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News Brief Gold spurts Rs 350 on retail buying Agency | New Delhi
Recovering from over four-year lows, gold prices jumped Rs 350 to close at Rs 25,400 per 10 grams at the bullion market here today largely on buying by jewellers despite weak trends in global markets. Silver also recovered from nearly fiveyear lows by gaining Rs 100 to Rs 34,050 per kg on increased offtake by industrial units and coin makers. Bullion traders attributed rebound in gold prices to emergence of buying by jewellers as well as retailers at prevailing lower levels. Babul Supriyo questions utility of Mamata’s London visit Agency | Kolkata
Union Minister Babul Supriyo today questioned the utility of West Bengal chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s five-day visit to London starting tomorrow. “What is the utility of Mamata Banerjee London visit? How will West Bengal benefit from her London visit ?” Supriyo asked while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an Indian Chamber of Commerce event here. Banerjee, accompanied by delegation of bureacrats, MPs and businessmen, would seek increased business ties between UK and West Bengal and also investments into the state.
Delhi HC to pass order on Red FM case tomorrow Agency | New Delhi
Delhi High Court will hold a special sitting tomorrow to decide whether Red FM, associated with Kalanithi Maran-promoted Sun TV, can participate in the stage three of FM eauction on Monday after considering whether issue of national security is applicable in this case. The court made it clear that it does not intend to “whittle down” the generality of national security. “We do not want to whittle down generality of national security.
“Ample rains in Gujarat”
Good monsoon show on horizon
Progressive monsoon boosts sowing in Guj Agriculture Department of Gujarat data showed that total area under kharif sowing has registered 5.07 mn hectares in 2015 as against 3.29 mn hectares during last year
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Favourable weather and good availability of water for irrigation has boosted sowing in Gujarat in current kharif season. According to Gujarat government data, total sowing has increased about 52 per cent as on July 20 this year as compared
to corresponding period in last year (2014). The Agriculture Department of Gujarat data showed that total area under kharif sowing has registered 5.07 million hectares in 2015 as against 3.29 million hectares during last year. Highest progress has been seen in oilseed,
pulses and cotton. The state has received heavy rain in June which has increased groundwater. Moreover, it has filled up many dams mainly in Saurashtra region which has led to sufficient water availability for this year. However, another round of dry spell may
worry farmers and government. Groundnut and cotton are main crops for kharif in Gujarat and sowing progress of both the crops have been very well so far. Groundnut has been sown on 1.24 million hectares higher by 35 per cent from 924,100 hectares in same
Narendra Modi in poll bound Bihar: Promises package bigger than Rs 50,000 cr Agency | Patna
On his maiden visit to Bihar after assuming power, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said politics had hampered the development of the state and promised to give more than Rs 50,000 crore special package to the pollbound state at the right time. Modi, who was in the state to kick-start his party’s poll campaign for Bihar where assembly elections are due later this, inaugurated several projects at a function attended by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and several Union Ministers. Referring to Chief Minister’s statement that the 38 km railway line from Daniyawan-Biharsharif could have been completed had polls in 2004 not taken place six months ahead
of the tenure of the NDA government ended, he said, “I agree with Nitishji that politics had hindered development creating great loss.” Taking a jibe at former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, Modi said, “After the change in the government, the railway ministers that came from here halted the work and after we came to power we have again started the work. Let those who wants to do politics do it.
But the people of Bihar have been hit because of it.” Recalling his promise of giving a special package of Rs 50,000 crore to Bihar during the campaign for Parliamentary election, he said he would fulfil the promise at the right time. “Meine jo Bihar ke janata se vada kiya tha usse age bad ke nibhayun ga sahi samay par (I’ll deliver more than I had promised to people of Bihar at the right time),” he said.
Never sought travel documents for Lalit Modi, says Sushma Swaraj Agency | New Delhi
External Affairs Sushma Swaraj on Saturday defended herself against allegations of helping former IPL chief Lalit Modi saying she never requested or recommended travel documents for him. In a series of tweets, Swaraj, who is facing ire of the Opposition led by Congress which is demanding her resignation for helping Modi get travel documents, said it was “absolutely false” that she spoke to Keith Vaz, the British Labour MP, to allow British government to let the former IPL Commissioner travel. “I am saying this time and again that I never re-
quested or recommended travel documents for Lalit Modi,” she said. In another tweet, the minister said, “As a Minister I am accountable to Parliament. That is the only forum to inform the nation.” On her earlier tweets when the controversy broke out where she had maintained that her gesture was based on humanitarian ground,
Swaraj said, “I left this to the UK Government to decide under their own laws and regulations. And that is what they did.” “Yes I tweeted this on day one. Yet they spread falsehood …. I help people every day. That too on a single tweet…. The lady is suffering from cancer for the last 17 years. This was the 10th recurrence of cancer,” she tweeted.
“Looking at our dreams for a prosperous Bihar, we will give a bigger package than Rs 50,000 crore. This is my promise. The country will progress if the eastern part of the nation progress. The development of Bihar is our prime agenda, development of eastern India is our mission,” he said. Emphasising on “cooperative federalism, the Prime Minister said development of the states was necessary for the progress of the country.
period and almost equivalent to last year’s total. Sesame seed sowing has done on 65,000 hectares, almost double from 34,500 hectares from last year’s corresponding period. Total oilseeds have covered 1.38 million hectares area as against 977,800 hectares in 2014. Cotton sowing has increased about 32 per cent to 2.34 million hectares so far as against 1.77 million hectares in last year. “Beginning of the kharif sowing was not good in June but then heavy rain has revive the entire scenario as water availability for farming have been increased. Moreover, rain across the state in past three days also help the crops to survive”, said a state agriculture department official. Sowing has been increased over three times in paddy and tur. Area of paddy has registered 188,900 hectares against 60,600
hectares and tur sowing has increased to 136,700 hectares from 42,900 hectares. Total sowing of pulses have grown to 203,800 hectares in this year, higher by 175 per cent from last year’s 76,100 hectares. Simi-
larly sowing of cereals have been increased nearly three times to 573,700 hectares as against “We are hopeful to get three years’ average mark sowing that is around 8.5 million hectares,” state government sources added.
Arvind Kejriwal’s mann ki baat: AAP cares for Delhi, ‘Modi sir’ doesn’t
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There is a method to Arvind Kejriwal’s madness. For the past few weeks, Kejriwal has been bombarding TV, radio, newspapers and hoardings with his mann ki baat. He has been talking to voters and talking at rivals, making every bit of his Rs 500-crore propaganda-chest count. Like Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Kejriwal has turned into a leader-cum-preacher; a proponent of public morality, self-anointed instigator of individual courage and, of course, his government’s mouth piece. “I request you to take out an hour every week from your busy schedule for Delhi Police or give Delhi Police to us. Delhi Police should be held accountable,” leader Kejriwal appealed’ to the PM on Monday. A day later, preacher Kejriwal encouraged Delhi to give up its cowardice and stand up to criminals and thugs: “It is sad that no-
body came to her rescue when a girl was attacked by goons in Anand Parbat. Next time, imagine your own sister or relative in her place. You will automatically find
the strength and courage to stand up to criminals.” Within a week Kejriwal covered the entire range of audience. From exhorting the PM to follow raj dharma towards
Delhi to asking the aam aadmi to oppose adharma on the streets of Delhi, Kejriwal gave almost everybody a piece of his mind. “If Modi thought that he would be the last one to modulate his voice for political impact, he has been sadly mistaken. Clearly, the Delhi chief minister is leaving no stone unturned to make maximum impact. After having gained by use of theatrics in politics, Modi now gets a bitter taste of his own medicine,” Mukhopadhyay writes in Dailyo.in, arguing how the PM is helping the Delhi CM. There are many similarities between Kejriwal and the PM. (Mukhopadhyay can’t decide if one is Chhota Modi or the other Bara Kejriwal). Like Modi, the Delhi CM is killing three birds with one ad: he is addressing his fan base directly, keeping media from turning too hostile with generous ad-spend and hedging against future failure.
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Aam Aadmi Party cares for Delhi but ‘Modi sir’ doesn’t
There is a method to Arvind Kejriwal’s madness. For the past few weeks, Kejriwal has been bombarding TV, radio, newspapers and hoardings with his mann ki baat. He has been talking to voters and talking at rivals, making every bit of his Rs 500-crore propaganda-chest count. Like Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Kejriwal has turned into a leader-cum-preacher; a proponent of public morality, self-anointed instigator of individual courage and, of course, his government’s mouth piece. “I request you to take out an hour every week from your busy schedule for Delhi Police or give Delhi Police to us. Delhi Police should be held accountable,” leader Kejriwal appealed’ to the PM on Monday. A day later, preacher Kejriwal encouraged Delhi to give up its cowardice and stand up to criminals and thugs: “It is sad that nobody came to her rescue when a girl was attacked by goons in Anand Parbat. Next time, imagine your own sister or relative in her place. You will automatically find the strength and courage to stand up to criminals.” Within a week Kejriwal covered the entire range of audience. From exhorting the PM to follow raj dharma towards Delhi to asking the aam aadmi to oppose adharma on the streets of Delhi, Kejriwal gave almost everybody a piece of his mind. “If Modi thought that he would be the last one to modulate his voice for political impact, he has been sadly mistaken. Clearly, the Delhi chief minister is leaving no stone unturned to make maximum impact. After having gained by use of theatrics in politics, Modi now gets a bitter taste of his own medicine,” Mukhopadhyay writes in Dailyo.in, arguing how the PM is helping the Delhi CM. There are many similarities between Kejriwal and the PM. (Mukhopadhyay can’t decide if one is Chhota Modi or the other Bara Kejriwal). Like Modi, the Delhi CM is killing three birds with one ad: he is addressing his fan base directly, keeping media from turning too hostile with generous ad-spend and hedging against future failure. In the first ad, Kejriwal asks the PM to personally look at the functioning of the cops. “Delhi Police par kisi ka control nahi bacha hai. (Nobody has control over Delhi),” he laments, asking Modi to look at the cops personally. In the second, even when he is invoking the inherent bravado of Delhi’s aam aadmi, his covert message is that the police isn’t capable of protecting, so people will have to stand up for themselves and others. Clever ploy. Kejriwal knows that law and order, safety of women is an important issue in Delhi. He realises that the Delhi government is handicapped in taking effective measures for sorting out the problem since the police chief doesn’t report to him. he knows Delhi can erupt any day.
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ji is not at all serious about women safety. He is just interested in fighting QUOTE “Kejriwal and not interested in working. If he follows the procedure then work will be done, OF THE Arvind Kejriwal ji is running the government it is nothing but ‘kitty party’,” - Former Delhi Commission of Women (DCW) chief Barkha Shukla Singh on Saturday claimed that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is not at all serious. DAY
Puli new song: Vijay and Shruti Rohit Khandelwal is Provogue Haasan croon #YaendiYaendi Personal Care Mr. India 2015 Agency | New Delhi
If the first teaser of Puli wasn’t enough to keep Vijay’s fans hooked on, the makers are out with the teaser of the first single from the much-awaited album. Starring Ilayathalapathi Vijay and Shruti Haasan, the teaser of the romantic number is out ahead of its audio launch, which is scheduled on August 2. The film is directed by Chimbhu Devan, who is best known for his film Imsai Arasan 23rd Pulikecei. Devi Sri Prasad, popularly known as DSP, has composed the album of Puli, and the lyrics are penned down by Vairamuthu. The two-minute
video begins with the composer briefing about the song. The romantic number that follows is a melody with slow guitar playing in the background. The teaser song, featuring stills of Vijay from the film, will soothe Vijay fans who are eagerly awaiting the film’s release. Puli, starring Hansika Motwani
and Sudeep, isVijay’s first fantasy film. The action-adventure saga also stars the evergreen Sridevi who is making a comeback in Tamil cinema after a decade-long break. Puli, which is slated to release this year, is an action-adventure inspired by Russell Crowe’s Gladiator. Here is the song from Puli.
Srimanthudu: Mahesh Babu goes intense in the new poster
Agency | New Delhi Hyderabad-based model Rohit Khandewal bagged the Provogue Personal Care Mr. India 2015 award and will be now represent India at the prestigious Mr. World pageant, a statement said. The winners were announced after multi-city auditions that received an overwhelming response from over 10,000 participants across the coun-
try. This year the pageant comprised of four city auditions across four zones in the country, which culminated into a final round of auditions. The contestants were supported by experts from the different verticals of the glamour industry to train and guide them to excel in the contest. The panelists included experts like show director Prasad Bidapa, fashion director Nivedita Saboo, cricketer Zaheer
Khan (pro sport fitness), Bollywood casting director Nalini Rathnam among others. The grand finale was attended by key personalities from the fashion, TV and Bollywood industry including Tusshar Kapoor, Madhur Bhandarkar, Ken Ghosh, Vatsal Sheth, Rocky S, Nishka Lulla, Candice Pinto, Shilpa Agnihotri, Evelyn Sharma, Pernia Qureshi and Prachi Desai among others.
tor aims to make viewers aware of the impending water crisis in rural areas where 70 percent of India’s population resides. I Am Kalam director Nila Madhab Panda is back with another issue-based film Kaun Kitne Paani Mein. This time, the focus is on the scarcity of water in the interiors of Rajasthan. The film features Kunal
Kapoor, Radhika Apte, Saurabh Shukla and Gulshan Grover in important roles. Saurabh Shukla plays a king in the film who is finding it increasingly difficult to keep up with his old traditions in absence of money. He wants to strike a deal with some foreign investors but that’s possible only when the place has abundant water supply.
Watch Kunal Kapoor, Radhika Apte in ‘Kaun Kitne Paani Mein’ trailer
Agency | Mumbai Amidst the woods, starring unflinchingly, stands Tollywood’s Prince, Mahesh Babu in the new poster of Srimathudu. After the first look in which he was seen paddling a bicycle, this poster has caught the fancy of his fans. The poster has gone viral on the social media. Srimanthudu, which is said to be the
most-anticipated Telugu film after SS Rajamouli’s Baahubali, also stars Shruti Haasan, Jagapathi Babu and Sukanya in pivotal roles. The new poster has come two days after the makers released the power-packed trailer of the film. In an exclusive interview to IndiaToday, Mahesh Babu said that it is a film that everyone, from kids to elders, will like. The
film will hit the screens on August 7. A dubbed version of the film is also releasing in Tamil Nadu on the same day. Mahesh Babu films have been dubbed in Tamil before, but for the first time, it is getting released in both the languages simultaneously. After this film, Mahesh Babu will be seen in Brahmotsavam to be directed by Srikanth Addala.
Azhar teaser: Watch Emraan Hashmi wield the bat, Azharuddin style Agency | New Delhi
Agency | New Delhi The world recognizes Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as the world’s most beautiful woman and a great actor, but she has time and again proven that she is a perfect wife and a responsible mother too. In spite of being down with viral fever, she had been dedicated towards her work
and shot day and night for her upcoming film ‘Jazbaa’ for it to be on schedule for the release. But a little birdie tells us that it was not only Aishwarya who was unwell but also the star of her life, her daughter Aaradhya and so she worked double shifts to ensure that her baby and work both got her full attention.
After the first look of Azhar, the biopic on former Indian cricketer Mohammad Azharuddin was revealed on May 20, the film team has now released the teaser of the same on the IPL Extra Innings. The film stars Emraan Hashmi as Azharuddin, and it will hit the theatres on May 13, 2016. The biopic touches upon the former Indian skipper’s life and career, and will supposedly portray the ups and downs of his life. Prachi Desai is essaying the role of the cricketer’s first wife in
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the film, Nargis Fakhri was supossed to play Sangeeta Bijlani, Azhar’s second wife, or so the grapevine had suggested. However, at the first look launch of the film in Mumbai on May 21, Ekta Kapoor cleared the air about the same. She said
The trailer of Nila Madhab Panda’s satirical ‘Kaun that Nargis may not be a comedy-drama part of the film. Azhar is Kitney Paani Mein’, starbeing helmed by Antho- ring Kunal Kapoor and ny D’Souza, whose last Radhika Apte, was unfilm was the Akshay Ku- veiled on Wednesday. Set mar-starrer Boss. Dressed against the backdrop of up a la our men in blue, Rajasthan, ‘Kaun Kitney Hashmi appears quite Paani Mein’ focuses on convincing as Azharud- the issue of water scardin in the teaser. city. ‘I Am Kalam’ direc-
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Amit Mishra Deserved India Test Recall, Says Narendra Hirwani
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Agency | New Delhi Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) on Saturday reported 94.56 per cent decline in net profit at Rs 14.76n crore for the quarter ended June 30, 2015, compared to the same period last year, on sharp increase in provisioning for bad loans. The bank reported a net profit of Rs 271.72 crore in the corresponding period of the previous fiscal. IOB’s total income grew to Rs 6,672.11 crore in the quarter under review, up 6.16 per cent from Rs
6,284.69 crore during the same period of 201415 fiscal. Provisions and contingencies in the June quarter stood at Rs 663.57 crore as against Rs 299.27 in the same quarter of the previous fiscal. Gross NPA of the bank as on June 30, 2015 stood at 9.40 per cent, as against 5.84 per cent during the same period last fiscal. Net NPA stood at 6.31 per cent in the reported quarter as against 3.85 per cent registered during the same period of the previous fiscal.
Hyundai hikes prices by upto Rs. 30,000 effective August
Agency | New Delhi Leg-spinner Amit Mishra’s inclusion in the 15-member Test squad for three-match series in Sri Lanka next month has drawn mixed reactions from the cricket fraternity. Mishra returned to the Test fold after four years. While former India pacer Ajit Agarkar slammed Mishra’s inclusion in the team, former India leg-spinner Nar-
endra Hirwani, who has mentored Mishra over the last few years, hailed the 32-year-old’s Test recall. “It is a very good decision to recall Amit. He deserves this call-up. I am very happy for him,” Hirwani told mid-day. Mishra last played a Test match against England at the Oval in 2011. He was wicketless in the match as he gave away 170 runs in his 38 overs. Hirwani’s
advice to Mishra is more about ‘attitude rather than technical’. “I kept telling him, getting picked for India is not in your hands. What is in your hand is a ball and you should be improving all the time. You must think about excellence and remember pressure is something you bring on to yourself so cut out all those negative thoughts,” Hirwani added.
IPL spot fixing: Court order on charges against players due today
Agency | New Delhi India’s second largest carmaker Hyundai motor India Ltd on Saturday announced a price increase across all its models barring its recent launch Creta, upto a maximum Rs. 30,000 due to rising cost of raw materials. The increased prices would be effective from August 1. The company has not divulged the exact quantum of increase for respective models but it is understood that the maximum
would be for its top of the line SUV Santa Fe. Its bestselling models like Grand i10, Elite i20, Eon and Xcent would attract much lower hike. “The price increase has been necessitated by increase of input costs,” said Rakesh Srivastava, senior vice president, marketing and sales. HMIL. “We have been absorbing most of the costs but now we are constrained to consider the price increase in these challenging market environment.”
Vodafone India starts 4G trials in select circles
Agency | New Delhi Vodafone India has started fourth generation (4G) network trials in selected areas, the company said here on Friday. “We are now trialling 4G services across selected areas,” the company said. In India, Bharti Airtel has been expanding its 4G footprint. Reliance Jio Infocomm is expected to come up with its 4G offer by 2015-end and Idea Cellular is likely to launch 4G services in select locations in 2016. The statement said Vodafone Group has 24.1 million 4G customers across
Agency | Mumbai Cricketer Irfan Pathan will be seen as the first wild-card entry on the celebrity dance show “Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Reloaded” and he says whatever he earns from his stint will be used for his cricket academy. Irfan and cricketer brother Yusuf Pathan have a joint foundation called Cricket Academy of Pathans, which is a self-funded project for the under-privileged children. “We have a foundationCricket Academy of Pathans- and it is our dream project that we launched last year,” Irfan. “It is a
self funded project where we help under-privileged children… coach them, give them equipments and other things. So whatever funding I get from here, we will use it there.” For Irfan, a self-confessed non-dancer, the challenge of grooving on a national platform made him sign “Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa Reloaded”. “This offer came to me and I took it as a challenge. It took time for me to accept the show… I took two-three months. I am a non-dancer. And this show is about the journey of non dancers and this thing
attracted me to do the show,” he said. “This is off season of cricket so I thought of taking up this new challenge. I will be able to learn one or two moves.” The all-rounder thinks if there is a fun element involved in a song then he enjoys it a bit more. He has started the rehearsals and he is having a tough time. “It has just been two days since I started rehearsing and I am finding it difficult. I think hitting fours, sixes, playing cricket is easy. But that (cricket) is also difficult thing as you go out there and play the game,” he said.
had washed out the entire fourth day’s play and some 50 overs were lost on the second and third days at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium. South Africa, who scored 248 in the first innings, bowled out Bangladesh for 326 before making 61-0 in their second
knock. Bangladesh’s first innings total was their highest ever against the Proteas, the top-ranked Test team. Stiaan van Zyl was unbeaten on 33 and Dean Elgar was 28 not out for South Africa. The second and final Test will be played in Dhaka from July 30.
of Tan Kim Her of Malaysia and he will be joining the Indian team by the end of September.
Asked about his plans with Kim, Gopichand told said: “I want Kim to work on two levels.
Rain washes out final day, forces BangladeshSouth Africa Test to end in a draw
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the Delhi Police. “I get a feeling that my bad time will be over today. I trust the judiciary...Last three years were difficult for me. Cricket is everything for me, I am waiting for the judiciary to grant me justice,” Chandila told ANI ahead of the court order. The three Rajasthan Royals cricketers were arrested in May 2013 for alleged spot fixing in some matches of the sixth edition of IPL. The players were
let off on bail later after the court found there was not enough evidence to charge them under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA), a special law to tackle organised crime syndicates. The court had also issued non-bailable warrants against Dawood and Shakeel, Pakistan-based Javed Chutani, Salman alias Master and Ehteysham, who are all considered to be Dawood’s associates.
A Delhi court is set to pronounce its order on Saturday on framing of charges in the Indian Premier League (IPL) spot fixing case involving cricketers S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan. Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim and his aide Chhota 18 markets and 4G acShakeel are also among counts for 35 percent of the 42 accused in the data traffic in European 6000-page chargesheet markets. “Our emerging filed by a special cell of markets have maintained their strong momentum Shubham Jaglan: Indian Tiger Woods in the making and more of our EuropeAgency | New Delhi an businesses are returnTen-year-old Shubham ing to growth, as customJaglan created history by er demand for 4G and winning the IJGA World data takes off,” Vittorio Stars of Junior Golf event Colao, group chief execin Las Vegas on Thursutive said. The statement day. Jaglan, the son of a said data revenue grew milkman from Haryana, 65 percent in India in the shot a three round score Thailand’s Pongsapak stroke win at the Junior April-June quarter sup- of 106 and won by a five- Laopakdee in the Boys World Golf Championported by the addition of stroke margin, ahead of 9-10 years category at ships at the Welk Resort 3.1 million new data cus- Americans Justin Dang Angel Park. Jaglan had Fountain Course in Calitomers, taking the total to and Sihan Sandhu and also clinched a one- fornia last week. 66.8 million.
Agency | New Delhi The first cricket Test between Bangladesh and South Africa ended in a draw after rain washed out the fifth day’s play in Chittagong. With no chance of a result in the weather-battered match, officials called off play at noon (0600 GMT). Rain
I want Kim to maximise qualification for Rio Olympics: Pullela Gopichand Agency | New Delhi With BAI roping in top doubles coach Tan Kim Her, India’s chief badminton coach Pullela Gopichand today said the Malaysian will bring in a lot of experience and knowledge and he wants him to ensure maximum qualification for the Olympics Games next year. The Badminton Association of India (BAI) has finalised the services
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HC judge recuses from hearing bail Sohrabuddin Encounter: Setback for CBI as two main witnesses retract statements plea of key hawala case accused Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
A single bench of the Gujarat High Court on Friday recused itself “with a burning heart” from hearing the bail application of Afroz Hasan Fatta, a key accused in the Rs 10,000 crore hawala case. The bench said that it is not bound to reveal the reason for the recusal, and ordered the court’s registry to send the case before the Acting Chief Justice for placing it before another bench. It is said to be the biggest case of hawala scam, and its investigation is being monitored by the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team. Justice Z K Saiyed was
hearing the case for the past three days on a daily basis. The hearing was expected on Friday, when he told the lawyers representing Fatta and the government that he is recusing himself. “With a burning heart, I am saying not before me. I don’t want to take up the case,” he said. Justice Saiyed also ordered after the request of senior counsel PM Thakkar, appearing for
Fatta, to send the case before the Acting Chief Justice V M Sahai as soon as possible for placing it before another bench. Fatta has moved the petition in October 2014, seeking bail after his similar petition was rejected by a special designated court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Earlier this month, RN Sharma, a resident of Delhi, had
filed a petition before the High Court opposing the bail petition of Fatta. Sharma, while requesting to be allowed to join the case as third party, had also levelled an allegation that Fatta was transferred from Sabarmati Central Jail, Ahmedabad to Navsari sub-jail in south Gujarat without seeking court’s permission. Justice Saiyed permitted Sharma only to assist the prosecution on the law point for additional submission and argument. Fatta’s counsel Thakkar had vehemently opposed petition and heated arguments were exchanged between Thakkar and Sharma’s lawyer Siraj Gori.
tant Sub-Inspector (ASI) and Nathubha Jadeja, constable in SRP – filed affidavits (a copy is with this paper) in the Special CBI court in Mumbai two weeks back in a response to an application moved by accused IPS officer Rajkumar Pandian for arraigning the duo as accused in the case. Pandian has said that
since the duo were a part of the encounter team, they ought to have been made as accused instead of witnesses. Pandian’s another application seeking discharge from the case is pending in the same court. Several accused have already been discharged from the case that includes BJP president Amit Shah among
others. Although Jadeja had moved a similar affidavit in 2007, claiming that he was forced by then supervising officer in the case, IPS Rajnish Rai, to sign the statement. The case was then being investigated by CID (crime). Chaudhary, for the first time, has said that he was pressurised by the investigating agencies — the CID and the CBI — to give certain statements. He has accused retired policeman V L Solanki, the star witness of the CBI, who first investigated the case as a CID officer, of pressurising him to give false statement.
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has started agitating under a recently floated outfit called Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti. “Political parties have been only using us for their benefits so far, but it is about time that we get our dues,” said Hardik Patel from Patel Anamat Andolan Samiti. “Our rallies have been so far peaceful bar ring yesterday’s but after yester day , the permis sion for holding a rally in Bijapur has been can celled. But if this is the way things
go on, we can also go the Gurjar way and take matters into our hands if need be,” he added. “We are going to hold rallies in all the blocks across the state and submit memorandum to the authorities over the next ten days and on August 25, the biggest programme will be held in Ahmedabad where around 22 lakh members of the community from all over the state are expected to participate,” he added.
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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has suffered a major setback in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case as two key eye-witnesses have retracted their statements, stating they never witnessed the incident and were pressurised to give certain statements implicating the accused officers. These two witnesses were part of Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) team which abducted Sohrab and his wife, Kauser Bi, and eventually killed them in a fake encounter. The eye-witnesses – Gurudayal Singh Chaudhary, posted in State Police Force (SRP), Gandhinagar as Assis-
Vinodbhai a Shrimp Farmer benefits from SWAGAT in Gujarat
Patel community presses hard for OBC status, holds rally in Gujarat
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Vinodbhai Patel, a resident of Bhadeli village-Valsad district of Gujarat is a happy man. A small-time shrimp farmer Vinodbhai, whose family depends on his earning from shrimp farming, was struggling since past eight years to get a long-pending land-lease issue resolved. On Thursday, July 23 2105, Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel resolved this matter onthe-spot during SWAGAT Online program. Patel contacted the district administration and Revenue Department, received updates and instructed them to instantly take necessary action. Vinodbhai was handed over the renewed land-lease order for next
ten years then and there during the SWAGAT program. Such effective and speedy redressal of grievances of common man like Vinodbhai is a testimony to the success of Government of Gujarat’s SWAGAT initiative. It reflects Patel’s sincere efforts towards the cause of Good Governance. In another incident, during February 2015 state-level
GTU claims to have filed 320 PAtents so far Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
In a bid to assist the Bachelor of Engineering, Master of Engineering and Master of Pharmacy the Gujarat Technological university started a series of workshop on Patent Search, Drafting and Filing called as “Patent Clinic” at Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar. According to GTU officials, till date 16 Patent Clinics have been organized successfully and over 320 Patents have been filed by students and faculty members associated with GTU affiliated colleges in field of IPR. The Admission procedure for second Batch of PGDIPR has been started. In the syllabus there is inclusion of Chinese Patent System and African regional Patent system, which is first
time to be taught by any University of India. GTU Innovation Council (GIC) has started its mission for Intellectual Property (IP) literacy for faculty members and students since September 2011. Akshai K. Aggarwal, Vice chancellor said that GTU is planning to state two new certificate courses in IPR and IP Valuation and Management. Research in engineering and pharmacy stream should contribute for creating a better world for tomorrow. While creating awareness of IPR is the first step, and developing IPR Policy is the second step, third and most significant step is managing IPR process within an engineering and pharmacy college is the setting up and running of in-house IPR cell.
SWAGAT, Kavitaben Pujara of Thangadh, Surendranagar, had registered a complaint that her ornaments-pin money-other valuables were forcefully captured by her in-laws, then taken into police custody and had been lying in godown since then. Kavitaben was made to pay Rs 3000 every month as rent to police-godown. When this matter was brought
to Patel during SWAGAT, she directed the police officials to return the money that Kavitaben had been paying as rent since last three years, and then ensured that she receives her valuables at the earliest without any further procedures or delay. SWAGAT (State Wide Attention on Grievances by Application of Technology) is an online grievance re-
dressal system that helps to address and administer people’s grievances, where taluka-district-state is linked on a single platform. Launched in 2003 by then CM of Gujarat Narendra Modi, it has won the United Nations Public Service Award in 2010 for ‘Improving Transparency, Accountability and Responsibility in Public Service.
With the powerful Patel community demanding reservation under the OBC quota, Gujarat may be staring at a difficult situation ahead of the Civic Body elections. Around 30 thousand members of the community took out an aggressive rally demanding OBC status for the community and threatened further stir in the case their demands are not met. The community
intentionally or unintentionally contaminated the oil with organophosphate. In Madhya Pradesh, I saw people storing grains in empty pesticide containers. The sample of oil has to be analyzed.” Neuro physiotherapist Dr Disha Shah said: “It’s a case of toxic neuropathy. Their castor oil was probably contaminated following which all of them suffered pa-
ralysis. They also have weakness in shoulder.” She said the patients are being given advance neurophysiotheraphy to regenerate their nerves, neuromuscular electrical simulation to strengthen the muscles and advance laser therapy to reactivate dead cells. Four members of a family Bhogilal Kadiya, wife Jashoda, daughter in-law Asha and granddaughter Mansi were also admitted to a private hospital in Rakhial with symptoms related to paralysis. Neurologist Dr Rakhil Yadav said, “The patients don’t have paralysis but only related symptoms like numbness and weakness in lower limbs due to chemical imbalance in the body. National Institute of Occupational Health has confirmed that it was due to organophosphate toxicity.
Impure oil paralyzes eleven in Dehgam GU marks scam: 2 more Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
As many as 11 people from Dehgam, including seven of a family, were recently hospitalized with acute paralysis and related symptoms. The seven family members identified as Kamlesh Gajjar (48), his wife Kailashben (47), mother Sharda (82), sons Apoorva (25) and Kaushal (15), daughter Bhoomi (23) and daughter in-law Tanvi (24) were rushed to a Gandhinagar hospital after they suffered acute paralysis mostly hands and in lower part of the body. Kamlesh, a government employee, and his family members are now undergoing rehabilitation at a multispeciality physiotherapy centre in Dharnidhar. Experts have cited contaminated oil to be the
cause for the paralysis. Medical toxicologist Dr Aruna Dewan said: “Such cases are very rare. Many doctors are getting such cases nowadays. Mercury tablets put in pulses to prevent them from rotting cannot cause such symptoms. These patients may have bought contaminated oil but the source has to be thoroughly investigated. Somebody may have
students under scanner Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Gujarat University (GU) authorities have added two more students among the suspects in the mark inflation scam currently under investigation by Gujarat University police station. No arrests have been made in the case so far. GU police said the university authorities had named Moin Husain Shaikh, a student of Saraspur Arts and Commerce College; and Mohammad Salman Shaikh, a student of CU Shah City Commerce College as suspects in the scam. Moin had scored 51 marks in management accounting paper and 44 in auditing; these were changed to 55 and 64, respectively, in his mark sheet. Likewise, Mohammad Nazir had got 39 in managing accounting but,
in his mark sheet, he had 65 marks in the paper. “Compared to the three main accused, the difference in the marks scored by these students and the figure mentioned in their mark sheets is not vast,” said a GU official. “It is possible that the accused working at the data entry centre of Shree Computers (the agency to which the work was outsourced) had inflated their marks. However, we have widened our probe to include students of all possible colleges whose results are under scrutiny.” Officials said that it is not possible to check each and every student’s record but they would take the results of students and randomly check some answer sheets and the marks in their mark sheet prepared by the agency.
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