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News Brief

You can’t judge a team at this stage: Bhatia

Delhi Daredevils V/s Rising Pune

Supergiants(Delhi 8:00 PM)

Agency | New Delhi

People are not willing to get their daughters married off in some eight villages of Odis-ha due to lack of water there, a BJD member said in Lok Sabha to-day. Rabindra Jena, who represents Balasore in Odisha, spoke of the pe-culiar problem saying that the water table has gone so down that one cannot get water even 1,000 feet depth.

Agency | Faridabad

A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped by two youths here when she was alone at home, po-lice said today. Aftab and Shamshad, both slum dwellers of Prem Nagar locality, raped her yesterday, the victim said in her complaint. Police said a hunt is on to apprehend the ac-cused.

Agency | New Delhi

They are placed a lowly sixth on the points table but injury-struck Ris-ing Pune Supergiants all-rounder Rajat Bha-tia says it’s still early to write off his team as he believes the replace-ment players will lend much-needed stability to the side.

Correspondent | Mehsana

Sardar Patel Group (SPG) president Lalji Pa-tel, who was arrested by local crime bracnh (LCB)of Mahesana police late last night from a private hospital here in connec-tion with the violence during April 17 jail bharo campaign, will be pro-duced in a local court this evening. LCB in-charge Inspector R S Patel today said that the police would seek remand of the SPG leader from the court. ‘We want his remand to interrogate him about various aspects of the vi-olence and the unlawful activities of April 17. We

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

The Gujarat government today refused to accept the undertaking given by the Jailed Patidar quota stir leader Hardik Patel in the High Court during the hearing on his appeal against the rejection of his bail pleas in two se-dition cases. On the other hand during the hearing today,bringing the said ‘rift’ between Hardik and three of his former aides and co-accused in the case Chirag, Dinesh and Ketan Patel to fore, Har-dik’s counsel Zubin Bhar-da said in the course of argument that it was not his client who instigated the people to indulge in violence post August 25 pro reservation rally of the Patidar Anamat Aan-dolan Samiti (PAAS), but the trio who had already got bail in the matter. The hearing will continue to-morrow. Hardik in his

‘Invisible hand prevented probe’

No water, hence no marriage

Teenaged girl raped by two

youths

Today MaTch IPL 2016

Investigation will focus on names revealed by Italian court, says Parrikar“AgustaWestland Scam”

LCB wants remand of Lalji Patel to interrogate him about sources of fund

Delhi Police detain 12 suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists in overnight raids

Agency | New Delhi

Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy an-nounced on Wednesday that the state government has decided to give Rs 10 lakh as compensation to the family of the Dalit law student who was bru-tally raped and murdered in Perumbavoor in Er-nakulam District of Ker-ala. Earlier, asserting that

‘swift’ action would be taken against the perpe-trators of the brutal rape Chandy, who met the fam-ily members of the victim on Wednesday, said his government would do the ‘necessary’ towards the demands of the victim’s family, who have asked for a job for the victim’s sister. “This incident is a shame to the state. We’ve

Agency | New Delhi

Delhi Police has detained 12 people suspected to be linked with a terror outfit planning an attack in the city and recovered ex-plosives from their pos-session after a series of overnight raids in the na-tional capital and neigh-bouring states. The terror suspects are linked to Pa-kistan-based Jaish-e-Mo-hammed group. The on-going raids are part of a joint operation of Delhi Police and a central in-telligence agency. While

Agency | New Delhi

Alleging that the procure-ment process in the Agus-taWestland VVIP chopper deal was violated, de-fence minister Manohar Parrikar said on Wednes-day an inquiry in the case will focus on roles of those named in the judg-ment of an Italian court. AgustaWestland was al-leged to have paid Rs 375 crore as bribe to secure a Rs 3,700-crore contract to supply 12 VVIP choppers to the Indian Air Force. The contract for purchase of helicopters for the use of VVIPs was signed in

2010. The previous UPA government scrapped the deal over charges of kick-backs. The multi-crore-rupee scam resurfaced last month after the names of some Congress leaders, including of party chief Sonia Gandhi, were said to have figured in a judg-ment of the Italian court. On Wednesday, Parrikar said trials were not con-ducted on the model of the choppers bought by India but another one as the type mentioned in the deal was still being de-veloped. Parrikar said the former UPA regime creat-

decided to give all assis-tance to family. Her Fam-ily wants to get a job for the sister of the deceased girl, will do the neces-sary,” Chandy said. “Will take strong legal action against the culprits in the brutal murder. Offenders will not be spared. The guilty will be brought to justice swiftly,” he add-ed. With protest marches by students and rights ac-tivists being held across Kerala condemning the ghastly incident, Chandy on Tuesday described the crime as “shocking”. The two persons taken into custody were questioned by a police team headed by Ernakulam Range IG Mahipal Yadav.

would also inquire him about the funds spent for the program and its sourc-es,’ he said. The LCB in-spector said that Lalji Pa-tel would be produced in a local court this evening where the remand would be sought. Meanwhile Lalji Patel told newsmen after his arrest last night that he won’t seek bail in

the case. He was seem-ingly peeved at his late night arrest. He had ear-lier claimed to surrender yesterday. But he did not turn up before the police. He had sustained injury in the head on April 17 during heavy stone pelt-ing and was admitted to a local hospital since then. He is one of the

37 named accused in the case lodged by the LCB of Mahesana police in B-division police station here under 307 (attempt to murder) and other sections of the IPC. On April 17, thousands of supporters of the SPG and PAAS went on ram-page in the town after a meeting despite denial of permission to their jail bharo campaign de-manding release of jailed patidar quota stir leaders. They also torched several vehicles and attacked the local office of minister of state for home Rajni Patel. They also indulged in heavy stone pelting on police.

Kerala Dalit rape case: Rs 10 lakh compensation announced for victim’s kin

a team of the force’s an-ti-terror unit Special Cell zeroed in on two of the youths, while they were allegedly in the process of making improvised explosive device, from east Delhi’s Gokulpuri

area, names of the oth-ers emerged during their questioning and they were tracked down one after another in the wee hours of Wednesday, a senior official said. All of them are suspected to be

members of a sleeper unit of a terror outfit, planning an attack in the national capital and other cities, the official said. Special Cell teams are conduct-ing raids in Delhi and Ut-tar Pradesh, and several arrests are likely in the next 24 hours. Explosives have also been recovered from their possession. The 12 are being ques-tioned by Special Cell sleuths and intelligence officials. Investigation is underway, the senior offi-cial added.

Govt. rejects Hardik’s undertaking

undertaking yesterday had assured the court that if granted bail he would not do anything by act or speech which incite peo-ple or trigger violence, however he maintained that he would participate in the agitation in peace-ful manner. The court is hearing his appeal against the rejection of his regu-lar bail pleas by different local courts of Surat and Ahmedabad in two se-dition related cases. The court of Justice A J De-sai today adjourned the hearing till tomorrow. Hardik’s counsel Zubin

Bharda said that in his undertaking his client has said that though the agita-tion of the Patidar Anamat Aandolan Samiti (PAAS) would continue peaceful-ly in democratic manner, if granted bail he won’t do any thing by act or speech which may incite people or trigger violence. He said that if the three other accused (Dinesh Chirag and Ketan) against whom there was evidence of in-citing their supporters for violence, have got bail, why Hardik, who did not do so, should not be granted bail.

ed a “single-vendor situ-ation” to benefit from the same. “It appears an ‘in-visible hand’ was guiding the action or inaction of the CBI and ED,” he said. “Italian court has proof

that there was ‘malafide intent’ and there was corruption in matter is brought out in extensive details in judgments of a Milan court. The coun-try wants to know who

benefitted from the deal,” Parrikar said. “The Italian court has said there are omissions at many stag-es and the deal was can-celled by the government after the CAG advice,” he said in the Rajya Sabha. “Why field evaluation trials were conducted outside India. Field trial in India was extremely important because topo-graphical conditions here (in India) differ from that of in the US and the UK,”

he added. Parrikar further said the UPA regime tried to take the longer route of writing to the embas-sy and the court instead of taking action against the company. As soon as Parrikar concluded his speech, Leader of Oppo-sition in the Rajya Sabha, Ghulam Nabi Azad, said the defence minister’s speech was full of al-legations. Countering BJP MP Subramanian Swamy, former defence

minister AK Antony ear-lier said “take action if you have evidence, but don’t threaten and black-mail us”. “Don’t try to politicise this issue. You will have to repent later. After the first report in media on alleged scam in helicopter deal, we act-ed immediately,” Antony said. “We blacklisted six companies at one go. This sent out a message that we do not tolerate corrup-tion,” he said.

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DAYIndia’s problem with the girl child: Anandiben Patel

It is difficult to know exactly what Gujarat chief min-ister Anandiben Patel had in mind when—speaking at a public event on Saturday—she played up the role a new woman and child hospital, provided for in the state budget, would have in “research on why, for what reason, back-to-back daughters are born”. Perhaps, her intentions can be given a charitable spin; she did speak of the unfairness of women being blamed for having daughters and allow that some families might have only sons and want a daughter. But even so, framing the issue in terms of whose “fault” a daughter’s birth is and implicitly legitimizing the quest for children of a specific sex is problematic. Parsing every public utterance made by politicians is usually a fruitless en-deavour. There is much that is tailored to the moment. Patel, however, has disregarded the sex preference that has become a pressing sociocultural, humanitarian and economic issue in India. And in also bringing up DNA testing and modification in the context of babies born with mental and physical challenges, she has ventured into an area where governments and scientists are still struggling to frame the ethical terms of the debate. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs data for 150 countries over four decades shows that India is one of only two countries—China is the other—where female infant mortality is higher than male infant mortality in the 21st century. And when it comes to child mortality sex ratio, India is, by some distance, the worst in the world. Given the strong bi-ological advantage that girls enjoy in early childhood, this can only be explained by “differential treatment or access to resources... putting girls at a disadvantage”, according to the report. And these are the visible fig-ures. Foetal sex determination and selective abortion are endemic problems nationwide. The Preconception and Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques Act (PCPNDT), 1994, has proved ineffective. In 2011, British medical journal Lancet estimated that up to 12 million female foetuses had been aborted in India over the previous three decades. Yet, in the majority of states, not a sin-gle case has been registered under the PCPNDT Act. Of the handful that have been charged in cities such as New Delhi, there have been no convictions. The con-sequences are as predictable as they are depressing: a decline in child gender ratio from 945 girls per 1,000 boys in 1991 to 927 girls per 1,000 boys in 2011 as per census data; sociocultural upheaval in states such as Ra-jasthan, Haryana and Punjab with particularly low ra-tios; destructive practices such as “buying” brides from other states; human trafficking; human rights abuses.

“Now let’s move to the AP. there are many APs in the country. Including one leading Gujarat,” - there are many “APs” in India including

the Gujarat Chief Minister, Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi said as he refuted in Parliament allegations against his party in the AgustaWestland chopper deal..

Salman Khan, Anushka Sharma begin ‘Sultan’ shoot in Ludhiana

Agency | Ludhiana

After wrapping up the schedule in Muzaffarnagar of Uttar Pradesh recent-ly, Bollywood superstar Salman Khan along with co-actor Anushka Sharma started shooting for ‘Sul-tan’ in Punjab on Tuesday (May 3). The shoot is be-ing held in villages Na-rangwal and Kila Raipur of Ludhiana. Some sequences will also be shot in Doraha. Interestingly, few months back superstar Aamir Khan also shot in the Narangw-al and Kila Raipur for his upcoming flick ‘Dangal.’ However, unlike Aamir Khan who frankly met his fans and obliged them for photographs in the hotel

Agency | Mumbai

Fifteen-year-old Nihal Shrinivas Bitla who suf-fered from a rare genetic disorder progeria, suc-cumbed to his condition at a hospital in Karimnagar in Telangana on Tuesday. Nihal was instrumental in creating awareness about the disorder in India, and was the face of the Pro-geria Research Founda-tion’s campaign to detect undiagnosed children living in India. Hutchin-son–Gilford progeria syndrome, commonly known as progeria, is the condition where a child ages eight times faster than normal and hence has a much shorter life span than children their age. Such children usual-ly die from a heart attack

Agency | New Delhi

Bollywood superstars Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan, who have crossed the age of 50, don’t mind doing an item number or dancing around the trees. Instead, he wants to do roles like Hollywood star Liam

Agency | New Delhi

Bollywood star Kangana

Nihal, face of rare genetic disorder progeria in India, dies at 15

Would love to do films like Liam Neeson does: Sanjay dutt Proud of Kangana Ranaut, Hrithik

Roshan controversy nonsense: Mother

where he was putting up for almost three months, the visit of Salman Khan has been kept entirely under the wraps. Con-trary to this, Aamir Khan during his stay in Ludhi-ana held various meetings

with deputy commission-er, police commissioner, various industrialists and artists from Punjabi film industry. Salman Khan is expected to end Punjab leg of ‘Sultan’ shooting by May 9.

Agency | Mumbai

It’s been quite some time since we heard from our lovely lady Deepi-ka Padukone but that’s because she’s been busy with her Hollywood de-but film with Vin Diesel. Pictures of the actress have surfaced online ev-ery now and then where she’s seen having a blast with the crew and cast of xXx: The Return of Xander Cage. She’s defi-nitely made friends for life. In fact, The actress was recently spotted in the city of dreams New York with her new friend Hung Vanngo a Holly-wood makeup artist. He shared this moment on snapchat from where it reached all platforms of social media. Deepika is not known to post a lot on social media, but her friends and co-stars more than make up for that. “Looking flawless like this at 6AM should be illegal @deepikapadu-

Agency | Mumbai

Actor Randeep Hooda, who will be essaying the role of Sarabjiit in the Omung Kumar directo-rial “Sarbjit”, chained himself with heavy hand-cuffs weighing approx-imately 2.5 kg in each hand to get into the char-acter. “Sarbjit” is based on the life of Sarabjit Singh, an Indian farmer who was convicted of charges of terrorism and spying in Pakistan and was sentenced to death. Actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan will be seen in the role of Dalbir Kaur, Sarbjit’s sister, in the film while actress Richa Chadha will essay Sarab-jit’s wife. “Randeep Hoo-da has given immense dedication and hard work to his character. While

kone #DeepikaPadukone # B o l l y w o o d A c t r e s s #HungVanngo #make-up,” Hung posted on his Snapchat account which soon took social media by storm. Seriously who looks like that at 6 in the MORNING?!!! But we should stop being so sur-prised anymore consid-

ering it’s Deepika Padu-kone. The actress will be wrapping up shooting for xXx: The Return of Xan-der Cage in Toronto by the end of this month,.The last time she was in India, was for a short trip for a friend’s wedding. Watch the exciting video below!

Deepika Padukone is setting temperatures soaring in New York–here’s proof!

After wrapping up the schedule in Muzaffarnagar of Uttar Pradesh recently, Salman Khan, Anushka Sharma started

shooting for ‘Sultan’ in Punjab

or stroke. Nihal and his family, who live in Bhi-wandi, were in Telangana to attend a wedding. As he was severely dehydrat-ed, the teen was admitted to a local hospital. Doc-tors suspect that Nihal’s hardened arteries, a con-dition common in the el-derly that restricts blood flow, contributed to his sudden death. Dr Parag Tamhankar from Nation-al Institute for Research in Reproductive Health,

who had diagnosed Ni-hal when he was 10, said the boy appeared like a 60-year-old despite his age. Nihal was brought to him with complaints of stiffness of bones and wrinkles all over his face. In 2014, Nihal along with three-year-old Ishan, an-other child with Proge-ria from Satara, went to Boston, US, to undergo a clinical trial of a cancer drug meant to slow accel-erated ageing.

Neeson does. Dutt feels it is not his age to do so. Sanju Baba, who is cur-rently flooded with film offers, revealed that he is eyeing films that will suit his age. “I am looking for roles according to my age. I am not in the age where I can dance around trees or do an item number. I am doing roles according to my age. I would love to do films like Holly-wood actor Liam Neeson

does . May be something like ‘Taken’. So, I am all geared up to do some actions and emotional films,” the 56-year-old actor said. The actor, fondly known as Sanju Baba, further said, “For now, I am relaxing with my family. I will start shooting for a film in August and one Vinod Chopra film will start in October. Apart from that there is a biopic coming on me, after which I will be working on the sequel of Munna Bhai.” Sanjay, who was present in the na-tional capital to attend an event, participated in an interactive session where he spoke about controver-sies linked to him, family and films.

he is well known for his method acting but I be-lieve Randeep has given his entire heart and soul for ‘Sarbjit’. The level of dedication needs im-mense acknowledgment and it would be visible to others too once the movie releases,” Kumar said in a statement. As Randeep’s character was trapped in a Pakistan jail for years and giv-

en a heartless treatment, the actor made a dummy prison cell in an area of just 6×4 feet where he spent his entire day, fully chained with minimum supply of food intake. In spite of great irritation and pain, the actor didn’t give up in his self-made training and went be-yond his limits to get the realistic performance on screen.

Randeep Hooda chained himself for ‘Sarbjit’

Ranaut’s mother today came out in support of her actress daughter, saying the controversy surround-ing her alleged relation-ship with actor Hrithik Ro-shan is “nonsense”. Asha Ranaut today turned up at the 63rd National Awards to cheer for her daughter, who was honoured with the best actress recognition for her dual role in Tanu Weds Manu Returns. Asha said amid Kangana’s per-sonal turmoil, her rise in Bollywood is remarkable. “I am proud of her and her achievements. I am very happy that she is at the peak of her career and has got till here only with her hard work. The whole controversy is nonsense. We wouldn’t want to com-

ment on it. Our lawyers will only talk about it. She is coming out stronger in these testing times,” Asha said. Also present at the awards were Kangana’s father, sister and broth-er. The 29-year-old star’s father Amardeep Ranaut said it was a proud mo-ment to see his daughter receive her third Nation-al Award from President Pranab Mukherjee here. “... I am very happy. I am a proud father and it is a matter of great pride,” he said. The actress stood out in an off-shoulder shim-mery dust blue gown. She teamed her gown with a classic bob, which is simi-lar to the look that she will be seen sporting in her up-coming film, Rangoon.


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Yoga, aquatic exercise can help combat multiple sclerosis symptoms

Micromax, Microsoft and Intel take on Google’s Chromebooks with Lapbook

Agency | Washington

There’s some good news for people suffering from multiple sclerosis (a disease of the nervous system that damages neurons). Researchers have found a way to reduce your multiple sclerosis flare-ups. A new study has shown that yoga and aquatic exer-cise can help deal with certain symptoms of this disease. Patients who do yoga and aquatic exercise suffer less from fatigue, depression and paresthe-sia, as reported by researchers from the University of Basel, Switzerland and the Psychiatric Univer-sity Clinics Basel in a joint study with colleagues in Iran. In a random trial, researchers showed that these symptoms significantly improved after an eight-week programme of yoga and aquatic exer-cise. In comparison to the control group, fatigue, depression and paresthesia were significantly re-duced in patients who took part in a three-time weekly training programme. In the non-exercising group, the likelihood of moderate to severe depres-sion was 35-fold higher than in the groups who had

done yoga or aquatic exercise.

Agency | New Delhi

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the tobacco industry must adhere to government rules requiring stringent health warnings on cigarette packs, in a major setback for the $11-billion industry that op-poses the new policy. The court also turned down an industry plea to stay the implementation of the new tobacco-control rules introduced from April 1, which require health warnings to cover 85 per cent of a cigarette pack’s surface, up from 20 per cent earlier. The tobacco industry “should not violate any rule prevailing as of today”, the two-judge bench said during the 45-minute hearing inside a packed courtroom in New Delhi. It also directed the high court of Karnataka state to hear dozens of pleas filed against the new rules in several Indian courts and

decide on the matter within six weeks.

Agency | New Delhi

Micromax Lapbook L1160 launched on Wednes-day at a price of Rs 10,499 aims to bring all the fea-tures of Windows 10 to the masses. The competitive price bracket till now, has been the domain of Goo-gle’s Chromebooks. “After successful launches of Canvas Laptab I, Laptab II and Canvas Lapbook, Micromax is ardently building its presence in the laptops category in India. Our current portfolio of computing devices provides technology hardware solutions to those who are often neglected by the big players in laptops market. With the new Lap-book L1160, Micromax aims to provide students, small time business owners, on the move execu-tives, an extremely convenient and efficient way to handle everyday computing tasks,” said Shubhajit Sen, Chief Marketing Officer, Micromax. Clearly, Micromax want a piece of the laptop market and to do that, their latest entrant is a netbook that runs Windows 10 on a 11.6-inch 720p screen with the help of a 1.83GHz Intel quad core processor, 2 GB of RAM and 32 GB (can be expanded with a 64 GB SD card) internal storage. The device doesn’t compromise on ports with 2 USB, 1 HDMI and an ethernet port.

Agency | Rajkot

Delhi Daredevils bats-man Rishabh Pant, who made his maiden IPL half century against Gujarat Lions in his first match as an opener, said he just looked to play his natural game. “Obviously, it’s a good feeling to contribute something in team’s vic-tory, all the staff members

and captain have confi-dence in me, faith in me and I just justified their confidence and faith,” Pant said after Daredevils beat Lions by eight wick-ets on Tuesday night. Pro-moted to the opening slot, Pant smashed 69 runs off 40 balls with nine fours and two sixes. Pant, de-spite opening the innings

Agency | New Delhi

It is interesting to study Rishabh Pant the cricketer. The 18-year-old has been getting big scores in junior cricket and more impor-tantly, has been batting at breakneck speed. He did just that in his 40-ball 69 in the IPL on Tuesday. Now, in so many ways, Pant represents what is right about Indian cricket. He is after all the free-flowing,

young, gifted batsman. Someone who has just the right ingredients to kick further for bigger and better things. He is not a finished product. He is a prototype of what would make a successful player. And in that sense, he rep-resents Indian cricket per-fectly. The fact that he is a strokemaker who plays with panache, flair and aplomb, says it all. Ever

since the days of Sunil Gavaskar, Indian cricket has been served well in the batting department. From Gavasakar to Sachin Tendulkar to Virat Kohli, batsmen are the face of Indian cricket. With the likes of Pant coming on to the scene, the domination of batsmen will not dis-appear, not anytime soon. May be bowlers need a look in too.

Agency | Karachi

Former Australia play-er Stuart Law has been confirmed as the Paki-stan Cricket Board’s first choice for the post of na-tional team chief coach. Law was confirmed as the first choice candidate for the job at yesterday’s Board of Governors meet-ing in Lahore in which South African Andy Moles was kept as a back-up. Law, who is presently preparing for an assign-ment as batting consultant to the Australian team for the tour of Sri Lanka in July-August, submitted his application for the post of coach with the PCB be-fore the April 25 deadline. Law, who played one Test and 54 one-day interna-

IPL 2 6

Agency | New Delhi

Ace tennis star Sania Mirza has documented her journey to becom-ing World No. 1 in the women’s doubles rank-ings in an autobiography set for release this July, according to publishers Harper Collins. Titled, ‘Ace Against Odds,’ the book has been penned by Mirza with her father Im-ran Mirza and chronicles her rise to the top. It is peppered with anecdotes

about the hardships and triumphs she fielded in her journey. “I hope the book is a useful roadmap to guide the next genera-tion of tennis players from India. If my story can in-spire even one youngster to the heights of winning a Grand Slam in the fu-ture, I will feel blessed,” said the 29-year-old. Mir-za shot to fame at the age of 16 after winning the Wimbledon’s Champi-onships Girls’ Doubles title, and was ranked as

India’s No. 1 player by the Women’s Tennis As-sociation, both in singles and doubles circuits. In 2012, she announced her retirement from the singles circuit. Between August 2015 and March 2016, she underwent a remarkable transforma-tion, pocketing 41 con-secutive wins with her doubles partner Martina Hingis, and ultimately becoming the World No. 1 in the Women’s Dou-bles rankings.

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Stuart Law likely to be next coach of Pakistan cricket team

BCCI confirms India’s tour of Zimbabwe: Here’s the full schedule

Agency | New Delhi

The BCCI on Wednes-day confirmed the Indi-an cricket team’s tour of Zimbabwe next month for a three-match ODI series and three T20 In-ternationals. The six matches are scheduled to be held over 12 days, starting with the opening one-dayer on June 11 and the last T20 on June 22. “The Board of Con-trol for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Zimbabwe Cricket have confirmed the schedule for the In-dia’s tour of Zimbabwe, 2016,” the BCCI said in a statement. The four ODI’s will be played on June 11, 13, 15 and 18 respectively. The two T-20 internationals will

Agency | Dubai

The Indian cricket team was dislodged as the top Twenty20 side and also dropped a rung to fourth in the ODI charts of the latest ICC rankings fol-lowing the annual update. India are now second in the Twenty20 charts, be-hind New Zealand. Aus-tralia and New Zealand have retained the top two positions on the ODI rank-ings. Results from 2012-13 have been dropped, while results from 2014-15 have been reduced to a weighting of 50 per cent. Australia, who won their fifth World Cup title in Melbourne last year, are now sitting on 124 points after dropping two points to lead New Zealand by 11 points. South Africa have swapped places with India to move into third

for the first time, looked aggressive and reached his half century off just 25 balls. While chasing 150, Pant and Quinton de Kock (46) put on 115 runs for the opening wicket in 13.3 overs. “The pitch was good to bat on and I just played my natural game,” he said. “Zakbhai (Zaheer Khan) had told me that if you get an opportunity to play grab it with both the hands, and I just did that,” Pant said. “He told me to not think too much about the game and how to play, don’t take pressure and play your natural game and main thing is that I just played my natural game,” Pant said.

be played on June 20 and 22 respectively. All the matches will be played at Harare Sports Club. Zim-babwe Cricket managing director Wilfred Mu-kondiwa was yesterday quoted as saying, “Af-ter finalising all the for-malities with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), we are pleased to announce the incoming tour scheduled for this June. India had

toured Zimbabwe under skipper Ajinkya Rahane in July last year. The vis-itors won the ODI series 3-0 and the T20 series was tied 1-1.This is the fourth time India will be touring Zimbabwe in the last six years. India will be not be playing any test match this time around in Zim-babwe. There is specula-tion that India may again send a second-string team to the African nation.

position, while the West Indies have exchanged places with Pakistan to push the 1992 World Cup winners out of the top eight. Other sides to gain following the annu-al update include sixth-ranked England (103, up two), seventh-ranked Bangladesh (98, up one), eighth-ranked West In-dies (88, up two), 10th-ranked Afghanistan (51, up four) and 11th ranked Zimbabwe (47, up two). A significant date on the ICC events calendar is 30

September 2017, which is the rankings cut-off date for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019. The host, En-gland, and the seven next highest-ranked sides on the ICC ODI Team Rank-ings on September next year will qualify directly for cricket’s biggest event, while the bottom four ODI ranked sides will join the top sides from the ICC World Cricket League in the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2018 to fight for the two remain-ing positions.

tionals, has enjoyed suc-cess as a coach with his native Queensland side in the Sheffield Shield com-petition and with Essex and Lancashire in England. The Australian has also had coaching stints with the Sri Lankan and Ban-gladesh teams. Although PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan didn’t disclose the name of the chosen coach at a media conference, a member of the Board

of Governors confirmed Law was the unanimous choice. “Moles is the back-up as the PCB has to sort out some issues with Law because of his prior coach-ing commitments,” he said. Khan, however, con-firmed that the BOG had selected the new coach but said his name would be of-ficially announced in a few days as the board needed to complete negotiations with the candidate.



Key accused in July 2008 serial blasts Alamzeb Af-ridi was allegedly in touch with two persons holding accounts on social media, according to crime branch sources. One of the two persons had given him the formula to prepare a bomb, according to which Afridi allegedly made a bomb and planted it near a restaurant in Bangaluru last year. Crime branch sources said the Nation-al Investigation Agency (NIA) is investigating the two accounts on social media.


It is no secret that Ravin-dra Jadeja is passionate about horses. The Rajput who recently got married welcomed ‘Vaari’ into his farmhouse. The Gu-jarat Lions player spent time with horses and with friends and family when he was out of action last year before making a spectacular comeback in Ranji Trophy. That helped seal a return to the national side also for the all-rounder. He posted a picture of the two horses at the farm with the cap-


In a further encourage-ment to the film and en-tertainment industry in Gujarat, the State has emerged as the “Most Film Friendly State” in the country. At the 63rd National Film Awards function held in New Delhi, Gujarat tourism was conferred with the national award for “Most Film Friendly State”. No-tably, Gujarat has become the first state ever to have received such an award, which is specially con-ceived to promote film tourism in States. “The


The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday asked the public prosecutor to take instructions from the state government on the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging appointment of DGP PP Pandey, a key accused in Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case, as in charge police chief re-cently. The petition has been filed by former Gu-jarat DGP Julio Ribeiro through lawyer Rahul Sharma. During a brief hearing senior counsel IH Syed narrated how Pan-

dey was charge sheeted by CBI in 2013 in Ishrat Jahan case along with six other Gujarat police officers. Syed also told the decision bench led by chief justice R Sub-hash Reddy that during the course of CBI in-vestigation Pandey was also declared proclaimed offender. Following the submission the bench asked the public Prose-cuter to take instruction from the state govern-ment and listed the matter for further hearing post summer vacation. Oppos-


The villages of Surkhe-da and Ghelwat in the tribal district of Chhota Udepur were dressed up for a grand tribal wedding on Tuesday evening. The groom’s party left in a procession from Ghelwat to Surkheda to wed the bride. The only difference from any other wedding baaraat is that it was led not by the groom, Bharat, but his unmarried sister, Vechali Rathwa. Among the many unusual customs

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Dairy major GCMMF, which sells products un-der the Amul brand, is planning to invest about Rs 2,500 crore to raise its milk processing capacity to more than 38 million litres per day in the next four years. “There has been rise in milk demand across the country and therefore, we are planning to raise our milk process-ing capacity by another 10 million litres per day from current capacity of 28.1 million litres per day (mlt-

pd),” Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federa-tion (GCMMF) Managing Director R S Sodhi said. The cooperative is looking to raise t h e

capacity by 2020, which will require an investment of about Rs 2,500 crore, Sodhi added. “As of now, we are looking to establish

one plant each for milk processing in Kolkata and Mumbai and two more plants in Gujarat. Besides this, we have plans to raise the capacity in few exist-ing plants, ” he said. The

cooperative has about 60 various process-ing plants, of which 40 are in Gujarat only.

About 50 per cent of Am-ul’s turnover comes from milk sale only, commod-ity business contributes 5-7 per cent and the rest comes from value-added products segment.

Gujarat HC wants govt’s reply on PIL challenging Pandey’s appointment

Gujarat: In an unusual custom, sisters-in-law marry in Chhota Udepur

Gujarat conferred with ‘Most Film Friendly State’ award Amul to invest Rs 2,500 cr to

raise milk processing capacity

Person on social media motivated IM suspect Afridi

to join ISIS

Ishrat Jahan encounterOpposing Pandey’s elevation as police chief, Ribeiro has written

in the petition that “Such an additional charge is against the

doctrine of public trust.”

ing Pandey’s elevation as police chief, Ribeiro has written in the petition that “Such an addition-al charge is against the doctrine of public trust, is against the law and

the express guidelines of the Supreme Court.” The petition further adds that “he is an accused com-mitted for trial in a case of abduction and premed-itated murder.”

award becomes more special as it comes just days after the release of Film Policy for Promo-tion of Gujarati Cinema. Picturesque locations, friendly people, efficient administration & robust infrastructure make Guja-rat the most encouraging

state for film tourism & promotion,” a State gov-ernment communique in-formed. The award was received by Jayesh Rada-dia, Minister of State for Tourism, Government of Gujarat, from the Pres-ident of India, Pranab Mukherjee.

Ravindra Jadeja welcomes new horse into farm

tion, “Let’s welcome new baby at farmhouse.

that prevail in the tribal belt of Chhota Udepur in Gujarat, this one is strang-est. In three villages in the Chhota Udepur taluka of the district -Surkheda, Sanada and Ambala -the bridegroom must stay home on his wedding day while his unmarried sister stands-in to per-form the wedding rituals

conducted at the home of the bride. In Tuesday’s ceremony, Vechali played groom to the bride Rajni Rathwa, right from the auspicious exchange of coconuts and garlands to taking the wedding vows and the seven rounds of the fire, the sisters-in-law did it all together. Folk-lore has it that the male

deities of these villages were bachelors and the villagers believe in the ominous significance of keeping the groom home – to protect him from harm. The groom’s brother-in-law, Naresh Rathwa, who is also a primary school teacher, said, “The custom has been going on since ages as our local Gods were bachelors and it is be-lieved that the men should also not perform wedding rituals. So, the unmarried sisters -direct or cousins -lead the procession and marry the brides to bring them home.”

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