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News BriefJournalists take

to streets to protest assaultAgency | New Delhi

Top editors of nation-al media and hundreds of journalists today hit the streets demanding action against those in-volved in beating up members of their frater-nity in a court complex in police presence and sought Supreme Court’s intervention in protect-ing freedom of speech. The journalists, shouting slogans against the Modi Government and Delhi Police, marched from Press Club of India to the Supreme Court and sub-mitted a memorandum to its, Registrar, seeking cancellation of licences of lawyers involved in the assualt.68 lakh got jobs in last 4 years:

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Kejriwal raises JNU issue with

Rajnath

Agency | Kolkata

West Bengal Chief Min-ister Mamata Banerjee today said 68 lakh youths have got employment in the last four years under her government. Besides 68 lakh who have got jobs, another six lakh youths will be trained ev-ery year in ITIs and poly-technic colleges. “In the next five years we will meet our target of train-ing a minimum 30 lakh people,” Banerjee said launching the ‘Utkarsh Bangla’ scheme for pro-viding vocational train-ing to school dropouts.

Agency | New Delhi

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today met Union Home Min-ister Rajnath Singh and took up with him the situation in Jawaharlal Nehru University in the wake of the arrest of its students’ union presi-dent in a sedition case. During the meeting that lasted 15 minutes, Kejri-wal voiced concern over the prevailing atmo-sphere at the institution arising out of an event to protest against the hang-ing of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru.

The tape contains a telephonic conversation between Lalji Patel with Khodabhai Patel“On the reservation issue”

Correspondent | Vadodara

A high-speed car crash in Vadodara’s upscale Alkapuri area, in the wee hours of Tuesday, killed 27-year-old Hirak Nava-lavala, son of BN Nava-lavala, advisor to Gujarat Chief Minister Anandi Patel and Chairman of Central government task force on interlinking of rivers. The police say Hirak and his three criti-cally injured friends were over speeding in their se-dans when the crash oc-curred. Hirak, an alumni of Vadodara’s Faculty of Fine Arts, was driving his white Hyundai Verna sedan on the fateful inter-vening night of Tuesday, when he rammed at high

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

An audio tape has sur-faced wherein a Patel quota agitation leader is purportedly saying that his community “stands no chance” of getting res-ervation under the OBC category while another leader has alleged that Hardik Patel “misled” the community on the issue. The tape contains telephonic conversation between Lalji Patel (the leader of Sardar Patel Group) with Khodabhai Patel, another leader of the community, and has gone viral on social me-dia. Lalji’s Sardar Patel Group (SPG) and the Hardik Patel-led Patidar Anamant Andolan Samiti (PAAS) are two separate groups leading quota agi-

tation of Patel community in the state. While Hardik and some other PAAS members are behind bars in the sedition case, Lal-ji is presently leading the agitation. “We will nev-er get reservation under OBC quota as we (Patels) do not fall in the criteria of getting the quota as it is for those who are back-ward...and if we insist, then all other communi-ties will stand up against us and class-conflict will start. The government will never include us in OBC category,” Lalji is heard saying in the tape. When Khodabhai asked Lalji whether it means Hardik “misled” the com-munity on reservation issue, Lalji answered, “Yes”. Hardik’s PAAS

Hardik misled community:audio tape

Agency | Guwahati

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi charged the Rashtriya Swayamse-vak Sangh of wanting to wipe out multiculturalism in India as he campaigned for the party in Assam on Tuesday, a day after he attacked the BJP for its “divisive” politics. The national party is focusing on the northeastern state that is due for assembly polls in two months and hopes to counter the RSS-backed BJP that has made inroads into Congress strongholds. The BJP had won in all the five parlia-

Agency | New Delhi

In a letter to Prime Min-ister Narendra Modi over the JNU row, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejri-wal today demanded ac-tion against BJP MLA Om Prakash Sharma for thrashing a man inside Patiala House court com-plex just before JNU stu-dent leader Kanhaiya Ku-mar was to be produced in connection with a se-dition case filed against him. “OP Sharma of your party was seen assault-ing a man, he even said he would have shot him if he had a gun. If ac-tion is not taken against him, then it is going to set a wrong precedence. Strong action needs to be

Agency | Mumbai

The CBI filed a charge sheet in a Mumbai court against former media baron Peter Mukerjea, arrested in connection with the Sheena Bora murder case. The agency filed the supplementary charge sheet in the case before additional metro-politan magistrate R V Adone in Mumbai. Peter was arrested on Novem-ber 19 last year for his alleged role in the murder conspiracy and had been in CBI custody for two weeks. His wife Indrani Mukerjea is the prime ac-cused in the case. Peter’s bail plea was rejected on

taken against OP Shar-ma,” Kejriwal wrote. The development came after Sharma was caught on camera thrashing a Left activist, who the BJP leader claimed was shouting anti-India slo-gans. The Vishwas Nagar MLA defended his action and said he would have shot the man if he had a

gun. Further condemn-ing the violence that took place inside the court on Monday, in which stu-dents and journalists were heckled and threatened by rampaging lawyers, Kejriwal said that the in-cident clearly highlighted the failure of the system and its inability to deal with such a situation.

mentary constituencies in the upper and north-ern Assam belt during the last Lok Sabha polls. Stating that the RSS has the political mandate in its bid to control the country’s religious and cultural landscape from Nagpur, Gandhi alleged

the RSS “cannot respect or appreciate other cul-tures”. Illustrating with a bouquet presented to him from which he plucked out all the flowers save for a near-saffron glad-ioli, Gandhi said, “The RSS agenda is danger-ous for a multicultural

state like Assam where people follow different faiths. We cannot let the RSS tinker with our his-tory and subdue local cultures.” Gandhi was speaking at the Sivasagar Deeni Madrasa where he made a stop during his 6 km-walk from Rangghar, a medieval amphitheatre with strong Ahom sym-bolism, to Darbar Field. Rannghar itself holds symbolic significance in Assam as many cultural and political events be-gan from here. The out-lawed United Liberation Front of Asom was also born in Rannghar.

RSS a threat to multi-cultural India: Rahul tells Assam

JNU row: Kejriwal writes to PM Modi, demands action against OP Sharma

CBI files charge sheet against Peter Mukerjea in Sheena Bora case

February 12 by a special CBI court which observed that the charge sheet was yet to be filed and inves-tigation in the matter was still on. While Mukerjea (59) is lodged in Arthur Road prison, Indrani is in Byculla women’s jail, both in Mumbai. Others arrested in the case are Sanjeev Khanna (Indra-

ni’s ex-husband) and her former driver Shyam-var Rai. The trio were chargesheeted in the case after Sheena (24), Indra-ni’s daughter from an earlier relationship, was allegedly strangled in a car in April 2012 and her body burnt was dumped in a forest in adjoining Raigad district.

Gujarat CM Advisor BN Navalavala’s son dies in car crash

speed into a Volkswagen Vento, in which four of his friends, Pratik, Vimal, Vishal and Vicky – all hailing from Delhi, were seated. While three of his four friends sustained

grievous injuries, Harik, who crashed into the rear of the Vento died on the spot. MD Puwar, Police Inspector, Gotri police sta-tion said the two cars were over speeding and unable

to control the vehicles that led to the crash. “Our preliminary probe has re-vealed that Hirak and his friends were overspeeding on their way from Sayaji-gunj to Alkapuri. The cars got on to the footpath on the road and crashed into the compound wall before swerving. Hirak, who was driving the second sedan crashed into the first as he was unable to control the car too. While he died on the spot, the others have responded to treatment,” Puwar said.

had started agitation with the demand of inclusion of the entire Patel com-munity in OBC category. 27 percent seats out of the total 49 percent in educa-tion and jobs are reserved

for the OBC category in Gujarat. The SPG con-firmed that it was indeed Lalji Patel in the audio

clip and the conversa-tion was from a call that Khodabhai had made to him a week back. How-

ever, its spokesperson Urvin Patel sought to downplay the contro-versy, saying Lalji’s has “not endorsed” that Hardik had misled the Patel community. Urvin also said that what Lal-ji meant to say was the OBC reservation for the community would take time. Speaking about the Congress’ offer of giving reservation to Patels and other upper castes under the EBC (Economically Backward Class) catego-ry, Lalji was heard saying that other upper castes

will reap maximum prof-its if the EBC reserva-tion is accepted, while the Patels would not gain much. On Congress’ im-pressive performance in local bodies polls held in November, Lalji admitted that their stir had helped Congress as Patels had decided to teach the BJP a lesson. The large-scale protests by Patidars last year had triggered vio-lence in many parts of the state, culminating in the arrest of Hardik and his aides under the charge of sedition.

27 percent seats out of the total 49 percent in education and

jobs are reserved for the OBC category in Gujarat

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DAYJNU controversy: Can Rahul revive Congress on the campus

Three back-to-back issues – FTII row, Rohith Vemu-la’s suicide and now JNU controversy – have infused fresh energy to the National Students Union of India (NSUI), the Congress party’s student wing, which has been struggling to regain its space in campus politics. The last two have also prompted the NSUI to reach out to Left, Dalit and other organisations in a bid to launch a united front against its arch rivals Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). And at the forefront of the NSUI revival efforts is Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi who joined the students twice at the University of Hyderabad to protest the suicide of Dalit research scholar Rohith Vemula. Gandhi also backed the agitating Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students who were protest-ing the arrest of their leader Kanhaiya Kumar. Ku-mar has been booked under charges of sedition over a protest organised in the JNU campus on February 9 against the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. The Congress vice-president had earli-er visited the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) at Pune to express solidarity with students protesting against the appointment of actor Gajendra Chauhan as its chairperson. The intent is clear – the Congress is desperately trying to win back not only the support of the Dalits, who have moved away from the party over the years, but also the youth and student community which, to a large extent, had de-serted it in the wake of a series of corruption scan-dals during the UPA rule. While the half of India’s population of 1.25 billion is under 25 years of age, 65% people are 35 or under. Their disillusionment with the Congress saw groundswell of support for the anti-corruption movement launched by Anna Hazare in 2011. The NSUI had lost the Delhi Uni-versity polls for the second consecutive year in 2015 and its presence remains negligible in JNU campus. “This will certainly help NSUI to reconnect with the student community. ABVP is creating trouble in every university. They (ABVP) have got a protective umbrella in the form of central government and are using it to their advantage. The Congress revival is also linked to NSUI resurgence,” CP Bhambri, polit-ical analyst and a distinguished scholar at JNU said. However, the NSUI has tried to make a clear distinc-tion as far as the JNU row is concerned. It has strong-ly condemned the “eulogising” of Afzal Guru and at the same time maintained that any attempt to label the institution as “anti-national” was “unacceptable”. “We respect the verdict given by the Supreme Court and there is no second-guessing that he was a terrorist and it should not even be a subject of discussion.

“Bollywood always tries to give a good message and it is not right to blame films for the ills in society. At the end of the day, we always show that truth triumphs”

- As the story of Snapdeal executive dipti Sarna, who was abducted in Ghaziabad, unfolds, what came to the fore was that her abductor was influenced by the darr (1993). The lead actor of darr, Juhi Chawla, says

Katrina Kaif-Ranbir Kapoor’s ‘Jagga Jasoos’ release postponed: Here’s why

Grammys 2016: Rihanna cancels performance to avoid damaging her voice

Riteish deshmukh’s Banjo is a journey, catch his first look here

2002 hit-and-run case: SC rubbishes bribery charges against Salman KhanHema Malini launches music album

dream Girl with her Sholay co-actors

Agency | Mumbai

Rani Mukerji Chopra who gave birth to a baby girl on December 9 is playing a doting mother.Mrs. Chopra is leaving no stone unturned to take care of her little angel Adira. Apparently every-one in the family is hap-py the way Rani is play-ing the role of a perfect mother to her daughter. A source tells us, “Rani loves children. She has

always pampered her brother Raja’s daughter. So naturally she is a dot-ing mummy to her own tiny tot. She is a very hands-on mom and refus-es to let Adira out of her sight. In fact, Rani hasn’t stepped out of her home ever since she came back from the hospital with her baby! When will Ms Mukerji emerge from her self-imposed house ar-rest?

Agency | Mumbai

Bollywood star Vidya Balan is known for wearing beautiful sarees but the actress says it is only because of comfort that she oftens dons the traditional outift. The 38-year-old “Kahaani” actress was speaking at a panel discussion on “The Global Design and Innovation – Branding India Globally” at the ongoing Make in India Week here. “There was no agenda behind it but to be myself. Slowly and steadily, when I start-ed making appearances in anything but a saree, people started saying ‘Oh we thought you’d come in a saree’. I enjoy wearing all kinds of sa-ree and I do wear other things occasionally,” she

Agency | Los Angeles

R&B superstar Rihanna abruptly cancelled her per-formance at 58th Gram-mys Awards on Tuesday morning. The singer’s publicist said Rihanna was examined after rehearsal on Sunday and a doctor put her on vocal rest for 48 hours because she was at risk of damaging her vocal cords. Rihanna was spot-ted entering the Staples Center in Los Angeles, but the ceremony went ahead, skipping her performance. A schedule for the telecast had stated that Rihanna, who is promoting a new album, would perform

Agency | New Delhi

Bollywood actor Salman Khan, who become a punching bag, especial-ly on social media, for the circumstances under which he walked free in the 2002-hit-and-run case got a boost from the Su-preme Court (SC) which termed the gossip that he had used money power to secure the acquittal as ‘wild allegation’. Dis-missing a petition for probe into allegations against Salman and his family for using money to secure his acquittal, a bench headed by justice JS Khehar observed on Monday: “These are wild

Agency | New Delhi

Riteish Deshmukh has been spotted with hair grown till shoulders these days, which is be-cause of his role in the upcoming film ‘Ban-jo’. The movie, which portrays him as a band member demanded long hair out of the actor. The first look of Riteish has been revealed and the

actor looks no less than a trained drummer. A never seen before look of Riteish is interesting as this is the first time that he will play a band member. “The film is a journey, rather than a story. It is a journey in which someone crosses seven seas to meet her dreams. And some reach their hearts to meet themselves. Orchestrat-

ed by destiny, a DJ from US meets a Banjo par-ty from Mumbai. They take the leap, they fly, they rise, they stumble, they dust, and they stand again,” said a source. Riteish will be seen ro-mancing Nargis Fakhri in the film for the very first time in his career. Banjo has been directed by Ravi Jadhav and pro-duced by Krishika Lulla.

Agency | Mumbai

Katrina Kaif and Ran-bir Kapoor starrer ‘Jag-ga Jasoos’ is yet to get completed. The film has been in production for quite some time now and hence the release date has been pushed further yet again! However, Katrina and Ranbir’s breakup has nothing to do with the film’s delay. Here’s what the actress said: “Jagga Ja-soos won’t release in June. It will release around Ju-ly-end or August. That’s what the producers have

Here’s how Rani Mukerji is enjoying her motherhood!

her song Kiss It Better. She was scheduled to be introduced by late-night host James Corden and perform Kiss It Better ear-ly in the show but her slot was skipped. She apolo-gised for the cancellation and tweeted, “#NAVY so sorry I couldn’t be there ..... Thanks Grammys and CBS for your support to-

night.” The celebrity news website TMZ said she was suffering bronchitis and decided to drop the perfor-mance to avoid damaging her voice. She had been on antibiotics ahead of the show but her publicist says her doctor concluded her condition hadn’t im-proved enough by Mon-day night.

allegations without any basis. Why should we go into all this? The main controversy regarding the acquittal is already being looked into by this court.” Petitioner and lawyer ML Sharma wanted the court to take note of a press statement made by Sal-

man’s father, Salim Khan, that the family spent Rs25 crore on the case. The lawyer went ahead to forward the report to the bench claiming it was “an extra judicial confes-sion” and Rs25 crore was “spent to influence the ju-diciary”.

Agency | Mumbai

It was a rare occasion when all four leading lights of Sholay con-verged under a single roof to launch Hema Ma-lini’s new music album ti-tled Dream Girl. Inspired by the legendary Kishore Kumar to sing, it has been Hema’s dream to cut a music album as a singer something that bore fruit yesterday evening. But one man who effortless-

ly stole the show yester-day was Hema Malini’s husband, the legendary Dharmendra. Looking uber handsome in a for-mal suit, Dharmendra had the audience in splits with his wisecracks. The He-Man of Bollywood show-ered his brotherly love on Amitabh Bachchan who he fondly referred to as his younger brother. At one point addressing him as Jai, Dharmendra asked, ‘

Jai, Veeru ko bansi bajaani nahi aati thi, phir Basanti (hema) gaane kaise lagi.’ Amitabh, on his part, was modesty personified. The superstar congratulated Heya Malini on her new endeavour and said, “Jaya was telling me we don’t do anything at all. One should look at Hema. She acts, dances, is an MP from Mathura and now has come put with a mu-sic album.”

told me. We have about 60-70 more days on Jagga Jasoos. There’s a little bit left for the film to be com-pleted.” Moreover, Ka-trina has tremendous faith in Anurag Basu’s calibre as a filmmaker and re-

spects him and his vision. So she doesn’t really want to rush things. Katrina’s last outing- Fitoor – failed to live up to the expecta-tions. Nonetheless, the stunning lady is confident about ‘Jagga Jasoos’.

said. “But I didn’t con-sciously brand myself as that. I am not even aware of the fact that people are seeing me as a custodian of saree.” Vidya faced a lot of flak from fashion critics for her dressing sense in the initial phase of her career. “I wore a lot of clothes that I got punished for. I realised I would get punished for the rest of my life

if I don’t take stock… I decided if I enjoy wear-ing saree so much I’ll just wear it and if peo-ple don’t like it, too bad. “Before that I was doing things to make people happy, but they weren’t happy and neither was I. So then I started focus-ing on my happiness and people said ‘wow’ be-cause I am most comfort-able in it,” Vidya said.

Had no intention to brand myself as custodian of saree: Vidya Balan


SPORTS ROUNDUPIndia asks Vodafone to pay taxes or face asset seizures

Trade deficit narrows to 11-month low amid contraction in exports

Hyderabad to get Apple’s first offshore technology development centre

Agency | Mumbai

India said it may seize Vodafone Group Plc’s assets in the country if the company doesn’t pay a disput-ed Rs.14,200 crore tax bill that’s still undergoing international arbitration proceedings, according to a copy of the notice that was sent to the company this month. Anil Sant, deputy commissioner of in-come tax, informed the company’s Vodafone Inter-national Holdings BV Dutch unit of its dues in a letter dated 4 February, according to the document, a copy of which was seen by Bloomberg News. Vodafone, in a statement, said: We can confirm that we have received a tax reminder from the Tax De-partment that also references asset seizures in the event of non-payment. This dispute is currently the

subject of international arbitration.

Agency | New Delhi

India’s trade deficit narrowed to an 11-month low in January due to a sharp decline in the imports of petroleum products and electronic items even as exports continued to contract for the 14th month in a row amid tepid global demand and a volatile global currency market. Data released by the com-merce ministry on Monday showed merchandise exports contracted 13.6% in January while mer-chandise imports shrank 11% leading to a trade deficit of $7.6 billion. In the same month, China’s exports fell 11.2%—the seventh straight month of decline, while imports tumbled 18.8%—the 15th month of decline, both far worse than expected, data released by the Chinese General Administra-tion of Customs showed on Monday. Cumulative-ly, during April-January, India’s exports fell 17.7% to $217.7 billion while imports shrank 15.5% to $324.5 billion resulting in a trade deficit of $106.8

billion.

Agency | New Delhi

It seems like Apple Store isn’t the only facility Apple plans to open in India. The first offshore technology development centre at Hyderbad is in the works. Following Google and Microsoft’s foot-steps, Apple is showing greater interest in the Indi-an customer with plans to set up a 2,50,000 square feet technology development centre at the Tishm-na Speyer’s WaveRock facility in Hyderabad’s IT corridor. The facility is expected to open in June. It is expected to be operating in full swing by the end of 2016 and create 4,500 jobs. “It’s a very pos-itive development as Apple has not looked at cities only in India, but across many places in Europe and other parts of the world. Their decision to have the facility in Hyderabad is a strong endorsement of the city as a major IT hub in the country,” Jayesh Ranjan, Secretary to IT department in the state of Telangana said.

Agency | Shillong

MC Mary Kom and Pooja Rani knocked out their re-spective opponents while L Sarita Devi survived a scare as India grabbed all the three gold medals on offer in women’s box-ing for an overall clean-sweep of top honours in the 12th South Asian Games in Shillong on Tuesday. On a comeback trail after recovering from a shoulder injury, London Olympics bronze-med-allist Mary Kom (51kg) packed a powerful punch against her seasoned Sri Lankan rival Anusha Kodituwakku Dilrukshi to be adjudged winner via Technical Knockout (TKO) in a bout lasting less than 90 seconds.

Agency | New Delhi

By the end of this week, the Pakistan Cricket Board could get the nod from its government to travel to India for next month’s World Twenty20. Another development which only strengthens this possibility is the fact that on Monday the ICC announced the schedule for the warm-up matches for the tournament and Pakistan’s matches are scheduled in Kolkata, where they play their first league match on March 16. “We had ap-plied for the clearance about eight-ten days back. We are waiting, but we are very positive,” Amjad Hussain, director, media coordination and implementation. How-ever, another key PCB

Agency | Rio De Janeiro

Spanish tennis stars Rafa-el Nadal and David Fer-rer insisted they were not worried by Brazil’s Zika virus outbreak as they prepare to compete at the Rio Open ATP tourna-ment this week. “I’m not at all afraid,” Nadal, 29, told a press conference. “I go out at night, and I know there’s a risk, but I’m just happy to be back in Rio de Janeiro again. “If I get sick well then that’s just bad luck,” insisted the 14-time Grand Slam winner. I can see for myself that

people in Rio de Janeiro are going about their busi-ness as if everything was okay, so things can’t be that bad. “People are go-ing to the beach, going out for walks, having dinner in restaurants,” the world number five continued. Ferrer, ranked sixth in the world, said he had been re-assured by Brazil’s efforts to wipe out the mosqui-toes which carry the virus. “We’ve been told that ev-erything possible has been done so that there will be no mosquitoes, which is comforting,” he said.

“We’ve been wearing long trousers at night but I’m not getting obsessed by the whole thing.” Bra-zil has been most affected by the outbreak that has spread rapidly through Latin America and the Caribbean, with 1.5 mil-lion people in the country infected since early 2015. While it causes only mild flu-like symptoms in most people, scientists suspect when it strikes a pregnant woman, it can cause her baby to be born with mi-crocephaly, or an abnor-mally small head.

MS dhoni ducks question on Lodha Commission

Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer not worried about Zika virus outbreak

Rather than brood over lost final, Sarfaraz Khan looks ahead

Mary Kom, L Sarita devi, Pooja Rani all strike gold at South Asian Games

Agency | Mumbai

The Taximen Colony in Bandra-Kurla Complex was abuzz with activities on Monday. Their favour-ite son Sarfaraz Khan has just returned after repre-senting India in the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup in Bangladesh, where India finished as the run-ner-up to West Indies the previous day. Sarfaraz is surrounded by guests. He is greeted with a hug and “well played” comment before being asked to pose for camera phones with each of them. Lo-cal politicians, too, bask in Sarfaraz’s glory. The 18-year-old looks confi-dent and is hard to find the disappointment of not winning the Cup de-spite his team not losing a single game in the lead

Agency | New Delhi

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni yesterday stayed away from com-menting on the sweeping changes Supreme Court appointed Lodha Com-mission has recommend-ed on the functioning of the Indian cricket board. “Lodha Commission has not given me the report. So you have to ask the BCCI (about what they plan to do),” said Dhoni here yesterday. IPL and controversies go hand in hand but Dhoni defend-ed the cash-rich league. “Yes, it (IPL) has got its share of bad name but you have to look at the positives as well. It is

Agency | New Delhi

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly refuted allegations of conflict of interest filed against him by Niraj Gunde with the ombudsman. Ganguly denied any involvement with New Rising Promot-ers Pvt. Ltd. that owns Rising Pune Supergiants. He also claimed to be un-aware of the company’s share-holding patterns. However, Dada accepted to owning a 5% in the In-dian Super League fran-chise Atletico de Kolkata that is owned by the pro-moters of the new Pune IPL franchise. “As such the complaint has left me nonplussed. I am a part-ner with 6.67% share in ‘Catch 22 Informatics LLP’ a limited liability

With Mary landing some powerful blows, Anu-sha lost her balance and injured her right knee. This forced her to take a medical break before attempting a comeback. However, a booming jab from the five-time world champion sent her almost out of the ring before the referee intervened. The injury to Anusha will take about two-three months to heal. “Anusha has sus-

tained medical collater-al ligament tear which would take about two three months to recover,” the Sri Lankan team doc-tor told PTI. The atmo-sphere was electrifying at the North Eastern Hill University in the out-skirts of the city with the SAI Complex, which has a seating capacity of only 500, filled up to the brim and spectators queued up since morning.

up to the title round. That big final against the Win-dies is past. His mind’s agenda is simple. ‘What next?’ “That is past. There is definitely a little disappointment. Despite doing well till the semi-finals, we lost the final. But it is cricket. Some win, some lose,” he tells dna. “Our focus was to win the World Cup. We had worked for three months but Rahul sir had said whatever happens,

learning from it is im-portant. There was a bat-ting collapse, we did not play well. Eventually we lost. There is still some disappointment,” adds Sarfaraz. “My aim is to think forward. Whatever happened, happened. My focus is now on the DY Patil T20 (Sarfaraz will play for DY Patil Acad-emy) and then the IPL. I am thinking how I have to do well and realise my parents’ dream,” he says.

Pakistan Cricket Board likely to get govt clearance for World T20 soon

Sourav Ganguly: dada accepts owning 5% stake in ATK, dismisses conflict of interest claim

a platform where you can identify the players on the domestic circuit, gauge their performance throughout the season. It is also about how the young players handle pressure, you see young-sters embracing it. I think that is fantastic for Indian cricket. “Yes, money is a big factor. People talk

about cricketers getting a lot of money. Yes, a lot of cricketers are getting a lot of money but at the same time, thousands and thou-sands of them are not.” Sanjiv Goenka, owner of new IPL franchise Pune Supergiants, sharing the dais with Dhoni, was also asked about his thoughts on brand IPL taking a hit.

official feels the politi-cal situation in Pakistan can still put their par-ticipation in jeopardy. “Here in Pakistan there are three thoughts. India has engaged in a ‘name and shame’ campaign against Pakistan at all international platforms. By refusing permission, Pakistan can also convey that India is not a safe place. And any security breach during the Paki-stan team’s stay in India would give fuel to a fac-

tion here to run down the establishment,” said the official. But the Indian cricket Board is geared up to host the Pakistan team. “We have not re-ceived any communica-tion from the ICC about Pakistan not coming. Our schedule is ready and so are the hotels and travel itinerary of the Pakistan team. For us, Pakistan are very much part of the World Cup,” a tourna-ment organising commit-tee official said.

partnership which has about 75% share in Kol-kata Games and Sports Pvt. Ltd. In other words my stake in Kolkata Games and Sports Pvt. Ltd is about 5%. How-ever, I have no interest or stake in or connection with New Rising Pro-moters Pvt. Ltd. which bid at the auction held on December 8, 2016,” wrote Ganguly in an email to the ombudsman Justice AP Shah. “Sealed

bids had all been sub-mitted on that day itself. I was away in London and returned that morn-ing to Delhi and by the time I reached the venue of the meeting the tech-nical bids were already opened by the lawyers appointed by BCCI,” he wrote. Earlier having defended Ganguly, the board has now conveyed to the ombudsman of not being aware of his busi-ness interests.


Correspondent | Nal Saro-var

As many as 35 poachers on Monday surrendered nets to Ram Kathakar Shri Morari Bapu and pleded to give up hunt-ing the birds in a function held at Nal Sarovar birds sanctuary near Ahmed-abad. Shri Morari Bapu requested the State gov-ernment to provide alter-nate employment to them. The villagers were mostly from Shahpur and Vekari-ya villages.The initiative was organized by Manav Seva Trust which also in-

Correspondent | Surat

Man who pushed Gujarat to violence in last August has suffered another set-back. Visnagar court in north Gujarat has rejected his bail plea. Now almost defunct Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti(PAAS) head Hardik Patel has filed bail plea in Visnagar violence case on Febru-ary 3 for which hearing was held on February 6. Seeking Other Backward Class(OBC) status and benefits of reservation for Patidar community, Har-dik had taken out a rally

that turned violent in Vis-nagar town of north Gu-jarat on July 24 last year. Five journalists and a cameraman from Mehsa-na were injured and their mobile and camera were stolen. A Vehicle was burnt and MLA’s office was attacked in Visnagar after this rally. Additional Sessions Judge KM Dave, while rejecting Hardik’s bail plea observed that he was facing sedition charges and might mis-led the witnesses if was granted bail. Hardik is in Lajpor jail in Surat for se-dition charges.


Gujarat Congress presi-dent Bharatsinh Solanki today wrote a letter to the external affairs minister Mrs. Sushma Swaraj re-questing her to take in-tensive actions for saftey and security of Indians including more than 5000 persons of Gujarati ori-gin living in Uganda in the wake of the outbreak of political violence in the African country. Mr. Solanki in his letter has said, ‘ thousands of In-dian families were fac-ing serious situation due to political instability in Uganda. Particularly more than 5000 people


Ten months after Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitely unveiled the norms for India’s first Interna-tional Financial Services Centre (IFSC) at Gandhi-nagar, the IFSC banking units at Gujarat Interna-tional Finance Tec-City (GIFT) have managed to cross the $ 100 mil-lion business transactions mark. Two banks — YES Bank and Federal Bank — have generated such brisk business within three months of their IFSC banking units (IBUs) be-coming operational at GIFT IFSC, stated an offi-cial release here Monday. YES Bank was the first to set up an IBU at GIFT IFSC in October 2015, and Federal Bank’s IBU started functioning a few weeks later in November. “An-

Sunvilla News | Gandhinagar

In view of two major mishaps involving state transport buses in the last ten days in which nearly 50 people lost their lives, the Gujarat road transport department has decided to launch a Twitter handle and helpline numbers to take complaints from pas-sengers. The announce-ment was made yesterday by state Road Transport Minister Vijay Rupani as part of the government’s exercise to reduce the road fatalities involving

Sunvilla News | Gandhinagar

Bharatiya Janata Par-ty(BJP) in Gujarat will finally get its new State Unit President on 19th of February. According to a programme of election of new party president an-nounced by the State BJP, nomination will be filed on Friday, February 19 af-ter 11.00 am. After scru-tiny of form during 12.00 – 12.30 pm, formal an-nouncement of new party president will be made at 12.39 pm vijay muhurat. State party incharge and national vice president of party Dr. Dinesh Sharma, State election observer Shri Arjun Meghval, Na-tional Joint Organization

General Secretaru Shri V.Satish, Chief Minister smt Anandiben Patel and National Vice President of party Shri Parshottam Rupala along with outgo-ing State Unit President Shri RC Faldu will remain present on this occassion. 3 MPs, 95 district wise representatives, MLAs, and d25 district president – in total 135 voters will be able to cast their vote if needed(if more than one nomination form is filed which is not going to hap-pen). BJP was to declare its State Unit President post Makarsanrkranti(15 January) this year. The appointment was delayed as final decision was to be taken in Delhi.


A controversy on Mon-day erupted in Gujarat’s Junagadh in light of a let-ter purportedly “issued” by the district administa-tion to the subordinates sought information at the behest of the Chief Min-ister’s office, about the ruling BJP’s debacle in panchayat polls last year. The letter dated January 4, issued to mamlatdars, taluka development of-ficers and other subordi-nate officers, seeks names of the defeated BJP can-didates in the respective areas and reasons for defeat. Junagadh Collec-tor Alok Kumar Pandey, however, said it had been drafted “by mistake” and was “never sent out”. Signed by Mahesh Joshi, a clerk at the collectorate, it says, the Chief Minis-

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GSRTC to launch Twitter handle, helpline number for passengers

Correspondent | Mumbai

Energy solutions provid-er Inox Wind has bagged 100 MW wind power project order from Tata Power Renewable Ener-gy (TPREL) at Rojmal, Gujarat. The order is TPREL’s fourth project with Inox Wind taking the cumulative orders placed with the energy solutions provider to over 300 MW, Inox Wind said in a state-ment today. TPREL is a 100 per cent subsidiary of Tata Power and has around 215-MW commis-sioned renewable assets, with another 250-MW under construction or on order. “As part of the turn-key order, Inox Wind will provide TPREL with end-to-end solutions from de-velopment and construc-tion to commissioning and providing long-term

Inox wind bags 100 Mw wind power project in Gujarat from Tata firm

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buses of state-owned Gu-jarat State Road Transport Corporation (GSRTC). “In coming days, we will launch our own Twitter handle, where passengers can send their grievances and complaints through their tweets. Our staff will try to resolve these complaints as soon as possible,” said Rupani. “We are also in the pro-

cess of launching two helpline numbers, includ-ing a toll free number, where passengers can lodge their complaint,” he said, expressing con-cern over two recent ac-cidents where at least 50 persons lost their lives. In the first mishap, as many as 42 people were killed when a state road transport bus plunged

into Purna river in Navsa-ri district on February 5. Two days back, eight per-sons lost their lives when a bus overturned near Sa-varkundla town of Am-reli district, said Rupani. According to him, the state government is also planning to buy new bus-es and replace them with those which are unfit as per the set standards. “As per our standard, any bus which is either 8 years old or has operated for 8 lakh kms is unfit and needs to be replaced. As of now, around 250 out of total 8,052 buses are unfit, as per these criteria. This year, we are planning to buy 1,600 new buses and put them into service in phase-wise manner,” Rupani added.

other dozen plus banks and insurance companies are going commence op-erations at GIFT IFSC in the coming months. The IFSC at GIFT is attracting a lot of interest from the financial services sector in India, especially from banks, insurance compa-nies and capital market players. We expect that the next big milestone of $ 1 billion business trans-actions at GIFT IFSC will be achieved shortly,”

said Ajay Pandey, MD & Group CEO of GIFT. A unit at GIFT IFSC is equivalent to a foreign branch, hence facilitates the bank to function as such from within India. IBU offers facilities like buyers’ credit; external commercial borrowing; accepting deposits and providing credit facilities to wholly owned subsid-iaries joint ventures of In-dian companies registered abroad.

operations and mainte-nance services,” it added. “Repeat orders from one of the country’s leading renewables players like TPREL corroborate Inox Wind’s ability to provide world class technological solutions to its clients,” Inox Wind CEO Kailash Tarachandani said. Inox Wind’s Rojmal site is one of the largest wind farms in Gujarat with a capaci-ty of 400 MW. Over 140 MW of capacities are al-ready operational at the wind park including 50 MW capacities of TPREL. The commissioned com-

mon infrastructure facil-ities at the site are capa-ble of supporting power evacuation of 400 MW. “The 100 MW expansion of the Rojmal project is TPREL’s fourth project with Inox Wind. We are confident that Inox will again deliver the project safely, timely and of top notch quality. We look forward to building a long and fruitful relationship with Inox on the strong foundation of the previ-ous successful projects in Gujarat and Rajasthan,” TPREL Chief Executive Officer Rahul Shah said.

Poachers at Nal Sarovar bird sanctuary surrender nets to Morari Bapu

tends to hold pad yatras in other villages in future. Cleaning of the coast of Nal Sarovar and making it plastic-free were other motives associated with a three-day yatra. Mean-while on this occasion

Shri Morari Bapu made an announcement to bear the expenditure for building 8 toilets in Nal area vil-lages. Shri Morari Bapu’s follower NRI business-men made announcement to build 100 toilets in this area.Shri Morari Bapu has earlier contributed to the cause of saving Whale Shark off Gujarat coast. After Shri Morari Bapu’s campaign, fishermen off Gujarat coast have com-pletely abandended Whale Shark fishing. Fishermen suffer damage to their net but make free Whale Sharks, which has been named ‘Wahali’ by Shri Morari Bapu.

Joined Gujarat Investor Summit at the ongoing “‎MakeInIndia” Week in Mumbai. Mentioning about Gujarat’s industry-friendly policies, I highlighted huge strides taken by the state towards promoting and encouraging investors.

ter’s Office “wanted” this information. “De-tails have been sought by the CMO about the results of the recently held district and taluka panchayat elections of 2015. Furnish the details of your respective region today itself by fax as per the prescribed form attached here,” it says. Joshi, when contacted, claimed he sent the letter upon orders from high-er-ups. “I signed the let-ter on behalf of election officer and collector of Junagadh as I was asked

to do so by my superior officers,” he said. But the collector denied it. “Joshi drafted that letter by mistake. The CMO never sought such infor-mation from us. That let-ter was never sent to any of our officers. We even took disciplinary action against him for drafting the letter without under-standing the subject mat-ter,” said Pandey. State Congress spokesperson Manish Doshi alleged that it proved the BJP was “using the govern-ment machinery”.

from Gujarat and around 2500 from and around Anand district alone are in trouble there.’ ‘Be-cause of the situation their family members in India are worried and tense. I would like to draw your attention to

the fact that since last few months incidents of fatal attacks on Indian and particularly Gujarati diaspora settled abroad are rising ans so far more than 10 Gujaratis have lost their lives in such incidents,’ Mr. Solanki’s

letter said. At least one person has been killed in Uganda’s capital Kampa-la as police clashed with opposition supporters af-ter briefly detaining op-position Forum for Dem-ocratic Change (FDC) party, presidential candi-date Kizza Besigye twice as he tried to hold cam-paign rallies days before a general election. Sever-al people were wounded in the clashes as police fired bullets and tear gas while opposition sup-porters hurled stones and erected street barricades.

Gujarat Congress chief writes letter to Sushma for safety of Gujaratis in Uganda

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