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Sasikala seeksappointment withTN Gover

Chennai, AIADMK General Sec-

retary V.K. Sasikala on Sat-urday sought an appoint-ment with Tamil NaduGovernor C. VidyasagarRao along with all legisla-tors supporting her.

In a letter to Rao, cop-ies of which were issuedto the media, Sasikalasaid acting Chief MinisterO. Panneerselvam has re-signed from his post andthe same was acceptedby the Governor a weekago.

"...taking the urgencyof the situation at hand, Iwould like to seek an ap-pointment with Your Ex-cellency by today with allMLAs (Members of Legis-lative Assembly) who ex-tended their support tome regarding furthercourse of action to formthe Government,"Sasikala told Rao.

"I believe Your Excel-lency will act immediatelyto save the Sovereignty ofthe Constitution, democ-racy and the interest ofthe State," the letternotes.

25.71 per centvoting inGhaziabad till 11a.m.

Ghaziabad, Ghaziabad district

witnessed 25.71 per centvoter turnout in five as-sembly constituencies till11 a.m. on Saturday as thefirst phase of voting gotunderway in UttarPradesh on Saturday.

At least 27.14 per centvotes were caste in Loniassembly constituencywhile Muradnagar wit-nessed a 30 per cent turn-out.

In Sahibabad assem-bly constituency, 23 percent voting was recorded,while it was 23.5 per centin Ghaziabad assemblyseat.

The Modinagar as-sembly constituency wit-nessed 25.23 per centvoting.

Dhaulana, part of thenewly carved-out Hapurassembly constituency,where the election is be-ing partly conducted byGhaziabad administra-tion, witnessed 25 percent turnout.

The average turn outin five assembly seats ofGhaziabad district andDhaulana assembly seatwas 25.71 per cent.

Agra seesenthusiasticvoting

Agra, Polling gained mo-

mentum here amidbright and sunnyweather, with votersflaunting the ink mark ontheir fingers after castingvotes in the first phase ofthe Uttar Pradesh assem-bly elections.

"The city seemsheaded for a record turn-out," a polling boothagent of a political partysaid.

"Long queues outsidepolling booths in the in-terior city areas withheavy concentration ofminority votes and inDalit bases of JagdishPura, Loha Mandi area,were seen," he said.

Brisk voting in thenine assembly constitu-encies of Agra district wasreported by electioncommission office. A totalof 121 candidates are inthe fray. The total numberof voters in Agra district is32,42,858.Of the nineseats, the Bahujan SamajParty (BSP) won six,Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) won two, and theSamajwadi Party (SP) gotone in the 2012 assemblyelections.In the 2012 as-sembly polls, the votingpercentage was 61.50.

U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife Melania (L) wave with JapanesePrime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd R) and his wife Akie Abe while boarding AirForce One as they depart for Palm Beach, Florida, at Joint Base Andrews, Mary-land, U.S., February.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Congress vice presidentRahul Gandhi releasing 10-point common minimum programme of the alli-ance during the ongoing Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, in Lucknow.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, MoS for Finance and Corporate Affairs ArjunRam Meghwal and RBI governor Urjit Patel at the Central Board of Directors ofthe Reserve Bank of India in its customary post- budget meeting in New Delhi.

TN Minister Pandiarajanjoins Panneerselvam camp

Chennai, In another jolt to

AIADMK General SecretaryV.K. Sasikala, Tamil NaduSchool Education Minister K.Pandiarajan on Saturdayswitched his loyalties to act-ing Chief Minister O.Panneerselvam's camp - thefirst state minister to do so.

Till Friday Pandiarajanwas with Sasikala and wasdefending her in a staunchmanner.

Earlier in the day, twoLok Sabha Members ex-tended support toPanneerselvam by joininghis camp.The two members

-- Ashok Kumar represent-ing Krishnagiri constituencyand Sundaram representingNamakkal -- visitedPanneerselvam at his resi-dence here.

Earlier, sitting RajyaSabha member V. Maitreyanhad joined Panneerselvam'scamp.

The two MPs joinedPanneerselvam a day afterAIADMK spokespersonVaigaichelvan said peoplejoining Panneerselvam'scamp are "beyond their ex-piry date".

Speaking to reportershere, Ashok Kumar said

other AIADMK MPs will alsostart joining hands withPanneerselvam.

The AIADMK has 37members in the Lok Sabha.

Panneerselvam revoltedagainst AIADMK GeneralSecretary V.K. Sasikala onTuesday night alleging thathe was forced to resign asChief Minister to pave theway for her to occupy thatchair.

Subsequently five legis-lators, one sitting MP, partyold-timers, former legisla-tors and others have startedexpressing their support toPanneerselvam.

Will be patient, then do what needs to be done: SasikalaChennai,

As support for rival O.Panneerselvam continuedto grow, AIADMK GeneralSecretary V.K. Sasikala onSaturday sought an ap-pointment with Governor C.Vidyasagar Rao. She said hercamp would be patient forsome time and then "dowhat needs to be done".

Speaking to Jaya TV,Sasikala said she believes indemocracy and justice andmaintaining patience.

"Only to some extent wecan be patient. After that weall together would do whatneeds to be done," she said.

She said the AIADMKparty is like an iron fort and

cannot be shaken by any-body.

Sasikala said the partyhas a cadre strength of 1.5crore and those who try todivide the party would lose.

She also said that thereis nothing for her to fear.

Her remarks came aftershe sought an appointmentwith Governor Rao alongwith all legislators support-ing her.

In a letter to Rao, copiesof which were issued to themedia, Sasikala said actingChief Minister O.Panneerselvam has re-signed from his post and thesame was accepted by theGovernor a week ago.

"...taking the urgency ofthe situation at hand, Iwould like to seek an ap-pointment with Your Excel-lency by today with all MLAs(Members of Legislative As-sembly) who extended theirsupport to me regardingfurther course of action toform the Government,"Sasikala told Rao.

"I believe Your Excel-lency will act immediately tosave the Sovereignty of theConstitution, democracyand the interest of theState," the letter notes.

Panneerselvam revoltedagainst Sasikala on Tuesdaynight alleging that he wasforced to resign as Chief

Minister to pave the way forSasikala to occupy thatchair.

Subsequently a stateminister, five legislators, onesitting MP, party old-timers,former legislators and oth-ers have started expressingtheir support toPanneerselvam.

The ruling AIADMK nowhas two clear divisions --one led by Sasikala and theother underPanneerselvam.

Sasikala has already sub-mitted documents electingher as the leader of legisla-ture party and staked herclaim to form the govern-ment.

Bank employee commits suicideover note exchange allegations

Kolkata, A bank employee,

who says he was wronglyaccused in a case of ex-changing old currencynotes, has committed sui-cide in West Bengal'sHowrah district, Govern-ment Railway Police (GRP)officials said on Saturday.

"The body of RajatChowdhury, an employeeof Union Bank, was recov-ered from the railwaytracks near Uluberia sta-tion on Friday night. Hewas run over by a train. Thebody is sent for autopsy,"an official from UluberiaGRP said.Chowdhury'srelatives said he posted asuicide note in a social

media website at around9 p.m. in which he ac-cused two of his fellowemployees of forcing himto illegally exchange oldcurrency notes at thebank."They forced me toexchange the old notesand later lodged a policecase against me. I am go-ing away.

Please look after mywife and daughter. Pleaseforgive me," the Facebookpost said.The relatives ofthe deceased claimed hewas not someone whowould commit suicidewithout grave provoca-tion and alleged that hiscolleagues were involvedin the matter.

Mannan shifted out of ICUKolkata,

Leader of Opposition inthe West Bengal assemblyAbdul Mannan, was shiftedout of intensive care of a pri-vate hospital here on Satur-day, a medical bulletin said.

The Congress leaderwas admitted after he fellsick following a scuffle withthe security officials in theassembly on Wednesday af-ter his suspension bySpeaker Biman Banerjee.

Mannan was"haemodynamically stable,conscious, alert," the ApolloGleneagles Hospital said inits bulletin. He was being

given normal diabetic diet.Mannan underwent a

successful permanent pace-maker implant on Friday.

He was hospitalisedwith high blood pressureand a complete heart block-age. The state assembly wit-nessed tumultuous sceneson Wednesday as Mannanand other opposition legis-lators protested the WestBengal Maintenance of Pub-lic Order (Amendment) Bill,2017.The bill was broughtby the Mamata Banerjee-ledgovernment, which envis-ages stringent measuresagainst destruction of pub-

lic property.The Speaker slapped a

two-day suspension onMannan for disobeying hisorder to remove aprons,placards and posters con-taining pictures of vandal-ism in the assembly lobbyon November 30, 2006, bythen opposition Trinamoolmembers.

Defying Banerjee, Man-nan staged a sit-in near theSpeaker's podium prompt-ing a call to the marshal andother security personnel toremove him. As Mannan re-sisted, other Congress leg-islators joined in the scuffle.

Gujarat Policearrest NID studentsfrom liquor party

Ahmedabad, Police raided a liquor

party and arrested at least29 NID students from a pri-vate apartment in Paldi areahere, police said.Acting on atip-off, police raided PushkarFlats near the National Insti-tute of Design (NID) campusand arrested 29 students, in-cluding 14 women, whowere involved in the liquorparty. They have beenbooked under The BombayProhibition Act.Police saidsome residents got dis-turbed by loud musicplayed in the flat.

UP minister booed atMeerut polling booth

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Labour

and Employment MinisterShahid Manzoor faced ahostile crowd in Meerut'sKithaur constituency on Sat-urday when he visited apolling both.

The 61-year-old politi-cian, who is the incumbentlegislator from Kithaur con-stituency, was greeted withslogans and some peoplealso pelted stones at him,after which he beat a hastyretreat, officials said.

Police had a tough timeensuring the minister'ssafety.

The incident happenedat the Islamia Madarsa pol-ing booth. When he wastalking to the voters, the

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)supporters outside tookumbrage to his spending along time inside.

Soon, all hell broke looseand the Samajwadi Party(SP) leader was gheraoed byan angry mob of BSP sup-porters after which policehad to resort to cane chargeto disperse the unrulycrowd.Normalcy has sincereturned to the pollingbooth and Election Com-mission officials said thatvoting was not affected inany manner during the me-lee. The minister's staff re-fused to comment on the in-cident. BSP supporters al-leged that police was actingat the behest of the minis-ter and that angered them.

Trump: US-Japan ties are 'cornerstone of peace'Washington,

US President Trump haspledged close security andeconomic cooperation withJapan and called the alli-ance between the two na-tions "a cornerstone of re-gional peace and stability",edging away from cam-paign pledges to force To-kyo to pay more for the US'security umbrella.

Trump welcomed Japa-nese Prime Minister ShinzoAbe with a hug to the WhiteHouse on Friday and shookhis hand for a full 19 sec-onds where at one pointTrump awkwardly jerkedAbe's hand forward. The USPresident lavished praise onAbe and offered strong re-assurances about America'scommitment to Japan's de-fence, the New York Timesreported.

"The bond between our

two nations and the friend-ship between our twopeoples runs very, verydeep," Trump said at a pressconference with Abe. "Thisadministration is commit-ted to bringing those tieseven closer." "It is importantthat both Japan and the UScontinue to invest veryheavily in the alliance tobuild up our defence andour defensive capabilities. Ialso want to take this oppor-tunity, Mr Prime Minister, tothank you and the people ofJapan for hosting our armedforces," he said.Echoing hiswords, Abe also stressed onthe importance of strength-ening economic and traderelations. Abe also said thathe would welcome the USbecoming "even greater."

The Japanese Prime Minis-ter also invited Trump tovisit Japan this year, whichwas accepted by Trump, ac-cording to the jointstatement.Japan also gotcontinued US backing for itslong-standing dispute withBeijing over uninhabited is-lands in the East China Sea,which China also claims.Trump said the US is com-mitted to the security of Ja-pan and all areas under itsadministrative control. Thestatement also said the twoleaders affirmed that Article5 of the US-Japan securitytreaty covered the islands,known as the Senkaku inJapan and the Diaoyu inChina.The two leaders wereexpected to discuss over theweekend Trump's decision

to withdraw the US from thecontroversial 12-nationTrans-Pacific Partnership(TPP) trade pact, which To-kyo had lobbied hard for,according to reports.

A White House officialsaid Trump was paying forAbe and his wife to travel toMar-a-Lago Club in Floridafor the weekend, as a "gift"to the leader. The two lead-ers would be playing golfthere on Saturday."I believethat will all work out verywell for everybody, China,Japan, the United States andeverybody in the region,"Trump said at a joint newsconfernce with Abe.Abe isthe second foreign leaderTrump has met since takingoffice, after Britain's PMTheresa May.

'Brexit transitional dealwill lock UK into EU court'

London, Britain will remain un-

der the jurisdiction of theEuropean Court of Justicefor years to come if it seeksa transition deal to secure itswithdrawal from the Euro-pean Union (EU), a top offi-cial said.

Chief negotiator for theEuropean parliament GuyVerhofstadt said on Fridaythat European negotiatorswere primed to push backagainst British Prime Minis-ter Theresa May's promisesto remove the UK from thewrit of European judges assoon as the country leaves

the EU in 2019, the Guard-ian reported.

Verhofstadt, who is rep-resenting the parliament inthe article 50 -- formal pro-cess of exiting the EU -- ne-gotiations, said he expecteda transition agreement to beput together following thesettling of Britain's debtsand before withdrawal in2019.

But asked whether theUK would remain under theEuropean court of justiceafter 2019, Verhofstadt, whois also a former BelgianPrime Minister said: "Thestarting point from the Eu-

ropean side will be yes".The Downing Street

made clear last month thatit believed the UK wouldleave the jurisdiction of thecourt as soon as the Britainexited the EU.

With just weeks to gobefore May is expected toformally announce Britain'sintention to leave the EU bytriggering article 50,Verhofstadt also dashed theUK government's hopesthat it will be able to con-duct negotiations in tan-dem about withdrawal anda future trade agreementwith the EU.

New Delhi, The Reserve Bank of In-

dia on Saturday said it needsto be careful on divulgingthe post-demonetisationdeposit amount as the fig-ure needs to be verified firstand should not be just anestimate.

"The number that weshould now divulge shouldbe a verified number andcongruent with the com-plex accounting," GovernorUrjit Patel said here post theRBI Board meet with Fi-nance Minister Arun Jaitley.

"There are tens of thou-sands of bank branches and4,000 currency chests. Weneed to be careful and trythat this is a number whichis not a mere estimate but averified number both physi-cally and in the accountingsense," Patel added whenasked about the estimated

RBI to declare 'verified' figure on depositsamount of old currencynotes that have come back.

RBI had earlier said thatnotes worth Rs 12.44 lakhcrore have been depositedtill December 10, 2016.

There were 17,165 mil-

lion pieces of Rs 500 notesand 6,858 million pieces ofRs 1,000 notes in circulationon November 8, 2016, theday Prime MinisterNarendra Modi made theannouncement of

demonetising the two highdenomination notes.

The total amount ofhigh denomination cur-rency circulating in the sys-tem on that day was, thus, Rs15.44 lakh crore (Rs 8.58lakh crore in Rs 500 notesand Rs 6.86 lakh crore in Rs1,000).

Jaitley said the meetingwith the RBI was to discussthe various Budget sugges-tions and the current eco-nomic situation.

When asked about RBInot going for a rate cut in itslatest monetary policy re-view on February 8, he said:"All Finance Ministers havethe perpetual desire, but atthe end we all respect thedecision that the RBI takes."--IANS

SIMI terroristarrested in MP

Indore, The Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of the Mumbai has ar-

rested a suspected SIMI aligned terrorist in Khajrana here,officials said. Superintendent of Police Harinarayan ChariMisra confirmed to IANS on Saturday that the ATS has ar-rested a suspected Students Islamic Movement of Indiaterrorist named Parvez. According to sources, a team of atleast 10 ATS officers late on Friday night raided a house andarrested him. Parvez has been accused of sharing intelli-gence related information on social media. Sources saidthat Parvez's brother is also involved in SIMI related activi-ties and is presently in jail. --IANS

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Karnatka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Paying Last respect to J P NarayanaSwamy.

BJP National President Amit Shah during a public meeting at Pukharayan Bazar, Bhognipur, KanpurRural (UP).

Buddhist spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, Union Ministers M Venkaiah Naidu,Ashok Gajapathi Raju, Speaker of Jatiyo Sangshad (Paliament of Bangladesh),Pudechery Governer Kiarn Bedi and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister NChandrababu Naidu lighting the lamp to inagurate a three-day NationalWomen’s Parliament Conference, in Vijayawada.

EC cracks whips,transfers officials in UP

Lucknow, Hours before the first

phase of polling in UttarPradesh, the Election Com-mission (EC) on Fridaycracked the whip on thebureaucracy and police.

The poll panel officialssaid the District Magistratesof Bahraich, Deoria,Sonebhadra and Kannaujhave been shifted with im-mediate effect.

Excise CommissionerBhavnath has also been re-moved and MratyunjayaKumar Narayan posted inhis place. Police chiefs of twodistricts -- Hardoi andGhazipur -- have also beengiven marching orders bythe EC.

Gorakhpur DIGShivsagar Singh has beenreplaced by NeelabjaChowdhary, Azamgarh DIGDharamveer has also beenremoved and Uday ShankarJaiswal appointed in hisplace. IG Bareilly zone VijaySingh Meena has also beenreplaced and Vijay Prakashgiven the charge.

Assem Arun has beennamed the new IG ofVaranasi and SuvendraKumar Bhagat removedfrom this post. Bahraich Dis-trict Magistrate Abhay hasbeen replaced by Ajay DeepSingh. Kannauj DM Ashok

Chandra has been removedand Jai Prakash Sagar ap-pointed in his place.Kannauj is the parliamen-tary constituency of DimpleYadav, wife of Uttar PradeshChief Minister AkhileshYadav.

Deoria DM AnitaSrivastava has been re-placed by Abrar Ahmad andSonebhadra DM ChandraBhushan Singh has been re-moved and Pramod KumarUpadhaya appointed as thenew district magistrate.

Hardoi Superintendentof Police Rajeev Malhotrahas been removed and re-placed by Chandra Prakash,Ghazipur SP Arvind Sen hasbeen replaced by SubhashChandra Dubey.

The poll panel washanded over a list of officialsby parties and many socialorganisations doubtingtheir neutrality.

Of some officials re-moved on Friday night, theirrelatives are contesting thestate assembly elections.

The Bharatiya JanataParty (BJP) has petitionedthe EC at least 10 times toalso remove the state DGPJaveed Ahmad and chiefsecretary Rahul Bhatnagarbut the poll panel has nottaken any action on thesepleas so far.

Sasikala, or Panneerselvam -TN political crisis far from over

Chennai, Television channels on

Friday night reported thatGovernor C. Vidyasagar Raohad ruled out AIADMK Gen-eral Secretary V.K. Sasikalafor chief ministership in areport to the Union HomeMinistry, but the Governor'sHouse denied the report,adding to the continuingpolitical uncertainity grip-ping the state since the pastfour days.

According the India To-day news channel and sev-eral Tamil channels, the Gov-ernor in a report to theUnion Home Ministry citedthe pending disproportion-ate assets (DA) case againstSasikala as the reason forher not being qualified tostake the claim.

The channel, which saidit has a copy of the reportsent by the Governor, re-ported that he also tooknote of the PILs againstSasikala, on which verdictwas pending.

The PILs have been filedchallenging her elevation asthe Chief Minister, since "shehas not been the GeneralSecretary for a continuousperiod of five years", as man-dated by the party's consti-tution. Political uncertaintycontinued in Tamil Nadu forthe fourth consecutive dayon Friday,

However, the Governor'sHouse said in a statementthat he had "not sent anyreport either to the Ministryof Home Affaris or to the

President of India, as re-ported in some of the me-dia".

Earlier in the day,Sasikala dismissed E.Madhusudanan -- a closeaide of late Chief Minister J.Jayalalithaa -- from the partyfor backing O.Panneerselvam for the ChiefMinister's post, saying hehad violated the party'sprinciples and brought dis-repute to it.

Madhusudanan told re-porters: "As per the party by-law, a person can becomeGeneral Secretary ofAIADMK only if he/she is amember for a continuousperiod of five years."

Sasikala was not a mem-ber of the party for a con-tinuous five years and hencenot qualified to be the Gen-eral Secretary, he said.

Sasikala was elected asthe AIADMK General Secre-tary following the death ofJayalalithaa in Decemberlast year and elected leaderof the legislature party onFebruary 5.

Panneerselvam revoltedagainst the party GeneralSecretary on Tuesday night,alleging that he was forcedto resign as the Chief Minis-ter to pave the way forSasikala to occupy thatchair.

But the supporters ofSasikala continued attack-ing Panneerselvam, charg-ing him with betraying theparty.Former Union MinisterE. Ponnusamy on Friday also

chose to side withPanneerselvam, thus addingstrength to the beleagueredacting Chief Minister's camp.It is believed thatMadhusudanan andPonnusamy will help garnersupport of their loyals forPannerselvam.

Meanwhile, AIAMDKMLAs backing the GeneralSecretary, who have beentaken to a beach resort toensure they are not influ-enced by the rival camp, toldthe media outside the resortthat they were not beingheld hostage.Their "assur-ance" came in the wake offiling of several habeas cor-pus petitions in the MadrasHigh Court, stating theywere being held hostage."MLAs cannot be kept hos-tage. Sasikala is treating uslike how (late Chief MinisterJ.) Jayalalithaa treated us,"said one of them.

The high court ad-journed to February 12 itshearing on the habeas cor-pus petitions filed by twoadvocates.

Amid the developmentsunfolding one after theother in the Tamil Naducapital Chennai, aPanneerselvam loyal alsomoved the Supreme Courtseeking an urgent hearingof a plea for directionagainst Sasikala beingsworn-in as the Chief Minis-ter, but the apex court de-clined to oblige.

The petitioner con-tended that Sasikala should

not be sworn-in as the ver-dict on the Karnatakagovernment's plea chal-lenging her acquittal in adisproportionate assetscase was awaited.The mainopposition DMK has urgedGovernor Rao to interveneand ensure a governmentthrough a fair floor test.

Tight contest among BJP, BSP,SP-Congress in UP first phase

Meerut/New Delhi, There appears no clear

front-runner among thethree major contestants -BJP, SP-Congress and BSP -in the 73 seats going to pollsin the first phase of electionsin Uttar Pradesh with factorsincluding demonetisaiton,problems of farmers andcaste and community con-siderations likely to influ-ence the outcome.

While the BJP appears tobe in no position to repeatits performance of 2014 LokSabha polls, the BahujanSamaj Party has steadilybuilt up momentum of itscampaign and theSamajwadi Party and Con-gress are expecting to ben-efit from their alliance. TheRashtriya Lok Dal is also aforce to reckon with on sev-eral seats, due to its appealamong Jat voters.

For the BJP, which isbanking heavily on Prime

Minister Narendra Modi'sappeal and its "social engi-neering", the first phase iscrucial to build momentumfor the remaining six phasesof assembly election for 403seats in the Uttar Pradeshassembly.

But the party has beenbattling challenges, includ-ing perceived unhappinessamong the Jat community,which has a sizeable pres-ence on most seats going topolls in the first phase.

There has also been un-happiness among smalltraders and labourers whofaced difficulties due to thedemonetisation of Rs 500and Rs 1,000 notes.

Bharatiya Kisan Unionleader Choudhary NareshTikait said the central gov-ernment has "done noth-ing" for the farmers and ru-ral areas in last two-and-a-half years. "Farmers are mov-ing towards cities. I do not

see any benefit due todemonetisation. It hasrather caused problems,specially to farmers," he said.

Naresh Tikait, son ofwell-known farmer leaderMahendra Singh Tikait, saidthere was "a wave for Modiin 2014" but the situationwas different now."Politicalparties have sought to di-vide farmers on caste linesfor their own benefit," hea d d e d . P u s h p i n d e rChoudhury, who is affiliatedto Jat Aarakshan SangharshSamiti, said the Jats wouldconsolidate behind RLD."They are angry BJP over theissue of reservation anddemonetisation," he said.On its part, the BJP hassought to reach out to theJat community andfarmers.The party's mani-festo has several promisesfor them including loanwaiver for small and mar-ginal farmers.

Reality trumps rhetoric and US President reaffirms 'One China' policyNew York,

As reality overtookrhetoric, US PresidentDonald Trump ended uncer-tainty over commitment tothe bedrock principle ofBeijing's foreign relations byaffirming to China's Presi-dent Xi Jinping that hewould "honour our OneChina policy".

In his phone call onThursday night in Washing-ton, Trump set the policy forEast Asia on a clearer courseahead of Japanese PrimeMinister Shinzo Abe's visit tothe White House on Friday.

The long-delayed callcame 16 days after Trump'sphone conversation withPrime Minister Narendra

Modi, and after his talks withvarious smaller nationssince entering the WhiteHouse.

In the order of calls thatappeared to set a hierarchyof friendship, the delay wasa challenge to Beijing. But italso was due to the lack of acoherent policy to deal withthe complexities of relationswith China.

Overall, the develop-ment also underscores thenew Trump era of foreignrelations, more mercantileand transactional, ratherthan diplomatic.

Reflecting this, his Secre-tary of State Rex Tillerson isa businessman, who headedExxon-Mobil, with no gov-

ernment or foreign policybackground.

As in a bazaar -- or realestate -- deal, Trump's earlieractions and statements rais-ing prospects of diplomaticties with Taiwan and taxeson Chinese imports can beseen as the opening bid fortransactions and not a de-finitive statement of policy,as it would be considered intraditional diplomacy.

The Chinese can playthis game better than mostEuropeans -- or the US dip-lomatic and policy estab-lishments, which find it un-settling

The White House de-scribed the call as "ex-tremely cordial" and said,

"Representatives of theUnited States and China willengage in discussions andnegotiations on various is-sues of mutual interest."

Xi "said he appreciatedhis US counterpart, DonaldTrump, for stressing that theUS government adheres tothe one-China policy",China's official news agencyreported. "Trump said hefully understands the highsignificance of the USgovernment's pursuit of theone-China policy, addingthat the US government ad-heres to the one-Chinapolicy."Trump's conversa-tion with Taiwan's PresidentTsai Ing-wen in Decemberand his subsequent state-ments that he could recon-sider relations with Taipeiroiled Beijing and sentwaves of fear and anger inthe US political and intellec-tual establishment, whichseemingly reveres China.

Earlier, Trump had saidthe US could impose tariffsas high as 45 per cent onChina's imports because ofwhat he said was its unfairtrade practices and that Ja-pan could develop nuclearweapons for its defence.

Finally, reality took overas Trump uneasily settledinto office and his hand-picked national security andforeign affairs officials tookcharge -- and the Chineseside took on the challengeof mercantile diplomacy.

China and the US arelocked in a tight economic

embrace, with the US de-pendant on cheap importsand Beijing helping prop upthe US by buying and hold-ing $1.2 trillion in US trea-sury bonds - a virtual loan tothe US.

In the short term, hightariffs on Chinese importscould lead to higher pricesfor US consumers and Chinacould also dump its treasurybonds - which it started todo in a small way in Decem-ber - although it could leadto mutually assured destruc-tion for them, a prospectneither would want.

In Asia, the US needsChina's cooperation in deal-ing with North Korea, whichboasts of missiles that couldhit Los Angeles, and in deal-ing with Pakistan.

For Washington, Chinaand Russia getting closertogether in lining up againstit is also a matter of concern.

The delay in calling Xiwas also partially because ofChina's reluctance to reachout at a high-level with the"One China" policy up in their.The matter was probablysorted out ahead of the calland Trump made his firstpublic overture with a letterto Xi on Wednesday greet-ing him for the Chinese NewYear - but 11 days after theevent.Trump's five-year-oldgranddaughter Arabellawas also brought in for softdiplomacy. A video of hersinging a New Year song inMandarin went viral on so-cial media.

Assad denies Amnesty reportof mass hangings in Syria

Damascus, Syrian President Bashar

al-Assad said that the recentreport issued by AmnestyInternational about masshangings in a prison nearthe capital Damascus wasbiased and politicised.

In an interview with theAmerican Yahoo News is-sued on Friday by statenews agency SANA, thePresident said the reportput into question the repu-tation of the organisation.

"We don't look at it asunbiased, it's always biasedand politicized, and it's ashame that such anorganisation releases a re-port without any evidencewhatsoever," Assad said.

On February 7, the Am-nesty released a report thatthe Syrian authorities inSaydnaya prison near Dam-ascus carried out masshangings of as many as13,000 people.

The rights watchdog ac-cused the government of a"policy of extermination",adding that its report wasbased on interviews with 84witnesses, including guards,detainees, and judges.

The executions hap-pened between 2011 and2015, said the report, addingthat most of those slainwere civilians opposed tothe Syrian government.They were taken out of theircells "in the middle of thenight and in total secrecy."

In his interview, Presi-

dent Assad said "thatdoesn't mean anything".

He continued that Am-nesty International did notvisit Syria, "and they havemade their reports based onallegations, they could bringany person, regardless ofwhom he is, you can forgeanything these days, and weare living in the era of fakenews, as you know, and thuswe should not rely on that."

On allowing interna-tional organisations to visitthe prison and inspect theallegations, Assad said thatsuch approval relies on thecredibility of theorganisation, "because theycould use such a visit todemonise the Syrian gov-ernment more and more,like what is happeningnow."

Assad maintained thatwhat was happening inSyria was a result of thewestern and regional sup-port to the terrorist groups,saying that the US havekilled civilians since theirwar on Vietnam, all the wayto Iraq, where 1.5 million Ira-qis were reportedly killed bythe US invasion.

He further quotedformer US President BarackObama as confessing thatthe presence of the IS was aresult of the US invasion toIraq.

On prospects of coop-eration with the current ad-ministration of PresidentDonald Trump, Assad said

that if the Trump administra-tion was serious about fight-ing terrorism, it should hap-pen through cooperationwith the Syrian govern-ment.

Assad maintained thatwhat was happening inSyria was a result of thewestern and regional sup-port to the terrorist groups,saying that the US havekilled civilians since theirwar on Vietnam, all the wayto Iraq, where 1.5 million Ira-qis were reportedly killed bythe US invasion.

Regarding Trump's talksof creating safe zones inSyria to host the Syrian refu-gees, Assad said that such aplan is "unrealistic".

"Safe zones in Syria canhappen when there is peaceand security, where there isno more support to the ter-rorists by neighbouring orWestern countries, thenthere can be a natural safezone, which is our country."

He said that restoringstability to make Syria safeagain is less costly, and morepractical that creating safezones.He further quotedformer US President BarackObama as confessing thatthe presence of the IS was aresult of the US invasion toIraq.

Assad considered thatany cooperation in any con-flict around the world de-mands a Russian-US rap-prochement, "It's extremelyessential, not only for Syria."

Opposition leaders flay Modigovernment for 'authoritarian style'

New Delhi, Calling the BJP-led gov-

ernment at the Centre "sup-pressor of freedom ofspeech", especially in thewake of demonetisationmove, opposition leaders onFriday criticised the Centrefor its authoritarian waysand called for maximumunity among the opposi-tion.

Bihar Chief Minister andJanata Dal (United) leaderNitish Kumar appealed formaximum opposition unityafter launching a book"Fearless in Opposition,Power and Accountability",authored by P.Chidambaram, former Fi-nance and Home Ministerand a senior Congressleader."Why should the op-position be afraid? It is op-position job's to put forth itsviews bravely. Nothing canhappen in democracy with-out dialogue and debate.Opposition should get duerespect. There should bemaximum unity among op-position," Kumar said, add-ing that there was no needto get certificate of patrio-tism from the government.

The discussion on thebook, which saw speakerssuch as Communist Party ofIndia (Marxist) leaderSitaram Yechury and formerunion minister and Con-gress leader Kapil Sibal, fo-cused on authoritarian waysof the BJP government and

fallouts of demonetisation.While Yechury called the

methods of curtailing blackmoney inappropriate, Sibalused the opportunity to calldemonetisation "biggestscam ever".The event wasalso attended by formerPrime Minister ManmohanSingh and Congress VicePresident Rahul Gandhi.

The speakers took a digat Prime Minister NarendraModi's for his "raincoat"comment againstManmohan Singh.Chidambaram called thecomment "derogatory"while Yechury said: "It is notthe level of politics."

Chidambaram said thatstrong exception must betaken to the comment sinceit was made on the floor ofParliament.

Chidambaram alsocriticised the BJP for makingdeclaration of "CongressMukt Bharat". He said theremuch was fear stalking thecountry, which demandedopposition to be fearless.

"If you criticise the gov-ernment, you are anti-na-tional, if you speak againstthe government, you areunpatriotic, if you dissentthat is sedition. This is com-plete mockery of democ-racy. Institutions and indi-viduals are in fear, Dalits arein fear, minorities are in fear,"Chidambaram added.

"Without a united oppo-sition, we can't have democ-

racy. There are enoughcheer-leaders, enoughdrum beaters (for the BJPgovernment). We must befearless, we need voice ofthe opposition," the formerunion minister said.

Meanwhile, Kumar de-fended his decision to sup-port demonetisation soonafter it was implemented,saying "immediate opposi-tion was not appropriate",but he said the governmentshould now talk about therecovery of black money af-ter over 90 days of themove.

WESTERN TIMES AHMEDABADSUNDAY, 12/2/2017

Afghans faceterror, again

The recent violence that witnessed the killing ofsix Red Cross workers in northern Afghanistan and20 people near the Supreme Court of the country,signals an uptick in attacks by militants there. Botthe strikes are suspected to be carried out either bythe Islamic State or by the Taliban. But it’s a morethan enough provocation and assertion of strengthby militants against the US-led forces fighting theTaliban in the war-torn country since 2001. As hos-tile narratives are gaining resonance in Washingtonunder the leadership of President Donald Trump, heTaliban is asking him to “help end what it denouncedas futile and unwinnable American war n Afghani-stan”. In an open letter to Trump, the insurgenceblamed “the United States for starting the Afghanwar 15 years ago” and called the presence of for-eign invading forces in the country, “the principalcause for the continued human and material lossesbeing suffered by bot the sides”. And, against thisbackground, the new President has apparentlyvowed to continue with the military campaign un-til victory. What does all this mean?

Looking at the ferocity of the mujahideens, whoare ever ready to flag their ego and power throughincredible land battles, the Trump Administrationneeds to be cautious, so to say. As per the US mili-tary assessments, only two-thirds of the populationis under the control of the unity Government ofAshraf Ghani, and roughly 10 per cent with theTaliban,. The rest of the territories is still contested,shifting hands from one tribal and ethic war lord toanother. Ghani is forthright in pointing fingers atPakistan as the latter is controlling both the levelsof power and the leadership of the Taliban. Unlessthe Pakistan Army prepares to disown the Talibanand to see a sustainable peace dialogue starts, thefractured battles in Afghanistan will never come toan end. The Taliban must realize that the land, thepeople and most importantly, the organization forwhich they are relentlessly fighting, should o be al-lowed to be decided by others -- whether it is Paki-stan or America. But then, it should come out for anopen dialogue with the Government and bring anend to the bloodshed. It will not, because it’sdestructionist.

The Afghan and international coalition officialshave expressed serious concern that the Taliban of-fensive will rise in future Once the snow melts. Prov-inces like those of Helmand and many others, couldslip into the hands of the militants, as that will helpthem in their physical movements and, more impor-tantly, help get easy access to arms and ammuni-tion. Is the Government ready for a new bout ofstrikes from the deadly insurgents? What couldGhani do to bring the outfit back to the negotia-tion table? Will he get support from theneighbouring Pakistan, which literally holds the keyto the Taliban leadership? Sensing the resolve andconsistency put forwarded by the Islamists, even inthe peak of the winter, Ghani can only expect worse.

Ahmedabad, Page 3

3In the News WESTERN TIMES AHMEDABADSUNDAY, 12/2/2017

SHREE NARMADA ALUMINIUM INDUSTRIES LIMITED95/1, Bharuch-Palej Road, Bholav, Dist: Bharuch, Gujarat - 392001

Corporate Identity Number : L91110GJ1981PLC004269Tel: +91 2642 260624; Fax: +91 2642 240620; E-mail: nalexbh@yahoo.co.in

NOTES:- 1 The above Unaudited Financial Results,reviewed by the Audit Committee, have been approved by the

Board of Directors at its meeting held on 9th Fabruary, 2017 and the same have been subjected to alimited review by the Statutory Auditors.

2 The Company was sick Company under Sick Industrial Companies Act, 1985 ,with effect from 1stDecember 2016, Sick Industrial Companies Act, 1985 repeal by the Sick Industrial Companies (SpecialProvisions) Repeal Act, 2003. The company has received an order from Honorable High Court Gujaratdated 16.05.2008 which is under implementation. Meanwhile a secured creditor filed an application beforeDebt recovery Tribunal-III, Mumbai (DRT-III). On 05.01.2015 DRT-III, Mumbai passed an ex party Orderfor secured creditor with Physical possession of Secured property i.e. factory at Bharuch including thatfrom third party. The secured creditor who was acting in consonance with the understanding for over theperiod of eight months, suddenly initiated steps for taking Possession without awaiting for further order on06.08.2015. DRT-II Mumbai has appointed court receiver for the same. The said property is still in thepossession of the court receiver. The matter is still pending before DRT-III, Mumbai and there is noprogress in above matter in current quarter. The Company is continuously making reasonable efforts totake relief from said order. The management based on various legal opinions believe that going concernis sustainable. Hence the accounts have accordingly been prepared on a going concern basis . TheAuditors of the Company have put a "Qualification" on the aforesaid matters in the Limited Review Reportfor the quarter and nine months ended 31st December 2016.

3 No provision for income tax made in lieu of losses and deferred tax assets is not recognized in theabsence of Virtual certainty to earn income in future.

4 The Company operates in only one business of Trading in Aluminium.Therefore, segment-wise reportingis not applicable..

5 Previous Quarter figures have been regrouped/ reclassified wherever necessary to conform to the currentquarter figures.

Statement of Unaudited Financial Results for the Quarter andNine Months Ended 31.12.2016

1 Income From Operations - - - - 82.66 82.67 2 Net Profit /(Loss) for the period (11-12) (2.92) (6.35) (1.64) (12.85) (7.46) (31.04) 3 Paid-up Equity Share Capital

( ordinary shares of Rs.10/- each) 52.96 52.96 52.96 52.96 52.96 52.96 4 Reserve Excluding Revaluation

Reserve as per balance sheet of the P.Y - - - - - (592.13) 5 Basic and Diluted E P S Rs. Per Share

before extraordinary items (0.56) (1.22) (0.31) (2.47) (1.43) (5.96) 6 Basic and Diluted E P S Rs. Per Share

after extraordinary items (0.56) (1.22) (0.31) (2.47) (1.43) (5.96)

Quarter Ended Nine Months Ended PreviousYear Ended31.03.2016

(Audited)

31.12.16 30.09.16 31.12.15 31.12.16 31.12.15Unaudited

ParticularsSr.No.

DATE : 9th February 2017Place: Mumbai

For SHREE NARMADA ALUMINIUM INDUSTRIES LTD.SD/-

Kantilal B Patel(Chairman and Managing Director and CEO)

Milan R Patel (Director)

UnauditedUnaudited Unaudited Unaudited

STATEMENT OF STANDALONE UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THEQUARTER AND NINE MONTHS ENDED 31.12.2016

CIN : L 17119GJ1995PLCO25007Regd.Office : Plot No.3311, Phase-IV, G.I.D.C. Industrial Estate,

Village : Chhatral (N.G.), Taluka : Kalol, Dist. : Gandhinagar-382 729.

PART I (Rs. in Lacs)

1 Income from operations:(a)Net Sales/ Income from

Operation 1176.63 1377.37 1173.07 3882.42 3886.72 5416.56(b)Other operating Income 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00Total income fromoperation (net) 1176.63 1377.37 1173.07 3882.42 3886.72 5416.56

2 Expenses:(a) Cost of material consumed 1051.20 1004.48 872.25 2998.96 2611.11 3578.84(b) Purchase of stock-in-trade 97.33 38.15 22.12 135.48 49.1 213.74(c) Changes in inventories of

finished goods,work-in-progress and stock-in-trade -267.25 19.59 -8.86 -127.63 210.32 169.13

(d) Employee benefits expense 57.26 72.40 59.28 199.37 192.4 268.72(e) Depreciation and

amortization expense 47.12 46.53 47.59 140.14 142.72 189.32(f) Others Expenses 84.51 95.22 91.22 273.93 278.52 552.34Total expenses 1070.17 1276.37 1083.60 3620.25 3484.17 4972.09

3 Profit/(Loss) from Operationsbefore other income, financecost and exceptionalitems (1-2) 106.46 101.00 89.47 262.17 402.55 444.47

4 Other income 20.68 42.32 1.01 63.97 2.89 15.785 Profit/(Loss) from ordinary

activities before finance costand exceptional items (3-4) 127.14 143.32 90.48 326.14 405.44 460.25

6 Finance costs 57.63 63.41 73.69 178.37 211.5 283.657 Profit/(Loss) from ordinary

activities after finance costbut before exceptionalitems (5-6) 69.51 79.91 16.79 147.77 193.94 176.60

8 Exceptional items 0.00 0.00 0.00 75.73 0.00 59.099 Profit/(Loss) from ordinary

activities before tax(7-8) 69.51 79.91 16.79 223.50 193.94 235.6910 Tax expense 39.48 12.93 0.00 74.41 44.00 81.6711 Net Profit/(Loss) from ordinary

activities after tax (9-10) 30.03 66.98 16.79 149.09 149.94 154.0212 Extraordinary items

(net of tax expense) 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.0013 Net Profit /Loss for

the period (11-12) 30.03 66.98 16.79 149.09 149.94 154.0214 share of profit/(loss)

of associates 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.0015 Minority interest 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.0016 Net Profit/(Loss) after taxes,

minority interest and share ofprofit/(loss) ofassociates(13-14-15) 30.03 66.98 16.79 149.09 149.94 154.02

17 Paid-up Equity Sharecapital(Re.1/- per share) 494.16 494.16 494.16 494.16 494.16 494.16

18 Reserve excluding RevaluationReserves as per balancesheetof previous accounting year 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 745.19

19.i Earnings Per Share (EPSbefore Extraordinary items) a). Basic and diluted 0.06 0.11 0.03 0.30 0.30 0.31

19ii Earnings Per Share(EPS before Extraordinary items) b). Basic and diluted 0.06 0.11 0.03 0.30 0.30 0.31

Quarter Ended Year to Date YearEnded31.3.16Audited

31.12.2016(un-audited)

30.09.16Unaudited

31.12.15Unaudited

31.12.16Unaudited

31.12.15Unaudited

Particulars

MINAXI TEXTILES LIMITED

Sr.No.

NOTES :1 The above un audited (provisional) financial result as reviewed by the Audit Committee were taken on

record by the Board of Directors of the Company in their meeting held on 11.02.20172 The limited review as required by Regulation 33 of SEBI (LODR) Regulations, 2015 has been carried out

by the Statutory Auditors of the company for the quarter ended on 31.12.20163 The Company is mainly engaged in a single segment and hence there is no other primary reportable

segment as required by AS-17 on 'Segment Reporting ' issued by ICAI.4 The previous year/period figures have been regrouped and/or rearranged wherever considered necessary.5 Pursuant to Regulation 47 of SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations,

2015, the aforesaid financial result may be accessed on the Company's website atwww.minaxitextiles.com and may also be accessed at the website of the StockExchange where theshares of the company are listed at www.bseindia.com.

For, Minaxi Textiles LimitedBharatbhai P. Patel

Managing Director DIN : 00161825

Place : ChhatralDate : 11.02.2017

SAANVI ADVISORS LIMITEDRegd. Off. :- 112, F.F.S. NO. 318/7/1, M.V. House, Opp. Hajipura Garden,Shahibaug Road, Shahibaug, Ahmedabad-380004, Ph.No.: 079-25620456

Email:saptharishifin@gmail.com, Website:www.saptharishi.in CIN: L74140GJ1981PLC084205UNAUDITED FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE QUARTER ENDED ON DECEMBER 31, 2016

Place : Ahmedabad.Date : 10.02.2017

For SAANVI ADVISORS LIMITEDRoopesh Ved

DirectorDIN : 01504998

Note:-The above is an extract of the detailed format of Quarterly Financial Results filed with the stock Exchange underRegulation 33 of the SEBI (Listing and other Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015. The Full format of theQuarterly Financial Results are available on the stock Exchange website i.e. www.msei.in & on the company’swebsite –www.saptharishi.in

( in Rs.)

PARTICULARS Nine MonthEnded on

31/12/2016(Unaudited)

Income from Operation (net) 225,000.00 90,000.00 565,000.00Other Income 371,658.93 356,988.00 1,367,755.98Net Profit/(Loss) from ordinaryactivities after tax 386,878.87 280,524.00 1,252,514.25Net Profit/(Loss) for the period after tax(after extraordinary items) 386,878.87 280,524.00 1,252,514.25Paid-up equity Share Capital 20,105,000.00 16,205,000.00 20,105,000.00Reserves (excluding Revaluation Reserve (900944) (900944) (900944)as shown in the Balance Sheet As on 31st As on 31st As on 31stof previous year) March,2016 March,2016 March,2016Earnings per Share (EPS) for the period(before and after extra ordinary items)-Basic 0.19 0.17 0.62-Diluted 0.19 0.06 0.62

Quarterended on

31/12/2016(Unaudited)

Quarterended on

31/12/2015(Unaudited)

OMKAR OVERSEAS LIMITEDRegd. Office : 212, New Cloth Market, O/s. Raipur Gate, Raipur, Ahmedabad - 380 002.

E-mail ID : omkaroverseas212@gmail.com, Website : www.omkaroverseasltd.com,Tele. No. : 079- 2213 2078, CIN : L51909GJ1994PLC023680

Place : AhmedabadDate : 10.02.2017

For and on behalf of the boardOMKAR OVERSEAS LIMITED

RAMESH DEORADIRECTOR & CEO

DIN: 01135440

Note: The above is an extract of the detailed format of Quarterly Financial Results filed with theBSE Limited under Regulation 33 of the SEBI (Listing and other Disclosure Requirements) Regulations,2015. The Full format of the Quarterly Financial Results are available on the stock Exchangewebsite i.e. www.bseindia.com & on company’s website- www.omkaroverseasltd.com.

UNAUDITED FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THEQUARTER ENDED ON DECEMBER 31, 2016 (Rs.in Lacs)

PARTICULARS Nine MonthEnded on

31/12/2016(Unaudited)

Income from Operation (net) 0.00 0.00 88.48Other Income 0.00 0.00 0.00Total income from operations (net) 0.00 0.00 88.48Net Profit/(Loss) from ordinaryactivities after tax (0.38) (1.16) 2.64Net Profit/(Loss) for the period aftertax (after extraordinary items) (0.38) (1.16) 2.64Paid-up equity Share Capital 492.36 492.36 492.36Reserves (excluding RevaluationReserve as shown in the BalanceSheet of previous year) -1.18 -9.50 -1.18Earnings per Share (EPS) for theperiod (before and after extraordinary items)-Basic 0.00 0.024 0.05-Diluted 0.00 0.024 0.05

Quarterended on

31/12/2015(Unaudited)

Quarterended on

31/12/2016(Unaudited)

OMKAR INDUSTRIES LIMITEDRegd. Office: 260, New Cloth Market, Out Side Raipur Gate, Raipur, Ahmedabad - 380 002.

Website : www.omkar indust r ies.co. in , Ph NO. :(079) 22120022; E-Mail ID : kamalca2008@gmail.com, CIN : L51909GJ1985PLC007702

Place : AhmedabadDate : 10.02.2017

For and on behalf of the board ofOMKAR INDUSTRIES LIMITED

SUBHASHCHANDRA AGARWAL DIRECTOR & CEO

DIN: 00356977

Note: The above is an extract of the detailed format of Quarterly Financial Results filed with theDissemination Board under Regulation 33 of the SEBI (Listing and other Disclosure Requirements)Regulations, 2015.

UNAUDITED FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THEQUARTER ENDED ON DECEMBER 31, 2016 (Rs.in Lacs)

PARTICULARS Nine MonthEnded on

31/12/2016(Unaudited)

Income from Operation (net) 397.24 469.38 1043.26Other Income 0.00 0.00 0.00Total income from operations (net) 397.24 469.38 1043.26Net Profit/(Loss) from ordinaryactivities after tax 0.47 0.59 1.41Net Profit/(Loss) for the period aftertax (after extraordinary items) 0.47 0.59 1.41Paid-up equity Share Capital 24.50 24.50 24.50Reserves (excluding RevaluationReserve as shown in the BalanceSheet of previous year) 20.65 17.30 20.65Earnings per Share (EPS) for theperiod (before and after extraordinary items)-Basic 0.19 0.24 0.57-Diluted 0.19 0.24 0.57

Quarterended on

31/12/2015(Unaudited)

Quarterended on

31/12/2016(Unaudited)

604, GIDC, VITTHAL UDYOGNAGAR, DIST. ANAND - 388121CIN: L29210GJ1992PLCO17845

1. Total Income from operations (Net) 195.09 250.66 985.692. Net profit/loss from ordinary activities afetr atx (16.16) 2.89 3.453. Net Profit / loss for the period after tax(After extraordinari items) (16.16) 2.89 3.454. Equity share capital 991.15 991.15 991.155. Reserves excluding revaluation reserves(as shown in the balance sheet of previous year ) (728.83) (732.28) (728.83)6. earning per share (EPS) Basic and dilitedEPS(Per share ) ( Not annulised) (0.16) 0.03 0.03Note: The above is an extract of the detailed format of Quarterly result filed with Stock Exchange underRegulation 33 of SEBI (Listing and other Disclosure Rtequriement) Regulation ,2015. The full fromat of theQuarterly results are available on the website of BSE(http://www.bseindia.com) and on the website of thecompany(http://www.adarshplant.com). The above financial result have been reviewed by audit committeeand approved by Board at the Board meeting held on 11.11.2016

For Adarsh Plant Protect LimitedMr. Naishadkumar Patel

Chairman.Place: V.U.NagarDate : 11/02/2017

ADARSH PLANT PROTECT LTD

Extract of Unaudited Standalone Financial Results for theQuarter and Six month ended on 31st Dec, 2016.

(Amount in lacs)Quater

Ended on31/12/2016

QuaterEnded on

31/12/2015

Yearended on

31/03/2016Particulars

Bollywood actor turned Rajya Sabha mem-ber Rekha on arrival at Parliament house in .

Blind faith in Kaabilnavigators

Ahmedabad,It would be a race with a

difference where the blind willbe navigators for drivers be-hind the wheels while criss-crossing through city land-marks and periphery on Feb-ruary 12. The 21st edition ofRound Table Car Rally jointlyorganized by Round Table In-ternational and Blind PeoplesAssociation (BPA) has the eyesfirmly on raising funds to builda school at Naaz village nearAhmedabad. The event wouldstart at 7.30 am from GMDCGround. It creates an environ-ment where people get to re-move their inhibitions andcommunicate with eachother,” said an organizer.

New Delhi,XL Catlin announced

the opening of anewoffice,covering three floorsat DLF World Tech ParkinGurgaon. The new office isfor the company’s SharedServices operations,whichprovide vitalunderwritingsupport, claims administra-tion, actuarial services, fi-nance and accounting forXL Catlin’s teams across theworld. Located inGurgaon’sSector 30, XL Catlin’s newoffice covers 180,000 sqft,allowing it to bring approxi-

XL Catlin opens new SharedServices office in Gurgaon

mately 1,300 colleaguestogetherunder one rooffrom twoof its formerofficesat Bestech Business Towerand DLF Cyber City. Com-menting, Derek Nazareth, XLCatlin’s Head of Global Op-erations and Country Headfor India said: “We are de-lighted to announce theopening of our new office atWorld Tech Park, providingour staff with a worldclass,modern and flexibleworkspace which meets XLCatlin’s environmentalsustainability commitments.The building was designedto meetLeadership in En-ergy &Environmental De-sign (LEED) standards,incorporatingsolar panelsand energy efficient LEDlighting to reduce our envi-ronmental impact.” MrNazareth added: “Seekingout the best local talent ineach of our markets has al-ways been a key focus for XLCatlin.We have had offices inIndia for over 10 years now,with some exceptional col-leagues making up our ex-isting teamshere in Gurgaonand in Bangalore, wherearound 350 colleagues arebased. The opening of thenew office was attended byseveral senior XL Catlin ex-ecutives including;MyronHendry, Chief Platform Of-ficer and Adrian Spieler, In-surance Platform Officer.

Coastal villagers seekclosure of polluting units

Surat,Inhabitants of coastal

villages like Budia, Jiav, Dipliand others staged a dharnanear MTB college in the cityon Friday, demanding theclosure of an industrial unitlocated some 200m fromBudia village.

The village residentssaid they are suffering fromincreased level of asthma,cough and other illnessesinclding caner due to dump-ing of hazardous waste land.The dharna was staged un-der the banner of KanthaVibhag Yuva Koli SamajParivartan Trust.

Prakash Contractor,president of Kantha VibhagYuva Koli Samaj ParivartanTrust told, “The company,Color Tex has been dump-ing lots of poisonous chemi-

cals. When here is a law thatone of these industriesshould be located within500m of human habitation,his company is just 200maway from village.

Contractor alleged thatthe company was not fol-lowing the rules and regu-lations and said they in-tended to approach a court.

Till now, the people fromvillages like Budia, Jiav,Khajod, Dipli, Bamroli,Bhestan, Bhimrad, Sarsanaand others used to protestin their areas, but to drawwider attention they havecome to the city now.“If thegovernment doesn’t listento us, we will protest outsidethe Gujarat Pollution Con-trol Board (GPCB) office inGandhinagar,” said Contrac-tor.

RMC committee rejectshikes on water, vehicle tax

Rajkot,The sanding committee

of Rajkot Municipal Corpo-ration (RMC) on Thursdayrejected the hike proposedin tax on water for nonresi-dential units and vehicles inthe budget for the year2017-18. It, however, ap-proved the budget pro-posed by RMC commis-sioner Banchhanidhi Pani byadding a few new schemes.Pani had proposed Rs 2,519crore budget last month witemphasis on ‘ResurgentRajkot’ and focus on ‘Greenand clean Rajkot.’ The RMCcommissioner had pro-posed increase in vehicletax on four-wheelers fromexisting 1% to 1.5%. He hadalso proposed to increasewater tax from current Rs

1,680 to Rs 2,400 for non-residential properties.

However, the standingcommittee rejected the pro-posed hike in taxes. It alsorejected the proposal to in-crease door-to-door gar-bage collection fees frompresent Rs 2 per day to R2.50 per day in nonresiden-tial areas. The committeeadded some schemes andapproved Rs 2,537.35 crorebudget.

“We have rejected thetax proposal keeping inview people’s worry andadded some new schemesto meet people’s aspiration.A ‘one-time settlementscheme’ was launched forthose people who have notpaid taxes since many years.The scheme offers rebate

on interest on tax. We willswitch to new carpet areabased tax collection fromnext financial year and be-fore hat we want to recoverthe dues under the old taxsystem,” said Pushkar Patel,chairmen, RMC standingcommittee.

The new schemesadded by the standing com-mittee includes free busrides for women during fes-tivals like Rakshabandhanand Bhai Beej as well asDiwali carnival.

-Freestyle wrestler Geeta Phogat, boxer Nikhat Zareen and squash playerDipika Palikal Karthik during a promotional event in Mumbai .

Sonam Kapoor gaga overSwara's 'Anaarkali of Aaraah' act

Mumbai, Actress Sonam Kapoor says she has watched Swara

Bhaskar's upcoming film "Anaarkali Of Aaraah" and feels itbrings out the subject of female empowerment in its mostentertaining form.

"The one person who has my back at all times, mysister and one of my best friends Swara Bhaskar. Her newmovie 'Anarkali Of Aaraah' is going to be out soon and Ihave the honour of putting it out there," Sonam posted onInstagram on Saturday.

"Swara you're the most talented and amazing individualand it is my honour to be your friend," she added.

Sonam released the first teaser of the film onSaturday."So, I've seen this movie (obviously I get to see itfirst) and I've howled and cried at how magnificent Swarais in it. To see female empowerment at its most entertain-ing and heart-wrenching see the teaser," said Sonam, whowill also be seen with Swara in "Veerey Di Wedding.

DPS-East office sealed byAuda for violating the law

Ahmedabad,Ahmedabad Urban De-

velopment Authority(AUDA) has sealed the officeof Delhi Public School (DPS)East at Hirapru near Hathijanin eastern Ahmedabad, afterit was found that the struc-ture was built illegally with-out permission from the au-thority to convert agriculturalland to non-agricultural (NA).According to sources inAUDA, DPS school has builtan administrative office at itsHirapur branch on agriculturalland. As the land was meant

for agricultural use and DPSused it for non-agriculture use,AUDA last year sent theschool a show-cause notice,but DPS did not turn up togive their reply. “We have beensending notices to DPS for thelast six months but they didnot answer them. Followingthis, on Wednesday we sealedtheir office at Hirapur inHathijan area of the city,” saidAUDA officials. Suresh Jhala, atown planned with AUDA,said the DPS office was sealedas they have committed anillegality in the construction.

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Shri N. Srivastava (IFS), Commissioner of Tourism and Managing Director, Gujarat Tourism today inau-gurates three days India’s prominent international travel and tourism exhibition, India Travel Mart (ITM) inthe presence of Delegates, Exhibitors, Travel Trade, Travel Agents, Tour Organizers, Hoteliers, Media andGeneral Public came from all over Gujarat. The three day mart starts today on February 10 and is continueopen for all till February 12 at Gujarat University Convention & Exhibition Centre, 132 Ring Road, Near Hel-met Circle, Opp Mayflower Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat.

Aero India 2017 will be held atBengaluru

Ahmedabad,The 11th biennial edition of International Aero-

space and Defence Exhibition – Aero India 2017 willbe held at the Air Force Station, Yelahanka inBengaluru from 14th to 18th February 2017.

Aero India which began in 1996, has carved aniche for itself as a premium aerospace and aviationexhibition in the international arena and has becomeone of the most sought after exhibitions in the Asianregion in terms of participation from across the globe.The event is being organized and conducted by theDefence Exhibition Organisation (DEO).

The highlights of this year’s show are:(i) Participation from 270 Indian Companies

and 279 foreign companies. That is a total of 549 com-panies.

(ii) The total area of the show has grown from24,403 sqm to 27,678 sqm this year.

(iii) Number of aircraft participating are 72.(iv) The gross area has also increased from

2,50,000 sqm to 2,60,000 sqm.(v) It is expected that two lakh business visitors

will attend the show.(vi) Seminars by State Governments (Andhra

Global CEO’s Conclaveon Aerospace and Defence Manufacturing Oppor-

tunities in Andhra Pradesh) on 14th February from1430 hrs onwards, shall be Chaired by the Minister ofCivil Aviation Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati. Theguest of Honour will be the Defence Minister ShriManohar Parrikar, the Minister of State for Ministry ofScience & Technology and Ministry of Earth SciencesShri YS Chowdary, the Minister of State for Skill Devel-opment and Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge)Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy, the Chief of Army Staff, Gen-eral Bipin Rawat, the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal BSDhanoa, the Defence Secretary, Shri G Mohan Kumar,Secretary (Defence Production), Shri AK Gupta and theMinister of Finance & Planning Commercial Taxes, Leg-islative Affairs, Government of Andhra Pradesh ShriYanamala Ramakrishnudu.

AMC, AUDA get high court noticeAhmedabad,

Gujarat high court on Wednesday issued noticesto Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) andAhmedabad Urban Development Authority (AUDA)and Ahmedabad International School in Bodakdev inresponse to a public interest litigation (PIL) allegingencroachment on a public plot allotted to the schoolfor playground.

Local residents have moved the HC and com-plained that the civic body allotted a public plot tothe school as a token rate of Rs 1.5 lakh to use it asschool’s playground. But the school authority has con-verted it into its parking plot and constructed a wallrestraining people living in the neighbourhood fromusing it during non-school hours, the residents al-leged. The petitioners have sought HC interventionso that the plot could be made free for public useafter school hours.

The PIL was filed after residents in the same arearaised objection against Nirma Foundation’s use ofsuch plot and its denial to residents from using thesame. A PIL was also filed in this case.

High court reserves order against ex-minister’s son

Ahmedabad,The Gujarat high court on Wednesday reserved

its order on a petition filed by Akhil Parmar, the son ofa former minister Dinesh Parmar, seeking the quash-ing of charges under the official Secrets Act againsthim.

In this case, Akhil Parmar and Randip Rathod, werebooked under OSA by Jamnagar police in 2014. Thishappened after they allegedly uploaded video foot-age of areas in and around Sikka port near Jamnagaron the internet. Parmar has been accused of gettingvideography of the area done, where there is a vitalinstallation of Reliance Industries and then postingthe videos on internet, despite this being a prohib-ited area.As son as the complaint was lodged, Parmarhad moved the high court to get it quashed on thegrounds that his intention behind spreading the in-formation was not mala fide. He only wanted to high-light to the world how environmental norms were notfollowed by industries.

15-year-old girl immolates self aftermolestation

Ahmedabad,A 15-year-old girl from Dholka taluka of

Ahmedabad attempted self immolation after she wasmolested allegedly by a youth from her village onTuesday night. The girl was rushed to V S Hospital inthe city late on Tuesday night and her condition isstated to be stable. Superintendent of PoliceAhmedabad (rural) Rajendra Asari said they have reg-istered complaint under various sections of IndianPenal Code (IPC), Protection of Children from SexualOffences (POCSO) Act and abetment to suicideagainst one Yashpalsinh Vaghela. “The girl is at presentunder treatment at VS Hospital. During primary in-vestigation we learnt that the boy used to pressurizethe girl for having relationship with him. The girl hasmentioned before us that she was frightened and at-tempted suicide.

Best from waste denim fabricAhmedabad,

A group of students from Cept University havejoined hands with artisans from Self EmployedWomen’s Association (Sewa) to create installationsfrom waste denim fabric.

The project, which is being guided by an interna-tionally renowned architect, Anupama Kundoo, andher team, will be presented at Archiprix International2017, a biennial international competition for projectsin architecture, organized at the Cept University onThursday.

One of the interesting features of the group’s in-stallation is the map of Ahmedabad which has beencreated using denim patchwork. The others includeroofing material, alternative umbrella to cover tablesand counters in outdoor environments and fadeshades among others.Talking about the project,Anupama said, “The idea is tout waste fabric to a con-structive use in the architecture so that there is a lowimpact on the environment in terms of waste and en-ergy consumption. At the same time, we’ve engagedlocal community artisans from the Sewa to make itsocio-economically beneficial.

Innocents leave jail after serving 14years

Ahmedabad,Four persons, including two who were acquitted

by the Supreme Court last week in the 2002Ahmedabad tiffin blasts case, were released fromSabarmati Central Jail on Wednesday after remainingin prison for nearly 14 years.

These persons -- Hanif Shaikh (50); Kalim Kareemi(38) Anas Machiswala (45); and Habib Hawa (43) --were convicted by a special POTA court in the case.

They were accused of planting as tiffin the fivebombs that were found on May 29, 2002 in publictransport buses run by Ahmedabad Municipal Trans-port Service (AMTS). Three of these bombs had ex-ploded injuring 13 people. The blasts were seen asretaliation for the 2002 communal riots.

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Senior Congress leaders Sriprakash Jaiswal and Rajiv shukla addressing a press conference in Lucknow .

Sakkarbaug Zoo toadd animals

Rajkot,One of the country’s oldest and largest zoos,

Sakkarbaug Zoological Park (SBZP) in Junagadh, is allset to add amenities to attract more visitors, besidesadding new animals, like giraffe, cheetahs and Zebra.

“New animals like giraffe, Zebra and African chee-tahs will arrive soon at Sakkarbaug Zoo. Moreover,we will soon carry out renovation of a historical build-ing located inside the zoo campus,” said A P Singh,chief conservator of forests, (wildlife), Junagadh circle.

He sad that they also plan to provide pick up fa-cility from hotels to the zoo for foreign visitors. Be-sides this, new amenities like baby care centre cloakroom, cafeteria and new toilets will be set up in thecoming days, Singh added.The forest departmentthat manages the Sakkarbaug Zoo will also end itsveterinary doctors for training collaboration with theZoological Society of London. Also areas outside thezoo will be developed in association with theJunagadh Municipal Corporation (JMC) to make aparking area, a zoo entry point area and other sec-tions of the zoo.Another major thrust area ofSakkarbaug Zoo is its breeding programme of vari-ous animal species. “This breeding programme in-cludes animals like Asiatic lions (2), wild ass (1),Chinkara (21), vulture (8) and chosinga (11) amongothers. In total 282 animals of 17 species were addedto the zoo in the last two years,” said S J Pandit, direc-tor, Sakkarbaug Zoo.

Govt’s duty to tackle men whodump wives, go abroad: HC

Ahmedabad,Gujarat high court has

said that it is the stategovernment’s duty to pro-tect the interests of newlymarried girls, whose hus-bands dump them here andflee abroad.

The HC is of the opin-ion that state governmentauthorities must take allsteps to bring such offend-ers back to India to face trial.

Justice J B Pardiwala ob-served, “I have noticed inmany cases that very soonafter the marriage, the hus-band leaves for a foreigncountry and never returns.This act on the part of the

husband and his familymembers ruins the life of anewly wedded girl.”

The court has also askedfor suggestions from thegovernment to resolve theissue.

In many matters, I havecalled upon the state gov-ernment to make necessarysuggestions how to securethe presence of such per-sons, who have gone intohiding.

The state governmentowes a duty to protect theinterests of these newlymarried girls, who are beingduped by their husbands,”he court observed further.

The high court’s obser-vations came during thehearing of a quashing peti-tion filed by a Vadodara resi-dent, Vishwani Patel, whosecousin Mrugank Patel fled tothe UK after marriage leav-ing his bride behind.

Mrugank and Dipti weremarried on September 1,2015 and matrimonial dis-putes began soon after. Theangry women, Dipti filed anFIR with Laxminagar policestation charging her hus-band and in-laws of cruelty.By the time the FIR was filed,Mrugank had left India.

Justice Pardiwalaquashed charges against

Vishwant, but directed thestate government to securepresence of the husband forthe purpose of trial. ”Thestate government is di-rected to initiate appropri-ate proceeding a red cornernotice. At any cost, the hus-band, who is sitting fine in aforeign country, leaving hiswife in dire straits, should bebrought back to India to beproceeded in accordancewith law,” the curt said.

The high court furtherdirected all airport authori-ties across India to keep awatch on the person so thathe can be arrested as soonas he lands in India.

Potests growing againstHigher Education Act

Ahmedabad,Voices of protest against

Gujarat State Higher Educa-tion Council (GSHEC) Act-2016, which was recentlysigned into law by governorO P Kohli, are growinglouder. Educationists havedecided to take this protestagainst the controversial Actto all the 12 universitiesacross the state.

Educationists fer the law,passed in the state assemblyin March last year, will takeaway the autonomy of insti-tutes.

A group called ‘All IndiaSave Education Committee’(AISEC) has issued a state-ment saying that it will rep-resent the issue beforePresident of India PranabMukherjee , seeking his in-tervention to stop the Actfrom being implemented.

“When the Bill waspassed last March, AISECstarted the movement andorganized various protestprogrammes throughoutthe state. AISEC representedthe governor of Gujarat,who assured us he would to

take a decision in favour ofthe academic community. Inspite of these, the bill assigned,” said the statement.

Another group called allIndia Federation of Univer-sity and College Teachers’Association (AIFUCTA) saidthat the new Act will under-mine all the existing bodiesand structures in highereducation.

Mahadev Desai, Presi-dent of Gujarat chapter ofAIFUCTO, said, “There is ab-solute centralization ofpowers which may threatenthe autonomy of our educa-tion system.”The GHEC Acthas brought all the univer-sities of the state under theadmit of a Higher EducationCouncil which ill be chairedby the chief minister. The15-member council willcomprise the chief ministeras its president; the educa-tion minister as vice-presi-dent; the minister of statefor education as co-vicepresident, and 12 other min-isters. The council will alsohave five vice-chancellor ofstate universities.

Gujarat gets 8 more IPS cadreposts, promotions expected

Ahmedabad,The Department of Per-

sonnel and Training (DoPT)on Thursday sanctioned atotal of 8 more IPS cadreposts for Gujarat. Two ofthese are DGP-rank and 5SP-rank cadre posts. Sourcessaid that with the increase incadre posts, transfer andpromotion of OPS officersare likely soon.

Senior IPS officers saidthat under normal circum-stances, cadre review takesplace every five years butthis time it has taken morethan a decade for the DoPTto review the cadre posts forIPS officers in Gujarat.

Earlier, Gujarat had twocadre posts and two non-cadre posts for DGP rank.

“Now two more IPS offic-ers can be promoted to the

rank of DG,” said an IPS of-ficer. “The government isexpected to upgrade thecadre post of additionalDGP (Prisons) to IGP rankbut no decision has beentaken about the of otherDGP post.”

He further said thatsanctioning of cadre postssurely means that the statewill have more IPS officers.“However, the state can cre-ate an equivalent number ofnon-cadre posts against thesanctioned cadre posts,”said an IPS officer.

Currently, there re fourDGP-rank officers in thestate. “PP Pandey is the mainDGP. HP Sigh is DG HomeGuards and Civil Defence;Geetha Johari is DG, PoliceHousing Corporation; andPramod Kumar is DG, SRP,”

said an official of the statehome department.

Sources said senior IPSofficers of the state werepressing for cadre review forlong. “The sate home de-partment has also writtenseveral times to the Unionhome ministry to recom-mend additional cadreposts for Gujarat,” said a se-nior police official.

Sources in the policesaid that about five monthsback additional DGP MohanJha had a meeting with offi-cials of Union home minis-try to recommend addi-tional cadre posts.

“Last month, in chargeDGP P P Pandey met DoPTofficials regarding increasein cadre posts of IPS in thestate,” said a senior policeofficial.

Govt questions CATorder on IPS officer

Ahmedabad,The sate government

has challenged the orderpassed by the Central Ad-ministrative Tribunal (CAT)by which it quashed the sus-pension order and penaltyimposed on IPS officer R SYadav, for alleged indisci-pline for which he was fac-ing various inquiries.

A bench of justice A SDave and Justice A Y Kogjescheduled a hearing of thispetition for March 1.

In May last year, the CAYdirected the state govern-ment to restore all financialand consequential benefitsto the officer for the periodof suspension. However,without commenting onthe merits of the inquiry andchargesheet served on him,the tribunal permitted thegovernment to act as itdeems fit in next six weeks.

The 1988-batch IPS of-ficer was penalized with re-duction to a lower stage inthe time scale of pay by twostages for a period of twoyears without cumulativeeffect and no adversely af-fecting his pension.

In 2000, the state gov-ernment ordered depart-mental inquiries againstYadav in several counts. In acontroversial kidnappingcase of 3-year-old Ruchifrom Gandhinagar in 1999,he faced charges of mishan-dling the probe when he

was Gandhinagar SP andthe supervisory authority inthis case.

In 2001, he faced an-other inquiry for not stayingat headquarters during thesuspension period and thenfor not depositing his ser-vice revolver. He also fed aninquiry for not sending hisannual property report.

ACB strengthens ties withGVC to check corruption

Ahmedabad,The state anti-corrup-

tion bureau (ACB) strength-ened its collaboration withGujarat Vigilance Commis-sion (GVC) for registeringcases and seeking informa-tion in corruption cases. Thefirst such meeting tookplace at Gandhinagar wherethe district-level vigilanceofficer was apprised of theroles GVC and ACB can play.

ACB officials said thatthe biggest benefit from thecollaboration will be to seekinformation in cases such asdisproportionate assets(DA) inquiries, where se-crecy is of utmost impor-tance.

Keshav Kumar, specialdirector, ACB, said hat Cen-tral Bureau of Investigation(CBI) works closely with Cen-tral Vigilance Commission

(CVC) for prevention of cor-ruption “While the mandatewas there in the state as well,we have tried to revitalizethe link and seek their sup-port. It will improve the syn-ergy,” he said. Kumar was ondeputation to the CBI for sixyears.ACB officials said thegovernment of Gujarat has26 departments. Each De-partment has its own vigi-lance officer: “Curbing cor-ruption is also their man-date. Thus, on issues such aspreventive vigilance inspec-tions (PVI) and investigatingspecific complaints, ACB cancollaborate with them. Onthe other hand, they canhelp us when we get com-plaints of DA, to gather in-formation on specific em-ployees without alarmingthe suspect,” said an ACB of-ficial.

Police raid hookah bar,bust gambling den

Ahmedabad,Over Wednesday and

Thursday, city police raideda hookah bar in Vastrapurand a gambling den inDariapur. Police also ar-rested a couple for runninga spa in Chandkheda. Offi-cials said the police raidswere part of the ongoingdrive against illegal activi-ties in various parts of the

city.On Thursday night, jointteam of Prevention of CrimeBranch (PCB) and ACP F Di-vision raided a gymkhananear Tambu Chowky inDariapur and nabbed 67people, including the owner.Officials said that thegymkhana was a front for agambling den where theplayers gambled with play-ing cards.

ED attaches assets worth Rs 300 croreAhmedabad,

The regional unit of En-forcement Directorate (ED)on Thursday attached assesworth Rs 300 crore ofVadodara based Biotor In-dustries in a Rs 500 crorefraud case, where moneywas laundered throughmulti-layered face identities.

“ED attaches assetsworth Rs 132 crores (Marketvalue Rs 300 Cr) of Biotor In-dustries Limited in Vadodarain a Bank Fraud Case,” saida tweet from the ED.

From 2007 to 2009,Biotor Industries Limitedtook loans of Rs 500 crorefrom 10 nationalized banksin the name of funding forfarmers, including Rs 100core from Oriental Bank ofCommerce, Rs 50 crore each

from Corporation Bank, In-dian Bank and Bank ofMaharashtra among others.

Under the banks’scheme, to provide the costof castor-seeds to farmersprivately, Biotor Industriestransferred these loan sumsto management and collec-tion agent (MCA) accounts.From MCA accounts, themoney was transferred toVillage Level Aggregator(VLA) accounts in coopera-tive banks. VLA accountsbelong to a group of 50 or100 farmers, headed by onefarmer. Sources said themoney was later moved toVLA accounts in other coop-erative banks and fromthere, was withdrawn y thecompany using fake identi-ties of farmers in cash or by

cheque. Further demanddrafts were issued in thename of Biotor. In this way,Rs 250 crore of the loanamount of Rs 500 crore re-turned to Biotor Industries,which is owned by RajeshKapadia, Bharat Kapadiaand Dinesh Kapadia. ED isinvestigating the trail of theremaining Rs 259 crore, as alot of money was withdrawncash by the company. Ac-cording o sources, the totalfraud by Biotor Industries isworth Rs 1,500 crore, includ-ing of other offences underinvestigation.

Parsis knock on CM’s doorsto get land for agiary

Ahmedabad,After getting of concrete

response from the AMC re-garding allocation of landnear Parsi Sanatorium, trust-ees of Parsi Panchayat inAhmedabad knocked onthe chief minister’s doors. Ata meeting earlier this week,five trustees of the ParsiPanchayat led by president,Brigadier (retired) JahangirAnklesaria along withUdvada’s Vada Dasturji

Khurshed Dastoor, soughtthe land for building a newagiary (fire temple) near theParsi Sanatorium which islocated close to theSabarmati riverfront.

At present, the 132-year-old Vakil Adariyan Agiary islocated at the BukharaMohalla near KhamasaCrossroads in the WalledCity “Over the years, mostParsis in the city have relo-cated to western parts of

Ahmedabad. The old loca-tion is now inconvenient forpeople to visit the agiaryregularly,” said BrigadierAnklesaria.

“Most people like to goto places of worship withfamily but getting there iscumbersome due to the in-crease in vehicular traffic ona Sunday, he said.Earliersome 200 people visited theagiary and there would becommunity gatherings.

LD Engg to host two-dayskill development event

Ahmedabad,L.D. Engineering College

is set to hose a two-daytechnical skill developmentevent, ‘Lakshya 2017’, nextweek. The event, which willbe held on February 17 and18, will integrate a set oftechnical workshops, expertlectures and competitiveevents. The key highlight ofthe festival will be“parivartan TransformingIndia”, a panel discussion toaddress current topics suchas ‘Digital India’, ‘Make in In-dia’ and ‘cashless economy’,

among other subjects.State education minister

Bhupendrasinh Chudasama;M K Mishra, station com-mander Air Force Station,Vadsar; R N Prasad, director,EDII and A C Mathur; groupdirector; ASMF-SAC-ISROwill be present for the inau-guration ceremony of theevent.

“Lakshya, is a theme-based event and eery yearwe come up with a uniquetheme for the festival to con-nect wit students and ben-efit them.

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Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Chairman Mohammad Yaseen Maliktalking to media persons at Sarai Bala in Srinagar.

A sand sculpture crafted during the three-day National Women’s Parliament conference, in Vijayawada .

Security personnel deployed at Lal Chowk in Srinagar as security arrange-ments were beefed up following separatists’ call to march to United NationsMilitary Observers Group for India and Pakistan at Sonwar from the businesshub which forced authorities to impose curfew like restriction at many areas ofSher-e-Khas and down town ,.

At least 17 people killed in Angola'sfootball match stampede

Luanda, At least 17 people died and dozens of others injured

in a stampede at a stadium at a soccer stadium in thenorthern Uige city of Angola.

The tragedy occurred on Friday evening seven min-utes into a first division match between Santa Rita deCassia and Libolo when hundreds of local fans stormedone of the gates of the stadium to watch the match,Xinhua reported.

Sources with a local hospital said there were at least76 casualties, of whom 17 dead, mostly teenagers whotried to sneak into the stadium to watch the game. Fivepeople were also reported to be in serious condition aterthe stampede.

Witnesses said the crowd trying to gain access wouldhave taken the stadium past its 8,000 capacity, and somepeople began to fall and some people had walk on oth-ers, triggering the worst stadium tragedy in recentmemory.The gate was already over crowded when hun-dreds of more fans stormed the gate to gain entry whilethere were only police men were present to safeguardthe order, one witness said.Angolan President JoseEduardo dos Santos has ordered an investigation intothe incident, local media reported.

5.6-magnitude quake hits TaiwanTaipei,

An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scalejolted Taiwan on Saturday morning.The epicentre, witha depth of about 20 km, was monitored at 22.85 degreesnorth latitude and 120.2 degrees east longitude ofKaohsiung city, Xinhua news agency reported.Electricityand water supply were temporarily cut in some areasfollowing the quake, but was soon resumed, accordingto local authorities.No casualties or damages were re-ported.

13 killed in Bangladesh road accidentDhaka,

At least 13 people were killed and over 20 injuredwhen a bus and a pick-up truck carrying gas cylinderscollided head-on in Bangladesh's Faridpur district, apolice official said on Saturday.The accident took placeon a highway connecting Dhaka and Khulna town onFriday night.The official told Xinhua news agency thatthe collision sparked a huge fire and the toll might in-crease since some of the injured were in criticalcondition."Fire fighters recovered 13 charred bodiesfrom inside the bus," he said.The cause of the accidentis being probed.

3 killed in Philippines quakeManila,

At least three people were killed and 80 injured af-ter a 6.5 magnitude earthquake hit Philippines' Surigaocity, officials said on Saturday.

The tremor struck late Friday night near Surigao city,in the northeast of Mindanao Island at a relatively shal-low depth of 15 km (9.3 mi), the US Geological Survey(USGS) announced.A school and a bridge collapsed,many houses were dmaged and the power supply invarious areas was cut, the officials said. Flights to Surigaowere cancelled as the runway of the local airport isdamaged.Dozens of aftershocks followed the initialquake lasting into Saturday. Hundreds of residents fledtheir homes and spent the night outside, according tolocal authorities.

Administration will win travel ban courtfight: Trump

Washington, US President Donald Trump has said he has "no

doubt" his administration will win legal challenges tohis travel ban.

In a press conference with Japanese PM Shinzo Abe,Trump also promised to move "rapidly" to introduce "ad-ditional security" steps for the US next week, BBC re-ported.

He spoke as Virginia state lawyers argued in courtthat his policy "resulted from animus towardMuslims"."We are going to keep our country safe, we aregoing to do whatever is necessary to keep our countrysafe," Trump said at the White House on Friday."We'll bedoing something very rapidly having to do with addi-tional security for our country, you'll be seeing thatsometime next week," he added."In addition we willcontinue to go through the court process and ultimatelyI have no doubt that we'll win that case."Trump did notclarify what he meant by additional steps, but his re-marks were in response to a journalist's question aboutwhether he was considering fresh executive orders, thereport said.

Nordstrom stock soared after Trumpslams it on Twitter

Washington, The shares of the Seattle-based luxury retailer

Nordstrom, increased to 7 per cent after US PresidentDonald Trump slammed it on Twitter, the media re-ported.

Last week, after the retailer announced that it wouldnot carry Ivanka Trump's spring collection -characterising the move as a business decision - theTrump administration disputed Nordstrom's claim thather merchandise was not selling well, NBC News re-ported on Friday.

Trump's adviser Kellyanne Conway added more fuelto the fire on Thursday when she delivered what shecalled a "commercial" in support of the brand during alive TV interview. Threats of boycotts from both pro- andanti-Trump factions surfaced on social media, leadingto the stocks dipping briefly but it soonrebounded.According to retail experts, the reasonNordstrom shook off the controversy while other com-panies have seen their share prices fall after being onthe receiving end of a disgruntled tweet was simple;unlike Lockheed Martin, which depends on US govern-ment contracts, or General Motors, whose investmentsin Mexico could be threatened by an import tax, therewas not much Donald Trump could do to hurt the for-tunes of a high-end department store chain.Trump inhis tweet said: "My daughter Ivanka has been treated sounfairly by Nordstrom. She is a great person -- alwayspushing me to do the right thing! Terrible!

Trump mulls issuing newexecutive order on immigration

Washington, US President Donald

Trump said that drafting anew executive order is oneof the options he was con-sidering in response to acourt ruling blocking hisJanuary 27 measure barringcitizens from seven Muslim-majority nations, the mediareported.

On Thursday, a three-judge panel of the 9th Cir-cuit Court of Appeals in SanFrancisco upheld a restrain-ing order issued on Febru-ary 3 by a district judge inSeattle, Efe news reported.

"We will win that battle.The unfortunate part is thatit takes time statutorily, butwe will win that battle. Wealso have a lot of other op-tions, including just filing abrand new order," Trumptold the media Fridayaboard Air Force One.

When a journalist askedif issuing a new executiveorder would be the best op-tion, the President replied:"It very well could be. Weneed speed for reasons ofsecurity, so it very well couldbe."

Trump had addressedthe issue earlieron Fridayduring a joint press confer-ence with visiting JapanesePrime Minister Shinzo Abe.

"We'll be doing some-thing very rapidly having todo with additional security

for our country. You'll be see-ing that sometime nextweek," the president said.

Trump's original ordermandated a temporarypause in admission of refu-gees, a 90-day prohibitionon entry by residents of Iraq,Syria, Sudan, Iran, Somalia,Libya, and Yemen, and anindefinite suspension of ad-mission of Syrian refugees.

The administration canask for a review of thepanel's decision by the full9th Circuit, or it can seek in-tervention by the US Su-

preme Court, which is stillone short of its normalcomplement of nine mem-bers, creating the possibilityof a 4-4 deadlock.

A tie in the SupremeCourt would allow the ap-pellate ruling to stand.

The White House saidthat the executive order wasmeant to provide time todevelop a procedure for "ex-treme vetting" of Muslimsseeking to enter the US,something Trump proposedduring the presidential cam-paign after his initial call for

an outright Muslim bandrew criticism from acrossthe political spectrum.

Roughly 1,000 State De-partment career employeeshave signed a memo de-nouncing the executive or-der.

The Cato Institute, a lib-ertarian think-tank in Wash-ington, has pointed out thatsince at least 1975, no ter-rorist attacks have been car-ried out on US soil by na-tionals of the seven nationsaffected by the visa suspen-sion.

Election official asks Trumpfor voter fraud evidence

Washington, A US Federal Elections

Commission (FEC) officialcalled on President DonaldTrump to give proof of voterfraud, after he reportedlymade claims in a meetingwith senators, the media re-ported.

Trump reportedlyblamed voter fraud for whyboth he and former SenatorKelly Ayotte lost in NewHampshire in Novemberduring the meeting onThursday with a bipartisangroup of senators, The Hillmagazine reported."The

scheme the President of theUS alleges would constitutethousands of felony criminaloffences under New Hamp-shire law," CommissionerEllen Weintraub said in astatement on Friday.

"The President has is-sued an extraordinarily seri-ous and specific charge,"added Weintraub, who wasappointed by former Presi-dent George W. Bush.

"Allegations of this mag-nitude cannot be ignored."

"I therefore call uponPresident Trump to immedi-ately share his evidence

with the public and with theappropriate law-enforce-ment authorities so that hisallegations may be investi-gated promptly and thor-oughly."

Last week, Trump saidthat he will have Vice Presi-dent Mike Pence to overseea special commission forvoter fraud.

The president maintainsvoter fraud may explain why2016 Democratic presiden-tial nominee Hillary Clintondefeated him in the popularvote by nearly three millionballots.

Russia considers returningSnowden to US as 'gift'

Washington, Russia is considering

turning over EdwardSnowden as a "gift" to USPresident Donald Trumpwho had said the NationalSecurity Agency (NSA)whistleblower deserves tobe executed for being a spy,according to a senior Ameri-can intelligence official.

The official made the re-mark after analysing a seriesof highly sensitive intelli-gence reports detailing Rus-sian deliberations and whosaid a Snowden handover isone of various ploys to"curry favour" with Trump,NBC News reported.

However, Snowden'sAmerican Civil LibertiesUnion (ACLU) lawyer, BenWizner, said that they wereunaware of any plans thatwould send him back to theUS.

"Team Snowden has re-ceived no such signals and

has no new reason for con-cern," Wizner said.

Snowden responded toNBC's report on Twitter andsaid it shows that he did notwork with the Russian gov-ernment.

"Finally: irrefutable evi-dence that I never cooper-ated with Russian intelli-gence," Snowden said, add-ing "No country trades awayspies, as the rest would fearthey're next".

The White House had nocomment, but the JusticeDepartment told NBC Newsthat it would welcome thereturn of Snowden, who cur-rently faces federal chargesthat carry a minimum of 30years in prison.

Russian PresidentVladimir Putin's spokesmanDmitry Peskov said talksabout returning Snowden is"nonsense".If he were re-turned to the US, Snowden- a divisive figure in America

who is seen by some as ahero and others as treason-ous - would face an admin-istration that has con-demned him in the stron-gest terms."I think he's a to-tal traitor and I would dealwith him harshly," Trumpsaid in July. "And if I werePresident, Putin would givehim over." In October 2013,Trump tweeted: "Snowdenis a spy who should beexecuted".Snowden wasworking as a contractor atan NSA facility in Hawaiiwhen he began stealingtop-secret documents thathe gave to journalists in2013, exposing details of USdomestic surveillancep r o g r a m m e s . A f t e rSnowden fled to Hong Kongand was charged with vio-lating the US Espionage Act,he ended up in Russia. Mos-cow granted him refuge andhis residency permit was ex-tended until 2020.

Here's your chance to spot acomet passing by Earth

Washington, Comet hunters have a

chance to spot comet 45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakovain the next few days usingbinoculars or a telescope,NASA said on Saturday.

"It's the first of a trio ofcomets that will -- betweennow and the end of 2018 --pass close enough to Earthfor backyard observers totry to spot and for scientiststo study using ground-based instruments," the USspace agency said.

The recommendationfor backyard astronomers isto use binoculars or a tele-scope to look for the cometseveral times during thecoming days, NASA said.

Discovered in 1948, 45Pis a short-period comet, withan orbit that takes it aroundthe sun and out by Jupiterabout every 5-1/4 years.

This weekend's encoun-ter will be the comet's clos-est with Earth - passing byat a distance of about 12.4million kilometres --through the end of this cen-tury.

The comet will pass byour planet again in 2032 but

will be much farther away -at a distance of nearly about48 million kilometres.

Scientists have takenadvantage of 45P's ap-proach, making observa-tions using powerfulground-based telescopessuch as NASA's Infrared Tele-scope Facility to investigatethe gases, dust and ice par-ticles that are released fromthe comet nucleus andshow up in the coma andtail.

By looking for water,methane and other impor-tant compounds, astrono-mers get clues about howthe comet is put togetherand where it originated inthe cloud of material thatsurrounded the young sunas the solar system formed.

By observing the samecomet more than once, as-tronomers can see how theobject changes over time.

"Observing a cometmultiple times over succes-sive orbits is like takingsnapshots at differentstages of life," said JosephNuth, a senior scientist atNASA's Goddard SpaceFlight Center in Greenbelt,

Maryland.NASA said ground-

based observations also areplanned for comet 41P/Tuttle-Giacobini-Kresak,which will pass closest toEarth on April 1, 2017, andfor comet 46P/Wirtanen,passing closest to Earth onDecember 16, 2018.

Khizr Khan asks Latinos tojoin fight against Trump

Washington, The father of Muslim US

Army Captain HumayunKhan, who was killed in theIraq war, and fierce critic ofPresident Donald Trump'stravel ban, has urged Latinosto join hands with othercommunities to emergeeven stronger, the media re-ported.

The only solution tosuch suffering is unity, KhizrKhan told Efe news on Fri-day during an interview inMiami in reference toTrump's recent anti-immi-gration measures.

The Pakistani-Americanlawyer urged the Latinocommunity to remain hope-ful, strong and united, to joinforces with other communi-ties, assuring them "you arenot alone".

In his first week in office,Trump had signed executiveorders ending safeguardsfor undocumented immi-grants in the country andbanning the entry of travel-lers and refugees fromseven Muslim-majoritycountries, among othermeasures affecting both theMuslim and Latin communi-ties.

Khan said that whileTrump will cause "difficul-ties", he believed the Presi-dent will not succeed, basedon his firm belief in the USjudicial and legislative sys-

tem.The activist said while he

felt heartened by the ap-peals court decision fromThursday striking downTrump's travel ban on citi-zens from Muslim nations,he was worried such orders(as Trump's) can be detri-mental for US security.

Explaining, he said thatUS Army personnel de-ployed in Muslim countriesnow face much less coop-eration from the Muslimcommunity and "we needmore cooperation to defeatterrorism".

Khan, who became fa-mous for his moving speechagainst discrimination ofMuslims during the 2016Democratic National Con-vention, stressed the Demo-cratic Party maintains itsidentity and "faith in goodvalues".

Saying the election losshad led the DemocraticParty to undergo a restruc-turing, he said they are nowmoving together towards acommon agenda for con-sensus in the entire country.

Khan, who received the"America's Immigrant SpiritAward", on Friday from theMiami-based group Ameri-cans for Immigrant Justice,stressed no community isalone in this hour, and thisis the moment for minoritiesto unite.

Cancer most lethal diseaseamong young Brazilians: Study

Brasilia, Cancer was the leading

cause of death by diseaseamong young Brazilians, ac-cording to a study releasedby the country's NationalCancer Institute (INCA).

The study issued on Fri-day said over 17,500 Brazil-ians aged 15 to 29 died ofcancer from 2009 to 2013,accounting for 5 per cent ofall deaths

on the age group. It wasonly surpassed by deathscaused by violence and ac-cidents, Xinhua newsagency reported.

Among Brazilians aged1-14, cancer was the leadingcause of death by disease aswell.

Data from the INCA indi-cated that the most com-mon tumours in teenagersand young adults were car-

cinomas, followed by lym-phomas and skin tumours.

Carcinomas were fre-quently found in the urinaryand reproductive system,thyroid, breast, head andneck.

Among Brazilianwomen aged 15 to 29, cer-vical cancer was the mostcommon disease.

Brazil has alreadystarted to take steps to curbthe disease by establishingnationwide campaigns tovaccinate children againstthe human papilloma virus(HPV), which was the causeof most cervical cancercases.To prevent cancer,doctors also recommendedprecaution measures in-cluding avoiding smoking,having a healthy diet andnot exposing oneself to thesun in excess.

Under border tunnels sign ofeffectiveness: Homeland Security chief

Washington, Organised crime

groups trying to dig tunnelsacross the border betweenthe US and Mexico is a signof the effectiveness of thefrontier wall as well as thepersonnel guarding it, saidthe new US Homeland Se-curity Secretary.

Secretary John Kelly'svisit coincided with the dis-covery of an under-con-struction tunnel in theneighbouring Mexican cityof Tijuana, after which hetold reporters tight bordersecurity was forcing criminalorganisations to take re-course to such methods totransfer drugs, Efe news re-ported.

"I would argue the factthey (drug cartels) arespending huge amounts ofmoney to tunnel under-neath the wall tells you theycan't get through it," Kellysaid, adding it signals thebarrier, and the people whopatrol it, are very effective, ata press briefing that fol-lowed his meeting with lo-cal, state and federal au-thorities in San Diego.

The secretary visited theCalifornia border as part ofa tour of the whole regionbordering Mexico, whichbegan last week in Texasand took him to Arizona onThursday.

Kelly reiterated the aimof the tour was to hold a dia-logue with law enforcementagencies in a bid to knowwhat resources are neededto facilitate their work.

He added that relationsbetween US border agen-cies and their Mexican coun-

terparts are good and saidhe will continue cementingsuch relations.

On routine inspectionsby the Immigration and Cus-toms Enforcement in south-ern California - leading tothe arrest of 160 undocu-mented individuals - the of-ficial said he was personallypresent at a couple of suchoperations early Fridaywhere he witnessed theprofessionalism of the bor-der personnel first-hand.

He also reiterated his re-marks at his confirmationhearing, saying ICE, like therest of the agencies formingthe Department of Home-land Security, are bound toenforce compliance withlaw.However, hours beforeKelly's visit to the port ofentry, San Diego immigrantrights defence

organisations said they hadnot been able to secure ameeting with the secretaryduring his stay in the area.

Having failed to secure ameeting, Enrique Morones,founder of rights group Bor-der Angels, said a meetingwith different organisationsis

necessary for authoritiesto know the "reality of theborder, and hear views fromthe other side", and not justthe negative ones.

Another activist fromthe Southern Borders Com-munity Coalition, stressedthat border security is some-thing that impacts the dailylives of people in the region,and that instead ofmilitarising and buildingwalls that separate, it wasimportant to invest andrevitalise the communities.

Nepal aims to increase wildwater buffaloes population

Kathmandu, Nepal has completed

the relocation of 15 wildwater buffaloes, aimed atincreasing their popula-tion, the media reported.

As part of thegovernment's decision torelocate 30 rhinos, 30 wildwater buffaloes, and 35swamp deers to protectedareas by 2018, the recentrelocation has been con-ducted, Xinhua newsagency reported.Amongthe proposed 30 wild wa-ter buffaloes, 15 were relo-cated to Chitwan NationalPark in the first phase. Out

of 15, 12 were shifted fromKoshi Tappu Wildlife Re-serve in the last week ofJanuary while three wereshifted from National Zooin Kathmandu onThursday.Chiranjivi PrasadPokharel, project coordi-nator at National Trust forNature Conservation toldXinhua news agency onFriday: "The major objec-tive of translocation ofthese wilds is to revivetheir population in theoriginal habitats and tomake them geneticallystrong through purebreeding.

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Shri Ajay Mittal, Secretary, Information & Broadcasting Ministry, Shri C. K. Mishra, Secretary, Health &Family Welfare Ministry, Shri Pahelaj Nihalani, Chairperson of CBFC and Dr. Henk Bekedam, WHO Repre-sentative to India at The National Consultation on Implementation of Tobacco Free Film and TelevisionPolicy in Mumbai on February 10, 2017.

President Pranab Mukherjee visitng an exhibition on Solar Power Projectafter its inauguration at Rashtrapati Bhavan Museum Complex in New Delhi .

CPI-ML General Secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya addressing a press con-ference in Patna .

Priyanka Gandhi to campaignin Amethi, Rae Bareli

Lucknow, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra,

the daughter of CongressPresident Sonia Gandhi, willkick off her campaign for theCongress party in UttarPradesh's Amethi and RaeBareli towns from February13, a party leader said on Fri-day.

She will be campaigningin the two family boroughs,represented by her brother,Congress Vice PresidentRahul Gandhi, and hermother, for five days.

As of now, Priyankawould only be campaigningfor the 10 party candidatesin the two parliamentaryconstituencies, the partyleader told IANS, decliningto be named.

At a later stage, Priyankamight canvass for joint can-didates of the alliance, aswell, he added.

"She has always beencampaigning in Amethi andRae Bareli. For the first timeher name is in the star cam-paigners' list. If a person'sname is not in the star cam-paigners' list, then the costof availing the helicopterwould be borne by the can-

didate of that particular con-stituency," said a partyleader.

"If his/her name is therein the star campaigners' listthen the cost of the helicop-ter would be borne by theparty. There is a limit on thecandidate, but not on theparty. Now, it depends onher and it could be possiblethat she might campaign infew constituencies outsideAmethi and Rae Bareli. It isfor her to decide," he added.

The Congress and SPdespite the alliance will faceoff in three constituencies -Amethi, Unchahaar andGauriganj.

Meanwhile, SoniaGandhi has also finalised herprogramme and would bemaking a rare appearance inRae Bareli on February 20.

She has so far not hit thecampaign trail due to her ill-health. Rahul Gandhi will ad-dress a rally in Rae Bareli onFebruary 18 and another inAmethi, his own parliamen-tary constituency, on Febru-ary 24.Amethi will go topolls on February 27, whileRae Bareli votes on February23.

Now, Shiv Sena complains against allyBJP

Mumbai, In a new dimension to the ongoing war between

the ruling allies, the Shiv Sena has lodged a complaintalleging poll code violation by the Bharatiya JanataParty, a Sena leader said here on Friday.

The Shiv Sena has objected to the alleged use ofphotographs of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj during aBJP campaign recently which violates the electioncode of conduct, said Sena MP Anil Desai.

"As per the election code, use of photographs orimages of any national icons is prohibited during elec-tions or campaigning," Desai told mediapersons.

He said the Shiv Sena has written to state ElectionCommissioner J.S. Saharia, demanding appropriateaction against the BJP.The BJP earlier objected to itsally using the pictures of the late Shiv Sena founder-supremo Bal Thackeray during electioneering, con-tending he is also a national hero and it amounted topoll code violations.On January 26, the Shiv Sena uni-laterally snapped its 25-year-old alliance with the BJP,ostensibly following differences over seat-sharing forthe upcoming municipal elections in Mumbai andother parts of the state.The two parties are now con-testing against each other -- though Shiv Sena remainsa partner in government both in Maharashtra and atthe Centre.Sena MP and spokesperson Sanjay Raut hasalready stated that the 28-month old BJP-led state gov-ernment is "on a notice period", indicating the Senamay withdraw support to it after the civic election re-sults are announced on February 23.

Rahul-Akhilesh Varanasi road showcancelled, new date in works

Lucknow, The much-awaited road show on Friday by Uttar

Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and CongressVice President Rahul Gandhi in Varanasi had to be can-celled due to the birth anniversary of Guru Ravidas. Alater date is being worked out, a senior leader said.

The message was communicated to district Con-gress leaders late on Thursday night by a phone callfrom Rahul Gandhi's Delhi office.

The road show was cancelled after permission wasdenied by the administration, said a Congress source.

Earlier on Friday, Congress President Sonia Gandhigreeted people on the occasion of Guru RavidasJayanti."Both Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav willdedicate 10 major commitments of the Samajwadiparty and Congress alliance to the people of the statein Lucknow on Saturday," Congress spokespersonRandeep Singh Surjewala said on his official Twitteraccount.After stitching together a poll alliance be-tween their parties for the Uttar Pradesh assemblyelections, the two leaders have taken out well-at-tended road shows in Lucknow, Kanpur and Agra.UttarPradesh will witness elections in seven phases begin-ning on Saturday. Varanasi will go to polls in the lastphase on March 8. The counting of votes is on March11.

Swaraj India to plunge into Delhi civicpolls with rally

New Delhi, Swaraj India, the party led by former AAP leader

Yogendra Yadav, will launch its campaign for the Mu-nicipal Corporations of Delhi (MCD) polls here on Feb-ruary 12 with a 'Jawab Do Hisab Do' rally, two daysbefore Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal completes twoyears in office.

At the rally, to be held in Ram Lila Maidan, "thepresent state of affairs of Delhi will be assessed andthe future framework will be discussed," YogendraYadav, who is Swaraj India's National President, said.

The party will bring no-confidence motion againstthe three governments -- the Centre, the state and theMCDs -- responsible for Delhi's "failure" during thepublic meeting.

It will also present the findings of its door-to-doorsurvey, conducted to assess the people's satisfactionlevel with the three levels of governance.

"The party's door-to-door survey results show thatthe people of Delhi are disappointed with all three lev-els of the governance in the national capital," SwarajIndia Chief National Spokesperson Anupam told IANS.

The Swaraj India said that through its 'Jawab DoHisab Do' campaign, which was launched on January15, the party volunteers reached more than one lakhhouseholds in the city to create awareness for the up-coming MCD polls.

Unregistered rickshaws to be barredfrom Chandni Chowk

New Delhi, The Delhi High Court on Friday made it clear that

after March 31 only registered cycle-rickshaws wouldbe allowed to ply in Chandni Chowk area.

A division bench of Justice B.D. Ahmed and Jus-tice Ashutosh Kumar said that registration of cycle rick-shaws can be done till March 31.The court was told bythe civic body that it has conducted two camps forregistration of cycle-rickshaws but the turnout in thesecond one was low.The court was hearing a PIL byNGO Manushi Sangathan regarding licensing of cycle-rickshaws, creation of lanes for non-motorised vehiclesand redevelopment of the Old Delhi area.Earlier, thebench had a view that once cycle-rickshaws are regis-tered and rickshaw-pullers are licensed, they can beallowed to ply in Chandni Chowk as a mode of publictransport when motorised vehicles are banned fromthe area.

TN police enquire at beach resortsabout AIADMK legislators

Chennai, Tamil Nadu police on Saturday visited beach re-

sorts near here to enquire about AIADMK legislatorsstaying there, officials said.

The police action comes a day after the MadrasHigh Court adjourned to February 12 its hearing onhabeas corpus petitions filed by two advocates to tracetwo AIADMK legislators.

Legislators supporting AIADMK General SecretaryV.K. Sasikala were taken in buses and made to stay inthe resorts since Wednesday.The state governmentcounsel told the court that the legislators were not inillegal custody and asked for time to get instructionsabout their whereabouts.The ruling AIADMK has a to-tal of 135 legislators.Acting Chief Minister O.Paneerselvam'S camp claims six legislators -- includ-ing himself, while the remaining are part ofSasikala's.On Friday, some AIADMK legislators belong-ing to the Sasikala camp told the media that they werestaying in the resort on their own will and are not incaptivity.

EC's 'third eye' monitoring UP pollsLucknow,

As voting got underway in Uttar Pradesh on Sat-urday, the Election Commission is extensively usinginformation technology to ensure free and fair poll-ing, an official said.

The 'third eye' of the poll panel was keeping a closetab on each and every movement at 14,514 pollingcentres through 2,362 digital cameras, 1,526 videocameras and 2,857 web cameras, the official added.

"Our commitment is to ensure free and fair poll-ing and we are doing everything in this direction," theofficial told IANS. There have so far been no reports ofany poll violence as 2.60 crore voters venture out tocast their franchise in the first phase.

UP polls: Queuesgrow longer in Noida

Noida, Queues at polling

booths in Noida grewlonger as the day pro-gressed during the firstphase of the Uttar Pradeshassembly polls on Saturday.

Voters of all ages camein big numbers as the poll-ing entered the third hourafter starting at 7 a.m.

"The pace has picked up,early morning there was avery low turnout due to thecold weather. But now wecan see voters coming ingood numbers," an electionofficial told IANS at Harolaschool polling booth inNoida sector 5.

Ashok Mishra, who ownsa shop near sector 11, said:"In this election we want achange, we want 'RamRajya', which will only comefrom the Bharatiya JanataParty (BJP) since their poli-cies are for the benefit of thepoor."Sakshi Chaurasia, 18,who came to cast her votefor the first time, said: "I haveexercised my voting right

for the first time. For me,employment and safety ofwomen are of utmost im-portance."

Meanwhile, all factoriesand offices across Noida re-mained shut.

There were many voterswho were seen searchingfor their names in the voterlists outside polling booths.

However, those who didnot have their voter cards,were seen carrying author-ity cards.

Over two crore votersare exercising their votingrights for 73 seats spreadacross 15 districts. The stateassembly has 403 seats andpolling will be held in an-other six phases before theresults are declared onMarch 11 According to elec-tion officials, more voters areexpected towards the after-noon. Union Home MinisterRajnath Singh's son PankajSingh is making his debut inthe polls. He is the BharatiyaJanata Party candidate fromhere.

Akhilesh, Rahulrelease CommonMinimumProgramme

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Chief

Minister Akhilesh Yadav andCongress Vice PresidentRahul Gandhi on Saturdayreleased a Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance's Com-mon Minimum Programme(CMP) to the people of state.

In a joint press confer-ence in Lucknow, the lead-ers released the list of 10commitments to the peopleof Uttar Pradesh, which in-cludes smart phones, skilldevelopment, free cyclesand homes for the poor.

The duo offered freesmart phones, 20 lakh youthskill training, loan waiver forfarmers, cheap power tofarmers, 33 per cent reserva-tion for women in govern-ment jobs.

"We want a young andvisionary government forUttar Pradesh," RahulGandhi said.

Two Lok Sabha MPs join Panneerselvam campChennai,

Two Lok Sabha mem-bers on Saturday extendedsupport to acting TamilNadu Chief MinisterO.Panneerselvam by join-ing his camp.

The two members --Ashok Kumar representingKrishnagiri constituencyand Sundaram represent-ing Namakkal -- visitedPanneerselvam at his resi-dence here.

Earlier, sitting RajyaSabha member

V.Maitreyan had joinedPanneerselvam camp.

The two MPs havejoined Panneerselvam aday after AIADMK spokes-person Vaigaichelvan saidpeople joiningPanneerselvam's camp are"beyond their expiry date".

Speaking to reportershere, Ashok Kumar saidother AIADMK MPs willalso start joining handswith Panneerselvam.

The AIADMK has 37members in Lok Sabha.

Panneerselvam re-volted against AIADMKGeneral Secretary V.K.Sasikala on Tuesday nightalleging that he was forcedto resign as Chief Ministerto pave the way forSasikala to occupy thatchair.

Subsequently aroundfive legislators, one sittingMP, party old-timers,former legislators and oth-ers have started express-ing their support toPanneerselvam.--IANS

Theatre of the absurd in Tamil NaduBy Amulya Ganguli

The tradition of heroworship has queered thepitch for the successionbattle in Tamil Nadu. In nor-mal circumstances, it shouldhave been up to the MLAsto choose the next ChiefMinister.

But the shadow ofJayalalithaa, who is reveredas Amma (mother) andPuratchi Thalaivi (revolu-tionary leader) even afterher death by the AIADMKcadres, has ensured that thecontestants for the post willhave to depend on hermemory to acquire legiti-macy.

Therefore, the supportamong the legislators forJayalalithaa's former aide,Sasikala, is based not on anypolitical calculation but onher earlier proximity toAmma, which is whySasikala is calledChinnamma or younger sis-ter. But for this fortuitouscloseness, Sasikala wouldhave been nowhere in thepicture.

On the other hand, theoutgoing Chief Minister, O.Panneerselvam, has basedhis claim for the position onthe fact that he was twicechosen by Jayalalithaa to actin her absence -- once whenshe was incarcerated in2014 and again during herlast fatal illness.

M o r e o v e r ,Panneerselvam has said thatAmma's "soul" has told himto remain as the Chief Min-ister.

Evidently, he did not re-ceive the message before heresigned. But, now, he has

alleged that the resignationwas submitted under du-ress.

What seems to havehappened is that the un-easiness expressed in thesocial media over Sasikala'spossible elevation, and theprotests by the oppositionparties, with the DMK pre-dictably describingSasikala's choice by a sec-tion of the AIADMK legisla-tors as "murder of democ-racy", have convincedPanneerselvam that he hadacted hastily in resigning.

At that time, he had ap-parently been under thespell of the overpoweringcult of personality surround-ing Jayalalithaa in the party,which meant that anyonewho had been her compan-ion would be the automaticchoice for replacement.

But the reservationsvoiced on the social mediaand the political protestsclearly helpedPanneerselvam to come outof his trance and throw hishat into the ring.

None of this shows TamilNadu in a favourable light. Ifanything, the melodramaticevents militate against thevery practice of politics,which is supposed to be ahard-nosed affair.

Even if Sasikala hasshown the tell-tale signs ofan ambitious politician, si-lently biding her time till shefelt that she could nowcome out in the open, theinvocation of Jayalalithaa'smemory by her as well as bya section of the AIADMK leg-islators harks back to a pre-modern, feudal age.

It is a trait which is not

suitable for a democracy,where reverence for a per-son should not be allowedto derail the routine processof the transfer of power inaccordance with the exist-ing rules. In this case, itwould be best for the twocontenders to submit them-selves to the will of the leg-islators in the absence of aclaim based merely on com-panionship or amidst alle-gations of coercion or direc-tives from beyond thegrave.

It is not surprising, how-ever, that AIADMK politicshas taken such a theatricalturn because from its incep-tion in 1972, the party hasbeen led by larger-than-lifefigures like its founder, M.G.Ramachandran, and his pro-tege and successor,Jayalalithaa.

The result was that thecadres, as well as the follow-ers, became imbued withfeelings of awe and venera-tion for their heroes, leadingthem even to take their ownlives in the event of aleader's death.

About 30 people com-mitted suicide after MGR'sdeath.

There were also violentriots which made the policeissue shoot-at-sight orders.After Jayalalithaa's death,too, more than 70 peopledied of shock, according tothe AIADMK.

Given such adulation, itis understandable whySasikala should havethought along with a sec-tion of the party's MLAs thatit was only a question oftime before she became theChief Minister.

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Modi likes peeping in bathrooms,searching Google: RahulLucknow,

Congress Vice PresidentRahul Gandhi on Saturdayridiculed Prime MinisterNarendra Modi for "peepinginto others' bathrooms" andsaid he was a complete fail-ure.

Gandhi, along with UttarPradesh Chief MinisterAkhilesh Yadav, was speak-ing to reporters after releas-ing a common minimumprogramme of theSamajwadi Party-Congressalliance for the polls, whenhe launched the attack.

"The Prime Minister isfond of Google searching,peeping into others' bath-rooms. Let him do that in hisfree time but his main job isthat of a Prime Minister inwhich he has been a centper cent failure," Gandhisaid.

Gandhi's jibe came a dayafter Modi, while campaign-ing in the poll bound state,mocked the Congressleader for being the "mostjoked about politician".

The Prime Minister hadearlier attracted the wrath ofthe Congress over his "bath-ing wearing a raincoat" barbat his predecessorManmohan Singh.

The duo accusedModi of "distracting peoplefrom his failures" using fieryspeeches trying to hood-

wink people"The country's biggest

problem is lack of jobs. Modipromised two crore jobs buthas not fulfilled even oneper cent of his promise.Modi talks a lot about secu-rity, terrorism and surgicalstrikes."

"But the result is we havesuffered most number ofcasualties in the last sevenyears. Over 90 of our secu-rity personnel have beenkilled," said Gandhi.

He was referring to theIndian Army's September29, 2016 surgical strikes onterror launch pads acrossthe Line of Control in Paki-stan occupied territory.

Talking about Modi'swarning in Uttarakhand onSaturday that he hadeveryones' horoscopes,Gandhi said that it might bethe Prime Minister'sfavourite pastime and thathe should continue togoogle.

SP President AkhileshYadav suggested that Modishould not "get too angry",instead he should tell whathe has done for the peopleof the country in the pasttwo years.

With regards to theknotty issue of seat sharingin a dozen seats includingAmethi, both leaders madelight of the issue and said

"minor irritants" will bethrashed out.

"On the larger issue, weare together and there is fullcoordination between ourleaders and workers," boththe leaders said.

Rahul said Modi haddone nothing for UttarPradesh in the last twoyears.

Akhilesh Yadav claimedthat Modi was loosing con-trol over his mood and lan-

guage because he was un-settled by the coming to-gether of the two youngleaders and reports that thealliance might come topower."The Prime Minister isapprehensive of UttarPradesh polls result. The re-sult will give him a big shock,will put a question mark onhis credibility. That is why heis saying such things,"Gandhi added.

Brisk voting in UP, Agralogs maximum turnout

Lucknow, Taj city Agra led the vot-

ing percentage in the firstphase of polling in UttarPradesh in the first fourhours as 28 per cent of theelectorate cast their votes,an official said on Saturday.

The communallypolarised Muzaffarnagaralso saw brisk voting earlierand by 11 a.m. the votingpercentage hit 27.Firozabad, Mathura andMeerut were neck-to-neckat 21-22 per cent.

Noida, neighbouringNew Delhi, where PankajSingh, son of Union HomeMinister Rajnath Singh iscontesting the elections as

a BJP candidate registered18 per cent in four hours.

Voting is continuing inall the 73 seats amid tightsecurity. There have beensome reports of clashes andpoll-related violence.

Bright sunshine helpedvoter turnout to improve atmany places, especially inthe minority dominated ar-eas.

Long queues were seenin places like Mathura, Agra,Muzaffarnagar, Meerut(City), Sardhana, Shamli.

The largest constituencyin this phase, as per popula-tion, is Sahibabad inGhaziabad and the smallestis Jalesar in Etah.

YSRCP leader stopped fromattending Women's Parliament

Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh po-

lice on Saturday detainedopposition YSR CongressParty leader Roja as shewas proceeding to attendNational Women's Parlia-ment at Amaravati.

The actress-turned-politician was detained formore than an hour atGannavaram Airport hereand was later forciblytaken towards an undis-closed location. She in-formed media houses thatshe was being taken to-wards Ongole in a vehicle.

Roja entered intoheated argument with po-lice officials for detainingher though she was in-vited to attend theWomen's Parliament andshe had the invitation andentry pass.

Several YSRCP leadersincluding women legisla-

tors rushed to the airportand alleged that Roja wasAkidnapped. On the otherhand, ruling Telugu DesamParty (TDP) alleged thatshe was coming to disruptthe event.

Roja, a member ofAndhra Pradesh assembly,said the incident provedwhat kind of securitywomen enjoyed in thestate. She said the govern-ment was trying to pre-vent her from speakingtruth at the conclave.Sheclaimed that NationalWomen's Parliament hasturned into a show of fam-ily of members of someleaders. She pointed outthat daughter-in-law ofChandrababu Naidu anddaughters of central min-ister M. Venkaiah Naiduand Telangana Chief Min-ister K. Chandrasekhar Raoaddressed the conclave.

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Particulars

EXTRACT OF STATEMENT OF STANDALONE UNAUDITED FINANCIAL RESULTS

FOR THE QUARTER / NINE MONTHS ENDED 31ST DECEMBER, 2016

1 Income from Operations(a) Net Sales/Income from Operations 33.45 37.96 63.33 247.59 161.36 309.08(b) Other operating incomeTotal Income from operations (net) 33.45 37.96 63.33 247.59 161.36 309.08

2 Expenses(a) Cost of material and Land 8.74 8.76 0.49 35.72 21.20 1.54(b) Sales reurn of stock-in-trade 17.60 60.55 Nil 78.15 Nil 14.00(c) Changes in inventoriesof finished goods, work-in-progressand stock in trade Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil 8.17(d) Employee benefit Expenses 37.01 43.38 23.06 118.77 69.72 99.90(e) Depreciation andamortisation expenses 17.25 17.25 17.00 51.75 51.00 69.03(f) Devlopment Expenses 1.00 4.61 0.64 13.08 1.92 3.76(j) Other expenses 35.55 46.82 15.14 129.24 42.76 76.94Total Expenses 117.15 181.37 56.33 426.71 186.60 273.34

3 Profit / (Loss) from operations beforeOther Income, finance costs andexceptional Items(1-2) (83.70) (143.41) 7.00 (179.12) (25.24) 35.74

4 Other Income 8.48 4.21 10.01 15.26 29.89 42.625 Profit / (Loss) from ordinary activities

before finance costs andexceptional Items(3+4) (75.21) (139.20) 17.01 (163.85) 4.65 78.36

6 Finance Costs 24.34 5.61 21.18 44.77 65.52 85.757 Profit / (Loss) from ordinary activities

after finance costs but beforeexceptional Items(5-6) (99.55) (144.81) (4.17) (208.62) (60.87) (7.39)

8 Exceptional items (112.98) (160.29) Nil (270.90) Nil 49.729 Profit / (Loss) from ordinary activities

before tax (7-8) 13.42 15.49 (4.17) 62.27 (60.87) (57.11)10 Tax expense ( including Deferred tax) Nil Nil Nil 10.01 Nil (17.30)11 Net Profit / (Loss) from ordinary

activities after tax (9-10) 13.42 15.49 (4.17) 52.26 (60.87) (39.81)12 Extraordinary Item (net of tax expenses)13 Net Profit / (Loss) for the period (11-12) 13.42 15.49 (4.17) 52.26 (60.87) (39.81)14 Share Profit /(Loss) of Associates NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL15 Minority Interest NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL NIL16 Net Profit/(Loss) after taxes,

minority interest and share ofprofit/(loss) of associates 13.42 15.49 (4.17) 52.26 (60.87) (39.81)

17 Paid-up equity share capital(Face value of Rs. 10 each) 423.96 423.96 423.96 423.96 423.96 423.96

18 Reserve excl. RevaluationReserves as per balance sheetof previous accounting year

19.i Earnings Per Share (beforeextraordinary items)(of Rs. 10/- each) (not annualised)Basic & Diluted 0.32 0.37 (0.10) 1.23 (1.44) (0.94)

19.ii Earnings Per Share (Afterextraordinary items)(of Rs. 10/- each) (not annualised)Basic & Diluted 0.32 0.37 (0.10) 1.23 (1.44) (0.94)

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by the Board of Directors at its Meeting held on February 10, 2017.2 The Management identifies and monitors ̀ Real Estate' and 'Resorts and Club Membership' as the Business

Segment.3 Previous period's/year's figures have been regrouped/rearranged wherever necessary, to confirm to the

current quarter's/year's classification.

Segmentwise Revenue, Results and capital employed along with the quarterly results

Segment RevenueReal Estate Business 0.00 4.83 63.33 135.92 161.36 297.11Resort Business 33.45 33.13 0 111.67 0 11.97Total 33.45 37.96 63.33 247.59 161.36 309.08Less: Intersegment Revenue 0 0 0 0 0Net Sales/Income from Operations 33.45 37.96 63.33 247.59 161.36 309.08Segment ResultProfit/(Loss) before tax andinterest from segmentReal Estate Business 59.56 43.39 17.01 172.79 4.65 -51.00Resort Business -21.77 -22.33 0 -65.76 0 -6.11Total 37.79 21.06 17.01 107.03 4.65 -57.11Less : i. Interest 24.37 5.57 21.18 44.76 65.52 0ii. Other Un allocable Expenditure net off 0 0 0 0 0 0iii. Unallocable Income 0 0 0 0 0 0Total Profit/(Loss) Before Tax 13.42 15.49 -4.17 62.27 -60.87 -57.11Capital Employed (Unallocated) 1995.63 1982.21 1929.58 1995.63 1929.58 1933.34Total 1995.63 1982.21 1929.58 1995.63 1929.58 1933.34

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(Refer Notes Below) Unaudited Unaudited AuditedTotal income from operations(net) 286.48 865.57 398.00Net Profit/Loss from ordinary activity after tax (12.87) 6.22 (40.05)Net Profit/Loss after tax(after extraordinary items) (12.87) 6.22 (40.05)Paid up equity share capital 550.20 550.20 550.20Reserve excluding Revaluation Reserves - - -Earning per Share(Face value Rs 10)(Not annualized)(a) Basic (0.23) 0.11 (0.73)(b) Diluted (0.23) 0.11 (0.73)

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Business BriefCosmo Films commissions significantcapacity expansion at Vadodara

Ahmedabad:Cosmo Films, a leading manufacturer of biaxially

oriented polypropylene (BOPP) films which go in forpackaging, lamination & labeling applications; has an-nounced startup of its tenth, 10.4 metre BOPP line.With installation of this new line, the company will in-crease its annual capacity by 40%, taking it to 1.96 lakhMT. Company’s current annual capacity stands at 1.36lakh MT. The new line whose announcement wasmade in October 2015 has been commissionedahead of its schedule and has been installed atcompany’s existing facility at Karjan, near Vadodara,India which already houses BOPP lines, extrusioncoating & chemical coating lines and a metallizer.The commissioned line is the most advanced lineavailable in the market today in terms of its widthand output and is the first 10.4 metre line to be in-stalled in the country. The line is equipped to deliverboth superior quality products with minimizedscratches, oil or additive spots & high surface energyas well as consistent quality due to automaticchangeovers. The line is also capable of producingfilms as thick as 80 microns to cater to segments liketextiles which require thicker films.

Speaking on the development, Mr. Pankaj Poddar,CEO, Cosmo Films Ltd said, “I am pleased to informthat the line has been installed ahead of its scheduleand well within the projected capex of 200 crores.The high speed line equipped with automatedchangeovers and automatic consumption of wastewill not only lead to an increase in power savings butalso help the company with its overall operationalefficiencies. The new line is expected to contributeto substantial growth in sales and profit in FinancialYear 2017-2018.”

HDFC Securities launches “QuickApply” for IPO investments

New Delhi,HDFC Securities, the leading stock broking com-

pany in India, announced the launch of “Quick Apply,”a unique feature for the customers that allows themto seamlessly carry their IPO, bid 24X7, in a three – stepprocess. In a paradigm shift from providing ease inapplying for IPOs and helping the retail customersenter the capital markets space, HDFC Securities hassimplified the bidding process in just 45 seconds* orless* through this feature, which is available on an-droid and iOS mobile devices. Quick Apply is an ini-tiative to draw a large number of customers to theprimary market and allow them to reap the benefitsof initial stock listing. The launch of this facility is inline with the digital initiatives undertaken by thecompany. This feature has received great responsefrom the customers wherein one of the recentlyconcluded IPOs; it has attracted more than 18,000first timeinvestors. For them, investing in the IPO hasbeen made quicker than buying a movie ticket.

Surprise your love with FrederiqueConstant Valentine’s Day

New Delhi,A watch is an essential piece that combines style

and practicality. Gifting a watch is a timeless gift thatsays you care. This Valentine’s Day surprise your lovewith Frederique Constant – Slim line Moon phaseQuartz collection. Frederique Constant the ultimateAccessible Luxury collection represents the utmostof elegance and is the perfect match the persona ofyour lady love. This particular model comes with astunning mother of pearl dial protected by diamond-hard sapphire crystal. The delicate hands are handpolished to a rich sheen and the moon phase displayis located at the 6 o’clock position.

The technical wizards at Frederique Constant havealso designed the watch so that all functions (hours,minutes and moonphase) are adjustable through asingle crown, and in spite of their petite appearance,every watch in the range is water resistant to threeatmospheres. The collection has 6 brand new modelsfrom leather to steel straps to choose from making iton the list of “Must Have”. So this Valentine’s surprisethe one who makes your life special and reveal yourfeeling with a token of your affection.

Suspension of IndiGo's securitytraining institute licence revoked

New Delhi, Budget passenger carrier IndiGo on Friday said

that suspension of its aviation security traininginstitute's licence has been revoked. Earlier, the Bu-reau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) had suspendedthe training institute's licence for lapses n its exami-nation system. "The BCAS order suspending our avia-tion security training institute licence stands revoked,"an IndiGo spokesperson was quoted as saying in astatement. "IndiGo accords utmost importance to thesafety and security of its passengers and operations.We have always demonstrated compliance with allregulatory requirements.

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IVirat Kohli raises his bat after reaching his double century against Bangladesh in Hyderabad.

South Africa are the new No.1 ranked ODI side in the world after securing a 5-0 whitewash over Sri Lanka.

India captain Virat Kohli celebrates with teammates the wicket ofBangladesh's Soumya Sarkar on Day 2 of the Hyderabad Test on Friday. Livestreaming and live cricket score of India vs Bangladesh is available online.

India hammer Ireland by 125 runsin Women's Cricket World Cup

Colombo, India posted a compre-

hensive 125-run victoryover Ireland for a third con-secutive win in Group A toensure a place in the SuperSix stage of the ICC WomensCricket World Cup Qualifierhere on Friday.

India opener ThirushKamini struck a career-best113 not out with 11 foursand four sixes as Indiaposted a challenging 250 fortwo. She figured in a 174-runopening stand with DeeptiSharma (89) who knockedup her second half-centuryof the tournament.

The left-handed pairbatted close to 40 overs inwhat was India's first open-ing century-stand in ODIs inclose to four years.

Ireland, which had lostto Sri Lanka earlier in theleague, could only manage125 off 49.1 overs with leg-spinner Poonam Yadav themost successful bowler tak-ing three for 30.

Gaby Lewis (33) andIsobel Joyce (31) could onlyprolong the inevitable insultry weather.

India, who lead theGroup A standings, previ-ously defeated Sri Lankaand Thailand while they aredue to play Zimbabwe onFebruary 13.Kamini said inan ICC release: "Getting ahundred for India is always

special. It was really satisfy-ing to get runs today whenthe team required a goodopening partnership. Theball was not coming on tothe bat later in the inningsso getting runs was not easy.I'd gone into the match aim-ing to get runs at a fair paceand succeeded in that."

Meanwhile, in a Group Bcontest Pakistan scored ahuge 236-run victory overPapua New Guinea as open-ers Ayesha Zafar (115 re-tired) and Javeria Khan (100)flayed the attack to add 212runs in 38 overs.

Pakistan amassed 276for five in 50 overs and thendismissed PNG for only 40runs off 24.5 overs, withyoung left-arm spinnerNashra Sandhu grabbingfive for 11.

In another match,Bangladesh defeated Scot-land by seven wickets withRumana Ahmed putting inan all-round performance of38 not out and two for 23.

Scotland were bowledout for 140 in 49.1 overswith off-spinners Khadija TulKabra and Salma Khatunbagging three wickets each.Bangladesh got to the tar-get off only 37.3 overs withFargana Hoque top-scoringwith 53 not out.

In Group A, Zimbabweregistered their first win,beating Thailand by 36 runs.

HIL: Kalinga Lancers, UPWizards play 2-2 draw

Lucknow, Gonzalo Peillat's suc-

cessful penalty corner con-version at the dead endhelped Uttar Pradesh Wiz-ards hold Kalinga Lancers 2-2 in the Coal India HockeyIndia League (HIL) at theMajor Dhyan Chand HockeyStadium here on Friday.

After V.R. Raghunathscored a penalty corner inthe 15th minute for thehosts,

German veteran MoritzFuerste (15th and 51st) putthe visitors on the brink of acrucial victory. But Argen-tine Peillat found the back ofthe net after the final hooterto earn two points for thehosts.With the league inch-

ing closer to a stage wherethe teams are calculatingtheir

chances for the semi-fi-nals, it was a very crucialmatch for both the teams.

The action-packed firstquarter saw both teamslived up to the expectations.They were racing out of theblocks at a frenetic pace, at-tacking each other. As a re-sult the dying minutes sawboth teams scored back-to-back to maintain the pres-sure.

In the 15th minute, UPWizards won a penalty cor-ner and star drag-flickerRaghunath found the backof the net to give his team acrucial lead. Soon after the

goal, in the same minute,Lancers skipper Fursteequalised the score-line viaa penalty corner which heslammed to the left bottomcorner.

In the second quarter,Lancers goalkeeper AndrewCharter shone bright as hepulled off a miraculous saveto deny Uttar Pradesh a fieldgoal and a penalty corner.

Lancers soon pulled uptheir socks and as a resultthey won a penalty corner,and following the missedhit, UP counter-attacked.With goalkeeper Charter atthe mercy, RamandeepSingh failed to find the tar-get, sending the ball wideoff the right post.

CAS sanctions Russian athleteSavinova for 4 years for doping

Lausanne, The Court of Arbitration

for Sport (CAS) on Fridaysanctioned Russian 800-metre runner MariyaSavinova for four years overviolations of anti-dopingrules. Savinova was alsostripped of the prizes andmedals won between July2010 and August 2013.

In the face of clear evi-dence, including her ownbiological passport, CASconfirmed that Savinovawas using banned perfor-mance-enhancing sub-stances from July 26, 2010,the eve of the European

Games in Barcelona, untilAugust 19, 2013, the day af-ter the IAAF World Champi-onships in Moscow, reportsEfe.

For this reason, the courtfound her guilty of violatingthe rules of the InternationalAssociation

of Athletics Federation,relating to the use of prohib-ited substances or methodsby an athlete.

Savinova, gold medalistin London 2012, worldchampion in Daegu (2011)and European champion inBarcelona (2010), was provi-sionally suspended in 2015.

Kenya's Jepchirchirsets women's half-marathon worldrecord

Dubai, Reigning world cham-

pion Peres Jepchirchir ofKenya clocked a winningtime of one hour five min-utes and six seconds to seta world record in thewomen's half-marathon atthe RAK Half Marathon inRas al-Khaimah here on Fri-day.

The 23-year-old, whowon the gold medal at theInternational Association ofAthletics Federations (IAAF)World Half Marathon Cham-pionships in Cardiff lastMarch, trimmed three sec-onds off the previous worldrecord set bycountrywoman FlorenceKiplagat in Barcelona twoyears ago, reports Xinhuanews agency.

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Shakib hits half-centuryas India tighten grip

Hyderabad, Shakib Al Hasan scored

a defiant half-century evenas India inched closer to-wards inflicting a follow-onagainst Bangladesh at teaon the third day of their one-off cricket Test at the RajivGandhi International Sta-dium here on Saturday.

At tea, Bangladesh wereon 246/6 with MushfiqurRahim (47 batting) andMehedi Hasan Miraz (9 bat-ting) in the middle.

The in-form Shakibscored 82 runs and lookedset to reach three figuresbefore committing a poorlyexecuted shot to handIndia's star off-spinnerRavichandran Ashwin hisfirst wicket of the match.

Shakib, who hit 14boundaries during his 103-

ball stay in the middle,stepped out of his crease tohit against the turn butcould only manage to findUmesh Yadav at mid-on.

The visitors now trailIndia's first innings total by441 runs.

Resuming at the over-night 41/1, Bangladesh raninto trouble early on whena mix-up between TamimIqbal and Mominul Haque,along with an excellentpiece of fielding by Yadav,saw the former being runout at the non-striker's end.

Yadav, who was in excel-lent form, trapped MominulHaque leg before with anexcellent delivery andIshant sent backMahmudullah shortly afterthe drinks break to reduceBangladesh to 109/4.

After lunch, Shakib andRahim attempted to stage acomeback before theformer virtually gifted awayhis wicket.

Ravindra Jadeja sentback Sabbir Rahmanshortlay after to pile moremisery on Bangladesh.

Brief scores:Bangladesh (First In-

nings): 246/6 (Shakib AlHasan 82, Mushfiqur Rahim47 batting) vs India (First In-nings): 687/6 declared.

Mainz beat Augsburg2-0 in BundesligaMainz (Germany), Mainz returned to

their winning ways bybeating Augsburg 2-0via goals from LevinOeztunali and JairoSamperio Bustara in the20th round opener ofthe German footballleague here.

Augsburg's two-game winning streakcame to an end on Fridaywhile Mainz recordedtheir first victory in 2017,reports Xinhua.

Mainz took the reinsfrom the kick-off andworked out the first op-portunity of the encoun-ter through JhonCordoba, who testedAugsburg goalkeeperMarwin Hitz in the 16th

minute.Augsburg neededsome time to grab a foot-hold into the game whenDaniel Baier created thefirst note worthy chancefor the visitors with 24 min-utes into the game.

However, Mainz re-mained in control of theproceedings and were re-warded 31 minutes intothe game as Oeztunalicompleted a fast break,which started from theother end of the pitch, tobreak the deadlock by aheader from close range.

After the restart, bothteams neutralised most of-fensive actions within themidfield. Hence, goal-scor-ing opportunities re-mained a rare occurrencein the second half.

Vasco name ex-Brazilstriker Fabiano in squad

Rio de Janeiro, Vasco da Gama have re-

vealed they are close tosigning Luis Fabiano by reg-istering the former Brazilstriker in their squad for theRio de Janeiro state footballchampionship.

But his availabilityhinges on whether he isable to rescind his contractwith Tianjin Quanjian, ac-cording to the Globo news-paper, reports Xinhua.The36-year-old is contracted tothe Chinese Super Leagueoutfit until the end of theyear but is understood tohave told the club's officialsthat he wants to return toBrazil.A Rio de Janeiro foot-ball federation document, inwhich Fabiano's name ap-

pears in Vasco da Gama'ssquad, said the forward wasstill "awaiting an interna-tional transfer".Fabianoplayed a vital role in helpingTianjin Quanjian earn pro-motion to the Chinese Su-per League in 2017, scoring23 goals as the clubclinched the first divisiontitle in October.The formerSevilla star was capped 45times for Brazil from 2003 to2013 and scored 28 interna-tional goals.

Indian pacers inflict early joltson Bangladesh on 3rd day

Hyderabad, Pacers Umesh Yadav

and Ishant Sharma put Indiain a strong position asBangladesh posted 125/4 intheir first innings at lunch onthe third day of the one-offTest at the Rajiv Gandhi In-ternational Stadium here onSaturday.The visitors nowtrail India's first innings to-

tal by 562 runs.Shakib AlHasan (29 batting) andMushfiqur Rahim (6 batting)were in the middle forBangladesh when the teamswent in for lunch.

Yadav was the most suc-cessful among the Indianbowlers with figures of 2-32while Sharma returned 1-38.Resuming at the over-

night 41/1, Bangladesh raninto trouble early on whena mix-up between TamimIqbal and Mominul Haque,along with an excellentpiece of fielding by Yadav,saw the former being runout at the non-striker'send.Yadav, who was in ex-cellent form, trappedMominul Haque leg before

with an excellent deliveryand Ishant sent backMahmudullah shortly afterthe drinks break to reduceBangladesh to 109/4.Briefscores:Bangladesh (First In-nings): 125/4 (Shakib AlHasan 29 batting,Mahmudullah 28; UmeshYadav 2-32) vs India (FirstInnings): 687/6 declared.

Kohli spending 'smoother'days as captain: Ganguly

Kolkata, Former India captain

Sourav Ganguly on Fridaysaid current skipper ViratKohli is going through rela-tively smooth initial days asskipper.

"The initial years as cap-tain are smooth and Virat isgoing through that phase.He is a phenomena and witheach game is taking his bat-ting to another level,"Ganguly, who captained In-dia to the 2003 World Cupfinal, said after Kohli becamethe first player to scoredouble tons in four con-secutive Test series, surpass-ing legendary Sir DonaldBradman and Rahul Dravid.

Bradman and Dravid

had achieved the feat inthree successive series.

Kohli's double-tonscame in the series againstthe West Indies, NewZealand, England and nowBangladesh, which is visit-ing India for a one-off Test.The Delhi boy slammed 204off 246 balls, hitting 24 fours.

Asked if he can get pastSachin Tendulkar's record ofhundred hundreds, Gangulysaid that is still some timeaway and there is no needto draw such comparisons.

"Let us enjoy his battingfor the time being. Hundredhundreds is still far away,"Ganguly said.

Kohli has so far rackedup 42 tons in all formats.

While he has 15 to his namein the longest version of thegame, in ODIs where heknown to be more lethal, hehas 27. From Kohli toWriddhiman Saha, who alsoscored his second Test cen-tury on Friday with an un-beaten 106, Ganguly saidthe diminutive Bengalstumper's transformationcame with his maiden three-figure score in the WestIndies last year."Wriddhi'stransformation came afterhis 100 against the WestIndies," Ganguly, who alsohails from Bengal, said."He isplaying really well. Now heis 32 and he can continue forthree-four more years," headded.

India drub Lanka to enter final ofT20 Cricket World cup for Blind

Hyderabad, Prakash J.s unbeaten

115 off 52 bal ls (23fours) and his unbrokenopening partnership of175 runs with Ajay KumarReddy (51 not out)helped India beat Sr iLanka by 10 wickets inthe first semi-final of theT20 Cricket World Cup forthe Bl ind here onFriday.Opting to f ieldfirst, India dismissed SriLanka for 174 in 19.2

overs. Sri Lanka tried topush the scoring run-ratethrough SurangaSampath (49 off 37 balls)and ChandanaDeshapriya (42 off 35balls), but found it hardagainst a strong Indianbowling unit . RanbirPanwar and Sunil werethe home team's bestbowlers , picking twowickets each and Ajayand Golu Kumar pickedone wicket each. India's

outstanding fielding re-stricted Sri Lanka's scoreas they effected four run-outs in front of an enthu-siastic crowd at the LalBahadur Stadium.Indiathen chased down thetarget in just 13 overs. In-dia put up a superlativebatting performance, asSri Lankan bowlers foundit difficult to contain theopeners. They gave awayonly nine extras, but hadlittle answer against thestroke play of Prakashand Ajay.It was a big day,and India, the defendingchampions, brought outtheir A game forward tomake an empatheticstatement ahead of thefinal. India will now awaitthe winner of the secondsemi-final between Paki-stan and England at theAlur Ground in Bengaluruon Sunday to know theiropponents in the final.

Atletico's Gimenez has infectedwound in right leg

Madrid, Spanish football club Atletico Madrid have an-

nounced that defender Jose Maria Gimenez was notable to train for two days because of an infectedwound in his right leg.

According to the medical report published onthe club's website on Friday, the player is sufferingfrom "an infection in the subcutaneous cellular tis-sue of the right leg, which does not affect joints norother structures."The statement added that the Uru-guayan defender, who sustained an injury to his rightthigh on January 28, is undergoing treatment withantibiotics and when he recovers he will return tothe team.This puts coach Diego Simeone in a diffi-cult position with only two center-backs available,Stefan Savic and Lucas Hernandez.

PSG level Ligue 1 leaders on pointswith 3-0 win over Bordeaux

Paris, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) footballers boosted

their confidence ahead of a crucial clash againstBarcelona in UEFA Chamipions League last 16 as theycrushed Bordeaux 3-0 here, provisionally levellingwith Ligue 1 leaders Monaco with one more gameplayed.

PSG on Friday needed just six minutes to opentheir scoring account, as the league's top scorerEdinson Cavani diverted Marquinhos' long ball intothe net, reports Xinhua.Bordeaux, seventh placedside in the league, had a good run of six matchesunbeaten, before it seemed to come to an endaround the interval.Four minutes before the half-time, Argentina winger Angel Di Maria had his sec-ond Ligue 1 goal of the season, fueled by MarcoVerratti's brilliant assist.Cavani recorded his 25th goalof the campaign three minutes into the second half,when Di Maria's cross from the left wing found theUruguayan who converted to his another fabulousshot of the night, aso his seven Ligue 1 goals of hislast five games.PSG are now only on goal differencebehind from the leaders Monaco.

Argentina striker Pratto joins SaoPaulo

Rio de Janeiro, Brazilian football club Sao Paulo has signed Ar-

gentina striker Lucas Pratto from Atletico Mineiro ina four-year deal.

The 28-year-old will be officially presented to theclub's fans on Sunday after Sao Paulo on Fridayagreed to pay Mineiro an undisclosed transfer fee,reports Xinhua."We now have one of the best for-wards on the continent, an Argentina internationaland possibly an important player in the next WorldCup," Sao Paulo president Carlos Silva said."We arevery happy and satisfied. It's an important invest-ment but it was planned and it was made possibleby our financial recovery programme."Pratto scored41 goals in 104 appearances for Atletico Mineiro fol-lowing his 2015 move from Velez Sarsfield. He hascapped four times for Argentina's national team,scoring two goals.He said: "I'm very happy to havecome to a club as big as Sao Paulo. I hope to scorelots of goals and bring success to the team.

Benfica striker Jonas onBeijing Guoan radar

Rio de Janeiro, Chinese football club

Beijing Guoan has made a bidto sign former Brazil strikerJonas Oliveira, according tomedia reports.The 32-year-old Benfica star has beentempted to accept a salaryoffer of $6 million a year, theLance news outlet said on Fri-day, reports Xinhua.Despitebattling a persistent ankle in-jury, Jonas has scored nine

goals in 15 matches forBenfica this season, helpingthe club qualify for the Cham-pions League knockout pro-posal, Jonas would join fellowBrazilians Ralf and RenatoAugusto in the Chineseoutfit's squad.Capped 12times for Brazil's nationalteam, Jonas has scored 76goals in 97 matches forBenfica since his 2014 movefrom Valencia.

Guwahati set to hostHimalayan RegionGames in April

New Delhi, After Guwahati

s u c c e s s f u l l yorganised the SouthAsian Games lastyear, Assam's majorcity is all set to hostthe Himalayan Re-gion Games fromApril 21 to 30, the In-dian Olympic Asso-ciation (IOA) an-nounced here onThursday. Besideshosts India, Nepal,Myanmar, Bhutan,Thailand, Afghanistanhave confirmed theirparticipation in theGames which willhave athletes takingpart in various sport-ing disciplines likearchery, athletics,boxing, fencing, foot-ball, judo, kho-kho,squash, table tennisand weightlifting.