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News BriefReceding rains bring deluge of woes in Gujarat

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

Gujarat’s farmers are hoping for a miracle to save their standing crop as monsoon with-drawal looks imminent by the second week of September. The state has received just 66% of its annual average rainfall and the sow-ing is two lakh hectares less compared to last year, according to the data compiled by the agriculture department. While farmers of south Gujarat and Saurashtra are in trouble because of deficient rainfall, those in north Gujarat have already lost their crops due to excess rainfall. Anand man robbed,

killed in SA

Appearance before cops: Teesta moves HC for exemption


A native of Anand town was robbed and murdered by two un-identified per sons out-side his shop in South Afri ca’s Pretoria city on Friday night. Biren Patel, 40, was attacked when he was closing his provision store. The assailants tied him to a chair, looted the store and slit his throat, Patel’s relatives in Anand. He died in a hospital on Saturday. Patel was settled in Pretoria for 15 years. His family in Anand came to know about the incident from their relatives in the US.


Social activist Teesta Setalvad has once again moved the Gujarat HC seeking exemption from appearing before police investigators ev-ery month in connec-tion with an offence registered against her with Ghatlodia police accusing her of posting objectionable pictures on a social network ing site. In August, Setal-vad had made a similar re quest, but the court asked her to approach the concerned trial court. She then filed an appli cation before the trial court.

Agency | New Delhi

A Special Court on Monday allowed NIA’s plea seeking its permission to conduct poly-graph test on suspected Lash-kar-e-Taiba operative Showkat Ahmed Bhat, arrested in con-nection with the Udhampur terror attack case. Bhat was brought to Delhi by the NIA on Sunday. Bhat was produced be-fore District Judge Amar Nath during an in-camera proceed-ing where the National Investi-gating Agency (NIA) said that a polygraph test of the accused was required to be conducted to unearth larger conspiracy of the banned teror group. While allowing NIA’s plea, the court said that Bhat’s polygraph test will be conducted at Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL) in New Delhi on Tues-day. The investigating agency, in its plea, contended that Bhat was giving inconsistent state-ments during his interrogation which is hampering the probe

in the case. “Accused Showkat Ahmed Bhat.. presently in po-lice custody of NIA at Delhi and his statement is having no con-sistency on various occasions/points which is hampering the leads in the investigation of the instant case. “The polygraph test of the above accused is re-quired to be conducted to get concrete leads regarding larg-er conspiracy in the interest of the case,” the NIA said. It further said that Bhat is show-ing his consent to undergo the test and necessary orders may be passed for conducting the test by an expert at CFSL. “It is therefore prayed before this court that necessary order may be passed to the prosecuting agency (NIA) for conducting the polygraph test of accused Showkat Ahmed Bhat by an ex-pert at CFSL/CBI, CGO Com-plex Lodhi Road, New Delhi on September 8 for the purpose of investigation during his police custody,” the agency said.

Agency | Faridabad

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said he would make Haryana, his “second home after Gujarat”, the centrepiece of India’s development story. Addressing a ral-ly after inaugurating the Delhi-Faridabad Metro corridor, Modi said he spent many years in Hary-ana after leaving Gujarat. “You all know, Haryana is my second home… Can I forget your love? It is this love which draws me to you every time. I will repay this, along with in-terest, by bringing about


In a curious turn of events, Hardik Patel of Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti

(PAAS) declared its sup-port to other upper caste communities who might also want to seek reserva-tion for themselves. The

young leader it appears wants to emerge as the face of a holistic anti-res-ervation movement, not just for the Patidar com-

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PAAS wanted to give a rose to BJP MLA from Thakkarbapanagar constituency“Dandi Anamat Yatra”

PAAS has one point agenda. Patidars will wind up stir once it gets right of reservation. “If you see any of us contesting polls, you should pelt stones on our houses”

‘We will support reservation stirs’

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Udhampur attack: Court allows NIA’s plea for polygraph test on alleged LeT operative

Haryana my second home, Metro will go to Ballabhgarh: PM Narendra Modi

development,” he said. Union Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu, Union Minister of State for Urban Development Babul Supriyo and Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar were among those who attended the rally. “Faridabad is the ninth biggest industrial estate of Asia. We must help it develop even more. Faridabad is a mini-India. The Delhi-Faridabad Met-ro line will play a big role in boosting development.

munity. Addressing the media on Monday, Hardik said whenever castes like Brahmins, Rajputs, Soni or Luhanas launch their demands, PAAS will sup-port them and if required will also participate in their rallies. He asserted that his plans to launch the Dandi Anamat Yatra from Dandi next Sunday are also on the track, irrespec-tive of police permission. “We want the support of these communities in our movement, so we will support them when they seek ours. Our fight is not against anyone else’s rights, but for our rights,”

he insisted. Hardik alleged it was the BJP-led govern-ment who is dividing the state’s social fabric on caste lines. “We don’t be-lieve in violence or caste conflict. It is because of the BJP politics that our Koli Patel brothers have opposed our Dandi Ya-tra. To avoid any conflict

with any other caste, we have decided to start it from where Gandhi was arrested by British,” Har-dik said. Only 78 activists of PAAS will kick off the yatra and to be joined later by others. The yatra expects at least 14 to 15 lakh Patidars to join in the entire yatra. PAAS

wanted to give a rose to BJP MLA from Thakkar-bapanagar constituency, Vallabhbhai Kakadia, to know his stand on the reservation stir: Whether he is with the Patidars or with the BJP?• However, before PAAS convener reaches Kakadia’s office, the area was cordoned off by police, RAF and para-military jawans• Police did not even allow Hardik Patel to get down from his vehicle • Later, speak-ing to media Vallabhbhai Kakadia claimed he is with the Patidars, but is against the movement and its style

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QUOTE OF THE

DAYGender & growthInternational Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde is more than right. It is indeed an “economic no-brainer” that if wom-en participate in the same numbers as men in the workforce, it would have dramatic growth out-comes in national economies. For example, the 50:50 men-women participation would boost the growth of India’s economy by 27 per cent, of Tur-key’s by 22 per cent, of the United States’ by 5 per cent and of Japan’s by 9 per cent. It should have been apparent from a theoretical perspective that this would be the case. Making allowances for exaggeration, it can be seen from the Indian numbers the impact it would have. According to the 2011 Census figures, only 33 per cent of the women in the working age group are part of the work force. That is, 125 million out of the total female workforce of 388 million are working. The global average for women’s participation in the advanced economies is 50 per cent. It is 63 per cent in East Asian economies. The situa-tion, of course, is more complicated than it would appear. The Indian situation reflects the issue in all its complexity. An IMF working paper shows that there is a greater participation of women in the rural workforce because of low incomes and higher poverty levels. When incomes rise in rural and urban households, women’s participation in the workforce goes down. That is, women work in poorer households to supplement and boost earnings. Higher incomes earned by male workers of the family leads to women dropping out of the workforce. It is a sociological phenomenon based on traditional biases as well as work choices. That is, women are willing to work and men willing to consent to it if the economic situation is bad. Once economic conditions improve, old biases about gender roles reassert themselves. There is also the fact that women who are not part of the formal and informal sectors of the economy are still engaged in household work and bringing up children. Many women withdraw from the work-force in order to bring up children. Lack of educa-tion is another key factor that inhibits greater par-ticipation of women in the workforce. There has been much debate about women and economic development. There is a consensus that econom-ic development would be incomplete if half the population is left out or left behind. Now comes the argument that gender equality, which includes participation of women in economic activities, is an imperative for economic growth.

“The students will be sitting on an indefinite hunger strike if our demands are not met by the government which has put us in this situation. There is no option left,” - FTII Students’ Association (FSA)

Agency | New Delhi

Salman Khan‘s “Bajran-gi Bhaijaan” received an outstanding response while the film’s director Kabir Khan and child artist Harshaali Malho-tra managed to add star power to the 15th Indi-an Television Academy (ITA) Awards where they were presented with the Popular Director and Best Child Artist award. Hosted by Manish Paul, Bharti Singh and Krush-na Abhishek, the awards show was held here on Sunday. Kabir was the special guest of the event. Actors Karan Patel, Radhika Madan and Ani-

ta Hassanandani were the big winners of the event. While “Yeh Hai Mohab-batein” stars Karan and Anita bagged the trophy for Romantic Hearthrob – Male and Popular Ac-tor in a Negative Role – Female category, Radhika, who appears in “Meri Aashiqui Tumse Hi”, took home the Best Newcomer (Female) award. Radhika also won the Popular Youth Icon award, which she shared with Shakti Arora. Ace choreographer-filmmak-er Farah Khan was given the trophy for the Most Versatile Personality in Entertainment.

Agency | New Delhi

That Sooraj Pancholi and Salman Khan share a bond that goes way beyond the mentor-student relation-ship is well-known. The superstar actor dotes on Sooraj and has been mon-itoring each and every move of the young actor as he gears up for his de-but film ‘Hero’. While one

wonders what tips Salman Khan would be sharing with his protege, Sooraj is quick to clarify that Salman is chilled out and they mostly chat about fitness and body-build-ing. While Salman chose the remake of Subhash Ghai’s iconic film ‘Hero’ as Sooraj’s launchpad, the debutant actor couldn’t stop praising Salman’s last

blockbuster hit, ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’. When we asked Sooraj which movie of Sal-man would he ever like to act in if remade, pat came his reply. “I wish I had done ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’.” When asked about his memories of the original Hero, Sooraj said, “I have seen it a couple of times after Salman sir signed me on for the movie.

Harshaali Malhotra, Kabir Khan bag ITA Awards

Agency | Mumbai

Imran Khan started off his with a bang in Bollywood – impressing one and all with his debut film, Jaane Tu Yaa Jaane Na. But it

was followed by a string of flops and it saw Imran lose his top billing posi-tion to other actors. Back in the reckoning after a gap of two years, Imran Khan is gung-ho about

‘Katti Batti’ hitting a bull-seye at the box office. Im-ran Khan opens up about his flops, his katti batti re-lation with wife Avantika and the greatest joy of his life, his daughter Imaara.

Agency | New Delhi

Won’t it be fiction if Ranveer Singh, Bollywood’s most favourite energiser bunny, turns all serious and sombre? Hard to imagine, we say. But the unexpected happened on the sets of Sanjay Leela Bhan-

sali’s ‘Bajirao Mastani’. Ranveer Singh, who is famous for his over-the-top antics and histrionics, be it on the sets or off, preferred to keep to himself during the shoot of the movie. “Since his character is intense, Ranveer kept a low pro-

file on the sets. Even when he was not facing the camera, he worked on his dialogue, and prepared for his scenes. He did that because he wanted to stay in character. This is not it. Apparently, besides being silent, he also used sign language

Agency | New Delhi

After ‘Bajrangi Bhai-jaan’ in Eid, now it is Diwali that the fans of Salman Khan are eager-ly waiting for. Howev-er, even the first look of his upcoming film ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’ hasn’t been released. While speculations are rife about the first look post-er being released along with Salman Khan’s production ‘Hero’, we now hear that the trail-er of ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’ will be attached to ‘Singh Is Bliing’. The Akshay Kumar starrer ‘Singh Is Bliing’ is re-leasing on October 2 and

Agency | New Delhi

Superstar Salman Khan has expressed his desire to share screen space with Katrina Kaif in his next film. Gossip mills are abuzz that the ‘Ek Tha Tiger’ co-stars will star opposite each oth-er again in Salman’s brother-in-law Atul Ag-nihotri’s next film. “I am doing Atul Agnihotri’s next film but I can’t talk about it,” Salman Khan. Salman and Atul gave a blockbuster together in 2011 “Bodyguard.” The film had Katrina doing a special song. When asked if the film will have Katrina in the lead, Sal-man said, “I would love to have Katrina in the film but I don’t know.” Reportedly the film will

Ranveer Singh went silent and serious during ‘Bajirao Mastani’ shoot, read to know why?

Imran Khan on ‘Katti Batti’: It’s one of the rare films I can hold in front of the world

Salman Khan keen to work with ex girlfriend Katrina Kaif in his next

I would love to do Salman Khan’s ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ if it is ever remade: Sooraj

Salman Khan’s ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’ trailer to release with Akshay Kumar’s ‘Singh Is Bliing’

Ranveer Singh, who is famous for his over-the-top antics and histrionics, be it on the sets or off, preferred to keep to himself during the shoot of ‘Bajirao Mastani’.to communicate with his

staff!” Ranveer Singh es-says the role of Peshwa Bajirao, a Maratha warrior in the Sanjay Leela Bhan-sali magnum opus and has often been quoted as say-ing that the role has been

his toughest. Also starring Deepika Padukone and Priyanka Chopra as Mas-tani and Kashibai respec-tively, ‘Bajirao Mastani’ is slated to release on December 18.

the trailer is said to hit the multiplexes, cinema hall and even the small screens on the same day. However, it is being said that online audience will get a glimpse of Salman Khan’s upcoming film, three days in advance that is on September 30, as the makers are plan-ning an online release.

Starring Sonam Kapoor, Swara Bhaskar, Neil Nitin Mukesh, Armaan Kohli among others, ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’ has Salman Khan playing a double role. Produced by Rajshri Productions and Fox Star Studios, the film is directed by Sooraj Barjatya and is slated to release on November 12.

be an action-packed love story and would be di-rected by Kabir Khan. If Katrina gets finalised for the film opposite Salman, it will be their fifth film together after “Partner”, “Yuvvraaj”, “Maine Pyaar Kyun Kiya”, and “Ek Tha Ti-ger”. Presently, Salman is busy with the last leg of promotions for his up-coming home production

“Hero”. “We are already thinking of another film with them (Sooraj Pan-choli and Athiya Shetty). They would do films out-side my banner as well. I would promote them outside my banner as well,” Salman said. Be-sides, the 49-year old su-perstar is also busy with his upcoming projects — “Prem Ratan Dhaan Payo” and “Sultan”.

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SPORTS ROUNDUP

Bangladesh cricketer Shahadat Hossain in trouble over alleged maid abuse

I didn’t put my hand there wilfully: Ben Stokes

Suresh Raina turns singer for upcoming Bollywood flick ‘Meeruthiya Gangsters’

Agency | Dhaka

Bangladesh police said on Monday they are seeking to arrest national cricket-er Shahadat Hossain and his wife for allegedly beating their 11-year-old maid who works in their home. Police raided the house of the pace bowler and his wife Nritto Sha-hadat on Sunday night after officers found the injured and crying maid on a street in the capital Dhaka. “She had injury marks on her eyes and some other parts of the

body. She was crying when we rescued her,” police inspector Anwar Hossain. “She told us that she was working as a maid in cricketer Shaha-dat’s house and alleged that he and his wife tor-tured her,” he said. The maid, Mahfuza Akter Happy, who appeared to have a swollen black eye, alleged to private televi-sion Channel 24 on Sun-day night that the couple beat her. Police have sent the girl to a Dhaka hospi-tal for treatment and filed a case against the couple

accusing them of child repression, local police officer Tanvir, who uses one name, said. “We raid-ed the house of Shaha-dat on Sunday night but did not find them. This morning we continued our efforts to arrest the couple,” Tanvir. Shaha-dat, who played 38 Tests and 51 one-day interna-tionals for Bangladesh, missed out on the recent series against India and South Africa after twist-ing his ankle during a Test match against Paki-stan in May.

Agency | New Delhi

After enthralling sports fans with the bat, In-dian cricketer Suresh Raina is now set to woo the music aficionados as he lends his voice to a song in the upcoming film ‘Meeruthiya Gang-sters’. The song ‘Tu Mili Sab Mila’ was released on Monday in Mumbai and Raina said he really enjoyed the experience

of singing the romantic number. “Cricket will always remain my pas-sion and while playing, music has always given me company in between. While listening to music, singing became a hobby and I have been interest-ed in doing something in singing when I am free,” Raina said. “My wife Priyanka is from Meerut and the Produc-er of this movie Shoeb

Agency | Berlin

Barcelona were crowned kings of Europe for the fifth time after beating Juventus 3-1 in a superb Champions League final at the Olympic Stadium on Saturday, capping their magnificent season with a treble of titles. Goals from Ivan Rakitic in the fourth minute, Luis Su-arez in the 68th and Bra-zilian Neymar at the end of stoppage time sealed the Catalans’ second tre-ble, following their feat in 2009, after they also won the La Liga title and Spanish King’s Cup. “It’s incredible, a dream, some-thing unique,” Suarez told Spanish television. “To win these competitions you have to suffer, if not it’s not worth it, and to-day( on Saturday) we had to suffer to win the match.” It was the Ital-ians’ who had the bitter taste, though, as Juve, who became the first team in the history of the com-petition to lose six finals in total, having also now been defeated in their last

four. “We believed we had a chance of pulling off this great feat but we didn’t manage it and the best team won,” said Juve goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon. “In football that doesn’t always happen but this time that was the case.” Barca overcame a nervous start when a sublime combination, in which all 10 outfield players touched the ball, eventually saw Neymar feed captain Andres Inies-ta, who picked out Rakitic to score the fourth fastest goal in a European Cup final. Juve goalkeeper Gi-anluigi Buffon, who won the World Cup in Berlin’s Olympic stadium in 2006 with Italy, denied Barce-lona a second goal in the 13th minute with a superb one-handed save to keep out a Dani Alves shot. The 38-year-old stopper again came to the rescue three minutes after the restart and Juve then grabbed an equaliser against the run of play through former Real Madrid striker Alva-ro Morata. Agency | London

Ben Stokes has insisted he did not wilfully ob-struct the field during the second ODI at Lord’s on Saturday after he suf-fered one of cricket’s rarest forms of dismiss-al. England’s 64-run de-feat by world champions Australia was overshad-owed by the controversy that ensued early in the 26th over of their run chase. Stokes, went down

the pitch and played a Mitchell Starc delivery back to the left-arm fast bowler, who then aimed a powerful throw back in his direction as he tried for a run-out. As Stokes leaned back and turned to make his ground, the ball hit the Durham all-rounder’s arm. Aus-tralia appealed and, after lengthy deliberation in-volving the third umpire, Stokes was given out,

much to the anger of En-gland captain Eoin Mor-gan, who tried to take the matter up with opposing skipper Steven Smith.

Batsmen are allowed to protect themselves but they must not, under the Laws of Cricket, “wilful-ly” obstruct the field.

Ahmed is a family friend of mine, a few days back he discussed his upcom-ing movie Meeruthiya Gangsters and insisted that I sing a song for it.” “Priyanka further con-vinced me to utilise this opportunity for trying my hand in singing. On Sunday we recorded this melodious track and I really enjoyed it. I hope listeners and fans will appreciate my effort as they have all this while supported me whenever I am playing the game for my country,” he added. Meeruthiya Gangsters is Zeishan Quadri’s direc-torial debut and is set to be released along with Kangana Ranaut-Imran Khan starrer ‘Katti Batti’ on September 18.

UEFA Champions League final: FC Barcelona complete treble with 3-1 win over Juventus

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Correspondent | Vadodara

stones at them over dem-olition of a boundary wall of the Idgah Maidan Muslim Cemetery on the road to Godhra. Follow-ing the incident, 22 people have been held for riot-ing. The wall, authorities said, was part of an en-croachment and razed to facilitate extension of the road to ease traffic.How-ever, a member of the Wakf board said that the authorities exceeded their brief as the matter was sub judice. The clash be-gan when officials of the Dahod municipality, ac-


Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) conve-ner Hardik Patel has ad-opted `Gandhian’ way -made famous by the film ̀ Munnabhai MBBS’ -of taking forward the movement seeking other backward classes (OBC) status for the Patidar commu nity and is of-fering roses to legisla tors of the community to ascertain their level of support for the agita-tion. As part of his new approach, he visited the office of Thakkarbapa-nagar MLA Vallabh Ka-kadia on Monday. How-ever, Hardik claimed that when he went there, police personnel and

paramilitary forces pre-vented him from enter-ing the MLA’s office.Kakadia said that since poll observers were taking consent for the forthcoming civic body polls, the agitating Pa-tels did not enter the of-fice. Earlier, Hardik had announced PAAS mem-bers will offer roses to each Patel MLA and MP in Gujarat as part of their drive to know whether these legisla-tors support their quo-ta stir or not. The MLA had left his office after he learned that PAAS would approach his of-fice to know whether he supported the agitation or not.


A woman worker lost her life while another was feared dead fol-lowing a gas leak at a factory in Narol Indus-trial Area here Satur-day. Two others were critically injured in the accident at Omkar In-termediates, fire brigage officials said. Neelam Parmar, 22, a resident of Danilimda area, was declared brought dead

by V S Hospital doc-tors. The two injured also have been admitted to the same hospital and their condition is stated to be critical. One Moti Ram, a boy from Uttar Pradesh who is believed to have been taken away by some unidentified persons from the acci-dent site, is also feared dead, said Chief Fire Of-fice M F Dastoor, citing eye-witnesses. However,

Moti Ram’s death can-not be confirmed as his whereabouts are yet to be known, said Dastoor. The police and other agencies are investigat-ing the incident. Dastoor said: “The factory has since been sealed and samples have been sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory for testing while Gujarat Pollution Control Board has been informed.”

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Dahod tense after authorities raze wall of Muslim cemetery

companied by those from the district administration and police, arrived at the Godhra road to bulldoze a green boundary wall lead-ing to the cemetery. The wall, authorities said, was pulled down as per a 2010 order of the Gujarat High Court. This came after a long-drawn legal battle with those in-charge of the cemetery which went

in favour of the authori-ties. District Collector M A Gandhi said, “The wall was an encroachment and in contravention of the Supreme Court verdict on conservation of water bodies as it also blocked the passage to the Chhab Talav, the historical wa-ter reservoir of Dahod. In 2008, the cemetery was informed that a road was

proposed in the area to ease traffic. They went to court, challenging that the land belonged to them. Around three months ago, they extended their orig-inal boundary wall and covered the lake, despite the 2010 HC verdict di-recting the municipality to measure the land of the cemetery and construct a road in public interest.”

1 killed, another feared dead in gas leak at Narol industry

Sheena’s DNA buries Indrani claim that daughter is in uS

Hardik Faces Thorny Moment At MLA’s Office

Agency | New Delhi

The DNA report of the bones retrieved from the Raigad forest has estab-lished that they belonged to Indrani Mukerjea’s “female child“, burying her claims of her daugh-ter, Sheena Bora, being in the US. The Foren-sic Science Laboratory (FSL) in Kalina has also confirmed that Mikhail Bora is Indrani’s son. Coming as it does within days of the digital match-ing of the skull found in Raigad with Sheena’s facial image, the police and the prosecution will no longer need to depend solely on circumstantial evidence and witness statements to build their

case against Indrani, said legal experts. The scien-tific evidence buttresses their case, they added. Forensic scientists said the DNA extracted from the femur (thigh bone) of the skeletal remains showed a 100% match with that of Indrani’s DNA. “It is proved be-yond doubt now that the person, whose remains were found in Raigad, was Indrani’s biological child. As many as 15 of the 16 genetic markers have matched in this case. The 16th marker, which determines the gender of an in dividual, established that the re-mains were of a female,“ a fo rensic expert said.

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