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News BriefDilwale’ still off the screens in Mangaluru

Agency | Mangaluru

With theatre manage-ments showing reluc-tance in taking police protection to screen Shahrukh Khan star-rer ‘Dilwale,’ the film continued to be off the screens in the city for the fourth day today. City Police Commissioner S Murugan told report-ers here that even after he held a meeting with theatre managements on December 22 offering protection to screen the movie, their response was not positive.Priyanka Chopra

in top form: Shahid Kapoor

Another ‘missing’ Malwani youth returns home

Agency | Mumbai

Actor Shahid Kapoor is all praise for his ex-flame and “Bajirao Mastani” star Priyan-ka Chopra for her per-formance in the period drama. The “Shaan-daar” star also praised the film’s other leading lady Deepika Padu-kone and director San-jay Leela Bhansali.

Agency | Mumbai

A day after Wajid Shaikh, one of the ‘missing’ youths suspected to have joined the Islamic State (IS), returned to Mum-bai, another untraceable youth, Noor Mohammed, also from suburban Mal-wani, came back home today, police said. “Noor returned home himself this morning,” DCP (Detection) Dhananjay Kulkarni said. Now the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) is probing reports that he, along with three others - Wajid Shaikh, Mohsin Sayyed and Ayaz Sultan - had left home to join the terror outfit.

Indian Railways hikes ticket charges; to be applied starting Dec 25“From today hiked charges”

While a passenger has to shell out Rs 200 for the Tatkal booking of Sleeper class instead of Rs 175, for AC-3 the maximum revised charge is Rs 400 instead of Rs 350 earlier and minimum is Rs 300 instead of Rs 250, according to the Railway notification.

Railways hikes Tatkal ticket charges

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

BJP MP Kirti Azad today asked Prime Minister Na-rendra Modi to intervene after he was suspended by the party for attack-ing Arun Jaitley on the DDCA row, and indicated

he may seek a court-mon-itored probe against the Delhi cricket body. A defiant Azad maintained that his fight was only against alleged corrup-tion in the Delhi and Dis-trict Cricket Association

Agency | New Delhi

The ambitious odd-even scheme, set to roll out from January 1, will have out of its ambit CNG-cer-tified vehicles, two wheel-ers, cars being driven by women drivers and those carrying the different-ly-abled, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday. Kejriwal said the scheme has received all the necessary approv-als and a notification for its implementation would be issued next Monday. Violators would attract a penalty of Rs 2,000, he said. The car rationing scheme would be appli-

cable from 8 AM to 8 PM on all days except Sunday and on cars with NCR and other states’ registration number plates, Kejriwal said. Cars being driven by a woman alone or even while being accompanied by children up to the age of 12 would be exempted while cases of medical emergencies would be treated on “basis of trust”, the CM said. Kejriwal also read out a long list of VIP category vehicles, also to be exempted, including that of the President, Vice President, Prime Minis-ter, Chief Justice of India, Union Ministers and Gov-ernors and Chief Minis-

Agency | New Delhi

The central government seems set to double the salaries and allowanc-es of Parliamentarians. If a proposal in this re-gard is approved by the Finance Ministry, every MP will get Rs 2.8 lakh per month. Their pension, too, will see a jump. The government has proposed increasing the monthly salary of an MP from Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh, con-stituency allowance from Rs 45,000 to Rs 90,000 and secretarial assis-tance plus office allow-ance from Rs 45,000 to Rs 90,000. The proposal, currently with the Finance Ministry, also suggests that basic pension should be raised from Rs 20,000 per month to Rs 35,000.

Agency | New Delhi

Railways waited for Par-liament session to end to announce up to a 33 per-cent increase in its Tatkal charges Wednesday. The changes will take effect from Friday. The mini-mum Tatkal charges for AC-III tier has been in-creased from Rs 250 to 300 while the maximum has been hiked from Rs 350 to 400. For AC-II tier, the hike is from Rs 300 to 400 as minimum charges, and from Rs 400 to Rs 500 as maximum charge. Similarly, increase in the

Odd-even scheme has received all necessary approvals, says Arvind Kejriwal

ters of states and Union Territories “except that of Delhi”. Vehicles bearing defenece ministry number plates and those of Special Protection Group Protect-ees (SPG) would not be covered by the rules under which cars bearing odd and even numbers would ply on alternate dates till January 15. Emergency and enforcement vehicles

such as ambulances, fire brigade, police vehicles, transport department ve-hicles would be out of its ambit as well. The Chief Minister, address-ing a press conference at his residence, assured that Delhi Metro services would run at its peak fre-quency during the peri-od would the regulations would be in force.

Agency | Puducherry

Displaying the skill of sculpting delicate imag-es, a chocolate boutique here has made a five feet 11 inches model of for-mer President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam in edible chocolate. The choco-late model of the missile man, weighing about 400 kg, is not for sale. It has been installed by Puducherry’s chocolate boutique Zuka on its premises here and has been attracting a large number of people. Sri-nath Balachandran, own-er of the chocolate shop, said it took about 180 hours for him and chef

Abdul Kalam’s chocolate model in Puducherry attracts visitors

Rajendran Thankarasu to make the chocolate im-age in a phased manner taking into account the various fine aspects and using edible chocolate materials. It would be on display till the first week of January, he said. “It is our tribute to the former President. It was a virtual challenge for making the

image in standing pos-ture. However, the joy of doing the work was im-mense and thrilling,” he said. Srinath said Zuka created the life-size stat-ue of Kalam to celebrate the annual festival of the shop after conducting a survey to enlist the sug-gestion from various sec-tions through Facebook.

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Government moves to double MPs’ salary to Rs 2.8 lakh a month

Those who have served for more than five years would get an additional amount — the number of years multiplied by Rs 2,000. Currently, the addi-tional amount is the num-ber of years multiplied by Rs 1,500.

sleeper class Tatkal charges is from Rs 90 to 100 as minimum and from Rs 175 to 200. The second-class (general) charges have been left untouched. Tatkal charges are the premium a user pays above the fare. In Sleeper class minimum Tatkal charge was Rs 90 which has been hiked to Rs 100. Minimum and max-imum charges depend upon the travel distance. How-

ever, the Tatkal booking for Second Class sitting has not been changed

and remain same at Rs 10 and Rs 15 as minimum and maximum charge re-

spectively depending on the distance. According to Railways the software

will be changed accord-ingly by CRIS to adjust the new fares.

Modi should tell me what I have done wrong: Kirti Azad(DDCA) and not against any individual and asked for “specific reasons” for the disciplinary action against him by the par-ty. “BJP and RSS always speak about uprooting corruption. We also talk about walking the path of Mahatma Gandhi. Thus, I wish that Narendra Modi-ji intervenes in this issue, goes deeper in it, and then tells me about what I have done wrong, as I need specific answers,” Azad told reporters here. Yesterday, party chief Amit Shah ordered his suspension for publicly

targeting Finance Minis-ter Arun Jaitley with al-legations of irregularities in Delhi’s cricket body DDCA. While talking to media here today, Azad alleged that CBI is indi-rectly helping DDCA by alerting the cricketing body through notices, resulting in “disappear-ance” of files.

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DAYWill Delhi let Arvind Kejriwal’s anti-pollution move succeed?

The Arvind Kejriwal government’s decision to con-trol vehicular pollution by allowing vehicles with odd and even numbers to ply on alternate days is laudable but a bit surprising too. Even though it is not a new idea, it will generate a huge debate on tackling air pollution in Delhi. Road-space rationing is done in many parts of the world. In Beijing, it was done during the 2008 Olympics. Recently, it was im-plemented in Paris for some time. Even London has similar rules in some areas. A lot of Latin American countries have such green transport rules, too. Kejri-wal should be complimented for showing his com-mitment to improve Delhi’s environment. But many Delhites will note with regret that his idea is unlike-ly to be a reality, going by the reactions of politi-cal leaders from mainstream parties. Like all good ideas, it may ultimately be impractical to implement this one, too, in an unwieldy metro like Delhi which is divided on class, political and social lines. Also, like all ideas on significant national issues such as casteism, communalism, economy, development, environment, language, books, films, arts and cul-ture, this one, too, may end up dividing society and will be challenged at every platform. The powerful automobile industry is sure to object, too. Political-ly, socially and legally, there will be a number of people who will try their best to ensure that the idea fails. The other factor that may kill this move is the skewed nature of administration in the capital, giv-en the power-divide between the Delhi government and the Centre. Already, Union Minister of State for Home Kiran Rijiju has said that the Kejriwal gov-ernment does not have the authority to decide on “transport”, which comes under the Central govern-ment. In the eyes of the BJP, Kejriwal is trying to grab the headlines when the crucial climate change talks are on in France. But any open resistance to the idea will call the Centre’s bluff in Paris and Ke-jriwal will gain international attention — for a de-serving cause. BJP leader Kiran Bedi, a staunch rival of Kejriwal, has said that Delhi needs a composite plan to control pollution, where the government can work together with traffic police for proper imple-mentation. Not surprisingly, Kejriwal was criticised severely by Delhi’s anti-AAP local leaders on news channels. They have alleged that the AAP is trying to divert attention from the huge 400 per cent hike in MLAs’ salaries. Then again, some Delhi residents have asked why the Kejriwal government didn’t de-bate the move with the capital’s powerful residents welfare associations.

“We are trying to reduce the numbers (of youths getting attracted towards the ideology of the IS) and we have achieved success in it,”

- Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Thursday said when asked about influence of the IS on the Indian youth.

When ‘fan girl’ Aditi Rao Hydari was completely bowled over farhan Akhtar

Sonakshi Sinha grooves in her maiden single ‘Aaj Mood Isqholic Hai’

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan keeps it real

Agency | Mumbai

Much like her character, Kalpana, in her Bolly-wood debut Ghajini, Asin in real life has became the apple of the eye of a businessman. Bollywood diva Asin and Micromax co-founder Rahul Shar-ma’s sweet love affair be-came the news of the na-tion. Their courtship has been the most grounded and sweet story Page 3 has witnessed. And after the announcement of the couple’s engagement, the wedding date became the talk of the town. Once news broke that the cou-

ple would be getting mar-ried in all secrecy in a tiny ceremony. But turned out to be a mere rumor. But now as the couple have started sending out the wedding cards to their guests, there is a con-firmed date that could be marked on calendars. The couple will be getting married on January 23, 2016. And just like their suave and poised love story, their wedding cards reflect the same elegance and class. The wedding cards are said to have a pure gold design. Wow! Now That’s like a dream wedding come true.

Agency | Mumbai

Actress Aditi Rao Hydari, who is sharing screen space with Farhan Akhtar in Wazir, says she felt like a fan in front of the Rock On star.The thriller-drama, produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra and directed by Bejoy Nambi-ar, also stars megastar Amitabh Bachchan in the lead

role. Aditi says as she did not grow up with people from Bollywood, she gets awe-struck when she comes face to face with many people from the film industry. “I have not hung with these peo-

Agency | Mumbai

Aishwarya Rai Bachchan began shooting for her second film Sarbjit last week. The film has her playing Dalbir Kaur in the biopic on Sarabjit, an Indian wrongly imprisoned in a Pakistan jail. Producer Sandeep S i n g h says, “Aishwarya is a complete-ly no-drama-no-fuss-no-frills person. She knows what a woman living in a mitti ka ghar will wear or if she will shampoo her hair or not. Ash has been styled in the film keeping all that in mind. In fact, she has not used her personal make-up artist and hairstylist.” Producer Sandeep Singh reveals that Aishwarya gave them several inputs for the film. “She spoke to Dalbir on the phone and even met her a few times. Aishwarya has gone all out for this role. Charanpreet Singh would go to Jalsa for two hours daily to tutor her in Punjabi diction. They would be accompanied by Omung Kumar (direc-tor) and the scriptwriter Utkarshni Vashist. Ev-ery day, they would do script readings while Aishwarya would sit in that same simple salwar-ka-meez she wears in Sarbjit. She will wear simple clothes in the film, to bring as much realism to the role as possible.”

Asin to marry Rahul Sharma on January 23, 2016!

Agency | New Delhi

Come Christmas and Sonakshi Sinha is all set to give her fans a treat with her maiden single titled ‘Aaj Mood Isqholic Hai’. The song, which showcases her in Bohe-mian style, has been en-tirely shot in Goa. The actress drives a luxury car in the city of beaches with her on screen love. Produced by T-series, the song has been composed by Meet Bros. Sonakshi can also be seen rapping in the peppy number. Af-ter successfully trying her hand at acting and

ple while growing up, so just being with there with them on set was amazing. There is always that awe-struck fan girl moment with people like Bachchan sir, Farhan, Vidhu Vinod Chopra sir or even Bejoy,” Aditi said. “What I found with Farhan was the same feeling of a fan girl but once you come in front of the camera, you are just playing the character. Far-han is into what he does, he is very present, the honesty in his eyes struck me. His eyes are speaking the truth,” she added. The 29-year-old London Paris New York actress made her Bollywood debut with Delhi 6 but rose to prom-inence with Sudhir Mish-ra’s 2011 film Yeh Saali Zindagi. The actress will now be seen playing the role of Ruhana Ali, wife of Danish, played by Far-han. Aditi was ‘speech-less’ when the film was offered to her. “When you’re not from the indus-try, you don’t have people backing you or pushing you or making films for you, then something like this happens so I feel there is somebody up who’s looking after me.” Bejoy had seen a picture of Adi-

ti when she walked ramp for a designer and found a quality in the Murder 3 actress which he was looking to recreate. Post which, Aditi went through three set of auditions- dance acting and look test before finally bagging the role. “It was a challeng-ing film because it was a character I had no under-standing about. Some-times after the emotional scenes, I felt like my life was sucked out of me and I was winded.” Wazir is scheduled to release on January 8.

dancing, the actress has victoriously come out as a singer as well. Talking about the location of her song, Sonakshi said, “I wanted a very bohemi-an look for the video, and best place to be in that particular style is Goa because of its hip-

pie vibe. The actress who started her career opposite Salman Khan in Dabangg has finally joined the bandwagon of actors turned singers which includes the likes of Priyanka Chopra, Shraddha Kapoor, Ami-tabh Bachchan and more.


SPORTS ROUNDUPHyundai CRETA Wins Indian Car of the Year 2016 (ICOTY)

Rajan raises bad loan worries as financial sector faces higher risk

Govt closing in on Westinghouse deal to build 6 nuclear reactors

Agency | New Delhi

Hyundai Motor India Ltd, the country’s second larg-est car manufacturer and the largest passenger car exporter has won the most coveted Indian Car of the Year 2016 (ICOTY) award for the CRETA. As the most loved and trusted car manufacturer in India, Hyundai Motor India wins 3 ICOTY’s successively for its products: CRETA, Elite i20 and Grand i10 as ICOTY 2016, 2015 and 2014 respectively. Hyundai is a New Age brand and under the Modern Premi-um brand direction, CRETA has redefined the SUV segment. CRETA has received over 74,000 book-ings and 400,000 enquiries and 16,271 orders glob-ally. With emphasis on safety, bold design, dynamic performance and high quality makes the CRETA a

‘Perfect SUV’.

Agency | Mumbai

Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan has again flagged concerns over the rising level of bad loans in Indian banks, pointing out that weak corporates with lower debt-servicing capacity may worsen the situation. The central bank is particu-larly worried about the financials of public sector banks, which are the worst among the lenders in terms of bad loans and capital. In the Financial Sta-bility Development Council (FSDC) report, Rajan has said that corporate sector vulnerabilities and the impact of their weak balance sheets on the fi-nancial system need closer monitoring. The report has called for an early passage of the bankruptcy bill to protect bank assets. “In the face of mounting potential losses, an early clearance of the proposed Insolvency and Bankruptcy Bill will also play an important role,” the RBI said. The report said that RBI’s banking stability indicator shows that risks to the banking sector have increased since the pub-lication of the previous financial stability report

due to rising bad loans and sluggish profits.

Agency | New Delhi

Government expects to seal a contract with West-inghouse Electric Co LLC to build six nuclear re-actors in the first half of next year, a senior govern-ment official said, in a sign its $150 billion dollar nuclear power programme is getting off the ground. The proposed power plant in Prime Minister Nar-endra Modi’s home state of Gujarat will accelerate India’s plans to build roughly 60 reactors, which would make it the world’s second-biggest nuclear energy market after China. India wants to dramati-cally increase its nuclear capacity to 63,000 mega-watts (MW) by 2032, from 5,780 MW, as part of a broader push to move away from fossil fuels, cut greenhouse gas emissions and avoid the dangerous effects of climate change. The United States signed a pact with India in 2008, opening the way for nu-clear commerce that had previously been stymied due to New Delhi’s nuclear weapons programme and shunning of the global Non-Proliferation Trea-ty (NPT). But hopes that reactor makers would get billions of dollars of new business evaporated after India adopted a law in 2010 giving the state-run operator Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd (NP-CIL) the right to seek damages from suppliers in the event of an accident.

West Indies keen to host India in 2016

Enjoy the mince pies, goodbye, angry Louis Van Gaal tells media

It’s been one hell of a ride, the last five years: Steve Smith

My pairing with Rohan Bopanna best medal prospect at Rio: Leander Paes

VVS Laxman’s tip for India batsmen: Don’t show full face of bat in Australia

Syed Kirmani to get BCCI Lifetime Achievement Award

Agency | New Delhi

Former wicket-keeper batsman Syed Kirmani was on Thursday nomi-nated for this year’s Col. C.K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award. The Awards Committee met at Cricket Centre, BCCI headquarters – Mumbai and unanimously nomi-nated Kirmani for Award for 2015, according to a BCCI release. The BCCI celebrates the birth cen-tenary of Col. Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu, the country’s first Test cap-tain, by instituting an annual Lifetime Achieve-ment Award, to honour individuals for their un-paralleled contribution to Indian cricket, on and off the field. The Award comprises a trophy, cita-tion and cheque for Rs.

Agency | Antigua

Keen to complete the con-troversially-abandoned 2014 tour of India, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has said it would host the Indians in 2016 if its players’ association agrees to a commitment on the series. The West Indies cricket team had abandoned its tour of India in October last year ow-

ing to a pay dispute with the Board, leaving the BCCI “shocked and dis-appointed”. The Caribbe-ans’ move had forced the Indian Board to invite Sri Lanka for a hurriedly-ar-ranged ODI series to fill the void. The WICB had tendered an apology to the BCCI for its players’ con-duct and now it is keen to ensure that the unfulfilled

Agency | New Delhi

India’s pace unit needs to have a long, hard look at that one television grab from this year’s World Cup before they leave Australia. The pitch map from their semi-final de-feat to Australia can be a reliable navigation tool as they try to chart a new course for themselves Down Under. It was the former international VVS Laxman, speaking at a

promotional event, who pointed out that the rea-son Mohammad Shami, Umesh Yadav and Mohit Sharma were ineffective in the last-four game was because they bowled too short to Australian bats-man. It was a tactic that worked against teams like Pakistan and West Indies but not against the hosts, who grew up play-ing pulling and hooking. “You can bowl short to other teams, which are

not used to playing in Australian conditions. But if you bowl short to the Australians they will cut and pull you. That is what happened during the semifinal,” Laxman said. Sitting alongside Laxman was Kapil Dev. It was a panel discussion which focussed on the upcom-ing tour to Australia. Both players have experienced the highs and lows of touring cricket’s toughest terrain.

Agency | London

Prickly Manchester Unit-ed manager Louis van Gaal walked out of his pre-match news confer-ence after five minutes on Wednesday after calling on the assembled media to apologise for their treat-ment of him. The expe-rienced Dutchman, in his second season in charge

of England’s biggest club, is favourite to be-come the next managerial casualty in the Premier League after his side’s six-match winless streak in all competitions. After taking training at Unit-ed’s Carrington training complex, ahead of Satur-day’s trip to Stoke City, a po-faced Van Gaal went on the attack, before in-

Agency | Sydney

Australia captain and bat-ting supremo Steve Smith admitted it has been “a hell of a ride” from his Test de-but as a leg-spinner to be named ICC cricketer of the year. The honour was bestowed on the 26-year-old late Wednesday after finishing the year, which runs from September to September, as the leading Test run-scorer with 1,734 from 25 innings, averag-ing 82.57. He also became the second youngest play-er to reach the number one ranking for Test bats-men behind Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar. “You don’t think about these awards and these acco-lades,” the dashing right-hander told the Cricket Australia website. “You

Agency | Kolkata

Indian tennis ace Le-ander Paes on Wednes-day said if he partners Rohan Bopanna in the men’s doubles event in the Rio Olympics next year, they will have the best chance of grabbing a medal. “Pretty obvious in the men’s doubles that Rohan and myself have the best chance of going out there and winning the medal. Rohan has been playing some wonderful tennis, he has been play-ing with (Florin) Mer-gea and has done well. With Rohan and myself playing doubles for In-dia, I think we have a great chance of grabbing a medal,” Paes told re-porters here where he had come as IDBI’s Kolkata Marathon’s ‘Face of the Event’. “I had wanted to play with him in London. In the grass courts it was a great platform for us to

25 lakhs. Kirmani, who made his Test debut in 1976 against New Zea-land, kept wickets against India’s famous spin quar-tet and did the job remark-ably well. Having started his career as an under-study to Farokh Engineer, Kirmani took over the re-sponsibility and added his charm to the role in a de-cade-long career. It was thanks to his tenacious approach that he scored

two Test centuries in the lower order. Against En-gland in 1981–82, he did not concede a single bye in three consecutive Tests. Named the best keeper in the 1983 World Cup, it was Kirmani, who shared an unbeaten 126 runs partnership with Ka-pil Dev against Zimba-bwe as the Indian captain went on to register one of India’s greatest wins at Tunbridge Wells.

commitment to India is honoured. WICB Presi-dent Dave Cameron had discussions with BCCI chief Shashank Manohar and confirmed that the West Indies will host India in the Caribbean in 2016. “This agreement is subject to the WICB and the Play-ers Association giving a joint commitment to com-plete, at a later date, the tour which prematurely ended in October 2014,” the WICB said. Cameron, however, was hopeful that the series would go ahead without a hitch this time. “Cricket remained the centrepiece of our discus-sion and we are happy to be at this juncture,” said Cameron.

just want to go out there and do the best you can for your team to try and win as many games as possi-ble. “To be recognised as the best player this year against some unbelievable talent around the world, it’s very humbling and it’s an honour.” Given his pro-lific recent output with the bat, it is easy to forget that he made his Test debut as a leg-spinner against Paki-stan at Lord’s in 2010, bat-ting well down the order.

“You have to pinch your-self sometimes — it’s all a little bit surreal on occa-sions,” Smith said. “Five years ago I wouldn’t have pictured myself in this po-sition. It’s been one hell of a ride, the last five years.” Following his Test debut, Smith went back to state cricket for New South Wales and focused on im-proving his batting, “to try and find a game that can be adaptable and be suc-cessful at this level”.

viting journalists to enjoy the press room mince pies and saying “goodbye”. Asked if he agreed with Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger’s opinion that his treatment by sections of the media had been “disrespectful”, Van Gaal said: “Has anyone in this room not got a feeling to apologise to me? Nobody has that feeling? That’s what I’m wondering? “I think I was already read-ing I had been sacked,” he continued, referring to mounting speculation that Jose Mourinho, sacked by champions Chelsea last Thursday, was poised to replace him in the United hot seat.

do well.” Four years back in London, Paes had to partner Vishnu Vardhan and they lost in the sec-ond round. He then com-bined with Sania Mir-za but bowed out to the eventual mixed doubles champions Victoria Aza-renka and Max Mirnyi of Belarus. The 42-year-old believes based on current performance he and Mirza should be sent to represent the country in the mixed doubles event. “With Sa-nia Mirza, I played at London, we lost to the eventual champions, Az-arenka, Mirnyi. We had a great chance in that game

too. We have both had good seasons, so on mer-it it is an obvious choice to let me and Sania go. But after what happened in London I don’t think anything can be taken for granted,” he said point-ing to the fact that he was paired with Vardhan who during the London Olym-pics was ranked 209. Both Mahesh Bhupathi and Bopanna refused to play doubles with Paes, after which the national tennis federation persuaded Sa-nia Mirza to play with the veteran Kolkatan. And Paes paired up with lowly ranked Vardhan.


Correspondent | Surat

Yoga teacher Ramdev today criticised the Con-gress on the Ram tem-ple issue, claiming that its leaders always tried to project Lord Ram and Krishna as fictional char-acters. Commenting on the recent controversy created by ‘secular’ par-ties surrounding Ram temple construction as stones were taken to Ayo-dhya, he said every coun-try in the world preserves religious and historical structures. “Lord Ram is not a political issue for us Indians. Ram is our faith,

Correspondent | Bhuj

Gujarat Chief Minister is on Kutch visit during 23-25 December. She arrived at Bhuj airport at 4.35 pm yesterday and had night halt at Dhordo tent city where the latest edition of Rann Utsav is going to be organized. Today on December 24th, the Chief Minister will attend Dharma Sabha atop Kalo Dungar at Dutt Mandir venue. Bhumi Pujan for community hall will take place here by Chief Min-ister. She will later return to Dhordo tent city at around 1.00 pm. At 6.00 pm, Chief Minister will inaugurate Rann Utsav 2015-16 formally. This year’s special attraction in Rann Utsav will be can-dle light dinner for hon-eymoon couples, horse riding, Spa, naturopathy facility, bird watching,


Acting Chief Justice Jayant Patel on Wed nesday commented that information on a candi-date’s acade mic qualifi-cation is more im portant for the electorate than his marital status. The judge made this re mark when the issue of veri-fi cation of information was rai sed with regard to validity of MBA de-gree obtained by state health and urban develop ment minister Shankar Chaudhary . To court’s comment that EC cannot allow candidature with-out proper scrutiny of affidavits, Chaudhary’s counsel Nirupam Nana-vati said that this should be made applicable to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s case too because


Years after Gujarat Sec-ondary and Higher Sec-ondary Education Board (GSHSEB) made the historic decision not to mention ‘fail’ in the marksheet, the body has decided to reverse its 2009 decision. It has emerged that many school managements were con-fused over the euphe-mism-Need Improve-ment-used by the board to convey that the exam-inee has failed. The con-fusion led many students, who failed in secondary exams, to be admitted to class XI and even col-leges. The general board meeting of GSHSEB has


aiwanese tech giant Fox-conn Technology is re-portedly in advanced talks with the Gujarat state government to set up a manufacturing plant near Sanand, in which it is likely to invest $4 billion (around Rs 25,000 crore). Foxconn, the world’s larg-est contract manufactur-er of electronic items, is looking to manufacture smartphones for Apple and other items at the pro-posed plant. “Foxconn is keen to develop a manu-facturing park and a plant in Gujarat. The company has been shown several locations across the state and it has chosen 1,000 acres near Sanand. The company has sought fi-nancial and other conces-

sions. After deliberating on the demands, a state support agreement (SSA) is being prepared.” Senior executives of Foxconn have recently held discus-sions with senior officials of various government de-partments besides calling chief minister Anandiben Patel and chief secretary G R Aloria, the report said. The Gujarat govern-ment is also examining the incentives given by the Maharashtra govern-ment to Foxconn, after it announced its plan to in-vest $5 billion in the state over the next five years. The Maharashtra govern-ment led by chief minister Devendra Fadnavis had rolled out a range of sops for Foxconn including 100% exemption in stamp

duty during the investment period and exemptions on local taxes such as proper-ty tax, land tax and entry tax. The state government had said that it would as-sist Foxconn in getting loans at preferred rates of interest, including a pay-ment moratorium period of 10 years. Foxconn was offered electricity supply at subsidised rates of Rs 2 per unit. The company was also exempted from paying energy duty, water charges and duties for 15 years. Foxconn currently manufactures iPhones and iPads for Apple and Kindle e-book readers for Ama-zon Inc., besides making electronic equipment for top global tech firms such as Cisco, Dell, Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard.


Former Rajasthan Chief Minister and Congress leader Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday visited Gu-jarat government run Civil hospital in Ahmed-abad. He held meeting with hospital Superinten-dent Mr MM Prabhakar. Though the hospital is run by Gujarat government, it any day attracts large number of patients from rural Rajasthan and Mad-hya Pradesh. Scores of patients from these neigh-boring states visit Civil hospital in Ahmedabad for better and cheap medi-cal treatment, free in most of the cases. Private bus operators operate buses connecting Civil hospital

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It was a thriller that didn’t look possible at one stage, but Guja-rat’s batting meltdown in a modest chase meant their lower order had to squeeze out every ounce of temperament against a spirited attack. In the end, a composed unbeaten 36 from Axar Patel, who also had two scalps earlier in the day, proved to be the difference in a nail-biter as Gujarat won by two wickets in Alur to seal a semi-final berth at the Vi-jay Hazare Trophy. Truth be told, the conditions weren’t half as bad as the scorecard suggested. On the day, Vidarbha were guiltier of the two as they were shot out for 195 af-ter bucking the trend and opting to bat on a surface where most teams have had no hesitation in field-

Ashok Gehlot visits Gujarat govt run Civil hospital

GSHSEB recommends ‘failed’ to be put on marksheets

foxconn likely to invest Rs 25,000 crore in its Gujarat plant

in Ahmedabad to towns in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh to carry needy patients and their rela-tives. A special bus-stop is functional near Civil hospital for such buses. Gehlot who met Superin-tendent Prabhakar for an hour or so expressed dis-pleasure about poor state of affairs at hospitals in rural Rajasthan, due to which most of the needy patients have to move to Ahmedabad for further/better treatment.

Minister’s MBA - Voters need to know of degree not marital status, says court

ing first. That they got there was courtesy Jitesh Sharma and Faiz Fazal, the openers, who made half-centuries, with Ga-nesh Satish conjuring a fighting 47 even as the lower order caved in without a fight. Vidarbha fought valiantly to make

a match of it courtesy Ravikumar Thakur, the left-arm seamer, and off-spinner Akshay Wakhare who picked up three wickets apiece to de-flate Gujarat, who were batting as if they were trying to beat the eve-ning traffic. Amidst the

ruins, Axar found an ally in Hardik Patel as the pair’s unbroken 36-run stand for the ninth wicket helped them squeeze out the win that would also somewhat ease their dis-appointment of having failed to make it into the Ranji Trophy knockouts.

ATV ride, paragliding, pool table, table tennis, archery, net cricket, new Rajwadi(Royal) tents, wooden floor tents and

traditional Bhunga type tents. The tents used by Prime Minister, Union Home Minister and other VIPs during recently con-

cluded DG/IG conference will be a great attraction for high-end tourists for stay. Booking for Decem-ber is full.

our culture, our pride and our soul. And all the countries and religions always preserve their sa-cred religious structures and important historical structures,” Ramdev told mediapersons here today. “It our misfortune that as per Congress’s ideology, Lord Ram and Krishna are

just imaginary characters. They believe that Aryans are outsiders and were born outside the country. This belief of a political party is very unfortunate. “This Congress ideology about Lord Ram, Ram temple, Ram Setu and Aryan race is fatal for this country,” he added.

decided to do away with the euphemism, and urge the state government to mention directly whether an examinee has passed or failed. “The board had received four complaints, while several such stu-dents were gi ven admis-sion in higher classes due to mistakes in decipher-ing the `Needs Improve-

ment’ grading. We have recommended to the state government that to avoid such problems students should be marked `fail’ or `pass’ in the markshe et”, said board secretary RI Patel. Interestingly , the board has also de ci-ded that Gujarati medi-um schools should issue school leaving certifi-cates in English language. “There was a long pend-ing demand from students that they face difficulty , especially while apply-ing for admission abroad, with an LC in Gujarati. This need has been ac-knowledged and it has been decided to give LC in English”, said Patel.

he had not declared his marital status. The judge said that Modi’s case was not subject matter of this litigation and they ex-pressed their opinion in general. Later, ACJ Pa-tel said that it is more important for people to know about candidates’ degrees than their marital status because on basis of

this, people decided on candidates’ performance. A petitioner has alleged that Chaudhary’s MBA degree is fake because he got it in 2012, ayear after he cleared Standard 12 exam. He had declared this educational quali-fication in an affidavit during the assembly elec-tions in December 2012.


Gujarat high court on Wednesday issued notice to the state government in response to a petition filed by an autorickshaw driv-er requesting the court to direct state authorities to terminate the twomonth pregnancy of his minor daughter, allegedly raped by a neighbour. The father of 16-year old pregnant rape survivor has sub-mitted before the court that her daughter was abducted by a 19-year-old teenager living in the neighbourhood. The girl was found after a few days and later she turned out pregnant. The family also alleged that the rape accused had been issuing threats to the girl. The parents of the rape survi-vor lodged a complaint with Sola police station

and the accused offender was booked for rape and kidnapping of the minor. The petitioner submit-ted before the court that since it was a medico-le-gal case, doctors were not prepared to help in abort-ing the foetus. He argued that he is a poor man and cannot afford the upkeep of a child of his minor daughter. If the pregnan-cy is not terminated, the minor girl would suffer immense difficulty and problems in future. She would not get a suitable match for her marriage, he submitted. The peti-tioner also cited the case of the minor girl from Sabarkantha, who was allowed by the Supreme Court to get her pregnan-cy terminated despite the fact that it had advanced beyond 20 weeks.

Rape survivor seeks HC nod for abortion

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