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Annual Subscription : Rs. 300 /- Edition : Ahmedabad. M.:9687612324 ENGLISH DAILY MORNING REPUTED NEWS PAPER, AHMEDABAD RNI NO.: GUJENG/2014/59629 Editor : Kapilkumar M. Hirpara Deputy Editor : Chirag Rudani March 27, 2016, Sunday Mo : 98250 98053 Ph: 079-32452269 Web: www.sunvillasamachar.com/en Corpo. Office: B/14, Madhav Chamber’s, India Colony, Opp-Vidhyanagar School, Bapunagar, Ahmedababad - 380024 Email: [email protected] Mo : 98250 98053 27 th March, 2016 - Sunday Year :02 Issue : 79 Pages:4 Price :Rs.1/- News Brief Patidar showdown at Kagvad today Correspondent | Rajkot As the month-long Pa- tidar Ekta Yatra across Saurashtra region cul- minates on Sunday, community members are gearing up for a showdown at Kagvad in Rajkot. Over five lakh people are expected to attend the meeting at the most revered place for Leuva Patidars. Ranip bus terminus will link Metro, BRTS Police nab another gunman Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad A multi-utility state transport bus terminus at Ranip promises to change life for com- muters waiting for bus- es. A new bus terminus of Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation will be inaugurated in Ranip on Sunday . The terminus set up at the end of Ring Road near RTO circle is right op- posite Ranip BRTS bus stand and will sport a seven-screen multiplex, a gymnasi- um, gaming zone, food court, offices, shops and retail outlets. Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad City crime branch on Saturday nabbed yet an- other gunman involved in attacks against wit- nesses and complai nants against Asaram and his son Narayan Sai. Chandrashek har Taloi alias Shekhar alias Ki ran was involved in the assault on Lala Thakore, a person who had a land dispute with Asaram Ashram at Motera. He is the yo unger brother of Basavraj Taloi, who was arrested with a woman named Sejal from Ban- galore, earlier. Here’s how Kohli, Yuvraj and Dhoni upstaged Australia “World T20 ‘Quarter-final’” Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad Hardik Patel, the Patidar quota agitation leader, will be reserved for a girl from his home town. Har- dik’s parents on Saturday announced that they will conduct their son’s en- gagement ceremony with a girl from their home town Viramgam, Kinjal Patel, after he comes out on bail. Hardik’s mother Usha said she is the girl whom they wanted for their only son. “She has also taken an interest in the agitation led by Har- dik and that seems to be the reason she said yes to the marriage,“ Usha said. Hardik’s father Bharat Patel said Kinjal used to come to their home as she was studying with Hardik’s sister. “ Actu- Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad After a gap of about 1.5 years, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, the pres- ident and vice-president of All India Congress Committee (AICC) have decided to visit Gujarat to lead two massive rallies in the second week of May. A key source in the state unit of the Congress par- ty said, “Both the leaders, (Sonia and Rahul) have agreed to do rallies in May. Soniaji will address the rally highlighting plights of tribals in the state, while Rahulji will participate in a big rally by farmers in Saurash- tra.“ Both Congress lead- ers were expected to visit Gujarat in January-Febru- ary after Congress’s wins in district and taluka pan- India Vs Australia in Mohali Hardik ‘reserved’formarriage ally, Kinjal’s family is from Surat, but they set- tled in Viramgam some years ago. Hardik got into touch with her when she came to our home in Viramgam,“ Patel said. “As Hardik and Kinjal befriended each other, we also thought that they will make a good couple. This led us to go to Kin- jal’s family to ask for her hand for our son and her family accepted the pro- posal,“ Patel added. My son has been a heartthrob among Patel girls as he took forward the cause seeking OBC quota for Patidars. This may have also caught Kinjal’s at- tention who did not hes- itate to say yes to Hardik, he said. Kinjal studies at the city based Sahajanand Commerce College and lives in Ahmed abad at present, he said. Sources close to Hardik sa id he used to talk about Kinjal when he was preparing for the quota agitation in July last ye ar. However, he never mentio ned that he would marry her. chayat elections in No- vember 2015. However, they have now decided to storm Gujarat, the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and BJP national president Amit Shah, in a big way. “The rally over the plight of tribal communities will be organized in the tribal belt in central and south Gujarat,“ said a source in the Congress party, add- ing, “Both the leaders are expected to address ral- lies of more than 50,000 people. We are planning massive mobilization of the state party cadre pri- or to 2017.“ Congress sources said further, “The party will target the key failures of the BJP-led governments in the state and Centre in supporting farmers and tribal com- munities. The rallies will energize the party cadre in the state prior to the 2017 general assembly elections.“ Sonia, Rahul to lead Cong rallies in Gujarat this May Agency | Mohali A scrappy India will have to lift their game by several notches against an improving Austra- lia when the two fierce rivals clash in a virtu- al quarterfinal cricket match of the ICC World Twenty20 in Mohali on Sunday. India, who were the overwhelming favou- rites going into the tour- nament, have been far from convincing in the three games they have played so far. The inau- gural edition champions began their campaign with a 47-run crushing defeat against New Zea- land before bouncing back with a six-wicket win over arch-rivals Pa- kistan. But the home side would have found them- selves in a precarious sit- uation if it was not for a self destructive Bangla- desh and a brilliant sprint stumping from captain Mahendra Singh Dho- ni in the previous game which they won by a mere one run. Australia, Agency | Dehradun A sting that purportedly shows Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat offering Rs 5 crore each for the return of three Congress rebel MLAs sent the political heat in the hill state soaring on Saturday , just days before the incumbent government faces a trust vote in the assembly and heightening the prospect of central intervention on the ground of “break- down of constitutional machinery“. A meeting of Union Cabinet called, according to sources, to discuss political situation in Uttarakhand was on at the time of reporting on Saturday . The nine Congress rebels who have revolted against the Congress chief minister and plunged the state government in a major political crisis sprang a surprise by releasing the `sting’ video at a press briefing in New Delhi, which allegedly records the conversation between Rawat and the owner of a news chan nel who is being asked to negoti- ate a deal. Rawat denied the recording as “ pure- ly fictitious and false“ and Congress state chief Kishore Upadhyaya al- leged that PM Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah were behind the move. on the other hand, has been improving with ev- ery game and a convinc- ing win against Pakistan in a must-win match in Mohali on Friday have prepared them well for another knock-out bat- tle. James Faulkner and Shane Watson think playing India in their own backyard is the ul- timate challenge but the home team also knows they have a daunting task at hand tomorrow. India, however, will take confi- dence from the fact that they blanked Australia in Australia in the three- match series in January even though they played against a different squad then. In any case, anoth- er close contest is ex- pected between the two tough rivals at the I S Bindra Stadium which is expected to be fully packed. India’s star-stud- ded batting have been below par starting with the performance of open- ers Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma, who are yet to fire in the compe- tition. Star batsman Virat Kohli will be the key to India’s chances again but the others too need to rise to the occasion. Suresh Raina scored a 30 against Bangladesh but he is fac- ing the heat alongside Yuvraj Singh, who will have the added pressure of performing at his home ground. The bowlers have done a decent job espe- cially the spin combine of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja. The nail-biter against Bangla- desh was also a good test for youngsters like Jas- preet Bumrah and Hardik Pandya, who did well to bounce back and help In- dia clinch a thriller. The experienced Ashish Neh- ra has been tidy in his four overs. Sting hits Uttarakhand CM, PM holds emergency meet

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News BriefPatidar

showdown at Kagvad today

Correspondent | Rajkot

As the month-long Pa-tidar Ekta Yatra across Saurashtra region cul-minates on Sunday, community members are gearing up for a showdown at Kagvad in Rajkot. Over five lakh people are expected to attend the meeting at the most revered place for Leuva Patidars.

Ranip bus terminus will link

Metro, BRTS

Police nab another gunman

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

A multi-utility state transport bus terminus at Ranip promises to change life for com-muters waiting for bus-es. A new bus terminus of Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation will be inaugurated in Ranip on Sunday . The terminus set up at the end of Ring Road near RTO circle is right op-posite Ranip BRTS bus stand and will sport a seven-screen multiplex, a gymnasi-um, gaming zone, food court, offices, shops and retail outlets.

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

City crime branch on Saturday nabbed yet an-other gunman involved in attacks against wit-nesses and complai nants against Asaram and his son Narayan Sai. Chandrashek har Taloi alias Shekhar alias Ki ran was involved in the assault on Lala Thakore, a person who had a land dispute with Asaram Ashram at Motera. He is the yo unger brother of Basavraj Taloi, who was arrested with a woman named Sejal from Ban-galore, earlier.

Here’s how Kohli, Yuvraj and Dhoni upstaged Australia“World T20 ‘Quarter-final’”

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

Hardik Patel, the Patidar quota agitation leader, will be reserved for a girl from his home town. Har-dik’s parents on Saturday announced that they will conduct their son’s en-gagement ceremony with a girl from their home town Viramgam, Kinjal Patel, after he comes out on bail. Hardik’s mother Usha said she is the girl whom they wanted for their only son. “She has also taken an interest in the agitation led by Har-dik and that seems to be the reason she said yes to the marriage,“ Usha said. Hardik’s father Bharat Patel said Kinjal used to come to their home as she was studying with Hardik’s sister. “ Actu-

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

After a gap of about 1.5 years, Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, the pres-ident and vice-president of All India Congress Committee (AICC) have decided to visit Gujarat to lead two massive rallies in the second week of May. A key source in the state unit of the Congress par-ty said, “Both the leaders, (Sonia and Rahul) have agreed to do rallies in May. Soniaji will address the rally highlighting plights of tribals in the state, while Rahulji will participate in a big rally by farmers in Saurash-tra.“ Both Congress lead-ers were expected to visit Gujarat in January-Febru-ary after Congress’s wins in district and taluka pan-

India Vs Australia in Mohali

Hardik ‘reserved’ for marriage

ally, Kinjal’s family is from Surat, but they set-tled in Viramgam some years ago. Hardik got into touch with her when she came to our home in Viramgam,“ Patel said. “As Hardik and Kinjal befriended each other, we also thought that they will make a good couple. This led us to go to Kin-jal’s family to ask for her hand for our son and her family accepted the pro-posal,“ Patel added. My son has been a heartthrob among Patel girls as he

took forward the cause seeking OBC quota for Patidars. This may have also caught Kinjal’s at-tention who did not hes-itate to say yes to Hardik, he said. Kinjal studies at the city based Sahajanand Commerce College and lives in Ahmed abad at present, he said. Sources close to Hardik sa id he used to talk about Kinjal when he was preparing for the quota agitation in July last ye ar. However, he never mentio ned that he would marry her.

chayat elections in No-vember 2015. However, they have now decided to storm Gujarat, the home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and BJP national president Amit Shah, in a big way. “The rally over the plight of tribal communities will be organized in the tribal belt in central and south Gujarat,“ said a source in the Congress party, add-ing, “Both the leaders are expected to address ral-

lies of more than 50,000 people. We are planning massive mobilization of the state party cadre pri-or to 2017.“ Congress sources said further, “The party will target the key failures of the BJP-led governments in the state and Centre in supporting farmers and tribal com-munities. The rallies will energize the party cadre in the state prior to the 2017 general assembly elections.“

Sonia, Rahul to lead Cong rallies in Gujarat this May

Agency | Mohali

A scrappy India will have to lift their game by several notches against an improving Austra-lia when the two fierce rivals clash in a virtu-al quarterfinal cricket match of the ICC World Twenty20 in Mohali on Sunday. India, who were the overwhelming favou-rites going into the tour-nament, have been far from convincing in the three games they have played so far. The inau-

gural edition champions began their campaign with a 47-run crushing defeat against New Zea-land before bouncing back with a six-wicket win over arch-rivals Pa-kistan. But the home side would have found them-selves in a precarious sit-uation if it was not for a self destructive Bangla-desh and a brilliant sprint stumping from captain Mahendra Singh Dho-ni in the previous game which they won by a mere one run. Australia,

Agency | Dehradun

A sting that purportedly shows Uttarakhand chief minister Harish Rawat offering Rs 5 crore each for the return of three Congress rebel MLAs sent the political heat in the hill state soaring on Saturday , just days before the incumbent government faces a trust vote in the assembly and heightening the prospect of central intervention

on the ground of “break-down of constitutional machinery“. A meeting of Union Cabinet called, according to sources, to discuss political situation in Uttarakhand was on at the time of reporting on Saturday . The nine Congress rebels who have revolted against the Congress chief minister and plunged the state government in a major political crisis sprang a surprise by releasing the

`sting’ video at a press briefing in New Delhi, which allegedly records the conversation between Rawat and the owner of a news chan nel who is being asked to negoti-ate a deal. Rawat denied the recording as “ pure-ly fictitious and false“ and Congress state chief Kishore Upadhyaya al-leged that PM Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah were behind the move.

on the other hand, has been improving with ev-ery game and a convinc-ing win against Pakistan

in a must-win match in Mohali on Friday have prepared them well for another knock-out bat-tle. James Faulkner and Shane Watson think playing India in their own backyard is the ul-timate challenge but the home team also knows they have a daunting task at hand tomorrow. India, however, will take confi-dence from the fact that they blanked Australia in Australia in the three-match series in January even though they played against a different squad then. In any case, anoth-er close contest is ex-pected between the two tough rivals at the I S Bindra Stadium which is expected to be fully

packed. India’s star-stud-ded batting have been below par starting with the performance of open-ers Shikhar Dhawan and Rohit Sharma, who are yet to fire in the compe-tition. Star batsman Virat Kohli will be the key to India’s chances again but the others too need to rise

to the occasion. Suresh Raina scored a 30 against Bangladesh but he is fac-ing the heat alongside Yuvraj Singh, who will have the added pressure of performing at his home ground. The bowlers have done a decent job espe-cially the spin combine of Ravichandran Ashwin

and Ravindra Jadeja. The nail-biter against Bangla-desh was also a good test for youngsters like Jas-preet Bumrah and Hardik Pandya, who did well to bounce back and help In-dia clinch a thriller. The experienced Ashish Neh-ra has been tidy in his four overs.

Sting hits Uttarakhand CM, PM holds emergency meet

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SunDAY, MARCH 27, 2016

QUOTE OF THE

DAYOut of my mind: Nationalism as politics

Nationalism has emerged as the new zone of contro-versy for the simple reason that the BJP is redefin-ing itself as a party for all, not just Hindus. Narendra Modi would prefer to campaign around the theme of ‘sabka vikas’ — inclusive development. But BJP members find it too dry. Hence nationalism. Obvi-ously going away from Hindu majoritarianism to the more neutral territory of nation and nationalism is a politically shrewd move. In principle, the nation is for everyone — Hindu, Muslim and all other minori-ties. But the BJP members want more than just a new platform. Hence ‘Bharat Mata ki jai’. We could all say ‘Jai Hind’ and no one, Muslim or Christian, could object. But the slogan Bharat Mata ki jai is like Vande Mataram, not to the liking of Muslims. This is not because they do not love India. Jai Hind or Hindu-stan Zindabad would be fine. But Bharat Mata ki jai honours a personalised Goddess; Islam has only one God — Allah. It is also an elephant trap for other par-ties, especially the Congress. Secularism is the call-ing card of the Congress with nationalism taken for granted. For the Congress, the BJP is tainted by the Hindu label. So now the BJP has turned the tables. In the Maharashtra Assembly, Congress MLAs fell into the trap and joined the BJP and Shiv Sena to insist everyone says Bharat Mata ki jai. It does not matter to the BJP what the CPM or CPI do. They want to embarrass the Congress. As the BJP waxes, the Con-gress wanes. It has lost ideological sharpness over the years and just become a sure ticket to political power. No one joins the Congress to serve the nation. We can see it in its campaign for the Uttar Pradesh elections. They have chosen Prashant Kishor as their election advisor since he helped Narendra Modi and then Ni-tish Kumar win elections. Prashant Kishor has asked for 25 volunteers in each parliamentary constituency of UP but without success. It seems no one wants to be a volunteer; they all want a ticket. Why else would anyone join the Congress? This year is crucial for the Congress. If it fails to retain either Assam or Kerala, the death knell will begin to sound. This is especially true for Assam, where Tarun Gogoi must be hoping for a fourth term. Since the national leadership is for the family, no one with a serious ambition at the na-tional level to get high up can stay in the Congress. If it fails to retain power at the state level, the message will be clear to the talented Congress members: set up your own Congress Party. That steady fragmentation could be just around the corner unless the Congress can be popular again. The Congress has lost its old coali-tion of voters. The young are not with the Congress.

“Please ensure that you bring the party to power with two-thirds majority so that the BJP government can work whole-heartedly to make Assam a leading state in the country,” - PM Modi on Saturday touched on his early days

as a tea-seller, saying he sold their tea to energise others and due to this he shares a special bond with the people of Assam, a tea-producing state.

Agency | Chennai

The makers of Pawan Kalyan-starrer Telugu actioner “Sardaar Gab-bar Singh” are current-ly shooting a duet in the exotic locales of Swit-zerland. “The team left for Switzerland a couple of days ago. In this short schedule, they will shoot a duet featuring Pawan Kalyan and Kajal Aggar-

wal,” a source from the film’s unit said, adding that with the completion of this song, the entire shooting will be wrapped up. Directed by Bob-by, the film is the sequel to the 2012 blockbuster “Gabbar Singh”. Also starring Sharad Kelkar and Kabir Duhan Singh, the film is slated for re-lease on April 8.

Agency | Mumbai

Actress Sunny Leone, who was at the set of superstar Shah Rukh Khan starrer “Raees”, says this was

the first time at a film shoot where she “kept wanting to pinch herself” just to see if it was a dream or a mere reality. Sunny, who was last seen on the silver screen in director Milap Zaveri’s adult comedy film “Mastizaade”, tweeted after filmmaker Ritesh Sidhwani, who

is producing “Raees” shared that the former adult film star is a part of Rahul

Dholakia’s upcoming film. “So we have Laila Sunny Leone, Shah Rukh Khan and ‘baniya ka dimaag’ Rahul Dholakia in ‘Raees’… Are you wondering what’s next?” Ritesh tweeted, to which the “Jism 2” actress replied by saying she wanted to keep pinch-ing if it was real or not. “First time on a film set where I kept wanting to pinch myself to see if it was real or a dream. Amazing first day! Rahul Dholakia, Ritesh Sidhwani, Shah Rukh Khan,” she wrote. “Raees” also stars ac-tor Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Pakistani talent Mahira Khan.

Agency | Mumbai

Kareena Kapoor is some-one who has never both-ered about having six packs or a toned body. Of-course, it helps that she is genetically blessed with good looks. While there was a time when Kareena had gone size zero for a role, the actress has never been an advocate of the so-called six-pack fitness routine that some of the other divas practise and preach. Taking a subtle dig at some of the fitness freak actresses and their trainers, Kareena said, “I don’t know why even ac-tresses are running behind six packs and the toned look.” When asked if fo-cus in Bollywood today has shifted from acting to bodybuilding, Kareena said, ” Yes, ofcourse. All our heroes and heroines are busy in building six-packs. Pilates, six pack,

Agency | Mumbai

Veteran actor Rishi Ka-poor has scored a hat-trick with filmmaker Karan Johar’s banner Dharma Productions. The actor has collaborated with the banner for films like “Agneepath”, where he essayed the role of Rauf Lala; “Student Of The Year, where he played dean Yogendra Vashishth and “Kapoor & Sons”, where he played a nona-genarian. The 63-year-old took to Twitter to mention his achievement. “Aahh! Without sounding im-

Agency | Mumbai

Actress Ileana D’Cruz, who was last seen in the Saif Ali Khan starrer “Happy Ending”, says her career isn’t over yet, as she is “coming back” with her next film “Rustom”, which stars Akshay Kumar. “Rustom” is helmed by Tinu Suresh Desai and also features Arjan Bajwa and Esha Gupta. The film is scheduled for a worldwide release on 12 August.“‘Happy E n d -ing’ is not the end of my career, so don’t worry. I am coming back. In August my film ‘Rus- tom’ is coming up with Akshay Kumar. So fingers crossed,” Ileana said at an event here. “Rustom is an intense film. I am too excited,” the 27-year-old actress added. At the event, the actress had donned casual attire. She expressed that she is not at all brand conscious and loves to wear comfortable clothes. “I love being simple and minimalistic. More than an outfit, I like to accessorise myself with one big piece of jewellery. Quality of the outfit is my first preference. It doesn’t matter whether it is branded or not,” Ileana said. Asked about the most stylish male actor in Bollywood in her opinion, Ileana took a long pause and said: “I like men with old fashion and I think Farhan Akhtar dresses very well.” As far as as actresses are concerned, Ileana picked Sonam Kapoor. “Sonam Kapoor is unbelievable when it comes to fashion. I can never do what she does. I can’t carry half of the thing she does,” she said. Though the actress, who has been a regular showstopper for renowned designers, finds fashion runways “nerve-wracking.” “I don’t feel excitement while walking on ramps. It’s a nerve-wracking experience for me. I keep praying not to fall down on runways,” Ileana said.

‘Sardaar Gabbar Singh’ team heads to Switzerland

‘Happy Ending’ not the end of my career: Ileana

Ileana

D’Cruz, who

was last seen in

“Happy Ending”,

says her career isn’t over

yet, as she is “coming

back” with “Rustom”,

starring Akshay

Kumar

Sunny Leone’s ‘dream’ come true on Shah Rukh Khan starrer ‘Raees’ set

Rishi Kapoor scores hat-trick with Dharma Productions

I don’t know why actresses are running behind six-pack abs: Kareena Kapoor

Sunny Leone, who was at the set of SRK starrer

“Raees”, says this was the first time at a film shoot where she “kept wanting

to pinch herself” just to see if it was a

dream

modest, somebody just pointed out — I scored a ‘hat-trick’ with Dharma (Productions)! ‘Agnee-path’, ‘Student Of The Year (SOTY)’, ‘Kapoor & Sons (K&S)’. Not bad, Cricket in the air!” he tweeted. “Kapoor & Sons”, which released on

Friday, tells the journey of members of a Kapoor family. The film also stars Alia Bhatt, Fawad Khan and Sidharth Malhotra. Other actors in the ro-mantic drama, produced by Karan, are Rajat Ka-poor and Ratna Pathak Shah.

eight pack and things like that have become the buzzword. Very few peo-ple are wanting to get into something that is perfor-mance based.” Kareena however, finds it difficult to pinpoint the reason behind this shift in focus from acting to looks. “I don’t think it’s got to do with pressure from the industry. May be trainers have become more. You have to decide what you

want to do. This is the kind of film that I want to be a part of. I don’t know why the focus has shifted. Physicality and physical appearance is important. Looking good is a part of the job. It is a visual medium but it is not necessary everyone should have a six-pack for that.” Kareena Ka-poor will be seen in Ki and Ka, which releases on April 1.

The makers of “Sardaar Gabbar Singh” are currently shooting a duet in

the exotic locales of Switzerland

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SPORTS ROUNDUP

ICC World Twenty20: Below par Sri Lanka missing fire in belly

Agency | New Delhi

It’s tough being a Sri Lankan cricket fan these days. Of late, their team has done precious lit-tle to cheer them. Late last year, wicket-keep-er batsman Kusal Pere-ra was banned on dop-ing charges. Barely a fortnight later, Lanka lost their No.1 status in T20s. Just before the WorldT20, their cap-tain and the premier fast

bowler Lasith Malinga suffered a knee injury. Away from the field, the administrators of the Is-land nation are dealing with transition. They are finding it tough to fill the void left behind after the departure of the Big Two Kumara Sangakka-ra and Mahela Jayawar-dene. Just a day before Sri Lanka’s departure to India for the World T20, the sports minister Daya-

siri Jayasekara sacked the selection panel head-ed by Kapila Wijegun-awardene, and appointed a new panel, which com-prised Aravinda de Silva, Kumar Sangakkara and Romesh Kaluwithara-na. The Asia Cup loss was the trigger for this shake-up. Not satisfied with the team chosen for the World T20, the new panel made a couple of changes.

Agency | Mohali

For Almost more than 15,000 fans at the IS Bindra PCA Stadium, it seemed like India was playing at home. Fans had gathered since 12 noon for the 3 pm match between Australia and Pakistan and if some came to see Pakistan skipper Shahid Afridi, others came to see Aussie Shane Watson, who recently announced his retirement from inter-national cricket. As Shane Watson smashed Pakistani bowlers for boundaries and sixes, it was the turn of

Agency | Mumbai

P a k i s t a n i - A m e r i c a n terrorist David Cole-man Headley Saturday claimed that LeT com-mander Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi had told him about Ishrat Jahan ‘op-eration’ though he had also learnt about the case through the media. Head-ley, who testified before an anti-terror court here in the 26/11 case during his cross-examination on the fourth day, claimed that he had told NIA that “a female member who had died in an encounter in India was Ishrat Jahan”

Gujarat: ‘3 stepwells in and around Ahmedabad dilapidated’

new Zealand vs Bangladesh: ‘Broken’ Bangladesh seek redemption against Black Caps

Agency | Kolkata

You could almost discern the lump in his throat as Mashrafe Mortaza started his pre-match press conference in Kolkata on Friday. Bangladesh are yet to get over the one-run loss against In-dia. “We had 48 hours to ponder

over it, but I’m still clueless. I can’t really describe how we

lost the game. We didn’t speak to each other for a

long time in the dress-ing room. It’s diffi-

cult. We should have won it easily. What-ever people say, we have to accept crit-

icism,” Mortaza said. It’s unlike-ly Bangladesh would have got much brickbats given the fact that in their loyal fans the team has a buffer which saves them from criticism. But how long will their patience last? Bangladesh played their first Test in Novem-ber 2000. Sixteen years down the line, they haven’t yet reached the semi-finals of any ICC event. The Chinnaswamy slip confirmed their stagnation, especially away from home. A host of Bangladeshi re-porters have been accompanying the team for this event and they talk about the unwavering support from the fans back home, heart-break notwithstanding. But how long will they continue to back the

underachievers? Time has come for Bangladesh to start winning outside Mirpur as well. BCB pres-ident Nazmul Hasan too chose to go soft on the team. “I don’t think it’s (loss) a setback. It was very unusual to lose that way; some-thing that had happened to us for the first time. But there are plen-ty of positives to take from that game. Don’t forget, Bangladesh as a cricket team is still going through the learning period. We played the qualifiers here before getting into the Top 10s. And we gave Australia and India a run for their money. We had all but won the match in Bangalore, but two of our most trusted batsmen commit-ted errors.

Seeing the inexperience

and the repeated failures of

batters upfront, the clamour for Angelo Mathews’

promotion up the order has

only intensified

Australia vs Pakistan: Fan frenzy in Mohali, for non-India game

the local fans and the fans from Australia to cheer the Aussie all-rounder. For the Australian fans in the crowd, it was also the batting of Steve Smith which set the tempo for the team for the 21-run win. “I am a huge fan of Smith and he played with a lot of responsibility to-day. My daughter is a fan of Glen Maxwell but after

he failed with the bat, she was happy to see Shane Watson play a confident innings. Watson showed that he can still play big shots against bowlers like Wahab and Amir, and we were cheering for him too,” said Kirt Mercar, a mathematics teacher from Sydney who had come to watch the match with his daughter Laura Mercar.

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

A city-based collective of researchers and graduates from CEPT University have found that three of the 16 stepwells in and around Ahmedabad are unused, dilapidated and uncared for. The collec-tive has documented 16 stepwells from Ahmed-abad that are part of a week-long exhibition, “Stepwells of Ahmed-abad — A Conversation on Water & Heritage” — which opened on World Water Day on March 22. The collective, led by city-based architect Riyaz Tayyibji, saw heritage en-thusiasts from the city document 16 stepwells in and around Ahmed-abad in a bid to explore their present condition

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

After Central bus depot at Geeta Mandir, Ahmed-abad will get another State Transport bus de-pot in Ranip area. Chief Minister Anandiben Pa-tel will dedicate the new facility on Sunday, in the presence of BJP national president and Naranpu-ra MLA Amit Shah. The new bus depot has been developed at a cost of Rs 26 crore in 12,200 square metre area of which 7,222 sq.m is built-up area.

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

There were a total 61 cus-todial deaths in Gujarat in the year 2011-12, ac-cording to a report sub-mitted by the State Hu-man Rights Commission (GSHRC) in Legislative Assembly. Of the total deaths in police or judicial custody, 51 were cases of natural deaths, while sev-en were suicides and three were unnatural or doubtful deaths, GSHRC said in its annual report for 2011-12 which was tabled in the House on Tuesday. Eight of the total deaths were

and issues of heritage in the larger context of the city. Surface water, ground water and settle-ment, gender and patron-age, inhabitation and the living building, question of heritage were some of the facets studied by the researchers. “As we went visiting several stepwells, we found 16 and have documented them by way of drawings, photos and films. A 7-member team, consisting of CEPT alum-

nus and current students, came up with close to 22 photographs and mea-sured drawings of the stepwells for the exhibi-tion. We studied the ico-nography, the structure, the religious significance, the relationship between the water and the struc-ture and with the com-munity living around it,” said Neel Jain, an archi-tecture student at CEPT University, who is part of the collective.

26/11 case: David Headley claims he told nIA about Ishrat Jahan

and other things but could not say why they were not recorded by the agency. However, he went back on a part of his statement to the NIA, saying that he did not tell the probe agency about Lakhvi in-forming him that “Ish-rat Jahan module” was a “botched-up operation” and added that “these were my thoughts”. He also admitted that he had “no personal knowl-edge about Ishrat Jahan.” “When Lakhvi introduced Muzammil Bhat to me, he told me that he (Bhat) is one of the top LeT com-manders and has done some operations like Ak-shardham temple, Ishrat Jahan etc… the rest were my thoughts… I came to know about Ishrat Jahan from media. These are my thoughts as to why Ishrat Jahan operation resulted in failure,” Headley said.

The 55-year-old, who has turned

approver in the 26/11 case, is being cross-examined by Abdul Wahab

Khan

Anandiben to inaugurate 2nd GSRTC bus depot in Ahmedabad tomorrow

HRC report: 61 custodial deaths in Gujarat in 2011-12

Over 1,500 buses will use this facility daily. The fa-cility has 21 platforms, including the platforms for parking. About 35-40,000 passengers are likely to use this facility daily. The depot has been developed through Public Private Partnership (PPP) model.

reported in police custo-dy, while 53 were report-ed in judicial custody, it said. 24 of the deaths were reported in Ahmedabad city alone. One death out of the 24 has been shown as unnatural or doubtful in the SHRC’s annual re-port. Vadodara city stood second with 10 custodial deaths.

Of the total deaths in police or judicial

custody, 51 were cases of natural

deaths, while seven were suicides and

three were unnatural or doubtful deaths

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