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News Brief

NDMC officer arrested by CBI

in graft case

Kolkata Knight Riders V/s Kings

XI Punjab(Kolkata 8:00

PM)

Agency | New Delhi

There is no official es-timation of amount of black money that has been sent to foreign countries by India per-sons, government said today. “Determination of black money sent to foreign countries by In-dian persons is subject matter of investigation and other follow-up ac-tions by relevant law enforcement agencies, including Income Tax Department, Enforce-ment Directorate, CBI etc, which is on-going.

Agency | Dharamsala

One person was killed and 24 others injured when a bus overturned in Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh to-day, police said. Vikram Singh, a resident of Tundi, was killed, while 24 were injured when a Dalhousie-bound pri-vate bus overturned and rolled down a road near Pataka (Sinhuta) in the district, they said.

Agency | New Delhi

An Assistant Commis-sioner of New Del-hi Municipal Council (NDMC) has been ar-rested by CBI for al-legedly taking a bribe of Rs 15,000 for favouring the posting of an offi-cer. The officer of Kar-ol Bagh Zone was de-manding a bribe of Rs 50,000 from the com-plainant for posting him as licensing inspector in his zone, CBI spokes-person said.

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

Jailed Patidar quota stir leader Hardik Patel today assured the Gujarat High Court that if granted bail he would not do anything by act or speech which incite people or trig-ger violence. The court was hearing his appeal against the rejection of his regular bail pleas by different local courts of Surat and Ahmedabad in two sedition related cas-es. The court of Justice A J Desai after hearing the defense side adjourned the matter till tomorrow as the state government sought more time for its

Mallya’s resignation from RS rejected

No official estimate of black

money: Govt

One dead, 24 injured as bus

overturns

Today MaTch IPL 2016

Rajya Sabha rejected on procedural grounds“No Signature in Letter”

Hardik gives undertaking to HC, not to do anything that incite people or trigger violence

Kerala Dalit rape: CM Oommen Chandy calls it ‘shocking’, two taken into custody

reply. Hardik’s counsel Zubin Bharda said that in his undertaking his client has said that though the agitation of the Patidar Anamat Aandolan Samiti (PAAS) would continue peacefully in democratic manner, if granted bail he won’t do any thing by act or speech which may incite people or trigger

violence. Mr Bharda said that though the govern-ment has sought time to reply yet as on date it was opposing Hardik’s bail plea saying that his case was different from his aides Chirag, Ketan and Dinesh Patel (re-leased on bail recently on written undertaking of not to involve in any vio-

lent agitation). The court adjourned the hearing till tomorrow soon after the government counsel sought time to file his re-ply. Hardik is facing two cases of sedition. One was lodged in Amroli po-lice station of Surat dis-trict in October last year for his alleged on camera suggestion to a supporter to kill policeman rather than committing suicide. He was arrested in the case in October from Ra-jkot and has been lodged in the Lajpore central jail of Surat since then. Two of his co-accused in the case Chirag Desai and Vipul Desai has got bail.

Govinda sought Dawood’s help to defeat me, says Ram Naik

Agusta middleman ready to face probe in India if he’s not arrested

Agency | Mumbai

Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik has said in his memoir that Bollywood actor and former Member of Parliament Govinda sought help from under-world don Dawood Ibra-him to defeat him in the 2004 Lok Sabha elections in Mumbai North. Govin-da, however, denied the claim and asked Naik not to damage his image and film career. Naik’s mem-

oir ‘Chaireveti, Chaireve-ti’ (Keep Moving) written in Marathi, released here recently. Naik claimed Govinda was a “friend of Dawood and also Hit-endra Thakur, who aided him in terrorising voters” to defeat him in the 2004 Lok Sabha elections from Mumbai North constit-uency. The senior BJP leader and former Union Minister also said he found it difficult to come

Agency | Kochi

Two persons have been taken into custody in con-nection with the rape and brutal murder of a 30-year-old dalit woman at Pe-rumbavoor that sparked protest marches by stu-dents and rights activists across Kerala on Tuesday condemning the incident. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy described the crime as “shocking” and said the culprits will be brought to book. Police said two persons were taken into custody and were being questioned by a police team, headed by Ernakulam Range IG

Agency | New Delhi

Christian Michel, the al-leged middleman in the AgustaWestland chopper deal, is ready to come to India and face investiga-tors if he gets an assurance that he will not be arrest-ed, his lawyer Rosemary Patrizi Dos Anjos said on Tuesday. Anjos said that Michel is living in Dubai and is willing to speak the “truth”. Michel is among three non-Indian middle-men who were accused by the Central Bureau of In-vestigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) of taking commis-sions worth €70 million from AgustaWestland, a subsidiary of Italian de-

Agency | New Delhi

Embattled liquor baron Vijay Mallya will face explusion from the Ra-jya Sabha after his face saving move to resign from the Upper House was rejected by the RS Chairman Mohammad Hamid Ansari saying the resignation letter does not even bear his sig-nature. “Mr Mallya has been informed that his resignation letter does not conform to prescribed procedures and the origi-nal does not even bear his signature,” the Press Trust of India reported on Tuesday evening, quot-

to terms with his defeat by just 11,000 votes. “I have no hesitation in bringing this on record that Govinda had contacts with dons like Dawood and Hiten Thakur, who later became an MLA. He used their muscle power to poll votes against me and in his favour,” Naik said. Refuting Naik’s al-legation, Govinda said it was the people who en-sured his victory. “Does Ram Naik mean that the people of the constitu-ency were sold into the hands of the underworld? Please do not insult anyone by saying such things,” the 52-year-old actor said and urged Naik not to damage his image and “create hurdles in his film career.”

Mahipal Yadav. Howev-er, it was not yet known whether they are the real culprits. No details of the ongoing investigation have been revealed by po-lice. According to police, the woman, a law college student, hailing from a poor family was raped and brutally assaulted us-

ing sharp edged weapons before being murdered at her house at Perumbavoor in Ernakulam district on April 28. She was found dead in a pool of blood at her one room home at 8 PM on April 28 by her mother when she returned from work. Kerala State Commission for Sched-

uled Caste and Tribes registered a suo motu case into the incident and asked police to submit a report on the progress of the probe by May 28 while the Kerala Human Rights Commission or-dered that the probe be handed over to the Crime branch. Taking suo motu cognisance of the case on the basis of media reports, state Human Rights Com-mission Chairman Justice J B Koshy issued a direc-tion to the state DGP in this regard. “Kerala is shocked by the brutal murder of a young woman. The cul-prits will be brought to book and the severest pun-ishment will be ensured to those who involved into the incident,” Chandy said.

fence giant Finmeccani-ca, to bribe officials who helped ink a deal to sell 12 VVIP helicopters to the Indian Air Force. Agust-aWestland allegedly paid more than Rs 375 crore as bribe to seal the deal, but it was scrapped in 2014 after graft charges surfaced. “He has arrest warrant and that is why he can’t go to India. He is not

free to go. He would like to go and answer every-thing and tell the truth but not with arrest warrant,” Anjos told Times Now channel from Milan. She said Michel is available to answer all questions in front of a judge if he gets a formal invitation from Indian authorities but he must be assured that he is not going to be arrested.

ing the Secretary Gener-al of Rajya Sabha. Ear-lier in the day the ethics committee of the Rajya Sabha recommended that he be expelled from the Upper House. Mallya, the liquor baron who is in self-exile in the Unit-ed Kingdom after courts and government author-

ities turned on the heat to recover unpaid loans, earlier questioned why the media is calling him a defaulter despite his settlement offer to banks. “Agree Kingfisher Air owes money to banks. I am neither a borrower or a judgement debtor. Why am I a defaulter inspite

of a settlement offer?,” Mallya tweeted early on Tuesday. “In all humili-ty and not in defiance as they report, I would like Indian media to check and verify facts before calling me a defaulter.” Mallya, in a preemptive move against his explu-sion, on Monday sent his resignation letter to Han-sari, also the Vice Presi-dent of India, saying he does not want his “name and reputation to be fur-

ther dragged in the mud”. “And since recent events suggest that I will not get a fair trial or justice, I am hereby resigning as a member of the Rajya Sabha with immediate ef-fect,” Mallya wrote in his letter. However the letter was rejected saying it did not even carry Mallya’s signature. The Enforce-ment Directorate and the Central Bureau of Inves-tigation are investigating whether Rs 900 crore raised from IDBI Bank by Kingfisher Airlines in violation of an inter-

nal committee has been laundered. The Supreme Court, which is hearing a case of loan defaults of over Rs 9,000 crore has directed Mallya to share his and his family mem-ber assets to the banks. The loans taken to run the defunct Kingfisher Airlines have cost Mallya his liquor and beverage empire. Mallya’s diplo-matic passport has been revoked as the once King of Good Times has expressed reluctance to return to India citing the outrage against him. “I

am absolutely not guilty of any of these prepos-terous charges of divert-ing funds out of King-fisher Airlines or buying properties,” Mallya said in a four-hour interview to Financial Times in Mayfair, central London. “By taking my passport or arresting me, they are not getting any money,” he said. “Right now, things are flying at me fast and furious. My passport has been revoked and I don’t know what the govern-ment will do next,” Mal-lya told the Agency.

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DAYGujarat diverts attention from the core issue by promising quotas to upper castes

The Gujarat government finally buckled before the Patidar agitation by promulgating an ordinance on Sunday providing a 10 per cent quota in government jobs and education institutions for the economically weak among the upper castes. In many ways, Guja-rat is a laboratory for a new political experiment: The extension of the reservation policy by challenging its very core rationale of addressing the backwardness of historically disprivileged groups. Why cannot quotas be extended to the upper caste poor, is the question that BJP governments that draw heavily on upper caste support are asking, in a time of economic anx-ieties, as in Gujarat. This gambit is likely to run into problems. Under the Constitution, the government can only provide reservations for socially and educa-tionally backward groups, not use it as an instrument for economic uplift. This question has come up be-fore the apex court and has been dismissed in the past. In a landmark judgment in M. Nagaraj and others vs Union of India, the Supreme Court categorically held that before providing reservations, “the concerned state will have to show in each case the existence of the compelling reasons, namely, backwardness, inad-equacy of representation and overall administrative efficiency”. A 50 per cent cutoff has been prescribed by the Supreme Court in the Indra Sawhney judgment. At present, the OBCs have 27 per cent, the SCs 7 per cent and the STs 15 per cent reservation in Gujarat, taking the total quota to 49 per cent. Additional quotas will breach the ceiling established by the apex court. Beyond the constitutional and judicial barriers, how-ever, the Gujarat government’s move diverts attention from the state’s real problem that also drove the Pa-tidar agitation for quotas: The lack of jobs. Behind the glitz of the state’s high growth numbers lies a tale of collapsing micro, small and medium enterprises that had a much greater potential to create jobs as against the capital-intensive industries that have dominated the state’s economic landscape. Based in semi-urban and rural areas, the MSME sector is dominated by Patels. Data shows that by 2014, one-fifth of all sick MSME units in the country were in Gujarat. The other aspect of worsening private employment in the state has been the low wages paid to workers, which, ironically, has been one of the attractions for investors. Labour Bu-reau data shows that the average daily earnings of em-ployees in Gujarat in 2012 were significantly lower than the national average. The government would do better to focus on removing such structural constraints instead of holding out the chimera of quotas.

“I have no hesitation in bringing this on record that Govinda had contacts with dons like Dawood and Hiten Thakur, who later became an MLA. He used their muscle power to poll votes against me and in his favour,” - Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik has claimed that

Bollywood actor and former Member of Parliament Govinda sought help from underworld don Dawood Ibrahim to defeat him in the 2004 Lok Sabha elections in Mumbai North.

Karan Singh Grover has a message for wife Bipasha Basu

Agency | Mumbai

Karan Singh Grover and Bipasha Basu have final-ly tied the knot on April 30 this year. With a to-tal of three ceremonies, from mehendi to wed-ding reception, Karan and Bipasha hosted the who’s who of Bolly-wood. The rumours of them dating each oth-er have been doing the rounds since they start-ed shooting for the 2015 film Alone. After a year-long courtship, the two are now officially mar-ried. Popularly known as ‘Monkey Lovers’, the two had a monkey theme in almost every ceremony. And now that

Agency | Mumbai

Priyanka Chopra and Var-un Dhawan wished Bay-watch and Fast & Furious star Dwayne Johnson on his 44th birthday. The ac-tor wished a “wonderful year and happiness” to Johnson, who turned 44 on Monday, on Instagram. She even shared a photo-graph of herself with the former WWE star. Priyan-ka donned a berry pink bodycon dress and John-son looked dapper in a navy blue vest paired with a navy blue and red shorts. Baywatch is based on the hugely popular 1990s

Agency | Mumbai

Actor Sonakshi Sinha has been roped in to share screen space again with Akshay Kumar in new film Namaste England. The 28-year-old actress, who worked with Akshay in Holiday..., Once Upon a Time in Mumbai Do-baara, Rowdy Rathore, Joker among others, took to Twitter to confirm her presence in the film. “Na-maste England... Its offi-cial!,” she wrote. There were reports that Anush-ka Sharma and Kangana

Agency | Mumbai

Hrithik Roshan will be seen shaking a leg with the Brooke Bond Red La-bel 6-Pack Band, touted as India’s first transgender band, in their latest track “Ae Raju’ . The song sa-lutes the unabated spirit of the transgender commu-nity, and the actor says he was compelled to be part of the song as it addresses a “meaningful” message in a “fun and entertain-ing way”. The actor, who has himself successfully battled stammering and more, also shared that “we cannot just reject them just because they are different from us”. Brooke Bond Red Label tea in association with

Y-Films, the youth films’ wing of Yash Raj Films, is back with another song by the band. In the song the members of band are inspired to fight discrimi-nation and break all social barriers. The song and its chorus are a lighter take on the trademark ‘Ae Raju’, a term used by the Hijra community. In the video, Hrithik motivates the members of the band to unleash their inner su-perheroes. The video went live on Y-Films YouTube channel on Tuesday, read a statement. “I’ve been following the Brooke Bond Red Label 6-pack Band and when I heard that the band is creating a meaningful message in

a fun, entertaining way, I had to be a part of it. Shooting with them was an amazing experience,” Hrithik said. The “Bang Bang!” star added: “I think that one of the main causes of anxiety in the society as a whole is the feeling of differentiation between people. It’s im-portant to feel connected to people around you and we cannot just reject them just because they are dif-ferent from us.” Through the association with the Brooke Bond Red Label 6-Pack Band, the brand aims to encourage every-one to be more accepting, overcome social prejudic-es and make the world a more welcoming place.

Agency | New Delhi

President Pranab Mukher-jee will honour Kangana Ranaut, Amitabh Bach-chan and other recipients of 63rd National Awards in New Delhi on Tuesday. The National Awards, announced on March 28, were criticised for hon-ouring mainstream films such as Baahubali and Bajirao Mastani while ignoring other critically acclaimed works. Since 2012, the prestigious Na-tional Film Awards cere-mony is held every May 3 to commemorate the release date of the first Indian movie, Raja Har-ishchandra, a silent proj-

Agency | New Delhi

Looks like Bollywood’s being taken over by woman power these days. While the industry’s cel-ebrating actor Kangana Ranaut’s third National award, Anushka Shar-ma’s making her presence felt with the buzz around his upcoming films. Just hours after Salman Khan shared her first look teas-er from Sultan, filmmaker Karan Johar tweeted an-other picture from Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, which stars Anushka, Aishwarya Rai and Ranbir Kapoor. The picture shows Anushka

reading The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat by Oliver Sacks in what appears to be a cafe. Starring Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Ranbir Ka-poor, Fawad Khan and Lisa Haydon, alongwith Anushka Sharma, the film is slated to hit the-atres on July 3. Fawad and Anushka play Pa-kistani lovebirds in the movie that marks Karan’s return to direction after 2012 hit Student of the Year. Shot in Delhi, New York, London and Paris, Ae Dil Hai Mushkil deals with relationships and heart breaks.

Kangana Ranaut, Amitabh Bachchan to receive National Awards today

Sonakshi to star opposite Akshay in ‘Namaste England’

Read Priyanka Chopra, Varun Dhawan’s birthday wishes for Dwayne Johnson

they are married, Karan has a message for his wife. Karan took to In-stagram and shared a picture of Bipasha and wrote, “Thank you for restoring our faith in heaven and the Angels and the fact that divini-ty walks amidst us mere mortals...you’re beauty and the purity of your

soul is undoubtedly un-earthly... (sic)” In this picture, the Jism actor looks stunning in Sabya-sachi’s red lehenga and green Kundan jewellery. This is not the first that Karan has expressed his feelings through words. Earlier, he had dedicated a pre-wedding poem to his ladylove.

TV series and is current-ly being filmed. Besides Johnson and Priyanka, the film also stars Zac Efron, Alexandra Daddario, Kel-ly Rohrbach and Ilfenesh Hadera. Meanwhile, Var-un Dhawan also tweeted out congratulations to The Rock. “One man inspired a

million. Happy birthday to the most electrifying man in all of entertainment. Dwayne Johnson,” Varun tweeted on Monday night. Johnson, who is currently shooting for the Fast & Furious 8, re-tweeted Var-un’s message and thanked him.

Agency | Chennai

The teaser of Superstar Rajinikanth’s ‘Kabali’, which was released on 1st May at 11:00 AM has gone viral and has crossed over 8 Million views as of now. “Superstar Ra-jinikanth is the undis-puted king, as he proved by shattering all the pre-vious YouTube records for Indian Cinema. The phenomenal reception has been exceptionally heart-ening,” said the producer of Kabali, Kalaippuli S Thanu. The one-minute-six-seconds teaser went viral across the globe in merely minutes, and was trending in all countries. The 66 second teaser had enough whistle-wor-thy moments to keep the viewers hooked and crav-ing for more. In the teaser, 65-year-old Rajinikanth is seen asking in his pecu-liar style, “Do you think that I’m someone who

Ranaut were approached to play the female lead in the Vipul Shah-direct-ed film. The movie is not

the sequel of hit 2007 film Namaste London, which saw Katrina Kaif romancing the superstar.

ect by Dadasaheb Phalke. The best actor nods have gone to Amitabh Bach-chan (Piku) and Kangana (Tanu Weds Manu Re-turns). This is Kangana’s third National Award and Amitabh’s fourth. The first part of SS Rajamou-li’s magnum opus Baa-hubali was announced as

the surprise best feature film winner, even as last year’s much appreciated Masaan had to contend it-self with just a best debut director award for Neeraj Ghaywan. Sharat Katari-ya’s debut Dum Laga Ke Haisha, a ‘90s drama set in Haridwar, was named the best Hindi film.

Anushka Sharma is calm and pensive in first look from Ae Dil Hai Mushkil

plays a sidekick to villain MN Nambiar (late leg-endary villain in Tamil films)? Don’t mess with me, I’m Kabali da.” The film directed by Ranjith

also stars Radhika Apte, Nassar, Kishore, Kalai-yarasan, Dhansika, and Dinesh Ravi in key roles and is scheduled to hit the big screens later this year.

Kabali teaser: 8 Million views in 2 days

Hrithik Roshan joins hand with transgender band for a cause

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SPORTS ROUNDUPKotak Mahindra Bank Launches International Banking Unit in GIFT city

Thailand beckons Indian companies to make its regional logistics hub for ASEAN

Honda launches new 2016 style upgrade of its moto- scooter DIO

SETU Agency | Ahmedabad

Thailand has positioned itself as a regional logis-tics hub for Indian companies to help them cater to the needs of ASIA dynamic markets such as China, ASEAN countries and also the rising of CLMV (Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Viet-nam) countries, said Ms. Suwimol Tilokruangchai, Consul of Commercial Affairs-Royal Thai Consul-ate-General Mumbai, India said. Trade between India and Thailand is also growing at a tremendous rate, the total trade between India and Thailand for the year 2015 was 8,815/-Million US$ and the to-tal trade between Indian and ASEAN 10 countries for the year 2015 was 68,313/-Million US$, hence there is a lot of trade happening between two coun-tries and trade will steadily grow in the coming years. Centrally located in Indo-China or Mainland Southeast Asia, Thailand is one of the key ASEAN transport and logistics hubs and become network-ing base of major players like DHL, DB Shenker

and Yusen Logistics etc.

TVM Agency | Ahmedabad

Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMB), today announced the launch of its International Banking Unit (IBU) in Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT city), District Gandhinagar. The merger of ING Vysya Bank with KMB on April 1, 2015, significantly in-creased KMB’s network and assets in India, thereby cementing its position as India’s fourth largest pri-vate sector bank. Continuing with this growth trajec-tory, the launch of the IBU enhances KMB’s abilities to now offer foreign currency loans and deposits to corporates. KVS Manian, President – Corporate, In-stitutional and Investment Banking, Kotak Mahindra Bank, said, Indian corporates have expanded busi-ness operations across geographies, which in turn has led to increased requirement for financial products and services in overseas markets. Our IBU in GIFT

City will cater to this growing demand.

Agency | Gurgaon

Launched in the year 2002, Dio is the original ‘mo-to-scooter’ designed for the trend-setting youth which merges the aggressive looks of motorcycle with convenience of scooter. Celebrating Dio’s en-try into the exclusive million Customers club, Hon-da Motorcycle and Scooter India Pvt Ltd (HMSI) announced the introduction of refreshing new Matt Axis Grey colour of Dio with a Noteworthy that Dio is not only delighting young customers of In-dia, but also enjoys global acceptance. Dio is today the No.1 export model of Honda 2Wheelers India; and is exported to Latin America (Colombia), South America (Mexico) and neighboring nations (Sri Lanka and Nepal) with an aggressive plan for future. Speaking as the dispatches for the new Dio commenced, Mr. Yadvinder Singh Guleria, Senior Vice President – Sales & Marketing, Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India Pvt. Ltd said, “In line with Honda strategy to delight our customers by refreshing our product portfolio regularly, the new Dio is Honda’s sixth new model of 2016.

Agency | Bangalore

Royal Challengers Ban-galore all-rounder Stuart Binny on Monday said the bowlers let the team down in middle overs and credited Kolkata Knight Riders’ Andre Russel and Yusuf Pathan for taking the match away from them. “We are disap-pointed with the way we

bowled tonight. We have struggled in the middle overs to get wickets. To-night it was about trying to get wickets. We didn’t bowl too many balls which were full…that was the plan, but the ex-ecution was pretty poor,” he told reporters at post-match press conference in Bangalore. KKR, rid-

Agency | New Delhi

Australia opened up a six-point lead over India to become No.1 team in latest ICC Test rankings announced today. Howev-er, the annual update with the results from 2012-13 have not been taken into consideration and out-come from the 2014-15 series being included. In-dia now lead third-placed Pakistan by just one point. Pakistan benefited from

the annual update with the defeat against South Afri-ca by 3-0 in 2012-13 not being counted, while the 2-0 defeat to Sri Lanka in 2014-15 had its weighting reduced 50 per cent. South Africa have dropped to sixth position from third because of their wins over England, Australia, New Zealand and Pakistan in 2012-13 getting dropped from calculations. The an-nual updation has also af-

fected the West Indies and has dropped from 76 rat-ing points to 65, but have managed to hold on to the eight position. Similarly, West Indies’ victories over New Zealand, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe in 2012-13 were dropped from cal-culations. Due to the new up-gradation system, the gap between ninth placed Bangladesh has been re-duced from 29 points to just eight points.

Agency | New Delhi

Captain Cool MS Dho-ni may not be having the best run at the IPL this season, but he has a little cheerleader who is root-ing for him. Dhoni’s little bundle of joy, Ziva, has been touring with her dad for his matches across

the country and these new pictures, shared by mother Sakshi, show just how adorable their daddy-daughter bond is. The endearing pho-tos, shared on Instagram last night, show the one-year-old with her daddy on a flight. The photog-rapher is of course Mrs

Dhoni. Look at the little cutie trying to make a point here - And how she brightens up her dad’s face with her little antics - Since they were posted, the two images have col-lected almost 7000 likes. However, these weren’t the only treats shared by Mrs Dhoni.

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Agency | New Delhi

The Indian Cricket Board has recommended Test captain Virat Kohli for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the country’s high-est sporting honour, and Ajinkya Rahane for the Arjuna award this year. If Kohli wins, he would become only the third cricketer after the icon-ic Sachin Tendulkar and the country’s most suc-

cessful captain Mahen-dra Singh Dhoni to win India’s highest sporting honour. BCCI sources confirmed the develop-ment. It is after a gap of four years that a cricketer has been recommended for the Khel Ratna. The prestigious Khel Ratna award carries a cash price of Rs. 7.5 lakh in addition to a citation, while the Arjuna awardee receives

Agency | Karachi

Pakistan’s flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afri-di is concerned about the future of Pakistan crick-et and wants the PCB to go back to the basics and work at the grassroots level. Afridi who stepped down as the national T20 captain last month after the team’s dismal shows in the Asia Cup and World T20 said he was worried that there was no real strong talent pres-ent in Pakistan’s domes-tic structure. “The way I see it right now we don’t have that much real talent in the background. I can’t pinpoint any young play-er with certainty. I think the Board needs to pay attention to school cricket and work at grassroot lev-el,” he said while speak-ing to Geo Super channel.

BCCI recommends Virat Kohli for Khel Ratna, Ajinkya Rahane for Arjuna Award

India retain second spot in Test rankings, Australia extend stay at the top

No real talent in Pakistan’s domestic cricket: Shahid Afridi

IPL 2016: Stuart Binny expresses disappointment over RCB bowling

Here’s a look at adorable father-daughter duo of MS Dhoni and Ziva

Tendulkar accepts IOA’s invitation to become goodwill ambassador

Agency | New Delhi

Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar today accept-ed Indian Olympic Asso-ciation (IOA)’s invitation to become the country’s goodwill ambassador for the Rio Olympics alongside ace shoot-er Abhinav Bindra and Bollywood star Salman Khan after the controver-sial actor’s appointment created an uproar. With Salman’s appointment drawing flak from differ-ent quarters, including Olympic bronze medal winning wrestler Yoges-hwar Dutt and former athlete Milkha Singh, who had said the honour should be given to top sportspersons, the IOA had approached Bindra,

Afridi was also excluded from a month-long train-ing camp announced for the tour to England on Monday by the national selection committee but said he had already in-formed the board about his non-availability. “I am just focussing on T20 cricket and I had in-formed the board about my commitment in En-glish county cricket this summer. But I will obvi-ously work hard on my form and fitness in or-der to make the Pakistan

team,” Afridi said. Chief selector, Inzamam-ul-Haq also made it clear at a media conference that Afridi was not dropped and would be considered for future T20 matches but the selectors wanted to focus on young talent. Pakistan plays just one T20 in England and two more against the West In-dies in UAE in October. Afridi said he was not aware why Ahmed She-hzad and Umar Akmal were dropped from the side.

ing high on superlative knocks from the blades of Russel and Pathan, tore apart the RCB bowling attack, before they helped snatching the game away from the jaws of the hosts by a margin of five wick-ets. Batting first, RCB had notched up 185 for sev-en and then lost the bat-tle to KKR who got 189 for five with five balls to spare. “We needed to get Russell and Yusuf out if we had to have a chance, and it didn’t come off,” he said. He further said the West Indian made the difference by scoring boundaries and sixes in quick time.

Tendulkar and celebrat-ed music composer AR Rahman. Both Bindra and Tendulkar accept-ed the Indian Olympic Association’s invitation. “Sachin Tendulkar has accepted our request to become goodwill ambas-sador of Indian contin-gent at the Olympics. We have received the official communication from him

accepting our request,” IOA Secretary General Rajiv Mehta said. “We are very happy to have an iconic sportsperson like Mr Tendulkar on board as goodwill ambassador. We are thankful to him. We hope his association and the association of other goodwill ambas-sadors will take Indian sport forward,” he added.

a cash prize of Rs. five lakh and a citation. Kohli is enjoying a fine run of form in the ongoing In-dian Premier League. He was also at the top of his game in the preceding ICC World T20, single-handedly guiding India to wins over Australia, Pakistan and Bangladesh. For his exploits, Kohli was named the World T20 Player of the Tour-nament and skipper of the World T20 team. Rahane equalled the record of holding the highest num-ber of catches in a Test innings during India’s se-ries win against Sri Lan-ka last year under Kohli’s leadership. According to sources, Kohli is facing competition from squash champion Deepika Pal-likal, golfer Anirban La-hiri, Asian Games gold medallist shooter Jitu Rai and runner Tintu Luka.

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Correspondent | Junagadh

As he received the Padma award recently, folk artist Bhikhudan Gadhvi was given a grand felicitation by the city of Junagadh on the foundation day of Gu-jarat state. 120 bikes and over 25 cars rallied in pro-cession that had a chariot over which Bhikhudan Gadhvi was sitting. The procession started from Gadhvi’s Radhakrushna nagar based residence where Junagadh Munic-ipal Corproation(JMC) officials were present to honor him.

Correspondent | Vadodara

Saira, a Muslim, and Ary-an, a Hindu, intend to marry each other. They were two of the many characters in a play staged by the Chhota Udepur district administration, in association with Sports, Culture and Youth Affairs Department on Sunday. The play was aimed at showcasing “developed, progressive Gujarat” that is open to the idea of “love between communi-ties”. Performed as part

Sunvilla News | Gandhinagar

Opposition Congress par-ty will hold Lok Darbars across Gujarat starting from 9 May. The first such programme will be held on 9 May at 2.00 pm at Utkantheshwar Ma-hadev in Kapadvanj ta-luka of Kheda district in which Leader of opposi-tion Shankersinh Vaghela and state party president Bharatsinh Solanki will remain present. In Lok Darbar event, Congress leaders will hear local issues from local people. For online submission of issues a website will be opened. Forms are print-ed for those who want to make offline submissions. A statement issued by Va-ghela claims that the is-sues received during Lok Darbars will be further taken up by his office. Similar Lok Darbar will be held in Banaskantha on

Sunvilla News | Gandhinagar

Gujarat government has refuted allegations against Gujarat govt company Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation(GSPC). Fol-lowing is the statement of Finance Minister and Govt spokesperson Saurabh Pa-tel translated from Guja-rat Those who describe the success of GSPC as wasted expenses lack un-derstanding of petroleum exploration. And not just that but they hate self-re-

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Correspondent | Mumbai

The process for develop-ing Surat railway station as a Multi-Model Trans-portation Hub (MMTH) has been set in motion with the stake-holders today discussing modal-ities of the Rs 600-crore project. Indian Railways Stations Development Corp (IRSDC) officials held discussions with the representatives of reput-ed developers and other real estate players for de-veloping Surat in South Gujarat as MMTH. CEO of IRSDC Sanjeev Ku-mar Lohia presented the proposed plan and said the project was a gold-en opportunity of invest-ment for developers and other real estate players. The project is to be built on design, build, finance, operate and transfer (DB-FOT) basis through a joint venture of IRSDC, Gujarat State Road Transport Cor-poration (GSRTC) and Su-rat Municipal Corporation (SMC), he said. IRSDC is a special purpose vehicle of the Centre to develop new stations and redevel-op existing ones. It is a JV between IRCON and RLDA (Rail Land Devel-opment Authority) with a 51:49 equity shareholding

Foundation Day Celebrations: In Gujarat, a play on Hindu-Muslim marriage, inter-caste ties

Plan of Multi-Model Transportation Hub at Surat discussed

Bhikhudan Gadhvi receives

grand felicitation

The play was aimed at showcasing “developed, progressive

Gujarat” that is open to the idea of “love between

communities”

of celebrations of the Gu-jarat Foundation Day in the presence of Governor O P Kohli and Chief Min-ister Anandiben Patel, it was loaded with multiple messages against certain customs and supersti-tions, and asked tribals to take the path of develop-ment. Chhota Udepur is a tribal-dominated district. The narrative, penned by Vishnu Pandya on behalf

of the Youth Affairs and Culture Department, con-veyed messages support-ing girl child, inter-caste and inter-religion mar-riages through the char-acters of Saira and Ary-an, and others. The story that traced the growth of the district from the time of the 6th century Chau-han dynasty, showed a group of city-bred Gu-jarati tourists visiting Chhota Udepur on the Gujarat Foundation day. The group tries to reason with tribals to “change mindsets” towards girl child, inter-caste and in-ter-religious marriages for a better future. At one point, the narrative fo-cused on the village sar-panch, who became fond of the young tourists and was also grateful to them for showing the villagers

a new perspective towards many social issues. As the sarpanch expressed his gratitude, a girl from the group asked him to prom-ise that Rupla and Rupli, who were in a romantic re-lationship but belonged to different castes, would be married. Another young-ster said, “We celebrate all festivals according to re-ligious customs, but can’t we celebrate the Gujarat Foundation Day without references to castes and creed. If there is a wind of modern technology then why not of new mindsets. Chhota Udepur is on the track of development af-ter foundation of the state of Gujarat and in the last 15 years, it has only seen illumination. You are son of the soil of Gujarat. You cannot afford to pander to castes and creed.”

Gujarat Congress to hold district-wise Lok Darbars

16 May and in Bhuj on 21 May. District level com-mittees are formed to plan such Lok Darbars. Vaghe-la said, Gujarat Congress has sought appointment of President of India to make representation on GSPC, KG Basin and Ed-ucation related bill.

ratio, respectively. “The contract of developing the MMTH at Surat will be awarded to the qualified bidder quoting the highest premium with a conces-sion period of 45 years,

including construction period for the entire proj-ect,” said Lohia. A Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) of Indian IRSDC-GSRTC- SMC and Concessionaire would be formed and the

process of finalising the holdings of these stake-holders was underway, he said. Outlining the work and scope of MMTH, he said, “The project, which would cost around Rs 600 crore, includes the con-struction of a new railway station, an international standard bus terminal be-sides commercial devel-opment.” Surat comes under the administrative control of Mumbai Divi-sion of the Western Rail-way (WR). It is one of the busiest railway stations on account of existing pas-sengers and train traffic on WR and falls under A+ category of stations.

Gujarat govt refutes allegations pertaining to GSPC

liance of country in the area of petroleum. Gu-jarat has emerged as one and only state that has created gas based econ-omy. Through GSPC, Gujarat has laid huge gas grid and made gas for home and industrial us-

age available at doorstep. Through GSPC, Gujarat has set an example in the area of petroleum explo-ration. Rs 19,716 crore investment by GSPC is not wasted expense but an attempt to make India self reliant in the area of petroleum. By criticizing such best effort, Congress has again demonstrated its anti- Gujarat mentality. World’s 70% hydrocar-bons are relatively more tough Mesozoic reserves.