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filing I-T return extended to Sep 7

Agency | New Delhi

Government today ex-tended the last date for filing Income Tax re-turn by a week to Sep-tember 7. “Due date for filing Income Tax return extended till 7th Sep, 2015,” the Finance Min-istry said in a tweet. The earlier date was August 31. Earlier, the Income Tax department had extended the last date for filing I-T returns by residents of Gujarat to September 7 following disruption of normal life due to agitation over reservation to Patel community in the state.Kangana is content

being single

‘Kya Kool Hain Hum 3’ shoot

wraps up

Agency | Mumbai

Bollywood star Kanga-na Ranaut says she is single and is in no mood to enter into a relation-ship as she is primarily committed to her work. In the past, the national award winning actress was reportedly in a re-lationship with actor Aditya Pancholi and Adhayan Suman. There were rumours of link up with other actors too. “I don’t have anyone in my life as of now. I am single.

Agency | Mumbai

Actor Aftab Shivdasani says shooting of “Kya Kool Hai Hum 3”, the third film in the come-dy franchise, has come to an end. Shivdasani, 37, has reportedly re-placed the character of Riteish Deshmukh, who starred in the earli-er two films. “So #Kya-KoolHainHum3 shoot comes to an end...The Koooool fun times shall be greatly missed! #umesh #madamteri-jawaani,” the “Masti” actor tweeted.

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One-day strike cost Rs 25000 crore to economy“Bharat bandh badly hit”

With Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya and Labour Secretary Shankar Agarwal away to attend the G-20 labour minister’s con-ference, the labour ministry remained silent on the impact of the strike but trade unions leaders have termed it a “grand success”

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Agency | New Delhi

Over 11 lakh workers and 15,000 unions par-ticipated in the coun-trywide general strike called by 10 central trade unions on Wednesday which hit essential ser-vices including banking and insurance, transport, port and dock operations, coal mining and manu-

facturing units. CPI(M) and Trinamool Congress workers clashed here during the general strike called by trade unions. Nearly 200 persons were arrested from different parts of the state. Accord-ing to labour leaders, this is the 16th country-wide strike since policies for economic liberalisation

started in 1991. The last time workers struck work was in February 2013 when trade unions had called for a 48-hour strike against the gov-ernment’s anti-worker policies. With Labour Minister Bandaru Dat-tatreya and Labour Sec-retary Shankar Agar-wal away to attend the

Agency | New Delhi

Normal life was affect-ed in various parts of the country, including West Bengal and Kerala, as 10 central trade unions today went on a day-long na-tionwide strike to protest against changes in labour laws and privatisation of PSUs. BJP-backed BMS and NFITU however stayed away from the strike. Trade union lead-ers claimed that around 15 crore formal sector work-ers are on strike in support of their 12-point charter of demands. The day long strike was seen affecting transport and banking op-erations among other ser-vices. In Kolkata, partial impact was seen on sub-urban trains while shops, markets and business es-tablishments in most ar-

Agency | New Delhi

The Cabinet on Wednes-day approved a new pol-icy for the auction of 69 small and marginal oil fields to private and foreign companies that could unlock hydro-carbon reserves worth around Rs 70,000 crore. Announcing the decision, Petroleum Minister Dhar-mendra Pradhan said this “paradigm changing” model of sharing reve-nue instead of profits and giving out unified licenc-es for all hydrocarbons in the field instead of a license per hydrocarbon could later be considered for the entire sector. “We have made a paradigm

Agency | New Delhi

The Rashtriya Swayam-sevak Sangha (RSS) on Wednesday advised the NDA government to take a decision on the one-rank, one-pension (OROP) demand of re-tired soldiers. The advice came on Day One of a crucial three-day coor-dination meeting of the RSS and its affiliates with top ministers and BJP leaders, where key social and economic issues, in-cluding those confronting the Narendra Modi gov-ernment, are to be dis-cussed. Sources said the RSS was of the opinion that a commission should be formed to solve con-troversial sides of OROP Trade unions strike hits normal life;

Kerala, Karnataka most affected

RSS tells govt to resolve OROP, wants panel formed to end row

Govt puts 69 oil fields on the block, unlocks Rs 70,000 cr of reserves

eas remained closed. State administration was ply-ing a large fleet of public buses while partial impact was seen on operations of private buses and taxis. In the National Capital, com-muters faced problems as a large number of autos and taxis remained off the roads. In Kerala, public and private bus services, taxis and autorickshaws were off the roads. Only few private cars and two wheelers were seen on the

roads. Shops, hotels and even small tea stalls were closed in the state. The government had yesterday appealed trade unions call off the agitation in the in-terest of workers and na-tion. The unions however decided to go ahead with strike as their talks with a ministerial panel headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley last month did not make any headway on their 12-point charter of demands.

shift from cost-recovery model to revenue sharing. At the same time, we have decided to implement unified licensing regime. This is a primary step to-wards ease of doing busi-ness,” said Mr Pradhan. As a move forward on the Modi government’s ‘Minimum Government,

Maximum Governance’ agenda, the successful bidders of the fields on auction will be free to sell crude oil or natural gas at market-determined prices, without any gov-ernment interference, Mr Pradhan added. “The rev-enue sharing and royalty sharing mechanism with

the government will be benchmarked against the prevailing market price of oil on the day. If the company sells at below this price, then the shar-ing will still have to be done at the market price. If the company manages to sell at a higher price than the market rate, then the sharing will be based on this higher price,” the Minister said. The earlier profit sharing mechanism meant that the govern-ment had to scrutinise the various costs incurred by the private companies, which often led to de-lays and disputes. Of the 69 fields to be put on the block, 63 are owned by ONGC and 6 by OIL.

issue. Besides, the Patel community’s stir in Guja-rat for reservation in jobs and education, the contro-versial land acquisition bill, labour reforms and education policy are on the table too. The meeting is seen as appraisal exer-cise for the 15-month-old Modi government and the Sangh’s growing in-terest and involvement in governance. But the

RSS said the meet was neither meant to review the government’s perfor-mance nor to take any decision. “It was only to exchange notes and de-liberate over inputs pro-vided by participants on social, economic, cultural and education issues,” a Sangh source said. Prime Minister Modi is expect-ed to attend the meet on September 4.

G-20 labour minister’s conference, the labour ministry remained si-lent on the impact of the strike but trade unions leaders have termed it a “grand success”. As a nationwide strike of trade unions hit banking and other services today, business chambers today pegged the loss to the economy at a staggering Rs 25,000 crore and said such “disruptive” actions can hit India’s image as an attractive business destination. Terming the strike as “disruptive and uncalled for”, CII Pres-ident Sumit Mazumder said: “The impact of the strike has been par-tial. The real concern is that the image of India as an attractive business destination could take a beating. “The Indian economy cannot afford such disruptions and all constituents are required to work together to take the country forward. We earnestly appeal to Trade

Unions to resolve all pending issues through dialogue and discus-sion”. Assocham Secre-tary General D S Rawat said the financial impact of the disruption of essen-tial services might lead to an estimated loss of over Rs 25,000 crore to the economy, thereby taking into account the numer-ous direct and indirect losses. Banking services were among the worst hit as 23 public sector banks, 12 private sector banks,

52 regional rural banks and over 13,000 coopera-tive banks joined the stir. However, staff at SBI,

Indian Overseas Bank, ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and Axis Bank choose to stay away from the strike.

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DAYSheena Bora and Aarushi Talwar’s cases : media’s presumption of guiltWho has access to newspaper and television, the verdict has been delivered. Indrani Mukerjea, wife of media magnate Peter Mukerjea, is evil person-ified. She had killed her daughter Sheena (who is Sheena’s father is still a matter of conjecture) with the help of two accomplices; tried to get rid of the body by dumping it on a deserted stretch on the out-skirts of Mumbai; and even attempted to poison her son Mikhail — ostensibly because of property and the daughter’s affair with Peter’s son Rahul. Even before investigations are over; without a single word of the charge sheet being written, and long before the case comes up for hearing, the die has been cast. And, what helped the Everyman arrive at such defi-nite conclusions? The media, which claims to be a stickler for facts, and the purveyor of truth. As of now, the police are farthest from nailing the case. What is on display, however, is their incompetence. In 2012, when they were informed by the locals of the Gagode Budruk village in Pen about a partially decomposed body, they did visit the site, but didn’t bother to file an FIR and conduct proper investiga-tions, though there were tell-tale signs of foul play. There is still no forensic evidence to prove that the body was Sheena’s. Yet, systematic leaks from the police have been lapped up by information-hungry reporters, who then duly pass it on to the higher-ups, who, in turn, dress up facts for mass consumption. Who doesn’t love a scandal? It ensures readership; boosts TRP, and with every new revelation — how-ever bizarre and conflicting it might be — salacious gossip becomes the driving force of journalism. This is not to say that Indrani is above suspicion. But, at this point, the media spectacle is framed by the presumption of guilt — a dangerous idea. One that can influence the course of investigations and colour the opinion of the judiciary. It has happened before. During the investigations and the trial of the dou-ble murder case of Aarushi and Hemraj. Back then, like now, the media-conducted trial had proved to be extremely damaging for Rajesh and Nupur Talwar, the dentist parents of Aarushi. Back then, like now, something vital, something integral to the existence of society was missing — The presumption of in-nocence — without which institutions will crumble and the human collective that goes by the name of civilisation will lose direction. You either get North Korea or chaos. Take your pick. As a serving judge put it: “The presumption of innocence is fundamen-tal to anything that claims to call itself a civilised society.”

“I have discussed it with Philately board. Postal Stamps should be issued on Ramayana and Mahabharata series. Country’s great cultural concepts should be respected,” - Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said

while releasing a commemorative stamp on women empowerment.

Agency | London

A rare set of black and white photographs fea-turing a naked Angelina Jolie have gone on sale at a gallery here. The ac-tress-director posed for the stunning snapshots, taken by Kate Garner, when she was just 20 in 1995, reported Contact-

music. The arty images are on sale at London’s Zebra One Gallery for £1,800. In one shot, Jo-lie, who turned 40 this year, sits with feet bound and her knees clasped to her chest, while another highlights the star’s great beauty as she poses for a close-up and stares into Garner’s lens.

Agency | Mumbai

Parineeti Chopra recent-ly strutted for a maga-zine in a completely new, glam avatar and stunned the fashion police, only pleasantly this time! The Kill Dill actress has lost oodles of weight and is looking just out-of-this-world in the long shrugs, crop tops and high waist jeans. Pari totally knows how to make heads turn! Pari’s glamorised trans-formation has caught attention of all the fel-low fashionistas of the filmy circle and even they can’t stop raving about her sizzling shoot. Starting straight from B-town’s darling Alia Bhatt to the new-kid-on-the-block Athiya Shetty, everybody has acknowl-edged and appreciated Parineeti’s smoldering set. So, we can safely say that here begins the reign of Parineeti Chopra: The diva! Here’s what celebs had to say about Parinee-ti’s transformatio Athiya Shetty, who is a new-age fashionista herself, called Pari ‘too hot’ and said he just loved the new look. To which an ecstatic re-plied, ‘THANK YOU THANKK YOUUUUU HOT GIRL!’ Shaan-daar actress Alia Bhatt, known for her astound-ing style sense, too called Pari, ‘hot stuff’. Yash Raj Films’ latest find actress Bhumi Pednekar, who recently underwent a metamorphis from flab to fab, called this Kill Dill actress ‘bomb’. Nor just

Hero Was Suraj Pancholi’s Birthday Gift

London gallery to sell Angelina Jolie’s nude photographs

Agency | New Delhi

Actor Suraj Pancholi, who will make his de-but in Bollywood with Hero, said that Salman Khan did not pressurize him or his co-star Athi-ya Shetty. Hero has been co-produced by Salman and also marks the debut of Athiya in Bollywood. “Salman sir has never put any pressure on us. He never instructed us to work in a specific man-ner, or to take inspiration from other guys. Obvi-ously there is a pressure because we’ve got such a big film and he is back-ing us. We can’t let him down and that’s a pres-sure,” said Suraj. Suraj also said that he met Sal-man while he was work-ing with Kabir Khan. “I was working with Kabir Khan on Ek Tha Tiger where I met Salman sir.

With Salman Khan around ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’ will do well at box office: Sonam

Parineeti Chopra turns ‘sexy pari’ for sizzling photoshoot

Agency | Mumbai

Bollywood actress So-nam Kapoor who would be seen opposite Sal-man Khan in ‘Prem Ratan Dhaan Payo’ feels that the presence of the ‘Dabangg’ actor will en-sure a good opening at box office. Directed by Sooraj Barjatya, ‘Prem Ratan..’ will see Salman and Sonam in the lead in the family drama, which is set to be released around this Diwali. “I don’t even remember what numbers my films do because I really don’t

think about it too much. I think one film ‘Ran-jahnna’ and then ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’ has done Rs 100 crores,” Sonam told reporters here. She was responding to a query on whether ‘Prem Ratan…’ will join the Rs 100 crore film club. “The film stars Salman Khan and I am sure it’s going to open (with) ridiculous figures. But you hope it does well for the pro-ducers. And I am doing another film with Fox so it better do well. I work really hard (for the films I do),” she said. Sonam is

part of the Hindi version of Hollywood hit ‘The Fault in Our Stars’ being worked upon by Homi Adajania. Actress Deepi-ka Padukone’s name had also reportedly cropped up for the role in the film. “I guess you are talking about some other actress, why do people get con-fused. For now I am do-ing just two films. They are ‘Prem Ratan Dhaan Payo’ and a film with ‘Neeraja (Bhanot), both are with Fox…So I am set for the next one year at least, after that God knows,” she said.

Agency | Jaipur

Twenty-seven people, in-cluding a girl from Fin-land and son of famous Rajasthani Kalbelia danc-er Gulabo, were arrested from the dancer’s farm-house in Harmara area in city outskirts early on Tuesday when they were found partying under the influence of drugs and other psychotropic sub-stances. When a team of more than 50 policemen

raided the farmhouse around 4 am, the rave party was underway. The police seized not only marijuana and smack but also medical drugs and cough syrups. One of the accused is said to be the son of a court reg-istrar. The police also seized expensive bikes from the spot. Addition-al district commissioner of police (West) Karan Sharma said that they got a tip off about the

party and the possible use of drugs when they organized a raid. “Three ACPs, four SHOs and 50 other policemen raided a farmhouse at Jairampura around 4 am. There were more than 30 people, mostly youths. We ar-rested 27 after we found drugs and other objec-tionable items,” Sharma said. The officer said that it was basically a birthday bash which turned into a rave party.

Agency | Chennai

Telugu superstar Mahesh Babu’s ‘Srimanthudu’ has continued with its soaring success and has grossed Rs 154 crore in 25 days worldwide, a statement said. ‘Sriman-thudu’ had earned Rs 101.25 cr in its first week and with it, had become the second highest gross-ing Telugu release this year after ‘Baahubali’. Written and directed by Koratala Siva, the Telu-gu drama stars Mahesh Babu and Shruti Haas-

an in lead roles. Eros released ‘Srimanthudu’ across 2000 plus screens worldwide in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, north India and overseas. The film re-leased in Tamil dubbed versions in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. It’s a proud moment to associate with Mahesh Babu once again and Mythri Movie Makers for this family entertainer that has taken audiences by storm and reports across regions continue to be extremely encouraging.

And after shooting for 6-7 months in Turkey, we were about to com-plete the film. He came to my room at three on my birthday, and pulled me into his room and gave me a birthday gift which was Hero,” said

Suraj. “I used to go to a gym in Bandra where I came across Salman sir’s sister. And she told him about me and any-way they were looking for an actress opposite Suraj. He spoke to papa (Suniel Shetty) and the

next thing I knew was that I was on sets of Hero,” said Athiya. Hero is a remake of Subhash Ghai’s 1983 film of the same name, which fea-tured Jackie Shroff and Meenakshi Seshadri in the lead roles.

actresses, even B-town hunks were mesmer-ised by Parineeti’s new look. Meiyang Chang

and Ayushmann Khura-na were the first ones to congratulate Pari on her new, improved look.

Mahesh Babu’s ‘Srimanthudu’ collects Rs 154 cr in 25 days

Rave party busted on city outskirts, 27 held

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SPORTS ROUNDUP

Ishant, Pujara enter top-20 in ICC Test rankings

Quarter of Smartphone Sales to Be 4G Devices by Year-End: Micromax

Ericsson bags 3G, 4G network contracts from Bharti Airtel

India Internet userbase crosses 350-mn milestone in June: IAMAI

Agency | New Delhi

Country’s second-largest handset vendor Micro-max on Wednesday said it expects one-fourth of its smartphone sales volume to come from 4G devices by end of the year. The company, which has four LTE-enabled devices in its portfolio is looking to aggressively scale up the number to over 10 de-vices by the end of December. “We currently have four 4G devices, but we are looking at expanding this number rapidly. We will bring three 4G hand-sets this month (priced under $125) and before Di-wali, we will have five more devices, priced well under $100 (roughly Rs. 6,620),” Micromax CEO Vineet Taneja.

Agency | New Delhi

Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson said on Wednesday it has bagged a four-year 4G net-work rollout contract in Delhi from Bharti Airtel. The company has also signed another four-year agreement with Airtel to expand its 3G network across eight telecom circles in the country. Finan-cial details of the contracts were not shared by Er-icsson. This is Ericsson’s first 4G network using LTE-FDD technology in Delhi. Apart from Del-hi, Ericsson will deploy LTE network in 4 other circles. It did not let out details though. Ericsson India Head Paolo Colella said the company is the market leader on LTE technology with 40 per cent of the world’s LTE smartphone traffic currently served by its network. According to Ericsson, LTE subscriptions in India are expected to reach more than 230 million by 2020, which will work out to around 17% of the total subscription base.

Agency | New Delhi

India has added 52 million Internet users in first six months of the year, taking the total user base to 352 million as on June 30, 2015, industry body IAMAI today said. Interestingly, 213 million (over 60%) users accessed the worldwide web through mobile devices. “Internet (in India) has reached an inflection point. The consolidated numbers af-firm the fact that Internet in India has now become inclusive, which augurs well for the industry and society at large,” the Internet and Mobile Associ-ation of India (IAMAI) said in a statement. The number of Internet users has grown over 26% from 278 million in October 2014. The number of mo-bile Internet users has also grown about 40% from 159 million users in October last year. “The Inter-net in India took more than a decade to move from 10 million to 100 million and 3 years from 100 to 200 million. However, it took only a year to move from 200 to 300 million users. Clearly, Internet is mainstream in India today,” it said.

Victory achieved with the ball: India’s bowlers scored a perfect 60 out of 60 in Sri Lanka

Federer, Murray, Wawrinka advance at uS Open

Agency | Dubai

While Cheteshwar Pu-jara was placed 20th in the batsman list, Ishant Sharma moved to 18th in the bowler list. Pac-er Ishant Sharma broke into the bowlers’ top-20, while Cheteshwar Puja-ra entered the top-20 of batsmen’s list as Indian cricketers gained signifi-cantly in the latest ICC Test rankings following their first series triumph in Sri Lanka in 22 years. “Cheteshwar Pujara has broken into the top 20 of the ICC Player Rankings for Test Batsmen for the first time in his career fol-lowing the conclusion of

the Colombo Test, which India won by 117 runs to clinch the series 2-1,” the ICC said in a state-ment. The 27-year-old batsman carried his bat in the first innings and returned unbeaten on 145 not out, his seventh ca-reer century, which was the cornerstone of India’s first innings score of 312. For this performance, Pujara has been reward-ed with a jump of four places, which puts him in 20th position. Pujara is now the second India batsman to feature in the top 20, but following Vi-rat Kohli’s drop to 11th (down by one place), the

fifth-ranked side has no batsman inside the top 10. Apart from Pujara, there were few other mid-dle-order batsmen who made significant contri-butions to India’s cause at the Singhalese Sports Club, which, in turn, have helped them to head in the right direction. Ro-hit Sharma has moved up two places to 48th, Rav-ichandran Ashwin has gained five places and is now in 50th spot, while Amit Mishra, who scored 59 in the first innings and featured in a 104 runs eighth wicket partnership with Pujara, has vaulted 56 places to 91st.

Virat Kohli number one batsmen in latest ICC T20I rankings

Sri Lanka off-spinner Tharindu Kaushal reported for suspect bowling action

Agency | New York

The former world No.1, who last won the US Open in 2008, showed great form, outplaying his opponent in all de-partments of the game. Scot tennis star Andy Murray, Swiss second seed Roger Federer, his compatriot Stan Waw-rinka and Czech Tomas Berdych advanced to the second round of the US Open here. Murray defeated controversial Australian Nick Kyrgios 7-5, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 in the

last match of the second day on Tuesday. Murray, the tournament’s winner in 2012, made no con-cessions for Kyrgios, mixing up his game well even though his serve re-mained inconsistent, re-ports Efe. The third seed Scot managed to win de-cisive points in his first set success, as he carried forward the momentum into the second set, and eventually secured his victory. Murray’s next opponent will be the left-handed Frenchman

Adrian Mannarino who beat Russian qualifier Konstantin Kravchuk 7-6 (6), 6-4, 6-1. Seven-teen-time Major champi-on Federer, playing his 16th straight U.S. Open, geared up for his sixth tournament crown as he easily dismissed Argen-tina’s Leonardo Mayer 6-1, 6-2, 6-2. The for-mer world No.1, who last won the US Open in 2008, showed great form, outplaying his op-ponent in all departments of the game.

Agency | Colombo

Sri Lanka off-spinner Tharindu Kaushal has been reported for a sus-pect bowling action during the third Test against India, the Inter-national Cricket Council (ICC) said on Wednes-day. The 22-year-old, with a distinctive high-knee run-up, has played six Tests for Sri Lan-ka and has been ear-marked as the island country’s spin spearhead when Rangana Herath, 37, eventually retires. Kaushal has already tak-en two five-wicket hauls in his career and picked up 13 scalps in the three Tests against India, the

Agency | Dubai

There was some more good news in the offing for India’s Test captain Virat Kohli as he was de-clared the No 1 ranked batsmen in T20 Inter-nationals according to ICC’s latest rankings. Ac-cording to the latest rank-ings released by ICC this morning, Kohli has tak-en over from Australia’s Aaron Finch, who missed Monday’s T20I against England, which the home side won by five runs. As a result, Finch dropped 17 points, which, in turn, means he now trails the India Test captain by seven points. Kohli now has 861 rating points with Finch trailing him

Agency | Colombo

In a basement room at the Sydney Cricket Ground, the India captain ad-dressed a last press con-ference of the Test series. Virat Kohli looked tired after leading the team in a match they almost lost because his bowlers con-

ceded 200-plus runs in the last session on day four. It was in sharp con-trast to Adelaide, where Kohli had led India for the first time. There he had almost tasted victory, crusading alone, on the might of his bat. In Syd-ney, he found out that this job wasn’t going to be so

Agency | Chandigarh

The Millwoods Hockey Association in Canada was forced into allow-ing Shanvir Singh, 9, to wear his kirpan (ceremo-nial dagger) while play-ing ice hockey. Shanvir Singh was registered to play in a league organ-ised by the association. After his first session of play at the association,

his mother, Gurjit Kaur, heard that her son’s kir-pan had been removed by the coach and that he had been told not to bring it to the association. How-ever, due to the efforts of a dialogue undertaken by the World Sikh Or-ganisation (WSO) and the association, the child was eventually allowed to wear the kirpan.

by seven points at 854. Third in the list is Englan batsman Alex Hales with 841 points. Faf du Ples-sis of South Africa and Chris Gayle of West In-dies are placed fourth and fifth respectively. India’s Suresh Raina is 11th in the list while T20 captain Mahendra Singh Dho-ni is 33rd. The bowlers’ list is headed by Samuel Badree of the West Indies

with India’s Ravi Ashwin in fourth place. The next best Indian in the bowlers’ list is Ravindra Jadeja at 30th. Meanwhile, Austra-lia has dropped one place to third after Monday’s loss. This has put Paki-stan in second place, six points behind ICC World Twenty20 champion Sri Lanka. England has re-tained its eighth position on the table.

easy.. “We need to find more discipline in the bowling attack, and build pressure,” was the theme of his press conference. Seven months later, Kohli sat in a first floor room at the Sinhalese Sports Club and Kohli attributed In-dia’s first series win in 22 years to the bowling unit, with good reason. The bowlers had taken all sixty wickets to beat Sri Lanka 2-1 It is a remark-able achievement, how-ever you look at it. Kohli talked about seizing mo-ments that mattered, par-ticularly in the last two Tests so that they could overturn the shocking result in Galle. Two pas-sages of play hold great importance here.

third highest tally behind Herath and paceman Dhammika Prasad (both 15) for the Sri Lankans. “The match officials’ report, which was hand-ed over to the Sri Lanka management, cited con-cerns about the legali-ty of the 22-year-old’s

bowling action,” the governing body said in a statement. Kaushal will have to undergo a test on his bowling action within 14 days but will be allowed to continue bowling in international cricket until the results are known.

Sikh boy can sport kirpan while playing hockey in Canada

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Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

With the Centre doubling the quota of Haj pilgrims from Gujarat, more than 6,500 people are slated to travel to Mecca from the state this year. The first flight for Haj pilgrims will depart at 4.10pm on Wednesday from terminal 3 of the Sardar Vallabh-bhai Patel internation-al Airport to Medina in Saudi Arabia. Elaborate arrangements have been made by the Haj commit-tee of Gujarat as well as the airports authority of India (AAI) at terminal 3 for pilgrims as well as their relatives. Separate parking and tent facilities have been set up to facil-itate the pilgrims. Also, temporary immigration counters have been set up at the terminal. Until last year, 3,536 pilgrims were allowed to travel to Mec-ca from Gujarat. For this year, the number will be

6,272 thanks to substan-tial seats being released from the reserved cate-gory. This arrangement is applicable for this year. Mohammed Ali Qadri, chairman of Gujarat Haj committee said, “Around 6,750 pilgrims will be travelling in batches to Mecca from Gujarat in-cluding those travelling on their own.” Out of 6,750, around 950 pilgrims are more than 70-years-old while, around 5,200 pil-grims are such who had been trying to go under the government quota for the last five years. The origi-nal quota allotted to Gu-jarat for Haj is 3,124 seats which is proportionate to the minority population of 3.32% of all Indian Mus-lims. In Gujarat, against a quota of 3,124 seats, more than 47,000 applications were received in 2014 and above 51,000 applications were received this year. Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

In first remarks by a Con-gress leader on the Patidar agitation for OBC status and reservation in Guja-rat, veteran party leader Madhavsinh Solanki, a four-time Chief Minis-ter who rode to power on the KHAM (Kshatriya, Harijan, Adivasi, Mus-lim) coalition he stitched in the 1980s and thereby alienated upper castes in the state, said he is confi-dent it will fizzle out “be-cause truth has no role in it”. While he did not name Hardik Patel who is spear-heading the Patidar agi-tation, Solanki, now 88, said: “This agitation in Gujarat will not last long because truth has no role in it.” “You must remem-ber that at that time, peo-ple of Gujarat supported reservation for OBCs. In the 1985 election, I got a massive majority in the Gujarat assembly, win-


Real estate developer N G Patel of NG Group was on Tuesday unanimously elected as the new presi-dent of Karnavati Club. A board meeting of the club directors was held on Tuesday to elect the new president after Gi-rish Dani resigned from the post last week. Build-er Hasmukh Parikh was elected as the new sec-retary while Jigish Shah was retained as the club’s vice president. Trilok Parikh, who recently con-ducted the club elections, was appointed chairman of the executive commit-tee of the club. Around 24 directors were present in the meeting of the to-tal of 30. In another de-velopment, Jayanti Patel

was removed from the post of chairman. How-ever, it is expected that the post of chairman will likely be scrapped. “In the next annual general meeting, we will take a decision on whether the post of chairman needs to be continued. We will also seek the opinion of the registrar of companies (ROC) on this,” said N G Patel, the new president. After taking charge as president, N G Patel said he would work for the welfare of members. “We will bring down prices of food served at various restaurants in the club but there will be no compro-mise on quality. We will try to lower membership fees. Also, members will be free to meet me at any time,” said Patel.


Possible rate hike in in-terest rates by Federal Reserve in US, fall in in-ternational prices and ru-pee strengthening against dollar led to higher gold imports in August. Ac-cording to latest data of GSEC Ltd which han-dles air cargo at Ahmed-abad airport, 15.78 metric tonnes (MT) of gold was imported in state in Au-gust 2015 as compared to 7.20 MT of gold im-ported in the same period in 2014, an increase of 119%. After clocking less than 5 MT imports from December 2014 to Feb-ruary this year, imports grew to 22 MT in March , followed by 13.11 MT in April 2015 and 5.78 MT

in May 2015. However the imports fell in June to 1.32 MT but picked up in July to 10.78 MT due to consistent drop in inter-national prices. “We had expected gold imports to pick up as prices went be-low $1100 per ounce of gold in international mar-ket in the first half of Au-gust. The imports picked up in last two months de-spite monsoon being con-sidered a lean season for bullion traders and jewel-ers,” said Chirag Thakkar, director, Amrapali Indus-tries. This is the lowest gold prices in 4 years - in Ahmedabad price fell below Rs 25,000 per 10 gram on August 6. Gold was trading in the city at Rs 26,718 per 10 gram

(spot pricing) on Tuesday. “Demand in the market is expected to shoot up with various festivals and marriage season coming up,” said Girish Choksi, city-based bullion trader. Samir Mankad, director of GSEC Ltd said that in-crease in imports was pri-marily due to fall in inter-national prices. “Though import consignments ar-rived on time but clear-ance was sluggish over two days in last week of August due to violence in city,” said Mankad. In case of silver too, the im-ports picked up. Around 11.92 MT of silver was imported in state in Au-gust 2015 compared to 0.95 MT in July and 0.67 MT in June 2015.


Gujarat high court on Monday issued show-cause notices for termi-nation to 94 people who were recently employed in the HC by former act-ing chief justice (ACJ) V M Sahai. The ACJ made these appointments using special powers granted for recruitment bypass-ing selection procedure. Allegations of arbitrari-ness and favouritism were levelled after the former ACJ recruited 94 people in Class III and IV categories in the HC establishment using pow-

ers under Article 229 (1) of the Constitution. Se-nior judges’ opposition to these recruitments by Justice Sahai erupted into a major controversy that got further fuelled when Justice Sahai filed a suo motu PIL highlighting al-leged irregularity in allot-ment of plots to HC judg-es in 2010. SC has stayed proceedings in the plot al-lotment case. The HC ad-ministration has asked the 94 employees to explain why their appointments should not be terminated because they were made without following prop-

er selection procedure. “No selection process was undertaken,” says the notice. They have also been asked to “disclose the source of information that posts were vacant and that was likely to be filled up”. This is because many people were re-cruited the day after they applied for the posts. The notices mention that these employees are recruited on temporary basis and can be sacked without any notice. However, they have been given a September 11 deadline to explain their side.


When Hardik Patel was 19, Lalji Patel had induct-ed him into his Sardar Pa-tel Group. Today, the the SPG founder-president says “the boy” outwitted him by using social me-dia effectively. “I gave him the responsibility of handling the social media campaign for our move-ment and he ran it creat-ing an impression that he was leading the move-ment,” Lalji, 38, pop-ularly known as “LD.” Lalji alleged that the one time he asked Hardik for access to the group’s so-cial media accounts, “he gave me a wrong pass-word.” He refrained from accusing Hardik of “tak-ing over” the movement,

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Mobile internet ban ends; Ahmedabad, Surat last out

Lalji Patel: ‘I let Hardik run social media, he made it seem he was the leader’


The epicentre of the Pa-tidar agitation has shift-ed from north Gujarat to Surat, where Hardik Patel is camping until at least Wednesday to chart future plans. Also, the Surat unit of Patidar Anamat An-dolan Samiti announced plans for a ten-day “Dan-di march” from “vio-lence-affected areas”. The Sardar Patel Group led by Lalji Patel, the parent body from where Hardik started in 2012, has been operating largely out of the north, especially Me-hsana. PAAS’s Surat con-vener and co-convener Alpesh Katheriya and Vishal Vasoya told a press conference Tuesday they have decided to walk the Gandhian march and will


The mobile internet ban in Gujarat ended Tuesday but not before Ahmed-abad city’s detection of crime branch had written to the police commission-er proposing it be extend-ed by another couple of days to prevent “provo-cation of a riot”. The in-ternet ban was lifted from Rajkot, Vadodara and other smaller towns Mon-day while Ahmedabad and Surat had remained under the ban for the seventh day. Surat police said data services were restored in the evening. In Ahmedabad, district collector Rajkumar Beni-wal issued orders lifting

however, and agreed Har-dik remains with SPG. “He is a lifetime member of SPG, so we cannot throw him out unless he is caught in an anti-commu-nity act. He has not done anything of that sort yet,” Lalji said. Lalji said Har-dik’s Patidar Anamat An-dolan Samiti (PAAS) was only a group on Facebook and WhatsApp, not even a registered organisation when it held its rally in Ahmedabad on August 25. As Hardik launched himself in Delhi, Lalji announced Monday that the SPG’s first priority

is to help families whose sons had died in the vi-olence that followed the rally, provide aid to the injured, and ensure the release of Patidars in custody. “We have the rest of our life to run the agitation. This is more important than rushing to Delhi,” he said. He also demanded a CBI inves-tigation into the role of the police in the violence and declared August 26 “Patidar Shahid Din”. Hailing from Aloda vil-lage in Mehsana, Lalji has eight bighas of farm-land. When not farming

castor, cotton, cumin and wheat, he spends his time in “social service”. He describes himself as a “media shy”, grass-roots person and Hardik as someone who “likes the spotlight”. Lalji said 90 per cent of the public was mobilised by SPG, which claims a 10 lakh membership. He felt the crowd at the Ahmedabad rally would have turned out even if Hardik or he was not there. “By then it had already turned into a movement and the villages had been awak-ened,” he said.

In Hardik Patel’s new base of Surat, his teammates announce ‘Dandi march’

Haj begins today, 6,000 from Gujarat to make pilgrimage

Termination notices to 94 appointed by ex-ACJ

the ban from rural areas at 5.30 pm Tuesday. Col-lector Beniwal said ser-vices in rural areas have been restored. “The deci-sion to restore it in urban areas has to be taken by the police commission-er.” The DCP also lodged

an FIR against unknown “anti-social elements” Tuesday “for spreading provocative messages through social media and various mobile applica-tions”. The FIR charged the accused with spread-ing “provocative messag-

es, speeches, comments on social media like WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube via mobile phones and In-ternet that could lead to a riot and create fear and insecurity among com-munities”.

go on “symbolic fasts” in the places worst hit by the violence after the Ahmed-abad rally of August 25. They urged the commu-nity not to take the law in their own hands. The PAAS leaders did not give details where and when the march would begin. The decision was taken after a meeting pre-sided over by Hardik Pa-tel at a farmhouse belong-ing to a Patidar leader in Surat. The Surat edition

of the Patidar rallies had seen the biggest turnout, around 4.5 lakh, on Au-gust 17 in the build-up to Ahmedabad rally. After that rally, Katheriya was a key mobiliser of the Ahmedabad rally. Har-dik met over 500 Patidars where he appealed for do-nations to the families of the eight Patidar youths who died in the violence. Surat has over 10 lakh Patidars including five BJP MLAs.

August spike in gold imports, 15 metric tonne mark hit

KHAM architect Madhavsinh Solanki speaks out: Patel agitation won’t last long

N G Patel is new president of Ahmedabad’s Karnavati Club

ning 149 (of 182) seats. Unfortunately, after the election, my own party-men injected communal elements in the anti-res-ervation agitation. In spite of the historic verdict, I offered to resign.” Asked why a Patidar agitation now, Solanki said: “Those castes who have got res-ervation in education and government jobs are get-ting college admissions and jobs faster than oth-ers. The upper castes are seeing how OBC, Dalits and tribals are sharing the

pie which was exclusively theirs before reservation. This has created jealousy. The upper castes are ask-ing, why are they taking away what was owned by us.” “Upper castes in Gujarat (Patels, Brahmins and Baniyas) who are 25 per cent have issues with the other 75 per cent of the people… Patels have nev-er asked for reservation before. To get reservation, one has to apply as a ‘low-er caste’. They have nev-er considered themselves neechali jaat.”

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