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News BriefFour school

children injured in mishap

Agency | Muzaffarnagar

Four school children were injured when the vehicle they were trav-elling in overturned near Shahpur here today, po-lice said. The incident took place when they were going to school from Shorem village. The driver of the vehi-cle, a van, lost control of it while trying to avoid a head-on collision with another moving vehicle, police said. The injured children, aged between eight to ten years, were relieved from hospital af-ter administering first aid.

Kirti Azad targets more

politicians

Relief from cold conditions in

Rajasthan

Agency | New Delhi

Suspended BJP MP Kir-ti Azad today targetted more politicians, includ-ing party MP and BCCI secretary Anurag Thak-ur, involved in cricket governance and claimed the SFIO probe re-port had recommended “prosecution” of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the DDCA affairs. He also appeared to support Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s alle-gation that a DDCA of-ficial had sought sexual favours from a woman if she wanted her son to be part of its cricket team, saying it was not a new thing and he had raised a similar issue in 2007.

Agency | Jaipur

Night temperature mar-ginally rose by a new notches in parts of Ra-jasthan with Sriganga-nagar district in the state was recorded as the coldest place at 6.1 de-gree Celsius. According to MeT department here, Churu, Pilani, Jaipur, Dabok and Jaisalmer districts recorded night temperature of 7.1, 8.6, 11, 11.8 and 12.2 degree Celsius. Other station also registered mini-mum temperature above 13 degree Celsius.

Only 5 of 800 Patanjali products have cow urine: Ramdev aide on fatwa“Fatwa against Patanjali”

Cow urine used only in 5 products

Agency | New Delhi

The last few days proba-bly turned out very badly for Ranjith KK, an Indian Air Force official who al-legedly passed on secret information to Pakistan’s ISI, after being tricked into what major publica-tions are calling a ‘honey trap’. But does it qualify as a honey trap? Or is it catfishing -- the term used to describe online impersonation? Let’s start from the beginning. Ranjith KK was alleged-ly conned into sharing in-formation by ISI agents who created a fake pro-file of a woman called Damini McNaught, who

Agency | New Delhi

After a drubbing in a state poll in November, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to overhaul his cabinet to weed out under-performers and im-prove his government’s image. Problem is, sev-eral sources said, he can’t find the right replace-ments. As New Delhi buzzes with speculation about changes in several ministries, senior mem-bers of the ruling Bharati-ya Janata Party (BJP) and a close aide to Modi said some changes could come early next year but the tal-ent pool was too shallow to engineer a major re-vamp. Pressure is mount-ing on Modi to revive his

Agency | New Delhi

The Delhi high court on Wednesday sought re-sponse from AAP gov-ernment about why two-wheelers and wom-en drivers have been exempted from the odd-even scheme in the na-tional capital. The court asked to file a response on the same by January 6. It also refused to en-tertain a plea seeking exemption for lawyers. Apart from lawyers, trad-ers and doctors have also been seeking exemp-tion from the rule. Delhi government has decided to implement an even-odd scheme for cars for 15 days from January 1, 2016, to check pollution in the city. During this period cars with registra-

Agency | New Delhi

A day after a Tamil Nadu-based Muslim organisation issued a fatwa against Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali products because they allegedly contain cow urine, the ayurveda company issued a firm rebuttal to the claim. Reacting to the allegation at his Haridwar ashram on Wednesday, Patanjali Ayurveda managing direc-tor Balkrishna said: “We manufacture around 700 products, but use cow urine only in five. It seems some people are working against Patanjali… they are us-ing false facts to defame us.” The Tamil Nadu Thowheed Jamat (TNTJ) had said on Tuesday that cow’s urine, which is ‘haram’ for Muslims, is used as a key in-gredient in Patanjali products. However, Balkrishna countered the allegation by

stating that only five products made by the firm – Godhan Ark, Sanjivani Vati, Panchgavya Soap, Kayakalp Oil and Shudhi Phenyal – contain cow urine. While Sanjivani Vati is used in the treat-ment of chronic fever, cold and cough, Panchgavya soap is said to cure skin ail-ments. Over the last few years, the annual turnover of Patanjali products has reached Rs 2,000 crore. Besides medicinal prod-ucts, the firm also manufactures consum-er goods such as snacks, cosmetics and toiletries. Though ayurveda firms such as Patanjali swear by the goodness of cow urine, experts in the field aren’t as sure. Dehradun-based Ayurveda doctor Vaidya Balendu went as far as to claim that, till date, not a single study has spoken of its role in curing any disease. “There is an entire chapter on urine in the Ayurveda.

Agency | Mumbai

In a boost to India’s mar-itime prowess, the Navy on Wednesday success-fully test-fired the nearly 70 km range Surface to Air Missile Barak 8 from INS Kolkata, paving the way for installation of the system, developed joint-ly by India and Israel, on board country’s frontline warships. The Navy de-scribed the maiden firing of its newly developed Long Range Surface to Air Missile (LR SAM) as a significant milestone in enhancing its anti-air warfare capability. The firing was undertaken on the Western Seaboard by

IAF man seduced online – what is a honey trap?

Modi wants to weed out non-performers; can’t find right replacements

Indian Navy successfully test fires Barak-8 long range missile

Odd-even: HC questions AAP govt on exemption to 2 wheelers, women

claimed to be an execu-tive of a UK-based me-dia firm. “The woman befriended the airman and started extracting information about the air force. The officer never knew that he was passing on information to the Pakistani agency. She started taking details from him online on the

pretext of an article on the IAF. Ranjith shared information on a number of fighter jets and also details of each and every building at his air force station.” The persons handling McNaught’s profile claimed that they required information for articles McNaught was writing for a news

party’s fortunes. Nearly two years after he swept to power on a promise of jobs and growth, the shine is coming off - re-forms to revive invest-ment have withered and the economy is stuttering. Rural distress has grown after two successive droughts. “The challenge is to identify the right candidates who can de-liver fast-paced reforms

and policies in their work sphere,” the prime min-ister’s aide said. Articu-late and suave, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has been considered for the defence portfolio, anoth-er high-profile role that is crucial to Modi’s geopo-litical ambitions and plans to boost Indian industry. But there was no one to take Jaitley’s place in fi-nance, the sources said.

magazine and Ranjith shared Air Force-related information. An officer speaking to Mail Today stated: “Ranjith shared Air Force-related infor-mation, mostly pertain-ing to deployment, recent exercises, movements and status of aircraft. He was being used to iden-tify each building inside the Bathinda air force camp. After seeing Goo-gle map, she was asking him about the nature of the building. He helped them identify the air traf-fic controller building, the parking place of jet planes, connecting run-way and bunker for the aircraft.”

INS Kolkata, wherein the missile successfully intercepted an aerial tar-get at extended ranges, a statement by Navy said. Two missiles were fired yesterday and today on high speed targets, during naval exercises being undertaken in the Arabi-an Sea. Apart from the

missile, the system in-cludes a Multi Functional Surveillance and Threat Alert Radar (MF STAR) for detection, tracking and guidance of the mis-sile. The firing trial of the LR-SAM has been jointly carried out by the Indian Navy, DRDO and Israel Aerospace Industries.

tion numbers ending in odd digits will be allowed to ply on odd dates and those ending in even dig-its will run on even dates. However, there are cer-tain exemptions including two-wheelers, cars driven by women and cars hav-ing only women occu-

pants. The city has 2.7 million registered private cars. Half of these vehi-cles are expected to be off the road daily, which means thousands of peo-ple will need some mode of transport. The govern-ment has made arrange-ments to cope with the

extra rush, adding 3,000 buses to the existing fleet and announcing an increase in the frequen-cy of the Delhi Metro during the two-week trial period. Delhi chief min-ister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday urged school children to ask their par-ents to follow the odd-even scheme and encour-aged them to opt for car pooling in order to reduce the pollution levels in the capital. “You should talk to and convince your par-ents to get a Pollution Un-der Control certificate... Convince your parents to follow the odd-even rule,” Kejriwal told students during an event in the city.

Muslim organisation Tamil Nadu Thowheed Jamath (TNTJ) has issued a ‘fatwa’ against yoga guru

Ramdev’s Patanjali products for containing cow urine

It mentions eight kinds of urine – includ-ing that of cow, goat and elephant,” said Balendu, adding that rampant marketing of just cow urine is misleading people to

a large extent. In 2008, Ramdev’s phar-macy inked a deal with the Uttarakhand government for procuring 5,000 litres of cow urine every month. According

to sources in the animal husbandry department, more than 1.5 lakh litres of the same – at an av-erage of 3,000 litres per month at Rs 25 per litre – have been supplied to it till now. Ramdev had ear-lier claimed that the urine of desi cow varieties was capable of curing many kinds of diseases, includ-ing cancer. Consequently, the erstwhile BJP govern-ment in the state gave its nod for setting up a cow research institute at Rishi-kesh. The institute is yet to constructed.

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THuRSdAy, dECEMBER 31, 2015

QUOTE OF THE

DAYLonger maternity leave for working women in the private sector will be

good for womenThe Union government’s decision to amend the law in order to guarantee women working in the private sector 26 weeks’ maternity leave, up from the 12 weeks they are now entitled to, must be uncondi-tionally welcomed. It must be commended not just by those who have stakes in creating an environ-ment for the working woman that is more just and enabling. It must be welcomed, most of all, by cor-porate leaders who may be worrying what this will mean for bottomlines. For generations now, having a child has meant agonising choices for working women, many of whom have been forced to put their careers on hold to nurture children through the first critical weeks. Many companies, in turn, have been hesitant to invest in women employees who they be-lieve will leave to have children — doubling the bar-rier to a successful career. Women and Child Devel-opment Minister Maneka Gandhi has noted that the amended law will enable women to breast-feed chil-dren for as long as needed. This will have substan-tial benefits, with parents having to take less time off later to deal with childhood illnesses. Paid leave, in Europe, researchers from the University of North Carolina have shown, has a close relationship with reduced infant mortality rates and child health. But most importantly, the new law will allow women, a growing part of the private-sector workforce, not to have to choose between children and work. Lon-ger maternity leave will allow companies to retain expertise, build loyalty, and avoid costly staff turn-over. Large swathes of data on the positive effects of extended paid maternity leave have emerged from the United States — a country which lags far behind the norm for developed countries. YouTube Chief Executive Officer Susan Wojcicki has written that the rate at which new mothers left Google fell by a staggering 50 per cent after it increased paid mater-nity leave from 12 to 18 weeks. A Rutgers Univer-sity study, likewise, found women who took advan-tage of the state of New Jersey’s relatively generous family leave policies, were far more likely to be in employment nine to 12 months after the birth of a child. This is a good time for India to debate wheth-er similar enabling provisions for fathers ought to be introduced. Israeli medical research has shown that father-child bonding increased when they took paternal leave, because of biochemical changes that took place in men’s brains. This, in turn, led to the better economic outcomes that are associated with stable families.

“We firmly believe, multiple technologies will work in India as India is a vast country so there will be need for 2G, 3G and there is a market for 4G,” - The company CEO Sunil Sood said that he is looking at tapping the 4G market

beginning with the metros as 2G, 3G will still be relevant in other parts of the country

Revealed: First look of Katrina Kaif-starrer, ‘Fitoor’

TV actors Rashami Desai, Nandish Sandhu file for divorce

Agency | Kolkata

Amitabh Bachchan is ending the year on a busy note: He is assid-uously shooting in and around Kolkata for Ribhu Dasgupta’s debut Hin-di film, T3EN and will continue doing so for another month, perhaps at the cost of promotions for his upcoming Farhan Akhtar-starrer psycho-logical thriller Wazir. However, the superstar has found some time to interact with the me-dia. In a free-wheeling chat, Amitabh Bachchan talks about the various phases in his Bollywood career, his upcoming

films, TE3N, Wazir and more. Tiredness, as al-ways, evades his face. He looks smashing (and I am drooling as always over his style) in a brown high-neck jacket, black trousers and tiger-skinned shoes, aptly accesso-rised with a wristwatch that has, wait, a fluores-cent green band! With-out wasting a second, he sits down and is ready to take questions. “I am re-ally excited to be back in Kolkata. I started my in-dependent life in this city in 1962 and have spent eight of the most valu-able years of my life here. It’s always a great feeling coming back to this city.”

Competing with world TV is a challenge for filmmakers: Amitabh

Is Pulkit Samrat accepting his affair with yami Gautam openly?

Once Again, Karisma’s Estranged Husband Files Application For Kids’ Custody

Sonam Kapoor, your New years’ plan is giving us MAJOR vacation goals!

Look who might replace Kapil Sharma on Comedy Nights with Kapil!

Agency | New Delhi

Adding to their long drawn divorce, actress Karisma Kapoor’s hus-band Sunjay Kapur has filed an application at the family court for the custody of their children. Sunjay’s lawyer filed the application 15 days ago. Just last month, the es-tranged couple’s petition of divorce on the grounds of mutual consent was disposed, after both of them withdrew their con-sent. When mid-day con-tacted Mr Kapur’s lawyer Jalaja Nambiar, she re-fused to comment on the matter. But another ad-vocate representing Sun-jay said, “It was 15 days ago that we had filed an application for the cus-tody of the two children, daughter Samiera and son Kiaan Raj who are

Agency | New Delhi

Just when news of Come-dy Nights with Kapil go-ing off air started doing the rounds, fans started pour-ing in on Twitter, sending hate messages to Col-ors’ CEO Raj Nayak. So much that #ShameOnRa-jNayak started trending. Nevertheless, however harsh and ruthless it may sound, Kapil’s CNWK is indeed coming to an end. Or is it not? Well, there’s a nice twist in the tale now. Initially, we heard that the show is going off air completely due to cre-ative differences between

Agency | Mumbai

Pulkit Samrat has been in news for all wrong rea-sons lately. After there were reports that his high handed attitude cost him some plump offers, his wife Shweta Rohira came out in the open and clar-ified that she and Pulkit have decided to go sepa-

rate ways. While she rea-soned that it was because of Pulkit’s family, news was abuzz with reports of Pulkit dating his Sanam Re co-star Yami Gautam. Reportedly, Pulkit and Yami got too close for comfort while shooting for the two consecutive films they are going to be a part of. The Sanam Re

trailer has already hit the digital platform and peo-ple have appreciated the scintillating chemistry between the two young actors. Nevertheless, it’s almost evident that the two are seeing each oth-er. Only that, much to our expectations, they aren’t ready to accept it openly yet.

Agency | Mumbai

Why you do this Sonam? We know you informed us in advance that you are going to have some fun under the sun with your girl gang in Mal-dives but your Instagram posts are just too much to handle ( in a good way of course). We see you singing, dancing, swimming, having late night pyjama party with your girlies and wonder when we will get a time off like that. Nonetheless your constant updates are keeping our hopes alive so DO NOT miss out on

Agency | New Delhi

The first look of Abhishek Kapoor’s directorial, ‘Fi-toor’ is here and without a doubt, it is intriguing. It features a red-haired Ka-trina Kaif, who plays the female lead opposite Adi-tya Roy Kapur. Set against an icy-cold , the teaser has Katrina dressed in white, which is a beautiful con-trast to her flaming hair, standing atop a rugged bridge. The trailer of the film is set to release on January 4th, 2016. Fitoor stars Aditya Roy Kapur and Katrina Kaif opposite each other for the very first time. In fact, a source adds “They both are looking good in the film and share a sizzling chemistry, as seen in the “aamsutra ads” this has lead on to generate im-mense curiosity amongst the audience! Also starring

Agency | New Delhi

TV actors Rashami Desai and Nandish Sandhu have filed for divorce after four years of marriage. While speculations say Rashami called it quits over her hus-band’s relationship with a model, Nandish has refut-ed the rumours. “Rashami had asked for a divorce last year, but I convinced her to

give our marriage another try. However, when she asked for it again, I did not resist because I’ve tried my best to make things work.” The duo has appeared in the popular TV show Ut-taran and Rashami is also known for her performance in Yeh Lamhe Judaai Ke. Rashami also did a cam-eo in Salman Khan-starrer Dabangg 2. Confirming

the report, Rashami told the daily, “Yes, the divorce proceedings have begun. We tried our best to save the marriage, but the cracks in the relationship were be-yond repair. If two people are not happy together, it’s better to end the rela-tionship than prolong the suffering. We decided that we should free each other from the marital bond.”

currently staying with Karisma.” The advocate further added, Sunjay had filed the same ap-plication in the past, but later withdrew it as both the parties filed for di-vorce on mutual consent, which included the terms and conditions regard-ing the custody of the children. But the same divorce petition on the

grounds of mutual con-sent was disposed of last month after Karisma and Sunjay withdrew their consent to the petition. When mid-day contacted Karisma’s lawyer Kranti Sathe, she said that she had not received any offi-cial documents regarding any application from the family court. The couple got married in 2003.

Tabum ‘Fitoor’ is all set to release next year on 12th

February, 2016, around Valentines day.

the channel and Kapil. Then we heard that Kapil is upset with the makers for giving more lever-age to Comedy Nights Bachao and as a result of which he has now decid-ed to move his show to a different channel. But the latest we had heard was

Colors had taken a strict call on the show after Ka-pil’s high handed attitude upseted them. We don’t know which story to be-lieve but the truth stands. The show might not have a staggering end. But hang on... Kapil won’t be seen on the show anymore.

that. Meanwhile we are eagerly waiting for Neer-ja to release as this would be the first time Sonam is

pulling the entire load of a film on her shoulders without any co-actors supporting her on-screen.

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SPORTS ROUNDUPAfter HP Falcon, Samsung Tab may run Windows 10

Xolo launches 8X-1000i with Hive UI at Rs.6,999

IT department releases list of 18 defaulters owing Rs 1,150 crore

Agency | New Delhi

Windows 10 seems to be gathering momentum, at least with OEMs or device-makers. After reports about HP getting ready to launch a new Windows 10-powered phone named Falcon at the Mobile World Congress 2016, there are now reports which cite that Korean electronics giant Samsung is soon going to launch a new 12-inch tablet powered by Windows 10 which will become a part of the Sam-sung Galaxy Tab series family. The tablet, in news for some time now, has reportedly got certified for both WiFi, Bluetooth connectivity and is said to have ‘SM-W700’ as its model number. Indian im-port-tracking site Zauba tracked the value of the device at $455. The tablet is expected to come with the Intel Core M processor coupled with a 4GB RAM unit and the S-Pen as an accessory. Earlier, Samsung had launched a gigantic 18.4-inch tablet

called Samsung Galaxy View.

Agency | New Delhi

Home grown brand Xolo has launched a follow up to its 8X-1000 phone, called the 8X-1000i in India at a price of Rs.6,999. The phone is listed on the company’s official website and is also available for grabs via online retail website Snapdeal. The Xolo 8X-1000i comes with 5-inch HD IPS display with a 720x1280 pixels resolution and Corning Goril-la Glass 3 protective covering. It is powered by a 1.4GHz octa-core MediaTek MT6592M processor coupled with Mali 450 GPU and 2GB of RAM. The phone comes with 16GB of internal memory which is further expandable up to 32GB via mi-croSD card. The 8X-1000i sports an 8-megapixel camera on the rear with LED flash along with a 2-megapixel camera on the front. The phone runs Android 4.4.2 KitKat-based Hive UI. Connectivity options include: 3G, Wi-Fi, Micro-USB, A-GPS, GPRS/EDGE, and Bluetooth. The phone is backed

by a 1,920mAh battery.

Agency | New Delhi

Stepping up its ‘name and shame’ campaign, the Income Tax department on Wednesday made pub-lic a third list of 18 tax defaulters including gold and diamond traders whose dues totalled around Rs 1,150 crore. The IT department’s public notice containing the names of the 18 defaulters who have either gone untraceable or have inadequate assets to pay is the third such list this year after names of 49 defaulters with a tax liability of over Rs 2,000 crore were earlier released in two instalments. The list has been compiled by the department and is-sued by the Finance Ministry in leading national newspapers carrying names of the defaulting indi-viduals or entities, their last known addresses, PAN numbers, amount of arrears, last known source of income and the assessment years for which they have not paid their due taxes. A whopping Rs 779.04 crore default of income/corporate tax has been reflected in the name of one Mumbai-based Uday M Acharya (late) and his legal heirs Amul Acharya and Bhavana Acharya.

2nd OdI: Shahzad’s ton helps Afghanistan beat Zimbabwe by four wickets

Australia talk up WI for showing some fight ahead of final Test

Bangladesh pacer charged with torturing 11-year-old servant

For discovering himself, my player of the year is Ravichandran Ashwin: Harsha Bhogle

Indian sports in 2015: Sania Mirza, Saina Nehwal scale new heights

Finn guides England on course for victory against South Africa

Agency | Sharjah

Afghanistan survived a middle-order bat-ting collapse to claim a four-wicket win over Zimbabwe in Sharjah on Tuesday and take a 2-0 lead in the five-match one-day international se-ries. Wicketkeeper Mo-hammad Shahzad held his nerve as wickets tum-bled around him, scoring an unbeaten 131 -- the highest ODI score by an Afghan batsman -- to help the non-Test playing nation chase down a tar-get of 254 with 14 balls to spare. Afghanistan were cruising at 169 for 1, but the run out of Mo-hammad Nabi triggered an alarming collapse

Agency | New Delhi

Bangladesh fast bowl-er Shahadat Hossain has been charged with phys-ically torturing a minor girl who worked as his domestic help, in a case that shocked cricket fans around the world. Hos-sain, 29, who was the spearhead of the Bangla-desh bowling attack, fac-es up to 14 years in prison if convicted. The crick-eter has been suspended from all forms of cricket until further notice by his country’s cricket board.

Agency | New Delhi

Sports in India record-ed several milestones in 2015 - from boxer Vijender Singh’s explo-sive professional debut to Sania Mirza’s superb run and Saina Nehwal’s exploits to wrestling joining the burgeoning bandwagon of leagues. Indian cricket, howev-er, was hit by a plethora of controversies which threatened to overshad-ow on-field events. Sania personified Indian tennis with a stupendous rise that catapulted her to the tip of women’s doubles rankings. Her association with Swiss great Martina

Agency | Durban

Fast bowler Steven Finn produced a brilliant spell in the final session on Tuesday to set England for a big victory in the first test against South Africa after the Proteas finished the fourth day on 136-4, still 280 runs short of an almost unreachable target. After a patient run of play from the Prote-as batsmen, Ben Stokes broke through, and Finn then claimed the wick-ets of captain Hashim Amla, Dean Elgar, and

Faf du Plessis to leave top-ranked South Africa tottering. Finn’s most im-portant contribution was ending a stubborn 48-run stand between Du Plessis and AB de Villiers in the day’s last over and five minutes before the close. That exposed South Afri-ca’s fragile middle order and put an early series lead firmly in sight for the English. “We’re in a fantastic position to try and press for that victo-ry tomorrow,” Finn said. England’s batsmen ear-

lier ground down South Africa, with half-cen-turies by Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow helping set a formidable target of 416. In the field, England found the opening stand between Stiaan van Zyl and Elgar only briefly troublesome, and Stokes struck with a quicker ball to bowl Van Zyl for 33. Finn’s removal of Amla on 12 and opener Elgar for 40 in the space of two overs made sure South Africa had no chance of chasing down 416.

Agency | Melbourne

With the series easily won and a dead Test still to play, Australia coach Darren Lehmann on Wednesday talked up the West Indies for finally finding some fight. The tourists haven’t managed to bowl out Australia even once over the first two Tests, having long lost their world-beating reputation as the “Calyp-so Kings”. But Lehmann noted that they played well while still losing by 177 runs in Melbourne. “I was really pleased the way they fought back, yeah, after being six for 90 day two and then ob-

Agency | New Delhi

It is already a year since MS Dhoni made that sur-prising announcement that he was done with test cricket. Sometimes the wind brings with it a mes-sage, sometimes the body decides for you and Dhoni, as perceptive a player as any, took the right decision. 2015 was therefore about coming to terms with not having him around in tests and while India produced good results, life without him is still a work in prog-ress. India’s new captain, Virat Kohli wants to play five bowlers and Dhoni at 6 would have been ideal. Saha’s keeping has grown very pleasantly but some-one else needs to step up as batsman if five bowlers is

the plan. If 2015 was about Dhoni’s absence, 2016 will be about his presence giv-en the amount of limited overs cricket India play in the first three months. His replacement as test captain is as respectful towards the game but is a very different person who seeks to play the game with a different air. Dho-ni’s calm, once such a fea-ture of Indian cricket, will now stand out a bit. And more than ever before, Dhoni will need to pro-duce results; for the team and for himself. It is never easy when you are away from the intensity of in-ternational cricket, espe-cially when you are fight-ing to retain your powers. Dhoni has been magnifi-cent for Indian cricket, he

has played it the right way, but he will be the player to keep your eyes on in the first part of the new year. 2015 saw an Indian team with players of about the same experience playing around each other and it became apparent that, unless someone stands up strongly in 2016, In-dia’s batting will revolve around Virat Kohli, who had a subdued year in test cricket (he averaged 42 and that was boosted by a strong finish in Delhi) and Ajinkya Rahane who made 593 runs @45.61. But away from the lime-light, quietly, Murali Vijay was a critical part of the line up. He made 522 runs at 47 in a position that sets things up for the blue eyed boys in the middle order.

that saw them lose five wickets for just 29 runs. However, an unbroken seventh-wicket stand of 56 between Shahzad and Mirwais Ashraf (26 not out) saw them over the line as Afghanistan bid to follow up a 3-2 win in the ODI series in Zimbabwe in October. Zimbabwe, who were skittled out for

just 82 in the first ODI on Friday, posted a far more competitive total this time although it still fell short. The tourists reached 253 for 7 from their alloted 50 overs with half-centures from Craig Ervine (73) and opener Peter Moor (50), while Afghan seam-er Dawlat Zadran took 3 for 57.

viously bat really well on day three,” he said. The West Indies crashed to an innings defeat in Ho-bart and lost the series on Tuesday in Melbourne, but captain Jason Holder and former skipper De-nesh Ramdin both made battling half centuries. “I thought they played really well and that’s

what they’re gonna need to do going forward to improve as a side, they know that now... Back end they took the game to us,” Lehmann told reporters. Sydney Morn-ing Herald cricket com-mentator Malcolm Knox also celebrated the West Indies finding their heart despite another defeat.

The 11-year-old girl , Mahfuza Akhter, found in September in a street in Dhaka with multiple in-juries including a broken leg, told investigators that she had been working for Hossain and his wife for a year. “They used to beat

me with sticks and kitch-en utensils, punch me and scratch me. I would be slapped a lot,” Akhter was quoted as saying by CNN, which carried pic-tures of her swollen and bruised face on the day she was found.

Hingis formed the basis of an unstoppable jugger-naut as they compliment-ed each other perfectly to win an astonishing nine titles, a fairy tale journey adorned with prestigious victories at Wimble-don and US Open. They teamed up in 16 events and enjoyed an over-whelming 55-7 win-loss

ratio with a 22-match unbeaten streak. The In-do-Swiss collaboration capped off a memorable year with a triumph at the season-ending Wom-en’s Tennis Association (WTA) Finals in Sin-gapore, also winning at Beijing, Wuhan, Guang-zhou, Charleston, Miami and Indian Wells.

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Correspondent | Surat

BJP MLA from Varachha assembly segment of Su-rat district, Kumar Kanani has started a sit in protest (dharna) against his own party ruled Surat Munic-ipal Corporation (SMC) for its alleged lackadai-sical attitude in the road and drainage construction work in Mangarh chowk area of the city. Kanani, however, has categori-cally said that his protest was only against the cor-poration administration and its officials and not against his party or the government. The protest-ing MLA said that the government or the party in rule can’t be blamed for the slow pace and

Correspondent | Anand

Jetha Bharwad, BJP MLA from Shehra in Godhra, was on Tues-day unanimously elected the first vice-president of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Feder-ation Limited, popular-ly known as Amul. The post of vice-president of Amul was recently created when the milk federation amended its bye-laws. Bharwad, also chairman of Panchma-hal District Cooperative Milk Producers Union Ltd, was welcomed to the post by Amul chairman Jetha Patel and assured to “work towards the de-

Correspondent | Vadodara

For close to 35 island villages of Maharashtra’s Nandurbar district, med-ical emergency meant travelling a distance of several kilometres by road and then about 20 kilometres by boat across the Narmada Dam and the road again to reach a hospital at Kevadia col-ony in Narmada District of Gujarat. However, the villages that continue to be cut off from admin-istrative facilities due to lack of roads, the new ambulance boat launched on Friday, has come as a boon. The ambulance boat, launched by the district administration of Nandurbar — construct-ed in Kevadia — has en-sured that medical care is

Correspondent | Vadodara

For almost an hour, a traffic policeman in Va-dodara was filmed being beaten relentlessly by a mob of nearly 40 people. The cop’s motorcycle was also on fire. Three other policemen tried to rescue their colleague by pulling him into a jeep, but before they could drive away, the crowd pulled him out again and resumed the assault. The lynching was filmed by media persons who had rushed to the spot. On Tuesday afternoon, Con-stable Shantilal Parmar signaled to three men riding a bike to stop. Those men allege that the constable hit one of them with a baton, which provoked the crowd that Gathered. The po-lice deny that claim and

Sunvilla News | Gandhinagar

Farmers in the state are bracing for scarcity of water for irrigation due to insufficient rainfall this year. Warning farmers of the impending trouble, Chief Minister Anandiben Patel at a public event in Dwarka on Sunday had said the state government next year may not be able to provide water for irri-gation. According to of-ficial figures, only 53 per cent water is available on average in 202 dams in the state, excluding the Sardar Sarovar Dam. The situation is worse in Kutch and Saurashtra, according to the Water Resourc-es Department. The two regions have157 dams with storage capacities of 332 million cubic metre (MCM) and 2,526 MCM, respectively. Kutch and Saurashtra, however, have only 186 (56%) and

Sunvilla News | Gandhinagar

The Gujarat government has demanded incremen-tal compensation from the Centre in proportion to the revenue loss the state exchequer is likely to suffer when the goods & service tax (GST) re-gime comes into force. An official report pre-pared by the state com-mercial tax department and submitted recently to the Union finance min-istry says Gujarat will directly lose Rs 10,800 crore per annum from 2016-17, if the GST re-gime is implemented. Moreover, lack of com-pensation for the loss of 2% central sales tax (CST) will further add to the state’s revenue short-fall. Earlier, the Gujarat government had raised objections to the pro-posed formula for states’ share in GST. The state

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

In a major setback for the Gujarat government’s tall claims about attract-ing investments, a recent study by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (As-socham) reveals that it re-corded the lowest growth among 21 states in luring investments in the past five years. The study titled ‘A Comparative Analysis of Investment Pattern in States,’ reveals that Ma-harashtra has toppled Gu-jarat as the most sought after destination for glob-al and domestic investors. “Maharashtra, Gujarat and Odisha have emerged as the most lucrative invest-ment destinations as they together account for over one-fourth share (26.6 per cent) of the total outstand-ing investments of over Rs. 154 lakh crore attracted by various sectors from both public and private sources across 21 states as of De-cember 2014.” This grew from Rs. 105 lakh crore as in December 2009. Maha-rashtra topped with 10 per cent or over Rs. 15 lakh crore of the total invest-ment promised as of De-

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

The Sardarnagar police of Ahmedabad is inves-tigating the alleged trav-el document lapse issue owing to which a total of nine passengers of the Ahmedabad-London Air India flight were off load-ed yesterday by the emi-gration wing at Mumbai airport. Police Inspector of Sardarnagar V R Patel said that the seven of the passengers were of one family and the remain-ing two were a couple. ‘All of them are basical-ly from Punjab settled in Delhi and were going to El Salvador in Latin America via London for holidaying. They were sent back by the emigra-tion wing last evening. For El Salvador they have visa on arrival but as per

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With launch of water ambulance, distant hamlets get medical support

dams only half-filled, irrigation woes loom

Captured On Camera: Hour-Long Mob Attack On Gujarat Cop

BJP MLA protests against his own party ruled SMC

Maharashtra pips Gujarat as top investment destination

BJP MLA Jetha Bharwad named 1st vice-chairman of Amul

9 El Salvador bound passengers offloaded from Ahmedabad-London flight

GST to cost Gujarat government Rs 10,800 crore a year

cember 2014, followed by Gujarat (9.2 per cent share), while Odisha (7.5 per cent), Karnataka (6.8 per cent) and Tamil Nadu (6.5 per cent) were the oth-er states with significant share,” the study prepared by Assocham’s Economic Research Bureau (AERB) said. “Investment is the key driver of productivi-ty and sustainability that leads to development and growth, making most state governments strive to better their respective investment climate to at-tract domestic and for-eign investors,” said D S Rawat, Secretary-Gen-eral, Assocham, while releasing the chamber’s study. The private sector accounted for almost 55 per cent or over Rs. 84.5 lakh crore of investments in the 21 states. The pri-vate sector grew at just

about five per cent during the five-year period from December 2009-Decem-ber 2014 as against over 11 per cent for the public sector. The sectoral break-up shows that the infra-structure sector accounted for the lion’s share of 64 per cent in terms of total investments made by the public and private sectors (both foreign and domes-tic) across India followed by manufacturing (20 per cent), construction (9.5 per cent), mining (3.5 per cent), and irrigation (three per cent). In Gujarat, in-frastructure accounted for the highest share of 57 per cent in total investments, followed by manufactur-ing (25 per cent), con-struction (13 per cent), mining (three per cent) and irrigation (two per cent) as on December 2014.

now available to the ham-lets at their door step. The ambulance is equipped with oxygen cylinders, ventilators and an Inten-sive Care Unit (ICU), in which, trained staff will be stationed. According to the District Health Officer of Nandurbar, Anil Patil, the boat has

been pressed into ser-vice especially for de-liveries and emergency cases. “We realised that in cases of emergencies or complications in preg-nancies, the villagers had no way to reach hospi-tals in time. The boat is equipped for child birth and delivery as well as

to handle any compli-cations arising out of emergencies till the time the patient can be shift-ed to a bigger hospital through a well-equipped ambulance on the road.” Patil said that two more boats were under con-struction to be launched next year.

811 (32%) MCM water left in the dams. North Gujarat, central Gujarat and south Gujarat are in a relatively better situa-tion. These regions have 45 dams, which together have a storage capacity of 12,905 MCM. 7,352

MCM water is currently left in these dams. The Sardar Sarovar Dam has available storage of 4,365 MCM against the capac-ity of 5,265.84 MCM. Government sources said their priority is drinking water and hence, not much

water will be available for irrigation. The Chief Min-ister has advised farmers that only those having their own facility to irri-gate fields should go for sowing. Experts in the government said in the upcoming season, farmers should not only go for less water-intensive crops, but also opt for alternate irri-gation technologies like drip and sprinkle irriga-tion. “Politically, the CM has done the right thing by issuing an advisory to farmers not to go for sow-ing without assured irriga-tion water,” said a senior government functionary.

According to official figures,

only 53 per cent water is available on average in 202 dams in the state,

excluding the Sardar Sarovar

Dam

velopment” of the milk producers in the state. Bharwad’s appointment as vice-president of Amul is seen as a move appease the split dairy groups, staking claim to the post of chairman, the election for which was held in August. Bhar-wad, who enjoys support from dairies in Saurash-tra, received congratu-latory messages from

Shankar Chaudhary, who was recently elected as chairman of Banaskan-tha District Cooperative Milk Producers Union in Palanpur. Bharwad said that since Amul was an international brand, the union must ensure quality of milk and milk products without any compromise so as to im-prove the livelihood of the milk farmers.

negligence of the road and drainage construction work as it was only a pol-icy maker. ‘The execution is done by the officials and the administration who were showing com-pletely irresponsible and anti people attitude. The

work has not been com-pleted despite several re-minders and the residents of the area were suffering. The half done work was also causing a lot of dust pollution,’ he said adding it has compelled him to go for a sit in.

the emigration objection they don’t have proper transit visa for London. We are in touch with the competent authorities to verify the documents,’ he said. Of the nine passen-gers who came here from Delhi to board the Lon-don flight, four were men, three women and two chil-dren. Mr. Patel said that prima facie the documents looked okay but the main contention is about transit visa. They were claiming that there was no need of a separate transit visa in case of a visa on arrival arrangement. ‘We were looking in to it,’ he said.

say the three men on the motorcycle tried to race away after being pulled over and hit a road divid-er. The police with the help of the footage has

identified and arrested Barias mother Urmila on charges of inciting vio-lence. Officials said that process is on to identify other assaulters.

government’s argument was that Gujarat being a manufacturing state will face major revenue loss-es as GST is based on the principle of taxation at the place of consump-tion, and not at the place of manufacture. “Being a manufacturing state, Gu-jarat may lose its current income and may not be able to match current rev-enue growth projections. The state’s major income is from textile, pharma, chemical, auto and ancil-lary products, food items, engineering etc, for which local consumption is limited,” said a state government officer.