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A section in the party feels that Sonia should continue as party chief, while another feels that the earlier Rahul takes over the reins the better

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News BriefJuhi Chawla visits young

cancer patients

Agency | Kolkata

The three accused in the Salt Lake gangrape case were today remanded in 14-day judicial custody by a local court. The trio Arnab De, Subhen-du Naskar and Sourav Bera, all drivers of IT sector pool cars, would be subjected to a test identification parade, a senior officer of Bidhan-nagar Police said.

Agency | Mumbai

Bollywood couple Riteish and Genelia Deshmukh have be-come proud parents for the second time. The “Housefull 3” star and his wife, who are al-ready parents to one-year-old son Riaan Riteish Deshmukh, took to Twitter to share the news with their fans. “Thank you GOD for blessing me much more than I deserve,” Genelia wrote. Riteish, on be-half of Riaan, posted, “Hey guys, my Aai and Baba just gifted me a little brother. Now all my toys are his...- Love Riaan.”

Agency | Mumbai

Actress Juhi Chawla vis-ited a city-based cancer hospital for kids to raise awareness about health. The 48-year-old mother of two met and spoke to the children, who are battling with the disease. She chose the unique way to mark the World No Tobacco Day.

Rahul taking over as Cong president?

Rape accused remanded in

judicial custody

Riteish, Genelia welcome 2nd baby boy to the family

Rahul will have full party support as president: Amarinder Singh“Sonia tightlipped”

Cops should be like pizza delivery boys, reach crime scene in 10 minutes: Delhi HC

Indira Jaising’s NGO barred from receiving foreign funds for 6 months

Agency | New Delhi

“Like a pizza boy deliver-ing the stuff faster than the guaranteed half-an-hour”, the Delhi police should reach the crime scene be-fore the current response time of ten minutes to earn the “faith” of people, the Delhi High Court today said. “We are concerned over the response time of the police team in reach-ing the crime spot.They should reach quickly in order to give guarantee to citizens of Delhi that they are safe here,” a division bench of B D Ahmed and R K Gauba said, add-ing “police will have to

Agency | Mumbai

Even as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan’s of-fice declined to respond to queries over a media report on his lack of in-terest for a second term, analysts saw the develop-ment as mere speculation, lacking merit. According to news reports, Rajan has told the government that once his term ends, he would like to return to the US. Quoting sources close to him, a Bengali daily said he plans to join a US university and pur-sue research on the Indi-an economy. “We don’t comment on specula-tion,” was the single-line

Agency | Bangkok

Thailand may close down its famed Tiger Temple, popular among Indian and foreign tourists, as wildlife officials have started relocating its 137 tigers, mostly Bengal ti-gers, amid allegations of illegal trafficking and animal mistreatment by temple authorities. In the first batch, more than 100 tigers will be taken away from Wat Pa Luangta Bua Yannasampanno, popu-larly known as the Tiger Temple, said the Depart-ment of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Con-servation. The popular Buddist temple at Kan-chanaburi, 140 kilome-tres from Bangkok, where

Agency | New Delhi

Noted lawyer Indira Jaising’s NGO ‘Law-yers’ Collective’ was on Wednesday barred from receiving funds from abroad as its licence was suspended for six months for alleged violation of Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA). The Home Ministry, while suspending the li-cence, asked the NGO to submit its reply with-in 30 days for violation of various provisions of FCRA after which its

registration may even be cancelled. The ‘Lawyers’ Collective’ has allegedly received foreign contri-bution between 2006-07 and 2013-14 and the Home Ministry found al-leged discrepancy in the filing of annual returns of the NGO where Jaising, who had served as the Additional Solicitor Gen-eral in UPA government, was functioning as Secre-tary. The Ministry while rejecting the reply of the NGO said that the re-cords made available by it were examined in detail

Agency |Raebareli

Speculation on Wednes-day raged about Rahul Gandhi taking over as Congress President soon but the party dismissed any such immediate pos-sibility even as Sonia Gandhi remained tight-lipped on the issue. Sonia, who is on a visit to her constituency Rae Bareli, was asked to comment on media reports about Con-gressmen wanting Rahul

to take over as President. She just got into her car without replying to the media. “We are a nation-al party. There are certain procedures …When it comes to Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi we all wholeheartedly accept (their leadership)” …We all want Rahul to take over, as and when (it will happen), we will make a proper statement,” party spokesperson Sushmi-

earn the faith of the pub-lic that they are always there for them in need”. The court was hearing a PIL initiated by it after the December 16, 2012 gangrape case, in which it has been giving direc-tions from time to time with regard to improving crime investigation and protection of women in

the national capital. The court said, “The response time as given by you (po-lice) is very important. It is to check the efficiency of the police. You will have to ensure that you reach the crime scene be-fore ten minutes.” The bench gave the direction on the submissions made by Additional Solicitor

General Sanjay Jain who, while reading the affida-vit filed by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), said that to “ensure safe-ty and security of wom-en in the national capital, response time of the Del-hi police to distress calls reportedly reduced to 10 minutes”. “The response time of police should be known to everyone so that the citizens here are aware that the police are always there on time at the crime scenes,” the bench said. The court asked the police to file an affidavit with re-gard to the concern raised by it.

Rajan not keen on 2nd term is mere speculation, say analysts

Thailand’s popular Tiger Temple to shut down soon

comment over phone to agency by Alpana Kill-awala, principal adviser at the Reserve bank of India, who also oversees media relations. Some an-alysts ascribed the sharp movement in the curren-cy market on Wednesday to the report, while others brushed aside the notion. “The rupee witnessed

volatility after a lo-cal-language newspaper reported that central bank governor doesn’t want an extension of his term. But the Indian market showed no such reaction, indi-cating there might not be merit in the news,” Dh-ruv Desai, Director and Chief Operating Officer of Tradebulls.

The ‘Lawyers’ Collective’ ha allegedly received foreign contribution between

2006-07 and 2013-14 and the Home Ministry found alleged discrepancy in the filing of annual returns of the NGO

and “it was found that the same were not satisfacto-ry” and it did not provide adequate explanation vis-a-vis the violations found and pointed out”. The no-tice sent to the NGO said that during the course of adjudication whereby de-fence, explanations, doc-uments were submitted by the NGO, “we have arrived at a prima facie conclusion” that the As-sociation was in violation

of various provisions of FCRA. Indira Jaising while functioning as ASG from July 2009 to May 5, 2014 received renumer-ation of Rs 96.60 lakh, which is admitted by the Association in its reply dated March 30, 2016 by stating that the remunera-tion of Rs 81.41 lakh was paid by the NGO, persu-ant to the permission of the Central government for 59 months (July 2009-May 2014).

visitors can pet and take selfies with tigers, started keeping and breeding ti-gers 15 years ago and has promoted itself as a spiri-tual sanctuary where wild animals and humans can peacefully coexist. The temple authorities have been accused of being in-volved in illegal wildlife trade and animal mistreat-

ment for almost a decade by government officials and animal rights activists. However, the monks who live in the temple grounds deny abusing the tigers or trafficking any animals and refuse to handover animals to authorities as the place earns thousands of dollars a month from tourism.

ta Dev said. Replying to a volley of questions on the speculation over Ra-hul’s imminent elevation and also on the possibil-

ity of Priyanka Gandhi becoming active in Uttar Pradesh where Assembly polls are scheduled next year, Dev said :” specu-

lation is the privilege of the media”. In Chandi-garh, Punjab Congress chief Capt Amarinder Singh said time is right for Rahul Gandhi to take over from his mother as Congress President and favoured Priyanka’s entry into active politics. “So-nia Gandhi is a brilliant leader. I have said that she has been working (as Congress President) for the last 20 years. If she feels that time has come to give it to a new gen-

eration, then she should pass it on and we will ful-ly support Rahul (to take over),” he told a press conference. A section in the party feels that Sonia should continue as party chief, while another feels that the earlier Rahul takes over the reins the better. Leaders like Jairam Ramesh have said earlier that Rahul will be party president in 2016. Talk is that a meeting of the Congress Working Com-mittee will be held this

month to discuss thread-bare the situation caused by the party’s debacle in Assembly elections in four states. Holding of a ‘Chintan Shivir’ to brain-storm over the losses, among other things, is also being talked about. Rahul was made party vice president in January 2013 at the Jaipur chintan shivir. Sonia Gandhi has been at the helm of the party since March 1998 and has created a record of sorts.

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DAYEknath Khadse accused in land deal, Is the BJP not a corrupt party?

At a function last week to mark two years of his government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke about the changes ushered in since the NDA came to power in May 2014 through good governance while promising to root out corruption. But the con-troversy involving a senior minister of the BJP in one of the largest states where the party is in power threatens to take some sheen off this claim. The case involves purchase of a three-acre plot near Pune by Maharashtra Revenue Minister Eknath Khadse’s wife, Mandakini, and son-in-law, Girish Chaud-hari, on April 27 this year for Rs 3.75 crore. The charge the minister is facing is that even while a case was pending in the high court, the land was sold to Khadse’s family and that the minister himself had held a meeting with officials of the state agency, the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation, and from his own department, on the compensation to be given to the original owner under the state Land Acquisition Act in the third week of March, weeks before the transaction, as a report in the En-glish daily Newspaper has revealed. Shockingly, Khadse has admitted to having convened the meet-ing while going on to defend himself saying that as long as the deal was legally sound, he and his family members were within their rights as private citizens to purchase the land. But the minister has erred, and gravely at that, in participating in a matter which has a material impact on his family’s interests — a clear conflict of interest. In most countries, this would have invited penalties and led to a course correction. Khadse is brazening it out but surely this should at-tract action from his party beyond just a rebuke. In-deed, he should be asked to quit. That’s because the minister, who is already facing multiple charges, did not even recuse himself or make his interests public in the interests of transparency — a virtue his party has been highlighting as an achievement in its two years in office. This comes on top of earlier cases of conflict of interest involving at least six ministers in the Maharashtra government — three of whom were forced to quit their positions on the boards of private firms after a report published in this newspa-per in March this year. The callous attitude on conflict of interest issues featuring politicians, civil servants and corporate India is worrying. India currently has a model code of conduct which says that any minister within two months of assuming office should sever all connection with the conduct and management of any business in which he previously had an interest.

“Over 2,000 people have reported to have been infected with hIV while getting blood transfusion in the past 17 months in the country,” - NACO on Wednesday said, refuting reports, based on its RTI reply,

that contaminated blood is spreading the disease as “factually incorrect”.

Is Kareena Kapoor Khan pregnant?

Agency | Chennai

Well well! Rumours and speculations about Kare-ena Kapoor Khan being pregnant have been do-ing the rounds for quite some time now. And they might just turn out to be true! However, Bebo tried putting an end to all the speculations and rub-bished such gossips last month but all in vain. The rumours seem to have been surfacing yet again. According to Spotboye.com, the Jab We Met ac-tress is likely to be three and a half months preg-

gers. A source revealed that the royal couple is just back from their Lon-don holiday which was “purely meant for relax-ation,” reports Spotboye.com. There hasn’t been any official confirma-tion regarding the same from any member of the family as none of them chose to respond on be-ing contacted. If the supposed rumours turn out to be true, Kareena will soon be embracing motherhood in all its glo-ry. Meanwhile, watch out this space for more!

Agency | Chennai

Actor Suriya reported-ly stopped by to help a woman in trouble on the Adyar Bridge near his home in Chennai and ended up having a case filed against him. Two youngsters were alleged-ly troubling a woman and threatened to assault her when Suriya was driving by. He stopped the car and intervened asking the boys not to touch the woman. He then left but the two boys went to the police and one of them, a 20-year-old, filed an FIR against him for allegedly slapping him. The police registered a case on May 30 but then subsequently, the case has been with-drawn. The lady who was

Agency | Mumbai

While Sonakshi Sinha has two of her upcoming films ‘Akira’ and ‘Force 2’ release this year, she recently gave a nod to Abhay Chopra’s remake of ‘Ittefaq’ opposite Sidharth Mahotra and Vipul Shah’s ‘Namastey

England’ opposite Ak-shay Kumar. Now, in an interesting turn of events, the actress has announced yet another film titled ‘Noor’. The film which will be di-rected by Sunhil Sippy is based on Pakistani journalist writer Saba

Imtiaz’s 2014 novel, ‘Karachi You’re Killing Me’. Sonakshi is all set to step into the shoes of journalist named Noor Roy Chaudhary. The film that will kick off in July will be shot in one sched-ule and is expected to be wrapped by August.

Agency | Mumbai

Vivek Oberoi has played the role of a gangster in many movies, includ-ing Company (2002), Shootout At Lokhand-wala (2007) and Rakht Charitra (2010). Now, in his next film, Vivek will be seen playing Muthappa Rai, a former don, who was Karnata-ka’s most-wanted crim-inal in the 1990s. He

will be teaming up with his mentor, film-maker Ram Gopal Varma, after a gap of five years for the project. They last worked together on Rakht Char-itra. The actor will begin shooting for the film in mid-June. He has even been sporting a French beard of late, similar to the one Muthappa has in real life. Soon, Vivek will also head to Bengaluru before the movie’s shoot begins

Agency | New Delhi

Varun Dhawan, John Abraham gave us some major swag goals with

Agency | New Delhi

Actor Razzak Khan, who is popularly known for his role of Manikchand in Shah Rukh Khan star-rer Baadshah, passed away today. He suffered a massive heart attack at 12:30 am. He was rushed to Holy Family hospital in Bandra, where doctors

Agency | New Delhi

For a or a few months after her debut in Veer (2010) alongside Salman Khan, actor Zareen Khan (far right) was called a Katrina Kaif (inset) look alike. Though initially, it did help her garner atten-tion, eventually, it got too much for Zareen to han-dle. So much so that the actor says that at times her work got overshad-owed by resemblance to the actor. But now, after half a decade, the scenario seems to have changed. “I am ecstatic that the comparisons to Katrina have stopped. Everyone comes here to make their own identi-ty. Katrina is a beautiful woman and works very hard. It is a privilege to be compared to her. If I

Thank God comparison to Katrina has stopped: Zareen Khan

dishoom new poster: Varun, John, Jacqueline starrer screams action and adventure

Popular Bollywood actor Razzak Khan passes away

Vivek Oberoi is leaving no stone unturned for gangster role in RGV’s Rai

First look: Sonakshi Sinha to step into shoes of journalist in Noor

Actor Suriya case: FIR withdrawn, lady involved clarifies what happened

to meet the close aides and family members of the for-mer gangster-turned-busi-nessman. A source says, “Bengaluru is Vivek’s second home, as his wife, Priyanka Alva Oberoi, is from the city. He knows a lot about the place. To prepare for the role, he is making a hush-hush trip to Bengaluru to meet the people that Muthappa in-teracts with profession-ally and personally. He will stay there for a week to understand Muthappa’s background. He wants to learn more about his jour-ney, and how he went on to become a successful businessman.” We tried reaching Vivek, but he re-mained unavailable for a comment.

Dishoom new poster ahead of trailer release

features the lead actress Jacqueline

Fernandes along with John Abraham and

Varun dhawan

their poster earlier launched. The makers have released a new post-er ahead of trailer release which features the lead actress Jacqueline Fer-nandes along with John and Varun this time. In the first sight itself, the poster speaks a lot. The poster promises of Di-shoom being an adven-ture ride with loads of jaw dropping action. John and Varun are at their masculine best. No one can agree to the fact that

Dishoom is Varun’s first action film after glancing at him in the poster. The poster also explains that Jacqueline will be seen doing some serious ac-tion. The much-awaited trailer of John Abraham, Varun Dhawan and Jac-queline Fernandez action adventure film Dishoom is all set to release today (June 1). The film is Pro-duced by Sajid Nadiad-wala , Directed by Rohit Dhawan and is all set to release on July 29.

didn’t belong to the in-dustry, I would be happy but as a professional, I don’t want to live under anyone’s shadow.” Ask her if she still catches up with her mentor and de-but co-star Salman, she says their busy sched-ules don’t allow them to meet too often, but adds that she will always hold him in high regard. “I will always be grateful to him. If I am an actor today, I owe every bit of

it to him. But he is a busy person. I don’t randomly call him for little things but if I am stuck, I know he is always there to help me,” she says. And what about Salman’s marriage rumours to Iulia Vantur? “Honestly, I have no idea. I don’t speak to him on a daily basis but if he has found the woman he wants to marry, like the entire country, I am look-ing forward to his wed-ding too,” she says.

Popular Bollywood actor Razaak Khan known for the role of

Manikchand in Baadshah has

passed away due to heart attack

declared him dead on ar-rival. His son Azad Khan, who works in Croatia, is awaited. The list of his popular films include Hello Brother, Joru Ka Ghulam and Kyaa Kool Hain Hum and many more. The comic actor made his debut in Bolly-wood with Roop Ki Rani

Choron Ka Raja in1993 and was seen in more that 90 movies in his en-tire career span. He had also appeared on Kapil Sharma’s show ‘Come-dy Nights with Kapil’ in 2014. Razzak Khan’s funeral will be held in Mumbai tomorrow after the 4 pm.

reportedly assaulted was Pushpa Krishnaswamy who took to social media to thank the star for what he did for her. She has narrated what happened that day as well. No one

is sure what transpired on May 31 and how the case was withdrawn. Su-riya also thanked Pushpa for taking to social me-dia and posting the truth about the incident.

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Big Bazaar’s Monthly Bachat Bazaar shopping gives Rs 2000 Monthly Cash/Bonus vouchers

Sanam Jung - destiny’s child

hours After Petrol Price hike, LPG Cylinders, Aviation Fuel Made Costlier

Agency | Ahmedabad

We always tend to plan our grocery shopping around the time of salary. Big bazaar, India’s most loved chain of Hypermarket, is at your res-cue. Big Bazaar’s Monthly Bachat Bazaar, which helps consumers save not only in the first week of the month, has got bigger and better with launch of “Monthly Cash/Bonus Vouchers”. Now cus-tomers shopping between 1st – 8th June for Rs. 2500/- will get “Monthly Cash /Bonus Vouchers worth Rs. 2000/- which gives additional benefits on a wide range of products across various catego-ries throughout the month. Big Bazaar customers shopping for Rs. 2500/- between 1st -8th of every month will get unique benefit of vouchers worth Rs. 2000/-, which they can redeem from 9th till the end of the month. Monthly Cash / Bonus Vouch-ers Booklet will give the power to the customer, to not just shop and save in the first eight days of the month but avail extra saving and discounts for the

rest of the days with exciting offers.

Agency | Mumbai

It is hard to believe that actress Sanam Jung, cur-rently seen in Mohabbat Subha Ka Sitara Hai airing on Zindagi every Monday to Saturday at 8.00 pm, never intended to be an actress. The talented actress is actually quite academically inclined and intended to pursue a career in banking post her MBA. How-ever, destiny had quite another path planned for her. While pursuing her MBA, she entered the world of glamour as a VJ to earn extra money. But before she knew it, she was offered her first show Dil e Naadan and her acting career took off. Today with 11 shows under her belt, in a short span of time this destiny’s child is a well-established actress and is also the host of popular morning show ‘Jago Pakistan Jago’ where she has interviewed Bollywood stars like Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol & John Abraham. What a loss it would have been to the entertainment indus-

try if Sanam had become a banker as planned.

Agency | New Delhi

Hours after petrol and diesel prices were raised last night, the prices of non-subsidized LPG cyl-inders and aviation fuel were today hiked sharply following an increase in global oil rates. Petrol prices were last night hiked by Rs 2.58 a litre and diesel by Rs 2.26 per litre. After the price revi-sion, petrol will cost Rs 65.60 per litre in Delhi and diesel Rs 53.93/litre. The price of aviation turbine fuel will go up by a sharp 9.2 per cent and will cost Rs 46,729 per kilolitre in New Delhi. The price of non-subsidised 14.2 kg LPG cylinder has been raised by Rs 21 and will now cost Rs 548.50 in New Delhi.The price hike in aviation fuel and non-subsidised LPG comes into effect from today. “The current level of international product prices of petrol & diesel and rupee-dollar exchange rate warrant increase in price of petrol and diesel, the impact of which is being passed on to the consumers with this price revision,” Indian

Oil said in a statement last night.

French Open 2016: Venus fails to join Serena Williams in quarters danish Kaneria and family fly to

India to perform ‘religious rituals’

India to face Pakistan on June 4 next year in ICC Champions Trophy 2017

Rio Olympics: Congolese Athlete duo Vie For Refugee Team Berths

India to seek Rio 2016 Olympic wildcard for Mary Kom

Alastair Cook will challenge Sachin Tendulkar’s scoring record: Botham

Agency | New Delhi

Former England captain Ian Botham has said that the current Three Lions skipper Alastair Cook has enough time at his disposal to challenge Sachin Tendulkar’s re-cord. On Monday, Cook became the youngest to join the 10, 000 runs club in the nine-wicket win against Sri Lanka at Chester-le-Street. Cook needed five runs in the England’s second innings to reach to milestone. While he is nowhere near Tendulkar’s all-time mark of 15921 runs, Botham thought Cook was the man to chase the mammoth record. “I

Agency | New Delhi

Defending champions India have been seeded second and will take on arch-rivals Pakistan in their opening match of next year’s ICC Champi-ons Trophy after the two countries were placed in the same group in the tour-nament. The Asian power-houses will go head to head at Edgbaston, Birming-ham, on June 4. The 18-day tournament will run from June 1 to 18 and will also see matches played at the Cardiff Wales Stadium in Cardiff and The Oval in London. A couple of days before the all-Asian clash, Australia and New Zealand will lock horns in a repeat of the World Cup 2015 final at Edgbaston. Event host and 2004 and 2013 finalists England

Agency | Rio de Janeiro

For the first time, one of the teams competing in the Olympic Games will be made up of refugees who hail from different countries they no longer call home. Popole Misen-

ga and Yolande Mabika, both judo athletes from Congo, are two of those competing for spots in the refugee squad. They say the chance to be part of history feels like a form of vindication, a collective recognition of both the

Agency | New Delhi

She couldn’t make the cut through qualifiers but star woman boxer M C Mary Kom’s Olympic dream is not quite over yet as India has decided to seek a wildcard en-try for her in the Games scheduled from August 5 this year. Mary Kom (51kg) had missed out on qualifying for the Olym-pics after bowing out in the second round of last month’s World Cham-pionships — the second and final qualifying tour-

Agency | Karachi

Mystery surrounds the sudden departure of Pa-kistan’s banned Test leg-spinner, Danish Kaneria and his family to India although his brother claims they have gone to perform some religious rituals. Kaneria, his wife, children and his mother flew out to India on Sun-day night and are present-ly said to be in Kochi but speculations are rampant

that the banned player might have gone to India to seek a livelihood and settle down there. “My family is in India to per-form some religious ritu-als which will take around 10-days. Our return dates are not confirmed as yet,” Kaneria told a television channel from India. His brother, Vicky Kaneria, who is in Karachi and em-ployed with an oil campa-ny also insisted it was a personal trip for religious

SPORTS ROUNDUP

think he’s got a lot more runs to come yet, this is just a milestone for him. He’s 31; he’s got lots of time to go. In five years, he could be chasing Sachin. Who knows?” he told Sky Sports. “He is fit enough, strong enough, and we know how mentally tough he is. He could play for five or six more years easi-ly. It’s down to him. It’s

how long he wants to play for,” Botham said. The former great may have a case. Tendulkar breached the 10,000 run barrier when he was 31 years and 10 months old. Cook made it to the prestigious club at the age of 31 years, 5 months. But Ten-dulkar needed 122 Tests to achieve the landmark, while the England captain took 128 matches.

purposes. But he was un-willing to speak further on the issue. Speculations have been rife over the real purpose of the visit to India as Danish Kane-ria had earlier this year reportedly said he would have got more justice in India being a Hindu by faith. Fed up with the non-cooperation of the Pakistan Cricket Board, Danish had caused an up-roar in Pakistani cricket circles when he said that if he had not been a Hin-du his case would have been handled differently by the cricket board. The leg-spinner was also dis-appointed when he got no response to a letter he wrote to Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif in early April about his case.

Agency | Paris

Venus Williams was un-able to join her sister in the French Open quar-terfinals, failing in a bid to get back to that stage at the clay-court Grand Slam tournament for the first time in a decade. Fi-nally back on court after her fourth-round match was postponed twice because of rain, the No. 9-seeded Williams lost to No. 8 Timea Bac-sinszky of Switzerland 6-2, 6-4 on Wednesday. Williams, a seven-time

major champion, start-ed well enough, taking a 2-0 lead before dropping eight games in a row. She managed to produce only six winners in all, while committing 24 unforced errors. Williams was the runner-up to young-er sibling Serena at Ro-land Garros in 2002, but her most recent trip to the quarterfinals in Paris came all the way back in 2006. Wasting no time at all after waiting two days to play, defending cham-pion Serena moved clos-er to her record-equaling

22nd Grand Slam title with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over 18th-seeded Eli-na Svitolina of Ukraine in only 62 minutes. The match originally was scheduled for Monday, but showers forced can-cellation of an entire day of play at Roland Garros for the first time in 16 years. Then, on Tuesday, more rain allowed for a total of only 2 hours of play around the grounds, and all fourth-round matches on the top half of the women’s draw were pushed back again.

will take on Bangladesh in the tournament-opener at The Oval, which will also be the venue for a battle between former champi-ons Sri Lanka and South Africa on June 3. The tournament schedule was announced at The Oval exactly a year before the first ball is to be bowled in the tournament, in which a total of 15 matches -- in-cluding three knock-out games -- will be played over two and a half weeks. The top eight sides as on

September 30, 2015 have qualified for this tourna-ment, with world cham-pions Australia seeded number-one. They head Group A, which also in-cludes fourth seeds New Zealand, sixth seeds En-gland and seventh seeds Bangladesh, who will be returning to this competi-tion for the first time since 2006. India lead Group B, which also comprises third seeds South Africa, fifth seeds Sri Lanka and eighth seeds Pakistan.

Mary Kom was required to

make at least the semifinals to be assured of an Olympic berth in the mega-

event in Astana, Kazakhstan

nament for women for the Games. The 33-year-old was required to make at least the semifinals to be assured of an Olympic berth in the mega-event in Astana, Kazakhstan. “She has been a phenom-enal athlete and looking at her overall contribu-tion to the sport, we have decided to request for a wildcard for her. How-ever, her application will be among the many that the International Boxing Association (AIBA) will examine before taking a

final decision,” Chairman of the ad-hoc committee currently running boxing in India, Kishen Narsi, told agency. Mary Kom, who is called ‘Magnifi-cent Mary’ by AIBA, is a five-time world cham-pion besides being a bronze-medallist from the London Olympics. The multiple-time Asian champion could not get an Olympic quota place in ei-ther of the two qualifying events for women boxers and is keeping her fingers crossed for a wildcard.

• Serena Williams

moved closer to her record-equaling 22nd Grand Slam

title with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over

18th-seeded Elina Svitolina

suffering and aspirations of refugees everywhere. “For me, this is incredi-ble because a refugee has never participated in the Olympics before,” said 24-year-old Misenga. “The whole world will be watching.” This week, the two hopefuls will find out whether they made the cut. The International Olympic Committee is ex-pected to name members of the Refugee Olympic Team on Friday. Officials say they have identified 43 athletes who could po-tentially qualify for the games, but that the final refugee team will have only five to ten members.

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Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

High Court is expected to deliver its verdict Thurs-day on 62 people accused of a massacre during re-ligious riots which swept Gujarat state 14 years ago, a prosecutor said. They are charged with murder, rioting, criminal conspiracy and arson over the deaths of 69 Muslims sheltering in a residen-tial complex in the city of Ahmedabad. The riots have long dogged Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who as chief minister of the state was accused of turning a blind eye to the pogrom in which more

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

Although the Indian Pre-mier League (IPL) is over, fans still have a chance to prolong the IPL fever for a while now. Especial-ly those of the Gujarat Lions team. Wondering how? Key players of the IPL franchise, including captain Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, James Faulkner, Dwayne Bra-vo, Praveen Kumar and Pravin Tambe have been

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

A special SIT court is likely to pronounce its verdict tomorrow in connection with a 2002 post-Godhra riots case of Gulberg Society in which 69 persons includ-ing former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri were killed. Special Court Judge P B Desai will deliver the judgement over eight months after the trial concluded on September 22, 2015. The Supreme Court, which is monitor-

ing the case, had directed the SIT court to give its verdict by May 31. There are 66 accused named by the SIT in the case, of which nine are behind bars since 14 years, while others are out on bail. One of the accused, Bi-pin Patel is a sitting BJP corporator from Asar-va seat. He was also the corporator in 2002 when the massacre happened and won the election for fourth consecutive term last year.

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

Four women bikers from Surat will spread PM Narendra Modi’s “Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao” message in 10 South East Asian countries. Their biking expedition will be flagged off by CM Anandiben Patel in Surat on June 4. “As many as 25,000 bikers will be par-ticipating in a 36-kilome-tre rally,” said Janak Bag-danawala, state in-charge of Gujarat Beti Bachao,

Beti Padhao Yojana. The four-member of the bik-ing club, Biking Queens, will travel more than 10,000 kilometre in 36 days and will cover coun-tries like Bhutan, Myan-mar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia and Cambodia. “The road route from Ne-pal to Singapore will be open for the first time. We’ll be riding on this route to set an example of gender equality,” said Dr Sarika Mehta, founder, Biking Queens.

Sunvilla News | Gandhinagar

As Congress party re-fused to field its candi-date, BJP candidate Par-shottam Rupala is all set to be declared victorius in Rajya Sabha seat by-poll today. The last date of making nominations was 31st May. Other than Rupala, the other nomina-tion was filed only by BJP leader K.C. Patel as dum-my candidate. Rupala’s form will go under scru-tiny today. The last date

of withdrawal of candi-dature is 3rd June, but K.C. Patel will withdraw the nomination before that and thus Rupala will be declared victorious unopposed. This will be Rupala’s second entry to Rajya Sabha. Many BJP leaders believe he can be made union minister by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with whom Rupala enjoys good terms. Years ago, it was Modi’s de-cision to send Rupala to Rajya Sabha replacing

Sunvilla News | Gandhidham

Sarkhej-Mundra and Sarkhej-JNPT Mumbai express ways(high-speed corridors), LPG contain-er terminal and furniture and automobile clusters in Kandla, wind and solar projects for power sup-ply to Kandla Port Trust complex and desalination plant for drinking water supply to same were some of the announcements made by union Shipping, Road and Transport min-ister Shri Nitin Gadkari at Gandhidham-Kandla on second and last day of his two-day Gujarat visit. Gadkari attended functions at five places in Gandhidham-Kandla complex. He said the gov-ernment is planning Rs 10,000 crore Sarkhej(A-hemdabad)-Mundra ex-pressway, Rs 9,000 crore Sarkhej-Pipavav express way and Rs 18,000 crore

Correspondent | Rajkot

Gafa dam on Ghelo River near Jasdan, western Gu-jarat, has allowed farmers to grow crops round-the-year and increase their earnings. The income of about 158 households have nearly tripled after a dam on the Ghelo river near Jasdan, Rajkot dis-trict, helped irrigate over 221 ha of land. Reliance Foundation facilitated the construction of the Gafa dam near Jasdan town, Rajkot district, in 2014. With a total water har-vesting capacity of more than 5.5 lakh cubic metres of water, the dam ensures availability of water round the year available to ir-rigate 64 ha of land, thus benefitting 158 farmers who, on an average, own 1 acre* of land each. The availability of water from

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Govt plans Mundra – Ahmedabad – JNPT express way: Gadkari in Kutch

Rupala set to get elected unopposed for Rajya Sabha

High Court set to rule on deadly 2002 Gujarat riots tomorrow

Raina, Jadeja and other Gujarat Lions cricketers welcome you to Gujarat!

Reliance Foundation builds Gafa dam in Gujarat; income of farmers trebles

the dam has made a sig-nificant difference to the lives of the poor farm-ers and their families in the nearby villages of Sompipliya [population 2462/households 434] and Fuljhar [population 2471/households 428]. The impact of the dam can be gauged from the fact that even though Jas-dan received just half its average rainfall last year, crop production increased

by 60%. The availability of water throughout the year enabled the farmers to now grow Rabi and Zaid crops, in addition to the regular Kharif crops, thus increasing their an-nual farm income from Rs 54,000 to Rs 1,50,000. The dam has also facilitat-ed non-agricultural liveli-hood activities including animal husbandry. Water in the dam serves a source of drinking water for the

wildlife in the adjoining Hingorgarh sanctuary, even when there was a drought. The variety of flora has increased ever since the Gafa dam came up. An existing dam on the Gafa Stream (Ghelo river), constructed years ago by the state Forest Department, had broken down 10 years ago. The villagers lacked the re-sources and the knowl-edge to reconstruct the

dam. In 2013, Reliance Foundation set up a Vil-lage Association (VA) in Fuljar village. The VA members agreed decided to reconstruct the Gafa dam. Reliance Foundation facilitated the construction by obtaining the necessary clearances from the Forest Department. An 11-mem-ber committee monitored the construction of the dam, which was complet-ed within three months.

Ahmedabad-JNPT Mum-bai expressway. The matter is still at propos-al stage under Rs 45,000 crore port connectivity plans, he said and there-fore refused to share more details. He announced plans for Rs 500 crore LPG terminal and Rs 2,000 crore container ter-minal at Kandla. Consid-ering the fact that Kandla import huge quantity of imported wood, Gadkari also announced plans

for furniture cluster and automobile cluster here. Gadkari proposed con-version of Kandla hospi-tal into medical college in future, an engineering college, tree plantations in Gandhidham, wind and solar power pro-ducing units to supply cheaper power to Kandla complex and desalination plant to convert sea water into potable one. Gadkari also visited Adani group operated Mundra port.

Keshubhai Patel. Rupa-la was made state BJP president when Modi was Chief Minister. Again it was believed that this was Modi’s decision. Rupala has been unsuccessful in winning elections in his base Amreli district of Saurashtra region. There are not great chances that he can win Amreli again, mainly due to the fact that he belongs to Kadva Patel community and his former constituency is Leuva Patel dominated. Rupala therefore shifted to organizational side in previous decade with en-try in Rajya Sabha. Rupa-la is considered good ora-tor who can attract people to campaign meetings. In fact this is his biggest plus point over other leaders. His impression is macho and bold. Sometime he is considered arrogant due to his this style. His sense of humor is considered best in Gujarat politics af-ter Vajubhai Vala. Unlike most BJP leaders Rupala can connect very well to literature and folk music artists and events. In fact he was once seen sing-ing a song in Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation event at Tagore hall on request of others.

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CM Anandiben Patel set to flag off all-women ‘save girl child’ bike rally in Surat on June 4

Gujarat Tourism’s latest commercial features Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, dwayne Bravo and a few others welcoming everyone to the

state of Gujaratfeatured in the latest advertisement of Guja-rat Tourism. The video shows these cricketers in traditional Gujarati attire naming some of the most popular tourist spots of Gujarat, including Gir-nar, Dang, Satpura, Som-nath, Rann of Kutch, Rani ki Vav, Ambaji, the Buddhist caves and more.

After naming the places, the cricketers say, “Agar aapne ye sab nahi dekha toh koi baat nahi, ab dekh lena. Gujarat, sab kuchh bhool jayoge. Bye bye.” This translates to, “If you haven’t see these plac-es, see them now.” You can’t help but notice the amount of fun they are having.

than 1,000 people died. Public prosecutor RC Ko-dekar said a verdict was expected on Thursday following a drawn-out tri-al that has been delayed for so long by appeals that six of the original accused have died. Kodekar said Wednesday he was seek-ing life in prison for all

62 accused of storming the Gulbarg Society com-plex, hacking to death and burning the Muslims hid-ing there. “The judge PB Desai has fixed June 2 to pronounce the judgement against 62 accused in the case. We have sought maximum punishment for all of the accused,” Ko-dekar told agency.Gulberg Society massacre:

Verdict likely tomorrow