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News Brief

Banner of Pakistani singer’s concert

removed in Ahmedabad

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Sunvilla News | Gandhinagar

Gujarat Governor O P Kohli, who is at present in New Delhi, casted his vote online for the Gand-hinagar civic polls held today in the state capi-tal. “Since the Governor is in Delhi, he used his franchise today using online voting facility. He appreciated this facili-ty, which enables voters to cast their votes from anywhere,” a statement issued by Gujarat Raj Bhawan said.

Agency | Pilibhit

A man accused of rap-ing a 20-year-old girl, surrendered today at Lalaurikheda police sta-tion here, fearing wrath of villagers, police said. Pramod, accused of rap-ing a girl in Jatipur vil-lage, earned ire of locals over the incident and surrendered at the police station today. The ac-cused has been arrested and the girl has been sent for medical examina-tion, Omvir Rathi, police station incharge said.

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

Shiv Sena cadre today removed banners of Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan live con-cert in Ahmedabad. Shiv Sena workers said they would not allow concert to take place in city. The concert is scheduled on 30th April at Adani Shantigram Cricket ground on S.G.Highway in Ahmedabad.

Kanhaiya fined & Umar, Anirban rusticated

Gujarat Governor casts his vote online

for Gandhinagar civic polls

Fearing villagers’ wrath, rape accused

surrenders

Today MaTch IPL 2016

Agency | Mumbai

The ‘making a mountain out of a molehill’ ad-age took on a whole new meaning on Sunday, when the media -- the Sunday Times, no less -- ‘discov-ered’ the embattled UB group chairman Vijay Mallya’s name in UK’s electoral rolls. But they needn’t have exploded in a frenzy. It is not unusual.

In fact, it is commonplace. If you want to know how easy it is to get to vote in the UK, I can tell you. I had one too. As a former resident of our former British masters’ home (be-tween late 2008 and early 2011) I got to vote in the 2010 local council and Parliamentary election. It was the same election in which Labour’s Gordon

Kanhaiya fined Rs 10,000, Umar rusticated for one semester“JNU Sedition row”

Not For Us: MPs Skip Odd-Even, One Calls Arvind Kejriwal ‘Psychopath’

Govt reduces EPF rate to 8.7%, angry trade unions call it ‘anti-labour’

Agency | New Delhi

awmakers across po-litical lines found rare agreement today on a point of self-interest: Delhi’s odd-even rules must not apply to them, they said, as Parlia-ment reconvened after a long break. “Lawmak-ers should be exempt-ed from the rule just for this Parliament session,” Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said in the Rajya Sabha, where the odd-even traffic scheme

Vijay Mallya lives in Rs 100-crore mansion in UK

Eight accused in 2006 Malegaon blasts case discharged

Brown lost to Tory lead-er David Cameron, who joined hands with the Liberal Democrat Nick Clegg to form a coalition government. After more than three decades of La-bour. And yes, I voted for the losers. (I stayed away from the ballot box in 2014 General Election in India hoping Narendra Modi’s anticipated victory will not be spoiled by my vote.) Migrants into the UK from 55 Common-wealth countries share this unique honour with Vijay Mallya. According to of-ficial numbers, there are nearly a million such vot-ers in the UK, more than a fourth of them Indians (266,000-odd in 2011).

was heartily reviewed. Several parliamentarians ignored the rules, which, for a fortnight ending on Saturday, ban private cars on alternate days, based on whether their license plates end in odd or even

numbers. Special buses organised for parliamen-tarians arrived largely empty, while lawmakers who violated the rules pulled up in quick suc-cession. One was apolo-getic - Paresh Rawal of

the BJP. “I made a seri-ous blunder... Sorry to Arvind ji and Delhiites,” said Mr Rawal, who was fined. Another, Keshav Maurya, contritely took the special bus for MPs in the afternoon after arriv-ing in an even-numbered car this morning. Pap-pu Yadav, who recently formed his own party in Bihar, was emphatic in dissing the scheme, de-scribing Arvind Kejriwal as “a psychopath Chief Minister”

Agency | Mumbai

Two years after the Na-tional Investigation Agency (NIA) told the court that it did not have any evidence to link them to the blasts case, a Maharashtra Con-trol of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court on Monday discharged nine Malegaon locals from the Malegaon 2006 blasts case. Nine Male-gaon residents — Noorul Huda Samsudoha, Shab-bir Ahmed Masiullah, Raees Ahmed Rajab Ali

Agency | New Delhi

The JNU on Monday rus-ticated Umar Khalid and two other students for varying duration and im-posed a fine of Rs 10,000 on Kanhaiya Kumar in connection with the Feb-ruary 9 event on the cam-pus against Afzal Guru’s hanging. Umar was rus-ticated for one semester, another student leader Anirban Bhattacharya till July 15 and Mujeeb Gattoo for two semesters. As per decision, Bhat-tacharya has been barred from pursuing any course in JNU for next 5 years. JNU students union pres-ident Kanhaiya, Umar and Anirban were arrest-ed on charges of sedition in February in connection with the controversial event and are out on bail.

Mansuri, Salman Farsi Abdul Latif Aimi, Farogh Iqbal Ahmed Magdumi, Mohammad Ali Alam Sheikh, Asif Khan Bashir Khan alias Junaid, Mo-hammad Zahid Abdul Majid Ansari and Abrar Ahmed Gulam Ahmed — were arrested by the Ma-harashtra Anti Terrorism Squad in 2006 for their

role in the blasts. Shabbir Ahmed - one of the 9 ac-cused in the case died in an accident few months ago. The serial blasts which occurred near Ha-midia mosque near Bada Kabrastan after Friday prayers on Shab-e-Baraat day in September 2006, killed 37 and injured over 100 people in communally sensitive Malegaon power loom town in Nasik dis-trict in north Maharashtra. The bombs were planted on bicycles, ATS investi-gation revealed.

Agency | New Delhi

Setting aside retirement fund body EPFO trustees’ decision, the Finance Min-istry lowered interest rate on PF deposits to 8.7 per cent for 2015-16, evoking strong protest from trade unions that dubbed the move as ‘anti-labour’. As against the decision of the Labour Minister-headed Central Board of Trustees’ to provide 8.8 per cent rate of interest on PF deposits for 2015-16, the Finance Ministry has approved 8.7 per cent interest rate, which has implication for over 5 crore subscribers of the Employees’ Prov-ident Fund Organisation (EPFO). “The (EPFO’s

apex decision-making body) CBT, at its meeting held in February 2016, had proposed an inter-im rate of interest at 8.8 per cent to be credited to the accounts of EPF subscribers for 2015-16.

The Finance Ministry has, however, ratified an interest rate of 8.7 per cent,” Labour Minis-ter Bandaru Dattatreya said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha today. Trade unions including

RSS-backed Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS) have lodged their pro-test against the Finance Ministry’s decision of lowering the interest rate approved by the CBT. “BMS strongly con-demns the cut in EPF in-terest rates and will hold demonstrations at EPF offices on April 27,” BMS General Secretary Virjesh Upadhyay said, adding the Fund is managed by the CBT, an independent and autonomous body.

Their arrest had triggered widespread protests. The campus has been made out of bounds for two for-mer students -- Banojyot-sana Lahiri and Draupadi -- while hostel facilities have been withdrawn for Ashutosh Kumar for a year and Komal Mohite till July 21. A high-level committee constituted by the university to probe the February 9 event found ABVP member Saurabh Sharma, who had object-ed to the event, “guilty” of

blocking traffic on the day of the event and penal-ised him with Rs 20,000. Surprisingly, Aishwarya Adhikari, whose name was not mentioned in the report, has also been im-posed the same penalty. “Based on the report of the high-level committee which arrived at its con-clusion based on depo-sitions, perusal of video clips (provided by JNU Security and authenti-cated by forensic tests), and examination of doc-

uments on record, the university has decided to rusticate three students,” a senior university offi-cial said. “While Anirban Bhattacharya has been rusticated till 15 July, he will not be able to pursue any course or participate in any activity on campus for next five years, Umar Khalid has been rusticat-

ed for one semester and Mujeeb Gattoo for two semesters,” the official said. He said financial penalty has been imposed on 14 students including Kanhaiya who has been penalised with Rs 10,000. While Umar and Anir-ban were found guilty of triggering communal vio-lence and disrupting com-

munal harmony on cam-pus, Mujeeb was found guilty of participating in the sloganeering. The re-port of the five-member panel had also pointed out lapses on part of ad-ministration and taken into account the role of outsiders into the event. However, no action has been taken against any administrative official. “As per the committee findings, application for holding this event ‘cir-cumvented’ the ‘permis-sion process’ and ‘the organisers disobeyed the instructions from the ad-ministration’ not to hold it and that amounted to ‘willful defiance’,” the JNU official said. He said disciplinary measures have been taken for not following university pro-

cedures, providing mis-information to the uni-versity, misconduct and indiscipline, causing and colluding in the unautho-rised entry of any person into the campus, putting up objectionable post-ers, arousing communal, caste or regional feelings and creating disharmo-ny, blockade or forceful prevention of any nor-mal movement of traffic and violation of security, safety rules notified by the university. Based on the preliminary report of the committee, the uni-versity had suspended eight students, howev-er, their suspension was revoked when the panel had submitted it report on March 11. Students across the country have assured support to us.

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DAYIndia does not need Salman Khan at Rio Olympics 2016 ?The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) works in mysterious ways, its wonders to perform. The choice of film actor Salman Khan as the goodwill ambassador for India at the Rio Olympics has pre-dictably set a cat among the pigeons, with the IOA justifying the choice and many sportspersons ques-tioning it. The post itself has been created for this sporting event and prima facie there seems to be no case at all for the actor to be cast in this role. His only claim to sportsmanship is that he plays a wres-tler in the movie Sultan, but then again there have been many actors who have essayed the role of sportspersons in movies, notable among them Far-han Akhtar as the great sprinter Milkha Singh. Mr Khan is undoubtedly a cine superstar with legions of fans. But his role as goodwill ambassador in no way adds lustre to India’s presence at the event, rather it will be the tally of medals and the conduct of our participants that will attract attention. If an ambassador is at all required, there are a number of eminent sportspersons who could be chosen. The star is hardly a role model for young people, given his track record. He has been known to be violent to the women he has had relationships with and is an accused in the shooting of a black buck. Instead of prolonging this controversy, it should be the en-deavour of the IOA to make sure that our sportsper-sons are in the best shape they can be to participate in this highly competitive event. Our sports infra-structure leaves much to be desired and this should be a source of worry to the IOA. It is these nuts and bolts issues that should be tackled, not just for Rio but also in the long run and not choosing ambas-sadors to generate goodwill. Mr Khan’s presence could actually impact adversely on India if some-one were to delve into his past. This is certainly not the sort of publicity that India should court. In recent times, young Indian sportspersons have shown some promise in different fields. The effort of the IOA should be ensure that they perform to their maximum potential at Rio and increase our so far unimpressive medal tally.

“Modi has become a global leader now and he is going across the world as the Prime Minister of India. People of this country are reeling under drought and are dying of hunger and thirst. The feeling among the people is that he should stay in the country and worry for the people,” - An editorial in Sena mouthpiece ‘Saamana’ said.

Stan lee’s Indian superhero ‘Chakra’ now in Bollywood film

Hrithik Roshan embraces vegetarianism

Agency | Mumbai

Hrithik Roshan has just finished shooting for Mohenjo Daro. He’d bulked up for the film and now that the shoot is over, he has relaxed his

diet and is ready to go back to his original form. The actor has never been on a vegetarian diet and

has decided to try it out now that he is not shooting for some time. Anyone who is into body building

understands the importance of protein (chick-en, fish and eggs) in their diet, so the actor could not try this change earlier.

Agency | Mumbai

Comic book legend Stan Lee, whose cre-ations include ‘Super-man’, ‘X-Men’ the ‘In-credible Hulk’ and ‘Iron Man’ among others is now planning to release his first Indian superhe-ro-based film ‘Chakra the Invincible’ set in Mumbai and directed by Vikramaditya Motwane. Graphic India, a charac-ter entertainment com-pany, and Lee’s POW! Entertainment today an-nounced a partnership

with Phantom Films, to begin pre-production on the live-action the-atrical film for ‘Chakra The Invincible.’ Chakra has been created by Lee along with Graphic Co-Founder and CEO, Sharad Devarajan. “I’m a fan of Bollywood films and am really excited about launching ‘Chakra the Invincible’ as my first Bollywood superhero movie,” Lee, Chief Cre-ative Officer at POW! Entertainment said in a statement.

Agency | New Delhi

After giving a string of hit films like “Tanu Weds Manu” “Tanu Weds Manu Returns” and “Raanjhanaa”, filmmaker Aanand L. Rai is all set to work with superstar Shah Rukh Khan for his next film and says “nobody understands or-dinariness better than him. Rai also shared that the “Chennai Ex-press” star is an experi-enced human being and has “seen life not just as an actor but as a per-son”. “Yes (he is play-ing a dwarf)…We (me and Shah Rukh) have to start working. Right now we are scripting. But meeting that man makes you believe that nothing can beat expe-rience. He is such an experienced hu-man being. He has seen life not just as an actor but as a person,” Rai said. “He is such a large hearted and intelligent man,” he added. The filmmaker also shared that the “Dilwale” star knows how to make a person “feel important”.

“He has a great understanding of human beings…I am in love with that man.” Rai says he is “really looking forward to work with him”. This is not the first time the 50-year-old star will be playing a challenging role. Shah Rukh, tagged as the “King of romance” by his fans, has played such roles in films like “My

Name Is Khan”, “Kal Ho Naa Ho” and “Fan”. Asked how

did he come up with a sto-ry of a dwarf, Rai said: “For me, it was a story of a man who is just three feet one inch tall. That is it and nothing beyond it.” What made

him cast the “Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham…”

star as a dwarf in his yet un-titled film? “Mr. Khan… for this is

purely because nobody understands ordinariness better than him. I needed somebody who looked very confident and sure. The kind of person he is…he puts his heart and soul in a charac-ter,” said the co-producer of recently re-leased film “Nil Battey Sannata”.

Pratyusha Banerjee Suicide Case: Rahul Raj Gets Anticipatory Bail

Agency | Mumbai

The Bombay High Court today granted anticipato-ry bail to producer Rahul Raj Singh, accused of abetting the suicide of ac-tress Pratyusha Banerjee, after observing that prima facie there is no evidence to show that the accused “instigated or intended” the suicide. “From the statements of witnesses, it is clearly seen that harass-ment and disputes were there between the appli-cant accused (Rahul) and the victim (Pratyusha). But prima facie, there is nothing on record to show abetment,” Justice Mridula Bhatkar said. The court was hearing the application filed by Mr Singh seeking pre-ar-rest bail after the sessions

court rejected his plea. The High Court, while granting his application, directed Mr Singh to ap-pear before the Bangur Nagar police, which is probing the case, thrice a week for two weeks. “For an offence to be made out under section 306 of IPC (abetment to suicide) there should be instiga-tion, intentional aid or an intent that the person should commit suicide. It is necessary to show whether the accused had mens rea (intention),” the court said. It added that harassment or disputes can be a reason for a per-son to not like another person and take steps to end his or her life. “For that person, the behaviour of the other person may be the cause of his or her

death. However, for an offence of abetment to be proved, there should be evidence to show insti-gation, provocation and intention,” the court said. Justice Bhatkar further said that how a person will react to the situation is unpredictable and sen-sitivity differs from one person to another. “Under such circumstances, un-less the intention of the person held responsible for the suicide is brought on record prima facie, it cannot be said that it is abetment,” the judge said. The court in its chamber during the day heard the last telephonic conversa-tion between Rahul Raj Singh and Pratyusha ba-nerjee recorded on April 1 an hour before the ac-tress committed suicide.

Katrina Kaif to give Cannes film festival a miss

Agency | Mumbai

Katrina Kaif, who made her debut at Cannes Film Festival last year, is skip-ping this year’s edition of the prestigious event due to her film commit-ments. The 32-year-old ‘Fitoor’ star walked the Cannes red carpet in a scarlett gown last year, earning praise for her look. “Cannes is a fab-ulous platform for any artist to attend, and I really enjoyed the expe-rience last year. While the brand invited me

to attend Cannes again this year, I have had to regretfully decline the opportunity due to prior commitments. ”This has been an enormously busy year for me so far, and I am working on some amazing projects which are really keeping me on my toes. Nevertheless, although I will be giv-ing Cannes a miss this year, I wish the lovely L’Oreal Paris ambassa-dors who will proudly represent India the very best and hope to attend

next year,” Kaif said in a statement. The actress has recently wrapped up the shooting of her up-coming love story ‘Baar Baar Dekho’ and is cur-rently gearing up for the filming of sleuth drama ‘Jagga Jasoos’ opposite former boyfriend Ranbir Kapoor. The Cannes In-ternational Film Festival is scheduled to be held from May 11-21. Aish-warya Rai Bachchan and Sonam Kapoor will be representing the brand at event this year.

Cannes is a fabulous

platform for any artist to attend,’ said

Katrina

Nobody understands ordinariness better than Shah Rukh Khan: Aanand

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Aanand l. Rai is all

set to work with Shah Rukh Khan and says “nobody

understands ordinariness better

than him

Kangana Ranaut withheld truth from her lawyer: Hrithik

Roshan’s legal teamIn the ongoing war between Hrithik Roshan and Kangana Ranaut, the “Bang Bang” star’s legal team on Monday (April 25) claimed that the actress withheld truth from her lawyer. “It is quite obvious that his client has withheld the truth from him, and he has not been privy to the evidences until now,” Hrithik’s lawyers said in a statement. After Kangana’s emails to Hrithik

were leaked allegedly showing the actor in the positive light, the

actress’ lawyer Rizwan Siddiquee blamed Hrithik for purposefully delaying the FIR against an alleged imposter who the “Kites” star claims was speaking to the National Award-winning actress on his behalf.

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Deferring 4G rollout to delay RIl credit metrics improvement

Are you wondering what the best diet to prevent heart diseases is?

Agency | New Delhi

Significant delay in commercial launch of 4G tele-com services of Reliance Industries will impact expected improvement in the companys credit metrics, Moodys Investors Services said today. “The commercial launch of Reliances telecom ser-vice (Jio) has been delayed from our expectation of early 2016. Significant delays in commercial rollout will defer ebidta generation, which in turn will impact the expected improvement in cred-it metrics,” Moodys said in a note on RILs FY16 earnings. While RIL remains committed to com-mercially launch telecom service in 2016, Moodys said it did not “expect the telecom business to gen-erate positive cash flows for the next three years, as it will continue to require further investment over

the same time frame.”

SMS PR Agency | Ahmedabad

Now working women get their own designer-label to revive their fashion code at work with the exclu-sive launch of Fleet Street by Nari on Amazon.in. Stylish, comfortable and affordable, the collection by one of India’s finest designers, Narendra Ku-mar, is a special line that offers everyday wardrobe options for corporate indian women Fleet Street by Nari on Amazon.in offers a range of 40 different styles in over 50 fabrics with three different cate-gories of styles; The Piccadilly at Rs.1250, The Re-gent at Rs.1720, and The Marylebone at Rs.2450. Driven by seasonal trends and classic silhouettes, the collection includes textured fabrics and trend prints that could be worn from desk to dusk – and well beyond. Speaking on his new collection, Na-rendra Kumar, Creative Director, Amazon Fashion said, “Creating a women’s work wear range was an

exciting challenge for me.

Agency | Washington

The Mediterranean diet is your best bet against heart problems as a recent study suggests that it can lower the risk of heart attacks and strokes in cardiovascular disease patients. The research of over 15,000 people in 39 countries around the world also showed that eating greater amounts of healthy food was more important for these people than avoiding unhealthy foods, such as refined grains, sweets, desserts, sug-ared drinks and deep-fried food - a “Western” diet. The study showed that for every 100 people eating the highest proportion of healthy Mediterranean foods, there were three fewer heart attacks, strokes or deaths compared to 100 people eating the least amount of healthy foods during nearly four years of follow-up from the time the participants joined the study. However, he warned that this did not mean that people could eat unhealthy foods with impunity.

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Younis Khan faces ban after leaving Pakistan Cup, disputing with officials

Rio 2016: Rower dattu Bhokanal wins silver, qualifies for Olympics

Agency | Karachi

Country’s top Test run-getter and former captain Younis Khan is likely to face a ban of three to five matches for walking out of the Paki-stan Cup national One-Day tournament after a dispute with the match referee and umpires. You-nis had a run-in first with the umpires over some decision and than the

match referee, Aziz ur Rehman who summoned him for a disciplinary hearing and when the se-nior player didn’t show up, fined him a maximum of 100 per cent of his match fees. The incidents involving Younis and the umpires and match ref-eree took place over the space of two matches that involved the Khyber Pa-khtunkhawa team which Agency | New Delhi

Indian rower Dattu Bhokanal on Monday qualified for the Rio Olympics after winning a silver in the finals of men’s single sculls at the 2016 FISA Asian and Oceania Olympic Qualifi-cation Regatta at Chung-ju in South Korea. The

25-year-old armyman clocked 7 mins 07.49 sec-onds in the 2km course to finish second and quali-fy for the Rio Olympics. The top seven in the fi-nals qualified for the Rio Games. India could not, however, book a Rio berth in the men’s light weight double sculls as

Mairaj Ahmad Khan shoots silver at ISSF World Cup

Younis led in the tour-nament being organised by the Pakistan Crick-et Board in Faisalabad. “The PCB Chairman, Shaharyar Khan has tak-en serious notice of the incidents involving You-nis and has summoned a report from the match ref-eree,” a source in the said. He said the Chairman was also trying to speak to Younis but his phones were switched off since he returned from Faisalabad to Karachi on Saturday night. Younis was named by the PCB to lead the KPK team in the tourna-ment which is being tele-vised live and is seen as a platform for selecting the national squad for the tour to England this summer.

dattu Bhokanal clocked 7 mins 07.49 seconds in the 2km course to finish

second and qualify for the Rio

the pair of Vikram Singh and Roopendra Singh fin-ished fifth in the finals. Only top three qualify for the Olympics in this category. He won two gold medals in the 2014 National Rowing Cham-pionships, representing the Services and repre-sented India at the 2014 Asian Games in China. Bhokanal’s best inter-national achievement so far was winning a silver in men’s single sculls in the 16th Asian Rowing Championships in Chi-na last year. Considering Bhokanal’s rise to the top level in such a short span of time, Phadnis said that he can even spring a sur-prise and finish at the po-dium in Rio Games.

Mairaj Ahmed Khan

finished with an overall tally of 14 to,

tied with the gold medal winner

Agency | New Delhi

Indian shooter Mairaj Ahmed Khan made a suc-cessful start to his cam-paign at the ISSF World Cup by winning a silver medal in men’s skeet event in Rio de Janeiro. Mairaj’s feat gave India its first skeet medal at a World Cup.The 40-year-old Indian shooter fin-ished with an overall tally of 14 in the gold medal match but lost out to Mar-

cus Svensson of Sweden in a shoot off after the latter was also tied at 14. Tamarro Casandro of Ita-ly won the bronze. Mairaj shot 122 in the qualifying, 15/16 in semi-final stage of six-men final round and then 14+1 in the gold medal match. Mairaj’s best international perfor-mance previous to this was a team gold in the Commonwealth Shooting Championship in 2010.

Out of 26 World Cup ap-pearances this was his best ever finish in his first-ever final round. Earlier in the year, he became India’s first ever skeet shooter to win an Olympic quota place. Mairaj qualified for his maiden Olympics in September last year at the ISSF Shotgun World Cup that was held in Lonato in Italy, finishing in sixth place and thereby becom-ing the first Indian to qual-ify in the skeet event at the Olympics.

Want to fight Vijender Singh in India soon, says boxing star Amir Khan

Pro boxer Vijender Singh is all set to

fight his WBC bout in India

Agency | New Delhi

Gearing up for his maid-en middleweight con-test, British professional boxing star Amir Khan today said that after the much-anticipated WBC title contest against Mex-ico s Canelo Alvarez, he is keen to take on Vi-jender Singh in the Indian bigwig’s own backyard. Speaking to Indian media from San Francisco ahead

of his fight against Alva-rez, scheduled in Las Ve-gas on May 7, Khan said he had to move up from welterweight as he just could not find a suitable opponent. The Olympic silver medallist and two-time world champion, will be up against an opponent who has been defeated just once by Floyd May-weather in his 48-fight career, and would be de-

fending his middle weight title for the first time since he won it last November. “This is my first challeng-er fight and I am training very hard to take on Cane-lo Alvarez on May 7,” said Amir when asked about his thoughts on the fight.“I had to increase my weight category by two levels to fight for the middleweight title as there weren t any boxers left to fight in my earlier category, and when Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao refused to fight with me the only choice left to me was to take on boxers at different levels,” he added.

Sania Mirza has inspired a generation of Indians: Sachin tendulkar lauds tennis star

IPl 2016: Shaun Marsh let off with warning, Maxwell fined for breaching Code of Conduct

Glenn Maxwell

was fined for showing dissent

behaviour

Agency | Hyderabad

Kings XI Punjab bats-man Shaun Marsh has received an official warning and reprimand for breaching the VIVO Indian Premier League Code of Conduct during his team’s match against Sunrisers Hyderabad at Rajiv Gandhi Stadium in Hyderabad on Saturday. Marsh admitted the Level 1 offence (Article 2.1.8) of abuse of cricket equip-

ment or clothing, ground equipment or fixtures and fittings during a match. Fel-low Aus-t r a l i a n a n d K i n g s X I t e a m -m a t e G l e n n M a x w e l l was also fined for breaching the IPL Code of

Conduct during the same match. “Maxwell admit-ted to the level 1 offence (Article 2.1.8) of abuse of cricket equipment or clothing, ground equip-ment or fixtures and fit-tings during a match and accepted the sanction of a fine of 25 per cent of his match fee,” a statement from the organisers said. For Level 1 breaches of the IPL Code of Conduct,

the match referee’s decision is final

and binding. IPL Code of Conduct has a set of guidelines and players

can be rep-rimanded and

cautioned if they breach the line.

Agency | Berlin

Sachin Tendulkar show-ered high praise on Sania Mirza after the tennis star was named by Time mag-azine in its list of the ‘100 Most Influential People in the World’. In a pro-file for Sania, cricket su-perstar Sachin Tendulkar wrote that her “confi-dence, strength and resil-ience reach beyond ten-nis”. Tendulkar described Sania, who recently was awarded India’s third

highest civilian honour the Padma Bhushan, as an “inspiration” on the court. He lauded her “dedication and willpower” to rein-vent herself fully as a dou-bles player when her sin-gles career was cut short by wrist injuries. “The Mirzas probably knew what the future held for their daughter. Her name, Sania, means brilliant,” Tendulkar wrote. ”I first heard about Sania Mirza back in 2005, when she

became the first Indian to win a Women’s Ten-nis Association event. In 2008 I saw her play in the third round of the Austra-lian Open against Venus Williams. Though she lost, I believed she had the potential to be a star.” ania, the only tennis play-er on the list, made history in 2015 when she became the first Indian woman to achieve a No.1 ranking in tennis, win a Grand Slam and claim a second WTA Finals title.

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Sunvilla News | Gandhinagar

Demanding complete rollback of VAT imposed on industrial salt, the pro-ducers in Gujarat will stop production and supply of salt into the market for three days from tomor-row.“We protest imposi-tion of 5 per cent VAT on industrial salt by the state government. We will stop production and supply for three days and will hold rallies and protest march pressing for our demand for a complete rollback,” Small Scale Salt Man-ufacturers’ Association president Bachchubhai Ahir said. This is the first time that the state govern-ment has levied VAT on salt. “VAT will be levied on manufacturers who work on 10 acre or more plots given on lease by the state government.

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

Polling for the sec-ond general election of Gandhinagar Munici-pal Corporation (GMC) concluded peacefully Sunday, with the state capital witnessing around 51 per cent people cast-ing their votes for the to-tal eight wards. A total of 108 candidates are in the fray for the local body to govern the state capital. S e c r e t a r y of Gujarat State Elec-tion Com-mission M V Joshi said, “We are still getting the voting percentage from various centres. However, it is likely to hover around 51 per cent which is less by around 8 per cent from the previous election in 2011, when 58.94 per cent voting had taken place.” “The voting has been completely peaceful

with not a single untow-ard incident coming to my notice,” Joshi added. Gandhinagar was con-ferred a status of munic-ipal corporation in 2011, following an order of the Gujarat High Court in that regard on a public interest litigation (PIL) moved by some concerned citizens of the capital. The popu-

lation of the GMC consists main-

ly of govern-ment em-ployees and politicians. Gandhinagar

was conferred a status of mu-

nicipal corporation in 2011, following an or-der of the Gujarat High Court in that regard on a public interest litigation (PIL) moved by some concerned citizens of the capital. The popula-tion of the GMC consists mainly of government employees and politi-cians.

Sunvilla News | Gandhinagar

India’s first International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) at Gujarat Inter-national Finance Tec-City (GIFT) achieved another milestone as it crossed the US$ 250 million business transactions mark in six months’ time. The first mark of US$ 100 million was crossed in early Feb-ruary and in two months time, business transac-tions at IFSC have more than doubled. YES Bank, Federal Bank and ICICI Bank have commenced operations with their IFSC Banking Units (IBUs) and State Bank of India is expected to commence operations soon. Punjab National Bank, Corpo-

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

The AMC office-bearers handed over compensation cheques to the kin of those who lost their lives during the demolition drive in Ahmedabad’s Nikol ward on April 12. The compen-sation cheques were is-sued by district collector’s office on Saturday. Those who visited the area in-cluded city mayor Gautam Shah, deputy mayor Pra-modaben Sutaria, stand-ing committee chairman Pravin Patel, Ahmedabad City BJP president Jagdish Panchal and MLA Vallabh Kakadia, among others.

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GIFt City crosses US$ 250 million business mark

Nikol deaths: AMC gives out compensation cheques, probe panel formed

GMC election records 51% turnout

ration Bank, Kotak Ma-hindra Bank, IDBI Bank and IndusInd Bank are some of the other players who will begin operating at GIFT IFSC in the near future. The major tax in-centives announced in the Union Budget have made the IFSC at GIFT a glob-ally competitive player and many more BFSI players are swarming to this new global financial hub. The

IFSC Banking Unit (IBU) at GIFT IFSC is equivalent to a foreign branch and hence facilitates a bank to function as such from within India. IBU offers facilities like buyers’ cred-it; external commercial borrowing (ECB); accept-ing deposits and providing credit facilities to wholly owned subsidiaries/joint ventures of Indian compa-nies registered abroad.

VAt on salt: Producers to go on 3-day strike from

tomorrow

Meanwhile, the municipal corporation has appoint-ed a four-member inquiry committee to probe the tragedy, headed by P P Vakharia, chief engineer in the Gujarat Vigilance

Comm-ission. The pan-el is expected to submit its findings in about three weeks to the municipal commissioner, said deputy municipal commissioner I K Patel.

The compensation cheques were issued by district collector’s office on Saturday

A total of

108 candidates are in the fray for the local body to govern the state

capital.

Gujarat Higher Education Council Bill: Attempt to take away autonomy of varsities, roll it back

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

Teaching and non-teach-ing staff of Gujarat Uni-versity (GU) and other universities in the state on Sunday held a discussion over the controversial Gujarat State Higher Edu-cation Council Bill, 2016, which was passed by the Assembly in the Budget Session. They demanded rollback of the Bill, al-leging it was an attempt by the BJP government to “snatch” autonomy of universities. The discus-sion was also attended by former vice-chancellor of Gujarat University and advisor to the govern-

ment on higher education A U Patel, who was chair-person of the committee tasked with drafting of the Bill. In his address, Patel assured the audience that their apprehensions and grievances would be ad-dressed once the govern-

ment frames rules for the proposed Act. The func-tion was organised at the hall of Knowledge Con-sortium of Gujarat (KCG) by various teaching and non-teaching staff asso-ciations of GU and other universities.

We could have chased 200 as RCB’s bowling is weak, says Dwayne Smith

Sunvilla News | Rajkot

Gujarat Lions opening batsman Dwayne Smith says they would have faced no difficulty even chasing down a 200-plus target since the Royal Challeng-ers Bangalore attack lacks teeth. “Their bowling line up is not as strong and even a target of 200 runs could have been chased against them on this wick-et,” Smith said after Lions beat RCB by six wickets, chasing 181 in Rajkot on Sunday. “We won the first three matches and then lost a match against Sun-

risers Hydrabad, I am hap-py that Lions team has got back on winning track,” he added. The West Indies

batsman made quick-fire 32 off 21 balls with three fours and two sixes while opening the batting with Brendon McCullum (42). Skipper Suresh Raina (28) and Dinesh Karthik (not out 50) made useful con-tribution with the bat in Lions’ victory. Smith said Kane Williamson’s over in which he fetched 25 runs was turning point of the match.