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Workers of all seven Tehsils in Bulandshahr district today went on strike over the alleged assault on a Registrar Kanoongo by Tehsildar of Khurja city, police said. The victim, Shripal Singh has alleged that he was assaulted by Tehsildar Manoj Kumar at the latter’s residence last evening. Employees of all the Tehsils in the district gathered at Khurja Tehsil premises and sat on a dharna, Superintendent of Police (Rural), Pankaj Pandey said.
Gogoi attacks Modi over comments on age
Agency |GuwahatI Amidst the Assembly poll heat in Assam, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over comments that he was “90-years- old” and questioned whether the BJP leader was telling him “to die”. He says I am 90-years-old. What does that mean? Is he telling me to die or what? If you say go to a 90-year-old, where will he go? Is he respecting me or making fun?” he told reporters here. TN govt rapped for failure to pay balance compensation
Agency | Larnaca An Egyptian man who hijacked an EgyptAir plane and forced it to divert to Cyprus demanding to see his ex-wife surrendered on Tuesday after a six-hour airport standoff ended peacefully. The hijacker, described by officials as “unstable”, claimed to be wearing a bomb belt but no explo-
sives were discovered after he gave himself up at Larnaca airport and was arrested. He tried to communicate with his Cypriot ex-wife, who lives on the island, and the hijacking was not terrorism-related, officials said. Most of the 55 passengers were quickly released after the plane landed but some escaped only minutes before the hijacker surren-
dered, including one man who climbed out a cockpit window. Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades said the hijacking was “not something that has to do with terrorism,” and a government official said the man “seems (to be) in love.”“This is about the individual action of a person who is psychologically unstable,” said the Cypriot foreign min-
Jat Reservation Bill unanimously passed in Haryana Assembly Agency | New Delhi
The Haryana Cabinet on Tuesday unanimously passed the Jat Reservation Bill in the Vidhan Sabha. The bill proposes to include Jats and five other castes in backward classes by bifurcation. On Monday, the Haryana Cabinet gave its nod to a bill providing reservation in government jobs and educational institutions to Jats and four other castes. The move came a day after protesters threatened to resume their agitation if their demands were not met by March 31, the last day of the Vidhan Sabha’s Budget Session. The draft reservation bill proposed six per cent reservation for Jats and four other castes
istry’s permanent secretary, Alexandros Zenon. The Egyptian interior ministry identified the man as Seif al-Din Mohamed Mostafa. The man reportedly dropped a letter in Arabic on the tarmac, making a number of rambling demands including to see his Cypriot ex-wife, with whom he has children. Police said she was brought to the airport along with a child but provided no further details. The hijacker also complained about the Egyptian government and demanded the release of female prisoners from Egyptian jails. “He is not a terrorist, he’s an idiot. Terrorists are crazy, but
they are not stupid,” the Egyptian foreign ministry said. Anastasiades told reporters the incident appeared to be motivated by personal reasons. Asked about reports that the hijacker had demanded to see a Cypriot woman,
Anastasiades laughed and said: “Always there is a woman.” His response drew laughter. After searching the hijacker and sending sniffer dogs into the plane, Cypriot police said no bombs were found. The EgyptAir
plane, which was headed from the Mediterranean coastal city of Alexandria to Cairo, landed in Larnaca at 8:50am (0550 GMT), after the hijacker had contacted the control tower 20 minutes earlier to demand the diversion.
Donald’s restaurant on the main building premises of the Mumbai Central railway station. The second blast occurred on January 27, 2003, in a crowded market in Vile Parle East, while the third blast took place in a jam-packed Karjat-bound local train at the Mulund railway station on
March 13, 2003. As many as 12 persons died in these blasts and 27 were seriously injured. The Mumbai Police had said the blasts were the handiwork of Students Islamic Movement of India activists who were led by Saquib Nachan, the former general secretary of the banned outfit. A total of 16 persons were arrested in the case. Apart from Nachan, those arrested include Muzammil Ansari, an engineer, and Dr Anwar Ali, a PhD degree holder who taught Urdu at National Defence Academy, Pune.
Special court convicts Muzamil Ansari in 2002-03 Mumbai blasts case Agency | Mumbai
in Class-I and II government jobs, and 10 per cent reservation for the five castes in educational institutions and Class III and IV government jobs. The Jats had given an ultimatum till April 3 to the state government to meet their demand of reservation. A meeting of Jats from 13 states is likely to be held in New Delhi
on April 3 to discuss the reservation issue and further course of action. At least 30 people lost their lives and over 320 were injured, besides private and government property suffered losses to the tune of hundreds of crores of rupees, during the Jat agitation and subsequent violence in February.
A special Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) court on Monday pronounced Muzammil Ansari guilty in the triple bomb blasts case that took place in Mumbai between December 2002 and March 2003. Former SIMI general secretary Saquib Nachan and three others were let off in the blast case but were convicted under Arms Act
Pakistan probe team reaches Pathankot air base; Congress, AAP protest JIT visited the sanitised areas of the IAF base where the attackers had sneaked into leading to the over 80-hour gun battle that left at least four terrorists and seven security personnel dead
for possessing weapons. The court acquitted Nadeem Paloba, Haroon Rashid, Adnan Mulla of all charges. Three bombs exploded in three different parts of the city of Mumbai in a span of a little over three months. The first blast took place on December 6, 2002, at Mc-
Uttarakhand High Court allows floor test on March 31, Congress rebels to vote
al Inspector General of the base where the secuPolice, Counter Terrorism rity forces have been deAgency | Chennai Department, Muhammad ployed in strength. The The Madras High Court Tahir Rai earlier landed at AAP and Congress proam. On Monday, Rawat today pulled up Tamil Sri Guru Ramdas Interna- testers accused the BJP moved the high court Nadu government for tional Airport in Amritsar led government of hurting questioning the Centre’s failing to disburse Rs and then left for Pathan- the sentiments of Indians decision to impose Prestwo lakh from the total kot by road amid tight by allowing Pakistan team ident’s Rule in the state. compensation amount of security. A large number to probe terror attack on He paraded 34 MLAs beRs five lakh each to 16 of security personnel, in- Indian soil. AAP’s Delhi fore Governor K K Paul people who contracted cluding Punjab Police Minister Kapil Mishra, to claim he still had maHepatitis C while unSWAT team, were also who was also in Pathanjority in the 70-member dergoing dialysis at the deployed in view of the kot, said allowing PakiHouse. Rawat urged the Government Stanley visit. fficials said the JIT stani JIT to visit the air Governor to revive the Medical Hospital here in Agency | Pathankot the strategic installation. visited the sanitised areas base was “shameful and assembly and to give him August 2014. The state The team, which came in of the IAF base where the disgusting”. “For the first Congress rebel MLAs, an opportunity to prove Agency | New Delhi government had already A five-member Pakistani disbursed the first instal- Joint Investigation Team a bus, was taken to the attackers had sneaked into time in 35 years, we are Uttarakhand High Court who were suspended by his majority on the floor ment of Rs three lakh to (JIT) accompanied by In- backside of the air base as leading to the over 80- saying that ISI was not on Tuesday allowed care- Speaker Govind Singh of the House. President’s the victims. The bench dian officials on Tuesday workers of Congress and hour gun battle that left supporting terrorism… taker chief minister Harish Kunjwal under anti-de- rule was imposed Sunday directed the government visited the “sanitised” ar- Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) at least four terrorists and the same people who have Rawat to prove his major- fection law, to take part and the House placed unofficial in charge of dis- eas at Pathankot airforce and Congress held pro- seven security personnel killed our people have ity in the House by order- in the floor test. The floor der suspended animation bursing the compensa- base in connection with tests outside against its dead. Protesters carrying come here…this is so ing a floor test on March test will held in the pres- after nine rebel Congress tion amount to appear probe into the January visit. The Pakistani team placards and black flags shameful and disgusting,” 31. The court, howev- ence of Registrar Gener- MLAs joined hands with before it on April 27. er, also allowed the nine al of the high court at 11 the opposition BJP. 2 terror attack targeting led by Punjab’s Addition- shouted slogans outside Mishra said. Corpo. Office: B/14, Madhav Chamber’s, India Colony, Opp-Vidhyanagar School, Bapunagar, Ahmedababad - 380024 Email: ssdaily2013@gmail.com Mo : 98250 98053
2 / Dt. 30-03-2016, Wednesday Editors’ Picks Wednesday, march 30, 2016 Virat a great batsman, who handles pressure with grace
Something special is blowing across Indian cricket. In some ways, it’s a reminder of the 1990s, when Sachin Tendulkar owned the television remote. While Virat Kohli has similar emotional effects on the fans, one difference stands out — his composure. Tendulkar bore far greater pressure, in a cricketing nation finding its backbone. He was the middle-class Marathi boy who grew up with the tag of genius. There was much to handle, and to his credit he did. But, unsurprisingly, the pressure showed. Kohli is different in the way he came up in Indian cricket. As soon as he won the Under-19 World Cup, he was cast as the boy who couldn’t handle success. He couldn’t get going on his Test debut and had to be dropped. He was a good batsman but he had the swagger of a genius. But in the end, ambition won out and suddenly, things changed. Rather, he changed them. He grew more disciplined, became fitter, turned more professional. A good batsman has willed himself to be a great batsman (in limited-overs cricket), who soaks in the harshest of pressures with more finesse than most other Indian cricketers. For someone with a feisty temperament, he retains a control seldom seen in Indian cricket. Where will we place these last two breathtaking knocks? In some ways, they were like Tendulkar’s Desert Storms. As good as those knocks were — and bear in mind, they were in the longer 50-overs format. Kohli’s have come in T20s, with its shorter duration to handle pressure, which can be more intense. Moreover, they have come in a World Cup event and against two different teams on two varying tracks. The Pakistan game was a turner, the Australian one was a sluggish will-bender. Both required different skills, but Kohli came through in style. Kohli fears no one. Tendulkar struggled appallingly against James Anderson late in his career. Another former cricketer, who agrees to speak on the condition of anonymity, says that no discernible shortcoming is what makes Kohli better than Tendulkar. “Tendulkar struggled against a particular type of bowler or opposition. You could get at him. With Kohli, he treats everybody with the same disdain. And, his self-belief is incredible.” Another former cricketer, on the condition of anonymity, says that Kohli’s ability to manipulate the opposition and his chanceless style of batting is what sets him apart. “Once he’s in, he’s in. He just doesn’t give you a chance. And, you can’t say that about too many batsmen,” he says. Self-belief, which makes him withstand the pressure in crunch situations, is something ingrained deep in Kohli’s persona; the “don’t worry, I will get you home” kind of stuff. “He has always liked a challenge. More important, he wants to overcome that challenge.
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Agency | New Delhi Ever since Bipasha Basu and Karan Singh Grover worked together in Alone (2015) , rumours of their link-up have been doing the rounds. The couple has denied the same on multiple occasions, and claim to be “just good friends”. However, their chemistry has not gone unnoticed, and pictures of the duo from their vacations have often popped up on social media. Sources claim that until now, they could not take their relationship to the next level as Karan’s divorce from Jennifer
Winget was still pending. But now that the divorce has finally come through, sources claim that the actors are looking to make their relationship official. According to reports, Bipasha (37) and Karan (34) plan to get married on April 30 in Mumbai. Apparently, Karan’s mother had objected to their relationship initially, but has accepted it now. The duo has apparently already started locking the venue and functions for their nuptials. While Bipasha has been open about her love life in the past, this time she has kept mum.
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QUOTE “We have seen a video released by Pakistani authorities of a former Indian naval officer, doing business in Iran, who is in Pakistani custody under unexplained circumstances,” OF THE - The Ministry of External Affairs on Tuesday dismissed, as baseless, remarks made by an alleged Indian spy in a video released by Pakistan in which he “confessed” New Delhi’s alleged involvement in terrorist activities in Balochistan.. DAY Shah Rukh Khan shoots with Kapil Sharma for The Kapil Sharma Show’s promo, see pics
Agency | New Delhi Superstar Shah Rukh Khan has already shot for the promo of Kapil Sharma’s upcoming show ‘The Kapil Sharma Show’ which will be telecast on Sony. The Kapil Sharma Show will go on air from April 23 onward, and SRK will be the first
celebrity to make an appearance on the show. Pictures of Shah Rukh Khan shooting with the stand-up comedian have started doing the rounds on Twitter. In the pictures, SRK can be seen looking at the monitor to see his shot while Kapil is seen standing behind him with
a coffee mug in his hand. The actor is all smiles as he looks at himself in the monitor. Shah Rukh Khan had earlier been seen on Kapil’s show Comedy Nights With Kapil several times for the promotions of his film. This time Kapil has decided to kickstart his new show with SRK himself. Kapil, who is one film old in the industry, is also in talks with the director of Comedy Nights for his next movie. Kapil will bring back his team including Sumona Chakravarti, Sunil Grover, Kiku Sharda and Navjot Singh Sindhu in his new show.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan dresses up in traditional red suit for ‘Sarbjit’s Punjabi song Agency | New Delhi
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s new still from her upcoming film ‘Sarbjit’ is out and the actress can be seen dressed in traditional red suit complete with bindi, bangles. Aishwarya looks stunning in the picture which is from a Punjabi folk song in the film. In the earlier stills, Aishwarya was seen in a nomake up avatar, but this picture of hers is different. Also read: Aishwarya Rai Bachchan: We are proud that Paa, Amitabh Bachchan, won the National Award Aishwarya Rai
Bachchan will essay the role of Dalbir Kaur, Sarbjit Singh’s sister, who fights for justice for him. Bollywood Beauties Aishwarya, Katrina, Sonam Under One roof Trade Analyst Taran Adarsh shared the image where he mentioned this still to be from
a song in Sarbjit.Sanjay Leela Bhansali Parties With SRK, Aishwarya, Ranveer, Sonam Post National Awards win. Directed by Omung Kumar, Sarbjit also stars Randeep Hooda and Richa Chadda in the lead and releases on May 20, 2016.
National Film Awards: Bollywood is the winner but should it be? Agency | Mumbai
Baahubali, Piku, Tanu Weds Manu Returns and Bajirao Mastani are some of the top-grossers of 2016. They are also the winners of the top awards at the 63rd National Film Awards announced on Monday. SS Rajamouli’s Baahubali won Best Film while Bajirao Mastani fetched Sanjay Leela Bhansali the award for Best Director. Amitabh Bachchan as a cantankerous septuagenarian troubled by constipation in Piku gets his fourth National Award for Best Actor after Agneepath (1990), Black (2005) and Paa (2009) while Kangana Ranaut won the Best Actress award for her double role as the tempestuous Tanu and the adorable Haryanvi athlete Datto in Tanu Weds Manu Returns. This is the third National Award for Ranaut after the Best Actress medal for Queenand best supporting actress for Fashion (2008). The importance of National Awards in promoting meaningful films which
The announcement of the National Awards on Monday has once again triggered the debate that the jury has favoured populist cinema.
do not entertain the way commercial cinema does and have largely been relegated to the fringe — cannot be overstated. The announcement of the National Awards on Monday has once again triggered the debate that the jury has favoured populist cinema.
In India, Bollywood rules the popular imagination. Over the years, it has also increased its presence at the National Awards. This year, most of the awards, barring those meant for regional categories, have been bagged by Bollywood.
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Priyanka Chopra floods social media as she congratulates team ‘Bajirao Mastani’ Agency | Mumbai
With five awards in one go, Priyanka Chopra’s ‘Bajirao Mastani’ won big at the 63rd National Film Awards and the actress filled her social media with wishes for her team. The 33-year-old actress’ Twitter spree started with the post, “Congrats to team BajrangiBhaijaan and kabirkhankk so well done! Much love always!””And last but not the least!! Team BajiraoMastani Sanjay sir!!U brought us all together for greatness!Congrat-
ulations n party hard tonight!!,” she further wrote.Giving her wishes to actress Tanvi Azmi, the ‘Quantico’ star tweeted, “Congratulations tanvi-
azmi you brought life to Radha maa..And sacrificed your hair!What a well deserved award!ure my Hero! BajiraoMastani.
which was also a huge musical hit, and Tum Bin 2 will have the very talented Ankit Tiwari composing the entire music score and the lyrics are by Manoj Muntashir. The
film will be entirely shot in Scotland in the cities of Glasgow and Edinburgh. It will go on floors from April 4, 2016. Tum Bin 2 will hit the silver screen on November 18, 2016.
pendent and need someone who can treat them nicely - they seek a partner in every sense. But - I still don’t understand the legality of the whole process - when it doesn’t work, why do people go to lawyers? That’s a bit unfair, because everything is changing and you can grow out of a relationship.” Towards the end of the interaction, the anchor said, “Kangana, pick a person who will ask last question.” The actress refused, say-
ing, “I have a knack for choosing the wrong people. No no, you do it.” The last question was, “Kangana, if someone has to propose to you, what he should do?” And there was a moment of silence. The anchor said, “Please change the question,” but Kangana went on to reply, “If a person wants to propose to me, well, good, at least they won’t be sending me notices anymore. I want to clarify this. Send flowers with Ghalib ki shayari.
Tum Bin 2 announced, Bhushan Kumar and Anubhav Sinha come together after 15 years Agency | New Delhi
Tum Bin 2 is all set to get on the floors, which will reunite producer Bhushan Kumar and writer, director Anubhav Sinha, after 15 years. The sequel titled as Tum Bin 2 is announced with young actors Neha Sharma, Aditya Seal and Aashim Gulati who will be making their debut with the film. Anubhav Sinha is the writer, director and will jointly produce the film with Bhushan Kumar. The original Tum Bin
Kangana Ranaut: It’s unfair to go to a lawyer when a relationship doesn’t work Agency | Mumbai
Kngana Ranaut was in Delhi recently to participate in the CII Young India conference, where some of her witty replies seemed to refer to her ongoing legal tussle with Hrithik Roshan about their alleged affair. When the anchor at the event asked, “Recently, you were in the news...”, Kangana interrupted, “Thank you, is this why you called me here?” The anchor said, “No, no I was about to ask, what do you think about the legal system?” Kangana replied, “Well, I have to believe in it. What can you do when you are slapped a notice? For all you know, they can take you to jail!” Hrithik had sent a legal notice to Kangana, demanding an apology for calling him a ‘silly ex’, and Kangana’s lawyer has sent the actor a notice in return. At the CII event, Kangana said that she doesn’t understand why people approach lawyers to resolve the differences in their relationship. She said, “I can’t give advice to brides, I don’t want to get into trouble here. Today, women are inde-
3 / Dt. 30-03-2016, Wednesday Breastfeeding may cut ear infections in babies: New study
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Eoin Morgan says England’s versatility a good sign ahead of World T20 2016 semi-final against New Zealand
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Higher rates of breastfeeding, use of vaccinations and lower rates of smoking by mothers may reduce the risk of ear infections in babies, according to new research. Researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, US, found that rates of ear infection have dropped significantly since similar studies were conducted in the late 1980s and 1990s. They suggested that higher rates of breastfeeding, use of vaccinations and lower rates of smoking may be the major contributors. The study, led by Tasnee Chonmaitree, professor in the department of pediatrics, found that rates of ear infection dropped from 18 to 6% in three-month-olds, from 39 to 23% in sixmonth-olds and from 62 to 46% in one-year- olds. From October 2008 to March 2014, investigators followed 367 babies, less than one month old through their first birthday.
Satisfied with England‘s campaign so far in the ICC World Twenty20, captain Eoin Morgan today said every player of his side has showcased his versatility during the tournament which has made the side a “powerful” unit heading into tomorrow’s semifinal against New Zealand. In two matches, England batsmen scored big against West Indies and South Africa while spinners defended a small total against Afghanistan. The pacers were also brilliant at the death against
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Sri Lanka en route their last four entry. “We haven’t had to repeat the same thing twice. We showed different sides to everyone’s personality, what they have got as opposed to just what they do on a day-to-day basis. That shows the group as a whole can be very powerful,” Morgan told mediapersons ahead of his team’s semi-final against New Zealand tomorrow. Morgan exuded quiet confidence but insisted that his team is still quite far from the final spot. “I feel excited. I don’t feel
Reliance Defence, Israel’s Rafael to form JV to build missiles in India
Agency | Goa Anil Ambani-led Reliance Infrastructure Ltd (R-Infra), through its unit Reliance Defence Ltd, and Rafael Advanced Defence Systems Ltd of Israel have decided to set up a joint venture company in India in the highly specialized areas of air-to-air missiles, air defence systems and large aerostats. The project will have an initial capital outlay of more than Rs.1,300 crore, excluding the cost of technology. Based on the current requirements, the joint venture will address multiple programs valued at more than Rs.65,000 crore over the next 10 years. The joint venture is one of the biggest between an Indian company with any original equipment manufacturer or OEM, according to Rajesh Dhingra, chief executive officer, Reliance Defence. It will provide big thrust into the field of indigenous production and development of high precision and weapon systems in India, according to Reliance Defence executives. An agreement towards this was signed at DefExpo India 2016 between Reliance Defence officials, headed by Anil Ambani, chairman, Reliance Group, and Rafael Advanced Defence executives.
SPORTS ROUNDUP India aim to end disappointing campaign on a high but Chhetri remains doubtful Agency | Kochi
Star striker Sunil Chhetri remained doubtful for India’s 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Turkmenistan in Kerala on Tuesday, as the beleaguered home team seeks to end their disappointing campaign on a winning note. A win tomorrow does not change much for India as they will still finish at the bottom of Group ‘D’ below tiny Pacific Island nation Guam. It has some significance regarding the team’s chances for qualifying in 2019 Asian Cup.Whatever the result tomorrow, India will not get a direct entry into the qualification round of the have been having a go at Asian Cup. The Stephen Anushka for the longest Constantine-coach side time and connecting ev- will still have the ignomiery negative thing to her. Shame on those people calling themselves educated. Shame on blaming and making fun of her Agency | Karachi when she has no control over what I do with my Pakistan’s under-fire sport. If anything she has head coach Waqar Younis only motivated and given has submitted his report me more positivity,” he on the national cricket wrote. Saluting the intenteam’s performances in tion, Bollywood actor Arsome of recent series to jun Kapoor too jumped in PCB chairman Shaharyar and supported the cricketKhan. According to the er. We also stand by what sources, Waqar has given you said, Virat. And well, a “damning report on the we have never blamed team players”. “Waqar Anushka even for once, has given a damning refor any of your perforport on the team players mances! We never will. and has said that most of the players were not able to implement the game plan given to them by the coach,” a source said. “Waqar has specifically pinpointed that some of the players are just not willing to work hard enough or cooperate with the coaching staff by executing the suggestions
Virat Kohli slams Anushka Sharma’s detractors: Arjun Kapoor salutes the cricketer!
ny of featuring in a playoff round to even feature in another qualifying round of the 2019 Asian Cup. A win against Turkmenistan would put India against a lesser opposition in the play-off, thereby increasing their chance of making it to the qualifiers of the Asian Cup. India, who have just three points from their lone win
against Guam last year, are coming into tomorrow’s Joint Qualification Round 2 match following a 0-4 drubbing away at the hands of continental giants Iran last week.Though the wounds of the big defeat are still fresh, the team has been boosted by the return of Chhetri, who sweated it out on the field on the eve of the match.
given to them,” he added. The source also said that the coach was not happy with Shahid Afridi’s captaincy. “Waqar has also questioned the captaincy skills of Shahid Afridi and some of his decisions. In totality, the head coach is clearly not happy with the way the players have responded or shown improvement in their game.” The PCB chief has sent the report to the
fact-finding committee, which is formed to probe into the national team’s poor performance in the Asia Cup and World T20, as well as in earlier series against England and New Zealand. “Waqar has submitted a complete report on his two-year tenure and the chairman has sent the report to the fact-finding committee for its observations,” the source said.
New Delhi on Monday. “It is very bittersweet to be going back to South Africa after the World T20. It was not where we wanted to be. We’ve only got ourselves to blame,” du Plessis was quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfo. “We played good cricket leading up to the tournament and we were consistent in the subcontinent, but a World T20 is a do-or-die tournament.
“If you make mistakes, it’s not like a series where you can come back into the series. We made one or two mistakes against England and they punished us for it,” he said. “Against West Indies, we made one or two mistakes as well. The teams in a T20 world cup are so close to each other, if you’re not on top of your game, teams will punish you.
Waqar Younis submits team’s performance report to PCB
Agency | New Delhi Soon you will be able to make landline calls, including free calls, from apps like WhatsApp, Skype and Viber in India. According to a TOI report, an inter-ministerial panel on Monday gave a clearance for inter-connect agreements between internet service providers and telecom operators. While some chat apps, for example Viber, already allow people to call landline numbers, this functionality comes at a price. The users have to pay extra for landline calls compared to something like Viberto-Viber calls in which the only expense is for the data. With the inter-connect agreements in place, users of chat apps will most likely won’t have to pay extra. These calls to landlines numbers will be treated similar to calls made within the app.
like I’m close to World Cup final. I’m not going too far ahead of myself. We’ve game, a top game tomorrow against a strong New Zealand side, who probably have played the best cricket of the tournament so far in the group stages. So we are going to have a very strong game tomorrow to beat New Zealand,” Morgan said. Morgan has the experience of winning a World T20 back in 2010 when England beat Australia in the final with Paul Collingwood in charge. Incidentally, Collingwood is here with the England team as a consultant. “Certainly my experience in the knock-out stages of a tournament is that you’ve done the hard work and it’s almost now you earn a licence to go out and express yourself as much as you can.
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Agency | New Delhi Virat Kohli could not perform too well during the World Cup last year. And many people quickly started blaming Anushka Sharma for the same. A year later, Virat has single-handedly made sure India won the Asia Cup 2016 and defeated Australia to zoom into the ICC
T20 World Cup semis. Following this, Virat slammed all critics with a post. Where he publicly shamed everyone who held Anushka responsible for his bad performances. What seemed to be like long-time coming, Virat addressed the issue in his own way. “Shame on those people who
Deconstructing the genius of Virat Kohli the mathematician, the boxer and the Zen Master Agency | Mohali
On Sunday against Australia in the ICC World T20, India captain MS Dhoni once again hit the winning runs in the final over. But it was captain-in-waiting Virat Kohli who bent the Australian bowlers to his will to create the victory. He came in to bat in the fourth over and was still there when Dhoni smacked James Faulkner to the fence in the 20th. In the interim, Kohli cut and thrust his way to 82 not out from 51 balls and his record in T20 Internationals during chasing targets now reads like a cricket fiction: an average of 122.83 in wins at a strike-rate of 131; an average of 91.80 in chases overall at a strike-rate of 132.65 and an average of 228.50 in chases in the ongoing World T20. If MS Dhoni is the finisher, then how are we to think of Virat Kohli? Kohli has said many times that having a target helps him
T20 World Cup 2016: Faf du Plessis says going back to South Africa is bittersweet Agency | New Delhi
frame his innings. The chase seems to dissolve into a complex equation containing the number of runs required, the number of balls remaining, the strengths and weakness of opposing bowlers, the nature of the pitch, the placing of the fielders and the dimensions of the field. While at the crease, he is somehow able to work out how to keep the equation balanced as the situation ebbs and flows. On Sunday, he hit two boundaries from his first three balls to announce himself. Then, for the next 37 balls, it was dots, singles and twos barring one four and one
six off Glenn Maxwell that was mistimed and yet timed well enough to clear long-off. And all this while, the equation kept changing; twisting this way and that until after the 17th over when India needed 39 from 18 balls with six wickets in hand. Now it was simpler, clearer, and Kohli went to work. A short delivery from Faulkner was pulled to deep mid-wicket for four. Expecting a full delivery to follow, Kohli then carved the next ball behind point for another four. For an encore, Kohli simply stepped down the track and drove Faulkner over long-off for six.
New Delhi: South Africa T20 captain Faf du Plessis has attributed his side’s failure to reach the semifinals of the World Twenty20 to costly mistakes committed during league games against England and West Indies. Despite entering the tournament as one of the favourites, South Africa once again failed to live up to their reputation as they lost a high-scoring game against England before losing a low-scoring affair against West Indies. South Africa finished third in Group 1 after claiming an eight-wicket consolation victory over defending champions Sri Lanka in
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Jamiat Mega conference: ‘No need for certificate of nationalism… a Muslim is Indian by choice’ Correspondent | Vadodara
Around two lakh Muslims gathered at a Jamiat Ulema-I-Hind conference in Godhra where prominent community leaders and social activist Swami Agnivesh spoke about the growing “insecurity” in the country and also rejected the “need for a certificate” of nationalism amid raging political debate over the issue of “Bharat mata ki jai”. The conference was held Sunday evening in presence of Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind general secretary Maulana Mahmood Madani who avoided any direct reference to the “Bharat mata ki jai” issue, but said Muslims in the country are Indians “by choice”, as he mentioned the partition and cre-
Ishrat case: Verma’s plea to inspect second chargesheet rejected Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
ation of Pakistan in 1947. “We are partakers in this country’s struggles, but we are treated like tenants. This is our country and our land. We have given lives for the freedom struggle and now they are demanding our sacrifice again,” he told the gathering. Earlier, he told reporters, “One
community is particularly feeling insecure. When such a feeling is born in the minds of the people – even if it does not exist in reality – it leads to hopelessness, which is not a good thing. Similarly, communalism creates a bad atmosphere. So, we thought that there
was a need to awaken people and raise real issues.” Madani also condemned acts of terrorism and said, “Terrorists are spreading terror in the name of Islam. It is haram to even hurt people’s feelings.” On the community’s demand for reservation benefits, Madani said.
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In a setback to IPS officer Satish Verma, who led the investigation into the encounter of Ishrat Jahan, a special CBI court on Monday rejected his application seeking permission to inspect the second chargesheet in the case. Details of the chargesheet, filed in February 2014, have not been made public yet, but it names four officers of the Intelligence Bureau (IB), including former special director Rajinder Kumar. Rejecting the application, special judge D R Vyas justified the CBI argument that the copy of the chargesheet cannot be given to Verma since he has no locus standi to seek it, said CBI counsel R C Kodekar. The
court also held that Verma could not explain the reason for seeking the case papers. The IPS officer had also requested the court to allow him to look into an order of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) which refused sanction to prosecute IB officers. Since then, the second chargesheet is pending in the court. On March 11, Verma for the first time had moved the CBI court, seeking a copy of the second chargesheet, but his plea was rejected. Later, he moved a second application, stating that the superintendent of this court “made an endorsement in the said application that the documents prayed for in the application are not
Details of the chargesheet, filed in February 2014, have not been made public yet, but it names four officers of the Intelligence Bureau (IB), including former special director Rajinder Kumar
part of the record of the court. Therefore, the applicant wishes to take an inspection of the records lying in the custody of this court.” Verma had appeared as party-in-person
to argue his case, saying that he was one of the three members of the Gujarat High Court-appointed SIT that probed the case and lodged an FIR with the CBI.
Writer declines award from ‘nonIn Assembly: Congress seeks tabling Gujarat University digitises autonomous’ Academy all exam-related records of Shah panel report in House Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Correspondent | gandhinagar
Opposition Congress, Monday, staged a walkout from state Assembly over the issue of making public reports of MB Shah Commission that probed 14 allegations of corruption against the Gujarat government then led by Chief Minister Narendra Modi. After completion of the Question Hour, Congress member Raghavji Patel rose on his seat and tried to make submission. However, Patel was not allowed by the Speaker Ganpat Vasava while saying that the former had not taken prior permission to raise an issue. Following this, all the Congress MLAs also rose on their seats and started showing placards and raising slogans while demanding to make public the reports of MB Shah Commission. Subsequently, they rushed towards the Well of the House amid constant
After completion of the Question Hour, Congress member Raghavji Patel rose on his seat and tried to make submission
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warnings by the Speaker that if they continued doing that then he would have to suspend them for a day. At one point, Raghavji Patel even mentioned a previous notice moved by Congress party to initiate breach of privilege motion against the then rev-
enue minister and current Chief Minister Anandiben Patel of misleading the House over the issue of submission of MB Shah Commission’s reports to the Governor’s Office. Ultimately, the Congress members walked out of the House.
Vaghela on rest post 2nd knee surgery, won’t attend remaining budget session Correspondent | gandhinagar
Leader of opposition in Gujarat Assembly Shankersinh Vaghela, who is not attending the proceedings of the house for past few days, will remain absent during the remaining two days of the budget session slated to end on March 31. In fact the veteran Congress leader and former chief minister had recently undergone knee replacement surgery in his second leg (left) in the Apollo hospital near here where his first such surgery for the right knee was done in January this year. Media Coordinator of Mr. Vaghela, Mr. Nikhil Desai today said that he
was admitted to the hospital for the second surgery two days back and was discharged yesterday. ‘As he has been advised rest by the doctors, he won’t be able to attend the assembly proceedings during the remaining days
of the budget session,’ he said. Notably, senior cabinet member of the Anandiben government Mr. Bhupendrasinh Chudasama, Minister, Education could also not attend the ongoing session for quite some time.
The Gujarat University is digitising all its exam-related records, including transcript or what is called ‘students permanent record’, along with marksheet and degree certificates from 1949 when its was set up, till present. The oldest university of the state, which has more than four lakh regular students on its rolls, besides external students, expects to complete the task within a year. The job is being handled by a private agency. “The digitisation is going backwards from 2015. We have so far
completed digitising the records up to 1996 examinations,” said one of the employees involved in digitisation work. He said it would take about a year to finish the task.Along with digitisation, they are also doing year-wise and subject-wise indexing to enable to access the record of a particular year within a few seconds.However, the hard copy of the record would still be preserved. The digitisation work is being done because there is always a risk of the records on papers getting spoiled due to rains, in accidental fire or by termites.
8 held in Gujarat for hacking into Sales Tax dept system to commit fraud Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
Police have arrested eight men including four government employees for allegedly hacking into the Sales Tax department’s computer system to activate ‘Taxpayer Identification Numbers’ of 14 defunct companies so as to fraudulently withdraw Rs 11 crore in tax credit. TIN, an 11-digit number, is used by the manufacturers and wholesalers to get tax credit on VAT filed by companies. They use bills of materials supplied to companies to get tax refund. The city crime branch and the cyber crime sleuths carried out an investigation after a case was filed by the Deputy Commissioner of Sales Tax Mahesh Patel on March 4. The accused, which included four employees of the Sale Tax department, tried to activate
defunct TINs of 14 companies using department’s computers on February 27 and February 28, when the department was closed for holidays. They planned to use these TINs to get tax credits on fake bills of suppliers to these companies. “When they activated the TINs, SMS was sent to the Deputy Commissioner of Sales Tax which alerted him as only senior officials are allowed to process activation,” said Joint Commissioner of Police (crime) J K Bhatt. Among the arrested persons, Balmukund Thakkar, owner of a Rajkot-based protein supplement company, was found to be the mastermind. Other accused include Sales Tax department clerks Dahyabhai Parmar, Mehul Makampara, Ashok Detroja and Virendrasinh Parmar who allegedly provided login IDs and passwords.
Harsh Brahmbhatt, former bureaucrat and writer who was nominated by the Gujarat Urdu Sahitya Academy for an award for his collection of poems Mera Apna Aasman, Monday refused to accept the honour on the ground that it was being given by a “non-autonomous” body. In a letter addressed to Academy president Bhagyesh Jha, also a former bureaucrat, he conveyed his inability to attend the award function on Tuesday at Bhaikaka Hall where 11 other writers will be felicitated. Brahmbhatt said that he is a trustee of the Gujarati Sahitya Parishad which has “taken a principled stand” that none of its office-bearers would accept any award or prize given by the non-autonomous Gujarat Sahitya Academy,
In a letter addressed to Academy president Bhagyesh Jha, also a former bureaucrat, he conveyed his inability to attend the award function on Tuesday at Bhaikaka Hall where 11 other writers will be felicitated.
“which has been presently headed by you in an unconstitutional manner”. “Even otherwise also, as a literary person, I am clearly of the view that the awards/prizes being given by non-autonomous Academy cannot be accepted by those who hold autonomy of the Academy above everything,” Brahmbhatt said in the letter that was also released to the media. When contacted, Jha said Brahmbhatt
continued to be a member of government-run Vali Gujarati Ghazal Kendra. “It is double standards. If he accepts the award, it is fine with us,” Jha said, noting that Brahmbhatt had already accepted Gaurav Puraskar. Several writers have been demanding autonomy for the Academy since April last year when Jha, a former IAS officer, was nominated its president without any election for the post.
Torrent inks pact to develop 197.40 MW wind power project Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad
The city-based Torrent Power Limited has entered into a contract with a leading group manufacturing wind turbine generators for developing 197.40 MW of wind power project in Gujarat. “The said capacity will be developed across three sites in Kutch and Bhavnagar districts of the state. The project is expected to be commissioned by March 2017,” stated an official release from the company Monday. In order to fulfil its renewable power purchase obligation, Torrent Power forayed into renewable energy generation in the year 2012, by commissioning the 49.60 MW wind power project at Lalpur, Jamnagar. Subsequently,
The said capacity will be developed across three sites in Kutch and Bhavnagar districts of the state. The project is expected to be commissioned by March 2017,” stated an official release from the company Monday
the company also commissioned (through its wholly-owned subsidiary) the 51 MW Solar Power Project at Charanka Solar Park, Gujarat in year 2015. Torrent
Power is also implementing the 81 MW solar power project at Kamrej, Surat and the 136.80 MW wind power project in Rajkot and Surendranagar districts.
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