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News Brief Mulayam snubs son, rules out alliance
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Snubbing his son Akhilesh Yadav, SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav today declared candidates for 325 of the 403 Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh and ruled out alliance with any party for the upcoming polls, virtually putting paid to prospects of a Bihar-type grand coalition.
Maharashtra government transfers 8 IAS officers
Agency | Mumbai The Maharashtra government today transferred eight IAS officers. Medha Gadgil, an IAS of 1983 batch, who is presently serving as Additional Chief Secretary, Medical Education and Drugs Department, has been posted as Additional Chief Secretary (R&R), Revenue and Forests Department at the state secretariat, an official release said.
Ordinance for good of the nation: Singh
Agency | Thiruvananthapuram
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said the ordinance to impose a penalty for possession of scrapped Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes beyond a cut-off was taken in the interest of the nation. “It was taken in the interest of the nation,” he said when asked about the Cabinet today approving the promulgation of an ordinance to make possession of a large number of scrapped banknotes a penal offence which will attract a fine. Singh was here to attend the 27th meeting of Southern Zonal Council. Later, he left for Guruvayoor to pay obeisance at the famous Sree Krishna temple.
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Ordinance cleared, those holding scrapped notes may face fine, 4-year jail term
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The Cabinet has cleared the promulgation of an ordinance with the aim of penalising those found holding the junked Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes after the deadline ends. The ordinance will extinguish the liability of the government and the Reserve Bank of India on the demonetised notes. A senior government official had told The Indian Express that putting a cap on the deposit of the old notes on December 30 will help the government in better estimating the money coming back into the system and help it in making projections for the Union Budget 2017-18. The official added that a three month window between January 1, 2017 and March
The ordinance will extinguish the liability of the government and Snubbing Akhilesh, Mulayam puts out assembly poll list, the Reserve Bank of India on the demonetised notes rules out pact 31, 2017 for deposit of old currency notes in specified offices of the RBI will remain open, but only for exigencies. Official sources told PTI they were unsure whether the penal provisions would apply for holding the junked currency after the 50-day window to deposit them in banks ends as of December 30 or after March 31, till which time deposit of old currency notes at specified branches of the Reserve Bank after submitting a declaration form is open. The penalty for holding junked notes in excess of 10 notes may attract financial fines and a jail term of up to four years in certain cases. In 1978,
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the then government under Morarji Desai had issued a similar ordinance to end the government’s liability after Rs 1,000, Rs 5,000 and Rs 10,000 currency notes were withdrawn. The government had announced the demonetisation move on
the night of November 8 in a bid to flush out black money, cut down on corruption and eliminate terrorist funding from counterfeit notes. December 30 was the deadline specified by the Centre for people to deposit/exchange old
Suresh Kalmadi declines IOA life presidency; Sports Ministry issues showcause notice to IOA Agency | New Delhi
Suresh Kalmadi has declined to take over the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) life presidency role, his lawyer has reportedly told TV channels. The lawyer has reportedly said, “Time not appropriate to take up the post.” Kalmadi has been facing corruption charges for misappropriation of funds during the hosting of 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. “Suresh Kal-
madi has informed IOA president N Ramachandran that he won’t accept the life president’s post. It was a sudden decision. A member proposed the names during our Annual General Meeting (AGM) and (IOA) president approved it. It wasn’t on the agenda,” said IOA
secretary general Rajeev Mehta Said. To add further pressure on the IOA to fully reverse the decision, new International Hockey Federation (FIH) and former Hockey India Chief Narinder Batra said, “If Abhay Chautala does not step down, I will resign from the IOA,” he told NDTV. Sports Ministry has meanwhile issued a showcause notice to the IOA and has said that all ties will be cut with the na-
Sealdah-Ajmer Express derailment: Vacations turned into nightmare for some victims (H.S.) | Kanpur
A planned trip to the Taj Mahal turned into a nightmare for 52-yearold Sandhya Mandal from West Bengal who suffered serious injuries in the derailment of the Sealdah-Ajmer express on Wednesday. Mandal, one of 50 passengers who were injured when 15 coaches of the train derailed near Rura Railway Station in Kanpur Rural district, has been admitted to the emergency ward of Hallet Hospital here. It is a similar story for 54-yearold government employee Raj Kishan Ojha, who was planning to visit Mount
tional Olympic body until Kalmadi and Abhay Singh Chautala aren’t removed. The duo were unanimously selected as IOA life presidents by 150 members in attendance. Sports Minister Vijay Goel and former sports head Ajay Maken have strongly opposed the decision to appoint them in the honorary role. “As a former Sports Minister and sports enthusiast, the IOA’s decision to appoint Kalmadi and Chautala as Life Presidents of IOA is sad and very painful.
notes. Since then, while exchange of notes has been stopped, deposit of the scrapped currency can still be done at banks till Friday.
Ignoring son Akhilesh Yadav’s objections to poll tickets for certain individuals and plans for an alliance in the state for the assembly elections, SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav Wednesday put out a list of 325 of the possible 403 candidates and ruled out a pact with any other party. The list includes 176 sitting MLAs. The Chief Minister, who was on a tour of Bundelkhand, was clearly upset with the announcement made by his father and uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav in Lucknow. “The list released today
does not include names of certain candidates who are sure to win. I will take it up with the SP chief and tell him that some of them have done really good work and should be given tickets,” Akhilesh told reporters. The list released by Mulayam Singh included names like Sibghatullah Ansari, brother of jailed strongman Mukhtar Ansari, and Atiq Ahmed who has been named in several cases. Several MLAs and ministers considered close to Akhilesh, including Ram Govind Chaudhary, Pawan Pandey and Arvind Sing Gope.
the group. Grossi was acting on behalf of the current chairman, Song Young-wan of South Korea, and his document enjoys a semi-official status, Dawn reported. To prevent India from blocking Pakistan from joining the NPT, Grossi’s draft note proposes that “one non-
NPT member state should reach an understanding not to block consensus on membership for another non-NPT member state”. But ACA’s Executive Director Daryl Kimball warns that “Pakistan still has grounds to object to the formula outlined by Grossi”.
vice in 2006 as Secretary, Urban Development Ministry. He is a former vice chairman of Delhi Development Authority. Jung, last week, had indicated his unhappiness with the Aam Aadmi Party government, adding that he had ‘dis-
tinct disagreements’ with them. According to sources close to Najeeb Jung, the governor was ‘sad and fed up’ with the manner in which the AAP government was attacking him persistently. L-G had also met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week at his South Block office for more than an hour and later praised him as a ‘visionary’ who wants to take minorities along. He had that he is “completely convinced” of the Prime Minister’s “secular values as far as Hindu-Muslim relations are concerned”.
NSG draft rule may allow India in, but leave Pakistan out (H.S.) | Washington
A draft proposal for accepting new members into the Nuclear Suppliers Group paves the way for India’s entry but leaves Pakistan out, says a US-based arms control organisation. The Arms Control Association (ACA), Washington, also warns that relaxing membership rules will undermine non-proliferation. Last week, the US media reported that Rafael Mariano Grossi, a former chairman of the NSG, had prepared a two-page document, explaining how a non-NPT state, like India and Pakistan, could join
President Mukherjee accepts Jung’s resignation, Anil Baijal to be next Delhi L-G Anil Baijal’s name has been proposed for the post Agency | New Delhi
Abu with his family, but has now been admitted with a serious head wound in the hospital associated with GSVM Medical College, Kanpur. The victims claimed that for more an hour after the early morning mishap, there was no sign of help from railway authorities, with passengers left to their own
means. “After waiting fruitlessly for rail officials we ourselves tried to get fellow injured passengers off the train. After getting out though, it was another long wait for the ambulances which arrived only at 7 AM,” says Arindam Mondal, one of the relatives travelling with Sandhya.
President Mukherjee on Wednesday accepted Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung’s resignation days after he sprang a surprise by stepping down from the post. Anil Baijal’s name has been proposed for the post. A 1969 batch IAS officer, Baijal had served as Union Home Secretary under
the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government besides holding key positions in other ministries. 70-year-old Baijal, whose appointment papers have been sent to President Pranab Mukherjee for his approval, had retired from ser-
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Lessons from Kanpur train crash: Here’s how the railways can reinvent itself The recent rail disaster in Kanpur is another grim reminder that the Indian Railways (IR) is in dire need of a serious overhaul. In the recent years, IR has faced several mishaps and has lost both passengers and freight. The gross earnings are lower than budgeted targets. Fare hikes could be an easy answer but the recent experiments with surge pricing have demonstrated a reduction in passenger bookings. The freight fares are already at their peak levels. It is not new for IR to face such a challenge, but this time the magnitude of deficits, both on earnings and loading are alarming. The first focus should be on increasing freight revenue – IR’s earnings backbone. Past efforts have plateaued. One such solution is ‘overpowering’ of freight trains. Trains spend too much time accelerating and reaching their maximum permissible speed. By reducing the acceleration time, additional line capacity can be generated. Using three to four locomotives (instead of one) achieves this dual objective. Many countries have already cashed in, and are using three to four locomotives delivering 20,000 horsepower for 12,000 tonne trains. The railways needs to catch up and introduce remote control locomotive technology. The second low-cost option is removal of Permanent Speed Restrictions (PSR), especially on curves, and provision of fencing at vulnerable locations. This has been tried in limited way while increasing the speed of the Gatimaan Express (Delhi-Agra) to 160 kmph. The freight train speeds continue to be abysmally low at national average of 20-25 kmph. The existing wagons are fit to move at 100 kmph, so it is hard to explain such a big gap. Poor line capacity and increasing terminal detention of wagons impact average speed of freight trains, and should continue to be on radar. Another focus area should be rail fractures and rail weld cracks. These are the biggest threat to rail movement and safety as a single crack has the potential of stranding thousands of passengers. Fractures should be identified ahead of time using predictive identification technology and not by trackmen walking alongside thousands of kilometres of tracks. More fundamentally, we should understand why IR has many more cracks on average than many other rail networks in the world. The current experiment of using South African technology is a positive move in this direction for detecting cracks before substantial damage occurs. With winter already here, the fog has started throwing train operations into disarray in North and Central India. This phenomenon should be an exception, rather than a norm. There is a dire need for inviting technology to handle train operations during fog. The present solution of using FOGSAFE device provides limited assistance to locomotive pilots. Deaths on the tracks due to negligence are unacceptable. Everyday more than 10 people die on the railway tracks in Mumbai alone by falling from overcrowded trains. To counter this, automatic door closing technology, also widely used worldwide, should be brought in. As a spin-off, this will also limit access to travellers only, thereby enhancing passenger security. For improving safety further, IR is going in a big way to replace the existing ICF design coaches with LHB design coaches.
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QUOTE “I hope my next year would be even better than this OF THE year. I will try my best to make the next year better,” -- Salman Khan turns 51 today and the superstar says he wants to do even better for himself and his fans next year. The ‘Sultan’ star ringed in his birthday with his family and friends at his Panvel farmhouse in 2017. DAY
Hrithik was barely allowed to wear clothes in this hot as hell photo shoot Hrithik Roshan and Lisa Haydon can scorch and sizzle on their own
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Sonam upset about link-up rumours with boyfriend Anand Ahuja?
Agency | New Delhi Sonam Kapoor has had a fabulous year and she has been in news for her excellence in work, with an award for Neerja. However, these days, the news is about her link-up with her rumoured boyfriend Anand Ahuja. Sonam has been in the industry for over a decade and she has notoriously known to have kept her love life under wraps, and this is the most public she’s ever been with any of her relationships!
Nawazuddin Siddiqui’s ‘Haraamkhor’ trailer is FINALLY out
Anand Ahuja is a fashion entrepreneur and from our research, we know that Sonam has been commenting on almost all his pictures on Instagram (how cute!)! However, recently we have learned from one of our sources that Sonam is not happy about this, “Sonam, who has very rarely been in the news about her love-affairs and link-ups, is miffed with stories doing rounds about her rumoured boyfriend Anand Ahuja… she also wanted some of these stories to be taken down from the internet, as she wants to maintain her image as the only actress in Bollywood whose personal life isn’t discussed.”
Hrithik Roshan and Lisa Haydon can scorch and sizzle on their own. Now, take them together, put them on a cover and as Hrithik said “barely” let them wear clothes and what have you got? This latest cover and it is so unbearably hot, it should come with a warning. Sharing the picture, Bollywood’s Greek god said, “Going to style you, she said. Make you look hot, she said. Will barely let you wear clothes, she didn’t say. S’ok anaitashroffadajania, I still love you. thankfullysheleftthepantson Dhoom2memories shealwaysdoesthistome Vogueindia.” Not just him, we were also reminded of Dhoom 2 with Hrithik’s rippling muscles and bare torso. Lisa in a bodysuit is looking no less. Lisa too shared the cover with the caption, “Thank you vogueindia and anaitashroffadajania for making me feel Body Beautiful at every phase of life… just love you! Make up rosbelmonte Hair georgiougabriel Full issue on stands 31st December, for a healthy wealthy 2017 xx” Earlier, Hrithik shared images with sons Hrehaan and Hridhaan as they holidayed together. He wrote, “Lessons for the upcoming teenage years – What’s attitude without confidence? Irefusetocallitswag holidaysinthesnow theygrowupsofast.”
Agency | Mumbai Haraamkhor has had a long struggle to make its way finally to the theatres soon. In a landmark judgment last week, FCAT reversed their ban on the film citing it to be socially responsible and in fact hoping it would carry a positive message for girls to be aware of their rights. Shot in a small village in Gujarat, the film explores the romance between a 14 year old school student and her professor. After the news and a new poster, now the trailer of the film has been released. Decorated with visuals
set in a small village are the main characters of the film, the teacher, the student, the small boy who has crush on the same girl and his friend who helps him and the teacher’s wife. Packed with great comical situations looks like both Nawazuddin Siddiqui and the child actors will have a great Jugal Bandi on screen trying to woo the girl played by Shweta Tripathi. The trailer filled with peppy music is funny in parts as serious in the other sprinkled with the perfect dash of impeccable acting from its lead cast.
Anushka and Virat spend the holidays together in the company of their parents! Agency | Mumbai
Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli should already be declared the couple of 2016. Not because they steal cute glances when in public. Not because they grab all the limelight at weddings they attend hand-in-hand (Yuvraj Singh-Hazel Keech). It is mostly because without even making their relationship public, they continue to stick together happily giving every other couple love goals. Adding to their appeal is the fact that they chose to ring in the New Year not at some loud Goa party, but at a quiet destination near Dehradun. And we have the first video from their vacation! News about Anushka and Virat spending December 31 together was confirmed when the were spotted at the Dehradun airport recently. According to reports, the two are currently at their New Year getaway at a luxury destination spa in Narendra Nagar in Uttarakhand’s Tehri district. We also hear they have their families with them. Anushka, who loves to share fun videos that give a glimpse of her personal life, has posted another one. But this one is special. This one comes straight from her holiday spot where she is feeding a majestic and beautiful peacock. Though we miss getting a glimpse of Virat in the clip, Anushka seems happy in the lap of nature as she appreciates ‘simple things’ in life.
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She once said that she wants the world, and it seems 2016 helped her get a few steps closer to her dream. The year saw Priyanka Chopra becoming the first South Asian to win a People’s Choice Award, followed by presenting Oscar and Emmy awards, being invited to the annual White House Correspondents Dinner and was also conferred India’s fourth-highest civilian honour, the Pad-
ma Shri. “I feel that I am destiny’s favourite child,” Priyanka Said. in an interview earlier this year. And she didn’t mean it for nothing. Priyanka’s journey in showbiz started when, at 17, she was crowned Miss World -- a title that no other Indian girl has brought back to the country. The Bareilly-born talent forayed into Bollywood in 2003 with “The Hero: Love Story of a Spy”. After that, there was no looking back as she kept delivering the unexpected. The
year 2016 started for the actress on a brilliant note when she won the People’s Choice Award for her international acting debut as FBI agent Alex Parish in American TV thriller series “Quantico”. She is said to be the first South Asian actress to win the honour. The actress is also part of the second season of the show and also landed the big ticket to Hollywood with a negative role in “Baywatch”, which stars Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron.
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Mumbai hospital sees first cadaver organ donation
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How badminton star PV Sindhu has given new life to sprinter Dutee Chand’s legs PV Sindhu bagged a silver medal at the Rio Olympics
Agency | Mumbai With the family of a 44-year-old government employee donating his liver and two kidneys following him being declared brain death, Wockhardt Hospital, Mumbai Central, became the 20th city hospital to facilitate cadaver organ donation. About 32 hospitals in the city are registered for organ donation, of which only 20 have facilitated the process this year. The wife of the deceased agreed to donate his liver and two kidneys after being counselled. “The patient suffered from a brain bleed and was brought to us Sunday night. By then he was already brain dead,” said Dr Parag Rindani, head of Wockhardt Hospital. While one of his kidneys went to a patient registered at the same hospital, the second kidney was transplanted into a patient in Jupiter Hospital, Thane, and the liver was transplanted into a patient at Global Hospital, Parel.
3,800 Year Old Potato Garden Discovered in Canada
Agency | Canada The potato was originally believed to have been domesticated independently in multiple locations but later genetic testing of the wide variety of cultivars and wild species proved a single origin for potatoes in the area of present-day southern Peru and extreme northwestern Bolivia where they were domesticated approximately 7,000–10,000 years ago. Ancient spuds recently dug up on Canada’s Pacific coast are blackened and surely unedible, but are the first proof, say researchers, that North American natives tended gardens at least 3,800 years ago. The excavated potato patch on the ancestral lands of the Katzie tribe in British Columbia is “the first evidence” of gardening by local hunter-gatherers of the era, according to a study published in the journal Science Advances’ December issue.
Rupee closes at one-month low against US dollar
Agency | Mumbai The Indian rupee on Wednesday closed one month low against the US dollar on consistent selling by foreign institutional investors in the local equity and debt markets. This was the second consecutive sessions when the rupee fell. The rupee closed at 68.24 per US dollar—a level last seen on 1 December, down 0.27% from its previous close of 68.06. The home currency opened at 68.05 against the US dollar and touched a low of 68.25—a level last seen on 5 December. So far this year, it has fallen 3%. Since 8 November, the foreign institutional investors have sold a combined of $10 billion in domestic equity and debt markets. So far this year, foreign institutional investors have bought $3.18 billion in equities and sold $6.73 billion in debt. nt Fall in the Asian currencies also dampened the local currency. Japanese yen was down 0.24%, South Korean won 0.21%, China Offshore 0.13%, Singapore dollar 0.11%, Indonesian rupiah 0.11%, Malaysian ringgit 0.1%, China renminbi 0.1%, Taiwan dollar 0.08%, Philippines peso 0.07%.
Agency | New Delhi Badminton in India in the past twelve months can be, rather harshly, summed up by saying that it was a year of PV Sindhu and the rest. The rest were mostly kept abreast with multiple injuries across the board to the likes of Saina Nehwal and Parupalli Kashyap. Prior to the Rio Olympics, Sindhu had won two bronze medals at the
World Championships but she was never really the front runner for a medal. She played second fiddle in the women’s badminton in the country behind Saina. But as things transpired, rather miraculously, she would get past a variety of opponents, with different style of play and a much different repertoire, to make her way into the gold medal match. In this process,
she would edge Tai Tzu Ying (Chinese Taipei), Wang Yihan (China) and Nozomi Okuhara (Japan). However her surging run was stopped by Carolina Marin of Spain who would bag her first gold medal. For Sindhu, though, it would prove to be a historic feat as she would go past Saina’s best of bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics to become the fifth woman to win an Olympic medal for India. More importantly, this win would act as a morale and confidence booster for Sindhu to improve her results on the tour too. She would go on to pick up her very first Super Series title in China and then reach the final of the Hong Kong Super Series event to have her winning streak curtailed.
SPORTS ROUNDUP Government should use all its powers to reverse decision, Ajay Maken on Suresh Kalmadi’s appointment (H.S.) | New Delhi
Strongly protesting the appointment of tainted Suresh Kalmadi and Abhay Singh Chautala as Life Presidents of the IOA, former Sports Minister Ajay Maken today called on the government to take serious steps to reverse the decision and save the image of the country. Terming the appointments as “sad and painful”, he also asked the government
Australia vs Pakistan, 2nd Test: Australia rally against Pakistan after Azhar Ali’s double-ton
Usman Khawaja was unbeaten on 95 at stumps and anchored a 198-run partnership with David Warner (H.S.) | Melbourne
A rampaging David Warner smashed a run-a-ball century to fire Australia to 278 for two and wrest back the momentum from Pakistan after Azhar Ali’s unbeaten double-century buoyed the touring side on day three of the second test on Wednesday. Warner’s exhilarating 144 anchored a 198-run
partnership with Usman Khawaja at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, as Australia slashed the deficit to 165 runs after Pakistan’s first innings declaration of 443-9 after lunch. Khawaja was unbeaten on 95 at stumps, with captain Steve Smith on 10 not out and Austra-
lia holding genuine hope of forcing a result despite the rain interruptions that blighted the opening two days. Warner’s furious counter-attack sapped the morale from the tourists, who had also glimpsed a chance of a series-levelling victory following gritty opener Azhar’s
rat Kohli. Further to that, he was widely acclaimed for his big hitting in the death overs while maintaining a cool head on his shoulders. If that wasn’t enough, he would do the job behind the stumps too with complete fi-
nesse. He successfully withstood the immense scrutiny, with a largely emotionless face. The Ranchi superstar has won it all— ICC World T20 in 2007, World Cup in 2011, ICC Champions Trophy in 2013 and led the team to the top of the Test rankings in 2009. But now the 35-year-old is approaching the twilight of his career. So when he bids adieu to the sport and packs his kit permanently, Indian cricket will be posed with another question: Who will be the next Dhoni? Who will fill the big boots of MS?
Who can be the next MS Dhoni? Agency | Pune
Ever since making his debut in 2004, MS Dhoni, has carried enormous pressure on his shoulders. In his early years, he played under the likes of Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman, Sourav Ganguly, Virender Sehwag and Anil Kumble and then took over a team which had a lot to prove. Dhoni is considered to be the greatest Indian captain had lead the team in all three formats for over a decade until stepping down as the Test captain to hand the baton to Vi-
Mumbai call up teen sensation Prithvi Shaw for semi-final against Tamil Nadu
(H.S.) | Raipur Exciting teenage batsman Prithvi Shaw has been selected in the Mumbai squad for their Ranji Trophy semi-final against Tamil Nadu, starting on
1 January at Rajkot. The 17-year-old was included in place of opening batsman Kevin d’Almeida, who had a pretty forgettable outing against Hyderabad in the quarterfinal – scoring just nine and one run in the two innings respectively, and dropping a regulation catch in Hyderabad’s second innings Said. Shaw is the only change in the 15-member
Mumbai squad that beat Hyderabad by 30 runs in the quarterfinal at Raipur. “All the selectors consulted with the coach and the captain and felt that we should reward Prithvi for his performances. The final combination will be decided depending on the conditions in Rajkot,” Milind Rege, Mumbai’s chief selector, was quoted as saying in the report.
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brilliant knock of 205. More galling for Pakistan was that Warner was reprieved on 81 when he was bowled by a no ball from Wahab Riaz. The Pakistan paceman had a dreadfully wayward day, sending down 10 no balls, including a hat-trick of overstepped marks in the over of Warner’s non-dismissal. It was a golden day, however, for opposing openers Warner and Azhar and both raced by a number of milestones. Azhar’s double hundred was the highest innings by a Pakistan player in Australia and only three runs shy of Viv Richards’ 1984 record for touring batsmen at the MCG. He also became his nation’s first to surpass 200 twice in a calendar year, having scored an unbeaten 302 against West Indies in Dubai in October.
Ajay Maken asked the government to approach the International Olympic Committee on the issue
to approach the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on the issue. “As a former Sports Minister and sports enthusiast, the IOA’s decision to appoint Kalmadi and Chautala as Life Presidents of IOA is sad and very painful. This decision is not good for sports and India’s image,” Maken told reporters here today. “I request the Sports Minister not only to convey his reservations but take strong actions to reverse the decision. All the National Sports Federations are funded by the Sports Ministry, so the government should exercise its full powers to reverse the decision. If they do so there is no reason the matter can’t be resolved.” Maken called on the BJPruled Central government to exercise its powers and force the Indian Olympic Association to withdraw the move. “The first step to rectify is that the IOA should be pressurised to call an Emergent Meeting and forced to take back its decision till both Kalmadi and Chautala get clearance from the court. “The government should also approach the International Olympic Committee’s Ethics Committee. The government should support all the Public Interest Litigations (PIL) that will be filed in the court on this issue. If they are not removed this will be a big taint on Indian sports,” Maken said. Sports Minister Vijay Goel has already lashed out at the IOA for making tainted Kalmadi and Chautala the Life Presidents at its Annual General Meeting in Chennai, saying it was “totally unacceptable” as both of them were facing serious criminal and corruption charges.
England pacer Stuart Broad joins debate, says Root and Smith are better batsmen than Kohli
Agency | New Delhi England fast-bowler Stuart Broad is the latest to join the debate of who is the best batsman in the world. The lanky pacer, who is one of England’s leading all-time wicket takers, believes it is neither Indian captain Virat Kohli nor Australian skipper Steve Smith. According to him, it’s none other than his compatriot Joe Root. While
appreciating both Kohli and Smith’s talents, Broad couldn’t help but rate Root a notch above them. “I’d say Joe Root, but just because I’ve played a huge amount of cricket with him. I know that he makes runs in a lot of conditions, pretty much all conditions, and he has scored runs at really big times for us as an England team. I think when you’ve played
closely with someone for that long a period of time, you see a lot of their strengths. He, in my mind, is built up to be the best player I’ve seen because I see him every day,” Broad told cricket.com.au. Not only does Broad believe that Root is better than Kohli, he even reckons Smith is, “The likes of Steven Smith and Joe Root, they have this consistency of every time they go out to bat they’re just desperate to score big runs and that makes them the top of the tree — that makes them the best players in the world.” Perhaps the reason for Broad’s rankings are due to a glaring weakness he sees in Kohli’s batting.
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Suffered online financial cheating? Claim One of the two boys who got electric damage before State Adjudicating Officer shock owing to Chinese kite string, dead
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Victims of online financial cheating can claim damage upto Rs 5 crore under IT notification – 2000 section 43 by moving an application before the adjudicating officer in respective state, said a Gujarat gov-
per the amendment. He has been given Civil court power. So far 13 applications have been received in Gujarat, of which 11 are cleared. In 5 incidents, fine and ernment release today. penalty are ordered. Adjudicating officer in Incidents such as theft of electronic data, illegal online transaction of money, breach of KYC are covered under this provision. IT secretary in each state government Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad has been announced as An FIR has been filed adjudicating officer as against the cashier of Junagadh Commercial Cooperative Bank for allegedly exchanging demonetised notes worth over Rs 18 lakh with new notes by making false entries in banks accounts, police and bank officials said. An FIR was lodged yesterday against the cashier at Junagadh A division police station by the bank officials after the internal vigilance team found that was around 77 per cent. he had allegedly used 15 This time, around 1.20 existing bank accounts at lakh candidates were in its Dolatpara branch of the the fray for 53,116 wards across the state, whereas 26,800 candidates contested on 8,527 seats of Sarpanch. Over 44,000 ballot boxes were used across more than 22,000 polling booths in the state. Total number of registered voters for the polls stood at over 1.65 crore including 79.6 lakh women. Due to some procedural irregularities and misprints of some Correspondent | Vadodara ballot papers during the polling yesterday, SEC A 45-year-old man was said re-election is being allegedly shot dead in Siheld today on six differ- maliya village of Dahod ent seats— four seats for district in Gujarat during members and two seats the village Panchayat of sarpanch. The polling elections voting on Tuesis underway at present on day evening during a clash these seats in Bharuch, among villagers. The deKheda, Panchmahal, Ma- ceased has been identified hisagar and Banaskantha as Lalsinh Kishori, a resdistrict, said the release. ident of Kalgla Faliya in Simaliya village. Limbdi police have booked main accused Limsinh Damor, a resident of the same
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Sunvilla News | Mhesana
One of the two boys who were hospitalized following electric shock through a tangled Chinese kitestring in a high voltage wire in Palanpur city of Banaskantha district on
Junagadh: forgery case against cashier for exchanging Rs 18.02 lakh
80% voter turnout in Gram Panchayat polls in Gujarat
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Over 80 per cent voter turn out was recorded in the polls held to elect members and sarpanchs in 8,624 Gram panchayats across Gujarat, the State Election Commission (SEC) said today. “80.12 per cent voter turnout was registered in the polls held yesterday on 8,624 village panchayats in the state. Barring a few small incidents, voting was held in a peaceful manner. Counting votes will be held tomorrow,” said a release by SEC. As per figures shared by SEC, tribal district of Narmada clocked the highest turnout of 87.45 per cent while Bhavnagar district remained the lowest with 70.47 per cent. In the last elections, held five years back, the voter turnout
Ahmedabad’s C.G. Road has got its first multiplex movie theater at the top floor of CG Square mall. The multiplex has been opened by Mumbai based Gujarati Dhirubhai Shah led Time Cinemas and Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. Time Cinema is a part of Time Audio-Video-Films Group. The multiplex has total seating capacity of 372 seats in its four theater halls(72 seats, 84 seats, 108 seats, 108 seats). Screen 1 and
2 are D-cinema or digital cinema while screen 3 and 4 are e-cinema or electronic cinema with HD projection. All theaters are having 7.1 Dolby surround sound. For the first time two screens are made 2.8 gain brightest silver screens in Asia while other two are white screens. The screens are having latest 2k resolution. Projection sets are installed in a way that 4K replacement in future will be easy. Dhirubhai during media interaction today said that four elements were taken into consideration while building this facility – ambience, sound, picture quality and comfort level.
“Entries made by the cashier in the bank’s computer system showed that he returned excess money in new currency notes to customers who came to deposit demonetised notes in their bank accounts,” said Maradiya. While computer entry did not show any anomaly, shortage of new currency notes at the bank branch prompted investigation, the bank manager said. The accused thus exchanged money by forging entries between November 11 and November 25, he said. According to Junagadh A division police official, an FIR was filed against the cashier under sections 467 (forgery of documents), 468 (forgery with purpose of cheating), 420 (cheating), and 120 (B) (punishment of criminal conspiracy) of Indian Penal Code, and relevant sections of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.
Hospital in Mahesana for better treatment but he succumbed today. Notably, many cases of loss of lives owing to injuries caused by the Chinese string especially during Uttarayan season in the past prompted the authorities to ban it.
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Pakistan Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) apprehended 36 fishermen and seized six boats in the Arabian sea off Jakhau coast in Gujarat today, National Fisherworkers’ Forum (NFF) said. PMSA apprehended the fishermen near the International Maritime Boundary Line (IMBL), NFF secretary Manish Lodhari Said. “We have learnt that 36 fishermen on six fishing boats were apprehended by Pakistani
agency near Jakhau coast today. Three of these boats had set out from Porbandar while other three are registered in Okha,” Lodhari said. It was feared that PMSA might have captured some more fishermen and seized their boats during the operation, he added. The development comes just days after Pakistan released 220 Indian fishermen, mostly from Gujarat, arrested about a year ago for allegedly entering Pakistani waters.
Pakistan apprehends 36 fishermen, 6 boats off Gujarat coast
misleading entries in 15 existing bank accounts to exchange old notes with new ones worth Rs 18.02 lakh. We have filed an FIR with A division police station,” said General Manager of Junagadh Commercial Cooperative Bank, Rajesh Maradiya.
village besides Minesh Damor, Suresh Damor, Samuda Damor, Haria Damor, Savita Damor, Rama Panda, Kalsing Panda, Babu Damor and a mob which had gathered at a voting booth at the Simaliya primary school in the village. According to the police, the incident happened on Tuesday evening when the voting process for the village Panchayat election was about to close. Accused
Damor and his aides allegedly started a ruckus at the voting booth to allow them to vote after voting hours, however, Lalsinh Kishori and few other opposed Damor. An altercation between Damor and Kishori turned violent. Police said, “during the clash, Damor allegedly opened a fire at Kishori. Kishori died on the spot after sustaining severe injuries. While Lalsinh’s nephew Krupesh Kishori was also injured in the firing. He was rushed to the primary health center in Limbdi first, later he was admitted to a private hospital in Dahod. His condi(H.S.) | Panchmahals tion is stable.” “In Simaliya village, six women A police van constantly candidates are contesting patrols the booths as four police officers keep vigil for sarpanch. outside the polling booth at Eral village primary schools where voting for the gram panchayat was held on Tuesday. The village has been part of the communally sensitive region of Panchmahals, reporting killings during the 2002 riots. A few months back, there was
a communal clash over a petty issue of a marriage procession, which has kept the police on its toes. Nine candidates are contesting for the post of sarpanch for Eral Gram Panchayat which has 2,560 registered voters. One of the contestants Rakesh Gadhvi said, “More women are here to vote this time. Also, young candidates are contesting this year.” Thirteen kilometers
from Eral, at Vejalpur, one of the biggest panchayats in the Panchmahals, with more than 12,500 registered voters, a good number of people started gathering at the voting booth since early morning onwards. Four women candidates are contesting for the sarpanch’s post in Vejalpur. Eight booths have been set up at various schools in the village. V A Suthar, a resident of the Naika faliya of Vejalpur, who came to cast the vote, said, “The voters are very aware and they know now whom to vote. This time I have seen more voters than last time.” Jayanti Patel, incumbent sarpanch at the Vejalpur gram panchayat, said.
four persons with cash worth Rs 12.45 lakh near Raniya crossing. Most of the notes were of Rs 2000 while remaining few were in Rs 100 and 50. The culprits were said to be involved in exchanging notes on commission. The matter was being investigated. IT department has been informed about the recovery.
tions have better cleanliness standards not just because their government but also because of the people out there. They believe citizens should not pass on the problem of house-generated waste to civic body, but segregate it and use kitchen waste to make manure and give other waste to rag pickers. They have devel-
oped Rs 2000 planter that can be easily used to make manure from daily 500700 gram kitchen waste generated at home. Such innovative planter would cost Rs 2500 earlier as it was procured from Bengaluru. But now with their efforts, local potters have started making such planter and therefore its cheaper.
Gujarat Panchayat polls: In ‘sensitive’ Panchmahals, cops on toes
Fake note printing machine recovered in Ahmedabad, Rs 12.45 lakh cash from Dakor
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Police seized a fake note printing machine from Bopal area in Ahmedabad while four persons were caught in Dakor town of Kheda district today with cash worth around Rs 12.45 lakhs. A team of the crime branch of Rajkot police today conducted a search on a bungalow in Bopal area and recovered a fake note printing machine and some blank papers meant for it. The search was conducted on the information received from one of the two culprits nabbed in Rajkot two days ago with fake notes
wire. As the string was Chinese one with traces of metal, it behaved like a conductor of electricity and the two boys holding it felt a strong electric shock. They were admitted to the local civil hospital from where Chirag was sent to Lions
bank in Junagadh city to exchange currency notes, a bank official said. “After we detected anomaly in the count of new currency notes at the Dolatpara branch, we asked our vigilance team to investigate. The team found that the cashier had made
Gujarat: 45-year-old man shot dead during Panchayat polls in Simaliya village
Time Cinema brings first multiplex to CG Road in Ahmedabad
Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
December 25 today died in a private hospital in Mahesana. Police said that two boys Chirag and Nrup were flying kite in Chankapuri society of the city when its string got tangled up with a high voltage (65 kv) overhead
of Rs 2000 and 500 denominations near Hanumanmadhi. One such machine was recovered during seizure of notes from a car. The duo was part of a fake note gang based in Ahmedabad. Raids are also being conducted to nab their mastermind. Meanwhile, based on a tip off police in Dakor town nabbed
Ahmedabad duo to pedal from Gujarat to Delhi for ‘zero waste’ campaign Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
They both are above 50. They are very passionate about cleanliness. They have found and practices concrete solutions to the problem of waste generated at home and they have through their awareness campaigns and workshops made others to practice it. They believe foreign na-
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