win, they need to keep a track of other matches and Root said that they are keeping a tab of what’s happening in the group.
India vs Bangladesh: This win does not ease 2007 World Cup loss, says Dhoni Agency | Bengaluru
Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni said the team’s ability to stay calm under intense pressure and manage the “chaotic situation” with a cool head paved the way for their nerve-wracking onewin over Bangladesh in the ICC World Twenty20 in Bengaluru. The prospect of securing a semifinal berth at stake, India survived a mighty scare to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat in front of a packed crowd at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, helping them to the second position in the group. “In a situation like this, it’s literally chaos. What you are trying to do is you’re trying to manage chaos,” Dhoni said after the match. “Everybody will come and he’ll have his own opinion. Often the opinion of a batsman is very different to the opinion of a bowler. But
what you have to do is you have to see what the strength of the batsman is who is batting at that point of time, how the wicket is behaving, whether there is some kind of reverse swing or no reverse swing on offer. All these things you need to calculate and I feel what really helps is you listen to all of them. “But at the end of the day you push the bowler to bowl what you feel is good at that point of time. If I am convinced that this is something I want to do, I will go ahead with it but definitely having an open mind at that point of time really helps because
India vs Bangladesh: MS Dhoni knew what to do, says Sunil Gavaskar
Agency | New Delhi In an incident that has caused widespread outrage and anger, a 42-year-old dentist was dragged out of his house in west Delhi’s Vikaspuri late on Wednesday night and beaten with iron rods and hockey sticks by a mob from a nearby slum. He died early on Thursday morning when the rest of the city began celebrating Holi.The provocation for this brutal murder was a scuffle Dr Pankaj Narang had got involved in when a rashly driven bike brushed against him in front of his house in Krishna Park colony. He had snapped at the two bikers and asked them to drive carefully which led to an argument and a scuffle. The bikers left, only to rush to a nearby slum, Indira Camp No. 4, their home. Seething with uncontrollable rage, the bikers roped in friends to go back within half-an-hour, quite audaciously drag the dentist out and assault him so severely that he was dead by next morning. The dentist’s eight-yearold son, Aditya, was witness to the incident. There were over12 people in the mob, including four juveniles. All the juveniles are in the 16-18 age-group. Joint commissioner, south western range, Depender Pathak said the prime accused, Nasir Khan, and a juvenile who had led the attack were held within 24 hours of the incident.
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Agency | New Delhi Mahendra Singh Dhoni was lauded for his coolness and his captaincy after India clung on for a one-run win over Bangladesh in the World Twenty20. The criticism would have flowed had India lost in the last over, but instead the likes of former test captain Sunil Gavaskar were praising Dhoni for his composure in controlling the game. “MS Dhoni knew what to do,” Gavaskar said on Thursday. “His plans showed that he was at the top of his game. Also, the commitment of the players was there
to see as they tried to get India out of a sticky situation.” Dhoni picked allrounder Hardik Pandya to bowl the last over, with Bangladesh needing 11 runs on Wednesday to produce a huge upset win at the tournament which India is hosting. But after getting within two runs of victory, Bangladesh lost three wickets on the last three deliveries and India took the points, maintaining its chances of reaching the semifinals. Mahmudullah (18) and Mushfiqur Rahman (11) had struck some useful blows but both holed out in the deep.
at times in situations like these under pressure, that’s where the input of others comes in. But you have to assess everything and it has to happen in a very short span of time.”
Pakistan vs Australia: Who said what about Australia’s win
Agency | New Delhi Australia defeat Pakistan by 21 runs to knock them out of ICC World T20. Australia rode on Steve Smith and Shane Watson’s aggressive batting to score 194 runs. In reply, Pakistan opener Sharjeel Khan started off the chase in a pretty decent fashion but was soon dismissed by James Faulkner. Shoaib Malik showed some resistance to the Australian bowling as the batsman scored 20-ball 40 but this wasn’t enough to take his team
over the line. Faulkner picked up a five wicket haul in his allotted four overs. Players and pundits have reacted on this encounter between Pakistan and Australia. In second spot are Australia with four points from three matches – two wins and a loss. Their net run rate stands at +0.440. Third in the five team list are India who also have four points after three games but are worse off in terms of net run rate at -0.546. At the bottom of the pyramid are Ban-
Pakistan have been knocked out of the tournament after facing their third defeat in Super 10 stage which came at the hands of Australia gladesh who have lost all their three matches and will be playing for pride up next against New Zealand. With India taking on Australia on Sunday, it would become crystal clear over who goes ahead depending on who wins. Thus making it a virtual quarterfinal with all to play for and no confusion of net run rate to worry about it.
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