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News BriefGoa govt failed

to keep promises: Congress

Agency | Panaji

Trying to siege the BJP-led government in Goa ahead of the 2017 state Assembly polls, Con-gress today alleged the government has failed to keep its promises made during in the last assembly elections. “All that glitters is not gold. And the idiom has gone deep into the hearts of Goans as the BJP has failed to keep up the promises that they had made in their manifes-to (in the last assembly polls),” Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) spokesperson, Yatish Naik, told a press conference here.Charges against my father outrageous: Rahul Mukerjea

Construction worker arrested

for murder

Agency | Mumbai

Rahul Mukerjea, son of former media bar-on Peter Mukerjea, to-day said that charges against his father in the sensational Sheena Bora murder case were “outrageous”. “Charges against him (Peter) are absolutely outrageous,” said Rahul as he emerged from the CBI office in South Mumbai this morning, where he spent last night after re-questing the sleuths to let him do so.

Agency | Thane

A construction work-er from Naigaon in Vasai was arrested on charges of murdering his co-worker after the victim succumbed to in-juries at a hospital here. Sr PI Narayan Patil of Waliv Police station told that victim Raju B Jetravat (24), who was hospitalised after the incident on October 26, died on November 19. Following his death, police registered an of-fence under section 302 of the IPC and arrest-ed accused Abdul Re-haman Mulla (29) last night. The murder took place when the victim and his wife were quar-relling over some issue and the accused inter-vened to resolve the matter.

BJP faces test of strength as Patidars remain adamant on quota“Gujarat civic polls”

Can the BJP retain its home bastion? Or, will the Narendra Modi story end at the very place it began?

Six Corp. in Gujarat to Go to Polls TodaySunvilla News | Ahmedabad

On Sunday morning, when people step out of their homes in Gujarat to cast their votes in the municipal elections, they would answer two im-portant question: Can the BJP retain its home bas-tion? Or, will the Narendra Modi story end at the very place it began? Elections for more than 300 local bodies in Gujarat are to be held in two phases, on 22 and 29 November. This would be the first elector-

al test of the BJP in the post-Modi era and after the Patidar agitation for reservation. The results would indicate which way the wind is blowing and may be a reliable indi-

cator of the direction of the assembly elections in 2017. At the moment, the BJP is struggling. Upset with the party for not ac-cepting their demand for quota benefits, the politi-

cally influential Patidars are running an aggressive campaign against the BJP. Such is their vehement opposi-tion to the BJP that its leaders have been “banned” from campaigning in many areas. And its influential leaders are being shouted down and facing protests during their rallies. Earlier this week, Chief Minister Anandiben Patel faced the wrath of Patidar women during a rally in Naroda Gam, when hundreds of them protested her presence shout-ing “Jai Sardar, Jai Patidar.” The Gujarat chief minister had come to the venue in an open jeep, flashing a victory sign. But she left in an es-

cort vehicle after security officials advised her caution. Just a day ago, Anandiben Patel was interrupted by Patidar youth while addressing an election rally in Bhavnagar. In many other parts of Gujarat, influ-ential BJP leaders are facing a tough time dealing with the ire of the Pa-tidars, who are demanding why the BJP ignored their quota demand and failed to take action against cops responsible for the death of eight youth during the August agitation. Patidars are nearly 1.5 crore of Gu-jarat’s six-crore population. Apart from their numerical strength, their financial muscle makes Patidars an

influential vote bank. Till the 80s, the Patidars were traditional sup-porters of the Congress. But they ditched the party after Congress leader and former Gujarat chief minister Madhavsinh Solanki re-structured the party’s support base around the KHAM (Kshatriya, Harijan, Adivasi, Muslim) commu-nities. Since the 80s, Patidars have been supporting the BJP and have been instrumental in voting it con-tinuously to power. This is for the first time in nearly two decades that the BJP is in the electoral fray with-out being guaranteed the support of the Patidars.

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DAYModi can leverage foreign policy, to repair his domestic image

You never let a serious crisis to go to waste,” said Rahm Emanuel, the then White House chief of staff, as a financial disaster threatened America at the dawn of Barack Obama’s presidency. We don’t know whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi is aware of the “Rahm Theorem”. But he appears conscious of the need to alter the political narrative after the elec-toral debacle in Bihar. A week, it is said, is a long time in politics. If the Bihar results seemed to dimin-ish Modi’s standing, the PM has reasons to bet that he can engineer an early turnaround. Might foreign policy be of some help to the prime minister? There is no dearth of advice on a possible new course. The political part of it suggests that the PM must crack down on the extremists of the Sangh Parivar, who have eroded Modi’s support in the mainstream. The economic part suggests an acceleration of re-forms and concentration on a few major delivera-bles that can credibly improve the PM’s chances for re-election. While Modi’s ability to push through big legislative change has been undermined by the Bihar results, there is much the government could do through executive action. We have seen some initial moves on reform already on liberalising the rules for foreign direct investment. More is expect-ed to follow. But what about diplomacy? Foreign policy rarely figures in domestic political strategies. Whether it is the advanced nations or developing ones, the wallet always matters more than the grand themes of world politics. But diplomacy does offer some political opportunities for leaders who find the going tough at home. Walking the global stage may not get you many votes, but it certainly helps boost the PM’s political image. Diplomacy also helps leverage external opportunities for more rapid in-ternal economic development. While the gestation time can be long, the sense of concrete movement on major transformative projects can boost national economic sentiment. In some contexts, critical ex-ternal partnerships help improve domestic political standing. Recall Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s em-brace of the Soviet Union as the Congress party split in 1969. Moscow helped her win the support of the Left in the country to fend off her Congress rivals on the right. Resuming the peace process with Pakistan might seem a lot more difficult. It is worth recalling though that PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee, whom Modi cites quite often in relation to Jammu and Kashmir, made consistent efforts under lot more difficult cir-cumstances to improve ties with Pakistan at the turn of the millennium.

“Time to reinforce values that binds modern-day India together” - President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday

reiterated his belief in pluralism as the core value of India and said that...

X : Past Is Present movie review

Agency | Mumbai

Actress Rani Mukherji, who is expecting her first child with husband film-maker Aditya Chopra, is keeping well but is like-ly to remain hospitalised for few more days. The 37-year-old actress was admitted to a suburban hospital post Diwali and chose to remain there for some more time. Earlier, reportedly, due to some minor complication, Rani was admitted to Hinduja

hospital in suburban Khar. “She is in the hospital and will be there for few days as work is going on at her house... so her stay in the hospital has been extend-ed,” sources said. “She is fine. She is still in hos-pital and resting,” they said. Rani married Yash Raj Films’ honcho Aditya Chopra in a quiet ceremo-ny in Italy and the couple is all excited to welcome their first child in January 2016.

Agency | New Delhi

Diane Kruger shows off her fierce style while at-tending the Museum of Modern Art’s 2015 Film Benefit Honoring Cate Blanchett at Museum of Modern Art on Tuesday (November 17) in NY City. “Holy guacamole”, said Cate Blanchett as she took the stage at the Museum of Modern Art. “I feel like I’m dead”. The two-time Oscar win-ning actress, who stars in the critically acclaimed Carol (opening in limit-ed release November 20), was joined by her friends and collaborators, includ-ing her Aviator director Martin Scorsese, her I’m Not There and Carol di-rector Todd Haynes, her costar in Oscar and Lu-cinda, Ralph Fiennes, plus Rooney Mara, Sar-ah Paulson, Rose Byrne and many more. One is “Truth”, in which Blanch-

Agency | Mumbai

Actor Ranveer Singh has revealed that his “Bajirao Mastani” co-star Priyan-ka Chopra was earlier not keen on being a part of the film. In the magnum opus directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Ranveer is playing Peshwa Baji-rao, while Priyanka is es-saying the role of his first wife Kashibai whereas Deepika Padukone is Mastani. “She (Priyan-ka) did not want to do

the film... She had said she wants to go. She said you all are mad.. You are doing a second film (with Sanjay Leela Bhansali). But she is a fast learner... And got things quickly,” Ranveer told reporters here last evening at the trailer launch of “Baji-rao Mastani”. Bhansali had earlier directed both Ranveer and Deepika in “Ram Leela”. This is the second time the trio is working together. Ran-veer said that “Bajirao

Mastani” has been emo-tionally and mentally draining for him. “When I first heard the script, I knew it would be the most challenging film of my career. We did all the hard work required. I did a lot of preparation for the film... We have been working on this film since year and half,” he said. “It has been emo-tionally, physically and mentally draining but at the same time it is fulfill-ing and enriching.

Agency | Mumbai

She is an Ishqoholic ac-tress. Sonakshi Sinha, who is shooting the vid-eo of her first single on the sun-kissed beaches of Goa, made her presence felt at the 46th edition of the International Film Fes-tival in Goa. The actress, who was earlier filming Force 2 in Budapest, said, “This is my first festival and I am very happy with the way it’s been orga-nized.” Asked about the Bollywood presence at the show, the actress said she agreed with the fact that members of the fra-ternity should come for the festival. Excited about her music video, Sonakshi revealed that after singing at the IIFA Awards and

Agency | New Delhi

We’ve seen a bunch of directors contribute seg-ments in one film, but to have several helmers film portions of a single film? That’s a new one. ‘X : Past Is Present’ has eleven filmmakers pitch in to create the story of K, a filmmaker reflecting over his past and present during the course of one night. There’s promise in the premise. How often do we have different peo-ple look at us, and find an aspect which is strikingly,

Agency | New Delhi

Not many actresses have guts to chop off their hair for a role. Most of them prefer wearing a wig, but Kangana Ranaut has parted her ways with her

beautiful locks for her role in the upcoming flick Rangoon. The 28-year-old actress is the first among the contemporary lot of actresses to have cut her hair so short for her role in the Shahid ka-

Pregnant Rani Mukherji to be in hospital for few more days

Ishqoholic Sonakshi Sinha Now Has Music Album on Her Mind

Cate Blanchett impressed by Indian make-up artist’s story

Priyanka did not want to do “Bajirao Mastani”: Ranveer Singh

Kangana bids adieu to curly tresses to play seductress in ‘Rangoon’

or terrifyingly different? Each part, filmed by a different eye and sensi-bility, should have creat-

ed an intriguing jigsaw. But the execution fails the ambition of this film : ‘X’ plays out as a dis-

jointed stutter, rather than a seamless progression, its backing-and-forthing more choppy and con-

fusing than anything else. The director, who is the central figure, remains the same. That is, he is played by the same actor. Ans-human Jha, as the young man, and Rajat Kapoor as the older, greying man, still in search of himself. The journey takes him through his past, and ten former girl-friends, whom he encounters at differ-ent stages : he turns out to be a real number, this K, with his slippery grin and side shuffle, hidden behind dark glasses, and a permanent state of drift.

Or he would have, if this film had actually turned out to be one. But except for one segment, right at the end, which has Swara Bhaskar and the young Jha, and a sense of time and place, the rest have practically no weight, nor heft. They just go past in a blur, without any real markers. The lines sound forced, and Kapoor says them without investing anything in his charac-ter. Did he find an outline which he wanted to fill, or was he left, like us, look-ing for one?

then for the film Tevar, “it was a niggling thought that I had to do this.” So, is an album on the cards? “Yes, it would be the most natural thing to do,” said Sonakshi. The actress, who has done her first female-oriented film, AR Murugadoss’s Akira, said that after constantly be-

ing badgered for doing performance-oriented roles she felt that ‘this is my answer.’ And on the question of pay parity, the actress said, “Yes, there is talk of gender equal-ity and if an actress to can rake in the same box office collections as the hero than why not.”

poor starrer. Her character Julia, an actress from the World War II era, is partly inspired by Marilyn Mon-roe and she will be seen wearing halter neck maxi dresses, red lipstick and portray the ultimate se-ductress. Stylist Adhuna Akhtar helped Kangana achieve the desired look with soft curls since cut-ting her long curly tresses was a lengthy process. As the film is set in the World War II era, there were no electronic rollers avail-able during that time to make things easy. So, to maintain the feel and look of that time, the team had to use old techniques to give her hair those soft curls.Directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, the flick also stars Saif Ali Khan.

ett plays the real-life role of CBS producer Mary Mapes, whose career ended following her re-port about George W. Bush’s National Guard service. Naturally, the native Australian actress puts on the kind of cha-meleonic performances she’s famous for both in and outside of Holly-wood. This adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s in-fluential 1952 pulp novel,

The Price Of Salt, find Blanchett’s character fall-ing in love with a woman - despite the fact that she’s married to a man, and is a mother to a young daugh-ter. The previous honor-ees have been Baz Luhr-mann (2008), Tim Burton (2009), Kathryn Bigelow (2010), Pedro Almodovar (2011), Quentin Taranti-no (2012), Tilda Swinton (2013), and Alfonso Cua-ron (2014).

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SPORTS ROUNDUPRicoh Theta S 360-degree Camera Launched at Rs. 39,995

CBdT lays out roadmap for pullback of exemptions, deductions

Vodafone users in Delhi can now choose their mobile number

Agency | Mumbai

Ricoh India just launched its latest 360-degree camera called the Theta S at a price of Rs. 39,995. The camera is available for a pre-order price of Rs. 7,199 through Ricoh’s online store and will begin shipping in December. A note of caution here; the pre-order price can be easily mistaken for the final price when you view the product by category, as the price break-up is only mentioned in the ‘View De-tails’ page. Apart from this, there’s no mention about the remainder amount to be paid anywhere even after checkout, which can be misleading. The Theta S is the size of your average air-conditioner remote con-trol and is fairly light too, at 125 grams. The entire body has a rubberised coating making it easy to grip. The highlights of the camera are the two 12-megapix-el fish-eye lenses placed on either side to give you an

instant 360-degree picture or video.

Agency | New Delhi

In a move that could see India’s tax environment becoming more conducive for investment, the gov-ernment on Friday came out with a roadmap for phasing out exemptions and deductions availed by companies on levies to eventually rationalise the corporate tax. This is in line with the finance min-ister Arun Jaitley’s announcement in his Budget speech of bringing down the current corporate tax rate of 30% to 25% over the next four years. The various suggestions proposed by the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) include gradually ending profit-linked, investment-linked and area-based deductions for both corporate and non-corporate tax payers, termination of sunset dates by March 31, 2017 for commencement of activity and ben-efit claims, doing away with weighted deductions on specified businesses from April 1, 2017, among others. “This is a step towards simplification of tax laws, which is expected to bring about transpar-ency and clarity,” said the statement issued by the

finance ministry.

Agency | New Delhi

Vodafone India launched a facility allowing cus-tomers in Delhi and NCR to choose the numeric combination of their choice in the mobile numbers. The facility would be available to both pre-paid and post-paid customers of the company. “Cus-tomers can approach any of the 52 stores, 212 mini stores and over 40,000 multi-brand outlets, from where they buy the new connections, for the avail-ability of the desired combination,” Vodafone said in a statement. An official of the company said for post-paid customers, first 4 digits are fixed and for pre-paid, first 5 digits are fixed, rest of the combi-nation can be chosen by the customers. “Our cus-tomer research also indicates that there is a deep interest amongst the mobile users to have numbers aligned with some significant event in their lives,” Vodafone India Business Head (Delhi and NCR) Apoorva Mehrotra said.

Barcelona coach Luis Enrique plays down security concerns ahead of El Clasico

Grands Slams Galore: When Sania Mirza posted the ultimate tennis selfie

Shreyas Iyer could be the match-winner India is looking for: Dilip Vengsarkar

Jos Buttler hits England’s fastest ton, leads team to ODI series win against Pakistan

West Ham GK Aditi Chauhan awarded Asian Woman Footballer of the year

Raymond van Schoor, 25, dies five days after suffering stroke during cricket match

Agency | New Delhi

West Ham United goal-keeper Aditi Chauhan became the first Indian to be awarded the Asian Woman Footballer of the Year award in the United Kingdom, months after the English club signed her in August. The cere-mony was held at Wem-bley Stadium, London on Friday. “It’s a huge hon-our for me and I’d like to thank the Asian Football Awards for considering me for this award,” Chau-han was quoted as saying by the West Ham United website. Chauhan’s beat India-born Tanvie Hans and Monica Sharma of Fulham Foundation FC, and London Bari LFC captain Sabah Mahmoud

Agency | Mumbai

Whenever Shreyas Iyer steps out to bat, there should be a statutory warning: Bowling to this youngster can be injuri-ous to your career. And most of those, who have bowled to the 20-year-old batsman in domes-tic cricket, would agree. Scores of 57 & 91 vs Railways, 137 vs Uttar Pradesh, 173 & 13 vs Baroda, 12 & 83 vs Tamil Nadu, 200 vs Punjab and 15 vs Andhra this season would give a clear picture of this serious talent, who bats at No.3 for Mumbai. Knocks against Railways, Punjab and Tamil Nadu have been match-win-ning coming in difficult circumstances. If Rohit Sharma said Iyer remind-ed him of swashbuckling Virender Sehwag, Mum-bai’s chief selector Milind

Agency | New Delhi

When all Indian aces came together in one photograph, one has to wonder how many grand slams are there in that one frame. To participate in exhibition matches held at Sania Mirza Ten-nis Academy (SMTA) in Hyderabad, Indian tennis legend Mahesh Bhupathi, Leander Paes and Sania Mirza came together on the practice court. A self-ie was definitely in order. Sania Mirza posted the picture on Twitter dub-bing India’s most suc-cessful Men’s doubles pair as her ‘Karan-Arjun’ Looking at the picture one can see the golden time of Tennis in the country. The

Agency | Melbourne

Raymond van Schoor, 25-year-old Namibia wicket-keeper batsman died at a hospital after suffering from a stroke during a game against Free State in a CSA Pro-vincial one-day Chal-lenge match in Windhoek. In an official statement, Cricket Namibia Presi-dent Richard Frankle ex-pressed condolences. “It is with deep regret and sorrow that I announce the passing of Raymond van Schoor at 19h17 Na-mibian time on Friday the 20th November 2015. On behalf of Cricket Na-mibia, I express my most sincere condolences to the entire Van Schoor and La Cock families. Ray-mond was a tremendous

Agency | Madrid

Barcelona players trained on Friday for Saturday `El Clasico` match with Barcelona`s coach Luis Enrique playing down concerns about securi-ty for the match which sees Barcelona travel to take on their `eternal rival` Real Madrid at their Bernabeu stadium. Outside the news con-ference room at Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper, where Barca trains, se-curity concerns for one of Spain`s most famous games was high a week after the waves of shoot-ings and explosions that killed 130 people in Par-is. Luis Enrique said, de-spite concerns about `all these terrorist problems`, he was not afraid for Sat-

Agency | New Delhi

Jos Buttler’s re-cord-breaking century and a more routine one from Jason Roy fired England to an 84-run win over Pakistan in a high-scoring final one-day international in Dubai on Friday and a 3-1 victo-ry in the series. England piled up 355 for five thanks to Roy’s maiden ODI hundred and But-tler’s magnificent 116 not out off 52 balls. Pakistan

scored quickly in reply but lost wickets steadily and were all out for 271 in the 41st over. Buttler’s extraordinary knock came after being promot-ed to bat at number four at the end of a year in which he often struggled for runs. His century off 46 deliveries broke his own England record and he hit eight sixes — an-other national best — and 10 fours. It was the joint seventh fastest hundred in one-day international

history. “It was really sat-isfying for me and for us to win the series with this group of guys was fan-tastic,” man-of-the-series Buttler said at the presen-tation ceremony. “It was one of those days — it’s amazing how cricket turns round. Only a few weeks ago I had a bad test on this ground and got dropped from that side.” Roy’s in-nings, if less spectacular, was equally valuable after his opening partner Alex Hales fell for 22.

asset to Cricket Namibia and the National Crick-et Team” the statement said. “He was taken far too early from us. We however accept that Al-mighty God needed him to represent the Heavenly Angels! May his soul rest in peace!” he added. Ray-mond complained of diz-ziness during the match and asked for water but collapsed immediately and was helped by team-mates to be taken off the

ground. The cricketer was announced dead on Fri-day night at a local hos-pital. In over 200 matches – the most – for Namib-ia, Raymond has scored more than 8000 runs. In 92 First Class matches he has scored 4303 runs, the second most for Namibia, with five centuries and 20 half-centuries. The right-handed batsman was the leading run-get-ter for Namibia in T20Is with 1550 runs.

Rege said he has never seen such a ‘destructive’ batsman or a ‘destroyer’ in Mumbai cricket after Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli. Former India captain Dilip Veng-sarkar calls him ‘fearless’ and a ‘match winner’. The opposition captains have special plans for

Iyer while bowlers pray for a line or length that would stop him. Such has been his impact since he made his debut in Decem-ber 2014. All those prais-es and admirations point towards one question. Is Iyer ready to be promoted to the next level – interna-tional cricket?

urday`s match. “Con-cerning the situation of this game, not at all. But, yes, I am concerned for the current situation in the world with respect to all these terrorist prob-lems,” Enrique said. “I think we will be worried about this for a while and for this reason they`re working to resolve it and to resolve all these prob-lems that have a very dif-ficult solution, like we can all imagine. But on

what`s going to happen tomorrow on the field or what could happen on other days we`ll play, I will focus on the game and on football. For these security matters there are other more qualified organisations.” Lionel Messi`s return from inju-ry looks to be coming at exactly the right time for Barcelona as he prepares for a reunion with Ney-mar and Luis Suarez for Saturday`s game.

tally of the grand slams these three have between them reaches to the big 30! Leander Paes has won 8 for Men’s Doubles and 9 for mixed doubles. Ma-hesh Bhupathi has won 4 for men’s doubles and 8 for mixed doubles. Sania

Mirza, who just finished a golden year of winning 10 titles together on court with Martina Hingis, has won two women’s dou-bles and 3 mixed doubles. Apart from these, there are numerous wins with ATP and WTA circuit titles.

to win the prestigious award. The 23-year-old goalkeeper from New Delhi was the first Indian footballer from the wom-en’s national team to play competitively in England, signed pre-season by the London club in August 2015 for one year from Loughborough Universi-ty in Leicestershire where she completed an MSc in sports management. “It’s a step up for me (after play-

ing for Loughborough). To play with better play-ers in a better league will help me improve,” Chau-han said on the West Ham Ladies’ official YouTube channel. Chauhan is, how-ever, not the first woman of Indian origin to have played for an English club. Delhi-born Hans, a mid-fielder, earlier played for the Tottenham Hotspur re-serve team before joining Fulham Foundation FC.

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Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Edu-cation Board (GSHSEB) has received a record 3,000 complaints in con-nection with the science stream exams for semes-ter I and III in class XI and XII respectively. Stu-dents, parents and experts sent complaints regarding the recently published provisional answer key. Board officials have ap-pointed a panel of experts to look into the issue and prepare a final answer key after rectifying the errors. Examinations for these two semesters end-ed on November 7 after which board officials put a provisional answer key on its website. In no time, the board’s mailbox was flooded with complaints primarily regarding the

chemistry, biology , physics and mathemat-ics papers. Sources said that around half the com-plaints relate to the biol-ogy papers, where five to seven marks will be affected. “In the biology paper, three questions had two answers that could be termed correct whereas in two questions all the mul-tiple choice options were incorrect,” said sources. As each mark in science stream affects the final results of class XII and ultimately students’ ad-missions, the stakehold-ers are in no mood to take chances, they added. This is why a panel with four experts each from Gu-jarati and English medi-ums has been formed by the board and is looking into the matter for the last three days.

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

Around 2 pm on Friday, Mustafa Vora and Yas-min Shaikh were busy persuading residents of Maktampura ward to vote for them in Sunday’s municipal elections, and their party — the BJP. The newly formed ward has about 70,000 Mus-lim voters, including res-idents of Juhapura, the largest Muslim ghetto in Ahmedabad, and 6,000 Hindu voters who live in residential societies at the “border”. Maktampura also has, for the first time, a BJP election office. Wearing saffron scarves, Vora and Shaikh distrib-uted handouts with pho-tographs of Prime Minis-ter Narendra Modi, Chief Minister Anandiben Pa-tel, BJP president Amit Shah and state president

Correspondent | Surat

Aiming to cash in on the popularity of quota stir leader Hardik Patel, who is currently in a Surat jail for alleged sedition, Congress took out a rally here with youths wearing his masks on the last day of cam-paigning for the munici-pal corporation elections on Friday. Four-wheelers sporting Congress ban-ners with photographs of Hardik, convenor of Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS), and rid-ers wearing party caps, sash and Hardik masks took part in the rally which covered 12 wards dominated by Patidars in Varachha and Katargam areas . The rally started from Nana Varachha area. The four Congress can-didates of Ward No. 3 — Jyotiben Sojitra, Bharti Kapadaia, Ashok Jirawala and Ashok Chovatia (all belonging to the Pati-dar community) — were joined by B M Manguki-ya, Hardik’s lawyer and Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee legal cell, on an open jeep. It culminat-ed in Singhanpore area of

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

Tracey Curtis-Taylor, a Canadian adventur-er who is on a round the world trip, made a pitstop in Ahmedabad tempted by the Gujarati cuisine. Tracey landed at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Air-port on Wednesday. She flew in from Karachi in her vintage open cock-pit aircraft, and is almost halfway through her roundtrip. she said that her trip is part of the cel-ebration of 75th anniver-

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

Five persons from the Muslim commu-nity have been arrested under the Pre-vention of Child Marriage Act (PCMA), 2006, by Gaikward Haveli police sta-tion. The accused — husband of the mi-nor, three witnesses and the priest (Kazi) who performed the nikah (marriage) — were later granted bail. The develop-ment comes following a Gujarat High Court’s directive on September 23 that allowed police to take action against the accused under the Act, noting that “the provisions of PCMA would prevail over

Muslim personal laws”. “As per the court’s order, we have booked the five persons in the case on Thursday and re-corded their statements. They were ar-rested and later released on bail. We are probing it further,” said senior police inspector V M Selar of Gaikwad Haveli police station. Those arrested have been identified as Yunus Usman Shaikh, 28, a resident of Raikhad, who married the minor 12 years younger than him, Gu-lam Mohammed Aslam Safi Malek, 48, a resident of Jamalpur Chakla who al-legedly performed the nikah.

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In 2002 Gujarat riot colony, BJP opens an election office

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Female pilot on round-the-world solo trip stops for Gujarati thali

sary of aviation pioneer Amy Johnson’s solo air trip. Amy Johnson was the first female pilot to fly from Britain to Aus-tralia solo. Seventy-five years later, Tracey is try-ing to emulate Johnson’s flight, following almost the same flight path ex-cept avoiding a few sen-sitive spots in the Middle East. The 53-year-old said, “My trip is a bid for women empowerment and to encourage wom-en to join the aviation field.” Tracey plans to cover 13,000 miles in her 70-year-old open cockpit aircraft and has complet-ed almost half her trip. She said, “I am almost half the way around the world. So, I plan to relax in Ahmedabad for cou-ple of days and enjoy the food here which is quite famous in our part of the world. I will also like to spread create awareness on women empower-ment.” Tracey had Guja-rati thali at The Gateway Hotel near the airport. She will be flying to six Indian cities in the next 12 days. She said, “I am very excited to fly in In-dia as I will het to fly over the Ganges, then visit Jai-pur, Taj Mahal and a few other places. I had fun fly-ing over the Thar desert while reaching Ahmed-abad from Karachi.”

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R C Faldu. The handout, among other promises, says how “the govern-ment covered more than 12,000 Muslim wom-en under life insurance schemes”. This time, the BJP has given tickets to over 500 Muslim can-didates. It’s the highest tally after the party al-lotted around 300 tickets to Muslim candidates in

2011, soon after Modi started his Sadbhavana mission to promote har-mony. “BJP did not have an office anywhere in Ju-hapura. If the party put up a poster, people used to tear it down. Such was the anger among people who could not forget the 2002 riots,” said Munirkhan Pathan, 40, who joined the BJP three years ago.

“But in this local body elections, the BJP has sprung a surprise by pre-senting Muslim residents as a political alternative,” Pathan added. Outside the new BJP office are life-size posters of Modi standing near a lotus, the party symbol, and a list of the party’s four candi-dates who are contesting from Maktampura.

Ved road. One of the par-ty candidates from Ward No 3 Ashok Jirawala (Pa-tidar) said, “The rally was historic as the Congress

had not taken out such a rally in Varachha and Katargam areas. We have got good support from Patidar community with

Patidar youths chanting slogans like ‘Jay Sardar, Jay Patidar’. We feel de-lighted with such support from them.”