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1. AHMEDABAD l TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2020 l Pages 14 l 3.00 RNI NO. GUJENG/2019/16208 l Vol 1 l Issue No. 77 Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Chinese President Xi Jinping. —FILE PHOTO DEMONSTRATES FRIENDSHIP: CHINA ON PM’S LETTER TO XI OVER VIRUS CRISIS In a letter to President Xi Jinping, PM Modi expressed solidarity with the president and people of China over the outbreak of the virus that has claimed over 900 lives in the neighbouring country spread of the virus.” We stand ready to work with India and other members of the international munity to tackle fight the epi- demic and safeguard regional and global public health securi- ty,” Geng said. Indian Ambassador to China Vikram Misri told the Indian media on Monday that India was in touch with Chinese of- ficials to find out the im- mediate requirements to deal with the epidemic. The death toll in China’s coronavirus outbreak has gone up to 908 with 97 new fa- talities mostly in the worst- affected Hubei prov- ince and the con- firmed cases of infec- tion crossing 40,000, Chinese health offi- cials said on Monday. A team of interna- tional experts led by the World Health Organisa- tion (WHO) would ar- rive in China on Mon- day night to assist the Chinese health officials to contain the spread of coronavirus outbreak.” I’ve just been at the airport seeing off members of an ad- vance team for the @ WHO-led 2019nCoV international expert mission to China, led by Dr Bruce Aylward, veteran of past pub- lic health emergen- cies,” WHO director general Tedros Adha- nom Ghebreyesus said in a tweet. Chinese Foreign Minis- try spokesman Geng Sh- uang said.” India’s acts of good- will fully strate its friendship with China,” Geng said during an online media briefing while replying to a question on PM Modi’s letter to President Jinping. Prime Minister Modi also offered India’s as- sistance to China to face the challenge, besides conveying condolences over the loss of lives due to the outbreak. The prime minister also conveyed to Pres- ident Xi his apprecia- tion for facilitating evacuation of around 650 Indian citizens from the worst-affect- ed Hubei province Beijing: Monday appreciated Prime Minister Naren- dra Modi’s letter to President Xi Jinping offering solidarity and assistance to deal with the deadly coronavi- rus outbreak, saying it “fully demonstrated” New Delhi’s friendship with Beijing.In a letter to President Jinping, PM Modi expressed solidarity with the president and people of China over the out- break of the virus that has claimed over 900 lives in the neighbour- ing country .” We thank and appre- ciate India’s support for China’s fight against the NCP Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia, the official name for coronavirus,” China on APPRECIATION com- jointly demon- last week. A sizeable number of countries have evacu- ated their citizens from China and restricted movement of people and goods to and from China. India too has put re- strictions on the move- ment of people to and from China as part of precautionary ures to contain the reported meas- YOU READ IT FIRST IN FIRST INDIA FEBRUARY 10, 2020 CM exhorts students to counter challenges of 21st century Darshan Desai was addressing the lec- ture series on ‘Rebuild- ing the Judiciary – Na- tion Building’ organ- ised by the Centre for Constitutional and Ad- ministrative Law at the Gujarat National Law University here with former Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi as the chief guest. Speaking at length on legislature, judiciary and executive as the three pillars of democ- racy, Rupani said that, “Our constitutional system is unique in the sense that ours is the world’s largest democ- racy . While all the three pillars independently performed their func- the lamp at the lecture series on ‘Rebuilding the Judiciary in Nation Building’ in Gandhinagar on Monday. superintendent’s office at Gandhidham to pro- vide property cards on the basis of documents of 30,000 lease land hold- ers on the Deendayal (Kandla) Port Trust in the Kutch district. The work could not be undertaken earlier be- cause when it was allot- ted to the Gandhidham- Adipur twin township around February 1996, the land belonged to the port trust for simultane- ous development of the townships and the port. Since the lease condi- tions were directly under the Central Government, the State Government had no control over that land. Related Report P10 rat’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Pa- tel’s integration of 565 princely states in the Union of India as a best example of his contribu- tion to the nation build- ing. “Had he lived longer, he would have strength- ened the nation further,” Justice Gogoi said. A MoU was signed be- tween Gujarat Govern- ment’s Biotechnology Mission and Gujarat National Law Universi- ty to jointly develop and start Postgraduate Di- ploma Course in ‘Bio- technology and Law and Public Policy’. Meanwhile, in anoth- er key event, Rupani ap- proved a new city survey illustrious son tions, the independent judiciary is the strength of the country, insepa- rable from the process of nation building. He said the country has always respected the judiciary’s ver- dicts. He said the Su- preme Court’s recent judgment on Ram Jan- mabhoomi the judiciary’s matu- rity , sensitivity and independence. might have taken time, but the judiciary has gone into the fineness of truth and untruth in interpretation.” Supreme Court’s re- tired Chief Justice Ran- jan Gogoi, in his keynote address, recalled Guja- Gandhinagar: Guja- rat Chief Minister Vi- jay Rupani on Monday exhorted the law stu- dents to realise and identify their duties as citizens and con- tribute their might to face the challenges in the 21st Century in nation building. Rupani said the law students would short- ly embark on the role of practising lawyers and they should en- sure the common man gets justice as well as work towards further strengthening empower the nation. The Chief Minister “reflects It and Chief Minister Vijay Rupani with Former Chief Justice of Supreme Court, Justice Ranjan Gogoi lighting

2. TALKING POINT 02 AHMEDABAD | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2020 www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia PARASITE IN PARADISE Best International Feature Film  Corpus Christi  Honeyland  Les Misérables  Pain and Glory Parasite Best Director  Martin Scorsese, The Irish- man  Todd Phillips, Joker  Sam Mendes, 1917  Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood  Bong Joon-ho, Parasite Best Picture  Ford v Ferrari  The Irishman  Jojo Rabbit  Joker  Little Women  Marriage Story  1917  Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Parasite Cast of Parasite including Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam, Lee Sun-kyun, Park So-dam, Cho Yeo-jeong, Lee Jung-eun, Jang Hye-jin, and Park Myung- hoonwere. theme in his films, be it monster movie “The Host” or his first full- fledged English-lan- guage film “Snowpierc- er”, starring Hollywood star Chris Evans and his favourite Song Kang Ho. “Parasite”, a cleverly crafted class satire, is Bong Joon Ho’s seventh film. —PTI Bong, 50, is not new to the western audiences and first broke on the international with his second South Korean language fea- ture “Memories of Mur- der”, based on a real incident and still con- sidered to be his best by many fans. The rich-poor divide has been a recurring allows, I would like to get a Texas chainsaw, split the Oscar trophy into five and share it with all of you,” he said through his interpreter Sharon Choi. He joked that after the win, which culmi- nates a busy award sea- son for the director, he would “drink till the next morning”. be nominated was a huge honor; I never thought I would win. “When people in the US were not familiar with my film, Quentin always put my films on his list. He is here, thank you so much. Quentin, I love you. And Todd and Sam, great directors that I ad- mire. If the Academy quipped. “When I was young and studying cinema, there was a saying that I carved deep into my heart, which is ‘the most personal is the most creative’. That quote was from our great Martin Scorsese. When I was in school, I studied Scorsese’s films. Just to Laura Dern wins best supporting actress Oscar for ‘Marriage Story’ DERN HAILS CAST trophies. In his speech, the di- rector gave a shout-out to fellow nominees, sin- gling out “The Irish- man” director Martin Scorsese and “Once Upon a Time in Holly- wood” director Quentin Tarantino. “I thought I was done for the day and was ready to relax,” Bong Los Angeles: Director Bong Joon Ho scripted history by becoming the first Asian and South Korean filmmak- er to bag the best direc- tor Oscar for his class satire “Parasite” at the 92nd Academy Awards where it also walked away with the best pic- ture, screenplay and in- ternational feature film scene Martin COMPLETE LIST OF WINNERS Best costume design  The Irishman  Jojo Rabbit  Joker  Little Women – WIN- NER  Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Best documentary  American Factory – WINNER  The Cave  The Edge of Democ- racy  For Sama  Honeyland Best documentary short  In the Absence  Learning to Skate- board in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl) – WINNER  Life Overtakes Me  St Louis Superman  Walk Run Cha-Cha Best supporting actress  Kathy Bates, Richard Jewell  Laura Dern, Marriage Story – WINNER  Scarlett Johansson, Jojo Rabbit  Florence Pugh, Little Women  Margot Robbie, Bombshell Best cinematography  The Irishman  Joker  The Lighthouse  1917 – WINNER  Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Best sound editing  Ford v Ferrari – WIN- NER  Joker  1917  Once Upon a Time in Hollywood  Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker  Into the Unknown, Frozen II  Stand Up, Harriet Best film editing  Ford v Ferrari – WIN- NER  The Irishman  Jojo Rabbit  Joker  Parasite Best visual effects  Avengers Endgame  The Irishman  1917 – WINNER  The Lion King  Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Best actor  Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory  Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood  Adam Driver, Mar- riage Story  Joaquin Phoenix, Joker – WINNER  Jonathan Pryce, The Two Popes Best actress  Cynthia Erivo, Harriet  Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story  Saoirse Ronan, Little Women  Charlize Theron, Bombshell  Renée Zellweger, Judy – WINNER to the fore, Dern’s per- formance as a wealthy helicopter mom Renata Klein in HBO series “Big Little Lies” re- flected a change in time. The role of an angry woman on screen dur- ing the nascent stage of the #MeToo movement hit close to home and also won the actor her first Emmy for best supporting actress in a limited series or movie. She kick-started started her career in the 1980s but her offi- cial film debut was an appearance in “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Any- more” (1974), directly opposite her mother. Dern rose to promi- nence with Lynch’s 1986 neo-noir mystery “Blue Velvet”. She later received an Academy Award nomi- nation for best actress for her portrayal of the titular orphan in the 1991 drama “Rambling Rose”. The generation of the 1990s still recognis- es Dern as the soft-spo- ken, maternal opinionated Dr Ellie Sattler from Steven Spielberg’s “Jurassic Park” series. Besides Lynch and Spielberg, worked with directing greats such as Martin Scorsese, Demme, Paul Thomas Anderson, Clint East- wood, and Robert Alt- man. —PTI Los Angeles: Holly- wood star Laura Dern couldn’t have asked for a better birthday pre- sent than an Oscar as she won her maiden Academy Award in the best supporting actress category for her role in “Marriage Story”. The actor, who turns 53 on Monday, won the Oscar for playing Nora Fanshaw, a firebrand divorce counsel to Scar- lett Johansson’s charac- ter undergoing separa- tion from her husband, played by Adam Driver. Dern beat Johansson, nominated for “Jojo Rabbit”, and her “Little Women” co-star Flor- ence Pugh in the catego- ry. Other were Margot Robbie (“Bombshell”) Kathy Bates (“Richard Jewell”). “This is the best birthday present ever,” Dern declared as she ac- cepted her trophy . “Some say meet your heroes but I say if you are really blessed, you get them as your parents,” the actor said, dedicating the award to her parents, veteran actors Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd. Dern hailed the cast and crew of her film. She singled out director Noah Baumbach as she praised him for his “vi- sion” and “magic”. “Noah wrote a movie about love and about breaching divisions in the name and in the Taika Waititi, winner of the award for best adapted screenplay for Jojo Rabbit. Best sound mixing  Ford v Ferrari  Joker  1917 – WINNER  Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Best original score  Joker – WINNER  Little Women  Marriage Story  1917  Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker Best original song  I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away, Toy Story 4  I’m Gonna Love Me Again, Rocketman – WINNER  I’m Standing With You, Breakthrough honour of family and home, and hopefully for all of us, in the name of our planet,” she added. A decorated actor who has largely been celebrated for her act- ing chops both on TV and in cinema, Dern to- day is at the top of her game. Her turn as the fierce yet charming and sup- portive Nora had al- ready earned Dern her fifth Golden Globe, a BAFTA, a Choice Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. The actor has often talked about her affini- ty towards unassuming but sticky characters and as Nora she blazed the screen, especially with her much-talked about monologue in the divorce drama. But much “Marriage Story” came nominees David and never Critics and she has Jonathan Jonas Rivera, from left, Mark Nielsen, and Josh Cooley, winners of the award for best animated feature fi lm for Toy Story 4, pose in the press room at the Oscars. before

3. AHMEDABAD l TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2020 l Pages 14 l 3.00 RNI NO. GUJENG/2019/16208 l Vol 1 l Issue No. 77 DELHI ELECTION RESULTS TODAY New Delhi: Tight security arrangements have been put in place at various centres across the national capital where the counting of votes polled in the high- stakes February 8 Delhi Assembly elections will take place on Tuesday. The curiosity among people to know the outcome of the elections to the 70-mem- ber Delhi Assembly has heightened post-exit polls, that has forecast a big win for the ruling AAP, and the delay in announcement of the fi nal voter turnout by authorities. A woman protestor shouts as police stop many others during their march against the amended Citizenship Act, NRC and NPR, near Jamia Nagar in New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY PTI JAMIA PROTESTERS DETAINED ON WAY TO PARL ‘DON’T BURST CRACKERS IN VICTORY CELEBRATIONS TO PREVENT POLLUTION’ New Delhi: A day ahead of election results, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday asked AAP volunteers not to burst fi recrackers during victory celebrations to prevent air pollution. Party functionaries said though preparations are underway to celebrate the victory in the polls, whose results will be announced on Tuesday, Kejriwal has asked party volunteers not to burst fi recrackers as it contributes to pollution. protesters, including several women, began their march from Jamia’s gate no 7. The protesters raised slo- gans like “Kagaz Nahi Dikhayenge’ (We will not show documents) the protesters refused to end their agitation. Police said the protesters did not have permission to march towards Parliament. Amid heavy deployment of security personnel in and around the university, the The protest call was giv- en by the Jamia Coordina- tion Committee (JCC), an organisation of Jamia stu- dents and alumni. Despite repeated ap- peals from the police and the varsity authorities, New Delhi: Scores of Ja- mia Millia students and residents of Jamia Nagar on Monday got into a scuf- fle with police after they were stopped from carry- ing an anti-CAA march towards Parliament. Turn on P5 How can you block public road? SC issues notices to Centre, Delhi govt, police on Shaheen Bagh Guj ATS nabs Mum serial blasts accused ‘Can 4-month-old take part in stir?’ Sabrimala: Can refer larger bench  Caught travelling to Dubai from Mumbai on a Pakistani passport New Delhi: “Can a 4-month-old child be taking part in such (Shaheen Bagh) protests?”, the Supreme Court asked on Monday while warning some women lawyers for making “explosive submissions” that kids participating in these anti-CAA demonstrations are being called names, ‘terrorist’, ‘gaddar’ (traitor), ‘Pakistani’, in school. New Delhi: The nine- judge bench of the Su- preme Court on Monday held that questions of law can be referred to a larger review bench. The nine-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sharad Arvind Bobde, passed the verdict on more than 50 review petitions challenging the top court’s earlier judg- ment on Sabarimala.  wanted in Rs 1,500 cr narcotics smuggling case First India News New Delhi: The Su- preme Court on Mon- day said the anti-CAA protesters at Delhi’s Shaheen Bagh cannot block public roads and create inconven- ience for others. The apex court is- sued notices to the Centre, Delhi govern- ment and the police on pleas seeking re- moval of protesters from Shaheen Bagh. “There is a law and people have grievance against it. The matter is pending in court. Despite that some people are pro- testing. They are entitled to protest,” a bench com- prising justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph said. “You cannot block the public roads. There cannot be indefinite pe- riod of protest in such an area. Never before ‘EWS type’ Smart Ghar-3 to give wings to dream housing Ahmedabad: In a late Sunday night swoop, the Gujarat Anti-Ter- rorist Squad on ar- rested Munaf Halari, a prime accused in the 1993 serial blasts and wanted in a Rs 1,500 crore narcotics smuggling case. He was picked up when he was going to Dubai from Mumbai via a transit flight, on a Pakistani passport. Halari was arrested on the basis of a spe- cific intelligence re- ceived by K K Patel, ACP of Gujarat ATS Gujarat. He was wanted in a case of heroin smug- gling through Gujarat Coast in which five Pa- kistani nationals were arrested from high sea Munaf Halari in ATS custody. on January 2, 2020. The ATS said Munaf Halari is also a prime accused in the Mumbai serial blasts case, “in which he had played vi- tal role” and Red Cor- ner Notice was issued against him on the re- quest of CBI. He is a close associate of Tiger Memon, one of the main conspirators of the 1993 Mumbai blasts of the year 1993. It may be recalled that a series of bomb explo- sions in Mumbai on March 12, 1993, claimed 257 lives and injured 713 people. It caused de- struction of properties worth more than Rs 27 crore. SC upholds SC/ST Amendment Act, law has no provision for anticipatory bail Apex Court seeks Raj govt’s response on Kota deaths New Delhi: The Su- preme Court on Mon- day sought response from the Rajasthan government on a plea seeking probe into the death of over 100 in- fants at a hospital in Kota recently . A bench comprising Chief Justice S A Bob- de and Justices B R Gavai and Surya Kant issued a notice to the state government on a plea filed by noted doc- tor K K Aggarwal and social worker Mishra seeking probe into the death of new- born babies due to lack of equipment at a government hospital in Kota. senior police offi- cials is not needed. The Act also does not provide for antici- patory bail to the ac- cused being charged with SC/ST Courts can, however, quash FIRs in excep- tional circumstances. judgment court which had di- luted the provisions of the Act. A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra said a preliminary inquiry is not essen- tial before lodging an FIR under the act and the approval of of the New Delhi: Supreme Court on Monday up- held the constitu- tional validity of the Scheduled and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atroc- ities) Amendment Act of 2018 enacted to nullify the effects of the March 20, 2018 B Castes Act. Turn on P5 Turn on P5 Turn on P5 Masuma Bharmal Jariwala provide inclusive inte- grated housing by way of adding technical fea- tures and modifying the existing practices of building components . Considered above initiatives, the GRIHA (Green Rating for Integrated Habi- tat Assessment) has awarded Building tion’ making Rajkot the first city to re- ceive this honor in af- Huge theme based paintings, centrally lo- cated huge green space designed in a way that every dweller gets max- imum green view, fully openable windows, ven- tilators, solar roof top PV for common elec- tricity requirement, rain water harvesting , anganwadi, shopping area, play area, cavity wall on southern side, use of AAC blocks for masonry work, electric fordable housing cat- egory. Alpana Mitra, City Engineer housing at RMC who is instrumen- tal behind the building environmental friendly housing speaking to First India said, “Lot of efforts have gone in en- suring such a unique, innovative, comforta- ble, energy friendly de- sign to make environ- mental friendly living. meeting change challenges. Based on an innova- tive approach for ther- mally comfortable liv- ing and township Ghar-3 built under Pradhan Aawas Yojna by Ra- jkot Municipal Corpo- ration, it has 1,176 EWS type dwelling units constructed near Aryaland Residency in Mavdi area of the city . climate Rajkot: While Prime Minister Modi dreams for hous- ing for all by 2022, but Rajkot the where Modi fought his first election has gone a step ahead in ensuring that the af- fordable housing un- der the PMYA are not just affordable but also environmental friendly in sync with Narendra inclusive - Smart the place Alpana Mitra and Smart Ghar-3 township. Mantri points in parking areas for ebike charging are some of the essential features incorporated to make the living ther- mally comfortable and ‘Green Certifica- Turn on P5

4. GUJARAT AHMEDABAD | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2020 04 www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia Undertrials account for 2/3 of inmates in state jails With 3/4 posts for correctional officers vacant, Gujarat has one guard for every 12,500 inmates Murder, attempt to murder complaints filed RMC gets nod for Rs2,132.15 crore budget Masuma Bharmal Jari- wala First India News Ahmedabad: A 23-year- old man from Amraiwadi was stabbed to death by three unknown persons on a bike, police said. The three persons allegedly struck Vishal Parmar on his neck, chin, hand, chest and leg before he was pronounced dead at a city hospital. Jignesh Parmar, the victim’s cousin, filed a complaint with Amrai- wadi police, who have begun an investigation. In the complaint, Jignesh says, “On Saturday even- ing, when I was standing near my house, I heard some people arguing. When I went to see what happened, another cous- in Rohan called me say- ing he was caught in the middle of a brawl.” After reaching the spot near Siddhi Vinayak temple, Jignesh and some other relatives found Vishal un- conscious on the side of the road. First India News THE REPORT Rajkot : The stand- ing committee of Ra- jkot Municipal Cor- poration on Monday added Rs12.17 crore to the Rs2,119.98 crore budget proposed by the Municipal Com- missioner, to approve a budget of Rs2,132.15 crore for the city . While no new tax burden has been im- posed, there is a re- cord-breaking crease of 50% in grants to corporators, mayor, deputy mayor, standing committee chairman and chair- man of various com- mittees. The corpora- tors’ grant has been increased from Rs10 lakh to Rs15 lakh, while grants of the remaining have in- creased from Rs3 lakh to Rs4.5 lakh. Standing commit- tee chairman Uday Kangad called the budget a people-ori- ented one, which will ensure the overall de- velopment of the city in addition to taking care of the basic needs of citizens. To ease problems, the budget has promised five new flyovers and an underbridge, at a to- tal investment of Rs255.75 crore. In ad- dition, the budget has also allotted Rs12 crore for urban forest development in Aji area, Rs100 crore for a About Ahmedabad: two-thirds of all in- mates in Gujarat’s pris- ons are undertrials, ac- cording to a recent re- port, which also says that with three-fourths of the posts for correc- tions officers lying va- cant, there is only one prison guard for every 12,500 inmates. The ‘India Justice Re- port 2019’, published by the Tata Trust, says both the vacancies and the number of undertri- als have been increas- ing steadily over the past five years. However, Gujarat is not alone in being una- ble to fill correctional officer positions. The national average vacan- cy of correctional staff RMC standing committee chairman Uday Kangad. WHAT ELSE?    in- The India Justice Report 2019-20 was released at the Gujarat National Law University.—FILE PHOTO bring about early im- provements in ease of accessing justice ser- vices that will be of benefit to the public.” The report is an ini- tiative of Tata Trusts in collaboration with Cen- tre for Social Justice, Common Cause. creased over a five-year period. Chief Editor of the India Justice Report Maja Daruwala said, “We hope this report will encourage more co- ordinated tions between the vari- ous duty holders to change from previous years. Between 2012- 2016 and 2013-2017, Gu- jarat was the only ranked state to reduce its vacancies in the key pillar positions sur- veyed, while its share of women in police and prisons also in- stands at nearly 40%. In addition, at 5.5%, Gujarat has one of the lowest representations of women in prison staff among states with large population size. This was below the na- tional average of 10%. This is a considerable 3 dead, 33 injured in 3 accidents across state First India News conversa- Factory fire claims life of two labourers in Surat accident involved a truck, mini-luxury bus and a car. Palanpur res- ident Meghnaben Joshi and her 12-year-old daughter Adhya Joshi were killed. The other deceased was Rajkot resident Chandubhai Popat. In Modasa, a truck driver lost control of the vehicle and hit three vegetable lorries and five shops. While the truck driver fled the scene, Modasa Town Police have seized the truck. Investigations are ongoing. push off in early in the day. We were all asleep when the bus over- turned. We managed to pull the students out from the wrecked bus, with the help of some passersby and staff members. with severe injuries were rushed to the New Civil Hospital through the 108 emergency ser- vice.” In another incident, three vehicles met with an accident at Iqbal Garh, Banaskantha, in- juring 10 people. Ac- cording to reports, the Surat: Monday saw three separate acci- dents in the state, which left three people dead and 23 injured. A bus carrying 53 people on board over- turned near Chikhli, Navsari district Monday . Around 23 stu- dents travelling in the bus were injured in the accident and three re- main in critical condi- tion at New Civil Hospi- tal, Surat. The bus, which was heading towards Sapu- new auditorium in South Rajkot, and Rs3.35 crore for new community halls in four wards. Other ini- tiatives include the use of so lar rooftops, e-buses, waste man- agement, and markets for wom- en, a modern gym, hygienic street food and provisions for Di- wali carnival, mara- thon and flower show. First India News traffic Surat: Two workers of a textile factory died when a fire erupted at a factory in the Puna area of the city early on Monday . As per reports, the deceased, identified as Bhooraram Makwa- na and Radheshyam Berawala of Madhya Pradesh were asleep when the fire broke out. The incident took place at Ramdev Decor located at Bhagyaoday industrial society. The unit is used to polish fabric rolls used on looms. According to lo- cals, the fire depart- ment was informed as soon as the fire started and they showed up to the scene immediately. Sub Fire Manoj Shukla said, “We received the call in the wee hours of Mon- day. We reached the spot and wasted no time in getting the fire under control. At first, we used water cannons to suppress the blaze. Local residents formed us about the two labourers inside the factory during the night. Our firefighters rushed them to the nearest hospital, where they were declared brought dead by doc- tors.” Nitinbhai Students on gardens essary from the police, RTO, District Education Of- ficer as well as family members of the stu- dents. It was a day-long trip so we decided to permissions tara was ferrying Class 4 and 8 students of Pri- mary School, Amrut- pura in Ankleshwar. Raman Gohil, Princi- pal, Primary School, said, “We took all nec- MANJULA POOJA SHROFF QUESTIONED BY POLICE ‘Was unaware of the alleged kidnapping’ CRIMEBRANCH Youth threatens to throw acid on woman dent of Police KT Kamaria says, “Man- jula Pooja Shroff said that she was unaware of the kidnapping inci- dent at the ashram. She says she was out of the country when the incident occurred. On the issue of leasing land illegally, passed a resolution in the school and made an agreement to lease space.” Shroff also told po- lice that proached Nithyananda in April 2018, a yoga camp at his Bidari Ashram in Bengaluru. She says she has not met him since. First India News year Ahmedabad often. She was in a relationship with Purvesh a few years ago, but broke up with him because of his alcohol addiction. The woman’s mother filed a against Purvesh with Krushnanagar police station last month. but visits petrol pump when he was filling air in his car’s tyres. The 39-year- old filed a complaint with Vastrapur police station. According to the complaint, Desai went to fill fuel in his car at a petrol pump in Bodakdev on Sunday afternoon, when he was assaulted for ask- ing a person who cut him off in a queue to get back in line. Shahpur police, accus- ing one person of threatening to kill him unless he stopped his school’s annual day function. Ata Moham- ad Qureshi, the com- mittee president of Oriental School, filed a case against Gulam- gaus Qureshi, who at- tended the school’s an- nual day function at Town Hall in Ellis- bridge on Sunday and demanded that the school authorities stop the event. The com- plainant alleged that Gulamgaus threatened to kill him and started abusing him. Officer Ahmedabad: A com- plaint has been regis- tered against a man for allegedly threatening to throw acid at a 26-year-old woman for rejecting his love. Ac- cording to the com- plaint lodged by the victim’s family, Pur- vesh Pandya, who is a neighbour of the wom- an, threatened to throw acid on her and kill her parents if she did not reciprocate his love to- wards her The woman has been working at a software company in Kolkata for the past First India News Ahmedabad: City ru- ral police on Monday questioned education- ist Manjula Shroff for nearly three hours to get her state- ment concerning the alleged kidnapping of Delhi Public School (DPS) children at Swa- mi Nithyananda’s ash- ram and the violation of government norms while leasing out land to the self-styled god- man. The police had complaint she Pooja in- Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohil’s driver assaulted Bharat Desai, who works as a driver for Congress leader Shak- tisinh Gohil, was alleg- edly assaulted by an unknown person at a last week issued notice to Shroff, who is the MD and CEO of Kalo- rex Group, which oper- ates DPS (East), where Nithyananda’s alleg- edly illegal ashram was located. Deputy Superinten- she ap- School threatened over annual day function The committee presi- dent of a school in the city filed a case with GUP SHUP ALL TALK AND NO ACTION! A starting a YouTube channel to create awareness among citizens on topics such as online theft, cheating, harassment and women’s safety, among others. While we commend the thought behind it, there have been no actual uploads on the channel yet. The channel—which is supposed to enlighten people about their rights and also alert them about the various tricks that criminals use to con their victims into submission—does not have a single video uploaded there. What we want to convey to the police is that, the threat alone won’t work to discourage crime but backing it with action just might! BALANCING ACT S we’re thinking of a very specifi c something. The Police Commissioner recently announced that police personnel would soon be given Segways to help them patrol the River Front. While the cops might receive their Segways, there was no mention of any training being planned. Anyone who’s ever tried to get onto one of those things knows that staying on can be a massive pain unless you have some serious core strength. And given that most of our city’s cops are of the pot-bellied variety, one can’t help imagining what that fi rst attempt would look like for our khakhi-clad law-keepers. Still, we wish them luck! CLEAN ‘SWEEP’ IN DELHI? C country sees the BJP, at least if the exit polls from Delhi’s recent Assembly elections are to be believed. Rumour has it that, given the BJP’s dismal performance in Maharashtra and Haryana following populist decisions like abrogating Article 370 and the Ram Mandir decision, the Delhi Election is likely to be a referendum on the Modi Sarkar. What does one have to do with the other? This is the fi rst election to be held after the introduction to CAA, silly, and we’ve all been seeing how the public has received *that*. Which leaves us wondering, is Arvind Kejriwal going to come out on top today? GHAR ME SHAADI HAI W Trump’s impending visit, it seems the bureaucrats here are having a gala time. The kind of preparation being undertaken to pretty up the city before the state visit feels very much like the putting together of an Indian wedding. Going to all that trouble for a short VVIP visit is akin to planning a family wedding. All offi cials receive their assignments which range from food, cleanliness, decoration, ‘extreme makeover’, and even managing stray cattle! All this to maintain the illusion that the city always shines like a bride. Which is all good, except we’re still not 100% sure of how much time the the guest of honour will even spend here. ome things are easier said than done. Everyone knows that. But ith the city getting decked up in anticipation of US President hmedabad City Police recently made an announcement about AA: three small letters that could have a major impact on the way the BUGGED? Or is it the grapevine... . First India begins a column that brings to you gossips or tete-e-tete from the corridors of power

5. GUJARAT AHMEDABAD | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2020 Hardik Patel’s wife alleges govt, police harassment Ahmedabad: A loot at- tempt was foiled at a jewellery shop at Tejen- dra Park society in Nikol area of the city on Monday . Two youths en- tered the shop posing as customers. When the owner, Ketan Patel, showed them gold rings, one whipped out a pis- tol and asked him to hand over the jewels. Patel raised an alarm and rushed out of the shop. Surrounding shopkeepers responded to his call for help, nabbed Amarsinh Tomar and handed him over to the police. 05 www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia Chudasama verdict reserved HC was hearing petition to reverify ballots cast in 2017 assembly election First India News re-verification of the 429 postal ballots which were rejected by Re- turning Officer Dhaval Jani. He claimed that taking such a step would have altered the result in his favour. In September last year, Chudasama had appeared in court for a deposition and apolo- gized for filing pleas in the Supreme Court questioning the credi- bility of a high court judge in a trial related to an election petition questioning his victory . He had withdrawn the petition from the apex court. Both parties had argument in December Jewellery heist attempt at Nikol First India News polling agent talking over the phone at a poll- ing station could not be accepted as evidence without any verifica- tion by relevant author- ity, according to the provision of the Evi- dence Act. He had also present- ed that the counting of votes was conducted in accordance with rules and in the presence of authorized Therefore, re-verifica- tion of the postal ballot in question was not needed. Also, the peti- tioner had not sought recounting immediate- ly after the counting. WHAT HAPPENED? Ahmedabad: The Gu- jarat High Court on Monday hearing the petition challenging the thin- margin victory by State Education Bhupendrasinh Chu- dasama in the 2017 as- sembly election from Dholka constituency. The court has reserved its verdict. Congress candidate Ashwin Rathod, who had lost by a margin of just 327 votes in the 2017 assembly election, had filed the case in the high court demanding concluded Minister officers. Hardik Patel with wife Kinjal. been asked by Justice Paresh Upadhyay at the last hearing to submit their pleas by Monday. The petitioner’s coun- sel had concluded their First India News 2019, while Chudasa- ma’s counsel finished it last month. Chudasa- ma’s advocate had ar- gued that CCTV footage allegedly showing his Branch of frequenting her home and insisting on a search at night de- spite being informed of Hardik’s absence. Earlier, Kinjal had also taken a dig at the police and posted that terrorism does not only mean to kill someone, terrorism also means to try and someone into a corner. After being arrested and released multiple times, Hardik tweeted, “I am finally free of dic- tatorship after a period of seven days. What is my crime? I talk about farmers’ rights, youth, education and employ- ment, so I am a target.” The Patidar leader’s wife has been handling his official Twitter han- dle for the past one month. She also posted a cryptic note about how people forget about the work being done for their good, when the time comes. Ahmedabad: Congress Patidar leader Hardik Patel’s wife Kinjal has accused the state gov- ernment and police of harassing her husband, who she said, has not come home post his re- lease on January 18. The accusation was put forth by Kinjal at a meeting of PAAS lead- ers in the city . The meeting was held by the Patidar An- amat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) to decide the next step regarding the legal recourse of the cases filed against Pa- tel. Kinjal had also post- ed her concern for her husband on his Twitter handle a few days ago, after he failed to return home from prison. She further accused police officials and other staff members Ahmedabad China’s Corona impacts Guj Pharma industry First India News HALLA BOL! intimidate Gujarat based pharma manufacturers said, In- dian drug manufactur- ers are largely depend- ent on China for sourc- ing the APIS(Active Pharmaceutical Ingre- dients). This is largely for drugs like antibiotics and for vitamins such as vitamin C and D. Considering the corona- virus effect, the supply concerns are increas- ing. Many Indian pharma manufacturers have in- creased raw material prices by 10-15%. Gandhinagar. Due to its vast linkages in glob- al trade, any major change in China im- pacts various business- es across the world. The present situation of lock down of several cities and spread of coronavirus has im- pacted several sectors of industries in India. One of them is Pharma sector. Ankur Founder, Medkart Phar- macy Pvt Ltd on the ef- fects of Coronavirus on Agrawal, City lawyers took to the streets to protest the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), National Population Register (NPR) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) on Monday. The rally started at Gandhi Ashram and ended with slogan-shouting at the city collector’s offi ce. —PHOTO BY HANIF SINDHI of the Crime Class 12th Science Stream Practical Admit Card Released First India News week, changes to the academ- ic year. This includes beginning the academ- ic session in April, rather than the June, and conducting board exams for Classes 10 and 12 in February rather than March from next year. There- fore, annual examina- tions of class nine and 11 will also be conduct- ed by the end of March. announced the board has released the admit card online for easy accessibility. “Students should make sure to carry the admit card at the time of ex- amination. In order to maintain privacy and safeguard individuals’ identity , the admit card can be downloaded only by entering the login credentials,” it added. The education department had, last Ahmedabad: Ahead of the Class 12 exams, the Gujarat State Edu- cation Board has re- leased admit cards for the science stream’s practical examinations on the official website sciprac.gsebht.in. Stu- dents may download their admit cards di- rectly from the site. The Gujarat Board Class 12 practical ex- aminations will be con- ducted February 14-24. An official release from GSEB stated that FROM PG 1 Guj ATS... After the serial blasts in Mumbai he had fled to Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh, and then to Bangkok. His associate and conspirator of the serial blasts, Tiger Memon, got Pakistani passport prepared for Halari with the help of Pakistani authorities. His Pakistani passport is in the name of An- war Muhammad. He was in constant con- tact with Tiger Memon and took shelter in Nai- robi on the basis of as- sumed identity of a Pakistani mational. In Nairobi, he ran a business in the name of Magnum Africa and later on instructions of Tiger Memon, shifted to export-import of grains, especially rice. The ATS said in the guise of export-import, Halari was trying to smuggle and contraband to In- dia. The interrogation of the 5 Pakistani nation- als, who were caught on the high-seas, re- vealed in their ques- tioning that the con- signment belonged to Haji Hasan of Karachi. Haji Hasan had in tele- phonic conversations promised Halari that he will be able to infil- trate Gujarat Coast with explosives also. Munaf Halari had entered India twice on a Pakistani passport after absconding in 1993. He had come in India last in 2014 through Atari border and visited Mumbai. The ATS has seized the Pakistani passport. CAA contend that it discriminates on the basis of religion and violates the Constitu- tion. identified for protest,” the bench said. The apex court fur- ther said that the pro- test at Shaheen Bagh has been going on for long but it cannot cre- ate inconvenience for others. The bench said it would not pass any direction without hear- ing the other side and posted the matter for February 17. Never before... It has the capacity to retain inside tempera- ture upto 30-31 degree centigrade even if the outside temperature soars at around 40 de- grees. This Certifica- tion is a matter of pride because every- thing had to be proved scientifically . Even pri- vate buildings find it difficult to get such Certification. We have worked on ev- ery micro aspect right from conducting exper- iments for months to check the temperature with thermometer, to selecting theme based paintings done on six buildings of 22×70 feet height.Everything is done scientifically keeping future mind. Like in future if people go for e-bikes, we have already pro- vided charging points in the parking area.” Jamia protesters... and “Jab Nahi Dare Hum Goron Se Toh Kyun Dare Hum Auron Se” (When we did not fear the British, why should we fear others). Men formed a hu- man chain on either sides of roads as wom- en walked ahead, wav- ing the tricolour and raising slogans “Halla Bol”. “It has been two months since we are protesting. from the government has come to talk to us, so we want to go to talk to them,” said bur- qa-clad Zeba Anhad. Those opposing the SC upholds... Justice S Ravindra Bhat has penned down a separate order con- curring with Justice Arun Mishra and add- ed a caveat that pre-ar- rest bail should be granted only in ex- traordinary situations where a denial of bail would mean miscar- riage of justice. of explosives No one in How can... If you want to protest, it has to be in an area

6. PERSPECTIVE 06 AHMEDABAD | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2020 www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia CHICKEN NECK... VULNERABILITY? Efforts by China for territorial swap with Bhutan for Doklam Plateau had been going since 1966 IN-DEPTH DEALING WITH PROTESTERS IN DEMOCRACY t is Jantar Mantar in the national capital where masses gathered to voice their dissent against the government of the day . Some call it the “heart of India’s space of dissent”. There are other places as well. The famous Ramlila Maidan from yoga guru Ramdev had to escape wearing a burqa. Mahendra Singh Tikait brought Delhi to a grinding a halt as farmers trooped in hundreds in 1988. Shaheen Bagh can now be added to the list of sites in Delhi for pro- tests, even though temporarily, for staging a sit-in lasting 58 days. As the Delhi elections are now the epicenter of anti-Citizenship Amend- ment Act protests at Shaheen Bagh could be cleared of women and men who have been there days braving harsh win- ters. There’s a plea in the Supreme Court seeking removal of protesters from the place as they are alleged to be causing pub- lic inconvenience. If not there, then where else can a sit-in, which is so integral to de- mocracy, by a few hundred people be al- lowed in Delhi? The apex court took up the matter on Monday and issued notices to the Centre, Delhi government and the Delhi police seeking their replies but refused to pass any order. While posting the matter for Feb- ruary 17 the court made clear to the agita- tors that they cannot block public roads and cause a problem to others. “If you want to protest, there can be some area where you protest. You cannot block a public road. Can you block a public area? There must be defined areas of protest,” the Supreme Court said. An appeal filed by an advocate, Amit Sah- ni, said that since December 15, when the protests began, the traffic on Kalindi Kunj- Shaheen Bagh stretch had been impeded. The apex court told the petitioner, “If it has lasted 58 days you can wait one week more.” He had earlier approached the Delhi High Court seeking directions to the police to ensure smooth traffic flow on that stretch of road. Being fundamental to democracy, non-vio- lent protest needs to be allowed as it provides a “vital corrective” to majority rule which aims “to override the rights of minorities”. Allotting space to those squatting at Shaheen Bagh in a remote part of Delhi would imply that the government neither wants to see them nor hear their voices. Once out of public gaze, even the media may lose interest after a point. In other words, they’d be ignored. That the protesters cannot afford. They also have to ensure sizeable numbers. If shifted, will pro- testers throng the new address in equal numbers? Democracies all over the world allow free- dom to protest. It is only when dissenters cross the line by disrupting normal life that they are crushed. So far that line has not been crossed at Shaheen Bagh. I COL DEVANAND LOHAMAROD T he “Chicken Neck” was recent- ly in news, when last week a radical Islamist youth accused of inciting anti-CAA violence was heard appealing people plan and establish a human blockade in Siliguri area with an aim to deny supplies and land-based military movement to the North-Eastern states (NE) of Bharat. It’s a narrow stretch of land of about 60 km in length and 22 kilometres in width (narrow- est) point connecting mainland with North Eastern states (NE) constituting about 8 % (2100 km) of Bharat’s land border and is a cartographic relic of decolonisation breaking Bharat in 1947 with Nepal and Bangladesh lie on either side of the corridor. Chumbi valley lies just 130 km from the corridor. The strategic threat to the corridor always existed and accordingly the military had well-rehearsed plans in place to defeat the enemy designs. It would be pertinent to men- tion here that the terrain in the corridor does not have any nat- ural or man-made obstacles. Although the military always has rare area security plans to deal with minor fringe elements within the backyard but to deal with any possibility of such ne- farious designs of organized threats by Naxalite / tukde tuk- de gang/ anti-national elements in the hinterland will require war-gaming at an appropriate level and formalizing of fool- proof countermeasures. The foreign threat in the corridor is mainly from Chi- na. 1962 war had witnessed ideological support to the en- emy by some groups but in view of recent exposure, the rear area security will consti- tute an important component of military planning. The Chi- nese may by-pass or para drops Special Forces in Siliguri Cor- ridor to cut off the Northeast for a short period only, but for the process of widen the corridor or create an alternate route of pas- sage through Bangladesh to be used both for military and civilian purposes. On lines of English chan- nel Underwater transport system, Bharat should cre- ate strategic underground freight corridor for connect- ing NE states, both for rail and road which should be able to withstand enemy aerial strikes in times of a military conflict.This would boost economic growth and en- hance trade/tourism of the NE manifold during peacetime. Presently, the land transpor- tation between mainland and Northeastern states is forced to uses a circuitous Siliguri cor- ridor until 4 km long Tetulia Corridor, connecting Chopra and Jalpaigudi via Tetulia in Bangladesh becomes effective as agreed vide India–Bangla- desh Trade Agreement 1980. While the Tetulia corridor would reduce the travel dis- tance by about 84 km, at the same time will provide an al- ternate route through third- country and alleviate the pos- sibility of severance of the north-east with the mainland. THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL prolonged operation would re- quire link up with mainland forces. The rise in the level of construction activities of road, airstrip, and bunkers in its side of border and deployment of heavy caliber weapons/anti- aircraft weaponry/missiles is with a military purpose to fa- cilitate speedy mobilization of its forces. The efforts by China for the territorial swap with Bhutan for Doklam Plateau had been going since 1966. So far Bhutan had not obliged China. China’s efforts to seize control over the Doklam region will continue. The timely bold decision by the government of Bharat in Au- gust 2017 to intervene militar- ily forced china to retreat after three months standoff in Doklam. The Doklam dispute was not between Bharat and China but between Bhutan and China as Doklam falls within Bhutan’s borders. Even apart from the strategic impor- tance of it’s close proximity to the Siliguri corridor, Bharat serves as a security guarantor to the hill king- dom through Friendship Treaty. The corridor is of strategic importance as all rail and road Doklam dispute was not between Bharat and China but between Bhutan and China as Doklam falls within Bhutan’s borders China’s efforts to seize control over the Doklam region will continue. The timely bold decision by the government of Bharat in August 2017 to intervene militarily forced china to retreat after three months standoff in Doklam networks towards the NE run through it. The inclement weather and harsh terrain in the NE make the railway and roads subject to damage from frequent landslides and natural disaster. The cor- ridor, if blocked will isolate the complete NE and it being land- locked as there is no sea route available. Limited provisions can reach through aerial route. Hence, there is a strategic requirement to create an un- derground safe passage or the 2007 Commandments for writers (that go beyond clichés) E READ WIDELY To succeed as a writer, you must occasionally read. Yet there are wannabe-novel- ists who haven’t picked up a book in years. There are also, more tragically, writers too busy to en- gage with the end-prod- uct of our craft. If the only thing you’re reading is yourself, you are bound to miss out on valuable lessons. The same applies to reading only within a fa- vourite genre. A varied diet will strengthen your liter- ary muscles. very author is asked by new writers for ad- vice. There is, however, no all- finding a home. work, dealing with ex- posure, rejection, fear and impostor syndrome. It’s better you know this upfront, in order to fortify yourself. These crises, however, are surmountable. know this because there are writers out there, lead- ing somewhat lives, even healthy and happy ones. You can too, if you don’t give up. BE STRATEGIC But the choice is never between just literary fic- tion and paranormal ro- mance. You might have poetry and narrative non- fiction passion projects as well, and it’s possible nar- rative non-fiction will ap- peal to the widest audi- ence. If a wider audience is what you want, narra- tive non-fiction is the one to choose. If, however, you don’t give two hoots about your audience, write what you like. There are lots of dif- ferent kinds of writers and lots of different paths to becoming the writer you want to be. encompassing, single an- swer that also happens to be correct. Quite a lot of commonly-offered sug- gestions – “write every day” – don’t work for everyone and must be ap- proached with caution. A few years ago, I set out to create a list that will benefit all new writers. I put ten commandments through the wringer of my peers, who suggested mod- ifications and noted that this list applies not just to new writers but to writers at every stage of their ca- reer. Indeed, I’ve needed reminding of more than one myself. Here, then, are the 10½ commandments of writing – with an extra one for free. We normal BE VISIBLE Many writers would pre- fer they remain hidden in a dark cave for all eter- nity. But stories demand to be communicated, which means leaving that cave. Whether it’s you or your written word, or both, broaching the bub- ble of self-isolation is im- portant. FOR FULL REPORT LOG ON TO WWW.THECONVERSATION.COM FOLLOW YOUR HEART When you really want to write literary fiction, but the market wants paranor- mal romance, write liter- ary fiction. Chasing para- normal romance will be futile. Writing well is hard enough without cynicism getting in the way. Passion doesn’t al- ways pay, but it increas- es the odds of your work Quite a lot of commonly-offered suggestions – ‘write every day’– don’t work for everyone and must be approached with caution WRITE No need to thrash out 1,000 words a day or pen a perfect poem before breakfast, but you do have to write. The fundamental qualification for being a writer is put- ting words on the page. If you aren’t doing that now, it’s possible you never will. TOP TWEET Dharmendra Pradhan @dpradhanbjp Met with Shri @nitin_gadkari and Shri @Gen_VKSingh along with fellow MPs from Odisha and reviewed various ongoing road projects undertaken by @NHAISocialmedia and National Highways in Odisha. BE BRAVE Writing is hard, intellec- tually and physically. It also takes emotional G Vol 1 G Issue No. 77 GRNI NO. GUJENG/2019/16208. Printed and published by Anita Hada Sangwan on behalf of First Express Publishers. Printed at Bhaskar Printing Planet Survey No.148P, Changodar-Bavla Highway, Tal. Sanand, Dist. 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7. INDIA AHMEDABAD | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2020 07 www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia CAA STIR IN THE COURTYARD NHRC seeks report over police brutality during anti-CAA protests in Uttar Pradesh Lucknow: The Nation- al Human Rights Com- mission (NHRC) has is- sued a notice to UP Chief Secretary, DGP seeking a detailed re- port within six weeks on a complaint filed by Congress general secre- tary Priyanka Gandhi over the alleged police brutality against dem- onstrators during anti- CAA protests in state. "The Commission finds it appropriate to direct issuance of no- tices to the Chief Secre- tary and Director Gen- eral of Police (DGP), UP , calling for a detailed and specific report within 6 weeks on the allegations mentioned in the complaint," the notice reads. "Looking into the gravity and sensitivity of the mat- ter, the Commission ex- pects that the requisite report shall be sent by the authorities within the stipulated time, without any delay ," adds the notice. In her complaint sub- mitted to the NHRC, Priyanka Gandhi had requested an inquiry into the alleged "unlaw- ful and brutal conduct" of the Uttar Pradesh Police and the "abject failure" of the state gov- ernment in "upholding the rule of law" during the course of public demonstrations against the CAA and proposed NRC. In its letter to CS, NHRC said it has "re- ceived some more com- plaints alleging high- handedness & exces- sive use of force by po- lice in Lucknow & Kan- pur dists of UP during protests by the general public against the CAA and NRC." —ANI blies. —ANI our Constitution," he said. Sabarimala: Can refer questions of law to larger bench says SC New Delhi: The nine- judge bench of SC held that questions of law can be referred to a larger review bench. The nine-judge bench of the apex court, head- ed by CJI SA Bobde, passed the verdict on more than 50 review pe- titions challenging the top court’s earlier judg- ment on the Sabarimala issue. The apex court also framed seven is- sues to be heard by the nine-judge bench on matters relating to free- dom of religion under Constitution and faith. The bench had re- served its order on Feb 6 after hearing argu- ments on whether the top court can refer questions of law & what can be the compo- sition of the law on the issue of the review peti- tions pending before it. Abdullah’s PSA challenged in SC New Delhi: A petition has been fi led in SC challeng- ing the detention of former J&K CM Omar Abdullah, under the Public Safety Act (PSA). The plea was fi led by Abdullah’s sister Sara Abdullah Pilot. Abdullah and PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti were recently booked under the Act. Both the former J &Kchief CMs were detained after the government abrogated Article 370. In December, Farooq Abdullah’s deten- tion was extended for three more months under the PSA. Validity of SC/ST Act uheld by SC New Delhi: SC upheld con- stitutional validity of SC and STs Amendment Act, 2018 that ruled out any provision for anticipatory bail for a person accused of atrocities against SC/STs. A bench comprising Justices Arun Mishra, Vineet Saran & Ravindra Bhat, pronounced the verdict on pleas chal- lenging the Act In October last year, the Bench had hinted that it will uphold amendments made by Centre in SC/ST Act to restore immediate arrest and ban anticipatory bail. Women demonstrators take part in a protest against CAA, NRC and NPR at Jamia in New Delhi on Monday. WOMEN PROTEST AGAINST CAA, NRC, NPR IN BENGALURU Bengaluru: A group of wom- en on Monday started a pro- test against Amendment Act (CAA), Na- tional Register of Citizens (NRC), and National Popula- tion Register (NPR) here near Bilal Masjid. Members of the transgen- der community on Sunday had also taken out a march here to express solidarity with those against CAA, NRC, and NPR. The newly enacted law is facing stiff opposition across the country with some states including Kera- la, West Bengal, Rajasthan and Punjab refusing to im- plement it. Rajasthan, Kera- la, and Punjab have also passed resolutions against the amended citizenship law in their legislative Assem- FIR AGAINST 21 FOR VIOLATING SECTION 144 DURING PROTEST Lucknow: An FIR has been registered against 21 people for violation of Section 144 during a demonstration held at Lucknow’s Clock Tower against the Amendment Act (CAA) and proposed National Registrar of Citizens (NRC), Lucknow police has said, adding that 2 accused have been arrested so far. A case was also filed against the 21 named and several other unnamed ac- cused for sharing a social media post inviting people to the protest, police added. Lucknow’s Clock Tower has witnessed anti-CAA, NRC protests since January 17. As many as 50 people have been arrested, while 8 FIRs have been registered since the beginning of the protest at the named site. —ANI Citizenship Citizenship A child displays a placard during a protest rally against CAA, NPR & NRC. protesting 'PROTESTORS TRUE GANDHI FOLLOWERS’ Kurnool: Addressing his fi rst anti- CAA and (NRC) meet in Andhra Pradesh, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said that the true follow- ers of Mahatma Gandhi and BR Ambedkar will oppose the citizen- ship law. "This is the fi rst time in 70 years of our country's Parlia- ment that a law has been made based on religion. Never before an Act based on religion had been made in the Parliament. This is against the fundamental rights of 'CAA CANNOT BE QUESTIONED’ Puducherry: Days ahead of the special session of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly, Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi wrote a letter to Chief Minister V Narayana- samy stating that the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, passed by the Parliament, is applicable to Pu- ducherry as well, which cannot be questioned or deliberated in any manner. The special Assembly session is likely to take up resolu- tions including against Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Hearing adjourned in JNU case New Delhi: SC adjourned hearing in a petition fi led against the HC order, which had refused to pass any order for grant of sanction by State of NCT of Delhi for trial in the 2016 JNU sedition case. A bench headed by CJI S A Bobde, adjourned the matter for a week. Petitioner Shashank Deo Sudhi has sought a direction to the respondent, GNCT, Delhi to grant immediate sanction in a case titled as State versus Kanhaiya Kumar in the 2016 case registered at Vasant Kunj police station which is being deliberately delayed by GNCT, Delhi, by not granting sanction. He sought a direction to respondents, including GNCT, Delhi, for issuance of guidelines for expedi- tious prosecutions in respect of all sensitive criminal cases. ‘BJP governments eroding quota system’ New Delhi: Congress general secretary Pri- yanka Gandhi Vadra ac- cused the BJP and Rash- triya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) of system- atically trying to end the quota system for the backward classes pro- vided in the Constitu- tion. In a series of tweets, Pri- yanka Gandhi said: “Un- derstand the system by which BJP wants to end the reservation: 1) RSS leaders keep giving statements against res- ervation. 2) BJP govern- ment in Uttar Pradesh appeals in the Supreme ernment immediately against the atrocities on It’s in DNA of BJP-RSS to try & erase reservations: RaGa PRIYANKA TO VISIT AZAMGARH ON FEB 12 K K K New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that the BJP and the RSS are against res- ervation & progress of the SC/STs and Other Backward Castes in the country. “BJP& RSS’ ideology is against res- ervations. They never want SC/STs to pro- gress. They are break- ing the institutional structure. I want to tell SCs, STs, OBCs and Dal- its that we will never let reservations come to an end no matter how VIEWPOINT Rahul Gandhi ‘BJP is weakening the right of equality,’ said Priyanka Gandhi. Congress asked BJP to clarify its stand on reservation for STs & SCs in govt jobs and promotions. party had Dalit Adivasis. Now it is weakening the right of equality given by the Constitution and Baba- saheb (BR Ambedkar).” starts tampering with the rules of reservation. BJP first tried to tamper with the law made guments in SC, in a mat- ter which dealt with state govt’s duty to pro- vide reservation in pro- motions for govt jobs. Court that the funda- mental right to quota should be terminated. “3) Uttar Pradesh gov- much Modi Ji or Mohan Bhagwat dream of it,” he said. He also said this in reference to the Uttarakhand govt’s ar- I-T DEPT SUMMONS TAMIL ACTOR VIJAY OVER TAX EVASION CHARGES Chennai:The Income Tax Department on Monday summoned Tamil actor Vijay over charges of tax evasion and his alleged links with fi nancier Anbu Chezhiyan. The devel- opment comes after the IT Department on Friday carried out a raid at the ac- tor’s residence in Panaiyur area in Chennai. IT sleuths held searches in connec- MARANDI LIKELY TO JOIN BJP ON FEB 17 IN PRESENCE OF SHAH Ranchi: Former Chief Minister and president of the Jharkhand Vikas Morcha, Babulal Marandi is likely to join the BJP on February 17 in the pres- ence of Union Home Min- ister Amit Shah. Sources in the BJP said Marandi met party president J.P. Nadda and national vice president Om Prakash Mathur in New Delhi on RALLIES TO BE HELD UNDER KISAN JANAJAGARAN ABHIYAN Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Congress announced on Mon- day that they will be organising four big rallies under Kisan Janajagaran Abhiyan. The state Congress spokesperson has said that the public awareness campaign PERSON IMITATES PRINCIPAL ADVISOR TO PM MODI, HELD New Delhi: CBI has registered a case against an unknown person in connection with “subject imper- sonation by someone as Principal Advisor to PM”. Aman Sharma, Administrator, Mahe Region Pondicherry, had received a call tion with the success of a recent fi lm which was a box offi ce hit, collecting around `300 crore. As per sources, the IT Depart- ment on Thursday recov- ered `65 crore from the residence of Vijay’s alleged fi nancer in Chennai during raids which were carried out in the connection with the tax evasion case linked to AGS Cinemas. February 8 and discussed the merger. The JVM-P has called an executive body meeting on Tuesday where a resolution to merge the party with the BJP might be passed. “Till now there is no decision to join the BJP. Any such thing will be decided in the executive body meeting of the party,” said Marandi. will run for 40 days wherein four rallies will be held. The fi rst rally will be held in Basti district on February 23, the spokesperson added.It is speculated that Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi will attend all the four rallies. from an unknown person, who named himself as PK Mish- ra, Principal Secy to PM, & asked some favour saying that his daughter is studying in JIPMER, Pondicherry. CBI has registered a case under Sections 120-B, 419, 420 of IPC.

8. INDIA AHMEDABAD | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2020 08 www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia Dhankhar dismayed over no live coverage KAMALNATH’S JIBE AT PM MODI POWERGallery ‘Difference in mincing words & running country’ He accused PM Modi of talking about nationalism to divert attention of people ED SANJAY MISHRA TO GET MORE IMPORTANT ASSIGNMENT ? In the corridors of power, it is believed that ED Sanjay Mishra who is promoted to the rank of Secretary may get more important assignment ei- ther in North Block or South Block. He is a 1984 batch IRS (IT) offi cer. His two year tenure ends in the month of October this year. Kolkata: Firing a fresh missile at West Ben- gal’’s Mamata Banerjee government, Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar ex- pressed dismay that his address to the Assem- bly was not “allowed” to be telecast live while the budget presented by Finance Minister Amit Mitra was granted the privilege. “The State Fi- nance Minister Dr Mi- tra’’s budget speech was live while the address of the Governor under Article 176, an impor- tant occasion, in sharp deviation to practice was not allowed live coverage and media was also kept away. Leave to judgement of the people of the State !” Dhankhar tweeted. Banerjee, however, dodged a scribe’’s ques- tion on the issue, saying it was not her subject. She said the question with sticks if he is un- able to address the is- sue of unemployment in the country. “The Prime Minister is delivering speeches now, but six months later, he will not be able to even leave his home.” “The youth of India will beat him up with sticks and make him understand that this country will not be able to make progress until jobs are provided to them,” the Congress leader had said while addressing a rally for the party candidate in Delhi polls. Sagar: Hitting out at Prime Minister Naren- dra Modi, Chief Minis- ter Kamal Nath on Sunday said there is difference hollow talk and run- ning the country ac- cusing the former of talking about national- ism and Pakistan in an attempt to divert the attention of people. “Modi ji will talk about nationalism and Pakistan to divert the attention of people. But he will not talk about youth and farm- ers. There is a lot of difference hollow talk and run- ning the country,” the WILL ASTHANA GET RELIEF ? All eyes are on CBI affi davit to be fi led in the Delhi High Court this month. This will decide the fate of Rakesh Asthana, a 1984 batch Gujarat cadre offi cer of the Indian Police Services (IPS). should be put to Speak- er Biman Banerjee, who can shed light on the matter. “That’’s a different is- sue. That Speaker can tell. You can ask the Speaker. It is not my subject,” said Banerjee. Dhankhar’’s Febru- ary 7 address to the state Assembly was not telecast live, unlike the last few years. The lack of television coverage of the Gover- nor’’s address came in the wake of a stand-off between him and the Banerjee government. between DELHI POLICE COMMISSIONER ONLY FROM UT CADRE ? Top sources said that no outsider would be made Delhi Police Commissioner on March 1.Who will make it from the UT cadre? TOPNO TO CONTINUE WITH PRIME MINISTER PS to PM Narendra Modi, Rajeev Topno being the low profi le person will continue. Tenure of 1996 batch IAS offi cer of Gujarat cadre, Topno will be co-terminus with the PM. leader Rahul Gandhi had said that youth will hit Prime Minis- ter Narendra Modi Chief Minister said while addressing a gathering here. Earlier, SANJAY BARVE TO RETIRE THIS MONTH END Extended service tenure of Mumbai Police Com- missioner Sanjay Barve is coming to an end this month end. 1987 batch Maharashtra cadre IPS offi cer Barve would retire. between Congress —ANI Birla cautions Moitra against making undue remarks Fresh batch of foreign envoys to visit J&K IndiGo captain suspended for 3 months IRS-IT OFFICER, YOGENDER CHAUDHARY DEPUTED AS ADDITIONAL PS TO HARYANA CM Yogender Chaudhry has been appointed as Ad- ditional Principal Secretary to Chief Minister of Haryana. He is an IRS-IT offi cer. New Delhi: Aviation regulator DGCA sus- pended an IndiGo cap- tain for three months for allegedly intimidat- ing and threatening a wheelchair-bound sen- ior citizen in a Chennai- Bengaluru flight on January 13, an official said. During probe, it was found that the pilot- in-command “insisted” on an apology letter from the passengers , the senior citizen and her daughter, which further delayed the mat- ter, detaining them for approximately 75 min- utes after the deboard- ing began at the Ben- galuru airport. The DGCA has suspended his license for a period of three months,” the official said. Delhi: Lok New Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday cau- tioned TMC member Mahua Moitra against making undue marks during debates and casting aspersions on the chair’s impar- tiality during proceed- ings of the House. The Speaker’s com- ments came after Moi- tra made certain re- marks on the chair af- ter she was not given an opportunity to ask a supplementary ques- tion on the country’s growth rate during the Question Hour. “Honourable mem- ber, please don’t make undue comments and that too when sitting in someone else’s seat. Whether I am impar- DHILLON TO SUCCEED RAJEEV SHARMA AS CMD, POWER FINANCE CORP ON JUNE 1 Ravinder Singh Dhillon, Director (Project), PFC, is expected to take over as Chairman-cum-Man- aging Director, Power Finance Corporation (PFC) on June 1, 2020. He will succeed Sharma retiring on May 31, 2020. re- Those who will be part of the delegation include envoys from Eu- ropean Union and Gulf countries, the official said. A team of 15 en- voys, including US Am- bassador to India Ken- neth I Juster, paid a two- day visit to J& K in January. The central govt had on August 5, 2019 abrogated Article 370 and bifurcated the erstwhile state Jammu and Kashmir into union territories, Jammu and Kashmir & Ladakh. Srinagar: A fresh batch of foreign envoys will visit J&K this week to get first-hand informa- tion about the ground situation after the abro- gation of Article 370 in August 2019, officials said on Monday . The first batch of en- voys, including the US Ambassador to India, had visited Jammu and Kashmir last month. The fresh batch of foreign envoys will visit J& K later this week, an official said. Barmer: An untold saga of ‘True Guards’ of the Border FOUR ITS OFFICERS GET POSTINGS CONSEQUENT UPON REPATRIATION 4 Indian Telecom Service(ITS) offi cers in JAG got their new postings. Accordingly, Paritosh Kumar Shah posted in TEC, New Delhi, Umesh Kumar Sah goes to WB LSA, Anil Kumar joins Haryana LSA and Md Anis Ur Rehman will join DGT, Hq. padhyay to advice his party MP, Moitra, to behave and not to make undue ments during proceed- ings of the House and that too sitting in someone else’s seat. Bandyopadhyay sponded to the Speaker’s request by saying Moi- tra was a first time MP and he would convey Birla’s words. —PTI tial or not, the House will decide...,” he said, expressing his dis- pleasure over Moitra’s comments which was not audible in the din. As the West Bengal MP rose to say some- thing again, Birla said she was again making undue comments. Then the Speaker told TMC leader of the House Sudip Bandyo- com- re- SINHA JOINS AS PR ADVISOR, TRAI Rajiv Sinha has joined as Principal Advisor in TRAI Hq’s on deputation for two years. He is an ITS offi cer. S K PANIGRAHI APPOINTED JUDGE OF ORISSA HIGH COURT The Central Government has appointed Sanjeeb Kumar Panigrahi as Judge of the Orissa High Court. BJP leader seeks ban on burqa, served notice THREE ADDITIONAL JUDGES APPOINTED IN CALCUTTA HIGH COURT The Central Government has appointed Justice Shampa Sarkar, Justice Ravi Krishan Kapur and Justice Arindam Mukherjee as Additional Judges of the Calcutta High Court. holds a rank equivalent to a minister of state in the Uttar Pradesh gov- ernment, told report- ers. Without citing his source, Singh linked burqa to Surpanakha, the demon who has her face disfigured in Rama- yana. According to Sin- gh’s version, panakha fled to hide in the Arab desert. “As her nose and ears were chopped, she used a burqa to hide her face,” he said, adding it is not necessary for hu- mans. Aligarh: A BJP leader, Raghuraj Singh de- manded a ban on burqa, calling it a security threat and provocative- ly linking it to demon king Ravana’s sister Surpanakha. He has been given seven days time to reply and has been asked why he shouldn’t be expelled for indiscipline and flouting party’s princi- ple. “Burqa should be banned in the country as has been done in sev- eral other countries,” Raghuraj Singh, who venturous. The desert poses its own challeng- es, not only in terms of mobility, but typical desert phenomenon for example, sand dune shifting makes life in desert really tough. And then the deadly sand kill- ers like poisonous snakes and scorpions. Saving self so that rest can be safe is the way of life for the BSF. Close coordina- tion with Army, local Po- lice and people living near border make this force what it is – True Guards Of The Border. Barmer: The historic and continuous attempts by Pakistan on Indo-Pak border hardly raise any eyebrows in the country not unless there is some bloodshed or something to make it to the head- lines. This might be true for both media and its consumers, but certain- ly not for the peace keep- ers who diligently en- sure peace & security at the border even without media or public atten- tion. The Border Secu- rity Force (BSF) is one such force who like us, IPS OFFICERS PROMOTED TO DIG GRADE IN ANDHRA PRADESH As many as 11 IPS offi cers have been promot- ed to the grade of Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) in Andhra Pradesh. The offi c- ers are: Dr Kolli Raghuram Reddy, Ake Ravi Krishna, (central deputation), Sarvashresth Tripathi, (inter cadre deputation), R Jay- alakshmi, (central deputation), G V G Ashok Kumar, G Vijay Kumar, S Hari Krishna, M Ravi Prakash, S V Rajasekhar Babu, K V Mohan Rao, PHD Ramakrishna. keeps a hawk’s eye on Pak rangers across the border, but, takes imme- diate steps if anything untoward is noticed and above all, also keeps a strong vigil which continuously discour- ages the enemy from at- tempting anything ad- know date, time and season yet are oblivious to all else other than their duty 24x7x365. In- dia, Pakistan shares 3323 kms of International Border (IB) out which 1037 is in Rajasthan it- self. Welcome to Barmer, where the BSF not only Sur- CUSTODY OF SISODIA’S FORMER OSD EXTENDED IN BRIBERY CASE New Delhi: Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court allowed the CBI to quiz Gopal Krishna Madhav, former Offi cer on Special Duty (OSD) to Dy CM Manish Sisodia till February 14 in an alleged bribery case of Rs 2 lakh. Special Judge SS Mann extended his custody till February 14 after he was presented before the court on expiry of his NC MP MOHAMMAD AKBAR LONE’S SON BOOKED UNDER PSA Srinagar: J&K admin- istration slapped the stringent Public Safety Act against Hilal Lone, the son of National Conference LS member Mohammad Akbar Lone, offi cials said here. Hilal Lone had been under preventive detention since August 5 last year when the Centre announced the abrogation of erstwhile MAMATA URGES PM MODI TO REFRAIN FROM ‘DIVISIVE POLITICS’ Kolkata: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee urged PM Modi to refrain from the “divisive and communal politics”, stating that Union gov- ernment & Opposition should work together to revive the slowing Indian economy. “I request Prime Minister to refrain from political vendet- ta, communal politics and divisive politics. The government & Opposition shall work together to revive the Indian economy and for the develop- ment of the country. We are ready to have talks with Centre as it is a serious matter,” she said. MPs JOIN HANDS TO MAKE INDIA MALERIA-FREE BY 2030 New Delhi: Parliamentarians from across party lines have joined hands to support India’s efforts to eliminate malaria by 2030. The group called “Parliamentarians for Malaria Elimination” in- cludes 11 MPs belonging to different states. BJP lawmaker KJ Alphons, coordinator of the group, said, “India is well placed to eliminate malaria by 2030 and we, as Parliamentarians, must play an active role in helping the country achieve that goal. We will work at the central, state, and district levels to accelerate malaria elimination.” earlier CBI custody. CBI sought another seven days more custodial inter- rogation of the accused but was given only four days to quiz Madhav.CBI had arrested him in a late- night operation on Thurs- day for allegedly receiving a bribe of over Rs 2 lakh in a matter related to GST. Madhav was posted in the offi ce of Sisodia in 2015. J&K state’s special status besides its bifurcation into union territories. On Monday morning the Deputy Commissioner served him with a dossier informing him that he had been booked under the PSA as the union territory administration felt that his release could hamper the law and order situation in north Kashmir, they said.

9. SPORTS AHMEDABAD | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2020 09 www.firstindia.co.in I www.firstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefirstindia I facebook.com/thefirstindia I instagram.com/thefirstindia Perry & Warner take headline prizes at Aus Cricket Awards The prizes of the Allan Border Medal and Belinda Clark Medal went to David Warner and Ellyse Perry, making it the third such win for each. Alyssa Healy also won big, taking home both Women’s ODI and T20I Player of the Year, while Men’s Test Player of the Year went to Marnus Labuschagne. The Belinda Clark Medal and Allan Border Medal are awarded to the players from the Women’s and Men’s side respectively, voted by players, umpires & media from all international cricket. Australia ODI and T20 captain Aaron Finch with wife Amy. Australian cricketer Marnus & wife Rebekah Labuschagne. Australian Test skipper Tim Paine with wife Bonnie Paine. Aus cricketers Alyssa Healy with husband Mitchell Starc. Australian cricketer Shaun Marsh with wife Bec. Molly Strano wins awarded Domestic Player of the Year. Tayla Vlaeminck wins Young Cricketer of the Year award. Ellyse Perry and David Warner pose with their prestigious medals during the Australian Cricket Awards. in Pride at stake for India in third ODI ICC to investigate India U19’s match spat with Bangla BRIEF Jaiswal, Bishnoi, in ICC U-19 WC New Delhi: The prolif- ic Yashasvi Jaiswal and highest wicket-taker Ravi Bishnoi were among three Indians named in the ICC U-19 World Cup Team of the Tournament on Mon- day . Bishnoi topped the wicket-taking chart by claiming 17 in six matches with a miserly average of 10.64. ries. though, will have the experience and leader- ship of Williamson for the final game as he has passed the fitness test. India went down in Hamilton despite set- ting New Zealand 348 and in the second ODI in Auckland, a Ravin- dra Jadeja special went in vain after New Zea- land rallied to defend 273 on a good pitch. The match is scheduled to start at 7.30 AM IST. New Zealand, Mount Maunganui: It will be matter of pride for India in their third ODI. After whitewash- ing New Zealand in the 5-match T20I series, In- dia lost only their 6th bilateral ODI series in the last 5 years but they still have a lot to play for when they take on the Black Caps in Mount Maunganui on Tuesday . India would expect its top order to fire to avoid a series white- wash, when it clashes Cairns Cup Chess: Harika beats former world champion Kosteniuk Jasprit Bumrah, Head Coach Ravi Shastri and Virat Kohli during a practice session ahead of 3rd ODI. Sophie is 1st to get T20 milestone New Delhi: Sophie Devine scored maiden T20I hundred as New Zealand sealed 5-match series against South Af- rica women 3-1 with a game remaining. Devine, also created a world record with her extraordinary figures in the shortest format. with a high-flying New Zealand cricket team. Despite missing inspi- rational skipper Kane Williamson in the line- up due to a shoulder in- jury, the hosts shrugged off the T20 series deba- cle to claim the ODI se- BCCI to hire ombudsman, ethics officer New Delhi: The Board of Control for Cricket in India will discuss the appointment of the om- budsman and ethics of- ficer in the upcoming Apex Council meeting on February 16. The re- lease of funds for the Indian Cricketers’ As- sociation is also set to be discussed in the meet- ing along with the home season schedule of the Indian team for 2020-21. maiden title at Sen- wes Park on Sunday . Priyam Garg calls reaction ‘dirty’ New Delhi: After the final of the U19 World Cup ended on a shocking note as Bangladesh and In- dia teams engaged in a spat, India U19 manager Anil Patel said International Cricket (ICC) will watch the video and decide ac- cordingly. Bangla- desh defeated India by three (DLS method) in the final of the tourna- ment to lift their points. Harika who is unbeaten after three rounds, is joint second with two points along with former champ Mariya Muzy- chuk (Ukraine) and Ka- teryna Lagno (Russia). Georgia’s Nana Dzag- nidze beat American player Carissa Yip in 55 moves with white piec- es, overcoming a stub- born challenge from the youngster. St Louis: India’s Hari- ka Dronavalli got the better of former world champion Alexandra Kosteniuk in the third round of Cairns Cup. Meanwhile, Humpy, the other Indi- an in the fray in the 10-player tournament, drew with reigning world champion Ju Wenjun of China in 22 moves late on Sunday, to take her tally to 1.5 Real Madrid beat Osasuna Madrid: Real Madrid and Barcelona rebound- ed from disappointing Copa del Rey elimina- tions with away victo- ries in the Spanish league on Sunday to continue their closely fought title race. Three days after losing in the cup quarterfinals, Ma- drid routed Osasuna 4-1 and Barcelona edged Real Betis 3-2. The India U19 cap- tain Priyam Garg has termed Bangla- desh’s reaction after securing the U19 World Cup as dirty. Bangladesh U19 cap- tain Akbar Ali apolo- gized for his team’s part in the ugly scenes that scene breaking out as the match ended. world Council Koneru wickets were Sheffield beats Bournemouth New Delhi: Sheffield United beat Bourne- mouth 2-1 in Sunday’s only English Premier League game after Man- chester City’s match with West Ham was called off due to a storm. John Lund- stram scored the win- ning goal as Sheffield recovered from 1-0 down to claim a win. DUBAI DUTY FREE CHAMPIONSHIP Simona Halep plans to keep momentum going in Dubai Era to win Wimbledon on their debut in the fi- nal, & also became only fourth active player to reach a Grand Slam fi- nal on all surfaces along- side Maria Sharapova & Williams sisters. “It was my mum’s dream,” she said of her Wimbledon victory . “She said that if I wanted to do some- thing in tennis then I would have to play the final of Wimbledon. The day came and it was my best match. It was unbe- lievable.” lighted that she has made such a successful start to the new season in Australia and very much look forward to watching her challenge for the title once again.” That Wimbledon tri- umph saw her not only overwhelm Serena Wil- liams in under an hour, as she became the first Romanian woman to reach Wimbledon final, and the first Romanian, man or woman, to lift the trophy . She was the 12th woman in the Open two on the WTA rank- ings. It came after an excellent 2019 season that saw her add a Wim- bledon trophy to dis- play alongside the one she claimed at Roland Garros a year before. “We were thrilled to see how Simona Halep performed, not only last year at Wimbledon throughout 2019,” said Colm McLoughlin, Ex- ecutive Vice Chairman & CEO, Dubai Duty Free. “We are also de- Dubai: Simona Halep, a former Dubai Free Tennis Champion- ship winner and world No.1 is ready to build upon her magnificent Australian Open adven- ture as she seeks to re- claim the title she earned in 2015. The Romanian pre- pared for the 2020 sea- son by training in Dubai and made an out- standing run to the semi-finals of the year’s first Grand Slam which lifted her to number lll Duty The Romanian prepared for the 2020 season by training in Dubai and made an outstanding run to the semi- finals of the year’s first Grand Slam Aditya wins Nat’l Snooker C’ship Pune: Ace cuiest Adi- tya Mehta defeated mul- tiple-time world cham- pion Pankaj Advani 6-2 to win the National Snooker Championship. Mehta started off with a bang after wining the first frame with a break of 103 while the score remained 103-17. but

10. The best gift you can give to somebody is at times the most simple, a smile, a pat or your time. 2NDFRONT —Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India 10 AHMEDABAD | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2020 www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia 90 per cent judges won’t be assets, says Justice Gogoi Retired CJ says $5-trillion economy needs experts in industrial disputes resolution POST-GODHRA RIOT 6 of 15 convicts reach Indore after SC order Indore:A group of six out of 15 convicts sen- tenced to life impris- onment in a 2002 post-Godhra riot case in Gujarat reached Indore in Madhya Pradesh on Monday after being released on bail by the Su- preme Court. These 15 convicts were sentenced to life imprisonment for a massacre in Ode town in Gujarat’s Anand district in which 23 people were burnt alive. The apex court had granted bail to the 15 on January 28 this year on the condition that they stay outside Gujarat and do community ser- vice for six hours a week in Indore and Ja- balpur in MP. Vijay Patel (51), Suryakant Patel (50), Dharmesh Patel (41), Jayendra Kumar Patel (64), Dilip Patel (65) and Praveen Patel (61) have reached Indore as per the SC order after com- pleting bail formalities in the trial court in Guja- rat, Indore District Legal while staying in the First India News tics. While we are num- ber two in terms of the population, we are not faring too well on many important parameters.” Giving instances, he said on the Happiness Index, the country ranks at 140 out of 156 countries. On where a person would like to be born if he had a choice, India is at number 66 out of 80 nations. On Gun ownership, India is at number 02 out of 179 countries. On the Rule of Law Law in- dex, the country stood number 66 out of 113 countries. He said on the inten- tional homicide, the country is at number two in 219 nations. On Corruption in public life, India is at number 78 in 180 nations, freedom of press index at number 140 out of 180 nations. “On Democracy Rank- ing, our number is 65 out of 112 counties and on Air Quality Index, the country’s number 84 out of 92 nations,” he said. Gandhinagar: mer Chief Justice of Supreme Court, Jus- tice Ranjan Gogoi here on Monday stat- ed that a key to achieving Prime Min- ister Narendra Modi’s dream of achieving a five-trillion economy is a proper industrial resolution nism through perts. “If the country wants to achieve the dream of the five-trillion dollar economy, we need for- eign investment. For that, we need to have a dispute mechanism in place for the early resolution of disputes,” Justice Go- goi said. He asserted that, “Ninety per cent judg- es will not be an asset in resolving commer- cial disputes. Let us entrust commercial disputes resolution to professionals. Let us City police, AMC officers gearing up for Trump visit For- FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE dollar disputes mecha- ex- Former Chief Justice of Supreme Court, Justice Ranjan Gogoi speaking at the lecture series on ‘Rebuilding the Judiciary in Nation Building’ in Gandhinagar on Monday. ing judiciary , the nation will be on a march.” Referring to the ongo- ing controversy around CAA, he said that “CAA is an issue. Our views may not match but the resolution should be through constitutional means. Trust your judg- es, they will decide in accordance with the Constitution of India.” He asserted that, “In- dia as a nation is not do- ing too well if we look at the comparative statis- city ,” Chaudhary said. He added that a plan was being made to send these convicts to tem- ples, gurdwaras and hospitals of the city for community service. On January 28, the SC had ordered to split the 15 convicts into two groups, send- ing one to Indore and the other to Jabalpur, and ordered them to regularly report to police stations these cities. Assistance Officer Sub- hash Chaudhary said. The Supreme Court had also asked the Dis- trict Legal Services Authority these convicts in get- ting proper employ- ment. “These convicts have expressed their de- sire to take farm land on rent in Indore. We are initiating steps to help them in this direction, so that they can earn their livelihood He said that there is an urgent need to re- build the judiciary. Unless the judiciary is rebuilt, this coun- try cannot prosper. “We need to rebuild the judiciary; merely increasing the num- ber of courts or expe- diting the process of judicial appointments will not suffice,” Jus- tice Gogoi asserted. He said, “The mo- ment we have a fearless, independent and work- curtail the right to ap- peal. We need to give confidence to inves- tors that we have a sys- tem that works, you can come and invest here safely ,” he added Justice Gogoi was de- livering a public lecture on “ Rebuilding the Ju- diciary: Nation Build- ing “ at Gujarat Nation- al Law (GNLU) Gandhinagar. Chief Minister Vijay Rupani presided over the function. resolution to help necessary University in Four Gujarat tribal MPs meet PM to discuss quota issue GUV AT HERITAGE CAR SHOW Governor Acharya Devvrat visited the 5th Heritage Car Show hosted at the House of Aman Aakash Ahmedabad by Gujarat Vintage & Classic Car Club on Sunday, where he appreciated the aesthetics of more than 80 vintage cars and 20 motorcycles, which are participating. First India News First India News emergency and first aid, etc. In addition, a tight security net is being put into place, with as many as 5,000 police person- nel reportedly being de- puted along the route where Trump’s convoy is likely to pass. Start- ing from Bhat Road, an area of about 10 km is being scanned, includ- ing Sabarmati Tolana- ka, Parimal and Kotesh- war Vala Road, Motera village and the stadium itself. Unauthorized en- try into the stadium has already been banned. City officials have also been asked to en- sure that no hurdle can be found in terms of bad roads, weird footpaths, and cattle. Open plots near the stadium will provide parking space for more than 10,000 ve- hicles. services, rat Government. The key contention of the tribal MPs was that Rabaris, Charans and Bharwads, who had earlier been in- cluded among the Scheduled since they were living in remote Gir forest areas, were no long- er inside the jungles. They were settled outside later after the Gir forests were declared protected lion sanctuary in view of increasing man-ani- mal conflicts there. The MPs that only those living in interior regions in the forests should be con- sidered as Scheduled Tribes and these com- munities should not be among them. Ahmedabad: Authori- ties at the Ahmedabad Municipal Corpora- tion (AMC) have as- signed 15 different duties to the officers ahead of the visit of the United States of America’s president Donald Trump by end of the month. Trump is likely to inaugu- rate the world’s larg- est cricket stadium in Motera, where Prime Minister Modi will be also there. The guest is likely to visit Gandhi Ashram and Sabarmati River- front. For their wel- come, the civic body has assigned different roles to their engineers and other staff regarding sanitation, cattle con- trol, decoration, park- ing facility, fire and Ayurveda institute bill introduced in LS Ahmedabad: A group of Schedule Tribe members of Lok Sab- ha elected from Guja- rat called on Prime Minister Modi in New Delhi on Monday and made a repre- sentation over their demand to remove Ra- bari, Charan and Bharwad castes from the list S c h e d u l e Tribes. The MPs, who met the Prime Minister, include Jashwant Bhabhor, Gita Rathwa, Prabhu Vasava and Mansukh Vasava, all from BJP. Accord- ing to Gita Rathwa, the Prime Minister in his response said that the matter will be dis- cussed with the Guja- Tribes Narendra FRESH SPECULATION ABOUT RUPANI’S FUTURE AHEAD OF BUDGET SESSION First India News the buzz in Ahmedabad and Gan- dhinagar is that a low profile and popular face Rupani may be inducted into the Un- ion Cabinet and the present Union Minis- ter of State for Ship- ping Mansukh Man- Narendra of a President Trump around the same time a super hit. BJP sources claim apparently there is no reason for his quit- ting the post of the Chief Minister, but pol- itics is always fraught with uncertainties. Suspicious machinery found in chinese ship going to pak Donald Gujarat daviya may replace him at Gandhinagar. Interestingly, the specu- lation is rife at a time when Rupani is going to face the budget session of the State Assembly from February 24 and is working 24/7 to make the expected visit of US to said Gandhinagar: prisingly , and sudden- ly, there is again a fresh speculation about the future of Gujarat Chief Minis- ter Vijay Since Sunday night, Sur- Rupani. First India News overlooked the legacy of Ayurveda in Kera- la and demanded that before the introduc- tion of the Bill, a de- bate should be held under Rule 272 (1) in the House. Replying to them, Minister of State for Ayush Shripad Yasso Naik said this was the first institute in this series only and the Government will set up more after consid- ering their proposals. Later, the Bill was in- troduced via voice vote in the House. INSTITUTE IN GUJ Gandhidham: Investi- gations have found sus- picious machinery from a Chinese ship, which is from Hong Kong and on its way to Pakistan. Sat- urday’s investigation has also prompted other agencies to investigate the possibility of the vessel possessing any war material such as a missile, besides wind- mill supplies for the Pa- kistani government. The suspected ma- chinery was discov- ered at the Din Dayal from the concerned department called. No investiga- tion has been found as the National Security Investigation Agency is under investigation. The goods were to be unloaded Qasim, a crop in neigh- boring Kutch area. There were rituals including pachnamas until late at night after initial inspection of the ship stopping, while the ship was still being in- spected during the day . New Delhi: The Ayur- veda institute Bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Mon- day amid opposition by the Congress and All India Trinamool Congress. Raising the issue dur- ing Zero Hour, Saugata Roy of the AITC said The Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayur- veda Bill, 2020 seeks to set up an Ayurveda insti- tute in Jamnagar of Gu- jarat which has no lega- cy of Ayurveda. were at Port duction of the Bill said it violates the objective of providing training and research of Ayurveda in the country . He said the Bill “Instead, the insti- tute should be set up in Delhi, Varanasi, Kerala or West Ben- gal which has glori- ous tradition of Ayur- veda instead Jamna- gar in Gujarat,” he said, opposing the in- troduction of the Bill. Congress’ Shashi Tha- roor opposed the intro- Port Trust, Kandla, when a Chinese flag ship named ‘De China Jing’, departing from Hong Kong, was dis- covered. So the experts

11. www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia11 AHMEDABAD, TUESDAY FEBRUARY 11, 2020 SAPPHO, LOVE POETRY FOR MOM K gram to thank everyone for their wish- es on the arrival of the munchkin in her life. She also praised the women who go through gruesome pregnancy . “Please welcome Sappho. Born 07/02/20. She just spent 9 month wrapped up like a momo in my uterus. Let’s give her some space...Thank you for all the good wishes and positive en- ergy pouring in. And respect to all the women who go through the intense and gruesome experience of birth, be it vaginal or C-section, so many of whom are not given credit or support for the biggest challenges they face, but are ex- pected to do it out of some kind of duty . DILO ME HOKEMALANG BOLLYWOOD DIRECTOR MOHIT SURI IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH CITY FIRST ABOUT HIS LATEST FILM MALANG The process takes a huge toll both psy- chological and physical and should have the backing of an entire commu- nity to truly heal,” she wrote. Kalki also urged her followers to spread love. “And a reminder to each and every human being of where we started, be- ing formed from tiny molecules to con- scious, beautiful beings. We are survi- vors of the biggest battle, the one for life and existence, and should treat ourselves and others with that love and respect. ‘Some say an army of horsemen or infantry, A fleet of ships is the fairest thing on the black earth, but I say It’s what one loves’ ~Sappho~ circa 600BC,” she added. alki Koechlin, who welcomed a daughter a few days ago, has named the newborn Sappho. Kalki on Sunday took to Insta- Kalki Koechlin —IANS THAILAND GOES STAR STRUCK S rum in Thailand. The ac- tress, who was accompanied by her husband Daniel We- ber to Thailand, was feted with the Asia One Women empowerment Award, 40 un- der 40, Influential Asian Award, and India’s Fastest Growing Brand award for her cosmetic line StarStruck. Sunny said, “My cosmetic line is a reflection of me, and my team and we have worked really hard to get every as- pect of it right .The award completely belongs to the team StarStruck and Daniel that has got the brand global recognition.” The event was graced by prominent diplo- mats where she was bestowed with the profilic awards. On the acting front, Sunny will next be seen in ‘Koka Kola’. —IANS unny Leone received three honours at the 13th Edition of Asian Business & Social Fo- NEHAL NAYAR nehal.nayar@firstindia.co.in B ollywood romantic-ac- tion-thriller film, Ma- lang, directed by Mohit Suri and featuring Adi- tya Roy Kapur, Disha Patani, Anil Kapoor and Kunal Khemu did really well in its first-weekend box-of- fice making a whooping `25.36 crores. Talking about the film’s success, Mohit Suri spoke about his experience on-shoot and a few insiders about the same, in an ex- clusive interview with City First on Monday . On being asked about his expe- rience shooting for the film, Mo- hit said, “It was really unusual. When you have Mohit Suri for it, who also had an aptitude for action and not just romance. Similarly , Anil Sir (Anil Kapoor) had played such roles in the past, and I wanted him to go back in time as he currently plays roles of a father or an uncle, and talk- ing about Disha, she’s a very popular face, but has not really made a lot of screen appearance.” The director does not stand by nepotism at all and stating about the same, he mentioned, “Nepo- tism has its plus and minus. If we talk about Alia, even if she wasn’t Mahesh Bhatt’s daughter, she would have made it big in this industry because of the wonder- ful actor that she is, and the same goes for Sara. If we look at Kartik here, he has come from an inte- rior of India and is doing excep- tionally well.” During the interview, Mohit said that is favourite genre is ro- mance, any day . “Even my thrill- er has a love story in it,” he said. Mohit is working on his next film ‘Villain 2’ which will have a fresher cast than the last one and will fea- ture Aditya Roy Kapur and John Abraham. an extremely crazy cast, you tend to enjoy every moment of the shoot. The entire experience was crazier and edgier, as the cast was really lovely .” Mohit always focuses on select- ing the most appropriate cast for his films. To this, he said, “I never cast anyone with their market perception; I cast whoever is perfect for the role. I al- ways felt that Adi (Aditya Roy Kapur) was perfect Disha Patani and Aditya Roy Kapur AND THE WINNER IS... PROMISE DAY Promise that you will be an equal partner, emotionally, physically and financially. South Korean drama ‘Parasite’ drew the loudest cheers at the Oscars 2020 as it created history by becoming the fi rst foreign-language fi lm to win the Best Picture award. Penelope Cruz Sunny Leone

12. HOLLYWOOD AHMEDABAD | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2020 12 www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia FACE OF THE DAY Brad Pitt for the Best Supporting Actor in Once Upon A Time In Hollywood Hildur Gudnadottir for the Best Original Score for Todd Phillips’s ‘Joker’ Joaquin Phoenix for the Best Actor SHAURYA SANADHYA, Blogger OSCARS 2020 A s the 92nd edition of the Academy Awards came to a close on Sunday after bestowing the most outstanding icons of the indus- try, here’s a look at the honours that made history at the cham- pagne-soaked event. South Korean drama ‘Parasite’ drew the loudest cheers at the ceremony as it created history by becoming the first foreign-language film to win the Best Picture award at Oscars. Alternatively, it also won the maximum number of awards at the ceremony as it swept four big titles - Best Motion Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best International Feature. Di- rector Bong Joon Ho made a mark at the award ceremony by taking home three Oscars at the very first Oscar nod. ‘Joker’ star Joaquin Phoenix who is currently basking in the glory of three big awards - Golden Globe, BAFTA and Oscar - for his role also won his first Oscar after being nominated four times. Renee Zell- weger also lifted her first Oscar in the category of Best Actor for the portrayal of late icon Judy Garland in the biopic ‘Judy’. She had earlier been be- stowed with the honour in the Best Supporting Actor category for ‘Cold Mountain’ in 2004. Heart-throb Brad Pitt won the Best Support- ing Actor honour for his role in Quentin Tar- antino’s ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ which marked his first Oscar win for an acting category. He had previously won in 2012 as a producer of Best Picture winner ‘12 Years a Slave’. Composer Hildur Gud- nadottir who won the award for the Best Original Score for Todd Phillips’s ‘Joker’ became the third female composer to win the best score title and the first one to win the Original score title as the Acad- emy in 2000 combined the previous two categories of Original Score and best Dramatic Score into a single category. On the other hand, Former US President Ba- rack Obama’s production debut ‘ American Factory’ also won the Academy for the Best Documentary Feature. The documentary marks the first movie produced by Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama’s High- er Ground Productions. The 92nd edition of the Academy Awards went hostless for the second time and took place at the Dolby Theatres, Los Angeles, Cal- ifornia. Zazie Beetz Barack Obama with Michelle Obama for Debut Production of American Factory Timothée Chalamet Renne Zellweger for the Best Actor for the portrayal of late icon Judy Garland in the biopic ‘Judy’ Billy Porter —-ANI You know the mantra for success and therefore you will surely excel in all your tasks this year. Your dreams will surely come true. You will involve yourself in some spiritual activities for sometime. IF IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY TODAY Horoscope by Saurabbh Sachdeva LEO JUL Y 24 - AUGUST 23 To move mountains in your career all you need is dedication and lots of hard work. No matter how much you spend on what, luckily all the money will fl ow back to your life as you are blessed with money. Never let someone’s words defi ne who you are. ARIES MAR 21 - APR 20 TAURUS APR 21 - MA Y 20 GEMINI MA Y 21 - JUNE 21 CANCER JUNE 22 - JUL Y 23 VIRGO AUG 24 - SEP 23 Your childhood memories will come live as you are likely to spend quality time with your relatives. You seem to always solve problems for others and help them out. You have started working in the direction of achieving your targets. Your planning for building a house will turn out to be good. Being a supporting hand for your spouse will bring lot of happiness to them and they will feel grateful. You can expect a fi nancial boost in form of salary increment or getting money back from the borrower. Keep following the path you have chosen to have a good health. Don’t mind those who are insensitive to you, they don’t deserve your attention. Taking initiative will help you in seizing good opportunities on the business front. Your family will appear most responsive to your needs today. Your nature towards someone’s suffering will be appreciated. You must set a goal and then work hard in achieving it. Carefully read your work documents and specially those which involve your signatures. At workplace not everyone like us no matter how good we are so that should never bother you. Academi- cally, help others to an extent. Adjust yourself if you need to, specially when accomplishing your target is your priority. Do not leave any stone unturned when it comes to excelling in studies. Focus on improving your concentration power if you are feeling distracted lately. YOUR DAY LIBRA SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22 Keep smiling as everything will just turn fi ne. Home makers Too much of everything is bad so don’t stress yourself beyond your limit. Keep a good distance from any money bet or something like that. A trip to abroad will materialise soon. SCORPIO OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22 All your stress will disappear if you indulge yourself in yoga and meditation. You can expect a big break in your career. You will attract money in bulk. You are quite satisfi ed with your life and you must not care about those who are not happy seeing you happy. SAGITTARIUS NOV 23 - DEC 22 Dedication is what you need to take your career on the next level. You may fi nd yourself being tempted to buy a lot stuff but resist the fancy desires for a while. Your contribution on work front, will be appreciated by everyone. You may just win a property in a lucky draw. Don’t be impatient. CAPRICORN DEC 23 - JAN 20 You need to supervise your business to make sure there is no loophole. Watch your expenditure carefully as you may not realise while spending money. You will be very busy but make sure to take care of things on home front. You may need some space from home. AQUARIUS JAN 21 - FEB 19 PISCES FEB20 - MARCH 20 You are very active these days and not can slow down your spirit. Your right actions of the past will give you great results in the present. You may not feel needed to bring about any improvement in yourself but life is another name for a change and to keep upgrading. Shun all the negative thoughts today and embrace life open heartedly. You will be in the saving mode and therefore you will spend each penny judiciously. You will realise your true potential and bring it to the full use. Many positive changes will come in your life.

13. ETC AHMEDABAD | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 202013 www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia DEEPIKA’S PICTURE-SHARING SPREE I t seems like Deepika Padu- kone is on a picture sharing spree, as she teased her fans by posting exquisite pictures from her vacation with hus- band Ranveer Singh on so- cial media on Monday . The 34-year-old actor shared a snap from her exotic vacation and wrote, “two’s company ... #his & hers #vaca- tion” The beautiful frame captures two bicycles parked in a shed captured amid soothing sunlight. On Sunday, the ‘Padmaavat’ actor shared a pic- ture of two umbrellas with a lovely caption that reads, “come sunshine or rain... #his & hers #vacation.” Earlier, the ‘Chhapaak’ actor had shared a photo of her and Ranveer’s passports and air tickets. “His & Hers... #vacation,” she captioned the photo. While Deepika last appeared as an acid attack survivor in ‘Chhapak’, Ranveer will be seen in ‘Jayeshbhai Jordaar’ and sports drama ‘’83’. —ANI ... her Instagram posts Deepika Padukone ANANYA SHOOTS FOR 23 HOURS NON-STOP Sonu Hua Deewana B wana’ in the Shah Rukh Khan-starrer ‘Pardes’ as the song that changed the course of his career. Sonu feels before that song released, filmmak- ers and fans alike would dismiss his talent, saying he was just another Mo- hammad Rafi clone. “Yeh he added. Sonu recently paid a visit to Ghai’s Whistling Woods film school, where he went down memory lane and recalled about his experience of singing ‘Yeh dil deewana’ for Shah Rukh in the film. Dil Deewana”, filmed on SRK in the 1997 Subhash Ghai film, changed all that, according to the singer. “No one discovered my originality till they heard ‘Yeh dil deewana’. I sang this song exactly how the director envisaged it, and both the song and film be- came superhit, and I be- came the Sonu Nigam,” ollywood playback star Sonu Nigam considers his popu- lar hit ‘Yeh dil dee- W hours at a stretch. “Ananya has been juggling be- tween shoots and other commit- ments. Recently , during a schedule of Khaali Peeli, she started shooting at 8 o’clock in the morning and contin- ued to shoot till the next morning. She shot for the film for more than 23 hours at a stretch,” a source said. Directed by Parvez Shaikh, ‘Khaali Peeli’ also features Ishaan Khatter. “Ananya has a very tight schedule but even then, none of her other work commitments She’s shooting for a song se- quence, attending events, reading scripts and has a line-up of films in 2020, which she is shooting for. She will kick-start the shoot for some of them by the end of February itself”, the source said, adding that the actress will begin shooting for her upcoming slate of films soon. The masala entertain- er is produced by Ali Ab- bas Zafar with Zee Stu- dios and Himanshu Kishan Mehra. —IANS ithout any sleep, actress Ananya Panday recently shot for her upcoming film ‘Khaali Peeli’ for almost 23 —IANS Sonu Nigam PUNJAB DA PUTTAR NEHAL NAYAR P Pink City on Sunday evening to perform at Hotel Clark’s Amer. Touching millions of hearts with his voice, B Praak happens to be one of the favourite singers of today’s youth and the major- ity of them have at least one song of his in their playlist. Being a music director- turned-singer, his first debut song was ‘Mann Bharrya’, which was a block- buster hit. His Bolly- wood debut as a singer was in the film ‘Kesari’ nehal.nayar@firstindia.co.in Janhvi visits Tirupati with the song ‘Teri Mitti’, followed by many other hits till date. His performance in the Pink City was extremely mesmerising, as he per- formed his hit numbers. On being asked about what in- spires him to sing, or has there been any sad phase in his life that he sings such deep songs, B Praak during a candid conversation with City First said, “Well, I have not been through breakup or anything tragic to come up with such deep- ness in my voice or songs. I’m just the voice of the ones who are going through tough times in their lives, and I love what I’m doing. Seeing the love I’m getting from every- one across the globe really overwhelms my heart.” unjabi music sensa- tion Pratik Bachan, commonly known as B Praak was in the B on a religious trip to Tirupati Andhra The ‘Dhadak’ ac- tress took to Insta- gram on Sunday and posted a gamut of pho- tographs from her trip. According to comments on her images, Janhvi trekked it all the way to the top of Tirumala town to make it to the shrine. On the acting front, Janhvi has been shooting for two films -- ‘Gunjan Saxena’ and ‘Roohi- Afzaa’. —IANS suffer. ollywood ac- tress Janh- vi Kapoor is currently in Pradesh. any B Praak Janhvi Kapoor Successful Sustainable Development Sessions J ference on ‘Innovations in Technology, Man- agement and Design for Achieving Sus- tainable Develop- ment Goals’ (IC- SDG) on Febru- ary 7 and 8. The final day of the confer- ence began with a Plena- for sustainable development and villagers at the bottom of Shafkat Hussain, Social Poli- cy Specialist, UNICEF, Ra- jasthan, which had participa- tions from Tshwane Univer- sity of Technology, South Africa, University College London, UK, University of East London, UK and JK Lak- shmipat University, Jaipur. Chief Guest of the day, Dariya Singh Yadav, Director, Technical Education, Govern- ment of Rajasthan, stressed upon focusing on environ- ment, society and economy to increase the happiness index of mother earth for sustaina- bility . cityfirst@firstindia.co.in CITY FIRST K University , Jaipur, organised an in- ternational con- Lakshmipat From Left- Dariya Singh Yadav, YK Vijay, Dr RL Raina, Shafquat Hussain and Isabelle Bardem Dr RL Raina addressing the audience the socio-economic pyramid. This was followed by a spe- cial session on Innovations for Children, chaired by of any economy, as was the need to empower and im- prove the lives of farmers ry Session on Amongst other issues, the nexus of food-wa- ter-energy was highlighted Ananya Panday

14. CITY BUZZ AHMEDABAD | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2020 14 www.fi rstindia.co.in I www.fi rstindia.co.in/epaper/ I twitter.com/thefi rstindia I facebook.com/thefi rstindia I instagram.com/thefi rstindia NEW HAVEN FOR ARTISTS —PHOTOS BY HANIF SINDHI CITY FIRST  T he art circuit in the city seems to be buzzing with activity these days. Mum- bai-based NGO Internation- al Creative Art Cen- tre (ICAC) opened the doors to its first gallery in Ahmedabad on Sat- urday . The inaugural event was attended by Ahmedabad mayor Bijal Patel, and artists such as Prabhakar Kolte, Vi- nod Sharma, Laxman Aelay, Aditya Basak, Chandra Bhat- tacharjee, among others. The gallery’s first showcase is of paintings by veteran artist Vrin- davan Solanki. The art gallery of Ahmedabad Municipal Corpora- tion was taken over by the organ- ization to develop it into a state-of- the-art gallery . An alumnus of the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Solanki is the recipient of several prestigious art awards such as the Takhman 28 print Award for Etching in 1984, Gold Medal and First Prize of the Bombay Art Society in 1970, among others. The artist has showcased his work in over 200 exhi- bitions, over 40 of which were solo showings including cities like Lon- don and New York. Mardia, founder. ICAC, said, “The gallery will provide emerging artists in the country with a platform to exhibit their artwork.” cityfirstgujarat@gmail.com Not your average love story Kala Yane Andhera CITY FIRST H Sudhi Season 3 is produced by Jay Vyas (Jay Vyas Production), Dhushma and Hiren Doshi (Astha Production), directed by Pri- yal Patel and has music by Rahul Ramesh. Co-director Hiren Doshi said, “Till now, the show was the story of a boy and a girl. This time, something different is that our char- acters are trying to understand or failing to understand human emotions such as love, hate, friendship, anger, dedication. Who knows to what extent is true or false that everyone is right in their way? It is only a matter of time before the audience accepts this response. Jay Vyas said the journey and the story of ‘Bus Chae Sudhi Safer’ started with an ex- perimental standard. “We had not dreamed of this success. But everyone’s profession- alism paid off. Be it the writer, producer or director, everyone’s goal was to give their best to the series.” it Gujarati web series ‘Bus Cha Su- dhi Safer’ is returning to YouTube this Valentine’s Day with Season 3. Written by Sandeepbhai, Bus Chae The Vishal Shah, Shivam Parekh, Deep Patel, Prashant Jangid, Pooja Purohit, Kailash Shah- dadpuri, Nilay Gora- dia, Tushar Sharma, Aaditya Trivedi, Suraj Nayak, Radhika Bud- hbhatti, Karan Asnani, Jeet Patel, Dhrumit Chauhan, Ajaz Shaikh, Aakarsh and Anuj Pu- rani. Credit for lights and sound go to Bhavya Doshi and Savan Zalar- iya, respectively . cityfirstgujarat@gmail.com play features by National School of Drama in New Delhi. Written by Paresh Vyas Kabir kore and directed by Kabir Thakore, the play is inspired by a real-life incident. Ka- laa Yane Andhera talks about the freedom of an artist through the metaphor of colours. The play has charac- ters from cross-sec- tions of the society. It also shows the grey side of each and every character. CITY FIRST A urday under the leader- ship of Kabir Thakore in association with In- die Productions, Scrap- yard - The Theatre Team, the critically ac- claimed Kala Andhera (Black Means Darkness) is set to rep- resent Gujarat at the Bharangam 2020 Thea- tre Festival organized fter a success- ful run Ahmedabad on Friday and Sat- Tha- in Yane cityfirstgujarat@gmail.com