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IN BRIEF 

Three tourists hurt 

in knife aacks in 

Egypan Red Sea resort 

Cairo : Two Austrian tourists and 

a Swede were wounded in an attack 

by suspected militants armed with 

knives and guns at a hotel in Egyptian 

Red Sea resort of Hurghada on 

Friday evening, the interior ministry 

said. Security forces shot and killed 

at least one of the attackers after 

they stormed the beachside Bella 

Vista hotel, officials said, though 

there was no immediate information 

on the other, or on the condition of 

the tourists. Security sources said 

the attackers had arrived by sea and 

also carried a gun and a suicide belt. 

Officials said officers had tightened 

checks across the area and shut off 

roads. Norwegian Jon Torp told 

Norwary’s VG newspaper that he 

heard at least 24 shots as the attackers 

moved around the hotel. 

China authories 

bulldoze hospital 

with paents, staff 

Beijing : Authorities in China’s 

Henan province unexpectedly demolished 

part of a hospital and its 

adjoining morgue, sending doctors, 

nurses and patients fleeing and 

burying under rubble six bodies being 

processed at the morgue, reports 

said Friday. 

The official Xinhua news agency 

reported that the hospital accused 

the local government of ordering the 

demolition work after failing to get 

the hospital to agree to it for a road 

expansion project. 

The No. 4 Hospital of Zhengzhou 

University in Henan province said 

the unexpected demolition work 

Thursday morning buried six bodies 

stored in the morgue, caused nearly 

20 million yuan worth of damage 

to medical equipment and injured 

several hospital staff, according to 

Xinhua. 

 

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Pathankot 

09 January 2016 

Prime Minister Narendra 

Modi arrived in 

Pathankot on Saturday 

morning to take stock of 

the situation in the aftermath 

of the terror attack 

at the air base last Saturday. 

He is likely to conduct 

an aerial survey of Punjab’s 

border areas and 

address the soldiers at the 

air force base. 

RAJKOT ENGINEERING RESEARCH 

BY ANANDIBEN PATEL 

Pathankot terror attack 

PM Modi visits Pathankot air base 

to take stock after terror attack 

Security had been tightened 

ahead of the PM’s 

visit in the morning and 

there was a large media 

presence awaiting the 

PM’s arrival. 

Security forces had 

declared the sprawling 

Air Force station fully 

sanitised on Friday after 

a massive combing operation 

spanning over three 

days. “The combing operation 

at the Air Force 

station is over,” a senior 

IAF official said, adding 

the entire area has been 

sanitised. Defence Minister 

Manohar Parrikar 

had also visited the base 

on January five. Pakistan 

Prime Minister Nawaz 

Sharif had called up Modi 

and promised action 

against the perpetrators 

of the brazen attack. Suspected 

Jaish-e-Mohammad 

terrorists carried out 

the attack at the Pathankot 

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Pakistan seeks ‘concrete evidence’ 

on Pathankot air base attack 

New Delhi 


Pakistan has informed India 

it wants “concrete evidence” 

for acting against elements it 

suspects of being involved in 

the Pathankot attack instead 

of the “leads” provided so far 

by New Delhi, according to a 

media report on Saturday. 

“We are expecting evidence 

beyond leads and information 

to proceed as per our law,” an 

unnamed senior official was 

quoted as saying by Dawn 

newspaper. Sources in Islamabad 

told Hindustan Times 

Pakistan should act against 

Pathankot attack perpetrators 

Washington 


Blowing hot and cold, the 

US says it expects Pakistan 

to thoroughly investigate the 

terrorist attack on the Pathankot 

air force base and bring 

the perpetrators to justice, but 

could not force its pace. 

“The Pakistanis said they’re 

going to investigate, so we 

look forward to seeing the 

results of that investigation 

when it’s complete,” state department 

spokesperson John 

Kirby told reporters on Thursday. 

A BSF Jawan arrested for helping cross-border smuggling 

“But as for how long it’s going 

to take and the scope of it, 

I think you need to be talking 

to folks in Islamabad about 

that,” he said. 

Asked if the US had reached 

out to Pakistan after India 

named banned terror organisation 

Jaish-e-Muhammad JeM 

and its chief Maulana Masood 

Azhar as being responsible 

for the Pathankot attack, Kirby 

said: “Of course, we’re 

talking to Pakistan about 

this”. But he gave no details 

of “the specifics of diplomatic 

discussions” and simply 

Mohali 


A Border Security Force 

Jawan has been arrested for 

allegedly helping smugglers 

in cross-border smuggling of 

drugs and ammunitions, Punjab 

police said on Saturday. 

The accused has been identified 

as Anil Kumar, a Jawan 

with 52 Battalion, posted in 

Rajasthan, a senior Punjab 

Police official said. “Anil 

Kumar, 29, has been arrested 

from Rai Singh Nagar in Sriganganagar 

in Rajasthan,” said 

Mohali SSP Gurpreet Singh 

Bhullar. Kumar, who joined 

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that Pakistani authorities had 

formally conveyed the request 

for “concrete evidence” to 

their Indian counterparts after 

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif 

chaired a meeting of top officials 

on Friday to discuss the 

assault on Pathankot airbase. 

Indian officials had earlier 

said that Islamabad had been 

given intercepts of telephone 

calls made by the attackers to 

repeated “the government of 

Pakistan itself has condemned 

this attack and made clear that 

they’re committed to investigate 

it.” “So let’s let them do 

that and let’s see where the investigation 

goes. We obviously 

would like to see it investigated 

too, as completely and 

as thoroughly as possible, so 

that we can better understand 

what happened,” Kirby said. 

Taking Islamabad’s statements 

on face value, the 

spokesperson said, “The government 

of Pakistan has also 

said that they’re not going to 

Aamir Khan is a traitor, 

says BJP MP Manoj Tiwari 

BSF in 2008, allegedly used to 

help smugglers in smuggling 

of drugs like heroin and arms 

and ammunitions from Pakistan 

in lieu of money, he said. 

The police also found transfer 

of “ill-gotten” money in his 

bank accounts. “BSF jawan 

was made first payment of Rs 

Crisis Management 

New Delhi 


At a Parliamentary Standing 

Committee meeting on Friday 

in which members sought an 

explanation from the Tourism 

Secretary for replacing actor 

Aamir Khanwith Amitabh 

Bachchan as the brand ambassador 

of the Incredible India 

campaign, BJP MP Manoj 

Tiwari is learnt to have called 

Khan a “traitor”. 

According to a source, Tiwari, 

also a popular Bhojpuri 

actor, said: “Aamir Khan is a 

traitor, he should be thrown 

out.” This led to protests from 

other members at the meeting 

of the Standing Committee 

on Transport, Tourism and 

Culture. When contacted, Tiwari, 

the Lok Sabha MP from 

Northeast Delhi, said: “I cannot 

comment on what happened 

because what transpired in the 

committee meeting is confidential.” 

At the Ramnath Goenka Excellence 

in Journalism Awards 

in November last year, Khan 

had said, “There is a sense of 

fear more than there was earli 


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their Pakistan-based handlers, 

the Pakistani phone numbers 

that were called and the 

locations of these numbers. 

The external affairs ministry 

spokesperson had described 

the information as “actionable 

intelligence”. The report 

in the Dawn said the official’s 

comments “provided an insight 

into Pakistan’s planned 

response to India”. Soon after 

receiving the information 

from India, Pakistan had acknowledged 

some “leads” had 

been shared that were being 


discriminate between terrorist 

groups as part of its counterterrorism 

operations.” Pakistan 

“knows well the threat of 

terrorism. It is a regional challenge 

that requires real regional 

solutions,” he said, “and we 

want Pakistan to be a part of 

those solutions.” Reminded 

that after the Nov 2008 Mumbai 

terrorist attack in which 

six American were killed too, 

the US had asked Pakistan to 

act, but to no avail, a defensive 

Kirby said nobody can 

look at the US “counter 


50,000 and then Rs 39,000 

which was transferred into his 

wife’s bank account in lieu of 

cross-border smuggling,” SSP 

said. The alleged involvement 

of BSF Jawan came to light 

following questioning of a 

drug smuggler, Gurjant Singh 


INDIA HAVE TALENT TO PUSH 

AUSTRALIA BUT DON’T SEE THEM 

BEATING HOSTS, SAYS IAN CHAPPELL 

‘VIPs’ fly, passengers 

wait: Air India flight 

delayed for seven hours 

World’s most-wanted drug lord 

‘El Chapo’ Guzman recaptured 

Mexico 


Mexican marines 

had barely faced down 

.50-caliber sniper guns 

and a loaded grenade 

launcher to recapture the 

world’s most notorious 

drug lord when the calls 

started coming: Extradite 

Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman 

to the United States. 

Mexico’s leaders avoided 

talk about extradition 

following Guzman’s 

capture early Friday, but 

New Delhi 


Passengers of an Air 

India plane in Delhi were 

delayed for several hours 

on Friday allegedly because 

the airline was 

eager to help out an MP 

government minister and 

two judges on another 

flight. 

Air India allegedly 

asked its pilots to leave 

a Bhubaneswar-bound 

flight, which was scheduled 

to leave Delhi at 

7.30 pm, and instead fly 

to Bhopal because the 

plane to MP’s capital had 

judges and BJP minister 

Sartaj Singh among its 

passengers. The Bhubaneswar 

flight finally 

left at 2.30 am, harassing 

passengers among whom 

were Orissa MP Thathagatha 

Satpathy and senior 

journalist Rajdeep Sardesai, 

who live-tweeted the 

midnight drama at the airport 

. “This is a very sad 

state of affairs--the way 

Air India is behaving. 

They first announced that 

they had cancelled the 

Bhopal flight. And just 

because some BJP state 

minister and two other 

judges were there, they 

said that a Bhopal flight 

would go and a Bhubhaneshwar 

flight will not 

go,” said Satpathy in a 

video uploaded by Sardesai 

on Twitter. The Bhubaneswar 

flight’s passengers 

got into an argument 

with Air India staff at the 

airport and were furious 

at the “VIP culture”. 

“There was a politician 

who did not want us to 

reach on time because his 

Bhubaneswar flight was 

cancelled due to some un 


even if they decided to 

send him to the U.S., the 

process likely would not 

be fast. For now, they 

have sent him back to the 

Altiplano maximum-security 

prison from which 

he escaped in July. 

Guzman, head of the 

powerful, international 

Sinaloa Cartel, 

was presented late 

Friday in dark blue athletic 

clothing. He was frogmarched 

to a helicopter 

by marines, who stopped 

mid-transit and turned his 

expressionless face toward 

the media for a clear 

view. 

The calls for his quick 

extradition were the same 

as after the February 2014 

capture of Guzman, who 

heads the power 


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Sunday, 10 January, 2016 

Rajkot Engineering Research and Testing 

Center Dedicated by Anandiben Patel 

Ahmedabad 


Anandiben Patel, Gujarat 

Chief Minister yesterday 

dedicated the building of 

Rajkot Engineering Research 

and Testing Center That has 

come up at a cost of Rs 15 

crore. 

Major share of expanse 

has been contributed by the 

state and central government. 

This center will function 

under Rajkot Engineering 

Association. Rajkot Engineering 

Association is 

helping to its members for 

HC criticizes private 

tuitions by teachers 

Ahmedabad 


Gujarat high court on Friday 

took the state government 

to task for the rampant practice 

of private tuition in the 

state, which is prohibited under 

the Right of Children to 

Free and Compulsory Education 

(RTE) Act. Expressing discontent 

to the growing tuition 

culture, a bench of acting Chief 

Justice Jayant Patel and Justice 

VM Pancholi commented 

that nearly 80-90% of teachers 

are involved in imparting 

private tuition. The judges 

took up the issue in relation to 

two PILs that were seeking 

proper implementation of RTE 

laws by ensuring admission of 

poor kids to private schools 

in the 25% quota. 

The court commented that 

Flyers asked to report three 

hours before departure 

Ahmedabad 


A day before his 7am flight to Mumbai from 

Ahmedabad on Friday, Chirag Patel, a city-based 

professional got a message from the airline asking 

him to report three hours before scheduled 

departure for boarding instead of regular timing 

of arrival of 1.52 hours before. When he checked 

with airline, he was told this is being done to 

ensure smooth boarding of passengers as 

Ahmedabad airport is among the few airports on 

high alert. For last 2-3 days, almost all the passengers 

flying from Ah medabad are getting a 

message from their respective airlines to arrive at 

airport 3 hours before scheduled departure of 

the flight on the domestic routes. Ahmedabad 

airport is among those which have been put on 

high alert after Pathan kot terror attack. "Following 

high alert, CISF personnel deployed at airport 

have been asked to do thorough checking 

of at least 60% of the passengers during security 

check. Earlier around10%-15% of the passeng 

ers were only checked and that too randomly. 

Passengers are being screened through multiple 

layers of checking," said a station manager of an 

airline. He further said, "Several passengers are 

even being asked to take out shoes and open 

hand baggages for a thorough checking. To avoid 

delays in flight and ensure passengers go 

through security checks in time, we have asked 

the passengers to come in at least three hours 

before the departure." Meanwhile the visitors' 

entry is still banned at the city airport and the 

passes are also not being issued. 

Sudoku 

The classic sudoku game Involves a grid of 81 

squares the grid is divided into nine blocks, each 

containing nine squares. The rules of the game are 

simple: each of the nine blocks has to contain all the 

numbers 1-9 within its squars Each number can only 

appear once in a row, column or box. 

the teachers are less interested 

in salary and more interested 

in tuitions because they 

get good return from private 

tuitions and these activities 

go on in connivance with 

owner of coaching classes. 

"Due to the growing tuition 

culture, teachers are not teaching 

properly in classrooms 

and the students are forced to 

opt for private tui tions," the 

court remarked. The RTE laws 

prohibit a teacher from engaging 

himself in any private 

teaching activity. The ACJ 

also emphasized on the need 

to enforce prohibition of private 

tuitions by teachers so 

that the government teachers 

remain accountable to their 

jobs at schools for which they 

get salaries. The court made 

these comments when government 

pleader Manisha 

Shah submitted details about 

the Right to Education Protection 

Authority . She informed 

the court that a body to this 

regard had been constituted 

and the rules were also formulated. 

The court had earlier this 

week asked the state government 

to supply details about 

the state commission for child 

right protection, which could 

implement the RTE provisions. 

The HC has meanwhile 

kept its order reserved on the 

PIL seeking court intervention 

for implementation of RTE 

laws. This year, private 

schools in Ahmedabad district 

were asked to keep 5,500 seats 

vacant for poor kids, for whom 

the state government decided 

to pay up to Rs 10,000 for each 

admission. 

every manufacturing activity. 

It also works with a view 

to perform its social liabilities 

towards society; Rajkot Engineering 

Association Charitable 

Trust is established in 

the year of 1991. Rajkot Engineering 

Research and 

Testing Center has latest 

computerized testing facility 

for pumps, material testing 

and instrument calibration. 

Khodaldham Trust’s Naresh 

Patel was present on this 

event. The Chief Minister 

also held a closed door meeting 

with him. 

Two die in accident 

near Bagodara 

Ahmedabad 


Two persons died in a road 

accident at Royka village near 

Bagodara on Thursday . Three 

persons sustained injuries in 

the incident. According to 

Bagodara police, Mukesh 

Baraiya, 32, a resident of 

Valmikinagar, Narol, has registered 

a complaint for death of 

his relatives Chatur and Lalit 

Baraiya. As per his complaint, 

they were passing from near 

Royka village on Thursday afternoon 

when a car came from 

the opposite direction and lost 

control. "The car jumped and 

came on the opposite track. As 

driver of the dumper in which 

they were travelling tried to avert 

direct collision, he took the sharp 

turn due to which the dumper 

fell on side. Both Lalit and Chatur 

died on the spot," said a police 

investigator. Baraiya and two 

persons riding in the car sustained 

injuries and were taken to 

a nearby hospital. 

Public hearing put off over faulty notices 

Mahisagar 


Gujarat Pollution Control Board cut 

a sorry figure as villagers of Mahisagar 

district were able to convince district 

collector K B Upadhyay that GPCB 

had failed to follow set procedure and 

gave notices for a public hearing — 

over the a landfill project that is to 

come up at the site — just one week 

ahead of the hearing. The villagers 

alleged that the notices didn't mention 

a date either. From Friday morning, 

people from nearby villages began 

streaming in to the Ranjitpura 

Kampa area of Kharod village in 

Mahisagar district. A private company, 

Green Environment Services 

Co-operative Private Limited, intends 

to set up a landfill site for industrial 

hazardous waste on the 44 acres of 

acquired land at the village. Around 

30% of the site is in Mahisagar district 

and 70% is in Aravalli district. 

From Thursday night the village saw 

a heavy police presence. A riot control 

team was also present for the hearing. 

The villagers, carrying their crops, 

marched to the venue of the hearing. 

Women were seen in large numbers. 

GPCB had organised the public hearing 

at Kharod village. As the hearing 

began, the villagers refused to allow 

the presentation by Green Environment 

Services Co-operative Private 

Limited to be made and demanded that 

they be heard first. The villagers alleged 

that the officials would give the 

presentation and leave, and tell them 

to raise their objections in writing. As 

the hearing began, the villagers pressurized 

the administration to provide 

seating arrangements for all. 

Jitendrasinh Jhala of Jitpur raised an 

objection that the authorities had not 

given them timely notices. He said that 

the norms require that notices be given 

30 days in advance to the hearing, but 

GPCB didn't give them adequate time 

and these such notices were given 

just 15 days earlier. Several 

sarapanches and villa ge office bearers 

openly said that they had not received 

the notice 30 days ahead as is 

required. Nita Mahadev, secretary of 

Gujarat Lok Samiti said: "We got calls 

from villagers asking us to save their 

land hence rushed to the village and 

started spreading awareness about the 

procedure to be followed. It was this 

awareness that brought fruitful results." 

As the collector called for the 

files, he noticed that the notices did 

indeed not have the date mentioned. 

8 B2B MoUs Signed on First Day of Vibrant 

Saurashtra Expo & Summit 2016 

Ahmedabad 


Jagat Shah is the key organizers 

of this expo/summit. He 

told that 8 business to business 

(B2B) MoUs were signed 

out on the first day of this 

summit.Yesterday, Gujarat 

Chief Minister inaugurated Vibrant 

Saurashtra Expo and 

Summit 2016 in Rajkot. The 

summit has been organized together 

by Industry and Rajkot 

Chamber of Commerce. 

He said that “Memorandum 

of Undestanding(MoU) are 

signed today include India’s 

first LED screen manufacturing 

project. So far we import LED 

screens from china only, but 

now LED screens will be manufactured 

in Gujarat also. Gujarat 

based Global Communication 

which has one LED manufacturing 

unit in China already will 

now make LED screens here at 

home turf. The other MoU has 

been signed for setting up colleges 

of Architecture, Ayurved 

and Homeopathy in Junagadh. 

Third MoU has been singed 

for setting up state-of-the-art 

club with foreign partnership 

in Rajkot under the leadership 

of Mr. Abhay Suchak. Another 

MoU is signed for manufacturing 

of watches with some patented 

technologies. Representation 

of French partner firm is 

Cop caught on tape 

groping women 

Ahmedabad 


In a state where women are 

said to be safer than in any 

other parts of the country , a 

policeman deployed to secure 

women from anti-social elements 

was caught on tape 

groping women at the 

Kankaria Carnival organized 

by the state government from 

December 25 to 31. Senior police 

officials have ordered an 

inquiry by deputy commissioner 

of police, zone-6, Rajan 

Susra to identify the cop who 

is seen in uniform in the tape. 

"The problem for us is that the 

face of the cop is not visible 

making it difficult to identify 

him. However, we have procured 

the list of policemen deployed 

for bandobast during 

five days of the carnival to nail 

the cop," said Susra. The cop 

is wearing a olive green sleeveless 

jacket in the tape and the 

probe team is verifying with 

other policemen about who 

was wearing such jacket during 

the bando bast duty on 

that particular day. According 

to sources, the cop in uniform 

is seen loitering around at the 

carnival indecently touching 

women, especially young girls 

dressed in jeans. "He is continuously 

doing the indecent 

act till he sits on the parapet of 

Kankaria Lake. The video of the 

cop came into notice of the 

senior police officials after it 

started doing rounds in social 

media" said a police official. 

here for that. Rs 20 crore 

Kitchen wear company ‘Action 

Wear’, patented technology 

oriented label printing machinery 

firm, agriculture processing 

factory are some of the other 

MoUs,” The expo/summit will 

will have other MoUs other 

than B2B, Shri Shah said. He 

also said that Rajkot Chamber 

of Commerce and Dubai Chamber 

of Commerce have signed 

MoUs for each other’s desks 

at their premises. There are 

MoUs signed with 

Maharashtra Chamber of Commerce, 

Nashik Business Association 

and Bihar Industry Association, 

Singhbhum Chamber 

of Commerce(Jamshedpur, 

Jharkhand) and Industry and 

Agriculture. One other MoU 

has been signed with Jammu 

& Kashmir Economic Development 

Council. Khalil Jahangir, 

its chairman considers that 

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60% of domestic tourists in 

Jammu and Kashmir are from 

Gujarat. So, there should be 

Gujarati Bhavan in Srinagar. 

The MoU signed yesterday 

was about setting up such 

Bhavan. Shri Shah said that 

there are total 22 detailed investment 

reports released that 

are sector specific. The reports 

contain technology, man 

power, market, investment, etc. 

Next should be the process of 

combined venture partnership 

between outside firms and local 

firms. 

The Chief Minister, Shri 

Anandiben Patel, on this occasion 

felicitated successful 

businessmen from Saurashtra. 

The function was attended by 

representatives of 21 Gujarati 

Samaj from across the country. 

Presence of other delegates 

from 18 states was also an attraction 

of such function. 

Fake arbitrators swindle 

businessmen in city 

Ahmedabad 


After the police, imposters 

have now struck in the name 

of the judiciary. City crime 

branch officials are investigating 

a major racket, where a 

group of imposters cheated 

scores of businessmen in the 

city, by posing as arbitrators 

out to settle financial 

disputes.Complainants narrated 

how the imposters took 

them to a phoney court, presided 

over by a phoney tribunal 

judge who ordered them to 

settle financial disputes by 

paying a certain amount. Gullible 

businessmen paid the 

money in hope of settling their 

issues once and for all only to 

find that they had been 

cheated. A handful of businessmen 

gathered the courage 

and reported this racket to 

crime branch, which is now on 

the trail of these imposters. 

Crime branch officials said 

these are not your usual imposters, 

who play impersonate 

police or CBI officers to extort 

money from high value targets. 

These charlatans are a group 

of five or six well-educated, 

English-speaking fraudsters 

who credibly pose as arbitrators, 

advocates and judges. 

Crime branch officials said they 

are tracing the mastermind of 

the scam of the basis of cell 

phone numbers. "A team of 

crime branch is working on the 

probe and very soon we will 

be able to nab the culprits. We 

are also probing how the gang 

got information on disputes 

concerning the victims they 

extorted money from," said a 

senior crime branch official. 

"Most surprisingly it came 

to light that the gang was even 

running a fake court in 

Gandhinagar were the victims 

were summoned and hefty 

amounts were extorted in the 

name of settlements," said a 

crime branch official. Sources 

in the city crime branch said 

they have identified the mastermind 

of the scam, who with 

the help of other five or six associates, 

ran the racket for a 

period of over one year. "Their 

modus operendi was simple. 

The gang would prepare `summons' 

in the name of the victims, 

who were identified earlier. 

One gang member would 

pose as an arbitrator, armed 

with a bogus court order," 

added a crime branch official. 

The man posing as arbitrator 

would then contact the victim. 

"The phoney arbitrator would 

then tell the victim of the damages 

he would incur if he didn't 

strike a compromise and then 

extort a large sum from the victim," 

a crime branch official 

added. If the victim seemed firm 

on taking on the complaint, he 

would be served a bogus summons, 

asking him to remain 

present at the bogus court the 

gangsters were running in 

Gandhinagar. 

Madrassa trustees 

booked for sodomy 

Rajkot 


Four students, including two 

minor boys, from a madrassa in 

Vanthali, Junagadh, have alleged 

that they were sodomised 

by a father-son duo who are 

also trustees of the religious institution. 

A complaint in this 

regard was filed by victims at 

Vanthali police station against 

Hafees Isha Karud and his son 

Ilias Karud on Thursday night 

Police booked father-son duo 

under various sections of Indian 

Penal Code including 377 

(whoever voluntarily has carnal 

intercourse against the order of 

the nature with any man) among 

others. Sources said that Hafees 

Karud is trustee of Jamia 

Talimul Koran, a madrassa located 

in Dilawarnagar on 

Junagadh highway in Vanthali 

town. Victim in their complaint 

stated that they were lured by 

the accused who offered them 

money and allegedly 

sodomized them.

SOUTH GUJARAT 

Life imprisonment for two 

in Bharuch murder case 

Bharuch 


Two men were awarded 

life imprisonment while 

the wife of the accused 

Hirva was acquitted in the 

Bharuch murder case in a 

fast track court on Friday. 

Sachin Pandya, the 

husband of wife’s sister 

of the victim and Sachin’s 

friend Majid Khan were 

sentenced for life in Sunil 

Tapiyavala murder case. 

Sunil’s wife Hirva was 

accused of giving Rs 25 

lakh as contract money 

to the husband of her 

sister, Sachin Pandya, 

based in Mumbai but 

in any case acquitted 

by the court. Hirva had 

reportedly called Sachin 

Chemical unit suffers 

financial damage due to fire 

Bharuch 


Shree Rang Chemical 

situated in GIDC at 

Ankleshwar suffered 

damage to the tunes of 

lakhs of rupees after stock 

of chemical got burned on 

Friday. No one was injured 

in the fire accident. 

A unit of Shree Rang 

Chemical is situated at 

plot number 4801/A/5 in 

Ankleshwar GIDC. SDF 

machine got burst due to 

at Borivili in Mumbai 

to hand over contract 

money to him. Sachin 

Pandya and his friend 

Sameer alias Irfan Khan 

and Mohammed Husain 

had finalised the plan to 

kill the victim, sitting 

in a rickshaw owned 

by Mustaq Katzi near 

Sunil’s home in Bharuch. 

The accused trio came to 

Bharuch from Mumbai in 

a car and killed Sunil on 

2 July 2016. Sunil was 

first stabbed in the belly 

and then strangulated to 

death at his own home 

by the trio. As arranged, 

Hirva was robbed of her 

ornaments and Rs 50 

thousand cash. Dhanvi, 

daughter of Sunil was tied 

12 children offered liquid 

antibiotic by mistake, hospitalised 

Navsari 


12 children of an 

Anganwadi were 

hospitalised at referral 

hospital in Chikhli after 

they were offered liquid 

anti-biotic by mistake 

at Khundh village near 

Chikhli on Friday. 

The affected children 

started having bouts 

of dehydration after 

consuming the liquid. 

The affected children 

IN BRIEF 

Ahwa 


Sanjay Prasad secretary 

of State Labour and 

Employment Department 

(SLED) visited school 

of Vanarchod village at 

Dang on the occasion of 

Gunotsav. He said that 

Gujarat state government is 

working hard on improving 

the education quality with 

inclusion of new courses 

and subject for proper and 

updated education of new 

generation. It is high time 

parents give their support 

in initiating successful 

implementation of the 

government education 

related schemes. Earlier he 

visited Bhenskatri school 

of Waghai taluka on first 

day of Gunotsav. 

He added students should 

use their spare time in 

were to be given energy 

drink but actually 

offered antibiotic Gama 

benzene lotion used in 

the treatment of skin 

diseases. 12 affected 

children include seven 

girls and five boys, as 

per the sources. The 

children are offered 

energy drinks every 

Tuesday and Friday. 

District level and taluka 

level officials rushed to 

the referral hospital. 

increase in pressure while 

the chemical reaction was 

going on in the machine. 

More than 40 kg of chemical 

stock was destroyed in the 

fire. About eight workers 

were working in the factory 

at the time of the fire but 

no one was injured in the 

accident. Mahesh Modi, 

owner of the company and 

the employees doused the 

fire. Ankleshwar GIDC 

police was informed of the 

accident. 

reading and writing so 

that their pronunciation 

and handwriting will 

improve. They must spare 

minimum 20 minutes 

daily for the practice. He 

observed school activity, 

and knowledge of school 

students. He saw deaf and 

dumb girl in standard -3 of 

with a rope by the accused 

trio before fleeing the 

spot of the crime. A 

car was found near the 

house of the victim. 

Sachin Pandya, Sameer 

Khan and Hirva were 

arrested and prosecuted 

in the Bharuch court. 

The third of male trio, 

Mohammed Hussain is 

still absconding. Hirva 

was acquitted due to 

the lack of evidences 

against her. Government 

prosecutor Jashu Rohit 

is likely to take the case 

against Hirva to the high 

court, as per the reports. 

There were 70 witnesses 

in total but all turned 

hostile in the court 

during the prosecution. 

Sex racket busted at restaurant 

in Bhimpore, eight arrested 

Daman 


A sex racket was busted 

by Daman police after 

raiding at restaurant, 

Bhimpore, on Saturday. 

They arrested eight person 

involved in anti-social activities 

from the restaurant. 

Dinesh Waja in-charge 

of Daman police station 

got tip-off by informer 

about sex racket. Acting 

on tip-off they raided Kamla 

Bar located in Bhimpore 

on Wednesday, and 

arrested eight customers, 

Thief arrested, 33 theft cases solved 

Valsad 


A hard-core thief that 

committed 33 thefts in the 

last six months was caught 

by Valsad LCB on Friday. 

Ornaments worth Rs 97 

thousand, cash Rs 1.25 

lakh, a car and mobiles 

were confiscated from his 

possession. 

He has served jail 

punishment thrice in the 

past. He was sent to jail by 

the court for one year for25 

house breaks during 2006, 

2007 and 2008. 

He tried to drive a rickshaw 

for a living during 2012, 2013 

and 2014 but did not like the 

profession and started to 

steal again. He was involved 

in three thefts at Panvel in 

Maharashtra and was sent to 

jail there in the year 2014. He 

came to Vejalpor near Valsad 

in May 2015 after his release 

from the Maharashtra jail and 

started the activity of theft in 

nearby Navsari and Valsad 

districts. 

Bharuch: HMA oppose their 

exclusion in Gunotsav evaluation 

Bharuch 


Association of school 

head masters have 

shown opposition to 

their exclusion from 

assessment and grading 

system. 

Pravin Sinh Rana, 

SLED secretary visited school at Dang for Gunotsav 

Vanarchod Primary school, 

and suggested to admit 

that girl in Special School 

of Shivarimal. School 

management committee 

members, villagers of 

Bhenskatri, collector Ardra 

Agrawal, Information 

Bureau team were also 

present in school. 

Child falls from 

fourth floor, dies 

Daman 


A one and a half year 

old girl child fell down 

from the fourth floor of 

an apartment building at 

Khariwad in Daman on 

Friday. The girl child of 

Prakash Bhai Ma, working 

at USV fell down 

from the fourth floor 

while she was playing on 

the balcony of the fourth 

floor and was critically 

bar owner and manager 

accused in anti-social 

crimes. Kamla Bar owner 

Bharat Karsan Patel (46), 

resident of school Faliya, 

Moti Vankad, Bhimpore, 

Nani Daman, manager 

Geeta Mahendra Patel 

(50) resident of Panchal 

Udyognagar, Bhimpore 

Nani-Daman, broker 

Mangla Pancham Chauhan 

(49) Marwad, Nani 

Daman, and driver Muhammad 

Suhel Khan (40) 

resident of Panchal Udyognagar, 

were involved in 

president of Bharuch 

Head Masters Association 

(HMA) voiced his 

opposition and stated, 

“We awarded C grade 

to some of the schools 

during the evaluation last 

year, to be realistic but 

we have been excluded 

DRM visits Bharuch railway station; 

demand for rly underpass rises 

Bharuch 


Divisional railway 

manager (DRM) of 

western Railway visited 

Bharuch railway station 

to discuss various pending 

demands by Bharuch 

denizen on Friday. DRM 

promised Senior Citizen 

Council (SCC) to forward 

the requests of the 

denizens to the central 

government. 

DRM Ashutosh Gangal 

discussed the matter of 

constructing of railway 

under pass with SCC 

secretary Harish Joshi. 

The possibility of hanging 

bridge was ruled out by 

the DRM for the benefits 

of senior citizens, instead 

injured. 

Deceased Riya was 

taken to Marvad hospital 

but doctors on duty declared 

her brought dead. 

Police registered a case 

of accidental death. There 

are 29 flats belonging to 

USV at Tirupati apartments 

where the accident 

occurred. The gaps in the 

grille at the galleries are 

too big for the children to 

be safe. 

running sex-rackets at the 

restaurant. They arrested 

eight customers and call 

girls, Sabna Molla (21) 

resident of Mumbai, Suman 

Chotelal Safir (22) 

resident of Ribadi, MP 

and Rujita Aarif (20) resident 

of Kolkata, West 

Bengal. Bar owner and 

others encouraged girls 

in flesh trade, providing 

them good money. Daman 

police registered complain 

under IPC section 370 and 

immoral trafficking act 

1956. 

from the evaluation 

exercise this year. Head 

masters have been 

allowed to participate in 

the evaluation in the other 

parts of the state. Why is 

it only in Bharuch district 

that head masters are 

excluded? 

Navsari 


Lok Mahiti Abhiyan 

was inaugurated by MP 

C R Patil on Saturday, at 

Dandi village of Navsari 

district. The campaign 

was organised by Ministry 

of Information and 

Broadcasting of India, 

Press Information Bureau. 

MP Patil said, 

“Government has chalked 

out many developments 

schemes but it does not 

reach people. It was useless 

if not reached to people. 

Moreover, implementation 

is more important than 

schemes on paper. 

Awareness campaign will 

help in disseminating useful 

information to people.” 

MP said that with 

implementation of 

Din Dayal Upadhyay 

Vidhutikaran scheme, 

power cuts are minimal 

providing facility of 

regular farming which has 

increased the agricultural 

produce. MP had adopted 

Chikhli village after that 

no cataract patients did 

not increase in villages, 

construction of railway 

under pass is in the pipeline 

which will be executed at 

the earliest, assured DRM. 

Moreover, the underpass 

will help to reduce the 

traffic problems around 

the railway station during 

the arrival of the trains 

at Bharuch station. The 

demand is for underpass 

from railway station to 

city bus station. 

The matter of stoppage 

of Jaipur-Bandra train at 

Bharuch station for the 

benefits of those hailing 

from Rajasthan came up 

for discussion. The DRM 

promised to consider 

the matter seriously by 

forwarding it to the central 

government. 

claims C R Patil. He also 

said, no pregnant woman 

died during delivery 

when emergency services 

for pregnant women 

commenced. Prime 

Minister adopted city of 

Varanasi as role model for 

development purposes. 

He was giving detailed 

information of government 

schemes including Beti 

bachavo, Beti padhao, 

Jandhan Yojna, Clean India 

Movement, Mudra Bank 

Yojana. On the occasion, 

Gandevi MLA Piyush 

Desai also encouraged 

people to avail advantages 

of government schemes. 

Desai claimed C R Patil as 

best originator of Adarsh 

village. He was grateful to 

Press Information Bureau 

(PIB) for organising Mahiti 


3 

Lok Mahiti Abhiyan inaugurated 

by BJP MP at Navsari 

of Baroda, LIC, Navsari 

provided detail information 

Patel chairman of Navsari 

health committee, Parimal 

Patel sarpanch of Dandi, 

panchyat, officers of state 

and others were present in 

Abhiyan. 

Indian Post 

department, Health 

department, Integrated 

Child Development 

plan, NABARD, Bank 

Agricultural University 

displayed their stalls in 

Lok Mahiti Abhiyan 

‘campaign’. Experts of 

respective departments 

to people. 

Dinesh Patel president 

of Navsari district 

panchayat, Trushaben 

members of taluka 

and central governments 

the campaign. 

Unclaimed tempo confiscated at Valsad 

Valsad 


Valsad police on patrolling duty 

confiscated unclaimed tempo 

found at Patel Weigh Bridge, 

opposite New Nirmal Roadlines, 

Lavachcha, Vapi, on Friday. 

As per the sources, tempo ( 

GJ-15-XX-1558), engine number 

JXY834598, chassis number MAT 

457010 C737796 model no 109EX 

III colour brown. Moreover, when 

police team checked number plate 

they found sticker on number 

plate, when they removed sticker 

so they saw other (MH-48-T-347). 

They evaluate vehicle cost Rs.8 

lakh and registered case under 

CRPC section 102. Tempo was 

parked at Dungra police station for 

investigation. 

PI R G Desai, Valsad SOG, 

constables Omprakash Ranbahdur, 

Arshad Yusuf, and others were 

involved in operation. 

Congress MP Ahmed Patel putting open a statue in Bharuch on Saturday. 

PUBLIC NOTICE 

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of the said Industrial A-2 Type Shed No. 504, having Plot area admeasuring 

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and 4] Original License Agreement dated 20.05.1986 of the above 

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writing along with the true attested documents of Claim within the 

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Lal Bahadur Shastri's one slogan is still remembered 

Mehbooba’s priorities 

Mehbooba Mufti, president of the Peoples Democratic Party, is set 

to be the first woman Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir. At present 

an MP of Lok Sabha, she has attained political maturity under the 

patronage of her father Mufti Muhammad Sayeed since 1996 when she 

joined active politics. Since then from hawkish overtones, she has mellowed 

down into a leader of human instincts and national concerns, 

having a conciliatory approach with priority of protecting the interests 

of the state. The good thing is that the BJP has given its unequivocal 

support to her. Under the leadership of her father, the coalition government 

has worked well during the year despite initial hindrances created 

by some sections of people and opposition on coming together of the 

pole apart parties. But Mufti Muhammad Sayeed had that big image of 

being a nationalist and humanist who neither would do nor would 

allow anybody to do anything that could harm the state and national 

interests. It is hoped that Mehbooba Mufti with her political maturity 

will not only carry out her father’s development process but also go 

beyond that to bring about prosperity to the state, without allowing 

any detractors to mislead the populace and derail the acts of public 

welfare. Mehbooba is worried about continued instability along the 

state’s borders and wants Prime Minister Narendra Modi to strive for 

finding ways and avenues for resolution of problems confronting the 

state and the region. She is hopeful that the Prime Minister can conceive 

a new strategy not only by reviving peace initiatives but also 

pioneer fresh political and economic initiatives with speed, purpose 

and direction. The PDP-led government had in 2002 crusaded the Healing 

Touch Policy. The move was to bring out people out of dissipation, 

hurt psyche and salvage their bruised dignity, and to motivate them to 

mould their destiny through a participatory political process. One of 

the major problems that Mehbooba faces in the state is public isolation 

from the rest of the country, and the BJP, by ignoring the hawkish 

elements can play more liberal role in ameliorating the state’s problems 

by helping the government in political and economic transportation. 

Mehbooba wants to revive the peace initiatives, both on internal and 

external fronts in J-K. Economic deprivation, development-deficit governance 

and unemployment rogued the state, especially in the aftermath 

of the devastating floods of 2014. She knows coordination and 

cooperation with the Centre would help the state revive the process of 

economic rejuvenation through financial package. Mehbooba would 

give adequate attention to check violence by the youth in the state by 

creating huge employment opportunities with the Central aid. She knows 

the fact that turmoil has only wrought miseries to the people leaving 

behind a trail of death and destruction. 

Fall registered in pollution 

The Delhi government has reported 

a marked decrease in pollution 

levels of the toxic capital air 

after implementation of its inconvenient 

but apparently successful 

Odd-Even plan. As per the data 

available, the pollution levels (PM 

2.5) have gone down from 381 to 

293 micrograms per cubic meter in 

Anand Vihar area and from 339 to 

253 micrograms per cubic meter in 

Mandir Marg. These two areas are 

among the most polluted localities 

in Delhi. Similarly, pollution has 

also gone down in other localities, 

such as Punjabi Bagh (244 

micrograms) RK Puram (370), with 

extremely high levels of suspended 

particulate matter. 

Going by the public reaction 

to the government initiative, it appears 

that the Delhi residents have 

finally accepted the fact that only 

drastic measures like these can 

help them breathe better. The city 

has been reeling under the levels 

of air pollution that are marked as 

‘severe’ in the air quality measurement 

index. Breathing such air 

has serious and visible impact on 

people with lung/ heart diseases. 

Individuals can feel the strain even 

during light physical activity. It 

causes respiratory problems even 

in healthy people leading to diseases 

like bronchitis and shortness 

of breath. The Odd-Even plan may 

prove effective in pulling back the 

SCRIPSI 

city from the brink of disaster, however, 

it is not an ideal solution. 

Steps like these are extreme measures 

leading to high degree of inconvenience 

to the common man, 

as the Delhi High Court has noted. 

The Delhi experience should be 

a lesson to other cities such as 

Ludhiana, which was ranked as the 

most polluted city in India by WHO 

in 2011, to include pollution control 

as an intrinsic part of the city 

plan from the very beginning. It 

should also prompt the government 

to include pollution as a critical factor 

in its grading of smart cities 

across the country. Citizens need 

to be sensitised about the importance 

of best practices to ensure a 

healthy air quality in their surroundings. 

Instead of succumbing 

to populist decisions, the city corporations 

should aggressively 

stick to implementation of pollution 

control measures, including regular 

monitoring of vehicles for pollution 

levels, check on entry of diesel 

vehicles, car pooling, and promotion 

of alternative means of 

transportation like an efficient mass 

rapid transportation system, bicycle 

clubs, and car pooling. In the 

long run, all the infrastructure, facilities, 

and conveniences available 

in a city would come to naught if 

its air is rendered unfit for survival 

of human beings by our own misguided 

and self-seeking exertions. 

Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing 

your temper or your self-confidence. 

- ROBERT FROST 

A slogan with substance 

Our prime minister likes coining slogans and 

acronyms. There was Swachh Bharat and Make 

in India, then Beti Bachao Beti Padhao. Now 

there is Start-up India, Stand Up India. The Planning 

Commission has become the N[ational] 

I[nstitution] for T[ransforming] I[ndia]. I am sure 

the second part of Niti Aayog must also lead to 

something deep and profound; perhaps Advanced 

and Analytical Yearning for Overall 

Growth? I do not know what the SMART in 

Smart Cities stands for, but I do know that - as 

the prime minister himself has told us -the 

SMART in Smart Police means Strict and Sensitive, 

Modern and Mobile, Alert and Accountable, 

Reliable and Responsive, Techno-savvy 

and Trained.The prime minister's penchant for 

smart slogans is not restricted to the domain of 

domestic policies alone. So, when it comes to 

future relations with our most powerful neighbour, 

we have INCH towards MILES, the first 

acronym joining India and China (naturally with 

Bharat Mata first, although alphabetically it 

should be the other way around), the second 

joining Millennium with Exceptional Synergy. 

During his election campaign, Narendra 

Modi was assisted by some of India's most inventive 

copywriters. I do not know whether 

the slogans and acronyms offered us after the 

election come from them or from the prime minister's 

own fertile mind. What we do know is 

that they come quick and fast, so fast that one 

has to learn and follow a new slogan before 

one has had time to digest and understand the 

slogan that came before it. Narendra Modi is 

what one might call a serial sloganeer. How 

many of his slogans will be known or remembered 

10 or 20 years from now? I ask because 

soon we shall observe the 50th death anniversary 

of a former prime minister, Lal Bahadur 

Shastri. Shastri coined only one slogan. But it 

resonated then, and still resonates after 50 

years. It was, of course, Jai Jawan Jai Kisan. 

The background to Shastri's slogan needs to 

be spelled out. In 1962, India suffered a humiliating 

defeat in a border war with China, in large 

part because our troops were under-prepared 

and under-equipped. Hence the slogan Jai 

Jawan, to ensure that henceforth the soldier 

would be at the centre of defence planning. 

Again, in the early 1960s, India suffered a series 

of bad monsoons, leading to severe 

droughts and crop failures. As parts of the 

country teetered on the brink of starvation, 

mass famine was averted only by the import of 

food from the West. And so Shastri came up 

with the second half of his still remembered 

slogan: Jai Kisan. The weaknesses in defence 

and agriculture were partly a legacy of Shastri's 

predecessor as prime minister, Jawaharlal 

Nehru. Nehru had given foreign policy more 

importance than defence strategy. Moreover, in 

his approach to the economy, industry loomed 

much larger than agriculture. After the war against 

China, Nehru finally sacked the incompetent V.K. 

Krishna Menon as defence minister, and brought 

in Y.B. Chavan, who had developed a reputation 

as an able, no-nonsense administrator, as his replacement. 

When Shastri became prime minister, 

he retained Chavan, who repaid this faith by buying 

our defence forces state-of-the-art weaponry 

from the Western bloc (which Krishna Menon 

had shunned because of his pro-Soviet leanings). 

The new, energized defence policies of Chavan 

and Shastri paid dividends in the next war that 

faced India, against Pakistan in 1965, when both 

the Indian army and the Indian air force acquitted 

themselves creditably. 

Shastri's initiatives with regard to the kisan 

were more noteworthy still. Among the most able 

members of Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet was C. 

Subramaniam. He was minister of steel, a key portfolio 

in Nehru's economic vision. Now, after successive 

droughts, Shastri shifted Subramaniam 

to the agriculture ministry. The new minister, as it 

happens, was from a farming background himself. 

He understood the problems kisans faced, 

and wished to overcome them with the use of the 

latest technologies. He empowered the scientists 

of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research to 

conduct experiments on the new hybrid seeds 

available, and, in a splendid show of solidarity, 

planted up the lawns of his own Lutyens' bungalow 

with the new seeds. These experiments were 

then taken into the fields of farmers across India, 

massively enhancing crop productivity (of wheat 

in particular) and saving India from both famine 

as well as dependence on food aid from the West. 

Having endorsed Chavan and chosen 

Subramaniam, Shastri allowed them to run their 

ministries without continuous oversight by the 

prime minister's office. He was an excellent 

delegator, which Nehru was not (and which Modi 

does not appear to be either). The choice of C. 

Subramaniam was especially far-sighted. 

Subramaniam is the only cabinet minister ever 

to have won the Bharat Ratna for what he did 

as cabinet minister. But he did what he did because 

of the support of his prime minister. Ironically, 

since Shastri died so soon, the real benefits 

of the Green Revolution became visible 

only in the late 1960s and early 1970s, allowing 

Indira Gandhi to claim the credit. Fortunately, 

Shastri's splendid leadership during the Indo- 

Pak war of 1965 was something no one could 

take away from him. Writing in these columns 

in April 2010, I remarked: "Had Shastri been 

given another five years, there would have been 

no Nehru-Gandhi dynasty. Sanjay Gandhi and 

Rajiv Gandhi would both be alive, and in private 

life. The former would have been a (failed) 

entrepreneur, the latter a recently retired airline 

pilot with a passion for photography. Finally, 

had Shastri lived longer, Sonia Gandhi would 

still be a devoted and loving housewife." 

Shastri's early death enabled Indira Gandhi, and 

in time her descendants, to establish a stranglehold 

over the Congress and, during the long 

years when the Congress was in power, over 

the government of India itself. The spin doctors 

of the dynasty have since had time only 

for one Indian politician who was not of the 

family - Mahatma Gandhi. Otherwise, it is 

Nehru, Indira, Rajiv, and Sonia who are given 

all the credit for any progress India may have 

made since 1947. In a shameful display of partisanship, 

they have ignored the contributions 

of other great Congress stalwarts like Patel, 

Raja ji, Kamaraj, Chavan, Subramaniam, 

Narasimha Rao, and Shastri himself. Indira's 

and Sonia's Congress cast away the memory 

and legacy of Vallabhbhai Patel, allowing the 

Bharatiya Janata Party to claim him. They also 

cast away the memory and legacy of Lal 

Bahadur Shastri - will the BJP now claim him 

too? If they do, it will be even less justified 

than their appropriation of Patel. For, while 

Shastri departed from his predecessor in his 

greater focus on defence preparedness and agricultural 

productivity, in one respect he followed 

Jawaharlal Nehru faithfully and fully - 

namely, in his respect for social and religious 

pluralism. Like Nehru, Shastri was emphatic 

that India was not, and must never be, a Hindu 

Pakistan. During the Indo-Pak war of 1965, the 

British Broadcasting Corporation, in one of 

those lazy stereotypes common to the Western 

media's representation of our part of the 

world, claimed that "since India's Prime Minister 

Lal Bahadur Shastri is a Hindu, he is ready for war 

with [a Muslim] Pakistan". Shastri strongly rebutted 

this false characterization. In the last week of 

September 1965, he addressed a massive public 

meeting at New Delhi's Ramlila grounds. 

Pluses and minuses of PM’s visit 

There is an old saying - Jis Lahore Nahi 

Dekhya, O Jamya Nai - one who has not seen 

Lahore, has not taken birth’ – perhaps Modi 

wanted to know the outcome by paying surprise 

visit to Lahore in Pakistan while en route to India 

becoming the first Indian Prime Minister to visit 

Pakistan since 2004. 

Though it invited controversy from the Opposition, 

in view of strained relations with Pakistan, 

the unscheduled visit should not have been 

planned without discussing with his Cabinet 

members. At the same time, the hopes for peace 

were high this spring when Indian Prime Minister 

Narendra Modi invited his Pakistani counterpart 

Nawaz Sharif to his inauguration in Delhi. 

But at the same time, it cannot be said that 

both the countries are serious in normalising the 

relations. Pakistan army too must have given consent 

about Modi’s visit even for a short period 

on the auspicious day of birthday of Nawaz Sharif 

and incidentally the marriage celebrations in his 

family. But this has definitely surprised not only 

the Indians but the Pakistan leaders and the whole 

world as well. Definitely there had been pressure 

from Pakistan forces for improving the relations 

between the two countries because the Jehadi 

forces have put their hands in West and Central 

Asia and the internal circumstances in Pakistan 

are not conducive. The next target of Islamic State 

(IS) is to weaken Pakistan and it will hit the 

economy of the country and the forces like Talibani 

can support them and Pakistan is not in a position 

to bear such a heavy expense to deal with 

Talibani-Jehadi (TJ) forces. In fact, after the dissolution 

of the British Raj in 1947, the relations 

between India and Pakistan have been complex 

due to a number of historical and political events– 

Kashmir conflict and the numerous military conflicts 

fought between the two nations. The relations 

between the two countries remained frigid 

into the early 2010s following repeated acts of 

cross-border terrorism.The visit of Modi to Pakistan 

may write a new history but it could only be 

possible if the Pakistani forces change their mind 

otherwise the non-state actor within the army 

could go to any extent. There are glaring examples 

of outcome of the visit of Prime Minister in 

the past – Kargil attack after the visit of Atal Behari 

Vajpayee and Mumbai 26/11 attack when 

Manohan Singh tried to put on a normal footing 

the relations between India and Pakistan. But 

In case the attitude of Pakistan 

army changes in favour of India, 

Nawaz Sharif will also change. 

Sharif is a businessman of steel, 

has good relations with the big 

corporate houses in India. 

Modi’s visit has definitely done wonders.There 

would have definitely been changes in the ideology 

of internal forces in Pakistan and given ‘green 

signal’ resulting in meetings at Thailand of Nasir 

Khan Janjua and Ajit Dhoval followed by the presence 

of Sushma Swaraj at Islamabad Heart of Asia 

seminar. It is said that the Pakistan army is changing 

its strategy of anti-states which is termed as 

anti-India in which Pakistan had been trying to 

change the entire geography of the area. It will be 

too early to say that Pakistan will be totally 

changed but it is an admitted fact that for the 

sake of peace in the continent, Pakistan has started 

accepting the cooperation of Afghanistan, Iran 

and India (AII) and reaching direct from Kabul to 

Lahore is an indication towards this direction. 

There could be chances of some solution to Kashmir 

issue also. But it will be a big challenge for 

Modi as the party which he is representing – 

Rashtriya Swanaysevak Sangh (RSS) – cooperate 

with him or give him a free hand to finalise the 

deal. On the other hand, China too had made 

changes in its policy being worried about its silk 

route which could only be possible if Jehadis are 

weak. Moreover, the TAPI gas pipe line project 

could be successful, for which the American companies 

have been showing interest since 1990, as 

it is connected with the silk route. The silk route 

will be successful only if the Jehadis are weak 

and TAPI line will reach up to India. In case the 

attitude of Pakistan army changes in favour of 

India, Nawaz Sharif will also change. Nawaz Sharif 

is a businessman of steel, has good relations with 

the big corporate houses in India, and he knows 

that in case the relations between India and Pakistan 

are normal, the business is categorically to 

improve.The basic difference between the two 

countries is that Pakistan is founded upon two 

nations ideology, holding that Hindus and Muslims 

are separate nations whereas the state of India 

is based on secular ideals which is antithetical 

to the other view despite the fact that Indian 

National Congress agreed to the partition of the 

sub-continent in 1947. Another factor is that Pakistan 

had always been since its inception, an 

authoritarian political system mostly military dictators 

– Ayub, Yahya and Zia-ul-Haq, though 

sometimes even civilians, have headed the system 

with no democratic values and institutions. 

India on the other hand has been a functional 

democracy. Frankly speaking, the India-Pakistan 

relations remain fraught with danger and mistrust 

as there had been regular exchanges of fire between 

their troops across the ‘line of control’ 

since the birth of Pakistan in 1947. 

The economic condition of Pakistan is not so 

sound whereas the Army budget needs increase 

every year which is at present 30 per cent of the 

total budget of the country. Army is worried for 

the future as the economy of the country is dwindling 

because of terrorist attacks. Barring China, 

no other country is interested for investment in 

Pakistan when huge quantity of hydrocarbon and 

coal is with Pakistan and Indian corporate is interested 

in its investment. So both the governments 

should take enormously beneficial measures 

to improve their relations by creating some 

comfortable atmosphere with ‘give and take 

policy’ in mind giving grit to their teeth while sitting 

across the table by producing a plan for major 

issue of Kashmir with physical division predicated 

on the Line of Control The leaders of both 

the countries rather than talking for the sake of 

talks or struggling over the new tactics, they 

should come up with a vision of concrete steps 

for giving practical shape into promises of the 

21st century. Only then we may see a hug between 

the two countries and deserved to be 

awarded Noble Peace prizes.


RBI Dy Governor Patel gets second term 

Nissan to drive in 

Mumbai 


Mr. Patel, 52, who will 

complete his three-year 

term on January 10, could 

become the longest serving 

deputy governor in recent 

times if he serves the 

full three-year term. Most 

of recent deputy governors 

served a maximum of 

five years. “The Government 

of India today re-appointed 

Dr. Urjit R. Patel as 

the Deputy Governor of 

the Reserve Bank of India, 

for a further period of three 

years with effect from taking 

charge of the post on 

or after January 11, 2016, 

or, until further orders, 

whichever is earlier,” according 

to a statement from 

the RBI. The government 

has formed a search panel, 

which interviewed several 

candidates in December, 

including Mr. Patel and 

two other Executive Directors 

of RBI. A Deputy Governor 

of RBI can be appointed 

for a period of five 

years or till the age of 62, 

whichever is earlier. Mr. 

Patel, who was appointed 

as the Deputy Governor in 

January 2013 had about 

two decades of experience 

across sectors including 

financial, energy and infrastructure 

sectors. 

But his significant task 

came after Raghuram Rajan 

appointed him to head of 

committee to review the 

monetary policy framework. 

Mr. Patel who holds 

a Doctorate (Ph.D) in Economics 

from Yale University 

and is a graduate of the 

University of London and 

Oxford, had his task cut 

out. RBI’s monetary policy 

stance was under severe 

Volatility is the new 

norm, says Arun Jaitley 

Kolkata 


Global economic volatility 

is the new norm, says 

Finance Minister Arun 

Jaitley. “Earlier, challenges 

and crisis emerged once in 

a decade. With the global 

economy so critically integrated, 

volatility is the new 

rule, it’s the new norm. We 

have seen in last few 

days…price of oil collapsed. 

We have seen the 

currency crisis currently 

on in China. And the global 

slowdown,” Mr. Jaitley 

said, addressing the inaugural 

session of the Bengal 

Global Business Summit 

here. While the World 

Bank has downgraded the 

global growth forecast by 

0.4 percentage points to 2.9 

criticism as inflation continued 

to haunt policy 

makers for more than two 

years. The recommendations 

of the Urjit Patel Committee 

were radical. The 

committee proposed inflation 

targeting as the central 

bank’s prime objective 

and changed the main 

gauge for inflation to consumer 

price index based 

inflation from wholesale 

based price index. There 

were many more. This is 

Mumbai 

January 9, 2016 

The decline in the value of China’s currency against 

the dollar is a worrying development as it may lead to a 

sharp increase in cheap imports hurting several Indian 

industries, Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala 

Sitharaman said. The depreciation of the yuan may expand 

the country’s trade deficit, she said. “There is the 

issue of excess capacity in China leading to dumping 

and the apprehension that products will become even 

cheaper due to the currency devaluation because of what 

has happened now is the third major devaluation. There 

is also the fear that subsidised imports are coming in. 

These are worrying developments. India’s trade deficit 

with China will grow even more,” Ms. Sitharaman told 

reporters after the first meeting of the Council for Trade 

and Development. 

India’s merchandise trade deficit with China had 

ballooned from a minuscule $1.1 billion in 2003-04 to a 

whopping $48.5 billion in 2014-15 or over four times India’s 

exports to China ($11.9 billion) in FY’15. During 

April-September this fiscal, imports from China already 

touched $31.6 billion while India’s exports to that country 

were only $4.5 billion, leaving a trade deficit of $27.1 

billion. However, cumulative FDI inflows from China into 

India during April 2000-September 2015 were only $1.2 

billion (or just 0.47 per cent of the total $265 billion worth 

overall FDI inflows into India in those 15 years), much 

less than the actual potential. There are reports of excess 

capacity in China, especially in sectors such as 

steel, leading to alleged instances of dumping of such 

products in several countries, including India, at rates 

below those in China or even lower than the production 

cost, Ms. Sitharaman said. The commerce ministry would 

soon hold meetings with the Chief Economic Advisor 

Urjit Patel, Deputy Governor of Reserve 

Bank of India (RBI) in-charge of the 

monetary policy department, has been 

re-appointed for a term of three years. 

probably the first committee 

which explicitly said 

that government should 

not intervene in the functioning 

of banks, mainly in 

the public sector ones. The 

committee also advised 

the setting up of a monetary 

policy committee 

with the governor as its 

head, which will held responsible 

if inflation target 

is not met. The government 

and RBI moved 

promptly to implement the 

Patel Committee recommendations. 

Retail inflation 

is now the central 

bank’s main yardstick for 

price rise, and most importantly 

the government and 

the central bank has now 

entered into an historic 

agreement to reach a particular 

level of inflation 

within a specified time 

frame. According to the 

agreement, the RBI will target 

4 per cent inflation by 

the end of financial year 

2016-17 and for subsequent 

years, with a band 

of +/- 2 per cent. RBI has 

four Deputy Governors, 

two are from outside, a 

commercial banker and an 

economist while two others 

are promoted from 

within its ranks. The other 

three Deputy Governors of 

RBI are: H.R. Khan, S.S. 

Mundra and R. Gandhi. 

States told to meet exporters more often 

New Delhi 


The Centre has asked 

the state governments to 

hold bi-monthly meetings 

with exporters, especially 

to address infrastructure 

and tax-related issues. Inputs 

received from the 

states would be then considered 

by the Centre, on a 

dynamic basis, for taking 

further steps to reduce the 

transaction costs of exporters 

and in turn boost the 

competitiveness of India’s 

exports. 

This was one of the main 

takeaways from the first 

meeting of the Council for 

Trade Development and 

Promotion on Friday, which 

was chaired by Commerce 

and Industry Minister 

Nirmala Sitharaman. 

Commercial bank loans show recovery: RBI 

percent, India is struggling 

to improve its own growth, 

he said. At a time like this, 

the Centre wants states 

like West Bengal to increase 

the economic 

growth rate. “Given the 

structure of India’s federal 

polity, it is imperative that 

the states grow as well. 

Strong states mean a 

stronger India. West Bengal 

contributes nearly 6 to 

7 per cent of national GDP. 

Given the fact that growth 

of the eastern states was 

lower than those of the 

western states, the additional 

growth will have to 

come from the former,” he 

said, adding that the Centre 

will stand behind states 

to ensure that they attract 

more investments. 

VW chief to hold talks in 

Washington on emissions scandal 

Washington 


Volkswagen Chief Executive 

Matthias Mueller 

will meet with the top U.S. 

environmental regulator 

next week for the highestlevel 

talks since the German 

automaker admitted to using 

software to evade emissions 

requirements for 

5,80,000 U.S. vehicles. Mr. 

Mueller will meet with U.S. 

Environmental Protection 

Agency Chief Gina 

McCarthy on Wednesday 

in Washington, at the request 

of Volkswagen, 

agency spokeswoman 

Laura Allen said. McCarthy 

told reporters at a forum in 

Washington that EPA has 

been holding extensive 

technical discussions with 

VW, but declined to predict 

when a fix would be ready. 

“At this point, we haven’t 

identified a satisfactory way 

forward, but those discussions 

are going to continue,” 

Mr. McCarthy said. 

“We are really anxious to 

find a way for that company 

to get into compliance - and 

we're not there yet.” The 

meeting will take place 

about a week after the U.S. 

Justice Department filed a 

civil suit against VW seeking 

up to $48 billion in damages 

under the Clean Air 

Act. VW declined to comment 

on the impending 

meeting. Mueller also 

plans visits to Capitol Hill 

to meet with lawmakers. 

On Tuesday, VW brand 

chief Herbert Diess said he 

was “confident we will 

find an acceptable solution.” 

In an interview with 

Reuters, Mr. Diess said 

fixing older VW cars 

equipped with 2.0-litre diesel 

engines would be more 

difficult than bringing 

more recent models into 

compliance. Some U.S. 

regulators and lawmakers 

have said VW may have 

to buy back older models. 

Diess didn’t say whether 

VW was considering that, 

but was optimistic an 

agreement with U.S. regulators 

would be reached 

soon. Also Thursday, a 

German newspaper reported 

that VW would have 

to buy back about 115,000 

cars in the U.S. as a result 

of the emissions scandal. 

Mercedes-Benz 

to launch 12 

products this year 

New Delhi 

Arvind Subramanian and the NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman 

Arvind Panagariya on the developments, she said. 

The government is considering proposals to protect 

domestic steel manufacturers from cheap steel imports 

mainly from China, the minister said A tariff line-wise 

detailed assessment was being done on the steel sector 

to find out the sub-segments that are affected the most 

and need protection in terms of anti-dumping duty, 

countervailing duties (or anti-subsidy duties) and minimum 

import price, she said. “We will not rush into any 

decision. The Commerce Ministry is in consultations 

with the Finance and Steel Ministries. We are looking 

at item by item to see which all segments are hurt due to 

the surge in cheap imports,” the minister said. As a 

result of the plunge in value of the Chinese currency, 

stock markets across the world, including in India, tumbled. 

Asked whether there was a need to let the rupee 

sub-Rs.4 lakh car 

Chennai 


Nissan will unveil a 

new hatchback in the below-Rs.four 

lakh segment 

in the next few months as 

the Japanese auto maker 

prepares for a new growth 

phase in India with its revamped 

dealer business 

and new cars, according to 

a top official of the company. 

The new small car under 

the Datsun brand is 

expected to be positioned 

in the Maruti Alto segment. 

It has been developed 

under Renault-Nissan 

alliance’s new vehicle architecture 

CMF-A, a global 

platform meant to design 

and develop low 

budget cars for India and 

other markets, Gulliaume 

Sicard, President-Nissan 

India operations told The 

Hindu during the one millionth 

car roll-out from 

Renault-Nissan’s alliance 

factory near Chennai. “We 

plan to launch this new car 

before this summer and I 

would say it will be a segment 

breaker with a very 

high level of quality for that 

segment. It will also have a 

good pricing,” Gulliaume 

Sicard said. 

The CMF-A platform’s 

first small car was Renault 

Kwid, introduced in September 

2015. The product 

received tremendous response 

from customers 

with over 85,000 bookings 

in the country. Nissan indicated 

the new car will not 

have any ‘Kwid’ gene in it. 

Though the platform is the 

same, vehicle body and 

others will be totally different. 

Till about two years 

ago, the alliance had 

spawned some rebadged 

cars in India. Since sales of 

such cars didn’t meet expectations, 

it decided not 

to do any rebadging in the 

future. Apart from new 

products under Datsun 

brand, the company is also 

planning to roll out new vehicles 

under Nissan brand, 

which will be showcased at 

the Auto Expo next month. 

Mr.Sicard said the awareness 

levels for Nissan and 

Datsun brands in India had 

improved after the reorganisation 

of its dealership 

business. 

Though the trade and commerce 

ministers of all the 

states were invited, only 

ten of them turned up. The 

remaining states were represented 

by the concerned 

secretaries or the resident 

commissioners. “I wish 

there were more trade and 

commerce) ministers from 

states,” Ms. Sitharaman 

said. The Centre has been 

trying to push a ‘competitive 

and cooperative federalism’ 

model to encourage 

states to take measures to 

improve the ease of doing 

business, thereby attracting 

more investment, generating 

greater employment 

and boosting exports as 

well. Ministers from 

Andhra Pradesh and West 

Bengal could not attend as 

they were busy with the investment 

summits being 

held in those states. The 

concerned minister from 

Bihar was also engaged 

with meetings regarding the 

investment conference in 

West Bengal, Ms. 

Sitharaman said. Suggestions 

by States The states, 

on their part, wanted the 

Centre to take care of all the 

infrastructure-related issues 

including at ports, special 

economic zones and inland 

container depots 

(ICD). The land-locked 

states sought 1-2 per cent 

subsidy to exporters to 

compensate higher logistics 

costs. Exporters’ body 

FIEO said that delays in refund 

of state levies was 

hurting the liquidity position 

of small exporters, adding 

that states should ensure 

to put in place a mechanism 

for timely clearance of 

such dues. Pointing out that 

in India, roads carry nearly 

65 per cent cargo against 

the global trend where railway 

is the major contributor, 

FIEO said, therefore, 

states should focus on improving 

the last mile connectivity 

of major exporting 

hubs to ICDs/ports. The 

meeting was attended 

among others by representatives 

from industry 

bodies, other central government 

ministries such as 

civil aviation and finance 

and commerce and industry. 

Maharashtra leading 

exporter Maharashtra with 

Rs.4,45,350 crore and 

Gujarat (Rs.3,64,316 crore) 

were the leading states in 

exports in 2014-15. 

Bonus Act notified 

New Delhi 


The Union government 

has notified the Payment 

of Bonus (Amendment) 

Act, 2015, allowing 

lakhs of workers to become 

eligible to bonus retrospectively 

from the last financial 

year, the Labour Ministry 

said in a statement on Friday. 

While the decision has 

enthused workers, industry 

is unhappy. It has written 

to the government suggesting 

ways to simplify bonus 

distribution. It has said the 

new Act will lead to financial 

stress, especially on 

small and medium enterprises, 

and as the account 

books for the previous financial 

year would have 

been closed, difficulties are 

bound to crop up in bonus 

distribution. Under the law, 

all employees earning Rs. 

21,000 a month will be entitled 

to bonus, against the 

earlier limit of Rs. 10,000. 

Also, the ceiling for bonus 

calculation has been doubled 

from Rs. 3,500 to Rs. 

7,500 a month. This will retrospectively 

come into effect 

from April 1, 2014. This 

means an employee earning 

up to Rs. 7,000 per month 

will be eligible to a bonus 

on his or her entire salary. 

However, if the salary is 

between Rs.7,000 and Rs. 

21,000, the bonus will be 

calculated on the salary of 

Rs.7,000 a month. According 

to the law, an employer 

is mandated to give a minimum 

bonus of 8.33 per cent 

of a worker’s salary. However, 

companies with adequate 

surplus distribute 

more than the minimum. 

Premji most generous Indian, 

Mukesh ranks sixth 

Mumbai 


Demand for commercial 

bank loans are showing 

signs of picking up after 

registering single digit 

growth for almost a year, 

according to the Reserve 

Bank of India (RBI) 

Bankers attributed the 

revival in loan growth to 

some projects that got stuck 

due to various reasons 

such as lack of environmental 

clearance now showing 

signs of revival due to the 

government’s initiatives. 

Besides, there is also increasing 

demand for working 

capital loans for projects 

which have been completed. 

“Some of the 

projects were doable but 

were stuck due to some reasons. 

Those issues are now 

getting resolved. In addition, 

the projects that are 

nearing completion are 

coming for working capital 

loans,” said Arun Tiwari, 

chairman and managing director, 

Union Bank of India, 

a large public sector lender. 

Mr. Tiwari said while there 

was some corporate demand, 

a large portion of the 

loan growth is driven by 

retail, agriculture and the 

small and medium enterprises 

sector. “These sectors 

are seeing 15-16 per 

cent growth,” he said. According 

to latest data released 

by the RBI, the two ended December 25. The 09 January 2016 

on-year till the fortnight 

Mumbai stood third with donations 

of Rs. 1,322 crore. trepreneurship encour- 

ventures in education, en- 

fortnights of December saw year 2014 was the worst in German luxury 


loan growth of close to terms of credit growth as it 

carmaker Mercedes-Benz 

Rs.1.5 lakh crore, taking the hit a two-decade low of 

on Saturday said it 

Azim Premji, 70, chairman 

of Wipro, is the most tion works in the educa- 

With donations of Rs. 

The Azim Premji foundaagement 

and health care. 

posted record sales of 

overall credit growth of 10.1 per cent. For the financial 

year 2014-15, credit 

13,502 units in India last generous Indian of the tion sector with operations 

in eight States and the top 10 for the first time 

1,238 crore, he shot into 

banks to 11.1 per cent yearon-year 

compared to 10.1 growth was below 10 per 

year as compared to year for the third time in a 

10,201 units in 2014, a significant 

jump of 32 per Rs. 27,514 crore to the top five are also the big- 

Dinesh is followed by 

row with donations worth over 3,50,000 schools. The with fourth rank. 

per cent during the same cent. The central bank has 

period last year. During the started reducing the key 

cent, and is planning to education sector, says gest wealth creators on Shiv Nadar, promoter of 

fortnight ended 25 December, 

loans grew by Rs.50,000 from the start of 2015 in a its portfolio in 2016. By List 2015. The top five The richest Indian, nologies, India’s fourth- 

policy rate or the repo rate add 12 new products to Hurun India Philanthropy the Hurun India Rich List. $6.3 billion HCL Tech- 

crore and in the previous move to raise loan demand. 

During the year, units in the January-Delonged 

to the information man of Reliance Induspany, 

as he donated Rs. 

registering sales of 13,502 contributors on the list be- 

Mukesh Ambani, chairlargest 

software com- 

fortnight, it grew by 

Rs.98,180 crore. In November, 

credit growth was less by 125 bps to 6.75 per company also achieved Premji is followed by the philanthropy list with charitable activities 

RBI reduced the repo rate cember 2015 period, the technology industry. Mr. tries (RIL), stood sixth on 525 crore to various 

than Rs.60,000 crore while cent. Banks have also its highest sales volume Nandan Nilekani and wife, donations of Rs. 345 through the Shiv Nadar 

in October outstanding started to reduce their in a single calendar year Rohini Nilekani, with donations 

of Rs. 2,404 crore, tiring from Infosys in 2011, opportunity to visit Mr. 

crore. K Dinesh, after re- 

Foundation. “I had the 

loans in the system fell by lending rate — though at in India ever since its inception, 

Mercedes-Benz while Infosys co-founder has been actively in- 

Nadar’s foundation and 

Rs.26,000 crore. Deposits a slower pace — which came 

grew by 10.9 per cent, year- 

down by about 70 bps. India said in a statement. N.R. Narayana Murthy volved in philanthropic university. 

Dragon’s fire may singe Indian industry 

Commerce Ministry, Chief Economic 

Advisor, NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman to 

meet soon to assess impact. 

fall further to make exports more competitive, Ms. 

Sitharaman said though such a move may be good for 

exports, there are views against it too. 

More China investments To offset the impact of 

trade deficit, India had sought more investments from 

China especially in mega industrial parks (in States such 

as Gujarat and Maharashtra) so that products including 

electronic items, power equipment, footwear, industrial 

machinery, active pharmaceutical ingredients and 

apparel in addition to several value-added products can 

be manufactured in those parks and then shipped to 

China and other overseas markets. That way, India 

could increase its exports and simultaneously reduce 

the trade deficit with China. But, huge Chinese investments 

are yet to happen. In November, Ms. Sitharaman, 

during a meeting of the Parliamentary Consultative Committee 

(attached to the Ministry of Commerce & Industry), 

had voiced concern over China “making efforts to 

stall” India’s shipments to that country. China, is continuing 

to stall India’s exports using non-tariff barriers 

such as phytosanitary stipulations and standardisation 

measures. This is despite India laying emphasis on sectors 

such as IT/ITeS, pharma, textiles, gems and jewellery, 

fruits and vegetables and meat to increase the country's 

exports, she said. India had taken up with China, 

during bilateral meetings and also at the sidelines of 

important meetings such as the G-20, the issue of the 

widening trade deficit but the Chinese government only 

accepted India’s concerns but had not taken action on 

them, Ms. Sitharaman said.


Deepika gets Best Actress, Ranveer and Big 

B share Best Actor at Star Screen Awards 

Amitabh Bachchan shared the Best 

Actor award with Ranveer Singh while 

Deepika won the Best actress award 

for Piku at the Screen Awards 2016 

here. Megastar Amitabh Bachchan 

late on Friday (January 8) shared the 

Best Actor award (male) with Ranveer 

Singh at the Screen Awards 2016 here. 

While Big B was honoured for his role 

in “Piku”, Ranveer was adjudged the 

best actor for his spectacular work in 

“BajiraoMastani”. 

The award for the Best Actor in 

female category went to the 

flamboyant DeepikaPadukone for her 

stunning performance in “Piku”. 

Veteran actor Rishi Kapoor was 

conferred with the Life Time 

Achievement award. Meanwhile, the 

award for the popular choice in male 

and female categories went 

toShahRukh khan, for “Dilwale”, and 

Deepika for “BajiraoMastani” 

respectively. Versatile actor Irrfan 

Khan bagged the Jury Choice Best 

Actor (Male) and KalkiKoechlin won 

the Jury Choice Best Actor (Female). 

The red carpet of the gala event 

witnessed the presence Amitabh 

Bachchan, SonamKapoor, Ranveer 

Singh, SonakshiSinha, SubhashGhai, 

ShabanaAzmi and Rishi Kapoor 

among others. 

Best Film (Popular Choice) – BajrangiBhaijaan 

Best Film (Jury Choice) – Talvar 

Best Director – Kabir Khan (BajrangiBhaijaan) 

Best Actor – Ranveer Singh (BajiraoMastani), 

Amitabh Bachchan (Piku) 

Best Actress – DeepikaPadukone (Piku) 

Best Actor (Popular Choice) – Shah Rukh Khan 

Best Actress (Popular Choice) – 

DeepikaPadukone (Piku, Tamasha) 

Best Child Actor – HarshaliMalhotra 

(BajrangiBhaijaan) 

Best Supporting Actor – Deepak Dobriyal (Tanu 

Weds Manu Returns) 

Best Supporting Actress – Priyanka Chopra 

Meet Salman Khan’s leading lady 

in Sultan – Anushka Sharma 

Anushka Sharma has 

been finalised as the female 

lead opposite Salman Khan 

for the upcoming film 

"Sultan". Bollywood 

actress Anushka Sharma 

has been finalised as the 

female lead opposite 

superstar Salman Khan for 

the upcoming film “Sultan”, 

said a statement from Yash 

Raj Films on Friday. 

I am getting offered amazing 

roles post BajiraoMastani: 

Ranveer Singh 

Ranveer Singh said, "I am getting 

offered amazing roles. I feel blessed and 

thankful that Bajirao has done 

phenomenally well." Ranveer Singh is 

on a different high. The actor whose 

performance as Bajirao in the hit 

BajiraoMastani garnered him nationwide 

applause is pleased as punch. 

Making a dashing entry at the red carpet 

of Screen Awards on Friday (January 8) 

evening, Ranveer Singh told us that 

great roles are now coming his way post 

BajiraoMastani. “I am getting offered 

amazing roles. I feel blessed and thankful 

that Bajirao has done phenomenally well. 

I am getting to collaborate with some 

great filmmakers and great roles are 

coming my way. Characters getting hard 

to choose now.”Ranveer Singh also 

clarified that apart from Befikre he has 

not signed any other projects yet. 

Speaking about Befikre, Ranveer said, 

“I am waiting for my hair to grow. 

Anushka, who made her 

debut in Hindi cinema in 

2008 took to Twitter, to share 

a photograph of herself 

hugging the “Dabangg” 

star. The “NH10” actress 

captioned the image 

saying: “Sultan”. Produced 

by Aditya Chopra and 

written-directed by Ali 

Abbas Zafar, 

“Sultan”,which has been 

Here is a complete list of the winners: 

shot in Karjat, is reportedly 

based on the life of a 

wrestler. One of the fittest 

stars of Bollywood, Salman 

has gone through 

intensive training for 

wrestling and mixed martial 

arts for Zafar’s directorial 

with international action 

director Larnell Stovall. 

“Sultan” is slated to release 

on Eid 2016. 

Bollywood proud of Priyanka 

Chopra for People Choice 

Award win 

Ranveer Singh, SonakshiSinha and 

AthiyaShetty have hailed Priyanka 

Chopra's win at the People Choice 

Awards, calling her a deserving winner. 

Young guns of Bollywood including 

Ranveer Singh, SonakshiSinha and 

AthiyaShetty have hailed Priyanka 

Chopra’s win at the People Choice 

Awards, calling her a deserving winner. 

Priyanka, 33, has won the best actress in 

a new TV series award for her American 

show “Quantico”, becoming the first 

Indian to win at the People Choice 

Awards. Her “BajiraoMastani” co-star 

Ranveer said, “Congratulations to 

Priyanka. I am very proud of her. She 

has made the country proud. She works 

very hard… And she has made the 

country incredibly proud.” Sonakshi 

said the “Mary Kom” star is representing 

India on an international platform in a 

big way. “I am very happy for her. 

Nobody deserves better than her. 

Has Shah Rukh Khan opted out of Aanand L Rai's next? 

Despite rumours suggesting 

otherwise, sources close to Shah Rukh 

Khan say he's very much a part of 

filmmaker Aanand L Rai's upcoming 

directorial 

Rumour mills, of late, have been 

buzzing about Shah Rukh Khan's exit from 

Aanand L Rai's next because Eros 

International is on board as co-producers. 

Last month, the production-distribution 

company got the star's goat when it went 

to court, seeking to restrict single screen 

theatre owners from screening SRK's 

'Dilwale', which clashed with its project, 

'BajiraoMastani'. 

However, those close to SRK say he 

is very much part of the project, which 

was recently rumoured to have gone to 

Ranveer Singh. The film had earlier been 

offered to Salman Khan. Says a source, 

“Shah Rukh is still a part of Rai's film. In 

fact, they met on Thursday evening to 

discuss a few things in the script. SRK is 

working out his dates and the official 

announcement will come after he signs 

on the dotted line.” Khan SRK and Rai 

remained unavailable for comment. 

The filmmaker, in September last year, 

had rubbished rumours about casting the 

star in his next as a dwarf. “I am really 

amused by the rumors, since people seem 

to know more about my film than I do. 

(BajiraoMastani) 

Best Actor (Jury Choice) – Irrfan Khan (Talvar) 

Best Actress (Jury Choice) – KalkiKoechlin 

(MargritaWith A Straw) 

Best Jodi – Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol 

Best Playback Singer (Male) – Papon – 

MohMohKeDhaage – (Dam LagaKeHaisha) 

Best Playback Singer (Female) – Monali Thakur 

– MohMohKeDhaage (Dam LagaKeHaisha) 

Best Story – BajrangiBhaijaan 

Best Dialogue – Piku 

Best Background Score – BajrangiBhaijaan 

Lifetime Achievement Award – Rishi Kapoor 

Best VFX – BajiraoMastani 

Actors should not encourage 

vulgar songs: Kumar Sanu 

Kumar Sanu feels today's films have 

good music but the lyrics are getting 

vulgar and big stars should refrain from 

doing it. Noted playback singer Kumar 

Sanu feels today’s films have good music 

but the lyrics are getting vulgar and big 

stars should refrain from doing it. 

“Music is good but the lyrics are not. 

Lyrics of some songs are vulgar… I feel 

they are not good for the society. People 

often look up to actors. It is not right on 

their part to do songs, whose lyrics are 

not good,” Sanu told PTI. “Actors have 

social responsibility.. They should not 

encourage these things. One should not 

promote lyrics that are vulgar,” the 58- 

year-old music veteran added. 

Actresses like Alia Bhatt, 

ShraddhaKapoor, SonakshiSinha and 

PriyankaChoprahave turned singers but 

Sanu does not call it a new trend. “It is 

ok… It is not a new thing. Earlier also 

this used to happen. They all are good,” 

Sanu said. Sanu, who has sung several 

chartbusters like “DheereDheere Se”, 

“DilHaiKe Manta Nahin”, 

“YehkaalikaaliAankhen”, “Churake 

DilMera”, “TujheDekhaTohYeh Jana 

Sanam” will perform live today rpt today 

at Phoenix Marketcity, Kurla, here. “We 

do shows often but mostly they are out 

of Mumbai. This show is in Mumbai, 

closer to my home so accepted the 

offer,” he added. 

Kumar 

Sanu feels 

today's films 

have good 

music but the 

lyrics are 

getting vulgar 

and big stars 

should refrain 

from doing it. 

Enjoyed having NTR on my show: Nagarjuna 

AkkineniNagarjuna says he enjoyed having co-actor 

N.T Rama Rao (NTR) on his television show 

MeeloEvaruKoteeswarudu. 

Actor AkkineniNagarjuna says he enjoyed having 

co-actor N.T Rama Rao (NTR) on his television show 

MeeloEvaruKoteeswarudu, the Telugu version of 

KaunBanegaCrorepati, earlier this week. 

Nagarjuna is hosting the third season of the show. 

“It was so much fun having him on the show. I 

enjoyed the whole experience. I’ve known him for a very 

long time and his father is very close to me. Having him 

VivekOberoi to turn 

producer this year 

VivekOberoi, who is busy judging the 

talent hunt show “India's Best Dramebaaz”, 

says he is all set to turn producer this year. 

Actor VivekOberoi, who is busy judging 

the talent hunt show “India’s Best 

Dramebaaz”, says he is all set to turn 

producer this year. 

“I am busy setting up my production 

company. I am all set to turn producer this 

year. I have two to three scripts ready and 

we are still deciding on the best script,” 

Vivek told IANS. 

Ask,Vivek if he will also be acting in his 

produced films, he added: “It depends on 

the script. If the film needs me to be part of 

it then I will happily do that.” Meanwhile, 

the actor is enjoying the role of the judge 

on “India’s Best Dramebaaz” and thanks 

the makers to allow him to judge the second 

season as well. “There is so much of 

negativity around us so these kind of shows 

takes you to a different world altogether. I 

am glad that I am judging the second 

season of this show as well.” The talent 

hunt show puts children in the age range 

of 5-13 years through a series of tasks and 

challenges that will groom them as actors 

and test their creativity, spontaneity and 

acting capabilities. 

on the show was like having a member from the extended 

family,” Nagarjuna told IANS. 

When asked how much NTR won, he said: “He won 

some serious money. You’ll have to watch the show to 

find out how much”. 

A special episode featuring NTR was shot earlier in 

the week. It will be aired next week ahead of Sankranti 

festival. 

Both NTR and Nagarjuna await the release of their 

forthcoming films “NaanakuPrematho” and 

“SoggadeChinniNayana”, respectively. 

No trace of pay cheque yet 

for 'DoliArmaano Ki' team 

Cast and crew of TV 

show, 'DoliArmaano Ki', 

which went off air last 

September, are allegedly 

awaiting payment of their 

dues since seven months 

Last month, the cast 

and crew of DoliArmaano 

Ki had registered as many 

as 19 complaints against 

the production house for 

failing to clear their dues 

after the show went off air 

last September. Sources 

say their remuneration 

totalling R10 crore has 

been withheld for over 

seven months. 

An actor, who was part 

of the show, says, 

“Complaints against Pearl 

Grey were filed with the 

channel and producer’s 

guild, but there is no 

development yet.” 

NehaMarda, who played the 

female lead in Doli..., 

however, says, “I have been 

paid every penny for 

working on the show.” 

Mohit Malik, who was seen 

as the antagonist, refused to 

comment. JD Majethia, cochairman 

of Indian Film and 

Television Producers’ 

Council, says he is unaware 

of the progress in the case. 

“As far as my knowledge is 

concerned, the matter was 

not pursued. But I am not 

sure it was resolved 

internally,” he adds. Anjali 

Mukhi, who played 

NehaMarda’s mother on the 

show, alleges that they are 

indeed awaiting payment for 

over seven months. “In my 

case, I trust Pearl to pay me, 

if not now, then eventually. 

More than money, I value 

the actor-producer 

relationship. I am sure she 

will make the payment when 

she has the money, even if it 

is in parts. As actors, we 

should stand by the 

producer when in need,” 

she says. Despite repeated 

attempts, Pearl remained 

unavailable for comment. 

Being an outsider, I’m working with good people: AditiRao Hydari 

AditiRaoHydari says she's glad that even 

though is an "outsider" in the Hindi film industry, 

she is "working with really good people". 

Actress AditiRaoHydari, who has shared screen 

space with megastar Amitabh Bachchan and 

FarhanAkhtar in “Wazir”, says she’s glad that 

even though she doesn’t have a Bollywood 

background and is an “outsider” in the Hindi film 

industry, she is “working with really good 

people”. Aditi had, in an earlier interview, said 

that she felt like an “outsider” in the industry. 

Asked if having done films like “Delhi-6”, 

“YehSaaliZindagi”, “Khoobsurat” and now 

“Wazir”, has changed her views, Aditi said here: 

“When I say I’m an outsider, I mean that my 

family is not from the industry… There are so 

many people who struggle to get into the 

industry and being that outsider, I am working 

with really good people.” The 29-year-old actress 

plays Farhan’s wife Ruhana in BejoyNambiardirected 

“Wazir”. Aditi says she doesn’t know 

“how the industry works”, so she “learns 

something new every day” and “looks at it as 

positive thing”. “Sometimes it makes you weak, 

sometimes it makes you excited but mostly it’s 

magic, because I feel privileged every day,” she 

added. The “Boss” actress said she loves “being 

an actor”. “I love being a drama queen in front of 

the camera. I really enjoy it.”

SPORTS 

India have talent to push Australia but don’t 

see them beating hosts, says Ian Chappell 


7 

PBL: Delhi Acers thrash 

Bengaluru Top Guns 5-2 

Sydney 


Former captain Ian Chappell 

feels the Indian team will be quite 

a handful for world champions 

Australia in the upcoming ODIs 

but the hosts will still be the favourites 

to win the five-game series 

as the visitors are short of one 

specialist batsman. 

Chappell, in his column for ‘The 

Daily Telegraph’, said India are 

short of a specialist batsman in the 

touring squad and their fast bowlers 

are likely to be tested quite 

a bit by the Australian batsmen 

on the bouncy conditions here. 

“Following a lacklustre Test season, 

the public is thirsty for some 

meaningful contests. What looms 

is a battle between the current 

(Australia) and previous (India) 

ODI World Cup holders. MS Dhoni 

will provide a true test for Australia 

and Steve Smith,” Chappell 

wrote. “India have the big names 

and the talent to push Australia 

but I don’t see them beating the 

home side, as both teams ramp 

up their quest for another world 

title (World T20 in March-April 

in India),” he said. “Australia will 

have a psychological advantage in 

the first two contests,” he added. 

Chappell, however, questioned 

the non-inclusion of fast bowler 

James Pattinson in the Australian 

squad for the first two ODIs to be 

played at the WACA in Perth and 

the Gabba in Brisbane on January 

12 and January 15 respectively. 

“If Australia is looking to inflict 

serious psychological damage on 

India prior to World T20, then 

why not unleash aggressive Pattinson 

on the bouncy WACA and 

Gabba? Especially as India’s batting 

line-up, while talented, is one 

specialist short,” said 72-year-old 

Chappell who played for Australia 

in 75 Tests and 16 ODIs between 

1964 and 1980. 

“Australia, on the other hand, 

has a deep line-up. Mitchell 

Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew 

Wade and James Faulkner can all 

either capitalise on a fast start from 

dashing David Warner and Aaron 

Finch, or resurrect an innings that 

has gone awry at the top,” he said. 

Chappell said India are also handicapped 

by the lack of all-rounders 

and they may struggle if their 

batting top-four do not deliver. 

“India does not have the luxury 

of numerous all-rounders. While 

they have a very talented and aggressive 

top four, headed by Virat 

Kohli and Rohit Sharma, if they 

lose early wickets they then have 

to play conservatively,” Chappell 

said. “This makes Australia the 

team most likely to post a huge 

first-innings target, with India’s 

best chance of victory coming 

in a tight run chase where Dhoni 

produces a trademark well-timed 

finishing flourish. 

“If Australia only manage to set 

India reasonable targets, then the 

likes of Rohit and Kohli are more 

than capable of setting the table 

for Dhoni to demolish the spread,” 

said the former captain. Chappell 

said the Australian batsmen could 

have the upper hand against the 

Indian fast bowlers in home conditions. 

“In the 2011-12 WACA 

Test, Warner scored a blazing 180 

and a couple of the current Indian 

fast bowling attack were on the 

receiving end of that slaughter. In 

addition, Finch and Smith left a 

mark on the Indians in the World 

Cup semi-final win at the SCG. 

Once again it was the Indian fast 

bowlers who were plundered,” he 

wrote. “Both Warner and Finch 

are capable of pulverising the often 

wayward pace bowlers and, if 

this happens, India will find it difficult 

at the WACA and the Gabba 

to reverse the trend with their spin 

bowling trumps. “The likely plan 

for Australia in this series will be 

to plunder the faster bowlers and 

milk the spinners. India, on the 

other hand, will be searching for 

chinks in the Australian armour 

on this tour, safe in the knowledge 

that they already have a blueprint 

for victory in home conditions.” 

Talking about the two captains, 

Chappell said, “While Steve Smith 

has proved to be a successful Test 

captain, he’s up against MS Dhoni, 

a leader who has a glittering 

pedigree in the short forms of the 

game. 

“Dhoni is a cagey player and 

captain in these versions, with a 

World Cup and a World T20 trophy 

on his CV. As the next major 

T20 tournament will be held 

in India (where he claimed the 

2011 World Cup), he has every 

right to feel confident about his 

team’s chances,” Chappell said. 

“However, Smith will be buoyed 

by Australia inflicting a heavy defeat 

on India in the last World Cup 

semi-final.” 

New Delhi 


The Delhi Acers came 

out with a thumping performance 

to win their second 

match of the Premier 

Badminton League (PBL), 

defeating the Bengaluru 

Top Guns 5-2 in New Delhi 

on Friday. 

The national capital has 

proven to be extremely 

lucky for the hosts as they 

won both their ties at the 

Siri Fort Sports Complex 

on Thursday and Friday to 

make their route easier for before and knew his style are very happy to win the Srikanth’s game and played 

the semifinals. 

which helped me in my Trump Match,” said Kien. according to his style. I 

Before coming to New strategy,” said Jayaram. Englishman Rajiv focused more on my surprise 

shots and managed 

Delhi, the Acers had a very “I just put pressure on Ouseph then continued his 

poor start to the six-team him from the first service impressive run in the PBL to inject the shuttle into 

tournament, losing both and managed to continue 

till the last minute. I per Kidambi Srikanth 4-15, second game, I got more 

by drubbing Top Guns skip- 

the spot. After winning the 

their ties in Lucknow. 

On the other hand, things played my natural game 15-11, 15-9 to seal it for the confidence in the third and 

are not looking great for and kept the game tight.” Acers with a score of 4-0. eventually won it.” 

the Top Guns who have The hosts then put their Ouseph, who also defeated 

reigning Common- 

tie, the Bengaluru-based 

Having already lost the 

now lost all four of their Trump Match on the experienced 

Malaysian shoulwealth 

Games champi- 

team gambled on wom- 

league ties yet. With only 

one tie to go before the ders of Koo Keat Kien and on Parupalli Kashyap of en’s singles dead rubber 

knockouts, semis appear to Tan Boon Heong, who did the Hyderabad Hunters on Suo Di for their Trump 

be a distant dream for the not disappoint and defeated 

Hoon Thien How and from a game down to not disappoint. Suo easily 

on Thursday, came back Match and the Chinese did 

Bengaluru-based team. 

The Acers got the perfect Khim Wah Lim 15-9, 15- drub the $80,000 buy beat Shikha Gautam of the 

start they required as Ajay 10 to earn two points and of the Top Guns in the Acers 15-5, 15-6 to make it 

Jayaram drubbed Sameer make it 3-0 for the Acers. second men’s singles. 2-4 for the visitors. 

Verma of the Top Guns 15- “It was a very tough “It was a great match for In the last dead rubber, 

11, 15-12 to make it 1-0 for match as they proved strong me as I played extremely Acers’ mixed doubles pair 

the hosts. 

in their defence. However, well. I was a bit nervous in of Gabrielle Adcock and 

“It was an incredible we stepped on the court the first game and couldn’t Koot Keat Kien took care 

start to the tie to build with counter strategies get proper rhythm, which of Ashwini Ponnappa and 

pressure on the opponent. 

I have played a few that. Our aggressive game- 

said Ouseph. 

ing them 15-14, 9-15, 15- 

and played according to cost me the first game,” Khim Wah Lim by defeat- 

matches against Sameer plans worked well and we “However, I understood 12. 

Mohammed Shami ruled out of Australia 

Perth 


Mohammed Shami has been 

ruled out of the Australia ODIs 

and T20Is after the seamer injured 

his left hamstring. The injury 

would keep the seamer out 

of action for four-six weeks. 

According to a BCCI release,”The 

BCCI medical team 

confirms that Mohammed Sha- 

tour, Bhuvneshwar Kumar replaced 

mi has been ruled out of India’s 

tour of Australia due to injury. 

He sustained a Grade II injury 

to his left hamstring, which 

will restrict him from playing 

active cricket for about 4 to 6 

weeks.” 

The selection panel has 

named Bhuvneshwar Kumar 

as a replacement for the injured 

Bengal speedster. 

Continued from Page-1 

Pakistan seeks 

investigated. Sharif had 

also telephoned his Indian 

counterpart Narendra 

Modi and assured him of 

“prompt and decisive action”. 

Indian authorities 

have blamed the attack 

on Pathankot airbase on 

the Jaish-e-Mohammed, 

which has been banned by 

Pakistan but continues to 

be active in several parts 

of the country, including 

the southern part of Punjab 

province. Though a statement 

issued by Sharif’s 

office on Friday had said 

that the Prime Minister 

had reviewed the “progress 

on the information 

shared by India”, sources 

said no action had so 

far been taken against the 

JeM or its leaders. Sharif’s 

government has traditionally 

been reluctant to act 

against terror groups based 

in Punjab, including the 

JeM and Lashkar-e-Taiba, 

because of fears of a blowback 

in the province that is 

the main base of the Prime 

Minister’s PML-N party. 

The meeting chaired by 

Sharif on Friday was also 

attended by the military 

top brass, including army 

chief Gen Raheel Sharif 

and ISI chief Lt Gen Rizwan 

Akhtar. The statement 

issued after the meeting 

contended that “Pakistan’s 

entire leadership and institutions 

were working 

in complete harmony to 

counter terrorism and extremism”. 

A planned meeting of 

the foreign secretaries of 

the two countries in Islamabad 

on January 15 hinges 

on Pakistan’s response to 

India’s demand for action 

against the perpetrators of 

the Pathankot attacks. 

‘VIPs’ fly, passengers 

known reason. He was 

also asking that his flight 

should be rescheduled,” 

stranded AI passenger 

Maninder Singh complained. 

Air India denied giving 

“preference” to the Bhopal 

flight. “At no time did AI 

give any preference to any 

particular time,” the airline 

said in a statement on Saturday 

afternoon. 

Pakistan should 

terrorism record over the 

last decade or so and say 

we’re not doing anything.” 

The countries in the region 

too could do more, he said 

“Which is why we continue 

to encourage bilateral, 

multilateral efforts in the 

region to get at this particular 

threat.” 

“The relationship with 

Pakistan’s complicated, 

I get that. And we don’t 

always agree on everything,” 

he acknowledged. 

“And I can’t speak for how 

long it might take them to 

complete an investigation 

or the degree to which they 

intend to be transparent 

about it after they’ve completed 

it.” “And as for the 

Mumbai attackers, we’ve 

said and I’ll say it again 

today: We obviously want 

to see all the perpetrators 

brought to justice,” Kirby 

said. “We know that that 

can take a long time. It took 

an awful long time to bring 

Osama bin Laden to justice, 

but we did. So it can 

be hard.” Asked about a 

former CIA analyst Bruce 

Riedel’s opinion that Pakistani 

spy agency ISI was 

behind the terrorist attack 

in Pathankot and also in 

Mazar-e-Sharif, Kirby said 

he was “not in a position 

to confirm the veracity of 

his conclusions.” The US 

didn’t “have an independent 

assessment of who 

was behind this attack,” he 

said. “A, it just happened 

two days ago; B, it’s being 

investigated by the 

Pakistanis. They’ve condemned 

it, we condemned 

it,” Kirby repeated. “Let’s 

let their investigation 

move forward and we’ll 

see where it goes.” “It’s not 

for us to ascribe a timeline 

to somebody else’s investigation,” 

Kirby said. “We’ll 

certainly defer to Pakistani 

authorities to determine 

their own timelines and 

their own deadlines.” 

Asked if he believed the 

Pathankot attack was carried 

out to derail the peace 

process between India 

and Pakistan, Kirby said: 

“I have no idea what the 

motivation for that attack 

would be.” 

Aamir Khan is a 

er. I do feel there is a 

sense of insecurity… For 

the first time, she (wife 

Kiran) said, should we 

move out of India?… She 

fears for her child… That 

does indicate that there 

is a sense of growing disquiet… 

growing sense of 

despondency.” According 

to sources, members 

of the Congress and the 

CPM were agitated over 

Tourism Secretary Vinod 

Zutshi’s refusal to provide 

details of the government’s 

decision to replace Khan 

with Bachchan. Though 

the issue of the campaign’s 

brand ambassador was 

not on the agenda of the 

meeting, the chairman of 

the committee and Rajya 

Sabha MP K D Singh mentioned 

media reports and 

said it would be appreciated 

if Zutshi, who appeared 

before the panel Friday, 

could furnish details. 

When the discussions 

started, Congress MP Kumari 

Selja referred to the 

media reports and said that 

MPs would like details. 

However, Zutshi said he 

did not have the details as 

the matter was not on the 

agenda. CPM’s Ritabrata 

Banerjee then referred to 

Khan’s claim that he had 

done the campaign free of 

cost, and said the government 

must clarify whether 

his replacement would 

take money and, if so, how 

much. 

Congress MP K C Venugopal 

also pointed out that 

MPs have the privilege 

to know the details of the 

nature of the contract. The 

members also asked if it 

was true that Bachchan had 

been appointed as the new 

face of the campaign. As 

reported on Friday, Prime 

Minister Narendra Modi is 

also learnt to have sought 

a report from the tourism 

ministry on the issue. As 

the MPs insisted on getting 

details, Tiwari called Khan 

a traitor, said the source. 

Opposition MPs objected 

to the remark and said they 

were nobody to decide 

who is a patriot and who 

is a traitor. MP Shatrughan 

Sinha, a former actor, was 

also present at the meeting 

but he maintained silence, 

sources said. When 

contacted, Venugopal and 

Banerjee declined to comment. 

As Opposition MPs 

refused to relent and insisted 

on the details, Zutshi 

was asked to provide 

details to the committee 

within 10 days. 

MoS for Tourism Mahesh 

Sharma has so far 

maintained that Khan was 

not dropped as brand ambassador, 

but the contract 

with advertising agency 

McCann Worldgroup for 

the campaign had expired. 

Confirming the development 

Thursday, Khan had 

said, “I respect the decision 

of the government to 

discontinue with my services… 

I was happy to be 

of service to my country, 

and will always be available 

for it. 

World’s most-wanted 

ful Sinaloa Cartel and 

faces drug-trafficking 

charges in several U.S. 

states. At the time, Mexico’s 

government insisted it 

could handle the man who 

had already broken out of 

one maximum-security 

prison, saying he must pay 

his debt to Mexican society 

first. 

Then Guzman escaped 

a second time last July 11 

under the noses of guards 

and prison officials at 

Mexico’s most secure 

lock-up, slipping out a 

tunnel so elaborate that 

it showed the country’s 

depth of corruption while 

thoroughly embarrassing 

the administration of President 

Enrique Pena Nieto. 

In celebrating Guzman’s 

latest capture, Mexican 

officials showed none of 

their bravado of two years 

ago, though they made 

clear that the intelligence 

building and investigation 

were carried out entirely 

by Mexican forces. They 

did not mention extradition. 

“They have to extradite 

him,” said Alejandro 

Hope, a security analyst 

in Mexico. “It’s almost a 

forced moved.” 

U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, 

a Republican presidential 

candidate, echoed that 

sentiment, demanding that 

Guzman be immediately 

turned over to U.S. authorities. 

“Given that ‘El Chapo’ 

has already escaped 

from Mexican prison 

twice, this third opportunity 

to bring him to justice 

cannot be squandered,” 

Rubio said. 

Pena Nieto went on 

Twitter to announce the 

capture: “Mission accomplished: 

we have him.” 

Guzman, a legendary 

figure in Mexico who went 

from a farmer’s son to 

the world’s top drug lord, 

was apprehended after a 

shootout between gunmen 

and Mexican marines at 

the home in Los Mochis, 

a seaside city in Guzman’s 

home state of Sinaloa. 

Apparently Guzman 

thought his story was worthy 

of Hollywood. Part 

of the reason authorities 

tracked him down to a 

house in an upscale neighborhood 

in a coastal city 

was because he wanted 

to film a biopic, Attorney 

General Arely Gomez said 

late Friday at the airport 

ceremony where the prisoner 

was shown off to the 

press. 

“For that he established 

communication with actresses 

and producers, 

which became a new line 

of investigation,” she said. 

Friday’s operation resulted 

from six months of 

investigation and intelligence-gathering 

by Mexican 

forces, who located 

Guzman in Durango state 

in October, but decided 

not to shoot because he 

was with two women and 

a child, she said. After that 

he took a lower profile and 

limited his communication 

until he decided to move to 

Los Mochis in December. 

Gomez said that one 

of Guzman’s key tunnel 

builders led them to the 

neighborhood in Los Mochis 

where authorities did 

surveillance for a month. 

The team noticed a lot 

of activity at the house 

Wednesday and the arrival 

of a car early Thursday 

morning. Authorities were 

able to determine that Guzman 

was inside the house, 

she said. 

A BSF Jawan arrested 

alias Bholu who along 

with his two associates 

was arrested on January 4 

from Kharar here. Bholu 

was in contact with Kumar 

through social networking 

site ‘Facebook’ and messaging 

service ‘WhatsApp’ 

for taking his help in 

cross-border smuggling of 

weapons and drugs from 

Pakistan, SSP said. Bholu 

was also already in contact 

with Pakistan based smuggler 

identified as Imtiaz, 

who used to send delivery 

of drugs and arms and 

ammunitions, police said. 

Last week, Punjab police 

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AJITKUMAR SHAH AND I WILL BE 

KNOWN BY MY NEW NAME ONLY. ALL 

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OLD NAME 

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ADD: A/202/PART1, ASHOPALAV 

COMPLEX, CHHARWADA ROAD, 

VAPI, TAL: VAPI, DIST. VALSAD, 

GUJARAT 

had claimed to have busted 

a drug smuggling syndicate 

and arrested three 

persons from near here, 

and recovered Pakistani 

SIM card, mobiles, weapons 

and ammunition from 

their possession. Besides, 

Bholu, two others who 

were arrested were Sandip 

Singh and Jatinder Singh 

alias Jindi. Police have recovered 

one stengun of .9 

mm, two pistols, two pistols 

.30 bore, one airgun, 

190 live cartridges, 31 mobile 

phones, one Pakistani 

mobile sim card and one 

car from them. 

Meanwhile, police also 

arrested one person identified 

as Deepak Kumar, 

resident of Ludhiana, who 

was allegedly involved in 

making fake driving licenses 

of Gurjant Singh 

and his associates. 

PM Modi visits 

air base last Saturday. 

The siege continued for 

three days ending with the 

security forces killing all 

the six terrorists. Seven 

security personnel were 

also martyred in the operation. 

The attack on Pathankot 

came just days after a 

landmark visit to Pakistan 

by the Indian premier 

raised hopes of improved 

relations. 

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8 SURAT 


Hazardous waste disposal: After protest, Mahisagar collector puts off hearing 

Surat / Rozav 


Mahisagar Collector 

Friday postponed the 

public hearing related to 

proposed Common Hazardous 

Waste Treatment, 

Storage and Disposal Facility 

(TSDF) of a private 

company on around 2.60 

lakh sqmt land covering 

Mahisagar and Aravalli 

districts. He was forced 

to postpone the hearing 

after the villagers, 

during hearing, argued 

that their gram panchayats 

were not intimated 

about the public hearing 

30 days in advance and 

no wide publicity of the 

project was done by the 

Gujarat Pollution Control 

Board (GPCB) in 

their villages which was 

mandatory. 

Under statutory 

mandatory provisions, 

GPCB had organised 

the public hearing for 

the project to give and 

record objections of the 

project-affected people. 

The project is meant for 

the disposal of 750 metric 

tonne solid waste of 

industries associated 

with Green Environment 

Services Co-operative 

Society Limited, led by 

Shanker Patel, former 

president of Gujarat 

Chamber of Commerce 

& Industry (GCCI). Mahesh 

Pandya from environmental 

organisation, 

Paryavarn Mitra, which 

is working along with 

the people of Mahisagar 

and Aravalli districts to 

spread awareness about 

the project said that past 

experiences of TSDF 

projects in other parts 

of the state like Vapi, 

Ankleshwar, Panoli and 

Surat had not been very 

encouraging from environment’s 

perspective. 

According to Gujarat 

Lok Samiti, a voluntary 

group led by Nita Vidrohi, 

daughter of noted 

Gandhian late Chunibhai 

Vaidya, which has been 

creating awareness 

about the project among 

villagers, 94 villages situated 

within the 10-km 

radius of the proposed 

project site are going to 

be affected by the project. 

The public hearing 

was organised at 

the project site under 

heavy police security in 

the presence of senior 

police officers of the 

district, including the 

District Superintendent 

of Police Usha Rada. 

And around 4,000 villagers 

from the region 

with significant number 

of women and children 

among them participated 

in the hearing. The 

opposition to the project 

could be seen even before 

the hearing began 

Gujarat based SUMUL to establish large-scale dairy farms in Goa 

Surat / Panaji 


Years after incepting 

Goa Dairy, the state 

government has now 

allowed Gujarat-based 

Surat District Cooperative 

Milk Producers 

Union Limited (SU- 

MUL) to implement 

its schemes meant for 

dairy sector. 

SUMUL would be 

parallel to Goa Milk 

Producers Union (Goa 

Dairy) which has been 

already operating in 

the state, a senior official 

from department 

of Animal Husbandry 

said. 

Laxmikant Parsekarled 

government in its 

notification issued has 

said SUMUL will also 

establish large scale 

dairy farms in Goa 

on line with Anand 

Milk Union Limited 

(AMUL). The SUMUL 

will enhance productivity, 

profitability, 

stability and sustainability 

of animals and 

create self-employment 

for educated 

and unemployed rural 

youth in Goa. Goa government 

also expects 

that through the new 

dairy it will achieve 

self-sufficiency in milk 

production and will increase 

number of progressive 

dairy farmers 

in the state. They 

(SUMUL) shall work 

for the Dairy business 

in Goa alongwith other 

similar agencies, as 

notified by the Government 

of Goa. They 

shall directly procure 

milk from the milk 

producers and shall assist 

the milk producers 

to get the incentives 

being provided by the 

State Government, 

says the notification. 

The rate of milk to be 

charged shall be determined 

by SUMUL 

under intimation to 

the State Government. 

They are authorized to 

City tAlk 

set up self-help groups 

with the help of NGOs. 

They shall provide 

veterinary services to 

Sanguem, Quepem, 

Canacona and Satari 

Talukas. The regular 

cattle feed shall be provided 

to the local farmers 

at the reasonable 

rate, the cost of which 

could be deducted from 

the milk proceeds payable 

to the farmers. 

SUMUL will have 

to also provide Mobile 

Veterinary Clinic Services 

to the above four 

talukas together with 

emergency services 

round the clock at the 

reasonable cost. 

Paryavarn Mitra discouraged 

over TSDF project reports 

Mahesh Pandya from environmental organisation, 

Paryavarn Mitra, which is working 

along with the people of Mahisagar and 

Aravalli districts to spread awareness about 

the project said that past experiences of 

TSDF projects in other parts of the state like 

Vapi, Ankleshwar, Panoli and Surat had not 

been very encouraging from environment’s 

perspective. 

as people were shouting 

slogans against it while 

wearing black bands on 

their sleeves. As soon as 

Mahisagar collector K B 

Upadhyay, who presided 

over the public hearing, 

with a GPCB officer 

sitting along with him, 

began the proceedings 

and asked the people to 

watch details about the 

project on a screen, people 

started protesting. 

“We do not want to listen 

about the project from 

the company. This is a 

public hearing and you 

have to hear us,” said 

Dhavalsinh Zala, one of 

the project-affected people 

who was leading the 

opposition. The Collector 

said that the presentation 

on the project was 

as per the rules. However, 

villagers stick to their 

demand while stating 

that rules also said that 

there should be proper 

sitting arrangement for 

all those present in the 

hearing and yet many 

people had to stand under 

sunlight outside the 

makeshift shelter. Subsequently, 

the Collector 

accepted the people’s 

demand and started giving 

them hearing. Immediately 

after that, villagers 

demanded if the 

GPCB officials had intimated 

concerned gram 

panchayats about the 

hearing 30 days in advance. 

When GPCB officials 

showed the papers 

in this regard to Collector, 

sarpanches of some 

of the villages said that 

they were sent undated 

letters by the consultancy 

firm which had carried 

out the Environment Impact 

Assessment for the 

project company only 

10-15 days back. The 

other issue raised by the 

villagers who were led 

by a group of youngsters 

like Dhavalsinh Zala, 

Vinod Rohit, Jay Patel, 

Rahul Patel etc. was that 

no publicity about the 

project was done in their 

villages which was mandatory. 

“Boards of the 

public hearing were put 

on roads only last night. 

How would we know and 

understand what the project 

is all about?,” asked 

one of the youths. When 

the Collector indicated 

that how so many people 

had come then, the 

people collectively said, 

“We have done publicity 

and not you.” “You are 

deliberately keeping us 

in dark,” said a youth. 

Following this, the people 

demanded that since 

mandatory requirements 

of intimating village 

panchayats 30 days in 

advance and doing wide 

publicity about the project 

by GPCB were not 

done, the public hearing 

should be cancelled. 

Eventually, the Collector 

acceded to the villagers’ 

demand while admitting 

that the mandatory 

requirements were not 

fulfilled. Later, speaking 

to media villagers said 

that theirs is irrigated 

region with fertile land 

and that every year they 

yield crops of wheat, bajra, 

banana, pulses and 

fruits like watermelon 

and muskmelon. 

Wedding eve: Muslim girl 

felicitates college, schoolteachers 

Surat 


A 22-year-old Muslim 

girl, who has just completed 

her MCA course, set an example 

for her community on 

Thursday by honouring all 

her teachers from college to 

primary school in her village 

Haldharu of Surat. She also 

made it a point to honour all 

bright students of her village. 

Nishadbanu Vajifdhar, a 

resident of Haldharu village, 

about 25 km of Surat city will 

be getting married on January 

10, with Rameez Mohmmad 

of her village who is an MBA. 

Daughter of a farmer, Nishad 

thought that instead of 

spending money on feast and 

mehfils she must utilize the 

wedding money in constructive 

way to set an example for 

her community and encourage 

youngsters of her village 

to pursue higher education. 

“In our village, level of 

education is very low. My father 

too wants everyone to be 

properly educated. So, I decided 

to spend the money on 

felicitating those who taught 

me from nursery to MCA. We 

will also donate money to institutions 

that made me an educated 

human being,” Nishad 

said. 

Vajifdar family donated 

Rs 10 lakh to schools where 

Nishad completed her primary 

and secondary education. 

Anees Vajifdar, Nishad’s 

uncle said, “Respecting our 

daughter’s wish gives us happiness. 

She thought of community 

and came up with an 

idea that could be followed 

by all. If this happens, there 

would be no uneducated person 

in our community.” In all, 

75 retired teachers and other 

people from the village were 

felicitated with memento and 

shawl. Number of young students 

from the village who 

have completed higher education 

were also honoured. Pakhu 

Patel Vidyalaya of Haldharu 

and Shantaram Bhatt 

English medium school, 

Mota, in nearby village were 

given donation by the family. 

▪ 

Surat Speaks 

Do you agree with Gujarat government 

policy of excise duty rise on petrol, diesel 

despite low price ($ 32 per barrel) of 

crude oil in international market? 

Yes, very much as the government 

will allocate the excess excise duty in 

development works. 

▪ 

Will the price rise on petrol, diesel affect 

common man? 

Yes it will definitely affect common people 

as most of city locals ply on private two 

wheelers and cars. It will affect most 

middle class people, because we don’t have 

a proper mass transport facility. 

Name : Ajay Yadav 

Age: 26 

Occupation: student 

Area: Piplod 

Friendship day celebration at V T Choksi Law College 

Events 

Students of K P Commerce College with their art works. 

▪ 

▪ 

Do you agree with Gujarat government 

policy of excise duty rise on petrol, diesel 

despite low price ($ 32 per barrel) of 

crude oil in international market? 

I totally disagree with Gujarat government 

raising the excise duty on fuel as it has 

already risen by the central government 

many times in previous three months. 

Moreover, it is a very right time when 

the government can pass the benefit to 

consumers as the international crude oil 

price is all time low. 

Will the price rise on petrol, diesel affect 

common man? 

Surely, it will burn hole in common man’s 

wallet as the monthly budget will definitely 

rise by 10-12% as rise in fuel prices has chain 

effect as transportation cost is involved in 

all the FMCG as well as consumer durable 

products. 

Name : Mehad Syed 

Age: 22 

Occupation: Economics student 

Area: Shahpore 

43rd Youth festival of the Veer Narmad South Gujarat University (VNSGU) was inaugurated on Saturday at University Campus by popular Gujarati theatre and film actor Arjav Trivedi, of Chello Diwas fame. 

Movie Review 

Chauranga : That caste remains one of the biggest scourges of 

modern-day India is worth repeating ad nauseam. And that is the burden 

of this debut feature from a director who knows where he is coming 

from. The trouble with ‘Chauranga’, despite its crucial subject, is 

that treads familiar ground without taking the tale too far. Santu and 

Bajrangi ( Maitra and Sen, respectively) are constantly castigated as 

‘chhut jaat’ in the village they live in with their mother ( Tannishtha). 

The zamindar ( Suri) lives with his neglected wife, elderly mother 

and young daughter in a run-down ‘haveli’, and rules with an iron 

hand-velvet glove policy : lower-castes are to be used, discarded and 

decimated, whether it is an attractive village woman who over-reaches 

herself, or a little boy who strays inadvertently into a `mandir’, 

sullying it. Of paramount importance is the `shuddhikaran’ (purification) 

of the temple, rather than the boy who is injured in the flurry. 

Is the government working on its policy of ‘Ache Din’ by raising fuel prices? 

Ambikesh Singh 

Student 

At present situation, 

looking at increase 

in prices we cannot 

say ‘acche din’ but 

we will look for it 

in future. Moreover, 

BJP’s promise of low 

fuel price, FMCG 

products has not been 

fulfilled and curbing 

inflation is just a 

bluff. 

PM Narendra Modi had 

promised to curb inflation 

pre-election and of bringing 

‘Ache Din’ but the policies 

which he is adopting are 

completely ironical, despite 

the all-time low fuel prices 

in the international crude 

oil market. Moreover, 

adding fuel to fire Gujarat 

government has raised 

excise duty on fuel..! 

Ansari Fahim 

Businessman 

Pic: Hemant Dere

January 10, 2016

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