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PM Modi’s meeting with Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh at 7 RCR “Demands non-political” f e i r B s w Ne My brand of romance different from SRK: Emraan
Modi discusses GST bill with Cong Modi invited the Congress leaders at his Race Course Road residence
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Having portrayed more of a spontaneous romantic hero on screen, actor Emraan Hashmi says his brand of romance is different from that of Shah Rukh Khan. When asked to define his ‘brand of romance’, Emraan said in a lighter vein, “In a SRK film, to culminate the love it takes two hours... In my film it takes two minutes. In his films, it takes time to get the girl while in films there is no waiting around.”
Bhansali has ‘Midas touch’: Shreya Ghoshal
Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and senior leader Manmohan Singh discussed the introduction of a new goods and services tax (GST) with Prime Minister Narendra Modi over tea on Friday in an apparent thaw in relations between the government and the principal Oppo-
sition party. The meeting between the rivals was the first since Modi stormed to power 18 months ago, and was expected to herald a long-awaited compromise on the proposed GST, billed as the biggest tax reform since independence. The Congress called the meeting constructive. “It has been a constructive engagement
and it will be a work in progress,” Congress spokesperson Anand Sharma said after the meet. “PM Modi invited Sonia ji and Manmohan ji to discuss various issues related to the winter session,” finance minister Arun Jaitley, who was also present at the meeting, said. “There was also discussion on the GST
Emergency supporters now talking about constitutionality: Jaitley Agency | New Delhi
Finance minister Arun Jaitley hit out at the Congress on Friday for imposing the Emergency that endangered people’s right to life and liberty and swept aside charges of rising intolerance in the country. Speaking on the second day of Parliament’s winter session, Jaitley said the biggest challenge before the country was the suspension of Article 21 of the Constitution -- the provision that gave people the right to life and liberty -- a reference to the Emergency imposed by then Congress prime minister Indira Gandhi. “Today if someone comes on TV and gives an irresponsible statement, it is called intolerance. Earlier, people’s life were being taken away illegally -- of course there’s no comparison, it’s like
bill. The Congress leaders gave their suggestions and we also told them our opinion,” he said. “The Congress leaders will discuss (the issue) within the party and will contact the government. There is also a possibility that we may
meet again,” Jaitley added. Barely an hour before the meeting, the Prime Minister praised Jawaharlal Nehru, declared he wants Parliament to run on the basis of consensus and acknowledged the role of “all previous
governments”, pulling all stops to woo the principal opposition party. His unprecedented approach to reach out to the Opposition comes amid the NDA government’s urgency to push GST bill and other reforms. Replying to the
‘Get out!’ Haryana minister tells woman officer, she stays put
debate to commemorate Constitution Day and BR Ambedkar’s 125th birth anniversary, Modi said: “Building consensus is more important than majority rule. In a democracy more strength lies in walking on the path towards agreement. Taking decision through a majority-rule should only be the last effort. But before such situation arrives, consultations must be held.” He had often been targeted by his political opponents for trying to undermine the legacy of Congress prime ministers. On Friday, Modi spoke about a debate where socialist leader Ram Manohar Lohia argued on an issue with facts and figures. “Nehru was such a great man, he stood up and agreed to what Lohia said,” Modi said. Even as Modi’s invitation to the Congress president for negotiations is seen as a major step to reach out to the Opposition, party vice-president Rahul Gandhi maintained that the meeting was called “under public pressure”.
of the meeting after “I am not leaving.” The Fatehabad district police officer, seated next to the chief Sangeeta Kalia, an infuriated minister, stood comparing a mountain to tions. He said an aide of Indian Police Service her ground over the issue a molehill,” Jaitley said, Hitler once said, “Hitler (IPS) officer whom he of liquor smuggling and triggering uproar in the is Germany and Germany ordered to “get out”, re- the alleged police role in Upper House. “After the is Hitler” -- a possible reffused to leave. Fatehabad it. When the minister alAgency | Chandigarh Emergency, Article 21 erence to an Assam Conlies 225 km from here. leged that the smuggling Haryana’s outspoken When she was yelled was happening with powas made non-suspend- gress leader proclaiming, able, which means we “India is Indira and Indira Health and Sports Min- at, Kalia demanded to lice patronage, Kalia Agency | Mumbai are far more safe today. is India”. “In 1930s Ger- ister Anil Vij on Friday know “why” she needed said: “This is wrong. You People who supported many, emergency was im- ordered a woman po- to leave, and told him: cannot say this.” Noted playback singer the Emergency are now posed, opposition leaders lice officer to “get out” Shreya Ghoshal feels talking about constitu- detained, newspapers cen- of a meeting. When that filmmaker Sanjay tionality.” Jaitley also ap- sored, a 25-point econom- she refused, he himself Leela Bhansali has a peared to compare Indira ic programme was brought stormed out in a huff. “Midas touch” and he to German dictator Adolf in. What happened subse- The outburst came afdoes not believe in doAgency | Bogra Hitler but didn’t name her, quently in other parts of ter both were locked in ing things the simple saying constitutional pro- the world, Germans never an argument over liquor An Islamic State group way. “It is a dream come visions have often been claimed copyright,” the fi- smuggling in Fatehabad affiliate in Bangladesh true to be a part of Sandistrict. Vij walked out said Friday it was beused to subvert constitu- nance minister said. jay Leela Bhansali film. hind an attack on a Shiite He has a Midas touch. mosque in the country’s He doesn’t do anything north that killed one man that is ordinary. I was and wounded three othexcited when this ofers. A statement posted on Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad leted’ on the polling day IS-affiliated Twitter acfer (‘Bajirao Mastani’) in Ahmedabad, Vadodara, counts from Islamic State mediately. The statement ernment has repeatedly came to me,” Shreya. The Gujarat High Court Surat, Rajkot, Jamnagar – Bangladesh said that the from the IS offshoot said denied the presence of the No threat of today turned down a and Bhavnagar cities. He mosque was hit by a bar- “the soldiers of the ca- IS group in the impoverEmergency today, Public Interest Litigation alleged that the SEC and rage of shots fired form liphate targeted a place of ished nation. Police have (PIL) that asked for a jusays Naidu the district collectors cum machine guns. At least worship for the apostates” arrested six members of dicial inquiry against the Agency | New Delhi returning officers of the five assailants fired on built with funds from Iran. the banned local group Justate election commission six municipal bodies, did worshippers during eve- It vowed more such at- matul Mujahedeen BanGovernment today (SEC) and re-polling for not follow the prescribed ning prayers Thursday at tacks. Thursday’s attack gladesh, in connection dismissed Opposition those whose names were rules and procedures for the mosque in Haripur vil- follows a wave of deadly with the Oct. 24 bombcharge of a threat to the found deleted from the deleting the names of vot- lage in the Bogra district. assaults this year on for- ing of an annual rally of Constitution and sought voters’ lists during the to turn tables on the November 22 elections challenge the result after the SEC to modify its noti- ers who held valid identi- A mosque official in his eigners, secular writers thousands of Shiite MusCongress for imposing in the six municipal cor- the elections were held. fication for the local polls ty cards and even turned 70s who had been lead- and the Shiite community lims in Dhaka, accordEmergency when fun- porations of the state. The He also refused to enter- to include the NOTA op- up to cast their votes. He ing the prayers was killed. in the Sunni-majority na- ing to senior Detective damental rights were Court of acting chief jus- tain several other peti- tion for voters. Mr. Koshti had requested the court Police on Friday detained tion of 160 million. The Branch official Munirul suspended. Parliamen- tice Jayant Patel rejected tions related to the local who is also an activist for setting up of a judicial two suspects for question- attacks have alarmed the Islam. The bombs, lobbed tary Affairs Minister M the PIL on the ground polls till the elections associated with NGO in inquiry against the SEC in ing, said local police of- international community into the crowd as peoVenkaiah Naidu also in- that the court would not process was not complet- his petition filed yester- the matter order for fresh ficial Arifur Rahman. He and raised concerns that ple were gathering for an sisted that the term ‘sec- interfere in the process ed. The PIL was filed by day had pointed out that polls for those whose said the men were picked religious extremism is early morning procession ular’ will remain part of elections at this stage. advocate cum activist K R thousands of names in the names were deleted from up from the area of the at- growing in the tradition- through the capital, killed of the Preamble of the It however observed that Koshti on whose petition voters’ list were found to the voters’ register as an tack. Details of their iden- ally moderate South Asian a teenage boy and woundtities were not clear im- nation. Bangladesh’s gov- ed more than 100 people. the voters were free to earlier the court ordered have been stamped as ‘de- interim relief measure. Constitution. Corpo. Office: A/41, Madhav Chamber’s, Shaktidhara Colony, Opp-Sayona Arcade, L.B.S. Road, Toll Naka, Bapunagar, Ahmedababad - 380024 Email: ssdaily2013@gmail.com Mo : 98250 98053
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Modi’s successes on foreign soil but forlorn at home
By all accounts, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Singapore visit has been a resounding success. His oration in English, before a packed audience at Singapore’s celebrated Shangri La Hotel, drew a standing ovation. The audience comprised leading members of the corporate world, media and government, including PM Lee Hsien Loong and others cabinet members. The rousing address in Hindi the next day, to a massive gathering of the Indian diaspora, was the very embodiment of charisma at play. The harvest has been rich. The takeaway includes the elevation of Singapore-India relations to a strategic partnership. Other key results encompass the opportunity for Singapore’s Changi airport — a veritable global hub — to run two airports in India, and for India to pick Singapore as a financial centre to launch rupee bonds. Modi’s achievements abroad appear to cut little ice back home. Coming shortly after similarly successful visits to the UK and Malaysia, the Singapore stint has kept to the pattern: Modi-mania abroad parallels Modi-bashing at home. The trickle of award wapsi that started after the Delhi assembly election debacle has turned into a flood before the Bihar verdict. The desertion of the intelligentsia has kept pace with the mobilisation of the political opposition into a grand coalition, taking personally on the PM, who appears increasingly on the defensive. How forlorn Modi looked on the day after his return from the triumphant visit when he made a brief appearance at the all-party meeting hosted by Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu, seeking support for the GST “in the interest of the nation”! The winter session of Parliament promises to be stormy. The opposition, having tasted blood in Bihar, is closing ranks, targeting the government on a range of issues calculated to do maximum political damage. The hiatus between the images of Modi abroad and the chorus of negativity at home has ominous implications for India’s government, opposition and the credibility of India as a business partner. A leader whose legitimacy comes from support abroad can get cut off from the political roots at home that gave him legitimacy in the first place. An opposition that draws its strength entirely from ganging up on an isolated leader can deflect attention from the essential core of the “Idea of India”, the imperative for reform, and the general credibility of India in the global arena. The gap between the images abroad and at home and the slippage over the last 18 months deserve careful attention. Leaders are not born; they are made.
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Nagaland, parts of Manipur, Laskshadweep have enforced prohibition. Bihar QUOTE “Gujarat, will be dry state from April 1 next year, and Kerala also proposes to do so. I appeal that OF THE Maharashtra too should be a dry state by banning liquor sale and consumption. This will - BJP MLA from Katol, Ashish Deshmukh, result in a social revolution,” DAY in his letter addressed to Fadnavis, appealed to.... Mockingjay 2 review: Hunger Bipasha Basu has a freak accident, burns face and arms Games meets a boring end Agency | New Delhi
Agency | New Delhi Looking pretty can be a tricky business. And who would know it better than an actor. Bipasha Basu had a freak accident while on a shoot recently, thanks to a clumsy hair stylist. The Raaz actor tweeted on Wednesday about how a very clumsy and inattentive hair designer dropped hot hair tongs on her, caus-
ing multiple burns on her face and arms. She posted pictures with her tweet. She wrote, “Started my day of shoot with multiple burns on my face and hands by a hairstylist. She dropped the tong on me and did not even flinch.” However, the tweet or the pictures are not available on the social networking site anymore. Later, she posted a separate photo
on Instagram on Thursday where she is holding a mirror against her face to protect herself as a different hair designer is attending to her. She captioned this photo as, “Post this careless accident, see my way of protecting myself from the mighty tong! Am well and working. Scars will take a while to go. FYI this is not the same stylist.”
Shilpa Shetty-Raj Kundra launch ‘Viaan Mobiles’, named after son
The persona of Katniss Everdeen – an equal part mix of Jennifer Lawrence’s magnetic presence and the character’s inherent humanity – has transcended the Hunger Games franchise. As this dystopian Young Adult franchise splutters and gasps before reaching the finishing line, Jennifer Lawrence and her characters stand tall as beacons, telling us that however bad this film may be, we still have Katniss. As the war with the Capitol and its stylishly tyrannical President Snow (Donald Sutherland) rages, Katniss’ own people start forgetting what they are fighting for. With victory in sight, humanity is cast aside. In such a scenario, Katniss’ role as the franchise’s emotional and moral heart is even more pronounced, and Lawrence delivers. She is vulnerable and determined
at the same time, coming into her own as she leaves behind the icon’s role District 13’s President Coin (Julianne Moore) is trying to force on her. She may be a heroine to Panem’s rebels but she is fleshand-blood, never buying into the hoopla of being the Mockingjay. But take her away and what are we left with? An uneven film so boring, it may put you to sleep. One would have thought that after splitting the last book into two (a la Harry Potter), the second part would begin with an action extravaganza. No
such luck though. The film begins tamely with a lot of speeches and discussions, camera hanging on to the character’s faces for a breath too long. Angered by how Snow has destroyed Peeta (Josh Hutcherson), Katniss has only one aim in life – to kill the President and he should be able to see her eyes when she strikes the final blow. However, Coin is having none of it. She wants Katniss to be the face of her rebellion but it will be the army of the districts who will do the real work.
won’t, because you know, we are in this make-believe la-la land where we won’t reveal our real selves? Got it? No? Good, because I didn’t either. Ved ( Ranbir) and Tara ( Deepika) swan around cluelessly and uselessly in the first hour of the film, and you wonder just how much more of waste it can get . And then, surprise, it gets better, and so do they. And ‘Tamasha’ becomes, somewhat, the film you presume Ali and his actors had set out to make. Turns out that the obedient, well-behaved boy that Ved used to be has grown into the obedient, well-behaved young adult, but not in any way that does him any good. A demanding father sets Ved upon a path not of his own choosing, and the break-through comes
when he meets the girl : the cocoon shatters, and the real Ved emerges, putting his yes-sir, no-sir, three-bags-full-sir robotic existence behind him, coming out into a world of light and imagination and magic. Ved loves being told stories. He discovers he loves telling stories as much. When the director delves deep into this groove, he mines something solid and yes, I will use that word again, real. Those are the moments that make this film shine, and leave you smiling. It’s interesting how accepting that make-believe can set you free sets both the director and the actor free : there are flashes here of the terrific actor that Ranbir can be, and that’s a relief both for the performer as well as the audience.
Tamasha review: The movie gives us Ranbir Kapoor back with lovely Deepika
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Men in Black 4 to have a Woman in Black
Agency | Los Angeles Men in Black 4 will have a “prominent Woman in Black”, says producer. According to BBC, producer Laurie MacDonald promises that “there will be a prominent Woman in Black in the fourth (film)”, which she’s developing with husband Walter Parkes. While 1997’s Men in Black seemingly inducted Linda Fiorentino’s character into the agency at the end of the film, she was absent from the two sequels. Men in Black
II featured Lara Flynn Boyle as the villainous Serleena, but the franchise has yet to have a female agent take a lead role. Original franchise star Will Smith is currently not attached to the project, but Parkes said the actor could be lured back, telling the BBC: “Never count Will out.” The original movies centred on Smith’s Agent J and his alien-hunting partner K (Tommy Lee Jones) as they tracked down aliens on the Earth and tried to keep their existence hidden from civilians.
Agency | Mumbai Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty and her businessman husband Raj Kundra on Wednesday launched Viaan Mobiles, named for their three-year-old son. Five variants of the mobile phones, which come with a special personalised service, are priced between Rs 849 to Rs 12,999. The phones were launched at a ceremony held here with
celebrity guests Malaika Arora Khan, Farah Khan, Manish Paul and Jeetendra in attendance. “The stats say that India happens to be the second-largest consumer of mobile phones. And that was the deal-clincher for us to even make a foray here. I’ve also heard that we buy around 2 crore phones in a month in just India and 80 percent of those phones are below
Rs 10,000,” Shilpa said at the event. “And we cater to that market. I think even if we are able to conquer around 2-3 per cent, which is about 5 lakh mobiles in a month, we’ll be home and that’s what we’ve stepped out to do,” she added. Raj Kundra told media, “For us in India, the choice was mass or class and we decided with Viaan to bring the class to the mass.”
wave. But to do that, Diljit and his fellow Punjabi actors will have to ensure novelty of content. Has he done it in Mukhtiar Chad-
ha? Let’s probe. Mukhtiar Chadha (Diljit) is a ‘Purani Dilli’ guy whose only desire in life is to get rich, by hook or by crook.
Mukhtiar Chadha review: Diljit Dosanjh takes you on a fun trip Agency | New Delhi
There was a time when the Punjabi film industry languished in Bollywood’s shadow. Not any longer. Over the years, Punjabi films have slowly and steadily spread their wings and reached a juncture where they can take the leap of faith and eat into Hindi film revenues. And there is nobody better than the star, Diljit Dosanjh, to ride on this
Agency | New Delhi Just short of an hour into the film, I was up to there with ‘Tamasha’. All we’d got till then was scene after pretty scene in Corsica – picturesque bistros, colourful locals in fancy dress, leafy green countryside, sparkling blue waters, and two of the most interesting actors in Bollywood desperately acting out their parts : over-emphasising their meet-cute, making eyes and coming hither. To absolutely no effect. No impact. Zero. Nada. Can you imagine getting Ranbir and Deepika and not letting them fall into a real, true, passionate twosome, because the writing in this initial part of the film forces them into an annoyingly artificial construct : we know we are combustible, but we
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Better helmets, changed pacer tactics a result of Phil Hughes’ death
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SPORTS ROUNDUP 3rd Test: India end South Africa’s unbeaten 9-year overseas run with 124-run win, seal series 2-0
Agency | New Delhi Just more than two years after the release of the last widely available Windows Phone flagship, Microsoft has gifted the mobile world with a couple of brand new high-end handsets in the Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL. Another Black Friday cell phone deal is the Acer Liquid M220 Windows 8.1 Smartphone in black. One of the challenges with Windows 10 mobile is app support, as majority of apps made would be for Android or iOs. Astoria differs from the other three projects in that it functions as an emulator - a subsystem within the phone running Android alongside Windows 10. Is this smartphone here to steal pocket space from Android and iPhone users? In fact, Microsoft has just announced a new mobile phone for emerging countries. What it’s not gone for is high quality.
Oil imports rising despite plans to up domestic output: IEA
Agency | Melbourne Cricket has changed, not just in Australia but around the world, in the 12 months since Phil Hughes was felled by a rising delivery that ultimately led to his death. Hughes, who played 26 Test matches for Australia, died three days short of his 26th birthday of a brain haemorrhage on November 27 last year, two days after he was struck under the rear of his batting helmet by a short-pitch ball while playing for South Australia against New
South Wales at the Sydney Cricket Ground. His death stunned the international cricket community, causing an outpouring of grief from players, officials and from the general public — tens of thousands of fans around Australia showed solidarity in mourning by putting their cricket bats on display outside their homes as a tribute. While new safety measures such as improved batting helmets are the obvious legacy of Hughes’ passing, others are more subtle but affect
the very manner in which the game is now played. Fast bowlers, by and large, tend no longer to aim to intimidate batsmen with head-high bouncers, and spectators no longer rejoice in pacemen serving up “chin music” or cheer when a batsman is hit. Recently retired strike bowler Mitchell Johnson, one of cricket’s most feared pacemen, told Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) television that Hughes’ death made him question the way he played the game.
Looking forward to IPTL 2: Mahesh Bhupathi Agency | New Delhi India’s reliance on foreign oil will jump from 80 percent to 90 percent by 2040 and it would lead global energy demand growth, the International Energy Agency said in a report on the world’s third largest energy consumer released in New Delhi on Friday. “India is set to contribute more than any other country to the rise in global energy demand over the next 25 years, underlining its ever-greater influence in Asia and on the world stage,” the report said. As a consequence India’s economy will remain vulnerable to oil price volatility and political turbulence in oil and gas producing countries. IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol said the think-tank expects global oil prices to hit levels of around USD 80 per barrel by 2020. Brent crude weakened to USD 45.17 per barrel on Friday.
India is under threat from cyber criminals: Security firm Kaspersky
Agency | New Delhi India is increasingly on the radar of cybercriminals from countries like China, Russia and the US, who are using advanced persistent threat (APT) attacks to steal data from consumers and enterprises, security software firm Kaspersky said. APT refers to a format where the attacker gains access to a network/device and stays there undetected for a long period of time. The motive of the attack is to steal data and there is a longer term damage to the organisation/user. “APT attacks are on the rise globally and those affecting India are also growing. These attacks are originating from China, the US and Russia among other countries. A major chunk of the attacks like Equation, Turla, Darkhotel, Regin, Cloud Atlas infected India as well,” Kaspersky Lab Deputy Director Global Research and Analysis Team Sergey Novikov told reporters here. He added that while there were three APT announcements in 2012, the number grew to seven in 2013, 11 in 2014 and 10 in the first half of 2015. “As more and more devices get connected to the Internet/network, the level of sophistication of these attacks is also on the rise,” he said.
Agency | Nagpur Ravichandran Ashwin displayed his magic yet again to record a career-best figures of 7/66 as India clinched the four-match series against South Africa by taking an unassailable 2-0 lead with an emphatic 124-run win in the third cricket Test. Spinning a web of deceit, Ashwin had a superb match haul of 12 for 98, while leg spinner Amit Mishra claimed 3 for 51 as the hosts shot out the visitors for 185 in 89.5 overs
in the second innings to wrap up the match 52 minutes after the tea session. This was also Virat Kohli’s first Test series win as a captain on home soil and also marked an end to South Africa’s track record of not losing a Test series away from home for nine long years. South Africa needed to score 310 to score for a series- levelling win but woefully fell short of the target, unable to negotiate the Indian spin threat led by 29-year-old Ashwin
who completed his 4th 10-wicket haul in a match in his 31st Test. Ashwin’s second innings victims included three left- handers the opening duo of Dean Elgar, Stiaan van Zyl and Jean-Paul Duminy apart from the prize wicket of AB de Villiers, the visitors’ most successful batsman on this visit. He fittingly took the last wicket, by clean bowling last man Morne Morkel through the gate in his final devastating spell of 4 for 16 in 19 balls.
dor,” a press release stated. Established by UAE businessman Zafar Shah Khan, the Grand Midwest Group owns hotel properties in Dubai, UK and Ireland. The company also has interests in the entertainment business in India and currently owns a local cricket team in the UAE. The group’s event management arm – GM Sports – was recently in the news for announcing the launch of a Twenty20 international cricket tournament called the Masters Champions League (MCL), which is scheduled to be played starting end of Jan-
uary next year. “This is my first endorsement deal outside India and I would like to take this opportunity to thank Grand Midwest Group for welcoming me to the UAE. It’s a company and a brand that resonates well with me and I look forward to working with them,” said Dhoni. “Grand Midwest Group is immensely proud to associate with one of the world’s most iconic cricket stars, MS Dhoni. What he has achieved is so impressive and we could not wish for a better sportsman to represent our brand,” added Shah.
MS Dhoni signs up as brand ambassador of UAE based company
Agency | Hyderabad After a successful season last year, Indian Premier Tennis League (IPTL) founder and star tennis player Mahesh Bhupathi said he is looking forward to second edition of the tournament starting on December 2. “It was fairly successful (last year). We are looking forward to it. It is growing slowly,” he told reporters after playing a mixed doubles exhibition
match where he paired with legendary Martina Navratilova against the Leander Paes-Sania Mirza pair. Marked by camaraderie among the veteran players, Sania-Paes won the match 6-2,7-6 (7-3). Appreciating the court at the Sania Mirza Tennis Academy (SMTA) on the city outskirts, Paes said: “It is a style of court I like to play on...fast and quick. It is nice to be here
(SMTA),” he said. The 42-year-old professional, winner of multiple doubles and mixed doubles titles, said it is always special for him to play tennis in different cities of the country. Expressing happiness over tennis legends coming over to play at the academy in her home city, Sania said the fans and friends who came to watch the match were like an extended family.
ISL: Semis hope nearly over for Kerala, Mumbai after 1-1 draw Agency | Mumbai
Kerala Blasters FC and Mumbai Cty FC’s hopes of making it to the semi-finals of the second season of the Indian Super League (ISL) were all but shattered after the two sides played out a 1-1 draw at the DY Patil Stadium in Mumbai on Thursday. Striker Antonio German scored the equaliser (89th minute) for Kerala much to the surprise of the home crowd after Spanish midfielder Juan Aguilera opened the scoring (25th) for the hosts. With the draw, Mumbai are struggling in seventh in the standings with 13 points
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from 12 games, having won three, drawn four and lost five. On the other hand, Kerala too are in the same spot with slim chances of making the play-offs. They remain at the bottom of the table with 12 points from 12 games, having lost six, won three and drawn three. Marque-player-cum-coach Nicolas Anelka made four
changes to Mumbai’s starting XI and went in with a 4-4-2 combination for the crucial match, also excluding himself. Singam Subash, Sony Norde, Lalchhuanmawia Fanai and Aitor Lopez got a start in place of Selim Benachour, Keegan Pereira and Rowilson Rodrigues, who had to be content on the bench.
India’s ODI cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni has bagged his first endorsement deal outside the country, signing up to be the brand ambassador of Dubai-based hospitality and event management company Grand Midwest Group for three years. “It is announced today that Dubai-based premium hospitality & event management company Grand Midwest Group has signed a three-year multi-million dollar deal with MS Dhoni as its official brand ambassa-
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Gujarat Panchayat polls: Women candidates step out to campaign, in the shadow of men in family Correspondent | Vadodara
On a hot Wednesday morning, a day after unseasonal heavy rain in various parts of Vadodara, Nipa Patel, BJP candidate for a Dashrath district panchayat seat, makes her way through the muck and dung on the concrete path of Sukhlipura, a Kshatriya-dominated village. There are 10 villages under Dashrath district panchayat. A first-time candidate, 33-year-old Nipa’s campaign is led by her brother-in-law, Kalpesh Patel, former sarpanch of Dashrath village. When the seat of sarpanch was reserved for women, it was Kalpesh’s wife who took over. Carrying a stack of election pamphlets in her hand, Nipa, on directions from Kalpesh, obediently hands those out to the villagers as the former sar-
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panch urges them to “press lotus button” on November 29. Nipa’s pamphlet also has campaign appeal from Ganga Vasava, a BJP candidate for Dena taluka panchayat, who has not joined the campaign trail. Pointing at Nipa, Kalpesh informs voters, “The first candidate mentioned in the pamphlet is here… You will see two EVMs. You must press number
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two on both to vote for BJP.” The election pamphlet enlists promises made by the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre and the state government schemes, like “commitment to protect the self-respect of citizens”, “construction of 57 lakh toilets”, “Make in India campaign”, “inauguration of Kisan TV for farmers”, “collection of Rs 44 lakh
crore fund for coal, spectrum” as well as “making land available for a memorial of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar in Mumbai”. The pamphlet carries photographs of Nipa, Vasava and Kalpesh, with an appeal to vote for the BJP. Nipa’s husband is a “businessman” and the couple have a twin, Shiv and Simran — a son and a daughter.
Three workers of Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), a trade union of over 2 lakh self-employed women founded by Ela Bhatt, Tuesday taught Harvard students a thing or two about primary healthcare and leadership skills. The three women were Subhadra Patel, Ayeshaben Pathan and Ramilaben Parmar. The interaction was part of “Harvard Session on Leadership for Women’s Health: SEWA’s Case Study”. “During my stint at SEWA, I stepped outside the four walls of my house and my family for the first time. My work in five villages as a health worker also involved winning people’s hearts and minds alike. Recently my experience
Hardik’s mother, sister detained during Anandiben’s rally
Correspondent | Viramgam
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“Intolerance, by and large, is not an issue of law. It’s a political one,” said Gujarat Lokayukta Justice (retired) D P Buch on Thursday on the sidelines of a lecture organised by United World School of Law at Uvarsad village in Gandhinagar. The lecture was organised by the institute on the “Importance of Rule of Law in Civilised Society” to celebrate the Constitution Day. Incidentally, United World School of Law is headed by former trial judge of 2002 Naroda Patiya Massacre Case, Jyotsana Yagnik. After delivering his lecture, when the Lokayukta was asked to about the
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ongoing controversy over “growing intolerance” in India, Justice Buch said, “It’s not related to the (rule of) law, it’s political. By and large, intolerance is not an issue of law, at present, according to me. And I would not enter into that, sorry.” Interestingly, the appointment of Justice Buch as the Lokayukta of Gujarat was preceded by a high-voltage constitutional fight between Gujarat Government, led by the then Chief Minister Narendra Modi, and the then Governor of Gujarat, Kamla Beniwal. Beniwal had appointed Justice (retd) R A Mehta as the Lokayukta of Gujarat against the wish of the State Cabinet, then led by Modi.
The mother and the sister of Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti leader Hardik Patel were detained along with a group of women gathered to protest during an election meeting of Chief Minister Anandiben Patel on Thursday in Viramgam town near Ahmedabad city. Ushaben and her daughter Monica were later released, even as Anandiben in an anti-Patidar outburst accused those agitating for quota of “defaming Gujarat across the world” and embarrassing her on discussions of the “Gujarat model”. Accusing those involved in the Patidar quota stir of “spoiling Dhanteras and Diwali”, the Chief Minister said, “When Narendrabhai left, he had asked me to take care of Gujarat. It is not just the responsibility of
in primary healthcare helped me to guide people from different states like Bihar while I was working on the initiative called Vibrant Communities,” said Subhadra Patel, a health worker from SEWA. This was part of her classroom lecture to Harvard students over Skype, conducted earlier this week. At the end of the discussion, Pathan asked students what they learnt from the case study of SEWA, to which a Harvard student said that they were
inspired from practical lessons and life experiences shared by these women on leadership in delivering primary healthcare to the grassroots level and the leadership skills they picked as part of that. This was the first such experiment when the women leaders from SEWA’s health cooperatives, who deliver primary healthcare to their communities, gave lessons on public health, to Harvard School of Public Health’s Masters-level students. What
began as a case study called “SEWA – a Sisterhood dedicated to change”, based on interviews of Pathan, Parmar and Patel, who are grassroots-level health workers of Lok Swasthya Health Cooperatives at SEWA, culminated in a freewheeling discussion where the women shared their stories with a class of 25 students that included lawyers, doctors, nurses, PhD scholars, gynaecologists, among others, who are pursuing Masters in Public Health.
Inspector J S Gedam, who is IO of the sedition case, filed an affidavit before the sessions court and claimed that Hardik tried to spread anarchy in Gujarat through media. He has stated that if Hardik is granted bail, he is likely to get indulged in similar activities. Following the submission of affidavit, the matter was adjourned
till December 5. The affidavit claimed Hardik and five other co-accused made several provocative appeals in order to spread anarchy in the state which led to large-scale violence. It stated that Hardik is convener of the Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti and on his instance the co-accused acted, which resulted in violence.
Hardik Patel knew demand for quota wasn’t ‘legal’: Police Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Anandiben, but of all the six crore Gujaratis… It is for all the men and the women living in villages and cities to take care of the model that Narendrabhai has left behind.” Moments after Anandiben arrived at election meeting on Seth M J High School in Viramgam ground, a group of eight women gathered outside the “shamiyana” of the Chief Minister and start-
The crime branch on Thursday opposed bail plea of Patidar quota stir leader Hardik Patel, currently in jail facing sedition charges, and raised apprehension that he might resort to similar activities, if released. The investigating officer (IO) of the Detection of Crime Branch (DCB), Ahmedabad, made a special request before the sessions court, stating, “Despite knowing that demand of reservation is not legal, he and his associates intensely took Patidar community on illegal path, beccame leaders of the community and tried to break the government.”
ed raising slogans. The slogan shouting started when Anandiben was being felicitated by candidates contesting the municipality and the taluka panchayat elections from Viramgam, a town 60 km from Ahmedabad. The protesting women were immediately whisked away, as the felicitation ceremony was cut short SPG conducts ASL for Kutch all-India DGP meet and Anandiben stood up Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad ence. “The first layer of and their families are exto speak. The Special Protection security will consist of pected to turn up for the Group (SPG) for the the SPG, the second of event which coincides security of the Prime the central intelligen ce with Rann Utsav at the Minister conducted its agencies and the third same venue. “Coastal advance security liaison of local police and oth- security has also been (ASL) with local po- er central paramilitary beefed up. Gujarat Malice and officials of cen- forces which will include rine police and the InNarendra Modi’s Japan tral intelligence agen- officials and jawans dian Coast Guard (ICG) visit. Union Cabinet meetcies ahead of the All from the Border Security have increased patrolling ing chaired by Prime MinIndia DGP conference at Force (BSF). Police of- off the shores of Kutch,” ister Shri Narendra Modi in Dhordo in Kutch. “A few ficials said they are also said a senior police offiOctober 2014had approved more rehearsals will be going to prepare an elab- cer. Sources said that in construction for Rs 10,773 conducted in the coming orate security scheme view of the recent terror crore North-South corridor days ahead of the DGP for the event. “We will attack in Paris, the agenof Ahmedabad Metro run- meet scheduled between also demand more forc- da of the DGP meet will ning through 36 kms be- December 18 and 20,” es for foolproof security be internal security and tween APMC and Motera said a top police offi- as Kutch shares a border ways and means to tackin north-south and Thaltej cial. Top police sources with Pakistan,” said a se- le the cyber threat posed and Vastral in east-west said three layer security nior police official. Pug- by the Islamic State of direction. For financial re- arrangements have been gis, expert human and Iraq and Syria (ISIS) to sources, a pact was signed formed for the protection animal trackers, have the country. Agencies in July 2015 between Gov- of Prime Minister Nar- been deployed across the such as the AntiTerrorist ernment of India and JICA. endra Modi and Union desert regions of Kutch Squad and local crime Today the commitment and home minister Rajnath to track attempts at in- units have already been terms and conditions for Rs Singh who are sched- filtration ahead of the asked to stay alert across 5,968 crore loan are final- uled to be at the venue event. Police sources the state ahead of the during the DGP confer- said about 400 officials event. ized in Delhi.
Japan commits Rs.4456 crore Loan Assistance for Ahmedabad Metro Project
Correspondent | New Delhi
The Notes were exchanged here today between Mr. S. Selvakumar, Joint Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Government of India and Mr.Yutaka Kikuta, Charge d’ Affaires a.i., Embassy of Japan to India. The Government of Japan has committed Official Development Assistance (ODA) loan of an amount of JPY 19.981 billion (= approx. Rs.1080 crore) for the Chennai Metro Rail Project (IV) and JPY 82.434 billion (=approx. Rs.4456 Crore)
for the Ahmedabad Metro Project. India and Japan have had mutually beneficial economic development cooperation since 1958. In the last few years, the economic cooperation between India and Japan has strengthened and grown into strategic partnership. With general political consensus and popular support for the greater cooperation between India and Japan, the partnership is poised for a great future. Exchange Rate: Re.1 = Yen
1.85. A note released by Gujarat government adds that JICA and Government of India have signed agreement for 30 years soft loan of Rs 5,968 crore out of total Rs 10,733 crore project cost of phase-1 of Ahmedabad Metro rail project. The loan is unconditional and effective interest rate is going to be 1.4%. A decision for JICA(Japan International Cooperation Agency) assistance to Ahmedabad Metro project was taken during Prime Minister
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