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News BriefSupriya Sule

meets Bhujbal in jail

Agency | Mumbai

NCP MP and party chief Sharad Pawar’s daugh-ter Supriya Sule today met former Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minis-ter Chhagan Bhujbal at Arthur Road jail here. Bhujbal was sent to 14-day judicial custody by a Special Court of the Prevention of Mon-ey Laundering Act in Mumbai on Thursday. Asked by mediapersons, waiting outside the jail, about her meeting with Bhujbal, Sule just said “Happy Holi” and left.

Jewellers strike enters 18th day over excise duty

Goa set to welcome tourists for

‘Shigmo’ festivities

Agency | New Delhi

The strike by jewel-lers and bullion traders continued for the 18th straight day today de-manding rollback of the proposed excise duty on non-silver jewellery. Most jewellery shops and establishments in the country have been on strike since March 2 after Finance Minis-ter Arun Jaitley in his Budget announced one per cent excise duty on non-silver jewellery. Jewellers are also op-posed to mandatory quoting of PAN by cus-tomers for transactions of Rs 2 lakh and above.

Agency | Panaji

Goa Tourism is all set to celebrate ‘Shigmo’, the annual festival of colour, culture and cuisine begin-ning this month-end cou-pled with the Goa Food and Cultural Festival 2016, which commences in the first week of April. “Shigmo is celebrated in Goa as spring’s biggest festival which honoured the homecoming of the warriors who had left their homes and families at the end of Dussehra to fight the invaders,” says a press release by the tourism department.

Company CEO says pilots were ‘quite experienced’“Flydubai plane crash”

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

AS A part of beti bachao beti padhao campaign, over 1,100 Patidar infants born as second girl child during 2105 and 2016 — who have been identified in 14 districts of north and central Gujarat — will be felicitated with spe-cial bonds worth Rs 2.13 lakh each in Ahmedabad on Sunday. The bonds that will be deposited in the bank are to be hand-ed over to the girls once they turn 21. Surat-based Patidar community as-sociation Samast Pati-dar Samaj and Ahmed-abad-based Sardar Dham have identified 10,000 girl children born to Pa-tidar community families in the entire state in these two years. Out of these,

2 Indians among 62 killed in Russia

1,105 Patidar infants born as second girl child to be felicitated

Agency | New Delhi

Actor Anupam Kher Fri-day took a dig at JNU stu-dents Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and Anir-ban Bhattacharya, saying those who “speak against the country” and are out on bail are not “Olympic medalists” and should not be treated like “heroes”. Kher made the comments during a screening of his film, Buddha in a Traf-fic Jam, organised by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyar-thi Parishad (ABVP) at JNU, even as a group of students raised slogans against Kher while he was speaking at the Adminis-trative Block. The film’s

Agency | Latehar

Two Muslim men herd-ing cattle to a local mar-ket were found hanging from a tree in Jharkhand’s Latehar on Friday, police said, in what appeared to be killings linked to a suspected Hindu vigilan-te group opposed to cow slaughter. Mazlum Ansari (32), and Imteyaz Khan, the 13-year-old son of an-other cattle trader, were residents of Balumath, 110km from Ranchi. The area saw clashes between Hindus and Muslims over eating beef three months ago. Villagers suspect Ansari and Khan were killed because of their profession, while some

Agency | Dehradun

Uttarakhand Governor Dr. Krishna Kant Paul on Saturday wrote to Chief Minister Harish Rawat, asking him to prove ma-jority in the House by March 28. Rawat, who had earlier this afternoon said that he would tender his resignation if he was not able to prove majori-ty, would be meeting the top Congress leadership in New Delhi on Sunday to apprise them about the current political crisis. Attempting to downplay the political crisis in the state, the Chief Minister also emphasized that his main priority was the wel-fare of Uttarakhand. The Congress Government in Uttarakhand is present-ly in crisis as nine party MLAs, including a min-ister, joining hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party last night. A three-mem-ber BJP delegation met the Uttarakhand Governor last night and demanded

Agency | Moscow

All 62 people aboard a passenger jet flying from Dubai to southern Russia were killed when their plane crashed on its sec-ond attempt to land at Rostov-on-Don airport on Saturday, Russian officials said. Russia’s emergencies ministry said the aircraft, a Boe-ing 737-800 operated by Dubai-based budget car-rier Flydubai, crashed at 0340 (0040 GMT). Most of those on board were Russian. “The aircraft hit the ground and broke into pieces,” the Investiga-

tive Committee of Russia said in a statement on its website. “There were 55 passengers aboard and seven crew members. They all died.” Both of the plane’s flight record-ers have been recovered undamaged, the commit-tee said in a statement. “Different versions of what happened are being looked into, including crew error, a technical failure and bad weather conditions,” the com-mittee said. Flydubai’s CEO Ghaith al-Ghaith told a press conference in the Gulf Arab emirate that it was “too early” to

director, Vivek Agnihotri, and CBFC member Ashok Pandit were also present for the screening. “Let us not change the defini-tion of a hero. Someone who talks in favour of the nation is a hero. How can someone who speaks against the nation be a hero,” he said. He add-ed, “I believe there will

be some victory march today. People who have come out on bail have not come after winning an Olympic medal. They are not Sachin Tendulkar, Saina Nehwal or even Hanumanthappa.” Kher spent a large part of his 15-minute speech talking about politics and nation-alism. “I heard someone

here said ‘desh se nahi, desh mein azadi chahi-ye’ (I seek freedom in my nation, not from it). Can you say that in your house? Can you say I want azadi in my house and not from my house,” said Kher. He said JNU-SU president Kanhaiya Kumar was “not doing enough to help his poor parents”. “He repeatedly said his parents are very poor, but what did he do to fix that? What was his contribution? My father’s salary was Rs 90. When I got my first scholarship of Rs 200, I sent Rs 110 home. That was my con-tribution,” said the actor.

Kher in JNU: Those who speak against the nation shouldn’t be treated as heroes

1,105 will be felicitated during an elaborate gath-ering of community lead-ers from seven different communities are expect-ed to be present on Sun-day. “There was no other criteria for selection of these 1,105 recipients of ‘Badshah Sukanya Bond’ except that they already have a first girl child and again a second girl is child born to Patidar

families and those who cannot afford their edu-cation and upbringing. From Ahmedabad alone, there are 316 such girls and 286 from Mehsana district that has a skewed sex ratio. The only aim of such a campaign is to promote girl child and eliminate the imbalance in the sex ratio,” said T G Zalavadia from Sardar Dham.

Over 1,100 Patidar infants born as second girl child in 2105 and 2016 will get special bonds worth Rs 2.13 lakh each

reports quoted police as saying it could be an in-cident of robbery. Attacks on cattle traders have been reported from sever-al parts of India of late. In September 2015, a man in Uttar Pradesh’s Dadri village was lynched for allegedly eating beef. The incident triggered a political storm, and the Opposition accused the

right-wing NDA gov-ernment of religious and political intolerance. In Jharkhand, the BJP gov-ernment of Arjun Munda brought an ordinance for the prevention of cow slaughter in 2005. It later became an act, introduc-ing a penalty of Rs 5,000 and imprisonment of up to five years or both for offenders.

Jharkhand: Bodies of two cattle traders found hanging from tree

Wonderful to see these legends get felicitated at Eden Gardens. India vs Pakistan: Toss delayed due to wet outfield

Uttarakhand crisis: Governor asks CM Harish Rawat to prove majority by March 28

the dismissal of the Har-ish Rawat-led govern-ment while stating that it was in a minority. The

BJP staked claim to form the government with the support of the rebel Con-gress MLAs.

determine the cause of the crash. “We will have information about the circumstances of the in-cident and the black box in the future, and an in-vestigation is being con-ducted in cooperation with the Russian authori-

ties and we are waiting to see the results,” Ghaith said. Dubai’s civil avia-tion authority said it was sending an investigative team to Russia, president Ismail al Hosani told re-porters. The plane was in a mid-air holding pattern for about two hours and the crash occurred more

than two hours after the plane, flight number FZ981, was scheduled to land. The plane came down inside the airport’s perimeter, about 250 metres (yards) short of the start of the runway. The plane’s wing hit the ground on its second at-tempt to land and burst

into flames, the Rostov region’s emergency min-istry said in a statement. Grainy pictures from a security camera point-ing towards the airport, which were broadcast on Russian television, showed a large explo-sion at ground level, with flames and sparks leaping high into the air. According to the Flight Safety Foundation, there was strong wind with a speed of 12 metres per second, with gusts up to 19 metres, but visibility was reasonable. Ghaith of Flydubai said that he had no information to indicate that the pilot had issued a distress call and said both the pilot and co-pilot, a Cypriot and a Spaniard respectively, each had over 5,000 hours of flight experience.

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SuNdAY, MARCH 20, 2016

QUOTE OF THE

DAYIt is time for real action on marital rape

The UN says one in every five Indian women has suffered rape within an intimate partner relation-ship. Given the Modi government’s commitment to improving the lot of women, we would expect pro-active attempts to ensure gender justice. But the par-liamentary standing committee on home affairs in its latest report has steered clear of declaring mari-tal rape a crime. In doing so, it has sidestepped the views of the Justice JS Verma Committee, which in the aftermath of the Delhi bus gang rape of 2012 recommended that marital rape should not be an ex-ception in criminal justice. The parliamentary pan-el, in stating that criminalising marital rape would put the entire family system under great stress, only echoes the government’s views expressed by women and child development minister Maneka Gandhi last week when she said that marital rape “as understood internationally” cannot be applied in India on account of factors such as illiteracy, poverty, social customs, values and beliefs. Her words were a virtual copy of a similar ministerial statement made a year ago. Has nothing changed in the thinking process, we want to ask. The government’s words fly in the face of UN recommendations, and spoil India’s chances of being a progressive global leader. Should our social reforms lag our excellence in digital technologies and scien-tific achievements? Criminalising marital rape will only extend the 2005 law against domestic violence. Not doing this is a missed opportunity in modernising the laws. Malaysia and Turkey, steeped in patriarchal cultures, are ahead of India in this curve. It must be said the previous Congress-led UPA government also saw a parliamentary panel saying virtually the same things lawmakers have said now. India’s Constitution is a modern one that promises equality and social justice, and laws must lead social reform rather than be victims of the status quo that parliamentary pan-els seem to helplessly endorse. There may be legiti-mate reasons to apply safeguards against the abuse of a law that criminalises marital rape. India’s laws against dowry and domestic violence have been abused in di-vorce disputes, with widespread complaints of police cases and lawsuits being used to harass men. Courts have already spoken out on the issue and their logic may be extended to safeguard men from abuse of rape laws. However, that is not a case against criminalising marital rape. A UN survey said in 2014 that one in ev-ery five Indian women has suffered rape in an intimate partnership. Why should India’s lawmakers bury their heads in the sand like ostriches while paying lip service to justice for women? It is time the government acted.

“The ‘Make in India’ vision is a priority for defence procurement but “operational readiness” is the military’s primary task as we don’t want people to look at us with big eyes,” - Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has said

speaking at a panel discussion on Make in India initiative in the defence sector on the opening day of the three-day technical festival, Cognizance 2016, of IIT Roorkee.

Agency | New Delhi

Sanjay Dutt may have walked out of jail last month after being in and out for the past 23 years but the Bollywood star says the feeling of free-dom is yet to sink in. The 56-year-old actor, who was convicted in the 1993 Mumbai seri-al blasts case, served a 42-month sentence at Pune’s Yerwada jail. He was released on February 25, 103 days ahead of his prison term. “I was in sol-itary confinement. It will take a bit longer for me to feel free. The feeling of freedom is yet to sink in.

I have been in and out of jail for the last 23 years. There were so many re-strictions, permissions to be take. I am getting used to live life like a free man. The feeling is yet to hit me. “They imprison you mentally more than physically. They tell you what to do and what not do in prison,” Dutt said at the India Today Con-clave. He said contrary to people’s perception he did not receive any spe-cial treatment during his jail term and was given the same food to eat and same clothes as any other inmate.

Agency | New Delhi

Actor Randeep Hooda, who has walked ramp for many designers, says he might launch a fashion line in future, but for now he is finding his “own footing in style”. Bollywood stars like Kangana Ranaut, Alia Bhatt, Deepika Padukone as well as Karan Johar have shared their fashion sense through a line, cap-sule collection or collabo-ration. And it seems Ran-deep is ready to take the same path. Randeep, who walked into the world of glitz and glamour as a model before entering the tinsel town as an ac-tor, was back on ramp on Friday as the show-stopper for designer Ro-hit Kamra at an ongoing fashion event here. When asked about sharing his

Agency | Dubai

Actor Varun Dhawan has revealed that Karan Jo-har’s much-ambitious project “Shuddhi”, star-ring him, has been put on hold and the duo are col-laborating on another film. The 28-year-old actor said the movie will be an-nounced soon but did not divulge any other details about it. “‘Shuddhi’ is not happening now but I am doing another project with Dharma (productions), which will be announced soon,” Varun said. There have been reports that Varun and Alia would star in “Badrinath Ki Dulha-

Agency | Dubai

Strange as it may sound but rapper Yo Yo Hon-ey Singh says he doesn’t know who rapper Rafta-ar is. The popular rapper known for his number Lungi Dance from Chen-nai Express also spoke at length about his illness (bipolar and alcoholism), adding that his fans de-served to why he was away for a while from showbiz. Singh, who is popular for numbers like Angrezi beat, Mana-li trance, Love dose and High heels, was away from the spotlight for al-most 18 months. He said it was due to his medical condition. Asked how he gained courage to speak about his problems to the

Agency | New Delhi

The big-budget special effects epic The Jungle Book has released its first Hindi trailer with Priyan-ka Chopra at the front and centre of the 1.5 minute clip. The trailer is basical-ly the same as the teaser we got a few months ago - just dubbed. The mak-ers have hired an all-star voice cast for both the English and Hindi ver-sions. If you remember that first teaser, it was mostly just Scarlett Jo-hansson’s character Kaa offering slithery warn-ings to Mowgli, and so is this one. But this time

Feels great working with talented person like Anushka: Salman Khan

‘Shuddhi’ not happening, doing a new film with Karan Johar: Varun dhawan

Jungle Book Hindi trailer: Priyanka Chopra ain’t no Scarlett Johansson

style statement with the world, he quipped that he is not ready to ask others to follow his style yet. “I was a model before act-ing. Maybe that (fashion line) is on the cards but I don’t know. I think I am still finding my own foot-ing in my style. As I am associated with horses, so that takes a lot of my time. Let us see… that (fashion line) might be on the cards but I don’t want to be pompous and say ‘Hey, follow my style’,”

Randeep said. What is his personal fashion sense? “I think dress for the oc-casion. I opt for tuxedo for formal occasions, and maybe a bandhgala for traditional wear,” he said. The actor looked dapper as he exuded so-phistication in a white jacket teamed up with brown trousers, and also seemed to have got back to a fit frame. He went on a weight loss spree for his avatar as Sarabjit Singh for the biopic “Sarbjit”.

I am yet to feel completely free, says Sanjay dutt

Kaa is voiced by Priyan-ka Chopra, who is in ev-erything now. While Pri-yanka can’t quite match up to Scarlett Johansson’s sultry delivery, she does manage to put her own spin on the character and adds a menacing touch to her performance. And the promise of Irrfan Khan,

Nana Patekar and Om Puri also voicing charac-ters just makes waiting for the April 8 release date seem like an eternity. The movie is directed by Iron Man’s Jon Favreau and is based on the cele-brated Rudyard Kipling novel, that was, of course, set in India.

Agency | New Delhi

Actor Aditi Rao Hydari who has been in news for her rumoured link-up with Bollywood actor-film-maker Farhan Akhtar, says though she laughs off such reports today, there was a time when she was new to the indus-try and felt the pressure of such reports. Today, she finds them “interesting”. “It’s part of our job,” said Aditi when asked about her reaction to how media rumours affects her as a woman than as an actor. “There are some days when I am irritated for five minutes and then we all laugh and get on with our work. I actually find

nia”, a sequel to Johar’s “Humpty Sharma Ki Dul-hania”. But the star did not confirm whether his next with Johar is that particu-lar project. Varun will also be seen in “Judwaa 2”, which will be directed by his father David Dhawan. It is the sequel to superstar Salman Khan’s 1997 hit

comedy “Judwaa”, which was also helmed by Da-vid. When asked what was Salman’s reaction on him doing the sequel, Varun said, “I think it is too early to talk about ‘Judwaa 2’. There’s ‘Dishoom’ com-ing up and one more sur-prise is there. We will talk about ‘Judwaa 2’ later.”

Agency | New Delhi

Superstar Salman Khan has praised his leading lady in “Sultan”, Anush-ka Sharma, saying he is having a great time work-ing with a talent like her. Several actresses were at-tached to the project since the film was announced last year but the movie finally went to Anushka.

When asked about his experience working with 27-year-old Anushka, Salman said, “It has been great. It feels good to work with good and tal-ented people.” The movie will see Salman playing Sultan Ali Khan, a Hary-ana-based wrestler. The 50-year-old actor called the YRF film one of the

most difficult movies of his career. “I am work-ing very hard. It is one of my most difficult mov-ies,” said the actor on the sidelines of the Times of India Film Awards (TOI-FA). The sports drama, directed by Ali Abbas Za-far, is set to release this Eid in a box office clash with Shah Rukh Khan’s.

world, Singh said at the red carpet of an awards ceremony in Dubai: “As an artiste, I believe that I am not my own property. I am the property of my fans. So I thought that they deserve to know about what exactly happened to me.” Many speculated that the Gabru rapper was

at a rehabilitation centre. However, Singh broke his silence and dismissed all rumours and opened up about his bipolar disorder and his battle with alco-holism earlier this month. While Singh was absent from the scene, other rap-pers gained prominence in Bollywood.

dazed! Honey Singh doesn’t know who rapper Raftaar is

Fashion line might be on the cards: Randeep Hooda

it entertaining,” she add-ed. The Rock On star and his celebrity hair-stylist wife Adhuna announced their decision to separate “mutually and amicably” earlier this year and it was reported that Aditi, who worked with Farhan in Wazir was the reason behind the split. Howev-er Aditi, who walked for designer Shruti Sanche-

ti at the ongoing Ama-zon India Fashion Week (AIFW) Winter-Festive 2016, in Delhi on Fri-day, says that “our lives are sometimes far more exciting on print then it actually is because we are working back to back, not sleeping, taking flights from here to there but you (media) attribute (it) as a very exciting life”.

I laugh off such link-up rumours now, says Aditi Rao Hydari

Salman Khan has praised his leading lady in “Sultan”, Anushka Sharma, saying he is having

a great time working with a talent like her

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SPORTS ROUNDUP

T20 World Cup 2016: South Africa aim for first victory vs Afghanistan at Mumbai

Road to Rio 2016: Ace wrestler Yogeshwar dutt secures Olympic quota for India

F1 qualifying format slammed as Hamilton wins Australia pole

New Zealand vs Australia, ICC World T20: Spinners play their part, so do the pacers

ICC Women World T20: Suzie Bates steers NZ to 93-run win over Ireland

Australian captain and ambassador, Meg Lanning is taking it in her stride

China’s Alibaba Planning to Enter Indian E-Commerce Market This Year

Sensex soars 275 points to hit 2-mth high; logs 3rd weekly rise

Saikiran Krishnamurthy may head Flipkart logistics unit ekart

Agency | Mumbai

The benchmark BSE Sensex today jumped by 275 points to settle at an over two-month high of 24,952.74 and also logged its third weekly gain as foreign funds continued to pump in money amid a firm global cues on dovish stance by the US Fed-eral Reserve. Also, the NSE Nifty again topped the 7,600-mark. Besides, the rupee appreciating to over two-month high of 66.55 against the dollar too boosted trading sentiment. Both the leading index-es surged for a third straight week as BSE Sensex climbed by 234.75 points or 0.94 per cent while NSE Nifty surged 94.15 points or 1.25 per cent. On the day, all the sectoral indexes, except healthcare, ended in green with the shares of IT, metal, real-ty, banking and auto leading gains. After opening higher, Sensex stayed in the positive zone through-out the day and hit the day’s high of 24,986.94, be-fore ending 275.37 points or 1.12 per cent higher at

24,952.74, its highest closing since January 6.

Agency | New Delhi

Chinese e-commerce major Alibaba Group is planning to enter India this year and is looking at opportunities to build the business organically or through other means. “We are planning to enter the e-commerce business in India in 2016. We have been exploring very carefully the e-commerce op-portunity in this country, which we think is very exciting on the backdrop of Digital India,” Alibaba Group President J Michael Evans said in New Del-hi. The company said it is evaluating all opportu-nities to build the business organically or look at any other thing that might come along. Evans, who along with Alibaba Group’s Global Managing Di-rector K Guru Gowrappan met Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Friday, said the company plans to come in India and work to serve both cus-tomers, consumers and small businesses because

that is the history and the DNA of Alibaba.

Agency | New Delhi

Flipkart Ltd, India’s largest e-commerce firm, is close to naming Saikiran Krishnamurthy, a senior leader in its core commerce business, as the head of its logistics unit ekart, said four people familiar with the matter. The move is aimed partly at break-ing down barriers between ekart and Flipkart’s commerce arm, which until recently were being run as independent businesses, two of the four people said. Krishnamurthy most recently head-ed the service product group in Flipkart’s com-merce platform. His team is responsible for order fulfilment, post-delivery and seller services, and is closely linked to ekart, which is a key business for Flipkart, employing more than 20,000 workers who deliver smartphones, clothes, shoes, TVs and other products to customers. He is expected to take charge this month, the four people cited above said. Krishnamurthy was one of Flipkart’s high-profile hires last year. The online retailer hired him from consultant McKinsey & Co. in March. Mint first reported on 12 January that Flipkart has started the hunt for a new chief for ekart.

Agency | Mumbai

Advancing into the Su-per 10 stage for the first time in three attempts, minnows Afghanistan will face a formidable challenge when they clash with South Africa in the ICC World Twenty 20 Championship at the Wankhede Stadium here tomorrow. Afghanistan suffered a narrow defeat against defending cham-pions Sri Lanka in their opening Group 1 game at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens and they will have to get across South Africa to keep themselves afloat. The Proteas, on the other hand, suffered a stunning two-wicket loss against England last night despite scoring a record-high score of 229 for 4 and Faf du Plessis’ men would

Agency | Nagpur

In the first match of the Women’s Big Bash series, Australian captain and Melbourne Stars skipper Meg Lanning starred. Making 90 runs off 58 balls, she was out LBW to fellow national repre-sentative Delissa Kim-mince. “She’s furious,” an onlooker observed – and Lanning looked it. Head bowed, she strode off the pitch with the air of someone thorough-ly embarrassed by what had just taken place and keen to leave the scene of her indiscretion. She was not angry, just tired, Lanning insisted. Well, maybe a little annoyed. Lanning says she was an incredibly competitive child, in sport or at card

Agency | Melbourne

Drivers and teams slammed Formula One’s new qualifying system and fans walked out on the anti-climactic finish as reigning champion Lewis Hamilton claimed pole position on Saturday for the season-opening Australian Grand Prix. Hamilton’s time of 1 min-ute, 23.837 at the Albert Park circuit was three-tenths of a second faster than Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg, with third and fourth place filled by the Ferraris of Sebastian Vettel and Kimi Raik-konen. The new quali-fying format of rolling eliminations every 90 seconds failed to produce an intended shake-up in the grid order, and in the third and final qualifying session, many drivers chose to save tires for the race rather than try to bet-ter the times of the cars

come hard at the Afghans, eager to notch up their first win in the tourna-ment to stay in contention for the last four berth. The Afghans need to stand up to this assault, with both bat and ball from South Africa whose bowlers – barring Imran Tahir – were taken to the cleaners by the Joe Root-inspired England. Can a bunch of amateur cricketers defeat a top outfit like South Af-rica, who will be coming at them at full tilt, and

remain in contention for a semi-final spot, is the big question. Jean-Paul Duminy, who played an important all-round part for South Africa by strik-ing a brisk 28-ball 54 and then snapping 1 for 31, said that his team needs to put the defeat behind and focus on the match against Afghanistan. “Ex-tras (26) let us down, we bowled too many wides (20) and so forth; that’s something we have to look at.

Agency | Mohali

Skipper Suzie Bates led from the front with a quickfire half-century as New Zealand Women registered a comprehen-sive 93-run victory over Ireland Women in their World Twenty20 Group A clash in Mohali on Friday. Fresh from comfortable win against Sri Lanka, New Zealand posted a

competitive 177 for three after opting to bat and then restricted Ireland to 84 for five in their allotted 20 overs at the PCA stadi-um in Mohali. Kiwi open-er Bates scored 82 off just 60 deliveries that includ-ed seven hits to the fence and two sixes, while So-phie Devine also chipped in with a crucial 34-ball 47. Bates and Devine put

Agency | Dharamsala

Soon after Kane William-son called the coin cor-rectly and did the needful, to bat on a surface that was getting more baked in the sun and hence drier and more difficult to bat on as the game weans away, the announcer at the stadium read out the New Zealand eleven from the team-sheet. He stammered, in-advertently at the sixth name on the sheet. After a pause, he read out, “Mc-le-ghan”. Not satisfied, he paused again, and came up with another variant, “Mc-clean-again”. Unwilling to give up, he attempt-ed again. The third time though, the tired announc-er, came close to getting the surname correct, “Mc-clain-again”. Reasonably satisfied, he moved on,

Agency | Astana

Star wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt on Saturday secured an Olympic quota place for India after making the final round of the men’s 65kg freestyle event on the second day of the Asian Olympic Qualifica-tion tournament here. Yo-geshwar became the sec-ond Indian wrestler after Narsingh Yadav to book a

berth for the Rio Games, to be held later this year. The 33-year-old qualified for Olympics by virtue of reaching the final. The top two finishers in each weight category here are assured of a Rio berth. The London Olympics bronze-medallist will clash on Saturday with Adam Batirov for a gold medal finish. En route the

final, Yogeshwar put up a dominating show, win-ning all his three bouts. Having defeated Kim Ju-song of North Korea in qualification round 8-1, he got the better of Xuan Dinh Nguyen of Vietnam by fall verdict 12-2 in quarters and then followed it up by beating Lee Seung-Chul of Korea 7-2 in his semifinal bout.

on an important 104-run stand together for the sec-ond wicket to put Kiwis on the course for setting their rivals a competitive target. After Devine’s dismissal, captain Bates continued in the able company of Sara McGlashan (14 not out). The two added 44 runs for third wicket to steer the team past 150-run mark. Chasing 178 for victory, Ireland were never in the fray as they kept on losing wickets at regular interval and failed to reach even the three-figure mark. Captain Isobel Joyce fought a lone battle for Ireland, scoring 33-ball 28. But all others came a cropper against the Kiwi bowlers.

and read out the remaining names in a single breath. A few restless souls in the crowd, the studious lin-guists in them, too must have taken their tongues through a few twirls and twists. Then when Mar-tin Guptill began his onslaught of Australian bowlers, they must buried this tongue-twisting sur-name down their brains. Like the announcer, the crowd too must not have anticipated the peculiar-ly difficult-to-pronounce surname to feature on the

team sheet. Perhaps, even Mitchell McClenaghan too might not have fan-cied him being picked for the match. It was almost certain they would swap a spinner for a seamer on a surface not as much as a vicious turner that Nagpur was. But Mc-Clenaghan was perhaps the third choice, for there were far more accom-plished seamers cool-ing their heels off, Tim Southee and Trent Boult, their trusted new-ball pair in longer versions.

ahead of them. The lead-ing drivers were out of their cars and fans were streaming out with min-utes still remaining in the session. No sooner had the session ended than Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff said the new format was “rubbish” and Red Bull team boss Chris-tian Horner said there should be an apology to fans. The first session of qualifying was frantic, with all cars on the track trying to set a time as the clock ticked down toward the eliminations, and some teams made bad miscalculations, sending drivers out too late to be

able to even start a lap. However, that breathless start gave way to a dull finish, as driver after driv-er accepted elimination without even bothering to go out onto the track, deciding it was better to save tires than make an unrealistic attempt to bet-ter the cars ahead of them. There were no cars on the track in the final three minutes and fans were already streaming out of the stands. The new for-mat was adopted at the last moment and against the advice of many teams and drivers who predict-ed such an anti-climactic finish.

games. She hated los-ing. You need to be, she says, to play elite sport. But becoming a leader forced her to gain a bit of perspective. “I’m always cranky when I get out, I’m never happy,” she said, “I usually go into the changerooms and fuss around and then I come out and I’m fine, I need a moment to get over it.” “Captaincy’s taught me to focus less on my own game, if I make a duck

and we win, the overrid-ing feeling is it’s been a great day, and that’s been a really good thing.” No one said being captain of the Australian cricket side was easy and at just 23, Lanning is also part of a major push to make it the sport of choice for girls. The runaway suc-cess of the first Women’s Big Bash League was pleasing, she says; now it is a matter of maintaining the momentum.

The London Olympics bronze-

medallist will clash on Saturday with

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Correspondent | Rajkot

Protest against the death of a cow protection group leader in Rajkot follow-ing collective consump-tion of pesticide by eight people on March 17, con-tinued in some parts of the state today even as the police has started the investigation of the death from a possible ‘conspir-acy’ angle. Bandh was ob-served in Mandvi, Rapar and some other areas of Kutch district, Banskan-tha and Valsad districts by various pro-Hin-du outfits to protest the death of Hindabhai alias

Gabhrubhai Lambadi-ya (Bharvad), the head of Vishwa Gauvansh Suraksha Samiti who was instrumental in sav-ing thousands of cows from going to butchery and had died in the civ-il hospital in Rajkot on March 17 following con-sumption of pesticide with seven of his aides in collector office premised here after the expiry of 24 hours ultimatum peri-od to the administration demanding declaration of cow as Rashtramata and complete ban on the sell of beef.

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

Gujarat high court on Fri-day ruled that a parent is liable to maintain a son till he turns 18 and starts earning. The HC made it clear that a parent is liable to maintain an unmarried daughter even after she attains an ma-jority and is also liable to spend for her wedding. However, the same provision does not apply for a son. According to provisions of Section 125 of CrPC, a father or mother is not responsible to pay maintenance to a son once he turns 18 if he is not mentally or physi-cally unfit. The case in

question is a divorce pe-tition involving a doctor, Dinesh Oza, who practic-es in Visnagar and his wife Nita. The wife was driven out of the home in 2006 and she lodged an FIR

with Satellite police in 2006. On the other hand, the doctor filed a divorce petition in Mehsana. The woman filed for mainte-nance in Ahmedabad’s

family court. The court ordered the doctor to pay his wife and son. In the second round of litigation, the court enhanced the amount and asked the doc-tor to continue to pay his son till he turned 18 years.

The father stopped pay-ments to his son

when he turned 18 in October 2013. The wife moved

the family court against this. The

family court asked her to move the HC for clarifica-tion on whether the father should continue to pay af-ter the boy turned 18. The court also asked the doctor to deposit arrears of Rs 78,000 with the court.

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

Not satisfied with the Gu-jarat government’s reply to a PIL seeking ban on diesel-run vehicles to curb pollution, the High Court today asked it to spell out a time-bound action plan. The government, in its affidavit, only expressed its intention to phase out the old diesel vehicles and ban the entry of such vehicles in the city. But the division bench of Chief Justice R Subhash Reddy and Justice Anant Dave asked the govern-ment to come up with a time-bound action plan and adjourned the hear-ing to April 22. The gov-

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

Around 300 striking workers of Tata Nano plant were on Saturday detained by police when they gathered outside the plant to protest the sus-pension of their co-work-ers at Sanand Gujarat Industrial Development Corporation (GIDC). Po-lice detained them soon after they gathered at around 11 am to protest amid tight police security outside the Nano plant. Police said protesters gathered without writ-ten permission to hold a rally. “We have detained all protesting workers, around 300 of them, after they gathered at gate num-ber 2 of GIDC without written permission from the magistrate for the event,” said Ahmedabad

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Police detains 300 Tata Nano workers on strike at Gujarat plant

Sedition case: Gujarat HC issues notice to state govt on Hardik’s bail plea

Gujarat Assembly: Congress supports ‘rashtra mata’ status for cow, no commitment from BJP

Gujarat HC seeks action plan for phasing out old diesel vehicles

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

The Gujarat High Court Friday issued notice to Gujarat government on the petition moved by Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) leader Hardik Patel seeking bail in the sedition case lodged by the Ahmedabad De-tection of Crime Branch (DCB). Justice A J Desai asked the government to file its reply and kept the next hearing on April 7. Hardik has moved High Court after his bail was rejected by the Ahmed-abad sessions court on various grounds, includ-ing the apprehension that the Patidar leader would repeat similar offence. Hardik is behind bars since his arrest on Octo-ber 18 and his subsequent petitions for relief have been rejected. On the oth-er hand, four of his key associates on Thursday

Sunvilla News | Ahmedabad

Noted political scientist Philip Oldenburg, in his lecture ‘The Indian Pol-itician’, part of the AU-Cept series, said Indian politicians are often un-fairly painted as dishon-est, corrupt and self serv-ing, and their positive role in Indian democracy is greatly devalued. Old-enburg has been a pro-fessor of political science at Columbia University since 1977 and is consid-ered an expert on Indian politics. He has edited or co-edited 10 volumes in The Asia Society’s ‘India

Briefing’ series. Accord-ing to Oldenburg, the overwhelming majority of “full-time politicians”, i.e, those who spend 40 hours a week in political work, are vocational pol-iticians, with a calling for such work. He estimates there are around 4 lakh full time politicians in In-dia. He says MPs, MLAs and their opponents are just 6.5% of this. The portrayal of politicians in the media is not com-pletely accurate or pro-portionate. Especially, with regard to ‘criminal politicians’.

Sunvilla News | Gandhinagar

Opposition Congress ag-gressively took up the issue of “rashtra mata” or “mother of the nation” status for cow in the Gu-jarat Assembly on Friday, a day after an activist in Rajkot committed suicide in support of the demand, even as the ruling BJP maintained a stoic silence over the matter. Leader of Opposition Shankersinh Vaghela announced that his party would support the government if it goes ahead with a move to declare cow as “rashtra mata”. Congress MLAs also staged a symbolic walkout after Assembly Speaker Ganpat Vasava did not allow discussion in the House over the is-sue of cow protection.

Rural Deputy Superin-tendent of Police (SP) P O Bhatt. The workers had decided to go ahead with their plan to hold protest rally near Tata Nano plant site at Sanand after talks with the com-pany over re-instatement of 26 suspended work-ers failed. Tata Motors has maintained that the

company has no issues recognising an “internal union,” but workers have claimed that their main demand to re-instate sus-pended workers is not be-ing met by the company management. As many as 422 workers are on strike since February 22 mainly to protest suspension of their colleagues, demand-

ing that the suspension be immediately revoked. The matter escalated when the company earli-er suspended two work-ers for indiscipline and another 24 after workers allegedly damaged new vehicles inside the plant. The strike was later de-clared illegal by the state government.

Replica of Gir Lion Sanctuary of Gujarat opens at London Zoo in England

Agency | London

ZSL London Zoo’s most majestic residents were given a Royal welcome on Thursday 17 March – when the brand new Asiatic lion exhibit was officially opened by HM The Queen and HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. The Royals toured the Zoo’s new Land of the Lions and spent time talking to staff about the incredible interactive experienc-es the exhibit will have on offer to visitors. Li-onesses Indi, Rubi and Heidi even showed their respect for the Royal guests – coming to within a whisker of Her Majesty and His Royal Highness in the exhibit’s stunning 360 Temple Clearing. Director General Ralph

Armond said: “We were delighted to welcome Her Majesty and His Royal Highness to ZSL London Zoo this morning to open our new Land of the Li-ons exhibit. Her Majesty actually opened our pre-vious lion enclosure 40 years ago and it was an honour to have her return with HRH The Duke in the year of her 90th birth-day.” Land of the Lions, a £5.2m development, has been created to transport visitors from the heart of London to the vibrant

setting of Sasan Gir in Gujarat, India – the last remaining stronghold of Asiatic lions – and bring visitors closer than ever to the big cats. Covering an expanse of 2,500sqm (27,000sqft), visitors will enter Land of the Lions through a grand stone archway, pick up a ‘park pass’ at the Gir Tourist Information centre and explore Sasan Gir Train Station – where the odd lion might be spotted snoozing on the tracks – before being awed by the

exhibit’s incredible cen-trepiece, a 360° Temple Clearing where the big cats will roam just metres away, separated only by fine wires. ZSL London Zoo’s biggest project-to-date and incorporating ZSL’s decades of animal expertise, the flagship exhibit provides the ide-al home for the Asiatic lions, who will play a vi-tal role in the European breeding programme for the endangered species, of which only 500 remain in the wild.

ernment today informed in its affidavit that some 40 per cent diesel-run vehicles in the state are very old and are, to some extent, responsible for pollution. There was a plan to phase out such vehicles and ban their entry in the city, it said. The petition, by environ-mental activist Devjibhai Dhamecha, advocates conversion of diesel ve-hicles to CNG vehicles.

The government said that CNG refilling stations are gradually coming up in various parts of Gu-jarat, including remote areas. The PIL points out that despite the past or-ders of the High Court, the government is still using diesel-run buses. All commercial vehi-cles using diesel and not complying with BS4 pol-lution norms should be banned, it demands.

Immediately after the Question Hour, Congress chief whip Balvantsinh Rajput took up the Ra-jkot incident in which a man died after he and seven others consumed pesticide outside the dis-trict collector’s office on Thursday morning, de-manding “rashtra mata” status for cow. The Speak-

er, however, denied any discussion over the matter saying that no notice has been given in this regard. Following this, Congress MLAs started raising slo-gans against cow slaugh-ter. Subsequently, Vaghe-la said the Rajkot incident was “very serious” and that it could lead to more such incidents.

Hardik has moved High Court after his bail was rejected by the Ahmedabad sessions court on

various grounds, including the apprehension that the Patidar leader would repeat similar offence

submitted a written under-taking before the sessions court, pledging that they will not repeat the offence if granted bail. The court will pronounce the or-der on their bail pleas on Monday. Hardik’s anoth-er petition for bail in the sedition case lodged by Surat police is also pend-ing in the High Court. It is likely to come up for hearing next week. Be-fore issuing the notice, the court inquired about the status of the petition filed by Hardik in the Supreme Court seeking to quash the case against him. Har-dik’s lawyer Zubin Bhar-da said the next hearing in apex court was scheduled in the first week of April. On March 11, Hardik ap-proached the High Court

after the sessions court re-jected his bail application, filed after the city police’s crime branch submitted a chargesheet in the case in January. The petition contends that sedition is a colonial law enacted by the British to suppress the voice of freedom fighters and it had been invoked wrongfully against the Patel leader who was only fighting for his commu-nity. It also says that the police have failed to link Hardik’s intercepted tele-phonic conversations with his associates with the vi-olence during the stir in August last year.

Father must maintain son only till he’s 18: Gujarat HC

Police investigating conspiracy angle in Rajkot

cow protector’s suicide

‘We devalue the positive effect politicians have on democracy’