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Sitting BJP corporator Bipin Patel was among the acquitted while VHP leader Atul Vaidya figures among the 13 convicted for lesser offences

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News BriefI lost due to police-

CPIM collusion: Madan Mitra

Agency | New Delhi

The Delhi unit of BJP today launched a ‘Transforming India Modi Rath’ to publicise the programmes and schemes of the Naren-dra Modi government that completed two years at the Centre last month.

Agency | New Delhi

In order to clear extra rush of passengers during summer, the railways have decided to run spe-cial trains between Delhi and Patna. The Patna - Anand Vihar bi-weekly Suvidha superfast special train will depart from Pat-na on every Saturday and Thursday from June 4 to 16 at 8.30 PM to reach Anand Vihar terminal at 2.20 PM the next day. On return, the Anand Vihar Patna bi-weekly Suvidha special train will depart from Anand Vihar termi-nal on every Sunday and Friday from June 5 to 17 at 6.45 PM to reach Patna at 12.30 PM the next day, according to railways.

Agency | Kolkata

Jailed Trinamool Con-gress leader Madan Mi-tra today said he had lost the assembly election this time from his con-stituency Kamarhati not because of factionalism in the party but due to the “police-CPIM” col-lusion. Mitra, who was asked by scribes wheth-er TMC factionalism was responsible for his defeat, replied “There was no factionalism but because of the collusion between the police and CPI-M I lost.

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

Fourteen years after 69 people including ex Con-gress Parliamentarian A hsan Jafri were burnt alive at Gulberg Society during 2002 post Godhra riots, a special designat-ed court Thursday held 24 accused guilty and acquitted 36 from the case. Out of 24 convicts, 11 have been convict-ed for murder while 13 others held guilty of ri-oting, unlawful assembly and arson among other charges. The quantum of punishment will be pro-nounced on June 6. The judge did not uphold the conspiracy charge saying there was no proof. Pro-nouncing the judgment special judge P B Desai said, “the prosecution partially succeeds.” He read out the names of all the accused who were acquitted and convicted. He said that the theory of conspiracy behind the massacre has not been proved. He said, “I am extremely satisfied with the court proceedings

Court convicts 24, acquits 36

On publicity drive, BJP launches ‘Modi Rath’

Suvidha special trains for Patna

11 found guilty of Gujarat murders in anti-Muslim riots of 2002“2002 Gulberg Riots”

Agency | Mumbai

A massive fire has broken out in the Metro House building on the Colaba Causeway, a busy com-mercial street in south Mumbai. No casualties or injuries have been re-ported yet. Dark smoke has been billowing out of the top floors of Met-ro House since the fire broke out at 4 pm. The building houses the fa-mous Cafe Mondegar and a McDonald’s outlet. It is very close to Regal Cine-ma, a Mumbai landmark. The police said they have

Agency | New Delhi

The Met department on Thursday issued an up-dated monsoon forecast, in which it said the rains would be higher than normal. The rains will be evenly spread, which is vital for good overall food output. Northern states, such as Delhi, are likely to get even more rains than the predicted all-In-dia surplus. In its second forecast, the India Mete-orological Department, stuck to its April predic-tion that the June-Sep-tember rainy season would be 106% of the long-period average (50

years). According to the Met’s classification, the monsoon is considered normal if it is 96-104% of the 50-year average of 89 cm. If rains are between 104-110%, it is consid-ered above normal. Al-though the initial forecast covers most aspects of the monsoon, the second one captures the spatial and temporal spread. Quite simply, this means the quality of rainfall region and month-wise. The Met usually makes two mon-soon forecasts, the sec-ond one being more ro-bust of the two because it is predicted closer to the

rescued two people. More than 12 fire tenders are at the spot trying to douse the flames. The Navy has sent four fire engines with specialized fire-fighting equipment, its PRO Cap-tain DK Sharma said. The Naval dockyard in Mum-

bai is about half a km away from the site of the fire. The Colaba Cause-way has been closed to the public. The area has both shops and homes and is close to landmarks like the Gateway of India and Mumbai’s Taj Hotel.

Huge Fire In Building On Colaba Causeway In South Mumbai

It’s raining good news: Normal to excess rainfall this monsoon says IMD

monsoon-onset date. The IMD said rainfall would be good in the northwest region, the area that usu-ally gets lower rains com-pared to other parts even when monsoon is normal because of natural cli-matic reasons. Northern states, such as Punjab,

Haryana, UP and Rajas-than and Delhi, will get above-normal rainfall of 108%. In central India and peninsular India, a region that grows import-ant crops, such as paddy, pulses and gram, the rains would be way above nor-mal at 113%.

More than 14 years after the Gulbarg Housing Society massacre took place during the 2002 Gujarat riots, the case is likely to see a verdict. A special court will pronounce on June 2 its order in the case in which former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri and 68 others were killed in the post-Godhra riots.Here is a timeline of the case so far:June 2, 2016: 24 convicted, 36 acquitted in Gulbarg Society massacre caseFebruary 22, 2016: SC lifts stay on final verdict after trial was concluded as per earlier orderSeptember 22, 2015: Court concludes trial in the massacre after prosecution examined 338 witnesses and lengthy final arguments endAugust 4, 2015: Hearing on Zakia Jafri’s petition begins in Gujarat High CourtMarch 18, 2014: Zakia moves Gujarat High Court challenging lower court order giving a clean chit to Modi and others.December 27, 2013: Zakia loses plea in city court against SIT closure report which gave a clean chit to Modi in the 2002 communal riots.December 2, 2013: Order on Zakia Jafri’s petition deferred to December 26.October 28, 2013: Ahmedabad court defers order on Zakia Jafri’s plea.September 30, 2013: The magistrate says he would pronounce the order on October 28.April 15, 2013: Zakia files petition against SIT clean chit to Modi.February 7, 2013: Supreme Court allows Zakia Jafri to file a petition against SIT closure report on Narendra Modi.December 10, 2012: SC refers Zakia Jafri’s plea to larger bench.May 10, 2012: Zakia Jafri accuses SIT of giving her incomplete copy of the Gujarat riots case report.May 07, 2012: Zakia Jafri gets copy of Gujarat riots case report.

April 10, 2012: SIT report gives Modi a clean chit in the Gulbarg Society massacre. Zakia files protest petition against clean chit given to Modi by the SIT.February 2012: The SIT probing the post-Godhra 2002 riots in Gujarat files its final report before a local courtJuly 25, 2011: Amicus Curiae submits his report to Supreme Court in a sealed envelope. SC decides to keep his status report confidential.June 18, 2011: Raju Ramachandran visits Gujarat, meets police officers and others.May 5, 2011: SC asks the new Amicus Curiae Raju Ramachandran to assess the SIT report and look into its lapses.February 2011: SIT submits its report.March 27-28, 2010: SIT questions Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in Zakia Jafri case.March 11, 2010: Modi is issued a notice by the SIT to appear before it on March 21, to respond to allegations made against him.July 30, 2009: The Gujarat government apeals to the SC saying that SIT is exceeding jurisdiction in examining Modi’s role in the riots case.April 27, 2009: SC asks SIT to additionally ‘look into the complaint’ of former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri’s wife Zakia about the alleged role of Narendra Modi and others in her husband’s killing inside Gulbarg Housing Society in Ahmedabad.March 26, 2008: Supreme Court constitutes a five-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by former CBI chief RK Raghavan to probe nine riot cases.November 21, 2003: Supreme Court stays judicial proceeding in nine cases after witnesses complained that Gujarat police was shielding the accusedFebruary 28,2002: A mob of over thousands attacked Gulbarg Society. 39 died bodies were found and 31 people were declared missing. An FIR was filed against 11 persons

Timeline: Gulbarg Society Massacre case...

and will pronounce the quantum of the sentence on June 6.” Among those who have been convicted for murder are-Kailash Lalchand Dhobi, who has been absconding for the past three months and had been in jail since 2002, Yogendrasinh alias Lalo Mohansinh Shekha-wat, Jayeshkumar alias Gabbar Madanlal Jinger, Krishna Kumar alias Krishna, Jayesh Ramji Parmar, Raju alias Mamo Ramavatar Tiwari, Naran Sitaram Tank alias Naran Channelwalo, Lakhans-ing alias Lakhiyo Lalub-ha Chudasama, Bharat alias Bharat Taili Shital-aprasad, Bharat Laxman-sinh Goud Rajput and

Dinesh Prabhudas Shar-ma. These 11 accused have been convicted un-der various sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC) including 302 (murder), 153 (a) 1 (spreading communal disharmony), 143 (unlawful assembly), 147 (rioting), 452 (tress passing) among others. The 13 convicts have been charged for attempt to murder (307), spread-ing religious enmity, communal disharmo-ny, unlawful assembly, rioting among others. Gulberg Society is the eighth case investigated by Supreme Court-ap-pointed Special Investi-gation Team (SIT). With this judgment only Naro-da Gam rioting case re-mains pending in which former BJP minister Maya Kodnani, Bajrang Dal leader Babubhai Patel alias Babu Bajran-gi are also co-accused. Both Kodnani, out of bail, and Bajrangi have been sentenced to life imprisonment in Naroda Patiya massacre.

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DAYGulberg massacre: A judgment that comes too little, too late

The bare facts relating to the court judgment on the Gulberg Society killing of 2002 cannot be flattering for our criminal justice system. First, the delay of 14 years has been rather inordinate and traumatic for the victims and their kin. The Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) for probing the case had submitted its final report in February 2011. That this is a high-profile case is borne out by the fact that in this Narendra Modi as chief minister of Gujarat had been questioned by the SIT and given a clean chit. Next, of all the theatres of disturbances in Gujarat in February-March 2002, the Gulberg kill-ing, in which 69 persons, including former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, died, was the second-worst in terms of the number of people killed, next to Naroda Patia. Finally this judgment has come after all the cases of the Gujarat riots barring one have been disposed of by various courts. There are some other questions that need to be answered also. First, it was initially reported that a crowd of about 400 people, including Vishva Hindu Parishad workers, attacked the soci-ety. If just 24 people are convicted, it may be legiti-mately asked how many people were involved in the killing and how many had provided them support. And on the conviction list the name of just one VHP leader figures. It is inconceivable how such an act of killing could take place without the rioters being mobilised organisationally. That such mobilisation had taken place in Naroda Patia is proved by the fact that former minister Maya Kodnani had been con-victed in the case. Also, the conviction number is astounding when seen in the light of the fact that in the Mehsana incident of March 1, 2002, when 33 people died, a special trial court had convicted 31 for murder and other charges. Second, it was in the Gulbarga case that the Supreme Court had asked the SIT to look into the doubts raised by amicus curiae Raju Ramchandran, who had visited Ahmedabad and met witnesses and others to prepare his report on the SIT’s report. In July 2011, Mr Ramchandran submit-ted his report, in which he differed from some of the SIT’s findings. The Supreme Court had then decided to keep the report confidential and did not allow the Gujarat government or the SIT to access it. What ac-tion was taken on it is not known till now. The wheels of justice will not stop here, in the same way that they did not stop in all other cases relating to Gujarat 2002. In the Godhara train-burning case, in which 59 kar se-vaks died, 11 of the accused were sentenced to death, but the matter has gone up to the higher courts.

“The difference between Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi is that Modi has got the gift of the gab, Even Indira Gandhi was never a great speaker, even Jawaharlal Nehru. But Indira Gandhi and Nehru had the vision — when they spoke, everyone listened. As far as Rahul is concerned, he is developing.” - former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and long-time party loyalist Digvijaya Singh

recently admitted that Rahul is at a disadvantage against Modi because “he doesn’t have the gift of the gab.”

Agency | Mumbai

The chemistry between Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor is undeniable. But the two haven’t been seen on screen togeth-er post-Gunday. Award shows, roasts and en-dorsements aside, their bromance has been sore-ly missed by audiences, for the mad energy they bring about when unit-ed. We now hear that the two will act in a web series, directed by debu-tant helmer Ashish Patil, who also happens to be the Business and Cre-ative Head at Yash Raj Films ( and Y Films, Tal-ent Management, Brand

Partnerships). Says a source, “Ashish has also written the series, a ro-mantic-action-drama that will attempt to showcase the bromance between Ranveer and Arjun apart from some slick action sequences. It will also feature a hot B-Town ac-tress. Last year, Y Films came out with two web series — Man’s World and Bang Bajaa Baraat. This year, it launched the raunchy web series Ladies Room. The target audience of the web se-ries is the youth and who better than Ranveer and Arjun, who are hot fa-vourites, at the moment?

Agency | Mumbai

As news of comedian Bharti Singh being hos-pitalised made news, her fans got a shock. This is the second time she has been admitted to a hos-pital. The last time was when she suffered a leg injury in October last year. This time, howev-er, the reason was a more serious one. Bharti com-plained on Monday of se-vere chest pain and had to be rushed to Sanjeevani Hospital, Mumbai. The comedian has been jug-gling the shoots of three shows; Comedy Nights Live, Comedy Nights Bachao and India’s Got Talent 7. This seems to have over-exhausted her. However, now she has been discharged from the hospital and plans to rest

Agency | New Delhi

After Bajirao Mastani and Tamasha in 2015, it’s going to be a bit of a wait till we see Deepika Padukone back on the silver screen. Which is probably why she’s been sharing all those tantalis-ing posts from her Holly-wood break, XXX: The Xander Cage starring Vin Diesel. But, amid all that stunt training and crazy shooting sched-ule, Deepika signed up for an item number in Homi Adjania’s Raab-ta.And so, if you didn’t get enough of how fit she looked on the sets of XXX, a video show-ing her train for the item song will bowl you over.

Agency | New Delhi

After delivering hit sin-gles like Dheere Dheere, Main Rahoon Ya Na Ra-hoon, Chal Waha Jaate Hain and others, T-Series head Bhushan Kumar will soon be releasing his next single featuring a fresh and unconventional pair of Vidyut Jammwal and Huma Qureshi. The mak-er has released the first

Agency | New Delhi

Actress Sunny Leone, who will be seen hosting the new season of youth-based reality TV show “MTV Splitsvilla”, feels the genre garners atten-tion because people are interested in knowing about others’ life. “We watch different TV shows because we find it inter-esting. It’s in the nature to find other people’s life

interesting. We find other persons’ lives interesting, which is why reality tele-vision is so big in show-biz,” Sunny told agency. “Splitsvilla”, which goes into its ninth edition this time, is a televised ‘hunt for love’, wherein boys and girls fight it out with each other to stay put in the ‘villa’. Past editions of the show have seen a lot of verbal spats be-tween contestants. Asked

that don’t verbal spats and violence make reality shows disturbing, Sun-ny said: “I think reality shows (are) somewhere showing the reality of life or a situation. Yes, people do get upset and some-times don’t know how to control their emotions. It wouldn’t have been a multi-million dollar in-dustry if it was just ros-es and flowers the whole time.”

Agency | New Delhi

There are actors and there are good actors. Then there are showmen. Raj Kapoor is widely regard-ed as the greatest show-man of Hindi cinema. Kapoor was born in Pe-shawar in 1924 to Prith-viraj Kapoor and Ramsar-ni Devi. He started acting when he was 10. But his first big break as a lead

actor came in Neel Kamal (1947). He established his own studio, RK Films, the following year and made his directorial debut with Aag. Over the next few decades, Kapoor built a massive fan following in India and abroad with his skillful portrayals of the aam aadmi. Kapoor’s on-screen chemistry with Nargis was remarkable and the duo featured to-

Agency | Mumbai

Abhishek Bachchan strongly feels that it’s un-fair to stereotype actors based on the roles they do especially comedy. The Housefull 3 actor said that it’s derogatory to classify actors as comedians just because they excel in their comic performances on screen. “Actors are actors.

Post-XXX, Deepika Padukone trains for Raabta item song

Huma Qureshi teams up with Vidyut Jamwal for a romantic singleDerogatory to classify actors as

comedians: Abhishek Bachchan

Sunny Leone decodes why reality shows are big

‘Exhaustion-struck’ Bharti Singh discharged from hospital

well at home. Bharti even took to her social net-working account on Tues-day itself to inform her fans that “All was okay” with her. A friend of hers put this picture up saying “Whattt ya bhartuuu??!! Get well soon …get out of the hospi#missyou#-godblessyou”. Bharti Singh rose to fame with the show The Great Indi-

an Laughter Challenge as Lalli. She did not win but her styled was appreciated by many and she has been considered as an import-ant celebrity in the comic fraternity. But as everyone knows, with fame comes a lot of hard work! So we suggest Bharti to take it easy and look after herself for a while. Get well soon Bharti!

Having wrapped up her shooting for the Vin Die-sel starrer, the 30-year-old has jumped straight into getting ready for the Bollywood song be-ing shot in Budapest. In a video shared by Deep-ika’s friend Yasmin, the model- turned-actress can be seen flaunting an enviously toned body as she does her pilates. Producer Adajania was

more than happy to meet ‘Fat Cheeks’ (what irony!) again; the two worked together in Find-ing Fanny. “Always fun to have fat cheeks back,” he wrote. Directed by Dinesh Vijan, Raabta stars Sushant Singh Ra-jput and Kriti Sanon, and is slated for a Feb-ruary 10, 2017 release. The item song has been composed by Pritam.

Bhushan Kumar will soon be

releasing his next single titled ‘Dilagi Bhool Jani Padegi’ featuring Vidyut

Jammwal and Huma Qureshi

look of the song giving a glimpse of Huma and Vidyut’s sizzling chem-istry on screen. Huma Qureshi looks beautiful in red off shoulder dress with red rose lipstick while the Commando ac-tor Vidyut stuns in white showcasing his romantic avatar on screen. It will be interesting to see how these two actors get along

with each other in this yet another tale of love. The romantic single is titled ‘Dilagi Bhool Jani Pade-gi’ which has been sung by veteran singer Ra-hat Fateh Ali Khan. The song is an adaptation of a Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan song by the same name. It has been directed by cinematographer Kiran Deohans.

Abhishek Bachchan said that it’s derogatory to classify actors as comedians just

because they excel in their comic

performances on screen

Derogatory to classify then as comedians. Any actor who does comedy is an actor and not a co-median, ” said Abhishek at the press conference of Housefull 3. Agreeing with Abhishek was his co-star Akshay Kumar who said actors who perform comedy are those he looks up to. “Slapstick comedy is very difficult to do on

screen. Don’t look down at slapstick comedy. I look up to actors who perform comic roles. Ac-tors like Charlie Chaplin, Bean (Atkinson), Jack Black.” Chunkey Pandey who was present at the press conference opined that a comedy film should receive an Oscar to gain respectability in the eyes of masses.

Remembering Raj Kapoor, 28 years after his death

gether in more than a dozen movies, many of them Kapoor’s own pro-duction. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1971 and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1987. He has also won multi-ple National awards. He was nominated for the Palme d’Or grand prize at the Cannes Film Fes-tival twice for his films Awaara (1951) and Boot Polish (1954). We leave you with some of the most iconic songs from Kapoor’s films. This song appears in the last part of the movie, a trip-tych that follows the life of a circus performer through his adolescent, adulthood and middle years, depicting his love for the stage.

Ranveer Singh, Arjun Kapoor to reunite

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India’s leading Modular Kitchen giant Cucine Lube announces

CREO KITCHENS

Sales of Electric two wheelers go up during summer vacations

Alibaba Group Launches 1st Face-Lock Security App

Agency | New Delhi

2016—Started in 2003, CUCINE LUBE INDIA is a marketing joint venture between LUBE GRUP-PO, Italy & PM CUCINE LUBE India. With over 10,000 consumer base and an objective of pro-viding end to end kitchen solutions for consumers and an aggressive market plans to acquire leading position in India by 2018 by tapping into the 5000+ Cr organized modular kitchen market, Cucine Lube India is all set to launch Creo Kitchens in India. Cu-linary art has evolved a lot today. It is a mere passé and focuses on how you do and where do you cook. Kitchen aesthetics is the term you can define the phenomenon as. Although not that popular in India, modular kitchens has hit the Indian market with the

entry of foreign kitchen brands.

Agency | New Delhi

As Summer Vacations going on experts have ob-served a proliferation in the demand of e-bikes year-on- year. A prominent reason for the rise in bike sale is attributed to teenagers who are displaying a grow-ing propensity for a personal transport (2 wheeler) to meet their daily transportation needs. Since E-Bikes are the safest 2 Wheeler for teenagers, parents pre-fer to buy E-Bikes to their Kids. Even those who don't have a driving licence can ride E-Bikes legally due to their safe speeds. Talking about the reasons behind the rise in sales, Mr. Sohinder Gill, CEO Global, Hero Electric said, “At Hero Electric we have closely observed the buying trend and have realized that school & College goers are pre-ferring our e-bikes for its convenience and fun-filled riding experience. Apart from this, Hero Electric Bikes are easy to ride, it is safe because of its safe speeds and have low operating cost. Our E-Bikes

are lightweight, keeping teenagers in mind.

Agency | New Delhi

Chinese mobile internet giant Alibaba Group has announced the launch of Privacy Knight, India’s first free app-lock with Face Lock feature that protects mobile privacy from intruders. Equipped with Face Lock, the fastest and most accurate unlock solution in the world, Privacy Knight en-ables users to unlock their protected apps through a 1-second-selfie. Announcing the launch, Ebra-him Popat, Country Manager of 9Apps, an An-droid Marketplace within Alibaba Mobile Busi-ness Group, says, “Face Lock is set to change the way people protect their privacy. It’s the next big thing after fingerprint lock. The age of Face Lock is here.” With the boost of smartphone utilisation, India is now the largest consumer market for se-curity app in the world. Such tremendous demand indicates a strong need for better privacy protec-tion. According to Shuhua Chen, Director, Alib-aba Mobile Security Department, “Indian users are particularly concerned about security of their private photos and SNS apps on their phones. On the other hand, with predictable popularisation of mobile payment, the need for mobile financial se-curity protection will also surge in the foreseeable future. Privacy Knight provides Indian users with an enjoyable and trustworthy privacy guard for

their smartphone security.”

Midfielder Gundogan is Pep’s first signing as Man City manager

Injury-hit India take on Laos in Asian Cup qualifiers

Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni to play charity match against Bollywood stars India vs Pakistan in an ICC event:

It’s not even a surprise anymore

Delhi HC to pronounce order on Sushil Kumar’s plea on June 6

BCCI makes the smart call in allowing India Women to play WBBL, WSL

Agency | New Delhi

The women’s cricket committee of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has final-ly taken the progressive step of allowing India’s women cricketers to play in overseas Twenty20 (T20) leagues. Unlike the men’s version of the game — which has a dime a dozen T20 leagues such as Indian Premier League (IPL), Big Bash League (BBL), Carib-bean Premier League (CPL), Natwest T20 Blast, Ram Slam T20, Pakistan Super League (PSL), and Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) among others — there are only two T20 leagues

SPORTS ROUNDUP

at present for women’s cricketers. The first is the Women’s Big Bash League (WBBL), which began only last season, and the second is En-gland’s Women’s Super League (WSL), which will kick off this season. This is a move that makes a lot of sense. BCCI does not allow male Indian cricketers to play in for-eign T20 leagues citing

the possibility of fatigue —the possibility that that will take away from the novelty of IPL also hangs overhead — but given that Indian women do not play half as much as the men and that there is almost no chance of a women’s IPL happening any time soon, it makes perfect sense for Indian women to be allowed to play WBBL and WSL.

Agency | New Delhi

The Delhi High Court will pronounce its order on wrestler Sushil Ku-mar’s plea of holding trials against compatriot Narsingh Yadav for 74kg 2016 Rio Olympics berth on June 6. While Nars-ingh had insisted that go-ing to the Brazilian capital is his right as he secured the quota in the 74-kg category with a bronze medal finish in last year’s World Championships,

Sushil, who won gold in the same category at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, called for trials to be conducted to deter-mine who should go to Rio. The High Court had earlier on May 17 refused to intervene in the mat-ter and asked the Wres-tling Federation of India (WFI) to meet Sushil and sort out the issue. Sushil had also appealed to the Sports Ministry, Indi-an Olympic Association (IOA) and WFI to give

him a chance for the Rio Games, as quota accord-ing to the rules belongs to the country and not to a particular wrestler. Narsingh has been stak-ing his claim to represent India at the Olympics since last year when he secured a quota place at the World Championship in Las Vegas after win-ning a bronze in 74kg. Sushil, who missed the event due to a shoulder injury, has been demand-ing a trial.

Agency | Manchester

German midfielder Ilkay Gundogan has joined Manchester City from Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund on a four-year deal, the Premier League club announced on Thurs-day. The 25-year-old, who had a year remaining on his Dortmund con-tract, is the club’s first signing since they con-firmed Spanish coach Pep Guardiola would take over at the Etihad from Manuel Pellegrini prior to the start of next season. City did not dis-close financial details of the deal but British media reported that Gundogan would cost the Premier League club around 20

Agency | Mumbai

Virat Kohli Foundation has joined hands with Abhishek Bachchan’s ‘Playing for Human-ity’ to hold a charity football match which will also feature limited overs captain Mahen-dra Singh Dhoni apart from the Test captain and top Bollywood actor like Ranbir Kapoor. The match termed as ‘Celeb-

rity Clássico 2016’ will take place at the Mumbai Football Arena, Andheri Sports Complex, on Sat-urday, June 4 with an ob-jective to generate funds for the foundations’ char-itable initiatives. Virat will lead the All Heart Football Club (a property of The Virat Kohli Foun-dation) and Bachchan is set to lead All Stars Foot-ball Club (run by Play-ing for Humanity). Apart

from Kohli and Dhoni, some of the country’s top cricketers like Zaheer Khan, Harbhajan Singh, Yuvraj Singh, Ajinkya Rahane, R Ashwin and Ajinkya Rahane will be playing in this match. Apart from Bachchan Jr and Ranbir, the three oth-er prominent Bollywood A Listers are Arjun Ka-poor, Aditya Roy Kapoor and celebrated director Shoojit Sircar.

Agency | Vientanne

Their preliminary round campaign ending in dis-appointment, India will need to get their act to-gether and salvage some pride when they take on Laos in a play-off match of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup Football Qualifiers in Vientanne (Laos) on Thursday. India were left to feature in this play-off match after they finished at the bottom of their group during the prelim-inary round of the joint qualification campaign of the 2019 AFC Asian Cup and 2018 FIFA World Cup. The bottom-placed teams of each group of the preliminary round and a few other lowest-ranked

Agency | Vientanne

The cat, so to speak, might finally be out of the bag. Officially, at least. On Wednesday, as the In-ternational Cricket Coun-cil (ICC) announced the fixtures for its flagship event, the 2017 Champi-ons Trophy in England, one fixture unsurprisingly stood out. India and Pa-kistan will clash against each other in an ICC event for the fifth time in a row, a run that began in the 2012 World T20 in Sri Lanka. The match will be played on 4 June at Edg-baston in Birmingham. However, what came as a surprise was an admis-sion of sorts by ICC chief executive Dave Rich-ardson, when he said , “No doubt we want to try and pit India versus

million pounds ($29 million). “I’m thrilled to have signed for Man-chester City,” Gundogan said in a statement on City’s website (www.mcfc.co.uk). “The op-portunity to work with a coach like Pep Guardiola is something I am really looking forward to and I am flattered to be the first signing the club has made this summer.” The

injury-prone German international dislocated a kneecap in training in May, ruling him out of the 2016 European Champi-onships in France. Gun-dogan, who also missed the 2014 World Cup with a back injury, made more than 150 appearances in five years at Dortmund after being recruited by Jurgen Klopp, who is now in charge of Liverpool.

countries of the continent have been required to feature in these play-off matches to give them a chance to make it to the qualifying tournament of the 2019 Asian Cup. India could only collect three points from a win from eight matches in the pre-liminary round and they need to begin the home and away play-off tie well tomorrow if they want to

avoid the ignominy of not being able to even quali-fy to play in the qualifiers of the Asian Cup. The re-turn leg is scheduled for June 7 in Guwahati. Head coach Stephen Constan-tine have come to Laos with 21 players as sever-al have been left out due to injury. Out of those injured, six could have “started against Laos”, according to Constantine.

Pakistan in our event.” Richardson’s statement hinted towards a delib-erate attempt by cricket’s governing body to pitch these teams against one another, given its signif-icance. He added, “It’s hugely important from an ICC point of view. It’s massive around the world and fans have come to expect it as well, and it’s probably no coincidence that the two keep ending

up in the same group. It’s fantastic for the tourna-ment because it gives it a massive kick.” It is no secret that the ICC considers the lucrative economic benefits of an India-Pakistan match, while drawing its fix-tures. First, the guaran-tee of a full-house, with tickets selling out within minutes, if not seconds, of being released to the public.

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Correspondent | Anand

The Amul milks will be-come costlier by Rs 2 per liter in Delhi and NCR from tomorrow while a similar hike in prices in Gujarat would take place from a day after i e June 4 . MD of Gujarat Coopera-tive Milk Marketing Fed-eration(GCMMF) which owns the brand Amul, Mr R S Sodhi today said that the half liter pouches of Amul Diamond, Gold, Slim & Trim which cost Rs 25, 24 and 17 respectively would become costlier by a rupee from tomorrow in Delhi and in Gujarat the day after. Their new pric-es would be Rs 26, 25,

Correspondent | Vadodara

Residents of Kapurai — a neighbourhood in Vadodara where about 300 displaced families, mostly Muslims, are sup-posed to be relocated fol-lowing the demolition of their homes in Suleiman Chawl — have written to the Vadodara Municipal Corporation protesting against the move. The letter states that allowing Muslims to move into the locality will “hamper the peace-loving nature here” as their “daily ac-tivity involves assaulting and abusing”. Kapurai is located about a kilome-tre from Hanuman Tekri, where the Best Bakery outlet run by a Muslim family was set ablaze during the 2002 Guja-rat riots, resulting in 14 deaths. As many as 318 clustered homes in Su-leiman Chawl were on Tuesday demolished as part of the VMC’s ‘Slum Free Vadodara’ drive. On Monday, the civic body had conducted a draw of lots to choose homes for

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

Gujarat’s infamous An-ti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) went dormant after mak-ing headlines for all the wrong reasons, but it appears to have woken up from its years-long slumber. After making no arrests between 2011 and May 2015, the Guja-rat ATS came back with a bang , arresting 30 people in myriad cases from ar-son to murder and drugs in the past one year. At its worst, the special police force was ensnared in a number of controversies, including the alleged fake encounters of gangster Sohrabuddin Sheikh , his wife Kausar Bi and as-sociate Tulsi Prajapati in

2005. However, its first brush with infamy was a year earlier over the kill-ings of Mumbai college student Ishrat Jahan along with three men. The team faced accusations of be-ing “trigger-happy” and many of its top officers were jailed. Even Amit Shah, the then Gujarat home minister and now BJP chief — was impli-cated, jailed and banished from the state for a while before being exonerated. “Eventually our network of sources and informers dried up,” said an officer. “We became the ultimate fall guys, particularly af-ter the Ishrat Jahan case was handed over to CBI in 2011.”

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

The BJP is seriously con-sidering a change in lead-ership in Gujarat after its internal surveys have shown that Chief Minister Anandiben Patel is unable to “connect” with vot-ers and “fatigue with the BJP” is emerging as a key factor for concern. What is adding to the BJP’s headache is that the Aam Aadmi Party is believed to have struck a chord with a section of Gujaratis on the issue of high cost of electricity and general apathy of the government, and could bolster anti-in-cumbency. There is anx-iety in the party and the PMO that a leadership change should not come “too late” to make a dif-ference in the elections

Sunvilla News | Gandhinagar

Gujarat International Fi-nance Tec-City Compa-ny Limited (GIFTCL) and GIFT SEZ Limited (GIFT SEZ) has entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Singapore Interna-tional Arbitration Centre (SIAC). Under the MOA, GIFTCL, GIFT SEZ and SIAC will collaborate to promote the use of arbi-tration, mediation, and other dispute resolution mechanisms, including the innovative Arb-Med-Arb service offered by the SIAC and the Singapore International Mediation Centre (SIMC), to resolve international commercial

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

As part of Ministry of Ex-ternal Affairs’ outreach to states, five Ambassadors and High Commissioners of India in various coun-tries who are on a three day visit to Gujarat visit-ed IIMA for an interactive meeting with the faculty. Mr. Ashok Kumar Shar-ma, Ambassador of India to Finland; Ms. Shamma Jain, Ambassador of In-dia to Panama; Dr. Ketan Shukla, High Commis-sioner of India to Botswa-na; Dr. T. Suresh Babu, Ambassador designate to Mongolia; and Mr Sand-eep Arya, High Commis-sioner of India to Tanza-nia visited the prestigious B-school yesterday, the day of beginning of their thee day trip to Gujarat. Prof Ashish Nanda, Di-

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

In the backdrop of repre-sentations from various stake-holders and polit-ical parties, Governor of Gujarat O P Kohli to-day sought clarification from the state govern-ment on some of the key provisions of the Higher Education Council Bill passed by the Assembly in April. Kohli held a de-tailed meeting with Min-isters and top officials of Education Department at Raj Bhavan in Gand-hinagar and sought clar-ification on some of the provisions of the Bill sent to him for approval,

said a Raj Bhavan state-ment. “Various organi-sations, stake-holders as well as political parties have made oral and writ-ten representations about some of the provisions of the Bill after it was passed by the Assembly. Looking at the serious-ness of the issue, the Gov-ernor held a meeting with Ministers and officials of Education Department,” it said. “The Governor held a detailed discussion with the Ministers and officials. He also sought clarification from the government about some of the provisions of the Bill,” the statement said.

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Gujarat Governor seeks clarification on Higher Education Bill

IIMA hosts discussions with five Ambassadors and High Commissioners

Governor of Gujarat O P Kohli today sought clarification from the state

government on some of the key provisions of the Higher Education Council Bill

passed by the Assembly in April

Education Minister Bhu-pendrasinh Chudasama, Minister of State for Edu-cation (Higher and Tech-nical) Vasuben Trivedi, Higher Education Com-missioner Ashok Shah and Vice-Chancellor of Gujarat University M N Patel, among others, at-tended the meet. The BJP government has been fac-ing the ire of Congress as well as various other groups, who are opposing

some of the provisions of the Bill, alleging they give sweeping powers to the government and diminish the autonomy of universities. The leg-islation, pending for the Governor’s approval, en-silages establishment of a Higher Education Coun-cil, which would work as a ‘supreme body’ for all the key matters concern-ing higher education in the state.

rector, IIMA, hosted the distinguished guests and was joined by Prof Errol D’Souza, Dean (Facul-ty), Prof Arvind Sahay, Dean (Alumni and Exter-nal Relations), Prof Ajay Pandey, Chairperson,

School of Public Poli-cy Planning Group, Prof Sebastian Morris, Chair-man, Executive Educa-tion Programme and Prof Ajeet Mathur, Chairman, Centre for Gender Equity, Diversity and Inclusivity.

The discussions, which followed a campus vis-it, involved exchange of ideas to initiate academic cooperation in higher edu-cation between IIMA and the countries represented by the Heads of the For-eign Missions. The delib-erations led to identifica-tion of the four potential areas to further academ-ic cooperation, Foreign students’ participation in IIMA;s programmes, Faculty exchange to sup-port research collabora-tion, Executive Education programmes and Distance learning programmes.

Amul milk price goes up

20 and 17 respectively. He said that the half liter pouch of cow milk would cost Rs 22 instead of Rs 20. He said that though there was a slight price difference for Taza brand in Gujarat and Delhi but the hike for the milk would be the same at both the places. Mr Sodhi said that it would first in-crease in the milk prices

in Delhi after almost 25 months (last hike in May 2014). ‘The cost of pro-duction has increased by 20 % while the inflation during the period stood at 12 % while our price hike is only around 4 percent,’ the MD said justifying the increase. He said that cost of other dairy products of brand Amul would remain the same.

BJP looks at new CM for Gujarat, key question is who

Vadodara locality to the civic body: Don’t let Muslims here

due next year. Given that Gujarat is the pivot of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s politics, who will replace Patel is the most salient question in the party. For many in the state BJP — who believe that Patel’s exit is just a matter of time — the person who can make the difference and deliver a victory is party president Amit Shah. The other heavyweights in Guja-rat like state BJP chief Vijay Rupani, Nitin Pa-tel or Saurabh Patel are big in their respective zones of influence but don’t command a fol-lowing across the state like Shah does. “He has just got a second term, the UP elections are next year, the programme for the next three years has been chalked out,” said a leader close to him. “He is just 51 and has time on his side in national pol-

itics.” They also argue that for Modi, it would be very difficult to find a replacement for Shah as party president given his strength as an organiser and overall manager in charge during the 2014 campaign. With Uttar Pradesh elections next year, Modi doesn’t have many names to choose from to direct the UP poll campaign, critical to keep the party’s momen-tum going in the runup to the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Gujarat is Mo-di’s bastion and the PM knows Gujarat as well. He believes that Shah would be more useful to him in UP than Gujarat if he is forced to make the choice, sources said. The post-Anandiben Pa-tel situation — she turns 75 this November — is being hotly discussed within the party and the PMO.

Will hamper the ‘peace-loving

nature here,’ say residents, block

rehab of 300 displaced families

218 families, who would be relocated under the Basic Services for Urban Poor (BSUP) housing scheme. The documents of the rest of the families are being verified. Upset at their homes being de-

molished, some residents had on Tuesday set on fire a police chowki, a city bus and 10 two-wheel-ers. The arson lasted for a couple of hours until po-lice used force to disperse the crowd.

GIFT city sings MoA with Singapore International Arbitration Centre

disputes in India’s Inter-national Financial Ser-vices Centre in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (IFSC-GIFT). As per the agreement, SIAC will establish a representative office in the IFSC-GIFT, which will be instrumen-tal in promoting SIAC’s world-class international arbitration services to In-dian users. Indian parties have consistently ranked amongst the top five for-eign users of SIAC in the last five years, and was the top foreign user of SIAC in 2013 and 2015.

Resurgent Gujarat ATS back in thick of things with key arrests

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