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Agency | New Delhi The Delhi High Court has asked an automotive e-commerce site to pay Rs two lakh as damages to OLX, an online trade facilitator, for airing advertisements disparaging the services offered by it. Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw also allowed the plea of OLX for permanent injunction to restrain Cars24 Services Limited from airing such advertisements disparaging the services offered by them. Taking note of the submissions that the parties arrived at a settlement to pay damages, the court said “the compromise arrived at between the parties is found to be lawful and allowed”.
Sinha, who served as the director of the CBI from 2012 to 2014 was accused of meeting some of the accused in the coal scam that included senior politicians and businessmen The CBI on Tuesday filed an FIR against former CBI director Ranjit Sinha in a coal blocks allocation case. Sinha is accused of influencing probe into the coal block scam during his tenure as head of the agency. Sinha was booked by the CBI nearly three months after the Supreme Court ordered constituting of SIT to probe the 1974 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer. A three-member SC bench, had in January said that it was “prima facie satisfied and convinced” that Sinha had abused his position and authority as CBI director. The Supreme Court later also dismissed the plea of Sinha seeking recall of its earlier order. A threejudge bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur said there were no reasons to recall the order of January 23 this year in which the apex court had observed that a prima facie case was “definitely” made out for probing allegations of abuse of authority by Sinha when
2008 Malegaon blast case: Sadhvi Pragya Singh gets bail
Agency | New Delhi A team of Maharashtra’s anti-terrorism squad swooped down on a housing society at Puna Kumbharia village in Gujarat’s Surat district on October 10, 2008, to arrest an ochre-robed, emerging Hindu leader: Pragya Singh Thakur. She looked like the new version of Sadhvi Ritambhara or that of Uma Bharti in the 1990s. While other controversial sadhvis or women ascetics were accused of arousing religious passions through their speeches, Pragya was arrested for a violent crime: a bomb blast in Maharashtra’s Malegaon town on September 29, 2008, that killed six people and in-
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jured 101 others. She was arrested because the LML Freedom motorcycle used in the blast was registered in her name. The Bombay high court granted Pragya, 36, bail on Tuesday, saying it had found “no prima facie evidence against” her. Her father, an Ayurveda practitioner named Chandrapal Singh Thakur, has denied she had any role in the blast and said she had sold the bike to a person called Mahesh in 2004. The motorcycle, however, was still registered in her name at the regional transport office in Surat when the blast happened. Pragya’s arrest shocked her friends in Madhya Pradesh where she finished college (WHICH).
he was the CBI Director. “We do not find any reasons to recall our order. The application is dismissed,” the bench, also comprising Justices
Kurian Joseph and A K Sikri, said. The apex court had on January 23 ordered constitution of a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the
allegations of “abuse of authority” prima facie committed by Sinha to scuttle the probe in coal block allocation cases. Sinha, who served as the director of the CBI from 2012 to 2014 was accused of meeting some of the accused in the coal scam that included senior politicians and businessmen. It is said that all the meetings took place place at Sinha’s official residence.
Sukma attack a ‘cold-blooded murder’, govt will review strategy to battle Naxalites Agency | New Delhi
Home Minister Rajnath Singh termed the Maoist ambush on the CRPF patrol in Sukma on Monday that led to the death of 25 jawans a ‘cold blooded murder.’ He told reporters in Raipur on Tuesday that it was an act of cowardice and that the sacrifice of the CRPF personnel will not go in vain. “Centre and the state government will work together and take action. This is an act of desperation,” Singh said while seated alongside chief minister Raman Singh. The minister confirmed that the Centre has decided to revise the Left-wing extremism (LWE) strategy if need be. Separately, a meeting of officials of various state governments has been called on May 8. “We will review
the strategy and if necessary we will revisit it. We are working to root out the problem of Left Wing extremism,” he said. Rajnath, Raman and MoS Hansraj Ahir paid tributes to the 25 CRPF jawans at a wreath-laying ceremony at the headquarters of the 4th battalion of Chhattisgarh Armed Force in Mana camp area. Rajnath also held a meeting with the chief minister and other senior officials of the state. He met the injured personnel at the Ramkrishna Care Hospital. The attack in Sukma was the deadliest on se-
curity forces since 2010 and follows a similar ambush in March in which 13 CRPF personnel were killed. The personnel, all from the 74th Battalion, came under the ambush when they came out of their camp to secure an under-construction road in south Sukma. In 2010, a Maoist attack in Sukma had claimed the lives of 76 CRPF men. Those killed at the spot on Monday in Sukma were Inspector Raghubir Singh, sub-inspector KK Das, three assistant sub-inspectors, five head constables and fourteen constables.
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Pro-Pakistan group hacks websites of top Indian universities Agency | New Delhi
The websites of six prominent universities of India, including the Aligarh Muslim University and Delhi University, were on Tuesday hacked by pro Pakistani groups. The hackers, who called themselves PHC, posted anti-India and anti-Army messages on the websites. “Do you know what your so called hero’s (soldiers) are doing in Kashmir ? Do you know they are killing many innocent people in Kashmirs ? Do you know they have raped many girls ? Do you know they still are raping girls in Kashmir ? How would you feel if your brother, sister, father and mother gets killed :( ? How would you feel if someone rapes your mother or sister; Won’t your life and your families be
destroyed ?,” reads the message on hacked AMU website. According to reports, the group of hackers have also hacked around ten government websites including that of CSIR-National AerospaceLaboratories. Officials at Delhi University said they were looking into the issue and the website will be restored soon. The AMU spokesperson said that the matter has been brought to their notice and their IT department is looking into the issue. The authorities at the two IITs
could not be reached for comment. The hacking happened days after an alleged Indian group hacked some thirty Pakistan government websites to ‘avenge’ the sentencing of former Indian Nay officer Kulbhushan Yadav. A message on a hacked Pakistani website read, “Charges against Kulbhushan Jadhav are fictitious, fake and farcical. There is no evidence of wrong doing by him. This is an act of “premeditated murder’. Earlier it was Sarabjeet, now it’s Jadhav.”
Nifty hits 9300 mark, Sensex up by 250 points amidst optimistic global cues and market consolidation Agency | New Delhi
Markets are gaining momentum ahead of the second round of French elections and betting big on the Centrist Emmanuel Macron. And these sentiments are fueled by performance of Reliance Industries and other bluechips, lifting the Nifty indices to 9300 mark and Sensex by 287 points. On Monday Reliance Industries reported a 12.3 per cent rise in its March quarter net profit, for its gain on petrochem-
ical margins. Its consolidated net profit in January-March quarter stands at Rs 8,046 crore, which is 12.3 per cent higher than Rs 7,167 crore net profit in the same period in 2016. Reliance Jio’s performance in terms of its numbers has also contributed to this uptick. Alongside this, the performance of companies such as M&M, Bharti Airtel, Hero MotoCorp, Asian Paints, Power Grid, ITC Ltd, HUL, ICICI Bank and HDFC Ltd has
bolstered the indices. Nifty50 rose to an all-time high of 9,299 earlier on Tuesday, surpassing the previous peak recorded on April 5. Meanwhile, the rupee is trading over two-week high against US dollar. It was pegged at 64.44 on Monday, the highest since April 13 when it recorded 64.2750 per dollar. Nifty Bank also followed the suit crossing the 22,000 mark led by gains in Punjab National Bank, Bank of Baroda, Federal Bank.
SP leader Gayatri Prajapati, Centre wants UID for all cows with accused of rape, granted bail details of horn, tail, breed, age Agency | New Delhi
and Ashish Shukla of special mark etc,” says Agency | New Delhi raping her at Prajapati’s the report. It points out Samajwadi Party leader The central government residence in Lucknow in that the Ministry of Agand former UP minister told the Supreme Court on 2014. In her complaint to riculture has devised a Gayatri Prasad Prajapati Monday that it wants an police, the woman said tamper-proof method for and his two accomplices Aadhaar-like unique idenTiwari had asked her to were on Tuesday grant- last month. In February, a tification system for cows headed by a Joint Sec- identification of cattle, come to Prajapati’s resipolice complaint had been ed bail by a Protection to track their movement retary in the MHA, was using polyurethane tags dence where the minister filed against the former of Children from Sexual and prevent inter-state and constituted after the apex with a unique identificasaid she could work in Offences (POCSO) court minister and six others inter-country smuggling. court prodded the govern- tion number sequence. sand mining. The woman in the case following the in connection with the Adducing a report by a ment to stop smuggling of “This may be made mancase of an alleged sexu- Supreme Court’s order. alleged that they mixed committee appointed by cattle, especially through datory for all cows and its al assault of a minor girl. The Uttar Pradesh Police some intoxicating sub- the Union Home Ministry, the porous borders with progeny throughout India Special judge of POCSO had also filed a non-bail- stance in her tea follow- Solicitor General Ranjit Nepal and Bangladesh. for all cattle that is owned. court Om Prakash Mish- able warrant against the ing which she fell uncon- Kumar told a bench led “Each animal (should) Already, mass tagging ra granted the bail to Pra- former minister and six scious and was gangraped by Chief Justice of India be tagged with a unique of cattle for insurance japati (49), Vikas Verma others for the same. Pra- by Prajapati and his asso- J S Khehar that the Centre identification number purpose is being done and Amrendra Singh alias japati’s passport too had ciates. According to the has approved the recom- with proper records of by Livestock DevelopMintu. The SP leader, who been impounded. A wom- woman, the accused used mendations in principle. identification details such ment Boards and Animal is also accused of alleged- an from Bundelkhand has pictures of the gangrape The bench posted the mat- as age, breed, sex, lacta- Husbandry Department ly raping the girl’s moth- accused Prajapati and his to blackmail her and al- ter for detailed hearing on tion, height, body, colour, of state governments,” it er, evaded his arrest for associates Ashok Tiwari, legedly sexually assaulted Tuesday. The committee, horn type, tail switch, says. nearly a month before he Pintu Singh, Vikas Ver- her for months. In 2012 The bench posted the matter for detailed hearing on Tuesday was arrested in Lucknow ma, Chandrapal, Rupesh assembly elections. Corp. Office: 36 - Shrinath Sarthak Ind Park, Nr. Torrent Power, Ring Road, Nikol, A’bad - 380049 Email: ssdaily2013@gmail.com www.sunvillasamachar.com/en
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CBSE moves towards a level scoring field The country’s biggest school board appears to be moving towards creating a level playing field and enhancing transparency. Backed by the ministry of human resource development, the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has decided to do away with the policy of ‘moderation’ of results: It won’t award students extra marks in exams for difficult questions, said to be the reason behind inflated scores in Class 12 board exams — which in turn lead to impossibly high cut-offs. This is a departure from the past when the CBSE and state boards used to dole out between 10% and 15% extra marks in ‘difficult’ subjects such as mathematics and physics in the name of moderation. However, these extra marks were subject to a ceiling of 95%. This implied that the scores of students getting 80% to 85% were enhanced, but someone getting 95% or above did not benefit from this. Not just was this unfair to those who were scoring 95% on their own, it also drove a few Delhi University colleges to set up an unrealistic 100% as the first cut-off during admissions to undergraduate programmes. Last year, responding to a question in the Lok Sabha, minister of state for HRD Upendra Kushwaha had justified the moderation policy in the Class 12 Board examinations saying that it helped bring parity owing to an element of subjectivity in evaluation processes across the country. “The CBSE adopts a moderation policy to bring parity due to element of subjectivity in evaluation, to level up mean achievements due to difference in difficulty level of different set of question papers and to maintain parity of pass percentage of candidates ...,” he had said, in a written reply. Clearly, the ministry’s views on the subject have evolved. The CBSE hopes other state boards will follow suit. More than two crore students in India appear in Class 10 and around 1.5 crore in Class 12 exams conducted by more than 40 education boards. Another move towards transparency is a mention on mark sheets of extra marks given to Class 12 students to help clear a paper. Known in student parlance as “grace marks”, these are given in cases where a student narrowly misses the passing-mark. The mark sheet as well as the Board website will now clearly mention the extent and mechanism used to award grace marks. Critics say that the mention of grace marks may lead to a feeling of stigma among students, but its supporters argue awarding grace marks is unfair to others who manage to clear tough exams on their own. In the past, a number of state boards were using these ‘spikes’ to ensure that their pass percentage didn’t dip dramatically compared to other state boards. Although the actual impact on cut-offs may be visible only during college admissions, it is a good sign that the Board is dropping an opaque old-school method of evaluation that granted students random ‘spikes’ in grades regardless of the individual efforts they had put in.
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“Centre and the state government will work together and take action. This is an act of desperation,” Home Minister Rajnath Singh termed the Maoist ambush on the CRPF patrol in Sukma on Monday that led to the death of 25 jawans a ‘cold blooded murder.’ He told reporters in Raipur on Tuesday that it was an act of cowardice and that the sacrifice of the CRPF personnel will not go in vain.
Baahubali 2 breaks another record, will release on record 9,000 screens across world Agency | Bengaluru
To put it in Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar’s words, the release of director SS Rajamouli’s Baahubali: The Conclusion is India’s biggest movie event. The Prabhas-starrer will have its world premiere at a grand event in Mumbai on Thursday, which will be attended by who’s who of Indian film industry. The filmmakers have promised that the event will set the benchmark for the future premieres in India. The worldwide release of Baahubali 2, meanwhile, will happen on Friday on a never-seen-before scale. The film will hit as many
as 9,000 screens worldwide. It will open in India on a record-breaking 6,500 screens, including in Karnataka, where the film faced the possibility of an unofficial ban from the pro-Kannada groups over ‘Kattappa’ Sathyaraj’s comments made nine years ago. About 2,000 pro-Kannada organisations threatened to stall the release of the film across the state if Sathyaraj refused to apologise for his anti-Kannada remarks during the Cauvery row that he made nine years ago. However, the crisis was averted after the actor tendered an apology.
Malaika Arora replaces Sonakshi Sinha on Nach Baliye 8
Agency | Mumbai In a shocking move, Sonakshi Sinha has been replaced by Malaika Arora on Nach Baliye 8. Yes, the Noor actress is no longer a judge on the show and Malaika will start shooting for her first episode soon. In fact, Nach Baliye was Malaika’s first show as a judge, so she is very excited to join it once again. However, the makers have a really good reason to replace
Sona! Sonakshi apparently has a few prior commitments over the next few weeks, which will keep her away from Nach Baliye 8. The actress was travelling for an International Tour, The DaBangg Tour along with Salman Khan since April 16. Now that it has ended, she will travel to South Africa and join Hrithik Roshan for another tour that she has committed to perform at already. This left the makers of Nach Baliye with no choice but to look for a replacement. Meanwhile, Sonakshi has also been in the news for being a part of Justin Beiber’s show in Mumbai.
Meri Pyaari Bindu song Afeemi: Katrina Kaif is inviting you to her new house, would you like to be her guest? Parineeti Chopra and Ayushmann Agency | New Delhi Kaif has got her Khurrana’s song is habit-inducing Katrina fans all excited with just Agency | New Delhi
Ayushmann Khurrana and Parineeti Chopra’s upcoming film Meri Pyaari Bindu is a musical treat with songs for everyone. From dancing numbers to soothing voices, this album has everything for which we are thankful to music directors Sachin-Jigar. Now, the makers of the film have released yet another number, Afeemi, which Ayushmann and Parineeti say is their favorite track from the album. The song is more of a visual treat where you see Bindu, the character played by Parineeti, and Abhi, the character played by Ayushmann, narrating their journey from being best friends to lovers. It also shows us glimpses of Bindu finally achieving her dream of being a singer as in one of the sequences, we see her auditioning at the recording studio and having her own album displayed at music stores. But what about Abhi? Does he too become a successful novelist? Well, that’s what the story is all about. The song overall has a feel good factor to it but for us, the intro teaser by the actors was more enticing in which Ayushmann and Parineeti showcased their singing skills in different videos.
one question — would you be my guest? The actor revealed on Facebook that she is house hunting and as soon as she finds a new place for herself, she wants her fans to visit. We wonder if she knows that she has like millions of followers just on social media. The actor posted a picture with a caption, “Will you come visit me if I share the address with you ..?” and within 24 hours of the post, over 7000 people have accepted the offer and are eager to know when Katrina would finally share the address. By the way, a few who know about her current residential address were kind of upset with the actor. One of the comment read, ” Is that even a question ? Seriously ???? I went to Mumbai just to
Katrina Kaif is buying a new house and wants her fans to join in her housewarming party see you …. I even went to t guldev sagar apartment to see you …. But t guards told me that u weren’t there ….. I waited for more than 4 hours … Went there even t next day but couldn’t see u.” Another fan wrote, ” Sure… why not… but it is obvious that media will eventually know ur address & all ur fans will try to get their thinking that they would get the opportunity to meet u in person. Bt I know that wont happen. So they will return with broken heart.
So I will not be on that list bt I believe that someday I will get the opportunity to meet u in person. Stay blessed & be happy.” But a majority of them were very happy and recalled their favorite films starring Katrina Kaif. On the work front, fans are waiting for the release of Katrina’s two much-awaited films, Jagga Jasoos and Tiger Zinda Hai. While in Jagga Jasoos, Katrina would be seen sharing the screen space with ex-flame Ranbir Kapoor.
Kangana Ranaut on Rangoon’s failure: People used my vulnerable phase to attack me
Kangana Ranaut for once felt Rangoon had all the ingredients to be a profitable business proposition
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Vishal Bhardwaj’s latest offering Rangoon failed to hit the right chords with the moviegoers and the critics despite having a strong line of actors including Saif Ali Khan, Kangana Ranaut and Shahid Kapoor. But the one who had to really bear the brunt of its box office failure was Kangana Ranaut. The actor, who is known for launching a film single-handedly, was slammed for not being able to attract the movie buffs to the theatres. And probably this is the one time in her life that Kangana has been affected by her failure and it “feeling like s**t”. Talking to Mid-Day, Kangana revealed that how her confidence hit a low after
Rangoon failed to do well at box office. “I, for one, thought the film had all the ingredients to be a profitable business proposition. It (film’s failure) was heartbreaking. Before this film, every time people asked me if failure throws me back, I knew the answer was no. Do I go into a low zone? Well, this time around I was affected. Maybe when you are bigger and grow more, both success and failure become more of your responsibility.” Not only was the Queen actor upset with the negative reviews her film was receiving but was also affected by people targeting its failure at her. “I felt Rangoon’s failure was targeted at me. Various people used that time of my life to direct their anger at me. I felt it was unnecessary that when I was dealing with a vulnerable phase in my career; they were hitting out at me. Rangoon was mounted on a humungous budget and publicised around my character. When something like that doesn’t fare well, you do feel like sh*t.” Probably, Kangana was hinting at the entire Karan Johar nepotism controversy and Shekhar Suman taking a dig at her indirectly through a series of tweets when Rangoon emerged as a box-office non-starter. Later, when the actor was asked whether she agrees with the audiences final verdict about Rangoon being a flop, she said, “The last few minutes didn’t come together.
3 / Dt. 26-04-2017, Wednesday Jaquar Group takes over Euro sanitary ware manufacturing plant for INR 100 Crores
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Jaquar Group, India’s leading complete bathroom solutions company, establishes its leadership position in the sanitary ware industry by taking over the manufacturing plant including facilities and assets of Kutch-based Euro Ceramics Ltd. in an INR 100 Crore deal. The Euro Ceramics plant in Bhachau, Kutch is spread over 17 acres and is one of Asia’s most modern sanitary ware manufacturing facilities. This strategic deal takes Jaquar Group’s manufacturing to over 248,000 Sq. m, spread
over 5 plants in India & 1 plant in South Korea. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Rajesh Mehra, Promoter and Director, Jaquar Group said, “Manufacturing has always formed the core of Jaquar Group’s operations, supporting the Government’s ‘Make in India’ vision. This backward integration with Euro Ceramics will give us a leadership position strengthening our proposition of a ‘complete bathroom solutions’ provider. This move is significant as it reiterates the Group’s vision of manufacturing world class products in India for the world. It will further help us achieve a turnover of INR 3500 Crores by FY 2017-18.”
School wall collapse: 3 dead, 4 injured in Gujarat
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Rohit Sharma did not shout at the umpire on wide ball delivery, says Harbhajan Singh Rohit Sharma remonstrated with umpire S Ravi after a debatable wide ball decision in Mumbai Indians’ loss to Rising Pune Supergiant by 3 runs Agency | New Delhi the bowler gets,” said Harbhajan in the postHarbhajan Singh defendmatch interaction. “The ed Rohit Sharma in the ball was too far outside, post match press conferto be honest, but I don’t ence on Monday night for really know whether it a controversial moment was wide or not. I feel if during Mumbai Indians’ both the legs of the batschase of 161 runs against men move across the Rising Pune Supergiant stumps, then the bowler at the Wankhede Stadishould get the [benefit of um. The controversial moment happened when ing down to the other side the] margin. But, if you Mumbai needed 11 runs and remonstrating – for see, only one leg of the from 4 balls with Ro- which he was docked 50 batsman went across, so hit and Harbhajan in the per cent of his match fee. I feel it should have been middle. On the third de- Harbhajan said that Ro- a wide. But, in the end, livery of the final over, hit only discussed what whatever is the umpire’s Jaydev Unadkat bowled the rule was and clarified decision we have to move a slower delivery outside the situation and there on with it,” he added. the off stump to Rohit was no anger expressed Harbhajan disagreed that who was shuffling and by the MI skipper. “He MI lost the momentum expecting the ball to be didn’t shout at the umpire because of this incident. outside the guideline for or ask why it wasn’t giv- “I don’t think momentum wide deliveries, the MI en a wide. He just wanted was lost, because Rohit captain let that one go. to know where he should was hitting the ball nicely, But the call for an extra stand for the wide to be but [it was] unfortunate run never came from um- called and he was told that he ended up hitting pire S Ravi which result- that the amount he moves the [next] ball straight up ed in the batsman walk- is the amount of margin in the air.
Vasu Paranjpe recalls young SachinTendulkar on his 44th birthday Agency | Mumbai
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Three persons including two children were killed and four others injured when a wall of a government primary school in Tapi district of Gujarat collapsed on Tuesday, the officials said. ”Two children and one woman staffer of a primary government school died when a wall of a classroom collapsed on them this morning,” the district officials said. The incident took place in Mirkot village of Ucchal taluka of Tapi district in South Gujarat, around 325 kms from Ahmedabad.Four other children injured in the incident have been admitted to the local hospital, they said adding further details are awaited. “An inquiry has been ordered into the incident and action will be taken on those found guilty,” a statement quoting Rupani said. Soon after the incident, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani ordered an inquiry into the incident and also announced financial aid for the kin of the deceased.
NTT Com Acquires International Telecom License in India
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NTT Communications (NTT Com), the ICT solutions and international communications business within the NTT Group, today announced that it acquired a Virtual Network Operator – International Long Distance (VNO-ILD) license in India through its affiliate, NTT Communications India Network Services (NTTCINS), on March 1 this year. The license acquisition will allow NTT Com to add Arcstar Universal One International Network Services to its portfolio of existing services in India. Currently, NTT Com provides National Long Distance
“NLD” network services through NTTCINS and Colocation, Managed Hosting, Cloud and ICT Management Services through Netmagic, an affiliate. Beginning this July, NTT Com will leverage its full stack of high-quality ICT solutions to help enterprise customers build their ICT environments for business expansion in India. “With the enhanced network capabilities coupled with Managed Hosting and Cloud services, we are always committed to enable our customers to reap the maximum value from their technology investments. This suite of offerings provides a robust value proposition as an ICT provider to meet our customers’ IT infrastructure and connectivity requirements,” said Sharad Sanghi, Managing Director.
Paying glowing tribute to Sachin Tendulkar, former cricketer Vasu Paranjpe recalled the gutsy manner in which the legendary batsman reached his century on Ranji Trophy debut at the tender age of 15. Paranjpe, who saw Tendulkar score his maiden hundred against Gujarat in 1988, narrated how he believed in himself instead of instructions from outside. Tendulkar made his Ranji Trophy debut on December 11, 1988 for the then Bombay team (now Mumbai). Walking down the memory lane, Paranjpe said, “I still remember his hundred against Gujarat on his Ranji debut. In the morning (before the match) I was talking to him and said it should be your good day.” “He
With an astute vision to lead the toy industry in India, Mattel Toys, the world’s largest toy-maker, has charted a more robust and aggressive retail strategy. In a move to strengthen its retail presence and deepen market penetration, effectively targeting millennial parents, Mattel has formed strategic alliances with India’s leading e-commerce platforms – Amazon and Flipkart, to exclusive storesfor its iconic brands Barbie, Hot Wheels and Fisher Price. Mattel’s focus in India for the financial year is to expand and reinforce its retail presence including cre-
SPORTS ROUNDUP Champions Trophy 2017: Mark Wood and David Willey return to England squad Agency | New Delhi
The ECB have announced a 15-man squad for the ODI series against South Africa and the subsequent Champions Trophy which starts from June. Seamer Mark Wood returns to the fold along with David Willey who missed the West Indies series in March with a shoulder injury. Wood has the additional pace which might cause trouble for the batsmen in English conditions. Meanwhile, the trio of Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes and Chris Woakes will return to England on 15 May after ending their IPL commitments. “We have made encouraging progress
over the past 18 months in white ball cricket and the squads selected reflects consistency and gives options across all disciplines. It is pleasing that Mark Wood and David Willey have returned to full fitness. They add variety and quality to our bowling strengths and David’s ability as an attacking batsman is also an important element for
us, said National selector, James Whitaker and added, “As we build-up to the ICC Champions Trophy in June, matches against Ireland and South Africa are very important in their own right as we aim to win both series.” England squad: Eoin Morgan, Moeen Ali , Jonny Bairstow , Jake Ball , Sam Billings , Jos Buttler, Alex Ha
ety where people like Ilie Nastase can make such racist comments towards myself and (my) unborn child.” She further came out in support of her peers after Nastase had verbally abused British player Jo Konta by calling her a “f***ing bitch”, insulting Britain’s Fed Cup captain Anne Keothavong and the chair umpire. He was later taken away from the premises and handed temporary suspension. Later, ITF extended his suspension and barred him from all ITF matches until the final decision.
“I humbly thank the ITF for any consideration given to all the facts in this case. They will have my full support. I have said it once and I’ll say it again, this world has come so far but yet we have so much further to go. Yes, we have broken down so many barriers- however there are a plethora more to go. This or anything else will not stop me from pouring love, light and positivity into everything that I do. I will continue to take a lead and stand up for what’s right.”
himself donning a Lions jersey on Twitter, and said that he was “looking forward to be part of this wonderful unit.” Despite being part of five IPL franchises in previous seasons, Irfan went unsold in February’s IPL auction at the Ritz-Carlton hotel
in Bengaluru, said. He has bagged a total of 80 wickets from 102 IPL games he played so far besides also notching up 1137 runs at a strike-rate of 120.57. He, however, displayed a poor run with Rising Pune Supergiant last season, managing only 11 runs in three innings and going wicket less in the eight overs he bowled. Lions are currently placed seventh in the IPL table, having just two wins from seven games they have played so far.
Serena Williams hits back at ‘racist’ Ilie Nastase Agency | Mumbai
played a square-cut off a left-arm spinner to reach the hundred. We had advised him not to play against the line and that shot was against the line and he hit it for a four,” Paranjpe said at an event organised by the Legends Club on the occasion of Tendulkar’s 44th birthday last night. Paranjpe, who had seen Tendulkar in his formative days, said the main difference between him and other youngsters was that he batted in seven to eight nets everyday for
extra practice. “Sachin has played 10,000 more balls than any other boy here. And that was a fact that he used to bat at 7-8 nets at the same time. After one net, he went to other net,” said the 79-year-old former cricketer, who played Ranji Trophy for Bombay and Baroda. Former India players Madhav Apte, Nari Contractor and Rahul Mankad, son of legendary all-rounder Vinoo Mankad, were also present on the occasion.
ating multiple solutions with e-commerce partners; where the industry projects over 50% growth. The expansion on ecommerce is in line with Mattel’s strategy to enhance accessibility of Mattel’s products and provide greater value for money to consumers. With this move combined with ring-fencing traditional trade, Mattel expects to expand their market reach by over 20% within Metro, Tier I and Tier II towns. According to the Euromonitor data, Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru are top markets for Mattel, followed by Hyderabad, Chennai and Kolkata. The focus on strengthening e-commerce will
ensure expansion to other urban clusters across the country as well. Said Ishmeet Singh, Country Manager- India, Mattel Inc. “The Indian market is ever evolving and the increasing spending power coupled with the convenience of e-commerce has fueled our decision to create exclusive stores on leading platforms. We believe that each toy comes with an intrinsic value that adds to the overall development of a child. Our goal is to provide the best nurturing experience for kids everywhere and these exclusive stores will offer the best products for customers across the country.”
Mattel Toys eyes double digit growthin India, strengthens e-commerce presence to increase market penetration Agency | Mumbai
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Serena Williams has hit back at former World No 1 Ilie Nastase who had speculated over the colour of the skin of the baby the current women’s World No 1 is expecting. Serena is currently 20 weeks pregnant with her first child with Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian who is white. During a Fed Cup press conference, Nastase had reportedly joked about the colour of the skin of the baby and had been widely condemned for his racist remarks. In reply, on Monday, Serena used social imaging service Instagram to hit back at the Romanian who has also been suspended by ITF for outburst during the Fed Cup tie against Great Britain. Williams wrote, “It disappoints me to know we live in a soci-
IPL 2017: Irfan Pathan replaces injured Bravo in Gujarat Lions squad Correspondent | Rajkot
Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan has been roped in by Gujarat Lions as a replacement for injured Dwayne Bravo for the remainder of the ongoing tenth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Bravo sustained a hamstring injury in December during the Big Bash League after which he went under surgery and has not played a single game in this edition of the IPL. Confirming the news of his signing, Irfan posted a picture of
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Jaquar Group acquires sanitary-ware Circular to parents over fee regulation Act: Will discontinue plant in Kutch in Rs 100 crore deal teaching if the court does not intervene, says CBSE school Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
In a deal worth Rs 100 crore, bathroom solutions company, Jaquar Group, has acquired a manufacturing plant belonging to Kutch-based Euro Ceramics Ltd, official sources said Tuesday. The sanitary-ware plant located in Bhachau in Gujarat is spread over 17 acres and has been a original equipment manufacturer for Jaquar for the last five years. “The entire labour force of 400 workers of this plant has been seamlessly absorbed
in our company,” said Rajesh Mehra, promoter and director of Jaquar Group while talking to mediapersons here Tuesday. Mehra stressed that Jaquar has not taken over the Kutch-based company or their brand. With this strategic deal, the number of manufacturing units of the company increases to five in India, and one in South Korea. “In the next
one year, we will be investing about Rs 90 crore into this Bhachau plant as part of modernisation and upgradation process. This will also take the plant’s capacity from 1.2 million sanitary ware pieces to 1.8 million pieces in 2017-18. We will be also be providing additional employment,” the official said. “This plant will be manufacturing a new range of designer sanitary-ware products in partnership with globally renowned design firms like DanelonMeroni and Foley Design,” Mehra added.
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The principal of a prominent Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in Ahmedabad has issued a circular to parents of its students stating that the school would “discontinue teaching” if the courts did not intervene in the “ap-
The Jamat-e-Islami Hind, a socio-cultural organisation, on Monday asked political parties not to politicise the practice of triple talaq among the Muslims. “Talaq is a social issue and it should not be made into a political issue to suit their (political parties’) agenda,” Hasan Raza, member of the central advisory committee of the JIH, told reporters at Ahmedabad. Raza said people, including the Muslims, had lit-
tle understanding of the nuances and intricacies of triple talaq. For this, the JIH has launched an awareness campaign accross the country from April 23 to May 7, 2017, he said. He appealed to political parties not to spread confusion and misunderstanding in the society over the issue of triple talaq. “It is social issue rather than a political issue for pursuing vote bank politics. Please do not create confusion in society by politicising
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it but educate people, including Hindus about triple talaq”, he said. In Gujarat, the JIH plans to reach out to 10 lakh people as part of the awareness campaign through nukkad meetings, public talks and distribution of literature about the Muslim personal law, said JIH Gujarat head Shakil Rajput.
Naroda Patiya riots case: SIT opposes Kodnani’s plea to summon Amit Shah Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
THE SUPREME Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Monday opposed former state minister Maya Kodnani’s petition in the Gujarat High Court to summon BJP president Amit Shah and seven others in her defence in the 2002 Naroda Patiya massacre case. Sentenced to life imprisonment and currently out on bail in this case, Kodnani moved the petition last week before the division bench which is hearing
a set of appeal petitions, including hers. Kodnani, who has challenged her conviction and life sentence in the Naroda Patiya riots, made the plea to summon Shah and seven others as additional witnesses in a bid to prove her alibi of being elsewhere when the massacre took place. Five of these names were mentioned in the chargesheet; the remaining three, including Shah, are new witnesses. Ninety-seven people were killed in Naroda Patiya area of Ahmedabad on Febru-
ary 28, 2002. Opposing Kodnani’s move, the SIT said that the petition is “a result of an afterthought, and has been filed after a gap of four years to delay the proceedings”. It argued that the appeal petitions in the case were filed in 2012, and the division bench started the hearing in December 2016. Kodnani has moved her petition under Section 391 of the CrPC, which empowers an appellate court, “if it thinks additional evidence to be necessary, shall record its reasons.
the act to our institution, (if at all), then we have decided to discontinue teaching in our institution, rather than compromise on our ethics and beliefs and in the quality of education delivered. The decision is painful to make, but is in line with the principles we hold
belt of the state. Accounting for 15 per cent of state’s total population and spread over 14 districts in the eastern belt of the state, tribals are set to play a key role in the poll outcome. As many as 27 seats are exclusively reserved for tribal candidates but only 12 of them are currently held by the Congress. Speaking with The Indian Express, state party spokesperson Manish Doshi said the party leaders in Bharuch, Tapi, Narmada, Chhotaudepur, Vadodara, Dangs and other districts of Central and South Gujarat have been tasked to mobilise the tribals to attend the rally.
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ourselves up to and have continued to hold ourselves up to over the last five decades of the existence of the institution.” A copy of the circular dated April 21, 2017, is with The Indian Express. When contacted, a top functionary of the school requesting anonymity
confirmed the circular having been issued to the parents on Monday. It also claimed that the cap on the fees according to the Act “make continued functioning of the school at present standards of quality, impossible.” The school has around 1,500 children.
dressed a media gathering at Vadodara’s Circuit house on Monday, lashed out at the Gujarat government for not doing anything for the rights of the Bhils. “A majority of the tribal population in Gujarat is of the Bhil community. This community has been given no opportunity to grow,” Yadav said, accompanied by tribal leader Chhotu Vasava, who alleged that the state had not released the tribal
budget for the welfare of the Bhil community. Yadav said, “In 2014, they (Narendra Modi led NDA alliance) announced that 2 crore people per year would be employed if they are brought to power. In the last three years, only 1.5 lakh people have received employment. No skill development has taken place in Gujarat despite many promises.” Speaking about the alliance of the JD(U) and the NCP, Yadav said the issue of employment in Gujarat will be among the major issues in the Assembly polls.
Rahul Gandhi to address ‘State government turning a blind eye tribal rally at Dediapada to needs of tribal community’
Don’t politicise triple talaq issue: Jamat-e-Islami Hind to parties
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plicability” of the Gujarat Self-Financed (Regulation of fees) Act, 2017. Hemant Shah, principal of Prakash Higher Secondary School in Vastrapur, in the circular stated, “In case the Hon’ble courts do not deem it appropriate to interfere in the applicability of
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi will be addressing a public meeting at Dediapada in the tribal belt of south and central Gujarat, on May 1, the Foundation Day of the state. The Congress that has been organsing a number of public programmes in the tribal
SENIOR JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav, who arrived in Vadodara to interact with tribals as part of the party’s ongoing social justice programmes led by Chhotu Vasava in the state, has expressed confidence that the forthcoming Assembly polls in Gujarat will not be a cakewalk for the BJP. Yadav said that the JD(U), which has allied with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in the state ahead of the polls, will contest elections to fight for the rights of the Bhil community in Gujarat as well as seek employment for the youth. Yadav, who ad-
No encounter in state was fake… terrorists were killed: D G Vanzara
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FORMER IPS officer D G Vanzara, a key accused in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case, on Monday held a road show in the city from Jagannath Temple at Jamalpur to Tagore Hall at Paldi on the 10th year of his arrest on the charges of extra-judicial killing. Incidentally, earlier in the day, a special CBI court modified his bail condition in the 2006 Ishrat Jahan encounter case, exempting him from marking his
presence at the CBI office in Gandhinagar every day. Vanzara was arrested in the Ishrat encounter case when he was already in jail in connection with the Sohrabuddin encounter case. Addressing a gathering at Tagore Hall, Vanzara, former head of the Gujarat Anti-terrorist Squad (ATS), said: “No encounter in Gujarat was fake and in each encounter terrorists, who had come to kill politicians and destroy the state’s peace and prosperity, were killed.” The gathering included seers, VHP members and heads of several Hindu outfits. Vanzara reiterated his stand, which he has
been claiming soon after he was released from jail in February 2015, that “had these terrorists been not killed by the Gujarat police in encounters, the country could not have had a strong prime minister in Narendra Modi.” Without naming anyone, Vanzara said that when he was in jail “ek mahatva ke vyakti ne rubaru milna toh door phone pe baat karne se bhi mana kar diya (a person of importance had even refused to talk over phone).” Vanzara during his one-and-a-half-hour speech in Hindi claimed that soon after his arrest, many other police officers were arrested.
Gujarat man celebrates divorce by distributing boxes of kaju barfi Agency | New Delhi
More often than not, people struggle as they finalise their divorce, and it’s something that’s very private and still looked down upon as a failure. In fact, many prefer not talking about their divorce at all. But it seems ”times they are a changin”’ . According to a Hindustan Times report, after getting a divorce, this man from Rajkot, Gujarat, decided to ‘celebrate’ by distributing sweets. Rinkesh Rachchh knew better than wallowing in ‘divorce-induced sorrow’ and is now reportedly being congratulated by his friends, family members and even strangers after he celebrated divorce’s ‘sweet fruit’. Apparently
a businessman of 26 years of age, Rachchh had ordered at least 50kg of kaju barfi in special boxes that had “Chutacheda Harakh Na” (to celebrate divorce) written on them, along with the names of his well-wishers — his parents, a younger brother and other family members. “Divorce is nothing less than a sweet reward after torture of one year of married life and a legal struggle of two more years. It definitely calls for celebration,” Rachchh told HT. decided to end his marriage after his ex wife demanded they live separately from his family. The boxes also have a note attached on them that claims the laws that protect women are often exploited.
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