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Being a subject of male gaze has become such an inadvertent part of every woman’s existence that it has ceased to bother most people, but 24-yearold Tanvi Jain, attempts an awakening from this slumber through her artwork. Among four art works awarded at The Ravi Jain Annual, 2015, held at Dhoomimal Gallery here last evening, Jain has created a painting series of male postures in public places documented daily over a span of two months.
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SC refuses blanket ban on Diwali crackers The Supreme Court asked the Centre and concerned agencies to launch publicity campaigns in the media on the harmful impact of firecrackers during the festival season. Agency | New Delhi The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to order a blanket ban of fireworks during Diwali on a plea by three infants. It reiterated its earlier ruling that firecrackers will be prohibited between 10 pm and 6 am. However, the court expressed its displeasure over the central government’s failure to implement a previous order to sensitise the public on the ill effects and pollution of bursting of crackers. The court asked the Centre and concerned agencies
to launch publicity campaigns in the media on the harmful impact of firecrackers during the festival season. The opposition to the ban has been quite stiff, especially in Tamil Nadu. While Arulmigu Sri Ayyappan Sangam, a religious organisation based in
Sivakasi opposed the idea of the ban saying that any restriction on bursting firecrackers on Diwali would affect the traditional and customary rights of Hindus, G Abirupen, leader of the Tamil Nadu Fireworks and Amorces Manufacturers Association (TANFA-
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MA), a body opposed the idea of ban, challenged the very logic of ‘pollution’ itself and the alleged ‘health impacts’ from firecrackers. Abirupen represents the Rs 6,000 crore worth Sivakasi-based fireworks manufacturing factories. He said the fireworks industry in Tirupati, the largest in the country with over 800 fireworks factories, also supports over five lakh families. He denied reports that
children were employed in their factories and claimed that all employees get minimum wages with Employee State Insurance and Provident Fund benefits. As far as Abirupen and the industry are concerned, the arguments of environmentalists and anti-pollution activists who raised an alarm at the pollution from fireworks during festival days are unfair on several counts. If
firecrackers makes people sick, how clean are the city skies otherwise? If you go by the data of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), there is no major difference between the ambient air pollution levels during average normal day and festival days. If you could check the same with local pollution monitors in other cities, for instance, pay Rs 30 to the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control
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Board (TNPCB) and get the pollution data of a normal day and Diwali day, you would see that there is not much difference.
How safe are the crackers?
After the ban on Chinese-made firecrackers which contain the substances of banned potassium chloride, locally-made fire crackers are less dangerous and being manufactured with allowed substances such as aluminium, barium and potassium nitrate. Unlike Chinese products, our firecrackers are not friction sensitive too. Moreover, bursting crackers or fireworks during festival season are part of our culture that dates back to centuries. Only prolonged exposure to pollutants affect your health. Lakhs of people who live in our highly polluted cities are exposed to dangerous levels of pollution on a daily basis — the main reason for health problems is prolonged exposure.
FTII chairman Gajendra Chauhan on Wednesday A unique fest, billed as Agency | New Delhi welcomed the students’ India’s first in business decision to call off their literature, will explore Prime Minister Naren139-day-old strike and business storytelling dra Modi on Wednesday said he will now focus through books, movies, held bilateral talks with on winning over them blogs, tweets and social heads of several African through his “work and media posts here this nations during which UN positivity”. The students strike is never a solution. my best to shoulder this week. The Bangalore reforms, combating chalended their strike but they It is now over. I will try responsibility. My attempt Business Literature Fes- lenge of terrorism and made it clear that their pro- to end this protest through will be to have good relatival on October 31 will boosting trade and investtest against the appoint- my work and positivity. tions with the students,” see all attendees, includment, particularly in oil ment of Chauhan as the We will work together.” said Chauhan, best known ing business leaders, exand gas sector, figured of global governance flicts in the world includ- FTII chairman and four “Life is full of challeng- for his role of Yudhishthir ecutives, entrepreneurs prominently. The African system and said the UN ing the Syrian crisis could other society members es. I accept them... this is in television serial ‘Maand students, engaging in leaders appreciated In- structure which was set up not be resolved because of will continue. Although a challenge and I will do habharat’. conversations with over dia’s development proj- after the second world war veto powers of the UNSC the students ruled out any 30 leading Indian busiects in the continent and cannot remain relevant in member countries, sourc- “proactive engagement” ness book authors, edisought deepening of ties 21st century. He said it es in the Ministry of Ex- with the Information and tors, writers and publishin diverse sectors includ- was important that all like ternal Affairs said. The Broadcasting ministry, ers in an informal setting. ing health care, education minded countries come heads of state and govern- Chauhan is unfazed and Yuvan Shankar and capacity building. In together to ensure reform ment of African countries said he will make all poshis meeting, South Afri- of the UN, particularly are here to participate in sible effort to end their Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad Raja goes to can President Jacob Zuma the UN Security Council, the India Africa Forum protest. “My appeal from India’s dreaded gangster Hollywood strongly called for reform observing that many con- Summit tomorrow. day one has been that of yesteryears Chhota Rajan, who has been arrested by the Indonesian Police from Bali following a red corner notice by Agency | Chennai at all. But accuse someone the Interpol, is wanted in I don’t hate my neigh- of eating beef and the posas many as eight criminal bour, I just don’t like him. se gallops in and saves cases in Gujarat, said inHe plays music too loud- the day. Imagine if I just formed sources. Two of Agency | Jammu ly and throws his rubbish called them on my neighthe eight cases against Rabour. Hi, guess what, I jendra Sadashiv Nikalje Yuvan Shankar Raja into our side of the house. smell beef cooking across Besides, his window sill alias Chhota Rajan who ter Amarsinh Chaudhary over to the Detection of makes his Hollywood Ahmedabad-based Crime Branch in 2011. If is also known as Nana in and debut with the film is covered with cigarette the hall. Worth checkthe underworld, are regis- eye surgeon Amit Shah a 2005 offence under secWoolfell. The Sci-fi film, butts. Dissss-gusting. So ing them out. Maybe the self-appointed guardians House they can easily en- ers can enter a state gov- tered with the Detection in 2000. However, they tion 387 of the Indian Pedirected by Hari Haran, I have come up with this is a full-length anima- idea inspired by what went of my faith will fetch up ter my neighbour’s house, ernment premise, trample of Crime Branch police could not execute their nal Code for threatening a tion film. Yuvan took to on in Kerala House and and beat the guy to pulp. what fun. If my idea catch- down the door, raid the of Ahmedabad, said the plan following the ar- person with life or grievTwitter to share the news the alacrity with which the I can hear the sirens al- es on and more folks start kitchen and smite us with sources, adding that the rest of 18 members of ous injury for purpose of indignation? Gujarat Police have gal- Rajan’s gang. In another extortion as well as Arms about his Hollywood de- cops responded to the ac- ready. At least the loud accusing more people righteous but.He has said that he is cusation that the canteen music will stop. Trick is of eating beef, the crime We have already had three vanized into action to case, the Karanj police in Act is pending against excited to be associated was serving beef from not making the accusa- wave will rise exponen- deaths and counting... On put together details of the Ahmedabad had arrested Rajana with the Ahmedwith the director Hari cow’s meat. You have a tion if its fish. Fish has a tially because all the cops nothing more than an airy offences lodged against a Mumbai-based medical abad police, another FIR Haran and the designer burglary you find the po- distinctive cooking smell. will be busy chasing down accusation. And it is time him. According to city practitioner Piyush Me- against his accomplice Kunal Rajan. The direc- lice strolling up in their But everything else goes. suspected culinary crimi- Parliament passed a law police sources, Chhota hta, who had sought the Dharmendra Punjabi for tor has said Yuvna has own sweet time. Some- Especially since the cops nals. Okay, enough of the and clarified what the na- Rajan and members of help of Chhota Rajan’s threatening a businessman already composed music body gets raped they hunt have had no training in satire. Seriously, where tional stance is on eating the Babbar Khalsa group, gang to extort Rs.2 crore Hansraj Grower has been for the teaser and theme for a pen to take down meats per se and won’t are we taking this issue beef in a nation that has had allegedly demanded from Shah following a le- hanging fire in textile and music for the protagonist the FIR. You get mugged know one from the other. when privacy is thrown 300 million people living extortion money from for- gal dispute between them. diamond city Surat since mer Congress chief minis- Mehta was later handed 1999, police sources said. they laugh and don’t come If they can enter Kerala to the winds and strang- below the poverty line. of the film, Ivan Drago. 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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Extortion, drug trafficking, murder: Strange as it may sound, these are the least of Rajendra Nikhalje’s or “Chhota Rajan’s” crimes. He was much more, as a witness to a critical phase in the making of modern India, when criminality and power became inextricably entwined. Like all organised crime operations, the Mumbai syndicates provided services the public demanded, but the state denied — alcohol during prohibition, for example, or smuggled electronics when import duties were at 300 per cent. From the 1970s on, as the state system degraded, the corruption of judicial and police institutions provided crime lords with new opportunities. They provided security, enforced contracts, resolved disputes and, over time, emerged as sources of finance. In return for impunity, they served corrupt business élites, bureaucrats and politicians. The syndicates weren’t enemies of the state — they were its creatures. Nikhalje himself, having apparently begun his career scalping movie tickets, graduated from bootlegging liquor to extortion, and eventually became Dawood Ibrahim’s key lieutenant in Mumbai. In 1989, he joined his boss in Dubai, positioning himself at the heart of the D-Company’s operations, before exiting following the 1993 Mumbai blasts. While India’s intelligence services are believed to have allied with Nikhalje for years to wage war on the man suspected to have been behind the blasts, it is unlikely he can do much to help find Dawood. Dawood is known to be in Pakistan, sheltered by its grateful intelligence establishment. There’s little new light remaining to be shed on the 1993 bombings — which took place when Nikhalje was well entrenched in Dawood’s order, for all his subsequent efforts to legitimise himself as a Hindu nationalist. Nikhalje’s nabbing may, at most, help resolve the question of how much he knew about the operation. There’s considerable speculation about whether Nikhalje’s return to India is a surrender-in-disguise — an effort by an ageing criminal to seek a relatively secure retirement home — or a breakthrough by Australia’s police services. There are questions to be answered, too, about how Nikhalje evaded arrest for so long. In comparison with the big issues, though, these are trivial. The crime syndicates’ role in corrupting the republic was investigated by the N.N. Vohra Committee in the 1990s. Its appendices, believed to name top politicians, still remain secret. The present government’s test will be to ensure that the police investigation can wander where it wishes, returning with prosecutable cases.
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QUOTE “He is looking forward to Punjab becoming the first state in the country where every village will be covered with broadband mobile connectivity as he committed OF THE to invest towards digital infrastructure in the state, Reliance had already invested DAY Rs 3,900 crore in the state,” - Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani today said.... Anushka Sharma denies marriage Priyanka Chopra hopes Quantico rumours with boyfriend Virat Kohli opens new doors for Indian talent
Agency | Mumbai India Test cricket team captain Virat Kohli’s recent weekend outing with actress, girlfriend Anushka Sharma and her father sparked off speculations of marriage in the near future. There were reports that the power couple were looking to take their relationship to the next level and were even on a house hunt in Mumbai. However, it looks like all these talks are nothing
but mere gossip. Flaying reports suggesting marriage is on the card for Anushka and Virat, the actress’ publicist in an email statement clarified: “There is no truth to the stories/rumours about Anushka Sharma’s impending wedding. Currently she is busy and happy with her work commitments. She has always been open about her life and would appreciate it and request everyone to wait for her
to make announcements about her life instead of speculating.” Anushka and Virat started dating early last year and have been quite open about their relationship preferring to wear their hearts on their sleeves unlike other discreet lovers of B-town. The actress is often seen cheering for her boyfriend at matches while Virat too sends in his compliments after watching every release of Anushka.
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Agency | New Delhi Actress Deepika Padukone has finished shooting her upcoming period romance “Bajirao Mastani”. The Sanjay Leela Bhansali-directed film also stars Priyanka Chopra and Ranveer Singh. The movie narrates the story of the the Maratha warrior – Peshwa Baji Rao I (Ranveer) of the Maratha Empire and his second wife, Mastani (Deepika). Pri-
yanka, 33, plays Bajirao’s first wife Kashibai. The movie sees the trio reuniting with Bhansali after their last year outing “Ram Leela”. “Bajirao Mastani” will clash at the box-office with superstar Shah Rukh Khan-starrer “Dilwale” this December 18. “And it’s a wrap on my most incredible film experience…! #MASTANI #BajiraoMastani #18thDecember,” the 30-year-old actress tweeted.
Agency | Mumbai Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra has expressed hopes that her leading role in hit United States television show Quantico will help pave the way for other Indian actors to make it big in America. In an email interview to AFP, the Mary Kom star said, “I can only hope that it opens the right doors. I truly believe that we have a huge pool of talent in India, which spans actors, directors, technicians and the like,
and there is a huge window of opportunity for them to explore outside India.” Priyanka, 33, has been steadily spreading her wings in the US. She first launched a music career and later lent her voice to a Disney character for film Planes. Besides, she has been a part of mainstream American television drama , ABC’s Quantico. On Quantico, she plays the lead character of Alex Parrish, a half-American half-Indian who becomes the FBI’s prime suspect. The
former Miss World is blazing a trail as the first Indian lead in a US TV series, playing FBI agent turned suspected terrorist Alex Parrish in the ABC thriller. She has received glowing reviews for her Quantico. She has also received an offer to host a celebrity chat show for ABC. Priyanka is busy with Quantico and her Bollywood commitments, but she liked the concept of the talk show and plans to accommodate dates for it, sources were quoted as saying.
– a jobless carefree man, living in Bangalore, and a woman with whom he has fallen in love. Upon the woman’s request, he drives her to Mumbai, while a group of gangsters follow them,
planning to kidnap the woman. “Character is similar to the original. The nuances are being worked on now. He plays a young boy who’s always on a job hunt,” the insider said.
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Agency | Mumbai The lawyer of Bollywood actor Salman Khan argued in the Bombay High Court on October 27 that the panchnama and site maps were fabricated by the police to falsely book the actor under the grave charge of culpable homicide not amounting to murder in the 2002-hit-and-run case. The High Court is hearing an appeal filed
by Mr Khan who was awarded a five-year sentence on May 6 after a sessions court found him guilty of ramming his car into a shop in 2002, killing one person and injuring four others sleeping on the pavement. “The panchnama and site maps are fabricated and cannot be relied upon. These were prepared to invoke section 304 II of IPC (culpable homicide)
and also to add the element of ‘drunkenness and rashness’ to make the charges graver”, argued Mr Khan’s lawyer Amit Desai. “Not just this, the police and prosecuting agency had ignored the statement of Salman Khan’s family driver Ashok Singh, who has claimed that he was driving the car on the ill-fated day when the mishap occurred,” Mr Desai added.
Harbhajan Singh’s buddies bowl a doosra Agency | New Delhi
Cricketer Harbhajan Singh is all set to tie the knot with Bollywood beauty Geeta Basra on 0ctober 29, 2015. The grapevine is abuzz with the news of their wedding ceremony. The couple has been in a relationship from the last three years but have been secretive about it. The pre-wedding functions have already begun- Mehendi and Sangeet. The cricketer gave
his fans a sneak-peek of his sangeet ceremony. BBCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) also shared a picture of their
Sangeet function. In this picture, Harbhajan and Geeta are sitting on a cycle rickshaw which was fully decorated with flowers.
‘Force’ actor Vidyut Jammwal is set to star in director N Lingusamy’s Hindi remake of the hit Tamil film ‘Paiyaa’. The romantic-action-drama will mark Lingusamy’s directorial debut in Bollywood. He helmed the original 2010 film, starring Karthi Sivakumar and Tamannaah Bhatia. The 34-year-old “Commando” star has previously worked with the director in “Anjaan” alongside Tamil superstar Suriya. His spokesperson confirmed the development without divulging details. “Lingusamy previously worked with Vidyut in ‘Anjaan’, his last Tamil film. The two got along really well and developed a great equation. So, it was only a matter of time before he decided to work with Vidyut again,” the source said. The makers are also in the process of casting the female lead. “The script is still getting locked in. But they are completely adapting the original script for Bollywood. They are incorporating significant amount of action scenes given that it’s Vidyut’s forte,” the source added. The original film follows the journey of two strangers
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Agency | New Delhi Call it the conversion room of the new age e-tail, Flipkart is introducing offline stores where the not-so-tech-savvy customers can browse and buy with assistance from a Flipkart staff. This assisted e-commerce model would help the customers to touch and feel the phone in designated stores. This would be a boon for the customers in tier 3 and tier 4 towns, where the delivery can be received at the same stores or at home. According to news reports, the Flipkart experience centres are available inside 30 outlets, across 19 cities, of the mobile retail chain Spice Hotspot. The ecommerce giant is in talks with eight to ten other offline mobile retail chains for the same.
Facebook ‘2G Tuesdays’ to Slow Down Internet for Employees
Taking time off after a hard fought ODI series against South Africa, India cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni spent over an hour with special children at a charity show held in Pune. Freely mixing with the physically and mentally challenged children who participated in a cultural show organised by the Mukul Madhav foundation here last night, Dhoni distributed gifts to them, bringing smiles on their faces even as a distinguished gathering of donors heartily applauded the gesture. Cameras zoomed and clicked endlessly as Dho-
Mumbai City FC look for third win in ISL against NorthEast ni posed for pictures with the delighted kids, who turned out in colourful dresses for the song and dance programme that included a dance sequence of ‘Ganesh Vandana’ and the singing of the national anthem. Noted industrialist Prakash Chhabria, who
heads the Mukul Madhav foundation, told the audience that the funds raised on the occasion would go for various activities undertaken by the trust to provide medical and educational assistance to the weaker sections of the society.
Sehwag joins Tendulkar, Warne’s All-Stars T20 series in US Agency | Mumbai
Agency | New Delhi Facebook has been continuously working towards improving the overall experience of browsing on the social platform on slow Internet connections. Earlier this month, the company updated its News Feed making it easier to load content on 2G connections. Now, Facebook has announced an internal initiative called “2G Tuesdays” that will help employees better understand how hard it is to use the social platform on slow Internet connections, like the kind prevalent in India and other emerging markets. Announcing the news, Product Manager Chris Marra in a blog post explained the whole idea behind 2G Tuesdays. “People are coming online at a fast rate in emerging markets. In most cases, they are doing so on mobile via 2G connections. But on a typical 2G network, it can take several minutes to download a webpage.
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Recently-retired swashbuckling Indian batsman Virender Sehwag became the latest high profile player to confirm his participation in the inaugural Cricket AllStars series, co-promoted by Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne. The All-Stars matches will be played in several cities across the US next month with the first game scheduled for November 7 in New York. The event will then move to Houston on November 11 in and Los Angeles on November 14. The 37-yearold Sehwag announced his retirement from international cricket last week and joins a host of former India internationals who will play in
the US including VVS Laxman, Sourav Ganguly and Ajit Agarkar. “Warm welcome to my friend (Sehwag) and a batsman with his distinct style! Sehwag joins us at T20AllStars, 10DaystoGo,” Tendulkar tweeted on Tuesday. However, Sehwag is the only player still playing domestic cricket. He has also
A new smartphone dubbed Redmi 2 Pro has passed US FCC certification website. The listing hints that Xiaomi’s upcoming entry into the US smartphone market will be sooner than later, but then again, not every device certified by the FCC ends up being launched in the US market. The Redmi 2 Pro appears to be the US variant of a recently launched Xiaomi phone, the Redmi 2 Prime, launched in India back in August. It features almost identical specifications, except for network support. The Xiaomi Redmi 2 Pro, as per the FCC documents (via Liliputing) runs MIUI 6 out-of-the-box. However, this is likely to change as the Chinese smartphone maker has already started rolling out its MIUI 7 to users. The handset is also seen featuring 4G LTE (supports bands 2,4 and 7), 3G, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, and WiFi 802.11 b/g/n (2.4GHz) connectivity features as well.
Following back-to-back victories in their den, Mumbai City FC’s confidence will be sky high as they will aim to hold on to the momentum when they face visitors NorthEast United FC in the Indian Super League (ISL) at the DY Patil Stadium here on Wednesday. After a slow start to the season, Mumbai have got back to signed up for the Maswinning ways with victers Champions League, another tournament fea- tories against Delhi Dyturing retired players, expected to be held in January 2016 in the United Arab Emirates. “Sehwag , Welcome to the Agency | Mumbai #cricketallstars buddy India have many lessons !!!! See you in NY and to learn from their losses congrats on a wonderful in both the Twenty20 and career champion,” Warne One-day series against tweeted on Tuesday. South Africa. The most important among them is to learn how to operate in different formats with multiple captains. Since their tour to Australia last year, India have had to contend with MS Dhoni’s retirement from Test cricket and the subsequent split captaincy, where Dhoni led the limited-overs sides and Virat Kohli took charge in Tests. The triumphant South Africa side follow
namos FC and FC Goa in their last two encounters and are placed in sixth position with seven points from five matches, having drawn one, won and lost two each. On the other hand, the visitors too, after a sluggish start, have come back strongly, beating Chennaiyin FC, followed by defeating defending champions Atletico de Kolkata in their previous two matches. They are now placed seventh in the standings
with six points from five games, losing three and winning two. India skipper Sunil Chhetri, who was bought by Mumbai in the players’ auction, has proved his worth with three goals in three outings and will be the key man for the home side yet again. Alongside Chhetri, the hosts will again depend on in-form Haitian forward Sony Norde, who has produced some excellent chances and assists in the ongoing tournament.
a similar model. While Faf du Plessis leads the T20 side, AB de Villiers and Hashim Amla captain the ODI and Test sides respectively. While South Africa’s three captains play together in all three formats, India have a different arrangement where Dhoni goes in and
out of the team as he only plays in the limited-overs formats. So far in this series, South Africa’s multiple captain theory has borne fruit. Ahead of the tour, Faf du Plessis had insisted that with all three captains playing in all formats, decision making becomes a lot smoother.
ers were not behind him. “Do you think the players are not with me or didn’t give everything to win the game? It’s sad for the players. It’s a lack of respect to the players, not to me,” he said. “For me it would be a fantastic situation if the players were against me, (because) I could say we didn’t have the results because the players were against me.” Mourinho said the performance had answered Chelsea’s doubters and slammed the media for their criticism.
day in Mumbai.“I felt that South Africa batted really well. I wouldn’t want to take away the credit away from Quinton de Kock, du Plessis and de Villiers. I thought de Villiers batted really well,” said Tendulkar at the Mumbai Cricket Association’s BKC ground after his first net session in a long time. “If you see the first 20 balls he faced and at one stage, I still remember I was watching a little bit and Shaun Pollock kept saying he has not shifted to
sixth and seventh gear. It was rightly so, he has figured out how to pace his innings and he did it beautifully. I would give credit to the way he batted.” Asked whether de Villiers is ahead of his time, Tendulkar said, “Yes, he is. Absolutely! Maybe he is possibly at the peak of his career. He is really, really batting unbelievably well and it seems that he has got more time than anyone else.” He also did not want to talk about the Indian squad’s batting order.
Unlike South Africa, split captaincy unsettling Team India
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Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho struck a defiant note after his team lost a penalty shootout against Stoke City and crashed out of the League Cup on Tuesday night, insisting he did not need reassurances over his future from the club’s hierarchy. Mourinho’s men came from 1-0 down to send the tie into extra time but Chelsea’s miserable season continued unchecked as they failed to find a winner against a Stoke side that played with 10 men for all of extra time. Stoke goalkeeper Jack Butland pulled off a stunning save to palm away Eden Hazard’s penalty and seal a 5-4 shootout win for the Potters, handing Mourinho his eighth defeat in 16 games this season. The disastrous run of results has already prompted the club’s hierarchy to issue a public statement backing the manager, and Mourinho insisted he did not fear
De Villiers is batting unbelievably well, he is ahead of his time, says Tendulkar
for his job. “I don’t need it (reassurances), I don’t need more. My general situation is fantastic,” the 52-year-old told reporters after the game. “I have a day off on Wednesday, fantastic family, I can sleep well every night. And Thursday will be one more day like I have in the last 15 years of my life.” The Portuguese, who has seen speculation over his future build in recent weeks with each new setback on the pitch, lashed out at suggestions that his play-
Agency | Mumbai Retired batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar on Tuesday heaped wholesome praise on the superb batting exhibition put up by South Africa, especially their captain AB de Villliers in the deciding fifth and final One-Day International against India last Sun-
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Patels will convert if Hardik On Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel birth anniv, UP may get 39th public holiday not released, says Dhari MLA Chirag Patel | Dhari
Dhari MLA Nalin Kotadiya on Tuesday demanded immediate release of Patidar quota stir leader Hardik Patel and warned that members of the community will convert if “the Gujarat government, which claims to champion the rights of Hindus, fails to protect them from police atrocities”. Kotadiya, with whom BJP claims to have “cut all ties”, once again asked the Patidars to vote against the party in local body elections. His statement came days after Patel families in Surat and Amreli district threatened to convert if the government does not concede the demand for OBC status and quota benefits. “Leave the question of granting reservation to the Patidars, I have strong objection to cases filed by the Gujarat government and
police against innocent people, framing them in false cases, slapping sedition charges against Hardik Patel and making his arrest. They should be released immediately and if they are not, the Patidar community will demonstrate for the Gujarat government as to what it can do in Gandhian ways. It will also teach a lesson to the government by voting against BJP in coming
elections,” Kotadiya said in a two-minute video that he shared on social media. The MLA, who is a Patidar, claimed the government has failed to protect rights of the Patidars. “If the Gujarat government, which claims to champion the rights of Hindus fails to protect Hindus, if we find it difficult live and do farming here, we shall not hesitate to convert in order to protect our interests, get
Bharat Flooring and Tiles to set up heritage tiles plant in Gujarat Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Over nine decade old company Bharat Flooring and Tiles, an expert in making heritage tiles which it has fitted in historic buildings like Mahatma Gandhi’s Mumbai residence Mani Bhavan and iconic BMC (the Mumbai municipal corporation building) during their renovation as well as in the residences of modern day celebrities like tinsel town star Kangna Ranaut, Lara Dutta and Alia Bhatt, today announced to set up a tiles plant in Gujarat. Addressing a press conference here Mr Firdaus Variava, the vice president of the company established in 1922 to check the monopoly of the Britain import-
ed tiles in colonial India of that time with the help of freedom fighters, said that the Gujarat plant to be set up at an estimated cost of 25 to 30 crores would be functional in a year’s time. It will have a capacity of one to two lakh square ft of tile production per month. The company, which produces the cement made her-
itage tiles manually, has currently two plants with a total capacity of around one lakh square ft in Palghar of neighbouring Maharashtra. Mr Variava said that the Gujarat plant will most likely be located in Morbi district where they were planning to acquire one of the many closed cement units to start their plant.
First slot visitor permits for Gir jungle to be issued 100% online Correspondent | Junagadh
At present only 50% permits to visit the Gir National Park Safari are issued online, but from 1st November 100% permits to visit the part will be issued online for morning 6.00 am to 9.00 am slot. For other two slots ( 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM | 3:00 PM – 6:00 PM ) online and spot quota proportion will remain same 50:50. This decision has taken by department of forests, Government of Gujarat considering heavy rush of visitors for spot permit. All the procedures of Jeep Sa-
fari booking for Gir Jungle Trail are managed by the forest officials as per the rules of India’s forest department. Only 50% of total safari permits of Gir jungle Trail are available online and rest of the quota is kept reserve for the spot visitors. Travelers can obtain the safari permits on the spot also but it is too hectic. With new decision 100% permits for the first slot will be available online. It should be mentioned here that after four months monsoon break, the jungle was reopened for visitors on
16th of October, but 90 days of online permits were booked on the first day itself. This resulted into hectic rush for spot permits. Recently a person working in luxurious tourist facility in Gir was booked by Forest department officials for black marketing of permits.
reservation and escape the atrocities that we are currently being subjected to. We are planning to tour entire Gujarat and will see to it that majority of the Patidars convert,” he said. Kotadiya was elected from Dhari in the 2012 Assembly elections on a ticket of Gujarat Parivartan Party. However, the GPP merged with BJP last year and Kotadiya became a BJP MLA. Meanwhile, reacting to some the Patel families’ threat to convert, Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Shankersinh Vaghela said conversion is not a solution to any problem. “One needs to represent before the state government, if one has any problem. It is the responsibility of the state government to accept or reject the demand. But, threat of conversion can not solve the problem,” he said in Ahmedabad.
Correspondent | Lucknow
UTTAR Pradesh is likely to get yet another public holiday — its 39th — on October 31 to mark Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel’s birth anniversary. The latest move in “holiday politics”, if implemented by the Samajwadi Party government, will affect BJP, which claims Patel as its own. The demand for declaring public holiday on Patel’s birth anniversary was raised by Bundelkhand’s slain dacoit Dadua’s brother and former Samajwadi Party MP Bal Kumar Patel and his son Ram Singh who is an MLA of the ruling party. Both of them met Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Tuesday and handed over their request. After the meeting, Bal Kumar Patel claimed that Akhilesh was willing to declare a public holiday on October 31. “It was the feeling of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav
that it should be done. He asked us to give it in writing. We have submitted our letter in this regard,” Bal Kumar Patel said. The move, if implemented, is expected to affect BJP, which highlights Patel as an icon and even undertook a campaign to construct his statue (Statue of Unity) in Gujarat Gujarat, Maharashtra account for half —- a project that was launched when Narendra the firms listed on SME exchanges Modi was the chief minSunvilla News | Ahmedabad us overwhelming response ister of the state. “We are Small and medium enter- since both the states have prises (SMEs) seem to be a huge industrial base and increasingly tapping the 31% of SMEs are concencapital market for rais- trated in these two states, ing funds. Interestingly , apart from having a good Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad Gujarat and Maharashtra understanding of capital Gujarat Chief Minister together account for ma- markets and very well un- Anandiben Patel in presjority of companies listed derstand the importance of ence of union minister on SME platforms of the listing,” said Ashishkumar Hansraj Ahir today said Bombay Stock Exchange Chauhan, managing direc- that the state of Gujarat (BSE) and the National tor and CEO, BSE. As far wants imposition of critStock Exchange (NSE). as BSE SME Exchange is ical zone in industrial Ever since their launch concerned, it has around pockets of Ankleshwar, in the year 2012, as many 116 listed companies. Of Vapi and Vatva to be liftas 126 small firms have this, 36 companies are ed. It should be mentioned got themselves listed on from Maharashtra and 21 that due to heavy polluthe two exchanges. To- from Gujarat. “Around 21 tion, union Environment gether both the western companies have filed the ministry has imposed ban states have 65 firms listed prospectus for their IPOs. on expansion of industrion these platforms. Maha- Out of these, 9 companies al units and introduction rashtra leads in terms of are from Maharashtra and of new industrial units having the highest num- 5 companies are from Gu- in these areas of Gujaber of listed SMEs with jarat,” added Chauhan. rat for last several years. 41, while Gujarat has 24 “We are working with The Chief Minister while firms. 25 companies are more than 15 companies speaking at the inaugufrom Delhi. “Gujarat and from Gujarat for bringing ration function of IndiaMaharashtra have given their IPOs. Chem which is being held
not bothered about BJP’s stand, we have been demanding this for quite some time,” Bal Kumar Patel said. The Kurmi OBC community in UP, who constitute nearly seven per cent of population, regard Sardar Patel as their icon. Akhilesh has already declared six holidays since after he assumed power in 2012. He has declared a holiday on December 6, the death anniversary of Bhim Rao
Ambedkar, which was seen as an attempt to appease Dalits. He also declared holiday on the birth anniversary of former PM Chandrashekhar (April 17), Maharishi Kashyap and Maharshi Nishadraj Jayanti (April 5), Hazrat Ajmeri Garib Nawaj Urs (April 26), socialist leader and former Bihar CM Karpoori Thakur birth anniversary (June 24) and Maharana Pratap Jayanti (May 9).
at Mahatma Mandir in Gandhinagar said she would wish the ban to be lifted by November 6, or during her visit to Delhi on November 6 she would make representation before the ministers in connection with this. At the same time, the Chief Minister also asked
Chemical industrialists present in the hall to see that they obey all environmental rules. Anandiben asked industrialists to gain knowledge from IndiaChem and implement it in Gujarat, “or then Andhra Pradesh is there(to gain as rival of Gujarat)”, she added.
sedition against Hardik. On the other hand, the single bench of Justice J B Pardiwala set aside charges under Section 153 A (spreading hatred between communities) of the IPC against Hardik. It noted that there must be at least two or more communities for applying this section. The High Court bench pronounced the order on a plea moved by the 22-year-old Patidar leader contending that his suggestion to “kill four-five policemen instead of committing suicide” to a Surat-based
PAAS member Vipul Desai on October 3 does not amount to sedition. Desai had announced to commit suicide in support of the demand for OBC status and quota benefits to the Patidars. The court, however, held that “prima facie a case is made out against the petitioner and the investigation is at an early stage which needs to be investigated further”. It said: “The demand for reservation for the members of the Patidar Patel community by itself is not an offence.
Gujarat CM seeks immediate solution of ‘critically polluted zones’ issue
Prima facie case of sedition against Hardik Patel… needs to be probed, says Gujarat HC
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
In a setback to Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) convener Hardik Patel, the Gujarat High Court Tuesday refused
to quash a sedition case lodged against him by Surat police for his purported suggestion to kill policemen. The court said while the Patidars were
free to seek reservation through peaceful, any attempt to incite people to resort to violence was an offence. It said prima facie there was a case of
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