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elephants found in Kerala forestAgency | Suri

A BJP delega-tion, led by actress Rupa Ganguly, met Hitunnesha Bibi arrested along with three others on Sat-urday, were pro-duced before a Suri court yesterday which remanded them to jail custo-dy till July 17.

Agency | Faridabad

An FIR was today registered against unidentified per-sons in connection with the attempted attack on ‘Maa’ and her son Guru Purushottamach-arya of Siddhda-ta Ashram here in which five of her followers were in-jured. “An FIR has been registered with Surajkund Police Station, Faridabad, under sections 148,149 and 323 of the IPC and police have started further in-vestigation into the matter, Investi-gating Officer, ASI Om Prakash said.? The incident had taken place around 2 PM yesterday when a group of people armed with knives.

Agency | Hyderabad

Jailed Indian Mu-jahideen operative Yasin Bhatkal was today produced be-fore a local court which extended his judicial remand. “It was a routine ap-pearance for remand extension,” a prison official said while dismissing reports that Bhatkal threw a piece of paper with something written on it inside the court premises. Bhatkal, one of the accused in the February 2013 Dilsukhnagar twin blasts case in the city, is lodged in the Cherlapalli Cen-tral Prison here.

FIR registered in Siddhdata Ashram

attack case

Bhatkal’s judicial remand extended

Without Disclosing Father’s Name, Rules SC

Unwed Mother Can Be Child’s GuardianIn this case, the woman has questioned this need, saying any disclosure would create more problems for both parents

“unwed mother rights”

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

Gujarat Congress on Monday slammed the state government over the recent po-lice action against the villagers in Khe-da and Ahmedabad districts, saying the BJP-led dispensation was worse than erst-while British colonial rulers. The party also warned that it will not hestitate to take any steps necessary for the safety of the peo-ple if the police con-tinues its atrocities on poor villagers by firing bullets and tear gas shells or arresting them in false cases. Leader of Opposition in the Gujarat As-sembly Shankersinh Vaghela on Monday held a meeting of lo-cal Congress leaders and villagers at Chan-diyel village to show

Gujarat govt worse than the British colonial rulers: Congress

Vyapam scam: 40 dead, 2000 held, 2.5m affected; but no CBI probe

Nigerian military frees 180 Boko Haram suspects held for months, including toddlers and babies

Agency | JaipurIn a landmark judg-ment, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled that an unwed mother can be ap-pointed as the sole legal guardian of her child without the consent of the father. The court fur-ther held that it was not required of the mother to disclose

the identity of the father and include him as a party to the guardianship peti-tion in certain cases. A bench led by Jus-tice Vikramjit Sen noted that the best interest of the child required to do away with the procedural requirement of issu-ing a notice to the father when a guard-

Agency | BhopalA multi-crore scam in Madhya Pradesh got murkier on Mon-day with a mysteri-ous third death linked to the scandal but the Centre ruled out a CBI probe despite mounting pressure amid allegations of witnesses being de-liberately eliminat-ed. Police found the body of 25-year-old trainee sub-inspector Anamika Kushwaha -- who was recruited by the scam-tainted process that affected at least 2.5 million students – in a pond in a MP police acad-emy and said pre-liminary evidence suggested suicide.

solidarity with the locals of surround-ing areas, who are afraid due to rumours that robbers and ter-rorists have entered their area. Referring to recent incidents where panic-strick-en villagers thrashed some suspects fol-lowed by clashes with the police, Vaghela stated that the po-lice used excessive force after these inci-dents in Kheda and in Ahmedabad districts. “In Kuha village of Ahmedabad district, police arrested more than 35 villagers, while 18 rounds were

fired in Apruji-na-Mu-vada village of Kheda district. I have learned that teargas shells were also fired. Poor villagers are being targeted by this gov-ernment, which is supposed to protect them,” Vaghela said during his speech. “Instead of protect-ing villagers, police is firing at them. I think that the BJP-led gov-ernment is worse than the British. When I visited Apruji-na-Mu-vada village in Kheda, I found that all locals have fled the village fearing police atroci-ties,” Vaghela said.

Agency | New DelhiThe Modi govern-ment’s new found in-terest in yoga has tak-en the world by storm with it’s highly pub-licised International Yoga Day that was held the world over on the 21 June. Now, the Gujarat gov-ernment’s AYUSH department has de-cided to push yoga not only as a mind and body fitness module, but also as a cure for various diseases. According to this reports, Guja-

rat plans to promote yoga as cure for di-abetes, mental disor-ders.“This time, we want to take yoga a step ahead from fitness and spread awareness among the public that it could cure various life-style disorders like diabetes, high blood pressure, breathing problems and even various mental prob-lems. The state gov-ernment approval has already been re-ceived for this proj-ect,” said Dr Kan-

Agency | New DelhiNigeria’s military has freed 180 detainees held for months, in-cluding women car-rying babies with tod-dlers clinging to their skirts, declaring they are no longer sus-pected of being part

of the Boko Haram Islamic extremist in-surgency. Army chief Lt. Gen. Kenneth Minima says they “have been investi-gated and found to be free of all suspected incrimination.” He handed them over Monday in northeast-

Gujarat govt to push yoga as cure for diabetes, mental disorders; but maybe it shouldn’t

darp Desai. Despite the current govern-ment’s proclama-tions, yoga has been popular much be-fore they decided to tout its benefits and shove it down the aam janta’s throats. There’s no denying however that yoga

has many benefits. It is a good way to de-stress and get your-self happy. But as Firspost’s G Pramod Kumar pointed out nobody has so far been able to prove how yoga is different from any other form of exercise.

Her body was discov-ered a day after Arun Sharma, the dean of a Jabalpur medical col-lege, who was help-ing the investigation, was found dead in his Delhi hotel room on Sunday and a jour-nalist covering the multi-crore racket died mid-interview on Saturday night. Opposition parties called for the resigna-tion of chief minister Shivraj Singh Chou-

han and demanded a Supreme Court-mon-itored CBI probe as the investigation into one of the coun-try’s biggest corrup-tion scandals spread to Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. “Chouhan should be sacked and an impartial probe ordered. How could such a mammoth corruption scam be carried on without the complicity and knowledge of the

CM?” said Congress spokesperson Ran-deep Singh Surjewa-la. At least 40 people including witnesses, accused and benefi-ciaries connected to the racket have been found dead since 2013, when the arrest of 20 people in In-dore blew the lid off the massive scam. It has since snowballed into the biggest crisis to threaten Chouhan’s political career and led to over 2,000 ar-rests, including politi-cians, bureaucrats and middlemen.

ern Maiduguri city to Borno State Gov. Kashim Shettima to be reunited with their families. Some freed women said they are widows. Others said they were arrested because their broth-ers were suspected Boko Haram mem-bers. President Mu-hammadu Buhari’s government says it’s investigating an Amnesty Interna-tional report that last month charged Nige-ria’s military for the deaths of 8,000 de-tainees, some killed outright and others who died of starva-tion and suffocation.

ianship petition is moved. The bench was adjudicating a plea by a woman who challenged the statutory necessity

of involving the fa-ther of her child in a guardianship peti-tion even though she never married him. According to her pe-

tition, the father does not even know that the child exists. The Guardians and Wards Act and the Hindu Minority and Guard-ianship Act require that a notice be sent to the child’s father to ob-tain his consent when a plea for guardianship is moved. In this case, the woman has questioned this need, saying any disclosure would create more problems for both parents. She has also assert-ed her right not to disclose the

parentage, arguing that the father had nothing to do with the up-bringing of the child. The wom-an has pointed out that if identi-fying the father is not mandatory on a passport application form, this can be allowed in a guard-ianship case, too, under “excep-tional circumstances”. With a trial court in Delhi and the High Court ruling against the woman, she filed an appeal in Supreme Court in 2011.

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A passage to inner AsiaPrime Minister Narendra Modi’s extended trip to five Central Asian states, beginning today, is about reconnecting with a region that has inspired much political romanti-cism in New Delhi over the last quarter of a century, but little concrete action. When the Soviet Union broke up in 1991, Delhi had an advantage. As one of the few coun-tries with special access to the five “stans” — Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan — in the So-viet era, Delhi was well placed to cultivate lasting partnerships with the new republics. India’s struggle to reform its economy, re-construct relations with major powers af-ter the Cold War and reconstitute ties with neighbours meant Central Asia was never high on Delhi’s foreign policy agenda. In deciding to travel to the region early on in his tenure, Modi is signalling change. That he plans to visit all the five countries of Central Asia in one go points to the prime minister’s high-octane diplomatic style and the new political will to make India relevant to the region. As he travels across Central Asia, Modi will find that shifting tectonic plates have shattered the regional balance of power and are threatening the internal stability of its regimes. Modi will need much diplomatic skill and even more purposeful policies to seize the new geopo-litical opportunities that are coming India’s way, and overcome the many traditional constraints on Delhi’s regional engage-ment. One set of possibilities emerges from the rapid change in Central Asia’s external power structure. The unipolar moment that marked the end of the Cold War has been replaced by a widespread perception of American decline. If the US military’s fail-ure in Iraq and the withdrawal of its armed forces from Afghanistan have heightened the sense of an American retreat, they only point to an enduring geopolitical fact — the West, even at the height of the colonial era, has never really been able to exercise dominance in inner Asia. As Russia seeks to reassert its past primacy in Central Asia and a rising China expands its influence by the day, the strategic dynamic has become essentially regional. The Central Asian states are looking for a larger and more independent Indian role in the region. The words “larger” and “independent” are critical to understanding Modi’s inner Asian imperatives. In responding to Cen-tral Asia’s quest to diversify its strategic partnerships, Modi must signal an import-ant departure from the UPA government’s approach to the region.

“There is nothing called senior or junior in a team. All the 15 players are equally important and they should all believe in their abilities. I have the backing of all the players. As a captain, I have my own set of ideas and will like to back my instincts,” - Said Ajinkya Rahane, who has already played 15 Tests,

55 ODIs and 11 T20 Internationals for India.

Basking in the Cannes success of Masaan, Richa Chadda has

an interesting line-up of films this year.

Agency | New DelhiWhile the entire in-dustry is waiting to know the details about the ‘hush-hush’ wedding of Shahid Kapoor, Kunal Raw-al, a long-time friend and official fashion designer of the actor revealed few details

about the groom’s wedding dress. Ac-cording to the media reports, 10 outfits have been created for different ceremonies. Rawal has included a few western ensem-bles and a lot of ethnic wear such as kurtas, achkans and bandh-galas. While Rawal

Agency | MumbaiBollywood superstar Salman Khan, along with Jacqueline Fer-nandez and actor Var-un Dhawan attended politician Baba Sid-dique’s Iftar party in Mumbai. Like every year, this time too, all eyes were glued to the entrance for superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s arrival. However, sadly, SRK could not make it to the party held on Sunday (July 5) night. Jacque-line was seen dining with Salman and his father Salim Khan. Also spotted was Salman’s sister Arpi-ta, who attended the party with her hus-

Agency | New Delhi“Gangs of Wasseypur” actress Richa Chadha feels Bollywood is a good place for female actors right now as there are better roles being written for them. Richa, who will be seen in debutant Neeraj G h a y w a n ’s Cannes-ac-

Agency | MumbaiTamannaah Bhatia, like her co-stars, has been talking at length about Baahubali in the last few days. She shows no signs of weariness as she settles down for an-other interview ses-sion. “Baahubali is a re-launch for me,” she says, confident that the audience will appreci-ate her as warrior prin-cess Avantika. “The promos show me as an angel-like Avantika. There’s more to her,” says Tamannaah. The actress came aboard the film a year after her co-stars Prabhas, Rana and others. She had to orient herself for the period setting and had less time to do so. “The others had trained for six months and the team had al-ready shot some por-tions of the film. But alongside the shooting, they were allocating time for preparation and that helped me. We had costume tri-als, dialogue sessions and mock shoots,” she says. Tamannaah says she was in awe of Rajamouli and was taken in by his precise instructions, ability to clear an actor of any doubts, and keep calm amidst shooting tough sequences. She also

Salman, Jacqueline at Baba Siddique’s 2015 Iftar party, no Shah Rukh

Shahid Kapoor-Mira Rajput wedding: 10 outfits created for the actor, says his designer friend Kunal Rawal

Better roles being written for actresses: Richa Chadhaes. I loved ‘Queen’, ‘NH10’ and ‘Piku’... Great roles for women are there right now,” the actress. Richa, 26, is hap-py to be a part of “Masaan”,

whose story is set in Varanasi, as she

feels it is high time films

u t i l i s e d m o d e s t b a c k -drops. “ I t

is about time that films with modest settings and real char-acters got made because in the past we have seen movies set in foreign locations, big cities... Now it is the time to see the more rooted stories,” she said. The “Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye!” actress, who is known for preferring meaty roles over big banners and a film’s commercial value, said she cannot star in any movie if her character does not make

sense to her. “I will do a big budget film provided my role is substantial because I have to have fun doing a movie, I have to make sense. I am fair-ly selective. “You will be see-ing a lot more of me now but every film has its destiny. I have done some films, which are yet to release,” she said. Richa will be next seen Pooja Bhatt’s “Cabaret”, “Main Aur Charles” and Sudhir Mishra’s “Aur Devdas”.

band Aayush Shar-ma. Other B-Town celebrities who made it to the party were Huma Qureshi, Kabir Khan, Zarine Khan, Sangeeta Bijlani and a number of TV personalities and politicians. Every year, Siddique’s If-tar party is attended by Bollywood stars and renowned digni-taries from different fields. For the last

two years, this party has been the talk of the town as it pro-vided a platform to the then rivals Sal-man and Shah Rukh to forget their enmi-ty and embrace each other. Siddique’s 2013 party was his-toric for Bollywood, given the fact that it was here that the two ruling Khans of Bol-lywood had hugged their differences out.

Tamannaah considers ‘Baahubali’ her re-launch project

lauds the effort put in by Rajamouli’s family members. “Karthik, the director’s son, was the chief assistant di-rector. On some days I felt the shooting wouldn’t happen if he wasn’t around. Ra-jamouli’s wife Rama, along with Prashanti, was designing cos-tumes. All of them, and line producer Valli, were handling a large team,” she says. Unlike her co-stars Prabhas and Rana, Tamannaah could work on other proj-ects simultaneous-ly. “Prabhas decided to devote more than three years for this film and Rana didn’t accept any other film while shooting for Baahubali. Since most commercial

films aren’t riding solely on the hero-ine, we are a liberty to do other projects. In comparison to my peers, I take up lesser number of movies at a time. I can’t work on more than two or three films at once,” she says. Tamannaah is fairly fluent in Telu-gu and says it wasn’t difficult to understand the dialogues required for this period film. “The language one hears in Baahubali is from a different era, but it is also some-thing the young-er generation today will understand,” she says. She says she didn’t look for refer-ence points to play a warrior princess and went by Rajamouli’s instructions.

refrained from giv-ing out were specific details about the cer-emonies and the wed-ding, he said ,”The details of the grand wedding have been changing, but the full wardrobe has been kept ready for the groom. The ‘groom-look’ of Shahid could be a bandhgala, ach-kan or a sherwani.” Speculations were being made that actor Shahid Kapoor and his fiancee, Delhi girl Mira Rajput, would be wearing colour co-ordinated clothes on their wedding.

claimed “ M a -s a a n ” , said the i n d u s -try and the audience have become more recep-tive to actress-es, especially i n lead roles. “It is a good time for female actors because there is greater accept-ability. I also feel meaty roles are being written for actress-

Agency | New DelhiRemo D’Souza’s dance film Any Body Can Dance 2 (ABCD 2) has crossed the Rs 100-crore-mark. The film’s collectins in its third week stand at almost Rs 102 crores. ABCD 2 is the sec-ond Bollywood film of 2015 to enter the Rs 100 crore club af-ter Kangana Ranaut’s Tanu Weds Manu Re-turns. ABCD 2’ is di-

rector Remo D’Souza and actor Varun Dha-wan’s first 100 crores film while this is sec-ond movie of Shrad-dha Kapoor that has crossed 100 crores, the first one being ‘Aashiqui 2’ oppo-site Aditya Roy Ka-poor. It is also Varun and Remo’s first Rs 100-crore movie and the second one for Shraddha who had entered the covetee club with Ek Villain.

ABCD 2 is 2015’s Second Biggest Film With 102 Cr


SPORTS ROUNDUP

Agency | WashingtonXiaomi India has teased an upcoming Redmi-related an-nouncement through its social platforms. Although the an-nouncement will be made tomorrow, the teaser post hints at a price cut. The post reads: ‘7th July 10am on mi.com/in. Put it down on your to-do list now. Share and remind your friends too!’ It is accompanied by a picture that features the new price of the smartphone, partly hidden. However on closer inspection, one can identify that it reads Rs 5,999. The image further says, “To do: Paint the town red. Get ready to change your phone.”The teaser suggests that Xiao-

mi is marking down the price of Redmi 2 smartphone from Rs 6,999 to Rs 5,999.At the new price, Xiao-mi Redmi 2 will be competing with the likes of Samsung Galaxy Core 2 Duos, Huawei Honor Hol-ly, and Lava Iris X1 Grand. The Redmi 2 smartphone features 4.7-inch HD display and runs Android 4.4 KitKat skinned with MIUI 6.0 soft-ware. Powered by a 64-bit 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 processor and 1GB RAM, Redmi 2 has 8GB of inter-nal storage and can house microSD cards of up to 32GB. The phone also sports an 8MP rear cam-era and a 2MP front camera and packs a 2,200mAh battery.

Agency | New DelhiThe government an-nounced the Digital India programme last week, which accord-ing to PM Narendra Modi “will enable investment of Rs 4.5 lakh crore and ensure jobs for 18 lakh peo-ple.” While the PM did mention net neu-trality in passing, ex-perts feel that having an open internet will eventually prove to be a bigger test when it comes to executing the vision of Digital India. According to Medianama founder Nikhil Pahwa quot-ed in The Economic Times, the PM’s talk of creating success-ful start-ups in India can only be realised if the internet is neu-tral.“Any move to

throttle access or cre-ate hurdles towards development of start-ups working on apps will hit at the essence of net neutrality,” said Pahwa.Accord-ing to a telecom de-partment report also states that net neu-trality is important considering poor in-ternet coverage in In-dia. The report says that India has the third highest number of Internet user in the world but has the lowest Internet pene-tration. India belongs to the list of 42 least connected countries in the world. It goes on to say that one of the key drivers of the growth of startups is the openness of the Internet.

Agency | New Delhi3D imagery of build-ings and terrain of India’s major cities, including Rashtrapa-ti Bhavan and PMO, could soon be seen in Google Earth with the government con-templating to give permission for up-loading pictures of the country’s metro-

Xiaomi teases price cut for Redmi 2, likely to cost Rs 5999 from July 7

3D imagery of India’s major cities likely in Google Earth

politan areas. Home Ministry officials re-cently held a meeting with representatives of Google and the issue was discussed threadbare. “Discus-sions are on and we are planning to give permission to Google to put 3D imagery of Indian metropolitan areas. Home Ministry officials recently held a meeting with repre-sentatives of Google and the issue was dis-cussed threadbare.

Digital India: Net Neutrality a key parameter for Digital India

campaign to succeed, say experts

Agency | LondonThe Indo-Swiss pair of Sania Mirza and Mar-tina Hingis stormed into the women’s doubles quarter-finals at the Wimbledon Championships on Friday by beating the 16th-seeded Spanish team of Anabel Me-dina Garrigues and Arantxa Parra San-tonja 6-4, 6-3 in just

66 minutes. Mirza and Hingis broke their ri-vals twice in the open-ing set and three times in the second set. They lost serve once in the opening set and twice in the second. Overall, they were easily the stronger pair, winning more points on their first serves, having four times the number of winners to their op-

ponents and also win-ning five break points in comparison to three taken by Garrigues and Santonja. They also won 59 of the 104 points played in the match.In the last game of the contest, with Mirza serving for the match, the top-seeded duo easily won four straight points to seal the match.

Agency | New DelhiSir Vivian Richards feels that one should not be too critical of the Indian Test cap-tain’s on-field aggres-sion as he possesses the “quality” to match his attitude. “I see nothing wrong in Vi-rat’s attitude. He is very different from (MS) Dhoni. I believe if you are showing passion and aggres-sion on the field, you should have the game quality to match that. Virat has the quali-ty. He can give back as good as he gets. I like people who have stomach for a good fight and Virat is one of them,” Richards, one of the greatest to have ever played the game, during an inter-view. “Virat brings in a lot of vibrancy and the future of Indian cricket looks bright,” he added.Asked about Kohli’s failure in En-

Wimbledon: Sania Mirza, Martina Hingis advance to quarter-finals

Viv Richards: Future Of Indian Cricket Looks Bright in Kohli’s Hands

gland against the mov-ing delivery and the recent slump in ODIs, the legend dismissed the notion of any kind of technical glitch in his batting. “He is still a very young man. He is only 26. There is so much more to come from him. Whatever I have seen of Virat, he looks like a young man, who wants to improve his game. When you play inter-national cricket, there will be a few problems here and there. But there are two things you need -- positive attitude and tenacity,” the 63-year-old vet-eran of 121 Tests and 187 ODIs said. Rich-ards also gave a pos-itive reply to a query whether he was will-ing to help out the In-dian batsmen provid-ed BCCI approaches him. “Why not? I would be quite happy to help out the young Indian batsmen if their cricket board wants me to help them. I be-lieve I have enormous amount of informa-tion and knowledge which could prove beneficial for young-sters. If BCCI wants, I can put my hand up and would like to help talented cricketers,” said the Antiguan who had tormented bowlers across the globe during his play-ing days. While he is associated with the Caribbean Premier League in his capac-ity of ‘Brand Ambas-sador’, Richards still maintains strictly that the traditional form

of the game is para-mount for any crick-eter who wants to seriously pursue the sport. In fact, Rich-ards feels the WICB should ensure that top players are available to play Test cricket and allowing them in the IPL should depend on their will-ingness to play the longer format. “Test cricket is the ultimate examination for any cricketer. I believe ICC in collaboration with various cricket boards should ensure that Test cricket’s po-sition should not be in trouble.” “As far as West Indies crick-eters are concerned, I would ideally want the WICB to ensure that all top cricketers are available to play Test cricket subject to which they would be allowed to play in lucrative T20 leagues like Indian Premier League. Playing in IPL is important but it can be used as a plat-form or an incentive for showing interest in playing Test crick-et,” said Richards. The ‘King’ is happy that the upcoming Ca-ribbean players have got a launchpad like the CPL, in which they can rub shoul-ders with the cream of international crick-eters from across the globe.“I think for development of any young player, he needs proper expo-sure and a chance to play alongside and against the best in the world.

West Indian cricket leg-end Sir Viv Richards lauds Virat Kohli’s atti-tude and is ready to help out the Indian batsmen provided BCCI ap-proached him.

Agency | New DelhiHe may no longer be associated with the side, but Australian Neil Hawgood will get a major chunk of the credit if the wom-en’s hockey team makes it to next year’s Rio de Janeiro Olym-pics. Finishing fifth at the Hockey World League-Round 3 in Antwerp, Belgium, has given the team a great chance of fea-turing at the Olympics for the first time since 1980. Hawgood’s two-and-a-half year stint coincided with the sort of improve-ment that allowed the team to be a force to

be reckoned with. Current coach Mathi-as Ahrens has been in charge for less than two months, and has been able to affect only minor changes. “Hawgood sir was with us for a long time and a lot of cred-it goes to him. (High performance director) and (assistant coach) C.R. Kumar have also been with us. Every-body has done his bit,” star forward Rani told Mail Today. The hurt and anguish that Rani and other senior players went through after missing out on an Olympic berth in 2012 played a big role

Agency | New DelhiIndian leg-spinner Karn Sharma has been ruled out of the upcoming Zimbabwe tour due a finger inju-ry. The 27-year-old, who has represented the national side in a Test and two ODIs,

has fractured his left middle finger, ac-cording to a BCCI media release. File picture of Karn Shar-ma. GettyFile picture of Karn Sharma. Get-ty “The BCCI med-ical team confirms that leg-spinner Karn

Karn Sharma ruled out of Zimbabwe series due to finger injury

Former coach laid platform for women’s hockey success story

Agency | New DelhiAlthough India’s ODI captain Mahen-dra Singh Dhoni’s critical comments about Ajinkya Ra-hane’s batting in 50-over format may have raised a lot of eyebrows, the stand-in captain for the team’s tour of Zimbabwe later this month has decided to take his senior’s

feedback in a “pos-itive manner and move on”.Rahane was dropped from India’s ODI playing XI for two matches in the series in Ban-gladesh and Dho-ni had said that the Mumbai batsman has “problems in ro-tating the strike in slow sub-continental conditions.” But he was named captain in barely a week’s time.“Dhoni bhai gave me a feedback and I took it in a pos-itive manner and I have moved on. Ban-gladesh tour is past for me. My aim is to

be more consistent in ODIs as it’s all in the mind,” Rahane told mediapersons at the pre-departure press conference of the In-dian cricket team on Monday, ahead of their short five-match limited overs series in Zimbabwe.“I have seen the conditions on the field and in-side the dressing room. It is how you play as a team that matters at the end,” he added.Rahane earlier admitted he was stunned to be named captain after being dropped for the Bangladesh tour.

in motivating the girls to give that little bit extra this time round. “We put in our best effort and worked as hard as we could. We knew this could be our best and last chance,” skipper Ritu Rani told Mail Today. Though the team was not giv-en much chance of making it to Rio when it left for Belgium, the players were qui-etly confident. “We had beaten Japan to clinch a bronze at last year’s Asian Games. We also played well on the tour to New Zealand, though the results may not show that. We did not start well in our first match against Belgium and were thrashed 0-7 by the Netherlands, but were aware that even a fifth-place fin-ish could be enough to book an Olympic berth,” Rani said.

“Dhoni bhai gave me a feedback and I took it in a positive manner and I have moved on. Bangladesh tour is past for me. My aim is to be more consistent in ODIs as it’s all in the mind,”

Sharma has been ruled out of India’s tour of Zimbabwe, starting on 7 July 2015, due to injury. Karn has fractured his left middle finger. There will be no re-placement for him for the Zimbabwe tour,” the release said. The Meerut-born play-er, who came into prominence after his exploits for his IPL side Sunrisers Hyder-abad, was selected in the 15-member Indi-an squad to be led by Ajinkya Rahane. A second-string Indian side is slated to play three ODIs and two T20s against the Af-rican nation starting July 10.

I’ve got entire team’s backing; welcome Dhoni feedback: Rahane


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More skeletons are tumbling out of the closet as Enforcement Directorate (ED) con-tinues to make head-way in the Rs 5,395 crore Surat hawala racket. ED officials have found involve-ment of two more businessmen in the hawala racket which was unearthed last year in March. The special PMLA court on Friday issued a non-bailable war-rant against Mum-bai-based Manuskh Sanghvi and Su-rat-based Dulraj Jain. Sanghvi and Jain were allegedly help-

ing kingpins Afroz Fatta and Madan Lal Jain in carrying out hawala transactions through their firms in Dubai and Hong Kong. Sanghvi was transferring money for several hawala operators based in Dubai through his establishments in Dubai. These estab-lishments were run by Sanghvi’s son Ankit. Sanghvi has been involved in various businesses including financial and dia-mond jewellery. Jain is a repeat offender and is wanted in sev-eral hawala cases by Directorate of Reve-nue Intelligence. ED

officials had carried out searches at the residences and offices of both Sanghvi and Jain last week. After they failed to appear on summons issued by ED, non-bailable warrant was issued. Last week, ED of-ficials had arrested Dubai-based busi-nessman Manish Shah in Surat for his involvement in the same hawala racket. According to sourc-es, Manish Shah of Mabrook Trading Company had re-ceived more than Rs 700 crore through ha-wala from companies controlled by Fatta and Madan.


Much before Prime Minister Narendra Modi rolled out his government’s plan to digitally connect In-dia, a school teacher in a tribal hamlet in Maharashtra had al-ready set about on his own ‘Digital In-dia mission’ — one that involves trans-forming the coun-try’s rural schools into e-learning smart hubs where old-fash-ioned textbooks will make way for tablets and touchscreens will replace blackboards. And unlike the Cen-tre’s big plan, which is pinning hopes on the industry sector

for investment, this unsung hero’s dream initiative is almost entirely communi-ty-driven. For Sand-eep Gund, 29, who teaches in a state-run Zilla Parishad (ZP) school in Thane’s Pashtepada, the jour-ney that had begun as an idea in 2009 has now manifested itself into a “mass move-ment”. “Over 1,000 rural schools spread across 19 districts in Maharashtra have so far opted for the dig-ital makeover,” says Gund. It has finally also caught the at-tention of the Maha-rashtra government, which has decided to

replicate the e-learn-ing model across all its 67,000 ZP schools. “We plan to kick off the project this year itself. One tablet computer with in-built education applications and a projector would be provided, to begin with. The tender for this is already in the works,” says Princi-pal Secretary, School Education, Nand Ku-mar. Gund claims that Assam and Guja-rat governments too have shown interest in adopting his model. In fact, the Indian Insti-tute of Management, Ahmedabad, has even taken up the initiative as a case study.


Residents of Khodi-yarnagar Guja-rat Housing Board (GHB) colony in Chandkheda facing contaminated water woes for years have got a ray of hope after the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and Guja-rat Human Rights Commission (GHRC) directed the Ahmed-abad Municipal Cor-poration (AMC) to provide an immediate solution. Suryakant Jetasar, a Western Railway employee and resident of the GHB who made the complain to NHRC and SHRC in Feb-ruary 2013, said, “Dirty water of gut-ter is getting mixed with drinking water supplied to us by the AMC since a long time. Despite sev-eral complaints to AMC about people

falling ill due to con-taminated water, our woes remained un-addressed. But after NHRC and GHRC’s intervention, AMC has now informed GHRC that it has taken up the work.” Deputy commission-er (west zone) of AMC has informed GHRC that Rs 53 lakh have been allo-cated for laying the new water supply and drainage line in GHB colony in 2015-16. Retd judge M H Shah, mem-ber, GHRC, said: “We had summoned AMC officials. Af-ter hearing both the parties, the commis-sion directed AMC to take necessary action. The AMC has informed us that it has taken up two capital work of lay-ing a water pipeline and drainage line and will finish the same in six months.’’


The air intelligence unit (AIU) of the Cus-toms department ar-rested a Rajkot-based woman for smuggling 1kg gold worth Rs 26.6 lakh early Sun-day morning at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International air-port. The 33-year-old woman was held with two gold bars hidden in her garments. This is the second incident of smuggling in 2015 where a woman has been held with gold at airport. The wom-an had arrived from Air Arabia’s G9-483 flight from Sharjah. “She is a first time offender. Earlier, she denied carrying gold but when she was frisked, two gold bars were recovered from

the inner pockets of her leggings. She had brought the gold for commercial purpose,” said a Customs of-ficial. Sources said that smugglers choose Ahmedabad airport for entry believing that they would be able to dodge Cus-toms here. The wom-an was produced be-fore local court and was given bail in the evening. Further in-vestigation is on in the case. This is the 27th such incident in 2015 of gold smug-gling. Since January 2015, around 33.72 kg of gold, worth Rs 9.09 crore has been seized at the airport by Customs and DRI and 30 smugglers/carriers have been de-tained.


The promotion for yoga in Gujarat has not ended with the Yoga Day celebra-tions. Even after June 21, yoga is set to be promoted across the state through the de-partment of AYUSH, the Lakulish Yoga University and var-ious other education institutes. After ac-tively promoting yoga and training people in the wake of Interna-tional Day for Yoga

(IDY), the department of AYUSH has decid-ed to push yoga not only as a mind and body fitness module, but also as a cure for various diseases. To be flagged off as a pilot project this month, the disease-oriented yoga sessions would be held at ayurvedic hospitals in Ahmedabad, Patan, Rajkot and Limdi (Da-hod). Depending upon the response, it would be replicated in the rest 34 ayurvedic hospitals

in the state. “This time, we want to take yoga a step ahead from fitness and spread awareness among the public that it could cure various lifestyle disorders like diabetes, high blood pressure, breathing problems and even various mental prob-lems. The state gov-ernment approval has already been received for this project,” said Dr Kandarp Desai, di-rector state’s depart-ment of AYUSH.


Retired IPS offi-cer DG Vanzara, chargesheeted in Sohrabuddin Sheikh, his wife Kauser Bi, Tulsiram Prajapati and Ishrat Jahan fake encounter cases, on Monday filed Rs.101 crore suit against Mufti Abdul Qayum Mansuri who recent-ly penned a book “11 months after spend-ing 11 years in jail,” a year after he was ac-quitted from Akshard-ham terror attack case by the Supreme Court. Mansuri in his book has alleged that after his arrest in


The Bharat San-char Nigam Limit-ed (BSNL) will be setting up two free Wi-Fi hotspots at Kankaria Lake and Sabarmati River Front for providing wireless services in Ahmedabad. “These Wi-Fi hotspots are being set up as part of the Digital India initiative of the gov-ernment,” said MS Dhillon, principal general manager, Ahmedabad Tele-com District. “These two public places have been chosen as a pilot project for creating free wi-fi zones. We are cur-rently testing this service at both these locations,” Dhillon added. Though the official did not com-


Gujarat is fast be-coming the preferred transit point for ciga-rette smugglers in the country. Over the past three months alone, the Ahmedabad unit of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized — in three different op-erations — 3.39 crore cigarette sticks worth Rs 24.79 crore from smugglers. High customs and excise duties on import-ed cigarettes makes smuggling lucrative. Also high demand inside the country for foreign ciga-rettes has led to the rise in smuggling. “Until 2014, ciga-

BSNL to create free wi-fi zones at Kankaria & Sabarmati riverfront

A Digital India initiative running on community backup since 2009

Gujarat government to promote yoga as cure for diabetes, mental disorders

DG Vanzara files Rs 101 crore suit against author for defamatory remarks in book

mit to a month when the services will be rolled out for pub-lic, BSNL officials said that the project could be rolled out as soon as Diwali this year. BSNL cur-rently has 3.25 lakh landline and 5.88 lakh mobile cus-tomers in Ahmed-abad alone. “We have also commis-

sioned four NGN (Next Generation Network) exchang-es at four locations in Ahmedabad that has larger capacity, more speed, and is capable of integrat-ing mobile and land-line services on the same platform. Ap-proximately, 3000 connections have already been divert-

ed to NGN platform ,out of the 66,000 lines to be provid-ed in Phase-I in Ahmedabad,” Dhil-lon added.

Chandkheda residents to get non-contaminated water

State smoking hot for cigarette smugglers

the 2002 case he was tortured in the cus-tody of Detection of Crime Branch (DCB), Ahmedabad. He has named several officers in the book but three names of three offi-cers figure prominent-ly that includes Van-

zara, IPS officer GL Singhal among oth-ers. The terror attack case was investigated by Vanzara, Singhal who were then posted in DCB. Vanzara has filed a suit for Rs.101 crore against Qayum through his lawyer

VD Gajjar who said that the matter will be heard before a city civil and sessions court in Ahmedabad today. Family sources said that the book has several defamatory re-marks against Vanzara without any basis.

rette smuggling was miniscule in terms of quantity and val-ue but this year it has increased mani-fold,” said a source. In what could be termed as the largest ever single haul of foreign-made ciga-rettes in the country, the DRI had seized 3.21 crore of sticks worth Rs 23.29 crore

from Hazira port in Surat in the last week of March this year. These seized ciga-rettes were bought from Dubai. Boxes of Gudang Garam, Djarum Black, and a mild Indonesian clove cigarette, Lu-vin Fresh, were hid-den in a consignment packed with papers and plastics.

Rs 5k crore hawala racket: More names emerge

Rajkot woman held with 1kg gold at international airport

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