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Actress Tabu says contrary to popular perception, she has no disdain for commercial films and would love to do something like “Golmaaal 4”. Tabu, who has been part of critically acclaimed films like “Maqbool”, “Cheeni Kum” and “Haider”, says people form an assumption on the basis of her films.
Congress MLA booked for kidnapping woman Agency | Patna
Congress MLA Siddarth was today booked for allegedly kidnapping a 20-year-old woman here, police said. Abhay Singh, a resident of Sonkukra village, complained that the Congress MLA from Bikram constituency here, this morning kidnapped his daughter from their village, Superintendent of Police (East) Dhrut Saayli said.
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Agency | New Delhi Urban development minister M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday announced the first list of 20 cities to be developed as Smart Cities, with Bhubaneswar topping the list and Pune and Jaipur coming in second and third respectively. The others on the list include Surat, Kochi and Ahmedabad. These cities will be developed to have basic infrastructure through assured water and power supply, san-
competition among these names and 20 cities have been selected,” Naidu told a news conference. “Bottom up approach has been the key planning principle under Smart City Mission,” he said. “The Smart City Challenge Competition was as rigorous and demanding as the civil services competition conducted,” Naidu quipped. These are itation and solid waste management, efficient urban the 20 cities named in the mobility and public transport, IT connectivity, e-gov- first list: Bhubaneswar; ernance and citizen participation. “The states select- Pune; Jaipur; Surat; Koed cities and sent us a list of 97 names. There was a chi; Ahmedabad; Jabal-
First 20 smart cities are:
1. Bhubaneshwar 2. Pune 3. Jaipur 4. Surat 5. Kochi 6. Ahmedabad 7. NDMC (New Delhi) 8. Jabalpur 9. Vizag 10. Solapur pur; Visakhapatnam; Solapur; Davanagere; Indore; New Delhi; Coimbatore; Kakinada; Belgaum; Udaipur; Guwahati; Chennai; Ludhiana; Bhopal. In the subsequent years, the government will announce 40 cities each to be developed as smart cities as per Prime Minister Narendra Mo-
11. Devangere 12. Indore 13. Coimbatore 14. Kakinada 15. Belgaum 16. Udaipur 17. Guwahati 18. Chennai 19. Ludhiana 20. Bhopal
di’s plan to develop 100 smart cities in the country. The government plans to build these smart cities by 2022 to help accommodate its swelling urban population, which is set to rise by more than 400 million people to 814 million by 2050. The cities are competing on a variety of matrices,
including urban reforms and their plan of action in four key areas -- Swachh Bharat, Make in India, good governance (modern accounting system, rationalisation of property taxes) and e-governance. Naidu said that a total of 15.20 million (1.52 crore) citizens had participated in the preparation of the ambitious Smart City plans at various stages. Some sent their ideas to city officials via Twitter, Facebook or SMS. Others entered local contests for designing logos or writing essays. Bhubaneswar, the capital of the eastern state of Orissa, unfurled a 10-kilometer-long canvas banner across the city and invited residents to scroll down their suggestions.
MIT President asks PM Modi to visit Def min asks CBI to probe 2 Maj university, interact with students Agency | New Delhi
Boston-based Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) may associate with the flagship programmes of Skill India, Digital India and Start-Up India, with its senior or retired faculty members expected to share their expertise in New Delhi. A discussion in this regard took place when MIT President Rafael Reif called on Prime Minister
MIT President Rafael Reif apprised the Prime Minister on work being done by MIT in the areas of education, health, water and innovation and invited him to visit MIT to interact with the students and faculty
Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Thursday. Reif apprised the Prime Minister on work being done by MIT in the areas of ed-
ucation, health, water and innovation and invited him to visit MIT to interact with the students and faculty, a PMO statement
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said. Modi asked Reif to explore the possibility of using MIT’s expertise in the flagship programmes of Skill India, Digital India and Start-Up India, it said. He suggested that senior or retired faculty from MIT could visit India for a few months to teach in an Indian University, the statement said, adding Reif appreciated the suggestion, and offered his assistance in this regard.
Gens for disproportionate assets Agency | New Delhi
The CBI has been asked by the defence ministry to probe complaints against two serving Major Generals for allegedly having assets disproportionate to their known sources of income. The ministry had in September redflagged the promotion of certain officers following allegations of impropriety. “The defence ministry has forwarded to CBI complaints against these two officers and has sought a reply,” defence sources said on Thursday, adding that the government will not tolerate corruption at
any level. The CBI will now look into the complaints and report back to the ministry. Giving a background to the case, sources said that a meeting of the Special Promotion Board of the Army was held last year to fill up the vacancy of three Lieutenant Generals for which about 33 officers were considered. A set of names
cleared by the board was sent to the defence ministry. However, following the meeting of the board, a series of complaints against some officers surfaced, many of which were being circulated on the social media too. Taking cognizance of the matter, defence minister Manohar Parrikar himself looked into the issue.
Every day we wake up with the hope of battling all our fears. But very few gather the strength to look fear straight in the eye and nail it! The 14 promising Agency | New Delhi contestants of this Season Managing editor of The of Fear Factor Khatron Times of India Arindam Ke Khiladi have done Sengupta passed away exactly that. Whether it Correspondent | Vadodara UK pound (total value early today after a brief in Indian currency Rs 96 battle with cancer. He was the scare of hissing little more precarious was amazing journey. Captur- The crime branch of Vasnakes on their bodies or lakh 92 thousand ) were Arjun Kapoor - the fun, ing moments of sanity and dodara police has nabbed was 61. Sengupta had found in a bag they were joined Times of India dunking their heads in- friendly and fearless host insanity, anxiety and with- two persons with UK carrying, he said. During group in 1991 after a side a box full of worms, who loved doing keeda at drawals, fun and laughter, pound and US dollar jumping off from running primary interrogation the every possible juncture. bruises and breakdowns, worth over Rs 96 lakhs previous stint from 1988 duo, resident of Nagarto 1990. He had a long vehicles, speed in cars to To share this incredible presenting an all-new sea- in Indian currency. P I of vada locality of the city, and distinguished asso- survive a blast, battling experience of being a host son of ZICA from Tata of the special operation with fire, allow deadly could not give any satisof the stunt based reality Motors presents Khatron group of the crime branch ciation with the group factory answer as to from and served in various spiders and reptiles walk show Arjun Kapoor vis- Ke Khiladi – Kabhi Peeda M N Parmar said that on where they got the large important positions in all over their face, pick ited the most celebrated Kabhi Keeda in Argentina a tip off Salim Hussain sum of foreign currency. slithering snakes using city of India, Ahmed- with 14 celebrity enter- Menon and Sadir Gaffar both Times of India and It is however, understood, Economic Times. Prime the mouth, walk the tight abad. The daredevil host tainers and Arjun Kapoor; Teli were caught from a that the money might be Minister Narendra Modi rope from scary heights relived every moment of all set to premiere on Sat- car on national highway of some hawala racket. and a host of political - the daredevils of the the Argentinian diaries as urday, 30th January, 2016 8 near Fajalpur while The matter was being inleaders have condoled Season have done it all! he spoke about the most and will air every weekend they were on their way 1 lakh 14 thousand US dollar and 20 thousand vestigated. to Mumbai. A total of death of Sengupta. And to make their lives a special pages from this at 9:00 PM on COLORS. Corpo. Office: B/14, Madhav Chamber’s, India Colony, Opp-Vidhyanagar School, Bapunagar, Ahmedababad - 380024 Email: ssdaily2013@gmail.com Mo : 98250 98053
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Caste matters everywhere: schools, jobs or life
The suicide of research scholar Rohith Vemula has triggered a debate on caste discrimination in India. There is factual evidence (here and here) showing the existence of caste-based inequalities in terms of asset holdings, education and employment. Sure, it can be argued that these are the results of historical discrimination/deprivation and caste- based discrimination does not exist anymore, given the constitutional equality all citizens enjoy. Is it possible to find out whether caste is still used as a basis for discrimination in India? The question is not easy, as it involves capturing a subjective phenomenon. Various works of research in economics show that caste continues to act as a basis of discrimination in many aspects of life in India. Research shows that students sometimes perform better or worse in exams because their teachers expect them to do so. This is referred to as the Pygmalion Effect. Often, this effect can manifest itself on account of their characteristics, such as race and gender. In a 2012 paper, Rema N. Hanna and Leigh L. Linden, economists at Harvard University and University of Texas, Austin, tested this effect for caste among schoolchildren in India by conducting a grading experiment. The experiment involved inviting schoolchildren with diverse caste, age and gender attributes to take a multi-subject exam with a sizeable monetary reward. The answer scripts were duplicated after the exam. After recording original attributes, one set—without caste and other details—was given to evaluators from within research team. Another set was assigned to locally recruited teachers (also from diverse caste, age and gender backgrounds). In the second set, random caste, age and gender information was assigned to the answer scripts to test how evaluators would react to the information while assigning grades. The scores assigned by the locally recruited teachers were compared with the ones assigned by the evaluators from the research team. In a 2007 paper published in the Economic and Political Weekly (EPW), S.K. Thorat, former professor of economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and Paul Attewell at the City University of New York, conducted an experiment by sending three applications each in response to newspaper advertisements for jobs. The applications were sent in the name of an upper-caste Hindu, Dalit and Muslim applicant. The authors found that the chances of a Dalit or Muslim being called for a job interview were significantly lower in comparison with an upper-caste Hindu.
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QUOTE “President Rule is imposed only in a special case. Congress Party OF THE had imposed PR more than 100 times on flimsy grounds, including Arunachal Pradesh in the past,” - Amidst the ongoing row over President’s Rule in Arunachal Pradesh, Union Minister Kiren Rijiju has alleged that... DAY Ranbir Kapoor-Katrina Kaif split: What I have flirted with some people on was Salman Khan’s advice to the actress? ‘Khatron Ke Khiladi’, says Arjun Kapoor Agency | Mumbai
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Ranbir Kapoor and Katrina Kaif’s split was long time coming and despite regular rumours of breakup, the couple made sure they stuck around for each other. Not anymore. They have finally parted ways and it’s been anything but an amicable split. What was the major reason behind the split? Sources close to the two claim that it was Ranbir’s behaviour which angered and upseted Katrina. His non-committal attitude was Kat’s major concern. But what put the final nail in the coffin was his
Actor Arjun Kapoor says he flirts a lot with people in real life which is in his nature. The 2 States star will make his TV debut as the host of the new season of Khatron Ke Khiladi. When asked if he found love on the show, Arjun told reporters, “I fell in love with a lot of people (on the show) but I won’t go into details... That’s just for fun. I have done some amazing things on the show but that’s for fun. When you have a beautiful girl as ‘Paro’ in front you, of course you will flirt,” he said.
philandering ways. He had cheated on Deepika Padukone previously and we hear, he did the same with Katrina. A dejected Katrina ran to find solace in Salman Khan who gave her a friendly advice. While shooting on the sets of Bigg Boss 9 for the grand finale, Katrina
and Salman engaged in a long conversation over the matter. While Katrina is trying too hard to maintain a smiling face during the Fitoor promotions, the actress is suffering a lot inside. She is definitely in a lot of pain, post the break up. And Salman’s advice to her is clear.
Don’s Plum: The Leonardo DiCaprio film that he doesn’t want you to see Agency | Los Angeles
The experimental 1995 indie film Don’s Plum, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire, was pulled from video-sharing website Vimeo after its lead stars sent a third-party notification demanding the film’s release be blocked. The film was released online for free by its producer Dale Wheatley. The lead stars, Leonardo DiCaprio And Tobey Maguire, reportedly hated the finished version of director R D Robb’s film, which was subsequently pulled from release thanks to legal action on behalf of its actors, reported Entertainment Weekly. “Vimeo
has removed or disabled access to the following material as a result of a third-party notification by Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire claiming that this material is infringing: Don’s Plum,” a note on Vimeo’s website reads. “Although the film
remains banned in the US and Canada,” Wheatley wrote in a statement on the film’s site, “as a writer and producer I am making the film available under my copyright for the sole purpose of promoting my work as an independent filmmaker.”
“I don’t deny that I flirt with people. So that was natural. Let the rumours spread now, who can stop,” he added. The actor was speaking at the press conference of the upcoming reality show. Continuing the legacy of Akshay Kumar, Priyanka Chopra and Rohit Shetty, the 30-year-old
“Gunday” star will make his small screen debut with the seventh season of the stunt/ daredevil reality game show, based on America’s Fear Factor. Arjun said he wasn’t apprehensive to come on television as he believes it is an “amazing” medium which should not be underestimated.
cate my nominations at the 63rd Golden Reel Award to the soul of... Nirbhaya case, truly the #India’sDaughter.” Florida-based director Raj Amit Kumar’s debut film “Unfreedom”, starring Adil Hussain and Victor Banerjee in key roles, is a contemporary thriller that chronicles a lesbian love story set in New York and New Delhi. Leslee Udwin’s controversial BBC
documentary “India’s Daughter” features an interview of one of four men sentenced to death in the case. “Mad Max: Fury Road”, “The Martian”, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” and “The Revenant” earned three mentions apiece, the most in the feature-film categories. The ceremony will be held February 27 at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles.
Banned in India, Unfreedom and India’s Daughter earns nominations at Golden Reel Awards Agency | Mumbai
Oscar-winning sound designer Resul Pookutty has received two nominations for “Unfreedom” and “India’s Daughter”, both the films which are banned in India, at the Motion Picture Sound Editors’ 63rd annual Golden Reel Awards. Pookutty, 44, took to Twitter to share his excitement fpr being nominated with the fans. “Two nominations at #MPSE is a rare feat!I thank my crew and my fraternity for allowing me to grow and standing as the greatest support system,” he tweeted. The sound mixer dedicated his nominations to the victim of the December 16 gangrape. “I dedi-
Shruti Haasan turns 30, to celebrate Bhavna Talwar’s next on with family and friends in Chennai Salman Khan files caveat petition in children’s classic ‘Heidi’ Agency | New Delhi Supreme Court in hit-and-run case Actress Shruti Haasan,
Agency | Mumbai National award-winning filmmaker Bhavna Talwar is directing her first international project, a feature adaptation of children’s classic “Heidi”, starring veteran British actor Bill Nighy in the lead role. Titled “Heidi- Queen of the mountains”, the film is being produced by producers Sheetal Talwar and Simon Wright. Talwar, who won numerous accolades for her debut film “Dharm”, said she immediately agreed to direct the feature after Wright gave her the script. “Simon Wright, producer, had approached me with the film and I
thought it was a great opportunity and agreed to do the film. I had read the Heidi series much earlier and with the film am keen on presenting a contemporary interpretation of the story,” Talwar said in a statement. The first movie adaptation of the Heidi trilogy is written by writer-producer Paul Watson. It has been filmed on location in the UK and with interior work schedule to be shot in India. Nighy is a Golden Globe and BAFTA winning actor and is best known for his roles in “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”, “Love Actually”.
who turned 30 today, is all set to celebrate her birthday in style. Shruti will be hosting a birthday bash in the evening for which she has invited her closest friends and family members. Shruti, who is also popular in Bollywood and was last seen in hit movie ‘Welcome Back’, will host her party in home town Chennai this time. “Shruti has had a great run at the movies in 2015 both Bollywood and South and has a massive year ahead especially after the launch of her production venture Isidro. To commemorate the success of last year and the enthusiasm for the year ahead, Shruti has decided to celebrate her birthday with close friends and family in Chennai on Jan 28. Her father Kamal Haasan and sister Akshara will be there along with a number of her close ones
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who’re flying in from different parts of the country to be part of her special day,” said a source close to the actress. Shruti Haasan to play Kamal’s daughter in new Tamil film Shruti Haasan thanked her fans for the love. Shruti is the
daughter of Tamil superstar Kamal Haasan and veteran actress Sarika. Shruti Haasan will be seen in ‘Rocky Handsome’ opposite John Abraham later this year. Lovely to be working with Suriya again: Shruti Haasan.
Bollywood actor Salman Khan filed a caveat petition in the Supreme Court today asking to be heard when the Maharashtra government’s appeal against his acquittal in the 2002 hit-and-run case comes up for hearing. The case dates back to September 28, 2002 when the actor’s SUV hit five people sleeping on a pavement in Bandra, Mumbai leading to the death of one person. Four others were injured in the incident. In May last year, a trial court had found the actor guilty handing him a five-year sentence, but the Bombay High Court overturned the trial court order in December letting the actor walk free. The High Court additionally noted that the probe was conducted in a faulty and careless manner. Last Friday, the Maharashtra
Last week, the Maharashtra government had challenged the acquittal of Salman Khan in the hit-and-run case government challenged the acquittal of the actor in the top court through a petition which disputed the earlier High Court finding. The appeal said evidence of complainant Ravindra Patil, who was with Salman in the Toyota Land Cruiser, was legally tenable and its rejection
was wrong. Patil was the actor’s bodyguard who had said Salman was driving drunk and had ignored his warnings. Patil died of tuberculosis in 2007 and when the High Court examined his testimonies, it held the evidence was not admissible under law.
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Agency | New Delhi Blackberry’s first smartphone that runs Android — Blackberry Priv — has been launched for Rs 62,990. It will be available in leading Blackberry stores and Amazon from January 30. After they’re OS 10 sank while Android and iOS soared, Blackberry has finally has put an Android in one of its devices to keep up with the competition. The version of Android on Priv borrows heavily from the Blackberry OS 10. The Blackberry Hub — notification inbox that aggregates all alerts — will be available on the Blackberry Priv. It also comes with a QHD screen and a slide-out physical keyboard like the Blackberry Torch. If you have resisted the switch to Android or iOS from your trusty Blackberry for the lack of a physical keyboard or security features, you this phone should be in your wishlist.
Discord swoons gamers with speed and security
Agency | New Delhi Well appreciated for its speed, security, and standalone nature, Discord (messaging app) was the unlikely product of a mobile game that never quite took off. Spun off from a mobile game, Discord has already seen swift adoption among online streamers and gaming community members. It’s even attracting interest from series investors. Having already built and sold another hot gaming program, the iOS Game Center precursor OpenFeint, tech entrepreneur Jason Citron and business partner Eros Resmini made plans to bring the success of Dota 2 and League of Legends to mobile. Fates Forever was a variation on the popular MOBA formula, designed exclusively for the iPad form factor, and launching in 2014. Despite having done decently enough at review, Fates Forever was not long of this world, but its development had turned its studio team on to an unmet need for a different sort of online chat app. They soon set about developing Discord, which offers both voice and text chat for free, via dedicated mobile app, desktop program, or web client.
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Afghanistan were placed at a precarious 90/3 off 25 overs in their game against Pakistan in the U-19 World Cup, at Sylhet International Cricket Stadium. Left-handed Tariq Stanikzai was unbeaten on 42 while keeper Ikram Faizi had made 17. While Afghanistan may be considered minnows, they sprang surprises in the 2014 tournament by beating Australia and Sri Lanka, and losing to West Indies by only nine runs. Four players from that side are still part of the team, including Ihsanullah Janat, the captain. According
Australian Open: Kerber ends Konta dream run to set final vs Serena to Wisden, Afghanistan prepared for this tournament with a tri-series in Kolkata, against India and Bangladesh, in which they lost all four matches. However, they then beat Zimbabwe 4-0 in Noida, which the team has used virtually as its adopted home stadium. In their two warm-ups games in Bangladesh thereafter,
Afghanistan eased past Ireland by 126 runs, but then lost by a narrow 13run margin to New Zealand. Ihsanullah scored a fine 125-ball 133 in the game against Ireland, and in the match before that against Zimbabwe in India, he had a half-century. Zahir Khan, a chinaman bowler, took 5/30 against New Zealand.
Hardik Pandya reprimanded for breaching ICC Code of Conduct Agency | New Delhi
Promising Indian cricketer Hardik Pandya was on Thursday reprimanded by the International Cricket Council (ICC) for celebrating aggressively after taking a wicket during the opening T20I against Australia in Adelaide. Incidentally, it was Pandya’s maiden International match as well. The incident took place in the 16th over, when Pandya grabbed his maiden international wicket in the form of Chris Lynn and celebrated excessively in close proximity to the dismissed right-handed, which could have provoked an aggressive reaction. However, after the game in which India crushed the visitors by 37 runs, Pandya admitted the offense and accepted the
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Seventh seed Angelique Kerber tamed British hope Johanna Konta to reach the Australian Open final on Thursday, where she will face dominant world number one Serena Williams. The 28-year-old, buoyed by a new-found self-belief inspired by fellow German Steffi Graf, proved too hot to handle for Konta as she won 7-5, 6-2 on Rod Laver Arena. The win puts the lefthander into her first ever Grand Slam final on her 33rd attempt, marking the first time a German has got so far at Melbourne Park since 1996. That year, Anke Huber made the final where she lost to Monica Seles. Graf is the last German champion in Melbourne, winning the
last of her four Australian titles in 1994. But Kerber now has a momentous task ahead against a player in awesome form, after defending champion Williams swept past fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska 6-0, 6-4 in the other semi-final. The German, who is guaranteed to return to the world top five, beat two-time champion Victoria Azarenka in the last eight and the task facing Konta, ranked
47, was always a big ask. The Briton, who has risen 100 rankings places in the past year, was on her tournament main draw debut having failed to come through qualifying last season. But her defeat of eighth seed Venus Williams in the opening round gave her a huge boost, and against the odds she kept her run going to become Britain’s first female Grand Slam semi-finalist since 1983.
fraternity was excitedly awaiting the results of the awards ceremony, Warner was looking forward to the dinner menu, on which he was hoping to locate some chicken. He then ruled himself out of the race, tipping Test and ODI captain Steve Smith to win instead. He was to be very wrong. But the
attention soon turned towards the T20 series, and the Australian batsmen’s biggest nemeses, spinners R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, not to forget their impact on the opening game which went the visitors’ way. And Warner insisted that his team will have to tread carefully against the duo.
ternational retirements in order to get the lucrative contracts in the Masters League. According to the PCB’s policy, the players, who sign contracts for the MCL, were told to first sign a letter to officially end their international careers with the decision being irrevocable. Farhat played 40 Tests, 58 ODIs and seven T20Is for Pakistan. His last international
outing was in June 2013. The PCB, however, clarified that the players who go for the MCL can continue to play in domestic cricket. Despite having the experience of playing 181 first-class matches and scoring 12,669 runs, Farhat was left out in the drafts for the inaugural Pakistan Super League (PSL), which is set to be held in February.
Ind vs Aus: India has found perfect team balance, says David Warner Agency | Melbourne
sanction proposed by Jeff Crowe of the Elite Panel of ICC Match Referees. The charge was leveled by on-field umpires Simon Fry and John Ward, third umpire Paul Wilson and fourth official Gerard Abood. Pandya was found to have breached Article 2.1.7 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to “Using
language, actions or gestures which disparage or which could provoke an aggressive reaction from a batsman upon his/her dismissal during an International Match”, as per the ICC release. For all first offenses, Level 1 breaches carry a minimum penalty of an official reprimand and a maximum penalty of 50 per cent of a player’s match fee.
Malinga, Mathews likely to miss T20 series in India
Only a few hours later he would be accorded with the prestigious Allan Border Medal completing a dramatic turnaround that has seen him transform from the ‘problem child’ of Australian cricket to its ultimate match-winner. It’s been a period of his career where he’s displayed an unimaginable appetite for runs, the kind you don’t expect from as explosive a batsman as the left-hander. But as he met the media at Melbourne’s Tullamarine Airport on Wednesday, the diminutive opener seemed more concerned about his hunger of another kind. While the rest of Australia’s cricketing
Discarded Pakistani batsman Imran Farhat retires from international cricket Agency | Karachi
Agency | New Delhi US car major Ford plans to launch its iconic sedan ‘Mustang’ in India in the second quarter of this year. The company, which is present in India via a wholly-owned subsidiary, currently sells models like EcoSport and Endeavour in the country. “First time in 50 years we have right handed Mustang. We will launch this iconic model in India in second quarter of 2016,” Ford India Managing Director and President Nigel Harris told reporters here. The coming of Mustang to India is like icing on the cake considering the company’s current product range in the country, he added. “The new Mustang is a modern interpretation of the American icon and we are thrilled to be giving our customers in India the opportunity to experience this piece of automotive history for the first time,” Harris said. The company, however, did not share price details. Since the Mustang went on sale in 1964, Ford has sold more than 90 lakh units. The sedan will be launched here with a 5 litre V8 engine helping the car to a top speed of 250 km/hr.
In addition, veteran spinner Rangana Herath and fast bowler Nuwan Pradeep were recovering from their respective injuries sustained during the Premier T20 tournament. Agency | Colombo
Sri Lanka T20 skipper Lasith Malinga and Angelo Mathews, who are recovering from their respective injuries, are unlikely to feature in next month’s three-match series against India. Malinga, who was ruled out of New Zealand tour with a knee inju-
ry, will require another fortnight to regain full fitness, while Test and ODI captain Mathews has been nursing a groin strain that largely prevented him from bowling in New Zealand. In addition, veteran spinner Rangana Herath and fast bowler Nuwan Pradeep were recovering from their respective injuries
sustained during the Premier T20 tournament. Meanwhile, Dinesh Chandimal is expected to continue as captain after leading Sri Lanka in the two T20s against New Zealand. Sri Lanka will kickstart their Indian tour from February 9 to 14 before the start of the Asia Cup, which commences on February 24.
Pakistan’s discarded Test opening batsman Imran Farhat announced his retirement from international cricket in a bid to appear in the Masters Champions League (MCL), which commences in Dubai from tomorrow. Farhat, 33, made the decision after meeting the officials of the Pakistan Cricket Board on Wednesday and got a No-Objection Certificate to participate in the MCL. The left-handed batsman, who last played for the national team in 2013, joins a long list of Pakistani cricketers who have been forced by the the PCB to announce their in-
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OBCs to decide next CM:Alpesh Thakor Allocation of Surplus land to landless: Govt forms fact-finding panel Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Addressing a massive anti-liquor rally of OBC Thakor community, their leader Alpesh Thakor said in the 2017 Gujarat Assembly elections, their community will decide who would be the Chief Minister. The rally — Vyasan Mukti Mahakumbh — was organised at the GMDC Ground here under the aegis of Kshatriya-Thakor Sena, led by Thakor. It was attended by around 2 lakh people, This was the same venue from where the Patidar
reservation stir leader Hardik Patel addressed a massive gathering on August 25 followed by widespread violence across the state. Thakor is a prominent leader who has been opposing the Patidar reservation stir. The rally on
Tuesday was considered to be “a show of strength” by Thakor. “We will decide the value of our votes. In 2017, we will decide the CM. I don’t want to talk political, but our ruler should be the one who understands the pain of peo-
ple,” Thakor said in his nearly 40-minute speech that was otherwise devoted mainly to de-addiction. During the function, video messages of Chief Minister Anandiben Patel and Gujarat Congress Chief Bharatsinh Solanki were also screened at the gathering. They wished Thakor in his endeavour for de-addiction among Thakor community. Thakor has been spearheading a movement in Gujarat to counter the agitation of the Patel community seeking reservation.
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Amid serious allegations of poor implementation of the Agriculture Lands Ceiling Act (ALC Act) in Gujarat, the Revenue Department has appointed three nodal officers of deputy secretary rank to ascertain the actual scenario of the allocation of surplus land to landless farmers in state under the law. It is noteworthy that the Gujarat government passed a bill in the As-
Gauri Khan’s collection in Paris Watch youths attacking boy with sword & baseball bat honours the Gujarati art of Sankhedu Correspondent | New Delhi
Correspondent | Bhavnagar
On a petty issue like auto rickshaw parking, four youths with swords and baseball bats in their hands attacked a boy and created panic in the market here. Accused Sahid Gaffar and Shoaib along with their oth-
er two friends attacked Hitesh Rathor on the issue of parking. The victim is badly injured and admitted to the hospital by the locals. The entire incident is captured in the CCTV camera of the locality and police has launched a search operation to nap the criminals.
Morari Bapu’s Ram Katha at Raj Ghat in Delhi from 30th January
Gauri Khan, entrepreneur and wife of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, debuted at the trade show Maison&Objet in Paris with a presentation of her collection of furniture titled “Turned wood on brass” in collaboration with French designers Regis Mathieu and Jean Francoise L’Sarge. Gauri’s collection was complemented by chandeliers made of crystal produced by Regis Mathieu and a range of hand embroidered cushions by Jean Francoise LÂ’Sarge. The show was held between January 22-26 , 2016. Her collection was displayed on all the five days of the show. “Maison&Objet is a leading platform for the best in global design and creativity. I am honoured to have been invited to
Gujarat based Ram kathakar Morari Bapu’s ‘Manas Rajghat’ Ram katha will be held at Raj Ghat in Delhi during 30 January to 7 February. Raj Ghat is samadhi sthal where father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi was cremated. This particular Katha is organized by RajGhat Samiti(a central government organization under Urban Development ministry). First day katha session will be between 2.30 – 6.00 pm, on next day onward daily session will be between 9.30 am and 2.00 pm. For Ramkatha entry will be
allowed from the public gate on the ring road only. Free Prasad (lunch) will be served every day after the Ramkatha is over. Showing photo identity card issued by the government has been made mandatory for entry to Katha venue. Shri Morari Bapu has earlier recited katha at Mahatma Gandhi’s birth place Porbandar and Gandhi’s karma bhoomi Sabarmati Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad also. Shri Morari Bapu’s next two katha after Delhi are scheduled at Kamijala during 13-21 February and at Junagadh during 37 February – 6 March.
a nodal officer for Amreli, Bhavnagar, Porbandar, Rajkot, Surendranagar, Somnath, Botad, Morbi, Devbhumi Dwarka, Jamnagar, Junagadh and Kutch districts. In his petition, Mevani has produced voluminous government records while alleging that thousands of acres, declared surplus under the ALC Act, have not been given to landless farmers of the Schedule Caste and the Schedule Tribe communities.
state government, however, sought time, initially for six months. After the tribunal granted oneand-a-half month extension twice, the government once again sought extension of time. The inquiries against Yadav are based on two different cases which were registered against him when he was SP, Gandhinagar. One of the case is related to a dacoity worth Rs 1.5 crore in which two people were killed. He is currently posted as commandant, State Reserve Police, in Vadodara. It has been alleged that
during the investigation, he lodged an FIR against Gandhinagar range IG, Geetha Johri, who is now of DGP rank, for allegedly torturing an accused to confess his involvement in dacoity. The state government chargesheeted Yadav for lodging the FIR without any basis. The state government filed another chargesheet against Yadav, alleging failure in supervising a SC/ST case. It was alleged that by assigning the investigation to a police sub-inspector, instead of a DSP rank officer, Yadav failed to supervise the case.
toll tax collection at Beti toll booth near Rajkot was issued in year 2012 and toll booth collection had started recently. We made representation that Beti toll booth is within 13 km distance of another toll booth located on same road at Bamanbor. The central government has in response denotified the road and handed it over to Gujarat government.A decision has been taken that toll collection process at Beti toll booth will be closed and merged with toll collection at Bamanmor toll plaza and it will be reduced as much
as possible. Ahmedabad – Gandhinagar – Naroda national highway was expanded to 10 meter width in the past, but traffic issue continued to exist due to IAF, BSF, Army, education institutes there. We were demanding to convert this road to four lane. Today Shri Nitin Gadkari has given approval for this task. It will make journey between Himmatnagar and Naroda smoother and safer. Construction works for world’s tallest statue featuring Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel are going on in full speed.
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present my collection here and to collaborate with immensely talented French designers like Jean Francoise and Regis Mathieu,” Gauri said in a statement. Her collection had two sources of inspiration. The first being the work of craftsmen from the eastern region of Gujarat who are proficient in the art of “Sankhedu” (Gujarati name for a turning lathe). The traditional art has been practiced by 80 to 100 families in the area, who have been hand painting furniture made of turned wood since 1855.
The collection also draws inspiration from the work of Indian designer Avni Sejpal of Studio Avni who uses materials like cork and rubber to make unique light fittings. Each piece of furniture in the collection comes with its own narrative and history. “India has a very rich heritage in craft and France has a legacy as a design hub. The collaboration of cultures and traditions has been exciting. I would like to do more to bring traditional Indian craft to the fore internationally,” the 45-year-old said.
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valli, Ahmedabad, Anand, Kheda and Mahisagar have been included. Deputy Secretary (Land Acquisition) of the Revenue department will be nodal officer for the zone. The second zone includes Bharuch, Narmada, Surat, Tapi, Chhota Udepur, Valsad, Vadodara, Navsari, the Dangs, Dahod and the Panchmahals with Deputy Secretary (Urban Land Ceiling) as nodal officer. Deputy Secretary (Land Reforms) will be
Gujarat govt probes against IPS officer drag on for 17 yrs
Gujarat’s controversial anti-terror bill withdrawn by Home Ministry
The controversial anti-terror bill passed by Gujarat State assembly has been has been withdrawn by Home Ministry after it was sent to President Pranab Mukherjee for approval. The law was passed in the Gujarat Assembly in March 2015 despite opposition. The Gujarat Control of Organised Crime (GUJCOC) Bill, which was earlier returned by the President thrice to the state government for reconsideration, was passed by a majority vote amid stiff resistance from Opposition Congress, which walked out of the House over its controversial provisions. The contentious provisions of the bill included admissibility of evidence collected through telephonic interception and confession made before police officer as evidence in court. Section 14 of the Bill said, “Notwithstanding anything contained in the code or in any oth-
sembly seeking to amend the ALC Act. The legislation was originally meant for bringing in equality by giving surplus land to the landless, but the proposed amendments to the Act have opened the surplus land to the industry also. The amendment bill has been sent to the President for his approval. As per the order, the Revenue Department has distributed all the districts in three zones and for each zone a deputy secretary rank officer has been appointed as a nodal officer who will ascertain the actual scenario of the implementation of the ALC Act in Gujarat. In the first zone, Gandhinagar, Mehsana, Banas-kantha, Patan, Sabarkantha, Ara-
The Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT), Ahmedabad bench, Wednesday reserved its order on two petitions moved by IPS officer R S Yadav, challenging the delay in his promotion due to pendency of two inquiries against him which were initiated 17 years ago. Yadav was of Superintendent of Police (SP) rank then. Today, after 17 years, he remains on the same post. Yadav, a controversial IPS officer, moved two different petitions before the CAT in 2013 and 2014, stating that his promotion was delayed by the state government due to two inquiries pending against him since 1998. He sought the tribunal’s intervention to direct the government to expedite the inquiry. The
Beti toll plaza to close, GoI approves Rs 800 crore fund, major highway works in Gujarat Sunvilla News | Gandhinagar
er law which is in force, the evidence collected through the interception of wire, electronic or oral communication under the provisions of any other law shall be admissible as evidence against the accused in the court during the trial of the case.” According to Section 16 of the Bill, accused’s statement before a police officer, not below the rank of Superintendent of police, will be treated as an evidence. While, Section 20 (2) (b) said stipulated time to complete probe and file the chargesheet can be exceeded to 180 days (six months) from
the current stipulated time of 90 days. Another controversial provision under the bill is section 20 (4), which reads “no accused person in this act shall be released on bail or on his own bond unless the public prosecutor has been given an opportunity to oppose the application, the special court is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for believing that accused is not guilty of such offence and that he is not likely to commit any offence while on bail.” The cases under the act can be tried only in a special courts set up for this purpose.
A meeting between Minister of Road and Building, Government of Gujarat Shri Nitin Patel and union minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari which was also participated by Minister of State and Rajkot MP from Gujarat Shri Mohan Kundariya and several government officials was held in New Delhi today. – Bhavnagar – Somnath – Dwarka road development was granted permission in the past. Central government has decided to issue tender and start the works. Some land acquisition and forest department permissions are pending. The state government and central government will employ their efforts jointly in this regard. Notification for
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