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IN BRIEF 

IS abducts more 

than 400 civilians in 

east Syria: monitor 

Beirut : The IS group abducted at 

least 400 civilians including women 

and children after capturing new 

territory in an assault on Syria’s 

eastern city of Deir Ezzor, a monitor 

said on Sunday. 

“After their attack on Deir Ezzor 

(yesterday), IS abducted at least 

400 civilians from the residents of 

the Al-Baghaliyeh neighbourhood 

it captured and adjacent areas in the 

northwest of the city,” the Syrian 

Observatory for Human Rights said. 

“Those abducted, all of whom are 

Sunnis, include women, children 

and family members of pro-regime 

fighters,” Observatory chief Rami 

Abdel Rahman said, adding they 

were transported to other areas under 

IS control. 

Jakarta aack vicm 

succumbs to injuries, 

death toll rises to 8 

Jakarta : Another person has 

died from injuries sustained in last 

week’s militant attack in Indonesia’s 

capital, a spokesperson for national 

police said on Sunday, bringing 

the death toll to eight. The gun and 

bomb attack on Thursday, which 

has been claimed by Islamic State, 

injured around 30 in Jakarta’s commercial 

district. Five of the attackers 

were among the dead. “The victim 

was an employee of a branch of 

Bangkok Bank nearby,” Jakarta police 

spokesperson Yulia Hutasuhut 

told Reuters. The person was Indonesian. 

Indonesia has the world’s 

largest number of Muslims, the vast 

majority of whom practice a moderate 

form of Islam. Police arrested 12 

people linked to the Jakarta attack in 

raids across the country, and found 

evidence that the group had planned 

further attacks targeting security officials 

and foreigners in other cities 

like Bandung. 

 

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National Conference 

patron Farooq Abdullah 

on Sunday clarified his 

earlier comments on a 

possible tie-up with the 

Bharatiya Janata Party 

(BJP) saying that his party’s 

working committee 

would only consider it if 

such a proposal arrived 

from the saffron party. 

“I never said we are going 

with BJP. I only said 

ACT PERMITTING PREMATURE 

ILLEGAL: GUJARAT HIGH COURT 

Farooq Abdullah takes U-turn 

Never said NC will 

join hands with BJP 

our working committee 

would consider this,” said 

Farooq. 

The senior leader asked 

the BJP and Peoples 

Democratic Party (PDP) 

to dissolve the assembly 

and call fresh elections if 

they are not able to form a 

government. “They have 

the mandate, they must sit 

down & solve the problem 

of people,” he said. 

Echoing the views of 

his father, former Jammu-Kashmir 

chief minister 

Omar Abdullah said 

that people should desist 

from speculating about an 

alliance between NC and 

BJP. “All he (Farooq Abdullah) 

has said is that if 

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Volume-1, Issue-297 I Monday, 18 January, 2016 

Malda violence: Faultline runs deep 

Malda 


It took an entire month 

for Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha 

leader Kamlesh Tiwari’s 

remarks against Islam 

to reach Bengal’s border district. 

It wasn’t from the news 

channels or from Tiwari’s 

arrest in Lucknow on December 

2, 2015, that Muslim 

organisations that work in and 

around Malda town came to 

know of what happened. “It 

was through the internet,’’ 

says a member of a local 

youth club at Ghariyalichak, 

the Muslim colony that is now 

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Cop says Sohrab was drunk when 

his car mowed down IAF official 

Kolkata 


Son of former Rashtriya 

Janta Dal (RJD) 

member of legislative 

assembly (MLA), 

accused of mowing 

down an Indian Air 

Force corporal with 

his speeding Audi was 

drunk when the incident 

occurred, a police 

officer with knowledge 

of investigations in the 

case said on Sunday. 

According to the 

investigating officer, 

breaking police barricades, 

Sambia Sohrab, 

son of a former RJD 

Chitoor 


YSR Congress Party MP from 

Rajampet P V Mithun Reddy 

was arrested at Chennai airport 

late Saturday night for assaulting 

an Air India official last November 

at Renigunta Airport in Chitoor 

District in Andhra Pradesh. 

Chittoor Police had registered 

a case against the MP after he 

and members of his family manhandled, 

slapped and assaulted 

the Air India station manager K 

Rajasekhar on November 27 after 

AI staff refused them boarding 

passes as the boarding for 

the New Delhi flight they were 

supposed to catch has already 

closed. 

Will provide free medicine in hospitals with 

money saved from flyover projects: Kejriwal 

New Delhi 


The Delhi government on 

Sunday said that it has decided 

to waive user charges at all government 

hospitals from February 

1 and would make available 

medicines and diagnostic tests 

free of cost, using the money 

“saved” from three flyover 

projects. 

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal 

made the announcement at 

the inauguration of an elevated 

corridor between Mangolpuri 

to Madhuban Chowk at Outer 

MLA who is now associated 

with the Trinamool 

Congress, allegedly 

knocked down 

21-year-old corporal 

Abhimanyu Gaud, 

who was supervising 

Republic Day parade 

rehearsals in Kolkata 

on January 13. “We 

have information that 

the earlier night Sambia 

along with his 

friends had a booze 

party at the Dadhi Ghat 

in the Port area. He 

was drunk and was at 

the driving wheel and 

MP Mithun Reddy arrested 

for assaulting Air India official 

Ring Road, which he said was 

built at the cost of Rs 300 crore, 

“well below the sanctioned cost 

of Rs 450 crore”. 

Crisis Management 

is responsible for the 

mishap,” the Kolkata 

Police official said, on 

condition of anonymity. 

Sambia was arrested 

late on Saturday while 

he was on his way to 

his in-laws’ house. 

Johnny, Sambia’s 

friend who said he 

was with the accused 

the night before the 

accident, was seen in 

a YouTube video narrating 

what allegedly 

happened before the 

accident. “That day, 

my friends and I were 

drinking when we 


The manager in the police 

complaint stated that the MP 

was scheduled to catch an Air 

India flight with his relatives to 

New Delhi but reached the airport 

several minutes late. When 

the Air India staff refused to issue 

boarding passes as boarding 

had already been closed, the MP 

summoned the AI station manager 

and got into an argument after 

the latter refused to entertain 

his plea to hold the flight and let 

him board. 

During the heated argument 

the MP and his relatives assaulted 

the AI station manager. The 

airline had also lodged a complaint 

along with the AI station 

manager at the Yerpedu police 

station and an investigation was 

started based on CCTV footage 

which captured the incident. 

On Saturday night, police took 

the MP into custody at Chennai 

airport. Anticipating that they 

would foment trouble, six YS- 

RCP MLAs were detained as a 

precaution ahead of the arrest of 

MP P V Mithun Reddy. 

He also thanked former Chief 

Minister Sheila Dikshit for 

commissioning the project. 

Kejriwal said that the decision 

to provide the services free 

of cost has been made possible 

by efficiency of thecity’s Public 

Works Department (PWD), 

headed by Home MinisterSatyender 

Jain, which he claimed 

“has saved Rs 350 crore” in 

construction of the three flyovers. 

“Jain and I had estimated 

that if we want to provide facilities 

such as x-ray, ultrasound, 


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A Delhi Police sub-inspector 

allegedly shot 

dead a 28-year-old 

woman and then tried 

to commit suicide at a 

park in southwest Delhi’s 

Dwarka Sector 4 on 

Sunday. 

The officer, identified 

as Vijendra Bishnoi 

(33), allegedly had 

an extra-marital affair 

with the woman, Nikita, 

a former news stringer 

who lived in Dwarka 

and had separated 

from her husband, said 

a senior police official. 

Bishnoi was an accused 

New Delhi 


Ahead of the Republic 

Day celebrations, police 

in the national capital 

and neighbouring states 

will keep a vigilant eye 

on “drones”, which have 

been perceived as a major 

threat to security. 

“The subject of unmanned 

aerial vehicles 

(UAV), commonly referred 

to as drones, was 

taken up as a priority in 

the latest Inter-State Coordination 

Meeting. 

“Delhi Police chief (BS 

Bassi) has asked his force 

and police departments of 

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At least 29 people, including 

at least 12 foreigners, 

were killed in an 

Al-Qaeda attack on a top 

hotel in Burkina Faso, an 

unprecedented strike in 

the capital illustrating the 

expanding reach of regional 

jihadists. 

The hours-long drama 

saw Burkinabe troops, 

backed by French special 

forces, battle militants 

considered the epicentre of the 

January 3 violence that broke 

out in town. On January 2, 

on the eve of the protest rally 

against comment of Kamlesh 

Tiwari on Prophet Mohammed, 

small tempos fitted with 

mikes inched through Muslim 

colonies in and around Kaliachak, 

about 23 km from Malda 

town, calling people to attend 

the rally. A week earlier, 

the Edara-e-Shariya, the main 

organising body, had distributed 

pamphlets on the proposed 

rally in nearby villages 

Sultanganj, Churiwala, 


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Delhi: Sub-inspector shoots down 

woman in Dwarka, attempts suicide 

in a domestic violence 

case, registered on the 

basis of a complaint 

filed by his wife in Rajasthan, 

the official said. 

According to the police, 

the incident took place 

around 9.45am when 

Bishnoi asked the woman 

to come to the park, 

the neighbouring states 

to keep a vigilant eye 

on drones, as they have 

been perceived as a major 

threat to security, especially 

in view of Republic 

Day,” a senior police official 

said. 

29 killed, including 12 foreigners, 

in attack on Burkina hotel 

where they were last 

seen sitting on a bench 

and talking to each other. 

During the conversation, 

Bishnoi pulled out 

his service revolver and 

fired three bullets which 

hit the woman on her 

chest and abdomen. 


Cops to keep close eye on drones 

around Delhi ahead of Republic Day 

The matter attained 

priority after a UAV was 

spotted near IGI Airport 

here around three months 

ago but its source or handler 

could not be tracked 

by the police, following 


— including two women 

fighters — who stormed 

the four-star Splendid 

Hotel, which is popular 

with foreigners and United 

Nations staff, and took 

more than a hundred people 

hostage. 

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Monday, 18 January, 2016 

Act Permitting Premature Redemption of 

SSNNL Bonds Illegal: Gujarat High Court 

Ahmedabad 


On Friday, Gujarat high 

court ruled that the Gujarat 

government’s decision for 

premature redemption of 

Narmada deep-discount 

bonds was not legal and 

struck down the Sardar 

Sarovar Narmada Nigam (Conferment 

of Power to Redeem 

Bonds) Act. Sardar Sarovar 

Narmada Nigam (Conferment 

of Power to Redeem Bonds) 

Act is passed by the state assembly 

in 2008 and it had 

paved the way for the early 

redemption. The act was made 

to empower Sardar Sarovar 

Narmada Nigam Ltd (SSNNL). 

A bench of acting Justice N V 

Anjaria and Chief Justice 

Jayant Patel termed the 

SSNNL (Conferment of Power 

to Redeem Bonds) Act. The 

High Court has stayed its order 

for eight weeks after state 

government said it would approach 

the SC. The court additionally 

directed the investors 

as well as petitioners, who 

have already redeemed their 

bonds, to approach the civil 

court to collect the amount of 

loss they have incurred due to 

the Act. The matter had 

reached the high court’s of 

Maharashtra, Gujarat, and 

Karnataka after the Gujarat 

government passed the Act 

which empowered a government 

company SSNNL, to redeem 

the deep discount bonds 

(DDB) issued to investors before 

maturity, which was ending 

in January 2014. These 

bonds were issued in 1994 to 

elevate funds for the Sardar 

Sarovar project, including the 

dam and canal network. government 

raised Rs 257 crore in 

1994, through these bonds, 

which had a 20-year tenure. 

The bonds offered a profitable 

18.9 per cent interest. Thus, 

total amount payable to investors 

against each bond of Rs 

3,600 came to Rs 1.11 lakh in 

2014. However, the new Act 

empowered the government to 

terminate the bonds prematurely 

by making a payment of 

Rs 50,000 per bond in 2009. 

Device to lock car if 

driver found drunk 

Vadodara 


While drunken driving 

has become nightmare for 

many, it has inspired a citybased 

mechanical engineer 

invent a device that can shut 

down a car if the driver is 

drunk. Brewlocks, a device 

created by Ramnadh 

Mandali (35), prompts the 

driver to blow into the device 

before operating the car. 

The mechanism analyses the 

breath in about two seconds 

and interlocks the ignition 

system if the driver is found 

to be drunk. 

"Every year thousands 

of people lose their lives due 

to incidents of drunken driving. 

I conducted a research 

on the effects of alcohol on 

human brain for about three 

months before working on 

the device," said Mandali, a 

native of Vijaywada in 

Andhra Pradesh, who has 

settled in Vadodara since 

2011. 

According to Mandali, 

the device can benefit in four 

ways. It not only reduces the 

incidents related to drunken 

driving, but also gives the 

driver a means of self-evaluation 

before driving. The device 

also provides remote 

locking of the car from any 

part of the country via text 

messages. Owners of the 

cars can also use it as an antitheft 

locking system. 

"The owner of the car will 

also get a text message on 

his mobile using an application 

each time someone accesses 

the car. A simple SMS 

can lock the car from anywhere 

in the country. The 

device can be connected using 

GPS and GPRS," added 

Mandali who developed the 

device with the support of 

Hyderabad based I Start Innovations. 

"Although there are various 

types of breathalysers 

available, this is the first time 

that a device has been created 

that could lock car ignition 

after analysing driver's 

breath. The locking system 

based on text messages too 

is being made for the first time 

in the country," said electrical 

engineer Dhaval 

Prajapati, who handled the 

hardware execution of the 

device. The biggest hurdle 

while making the device was 

finding the right kind of sensor 

for the device, said 

Prajapati. 

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. 

Thus, investors suffered a loss 

of Rs 61,000 per bond. Around 

4.1 lakh people across country 

had invested in these 

bonds, as per the rough estimate. 

With this premature termination, 

Gujarat government 

intended at saving around Rs 

4,500 crore, as the final figure 

would have been Rs 7,000 crore 

at the end of maturity in 2014. 

VMC faces 

ARV shortage 

Vadodara 


While the city continues to 

be terrorized by canines, the 

Vadodara Municipal Corporation 

(VMC) has run out of antirabies 

vaccine (ARV). VMC 

does not have stock of the ARV 

since last three days and is referring 

cases to the SSG Hospital 

(SSGH) that has the ARV 

vaccine, but no rabies 

immunoglobulin to treat severe 

cases. The issue of shortage 

of ARV at the VMC was exposed 

by the opposition Congress 

when it received complaints 

regarding the unavailability 

of vaccines there. The 

opposition claimed that the incident 

was an example of how 

the VMC administration functioned. 

Former opposition 

leader Chirag Zaveri said the 

complications began after the 

existing supplier of vaccines 

stopped supplying them as his 

outstanding amount of Rs five 

lakh was not cleared. "On the 

one end, people are being bitten 

by stray dogs. 

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63 endangered birds rescued at Nalsarovar 

Ahmedabad 


Common Coots, Common 

Pochard, Ferruginous Pochard, 

Garhwal, Wigeon and other endangered 

birds were among 63 

rescued by the forest department 

from a boat in Nalsarovar 

Lake, the only Ramsar Site of 

Gujarat, on Friday. 

Some of the Coots had been 

tortured by the 

poachers.Senior forest officials 

who recovered the birds said 

that the poachers had broken 

the legs of 25 coots and wings 

of the remaining 38 birds were 

twisted and locked behind to 

prevent them from flying off. 

Forest officials said that this is 

the first time that they have 

come across such a brutal technique 

to prevent the birds from 

escaping. "We suspect that 

the 63 birds were meant for sale 

in open market and also for local 

consumption," said a forest 

official. Sources said that 

the birds were to be sold in the 

open market and to villagers in 

nearby Ranagadh. The officials 

said that the tortured 

Coots with broken legs and 

wings have been sent to 

Jivdaya for treatment. 

Deputy conservator of forest, 

Nalsarovar, R G Prajapati, 

said: "On Wednesday we spotted 

a boat with birds and our 

staff chased after it. The boatman 

abandoned the vessel and 

and escaped through marshy 

parts of the lake. The team 

found 63 birds of which there 

were 25 coots whose legs were 

broken," said Prajapati.He 

added that acting on a tipoff a 

team of forest officers raided 

the residence of the su spect 

and his relatives in Bagodara 

but he is not traceable. 

Gujarat Government to Announce 

New Startup Fund in State Budget 

Ahmedabad 


On Saturday Gujarat Government 

said it will soon 

launch a brand new “fund” for 

supporting startups in Gujarat. 

Notably, Prime Minister shri 

Narendra Modi also made 

public a new start-up policy 

same day. Industries Commissioner, 

Government of Gujarat 

Mamta Verma said “We have 

studied the funding issues 

connected with start-ups very 

minutely and so we are proposing 

to come up a fund for (GVFL) seeks to fill the existing 

gap in funding structure 

start-ups with innovative 

ideas that are struggling for for start-ups. In a discussion 

funding. We are still working about the gujarat government’s 

new Industrial Policy 

on it. We are at advanced 

stages of discussion and probably 

it might come out in this sistance for start-ups and in- 

2015 where a “scheme for as- 

(state) budget,” while addressing 

the session planned from January 1, 2015, the offinovation” 

came into power 

by FICCI on “Start-up India, cial told Gujarat has provided 

Stand-up India”. Speaking to Rs 10,000 as “sustenance allowance” 

for a period of one 

a number of entrepreneurs, 

funding agencies connected year for any innovator suggested 

by 11-odd nodal accel- 

with start-ups in gujarat, the 

official said that gujarat government’s 

new fund will mean- 

functional in the state. She 

erators or incubators that are 

ing “more like a grant” without 

seeking any “equity” in unique features of our new 

added “This is one of the 

the start-up venture. Mamta policy,” “This policy (surrounding 

start-ups) is new and 

Verma said “This will very different 

from the venture funds so we are still very open for 

and it is definitely in our pipeline,” 

adding that the new fund need to improvise and improve 

suggestions. Wherever we 

set up in association with our policy we are ready to do 

Gujarat Venture Finance Ltd it,” Verma added. Executive 

New lease of life for fire brigade 

Vadodara 


City fire brigade will soon 

add nine water tankers to its 

fleet. The fire brigade on Saturday 

acquired nine chassis and 

15 fibre boats. While two of the 

units with water tanker and 

pumps have been built on the 

chassis, the remaining seven 

are under construction. The 

Vadodara Municipal Corporation 

(VMC) has placed an order 

of Rs 62.55 lakh to construct 

the tankers for the emergency 

services. The new 

equipment were acquired as 

the existing were depreciating 

and were in need of replacements. 

The new tankers will 

have the ability to deliver water 

to even the narrowest lanes 

in the city. Apart from its utility 

in the emergency services, 

these tankers can also be used 

to transport drinking water. The 

fire brigade has also got 15 fibre 

boats with double out boat 

machine to meet flood related 

emergencies in the city. The 

boats can save upto 12 persons 

at a time. The 15 fibre 

boats were acquired at a cost 

of Rs 2.51 crore. The city fire 

brigade will now have access 

to 22 fibre boats including the 

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seven acquired by Gujarat State 

Disaster Management Authority 

(GDSMA) for the emergency 

response centre. earlier 

reported that the city fire and 

emergency services was grappling 

with its own deficiencies. 

Out of 84 vehicles in the department, 

about 60 per cent of 

these are older than 20 years. 

Twenty one of these are 

owned by GDSMA and have 

been allotted emergency response 

centre (ERC). As many 

as 50 vehicles in the remaining 

fleet of 63 belonging to the 

VMC fire brigade and have 

lived out their age. 

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In December 2013 a major 

poaching incident from Maliya 

Miyana in Rajkot district was 

busted. Investigations had revealed 

that meat of endangered 

birds was sold to big hotels and 

was transported to hotels in 

Ahmedabad. 

Prajapati said that this 

month the department has recovered 

532 nets which was 

about 82 nets more than what 

was seized in December. As a 

part of Operation the department 

since November has recovered 

1382 nets and has 

freeds birds in thousands. 

Dabbawalas 

share their 

mgmt wisdom 

Ahmedabad 


Once again, Mumbai's 

Dabbawalas, who are known for 

their managerial skills in supplying 

food to their customers, 

were at the Indian Institute of 

Management, Ahmedabad 

(IIM-A). In 2008, Mumbai's 

Dabbawals for the first time had 

shared their managerial skills at 

the IIMA. This time, they 

shared their managerial skills at 

the world's one of the best management 

institutes in the event 

Amaethon 2016'.` The 

Dabbawalas of Mumbai is a 

phenomenon that has surprised 

many in the management circles. 

Subodh Sangle, the coordinator 

of Mumbai Dabbawalas, explained 

that the Dabbawalas 

face many hurdles such as 

unpunctual customers, physical 

distance, large number of 

dabbas, crowded trains, 

Mumbai traffic, multiple hand 

overs and scattered destinations. 

"The key to overcome 

these lie in reducing operational 

costs drastically, which they 

achieve by building their service 

around existing infrastructures," 

said Sangle, adding that 

high salaries are not the only 

motivator and a sense of respect, 

ownership and job satisfaction 

are equally essential. Sangle 

stressed that their customers 

need to be very punctual because 

any delay in time can halt the 

whole supply process. 

vice-chairman and MD, 

Hitachi Hi-Rel Power Electronics 

Pvt Ltd, Mr. Piyush Shah 

said at the event about provisions 

of Gujarat’s start-up 

policy that the sustenance allowance 

of Rs 10,000 provided 

to start-up firms as “peanuts”. 

“We hope that much more is 

provided,” said shri Shah. The 

founder director of Silicon 

Computech Pvt Ltd, shri 

Munir Thakor said that startups 

in Gujarat require “more 

than the Rs 10 lakh” provided 

in the new policy as cost of 

raw material components required 

for new product development. 

Ashwin Joshi from 

Centre for Innovation Incubation 

and Entrepreneurship 

(CIIE) at IIM-A said that “The 

start-up ecosystem in Gujarat 

has come of age… There are 

two definite trends. 

Mangalore killings 

accused nabbed in city 

Ahmedabad 


In a joint oper ation with 

Mangalore cops city crime 

branch offi cials nabbed 

Raviraj Pujari 30, resident of 

Bantwal taluka of Dakshin 

Kannada dis trict, Karnataka, 

for murder of two VHP activists 

during the protests held 

against the cele bration of 

birth anniversary of Tipu Sultan 

in November 2015. Violence 

had flared up when 

Karnataka government decided 

to celebrate for the first 

time the birth anniver sary of 

Tipu Sultan across the state. 

The programme was boycotted 

by several groups 

who saw Tipu as a "religious 

bigot". 

According to crime 

branch sources, during one 

such protest in rural Bantwal, 

which falls under the jurisdiction 

of Dakshin Kannada 

district police station, Raviraj 

and his associate had murdered 

two people known as 

VHP activists. 

"Raviraj's associate was 

later on arrested by 

Mangalore police but 

Raviraj was still on the run," 

said a senior crime branch 

official. Deputy commissioner 

of police, Deepan 

Bhadran, said Mangalore 

police had located Raviraj in 

Ahmedabad through electronic 

surveil lance and had 

dispatched a two-member 

team to Ahmedabad. "We 

located Raviraj in Vastrapur 

on Saturday and nabbed him 

from the main road adjoining 

Vastrapur lake.He had come 

to Gujarat to avoid arrest, and 

was staying at his uncle 

Ramesh Pujari's house in 

Vastrapur, on the pretext of 

sightseeing," added Inspector 

S L Chaudhary of crime 

branch. Mangalore police officials 

said Raviraj has a 

criminal history and had 

been booked in several offences 

in Mangalore."We 

have handed over Raviraj to 

Mangalore police, who will 

escort him back," said a crime 

branch official.

SOUTH GUJARAT 

CM Anandiben to inaugrate Khel 

Mahakumbh at Bharuch today 

Bharuch 


Khel Mahakumbh will 

be inaugurated by Gujarat 

chief minister Anandiben 

Patel on Monday evening 

at 4: 45 o’clock from 

hostel ground, college 

road in Bharuch. 

“Khel-Maha Kumbh” 

is the biggest sports event 

of Gujarat Government 

first initiated by Prime 

Minister Narendra Modi 

when he was the CM of 

the state. Union minister 

of the state for tribal 

development Mansukh 

Vasava, Gujarat minister 

of the state for sports, 

youth, cultural events, 

education and water 

resources Nanu Vanani 

and Gujarat minister of 

the state for civil supplies 

and consumer matters 

Chhatri Sinh Mori will 

attend the inauguration 

ceremony at Dudh Dhara 

dairy compound. Pradip 

Sinh Jadeja, minister of 

state for law and justice in 

the Gujarat government, 

MLA Dushyant Patel 

and several other elected 

representatives will also 

attend the ceremony. As 

per the schedule, CM will 

arrive in Helicopter at 

GNFC helipad and go to 

Narmad Park to watch the 

water sports like sailing, 

wind surfing, flying 

board, wake board, water 

skiing, etc. The CM 

will then head towards 

an exhibition for Khel- 

Mahakumbh at Dudh 

Dhara dairy compound 

and receive torch from 

noted sportspersons. 

1400 tribal students 

IN BRIEF 

from Netrang,Valia, 

Zaghadiya etc will 

present a song under 

Mass marriages with blood 

donation camp held in Ankleshwar 

Ankleshwar 


All caste mass marriages 

were held at 

Gunj garba ground by 

Gunj social group in 

Ankleshwar on Sunday. 

Blood donation camp 

was held in association 

with youth BJP, Red 

Cross Blood Bank and 

Gunj Social Group as 

newly married donated 

blood in the camp. 

Several clergymen 

blessed the newly-wed. 

Youth BJP leader Dharmendra 

Pushkarna and 

Vinay Vasava were 

present at the camp. 

Abandoned Pakistani fishing boat 

seized near Sir Creek in Kutch 

cultural event. The CM 

will also hand over 

medals and felicitate 

national and international 

level players during 

the ceremony. The day 

will conclude with fire 

work in the evening. 

Competitions for 

traditional games like 

Kho-Kho, musical chair, 

lemon and spoon et cetera 

were held by the Bharuch 

district administration 

in run up to the Khel- 

Mahakumbh. 

Largest tug of war 

tournament with 4672 

participants and 584 

teams was also held at 

hostel ground over two 

days. The participants 

included 1061 primary 

teachers, 3600 students 

from high school and 

college students. Bharuch 

administration has 

claimed it to be the largest 

tournament in the world. 

Union minister of the 

state for environment and 

climate change Prakash 

Javadekar was present 

during the competition. 

Boys hostel inaugurated at Vansda 

Main accused arrested in copper theft case 

Cycle competition organised 

ahead of Khel-mahakumbh 

Ankleshwar : ‘Cyclothone’, cycle competition was 

held in Ankleshwar on Sunday by the district administration 

ahead of Khel-Mahakumbh inauguration by 

Chief Minister AnandiBen Patel from Bharuch today. 

District collector Dr. Vikrant Pandey cut the ribbon 

and district superintendent of police (DSP) Shobha 

Bhutda flagged off the cycle competition. The competition 

started from Jogger’s Park and travelled 8 kms 

as it passed through GIDC residential localities, before 

concluding at the starting point. 

Dang 


Tribal department of 

state constructed Dry Boys 

hostel at Vansda spending 

Rs.2.99 crore. Forest 

minister Mangubhai Patel 

inaugurated the hostel on 

Saturday. 

Mangubhai said that state 

government had committed 

for the development 

of tribal students. Gujarat 

currently has 950 hostels, 

450 monastery schools, 87 

public-private partnership 

(PPP) Eklavya model modern 

schools. 

State government provides 

free training of GU- 

JCET examination to tribal 

students for admission 

in medical courses. 538 

students got admission in 

medical due to efforts of 

the state government. For 

higher and foreign studies 

state government provides 

scholarship also. Dinesh 

Patel president of District 

Daman 


Main accused in copper 

truck theft case was 

arrested from Mundra 

in Kutch on Saturday. 

Three accused are already 

in police custody 

in the case. The 

stolen copper is worth 

Rs 94 lakh. Truck driver 

Sarvesh Mishra had 

stolen the copper along 

with the truck two years 

ago. The owner of the 

transport company Sumit 

Godbole had lodged a 

police complaint at Nani 

Daman police station. 

Daman police had arrested 

the accused in 

copper theft including 

panchayat appreciated 

facilities 

for tribal 

students. MP K 

C Patel wished 

best luck to students. 

Vansda 

MLA Chanabhai 

Chaudhary said, 

it is the primary 

requirement 

of students who 

reside at remote 

areas. J G Khare, executive 

engineer, explained the 

present plan of hostel. Tribal 

commissioner presented 

the working detail of department. 

K S Vasava, additional 

collector of Navsari, 

welcomed all. 

Memud Khan, Jigar Panchal 

and Sagar Chavda 

in March 2014. Police 

had recovered one-metric 

ton of copper and 

Rs 8 lakh cash from the 

trio. Main accused Fazlur 

Rehman, hailing 

from Uttar Pradesh was 

held from Mundra with 

the help of local police. 


3 

Employment oriented training 

will be organized on Jan 20, 21 

Valsad 


Valsad district administration 

has selected 

17,126 disable candidates 

through survey 

with special abilities. 

In order to help them in 

working, administration 

will organize employment 

oriented camp at 

Bhuj 

seized but nothing suspicious 

found on it yet. 


The BSF has seized Further probe is on, 

SPIPA to train tribal youths 

Vapi 

an abandoned Pakistani it added. This is the 


fishing boat in the Indian third such incident of 

For the permanent 

territory near Sir Creek capturing of Pakistani 

solution of traffic in 

area of Kutch district. boats in the creek area 

Saputara 

The centre will ation. The youths had 

Vapi, new railway under 

The boat was found in as many months. 17 January 2016 start at Farmers training 

Centre located at for the training of the 

to go to Ahmedabad 

bridge (RUB) construction 

commenced today. 

lying unattended this In December, a Pakistani 

fishing boat was 

Sardar Patel Institute 

of Public Admin- 

Navapur road. Jag- 

public administra- 

morning during patrolling 

in the area. Of- 

found at Padala creek 

Last year, girder shifting 

istration (SPIPA) is dish Dodiya, resident tive services but they 

and installation work was 

ficials believe that its near Koteshwar. In 

due to start a centre deputy collector of will get the facilities 

near their home- 

done above loop line. After 

that on Sunday, Jan- 

occupants might have November, two fishing 

boats were seized 

at Ahva to train Adiwasi 

youths for the team recently visittowns 

now. The new 

Dang district and his 

fled in other boats, a 

uary 17, railway department 

announced of mega 

Gujarat BSF statement from Harami Nala 

preparation of public ed the place to get training centre will 

said. The boat has been area near the border. 

service examinations. the stock of the situ- 

start from 26 January. 

Local residents of Valsad district oppose 

block, to undertake the 

proposed Nargol sea-port unanimously 

Valsad College ground 

on January 20 - 21, 2016. 

As per the sources, 

Valsad collector Ravi 

Arora said in press conference 

that every type 

of disables did not able 

for mercy; if they will 

get suitable atmosphere 

they can stand on their 

legs. As part of their help 

administration will organized 

training camp for 

them. Meeting will continue 

for ITI and Polytechnic 

College for short 

term employment vocational 

course. Officers 

of 22 industrial units 

will remain present on 

that day for the recruitment 

of specially-abled 

candidates. In future, 

disabled will get priority 

in recruitment process 

at government offices of 

district. Factory inspector 

will receive instructions 

of administration 

for recruitment in industries 

only for disabled. 

2,306 disabled students 

are studying in district, 

in front of them only 

550 students received 

scholarship of Rs.1000. 

Concerned department 

will be directed to pay 

the arrear scholarship to 

students who have not 

received it yet. 

New born dies due to shortage of 

gynaecologist at Dharampur State hospital 

Valsad 


Dharampur State hospital 

is the life line of 

tribal at Kaprada taluka. 

On Saturday, January 16, 

due to absence of on-duty 

gynaecologist a newborn 

baby died in hospital 

during delivery. Social 

worker has sent written 

complaint against the 

Dharampur State hospital, 

Valsad. 

As per sources, Dharampur 

State hospital was 

renovated with massive 

expenditure of crores of 

rupees. Poor patients are 

facing trouble due to lack 

of basic facilities which 

include qualified doctors. 

Ramesh Pariya social 

worker of Tamchadi 

village has sent written 

complaints to State hospital. 

As per his letter, 

approximately two hundred 

deliveries are done 

in hospital every month 

on an average. For the 

past some months, hospital 

did not hire required 

additional staff including 

gynaecologists. Normal 

deliveries were done by 

on duty staff due to lack 

of doctors. In complicated 

cases of deliveries, 

women were shifted at 

Major block: Railway 

girder shifting work at Vapi 

work of RUB in hand for 

shifting girder of RUB 

underneath the railway 

track. During works railway 

officers, MLA Kanu 

Desai, Vapi Palika president 

Hardik Shah and 

their team were present. 

On December 27, 2015, 

they had announced mega 

block for girder shifting. 

On Sunday the shifting 

work was done on 

war footing. Many team 

Mega camp update 

4,620 disabled will receive 

different types of 

help, 900 disabled candidates 

will get identity 

cards and State Transport 

Bus pass. 2,311 get medical 

certificates; disabled 

accessories, scholarship, 

marriage compensation, 

adjustable stick, tricycle, 

wheel chair, callipers, 

house help, self-employment, 

and training. For 

participating in camp kindly 

contact to 8487821982, 

for spouse introduction 

convention 7600976251, 

02632-242763 

Valsad Civil hospital or 

any other private hospital. 

Ramesh Pariya said, 

January 10, Sunita Devliya, 

resident of Tamchadi 

village is in shock as her 

new-born babay died 

soon after delivery due 

to major complications. 

When Ramesh asked to 

staff of the hospital, they 

said that due to lack of 

doctors, we are dependent 

on visiting doctors. Taking 

the incident seriously 

local people demanded 

permanent gynaecologist 

to be recruited at hospital 

to avoid such cases of 

negligence. 

joined work with more 

than 9 heavy machineries. 

Routine schedule of 

some trains were cancelled, 

some trains were 

running late, while some 

were partially cancelled, 

causing inconvenience 

to passengers. Residents 

of Vapi suffered due to 

traffic on road they had 

been waiting for new 

RUB so that traffic problem 

going decreased. 

Free eye check-up 

camp held in Nabipur 

Umargaon 


Local residents of 

Umargaon unanimously 

opposed the proposed 

sea-port construction at 

Nargol as this could pollute 

environment, affect 

agriculture produce and 

fisheries business at the 

nearby areas. They also 

opposed the EMP draft 

report of the proposed 

plan of the port. 

As per the sources, 

with amicable meeting 

to solve the issue 

of Nargol port, hearing 

was organised recently 

where people cited their 

genuine reasons logically 

to collector and officers 

of Gujarat Pollution 

Control Board (GPCB). 

People raised objections 

and unanimously opposed 

the construction 

of proposed sea-port at 

Nargol, during hearing. 

Audience in large number 

were present for 

hearing in presence of 

collector Ravi Arora and 

local officer of GPCB 

J V Patel. Company officers 

of Cargo motors 

and government officers 

were present in meeting. 

Umargaon taluka beach 

upliftment committee 

members, sarpanchs, local 

leading persons and 

fishermen from Nargol, 

Maroli, Tadgam, 

Kalgam, Kalai villages 

unanimously opposed 

the proposed construction 

of Nargol sea-port 

citing logical and genuine 

reasons such as pollution 

and harm to agriculture 

produce near the 

coastal areas. 

As per project plan 144 

hectare on the coastal 

shore will be landfilled 

for constructing the seaport 

jetty. This will cause 

harm to sea beauty causing 

massive land and water 

pollution. Company 

which has finalised the 

proposal to take out construction 

did not mention 

any plan for preserving 

sea bank which will get 

washed away from Dahanu 

to Daman. Moreover, 

the famous fish species 

such as Gold fish, Bombay 

duck, Pomfret fish 

are getting extinct due to 

such developments. 

On the other side, four 

hectare of forest land 

would be used for constructing 

the port. Former 

sarpanch of Nargol Yatin 

Bhandari opposed the request 

by administration. 

Social workers were also 

present in hearing. Shashikant 

Patel member 

of farmers’ organisation 

said that coal which they 

would importing, their 

dust will spread in field 

affecting the crop and 

lessen the agricultural 

produce per hectare. 

Umargam villagers with 

single-minded motive to 

save Umargaon taluka 

opposed the Nargol port 

for preserving the coastal 

area and nature. 

During the hearing 

when Surat’s environmentalist 

N M Shaikh 

was presenting issue, collector 

Ravi Arora objected 

and turned down his 

suggestions and critic. 

Objecting over suggestion 

of Shaikh, collector 

Arora said that only local 

residents are permitted 

to present issue verbally. 

Influential person of 

area was presenting one 

judgement of High court 

was asked to sit down 

who then demanded permission 

for speaking further. 

Raman Patkar MLA 

of Nargol did not take 

any interest in issue, so 

local residents expressed 

anger. 

Collector Ravi Arora 

said that administration 

will not take any decision 

on basis of hearing, the 

reports of hearing will 

be sent with objections 

raised to government and 

GPCB. Government will 

finally take the decision. 

Bharuch 


36th Free eye checkup 

camp was held at 

Nabipur Sarvajanik 

Hospital in Bharuch district 

on Sunday. Cataract 

operations were performed 

on the patients 

and short-sightedness 

were checked during 

the camp. Patients were 

also provided spectacles 

during the camp. A team 

of expert doctors provided 

service to the needy 

patients at the camp. 

More than 15 thousand 

free operations 

have been performed 

and more than one lakh 

spectacles have been 

distributed till now since 

the start of the camp 36 

years ago. Residents of 

Nabipur town and nearby 

villages benefitted 

from the camp.


Notes from the city of the not allowed 

A film too far 

It is a wise culture that can disguise its revolutions as homage 

to the past. Or even as innocuous routine. The Indian subcontinent 

seems to be an expert in both. It is well-known that the 

Sankaracharya, a real game-changer in philosophy, presented his 

most influential perceptions as mere commentaries on the earliest 

texts in the culture. This was perceived as the epitome of humility, 

a virtue particularly valued by traditionalists. Today there can be 

little doubt that the strategy of humility was born of radiant cunning. 

Much later, in familiar times, the former prime minister, P.V. 

Narasimha Rao, chose to cloak the liberalization of India's economy 

by depicting reform as the last stage of Nehruvianism. And now 

Arun Jaitley, who heads the information and broadcasting ministry, 

has decided to follow in the illustrious footsteps of such masters 

from the past. The Central Board of Film Certification's decision 

to allow frontal nudity is actually as revolutionary in the land 

of ready scissors and quick bans as the dismantling of India's 

licence permit raj. Yet Mr Jaitley has brought about the change 

unheralded. Perhaps the intriguing case of The Danish Girl - the 

CBFC passed the film's depictions of nudity, transsexuality and 

kissing without cuts - is a bit like a trial balloon loosed to gauge 

the temperature of a cultural environment threatened constantly 

by vigilante thugs on the one hand and intrusive, paternalistic 

laws on the other. Since male nudity in the film is unquestionably 

fundamental to the story of sex-change and its psychology, it offers 

a neat opportunity to fly the balloon innocuously. Mr Jaitley's 

strategy may establish the rationale for the rating system for films, 

while ending the absurd reign of arbitrary censorship - the CBFC 

decides what is good and what is bad for adult citizens - or it may 

cause an embarrassing or unmanageable fallout. In that case, there 

is always the option of representing it as a one-off case, the one 

that just got away. It is unlikely that the minister would risk the 

fate that befell M.F. Husain, who was hounded out of his homeland 

by vigilantes for his depiction of Hindu deities. On the positive 

side, though, Mr Jaitley could recall the 'One Country, Two 

Systems' principle formulated by Deng Xiaoping in China. A political 

union can allow its territories with distinct cultural legacies 

to enjoy a certain autonomy. Why cannot, then, there be one rule 

for Hollywood and one for Bollywood? But even at its most positive, 

change takes place in droplets in India. Cultural shifts, changes 

in attitude, a discrimination in taste, and the confidence these require, 

spread slowly. Besides, the ladies of the Bombay film industry 

would be in no hurry for the full monty, for reasons more delicate 

and selfish than just antagonizing the conservative milieu. 

Opportunistic Indian Politicians 

Put Tradition Above Law 

Elections, which are the lifeblood 

of democracy, reveal their 

negative side when politicians 

abandon ethical convictions for the 

sake of playing to the gallery. Pandering 

to the various predilections 

of the electorate ranging from the 

distribution of cash, clothes or liquor 

to appealing to their religious/ 

sectarian instincts has been an unfortunate 

feature of Indian elections. 

Tactics of this nature have 

sometimes proved successful as 

has been demonstrated by the 

BJP’s use of the divisive Ram temple 

issue to move from the fringe of 

national politics to centre-stage. 

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s claim 

in the early stages of the temple 

agitation was that the judiciary had 

no right to interfere in matters of 

faith. The party’s chief minister in 

Uttar Pradesh at the time, Kalyan 

Singh, courted arrest with a proud 

smile for having defied the Supreme 

Court’s orders on protecting 

the Babri masjid, which was 

pulled down by a saffron mob in 

1992 to make way for the proposed 

temple. A similar show of defiance 

can be seen in Tamil Nadu Chief 

Minister J Jayalalithaa’s call to the 

Centre to promulgate an ordinance 

to negate the Supreme Court’s ban 

on the jallikattu programme which 

involves taming bulls. In response 

to the petitions of animal rights activists, 

a judicial ban on the practice 

has been in force for four years. 

But next year’s assembly elections 

in Tamil Nadu have awakened the 

state’s politicians to the need to 

protect the ‘ancient tradition’ of 

jallikattu, which marks the Pongal 

festival in Tamil Nadu. By themselves, 

the politicians would not 

have imposed the ban since animal 

rights are not high on their list of 

priorities. Moreover, if such a supposedly 

effeminate concept conflicts 

with the gory, feudal customs 

preferred by the unwashed masses, 

there can be no doubt as to whose 

side the politicians will take. For 

SCRIPSI 

Jayalalitha, the outpouring of respect 

after a lapse of four years for 

a tradition which has elements of 

cruelty and sadism has apparently 

been necessitated by the recent devastating 

floods in Chennai caused 

by incessant rain, which exposed 

the failures of the administration 

and the degradation of natural water 

bodies by the builders’ lobby. 

Although her principal opponent in 

the state, the DMK is not in the best 

of health under 92-year-old M 

Karunanidhi, she cannot be too 

sure of the success of her own, oneperson 

AIADMK. In any event, 

since she cannot afford to take any 

chances in these uncertain days of 

volatile voters - the DMK, after all, 

has a 28 percent vote share - she 

has evidently decided that a show 

of respect for tradition will serve her 

well. While Jayalalitha’s compulsions 

are understandable, what is 

odd is why the BJP, which virtually 

has no presence in Tamil Nadu, 

should have taken up the cudgels 

for the chief minister. Is it cozying 

up to Jayalalitha for a tie-up in the 

state or is it for the sake of the 

AIADMK’s cooperation in parliament 

for the passage of the reform 

bills? The BJP is apparently so upset 

by her umbrage that it wants the 

chairman and vice-chairman of the 

Animal Welfare Board to resign for 

having approached the Supreme 

Court about the government’s pro- 

Jallikattu notification. So much 

for the ruling party’s respect for 

institutional autonomy! Perhaps 

we will now see a couple of saffron 

apparatchiki appointed to 

these posts who are not too sensitive 

about the modern fad 

about the ‘rights’ of dumb creatures. 

Not surprisingly, Union 

Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who 

was born in Madurai in Tamil Nadu 

although she currently represents 

Andhra Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha, 

has said that the Centre had no objections 

to the state promulgating 

an ordinance. 

How to live in a world with which you disagree? How to live with 

people when you neither share their suffering nor their joys? When you 

know that you don't belong among them?... our century refuses to acknowledge 

anyone's right to disagree with the world... All that remains 

of such a place is the memory, the ideal of a cloister, the dream of a 

cloister. 

- MILAN KUNDERA 

The 'this will do' culture 

I am going to describe three situations that, 

as far I know, could only happen in today's Calcutta. 

At the risk of sounding classist, elitist 

and a whole host of other non- hoi polloi labels, 

I'm putting these down as indicators of a deeprooted 

malaise that spreads far beyond the context 

of the scenes that follow. 

Scene One: A friend and I decide to have a 

coffee at one of the small new cafes that have 

opened up around Hindustan Park. We know 

everyone claims to have 'espresso' on their 

menu and that many of these joints even have 

proper espresso machines, but it's still a minor 

risk, tasting an unknown espresso at an unknown 

café. Regardless, we sit and order. The 

young waitress takes our order: two double espressos 

with a small jug of hot milk on the side, 

to my companion's mind and mine a no-brainer 

of an order that you can get anywhere in any 

Indian metro. The young woman comes back 

and tells us, ' oita hobey na', 'it's not possible'. 

Why not? We are 'not allowed' to give milk with 

an espresso. It takes us a couple of minutes to 

understand that 'not allowed' means 'not free', 

so we say just bring us a small amount of milk 

and charge us extra. The coffee comes with two 

jugs of milk. The coffee is decent and genuine, 

not great, but perfectly drinkable, and the milk 

is also fine. The bill, when it comes, tells a story: 

each coffee is Rs 80, but we've been charged for 

two tiny jugs of milk at Rs15 each. 

Scene Two: This time I'm at a big branch of 

one of the older, well-known coffee-café-chains, 

not far from the new place mentioned above. I'm 

with a different friend and I tell him the story of 

the expensive, 'not-allowed' milk. Both of us are 

old veterans of Bangali/Kolkataiya perversity 

and we laugh at my little story. ' Eikhaaney ora 

totally cool, there will no such problem!' Here 

they're totally cool, he informs me while waving 

grandly at the waiter. I order the same, a double 

espresso with a bit of warm milk on the side. 

The waiter doesn't blink. He goes off and, in 

due course, returns with our order. All seems 

right with the world until I notice that the coffee 

is in a small espresso cup that is full to the brim. 

I call the waiter back and request him to pour 

the coffee into a larger cup so that I can add the 

milk to it. He goes off and comes back with another 

waiter who might even have been the 

manager of the branch. 'Syaar, otaa hobey na, 

oi boro cup- ta.' Sir, we can't do that, the big cup 

you asked for. By now my coffee is getting cold 

and my friend's brain and mine are getting hot. 

'Keno hobey na? Hobey na keno?' Why not? 

Why can't you do it?' 'Sir, it's not allowed. We 

have CCTV cameras. If we are caught doing 

we are 77 percenters, that is, satisfied with almost 

doing a job, with more or less finishing 

something, tending to give up as we approach 

the end of a task. From a Calcutta point-of-view, 

Gopinath (who has lived in this city) must have 

been speaking of the south or of Bombay perhaps, 

or even Delhi; in Calcutta, we have successfully 

created what one might call a 'Forty- 

Four Percent Culture'. We don't even bother to 

get half the job done before reaching for the 

eita cholbe flag, for the ' this will do' banner. 

There is no explanation, otherwise, for this man, 

an intelligent person who is clearly quite proud 

of his café's ambience and menu, to take his eye 

off the ball on such a simple thing as serving 

properly warmed food. 

In the coffee places, something else is at play, 

connected to the 44-percent-ness, but additionally 

about ignorance and fear. Here, the fault lies 

not with this young serving staff but with the 

oppressive idiots who employ them. The owners, 

or employers, or managers of the cafes clearly 

want to cash in on the aspirational aspects of a 

modern café, of Italian-style coffee which can be 

madly over-priced, but they're unwilling to let 

their employees (who are all clearly from a less 

privileged class) in on the culture from where 

these cafes derive, a culture which is about relaxation, 

about absence of tension, about 'adjusting' 

so that everyone can have a peaceful or 

laughter-filled time. In this, again, I would point 

my finger at what certain zones of Bengal and 

Calcutta have become: exploitative and arrogant 

'masters' controlling their employees through 

various levers of fear; the employees, in turn, 

lacking the security, the confidence and the selfrespect 

to make even micro-decisions on their 

own. For the kind of things that one experienced 

in the small café and the coffee-chain would hardly 

happen in Bombay or Delhi, where the waiter or 

the waitress would simply solve the problem to 

the best of their ability, not least in order to ensure 

a good tip and a return visit from a customer 

who might remember them positively. This may 

feel like I'm enlarging small events to a station 

beyond their significance, but it's not: in Bombay 

or Delhi, the waiter would be confident that 

if the employee was an oppressive idiot, there 

were a number of similar jobs available with other 

employees who were better, who didn't, for example, 

threaten to fire people because they 

changed the size of the cup at a customer's own 

request. Here, in this city striped with dirty white 

and the deepest blues, a person is reminded of 

the chasms and gaps and all that is verboten 

even as he takes a sip of tepid coffee from the 

not-allowed sized cup. 

Govt To Announce Friendly Tax 

Regime For Startups In Budget 

The government will also launch Stand Up India scheme under which, 

bank branches will lend to entrepreneurs of SC/STs and women. 

Government in the Budget next month will 

announce a friendly tax regime that will encourage 

setting up of startups in the country, Finance 

Minister Arun Jaitley said on Saturday. “We have 

already worked upon an entrepreneur-friendly 

taxation regime. There are some steps, which can 

be taken up by notifications, which would be taken 

forthwith. Others require legislative provisions, 

which can only come as part of the Finance Bill 

when Budget is presented in order to create a 

friendly taxation regime for startups,” he said at 

the Start Up India conference here. Recognising 

the need to encourage startups, a fund was suggested 

in the Budget last year, he said. He assured 

the startups that both the banking system 

and the government will make the resources available 

to them. Besides Start Up, the Finance Minister 

said the government will launch Stand Up 

India scheme under which, bank branches will 

lend to entrepreneurs belonging to SC/STs and 

women. “On Independence Day, Prime Minister 

(Narendra Modi) announced the Stand Up India 

scheme. The Stand Up India would be separately 

launched. It is a programme, which envisages 

women entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs belonging 

to the SC, STs (to get funding from banks). 

These were the segments which were not throwing 

up entrepreneurs. “Each bank branch, public 

sector or private sector, would actually adopt one 

in the SC/ST category and one in the women category. 

So they will adopt two such entrepreneurs 

and fund them to set up establishments,” he said. 

By funding trading or manufacturing establishment 

of this segment, almost 3,00,000 new entrepreneurs 

over the next two years will be created, 

he said. To promote startups, the Finance Minister 

said the government is easing the process of 

doing business. “Another very significant difference 

of what makes it a landmark event is a final 

break or the ultimate break that you have with the 

conventional licence Raj of India,” he said. “We 

did well to break off from it in 1991 but it was only 

partial. It was partial because who would be 

funded there was an invisible role of state, con- 

that, we'll lose our jobs.' 'What?? All of you???' 

'No, sir, only the waiter who pours it from the 

small cup to the big cup. If the camera catches 

him, he'll be fired. You see, it's not allowed to pour 

any espresso into a big cup.' My friend and I 

shake our heads, we scratch them, we almost 

bang them together in the frustration-marinaded 

knowledge that all our lives we have tried to escape 

this city but, with both our advanced years, 

perhaps we never will, not spiritually or psychically, 

at any rate. Finally, a solution is arrived at. 

'Okay,' I say, 'please just bring us a large cup. 

Bring it to this table.' 'Yes,' says my friend, 'I want 

to pour my tea into two large cups.' Both the waiters 

nod happily and vigorously - this they can 

do, this way they can get out of jail free. A large 

cup is duly brought. The uniformed t-shirts look 

away while I pour the now completely tepid coffee 

into the large cup and add the lukewarm milk. 

The waiters look relieved: customer is not throwing 

a tantrum and neither is the CCTV camera. 

Scene Three: The cutest little café-snack bar, 

again in south Kol. With a courtyard, even, that's 

open to the sky. A menu that looks both unpretentious 

and good. A friend and I order motorshutir 

kochuri and alur dom for lunch. The food 

comes, the kochuri element is hot, the alur dom is 

completely cold, something that would be sacrilegious 

and unheard of in a street-side stall or 

pice-hotel-type place. After a little discussion, the 

waiter goes off and nukes our alur dom in the 

microwave; by the time he's back, the kachoris 

are cold. The waiter is a nice guy, polite, friendly, 

no bad attitude, but completely unmoved by the 

fact that he's delivered faulty fooding-goods to 

the only customers in an almost empty eatery. 

Let's start with the last one first. C.Y. Gopinath 

wrote a piece in a newspaper a few years ago 

where he talked about how thoroughly people in 

Thailand, China and Taiwan did their jobs, including 

the most tedious and menial ones. Describing 

how he saw some workers clean a space, 

Gopinath remarked that in these cultures people 

were '100 percenters', meaning they didn't give 

up or stop till a place was absolutely spotless, or 

some other job was fully and unquestionably accomplished. 

In India, Gopinath pointed out sadly, 

trol over land permissions, foreign investment 

proposal and of course unless the political nods 

came to venture into newer areas which involved 

a lot of capital, a lot of energy going into it and an 

entrepreneur or investors was normally reluctant,” 

he said. Emphasising that the government has 

limited potential to create jobs, Jaitley said, the 

private sector has its own challenges.“The private 

sector own expansion itself is throwing up a 

challenge because they have over-stressed themselves 

and their stress in turn gets reflected on 

our banking system, something which the RBI 

and the government working in tandem, and over 

the next few months are going to add to the bankers 

ability to improve and be able to lend with a 

greater amounts,” he said. Under these circumstances, 

the government had to explore new areas 

and it is among those newer areas that it conceived 

of the MUDRA scheme. Pradhan Mantri 

Micro Units Development Refinance Agency 

(MUDRA) Yojana that the government conceived 

of, is intended to target 25 per cent of the bottom 

part of India’s population. “So people get loans 

from refinance agencies, public and private sector 

banks and other agencies. Earlier, they were 

being exploited by lenders at very high rates and 

now they get at bank rate and I must say the 

programme has been reasonably successful. In 

the last 4-5 months, almost 1.73 crore entrepreneurs 

have been enabled with loans,” he said. 

He expressed hope that the figure would be 

significantly higher by the end of this financial 

year. “We are going to roll over that programme 

year after year and smaller entrepreneurs are being 

created by that process,” he added. On the 

economy, Arun Jaitley observed that India has 

its own challenges despite being the fastest growing 

large economy in the world. “Unquestionably, 

the world economy has slowed down. Now we 

can take a limited satisfaction that even in a crisis 

like situation in the world, we are growing much 

faster. The world recognises us as probably the 

fastest growing among the major economies, but 

then we are not without our own challenges,” he 

said. “We are fully conscious of the adverse situation 

in which we are. We are struggling to keep 

respectable growth rate (despite) certain advantages 

like we have a booming services sector, we 

have a manufacturing sector slowly growing, we 

have increased our public spending, we have 

opened our doors wide enough and foreign investment 

is coming in a big way, at least in the 

urban areas we can see an increasing demand,” 

he said. These are the engines that are keeping 

this growth rate alive, he said. Talking about 

headwinds to economic growth, the finance minister 

said, slow agriculture production due to 

weak monsoon and subdued private investment 

are a few challenges. “If you look at the direction 

in which the conventional global economy 

is moving today, we almost are moving from a 

crisis situation literally by the day. Nobody really 

can envisage looking down the tunnel as to 

what the situation of the world economy, one 

year or two year from now is going to be. Nobody 

can seriously predict as to what the emerging 

challenges down the few months are going 

to be,” he said. 

“Earlier crisis like situation came once a decade, 

today it may emerge twice in a day. You may 

have the impact of Chinese economy and their 

currency on one part of the world and you may 

have the oil prices striking you at the other part 

of the world and you will have a global impact 

simultaneously of these challenges,” he added. 

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Jaitley promises a 

friendly tax regime 

New Delhi 


Union Finance Minister 

Arun Jaitley said here on Saturday 

that the government 

would introduce a friendly tax 

regime, especially for start-ups, 

by announcing new rules either 

through executive orders or by 

including them in the Union 

Budget. The Minister was addressing 

an audience of potential 

entrepreneurs at the opening 

session of the launch of the 

Start-Up India mission. 

Revenue Secretary 

Hasmukh Adhia indicated that 

the government could reduce 

the gap in the tax treatment of 

capital gains between listed 

and unlisted companies. 

While a three-year investment 

in an unlisted company 

attracted a long-term capital 

gain tax of 20 per cent, holdings 

of equity shares in listed 

firms for one year were exempt 

from such a levy, Mr. Adhia 

said. “Now this gap is too wide 

… I can assure you of this gap 

being bridged at the time of the 

budget …The point is, if somebody 

is making hot investment 

in equity market, if he keeps it 

for one year, after one year, 

there is zero capital gain … As 

compared to that, people who 

have been taking the risk of 

putting long-term equity investment 

in unlisted security, 

like in case of a start-up, they 

have to pay 20 per cent even 

after three years.” He hinted at 

further tax incentives aimed at 

encouraging the start-up ecosystem, 

such as rationalised 

service tax rules, in the budget. 

“Start-up India will be the final 

break with the licence raj ... Freedom 

will be given to the sector 

from the State,” Mr. Jaitley 

said. The Minister said he was 

not familiar with most of the 

participants at the conference, 

and it was the first time that 

those other than the “usual 

suspects” were attending such 

a meeting. Since May 2014, 

when Prime Minister Narendra 

Modi was elected to office, the 

traffic of industry visiting 

North Block, where the Finance 

Ministry office functions, had 

ended. He said the government 

aimed to ensure that the role of 

the State became that of a 

facilitator. At a panel discussion 

at the launch, Economic 

Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta 

Das said the Start-up India mission 

would be a game changer 

for India by channelling investments 

and facilitating job creation. 

He said starting a company 

in India was akin to entering 

the mythical “Chakravyuh” as 

“it is easier to get in than to get 

out”. The Finance Ministry 

was in discussions with the 

Reserve Bank for online filing 

of returns under the Foreign 

Exchange Management Act, 

Mr. Das said. “You will see 

very quick action on that which 

will facilitate online filing of returns.” 

Mr. Jaitley said the government 

and the Reserve Bank 

would shore up the lending 

capacity of banks over the next 

few months. “The Reserve 

Bank and the government, acting 

in tandem, are going to add 

to bankers’ ability to lend with 

vigour and in greater amounts,” 

he said. He said credit growth 

was critical to boosting India’s 

sluggish economic growth, but 

had remained subdued, with 

banks struggling with crippling 

bad debts and insufficient 

capital. For that, the government 

and the RBI were planning 

to take measures to add 

to banks’ lending capacity. 

On the global economy, Mr. 

Jaitley said it had unquestionably 

slowed down and “We 

can take limited satisfaction 

that even in a crisis-like situation 

in the world, we are growing 

much faster”. 

FPIs withdraw Rs. 3,500 cr. from equities in a fortnight 

New Delhi 

as ‘hot money’ because of its 


unpredictability, although 

In the last 15 days, overseas 

investors have pulled 

among the most important 

they continue to remain 

out close to Rs. 3,500 crore 

drivers of Indian stock markets. 

Market experts attrib- 

from the Indian equity markets 

on concerns of renewed 

uted the outflow from the 

worries over the health of 

stock markets to several negative 

factors such as concerns 

Chinese economy and sharp 

fall in crude oil prices. 

over China’s growth, crude 

However, these investors 

falling below $31 to 12-year 

continue to remain bullish on 

lows and weak IIP data. 

the Indian debt market and invested 

a net amount of Rs. 

nese economy and the on- 

The outlook for the Chi- 

3,239 crore during the period. 

going collapse in oil prices 

According to data available 

with depositories, Forout 

money from the stock 

have triggered FPIs to pulleign 

Portfolio Investors (FPIs) 

market. A contraction in industrial 

production in No- 

infused a gross amount of Rs. they pulled out Rs. 39,852 Rs. 3,483 crore (about $520 

36,368 crore into equity markets 

in January 1-15, while resulting in a net outflow of the FPIs is often referred to vestors’ 

crore during the same period, million). Capital poured in by vember also dampened in- 

sentiments. 

AI pilots to be penalised 

for reporting late 

New Delhi 


Come February, Air India passengers may face lesser delays 

as the Union government has approved a plan to penalise the 

national carrier's pilots for reporting late for flights, along with 

incentives for those who fly more. According to the new pay 

structure, in order to claim their salaries, the Air India pilots will 

have to fly minimum 40 hours. At present, irrespective of a minimum 

threshold, pilots get a fixed allowance for up to 70 hours of 

flying. “Now, a pilot will have to fly a minimum of 40 hours to get 

allowance. Earlier, those flying up to 70 hours would get it. Even 

pilots who didn’t fly would get their pays,” said a senior AI official. 

The new pay structure was approved by the Civil Aviation 

Ministry in January this year and will be effective from February 

this year, the official added. Also, pilots reporting late for flights 

will be penalised in the form of deduction from their flying hours. 

According to the rule, 2.33 hours of flying will be deducted from 

the pilot’s total monthly flying hours if he or she reports an hour 

late for the flight, a senior AI official said. There have been instances 

in the past when AI pilots would report sick before the 

flight leading to delays, another AI official said. The official added 

the overtime allowance for the pilots was increased by 25 per 

cent. The national carrier has sought Rs. 4,277 crore as budgetary 

support from the government, senior AI officials said. Out of 

this, Rs.3,300 crore is part of the AI’s turnaround plan and Rs.977 

crore is additional demand due to fall in the value of rupee. 

IOC begins petrol production 

from Paradip refinery 

Paradip (Odisha) 


The foundation stone for the refinery was 

laid by former Prime Minister Atal Bihari 

Vajpayee in May 2002. Indian Oil Corporation’s 

latest refinery in Paradip, Odisha, the 

first in over a decade for the nation’s largest 

fuel major, started production of petrol from 

the Rs. 34,555-crore facility on Sunday. Prime 

Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate the 15 

MMTPA Paradip Refinery, which will primarily 

be producing BS-IV fuels and serving the 

eastern and south-eastern markets apart from 

exports, to the nation on February 7. The commissioning 

of the refinery comes after 14 years, 

owing to many flip-flops by the Naveen Patanik 

government on incentives, withdrawal of its 

foreign partner Kuwait Petroleum and stiff frequent 

opposition from locals, state politicians 

and NGOs apart from two killer cyclones. 

The foundation stone for the refinery was 

laid by former Prime Minister Atal Bihari 

Vajpayee in May 2002, which again was a full 

one decade after the project was proposed by 

the PV Narasimha Rao government in July 

1992. “We have completed one of the most 

critical steps of the refinery today. With our 

3.9 MMTPA motor spirits unit going critical, 

we have only VGO-HDT (vacuum gas oil 

hydrotreater) to be commissioned that will be 

done by mid next month. “This refinery complex 

is the most modern facility in the country 

India may become No. 1 economy 

in 25-30 years, says SoftBank CEO 

and also our first and the largest greenfield 

facility on the East Coast,” Ramjee Ram, executive 

director in-charge of the Paradip Refinery 

project, told reporters during a plant visit 

ahead of the formal commissioning. This 15- 

million tonne refinery is also the largest on the 

country’s Eastern coast, and is equipped with 

the latest technology, including IOC’s own 

patented IndMax technology for better and 

higher LPG output. The Rs. 34,555-crore 

project, which had incurred a cost overrun of 

over Rs. 3,500 crore due to delays that it had 

to face apart from two cyclones, is coming up 

at a 3,350 acre area adjoining the Paradip Port. 

The project includes a sprawling, modern residential 

complex that boasts of a Delhi Public 

School, a modern stadium complex, among 

others. The refinery complex spans over 2,100 

acres, while the proposed Rs. 35,000-crore 

petchem will come up on the north bank of the 

jetty. It also has a 17 metre deep natural draft 

for its oil jetty that can berth very large ships 

and has captive multi fuel power plant that 

can generate over 360 MW electricity. Though 

the refinery will primarily be processing highsulphur 

crude oil, cheaper by $ 2-3 a barrel, 

Ram said the facility can process any type of 

crude from the Gulf nations, Africa and South 

America. However, he was quick to add that a 

final call on the feed will be taken by the central 

procurement cell, which decides mix of the 

crude to be sent to different refineries. 

Remote cardiac monitor 

wins Google tech contest 

New Delhi of Cardiac Design. The firm has 

New Delhi 

ever, the country needs to resolve 

issues related to infra- 

do they have a passion… and Cardiac Design Labs, a suite that comprises of wear- 

challenging, are they unique, 17 January 2016 built MIRCaM, comprehensive 


India may become the structure and slow mobile is the market itself supposed to startup that has come up with able sensors, doctor's terminal, 

world’s largest economy in the broadband speeds, he said. be growing? Those are the an innovation to help cardiac patient’s bedside and a mobile 

next 25-30 years, said SoftBank Asked if he plans to re-scale things I still check,” he said. patients in rural India access app. The company said the 

Chairman and CEO investments in India given the Asked what he saw in the eyes critical care through a wearable system provides real time 

Masayoshi Son. “I have a current global economic environment, 

Mr. Son said: “If I Ritesh Agarwal of OYO, Mr. a live contest hosted by tech alarms on episode detection or 

of Kunal Bahl of Snapdeal and device, came out triumphant at analysis and generate instant 

strong feeling that 10-15 years 

from now, despite shaking situation 

of China, it will surpass SoftBank had, in 2014, ankling.” 

SoftBank has invested dia event. The Bengaluru- 

among the patients. This en- 

rescale I would only scale up.” Son said: “The eyes were spar- 

firm Google at the Startup In- 

abnormally rapid heart rate 

the U.S. in GDP…25-30 years nounced investments of $10 in Indian e-commerce and technology 

firms such as Snapdeal, nications and heart monitoring Five innovative startups which 

based firm combines commuhances 

patient care and safety. 

from now, India may surpass billion in India over a 10-year 

all countries to become period. “In the last one year we Ola Cabs, Housing.com and technology and is designed for were shortlisted through a robust 

selection process, pitched 

number one,” Mr. Son, who is have already invested almost OYO Rooms. “In India, today, use in rugged rural conditions 

Japan’s second-richest person 

with a net worth of $9.4 billion in 10 years, I have albile 

broadband infrastructure, from home. The cardiologist will venture capitalists, angel in- 

$2 billion. So, if I have said $10 the two things lacking are mo- 

.The patient can be monitored their ideas to an audience of 

billion, said while speaking at ready done $2 billion in one the connectivity is too slow be able to remotely interact and vestors and government representatives 

and industry ex- 

the Start Up India event on year, so that is over pacing and and expensive and the second diagnose the patient using his 

Saturday. 

I think we would accelerate,” is electricity. Road and all is cell phone. “Some of the devices 

that do diagnosis for carcluded 

Rajan Anandan, manperts. 

Some of these experts in- 

Mr. Son said he strongly Mr. Son said. “We are investing 

into many companies. infrastructure required a lot of diac (problems) are expensive. aging director of Google South 

there,” Mr. Son said. He said 

believes that the 21st century 

belongs to India as its people Whenever I invest I look at the capital and startups cannot We are solving this problem by East Asia and India and 

are smart, young, speak English 

and are IT-proficient. How- 

look at the field that they are mobile Internet is too slow. Anand Madanagopal, founder Nexus Venture Partners. 

eyes of the entrepreneur and I make that investment. “I think making it affordable,” said Sandeep Singhal co-founder of 

Government all set to ease rules for startups to mushroom 

Mumbai 


In India entrepreneurship 

is no longer being looked 

down in the guise of a frugal 

or flexible innovation and the 

government will take steps to 

make capital easily available 

and ease rules to enable 

startups to flourish, Commerce 

and Industry Minister 

Nirmala Sitharaman, said. The 

government aims to bring a 

bankruptcy law to improve the 

ease of doing business in the 

country, Sitharaman said at 

the inaugural session of Startup 

India programme. The 

Centre will give priority to 

programmes likes Start Up 

Mission to generate more employment 

and engage with entrepreneurs 

to remove all the 

burdensome regulations. 

Bankruptcy Bill 

The government had introduced 

the Bankruptcy Bill 

in Parliament in the recently 

concluded winter session but 

could not ensure its passage. 

A simple and effective 

corporate insolvency law is 

important for expediting the 

winding up of a company, selling 

its assets and also for revival 

of sick companies. 

Easier entry and exit 

norms are important from the 

point of view of a startup, too, 

as there is a likelihood of a 

good number of them failing. 

Investors have often criticised 

the delays involved in 

the insolvency proceedings 

in India and the consequent 

fall in the company's asset 

value. 

The number of people 

looking to start their own ventures 

have gone up while 

those seeking government 

employment have done down, 

Ms. Sitharaman said. . 

The government has set 

up a ‘fund-of-funds’ to help 

startups and it will not impose 

any conditions for startups 

but only act as a facilitator, 

she said. The government 

had in August last year set 

up an India Aspiration Fund 

as a fund-of-funds to increase 

the capital availability for 

startups. 

Employment 

Department of Industrial 

Policy and Promotion Secretary, 

Amitabh Kant, said employment 

generation was the 

government's top-most priority. 

He said the Start-Up Mission 

was an important step in 

this direction. 

Prime Minister Narendra 

Modi's visit to the Silicon Valley 

in the U.S. last year, to interact 

with the entrepreneurs 

there, had paid off as it had 

created several links between 

Indian and American entrepreneurs, 

he said. 

Pointing out that one million 

people enter the labour 

force in India every month, 

World Bank Country Director 

for India, Onno Ruhl, said the 

challenge was to create jobs 

for them. The World Bank 

was keen to work with the 

government in ensuring the 

Start-Up Mission was a success. 

However, it was important 

to make sure that the 

country grows through innovation 

in the area of frugal 

engineering using less energy, 

less water and keeping 

the air clean. Deep Kalra, 

founder of the online travel 

company MakeMyTrip, said 

with changing times, people 

now have respect for 

startups and entrepreneurs 

and the value they create.


JuhiChawla wants tax-free status for 

Chalk N Duster in Maharashtra also 

Educational drama 'Chalk N Duster' 

actor JuhiChawla wants the film to be 

declared tax-free in Maharashtra like in 

four states which have given it this 

status. Educational drama “Chalk N 

Duster” actor JuhiChawla wants the film 

to be declared tax-free in Maharashtra 

like in four states which have given it 

this status. “It’s a matter of great joy 

that as soon as the committees watched 

the film, they felt that this film should be 

tax-free and that it should reach the 

people. We have received it so soon in 

four states, but I’m waiting for 

Maharashtra because it is our home. 

This is where Bollywood is, and this is 

where the film was made – shooting took 

place in Mumbai and Aurangabad,” said 

Juhi at a screening of the film. “So I feel 

that others are giving us a lot of respect 

and love, and it’d be great if our home 

(state) also gives us recognition.” The 

film has received tax-free tag in Delhi, 

Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Juhi 

had tweeted about her delight at did and 

Salman Khan comes to 

Zareen Khan’s rescue at 

an award show 

Zareen Khan said, "They should 

atleast keep seats for celebrities. It was 

very disorganised. Salman had to offer me 

his seat to sit." Many actors went back 

home happy and pleased after yesterday 

night’s awards function, one actress was 

not too amused with the way things were 

organised when she walked in. Zareen 

Khan, who entered the awards function a 

little, after the dashing arrival of her 

mentor Salman Khan was quite peeved to 

find that there was no proper seating 

arrangements in place for her and for many 

others. Disappointed Zareen decided there 

was no point waiting and walked out 

immediately. 

the other lead actress ShabanaAzmi also 

had shared her joy about the news. The 

film has received positive reviews from 

some critics, and Juhi said it was 

“heartwarming”. “When I had heard the 

script of the film, it had touched me. And 

in the same way it has been touching 

the hearts of the audiences, so I feel 

delighted. The most strong point of the 

film is its content – its writing and its 

intentions. If it touches your heart, our 

work feels satisfied.” Did she invite her 

good friend and business partner Shah 

Rukh Khan for a screening? “I couldn’t 

get the time to invite anyone… literally 

there was no screening from my side since 

just two days back the film got ready. We 

were all over the place for promotions, so 

I couldn’t get time,” she said. 

JayantGilatar’s “Chalk N Duster” deals 

with how the commercialization affects 

the education system. The film also 

starring ZarinaWahab, RichaChadha, 

DivyaDutta, Samir Soni, Jackie Shroff 

among others, released on January 15. 

Producers suggested making Airlift as a documentary: Akshay Kumar 

Akshay Kumar says there were producers who suggested that 'Airlift' -- his forthcoming 

action thriller based on evacuation of Indians from Kuwait during the Iraq-Kuwait war -- 

should be made as a documentary. 

Bollywood star Akshay Kumar says there were producers who suggested that “Airlift” 

— his forthcoming action thriller based on evacuation of Indians from Kuwait during the 

Iraq-Kuwait war — should be made as a documentary. 

“Director Raja Krishna Menon was working on this script for four years. He has been 

closely associated with many of those people who were stranded in that situation. It has 

been a tremendous effort of my director to present the facts onscreen. 

“But let me tell you this… when he approached several producers with the script, they 

suggested him to make it into documentary,” Akshay said here. 

Akshay said it was disappointing. 

“This evacuation is such a big fact for our country, but the kind of response the director 

got of making a documentary, it was upsetting. I want that each and every Indian must watch 

this film ‘Airlift’, and feel proud of being an Indian,” said the actor. 

The film, releasing on January 22, features NimratKaur. 

AbhishekBachchan keen to 

become brand ambassador for 

government programmes 

Bollywood actor AbhishekBachchan has 

expressed his desire to become brand 

ambassador for government programmes. 

Bollywood actor AbhishekBachchan has 

expressed his desire to become brand 

ambassador for government programmes. 

Abhishek was here today for the closing 

ceremony of the ‘Road Safety programme’ of 

Thane city police. When asked whether he 

will become a brand ambassador for 

government programmes like his father 

megastar Amitabh Bachchan, he said, “If the 

government makes a request to me, then I will 

gladly become”. Amitabh had accepted the 

proposal of Maharashtra Forest Minister 

SudhirMungantiwar to be the tiger 

ambassador of the state. While addressing the 

gathering, the “All Is Well” star urged citizens 

to strictly follow traffic rules. 

SoorajPancholi wins Best Debut Award, 

thanks fans for support 

SoorajPancholi, who forayed into Bollywood 

with "Hero", is elated about receiving the Best 

Debut Award. He has thanked his fans for the 

“support”. 

SoorajPancholi, who forayed into Bollywood 

with superstar Salman Khan’s production “Hero”, 

is elated about receiving the Filmfare Best Debut 

(Male) Award. He has thanked his fans for the 

“support”. “I thank all the people who have 

supported me! Each and everyone of you! I 

coudn’t have done this without you,” tweeted 

Sooraj after winning the award on Friday night. 

The event saw actress BhumiPednekar bag the 

Best Debut (Female) for her film “Dum 

LagaKeHaisha”. Ranveer Singh won the Best 

Actor Award for his role as 18th century Maratha 

PeshwaBajirao I in “BajiraoMastani”, while 

DeepikaPadukone grabbed the Best Actress Award 

for her role of a doting daughter in “Piku”. 

KanganaRanaut won the Critics’ Choice Best Actor 

Styling Tabu for ‘Fitoor’ was 

great, says Manish Malhotra 

Manish Malhotra, who has styled Tabu for "Fitoor", considers 

her a "fantastic" actress and found the experience of working with 

her "great". Celebrated fashion designer Manish Malhotra, who has 

styled Tabu for the forthcoming film “Fitoor”, considers her a 

“fantastic” actress and found the experience of working with her 

“great”. Malhotra was earlier supposed to style veteran diva Rekha 

for the film, but then Tabu stepped into the role. The designer added 

that it was a “great experience” to work with Tabu. “I was doing 

Rekhaji’s costume… we had many meetings and discussions over 

the clothes. Unfortunately, Rekhajicoudn’t do the film. Tabu is a 

fantastic actress. We reworked on Tabu’s look and it was a great 

experience,” Malhotra told IANS over phone from Mumbai. Malhotra, 

whose creations have been donned by actresses AishwaryaRai 

Bachchan, Madhuri Dixit, Sridevi, KareenaKapoor, Priyanka Chopra, 

Katrina Kaif, SonamKapoor and DeepikaPadukone on and off screen, 

says he is glad he got to be a part of the AbhishekKapoor directorial. 

“I loved the trailer… It looks like a beautiful film. Abhishek is a very 

good director to work with, and I am so happy to be a part of it via 

Tabu for ‘Fitoor’,” added Malhotra, who’s popular as Bollywood’s 

favourite designer. Asked if the “Maachis” actress give her inputs for 

her look for the film, Malhotra said: “Tabu’s body type is different 

from Rekhaji’s. We had a discussion. We kind of reworked on the look 

for Tabu. 

(Female) Award for “Tanu Weds Manu Returns”, 

and megastar Amitabh Bachchan won the Critics’ 

Choice Best Actor (Male) award for “Piku”. “Time is 

short…so Best Actor Critics’ at Filmfare for 

‘Piku’…happy and content,” tweeted Amitabh. 

(PHOTOS : Salman, Deepika, Ranveer, Sonam, Rekha, 

Amitabh Bachchan shine at red carpet) The Best 

Actor in a Supporting Role (Female) honour went to 

Priyanka Chopra for “BajiraoMastani”, while Anil 

Kapoor took home the Best Actor in a Supporting 

Role (Male) Award for “DilDhadakne Do”. The elegant 

and evergreen MoushumiChatterjee was decorated 

with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the gala, 

where “BajiraoMastani” was named the Best Film 

and Sanjay LeelaBhansali received the Best Director 

award for the historical period drama. The Best Music 

Award went to AnkitTiwari, Meet Bros Anjjan and 

AmaalMallik for the film “Roy”, while IrshadKamil 

bagged Best Lyrics Award for the track “Agar tum 

saathho” from the film “Tamasha”. 

“Director 

Raja Krishna 

Menon was 

working on this 

script for four 

years. 

Court accepts plea against SRK, Salman 

Khan for wearing shoes in temple 

A local court accepted a plea 

by Hindu Mahasabha against 

Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan 

and a private TV channel for 

showing the actors inside a 

temple wearing shoes during a 

reality show. A local court 

accepted a plea by Hindu 

Mahasabha against Bollywood 

superstars Salman Khan, Shah 

Rukh Khan and a private TV 

channel for purportedly showing 

the actors inside a temple wearing 

shoes during a reality show. The 

court has fixed the date for 

hearing on January 18. “A scene 

with Shah Rukh Khan and Salman 

Khan inside a Kali temple on the 

sets of TV reality show ‘Bigg 

Boss’ was broadcast by Colors 

channel in December last year,” 

Bharat Rajput, president of Hindu 

Mahasabha’s Meerut unit said. 

Rajput said that he had written a 

letter to the SSP and the District 

Magistrate of Meerut on 

December 23 and also sent an 

email to the channel over the 

issue. He alleged that no one 

should enter any religious places 

with their shoes and airing it on 

TV was insensitive as it hurt 

people’s religious sentiment. 

Rajput said, when the channel 

didn’t respond and the 

administration or the police didn’t 

take steps over the issue, a 

petition was filed at the court of 

CJM Sanjay Kumar Singh against 

the channel, the programme’s 

director and also Shah Rukh Khan 

and Salman Khan. 

Aamir Khan pays tribute to 

‘Lagaan’ co-star Rajesh Vivek 

Aamir Khan has expressed his grief over the demise of actor 

Rajesh Vivek, who was his co-star in "Lagaan". Superstar Aamir 

Khan has expressed his grief over the demise of actor Rajesh 

Vivek, who was his co-star in Oscar-nominated period drama 

“Lagaan”. Rajesh died on January 14 following a heart attack 

while he was shooting for a southern film in Hyderabad. He was 

66. His role of astrologer Guran in “Lagaan” is known as one of 

his most notable on-screen outings. Aamir, 50, took to Twitter to 

pay him a tribute. “Yesterday we lost someone from the Lagaan 

family…Rajesh Vivek. You will always remain in our hearts Baba. 

Love.a,” tweeted the “Dhoom 3” star. The last rites of the actor 

were conducted yesterday here in presence of his family, friends 

and several film personalities like filmmaker AshutoshGowarikar, 

actors including Akhilendra Mishra, Daya Shankar Pandey, Amin 

Hajee and Raj Zutshi. 

KaushikGanguly is my mentor: Raima Sen 

Calling Kaushik Ganguly 

her mentor, actor RaimaSen 

says the IFFI-award winning 

Bengali director is "the best 

among the present lot". 

Calling KaushikGanguly her 

mentor, actor RaimaSen says 

the IFFI-award winning 

Bengali director is “the best 

among the present lot”. “I 

had been part of 

Kaushikda’s four films. He 

has been my guide. He is my 

mentor and he is the best,” 

Raima told PTI on the eve of 

the release of Bastushaap, 

Kaushik’s last film after IFFI- 

UnescoFelini award winning 

‘Cinemawala’. The 36-yearold 

actor, whose Hindi movie 

“Bollywood Diaries” is 

awaiting release next month, 

said she was happy to do 

back-to-back Bengali films 

with directors like Ganguly. 

Raima, had been part of 

Kaushik’s “ArektiPremer” 

“Galpo”, “Shabd”‘, “C/O Sir” 

and now “Bastushaap”, all 

having been critically 

praised. “In ‘Bastushaap’ I 

share screen with 

ChurniGanguly (Kaushik’s 

wife), who plays my sisterin-law 

in the film, and the film 

seeks to portray how much 

isolated we all are living in 

our very own worlds under 

the same roof. I had also 

been part of Churnididirected 

‘Nirbasito’ (inspired 

by TaslimaNasreen’s life, so 

my association with the 

Ganguly-duo runs deep 

within. I feel at ease with 

them,” the “Parineeta” actor 

said. Recalling how 

AbirChatterjee and 

ParambrataChatterjee used 

to play pranks on her on the 

sets of “Bastushaap,” Raima 

said, “Me and Abir have 

acted in six films together. 

And we can set the house 

on fire with our madness. But 

here Param and Abir, the two 

boys, left me out as a girl and 

made me mad.” About her 

commoner roles in all recent 

Bengali films, Raima said, “In 

personal life I am as much deglamorized 

as in those 

characters. And it is again the 

prerogative of directors (here 

and Hindi) to give me 

different shades of role.” 

Director of the film Ganguly 

feels Raima had the talent to 

to transform herself into the 

given character as soon as 

the camera rolled. “Raima had 

the uncanny knack to 

transform herself as the 

camera rolled though the 

moment before she would 

make faces at the co-actors. I 

had the great opportunity to 

have three finest young 

actors Raima, Abir and Param 

together in one frame.”

SPORTS 

Australia win thriller against 

India by 3 wickets at Melbourne 


7 

Virat Kohli becomes fastest to 24th ODI ton, 7000 ODI runs 

Melbourne 


Australia won the third 

one-day international 

against India by three 

wickets at the Melbourne 

Cricket Ground on Sunday. 

After India scored 

295 for six, Glenn Maxwell’s 

96 from 83 deliveries 

led Australia to 

victory with seven balls 

remaining. Australia lead 

the five-match series 3-0, 

with the fourth game to 

be played in Canberra on 

Wednesday. Earlier in the 

match, Virat Kohli made 

117 to lift India to 265-6 

batting first in , thrilling 

a crowd at the Melbourne 

Cricket Ground 

which seemed to contain 

as many Indian fans as 

their Australian counterparts. 

Kohli posted his 

24th one-day international 

century, his fourth against 

Australia and his first at 

the MCG to guide India 

to a competitive total. He 

shared partnerships of 119 

for the second wicket with 

Shikhar Dhawan (68) and 

109 with Ajinkya Rahane 

(50). Kohli had to repair 

the innings after the uncharacteristic 

failure of 

Rohit Sharnma who was 

out for 9 after making 171 

not out in the first game 

and 124 in the second. 

New Delhi : Virat Kohli became the fastest to 7000 ODI runs during the third ODI 

against Australia at the MCG. Kohli, in 161 innings, broke AB de Villiers record of 

reaching there in 166 innings. Before AB and Kohli, Sourav Ganguly was the fastest 

with 174 innings. Others on the list are Brian Lara (183), Desmond Haynes (187) and 

Jacques Kallis (188). MS Dhoni 52.01, AB 51.23 and now Virat Kohli 51.10* are the 

only batsmen with 50+ batting average when they crossed 7000 ODI runs. Later in 

the day, Kohli also completed his 24th ODI ton, becoming the fastest to the milestone. 

Deepak Lather: Farm boy to strong man 

Continued from Page-1 

Cop says Sohrab 

was 

were joined by Shanu 

(Shahnawaz Ali) and Sambia. 

They also drank with 

us and after that we all left 

in four cars each. A Swift, 

Skoda, Audi and a white 

Fortuner. We told Sambia 

that he was drunk and 

that he should not drive 

and stop the car, but he refused 

to listen to anyone,” 

he said. According to the 

Kolkata Police official, 

Sambia was questioned 

till 5am on Sunday. He 

said Sambia denied he was 

at the wheel of the brand 

new Audi at the time of the 

accident. “He (Sambia) 

did not cooperate with us 

at all. Whenever he was 

asked about his role, he 

denied being there at the 

mishap site. But we have 

clear indications of his 

presence at the Red Road 

area at that very hour,” the 

official told PTI. 

Sambia’s mobile phone 

tower showed that he was 

there on January 13 morning, 

he said. He was also 

asked about the number 

of people present with 

him during the incident, 

to which he had no “clear” 

answer, the official said. 

Police earlier launched a 

manhunt to nab Trinamool 

Congress leader Mohammed 

Sohrab and his two 

sons Ambia and Sambia, 

who were absconding after 

the incident. 

On Saturday afternoon, 

a group of BJP workers led 

by the head of the women’s 

wing Rupa Ganguly 

held demonstrations in 

front of the Lalbazar headquarters 

of Kolkata Police 

demanding prompt arrest 

of the culprits of the hitand-run 

incident. “West 

Bengal is not at all safe. It 

becomes more dangerous 

if leaders of the ruling party 

or their relatives commit 

a crime. Police turns blind, 

deaf and dumb and we 

are protesting to awaken 

them,” said Ganguly. 

Delhi: Sub-inspector 

By the time people 

could gather there, Bishnoi 

pointed the gun at himself 

and fired two rounds. One 

bullet hit his abdomen 

and the other hit his chest. 

Haryana 


Only 15, Haryana weightlifter 

Deepak Lather is the 

youngest Indian with a national 

record. As he swipes his 

thumb along the glass screen 

of his large mobile phone 

that rarely leaves his side, 

little suggests Deepak Lather 

is anything but a regular 15- 

year old. He flicks past selfies 

featuring himself in stylish 

clothes, gelled hair and only 

the wispy hints of facial fuzz. 

Those pictures in turn follow 

bare torsoed gym-room mirror 

shots, photographs of himself 

in trendy malls in foreign 

shores and yet another posing 

with a pretty young girl. This 

perception of Deepak being 

the typical boy next door lasts 

until the moment his calloused 

thumb – a hint at a less leisurely 

lifestyle — stops at one 

particular video and presses 

the play button in the middle 

of the screen. 

It’s a video shot during the 

recently-concluded Senior 

Weightlifting Nationals at the 

National Institute of Sports 

in Patiala. It features Deepak 

People present in the park 

at the time of the incident 

called up the police and 

both were rushed to a hospital, 

where the woman 

was declared brought dead 

and Bishnoi was reported 

to be in a critical condition. 

He was later moved 

to the All India Institute of 

Medical Sciences. Bishnoi 

joined the force as a 

sub-inspector in 2008 and 

is presently posted at west 

Delhi’s Ranhoula police 

station. He was allegedly 

involved in a relationship 

with Nikita for three years, 

the senior official said, 

adding that relatives of 

both parties have been informed 

about the incident. 

Bishnoi is likely to face 

dismissal in connection 

with the incident after he 

recovers, the official added. 

“A case has been registered 

under relevant sections 

of the law and an investigation 

is underway,” 

joint commissioner of police 

(southwest) Dependra 

Pathak said. 

Cops to keep close 

which Delhi Police also 

announced a reward of Rs 

1 lakh last month for any 

information on the same. 

The inter-state coordination 

meeting, chaired by 

Bassi was held this Thursday. 

It was attended by the 

top brass of police departments 

in Delhi, Haryana, 

Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan 

and Uttarakhand. 

The main objective of 

the meeting was to share 

terror-related intelligence 

and inputs about various 

extremist outfits and their 

designs, besides curbing 

criminal activities in NCR 

region and having better 

coordination on all aspects 

of policing in view of the 

coming Republic Day, the 

senior official said. 

The process of verification 

of records in internet 

cafes, hotels, guest houses 

and tenants in the national 

capital have been intensified 

by the police. 

“This year the drive 

which is a routine process 

before Republic Day every 

year –- is being carried out 

with increased intensity 

in the wake of the recent 

terror attack in Pathankot, 

following which Delhi 

Police also received input 

about presence of key 

members of Jaish-e-Mohammed 

outfit here,” the 

senior official said. 

He further said that 

during the meeting, Bassi 

also stressed on increasing 

police presence, intensive 

and coordinated 

checking at vulnerable 

points, and sensitisation 

of second-hand car dealers, 

transporters, property 

dealers, among others. 

This year, Delhi Police 

has put special focus on 

security along the city borders 

and specialised teams 

of commandos have been 

pressed into service, the 

official said, adding that 

the force has also acquired 

200 digital cameras which 

can capture minute details, 

to be installed at strategic 

locations in and around 

Rajpath. 

Will provide free 

blood tests and medicines 

for free in government 

hospitals we would 

have to set aside around Rs 

350 crore. Now the money 

saved in building the elevated 

corridors will be used 

for this purpose which is 

your right,” Kejriwal said. 

Delhi government runs 

around 38 hospitals across 

the metropolis. Hailing the 

“wondrous feat” of PWD 

engineers, the CM listed 

constructions of the Azadpur-Prembari 

Pul elevated 

corridor, Mangolpuri 

to Madhuban Chowk and 

the soon-to-be launched 

Mukarba-Madhuban 

chowk corridors, which 

he said were built under 

their sanctioned costs. 

“No user charges in Delhi 

government hospitals 

from Feb 1. All medicines 

prescribed by hospital 

docs to be provided free. 

Total Rs 350 cr saved in 

construction of 3 flyovers 

by PWD. This money to 

be used in providing free 

medicines and tests in all 

Delhi government hospitals,” 

he later tweeted. 

Jain, who holds the Health 

portfolio as well, said government 

managed to save 

money by constructing 

the projects “well within 

the deadline” as they were 

constantly monitored by 

the chief minister. Kejriwal 

said the PWD’s success 

negates the “perception” 

that the said department is 

a “den of corruption” and 

added that it would soon 

emerge as the “best” engineering 

department in the 

entire country. 

Malda violence 

Dariyapur, Kasimnagar, 

Sujapur and countless others. 

“So we knew we had to 

assemble at the taxi stand 

at Kaliachak,’’ says the 

Ghariyalichak youth who 

participated in the rally. 

The state administration 

has said that there were 

at least 1.5 lakh protesters 

who had gathered that 

day. The taxi stand, located 

on National Highway 

34 that connects the town 

with the rest of Malda, is 

now packed with Kaliachak’s 

white Ambassador 

taxis. On the morning of 

January 3, a Sunday morning, 

the stand was cleared 

and empty. A stage was 

set up, a mike installed. 

From eight in the morning, 

hordes of protesters started 

streaming in to Kaliachak, 

some from far-flung 

villages, many carrying 

effigies and boards tied to 

rickety sticks, demanding 

Tiwari be hanged for his 

comments. 

“I went around nine, a 

good hour after everything 

had started. People were 

still coming in. There were 

thousands and thousands 

of them. I was shocked. I 

don’t think the organisers 

expected so many people 

to turn up. That’s why, in 

the middle of their speeches, 

they kept making 

announcements to keep 

calm, kept reminding people 

that this was meant to 

be a peaceful rally and that 

there should be no violence 

or untoward incident,’’ 

says the youth. Within the 

next hour, chaos descended 

on Kaliachak. The mob 

quickly became agitated 

and violent. Despite warnings 

from the organisers 

that the rally would be 

called off, effigies began 

to be burned. Sensing that 

things were about to go 

awry, a group of local boys 

surrounded the three Hindu 

temples inside Gharialichak, 

encircling them so 

that they could be protected. 

And then, a BSF vehicle, 

a Bolero, sped into 

the crowd from nowhere. 

“The protesters got really 

angry then. People felt 

that the BSF had endangered 

their lives driving at 

such speed into the crowd. 

They surrounded the vehicle 

and started hitting it, 

breaking the windows,’’ 

says an eyewitness. The 

BSF refused to comment 

on the matter. The vehicle 

moved forward and a BSF 

jawan fired into the air to 

disperse the crowd, he 

says. Hearing the firing, all 

hell broke lose. Thousands 

surrounded the car and 

forced the jawans off the 

vehicle, they were beaten 

up. “It was only after they 

apologised that they were 

allowed to go,’’ says the 

eyewitness. Seeing that 

matters had gone completely 

out of hand, the 

organisers announced that 

the rally had been called 

off. They asked people to 

disperse and head home. 

But tempers had been 

fanned to a pitch by then 

and the mob headed toward 

the Kaliachak police 

station, a stone’s throw 

away from the protest site. 

The Kaliachak police station 

faces a row of shops 

that form the heart of the 

town’s main bazaar. Being 

Sunday, the market was 

shut. The mob, armed with 

rods and guns and cans of 

kerosene and petrol, proceeded 

to burn down the 

police station compound. 

The police barracks were 

set on fire, as was the main 

building, the rooms for the 

Home Guards and most 

importantly, the maalkhana 

which housed records 

of the criminal activity 

and the criminals of the 

area. Many in Kaliachak 

and Malda say that it was 

these records that were the 

target of the mob. Subabrata 

Ghosh, the inspector 

in charge, was beaten 

up. Poppy seeds seized in 

various raids by the police 

and kept at the station were 

stolen, as were arms and 

ammunition. “I’m sorry 

but I can’t talk about that 

incident,’’ says Ghosh, 

turning his face away. 

Eleven constables from 

the thana have since been 

transferred and another 

seven sub-inspectors have 

been placed in the reserve 

force. The police station 

now stands freshly painted 

himself. The smooth, palefaced 

boy, here seen with hair 

combed in a school boyish 

side parting, walks up to the 

bar loaded with 126kg of iron 

weights. He grasps the knurled 

metal and in one seemingly 

fluid motion, launches the bar 

along his body, grazing his 

knees and over his head while 

simultaneously dropping his 

hips down to a half squat receiving 

position. His elbows 

lock out, catching the spinning 

bar in place and he finally 

straightens his upper body to 

complete the Olympic weightlifting 

movement known as 

the snatch. As he drops the 

weight down, he folds his 

palms together and acknowledges 

the cheers of his peers, 

some a decade older than he 

is. Deepak has just shattered 

the country’s long-standing 

weightlifting record in Olympic 

snatch in the 62kg category. 

With three months to go 

before he turns 16, Deepak is 

the youngest Indian weightlifter 

with a national record. 

Lather is technically the first 

record holder. “After the 

world weightlifting federation 

(IWF) changed the categories, 

the Indian weightlifting federation 

came up with 125kg 

as the Indian standard for the 

62kg class. No one could be 

considered the record holder 

until he lifted that mark. But 

for the eight years since the 

Indian standard was decided, 

in white and blue to cover 

the scars of that Sunday. 

Work of repairing the 

station began the next day 

and was completed within 

48 hours, say locals. Skeletons 

of burnt bikes have 

been hidden away in one 

corner of the compound, 

the bigger vehicles that 

had been burnt have been 

shifted to a border police 

station to keep them out of 

sight, tucking away memories 

of the humiliation of 

that day. 

But 78-year-old Chittaranjan 

Saha has not forgotten. 

The double-glazed 

black glass windows 

which he had installed in 

his four-floor building, 

which serves both as a 

commercial establishment 

as well as his residence, 

remain broken. 

29 killed, including 

three days of national 

mourning following the 

attack, which mirrored another 

Al-Qaeda attack on a 

luxury hotel in neighbouring 

Mali where 20 people 

were killed, mostly foreigners. 

“The Burkinabe nation is 

in shock,” President Roch 

Marc Christian Kabore, 

who took office just last 

month, said in a radio and 

television address. 

“For the first time in its 

history, our country has 

fallen victim to a series of 

barbaric terrorist attacks,” 

he said, adding that the 

people of Burkina would 

nevertheless “emerge victorious”. 

The attack began around 

7:45 pm on Friday when 

an unknown number of 

attackers stormed the 147- 

room Splendid Hotel in the 

heart of Ouagadougou. 

An AFP reporter saw 

three gunmen wearing 

turbans firing on Avenue 

Kwame Nkrumah, one of 

the city’s main thoroughfares. 

Another witness reported 

seeing four assailants. 

The hotel and its surrounding 

area turned into 

a battleground as Burkina 

Faso troops, backed 

by French forces based in 

the city under a regional 

counterterrorism initiative, 

launched an attempt to retake 

the hotel around 2:00 

am. 

A total of 29 people 

no one could,” explains Pal 

Singh Sandhu, a Dronacharya 

Award winning coach and 

chief referee at the nationals. 

Deepak’s clean and jerk lift 

the second of the two lifts of 

Olympic weightlifting is a relatively 

more modest 141kg. 

But his total of 267kg is 

enough to win him the national 

championship, making him 

the youngest ever Indian to 

achieve the feat. His achievement 

in the last week of 2015 

was only the latest in a series 

of firsts. Earlier in September 

that year, he had become 

were killed in the attack 

on the hotel and a nearby 

restaurant, including six 

Canadians, two French 

and two Swiss nationals as 

well as an American and a 

citizen of Portugal. 

Interior Minister Simon 

Compaore said the bodies 

of three “very young” 

jihadists had been identified, 

all of them men. A 

security source said earlier 

that at least four attackers 

had been killed, two of 

them women. 

Al-Qaeda in the Islamic 

Maghreb (AQIM) has 

claimed the attack on behalf 

of an affiliate, saying 

the strike on the former 

French colony was in “revenge 

against France and 

the disbelieving West”, 

according to a statement 

carried by US-based 

monitoring group SITE. 

AQIM said the gunmen 

were from the Al-Murabitoun 

group of notorious 

Algerian extremist 

Mokhtar Belmokhtar. 

The attack will heighten 

concerns that jihadist 

groups are casting their 

net wider in search of targets 

in west Africa, two 

months after the hotel 

siege in Mali. 

Never said NC 

any proposal comes 

from the BJP it will be 

discussed by the Working 

Committee of the party 

for a decision,” Omar 

tweeted. “The Working 

Committee of the JKNC 

is capable of deciding 

what is in the interest of 

the state & the party. So 

please resist speculation”. 

On Saturday, the senior 

Abdullah said that his 

party is ready to discuss 

a coalition with BJP if 

there is a proposal from 

the party. “It is not that 

we have shut doors,” 

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the youngest Indian to compete 

in the World Championships. 

A month before that he 

had – while also competing 

in the youth (U-17) category 

— beaten out rivals from 

the senior category to win 

the Commonwealth Championships. 

Even at this age, his 

coaches hold high hopes of 

him. “He is undoubtedly going 

to be one of the stars of 

Indian weightlifting. There’s 

little doubt that he can win the 

Commonwealth gold medal,” 

says Vijay Sharma, chief national 

coach. 

Abdullah told reporters 

at Katra in Jammu. “The 

National Conference will 

call its working committee 

meeting and place 

such proposal before it 

for discussion. Our doors 

are open”. The senior 

Abdullah’s statement has 

fueled speculations that 

National Conference is 

also willing for an alliance 

with BJP to form a 

coalition government in 

the state after a stalemate 

between the PDP and BJP 

following the death of 

chief minister Mufti Mohammad 

Sayeed. Omar 

immediately took to twitter 

to try to put the speculations 

to rest. “The audio 

clip of what my father Dr 

Farooq Abdullah has said 

is very clear. Please listen 

to it before arriving at any 

conclusions,” he tweeted. 

“It’s the most reasonable 

response you can expect. 

He hasn’t sought an alliance 

nor assured any support, 

only consideration 

& discussion.” 

The former chief minister, 

however, had a word 

of caution for his father. 

“That’s why I don’t give 

categorical answers to 

hypothetical questions/ 

situations. Unnecessary 

storms in teacups follow,” 

he tweeted. 

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8 SURAT 


Amit Shah will be next CM of 

Gujarat is a rumor: Dinesh Sharma 

Surat 


Member of Bhartiya 

Janta Party (BJP) are on 

their toe to encase last 

round of promotions for 

assembly election which 

will be held on January 

21 for vacant seat of 

Choryasi Taluka. Gujarat 

BJP incharge Dinesh 

Sharma was in the city 

to help party member for 

planning elections promotion 

anything about it, neither 

have we been informed 

can declare name for the 

post of president in Guja- 

Member of Parliament in 

Rajasthan Arjun Meghawal 

will be in the state 

to guide in election for 

state’s president post. 

“The state has been on 

the path of progress under 

guidance of Narenda 

Modi and leadership of 

Anandi Patel. PM Narendra 

Modi have fulfilled all 

his promises, the state has 

developed considerably in 

terms of its Economic and 

and to discuss about it. 

rat state till January 25. infrastructure. Primary 

on electing president of 

BJP for the state. Talking 

about Amit Shah to become 

next chief minister 

of Gujarat, he said it is just 

a rumor, we don’t know 

Dinesh Sharm, national 

vice president of BJP 

in a press conference informed 

media people that 

party will soon announce 

its state president. Party 

He stated, “Soon after 

selection of States president 

for the party names 

of district’s president will 

be declared for Ahmadabad, 

Vadodara and Surat. 

only six cities have been 

selected for Smart city 

project however, more 

cities will be introduced 

under this project in upcoming 

years,” he said. 

Woman SMC employee kills self 

Surat 


A senior clerk in Surat 

Municipal Corporation 

(SMC) hanged herself at 

her house, on Wednesday 

night. Family members 

claimed that she was fedup 

with the work load at 

office and could be the reason 

behind her death. Her 

seniors say there was no 

pressure on her for work. 

Nirmala Solanki, 54, 

a resident of Honey Park 

Road in Adajan was 

found dead in her room on 

Wednesday night. Nirmala’s 

husband Manilal spotted 

her body hanging and 

immediately informed 

other family members. 

They rushed her to nearby 

private hospital, where 

she was declared dead. 

Manilal Solanki 

claimed that her wife was 

under constant pressure 

of work at office. She was 

posted in hydraulic department 

since five years. 

“Nirmala always said 

that she couldn’t handle 

pressure of work at 

the office. She wanted 

to take voluntary retirement 

from job in June 

2016. We do not know 

the reason behind her 

actions,” added Solanki. 

Yarn factory 

gutted at GIDC 

Surat 


Major fire broke out at a 

synthetic yarn manufacturing 

company at Pipodara GIDC, 

some 30km from the city on 

Saturday. Sources in the fire 

and emergency department said 

that yarn and other synthetic 

material were gutted in the fire. 

It took around half-an-hour for 

the fire fighters to reach the 

spot. The company, IPL Industries, 

is located in Pipodara 

GIDC near Kim, on the outskirts 

of the city. The company 

is a manufacturer of synthetic 

yarn. Around five fire tenders 

were rushed to the spot to 

douse the fire. It took more than 

Over 50 people took part in a consecration ceremony which was organized at six hours for the fire tenders to 

ISCON temple, Jahangirpura 

gain control on the fire that had 

engulfed the entire structure. 

Girl lodges complaint of physical 

abuse against RBI employee 

Surat 

Victim girl have state date for their marriage. commissioner’s office 


A girl from Surat 

have lodged a complaint 

at Commissioner’s office 

against an employee 

of Reserve bank of India 

(RBI) for physical abuse 

and blackmailing. The 

accused was engaged 

with victim girl after, after 

making physical relation 

in her complaint that, 

she was engaged with 

the accused traditionally 

through their family on 

February 12, 2015. The 

accused Madhav Joshi 

had asked her to search 

a job in Mumbai as she 

will have to migrate 

here after marriage. In 

the search of job she 

However, on December 

24, Madhav sent an 

email with stating to 

refuse her for marriage, 

when the victim tried 

to contact him and ask 

the reason behind it he 

started abusing her. Her 

parents also tried to contact 

Madhav’s family 

but they refused to talk 

against Madhav Joshi 

working as a financial 

execution and development 

department manager 

in RBI, Mumbai 

his father Ashwin Joshi, 

his uncle Kaushik Vyas 

and Yogesh Thakar. 

Moreover, Madhav 

Joshi have stated that 

he was engaged with 

he refused to get uses to frequently visit to them and also reject- 

the complainer and 

married with the victim Mumbai. Madhav managed 

ed to hand over the gifts both were about to get 

girl. He also threatened 

to take her in con- 

and jewelries which married, but it lacked a 

her to upload her private fidence and made physical 

they took from girl’s mutual understanding 

pictures on facebook 

if her family members 

would try to lodge police 

case against him. 

relation with her. On 

the other hand both the 

families agreed on February 

22, 2016 as the 

family. 

However, her family 

member lodged a written 

complaint at Police 

between both and they 

refused to marry her, 

allegations of physical 

abuse is false. 

Has Hardik hinted at a truce? His father denies 

Talking about Patidars, 

he said we will investigate 

over the issues, 

and if we will find any 

wrong charges on any of 

the youths will remove 

it and will look forward 

for an investigation on 

it. Patidar community 

has been supporting BJP 

and I am assured that 

they will continue their 

support to us. Sharms refused 

to talk on the topic 

of Ram temple in Ayodhya 

, he said I don’t have 

capacity to look in future 

, we will wait and watch, 

with the will of people 

and blessing of God it 

may be built in future. 

Surat 


Sachin police detained 

a family of Lajpore 

area for allegedly 

trying to frame their relative 

living in neighbor 

in murder case a girl. 

The victim realized the 

plan and informed about 

it to police. 

According to the 

complaint lodged, Complainer 

Fikar Pathan is 

a resident of Ahemadnagar 

of Lajpore village 

had lodged a complaint 

against his neighbor and 

Surat 


Protesting against 

state government’s decision 

for including more 

than 95 villages in Surat 

urban development Authority 

(SUDA), villagers 

and farmers of these 

villages took out a vehicle 

rally on Sunday from 

Olpad. It is presumed 

that mammoth rally included 

over 3000 cars, 

4000 two wheelers and 

500 tractors. 

Two minors of Surat reached 

Varanasi by mistake 

Surat 

photographs assuming “Mohammad and 


The parents of missing 

minors of Limbayat were 

informed by a passenger 

of Bhole nagari express 

that their children are 

with him and they sat on 

the train by mistake. 

Mobin Anasari, guardian 

of the missing minors 

said, “On January 15 both 

of the minors Tafsir Ansari 

that they might have been 

indulged in any accident 

and would have been 

admitted in the hospital, 

but they did not have 

any response from there. 

On Wednesday evening 

they lodged a complaint 

of missing in the police 

station”. 

However, Mobin received 

a call from an 

Taufiq was tired plying 

cricket near to their residence 

and they reached 

railway station and slept 

inside Bholenagari express 

which was standing 

on the platform. After 

some time they realized 

that they have reached 

far away from Surat sitting 

in the train, on which 

they asked their neighbor 

(15) and Mohammad unknown number the to make a call to his par- 

Tofik (13) left from home 

for playing cricket but 

did not returned till evening 

all the family members 

started searching 

them in all areas nearby. 

They also reached New 

Civil hospital with their 

caller identified himself 

as Rakesh and informed 

that he have two boys 

who have been crying. 

Both of the minors are of 

from Surat, and Rakesh 

was asked by them to call 

Mobin for help. 

ents”. Luckily Mobin’s 

native place is Varanasi, 

which is the last stoppage 

of the train. He informed 

his younger brother about 

the incident and stated 

him to take both of the 

minors to their village.” 

Plan to frame neighbor in to a false murder case failed 

relative Akhtar Husaain. 

In his complaint he 

had alleged that Akhtar 

and his wife Samina 

Banu and her relative 

had purchased a girl 

named Sonu from Delhi. 

They had planned to 

kill Sonu and hide her 

corpse inside Fikar’s 

house to frame him in 

a wrong murder case to 

take a revenge of a dispute 

which had occurred 

between their families in 

UP. Fikar somehow realized 

about their plan and 

reached police station 

The rally was culminated 

at Velanja village 

in Kamrej taluka, Surat. 

A public gathering was 

organised at Velanja village, 

where leaders from 

the farmers’ community 

addressed the crowd. According 

to Surat unit of 

Gujarat Khedut Samaj, 

the rally was taken-out 

from Kamrej, Olpad, 

Choryasi and Palsana talukas 

of Surat district. 

“We have formed a 

team in all 97 villages to 

for help. 

According to Fikar, a 

year ago lodged a complaint 

against his three 

neighbors in UP, who 

had killed one of his 

family members and 

injured many shooting 

18 rounds of bullets in 

a row. Fikar’s family 

member Montu died on 

the spot being shot by 

bullet, while his daughter 

got bullet injuries in her 

head and family member 

Hasan was wounded in 

his leg. Police detained 

Kamar, Aarif, Zafar 

create awareness among 

farmers. By merging 97 

villages in SUDA, the 

state government wants 

to take away 70,000 

acres of land in the name 

of development. The 

merger will leave lakhs 

of farmers unemployed 

and will only benefit 

land-developers,” said 

Jayesh Patel, president of 

Gujarat Khedut Samaj. 

The rally begins in 

morning and all vehicles 

will gather at Velanja by 

and one of their associate. 

Family members of 

Accused tried to create 

pressure on Fikar to tack 

back his complaint, but 

he refused on which Zafar 

mother in-law Shamim 

Banu has made a plan 

to frame Fikar in a murder 

case. 

However, police have 

lodged complaint and 

have started operation of 

investigation in the case 

a team of sleuths have 

been sent to investigate 

in Delhi at resident of 

Sonu’s mother. 

Vehicle rally organized, over 5000 farmers participated in the rally 

School students allege 

harassment by teacher 

Surat 


A teacher posted at a 

municipal school in Surat 

has been allegedly misbehaving 

with girl students. 

A departmental probe 

has been ordered by 

Nagar Prathmik Shikshan 

Samithi (NPSS). The issue 

surfaced after seven 

girl students complained 

about this matter with 

school authorities. 

Allegations have been 

made against Parvez Ansari, 

a teacher posted at 

Urdu medium school no 

27. It has been alleged 

that Ansari was passing 

comments on some girl 

students and speaking 

with them in words having 

double meaning. 

“Though a complaint 

was lodged by students, 

the school principal 

didn’t take any action 

against the teacher. Delay 

in taking action is creating 

negative impact on 

the girls and they are unwilling 

to attend school,” 

said Aslam Cyclewala, 

councillor from the ward, 

where school is located. 

Hitesh Makecha, administrator 

of NPSS said: 

“We have received the 

complaint and departmental 

probe is being 

conducted against teacher 

2 pm. A public rally has 

been organised at Velanja, 

added Patel. 

Ramesh Patel, leader 

of Khedut Samaj said: 

“At any cost, we will 

not allow the state government 

to take our land 

and will fight till the end. 

After the rally, a group of 

farmers from Surat district 

will meet CM Anandiben 

Patel at Gandhinagar 

and will share the 

problems that we will 

face after the merger 

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Will they, won’t they? 

While the man himself 

signalled a truce with 

the government, Hardik 

Patel’s father denied any 

such development. 

While returning from 

Visnagar, Patidar Anamat 

Andolan Samiti 

(PAAS) convenor Hardik 

Patel issued a statement 

to mediapersons 

outside Lajpore Jail in 

Surat on Friday, saying a 

conditional compromise 

formula with the government 

was on the cards. 

“The news of a compromise 

between the Patel 

community and the government, 

which has been 

gaining ground over the 

past few days, is true. We 

are ready to compromise 

and will definitely come 

out with a proper formula 

for the same.” 

However, Hardik’s 

father, Bharat Patel, denied 

his son had made 

any such statement. “It 

could be a misinterpretation 

of Hardik’s statement. 

He never said such 

things and the agitation 

will continue at the same 

pace until the reservation 

issue is sorted out.” 

Hardik’s latest statement 

has surprised 

PAAS members and the 

Patel community too, 

especially since only a 

few days ago Hardik had 

written to the CM, stating 

he would continue 

the fight for reservation. 

Nonetheless, PAAS 

leaders also seem inclined 

for negotiations. 

A convenor of PAAS and 

spokesperson Harikesh 

Patel said, “On the personal 

front, I am ready 

for talks with the government. 

It is necessary 

also. I cannot say this on 

behalf of PAAS as we 

need to take the consent 

of other convenors of the 

organisation and that will 

take place soon.” Meanwhile, 

softening their 

stance, Visnagar police 

did not seek further remand 

of Hardik, who 

was sent back to Surat 

jail. 

In an exclusive report 

a few days ago, DNA had 

revealed that the government 

was preparing for 

negotiations with Hardik 

Patel and PAAS. It was 

learnt from a well-placed 

source in the government 

that the compromise formula 

was ready. Patel 

and other PAAS leaders 

would be freed as part of 

this agreement.

January 18, 2016

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