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News Brief “No more LPG subsidy” Gold weakens on Asian cues, low demand Agency | New Delhi
Snapping its two-day rising run, gold prices drifted by Rs 85 to Rs 25,605 per ten grammes at the bullion market today on weak global trend amid slackened demand from jewellers at prevailing levels. Silver also dipped below the Rs 34,000mark by falling Rs 320 to Rs 33,980 per kg on reduced offtake by industrial units and coin makers. Bullion traders said besides weak Asian cues, fall in demand from jewellers mainly pulled down gold and silver prices.
Neil Nitin Mukesh to release single next year
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Taking forward the legacy of his grandfather singer Mukesh, actor Neil Nitin Mukesh will be venturing into music and says he plans to release a single next year. The “Johnny Gaddar” star has recorded nine songs, which he plans to use in his films. “Yes I have plans. Hopefully by mid of next year I’ll release my single. I have recorded almost nine songs already.
Rupee moves up 11 paise against dollar
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No subsidised LPG for consumers Tax payers with an annual income of more than Rs 10 lakh will not get subsidised LPG anymore, the government announced on Monday Agency | New Delhi Tax payers with annual income of more than Rs 10 lakh will not get subsidised cooking gas (LPG) from next month as the government on Monday decided to limit the supply of under-priced fuel to cut subsidies. At present, all households are entitled to get 12 cylinders of 14.2-kg each at subsidised rate of Rs 419.26, while the market price is Rs 608. The government had asked well-off people to voluntarily give up using subsidised LPG and instead buy cooking fuel at
market price, Oil Ministry said in a statement. So far, over 57.5 lakh LPG consumers, out of nearly 15 crore customers, have given up subsidies. “While many consumers have given up subsidy voluntarily, it is felt that consumers in the higher income bracket
10 lakh during the previous financial year computed as per the Income Tax Act, 1961.” This would, however, be done initially on “self-declaration basis while booking cylinders from January 2016 onwards.” To cut subsidy bill and reduce fiscal should get LPG cylinders deficit, the previous UPA at the market price,” the government had restrictstatement said. The gov- ed the number of subsiernment, it said, “has decided that the benefit of the LPG subsidy will not be available for LPG consumers if the consumer or his/her spouse had taxable Agency | New Delhi income of more than Rs
ment, and people sitting in the tavern and the liquor vend got trapped under the debris. The Police Control Room received first information about the accident at about 11 am. The rescue teams reached the spot in about 30 minutes. In a four-hour long rescue operation, over a dozen persons were exhumed from the debris. While the
The BJP said on Monday that a hidden “truth” was now out in the open as the Congress party tried to shrug off embarrassment following the publication of articles critical of its president Sonia Gandhi and former PM Jawaharlal Nehru in its Maharashtra mouthpiece. Rubbing salt in the wound of former Congress MP Sanjay Nirupam, who is the editor of the journal, Union minister Prakash Javadekar “congratulated” him. Javadekar said the Congress leader was known for such writeups when he was the editor of the Hindi edition of Shiv Sena mouthpiece ‘Dopahar Ka Saamana’. Nirupam, who was in
At least 6 labourers die as liquor vend collapses in Chandigarh
At least six persons feared dead, while over a dozen sustained grievous injuries in a building collapse that took place in Transport Area of Chandigarh on Monday morning. According to preliminary reports, a group of labourers were digging a basement in a vacant plot in Transport Area when a concrete structure located adjacent to the vacant plot collapsed. A tavern (ahaata) and a liquor vend were functional from the building that collapsed completely. Workers, who were digging the base-
dized domestic cylinders per household to six every year in September 2012, revising it to nine the following January. The cap was revised in January 2014 to 12 cylinders a year, starting April 1. The subsidy for 12 cylinders in a year is paid directly in the bank account of consumers which they use to buy LPG at market rate.
The subsidy payout on LPG in 2014-15 was Rs 40,551 crore, which this fiscal will be less than half as oil prices have slumped to six year low. During April-September, the subsidy outgo was Rs 8,814 crore. There are no estimates of how many LPG customers would have a taxable income of Rs 10 lakh or more. Presently,
there are 16.35 crore LPG consumers in the country. This number fell to 14.78 crore after the start of Direct Benefit Transfer on LPG (DBTL) scheme which eliminated duplicate and inactive customers. “The objective of the scheme was to ensure that the subsidy benefits go to the targeted group,” the statement said.
the Sena before he joined the Congress, is also the president of Mumbai Regional Congress Committee, which publishes the magazine ‘Congress Darshan’. Though initially Nirupam sought to wash his hands off the controversy by claiming he had nothing to do with the articles, he later admitted the “mistake” and sacked the content editor. Articles published in the Hindi edition of this month’s ‘Congress Darshan’ said Sonia Gandhi’s father was a member of the fascist forces in Italy and that she became the Congress president just 62 days after becoming a party member in 1997. Another article suggested that Neh-
ru should have listened to freedom fighter and former home minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel’s views on international affairs. Both these articles did not bear the name of the writer. “The Congress journal which is named Congress Darshan should be called ‘Satyarth Darshan’ (sight of truth). It is significant that it has come on the 131st foundation day of
the party. Sardar Patel had maximum support in the Congress to become the prime minister but Gandhiji proposed Nehru. “Patel merged 562 provinces into India and Nehru was in charge of only Kashmir and it remains a problem. Patel had warned about China’s betrayal on Tibet... This is not BJP or Javadekar saying so but the mouthpiece of Congress.
‘Truth is out in the open’: BJP targets Congress over journal gaffe
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11 injured were rushed to PGIMER, out of whom six have succumbed to injuries. Four injured were admitted in Government Multi Specialty Hospital in Sector 16, while two were admitted in Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32. A few others who sustained minor injuries were given first-aid.
Girl abducted outside Gurgaon No clean chit to Arun Jaitley, I won’t college freed, captors identified
apologise: Kejriwal on DDCA row
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A girl was allegedly abbut ghosts did it? “Why ducted from the gate of Agency | Mumbai there is so much rush to her college in Gurgaon Delhi Chief Minister The rupee continued to absolve Jaitley? Why so on Monday morning and Arvind Kejriwal hit back rule higher against the much pressure? Probe by freed after a few hours at the BJP on Monday American currency for over the party’s demand the Commission of Inqui- as police jumped into the eighth straight ses- that he apologise after ry has begun yesterday action, with the incident sion as it rose 11 paise the state government-aponly. Gopal Subramani- again putting the spotto 66.10 in early trade pointed three-member am whom we appointed light on women’s safety at the Inter-bank For- probe panel did not name as its chief had given the in the Delhi-NCR region. as a couple of youngsters seat reportedly dragged eign Exchange today Arun Jaitley in its 237letter of acceptance yes- “The girl is now safely chased the vehicle. “The her into the car. “She on increased selling page report on the al- clean chit to anyone, but Delhi government too re- terday,” Referring to cer- at her home.,” Gurgaon culprits and the victim was walking towards of the US currency by leged irregularities in the the report merely con- sponded saying that the tain allegations against commissioner of police girl knew each other... the main gate…the car exporters and banks. Delhi and District Crick- firmed several wrong- BJP is falsely trying to DDCA, Sisodia said, Navdeep Singh Virk said. At this stage, it would be stopped and I saw a hand Forex dealers said et Association. “BJP al- doings in the DDCA project the inquiry report “Wasn’t Jaitley the head News agency ANI report- wrong to reveal more de- coming out of the car… that besides sustained most begging me for an without taking names. as a clean chit to Jait- of DDCA during 1999- ed that three accused in tails,” Virk said. The girl he pulled her inside. We selling of the Ameri- apology. Sorry. I won’t He wrote on Twitter that ley. Speaking to report- 2013 when these irregu- the case were detained in is a second-year student rushed towards the car can unit by exporters, oblige them. Let Jaitley the panel recommended ers today deputy chief larities happened? When the evening. Soon after of the college. Accord- but they fled from the the dollar’s weakness ji be cross-examined in an inquiry commission minister Manish Sisodia laptops were hired at Rs the kidnapping, dramatic ing to witnesses, a white spot,” said Rahul Yadav, against some curren- defamation cases. Let to take up the investiga- said, “Our panel has not 16,000 per day when CCTV footage emerged Maruti Swift suddenly a student and an eyewitcies overseas and a truth prevail,” Kerjiwal tion and name the ones named anyone in this cost of renovation of the of the car allegedly used stopped near her when ness. The car’s number higher opening of the said on Twitter. Kejriwal responsible for the al- report. Does that mean the Feroz Shah Kotla sta- by the abductors speed- she was entering the col- plate was covered with domestic equity market clarified that the govern- leged corrupt practices that corruption hap- dium escalated to Rs 144 ing away from Dronacha- lege to write an examina- mud to avoid identificarya Government College tion. A man in the rear tion, police said. ment probe did not give a within the DDCA. The pened during the period crore from Rs 24 crore. supported the rupee. 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 Agency | New Delhi
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Arun Jaitley is the Manmohan Singh of the BJP...?
In many ways, Arun Jaitley is the Manmohan Singh of the BJP. Like Singh, he was a successful and much-admired professional before he became a member of Parliament and Union minister. Like Singh, he has a calm demeanour, and friends across the political spectrum. Like Singh, he sees the Rajya Sabha as his natural parliamentary home — like him again, he was once persuaded to fight a Lok Sabha election and lost, confirming the aptness of his own preferred choice. Finally, like Singh, Jaitley has a reputation for honesty and probity. These comparisons are strengthened by the recent controversies that Jaitley has found himself in. In the 10 years that he was prime minister, Manmohan Singh retained his individual reputation for integrity. No one could accuse him of having diverted a single paisa of public funds for personal use. However, all around him, nepotism and cronyism flourished. In 2011-12, as the corruption scandals gathered force, the PM came increasingly under the scanner, not because he was personally involved, but because he was head of a cabinet some of whose members were seen as having a hand in the till. It has been claimed that the UPA government of 2004-14 was the most corrupt in the history of independent India. And it is widely known in cricketing circles that, even when judged by the lamentably poor standards of our sporting bodies in general, the Delhi and District Cricket Association has been deeply mired in cronyism, nepotism and corruption. It is among the worst managed cricket associations in India. No evidence has thus far emerged that, in his long tenure as DDCA president, Jaitley financially benefited from the various scams the association is now accused of. Yet all around him, men in the DDCA were on the make, on the take. If Singh could not escape culpability or responsibility for the misdeeds of A. Raja, S. Kalmadi, et al, can Jaitley entirely escape culpability or responsibility for those charged with allowing these reported instances of malfeasance in the DDCA? If the buck for the misdeeds of Union ministers stops with the PM, surely the buck for the misdeeds of the DDCA’s officials stops with the DDCA president? The campaign against corruption in the DDCA has been led by the now-suspended BJP MP, Kirti Azad. The DDCA is a private body, not an arm of the government. The oversight or complicity he is charged with happened under his watch as DDCA president, not as finance minister. That said, as with Singh and 2G/ 3G/ CWG, Jaitley’s reputation will never be the same again.
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‘Wazir’ an emotional drama, not thriller: Farhan Akhtar
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QUOTE “BJP almost begging me for an apology. Sorry. I won’t oblige them. OF THE Let Jaitley ji be cross-examined in defamation cases. Let truth prevail,” DAY - Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal hit back at the BJP on Monday over the party’s demand that he apologise after the probe panel did not name Arun Jaitley in its 237-page report on the alleged irregularities in the DDCA.
I’m disappointed: Gizele Thakral on her eviction from ‘Bigg Boss 9’ Agency | Mumbai
Former Kingfisher calendar girl and actress Gizele Thakral, who entered the ‘Bigg Boss Nau’ house as a wild card entry, was on Sunday night evicted from the show. Gizele, who will be next seen in adult comedies ‘Mastizaade’ and ‘Kya Kool Hain Hum 3’, joined the reality shows three weeks back along with another wild card entry Nora Fatehi. She was nominated along with Suyash Rai, Rochelle Rao, Priya Malik and Mandana Karimi. Other contestants still locked inside the house also in-
clude Kishwar Merchant and Prince Narula. ‘Bigg Boss Nau’ is hosted by Bollywood superstar Salman Khan. The actress says she is very disappointed as her stint at ‘Bigg Boss Nau’ turned out to be a brief one. But she hopes to share screen
space with the show’s host and superstar Salman Khan, even if it’s just for a single scene. Gizele, who entered the ‘Bigg Boss’ house as a wild card entry three weeks back, was on Sunday night eliminated from the show.
Here are Sonam Kapoor’s New Year resolutions! Agency | New Delhi
Sonam Kapoor, who is fiercely independent, has managed her own finances since she was a teenager and is determined to better herself in 2016 “by being healthier, fitter and happier.” Despite this self-improvement mission, she doesn’t shy away from embracing her fun side: she dreams about filling her wardrobe space with a certain pair of Stella McCartney loafers. For someone who dreams about fashion, it’s hardly surprising that she tops many style surveys—including Vogue India’s first-ever ‘What Women Want’ survey in the January 2016 issue.
Actor Farhan Akhtar, who will be seen as investigative officer in “Wazir”, says the movie is a heartwarming emotional drama rather than the thriller people think it is going to be. “There is little bit of the thriller aspect in the film because there is an investigation in the movie. But if you ask me, this movie is all about emotional drama,” Farhan said in an interview here. “The emotional thrust of this film is the most effective thing and that is something which will re-
main with you. There is a love story and drama of two friends that is something you’ll remember about this film once you watch it,” added the actor, who stars in the movie with veteran star Amitabh Bachchan. “Wazir”, produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra and directed by Bejoy Nambiar, also features Aditi Rao Hydari and Neil Nitin Mukesh. The film tells the story of two unusual friends — one a paralysed chess grandmaster and another a grief-stricken ATS officer — brought together by a peculiar twist of fate.
Kajol and Ajay surely have become more adorable! Kajol just delivered a hit film, Dilwale, where she starred opposite Shah Rukh Khan, Varun Dhawan and Kriti Sanon while Ajay Devgn’s Shivaay has become talk of the town! Being Ajay’s second directorial venture, the film has become one of the most anticipated films of 2016! The actor has already done quite a few action films like Singham, Singham Returns etc., and looks like even his film Shivaay would hold a lot of action scenes. Well, even amidst his busy schedule, the actor makes sure that he spends time with his family! While earlier there were reports that the actor inked his daughter, Nyasa’s name on his chest, he also planned to tattoo his
son Yug’s name but due to his schedule, he couldn’t make time to sit down for a session. And while that plan of Ajay is still in the development stage, wife Kajol wants him to do something equally special! According to a leading daily, it has been reported that the Dilwale actress wants hubby
Ajay to ink her name on his chest too! It has been heard that Kajol told her husband that it is ‘unfair’ for him to only tattoo the names of their two children and has asked him to ink her name on his chest as well! Aww! Kajol sure is stuck in the romance air as she is being super cute with this demand.
Priyanka Chopra in Kalpana Chawla Biopic? Here’s What She Says Agency | New Delhi
Here’s what the actress said in her interview to the magazine about her goals for 2016... Sonam admits she lets her motor mouth get the better of her. “Sarcasm gets lost a lot of times… especially
with me. People tend to take me very literally,” she says. This year, the actor will attempt to practise brevity in speech and “think things through and react with a little more patience.”
now it’s Salman’s turn to dictate the rules of the game. This year’s Forbes’ list of highest earning actors in the world was quite a revelation for many. It acknowledged the growing market share of Indian films and its leading actors. Forbes began its article with this line: Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar– never heard of them? They earned more than
Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Johnny Depp, all without being US household names. Here the keywords were ‘without being US household names’. It is indeed the case with Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar, not so much with Amitabh Bachchan though. Salman and Akshay are part of an industry that has struck a balance with the outside advertising world.
Salman Khan: Decoding the mystery around his ever-rising brand value
He is a fascinating case study in himself, a mediocre acting talent ruling the Hindi film business. Salman Khan gave himself an average rating as an actor on a popular TV chat show, in all seriousness. He is very rooted and humble about the lack of acting prowess otherwise. So, it’s not like Salman doesn’t know where he stands, but he also knows the business. And, he is getting better at the numbers game with age and experience. He is a classic superstar. His films are low on content but high on style. Plus a superb marketing strategy. He makes it count, every time. There was a phase when Shah Rukh Khan was seen as the master of marketing, then Aamir Khan replaced him for a brief period, and
Ajay Devgn to ink his wife Kajol’s name on his chest? Agency | Mumbai
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Actress Priyanka Chopra chose to stay mum on speculations that she has been approached for a proposed biopic on Kalpana Chawla, an Indian-American astronaut. “There are bunch of films that have been offered to me, I can’t commit which one I am doing. There are few really amazing scripts. I have a lot of choices, but not much time,” Priyanka said when asked if she would be part of the Kalpana Chawla biopic. Kalpana first flew on space shuttle Columbia in 1997 as a mission specialist and primary robotic arm operator. In 2003, she was one of the seven crew members who died in the space shuttle disaster. Priyanka has been part of biopic Mary Kom, and the film had got good response from everyone. “There are six films. I can do only two between India and America. I don’t know what I will end up doing. It’s difficult to decide,” she said. The 33-year-old actress reveals that due to the success of American TV show Quantico, the series has extended and hence she can’t do many films. “The show Quantico got extended, so I am caught up with it. We have dubbed Quantico in 44 languages like Italian, Spanish, German, etc. We have got very good response for the show, so from 13 episodes to 22 episodes,” she said.
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India deal unlikely to secure Toshiba’s lofty nuclear plans
Agency | Tokyo Japan’s Toshiba Corp may need to curb its ambitions in nuclear power even as it looks set to win a deal in India, battling both competition from emerging market rivals and the impact of its own deteriorating finances, industry experts said. A senior Indian government official told Reuters earlier this month that the country expects to seal a contract with Toshiba’s U.S. nuclear unit Westinghouse to build six nuclear reactors in the first half of next year. The deal, estimated to be worth as much as $2 billion per reactor, is a blessing for Toshiba as the laptop-to-nuclear conglomerate overhauls its loss-making consumer electronics division in the wake of a $1.3 billion book-keeping scandal. Yet industry experts say it is far from securing its goal of building 64 reactors over the next 15 years - an ambitious plan announced in November and even more bullish than its outlook before the 2011 Fukushima disaster that spurred a nuclear phaseout among developed nations such as Germany.
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Chhangte Lallianzuala became the youngest goal scorer for India as the hosts bounced back from a goal down to beat Nepal 4-1 in their final group match, advancing to the semifinal of the South Asian Football Federation Cup here on Sunday. Apart from India, Sri Lanka is the other side from the Group A to qualify for the last-four stage. India remained unbeaten in their group engagements, having beaten Sri Lanka 2-0 in the opening fixture. 18-year-old Lallianzuala’s (81st, 90th minute) twin strikes came in the final 10 minutes of the match after Rowlin Borges (26th min-
ute) and skipper Sunil Chhetri (68′) found the target for India. However, India were in for a shock when Nepal took the lead as early as in the third minute of the match through Bimal Magar’s strike. Contrary to the result, it was Nepal which started on a positive note as Magar handed his side the lead in the third minute. Rohit Chand’s ball forward saw Nawayug Shrestha
get beyond Augustin Fernandes. Shrestha’s shot comes off the far post and lands in front of Magar who slotted the rebound into an empty net to stun the Indians. In the 14th minute Magar had a another shot on target but a feeble one. In the first 16 minutes, Nepal were the dominant side on display as they had four shots on target against none by India.
Martin Guptill smashes 30-ball 93 in New Zealand win Agency | Christchurch
Martin Guptill flirted with a world record then had to settle for a New Zealand one as he demolished Sri Lanka’s bowling to guide his side to a comprehensive 10-wicket victory in the second one-day international in Christchurch on Monday. Guptill, who had moved to 46 off 13 balls, had AB de Villiers’ record of 16 balls for a half-century in his sights before two yorkers from Nuwan Kulasekara ended the bid. He brought up his 50 off 17 balls, with five boundaries and four sixes, as New Zealand chased down Sri Lanka’s 117 off just 8.2 overs. Guptill said he had no idea he was close to De Villiers’ record be-
fore umpire Richard Illingworth mentioned it. “Richard Illingworth said something like I was getting close with a couple of balls to go and then I got a couple of yorkers in there,” Guptill said in a televised interview. “I am pretty happy with the way things are going (but) I’ll take a 90 not out and the win rather than the fastest 50 and getting out.” Guptill ended 93 not out, from 30 balls, while
Tom Latham was on 17 as the hosts finished on 118 without loss to achieve victory before the scheduled lunch break. It was the second successive heavy defeat for the visitors at Hagley Oval, after they were bowled out for 188 in the first game on Saturday, with Guptill and captain Brendon McCullum putting on a century stand in 10 overs to set up the seven-wicket victory.
Vijay HazareTrophy: It’s Gujarat vs Delhi in final!
Agency | Bengaluru Eyeing their second title win in the tournament, a confident Delhi will take on a spirited Gujarat in the day-night ODI cricket final of the Vijay Hazare Trophy at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, here on Monday. If Delhi, who won their only Vijay Hazare Trophy in 201213, have banked on their bowlers all this while then bowling all-rounder Axar Patel has given Gujarat the much-needed impetus in crunch times. For Delhi, Shikhar Dhawan, who was unable to muster enough runs in the recently-concluded South Africa tour and
Gambhir, Chand and Ishant will be the players on whom Delhi will banking on to see off the Parthiv Patel-led Gujarat. Gambhir’s side will go into the match with an advantage of having played their quarter-final and semis matches at this venue, unlike Gujarat who played their previous matches at Alur, better-known as a batting wicket. Gujarat may find it difficult to adjust to these conditions because of the two-paced movement of the track as some balls are keeping low and some others scooting off the deck, which makes batting that much difficult.
tralians have been far superior and seemed intent on constructing a huge overall lead and bowling out the Caribbean visitors for a fourth time in the one-sided series. Australia crushed West Indies by an innings and 212 runs in the first Test in Hobart and have lost only 10 wickets for 1,313 runs in three incomplete innings. Smith had Sunday’s third Test in Sydney and the extra bowling workload in mind when he decided not to put the West Indies back in to bat. The Australians went about chasing quick runs and lost wickets along the way. Both openers were gone by the 11th over as the West Indies bowlers
enjoyed their best spells of the series. Skipper Jason Holder, sharing the new ball with Jerome Taylor, had first-innings centurion Joe Burns caught by Kraigg Brathwaite at second slip for four. Debutant Carlos Brathwaite followed up with the prized wicket of David Warner. Warner attempted to steer a lifter behind the wicket only to be well caught by Holder in the gully to miss out again with 17 following his 23 in the first dig. First-innings centurion Usman Khawaja played some improvised shotmaking for his breezy 56 off 61 balls before he was caught behind attempting to paddle Holder behind the wicket.
After bundling WI for 271, Australia swell lead to 459 in 2nd Test
Injured Yuki Bhambri pulls out of Chennai Open
Agency | Melbourne Agency | New Delhi Reliance Jio finally launched its next generation 4G services on Sunday, albeit only for its employees, after postponing the network services launch across the country for a while. Jio, which will be rolled out for consumers in March 2016, will use a technology called VoLTE or voice over LTE (long-term evolution) that offers faster internet speeds and better voice quality on calls among other things. However, Jio will be launched along with an array of services and its brand of smartphones called ‘Lyf’ in an attempt to build an Apple-like ecosystem around its services. Jio Infocomm is in possession of 2300 Mhz spectrum across the country, 800 Mhz spectrum in 10 circles and 1800 MHz spectrum in six circles. The company has made a total investment of Rs. 34,000 crores. Jio’s network is currently present in 29 states of India and also covers 18,000 towns and cities across the nation. The company aims to cover 80% of India’s population by the year-end and plans to have complete national coverage within the next 3 years.
also in this tournament, will be determined to make a statement before embarking on India’s tour to Australia, especially against the most successful bowler Axar, who has taken 19 wickets in the season. Captain Gautam Gambhir will be heartened by his bowling attack led by Ishant Sharma and Pawan Negi, but he knows that individual brilliances apart his batsmen have been far from consistent. Unmukt Chand’s unbeaten 80 in the semi-final against Himachal Pradesh brought welcome cheers for the Delhi team before the summit clash. Dhawan,
Agency | Chennai India’s top singles player Yuki Bhambri on Sunday withdrew from the Chennai Open as he is yet to recover from his elbow injury. Yuki had enjoyed a lot of success in the season 2015 as he broke into top-100, winning two Challenger level singles titles. After winning the Pune Challenger, he was forced to withdraw from his last event of the 2015 season due to
the same injury. He had about six weeks to recover but could not and was advised more rest by his Delhi-based doctor. “I have been training and exercising all these weeks but I have not started hitting. My physician has asked me to rest for one week so I had no option but to pull out of the Chennai Open. I have played in Chennai in all theses years and was to play main draw for first
time. I did not want to miss this but things are like this only,” Yuki said. Yuki, who is ranked 93, hopes to be in good shape before the Australian Open, the first Grand Slam of the 2016 season. It was a good chance for Yuki to play in a quality field that has two-time and defending champion and world no. 4 Stanislas Wawrinka, world no. 12 Kevin Anderson and 19th ranked Benoit Paire.
Australia amassed a formidable 459-run lead over the West Indies and were heading for a series victory with two days left in the second Test in Melbourne on Monday. After dismissing the outgunned tourists for 271 and a 280-run first innings lead, skipper Steve Smith did not enforce the follow-on, preferring to recharge his bowlers and bat a second time. By close on the third day, Smith had led the Australians to 179 for three with his virtuoso unbeaten knock of 70 off 70 balls with the under-used Mitchell Marsh, elevated to fifth in the order, chipping in with 18. The Aus-
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Post-ban, gutkas of 50,000 firms seized in three years
As per the latest records available with the FDCA, as many as 50,499 firms have been inspected for gutka sale.
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The Food and Drugs Control Administration (FDCA) of Gujarat, since the ban on sale and distribution of gutka was implemented on September 11, 2012 till March 2015, has seized gutka worth Rs 50 lakh from over 50,000 firms for selling the banned product. As per the latest records available with the FDCA, as many as 50,499 firms have been inspected for gutka sale.
Out of this, only 31 were detected selling gutka against whom cases have been registered at various courts. Also, from these seizures gutka worth Rs 50.24 lakh has been collected by the FDCA. Further, fine of Rs 8,780 has been collected under Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Products Act, told Food and Drugs Control Administration Commissioner HG Koshia. On the effectiveness of this
Gujarat HC allows abortion of rape victim’s 8-week foetus Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
The Gujarat High Court today allowed a 16-yearold rape victim to abort her eight-week foetus under proper medical care, on a plea by her parents. Citing provisions of Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, High Court justice K J Thaker asked the local police to take her to Sola Civil Hospital here and submit the latest medical reports of the doctors by tomorrow before proceeding for the termination of her pregnancy. The court’s order came in response to a plea filed by the victim’s parents, who came to know about the alleged rape on their daughter when they took the girl for medical test at Sola Civil Hospital on December 12. In her FIR lodged with Sola Po-
ban in the state, Koshia confirmed, “As suggested during the discussions, the department is planning to target schools and colleges to organise awareness camps against consumption of gutka and other tobacco related products. It is very important to focus on teenagers and youth who are susceptible to tobacco consumption.” Post- ban on the production and sale of gutka in Gujarat since September 11,2012, entire 100 per cent of gutka consumers have switched over to something similar-to-gutka by buying ingredients sep-
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lice here, the victim alleged that she was raped thrice by a youth during last three months time, which resulted in her pregnancy. Based on the complaint, the accused have been arrested by Sola Police and lodged in jail, stated the plea. As the medical tests confirmed that the girl is 8-week pregnant, her parents sought High Court’s permission to abort the child under the provision of Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, which permits abortion under the supervision of single doctor panel if the pregnancy is of less than 12 weeks.
Karan Adani, son of Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani, has been appointed as the CEO of Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd (APSEZ) with effect from 1 January 2016. He will take over the top job from outgoing CEO Sudipta Bhattacharya, who is moving to the US as the CEO for North America, APSEZ said in a regulatory filing. The board has accepted the “resignation of Bhattacharya as the CEO of APSEZ with effect from 31 December 2015”, it added. It also approved the “appointment of Karan, executive director (non-board position) as CEO of the company with effect from 1
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mantri Yuva Swavlamban Yojana, Start-up scheme and other financial assistance schemes to setup their own independent businesses. Mrs. Patel appealed the pilgrims to maintain cleanliness and beauty of tourist-pilgrimage places. Furthermore, she stated that tourist destinations have become a
Shankar Chaudhary ends 24-yr rein of Bhatol, elected Banas Dairy chief
medium of employment for local communities. During the occasion, State Ministers Mr. Govindbhai Patel and Mr. Jayeshbhai Radadiya, MPs Mr. Vithhalbhai Radadiya, Mrs. Punamben Madam, MLAs, dignitaries, donors, community leaders and people in large number were present.
January 2016,” the filing said. Karan, who looks after strategic development of Adani Ports across India, has been involved in managing various port operations for the firm since 2009. “He aims to build the group’s identity around an integrated logistics business model, backed by his sound understanding of new processes, systems
from Monday, sources said. It was for the first time since 1991 that Bhatol had the taste of defeat in the Banas Dairy elections, which were concluded recently. He was the unchallenged leader of the cooperative sector in the district for almost a quarter century and also
made chairman of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, Anand, which owns the famous Amul brand. He had reached the position by replacing the late Dr Verghese Kurien. Chaudhary is already chairman of the Banaskantha District Cooperative Bank Ltd and with election as chief of Banas Dairy, his grip on cooperatives politics in the district became stronger. In this election, the panel led by Chaudhary had won 10 out of 14 seats, while Bhatol’s panel managed only three. One seat was won by Dhanera Congress MLA Joitaram Patel.
book, the first by an IPS officer who was in service of the Gujarat government during the 2002 riots, talks about the “illegal” briefs given to him in the course of his fivemonth stint as ADGP, CID (intelligence), soon after the Godhra train carnage that sparked communal riots across Gujarat. While in service, Sreekumar had filed four affidavits before the Jus-
tice (retd) G T Nanavati and Justice (retd) Akshay Mehta Commission on the alleged collusion of government agencies with rioters. The Gujarat government initiated a probe against him for maintaining an unofficial “secret diary” and giving out “classified information” before the panel, in which he got a stay from the Supreme Court in October.
whether such facility is in place in any other part of India or in the world, and how it is being handled there. Such information is crucial for us to find out the road map to implement e-voting in Gujarat,” said Ms Kavadia. In the recently concluded local body polls across Gujarat, e-voting was introduced by Gujarat State Election Commission (SEC) for polling in six municipal corporations. However, it received a lukewarm response, as only 806 people preferred to vote online out of a total of 95.9 lakh voters in these six urban bodies. Gujarat SEC has
been the first in the country to allow online voting facility for voters of municipal corporation areas of the state. This facility was first offered to voters in the year 2010. The recently concluded local body polls were the second election where voters were given the facility to vote online without coming to the polling booth by registering themselves with the SEC on their website and follow procedures. The election body has also prepared itself if the Panchayat Department gives a go ahead for e-voting in future, said SEC Secretary MV Joshi.
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MoS for Health Shankar Chaudhary, who was elected unopposed as chairperson of Banas Dairy on Sunday, announced a reduction of Rs 40 per kg in the price of ghee produced by the cooperative. The reduction in price would be effective from Monday. With Chaudhary’s election as chairperson of Banaskantha District Cooperative Milk Federation at Palanpur, the 24-year rein of Parthi Bhatol, who did not contest this time, at the top of Asia’s largest dairy cooperative came to an end. Mavji Desai, chairman of Deesa Agriculture Produce Market Committee, was elected Chaudhary’s deputy. After his election, Chaudhary wor-
Gautam Adani’s son Karan Adani takes over as CEO of Adani Ports
CM dedicates Saurashtra Leuva Patel Samaj Bhavan at Dwarka Gujarat Chief Minister Mrs. Anandiben Patel today dedicated newly built Saurashtra Leuva Patel Samaj Bhavan at Devbhumi Dwarka and offered prayers at famous Dwarkadhis temple. While addressing at the occasion she gave details of upcoming development projects worth Rs. 19 crore to be undertaken for the facililities of pilgrims. She appealed the community leaders to give proper direction and guidance to the youth so that they can use their strength for growth and so we can archive new heights of development in the state. She suggested the youth to take maximum benefits of Mukhya-
arately to combine with tobacco and consumed as gutka or a product similar to gutka. Also, 43 to 55 per cent consumers had initiated gutka below 20 years of age. This was revealed by the study undertaken to examine the impact of gutka ban in Gujarat by Johns Hopkins Centre for Communication Programmes and Centre for Communication and Change-India, New Delhi with support from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Institute for Global Tobacco Control and the World Health Organization.
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shipped a Kankreji cow and garlanded the statue of Banas Dairy founder Galbabhai Nanjibhai Chaudhary. Addressing a function on the occasion, he said henceforth the dairy would not charge for email facility from cattle breeders. Chaudhary would take charge
Congress didn’t let Sonia meet Zakia Jafri after riots: 2002 ‘whistleblower’ Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Congress president Sonia Gandhi planned to visit Zakia Jafri, widow of former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri who was killed in the post-Godhra riots of 2002, but was prevented from doing so by party leaders, claims retired DGP R B Sreekumar, in his book Gujarat: Behind the Curtain which was released last week. The chief of the Gujarat Intelligence Bureau in April-September 2002, Sreekumar accuses the Congress-led UPA as well of betraying the expectations of riot victims regarding justice, even as he slams the BJP and Sangh Parivar for their role in the violence. His
and macroeconomic issues”, the filing said. He is an economics graduate from Purdue University, the US. Bhattacharya, in his new role, will be responsible for driving the significant emerging opportunities between India and the US, it said. Shares of APSEZ were up 0.81% to Rs.260.60 apiece in the afternoon Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad trade at BSE. Gujarat Chief Minister Gujarat government is Suzlon’s Gujarat wind mill now planning to extend achieves 35% plant load factor the e-voting facility to the levelised cost of en- panchayat polls, despite Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad Wind turbine maker, the ergy,” said Suzlon Group the lukewarm response Chairman Tulsi Tanti in it got in the recent muSuzlon group today said the statement. The S97- nicipal polls. At present, its S97-HT DFIG 2.1-MW HT DFIG is the world’s the e-voting facility is wind turbine has achieved tallest all-steel hybrid available only for voters a 35 percent plant load tower -- with a height of of all the eight municipal factor over the last 12 120 metres -- the design of corporations in the state. months since its launch in which combines both lat- Voters of District, TaluNovember 2014. The protice and tubular structures ka and Gram Panchayats totype was commissioned designed indigenously are not given this facility on June 9, 2014, at Nani to harness the enhanced yet. However, before takBer district of Kutch, Guavailability of wind re- ing a decision, the state jarat, the company said in sources at higher altitudes, Panchayats Department a release. The wind turbine making low wind sites vi- has started an exercise to has received “encouraging able. It increases energy collect information from response” from custom- output by 12-15 percent across India as well as ers across segments and over other turbines of same from the other countries reflects in the 350 MW of capacity at a height of 90 to find out the feasibility orders received. “By offer- metres. The combination of this project. According ing a product that can opti- of lattice and tubular gives to Minister for Panchayat mise and harness wind re- enhanced tower strength at and Rural Development sources at higher altitudes, a lower cost. The three-di- Jayanti Kavadia, informaSuzlon has proved that mensional lattice struc- tion about Internet conneceven low-wind sites can ture can support heavier tivity in rural parts of state be made attractive. Con- weights due to the broad is also being collected by sistently achieving and base and reduces the steel his department. “Our demaintaining 35 percent requirement, apart from partment is at present collecting information about PLF will help in reducing being logistic-friendly.
Gujarat Government Planning To Launch E-Voting In Panchayat Polls
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