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News Brief

Smart City Mission: Plans submitted to

UD ministry

Royal V/s

Bangalore(Pune)

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Agency | Visakhapatnam

A woman cadre carrying a reward of Rs 4 lakh on her head, surrendered before rural police today along with two associ-ated citing “frustration” with the naxal movement and harassment by some top cadres. According to police, the woman ultra, identified as Korra Gasi (27) alias Jhansi, was involved in the abduc-tion of then Malkangiri district Collector Vineel Krishna in 2011, and in a string of cases including firing on police. “Apart from having worked as the ACM (Are Com-mittee Member) of East Visakha Joint Division, Gasi had also worked on Andhra-Odisha border.

Agency | New Delhi

All the 23 cities and towns from as many States and Union Terri-tories that were given an opportunity to participate in the ‘Fast Track Com-petition’ under Smart City Mission submitted their revised plans today. According to a Urban Development Ministry release, the deadline for submission of Smart city proposals ends today. The revised plans of these 23 cities, including 15 capi-tals, would be evaluated by May 15 this year and those meeting the bench-mark set by the winning cities in the first round of Smart City Challenge Competition will be an-nounced for extending central assistance.

Centre to challenge HC order in SC

Woman naxal carrying hefty

reward surrenders

Today MaTch IPL 2016

Pakistan Army chief axes 11 officers, including two generals, on graft charges

Agency | Islamabad

Pakistan’s two senior Generals were among 11 top officers dismissed by Army Chief General Ra-heel Sharif on charges of corruption, a rare move in the country where the military wields enormous power. A Lieutenant Gen-eral, one Major Gener-al, five Brigadiers, three Colonels and one Major were dismissed by the Army Chief on corrup-tion charges, security of-ficials said. Two soldiers were also dismissed on similar charges. Gen Ra-heel’s move came days after he demanded “across the board accountabili-ty”, saying the ongoing

Agency | New Delhi

Environmentalist R K Pachauri, accused of sexual harassment by his former women col-leagues in the recent past, has stepped down as a member of the Govern-ing Council of TERI “to get engaged in other in-terests”. The announce-ment came on the heels of a media report which said the green body has decided to “sever” its as-sociation with Pachauri even though his employ-

Congress seeks Centre’s apology, BJP says ‘Rawat govt still in minority’“Uttarakhand verdict”

Modi should stop interfering with elected govts: Kejriwal on Uttrakhand HC verdict

Agency | New Delhi

Terming the Uttrakhand High Court order setting aside President’s rule in the state as a “huge embarrassment” to the Narendra Modi Govern-ment, Delhi Chief Min-ister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said the Prime Minister should stop “in-terfering with elected governments and respect democracy”. “This is a huge embarrassment to

Agency | New Delhi

Refusing to divulge de-tails of his overseas assets, chairman of now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines Vijay Mallya on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the banks can’t lay claim to them and that his wife and children are US citi-zens, which exempts them from making any disclo-sure. Mallya, however, of-fered to submit details of his assets in a sealed cov-

er. Mallya, in an affida-vit submitted to the apex court, said that he is also willing to deposit Rs 1590 crore to show bonafide. He also requested the court to intervene in pending cas-es so that he can sell the shares stuck in litigation. “Can pay token money only if SC intervenes in pending cases, can’t pay until SC allows sale of shares stuck in litigation,” said Mallya. Claiming that

war against terrorism and extremism cannot bring enduring peace and sta-bility unless the menace of corruption is not up-rooted. “Therefore, across the board accountability is necessary for the solidari-ty, integrity and prosperity of Pakistan,” he had said. Gen Raheel’s move to dismissed the top officers assume significance in the

wake of raging scandal in Pakistan over embattled Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s family offshore wealth after the Panama Papers leak mentioned his children’s name for having shell companies. Sharif’s two sons and one daughter were mentioned in the Panama papers for offshore account and companies.

Modi Govt. He shud stop interfering wid elected govts and respect democ-racy (sic),” Kejriwal said. The Uttarakhand High

Court today quashed the imposition of President’s rule in the state and re-vived the Congress gov-ernment headed by Har-

ish Rawat, who has been asked to prove his ma-jority on April 29. Com-ing down heavily on the Centre for the March 27 proclamation under Arti-cle 356 of the Constitu-tion, a division bench of the high court headed by Chief Justice K M Joseph said the imposition of the President’s rule was con-trary to the law laid down by the Supreme Court.

Vijay Mallya refuses to divulge foreign assets, willing to deposit Rs 1590 crore

Vijay Mallya also requested the apex

court to intervene in pending cases so that he can sell the shares

stuck in litigationhe was “wrongly prose-cuted” by the Centre, Mal-lya added that Kingfisher Airline was a business failure beyond his con-trol. “Unseemly haste in suspending passport even before issuing a show-cause notice and issuing a NBW are part of unfair media trial,” said Mallya. A non-bailable warrant has been issued against Mallya in an alleged mon-ey laundering case and his passport was suspended at the request of the Enforce-ment Directorate.

ment contract with TERI expires in 2017. It said the Governing Council had also decided to pay all the dues for the re-mainder of his tenure and bring an immediate end

to it. Pachauri, however, maintained that his term as a member of The En-ergy and Resources Insti-tute’s (TERI) Governing Council ended on March 31, 2016 and he felt it

was time “for me to move away and get engaged in other interests which I have harboured over the past few years for activ-ities at the global level”. When contacted for com-ments, a TERI spokes-man did not confirm the contents of the media report, saying,”The Gov-erning Council of TERI met on April 18, 2016. Several decisions were taken in the meeting. The minutes of the meeting are currently awaiting ap-proval.” The report had quoted the spokesperson as saying: “Dr Pachau-ri’s term as a Member of the Governing Council of TERI ended on March 31, 2016.

Agency | New Delhi

The Centre is likely to move the Supreme Court “at the earliest” to chal-lenge the Uttarakhand High Court’s order quash-ing the proclamation of President’s rule in the state and revival of the Con-gress government headed by Harish Rawat. Even though the lengthy order of the division bench of the High Court is likely to be available only ear-ly next week, the Central government plans to move the apex court to challenge it “at the earliest” armed with the operating part of the directive and seek a stay, official sources said. Terming the situation aris-

ing out of the High Court order as “extra-ordinary”, sources said it is a matter of time before the Cen-tre moves the Supreme Court. The Uttarakhand high court verdict revok-ing President’s Rule in the state has triggered

war of words between the Congress and the BJP. The Congress hailed the judgment and said “it is a slap on face of the BJP for trying to dislodge an elected government.” The Congress demanded an apology from Prime Min-

ister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah for “trampling” democra-cy and “murdering” con-stitution. The BJP, on the other hand, questioned the judgement and said it was not surprised by it going by the strong observations

being made by the division bench for the last three days. Putting up a brave front, the BJP asserted the Harish Rawat government remains in a minority and it will be proved on April 29 when it takes the floor test. “We are not surprised by the judgment. With the kind of observations being made for the three days by the court, such an order was expected. There is a question on our mind as chief minister Harish Rawat, who was caught in a sting, has been given relief by the court. “The Harish Rawat government was in a minority yester-day, it is in a minority to-day and tomorrow. It will be proved on April 29,” party general secretary

Kailash Vijayvargiya told reporters. An upbeat Har-ish Rawat made it clear that his government does not want to pursue a con-frontationist path with the “mighty, powerful and broad-chested” Centre, asking it to work in a spir-it of cooperative federal-ism. Hailing the Uttara-khand high court verdict setting aside President’s rule in the state and re-storing his government, Rawat said the Modi gov-ernment should forget the recent developments and cooperate. “We don’t want to fight...They are powerful, mighty and broad chested. Deliver-ing a major blow to the Modi government, the Uttarakhand High Court

on Thursday quashed the proclamation of Presi-dent’s rule in the state and revived the Congress government headed by Harish Rawat, who has been asked to prove his majority in the Assem-bly on April 29. Com-ing down heavily on the Centre for the March 27 proclamation under Art 356, a division bench of the High Court headed by Chief Justice K M Joseph said the imposition of President’s rule was con-trary to the law laid down by the Supreme Court. BJP is in touch with some of the six MLAs, sources said, as it works overtime to swell the numbers on its side. Party leaders also said the Centre is likely to move the Supreme Court and a direction from the apex court can change the situation.RK Pachauri steps down

from TERI governing council

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QUOTE OF THE

DAYRule of law: Uttarakhand crisis puts the ball back in court

The Centre is likely to move the Supreme Court “at the earliest” to challenge the Uttarakhand High Court’s order quashing the proclamation of Presi-dent’s rule in the state and revival of the Congress government headed by Harish Rawat. Even though the lengthy order of the division bench of the High Court is likely to be available only early next week, the Central government plans to move the apex court to challenge it “at the earliest” armed with the operating part of the directive and seek a stay, offi-cial sources said. The Uttarakhand High Court’s set-ting aside of President’s Rule in the state, reinstating Congress leader Harish Rawat as chief minister, has been a quick and right step intended to correct the in-judicious decision of the Central government to im-pose President’s Rule at the end of March. The court has also ordered a floor test on April 29. But this decision will open up many questions on the powers and functions of several institutions. The inappro-priateness of the Centre’s decision had been man-ifest from the beginning because President’s Rule came just a day before a floor test was to be held in accordance with the instruction of the governor. The Centre had justified its action on the grounds of a ‘constitutional breakdown’ in the state after nine Congress MLAs had withdrawn their support to the government. However, the fact that the floor test could not take place undermined the constitutional office of the governor, who is the head of a state. But a bit of anomaly followed thereafter. There was again an order for a floor test, this time by a single-member Bench of the court, without setting aside President’s Rule. This led to the question how a dismissed chief minister could seek a confidence vote. Thursday’s verdict by a two-member Bench, which had stayed the single Bench’s order, has corrected the anomaly. From the observations of the two-member Bench at each hearing, it was obvious that the judges, Chief Justice KM Joseph and Justice VK Bist, had been un-comfortable at the conduct of the Central government. Earlier this month the Bench told central government counsel not to do any ‘hanky panky’ by revoking President’s Rule and installing an alternative govern-ment. Next, in a tone of more stern admonition, the court told the central government that it (Centre) was “cutting at the root of democracy” and asked why the Centre was so concerned about the situation arising out of the rebellion by the nine MLAs. Finally the court also questioned the President’s action. This will no doubt have implications for presidential function-ing because the President is constitutionally bound to act on the advice of the Union government. Also any action taken by the president in his capacity as presi-dent should be outside judicial scrutiny.

“PM Modi and BJP president Amit Shah will be well advised to now tender an unconditional apology to the nation and also to people of Uttarakhand for trampling upon democracy, murdering constitution norms,”

- The Uttarakhand High Court’s verdict setting aside imposition of President’s rule in the state on Thursday spurred an elated Congress demanding...

Agency | Mumbai

Megastar Amitabh Bach-chan, who is currently on the final days of “Pink” shoot, said he is going through a tough shooting schedule. Bachchan, 73, said mugging up the di-alogues for the thriller is taking a toll on him. “The relish with which films are made is a film by itself .. working on the final days of ‘PINK’ is a delight and a nightmare simultane-ously and not necessarily in that order .. hehaha… The pages and pages of lines is well beyond hu-

man consumption for me at this moment… And so this missive is short and hopefully sweet…,” Bachchan wrote on his blog. In the film, Bach-chan is playing the lead role of a lawyer. “Pink” is produced by Shoojit Sir-car and directed by Ben-gali filmmaker Aniruddha Roy Chowdhury. Shoojit has teamed up with Bach-chan for the third time after their unreleased film “Shoebite” and last year’s hit “Piku”, which saw Big B bagging the best actor National Award.

Working on ‘Pink’ both delight and nightmare: Amitabh Bachchan

Priyanka Chopra’s Montreal mansion will give you ‘House Goals’!

Agency | Mumbai

Priyanka Chopra is busy shooting for the second season of her American TV series ‘Quantico’ in Montreal, due to which the former Miss World has been spending most of her time away from her home in Mumbai. Nonetheless, trust PC to not compro-mise on her luxuries no matter where she sets base. The ‘Bajirao Mas-tani’ actress has rented out a mansion in Montreal and spends most of her week-ends there and rightly so. The house boasts of an indoor swimming pool, which is reason enough to make us turn green with envy. One of her co-stars from the show had earlier shared a picture of herself, chilling in PC’s pool. Pri-yanka’s nail assistant too shared a picture of her daughter enjoying in PC’s pool and captioned it, “One of the perks of com-ing to work with Mommy? Indoor swimming at the clients (Priyanka’s) house of course!” The beautiful actress sure does know how to live life ‘queen size’. While PC has found a swanky new home away from home, click on the next slide to read about other celebs and their ex-pensive properties...

Imran Khan: Randeep Hooda is an excellent actor

Agency | Mumbai

Shankar (Randeep Hooda) is the kingpin of the thriving busi-ness of blood-theft in Kar-nal (Haryana). To get bet-ter access to blood-banks, he enrolls himself in a government college where he meets Rajesh. The lat-ter is enamored by Shankar’s aura. They become thick friends a n d partners-in-crime. But greed and ego changes their equation. The best thing about Laal Rang is its novel idea. It is dark, murky and lays the per-fect plinth for an enchanting film. The bad news here is that it is an opportu-nity lost. Director Syed Ahmad Afzal fails to lap up the chance to deliver something memorable. His approach lacks clarity. The convoluted screenplay is unsure about where it is headed. Despite having all the makings of a maca-bre thriller, Syed goes for drama. There is romance, bromance, tears, heartbreak and enough material to make ‘fifty shades of sappy’. Randeep is the only one holding forte. He plays the brooding, elusive, sinis-ter Shankar with elan. In the romantic scenes, he is effectively charming. At one point when he flashes a shy, dimpled smile at his girlfriend, you can’t miss that he has all the makings of rustic romantic hero. Alas, the moment passes too quickly. His co-actor Akshay Oberoi is affable and the two share a warm on-screen camaraderie, but their act cannot cover up for the glitches in the plot. It is unforgivable that Syed steers clear of the nitty-gritties of the blood-theft mafia, reducing it to a mere prop in the larger scheme of things. The drama runs out of steam soon enough and unnecessary melodrama takes over.

Randeep Hooda is

undoubtedly one of the most talented and coolest actors

of Bollywood

Grey shades have lot of things to do than positive roles

Agency | Mumbai

Actress Mugdha Godse, who will be essaying a neg-ative role in her upcoming film ‘Non Veg Hai Dekho Mat’, says grey shades have lot of things to do than positive roles. ”Yes, I have a grey shade in this film. I also feel everything is changing so rapidly... Cinema is changing and everyone wants to ex-plore something different. I would say grey shades have lot of things to do than positive roles. I am not really scared of being typecast,” Mugdha said. Mugdha clar-ified that the film is not a sex comedy. “It’s a humor-ous film but it has got a great story with a good message in the end. It can be (called) a dark comedy, but not a sex comedy,” she added. The ac-tress chose not to reveal much about her char-acter in the film, but said that she is play-ing a woman of today, “who knows what she wants”. ‘Non Veg Hai Dekho Mat’ is directed by Amit Chauhan and produced by Vijay Shek-har Gupta.

Baar Baar dekho poster: Katrina Kaif sizzles in an orange bikini

Agency | New Delhi

Come September and Bollywood fans will get to see yet another fresh jodi on the silver screen. Director Nitya Meh-ra has roped in Katrina Kaif and Sidharth Mal-hotra for her time travel drama, Baar Baar Dekho. And the filmmaker hasn’t just experimented with a new pairing on the silver screen, but has also given the two actors a complete makeover for her upcom-ing film. And the first look of Baar Baar Dekho is a proof of it. Katrina dons a never-seen-before look with glasses and short

hair. Since the charac-ters in Mehra’s

film

take a journey that extends from the age of 18 to 60, the two stars will be seen in different looks in the film.Baar Baar Dekho re-volves around the journey of a couple across differ-ent age groups. It is for the first time that Sidharth and

Katrina will share screen space and their interesting pair has already grabbed eyeballs. And the makers have taken the curiosity level a notch higher with the release of the first look of the film. The Kapoor and Sons actor shared yet another look on the pho-to-blogging site, where on-screen couple Sidharth and Katrina can be seen on a beach. Moreover, Katrina and Sidharth will wear prosthetic makeup in the film as they play a couple ageing from 18 years to 60 years. “There are different age groups that we have to play in the film.

The Baar Baar

Dekho poster and the first look have managed to establish one thing for sure. That Sidharth and

Katrina look hot on screen...

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SPORTS ROUNDUPExposure to chemicals in everyday products can make you obese

Yamaha Cygnus Ray-ZR scooter launched at Rs 52,000

UK govt ready to acquire 25% stake in Tata Steel plants

Agency | New Delhi

India Yamaha Motor launched the all-new Cygnus Ray-ZR scooter in the country which would be available for sales in the market from next month with price starting at Rs 52,000 (ex-showroom Del-hi). The company had first showcased the scooter during the 13th Auto Expo in February. “With Ya-maha’s forte to cater to youngsters with its of style, sportiness and innovation, the new Cygnus Ray-ZR will surely be a treat...” Yamaha Motor India Sales VP-Sales & Marketing Roy Kurian said in a statement. Of the total demand for two wheelers in India, the scooter segment is soaring with 30% contribution to the sales and Yamaha is looking at 10% market share for this year, he added.The drum brake version of the bike is priced at Rs 52,000 while the disk brake variant is priced at Rs 54,500

(ex-showroom Delhi).

Agency | Washington

Looks like everything around is just conspiring to make humans fatter. As it turns out, your levels of exposure to chemicals used in everyday products can determine the fat content in your body, claims a recent study. Phthalates are chemicals found in everything from plastic products and soap to nail polish, and they give plastic its bendy stretch. But growing research shows that they could be detri-mental to people’s health. Lead author Lei Yin said phthalate exposure could be closely associated with the rise of different types of diseases and obesity in humans. Researchers revealed that some phthalates have proven to cause reproductive toxicity at high levels of exposure. The research, which appeared in the journal Toxicology in Vitro, was conducted on mice and could be of great importance if also found

true for humans.

Agency | London

The UK government on Thursday announced it is willing to acquire 25 per cent minority equity stake in Tata Steel’s UK operations as well as offer “hun-dreds of millions of pounds” in debt relief to rescue the troubled Indian steel giant by helping potential buyers. UK business secretary Sajid Javid said the fi-nancial package, being jointly worked out by the UK and Welsh governments, said the government was “working closely with Tata Steel UK on its process to find a credible buyer”. ”We would work alongside a potential buyer to make sure that the government is doing what it could to support a viable sale,” British Prime Minister David Cameron’s spokesperson said at a media briefing. “If we were to take an extra stake it would be a minority one with the aim of supporting the purchaser in delivering a long-term future for the business, we are certainly not seeking to be controlling the company,” said the spokesperson. Dismissing the move being perceived as part- nationalisation of the steel industry in the UK, she added: “I am not sure (if) we would accept the concept of part- nationalisation. We will be investing on a commercial basis.

IPl 2016: Rohit’s royal show

A new ‘Wall’ in the making: Rahul dravid’s son scores ton for school team

IPL 2 6

Turmoils continue to rise Brazil as olympic torch is lit in ancient Greek ceremony at Olympia HS Prannoy, PV Sindhu enter

quarters of China Masters Agency | Reuters

The official countdown to this year’s Rio de Ja-neiro Olympics began on Thursday when the torch was lit at the site of the ancient Games, with or-ganisers hoping it will shift attention away from Brazil’s political and fi-nancial turmoil. On a glo-rious spring day with the sun burning hot above the ancient stadium in Olym-pia, an actress playing a high priestess lit the torch from the rays of the sun at the temple of Hera, using a parabolic mirror. Greek gymnastics world cham-pion Lefteris Petrounias started the domestic re-lay after receiving the flame and Brazilian dou-ble Olympic volleyball champion Giovane Gavio was due to be the second

Agency | Mumbai

Mumbai Indians’ only win prior to their game against Royal Challeng-ers Bangalore (RCB) on Wednesday came while chasing. They lost three matches batting first. When Rohit Sharma won the toss, he did not hesi-tate to bowl first at Mum-bai Indians’ ‘fortress’ in their fifth game. After the bowlers, led by left-arm spinner Krunal Pandya (2/27), restricted RCB to 170/2, Mumbai Indians could not have asked for a better target to chase.

And, skipper Sharma took it upon himself to see the defending champions post a much-needed win, by six wickets with two overs to spare. With this win, MI moved to fourth spot in the points table. It was important for Mumbai In-dians’ victory that Sharma batted till the end. And for that, he had to open and not bat at No. 4. The re-turn of Kieron Pollard fa-cilitated MI to drop Mar-tin Guptill, which meant Sharma had to open. He found an ideal partner in No. 3 Ambati Rayudu (31, 23b, 5x4) to see MI to vic-

Mumbai Indians ride on

skipper’s 44-ball 62 to down mighty RCB by

6 wickets

tory. In their second wick-et partnership of 76 off 56 balls, the two pierced the gaps for boundaries while Sharma was all grace even in his murderous mood while finding the sixes. The MI batsmen gained confidence from the tidy work their bowlers did. South Africa’s Imran Ta-hir runswild after taking a wicket. He now has com-petition in Mumbai Indi-ans’ Baroda left-arm spin-ner Krunal Pandya when it comes to celebrating a wicket. And when you dismiss Virat Kohli and AB de Villiers in one over, you are bound to go hay-wire and do crazy things. Krunal has made himself count since being includ-ed from Mumbai Indians’ Game 3.

Agency | Mumbai

If you want to make it big, you start early. This was probably Rahul Dra-vid’s mantra when he be-gan his cricketing career to become one of India’s batting legends. And now, it looks like his son, Samit Dravid is set to follow the family ritual. Barely 11

years old, the youngster smashed 125 runs for his team Bangalore United Cricket Club in Banga-lore. In the fifth edition of ‘Tiger Cup’, an initiative to combine developing cricket talent with creat-ing awareness for tiger conservation, Samit, who will be 11 this October,

hit 125 and remained the second-highest scorer for his side. Pratyush G top scored with an unbeaten 143 and added 213 runs for the fourth-wicket with Dravid as the duo starred in a crushing 246-run win in the 30-over game against Frank Anthony Public School who were shot out for 80 in the chase. Sixteen teams from school, and clubs, play in the U-12 and U-14 age categories in this tourna-ment where a total of 117 matches are played in 35 days. This is however not the first time that Samit stole the headlines. Last year, he was named the ‘Best Batsman’ in a U-12 Gopalan Cricket Chal-lenge in September 2015.

Agency | New Delhi

Ecstatic and exhausted in equal measure after becoming the first Indi-an woman gymnast to qualify for the Olym-pics, Dipa Karmakar on Thursday said she would look to continue script-ing history wherever she competes. “I will put ev-ery effort to ensure that I keep creating history. My

target was to qualify at any cost and I am happy that I have achieved my target,” Karmakar told re-porters after returning to India from Rio de Janei-ro to a hero’s welcome. She booked her Rio tick-et with a gold medal in an Olympic Test event. The 22-year-old garnered a total score of 52.698 points in the Olympics qualifying event to book

I dedicate this historic feat to Maa, Papa: Dipa Karmakar

a berth for artistic gym-nastics in the Rio Games to be held in August. Apart from being the first Indian woman, she also became the first Indian gymnast to qualify for the quadrennial extravaganza after 52 long years. Since independence, 11 Indi-an male gymnasts have taken part in the Olym-pics (two in 1952, three in 1956 and six in 1964). Her first vault, the much difficult Produnova, gave Dipa 15.066 points, the highest among the 14 competitors. But a poor show in the uneven bars took her points down as she collected 11.700, the second lowest among the 14 participants. The Tri-pura girl secured 13.366 and 12.566 points in beam and floor exercises.

IPl 2016: Yuvraj Singh hopeful of recovering before SRH vs Gl match on May 6

Yuvraj Singh said

he had a go-ahead from his

doctor yesterday, so hopefully he

will play

Agency | Mumbai

Recuperating Sunris-ers Hyderabad‘s star batsman Yuvraj Singh said on Thursday he is currently re-covering well and is hopeful of returning to Indian Premier League (IPL) 2016 action against Gujarat Lions on May 6. Yuvraj Singh sustained an an-kle injury while playing

against Australia during the World T20 recently

and missed first three games for Hy-

derabad in the ninth edition of the IPL. “I am looking to play the

game on May 6. Hopefully I

should be ready by then. I am not fully certain that I will play on 6th May, but my target is to play on the sixth. I had

a go-ahead from my doc-tor yesterday, so hopeful-ly will play,” Yuvraj said at the launch of sports-wear company Puma’s bold Tricks collection here. Hyderabad has so far played three games, having won one and lost two and the 34-year-old is confident that with him and veteran pacer Ashish Nehra — who sustained a minor groin strain in the first match against Royal Challengers Bangalore — joining the squad, the team will be balanced both in batting and bowl-ing department. “Sun-risers have played three games. They have won one and lost two. At the moment it is 50-50. After seven games you can as-sess how is the team do-ing.

runner. A refugee will also carry the torch during the Greek leg of the relay be-fore Brazilian organisers receive it in a handover at the Panathenian stadium on April 27 in Athens, site of the first modern Olympics in 1896. Bra-zil will start its relay on May 3 in the capital Brasilia with the first of 12,000 runners, carrying it through 300 cities and towns in the 26 Brazilian states and ending in Rio

on the day of the open-ing ceremony. Prepara-tions for the first Games in South America, which run from Aug. 5-21, have been plagued by prob-lems and a shortage of cash for organisers as the country is experiencing its worst recession in de-cades. “(The torch light-ing) brings a message that can and will unite our dear Brazil,” Rio Games chief Carlos Nuz-man said in his speech.

Agency | Changzhou

Ace India shuttlers H S Prannoy and P V Sindhu entered the quarterfinals of their respective men’s and women’s singles matches after posting comfortable straight-game wins at the China Masters Grand Prix Gold badminton tourna-ment on Thursday. India’s star women’s doubles pair of Jwala Gutta and Ashi-wini Ponnappa also made the last eight stage with an easy win, but it was curtains for men’s dou-bles duo of Pranaav Jerry Chopra and Akshay De-walkar. Prannoy, seeded seventh, got the better of Malaysia’s Daren Liew 21-10 21-15 in a contest that lasted 34 minutes and

will next take on top seed Chen Long. Fourth seeded Sindhu also had an easy outing against Chinese Taipei’s Chien Hui Yu, winning 21-9 21-17 in just 33 minutes. She will now face Porntip Buranapras-ertsuk of Thailand in the quaterfinals. Jwala and Ponnappa thrashed Chi-nese Taipei pair of Hsieh Pei Chen and Wu Ti Jung

21-12 21-12 in 28 min-utes to set up a clash with top seeded Chinese duo of Luo Ying and Luo Yu. However, Pranaav and Akshay bowed out of the tournament after going down to seventh seeded Chinese combination of Wang Yilyu and Zhang Wen 17-21 12-21 in 36 minutes in the second round of men’s doubles.

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Sunvilla News | Gandhinagar

The mediators for talks with the jailed Patidar quota stir leader Hardik Patel to resolve the vexed issue, today handed over a sealed letter from the the Patidar Anamat Aandolan Samiti (PAAS) convener to Chief Minister Mrs. Anandiben Patel. Hardik had handed over the letter to his community leaders cum mediators who met him yesterday in the La-jpore central jail in Surat as part of resolution exer-cise. Patidar leaders Ma-hesh Savani and Mukesh Patel (who met Hardik in jail) following a meeting with the ministers com-mittee on the concerned issue handed over the sealed letter to the chief minister today. The con-tent of the sealed letter could not be known. The mediators claimed that Hardik has given his nod to continue talks with the government. Apart from this letter, Hardik had also handed over an open let-Year : 02, Issue : 102 “Sunvilla Samachar” (English daily) Printed at “Sunvilla Samachar, daily Printing Press”, Survey No.: 1624-25-26, final Plot No.f/P/537, Urmila Compound, Opp.Ambica Estate, G.d. School Road, Saijpur Bogha, Ahmedabad -382340 and Published at A-24, Sharddha Apartment, Thakkarnagar Road, Bapunagar, Ahmedabad-382350. Mo.: 9687612324, by Owner, Printer, & Publisher : Aksheshkumar S. Savaliya on date 22-04-2016 (friday), Editor : Kapilkumar M. Hirpara* (*Responsible for selection of News under the PRB act). RNI No. : GUJENG/2014/59629

Gujarat: Policeman found murdered at Ahmedabad Crime Branch

PM Modi, CM Patel on list of personalities for fancy dress; then dropped

Sunvilla News | Rajkot

Rajkot Police Crime Branch on Wednesday took out a procession of notorious Bali Dangar gang member Ramdev Dangar. Crime Branch picked up Dangar from jail and took him to Pandya house which is a property Dangar wanted to grab by issuing threats and terror-izing local tenants includ-ing women. Pandya House in Rajkot is a property worth crores of Rupees. Notorious Bali Dangar gang wanted to grab this property. For that Bali, Ramdev and others tried to push this property to legal dispute. A complaint was filed against Bali

Dangar, Ramdev Dangar, Arjun Jalu and others on 27 July in this connection. Ramdev who was on run ever since the case was filed was recently arrest-ed by police in this case. Police yesterday picked up from jail and took him to Pandya house where he was forced to tender apology to old woman and others whom he had issued threats to take over the property. Ramdev was seen bowing down to old lady. Dangar was also tak-en to Limda chowk and asked to walk like a dog. This is common practice in Rajkot police to make local citizens free from fear.

Patidar stir: mediators hand over sealed letter to CM

Queen’s Birthday Party 2016 celebrated in Ahmedabad

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

A police constable posted at Ahmedabad Detection of Crime Branch (DCB) was found murdered ear-ly on Thursday morning in his office. The police suspect a person who was brought to the DCB office at Gaekwad Haveli for questioning in connection with a loot and narcotics case, to be behind the mur-der. The DCB officials at around 7 am found con-stable Chandrakant Mak-wana, in his late 30s, dead in the office of a police sub-inspector with pool of blood spread across the

The police suspect a person who was

brought to the dCB office at Gaekwad

Haveli for questioning in connection with

a loot and narcotics case, to be behind the

murder

office. The suspect has been identified as Manish Balani who allegedly hit the cop on his head and face with an iron rod and ran away from the scene.

Police Inspector RR Sar-vaiya said that Makwana had brought Balani, a sus-pect in a loot and narcotics case for questioning who officials said hit Makwa-

na with an iron pipe on his head and face which caused his death. “Mak-wana was alone with Bal-ani during the questioning late in the night. We don’t know yet that how and from where the pipe was brought in the room. But we suspect Balani behind the murder of Makwana. We have sent different teams behind Balani who is originally a resident of Jaipur in Rajasthan,” Sar-vaiya said.

However, in the final circular to more than 450 AMC schools, these three

names were dropped Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

The Ahmedabad Munici-pal School Board, which had asked students to dress as famous person-alities as part of the cel-ebrations of the Gujarat foundation day on May 1 and suggested 16 names, removed Prime Minis-ter Narendra Modi and

Chief Minister Anandiben Patel from the list of op-tions in its final circular. The draft circular for the three-day celebrations (April 29-May 1) of “Gu-jarat Gaurav Divas” had suggested the names of Modi, Patel and NASA astronaut Sunita Williams to the students of Class I

to Class V for the fancy dress competition. How-ever, in the final circular to more than 450 AMC schools, these three names were dropped. While chairman of the AMC School Board Jag-dish Bhavsar expressed ignorance in the matter, L D Desai, Administrative Officer (AO), who issued the circular, said: “The competition (veshbhu-sha) was suggested by the Education Department, while the names were shortlisted by the school board. The 16-name list

was a part of the proposal submitted for approval. Later, we decided that no living personality should be included in the list… There is no other reason for this decision.” The fi-nal circular, dated April 7, mentioned 13 person-alities: Mahatma Gand-hi, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Ravishankar Ma-haraj, Morari Bapu, Veer Narmad, Zaverchand Meghani, Kavi Kalapi, Indulal Yagnik, Vikram Sarabhai, Narsinh Meh-ta, Dayanand Saraswati, Akho and Premanand.

Great grandson of Gandhi’s South Africa employer visits Sabarmati

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

Adam Habib, the South African professor of po-litical science and the cur-rent Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the Universi-ty of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, expressed his keen interest in ex-ploring collaborations with Sabarmati Ashram and education institutes in Ahmedabad, including NID, IIM-A and CEPT. “The possibilities on col-laborations can be in three areas of joint research, joint appointments and student exchange pro-grammes. We are keen to collaborate with pre-mier institutes, like NID, CEPT and IIM,” said Adam Habib, who is on a week-long visit to Gu-jarat, along with his wife Fatima.On the collab-

oration with Sabarmati Ashram, Habib said, “It would be interesting to see how the two institutes associated with two stal-warts of peace — Wits University, the alma mater of Nobel peace recipient Nelson Mandela, and Ma-hatma Gandhi’s Sabarmati Ashram can be brought to-gether.” “Since this is the first visit to Ahmedabad, I am sure much will materi-alise in the coming visits,” he added. Adam’s great grandfather, Dada Abdul-

la, had taken Mahatma Gandhi to South Africa to fight a family dispute case. The ashram director Tridip Suhrud gifted them a copy of an old letter written by Dada Abdulla to Gandhi’s brother, offering him to legally represent the case and send Gandhi to South Africa. The team took a round of the Ashram and they were also shown rare manuscripts of Gandhi, including the saree he had woven for his wife Kas-turba.

Great grandson of Gandhi’s South Africa employer visits Sabarmati

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

Chief Minister Mrs Anan-diben Patel will inaugu-rate a two day Summit cum Expo of the Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) on April 29 in Gandhinagar dedicated to the micro, smalland medium en-terprises(MSME) with an aim to help the over 3.50 lakh units of sector in the state amid ongo-ing recession. The event will be held at Mahtma Mandir in the capital city Gandhinagar on April 29 and 30. Addressing a press conference here to-day the GCCI president Rohit Patel said that the Summit & Expo would have a two day industrial exhibition, a Vendor De-velopment programme and an interactive ses-sion with the government

focusing on addressing concerns of trade & in-dustry to enhance “Ease of Doing Business”. It is likely to be attended by about 5000 members of trade and industry from across all regions of Gu-jarat. There are approxi-mately 3.62 lakh MSME units in Gujarat and their contribution to the state GDP is around 11%. The year-on-year growth rate of these enterprises in the state is estimated to be around 17%. Engineer-ing, dyes & chemicals,

pharmaceuticals, textiles processing & appar-els, foundries and cold storages are their prime sectors of operation, he said. “The Summit will help provide solutions to problems plaguing the MSME sector right at the venue in the pres-ence of ministers and respective secretaries of different government de-partments. Discussions will guide MSMEs on how to take advantage of new market opportuni-ties that arise.

Bandh call for cow protection in Una evokes wide response

Sunvilla News | Somnath

The dawn to dusk bandh call by Gauraksha Dal in Una town of Gir-Som-nath district of Gujarat today evoked wide re-sponse. The bandh, sup-ported by local chamber of commerce, was for the demand of ‘Rashtramata’ or national animal sta-tus to cow. A procession was also taken out from local post office chowk to the Prant office. Most of the commercial estab-

lishments including those in the main market re-mained closed. A 26 year old youth of the outfit in Delwada village of Una taluka had also tried to commit suicide by con-suming poisonous liq-uid yesterday. Earlier on March 17, eight from a cow protection group had collectively consumed poison for similar de-mand in Rajkot collector office of whom one had died.

Police take out procession of member of Bali dangar gang

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

For the first time in Gu-jarat, the British Depu-ty High Commission in Ahmedabad on Wednes-day hosted a reception to mark the birthday of Queen Elizabeth. This was an opportunity to celebrate not only the Queen’s 90th birthday but also the very close links between the Unit-ed Kingdom and the vi-brant State of Gujarat. Speaking at the reception, the British Deputy High Commissioner to Gujarat, Mr Geoff Wain, said that having had a Trade Of-fice in Ahmedabad since 1999, the British Govern-ment recently decided to upgrade that office to a full Deputy High Com-mission. From March 2015, the UK is proud to be the first and only coun-try to have full diplomatic

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

Urmilaben Patel, former union minister and wid-ow of late Gujarat former Chief Minister Chiman-bhai Patel passed away today in a private hospital in Ahmedabad after short illness. She was 85. BJP national president Amit Shah, Gujarat BJP pres-ident Vijay Rupani, top Gujarat Congress lead-er Ahmed Patel, Shan-kersinh Vaghela, Con-

gress president Sonia Gandhi, Gujarat Congress president Bharatsinh So-lanki among others issued condolence messages fol-lowing Urmilaben Patel’s death. Urmilaben’s son Siddharth Patel is for-mer MLA and prominent leader of Gujarat Con-gress. Funeral procession of Urmilaben will leave her bungalow Revaranya in Ahmedabad at 4.00 pm on Friday.

representation in Gujarat. This reflects Gujarat’s status as one the most important states in India, politically, economically and – with over 600,000 people in the UK of Gu-jarati origin – socially and culturally. The UK now has 8 offices in India – in Delhi, Mumbai, Ahmed-abad, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Chandigarh and Bengaluru. It em-ploys more than 1600 people and is the biggest

UK network in any coun-try anywhere in the world – bigger even than in the US or China. Mr Wain said that this reflected the close historical ties be-tween the two countries, the shared values of de-mocracy, respect for the rule of law, tolerance and pluralism, and the close collaboration in areas as diverse as education and research, energy security and climate change and security and defence.

ter for members of PAAS asking them to refrain from making irresponsible statements before the me-dia as it adversely affects the agitation and vitiates peaceful atmosphere in

the state. Hardik had earli-er handed over a list of 27 demands to the govern-ment backed mediator and BJP MP from Porbander Vitthal Radadia, who had met him thrice in the jail.

Former union minister Urmilaben Chimanbhai Patel passes away